more in the days ahead. the campaign now has merchandised they re selling online for the gay and lesbian community to try to prevent present this more. ricki martin others in the gay and lesbian community. going back it hollywood next month for yet another fundraiser targeted to that community. it s pretty clear he believes this is a way to fire up his base so of course, the republics fire back that they think this could also help rally mitt romney s conservative base. you know evangelicals have not been on board with him a lot in the primaries. this decision on same sex marriage by the president may actually drive some conservatives in key states like north carolina to mitt romney s side, shep. shepard: ed henry traveling with the president reno nevada tonight. thanks. security and the no fly list. a group of 15 muslims first taking the government to court over that federal list all of the men say they are on it which pan bans them from flying commercially. the u.s. appeals court
of last year. and it s only may. military officials say it happened in the remote kunar province along the dangerous border with pakistan. guard at army base opened fire and then ran off into the mountains. the taliban has claimed responsibility. there has been a sharp rise in this sort of attack amid several scandals involving u.s. troops in afghanistan. you will remember in february there were deadly riots across the country after troops burned copies of the koran reportedly by mistake. just a few weeks later a u.s. soldier was accused in the the massacre of 17 men women and children on a brutal attack on a village. conor powell is our man in kabul and live there now. connor? shep, the u.s. military has been slow to acknowledge this growing problem and even slower to find a solution to these so-called green on blue attacks since 2007. 57 times afghan soldiers and police officers have turned their weapons on u.s. and
as he had once told me he had elected to do. just to be a part of this is so tragic and horrible. i don t know what else to say. i m just really really my heart goes out to the family and i m so remorseful and sad. as for goodman s remorse, while prosecutors absolutely scoffed at that, and the judge basically agreed by imposing that longer than necessary 16 year sentence. shep? shepard: the defense attorney roy black not a total loss for him this day. goodman is getting out on bond, right? yeah, but with some very stiff conditions. first, take a look at goodman s visible reaction on his face this afternoon when the judge came out and decided and announced he was not declaring a mistrial for that alleged juror misconduct. nothing but shock and disbelief on the airconditioning tycoon s face. goodman will likely stay locked up until probably wednesday. then the bond conditions are he has got to post $7 million.
refinancing their mortgage. that s a huge boost to our economy. now, the republic response is this is about the tenth version of a housing plan from the president. they think many versions of it have not worked. and, in fact, if you look at nevada, for example, things have gotten a little bit better here on the ground, but they just finished up 62 straight months of being the foreclosure capital of the nation. that is a lot to dig out of, shep. it sure is. the president clearly focusing on housing and the economy and all the rest. his fundraising team is probably still looking at that decision on gay marriage. that s paid off. it has. this last night was a previously scheduled one before the decision. george clooney s house. he raised a record $15 million. a record for one event and it was one of the biggest applause lines last night when the president brought it up. we have just gotten some new images in fact from that fundraiser last night when he talked about the decision on s
back their funding for the convention this time around, shep. shepard: james rosen on capitol hill tonight. james, thanks. they had to try though today lawyers for john edwards asked the judge to throw out the charges against him. she said no deal. said it quickly. experts say it s a routine request. the judges almost always reject. the defense will start calling witnesses first thing machined morning. john edwards accused of using campaign cash to hide his mistress and love child from voters. he could get 30 years in prison. the senator and then presidential candidate claims he didn t know about the payments. this was during his 2008 presidential campaign when his wife elizabeth was dying of breast cache. the mistress hill hunter is on the defense witness list that does not mean she will definitely testify. two young sisters are safe at home with their father tonight and their suspected kidnapper is dead after a dramatic end to a two week long murder and