but before we get into the themes of the book, mr. hoover, in your biography says you live in in a 33 room house. 32 rooms of which contain books, 57,000 books in total. explain. >> guest: yeah, i'm afraid a few more came last week so i've got to be closer to 60,000. it's an addiction and there's no 12-step program for book collectors. >> host: so 33 room house though? >> guest: i found a good bargain on an abandoned community health clinic in the small town in texas. so it's got all these little exam rooms and they are just perfect for filling up. each room is a different subject and its a very unusual living arrangement to put it mildly. >> host: so how many of those 60,000 books have you read? >> guest: i actually don't read books, or with limits. so i have a method. it's in the book we're talking about today. i call it that just in your book. what it really and is i am an information junkie. i started collecting world atlases and that's when i was like seven years old, , and just try to figure out the world works and my goal is to

mr. hoover, which church should i attend? mr. hoover was billy graham a real christian? mr. hoover, should i listen to oral roberts? mr. hoover, is martin luther king a communist? should i attend this church that is led by a woman? is that subversive? these sorts of letters fill fbi files. americans may look to their pastors, priests and bishops to be able to address theological disputes, but many of them entrusted their fbi for the warm weightier matters of politics. the history of the fbi then can be seen and rewritten as an adjudicator of true faith and political allegiance in 20th century u.s. politics, something which contemporary observers of the fbi know all too well. finally, focusing on religion illuminates how the bureau was able to form partnerships with leading black and white protestant and catholic faith communities, all to influence important aspects of 20th century politics. hoover and his fbi established working professional and personal relationships with leading clergy such as father fulton sheen, president trump's pastor -- boyhood pastor norman vincent p

mr. hoover, which shirt which church should i attend? mr. hoover, is billy graham a real question? mr. hoeven, should i listen to oral robertson? mr. hoover, is martin luther king communist? should i attend this church that is led by a woman? is that subversive? these sorts of letters fill fbi files. americans may have looked to their pastors, priests and bishops, but to be able to address the theological disputes, many of them trusted the fbi for the more winter matters of politics. the history of the fbi, then, can be seen and re-written as an adjudicator of true faith and political allegiance in 20th century u.s. politics, something which contemporary observance of the fbi know all too well. finally, focusing on religion eliminates how the bureau was able to form partnerships with leading black and white protestant and catholic faith communities. all to influence imported aspects of 20th century politics. hoover and his fbi established working professional and personal relationships with medium clergy, such as father 14 jean, president trump's boyhood pastor, norman vincent peel

mr. hoover, which church should i attend? is billy graham a real christian? should i listen to oral roberts? is martin luther king a communist? should i attend this church that is led by a woman? is that subversive? these letters fill fbi files. americans may have looked to their pastors and bishopbishops many trusted the fbi for more weightier issues. hoover and his fbi established personal relationships with leading clergy such as father sheen, president trump's boyhood pastor, billy graham and the chaplain of the united klans of american as well as the first clergy member to have his own television show, solomon michal. they were all men because hoover did not recognize female clergy. they worked together to bring about a certain ideal of what the problem relationship was between religion and politics in the nation. they laundered intelligence for the fbi, preaching and publishing it as gospel. they publically and privately worked with the bureau to employ christian faith and racialize rhetoric. the fbi and its christian network worked to promote anti-civi

next, david mills gives an over view of mr. hoover's efforts. this talk took place in kansas city, missouri, at the national world war i museum and memorial, which also provided the video. dr. david mills is an assistant professor of military history at the united states army command and general staff college in fort leavenworth, kansas. he served a decade in the militaries and has since been teaching. in 2015, he became a fulbright scholar, teaching in russia. dr. mills has authored three books, t

hoover's efforts in leading agencies to provide fool relief for belgium, germany and other countries this talk took

next, david mills gives an over view of mr. hoover's efforts. this talk took place in kansas city, missouri, at the national world war i museum and memorial, which also provided the video. dr. david mills is an assistant professor of military history at the united states army command and general staff college in fort leavenworth, kansas. he served a decade in the militaries and has since been teaching. in 2015, he became a fulbright scholar, teaching in russia. dr. mills has authored three books, the most current of which is the 2019 great wartime rescue and escapes. we're so pleased to have dr. mills with us this evening speaking about herbert hoover's humanitarian efforts during and after world war i. welcome, dr. mills. and thank you for being here. >> thank you. well, thank you so much for that kind introduction, and greetings, everybody. i'm dave mills, and let me start off with a standard disclaimer that none of the views discussed here are the official positions of the united states government, that as the presenter all mistakes, issues,

mistakes, issues, and errors are military historian gives an overview of mr. hoover's efforts in leading agencies to provide fool relief for belgium, germany and other countries this talk took place in the national memorial war museum which also provided the video. it's my great pleasure to introduce tonight's speaker, dr. david mills assistant professor of military history at the united states command general staff college kansas he served a decade in the military and since been teaching and in 2015 became a full scholar in russia and authored three books, most current of which is 2019 great war time rescues and escapes. the we're so pleased to have dr. mills with us this evening speaking about herbert hoover's humanitarian efforts during and after world war i welcome dr. mills. thank you for being here. >> thank you so much for that kind introduction, greetings everyone. i'm dave mills. let me start with a standard disclaimer that none of the views are the official position of the united states government. as presenter all mistakes, issues and errors are ent

ainsley: mr. hoover, please give his mom a huge hug from us. we've been praying for all of our men and women over there and this is just the saddest news to have to deliver as an anchor, and i just love your family for what you all do. i love these men and women for keeping us safe and being able to tell my daughter because of your service, your son's service, we are free. we're free to go to school and free to work and have jobs as women, we're free to go whatever church we want to go to and it's because of people, hero s, like your son, god bless you. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. ainsley: you're welcome. a gofundme was started by staff sergeant hoover's fellow marines to support his family, so you can visit foxandfriends.com to donate. marine corps staff sergeant dari n taylor hoover served his country for 11 fine years and he made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our freedoms. we'll be right back. aaaand welcome back to guess the price. sal. what do you do? oh, i'm a retired postal worker. fantastic. are you ready to play? oh,

. >> you're one of the most successful companies, biggest companies in the world, mr. zuckerberg. do you think that this is fair competition or not? >> as facebook and apple, google and amazon creep further into our lives, what does senator amy klobuchar say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... >> senator amy klobuchar, welcome to "firing line." >> well, thank you, margaret. it's wonderful to be on. thank you. >> the issue of trust-busting was much discussed on the original version of "firing line" with william f. buckley jr. and your new book, "antitrust: taking on monopoly power from the gilded age to the digital age," offers the perfect opportunity to look at this topic anew in 2021. today there are fewer than 5,000 public companies, down from 8,500 in 1997. a lot of that is because of mergers and acquisitions. senator, what does this tell us? >> well, i think what it tells us is that we are a country that has always believed in entrepreneurship and revitalizing, rejuvenating capitalism, and we've reached a moment where we just can't sit bac

. >> you're one of the most successful companies, biggest companies in the world, mr. zuckerberg. do you think that this is fair competition or not? >> as facebook and apple, google and amazon creep further into our lives, what does senator amy klobuchar say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... >> senator amy klobuchar, welcome to "firing line." >> well, thank you, margaret. it's wonderful to be on. thank you. >> the issue of trust-busting was much discussed on the original version of "firing line" with william f. buckley jr. and your new book, "antitrust: taking on monopoly power from the gilded age to the digital age," offers the perfect opportunity to look at this topic anew in 2021. today there are fewer than 5,000 public companies, down from 8,500 in 1997. a lot of that is because of mergers and acquisitions. senator, what does this tells? >> well, i think what it tells us is that we are a country that has always believed in entrepreneurship and revitalizing, rejuvenating capitalism, and we've reached a moment where we just can't sit back

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