i'm armstrong williams.l b ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> saul and cyrus, so the president is playing a spiritual and even realize. >> every lead their is put interest power based on our spiritual lens is a spiritual authority in that nation. tied to that is morality, ethics, not just a vision politically. they have a responsibility whether they know god, believe in god or not. we believe that all power is either directly placed thereby god or allowed for some greater purpose. >> so there's a greater purpose you believe. >> always, always. >> and if he devil delves enougo tell us. they wonder why donald trump is in the white house. given his behavior and what he does, they are thinking -- n there's many ways. >> and they don't need to understand, do they? >> there's many ways to look at it. many interpretations that you can look at this. i think for me, especially in my context and in the context of others, all right. what having a trump in office has done is and moral condition of our nation. we are being forced to have convers

i'm armstrong williams. we're talking about morality and ethics.e'll be right we have a terrific team here at newschannel8, because they have to put up with me. i can be difficult sometimes. why i have to pray, i have to remind myself that the spirit speaks to me and so we always have to work on ourselves. that's the hardest thing sometimes. we like to work on everybody else, but we never work on anybody else. i'm willing to admit i have shortcomings, i can cause a little chaos, but sometimes that's just the way it is. but it's not like that every day. that's the good news. >> we heard it here on the armstrong williams show. >> there's a wonderful crew here. they do a fantastic job. >> i agree. >> i have to give them the love and the respect. i want them to know that publicly. >> pastor, two things you were about to say. >> so often we start when we tak about faith, spirituality, we talk with what we believe. let's start with what we know. all right? >> we know that we've had at least 6,000 years of civilizatin we've had egypt, we've had babylon, w

host: that is on track williams us -- that his armstrong williams joining us. your original statement about what mr. williams has said, factor that in. think we are in a point where we magnify the tension, but tension on race is actually good right now. i see that as a sign of progress because it means our body politic is working through some of the issues that goes deep down that are hundreds of years old. you think about all the issues related to the police, ok? that is positive that it is being brought out. that suggests african, people who are underrepresented, are actually speaking out, having a voice, talking about the things that affect their lives on a daily basis. tension because of that, it is because we are working through some of those issues that have existed for many, many years. so i actually see tension, not as a negative side of race relations, but a positive side of racial relations, and that is very consistent with what dr. will say, that tension is a sign of progress. he created an enormous amount of tension in our society. weren't for the ma

host: that's armstrong williams and we are joined by leonard stein horn.nk we are at a point where we magnify the tension but tension on race is actually good right now. i see it as a sign of progress because it means are wally -- or body politic is working through the issues that go deep down hundreds of years old. you think about the issues related to the police, that is positive that being brought out. that suggests that african-americans, people underrepresented are actually speaking out and having a voice in talking about the things that affect their lives on a daily basis. if we'll -- if we feel tension because of that is because we are working through some of those issues that have existed for many years. not as a negative side of race relations but a positive side and that's very consistent with what dr. king was saying in the 1960's is that tension is a sign of progress. he created and norma's amount of tension in our society. that wasn't for the march on washington or all of the activism that went on at that time, that upended the status quo and

with columnist armstrong williams and leonard stein horn. on president trump's handling of key foreign issues. live at 7:00 eastern, monday morning. join the discussion. coming up next, "prime minister's questions." then, a look at election integrity to make the processed more in efficient -- more efficient. for her first question time and the new year, british prime minister theresa may was asked about spending cuts to the uk's toional haircut system -- the uk's national system. she talked about brexit negotiations, the economy, and combating unfair housing practices. this is 45 minutes. order. questions to the prime minister. number one.

armstrong williams, radio tv talkshow host and columnist. the both of you, thank you for joining us on this day. i will start with the way we as far ass statement the state of race relations in the united states. your snapshot of it as it currently stands. mr. williams, you go first. er

we will focus on race relations in our 8:00 hour with armstrong williams.nard stein horn, the co-author of a new book. professor at american university in washington, d.c. later, max boot, we will look at the president's foreign policy and what it means for the united states and our allies. newsmakers is next. enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> newsmakers with maryland congressman steny hoyer

that's armstrong williams, radio talk show and also joined by leonard steinwarned. >> lawmakers are looking to a part a government shutdown. -- a vote a government shutdown. >> christina marcos of "the hill," walk us through what will happen over the next few days. now, congress does not have a clear plan for how it will avert a shutdown. they won't support the spending bill unless there is progress. they want protections for these young, undocumented immigrants. the trump administration is ending them under daca. hand, there are lks that are loath to create another short-term patch from the pentagon. and then you always have fiscal concerns with the spending bills. chip deadline is in march. and the dreamers debate has been inflamed over the past couple of days. how does all of that play into this debate? democrats are saying they will not vote for another spending bill unless there is something in place for the dreamers. issue and complexity the controversy of president trump's remarks. if there is some measurable progress for how democrats will come on board -- but right now they see no

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