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Government. on april 28th, 1967, he became a conscientious objector. >> theres a lot of difference fighting in the rain and going to war in vietnam. the intention is to kill, kill, kill, kill, and continue to kill innocent people. >> he knew that that could very well be a career ending moment. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. ali has just refused to be inducted into the united states armed forces. >> ally was immediately stripped of his title by the world boxing association and faces federal prosecu...

Allowing fo u.s. immigration regardless of military status. which meant if you werent down with uncle sams war you could crash with uncle buck. >> tens of thousand of conscientious objectors had a safe haven suddenly. the prime minister of canada, pierre trudeau was so popular at the time he could have beaten beaten richard nixon if pierre had been allowed to run for president. and boy have things not change. now pierres son juft isnt the prime minister of canada. and he is so popular he is actu...

It. >> we did when trump got elected i stayed up to catch the results. >> you were that guy. >> i was like oh. >> you were counting the votes. >> i never underestimated the conservative nature much american politics but i did this time. and my wife and i i said time to hit the road. we had the house on the market in two weeks. >> two weeks. thats serious. >> yeah. i really want to make it clear that my wife and i really worked hard when we were in america. we werent just in there whining. >> you...

[ speaking foreign language ] tell them they cant hug. tell them they cant hug. extremely aggressively. to which i responded no. simply no. as a human being, thats not something that i feel that is appropriate. youre welcome to do it yourself. at that point, she immediately told me, im going to report you to the supervisor and went right over to them without hesitation. these three siblings who are crying, she went right over to them and said -- [ speaking foreign language ] and starts trying to...

That is correct. its not enforced. and there are some outs for the consciou. connell: for the conscientious objector not to have a gun. pete: what would this tell us about the gun debate? what happened in parkland has triggered that some say more guns keep us safer. would that be argument that armed and equipped citizenry properly educated and able to defend themselves? >> actually, i think its when citizens are engage you had, when the community sen is engaged as a whole. and people accept resp...

Im talking about how courts will see this. dont attack me, this is how federal courts will see this as a matter of law. that said, the trump administration, first of all, donald trump mocking a senator for crying? seriously? then i want us to stop -- i wan to circle this word because its frightening. >> betrayed. betrayed the department of justice. >> to suggest someone acting as a conscientious objector to a law that has divided this country would be termed as, quote, betrayed the justice depar...

1936 berlin olympics, there was jessie owen. adolf hitler had planned to use those games as proof of aryan dominance, but instead he was forced to watch as owen took the stand four times. in the 1960s, it was mohammad ali who refused to be drafted into the vietnam war on the grounds of being a conscientious objector. >> they say actually every time i enter the ring, in a way, im going to the war. they say to me daily, you are a prized fighter, whats the difference? and i like to say to those cri...

Theyre very quick to blame the republicans for the invasion. you can say there were mistakes in hindsight. at the time that we were with the threat of everyone saying theres weapons of mass destruction, it was time to go in, they never once mentioned that we pulled out too quickly. theres a lot of problems with isis but theyre not even recognizing isis. >> and in the big picture, too, the sequester has gutted the military. has anyone talked about building up the military? when you talk to the gu...

Needs to de-emphasize social issues, needs to not just talk about gay marriage and abortion. but this secret meeting where he encouraged this woman to continue to discriminate against lgbt couples and then framd her as a conscientious objector, a consciousious objector refuses to serve and then doesnt serve. she refuses to serve certain people. i think it really reveals what goes on with the catholic church under the pope, which is that this de-emphasizing of these social issues is -- i dont wal...

Friends, it was a deep disappointment. but im choosing to not completely throw him away, because he stands so strong for so many other things that matter to me and to millions of people that i love and care about. so im still thinking through it to be honest with you. >> thats a very honest answer. here is what strikes me about this, it is bizarre in certain ways. he made very -- he was very public about what he was choosing to kind of intervene in, in the american political landscape, the bless...