your typical pastor. he is a gun-toting preacher from pennsylvania. who has established several orphanages to house them, including this one. and now his story is told in the new motion picture "machine gun preacher," starring actor je gerard butler. >> i've done a lot of things i ain't proud of. hurt a lot of people. >> you can't keep going the way you've been going. >> help me. >> i'm here today to talk to you about families just like yours, half a world away that desperately need your help. >> i want to go into sudan this weekend. i need someone to show me around. >> this is a war zone. if you stay, you're going to get killed. >> we've got to take as many as we can. tell the other ones we'll come back later. >> helping your kids. it's about the only good thing i've ever done in this life. you've got no idea what i'm saying, do you? >> there are a lot of people who are saying, sam, what's your main motive? i have a floor right now to be in every media, every magazine, every tv show throughout the united

>> pastor yousef nadarkhani was born to muslim parents. this court found and why it was sent back to the supreme court, he was not a muslim at the age of majority which is 15. he never was a muslim. as long as you were born to musl muslim parents, so the iz loomic republic of eiran's system, you can be charged with apostasy. this is sending shock waves down the spine of iran. this is public. christians are being killed in iran on a regular basis. this is one opportunity where we can expose their process to the world. i ask everyone watching now to pray for pastor yousef nadarkhani and his brave muslim attorney, who is a human rights attorney who has been sentence to nine years in jail and license revokeed. >> and jordon, as always, sir, thank you for bringing attention to this important situation. >> we'll continue to pray for pastor yousef nadarkhani. >>> in other news, christians are under attack in indonesia. a suicide bomber blew himself, 22 people injured at the 10th bethel gospel church, just before the attack, the bomber visited the

you're able to pastor churches.here are people with significant secular positions in broadcasting and printing. tell us about your people skills. maybe incite that someone watching. >> and on the otherside, i was comfortable in the center of harlem or the poorest sections of new york. the question is, how did that go together. it starts with family, that you're brutum that people d, that you're brought up that people are people. my mother came by, we had a japanese gardner friend. he had no place to stay, my mother said, stay with us. i grew up of people of all different types living in the home, and respecting them as people and what they did and what they could do. >> that's a good lesson for us to remember there. people as people. >> you went to denver and pastored there for seven years? >> well, a shorter time than i wish it had been. about seven years. >> >> and then, you came to calvary, san francisco. still, a wonderful congregation. how do you decide to move from church to church? what are the factors in tha

let's start with the texas pastor, shall we? creating a bit of of a stir that that conservative values voter summit in washington. he's a rick perry supporter and encouraging republicans not to nominate mitt romney. because of romney's mormon beliefs. our jim acosta caught up with this pastor and asked him what do you say to those voters who think mormonism shouldn't be an issue? >> the southern baptist convention, which is the largest protestant denomination in the world has officially labeled mormonism as a cult. i think that mitt romney is a good, moral man, but i think those of us who are born-again followers of christ should always prefer a confident christian to a confident nonchristian like mitt romney. >> and our jim acosta who was talking to the pastor there joins me now from the values voters summit in d.c. jim, can we start with giving our viewers some perspective about who pastor jeff jeffers is? this isn't just some guy. >> no, he has a very large mega church in downtown dallas, first baptist church of dallas, part

this pastor said this to me yesterday. he said, look, you may not say it to the press, we may not say it to pollsters but when we pull the curtain behind us in the voting booth for some christian conservatives, evangelical christians, this is going to be a problem for them. having said all that, mitt romney gave a speech back in december 2007 where he thought he was able to put this matter behind him. he went to texas a&m, you might remember, gave a speech that harkened back to john f. kennedy's efforts in 1960 to put his catholicism out of the public minds in terms of what they might or might not vote on. for mitt romney, he might have thought he put this behind him in the '08 campaign, unfortunately for him this is all back in the forefront. it caused a huge uproar at this conference. my sense is that, yes, he's going to have to deal with this as the campaign goes on. whether the campaign wants to or not, he's probably going to have to deal with it. >> jim, like you, i'm going to have a chance to talk to the pastor in th

the pastor of the wood dale church outside minneapolis. he witnessed too many families going through emotional turmoil when their loved one was dying. >> for the family that there processes in place is wonderfully helpful. often children and spouses, they are frighten and don't want to make a mistake and give up too soon and hold on too long. if it's been discuss and especially if it's documented in writing, that is really a gift. >> the pastor said he and his wife filled out advanced directives and encourage members of his congregation to do the same. the directives he said are biblically base and to use it as an example of a story of jacob when he knows he is about to die. >> it tells about him bringing all of his sons around him. he gave a prepared statement to every one of them. it was different for each one. the bible line in genesis 49 said that he gave instructions. that's marvelous. here long ago was a man who knew he was going to die and gave final instructions. >> advanced directive today detail individual treatment, assign power

that's three out of four protestant pastors. and you know, there are people out there who want to try to paint me as the jeremiah wright of the right. my comments are not fanatical, it's just true that mormonism is not a part of historical christianity. >> websters, here's what websters describes in a religious context what a cult is. a system of religious worship or ritual, a quaisi-religious group, often living in a colony, with a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with unorthodox or extremist views, practices, or beliefs. is that what you believe as a cult? >> well, i believe in more a -- >> this is what websters says. so you disagree with this definition? >> i think it can be expanded. but you look at brigham young, and some parts of those definitions apply to that as well. but what i'm saying is to those of us who are evangelical christians, and remember, chris, that is to who i'm speaking, there are a lot of reasons why to prefer rick perry to mitt romney. i believe that mitt romney is conservative out of conveni

does any of this controversy over the pastor's words surprise you? >> well, it doesn't really surprise me because obviously, republicans have been having that conversation privately. but i think what rick perry is finding out, that a private conversation one thing. but when it's a public conversation, it's a whole different animal. i don't think they were prepared for the backlash they're facing right now after the pastor's remarks. i think a lot of people were wondering if that was a complete accident. >> ultimate will you, do you think it might do more harm than good for rick perry? >> i think so. it makes people very uncomfortablement obviously, this is an issue that mitt romney will have to address like barack obama had to address religious issues in 2008. but being the one to put it out in the open, especially after it's been joked about, you all ran the clip from saturday night live a little while ago. i mean, people have been talking about it. but i don't know if rick perry wants his fingerprints all over it. because it was a pastor who just e

robert is a prominent pastor in dallas. he introduced perry yesterday at the value voters summit, a conservative gathering in washington. speaking with reporters afterwards jeffers said republicans shouldn't stroet for him because he's mormon and he called mormons a cult. romney, while not addressing yesterday's controversy, directly told the gathering, quote, poisonous language does not advance our cause, unquote. we have a live interview with pastor robert jeffers in a minute. >>> legendary coach, commissioner and owner al davis died. over the years his oakland raiders won countless championships including three super bowls, and who can forget that saying, just win, baby. goodell says his impact and legacy will forever be part of the nfl. al davis was 82. >>> two days after his death steve jobs was laid to rest in a private funeral. services were held yesterday at an unnamed location. the source says that the funeral was a small, family affair. he died wednesday in california from pancreatic cancer. >>> now, back to that

and to me, obviously, what the reverend said and what the pastor said, pastor jefferss is absolutely. it's the reason why we have the first amendment. to me, perry's silence on this one is deafening. i know he put out a statement, his campaign put out a statement but we have not heard from governor perry himself and he's going to have to address this. i think it is becoming a big, big issue. >> on that point, does this have a potential to do some harm? >> no, because it's the october 2011. the good thing about this for governor romney is the fact that it's so early in the campaign, he's increasing a lead in front of governor perry. this is something that will be talked about for the next couple of weeks and won't go away. if anything, this is a mill stone around governor perry because of the ranch situation, pause of the hpv vaccination, because of the dream act down in texas and now this. he is starting to get weighed down. that's the reason why everybody wanted christie to jump in. if he doesn't do well in these next couple of debate webs he's going to be an after thought. >> lenny

they suggested the pastor. perry's campaign signed off on him. more on all this in a moment. >>> perry did not discuss romney's religion during his speech at the values voters summit but weighed in social issues and took a veiled shot at romney's stance on abortion. >> some candidates pro-life is an election year slogan to follow the prevailing political winds. to me, it's about the absolute principle that every human being is entitled to life. >> herman cain also spoke at the summit friday, and he attacked the obama administration and also had harsh words for the occupy wall street movement. >> those demonstrations on wall street, they are anti-capitalism. they are anti-free market. wall street didn't write these failed economic policies. the white house did. why don't you move the demonstration to the white house? that's why you don't have a job. that's why you don't have a business. move it to the white house. >> meanwhile, michele bachmann outline her presidential priorities and exactly what she would do in the first 100 days. >> the only rea

listen to pastor robert -- yesterday in the pulpit, listen to what he said about your faith. >> the pastor'sob is to warn his people and other about false religions. islam, hinduism, bu disem, and mormonism are all false religions and i stand by those statements. >> on friday he told a summit here in washington that mormonism is a cult. what do you want to say to this pastor? >> it's unfortunate that one person is driving the narrative at the time we have 15 million unemploy unemployed. we have two war he abroad. we have failing schools, the most important election of my lifetime in the 2012 election cycle. the fact that, you know, some moron can stand up and make a comment like that you know first of all, it's outrageous. second of all, the fact that we are spending so much time discussing it makes it even worse. you give a major foreign policy speech today as i did and the questions that come after the foreign policy speech are more focused on religion as opposed to our place in the world. this does not help the american people come to terms with the choices that they have in the 2012 elec

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we begin with the fiery words of pastor jeffress. he spoke about mitt romney's faith, saying he was not a christian. >> rick perry is a christian, he's an evangelical, a follower of jesus christ. but mormonism is not christianity. it's always been considered a cult by the mainstream of christianity so it's the difference between a christian and a nonchristian. >> rick perry was asked about the comments last night in iowa. >> is mormonism is cult? >> no. >> you don't think so? >> i've already answered that. >> in addition to denying that mormonism is a cult, his campaign said that he did not choose pastor jeffress to introduce him at the conference. >> ron paul addressed the faith in the republican party. >> this language, how is it going to advance our cause? it's never softened a heart or changed a mind. the task before us is to focus on the conservative beliefs and the values that unite us. let no agenda narrow us or drive us apart. >> krar rooe, another good morning. you heard him discussing religion in a broadway. how was it rece

i'm a pastor.ody asks me a theological question about mormonism, i have a responsibility to tell the truth. this is no surprise, as you said, i'm not a jeremiah wright on the fringe of making fanatical statement. mormonism has never been considered a part of ooevangelil christianity. if it's a choice between mitt romney and barack obama in the general election, i will vote for mitt romney. >> i understand you say you responded to reporters. but you introduce rick perry. he's running for president of the united states. you're a supporter of his and we asked perry what he thought about what you said. this is what he told our reporters right after. >> did you associate yourself with the comments -- >> i answered your question. no, i don't think it is. thank y'all. >> here's a man that you support, he's saying right there to reporters he doesn't agree with what you said, with regard to mormonism being a cult. so does this change your mind about him and how you feel about him is this -- >> not at all. t

my problem is with the pastor. the pastor should not have said this. and look, it's very troubling. look, given a choice, we had an unorthodox christian in abraham lincoln versus a real christian in douglas. should people have gone for douglas over abe happen lincoln? thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence, a proponent of religious freedom was not an orthodox christian. should people have disavowed him for that reason? should we boycott businesses that are not owned by christians? this is not where we ought to go. there's a culprit here. there is a culprit and it's not just the reverend. it is the press. i went back in 2007 and looked at how much coverage was given to the fact that george romney, mitt's father, was a front runner for the republican nomination in 1967 and there was none. yet, we had time magazine and a couple of other major publications basically dissecting the mormon faith and trying to in essence, mock it. i think that a lot of this has to be laid at the feet of the press. we should not be -- we should care about whether or not someone is o

pero hoy pastor tiene un hÉctor ya tiene una historia que contar. >> manuel maldonado aÚn recuerda elas siete de la maÑana, fueron escuados por otras personas. los alguaciles llegaron y arrestaron a 10 personas que no contaban con un status legal en el paÍs y las entregaron a inmigraciÓn. >> le dije que no he hecho nada. >> miembros de la iglesia decidieron asistir a un retiro espiritual. la maÑana del sÁbado de abril del 2008 fueron sorprendidos. dÍas fueron arrestados. sÓlo el pastor maldonado decidiÓ apelar su caso. >> pasÓ 19 dÍas dentro del centro de detenciones sin ver a su familia, en los mÁs de 10 aÑos que lleva viviendo en los estados unidos, nunca habÍa tenido problemas con la ley. >> con cinco hijos,3 de ellos nacidos en estados unidos y dos que fueron traÍdos de pequeÑos fueron parte del argumento que presentÓ el abogado de inmigraciÓn en el proceso para defenderlo. iba a ser un sufrimiento extremo, si se tendrÍanue ir a mÉxi >> aunque perdieron el caso en arizona, lo apelaron, asÍ se logrÓ que el pastor tuvieran la residencia permanente. >> muy contento. un gusto para seg

i don't believe he put this pastor up to it and yet perry is missing an opportunity. when i worked for bill clinton, he was running against mary's boss, and riots in los angeles, she said black people kill each other all the time, maybe we should have a week they kill white people. bill clinton went there and called her out and said it's wrong. rick perry needs to show that kind of strength. it's essential when you see prejudice in your own movement to call it out and say it's wrong. i'm not saying rick perry is a prejudiced man. i am saying he's a weak leader and not showing the kind of strength he needs to show. he should label this prejudice, wrong. >> he came out against it but do you think he should have used stronger words to distance himself against it. >> mary, you probably know this about paul but would like nothing more than for us to have a distracting conversation. >> rick peridots not think it is and it was an issue for rom 9 the last go around, there is no issue greater for any american republican or independent than jobs in the economy. if you think the

this time it's coming from a pastor a pastor of a mega church in dallas.effress. he happened to be on hand to introduce rick perry at the conservative value voters summit in washington. he was critical of the mormon church and told our jim acosta and other reporters that mormonism is a cult. >> reporter: you don't mind me saying, you created a bit of a stir coming out of that speech. you said in strong language what you think of mormonism. you described it as a cult. and you said that if republicans vote for mitt romney, they're giving credibility to a cult. do you stand by that? >> absolutely. i think more smr a good moral man but those that are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent -- to a competent nonchristian like mitt romney. so that's why i'm enthusiastic about rick perry. >> what do you say to the voters that say religion, mormonism shouldn't be an issue in this campaign. he's just as american as everybody else. >> i agree he's just as american as anyone else. and article six of the constitution --

among evangelical pastors to 82%.ere's the conundrum, bill, that among the pastors themselves 82%, 4 out of 5, don't consider mormonism to be christian. so when you have jeffress out there, of course the words like "cult" are als obviously meant to be nasty, but what do you make of their ideological or theological belief that mormons are just not christians? is that -- are they right to say that? >> i'll be quite honest with you. that doesn't bother me. people who are bud exist islam and -- we all have different religions. we should respect the right of other people to practice it. what bothers me is when you get into disparaging language. that's what bothers me. not the theological differences. god bless them. >> and i think in parlance in our country the word "cult" we think of manson. >> right. >> so let's remember, we start using words like that in public, we'd better be careful. thank you so much, bill. >> thank you so much. >> on this one we agree. when we return, let me finish with why i think a person's religi

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bill: what does the pastor think. pastor jeffers from dallas, texas. good morning to you. >> good to be with you. >> mitt romney called this poison. how do you react to that? >> actually i think if you will clarify he was talking about another speaker at that conference. i think ryan fisher who used much more incendiary language n my remarks in introducing governor perry i never used word mormonism or cult or mitt romney. that came afterwards when a reporter asked me personally about my feelings about mormonism. and i said mormon system not historical christianity. it is a theological cult and i stand by those comments. and by the way --. bill: you don't take them, you don't take back the comments? i just want to be clear. >> i don't take them back at all. in fact, "usa today", this morning, cited a poll of 1,000 protestants pastors who agreed with my position. three out of four agreed with the position, that mormon system not christianity. mormons are not christians. this is no new news. that has been a mainstream view. bill: let me drill down a littl

a texas pastor will tell us why a mormon is not necessarily fit for the white house. in egypt, the military is accused of organizing violence that leaves 25 people dead. as christians in cairo react, what does this say about life after the revolution. designed in scotland but made in mongolia by north koreans. you might be surprised where your winter belize come from -- winter woolies come from. republican presidential hopefuls gathered again this week for a presidential debate and new hampshire. among the hopefuls is the former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney. he needs the support of bible belt america to successfully tracked the path to the white house. he is a mormon. some believe that it is a cult. >> out of the mountains they came searching for resign. in the shadow of the mountains in utah, the mormons founded their promised land. under the vast blue skies of the west, the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints built a city near the great salt lake. [singing] here in salt lake city, the church grew rich. it was always different, other, separate someh

less than three months after the murder of a pastor. northern nigeria is the top 25 nations for persecuted christians. latest killing is 36-year-old evangelist. the news reports that he and his family found out he was on a hit list in august and safely evacuated his family and decided to return to the area to teach a class. he leaves behind a wife and two small children. >> iranian leaders have promised to destroy the united states. now they are on the verge of requiring nuclear weapons and close to accomplishing that goal. >> iranian leaders call israel the little satan. america is the big satan. the iranians believe america is a declining power and bringing the fight straight to u.s. soil. u.s. investigators foiled a plot to assassinate saudi and israeli diplomats inside washington, d.c. iranian commander say the submarines outside the coastline and long-range missiles that reach the continental u.s. they could be nuclear tipped acco according to iran's nuclear weapons. >> israel has warned the military option is on the table when it

the dallas pastor who said mitt romney is part of a cult is defending his comments about mormons. >> they have their own human founder, their own set of doctrines and their own religious book outside of the bible. >> pastor jeffers says mormons aren't christians and it's a false religion. romney's opponents say, it's a nonish. >> we don't have a test for people when they go into the white house, we do believe in tolerance and liberty. >> i'm dodging it because it's not going to help boost my campaign. >> he called it a ridiculous sideshow. >> i don't no idea why people are wasting so many political bandwidth. >> pretty existent in the values i share and the things i want to see happen in this country. >> jeffers said sunday, voters are smart enough to separate his beliefs from the candidate he endorses. as for romney, sox analysts think questions about his faith won't come up again. >> i don't think he can get the nomination without a confrontation on this issue. >> over the weekend, romney addressed another speaker who attacked gays and muslims saying that type of in his words, pous

challenging, going after this pastor in a way that you would like him to?ke an immediate and decisive break, period. this kind of talk, i think, has no home in american politics these days. you know, anyone who is associated with somebody willing to make those comments out of stand up and distance themselves in very bold language. >> why is herman cain doing so well in all of these most recent polls? >> well, everyone has had an opportunity to be the flavor of the week. you know, we've been in this race a little over three months. we have had five frontrunners and five or six months and they go up and they go down. i think he has captured the imagination of some of the activists in the party. he's had a good debate performance. he's a compelling speaker. what i hope these people goin look at is beyond just the periphery. what has a candidate done in terms of leadership and in terms of leading a state and in terms of leading large complicated entities? what do candidates know about america's role in the world in the # 1st century? what are they putting forwa