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That he is the number one target for them in that battle against christians. they attacked the church where these coptic pope was actually officiating. they have made their intentions clear. i think this is a huge story. this is the kind of story that ought to be dominating cable news in america. it should be dominating headlines around the world. the press in america should be full of headlines about this. this narrative to me is very straightforward. isis have declared war on christianity. i'm not seeing that being covered enough. >> tucker: no. basically no one is covering it here.t but you...

President trump met with the president of egypt last week on monday, abdel fattah al-sisi. after a busy foreign policy week, he was able to have a call with him and establish a relationship where he said he believes he will be able to address it. with a lot of the soft targets, and you saw the attack in sweden on friday i guess it was. we can't protect ourselves by the only way to help protect ourselves as we go after them. we have to be on offense. >> greg: there was a second attack partially foiled by three police officers who died. cops died. again, the police are always the people who run ...

Killing over two dozen people as people came to celebrate palm sunday. they were waving palm branches. 2,000 people crammed into this cathedral for the celebration. typically you have tight security outside. i have been to these services before, and you have multiple police officers. you have metal detectors. but it seems like there was a lapse in security. and there is a lot of criticism right now of the government, christians saying that they just feel that they are being protected by the police, especially when you have this explosive that is able to sneak inside the church, and then explod...

And the ve-- >> there are 12 million. there are more copts living in cairo than palestinians living in gaza. >> reporter: the coptic pope was among the religious and lay figures who appeared alongside general al sisi. in condemning the post-morsi persecution of christians obama administration spokesmen appear careful always to balance it with displays of concern for muslims. >> we have been concerned and condemned the violence that was perpetrated by the government against peaceful protesters p and we're just as outraged and just as concerned about reports that christian churches have been tor...

Persecution a long time. >> to be a christian in egypt is to have great faith. when i lived there and covered egypt day-to-day, the coptic pope was in prison under mubarak in the gold old -- good old days. we have never seen anything like this violence in my lifetime. >> general, is there anything that can be done, a call to those outside. they are fleeing and don't seem 0 have other options. >> their homes are being targeted and churches being burned. the security forces have to protect the facilities an got to protect these people. interesting what's happening. the muslim brotherhood always ...