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The business communities. >> julian assange due in london in a courtroom today. he faces questions in a swedish sex case. his lawyers say if he is sent to sweden, the u.s. could nab him for secret and embarrassing 23467gs. . you think back to high school biology, and you remember learning about photosynthesis and dissecting a frog and learning about evolution but a new study says one in eight public high school biology teachers are teaching creationism, and more are anxious about teaching evol...

End quote. before we dive into why this is being taught in science lessons. lets get a history lesson. its been 86 years since the mon ski trial, state of tennessee versus scopes, and the case that led to widespread acceptance of teaching evolution in public schools. we have steve perry here to talk about this. steve, lets talk about whats at issue here. >> whats at issue is the fact that in america, 72% of our fourth graders, 72 percent of the fourth graders are performing at a basic level in s...

Between christine odonnell and chris coons. well talk about all of it, but we begin as we do every night keeping them honest and we start with a politician who claims to be guided by the constitution. talks about it all the time on the campaign trail. yet it turns out she might not be as familiar with it as she pretends. were talking about delaware republican and tea party favorite christine odonnell who is running for senate. debating opponent chris coons in a delaware law school this morning. ...

Back to "hardball." and more of the "sideshow" tonight. evolution, its a dirty word in some circles, just check out the alabama ad were going to show you thats meant to attack a republican candidate for governor. >> bradley byrne was a democrat. >> now hes a republican. >> on the school board byrne supported teaching evolution. said evolution best explains the origin of life, even recently said the bible is only partially true. bradley byrne, another liberal blowing in the wind. >> trying to loo...

How about inherent the wind? teaching evolution suggesting that the bible is not literally true, theyre not exactly attack lines, are they? disheartening the candidate in question, bradley byrne was quick to come out with a statement denying all the charges. quote, heres what he said in defense. "the record clearly shows that i fought to ensure the teaching of creationism in school textbooks." he also add "i believe that the bible is the word of god and that every single word of it is true." has...

>> a war on math. >> i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> your issue is not the debt limit. >> texas is back on the debate over teaching evolution in public schools. >> and the heat index, manufactured by government. >> senate republicans still want their chance to vote on the latest symbolic vote. >> cut, cap, and balance. >> we havent have won world war ii if we had had a cut, cap, and balance on the table then. >> every reasonable voice in america has warned us time is of the esse...

>> but facts and republicans parted ways a long time ago. >> a war on math. >> i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> your issue is not the debt limit. >> texas is back on the debate over teaching evolution in public schools. >> and the heat index, manufactured by government. >> senate republicans still want their chance to vote on the latest symbolic vote. >> cut, cap, and balance. >> we havent have won world war ii if we had had a cut, cap, and balance on the table then. >> every rea...

>> im sure we have some members who believe that. >> theyre new. many of them have never served in public office before. >> congress is also feeling the heat. >> obviously, im not qualified to speak on behalf of the marks and what they will or will not do. >> republicans in congress are driving us towards the edge of a cliff. >> but facts and republicans parted ways a long time ago. >> a war on math. >> i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> your issue is not the debt limit. >> texas i...

>> im sure we have some members who believe that. >> theyre new. many of them have never served in public office before. >> congress is also feeling the heat. >> obviously, im not qualified to speak on behalf of the marks and what they will or will not do. >> republicans in congress are driving us towards the edge of a cliff. >> but facts and republicans parted ways a long time ago. >> a war on math. >> i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> your issue is not the debt limit. >> texas i...

With a politician who claims to be guided by the constitution. talks about it all the time on the campaign trail. yet it turns out she might not be as familiar with it as she pretends. were talking about delaware republican and tea party favorite christine odonnell who is running for senate. debating opponent chris coons in a delaware law school this morning. the two were sparring over teaching evolution and the separation of church and state. listen. >> where in the constitution is separation o...