i support whatever god said in the koran and the bible.a woman. >> islam does not have a trademark on homophobia, all right? there are certainly people in the religion who are homophobic, but every religion has those people if their religion, all right? every religion has homophobia in it. no religion owns it more than anybody else. it's like the song "happy birthday." everybody can sing it if they want to, nobody gets to claim credit for it. what's it like if you happen to be gay and muslim? well, there's no one better to talk to about that than somebody who is both those things. a devout muslim and lbgt advocate who's openly gay and only 22 years old. we're meeting at a library, aka, the original internet. kids, the library never goes down but it does close at 6:00 p.m. feel like we're in a very solemn place. >> really wooit. >> need to go to the library, close it down so we can have this conversation. let's talk about what we're here to talk about. how was it to grow up in the muslim faith and at the same time be gay? >> to me it was sc

read some of the koran and like that gentleman — some of the koran and like that gentleman - the point actually says that what has actually happened, basically saying go and kill any non—believers. it actually says that in here. why are you looking anywhere else. thank you very much. in the back. we bombed iraq but we refused to bomb syria. so the thing about foreign currency, foreign policy is quite wrong w these gentlemen have said is wrong. the koran teaches jihad and we allow it to be taught in british schools. when are you going to stop that? they believe what they read and it tells them to go onjihad. they believe what they read and it tells them to go on jihad. what's your response? . i used to be a teacher and i used to teach re in a school and we teach all faiths. it's very important we teach children about all faiths. let's not lose sight of the fact... applause i understand the emotions about this, but let's remember we are talking about a tiny, tiny minority, totally deplorable individuals. this is not an indictment on islam. it is not an indictment on the majority of musli

accused ofstian insulting islam by referring to a verse in the koran during a campaign rally.is being seen as a test of indonesian tolerance in indonesia. came as a shock to supporters of the governor. a two-year prison sentence is harsher than what prosecutors requested. >> in their recommendation, the prosecutors showed he wasn't proven guilty, but now the judge says he is, bowing to pressure from muslim groups. >> the outgoing jakarta governor is accused of insulting islam in comments he made during a pre-election speech last year. the minority christian politician implied that his opponents were using the koran to sway people against him. he later apologized for whatever offense he might have caused but denied wrongdoing. say thehard-liners verdict doesn't go far enough. two years is very lenient in my opinion compared to the pain he has caused muslims. >> analysts say the scandal cost him his bid for reelection. he lost to a muslim rival in april, following a religiously-charged campaign. for autors have called one-year jail term, and his lawyers say there is no evidence

and i'm going to end with one of my favorite verses from the koran.s to us as nations and tribes. which is very, very interesting. that he specifically uses the te terminology. and god, in our tradition, we believe the koran is his monday log that was revealed through the prophet mohammad. over children of adam, i have divided you into nations and tribes so that you may get to know one another and live in peace. i have given you each a book and a path so that way you may follow that path and that shall lead to me. do not swerve from that path. i have created you, different and in need of one another. different and in need of one another. [cheers and applause] strive for peace. strive for peace and vie with each other only in doing good deeds. for the most noble in the sight of me is the most righteous. god bless you all. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. thank you very much for those words. all right. all right, y'all stick around a little bit longer. donald trump was watching us this whole time. from the, he's going to his rally, he's going

listen to the various stories like the ones we read about, people who have been asked to recite the koranthey are shot, and you go down to the personal again and i think he's in a personal, difficult situation. what is angela merkel been saying? she isn't very happy! at least she is saying so, she is not happy with either the us or the saying so, she is not happy with eitherthe us orthe uk saying so, she is not happy with either the us or the uk and she us europeans need to stick together. i think she is... she is also on an election campaign, she is very strong, she doesn't, she wants to show i think her strength, she doesn't need the us, she doesn't need the uk. she is... she is quite grounded. she had an opportunity to have a photo taken with a beer and i don't know why politicians insist on the campaign trail of eating and drinking. it's quite good! she looks very much at ease, better than some other politicians that were taken eating. eating sandwiches is never good. it could've been worse. shall we talk about the japan times. falls short of climate but gets tradewind? what do you ma

. >> hold the koran up, read this every day. mcquay says his koran has helped him grow spiritually, the other books in his cell have helped him grow physically. >> every day i do me some curls. i do these. i do shrugs. back arms like this. like this. probably about 55 or 60 pounds. >> mcquay has spent years trying to earn his way back into general population. but his history as a violent offender continues to haunt him. >> i engaged in an emotional response to be an offense. >> i was warned when i came into this job about leonard mcquay. he is very smart, very very clever. he can talk a great talk. >> caseworker beverly gilmore has serious questions about mcquay's trustworthiness. her goal is to give inmates an opportunity to prove themselves she made a controversial decision. she gave him a job in his housing unit. >> i did make him a sanitation worker. that was to the dislike of some of my supervisors, they thought i had lost my mind i would never let him get out of his cell. i said, let's give him a chance. i talked to leonar

hardline islamist groups have called for the maximum penalty after they alledge the koran was insulted. is willingas says he to meet with benjamin netanyahu to build peace. the statement coming just days after meeting the president in washington. donald trump is expected in the palestinian territory soon. issues of political -- todonald trump has taken twitter to dismiss allegations that he was warned by his predecessor on hiring michael flynn. fired after lying about conversations he had with russia's ambassador to the united states. now come of the former acting attorney general has said she warned the president did sally she warned good assertion that michael flynn could be subject to blackmail. sally yates testified before congress about meetings she had at the white house back in january. the former acting attorney general had sensitive information to share. she warned that michael flynn had had improper talks with the russian ambassador musser gekas . flynn was putting the administration at risk. because,as a problem not only do we believe that the russians knew this, but they li

he murdered her for the family honor, but that's not in the koran. allah will punish him for what he did. reporter: the balochs' world collapsed around them. their daughter is in her grave and their son is in prison. qandeel baloch grew up in this village in the heart of pakistan. but she felt restricted there and decided to move away. ♪ she thrust herself into the limelight onliline. her music videos and shows challenged pakistan's social taboos. every click of her page brought qandeel money. her fame fed off viewer curiosity. howow far would she ? but it was that fame that led to her death. qandeel baloch, the online star, was strangled by her brother. his confession left no doubts about why he decided to end his sister's life. >> i don't regret it. my sister tarnished the family's honor with her internet videos. reporter: the act has torn the baloch family apart. qandeel's parents have been left trying to find an explananatin for the inexplplicable. mr. baloch: people incited my son to violence. they told him over and over again that qandeel was s

what does the koran say? driving the infidels, driving the number early nonbelievers e not regard. but we don't quite know yet -- we can come to some serious conclusions here. >> sean: when i studied the quran and some of these controversial statements within it, i am told that my interpretation is wrong, even though when you take the exact verbiage out of there, i am willing to listen -- i've always felt there have been those that have spoken out against evil in their religion. with all due respect to the saudis, they've played both sides of the fence. they have treated women, they've killed gays and lesbians for no reason. they have persecuted christians and jews. they are bigoted and they do not allow the free practice of religion, freedom of speech, equal rights to women and what they do to gays and lesbians is evil in our time. they throw them off roofs and they hang them. i want to take on their radical elements but they also need to modernize and we have the man that from them as well. we have to demand that from them as well. >> barack obama, his first speech, you only have

ok, but people want to know whether those reports that his younger brother was teaching the koran ino worshippers as well, they did not deny any of those reports. people wanted to know. this mosque in particular have lost a n know. this mosque in particular have lost an opportunity to explain how things work and what islam and muslims are about. we will see you next week. we will see you next week. with a bank holiday imminent do not make this the last forecast you see because the details will differ from day—to—day with a thundery breakdown on the way. no surprise because we have had the heat on thursday, temperatures in the 805. temperatures in the high 205. friday will be no different. starting with sea will be no different. starting with sea fog. it takes no time to clear and then it is basically allow people for months although we will 5ee cloudier skies acro55 people for months although we will 5ee cloudier skies across the west of ireland. 25—29 on the cards. it will be very hot day for many. even on the coast uv levels will be high and unusually high levels forecast on friday

he's accused of insulting the koran.ust freed by the extremist group boko haram have met their country's president. they were escorted to the reception in the capital abuja by armed soldiers, after a check—up at a medical centre. they were among more than 270 kidnapped from their school in chibok three years ago. candidates standing in south korea's presidential election are making their final appeal to voters before balloting on tuesday. opinion polls suggest that the left—leaning, moonjae—in, has maintained his lead over his nearest rival, the centrist ahn cheol—soo. the election was called early to fill the vacancy left by park geun—hye, who was impeached in march for corruption and abuse of power. four people are missing after some of the worst flooding in decades in parts of canada. a state of emergency has been declared in the city of montreal. police are searching for a man and a toddler who were swept away after their car swerved into a river in quebec. water levels are expected to rise further, and the military

translation: we should always refer to koran when such incidents take place. investigate before punishing anyone. islam does not even allow killing of a bird or insect, but sometimes people go insane. some of them have burnt my car in anger. even after the man was turned over to the police, the tensions continued. enraged protesters attacked the police station where he was held. the man is now being investigated for blasphemy. he has also been sent for a medical checkup to determine his mental health. pakistan has seen growing intolerance towards those accused of blasphemy. a month ago, a university student, mashal khan, was killed by a mob who accused him of blaphemous remarks. after the murder, the cleric refused to conduct his funeral and instructed other religions to stay away from the funeral as well. many say political parties exploit the tension for electoral gain. they have allowed the local leaders, the local ministers to go about collecting electoral votes as and however you can. if they see that some area has been penetrated by a political ideology

things although i must say one of our most effective programs in south asia has been to translate the koran and have kids actually read it and learn it says you don't kill innocent people. and that has caused problems, too. nonetheless, the connection between school desegeration and the establishment clause cases something most don't think about it. but the cleveland school desegeration case that turned into tariffs which was the first case, is very cut. basically the african-american parents in both milwaukee and in cleveland said enough, give us our money and get out of our way. in the end, it will be the private sector that is going to solve the problem that the government caused in all of this and i agree, give them the money and get out of the way. >> i think we have time for a few questions here. i am going to turn it over to the audience to try to to get responses to your thoughts and concerns. mia? [inaudible question] >> i think the first amendment defense act is an important piece of legislation introduced by the congress and i expect soon by this congress. something president tru

he's accused of insulting the koran. he denies any wrongdoing.ications, an appeals court in austria has ordered facebook must remove hate postings. the green party has been seeking to block posts hostile to its leader, made via a false account. record numbers of migrants have already tried to reach europe from north africa this year. more than seven thousand have been rescued from the mediterranean over the last few days alone. the italian coastguard says as many as 200 may have drowned. most of them have set off from libya — attempting the treacherous crossing — in search of a new life in europe. reeta chakrabarti has spent the last week on a rescue ship. seven uneventful days at sea with the rescue mission and then suddenly this: we have two rubber boats possibly one wooden boat. team, please prepare on deck for rescue. a scene, said the crew, like never before. first two, then three, then as we were spotted, more and yet more boat loads the people veering towards us to rescue and to safety. these women look really exhausted. they're coming on

found the jakarta governor conducted a criminal act of blasphemy when referring to a verse of the koranverdict. the crowd of thousands out here who were calling for him to be jailed, and for many, hoping that he would receive a heavier sentence, there is a sense of disappointment. translation: we are not happy. we do not feel satisfied with the punishment ofjust not feel satisfied with the punishment of just two not feel satisfied with the punishment ofjust two years in jail. he should have got the maximum of five years, or better still, be headed. this man, though, insists the movement is peaceful, tell the world that we are not radicals, he insists, we are doing this to protect our faith. supporters of the governor are getting ready to head to the prison where he has been taken after he was found guilty. the atmosphere here is one of devastation and anger. many people have been crying openly, and they say that this decision is unjust, and that a good man who was doing a good job in government has been brought down by his political opponents. translation: i'm devastated, very sad. i wi

he was shouting out the koran in arabic. i don't know their language.een told a black flag with islamic writing hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i saw some sort of flag outside. with islamic writing on it? i didn't really look at it. was it english writing? no. a community worker who didn't want to go on camera has told us that two people who knew salman abedi at college went to police several years ago. they said he was supporting terrorism and had expressed a view that being a suicide bomber was ok. greater manchester police will not comment on those claims. and what about the manchester bomber‘s family? this is his brother hashem, now under arrest in libya for supporting so—called islamic state. this is abedi's father ramadan, affiliated to extremists, the libyan islamic fighting group. on his facebook page, he praises al-qaeda fighters in syria. today he gave an interview in libya minutes before he was detained, defending himself and his son. translation: salman does not belong to any organisation. i know this about him. he doe

he was shouting out the koran in "islamic." you see, i don't know their language.with islamic writing hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i remember seeing some sort of flag outside. was it islamic writing on it? i didn't really look at it. it was just... was it english writing? no. a community worker who didn't want to go on camera has told us that two separate people who knew salman abedi at college rang police several years ago. they said he was supporting terrorism and had expressed a view that being a suicide bomber was ok. greater manchester police will not comment on those claims. and what about the manchester bomber‘s family? this is his brother, hashem, now under arrest in libya for supporting so—called islamic state. then there's abedi's father, ramadan, affiliated to extremists, the libyan islamic fighting group. on his facebook page, he praised fighters in syria linked to al-qaeda. today he gave an interview in libya minutes before he was detained, defending himself and his son. translation: salman doesn't belong to any organisation.

i would like to ask about it burning the holy koran is considered under free speech. example, making fun of jesus in every talk show and cartoon? about -- i am not a citizen yet, but disrespecting the flag is something that i do not like. many people hold, for example, islaghe united states almost personal and almost wholly. i would like to know how someone can understand that a group of people would like to insult anything other as free speech. terrific question. we all look forward to you becoming a citizen. talkedect everything you about. all of that offensive speech. we protect insulting religious leaders. we protect burning the american flag. we protect a great deal of things, which are deeply offensive, sometimes even outrageous, all for the same reason. and the reason is, from the beginning of the country, there has been an enormous unwillingness to allow the government to play the role of sensor -- censor. if someone wants to attack the government verbally, we allow full rain -- reign, full free speech. as a price tag for that -- one does not make fun of hurt

he was shouting out the koran in islamic. i don't know the language.old a black flag with islamic writing was hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i remember seeing some sort of flag outside. i didn't really look at it. was it english writing? no. a community worker who did not wa nt to no. a community worker who did not want to go on camera told us to separate people who knew salman abedi at college rang police several yea rs abedi at college rang police several years ago. they said he was supporting terrorism and had expressed a view that being a suicide bomber was ok. greater magister police will not comment on those claims. and what about the manchester bomber‘s family? this is his brother hashim now under arrest for is supporting so—called islamic state. this is his father, he's now back home libya. on his facebook page he praises al-qaeda fighters in syria. before he left south manchester: we were told he would ta ke manchester: we were told he would take part in praise at this mosque. he isa take part in praise at this mosque.

they are doing the exact opposite to the language of the koran.sidique khan emerged to plant death and destruction in london on the 7th ofjuly, 2005. his brother—in—law, ahmed patel, says the tragedy in manchester suggests little has changed. he asked us not to show his face. what have we been doing since 7/7, for 12 years? why do we have another terrorist attack in the uk after 12 years? in fact, local government and community leaders have committed significant resources to addressing the issue of extremism among young muslims. as a young woman muslim... these young people are members of leeds muslim youth group. they offer voluntary service to the community and believe their faith inspires their action. for me as a muslim i feel outrage that someone would use the name of my religion to then go and justify committing these acts. this is spreading and it doesn't look like it's stopping any time soon, which is scary for all of us, like muslims and non—muslims. that's the number one thing, show people love and care, but because without that, we're n

okay, they are focused on religion studies and of the koran and so forth, they are basically or they were and had been in many places of the war and their only alternatives available to children who have been left illiterate. now with the spread of education and more than schools and so forth, they need for it to be smaller and smaller. the same thing applies to the mosques that we have built. the fact that some of these mosques and centers have been hijacked by extremist and so forth is the same assaying that the entire religion of islam would be responsible for terrorism simply because a few muslims have committed crimes. it would be the same if we were to say the same concept of christianity or christians or terrorists. we cannot attribute what they do to the entire religion that they belong to. those kinds of statements i think define logic and reasons and are based simply in many cases of saudi arabia of a too sexy target to lead to criticize. it is a rich country where men wear long shirts and funny looking head scarves and women cannot drive. it gives you the image of somethin

the schools focused on religious studies pan recitation of the koran and so forth. but they are basically or they were and have been in many places the world the only eternityive to available to children who would otherwise have been left ill litright. now with the spread of education and modern schools, the need has become smaller and smaller. the same thing applies to the mosques that is is built. it is an onner for a muslim to help in build as mosque anywhere in the world. the fact that some of these mosques and centers have been high jacked by extremists and so forth is part -- is the same assaying that the entire religion of islam would be responsible for terrorism just simply because a few muslims have committed such crimes. it would be the same if we were to say the same concept or judaism. there are christian trophies a jewish terrorists and there are buddhist terrorists nowadays. we cannot attribute what they do to the entire religion that they belong to. so those kind of statements i think defy logic and reason and are based on simply in many cases saudi a

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last week in indonesia where a christian governor was imprisoned for two years for reading from the koran. does the president -- >> i don't have any updates on that particular case. i would ask you to check with the state department. >> is the president of the united states currently recording conversations taking place in the oval office? >> i think the point i made with respect to the tweet is the president has no follow-up on the tweet. >> you were saying it it all was regarding -- why did you come out with information that was later contradicted by the presidency? can you explain when were you brought in? who else was involved? why were the american people given incorrect information that night? >> i don't necessarily believe that is true, zeke. there was a decision making process. the president explained it in the interview process. the bottom line is the director of the fbi serves at the pleasure of the president. the president made the decision to replace him as he has stated clearly, publically. the president is now focused on making sure he finds a replacement that has the leader

they started sharing verses from the koran and the torah that and forth to each other. almost word for word. there is so much in common in terms of the religions that i think it is significant for president trump that he has chosen to essentially pay homage to each of them in the first trip abroad. >> and president trump will be meeting with the palestinian president. disputed territory obviously of which the president and that he would broker a deal to end the conflict. he has been accused of being nacve. is he? >> well, if so, every president over the last 30 or 40 years has been equally nacve because they have all thought they could bring peace to the middle east.i think it is worth a try. perhaps his unique brand of salesmanship can be effective. particularly along with his son-in-law jared kushner, who knows. i do think the conditions are more favorable right now. because of the common interests that are emerging. >> ambassador, always a great pleasure to have you with us. good talking to you. >> thank you.>> just a reminder to all reviewers, the president trump on

a bible, koran, whatever religious item they would like to read. they sit in that cell the entire day and at 9:30 at night we return the mattress with their sheets and blankets. >> the other part of what they do is the loaf. which is this vegetarian ball they bake. they make the inmates eat it three meals a day, six days a week. >> it is a nutritional loaf. it is vegetables, mixed with flour and yeast and oil to hold it together, baked in a loaf about four inches wide and six inches long. >> kind of like chunky water. >> we've seen segregation in various facilities. and you know, sometimes you ask officers what's the policy about? and they don't really know, they just sort of say, that's the way we do it. but at fairfax, it was different. everybody i asked had the same answer. that segregation should be harsh. should be really tough. because they don't want the inmates to repeat their behavior that got them there. >> we have found the way we treat disciplinary segregated inmates very effective in controlling inmate behavior. when i started in '91-9

he was flying a black flag, marching up and down the street preaching the koran. we knew this could happen and we let it go on. we let him walk in. we say we will stand up to terror but in this case, it feels like we put out the welcome mat. bear in mind, there's 3,000 others like him roaming our streets and another 650 jihadists comes in because of the liberals that have the kind of authority on what we should think. liberals believe we should protect the human rights of the jihadi other than the rights of light of our sons and daughters. it's hard for us to face when we're told watch out, watch out, we can't tell you where. so we're waiting for the foot steps to fall. i see it like we're ants and we're just waiting to be crashed. we don't know if we'll be run over, blown up or mulled over or taken out with a knife but we know it's coming. >> maybe you can help me with understanding manchester. this is a big libyan community, libyan refugee community dating back to the overthrow of moammar qaddafi. a larger peaceful community. they stick to themselves. they stick

where a christian governor in the state of jakarta was imprisoned for two years for blaspheming the koran. does the president find that case troubling? sean spicer: did john give you this question? reporter: i'm sorry. sean spicer: i do not have any updates on that particular case. to go with jeff's is the president currently recording conversations taking place in the oval office? sean spicer: i think the point i've made is that the president has no further comment on that. you -- why did you come out with information that was later contradicted by the president? can you explain when you were brought in, who else was involved, why the american people were given incorrect information that night? sean spicer: i do not believe that was true. it was a decision-making process. the directorne is of the fbi serves at the pleasure of the president. the president made the decision to replace him, as he has stated very clearly. he is now focused on making sure he finds a replacement that has the leadership qualities to lead the fbi. that is it. he said tuesday -- can you walk through why the discr

something that the koran itself allows, if that is happening? yes. the ground has been laid. this did not come from the united states. president sisi made the remarks, they said president trump is not the same as candidate trump. these are sophisticated world operates. they are not hurt by anti-muslim xenophobia that might be portrayed in the united states. judge jeanine: that's an important point. the americans, especially the left-wing media saying the president is anti-muslim, the ban is against muslims. the muslims have no problem with him. he was clear on the vast majority of victims of islamic terrorism are fellow muslims. >> yes, you are absolutely right. there was almost a heart-breaking tenderness, a powerful moment. 80 years old, standing in 107 fahrenheit waiting for the president to defend. this is the highest mark of honor. not just an honor for the figure of president trump. honor for the u.s. presidency and honor for the united states, when the united states has been naval gazing since the election of the president and lost sight of itself, we can look to the m

sound of war is everywhere in the midst of the nervous army commander goes henry and here's what the koran says. every rich timing, beholding him plus comfort from his books, a largess universal but the sun does give to everyone. sign cold fear is man worthiness to find a little touch of parent in the night. the chorus is helping us make a scene and hairy and going out to blaze the spirit of his troops involved in thinking about the legend of harry, about what will be said, not what he's doing and like a good leader politician, you can't ignore the aspect of what he does. contrast to harry richard the third, another person who loves to talk about what he's talk about buddies doing unless you think musty think about himself if it be the carrot during the play. early on in the history of richard the third, richards says after noting that he is deformed, saying i've created the death hand on my deformity, to look at my shadow incurs. and i cannot prove a lover to entertain these farewell spoken days, i am determined to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures of these days. and later when

during the holy month, it's considered a time for muslims to pray and read the koran and dona to charityly 1 blion muslims are expected to take part in this celebration. >>> the fourth circuit court of appeals has kept trump's travel ban on hold. the executive order discriminated on the basis of religion. the travel ban, quote, in text speaks with vague words of national security but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination. jeff sessions has sought a review of the ruling and says a new report indicates visas to muslim manufacture majority countries are down 20% and the number of refugees entering the u.s. have also sharply declined by more than 300 states between last october and april of this year. joining us now is the woman who wrote about the big drop in visas. thanks for being with us. in these latest developments, that of the court upholding the, if you will, hold on the travel ban, the immigration ban, the executive order that came from the president, is that a major development? >> it's certainly a blow to this administration's efforts to implement

where a christian governor in the state of jakarta was imprisoned for two years for blaspheming the koran. does the president find that case troubling? does he plan to -- >> john, does he give you this question? >> i'm sorry. >> i don't have any updates on that particular case. i would ask you to check with the state department. >> sean? >> thanks, sean. i want to clarify on jeff's question, in a yes or no fashion. is the president of the united states currently recording conversations taking place in the oval office? >> i think the point they made with respect to the tweet is the president has no further comment on this? >> cam. >> a follow up? >> you were involved in this on tuesday night as well, at the time that it was all him regarding deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. why did you come out with information that was later contradicted by the president days later? can you explain the ticktock. when were you brought in? who else were involved? why were the american people given incorrect information that night? >> i don't necessarily believe that's true, zeke. there was a decision

pennsylvania -- >> not all members of congress where in the bible, many of the constitution or -- >> tucker: koranbut but religious documents. why are you bothering these people? >> someone came to us and we thought there was a constitutional issue and the city agreed, they removed it. >> tucker: okay. i think it's awful that people anonymously can hurt other people without standing up in sync with ar. >> you know, the threats that we got when we did this -- >> tucker: whatever. >> you are claiming that some anonymous guy hassled this litte town, and doesn't have the courage to say to the face of his neighbors, i find it deplorable. >> i'm sorry. we have a reason why he came to us. >> tucker: thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> tucker: a widely publicized hate crime has been exposed, exposed as a total sham, an organizer in indiana admitted te spray-painted his own church with a swastika and an anti-gay slur. the organist is a man called george nathaniel stang says he wrote wanted to give local people a reason to fight for good, even if it was a false flag. th

they have murdered moris lambs than any type of islam and it's against the teachings of the koran. murderer, if you're looking for another word it better than evil loser and if it works and it delegitimizes them, it will resonate with western audiences but i'm not so sure if it will resonate with jihadis. >> stunning testimony from the former cia director john brennan. this was the most explicit testimony we've heard so far from director brennan. what prompted this i think it's fair to say unprecedented level of disclosure? >> it seems as though it's as basic as he was asked. he was invited to come as a now private citizen to congress to testify, and he was asked the question that we have heard others who were working in -- in the government, in levels akin to his. for example, we've heard from james clapper on a couple of occasions ask the same question. was -- did you have concern and the details of what those concerns were. the fact is that the answer was yes and he had the information, the realtime information since he was cia director during the 2016 campaign about the fact th

it's against the teachings of muslim -- of islam, it's against the koran to murder, to take a life, anife and that's what they are doing and we saw that, you know, in spades here with what looks like an isis -- at least an isis-inspired attack. i would have used the word murderer, a word they don't like and i don't know that using the word loseers is going to matter much to these guys. i understand what he's trying to do, use a term and vernacular that he's used in his life as a business man and, of course, as a reality show host. loser has a connotation here in our culture that matters. i don't know that it matters to these guys. again, i would pick the word murderer. >> thank you, very. appreciate it. when we come back, more on terror attack in london. we're learning more about the suicide bomber and his plan to target women and children. you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. and fragmented care- stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every

koran leading interest rates today. a lot of gains in the region are not only from energy players but tech players as well. softbank up quite sharply in tokyo. unit for $600e million in announcing a share buyback. lupin in india falling the most in almost three years saying revenue may spend declines over the coming year. looking at the gains were seeing regionally, this chart shows you the hang seng index. white line shows you the hang seng index holding at those levels we haven't seen since july 2016. of $.10 pushing the hang seng higher. the blue line is the hang seng financial index and is closely correlated to the overall hang seng. a lot of these games have been driven by financial companies. worth noting this is a stark contrast to what you're seeing on the mainland. 40% from twodown years ago. president trump's demands to step up the fight against terrorism is expected to get a sympathetic hearing from nato when he visits the headquarters for the first time today. the deadly bombing in manchester on monday night

no koran. no dvd.ar movies. >> likely using the three americans they are detaining for bargaining chips for some kind of concession from the u.s. if any of the men become ill they will most likely be released because the regime could face serious brush back if an american dies in their custody. >> brian, you recently received an assessment of how many weapons the kim jong-un regime has. >> former u.n. weapons inspector david albright and his research firm recently reported that kim produced between 13 and 30 nuclear warheads and by the end of 2020, he could have up to 60 of them. >> the key is if they can miniaturize those warheads and put them on some sort of intercontinental ballistic missile. we will see what happens. bri brian todd, good report. thank you. >>> coming up, our eyes on capitol hill right now. vice president mike pence, he's there. and a source tells us the speaker paul ryan is meeting with the republican leaders right now. will there be a vote on repealing and replacing obamacare? als