for unity at times is sacrificial, in the way that love is sacrificial.avarro rath comports us to love not only our neighbors but to love our enemies. and to pray for those who persecute us. to be mefersful as our -- merciful as our god is merciful to. forgive others as god forgives us. and jesus went out of his way to welcome those whom his society deemed as outcasts. now, i grant you that unity and this broad expansive sense is aspirational. and it's a lot to pray for. it's a big ask of our god. worthy of the best of who we are and who we can be. but there isn't much to be gained by our prayers. if we act in ways that further deepen the divisions among us. our scriptures are quite clear about this. that god is never impressed with prayers, when actions are not informed by them. nor does god spare us from the consequences of our deeds, which always in the end matter more than the words we pray. those of us gathered here in the cathedral, we are not naive about the realities of politics. when power and wealth and competing interests are at stake, when vie

greater than bringing justice to a society, and that is to promote the use of agape love, self sacrificial love among people. when i became president, and before i was inaugurated, i was given a brief by the military leaders of our country and i learned for the first time that if i prevent a nuclear war, the use of atomic weapons, the arsenals of the soviet union and the united states alone, if they were used in that kind of war, might in -- end the ability of all human beings and animals to survive. because of the direct explosions, the atomic fallout, and the covering of the skies by dark clouds of smoke and debris from the nuclear devices. no human being and no animal could survive a nuclear war. we now still have a great responsibility and threat, and we have to share it with seven or eight other countries which you know, russia, china, great britain, france, england, and israel, pakistan, and india, and maybe we don't know for sure, north korea. with this threat distance, -- with this threat to human existence, what then can you and i do it? for a long time, humans had to contend with

for unity at times is sacrificial in a way that love is sacrificial.but to love our enemy and to pray for those who persecute us, to be merciful as our god is merciful god to forgive others as god forgives us. and jesus went out of his way to welcome those whom his society deemed as outcasts. now, i grant you that unity in this broad, expansive sense is aspirational. and it's a lot to pray for. it's a big ask of our god. worthy of the best of who we are and who we can be. but there is a much to be gained by our prayers if we act in ways that further deepen the divisions among us. our scriptures are quite clear about this, that god is never impressed with prayers when actions are not informed by them. nor does god spare us from the consequences of our deeds which always in the end matter more than the words we pray. those of us gathered here in the cathedral, we are not naÏve about the realities of politics. when power and wealth and competing interests are at stake, when views of what america should be are in conflict, when there are strong opinions ac

this is about 30 minutes to capture the sacrificial. conference. usa discussion program, which well-known correspondents question a leading personality the news. our guest is the reverend dr. martin luther king. to introduce our guest, the panel of correspondents here is robert lodge, the moderator of press conference. welcome to the press conference usa. our guest, the reverend dr. martin luther king, became spokesman and leader -- in the southern united states at the unusually early age 27. it was during a bus boycott in montgomery, alabama, which resulted in integrated -- and whites riding by side. later, as head of the southern christian leadership conference, he turned his attention to desegregation of restaurants and other public facilities. and he has played a leading role getting -- registered to vote an important step in achieving equal rights. now, at the age of 34, dr. king, a baptist minister, married and the father of four children, has become a symbol of the struggle to end racial segregation here in the united states. to interview hi

i think the way she was written, though, and the way david created that show, that she was the sacrificial >> that role on one of tv's most celebrated shows propelled her to the upper levels of hollywood. drea de matteo netting her an emmy. >> there are so many people that are responsible for this. but if i even try to thank any of them right now, i might puke, choke, cry or die. >> she would go on to star on other hit shows as joey tribbiani's sister on the friends spin off. >> just pick one. >> fine, gina. you are the bigger pain in the. told ya. >> and angie bolen on desperate housewives. >> somebody get me a coffee later. >> holy crap, is that heidi klum? >> yeah, i do think people assume you're on a hit show. you starred in a hit show. people assume you're rolling in the money. you were a working actress in hollywood. >> yep. it's pretty amazing that we're actually not rich. i just took what what i could get at that time. >> but the money was good enough to pay the bills and buy this beautiful home in the hollywood hills. everything seemed fine until the pandemic hit, and suddenly the

now, unfortunately, the sacrificial lambs are the so—called coloured people, which is the majority in applause ..in this... and, johnny, you must note _ that the people are clapping because most often the realities that we experience in this country is not spoken of. so, coloured people... so coloured people, forgive me, just for those that don't know, is used in general to describe people of mixed race in south africa. that's correct. thank you. people of mixed race. and predominantly living in this particular province, the western cape. and so, when you talk about equal opportunity, that race is literally excluded, including...including the first inhabitants. we're talking about ownership of land. for centuries, the discourse around ownership of land has been amongst those who doesn't own the land. it has been... it has been amongst those who has dispossessed the original inhabitants, which is the khoi and the san, the indigenous people here. and so, if we are going to shift the economic landscape in this country, the first thing that has to happen is coloureds — bushmen, khoi and s

. >> this is, like, a sacrificial lamb pick.s is the pick you put up there to get crushed so you keep your better candidates ready for the next cycle. it's also a trick pick, because the guy's not minnesota nice, he's minnesota nuts. >> their the woke -- they're the woke bonnie and clyde. they're the left's laurel and hardy. it actually makes perfect sense. >> she has the hubris to talk about how great she was on the border, and she's a border prosecutor? she is everything but a prosecutor. because no one who's been a prosecutor would go on and and allow what has gone on in this country for the last three and a half years. >> donald trump and kamala harris scurrying all for their first debate. the night quickly turned into haymakerrings. >> trump was emotional, he was undisciplined, but he still delivered powerful messages on the core issues that voters care about. >> the biggest political comeback in american history. president-elect trump is on his way back to the white house. earlier he flipped michigan, completing his sweep

anybody, liz, should be upset with the pelosis, it should be kamala harris because she was really the sacrificialcareer is likely over as it should be, but nancy saved joe from utter embarrassment. liz: so whose the leader of the democrat party now? >> well liz i don't think they have one. if you look at social media, you might think that aoc is the leader because she's very active on instagram and tiktok but that does not make obviously a policy leader. i don't think she's ever actually gotten a piece of policy through other than the green new deal inspiration, but the democrat party right now have no one, but on the other side of the aisle we have president donald trump and we have fresh faces that are going to be taking over the legacy of donald trump come 2028, democrats have four years to figure out who that person is going to be and they can do better than joe and kamala. liz: tomi lahren sorry we ran out of time. good to see you. we are just moments away from president trump. he's about to speak at the presidential parade in d.c. the president will also be signing a wave of day one executi

so there's there's all this redemptive sacrificial language in the gettysburg address. and bella celebrates this. he says, this is what gave us then what we could call new testament of our civil religion. but the third time of testing is now the vietnam war. and the civil rights movement. he's more here about the vietnam war, although he'll draw some unfair verbal comparisons between way lyndon johnson spoke about the civil rights to the way he spoke vietnam. i'm going add a little footnote to that, a little correction, john. got to tweak that a bit with you. just a moment. so this is our third time of testing now. a much more challenging question. how does robert bellah want to use the american civil religion. how does he want to use it? i may not be asking that in the clearest way possible. how does he want to deploy it? in what? cause for what purpose. all right. i'm going to put that on pause a second. don't let me forget. don't forget it. you've got time to scrounge there and your documents. i'm going to come to this amazing diagram which answers all life's basic q

hearings or he doesn't seem to charm the senators or make them feel comfortable, he might be another sacrificial lamb. so it's going to be a rough week ahead. i think the others will probably glide through pretty easily, but these three are certainly problematic. >> these are definitely hearings to watch this week for sure. tara, good to see you. thank you john. >> all right. president trump signs a new executive order examining a potential overhaul of fema. so what? getting rid of the agency could mean for families struggling to recover from multiple natural disasters. and the new message from doctors. swap out your phone alarm with a good old fashioned alarm clock. why? they say your phone could be the reason you have trouble waking up in the morning. >> this part changed my life. >> superman is now nominated for a bafta award for best documentary. chris wanted to change the world. >> people are. >> literally walking because. >> of him. >> super man, the christopher reeve story sunday at eight on cnn. >> watch your step. oh. >> that's why. >> visionworks makes. >> it simple to schedule an eye

so i think that again that matt gaetz became the sort of sacrificial lamb. and after that everybody's flying through. that's my that's my outlook. yeah. >> fair enough. um, mark, one of the things obviously, that we've been talking about throughout the morning is the immigration crackdown, of course, promised by donald trump during the campaign. but now, of course, we're getting not just the actions, but also the show that donald trump puts on. we're reporting here at cnn that law enforcement agencies have been directed to wear uniforms that very clearly mark who they are. now, of course, safety protocol dictates law enforcement officers need to identify themselves. but they are reporting is that this is specifically to generate more media attention. um, we have also seen, of course, the very public confrontation between donald trump and the president of colombia, one that the president seems to have come out on top on. certainly, that's how the white house feels. but of course, you're also seeing incidents where there's we're reporting this just this mornin

by that i mean doors, windows, wall, frame, but not things like roof shingles, which are sacrificial. and they get there. there they've been changed out many, many times. so the house is really well preserved. but beneath the first floor, joyce for first floor boards, we get about 48% survive the rate of washing, ten era wooden framing members. so this project will conserve the surviving stuff and will repair what needs to be repaired. but it will also replace members that were removed in the course of conservation and preservation work for the last 150 years. so when we are finished with this work that slightly compromised frame will be entire rebuilt as it initially was to function in the 18th century. and that's that's great. however, remember that this frame was initially constructed to act as a private home, serving probably a dozen people as a museum the mansion welcomes in 2019, we welcomed 1.1 million visitors. that's a lot of feet going through this house, creating a lot of gentle vibration during much of the day in order to make sure that the mansion withstands that, we are

is frequently the sacrificial lamb when it comes to meeting funding for the mission. while this is not unique to v.a., we cannot allow this to continue. as more and more veterans become eligible for care and benefits at v.a., constraints require cuts in other places. and much of the software that v.a. uses is obsolete. we hear a lot of talk about government inefficiency. fixing them ensures that employees have the best tools to do their job which starts with fund negative office of information and technology. i look forward today to hearing the witnesses testimony. before i yield, there's a few people that they would -- that we be saying farewell to. this will be the last hearing for assistant secretary dell benning, one of my favorite chairman, rosen dale and the republican subcommittee staff of bill madison who has been excellent. he has been with us with the subcommittee its its inception and has been a valuable partner in our efforts to ensure that v.a. and his employees have the tools provide benefits to our nation's veterans. we will be losing dell benning. i ha

i also have major issues with the way it is frequently the sacrificial lamb when it comes to needing funding for the mission. while this is not unique to va we cannot allow this to continue more and more veterans become eligible for care benefits, budget constraints require cuts and others. this is the reason the va is operating on the infrastructure will pass the service life in many places. much of the software va uses is obsolete. we hear a lot of talk about inefficiency, fixing the inefficiency starts by ensuring va employees have the best tools to do their job were charged with fully funding the office of information and technology. point blank v-8 needs to do a better job of ensuring it budget supports va employees i look forward to hearing the witnesses testimony. before i yield there's a few people who enforce them saying farewell to the submit the last here one of my favorite chairman and the republicans has been excellent. he has been with the subcommittee since its inception has been a valuable partner in our efforts to ensure va employees have modern tools to provide worl

is frequently the sacrificial lamb when it comes to funding for the mission. while this is not unique, we cannot allow this to continue as more and more veterans become eligible for care and benefits v.a., budget constraints require cuts in other places. it cannot continue to be one of those places. this is the reason that v.a. is operating on an i.t. infrastructure that is well past its service life in many places and much of the software the v.a. uses is obsolete. we hear a lot of talk about government inefficiency and fixing it starts by ensuring that employees have the best tools to do their job, which starts with fully funding the office of information and technology. point blank, v.a. needs to do a better job of ensuring that its i.t. budget supports v.a. employees and veterans. i look forward to hearing the witnesses testimony. before i yield, there's a few people i would -- that we unfortunately are saying farewell to. this will be the last subcommittee hearing for the assistant secretary, one of my favorite chairman, and the republican subcommittee st

sacrificial to give up four years living in the white house as president of the united states.te dinner or a group of guests that would have been a not a good years of living in the white house as president of the united states. >> at least the piano didn't come through. >> can you imagine if the chandelier had fallen on a state dinner and a group of guests? >> next is carl een darlene in . welcome, darlene. >> i would like to know when wforeign dignitaries and diplomats and people come to visit, where do they spend the night at? >> darlene, that's an excellent question. well, if you were visiting the president up until the fdr presidency and your name was winston churchill, you would stay geup in the residence leve where the president and mrs. roosevelt stayed, but the prime minister was known ato take a beverage with breakfast and a beverage with lunch and a beverage with dinner, and so he would enjoy their hospitality and he was known to parade around and the wherewithal a little bit to the point where mrs. roosevelt said no more. franklin, this man has to go. so across the

pretty sacrificial to give up four years of living in the white house as president of the united states, and at least the piano wouldn't come through. no, no risk. can you imagine if the chandelier had fallen on a state dinner or a group of guests that would have been a not a good thing. next is darlene watching us in ohio. welcome, darlene. yeah, i would like to know when fawn on dignitaries and diplomats and people come to visit, where do they spend the night at. well, darlene, that's an excellent question. well, if you were visiting the president up until the fdr presidency and your name was winston churchill, you would stay up in the residence level where the president and mrs. roosevelt stayed. but the prime minister was known to take a beverage with breakfast and a beverage with lunch and a beverage with dinner. and so he would enjoy their hospitality. but he was also known to kind of parade around in the wherewithal a little bit, to the point where mrs. roosevelt said no more, franklin, this man has to go. so across the street to the blair house, they created this guesthouse, whi

and he pointed out for that the highest goal of a human being was a copy of love is self-sacrificial love. this was not possible for a statesman. you can't have the united states of america self-sacrificial love the highest goal for a nation or a government or is justice. which is near to love justice. so that's one thing that i really admired reinhold niebuhr. his deep analysis of the proper relationship between the church and state, as we refer to it now, was very beneficial to me. next is portland, oregon. hello, mr. carter. first off, let me say that i do share a love of dylan thomas and fernhill is absolutely one of my favorite forms. but my question is actually what i'm asking you to if you will comment upon past, recent and present debates regarding creation, science being taught in the schools. thank you very much. okay. i cover this to some degree in my book that i wrote year our endangered values. i have a chapter there on separation of church and state. and i point out that i'm a devout christian, i'm a born again christian. i'm an evangelical. i just got through teaching

or as matt gaetz, the only sacrificial lamb in this confirmation process, because donald trump has certainly put up a number of nominees that, under normal circumstances, would have a very difficult time getting confirmed. but these are far from normal circumstances. and trump believes that he's governing with a mandate. and his fellow republicans in the senate believe him when he says that. >> i guess. let me press you then a little. ryan, are you saying, are you able to report that his confirmation is a foregone conclusion? >> i wouldn't go so far to say that it's a foregone conclusion, but i would say at this point, nicole, that i would be very surprised if he were not to win confirmation. and i'm hearing that from both republicans and democrats. the sense that i got leading up to this hearing was that this was the democrats last opportunity to try and muddy the waters a little bit and try and win over those skeptical republicans. and the sense i'm getting coming out of this hearing was that that goal was not accomplished. you know, i think it's important for people to keep in mind when t