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Welcome. Im deborah potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. Thank you for joining us. There was widespread condemnation this week of the massive escalation of violence in egypt, where military forces cracked down on supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi. More than 600 people were killed and several thousand were injured. The largest Muslim Advocacy Group in the united states, the council on American Islamic relations, urged president obama to cut off military aid to egypt. Israel released 26 palestinian prisoners this week as peace talks resumed in jerusalem. The second round of talks began despite israels announcement that it plans to build more than a thousand new Housing Units in disputed areas, including east jerusalem. U. N. Secretary general banki moon, visiting the west bank, called the new settlemen ....
Challenged in the ray rice case. Baltimore ravens back on the field. Espn reports that he said he did punch his fiancee. That appears to contradict what commissioner goodell told us. The accused is found guilty of culpable homicide. Now its up to the judge to determine how much time pistorius will face in time if any. The maximum is 15 years. The convicted killer of three Ohio High School students is back behind bars this morning. T. J. Lane escaped from a prison in limon, ohio, last night with two other inmates. Torrential rains fell in tennessee, up to 8 inches in just over five hours. And snow in september. Parts of south dakota got over 5 2 inches. Way too early, way too cold its nasty. Documents showing the government threatened to fine yahoo if it failed to turn over user data. A massive fire overnight in connecticut. All that yikes. Taken away to a local hospital. He suffered multiple fractures. President obama stopped at ....
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rar ....
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rar ....
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. There was more attention this week to the ethical debate weaponized drones in the war on terror. The discussion came amid a Senate IntelligenceCommittee Confirmation hearing for john brennan, nominated to be the next head of the cia. Brennan helped lead the obama administrations largely secret drone program. A leaked memo revealed the justice departments view that it is legal for the government to kill u. S. Citizens overseas if it believes they pose an imminent threat, even if there is no evidence of an immediate specific attack. Some ethicists say that amounts to illegal targeted killings. They are not the best strategy, they are not ethically right, and they are not morally right. After much campaigning by outside groups on both sides, the boy scouts postponed until may a decision on lifting its ban on ....