anthony, spartanburg, south carolina. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i just wanted to voice my opinion about billy graham and franklin graham. i heard them speak at a revival in the rain billy graham was preaching at. he preached love and non-judgment. franklin graham preaches hate and judgment and mr. perkins sits up there and places judgment on everybody. and that is a sad day for franklin graham to do that to his daddy and that's just my opinion. thank you. >> perkins. >> well, you know, i would take issue with the caller. i don't think franklin graham preaches against anyone, i think he preaches the same message. i think that the receptivity to that message -- when you say that when billy graham would preach that we are all sinners and we need the grace that is extended by god through his son jesus christ, that is an offensive message today because that suggests that shower not going to make it on our own. franklin continues to preach that message. same message that we embrace as we embrace the gospel. again,

she is 17 years old, she goes to high school in spartanburg, south carolina. she does all the things that a 17-year-old would do. incredibly gifted young lady. at 20 weeks it was discovered that she is missing a leg and the doctors feared she would have severe birth defects, and her parents were deciding what to do and they could see the baby move and they decided not to opt for an abortion. she is in high school today. iowa.is micah from he was born at 20 weeks and is alive today to tell about it. this is not about medical liability, mr. president. roe v. wade says there is a compelling state interest to protect the unborn out of medical liability. i would argue that the difference between medical liability in 1973 and 2018 is a norm is. what we are trying to do is provide a new way to protect the unborn. in a legislative a-day -- can a legislative body prohibit abortion on demand at a time science tells us the baby feels excruciating pain, at a time science tells us parents should sing to their child, at a time science tells us that this baby has well-connec

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let's hear from ken in spartanburg, south carolina, we are listening. >> reporter: i am enjoying the question, i wanted to know who were your favorite authors and what type of inspiration did you get from that offer and writing was going to be your lifetime duty, ability, instead of getting a real job. >> host: who is a writer that inspired you, which of mister whitehead's books have you read? >> caller: toni morrison is one of the most inspirational writers, i am reading colson whitehead's book now, the underground railroad. >> caller: i am enjoying every bit of it, this is a treat for me. >> host: what do you do in spartanburg, south carolina? >> caller: i worked for a hospital, i am a nurse. >> thanks for reading. i hope the end of the book is not disappointing. so many different folks, you can get something from raymond carver, or ralph ellison, early influences with twilight zone and marvel comics and stephen king. i wanted to write horror, the black statement or black shining, or the black in front of it is basically what i wanted to do, then i started reading garcia marquez an

spartanburg south carolina. >>st guest. >> caller: hello mr. whitehead.been answered but who was one of your favorite authors and what type of inspiration did youou get? and when did you know writing would be a lifetime duty? versus a real job? >> guest. >>host: we will get an answer in just a minute but who inspired you and which of his books have you read? b14. >> caller: one of the most inspirational riders i am reading his book now. "the underground railroad" i am presently reading it now. i am enjoying every bit of it. this has been a treat for me to see you on tv today. thank you. >>host: what do you do in south carolina? >> caller: i work for the hospital here. i am a nurse. >> guest: thanks for reading i hope the end of the book is not disappointing. [laughter] human on -- glad you are enjoying the first half. if you get something from carver realistic short stories and early influences and marvel comics and before that i rented to write horror. and basically what i wanted to do and then samuel beckett just then as a science fiction writer so i se

let's hear from spartanburg. >> caller: hello, mr. white had.d to know who was one of your favorite authors and what type of inspiration and when did you know it was going to be your lifetime duty instead of as i say getting a real nine to nine to five job sex >> host: we are going to get an answer to that in just a minute but who is a writer that has inspired you and which have you read? >> caller: one of my most inspirational writers i am reading the book now the underground railroad. i am presently reading it now and enjoy every bit of it so it has been a treat to see it on tv today. >> host: what do you do in south carolina? >> guest:th >> caller: i work for the hospital. i am a nurse, so i like to read. >> guest: i hope the end of the book is not disappointing. writers that have inspired me to. somebody from ralph ellison with twilight zone and artful comex and i wanted to write salem's lot or the shining. then i started reading samuel beckett and these are people where i think my early love for the genre storytelling it is a tool you use i

. >> host: ken, what do you do in spartanburg, south carolina?i am actually, i work for the hospital here. i am a nurse. i like to read. >> host: thank you. >> guest: thank you for reading, can. i hope the end of the book is not disappointing! [laughter] i'm glad you enjoyed the first half of the book. so many different folks have inspired me. i think that you can get something from raymond carver. he is a writer of realistic short stories. also ralph ellison. early influences. twilight zone and marvel comics and stephen king. when i went to college i wanted to write horror. i wanted to write the black cell is lot or the shiny. -- salem's lot for the shiningperiod -- think my early love for genre joy telling, i see fantasy as a tool. use it here and not there. it is in the novel toolkit. >> host: what does the term, magical realism mean to you? >> guest: what does it mean to me? it means that the real and fake are both presented in the same register. so garcia marquez, one of those bigger practitioners. he came up with his form of this by listeni

the pastor of the first baptist church in spartanburg was his personal pastor in the area.ok back at the sweep of his life, billy graham dead this morning at the age of 99. clearly in the very beginning he was powerful speaker. that is why he got the radio job. what would have happened if television not invented? that was the medium he embraced and worked it so well? >> it was back, it was back in the 1940s he was doing that famous crusade in los angeles. where the publisher of the, i believe it was "the l.a. times" sent out a message to all of the other newspapers they owned around the company, puff graham, that was the infamous telegram message, puff graham. as a result of that billy graham became a house hole name. idea celebrities of the day were going to the crusades. hearing the message billy graham was sharing. they were coming to know christ along with regular folk the who came to the crusade as well. ainsley: todd who -- brian: one thing, ainsley. let's bring in pastor paula white. she would like to weigh in, join us via the telephone. todd, stick around. senior pa