office. why? well, a lot of reasons, the enlightenment, but mostly i guess because so many people started the country, the puritans, quakers, hue ognats, where the rest with either illegal or harshly suppressed. can you imagine america, this country built on religious freedom banning people from this country because of their religion? that s the proposition now before the country. it s not so important who did it, this is bigger than that, yes, bigger than donald trump. this isn t about him. it s about us. will we entertain the idea of electing someone as auer president who is ready to sacrifice religious freedom to get elected. i learned this in religion case, no matter how well it goes over with the base, it s still a tearing down the america s basic foundation, religious tolerance. look, christmas is in the air, i felt it in new york yet. it s a quiet, wonderful celebration of what so many of us believe about our coming of our savior, about you hope and joy of life that
you mornings are better with friends. hi i m congressman ron paul and you re watching fox and friends. this has been ron paul week rand paul week. ron paul represented texas. rand paul represented kentucky. where was rand paul born? i have no texas. pittsburgh. pittsburgh? if he can get those states he s thrown his hat into the ring. we ll talk about that. first a fox news alert. we ll begin with it now. brand new video putting a white south carolina police officer behind bars for murder. the victim in unarmed black men shot multiple times in the back. good morning, very disturbing. that police officer could be headed to death row. a witness capturing the horrific exchange that left a father of four lying dead in the grass. we must warn you this video is graphic. you can see walter scot running from officer as he fired eight shots at the 58-year-old veteran. the confrontation happened saturday during a routine traffic stop. he pulled him over for
best known for his role as spock, efgs 83. his wife confirmed his death. george takai joins me on the phone. i want to express our condolences for the loss of your friend and thank you for being here. thank you very much for your condolence wish. just tell us what you want us to remember about him. you know the word extraordinary is often overused but i think it s really appropriate for leonard. he was a extraordinarily talent talented man but also a very decent human being. his talent embraced directing as well as acting and photography.
people that most represent diversity are michelle and george and walter. you can t have them then they can t have him. he was willing to give up his role in the animated version because he felt it was truly not representative of what star trek was all about. incredible. so because of him, we were cast. he was an extraordinary man. well thank you for remembering his extraordinary legacy with us here today. george takei, thank you. again, our condolences to you. thank you very much. we ll be right back after a quick break.
bill that would keep the lights on at the department for three more weeks only. house democrats aren t willing to bail out speaker boehner by voting for that plan. joining me now is congressman luis gutierrez, thank you so much for joining me. good to be with you, kristen. let s get right to it. are you going to vote yes on this short term extension? no i m not going to vote for the three-week extension. many of the same lack of security issues for the homeland will occur if the uncertainty is there. that s what jeh johnson our secretary of homeland security, the former head of homeland security and mr. king who used to be the chairman here from new york congressman king they ve all said we need to fund this right away and give certainty to the men and women at our border and tsa agents. our coast guard, those men and women charged with being the first line of defense to our national security. but congressman, given how vital you are arguing this is if speaker boehner