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
sensitive situation, so we want to be careful about what we say. some extraordinary details have already been leaked out to a number of publications. the new york times reports the bomb itself was sewn into underwear so that it would have been difficult to detect even in a patdown and undoubtedly could have brought down a plane, according to a senior american official. congressman peter king of new york is chairman of the house security committee. again, there s a lot that cannot be discussed. so we re leaving it up to the experts to tell us what they can. congressman king joins us now. congressman king, the would be bomber is actually a double agent. what can you tell us about it and about him? i really can t tell you much at all. i ve been briefed on this, and as far as i know, this hasn t been any way declassified by the cia and the administration. it s really to me unfortunate this has gotten out. this could really interfere with operations overseas. i can t comment o