forgiven. he is no longer a famous figure. but in his day, he was a famous fish guy. a preacher and political figure. at one point, he ran for senate in michigan as a republican. in 1944, he ran for president against fdr. he ran for the ticket on the america first party, which he had founded. gerald l k smith did not go far with that bid or the bid as a republican. either if gerald l k smith, is remembered for anything, today it is probably mostly for this, this is a statue that he erected in arkansas in the 1960s, it is called christ of the ozarks. crisis of the ozarks was a suspiciously huge fund raising operation by gerald l.k. smith. he died in 1976. but that statue still stands in arkansas today. but gerald l.k. smith is about to have another moment in the public eye. because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nation wide movement that he tried to build. a movement that he named and that he lied and that he promoted charsley. an
fundraising operation, he died in 1976 but that statue still stands in arkansas today. but he is about to have another moment in the public eye. because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nationwide movement that he tried to build. a movement that he named. and that he led. and that he promoted tirelessly. and that he wanted to outlive him. the motive behind the term christian nationalist is easy to define and simple to interpret. we believe that the destiny of america in relationship to its governing authority must be kept in the hands of our own people. we must never be governed by anyone. we must keep control of our own money and our own blood. in other words, we must remain true to the declaration of independence. that is nationalism. we believe that the spiritual symbol of our statesmanship is the cross, which indeed is the symbol of christianity. we believe that the inspiring dynamic out of which america grew is christianity.
that prompted the white house to go into a spin overdrive like this. you would be amazed if they would declare this period to be a recession, even if two quarters of negative growth. we have a strong labor market and we are creating one of those jobs that is not a recession. i think probably. there is so much out of our control to read what inflation is being a global problem. brian: in fact, the gas prices coming down in the summer is extraordinarily rare. that is not something we see very often pure they follow every single day since started. that is progress but not enough and we need to keep working on this. we begin with gillian turner reporting live from the white house, good morning. good morning to you julie and bill. we did not see him at all over the weekend and we will not see him in person before wednesday. his position wrote in the letter, this just in and we will hear direct from the white house the covid coordinator this afternoon and we will get some
press to win over voters ahead of tuesday s primary. we have the latest on the race there. and cooler temperatures moving in after a wave of record highs. what to expect as we close out the weekend. we re thrilled that you re starting your week with us. it is sunday, may 22nd, amara, great to be with you. it has been great to be with you this weekend. we begin with operation fly formula. the response to a nationwide shortage of infant formula right here in the u.s. the first military flight carrying an emergency baby formula shipment from overseas is headed to the united states right now. the master sergeant overseeing the shipment told his staff, we re literally saving babies. meantime, the ceo of a formula manufacturer is apologizing to, quote, every family we have let down. for weeks parents have been scrambling to find formula to feed their babies. cnn correspondent polo sandoval joining us live now from indianapolis where the formula shipment is headed. hey the
multiple times. she ll join us live. and cnn goes one on one with the u.s. marine veteran trevor reed on his brutal imprisonment in russia and what it is like to finally be home. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m told it is friday. indeed it is. it is friday, may 20th. a short time ago, president biden kicked off his first visit to asia since taking office. he joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semiconductor plant and immediate display of unity. the goal is to reassure asian allies of u.s. commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip. and growing concern over what north korea will do next as the u.s. braces for the possibility that kim jong-un will conduct a missile test in coordination with biden s trip. the white house sayses it prepared for all contingencies. russia s invasion of ukraine not far from their minds as well. vladimir putin continuin