and also billy graham. he is a staunch supporter and an advocate of corporate interest so much one newspaper calls him the big business evangelist said in the garden of eden will be a place of no you do meters or dos. that is his idea of paradise eisenhower is a co-sponsor and believes he was elected to lead a the country so he comes into office with that manifest from the very start and holds a massive prayer service that morning. he has 800 people in the church with him. he leads the country in a prayer that morning the very first float is called god's float freedom under god and in god we trust. so on it went so from the very start to refuse religion into politics. >> host: was to write eisenhower a religious man? was a political? >> a little of both. he calls himself the most people man i know. his family didn't have a good record to attend church but he saw himself as a fundamentalist. he comes into office in firmly believes of the office but that is a little different they see it as a means to an end.

which takes us to billy graham. graham has been a strident apocalypsesist from the beginning of his career. two days after kerry truman noted the soviet union had admitted and atomic bomb. the world recognized there was a global apocalypse in the making and graham wanted to make the most of that to urge people to make decisions for christ and to be serious about their commitment. this is the team he played over and over again rub his career. and most of his revivals he preached a message on the second coming of christ, he published a book called "world of flame," and in 1983 he of wrote -- published a book called "approaching hoofbeats." in 1992 a book called "storm warning." in 2010 he re-issued the book, updating for the modern context. at 91 years old he said, i believe the storm clouds are darker than they have ever been. prepare to meet your god, the signs of his imminent return have never been greater. for graham, he is creative and explaining the side. in the 60's it was the counterculture and the free speech

we don't think of, billy graham. billy graham is a staunch supporter of the christian libertarian movement. an advocate of corporate interests that a london newport calls him the big business evangelist. he is? a 1952 address that the garden of eden will be a place with no union leaders no union dues, no snakes and know disease. that is his idea of paradise, and icen hours aclose confidante of his and eisenhower believed he is to lead the country into a spiritual revival. and he makes that man fest from his gnawingation. he hold asthmassive prayer service that morning. previous presidents prayed largely in private. he head 800 people in the church with him and 800 more outside help leads the country in a prayer he wrote himself that morning, again, first for inauguration. the very first float is called, god's float says freedom under god and in god we trust on it, has massive house of worship on it. on it went. the theme from the very start of suffusing religion into politics is an important one for him. >> host: was

abraham dared a and what we don't think of in this group billy graham. graham is a staunch supporter of the christian libertarians, not because so much so the london newspaper called them that he business famously in the 1950s to address at the garden of eden will be a place with no union leaders no union dues, no snakes in the disease. that's his idea of paradigm. eisenhower believes he is the lack or to leave country in a spiritual revival so when it comes into office in a manifest from the very start. he holds a massive prayer service that morning. previous president. largely in private. a hundred more outside. he leads the country and a prayer he wrote himself that morning. a first for inauguration. the very first is called god's float. freedom under god and in god we trust pearsall on it went. the theme from the very start of religion and politics is an important one. >> host: was dwight eisenhower religious man? if you believe this? >> guest: yes and sincerely religious. he calls himself the most deeply religious man i know. his family had not a go

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 to

billy graham. a national audience and thousands of oklahomans who simply wanted to get together and pay tribute to those who had lost their lives. it was an exceptional act of public leadership on her part. and the two of them set up a foundation to take care of the educational needs of anyone who had lost a parent, let alone two parents, in the course of that. and that institution still functions till this day. again exceptional leadership. and we've had other moments of tragedy in our country like 9/11 and just as rudy giuliani was, quote, america's mayor on that day, ron norig in oklahoma was america's day. it was an amazing performance as i got together his police and his firefighters and was immediately on the scene and one of the great public servants that i've ever seen. and i would be remiss not to mention my friend behind me, mr. lucas, as he alluded to in his remarks that was his district office, one building over. that was a place where he was in and out of a lot in the federal building

. >>> controversy is brewing over a proposed statue to honor billy graham.olina are protesting. they're saying lawmakers should consider other replacements. they're against it. here to weigh in is the founder of carolina rising. great to see you this morning. so on what grounds are people objecting to a billy graham statue? >> good to see you, tucker. you misstated that in the intro. it is north carolina state democrats who have strenuously objected to going ahead and moving forward with a statue of the reverend billy graham. they have come up with a lot of excuses. whether it be procedural. they wanted to consider a lot of alternatives. whether it be actors or basketball coaches. and i think it has taken the republicans by surprise. i mean, i think they thought this was the most un uncontroversial item they could possibly propose to replace a racist governor. a governor that began his career by instituting the only cuein history and replacing him with the reverend billy graham, which can't actually be done in until the reverend passes. but this would begin

said that his pals were bruno san martino and jesse the bod ven ventura and superman -- superstar billy graham. i thought this guy's really -- those are old heroes. >> we need to go on to the next with you. ever wonder what america was thinking electing comedian al franken to the u.s. senate? ever wonder what could be worse? here's franken. >> the incumbent senator current senator there, dan coats, says he is not running next year and, look, when people come to me they say, young people, say how do you become a united states senator and i say well, do about 35, 40 years of comedy and then run for the senate. [ laughter ] i think he should run. i would like -- [ applause ] >> franken liberal comedian -- >> i think letterman would make a perfect democratic candidate. he got a head start sleeping with the interns. there's that. >> there's that. there you go. >> letterman, i mean, enough. we need a letterman, too? senator letterman? >> letterman, boy, his name recognition, got some money and he has always been indiana loving on his show. he would be -- >> not bad choice, for the democrats. yeah. i

leaders representing over 40 million christians gathered, billy graham association was there with theirprogram, focussing on the families among us, bishop t.d. jakes is one of the conveners. >> what can you do that you're not already doing? >> what we can do is highlight best practices. for example if we come together, we can touch a city. there is a group called somebody cares tampa. which at a certain day comes and gives food in poor communities. there are other examples of people that are reaching out in orlando where we met, there is a transitional housing police for people -- place for people coming out of prison that's up and operating. what we have is all these tremendous works that are being done, but they need to be focussed like a laser beam at a-risk communities. right now, a team of people willing to come and support the faith community here by rebuilding some of the businesses that have been torn up and really being service to the church, but, one church doesn't have it all. >> one church and one voice, but with all of you together, i wish you the best. and thank you for do

billy graham, he is out of the playing field. his son franklin, does come on and does speak up. there isn't an organized attempt. >> no. >> as there is in the gay lobby. >> yep. >> in the abortion women's reproductive rights lobby. you got now, you have got all these pressure groups. >> right. >> you don't have anything on the christian side. >> right. >> isn't that strange? >> there are individuals and i will give you a list after the show, eric metaxis and mcconnell and sphears the priest go father rutger in new york. most people would rather risk getting ebola than being called a homophobe, a racist, the horrible accusations at homonym attacks in this country. it's time for christians to recognize that the big thing is taken care of. could you be courageous and fight for the most consequential nation on earth? >> okay. ann coulter everybody. next on the run down, in the muslim religion, in the muslim religion is it okay to harm people of other faiths? then later dana perino with her two most important stories of the week. factor is coming right back. hey, girl. is it crazy th

i don't want to get too billy graham on you, but i do feel like i've seen the future, and it works. [laughter] and, you know, two wars began in 1914, two global wars. one is the war on drugs that hasn't ended and one was the first world war that ended for four years. and web i was looking at the accept tenly of the first world war, i looked at those amazing images of the graves in normandy and france, all these graves stretched out for miles and miles. and i tried to imagine if all the people from the war on drugs were buried in one place, who would be there? you'd v.a. billie holliday and all the songs she never got to sing, you'd have chino's mother, lee's friends, lisa and ed, you'd have bud's friends who died behind dumpsters, you'd have is a lot of people who were loved by people in this room. we've got a choice. we've got another century. we can fill that graveyard with far more people, or we can choose a policy of love and compassion that will save a huge number of those lives. it's up to us now. thank you. thanks very much. [applause] >> we've got asylum for some q&a -- got

billy graham. a national audience and thousands of oklahomans who simply wanted to get together and pay tribute to those who had lost their lives. it was an exceptional act of public leadership on her part. and the two of them set up a foundation to take care of the educational needs of anyone who had lost a parent, let alone two parents, in the course of that. and that institution still functions till this day. again exceptional leadership. and we've had other moments of tragedy in our country like 9/11 and just as rudy giuliani was, quote, america's mayor on that day, ron norig in oklahoma was america's day. it was an amazing performance as i got together his police and his firefighters and was immediately on the scene and one of the great public servants that i've ever seen. and i would be remiss not to mention my friend behind me, mr. lucas, as he alluded to in his remarks that was his district office, one building over. that was a place where he was in and out of a lot in the federal building

. >> host: t with references to the standards of religious revivals the moral majority, billy graham'sgod we trust and inserting into a standard for lead devoted to the indictment of thomas aquinas. one of the most contested editions was the creation of a new high school standard requiring students to examine the reasons the founding fathers protect and religious freedom to guarantee that congress shall make no law establishing religion or prohibiting exercise thereof and compare and contrast to a separation of church and state. the standard sponsors very clearly intended to suggest the founders never envisioned separation of church and state there is also highlighting the religious motives and they asserted in to the names of the founding sarah lung dash era as the tide of parity. but the reason they're there is to say something nice about jesus. traditions other than christianity receive more attention than the 2010 teaks but not as much as christianity. those current standards is the only religious tradition to explicitly acknowledge internally diverse so protestants and catholics d

they responded to focus schlafly billy graham, they put in a new standard on the meaning and historical significance of the motto in god we trust. they inserted into the standard devoted to the enlightenment references to thomas and john calvin. one of the most contested additions is the creation of a new high school standard requiring that students to examine the reasons the founding fathers protected religious freedom in america and guaranteed its exercise by saying that congress shall make no law in the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. come here and contrast this to the phrase separation of church and state. the standard of sponsors very clearly intended to their standard to suggest that the founders never envisioned separation of church and state. conservative members also highlighted the religious motives in the earliest english colonists especially puritans and they inserted into the peaks the names of individuals and the founding era who were lauded as paragons of piety so there are tons of names in the standards and you might be worthy of the s

billy graham. a national audience and thousands of oklahomans who simply wanted to get together and pay tribute to those who had lost their lives. it was an exceptional act of public leadership on her part. and the two of them set up a foundation to take care of the educational needs of anyone who had lost a parent, let alone two parents, in the course of that. and that institution still functions till this day. again exceptional leadership. and we've had other moments of tragedy in our country like 9/11 and just as rudy giuliani was, quote, america's mayor on that day, ron norig in oklahoma was america's day. it was an amazing performance as i got together his police and his firefighters and was immediately on the scene and one of the great public servants that i've ever seen. and i would be remiss not to mention my friend behind me, mr. lucas, as he alluded to in his remarks that was his district office, one building over. that was a place where he was in and out of a lot in the federal building