christian. that has set off a lot of anxiety, particularly among a lot of white groups and white supremacy groups in the country. host: explain what the numbers were in 2008 versus what they were for president trump, in the turnout. host: this is what is fascinating. because of differential turnout rates, the ballot box acts a little like a time machine in this country. the composition of the electorate looks about like the country did 10 years ago. that is because white christian groups in particular turn out to vote at higher rates. one quick example. white evangelical protestants, one of the course of donald trump's constituencies in the general population, have declined in that same period, from 21% of the population down to 17% of the population. but they have remained, throughout this entire period, 26% of voters. they continue to turn out at high rates. even though the population is declining as a proportion of the general population, they turn out to vote. they are remaining just as infl

a lot of the christian right organizations were filled with christian school administrators and others who had some kind of stake in christian education. so a very important piece, if you will. and other scholars go in a different direction of roe v. wade in 1973. that was a motivating force for a great many evangelicals to get involved in politics. of course, evangelicals weren't the first to move on that. the catholic church reacted much faster. and with much more force, initially, but over time evangelicals did respond and respond in great numbers. and by the 1980s, of course, the issue of abortion had become a major one, a matter of concern to a great many conservative christians and remained to the present day. another theory is kind of related to the third one. is the sexual resolution of the 1960s. that where the most important factors mobilize evangelicals. indeed in the '60s on, there's a steady increase in local organizations all over the country that deal with issues, addressing issues of controlling pornograp pornography, trying to prevent prostitution, prohibit ordinances,

and here the attack on the christian schools did it. in the 1960s there was proliferation in many parts of the country, not just the south but elsewhere of christian schools. and beginning in the carter administration the irs began to investigate many of these schools determining whether or not they were simply segregation academies, as the phrase went. and the carter administration and later the reagan administration took steps to withdraw tax exemptions. everybody here is very familiar with that effort. and a lot of scholars argue that that was really sort of the tripping point for the creation of new christian right organizations. and there's some truth to that. a lot of the early christian right organizations were filled with which i say chan school administrators and others who had some kind of stake in christian education. so another piece if you will. a lot of scholars go a different direction. this might be familiar, it was really roe versus wade in 1973. that was a motivating force for a great many evangelicals to get involved.

in christian education.o another partial piece, if you will. other scholars go in a different direction, and they argue -- and this is probably an idea not new to many of you, that it was really roe versus wade in 1973 that was the motivating force for a great many evangelicals to get involved in politics. of course, evangelicals weren't the first to move on that. the catholic church reacted much faster and with much more force initially, but over time evangelicals did respond and respond in great numbers. by the 1980s, of course, tihe issue of abortion would become a major one, a matter of concern to a great many christians and has remained so until the present day. another theety raeltory that is to the third one is that it was the sexual revolution of the 1960s that was the most important factor in mobilizing evangelicals. in the 1960s on there's a steady increase of groups around the country addressing issues of controlling pornography, trying to prevent prostitution, prohibit o prohibit ordinances recog

you and the people on your tours, you were all committed christians. christian outreach purpose in going to north korea. you went with bibles? that is correct, we had something to worship with but we kept it to ourselves. i was told it was quite safe as long as we kept our worship and prayer to ourselves it was not something to worry about. we went in to see the land and engage in different conversations, without vandalising people theere. it seems you are treading a difficult, grey line, because as we all know, christianity, for people inside north korea, it is forbidden. if they possess a bible they can face extreme criminal punishment. by going in with a missionary mission and to be intent to signal to those people in north korea your christian purpose, were you not running risks both for yourself and the people you were meeting? it was perfectly 0k to bring a bible as a tourist into north korea. as long as we keep the bible to ourselves, it should not be any problem. what about the chats you had, the hymns you sang with north korean people in close

for those that knew you as christian scott, you're still christian scott. tell me what you did and why you did it. >> i always say i completed my name. by adding on atunde just to, you know, i wasn't comfortable exclusively navigating the world as scott. obviously i'm a world citizen. as a jazz musician or a practitioner in this culture of music, you get to travel the world. i've been touring since i was 14 years old. when you're in all of the different places and cultures, the way they react to our names, i learned it. it gave me a different context. so as i got older and started to tour more, maybe about 16 or 17 years old, i started to feel it when people called me scott. it felt differently. it didn't feel like i was being called. and so i decided to complete i had name by adding a name. and these are names that have reverence or culture that i come from in new orleans, black, indian, african-american native culture. my ufrpg sl chief. i just became chief this year. my grand father is chief. i wanted to derussianize my name is a way that hashgens the cu

actually christianity i think was created there. why do you think only now -- why didn't they face it before? they survived more horrible rulers than assad. mr. kiriakou: i don't disagree with you. i think that christianity has done very well in syria under assad. politics aside, i think that bashar al-assad is a dictator, anti-democrat, but the truth is with the players on the field now, he is the one that gives christians the chance of having a thriving community. if you look at the alternatives, never minding the notion that the united states promotes that somehow magically this is going to come together and everybody will live in peace and harmony, that will simply not happen, but the alternatives are isis or some al qaeda related organization, or assad. and of this choices, i think those are the realistic choices -- of those choices, the best is assad. now, time was, maybe as recently as 2012 or 2013, where there was talk of perhaps a syrian military pushing assad aside, the same talk in iraq through the 1990's, that the best a

yazidis, christians. but of course you have to extend who hand for everyone didn't have bloody hands and who didn't kill her people. justice is very important. all of those places people should be brought to justice. -- isis people should be brought to justice. sociall we have to build peace. i'm hereto ask you and to urge you to help us not just in the rebuilding of our cities. but also rebuilding social peace. i'm not just talking for the use 80's but also victimized communities. thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you for the incredibly powerful reminder that the genocide is actually still going on. a call to action to ensure that we are investing in trying to provide physical protection, allowing for trust. of many ofators these atrocities were actually neighbors who turned on neighbors and to create the conditions for people to feel safe we have to address that and remind us that these minorities communities, 550,000 utilities -- yazidis have had to flee. iraq's christian community from 1.5 millio

actually christianity was created their.why do you think that only now-- [inaudible] >> i don't disagree with you. i think that christianity has done very well in a syria under assad took his politics aside, i'm not necessarily a fan of bashar al-assad. i think he is a dictator. i think he's an anti- democrat, but the truth is that with the players on the field now he's of the one that gives the christians the best chance of having a thriving community. if you look at the alternatives, never minding the notion that the united states promotes that somehow magically this is all going to come together and everyone will live in peace and harmony. it's simply not going to happen. what are the alternatives? isis for some outside related organization or assad and of those choices i think those are the realistic choices. of those choices, the best is as odd. time was maisie-- maybe as recently as 2012 or 2013 where there was talk of perhaps a syrian military pushing aside aside. there was the same talk in iraq through the 1990s that

christianity was created there.why do you think that only now -- [inaudible] they survived more horrible rulers than assad. >> i don't disagree with you. i think that christianity has done very well in syria under assad. his politics aside, i'm not necessarily a fan of bashar al-assad. i think that he is a dictator. i think he is an anti-democrat. but the truth is that with the players that are on the field now, he's the one that gives the christians the best chance of having a thriving community. if you look at the alternatives, never minding the notion that the united states promotes that somehow magically this is all going to come together and everybody is going to live in peace and harmony. it's just simply not going to happen. what are the alternatives? the alternatives are isis or the al-nusra front or some al qaeda related organization, or assad. and of those choices i think those are the realistic choices of those choices, the best is assad. time was maybe as recently as 2012 or 2013 where there was talk of

more recently, isis has claimed responsibility for attack on christian pilgrims and christian churches in egypt. groups, andf these other subject to violent extremism is a human rights priority for the trump administration. will continue working with our regional partners to protect religious minority communities from terrorist attacks, and to preserve their cultural heritage. report indicates, many governments around the world use discriminatory laws to deny citizens freedom of religion or belief. christians and other minorities are persecuted for their faith. to send itses individuals to death under vague apostasy laws. executed inls were 2016 on charges that included "waging war against god." members of the community are imprisoned today simply for abiding by their beliefs. we remain concerned about the state of religious freedom in saudi arabia. the government does not recognize the right of non-muslims to practice their religion in public, and applied criminal penalties, including prison sentences, lashes and fines for atheism, blasphemy and insulting the states interpretation of

i think christianity has done very well in syria. al-assad is bashar a dictator, anti-democrat, but the truth is with the players on the eel now, he is the 1 -- on the yield now, he is the one that gives christians the chance of having a thriving community. if you look at the alternatives, never minding the notion that the united states remotes that that somehowomotes magically this is going to come together and everybody will live in peace and harmony, that will simply not happen, but the or some als are isis organization, or assad. of this choices, i think those are the realistic choices -- of those choices, the best is assad. as recently as 2012 or 2013, where there was talk of perhaps a syrian military pushing assad aside, the same through the 1990's, that the best and most likely alternative to saddam hussein aqi a group of sunni ir generals. it hasn't happened. i think they're best bet is with assad. the syrian conflict -- syrian crisis going on more than six years is much more complicated to look at it from one perspective or

christianity should join other religions. there was this sense, that i find very remarkable, simply because it is so different than what comes later, that all religions are joined together, and the greatest thinker to christianity is secularism and not islam or hinduism, buddhism or other religions. now, it was this decision on the , or any ofmenicals the debates that were happening in seminaries. it was this moment of rethinking missions that really was a fuel was reallyat -- that fuel. they stress these questions between modernism fundamentalist, debate that we often hear, and is told in over now early domestic terms. but when you put it in the context of mission work, you see the question more broadly and in pretty interesting ways. one of the things i was interested in in the book, is theway hollinger traces leaders in fundamentalist for ecumenical leaders. remain farelicals more interested in proselytizing, and not inclined to doubt the distinctiveness of christianity. but hollinger also traces the hocking report as the

who disagree with you but the majority of christians disagree with you. please, let the others have thee conversation. >> when i used to play water polo competitively i never thought i would play the role of goalie and i never wanted it because it was the hardest position. being a moderator of any discussion is hard when you havp issues like this but i want to thank you for raising your concerns i want to thank those who left earlier for expressing their concerns. it is important to try torward identify and find a solution going forward to ensure that these communities are protected. they do have legitimate concerns and there is no one boys a represents nuclear community. i thank you for expressing that. there is an important question that also touched on how conditions should feel safe and that was posed by our colleague. [inaudible] i think it's a great question and a strategy to deal with thae it will have multiples and some of the things require an international community support and some of it requires iraqi government support and some of it requires

more recently, isis has claimed responsibility for attack on christian pilgrims and christian churches in egypt. protection of these groups, and other subject to violent extremism is a human rights priority for the trump administration. we will continue working with our regional partners to protect religious minority communities from terrorist attacks, and to preserve their cultural heritage. as the 2016 report indicates, many governments around the world use discriminatory laws to deny citizens freedom of religion or belief. in iran, christians and other minorities are persecuted for their faith. iran continues to send its individuals to death under vague apostasy laws. 20 individuals were executed in 2016 on charges that included "waging war against god." members of the community are imprisoned today simply for abiding by their beliefs. we remain concerned about the state of religious freedom in saudi arabia. the government does not recognize the right of non-muslims to practice their religion in public, and applied criminal penalties, including prison sentences, lashes and fines for

the majority of christians disagree with you. please let the others have the conversation. >> i used to employ water polo competitively, never thought i would play the role of goalie and never watched to because it was all the hardest position. being the moderator of any discussion is hard, especially issues like this but i want to thank you for raising your concerns and thank also those who left earlier for expressing their concerns. i think it is important to try to identify and find a solution going forward to ensure that these communes are protected. they have legitimate concerns. there's no one voice that represents any particular community, nor one voice that represents a democrat or republican in this country. thank you for expressing that. there was an important question that touched on how to create conditions for people to feel safe to return and provide opportunities and that was posed be the yazidi colleague, directs towards sarhang. >> i think it's a great question, and a strategy to deal with that will he multifolds

>> reporter: it's not just a hobby, this is christian's life. >> christian, i'm looking at your closet, and i don't see any clothes. where are your clothes? >> they're downstairs. >> reporter: he collects them from vhs tapes, remember those? digitizes them, using a vhs machine, and scouting them as if they appeared on television. the reason he prefers the old school version is pretty simple. >> i really like the stuff, because you see, like with this, people had to literally draw every single frame, and i just admire that. >> reporter: christian's latest project, dorky guy, is based on a character he's known for a lifetime. >> i like to say that i'm dorky guy. dorky guy is my goofier, crazier side. he's very impulsive, he's kind of naive, he doesn't understand the world around him, but just kind of bumbles around. >> reporter: in many ways, cartoons have helped christian find his way. >> he's an amazing young man, ands he struggled so much his whole life. >> reporter: lisa adopted christian when he was just a month old. a year later, he was diagnosed with autism. >> there was a great d

a christian in iraq whose children -- let me start get a christian children of a father who converts to islam or a mother who marries a muslim are automatically muslim. there is no choice. there are many laws that need to be changed to empower women minorities. we need to consider local autonomy, many of the communities in the minima in call for their areas to be protected and administered by their community. supports this. even within the current step region there are many who hope to have a must more he centralized government in the future. a true army for the whole of the country of iraq. iraq needs to build an army that reflects the makeup of the country and not just one component. the iraqi military fought bravely and mosul and defeated an enemy. it must become a professional army may up of the many people and faith that encompass in iraq. and kurdistan we need to professionalize, train and equip the peshmerga. when isis struck in 2004 type, a were outgunned, they were not able to protect the citizens or ourselves. we need to change that. we are working with the u.s., germany an

there is a lot a hate against christians and shia. [indiscernible] one they came out two weeks ago and he said we need to take a break from cursing the christians and the jews in order to curse the shia. [laughter] to focus on al ah to hate to the shia. it was nurtured over years. hate about westborough baptist church. think about that. >> thank you. so, last month in june, said theykurdistan were going to referendum on independence. how thisour opinion on would add another independent nation or a whole other issue with a nation with significant populations living in three other countries opposing ideologies, especially with leaders in the west who support the iraqi kurds? >> they had the referendum in september? >> yes. spokesperson, we always said [indiscernible] that was probably pretty naive and did not acknowledgment was happening on the ground. this goes back to something that a lot of people have mentioned on this panel. we have a certain belief system in the united states, even people engaged in the national security community

. >> reporter: christian has a special gift. making them come to life. >> i put them on a little computer, timed them with the music. the sound effects and everything. my voices. i did the voices for my characters. >> reporter: it's not just a hobby, this is christian's life. >> i'm looking at your closet, and i don't see any clothes. where's your clothes? >> they're all downstairs. >> reporter: he collects these remember those? digitizes them onto his computer, using a vhs machine, then studies them as they might have first appeared on the big screen or television. the reason he prefers the old school version is pretty simple. >> i really like the hand drawn stuff, because you see, like with this, people had it to literally draw every single frame, and i just admire that. >> reporter: christian's latest project, dorky guy, is based on a character he's known for a lifetime. >> i like to say that i'm dorky guy. dorky guy is my goofier, crazy side. he's very impulsive. he's kind of naive, he doesn't understand the world around him

there are many christians who disagree with you. the majority of christians disagree with you. let's let others have the conversation. >> when i used to play water polo competitively i never thought i would play goalie because it was always the hardest position. being a moderator of any discussion is hard especially in situations like this but thank you for raising your concerns and i think those who left earlier, it is important to identify and find a solution going forward to ensure these communities are protected. they have legitimate concerns. there is no one voice that represent every community, or democrat or republican in this country so thank you for accepting that. there was an important question touched on, for people to feel safe to return and provide opportunities. it is directed that way. >> it is a great question and a strategy to deal with that, some of the things requiring international community support, some require the iraqi government's support, some require some decisions by the communities themselves, i know that there are leaders in each community trying

let's begin with jack christian. think, it is a product of something we have been thinking about and feeling for a long while now, but was also very spurred by what we saw in charlottesville, particularly, in durham, pulling down their confederate monument. i toinspired warren and feel like this was the time to write this letter. , in warren christian baltimore, under cover of night two nights ago, the mayor had four confederate monuments pulled down. one of them was a monument of your great-great-grandfather stonewall jackson. your thoughts today and how you came together with jack to call for the removal of not only monuments to your great-great-grandfather, but all other confederate monuments? >> yes, like jack said, this is something that we felt for a long time. i think it is very clear if you look at the context in which the monuments were put up, they were celebratingwere not benign war heroes. they were clearly meant to be things that would intimidate black people and further white supremacy in the u.s. where

you have southern baptists, conservative nondenominational evangelical christians. i went to the prisons, went to interview people, sat in on classes, visiting different groups that met over a year ago, went to florida and angola prison in louisiana, i went to texas, california, ohio and ideally, it is to spend time with people and understand the world they live in but in prison that is difficult because you are not in prison, limit access, prison by prison, some prisons, move around and talk to people, the prisons have a reminder with me at all times, i could speak to somebody in a room and sometimes i couldn't and the access varies. i write about that in the book. whatever i said is limited by knowing who i was able to talk to. the women's prison, dedicated the book, they had all read the book and what was nice is a lot of them the this is familiar even though they are not operating under too much religious programming, they said it rings true and i also connected a lot to people who had been in prison especially where i see my research, talking to them was import

coleman we re and the likes of christian coleman were so and the likes of christian coleman were soid, he said this was not the perfect script, but we do have another eight days of competition here, so much more to look forward to. this is what is coming up this evening. holly bradshaw, outside chance in the women's pole vault final. wayde van niekerk, the great south african 400 metre record—holder, the man to ta ke 400 metre record—holder, the man to take on the mantle who could put a positive shine on the sport of athletics. three british girls going in the women's100 metre semifinals for the katarina johnson—thompson will also see if she can do something miraculous in the 800 metres, the end of the heptathlon. i will be here through the rest of the evening, but for this world athletics sportsday, in which we have seen jessica ennis—hill receiving a gold medal she should have got six years ago, it is goodbye for now. it has been a day of mixed fortunes. low pressure bringing rain across northern and western parts of the country, further south east, largely dry and bright, this wa

and protestant christianity. that's where we are, looking at protestant christianity.is is a representation of one of those camp meetings during the first great awakening of the sort of mid-18th century. and we're going to be looking at that in a little bit. so where i want to go today is make some introductory remarks about the declaration and whether we have an american creed and whether it's found in the declaration. in the second section there, we'll look at some revolutionary characters and their views of religion and its influence on the american revolution. i'd rather hear from their mouths than read a secondary source or some historian's interpretation. and i want you to hear what they had to say. thirdly, we'll take a very quick tour of what i'm calling the age of awakening. and we'll look specifically at the first great awakening that preceded the revolution by several decades. in section 4 we'll look at what i'm calling the political theology of the revolution. and there we'll look back at the declaration. so we'll return to where we began and we'll look at

he does have the support of a lot of conservative christian leaders. even though he may not be as devout as some previous republican presidents, republicans at other levels have been, he is a christian. host: has he lived up to his promises for that part of his constituency? with the nomination, the vote with judge gorsuch on the supreme court. we are learning that the white house plans to overrule an obama regulation on contraception's. players who have -- employers who have religious beliefs, can now declined to provide contraception on their health care. -- he has issued executive orders, installed justice neil gorsuch, he has been a forceful voice for pro-life efforts. he has signed an executive order related to religious liberty, saying he supports the idea that free speech is maybe more what democrats view as antidiscrimination efforts when it comes to same-sex marriage ceremonies. from the standpoint of what issues were most important to evangelicals, president trump has -- host: ruth, an independent. hello. all of this is, to me, of no conseque

sex and marriage are linked in the christian tradition. principle igeneral have heard from groups outside. new york raised its age above the age of consent. new jersey has also done that. is 16e of consent in york and the age of marriage is 17 or 18. with court approval. it's an interesting situation from that aspect. if you can be coerced or forced , you are going below the age of consent, it is coercion. that is the legal definition we have all agreed on. host: our final call this half hour comes from lisa in cleveland, ohio. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. this is an extremely interesting topic. i didn't get married at the age of consent comeau but i was 18 years old when i was married. dutch consent, but i was 18 years old when i was married. for girls that are married below or at the age of consent but iat was the percentage -- didn't get married at the age of consent, but i was 18 years old when i was married. for girls that are married below or at the age of consent, what thosee percentage of gettin

it shouldn't be dependent on you same him a born-again christian or believe what you believe. a really striking case is a story here in washington, a woman imprisoned for 10 years is getting out in a faith-based groups that will pay for your housing. housing is a huge barrier coming huge obstacle. she's had great come upon the situation in her them are it happened to be a and the christian said we won't pay for you to live in a house with a landlord. so stay in prison longer until you find another place to live. so she found her first rent payment, but to me that's a really clear example of again, are you helping people or you creating barriers for people and what do they have to do to be able to be helped. in terms of what kind of conflicts there are between the legal and ethical groups and christian groups in the prison, there's the first amendment that they are supposed to have a separation of church and state. do they violate the establishment cause when you have a group taking over an entire wing of a person. you can be in our program and go to classes all day and say thi

christianity do embrace military service and they do embrace the application of violence. and usually this is justified within the context of what's often called just-war theory. so that if a military conflict, if a war meets certain criteria of justice, then it could be considered a just-war. and therefore it's perfectly legitimate and in fact it's the christian's duty in submitting to the civil authority to contribute to that war and military effort. now of course, as you know, whether or not something is a just-war and meets those criteria is a little bit relative and a bit subjective. and so there's always been groups on the outside, minority traditions that have called into question this notion of whether or not there could actually be a just-war. and many of these groups fall within the tradition of these peace churches in the tradition of pacifism. and the trouble they have with violence stems from a couple of points which i should point out. one would be christian teachings found in the bible in the words of jesus, for example if we go to the sermon on the mount we

is he christian?he has a school-aged -- a school-aged child, and most presidents attend church in d.c. when they are here. his attention span is too short to sit in church for an hour or whatever. but it would not hurt for him to put his phone down and go to church on sundays. host: sarah westwood, what do you know about his religious practices? guest: he is a christian and did court evangelicals during the campaign. there was talk of maybe him being rejected by evangelicals. he has been married three times and has lived a life that might not conform to what evangelicals would typically look for in a candidate. he did win a big share of the evangelical vote. he has support from a lot of conservative christian leaders. even though he might not be as devout as a previous republican presidents and other republicans, he is a christian. host: has he lived up to his promises for that part of his constituency, with the nomination and the vote with judge gorsuch on the supreme court? we're learning that the w

in iran, christians and other minorities are persecuted for their faith. iran continues to send its individuals to death under vague apostasy laws. 20 individuals were executed in 20 16th on charges that included "waging war against god." members of the baha'i community are imprisoned today simply for biting by their beliefs. we remain concerned about the state of religious freedom in saudi arabia. the government does not recognize the right of non-muslims to practice their religion in public and apply criminal penalties, if using prison sentences, lashes, fines, for apostasy, if he is in, blasphemy, and assaulting the state's interpretation of islam. of concern are tax targeting shia muslims and the continuing having a determination against them. we urge saudi arabia to embrace greater degrees of religious freedom for all the citizens. in turkey, authorities continued to limit the human rights of members of some religious minority groups, and some communities continue to experience protracted property disputes. do not receivems the same governmental prote

he's christian and profaith. reason by christia christia christians and evangelicals support ttd president of the united states. so we have a supreme court justice that believes in the core values. >> it's 100% about abortion and gay marriage? that's it? that's all that matters? >> no. that's not all that matters, but it was the number one issue that -- why christians and evangelicals supported the president of the united states. >> can you name anything else? >> well, i think it's also important to understand that the president is making it very clear from his campaign and to now that raising the economic value of our nation is the key to raising the economic value of african americans and all americans in our country. we also understand that black people now, especially black families is the lowest net worth in america. the net worth of a black family right now is between $5,000 to $8,000. the net worth of a white family is more. there's a huge economic drop, and difference between where we are as african ameri

that these so-called christians, many of who stop saying they are christian because they are not. i call myself a true believer now. christian should mean christlike. christ is love. we need to start displaying love. we can't love one person and hate the other, that is the devil. that's not god. , beingarah palin reported on this morning, the judge on tuesday dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by the former alaska governor against " e new rk times." we have an editorial written and rewritten rapidly in order to ice opinion and which included a few factual inaccuracies, but are very rapidly correct host: here is carmen, boston, ssachusett go ahe. hi, this is for the governor who is no lonr there. the sue thai have a frnd who son movedoexas and apparently, i don't understand it, of the peop who arjust placed, they are paying staytels r them to in. i don't unrstand how they are able to do that. know, is that going on in texas? that is the lt call on this topic. the last call of the program. we invite you to tune in tomorrow for more coverage of tropical storm harvey and other iss

especially the christians in eusebius. the cared she has taken several steps, the regional government was the first government to recognize isis crimes is genocide. in 2014, the cared she had community for gaming international recognition submitted a genocide article 15 communication to the international criminal courts. in april 2015, sadly the prosecutor declined to formally open a preliminary examination into the situation. but, we continue to encourage the united nations, iraq, another member countries to open an investigation and create in international hybrid tribunal. >> the carriages prime minister, his office and our security forces have helped rescue 3092 yazidi's. that is 3325 remain in captivity. the cared she has opened a rape victim center, possibly the first of its kind in iraq. the medical, psychological and social support is available to the victims of rape. we have protected and provided shelter for hundreds of thousands of yazidi's. and we have provided resources to christian churches and communities to