gun battle in the fight for libyan liberation. plus, war is hell. and there s been ten years of it. now a war widow needs your help. a man of god and an icon makes news on same-sex marriage. you are either for equal rights or not. the reverend joseph lowery turning 90 and taking a stand. it s all here on cnn. hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. i m don lemon. you are in the cnn newsroom. we re going to start tonight with two subjects consuming the nation for the last few days. politics and religion. more specifically, what is keeping republican voters from fully embracing mitt romney? if you believe the headlines out of the value voters summit, the annual conference for conservatives it could be his mormon religion. as candy crowley reports, many in romney s own party of doing what they can to sidestep the issue. thomas jefferson talked about the wall of separation between church and state. nobody said anything about separating church and politics, but every
gun battle in the fight for libyan liberation. plus, war is hell. and there s been ten years of it. now a war widow needs your help. a man of god and an icon makes news on same-sex marriage. you are either for equal rights or not. the reg rev joseph lowry turning 90 and taking a stand. it s all here on cnn. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. you are in the cnn newsroom. we re going to start tonight with two subjects consuming the nation for the last few days. politics and religion. more specifically, what is keeping republican voters from fully embracing mitt romney? if you believe the headlines out of the value voters summit, the annual conference for conservatives it could be his mormon religion. as candy crowley reports, many in romney s own party of doing what they can to sidestep the issue. thomas jefferson talked about the wall of separation between church and state. nobody said anything about separating church and politics, but everybody knows it s a sticky
more funerals in syria today. opposition activists say that 31 people died when syrian troops opened fire on sunday. the attacks on anti-american rather anti-government protesters took place in several cities. president assad is warning countries not to recognize the syrian national council, which is set up in turkey last week. that council appears to be positioning itself as syria s next government. crisis talks are happening in egypt today to head off new violence. fighting between muslims and christians left at least 25 people dead over the weekend. christians say they were peacefully protesting a church burning when they were attacked by people they describe as thugs. christians say egypt s military rulers aren t doing enough to protect them. it s a very volatile situation, and many critics say it s not helped by the actions, for instance, of state-run tv which last night called upon what it called honest egyptians to come down and join the army in fighting against
president obama stumps for his jobs plan in pittsburgh on tuesday. he ll address international brotherhood of electrical workers at their training center. and governor rick perry will also be in pittsburgh next week. he will deliver a policy address on friday, focusing on energy and job creation. and mitt romney will have town halls across new hampshire on monday. you can see him in new hampshire. and we ll get another financial litmus test for those running for the white house next week. saturday is the deadline to announce third quarter fund-raising numbers. and now to other news, a looming showdown over the president s jobs bill. the u.s. senate is expected to vote on the measure earlier this week. the $447 billion package will be paid for by a tax on millionaires, which would raise revenues by $453 billion over ten years. it includes funding for infrastructure projects and job training. a live report on the brewing battle is just seconds away. the voices of protesters