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Office tonight. Governor jan brewer will speak in this hour about the controversial religious freedom bill as its called thats been sitting on her desk. It would allow businesses to refuse service to gays in the name of god. Weve been following that story from phoenix. Miguel, whats the reaction from people youre talking to tonight . Reporter the reaction is that the governor has now decided to make a statement in 45 minutes, 7 45 eastern time governor brewer will in her office make a statement ...

>> youre looking obviously at the protesters who are celebrating the governor of arizona, jan brewer, has vetoed the bill that would have allowed business owners to deny service to people because of their sexuality. outfront tonight, ted haggard former evangelical leader and pastor of st. jamess church in colorado springs and peter spriggs from the family research council. let me start here with you, ted. obviously youre a pastor. you were forced to resign as president of the national associatio...

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what the wind may just do overnight coming up. >> yikes. all right. thank you, doug. the rain, a rush hour, and friday at that adding up to a mess. we have breaking news out of arlington. take a good look at this. avoid if you can an accident on i-395. it has snarled traffic near washington boulevard. this is a live look. the accident has shut down all but one of the hov lanes. no word yet on exactly what happened. if you know someone who goes that way, theyre going to be late. it is...

what to expect and what to expect for this weekend. all these changes happening just as the weekend gets started. >> thanks, doug. it was an apology today from a top official at the pentagon for the burning of the koran. the muslim holy book at a military base in afghanistan. that apology was offered to washington area muslims at one of the largest mosques in the country. thats in sterling, virginia. protests continue overseas, though. jane watrel here with more on all this. >> well,...

Campaign that parents are pretty up in arms with over. it includes, this is some of the things. teaching kindergartners anatomical terms and teaching first graders that people of the same gender can love each other. >> im against all of that. its not up to the school. its up to the parents to teach in the way that they deem proper. >> this is wrong. its absolutely wrong. forget about the issue of what theyre trying to teach. what theyre doing is trying to undermine everything i want to teach my ...

Things in that curriculum that would make us blush right now on national television? >> i think what is important to understand is that what is being discussed right now by the school district is a curriculum guide, a technical manual that is developed for professional educators and when a draft is m imapproved so we can select age-appropriate materials and strategies to work with the children that we wouldnt present from the curriculum manual and it gives the professional educators, the nurse, ...

The montana constitution marriage can only be between one man and one woman. >> i apologize for interrupting you, were out of time. it is a proposal at this point. we hope to have you both back on. peter spriggs and, of course, the school superintendent bruce messenger and we hope to continue this one. thank you, both. >> thank you. well, apple is planning to hold a news conference tomorrow, some kind of mystery news conference and it could be facing a very different reception than the company...

Involves the potential risk of sexually transmitted infections and diseases and that pregnancy is a risk, but there are other risks associated with oral sex and other forms that would be important for them to know and our bottom line is, this is an abstinence-based curriculum and they also want to be aware of the other forms. >> peter, what do you think of what bruce just explained? >> well, i disagree vehemently that these lessons are age appropriate. i think they are entirely inappropriate for...