in the ways of god. to the late and the former president of the united states of america, mr. george h.w. bush, thank you for being my sponsor. joining me now is tim glenn of compassion international, the non-profit behind president bush s child sponsorship. they help literally a couple of million people around the world. tim, i want to welcome you in tonight. welcome. thank you for having me. ed: how did they come together? it s such a beautiful story. isn t this a great story? i love how they came together. you know, they say character is what you do when no one else is looking. this is a perfect example of president bush s character. this was at an amy grant concert in 2001. a christmas concert. president bush was there. and amy is a friend of compassion and during an intermission in the concert she talked about compassion international. she told people all you have to do is sponsor a child and raise your hand and we ll bring a packet to you. so president bush raised his
about what dictated their actions? first, fredricka, isn t this a great story? it s beautiful. it just shows some terrific things going on in these young people s minds. and yeah, military training certainly contributes to this. when we bring in young men and women into the service, we teach them to be action figures. we talk to them about personal courage, doing the right things under the right situations. we talk to them about values and how they do how they see the world around them. and then also we talk we teach them to be situationally aware, to see their surroundings and how they fit into it. it s not only in a combat zone but also in a train car. when you re talking about airman stone, who s a medical technician and specialist skarlatos who is an national guardsman and mr. sadler, these are action figures, in this case three young men, who are contributing to the world around them. i think they gained a little bit from their military training, at
alex wagner, it is funny because it s awful how they blew it. isn t this a great story? here you see, alex, when you watch the politics of this country, sometimes to get people roused, just try to hurt them. just say you can t vote and see what they do. it s nice to see americans rebel against that. you know, there has been so much maligning of public service and, you know, exercising one s being a participant in the great american democracy, and then you see people lining up for eight hours to vote. and sometimes in states where it s not even really particularly contested. people believe in the electoral process, which just underscores how dastardly and despicable it is that some republicans are trying to manipulate that process. and chris, you know, it s everything from the electoral college rigging that is now in vogue in certain republican-held state legislators to the voter idaho laws to even republican abuse of the senate filibuster. it s about consolidating power in the hand
his extended voting. thank you. congressman, have agreat respect for you. jim clyburn. my message to people who try to stop people from voting, screw you. alex wagner, it is funny because it s awful how they blew it. isn t this a great story? here you see, alex, when you watch the politics of this country, sometimes to get people roused, just try to hurt them. just say you can t vote and see what they do. it s nice to see americans rebel against that. you know, there has been so much maligning of public service and, you know, exercising one s being a participant in the great american democracy, and then you see people lining up for eight hours to vote. and sometimes in states where it s not even really particularly contested. people believe in the electoral process, which just underscores how dastardly and despicable it is that some republicans are trying to manipulate that process. and chris, you know, it s everything from the electoral college rigging that is now in vogue in