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The initial request for a taser, gun shots. whether an officer with a taser arrived before mcdonald was shot is unclear. >> you guys okay? >> reporter: mcdonald later died. officer van dyke is scheduled to be arraigned next week on first-degree murder charges. kevin tibbles, chicago. >> christmas eve was celebrated around the world. pope francis led mass for nearly 10,000. his only public mass for christmas the pope called for the return to the essential values of life. calling on those intoxicated by consumerism to allow the simplicity of the birth of jesus to inspire their lives. security ar...

The recent statistics show that 57 american troops were killed in that country during the first two months of 2010. that is up from just 28 in january and february of the year before. the number of injured has also dramatically spiked, nearly tripling from the same period last year. we want to head to rome now, and no mention this morning of the abuse scandal facing the catholic church during its palm sunday services. this morning pope benedict led mass for thousands of people at the start of the church's holiest week. this as new accusations surfaced this weekend against priests on both sid...

Apart. we saw a 37% favorable rating for sarah palin and 47% agree with the tea party on the issues. what's striking to me about the 46% number is it's not that high. you'd think with all the polls showing opposition to the health care proposal being law in congress and opposition to policies and to the president that it might be a little higher. in fact, 46% agreeing with the tea party isn't that dissimilar from what mccain/palin got in '08 and that was a losing total then. >> all right, steve, thanks so much. for more headlines from the nbc news political unit, logon to firstrea firstread.ms...

>> reporter: four minutes after the initial request for a taser, gun shots. whether an officer with a taser arrived before mcdonald was shot is unclear. >> you guys okay? >> reporter: mcdonald later died. officer van dyke is scheduled to be arraigned next week on first-degree murder charges. kevin tibbles, chicago. >> christmas eve was celebrated around the world. pope francis led mass for nearly 10,000. his only public mass for christmas, the pope call forward return to the essential values of life. calling on those intoxicated by consumerism to allow the simplicity of the birth of jesus to i...

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