after the six million jews were murder nd europe in the 40s, there was a recognition of the need for jews to have a homeland. while the extermination was happening and before it happened, other countries like the united states turned away jews, jews tried to escape europe, and this country much to our eternal shame would not let them in and they were returned to europe and they were butchered. so the world came to view many people, many countries came to a consensus that the jewish people needed a homeland somewhere where they would always be able to go no matter what was happening in the rest of the world and that is what the state of israel is. the state of israel is a democracy, it's until recently was the only country in the middle east where arabs could vote. it is currently the only country in the middle east where gay arabs can be open and not be a great risk of physical harm or death. so to suggest that israel country where arab countries can vote for office is somehow an apartheid state and not only completely ignores the history but ignores what is currently happening in is

nd you really can't understand medieval europe if you don't understand the church. the distinction is very important. i agree with the first gentleman who wrote in that we should know about everybody's religion. that would be ideal. it's a big task. here are a lot of them and the teaching about religion is sort of the difference of saying this is true and this is what this community believes is true and it doesn't say -- it's not pronouncing on whether it is or not true. it's staying neutral, which is a major point of the supreme court is that the government should stay neutral in terms of religion, not saying one way or another. that's basically the teaching point about religion. teachers aren't very often trained in how to deal we religion so the tendency is to pull back and not do it at all but there are a lot of guidelines out that are very helpful. host: that picture by melanie freeman shows a teacher in flushing, new york in a world religious unit. taught to 90-graders there. joan on the democrats line from ohio. welcome, joan. caller: hi. i'm in my 80's so na

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nd now john stossel. john: my paren wereorn in germany andld not find work in europe,,so ty cme here to america, people around world amica is the dream. as a libertaan i say, let people cme, let the man. there should be free trade and labor as wel as goods and services because that leaves everoe more freend rich. except how can you let everyone and if some of them want to murder arrest? andince america is a welfare state, someone to come here. america's answer has been, well, we will let some people i legally, but we should seal the border to keep undesirables out. we recently spent billions to put up the giants' offense on the mexican border. how is that working out? special corporation -- special correspondent just went to the southern border with califnia assemblyman. a former member of the minutemen , one of the volunteer groups that started their own border patrol's to try to help stop illegal immigration. >> caught betwn two gornments. so many politicians ptificate. john: the border fence to not coverhe old border. >> as smart smuggler is not going to go to wre the security is. he will takehe weak spot.

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nd et cetera, et cetera, they are in recessi recession. moral of the story, you have figure out ways to reduce burden of ggvernment spending and taxes and most country in europe have nottdone that. the baltics are a tiny glimmer of good new john: back onhis continent. years back in 90s canada maae big real cuts, and prospered. e canyon dollar wasorth 70 something cent athe time, now parody with our dollar it works. >> amazing most of those cuts, actual genuine real spending cuts in canada hpened und a labor party governmen john: a liberal government. >> new zland did the same thing in 1990s, and actual to be fair, bill cnton was much better than a lot of republicans. at leaste restrained the growth in spending. republican in congress made a big role in it too. evidence shows if you restrain the growth ofovernment or better actually cut government spending, you are freei up resources for productive sector of the economy that is where you get growth. we havave to focus on taking government, which figurin out, how to at least restrict it so it is growing slower than privacy sector. john: well good luck with that, dan mchell. coming up. two economists will argue

nd it'snot exact hippeading out there. alis the rest of the world nike's achilles heel? what's going on? >> it's hardfor american compans to grow if europee got used to that story, but china is slowing. where are they going to sell? well, the answer is in the u.s., there's a boom going on here, and hopefully that lats. i don't know how long the american economy can continue to, you know, turn out healthy consumers whe you know, the company's can't grow, so i don't know. i think nike had a pretty good report, but, you know, i think the stock is reacting to the fact that there's a lot of uncertainty. neil: always the same old thing wiwith the companies. they got cautionary warnings; right? nike's to be taken seriously with great reserve, what? >> you know, i think nike gets a big fat timeout here. u know, the fact of the matter is that they've en there, they've done that, not just doing it anymore, and the coetition in china, i think, is the real issue, it's not that sales are slowing, but chinese brands make serious imacts into otherwise fickle consumer base, and i think it's only natural, unfortunately, they are caught in the middle of t

europe and rusca as well. >> homeland security first and then i want to come back to the question. >> he keeps saying that i did not vote for the dk home has nd security. i keep telling him that i did not vote for it because that bill of was gsmang to tige away the rights of the first responders to work for the part of common security to nions with health care benefits, the wage benefits, the emplobilies f the dk seyou erity. it will be running into buildings to protect as terrell hebliing toward bonds and have a right to negotiate for their own families to protect thewe do ons re nmilies. with regard to other homeland security issues, just last week of work to with the rk from new york to pass an amendment to ensure that lives are not put back on passenger planes are passed on before the house. and i got to chit te it would ps the hell. we will was in fact card and begins the cyber aher ack from e chinese on our country. >> understood. let's look to the windshield. what do we do about what china is ded ong? >> policy has to be that we put this at the top of our negotiating last? >> we have a lot of leverage. we have military levergenee, econ

europe and the mediterranean and the middle east, there is no more volatile, unpredictable at the sames planet time, there is no place on this alignes.at we have the nd with that, i would reserve. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from colorado? crolvecrolve we have experience in nato. -- mr. coffman: we have expense in nato and in the very unit we are talking about today. and that unit was designed to defend the border between what was west germany and the czeches and forces that were on the other side, that border no longer exists. the wausau pact no longer exists. there is not a unit to do the things that we are talking about. we have the capability to move our forces when needed over there. when i was in europe during the height of the cold war protecting the very border in the same units we are talking about today that we did -- the exercise on an annual basis where u.s. forces would come over to europe in about the middle of western germany to reinforce our positions and push those pact forces there. mr. scott: yes, you are absolutely right. but what did they do in europe when we asked them to stand with us in afghanist