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About her about a year before she died saying for gods sake, amy, do something. look in the mirror and realize what is happening to you. youre wasting a magnificental ent. and she did. she just carried on wrecking an amazingal ent. what do you feel when you see that? >> i think its sad. i think its sad that there werent more people telling her that, to be honest. you can say that to her. but is she necessarily going to listen to you? i would listen to the people who were closest to me. so i thin...

Done with the president, what do you say to those people who use the bible and its scriptures as a sacrosanct defense, if you like, against moving times? >> you know, its something that i think we have to grapple with because on the one hand as you highlight, piers, there are verses in the old testament and the new from deuteronomy to the apostle paul that speak to issues related to homosexuality. on the other hand, jesus said that the two greatest commandments are to love god and to love your n...

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>> come on, now. >> im sorry. im not going to help you. >> you emanuels never sit on the fence like this. give me a name. give me a crumb. >> well, i havent met him and hes now dead, but i think probably the person who still moves me when i read his speeches is martin luther king. >> martin luther king. >> every martin luther king holiday, i try to read one of his speeches or something, and i think, you know, an unelected person who has moved this country and has amazing oratorical skills, so i ...

Gibson could have portrayed, or what a pastor or priest could portray on an easter sunday morning, that we really dont have a good picture. thats why i think i chose a book to make that presentation, because it was more digestible but we just have so much confirmation, its just a very, very bloody, vile, horrible scene. some of the victims of scourging would have their organs exposed. i can just go on and on. i dont want to gross people out. but yes, i think mel could have gone much further and ...

>> you know, piers, gut-wrenching doesnt really describe it. i did go with the president to newtown and i saw the leader of the free world, the president of the united states, have to hold parents closely, had to console folks who had just 48 hours before had their children ripped from them in a hail of bullets. the depth of evil that they experienced, the brokenness that we felt in that place, is something that i will never forget. you know, jesus three times in the gospel says that one of the ...

Our book because its an icon of jesus and this generation. people say maybe thats the oldest picture of jesus. they dont think of it as something that has to be scientifically confirmed but i am fascinated since ive got that image on my book with what theyre going to be uncovering throughout this process of deeper scientific investigation. >> definitely. one of the most contentious scenes from the passion of christ, mel gibsons very controversial movie, depicted the crucifixion, of course, and h...

I worked in a group of amazing, amazingly talented people, and really insightful people committed to the public good. everybody from the president on down to my particular boss, who was peter orszag to larry summers to tim geithner. i had a great privilege there but i also in academia met very brilliant people, including nobel prize winners so im not sure i can identify a single person. >> come on, now. >> im sorry. im not going to help you. >> you emanuels never sit on the fence like this. give...

Problem. >> when i interviewed rahm, he was the first emanuel brother i had interviewed and i got a real sense of a steely streak inside him which i think just judging from what the book says, you guys operate very much as a pack. one of you gets attacked, the emanuel brothers will defend each other to the hilt. despite all the rivalry, you are actually very loyal to each other, arent you? >> oh, yes. thats absolutely true. as i think i say somewhere in the book, my brothers are my harshest crit...

I did go with the president to newtown and i saw the leader of the free world, the president of the united states, have to hold parents closely, had to console folks who had just 48 hours before had their children ripped from them in a hail of bullets. the depth of evil that they experienced, the brokenness that we felt in that place, is something that i will never forget. you know, jesus three times in the gospel says that one of the worst things that people can do, one of the worst sins we can...