christian: in what way?hey say different slices of his message, then first they said clearly that the u.s. is going for peace through strength. and of course he was also saying that europe needs to do more. we couldn't agree more. we have said that many times, yes, europe needs to do more than 2%, what we are spending on defense today is not enough. his message regarding their membership, we have to read very carefully what he said. he was clearly saying that the outcome of the peace negotiations cannot be the membership in nato. so we have to still be in a position that the decision we have made in washington, that there will be the possibility for ukraine to be in nato, is still an option. also when we talk about the peace negotiations, then of course we all understand that in the short perspective, it is obviously very difficult for ukraine to take back all of the territories. but sometimes also we have seen from history that it might take time. estonia was occupied for 50 years. germany was disunited for

host: defined the term christian nationalism. guest: christian nationalism is a quest for power.he idea that some people belong more than others in this country, namely white protestant christians. it has a long history but it is the idea that we insist on being a christian nation and so some people have more privilege than others. it goes completely against the constitution, which actually says there is no established religion, so everybody from any different faith, tradition, or any different belief should have equal rights and equal say in how we the people will govern and how e pluribus unum, all of us matter, and not one tradition. you're seeing right now a christian nationalists viewpoint which is really running the show. host: led by who specifically? guest: faith leaders across the country but the problem is it is actually just is. religious leaders, but also government leaders, elected officials. people like ron desantis who will use the bible talking about ephesians and saying we are putting on our armor of god against the left, when actually in the bible it says the de

announcer: and now, "bbc news" christian: hello, i'm christian fraser. "the context." >> seems to me a lot of countries around the world like to express concern about gaza and the palestinian people but very few are willing to do anything about it. >> the whole idea that we are going to build into the riviera of the gaza strip, looking like miami beach or something like that, is not going to happen. >> egypt again today rejecting any notion of forcibly rejecting palestinians from gaza, resettled in egypt or jordan. >> applauded by his loyal supporters as you might expect but met with else -- outrage elsewhere not only because of the clear breach of international law but also the impracticality. christian: we are told not to take him literally. some thought his advisers were walking it back but today donald trump doubled down on his plan to occupy gaza. the israeli defense minister is preparing a plan for the palestinians to leave with a warning to arab states, they need to step up. we will get reaction from egypt's former prime minister and donald trump

christian: they were already going.s of tariffs today, there will be a sigh of relief in mexico city. how damaging would this be if they were imposed on the mexican economy? >> very damaging but i cannot emphasize enough, the north american region is so integrated, it would have been devastating to the united states. it would have hurt the very industries that trump is trying to protect. you cannot differentiate between a mexican car and an american car. these cars are made in north america. had they put these tariff on, you would have basically had taxes on those parts of the american cars. mexicans were worried, of course, but the united states would have suffered so much as well. christian: the car industry is apoplectic about these tariffs, because as you point out, not just in mexico but in canada as well, some of these parts that go into finished cars go back and forth several times, and each time they go back and forth , presumably, they would be subject to tariffs. >> even things that are not quite american, mex

christian: hello, i'm christian fraser.e context." >> we had a statement from hamas, a spokesperson saying they would plan -- remember this is only monday -- but plan to postpone the next phase of hosted releases which would have been due this saturday. pres. trump: we will build safe communities a little bit away from where they are, from where all the danger is. in the meantime, i would own this. think of it as a real estate development for the future. >> him saying they would not have a right to return fits with other statements made about involvement with the palestinians, saying it would be permanent relocation in his language. ♪ christian: the guys are cease fire is in trouble. hamas today has unilaterally withdrawn from the agreement with barely half of the israeli hostages returned. tonight, the israeli security cabinet has met to consider their response. we will bring you their reaction from jerusalem and washington. tonight, more tariffs. donald trump will impose a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports coming i

is structured around christian holidays and the christian seasons.i think we need to recognize that there is no widespread anti-christian bias in our society. it's a bit absurd to claim that when a religious community or identity makes up two thirds of the population, they are somehow being persecuted by the minority. what we find around the world, though, is that oftentimes when you have religious nationalist movements like the hindu nationalist movement in india or the buddhist nationalist movement in myanmar, majority groups will often claim that they are being persecuted, but that then can become a pretext for them persecuting actual minority groups. it's striking that, given the widespread realities of anti-semitism and islamophobia and, as you said, mosques and synagogues tend to be have more attacks than churches per capita. there's no task force on rooting out anti-semitism and islamophobia. instead, this is enshrining christian privilege in our society. >> okay, so in this context, then, how donald trump might use the sense of persecution, p

who want christianity. and who don't want to go to a church in order to sign up for political arguments of any kind, right, left, or center. but who don't know really how to do that. and so i get the question constantly from, you know, when i first started in ministry, i would have parents who would say, you know, i've got a wayward adult son or daughter how do i deal with them? now it is almost always the rivers where i have young christians were saying, i really want to -- a relationship with my mom and dad, but all they want to do is argue about trop. mona: yeah. russell: what do i do? and there are a lot of people who are say, that is not what i'm here for wherever i am on the political spectrum. so what does it look like and what do we do? and so that is what we said, this is for, not the list of principles because one of these that was really alarming to me, i went to the extent of a spiritual crisis as a teenager and with other reasons is because there was a christian coalition voting guy in my churc

who want christianity. and who don't want to go to a church in order to sign up for political arguments of any kind, right, left, or center. but who don't know really how to do that. and so i get the question constantly from, you know, when i first started in ministry, i would have parents who would say, you know, i've got a wayward adult son or daughter how do i deal with them? now it is almost always the rivers where i have young christians were saying, i really want to -- a relationship with my mom and dad, but all they want to do is argue about trop. mona: yeah. russell: what do i do? and there are a lot of people who are say, that is not what i'm here for wherever i am on the political spectrum. so what does it look like and what do we do? and so that is what we said, this is for, not the list of principles because one of these that was really alarming to me, i went to the extent of a spiritual crisis as a teenager and with other reasons is because there was a christian coalition voting guy in my churc

an sat for classical christian schools.there are pipelines of curriculum for classical christian schools, accreditations. teachers colleges need to be created. it is an entire ecosystem that has to live parallel to a progressive pipeline that controls every aspect. >> michael i think has a question. >> [indiscernible] i don't know if you are aware but when he ran for president the first time, one of the main things in his campaign was to get rid of the department of education, put forward by jimmy carter. the one thing he was really upset with after being president eight years, he was never able to get rid of the department of education. i remember one of his great quotes. when we cease to be one nation under god we are a nation gone under. i quote that all the time when i speak to young people. other than that working people get a list of these schools for people who have grandkids now? . my parents sent me to a military academy [laughter] i went to a place we called st. john's alcatraz. [laughter] i was taught by the sist

he eliminated taking kids to christian schools. i would like to turn that around also and turn around the core curriculum thing. how do we do that? >> the school bus thing sounds like a great challenge for the supreme court these days. >>[laughter] >> i am serious. core curriculum is part of how they consolidate control, obviously. david, how do you navigate that curriculum in classical question -- christian schools? >> we don't. >> they don't. when you don't take the kings gold, not -- not that you are, homeschooling is not that. but when the testing requires the core curriculum aspect that is how they try to box most parents in and it takes a lot of extra effort to do that on your own. that is why the next step is also, the sat just recently stopped testing for reasoning because reasoning is racist. it is the same guy that took over the sats that wrote common core. that was a federalization of standards under the obama administration. so, what david is linked up with is a classical learning test, and s.a.t. for classical christia

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and so when he talks about anti-christian bias, he's not talking about christianity at large.s not talking about me or mainstream christianity, which includes the episcopalians, the catholics, the lutherans, the quakers, even, even even the the lds church has come out and said, we actually need to be able to do our ministry without being attacked by the government. and so what we're seeing now is actually a small group of people who have gained power and, and are trying to create a privileged class of belief. and that's what christian nationalism is, is that some people have a privileged class of they are christian. they are they have a certain viewpoint on power, and they have their their guy in the white house, and he is paying them back with giving them all kinds of christian privilege with this new eo, which is actually very biased against the majority of christian folks. >> it's an important discussion going forward. reverend paul brandeis, raushenbush, we appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> thank you, kate. >> this morning, the nfl has confirmed that a protester

christian fashion. because they have this warped, perverted biblical view of christ returning and the rapture, which isn't even in the bible. and i mean that is core. if you really examine is pretty anti semitic, but they, i think even israel has realized that the younger generation of jews are lost cause and so there they have wedded themselves to the christians. honest people like mike huckabee is about to become the ambassador or the un in bassett, or understand they're not alone. i mean they're so, but that's what, that's a naked kind of fascism. we didn't get into israel's distortions itself. it is, it does a pro fascist system. yes. yahoo! label, woods, you know, the great is really floss for kind of so coming and you know, nothing. yahoo is not stupid, nothing. yeah. he's pretty evil, but he's not stupid. he said, everybody thinks the world is moving towards that kind of enlightenment and no waiting. that's why bills relationships with autobahn and others is know, it's moving towards this kind of

but you're right, our thats are christian. >> yeah.what the founding fathers were worried about, they were worried that government was going to the get involved in church, right if that's why the establishment clause. the government should not establish a religion -- rachel: right. as they did in england. >> and also we should not enact any law that's going to prohibit, the free exercise of religion. so the founding fathers were more concerned about government getting in the way of our religious practice. rachel: yes. >> and i think what president trump is saying is let's make sure that's not happening today in new ways which cultural elites are actually keeping us from being involved in society if we are the a majority. rachel: and even outside of our country we've covered the christian persecution around the world a lot on this show in particular, and they will tell you every, every person who has been involved in that fight to protect christians who aring being persecuted, number one religion persecuted in the world is christianity

at her sentencing, the judge mocked her christian faith.nd exactly two weeks ago was my honor to grant paulet and other persecuted christians, a full and unconditional pardon. we got them out of there. you know, those pardons, so clean, nobody so clean as paulette in this whole room. she just was -- she got a little lucky, didn't she? she got lucky i won that election. but she was going to be in there a long time, right, paulette? i want to thank you for being here. thank you very much. enjoy your life. to confront such weaponization and religious persecution today i'm signing an executive order to make our attorney general, who is a great person, she's going to be a great attorney general, pam bondi. the head of a task force, brand-new, to eradicate christian bias, about time, right? never heard of that one before, right? it's about time isn't it, really? so many times you hear but you don't hear the anti-christian bias, the mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-christian targeting and discrimination with

such as zionism or christian nationalism, and even that term is ironic because christian nationalism as it is described really doesn't have much to do with christianity. host: that is mike in indiana. guest: i think mike is making a really good point, and i really appreciate that. like, how do we really go deep into our faith, understand that that is our commitment, and really focus our lives about our commitment to jesus christ. i appreciate that. it always does have political implications because somehow, we live in community, none of us are isolated alone in the corner. we are all around one another, and here is the real point. i want christians like myself to express their full christianity, and many things we are going to disagree about. like, you don't have to -- i would love for you to accept all lgbtq people. you don't have to. if you personally don't embrace that, but recognize that there are other people who do, and other faith traditions that also do. and everyone has a right to live freely, to love, to pray, and to be who they are called to be in america. that is an ameri

i am looking at the christian position and thinking to myself where is the christian position on the line item veto which was there? it just seems like the christian physician happens to line up perfectly with all of the planks of this candidate. >> you should not read saint st. markit's right in there. [laughter] until the question is, is just the memes to an end? i came to the conclusion it is not. it's a deeper, it's more important, it is true. that's one of the reasons why it is so tragic to see it turn into just another arena for political artistic. >> put an exclamation point of what you're saying earlier about how political missteps are becoming the religious litmus test. an actual person with some notoriety actually tweeted this out not long ago. creates and confessions are not enough. if you want to know if you church is sound, ask your pastor what he thanks of david french. and if he likes me, or run away from that church. the church. this actually happened in the world. it is utterly bizarre. quickset is in the new testament. who do you say david french is? [laughter] >> o

what about non-christians? does religious freedom do the founders understanding of religious freedom include non christians as well? and here i point the viewers to washington's letter to the hebrew congregation of newport, rhode island. this is august 1790. i mean, to my mind, one of the most beautiful and important letters in american and this is washington and knew what he was doing. he was writing a letter to this congress just to the --, but writing a letter. he knew that it was really to all americans, for all americans, see. and it says, look, for all those of any religion who all abide by the principles of human equality, the government by consent, we can all be fellow citizens. so america is the can be a home for the jewish people. and this is the spirit of the founding and that goes for non as well. we can agree on the principles of human on natural rights and then i said before that makes us fellow citizens and we can agree on the principles of religious freedom and. i think that's the very best of a

as i understand christianity, that's really not christianity's message at all. right. but it's a kind of way in which christianity has been swallowed by a kind of s no nationalism. and i think we see in judaism, tragically, in certain jewish communities, a similar dynamic in which allegiance to this state and its project of jewish domination over palestinian is actually considered to be more important than certain core principles of judaism itself. again, the core principle that all human beings are created in the age of god, and there are therefore all human beings have inherent value and dignity. yeah. and, and going back to what you said about poor him, the moral you say is that it's not just the danger, gentiles to jews is the danger of the jews bows to gentiles. but as you write about this, you had to preface the book with the threats range against you for thinking the way you do about the goals and genocide as well. i wouldn't say threats. i mean, i, i live compared to certainly people in guys a and many other people around the world and even towards compared to

everybody whether you are a christian, a jew, muslim or no faith. religious liberty is not what we know about legal safeguards but about fostering a culture in which faith can thrive so men and women can appreciate and respect the god-given rights of their fellow citizens, because one of the wonderful paradockses in religion connecting us to the universal, it deepens our commitment to the neighbors and obligations to one another and individual communities that all of us call home. i know that many of you came from all over our country. and i know that many of you know that i come from a poor part of our country. in growing up, my family and i weren't regular church goers. my grandmother was a faithful woman but skeptical of institutional religion and rarely attended sunday services. whether it was her or later with my father to his church in western ohio and now as a member of my own congregation i was struck by what i saw. my grandma once told me that in the area of eastern kentucky, even the apass pallians were snake handlers. church was a place a

you know this this really traditionalist christian christian country with some, you know, views thatven i consider a bit much. and also i mean, you know, for all that people people say that, you know, russia's got the upper hand. it doesn't really it's been losing insane amounts of amounts of manpower and military capability for really minimal gains. and things are getting so bad they're sending donkeys even worse than that. they're saying north koreans to the front line to carry their bags. it's ridiculous. moving on. let's have a look at the daily telegraph. cressida. >> so they've got the story as well vance. free speech in britain is in retreat. we've covered that. they've also. what else have they got? they've got this miliband story. >> miliband sticks. >> miliband sticks. >> to fracking ban days after. >> to fracking ban days after. >> giant gas. >> giant gas. >> field found. so we found a giant. >> gas field which could power the. >> uk. >> uk. >> for i think is it a. decade and he's gone. >> no no no we're not going to do that. no more fracking. >> and i. >> and i. >> just t

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many christians will see that as god had a greater purpose for donald trump. so therefore, donald trump as a president about destiny and destined for donald trump to win but you look at donald trump's character people say that what donald trump does in his personal life is not necessarily what christians adhere to. but they also point to david and adulteress, he betrayed his wife, god was able to use him for a greater good. >> he also repented. >> i'm not saying the president has not t repented i don't know what he does in his private life but we do know when you pick about donald trump's extraordinary journey, the indictments, lawsuits, people given up on him, , the fact tha he can come back surviving an assassin's bullet and become president again for christians that has a very spiritual strong foundation for them they think there's a greater good in donald trump and this is why they believe donald trump might be the possibility that donald trump could usher in a golden age but i would say you have to be cautious with that because the bottom line is, donald

and other agencies, in addition to task force we will work to fully prosecute anti-christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven on earth to defend the rights of christians and religious believers, nationwide. >> those not in the constitution, democrats are denouncing the president's remarks and action suggesting he is violating their principal of separation of church and state. >> this is been something they have been going for for a long time and enables them to indoctrinate, diffuse their particular religion with our government. in ways that would make our founders role on their grave. >> he continues to pilot the executive orders and actions with 54 already, and the trump 100 day mark does not even come to the end of april well on his way to breaking that mark set by fdr. pause the deadline for tonight's doj buyout offers for federal workers, that deadline extended we are told at least until mondays 2:00 p.m. hearing. >> trace: be we'll talk about that, live for us in d.c., thank you let's bring in california assemblywoman alexandra,. thank you for coming on.

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anti-christian bias., right? anti-christian bias. never heard of that one before, right but it's about time, isn't it though, really? so many. so many times you hear but you don't hear the anti-christian bias. the mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government including at the d.o.j., which was absolutely terrible. i.r.s., f.b.i., terrible and other agencies. in addition to task force, we'll work to fully prosecute anti-christian violence and vandalism in our society and move heaven and earth to defend the rights of christians and r real -- religious people nationwide. this is the first time you've had it. if we don't have real religious liberty we don't have a country. that man is happy, stand up and let me see. why are you so happy? you love paula, right? oh, so you know what we're talking about better than anybody, yeah. you will have a great new ambassador to lebanon. yes, thank you very much. thank you. tha

christian: yeah.he correspondence in that room said, he was kicked out of the g8 because they had illegally annexed crimea. let's talk about these tariffs. how are these tariffs going to work? they will not go into action straightaway. they are suspended pending what? what are they going to be looking at? ritika: well, that is actually what is giving markets a little bit of reprieve, that they will not be enacted immediately, as he had previously sent them and they won't be implemented. this gives country some time to perhaps, you know, avert some of these measures. you see stocks in the green, the dollar holding onto losses. you saw president trump in the oval office talking about those reciprocal tariffs on countries that taxed u.s. goods. what we learned from that is they will be customized for each country, christian, a lot of difficult calculations, but he wants to level the playing field and match those tariffs. what is interesting that we learned as it will also include non-tariff barriers that

these are central christian teachings and have been so from the beginning. what are we to think of the resurrection? why do we believe in it? is it difficult to come to that belief? what is it like to live in that belief? here with us to discuss the resurrection is a scholar, teacher, and priest, father john becher. after this brief break, please rejoin father becher and me to delve more deeply into the resurrection of christ. >>> hello and welcome to mosaic. with me today is father john becher. bottcher, i just learned how to pronounce it. you have a fantastic resume. you have more abbreviations after your name than most people have. he is not only a scholar of the bible but a physicist and experimental scientist. so what seeing here is ba in physics from uc berkeley, from the school of theology, and an essenia of sacred teology from the university in rome and a doctorate of theology from the same institution. you began with a ba in physics in caland worked in the semi conductor industry in paolo alto and i think that was when you experienced a conversion t

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this is christian democrats with the social democrats. they have a small majority in parliament. i would expect this week only informal talks to take place because. >> we have. >> regional election in hamburg next sunday. and this informal coalition talks will then, at a certain point, formalize it's the aim of friedrich merz to have a government in place in the third week of april. this is ambitious but doable, and i think for the business community it would be very good if we have a government that is able to act relatively quickly. >> it's funny that you call that ambitious because international investors and also my colleagues actually ask me, why does it take so long in germany to actually get their act together to form a government? >> because in. >> our political system. traditionally you have coalition governments. so a government that is run by more than one party. and so we can be in. >> a. >> certain way, be happy that you. >> only have. >> two or if you count the csu independently, you have three parties to form a government. if you would have needed another coalition

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that is the fundamental tenet of the christian faith. so much flows from that. lesson that flows from that is that we shouldn't fear death. of course death is a very bad thing, but there are much more terrible things. then just losing one's life when more importantly you could lose one's soul. and i think whether it is fighting for the unborn or fighting for peace and security for our citizens, i want us to be the kind of society where my kids can grow up to be the virtuous young people and good, young christians, because that is what i'm trying to raise them to be, and that is what our public policy is trying to do. creating the moms and dads can raise their children in their faith to become good young people who believe the things that i do. that is what i'm trying to create, if the space for you of course to raise your children as you see fit, but the space for me to raise my kids to be the kind of young people that i think they ought to be. and the other thing that i take from it, mercedes, if you look at the long history of the christian faith, it's been ar