graham s life. the drugstore he frequented on horseback, the train station he used to take the train to new york, washington, d.c. and that was before leaving to go on his international crusades. then this motorcade you re look at right here in front of us came here to charlotte. they first went to his childhood church and then here finally to the billy graham library as well as his childhood home, standing there to the right of the right of his sister, jean, and the great grandchildren standing in front. this has been a farewell for north carolinians. he grew up the son of a dairy farmer and also where he dreams of becoming a famous baseball player. that was, of course, before he went on to become the most famous pastor in america. of course, he went on then from there to launch into an international sensation and part of this, what he called his christian evangelist crusade.
are planting 30 different churches because they have this eagerness they want people to know christ and not about staying at one church anymore. how did he influence you. that s a great question. i was privileged as a, i eten@ my freshman and sophomore year in college to go to a conference with a lot of students in uan, urbana. and they told me that@ guy named billy graham would be the keynote speaker. i really didn t know, i didn t grow up in a christian family so i didn t know what that would be like. in the middle of his message it was surreal because it wass if h and i were in a living room and there were thousands of people and he was just talking right in my heart. and it was at that moment that my life was put on a different trajectory, a different course. he had a major impact on my life. just because of the change of the course of direction. it was like a father speaking to a son and it was through there that my whole trajectory and calling
brian: get dressed. two dozen americans hurt when a fireball ripped through a ferry. look at this video. oh my goodness. almost looks like a movie. debris flying over the sides of the ship. letting off passengers. there goes that vacation. we move on. no one seriously injured in the blow-up by the way. sinister isis plot to blow up a plane thwarted by a group of elite hackers. this according to the prime minister of israel s defense forces helping stopping a bombing on board a flight from australia over to dubai. they tipped off australia authorities over the summer. four men have been arrested. meanwhile, let s go over the wire and to the panel. there s ainsley. ainsley: thank you, brian. this morning we are remembering prominent christian evangelist billy graham who died on
bill: good luck and stay safe. how do you recruit your members and how do you pay for it? go to the website sons of liberty international.com. u.s. military veterans can apply to be deployed overseas and people can go and support us. they can become monthly members and make donations. the majority of our supporters are fox news viewers. bill: we ll take that. we take all viewers. matthew, thank you for your time today and good luck. as i said, stay safe, okay? matthew van dyk from philadelphia. sandra: new reaction coming in now as the world remembers christian evangelist billy graham. the devoit man of god known as an adviseor to u.s. presidents dying today at 99. a look at his life and legacy next. no, please, please, oh!
good morning to you, matthew. i was curious after seeing your story where the u.s. military was in this. why did they need you? where was the iraqi military in this? why did they need you? just answer that first and we ll move on. with the iraqi military faced isis they ran. so did the kurdish peshmerga. they ran in the middle of the night and christians woke up to find isis in their backyards. neither the iraqi army or peshmerga had an interest in training the christian population. it was left to our organization to work with them. we went in, met with their leaders. they had an idea to form a force and within a couple of years we had transformed that idea into a force of hundreds of fighters who were victorious in the fight against isis. bill: you are a modern-day mercenary. you found a way to reach them and integrate them into the government in iraq.