african americans qualified coaches to, quote, to manage these nfl teams? it just seems to me that it s a standard that they want to live up to. it s not a requirement of law, but it s a requirement, i think, of some just generic decency. let s bring into our conversation decency. bring in the chair of african american studies from princeton university and sam stein, white house editor for politico, both msnbc contributors. it is not new for a president to weigh in to huge sports controversies, but this is something that has been railing the nfl. bryant gumbel did an hour on this in february last year. this has been a front burner issue for a long time. i wonder what you make of the fact that now it is a white house press issue? sam. i thought you would want to talk to eddie who is more eloquent on these matters. i don t know how much of it,
as these holidays wind down. the president yial campaign sean is heating up. one week from tomorrow, the iowa caucuses will mark the first formal votes in the 2012 race. right now, it s too close to call, statistically speaking. according to a poll from the american research group, ron paul, mitt romney, and newt gingrich are locked in a three-way statistical tie. you can see it there. 21, 20, 19% apiece. paul steinhauser is in des moines with more on this three-way battle. and no clear front-runner at least for iowa, paul. reporter: no clear front-runner. and that poll you just showed from arg came out on friday. the most receipt polling we have of people likely to take part in that caucus on january 30. it also indicates with just a week to go 1-10 still say they haven t made up their minds. and a sizeable amount are saying, i m backing this candidate or that candidate, but i may change my mind. three-way traffic jam, i guess you could say, for the top spot. ron paul, tho
there on christmas day. the white house condemning these blasts. nigeria s president calling an end to the sectarian violence voug to catch those responsible. churches also bombed in nigeria last christmas season. more arab league observers are on their way to sir yeah here s why. an opposition group says security forces killed more than 20 people in the city of homs today. the observer planned to go there. u.n. says more than 5,000 people have died since syria s crackdown on protests began in march. a suicide car bomber in iraq got through six security check points before setting off an explosive device at the interior ministry. at least five people killed there, 39 wounded. this happened after iraq s prime minister was meeting with the senior security officials to talk about how to keep the country safe. a series of explosions killed almost 70 people in baghdad just last week. mexico says it s captured the chief of security for one of the most wanted alleged drug king
you ll be getting back to family today. unfortunately, we have to begin with tragic news on this christmas day. we re getting word that on christmas day, churches are being attacked. two churches in particular, two bombings. many people are dead and wounded. you re shown the area here, we re showing it to you, this is in nigeria, two cities in particular, madala and jos. you see the distance they are apart. a great distance apart. these are christian churches during christmas day services and prayers. again, there are a number of casualties. we do not have a definitive number yet. we re working to confirm how many, though. we ll get back to you on that. these attacks are reminiscent of last christmas day. bombers once again targeted churches in nigeria. dozens of people died in those attacks, as well. we are just getting word of this. a short time ago, these bombings just taking place. those details still coming in here at cnn. we re on top of it. we ll continue to keep you u
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