. >>> welcome, i'm deborah potter sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us. pakistan is grappling with one of the worst natural disasters seen in decades. monsoon floods have already killed more than 1,500 people and more than 14 million lack housing, food, drinking water or medical care. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for international assistance. religious groups working in the country say they need additional fus to help victims of the disaster. the christian aid group international assistance mission says it will stay in afghanistan despite the murder of ten of its staff members, the taliban claims responsibility for killing the workers, including six americans, accusing them of spying for the u.s., preaching christianity and distributing bibles. the mission denied those charges as did secretary of state hillary clinton. >> we also condemn the taliban's transparent attempt to justify the njustifiable by making false accusations about these aid workers' activities in afghanistan. >> in somalia, the militant group has banned three chris

. >>> welcome, i'm tim o'brien, sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us, a new poll this week by the ppw research center finds that the majority of americans believe that president obama is a muslim. most of them saying they got that information from the media. meanwhile, the number of people who say they know he is christian has fallen to only 34%. the laest percentage of those polled, 43% say they didn't know the president's religion, a number which has also risen from last year, researchers say these changes can be traced to attacks by opponents and on the fact that obama is not as visibly religious as his predecessors, the white house responded that the president is a christian and he prays every day. >>> as controversy continues to surround plans for a muslim community center in lower manhattan. obama said muslims have a right to build the islamic center, although he later refused to say whether he actually supports the center being built near ground zero. at a news conference this week, several muslim advocates joined christ