library. >> thank god for billy graham. he'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. >>> we're back with reverend franklin graham. reverend graham, it's interesting about louis zamperini. he went back to japan after everything they did to him. >> when jesus christ, greta, came to stay at centers

president and ceo of the billy graham evangelistic association. e reverend frankly graham. nice to see you, reverend. >> thank you. >> why was -- what was hi relationship with your father? >> he was a war hero and the whole country knew him. torrance named their airport after him in honor of him, thinking he was dead. because he was so well known as an olympian and his heroism in the second world war. my father was just a young preacher. no one knew who he was. but he was holding a meeting in 1949. he was asked by a group of christian businessmen and some pastors to come and hold a service in washington and hill downtown los angeles, they put up a big tent and louis zamperini's life was falling apart. he was an alcoholic. he was -- his marriage was failing. his wife had already filed divorce papers. she was leaving him. but she went to hear my father. this young man no one heard of. she gave her heart to jesus christ and her life was changed. and she came back and said i am not going to divorce you. i gave my life to jesus christ and i'm not going

library. >> thank god for billy graham. he'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. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me... zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each mor

library. >> thank god for billy graham.elible in my heart and mind. i found christ as my savior, it is the heart of my whole life. it is nostalgia. memories of my life, i can't forget it, it is indelible. >> also indelible were the scriptures that came alive to him in 1949. through the scriptures, he found undeniable truth. >> i called on my god for help. he reached down from on high, took ahold of me and drew me out of deep waters. i tell you, when i read that tears came to my eyes, because that is just 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! guess what day it is?? >>hump day! hummmp daaay! it's hump day! >>yeah! >>hey mike! mike mike mike mike mike! >>mike mike mike mike mike. hey! he knows! hey! guess what day it is! hey! camel! guess what day it is! >>it's not even wednesday. let it go, phil. if you're a camel, you put up with this all the time. it's what you d

billy graham is really interesting, because billy graham is from north carolina.raham's two grandfathers were federate soldiers. one grandfather had a limb lost during the civil war, and the other died with a union bullet in his arm. when billy graham was starting his ministry, he met with his mother and cliff barrows, who was his lifelong musical director, who i interviewed. cliff barrows told me this story. he said, it is his mother who recommended "the battle hymn of the republic" asked billy graham's theme song, in part because he loved the song, but also because billy graham had great ambitions as a preacher, and he did not want to be dismissed as just another southern preacher. by having "the battle hymn of the republic," a song he loved he was a national, even international preacher. he houses his ministry in the north, in minneapolis. he exemplifies the message -- his truth, our day, our god is marching on. "the battle hymn of the republic" speaks to his very straightforward evangelical message, and it also liberates graham from his southern identity. ther

billy graham was much more subdued, but if any of you have ever heard billy graham preach, it is veryk straight at you and point. he created a slogan -- look them in the eye. malcolm x. learned how to speak by watching billy graham. if you see videos of malcolm x speaking, and you put it side by side with elite graham, it is the same. malcolm x. is brilliant at borrowing from billy graham. martin luther king, who is also this virile, masculine preacher -- his big flaw is that he was a womanizer. this hymn, this poem becomes a masculine song, even though it's origins were a woman. at a time when julia ward howe is forgotten. aside from battle---elaine showalter, one of the great literary scholars of princeton is now doing a full book on julia ward howe, solely as a poet, making the case that her poetry in general will stand up to any poet in the 19th century one of the great poets in the english language. and there is a whitening, you can sense. this song has its roots in african american culture. it's race is forgotten. it is indelibly yoked to "john brown's body." that is forgotten a

david crash, __ , and billy graham. each of these individuals, like many otheramericans, drew their inspiration from the bible. nevertheless, the features that each of themselves were very different, as well as their own understanding that they could play in bringing that future to be. while most americans would very much want to separate the violent processes of david cresh, and the mainstream evangelicalism of billy graham, they have much more in common than i think most men and women realize. it has been edging forward since the early church, coming on a different moment of history. but there are two particular theological issues. there are two issues that are particularly important for understanding these three individuals. the first is the understanding or the view of the millennium. the book of revelation talks about 1000 year millennium. all three of these individuals believe that jesus is going to return before the millennium. so they identify as premillennialists. the second issue has to do with what is going t

vitriol flowedded from hard-right conservatives, including franklin graham, the son of billy graham, o denounced the school on facebook: the post received more than 77,000 likes. lara musser gritter, a christian graduate student in the divinity school, said graham doesn't speak for her and one religion should not silence another. >> they often pray on friday's mornings in the chapel basement, but that's kind of an invisible place, and i wanted to visibly support them with my presence. the man who led the day's prayer service tempered his disappointment. >> every civil rights struggle takes time no matter what community has come into america and this is our time to keep moving forward. >> reporter: duke called in extra security for today's gathering. charlie, members of the muslim community hope to sit down with administrators to revisit their decision. the school says it's willing to look at the issue. >> in a settlement today with n.c.a.a., pen state got back all victories forfeited. this means thealate paterno is once again the winningest coach. in return, pennsylvania officials agr

described by billy graham as "one of the greatest hymn writers of this century," crouch wrote many churchds including, "soon and very soon", "my tribute to god be the glory," and "the blood will never lose its power." he worked with stars from elvis presley to michael jackson and madonna and won seven grammy awards. he was also a pastor and said his first priority was always bringing praise to god. >>> that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us anytime on the pbs app for iphones and ipads. there is also much more on our website, including interviews about the civil rights movement and faith with the director and lead actor of selma, the film opening nationwide this weekend. you can also listen to or watch every program. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you more music from andre crouch. ♪ no matter what you do god will always be there ♪ ♪ no matter you've done no matter what you're going through ♪ ♪ i've got good news for i'll be with you ♪ ♪ always always ♪ >>> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the li

which takes us to billy graham. he's been from the beginning of his career. his first major national revival, the one that put him on the map was in 1949 in los angeles. occurred two days after harry truman announced that the soviet union detonated an atomic bomb so the world recognized there was a global apocalypse in the making, and graham wanted to urge people to make decisions for christ and be serious about their commitments o christianity. this is a theme that he plaid over and over again throughout his entire career. most of his revivals he preached on the second coming of christ. he published a book called world of flame laying out his argument for a second coming. in 1983 he. published a book called the four horsemen of the apocalypse. in 1992 he publish eded a book called "storm warning", explaining that the earth was in its last days. he reissued updating it for the modern context. in this book he said at 91 years old, i believe the storm clouds are darker than they have ever been. hands reached down from heaven to offer us the most hopeful warning

that is franklin graham, son of billy graham.uraged people to hold funding in protest. >> the number and the tone of the random calls coming in were pretty loud and pretty nasty. >> i'm joined now by young america foundation spokeswoman ashley pratt. we have harris of the muslim community usa. thanks to both of you for coming on for what i hope is a good discussion here. i want to ask you first ashley. you wrote a column basically opposing duke's initial move to have the chapel bell used for the call to prayer. you said that the move seemed tilted against christian values. explain why you think that. >> sure. well first of all young america's foundation would have been in full support of this had we thought it would expand religious free freedom for all religions on campus which was not the case. duke university has a long phase of doing this. they removed chick-fil-a from campus when they received messages from students that wanted chick-fil-a removed because of same sex marriage conflicts. then the palestinian solidarity moveme

in a biblical definition of marriage and marriage and i believe with mother teresa believed and billy graham the pope and barack obama in 2008. it's not like i believe that marriage ought to be you know people and their animals. so i don't have some crazy view. i have a view that is pretty well-established in history and that has a long, long not just religious tradition that social and even political tradition. people can say i don't agree with mike huckabee on that but he really the leaves that. >> host: someone who recently discussed this is mitt romney. should he run for president for a third time? >> guest: if he wants to. it's a free country. i wouldn't say you know you've had your shot. that's it. if he thinks that he can make another go of it and be successful this time after two other times when he wasn't then he has every right to give it his best shot. so i will be focused on whether i should run or mitt romney ought to run. >> host: if jeb bush runs, do you think that america is ready for another bush in the white house? >> i guess the voters will make the decision. he's a good f

in fact, the son of billy graham and the president of the evangelistic -- posted this before that reversal "as christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of islam are raping, butchering and beheading christians, jews and anyone who doesn't submit to their sharia islamic law, duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism. duke called on others to pressure them not to give money to the university and asked them to hold off on all the donations until the policy is reversed. sean, we've made several attempts to reach out to duke university but we've gotten no response. we'll continue to try to reach out to them. >> seems like now they've backed off and they want to thread the needle and have it both ways. do we know if there's any christians -- any similar christian call to prayer? maybe a jewish call to prayer? >> why are they amplifying this prayer and not amplifying the lord's prayer? majority of students on that campus are christians. >> no attempt to broadcast the lord's prayer over the -- >> absolutely not. this school canceled -- >> and kicked chick-

, a threat we cannot ignore from the american center for law and justice, the president of the billy graham evangelistic association and samaritan's purse the reverend franklin graham and also here in studio fox news contributor deroy murdock. jay, let me begin with you. the president, the white house they cannot utter the words radical islam, why? >> well, yeah we barely got them to, you know, utter the word terrorism. the fact of matter is what's happened and what the white house is sending out is a message consistent with their narrative which is to never identify the enemy of actually who they are. and this is radical islamists, jihadists that are completely focused on doing exactly what they did in france. which by the way is much more of -- i know al qaeda's claiming credit for it, it looks like it's an al qaeda in yemen and that whole area, but the fact of matter is it's much more like an isis-type event. you're seeing them come out of the shadows, out of the caves so to speak and engage their form of terrorism in this kind of public way. i think, sean, the reality is the white house

on thursday reverend franklin graham, the son of billy graham issued some vitriolic comments on his facebookndreds of thousands of shares and likes later, we started receiving death threats directed at the muslim community plus some grumbling from both inside and outside of the university and unfortunately the university caved in. >> so this became -- the franklin graham took this on as a campaign heavily covered in the conservative media as i guess some example of some sharia encroachment into a beloved american institution and then the university caved in. they say that they had specific security threats essentially. >> and there were. there were threats that came in against the community, but for many of us who love this institution enough to be disappointed at how things have turned out, the way that you respond to threats is by beefing up the security and by protecting your community. it's not by buckling under the pressure. so i think many of us would have liked to have seen this as a moment to stand up boldly and proclaim that we are a rich and vibrant community and that our pluralism

franklin graham for example the president and ceo of the billy graham evangelistic association said becausething that he published for his bible study he is's being persecuted for what i believe is religious views and this should not be tolerated. we need to come together and support thomas menino like this. before we go on we just got in a statement from the former fire chief. let me hear what he said. >> i believe and all know with all my heart that my termination is unjust. i received permission to write the book from the ethics director, and there's evidence that there is no -- no act of discrimination against any member of the lbgt communities at large or members of the fire rescue department. >> so the fire fighters union has praised you for your decision. is this the final decision here? is there room for change her? >> there absolutely is no room. i made my decision and will take with it. definitely got get permission from me. he's created this controversy and while i respect mr. governor i don't talk about the more of the political issues than a matter of faith. he was not terminat

we should point out franklin graham is the son of billy graham.ge in arkansas? that's completely crazy -- all crazy -- >> it really is andrea. apparently there are a firing range in arkansas which has designated itself a muslim-free zone. they have a no muslim sign hanging on the outside of their store. and an indian -- american indian hindu college student went to the firing range with their father and because of the brown skin they thought they were muslim and denied them service. if it was a gun range with no blacks or jew sign i would be horrified. arkansas can do a lot better in the year 2015. >>> as we look to europe there's increasing tensions anti-muslim backlash we've seen steps taken by france against a prominent muslim comedian while they are busy proclaiming free speech in the name of quts"charlie hebdo" appropriately and at the same time we have the jewish community feeling under siege. i don't know whether heads of government can deal with this what faith leaders can do what we in journalism can do. >> you know that's a very good que

franklin graham son of evangelist billy graham calling for that not to be allowed to happen.ng to be back on the other side with the two of these fine gentlemen to talk about the race to 2016. he's once twice, could it be three times a presidential candidate? mitt romney speaks out. nutrition...i'm no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. [ female announcer ] boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost. >>> are you kind of feeling like it's 2012 all over again? at least when it comes to politics? mitt romney telling a gop meeting this week he's thinking hard about another run for president. he tried in 2008 no luck. got the nomination but lost to president obama

evangelists, son of billy graham posted that donors should withhold support from duke.k on the decision saying the school got hundreds of e-mails and calls unlike any other conversation duke has had in years. a spokesperson said it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect. the council on american islamic relations released a statement, we appreciate the fact that the broadcast of the call to prayer from such a prominent location was designed to be a display of religious diversity and inclusion. it's unfortunate a prestigeious bowed to intimidation by anti-muslim bigots. should duke stand by the way decision? go to newsnation.msnbc.com. a bill requiring schools to teach a three week class on the second amendment using material developed or recommends by the nra. we asked if you agreed with such a class? 80% said no you don't. 20% said yes. a new report finds that for first time at least 50 years, a majority of u.s. public school students are from low income families or in most cases living in poverty. according to the sou

they added religious revivals, to phil is laughly billy graham. they put in a new standard on the quote, meaning and historical significance of the motto, in god we trust. we inserts into a standard formerly devoted toten lightenment, references to thomas equineas and john calvin. one of the most contested editions was the creation of a new high school standard requiring students to quote, examine the reasons the founding fathers protected religious freedom in america and guaranteed its free exercise saying that congress shall make no law in establishment of religion and prohibiting the free exercise of and compare and contrast this to the phrase of separation of church and state. the standard sponsors very very clearly intended their standard to suggest that the founders never envisioned separation of church and state. conservative members highlighted the religious motives of the earliest english colonists and the purityians and inserted names of the founding era who were lauded as paragons of piety. there are a ton of names who might be worthy o

i believe with mother teresa believed, billy graham, the pope and barack obama circa 2008. i'm not really way out there and thinking marriage ought to be people and their animals. i don't have some crazy keypad of a view pretty well-established in history and has a long just religious tradition but social and even political tradition. so i don't think that's a dealbreaker. i think people will say i don't agree with mike huckabee but mike huckabee believes the mac. >> host: was someone who has recently discussed it is mitt romney. can he run for president a third time? disco well if he wants to. it's a free country. i wouldn't say hey met you have had your shot in that's it. if he thinks he can make another go of it and be successful this time after two other times when he wasn't then he has every right to give it his best shot. i will be focused upon whether i should run and not bother will run. >> host: if jeb bush runs do you think america is ready for another bush in the white house? >> guest: i guess the voters will make that decision and jeb is a good friend of mine. i

security threats and a barrage of criticism from the community as well as franklin graham, son of billy graham>> this is not a god of peace. >> reporter: after duke initially announced the plans, graham took to facebook denouncing the decision. he wrote followers of islam are raping butchering and beheading anyone who doesn't follow the rules of the law. the post received more than 75,000 likes. several factors played a role in the university's decision. >> there was more than one policy in place and we received a number of calls and e-mails, some of which were actually quite vitriolic. >> reporter: these threats took the university by sur priechlz one sent to the president read france started with politically correct speech welcoming the muslims. now the same people they welcomed slaughter the citizens in the street. you, sir, will be responsible for slaughtering americans. >> something that was intended to be a unifying factor and unifying force and unifying event was, in fact becoming a divisive force. >> every religion has had ups and downs. every religion has had violence associated with

very strong words from the reverend billy graham's son.tant siege from the halls of government and education which seek to suppress any public expression of faith. joining us now is jonathan morris. i think christianity is under severe attack. i think it is government and atheists within the united states. >> i would say certainly not all atheists. a small percentage of atheists. it is well organized atheists that have organized greatly our educational systems. they have done it by litigating. taking pound and individual organizations, even churches to court feared they have also done it by a confusion of proper separation of church and state. they suggest that real separation of church and state that is about the racing the name from society. it is ran by a tiny, tiny group of people. stuart: all of these lawsuits all over the country. >> did for them. they live in a country to fight for what they believe in. the rest of us that do not believe that their understanding of church and state separation, we need to fight harder. there are some

vitriol flowed from hard right conservatives including evangelist franklin grahame, the sop of billy graham talked about it on facebook. followers of islam are raping, butcher butchering, and beheading christians jews and anyone who doesn't agree. it received many likes. she said graham doesn't speak for her and one religion should not silence another. >> they often pray on friday mornings in the chapel basement, but that's kind of an invisible place and i wanted to visibly support them with my presence. >> reporter: university imam tempered it. >> no matter what community has come to america and this sour time to keep moving forward. >> reporter: duke called in extra security. members of the puck limb community hope to sit down with administrators to revisit their decision. the school said it's willing to look at the issue. >>> up next, medical news in our "morning rounds" including a new implant device that helps with obesity. it's designed to trick your brain into thinking you're full. >> plus doctors jon lapook and holly phillips why a report says annual physicals are a waste of time an

we had army and billy graham and lots of people before us.it hasn't do more with the political courage. when it comes to the unfunded liability and the debt, we all know the problem. there is no mystery on economics. we heard jim jordan and my colleagues here say it takes courage to stand up to special interest. when you are running a race and you want to win, it easier to go to the few big purses that a lot of small ones. for me it is not so much the economic knowledge but the political courage to stand up and state the truth in public. that is the economic education of everybody. k12 kids cannot tell you what a business is. that is an issue. it doesn't not have the kids back home cannot tell you what a business is. that's a problem for workforce skills etc. >> anyone else? ok, right here. >> congressman, i want to congratulate you. thank you for being a congressman. i just got back from southern california, real quick, and i voted for prop 8, which got turned over, as you know, by an unjust judge. and i could go on and talk about the illega

. >> franklin graham, billy graham's son suggests to donors at duke stop giving them money. right to do this, but i think donors have the right to withhold their donations and parent and students have the right to withdraw their enrollment. i hope they will do that until duke reverses its policy. >> it is a great school and now they're doing something on fridays that has people all over the country saying why are they doing that? dr. jeffress thank you for joining us today. >>> what do you think about that? e-mail us friends@foxnews.com. >>> they tipped police cars over, set buildings on fire and looted businesses in the wake of the protests in the local millionaire who was giving them millions of money. we've got his name. >>> hollywood hypocrisy uncovered next. [container door opening] ♪ what makes it an suv is what you can get into it. ♪ [container door closing] what makes it an nx is what you can get out of it. ♪ introducing the first-ever lexus nx turbo and hybrid. once you go beyond utility there's no going back. boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived

of our own in our own region and hosted a meeting for public officials, church leaders at the billy graham center. we brought in wonderful organizations, justice mercy compassion act, others who have been there on behalf of these women. but there's so many important ways that we can provide safety, security, safe haven for these precious young girls that they have been brought into slavery. human trafficking is one of the most tragic issues in our world today. only 21 million human beings living in modern day slave rism domestic servitude for slavery and sex work. as nation we have both a moral and constitutional obligation to protect the most vulnerable in our society with horrific exploitation. i therefore urge all my colleagues today to join in supporting for justice, for victims -- victims trafficking act of 2015 presented by congressman poe. we need to ensure that we can provide to these young domestic human trafficking victims the support that they need. this week, yes, we in the house will devote ourselves to raising awareness of this heinous crime and passing legislation to take si