sheehan is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its historic sites including its buddhist heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of communist ideology even inside datsun temple the world famous buddhist heritage site the sign reminds visitors to a poet socialist values. it's not only buddhism but also christianity and islam the chinese government is putting immense pressure on religions buddhism is treated more leniently because the government considers it to be more in line with their norms but i've witnessed myself the pressure they're putting on buddhist temples and that activity is increasing. temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of their buildings demolished experts estimate that this 3 faced buddha is just one of up to 800 statues that have been destroyed in recent years. by material that's it for today be sure to check out other stories on did other dot com. on facebook and twitter believe you know what some scenes from the philippine capital today which is back in lockdown

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and your staff here at the department of the environment, cyndy comerford, barry hooper, charles sheehan and joseph. your work has been excellent and the dedication to convening this engagement process, the ongoing outreach, untangling the many technical considerations that are at play and really shepherding this ordinance through the process every step of the way has just been a tremendous asset to the city. so thank you all so much. i look forward to the discussion today and want to make sure that you all know this is just one step in the public review process. we went to the building inspection commission earlier this month for an informational presentation, and we had a generally positive discussion with the understanding we needed to finalize some of the provisions around those exceptions that will be provided before we go back to the building inspection commission at their august 19th meeting for recommendation. after that point, we would move on to the land use committee of the board and then hoping to get to the full board of supervisors in september. with that, commissioners, th

sheehan is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its historic sites including its buddhist heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of communist ideology even inside datsun temple the world famous buddhist heritage site assigned reminds visitors to a poet socialist values. it's not only buddhism but also christianity and islam the chinese government is putting immense pressure on religions buddhism is treated more leniently because the government considers it to be more in line with their norms but i've witnessed myself the pressure they're putting on buddhist temples and that activity is increasing. temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of their buildings demolished experts estimate that the 3 faced buddha is just one of up to 800 statues that have been destroyed in recent years. that story from correspondent spelling a he joins us from beijing now for more on this story how mathias why are we seeing this push now to destroy these above the symbols we've seen of push the communist id

again, i would like to thank the chief of the charities bureau, jim sheehan, and the co-chief of thehere you have it. the attorney general of new york, letitia james, announcing that she is going to try and dissolve the national rifle association, accusing its top leaders of essentially using the organization for years as their personal piggy bank of sorts. lavish private jet vacations, black car services and a host of other accusations. i want to bring in nbc's national security and justice correspondent tom winter. tom, in simple terms, and i'm just going through the press release that the attorney general's office sent out, but in simple terms, what does this lawsuit seek to do? >> craig, a couple of things. let's point out what it's not, first. it's not a criminal complaint and it has nothing to do with the nra's lobbying efforts. some people might quibble with that, that the nra is being targeted for their lobbying efforts. but nothing in the complaint has anything to do with that. if you're looking for wayne la pierre to be brought around in handcuffs, that isn't it either. thi

and your staff here at the department of the environment, cyndy comerford, barry hooper, charles sheehan and joseph. your work has been excellent and the dedication to convening this engagement process, the ongoing outreach, untangling the many technical considerations that are at play and really shepherding this ordinance through the process every step of the way has just been a tremendous asset to the city. so thank you all so much. i look forward to the discussion today and want to make sure that you all know this is just one step in the public review process. we went to the building inspection commission earlier this month for an informational presentation, and we had a generally positive discussion with the understanding we needed to finalize some of the provisions around those exceptions that will be provided before we go back to the building inspection commission at their august 19th meeting for recommendation. after that point, we would move on to the land use committee of the board and then hoping to get to the full board of supervisors in september. with that, commissioners, th