patrick brown. >> thanks. patrick brown. i'm a masters student at the woodrow wilson school. i was wondering if you would talk about the role that religion plays in this discussion. obviously on the one hand pope francis might be one of the most leading figures of liberalism in some ways, but then in france people are saying that traditional catholicism is experiencing resurgence with some of the populace movement. i was wondering if you see religion as playing a role advancing or helping the advance of illiberalism? >> i think religion is the best defense against illiberalism. again, i go back to the judeo-christian tradition. why? because it allows you to see the other person as specially endowed with rights. you can empathize with them in the sense that if you share a brotherhood across various identity boundaries, it is because of your shared heritage, where you come from. unfortunately, what i would say is that especially catholicism in europe has been pushed in so many places into an alliance with the far right because of a very strident secularism. catholicism and chri

patrick brown. >> talk a little bit about the role religion plays in the discussion, pope francis is one of the most leading figures of liberalism in some ways but in france people are saying catholicism is experiencing a resurgence, i wonder if you see a role advancing liberalism. >> religion is the best defense against the liberalism and to the judeo-christian tradition, it allows you to see the other person especially endowed with rights and you can empathize with them in the sense that you share a brotherhood across various identity boundaries, because of -- catholicism in europe is pushed in so many places into an alliance with the far right because of the strident secularism. catholicism and christianity more generally needed ideologically over there. i made the point there are some conservatives i profoundly respect who see stridency, bullying religion out of the democratic public square, look at vladimir putin standing up for russian orthodoxy, need and drive those speakers over there. doesn't take much to realize his opponents keep ringing their head in your guns and keep ha

patrick. >> reporter: good aft the cleveland browns are on the clock now.e will await the first pick at 8 o'clock but at noon the doors open here at the nfl draft experience. fans started filing in. as you take a look at the scene you can see the jersey setup, all 32 teams in attendance. you can stick your head in there and take a photo. so much here to dollar at the draft experience. you have locker rooms on both sides. you have in the far corner what we got a look at this morning is the nfl combine where you can test yourself with the 40-yard dash. you can also do the vertical jump, you can have fun like a kid and you can do that throughout here as we mentioned 26 football fields long but when the philadelphia eagles do it tonight as you -- get the 14ing fifth in the draft is a big one. will they surround carson wentz with a weapon. will it be a running back like christian mccaffery or wide receiver like mike williams out of clemson or they could go defense as well. we have been talking about so many different names, defensively speaking and keep an eye,

brown. david kurt patrick, author of the facebook effect and we'll talk about facebook's role in the news and cecelia vega, correspondent for abc. covered clinton campaign and covering the trump administration. ses sell yaw, the kellyanne conway said the press is presumptively negative about the man you cover every day. are you presumptively negative? >> i'm presumptively cynical. that is my job. >> not just skeptical but cynical? >> skeptical and cynical, we have to be both given this administration's relationship with the truth and how tough it is for us to get at that right now. do we start our day and i can speak for all of us, in a negative manner? absolutely not. that is not our tone in perspective of our coverage. my sense this perception there is this adversarial relationship much more comes from the white house than it does from our end of the briefing room. they want an adversarial relationship or they perceive this to be the case. we just are doing our jobs. i don't think that the complaints that they have are any different than the obama administration has had about coverage or ne

portland in getting play from some unlikely sources like rookie patrick mckau. 11 points, 5 boards, 5 assists last night. today mike brown the poise his young point guard has shown. >> as time has gone on, it is understood what it takes to stay ready and be ready. he has gone from playing 30 minutes one night to not getting off the bench the next three games. sometimes that can be deflating. sometimes you're like, i'm not coming into the gym today to get my work or anything like that. but he just stayed with it. stayed with it. stayed with it. >> that's the beauty of the warriors, so many different combinations. they are tough to defeat. if they can close it out tomorrow in portland in game four. rick? >> thanks, mike. down to two games to one. russell westbrook scoring game-high 35. triple-double by halftime. but rocket rally james hard and have an off night makes this basket clutch down the stretch. difference is nay nay perfect all 12 shots. finishing with 28 points as rockets win 113-109. wrapping up the series on tuesday. >> giants are digging themselves a big hole. they lost again to fall seven games out in the nat

brown sent off in added time. with the score level at 1—1, patrick roberts put the champions ahead in the 78th minute before a dramaticx schalk went down under erik sviatchenko's challenge, but there appeared to be no contact. his manager admitted it shouldn't have been a penalty. county levelled and shortly afterwards celtic captain scott brown was sent off for a lunge on boyce. he's likely to miss next week's scottish cup semifinal against rangers, as the hoops chase a domestic treble. in the rugby union premiership, whatsapp are in action at the moment. they are 26 points — seven up moment. they are 26 points — seven up against bristol. bristol could be relegated if they are defeated. saracens, in third place, playing northampton. great britain have finished joint fourth in the medals table at cycling's world track championships. after winning two silvers already in hong kong, elinor barker went one better, taking gold in the points race after a gripping battle with america's sarah hammer. it was britain's fifth medal and second gold of the five—day competition, following katie archibald's omnium success on friday.

patrick mccow. he had 11 points, four of six shooting, five boards, five assists last night. today interim head coach mike brown spoke about the poise his young rookie guard has shown. >> as time has gone on, he's understood what it takes to stay ready and be ready. you know, he's gone from playing 30 minutes one night to not getting off the bench the next three games. he's just stayed with it, stayed with it, stayed with it. >> we talked earlier in the season you didn't feel comfortable letting your shot go. now you feel like you fit in like everybody else. what is it? >> it's a long season. the nba is definitely different from college. finding my niche and figuring out how to play the nba game the right way. over the time, over the season i've continued to do that and my teammates have a lot of faith in my game and how i play and they want me to be assertive and have fun. >> reporter: all right. mike brown will coach tomorrow night try to close portland out. that will be great to give steve kerr a little break before round two. reporting live in portland, mike shumann, abc 7 sports. rick? >> thanks, mike. it

patrick mccow. he had 11 points, four of six shooting, five boards, five assists last night. today interim head coach mike brown the poise his young rookie guard has shown. >> as time has gone on, he's understood what it takes to stay ready and be ready. you know, he's gone from playing 30 minutes one night to not getting off the bench the next three games. he's just stayed with it, stayed with it, stayed with it. >> we talked earlier in the season you didn't feel comfortable letting your shot go. now you feel like you fit in like everybody else. what is it? >> it's a long season. the nba is definitely different from college. finding my niche and figuring out how to play the nba game the right way. over the time, over the season i've continued to do that and my teammates have a lot of faith in my game and how i play and they want me to be assertive and have fun. >> reporter: all right. mike brown will coach tomorrow night try to close portland out. that will be great to give steve kerr a little break before round two. reporting live in portland, mike shumann, abc 7 sports. rick? >> thanks, mike. it down two gam

browns select myles garrett. >> not surprised with garrett going to cleveland. the bears made a splash trading up and selecting mitchell trabiske. the chiefs gave you will to the bills to select patrick mccombs. the draft tonights tonight with the second and third rounds. >> ahead the story of the 5-year-old with a broken leg who managed to save his father's life after an accident. >>> bill is forecasting some dangerous storms and flooding. >> all in the same location, too. we're seeing active weather with snow in the rockies and rain hitting into the plains. later on today especially overnight hours huge storms will explode from oklahoma into southern ohio valley. 24 million at risk, large hail the problem. then saturday 32 million at risk. dallas from houston to little rock this will be a day with large hail, damaging wind and isolated tornados, then the flooding over the weekend too in the same >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. clouds are around, and i'm tracking showers. storms to the north, but in delaware and south jersey, this is light rain moving into bridgeton and heading northeast. these showers will be with us to start with along with a warm morning. look at