i'm bob abernathy. it's good to have you with us.there was evidence that atheists, agnostics jews and mormons know more about religion than protestants and catholics. the pew forum on religion and public life did a representative telephone survey of 3,400 people. out of 12 questions about the bible and christianity, mormons got more correct answers than everyone else, including white evangelicals. of 11 questions about world religions, jews, atheists and agnostics did best. and on four questions about religion and the law, atheists agnostics and jews also scored higher than all other groups. the number one predictor of the scores was how far people had gone in school. many observers pointed out when it comes to religion, knowledge isn't everything. greg smith is a senior researcher at pew. >> many people are religious themselveses in the way they live their life and the way they approach faith. but that doesn't necessarily mean they have perfect knowledge of religion or even of their own faith. >> the survey also found that many peop

i'm b abernathy. it's good to have you with us.there was evidence that atheists, agnostics jews and mormons know more about religion than protestants and catholics. the pew forum on religion and public life did a representative telephone survey of 3,400 people. out of 12 questions about the bible and christianity, mormons got more correct answers than everyone else, including white evangelicals. of 11 questions about world religions, jews, atheists and nosts d st. and on four questions about religion and the law, atheists agnostics and jews also scored higher than all other groups. the number one predictor of the scores was how far people had gone in school. many observers pointed out when it comes to religion, knowledge isn't everything. greg smith is a senior researcher at pew. >> many people are religious themselveses in the way they live their life and the way they approach faith. but that doesn't necessarily mean they ha perfect knowlge of religionor eve of their own faith. >> the survey also found that many people think the r

. >> laura abernathy and this is my husband. i am the designer. >> speak a little louder. >> can you hear me now? i am laura abernathy and this is any husband steven and we have purchased 448 diamond street as our home to raise our family and we have two daughters. they go to school here in the city. and this home is intended for us. i would like to bring up the issue of neighborhood support. we have 100% support from all of our neighbors. i have in my hand 15 signed letters from the adjacent neighbors and copies for your commissioners and i will hand them now to madam secretary. >> the existing structure is not defined as an affordable dwelling unit by the mayor's unit and the demolition and replacement will not impact the supply of affordable housing. we are not removing an affordable house. there is a deep setback which increases our reason for the setback and there are two reasons that we have proposed the setback of 5 feet and the first is that every single house on this block with the exception of the neighbor to the north

. >> welcome, i'm bob abernathy. it's good to have you with us. >>> the u.s. supreme court opened a new term this week, and on wednesday dualing protests took place on the court steps as oral arguments began in the closely watched first amendment case. the dispute centers on the highly controversial west bureau baptist church in kansas, a small religious group that travels around the country, protesting at military funerals. members carry signs that millions find repulsive. they preach that america is being punished for toleration of homosexuality. in 2006, albert schneider, the father of a marine killed in iraq sued west borrow, claiming the church inflicted emotional distress on the family by demonstrating near his son's funeral. at the court on thursday, schneider called the actions intolerable. >> all we wanted to do was bury matt with dignity and respect. >> but the daughter of the church's founder, fred phelps, argued that restricting their protests would have serious ramifications for free speech. >> there's no line that can be drawn here without shutti

. >> welcome, i'm bob abernathy. it's good to have you with us. >>> the u.s. supreme court opened a new term this week, and on wednesday dualing protests took place on the court steps as oral arguments began in the closely watched first amendment case. the dispute centers on the highly controversial west bureau baptist church in kansas, a small religious group that travels around the country, protesting at military funerals. members carry signs that millions find repulsive. they preach that america is being punished for toleration of homosexuality. in 2006, albert schneider, the father of a marine killed in iraq sued west borrow, claiming the church inflicted emotional distress on the family by demonstrating near his son's funeral. at the court on thursday, schneider called the actions intolerable. >> all we wanted to do was bury matt with dignity and respect. >> but the daughter of the church's founder, fred phelps, argued that restricting their protests would have serious ramifications for free speech. >> there's no line that can be drawn here without shutti

i'm bob abernathy. it's good to have you with us. with election day around the corner faith groups are urging their members to get out and vote and vote their convictions. religion has played a role in many races leading up to the midterm elections and exploration of that coming up. >>> but first humanitarian and religious aid groups mobilize this week after a string of natural disasters struck indonesia. hundreds were killed and many are missing after an earthquake and tsunami hit a remote island area in the west of the country. relief workers said the isolated conditions and bad weather made it difficult to reach the victims. many of the same aid groups also helped victims of a volcanic eruption in central indonesia where scores of people were killed. >>> meanwhile in haiti, aid organizations are working to contain the outbreak of cholera amid concer the disease will spread. the vatican is asking iraq not to execute former iraqi prime minister tar east coast assiz. he was sentenced to death for the persecution of shiite political r

. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernathy. it's good to have you with us.ope benedict named 22 new cardinaled this weekend. the list includes two americans, archbishop raymond burk, the former archbishop of st. louis. he also increased the percentage of italians in the college of cardinals as well as the number who come from the vatican's bureaucracy. the new cardinals will receive their traditional red hats at a ceremony in rome on november 20th. we get analysis from father thomas reese, a senior fellow at georgetown university's woodstock center and authority on the vatican bureaucracy. tom, welcome. >> thank you. >> reporter: what do you see? what's the message in this list? >> well, i think there's two. one is continuity and one is change. the continuity is the fact that we see pope benedict appointing people who basically reflect his views on church issues and where the church ought to go. so when they get together to elect a new pope, there's not going to be radical change. we are going to see continuity with the papacy of benedict. what change we do