moscow with a mix of local celebrities and the professionals getting their adrenaline fix as michael christian go find out. while one race was taking place at the polling booths over the weekend with muscovites deciding who will be the next mayor another was unfolding on the outskirts of the russian capital the country's first ever twenty four hour a go kart race. or as always wanted to organize such a long race in recent years we've been putting together our own team that participates in twenty four hour cart races across europe and in the middle east and it's great we've not only managed to bring it to russia but also make it such a fun weekend for anyone and all morning. after the success of a twelve hour go karting race back in two thousand and twelve organizers felt it was time to up the stakes to a full day of nonstop racing fourteen teams comprised of professional amateur and celebrity drivers had to complete as many laps as possible during twenty four hours only stopping to refill or change drivers while such adrenaline and there's so much competition at there it's just like in my prof

thousands of runners fall through the rain to take part in the first official moscow marathon and michael christian kid was there. the first of a marathon held in moscow took place in one thousand nine hundred one on the back of russia's first ever summer olympic games the capital seized on the new found in susie essman for sport to create the international moscow marathon for peace and the forty two kilometer insurance events was held annually until last year when the organizers decided to reinvent it. this is the first marathon of this guy and here in moscow which is based on major marathons like the ones in london or paris the capital recently successfully hosted the world athletics championships and now it's staging this fantastic new marathon moscow has over two point eight million athletes that's a huge army of people and we're very proud of that. over ten thousand runners took part in the revamped marathon on a new track that snaked through the heart of moscow by iconic buildings such as the kremlin the walls of red square and christ the savior cathedral finally ending where it all began in

. >> michael, protests have been breaking out throughout the country, not just by members of this christiano the general pakistani public. they're demanding their right to protection from the state. they want to be able to go to their places of worship without fear of attacks. there have been attacks on mosques and now this hideous church bombing in which many people, including women and children, were killed. members of the church choir, the bishop tells us sunday school students as young as 4 years old have also been killed. he's calling for people not to go out in protest and that has also been echoed by pope francis who is calling for peace and unity amongst the christian community. michael? >> in islamabad, a terrible tragedy. overshadowed by what's happened in kenya. >> because there's so much right now. >> unbelievable. two men walk into a church, 500 people there, blew themselves up. horrible. >> sad situation. >>> german chancellor angela merkel is celebrating a big reelection victory. preliminary results showing that her win of more than 41% ever the vote is enough to clinch. a th

michael keaton batman voice. >> no, that's more the christian bale. >> maybe. >> do they actually listen to him? >> they probably tuned him out by now. >> i think so. >> they're just having a good time. they love the fact that dad's having fun. >> more dads need to have fun like that. >> there's one where he surprises his wife. honey, you said you'd be ready 20 minutes ago. she's in the bathroom. >> what i hate about that, i wish i had thought of that. >> i know. >> i wish i had thought about that. >> brilliant. >> it's done now. >> blake wilson, roswell, georgia. >> you are a genius. >> keep them going. we love them. >> al, you're back from colorado. you got a chance to interview the vice president of the united states. >> he took a tour along with craig fugate from fema of the flooding out there in colorado and he was, you know, really instrumental in making some people feel better and helping to cut through some red tape. so i think people really appreciated him being there. >> he did reissue the invite to get him to come here and host the show with us. >> the invitation is open at any time f

christian grey. he stars in this sexually charged ad campaign that will only air in europe. >>> michael douglas' marriage to catherine zeta-jones may not be as rocky as reported. the actor said the couple is fine and they are just going through a temporary break. >>> the tenth annual style awards is set to honor kate upton as its 2013 model of the year. she'll receive the award on wednesday night in new york city. >>> and the new documentary on j.d. salinger has revealed five unreleased novels from the author that will be published between 2015 and 2020. they're titled "a counterintelligence agent's diary, a world war ii love story, a religious manual, the complete chronicle of the glass family, and the last and the best of the peter pans. >>> how are you doing, franco? you look like johnny depp with lupus. >> it got to be a long night for james franco as you got a sense there. this is the comedy central roast of him. one roaster even went after his grandmother. but the actor took it all in stride. can you imagine sitting there for that amount of time being lambasted. >> there was a lot we couldn't show

christian grey. i would have liked to see anthony michael thomas -- bill michael thomas or an than knee -- anthony michaelon was rumored to be the girl, but i'm glad. she is the only harry potter cast member who looks the same as she did the first movie. she has not changed. i am happy it is not -- i love her. >> i would like to see the red haired chap from harry potter in the female role jie. ron weasley? >> you do realize that don johnson's daughter is playing the female lead? >> oh that's why you said don johnson. >> what kind of movie do you want to watch you sickos. you are either perverts or you didn't read the story. >> i was wondering why he said don johnson. >> done johnson and melanie griffith's daughter. >> does president melanie griffith -- melanie griffith is the daughter of jimmy hendron. did i go to you yet? >> no, i am just sitting here. >> what do you make of the choices? >> thank you. here is the problem. this woman dakota johnson, very lovely. i'm sure she is a talented actress. but reporters ruin this because i know she is don johnson's daughter. when you look at her, this is a very lo

some supporters have called for violence against christians and accuse them of having a role in the president's overthrow last month. father michaelal is the priest at st. mary and st. antonio. he said it's too early to know who is behind the violence. >> what i can assert of you is it's not christians, and there are certain media outlets that say the christians are doing it. we completely reject that idea. >> reporter: in bay ridge, brooklyn, the biggest mosque in the area condemns the attacks. >> translator: the muslim brotherhood in its long history has never targeted a church. >> reporter: around 1,000 worship here and half are egyptian. the imam say they want morsi back in office. around the corner in the window of this restaurant is a different picture. one of clear support for the general that now rules egypt. the owner is a coptic christian. his open support for the military government that replaced morsi has cost him customers. how much has it affected your business? >> 15% to 20%. it's okay. we have to support them. >> reporter: his clients still include egyptians christians and muslims, and he hopes all egyptians can on

. >> christiane amanpour joins me now. i bring in david gergen and michael duran. we know the president obama was willing to meet with president rouhani today. president rouhani said there wasn't time to set up the meetinging. did that make sense to you? >> there was a lot of hype that there would be a formal meeting. the white house said and indicate the if somewhere on the sidelines there was going to be a handshake or hello or as i put it an ice breaker they were up for it and willing to do it. i'd asked the iranian delegation since sunday was it going to happen. they said well we haven't take an decision on that yet. so clearly they didn't take a decision on it, and it didn't happen. but i think and certainly the americans believed that it was because of complications that he would face in iran if he did it. and look, there are a lot of complications. but i do think that the serious nature of what he's saying in terms of being given the authority to negotiate by the supreme leader and that a consensus has been arrived at in iran to negotiate on the nuclear issu

michael merkel has described her party's performance in germany's general election as a super result and some projections suggest that christian democrats could even end up with an absolute majority if true would be the first time in more than half a century a party has been able to govern without forming a coalition a main challenger and leader of the social democrats has conceded defeat. has more on the elections from berlin. merkel is almost certainly going to be elected for a third term as german chancellor her c.d.u. party and their bavarian sister party the c.s.u. have taken the lion share of the vote speaking to speaking at a party headquarters mrs merkel said it was a super result in fact it's the it's the the exit polls are correct it's the highest percentage that live taken since one thousand nine hundred ninety so they've done remarkably well it would seem the c.d.u. berthed those that haven't done very well it seems are the main challenges. in this election the social democrats they have been rather disappointing we've seen some dejected looking s.t.p. campaigners and supporters outside of their party headquarters

but also a michael, who is a handyman here at this restaurant, and he told us of the conversations he would have with alexis, oftentimes focusing on a debate between the merits of christianity and buddhism. he said it was strange that a 34-year-old man would be so abscessed, in his words, with playing violent video games. >> aaron seemed like a really nice guy. the only negative thing i could say is he played video games all the time, and i used to joke with him, man, you are 34 years old, and you play games all the time online. but that's what he liked to do. >> he said he was shocked when he learned that this friend of his, aaron alexis was the shooter today, but he says in retrospect, he remembers one of the last conversations he had that now looks strange. he said alexis said he was frustrated with the military contractor he was employed by because he wasn't getting all of his salary. we know alexis had gone to work for the contractor in japan, and leaving in november of last year, and when he returned here to fort hood he was having financial troubles, and didn't have a car, a month later that's what lead him moving to washington, d.c. to take the job there, john? >> h

christian-like manner but sometimes she failed. >> through those closest to him, jurors were able to see a side of michael jackson hidden from thekson, his son prince and former wife debbie rowe, they all provided emotional testimony, insights into michael's personality, his life, his fears, that was, i think, testimony that really captured the jury's attention. >> amidst the personal testimony, the jury saw intimate family photos and home video. jurors saw michael jackson grow from a young boy. to one of the most celebrated entertainers of our time performing songs like the jackson 5's "i want you back." ♪ oh baby give me one more chance to show you ♪ ♪ one, two, three >> and finally to a father himself. >> hi, my name is prince michael jackson i'm daddy's baby and i love my daddy. >> i'm paris. >> now that closing arguments have finished. >> i'm sorry. he's addicted to drugs. >> and they don't want to answer the questions. >> the jury now has the burden of deciding a case with more than a billion dollars at stake. will they decide aeg live shares the blame with conrad murray or will they absolve the company of any responsibili

and still ahead on al jazeera, a new type of christian outreach is rampin ramping up ae will take you to a so-called skate ministry in florida. >> and i'm michaeleafs eafs. eaves, coming up next, i'll tell you how a revenge factor is adding to this rivalry. >> welcome back to al jazeera i'm tony harris in new york. in that a new type of ministry is ramping up, it involves skate parks for young christians and these are rolling across the country. andy gallagher has our report. ♪ >> they come to practice their flips and slides. and for skateboarders across the globe, skate parks like this one in fort lauderdale give them space to hone those all important skills. but this isn't a place to practice the trick on ramp or halfpipe. it is to many, a house of worship. >> god we love you -- >> ramp 48 is more specifically a skate ministry part of north america's largest evening evangl churches. bible classes aren't compulsory. >> there are bible studies every tuesday. we've been doing it for wow, 13 years now. it's not -- they don't make them come. they can come or they can leave, you know, it's all good. >> but 13-year-old marcus montoya is a church reg

another friend of alexis's michael, told us that he knew alexis very well, that the two of them shared in deep conversations oftentimes debates between christianity and buddhism, and he said that alexis was a pretty average guy with one exception. take a listen. >> aaron seemed like a pretty flies guy, except he played video games, the shooting confined. i said you're 34 years old you play video games all the time online. we would joke about it but that's what he would like to do, that's what aaron liked to do. >> he said the last conversation with alexis, who left town about five months ago, alexis was complaining that the military contractor he was working for wasn't paying him and he expressed great frustration at that. that job led him to washed and the terrible -- washington, d.c. and the terrible events of today. >> heidi, he had other trouble with the law right? >> in 2010 alexis was arrested but not charged for firing a bullet through the ceiling of his unit and into the unit of the woman who lived above him. he said that was accidental. we looked deeper into his past, he was arrested in 2004, that time in seattle and according to that po

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america should reject them, because we are a christian nation, and we should never support anyone who doesn't believe in jesus christ, zionists included. host: michaelanks for calling, and could we will turn to a question -- thanks for the call and the comment. we will turn to this question. guest: well, over the weekend, i had occasion to talk to charlie rangel, to listen to it elijah cummings, many other members. i talked to senator joe manchin over the weekend. i think that, as i said earlier, of there not 2 factions democratic party, there are many others who will wrestle with their conscience with this, because they know their constituents are weary of four and they forget what the sequester and budget cuts -- weary of four and eight know what the sequester and budget .uts are doing they are very, very cautious and, frankly, tilting negative, and going through this again -- in going through this again or there is a joke i often use when i open speeches and talk about the president's foreign policy and the position of the united states. i was talking one-time to the equivalent of china's ministry of foreign affairs planning director, and i asked