liberty stated in the words of the mormon prophet joseph smith. it is been demonstrated that i'm willing to die fore a mormon, i am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a presbyterian, a baptist, or a good man of any other denomination. the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the latter day saints would trample upon the rights of the roman catholics or of any other denomination who may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves. thank you. [applause] >> i would remind you we will have a spirited conversation here amongst ourselves, and then i would like to open it up to your questions. take a moment to write those out as we speak. t.j. will collect those. one of the things that kept popping up in so many of your statements that i want to pick

expression of my own commitment to religious liberty stated in the words of the mormon prophet joseph smith. it is been demonstrated that i'm willing to die fore a mormon, i am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a presbyterian, a baptist, or a good man of any other denomination. the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the latter day saints would trample upon the rights of the roman catholics or of any other denomination who may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves. thank you. [applause] >> i would remind you we will have a spirited conversation here amongst ourselves, and then i would like to open it up to your questions. take a moment to write those out as we speak. t.j. will collect those. one of the things that kept popping up in so many of your statements that i want to pick up on, there is when you look at the polling, the surveys coming out of pew, you are dealing with 16% of the population that is unchurched, unaffiliated religiously, and among millennials that number increases. a moment ago, you mentioned the eight track tape player in the ip

the national mortgage settlement's monitor joseph smith releasing findings.$26 million settlement over blatant improper foreclosure procedures. diane will have more on this. but the central bank that is the key story, it's widely expected to keep its interest rates unchanged today. the real story is all about the bond buying program. economists expect the fed is going to keep buying at a pace of $85 billion. but the market watchers will pay attention to any signs the policymakers may scale back the program later this year. so called taper, when is that starting? the announcement at 2:00 p.m. eastern and then bernanke 30 minutes later. right now let's look at the markets. as we mentioned, the equities market looks like it's relatively flat lining. we've got fedex out with earnings and concerns about the guidance there. maybe that's reflected in the pullback. overseas in asia a big gain in japan for the nikkei up 1.8%. in europe this morning there are modest advances. although at this point modest declines for london and france. germany still hanging in there b

smith, nbc news. >> that is shocking to hear. >>> the trial for alleged serial killer joseph naso is underway in ma rin county. naso seen here is representing himself in this murder trial. the 79-year-old self-employed modeling photographer stands accused of killing four women. their bodies were found between 1977 and 1994 in uba. the trial is expected to last until mid november. >>> officers have arrested a 60-year-old man for morgan hills' first homicide of the year. officers say michael shepherd lives in a morgan hill mobile home park located on mon terry road near where the body was found. the body of the 40-year-old girlfriend was discovered by a passerby. they're looking into whether she was sexually assaulted when she was killed. shepherd is expected to make his first court appearance on wednesday. >>> in south bay police have arrested a teen driver following a deadly crash in san jose. it happened about 2:00 this morning on hills dl dale and pearl avenue. police say two men were in the silver car on the left here when it crashed into a parked car. that car then hit at least three other park

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