people want to know, is america a christian nation? not in the sense we would speak of it today. they didn't have the self-consciousness of christianity in particular. it was a universal. you have these general principles of christianity that enlightened folks like jefferson could agree on. that becomes the foundation for a moral order that every society requires when they develop law. when the event -- evangelicals split from the enlightenment, they believe they have an interest in protecting the diversity. these baptists were being run out of dodge, run out of virginia by the anglicans who were going to become episcopalians. they want to this protection of minority religion. of course, they aren't thinking of people who aren't religious. native peoples are not religious. they are basically going to say that about mormons, and mormons aren't religious, because they are bad religions. therefore, they are not part of this general moral ethic. blasphemy this -- destabilizes the state, because it destabilizes the moral order. this is going to be picked up by evangelicals the minute t

partisan right to so to mention what reagan had done or bush but also with this when greenwich of a christian nation in georgia view bush was the same democrats tried to race this but they see the politics and their motives are called into question. barack obama has spoken about democrats believing in him. so in some ways the press has bought into this. >> host: kevin is a professor of history here at princeton. his book one nation under god. as he concludes in the book history reminds us ever legend is in large member and invention of the modern era purpose of this is booktv on c-span2. >> of vampires and citizens pro-american democracy or none at all. professor of politics at princeton professor start with a question that you risk on the back of this book which is why has democracy been slow in the middle east and arab world? to make it tackles the question head on i try to take on those academic explanations as well as the more popular explanations of why it. but start with a popular explanation. people say there's something unique about the religion or culture of islam that has prevented true de

we have been a christian nation. the ways in which we think.whether or not we are a christian nation, the signs we point to the symbols think ceremonies we invoke, those are actually recent inventions. they come not from the founding fathers but from our our grandfathers and grandmothers and fathers and mothers. they were invenned in the ear raf to the cold war. all the thing wes take for granted now know national day of prayer the national prayer breakfast, the addition of "hurt god" the he pledge of allegiance and in galled we trust. all inventions of the 1950s. >> host: why? >> guest: the original thought is it was about the cold war that america got religion fighting the god laws communist so invented new phrases and mottos and slowing ganz to distinguish us from the athiests of the soviet union. the fact is -- the real story is actually one that take place not in the '50s in foreign policy but domestic policy in the 1930s, and comes from not foreign policy issues but domestic politics. a revolt against the new d

for the way to think about whether we're a christian nation, the center point to come in the ceremonies we invoke a recent inventions. not from the founding fathers, but her own grandfathers in the lake were really invented in the revolutionary era, but the era of the cold war. all the things we take for granted now. national day of prayer, national prayer breakfast pledge of allegiance, in god we trust, all of those are inventions of the 19th east. why? >> as we were fighting the godless communists in the soviet union and america got religion. so just invented all of these new phrases and mottos and slogans that distinguished it as an atheist of the soviet union. there is a factor but it's a minor one. the new story takes place in the foreign policy but domestic policy of the 1930s. it comes from not foreign-policy issues, but domestic politics for a revolt against the new deal. corporate leaders and clergymen advanced to an ideology they call freedom under god. from private correspondence it is quite clear the state power they fear the most is not the soviet regime in moscow but the n

kevin kruse argues that corporate america invented the idea that the united states is a christian nation in one nation under god and democracies news andrew bernstein examines the way that thomas jefferson's legacy has been used throughout american history. and also releasing this week on the 150th anniversary of resident lincoln's assassination looking at the life of john wilkes booth in fortune's fool. and investigating how geography has shaped regional understandings of freedom and the constitution and the law of the land. c-span's latest book, first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women publishes on april 14, 2015. booktv visited the printing plant in berryville, virginia, to see the manufacturing process and watch the books come off of the presses. when we were there we talked with printers america general manager mark bone about the business of printing books. [inaudible] a paragraph [printing sounds] its ai [printing sounds] >> hello what is the most difficult part of printing a book reign. >> guest: its it's organizing the process, getting the c

it's regarded as the world's first christian nation.onship with turkey is also important. the pope traveled there last year a gesture of bridge building with the muslim world. >> turkey typically follows the same pattern it withdraws the ambassador for consultations and then after a period of time, a few months, they restore the -- they restore the ambassador to the post. turkey cannot afford to have a complete rupture of relations with the vatican given its importance around the world given that it speaks for over a billion catholics around the world. >> reporter: as armenians prepare to mark the cincinnati 10 air i later this moth, it's clear that what happened 100 years ago is still being felt today. alexi o'brien, al jazerra. >>> hundreds of thousands of brazilians have take town the streets again to protest against government corruption and economic problems. much of their anger has been focused on president yusef. a report from sao paulo from alan fisher. >> reporter: many groups, many voices, one message dilma must go. 10s of tho

and it was assumed to be a christian nation.ms with those direct line from the ten commandments at least not in state documents highlights are important issues are to certain constituencies right now. we are at the peak in some respects of treatment of religion in taxes, social studies documents at least which is not necessarily the same thing as classrooms. >> i i have a question for jennifer. maybe it is pushing you 19th century historians into the 21st century but that it was fascinating the kind of patronizing attitude toward women and children and other ethnicities that foreign-policy seem to invoke so frequently, and i wondered whether having female secretaries of state made any difference whatsoever. >> i have to look closely at the record because i do not know as much. laura bush made a lot of things about. it it was not so much about hillary clinton but my guess would be that she might have pushed education, the issue of education in a way that might actually polarize what someone my calling for. this to me was one of t

. >> kenya is largely a christian nation 80% christian, is that right? >> reporter: it is indeed.hugely muss lum population. we have kenyan somali and somali kenyans who are largely muslim population. this is the only institution of higher learning in garissa which means there are lots of students coming from other towns close to garissa. you'll find a mix of basically everybody. there will be christians there, muslims, even from the capital in nairobi. we don't know yet how many muslims are there, how many christians are in there. if this is really targeted to christians we're yet to confirm and we'll probably know as soon as the police are able to investigate the attack. we're yet to hear an official pre port on those held hostage, how many there are, who they are. as you say, at least one picture of a wanted terrorist is released. government is promising five million kenya shillings bounty. >> soni methu, thank you very much. let's talk with national cnn security analyst peter bergen. you're also the author of "man unto: the ten-year search for bin laden." good morning. why rai

perhaps in 2030 china will be destined to become the largest christian nation with 224 million christians estimated to be. yet the persecution has never been stopped and actually even becoming worse in the past few years. >> now, you mentioned the official catholic and property standpoint churches that have been technically sanctioned by the government. i know the majorities of worshipers stay away from them. how different are they from the regular catholic and protestant churches? >> i think fundamental difference between the so-called government-sanctioned patriotic catholic and protestant churches and the independent house churches or underground church is really who is the head of the church? the only head according to the biblical scripture that the only head of the church is jesus christ and him alone not a communist party not a political force. not any human organizations. >> right. you know the chinese government's position on religion does seem to be or orwellian. some of these churches were attacked it was demolished in the eastern city of juanjho. this isn't persecution. what i

prime minister of great britain, for easter, david cameron released a video he called england a christian nationhe work of jesus christ the church of jesus christ, an addressed the issue of christian persecution around the world. i believe, i believe our judeo christian value system is under assault in america like never before. around the world christiansñ being slaughtered. we need our president to be more like david cameron. celebrate virtues of christianity. be less critical. >> thank you for being with me. maybe the president slept through reverend wright's sermons for 20 years maybe had head phones on. i don't know. good to see you. >>> tonight donations poured in for memories pizza. nearly a million dollars. the small business was caught up in the national fire storm over the state's religious freedom bill. they will join us next in a "hannity" exclusive to explain what they're going to do with that money, and whether or not they can reopen and much more. 73% bass pro shops is more than a store. it's a place with the best selection of gear that i need and the customer service i can trust.

call christian americanism an ideology that believes america's founders intended it to be a christian nation that america has trusted from its heritage and that it is a patriotic and religious duty to return the country to its true christian identity and here i refer you back to the paper this morning on the founders. when the 15 member board created the current teks in 2009 and 2010, seven of the ten republican members including the board chair worked very hard to work out this ideology into the social studies standards and are usually able to pick up the extra vote to be needed to get an eight person majority. they could get it from the other three republicans are even occasionally one of the democrats. the seven member bloc devoted to this ideology regularly presented a christian american historic as indisputable facts. they they did it in board meetings, public speeches, in the writings the comments to journalists they appointed amateur historians famous for his views as the board experts to told them what students should learn about american history and here again the discussions of dav

is widely considered the first genocide of the 20th century, struck armenian people the first christian nationy's prime minister blasted the pope's statement calling it misinformed, one sided and based on insufficient information about history. the tushgs insist the armenian death toll is inflated and claims the deaths were from civil war and deaths. >> political leaders may want to take advantage of thiss issue and they do. we expect religious leaders to stay way from islamic phobic and anti-islamic at tut -- attitudes that prevail in europe. >> he called the speech a powerful message to the international community. >> the content of the message is that genocide has not been condemned and recognized. this constitutes a threat to the future of humanity. only leaders with principles who put values over interest can lead a world without genocide and crimes against humanity. >> the united states were not among the 20 countries that acknowledged an armenian genocide. jon: lauren green, thank you. jenna: a deadly air disaster leaves rescuers helpless. and was it cold blooded murder or self defense?

the captives seen in the isis video are believed to be ethiopian christians. nationals are calling the killings a brutal mass murder. it is being called quote an attempt to promote discord. our correspondent nic robertson has more. >> reporter: good morning, john. it seems to be a multilayered message from isis. absolutely brutal. the same brutality we have seen in other execution videos. the main part of the narrative of the more than 30-minute video is to tell christians you have two choices under isis control. one, you can die, or you can submit to rule by isis. convert to islam or pay a non-muslim tax. very stark choices. that is the major narrative, if you will. they execute two groups of people. one group they behead right next to the mediterranean sea. the other group of 15 they shoot and kill by gunshot and that is in the south of libya. the message here is that isis extends control across all of libya or large parts of it. that is absolutely not the fact on the ground in libya there are factions. isis is trying to spread a message here that it is in control of

gandhi's pretty vocal critics of the so-called -- political critiques of the so-called christian nation. jones regularly spoke in the u.s. about the need for a more viable economic order, and condemned american jim crow. the new york unitarian minister, john haynes holmes -- another of gandhi's most significant interlocutors -- stated that more provocatively -- in some ways, i think it's unitarian sensibilities and framing of this issue are the ones that executed today, but in some ways, what jones had to do as a methodist more clearly reveals the theological tensions of midcentury. so i refer to holmes here as a figure who is pointing forward in some ways, to our own spiritual but not religious. he was a socialist, a path of us, a leader of the aclu and the naacp. and a founder what he called the all world gandhi fellowship. holmes made the case for gandhi that, as i said, most clearly resonates with the spiritual flight from organized christianity that we see today. i'm going to read an extended quote here from john homes. this is from 1944. the basic trouble lies in the fact that the

he went to a jewish convention and felt that they ought to be happy they live in a christian nation that doesn't do to them the things that other people do to them. the guy was radical. when you get rid of martin luther king day, we went to the voters and put it on the ballot. he came back and put on an item that was exactly the same. he was successful at doing it. we went back and did it again. here is how we did it. i organized business leaders. i spoke to people on the other side. i listened to people who did not think exactly how i thought. and because of that, we could build a coalition. arizona is still the only state in the nation that has passed martin luther king day by a majority of its citizens. we are very proud of that. [applause] the same electorate that voted in evan meek him. they have to deal with issues where they have a papers only please bill. it was struck down by the u.s. supreme court. we had another issue that said you could legally discriminate against gays. the list goes on and on in terms of what comes out of the legislature that is far right wing. they do not

gandhi's political critiques of the so-called christian nation. based on his experiences in india, jones regularly spoke in the u.s. about the need for a more viable economic order, and condemned american jim crow. the new york unitarian minister, john haynes holmes -- another of gandhi's most significant american interlocutors -- stated the case more boldly. in some ways, i think it's unitarian sensibilities and framing of this issue are the ones and they carried today, but in some ways, what jones had to do as a methodist more clearly reveals the theological tensions of midcentury. so i refer to holmes here as a figure who is pointing forward in some ways, to our own spiritual but not religious. he was a radical politically. he was a socialist, a path of -- a fascist a leader of the , aclu and the naacp. and a founder what he called the all world gandhi fellowship. holmes made the case for gandhi that, as i said, most clearly resonates with the spiritual flight from organized christianity that we see today. i'm going to read an extended quote he

america was assumed to be a christian nation, yes, but we didn't have moses as the first american, we didn't have specific historical claims about how we got to this point, a direct line from the ten commandments to the mayflower compact etc.. at least not in the state documents. it highlights how important those issues are to certain constituencies right now. we are at the peak in treatment of religion social studies documents which is not the same thing as classrooms. >> a question for jennifer too pushing your nineteenth century historians and to the 21st century, it was fascinating, a patronizing attitude towards women and children and ethnicities invoked so frequently, and i wonder if having female secretaries of state made any difference whatsoever. >> i have to look very closely at hillary clinton's record because i don't know as much. laura bush actually made a lot of claims about women. dirksen senate office building easier to find material but didn't look so much about hillary clinton. my guess would be from her wire work she might have pushed education, the issue of educati

christians. then it happened not long ago at the national prayer breakfast where he decided to lecture christians not to be on their high horse when it comes to judging radical islamic terrorists. remember this? >> lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the crusade the inquisitions, people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. >> the question is whether those comments do real damage, not just to morale among christians about what their own president thinks of them but to the enemy. you know, not -- >> no question. >> not that he's causing death, but that they feel he won't stand up for christians who are under threat. >> look, in a nation where almost 80% of people, america identify as christian, to have a president that is continually dismissive of christianity, there's no question that that sends a message to bad people in places far away that will do bad things as a result. look, america has long been seen as the beacon of light, hope and freedom. and that has been fostered by our christian ethic. and we have been a defender o

jewish convention and told them they ought to be happy that they live in a nation that is a christian nation doesn't do thanks to them that other people have done to them in the world. the guy was radical. when you get rid of martin luther king day, we went to voters and put it on the ballot. he came back and put on an item that was exactly the same but the different date with the vote. that's ok, because we went back and did it again. here is how we did it. i organized is the leaders. i spoke to people on the other side. i listened to people who did not take exactly how i thought and because of that, we could build a coalition. arizona is still the only state in the nation that has passed martin luther king day by the majority of citizens. i'm very proud of that. [applause] >> same electorate that voted in and make them, i think about that. -- that voted in evan mikum, i think about that. there is a legislature that says you can go to kill if you don't have your papers, and we had another issue that said that you could legally discriminate against gays. the list goes on and on on what comes

lexington market and also civilians, members of clergy as well as members of both the christian clergy and the nation of islam who have pledged to keep demonstrators, especially the young people out of downtown baltimore this evening. leon: this is fulton avenue. north fulton avenue at north avenue. if you're familiar with this area and again, we're seeing here another scene of looting there. we saw two scenes a moment ago where one liquor store was being looted and a cell phone store next to it seemed to be targeted next. it appears as though clergy intervened at that cell phone store. that scene was being stopped. this is still well under way. this is starting to pop up on cameras covering the city this evening. governor hogan has said in a quote here today's looting and acts of violence in baltimore will not be tolerated. in response i have put the maryland national guard on alert so they can be in position to deploy as rapidly as needed. that call has not been made and as we have said earlier, he's also determined this has not been declared as a state of emergency. we're looking here at a shot. t

christians across the nation and around the world are marking easter sunday. fighting for his life after gunfire rang out overnight. >>> it's going to be nice today and tomorrow, it will be gray and gloomy most of the week. music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. >> good morning, it is 9:00 a.m. on this sunday, april 5. easter sunday, happy easter and happy pass joamp. eva pilgrim is off, kenneth moten joins us. >>> in the news, people were up bright and early this morning for easter sunday services. >> thousand brave the rain as the pope prides over the annual easter mass. >>> a man is hurt after his motorcycle plunges 30 feet down a ravine while fleeing police. >>> those stories but first chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. nice today. >> reporter: yes, but then it goes downhill. we have lots of sunshine and the breezes have let up. yesterday we had winds

he went to a jewish convention and felt that they ought to be happy they live in a christian nation thatoesn't do to them the things that other people do to them. the guy was radical. when you get rid of martin luther king day, we went to the voters and put it on the ballot. he came back and put on an item that was exactly the same. he was successful at doing it. we went back and did it again. here is how we did it. i organized business leaders. i spoke to people on the other side. i listened to people who did not think exactly how i thought. and because of that, we could build a coalition. arizona is still the only state in the nation that has passed martin luther king day by a majority of its citizens. i am very proud of that. [applause] the same electorate that voted in evan meek him. they have to deal with issues where they have a papers, only please bill. it was struck down by the u.s. supreme court. we had another issue that said you could legally discriminate against gays. the list goes on and on in terms of what comes out of the legislature that is far right wing. here is the sec

going all the way back to his speech in cairo when he said we are not a christian nation. the last prayer breakfast where he took a swipe at christians over the crusades of all things. >> the same thing isis is doing. >> and so i think this president, frankly is not satisfied to be commander in chief. i think he wants to be high priest over christianity and determine what's right and wrong. >> the president of the catholic league said we have a president who never mentioned the words christians except when he wants to denigrate him do you agree? >> he always compliments islam. this is a curious thing for christians. we just had 150 children killed in kenya. he starts talking and implying at least that people who took a stand in indiana for christian freedom to choose what services they would provide whether to participate in same sex weddings are somehow peopling unlovingly. >> sure. so he bashed christians in your estimation. and he defends islam. why is that? we were talking during the commercial you had a couple theories. >> he grew up in indonesia. his father was a musl

here is tweet, a christian nation should not allow the death penalty.ou can join the conversation. and one other from tony. we will be looking for your tweets and e-mails and comments on our facebook page, as well. but of course, our phone lines are open. sandra is up next in massachusetts. caller: don't look over your back when you send somebody to prison for life. that is what should happen. i know somebody who had a problem and he went and did something wrong, and he said, i'd be back in two weeks. and he was, in a box in the church. you think people will stand for what happened? the prisoners will take care of the situation. thank you and goodbye. host: keith is up next danville, illinois, line for republicans. keith, you're on the "washington journal." go ahead. caller: i'm sorry, boss. they said to just -- host: turn down your tv and go ahead with your question or comment. caller: you know what it should really be? host: what is that? caller: make him suffer. don't kill him. host: you've got to turn down your tv if you want to call in with your co

national average for a gallon of regular, up half a penny overnight. had tend to sooner or later. >>> now to president obama blasting christians at the national easter prayer this. >> on easter i do reflect that as a christian, i am supposed to love and i have to say that sometimes when i listen to less than loving expressions by christians, i get concerned. but that's topic for another day. charles: and well it's not the first time we've heard something like this out of the mouth of the commander in chief. here's a really good gem, you remember this from a few months ago. >> humanity has been grappling with the questions throughout human history. unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place remember that during the crusade and the inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. charles: joining us for the rest of this hour host of the david webb show on sirius xm and fox news contributor david webb. what do you make of this one? >> the reaction in the room. you played the president months before, it's not the first time. he does this relativism historically inaccurate. crusades were a response to a musli

look the country is about 83% christian or so and for him to call christianity and christians at the national prayer breakfast and then again at the easter service, it's insane. >> why is he doing this? >> why would he do this? i can't think of what is the benefit other than, look, he's standing by what he stated at the very beginning that you know he wants a tolerant, all-encompassing america that is his vision for the world. i don't understand why he would do it. >> let me respond. it's a culmination of reverse sif thihinking. to be taught that it's never as bad here as it is there, we're always going to be the bad guys. >> and it's our fault. >> it is our fault. >> why would he do this, go out of his way to make these comments that are derogatory towards christians. >> what they said remember when they first came in they wanted to end the global war on terror. we're not at war with the muslim world. i don't think the muslim leaders at the time actually thought the bush administration was conducting a war against them. actually, the cooperation in the war on terror was going quite well. we

we call ourselves a christian nation, but one of my favorite scriptures is, how can you say you loveho you have never seen, if you can't love your man -- fellow man who you see every day? host: janet, an independent color. hi, janet. caller: hi, good morning. and it is a good morning. it is a new day in which we can now see what the police are doing through the smart phones, which are in the hands of so many people now. it is about time. that poor man was obviously running for his life. and he gets shot eight times. it was just appalling. but it is a new day, everybody. thank god for smart phones. host: orlando, florida. independent. good morning to you. welcome to the conversation. caller: yes. i was listening to the story on south carolina on the shooting. you know, this is been going on for so long. every time and -- a white officer kills a black man, we see the same thing over and over and over. then they tried to find a way to get him out of it here and they are going to keep killing. i don't see where he ever got shot with a gun like a stun gun the shore -- before. if you ever

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the pope spoke out against violence targeting christians in that nation and several others this week.hold mass in saint peter's square and he'll deliver his easter message and blessing. >>> meteorologist dave warren is back here now with a look at your wake up easter weather. hey, dave. >> wake up tomorrow morning not nearly as windy. mostly dry across much of the area but it will be cold. ultimate doppler all clear for now. close to philadelphia a little wider view shows a few showers across new york along the great lakes trying to push to the south. a few thin clouds to. by tomorrow morning it is clear. fan moon tonight. tomorrow morning the sun comes up tries to warm the temperatures up. we're 37 in the city. suburbs north and west down to that freezing mark. winds light and variable at 10 miles an hour. quick warmup with that sunshine and then much warmer temperatures in the seven day forecast. i'll have that later. >> all right, thank you dave. >>> former mayor definitely not happy with the governor of maine maine. what set her off and the item inside her purse she tried to throw

obama also came under fire for comments that he made about christianity at the national prayer breakfastcussing terrorist who is use religion to justify their crimes. >> lest we get on our high horse to think this is unique to some other place remember that during the crusades and inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. and our home country slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> i don't really know where to begin on this one, ainsley, so many thoughts. but, i don't understand at a prayer breakfast when you see christians being slaughtered around the world why the president would take a shot at christians? it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. shouldn't he be taking the opportunity to defend christians and acknowledge what is happening to them? >> that is the biggest issue i think with what we know about what is going on around the world. i do think he is right the fact that god does say we are supposed to love. we should use loving expressions toward other people. whoever keeps his mouth in his tongue keeps himself out of tro

. >>> fire terrorists arrested this week in a deadly attack on at a christian university. the nation's president vowing to bring al shabab to justice at the day observations three days of morning for the nearly 150 people killed. sky news has more. >> reporter: the people are rising up in this impoverished area. the attack on the university has set them firmly against the militants of al shabab who say no part of kenya is safe from them. >> we are concerned about the activity of shabab. we are saying not to them and we will fight them to the bitter end as shabab must leave this town and leave kenya. we want peace in kenya. we want to be together as a country. >> al shabab, leave! leave kenya! we are people who love each other! we are people who love each other! we don't want you in kenya. >> reporter: the trauma is going to live with these young people for a long time and the attackers may have jeopardized their futures. the college is to be closed indefinitely. >> they are not going to continue. their sadness. and live in fear. people like us we -- there again. >> reporter: impoverish

near the massacre site protests, across this nation prayers, mostly christian kenya marking their holy week with a heavy heart. bill neely, nbc news, nairobi. >> pope francis condemned the kenya terror attack as an act of senseless brutality. he presided over good friday at st. peter's basilica where he heard a sermon denouncing the persecution of christians around the world. during the service the pope prostrated himself in prayer. this year good friday and the start of the jewish holiday of passover fall on the same date. >>> the obama administration is on full-court press in support of the preliminary nuclear agreement it has announced with iran. nailing down the framework was merely one part of the task. now they're trying to convince skeptical members of the republican-controlled congress it's a good deal. we get more tonight from senior white house correspondent chris jansing. >> reporter: in iran today, crowds cheered in the streets giving a rock star welcome to their tough diplomats for a nuclear deal that could ease devastating sanctions. and in an unexpected star turn, presid

christians sang the kenyan national anthem in defines of the attack. the pope called attention to the plight of christians in africa targeted by violence because of their religion. as thousands gathered at st. peter's square pope francis led a pair. he called for the attacks to end in libya, egypt. syria, south sudan, nigeria, and the democratic republic of congo. hundreds of christians gathered in jerusalem at the church of the holy seper kerr a site where jesus was crucified. in the west bank worshippers honoured bethlehem. it honours holy week commemorating the resurrection of jesus. >> together we find out what led to a "rolling stones" article about an alleged rate at the university of virmia. courtney kealy joins us. the report was released moments ago. >> yes, it was. the columbian school of journalism was asked to investigate the editorial process used to public the article "rape on campus", in november 2014. a young woman, identified as jacky, told a harrowing tale of gang rape at the frat house. much was debunked by news outletsment moments ag

party has a hugely disproportionate influence of evangelical conservative christians but not anywhere close to a majority nationally about a quarter of the vote and republicans have got to figure out a way to appeal to the primary voters without turning off young people who are moving very rapidly in the direction of tolerance. >> that debate in indiana and arkansas really took off after a big business got involved as we were discussing a reminder as often as not money drives he debate. that's what she wrote about. she wrote about a new twist and non-profit group that raises money from anonymous donors with the scarcely disguised goal of supporting a single candidate. they created a new hybrid money funnel. explain how it works. they formed as an non-profit group. the bush folks did not announce this but my colleague and i stumbled across this and what's so fascinating this is really going to be a dark money outlet for supporters of governor bush. if you give money to a non-profit they can accept mondaymoney from individuals and corporations and these groups actually have quite a bit of latitude about how they enga

claimed responsibility for the car bomb which went off in a predominantly christian neighborhood full of cafes. >>> the national mall is expected to be packed this weekend. up next at 11:00, the free concert that is drawing some major headliners and world leaders. plus the heartless crime caught on camera. someone steals a little boy's wheelchair but tonight he got some help. >> and your first 4 traffic tonight, beltway between springfield and the eisenhower connector still with >>> tonight a little boy in langley park has his independence back a week after a thief took it from him. joshua romero is 4 years old, and he got a new wheelchair today thanks to another boy in maryland who was touched by joshua's story. the surveillance video of someone stealing joshua's wheelchair last weekend. now 11-year-old emmanuel marshall saw what happened and decided to donate a wheelchair he had outgrown. >> how do you feel giving your old wheelchair to joshua? >> well i feel happy. >> thank you, emmanuel, for donating the wheelchair for joshua. he's really happy to use it. >> prince george county police officials say the thi

christians. how many is unclear but dozens this year alone. that makes places like kenya prime targets. this nation is 85% christian and muslims here have long complained it being treated unfairly. that feeds the terrorist narrative. such brutal attacks are mainly about protecting a beleaguered minority. >> it saves them from the odor of killed muslims which got them a lot of criticism. >> reporter: even the pope is hearing the rising concern this easter weekend. christians are not tonl victims of homicide violence in the world but we cannot ignore in many countries that are the most frequently targeted victims. >> reporter: all of this is ramping up tension in places where christians and muslims have lived alongside each other for many years and promising leaders to call for calm. >> thank you. joining me now former fbi agent. you heard david talk about how they went to this college campus. it's something they did. it's like animals. they separated the men from the women. murdered one group and then the other. shooting christians in the back of the head face down reports of beheadings. the test wa

nation. >>> plus, christians under attack. a new video surfaces showing dozens of christians murdered. >>> plus, dana perino and her secret way of giving it right back to the liberal media. she'll discuss. "hannity" starts right now. >>> welcome to "hannity." there are damaging details about the clinton foundation and its accepting of foreign donations. there have been questionable activities going on for years but now tonight a soon-to-be released book called "clinton cash" offers information that could derail hillary's campaign. peter schweizer claims several foreign entities donated money to the foundation and gave bill clinton speaking fees in exchange for treatment from the state department when hillary clinton was serving as secretary of state. we have the latest details tonight and the clinton campaign reaction. our own ed henry is out on the campaign trail. she just tried to dismiss this today. is that going to fly, ed? >> reporter: sean, she really did try to dismiss it. and i just got off the phone with one of her to

christian leaders joining the nation of islam and gangs to try to help stop some of the violence here to prevent the violence from happening today. a pastor jamal bryant, gave the eulogy at freddie gray's funeral yesterday. >> last night, pastors met with gang leaders so that we can start rebuilding our community and give some safe haven. to burn down a c burn down a senior center community center does not reflect the legacy of freddie gray or the movement that we've been a part of over the last week. >> reporter: bryant says the looters had taken the baltimore police department the wrong way and things have gotten out of control here. and that is what really people are trying to prevent from happening today, another loss of control here in west baltimore or in any parts of the city. although there is still a scene of devastation and destruction here. nbc 4's darcy spencer is across town for us outside a senior center that was under construction and burned to the ground yesterday. darcy? >> reporter: good morning, aaron. some of this damage has left people heartbroken. it's left some

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lien made the point it was christian the national -- christened the national health service. estimators have cost 2 million pounds per year. i wonder, what the panel agree with me that it needs to be the national health service, a sensible thing if like any other sensible country in the world we say the foreign workers you must have health insurance when nigel: you come here. nigel:--when you come here. natalie: absolutely not. this does not reflect the reality. the situation is people come here as immigrants to work or come here to seek asylum as refugees. we have had a really dangerous damaging debate about immigration where it has been fueled by the others. we need to look at the fact that nhs is hugely dependent on foreign-born workers. it could not operate without them. >> thank you, natalie bennett. the long-term funding of the nhs will keeping public service available. edward: of course we have to look at those issues, but are really do not believe that is at the root of all the problems of the national health service. david cameron said he protected the nhs. those at

christians sang the kenyan national anthem in defines of attack. family members of the victims began the task of trying to identify the bodies of loved ones. >> reporter: relatives of garissa university students came to the mort uary in nairobi. following the attack of al-shabab, their loved ones were not among those rescued or injured in hospital. they queue to see if sons daughters, brothers and sisters are among the dozens of bodies. one family wanted us to tell their story. we went in to look for a 20-year-old. she was studying to become a teacher. her mother florence found her body. the agony of identifying her on child was infinitely worse by the violence of her death. >> those children died a painful death. i can't identify my own child from her face. she has wound from her skip all over her body. her skip is burnt. she has no hair. i identified her with a folded toe and a scar on her thigh. >> the red cross list of survivors is checked and rechecked before relatives are faced with a task of searching among the dead. >> it may take days for

>> and in neighboring ethiopia, outrage over the murders of nearly 30 ethiopian christians in libya. >> the united nations says 350 of the passengers on the boat that capsized off the libyan coast this weekend were from the african nation of eritrea most are thought oto have drown. >> in tonight's in context segment, roxana saberi reports. >> the u.n. says more than 3,000 eritreans have fled to southern italy this year, making them the second largest migrant group after syrians. butful die before they make it. >> directly affected by the tragedies, eritrea has been robbed of its youth and its bright young people. >> reporter: many eritreans leave to avoid doing military service or work for the government at low pay indefinitely. abdel made it to a migrant camp in france after deserting the country's army. he said he served eight years. >> like to be a normal man to have the family, to have a norm life here. that's why i'm out from there. >> reporter: human rights advocates list reasons so many are desperate to leave air trea, eritrea including the most repressive president. >> the government has curtailed

chris: three days of national mourning in a feel be a following the killing of more than 20 christiansy the islamic faith group in libya. on sunday, the jihadist group released a video showing one group of men being beheaded on a beach, another being shot in the desert. the government has confirmed the dead were ethiopian migrant workers. "france 24'" catherine viette has more. catherine: a nation in mourning, condemning the brutal killing of at least two dozen ethiopian christians in libya by the islamic state group. >> they are taking innocent people and treating them like sheep, like animals and killing them in horrific ways. their actions are repugnant. we condemn them. >> we never support the killing of humans. catherine: the murders have shocked and horrified ethiopians and the will. the men shown being killed in the isp are believed to be migrants who left ethiopia and a hope of eventually reaching europe. it starts a travel to libya where they will then cross a boat to the mediterranean for sub it is there they were captured by the terrorist group. >> i very sad. i lost my brot

howard: in march 1933, 17,264,296 germans voted for the national socialist party. 20,680,000 others cast their vote for democrats, communists christian socialists, people's party, et cetera, et cetera. lack of unity among these parties opposing the nazis proved fatal. the national socialist party was in power. they made many claims and many promises. >> howard: the german people had embarked on that long, incredible journey that led seemingly out of chaos to unprecedented triumph. (crowd cheering) promise after promise had been fulfilled. austria 1938, czechoslovakia 1938, poland 1939, norway, denmark, and france in quick succession. a place in the sun at last. true, they had lost their trade unions and a lot of books had been burned, but it seemed a good sort of bargain, and one got to like being told what to do, having one's views prescribed, especially if it meant a vista bright with the promise of grandeur and conquest. (bells tolling) in the spring of 1945, the allies, advancing into the heart of germany, came to bergen- belsen. neat and tidy orchards, well- stocked farms lined the wayside and the british soldier did not fail to