library. >> thank god for billy graham.s indelible in my heart and mind. the heart of my story. the heart of my whole life. >> oh, wow. >> look at that sign. >> memories of the greatest day of my life when i came to christ. it's indelible. >> also indelible on louis' heart are the scriptures that came alive to him in 1949. through the years they fed his soul. he found undeniable truths that were deeply personal. >> in my distress i called to the lord and called on my god for help. he reached down from on high, took hold of me and drew me out of deep water. i tell you when i read that, tears came to my eyes because that's exactly what happened. the greatest question that anyone can face is what have you done with jesus christ? >> coming up, more on reverend billy graham and the missionary work of louis zamperini. hey what are you doing? i was thinking about taking this speed test from comcast business. oh yeah? if they can't give us faster internet or save us money, they'll give us 150 bucks. sounds like a win win. guys! fas

there are mount -- the renowned billy graham, a man of worldwide fame. they don't know people like that in their worlds. but they look at these men visiting from washington. they look at you and all that you do and they see the face of someone who is helping, the city face of god. that is the face of community action at its best. it is at that desk faced that we remember the reality of community action today, tomorrow and 50 years from today. we were thinking about, as he have all these memories, we were thinking about president johnson. i also think about dr. king. 50 years ago this year that dr. king won the nobel peace prize. you think about the reality of dr. king standing there and expressing his concern about poverty in our country as well as racism, as well as militarism. that was the spirit, spirit that lives to this moment if you go down on the mall and you see that monument to dr. king. you see that stone of hope that came out of the mountain of despair. you think about 50 years ago when president johnson, as you have heard described, launching

. >> billy graham liked him. >> billy graham liked presidents.psons".rn to "the you been doing that since 1989. what is it about "the simpson's?" >> it is how good the actors are. [laughter] a number of things. brooks made the deal with fox to get the show on the air, fox was fledgling network. jim made a good deal. it is the only show in the history of american primetime television that has no network interference in its contract. you take a country that emulates the success, more networks would try that avenue of producing shows. >> i bet that had something to do with the relationships of jim brooks. >> i'm sure. fox. >> i'm fascinated by the idea of impressions. why some people are good men next. why others are not. >> it is the ear. guest,nds, christopher they are well accomplished at doing voices. they have musical ears. it is the music which helps you with not only impressions but with dialect. dialect coaches teach about pronunciation. sometimes they forget the music. music is about the way different actions work. a musical ear is probably

. >> billy graham didn't? >> no. he didn't need to. >> rose: billy graham liked him, didn't he? >> i guess, but billy graham liked all presidents. >> rose: let's turn to this. you have been doing that since when? >> since dinosaurs walked the earth. >> rose: but i think it is 1989. >> you are correct, sir. >> rose: what is it about the simpsons, it is about how great those guys are. i think it is how great the actors are. you are asking me. >> rose: no, but you have to be there. >> yeah, no. i think it is a number of things. >> rose: i think it is the writing. >> you know, when jim brooks made the deal with fox to get the show on the air, fox was a fledgling network and jim made a very good deal. it is the only show i think in the history of american prime time television that has no network interference written into its contract. you think in a country that emulates and admires success more networks would try that avenue of producing shows, but -- >> rose: i bet you that had something to do between the relationship of brooks and -- >> i am sure and the relative power of brooks

but we have the rest of it right here at the billy graham association. the dvd that tells the rest of it. it's louis telling it himself. if somebody wants to go to billygraham.orgwe'llsendittoyou. >>i'msurepeopledidthat. themostywasterrific. thisistherestofthestorytheycange tfromyouguys. it'sinterestingyourfatherpreache d. heretonighttherewasadrowningman, heretonighttherewasadrowningmann dthat'ssomethinghecouldrelateto. . franklin graham it's wonderful to talk to you. thank you so much. merry christmas to you. bill: there are great things about that. there is breaking news on the future for relations between the u.s. and cuba. an american has been released. his name is alan gross, he's 65 years old. the white house says it will start talks to normalize diplomatic relations with the communist government in havana. president obama and the cuban president will speak this morning. it's breaking news on america's newsroom and we'll have much more in a moment. soft and full like a flower, with new covergirl full lash bloom mascara. finally! volume that's soft

he was getting ready to lose his wife. >> reporter: billy graham's son, reverend franklin graham. >>the end of my father's message, he invited people to come forward if they'd like to commit their lives to jesus christ and have their sins forgiven. >> and at that moment, louis had a flashback of being on the raft. and in the raft that night, in this flashback, he felt rain falling on his face. and that was the moment he was able to let everything go and forgive. >> i just knew it. and i came home that night and that was the first night in over two and a half years i didn't have a nightmare. and i haven't had one since. >> reporter: within a year, louis travelled to japan to personally forgive the war criminals who abused him so badly. >> forgiveness can be very healing, especially for people who've gone through war. i hope it inspires and makes people feel better about life, because i think we need something like that. >> reporter: louis devoted his life to service. in the 1950s, he founded a retreat for troubled teens called the victory boys camp near los angeles. >> this is your li

he was getting ready to lose his wife. >> reporter: billy graham's son, rev. ather's message, he invited people to come forward if they'd like to commit their lives to jesus christ and have their sins forgiven. >> and at that moment, louis had a flashback of being on the raft. and in the raft that night, in this flashback, he felt rain falling on his face. and that was the moment he was able to let everything go and forgive. >> i just knew it. and i came home that night and that was the first night in over two and a half years i didn't have a nightmare. and i haven't had one since. >> reporter: within a year, louis travelled to japan to personally forgive the war criminals who abused him so badly. >> forgiveness can be very healing, especially for people who've gone through war. i hope it inspires and makes people feel better about life, because i think we need something like that. >> reporter: louis devoted his life to service. in the 1950's, he founded a retreat for troubled teens called the victory boys camp near los angeles. he was on the popular television

. >> the pastor, brad pitt looks, billy graham theology. >> bless you you know you wanted to be blessedwe will heal you in places you didn't even know you were broken. >> among the faithful, a who's who, bono and hugh jackman have attended services, nba star kevin durant was baptized by pastor carl as well as celebrity bad boy justin bieber. >> celebrities are part of new york city. we'll save everybody here from the faceless to the famous. >> they come in droves, close to 8,000 worshipers spread over six sunday services. what goes on in here? >> a typical service for us. >> is that the typical service? >> well, that's probably true. >> the sanctuary a rented new york ballroom. how do you explain the success of this church? >> it's growing, but we're not trying to have the big hot trendy cool packed church. it's awesome. >> hipster church? >> hipster's always a term that i'm like what does that mean? the story is not the clothes people wear. it's the lives they're living w we talked to members who say hillsong helped them reconnect with their faith. >> positive environment where you com

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he has terrible ptsd and he's saved by billy graham. this is a true story.lked into one of billy graham's huge stadium event and was converted in the moment. it's an incredible true story that's not in the movie. i think that's the meaning of unbroken. it's what happens at the even had makes him truly unbroken forever. send me a tweet @marthamaccallum and let me know what you think about that. bill: the widow of that sniper is on with gretchen later today. the manhunt continues for the man who police believe killed 6. where is he today? martha: new reaction coming in now from the white house condemning today's deadly attack on a school in pakistan. at least 126 people have been killed, most of them were children. students at that school. dozens more are injured. the white house releasing the statement from president obama as we see these brand new pictures that are just horrific. and this is the quote from the president: martha: this is a developing story, we l bring you updates as we get them, and these pictures are so very sad this morning. >>> and now to

he's followed by the pope, bill clinton, reverend billy graham and george w. bush. okay, charles. what do you make of this gallup poll? like do we really need this? >> i thought "people" magazine did this poll. >> no, that's sexiest. >> no wonder hillary won. >> that's the one i want. >> but really it's like, do they do these polls in high schools? are they really speaking to adults? it doesn't speak very well of the american public that they have a handful of people that they know in politics that they're supposed to admire and they kind of toss them out there. >> are these just the most recognizable names not necessarily admirable? >> it's like hillary and oprah it's names that everyone knows. >> it's like the queue cards. >> you know what's really interesting, obama is at the top of the list but the approval numbers are so low, it doesn't match up. >> no offense to mr. gallup and the family. we're going to go around the circle and see what the five think, the five's most admirable admirable. >> to the united states military and armed forces, hands down, so proud of them, admire

. >> reporter: in 1949, cynthia took louie to a revival meeting featuring the young minister billy graham >> he said that people prefer darkness rather than light. and when i was on the raft, i said god, get me through this alive, and we come home alive and we don't make any attempt to even thank god. and i started thinking about the prayers on the raft and in the prison camp. and i turned my back on god. when i got on my knees, i knew i was threw getting drunk, i knew i was threw smoking. >> he even made a trip to japan to meet and forgive the men who brutally beat him. >> if you want to survive in this world, you got to learn to forgive. >> reporter: he dedicated the rest of his life to that principle, remaining active in his church. giving inspirational speeches and even founding a camp for troubled youth. >> i'm talking about helping people that builds up your immune system, if i turn out to be the kind of guy who likes to help people. >> in 1987, louie finally suck accumulated to mortality. what did you think when you found out louie had dieded? >> reporter: few lives were as tailor-

here with us now, pastor of coral ridge presbyterian church florida, and grandson billy graham. "it is finished: 365 days of good news". >> you look like an undercover pastor. >> i'm going to take that as a compliment. >> i'm not going to be picking you out as pastor. >> good to be here. thanks for having me. >> good to see you again. >> let me ask you, as we begin, how is billy graham doing? 96 years old. >> yeah, doing well. i mean his mind is working well. his body is the body of a 96-year-old, so things are, you know, kind of falling apart. but there is no real serious health concerns. he's doing well. we're proud of him. we hope he's around for another ten years, at least. >> wow. 96 and still -- still sort of getting it done. >> yeah he is. he really is. in fact, my daughter who is with me this morning, went up to spend thanksgiving with him, and she said that as soon as they walked in the door he recognized her right away. which is great. >> that is great. now, new year's resolutions, talking the last time you were here on the eve of new year's eve. >> yeah. >> how bogus

grace, a non-profit formed by billy graham has talked to faculty and administrate orders and students, 50 self identified victims have come forward to tell their stories to grace. women and girls are taught they must confess the part of sexual abuse that they enjoyed, that they probably enticed their abuser. according to the independent report, serve atakers were also discouraged from making police reports. with one commentsor saying she was told it's best not to make a big deal about this for the good of the school. some of the assaults took place on campus. some didn't. but bju students who come forward said there is a culture of victim blaming by school counselors and administrators. before the report was made public on thursday, bju president steve pettit said in a statement he was humbly sorry, adding, in part, we did not live up to their expectations. we failed to uphold and honor our own core values. the majority of those surveyed for the report described bju's response to their abuse as hurtful and the school's culture as blaming and disparaging. this former student asked that

bush and reverend billy graham. >> how about for women. >> hillary clinton is most admired living woman 13th year in the row. >> i'll than darned. >> still the top spot for 17 of the last 18 years and laura bush. 12 percent chose clinton. 8 percent said oprah winfrey. 5 percent said noble peace prize winner malala. >> liberty medal winner malala right here in philadelphia. >> 4 percent said first lady michelle obama. >> you wand fur there is a multiple choice question. >> i don't know. >> hillary clinton all those years back to back. >> yes. >> i thought pope francis would be number one. >> yeah. >> he will be number one in philly for sure. >> in september. >> that is right. >> i'm going to get an audience with him. >> really. >> yes. >> okay. how are you going to get that. >> i don't know. >> you better start working on that now. >> that is your new years resolution. >> i will treat him every day. >> he does have a twitter. >> pontiffx. >> he doesn't follow anybody. >> he doesn't need to he follows the lord. >> he follows the the guy upstairs. >> i want to get to do a story on the pope

joining me now reverend franklin graham, he's the president and ceo of both the billy graham evangelistic organization and samaritans purse. reverend, great to see you. >> thank you. >> sparkle day, you must be looking forward to that. >> you know, megyn, it's all over the country. you have the secularists and -- wanted jesus christ out of his birthday and they want to deny he ever existed. they want to take his name off everything. this has infiltrated now our government. and our government is attacking christmas. it is not only attacking christmas but the name of christ. you know, jesus christ came to this earth for a reason. and that's to save us from our sins. he came from heaven to this earth to take your sins, megyn, take mine. and he died on a cross and shed his blood for my sins, your sins. and if we're willing to put our faith and trust in him, god will forgive us of our sins. it's about faith in him. we don't have to do work, we don't have to climb a mountain, we don't have to build a hospital. simply put our faith in him. and god will heal our hearts. and our country, our heart

we think the gospel is for billy grahams, you know, it's for the evangelists out there. the gospel, church, is not just for the sinner. the gospel is for the believer. the gospel is your health. the gospel is your wealth. the gospel is your safety. the gospel is your preservation. the gospel is your family's protection. it's the success of your marriage. the gospel is the power of god unto your salvation. and the word "salvation" in the greek is all covering every area, all-encompassing salvation. save you not just from hell. it saves you from self. it saves you from disease and sickness. it saves you from addictions. it saves you from--sometimes, you know, self is one of the biggest problems that exists, church? and many of us, we are--even when we come to god, we are still very conscious of what is in our heart, and we're not very conscious of what is in his heart. and we forget that when we come to god, conscience, listen, conscience and faith. faith makes you conscious of god and his love for you, all right? but conscience makes you aware of yourself and the uncleann

a christmas message from billy graham's son reverend franklin graham.ur family for spending the special holiday with us in our family great performances lined up. we want to give a special shoutout to all of america's servicemen and women thank you for defending our freedom. stay safe and stay strong. >> we wish you were back home. back home is the name of the song you are about to hear. here is our friend andy grammer. ♪ here is a night you can't take back ♪ we live hard but we love to laugh ♪ we$] ♪ see we won't forget where we came from ♪ this city won't change us ♪ we won't forget where we came from ♪ the city can't change us ♪ we beat to the same drum ♪ the same drum ♪ ♪ no matter where we go ♪ back home ♪ ♪ no matter where we go ♪ we always find our way back home ♪ cheap sunglasses ♪ minivans ♪ people who have your back ♪ when the world didn't understand ♪ ♪ see woe won't forget where we came from ♪ the city won't change us ♪ we beat to the same drum ♪ no, we won't forget where we came from ♪ the city can't change us ♪ we beat to the same drum ♪ t

. >> when we come back, a christmas message from billy graham's son reverend franklin graham. ♪ i have vo: you get used to pet odors in your car. you think it smells fine but your passengers smell this... el iminate odors you've gone noseblind to for up to 30 days with the febreze car vent clip. female passenger: wow. smells good in here. vo: so you and your passengers can breathe happy. >>> live from america's news headquarters. merry christmas. i'm leland vitters. sewn where i pictures has defied hacker threats and released the movie "the interview" in theaters and on-line. the movie is being shown in about 300 independent movie theaters across the country. after all major theater chains backed out. this, of course, marks a reversal for the studio which previously decided to scrap that controversial film. former president george h.w. bush is spending this christmas at a hospital. his spokesman says the prognosis is "positive." the 90-year-old former command ner chief was rushed late tuesday night to houston methodist after experiencing shortness of breath. doctors say his ailment is

a christmas message from billy graham's son reverend franklin graham. better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm laura ingle. officials at the centers for disease control in atlanta say a lab technician there is now being monitored for possible exposure to the ebola virus. the technician was working in a secure lab at the time it and may have come into contact with a live sample of the virus that was part of an experiment. no other employees are affected so far. back in june, at least 52 cdc workers took antibiotic its as a precaution against the deadly anthrax virus. the nypd is stepping up security at two brooklyn precincts because of threats being made by cops via social media and phone calls. four arrests have been made in connection with the threats. hundreds of online postings have been assessed as well as calls to emergency lines. as many as 200 investigations still ongoing. all of this comes after two officers were kil

. >>> when we come back a christmas special from billy graham's son, reverend graham. ♪ no matter wherenews headquarters, i'm laura ingle. the mayor of a small missouri town is pleading for calm following the deadly shooting of a black teenager by a police officer there. this happened last night in berkeley. a video of the incident appears to show the teen pointing a gun at the officer just before the cop opens fire. the shooting has sparked some tension. berkeley isn't far from ferguson where another black teen was shot and killed last summer by an officer. that incident triggered violent demonstrations. >>> and merry christmas to movie fans from sony pictures, the studio's controversial comedy "the interview" is now available on a number of on-line sites. the movie will also debut at several hundred theaters this christmas day. it was put off because of cyber attacks and threats. i'm laura ingle. now back to "fox & friends".." >>> hi welcome back and merry christmas. we want to thank you and your family for spending the special holiday with us and our family. >> that's right. we have

and billy graham helping him to come to that. so what is the problem?ut it's a good thing. >> tell us what you think. we want your comments. send them to us on twitter, e-mail or facebook. there are many ways to let us know your views. i hope you will. >>> we have other stories making headlines this sunday. a frantic search underway for a texas doctor who vanished without a trace almost one week ago. the 25-year-old last seen with her family in houston. she didn't show up for work the next day. her family searched her apartment and found her cell phone but her gray toyota camry was gone. right now police don't suspect foul play is involved. >>> an investigation is underway after a philadelphia flight was forced to make an emergency landing when the entire crew got sick while midair. the u.s. airlines flight from israel was diverted to row. when a rubber smell made 14 members including the pilot sick. they were checked out at the hospital along with two passengers. the ventilation system could be to blame. >>> whatever happens, thou shalt not steal. a ne

billy bob thornton and a sizzling lauren graham. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: several manifestationsd santa." i recommend. hey, we to want hear from you. what is your favorite christmas movie of all time. go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo and cast your vote. >>> and coming up, gift cards, always popular for the holidays. but the question is are they practical or impersonal? i often wonder that. talking about it coming up in the heat index. >>> and then deck the halls, a special performance from the nyu madrigal singers and jazz choir. >> everybody, we just want to say merry christmas and happy holidays to our family in seattle, washington. >> wish my family merry christmas. love you, miss you. >> happy holidays. [ female announcer ] just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda® no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience the joy of sugar without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda™ without all the calories. when you take advil you get relief right at the site of pain. wherever it is. advil stops pain right where it starts. relief doesn't get any better tha