guns and graham, but first the big guy. the on stage shindig face-off between jeb bush and john basic. one the establishment favorite. the other the establishment challenger. let's watch them go at it. >> i did not come here for politics. >> today is not going to be a political speech. >> as a young man in the church and in my life, i felt the lord. >> i converted to being catholic in honor of my wife and because i believe in the blessed sacraments, and they give me great comfort. case it: i know the role i have to play on earth to lift people, to realize that all those made in the image of the lord need to be upheld. bush: we put the most honorable at the front of the line, guided by my faith. the drug addicted could be in your family, get them on their feet. and we also put the rights of the unborn in the run of the line as well. bush: if you are a minority, we are going to include you, and we are going to lift you. kasich: we should not push aside those who believe in traditional marriage. everyone is made in the image o

[applause] darline graham nordone, sister of senator lindsay graham: good morning. it is so good to be home. i looked out, i see so many familiar faces, faces of friends and family, and i just want to thank you all for joining us on this very special day. as many of you know, lindsey and i grew up in one room in the back of those right there, not one bedroom, but one room, where we lived, we slept, and we ate and our parents had a pool hall, a bar, and a restaurant in this building, where they worked long, hard hours to earn a living to support us. that instilled a very strong work ethic and important values in both lindsey and me. i have some great memories of this town. one of my fondest memories was lindsey teaching me how to ride a bicycle on that sidewalk right over there. he would hold on the bicycle as i peddled, give me a big push and shout, "keep pedaling, keep pedaling!" and he was the one who comforted me as i fell off the bicycle. [laughter] darline graham nordone: as i got older, lindsey started to college. our parents were so proud. he was the first in

also jon says not even lindsey graham will vote for lindsey graham in 2016. domenico writes the only candidates that are interesting our rand paul and bernie sanders, looking forward to those two debating. the rest are junk. we'll see what lindsey graham has to say shortly. >> watching the crowd gathered listening to the music. the south carolina senator x acted to make an announcement-- expect toed enter the race for president here in central south carolina. we have heard he will be appearing in about the teen minutes. his sister will be making the introductions for her brother. let us know what you think about the latest candidate to enter the race. go to facebook.com/cspan and join the conversation there. [crowd changting "usa."] -- [crowd chanting "usa."] >> are you ready for the main attraction? well it's coming. as we stand here on main street in central, this place today would not be complete without the first and who grew up with lindsey graham right here in the very place starting with the sanitary cafe and eventually ended up in the house next door.

lindsey graham when we come back. later tonight, we unveil a new look at piling -- pulling in iowa. -- at polling in iowa. ♪ john: central, south carolina was at the center for an event where lindsey graham announced he would seek the office of the presidency. at the senate of his pitch was his distinct brand of hawkish foreign policy and a bold claim about his own potentials. senator graham: radical islam is running wild. they have more safe havens, more money, more capability, and more weapons to strike our homeland than any time since 9/11. they are large. they are rich. they are entrenched. as president, i will make them small, poor, and on the run. i have more experience with our national security than any other candidate in this race. [applause] senator graham: that includes you, hillary. mark: he takes a jab at hillary clinton but highlights the fact they are friends. our poll shows -- all republican polling shows foreign policy is a big deal. is that a distinctive enough measure -- message, or is he just ran

start with lindsey graham. >> sure, lindsey graham has been a part of pretty much many of the main things that the senate has dealt with when it comes to national security but as john mentioned there is also, he hasn't been afraid to buck his own party. in the gang of eight, the immigration deal that failed obviously for comprehensive immigration. it failed in the house. he has not backed away saying it was the right thing for republicans to do. number of issues he fought back against criticism of the iraq war. he was one of the leading senators pressing the bush administration to change tactics and push for the surge. he and senator john mccain close friends. senator mccain saying he is his pick for president this time. jon: we are about ten minutes away from that officialannouncement from senator lindsey gram. we'll talk to you a bit after that after we hear from him. we want to talk about democratic politics just a bit. martin o'malley is in the race the former baltimore mayor and governor of maryland. apparently was thinking that he might be the guy to knock off hillary clinton as fro

>> well lindsey graham in south carolina, in washington they called him senator graham a lot of pomp and circumstance. lindsey has spent a lot of time. i don't think i've heard anybody call him senator graham in ten years, it's lindsey. it's personal they know him. the big question is going to be whether they want to elevate him to a presidential candidate and whether he can transfer the votes of 640,000 people in a big, big universe where south carolina has an open primary, both democrats and republicans can come vote. we're not registered by party. that universe is the biggest republican universe there is and we'll have to see whether they want to promote lindsey or one of the other 17. takes about 32% or 34% of the vote to win south carolina and we'll see right now, everybody seems to be bunched into teams and the single digits but this race just started in south carolina. >> you think lindsey, i mean it's going to certainly play a part one way or another on south carolina. it's an early state, a lot of people look to that state as being important for their future campaigns. linds

senator graham: radical islam is running wild. they have more safe havens, more money, more capability, and more weapons to strike our homeland than any time since 9/11. they are large. they are rich. they are entrenched. as president, i will make them small, poor, and on the run. i have more experience with our national security than any other candidate in this race. [applause] senator graham: that includes you, hillary. mark: he takes a jab at hillary clinton but highlights the fact they are friends. our poll shows in iowa what all republican polling shows, which is that foreign policy is a big deal. is that a distinctive enough message, or is he just rand paul? john: there is a little bit of that. the issue matters a lot. his level of experience does not matter much. it matters some. but there are -- where he is on these issues is further to the right than a lot of republicans are. mark: how was he further to the right, as projected today? john: i think the base is more in line with where rand paul is, on the issue of privacy a

graham's hometown and site of today's announcement. that's where we find cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash. good morning, dana. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this is an announcement with a small town hometown feel. we heard "the star-spangled banner." i'm going to toss it back to you as they do the pledge and you can ask me a question and hopefully they'll be done just out of respect. >> i understand. we'll step away. thanks very much. we'll get back to you. all right. let's step back. you said senator graham cannot win. how much should we care? first of all, he most likely doesn't think he's a loser. secondly just because mr. graham is not a front runner at the moment doesn't mean he doesn't have clout. as "the wall street journal" says graham could be a king maker. with me now, ron christie former special assistant to former president george w. bush and sara who is a contributor to "the blaze." lindsey graham is polling at 1% in the quinnipiac poll from last week and 60% said they haven't heard enough to have a favo

just before that, graham delaet playing his second. peter: this was from 139 yards, and wouldn't bubba like to have one of these two? ian: oh, boy would he ever. two beautiful shots in from delaet and harman. that's the difference when you knock it on the fairway here. it's an intimidating tee shot. >> looked like he hit a rock there, because the ball curved in the air left to right. a hook. he's right over there between the bunkers and travelers marquee. he'd have to fire a high lob. really really difficult shot here peter. i'm sure you'll get up there shortly and check out that lie, but it is not going to be easy. i think this hole just continues to play on his mind, peter. he doesn't know whether to play safe on the tee or attack. nick: plus, ian with graham in there he knows he's stairing at a two-shot swing. if graham can get to 15, bubba comes back to 16, and then we've got some drama at the last. ian: exactly. he doesn't know where paul casey is, does he? nick: probably only by the score board he knows he's 16 and -- ian: yes bu

>> lindsey graham has a plan, and lindsey graham is going to speak transparentally about keeping american lives in iraq, american boots on the ground, about spending money, about raising the defense budget, and cutting discretionary spending, and that is a major problem for the republican party. because he's going, the only one in the debate stage that is like okay, you want to deal with isis, here's how. and everybody else has been talking in vagaries and using the opportunity to slam this administration. and they have not spoken with any specificity or with any courage about what they would do. >> so this is the revenge, alex. >> so, alex, you're saying that lindsey graham then will in effect make all the other republicans on the stage seem weak in comparison to him. >> absolutely. >> if the face of isis. >> in the republican party, right. that is a major problem. >> yeah, go ahead. >> you're assuming lindsey graham makes it to the stable though. >> which is not clear. >> that is always the question. >> but to this stage, if he wants to, he can come on this program. >> oh, open invitati

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we'll go down to david shuster who has more on lindsey graham's severe. >> lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina. >> if i'm president of the united states and you're thinking about joining al-qaeda or isil anybody thinking about that? i'm not going to call a judge i'm going to call a drone and we will kill you. >> like other republicans graham says he wants limited government and reduced federal spending, but it's foreign policy experience and blunt style that endears him to colleagues. >> do you believe me when russia says there are no troops in ukraine they are lying? >> yes. >> he was the first in his family to go to college earning undergraduate and then a law degree from the university of south carolina. he then went into the air force and later joined the reserves working as a lawyer in court-martial proceedings. in 1994 with the port of senate icon strom thurman he ran for a seat in the house and won. four years later graham was one of the most outspoken republicans urging the impeachment of president clinton clinton. >> let it be said that any president who cheats our

david schuster has more on what graham will say. >> he's been described as are a hawk lindsay graham from south carolina. >> if i'm president of the united states, if you are thinking about joining al qaeda or i.s.i.l, anybody thinking about that? i'm not going to call the judge i'll call a drone and we will kill you. (laughing). >> like other republicans graham says he wants limited government and reduced federal spending but it's his foreign policy experience and blunt style that endears him to senate colleagues. >> do you agree with me that when russia says there are no russian weapons or troops in ukraine they're lying? >> yes. >> lindsay graham was born in south carolina to blue collar working parents. undergrad andundergraduate and law degree from university of south carolina. in 1994 with the support of republican senate icon strom thurmond, graham ran for a seat in the u.s. house and won. four years later graham was one of the most outspoken house republicans calling for the impeachment of president clinton. >> let it be said that any president who cheats our institutions sha

graham's colleague tim scott now calling for the flag to come down. this issue has been a tricky one for some presidential hopefuls in the wake of the charleston church mass shooting. listen. >> i don't know that issue. it's an issue that south carolina needs to deal with and, again, i don't know all the complexities of how that was decided. >> the people of south carolina reached an agreement of what should be done down there and i'm sure they will have a lot more discussions. >> that's for the people of south carolina. >> the problems we have in south carolina and throughout the world are not because of the mood here. it's simply because what is in people's hearts. >> very confident that they are going to make the right choice. they've shown a capacity to do that in the past. >> for those of us running for president, everyone is being bathed baited with this question as if it has anything whatsoever to do with running for president and my position is it most certainly does not. >> jeb bush had the confederate flag in his state placed in a museum. cn

lindsey graham is in his third term. there are former and current evidence, john kasich used to serve in the conscious -- congress. today, he is the only experienced person at the center he made that. >> point very vividly just now on the question of foreign policy. took -- he took a jab at his old friend and she is an old friend, hillary clinton. it's a question that gets to what the republican party wants this time around. past nomination fight, are they looking for experienced or does it feel against hillary clinton that they need some it looks like the future or tomorrow's candidates. >> there is some tension in the party. they want somebody strong on national security, they want a new face, somebody that represents a new generation. those things are impossible to reconcile. when he made that case, that was the strongest moment of the speech. it does differentiate his product. there is a crowded market with lots of people selling themselves. he has one thing to sell, that experience. we are going to have more with a

lindsey graham's hopes rest on south carolina. the senator says if he wins in his home state he believes he could do well across the south and do well with the nomination. he fended off a number of challenges during the senatorial primary last year. won the general election by 14 points making national security the centerpiece of his campaign.

senator lindsey graham gets in the race. >> this is al jazeera america like from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. the senate is coming back this hour set to debate controversial decisions. these are live images from the senate floor. communication tools expired overnight 37 senator rand paul's delaying tactics pushed the vote back to tuesday. >> we also saw expire government's ability to track so-called lone wolf suspects those who are not working in a network or a cell. also the government's ability to do roving wiretaps so if a suspect crashes a burner phone or gets rid of a phone that wiretap would go from phone to phone going with the suspect. those did sunset at 12:01 a.m. this morning, something that the white house and many in congress didn't want to see happen, but they could not come to an agreement by the midnight deadline. >> a rare sunday night senate session ended without passing legislation to renew key sections of the patriot act. at 12:01 a.m. the authorit authority to collect bulk communication ex-sider. senator rand paul fought renewal. >> people say well,

senator lind saiz graham is the lindsay graham, three term senator from south carolina officially launched his campaign for president short time ago. >> if you make me president i'll fight each day harder than i fought the day before to keep this country safe, prosperous, and as good as the people who made it great. >> well, graham is best known for being vocal on national security issues and vocal against president obama's foreign policy. be al jazeera political correspondent michael shure joifns us. why is lindsay graham running for president now? >> it's time why now? his message of national security is one that will play not only in his home state of south carolina but around the country now. playing on the fears of radical islam which is a tone he hit many times in his speech in south carolina but also the idea that nobody else in the race is talking about it, and he thinks that it's job 1 for next president. >> well, so he's running on a foreign policy platform. but usually when we talk about these elections it's domestic issues that dominate. is foreign policy a top issue for americ

we're moments away away from lindsey graham joining the presidential race. we'll bring that to you live. and the court makes two decisions. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. the senate is due back in session in just a few horse debating again the future of some controversial intelligence provisions. the nsa authority to collect bulk phone records and use some surveillance tools expired at midnight. senator rand paul's delay tactics put the final vote back to tuesday. libby casey is live in washington. libby it was not just the nsa authority to do away with bulk data collision that expired last night, was it? >> is that right, instead of stephanie. on hold the ability to do roving wiretaps wire traps on those who are using disposal phones and the ability to track lone wolf suspects. those who are not working in a network or cell. the senate could not come to an agreement in time for last night's midnight deadline. >> a rare sunday night senate session ended without passing legislation of the patriot act. the senate's aut

what he said was vintage lindsey graham. maybe not in his delivery because he's usually a lot more kind of upbeat and he sort of one who gives a zinger of a sound bite and he was more mellow, a lot more deliberative in reading what was obviously a prepared text. with regard to content of what he said, majority of course was on national security which is the reason he's running. he's not -- he knows the fact that his polls are really, really pretty low. it doesn't get much lower than 1%. he's barely registering. he understands that. the reason he wants to run he has told me personally is because he wants to influence the debate and the fact that the backdrop of this announcement is what's going on up in washington and rand paul who has been kind of his foil on national security has stopped the nsa program from going on is kind of vintage lindsey graham when it comes to what he wants to do. he talked about his hawkish perspective and that he can be commander in chief because of his experience and not only in the air force but

lindsey graham's hopes rest on south carolina. the senator says if he wins in his home state he believes he could do well across

lindsey graham has lindsey graham's plan. >> talks about everything else. >> peter, to the question of crises that no one saw coming syria is certainly one, but also our relationship with vladimir putin and russia. you have a really interesting -- "new york times" does an interesting piece on how putin is trying to play puppet master with various fringe movements and players across europe in an effort to splinter the european coalition that's grown up around russian sanctions. how potent an actor do you think putin is on the world stage at this moment? >> well he's clearly shaping events and forcing the rest of the world to respond. that by itself makes him an important actor. now, you know, the president has previously said that russia is just a regional power and what he means by that obviously that was an insult to vladimir putin. on the other hand what he means is russia is not playing the same role the soviet union did as a worldwide global kind of power. it doesn't mean it's not an important issue, either. it's not just ukraine. he's got the entire european union basically you kn

is being a hawk on national security and international affairs graham's basic pitch? >> reporter: it is. he did, jake talk about the need to reach across the aisle on big issues like immigration reform. he has done that. and in the future things like fixing social security and medicare but his big push was on a muscular foreign policy with him as commander in chief. >> i'm lindsey graham and i'm running for president of the united states. >> reporter: with that the ninth republican made it official. lindsey graham's long-shot run is steeped heavily in his hawkish world view. >> i ought to be president to defeat the enemies that are trying to kill us. not just penalize them or criticize them or contain them but defeat them! >> reporter: graham barely scratching 1% in most polls knows he has a tough hill to climb. cnn is told he's running primarily to force a debate within the gop on foreign policy. >> those who believe we can dpis en disengramp fromage from the world at large and be safer for leading from behind vote for someone else. >> reporter: a not so subtle dig o

lindsey graham making this big announcement. >> i'm lindsey graham and i'm running for president of the united states. >> i want to be president to defeat the enemies trying to kill us. not just penalize them or criticize them or contain them but defeat them. >> and from his hometown of central south carolina senator and now presidential candidate lindsey graham with his sister, darlene, by his side went on the record. >> leave isis alone and is it wise that -- i know our military could probably our military but how would you take the fight to isis? >> number one, you've got realize there's a fight with the heart and soul of islam going on before our eyes. isis is a small minority of people in this -- >> but a very vicious -- >> very determined. >> very determined minority. >> yes. so here is the hand we've got. got a pretty good hand actually. most people are not buying what they are selling but the region is in chaos. leaving iraq too soon created a fracturing of iraq. in 2011 the place was pretty secure. political process was abounding. the army was working together. president obama

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graham ran for the seat and was elected easily. since joining the senate, he has traveled to global hot spots with john mccain, his close friend and colleague. they remain leading republicans on foreign policy. >> i'm here to talk to israeli allies about their concerns about the u.n. security council defining the outline of the peace pros. for 40 years it's been the policy of the united states not to let that happen. >> during the obama administration graham has been tough on the president. he was one of the president's harshest critics accusing mr. obama of shifting policies and creating confusion in handling the war in syria. >> for two years the president has allowed this to become quite frankly a debacle and when it comes to selling the american people what we should do in syria, given the indifference and quite frankly contributions it's going to be a tough sell, but it is not too late. mr. president, clear the air. be decisive why it matters to us as a nation to get syria right. >> in some issues, he is closer to obama than t

. >> the daily mail graham thought it over and then said well i've got a sister. she could play that role if necessary. >> larry: if lindsey graham trying to duggar his way to the white house? what's going on. hey hey man i'm guessing he's got at least 19 bucks and counting you know. >> chuckling he added i've got a lot of friends. we'll have a rotating first lady. >> larry: insist and orgies. bill clinton is probably thinking wow this guy is taking it to the next level. (applause) i like it. i like it. i may not vote for hillary at this point. speaking of asking presidential candidates awesome questions yesterday i had the opportunity to sit down with democratic presidential candidate lincoln chafee okay. and the way i figure it what better way to get to the core of the matter than over some soul food. >> and there was lincoln chafee thanks for joining me. >> senator, governor. >> governor is my most recent lechive office. >> good enough. go ahead and dig in. we've got some good pulled pork. i think it's good to have politicians to talk over food that might possi

god bless lindsey graham. i don't agree with his prescription for iraq. he's very clear. if you think otherwise, don't vote for me. if you want to get out of iraq anytime soon, don't vote for me. i think that is an extraordinary thing. and, actually, an extraordinary addition to the debate because somebody is being honest about the option, other than what president obama is doing. which is kind of trying to muddle through. >> which of the republican campaigns is most reluctant to go into that zone which is how many troops do you want to send into iraq in. >> jeb bush, i think. obviously, we've heard him talk about whether iraq was a mistake. they had to answer that question for days before they figured out how to get it right. the moment he starts to walk down that path. one thing about lindsey graham, he is an extraordinarily smart politician with a very good sense of the universe that he's living in. and he's not out there on a limb saying this. he truly believes it, but he knows that's where the party s i think it's a dangerous place for jeb bush as he first tries to n

john kasich, scott walker, lindsey graham have given speeches. chris christie is speaking at this hour. mitt romney will deliver his remarks tonight. as of now, having seen what you have seen and heard what you have heard, who has won the day? mark: one of the things that has struck me is the quality of the speeches across the board. walker, rubio, and lindsey graham, they all had stump speeches that are not -- they are pretty well honed. from looking in the room, the reaction, marco rubio got the best reception and held people the best. weekends have -- we still have more. the undecided people impressed by different aspects of different potential candidates. john: i can't tell anything except reading the transcripts and the notes in hearing from you.

this time it's lindsey graham. joining me live now, nbc news political editor carrie dann. there you have it senator graham getting a little personal talking about his background and having to raise his siblings after the death of his parents, but also hitting what you and the first read team pointed out, really is his key to success in this race and that's taking on rand paul and those who may be what he perceives as weak on foreign policy and this nation's military and defending this country. >> that's right, tamron. we heard such an emphasis during this announcement speech on the issue of foreign policy. he's said in the past that rand paul is not -- is too weak on this issue and is something that he's going to press throughout this race. one thing to keep in mind is for lindsey graham to be able to do that, he needs to have a national platform. this is a big day for him, obviously, but going forward, he'll be a foil for rand paul and rand paul will hit right back at him. the question is whether that's going to happen on the national debate stage. right now lindsey graha

graham kicked off his campaign from his hometown of central south carolina today. the foreign policy war hawk started his presidential run with the usual rhetoric. >> i would like to be president to defeat the enemies that are trying to kill us. ronald reagan's policy of peace through strength kept america safe during the cold war. but i've come to conclude we will never enjoy peaceful co-existence with radical islam. because its followers intend to destroy our way of life. however, america can be and will be secure only if we have strength. security through strength will protect us. >> well senator graham said that he wants to meet problems honestly and realistically. that last sound byte might question all of that. but anyway the senator said he wants to make government work for the american people again. he then went right back to the fear mongering. >> radical islam is running wild. they have more safe havens more money, more capability and more weapons to strike our homeland than any time since 9/11. they are large. they are rich. they're entrenched. as presid

but franklin graham son of the evangelist billy graham had other words for it. on a facebook page he asks, how can we fight the tide of moral decay, referring to the wells fargo the ad. he calls for a boycott quote, let's just stop doing business with those who promote sin and stand against all mighty god's laws and his standards. wells fargo which has long supported san francisco's gay pride parade says the ad was launched in frill one of six commercials in the national campaign to show the diversity of clients. a wells fargo spokes wrote back, wells fargo supporting the lgbt community. still franklin graham's facebook postreceived 90,000 likes. >> i think we've seen across the country that there are many many corporations who are really stepping out in support of what they know to be values of equity and equality and ernest and wells fargo certainly has been a part of that. >> reporter: frank, graham's pr firm told us he was not available for comment. wells fargo says they plan to continue running that ad according to its original schedules. >> is there any in

lindsey graham making it official he is running for president. the three-term senator from south carolina calling for 10,000 troops into iraq. we are learning new details from the hilary clinton campaign with her official launch gun beginning on june 13th with a rally in new york city. severe storms a risk for portions of the northeast with flash flood warnings as the flood water recedes in texas. we will check in with that. >> are you beach body ready? that usually doesn't happen until november for me. that is the question one company is watching and it is a controversial campaign. the ad for a weightloss sign-up supplement in the uk and 70,000 signed a petition against it and it was banned in london eventually. now it is stateside to the united states. billboards in time square like a mile from where we are sitting. they said the critics paid for the u.s. marketing campaign. it always works like that. >> if you are offended by an ad with a hot woman or guy on it go to a therapist. if something like that puts you over the edge something is wrong

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put your hands together for lindsey graham. your reaction to lindsey graham? >> not happy. he's a whammie pick without being a whammie pick. >> lindsey graham declaring hits run in his home state of south carolina despite having something less than a groundswell of support from the republican faithful. graham is a former baltimore mayor martin o'malley and former governor, a democrat, announced his white house run in baltimore at an event that drew protesters tied to the black lives mattered movement to heckled o'malley during his announcement. >> today, to all who can hear my voice, i declare i am a candidate for president of the united states, and i am running for you. >> those keeping score at home michael steele is leading in our "all in" fantasy draft. a long way to go. a lot of candidates on the board. check out our facebook page where we have our draft updates. martin o'malley joins a democratic presidential field who has hillary clinton and bernie sanders, the latter of whom has been drawing massive crowds, larger than many expected including an estimated 4,000 peop

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. >>> i'm lindsey graham. and i'm running for president of the united states. >> today i am running for the presidency of the united states of america. >> i'm lindsey graham and running for the president of the united states. >> today i'm running for the presidency of the united states of america. >>> south carolina senator lindh di graham and rick perry becoming the ninth and tenth republicans to announce a bid for the white house. they filed george pataki and rick santorum who got in to the race last week. we're certainly not done yet with former florida governor jeb bush expected to announce his plans on june 15th. dan, are you announcing today since everybody else is? >> i'm holding off. i'm going to wait until the shakeout and then jump in. >> why do so many republicans feel -- this field is unmatched in my view -- i can't remember this many candidates with solid records running. why do they think they can win? >> i think it is a result of this a variety of reasons. one there is no incumbent to run agains

i don't know if they sent -- i think lindsey graham's office has sent out a press release. i don't know if the governor has. but if they indeed do it it's about time. people can evolve on issues and i give them that. it's time for this to come down. i know people say it's not a direct comparison but for me it would be like saying oh i have german pride, hitler pride. i want to be able to display a swastika. you can do that in a free society but then what does that get you? and you will be ridiculed for it. >> i think it's interesting, if you look at the polling numbers, there was this poll that found 73% of whites that were polled in the state of south carolina wanted the flag to remain where it was. 61% of blacks wanted it taking down. how do people in that state in this country move forward beyond this fight about the flag so you don't have numbers like that? >> you don't always get what you want. not everything you think is correct. i grew up in the south. i was born in the 1960s. i lived, you know through racism. i remember when they -- my high school was desegregated t

but franklin graham saw that ad and was enraged. he was so offended that he decided to pull all his franklin graham evangelism money out of wells fargo and wrote this explaining why he was doing it. have you ever asked yourself how can we fight the tide of moral decay that's being crammed down our throats? every day it's something else. wells fargo bank is using a same-sex couple in their advertising. let's just stop doing business with them that promote sin. maybe if enough of us do this it will get their attention. share this if you agree. so he moved his money out of wells fargo and moved his money instead to a different place. he moved it away from the godless nice ladies learning sign language and decided to put it in a bank called bb&t. the reason this is a funny story is because bb&t is maybe even a gayer bank than wells fargo is. bb&t recently built a makeshift chapel inside one of their branches to host a same-sex marriage and they celebrate gay and lesbian couples who have been together longer than ten years. bb&t is a pla

. >> lindsey graham is expected to announce his run for the white house 10:30 this morning. he will do that from his hometown of central south carolina. >> jon: oh... (laughter) thank you. interesting fact, central south carolina. is not a region of lindsey graham's home state. it's actually his hometown. it's fascinating. it's not in central south carolina. it's in northwest south carolina. its position equal distance from charlotte and atlanta. you don't give a (bleep) about this, do you? let's hear what we came to hear. >> we were expecting the announcement at 10:30 running a little behind schedule, so we'll stay, wait watch the crowds and wait for lindsey graham to appear. >> jon: sounds like interesting television. the senator is running a little bit behind how does one phases time waiting for a senator in south carolina. >> i'd like to introduce the d.w. general high school jr. all star color guard. >> he and darlene made a fond memory. >> my fondest memory is lindsey help meg ride a bicycle. >> we'll call on the jazz band for a musical rendition. (boogie-woogie bugle

go ahead david graham. david a. graham: i think he is right about the question of symbolism. people who believe the flag should come down say two things about that symbolism. one it is a symbol of rebellion against the u.s. government. people who were rebelling wanted to secede from the union. the rebellion was really about slavery. it was about white supremacy. the question is not is this symbolism, but what does the symbolism mean. i think a lot of people think that it is really antiquated for the simple to be here. maybe this is not about directly related to shootings in a church, but it is long past time for the flag to come down. david a. graham:caller: good morning. the last caller was totally wrong. i don't understand what he was talking about 47%. that rebel flag represents. evil and pure evil and hate. we are living in 2015. that flag was during the civil war. the union won. we are not flying nazi flags around the country. that flag represents hate. dylann roof is in photographs holding that flag. that flag represents. s pure evil and hate. i am glad republicans and