nehemiah ignored them. country went into an economic recession, terrorist attacks, nehemiah kept plowing forward. and i see those qualities in donald trump. he is not going to stop for his critics.s. he is not going to slow down. he is going to do what he thinks is best for this country. and that is why i support him. >> bill: so you are going to encourage him at the same time you are enlightening him about the old testament.ht >> i want to encourage him. i can't stand these pastors who use their minutes before a president to give a lecture and to chastise them. i don't think that is my role. and, by the way, donald trump is my friend. so i do want to encourage him. you know, people who didn't vote for trump or pence, you know, i i think tomorrow is a time for us to begin to pray for him because, bill, if trump wins, america wins. >> bill: well, he needs some prayers because his enemies are legion. the final question is, you know donald trump pretty well. he is not a religious man, per se. he is a secular m

saw a lot of similarities between donald trump and a leader that god chose who is a builder named nehemiahod told him to build a wall around. mr. trump got a big kick out of that. my god blessed me. what i was trying to do is encourage, not only president trump, but his cabinet and vice president pence. >> martha: a lot of people found it curious. there were others that might have been a better fit for the evangelical community. he managed to get the vote in a stronger way than any others dead in the primaries. >> the reason i supported him, by the way, it was a year ago this weekend but i reminded mr. trump today that we are flying around iowa before the post vote cast and i said you're going to be the next president of the united states. if that happens is because god has placed you in this position of leadership. >> i thought he would win and te reason is i thought it was only candidate with leadership skills necessary to rebut the downward spiral of the country, but he also thought he was the only one who could win against hillary clinton. >> martha: what ab criticism? many people toda

at the construction of it, the story of nehemiah who built a wall around jerusalem to help protect theity. that will be at the center of the sermon. should be about an hour long before they head back over to the white house for that tea with the obamas. but everybody that you would expect to be here is here, and this is kind of a tradition that we've seen pretty much consistently since 1933. president-elect trump continuing that today. >> the reverend indeed very controversial, runs a 12,000-member mega church in dallas. we should point out, he has said islam and mormonism are heresies from the pit of hell, suggested the catholic church was led astray by satan and on and on. >> that's one of the challenges for the president-elect, projecting a message of unity but surrounding himself with allies of the campaign. if you're left of center, you look at this and say how can you deliver a message of unity when you allow the lead sermon, when you go to the president's church, as st. john's is called, to be somebody with the representation of the political activity of dr. jeffress. that's wha

robert jeffresome s, preaching from the book of nehemiah called by god to build a wall and he sees atwo? that's going to be part of the balancing act to stick with the themes that got him white house but also reach out beyond to the rest of the country, the rest of the world. >> he has a tremendous balancing ago in many different ways, in congress, in the country. one thing i'm struck by is how much faith is played such an important part in presidents and what they do and they're faced with tremendous struggles and tremendous pressures and often feel very alone and unsupported in this and their relationship with god or the higher power of their faith is one of the few things we've seen over the last 200 years that centers them in these types of crisis. >> do you remember obama had a passage from scriptures sent to him every day and he would reflect on it as the day began and it is just something that -- it's so hard, this job, to have that reassurance and that sense of a connection is tremendously important. >> so many previous presidents are called on billy graham. >> right. >> for

he'll be speaking about nehemiah in the old testament.ure who built a fort fie it against enemies. >> peter, we'll be back to you in awhile. let's talk about the politics of the day now. mr. trump is said to face a dangerous world the minute he takes the oath of office. we want to bring in the former of chief of staff and the cia and the defense department. jeremy, good to see you. >> good morning. >> we've come to assume a new president will be tested fairly early in his administration. this is what donald trump said last week. he said in an interview with the new york post. i don't think we're going to be tested. i'm not a game player. they understand me. what do you make of the statement? >> i think it's a time of worry in national security circles. a time of worry because of what our adversaries might try. also a worry whether the new commander in chief will listen to the facts and advice his professional military and intelligence officers will give him. >> and there are some reports, jeremy, that team, that national security team mig

a leader he planned to show how god blesses leaders using the story of the old testament prophet nehemiahant wall around the city of jerusalem despite months opposition to do that at the time. the president-elect and his wife well have over to their new home for the traditional coffee or tea with the outgoing president. thanyou very much. we watch the motorcade of the president-elect getting ready to take off to st. john's church. as an elected trump and his family are the party right now. it will begin when he arrives. it is moving day. the staff are busy moving and the obama's out someone tweeted out a picture of the white house which they said was empty for the first time in eight years as the obama's also left last night. thank you so much for joining us. take us behind the curtain a bit. what is moving day like. it's a hallmark by democracy all the sudden one minute so to speak everything is bear it's a true cleans late if a bottle of champagne and a note and i did from jim baker it's an important moment in our democracy. is the moment you pivot from governing from campaigning to gov

he chose a builder named nehemiah and told him his first assignment was to build a great wall aroundmuch as he believes in this and has great confidence. at some point do you look at this and say how does this happen? has someone put me in this place? >> well, it's interesting, brian. exactly a year ago this weekend, i was flying around iowa with president trump. it was before the first caucus or primary, and i said to him, i believe you're going to be the next president of the united states. and if that happens, it's because god has raised you up for a great purpose, and that's exactly what has happened. steve: look at that. >> so i really believe that was god. it was a god thing. brian: does he believe it? >> yes. i believe -- i would not see he believes it in the same way i do. he would never have the hubers to say god put me here. but i can say that happen based on scripture in the bible says god lifts up leaders and removes leaders. >> in the national prayer service, it's interesting because i remember george w. bush talking about one of the things he was struck by shortly after

. >> you heard the sermon also involved building walls around jerusalem from nehemiah, john king.ve heard a lot about building walls. >> it will be interesting to see if we hear when the president at that point does outline his agenda for the american people, does he bring up specifics or is it more, it's time to get things done and change washington. remember, one of the reasons he disrupted the republican party and took over the republican party, one of the reasons he beat an established well-known political figure like hillary clinton, even though voters expressed doubts about donald trump, questioning whether he was up to the job, he won the presidency because they want him to change this town and they believe he will create jobs. you can look at negative polling numbers, the least popular in modern history, there is some hope in the country that his business experience and disrupting washington will lead to a better economy. we'll see how this plays out. as we wait for this moment, is remarkable. so much of today is continuity of government, the american democratic experience