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Muslim women in france will face fines if they go out in public wearing a full face veil. the man who forces a woman to go veiled could be fined more than $40,000 and might spend time behind bars. welcome to frances new burqa ban. it is already sparked a protest in paris that led to women being arrested. they claim the ban is an affront to their freedom of expression and religion. joining us now via skype, christopher dicky, a middle east regional editor. why did france take thisç controversia...

Leaders at this white house, and at what they see as an abandonment of old allies and friends? >> well, i was hearing that before i came here, as i made the calls around the region, getting ready for this trip. and i -- it was certainly reinforced in the conversations that i had here. in fact, i heard for first time here that the saudis sent trade representatives at a very high level to moscow and beijing to say to those two countries, were open to doing more business with you, thats a real affr...

Blamed for at least 24 deaths have reached virtually will every major afghan city. in the east, young men rampaged through the treat streets torching a cross an effigy of president obama. the demonstrations were fueled by the recent burping of the koran by terry jones at a fundamentalist church in florida. the same man who sparked worldwide outrage for treatening to burn islams holy book last september. the burning upset the whole muslim world, this man said. we condemn it this act. in kabul, th...

React violently and the president, who was actually burned in effigy at some of the protests in afghanistan, says, quote the desecration of any holy text including the koran, is an act of extreme intolerance and bigotry, however, to attack and kill innocent people in response is outrageous. and, an affront to human decency and dignity, no religion tolerates the slaughter and beheading of innocent people and there is no justification for such a dishonorable and deplorable act and, you can see the...

U.s. to take action. >> three days of rioting now killed 20 people all because one koran was burned in a tiny church in gainsville, florida, by a pastor who has been talking about doing this for five months. right now he has the chance to witness the effect of his actions. ronn saypresident obama says ts all bad. as bad that the backlash has been so violent. in a statement the president said in part "the desecration of any holy text is an act of extreme intolerance and big rotary." however to at...

Put afghanistan back together so we can come home, i would hope that they would stop with that bit of extremism. >> president obama weighed in this week and while he says its all bad, the burning the koran is not tolerant, but the violence is affront to human dignity. >> harris: the peter doocy, thing, receiving some threatening e-mail and hearing now reaction from them, who may be sending the terror-filled messages. a powerful wind picking up one of the inflatable bounce houses, you know the pl...

An act of extreme intolerance and bigotry, but to act and kill innocent people is an affront to human decency and dignity. back to a story we were telling you all about yesterday. southwest airlines canceling a few hundred flights. they pulled half of their 737s from service after one of the planes developed a hole in the cabin on friday. ted rowlands reports this is not the first time southwest had this problem. >> reporter: the plane is sitting in yuma arizona, as investigators from the nati...

New hampshire that said students shouldnt be able to vote in new hampshire because theyre liberal. so now what your background should be a litmus test of some kind. look. he asked for concessions from those workers. they gave him those concessions. but thats not what it was about. it wasnt about those concessions. it was about him paying back the people that spent over a billion dollars, joe -- not $200 million. over a billion dollars. people like the koch brothers. he has a provision in his bud...

Was a true affront to democracy and our rights. >> what is the fallout there? you read "new york times" in the that the unions are going to going to get ginned up and work hard to beat republicans but the public sector already gave $200 million to democrats last year. >> how much more ginned up can you be? >> thats pretty ginned up, right? >> first of all, we were outspent 20-1 so dont get too excited about that. second of all, whats happening there -- heres the fallout, joe. it is not just unio...

This weird, evangelical kind of move. its been hijacked by this group. and we are watching people, radical, radical, islama phobic, xenophobic -- i mean basically they are -- they are, they believe white, middle america gun-toting, scary. >> and the chief executive quickly condemned the remarks. >> the comments made by ron schiller are an affront to this organization and contrary to everything we stand for as a news organization. we stand for diversity of opinion and tolerance and open mindednes...