for each of us to practice our faith reading it s not just judaism that s under attack. we all observed christians under threat in the middle east. and other parts of the world as well. at some length about in china how persecuting over 1 million muslims. the trump administration of violators of religious freedom around the world are currently including china, iran, north korea, saudi arabia. looking ahead 2020, they are still working on a new policy they said would make america foreign aid with how they treat their religious minorities. critics say it s just another political gambit, to appease the president evangelical base. mike: gillian turner, thank you very much. the rise in the middle east between iran and the united states, the authorized military strikes in response to a rocket attack from the iranian backed iraqi militia that killed an american contractor.