make facebook worth 100 billion. from a birthday to a blunder. jpmorgan chase taking a bet and losing big time. heads rolling this morning. the ceo saying his bank was sloppy and stupid. manhunt. fbi agents stephen missing in the mountain. bloodhounds sent for the search. newsweek calling president obama the first gay president complete with a rainbow colored halo. so we are asking this morning while social issues are in the headlines, why isn t anyone talking about the number one issue? the economy! newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. he is young, rich, and powerful and this morning some startling reminders of just how high mark zuckerberg towers over mere mortals like you and me. later being week you might be able to buy stock in facebook his college dorm room project that might be worth $100 million. a higher market value than disney or ford. zuckerberg will be meeting with shareholders in chicago in denver starting today. all this
over same-sex marriage is heating up this weekend. about an hour ago republican presidential candidate mitt romney defended that position on the issue during a commencement speech at liberty university of evangelical christian college in virginia. culture, what you believe, how you value, how you live matters. now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debate from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage, marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. now, several prominent african-american pastors are also voicing their opposition to the president s decision to support gay marriage. and the issue is expected to be a focus of sermons in churches all across the country this mother s day. ahead of sunday s services a group of civil rights leaders, include al sharpton and joseph lowery have written an open letter to the african-american community embracing the president s decision. it says, we c
hifaith isn t really christian. same sex marriage and civil rights. they release an open letter asking them to stand behind president obama s decision on gay marriage. no-fly list. a group of americans including vets said they were banned from flying for no reason at all. now they re suing. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. you re in the cnn newsroom. thank you for joining us. let s get you caught up right now. mitt romney made a personal appeal today to conservative evangelicals. romney addressed graduates at jerry falwelfalwell s universit addressing common grounds on service, responsibility, and the definition of marriage between one man and one woman. we ll take you live to lynchburg, virginia, just moments from now. a florida woman tried to use a state s controversial stand your ground law to stay out of prison, but a judge wasn t having it and sentenced marissa alexander to 20 years. she said she fired a warning shot to chase off her husband who is abusive to her, but
the cdc estimates more than half a trillion dollars in additional health care costs. we get the problem, but what are the solutions? david kirkoff is a ceo of weight watchers and author of the new book weight loss boss and lisa young is author of the book. welcome to both of you. lisa, only 4% of our elementary schools require daily physical education, a lack of sidewalks discourages walking. huge parts of the population don t have access to nutritious food. when we attempt to legislate solutions, americans say don t tell me what to eat, don t tell my kid what to eat. is this a nanny state? we have to go somewhere between those two extremes, don t we? absolutely, i completely agree with you. i think that the most important thing we need to address, which was released at the cdc conference this week from the institute of medicine report is we need an environment that supports healthy foods and beverages. does that environment today do that? no. so it s about consumer c
should be able to get married. pretty strong words. pretty clear, too. dan lothian is live in washington, d.c. with us this morning. it took a long time for the president to evolve to this position. but why now? and why this way? that s right. well, the president had been under a lot of pressure to really state his position on this. and some top members of his administration over the last few days had come out and made their positions clear. and so the president finally came around on this after almost two years. he said after talking to his friends, his daughters and the first lady. me personally, it is important to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. reporter: president obama made the announcement wednesday in an interview with abc news. becoming the first sitting u.s. president to publicly support same-sex marriage. his remarks come on the heels of north carolina passing a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex