that's a change in our spirituality, and how we are going to live out the spirituality in our world.in the plane text of the encyclical. as you read through it chapter by chapter, is there anything there different in tone or specifically different from what a catholic would have heard in catechism. from the palpit, just in catholic culture over the last several decades. >> yes, i think there's a big difference, and the big difference is this - this pope, pope francis, and this encyclical, is not going top down, but is starting at the grass roots saying how does the environment - what do we see happening in the environment today. how is it affecting people. let's listen to their experiences, and then try to device programs, policies, spirituality et cetera that will deal with this in a practical and a long-lasting way. whereas in the past, to be frank, sometimes you could read an encyclical and cataclysm. and come away with the impression. the pope has all the answers. and listen to what the church says, in this encyclical the pope is underlining over and over dialogue. dialogue with

two lives, spiritual life and a governmental military life. so a statute to a collector of lands who happened to be christians on the rocky shores. built during the leadership of a man who collected crimea and handed it to russian rule. they thanked the church for boosting patriotism. a sign they are returning russia to an age-old model with they work together. >> it's impossible to divide russian christianity. phone what was the first. the basis of russian civilisation was orthodox. >> nearly two centuries ago russia was defined as a country built on three core principles. outabbing rahsy. russia today is different to the russia of the 1830s. echos remain. they seem to be getting louder. >>> more than a tonne of confiscated ivory has been crushed in new york's time square. the public watched as it was turned to dust. emphasising the need to end the illegal trade. thousands of elephants are killed every year for their ivory >>> if you find flying stressful, this would be what you need. passengers were put through a number of exercises to relax

it tells the wartime story of of young girl's spiritual conversion.nd then there is this, a statue taking shape in the workshop. a powerful church sponsored symbol of the unity of orthodox christianity in the state. >> principles vladimir combines two side. on one side he is a saint and baptizer of russia. on the other side he's' prince and collector of lands. he unified two lives, a spiritual life and governmental, military life. >> so a statue to a collector of lives who happennenned to be christened on crimea's rocky shores. putin thanks the orthodox church for boosting patriotism, a sign that's bringing russia to an age-old model where kremlin and church work together to shore up state power. >> it is impossible to divide russia and orthodox christianity. i don't know what was the first but actually i think the whole basis of russian civilization is orthodoxy tradition. >> it is defined as a country built on three core principles. orthodoxy, authority and nationality. now today it's very different from the russia of 1830s but echos of that remain

you lose the spiritual backbone of the company.- company, you lose the spiritual backbone of the company. emily: there has been a clear divide between evan williams' vision of the future, and jack dorsey. george: and some of the original founders who weren't even in the company after it became twitter. is a founder really the right person, one of the three or four? i think a founder would be terrific because they have that spiritual leadership, but someone has to step up and unite it. what about the idea of twitter selling to google or microsoft? you could sell it to someone, but the question is how they will integrated. -- integrate it. in terms of integrating tweets into search is a great deal, but google is useless in terms of having consumer products. they would have to keep it as a separate business. i do not think they will improve twitter on their own. to take a listen to another comment from dick costolo from our interview talking about the pressure, the insane pressure he is under at -- and has been as ceo. dick: anyone wh

but the orthodox church is wielding increasing power over the country's spiritual.ultural and even political life. the church's conservative values appear to be a natural partner as vladimir putin stands against western liberalism and politics. >> in the year 988 vladimir baptized his people in the lands of ruse became christian. since then, through mongolian invasions and eighth yes, ma'am the orthodox church has sometimes thrived and sometimes survived today it's thriving. the affection is mutual. they call the putin era a miracle from god. >> they need each other because patriarch and church brings an additional authority, additional validity yes? and patriarchs and church need state because the participating political life. >> under this patronage the church has influence is strengthening, flexing hard and soft power using a recent law criminalizing an opera production. the theater's director was fired. this suggest seraphima animation is a collaboration between the ministry of culture and russian orthodox fund that tells the wartime story of a young girl's spir

two lives, spiritual life and a governmental, military life. so a statute to a collector of lands who happened to be christian on crimea's rocky shores. built during the leadership of a man who collected crimea and returned it to russian rule. they thanked the church for boosting patriotism. a sign they are returning russia to an age-old model where kremlin and church work together. to shore up state power. >> it's impossible to divide russian and orthodox christianity. i don't know what was the first. the basis of russian civilisation was orthodox. orthodox religious traditions. >> nearly two centuries ago russia was defined as a country built on three core principles. orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality. russia today is different to the russia of the 1830s. echos of that mission statement remain. they seem to be getting louder. >>> two days of heavy rain in mumbai brought the city to a stand still. a down pour flooded roads and triggered massive traffic jams. we have more. >> reporter: in is how people in mumbai are trailing in the city. it'

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ty, but it was also kind of a stagnant time in terms of spiritual growth. kind of at a standstill. >> the baseline culture was materialism, and also the feeling that the culture itself didn't honor the human spirit and didn't honor creativity. >> the early 1950s, the nation recognized in its midst the social movement called b generation. ♪ a novel titled "on the road" became a best-seller. >> when kerouac's book came out, it became a revolution, defined a new generation of what being beat means, and it defined it as a spiritual revolution. that if we're living in an age of conformity, if everybody's trying to work for the corporation, that you're losing a sense of self. >> i was traveling west one time at the junction of the state line of colorado. i saw in the clouds huge and massed above the golden desert of even fall, the great image of god with four fingers pointed straight at me. come on, boy, go thou across the grown, go moan for man. go moan, go groan, go groan alone, go roll your bones alone. [ applause ] >> jack kerouac became like a godfather for

. >> they live from the sea, off the sea and develop this spiritual attachment to the sea since childhood. >> reporter: their way of life is threatened. the massive indian ocean tsunami in 2004 robbed the sea of many resources the mokken rely on. commercial fishing depleted the waters more. now a new report from human rights watch says the mokken are experiencing serious violations of their rites. the mokken face poverty. most are stateless, making them vulnerable to human rights abuses.

it was searching, spiritual ambition. most of us are happiest i think when we send we are in the trenches and went to struggle, willing to endure unhappiness to feel that sense of fulfilled, feeling a surrounded. ideal michael i've done him justice. >> lewis also talk to being surprised by joy. his autobiography. maybe not something you can seek but it comes in other pursuits. one thing about the spiritual life that has always impressed me with people i respect in this way is the single-mindedness of it. we talked about the pursuit of joy, the pursuit of god the pursuit of holiness. the courage to will one thing, the perseverance to will one thing. that i think is another characteristic, you know just to focus. >> other questions? in the back. >> so this is a political down and you were both political thinkers, and i want to explore how the book and/or philosophy of the book can make up address what a lot of us in this town, probably in addition, think is a pretty broken political system, a divided society, wealth rested

but it also takes a groundswell of love, compassion, care, and these are all issues of the spiritual communities. how can we be spiritual if we don't want to afford all human beings dignity, love, family, compassion? >> and the right to be who you are. >> 100%. >> and i'm thinking of what we saw recently, this astonishing transformation, very publicly, of bruce jenner into caitlyn jenner. >> right, right. >> and she's a beautiful woman, but the journey -- the emotional journey -- that that took him and then her and then the family, it's just unbelievable. so can you talk a little bit about that? >> sure. as a trans man, i know a little bit about it, although i will say that the journey from female to male, just technically, is very different than the journey from male to female. so that has to be kind of acknowledged, in terms of what it takes. to feminize a male body is very difficult. what it takes to masculinize a female body is a bit easier, just technically. so i can't really speak to what she has gone through, exactly. >> but i'm thinking about the psychological issues that we

he essentially says we do need a spiritual awakening. we need to be born again. that is an idea that had existed arguably since the new testament. but in a puritan version that , meant you had to wait for god to do that. you were dependent on god to give you that moment of awakening and rebirth. he says we can control that. we can determine when we have that. we can create an atmosphere that will be conducive to that. so, to say you need that powerful spiritual experience, the very kind of religion you talked about that is spiritually comforting and empowering, but to say that you have some say in when and how that happens, that is a relatively attractive idea, to give them some sense of of control over their own salvation and religious life without eliminating the older experiential religion that was so powerful in the first great awakening. stephen: this goes a little bit with the emergence of an industrial capitalist economy where we are creating a middle-class of people who do feel some agency over their economic lives, and it makes sense to have some control

. >> but mcquay says he's had a spiritual awakening since converting to islam. >> it's the reflectionf a new person, a new man, a changed man. >> mcquay is not the only inmate at wabash valley who says he's gone through a spiritual transformation since coming to prison. [ speaking foreign language ] >> marcus murray is a self-proclaimed priest of a pagan religion. >> asatru is the pre-christian religion of northern europeans. >> here me now your son -- >> it's popular among predominantly white inmates in prisons nationwise. he discovered it shortly after coming to wabash 11 years earlier. he's serving a sentence for beating another man to death. his thor's hammer pendant and many prison tattoos are symbols of his faith. they are norse oriented. they're viking age is a large portion of asatru. >> the prison officials have begun to see asatru as something else, a front for white supremacist gangs. members have been allowed to hold services at some prisons. wabash has banned such gatherings. >> the gang members are using their meetings to have their gang meetings within the service itsel

why does shasta draw the ufo, spiritual, buddhas, and truth seekers. >> i am on a mission from god. >rter: it isn't the tallest mountain in america not the most beautiful along with the likes of mount fuji and an australian mountain many believe shasta is an energy vortex alien landing site portal to the spiritual world. i'm here for my new show on travel channel called "watt's world." we're here to see ashland. she has one name. i am confused what ashland promised on the phone. does she thing she is an alien? >> no. >> reporter: that patch of ground is a vortex to another side. >> the crystal city of telos where the ancient malurians ended up living after their continent was destroyed. ♪ >> reporter: we are going down. >> i get a sense we are down at the bottom of the vortex. i want you to look toward the light. >> still in telos. still in telos. i'm complete. >> all right. and what happened? >> reporter: there was a bit of bustling. and the spirit guide came up harlan. getting his weird spirit head. funny shape. wrapping around my head. i kept telling him to stop it. he thought it w

once you lose the founders of the company you lose the spiritual backbone of the company. that is the end of the company long-term. emily: there has been a clear divide between evan williams' vision of the future, and jack dorsey. george: and some of the original founders who weren't even in the company after it became twitter. emily: is a founder really the right person, one of the three or four? guest: i think a founder would be terrific because they have that spiritual leadership, but someone has to step up and unite it. guest: what about the idea of twitter selling to google or microsoft? guest: you could sell it to someone, but the question is how are they going to integrate it? in terms of integrating tweets into search is a great deal, but google is useless in terms of having consumer products. they would have to keep it as a separate business. i do not think they will improve twitter on their own. emily: i want to take a listen to another comment from dick costolo from our interview talking about the pressure, the insane pressure he is under at -- and has been as c

warnock from ebenezer baptist church in atlanta georgia, the spiritual home of dr.artin luther king, junior, author of, "the divided mind of the black church: theology, piety, and public witness." it was his church and 1974 that dr. king's mother was murdered in the ebenezer church. dr. warnock, what has taken place in this week in charleston, what do you think needs to happen? >> it is great to be here with you and juan and great to be again here with my brother reverend mark tyler. i'm grateful for his courageous witness. as he has expressed already so very eloquently, the black church was born, literally born, fighting for freedom. ebenezer baptist church is a part of that long tradition. you really don't get to a martin luther king, junior without a richard allen in philadelphia, without the denmark jesse in south carolina without first african baptist church in georgia. so this attack on the black church is really an assault against that which is our first freedom movement. it is the mother of all freedom movements. and so our hearts go out for the families who

would be not commercially and not in a utilitarian way but an emotional emotional, psychological spiritual way if we watch them one by one disappear. >> this is sort of a merger between art and science and advocacy in a funny way getting people to wake unand realize what is going on -- wake up and realize what is going on. so it is a memberorial trying to get us to interpret history and look to the past. they have always been about lacking at the past so we proceed forward and maybe don't commit the same mistakes. >> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area. >> everyone is here for the music and the experience.

it tells the story of a young girl's spiritual conversion. then there is this, the vast and controversial 24-meter statue taking place in the workshop. a powerful church-sponserred symbol of the unity of orthodox christianity in the state. prince vladimir combines two sides. on one side he is a saint and on the other hand he's a prince collector of lands. he union need two lives, a spiritual life and governmental governmental-military life. >> so a statue to a collector to lands who happened to be christened on crimea's rocky shores built during the leadership who collected the land. this is a sign that he's returning russia to an age-old motel where kremlin and church worked together to shore up state power. >> it is impossible to divide russia and orthodox christianity. i don't know what was the first but i think the whole basis of russian civilization is orthodox. orthodox is a religious tradition. >> centuries ago russia was defined as a country built on three core principles or docksy and nationality. autography. and those sentiments are

. >> i'm calling it a spiritual awakening. >> is it a spiritual awakening to sell boys vacuum cleaners. >> if that's what speaks to them. >> how strict should you be? >> your daughters were not allowed to have a sleepover, be in a school play complain about not being in the play. >> hold yourself to a higher standard. >> how do we teach kids to resist temptations. >> this girl is hyperventilating. >> finally these kids play without supervision. >> it's no fun being by yourself. >> for the next hour we offer some better ways to help your kids grow up. >> every child in there is being watched by an adult. i understand why we want to keep them safe. but what's going on over there in chicago? >> these kids' parents decided their kids should be allowed to do more on their own. so the kids go to this playground by themselves. >> parents should let kids do this. >> they look out for each other. >> are you okay? >> without parents bossing them around they quickly organize their own lives. >> it's so fun just being by yourself and being trusted by your friends. >> but what if something happens?

ludwig has a background in alternative psychological therapy, and is keen to introduce a spiritual edge. >> i would like to dedicate the circle and our thoughts to the people of greece, and to the government there - and also to the german government. reporter: in neumarkt st. veith, where he and his wife live, some locals are not impressed. a frequently heard opinion is that the greeks are just after money to pay their current debts. >> if i had debts like that, i doubt anyone would give me any more money either. isn't that a good example?" reporter: the couple's home now boasts a range of official thanks from their trip. the biggest honor came from crete: ludwig zaccaro: the mayor of vijannos heard about what we did, and decided to make us honorary citizens. the couple are planning to reporter: -- reporter: the couple are planning to return to greece in the autumn. this time they'll have no reparations checks with them, but the thought remains the same - promoting reconciliation between greeks and germans. anchor: well, i guess it's the small things in life that make the difference. th

you talk about sacraments being the nuclear bomb of spiritual growth, having fruit in your life. when we receive that sacrament of confirmation that's the holy spirit poured over us. many people forget to open that up. in the catholic church since about 1967 there has been the charismatic renewal which is the outpouring, baptism of the holy spirit. talk a little bit about what that means and how people can open that up. i know it's a big topic. >> it really is. it all started 2000 years ago with these 120 catholic saints locked in an upper room and the holy spirit came down and descended upon them, gave them the fire to run out and start proclaiming the gospel. they were speaking in tongues. they were prophesying, healing. somehow we lost that way. i don't know why. >> when we go to confirmation what we should see in our sophomores in high school is some very powerful manifestations. >> exactly. >> we should not be surprised in other words. >> it goes back to catechesis. we have do a better job with our young people so they understand and have an encounter with the holy spirit. >

and the pope-- i'm sorry he comescomes -- i'm a spiritual guy but thairnd put-- in the hotel-- i wasver the place because i miss you and you're going to have the biggest wet dream during the primaries of all time. we're going to miss him during those primaries, am i write, or am i ( bleep ) wrong? >> jon: it will be fine. it will be fine. >> no no, it's not going to be fine. >> jon: all right. >> but the pope-- i'm sorry, i disagree-- i'm a spiritual guy catholic, good good good. you know when i step in dog ( bleep ) -- >> you said pope and wet dream. who brings that up? >> maybe i'm a hoax. maybe i'm a hoax. and maybe i introduced him 30 years ago on cable. >> jon: richard lewis was the host of-- it was a comic special, i was 24-- >> and you looked like me back then. you were 10 and i was about 21. >> jon: i keep vug back on the show to find out what i'm going to look like. ( applause ) i keep bringing you on-- i am bringing you on right now to go, "all right i'll be fine." >> better than that. i could have gone to woodstock but it was drizzling and i stayed home. okay. ( laughter )

they follow one of the many spiritual orders religious orders.era met up with one man who told us why it's so important for him to make the journey. >> my name is shansha. i am from teslabad. i have been coming here since the past 20 years for spiritual inspiration. the people who are coming here should refrain drugs an restrict themselves to prayers and follow the teaching of the soufi saint. i frequently visit other places and/or important shrines, but i haven't found a true and rare essence in the devotees who visit these places. i never beg or ask anyone for anything because a true muslim never begs. he finds the lord takes care of his needs because the lord is the real provider. it is islam. these soufi saints did not have the it. anyone who can concur his temptation is a saint. those who come here with a pure heart, but those who come for fun go back without anything. they will fail and not succeed in anything unless they come here >> this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wildfire.

and interestingly, i felt that had a spiritual quality. i felt there was something bigger than just ourselves as we moved into that role. and low and behold, as i went through my past with seminary training and looking at really what the spiritual potential is to drive out of people i ran into bishop bill swing and this crazy idea called let's just do something impossible. and that touched me and i said, send me up. so i've been involved in again, this design, draws, invites, steps up and engages people to see the need, bring religious values together and make change. it's more than just getting along, it's making positive change in their community. >> you are seminary educated but not a priest. >> that's right. >> you got to san francisco, what years are we talking? >> 1988 from new york city with my family. at that time. and i actually was employed at grace cathedral for a few years. >> you have been involved in uri for how long? >> almost 20 years. 1996. actually 1995 i was a volunteer. >> you've got a big title, director of global orga

he unified two lives, a spiritual life and governmental military life. >> so a statue to a collectorf lands who happened to be chris christened on crimea's rocky shores. this easter putin thanks the orthodox church for boosting patriotism, a sign's returning russia to an age old model where kremlin an church work together to shore up state power. >> it is impossible to divide russia and orthodox christianity. i don't know what was the first but actually i think the whole basis of russian civilization is orthodox. orthodox remains tradition religious tradition. >> now, russia today is very different for the russia of the 18 30's but it remains. >> now the art scene is making something of a come back in myanmar. artists are enjoying new found freedom. one art recognizes the contribution of hundreds of political prisoners. >> gloves, blast plaster powder. he this man spent 17 years in prison for political activities. >> the former political prisoners, as a whole opportunity. >> there is no bitterness when he recounts his detention. just acceptance and human. >> sometimes prisoners and a

he unified two lives, a spiritual life and a governmental military life. >> so a statue to to collector of lands who happened to be christened on crimea's rocky stores shores. >> a sign that he's returning russia to an age old model where kremlin and church work together to shore up state power. >> it is impossible to divide russia and orthodox christianty. i don't know what was the first but actually i think the whole basis of russian civilization ization orthodox religious tradition. >> czar nicholas i a country built on three core principles. orthodoxy, authority and nationality. >> the dominican republic is about to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants to haiti. large number of migrants failed to sign up for residency which closed earlier this week. human rights say that the group is prejudice against haitians. we go to santa do to san domingo. >> little haiti. it's where many of haitian descent have settled. she came here 20 years ago to study. i asked why so many come here instead much stay in haiti. >> we came for university and work because there is nothing ther

. >> plus spinning for spiritual inspiration, a religious festival in pakistan. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on not just in this country but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> at your keys president has been casting his ballot. >> desperate people trying to get to europe continue to be plucked out of the mediterranean sea in the thousands. search and rescue teams are scouring international waters between africa and europe. >> british prime minister david cameron called on g7 leaders to show a united front against russian backed aggression in ukraine. leaders are in southern germany for a g7 summit for two days. >> so you had led coalition airstrikes hit an army compound in yemen's capital sanna. houthi rebels say 44 yemeni soldiers have been killed. saudi arabia said the soldiers were linked to houthi rebels. >> saudi-led strikes and the power struggle between the houthis and government in exile are ruining the economy. businesse

he unified two lifes, a spiritual and governmental, military life. >> so a statutee to a collector ofands who happened to be chrissened on crimea's rocky shores built. this easter putin thanked the orthodox church for boosting pat tree on theism a sign he is returning to an age old model where kremlin and church work together to shore upstate power. >> it is impossible to divide russia and orthodox christianity the basis of civilization is a tradition jay orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality. russia today is different from the 1830s. but echos of that statement remain the echoes seem to be getting louder. soy oil the earth has entered it's 6th period of extinction as a result of human activity. a study from the u.s. and mexico found 477 speetsz of vertebrae have disappeared rather than the nine that might have been expected. oil the barbarian line shaumberg's dear and it those that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. the report warns, the process of pollinization by bees could end in three generations. if the current rate of extinction continues, humans quo it be casualties

we also celebrated his exemplary spiritual life of service.be rejoice for, because he is your child. he lives eternally where there is no violence, no pain, and no danger. rejoice that he now lives eternally in the land where every day is a day of unspeakable joy. bless us to remember him as the navigate -- as we navigate life's unpredictable pathways, for if we follow you, we will never walk alone. father in the extended families of the eight other souls to grapple with their grief with their refuge, and their strength. help them to remember, even when the visitors have slacked off and the calls become less frequent, you are still just a prayer away. bless those in the ame church and the broader faith to keep our spiritual arms around them so that we can be strength of consolation and assurance. -- can be instruments of consolation and insurance. so that we can change things for the better. bless our communities, state and world. we have come together in a mighty way to deal with this horrific tragedy. it will keep us together so that we cont

it is a collaboration, telling a war-time story of a young girl's spiritual conversion. there's this vladimir a vast and controversial statute, taking place in the workshop. a powerful church of the unity of orthodox christianity in the state. >> prince vladimir combines two sides, on one side he's a saint, a baptiser of russia. on the other a prince and he symbolized two lives spiritual and government life. >> a statute to a director of lands, christened on the rocky stores, built during the leadership of a man, and returned it to russian rule. this easter vladimir putin thanked the church for boosting patriotism, a sign he's returning to a patriot model. >> it is impossible to divide russia and christianity. >> i don't know what was the first, but the whole basis of russian civilisation is orthodoxy, a rely innous tradition. two centuries ago. defining russia's country was built on three core principles. orthodoxy, autookay rahsy. russia today is different to the russia of the 1830s. ebbing cos of the national stayed remain and appear -- to be getting older. >> dominic

you know, folks are dying every day, both physically and spiritually, because of what we do and whatd in our local communities. our policies and our legislation, our choices of leaders all work together sometimes to deprive the poor and minorities that disinherited, of the opportunity for life more abundantly. amid suffering under the wave of institutional oppression was not lost on senator pinkney. he saw how structural sub ju gatien of people not only took life but how it somehow robbed people of hope. i believe that he grieved for them just as we grieve for him now. and he sought to end and ease their suffering. when too many were concerned about the social and moral stigma associated with hiv or aids, senator pinkney was fighting for more state funding, for medicine for those with hiv. when far too many had been far too comfortable for far too long with poor people paying exorbitant rates to borrow money, senator pinkney advocated for fair lending practices when far too many people were interested in picking a political fight with our president rather than doing what is right for

is evil spiritual. are you saying that evil is biochemical? i think most spiritual counselors would argue it's the former. >> i think you can live on things that are so traumatic that it can have a neurochemical effect on you. i've yet to find anyone do horrific things who didn't live through horrific things and i don't think that's an coincidence. >> geraldo, there was the earlier comment, i'm not going to dignify it by playing it that this blame on the fox new channel, i've watched a lot of incendiary things being said on msnbc, for example, by the reverend al sharpton at freddy's at 125th street on the morton downey, jr. show about the different epithets he's used against gay people and racist comments that i think he's made about building buildings, et cetera. your thoughts about that attack. >> i lament when the state senator talking to bill o'reilly made the wrong-headed dumb ass remark about fox news. where does he get off saying that? there is so much that is valid to report here. number one, that the people are charleston south caroli

two lives, spiritual life and a governmental, military life. so a statute to a collector of lands who happened to be christianed on crimea's rocky shores. built during the leadership of a man who collected crimea and handed it to russian rule. they thanked the church for boosting patriotism. a sign they are returning russia to an age-old model where kremlin and church work together. >> it's impossible to divide russian christianity. i don't know what was the first. the basis of russian civilisation was orthodox. >> nearly two centuries ago russia was defined as a country built on three core principles. orthodoxy, autocracy. russia today is different to the russia of the 1830s. echos of that mission statement remain. they seem to be getting louder. >>> still to come mixing art with politics. we meet artists in myanmar enjoying new freedoms after years of military rule and censorship >>> and hosts chile put on a red-hot performance in the copa america. >> shot dead and the government does nothing. >> they teach you how to eliminate people? >> ya.

. >>> and spiritual inspiration we need one of the many devotees a sustaining a religious festival inhern pakistan. >> from going pro, >> i never know that was really a possibility. >> to becoming president of the us tennis association. >> we're about getting rackets in children's hands... >> building the game... >> ...sky's the limit for growing tennis in america. >> and expanding access to play... >> at the end of the day it's about the kids... >> every tuesday night. >> i lived that character. ♪ ♪ >>> good to have you with us, i am elizabeth in doha. these are the top stories on al jazerra. turkey's elections have delivered a major blow to president erdogan's plan to boost his powers. the ruling a.k.p. is set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in their thing years. and for the first time in turkey's modern history a pro kurdish party has representation in parliament. >>> the european commission president has launched an angry attack on the greek government at the g7 summit in germany. he a accruesed greece of undermining the negotiations over a new term for a bai

>> not to my knowledge. >> so, the public was kind of intrigued by spiritualism at this time? was in the fashion in that regard. >> i suppose so. but i haven't seen any criticism except the only criticism i did find out about was the spiritualists making themselves known to her. she could have done without that. >> danville, virginia, hi, c.b. >> hi. just thank you for taking my call. and i had a comment. i was -- i have a friend that fits in the same mold as jane pierce. we call her a convenient invalid. but i also wanted to comment on the fact that i do arrange for rentals at a local museum and we have a hospice group that is going to be having a workshop for walking people through the process of keeping a journal writing to their deceased ones or their family members that are in hospice care. so i thought it was kind of interesting, that that's something that was done 150 years ago and people are still doing it today. >> thank you so much. would you agree, the convenient invalid? >> yes, that was a very good description. >> before we go to our next video, you mentioned that

his former spiritual adviser officially. he's constantly offering words of advice i suspect.for the white house, joshua dubois. you have such a unique perspective. you have called him deeply faithful called him the comforter in chief. put in perspective what you saw today at the arena. >> jake as a christian, as an a.m.e. as a black person and american, president obama did me and many others very, very proud today. first and foremost he honored reverend/senator pinkney, spoke about what made that man tick and all of the wonderful things about him. but then he pulled back the lens a bit, and gave us a glimpse of where we need to go as a country. finally with his heart overflowing, he spontaneously led the congregation in "amazing grace." we saw an historic moment this afternoon at the college of charleston. it's something i know that the family and this country will never forget. >> i've seen the president give many speeches at black churches. they tend to be similar to what i saw today, except for that moment where he did seem overcome with emotion, with comfort, with a feeli

. >> i'm calling it a spiritual awakening. >> is it a spiritual awakening to sell boys vacuum cleanersspeaks to them. >> how strict should you be? >> your daughters were not allowed to have a sleepover, be in a school play complain about not being in the play. >> hold yourself to a higher standard. >> how do we

it is possible in the spiritual life to show courage when you do something like a pointed decision. but holy people have a long obedience in the same direction. it is a set of habits that result again and again. it is like the rewiring of your own mind in some way. it can't be done in a moment. a man's habit become character. it is the look of the life time. when you do meet people in that category there is a kind of radiance. >> i agree. david, michael, thank you so much. [applause] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to get scheduling use, schedule updates, behind the scene pictures and to like authors and talk to authors. >> we continue with mary piper, author of the middle of everywhere, that examines the lives of refugees who have been relocated in nebraska. >> refugee is a legal definition and it means a person who can not stay in their country of origin because of a danger to themselves or their family. to become a refugee there has to be an adjudication process that allows a certain group of keep to be called such. i just heard on national public radio today there are 39 milli