he also did very well among jewish voters, black protestants, and those who say they don't affiliate with any particular religion. john mccain did slightly better among protestants overall. the vast majority of evangelicals voted republican. democratic officials said they're taking no constituency for granted in this campaign, but there are challenges in many parts of their faith coalition. >> lead us not into temptation. >> catholics will be key, especially given their large numbers in battleground states. for many catholics the democratic party's strong support for abortion rights remains a stumbling block. democrats for life has been pushing the party to include their perspective. at the same time they've been working to convince catholics that it's okay to vote democratic. >> when i look at the policies outside of the abortion arena, when i look at things like medicaid and the aaffordable health care act and community health centers and public housing programs, these are all programs that are proven, you know, to have a good impact in lowering the abortion rates in the united sta

they'll decline relatively simply because of their great growth of black protestants and hispanics, some catholics, some protestants. but there aren't very big cohort moves. the people who are now moderate and liberal and black protestants are not in the surge towards fundamentalism. hard core fundamentalism, i don't think has as much future as moderate evangelicals and the pentecostals. i think that's where the future is. it's pretty hard to stay hardcore fundamentalist in america. there are so many lures out there and to build rather thick walls is frustrating. it will remain around, but i would watch much more for the exuberant groups black pentecostal, white pentecostal and moderate evangelical. [interviewer:] okay, one of the difficulties people come uwith when we talk about religious diversity and a classroom religious pluralism there's a tendency to say, "well, if you study all the religions, you water down your own religion." is there a way that a model or technique people might use, to cherish the integrity of their own views yet appreciate other worldviews or are we just barkin

. >> one of the hot issues at the congressional black caucus event is a protest by some

. >> one of the hot issues at the congressional black caucus event is a protest by some black clergy who are urging african americans to stay at home on election day to protest the president's support for gay marriage. >>> ken picks up the story from here. he's live downtown from the gala at the convention center. ken, what's up? >> reporter: good evening to you, bruce. it's because of that protest that you just talked about that the first lady's comments come at a critical moment for the black community locally and throughout the country. this is of course, following remarks from black ministers who oppose president obama's stance on same-sex marriage. ♪ [ music ] the who's who of black leaders packed the washington convention center for the annual black gala. fresh on the minds are recent remarks made by religious leaders within the black community, urging their congregations to stay home and not vote this election. that suggestion comes as a form of opposition to president obama's support for same-sex marriage. it's a message leaders at the gala rejected. >> anyone that would encou

tens of thousands of people here to protest against the government's austerity measures. but it changed very quickly with the arrival of black dressed protesters carrying gas masks. they also had petrol bombs and engaged the riot police who let off canisters of tear gas. for now, at least, it looks like things have settled right back down. the key thing to remember is, though, this was scheduled to coincide with a voten parliament regarding the latest austerity cuts. that didn't happen today, that's yet to come. the risk is we see the violence today happening again in the next two weeks when parliament finally gets to vote on these measures. for now, though, it is relatively peaceful here. greece, though, very aware of what's going on in spain. two countries where the people here are saying enough to austerity and enough to cuts. for now, though, back to you. >>> flying drones helped uncover a large marijuana plantation in northeastern italy. the drones were recently used to monitor the stability of buildings after recent earthquakes there. they seized 182 plants during that unexpected and surprise raid. surprise for the dro

a battle between police and protesters continued for a fourth day in cairo and in tunisia clouds of black smoke were seen as protesters stormed the gate of the u.s. embassy in tunis. friday's demonstrations were not confined to the middle east. this was the scene outside the american embassy in london. the protests seem at least in part a response to an internet movie trailer produced in the u.s. it angered muslims for its unflattering portrayal of the prophet muhammad, much like the accelerated pace of last year's arab spring, word of the video spreading across the region rapidly through social media. youtube blocked the video in egypt and in libya where those attacks on american personnel took place tuesday, the scope of which stunned the u.s. diplomatic community. an official said friday arrests had been made in connection with those killings in benghazi. >> there are reports tonight of violent protests in more than two dozen nations in northern africa, the middle east and europe. in sudan police reportedly fired on thousands of demonstrators outside the united states embassy. there we

black. >>> 7:33. more coverage of the protests overseas this morning. u.s. marines have been sent to yemen now to deal with the aftermath of the attack hon the u.s. embassy -- on the u.s. embassy. look at this. security officials built this makeshift wall to keep the demonstrators away. large demonstrations also happening in iran, near the swiss embassy. >>> four people have been arrested in libya. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in that attack. american war shops are headed to the coast of linnia and marines have been deployed there as well. >>> we're getting new details about the three other americans who were killed in libya. two were u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s who lived in san jose county tyrone woods -- county. tyrone woods and glen doherty. they were providing security. shawn smith was also killed. >>> new this morning, two earthquakes shook eureka about three hours ago. the 3.2 magnitude and 4.5 magnitude earthquakes hit within four minutes of each other. so fare there have been -- so far, there have been no reports of inj

protesters have heeded. we are also hearing about an embassy attack in tunis right now. there is a report of a lock -- black cloud. protesting and demanding freedom. we love america and we love freedom. now it is death to america. obviously, a much more extreme crowd that has changed here in the mother of that arab world in just 18 months. dagen: wheatland, thank you for that reporting. we can kick off the list of countries where we are seeing demonstrations. turmoil, what will stop this? our next guest says we are only in act one. more chaos is to come. he joins us now from washington, d.c. if this is just about a video, a so-called movie, chuck, then wanted it fade? >> this is not about a movie. you cannot turn out this many people and stage all of the effort that these people have done just as a random event. this was planned for the 11th anniversary of 9/11. the activity was also used as a cover to assassinate our ambassador and libya. this is not random. this moves away from the real question which is with all of our intelligence efforts and presents and a lot of these governments, government that we h

we're told the protesters have stormed the walls, torn down american flags and are replacing them with blackprotests are over a movie the demonstrators consider is an insult to the profit, mohamed. wolf blitzer will have more on this coming up in "the situation room." >>> as many as 72 people were killed in fighting across syria today. new video out of hama, a humanitarian crisis brewing for refugees who escaped the fighting and taken shelter in neighboring countries. actress and u.n. ambassador a angan angan angly jolie. sara sidner has this report. >> reporter: angly na jolie in tents who have come over from syria, syrian ref fu gees. anjelina talking about one of her experiences she had when she went to the border with syria. she said it was an extraordinary experience seeing people come over the boarder and become refugees for the very first time. but what touched her the most were the children and the devastating stories she heard from the children. >> as a mother certainly the amount of innocent children that are reported dead, the amount of innocent children i've met here who are woun

a battle between police and protesters continued for a fourth day in cairo. and in tunisia clouds of black smoke were seen as protesters stormed the gate of the u.s. embassy. friday's demonstrations were not confined to the middle east, this was the scene outside of the american embassy in london. the protest seemed, at least in part, in response to an internet movie trailer produced in the united states that anchored muslims for an unflattering portrayal of the muslim leader mohammed. much like the arabs spring, word of the video has spread across the region rapidly for social media. youtube blocks of bdo in egypt and libya where those attacks took place tuesday. the scope of which stunned the u.s. diplomatic community. an official said friday that arrest had been made in connection to those killing. >> a protests began on tuesday against the film, and tonight the southern california moviemaker behind it is still hold up in his home, but the probation department says that he may soon have no trust but to come out. david lopez explains why. >> he is always partying on the weekend, lots of

we see a lot of protesters who are islamic in the crowd. just to give you an idea there's a blackh jihadis. that is on the wall of the u.s. embassy. a lot of anger. and so they're protesting inside the embassy. >> ian is following the events happening right now. >>> moving to politics. in this country mitt romney is talking to reno, nevada, to the national guard. let's listen in. >> the plane had hit the world trade center. i turned on the small tv on our desk there and watched in shock as the flames and smoke erupted from the north tower. i called my wife ian. she, too, watched the tragedy from her tv and wondered how a plane could fly into a building in clear daylight. and then we saw the second plane crash into the second tower. these then were purpsful attackses. these were terrorist attacks. these were evil and cowardly and heinous attacks. leaving the city, i drove towards alexandria. the highway i was on came within a few hundred yards of the pentagon, which had been hit by then. weres were stopped where they were and people had gotten out, watching in horror. i could smell

embassy in cairo to protest this film many demonstrators were seen scaling the walls to take down the american flag and replace it with a black flag bearing the inscription at means to protest this is the first time ever that the u.s. embassy in egypt has been attacked or reached now this the film that purportedly triggered this uprising against u.s. diplomatic missions was reportedly produced by an anti muslim group based in the united states to the prophet mohammad as a fraud and shows him having sex and calling for massacres reporting from new york r.t. . revolutionary libya and egypt will only see a further rise in extreme extremism and instability says another me an assistant professor of middle east and islamic politics at the university have done. people like this i think are looking for a reaction they're looking for precisely what we saw today in cairo and in being gassy they deeply are trying to promote a clash of civilizations and think americans are going to have to get used to the fact that as societies open up you are going to see protests such as the spike stream missed elements it's not just liberals and democ

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black flags that looked like those of al qaeda. one man scaled a flagpole while others lit flares much the protesters are furious about a movie which appears to have been made in america that they say insults the prophet muhammad beyond the insults any depiction of mohamed is forbidden. danish embassies were attacked after a cartoon was published. it's being promoted by pastor terry jones who infamous/burned a koran in 2010. he said the movie is "not designed to attack muslims but to show the destructive ideology of islam." "they have to arrest this priest" this christian protester said while this woman held a sign that said do you want war with muslims much the embassy knew something was brewing after they were sent parts of the film asking their involvement. the ambassador and most of his staff left the complex ahead of the protests. meanwhile, diane, the american consulate in benghazi, libya was also attacked tonight. that incident believed to have

protesters stormed the u.s. embassy before being stopped. this after setting the german headquarters on fire. in tunisia, black smoke billowed from the u.s. bassy after protesters attacked it. two demonstrators killed. in yemen, the crowd charged the embassy and was dispersed by police. 50 u.s. marines are now on their way to secure it. in lebanon, crowds torched another symbol of america, a kfc restaurant and broke the windows of a hardee's. all this, just as the pope arrived to the region, spreading a message of peace and tolerance. back here in cairo, it is clear the violence could have been worse. after president obama called egypt's new leader mohammed morsi, morsi reversed course and urged the protesters to hold off, saying, "it is required by our religion to protect our guests and their homes and places of work. so i call on all, consider this, consider the law and not attack embassies." but not all the protesters are listening to the president's calls for calm. tonight, near the u.s. embassy, street battles rage on. david? >> lama hasan, thank you. and that phone call that lama mentioned between president obama and egypt's presiden

and by the time we made it to montgomery five days later, there were almost 30,000 black and white citizens-protestant, catholic, jewish, men, women, young people. it was like a holy march. and the congress debated the act, passed it, and on august 6, 1965, president lyndon johnson signed it into law. amy goodman: congressmember john lewis. we continue our conversation after break. [break] [break] amy goodman: the morehouse college glee club performing "we shall overcome." morehouse college was the alma mater of dr. martin luther king jr. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman, as i continue with my interview with democratic congressmember john lewis of georgia, leader of the civil rights movement, risked his life numerous times marching for the right of all americans to vote. during the civil rights movement, he marched side by side with dr. king. he served as chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee, helped organize the freedom rides, spoke at the 1963 march on washington. congressmember lewis was also a leader of the now-famous voting right

protesters have breached the u.s. embassy, lowered the american flag from its pole and they are raising the black flag of the protesters is according to an eyewitness. there are, there is some evidence that police, tunisian police or tunisian government authorities are on the scene trying to control these protesters. of course, you can see that thick black smoke rising there. we're not exactly sure what that is. all we know that they managed to the lower the american flag from its pole at the u.s. embassy in tunisia. when we get more information we'll pass it along. we got to take a break. we'll come back. i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... and bleeding that wasn't normal for me. she said i had to go to the doctor. turned out i had uterine cancer, a type of gynecologic cancer. i received treatment and we're confident i'll be fine. please listen to your body. if something doesn't feel right for two weeks or longer, see your doctor. get the inside knowledge about gynecologic cancers. knowing can make all the difference in the world. until i got a jo

protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in tunis, replacing the stars and stripes with a black banner.movie criticizing the prophet muhammad that the u.s. government has condemned. that's not stopped demonstrators from attacking u.s. assets from morocco to india, including afghanistan, where the video cannot be seen since the government has blocked youtube. moments ago, live right here on cnn, we saw the home going ceremony for the four men who lost their lives at that libyan consulate on tuesday night when protesters stormed the consulate. the president of the united states spoke. the secretary of state as well. and among those who were at that ceremony was the vice president, joe biden, and the secretary of defense, leon panetta, as well as the u.n. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice and colin powell and his wife at that ceremony as well. a moving ceremony, took place right here on cnn just moments ago. >>> the anti-muhammad movie that ignited global outrage shows how much power youtube wields regardless of borders. the video sharing website which is owned by google is opting to not

protest and challenge authority. a rally here at the federal building drew about 50 proactivitier, many with science, others dressed in black with their faces covered. the folks say they are showing support for fellow protesters in the pacific northwest who refuse to testify in a grand jury investigation they believe is intended to pressure the occupy movement. many believe the investigations used to put down dissent. they are trying to dig up anything they can, to scare people, to stop people from expressing their political views and engaging in political activity. >> we have seen a number of private security guards, police and federal agents out here but so far its been a peaceful demonstration with no major instant. live in oakland. >> according to the aclu the fbi was keeping tabs on oakland occupy protesters last year. the aclu said that they have reports that show fbi officials met on how to deal with the possible airport demonstration and other occupy activities. the group said that the fbi is refusing to release another two dozen documents siting national security concerns. >> the body of chris stevens was returned

rubber bullets used here and what were running street battles, protesters left dead and they were viceral filled in the anti-americanism and the black islamic flag so idyllic and in this protests throughout the arab world and a number of the protesters were chanting, obama, obama, we are all osama in reference to osama bin laden and al-qaeda. and to that, the arabian peninsula issued a communique, urging more attacks on u.s. embassies and to quote, bill more american diplomates. according to local press here, the egyptian media, there was a credible threat against the u.s. embassy earlier this month by a jihady group based in the sinai peninsula here. so far that threat has not materialized, but a step up in the security at the american embassy here, just about 100 yards to my left and the roads down to the embassy and 18 foot high concrete blocks, blocking entire roads on the way down to the embassy and obviously, the other embassies around the middle east, around the arab world, we're now seeing a reenforcement with marines sent in to help secure against possible protests coming in the next few weeks, kelly. back to you. >> and le

black lock is a group of protestors that wear mask and the color black and of described as anarchist. they are apparently protesting the officer involved shooting that took place at 8:00 p.m. this evening on 14 and natoma street. police say officer with the gang task force opened fire on a suspected gang member after that suspected gang member pointed a gun at the officer during the foot pursuit. suspect was shot twice and is recovering from non-life threatening injuries at san francisco general hospital. now as i said the mission district police station is under heavy guard now. officers rushed over here as soon as they heard about the graffiti. we have been told those black lock protestors are marching in the mission right now. this is 7 news. >> thank you lillian. >> we follow developing story in san rafael where driver hit a wednesday before slamming into a restaurant. this happened on fourth street at the city popular thursday night farmer market and that's where amma is for us right now. amma? >>reporter: yes, carolyn, the chevy blazer that hit into the woman and then the restaurant behind me was removed shor

black lock is a group of protestors that wear mask and the color black and of described as anarchist. they are apparently protesting the officer involved shooting that took place at 8:00 p.m. this evening on 14 and natoma street. police say officer with the gang task force opened fire on a suspected gang member after that suspected gang member pointed a gun at the officer during the foot pursuit. suspect was shot twice and is recovering from non-life threatening injuries at san francisco general hospital. now as i said the mission district police station is under heavy guard now. officers rushed over here as soon as they heard about the graffiti. we have been told those black lock protestors are marching in the mission right now. this is 7 news. >> thank you lillian. >> we follow developing story in san rafael where driver hit a wednesday before slamming into a restaurant. this happened on fourth street at the city popular thursday night farmer market and that's where amma is for us right now. amma? >>reporter: yes, carolyn, the chevy blazer that hit into the woman and then the restaurant behind me was removed shor

black lock is a group of protestors that wear mask and the color black and of described as anarchist. they are apparently protestingcer involved shooting that took place at 8:00 p.m. this evening on 14 and natoma street. police say officer with the gang task force opened fire on a suspected gang member after that suspected gang member pointed a gun at the officer during the foot pursuit. suspect was shot twice and is recovering from non-life threatening injuries at san francisco general hospital. now as i said the mission district police station is under heavy guard now. officers rushed over here as soon as they heard about the graffiti. we have been told those black lock protestors are marching in the mission right now. this is 7 news. >> thank you lillian. >> we follow developing story in san rafael where driver hit a wednesday before slamming into a restaurant. this happened on fourth street at the city popular thursday night farmer market and that's where amma is for us right now. amma? >>reporter: yes, carolyn, the chevy blazer that hit into the woman and then the restaurant behind me was removed short time ag

protesters scaling the wall of the u.s. embassy and tearing down the american flag with a black flag with the words, there is no god except allahesters believe the u.s. has a film out that insulted the prophet mohamma. the egyptians have elected a muslim brotherhood member to head their country. this is the first place in the middle-east that president obama promised to bring, quote, democracy to. joining me is dana perino and doug -- dough schoen. they got it wrong with the muslim brotherhood from day one. it was never a democracy movement, it was always inevitable that the brotherhood would take over. we have agreed on that. >> we have agreed for a long timing. the united states has only apologized for this film. we haven't condemned this horrific attack-- >>> why is he apologizing for it? >> i don't know! it makes no earthly sense. >> sean: this is the state department doing this. >> right! the state department. dana! where are they? >> the state department -- look, if i am being charitable, probably -- maybe they knew something that they were going to spark more outrage if they didn't say something. >> sean: like spiking th

protesters marching shoulder to shoulder, many dressed in black and at times violent.the right, the video taken this evening. the crowd smaller and calmer. they marched through the financial district during rush hour, and they held a news conference to announce it was going to be occupied again indefinitely. >> we are celebrating by call attention to debt and the fact that debt is driving all the evils in a lot of -- a lot of the evils in the economic system today. >> just here to let the public know that we are caring about student debt, home foreclosures. >> many of the protesters blocked streets in the area, causing minor traffic delays and detours. >> across country venture has taken a strange turn and now a woman is in nebraska searching for her father. 69-year-old charles dowde, left on an amtrak and he was never seen. a conductor claims he saw him in omaha and he seemed disoriented. the family is now there passing out missing person flyers and rounding up volunteers to find him. >> the fact that we have not heard from him is not in his character. he would not va

. >> new at 10:00 a protest by nurses outside of a black-tie celebration in castro valley of the members of california nurses' association picketed outside as people inside celebrated a new facility there. one nurse said while management is celebrating a new building, nurses have been without a contract now, nor more than a year. at issue in those contract talks staffing levels and health care costs. >> those looking for thrills on a popular kind of amusement kind of ride will have to weight after the decision to close down six of those rides. those on the windseeker towers at knott's berry farm were granded when the ride malfunctioned for the second time in a month. now the parent company of knott's berry farm has closed all the windseeker tours. the rides have malfunctioned five times at four different amusement parks in the past year. >>> both sides in the apple- samsung patent battle want a court to reconsider that award. the jury found that numerous samsung products infringed on apple patents. meantime samsung is requesting a new trial in hopes of reversing the award. the judge will

and carrying that black islamic flag that is on the un embassy. it is it part of the protest.l-qaida and the arabian peninsula praised the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that killed four people calling for more people and calling for more attacks . security is stepped up significantly in the u.s. embassy. and we are down the road from the embassy compound hundred yards to my left is a huge concrete barrier that is built to prevent any one or car or truck from driving near the u.s. embassy compound we are told by local media and confirm would by a local intelligence officer as of now there is a credible threat made in cairo and that was made by a jihadist group and they don't know what the threat is it. and it is it a tense situation here in cairo as they try to deal with the protest issue and burning american flags and chanting deaths to america and a potential bombing here in cairo, judges. >> thank you so much. and with me now is it retired four star general and chief-of-staff and military analyst general jack ceem that is result of people who are angry over the f

and carrying that black islamic flag that is on the un embassy. it is it part of the protest.l-qaida and the arabian peninsula praised the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that killed four people calling for more people and calling for more attacks . security is stepped up significantly in the u.s. embassy. and we are down the road from the embassy compound hundred yards to my left is a huge concrete barrier that is built to prevent any one or car or truck from driving near the u.s. embassy compound we are told by local media and confirm would by a local intelligence officer as of now there is a credible threat made in cairo and that was made by a jihadist group and they don't know what the threat is it. and it is it a tense situation here in cairo as they try to deal with the protest issue and burning american flags and chanting deaths to america and a potential bombing here in cairo, judges. >> thank you so much. and with me now is it retired four star general and chief-of-staff and military analyst general jack ceem that is result of people who are angry over the f

protests. what we are seeing here. we mention this -- this is the black flag. this is being carried by people in the crowd representing islam. it is called the shahada, the first pillar of islam, written in white letters. it says, quote, "there is no god but allah and muhammad is his messenger." it is an affirmation of faith. we want to bring in the crowds of angry egyptians are fighting with police in cairo right now. their anger aimed in part at the united states. you see those pictures. those people are climbing the walls for four days around the american embassy many tahrir square. you have protesters with rocks and bottles. you see the pictures there as they are lobbing them. we are going to get to ben weiderman as soon as we can who can give us a liveup on that situation there. outrage over an anti-muslim movie made by and produced here in united states. it is now spreading to turkey. ida watson is in istanbul. >> a small group of demonstrators have gathered here in istanbul to chant damn america, no to islamiyah phobia and to condemn the anti-islamic fil