and falwell was upset it was rather insulting to him. he was accused of having sex with his mother in an outhouse. >> i didn't know if i could say that at the brooklyn public library so i held off. [inaudible] you wrote a scene when they met up in the supreme court because this went to the supreme court, all the cases end up in the supreme court and another thing you do is talk about a lot of who the justices are. the role within 20 feet of where falwell sat with his wife he was part of a participant in the three-piece suit with a red tie and his red hair slicked back. he had on a red and white striped tie. both men had a confident smiles that day. there is a lot of visual detail in that. were you there or how did you -- >> thank you for bringing that up. it is one of my favorite cases. falwell was sure that he was doing good and flint was sure he was up to no good so that's my interpretation. no, i was a teenager when that case happened so i wasn't in the supreme court, but there's a great abc news report where they are coming out of th

>> falwell was a fundamentalist who believed the bible should be interpreted. >> the nation does not >> like most white vevangelical of the time. falwell believed that religion and politics do not miss. >> that changed in the 1970s especially after the federal government gave private schools an youultimatum. >> they are not practicing racial discrimination. >> some evangelicals have built their own school as a response to federal desegregation. for many evangelicals, there were another important driver. evangelicals were furious. >> we got to raise up an army of men and women in america. we call this nation back to moral sensibility. i call it the moral majority. >> the mission of falwell's new army was to restore america's christian identity. >> a sleeping giant is standing up. >> falwell's movement became a political force. >> he says it is adam and eve, not adam and steve. >> the moral majority claimed to register millions of christians to vote in the 1918 election, helping ronald reagan win the white house in a landslide. >>. >> the formal hollywood actor became the perfect spoke

bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> southern baptist jerry falwell made his name in the late 1960s to hisdelivered about america's moral decay. >> if the nation does not come back to god, it is all gone. >> most white evangelicals at the time, falwell believes religion and politics did not mix. >> politics was satan's realm. >> that changed in the 1970s especially after the federal government gave private schools an youultimatum. >> private schools are not practicing racial discrimination. >> some evangelicals built their own school as a response to federal desegregation. for many, there was another important driver to provide their children with a bible-based education after the supreme court bans school's prayers in 1972. >> the irs received 150,000 protest letters. >> we'll pull this nation back to moral sanity. >> i call it the moral majority. >> the moral majority. >> the mission of falwell's army was to restore america's christian identity. >> a sleeping giant is standing up. >> falwell's movement became a political force. >> protesting abortion. >> he said it is adam and eve, not a

i'm jerry falwell, pastor here. >> southern baptist preacher jerry falwell made his name in the lateast on sunday mornings across the country. >> isn't it grand to be a christian? >> this is miraculous indeed. >> falwell was a fundamentalist who believed the bible should be interpreted literally. he delivered apock limitic warnings through the years about america's moral decay. >> if the nation doesn't come back to god, it is all gone. >> like most white evangelicals at the time, he believed that politics and religion didn't mix. >> why even register to vote. politics was satan's helm. >> that changed in the 1970s, especially after the federal government gave private schools an ultimatum. >> the internal revenue service proposed to make private schools prove they are not practicing racial discrimination. >> some evangelicals had built their own schools as a response to federal desegregation. for many evangelicals, there was another important driver to provide their children with a bible-based education after the supreme court banned school prayer in 1962. evangelicals were furious. >

than 20 defendants out or prominent prosecution for the participation in that rally and apart from falwell and dependents jantsch today of the rest of them including me i will face trial next month. i was you'd have used t.v. kong in hong kong the democratic republic of congo has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks attacks by militias and inter community conflicts has forced millions of people to flee their homes the u.n. says the ongoing fighting is making it extremely difficult to reach people in many areas our reporter mariam miller travelled to tory one of the 2 prophets is in the north east of the country officially under a state of siege she met many people taking refuge there. hardly any other region has suffered atrocities by militias especially as close to troop presence we are in the rope with a nerve agent which we're going to see some over a distance of just 60 kilometers we passed through about 20 checkpoints controlled by various rebel groups as well as the company's army. point it's mostly boys carrying guns their weapons are concealed but the threat is real they ask fo

>>'s falwell said that greens aide was speechless.se speaker nancy pelosi is still getting masks on the house floor until all members and staff are fully vaccinated. >>> taking a live look from the state capital where governor newsom is pushing an ambitious $267 billion budget proposal that includes 20 billion for public schools, 12 billion for homelessness, 4 billion for stu response and water resilience. the governor also wants to address another problem.yscalif too dirty. part of the new budget is a $1.5 billion to fund the cleanup and beautification of the state. the money will be used to remove more than 1 million cubic yards. 17,000 tons of litter on highways and local streets. >> long-term once people see what we are doing they will say look, i want to take care of my community even more than i currently do. look at what the public sector is doing. >> there proposal is expected to create 15,000 new jobs. >>> gubernatorial recall candidate john cox is facing accusation after bringing a 1000 pound bear to his event on tuesday. an

i'm jerry falwell. >> jerry made his name through his sermons broadcast throughout the country. >> isn't. >> he was a fundamentalist who believed the bible should be interpreted literally. he delivered apocalyptic warnings throughout the years about america's moral decay. >> if a nation doesn't come back to god, it's all gone. >> but like most white evangelicals of the time, he believed that religion and politics didn't mix. >> many were not registered to vote because politics was satan's realm. >> that changed in the 1970s, especially after the federal government gave private schools an ultimatum. >> proposed to make private schools prove they are not practicing racial discrimination. >> some evangelicals built their own schools as a response to federal desegregation. but there was another important driver, to provide their children with a bible-based education after the supreme court banned school prayer in 1962. evangelicals were furious. >> at last count, the irs had received 115,000 protest letters. >> we have to raise up an army of men and women in america who call this nation back

that's what the moral majority and jerry falwell always said they were before. georgia and dropped. but it's so transparently aimed pat black americans, where they're pushing the opening time to 1:00 p.m., saying, they'll get out of church, leave church, and there's no way they'll be able to bring black americans, organize in the way white americans organize through churches. won't be able to get them back to the polling booths on sunday at 1:00. it's really -- it's just transparent. it's embarrassing. and it's so targeted towards black americans who are people of faith that republicans should be humiliated. >> it's just another thing that -- well, not just in texas where the republican party, you know, adding to their brilliant brand of insurrectionist and whatever else, is they want to be the party that keeps black people from voting. that's the message they're sending. here's what republican congressman michael mccaul of texas said yesterday about the need for the new voting bill. >> i think the intent -- and i'm not in the state legislature, is to store conf

jerry falwell needed a, you know, something to have political power.eded a, you know, something to rally. host: how does that relate to the decision to take it up currently? caller: that's my second point. evangelical's have been misled and manipulated and i'm sorry for them. the implications of the supreme court taking up the case now of roe v. wade, they should realize, evangelicals, that if there is a ruling by this current supreme court, which is stacked in their favor, if they do get any kind of favorable ruling that allows the restriction of abortion rights, they are almost guaranteeing a landslide victory for democrats and the midterms, said first of all. second of all, the democrats will for sure do away with the filibuster. host: john, bradenton, florida, independent line. hello. caller: high, you are on -- hello. i think people should follow the science. the science is so much further now than it was when roe v. wade was law. caller: 15 weeks is almost four months, a baby can be taken out of the womb and be put into embryonic fluid and be bro