deciding factor for a lot of folks around the country. very similar to what president obama said back in 2007 in san francisco about the folks who cling to their guns and cling to their religion. called them bitter. and now you have hillary clinton calling us deplorable. as i write in the book i m proud to call myself i m proud to be one of those gun toting bible trumping deplorable. brian: i can t tell you how many time people would say i m a door deplorable. ainsley: t-shirts. brian: people took pride. we had book signing degree robert jeffress church in dallas. guy came up to me i m puerto rico deplorable. gave me a fist bump. people embraced what was meant as a smear and they have embraced that as sort of a badge of honor. ainsley: you are very traditional and proud of that and love your traditional values and when this country stands for. you love ronald reagan and compare president trump to ronald reagan. what is it that our country needs to do to get back to the
architect of the megafest. he leads a 0,000-member church in dallas, and he s also a new york times best-selling author. his last back instinct which i read religiously, the power to unleash your inborn drive. it s an honor to have you here tonight. it s an honor that you would have me. what stood out the most in your conversations with america? the one that surprised me the most the economic empowerment among minorities there was a great deal of optimism despite the predicament they were n.pessimism was more in the non-black and brown people it is a relates to the economic travesties we ve seen in the past. so you found more optimism. yes. among minorities? yes. how do you explain that. it s kind of odd to me really. the only way i can explain it is two things chgs i think, first
fast and hits the stage, again, because that is clearly her happy place. tim tebow s happy place will not be at a church in dallas. he was scheduled to speak at the first baptist church april 28. however, the reverend there is highly controversial and had all kinds of inflammatory things to say about gays, mormons, jewish people, muslims. he s had quite a controversial past. so once that came to light, tebow now has decided to cancel that appearance on the 28th of april. says he will not go. he tweeted to his 2 million followers, i will continue to use the platform god has blessed me with to bring faith, hope and love and those needing a brighter day. he decided to cancel because of new information that s been brought to my attention, meaning he learned about the scandals and backed out. probably a smart move. i m going to say someone on his pr team needs to be fired. yeah, bad call. back out.
but unfortunately, the national unemployment rate is still 7.7%. and if republicans in congress fail to accuracy millions of unemployed americans will be off to a very rough start for the new year. for more on this let s turn to the reverend dr. haines iii, senior pastor at friendship west baptist church. dr. haines, welcome to the show. thank you, professor dyson. isn t it ironic, dr. haines, through this entire debate the focus has been on the wealthiest americans paying more taxes, not people who will lose unemployment benefits come january 1st? you re the pastor of a huge church in dallas that talks about poverty and social injustice. what s your reaction to this? well, not only is it ironic. i think it s almost sinful, especially during this season where we have just celebrated the birth of one who was born homeless. i think that unfortunately if the wise men had been replaced by the speaker of the house as well as the senate minority leader, instead of he bearing
march 2008. but unfortunately, the national unemployment rate is still 7.7%. and if republicans in congress fail to accuracy millions of unemployed americans will be off to a very rough start for the new year. for more on this let s turn to the reverend dr. haines iii, senior pastor at friendship west baptist church. dr. haines, welcome to the show. thank you, professor dyson. isn t it ironic, dr. haines, through this entire debate the focus has been on the wealthiest americans paying more taxes, not people who will lose unemployment benefits come january 1st? you re the pastor of a huge church in dallas that talks about poverty and social injustice. what s your reaction to this? well, not only is it ironic. i think it s almost sinful, especially during this season where we have just celebrated the birth of one who was born homeless. i think that unfortunately if the wise men had been replaced by the speaker of the house as well as the senate minority leader, instead of he bearin