sure. mark, would boeing have any obligation to respond to these requests from the families? carol, shareholders meetings are not accident investigations. the fact of the matter is boeing like the federal aviation administration in the united states is participating in the accident investigation under the international civil aviation rules and malaysian rules. the likelihood that anybody that is a participant in the investigation is going to speak publicly as opposed to the malaysian government which is leading the investigation is highly unlikely, and so no, i don t think it s appropriate. it s no more appropriate than going to the fbi, the families going to the fbi and demanding answers. simply we re not in a position, the parties that are part of the investigation are simply not in a position to go off on their own and start releasing information. mary, i don t equate boeing with the fbi. if i m a family member who has lost a loved one on board that plane, i wants to know from
we begin tonight with new details about president obama s personal evolution on a potent political issue, same-sex marriage. i have just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. with that in that oval office vint with abc news, the president officially switched his position. in 2008, he ran as i acandidate who opposed same-sex marriage. cnn is told he is ready to support it and green light those that want to add language to the 2012 campaign platform. why the switch? i had hesitated on gay marriage in part because i thought civil unions would be sufficient. that that was something that would give people hospital visitation rights and other elements that we take for granted. and, i was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people, the word marriage was something that o evokes very powerful traditions and religious beliefs. over the course of several years, as i talked
governor s dinner. he ll run as a republican to replace outgoing governor bob mcdonnell. salahi, that s some republican primary debate. we are minutes away from the opening bell. jackie is here. jobless claims down a little bit. what is that going to do to the market? good morning. we are looking at futures pointing to a lower open on wall street because of the weekly jobless claims. they are down 1,000. not a great number. just showing a weaker pace of healing in the still struggling labor market. a couple big earnings misses. also watching johnson & johnson. the new ceo taking the reigns at the shareholders meetings. al lex out lined the recall of