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Allen Jackson: February 3, 2025 | Allen Jackson Now

February 3, 2025 | S25:E203

Allen Jackson: February 3, 2025 | Allen Jackson Now
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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: February 3, 2025 | Allen Jackson Now | February 3, 2025
  • Well good evening, i'm alan jackson,
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  • And welcome to nashville.
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  • For months, americans wondered what our nation
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  • Would be like after the election.
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  • Conservatives watched as trump endured attack after attack
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  • From those who wanted to silence him.
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  • The lawfare, the dishonest media,
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  • Even the repeated assassination attempts
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  • Would have been too much for any one person to overcome.
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  • Yet here we are, barreling forward after an election result
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  • That's as rare as they come.
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  • Voted out of office
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  • And then four years later, invited back to the white house.
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  • Well, president trump
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  • And his team are determined, focused and fast.
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  • Doing more in one day
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  • Than the previous administration did each week.
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  • Frankly, it's hard to keep up.
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  • We're at the beginning of another week,
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  • And i'm sure there is a great deal of change ahead of us.
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  • But we have a guest
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  • Who's always has
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  • A way of looking at things from a 30,000ft view.
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  • Pete peterson is the dean of the school
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  • Of public policy at pepperdine university.
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  • Welcome back pete.
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  • Great to be with you, ellen.
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  • Well, pete, before we get started, you've told us
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  • Before that pepperdine has its own fire department.
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  • So tell us how you and the student body
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  • Did with the extensive, crippling fires in malibu
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  • And then across the whole los angeles area?
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  • Well, thanks for asking, allen.
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  • We've we've weathered, the fires here pretty well.
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  • These most recent fires, the palisades fires
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  • And the ones out in altadena and pasadena,
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  • While they never really got that close to campus,
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  • They've really impacted the pepperdine community.
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  • I know a number of,
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  • Students who live off campus faculty, staff,
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  • Supporters, alumni of pepperdine
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  • Who've lost everything, in these fires.
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  • And, and so the damage to, to
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  • To friends and those connected to pepperdine,
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  • By these most recent fires has been significant.
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  • Well, among the many things president trump has already done
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  • Is to travel to california to see the fire damage up close,
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  • And then promised federal relief.
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  • But he also made clear that governor newsom and la
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  • Mayor bass had not properly prepared for the fires.
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  • And the the victims are facing
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  • Delays in moving forward that are far too long.
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  • Listen to how that discussion went.
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  • They are saying they will not be allowed to start for
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  • 18 months. no, that will not be okay.
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  • I just hope that you can hold me to it.
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  • For a group said that no, that would be a
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  • They should be able to do it.
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  • They should be able to start tonight.
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  • I'm exercising my emergency powers.
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  • You have to exercise them also.
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  • I did exercise them because i look.
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  • I mean, you have an
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  • Emergency power and you can do everything within 24 hours.
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  • Did the people of california
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  • Realize how badly their local leadership failed?
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  • Well, unfortunately, they're realizing it now.
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  • Allen.
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  • That visit really,
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  • Got the attention of so many here in california
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  • And particularly southern california.
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  • I've spoken to so many, since that visit.
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  • Even friends on the other side of the aisle,
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  • From the president, who deeply appreciated the attention
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  • That he's bringing to this matter.
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  • And as he often does, revealing,
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  • Missteps in leadership and bad public policy,
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  • And both in that press conference and in other,
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  • Comments that he made both during that visit and afterward.
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  • It's, he's really drawn national attention to what has been
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  • Really some terrible public policy decisions here, which,
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  • In some ways exacerbated,
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  • The impact of these horrific fires.
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  • Well, moving on, california certainly has its share
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  • Of migrants.
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  • Those who work on the farms
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  • And those who are here for the wrong reasons.
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  • The problems are so bad that the new dhs secretary
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  • And borders are are personally going on some of the raids.
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  • Thousands have been caught, some deported.
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  • Is there any explanation for the pushback from the left
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  • On making the country safer?
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  • It's hard to explain, other than just,
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  • Sheer embarrassment at,
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  • The policies from the democrat party
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  • On this particular issue over the last four years.
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  • Obviously, it was a, a significant reason why,
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  • President trump was reelected in the first place.
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  • The the border policy, if it can even be called that,
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  • Is has been a standing example of not only,
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  • Bad and ideologically driven public policy
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  • During the four years of the biden administration,
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  • But also, decisions being made that were not really in the best
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  • Interests of most americans and certainly we've seen,
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  • The public safety impacts of this
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  • Lax border policy of the last four years.
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  • The economic impacts, certainly in particular,
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  • Cities and industries
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  • And also just, impact on public services, whether it's
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  • What we saw in new york city when schools were taken over
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  • To house those in the country illegally.
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  • Certainly.
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  • We've seen that here in california, where,
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  • The border
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  • Patrol and dhs under biden were actually,
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  • Driving busses and dumping off bus
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  • Loads of illegal immigrants in the middle of san diego.
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  • Just to cite one example, without
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  • Even telling local authorities that this was happening.
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  • These kinds of policies simply cannot stand.
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  • And obviously, voters,
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  • Made their voices heard on this issue and many others.
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  • Back in november.
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  • Those arrested, they're not just stealing
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  • From the corner drugstore.
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  • They're trafficking children, selling drugs,
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  • Raping women, and in some cases, murdering their victims.
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  • That doesn't even include the ones that are here
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  • Planning future terrorist attacks.
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  • Are you okay with this full scale attack on them?
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  • Even if it's using our military troops?
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  • Well, i think in so many policy areas, what,
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  • Has been left for president trump is, is not just trying to,
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  • Return us to some state of normalcy,
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  • But it's it's really trying to, pull back
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  • On some really terrible public policies.
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  • And so in these first six months,
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  • Whether we're talking about, these policies in the military
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  • And public service, whether we're talking about,
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  • The border policies, whether we're talking about,
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  • Some of the issues in education,
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  • The the amount of work
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  • That the trump administration
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  • Is going to have to do is going to be,
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  • A demonstration of very aggressive public policy,
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  • But it's really just trying to pull us back
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  • To where we were, four years ago.
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  • And really, that was a place where so many americans,
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  • Would like us to be.
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  • And i also, alan wanted to point out,
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  • I think one of the things that republicans
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  • Have not been effective in communicating on the
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  • The problems with the border policy
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  • Is the policies of the last four years have been inhumane
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  • To those even trying to get into the country, right.
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  • We certainly are concerned about those in the country
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  • Illegally who are committing crimes
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  • And taking public services and so forth.
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  • But even for those that are being trafficked, the incentives
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  • That are given to, traffickers and coyotes,
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  • The number of people who die on the way here
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  • Who've been incentivized to come into the country
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  • Because of biden's lax border policies.
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  • Really?
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  • It's inhumane, what the country
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  • Has been supporting under the biden administration
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  • As it related to, border policy, both for americans
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  • But also for those trying to get into the country.
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  • Well said.
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  • Well, stay with us while we take a short break.
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  • We'll be back with the dean
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  • Of pepperdine school of public policy, pete peterson.
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  • In the meantime, you can write us an email
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  • And send it to comments at alan jackson now.com.
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  • And send it to comments at alan jackson now.com.
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  • We're back now with pete peterson.
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  • You live around the youngest americans there at pepperdine.
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  • I'm wondering what they think of this new young team
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  • That president trump has surrounded himself with,
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  • From the youngest ever press
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  • Secretary to his young vice president,
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  • To pete hegseth and sean duffy at transportation.
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  • Do they see that as a group of people,
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  • They are more likely to listen to?
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  • I think you bring up a really good point, alan.
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  • The the youth movement in this trump administration
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  • Has really been, something to behold and something where,
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  • Students here and around the country,
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  • You can sense that there's a bit of a youth movement
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  • In support of, this new administration.
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  • Certainly.
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  • We saw that reflected in the exit polls from,
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  • This past november.
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  • You saw a big bump in, the youth vote for
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  • President trump,
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  • But it is now being reflected in the actual, personnel.
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  • And and you're certainly seeing just so many,
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  • Fresh faces and people that, frankly,
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  • Those in their 20s and 30s can really identify with,
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  • Who are in positions of significant responsibility
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  • And, obviously are performing at the highest level.
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  • Bobby kennedy has made a point of arguing
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  • That the most important thing we can do for
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  • Our young people is to help them get healthier.
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  • The obesity rate in adolescents has quadrupled
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  • Since 1990, so it's a real problem.
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  • Do you think the young people and their parents
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  • Will welcome bobby's work if he gets confirmed?
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  • Well, i think as with so many things
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  • In public policy and politics over the last few years,
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  • There have been some serious questions raised about obvious,
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  • Things in the public square.
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  • One of them is the health of americans and that,
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  • Data that study that you just
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  • Mentioned about the increase in obesity is one of those.
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  • Certainly, when you see the increase in,
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  • Childhood allergies, when you're seeing a number
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  • Of these different conditions
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  • That we haven't really witnessed before.
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  • Around health and sickness,
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  • Increase at such dramatic levels.
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  • It really does prompt people to wonder
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  • Why are things this way and does it have anything to do,
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  • With things like the food supply and certainly pharmaceuticals
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  • In the, different committee hearings that,
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  • Bobby kennedy has been a part of.
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  • He keeps pointing to that,
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  • Comparison point that a number of foods
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  • And pharmaceuticals, which are allowed here
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  • In the united states, are not allowed in europe.
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  • And and those kinds of comparisons, really do,
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  • I think, make make americans wonder.
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  • Well, why are things that way?
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  • Are we being less, regulatory,
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  • Less strict as it relates to regulations on food?
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  • And of course,
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  • I can't think of an area
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  • That we should be more concerned about,
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  • Than than our food supply.
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  • President
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  • Trump is obviously proud of his whole team,
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  • Including his 27 year old public press secretary,
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  • Carolyn leavitt.
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  • She let the press know
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  • That there may be some new members
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  • Who will get seats in the press room for her briefings.
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  • She's not interested
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  • In being a punching bag for outlets
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  • That treat the briefings only as sport.
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  • Listen to how she put it.
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  • It is a priority of this white house
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  • To honor the first amendment,
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  • And it is a fact that americans are consuming their news media
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  • From various different platforms,
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  • Especially young people.
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  • And as the youngest press secretary in history,
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  • Thanks to president trump,
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  • I take great pride in opening up this room,
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  • To new media voices to share the president's message
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  • With as many americans as possible.
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  • Pete, that ought to shake things up a bit.
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  • Though, that's for sure. alan.
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  • You know,
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  • It's throughout the campaign, the democrats were always
  • 00:12:14.158 --> 00:12:16.494
  • Accusing trump of being anti-democracy.
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  • But in this, as in so many other areas, one of the aspects of,
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  • Of a healthy democracy is regular access to our president.
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  • And one of the, things that's really been revealed is,
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  • Under biden, he hosted about half the number
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  • Of press conferences over four years that trump did
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  • In his four years.
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  • And we've already seen just incredible access
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  • To the president, as well as, obviously,
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  • The new press secretary being,
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  • Very much in front of the public and answering reporters
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  • Questions and welcoming in, as she says right there in that
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  • Clip, sources that would not have been allowed in otherwise.
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  • You know, pete, i'm watching all this unfold.
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  • And the election certainly spoke pretty loudly,
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  • The people choosing a different direction.
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  • And then trump gets to office
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  • And he's actually doing what he said he would do.
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  • And yet the legacy media seems to be locked
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  • Down in their typical mode of antagonism.
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  • Is there any hope they'll change and give a fresh perspective
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  • On what's happening?
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  • Alan, i really think,
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  • I agree with you in what you're saying,
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  • But i also think at the same time,
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  • The election results reveal the exhaustion
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  • That many americans are feeling about
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  • A number of different things in this country.
  • 00:13:38.643 --> 00:13:40.578
  • But the mainstream media
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  • Is certainly one of those main targets.
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  • And i think it's going to be revealed increasingly
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  • As we look at the ratings of some of these shows.
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  • But the level of distrust for the media,
  • 00:13:51.222 --> 00:13:53.858
  • Well earned, by the way, over the last four years.
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  • And what we're already seeing
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  • In the coverage of this president, is one that
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  • The american public seems to be, dare
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  • I say, waking up to.
  • 00:14:04.669 --> 00:14:07.972
  • Well, i pray you're a prophet and that
  • 00:14:07.972 --> 00:14:09.607
  • That awakening grows from coast to coast and border to border.
  • 00:14:09.607 --> 00:14:13.344
  • Pete peterson, thank you for joining us.
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  • I hope you'll come back in
  • 00:14:16.013 --> 00:14:17.081
  • The spring and we're going to continue
  • 00:14:17.081 --> 00:14:18.349
  • To pray for all of your neighbors
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  • Who are rebuilding in this season.
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  • Be well.
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  • Thanks so much.
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  • I really appreciate it.
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  • Well, in a moment, i respond to pete's insight
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  • With some additional thoughts of my own.
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  • We'll be right back.
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  • We'll be right back.
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  • You know, it's truly remarkable
  • 00:14:41.206 --> 00:14:42.874
  • The changes that are swirling around us these days
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  • And the multitude of opinions that are being expressed.
  • 00:14:46.578 --> 00:14:49.982
  • I'm encouraged to see some of the steps
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  • Taken by this new administration
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  • From cracking down on the border and then removing
  • 00:14:53.485 --> 00:14:55.721
  • Violent criminals who are here illegally.
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  • To the steps
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  • Taken to reduce government access, such as eliminating di
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  • Officers and positions from federal agencies
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  • That our tax dollars paid for.
  • 00:15:05.464 --> 00:15:08.200
  • Well, the reality of change is that it
  • 00:15:09.001 --> 00:15:11.403
  • Is never embraced by everyone and the american revolution.
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  • They say that only about
  • 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:16.408
  • A third of the colonists were in favor of the revolution.
  • 00:15:16.408 --> 00:15:19.511
  • Another third were supportive of the british.
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  • And then there was another third
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  • Who were just going to wait and see
  • 00:15:23.482 --> 00:15:24.850
  • Before they expressed an opinion.
  • 00:15:24.850 --> 00:15:27.319
  • Well, it wasn't that different at the times of jesus
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  • When jesus came and began his public ministry.
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  • Not everybody chose to be his follower.
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  • There are many opinions expressed
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  • During seasons of change.
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  • Lots of opinions
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  • And unending expression of opinions and feelings.
  • 00:15:40.532 --> 00:15:43.969
  • But i would submit to you that if the consequences
  • 00:15:43.969 --> 00:15:46.505
  • Are significant, then decisions need to be made based upon
  • 00:15:46.505 --> 00:15:50.242
  • More than individual opinion or even preference.
  • 00:15:50.242 --> 00:15:53.445
  • For those of us who consider ourselves
  • 00:15:54.212 --> 00:15:55.747
  • To be christ followers, we have a resource.
  • 00:15:55.747 --> 00:15:59.017
  • Some of you may remember psalm 119.
  • 00:15:59.017 --> 00:16:00.886
  • It's verse 105.
  • 00:16:00.886 --> 00:16:02.120
  • Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
  • 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:06.458
  • Scripture is essential when we're navigating seasons
  • 00:16:06.458 --> 00:16:09.361
  • Of change.
  • 00:16:09.361 --> 00:16:10.362
  • It's more than just my opinion or what i think.
  • 00:16:10.362 --> 00:16:12.697
  • The bible actually provides perspective given to us
  • 00:16:12.697 --> 00:16:16.301
  • By the designer.
  • 00:16:16.301 --> 00:16:18.003
  • Don't forfeit the guidance of god by not reading your bible.
  • 00:16:18.003 --> 00:16:22.340
  • That information changes everything
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  • And that brings more reasons for hope than despair.
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  • I promise.
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  • Well, that's my message for tonight.
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  • And after a short break,
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  • We're going to start looking at your messages.
  • 00:16:34.386 --> 00:16:42.006
  • We're going to start looking at your messages.
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  • You know, this program truly is a collaborative effort.
  • 00:16:45.765 --> 00:16:48.801
  • Your willingness to send us your emails
  • 00:16:48.801 --> 00:16:50.403
  • And share your thoughts and perspectives
  • 00:16:50.403 --> 00:16:52.538
  • Help us not just fashion the program,
  • 00:16:52.538 --> 00:16:54.674
  • But to imagine what we want to do in the future.
  • 00:16:54.674 --> 00:16:56.742
  • Thanks for that investment.
  • 00:16:56.742 --> 00:16:59.078
  • Lois from missouri wrote.
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  • Now that mike huckabee
  • 00:17:00.646 --> 00:17:01.581
  • Has finished his weekly one hour variety show,
  • 00:17:01.581 --> 00:17:04.417
  • I think you should fill that spot.
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  • You're already in nashville,
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  • And i guarantee
  • 00:17:07.753 --> 00:17:08.788
  • We will have more reasons for hope than despair.
  • 00:17:08.788 --> 00:17:11.691
  • Well, lois, i appreciate your vote.
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  • I would have to learn
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  • To play the bass
  • 00:17:15.728 --> 00:17:16.796
  • Before i could fill mike shoes on that program.
  • 00:17:16.796 --> 00:17:19.565
  • I do want to ask you not to forget the governor.
  • 00:17:19.565 --> 00:17:22.468
  • He is moving to israel as the u.s.
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  • Ambassador in that nation.
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  • And it is a troubling time for our friends in israel.
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  • And as grateful as i am that mike is on his way.
  • 00:17:30.843 --> 00:17:33.546
  • Our prayers will make ultimately a tremendous difference.
  • 00:17:33.546 --> 00:17:36.949
  • So don't just miss him on television.
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  • Take the time to pray for him.
  • 00:17:38.951 --> 00:17:40.686
  • Liz from ohio said, you have helped me realize
  • 00:17:41.621 --> 00:17:44.557
  • I need to step out of my comfort zone
  • 00:17:44.557 --> 00:17:46.859
  • To be more assertive with my beliefs.
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  • Thank you.
  • 00:17:49.095 --> 00:17:50.563
  • Well you're welcome, lilly.
  • 00:17:50.563 --> 00:17:52.298
  • It's an important message for the church.
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  • You know,
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  • I don't know
  • 00:17:55.401 --> 00:17:56.569
  • Exactly when it happened, but somewhere in recent years,
  • 00:17:56.569 --> 00:17:59.205
  • We decided to retreat
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  • Into our churches
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  • And our sunday school classes and our small groups
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  • And conduct polite bible studies and look through the windows
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  • Of the church and wonder about what was happening out there.
  • 00:18:07.647 --> 00:18:10.850
  • And while we've done that, we've watched
  • 00:18:10.850 --> 00:18:12.185
  • One of the most precipitous
  • 00:18:12.185 --> 00:18:13.452
  • Declines of christian influence in the history of the church.
  • 00:18:13.452 --> 00:18:16.756
  • And now we have to change.
  • 00:18:17.323 --> 00:18:19.058
  • In fact, we're going to have to change
  • 00:18:19.058 --> 00:18:20.359
  • On a magnitude and a scope
  • 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.894
  • Greater than what we see coming to washington, d.c..
  • 00:18:21.894 --> 00:18:25.097
  • That means within our churches, within our communities,
  • 00:18:25.097 --> 00:18:27.633
  • We're going to have to take our faith back to school,
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  • Back to work, back to the marketplace,
  • 00:18:29.969 --> 00:18:32.872
  • Back to the corridors of the hospitals,
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  • Back to the courtrooms.
  • 00:18:34.941 --> 00:18:36.876
  • We can no longer leave our faith
  • 00:18:36.876 --> 00:18:38.644
  • Inside the comfortable confines of our churches.
  • 00:18:38.644 --> 00:18:41.847
  • If we will lead with our faith.
  • 00:18:41.847 --> 00:18:44.450
  • I believe we will see changes come that will extend liberty
  • 00:18:44.450 --> 00:18:47.453
  • And freedom to our children, our grandchildren.
  • 00:18:47.453 --> 00:18:50.056
  • If we fail to do that, i'm convinced
  • 00:18:50.056 --> 00:18:53.226
  • They will live under an authority and harshness
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  • That we can't even imagine today.
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  • Don't lose your courage.
  • 00:18:59.198 --> 00:19:00.866
  • Then mindy from new york wrote, i was impressed
  • 00:19:01.801 --> 00:19:04.303
  • With the new white house press secretary, carolyn leavitt.
  • 00:19:04.303 --> 00:19:07.306
  • Can you have her on the show some time?
  • 00:19:07.306 --> 00:19:09.942
  • Well, i would love to.
  • 00:19:09.942 --> 00:19:11.210
  • Mindy, i have a feeling she's going
  • 00:19:11.210 --> 00:19:12.712
  • To be a bit busy for a while, but if her schedule permits,
  • 00:19:12.712 --> 00:19:16.582
  • We will do our best to sit down and have a conversation.
  • 00:19:16.582 --> 00:19:20.586
  • You know, she worked with a previous press
  • 00:19:20.586 --> 00:19:22.788
  • Secretary, kayleigh mcenany, and we've had kelly here.
  • 00:19:22.788 --> 00:19:26.092
  • She has a very vibrant, living faith, and i believe we're going
  • 00:19:26.092 --> 00:19:29.862
  • To see that expressed in our newest press secretary.
  • 00:19:29.862 --> 00:19:33.499
  • Pray for her.
  • 00:19:33.499 --> 00:19:34.700
  • That is not a simple room
  • 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:36.836
  • Where she convenes a gathering on a regular basis.
  • 00:19:36.836 --> 00:19:40.139
  • She often has a hostile audience that are looking for things
  • 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:43.342
  • That they can pounce on, to find weaknesses
  • 00:19:43.342 --> 00:19:45.711
  • In our new administration and their policies.
  • 00:19:45.711 --> 00:19:48.214
  • I know your prayers will make
  • 00:19:48.214 --> 00:19:49.415
  • A tremendous amount of difference.
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  • A few months ago when the invitation came.
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  • It was a bit frightening to us.
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  • It was a new arena and a new challenge.
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