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Called the great compression, from the new deal through the late 1970s which saw the biggest expansion of the middle class. when unions set a floor under wages and government set a floor under want. instituting things like child labor laws, the 40-hour workweek and the minimum wage. when the notion that if you pay workers more, they can afford to buy more. and that means businesses make more and hire more. that did more to end poverty than anything ian rand thought up. repealing that government ...

Disciples. a scary time. >> i had the opportunity to step into playing the role of mary, mother of jesus. >> you did a great job. >> thank you. while we know she was the mother of the son of god. she was also the mother of a son. and -- you know, i have loved jesus my whole life. i have never fully kipd econsid what it must have been like to be his mother. stand at the foot of the cross and see her son be murdered. >> three people there. >> three. the rest ran away. they were scared. jesus said ...

Edition of "hannity." we continue with roma downey and mark burnett. i watched this movie with a number of people. there wasnt a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? >> yeah, i think that people are just really touched by the story. its deeply moving, and i think its one of the beautiful things about being able to watch it collectively, in a cinematic experience, that, you know, theres something about experiencing the story and community and feeling the overwhelming love. you ...

Historian in me likes the fact that they brought that to the fore and captured it. the whole time period, the difficult physical bodies, representing god to the world. im really proud of them for getting that on the screen. >> i think the thing that stands out just to go on stevens point is all of humanity has just failed. he recognized that. and that was the purpose for going through the sacrifice, all sin falling short today, you see that in the movie, as well. >> we were very conscious to sho...

Mark burnett, "son of god" is their brand-new movie. i watched this movie with a number of people. there was not a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? >> yeah, i think that people are just really touched by the story. it is deeply moving. and i think it is one of the beautiful things about being able to watch it collectively in the cinematic experience. you know, there is something about experiencing the story and community and feeling the overwhelming love. you know -- becau...

The feeling. we didnt want to tell people what to think or how to feel. we just wanted to present the story so you felt it and you would seek more. all those things you mentioned, that moment there where finally the disciples realized now, its the son of god. they have been following a charismatic leader who may have been the next king david to fight theromans. >> it also shows their weakness. peter denied him three times. thats all included in the movie. but part of the mini series was in the m...

#hotjesus. he said he doesnt want his looks to distract from the movie but if the message of jesus was love, hope, and come passion and i can bring that to the big screen. the question for me became, must jesus be sexy, too? father james martin is here to discuss this. hes the author of the new book "jesus the pilgrimage." welcome, father. >> thank you very much. >> first off, it would be extremely difficult to find the exact right actor to cast as jesus. the filmmaker said as much. but through ...

We didnt want to tell people what to think or how to feel. we just wanted to present the story. so you felt it and would seek more. and all of those things you mentioned. that moment there, where finally the disciples have realized now he is the they have been following a leader at this point who may have been the next king david to fight the romans. >> that shows their weakness, though, they all ran when he was arrested. peter did deny him three times. that is all included in the movie. but you...

And mark burnett, "son of god" is their brand-new movie. i watched this movie with a number of people. there was not a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? >> yeah, i just think that people are really touched by the story. it is deeply moving. and i think it is one of the beautiful things to be able to watch it collectively in the cinematic experience, and feeling the overwhelming love. because it plays out like a thriller, really. it is a political thriller on the one hand, t...

Roam gnaw downey and mark burnett their new movie is "son of god." i watched the movie with a number of people. there wasnt a dry eye in the room. is that the normal reks a? >> i think people are touched by the story and it is one of the beautiful things i have been able to watch collectively in a cinematic experience is that there is something about experiencing the story in communi community and feeling the overwhelming love. it plays out like a thriller really, ago political thriller on the o...