you ll be getting back to family today. unfortunately, we have to begin with tragic news on this christmas day. we re getting word that on christmas day, churches are being attacked. two churches in particular, two bombings. many people are dead and wounded. you re shown the area here, we re showing it to you, this is in nigeria, two cities in particular, madala and jos. you see the distance they are apart. a great distance apart. these are christian churches during christmas day services and prayers. again, there are a number of casualties. we do not have a definitive number yet. we re working to confirm how many, though. we ll get back to you on that. these attacks are reminiscent of last christmas day. bombers once again targeted churches in nigeria. dozens of people died in those attacks, as well. we are just getting word of this. a short time ago, these bombings just taking place. those details still coming in here at cnn. we re on top of it. we ll continue to keep you u
charged with trying to blow up an american airlines plane with explosives hidden in his underwear. he s acting as his own attorney. violence between egypt s christians and muslims may lead to new legal protection for religious minorities. a group described as thugs attacked christian protestors. that happened on sunday. at least 25 people were killed after the army and police got into the mix. well, egypt s prime minister says he s going to push a law that is making religious discrimination a crime. but experts say there is only so much that he can do during military rule. the problem, john, is we ve got 24 men, that s the supreme council of the armed forces. they re like the wizard of oz. they re behind a curtain. they re ruling egypt without any responsibility. so they have the power and no responsibility, and then you have this prime minister, a decent man, who has the responsibility but he s got no power. egypt has set parliamentary elections for november 28, and a
luthansia jet air traffic control abruptly aborted the takeoff to avoid the collision. cancel takeoff, cancel takeoff plans. now officials did not say exactly how close these two planes actually came to one another. more to come from that story, for sure. so the legal saga in orlando, florida continues as the casey anthony murder trial enters it s 25th day, the latest developments that are making the headlines, prosecutors in the case trying to draw a line between casey anthony and a woman who was once housed in the jail cell beside her. the reason to poke holes in her game that her 2-year-old daughter caylee drowned in her backyard pool. lillittl when we talk about what s taking place in the courtroom today, as i understand it, it s going to be a half day because the judge needs to be at another meeting. but who do we expect to take the stand? reporter: that s right, we
for the first time, he will be questioned in a systematic way to find out his version of events. up until then, you never had these wiretaps of his in these scheming conversations. there are also, by the way, charges of extortion and other shakedowns that he was engaged in. those charges haven t been as sensation sensational. he hasn t really been asked in a very disciplined way, what happened. what s your version of events. right now, those charges, i think from just the wiretaps have been played for jurors, the prosecution has a stronger case. he has to be very careful in his answers, being flip and funny is fine for, you know fine for the sideshow. but now he has to make clear, he did nothing wrong. okay. today marks the 25th day of the trial. blagojevich s brother is expected to finish up his testimony. lindsay lohan heads to jail to begin serving a 90-day sentence. in an entertainment
lifting of u.s. sanctions in conversations with top officials including vice president pence. the matter is now being looked at and under investigation if he actually violated any laws, all of this coming, a major set-back, 25th day of the young administration and to lois such a valued confidant is a tough thing. having served in the white house, the national security adviser, the senior staff absolutely has to have confident of the president and the vice president, and if that is broken you have to move current chief of staff as acting national security adviser. kellogg is one of three names