the church of scientology offered $15 million to buy the land. instead the owner sold it for a fraction, $4.25 million. the buyer the city of clearwater. >> i think there was religious discrimination with respect to the church, and that the city somehow made this into a scientology issue, when it did not need to be. >> was the sale to the city religious discrimination? >> oh my gosh, no. that is such a silly argument. it's offensive. >> reporter: suspicion and distrust between local government and the church dates back to the 1970s, when the controversial church quietly bought land here, establishing its spiritual headquarters. church leadership says the land was part of a $60 million expansion that was to be built with the city as a partner. the church produced an animation showing how it fit into a massive retail and entertainment complex, but now, without the land -- >> it's dead, because it was part of a partnership, and the city rejected the partnership. >> if they don't want to go forward, that's up to them. we are committed to redeveloping

and scientology is just a big fat global scam. - oh, we are gonna sue you! - what? - yeah, you think you can say our religion is lie? we'll sue you, buddy! - you told me it was a lie! - oh, now you're putting words in my mouth! you are so sued! - you can't make fun of scientology, kid! we are gonna sue your ass and your balls! - yeah! - that's right! - how dare you mock our faith, you little punk! you'll be hearing from our lawyers tomorrow! - we've just had an incredible development here, mitch! tom cruise, john travolta and r. kelly have all come out of the closet! - so you're not the prophet, huh? you made me look stupid. i'm gonna sue you too! - well, fine! go ahead and sue me! - i will! i'll sue you in england! - you are so sued, kid! - well, go on then, sue me! - we're going to! - okay, good, do it! i'm not scared of you! sue me! captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show"! thank you so much f

he goes after everybody from scientology to other unusual religions but he never touches islam.e won't go after it critically. >> kimberly: lying aslan. >> greg: nicely done. >> dana: i find that twitter and cable news in particular -- everybody gets a choice of what they are going to say. if you want to be per provocative and delete a tweet, you can be adults but president trump's nato presence. he didn't say article five which, i agree, he should have said it. his national security team said he was going to but he didn't. fine, why don't you say president trump, nato needs to do more to fight terrorism. the message to these people and their madness is that they are driving themselves crazy because of president trump rather than try to focus on the fact that what they really want -- it's trying to fight terrorism together to save western civilization from these radical islamic terrorists. instead they don't. they are tweeting comedy on twitter. think about what you are saying before you say it. it >> greg: i wouldn't have a job if i did that. >> kimberly: we like you just fine,