who blesses us. and for that we cry out for your forgiveness. nbc campaign reporter carrie dan is who we have traveling with governor perry and she joins me now from austin. carrie, a bit controversial going in, how does the perry team think it went? the organizers i spoke with and the people in the perry camp were very pleased, i think, how this worked out. early on, the estimate we initially received was that 8,000 guests had registered to attend this event. now, in the stadium, reliant stadium in houston, where perry was speaking, where the houston texans play and a super bowl has been held, 8,000 people does not sound a lot. now, obviously, that estimate was vastly, vastly beaten by the instantaneous. there were over 30,000 people who attend. they had to open up additional seating to make sure everybody had a place to be. and this gave perry a chance in front of this big crowd to speak
and also included a videotape testimonial from once proclaimed to be gay but has since been transformed, married with a woman who s now pregnant. of course, michele bachmann s husband, marcus, got caught in some controversy when someone with an undercover videotape and camera found that his clinic, marcus bachmann s clinic, was trying to encourage people to transform from being gay to straight. this is just one more development. offering reparative therapy. governor rick perry has not declared, so to speak, but he held as much anticipated day of prayer in texas. take a listen. our heart breaks for america. as a nation, we have forgotten who made us, who protects us, who blesses us. and for that we cry out for your forgiveness.
pull it out to sea. not going to cause any significant problems for anyone which is good news. send it back to you. thanks, rick. remember a few months ago we heard governor rick perry in texas talking about the heat down there. he came out and prayed for rain, try to end all of this triple digit temperatures. all those fires yesterday governor rick perry organize and in large part one of the endorsers of this national prayer event down there reliant stadium according to the the washington post upwards of 20,000 people showing up to this event. and he took to the stage. take a listen. come on. we see discord in home. we see fear in the marketplace. we see anger in the halls of government. as a nation, we have forgotten who made us, who protects us, who blesses us.