Pandemic wipes out a decade of Economic Growth plus pakistanis asias best performing stock markets counting the cost on aljazeera hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question are evangelicals giving President Trump the votes he needs to win a 2nd term lets get to the bottom line. About a 3rd of americans identify themselves as born again or as evangelical christians and among that group almost all of them voted for donald trump in 2016 and the vast majority say theyre going to do it again in a few weeks in return trump has pushed the religious rights agenda with this culture war and socially conservative policies the appointment of conservative judges and support for israels government but what is this huge group in American Society and how did they become such an enormous influence on americas political scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spent his life researching and writing about American Christian fundamentalism and its Global Netwo
Whose book just out this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of james baker the third. Of two brilliant books about it too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart. Baker in houston in 1930 and holbrook 1941 holbrook a democrat, student of Foreign Policy. Their lives had different trajectories but they both ended up in washington. Picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and even before he came to washington. He was expected to do great things. He had a very dominating father who imparted on him the legacy of his family. One thing they were not meant to do his politics. They break away from his fathers domination and at age 40 he suffers a great family tragedy. His wife dies of cancer and the tennis court helps pick him up from the George Hw Bush on a whole different odyssey that put them in the center of world events. Host george im going to be going back and forth because the stories of the books are so rich we could go so many Differ
Virus which has claimed more than 207,000 american lives now reaches into the most powerful office in the world. Good morning, america. We want to get right to the major breaking news overnight. At 12 54 a. M. President trump announced he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for covid19. The Stunning Development raises significant questions about the president s health, the stability of the country, our standing in the world and the state of the race for the white house just 32 days before the final votes. We will cover it all this morning, and we begin by wishing the president and the first lady a speedy and full recovery. We certainly do, and with that, we want to show you a live look right now at the white house where the president and first lady are in isolation at this moment. And there are so many Big Questions this morning after the president s jampacked schedule this week. We want to know who else in the white house inner circle could potentially be infected and wh
Scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spent his life researching and writing about American Christian fundamentalism and its Global Network he is jeff sharlet the executive producer of the family a document that was released on netflix last year based on his own book the family the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American Power miss charlotte thank you so much for joining us today in your show and youre writing i mean im amazed by. The degree to which you have had had a foot in the evangelical camp and a foot out if you will and youve been able to tell this story and yet i think you still describe yourself as part of that world how youve been able to navigate these currents. I am deeply interested in that world have been reporting on it for many years but i am not an evangelical christian i was so Netflix Series in the books about nor going to zation called the family the oldest and most influential Christian Conservative Politica
Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question are evangelicals giving President Trump the votes he needs to win a 2nd term lets get to the bottom line. About a 3rd of americans identify themselves as born again or as evangelical christians and among that group almost all of them voted for donald trump in 2016 and the vast majority say theyre going to do it again in a few weeks in return trump has pushed the religious rights agenda with this culture war and socially conservative policies the appointment of conservative judges and support for israels government but what is this huge group in American Society and how did they become such an enormous influence on americas political scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spent his life researching and writing about American Christian fundamentalism and its Global Network he is jeff sharlet the executive producer of the family a document that was released on netflix last year based on his own book