he said that he believed iran was getting closer and closer to trying to obtain nuclear wepts and united states must lead the effort from keeping iran from being able to obtain any kind of nuclear weaponry and also that he backed israel if israel would decide that it needed to strike iran to protect itself. with hezbollah rockets aimed at israel from the north and hamas rockets aimed from the south. with iran bent on nuclear arms, america s vocal and demonstrative commitment to the defense of israel is even more critical. whenever the security of israel is most in doubt, america s commitment to israel must be most secure. now, he said that the security of israel is also vital to the national security of the united states. you can see here him really making a push and trying to get not only the israelis who are here, and you can hear them clappi clapping, but also the jewish voters back at home how important he believes the israeli/united nations is. we know about the hi
this? i spoke to the campaign, and they made the point that this happened within the context of a campaign visit. they say that they had no prove on what the subject of the sermon was going to be and in a statement to me, they said that they said that michele bachmann always enjoys meeting with parishioners. so this was just the sermon on a sunday morning of a church that the bachmanns visits. all right, jamie novogrod, i ll see you in ames and des moines later this week. reporter: chuck, i look forward to it. thank you. all right. texas governor rick perry also attended a church service of sorts. he actually hosted a massive prayer rally in houston where he asked the 30,000 who attended to pray for their country. our heart breaks for america. as a nation, we have forgotten who made us, who protects us,
this is a time when we do need to be encouraged this week, not discouraged. encouraged. so i think we feed to set our mind of things campaign in churches is nothing new in iowa, nothing controversial about bachmann s comments, but the sermon that followed is a different story. jamie novagrad was traveling with her and he is there. what can you tell me about the sermon she was sitting in the audience for? the important thing you said, this all happened within the context of a campaign visit. this wasn t part of michele bachmann s remarks, a reading from the book of flippians. it was after she sat down that the pastor of the church, pastor jeff mullen began about a 30-minute discussion, what he called a teaching on the
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guy in some regards. they didn t get the relief they wanted. there was just an unwillingness to talk about tort reform. i think the american people will have their say in november. the elections are coming. i think smart politicians are going to make sure the people know where their member of congress stood when it came time to vote on this bill. joe, karen, i appreciate both of you. thanks. we ve been talking online about sarah palin s campaign visit on behalf of john mccain and whether she can coax voters who overwise won t vote for mccain. robin rogers writes cabaret artist tweets ian kelly responds thanks for sharing your