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pro-coptic christian protesters turned deadly. 25 people killed, nearly 300 others wounded. coptic christians are an ancient sect that make up 9% of egypts population. theyve faced a lot of violence in the recent months but unclear how the violence started sunday night or who is to blame. the violence erupted when a group of coptic christians and supporters of their cause were marching toward the egypt state-run television building. military trucks were set on fire. some of the protest...

president barack obama and his re-election campaign. the today the president and the jobs act face a critical vote, a important vote in the senate. they are pushing hard to rally support. if you wonder what the president jobs bill could mean for you, heres a brief overview. in addition to other things were talking about extending the current payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. there also would be new tax credits for businesses that hire people who are unemployed. president obama...

im not getting into that. >> i think what the real focus is here again is on religious tolerance. thats really what this is about. and i think again to make this a big issue is just ridiculous right now. >> were covering all the angles for you. paul steinhauser is in washington. and shannon travis is in iowa. lets go ahead and start with you, paul. bachmann and cain ducking the debate shows. just how delicate the balancing act proves, i guess, how delicate that balancing act needs to b...

significant reduction in the american standard of living." their words, not mine. but when you break it down, the reality gets even more troubling. during the recession, the average income slipped by about 3%. but after the recession when the economy was supposed to be picking up, take a look. the average income dropped by nearly 7%, down to $49,909. incomes fell more after the recession ended than they did during the actual recession. as the senate begins debating president obamas job...

up right now, and thats a good sign considering were more than halfway through the trading day. you are seeing stocks rally on good economic news of the jobless claims numbers fell last week and we got strong corporate earnings from a bellwether company, cisco system, and you are seeing wall street focus on the positive today and we are seeing the bargain hunting going on as well, and you are seeing the bargain hunters getting in there and buying stocks up, randi. >> and the trader mth...

Not much of a dancer, actually. i was expecting more moves. >> or music. i feel bad for that guy. >> it was stressing chinchilla. >> or they injected it with something. >> try not to bring this down. you claim to work with children. we dont know if thats a fact or not. >> its a fact. always talking about my credibility. >> this is weird. >> im all for better, healthier eating in our schools and the government mandated programs. but the pilot study, and how much money do they spend, billions of d...

Color estimate. >> okay, yeah. >> reporter: we asked renowned child psychologist and university of chicago researcher dr. margaret beale spencer to design a pilot study for cnn and analyze the results. >> our children are always near us, you know, because were a society, and what we put out there, kids report back. and you ask the question, theyll give you the answer. >> reporter: spencers team tested more than 130 kids in eight schools with very different racial and economic demographics. half ...

That some people will question this projects conclusions. what stereotypical messages are being sent in a country that elected a black president? like all research projects, ours is not perfect. some kids were told ahead of time they would be told about race, some children identify one race, but came from biracial families, like this boy whose mother is white. but professor spencer tells us these are common answers in research. to be clear this is a scientifically informed and executed pilot stu...

A sentence? >> okay. >> dont take things out of context. dont naacp me. >> in her apology, she said "i was trying to make a philosophical point and i articulated the "n" word all the way out and that was wrong. ahead on "360," in depth on the subject of race tonight. the pilot study we commissioned asking a team of seasoned researchers to interview more than 130 kids, half in the north, half in the south, african-american kids as well as white kids to see how they view skin color and what youre ...

Comic, and all you hear is [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. i dont get it. if anybody without enough melon says it is a horrible thing, but when black people say it, it is affectionate. it is very confusing. dont hang up. i want to talk to you some more. dont go away. yeah, i think you too much sensitivity -- >> so its okay to say [ bleep ]. >> it depends how it is said. >> is it okay to say that word? >> it depends how it is said. black guys talking to each other think it is okay. ill say it ag...