support background checks. former congresswoman gabby giffords appearing in a new ad appearing before and after president obama s speech tonight. giffords says congress is afraid of the gun lobby and urges america to tell congress it s too dangerous to wait. an oklahoma state lawmaker is proposing to ban all marriages in the state to stop sa same-sex couples from tying the not. republican senator turner put the idea forward. critics call it a political stunt, turner says it s what oklahomans want. since olympic skier lindsey vonn won t compete in sochi, she ll be announcing some of the games. this morning she talked to nbc s matt lauer about what it s going to be like to watch. it s going to be so hard.