it's an honor to speak with you, madea, and thank you for c-span.'m a budding activist in any fives 50s, and what want to focus on in asking you is about your future looking. what you see in terms of a peace economy. and my background is psychology, and i'm very interested in the study of human nature, violence and human nature, so i was struck by your comment of good people doing bad things and you want to feed the good and not feed the bad. well, i'm wondering, while it's not maybe a forfront issue but all of these issues that connect with whether they're raising issues, environment, worker's rights, food justice, and i'll add animal rights to that. and i'm wondering as you look into our future of the world that you would want to live in, does it include more of a plant-based diet? i just don't see how we can foster nonviolence and peace, given our present animal agriculture system. >> host: susan, before we get a response, you call yourself a budding activist in your 50s. what have you been doing up to this time? >> caller: i was psychotherapy is

this is madea mohammed. her children are here. this is kamal mohammed, a scientist. each of these are spiritual giants. look at him. this is elijah's son. look at him good. where is akhmed? these are with me. all day. every day. and they are champions in their field. and they are helping me fill a nation. you talk about passing the torch, you've got to be careful that there is light on the stick you have in your hand. if you are passing the same madness that you've got, you have fallen in the ditch and the one that you give the torch to is falling in the ditch right after you. hell no. you have to have wisdom to lead our people today out of the clutches of a deceitful, satanic mind. we war not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and the rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places. these are the children from elijah mohammed's wives. and the mother of ishmael. madea and akhmed. is a spiritual scholar known all over the world. mother tyneta mohammed. [applause] where are the grandchildren? if it were not for

you are on booktv with madea benjamin sunny don't mind holding and listening. when i hang up i will continue listening. i wish to echo the comments can the opening comments of the first caller and the comment's of the retired military caller and that leaves only i am both humbled and honored to have this opportunity, and i would like to start with -- i was watching c-span on the morning of september 11, 2001, and when the second plane hit the tower, my first thought was, okay, it's time for the women to start running this country because the men have done nothing but cause trouble. and i'm not talking like hillary clinton or nancy pelosi or anything like that. elizabeth warren should stay where she is at. she can be more effective in her post, and if hillary is the democratic nominee i will reluctantly vote for her because the alternative is more death and destruction on a greater scale. if it is a sanders administration, however, miss benjamin, i would like mr. sanders -- i would like president sanders to nominate you as secretary of state, maybe winnowa duke

when they heard madea was taking over an army base, isis immediately surrendered. they're like, "look, she does not mess around." >> steve: she doesn't mess around. >> jimmy: madea does not mess around. the big steve jobs movie opened this weekend. some people are saying it didn't do a good job of showing what jobs was really like. some said it was fair. others said it was way off. one person said -- [ siri voice ] >> why the [ bleep ] am i not in this movie? [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: you know what that's rude. you can turn that option off. you can turn that off. >> steve: you shouldn't swear. >> jimmy: the main menu. >> steve: seriously. seriously. >> jimmy: here's a local story here, you guys. mayor bill de blasio signed a a bill last week that requires stores here in new york city to keep their doors closed when the air conditioning is on. so, apparently, bill de blasio is not only our mayor, he's also our dad. [ laughter ] i'm not paying to cool off the whole world. shut the door! okay? [ applause ] not in use, turn off the juice, okay? [ laughter ] d

i've portrayed mothers who murdered their children-- madea. >> hinojosa: right. >> i've portrayed a mother who was a substance abuser-- violet weston, august: osage county... >> hinojosa: mm-hmm. >> ...who was a terror in the household, you know, and ended up in some kind of state of dementia, you know? they're not all clair huxtables. >> hinojosa: but they're all very powerful women. maybe... you know... >> they are respectfully written. >> hinojosa: hmm. >> you know? and this is the power of art. this is the power of theatre. this is the potential of film. this is the potential of all of it-- a truthful, faithful portrayal of a human being. it begins with the writing, it's carried through by the director who holds a vision, and as an actor, you become incorporated in that. >> hinojosa: how hard is it these days in, you know, commercial media? >> ooh, child! ( laughing ) >> hinojosa: so it's hard. >> i don't know. i don't pay much attention to them. i just do the work that i do. >> hinojosa: but you're lucky, right? >> i'm very fortunate. >> hinojosa: because you... you get the calls. you

this is madea mohammed and her children are here. right over here, son. this is cammal mohammed, a scientist. each of these are spiritual giants. look at them this is elijah's son. look at him good. see, a man that want to have fun with a woman want to hide the fact that she becomes pregnant. where's ahmed? now, these are with me. >> yes, we are! all day. >> that's right. right. >> every day. >> that's right. and they are champions in their field and in helping me feel a nation. you talk about passing the torch, you got to be careful that there's some light on the stick you got in your hand. 'cause if you passion the same madness stick, you got -- you've fallen in the ditch and the one you gave the torch to is going in the ditch right after you. hell, no. you got to have wisdom to lead our people today out of the clutches of a deceitful, satanic mind. yes, sir. we war not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and the rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places. these are the children from elijah mo

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these are the children from elijah mohammed's lives and the mother of madea, ahmed, ishmael, a spiritualhammed. where are the grand children? see, if it were not for elijah mohammed's marriages i wouldn't have these i willustrious helpe none of the first family helped me. in the rebuilding of their father's worth. but these that he had from the wives who loved him. >> yes, sir. yes, sir. are committed to this cause of the liberation of our people all over the world. >> yes, sir! >> he planted these in mexico. >> yes, sir! >> because he wanted the union of the black and the brown and i have done the same. now you playas. let me get in a little word to the playas. women are not to be played with. they are sacred. and because there are more women than there are men, their stock goes down and the male stock goes up, so men walk around like peacocks. how many reverends have girlfriends in the church? and how many reverends -- oh, i ain't going there. see, may i say to my lgbtq family, let me tell you something. those of us who are students of elijah mohammed, we are in love with our people. w