for that now that was reverend graham once god hagler senior minister of plymouth congressional united church of christ thank you for your time here. things are not looking good for qatar after it seems things are moving towards a resolution the saudis and other golf countries think they have president donald trump support in that secretary of state rex tillerson doesn't represent trump's view that's why his recent visit to the region has been a failure artesia leadership of all of us has more. that was going to wind down in the last few days but now some are saying this could turn ugly the gulf states want to some to get cancer for simple greed jealousy and domestic politics they say greed is to take the country's resources jealousies over cancer winning the world cup and its right to development plus a progressive dimension such as. international universities that the saudis and united arab emirates obviously were given past assurances of support by trump until actually. those now count our support for the palestinians is a big problem for the saudis the u.a.e. mostly for use this saudi lin

this is traci blackmon, executive minister of justice and witness ministries for the united church of christ. >> i happen to know that the people of kentucky will suffer if this health care bill passes. you may be ok, your friends may be ok, but the people who put you in office will suffer because of this bill. it is time to stop calling god by other names when you really want to call god capitalism. amy: the healthcare fight came as a new investigation by the guardian reveals tobacco companies have attained unprecedented influence in washington since the trump administration came to power. the guardian reports politicians with deep ties to the tobacco industry now head much of trump's cabinet and the senate, even as tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death. french president emmanuel macron welcomed president donald trump to paris thursday, saying he was prepared to set aside differences over the paris climate accord in order to work together on other issues. >> i disagree with the way the paris agreement is being interpreted by the u.s. we talked about this disagree

paul united church of christ. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> another public meetings happening over basketball hoops taken down in an allentown park. we told you last week the mayor decided to get rid of all but one of the hoops in the park. the mayor responding to complaints about people trashing the park and blasting music late at night. but wrereck leagues who play th just want the hoops back. we'll have an update at 11:00. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is firing back at assembly speaker over how to pay furloughed state workers. the governor sent a letter to him today. the speaker wanted the governor to use his authority to pay workers forced to stay home when he closed state parks last week. he's not within his powers to do that. he called the request unlawful. and within the last few minute, he offered up this response to the governor. it reads in part, at least he stepped with from his audition to spend a few minutes doing his actual job. the past two days the governor has appeared on a sports ra

was joined by reverend green one scott have learned senior minister of plymouth congressional united church of christ and i asked him should police departments do away with internal investigations the reality is that that's the standard that something has to be so agreed just in order for them not to be justified that's the sort of bias towards police officers and as you can see right here in this in this case and decatur georgia. he's not some doing her he's beating her there's a difference right he's not subduing her to handcuff her or to arrest her he's beating her before the arrest because you can see that he repeatedly beats her and beats her and what would be characterized as resistance is only human reaction of somebody trying to defend themselves from somebody who's mercilessly beating them and that's what's going on in this videotape of that he's not doing he's beating being the person right and you can also hear in the video people don't resist just lay there but natural way if you're getting hit by a baton you're not just going to lay still and like you've said these internal inv

but one to be of fundamental human rights and have those doctors who are:pastors a united church of christ over 32 years they fled the ministry and the liberation of all god's people and to be holistic lee involved in ended january organizing a the ceremony to bless one of the newest planned parenthood clinics in washington d.c. [applause] [cheers and applause] so it in the current political environment so those that are anti-choice anti-women are bent on stripping away women's rights and is dr. parker tells us we should recognize so woman's moral right. so with that what are the of threats against reproductive rights in this environ?. >> thanks for coming and i hope you recognize the breadth of expertise at this table we have health and politics and religion and then to monitor that and i will let her give you the way of the land. >> it is an honor to be on this panel. so i would be remiss with four women around this country and i of from the states of texas i'd like to say we are ground zero i cannot say anti-choice. so now there is day competition so now this is day nationwide recogniti

but not least, we have reverend chris and denise, who are co- pastors of the covenant baptist united church of christ in washington, d.c. for 32 years that have led the ministry that brings forth both spiritual and physical liberation of god's people. there holistically involved. in january, the reverend and doctor organized a ceremony involving other faith leaders and community folk that blessed one of the newest parenthood clinics in weston, d.c. let's start with a round of applause. [applause] >> before we get started, i think we should conversation in the current political environment, which we see that these hardline folks that are antichoice, anti- women are bent on chipping away on women's rights. what doctor parker tells us in his new book is that we should recognize a woman's moral right of choice is to determine the course of their lives. so with that, let's start with the theme of the fierce urgency of now, what are the threats against reproductive rights in this new political environment? >> first of all, thank you all for coming. i hope you recognize the breath of expertise at

and had the opportunity to worship at the holman united methodist church. >> the world renowned. >> my> he's there for years. >> yes, yes, yes, reverend kelvin is really holding it down and doing tremendous work in the community and very supportive of the work ifco is doing. we're trying to identify progressive pcongregations to find ways to keep this work going but there are, you know, i can list some of the names of the folks that are continuing to do this work in different parts of the u.s. so i believe they are there but it's a continuous challenge and i talked to them, particularly the clergy and say where are the young, you know, faith leaders? because it's real important think for us to continue to do this work head on and we continue to do the work we do as people of faith and people of conscience. >> quick footnote before i go on to continue our conversation about the trip to cuba. she said home, i get excited quickly because to her point, it's a very, very well-known and popular church. very well-known and highly regarded church in the city. it is the church pastored for many

this is traci blackmon, executive minister of justice and witness ministries for the united church of christ. fromam coming here today the bedside of a dear friend's sick daughter who would not likely still be among's if it were not for the affordable care act. i am black and she is white, but that does not matter because the need for health care transcends skin tone. she is jewish and i am christian, but that doesn't matter because the need for health care transcendshe just believe. i was able to be at her bedside because the aca guaranteed that needing a a heart transplantedet maintainin her from gettiting coverage because of lifetime limits. amy: then around 2:30 p.m. as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell asked for a vote to proceed to a debate on the health care bill on tuesday, 19 activists were a arrested in the sesenate chahamber, as they shod "kill the billll! kikill thehe bill!" " >> kill these bill! kill this bill! restoreant of arms will order in the chamber. >> shame! shame! amy: reporters say they were ordered by capitol police to delete photos and videos of the arres

in chicago it starts this saturday at 2:00 at unite -- at the lincoln united methodist church. the road ahead isn't going to be very easy, but we have fought hard to win victories for our country. and for the dreamers who are the leading edge of our movement to make immigration legal again in this country. now is the time we need your help to protect families and communities and do what is right. and we cannot do it alone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speakerer i rise today to speak about the american craftsmanship as the white house celebrates made in america week. american entrepreneurs, workers, farmers, and inknow veterans day tors have built this country and drive our economy. they are the heart of this nation and they ensure that the made in the u.s.a. label means quality and value, which is something we treasure. pennsylvania has a rich history of being a manufacturing leader, especially our storied pennsylvania steel. the

usually marked by a turkey dinner, finance meeting and exchanging of family momentos at the united methodist church. this year, however, family members will travel back to the original homestead to be together. mr. speaker, i am grateful to be a descendent of the family. this is but one example of the strong immigrant tradition in this country that continues to be one of our greatest strengths as a nation as much a strength today as in the middle of the 18th century. i am honored to share this milestone with colleagues in the united states house of representatives and with the american people. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. every time i visit israel i have such mixed feelings. it's a land of positive opportunities surrounded by intractable controversies. the big question looming is how to achieve a two-state solution for the israelis and the palestinians with appropriate integrity so it is actually separate countries. th

church and state. from today's "washington journal", it is a half hour. >> we welcome back to our desk the executive director of american united for separation of church and state. there was a case in missouri i was closely watched by your group. remind us about this dispute over a playground that ended up in the supreme court. >> it was a dispute over a playground that was owned and controlled and called a ministry and mission of the lutheran church the question was in this program that was used to replace dangerous pebbles on playgrounds with a rubberized use of scrap tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this playground. although it was called the playground case, for many of us it's a lot more significant because it really raises the question, can the united states supreme court order states that want to protect the conscience of its people and its own treasury against restricting funds to churches, can they be ordered to be included in a program that's available to other people? the supreme court majority said yes. no problem with that, justice soda mayo

organization if it wants to be a political organization then let's find shouldn't expect the united kingdom church to pay for it it needs to raise its own revenue if it wants to do that if it wants to be a voice of the nation then you know we can do show not while it's it's a political organization and this is the b.b.c. reacted by saying the promise is not a political platform adding that it's the artist's right to speak to an audience and that it was a personal artistic decision is what people in london made of it. salta politics just go with it is it that's what they're there for not paying for people to keep their own nice. leader a large issue people trusted this is important so here you know we are in a society where everyone is entitled to their own opinions and you are making decisions without carrying the people of the country along with you we shouldn't have politics mixed in with the with the problems it's a it's an institution voices we have our music right people run the voice they've used it's a country where you can. only hear back i don't really want to tell me that's why i actuall

with news and you.y issues that impact coming up thursday morning, barry lyinn for american's unite ed for church and state will talk about the issues. and real clear politics tom bevpb will talk about the political consequences of repealing obamacare. also research fellow bruce clinger talks about the nuclear threats. be sure to watch "washington ed for church and state will talk about the journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >>>> thursday at 7 p.m. eastern, join american history tv for a tour of the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. the museum's president and ceo michael quine and the exhibition's vice president scott stevenson will introduce artifacts and exhibits throughout the museum, including george washington's war tent and a piece of the old northbridge. hear stories about the american revolution and you can participate in the live program with your phone calls and tweets. tv, liverican history from the museum of the american revolution thursday starting at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. up tonight on. c-span, and arizona supreme court justic

united states. a uniquelic church is global network, overseeing the world's second-largest international aid organization, operating 25% of the world health care facilities, and administrating -- and ministering to millions around the world. as global leaders, the united states and the vatican must continue to work closely to advance our shared values of human dignity and freedom. this can only happen if we maintain and build upon a strong foundation of trust and mutual communication. confirmed, i will continue this vital united states and the world. i understand how the united states and the holy sea can act as a worm wide forceld wide force for good when we work together. several years ago i had the honor of producing a documentary film entitled "nine days that changed the world". it chronicled the historic visit to poland in 1979. producing this film required ubstantial work with key church leaders and other understand how the united states and the holy sea can act experts in the united states, poland and the vatican. this film has been well received by the catholic church and is usedreligious program

post-industrial utica, new york, upstate, downtrodden, and, in the heart of downtown, where the united methodist churchd to be, a thriving mosque. in the world beyond utica, the tide of refugees rises, the fear of foreigners swells. muslim terrorists, real and imagined, haunt us. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: president trump's calls for even a partial muslim ban were repeatedly rebuffed in court, but the supreme court has now let some of it stand until it considers the ban's legality this fall. but when we asked utica mayor robert palmieri if the city would be willing to resettle syrian refugees? >> i would say, absolutely, we would be, because utica starts with you. it's as simple as that. >> reporter: there's the humanitarian aspect, of course, america's historic promise to extend a hand to huddled masses yearning to breathe free. but utica likes the economics. >> they're willing to work and they work extremely hard. it's the rebound for ou

producing this film required substantial work with key church leaders and other experts in the united states, poland and the vatican. this film has been well received by the catholic church and is usedreligious programs throughout the united states. this is an example of the powerful role the vatican plays in international affairs. recently i produced another documentary film entitled" divine mercy." these projects along with my decades long membership, have given me the opportunities to build relationships with many church members, clergy and religious scholars. these have instilled in my the highest respect for the holy sea, a deep appreciation for the responsibility of this post and confidence that the united states/vatican bilateral relationship is a force for good and one that cannot be ignored. as a lifelong catholic, business owner, documentary film maker, author and former public servant, i am profoundly humbled at the prospect of serving my country as the united states ambassador to the holy sea. if confirmed i will work diligently to develop even stronger ties between the un

united states, poland, and the vatican. this film has been well received by the catholic church. and is used in religious education programs throughout the united states. most importantly, this film is a powerful example of the invaluable role the vatican plays in international affairs. recently, i produced another documentary film entitled divine mercy, these projects have given me the opportunity to build relationships with many church leaders, clergy and religious scholars. these experiences have instilled in me the highest respect for the holy see. a deep appreciation for the responsibility of this post and confidence that the united states vatican bilateral relationship is a force for good and one that cannot be ignored. as a lifelong catholic, business owner, documentary filmmaker, author and foreign public servant i am profoundly humbled to be asked to serve my country. if confirmed i will work tirelessly to improve relations between the united states and the vatican and the holy see. i would be pleased to answer any questions you may have. thank you. >> thank you mrs. ging

united states, poland, and the vatican. greatlym has been received by the catholic church and is used in education programs rep the united states. most important, this film is a powerful example of the invaluable role the attic and plays in international affairs. another a produced documentary film entitled "divine mercy: d canonization of john paul the second." these projects, along with my decade-long membership in the choir of the basilica of the shrine of the immaculate conception have given me the intercommunity to build relationships with church leaders, clergy, and religious scholars. these experiences have instilled in me the highest respect for holy cities. and confidence that the united states vatican i o relationship is a force for good and one that cannot be ignored. a lifelong catholic, business owner, documentary filmmaker, public and former servant, i am profoundly humbled at the prospect of serving my country as the united states ambassador to the holy city. i will work diligently to develop it even stronger ties between the united states and the holy city. mr. ranking member and members of the committee, i appr

speaker, this past saturday i was a guest at lincoln united methodist church in chicago where we had an emergency meeting to discuss how we would defend daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals initiative, started five years ago. daca has allowed nearly 800,000 dreamers, immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children and grew up here, to work and live here if they meet certain requirements, go through a background check, and renew their applications periodically. now republicans led by the governor of texas plan to sue the president if he doesn't rescind daca. given this president and his opinion of mexicans, latino, and immigrants, we're not expecting the president to put up much of a fight. so, for a few weeks now i have been telling people to prepare for the end of daca. maybe as soon as september. you can watch the speech on facebook or you tube, and a lot of trump supporters got angry at what i said. they didn't take the time to watch or listen to my speech. no, they got fired up by breitbart, the only publication i can count on to cover everything i said. they said

dramatic united states knows the game versos credit for milestones from the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement in 2005 to the declaration of independence. we know over decades we have seen church leaders in the united states and people from the right and left to t support those to make it a cause is. so what we see now with the lack of attention is depressing with the idea to abdicate the role of the historic leadership to say it is only theas responsibility of the parties on the ground is something we should challenge actively the specially for in the room working on these issues. next, not just the united states but the united nations with the biggest peacekeeping force on the planet and we also have the african union. the most dangerous place in the world famine, civil war viet these bodies and institutions whose main job it is to make sure they are intervening appropriately calling countries and leaders and individuals with the wrongs they are committing have basically also step back to say we will provide assistance or protection but because of the issues of sovereignty or complexities we are stepping back so we see waiting people to take action. so when we look at humani

this fire is right next to the antioch united methodist church., the flames came within a few feet of the church structure. investigators are investigating these fires as suspicious because they happened so close together and within an hour of each other. so far, we have not received any suspect descriptions. reporting live in antioch, kron4 news. ( tiffany ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) breaking news we are following this morning... hundreds of homes are being threatened by a wildfire that has now destroyed more than 25- thousand acres in mariposa county...near yosemite. the fire is just 5-percent contained.( tiffany ) more than 2-thousand people have been forced from their homes in the town of mariposa. governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency for mariposa county.( darya ) so far 8 buildings have been destroyed. at least 15-hundred homes are still being threatened this morning. tom miller has the latest on the firefighting efforts. a sea of flames dances on the ridgeline threatening t

united states. cnn head quarters in atlanta, i'm rosemary church. >> i'm george howell. newsroom starts right now. >> wherever you're joining us from around the world, good day to you. this week marks six months that the u.s. president donald trump has been in office. >> allegations of russian meddling and last year's election continue to overshadow his administration. in a new washington post abc news poll a majority of americans say they believe russia tried to influence the race. the president's popularity has also plummeted in that poll. he has the worst approval rating of any u.s. president in about 70 years. just three months ago 62% of americans approve of the job president trump is doing. that is now 36%. his his disapproval rating is 58%. >> president trump said that is not bad and also defended his son's meeting. he tweeted hillary clinton can illegally get the questions to debates and delete 33,000 e-mails but my son is being soer being scorned by the fake news media. he said there was nothing wrong with the meeting and suggested that the secret service vetted

that impact too, coming up on thursday morning very lynn executive director of americans united for separation of churchand state will talk about the supreme court handling between issues of the church and state. real clear politics will discuss the political consequence of the political effort to repeal obama care. bruce klinger will talk about the north korean nuclear threat. watch "washington journal", live seven eastern on thursday morning. join the discussion. >> president trump arrived in warsaw poland's wednesday night local time before heading to the g20 summit in hamburg, germany. thursday, he will give a speech in the krasinski square. you can see 11 c-span2 at 7:10 a.m. eastern. >> thursday at 7:00 p.m. eastern joined american history to be for a live tour of the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. the president ceo, michael quinn and collections vice president scott stevenson will introduce artifacts and exhibits throughout the museum including george washington's war tent and a piece of the old north ridge from the battle of concord. here stories of the american revolution an

coming up thursday morning, barry lynn executive director of the americas united for the separation of church and state will talk about supreme court handling between church and state. then tom devon will address the clinical consequences of the effort to repeal obama care. watch c-span's "washington journal", live at 7:00 a.m. thursday morning. join the discussion. >> thursday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, join american history tv for a live tour with the museum of american revolution in philadelphia. the museums president ceo, michael quinn and collections and exhibitions vice president scott stevenson will introduce artifacts and -- throughout the museum. also piece of the northbridge from the battle of concorde. her stories about the american revolution and you can participate in the lie program with your phone calls and tweets. watch american history tv, live from the museum of american revolution, thursday starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span three. saturday the p.m. eastern on lectures in history. university of washington professor wil

coming up, the executive director of americans united for separation of church and state will talk about the supreme court's handling of issues between church and state. tom bevan will discuss the political consequences of the republican efforts to repeal the obamacare. bruce klinger discussing north korea's missile test and nuclear threat. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> now i look at freedom of speech on college campuses with a group of professors and offers. this from a two day conference called "finding meaning in america." >> good afternoon and welcome back to our conference on a worthy life: finding meaning in america. we have a very distinguished group of

of executive director americans united for separation of church and state judge will talk about the supreme court's handling of issues -- and thetics, will discuss consequences of a republican effort to repeal of obamacare. senior research fellow blues -- last month justice clint bolick of the arizona supreme court talked about his interpretation of the interpretation of the missile tests. pictured sure to watch expense washington journal, thursday morning -- join -- justice bolick: thank you so much. and welcome and thanks to each and every one of you. i was not going to start out with this anecdote but when i heard the very strong round of applause for and colder, i thought i would begin -- for ann coulter, i thought i would begin with a brief anecdote about ann who i've known for many, many years. and uii might not be here tonight if ann had not made a different decision careerwise

pastor lester williams knows the reality of life in this neighborhood many of his church followers sell their plasma. to united one that. would i guess you know war is legal so i will probably get it does when people decide to do that but what is strange is that the companies they continue to call this a donation. but which is a donation way when you pay someone is not a dotage. there's no free desolate donation should be should be free of until they do exploiting exploiting people who are in whatever conditions he is economically. and actually now to do a nation to actually pay him for not in charge of the us in charge in switzerland for the pleasant and so make your money on it and both ways you know the little good to giving to these people is not very much. in cleveland all the market leaders are represented to see south poles. we also find octo pharma the swiss company which produces tamara's drug. like that to. the end of the bull market goes there twice a week to sell its plasma. budget right now where a month for thirty two bucks for red forty five dollars for a full fifty dollars a month and i'm sure

saudi arabia, united arab term it's particulate ——. venezuela's catholic church have the constitution rewritten, saying it will turn the country into a military dictatorship. he ordered the establishment of the constituent assembly in may as a protest against his government was gathering. hundreds of migrants are camping in dunkirk in north france trying to make their way to the uk. more and more are arriving each day. the new government of emmanuel macron has vowed not to open a formal centre. but as lucy williamson reports from dunkirk, pressure is growing to provide some form of assistance. scarlett has lived in france for all of her six weeks of life. she has never been inside a house, never slept in a crib. she only has bugs in the nearby river. her parents and two sisters arrived in dunkirk four months ago after travelling from iraq. they said there was no chance for new families year. nothing. it is difficult for me. i am looking at my is difficult for me. i am looking at b, is difficult for me. i am looking at y is difficult for me. i am looking at my bab

united states? >> we are a sanctuary church. we have two people from guatemala.mber the colin powell's pottery barn rule? this young mother and her son were born into a country that had been destabilized and as an american, i feel like i'm partially responsible for that. to give her sanctuary. >> tucker: guatemala had a crew backed by the united state united states, probably what you are referring to. germany and japan, in effect, we orchestrated crew is in those country. they don't have sky hybrid rates. i don't understand -- u.s. was much more involved in germany and japan. those are not a mess. how do you prove guatemala's foreign policies are a result of u.s. foreign policy? >> i'm just a presbyterian minister. in austin, texas. i had a family come and ask her sanctuary. our church is a democracy. we all voted on that. because i knew the story down there, i didn't feel her story started when she got to our boundary. i'm not a political scientist. i did not feel like, as a christian, that i could close the door under those terms. >> tucker: i respect that in s

however i think we have to realize the church is taking it seriously. certainly in the united everything about the way the church handles it has changed, so i think we will see that continue to happen now. >> father beck and michael, we appreciate you both being here. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >>> severe flash flooding causing state of emergencies. our meteorologist allison chinchar has more what we can expect. where is the threat? >> into the northeast today. the last thing they need on top of the flooding rains yesterday is more rain. we will detail that coming up. (work sfx) it's not just a car, it's your daily retreat. the es and es hybrid. lease the 2017 es 350 for $329 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,... isn't it time to let the real you shine through? maybe it's time for otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months,... with reduced redness,... thickn

we know that over decades, we have seen church leaders in the united states and we have seen people from the right and left come together to actually support the people of south sudan and make it a cause that has been a very american cause. what we are seeing now with the lack of attention i think is frankly depressing. and the idea of advocating the role of us historic leadership to basically saying it is only the responsibility of the parties on the ground, is something we should challenge i think actively. especially for folks in this room working on this issue. next, travis mentioned the fact that it is not just the united states. we have the united nations. again, the biggest peacekeeping force on the planet. and we have also that the african union. again, the most dangerous place in the wealthy humanitarian assistance, famine, a civil war. and yet, these bodies and these institutions whose main job it is to make sure that they are intervening appropriately and actually calling countries and leaders an individual, the wrongs that they are committing have basically also stepped back

person, whether you kill or preserve life, we're all going home as they say in the united states in our african-american churcheshelmut kohl. so sleep well, my friend. the greatest gift you left us is the lessons that the thing that matters most in life is what we leave our children, the freedom, the peace, the security to build their own prosperity, to chase their own dreams and to believe they can be very big while lifting up, not tearing down. you've done a good job with your life. and those of us who shared it loved you for it. thank you. [ applause ]. >> thank you, mr. president. >> translator: i call upon dmitri medvediv to say a few words of farewell. >> translator: today we bid farewell to helmut kohl. the person not just the architect of the reunification of germany but also the architect of united europe. and to be more straightforward -- only too well the danger of confrontation and the value of peace. this allowed yesterday's enemies to start building relations together based on mutual respect and equality. helmut kohl personally did a lot so our relations should be the most successful, the best in h

revolting against both the throne and the altar or could they destroyed the catholic church and the monarchy. in the united states the revolution was back by the church, many of the leading churches, certainly presbyterians and instead of destroying institution, our revolution claimed the institution the english left us for our own, but he cites montesquieu, but it's not evident that he read in-depth. burke was the purchase he mentioned most and was particularly the british historian. he kept a log of verbal and he read. there is one reference to o'neill and that's it. yes, sir? >> i'm going to push back a bit. >> good. >> they have not yet you will get in on the way out. as a card-carrying liberal internationalist i went to push back and bizarrely enough going to defend the bush doctrine and defend the obama doctrine as you put it as one of the same because it strikes me that one of the major critiques that our students and i think the general public has about wilson, limited wilson-- when they think of wilson they often times associate with failure because he did not achieve the world wanted. he did not

so the publish meant not just put it in -- but they did that, across the united states, in squares, on churchand it was that act of affirmation by the american people more generally celebrating themselves into existence in a way that made it real. they had the war to finish as well, but -- >> this was an interesting thing i read about, the pennsylvania evening post, the first to print the declaration of independence, on july 6th. that's not how a lot of colonists found out about independence and you touched on that. it was in the squares, word of mouth. >> right. well, you know, the official document that we see at the national archives, beautiful parchment and calligraphy, beforehand, putting it into print was important, so broad sides, newspapers, that's the way some people found out about it, but it really meant, it is meant to be read out loud. so, you know, that's the way that people not only heard about it, read it, but celebrated it in public with each other, which was really a powerful political, you know, occurrence. >> let's talk about the transition of celebrations. i feel like i h

united states citizens. pastor juan's wife and daughter are keeping the small church running without him. three weeks ago when juan went for the regular immigration appointment, he was detained and moved to the ice facility. his fa h he was applying to be a legal resident. he has no criminal record but trespassing charge that was dismissed caused him to be apprehended. >> it's difficult. i want to cry all the time. i am trying to be strong to hold my emotions in. >> it's hard for me, my family. i say sorry to the constitution of this country. >> consider this. that is the couple's 21-year- old son serving in the united states air force. >>> major drama and shake up at the white house today. embattled press secretary sean spicer announced his regular signature nation and a new communication directors was brought in to deliver president trump's messages. weijia jiang has more on the developments. >> reporter: the white house briefing room was more ch as usual as reporters learned sean spicer has resigned. the new press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders read a statement from president trump.

exemptions and exceptions for churches and most churches and other religious institutions in this country happened to be christian. i do think americans united is absolutely clear, we are equal opportunity complacence -- complaintents. when a high school in california wanted students to memorize passages from the koran, we were virtually alone in saying, you can't do that. imagine if a public school in alabama said, we want you to memorize prayers from the christian bible and come back and repeat them the next day, everybody would have been distressed. libertarian, we do this, we have complained about making adjustments to bathrooms in order to put in muslim foot baths in public universities, we objected to a teacher who was denigrating a student because he had a belief in the bible. teachers should not have opinions about the correctness of religion. they've got enough work to do teaching geography, teaching well the subjects that are outside of the ambit of promotional religion. host: we started with a supreme court case just decided. you mentioned other cases involving religion coming up. what are you watching? guest: i'm watching a case

church? >> i say i accept your moral authority. in the unitedisions, the courts rule on what is in the constitution and we live by that. that's what i say. >> you don't live by it. because you don't accept it. you can't accept it. you can't accept it. >> let me go back to matters of the law and running for president because matter of the law, and that's what i'm talking about and this is the difficult position you have placed yourself in. by saying you are pro life you want to ban abortion. how do you ban abortion without some kind of sanction? then you get into a tricky question about sanction. a fine on human life, what you call murder, a fine for a woman who finds herself pregnant. >> it will have to be determined. >> how about a guy that gets a woman pregnant, is he responsible for an abortion under the law? or he is not? >> it has different feelings, different people. i would say no. >> all right. well, you know, they're usually involved. >> when we return, let me finish with trump watch. you're watching "hardball, a special edition, 20 yea

church? >> i say i accept your moral authority. and the unitede decisions, the courts rule on what's in the constitution and we live by that. that's what i say. >> yeah, but you don't live by it because you don't accept it. you can't accept it. you can't accept it. >> can we go back to matters of the law .running for president. matters of the law, what i'm talking about, and this is the difficult position you placed yourself in. by saying you're pro life, you want to ban abortion. how do you ban abortion without some kind of a sanction. then you get into a tricky question if it's sanctioned. a fine on human life, which you call murder. a fine. imprisonment for a young woman who finds herself pregnant. >> with it will have to be derld. >> what about the guy that gets her pregnant, is he responsible for the abortion under these decisions? >> different feelings, different people. i would say no. >> well, they're usually involved. when we return, let me finish with trump watch. you're watching hardball, a special edition, 20 years of trump. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ b

coming up, the executive director of americans united for separation of church and state will talk about the supreme court's handling of issues between church and state. tom bevan will discuss the political consequences of the republican efforts to repeal the obamacare. bruce klinger discussing north korea's missile test and nuclear threat. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> now i look at freedom of speech on college campuses with a group of professors and offers. this from a two day conference called "finding meaning in america." >> good afternoon and welcome back to our conference on a worthy life: finding meaning in america. we have a very distinguished group of panelists to adjust the question. i want to begin with a personal testimony of my own and an expression of gratitude. we will be discussing pathologies, undeniable pathologies, that exist in american higher education these days. compromising of academic freedom violations of core principles of freedom of speech, the lack of viewpoint diversity, the phenomenon of tryin