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Juliet. the official presidential election commission in egypt as we understand it has just now denied the appeals of all the candidates who came in third and fourth in this race. theyre expected in the next couple of minutes to announce that ahmed s h-fpl afik will be on the ballot for the presidential runoff race on june 16 and 17. he is the former pr-pt under president mubarek, the other guy is going to be the leader of the muslim brotherhood, muhammad morsi and this certainly comes as a surp...

The attack sparking outrage, demonstrators risking more bloodshed by taking to the streets and protesting against the regime. and the results coming in for egypts first genuinely competitive presidential election. a run-off election shaping up between two candidates offering stark contrasts, the religious and the secular. one is a member of the muslim brotherhood and the other is a former air force general. leland vittert is streaming live with more details. good day to you, sir. >> reporter: go...

>> this moment of history belongs to you. you broke barriers and overcame obstacles to pursue the dream of democracy. >> it quickly becomes clear the future of a post-mubarak egypt is anything but certain. dreams of prosperity have yet to be realized as the economy worsens. discontent with the pace of reform of the military council leads to renewed protests in tahrir square. >> eyewitnesses show theyre actually breaking the cease fires sometimes that are arranged here and just venting ...

region. >> this moment of history belongs to you. you broke barriers and overcame obstacles to pursue the dream of democracy. >> it quickly becomes clear the future of a post-mubarak egypt is anything but certain. dreams of prosperity have yet to be realized as the economy worsens. discontent with the pace of reform of the military council leads to renewed protests in tahrir square. >> eyewitnesses show theyre actually breaking the cease fires sometimes that are arranged here and just ...

away the southern vote from president obama. the president this morning struggling and refocusing. security scramble. new information this morning on that u.s. airways plane diverted. you would be surprised how often f-16s are sent up to follow passenger planes. nancy reagan now 90 resting after breaking a number of ribs in a fall. the former first lady recovering. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning. im carol costello. high profile investors may have got an insider view of...

Provocative case. here to break down his argument is ross. hes author of "bad religion." welcome, ross. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> the book is fascinating, and i want to start with a quote that helps frame your argument if we can put it up. one thing you say is thats because americas problem isnt too much religion or too little of it, which both sides seem to say its bad religion. the slow motion collapse of traditional christianity. this is the real story of religion in americ...

Criminality through the sodomy laws although globally, theres still a movement to decriminalize. the sinfulness argument is being waged inside the nominations. and i think that eas really important. >> thats exactly whats being talked about. and, in fact, frank ain the 50 and 60s fought the subversi subversiveness, as well. >> that thats the last argument left. and because thats a doctrinal argument. thats a faith relationship as opposed to a secular. >> its also hurting the church to be so anti...

Subjects including politics, did that with mr. oreilly. >> you know that every great movement have been driven by people with religious conviction, if we duct tape churches not just catholic church, but duct tape the churches and religion and morally convince people in the marketplace, thats going to lead to a huge deficit, a huge void and many people want to fill it up. namely a new religion called secular. >> dave: is he concerned about as a war on politics today? >> people ask me often, do yo...

If i have all the facts on my side wirks do i have to go out there. with the religious right especially, what they lack in empathy and facts they make up for in pamphlet-making skills and they do lobby very hard. they are lobbying for things that arent just beliefs. they lobby to take away legitimate tangible beliefs from gay people from women. >> can opposition create an identity? >> well first of all, theres one problem in linking atheism and politics. which is i understand that people like ri...

outpost had been affected by the wounding of a soldier there the day before the rampage. afghanistans president says his people have gotten "no cooperation from america" in their investigation of last sundays killings. hamid karzai had a face-to-face meeting just yesterday with defense secretary leon panetta. but meeting today with the families of the dead, civilians, karzai questioned whether there had been more than one killer. one villager said the u.s. is offering the families mo...