Subsequent whistleblower complaint. At 9 30 a. M. , Family Research Council Center for religious freedom policies. Ravis weber host good morning. It is tuesday, september 24, 2019. President trump is in new york city where he will address the United Nations General Assembly. President trump became the First American president to convene a meeting on the issue of religious freedom and on the washington journal, we will begin on the topic of religion. We are asking your view of religion and public life. The phone number to call this morning, 2027488000. If you think religion doesnt play a large enough role, 2027488001. If you think american politics and civics gets that balance about right, 2027488002 is the number to call. You can also text us your thoughts. If you do, please include where you are from and your name. That number, 2027488003. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Very good tuesday morning, you can start calling in now. We are talking about the
Live on the free cspan radio app. Journal continues. Host travis weber is our guest for the last 30 minutes of our program today. He serves as director of the Family Research Councils Center for religious liberty, joining us for after President Trumps speech yesterday on religious freedom at the United Nations. What do you mean by the term religious freedom . Guest simply defined, the freedom to choose ones faith and live it out. And this includes the ability to change ones faith, and this is what we see an International Law in article 18, and domestically in the religious freedom restoration act, and in the first amendment, the courts have historically protected the freedom to choose and change and speak about ones beliefs. Host how does religious freedom stick with the idea of separation of church and state . Guest we have to look at the spirit of authority the sphere of authority of the governments, the church, and religious leaders. The governments role is to allow religious people
Change ones faith, and this is what we see an International Law in article 18, and domestically in the religious freedom restoration act, and in the First Amendment, the courts have historically protected the freedom to choose and change and speak about ones beliefs. Host how does religious freedom stick with the idea of separation of church and state . Guest we have to look at the spirit of authority the sphere of authority of the governments, the church, and religious leaders. The governments role is to allow religious people to fulfill their responsibility to god. This is what you have in china aret now but there limits to the laws and the united states, but there is always a framework of understanding the religious communitys obligation to fulfill their commitment to god and protecting them is the founding of our country, and protecting their ability to do that. Host what do you make of the president s speech yesterday at the United Nations on this issue of religious freedom . Gues
Vice President Joe Biden spoke about the whistleblower complaint against president trump. Here are his remarks. Joe biden hello, everyone. Thank you for being here. When i announced i was running for president , i said i believed that the core values of the nation, our very democracy, was at risk. And events in recent days have made that even clearer, not only to me, but i think to everyone. We have a president who believes there is no limit to his power. We have a president who believes he can do anything and get away with it. We have a president who believes he is above the law, pursuing the leader of another nation to investigate a political opponent to help win his election is not the conduct of an american president. The allegations that blocked hundreds of millions of dollars he blocked hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved aid to another country and its an allegation unless he agreed to smear a political opponent is not the conduct of an american president.
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president putin has announced a partial military mobilisation to help fight the war ukraine. in a television address, president putin said the west wanted the end of russia just as it had brought the soviet union to an end. it comes a day after russian occupied territories in ukraine announced votes on joining russia. that mobilisation the first since world war ii is aimed at those with previous military experience and begins today. 300,000 reservists will also be called up to reinforce the russian military in ukraine. mr putin also said that he would support independence in areas of eastern ukraine currently controlled by russia backed separatists. here s some of what president putin said in his address on russian television. translation: | repeat, | we are talking of a partial mobilisation only. 0nly people in the military reserve will be drafted. the priority will be on people who served in the armed