Freedom Coalition Founder ralph reed who over the next two hours will be talking your calls and comments. His books include act of faith and for god and country which was published earlier this year. Host author ralph reeding when we asked you what some of your books are, the first one you listed was the bible. Is the bible a political book . Guest i dont think of it that way. Certainly, it has instruction about Civic Affairs and politics and how we order our societies, but i for me, obviously, the bible is primarily the revelation of gods man and principles for humanity and the best huawei to know best way to know the keys to living a godly life with intimacy with him. And if you believe in the new testament, as i do, his son, jesus christ. I also think as a trained historian its one of the most important history books that youll ever read. I mean, if you want to understand the ancient world, theres no better Single Source than the bible. Its all there, the rise and fall of empires fr
The republican senate. We are living through one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership in our countries history. Did you hear that donald trump . You have created one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership. We are going to this last portion of the conversation because the senate is about to gamble back in after their weekly caucus meetings. Senators continue work on the 2021 Defense Authorization bill with votes scheduled later this afternoon for five Senate Coverage on cspan2 a senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Enzi madam president , i rise today to discuss our federal finances and the need to address our unsustainable fiscal debt and deficit. The federal budget has already been on an unsustainable path before covid19 reached our shores and before the pandemic and our governments response to it, which has accelerated what i believed is a coming day of reckoning. I recognize the unprecedented crisis presented by th
Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
This morning the president s new defense for large scale events after two more Campaign Staffers test positive. Breaking overnight. Violent clash. Protesters try to pull down a statue of Andrew Jackson near the white house. Police responding with batons and pepper spray. Statues in other parts of the country vandalized. Some now set to be removed. Just ahead, the growing push across america to take down the controversial monuments of the past. Standing with bubba. The entire garage area has rallied around Bubba Wallace. A powerful display of unity from the entire nascar family after a noose was found in the garage of the sports only black driver. Wallace moved to tears sending a message loud and clear. I wanted to show whoever it was that youre not going to take away my smile. Those stories plus, back in business. Well take you inside the reopening efforts in upstate new york where local businesses are eager to kick off the crucial summer season. We lived through the hardest part and n
Oaklands lake merritt. Police are placing messages on a tree where describeas messages include much love, stand together and black lives not only matters, it is essential. There is some confusion over ropes found in trees that some say look like nooses. Those who put the reasons in the trees say that they were there for exercise. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony explains. These symbols are symbols of racial violence and it is inconsume xwentd on all of us to have that sensitivity, to have that knowledge. What a privilege for those of us that dont feel complete fear ienon wlatter we see a rope in crime, but intentions dont matter when it comes to terrorizing the public. Reporter portia degree man is t freeman is the one who the shot the video and posted her concerns on social media. It caught me off guard. Reporter but this man, victor, told us the reason is part of a rigging used by him and his friends as part of a larger swing system. He even shared this video of it in action with ab