Obama: No excuse for Baltimore violence...Governor promises riots won't be repeated...Kennedy doesn't tip his hand

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama sees it, the looters who were on the streets of Baltimore yesterday weren't protesting -- they were stealing. And Obama says there's no excuse for the violence that raged following the funeral for Freddie Gray -- a black man who died after he was injured in police custody. Obama spoke at a joint news conference with Japan's visiting prime minister.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland governor is promising that Baltimore will not have a repeat of the riots that happened yesterday. Gov. Larry Hogan said at a news conference today that there had been no incidents in the morning, but he does worry about what will happen at night. Hogan declared a state of emergency about three hours after the riots started yesterday afternoon. He has activated the National Guard, which is helping police keep the peace in the city.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has given both sides reason for hope, and reason for worry, during today's arguments over the right of same-sex couples to marry. Kennedy, whose vote could decide the issue, seemed to share the concern of the court's conservative justices when he said marriage has been understood as one man and one woman for "millennia-plus time." And he said it's hard for the court to say, "We know better." But he also asked how granting gay couples a right to marry would harm traditional marriages.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex marriage advocates and protesters alike have filled the sidewalks outside the Supreme Court this morning, as the justices heard arguments on the issue. While the high court isn't expected to rule until June, many people said they wanted to witness history in the making. Opponents were fewer in number, but louder and with towering signs quoting the Bible and using a microphone to denounce what they said was the demise of the nation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the politics surrounding trade talks are difficult in both Japan and the U.S. but that he's confident a deal can be reached. Obama discussed negotiations for a major trade agreement with Asian countries during a joint news conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh ah-bay). He touched on one of the most controversial sticking points in those talks: access to Japan's auto market. Obama says there are many Japanese cars in the U.S. and he wants to see more American cars in Japan as well.