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Why did they have books that say george w. bush was still the president? >> we passed the largest increase in educational funding ever in oklahomas history, a 19% increase in the total budget for educational loans which is over 50% of the state budget and we gave our teachers a 15-18% pay increase. if you look at the seven states including oklahoma around our state, weve gone for being the seventh two now second in the region and the highest teacher pay, plus weve had really good benefits for he...

Immigration in the past, that is obviously very, very news worthy. but of course what we should point out when he talks about this caravan of people coming up through latin america, through mexico, that is not something -- that is not a new phenomenon, that is almost a peaceful protest that has been happening over the years that has been hosted by the group, a human rights march in some sense in that it brings -- sheds light on the plight of people in central america, the very difficult conditio...

Take up refugees is another question since obviously germany also has quite a large number of refugees already and this is a very controversial political issue in germany as well so theres no guarantee in fact that germany would take up any of these refugees at the moment thanks so much hans but from our political desk. you are watching news still to come after three years of war and a blockade on food millions of yemenis are living in a desperate situation what are the chances a u.n. donor conf...

At war. are we not in war in northern california right now? tell me. are we not in war in this state right now? the sanctuary cities right now in huntington park are meeting and voting against it. >> jason: thank you, listen. plight of the native americans is a serious one. go to some of the tribal areas and some of these reservation expulses see poverty unlike any other place in this country. i do hope we do address it but i dont think were going to solve it by tearing down this statue. thank y...

Something that haunted the dense since they learned about it the previous summer, the prosecutions mystery witness whwould testify that ryan confess to the crime. her anymore was jennifer crew from iowa. it was the first time the defense would get a look at this person that ryan had allegedly confessed to. and they worried. >> she strolled in wearing a suit, decently done hair, makeup. >> how did this woman who lived 500 miles away from ryan widmer have such a starring role? it turned out she wa...

David to the apostle paul. so we believe that god has raised up this unlikely person who is championing christian values in a way that no other president has and also defending persecuted christians which churches all over the country today are publicizing the plight of persecuted christians. >> so give me an example. thats a pretty bold claim to say that donald trump has championed christian values more than any previous president. weve had republicans like george w. bush who had strong support...

Issue. its not just shirking the responsibility. going back to the civil war people who were racist or less sympathetic to the plight of african-americans would talk about federalism and state rights. this is a local issue. its not for the federal government. our founders decided that the right to life was a federal issue when they put it in our declaration of independence. and so i dont want to hear that anymore. i believe that federalism is important but i dont want that to be carried by racis...

Politician. >> seeing an opportunity to unite eastern and western christians and solidify his place as a leader he calls a gathering together of christians, knights, and townspeop townspeople. >> they were told about the plight of the christians in the east who had had their lands concurred, horrible mutilations of nuns, clergy and pilgrims because of their faith. what urban did, which was very clever, rather than asking them to go and fight for the east, he also asked them to go all the way to ...

>> throughout history, the pope has played an integral role in the ongoing clash of the devout. thousands of years passed, millions of lives lost. but calls to battle and prayers for peace still endure. >> human beings constantly face a challenge of trying to live in peace and harmony with people different from them. weve seen this throughout history. >> the worlds of urban ii and francis are very different, but their plight remains the same. both men are tasked with leading the faithful in a wo...

Than the entirety of our land back but whats at stake here politically. i think thats very important to keep this momentum to keep you know those protests going specially because they have not much to show at the moment in gaza. also they re conciliation with the your rival fatah party has not really materialized the constitution has so far but one has to say is bugger these protests have the support of all the political factions there are also grassroots organizations that are part of this of t...