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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 evolution than just avoid it. here's the textbook definition of creationism. a doctrine or theory holdin...

End quote. before we dive into why this is being taught in science lessons. let's get a history lesson. it's 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, let's talk about what's at issue here. >> what's 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 science. we need to understand that our children don't understand science, and we don't need to ...

Between christine o'donnell and chris coons. we'll 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. we're talking about delaware republican and tea party favorite christine o'donnell 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. >>...

Back to "hardball." and more of the "sideshow" tonight. evolution, it's a dirty word in some circles, just check out the alabama ad we're going to show you that's meant to attack a republican candidate for governor. >> bradley byrne was a democrat. >> now he's 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 look conservative. >> blowing in the wind? how about inherent the wind? teaching evolution suggesti...

How about inherent the wind? teaching evolution suggesting that the bible is not literally true, they're 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, here's 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 it come to this a religious test for holding public office? well, you just saw a religious test. ...