michael reel is the former managing editor of the baptist voice and co-founder of real urban news.com. it s ours. it s the one last place in the world that we have that we can call our own. we have whites on our board. they look different than blacks. yeah, they speak up a little more than blacks, yeah. but that means that they feel a sense of freedom, they feel a sense of belonging. if other churches are doing it, are they really practicing authentic christianity? it really is about bringing change to our community. reporter: ted rowlands, cnn, irvine, california. fighting a financial crisis from the pulpit. the black church has fought for civil rights and now it s waging war on debt. almighty debt, a black in america special thursday at 9:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. supply convoys in pakistan, again, under attack. we ll explain why the convoys or the life line for u.s. troops and nato forces in afghanistan
the supply convoys like the ons seen here are vital to the war effort in neighboring afghanistan. the border closed yesterday. it remains off limits to convoys today. it s believed pakistan took the action response to a nato air strike earlier this week that killed three pakistani soldiers. let me turn to islamabad now, the pakistani capital. our frederick pleitgen is there. explain to folks how vital this is to getting supplies to our troops in afghanistan. reporter: almost 50% of the supplies that go to the troops in afghanistan go through this, past peshawar into afghanistan from pakistan. it s vital. we saw today, you see those 25 of 27 tanker trucks that were set on fire. that s a major below because it takes a lot of petrol, a lot of gasoline to actually fuel what s going on in afghanistan right now. so this is a very, very important route and remains closed till right now.
inches of rain this week. could set a record. storms could dump 6 to 10 inches of new rain from new england. sad news from the entertainment world, tony curtis has died. the father of actress jamie lee curtis, best known for his role in some like it hot opposite marilyn monroe and jack lemon. there s no word on how the actor died. he was 85 years old. and faisal shahzad planned to come back and detonate a second bomb had the first attempt been successful. a report shows that shahzad planned to kill at least 40 people. and he studied webcams of that area to try to maximize casualties. just into cnn, pakistan has banned nato supply convoys from entering afghanistan. officials claim that cross-border fire by nato troops killed three pakistani soldiers.
their holy book. nbc s tom aspell is in kabul. do they realize it actually hasn t happened yet, tom? they do, contessa. they worry it might go away. they were protesting in northeastern afghanistan. further down still on the eastern end of afghanistan on the pakistani border, tribal elders warned the u.s. they would attack bases and supply convoys if the koran burning went ahead. here in kabul, wall posts all over town saying, america, don t do it. president karzai said it would be a humiliation for islamic countries if this koran burning went ahead. one prominent cleric has said it is the duty of muslims to react if the koran burning goes ahead. contessa. all right. we ll be watching for that pastor to say whether or not he ll go ahead with this. tom, you re keeping tabs on what s going on there in
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