the global fullness of christianity. christianity is booming to the global south. a lot of us conservative christians in the west look to africa and our faithful african christians to reevan -- re-evangelize european christians. we all lived in the west. the lord promises us that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church but he did not promise us the gates of hell would not prepare against his church in the west. .... in fact, the black church -- as member who grew up in the degree south, as white man, know the black church had to deal with linkings, fire bombings, terrorism in a condition that is completely unknown to the broader church in american e america 2017. i did not feel right in comparing the experience of the black church to what we're dealing with today historically, but let me say that it is my hope that if the benedict option catches on there will be black whiters who talk about with moral authority and experience about what the black church has to teach the broader church about the benedict option and i hope you write that book. i want to

across the wider world, christians face this and more. but to be clear, adherents of other religions across the world have not been spared. and we will speak for them and pray for them as well. for as history attests, persecution of one faith is ultimately the persecution of all faiths. [applause] president trump will continue to stand without apology to protect this fundamental freedom, not just for our people but stand for it in the world. since the founding of our nation, america has stood for the proposition that the right to believe and the right to act on one's beliefs is the right of all peoples at all times. protecting and promoting religious freedom is a foreign policy priority of the trump administration. [applause] under president donald trump, america will continue to stand for religious freedom of all people, of all faiths, across the world. and i believe that all god's children, no matter their country or their creed, can know with confidence that god will continue to guide this nation, to play our unique role on behalf of f

christians do. guest: one johnson amendment you did hear raised prior to president trump was that black churches are very politically openlyand sometimes partisan. you are dealing with homogeneous congregations. -- the pastorsns can make endorsements knowing that the vast majority of their congregations are likely to vote that way anyway. pulpiting they heard endorsements, mostly of democratic hillary clinton. it continues that only one in 10 catholics or evangelical protestants say that there clergy has opposed were supported a candidate. go to daryl and oklahoma. a republican. caller: how are you? host: great, thank you. caller: i have been a christian since i was 13 years old. i am now 92. i feel christians should have as much right as anyone else to say with they want to concerning their religion. and thee homosexuals other -ismsl the there are people who kill their babies have a right to speak out. i believe christians have a right to say what they think is right, and they should not be punishe

at this first ever summit in defense of persecuted christians.et me bring greetings from my friend, a champion of the freedom of religion and the freedoms enshrined in our bill of rights, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] i am here on behalf of the president as a tangible sign of his commitment to defending christians and frankly all who suffer for their beliefs across the wider world. i stand here today as a testament to president trump's tangible commitment to reaffirm america's role as a beacon of hope and light and liberty to inspire the world. [applause] you are here from across this land and from others because america was and is and ever will be that shining city on a hill. where men and women of faith throughout our history have been able to walk and openly warship their faith in god to the glory of god and it will ever be true in these united states of america. [applause] on behalf of our president, let me thank our host today. having thean who ability to call my friend and the preside

on my mind iss the odd idea of the christian nation, going up as a christian christian nation growing up as a christian myself i had 2 bibles. i had the christian bible and the jeffersonian bible. one that one of our founding fathers, a noted atheist, streamlined. he cut out what previous callers would have called mythology, and streamlined it down into how to live the christian way. found end, what jefferson was a great way to be an upstanding human being. i adore that about him. in the is, what we do, what we bring to the table as christians , more than anything else what is unique about our faith is the premise of faith. implies, by its very nature, by its very existence, the room for doubt. my preacher and my bible taught me it is better to live as a stranger in my own country. that being what it is, what does a christian nation look like? and our modern-day world i believe a christian nation is .ust a secular society that secular society where we allow people to have their doubts. to god is onship their own terms, and if they reject it, it is on them. host: another news item this

, but it is not a christian thing to only build walls. i think they will have a very frank conversation about that, i think the quote you just gave was in response to that. saying he's not going to judge anybody, let me meet him first, let's talk about this, i think it was a very important thing to do. >> leland: will see what comes out of this meeting in terms of that, how these two men interact. >> julie: i want to bring in from washington marine ferguson. she covered the installation of pope francis and maureen, how do you expect these to call world leaders to get along? do you believe is pope francis' main message and maybe perhaps the first thing he wants to get to write off the bat when speaking to the president? >> of course in the lead up to this big meeting today, it's always fascinating to see a pope and a president meet and it's always a significant event. a lot of focus in the lead up on the disagreements. there are so many areas of agreement, i think that is what will be focused on. these areas are actually of critical import

were christians are very much. minority. it is important to remember while veggies some -- g7 summit is getting underway and one of the key issues is in a kind of consensus between leaders and trying to tackle terrorism and feeling the effects of manchester and those kind of terrorist attacks taking place in other parts of the world. anchor: thank you for that analysis. underway int is sicily this friday. it is the first annual group of meetings for president trump and he is in the final leg of his first overseas trip. he criticized leaders in brussels for not paying their part of the alliance. he will be pressed on issues of trade and climate change. >> climate justice now. ais greenpeace banner hung few meters away from where the g7 summit is held to draw leaders' attention and put pressure on you and president donald trump. former president obama signed the pirate -- paris climate accord along with 195 countries in a move seen as a historic turning point in global policy. the group aims to reduce emissions. trum

led by the christian right. so it's inevitably politicized. people, there were a lot of evangelicals who tried to get out of that and do, you know, believed that only god was king. they simply disappeared because the more political people took up the air of the press and the media. and so what happened eventually was a lot of liberals, a lot of people became kind of disgusted by this and completely turn off and just, you know, forgotten they existed except at election time when they just hated them and knew nothing about them. so that's where i came in. >> how did abortion become the central organizing issue, or do you agree became the central organizing issue and how did that happen for the christian right? >> i do. it's a fascinating story because evangelicals in the 60s and 70s were very much, for therapeutic abortions as they were called, and that meant abortion is fine in cases of incest or rape or harm to the mother. now, harm to the mother met not only physical harm but psychological harm as well. so that left an enormous gap of possibi

which we know as the christian right. a lot of us saw back on the tv, pat robertson, dj kennedy, larger-than-life characters. talk about the birth of the christian right and its trajectory? >> i think it was preceded by an upsurge of fundamentalism in the south. it was the second upsurge and it was the first upsurge in the south. it happened at virtually the same moment in industrialization and urbanization and the first one happened in the north. as we all know, that creates cultural disruptions of all kinds. people are coming into the city who have traditional evangelical beliefs. suddenly they found themselves back to the wall, as it were, and they found themselves under attack. then the liberals found themselves under attack and so forth. what was different from billy graham in this case was jerry falwell planned to make a mass movement and graham never did. graham was content to have his own relationship with the powerful. it came up from the grassroots, really. religious groups and between religious groups and nonre

and buildings and taking christians hostagem seizing roads and buildings and taking christians hostagera nsmogrified into invasion taking christians hostage. it has transmogrified into invasion by foreign terrorist, who heeded the clarion call of the isis to go to the philippines if they find difficulty in going to syria. mindanao is home to several muslim groups fighting for greater autonomy but the government thinks foreign fighters linked to is are among those taking on the military. the president has imposed martial law on the island, allowing the military to enforce order and the detention of people without charge. translation: my people without charge. translation: my message to the terrorists, we can solve this through dialogue, and if you cannot be convinced to stop fighting, so be it. let'sjust fight. he has already been criticised by human rights groups for his relentless crackdown on drug dealers, but that hasn't deterred rod rego duterte, who is threatening to impose martial law across the whole country to step up the fight against is it militants. —— rodrigo duterte. these

this is, for christianity, the most important place in the world.incredible experience to be here. we touch down in saint martin for a spot ofjet blasting, and check out a music festival aiming to entice a younger crowd the caribbean island. and taking the perfect snap? we head to the lake district to capture one of the uk's most photographed landscapes. i want people to see my pictures and think, wow, that's inspiring. but it's something they can see with their own eyes. jerusalem is one of the world capitals of religious tourism. and easter and passover make for its busiest weeks. and a particular hotspot is the church of the holy sepulchre, where some believejesus is buried. rajan got rare access to the newly renovated tomb. rajan: they calljerusalem the world's holiest city. it's also one of the most conflicted. politics aside, the fact is, jerusalem has monuments that are sacred to three of the world's biggest religions. like the western wall for those of the jewish faith. for muslims, there is the distinctive dome of the rock shrine. then deep

re doing more to protect christians who were obviously at risk. month after church bombings in northern egypt's. a nationwide state of emergency was announced and security was stepped up. but many coptic christians say the authorities provide more lip service than prop protection. dozens of church—goers have been killed in recent months by the so—called islamic state. it says that christians are its favourite prey and has vowed to keep up the attacks. and as well as the new threat from is, many believers here complain ofa threat from is, many believers here complain of a number problem. discrimination amongst members of egypt's's christian community, the largest in the middle east, there is angen largest in the middle east, there is anger, fear and once again, there grief. all agrarian, bbc news, cairo. —— orla guerin. earlier we asked the bishop of the coptic orthodox church in the uk if he felt egyptian authorities needed to increase security measures to keep christians safe from these attacks. i don't think it is a matter of wanting to be helpe

there is no earthly father in christian belief of course. so she is the one who performs his heart from her own heart. that blood is hers. that sacred humanity joined to his divinity. he is the only begotten sun of the father. but he is the only son of the ever virgin mary. only the mother of the lord and god the father can say, this is my beloved son. >> it is interesting if you have protestant trends or those who follow in a different way. they might think mary is wrongly worshiped or venerated or a distraction from god or jesus. i think you have some icons that can show us -- >> an icon of the sign with doesn't -- which is in ancient russian icon. it is a visual that depicts everything i'm speaking of an theological terms. it depicts it visually. you see that the lord, and his divinity is in mary. it is in her heart, and her womb. saint augustine said she was conceived first in her heart and in her womb. saint john of damascus, and early christian byzantine father and doctor of the church , who died in the early eighth century, said the s

let's move on and talk about this thing called christian persecution.ot to speak to some of your students. the pope called attention to the serious atrocities committed against christians. president vice-president pence says will prioritize the protection of christians. during the first amendment dressed at liberty he gave assurance of this pop protection to this university. >> as long as i am your president, no one is ever going to stop you from practicing your faith or from preaching what is in your heart. kelly: i am interested in knowing what you say about the president and vice president as they talk about christianity and the fact that it is under persecution. >> first of all, thank you to fox news who is doing a great job of getting these religious freedom issues into the press. a lot of other outlets aren't covering them at all. we all appreciate what you're doing. as for president trump and vice-president pence, they had gained a great gratitude of christians all over the world in bringing these issues to the front. the issue of persecution to

this attack on christianity follows the one last month palm sunday the bombing which killed 44 christians entering another one. joining me now to discuss brigitte gabrielle. bridget, it's so horrific. they have been lambs to the slaughter and of course christians around the world the most persecuted and killed, religion and faith out there and yet there's no outrage. you don't see social media campaigns. you don't hear governments talking about it and it feels like ethnic cleansing is going on. >> that's exact we what's going on and we are seeing christian execution all over the world especially in majority muslim countries. charles i come from the middle east. this is how i ended up in america and as somebody whose house was blown by the rebels who ended up living seven years in a the bomb shelter before i made it to america. i never thought in my day as a mother in america i would witness the ongoing slaughter of christians in the middle east while churches in america are turning a blind eye. this is about reality and it's about time churches started organizing together and stop putting

funerals in egypt for the coptic christians killed in an attack on friday. the country retaliates with airstrikes on libya. reports that president trump's son—in—law discussed a secret back—channel between the trump transition team and the kremlin. and a glimpse into the past — the bbc‘s given exclusive access to historic footage that's not been seen in 80 years. hello. police investigating the manchester suicide bombing have arrested two more suspects, bringing the total number of men being held over the attack to 11. officers say they carried out a controlled explosion to gain entry to a property on the outskirts of the city. 22 people were killed in monday night's attack. police say they've captured "a large part" of the network involved. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. the bomber, salman abedi, came back to manchester from libya last week. renting a flat in this block, he had already bought many of the ingredients for his lethal device. it was here that salman abedi spent his last weekend, putting his bomb together, making the f

[men shouting] narrator: when sectarian violence pitting moslems against christians again erupted in 2012, thousands were killed, and many more fled their homes, moving to the relative safety zos definedd by theheir religig. due to thehe violence, more than half the schools closed, including g yakite school, one f the few schools in the capital bangui where once christian and moslem children studied together. the only access route to the school from the two communities was over the now-disputed yakite bridge. ludovic bienvenu, a christian lolocal youth leader, explains w the bridge between the two communities became a front line between warring factions. narrator:r: and espececially not children. local self-defense groups forormed to try to protet papassage ovever the brididge fr theirir own commumunities. ibrahim abdel rahman, a moslem, was in one e of them. [gununfire] narrator: meanwhile, the school stayed shut. in 2014, a united nations peacekeeping m mission hadad arrived, and in october 2016, local leaders joined forces with united nations peacekeepers to encourage the militia

funerals in egypt for the coptic christians killed in an attack on friday. the country retaliates with airstrikes on libya. and a glimpse into the past. the bbc is given exclusive access to historic footage that has not been seen in 80 years. britain's top counter—terrorism officer says they have captured a large part of the network involved in the manchester arena attack, where 22 people died. a 44—year—old man was taken into custody friday evening on suspicion of terrorism offences. it brings the total number of men under arrest over the attack to nine. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. the bomber, salman abedi, came back to manchester from libya last week. renting a flat in this block, he had already bought many of the ingredients for his lethal device. it was here that salman abedi spent his last weekend, putting his bomb together, making the final preparations to attack a concert full of teenage girls. about three months earlier, before he went to libya for the last time, abedi rented a flat in this block, being pored over by foren

that's when police say christian stabbed and killed both men. a third stabbing victim, 21-year-old micah fletcher who also tried to calm christian appeared in the courtroom tuesday with visible wounds on his neck. the attack happened on the first day of ramadan, the holiest time of year for muslims. christian is known for posting his extremist views on social media. his rantings continued throughout tuesday's hearing. >> christian did not enter a plea. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >>> this sunday ariana grande will return to london to perform a concert to benefit victims from the manchester bombing. 22 people were killed and more than a hundred injured. sunday's concert will also feature other performers including justin bieber, cold play, and miley cyrus. for the 22 stand up the crowd in manchester chanted in honor of last week's bombing victims and belted out a stripped down verlgs of oasis's "live forever." proceeds will go to the families of the victims of the blast. >>> the cleveland officer who killed tamir rice was fired be

namely, in this case, christianity against islam.ather, it transcends that and it is really about spirituality, which encompasses love, peace, healing, enlightenment, stability, the aesthetic which goes into the arts. some people find faith in the arts. liberty andpts like justice for all that have been around since the inception of our country. religion, organized whether it be christianity, islam, judaism, they are all cut from the same cloth. let me be clear about something because some people are going to say i'm anti-god by saying this. i believe in god very strongly. i've been in recovery from an illness for the past two years and my faith in god has gotten me through this. i'm saying is it is not these philosophies that are the problem but rather the ruthless coterie of power hungry monsters that have bastardized these concepts the on recognition. steve: from prospect kentucky, thanks for the call. i hear some construction going on in the building. if you hear a coming sound above me that explains it. we welcome our listeners

terrorist gunmen attacked a bus carrying christians in egypt. earlier this week president trump called out islamic terror and the slaughter of innocent christians during this visit to saudi arabia. >> there is still much work to be done. that means honestly confronting the crisis of islamic extremism and the islamists and islamic tearer all kinds. it means standing together against the murder innocent muslim, the oppression of women, the persecution of jews, and the slaughter of christians. cheryl: mark, do you think there is a genocide of christians happening that no one is paying attention to or no one is whimming to admit to? >> slit. under the last president he consciously chose to avoid mentioning the faith of those being targeted in egypt and elsewhere. wra what's napping the middle east is these from the oldest christian community on earth. it's actually quite shameful in iraq and and trrp that the christian community were all but entirely obliterated on america's watch. i'm not interested in ramping up the numbers of christian refugees t

i'm a committed christian, i was involved in the christian ne fellowship bringing in speakers.ical duty is not to the president if he's going to behave this way. i listened to that speech at liberty university. there's nothing that's american or christian about discriminating against mexicans and musmuslims, about participag in a white house coverup or t e treason or collaboration with the russians. i've had enough. republicans have to tell trump that's enough and to stop behaving this way. this would have been a fair comparison to the watergate if they had the kgb do this thing. >> they were both about trying to obtain dirt on the president or agents of the president. this is a foreign power. we are seeing at least some movement. jim comey said he's willing to testify in public. he said he turned down the chance to do a closed door testimony but the hill is reporting he's willing to go publicly and testify. the national security reporter here for nbc news said that a source close to comey that he hopes there are tapes, thehe wo like to see tapes. >> i like donald trump going a

, not purely christians, right?'s pure evil in terms of radical jihad, they're merciless and don't let anyone stand in their way. i do think it's important to highlight what is happening to christians and the genocide that is occurring in pakistan. you have christian girls that are kidnapped unless they convert to islam or married to muslim men. it's horrible to think we're seeing this happening across the world and it's sad, because i don't see it being discussed or talked about, you know, enough, so i applaud the vice president for bringing this up. >> gillian: you get the last word if you would like it. >> greg: i'd rather just talk about how the media portrays this and what they focus on and broaden the scope of the victi victims. there are acceptable victims in the media and unacceptable villains. we'll have countless stories that turn out to be hoaxes that generate the scare of islam phobia. we're constantly told we're islamphobic nation based the rampant hoaxes and they turn out to be fake. media focuses on t

you have christian girls that are kidnapped, converted to islam. married to muslim men.t's horrible to think we are seeing this happening across the word. it's sad because i don't see it being discussed or talked about enough. so i applaud the vice president for bringing this up. >> who's left? >> you get the last word. >> i rather just talk about how the media portrays this. it broadens the scope of the victims. there are acceptable victims in the media and unacceptable villains. we'll have countless stories that turn out to be hoaxes that generate the scare of the phobe y it's a nation based on these hoaxes. the media focuses on that and ignores the real suffering that's happening worldwide in which the victims are christian, muslim women and guys. they die daily. but someone writes something derogatory on a wall in a campus, that's where the news goes. >> all right. stick with us. one more thing is coming up next. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare suppleme

he told christian the get off the train. christian then appear to pull a folded knife out of his pocket and in one motion stabbed michah in the neck. surveillance and cell phone video show christian immediately swung again, stabbing another passenger, taliesin myrddin namkai-meche, in the neck. army veteran ricky best moves forward to intervene and the defendant stabbed him. ieth men died. icter his arrest, a police car camera recorded christian saying, "i just stabbed a bunch of banks in their neck, and i can die in prison happy man." [bleeped] christian's hate-filled rhetoric was well-known to police. just last month he attended an alt right rally with a bat. joey gibson has planned several pro trump rallies an oregon that ended in violent clashes. another planned for this sunday is expected to draw thousands of protesters. >> i will always continue to rally, continue the march, especially since jeremy christian has nothing to do with us. >> reporter: the portland mayor stood by his request to revoke the permit for sunday'

christian could face death pena state charges. meantime, the fbi says they're investigating whether he should face federal hate crime charges. clayton sandell, abc news, portland, oregon. >> passengers on a jet blue flight new york to san francisco got a scare when a fire forced emergency landing in michigan. pilots diverted to grand rapid after passengers reported smoke from a passenger's carry-on bag. faa confirms a fire sparked by computer laptop's lithium battery. the plane landed with no injuries, no delays according to the faa no damage to the plane. >> meanwhile, faa proposing slapping united airlines with a half million dollar fine for allegedly flying a boeing 787 without inspecting its fuel pump. the faa says united mechanic as ledgedly returned the plane for 23 flights before a required inspection. united reportedly wants to continue discussing the case with regulators. >> you might say former waitress in tennessee is in trouble for serving a coke float. as she placed a glass of water on the table, a small bag of cocain

jeremy joseph christian has a issues. >> this is america. get out if you don't like free speech. >> a series of outbursts in a courtroom from 35-year-old jeremy joseph christian as he faced several felonies including two counts of aggravated murder and possession of a weapon. last friday police say christian verbally taunted twoion women, one wearing a hi jab, after he boarded a train. police say two men confronted christian as he shouted anti-muslim hate speech directed at the women. that's when police say christian stabbed and killed both men. a third stabbing victim, 21-year-old micah fletcher who also tried to calm christian appeared in the courtroom tuesday with visible wounds on his neck. the attack happened on the first day of ramadan, the holiest time of yr christian is known for posting his extremist views on social media. his rantings continued throughout tuesday's hearing. >> christian did not enter a plea. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >>> this sunday ariana grande will return to london to perform a concert to benef

they're speaking out on behalf of christians.he was going to -- brody, who said he was going to stand up for christians. mike pence was at a conference and spoke up, and the message they're saying is we hear your cry, we won't ignore you, and they have been ignored for many years. leland: will good actions follow good words? big change with this administration, for sure, but have we seen think concrete actions? have we seen an increase in the number of visas? are are we seeing any extra help or allowance for charities? >> right now. i think that's going to take a while, several months. i think the seriousness of the fight against isis is one thing that i think encourages a lot of christians right now here in the middle east. they think that trump is going to, hopefully, bring stability. and they also see in him a strong leader, and strength matters in the middle east, and weakness has consequences, and i think we're seeing that from the christians here in the last several years. leland: well, they could certainly use some folks w

>> they better, and as you point out, this is a pattern, the syrian christians in syria, and the christians in iraq and all those groups. the yazidi. we do know this has been an ongoing campaign of isis and other radical islam to take these folks out. it's aansing if you will. and in egypt, as much as is bad, it's worse other places. president el-sisi has done a job to defend the christians. last year when one of the churches were attacked and bombed, he ordered the egyptian army to repair it. the operations where the guys are in military uniform are designed to do what we're facing, trying to drive a wedge between the christians and the government. president sisi said publicly, the islamic faith must rid itself of violence. he's one of our allies in the fight. we have to do more. one of the things that president obama did which has made the situation worse and the momentum of that bad decision now felt now, president obama refused to arm the egyptian army with apache helicopters and other means to defeat the radicalism. we need to help the egyptians be successful in going after isis. they'

this is for christianity the most important place in the world.credible experience to be here. we touch down in st martin for a spot ofjet blasting and to check out a music festival aimingto entice a younger crowd to the caribbean island. and taking the perfect snap — we head to the lake district to capture one of the uk's most photographed landscapes. i want people to see my pictures and think, "wow," you know, "that's inspiring." but it's something they can see with their own eyes. jerusalem is one of the world capitals of religious tourism. and easter and passover make for its busiest weeks. and a particular hotspot is the church of the holy sepulchre, where some believejesus is buried. we got rare access to the newly renovated tomb. they called jerusalem the world's holiest city. it's also one of the most conflicted. politics aside, the fact is, jerusalem has monuments that are sacred to three of the world's biggest religions. like the western wall for those of the jewish faith. for muslims, there is the distinctive dome of the rock shrine. th

christian: it is unusual. it has only happened twice before, after the 2005 bombings in london, there were two occasions where the threat level was increased to critical. it means senior police officers particularly in london, have , soldiers at their disposal. there are 984 that have been put out so far onto the streets around the country. critical positions. westminster, buckingham palace, embassies, government buildings, tourist spots, travel hubs. what that does is it frees up armed police officers to keep an eye on other areas of the city. unusual for soldiers because they have different rules of engagement to police officers, but ordinarily they would remain under the command of police forces around the country. jane: christian, just how nervous are people, this idea that there could be another gunman or bomber on the loose ? that this investigation is far from over? christian: i think what is really concerning authorities is that they don't know perhaps who the ball maker was. -- who the ball maker was

christians are in crisis. there's a sect which is in nineveh, they're the only sect in the world that still speaks the language of jesus christ. they're probably going to be wiped out ars. if we don't do something to protect the christians in the middle east. laura: i was looking at the images of those buses filled with bullet holes, the bent steel and metal where people were just sitting. going on this pilgrimage. it's breathtaking, and you would think and hope it would get more substantial coverage. some have made the point that the world has possibly normalized terrorism in the middle east, so how can that be changed? >> it's not easy, because it's going to have to be part of the broader war on terror. look, pope francis came to egypt p last month in order to express solidarity with the coptic christians who had suffered a horrible church bombing in december. well, the isis people obviously attacked it, the coptic christians as a response to that. in fact, they warned pope francis if you come to egypt, we'r

christian has been on air all, and showed it can be fixed.ng more about the people who died. it was carried out by this 22—year—old man. these are some people that he killed. 1a of them have now been named. they include polish couple angelika and marcin klis, 29—year—old— martyn hett who was from manchester — and the bbc has also learnt that an off duty police officer was among the victims. let's learn more about those who are still being treated in hospital. hugh is at the manchester infirmary. what can you tell us? 64 people are being treated in hospitals around greater manchester. 20 of them are critically ill. those are the numbers we have been given. some of them are being treated here in black killing manchester royal infirmary day infirmary. —— manchester royal infirmary. and children's hospital. yesterday we heard about the emergency plan which had stood the test with doctors coming in overnight to deal with the flow of patient. we have now learned isa flow of patient. we have now learned is a bit more of the human side, how doctors a

she's venerated by christians, she is mother. there is something about maternity, universal motherhood that appeals to people of various faith traditions. in our common humanity, there is a nee our psychological makeup, our spiritual makeup, for what she embodies, for what she represents, for what she brings to people, which is the love of god. that heart of god expressed especially through the heart of a mother, a mother's love. >> and i think as pope francis said recently without mary there's no christ. without mary no jesus. >> right. >> and mary is our path to jesus. >> yes. >> interesting and we'll talk more about that. we're going to show some icons of mary that are very important in the russian byzentine catholic world and we'll explain her powers and her efficacy. rejoin us when we return. thank you. antine catholic world and we'll explain her powers and her efficacy. rejoin us when we return. thank you. ,, . [ music ]. . >>> hello and welcome back. we're talking with father kevin kennedy about mary, the blessed ver gin,

just a day before, christian was seen here, laughing. and ranting on that same train. >> you got a problem with what i am saying. [ bleep ] all you christians and muslims and jews. >> reporter: police say on friday he started, spewing hate at passengers and stabbed three men who tried to protect them killing two. >> he stabbed three people in the jugular in the neck. >> police say they dealt with christian multiple times at this free speech rally last month. he seen wielding a bat giving what looks like a nazi salute. >> we don't know if he has mental health issues. don't know if he is under the influence. >> destiny was on the train with her friend wearing a hajib, and christian said get out of my country. >> i just want to say thank you to the people who, put their life on the line for me. because nay didn't even know me. >> one of the men who survived, micah fletcher, his mother thanking the man who saved his life. >> if he hadn't been there. >> christian could face hate crime charges in addition to murder. former lawyer saying he app

the christians who lived here have scattered.back any time soon. paul adams, bbc news, northern iraq. the future funding of the nhs has risen up the political agenda, and the election manifestoes should spell out where the different parties stand. the nhs confederation, which represents health groups in england, wales, and northern ireland, has called for commitments for a minimum fixed percentage of gdp — that's national income — to be spent on health, as with defence and international aid. the confederation notes that uk's health spending as a share of the economy, just under 10%, is below that of france and germany. the organisation has also called for an independent office, to advise ministers on appropriate funding for the nhs. the confederation says political parties must recognise that without action soon, the health and care system will be incapable of meeting modern needs. hugh pym, bbc news. in a few minutes we'll be joined by bbc one viewers for a full roundup of the day's news with ben brown. but first nick miller has

police arrested christian, a convicted felon, soon after the attack. he was booked on two counts of aggravated murder and charges of attempted murder, intimidation and being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon. christian was ordered held without bail and is scheduled to be a arraigned today. following the attack, the portland mayor, ted wheeler, announced the city will not issue permits to alt right groups for plan supremacist rallieies in june. the attack comes just six days after 23-year-old richard collins iii, an african american student at bowie state university and army second lieutenant, was fatally stabbed by an alleged member of a white supremacist facebook group called alt reich: nation. well, for more, we're joined by heidi beirich, intelligence project director of the southern poverty law center. welcome to democracy now! joining us from a camera, alabama. can you tell us what you know about this attack and about this man who will be arraigned today? ,> yes, well, jeremy christian based on extensive facebook postings, was motivated