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on the island of la palma where a volcano has forced more residents to flee. the men s marathon in london. earlier, a kenyan runner had took the women s title. 40,000 runners in all have been taking part. now it is time for click. this week, we re all about genetics. should your dna decide your dinner? how does it shape your personality? and can it be used to track down a murderer?
marathon racers are a special breed. they a ma racers are a eyhare a commitment to months of training and running ridiculously long runs. that s for sure. that s why the bombing at the marathon in boston seed personal for the runners in this week s marathon in london. abc s nick schifrin has more. let us now show our respect and support. reporter: from the beginning london remembered boston. in boston. reporter: 35,000 runners wearing black ribbons standing silent. one of them was jack. all of a sudden now, we hear another siren. reporter: the 67-year-old army vet was running with his daughter half a mile from the boston finish line when the bombs exploded. what i will be thinking about in london is the people that got hurt in boston. i will run for the people back in boston. reporter: that is 25-year-old tatiana mcfadden who has never walked, but won the boston wheelchair marathon. they ran for boston in
shall be valid or recognized in this state. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in washington, d.c., this morning. boy, has this been playing out. we first heard the vice president joe biden. he says that he endorsed marriage equality and he is a roman catholic. how is this going to play out politically in washington? it puts president obama, in a way, in a bind because vice president biden and other top members of the administration has come out in favor of same-sex marriages. he does not. he supports domestic unions. but he does not support an amendment like the one in north carolina, which would prohibit rights for same-sex couples. what happens in north carolina now? this could have wide ranging impacts, and not just on same-sex couples but on male and female couples as well because it will prevent domestic partnerships in the future and any attempt at civil unions. north carolina also a battle ground state, a state that president obama won four years ago, he