Good morning.

Good morning.

Welcome.

Welcome to the Billy Graham Library and to a live podcast.

with my daughter, Sissy, that I'm very proud of for her podcast, Fearless.

And for the book signing, Stan Stedding.

And Jane and I are extremely proud of Sissy, not just because she's our daughter, but because she stands for truth.

So tell us, what is God up to across the pond?

Well, Raj, first of all, thank you for having me.

I see, this is just what I see.

There are millions of hungry hearts.

There are searching souls.

The whole.

continent, not just the UK, but Europe.

Is this kind of all over the country? I mean, we talked about Manchester, but what do you see from north to south?

You know, what is Samaritan's Purse doing? How are we responding around the world?

Oh, we're so, so busy right now.

I think first, Ebola and the DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo.

And that's where we have our Ebola treatment centers.

We've got a staff of about 70 or so people over there.

And I say so because they fluctuate.

They come and go.

But maybe what would you say to somebody who doesn't know that hope?

You know, what is Samaritan's Purse doing? How are we responding around the world?

Oh, we're so, so busy right now.

I think first, Ebola and the DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo.

And that's where we have our Ebola treatment centers.

We've got a staff of about 70 or so people over there.

And I say so because they fluctuate.

They come and go.

But maybe what would you say to somebody who doesn't know that hope?

Um, you, you're all over it already.

Well, there's only two, two organizations in the world right now that I'm aware of that, uh, treat, treat Ebola.

That's the Medicines Sans Frontier or Doctors Without Borders and Samaritan's Purse.

So, um, we're, we're, we've got an asset, uh, or excuse me, we got a, a team that will go and assess the situation if they can get the visas in the next couple of days.

They'll go.

Meanwhile, we'll be, uh, packing our 767 with, uh, protective gear.

Uh, one of the things they want is for handwashing, and you'll be needing to, you'll need to take, you know, uh, chlorine-type solutions and, um, tubs and things for basins for people to wash their hands.

... uh, because the people were so terribly contagious and so terribly sick.

And Franklin, first of all, good to have you with us, and, uh, we understand that you were actually a guest of our colleague Greta Van Susteren over at Newsmax, so you were there in the ballroom over the weekend.

I, I was, uh, Todd.

I was, uh...

I don't know.

I was, uh, fairly close, uh, when all of this went down.

And, um, it's a little surreal when you look back at it because, uh, it sounded like a tray of food had dropped.

Uh, so I was talking to the wife of the, uh, British ambassador.

What, what say you about that?

Mm-hmm

... and bring the, the Nazis, uh, to an end, and also the, the Japanese regime.

And I think today with the, with the Iranians, they are a, a danger to the whole world.

Not just, uh, the Middle East, but the whole world.

And we...

I know you've been talking about Gaza, but all of this comes down, uh, the 70 some thousand Palestinians that have died, uh, in Gaza.

This is a result of, uh, I- Iran.

What is your response to what Mike Huckabee said, and what, what do you feel about this Christian Zionist belief?

How do you process those accusations?

Well, you know, I'd, it's, I don't try to process them, it's, it's just there.

Uh, the point is that I believe what the president is doing is right.

Uh, we have a right to, uh, uh, get people out of this country that are coming here to do us harm.

Uh, and if they walked across the border illegally, uh, they, they should be asked to go back or sent back, and let 'em come in legally, let 'em get in line like everybody else.

Uh, but I, I just, uh, stand behind the president 100%.

Again, I don't agree with everything he says, but his policies, you better believe it.

Do you get involved with the foreign leaders and say, "Come on, knock it off"?

And now the liberal wing, and some people include Pope Leo in that, are criticizing and saying, "Oh, you're wrecking Christmas, because you support ice raids and things like that." How do you process those accusations?

Well, th- You know, I'd...

It's...

I don't try to process something.

It's, it's just there.

Uh, the point is, I believe what the president is doing is right.

Uh, we have a right to, uh, e- get people out of this country that are coming here to do us harm.

Knock it off"?

Mm-hmm.

And He came from heaven to this earth on a rescue mission to save sinners.

And you are too, Piers (laughs).

And Jesus Christ died for our sins, uh, shedding His own blood on that cross.

And on the third day, God raised Him to life.And so, uh, that's what Charlie believed, that's what he lived his life for.

And, uh, I was proud to have known him and, uh, and I thank God for his life.

And I think out of this, Piers, there may be thousands of young people, uh, who will come out of this and who will pick up that banner and, uh, take the message of the cross of Jesus Christ across these college campuses.

Mm-hmm.

Well, they destroyed most of it.

... and, and the, the ordnance that has not exploded that is there, it's going to be so dangerous to live there, uh, and to try to build.

Uh, I think they, they've got to come up with something.

I don't know how it's going to be, but they- there are countries that if they would be willing to take the people from Gaza and give them the land and give them a place to work and live and, and have a brand new life, and that could happen.

Uh, and what Trump was...

I shouldn't call him Trump, President Trump, uh, what he was saying, there's a little bit of truth to this, that, uh, it would take a long time to clean Gaza up, but they could clean it up and they could come back at some point, but it needs to come back under not Iranian control like it is today.

What, what was that like when you were with him?

Well, um, I appreciate the fact that, of his focus on the poor.