13,000 gay troops were kicked out after their secrets leaked out and the taxpayers spent more than $100 million replacing them. today don t ask, don t tell is no more. repeal took effect at 12:01 a.m., nine months after signing the measure from the waining days of a lame duck congress. gays can now serve openly in every branch of service and all of those discharged service members can try to reenlist. key word, try. turns out repeal is one thing but reality is much different. more on that in our next segment moments from now. more than 22 years after former army ranger and offduty police officer was shot to death in savannah, georgia, the man convicted of killing him is once again set to die. the georgia board of pardons and paroles rejected the last ditch appeal for clemency. the state relied almost entirely on witness testimony and seven out of nine witnesses who implicated davis have since recanted or changed their stories. amnesty international is one of several group
a billionaire who famously lives modestly in omaha, nebraska. they argues the richest americans aren t being taxed enough. he says he pays a lower rate than his secretary. he wrote about it in an op-ed in the new york times called stop coddling the rich. he plans to cut and veto any legislation that cuts medicaid and medicare that doesn t raise taxes on the wealthy. i will not support any plan that butts the burden on ordinary americans. i will veto any bill that does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. this is not class warfare. it s math. this is not class warfare, reference to the opposition he s getting from republicans who are saying it is just that, class warfare. they re calling the president s tax proposal a cheap political gimmick. pure political play, they say, hayes runs for re-election and works to get more support from middle class voters. here s what john boehner said today of the