. >> i'm roxana saberi in myanmar, a country transitioning from dictatorship to democracy.l introduce to you a man who came here to teach monks english and found out they had a lot more to learn. . >> new mexico attorney general is investigating the albuquerque police department after a shooting. it happened just hours after 2,000 people rallied against the police department. albuquerque police have been under intense scrutiny for its use of force. heidi jo jo castro with the lat. >> reporter: they were out here to protest the shooting of a homeless man james boyd. as for the shooting of alfred redwine. they received a call from redwine's neighbors saying that he had pointed a gun at their children. now his sister said that was a false report. so the police arrived at the house where redwine was inside, and witnesses captured the altercation on a cell phone camera. we'll show this to you now but we warn you it is graphic. now as you're watching that, the police chief of albuquerque police department did tell reporters last night that it was redwine that had first fired at o

roxana saberi, thank you. >> another revers reversal in te michigan same-sex marriage developments. >> reporter: there is a new development same-sex marriages performed last week. erik holder announced that the marriages will be recognized by the government. that means that federal benefits will be extended to 300 couples who got married afte after a jue ruled the ban unconstitutional. this comes just days after the attorney general said that the marriages would not be recognized by the state. >>> in a televised interview--a plane hit a bird shortly after take off. the aircraft carrying 142 passengers was directed to jfk airport where it made a safe landing. no injuries were reported. in fort worth texas, officers are being called heroes. they pulled a driver off a burning vehicle. the officer used a fire extinguisher to help put out the fire. >>> a bear cub escaped from his cage. workers accidently allowed the water to continue running in the moat. that allowed the bear to cross it and climb the cage. >> that would have been fun for the cub. change of pace. it's pretty nice up here.

roxana saberi is here. >> 70 lawmakers, both republicans and democrats sent this letter to president obama earlier this week. they want him to publicly confront saudi arabia over what they call torture and ban of preysfupeaceful protest. now the u.s. has a chance to pressure riyadh. >> reporter: video like this is unusual in saudi arabia. a protest in a place where the arab spring never materialized. the government discourages dissent by dishing out money and protests have been banned. obama trip gives him a chant to criticize riyadh. >> it has some of the worst records in the middle east, and yet it gets kid gloves by this and prior presidents going to saudi arabia. >> reporter: answer peaceful dissent is a crime. >> harming the reputation of the state is an act of terrorism. >> reporter: a lot of protesters are from saudi arabia's eastern province where many of the countries' shiite communities work in oil fields. then there is the issue of women's rights. they can't travel or marry without the permission of a male guardian. saudi arabia is the only country to bar women from diving

roxana saberi traveled to myanmar and met an american who is caught in the middle of the conflict. >>k rendler moved to a myanmar to teach buddhist monks english. he wound up teaching them about democracy and human rights, too. he wants them to respect muslims, but this is turning out harder than he thought. [ bells ] >> mornings at the monk monastery begin with meditation. and today a chance to meet their guest. but the prayers here are for everyone. they ask for love and happiness for all. >> we should live in peace and live together. >> but some monks in myanmar spreading a very different message. buddhist mobs have chased muslims from their homes, set their villages on fire and in some cases killed them. the inspiration for much of this man is this man, he's called the face of buddhist terror. in the monastery there is an american who has been caught between the two worlds. just year jack rendler left his family in minnesota to teach these young monks english. >> equality before the law. >> he soon realized they wanted to learn much more. >> what were they most curious about? >> t