The World and Everything in It: January 24, 2025

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

Male and female, the E.R.A., executive orders on gender, and what it means to speak to power, with respect.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: That’s all ahead on Culture Friday with Katie McCoy.

Also, we preview a few likely blockbuster films of 2025.

And your listener feedback.

REICHARD: It’s Friday, January 24th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

BROWN: And I’m Myrna Brown. Good morning!

REICHARD: Up next, Kent Covington with today’s news.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Trump executive declassification orders » President Trump welcomed reporters into the Oval Office with another stack of executive orders piled on the Resolute Desk.

One of those orders will declassify federal records related to a trio of major assassinations in the 1960s.

TRUMP: That’s a big one, huh?! A lot have been waiting for this for years, for decades.

The order pertains to the killings of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

TRUMP: And everything will be revealed.

Most of the records related to President Kennedy’s assassination were previously declassified.

Trump pardons pro-life demonstrators »  Pro-life groups are celebrating another order the president signed on Thursday.

AIDE: Next we have a set of pardons for peaceful pro-life protesters who were prosecuted by the Biden administration for exercising their First Amendment rights.
TRUMP: They should not have been prosecuted. This is a great honor to sign this.

The president’s order pardons 23 pro-life demonstrators who were prosecuted under the FACE Act. That is a Clinton-era law that makes it a federal crime to obstruct the entrances of operations of an abortion facility.

That news comes ahead of today’s annual March for Life rally in the nation’s capital. President Trump is expected to address the crowd in a video message.

House passes Born-Alive Protection Act » Meanwhile, at the Capitol …

AUDIO: On this vote, the yeas are 217, and the nays are 204, with one answer present. The bill is passed.

The House passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. As the name suggests, the bill mandates that any infant who survives an attempted abortion must receive immediate medical attention.

But the bill will almost certainly perish in the Senate where Republicans lack the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. Democrats already struck down a similar companion bill earlier this week.

Confirmation proceedings in Senate » Meanwhile in the Senate Chamber …

Senators voted on President Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, John Ratcliffe.

AUDIO: The yeas are 74, the nays are 25. The nomination is confirmed.

Ratcliffe served as Director of National Intelligence during Trump’s first term. He’s also a former member of Congress.

The Senate also advanced the nomination of Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth. The vote was largely down party lines with two Republicans opposed. A final confirmation vote for Hegseth is expected today.

Judge blocks Trump birthright order » President Trump, after signing those executive orders reacted to news that a federal judge had temporarily blocked an order that he signed earlier this week. That order seeks to reinterpret birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

TRUMP: Obviously we’ll appeal it. They put it before a certain judge, in Seattle, I guess, right? And there’s no surprises with that judge.

Under the president’s order, a child born to a mother in the country illegally would not necessarily be considered a US citizen. More than 20 states sued over that order. Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown:

BROWN: I think what the order today reinforces is that no one individual, not only, not even the President of the United States, can simply erase what it means to amend the Constitution and the process they're in.

U.S. District Judge John Coughenour issued the order. The case is one of five pending lawsuits over the order.

Trump and Rutte on Ukraine war deal » President Trump says he’s pressing the leaders of OPEC-plus to lower the global cost of oil to help put pressure on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. Russia’s economy depends heavily on revenue from the sale of fossil fuels.

And Trump added:

TRUMP: I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended.

But NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says says the West must be careful not to be over-anxious to end it.

RUTTE:  If we get a bad deal, it would only mean that, uh, we will see the president of Russia high fiving with the leaders of North Korea, Iran, and China, and we cannot accept that.

Rutte said the cost of ending the war on Russia’s terms would be even greater than the present wages of the war itself.

California fires » As firefighters continue to battle wildfires raging across California Governor Gavin Newsom says more money is headed their way.

NEWSOM: With that, I'm honored—thank you—to sign these two bills appropriating two-and-a-half billion dollars, effective immediately, to the communities affected by these wildfires. 

Newsom signed the bill allocating state money for disaster aid on Thursday. The funds come as wildfires have already killed at least 28 people and burned more than 40,000 acres in the southern part of the state since they were sparked more than two weeks ago.

Authorities are dealing with two new fires. One of those, the Hughes fire had already burned more than 10,000 acres as of last night.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Katie McCoy is back for Culture Friday. Plus, your listener feedback for the month of January.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Friday the 24th of January.

Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I'm Myrna Brown. It's Culture Friday and joining us now is speaker and author Katie McCoy. Good morning, Katie.

KATIE MCCOY: Good morning, Mary and Myrna. When was the last time it was just us girls? This is fun.

REICHARD: It's been a while, it's been a while. And I'm so glad that it's just us girls, because I'm going to ask you about Andrew Tate. He's got a huge following among young men. He promotes riches and misogyny and sexual immorality. Now, of course, this is a problem. In writing for WORLD Opinions, Pastor Seth Trout argues that Tate's appeal is rooted in the universal allure of sin. Young men are drawn to the false promises of power and rebellion that Tate represents. He is a digital echo, if you will, of people like Hugh Hefner. Trout says Christians have to offer a better vision of masculinity that's rooted in the gospel of self-conquest, self-control, and Christ-like service. So my question for you, Katie, is how can the church combat distorted visions of masculinity like Tate's?

MCCOY: Andrew Tate, what an evolution, because he started out as being kind of this counter-formational influence on the feminization of men that we saw throughout society so pervasively. And he was really a backlash to that.

If I could summarize it, I think what we see is on both of those extremes, you have men trying to pattern and define themselves according to their relationship to power, rather than the relationship to their Creator and who God designed them to be.

There was a wonderful quote by Pastor John Tyson up in New York City. I'm going to paraphrase it, but he said that male strength—as God designed it—is a gift to the world. And it is this Christian vision that our strength, our abilities, they are always to be in service to someone else rather than self-gratifying for our own pleasure, for our own power. And what a stark contrast that is to the perspective of masculinity that is the biblical vision of it. The self-restraint for the sake of another. And I hope that we see more and more men talk about a biblical vision of what it means to be a man from those perspectives of character and who God created them to be, not from the perspective of power and how they use it to dominate others.

REICHARD: I had a follow-up to that. I've got a young man in my family and he tells me it's very difficult to find young women who are looking for masculine men, that they want their feminist ideals to be front and center in the relationship. What do you think about that?

MCCOY: You know, the rise of Andrew Tates is in some ways a backlash to a backlash to a backlash that goes all the way back to the sexual revolution. We can trace a lot of things back to that seismic moment in the 1960s. And among them is how women have themselves disconnected their sense of purpose from their creator, disconnecting who they are from God's created design for women and how women are to relate to men.

So it's sad but true. We need a real revival, not only of what it means to be men and women, but what it means to be human. And with that humanity, that embodied humanity, how we relate to one another as male and female.

BROWN: Katie, let's talk about the last minute declaration by former President Biden that the Equal Rights Amendment passed. What are your thoughts on that?

MCCOY: Okay, Myrna. So I love how you said that: “the declaration” because that's exactly what it was. And when I heard that, I thought, you know, there's two big ironies here. The first is that part of the rhetoric that we heard from the outgoing Biden administration was this deep concern for democracy. Well, for all the concern for democracy, he effectively—declared by fiat—an amendment to the Constitution that has failed to pass for the last 50 years.

If you go back and look at the Equal Rights Amendment, it started back in the 1970s. It failed to be ratified by the states by a three-fourths majority of the states, which our Constitution requires. And in the last several years, it's been in the news in part because Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, you got to start over. You didn't make it. We didn't get the three states over the finish line in time. So, begin again.

And what was so fascinating to me is since that has happened, we have had another irony to the ERA and that is the language. When you look at the language, it is protecting people on the basis of sex, meaning biological sex. Well, that is terribly out of fashion. In our world today, we talk about biological sex as not as important, or is at least as important as gender identity. So the idea that we would have an amendment protecting people on the basis of their biological sex seems to fly in the face of a lot of gender related conversations that we have today, ironically, from the same sector of society that is promoting the ERA.

BROWN: And as we speak of gender, I'd like to know how President Trump's declaration that there are only two genders, male and female, how that hit you, especially as the author of a book about what it means to be a woman.

MCCOY: Well, President Trump's executive order is exactly correct, that biological sex, the fact of our biological sex is different than one's self perception of gender identity. What struck me was two things. First of all, it's a very welcome change. The former Biden administration housed Rachel/Richard Levine, the former assistant secretary for Health and Human Services, who pushed quite a few different aspects of the gender ideology agenda. Among them that puberty blockers were safe, medically necessary and life saving. Interestingly, in contrast to the Biden administration's own food and drug administration, which said that they had major risks. So on the one hand, this is a very welcome change. But, I wonder how this is going to play in the courts. Because of course, if you remember the recent case before the Supreme Court, and it was Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch who conflated gender with biological sex.

So I think this is a good step towards common sense. We've heard that, but the larger cultural issue is how this relates to values versus laws. Now our laws do and should reflect our values. But as we can certainly see from issues like abortion, a lot of times there is a huge disconnect between the laws that are on the books and the values. that are espoused by a nation's citizens. Laws are important, but it is only one component of larger cultural change. Cultural change happens when we change ideas, when we change beliefs. That is much more arduous and long-term than the signing of an executive order.

REICHARD: So Katie, I want to ask you this as a follow-up as well. You use the terms gender and sex, meaning biological sex. Are those two the same thing or are they not?

MCCOY: They should be considered the same thing. And one of the things that I talk about in my own writing is that categorically speaking, in the definition of it, sex refers to our biology and gender refers to how we express and understand that. Now, up until about 20 years ago in our cultural vernacular, sex and gender were interchangeable concepts. One of the things though that happened with that Supreme Court case is that they became divided concepts, but not only that, not only were they divided and completely separated from each other, but Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch made them equal and distinct categories of discrimination.

So in other words, he placed gender identity on the same sphere as one's race, one's biological sex, and one's religious identity. So, they should be interchangeable. We should use them interchangeably. But in our cultural vernacular today, we have made them not only two distinct concepts, but two completely disconnected concepts.

REICHARD: I would love to shout that to the mountains. Okay, I have one more question, Katie, and I've got to get your take on this. What did you think of Bishop Marion Budde, who told President Trump to have mercy upon immigrants and the gender ideology crowd, saying that they fear for their lives? This was at the National Cathedral Prayer Service for the inauguration. Now, mercy is a fine and good message, but it didn't really go over well with many people. What did you think?

MCCOY: No, no, it didn't go over well. My first thought was what a massive cringe, not only a cringe to listen to it, but I thought, oh good grief, how disrespectful to be lecturing and preaching at world leaders that are just having to sit there and take it. It was completely inappropriate.

She would have been far better served and her issues would likely have gained at least somewhat of a hearing had she done it in a gracious way of talking to him privately. And instead she leveraged her position and her platform in a way that I think was unbecoming of the role that she has.

You know Mary this also brings up that that question whenever we talk about ministry and people in some type of priestly or pastoral position and Christian nationalism. Can we go there today? Because when you hear people talk about political issues like abortion and use their platform to talk about those issues in front of world leaders, well, that's a bridge too far. However, to our larger cultural conversation, talking about immigrants and LGBT people, specifically from a very decided partisan vantage point, that tends to get a pass. And I think it speaks to the larger conversation that we're having as a country of what is the role of religious leaders speaking into political issues.

BROWN: Katie McCoy, author and speaker. Thank you Katie for joining us.

REICHARD: Thank you.

MCCOY: Always great to be with you.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Friday, January 24th. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day. Good morning. I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: a preview of what to expect in theaters this year.

Last week, arts and culture editor Collin Garbarino gave us a rundown of upcoming kids and family films. Today he’s back to talk about some blockbuster hopefuls for grownups.

COLLIN GARBARINO: Five years ago, Disney’s Marvel Studios looked like Hollywood’s unstoppable force, and its Avengers franchise was smashing box office records like a big green hulk. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 34 films have grossed more money in ticket sales than any other franchise, but once the Infinity Saga wrapped up in 2019, the studio struggled to keep audiences locked into its sprawling storyline. After The Marvels flopped in 2023, Disney yanked most of its MCU films from the 2024 schedule to retool the franchise. Now in 2025, Marvel’s back, releasing a full slate with three new movies. Will the new direction bring back audiences?

First up, Captain America: Brave New World hits theaters on Valentine’s Day. Don’t expect to see Chris Evans as Steve Rogers in this film. Anthony Mackie plays Sam Wilson, the new Captain America who used to be known as Falcon.

ROSS: Wilson. Thanks for coming in.

WILSON: Well, thank you for the invite sir. I have to admit, I’m still getting used to the new look. They said to lose the mustache or lose the election.

In this installment, Harrison Ford joins the MCU to take over the role of Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross from the recently deceased William Hurt. The new Captain America will find himself trying to find out who’s really behind an international incident, and the new Thaddeus Ross will become the Red Hulk. I was a little disappointed with Mackie’s Disney+ series, so I’m keeping expectations low for this movie.

Marvel’s May installment looks to be a more lighthearted entry. Thunderbolts brings together the franchise’s second-tier antiheroes as a covert-ops team sent on missions for the U.S. government. We’ll get Florence Pugh’s Black Widow Yelena, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, David Harbour’s Red Guardian, and Wyatt Russell’s Captain America–wannabe U.S. Agent.

GHOST: Pretty ludicrous, coming from the dimestore Captain America.

US AGENT: I’ll have you know, I was actually the official Captain America, so…

YELENA: Yeah, for like two seconds.

This movie looks promising to me because it’s clearly not taking itself seriously.

But the real test for Marvel’s future rests with its summer release, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The Fantastic Four is one of the marquee titles for Marvel Comics, but each film adaptation of the series has been a disaster. We’ve had three Fantastic Four films in the last 20 years, and each was worse than the last. Marvel’s trying something new this time, going back to the team’s 1960s roots using a retro-futurist design. Director Matt Shakman claims you won’t need to know anything about the other three dozen movies in the MCU to enjoy the film, so if the movie’s good, maybe it can give the franchise a fresh start.

MUSIC: [Superman theme]

Speaking of fresh starts, Warner Bros’ newly rebooted DC Universe gets underway in July with a brand new take on Superman. The movie is simply titled Superman and it’s written and directed by James Gunn, the guy responsible for the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Superman stars David Corenswet as the Man of Steel. Prepublicity materials say Supes will embark on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. I don’t expect the same brooding melancholy that afflicted other recent depictions of Superman. James Gunn is known for his irreverent humor, and in this film he’s even included Superman's super-powered puppy, Krypto.

So what else is coming out besides superhero movies? Lots of sequels.

MUSIC: [Mission: Impossible theme]

I’m looking forward to seeing Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning, the 8th installment of the almost 30-year-old series of movies. The last Mission: Impossible movie underperformed at the box office, so Tom Cruise has a lot riding on this film. In fact Final Reckoning cost an eye-watering $400 million, making it one of the most expensive movies ever made. This is one of my favorite franchises, but I’m pretty sure it will be impossible for the studio to break even on this film.

We’re also getting installments to a couple of other beloved mega-franchises.

MUSIC: [Jurassic Park theme]

In the summer, Universal Pictures will release a standalone sequel to the Jurassic World trilogy called Jurassic World Rebirth. That makes seven films for the Jurassic Park franchise. This one stars Scarlett Johansson as a covert operation expert. Sounds like a familiar role. And just before Christmas, the third Avatar movie comes out. Avatar: Fire and Ash introduces the Ash people, a less peaceful group of Na’vi.

And if you’re a Gen Xer interested in pure ’80s nostalgia a new Karate Kid movie starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio comes out this spring. There’s also a Naked Gun remake starring Liam Neeson this summer, and a new Tron movie in the fall.

If you’re looking for a crowd pleasing popcorn movie based on an original idea, you might be out of luck. But there are a couple of potential options. Lovers of disaster movies might want to check out Last Breath, which comes out next month. It’s based on a true story about deep sea divers who must pull off an impossible rescue. In the spring, Warfare releases. That one is a heart-pounding real-time film written and directed by an Iraq War veteran based on the memories of people who were there. Then this summer we get an original sports drama in F1, when Brad Pitt plays a Formula One driver who comes out of retirement.

Hollywood might be short on new ideas, but it sounds like there will be plenty of thrills on the big screen in 2025.

I’m Collin Garbarino.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Friday, January 24th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Time now for Listener Feedback.

We begin with a correction this morning. During our January 2nd newscast we apparently had the recently reopened French cathedral on our minds when we reported on the Sugar Bowl delay, we mentioned the two schools: Georgia and “Notre Dame” instead of “Notre Dame” . A few of you got a good laugh at that.

BROWN: Speaking of mispronunciations…over the last year we’ve gotten a lot of emails from listeners informing us that we are mis-pronouncing the first name of President Jimmy Carter’s wife. Here’s a recent example from our reporting:

LINDSAY MAST: James Earl Carter Jr. was born near the tiny south Georgia town of Plains in October 1924. The ambitious younger Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and married Rosalynn Smith the same year.

That prompted one listener to write in, saying:

“I'm a big fan of Lindsay, but it was grating to hear her mispronounce [Mrs.] Carter's name when [she] passed a few months ago and now again at Jimmy's passing. I'm a big fan and love all you do. I felt a duty to call this out as it seems no one caught it last time.”

REICHARD: Well, we’re sorry you found it grating but we’d like to go straight to the horse's mouth so to speak for our response. Here’s a short montage of Jimmy Carter over the years pronouncing his wife’s name:

MONTAGE: I was cruising around Plains and saw Rosalynn on the front steps of the Methodist Church / Rosalynn joined the church after we came home from the Navy / I approached the decisions very carefully because I knew it affected my whole family, particularly Rosalynn.

So if you are one of the many people who thought her name is pronounced Rohz-a-lynn…don’t feel badly…it’s been a perennial problem for decades. In fact, not everyone on our own staff gets it right. The official word on how to pronounce her name was included in Jimmy Carter’s biography His Very Best by Jonathan Alter. Alter writes:

“The next year, on August 18th, 1927, Allie gave birth to their first child, Elanor Rosalynn Smith, who was named for her maternal grandmother, Rosa, which is why her name is pronounced “Rose-a-lynn” not “Roz-a-lynn.”

Hopefully that settles the debate.

BROWN: Now for a few listener comments on recent segments. The story that got the most response this month was from Associate Correspondent Rachel Coyle and her profile of a woman who lost her life savings in an online scam.

Listener Valerie Wright had this to say:

VALERIE WRIGHT: I am writing to let you know how much I appreciate the podcast that aired on Tuesday, January 14. Rachel Coyle did a great job with this subject. It isn’t a glamorous story but one that needs to be told. As a senior citizen who has saved my entire adult life for retirement I would be devastated to have lost my money the way Connie did. Anyone is vulnerable to this type of scam. I will be more vigilant while using my computer going forward. Well done.

I have shared this with my friends and they agree with me. Many, including me, are interested in hearing a follow up story to this original podcast. Any chance this will happen?

I am fairly new to The World and Everything in It, but I thoroughly enjoy it.

Many of the emails inquired about a follow-up story. There’s nothing new to report in Connie’s case, but we will keep our ears open for other related stories that can help others avoid being taken advantage of.

REICHARD: Another segment that got a lot of attention this month was Addie Offereins’ story on H1B visas. The report prompted businessman Jason Woodward to leave us this voicemail about his experience:

JASON WOODARD: It was refreshing to hear a balanced discussion on this important topic that is often overlooked in broader immigration conversations. As a manufacturing executive with over 20 years of operational leadership experience, I would typically prefer to hire US citizens for certain roles given the simplicity and lower costs involved. However, finding manufacturing engineers who are not only technically qualified, but also willing to spend time on the plant floor solving hands on problems and positively engaging with the workforce is often challenging and sometimes not possible.

Through the H1B program, I've had the privilege of hiring several engineers who perform this type of work with excellence. These individuals brought critical technical expertise, a collaborative spirit, and a problem -solving mindset that significantly strengthened our organization and positively impacted our teams.

I also appreciated Nikita's story, especially her faith journey and her trust in God's sovereignty. It's a reminder that H-1B recipients are not just contributors to the economy, but individuals who are made in God's image with unique stories, aspirations, and the potential to make a lasting impact.

BROWN: We also received a lot of email this month regarding our two-part Doubletake series on Syria from reporter Caleb Welde. Listener Beverly Uhlmer Roberts left us this message:

UHLMER ROBERTS: I was inspired by the story of the Syrian woman who returned to her home country to tell others about Jesus. My father came to Florida from Syria as an infant, with his parents and several aunts and uncles because, as Catholics, they could not prosper in their home country.

I thank God every day that I am an American! My heart breaks when I hear of the chaos in the "old country", where I likely have family members. I pray for courage to tell Muslims here in Texas about the love of Jesus.

Susan Jones from Indianapolis also wrote to us after that episode:

“The astounding coverage of the harrowing, courageous adventures inside Syria deserves some kind of award-winning status! Thanks for our front row access! And thank God everybody involved lived to tell us about it!”

We couldn’t agree more. We prayed hard for Caleb while he was there.

REICHARD: And speaking of Doubletake before we go, Doubletake producer and WORLD’s new Editor in Chief is here with an opportunity for you to tell us more about your thoughts on what we do. Les, thanks for being here…

SILLARS: Hey, Mary Myrna. It is great to be here.

REICHARD: One of the things you’re doing in your new role is getting to know our staff, but you also want to meet our listeners and readers…to that end, tell us about next month’s Focus Group meetings:

SILLARS: So we're gonna be holding a series of focus groups next month from February 11th to 14th. We'll be holding two an evening, and we are looking for people who are willing to come to an online video conference call and to tell us what they think of us.

BROWN: Who are you hoping will participate in these focus groups?

SILLARS: We're looking for our regular readers and listeners. We really want to hear from you. We really want to know how we can serve you better. But we also really want to hear from you if you only read or listen to us occasionally. We want to serve the widest group of people that we possibly can. And so we want to hear from a wide variety of people. We want to hear from people who listen to the podcast, read the website, and read the magazine. We want to hear from as many people as we can.

BROWN: How do people sign-up?

SILLARS: You can go straight to wng.org/focusgroups. We'll also have a link on the homepage of our website: wng.org.

REICHARD: Finally Les, why should listeners participate?

SILLARS: At WORLD News Group, we believe that our job is to help you see the world clearly so you can live rightly. And for us to fulfill the calling that God has for us, to help you see the world clearly, we need to hear from you. So we can understand you, we can understand your needs, we can understand how you read and listen to our stories, our articles, our commentaries. We need to hear from you and we need to know how we can serve you better.

REICHARD: Les Sillars is WORLD’s Editor in Chief, the address for signing up is wng.org/focusgroups… we’ll put a link to that in our transcript. Les thanks for doing this. We’re looking forward to hearing what listeners have to say!

SILLARS: You know what? I'm really looking forward to it too.

REICHARD: And thanks to everyone who wrote and called this month. We’re grateful for the time you give to listen each day and for your feedback.

BROWN: And that’s this month’s Listener Feedback!

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Well, it’s time to say thanks to the team members who helped put the program together this week …

David Bahnsen, Maria Baer, John Wilsey, Carolina Lumetta, Jenny Rough, Daniel Darling, Leo Briceno, Onize Oduah, Janie B Cheaney, Travis Kircher, Lindsay Mast, Mary Muncy, Cal Thomas, Katie McCoy, Collin Garbarino.

Thanks also to our breaking news team: Kent Covington, Lynde Langdon, Lauren Canterberry, Josh Schumacher, and Christina Grube.

Thanks to the guys who stay up late to get the program to you early: Johnny Franklin, Carl Peetz, and Benj Eicher.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Harrison Watters is Washington producer, Paul Butler executive producer, and Les Sillars editor-in-chief.

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Go now in grace and peace.

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