he now flies around the world teaching buddhism and highlighting the tibetan struggle for freedom. his advancing age and recent medical problems have raised concerns about who will advance tibet's cause after his death. but he greeted this birthday with some of the humor for some he is known. he thanked his followers with his prayers for his long life and he joked that they might help him to live at least 100. sglrchl >>> that's our broadcast for now. "nightly news" is coming up next.

he was asked, now, what would happen if science found out something that contradicted buddhism? he said, oh that's easy, i would change my beliefs. and in many ways it is that kind of openness that having read a lot books and studied a lot, when i picked up andrew's books, like, oh, here is some just like me. instead of starting from kind of a very intellectual, conservative place, he just dove in with everything, with kind of this delicious quality of like, let's see what's true, okay? let's not just stay way back, or way up in the intellectual tower. let's, people are really interested in this. and bottom line, how does it relieve suffering? that's what we're looking at today, so there is the wisdom wing and the compassion wing, and both of them really come together and, specifically, when i read his book, i had been trying to find like him, a language for all of this. having started in different traditions. this one says this, this one says this, but they're about the same thing, aren't they? yes. why does this one go this way and this one goes that way and travels here tryin

i have went and looked for evidence of this in hinduism or buddhism you probably have associations with the moon landing to because everybody wants to be part of it, everybody wants to project their story into that story to make it founder of their existence. but the problem is in terms of biography, in terms of history, in terms of the genuine article that all of this puts a veil and funds of who neil armstrong really is and what i have tried to do in the book is to deconstructs the iconography, explain where it comes from and then be able to show you neil for who he really is. in my view and i believe in your view once we know him for who he really is and the kind of talent he really has you'll find him more extraordinary man then you have before. some people seem and i see this in some of the reviews of the book though the reviews overall have been quite good, but some reviewers want neil to be somebody is not. they want him to be a poet and philosopher. well, the person that needed to command apollo 11, he did one thing more than anything else, he needed to be able to land the vehic

the chinese communist party sees all religions whether islam, christine and become a buddhism, any kindorganized religion as a threat to state power. the chinese government does not like people gathering together and wants to control. there is no genuine religious freedom to begin with and china. their plan is to crack down on any organized religion, for example as into bed. the uyghurs happened to the muslims in the chinese government has labeled them as religious extremists, terrorists. they are trying to crack down upon the uyghurs severely. in the united states the american people a very strong faith in their religions, especially christianity. the care so much about the world. american christians not only care about their christian brethren in other countries and also the plight of the muslims such as the uyghurs -- for example, we had worked with the lutheran church here in washington for very long time to help some of the uyghurs in the past. of course, we hope there will be more support from the american government and people and from the different religious groups, whichever on

participated, including leading cleric and scholars representing jew dayism, islam, christianity, buddhism and other religious traditions. a delegation from the vatican was led, israeli president delivered the keynote address and the church of jesus christ of latter day saints was also represented for the first time. because religions can be a decisive factor in maintaining peace and security in the world, i encourage my colleagues to vote in favor of house resolution 535. this resolution supports freedom of religion and conscience throughout the world. as a fundamental human right and as a source of stability for all countries and commends the congress of leaders of world and traditional religions for the work it is doing to advance tolerance and understanding. again, i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro t

. >> reporter: all but laughed out of office, brown licked his wounds, studying buddhism in japan andrawn to anything that will get at the deeper aspects of life. >> reporter: brown believes that what california and its political crises need is a touch of his zen philosophy. >> it's a place you join together, what i would call the highest path that we can follow. >> reporter: politics is full of ironies, and here's one. san francisco mayor gavin new m newsom, who's already in the race for governor, is poised to keep jerry brown, the onetime renegade, as a retread. after all, brown is now 72, married and adept at the game of politics. this will be a race to watch. wolf? >> we will watch it, indeed, jessica. thank you. world leaders or u.s. leaders in terms of working with them, president obama's asked to compare the two. >> find it more complicated or less complicated to deal with that than the american congress? >> well, the -- on the second question it's not even close. >> so, how will members of congress react to that upon the president's return to the united states? >>> and some of