translation: jehovah jehovah's witnesses court for a retrial. translation: jehovahjehovah's witnesses have never done anything to cause harm. we try to help people. so to be accused of all these absurd violations of the law is really upsetting. if the supreme court does then the jehovah's witnesses, upsetting. if the supreme court does then thejehovah's witnesses, then holes like this one across the country will have to close, as well. and people here think that is a pretty extreme application of russia's anti— extremism laws. but it is not just russia's anti— extremism laws. but it is notjust the russia's anti— extremism laws. but it is not just the jehovah's witnesses that that legislation is being used against. this man is an atheist weather popular video blog. he has been charged with inciting hatred for playing pokemon go in a church. activists who monitor extremism here say the laws to prevent it are increasingly misused. there are far right groups, including violent groups, there are jihadist groups. there is a danger, but the instr

translation: jehovah's witnesses have never done anything to cause harm. we try to help people. so to be accused of all these absurd violations of the law is really upsetting. if the supreme court does ban the job as witnesses then hauls like this one across the country will have to close and people think that's an extreme application of russian andrey extremism laws —— anti—extreme as laws. this man is an atheist with the popular video blogs. he's been charged with inciting hatred for playing pokemon go in a church. activists who monitor extremism here say the laws to prevent it are increasingly miscued touched —— misused. there are foreign groups, extremist groups, there is a danger. but the instrument is bad and on the other hand if political leadership needs to put pressure on political opposition, this tool may also be used for this. for this man it is disturbingly familiar. he tells me his own parents were among thousands ofjehovah‘s his own parents were among thousands of jehovah's witnesses sent his own parents were among thousands ofjehovah‘s witnesses sen

russia's supreme court is considering whether to ban jehovah's witnesses on the grounds that they could hold extremist views. any ban could affect around 175,000 members of the religious movement. now for the latest financial news with sally and world business report. the president of protocol meets the maverick billionaire turned president — but will trump and xi get down to some "serious business" or will the meeting prove to be too difficult? the rain and wind may have forced fans off the course of the master's golf tournament in augusta — but the event that attracts the worlds golfing elite is big business. we've been crunching the numbers. welcome to world business report i'm sally bundock. also in the programme it is interest rate decision day in india. we'll be live in mumbai. but first, our top story. a much—anticipated meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies. on thursday, us president donald trump will host chinese leader xijinping at his mar—a—lago resort in florida. it is the very first time they are meeting in person and trade ties are expe

actually his family were jehovah's witnesses and his mother and father were jehovah's witnesses and he did not go to church. only very rarely, from the moment he went to west point to the moment he became president. was he a jehovah's witness, well that's the family he grew up in. >> when you did this book, -- the want to write another book on eisenhower? >> not so much on eisenhower but the relationship between religion and foreign policy. i started to in cover as they went through this very interesting connections between religious affiliation and attitudes towards the middle east and i think it is an unwritten story of our attitudes towards foreign policy. >> we go back to this one. >> my kids the needle me about this. they put enough this started in 2009. they said are you going to take another decade, dad? >> when you left the defense department -- >> my kids are 14 and 15. >> what year did you leave the pentagon? >> january 20, 2009. >> where did you go? >> i would briefly to nyu. i did not get this idea of teaching at a university at of my bloodstream. i moved to the brookings i

i suspect if tim farron was a muslim or a jehovah's witness, or a jew, the bbc would not dream of asking the question, or even reporting it." grace dalton put it like this, when she rang us this week. i think it was very, very wrong that the bbc really was interrogating him and trying to pressurise him into answering a question that is not at all relevant to the current election campaign. his views on homosexuality have clearly not impacted his policies. he is absolutely not in favour of any person of any orientation, sexually, being discriminated against. so he should not be pressurised into saying something that conflicts with his personal beliefs. but most of our correspondence this week has been about the treatment of the labour leader, jeremy corbyn. last friday, deputy political editor john pienaar was on his tail. he stood by what is called the triple lock — pensions up every year by inflation, or average earnings, or 2.5%. can labour afford this, along with other promises? he hopes he can win this argument. sorry, i'm not quite sure where i'm going. the use of that comment from

was he a jehovah's witness? i don't know. the family he grew up in. >> when you did this book deep in the middle east, did you want to write another one on eisenhower? >> you know, i do. not so much on eisenhower but i to write a book about the relationship between religion and foreign policy. started to uncover as i went this a lot of very interesting connections between religious affiliation and towards the middle east and i think it's kind of an unwritten story of our attitudes foreign policy. >> so if you go back to this one, started researching. ow many years from the moment you started reaching. >> this is an unfair question. >> how long was that. my kids, they needle me about this, right. out that this started in 2009 and didn't come out --what going to take another decade, dad? are your kids, how many? >> two daughters, 13 and 17. left the defense department -- >> actually, my kids are 14 and 17. needle me about that too. >> what year did you leave the pentagon? pentagon on january 20, 2009. >> where did you go. >> br

that are willing to die orbit their life for that conviction and so i start to do about scientology, jehovah witness, the nation of islam and i was very interested. so, i did it before morgan freeman did it with the story of god, 2010. then, it was supposed to be released to that's 11, new year's eve, but something happened. do you remember that? there was a church bombing and a curse you like cannot speak about religion and i know it's like dark humor, but this is how we spent christmas. this is actually were on christmas, so fox news, war on christmas is not just starbucks cups, but something even worse in other places, so and we said all right we will hold back and wait for a couple of months. 25 days later we had revolution and we scrapped the whole thing and when the revolution ended he came to me and said let's do something, but political. this is how it starts. >> you can watch this and other programs online at book tv.org. >> welcome to the campus of the university of southern california and the 22nd annual los angeles times festival of books. book to be as live all day long and ther

russia is home to more than 170,000 jehovah's witnesses. they've been the target of a crackdown, but they say they'll appeal the court's decision. human rights watch calls it a blow to religious freedom in russia. general motors has halted operations in venezuela after its factory there was seized by the socialist government. it's the latest in a series of such incidents. in a statement, the auto maker said it "strongly rejects the arbitrary measures... and will vigorously take all legal actions... to defend its rights." vice president pence today praised indonesia as a land of democracy and tolerance, in the latest stop on his asian tour. he held talks with president joko widodo in jakarta, and said the world's most populous muslim nation is an "inspiration to the world". >> as the second and third largest democracies in the world, our two countries share many common values-- including freedom, the rule of law, human rights, and religious diversity. the united states is proud to partner with indonesia to promote and protect these values, t

chanting goldman sachss and said cruz and hide heidi cruise -- it's a little bit like cawing to that crazy jehovah's witness at your door that bothers you on saturday morning and you point out that you believe it's a scam and they go through their talking points. as you watch this thing unravel, he sort of becomes chris christie style republican, moderate republican, which is what he probably is to begin with, you really wonder, writing off of his exhaust, you do won't where this is going to end. >> and you're starting to see some criticism for the first time of the administration from those corners. there's still much for us to discuss tonight and coming up, the white house announces it will keep it's visit for logs secret, why it made the decision as well as the reaction, that's next. and adapting them to work for you. the ultrasound that can see inside patients, can also detect early signs of corrosion at our refineries. high-tech military cameras that see through walls, can inspect our pipelines to prevent leaks. remote-controlled aircraft, can help us identify potential problems and stop them i

it's like talking to that crazy jehovah's witness at your door that bothers you at 7:00 a.m. on saturday. you point out what they believe is scam and they go back to the talking points. that's exactly what you see from trump's cult. i wonder as you watch this unravel a little bit and he becomes chris christie style republican, moderate to liberal east coast republican, which is probably what he really is to begin with, you do wonder. when you watch the bill mitchells of the world ripping each other's spleens out when they became somebodies riding off of his exhaust, you do wonder where this is going to end. >> and you're starting to see criticism for the first time. still much more for us to discuss tonight. coming up, the trump white house announces it will keep its visitor logs secret. why it made the decision, as well as the reaction. that's next. point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. stay with me, mr. park

one of them is jehovah's witnesses. going to file a claim to ban this group. >> thank you. being the right policy to bring about change. then religious freedom. who wants to take them. >> i'll take the first two. might want to say something about the third. there are a lot of things that we can do. i think the sanctions we now have are minimal. we have to protect ourselves and protect the information space. not allowing these planes to be bombing in syria and ukraine. you know, but probably the most effective thing we could do is to really cut off access to our investment system. reorganized crime and corruption reporting project. which just came out with a report that the guardian reported on. $20 billion of stolen money. could be as high as $80 billion. the video that they did about medvedev had $1 million. but it's much, much more than that. these are enormous sums of money. no matter how much we defend human rights, our system is also underwriting these authoritarian systems by taking the money, protecting it. there are all sorts of enablers. this is well documented. an

joined by vice chair supervisor peskin as well as supervisor katie tang want to thank nona melkonian and jehovah's witness for covering this meeting and the clerk of the board alicia madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. pooh-pooh mr. clerk. >> electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the may 2nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. thank you very much with that mr. clerk, call item >> language, delete redundancies and make minor substantive affirming the planning department's california environmental quality act determination; making findings of consistency with the plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1; and adopting findings of public and with staff to speak on item one i passed out committee of the whole we'll be introducing and district attorney czar i'm going to turn it over to diego sanchez today, i'm presenting an ordinance that was initiated and adopt by the planning commission in the summer of 2016 with supervisor farrell's offi

one is jehovah's witnesses. minister of justice is going to file a claim to ban this group. so we want to know what kind of would bring to freedom, religion freedom in russia. what's the opposition for this. >> thank you. so question on sanctions being the right policy to bring about change, whether it should be coordination, global movement coordination and then religious freedoms. who wants to take one of those. >> let me take the first two and maybe tom might want to say something about the third. there are a lot of things that we can do. i think the sanctions that we now have are minimal, absolutely minimal. but you know, we have to protect ourselves and protect the information space. i think there are issues having to do with military support, you know, not allowing these planes to be bombing in syria and in ukrai ukraine. you know, but probably the most effective thing we could do is really cut off access to our investment system for the stolen resources. i mean there's this organized crime and corruption reporting project which just came out with a report that the gua

joined by vice chair supervisor peskin as well as supervisor katie tang want to thank nona melkonian and jehovah's witness for covering this meeting and the clerk of the board alicia madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. pooh-pooh mr. clerk. >> electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the may 2nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. thank you very much with that mr. clerk, call item >> language, delete redundancies and make minor substantive affirming the planning department's california environmental quality act determination; making findings of consistency with the plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1; and adopting findings of public and with staff to speak on item one i passed out committee of the whole we'll be introducing and district attorney czar i'm going to turn it over to diego sanchez today, i'm presenting an ordinance that was initiated and adopt by the planning commission in the summer of 2016 with supervisor farrell's offi

one of them is jehovah's witnesses. going to file a claim to ban this group. >> thank you. being the right policy to bring about change. then religious freedom. who wants to take them. >> i'll take the first two. might want to say something about the third. there are a lot of things that we can do. i think the sanctions we now have are minimal. we have to protect ourselves and protect the information space. not allowing these planes to be bombing in syria and ukraine. you know, but probably the most effective thing we could do is to really cut off access to our investment system. reorganized crime and corruption reporting project. which just came out with a report that the guardian reported on. $20 billion of stolen money. could be as high as $80 billion. the video that they did about medvedev had $1 million. but it's much, much more than that. these are enormous sums of money. no matter how much we defend human rights, our system is also underwriting these authoritarian systems by taking the money, protecting it. there are all sorts of enablers. this is well documented. an