steady dip and then 2009 it went down and then 2010, just last year, it s gone up. but 31 countries actually abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last ten years. so that s an interesting look at the death penalty around the world from amnesty international. you can see the complete report by heading to ali s blog cnn.com/ali. medical marijuana, we know it s big business, but is it a business the federal government needs to get nor involved in? the stream team weighs in. this is going to be an interesting discussion you don t want to miss.
way. allight. we ll leave it there as your final thought. spt er marks, always greatoh yo. thank you. thank you. we want to get back to our social media question of the day summer s coming, which means sbim suit season is on its way. we want to know if you think abercrombie & fitch is going too fr with this product, a padded bikini top for girls as young as 8. to weigh in, go to our blog cnn.com/ali for more on the story and share your thoughts. you can also post at twitter oro facebook. we ll share your comments in just about ten minutes or so. would you be okay with a mosque in your community? you ll be surprised to hear what many americans think. we break it all down next with soledad o brien.
terms of green energy and spurred $100 million in private investment over the past year for those efforts. it looks liking if this, would at all, we might see some private investment, a significant portion of our energy coming from type of project. thanks very much for bringing this to our viewers attention. we re committed to talking about alternative types of energy. daniel kunz and tyler gray is the deputy editor of fast company. for more on geothermal energy go to my blog cnn.com/ali. we ve got more information for you. one of my producers keeps telling me about some basketball tournament going on this month. if you re anything like me, you need a professional to help you understand it. luckily i have a professional joining us up next. stay with us. [ male announcer ] escape convention.
innovation, started in the developing world hans come here to the states. so there s a program called text for baby, for instance, where you can text to the number 511411 the letter for baby and you ll get a customized program for how to take care of yourself and your child. bob, great talking to you. thanks very much. bob safian from fast company. to get linked up with the medical innovations, head to my blog cnn.com/ali. tell me what you think about, i asked a question what you think about the hearings going on on capitol hill. i want to get your thoughts. you can do it there or on facebook or twitter. cnn.com/ali. faith, freedom, homeland security and politics all rt part of this controversial hearing on the radicalization of american muslims. the hearing wrapped up after testimony from lawmakers, relatives of american muslim kids who turned to terror. you re looking at video from moments ago of peter king
completed, that enables less diversions, less holds, a lot less fuel and carbon monoxide out there. very, very neat technology. chad, thanks for telling us all about it. for more information on this new technology go to my blog cnn.com/ali. hopefully this will be implemented soon and will help avert some of the cancellations that we have seen because of visibility. again, a lot of you are going to have canceled flights this week because of weather but some of them may be averted in the future because of this new technology. it s 2:00 on the east. more than 48 hours after the massacre in tucson we ve just heard president obama say all of us are still grieving and in shock. of utmost concern at the moment and for a long time to come the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she remains in a medically induced coma but her surgeons say she is holding her own and functioning at high level considering a bullet went through her brain. six others were killed. giffords alone is still