Reverend jim wallace. Blessed to be here. I want to get to the book but i want to start with the christianity today editorial calling for President Trumps removal from office. Your reaction, you wrote on sojourners in your editorial this might be a watershed moment for 2020. Why . You know, i came back from the 27 city book tour right in the middle of advent. Which in our tradition is a season of waiting and yearning and longing for christ. Thats what advent means so waiting for christ is what i was thinking coming home and then an editorial appears from christianity today which is a credible magazine. And the editor who i know says that there are moral issues at stake now in the selection. Not just political. But the deeper and the morality of President Trump is what ehes raising and so to me, it was the coming of what this my book was all about, what did jesus say . What did he mean . Did he mean it. So heres this christianity today saying these tradeoffs, the transactional deals we
and they were rallying near the base l settlement in the city of ramallah on sunday . there s increased tension this year after al jazeera journalist sharina actually was shot dead by israeli forces. and they have been defiant messages from alice indians that are rally in the gaza strip. they flew balloons, bearing the names of cities, occupied by israel and 948. nearly 800000 palestinians were driven from their homes in the year that israel was founded. warm up would you heard that? we want to say to this occupation that we will not allow any crime against jerusalem and locks or, or against old palestinian people. but in any foolishness committed by the occupational opened the gates of hell were in the resistance were remains of shield answered. the defense, jerusalem, intellectual and demonstrations, were also held in various american cities in solidarity with palestinians. many protest as there also voiced their anger against the killing of sri in uh, broccoli, pansy calha
when more than 700000 were forcibly expelled or flood their homeland. but now another outrage, the killing of well known and respected al jazeera journalists, sharina, abil o clock. she was shot dead by israeli forces, while working, clearly labeled as press. and then at her funeral, this, ah, many people have many words for this attack from the white house podium, it was a regret the intrusion in intrusion. press secretary gen saki would not go on to condemn the attack. and the president had this to say, i don t know all the detail, but i know it has to be investigated. phyllis bennis was not surprised. well, there s a very consistent pattern here in the u. s. has been for decades. the primary, political, economic, military, strategic backer of israel, and it s among other things been committed to preventing any level of accountability. wow. members of congress have weighed in on twitter, calling it deeply disturbing. unacceptable saying the u. s. must condemn the attack on
you made it very real. i want to thank you very much. julia manchester national politics reporter for the hill and professor jonathan zimmerman. and andrew hartman . thanks so much for being with us today. thank you. your. so what s the bottom line? you thought things couldn t get worse, didn t you? the disagreements about how americans should live their lives. have always been huge and they re not going away. once upon a time, americans literally went to war against each other because they had totally opposite viewpoints on slavery. and they still disagree about waiving the confederate flag a 150 years later. the big question is, will america be white, christian lead nation, or will it shift to a multicultural society with no dominant religion or race? i thought the constitution sorta took care of this stuff, but no. will the u. s. government be more secular or willing to enforce religious based morality. do americans still have a willingness to tolerate those who disagree w
the white house expresses regret, all sorts of condemning the attack during actions few ah, ontario, this is al jazeera life and dough, with our ongoing, extensive coverage of a killing of cherry tree that was lay to lay to rest at mount zion and occupied east jerusalem. 2 days after she was shot dead by israeli forces and an icon on the arab speaking world, we look back at sharon s remarkable career and the legacy she s behind. ah, we begin with a special tribute to our murdered colleague, sharina. she s been laid to rest at the cemetery and occupied east jerusalem. but a funeral procession was disrupted to an israeli forces attacked mourners carrying her casket fronting widespread condemnation. sharin was shot in the head by israeli forces on wednesday morning on, on assignment in janine in occupied west bank, stephanie decker begins our coverage from occupied east jerusalem. o. thousands came to say their goodbyes. many who are feeling the new sharina personally. that s ho