antiquity the latter returned in full force into the christian world.in the immense scope of st peter's we find the legend of its foundation expressed in the sentence and so i say to you you pizza and upon this rock i will build my church. the new building claim to be nothing less than the greatest monument in the history of the world. time and again the builders dishpan it and down to whether the immense vault would be capable of bearing the enormous coppola but will. the spirit of the age demanded a massive triumphant check. as an old man benny received a commission from pope clement the ninth to design the entrance to the cast as some tangent of. the building was the muslim of emperor hadrian and the triumphant entrance way over the bridge was lined with statues of the classical gods of victory many replace these with angels converting a pagan monument into a christian. the angels hold the instruments of the passion. in their hands the road becomes a symbolic way of the cross all via dolorosa like the one walked by the pilgrims in jerusalem many many

you know, particularly in my christianity, it's a christianity that's very cosmic. evangelical christianity is all about good versus evil, light versus darkness and which side are you on kind of a thing. but there is a spiritual battle that you're just really, you're nothing more than pawns in this. the things that we do have cosmic consequences and that mindset, i think naturally full minutes certain metaphysical transcendental experiences. that are very real. and, but i think as i've gotten older, the majority of my metaphysical experiences, through my family. i once asaid that my family is my church. and i mean that like , first of all i mean that quite literally and my family gets together on sundays, just my family and we have our own thing we call home church. but it also is the force of my ritualconnection. where i , it's where i feel the closest to god, however that is being defined. >> i've got a couple questions here that i'm going to put to combine but they are pointing to this idea of monotheism and in turkey, or hierarchy and those structures being part

russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january sixth. german chancellor angela merkel is set to host a fresh round of talks on possibly forming a new coalition government the five day exploratory talks will include anglo-american as conservatives and the center left social democrats the parties are hoping to find some preliminary agreements on sticking points including germany's migration policies as well as its approach towards europe if the talks fail germany could face fresh elections and with them an uncertain future for chancellor merkel. how germany proceeds and its relations with turkey could also be up for discussion in the coalition talks ties between the two nato allies have deteriorated since the failed coup against turkey's president rich a type error to one in twenty sixteen but this weekend brought a meeting between germany and turkey's top diplomats at which they pledged to try and improve that your country's relationship. germany in taki scene trip struck a new year's resolution to improve ties after years of escalating t

palestinian christians in the west bank are worried their relatively small number will continue to do windell and according to a recent study by the daughter of a university college twenty eight percent of palestinian christians said they'd leave this region if given the chance highlighting yet again the growing feeling of despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope. bethlehem the occupied west bank now jordan says the arab league will seek international recognition of a palestinian state to donald trump's decision on jerusalem well some members of the league met in the jordanian capital amman jordan has seen a wave of protests against the u.s. and israel following trucks decision to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. our goal is to overturn the american decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to assert that it has no it legal effect. we have specific requests the most important of which is the recognition of the palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital according to the june the fourth nine

peter: christiane? a tough topic. christiane: in germany, it is maybe 14%.he people are really frustrated. that does not mean it is a complete change of gain. also, as an effect, people have tried to reassure their own values which is a positive thing to happen. democracy, that is the influence of donald trump. the washington post said that donald trump lied 1950 times so far and no one or few people have contradicted that article. if that is the new way, then we have a problem. you so much.ank fascinating stuff. we have been talking about "trump's first year: beyond all reason?" you make up your mind. we hope we have given you plenty of things to think about. we will see you next week. until then, bye-bye. ♪ announcer: join "town hall los angeles" as we explore the timeliest issues facing r region with top p experts. ask yourur questioions to those who shape southern california. we're l.a.'s largesest and most eestablished public forum and always remain nonpartisan. in our 80-year history, we've hosted over 5,000 speakers from politics to technology to ente

russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january six. key talks are getting underway here in germany on possibly forming a new government a coalition to lead the country until americans conservatives and the center left social democrats are holding exploratory discussions to see how much common ground they can find major sticking points are expected to include germany's migration policies and its approach towards europe if the talks fail germany could face fresh elections and with them and uncertain future for chancellor merkel. will be going live to our correspondent in the next hour for more on those talks well how germany proceeds and its relations with turkey could also come up before discussion in the coalition talks times between the two nato allies have deteriorated since the failed coup against turkey as president of thai air to one in two thousand and sixteen but this weekend brought a meeting between germany and turkey's tom diplomats at which they pledged to try and improve the two countries relationship germany and tacky seem

peter: christiane? a tough topic. christiane: in germany, it is maybe 14%. the people are really frustrated. that does not mean it is a complete change of gain. also, as an effect, people have tried to reassure their own values which is a positive thing to happen. democracy, that is the influence of donald trump. the washington post said that donald trump lied 1950 times so far and no one or few people have contradicted that article. if that is the new way, then we have a problem. you so much.ank fascinating stuff. we have been talking about "trump's first year: beyond all reason?" you make up your mind. we hope we have given you plenty of things to think about. we will see you next week. until then, bye-bye. ♪

peter: christiane? a tough topic. christiane: in germany, it is maybe 14%.he people are really frustrated. that does not mean it is a complete change of gain. also, as an effect, people have tried to reassure their own values which is a positive thing to happen. democracy, that is the influence of donald trump. the washington post said that donald trump lied 1950 times so far and no one or few people have contradicted that article. if that is the new way, then we have a problem. you so much.ank fascinating stuff. we have been talking about "trump's first year: beyond all reason?" you make up your mind. we hope we have given you plenty of things to think about. we will see you next week. until then, bye-bye. ♪ ♪ michelle: hello, and welcome to "focus on europe." i'm michelle henery. thanks for joining us. many of us can often feel powerless to affect change in the world around us. but we'd like to share a christmamas tale with you, one that even involves an anangel o shows us how determination and commitment commitment, can change many y lives for the better.

if you're christian, you have no chance. have such tremendous support is unbelievable. >> candidates trump promised protection to christians abroad and the american people for terror. >> donald j. trump is causing for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> perfect example is the trump administration's unwillingness to let in about 100 a radiance waylaid for a year in austria awaiting refugee status. >> very carefully on this issue, sending these christians that could be a death sentence. >> they arrived in austria seeking protection from iran's notorious religious persecution. so bad at that last week the state department designated iran among ten countries of particular concern for violating of religious freedom. >> we must not be silent. >> activists for the 100 claiming the administration isn't just remaining silent but refusing to overturn an obama era decision to put a hold on the group's resettlement in america. it's not just threats facing christians in the middle east. terror attacks

and millions of orthodox christians celebrate christmas every around the world. welcome to look at the weather across north america those far as the really cold weather is concerned across north america you can see the change in colors as far as the temperatures go over the next couple of days more there is a venture going to push its way in but there's a price to be paid for that in terms of from quite heavy snowfall so coming back to sunday we're going to see an area of rain developing and turning into snow across parts of the midwest through up towards the great lakes and heading into monday then we've got quite a widespread area of snow pushing into the bit lanty region rain for the towards the se but also the potential for some freezing rain along the length of this frontal system miami twenty three degrees for the best place to be yet across the west more snow heading in towards pacific northwest further south rowsley drawing fire fight them the colorado there was fourteen degrees heading down into the caribbean we've got this area of cloud and rain extendi

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it's christmas for orthodox christians across the globe thousands of faithful have attended midnight mass from bella ruse to ethiopia orthodox christians and follow the old julian calendar and celebrate the birth of jesus christ on january the seventh asama binge of it has more. the him from what's perhaps the largest cathedral in the middle east assured in midnight mass. this egyptian church with a capacity of one thousand people open its door for orthodox christmas many of the faithful prayed for a better year ahead after multiple attacks on the gyptian christians in recent months and that's the let me all my life we hope peace will prevail over the world in general and especially in egypt and that will get rid of terrorism and troubles at the man. wishing egypt and all the region to live in peace and god to protect us from any kind of terrorism or anything which might hurt us. tens of thousands of security personnel were deployed across egypt to ensure safe celebrations and there were reassurances from the president more than one hundred christians have been killed in attacks in r

the united states has already committed more than one hundred ten million dollars to assist christian and other religious minorities across the wider middle east and we urge our allies here in israel in europe and across the world to join us in this cause let's work together to restore the rich splendor of religious diversity across the middle east so that all faiths may once again flourish in the lands where they were born thank you and. as we work to defeat the scourge of terrorism and give aid to those who have suffered at its hands we must also be resolved and vigilant to prevent old adversaries from gaining any new ground. to that end the united states will continue to work with israel and with nations across the world to confront the leading state sponsor of terror the a slavic republic of iran one thousand as the world has seen once again the brutal regime in around merely a dictatorship that seeks to dominate its citizens and deny them of their most fundamental rights history has proven those who dominate their own people rarely stop there and increasingly we see iran seeking

there was that what the christians wanted past including george w. bush but they would give publicity and that is what falwell understood. that one speech of ronald reagan or by the other pastors. so he went with reagan on issues that were not moral or religious. for example like the nuclear weapons policies and star wars but that should be a faithful part of the republican party and then they began to vote but actually some of the biggest leaders in the south were preachers who were ahead of other people turning the south republican. so gradually something like one third of the republican party led by the christian right. so inevitably it is politicized. there were a lot of evangelicals trying to get out of that and to believe that but then that they completely disappeared because we were political people and it was the era of the press and the media so what happened eventually is a lot of liberals or people became disgusted by this. because they forgot they existed until election time and they knew nothing about them so that is where i came in. [la

britain is nominally a christian country we have an established religion in the church of england.at dominate religious coverage? some would think so. christianity has the largest stakeholding in britain and globally, and we have an established church, bishops in the house of lords, the monarch is the supreme governor of the church of england, but remember, we are trying to reflect the whole gamut of britain's religious and faith expressions. and so, in the last year, i've done stories on anti—semitism and the rise of it, i've covered the issue of sharia councils and how they impact on muslim marriages. i've tried to step beyond simply issues within the life of the church of england but, having said that, i am very aware that there are many christian people that have been critical of the bbc and have said in the past that the bbc hasn't fairly or reasonably covered the church, and i am seeking to address that criticism. does being a christian yourself mean that some people might say you can't report fairly on religion and be impartial, because you believe everyone else is wrong? wh

if you are saying that the only thing we are doing in our religious coverage relates to christianityhism, i would say that would be wrong and unfair, but that isn't what we are doing. we are reflecting the broad expression of interest among the british population. people do have a desire to express themselves beyond the purely physical and material world. spiritually in the broadest sense? yes. will we hear more from religious leaders expressing what they believe? i don't think we are allowing people to simply proselytise. the question is, are we going to have people on like american tv evangelists preventing their view and trying to persuade viewers? that isn't what the bbc does britain is nominally a christian country but should that dominate religious coverage? christianity has the largest stakeholding in britain and globally, and we have an established church, bishops in the house of lords, the monarch is the supreme governor of the church of england, but we are trying to reflect a whole gamut of britain's religious and faith expressions, and so in the last year i've done stories

pence, a devout christian is about to receive a less than warm welcome for christian leaders.ee explains for us. >> reporter: incense wafts into the air. ancient prayers reverberate off stonewalls. an armenian priest performs the sacred rituals. sunday's service at bethlehem's church of the nativity in the grotto on the spot christians believe jesus was born. above, greek orthodox worshipers receive the holy sacrament. and in the room over, a catholic congregation sings hymns of peace. despite centuries of war, famine and disease, the local christians remained. but now church leaders fear a complete exodus. >> our biggest challenge is to keep them here. you need to build a government, a country, an identity for the people. and this is how we pray for that, to have peace in this country. >> reporter: three denominations share the birthplace of jesus, just right through that door. and while they don't agree on theology, they all agree that u.s. foreign policy is hurting the local christian community. when president trump declared jerusalem the capital of israel, 13 of the city's

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aid funding to go directly to christian ngo's in the region. not only across the arab world, but specifically in areas of iraq and syria bessette by war. >> martha: in terms of egypt and military funding, there's been discussions about cutting that back in the trump administration. will that be followed through on? and will you essentially say that if there aren't more objector object s objector is observations to civil rights that they would lose that funding? >> the support we provide egypt is an element of our relationship. my message will be, how can we find ways to strengthen the ties between the united states and egypt and make it possible for us to move forward in a way that advances the security of both of our countries and the security of the region. >> martha: okay. congress just hopping forward to your visit to nevada this week. you'll be there to support them. how do you see your role in the 2018 elections. lot of people saying republicans will have a pretty uphill battle in 2018. >> well, for the party in power in the white house,

i don't disagree with that at all, christiane.irst of all a couple of things russia was always there to stay in syria. they had even before they ramped up military pressure a couple of years ago, military presence there a couple of years ago they had two bases there. there is no indication they were giving those up rarldless of which way the civil war went. it's one of the reasons they have propped bashar al assad up so maintain their presence. syria is their toe hold in the e critics are right they have gained more influence because the united states has ceded influence and didn't just start under president trump. i understand that. but they have definitely now sort of controlled the table with respect to the future of syria. and just today, christiane, you may have even the russiass are calling for a meeting in sochi of the u.n. security counsel members to discuss the civil war in syria and potentially solving this diplomatically along the u.n. lines. i think that is unfortunate, that russia now is being process ut in the driver

join us again tomorrow night. ♪ christian: you are watching pbs.nd 100 days" on the u.s.ames 200 russian officials and oligarchs it says are close to the kremlin. katty: this is in response to allegations of russian meddling in the u.s. elections, but does not come with new sanctions. christian: vladimir putin calls it an unfriendly act. he says there will be retaliation, for now. release as plan to secret memo alleging the fbi abused its power while investigating the links between president trump and russia.the cia chief mike pompeo says he's concerned about china's growing influence in europe and the u.s. >> the chinese are very active. we welcome them.

crowds have gathered near moscow center of orthodox christianity the christ the savior cathedral and let's cross live there now to just clean food who has been taking it all in the hours coming up to be the service checking yet it's one of the most important days in the orthodox christian calendar what's the mood like give us a sense of what it's like where you are. both a very anticipatory insult retore mood here in the center of russia because this is the holiest day of the year and the holiday falls on january the seventh and not december the twenty fifth fourth of us persons due to an issue of calendars the orthodox christians never adopted the majority of them that is didn't adopt the gloriana calendar sticking to the julian calendar which has a difference of thirteen days mean that christmas falls on january the seventh which means we're looking last hour of christmas eve here. and the russian capital and for them this is a whole day that has a focus on religion very much so. fast for forty days in the run up to christmas and they attend services today christmas eve and tomorro

plus millions of all the docs christians celebrate christmas across the globe. good to have you with us on the news our protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed all the doc's christmas celebrations property sales well what sparked the tense scenes as mohammed june explains from bethlehem. the protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehem's manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. protesters believe the allegations and say it will make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state but the live now to mount a clear and simple we want the patriarch to resign we want to reform the patriarchate and to sign a legal committee to evaluate the situation representatives of the greek orthodox church of jeru

he is an evangelical christian. expressed in religious terms. americans who support of the country is expressed in religious termslj promise you that the day will come when president donald trump moves the american embassy from tel aviv tojerusalem. the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. applause this was his address last year at a gathering of christians for israel. many evangelicals believe in a second coming of christ and says the bible believes in asjewish sovereignty of jerusalem first. israel has a right to be here. this is god's chosen spot for the hebrew people. it's just a joy to be able to be here. spot for the hebrew people. it's just a joy to be able to be harem is the rock, the babel is based of it. they are god's people. —— bible. from the desire to shift the dynamics of the deadlocked peace process to the role ofjewish donors. but evangelical support was key. the evangelical population gives millions and millions of dollars to support causes in the state of israel and they become a force equ

may this glorious celebration be a source of new spiritual vigor and of communion among us christians who recognize him as lord and savior you know are we going to. eastern churches elaborate of the day with parades and religious services and music like here in croatia. and in serbia. and in ukraine. more news coming up here on at the top of the hour you can always get more news on the latest on our website dot com i'm michel henry in berlin thanks for watching. about that. it's all about the.

the word just a few moments at christmas is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world are not included in russia where we just saw president putin joining the service the christ the savior cathedral in moscow these are live pictures from the center of orthodox christianity we'll go live to our correspondent in. for a feeling of how things have been going on there for the last hour. we are churning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto our team international good to have your company i mean and only a fourth day pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day opera icing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. i. look. well on friday night the united nations security council on washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with it so minturn leffers that sentiment was echoed by a number of othe

>> absolutely, christian. and i'm one person who truly believes it was our effort together with the united states of america in ridding from the soviet invasion which instills this extremism, it changed the society forever and ever. i do not also believe that we want to win any argument on the status of victim hood, because we do. we sacrifice what we sacrifice for the sake of our children's future, not for the sake of anyone else. i believe we'd been happily scapegoated for this emenimmens failure of which pakistan is a victim. we cannot be flippant to what's happening on the ground. the president rouhani has literally tried to push out and accepted the resignation of the governor who's refusing to leave. this is the type of governing structure that you have. there's warlords all over the place. taliban has been taking over there. blaming each other has happened for the last ten years. it hasn't helped. >> do you think this moment is solidifying pakistan turning away from close ties with the united states and

religious rights for christian converts in germany is a hot issue particularly in places like mice but the toll on the border with austria is where many refugees and migrants either arrived or at least passed through in twenty fifteen and the move by judge schmidt has prompted a ferocious backlash on social media deep over and people this is a slap in the face of all christians do you still want to trample on your christian religious the raja school of mantua lost for words such an error in the trial of afghan islamists judge class you're against me it takes cross offense from the war of the courtroom the sophisticated islamization in this country continues judge close your are you insane such a disgrace this story comes as the trial of a different failed asylum applicant from afghanistan is underway in a nearby town in southern germany in that case a thirty eight year old woman was brutally stabbed to death in front of her small children the prosecution say that the motive behind the killing was that she had converted to christianity the trial is expected to continue for several more

palestinian christians in the west bank are worried their relatively small number will continue to do windell and according to a recent study by the daughter of my university college twenty eight percent of palestinian christians said they'd leave this region if given the chance highlighting yet again the growing feeling of despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohammed atta bethlehem the occupied west bank. jordan says the arab league will seek international recognition of a palestinian state after tribes decision on jerusalem some members of the league met in the jordanian capital amman jordan has seen a wave of protests against the is us and israel following trump's decision to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. become our goal is to overturn the american decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to assert that it has no legal effect. we have specific requests the most important of which is the recognition of the palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital according to the june the fourt

[laughter] christian: that is how museum people are. these images share these emotions, the shadows share the emotions. we also have these listening stations spread out for the exhibit where you can sit-down and listen to the voices of the descendents. we have this great community, we thought why should we tell these stories and an academic or institutional voice that will feel cold and removed? why don't we let the descendents tell the stories of their ancestors? we have beautiful black-and-white photography that scrolls behind the words of the people talking. >> with montpelier, we are trying to look at addressing the people who were here and providing as much dignity to their spirit and to their history as we can. it will not be fully restored, we know that, but this is a step in the right direction, to tell their story. their story needs to be told. they were not invisible. they were somebody's great-great-grandmother, great-great-grandfather. we are them, and they are us. christian: as we recorded these people, these were not narra

is she's talking in the name of the christians in this area. she has. missed now also lots of very pertinent facts with respect to the way the palestinians treat the christians but apart from that. the trump announcement and the penn's announcement basically say that this has got nothing to do with the negotiation on the issue of the permanent status of the territories the issue of jerusalem and the issue of borders so if the palestinians would have had any sense they would have come in and welcomed a declaration and said well we welcome the fact that this is not affecting the negotiation of the peace process instead of that they decided to to to. create panic and hysteria and try and stir up. leaders and governments and quite frankly that they haven't been very successful in fact has sometimes i just for an iron man i saw something about snored what was it i was going to ask you myself how can this have how can the recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital have nothing to do with its permanent status when all parties agree that it should be part of

i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective.rican president takes every opportunity to tout america's booming economy as the success story of his first year in office, whether on twitter, last week at the capitalist mecca in davos, switzerland, or tomorrow during his state of the union address. >> there has never been a better time to hire, to build, to invest and to grow in the united states. america is open for business and we are competitive once again. >> so is president trump's tax reform responsible for reversing the american carnage that he deride it at his inaugural last year? and is the boom sustainable? joining me now from new york is the economist and former u.s. treasury secretary larry summers and from stanford university in california, the historian and writer niall ferguson, whose latest book is "the square and the tower." gentlemen, welcome to the program as we fry try do dig do into what is happening with the u.s. economy. so can i ask you both to take up the premise that i pose? first and former treasury secret

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across the middle east because three or four of those members are actually christian palestinians and they do express the point of view of so many christians and muslims around the region who reject mike pence his message today because their problem with it too is that he simply put netanyahu to shame. i mean he was more people than the poor probably was more royal than the king his discourse was more zionist than zionism his enthusiasm for some narrow minded literal biblical reading of politics and diplomacy you know it's kind of shameful it's no coincidence mahmoud abbas happens to be brussels on the very same day that he has there i'm sure interesting he picked to be a you does not spell any kind of suggestion that maybe you are going to start playing more of a role as we've heard from frederick a mother a new today being being quite helpful you know i mean the tend to play a role but it had to it had been supportive of the second will the e.u. did not take the lead except sometimes in economic affairs and that is especially you know watching the united states being bled into that

stealing the lives of jews, christians, and especially muslims. and radical islamic terrorism understands no reality other than brute force. together with our allies, we will continue the full force of drive radical islamic terrorism from the face of the earth. from our forces and their allies at this very moment, isis is on the run. their capital has fallen, their so-called caliphate has crumbled, and you can be assured we will not rest. we will not relent until we hunt down and destroy isis at its source. can no longer threaten our people, our allies, or our way of life. [applause] the unitedpence: states and israel have long confront ther to evil of terrorism. across the middle east, arab leaders have responded as well to the president's call to root out radicalism and improve the emptiness of the apocalyptic thomases. we will continue to stand with our allies and stand up to our enemies are you will work with for theur partners funding and the a lore of the craven ideology. as theyfaith leaders teach their disciples to practice love. help pers

palestinian christians in the west bank are worried their relatively small number will continue to do windell and according to a recent study by the daughter of columbia university college twenty eight percent of palestinian christians said they'd leave this region if given the chance highlighting yet again the growing feeling of despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohamed atta bethlehem the occupied west bank. they've been long queues outside supermarkets in venezuela after the government ordered them to slash prices the cost of items was reduced as rampant inflation in venezuela has risen to above one thousand percent that's led to widespread shortages of food and medicine president nicolas maduro blames economic crisis on an international conspiracy. simply because we arrived early but we couldn't get in the prices were much lower last night but today the prices a normal they were dickie prices elevated compared to the income of venezuelans well most venezuelans. i mean we understand that supermarket chains have a right to inc

christians around the world are celebrating the birth of jesus christ will be live and back to have plus. a dramatic win for oman at the gold cup of nations to cap or tournament overshadowed by political future. here and security council has held a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing teheran of stifling the voice of its people the members objected to the meeting insisting the council isn't the place discuss a country's internal affairs mike hanna reports from the united nations. there was animated debate in the council chamber before the discussions began their members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u.s. in calling for this public debate the u.s. ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in iran's internal affairs but also argued that the us had another m

trump as a clown without a coherent agenda but that he says would be a mistake also with us is christiane i'm i am very familiar face from german t.v. a r d network she believes crazy or not trump is divisive and destructive but worse still are the people who are letting him get away with it she said she smiles to found a warm welcome to our bright opinion editor with berlin starkest the good newspaper and a contributing writer for the new york times and it says u.s. foreign policy under trump is not beyond reason and it's probably not really trumps only foreign policy. interesting i look forward to talking about that but first of all honor let's talk about this book fire and fury from michael wolff about goings on in the white house about the president you as somebody who is a sort of a keen student of u.s. politics i'm eager to. what you have to say about this book well it's entertaining and a terrible way as the whole trump presidency and i think that's what struck me most is that you read it and you want to go on reading it because it's like a really entertaining piece of journalism a

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when you say christians. - not all christians. - not all christians at all just, you know ... - but it does beg the question of whether faith is the same thing as belief for purposes of discussion for this book. - distinguish them for me. - well, my point is you have people who, if i were bill maher sitting here as opposed to myself, i would be saying well, the bible is made up. - [kurt] yeah, yeah, yeah. - you know his whole trope about that. - yes. - the kind of belief without facts to support the belief or back the belief up that you talk about in here, do you see a long walk or a short walk to people's traditional faith? i mean, after all, they're believing in a thing that they believe. - right. - but there's no basis for it. - right, and that is the nature of not all religions but much of religion, is taking empirically unknowable, unprovable things on faith, and i can't, i can have my doubts about things, but i can't say that's not true. - you don't think that the church broadly defined or institutionally defined without regard to one specific religion is necessarily a problem as