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" as 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. it exemplified billy graham's 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 identi

this is the christianity of matthew, mark, luke and john, peter and paul and billy graham, dr.16÷]k martinng jr. and mother teresa. think of all the good these individuals do in the name -- >> radical islam is happening now. bobby jindal had a quote, i'll get to it later. but we're dealing with modern day radical islam that he won't even say. >> right. which faith narrative transforms the world for good? christianity. you know why, sean? yesterday seated next to ambassadors by the way at my table that it's the 21st century in the midst of cultural decadence and radical islam there is still power in the name of jesus. that's what i saw yesterday in that room. >> pastor=jr good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> joining us now is the president of@áix samaritans purse and the billy graham e advantage kal association the reverend franklin@o]uv5is with us.(p+Ñ reverend, thank you for being with us. what was your reaction to the president's comments? >> first of all, i was shocked i think like everybody else. jesus christ came -- he taught tscz @r(t&háhp &hc% peace, love, forgiveness. mo

i think the largest crowd was sandy koufax pitching performance and then a billy graham event and the next was a texas southern university football game. and this is the game where i learned humility. at the end of the game, the scoreboard had our scores on the wrong side of the scoreboard. you didn't get that. they had the biggest score, we had the smallest one. so i felt really bad about that. i was a little dejected. and i as walked out of the stadium, i knocked a little old lady's purse on the floor. and so as a gentleman, i picked up her purse and i said, excuse me, ma'am, no offense. and she said that's right, sonny. and i didn't give a damn about your defense either. so i hope you got that one. did you? i'm not altogether certain that i was deserving as an introduction as the senator gave to me but i want to thank him for that. i want to begin by thanking him for sponsoring that event. i think we owe him a round of applause for this event. let's give him a round of applause. [applause] we thank you for your leadership of this event and although i'm a citizen of the state of tex

some compared the internationally known imman to the billy graham of their religion. he has been charged with repeatedly sexual assaulting a 23 year old woman who worked in the islamic boarding school he founded and was the principal of. three other women came forward accusing the 73-year-old iman of sexual assaulting them as well. the allegations spanned four decades and have shaken chicago's muslim community. >> i am shocked and devastated that such a revered member of our community can grossly violate the responsibility he was entrusted with for the last several decades. >> salem was released on a 250,000 bail and his attorney said he hasn't seen going to substantate the allegation. the boarding school is under fire for not protecting students including a man claiming to be sexual assaulted by a male staff member when he was student there. the five victims filed a civil lawsuit against the school and salem. police are investigating them and additional criminal charges could be filed. community leaders expect more victims to come forward as thousands of children att

to a growing chorus of critics including franklin graham, the son of world renowned evangelist billy graham many found the president's remarks at the international prayer breakfast yesterday insulting, misguided or confused. the white house saying the president was simply encouraging americans to hold themselves accountable. here's what he said. >> lest we get o

and so they have opened up thei christians i'm going to give you the last word, your father, billy graham the ear of the presidents. do you have the ear of president obama. can you get him on the phone and say why don't you do something about this? >> i have talked to him on several times for pastor abedino, the american who in prison in iran for his faith. i have talked to him about the kurdish people asking him to help the kurdish people. only safe place left in that part of the world. but whether i have his ear or not, i don't know. >> so he hasn't really reacted though in an aggressive way. i give you the last word the thesis here is that the world is cowardly. the world looks away. looks away from isis and putin. and they know it. they know it and they know they can do. commit atrocities on a mass scale. am i wrong? >> no, i think you are not wrong. i think that isis's goal is really to manage savagery. it is to polarize the world. this is what they want to happen. they know how to get under our skin. raping and taking children hostage. that is the best way to get under our skin. >>

to a growing chorus of critics including franklin graham, the son of world renowned evangelist billy graham after many found the president's remarks at the international prayer breakfast yesterday insulting, misguided or confused. the white house saying the president was simply encouraging americans to hold themselves accountable. here's what he said. >> lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the crusades and the inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. in our home country slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. it is not unique to one group or one religion. there is a tendency in us, a sinful tendency that can pervert and distort our faith. >> trace gallagher live tonight with the reaction. trace. >> megyn, among those criticizing the president's comments at the prayer breakfast are historians who called a comparison of isis to medieval crusaders to manipulation and misrepresentation of historical evidence. even some who normally support the president are baffled mr. obama di

i believe what mother teresa believed, billy graham, the pope and barack obama circa 2008 so i'm not really way out there. i believe marriage up to be -- so i don't have some crazy -- crazy view of marriage. i have a view that has a long and notch his religious tradition but social and political tradition. so i don't think that is the deal killer. i think people will say i don't agree with my party on marriage but mike huckabee believes that. >> host: chopard was recently discussed throwing his hat back in the ring is that rummy. should he throw his hat back in the third time? >> guest: if he wants to as a free country so i wouldn't say hey you have had your shot and 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 rather than rather -- whether mitt romney should run. >> host: if jeb bush ones you think america is ready for another bush in the white house? >> guest: i guess the voters will make that decision. jeb is a good

i think the largest crowd was sandy koufax pitching performance and then a billy graham event and the next was a texas southern university football game. and this is the game where i learned humility. at the end of the game the scoreboard had our scores on the wrong side of the scoreboard. you didn't get that. they had the biggest score, we had the smallest one. so i felt really bad about that. i was a little dejected. and i as walked out of the stadium, i knocked a little old lady's purse on the floor. and so as a gentleman, i picked up her purse and i said, excuse me, ma'am, no offense. and she said that's right, sunny. and i didn't give a damn about your defense either. so i hope you got that one. did you? i'm not altogether certain that i was deserving as an introduction as the senator gave to me but i want to thank him for that. but i want to begin by thanking him for sponsoring that event. i think we owe him a round of applause for this event. let's give him a round of applause. [ applause ] >> senator we thank you for your leadership of this event and although i'm a citizen of

then there was a billy graham event. and next one was a texas southern university -- texas southern university-grambling football game. and this is the game where i learned humility. at the end of the game the scoreboard had our scores on the wrong side of the scoreboard. you didn't get that. the grambling score had the biggest score. we had the smallest one. so i felt really bad about that. i was a little dejected. as i walked out of the stadium carefully, i knocked a little old lady's purse on the floor. and so as a gentleman i stepped down to pick up her purse and she looked up at me and said -- i said, excuse me ma'am, no offense. she said, that's right, sonny, and i didn't give a damn about your defense either. [ laughter ] i hope you got that one. did you? i'm not altogether certain i deserved as good an introduction as the senator shared for me but i want to thank him for that. not only that i want to begin by thanking him for sponsoring this event. i think we owe him a round of applause for this event. [ applause

billy. stay frosty my friend. stay frosty. >> you know our attorney general, you love him, right? steadman graham?okay. steadman has a beautiful night. steadman must have a good rap she was a beautiful dame. this is to you mr. holder you know that miller and i like you but be a man. come on this show. all right. so -- i don't like him as an attorney general. is he horrible. >> but as he as a guy is he okay holder shows up on msnbc like going over to your mom's house and this is what happens? >> you know we call you the duck. >> the duck? >> we call you the duck. >> so we say you have a very sort of placid and even way of presenting but you are just working for justice underneath. would you quack for us? >> i'm not sure i'm going to do that. >> [ laughter ] >> but i like the analogy. >> you do like the analogy good. >> could you quack for us, miller? >> well, listen melissa harris perry calls him a duck and he calls her an exquisite waste of a hyphen. i don't know what that's about there. all i know is steadman was blushing it's beautiful. i'm telling you, maybe williams ought to go down to msnbc a