other cities across the country. and believe it or not, some in this town have actually condoned the pitting of americans against americans. didn t hear them say anything when the tea party was out demonstrating, spitting on members of congress right here in the capitol and he and his colleagues were putting signs in the windows encouraging them. mitt romney took a lighter view of the protestors occupying wall street, saying he is just trying to occupy the white house. i m not quite sure cain s comment go over well with the crowds. maybe with his base. with his base. he s becoming outspoken. as he surges in the polls. shifting gears now, riots in egypt left at least 24 people dead after a christian demonstration turned into an uprising. battles follow a recent church attack and involved a christian group, muslims and security forces, activists, reporters, accusing state tv of fanning sectarian flames. there were multiple reports of security forces of using live ammunition and
plowed into a crowd sending bodies flying. by the time the police imposed a curfew overnight, more than 20 were dead. it morphed into an explosion of anger against a military regime many egyptians say is in no hurry to give up power. i call on the egyptian people muslims and christians to unite against this foul conspiracy, he said. and the next flash point could well be outside cairo s cathedral where funerals for those christian protesters who were killed in the riots are taking place. all right. jim in london for us. thanks much. for as long as there s been a war against al qaeda, there have been legal questions about the methods used to carry out the mission. the latest involves a memo that cleared the way for the u.s. to
endorsement of rick perry into a religion debate. mitt romney is a good moral person but he s not a christian. mormonism is not christianity. it s considered a cult. romney responded in his speech saturday denouncing religious bigotry. it s never softened a heart or a mind. the task before us is to focus on the things that unite us. let no agenda tear us apart. on the trail in iowa, romnpe was forced to distance himself. do you believe mormonism is a cult? i told him no.
republican candidates were offered the opportunity to denounce jeffress and call romney a christian. and they dodged the question. he is a mormon. that much i know. i am not going to do an analysis for the reasligions. you leave open the possibility that you dodged the direct question. no. i think what the real focus is here, again, is on religious tolerance. that s really what this is about. anyone getting a flashback to how when you would hear some republicans or some conservatives who had an issue with president obama s faith say i take him as his word. using phraseology like that? look. here s the actual religious divide here. me mormon church explains this way to us. some evangelicals have with the word christians. for them the word christian is specific and applies only to
reporter: so is romney a christian. he says so. some republican opponents dodged that question. i m not getting into that. i am a christian. i think the real focus here is again, on religious tolerance. reporter: our most recent abc news poll shows 20% of those leaning republican are less likely to vote for a mormon. down from 36% back in 2008. david kerley, abc news, washington. two big perceived weaknesses for romney going to creep up in the election. number one, his health care plan in massachusetts. then, of course, is the country ready for a mormon president? questions about religion. interesting see the issues come into play with gop candidates. we ll see how it unfolds. investigators are looking into a deadly rail accident in southern california. a woman scrambling to push her 2-year-old s stroller across the tracks in riverside when the wheels got stuck. she managed to get the toddler to safety but was hit by a train and died. police say the railroad safety