captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening, everyone. from high above the stunning campus of pepperdine university where i delivered the commencement address today to the class of 2012. we ll share some moments from that a bit later in the fwra broadcast, but we want to begin with a story about one brave man whose cold, bold move could complicate relations between two players. a human rights activist outsmarted china s elaborate security apparatus. escape from house arrest and may now be at the u.s. embassy in beijin beijing. what makes it more remarkable is that chen is blind. it happens before hillary clinton travels to china and could complicate religiations between the two county tris. reporter: for years, he s been a symbol of courage and defiance. he denounced his freedom in a video posted on youtube appealing to investigate the brutality. the 40-year-old self-trained lawyer has been blind since childhood after exposing forced sterilizations under ch
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potter: coming up: lutherans wrestle with the issue of gay and lesbian ministers. and, inner-city pastors who ve made it their mission to save lives, not just souls. you ve got to come out behind your stained glass windows and come out here and help people, because if you don t all those problems are going to end up and they are ending up on your doorstep. potter: plus, an interactive museum for kids with a religious twist. captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment potter: welcome. i m deborah potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. good to have you with us. this weekend marks the start of ramadan, the islamic lunar month of prayer and fasting. markets in the muslim world were packed with shoppers as people stocked up on traditional foods for iftar, the meal served when fasting ends each day at sunset the fast is one of the five pillars of islam and is considered a method of self- purification. muslims believe that it was during the month of ramadan that the quran wa