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Americas Newsroom

question put to the university president yesterday is from the river to the sea, anti-semitic. she wouldn't answer that. campus anti-semitism is not the only anti-semitism we're seeing in america and excited to have someone coming up later this hour, speaking at a genocide conference about the uighurs but he is here to talk to us about anti-semitism as well. >> bill: one thing that has become issue, this is the issue for the far left. president trump will be back in court in a matter of minutes. jury selection resumes minutes from now. day three, they have seven seated, need five more and six alternates. we'll see how far they get to date. updates on that. >> vote no and put that money back in our settlement funds. we need that money in my neighborhood. >> put a million dollars in one

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Americas Newsroom

iditarod -- idol. we need not to be scared here in this country of a bunch of people burning the flag, screaming all sorts of craziness. they want us to be afraid. if we are afraid we let them win. >> dana: tell us about the conference you are at now talking about the uighurs and the plight of those people. >> of course. while being unafraid of people who hide behind masks and by the way, isn't it time for the city and state to re-examine that masking law now post covid to make sure we don't have people screaming things from behind the safety of a mask. now that we know what we need to do, which is not respond with fear, be brave and live our lives and do the right thing, passover is coming up to celebrate freedom. we need to celebrate freedom. fighting for free doom for those who don't have it. our primary human rights mission right now that we're focused on

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CHINA - RUSSIA The Uyghurs and Siberia, victims of colonialism

For poet Aziz Isa Elkun - an exile in London - 'it is important to talk about Xinjiang, and the problem is not the Muslim faith, it is human rights'. The Uyghurs want to live as free as their Kazakh or Uzbek 'cousins', and do not recognise China's right to ownership of their soul and identity.

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BBC News

of russia in its war in ukraine. london has also voiced concerns about china's crackdown in hong kong and its ongoing treatment of the uighurs. and then there are accusations that china is spying on the west. stephen mcdonell has more from beijing. even after five years because relations between the chinese government and western nations are certainly not smooth, you would expect at least some level of tensions when the uk foreign secretary sits down with his chinese counterpart. these are also not smooth waters to navigate forjames cleverly because there are backbench and in his own party who do not want him here in the first place, they would argue the chinese government is now beyond the point of no return when it comes to authoritarianism, so they want more so—called decoupling. that

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Newsday

are very confident _ resolve it very very quickly so we are very confident on _ resolve it very very quickly so we are very confident on that. - resolve it very very quickly so we are very confident on that. ii. - resolve it very very quickly so we are very confident on that. a review is now being _ are very confident on that. a review is now being carried _ are very confident on that. a review is now being carried out, _ is now being carried out, under preliminary report is to be presented to the transport secretary on monday, it'll be days before things get completely back to normal though, as well as causing misery for those whose holidays and flights have been cancelled this will be a costly and frustrating episode for airlines. it's not the way the industry or passengers wanted the summer to end. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, has travelled to bejing, the first such visit in more than five years. trade between the two countries is likely to top the agenda — but there are other thorny issues to discuss. britain is unhappy over china's growing military support of russia in its war in ukraine. london has also voiced concerns about china's crackdown in hong kong and its ongoing treatment of the uighurs. and then there are accusations that china is spying on the west. stephen mcdonell has more from beijing. the governments of britain and china

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Morning Joe

if i see it, i am very upset. i'll cry for myself. >> reporter: more than 50,000 uighurs have sought refuge in turkey, but they haven't escaped their fear of china. a new report obtained by nbc news documents disturbing efforts by china to target exiled uighurs. we have your father and sister. you'll never see them again if you don't collaborate with us, the report says one anonymous victim was hold. the report by safeguard defenders, a nonprofit human rights group, highly critical of the chinese government, describes cases like jevlan, living in turkey, who says his family was forced to call him from china and urged him not to speak up on human rights. when you got that phone call, did you believe that they were speaking -- >> i know that the phone call is belong to the chinese department. >> reporter: this man is a victim himself. how many of your friends and relatives have been imprisoned?

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Morning Joe

many ways with china for the american perspective, and i think that is an important question that people should be asking there. >> it is the difference between freedom and tyranny. keir simmons, thank you so much. we greatly appreciate it. jackie, really quickly, you look at the uighurs. you look at the crackdown on a hong kong. you look at the crackdown on political freedom, religious freedom under xi the last several years, the crackdown on the most successful entrepreneurs, going after jack ma and several others. it seems like it is one self-inflicted wound after another by the chinese, on the chinese. >> this is what you'd imagine the 2024 republican candidates to all be talking about right now. actually, the biden administration just leveled more sanctions against some of the companies that are utilizing forced labor of the uighurs in china, which has actually created a little bit of a problem for our supply chain, as biden is trying to push everyone

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NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt

china to allegedly target exiled uighurs. "we have your father and sister. you'll never see them again if you don't collaborate with us," the report says one anonymous victim was told. the report by safeguard defenders, a nonprofit human rights group highly critical of the chinese governmeescribes cases like this man, living in turkey, who says his family was forced to call him from china and urged him not to speak up on human rights. when you got that phone call, did you believe that they were speaking? >> i know that the phone call belong to the china political party. >> reporter: the chinese embassy in washington tells nbc news that china is ruled by law. it can't be accused of torture, persecution, or arbitrary detention against uighurs. it's not about human rights, ethnicity or religion, but about fighting violence, terrorism, and separatism. meanwhile, a u.n. appeal is delaying an's edition to china, for now. lester? >> keir simmons, thank you. up next, we talk

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NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt

idris hassam is in a prison in more rocco. his wife and young daughter thousands of miles away in turkey, listening to our phone call as he tells us about his two-year nightmare. >> sometimes there is -- i cannot breathe. >> reporter: hassam was arrested by moroccan authorities, wanted by china under an interpol red notice, which interpol confirms has since been dropped. he is a member of the mostly muslim uighur minority from china. the chinese government accused by the u.s. of committing genocide against uighurs. while in exile, hassam caed against treatment. china cathat terrorisd wants he says he is innocent, and now his wife and three children live in fear. you must miss them. >> i miss very, very much my family. i have picture of my family. i cannot see this picture. if i see this picture, i am very upset. i am crying for myself. >> reporter: tonight, a new report obtained exclusively by nbc news documents disturbing efforts by

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Morning Joe

during your presidency about human rights issues with the uighurs and others? >> china heard our message, and china will continue to hear the message of concern. how they treat the uighur population. they've been very, very vocal, clear on the security council, and we will continue to raise that issue. >> ambassador linda thomas-greenfield, president for this month of the united nations security council, thanks for being here today. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. house republicans continue their search for any proof at all tying president joe biden to his son hunter's business dealings, but the latest witness fails to provide new evidence. congressman dan goldman of new york was in yesterday's closed door meeting, and he joins us next on "morning joe." ...to workouts... ...and new adventures. you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis

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