christians feel particularly threatened. >> the security system is so weak. >> persecution on christian control center has been going on for a long time. they hope this is changed. john waage cbn news. >> joining us now is nina shay at the hudson institute. today they gathered on the streets of tahrir square, downtown, cairo in a show of symbolism. do you think this can be sustained in a post mubarak regime? >> i am concerned about the christians. they were there before islam. they have been there for about 2,000 years. they are very vulnerable. they do not have weapons, militias, tribal links. about 10 percent of the population. a very overwhelmingly, we don't now how much radicalized nation. >> the pictures of them demolishing the church. where was the police? the army, the authorities in protecting christians in the situations like this? >> the reports we are receiving, the police have melted away, particularly outside cairo. they have disappeared, not offering protection. the military came to that town but backed off, did not stop the violence. did not work to protect the christians

today we have 3 percent, out of 97 percent sunni muslims, 3 percent christians, coptic christians which are about 60,000 in number. we have the catholic church with a seat in cairo. and we have a number of smaller evangelical churches. there was a small presence vulnerable community there. >> as this small vulnerable community had the freedom, the room to flourish in the society? >> of course there is restrictions. you can't worship or proselytize. there was no overt persecution. >> was gadhafi good for the christian community in libya? >> i wouldn't say he was good. it is a question of [laughter] which is the worst of worst evils, i think. certainly, gadhafi kept back the muslim brotherhood who want today take over. we have the libyan islamic fighting group. also who wants to more radical islam in libya. many of them try today overthrow gadhafi because of his relationship with the west. for christians there was relative peace. although there wasn't complete freedom. >> i want to get your opinion about the so-called rebel groups r. they a friend or foe of the united states and those of

blow to the christian community. hello everyone i am georgethomas. christians in pakistan robert are realing from their advocate, shahbaz bhatti. an out spoking critic of the country's blasphemy laws. he died as he left his mother's home. at his funeral, gerard bhatti said his brother did not die in vain. >> i am proud that my brother give his life for a good cause. [applause]. >> we have a panel of experts to talk about what this means for pakistan's tiny community and the issue of religious freedom. joining us by skype is international correspondent gary lane and paul marshal of the hudson institute's center for religious freedom and sharad from proximate cause pakistan, an attorney. great to have you all on the broadcast. first we begin with jennifer wishon who tell general ulysses s. grant more about shahbaz bhatti and his mission. >> reporter: shahbaz bhatti had just left his mother's home when radical islamists opened fire, riddling it with bullets. security team not with him. the 42 year old had been leading t

>>: today on christian world news helping the japanese people survived multiple disasters christian organizations on the frontline of relief efforts. >> tried to bring others against us. >>; a surprising source of christian persecution inside the holy land and the faith is buildingamong believers there >>: >>: earthquake, as a nominee, nuclear crisis, japanese people struggle to overcomemultiple disasters, i am george thomas welcome to this weeks edition of christian world news. more than 500,000 japanese are homeless and many are struggling to survive with no power and no heat in freezing winter weather and relief work is hampered by the nuclear crisis and people are hoarding food and gas and travel is becoming more hazardous as the risk of nuclear contamination increases in some age groups are at work in the region including cbn's operation blessing. >>: we have made it this far as this town, we are on the coast of the oadi prefecture and operation blessing has been able to deliver supplies for the second day in a row we are in a huge editorial where most of the residents have fled; there are a

only protecting christians let's hear from brian fisher and so he joins me now to talk about his new his line of reasoning on this issue brian welcome to the program. i'm well i'm curious what do you have against peter selene from framlingham massachusetts. who is peterson. massachusetts he was a revolutionary war decorated hero he fought the month of june seventeenth seventy five in the battle of bunker hill later he fought the battle of saratoga he had an audience with george washington for his bravery he was a muslim. i have nothing against evil good the founding fathers so you're not saying that the founding fathers did not intend the first moment to protect the religious freedom of muslims. what i'm saying about the first amendment is that the founding fathers did not expressively protect religious liberty for the islamic faith nor did they prohibit religious liberty for the islamic faith what they were out to do was to protect religious liberty for the christian faith and to exclude all right able read between the various christian denominations that were active about making th

christian dior's a fashion show opens in paris without its controversial designer.and nasa rocket mission had ended in failure twice. it did take off from california, but it did not make it into space. it crashed back to earth. >> ignition of the taurus rockets. >> a perfect start for nasa's latest mission. >> and of climates may affect our lives. >> does minutes into the lodge, there is a problem. >> the flight was going well until the time of separation. >> it fails to separate and the taurus rockets falls back to earth, crashing into the pacific ocean. the flight staff does not know why the 250 million pound mission failed. >> we are all pretty devastated. we will recover. the team will bounce back. they are all profs. -- they are all professionals. >> liftoff. >> two years who earlier, the same thing happened. minutes into its launch, its multimillion pound payload crash back to earth. at the time, nasa said it would fine fellow would rob before it flew any more missions. losing to earth observation satellites in the same way has been extensive and embarrassing

so let's go right away to christiane in tripoli. good evening, christiane. you sat right across from the man. the whole world is wondering what he'll do next. what did you hear? reporter: well, diane, i see he was relaxed and focused, determined to tell his side of the story. he exhibited no sense of a siege mentality. on the other hand, he remains incapable of realizing that in this country there is an uprising against him. colonel gadhafi emerged from the first of a convoy of cars, greeting us at a beachfront restaurant as the sun set over the mediterranean. in his trademark flowing robes and gold-rimmed aviator shades, he looked every inch the flamboyant character he's known to be. how are you? >> i'm fine. >> reporter: it's good to meet you. i'm christiane amanpour, abc. gadhafi is not hiding in some underground bunker. he walked right in through the front doors, and he wants people to know that he's still in tripoli. i sat down along with two british journalists for his first interview since the uprising began here 11 days ago. >> translator: obviously

i'm christiane amanpour. abc. more than anything he wanted us to see he's not hiding but remains here in tripoli. perhaps his long stronghold. he showed no signs of a siege mentality, that's perhaps because he remains utter unconvinced there is an uprising against him. >> no demonstration in the street at all. no, no one against us. against me for what? because i am not president. they love me, all my people with me, they love me all. they will die to protect me, my people. >> reporter: if you say they do love you, then why are they capturing benghazi and say they're against you? >> it's kw, it's kw not my people. al kw. >> reporter: colonel gadhafi, the president of the united states, the leaders of britain and other leaders, are calling on you to step down, to leave libya, to leave your position of power. will you do that? >> translator: who would leave his homeland? why do i leave my homeland? why do i leave libya? >> reporter: they say that they've done it because you have ordered force against your people, sh

and i think, therefore, this conversation is critical because in christian theology resurrection followseath. we can't be resurrected if we don't admit that we're dead. >> who is more influential, oprah, jay-z, start going down -- >> right there. >> we begin to talk about the role of the black church or role of black churches in the life of communities, we need to understand african-american communities are dynamic. they are complex. that complexity reflects in very interesting ways the material conditions under which black folks -- >> jay-z is not representative of an institution. barack obama is catching hell today -- >> not an institution. >> not a viable. it's not an institution capable of producing anything. not producing anything. >> someone argues in the same way that 2004 allowed black churches allowed to deliver votes for president bush, the hip-hop delivered votes to president obama in 2008. >> do black preachers still have the sway they had 50 years ago, 60 years ago. >> some do. part of it has to do with this very complex feel in which black churches exist in. it's not like t

. >>> in cairo, deadly violence erupted between muslims and christians. tensioned escalated after a group of muslims burned down a coptic church south of the city. the fire was reportedly set because of a family feud over an interfaith romance. at least 13 people were killed, and more than 100 wounded, most of them christians. many local leaders have called for more religious tolerance but some cops say they're not being protected by the country's transitional government. >>> around the world this week, christians began observing lent, the solemn 40-day period leading up to easter. in rome, pope benedict xvi preside over the traditional ash wednesday service. at ash wednesday services in philadelphia, the cardinal urges special raye as archdiocese deals with a widening sex abuse scandal there. the cardinal placed 21 priests on administrative leave this week, pending an inquire troy allegations that they abused minors. >> illinois has become the 16th state to ban the death penalty. governor pat quinn signed the law wednesday ending capital punishment and r

i was not an anti-christian bigot and that i, in fact, felt like a christian myself. (anderson) and you were brought up in a catholic family. yeah, i was raised as a catholic, you know. and of course, i left the church at the age of 13 or 14. as most ex-catholics that i speak to, you know, they sort of leave the church at around that time. and i've always felt there was a, you know-- there's a basic conflict between what the church tells you and what your body tells you at that age. and if you're smart, you'll listen to your body. (paulson) and you mentioned that before this controversy, you were relatively unknown. yeah. a little more than a decade later, you are widely known and widely respected. so was that controversy a blessing or a curse? both. you know, why couldn't it be both? yeah. i mean, that's--but that's the nature of my work, that there is a lot of conflict and contradiction within the work, and certainly the way it's been perceived and seen, you know, outside of the studio is also conflicted. so who would be some of the artists that you looked to for in

a fasting season also begins for christians this week. on march 7th, eastern christians will mark clean monday, the beginning of great lent, a period of prayer and fasting before pascha, or easter. for western christians, lent begins later in the week, on ash wednesday, when many will attend services and have ashes placed on their foreheads as a symbol of penance and mortality. >>> that's our program for now. i'm kim lawton. we have much more on our website where you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. you can follow us on twitter and facebook, where i have a fan page too. you can also find us on youtube, and watch us anytime, anywhere on smartphones and iphones with our mobile web app. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes from india as hindus honored lord shiva, their god of destruction and renewal.

the christian democrats lost a six decade-long reign of power. it was a blow to chancellor angela merkel, who leads the christian democrats. there was the back-and-forth policy on nuclear power, and they gave their votes to the green party. >> german chancellor angela merkel was putting on a brave face after sunday's electoral debacle. they were defeated for the first time after 58 years in power in baden-wurttemberg, delivering a severe blow. it marks a big shift. >> we lost the governing majority. it is a deep cut in the history of baden-wurttemberg, and with that, the history of our party. >> people just did not vote against your party, but about nuclear reactors. many voters considered this to be political. some were alienated by the policy shift. now, she says she is a nuclear supporter of the ones to reexamine the issues. what happened in japan was so improbable that it can, and i think also will, affe our point of view regarding what is probable and what is improbable. >> besides cleaning up its own mess, the christian democrats are lookin

the christian democrats lost a six decade-long reign of power. it was a blow to chancellor angela merkel, who leads the christian democrats. there was the back-and-forth policy on nuclear power, and they gave their votes to the green party. >> german chancellor angela merkel was putting on a brave face after sunday's electoral debacle. they were defeated for the first time after 58 years in power in baden-wurttemberg, delivering a severe blow. it marks a big shift. >> we lost the governing majority. it is a deep cut in the history of baden-wurttemberg, and with that, the history of our party. >> people just did not vote against your party, but about nuclear reactors. many voters considered this to be political. some were alienated by the policy shift. now, she says she is a nuclear supporter of the ones to reexamine the issues. what happened in japan was so improbable that it can, and i think also will, affect our point of view regarding what is probable and what is improbable. >> besides cleaning up its own mess, the christian democrats are look

you know, i'm a christian. i don't believe there's anything in my faith this as i get three weeks off to observe easter on any particular year. and my point is that it's my understanding that she could have met her religious obligation without creating this burden of being the only math and lab instructor in school disappear i think that's going to far quite frankly. the fact that you took this case that is going to do more damage than good. that's my 2 cents worth about it. but my question is, it's simple. is this the only three weeks in her life where she could do this? >> i can get into the specific facts of this particular case, but what i can tell you is that -- >> the answer to my question, i know you may not be an expert on when you take a pilgrimage, but my point is i don't think so. i think she could have accommodated her religious beliefs without leaving the school district in a lurch. it is nothing about her religion. i would say that about any religion. and i just think you're doing more harm than g

you couldn't be member of a problematic christian church and a muslim. [laughter] >> thank you again for both of your comments. my question is similar to the last gentleman. after reading dreams of my father, his biography and the audacity of hope, you find the picture of a public intellectual who in very many ways appropriated the african-american church and all and wanted to inform his intellectual growth. i am kind of wondering why that never got across to much of the population. i mean, he kind of brought his way and not just in to our modern politics but very much into the african-american experience and became his lightning rod for all of the hopes and dreams of the entire people we don't think about outside of hbo. so i'm kind of wondering why that didn't really get across. you just said you can't both be this sort of a feast person who can't stand religion you know, this member of this violent christian sector but at the same time people completely ignore religion in general with him. so i am just wondering what the was all about. >> it's a good

christiane, thank you for that. we want to turn now to ron claiborne who has a look at how close that quake was to major cities in japan. >> good morning you to. here's a look at the area affected, the fukushima nuclear power plant is in north eastern japan. that's where the explosion occurred. 150 miles from the capital of tokyo and 20 miles from the tenth largest city in japan, iwaki with a population of 350,000. there's also a second nuclear power plant also damaged southeast of that fukushima plant, that's the daini power plant and japanese officials declared states of imagine, five nuclear reactors affected, the explosion this morning blew the roof off the fukushima atomic plant, although the japanese government is saying the radiation in the area may actually be decreasing. however they expanded the evacuation from a 6 mile radius from the fukushima power plant to 12 miles. right now the weather is calm with winds headed away from shore, out to sea but a storm system is headed into the area monday, which could

christiane, thank you so much. of course, christiane will have much more from japan on a special edition of "this week" later on this morning. dan? >>> while christiane has been viewing the destruction from the air, our clarissa ward has traveled by land to sendai, which as you know, is the largest city near the epicenter. she joins us now from sendai. clarissa, good morning. i understand you have seen some truly horrific things. >> reporter: good morning, dan. that's right. we were in that devastated port area today. the police have now completely blocked that off because it's getting late here. and they say with such a high risk of further quakes, it is simply impossible for us to be there at night. the port of this modern city now almost like a war zone. soldiers watching over charred debris. plumes of smoke billowing from a burning refinery. [ sirens ] police and firemen pouring in to assess the enormous damage. this area was completely submerged by that wall of water coming with that force and just completely

christiane joins me now. you were just in libya, what can you tell us? >> well, i think they are bracing for military intervention but when i reached them, he was defiant with customary bravado. the second son is his closest political adviser and he was as defiant when i reached him on the phone tonight as when i first met him in tripoli last month. >> are you hide something are you worried? >> hiding from who? >> well as you know, the united nations has taken a resolution that would potentially involve air strikes against your father's air defenses and various military placements. >> i think our country, our people, and we are not afraid. >> what is your father's reaction and your reaction to this resolution that's just been taken? >> first of all, it was unfair. because as you know, from the beginning, we told everybody there were no air strikes against civilians. >> he claimed that the city of ben gazi in the hands of the opposition was full of people waiting for the gadhafis to come back. people in ben gazi are cheering the united nation's resolution

thousands of egyptian christians have protested in cairo demanding an end to religious discrimination against them demonstrators by the sixth of october bridge chanting slogans coptic christians make up for saying that the country's million population and they back to the earliest days of christianity has the government of failing to stop prejudice which they claim makes them second class citizens. and our chief financial gurus are also in egypt in our next hour max kaiser and state herbert suggest how a full scale economic revolt might be the only way to topple the corrupt with big wigs of the big bags. kaiser this is the kaiser report coming to you from cairo egypt behind me the october sixth the bridge this is where millions of revolutionaries stormed and took over a country and throughout the dictator i'm only hoping we see something similar in the u.s. millions storming the brooklyn bridge or take out the dictatorship of the new york federal reserve bank or how about the dictatorship of the federal reserve bank in washington this is ground zero for the twenty first century revolu

and that is when i see he started to go to church, to claim that he was a christian. it was hand-in-hand with his political work and -- >> host: this is quite right and obama hasn't seen himself and dreams from my father talking about, or maybe it is the audacity of hope where he says he would go from church to church organizing and the pastors and the priest would say where do you go to church and he didn't go and then one of his buddies says to him you know you better find a church. check out the united trinity church reverend wright that christianity comes late and very much fused with the political sense of social justice and the involvement of the church and the kind of issues that obama cared about. but the closing this is a fascinating book, it covers i think that in america the coverage of obama tend to be very sanitized, and what i mean by that is not that it tends to be positive, i think it is, but more that it doesn't dig deep into the dimension of obama's life, his ideas, his heritage, and you have covered in this book a sort of side of obama's family hist

that's where christian is live tonight. christian? >> reporter: it heather the temperatures have dropped and the rain is driving and the wind is really picking up. taking a look at the conditions right now we are dealing right now with a high wind warning. that was issued about an hour ago. high profile vehicles like vans and trucks need to be aware of that. there is also warning the wind could topple trees into the power lines that could lead to isolated power outages. and the rain could lead to a flash food warning. that flash flood warning starting in the santa cruz mountains in an hour. >> wind and rain and i didn't think it was raining this much. >> reporter: he has lived here for two years now and has never seen the water level this high. >> usually you can walk down and walk along the area. but the river seems to be getting pretty high right now. >> reporter: he says the rainy weather will have him keeping a close eye on the water level and getting ready to evacuate in a hurry if the need arises. >> the horse you got to move hi

christiane? >> reporter: diane, people close to the gadhafi regime are worried that the west is getting ready for an invasion, and that would unleash for violence, they fear. meanwhile, the noose is tightening, and all the while, gadhafi insists that he remains in control of the country. call it a tale of two realities. by night, anti-gadhafi graffiti on the walls. by morning, it's painted over and edited by pro-gadhafi loyalists. today, we made our way through an eerily calm capital. so, here we are in the old city of tripoli. and you can see, it is completely shuttered. there's nobody here. usually this is bustling, it's markets, it's shops, it's restaurants. and now, totally quiet. this afternoon, escorted from gadhafi's regime, took us and other reporters to a neighborhood here in tripoli where we found -- a ready-made rally of gadhafi supporters. there were almost as many of us as there were of them. but pull back the curtain a bit and you discover that everything is not quite as it seems. r

organized through a christian group that's how she ended up it's been reported going to israel actually cause some controversy because the republican jewish coalition within talks they wanted to take her but it just shows that that this is a christian issue as well although i guess it makes a little more sense then right when you think of how much money is put towards these issues that it's not just two percent of the population but it definitely is the new road to the white house lauren thanks. sorry guys it's show and tell for on tonight's program now on monday we want to know how our viewers felt about the u.s. involvement in libya president obama seems to have gone back on his promise as the candidates to not be like his predecessors who let our country into battle so we asked you has obama betrayed voters by starting his own military conflict abroad and here's what some of you had to say robert beasley replied on facebook and said it was a lose lose situation no matter how the us reacted at least this way we can say that at least we did not stand idly by while a dictator who promis

is he a christian? >> guest: i can say he was a muslim, but let me explain how it affected the family. the grandfather, born in 1895 was born into the traditional religion. and it was basically a traditional african religion. when the missionaries came, he did for a while convert according to sera obama. most of those obama family in kenya. in 1914, and india was drafted into the british army and he served with the british. and after the second world war, he then moved on to zanzibar, which is where are the first time he was exposed to islam and came back about 1922 b. in the what was it about islam that appealed? and really, there were two explanations. one was that he could never understand the christian sense of compassion and he saw the world of lack of weight and the simplicity of islam that appealed to him. the other thing that seemed to appeal to him was the fact he could have five wives. he liked the idea. he was a ladies man. people would joke and say he liked the idea of having five wives. and

and christiane is just outside of tokyo. christiane?the reactors. we caught up with a couple of them, who are now in tokyo, trying to leave, after that experience. one of them agreed to talk to us on camera. not about the nuclear plant because he's prevented from doing so under his contract. but about the terrifying earthquake. japan's worst earthquake and the tsunami that followed, dealt a knock-out blow to the cooling systems at the fukushima power plant. and barely 24 hours later, an explosion of the first reactor destroyed the outer wall. american, greg henderson, had just left the plant when the earthquake struck. now, he's at this tokyo hotel, trying to get out, after his harrowing experience. >> when i got to the hotel, it goes -- like a big smack up against the wall. i'm sits in a chair, about like this. and it just throws me in the chair to the floor. it keeps rumbling and shaking and everything. i look out the window and see what's going on. and i can tell the building's swaying back and forth. at that time, i started hearing

members of the christian minority protestshat on wednesday calling for police protection, christians and muslims set aside after they joined the uprising last month. >> weeks ago militants were united in their opposition. demonstrating together on the central square. tuesday violence erupted in cairo when at least 1000 christians gathered to protest the burning of a church. this placard reads -- we want equality. >> we need lot -- we need laws that punishes anyone who has published a rigid our religion teaches forgiveness. >> there is a large -- long history of tension here. it appears that hopes of reconciliation in the wake of the revolution may have been premature. >> large numbers of protesters took to the streets on wednesday. their numbers swelled after the shooting one day earlier. demonstrators called for a resignation. there were reports of clashes and almost 30 people have died so far in protest. pitting the administration demanded his removal. in pakistan a suicide bomber has killed at least 37 people attending a funeral in the northwest of the country. a family member of

i'm christiane amanpour. >> reporter: abc's christiane amanpour was the only u.s.ing with libyan leader moammar gadhafi. gadhafi told her the libyan people, quote, love him and would die for him. >> if you say they do love you, then why are they capturing benghazi and say they're against you? why are -- >> this is al qaeda, not my people. >> reporter: he denied using force against his own peond refused to admit the e part of the country had fallen intds. >> when he can laugh when talking to american and international journalist while he is slaughtering his own people, it only underscores how unfit he is to lead. and how disconnected he is from reality. >> reporter: the international community took firm action against gadhafi. the european union imposed new sanctions on libya, including an arms embargo, asset freezes and a visa ban, all aimed directly at gadhafi and his family, preventing them from fleeing the country with their assets. >> it is time for gadhafi to go. now, without further violence or delay. >> reporter: the british say they're working with their al

them demonstrators for the six of total bridge chanting slogans coptic christians make up to tamper cme of a country's eighty million population and they back to the earliest days of christianity they accuse the government of failing to stop prejudice which they claim makes them second class citizens. and coming up at eight thirty g.m.t. our financial guru. heard talk of how a full scale konami revolt might be the only way to talk all the corrupt the big wigs of the big banks. are this is the kaiser report coming to you from cairo egypt behind me the sober search the bridge this is where millions of revolutionary storm took over a country and throughout the dictator i'm only hoping we see something similar in the u.s. millions storming the brooklyn bridge to take that. but the new york federal reserve bank or how about the dictatorship of the federal reserve bank in washington this is ground zero for the twenty first century revolutionary movement a global insurrection against him. and first to save russia's dwindling tiger population are showing their first shoots of success the wo

is he a christian?> guest: i can say that i absolutely believe that it let me explain how the muslim faith and the family. onyango, the grandfather born in 1899, was born into the traditional luo religion. they worshiped a man called dioceses. it's basically a traditional african religion. when the missionaries came, he did for a brief while convert to christianity and took the name johnson according to sarah obama. the first missionaries they came to that part of kenya, most of the obama family out of kenya are still sda. then in 1914, onyango was drafted to the king's african rifles and he served with the british, their call. and after the second world war -- after the first world war, sort, he then moved onto zanzibar which is where i think for the first time he was exposed to islam. and he came back about 1920 a muslim. and, what was it about islam that appealed to onyango? their were two explanations. one was that onyango could never understand the christian sense of compassion. and he saw the worl

thousands of egyptian christians have protested in cairo demanding an end to religious discrimination against them demonstrators flooded the sixth of october bridge chanting slogans coptic christians make up the temper stance of the country's eighty million population and they back to the always days of christianity the accuse the governments of failing to stop prejudice which they claim makes them second class citizens. america's discovery shuttle is on its last journey back to earth after undocking from the international space station and making one final orbit of the planet with a crew taking the opportunity to take some souvenirs snapshots the veteran spaceship will then return marking the end of the thirty year shuttle program discovery will then head to its retirement home at the smithsonian institute museum . around the world of answer taking place to mark the hundred international women's day this year focusing on education still in capital manila thousands of women marched to get the president to prioritize equal rights among them were people who claimed the world victims of

absolutely not if you look at where christians do historically and do good you will find that christians on the whole are more law abiding they are more up your current gen yeah i know some gay christians. but i guess the charge here is do we really want bigots raising foster kids properly some big years. consider someone who is a homosexual and in the aggregate homosexuals are more apt to disturb society greater watts or are there more out that the war costly than they are doesn't realize it is those in that depend on what the society as if it's making laws against homosexuality i mean these statistics are are very bizarre because they don't states have the right to establish laws and standards for foster parents that would exclude nazis white supremacists and all of fobs well they can and the art many is now short we're in great britain here you have a vote by the parliament certainly not people who are old people elected to parliament in a. well. it's not it's not the mockers the same sense that in the states. and the real issue is there i don't think that there are any direct democra

thousands of egyptian christians have protested in cairo demanding an end to religious discrimination against them demonstrators flooded the sixth of october bridge chanting slogans coptic christians make up ten percent of the country's eighty million population and they back to the early days of christianity they accuse the government of failing to stop prejudice which they claim makes some second class citizens. america's discovery shuttle is on its last journey back to earth after undocking. the international space station it's making one final orbit of the planet with a crew taking the opportunity to take some seventy or snapshots the veteran spaceship will then return marking the end of the thirty year shuttle program discovery you will of the head to its retirement home of the smithsonian institute museum. and here's james bond as a blonde british actor daniel craig has doand a wait and heels to support international women's day the stars among those drawing attention to the global problems of gender equality there are events happening around the world thousands of women marched

thousands of egyptian christians are protested in cairo demanding an end to religious discrimination against them demonstrators flooded the sixth of october bridge chanting slogans coptic christians make up ten percent of the country's eighty million population and date back to the earliest days of christianity the government of failing to stop prejudice which they claim is making them a second thought. citizen. and check it out james bond as a blonde british actor daniel craig and a wig and heels to support international women's day the star is among those drawing attention to the global problems of gender equality there are events happening around the world thousands of women marched in manila to demand the president prioritize equal rights the eighth of march has been used to celebrate each even so women for a century and for a handful of countries is also a national. everett's to save russia's dwindling tiger population are showing their first shoots of success the world's biggest cat species faces its toughest fight for survival there just a few hundred amorous left in poacher a

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he has lost his life. >> he was the only christian member of the pakistan the cabinet. as minister for minorities, he was responsible for protecting the rights of members of non- moslem faiths, and a courageous voice of moderation. he received death threats for urgent reforms to pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, which allow the death penalty for anyone found guilty of insulting islam. critics say the law is used to prosecute members of other faiths. pakistan's prime minister has resisted calls to alter the law. human-rights activists say this assassination is another sign of growing religious extremism in pakistan. >> finally, the last soviet leader, or which of, has been awarded the honor of st. andrew to mark his 80th birthday. matell gorbachev is credited with the economic reforms that pay a key role -- that played a key role in the fall of the iron curtain. the award was recognition of his enormous work as head of state. it is a rare tribute to a man despised by many russians, who blame him for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. state tuned for more on the of peopl

basically threats from christia christians. caller who tried to state the difference between immigrants that come here as opposed to african-american muslims. i grew up here all my life. i have family in the military. my father and mother were both in the air force. he fought two wars in vietnan. he fought for my right. we want to live good productive lives if that gets lost, this country is really going down the tubes all members of congress will be testifying as will the sheriff in los angeles. night on the line returning to madison. thank you for having me on. yesterday, the ser vant went in with no democrats present. they voted to fine snartz for $100 a day for each session they missed. this is the controversial budget repair bill that would have collectively shorted the bargin repair rates we didn't think we could vote on the bill. however they decided to strip all of the fiscal measures of the bill without their cousin. they said we are sending it to the committee that is going to meet at 6 p.m. there was one democratic r

people are up in arms over a new show based on a book called good christian beaches yeah those are the priorities people joining me from our studio in new york is lily marcus editor in chief of crushable dot com and author of save the assistants a guy for surviving and thriving in the workplace elite thanks so much for joining us now i just want to start right off the bat by playing this little video clip that daniel craig or james bond as most of us know and was was involved in let's take a look. it's not just about money and power every year seventeen million girls are deprived of even a basic education and a staggering sixteen million are sexually assaulted only way to school. ok will eat so i'd say that that's kind of carpal right would you say that celebrities do have the power to influence to get involved in political issues. i think the sheer number of people who watch the daniel craig video online today really speaks to that we actually posted it possible and it was one of our biggest posts for it's day so what i love to see there is nothing sexier than a guy standing up for wo

is really stunning news that senator jim de mint's is delivering here democracy only works for christians and society can't be free unless it has moral underpinnings that come from biblical face now think progress pointed out the rather obvious today that india is the world's largest democracy a point that cement seems to forget indonesia japan turkey are also high on the list of countries with a free democracy and all four of those have a christian population of less than three percent and in the greeks come up with democracy invented yet they weren't christians either so jim de mint's argument here seems a little flawed just like most of his policies and that's why he's tonight's all time winner. the debate over climate change in this country has raged on for years and all those on the left agree with the scientific consensus that climate change is real those on the right willfully choose not to believe facts and in fact republicans are so willing to ignore science that democrats have decided to call their bluff house republicans rejected three amendments offered by democrats on tuesday

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mark mob than christians who are protesting the think you could ever get to this point here in on first of all i like to clear a few facts. about the muslims in this area the biggest arrest in this area not arrest but seizing of assets and books was in northern virginia right over here santa typos and the f.b.i. collected the phone took a lighty all of their books over six years ago and they haven't got a case yet so those are the most cooperative muslims in the united states they homes were invaded they were basically oppressed the next thing is as far as. is concerned and these people who have been arrested in recent years you have to look at the concept of entrapment i understand can trap me because i have been entrapped by the government if you look at the african americans who live very close you take to new york issue they rolled in a pakistani got out of jail went to the mustard the man told him stay away from the center just like that the man did stay away from the center he went around and picked up on the less active muslims in the community shower them with money then after t

so there are cases involving jews, christians, and, in this case, muslims. is it correct that these cases are very suspect-specific with regard to evaluating the assessment of the employees religion and the hardship on the employer? >> that is absolutely correct. it is important to note that it is the employer that has the burden of demonstrating and providing the reasonable accommodation or demonstrating the undue hardship. there is a long line of cases dating back literally decades. some were brought by the united states, either the eeoc or the doj. some are private cases. some are christian denominations, seventh-day adventist cases involving accommodation one day a week for people working the sabbath. so if you work in a particular work theand you do not seventh, you will work more saturdays and fried is then that person. so that was upheld in the jurisprudence. i am proud of the work we're doing in this case. it is part of a long line of cases brought by republican and democratic cases. >> a number of states around the country are considering laws prohi