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Israel. . places he is visiting, those are the most important in terms of american foreign policy. what advice do you have for the president? >> first i would like the throw the holy see in tre as one of the important venues. i think that he is going to saudi arabia, israel and the holy see reflects on the deep and legislation cultural aspects and deal with extremism. >> is this, the president is expected to make speech on islam in saudi arabia. are you confident thats a good idea? or will that ...

And i think the problem they have with that, and the d.c. circuit said this, if you take government conduct directed toward others and reframe it as a message directed generally to all people aware of the government conduct, youve both overturned and affect cases like valley forge and eviscerated on standing. this is at least two bridges beyond the catholic league case. >> isnt the doctor an imam, if im not mistaken, of his local -- >> yes. >> its direct to him, isnt it? >> well, the suspension ...

Below. so hawaii has an interest in making sure that its refugee programs, dollars spent are actually able to be used. a flat ban on all refugees, which is what that executive order is, would basically force those dollars to be wasted. with respect to dr. el shiek he, too, has standing with respect to the refugees. his mosque has a refugee in it. he is the imam of the largest mosque in hawaii. for all those reasons, there would be standing. >> does he have standing on u 1152? >> he does. >> if t...

Proceedings below. hawaii has an interest in making sure that its refugee programs and the dollars it spends are able to be used. a flat ban on all refugees which is what that executive order is would basically force those dollars to be wasted. he, too, has standing with respect to the refugees. his mosque has a refugee in it. he is the imam of the largest mosque in hawaii. i think for all of those reasons there would be standing. >> does he have standing on 1152? >> he does because -- >> if we ...

Person so that we can restore confidence in the investigation that you referenced. >> i want to say that you and mam aim klobuchar are on the same page on that but i want to come back to this question because i want to see if its important to you in the sense that if indeed this was done to sametymie an investigation into the presidents campaign, would you view that as improper or does the reason not matter to you? >> no, that would be probmatic. it would be troublesome, and its the kind of info...

While right over here. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, all. thank you. no american should be forced to choose between the dictates of the federal government and the tenets of their faith. as i campaigned across the country, faith leaders explained they were prevented from speaking their minds because of a 1954 rule known as the johnson amendment. i spoke about it a lot. under this rule, if a pastor, priest or imam, speaks about issues of public or political importance, they are ...

There, delia? >> reporter: you know, the pope was invited here by the grand imam of alexad. alexad is the center of learning and teaching for sunni islam. the vatican thinks that it is an important partner in dialogue. they are the ones that give an authoritative interpretation of the koran. they set the curriculum that is taught in schools. and so the pope spoke to them about the importance of education for future generations on a path for peace. and interestingly, at the mass which was with 30...

Armored vehicles in order to be close to the people for this visit. it would be naive to think a 36 hour visit can change the world entirely but the pope is doing his best. he has an agenda. an egyptian priest said he will be candid and say something to the grand imam like -- >> simply to be what he is. simple, open to everyone, but in the same time to say what he thinks. very friendly with the muslims, but also saying there is a problem. >> and shannon, the pope will have lots of meetings with ...

Statistic, the number of people who worked for the government, did that surprise you? and do you think its too high? well, it did surprise me, its an imam -- it also includes teachers, who obviously have worked for government, it includes people who work at hospitals that are operated by the government, when you look at it inning aning ing ning a --- whether some of these things should be done by government or done privately, but i was impressed that such a low percentage of people were doing th...

Saying that all were chosen at random. >> immediately upon that individual seeing the officer, he dove onto the ground and was taken into custody. as he was taken into custody, he yelled allahu akbar. >> the imam of the islamic cultural center of fresno says that cory mohammed is not a member of his congregation and he does not recognize him. according to the police, mohammed also called himself a black jesus. the chief said that on his facebook page, they found posts in which he made antigovern...