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Thousands of protestors are camping out and demanding that yemens president step down. >> and word from egypt now. the latest reform following the alster of mubashac. the new government will lift restrictions on the formation of political parties. under mubarrack they needed approval and egypts new law will allow them to form simply by notiction. >> new developments in the american student who was cobconvicted of killing her roommate. amanda knox back in the court. defense witnesses refuting the...

So it does buy some more legal time for henry skinner who was convicted in 1994 of murdering his girlfriend and her two adult sons. hes been claiming for years that he did not do this and says that if the dna testing is done on other bits of evidence it will clear his name and if put to death an innocent man would be executed. >> there was a ruling today on birthers, the question of whether or not president obama was born here in the united states or not. that apparently is not going to be heard...

What keeps me up at night. >> he did get emotional there. the visit comes following the recent death of nine afghan boys and a nato-led helicopter operation meant to target insurgents. afghan president hamid karzai had indicated up to this point that u.s. apologies for the incident were not enough, but today he did accept an apology from gates. the supreme court is granting a texas death row inmate the right to pursue dna testing of crime scene evidence not tested during his trial. henry hank ...

>> i thought this is unreal. it has to be out of a movie. >> a scaffolding collapsed. two men danging more than 100 feet above the street and firefighters running out of time to save them. a suspect for the very first time. police try to stop the the east coast rapist. communities in several states living on edge nearly 12 years as women and girls were sexually attacked. all crimes linked by dna. heres a sketch of the man police say is the suspect. 39-year-old aaron thomas arrested in connecticu...

Bodies out of that wreckage. as you mentioned a little bit earlier, it will take some time to identify those bodies. police say some of those bodies are unrecognizable. theyre having to do dna testing, use dental records and fingerprints to identify these people. zain? >> cnns anna coren reporting to us, the latest from christchurch in new zealand. returning now to the uprising in libya. it is a crisis that has left the country divided. tripoli is essentially being held hostage by militiamen t...

Hes been through a lot at a young age. >> its amazing what make-a-wish grants for these kids. >> and this was his dream. well, move over, maury povich, dwayne reed is edging out your business. hes about to be the first place in new york where you can buy a dna test kit. theyre $29.99. they say total costs its about $300. they say the tests will be administered at pharmacy chains walk-in clinics. its cheaper than going to a private lab. there are some concerns about privacy. some people saying,...

Often. but after you think of cotton, for example, you probably cant get a very good finger print but can get a mark indicating that a hand has been at that particular point on the fabric. >> you know, we hear about dna testing, of course, all the time. its all the rage in all criminal investigation programs on television. how important are fingerprints, really, in investigations? >> well, theyre really pretty important for, how shall i say, smooth surfaces. can i go back to your dna point, beca...

Years ago. this is what he looks like today. steve jobs. the guy who came up with this. thats how fast the world has changed. in 20 years. why? because of capitalism. because of the free market system. because of freedom, first dreamt up in 1971. the world has changed in just the last couple of decades for the better. medical advancement, deaths from breast cancer dropped more than 2% every year since 1990. the infant mortality rate has been cut in half since 1980. we have d.n.a. testing, invasi...

Years ago. this is what he looks like today. steve jobs. the guy who came up with this. thats how fast the world has changed. in 20 years. why? because of capitalism. because of the free market system. because of freedom, first dreamt up in 1971. the world has changed in just the last couple of decades for the better. medical advancement, deaths from breast cancer dropped more than 2% every year since 1990. the infant mortality rate has been cut in half since 1980. we have d.n.a. testing, invasi...

Appeal was denied, we started pursuing clemency and retained an attorney out of greensboro for that. two things he did, he gave polygraphs to my co-defendant and myself. another thing he did was file a motion for dna testing. of course that motion for dna testing was denied and that effectively shut out any kind of avenues i had through the courts after that. >> reporter: then, chris mumma came into his life. >> we get, you know, 750,000 claims a year. we reject about 95% of them. >> reporter: m...