the party of the maronite christians is led by. who comes from one of lebanon's most prominent political dynasties. both his uncle and brother were assassinated. nevertheless the mile believes and lebanese democracy. we have a history of 80 years of democracy the only maybe country in the region where you have ex-president living in peace in their own country you have every 4 years in the election you have. governments are being formed even if it takes time even if it's difficult to do it every time but at least you are doing it and it's a democratic process and this is a model that we. that you are willing to defend. the political system in lebanon is now under greater threat than ever before the shia has ball movement is growing in strength. many of its supporters despise the lebanese state. on the last friday of ramadan has a last celebrates clicks or jerusalem day which was 1st instituted by the iranian later on. tola khomeini in 1979 as a day of resistance to israel the dome of the rock in jerusalem has become a symbol of that

and i hear christians and muslims are sitting at the same table. they believe this is the only way the country can progress. in the office so let's shuffle of narrative and the lebanese people have no voice in parliament apart from one or 2 politicians with a microphone in front of them of course if you want speaks the name of the lebanese people but in reality no one represents politicians are only concerned with is defending the interests of their particular religious group and even. of ones who saw it has to be possible for us to live in this country and have our own convictions then there is hope of changing things but that can only happen if we challenge the political and sectarian regime we need a secular state which also respects the interests of civil society and any that him and walk in the deep divisions within lebanese society have a long and violent history the challenge for any new reforms will be how to overcome them the explosion in beirut has thrown everything into question the government has resigned paving the way for new election

and a christian nation. but for him, christianity was the social gospel. he believed that if you're a good christian, you wanted to go out and save the world, help the poor, health workers, level the playing field as the caller mentioned. for him, religion and politics were not separate. some people were not evangelical product -- evangelical protestants. most americans were, at the time. he was a crusader. also, prohibition beginning in 1910. he was a great supporter of what became the 18th amendment of the constitution. this is a very divisive issue in american life. he came to prohibition because he wanted to purify the american body politic. that meant that a lot of people from 1910 on did not trust him, even people who voted for him, because he was a prohibitionist. he did not drink, but he did enjoy eating. >> 0 yes. sometimes he is many as six meals a day. he was known to devour three chickens at one sitting. >> if you're just joining in, we are looking at 14 candidates for the presidency. all 14 lost

i'm going to act the christian part. seems to me that kind of corporate virtual signaling is itself inseparable from the ascent and triumphs of a new world being. >> guest: i think that's definitely fair. there is one topic and way through victory is through this corporatization. i can't help but wonder though, whether another path might actually be through politics? i was rather excited about the bernie sanders campaign. so something i may have wondered about was slightly more hope a few months ago than now. but i do wonder where these religious nuns and these progressive nuns do vote. they are actually, i think in 20 states they are the single biggest religious demographic. if you think about the jungles who are the ones that turned out decently for trump come everybody knows that. there were 13, 14% of the population? they vote in an outside way there turn out as i was great. they are 30% of the population is declining. were talking about nuns. coursers a lot of crossover. retirement 23% of americans for your time 6%

christians, those things should be said more and more. we've taken the 10 commandments out of schools. we've taken all written out ofes for good morals our court houses, schools, everything. easy fortions being so people to get it is all against god. people who call themselves christians and vote for not just the democrats but vote for the platform that a party has, you would not vote for the democrats. thank you for everything. host: your thoughts? guest: i agree with the scripture and i agree there is a standard. when we look at the choice that we had what we had donald trump and hillary clinton and looked at the platforms, that is again what we are looking at in this election cycle. has worked to defend religious freedom. we see this on display and he was criticized for bringing this up that in the committees of the democratic convention, under god was taken out of the pledge. you could say that is an aberration but not necessarily. even jerry nadler wanted to take away so help me god from the of. there is a clear distinction between t

ancient christian communities there have been a few regions where we have a traditional christian society some villages have been christian they are under huge pressure is newly founded churches are under huge pressure pastors have been arrested and so on and so on all this is a push to establish the ideological rule of the communist party and christianity and islam are targeted harder than buddhism one has to say that because they're seen as foreign religions and they also open the window for for example extra activities of missionaries this is something the communist party has feared for a long time but it targets religion as being religion and it is thanks very much for bringing us up to date on this broad crackdown on on virtually all spiritual practices it looks like in china thanks very much. well microsoft isn't talks with the chinese own video sharing app to talk to buy its u.s. business the american software giant says it wants to seal a deal by the middle of september behind that deadline are concerns that any future deals could be difficult as tensions mount between the u.s. an

i'm going to actually christian part. it seems to me that sort of corporate virtue signaling is inseparable in the ascent and triumphs of new world being. >> guest: that certainly one path to victory is through this kind of corporatization. i can't help but wonder though, whether another path might be through politics? i, like many others was rather excited about the bernie sanders campaign. this is probably something i might have wondered about was slightly more hope a few months ago than now. but i do wonder whether these religious nuns and these particularly religious nuns do vote. i think it they are in 20 states they are the single biggest religious demographic. think about example the only sort of block that was turned out specifically for trump, everyone knows that the statistic now there are 13, 14% of the population prayed they vote and the turnout is always great. the theft declining when you talk about the religious nuns in the group with social justice progressives there's a lot of crossover. wartime at 23% of

i think protestant christianity is 80%.in and catholic christianity is 20%. so, what do you make of this phenomenon? >> i think chinese always seeking spirituality, and moral support in the family as a people. and also, because christ's message is very attracted to the culture itself. and people are really open to that message. and people, materially satisfied. they have a deeper longing in their spiritual, in their heart. where is the next step? and where they can find the meaning. trying to work for material groups, but now, people have that already. what's next step? so that's why the vast majority of chinese people, especially young people, they are in college and also very interested in seeking spiritual nourishment. >> there must be that hunger. and i think you're right. i'm not sure that we in the west appreciate the doctor how rapid the growth of the chinese economy has been. we hear about it a lot. truly, more and more, a huge middle-class, more marketing what actually say have enough materials that they want to know more. what life is about. very in

ancient christian communities there have been a few regions where we have a traditional christian society some villages have been christian they are under huge pressure is newly founded churches are under huge pressure pastors have been arrested and so on and so on all this is a push to establish the ideological rule of the communist party and christianity and islam are targeted harder than buddhism one has to say that because they're seen as foreign religions and they also open the window for for example extra activities of missionaries this is something the communist party has feared for a long time but it targets religion as being religion and it is that's a very much for bringing us up to date on this broad crackdown on on virtually all spiritual practices and looks like in china thanks very much. in bolivia the health care system there has been overwhelmed by the current virus pandemic most of the more than 80000 factions are in the capital a pause for hospitals laboratories and funeral homes or close to the verge of collapse in just 5 days police there collected more than 140 bodies

christian gattiker is still with us. talking about your assessment of the market being that mr. bond says no growth, mr. gold says inflation, stocks says, where is the problem? what is credit telling us? the fed has got are back? christian: i think that it is telling us that central banks are heavily supportive. iso the high-yield high-yield, the junk is junk, but the bulk of the credit market is very well underpinned with the help of the federal reserve, because this is a major transmission mechanism of monetary policy. if the government does not step in --[indiscernible] listening to the carlyle group, it was interesting. at the start of the conversation, he talked about liquid and illiquid markets. when it comes to migration of credit, they were moving to higher-quality. is that something that sort of makes sense? we have had a couple of people say this, as you say, junk is junk, but you want to migrate in terms of duration and in terms of higher quality credit, because of the potential default risk. is that the drive

i'm going to sort of act, act the christian part. i mean, it seems to me that that kind of sort of corporate virtue signaling is itself inseparable from the triumphs of a new world deal. >> and i think that that is certainly one path, let's say, to victory, is through this kind of corporatization. i can't help but wonder though whether another path might actually be through politics, might actually be through it. i, like many others, was rather excited about the bernie sanders campaign. this is something i might have wondered about with slightly more hope a few months ago than now. but i do wonder whether, you know, these religious nuns and particularly these progressive nuns, they do vote. and they're actually in 20 states, i want to say, they're the single biggest religious demographic. and if we think about, for example, white evangelicals who are the only sort of bach that turned out consistently for trump, the statistic now that was bandied about, there is like and, 14% of -- 13, 14% of the population, they vote in an outside wa

america is a christian nation. he call it applied christianity, the social gospel. if you are a good christian you , go out and save the world and help the poor and help workers, you want to level the playing field, as the caller mentioned. so his politics and religion was not separate. this hurt him among americans who were not most were evangelical protestants. evangelical protestants at the time, but others were not so enthusiastic because he was such a crusader and he supported prohibition in 1910. he was a big supporter of became the 18th amendment to the constitution. it was a very divisive issue in american life. he came to prohibition because he wanted to purify the american body politic. for him, this was a christian issue. that meant a lot of people from 1910 on did not trust him because he was a prohibitionist. ,>> she did not drink, -- he did not drink, but he did enjoy eating. >> sometimes when he was on the campaign trail, sometimes he could eat as many as six meals a day. she could devour three chickens in one sitting. >> if you're just getting in, th

as in china, our government has enthusiastically persecuted christians.e's new jersey governor phil murphyri explaining. >> you have closed church services and synagogue services and arrested people for attempting to attend them. did anyone say that may be practicing your faith might be important to someone's mental health? >> listen, i think we had a very good, good common ground with faith leaders of literally every faith who understand this. >> tucker: so listen carefully, governor murphy says he has reached agreement with those faith leadership "understand this." he doesn't say anything about the faith leaders who "don't understand this," the leaders who inside like to worship their god as the constitution guarantees that they can. there's no common ground for them. they will be arrested just as they are in china. where can theyth fight back?re in a free society, self-defense is the most basic right. all other rights rest upon it. self-defense is illegal in china and suddenly it's illegal in this country too. then democratic parties militia loot store

any christians who are not absolutely, and i don't mean just christians, any patriotic americans, anyple who understand the role of faith has played in our history, if you do not stand up and push back with everything you have against the idea that we can be a secular nation, a secular nation will ultimately be china. it will be a place where the faucis of this world will tell you what to do by forest. and when people are burning bibles and american flags, you might as will be cutting your hands off. these are the two things that have created more human flourishing that have lifted human dignity on a level we've never seen in the history of the world. those of the two things. if you're burning those things, something suggests to me that you don't understand that. >> tucker: yeah, and we should also say they went after and a big way the orthodox in new york and new jersey who persisted in worshiping their god and they were arrested for it. >> of course, no question. thank you. >> tucker: politically motor dated prosecutions are a hallmark of banana republics. now it's coming here, cour

i'm going to sort of the christian parts. it seems to me that kind of corporate virtue signaling is itself inseparable from in certain ways the essence and triumph of underworld you. >> i think that is certainly one path let's say victory is true is kind of corporatization. i can't help but wonder though whether another might be be through politics. i like many others was rather excited about the bernie sanders campaign so i do, this is probably something i might have wondered about with slightly more hope a few months ago that now but i do wonder whether these religious nuns and particularly these progressive nuns do vote there actually i think in 20 states i want to say they are the single biggest religious demographic. and if we think about for example white evangelicals who are the only sort of block turned out for trump, 81 percent. but it's specific now but they're what, 13, 14 percent of the population read a book in an outside way but there's 13 percent of the population and declining and where were talking about the

let's bring in our panel in new york christian lawrence senior market strategist robert bank in london michael hewson chief market analyst at the financial firm c.m.c. markets and from new delhi our income a professor of economics at the institute of social sciences welcome to you all i'd like to begin in london with you michael hewson i don't own any gold why should i care about the price of gold what does what does it mean for me and the dollar the pound the ruble in my pocket well what i think what the rise in the gold price tells me is there's an awful lot of people out there concerned i think around about the financial degradation if you like well that. currencies stocks as a result of the laws. scale fiscal and monetary stimulus that's being implemented not only by central banks but also by governments around the world in response to this coronavirus pandemic and there's also the added factor that the trumpet ministration is weaponize ing the dollar in its dealings with overseas counterparty say for example i challenge russia now the thing with gold is you can't what you can mone

parties christian communities divided into a number of parties and the the christian party that has the majority of seats is believed to have lost a lot of popularity in recent months so those in the opposition will be accused of trying to explore this called her early elections in order to tip the balance of power in their favor so those in power will say that you want change wait for the next election change will only come through the ballot box the opposition believes that they can exploit 'd the grievances but people here will say. we don't want to replace the ruling class with the opposition we want both the ruling class and the opposition to leave they've been in power too long we want new faces we want people who have expertise people who will build a state it is 11 on is a weak states state institutions are controlled by political parties which we've mentioned you know and. this is why this country is passing through so so many crises economic financial banking a currency crisis a political crisis a social crisis and then you have the blast. and the blast was for for so so m

you're a biographer of his >> he's not any version of christian, joy, much less evangelical christian distinction between white and black evangelicals. president trump grew up essentially with the prosperity gospel. norman vincent peale telling wealthy people they could get into heaven by getting rich. he aligns himself with paula white in florida who preaches the prosperity gospel. there's a long foundation of this in his life and none of it has anything to do with christianity. christianity is a simple message, we should love one another, we should be tolerant and forgiving. he's none of those things. but what he's interested in is the institution at a path to power and he's do it it politically and socially. >> before we go, stewart, what is going to happen to the white evangelical movement if president trump loses? >> you know, that's a very good question. i would like to say that they'll have a moment of reckoning with god. but i don't know. i'm pessimistic about it, let's put it that way. >> we'll have to have you back on. thank you both very much. stay here. after the break, i

ofy say christianity is one the only things that keeps the new world order down because the christians won't cone -- won't conform to the other religions. break all the middle-class people. everybody in the world, every country would be more equal. they kill 4000 foreigners in south africa and run them off to mandela after mandela got in there, those people were run off their land and murdered. know, before we vote for another president, i think that's why they hate donald trump so bad. he is patriotic. he is a national man. they don't want to hear that. they don't want to listen to that because they want everybody, normal people, the , the people who are less important. everybody that is up higher like the bushes and people like that, they want those people to run the world and everybody else become submissive. they don't want to middle-class. host: i heard your point. one thing to pick up on when reporting the book i think it is not seen as often come i think it is important to understand is -- [indiscernible] -- in terms of the very strong support that was building for trump among t

communities also on the newly established christian communities mostly protestant communities wherepastors have been arrested but also on the traditional christian communities that are found in some of the locations in the countryside the communist party is pushing forward with its ideology and it's pushing back and a value system that might compete with them and these religions especially christianity and islam that are forward seen as foreign religions are under huge pressure what do you think the chinese government is hoping to gain from repressing this religious free and. power power over discourse in the community of power over what people think what people at least are allowed to publicly think. being a buddhist will not get you to jail but they do not want this buddhist faith displayed as they would have allowed it 20 years ago ok question about his being reporting there from beijing thank you so much. now to some other stories making news around the world typhoon put made landfall on china's eastern coast early on tuesday morning heavy winds and heavy rains it is now weekend

it talks about that pre- christian or non-christian traditions. they're doing witchcraft. some of it seems like play some of it seems to have real belief. how do you see the question of belief playing out there. belief is very difficult to quantify. to disentangled from any of these other practices. there are as many definitions of religion. it doesn't matter at all. there's ones that say are the true claims yes or not. is something a little bit more complicated. if you had found something to be true and you act as if it was true. and the values that you create. you reaffirm the truth of that within the community. there is a social reality that is something more complex and i would argue a model where everyone is doing something and no one believes it. i think it is the strawman version of what community would look like. i think that ritual and community can indeed be a precursor to faith or a spiritual awareness rather than simply being to take that. they are feeding back into political life. one of the more interesting aspects of the neopagan thing and at what has happen

other religions as well not yes right i mean there's also pressure on countries muslims and christian minorities aren't there yes there is and the pressure on them is a lot higher especially in the western region of sin john where there are distinct muslim minorities the week is and because our pressure on them is very high praying can get you into an internment camp there but there's also pressure on other muslim groups muslim groups that are not in the focus of the earth or it is because of their ethnicity but on their display of religion for example mosques have been destroyed or have been remodeled if they were built in an oriental style in a middle eastern style they had to tear down some of the these features and replace them with chinese features and churches have their crosses remove there has been pressure on christian communities also on the newly established christian communities mostly protestant communities where pastors have been arrested but also on the traditional christian communities that are found in some of the locations in the countryside the communist party is pu

or non-christian traditions. they're invoking gods, they're invoking demons, they're, young, doing witchcraft. some of it seems like play, some of it seems like experiment, some of it seems to have real belief. how do you see the question of belief plague out there? playing out there? >> as you say, belief is very difficult to quantify. i mean, it's certainly difficult to disentangle from any of these other practices. i think as you say and as i argue in the book, there's many definitions of religion. there are scholars and certainly definitions, i would say it doesn't matter at all, it's just about the community, but i think that the truth is something a little bit more complicated which is that if you affirm something to be true and you act as if were true or you act in accordance with the sort of values that you create and espouse, you kind of reaffirm the truth of that within a community such that there's a sort of, a social reality that is something a little bit more complex and i would argue unward where li

christian. she's very strict and domineering father was laid off, unemployed factory worker. tom began to factory so although there is a fast in the north carolina high school, there are some things like chewing tobacco and she's not part of any of that, in her mind, she wants life over mind. she represents innocence. i wanted to make her a possible example about what it really meant, another guy sent up to the room, what it really means and feels like. what is really like to another person with modesty. to strengthen herself, they do that with charlotte simmons and by the end of the book, she doesn't know she is. i think that happens to a lot of college students. at the end of four years, they have no idea who they are anymore so that was the purpose. >> had you had any inkling of this? [inaudible conversations] >> maybe she did that, that's how people do it. it has begun, they have written a novel. >> we have definitely heard that. >> you're not going to find, that is the architecture which i

christianity kind of right all hopes the nightmare will end one day. and that her ex will leave her in peace. so whenever you know if women such as maria depend you had not spoken out i might never have found the strength to report my husband and he would never have been sentenced to 3 years house arrest and. despite the courage many women display gender based violence remains a massive problem in brazil. repression and discrimination are part of the threatening situation for all the northern thrain decorating way of life so to say. the reindeer need to keep moving in any one spot there's not much to eat and they would quickly starve to death so the herders need to move with them. to one half 1000 kilometers to the east india the capital of the republic of soka also known as yakutia killer is on his way to the institute for biological problems of the cryo litters and that's the region where permafrost prevails he's a biologist and studies wild reindeer whose numbers are declining. the head of the institute. of is worried. i don't know what i would have

on the bottom, you see the oratorical prize and it says women's christian temperance union at the top and i wanted to include this little medal because i was curious to know how women were teaching themselves to speak in public. so if you think of like toastmasters of today, that's a good analogy of what they were doing in the women's christian temperance union, because they were actually awarding prizes to women who were speaking and having little contests in order to award them for good speeches. and, of course, they were talking about christianity and temperance, so that's an interesting object that i was able to find. the reason why it was important for women to know how to speak in public was in part because the suffrage cause was the word about it was being spread through speeches. a lot of women were going on what's called the lecture circuit and they were speaking in auditoriums at the time and they were being paid lots of money. analyze best dickinson earned $20,000 annually in 1873. she made more money than mark twain. i think that's kind of an interesting comparison because

cazares con más sobre este sorpresivo anuncio, christian. >> así es, césar ¿qué tal?uando él patrullaba las calles de san josé y sabemos se unió sabemos que fue detective también garcía informó que se mudó a san josé de puerto rico y era joven y aprendió a ser el jefe de la décimaciudad más grande del país que ha sido privilegio ver el trabajo desde la primera fila que fueron un viaje increíble y el alcalde ofreció las palabras de garcía. >> es un gran corazón por la comunidad. >> también agregó a garcía dirigió el departamento tras una ola de retiros y él aplaudió a la labor de hacer cercer el departamento pero fue criticado por el departamento de los oficiales antes del black lives matter pero su decisión fue planeado por meses atrás y no tuvieron un impacto y tampoco el coronavirus y por su parte el alcalde nos dice que pues, ahora comenzarán una búsqueda nacional y el jefe de la policía de san josé christian cazares noticiero telemundo 48 . >> pero el 30 de noviembre . >> dos personas fallecieron por heridas de balas en palo alto y las autoridades encontraron a la

christianity kind of by your hopes the nightmare will end one day. and that her ex will leave her in peace. so whenever if women such as maria depend you have not spoken out i might never have found the strength to report my husband and he would never have been sentenced to 3 years house arrest and. despite the courage many women display gender based violence remains a massive problem in brazil. repression and discrimination are part of life for many women around the world on our new facebook channel d.w. women you'll find stories about those taking a stand and inspiring others to do the same d.w. women gives a voice to the women. in our global ideas series we focus on the growing impact of climate change this week we turn to siberia where record temperatures of nearly 40 degree celsius have helped fuel massive wildfires. our next report takes us to russia minutes region where a camera crew spent several months documenting the profound impact of global heating on the area's people and wildlife even in the depths of winter. every autumn herds of reind

and let's bring in christian booga he's the director of the safe seas network on maritime security christian even following this spill closely any say the island wasn't prepared for such a disaster that it should have been why is that the go. this. moshe's is very close to one of the main shipping lanes and the government did know that something that is occurred most received quite substantial capacity building assistance almost over the years and only in march this year there was another workshop on oil spill prevention where the country argues that it would be prepared also in 2016 only 4 years ago there was a very very similar event happening there was an accident with the ship almost in the same location back then most was lucky no major oil spill occurred but the country didn't learn lessons from that event and prepare for the next disaster and that brought us to this if you. know ok so they didn't learn from the last as us about how could they have prepared benefit this disaster well to start with they didn't have the appropriate equipment in place the containment equipment was not it

christians, those things should be said more and more. the 10 commandments out of schools. we've taken all written out ofes for good morals our court houses, schools, everything. easy fortions being so people to get it is all against god. people who call themselves christians and vote for not just the democrats but vote for the platform that a party has, you would not vote for the democrats. thank you for everything. host: your thoughts? guest: i agree with the scripture and i agree there is a standard. when we look at the choice that we had what we had donald trump and hillary clinton and looked at the platforms, that is again what we are looking at in this election cycle. has worked to defend religious freedom. we see this on display and he was criticized for bringing this up that in the committees of the democratic convention, under god was taken out of the pledge. you could say that is an aberration but not necessarily. even jerry nadler wanted to take away so help me god from the of. there is a clear distinction between the parties.

christian, thank you for joining us.ald trump has officially become the republica nominee for november's presidential election, kicking off the republican national convention. exited the nomination with an hour-long, unsatipted speech ave some flavor of what this online gathering will be like. mr. trumps planning to speak every night of the election that everyone agrees is largely about him. janine o'brian's in bethlehem, pennsylvania, and she has this report. janine: trouble in polls have not dampened enthusiasom voters turnearack obama to propel donald trump to victory in 2016. his supporters say they are onga track to do it. >> yes. trump. >> you know what, we don't have s christ in the office -- nobody is perfect. i am not condoning some of the stuff he has done and said, but you know, i look at results. >>ses made, promises kept. you look at his recordst -- al everything that he promised he actually fought for or actually janine: on day one of the republican party convention, the president touted hrd economic re pre

the same amount of seats is equally divided between christians and muslims in parliament so that is why some are so afraid. to accept really change but president mccall many believe came to lebanon with a political initiative and when he said we need a new political order in levanon there are different interpretations on what exactly did he mean did he mean that the international community will accept the same political parties but you know there will be conditions attached to how they govern or a new political order does that mean new faces technocrats people who are not involved with these political parties that is what is still not clear at this moment and so that is why you see people still taking to the streets the show upset for example when they heard yesterday that the former prime minister sagal had easy could be a possible candidate to take over the the next government they said that he too should should leave office just because he resigned a few months ago in the midst of the national uprising he should not be allowed to return to office so there is a divide a political

but he's mute on attacks on christianity, important christian symbols.trump sees it a little differently.y. >> it is an emotional argument, emotional faith and very little underneath it. >> laura: raymond, great to see you. welcome back. up next, a tribute to fallen officers has been vandalized. it was vandalized by blm minutes after painted it. the artist who painted it is here. you better believe he is angry next. ♪ and with his people israel now during the coronavirus pandemic. our elderly jewish brothers and sisters who are so precious to god they have no access to food. as christians and jews we know that we have a scriptural mandate to feed the hungry. and here there are thousands in desperate need. 17 years ago edna was in a horrible terrorist attack. she's still in excruciating pain her food is running out and she's isolated and frightened. all the time i suffer alone with sickness and pain. the need is especially urgent due to the coronavirus pandemic. your call right now with a gift of $25 will rush food and emergency aid to an elderly jewish p

he is referred to as abraham in the christmas -- in the christian face -- christian faith, ibrahim andhe muslim symbolizeso person the potential for unity among all these three great faiths then abraham and that is why this accord has been given name. it is a great thing. i wanted it to be called the donald j. trump accord. [laughter] i didn't do that. say a few words, please. >> thank you, mr. president. it is an honor of my life to work in your administration and i think this reaffirms your commitment to israel, to stability in the region. just an historic accomplishment and peace is a beautiful thing and something everyone in the country should celebrate. i am so honored to be here. pres. trump: you have done a great job and jared has done a great job. people don't really understand the things he is able to do. he's done a fantastic job with this and you and your team, nobody else could have done it. i don't think anyone else could have done it. jared, say a few words. >> i would like to thank the president for his leadership on this historic peace effort. the president, like with a

moved on since jerusalem it is a holy city to all 3 major abrahamic religions jews muslims and christians that co-existed within its walls for centuries but it is only the jews who lay claim to it as their exclusive capital and that is a position that's been given added force since donald trump came to power in the united states and in the face of international law recognize the city as israel's capital as well as announcing he would relocate the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv and in recent decades israeli settlements have been springing up in east jerusalem previously recognized as palestinian it is a process that has been developing for many decades but in 2009 jackie rowland went to the front line of what can only be described as a battle for the right to live in a city that is the beating heart of the holy land from 2009 this is holy land grab . jerusalem the water that dreamt about washington for hundreds of years. the most recent conqueror was israel it's captured the eastern part of the city in 1967 bringing the whole of jerusalem under its control in defiance of international la