Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170513:16:06:00
He turned to jerry falwell, the president of the university here, and said, see, jerry. i told you i would do it and i did. he was celebrating that accomplishment and pushing back. >> i was prepping the show. i wasn't able to keep my eyes glued on everything in the broadcast of this, but were there standing ovations? was there thunderous applause? was it the kind of reaction you think he had either hoped for or expected to get there? >> reporter: well, of course it was primed for that when jerry falwell got up to the microphone and said it was a record setting crowd. the stadium was, in fact, ...