hifaith isn t really christian. same sex marriage and civil rights. they release an open letter asking them to stand behind president obama s decision on gay marriage. no-fly list. a group of americans including vets said they were banned from flying for no reason at all. now they re suing. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. you re in the cnn newsroom. thank you for joining us. let s get you caught up right now. mitt romney made a personal appeal today to conservative evangelicals. romney addressed graduates at jerry falwelfalwell s universit addressing common grounds on service, responsibility, and the definition of marriage between one man and one woman. we ll take you live to lynchburg, virginia, just moments from now. a florida woman tried to use a state s controversial stand your ground law to stay out of prison, but a judge wasn t having it and sentenced marissa alexander to 20 years. she said she fired a warning shot to chase off her husband who is abusive to her, but
same-sex marriage is paying off for his re-election hopes. a democratic source saying the president raised $2 million in the first 24 hours after making his remarks. that comes as a new usa today/gallup poll shows that a majority of americans, 51% of the approve of the president s position. let s bring in athena jones, where a law allowing same-sex marriage is taking effect next january but opponents hope to stop it from becoming reality. good morning to you. give us a little more about the voter reaction there to president obama s comments. what are you hearing? reporter: good morning, randi. there s going to be a farmers market later today so we re hoping to be our stwoeinformal polling here but the first national poll since the president made his remarks on wednesday shows that 51% of people approve of the president s position on same-sex marriage, 45% disapprove so that s still fairly evenly divide e. but if you look at it by party, you ll find that 71% of democrats app
sister, is dead. preliminary reports indicate mayes shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. reporter: the two murders spurred a desperate race against time to find the elusive mayes and his captives before he could kill again. adam mayes was charged with murdering jo ann bain and her 14-year-old daughter adrienne and kidnapping bains two younger daughters. his motives are unclear. mayes mtougo girls were his daughters. there was two little girls that he was just absolutely obsessed with. he was claiming that those two children were his. he made us all think that that was his kids. reporter: mayes was on the fbi s most wanted list as authorities scoured the country for him and the two girls. mayes and his wife teresa were charged with first-degree murder. tee gand cf cf adrienne inside th larry jacobs, abc news. okay. in other news this morning, the defense gets its turn now in the
police say mayes was found by mississippi highway patrol officers who came upon him in the woods. preliminary reports indicate mayes shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. reporter: the two girls he kidnapped, alexandria and kyliyah bain, were found alive and appear unharmed. the drama began about two weeks ago when the bains went missing and the hunt for adam mayes began. he was at their home in tennessee the night the family disappeared. mayes was charged with first-degree murder after the bodies of jo ann bain and her daughter adrienne were found buried outside his home. police say mayes kept the younger girls alive, driving them with their mother and sisters bodies to guntown, mississippi, where he lived with his mother, father and wife. 65-year-old mary mayes and his ex-wife, 31-year-old teresa ann mayes, were both arrested monday night and charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit especially aggravated kidnapping.
police say mayes was found by mississippi highway patrol officers who came upon him in the woods. preliminary reports indicate mayes shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. reporter: the two girls he kidnapped, alexandria and kyliyah bain, were found alive and appear unharmed. the drama began about two weeks ago when the bains went missing and the hunt for adam mayes began. he was at their home in tennessee the night the family disappeared. mayes was charged with first-degree murder after the bodies of jo ann bain and her daughter adrienne were found buried outside his home. police say mayes kept the younger girls alive, driving them with their mother and sisters bodies to guntown, mississippi, where he lived with his mother, father and wife. 65-year-old mary mayes and his ex-wife, 31-year-old teresa ann mayes, were both arrested monday night and charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit