the democratic republic of congo has more alleged victims than any other country.s here my investigation begins. (people speaking indistinctly) almost 20 years ago, u.n. peacekeepers were stationed in the democratic republic of congo amid a bloody civil wa (gfire rattles) in 2004, valerie says, she met a member of the u.n. mission in the city of goma. (valerie speaking): >> navai: didier bourguet was working at the u.n. peaceeping mission in goma, in charge of transport and logistics, earning $7,000 a month. he was 40 at the time. (valerie speaking): va >> navairie says she only told her mother about bourguet, and they never reported it to e u.n. do you know if didier was doing this to anyone else? >> navai: investigators wouldsc later er bourguet paid go-betweens to provide young girls for him. he was arrested by the congolese lice in goma after a sti operation in october 2004,an before beingd over to french authorities and charged with rape. bourguet was not the only u.n.ee emplccused of sexual misconduct. there were 72 allegations of exploitation and abuse in th

manda has also heard from the u.n. in the central african republic. the u.n. team in congo, as has francine. they're both still waiting to hear back. mauricette has had no further contacfrom the u.n.-- four months after we brought her case to their attention. so far this yearthe united nations has recorded 32 new allegations of sexual exploition and abuse against peacekeepers. ♪ >> 2300 children have been taken from their parents. reporting on theline has been border for over a year. >> under pressure, president trump said he would keep families together. >> but the border is going to bt jus tough as its been. >> narrator: correspondent martin smith investigathe policy decisions. >> plenty of confusion, both on the border a inside the beltway. >> narrator: and the impact on children and families. >> go to pbs.org/frontline for q&a with correspondent ramita navai about w she tracked down new victims. >> we found her living with her family on the outsrts of town. >> and read more about what the un is now doing for them. >> we have to ask ourselves arei

>> commissioner richards: first republic. >> commissioner moore: first republic. okay. a significant amount of signage. i call it the chase phenomenon. it was used first quite extensively by chase bank. you wrap the entire frontage coming down front street all the way to the corner of what actually used to be called 444 mark market street. the open space, which was an obligation of the project approval in 1975 always spoke to a small plaza, active landscaping, etcetera, which for many years, failed. and now with the city's really incredible effort, there is a lovely outdoor space with seating and a lot of activity, except for what we're doing now. we're pulling the building back and making the building basically a completely closed off private use behind the ground floor facing. i think that is a step backward, and i would actually -- i would have thought that in the past, in this particular building, there was a cafeteria. it was on the fourth floor. it was used by blue shield-blue cross, and other people who worked in the building could actually use that cafeteria. i

if you become the republic of north macedonia, that people willjust drop the north and call you the republice will be republic of north macedonia. we will even send a letter to all countries, all 193 members of united nations that there's agreement between us and greece, and the new name for international use will be republic of north macedonia. after that, with every chapter of european union we will be involved in, internal domestic use also. who cares after that, you know, that somebody calls north macedonia or south macedonia? officially we will be north macedonia, everything in the state and official will be related with the new name, it's the part of the agreement, we will confirm the completely of that, everything what is connected with our macedonian identity will be in line of our identity. so the greek side get hegemonous name, we get hegemonous identity. it is good enough for the both sides and it will only strengthen the friendship between the two countries. all right. all the discussions about your cultural identity, you name and so on, feed into the wider issue of identity in y

but first we head to the central african republic a land in ruins and rarely heard about culture brings us up to date. from the late one nine hundred century until nine hundred sixty the central african republic was a french colony and it declared independence which instead of a democratic government being installed the country was run by a series of corrupt politicians and autocrats including the notorious emperor because of the first since then there have been a series of military put chits the last coup was in two thousand and thirteen for decades numerous warlords and rebel groups among them christians and muslims before save the country's commodities for tile meadowlands gold and diamonds thousands of people have been killed while others have fled to neighboring countries like chad. cameroon and the democratic republic of congo according to the un's refugee agency around five hundred forty five thousand five hundred people have left. and even more six hundred thousand have been internally displaced. from the air the row in the northern part of the central african republic looks pre

for nearly three decades, the former yugoslav republic of macedonia has been locked in a bitter disputeneighbouring greece over its name. there is a greek province called macedonia. well, last month, the two countries signed a historic accord to change the name of this small balkan state to the republic of north macedonia, subject to a referendum. the agreement paves the way for macedonia tojoin the european union and nato. this would be a welcome step for a country that is one of the poorest in europe. but challenges from nationalist hardliners, the opposition and the president signal stormy times ahead for the social democratic government. my guest is the prime minister, zoran zaev. does he have what it takes to change hearts and minds, and set his country on a path of greater prosperity? pm zoran zaev, welcome to hardtalk. to do, thank you very much. you have said that you will resign if the name change is not approved in the name change is not approved in the name change is not approved in the name change is not approved in a referendum this autumn. why is it a resigning matterfor r

of were killed in central african republic they were journalists people we also earlier contacted the u.n. mission on the ground why because it was reported initially that dead bodies were discovered by u.n. personnel in central african republic and we've conflict at the un peacekeeping mission the country and they have confirmed that initially they received information about deadly attack from local sources unspecified what kind of sources after that they sent a patrol to the scene and they indeed to scarborough dead bodies of three foreigners and abandoned vehicle and multiple gunshots were like the saying. it was an attack unclear what was behind this attack what was the reason so the question to be. so is will we know well the group that was there doing what we do know that there were three russian journalists there why were they there in the central african republic again there are so reports and many of them cannot be independently verified so far but they say that the crew who was on the ground working on the documentary about their work all of that wore a contract to read the

he is the author of the cover story of "the new republic." he focused on a version of extreme community policing taking on test taking place in -- taking place in rockford, illinois. what is the plan? guest: good morning. they are moving officers to live in high crime areas, to actually live in the neighborhoods. really, they're only a sign is to be a good neighbor. not to go out and bust guys for drugs or prostitution, but to be there for the community, share their cell phone numbers, figure out what the needs of the people are who live there. host: what is the philosophy this kind of community policing? for too long, neighborhoods, -- guest: for too long, neighborhoods, police, and the communities they serve have separated. they do not feel a great connection. police do not know the communities and the communities have stopped trusting police. this is a crisis that we are seeing in cities across america, so this is hopefully a kind of antidote to that, to bring back this sense of trust and actually what policing fundamentally is. host: in r

, strengthened the republic. the founding fathers, many of whom were not christian, and so religion as a utilitarian purpose, probably wouldn't have felt the religion was good for the building up of the republic they were trying to create. host: explain why a tour of the south shaped your thinking for this book? in june, 20 17, last summer, i took a one-week civil rights tour. reconciliation is one of our huge commitments at messiah. they send people on this tour. there, i talked to veterans of the civil rights movement and began to see an alternative way of thinking of politics and faith. a much more prophetic voice, .efined by hope, by humility and i learned a lot. i think many white evangelicals have to confront their past and , and darkep racism sides of their past, confront it directly. there's much they can learn about that from the civil rights movement. gun is on the phone, republican line, from michigan. caller: an eye on? host: go ahead, don. caller: of the two people running, i didn't care for either o

that saved the republic.ed an fdr and we got an fdr and in the second half we needed a reagan we got a reagan. >> we have missed him so much over these past months here at fox. there is no one that really replaces him. there is -- there has been a void because of his knowledge of history. his knowledge of science. his knowledge of washington, obviously. but the intersection of science, culture, politics, history, that's a pretty big sweep. not a lot of people have that. >> it's my job to say what i think is true. it's my job to say what i think will work. it's my job to call a folly a folly. whether it straightens him out, i don't know. i don't know whether it's going to have an effect on them but there is no other way for an honest critic to be other than to be honest and to be critical. whether it's going to have the effect, i don't know. there is a great line by tom stop hart who once said about his own life as a writer and what he tried to do. he said, you know, you spend your life writing and every once

he's an advisor for the republic of a community organizer for the amazonian peoples restoration we went. allowed to go see is a child region research at amnesty international and is a cameroonian blogger and activists were hoping also be joined on the phone by. the minister of communications for the government of cameroon he'll be speaking to us from an official in gauge welcome to the stream all of you and i want to start with our community because they pitched today show and have been for several weeks now two opposing perspectives are i here it says i live in. a country colonized by cameroon and i live in fear of being shot at for no reason there is beyond disturbing presence of armed forces everywhere in amazonia and they see civilians as on the other side we got a comment from someone who also lives in that region that some call amazonia this is any who says this is a huge a lie i'm here and demand and civilians are scared of losing their properties and being killed or called names by secessionists if they say or do anything against them jang do you want to weigh in here we're seei

secession and reignited a separatist movement that was calling for the creation of the independent republic of brazil near the conflict between the government and separatist rebels in the anglo phone region of the country is escalating and neither side is showing signs of backing down on the military calls the separatists terrorists the separatists have accused the military of genocide human rights group amnesty international has criticized both sides for excessive use of force so joining us on set we have new gang he's an advisor for the republic of a community organizer for the amazonia people's restoration we went. a lot of ago xeni is a child region researcher at amnesty international and jang manga is a cameroonian blogger and activists are hoping also be joined on the phone by essentially roma bacary the minister of communications for the government of cameroon he'll be speaking to us from an official in gage welcome to the stream all of you and i want to start with our community because they pitched today show and have been for several weeks now two opposing perspectives are i here s

the successor state following the constitution are disillusioned of the federal united come all republics which was the entity that was not properly installed when the united kingdom as the ministry authority and the united states failed to fulfill their obligation as per you and article so at least be a dream what they are we talking about here we're talking about nine hundred eighty four so what i'm going to do for a moment is just keep us up to date where we are right now asked you jack how can it be two very different examples of what is going on how is that even possible. yes go ahead the reason is because there's been systematic assimilation predetermine by the franco come on the lions ever since they started having association with the with the english numbers which is of our country when we have it when we can gauge if you need to restate which was if there are comma republics they started dismantling everything that has to do with the federal.

he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison up to sending his militia to the central african republic to help put down a coup attempt they conducted a reign of terror a rampage of looting and killing of civilians followed including the mass rape of hundreds of with. but a majority of the judges ruled on his appeal he could not be held responsible for the actions of his fighters his lawyers argued successfully the fighters were no longer on the his. long after they crossed the international border his militia known as the movement for the liberation of congo has now been transformed into a political party opposing the rule of president joseph kabila he has called an election which is due to take place in december i'm david chaytor in belgium the country that was the former colonial ruler of the democratic republic of congo ever since again his independence in one nine hundred sixty there's never been a peaceful transfer of power in that country the senator is returning from belgium to his homeland to register as a candidate in the presidential election. john pierre bemba talks to al ja

but is the czech republic really a potential ally? britain, so often their powerful champion in fights with france and germany. for me it's very pity that, you know, the united kingdom leaves eu, because they always was very pragmatic, and result united kingdom i think european union change, you know, not very i would like, you know. translation: the european union will certainly be weakened. it will have less weight. and maybe brexit will show other countries there is the opportunity to leave. and what about their prime minister? could he be willing to side with theresa may, and urge others to give britain the deal she wants? our prime minister is populist, so he is really unpredictable. already on this journey across the czech republic, i have met plenty of czechs who don't know what brexit is, and frankly care even less, but then i've met some who know precisely what britain has decided to do, to leave the european union. some of them are sympathetic towards britain's decision, but does that sympathy amount to active support, parti

that's the case in eastern parts of the democratic republic of congo. there, militias have terrorized civilian populations for decades. according to one study, over 1000 women are raped there every day. reporter: the city of bukavu on the banks of lake kivu looks tranquil. but in eastern congo, scenes like this can be deceiving. in this conflict zone, rape has been systematically used as a weapon of war. francine: the worst thing was that they treated us like animals. it wn't just one man using me, it was all of them. it was so painful. they beat us and abused us like cattle. and my family had stayed behind, which was awful. my children were suffering at home while i was being raped in the forest. reporter: countless women have suffered the same way that francine cinege did. therese mema mapenzi is a trauma therapist who frequently travels to the villages around bukavu to help survivors of mass rape. the roads are in poor condition. the region has been destroyed by more than 20 years of war. the women here have suffered horrific ordeals. >> when you're

. >> this week, colorado college professor thomas cronin discusses his book imagining a great republic them political novels and the idea of america. host: your new book imagining a great republic, all the king's men is the best political novel ever. tom: it is the american political novel. he -- first it is beautifully written. he is a great craftsman who wrote about politics. you could add in a few people like steinbeck and others. it was a that she was a gifted writer. he captures the paradox of politics and power. politics is inevitable and necessary and you have to have power to make things happen and to bring about change. he also talks about how power intoxicatingand for somebody who wields it and powers shapes the power wielder in the case of governor willie stark, loosely based on huey long. it captures that story. most important way, that book is important because it is about responsibility. governorbook is about isrks aid, jack arden who from the oligarchy, he is from the privileged class, highly educated, a former reporter and he gets sucked and and he becomes the back man

there is also no change to our ironclad commitment to the defense of our allies the republic of korea and japan the security of our allies is integral to our american security. the united states looks forward to continue our close coordination with japan and south korea as we achieve the successful inform implementation of the agreement that was achieved at the singapore summit thank you. thank you very much lastly let us the invite when you start can you be happy thank you very much welcome ladies and gentlemen of the press it is indeed a distinct honor for me to be here with the secretary of state mr mike brown pale and my japanese counterpart foreign minister of course taught here in tokyo so soon after secretary pump it was third visit to pyongyang but first of all let me also reiterate the sentiment expressed by secretary pump aoe about the terrible losses caused by the torrential rain and flooding in the west turn japan our thoughts are very much with the families and communities affected by this climactic event and we wish this the government swift recovery and i are great to s

to chronicle the experiences of our south vietnamese allies from the republic of vietnam. they lost so much as a result of this war. they lost their homes, their families. they lost their businesses. when say gon saigon fell in 1975 we tried to preserve south vietnam. it was incredible by comparison. it's very important to work with them as much as we can to preserve their history and their documents. in addition to that, we do have materials from the communist side of the war. the north vietnamese. we have some of their equipment. it's interesting when you compare and contrast the different types of equipment that they used versus what we had. their helmet was wicker versus the steel of the american helmet. lighter weight great for camouflage and not going to protect them much. we also have the sandals which everyone heard of studied the vietnam war. made from tires and very cheap and very effective. canteens and other equipment. but also some of their publications as well. one of the really interesting things about the publications sometimes they had to do it out in the

three russian journalists have reportedly been killed in the central african republic diplomats from moscow are now on their way there to try and identify the victims correspondent for national is here in the studio with me now hi maria yan just looking through some of the reports or it seems there is very little officially confirm what do we know about this that's true i have to say that the rest sell reports and many of them cannot be independently verified at this moment so we have to be really careful and cautious about the information so what we hear from russia's foreign ministry is that indeed three people have been killed in central african republic allegedly they were russian citizens but they identities have never been so far confirmed and we know that the russian diplomats have traveled to the local u.n. base where the bodies are right now kept to try to identify the victims of the deadly attack in that country again there are many and confirmed reports and some of them say that these were russian journalists free press cards reportedly were discovered together with the bo

i believe that an independent judiciary is a chronicle of our constitutional republic. senate, ied by the will keep an open mind and every case. preserveways strive to the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. thank you mr. president. [applause] >> the announcement official, , his wifekavanaugh and two children on the podium. the republican of arkansas and other republican senators. senate democrats also provided for candidates in particular. alabama. alternate on down the invitation to participate in today's ceremony.

i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case, and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and of the american rule of law. thank you, mr. president. [applause] on tuesday, the nominee was on capitol hill to begin meeting with senators. he was joined by former arizona senator john kyle, who served on the judiciary committee and will act as a guide for judge kavanagh during his confirmation process.

and wasting away tons of plastic de vry cause an environmental disaster in the dominican republic. yeah it's. a restoration of calm seems to be holding between israel and gaza hamas says the ceasefire brokered by egypt and the u.n. was made at midnight local time it followed another bloody day along the border which saw one israeli soldier shot and killed and four palestinians die in retaliatory asterix and tank fire let's go live now to gaza city charles stratford is the chance what's happened since this cease fire agreement came into effect at midnight local time. it seems once again that we've been brought back from the brink of a full scale conflict in gaza but interestingly in the last how the i.d.f. the israeli military announced that one of their tanks targeted a hammer specific ssion in the northern area of the gaza strip off what it says suspects trying to infiltrate into israel the the army saying that off to that tank attack the so-called infiltrators went back into gaza shows you that although there is calm head calm is always a relative term when speaking about gaza th

we have a democratic republic.omeone alluded earlier that it was a representative democracy, but that is the beginning of the problem, that people do not understand how the system works. thought earlier said he that the media is the biggest threat to our democracy. i agree that the media is a threat, i disagree that it is the biggest. the biggest threat towards our system of government is the educational system, because we are not teaching people about how the system is supposed to work. the whole argument over the electoral college is one that people do not understand. oh, it must be one person one vote. yes, but within states. the states have rights as well. it was set up that way deliberately so that one entity did not overrun another, so that the common population did not overrun individual states' where, and that is really the problem starts. is money an issue? absolutely, money is absolutely a huge issue. i agree with the caller talking about soros and whatnot, and an impact there. eileen and more of the lean

the supreme court is interested -- is entrusted with the safeguard of the crown jewel of our republic the constitution of , the united states. 12 days ago, justice anthony kennedy, and for me of his me of his decision to take senior status on the supreme court, opening a new vacancy. for more than four decades, justice kennedy served our nation with incredible passion and devotion. i would like to thank justice kennedy for a lifetime of distinguished service. [applause] >> in a few moments, i will announce my selection for justice kennedy's replacement. this is the second time i have been faced with this desk. -- this task. last year, i nominated judge neil gorsuch to replace the late great justice antonin scalia. [applause] i chose justice gorsuch because i knew that he, just like justice scalia, would be a faithful servant of our constitution. we are honored to be joined tonight by justice scalia's beloved wife. maureen. [applause] >> of justice kennedy and justice scalia were appointed by a president who understood that the best defense of our liberty and a judicial branch, a man f

i believe an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our independent republic. if confirmed in the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. thank you mr. president. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] >> last night's announcement at the white

they thought they were creating a republic. respublica. what is the difference between the republic and the people? any given moment, a majority of the people don't understand. that's the problem with democracy. and if democracy has lots of fatal flaws that -- or fatal tendencies. one is towards demagogues. washington warns against that in the farewell address. so that you want a republic based on a foundation of popular sovereignty that filters popular opinion through layers of refinement. that's what the constitution is designed to do. to produce, then, a wisdom at the end that takes the best of popular opinion, but also refines it through the better minds. >> i agree, completely. the constitution, in other words, is an anti-democratic document in its originals. >> it's a pre-democratic document. the kind of democracy that you see doesn't come into existence until the 1830s, and it's primarily not due to ideas. it's due to demography. it's due to the economic changes that are -- >> but wasn't it, therefore, a means to a more democratic e

and that force the republic of korea. trigger to invade north korea so that is what they fear. a peace treaty and the negotiation and also denuclearization. that could be a two-way street so what they see is the extension over the republic of korea so they could easily demand denuclearization to the peninsula applies to the united states and north korea meaning no bombers or any nuclear capable weapons system is allowed into the republic of korea. and i hope you are prepared to think about how we would respond to such a demand they apply their definition by saying this applies both ways. >> so to spend a couple minutes on russia. you talk about this in your book i sense you are frustrated by the inability to tell the story that i personally believe that response was a slap on the wris wrist. so if you are whispering in the air of the president with two or three pieces of advice how we deal with latimer putin in the next three or five years what is he doing wrong? >> i will say with the anemic reaction and in retrospect at the time those considerations that tempered that with th

poe mentioned before, is a former peace corps volunteer who served in the dominican republic. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for four minutes. mr. kennedy: appreciate that, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague and the ranking member of the committee, mr. engel, for his advocacy for this legislation, for his leadership on the foreign affairs committee, for the time i spent on that committee as well and for all of your sbor for this legislation. i echo -- your support for this legislation. i echo the support of mr. royce and all that he and his staff did to usher this bill through to this point. of course, my colleague, mr. poe, for -- and his team for the leadership they've shown, all he's done to make sure this bill has come with the broad bipartisan support that he has and that, he says, is just the way it is. thank you, judge. i also want to say -- i would be remiss not to reference our dear colleague, former colleague, sam farr, if you ask him what day it was, would respond with a peace corps story. this is an act that's close t

and wasting away tons of plastic day because an environmental disaster in the dominican republic. hello there we're still seeing some very very heavy downpours over parts of the philippines is a loser on where we're seeing the worst of the weather there was already some flooding here and now this area of cloud has continued to bring us some more heavy rain and within that area of cloud we have now seen a tropical system develop that depression is expected to move away towards the north but as you can see from our chart on sunday the still a lot of dark blue colors across lose on so that indicates that we're expecting some more very heavy downpours and that of course will make the flooding there worse plenty of what weather there then and that sticks around even as we head through the day on monday monday is also looking pretty wet towards the west thailand again is looking fairly soggy for the south so for many of us in somalia it should be fine it's in the east where there's the greatest risk of seeing a few outbreaks of rain here and the same goes for borneo the east is where we

turkey, a nato ally, must cease its inflammatory rhetoric, normalize relations with the republic of cyprus, and commit to peacefully working towards a negotiated solution. greek and turkish cypriots, mr. speaker, deserve and end to this senseless -- an end to this senseless division and occupation. despite the challenge of continued occupation, cyprus has long been a strong and faithful ally of the united states. due to cyprus' unique geopolitical role in the eastern mediterranean, it is in the best interest of our country, the united states of america, to support peace and end this illegal occupation. cyprus is a special geopolitical position, stemming from its location at the southeastern most corner of the e.u. the eastern mediterranean is turbulent, mr. speaker. but holds a promise of significant opportunity. cyprus' status as an e.u. member state, as well as its excellent longstanding regulations with its neighbors, enhances its strategic importance to the united states. cyprus has taken steps in recent years to facilitate international partnerships and demonstrate an impressive abili

i mean, it's a banana republic kind of thing. >> reporter: banana republic comparison. it will not be well received at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. corker, as you know, we talk about this all the time, is pretty critical of the white house on things like this, but his general frustration there, almost throwing up his hands that this was discussed, much less something being considered as administration policy, speaks to, i think, the larger frustration that folks have on the hill when the white house rolls things like this out with little or no consultation with their own party here on capitol hill. >> garrett, i'm coming back to you, i'm sure, later on in the morning as you get more reaction from members of congress. we're watching to see what house speaker paul ryan may have to say any minute. thank you. let me go to peter alexander at the white house. a lot of words tossed out this morning. unprecedented, dangerous, banana republic, as you heard from senator corker there. the white house seems to have a couple words of its own, oh well. >> reporter: exactly r

i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case, and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and of the american rule of law. thank you, mr. president. [applause] [applause] president trump nominated judge brett calf mau to the supreme court. next, a portion of the 2006 hearing when judge kavanaugh was nominated to the d.c. circuit.

the former playboy cricketer will now run the islamic republic of pakistan. what does it mean for that nation, for india, for the world? >>> then is the world stressing you out and bringing you down? it is for college students who are seeking more counseling than ever before. lori sanders is here to help, teaching yale's most popular course on the science of happiness. but first, here is my take. listen closely. >> this is why we agreed today, first of all, to work together toward zero tariffs, zero nontariff barriers and zero subsidies on nonauto industrial goods. thank you. >> what you just heard from wednesday's joint press conference between the presidents of the european commission and the united states was the sound of donald trump backtracking once again. this has become a familiar routine. it goes something like this. begin by hurling insults at the other side, some which have a basis in reality but are mostly wild exaggerations, threaten extreme consequences, then meet with the other side, backpedal and triumphantly announce that you have saved the w

i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind and every strivend i will always to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. thank you mr. president. -- thank you, mr. president. [applause] ♪ announcer: judge brett kavanaugh is president trump's nominee to serve on the supreme court, filling the vacancy left by retiring justice anthony kennedy. follow the process on c-span. the senate confirmation hearings, the vote and the swearing-in. watch live on c-span. watch anytime on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. announcer: c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, former advisor ben rhodes discusses significant political and policy decisions of the obama administration. then -- talks about president trump's supreme court nominee and pro-life advocates' agenda. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion

, strengthened the republic. founding fathers, many of whom were not christian, and so religion as a utilitarian purpose, probably wouldn't have felt the religion was good for the building up of the republic they were trying to create. host: explain why a tour of the south shaped your thinking for this book? in june, 20 17, last summer, i took a one-week civil rights tour. reconciliation is one of our huge commitments at messiah. they send people on this tour. there, i talked to veterans of the civil rights movement and began to see an alternative way of thinking of politics and faith. a much more prophetic voice, .efined by hope, by humility and i learned a lot. i think many white evangelicals have to confront their past and , and darkep racism sides of their past, confront it directly. there's much they can learn about that from the civil rights movement. gun is on the phone, republican line, from michigan. caller: an eye on? host: go ahead, don. caller: of the two people running, i didn't care for either of th

this is the whole foundation of the american policy and the american republic. it is entirely a rejection of the autocratic kingship, dominated system that many of them had come from. we cannot have deliberative government without freedom of thought. we cannot have freedom of thought without freedom of religion. the father of our constitution, james madison put it this way, freedom of speech is the only effectual guardian of every other right. if we cannot speak freely, we cannot exercise other rights. if you can control, dominate, the way people talk then you can control the way people think. that is not the american tradition. [ applause ] it is not, i have to tell you, a surprise that some people want to control the way we think. and talk. our founders had a deep understanding of human nature. they foresaw that this would be a problem. if people in power would want to block those out of power and to contain them because they didn't want criticism. they didn't want people to challenge what they are doing. that is what officials, powerful people in government,

it is the whole foundation of the american republic, if you want to know the truth.hentire rejection of autocratic kingship dominated that many of them had come from. so we cannot have deliberative government without freedom of thought. we cannot have freedom of thought without freedom of religion. the father of our constitution, james madison, put it this way -- freedom of speech is the only effectual guardian of every if we cannot speak freely, we cannot exercise our other rights either. if you can control and dominate the way people talk, then you can control the way people think. that is not the american tradition. [applause] a.g. sessions: if not, i have to thatyou, i am surprised some people want to control the way we think and talk. our founders had a deep understanding of human nature. they foresaw that this would be a problem. that people in power would want to block those out of power, and to contain them because they did not want criticism. they did not want anybody to challenge what they are doing. officials, powerful people in government instinctively te

, sweden, uk, canada, european parliament and poland, ukraine, the ambassador from latvia, czech republic, uk, minister from estonia and canada incredibly impressive group of legislators. so thank you all for traveling here, some from quite far away to share your knowledge and experiences. for years russia under vladimir putin has engaged in activities aimed at destabilizing democracy in europe and the united states.

european parliament and poland, hannah hopko of ukraine, and ambassador calnias of latvia, czech republic, minister kate rosimona of estonia and canada. an incredibly impressive group of legislators. so thank you all for traveling here, some from quite far away to share your knowledge and experiences. for years russia under vladimir putin has engaged in activities aimed at destabilizing democracy in europe and the united states. the kremlin leverages an asymmetric arsenal that includes

the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo sean pierre bemba is promising to restore security the international criminal court acquitted him of war crimes in june and he set to return to the country next week just before the deadline to register as a candidate in december's presidential elections he's been speaking to our correspondents david chaytor in belgium. pierre bemba came here to the belgian town of waterloo to give his first full length interviews after having his convictions quashed the international criminal court in the hague decided he did not bear legal responsibility for the actions of his militia once red cross the international border into the central african republic he'd send them there to help watch a coup the unleashed a reign of terror and looting the killing of the billions and the mass rape of hundreds of women i asked him though did he feel any moral responsibility for what his militia did and what his plans were politically when he went back to the democratic republic of congo next week. of course have a little sympathy for him or whatever bi