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The Brody File: December 22, 2016 - A Brody File Christmas

The Brody File crew relives their fondest memories of the year in our annual Christmas show filmed in DC at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink. Read Transcript


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UP IN THE MALIBU.

LIKE A DRIVE-THRU.

MY CREW IN THE ALLEY.

BRODY.

GUNSHOTS.

THE MOST THINGS POP.

HIT THE BLOCK. *

WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO

ANOTHER

EDITION OF THE BRODY FILE TO

A

CHRISTMAS SHOW AND A BOTTLE

OF EGGNOG.

HOW ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE HERE AND IT'S

BEAUTIFUL AND

FESTIVE AND CHRISTMAS. I'M ON

SKATES.

I FEEL LIKE I AM ON THIN ICE

WHICH I

AM. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ON

THE

ENTIRE CAMPAIGN SEASON WHICH

HE NEVER

FELL WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT

I'M GOING

TO DO ON THIS SHOW AND WILL

PROBABLY

GO VIRAL AND WE'LL GET A LOT

OF CLICKS.

WHAT HAS GONE ON THIS YEAR?

SO MANY.

HOW ABOUT THE NINE

INTERVIEWS WE DID

WITH DONALD TRUMP.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT

TWITTER?

WITH TWITTER, I TWEET

MYSELF.

AFTER 7:00 IT'S USUALLY ME

DOING THE

WORK. I HAVE FUN DOING IT.

I HAVE GREAT PEOPLE.

AT DONALD TRUMP I HAVE A

TREMENDOUS

FOLLOWING AND I TWEET MYSELF.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE

PRAYING

FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF

EVANGELICALS AND OTHER

CHRISTIANS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO PRAY

SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU ABOUT?

WHAT DO

YOU NEED PRAYER FOR.

THAT'S WHAT WE SAY IN THE

EVANGELICAL

WORLD?

HEALTH.

HEALTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

BECAUSE

IF YOU HAVE HEALTH YOU CAN

KEEP GOING,

KEEP FIGHTING AND DO THE BEST

FOR THE

PEOPLE OF AMERICA.

AND HE'S PLANNING AND WE ARE

PLANNING

TO DO THAT IF HE'S ELECTED.

I WOULD SAY PRAY FOR THE

COUNTRY

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN LEAD

THIS

RENAISSANCE BECAUSE WE ARE IN

SUCH BAD

SHAPE.

OWING $3 TRILLION.

I CAN JUST KEEP NAMING THINGS.

I WOULD SAY PRAY FOR GUIDANCE

AND TO

PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE

WE NEED

PRAYER ALMOST MORE THAN WE

EVER NEEDED

IT BEFORE.

THAT IS DONALD TRUMP HERE

ON THE

BRODY FILE.

THAT WAS SEAN.

HOW IS IT GOING?

HELLO.

HERE WE GO.

GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.

I'M DOING THE BRODY FILE.

MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US WHAT

YOUR

FAVORITE MOMENT OF YEAR OR

CHRISTMAS.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

SURE.

WELL, I MEAN ONE OF THE

STORIES I DID

THIS YEAR THAT BLEW MY MIND

WAS THIS

POLLING DONE THAT IT'S THE

END OF

WHITE CHRISTIAN AMERICA WHICH

IS KIND

OF -- OMINOUS.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE END OF

THE STORY.

THAT HAS FUELED A LOT OF

FRUSTRATIONS,

SOME OF THE FEAR THAT HAS

REALLY

FUELED THE TRUMP RANGE.

IN THE TIMES SINCE

PRESIDENT BARACK

OBAMA WAS ELECTED, THE NATION

HAS

EXPERIENCED A DRAMATIC SHIFT.

WE'VE GONE FROM BEING A

MAJORITY

WHITE CHRISTIAN COUNTRY TO

MINORITY.

IF YOU TAKE THE WHITE

CHRISTIANS.

THEY USED TO MAKE-UP 2% OF

THE

POPULATION.

TODAY THEY MAKE-UP 45%

BECAUSE WHITE

FOLKS ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH

HAVING

BABIES.

AND WITH INCREASING NUMBER OF

WHITES,

ESPECIALLY MILLENNIALS ARE

LEAVING THE

CHURCH.

THAT'S DETAILED IN HIS NEW

BOOK, "THE

END OF WHITE CHRISTIAN

AMERICA".

YOU ARE SAYING WHITE

CHRISTIANS ARE

HAVING A SENSE OF ANXIETY.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR

THE CHURCH

AND FOR THE COUNTRY.

FOR YEARS, THE CHURCH HAS

BEEN ON

THE DECLINE.

THE CULTURE HAS CHANGED

DRAMATICALLY.

CH GENDER IDENTITIES ARE

CHANGING IN

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ARE

FACING LEVELS

OF PERSECUTION AND GAY

MARRIAGE IS THE

LAW OF THE LAND.

I THINK THAT GAY MARRIAGE

IS PRETTY

MUCH WHAT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH

OPPOSING

FROM VERY EARLY ON ALL THE

WAY THROUGH

AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN

LOST IN

THE COURTS, LOST IN THE COURT

OF

PUBLIC OPINION.

8 YEARS AGO 77% SUPPORTED

SAME-SEX

MARRIAGE.

TODAY, 33% SUPPORT IT.

IT'S THE SIGNS OF THE TIME.

THERE ARE NUMBERS ACROSS THE

CENSUS

THAT IS SOMETHING ACROSS

AMERICA AND

MATERIALIZING ALONG THE

RACIAL AND

POLITICAL DIVIDE.

HIS BOOK ISN'T ABOUT THE

PRESIDENTIAL RACE, BUT HIS

FINDINGS

HELP EXPLAIN WHAT'S FUELING

THE TRUMP

TRAIN.

I THINK THE ANGER WE ARE

SEEING IS

ROOTED MORE IN THE SENSE OF

ANXIETY

ABOUT CULTURAL CHANGE AND THE

SENSE

REALLY OF NOSTALGIA WHEN A

TIME OF

CONSERVATIVE PROTESTANTS WERE

MORE

CENTRAL TO CULTURE AND MORE

ON THE

LEVELS OF POWER.

THAT WHITE FEEL

DISCRIMINATED

AGAINST IN AMERICA AND

TWO-THIRDS

BELIEVE DISCRIMINATION

AGAINST WHITES

IS BECOMING A BIG PROBLEM AS

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OTHER

GROUPS.

WE ARE SEEING RACIAL

UNREST, NOT

THAT DIVISIONS HAVEN'T BEEN

THERE, BUT

THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN A

WAY THAT I

HAVEN'T SEEN IN MY LIFETIME.

ONE CHALLENGE FOR WHITE

CHRISTIANS

IS MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH

THEIR BLACK

BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON MANY

OF THESE

QUESTIONS.

FOR INSTANCE, 80% OF BLACK

CHRISTIANS SAY RECENT

KILLINGS OF

BLACK MEN ARE PART OF A

LARGER PATTERN

OF HOW POLICE TREAT AFRICAN

AMERICANS.

JUST 29% OF EVEN WHITE

EVANGELICALS

AGREE.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU FALL ON

THE GRASS,

MOST WHITE CHRISTIANS ARE

SEGREGATED.

11:00 A.M. IS THE MOST

SEGREGATED

HOUR IN AMERICA. STILL TODAY,

90% OF

CHURCHES ARE STILL

MONORACIAL. THERE

IS STILL NOT THAT CONNECTIVE

TISSUE

BETWEEN WORLD'S IN

CHRISTIANS.

DRAMATIC REALITY IN SHIFTS

HELPS

RELIEVE SOME OF THE ANGST IN

THE HOT

LINES.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE AT THE

WHITE

HOUSE 4 YEARS.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

DONALD TRUMP.

IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

THERE SHE GOES.

JENNIFER AND SUZY ICE SKATING

SUNSET.

WHEN WE COME BACK, A LOT MORE.

JANET BROUWER WILL BE HERE.

BACK IN A MOMENT.

BRODY FILE. TIME NOW TO BRING

IN JENNA

BROUWER.

SHE'S HERE AT OUR ANNUAL SHOW.

SHE'S PART OF THE CHRISTMAS

SHOW.

JENNA, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

THANKS.

I'M GETTING READY TO LACE UP

MY SKATES

AND TAKE UP THE ICE.

WHAT WAS MOST MEMORABLE IS

INTERVIEWING MIKE PENCE.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?

WHAT ARE

YOUR THOUGHTS?

I THINK ONE OF THE MOST

ENDEARING

THINGS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP

WHICH WILL

MAKE HIM A GREAT PRESIDENT IS

WHAT YOU

SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

THE PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE

DONALD

TRUMP STANDS, AND THEY KNOW

WHAT HE

THINKS.

I THINK THE DAY HE BECOMES

PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES PEOPLE

WILL FIND

HIS CANDOR REFRESHING AND HIS

BROAD

SHOULDER LEADERSHIP

REFRESHING.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF

HILLARY

CLINTON'S CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

SHE LIKES TO SAY WHEN THEY GO

LOW, WE

GO HIGH?

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A

LITTLE DUBIOUS

SINCE I HAVE JOINED THIS

CAMPAIGN.

DONALD TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT

IDEAS.

HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN ONLY

SEEMS TO

BE TALKING ABOUT INSULTS.

AGAIN, IT'S A CAMPAIGN OF

INSULTS

AGAINST MY RUNNING MATE AND

MANY

PEOPLE SEE THROUGH THAT.

THERE IS SO MUCH AN

ANIMOSITY ON

BOTH SIDES.

HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING

OUT? DO

YOU SEE RIOTS, PROTEST, COME

ELECTION

DAY?

OH NO.

I SEE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

DOING WELL.

WHEN WE ELECT DONALD TRUMP,

THIS

COUNTRY IS GOING TO COME BACK

TOGETHER

AGAIN.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT

THIS COUNTRY

WILL NEED PRAYER.

HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE A

MESSAGE.

THIS CARRIES A UNIQUE

BURDEN.

REMEMBER OUR FAMILIES THAT

SHOULDER

THE BURDEN AS MUCH AS OUR

FAMILIES

DO..

PEOPLE TELL US ALL ACROSS

THE

COUNTRY THAT THEY ARE PRAYING

FOR US

AND I JUST TELL THEM WE FEEL

IT.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FROM YOU

WAS

GETTING TO INTERVIEW DONALD

TRUMP

HIMSELF.

REPORTING NOW FROM

WASHINGTON D.C..

THANK YOU, FROM OUR ANNUAL

SHOW

FROM WASHINGTON D.C., THE

PRODUCER IS

HERE.

SHE DOESN'T DO WINDOWS BUT

SHE'LL

EXPLAIN WHAT SHE DOES HERE

WHEN WE

COME BACK.

TO THE

BRODY FILE. THE ANNUAL

CHRISTMAS SHOW

IS ABOUT TO START ANY MOMENT.

SHE'S STRONG, OUR TOP

POLITICAL

PRODUCER REPORTER.

WHERE IS SHE? HOLD ON.

ARE YOU OKAY?

WE ARE GOOD.

WE ARE GOOD. WE MADE IT.

AMBER? GREAT TO SEE YOU.

YOU DON'T REALLY SKATE AT ALL.

I DON'T ICE SKATE.

TELL ME ABOUT ONE OF YOUR

FAVORITE

MEMORIES.

CAN YOU DO THIS?

YES, ONE OF MY FAVORITE

STORIES IS

A DIFFICULT STORY.

WE TRAVELED TO MICHIGAN

BECAUSE OF THE

DEBATE BUT WE ALSO WENT TO

CHECKOUT

THE ON GOING WATER -- WITH

THE MIDST

OF THAT WE FOUND THE CHURCH.

I'M AFRAID TO DRINK THE

WATER. I

PRAY FOR IT BEFORE I DRINK.

WHILE PEOPLE HERE TAKE THE

GAMBLE,

POLITICIANS PLAY THE BLAME

GAME ON

THIS HUMANITARIAN PRICES.

IF I HAD TO RAISE THE

ALARM IN 2015.

THERE WAS SILENCE. THERE WAS

PEOPLE

MORE THAN ONE MAKING

DECISIONS SAYING

MAYBE FLINT IS SOMETHING WE

SHOULD GO

FOR.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

THE CRISIS BEGAN 2 YEARS

AGO WHEN

DETROIT DECIDED TO CHANGE THE

WATER

SUPPLY TO THE RIVER.

THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO

NOTICE.

IN OCTOBER 2014 THE PLANT

STOPPED

USING THE WATER THEN THE

FINGER

POINTING HAS BEEN NON-STOP.

HE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENT

ASSURED HIM THE WATER WAS

SAFE. THE

PUBLIC BLAMED THE EPA.

AT THE STATE LEVEL

ACCUSATIONS

CONTINUE AGAINST MICHIGAN

GOVERNOR

RICK SCHNEIDER FOR IGNORING

WARNING

SIGNS OF HIGH LEVEL.

THE DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL

EQUALITY ASSURED US THE WATER

WAS SAFE.

IT WASN'T.

WHY DOES THE DENIABILITY

ONLY WORK

WHEN IT'S PLAUSIBLE.

I'M NOT BUYING THAT YOU

DIDN'T KNOW

ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE

2015. YOU

WERE NOT IN AN INDUCED COMA

FOR A YEAR.

ALL OF THIS AND E. COLI.

WITH ALL THIS, PEOPLE ARE

TIRED OF

THIS.

THEY WANT SOLUTIONS.

IT'S IN THE BATHROOM AND

THE WATER

FROM THE BUCKET.

YOU KNOW IT'S WASTED.

DESPITE THE SMELL, SHE

SAYS SHE

STILL BATHES IN THE WATER

BECAUSE SHE

DOESN'T HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.

I USE THE WATER BECAUSE I

DON'T

HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO GO

AROUND.

LIKE A STREAM IN A DESERT

PLACE,

THE CHURCH SHINES LIKE A

BEACON OF

HOPE DONATING WATER BY THE

TRUCK.

CHURCHES LIKE ASSEMBLY OF

GOD AND

PASTOR GARCIA LED THE WAY.

WE ARE A SMALLER CHURCH,

BUT WE

ALWAYS WANT TO DO SOMETHING

AND REACH

OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE STARTED PRAYING AND

GETTING A PLAN

TOGETHER AND IN JANUARY WE

WANTED TO

BECOME A WATER DISTRIBUTION

CENTER.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY

DID.

WITH 30% OF GARCIA'S HELP,

THEY GOT IT

ROLLING THE HELP OF

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD.

PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT

DENOMINATIONS

AND BACKGROUNDS BEGAN TO HELP

PEOPLE

IN NEED THROUGH CHURCHES

THROUGHOUT

THE CITY.

THEY WERE THE RIGHT

MOMENTS AND

HOPEFULLY THOSE PEOPLE WILL

GET THE

RESOLUTION THEY ARE WAITING

FOR AND

HOPEFULLY GET TO REVISIT IT

AND GET

BACK WITH BETTER NEWS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD LUCK OUT THERE.

I HAVE A WORKMEN'S COMP FORM.

THANK YOU.

THERE SHE GOES. SHE'S

STROLLING OFF

INTO THE SUNSET.

BACK IN A MOMENT.

TO THE

BRODY FILE. TIME NOW FOR MORE

MEMORIES

OF TIMES AND SEASONS GONE BY.

ONE OF

THE BEST MEMORIES OF THE YEAR.

NONE OTHER THAN ABIGAIL

ROBINSON.

THERE SHE IS.

PLEASE DON'T FALL.

I LIKE HOW YOU DID THAT.

THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

YOU TOO.

YOU DIDN'T FALL OUT?

NO.

I'M GOOD..

WHAT'S YOUR MEMORY?

WHEN I WASN'T COVERING THE

CONGRESS, IT WAS NOT ON THE

HILL OR

RIDING THE TRAIN THROUGH WITH

THE

BRODY FILE.

SHALL WE TAKE A LOOK?

WE SHALL.

THE WORLD NOTICED COLLEGE

FOOTBALL

BUT WHO COULD KNOW THAT HE

WAS PLAYING

IN ARIZONA PLAYING MINOR

LEAGUE

BASEBALL.

I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT HOW

HIS LIFE

HAS BEEN SHAKEN.

WHY BASEBALL? HOW DID IT

FEEL TO

START OVER AND HOW DID YOU

FEEL

HITTING A HOME RUN FOR THE

FIRST TIME?

PLAYING BASEBALL FOR ME

WAS

SOMETHING THAT I ALMOST DID

OUT OF

HIGH SCHOOL AND DECIDED TO GO

TO THE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN

MY HEART

FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I THOUGHT WHY NOT PURSUE IT

IF IT'S

SOMETHING I'M PASSIONATE

ABOUT AND

INSIDE MY HEART.

GO AFTER IT.

HE MAYBE PASSIONATE ABOUT

BASEBALL

FOR NOW, BUT IT WASN'T HIS

FIRST

CHOICE. THE DENVER BRONCOS

DRAFTED HIM

RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE.

HE LED HIS TEAM TO THE FIRST

PLAYOFF

WIN IN 6 YEARS. DESPITE THAT,

THE

BRONCOS TRADED HIM AND IT WAS

DOWNHILL

FROM THERE.

P HE WAS CUT AND RELEASE

FROM THREE

MORE TEAMS.

WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH

THAT,

WHAT IS YOUR FOUNDATION AND

WHO ARE

YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH

CHRIST.

A YEAR AGO, HE WAS

THINKING ABOUT

WRITING A BOOK FOR OTHERS.

I WANTED TO WRITE THAT

BOOK TO

ENCOURAGE OTHERS THAT THERE

IS A GOD

THAT LOVES YOU AND THAT YOU

MATTER AND

YOU ARE SIGNIFICANT.

SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING

THROUGH TOUGH

TIMES, THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO

HOLD

ONTO AND THEY DO IN THEIR

RELATIONSHIP

WITH CHRIST.

IN HIS NEW BOOK SHAKEN,

TIM TALKS

ABOUT HIS TOUGHER TIMES.

THOSE RANGE

FROM JUST BEING ONE OF THE

GUYS ON A

NEW TEAM SURROUNDED BY A

MEDIA FRENZY.

THE MEDIA PAPARAZZI JUST CAMP

OUT THE

FRONT OF HIS DOOR.

HE WRITES, I HAD NO JOB, NO

CAR, NO

HOME.

ALL THE WHILE THE MEDIA WAS

BLOWING UP

WITH PEOPLE HAPPY TO SEE HIM

SAILING.

NOT EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO

THE

HIGHS, BUT THEY CAN RELATE TO

THE

LOWS. HOW DO WE HANDLE IT?

HOW DO WE

BOUNCE BACK? THERE ARE GOING

TO BE

TOUGH TIMES.

YOU KNOW LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS

EASY. BUT

WHEN YOU HAVE GOD IN YOUR

LIFE, THAT'S

WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

HE MANAGED TO KEEP CALM

AND REMAIN

FOCUS.

WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN

YOURSELF AND

YOU ARE DOING IT ALL

YOURSELF, YOU

HAVE TO BLOCK OUT THE BAD

STUFF.

WHEN THEY SAY, LET IT GO IN

AND OUT OF

YOUR EAR.

DON'T EVEN DO THAT.

DON'T LET THE NAYSAYERS SWAY

YOU FROM

YOUR GOAL.

IN YOUR BOOK, YOU TALK

ABOUT THE

CROSS. WHAT IS YOUR PRAYER TO

PEOPLE

WHO READ THIS BOOK?

THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO GO

FIND A

DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH

JESUS CHRIST.

IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO CHURCH

ON

SUNDAY MORNING OR WEDNESDAY

NIGHT, BUT

IT'S AN ACTUAL DEEPER

RELATIONSHIP, A

ONE ON ONE INTIMATE

RELATIONSHIP WITH

A GUY THAT LOVES HIM SO MUCH.

HE SENT

HIS SON TO DIE FOR HIM.

HE'S NOT JUST IN --

INSPIRED BY

HIS OWN DISAPPOINTMENTS.

WHEN THEY SAY, I'M NOT

EVEN GOING

TO BE HERE TOMORROW, EVEN

WITH ALL

THAT, THEY STILL HAVE

SOMETHING TO

HOLD ONTO AND THAT WAS THEIR

RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

CHRIST.

HE DIDN'T DO THIS?

NO.

DID YOU ASK HIM TO DO IT?

HE'S VERY NICE.

GREAT TIME.

ANOTHER SHOW.

APPRECIATE IT.

PLEASE GET YOUR SKATES. THERE

SHE IS.

THAT'S A MILLENNIAL THING. I

DON'T

KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

ANYHOW, BACK IN A MOMENT.

TO THE

BRODY FILE. THIS IS OUR

CHRISTMAS SHOW

THIS YEAR. THANKS TO LAURA

FOR THE

CINEMA SCOPE. YOU CAN SEE SHE

CAN

SKATE.

SHE'S SO HUMBLE.

SHE CAN SKATE BACKWARDS.

SHE'S FROM

ROCHESTER. REMEMBER JESUS IS

THE

REASON FOR THE SEASON.

SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR.

DONALD TRUMP FOR 4 YEAR

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