united nations compound. seven u.n. workers and five demonstrators were killed. protesters are furious after a gainesville, florida, church held an international judge the koran day. the church posted the picture of a burning koran on its website. also in kabul, three suicide bombers died bhiwhile trying to attack an afghan base. does freedom of religion mean freedom from suspicion? soledad o brien chronicles the fight of the construction of a mosque in the heart of the bible belt. it airs tonight at 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. coming up, sex on the roof. it s not a new drink, but iinvolves pornographic public displays of affection, maybe a little more than that, on a college campus on top of roof. we ll tell you where.
a contract extension with the patriots worth $72 million over four years with nearly $50 million in guaranteed money, making brady the highest paid player in the nfl. rockies and reds, tie game in the bottom of the eighth. the rockies chris nelson on third, sees the pitcher is not paying attention. he breaks for home. he steals home, that ended up being the winning run of the game. the guy is standing right in front of you on third base, he didn t know where he was going. dude, come on now. rockies move to within three and a half of the padres. in the midst of these heatest continue visits over the islamic cultural center in new york city and the threat to burn the koran, we thought we would remind you that s not really representative of the united states. ron mott has the story.
the drama of burning koran is escalated. the deadline is approaching for pastor jones demanding to know if the imam plans to move the planned cultural center in new york further from ground zero. he said that he was prom mitsed that the center would move if he promised to cancel the koran burning. i spoke to pastor jones about that alleged deal. they came to us yesterday. we did not approach him. i made it very, very clear i asked him several times is this what you re saying in is this what you re saying? he said, yes. and later on i understand he changed that. yes, he has said, pastor he has said that he never
disgraceful plan and get, you know, the world s attention, but that s the world we live in right now. we re concerned that the images from of a burning koran would be used in the same way that extremists used images from abu ghraib s and they would use those images to insight violence and inflame public opinion against us and our mission in afghanistan as well as our missions around the world. i want him to understand that this stunt that he is talking about pulling could greatly endanger our young men and women in uniform. this is a recruitment bonanza for al qaeda. that was a collection of some of the statements you heard over the course of this week leading up to the decision yesterday. we play those for you to point out that, yes, this guy is one lone whacko, but it rose to the level of the president speak
copies of the koran tomorrow. he know says his plans are just on hold. terry jones initially canceled the koran-burning event yesterday saying a local imam in florida told him that the proposed new york islamic cultural center near ground zero would be moved. he told me three times that the imam in new york said he would move the mosque. i only have this man s word. that supposed only has the imam s word, but that should be good enough. that s good enough for me. after those comments, though, the imam denied ever saying a deal had been reached to move the new york center or why an imam in florida would have the power to make that decision. pastor jones then claimed he had been lied to. he said he would now reconsider his decision to call off the koran burning. last night an associate pastor of the florida church confirmed the burning was only postponed.