Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Holding up placards outside the funerals of dead american soldiers. Celebrating schoolroom massacres. Westboro Baptist Church has been described as the most obnoxious, hate filled group in america. Megan phelps roper was part of that group. She was born into the church. She carried those hate filled placards from the age of five years old. But as an adult, firing off tweets against online critics, megan began to doubt. Eventually, she left the church altogether, but she paid a high price. The church was founded by her grandfather. She was shunned by those she loved the most. Can she still really regard the people who taught her to hate, to desire more death, that the world was going to hell, as her beloved, wonderful mum and dad . Megan phelps roper, welcome to hardtalk. From the age of five, in 1991, you were involved in your familys demonstrations, later taking part in pickets of the funerals of dead soldiers in the united states. Can you just give us a sen
Holding up placards outside the funerals of dead american soldiers. Celebrating schoolroom massacres. Westboro Baptist Church has been described as the most obnoxious, hate filled group in america. Megan phelps roper was part of that group. She was born into the church. She carried those hate filled placards from the age of five years old. But as an adult, firing off tweets against online critics, megan began to doubt. Eventually, she left the church altogether, but she paid a high price. The church was founded by her grandfather. She was shunned by those she loved the most. Can she still really regard the people who taught her to hate, to desire more death, that the world was going to hell, as her beloved, wonderful mum and dad . Megan phelps roper, welcome to hardtalk. From the age of five, in 1991, you were involved in your familys demonstrations, later taking part in pickets of the funerals of dead soldiers in the united states. Can you just give us a sense of what these events mea
Hes the u. S. Governments main person for fighting antisemitism abroad and the champion for the rule of law in vulnerable and jewish communities around the world, please welcome to the stage special envoy for monitoring and combatting antisemitism, elan carr. Thank you so much. What an amazing room. I am so pleased and so honored to be with you today. Really, my most Important Message to you is a message of thank you. I owe you a debt of gratitude personally and the United States government owes you a debt of gratitude, because in my work, monitoring and fighting this ancient relentless sickness that is antisemitism, i have no more important address than the adl. There are many fine jewish organizations out there, but there is one organization that is synonymous with the fight against antisemitism and with the fight against ethnic and religious hatred and intolerance. Thats adl. [ applause ] thank you to epstein, thank you to jonathan greenblatt. What amazing leaders you have. Tim jaco
The u. S. Media is covering israels assault on gaza. We will be joined by the acclaimed broadcaster mehdi hassan who left msnbc earlier this year after his shows were canceled. Then to tiktok. The u. S. House has passed a bill that could lead to the banning a bill that could lead to the banning of the social media app tiktok. It was potentially ban tiktok is a huge mistake because it does not do with the real issue which is social Media Companies of all types are actually targeting as for our data, exploiting our attention, threatening our democracy. Instead of that, this act is just targeting foreign actors and playing a nationalism and xenophobia. Amy we will speak to ucla professor Ramesh Srinivasan. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In gaza, at least five people were killed on wednesday when israel bombed an unrwa Aid Distribution Center in rafah, one of the u. N. Agencys last remaining aid sites in
Georgia. This week, willis, her staff and the grand jurors that did to hold Trump Accountable for her actions or verbally attacked by the former president and authorities on alert in georgia, as those attacks have echoed by Trump Supporters calling for violence on social media. And for nearly every one of trumps competitors for the 2024 republican president ial nomination, even this latest indictment has not been caused enough for a Fuel Repudiation of the former president or his actions. That may be put to the test on wednesday, as the gop holds its first primary debate without trumps participation, as he faces a friday deadline for his mandated surrender to Law Enforcement authorities in Fulton County. The politics, the people, and the peril facing them over trumps fourth and department. All of that tonight on politicsnation. But first, i want to update you on the latest happening now with Hurricane Hilary. They says hilary remains a category three, churning off Mexicos Pacific coast