Treated much differently than it was and i think its treated unfairly. Mr. President , the paycheck protection program, 15 million jobs lost, it has run out much money. Speaker pelosi is blocking that funding. Do you know why . President trump if she thinks its politics, i dont think its good politics. Nancy pelosi is blocking it. Schumer is blocking it. I dont think its good politics. But i dont think it. Its the same power all of these Small Businesses added together as the big companies. About 5050. And its so important. They would be scattered if we werent able to do what we are doing. We are giving Small Businesses who wont make it, they cant because they are cleesd. So when we reopen they can get back into business. I think it basically passed unanimously twice, the first section which is 350 billion. Nancy pelosi is blocking it. She sits in her house in San Francisco overlooking the ocean, and she doesnt want to come back. She has got to get back and get this thing approved. Very important. If i may, you praised the American People the past few weeks. What goes through your minds when you see a photograph of crowded beaches in florida. Is there a concern . As i described, we go metro by metro, county by county. I would have to link that with a specific county and look at their case rates. I believe the governor and Public Health system florida has, they have some of the best county Health Officials i have ever had to deal with. I had to work with them under hivaids. If the county Health Directors believe thats appropriate for their county, im not going to second judge their approach. I cant see into he single county. I just know if there are no cases. I think their county Health Official would know. President trump many of the counties, as you know, are free of this horrible enemy. We are offing up. You will be seeing a lot of this country start to open up fairly quickly. You mentioned the importance of social distancing. Steven morrison is organizing a protest in wisconsin. Are they protesting your very own guidelines . President trump we have a flexibility. I dont know what steven said. Buff hes a good economist. He said we need to be the rosa parks of government injustices. President trump there is a lot of the injustice. When you look at virginia where they want to take your guns away and violate your Second Amendment. Im getting along nicely with the governor of michigan. She says dont buy paint or roses. She has all these crazy things. I believe somebody sitting in their boat in a lake should be okay. They shouldnt arrest people of. Some of them are being unreasonable. I believe that. But i think virginia is a great case. They are trying to take your guns away in virginia. If people in virginia arent careful, thats whats going to happen to them. I can see where hes coming from. I think its a strong statement. Hopefully this will be over very soon for all of us. But some have gotten carried away. Protesters are protesting your social distancing guidelines. President trump i dont know. There are a lot of protests out there. And i believe some of the governors have gotten carried away. A lot of people dont have to be told to do what they are doing. We have a few states where frankly i spoke to the governors and i could have gotten them to do what i wanted to do what would have been perhaps politically correct. But they have been doing incredibly. As one of them said, everyone is doing exactly the same. Where they have agreed to do certain things. We have great states out there. For the most part that is a strong statement. But i understand where its coming from. One of the really important places that people have to start looking at is whats going on in virginia. Thats a mess. With a governor thats under siege anyway. With a beautiful head of white hair. Go ahead. I will tell you if i like his hair after he asks the question. Object that point, though, the tweeting about virginia linking the Second Amendment to some of these issues about lifting some of the restrictions in the states, concern for the governors and civil unrest President Trump i think thats an easy one. Thats not politics. We are entitled to a Second Amendment and that state is trying the democrats in that state the republicans are fighting it. They are trying to take that Second Amendment right away. To me thats liberty. When i say libber eight virginia. I would when i say liberate virginia, where does it all stop . Is this the right time to bring in a Second Amendment issue . President trump i think when they talk about taking your guns aigun guns away. At the beginning of this pandemic you had more guns sold than any time in history. Then you have them working to take your Second Amendment away. I do think its appropriate to bring it up. The last week will have been a slew of events from russia, china and iran pushing back on u. S. Policy and toying with u. S. Military forces. President trump i dont see it. We had a very Good Relationship with russia. We worked on the oil deal together. I was by telephone, the king of saudi arabia and the president much russia, vladimir putin. We worked out a deal on oil. It was an important teal to them and to us on saudi arabia. The wall street journal covered that very well. I worked with putin and the king on that. And president putin was a total gentleman and it was important to get that done. And the king was great. And we actually had to bring in mexico. Mexico was a lone holdout. And they showed great flexibility. I think we are doing fine. Sure, north korea, short range missiles. I have been doing it a long time. I received a nice note from him recently. Look, if i wasnt elected you would be at war with north korea. Ill tell you for people who dont understand the world and they dont understand how life works. If i wasnt elected maybe right now the war would be over, hopefully with a victory. When i first came in, we didnt have ammunition. Not a good way to fight a war. President trump left us no open anything. And he left us virtually no medical and ventilators. The cupboard was dry. I think right now, you would be at war essentially in some form, it would be raining with north korea if i werent president. We are doing fine with north korea. Just fine. In the meantime they said trump is giving up. I said what is he giving up . I dont know. They said he met. I have a Good Relationship with kim jongun. Thats not a bad thing to have a Good Relationship. Obama wanted a Good Relationship but he wouldnt meet with obama. We meet at the line. I stepped over the line. He said good. Its just good. But when they say the stupid people i call them stupid people, or the haters. They say trump has given up so much. It increases sanctions. China has been good on the border. Right now the border is stone cold closed between china and north korea. We just made a trade deal with china. They will have to buy 250 billion a year from the farmers. The relationship was good when we were signing that. Then you hear about this. Its a big difference. The question was asked would you be angry at china . Well the answer may be a resounding yes. But it depends, was it a mistake that got out of control or was it done deliberately. Its a big difference between those two. In either event they should have let us go in. We asked to go in early. They didnt want us in. I think they knew it was something bad and they were embarrassed. I think we are doing well. You said russia, china, north korea iran. President trump when i came in iran was a terror. We had 82 points of fighting. 18 points of major confliction. The first week i said tell me about iran. Sir, we have 1 state points of confliction. Yemen, syria, iraq, they were going into iraq all over the place. They are a much different nation right now. I stopped that horrible deal and they want to talk except that kerry violated the logan act. He made the deem. I would have made a deal except that john kerry who made the deal originally which is a stupid deal. Gave them 1. 8 billion in cash. Thats more than this room 10 times with 10 to with 100 bills. I say he violated the logan act. But he doesnt want to be embarrassed. He said lets wait until after the election. Maybe sleevey joe biden will sleevey joe biden will win. China paid the United States hundreds of millions in tariffs. But hundreds we gave tens of billions of dollars in tariffs. For those of you who say china devalued their currency. They alsod ad money into their system. So they paid for that. I think you have numerous countries waiting to see if sleepy joe wins. If he wins they will own our country. Go back two months, china was supposed to catch us, you know better than anybody. For years i heard by 2019 china will catch us. There was only one problem. Trump got elected in 2016. Before the problem with the playing, china was having the worst year they have had in 67 years. Now they are getting hurt. Everybody is getting hurt. I dont want them to get hurt. Its a horrible thing thats happened. We had the greatest economy in the world by far. China isnt even close and we are going to keep it that way. But iran is a much different country than it was. When i first came in iran was going to take over the middle east. Right now they just want to survive. I offered to help them. If they need ventilators which they do, i will send them ventilators. We have thousands of excess ventilators. We have a stockpile of ventilators and we are starting to send them so hospitals can fill up their stockpile. New york had a chance to get 16,000 ventilators and they comoas no and they chose not. Iran was a terror when i came into office. Right now, they dont want to mess around with us. They dont want to mess around. North korea, they havent given anything. And with iran, i mean thats a different country right now. And they want to make a deal . They are being shamed because the guy who gave them the sweetheart should have never met with them. In my opinion, he said wait, maybe trump will lose and maybe you can negotiate with a patsy, a weak guy. Twin and russia. Nobody has been tougher on putin than me. Look at the sanctions. Look what i did with their pipeline going into europe. Nobody even knew about it. I exposed it. Now everybody talks about it. At the same time i have a Good Relationship with putin. I was able to make a deal with russia and saudi arabia and opec plus. They call it opec plus that will save us texas, north dakota, energy states, it will save us hundreds of thousands of jobs. Your paper wrote an incredible editorial that trump made a great deal for our country. Thank you all very much. Well see you tomorrow. Thank you very much. Jon a sometimes combative President Trump briefing the reporters and the nation on the status of the coronavirus. Vice president pence who heads that task force was not there today. Hes giving it commencement address at the air force academy. Please stay tuned to this fox station for more. Im jon scott in new york. Its a, when in 1954, pontiac introduced the bonneville special. Danny thompsons childhood dream is coming true, a chance to get behind the wheel of his dad, Mickey Thompsons, prized racecar. My dad and i were going to do this as a fatherson project. Here we are, team thompson. Then danny receives a frightening call from mickey. He warns him to be extra careful and watch over his wife, valerie, and his newborn son, travis. Mickey is spooked about a bitter dispute with a former Business Partner named michael f. Goodwin. Michael goodwins way of doing business was very different than mickeys way of doing business. Lawsuits went back and forth, and the more that mickey won, the more michael got upset. What did he say . Travis had just been born, and he told me i needed to watch valerie and travis very closely. And when my dad said that, i paid attention because my dad was not afraid of anything. On march 16, 1988, in l. A. Just around dawn, Mickey Thompson is walking to his car with his wife, trudy, when two men on bicycles approach. They had trudy out of the car in the front of the driveway and executed her, and then they went up, and they shot mickey multiple times. Mickey and trudy die on the scene. That morning, danny gets a call telling him to head to his dads house right away. Police were already there doing the investigation, so his dad just kind of laid in the driveway. His hero, the man that he saw as unbeatable, undefeatable, that changed everything for him that day. How could somebody thats invincible be gone . Police believe Michael Goodwin contracted the hit in an act of revenge, but it takes more than a decade to arrest him. Michael goodwin stood as jurors walked into the pasadena courtroom. Goodwin is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. It was 18 years till they finally put put the guy in jail. By this time, danny has retired from racing, thrown everything into storage, and moved here to colorado. As the years click by, youd think challenger 2 would become just a relic of racings past. Instead, its a nagging piece of Unfinished Business for danny thompson. Do you hear your dad in your head . Yeah, hed be wanting to kick my buttif i didnt do i, if i didnt get it done. Whats your strange inheritance story . Wed love to tell it. Send me an email, or go to our website, strangeinheritance. Com. Now back to strange inheritance. When Danny Thompsons father, racing legend Mickey Thompson, is gunned down in 1988, danny inherits dads stable of racecars, including one they hoped would set the landspeed record, challenger 2. When my dad died, it all went away. So the car went back in the trailer. I didnt want to do it without him. But by 2010, danny is nearly as old as his dad was when he was murdered, and hes starting to look at things a little differently. He wants back in. I always wanted to go to indianapolis and be an indianapolis car driver, and i didnt make it, and the bonneville thing has always been in the back of my mind. The bonneville thing, a quest that began at the salt flats in 1960, when mickey drove 406. 6 Miles Per Hour, the record at the time for a pistonengine vehicle, if only that vehicle, challenger 1, had not broken down during the required second run. Since then, a few, but only a few, racers have beaten his dads mark. Thats why, says danny, on the 50th anniversary of mickeys historic feat, he pulls challenger 2 from storage to see if he can get it in shape to officially enshrine a thompson in the 400mileperhour club. Theres only been 12 people in history to go over 400 miles an hour with a pistonpowered car, so this is a pretty elite group that im getting in step with. The first crew members danny recruits his 31yearold son, travis, and his wife, valerie. I think finally he just decided, you know what . I cant not do this. Theres a lot of similarities between my grandfather and my dad the drive, the determination and just a love of going fast. Its almost genetic. Travis signs on sponsors to help foot the bills, but the lions share comes from danny and valeries own savings. Everything we have and, valerie, i love you for this is in that car. Nobody believed that he could really do this. As the time passed, he found individuals to help him complete this car, the best people that anyone could ever ask for. Finally, after 6 years, in 2016, challenger 2 is ready to race. Danny, whos now pushing 70, and his 50yearold challenger will need to be in top performance mode. So what have you done to your dads challenger 2, the one that you believe will get you that record . So the body shape and all that is almost the same except for 32 inches added to the back. Two engines still, but now were making 5,500 horsepower. Thats legal . Its heaven im a 5,500horsepower sandwich its an extra tight squeeze when you have to dress like the Michelin Tire man. We want you to get the real feel for what its like to sit in a 400mileanhour car. Okay, the moment of truth can i fit in that teeny, tiny space . First thing, Steering Wheel is coming off. Uhhuh. Next thing is, put a leg all the way over and into the seat. There you go. Put your hand here and on your other side so you can let yourself down slowly. So im fitting. Im fitting. You got it. I did there were doubters among the crew that thought i couldnt do this. You dont have much room between your head right there. Now imagine having a helmet on, a hans device, and gloves on. You know what i wish i had on . A bloodpressure cuff because my heart is racing. I can only imagine the thrill that you have at the start of that race. August 14th, 2016, the weather at the Bonneville Salt Flats clear and dry, 97 degrees. As danny rockets across the desert floor, hes hoping to break the current landspeed record in a pistonpowered vehicle, 437 miles an hour. But is his 50yearold strange inheritance up to the bonneville challenge . Wow, look at it go. He clocks in at 411 miles an hour, good enough to join that 400 club if, per racing rules, he can do it again tomorrow. But remember, its the second run that foiled his father. Danny is back the next day. Anything less than 392 Miles Per Hour will be disaster. Hell fall short of a 400 mph average. And to beat his dads mark, hes got to hit 402 or better. There he goes. His official average time, 406. 7 Miles Per Hour. That tops his dad by just a hair. After 60 years, we beat him by onetenth of one mile an hour. That was one of the most fulfilling days of my life, bar none. But it still doesnt quench the need for speed danny inherited from his dad. He tells me hell keep hauling challenger 2 back to bonneville until the world record is officially his. How many more years of racing you have . What, is my wife back there . In his heart, you know, hes a racer. That desire and that passion to always go faster is always going to be there. Danny swears the utah salt flats are heaven to him, but not so much during the 2010 bonneville world finals. Hes driving this soupedup beauty, at the time the fastest mustang ever, 260 miles an hour. The mustang flies out of control. I mean, really flies. It lifts off the sand, flips end over end in the air for 1,100 feet, and tumbles back to earth. Danny emerges unscathed thanks to the racecars awesome safety features. Just a day in the life of a hot rodder. Im jamie colby. Thanks for watching strange inheritance. And remember you cant take it with you. Help get me out im stuck. In the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth. A Rocket Scientist and minister on a heavenly mission. That was my dads dream to get the bibles to the moon. A parable of loads of fiches. A whole bible is on here . So the whole 1,245 pages. Lunar bibles, the lost books of apollo. Well, reverend stout and his wife,en they left nasa, just kind of vanished from the pages of history. Until a court puts them under a microscope. Youre saying that her intentions were sinister . And the value of each tiny bible out of this world. Items that have gone to the moon can command six or seven figures. If you do the math, thats a lot, a lot of money. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby in houston, texas, the hub of the American Space program, to meet an heir whose strange inheritance is hundreds of bibles that went to the moon. My name is jonathan stout. My father made it his lifes mission to land the good book on the moon. Those lunar bibles are my rightful inheritance, but theyre locked up in a Judges Chamber because someone else is trying to claim them. Hi, jonathan. Im jamie. Its great to meet you. Thanks so much for writing and inviting me here. Jonathan brings me inside to show me a small sample of his strange inheritance this tiny piece of microfilm. Thats it . Its as small as a postage stamp. Whats on there . Thats the entire bible. On one little, tiny microfiche . On each sheet. When its magnified under a microscope, sure enough, theres the holy scripture. That was my dads dream to get the bibles to the moon. Wait. Your inheritance, these little teeny, tiny bibles, went to the moon . Yes, they did. Jonathans dad, john stout, born 1922, is a whiz kid who grows up near fort worth then heads off to texas a m. He earns one degree after another. What were they in . Religion, mathematics, science, chemistry, biology. Incredible. Stout serves as a rocketunit commander for the army in world war ii, then goes to japan as part of the occupying forces. After he saw all of the suffering over there is when he got motivated to do gods work. Hes ordained as a minister in 1957 and moves his family, which includes wife mary helen and their adopted son, jonathan, to brazil to do missionary work. What did he do in brazil . He started different schools, and he even started an orphanage down there. Stout also teaches astronomy at a local university, where he makes the news by capturing these images of the soviet satellite sputnik using manual calculations. Hes asked to join the newly created National Aeronautics and space administration, nasa, in houston. Reverend stout was a man of the cloth, but he was also a man of science. Space historian Robert Pearlman. The reverends official role at nasa was as senior information scientist, but he was also a chaplain and fulfilling his spiritual role as well. Was religion a part of the astronauts life . There were some that were very religious. They had their own belief system separate from what they were doing for nasa. Stouts religious and scientific faith are tested in 1967 after Tragedy Strikes the apollo 1 mission. The apollo 1 crew of gus grissom, ed white and roger chaffee, they were in the final preparations for their launch when a fire broke out in their capsule. All three astronauts are killed. That had a profound effect on reverend stout. Carol mersh has written a book about stouts biblical quest called the apostles of apollo. And stout decided to form whats called the Apollo Prayer League. The league, created under the auspices of a Presbyterian Church in nearby pasadena, texas, has a simple goal. Their mission would be to pray for the astronauts and the skill of the Mission Control employees who built the rockets they would fly. In the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth. Membership swells after the apollo 8 mission when astronauts read from the book of genesis while making the first circle around the moon on christmas eve, 1968. In its heyday, how many people belonged to the Apollo Prayer League . There was 40,000 members. It was worldwide. Its one small step for man. Apollo 11 man walks on the moon. One giant leap for mankind. But reverend stout dreams of another milestone land the holy bible on the lunar surface. If that seems like an easy enough next step for mankind, think again. There was weight considerations. There was size considerations. Every pound, every gram counted. Thats when reverend stout has an inspiration. The National Cash Register Company debuted this microfilm bible more than 700,000 words in a 1by1inch piece of plastic. Stout orders up several copies of the microscopic bible, but then. Houston, weve had a problem. Heres a strange inheritance quiz question. The answer after the break. music its c. Aldrin brought wine and bread from his church and became the First Christian to partake in the sacrament on a body other than earth. In houston, in 1969, reverend john stout has a holy mission get the bible to the moon. The nasa scientist who doubles as a chaplain to the astronauts thinks hes found a way with this microfiche version of the text, not much larger than a postage stamp. A whole bible is on here . So the whole 1,245 pages. I cant believe it. Is on here. Apollo 12 astronaut alan bean agrees to carry one of these tiny bibles with his personal items. Unfortunately, a counting error, basically an inventory error, made it such that it was stowed in a pouch inside the command module, so it never made it to the surface of the moon. Stout tries again with apollo 13 the following april. They approached jim lovell, and they said, will you take bibles, but this time were going to give you 512 of them. Once again, things do not go as planned. Houston, weve had a problem. An explosion damages the spacecraft, but it miraculously returns safely to earth amid the prayers of people around the world. Apollo 13 was a good example of why the Apollo Prayer League was formed. People were able to contribute their prayer to assist people in getting back. The microfiche bibles also make it home. Three hundred are repackaged for astronaut Edgar Mitchell on apollo 14. Which touches down on the moon february 5, 1971. What was your dads reaction when he saw the astronauts walk out on the moon with his bibles . Well, he was ecstatic because the fact that he got to have one of his dreams come true it just thrilled him to no end. Mitchell returns all the lunar bibles to stout, who in turn gives some to Apollo Prayer League members and vips like then congressman george h. W. Bush, Vice President spiro agnew and bob hope. I do know that the family of the apollo 1 astronauts, the ones that perished on the pad, my dad made sure that their families each received a bible. At the close of the Apollo Missions in 1972, reverend stout moves on from nasa and later retires, his holy mission largely a forgotten tale. And even today, i dont think the public at large is aware that a bible went to the moon. By the early 2000s, stouts son, jonathan, now living in utah with his wife, senses his parents are showing signs of dementia. Was there some point where you became concerned about their condition . Absolutely. They just couldnt really think for themselves anymore like they used to, and by that time, their health and really, really deteriorated. Youre an only child. Yes. Who else was there to take care of them . Nobody. So jonathan and his wife moved back to texas. We bought a house so that we could actually move them in with us. Would they accept help . No. He came over, looked at the house and said, nope. It wont work for us. That was the end of that conversation. So what happened . They finally got to the point where their health was so, so bad that the state of texas looked in on them, and when they came in and looked at the apartment, that pretty much said it all. In august 2010, the state of texas diagnoses both stouts with dementia and determines the couple is not competent to care for themselves. Why didnt they appoint you the guardian at that point . They were considering that, but my dad would not have cooperated with myself and my wife. They just would not have done that we had requested to them. The state places them in a nursing home and assumes control of all of stouts assets, including hundreds of lunar bibles, which nasa expert Robert Pearlman says are potentially worth a fortune. Whats the market for those right now . The auctions have ranged in value, for the apollo 14 bibles, from 30,000 all the way up to 75,000. And thats just for one. Stout has hundreds. If you do the math, thats a lot, a lot of money. Mary helen stout passes away in 2014. Her husband, john, dies two years later, fittingly on the same day as astronaut john glenn. At the time, the state of texas still has custody of all of stouts lunar bibles. I was led to believe that everything that they had would eventually come to me after they both passed away. And it didnt . And it didnt. And it hasnt . And it hasnt yet. Who is the author of of our heirs predicament . Youre not a family member. Why would you be entitled to any of the stouts property . 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Com people first its b, yankee stadium. Astronaut and yankee fan Garrett Reisman carried a vial filled with dirt from the Pitchers Mound to the International Space station. Reverend john stout made it his mission at nasa to land a bible on the moon. He dies in december 2016. His son, jonathan, is his sole heir. The ministers estate includes hundreds of valuable microfiche bibles, many of which reached the lunar surface aboard nasas Apollo Missions. Did it ever occur to you it wasnt yours . No. No. I was always told at some point those would be reverted over to me, but if carol mersch has her way, i wont get anything. Carol mersch . Thats right, the author we met earlier claims the bibles belong to her, not jonathan. Youre not a family member. Why would be entitled to any of the stouts property . Thats a subject that is complicated and up for review by the courts now. Carols story goes back to 2005, when she was interviewing 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell for a book she was writing. She says she noticed this photo in his office showing mitchell shaking hands and handing something to the man on the right. And i said, who is that . And he said, well, thats the reverend john stout. I had just landed the first bible on the moon, and i was giving it back to him, and that kind of set me off on a journey to find out more about that man. Carol also buys a lunar bible for herself from a private dealer for 50,000. And i asked the dealer where i could meet john stout, and he said, well, hes senile, and he doesnt remember any details. Carol tells me she hires a private detective and locates the 87yearold stout in 2009. Remember, this is several years after jonathan stout began to see his dads mind go and just a year before the state of texas diagnosed him with dementia and ruled him incompetent to care for himself. And when you first met him, did he appear senile . He was brilliant. Well, you can be brilliant and senile. Thats true,but he remembered not only Current Events but nuances of everything that happened. Stout was absolutely thrilled that someone had found them after all these years and was going to write their story. Carol begins regularly visiting stout, who shows her his priceless space memorabilia. He had an entire reel of microfilm bibles that went on apollo 13 and apollo 14 along with a plethora of documentation from nasa. Jonathan meets carol at this 2009 lunch and is suspicious. You have concerns about carol . Yeah. I truly dont trust her. I guess possessive would be a good word toward it. Maybe she cared. I dont think so. Youre saying that her intentions were sinister . Id say more she was selfish, what she could get out of it. Id put it that way. You can imagine how jonathan felt when he finds out that carol is in possession of one of his dads valuable lunar bibles, which she insists stout gave her as a gift for writing her book. Then in november 2010, another shock. Carol is set to auction off that lunar bible. Given the fact that they needed some financial help, i asked if they minded if i auction one of those off and give them the proceeds. And they talked about it and said that would be okay. But jonathan isnt buying one bit of it, and the fight begins over his strange inheritance. Two hours before the auction, they halted the auction and issued a restraining order. Whats your strange inheritance story . Wed love to tell it. Send me an email, or go to our website, strangeinheritance. Com. This is an athlete, twenty reps deep, sprinting past every leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. Shes confident, protected, her strength respected. Depend. The only thing stronger than us, is you. Now back to strange inheritance. In dallas in november 2010, a microfiche bible that reverend john stout helped get to the moon is about to be auctioned off by author carol mersch, but stouts only child, jonathan, calls texas authorities, claiming carol is trying to sell his fathers property and his future inheritance. In my opinion, shes not entitled to anything that my mom or dad have. Two hours before the bible is set to hit the auction block. They halted the auction and issued a restraining order to halt the sale of the bible and have it returned to a texas court vault immediately. I said, i assure you these are gifts. Im donating them to benefit the stouts. Did you have any documentation with the stouts that you would in fact give them the money . Yes. Id exchanged some emails with him, and the auction house had that information. But the state of texas, acting as legal guardian of reverend stout, isnt swayed. It takes control of that lunar bible and finds out that carol has 13 more in her possession. They confiscate those, too. Are they ones that went to space . Yes. Ones that went to the moon . Yes. The legal dispute remains in limbo for 4 years. Then in 2015, carol tries a new legal tack filing suit against reverend stout himself, asserting that she is the legal owner not just of the 14 bibles she says the minister gave her but of all the lunar bibles. Her argument now is that the bibles were never reverend stouts in the first place but rather the property of the Apollo Prayer League which has been inactive for decades and the small church under whose auspices it was founded. He didnt owne apollo prayer. He was acting director of the Apollo Prayer League. The bibles were his personal property. The Apollo Prayer League was just a group of people praying for the astronauts. In another curious twist, the tiny church assigns all rights to the prayer leagues assets to carol. Including the bibles. Including all of the bibles, and they did that just not glibly. I think they became aware that cataloging and investigating and documenting the provenance of these and their history was an onerous task. But the state of texas, on behalf of its ward, rejects carols claim, saying it has no basis, and the Court Dismisses her suit. But after reverend stout passes away in 2016 and texas is no longer his custodian, the state returns those 14 lunar bibles to mersch. Jonathan could try to recover them, but he isnt. He says he must focus on the several hundred additional ones still tied up in court. Doesnt it strike you that this shouldve been a very simple probate, like, not even in probate . Its just. Its yours. Yes, i do. We never even came down to even collect the bibles because we were told by the state that carol mersch has filed a lawsuit to prevent me from picking up anything out of my dads estate. Thats right because in 2017, carol, walk away with 14 lunar bibles, likely worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, files a motion for a new trial. The court again denies her claim but keeps the bibles until a higher court rules on her appeal. Are those bibles yours . I believe so. Yes. You think youre going to win, get those bibles back . Oh, absolutely. From his lips, he hopes, to gods ears. Reverend stouts lunar bibles arent the only microscopic texts to make it to the moon. In 1969, apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin left behind on the lunar surface this tiny silicon disk, about the size of a half dollar, designed to remain intact for thousands of years. Etched on the disk, goodwill messages from world leaders, including pope paul vi, Queen Elizabeth and several u. S. President s, including one from the late john f. Kennedy. We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share. Im jamie colby. Thanks so much for watching strange inheritance. And remember, you cant take it with you. 725 years ago this Remote Island of iwo jima, southern outpost of japan to be fought an japanese soil with the marines at their door the japanese fought to defend iwo with all they had. Today it is a quiet sacred place. Its past as dark as the thick black sand of its beaches. Here our men thought and nearly 7,000 of them died over 36 days to rest the crucial airfield on route to mainland japan
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