last year, a million people responded to the bakkers' constant requests for money. >> how many do youjust about 30. >> 30 what? >> silver 7,000 clubs. >> that's $90,000. >> praise god. >> the bakkers have been criticized for their own lavish lifestyle. >> just because i'm a christian doesn't mean i don't like nice things. i love nice things. we work very hard for nice things. >> they say the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. >> like a fleet of luxury cars and string of fancy homes from palm springs, california to south carolina. >> they create the gospel of prosperity. they think by them living well and having rolls-royces, everything will think god is shining upon them and us. and ptl becomes the vehicle for their media empire, for their theme parks. >> if we are to be fishers of men, that's what the bible says, we've been using some pretty lousy bait. we've just built better bait to reach people. >> you can have a lifetime partnership with ptl for a one-time gift of $1,000. four days and three nights every year for the rest of your life. >> that mix of

[applause] melissa: and a very special thank you to lori bakker, sitting right here, the secular director of the incident hero foundation, who donated the exoskeleton to gary. [applause] so, there are many honorable and procedures things that we you to do here as employees of the ronald reagan foundation, hosting events were sitting cabinet members, hosting debates, last night we had president george w. bush year, but for me getting to know and meet our country's heroes outweighs anything else i have the privilege to do. getting to know tonight's speaker has been the highlight of my career. this event happened because we were looking for speakers who could tie into our interactive. for those who have not seen the exhibition, it's a large-scale highly immersive exhibit that showcases how science fiction can become reality. it shows how modern-day technology has been influenced by popular culture from the 50's. changing the ways that we live, work, move, connect, and play. so, how could we find a speaker that epitomizes this? we ringcommended tonight's speaker to the library saying here's a

ronald reagan, you need to empower a white house chief and he needs to fine his over equivalent of jim bakker or leon panneta, somebody who can come into the oval office and say twitter is great, it is a bully pulpit, wonderful, but you have got to run it by me first. >> it's also childish, let's face it. it's childish because the aspect is i know you are, but what am i? that's how twitter comes off. they are effective ways to use twitter but not ps policy. it's bad more faerk, fake news, i know you are but what am i, here's what sean spieser said about trump and the administration. >> i think the president is pleased with his team and he has arow just agenda that he looks forward with congress to get done to achieve results for the people of america. ultimately the best messenger is the president himself, he is the best messenger for what he wants to articulate. the american people resoundingly chose him as the president because he understands the frustrations and concerns and the uls have a of the american people and he is the best person to communicate that. >> do you think you have done a