as you just showed before, president bush was even more apologetic after an american threatened to desecrate the koran in iran. you may remember that general petraeus condemned pastor jones, who was part of this video here. he condemned him when he was threatening to burn korans, and that would cause damage to the troops he was commanding in afghanistan. president bush himself explained that he didn t support what was in the cartoons, the danish cartoons, because of the problems that they would cause. i have no problem with the statement. i wish obama had not, you know, distanced himself from it, because, basically, what they were saying is that we don t support what s in there. they didn t say he has no right to do it. and don t forget, this is the person on the ground who is worried about the lives of the people in the embassy. so i think it was completely appropriate for him to do that and inappropriate for somebody
the fact that angry protesters climbed the wall at the u.s. embassy in cairo, ripped down the american flag and tore it apart further indicates the lack of respect that islam has for any other religion. he says the movie is to show the destructive ideology of islam. that s going back to what he has effectively done before. if we go back to 2010, he wanted to burn the koran. there was so much outrage built-up internationally because of his claim, it took a phone call from barack obama to stop it. but then in 2011, he did actually burn those korans, and he posted that video on the internet and in kandahar, afghanistan, there was such a violent reaction, nine people killed and 81 injured. so he is this small voice of a very small church in a very tucked away part of florida who has found a way to get a mega
harry wales. who arrived only last week for a four-month tour of duty flying attack helicopters. british authorities have yet to comment on the taliban threat and this will be prince harry s second combat deployment in the war zone. and more news from afghanistan, u.s. forces have officially turned control of bag gram prison to the afghan government. the handover comes six months after u.s. service members burned korans at the prison. leading to deadly protests across the country and the killing of several u.s. troops. 400,000 students in chicago are locked out of their classrooms today after negotiations between chicago mayor rahm emanuel and teacher unions failed to reach an agreement before midnight last night. nearly 20,000 teachers and support staff are striking today, the city s first teacher strike in 25 years. moments ago mayor rahm emanuel urged both sides to, quote, stay at the table and finish it for our children. kevin tibls joins us from the picket lines in chicago. he
a house committee expected to vote phone a proposal to find attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress representative darrell issa wants holder to turn over documents abut an investigation into gun smuggling, the fast and furious program. holder wants an assurance if he does turn them over, the congressman s subpoena will be satisfied. u.s. military investigators are reportedly recommending disciplinary action for up to seven american troops for the burning of korans in afghanistan. no final decision has been made just yet. but they are calling for the troops to face administrative punishments rather than criminal charges for what was likely a mistake. the burning took place at a u.s. base back in february triggering riots that left more than 30 people dead including two american soldiers. wikileaks founder julian assange has taken refuge at the embassy in london. london is exciting him to sweden
to vote phone a proposal to find attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress representative darrell issa wants holder to turn over documents abut an investigation into gun smuggling, the fast and furious program. holder wants an assurance if he does turn them over, the congressman s subpoena will be satisfied. u.s. military investigators are reportedly recommending disciplinary action for up to seven american troops for the burning of korans in afghanistan. no final decision has been made just yet. but they are calling for the troops to face administrative punishments rather than criminal charges for what was likely a mistake. the burning took place at a u.s. base back in february triggering riots that left more than 30 people dead including two american soldiers. wikileaks founder julian assange has taken refuge at the embassy in london. london is exciting him to sweden where he is wanted on sexual misconduct charges. and he claims the u.s. has plans