and someone told me, "he's a jehovah's witness." there were other religious groups such as quakers where they don't take an oath. so they--because they believe that's sort of against their religion as well. so there are some fine lines between religious organizations that think that, you know, being forced to make some sort of commitment like this really is against their faith. and of course, agnostics and humanists actually don't like saying the pledge of allegiance because of it saying, "under god." rosemary: and sort of the opposite, for quakers, the idea that maybe you're putting your country before your god. lee: well, absolutely, absolutely. and i think that's one of the reasons that the jehovah's witnesses don't do that either. and, you know, and we need to be respectful of that. and then you can think, "well, if that's okay, right, 'cause you say, 'okay, well, that's your belief,' then why isn't it not okay to do something else," or another form of thing. rosemary: it's an ongoing conversation. it is. historian, dr. lee arno

your values and i usually just you might be surprised to learn that these people are in fact jehovah's witnesses. well you know that. yes every time you may think i have to root for bible what it. is that i ask and frost as a good idea come i believe i saw it. so you knew some of what i believe altered. but doesn't mean you will you could only put in the good news that says he had to live over. you want i do and say you have it not on us but will it. last june fifteenth owned f.s.b. officers raided a private home arresting dennis christiansen a danish jehovah's witness murray to a russian. yes we. went to. meet. a court ordered his pretrial detention for two months christianson could face up to ten years in prison. for. his crime attending a premie to. one you just saw so he's a lawyer one more of. a chance and that's what you've got with putting doesn't like the kind we do national candidate crew or even increase it. you have to stock it up but. boy you know that you got what you asked me smallpox for but it was obvious that. i thought it was a put city's. forgive to say it's come so

both jehovah's witnesses, both home schooled by their mothers. or at least, aaron was home schooled until his parents' marriage broke up. >> we were so drawn to each other that two people were so were so driven and so optimistic and just wanted to do big things in life. >> reporter: so after high school they got engaged and, full of excitement, planned a wedding. and then one night, shannon's mother pam sent the girls off to bible study and told their father gerry they needed to talk. >> she looked up and says, i don't want to be married to you anymore. i don't want to be here. >> reporter: everything was fine, fine, fine, fine and then boom. >> we seemed to be getting along. everything was fine and she said, this is it. i'm done. >> reporter: what did that feel like? >> oh, it was a crush. you were crushed. >> reporter: what happened? no one knew. except that now these two had one more thing in common, both products of broken homes. the wedding day approached, just a few days to go, when shannon's mother pam and aaron's dad ralph invited the bri

kelso: sweet dancing jehovah! i've punctured my brain! [ding] boy, oh, boy, that's some rock. fiance dumped me. i'm just noticing how beautiful his mother's ring is... you know, compared to the fake one i sent back to him. oops. miss tracy, we found some organophosphates in your system. have you had any recent exposure to pesticides? pesticides? no, i don't have any pest problems. oh, god. that must be so nice. they're just feelings. they'll heal. don't worry. we're on top of this. [buzzer] ok-- bye. hey. hey. jordan was thinking we should all go to the carnival tonight. the carnival?! oh, i can't go to the carnival, danni. i puke at carnivals...a lot. heh... you don't really puke at carnivals, do you? i do, but i still love 'em. look, i have an even dandier idea. why don't you crazy kids do something on your own? look, perry, the fact is, i'm jordan's sister, so as long as i'm staying in town, you're gonna be seeing a lot of these smiling faces. smile. oh! so, i waxed my legs at home last night. yeah. how did that go? not great. i can't do it. i'd rather die hairy. oh, mrs. k

still to come, which hunts injan zambia and life as a jehovah's witness in manchester.they should be grateful they did not lose thousands of lives as the hurricane katrina. he says that the aid has thrown the budget a little out of whack. 5% of people have power, less than a0% of mobile phone and less half of the residents have running water. less than half of the 3.a million residents. that's what the president said yesterday. now, i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack because we've spent a lot of money on puerto ricco and that's fine. we've saved a lot of lives. if you look at... every death is a horror. but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look at the tremendous... hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overpowering. nobody has ever seen anything like this. what is your death count as of this moment? i7? 16 certified. 16 people certified. 16 people, versus in the thousands. you can be very proud of all of y

ca re scott said, when i first went into foster care at 12, was placed in a home where they were jehovah'smistake of my life. both sides of the story. finally, i definitely feel i would considerfostering in finally, i definitely feel i would consider fostering in the future and it seems like such a wonderful thing to do. they will be pleased to hear you say that, they want more people to do it. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. goodbye. this is one scene from suffolk. grey skies here and rain affecting northern parts of england. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11.00am: a warning that poor mental health in the workplace is costing the uk economy up to £99 billion a year. i was terrified. i had to be coaxed in and support supporting that were training me at that stage weren't sure if i would make it through or not. recovering nhs patients could stay in rented airbnb style rooms in plans to relieve pressure on beds. clashes between police and opposition protesters as the kenya's re—run presidential election goe

what if we have organizations run by jehovah witnesses who do not believe in like transfusions -- in blood transfusions? if they say they do not believe in this for religious reasons, are they going to be allowed to not have to cover that? i know that there are certain services when it comes to western health care that they do not really believe in. where are we going to draw the line when we start allowing certain groups to dictate what types of health care they are going to cover, and what they are not. we have divided up the lines differently this morning to allow women to call in. they are divided up into time zones. 202-748-8000 for the eastern and central time zone. for the mountain in pacific time zones, 202-748-8001. fema chief spoke about the tolls that the hurricanes have taken on the country. about 85% of the agency's manpower has been deployed. fema is continuing its mission to support state emergency preparedness. he said that fema is not a first responder. we are not designed to be first responders. we are designed to support response and recovery operations. state and

further exodus of range of muslim refugees from me and mark already more than half a million rippin jehovah arrived in bangladesh since the end of august a fling a military crackdown in the miramar state of rakhine has been to doust as ethnic cleansing myanmar claims it's combating separatist are fighters but aid organizations say the security forces and buddhist vigilantes of torched hundreds of range of villages and driven people from their homes. this is not just the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world right now as of today it's also one of the most heart rending so i met. an eleven year old boy in the unicef therapeutic feeding center he was cradling in his arms his severely acutely malnourished two and a half year old sister his mother the boy and the boy's four siblings set off on a journey lasting i think nine days fleeing violence and the burning of their village the mother died on the journey this little boy is now in sole charge of his four siblings the u.n. is concerned that growing violence in the democratic republic of congo is worsening the region's refugee crisis the