all over the world. their fans are packing rockefeller plaza to see them perform live today, monday, rockefeller plaza to see them perform live today, monday, march 12, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. one direction s debut album is called up all night and a lot of people have been here all night to get up close and personal with music s newest phenomenon. they started lining up before 10:00 yesterday morning. they are enthusiastic. many are young ladies and a lot of them have no idea who we are. when we step out there it will be interesting to find that out. we are going to change subjects and talk about something parents will tell you isn t easy traveling with kids. one couple had just boarded a flight to boston when their 2-year-old daughter threw a doozy of a tantrum. took them five minutes to calm her down and then the crew removed them from the plane. th
georgia georgia. after the repeal became effective, two active duty service members spoke about being gay in the military during a process conference with the service members legal defense network in washington. last night in san diego service members and their supporters celebrated the repeal as it happened, as it took effect. in washington tonight, parties planned to celebrate repeal day all over the city. washington post is actually keeping a running list on their website at this point. there s also a repeal day ceremony planned for tonight at joint base louis mccourt in washington state. the guest of honor, major margaret whit a flight nurse who successfully sued after she was kicked out because of don t ask, don t tell. senators who worked to repeal the policy held a press conference on capitol hill today alongside openly gay service members who this time yesterday would not have been allowed to be openly gay service members. the white house issuing a statement today saying in
and pardon me, prior to today if i had said that, i could expect to be discharged from the military. don t ask, don t tell is dead. this is history. thank you so much. appreciate it. it s not just a victory for me but everybody who s serving their country today who can t speak out for themselves. it s the morning of september 20th. i could not sleep. it s 2:45. and i am probably as nervous as i can ever remember being. i m about to call my dad in alabama. he has no clue nor do any members of my family. hello? hey, daddy. hey, bud! can i tell you something? yeah. will you love me, period? yes. like you always love me, as long as i m dad, i m gay. yikes. like always have been. have known since forever. and i know i haven t seen you in like a year, and i don t know when the next time i ll be able to see you. i didn t want to do it over the phone. i wanted to tell you in person, but i mean, i didn t want you to find out any other way. okay. you sti
and pardon me, prior to today if i had said that, i could expect to be discharged from the military. don t ask, don t tell is dead. this is history. thank you so much. appreciate it. it s not just a victory for me but everybody who s serving their country today who can t speak out for themselves. it s the morning of september 20th. i could not sleep. it s 2:45. and i am probably as nervous as i can ever remember being. i m about to call my dad in alabama. he has no clue nor do any members of my family. hello? hey, daddy. hey, bud! can i tell you something? yeah. will you love me, period? yes. like you always love me, as long as i m dad, i m gay. yikes. like always have been. have known since forever. and i know i haven t seen you in like a year, and i don t know when the next time i ll be able to see you. i didn t want to do it over the phone. i wanted to tell you in person, but i mean, i didn t want you to find out any other way. okay. you sti
it s the morning of september 20th. i could not sleep. it s 2:45. and i am probably as nervous as i can ever remember being. i m about to call my dad in alabama. he has no clue nor do any members of my family. hello? hey, daddy. hey, bud! can i tell you something? yeah. will you love me, period? yes. like you always love me, as long as i m dad, i m gay. yikes. like always have been. have known since forever. and i know i haven t seen you in like a year, and i don t know when the next time i ll be able to see you. i didn t want to do it over the phone. i wanted to tell you in person, but i mean, i didn t want you to find out any other way. okay. you still love me? i still love you, son. i still love you, and i will always love you. and i will always be proud of you, okay? yeah. all right. i love you, daddy. thanks for everything. i love you, too, bud. i ll be home before too long. okay. i love you. love you, too, bud. all right. bye.