i went with the teavangelicals.t of these conservative christians are evangelical christians and they are breaking bread with libertarians in the tea party movement. >> host: the technical definition is conservative christian, typically evangelical who strongly supports the tea party agenda and active in the tea party movement. a relatively new phenomenon? >> guest: the breaking point with libertarians is definitely knew. hence the new term but this is a more think of the moral majority, christian coalition days and all that but now we are seeing fiscal issues take paramount importance during this time in the country's history. clearly this is a big part of -- they are breaking bread with libertarians. >> host: fiscal issues bring people to these rallies and participate does that mean social issues have taken a back seat? >> guest: not at all but just because the social issues are important to the evangelicals doesn't mean they want to tell what the movement with social issues. they can feel as strongly about the ab

but he didn't really play to the teavangelical base. that was my point in saying that and because he didn't play to the teavangelical base quite frankly, judy, mitt romney was the luckiest guy in the world. they were all splitting and santorum, michele bachmann, they were splitting the teavangelical vote, he coasted right along and president obama, he now has... romney has three and a half years of president obama which has definitely helped these teavangelical voters come to his aid. the question is they may be 80% there but are they going to get there? what about the last 20%? >> woodruff: is the mormon faith an ongoing issue for some evangelicals? >> there are certain evangelicals that won't vote for a mormon period. here's the good news for romney-- and not to stereotype folks in the country-- but the anti-mormon sentiment may be a little bit more in the southern part of the country rather than certain swing states where it be florida, ohio, michigan, colorado. whatever it happens to be. so it is a factor? yes, but there's an asteri

he became a teavangelical.t was interesting because he was witnessed to with the gospel of jesus christ within a tea party setting with other tea party leaders, which i thought was interesting. there's a lot of stories like that. host: bob is on the republican line. you are on with david brody. caller: thank you. i very much appreciate your take on this. i have been a member of the tea party quite some time. not that i go to attend meetings, but i have it in my heart. i get on facebook and i share a lot with people. i believe in the foundation of our country. i believe in the founders and the way they believed. they were not takers. they were helpers'. they have strong moral character. you would rarely see -- i talked to people in the tea party on facebook. you do not see the viciousness that i hear so much on c-span and the morning from different groups -- it is republicans, democrats, and independents. it makes me sad. we really want this country to get back to being on their own two feet and working together

. >> ifill: author david brody discusses his book, "the teavangelicals," about evangelicals and the tea party, and the romney campaign's effort to win their hearts and minds. >> romney has three and a half years of president obama which is which has definitely helped these teavangelical voters come to his aid. the question is, they may be 80% there, but are they going to get there... what about those last 20%? >> woodruff: paul solman explores the prospect of eternal life with author, inventor and futurist ray kurzweil. >> there's a very good chance of making it through. >> when you say "making it through" you mean live forever? >> indefinitely. the goal is to put that that decision in our own hands rather than the medical community. >> ifill: and hari sreenivasan talks with wikipedia founder jimmy wales about the role the online encyclopedia plays online and off. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation

he became a teavangelical.use he was witnessed to with the gospel of jesus christ within a tea party setting with other tea party leaders, which i thought was interesting. there's a lot of stories like that. host: bob is on the republican line. you are on with david brody. caller: thank you. i very much appreciate your take on this. i have been a member of the tea party quite some time. not that i go to attend meetings, but i have it in my heart. i get on facebook and i share a lot with people. i believe in the foundation of our country. i believe in the founders and the way they believed. they were not takers. they were helpers'. they have strong moral character. you would rarely see -- i talked to people in the tea party on facebook. you do not see the viciousness that i hear so much on c-span and the morning from different groups -- it is republicans, democrats, and independents. it makes me sad. we really want this country to get back to being on their own two feet and working together. your take in your bo

the author of david brody, author of "the teavangelicals." i want to thank everyone for watching this. we will see you again tomorrow morning. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> today, news makers with kevin brady of texas. then they talk about the fair lending settlement with wells fargo. later we will take you live to the annual meeting closing session on entrepreneurship. >> joining us on this sunday, congressman kevin brady is the vice chair of the joint economic committee. we talk about taxes, the economy, health care. joining us is a congressional correspondent for the national journal and richard rubin. >> president obama made his case for extending almost all of the tax cuts that are scheduled to expire. republicans agree that we should extend it for '90s term of the people. he said let's do what we agree on and fight about what we disagree on. what is wrong? >> it gives far more uncertainty. we have a struggling economy. we are three years after the rece

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look, i think the best course of action for romney if you listen to the teavangelical argument, use thetate argument, what's good for massachusetts might not be good for arkansas or maine and he'll make the case like he did in the gop primary that this is a states' right issue and that will play well with the teavangelicals. the danger for romney is he wants to be careful he doesn't have a don't tread on me flag in a photo op because many independents might not see that as a positive. the fine line, carol, if he could actually have a don't tread on me flag in the background, he could mobilize this teavangelical base big time. >> thanks so much for your insight. appreciate it. >> thanks, carol. >>> sometimes you have to be a little creative if you can't take the oath of office in person. one mayor did just that. e. great! tyler here will show you everything. check out our new mobile app. now you can use your phone to scan your car's vin or take a picture of your license. it's an easy way to start a quote. watch this -- flo, can i see your license? no. well, all right. thanks. okay, here

tomorrow, we interview author david brody about his new book: "the teavangelicals: the inside story of how the evangelicals and the tea party are taking back america." >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: president obama called for a one-year extension of the bush- era tax cuts for the middle class. republicans said it's not enough and the taliban claimed responsibility for a roadside bombing that killed six american troops in afghanistan. we come back to the politics of tax cuts online. hari explains. >> sreenivasan: that's the subject of this week's political checklist. find that on the rundown. and the new nation of south sudan celebrates its one-year birthday today. read about the challenges for the fledgling country on our world page. all that and more is on our website: newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at one man's mission to live forever. i'm gwen ifill >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour

as for how faith fits into the equation, there are biblical absolutes of in the way teavangelicals see the world. is there something wrong with pushing your belief on someone else when they have heard enough? absolutely. you need to be able to back off. that does not mean you cannot be principled or have your believes as it relates to the bible. >> "washington journal" errors lives every morning starting at 7:00 a.m. now for a discussion on the future of syria and the assad regime. >> power speaker shourd) -- power speaker should close his cellphone and blackberry, too. i am haleh esfandiari. i run the bareez program -- the middle east program for the center. it is a great pleasure to be here. and to welcome our speaker from oklahoma, the director of the middle east studies at the university of oklahoma, and the author of a daily newsletter on syria. i have known him for a long time. we first met when i was teaching at princeton and he was a grad student working on syria. the professor has won the best teacher prize at his university, raised over $1 million for a new share in iran in s