brian grimm, if you look at the recent history of the world, we lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. hundreds of millions more get to vote for the governments that run their countries, and yet we see this rise in religious violence. what's going on? >> well, the study has been documenting two types of restrictions of religion around the world looking at government restrictions and social hostil hostilities involving religion. the old paradigm for looking at restrictions and religion freedom were those coming from governments, communist era governments. but with the fall of communities and changes in the world what we've been documents is a rise in social hostilities involving religion. some of the government restrictions let up, then different forces came into play. we're seeing a world that is much more defined by attitudes and actions of people than mega government philosophies that are trying to dictate how the world should be. >> are we talking about hatreds that may have been held down, suppressed during the time of a authoritarian. >> now, that is the case but a

joining me now are brian grimm and patricia murphy.ing on the show tonight. >> happy new year. >> thank you. >> patricia, elizabeth warren has made the issue of income inequality an issue in the senate. >> yeah. absolutely, she has. i think she is really filling the shoes of somebody like senator ted kennedy and wellstone. after they died, we didn't have a strong progressive voice to take up that battle. she's had a lot of success doing that. i do think democrats are going to have to have a lot more senators like elizabeth warren or they're going to need to start to see challenges from the left in the way that the tea party conservatives are challenging republicans for the right in order to actually move legislation through the senate on its own. otherwise they're going to have to keep doing deals with republicans. elizabeth warren has shown what is possible. but i think a lot more is going to have to change in the makeup of the senate to find out what's likely to happen. >> but when you read today e.j. dionne's piece in the "washingto

grimm. and those are your headlines at this hour. you guys are headed back to times square today later on? >> we're headed down there this morning. brian elisabeth saw it and steve will witness it but after i finish this show i'm going to head to the sheraton hotel and i go to radio row. i thought it would be great to give you an idea of what it was like if you walked around as a guest or worked it as a host. i'll bring you to the ballroom. let's take a look. >> you just walked in. describe the scene. >> [inaudible] >> i'll see you tomorrow on kilmeade and friends. that's it for my radio show, trying to give you an idea of what radio row is like. let's see who we can talk to. >> be the best player i can be. >> talk show host for fox sports for people who don't know what it is like put it in perspective. >> this is where all the radio stations, sports stations around the country come together. >> that is one reason i love this is you see an old friend. i've known brian kilmeade since the late 90's. >> roger, for people who never get here, what are they missing? >> they're missing a lot of great interviews from great media people. >> thi