Booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Host tavis smiley, you list jesus christ and paul robison, two of your influences. Guest yeah. Thats quite a pair, isnt it . [laughter] i was raised in a church as i mentioned earlier pentacostal church, and ive said for all of my life that i call them the three fs, the things that mean the most to me, faith family and friends in that order. I wrote a book called keeping the faith, i close my show on pbs by saying thanks for watching im tavis smiley, keep the faith. Im always trying to remind people that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Thats what faith and hope really are, the evidence of things hoped for the hope of things, but even when you dont have the evidence to see how things are going to work out its always possible. I make a distinction all the time, and heres why i say keep the faith all the time i make a distinction between optimism and hope. Optimism suggests theres a particular set of facts circums
Booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Host tavis smiley, you list jesus christ and paul robison, two of your influences. Guest yeah. Thats quite a pair, isnt it . [laughter] i was raised in a church as i mentioned earlier pentacostal church, and ive said for all of my life that i call them the three fs, the things that mean the most to me, faith family and friends in that order. I wrote a book called keeping the faith, i close my show on pbs by saying thanks for watching im tavis smiley, keep the faith. Im always trying to remind people that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Thats what faith and hope really are, the evidence of things hoped for the hope of things, but even when you dont have the evidence to see how things are going to work out its always possible. I make a distinction all the time, and heres why i say keep the faith all the time i make a distinction between optimism and hope. Optimism suggests theres a particular set of facts circums
Families apart even away from the border. A major spokesperson for i. C. E. Actually quit his job because he just got tired of having to tell lies for the Trump Administration about what is going on. Tonight were going to hear from a very courageous person. James schwab is in the building right now. He is speaking out. Proud of him. Plus, i get back in my van. You watch the show, van in the van. I do. That once again, this time its because the Supreme Court upheld trumps travel ban 3. 0. So i want you to hear my conversation in new jersey with pro trump and antitrump muslims. Thats going to be a powerful conversation. First, lets talk. I always say this, but break downs can lead to breakthroughs if you use them right. And the breakdowns are really pretty obvious right now. We got jails for babies in america. Jails for babies right now. It has not been resolved. Its just horrific. And, you know, this week has been tough. You had the Supreme Court decisions. Some of them hurting labor un
how critical was that in saving lives? it was extremely critical in saving lives. the person that subdued the suspect in my opinion is a hero. reporter: police didn t reveal a motive and the county sheriff office said the shooter has no booking history there. hundreds came out for a church service this morning, sad and shaken especially with a church environment, a place you consider to be safe and a place of refuge, is now kind of violated in a way. reporter: a minister here now has direct ties to two church shootings he tells me he went to seminal school with two people murdered at the horrific church massacre at mother emanuel church in charleston which happened exactly seven years ago today. a country in crisis. i was just really sad. i think it is sad to see something like that happen where you live reporter: confounded again by gun violence, split about what to do about it sam brock, nbc news, vestavia hills, alabama.