beyond this one because of jesus christ. and his message never waivered from that. if somehow billy graham did not inherit eternal life and if he is not alive right now in a life that will never end, everything he stood for, everything he said is null and void. i don t believe that is so and i think most of the people who heard his message today can say we offer profound condolences to his family but profound gratitude to god that this man showed up on planet earth to point the way to millions of people to the knowledge of christ. sandra: you had the great honor of knowing some of his family, governor huckabee. he leaves behind a sister, three daughters, gigi, anne and ruth, his sons franklin and ned and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. you met some of his family members including his sons. franklin and i are close friends and, you know, when i
a private funeral service is planned at the billy graham library, a date yet to be announced. of course, his wife, ruth, died back in 2007 at the age of 87. she is buried at the billy graham library. we ll await more details. bill: other news to get to. let s turn to that right now. big story this hour washington house republicans launching phase 2 of their investigation into the anti-trump dossier. now after weeks of review, democrats on the verge of releasing their own rebuttal memo to phase one. you got that? democrat adam schiff saying political concerns are behind the hold-up but republican devin nunes saying the facts show collusion between the russians and democrats. listen to this here. we re having a showdown between the legislative branch and the executive branch. the facts are not bearing out to what the democrats wanted it to be because we have found collusion. we found collusion between the
reverend graham s life and legacy. jesus said there are two roads, the broad road that leads to destruction and judgment and the other road that leads to heaven. he preached to more people than anyone in history. and follow jesus, let him lead you home. an evangelist who touched tens of millions called by some the protestant pope. the world was his pulpit. i never dreamed there would be a life like this in my life. he first felt the spirit at age 16 after hearing an evangelist preach in north carolina. he then went to bible college in florida where he started preaching on the streets of tampa. they have a place there where the saloon keeper threw me out into a ditch and told me never to come back. graham received a warmer reception from ruth bell, the two married in 1943 and as their family grew, so did his ministry. there are problems of sin
billy graham have been just as heartfelt. we remember reverend graham and keep his family in our hearts, we continue this work. bret: graham preached two more people than anyone. christianity is not a white man s religion. don t let anyone tell you it is white or black. christ belongs to all people. bret: a man of god humbled by the fellowship that shaped and embraced him, called by some the protestant pope. the world was his pulpit. the reverend billy graham said he first felt the spirit at age 16 after hearing an evangelist preached. soon after, leaving his family s dairy farm for bible college in florida where he started preaching on the streets of tampa. the saloon keeper threw me out into a ditch and told me never to come back. bret: graham received a warmer reception from ruth bell. they married in 1943. is there family grew, started
his neck putting out a fire. when doctors did a scan, they saw a bigger problem. we found two nodules on your thyroid. i found out that it was cancer. reporter: he is not alone. a new study in the journal looked at nearly 10,000 new york city firefighters in nearly nine years after 9/11. it found those who worked at santa rosa were 19% ground zero were 19% to have cancer. when i started the study i did not think it would be, not at seven years. but that increase is real. reporter: first responders at ground zero were exposed to many chemicals that are known to cause cancer, but experts say it s too soon to draw a direct link. one wouldn t expect to see an elevation and solid tumors so early, seven years is very short and usually it takes decades. reporter: 9/11 health issues including gastrointestinal problems forced him to retire. he s now cancer-free but worries about the future. when you take the preseptember 11th medical records of the new york city fire d