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Week. house speaker john boehner is voicing confidence that a deal can be reached, saying a bipartisan group of lawmakers may already have an agreement that we expect to hear about this week. an american pastor has been sentenced in iran to 8 years in prison, that comes from the america center for law & justice. he was charged with threatening national security by creating a network of christian house churches. ahead of the super bowl, president obama is weigh fwhg on the violence involved in football. president obama says, if he had a son, he would think long and hard before allowing him to play. in an interview with the new republic, the president talked about how the game will likely change over time and some of the changes might make football less exciting to watch, but will be better for the players. those are the top stories right now. back to you. shannon: thank you very much. the pentagon s decision to allow women into combat on the front lines is raising questions about ....
a christian pastor, that man right there in iran sentenced to death for refusing to renounce his religious belief. they re christian. now political leaders around the world are condemning the conviction and asking for his immediate release. so what will it do to convince iran to let this guy go? we re joined by jim walsh, an iranian expert who has been involved with the prisoner release there and research associate at mit s securities study program. good morning to you, jim. good morning. so this is a story about a guy who is raised in iran, his family muslim but at the age of 19, he converted to christianity and he s brought up on charges. wait a minute, you can t be a christian here. you have to renounce your christianity. he wouldn t do it and now he s been sentenced to death. yeah. and he s also part of a broader network of home churches, christian churches in iran and then when he was arrested, he didn t go through the normal ....
They are celebrating easter sunday mass at the vatican. pope benedict held mass for thousands gathered at the steps of st. peter s basilica. there s a much different story in beijing where police were standing guard outside a church waiting to arrest people who came to worship. in the past month alone police have arrested more than 200 people of the so-called home churches which the government considers illegal. stan grant now with the story. reporter: over here you can see the police that have turned out today. this is where one of the home churches, the so-called illegal churches, in china was going to hold a service, an easter sunday service. now this church has been part of a crackdown by authorities over recent weeks. hundreds of members of the church have been rounded up and detained. the leaders of the church are in fact still under arrest, still being held somewhere. the church members have said that they would hold this service anyway in defiance of ....
Square in vatican city. he prayed for the victims of political turmoil in africa and victims of the earthquake and tsunami in japan. chinese police in beijing barred people from attending churches in the largest church. they try to take us on a tour of the church, but then watch what happens when police intervene. over here you can see the police that have turned out today. now, this is where one of the home churches, the so-called illegal churches in china was going to hold its service, an easter sunday service. now, this church has been part of a crackdown by authorities over recent weeks. hundreds of members of the church have been rounded up and detained. the leaders of the church are, in fact, still under arrest, ....
Easter service they have, expecting about 5,000 people to attend and expecting to hear from the navy band here shortly as well. this is an annual tradition that takes place right there, and part of this one, this is just one of a number of services as you know happening on easter sunday, another one taking place, annual tradition over in vatican city. the pope right now conducting the easter mass right now, this is st. peters basilica, a live picture you re looking at thousands of people collect there on st. peters square listening to the pope, we re expecting to hear his easter message at some point as well after he conducts this mass. meanwhile a different story happening in china. police standing guard outside a church waiting to arrest people who come to worship during one of the holiest periods of the christian calendar. in the past month chinese police arrested more than 200 members of a so-called home churches which the government considers illegal. our stan grant from china. ....