Tim Wildman: American Family association plans spiritual heritage tours in 2026

>> Tim Wildmon: Hello, everyone. I'm, Tim Wildmon, president of American Family association and American Family Radio. Hey, the tours we've got planned in 2026 are going to be fantastic. They're historical spiritual heritage tours. For the information all about them, the DC, the Williamsburg, the Boston tours, go to wildmangroup.com w I l-m m o n group.com and we hope to see you on one of our 2026 spiritual heritage tours.

Today's Issues offers a Christian response to the issues of the day

>> Ed Vitagliano: Welcome to Today's Issues, offering a Christian response to the issues of the day.

>> Tim Wildmon: Here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president of.

>> Ed Vitagliano: The American Family Association.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues on. On the American Family Radio Network. That's what you're listening to right now, American Family Radio. we're, we are. We haven't been renamed like the Gulf of Mexico was. We've always been American Family Radio. So, President Trump has left us alone because we are American Family Radio. I'm Tim with Ed Vitagliano. Good morning, Brother Ed.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Good morning, Tim.

>> Tim Wildmon: What's up, Wesley? Good morning.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And good morning.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's Wesley Wildmon and Fred Jackson. Our news.

>> Fred Jackson: Hi there.

Carl says a hearty sausage and egg biscuit is one of life's best

>> Tim Wildmon: Good morning. Well, fellas, before we jump into the news of the day, I just gotta say. And Hardee's did not pay me to say this, okay. But, I had to go get Allison, my wife. she's babysitting one where. Yeah, I think we have 11.

>> Fred Jackson: Somewhere.

>> Tim Wildmon: I think we have 11 grandchildren, plus or minus one. Yeah. At last count.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: unless somebody had a baby this morning, I don't know about which. Could happen. Could happen.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: In our family, especially Walker. And anyway, back to my hardies.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So I went. And while she's babysitting at. Nearby.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, and got her a, Hardee's sausage and egg biscuit. And I. And I, they. The lady said to me, I'm just going to get one. I was just going to skip breakfast. You save the calories for.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Oh, sure.

>> Ed Vitagliano: For later.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know what I'm saying? Watch these things, save the calories for tonight. Right. And, But the lady at the window said, I've got two for five dollars. She said, do you want it? Yes or no? And I was put. I was put on this spot.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, I'm at the window.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And your true feelings came through.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, my taste buds said, you betcha. You do.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Two for five dollars is a good dollar.

>> Tim Wildmon: It was no more than one. normal. I mean, so I got. Basically I got two for one.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, I took It.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You took it.

>> Tim Wildmon: I took. I took that bargain.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And,

>> Ed Vitagliano: And you were not disappointed.

>> Tim Wildmon: That was about a quarter till.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And, I just wanted to say that a hot, fresh, hearty. You're shaking your head. You know, a hearty sausage and egg biscuit is one of. I've moved it up into one of the top 10 things. Best things in life.

>> Ed Vitagliano: They're hard to beat.

>> Tim Wildmon: I moved it ahead of banana pudding, and that was.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That was a hard decision.

>> Tim Wildmon: It was number 11, homemade. Especially homemade banana pudding. Yeah, it's number 11. I'm talking about on the best things in life for me.

>> Wesley Wildmon: M. And our audience knows what you're talking about because this is not just a local restaurant here. This is a chain.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Hardee's all over the place. Now, you can. Every once in a while, you can get a crusty biscuit that was made three hours ago, but you get you a fresh one that. Anyway. You agree with that?

>> Ed Vitagliano: I absolutely agree. And I think west of the Mississippi, it's called Carl. Carl. Carl's Jr. Yeah.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Now, I'm.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm assuming they do the breakfast, like, parties, I'm guessing, but, listen, on a Saturday morning, sometimes my wife will send me to. We have a Hardee's in our little town where we live. And, you go inside to pick it up. Yeah, that place is filled. Yeah, there's a lot of old guys sitting around tables. I guess they're retired.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Drinking their coffee.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Drinking their coffee and eating their.

>> Tim Wildmon: Solving the world's problems.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Gossiping to beat the world.

>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway, I just had to say that I won't. Anyway, Hardee's didn't pay me for that.

Wesley says food is serious and people need to talk about it more

>> Wesley Wildmon: I thought you were going to start with some more serious news, like the weather.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, Wesley, in my opinion, food is serious. It needs to be. People need to talk about it more.

>> Wesley Wildmon: We do.

>> Tim Wildmon: So that we'll know what to eat and how to eat and how to make yourself healthier.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Like a sausage and egg biscuit.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: That helps your digestive system is what I've read. Huh?

>> Ed Vitagliano: you read that?

>> Tim Wildmon: I read that on the Internet.

>> Ed Vitagliano: The, Journal of the American Medical Association. That it? You're. You read it. Wherever President Trump reads that Big Mac.

>> Tim Wildmon: If my doctor ever tells me you got to give up a sausage in that biscuit. An occasional one, yeah. I don't know if life would be worth going on.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, I had a friend. I'm not. This. This may come across as a little callous to some people.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm not trying to be okay, Just said it. Yeah, I'm just setting that, out there. But he said, yeah, the doctor's always telling me I can't eat this and can't eat that because it takes two years off my life. And he said, all I can say is that's probably going to be another two years I have to spend in the nursing home anyway, so we might as well cut that off. The end of my life.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's kind of a dark view of the world, but I understand that, my uncle's diabetic, and he's almost 80. Yeah, that's kind of what the attitude he takes. He said. I said, well, how you. How you doing on your. On your diet? You know, keep your diabetes under control. And he said, I don't know. What are you talking about? He said, I already 80.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, that's it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I'm going out. Happy.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, that's it.

Half the country is facing a winter storm warning starting Friday, Saturday

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, here we go. let me just say this. We do have a lot of serious stuff to talk about. And, I just wanted to say this at the outset. We probably half the country is, facing a winter storm warning coming up starting Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Right. In that, you know, over the weekend. And that's going to stretch from,

>> Ed Vitagliano: I think it's a thousand miles or something.

>> Tim Wildmon: Central. Central Texas all the way to the east coast, right?

>> Fred Jackson: Correct. That is correct.

>> Tim Wildmon: Carolinas.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And so it's going to be really bad for a lot of people in terms of the electricity, is going to be off, power lines are going to be down, trees are going to be cracking. Those are the people getting a lot of freezing rain. Now, I don't know. The Snowmageddon is also going to hit. You know, Fred, but I just wanted to say this on our behalf here at American Family Radio. This is. This storm is going to impact probably 50% of our listenership. Okay. And, we are going, like everybody else in your town, if your power's out, our tower site's going to be down.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Now, we do have, I think, generators at maybe a handful of radio stations. But if we lose power, I mean, if we're not on the air, you'll know what happened. And secondly, we've taken all the precautions we can here at our home base here in Tupelo, Mississippi, where we're supposed to get mostly freezing rain, which is going to be awful if that happens. because that's the worst. You'd rather have sleeter snow than freezing rain.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. So I hope we don't get that. But that's what it's looking like. We do have a big generator here that, is like, we paid a.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Lot of money for, built for stuff like this.

>> Donald Trump: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's going to kick on if our power goes out here so that we can keep the network signal going out. Yeah. to the country. So say our signal goes up to the satellite and then goes out, to our 170 radio stations across the country. So anyway, we will, you can always go to the app, right?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes. If you've got Internet.

>> Tim Wildmon: If you've got Internet, your cell phone or so, Wesley. the app is easy. I know you use the word app with somebody over 70 and you can see them start fidgeting. Yeah. A lot.

>> Wesley Wildmon: They get excited, they're thinking appetizers.

>> Tim Wildmon: Do they know there's a handful of. That's right. So. But, but I just want to tell folks, if you want to listen to us, anywhere you go 247 and it's easy to do on your smartphone or your iPad or your other device like that. What do they need to do?

>> Wesley Wildmon: There's two things they can do, and either one will work. The first option is to go to afr.net and at the bottom of that web page is a huge tab that says Download Apps. And from that button, so afr.net scroll to the bottom, click Download Apps. And it gives you every possible, smart device that you may have. So if you've got Roko, if you've got, ah, iPad or iPhone or an Android or Alexa or any of these, plus more, it gives you a step by step, two clicks and you can download the AFR app that way. The other option is just to go to your smart devices and go to the App store and search afr.net either one of those will work the play by play. If you've never. If you're new to downloading apps, that's the best option. AFR.net if you're familiar with a smart device, then I would just go to your app store and type in afr American Family. Actually, I would just type in American Family Radio. AFR may give you a couple different options, but American Family Radio will give you the option you're looking for.

Over 180 million people are expected to be affected by this winter storm

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, Fred. this winter storm that's coming to a lot of the country this weekend, what do you know about this, by the way?

>> Ed Vitagliano: It's threatening over 180 million people.

>> Fred Jackson: Oh, yeah. If you've looked at a map on your TV or on your website, you see many colors on that map right now, blues and reds and pinks, they all stand for the kind of precipitation, that various parts of the country are going to get. if you're below this snow line, it's most likely going to be freezing rain, which can not only be crippling for the period that that freezing rain is there, but for many days after. As many people in the country perhaps have experienced freezing rain and the impact that that can have for days and weeks sometimes. this morning on our newscast we heard from meteorologist Britta Merwin. and it's going to be especially bad. This storm across the southern tier of the United States cut number one.

>> Don Wildmon: And before we can even address what this means for the Northeast, we got to prepare for folks down south.

Storm is shaping up to have a potent ice storm across parts of the south

But this is the topic across our country. It is the biggest winter storm that we have seen this season and could be one of the biggest winter storms that we've seen in the past couple of years. Step number one is what's going to be happening across the South. The timeline is going to be end of this week. So please make sure that you focus on the timeline here. We're going to see changes. It's only Wednesday, but we are shaping up to have a potent ice storm across part the, of parts of the south and a, belt of very intense snow. So how does this all take shape for the winter storm? That cold air matches up with this very mild air from the Gulf that rides over it and creates this winter storm. So watches are now up. This is when you start to see things get a little crazy in Texas. Folks going out to the grocery store.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, so what we're at this moment, we're quarter after 10 central time Wednesday. All right, things can change. But the models that these meteorologists are looking at right now show a line, let's say through Memphis and east through, above Memphis, Tennessee, other states, primarily snow. That is the prediction, lots of it. At least a foot in many places below that line. The potential right now as we're looking at things tends more to freezing rain over a long period of time, followed up by single digit temperatures, which means if you are in that belt, that's going to get freezing rain on the wires on your roof. Everything else, it's going to stick around for a long while because it'll be so cold the sun will not be able to melt it. All right, so it is a combination. If it all comes about as they're predicting, it's a combination that can create a lot of misery for a whole Pile of folks.

>> Tim Wildmon: If you guys. Do you remember. Hold, on a second.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Bless you.

>> Tim Wildmon: Sorry about that. When you have to sneeze on live national radio, it's awkward. It's awkward. I just put my cough button on to keep people from having to hear most of that. I apologize. so the. As I mentioned earlier, freezing rain is the worst. snow you can shovel. I mean, it's, you know, and snow's pretty. Yeah, it's pretty. Now I know if you have too much of it, you get sick of that. Pretty.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right?

>> Tim Wildmon: But I mean, it is. Most people, you know, see the soft snow falling out.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's so, nice to watch. Peaceful. But you get freezing rain, there's nothing you can do about it. You're helpless.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, the last big storm we had with ICE 94. Right. No, I'm talking about just we here.

>> Tim Wildmon: After you. Oh.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, I mean, not personally.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, not that. My bad. I misunderstood.

>> Ed Vitagliano: No, years ago we had, a storm with freezing rain. I guess what I'm saying, and I'm just talking about how bad, how bad this gets. And I heard a loud crash. Of course our power was out. And I went in the back, yard and the gutter had filled up with freezing rain and got too heavy and just crashed.

>> Tim Wildmon: Your gutter fell off your house?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Gutter fell off the house because it was just filled up with ice.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's what I'm saying. You're helpless.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, there's. You can, you can.

>> Wesley Wildmon: You're limited on what you can prove. Prevent.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Up front.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. I just remember, I've only been through a couple of these and I know most people. You listen to me. Unless you've lived in Florida your whole life, you, you've experienced this once or twice. But I remember the same storm I think you're talking about. This was in 1994. And it hit a lot of the, southern states. But it was a freezing rain. And my father in law and mother in law, may they rest in peace, they lived in the middle of pine trees.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh.

>> Tim Wildmon: And I'm talking about pine trees everywhere in their yard. And then they're in the property and what happens is every. What do you call a pine tree? Needle. Needle.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Every pine needle.

>> Tim Wildmon: Every pine needle. if it's freezing rain, every raindrop that hits freezes and it just pulls. After a couple hours, those trees start snapping into and just. It sounds like a, it sounds like a literal war zone right out there. And that, that's what had for. People live in pine trees and I don't know. Other trees may just be this bad, but pines, pine needles, are the worst for, for free. A, freezing rainstorm.

>> Ed Vitagliano: But tell the rest of that story.

Tree fell through the roof of Wesley's house during severe weather Monday

Is this the.

>> Tim Wildmon: When it came through the roof?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: No, that was a tornado night.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Oh God.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Welcome to the South.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's a different story. That's ah, a. We were having tornado. Now this, this wasn't caused by a tornado, but it was tornado weather.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And were you over there with.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I was there, yeah. It came through the house.

>> Tim Wildmon: So Wesley was, what were you, like 10 years old or something?

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I would have been 15.

>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway, we had our three kids over at, my mother in law, father in law's house again, the ones who live in the pine thicket.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And, so it was a stormy night and you know, tornado, tornado spotted here, tornado over there. You know, one of those things. You know how it is.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: In the deep South. So anyways, so, we're, we're in the den watching the weather on the news and, down comes this tree through the roof. We didn't see it come through the roof, but we saw it come through the ceiling.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: And it went right to the floor. Oh, so it didn't. It goes floor.

>> Wesley Wildmon: It did.

>> Tim Wildmon: It went to the floor.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Of course, water came, poured in.

>> Tim Wildmon: It was raining too. It was a branch from one of those pine trees had fallen and crashed through the roof, through the ceiling, to the floor right in the middle of the den. You talk about a surreal moment, where, you know, everybody's sitting there going, did this just happen?

>> Wesley Wildmon: You've seen it in the movies.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Did this just happen? And Waters, thank God there were several people in the room. Thank God nobody was hurt.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, because if that thing, it'll kill somebody if it hit her square in the head. But that did happen. so appreciate you reminding me about that. Now I can go home and relive that again. But, anyway, let's say listen, stay safe as you can. Don't do anything stupid and look after the, elderly and those people who are helpless in this situation. I don't know what you do when you got a lot of people who depend on medical equipment and electricity. Am I right?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, at home, and they elderly depend on family coming in, but at some point it's going to be impossible for others to get out.

>> Tim Wildmon: You got to make sure right now they got food. I don't know if, you know, people can get to people if they live close by, like on four wheelers and Things like that. Those things can usually brave any kind of right weather, but you get. You don't want cars or trucks even out on icy, roads. Wesley, it's just makes for three people get in the ditch. Then you're going to call a record.

>> Ed Vitagliano: To come get you or records not coming out.

>> Tim Wildmon: No, he's not. Not if you're doing something foolish.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Why is it that when I look at this, all I see is, Monday, Good deer hunting day.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, listen, Wesley, you're going to have to develop a more pessimistic view of the world, okay? We're trying talk about Armageddon, winter Armageddon, and all you're worried about is a big buck. Ah, on Monday. Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Anybody that enjoys hunting outdoors of any type?

>> Tim Wildmon: that's what you're looking at.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I'm looking at. Come Monday morning, Monday afternoon, the critters are going to be moving.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Okay, now, we do need to let folks know that some of our programming, especially like on Monday, if it's real bad here, some of our programming may be impacted because our staff may not be able to get here.

>> Tim Wildmon: Including us.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Including us. So there may be, best of. For example, for ti, we might have, you know, best of trivia Friday. We're not playing hooky is what I'm saying. We couldn't get to the office to do live programming.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, Fred, what's next story?

President Trump says he will not use force to acquire Greenland

>> Fred Jackson: Well, President Trump has arrived in Davos, Switzerland. it was kind of a long trip last night from Washington, D.C. to Davos. Air Force One had to make a U turn about halfway through the trip because the lights inside the airplane started blinking. And so the, the captain described it as a minor electrical problem. But out of an abundance of caution, they did a U turn, came back, and I guess they boarded Air force. There are two Air Force. 2, 7, 4, 7. And so they got the other one. He still made it to Davos. They waited for him in Davos at the World Economic Council meeting there because the president was supposed to give a speech. So they put things on hold until President Trump arrived.

>> Tim Wildmon: You mean they were halfway across the Atlantic when they turned around midway into.

>> Fred Jackson: The flight and they had to turn around and go back? Those planes are getting old. About 40 years old.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, we got it. We got a, we got a plan or two donated by Cutter. We not get those ready?

>> Fred Jackson: they're not ready yet.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Am I right?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, we're getting 17 47.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I, think that was a rumor.

>> Fred Jackson: Oh, no, they got, they got. They took the Donation.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, they took the donation. Okay.

>> Fred Jackson: so the president, started a speech at about 20 to 8 our time, Central time, and he was still going. An hour and 10 minutes later, he was. Yeah, he was still going.

>> Tim Wildmon: President Trump. Yeah, he usually shortened to the point.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, I think the bigger story is here that he continues to do that even at his age.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, duly noted.

>> Fred Jackson: 79. However, the headline, coming out of the meeting so far is that in that speech, President Trump says he will not use force to acquire Greenland.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yep. You did.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: I didn't ever think that he would eventually, but he kept talking it up and.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I get it.

>> Tim Wildmon: I didn't. I didn't think that was a good idea. Yeah.

>> Ed Vitagliano: But now he did say, we got to have it.

>> Fred Jackson: We got to have it.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Greenland.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Get it.

>> Fred Jackson: Well, it's. It's not going to be by force. He's going to have a chat and they're going to talk about the golden dome and things like that.

>> Tim Wildmon: So I know he's not. Prediction is not getting it. He's.

>> Fred Jackson: He's not going to get Greenland.

>> Tim Wildmon: He's not going to get Greenland. But, this is my prediction.

>> Fred Jackson: A, stronger US Military presence.

>> Ed Vitagliano: What are you. What are you. What are you saying? You saying Greenland will not be United States?

>> Tim Wildmon: We haven't got Wesley chances to talk about much.

>> Ed Vitagliano: All he's talking about is hunting Monday.

>> Tim Wildmon: So go ahead, Wesley. Tell us your take on, Trump and Greenland.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, I might take. Well, let me start with this. I was right and that's that he's not going to take it by force. And so us. Us spending, time on air criticizing for him of something that he potentially could do versus waiting to see what he actually does has been proven over five years of his parents be more. More effective.

>> Tim Wildmon: Duly noted.

>> Wesley Wildmon: although for good. Although it does not make for good radio. I think criticizing him what he possibly could do basically for good radio. All right, so right on that. Now, as far as this goes, I, I think. I think Fred's closer to what could. Well, you have what I would want to happen and what possibly could. So I think what you want hunting rights in Greenland.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. Just come on, say it. You want to go hunting in Greenland.

>> Wesley Wildmon: There's a lot of good different. Yeah, it's a diverse type of wildlife over there. I, think Fred's right. I think it. I think whether you use the word or we actually take over Greenland, even not by force, may be a bit of a stretch. But I do think before his term ends Three years from now, we will have far more of a, military presence. I don't think we'll get to the minerals. I think that would be. I think that's two reasons for Greenland there. Minerals, the resources.

President Trump said sending military force to Greenland is off the table

And then, of course, elk. I don't even think elk can survive. There are very few animals that can survive in Greenland.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Why are you taking me m off so you now have to give you help you.

>> Tim Wildmon: I was trying to help you. I knew you were looking for a word.

>> Wesley Wildmon: minerals. And then of course, you've got military force or military presence. I think the military presence is number one. And I think we will make tremendous amount of progress in the next three years of having. So we will have some. We will get something out of it, whether we, quote, technically, make it a US 51st state.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, so basically, Trump went to Davos. Davos, which is in Switzerland. He talked to the World Economic Forum, Right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And he was concerned about.

>> Tim Wildmon: And he said as far as sending the 82nd Airborne in to take over the fishing villages there in Greenland, that's off the table. Come on, people. Just kidding.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Am I right?

>> Ed Vitagliano: Is that what he said in the 82nd Airborne?

>> Fred Jackson: However, his speech was loaded, listening with criticism of his.

>> Tim Wildmon: And we're going to talk about that more, man. But anyway, I'm glad that he m. Took the military.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Seals off the table.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. To take. Extend the US Seals to take on the Greenland, literal seals. I'm glad that he took that off the table. We'll be back in a minute. Stay with us.

>> Ed Vitagliano: The AFR app is a powerful tool, but it does have limitations. You can't use it to change the oil in your vehicle or get rid of carpet stains.

>> Tim Wildmon: It won't walk the dog, won't pick.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Up the dry cleaning or take the kids to practice. But while you're doing those things, you can listen to your favorite AFR content through the app on your phone, smart device or Roku. Just go to your app store or visit afr.net listen to AFR wherever you go with the AFR app.

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>> Tim Wildmon: This is today's issues.

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Rick and Debbie from Iowa are heading to Florida for a vacation

>> Tim Wildmon: To more of today's issues. Hey, welcome back everybody to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. That's the name of the show. Today's Issues here on afr. Well, we had a couple stop by. They're still in the building I think to see us. They're just wanted to, Rick and Debbie from Clear Lake, Iowa. They're on their way to Florida.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Is that an official shout out?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's a shout out to bar from the 90s. My apologies to Arsenio Hall. So we got there from Clear Lake, Iowa and they told them they left Iowa to arrive just in time for the when a redneck snowstorm. So anyway, well, they're gonna be in Florida. Florida. Florida. But I checked Florida. Not that I was gonna leave go down there, but I did check it out just to see. It crossed your mind it's gonna be cool down there too. I mean, yeah, you know, not, it's not gonna be beach weather but in most places in Florida. But anyway, it just Rick and Debbie for everybody back home and Clear Lake, Iowa, they're doing fine.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yes, they made it. Made it down here.

>> Tim Wildmon: They made it down here. They're on their way to Florida. And and so there you go. And we welcome folks to stop by and see us. If you're traveling our way, we would love to meet you, let you see our studios and, and everything.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, just go to afa.net and at the top there's a drop down menu. It says more and then you look, it says visits. And you do have to fill out a form.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right. Criminal record. We need that. I mean, you know, we're not trying to say they're aiding forgiveness. Right. Saying we need to know these things.

>> Ed Vitagliano: We do need to know. If you're running from the law, free.

>> Tim Wildmon: Running from the law, we need to know.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: It doesn't mean you can't come in the building.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I think it actually, actually does.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, well if you're running from the law, I would say postpone your trip to a later date.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That. There we go.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Until you can work things out with the district attorney. What I'm talking about, you know.

Abraham Hamilton III speaks out about protesters storming a Minnesota church

>> Tim Wildmon: All right. You're listening to today's issues on afr. Fred, Ed, Wesley and Tim. And now our brother, Abraham Hamilton III joins us in studio. Good morning Abe, good morning. How you doing, man?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: I'm doing well. I chuckle when Ed said, work things out with the district attorney. If you happen to be in Minnesota, the district attorney's liaison, for intergovernmental affairs, might show up at a protest at your church. Like Jamal Lundy. The guy literally is.

>> Tim Wildmon: Tell us what's going. You're being ser. What happened? Everybody's heard about those protests storming that baptist church.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: On Sunday.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: It was such a grassroots, unplanned, unorganized, organic. Organic phenomenon. It came complete with a professional film crew and paid for it.

>> Tim Wildmon: So organic happened to be showing up. So what? So who else was in this crowd? Yeah, these people. It's disgusting. They went into a worship service and started shouting.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yeah, before. Right before communion.

>> Tim Wildmon: How many of them were there?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: I don't know the exact number.

>> Tim Wildmon: 20 or 25, something like that.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: And it included the Hennepin county attorney's office, the intergovernmental affairs liaison. And I'm not joking. The guy literally is employed by the Hennepin county attorney, which is the local district attorney in the area. And he's also, by the way, running for senate in the state of.

>> Tim Wildmon: And he's the one violating the law by going into.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: He is breaking the law. This made a decision.

>> Tim Wildmon: You can't make this up.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And the justice department is going to prosecute these people. This is what we've been told, the American people have been told under the face act, which until this week, I did not know had a provision within it. Yeah, proscribing, breaking, like they did invading church services in order to protest. Is this a viable option for prosecuting these folks?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: It is. And the thing that's so ironic in this, the guy that we're talking about, this Jamal Lundy guy, literally his job. He would be the person that the department of justice would contact to facilitate cooperation with the local law. But he's at the protest, so not. Not making this up at all. So to your point about the face act, yes, it's viable, but it's not the exclusive route. You know, there are other legal realm legal routes available to prosecute these people for violating the law. And by the way, folks, there's no first amendment right to trespass criminally on private property applies to the government.

>> Ed Vitagliano: So you're saying, just because a church says anyone can come to our service does not mean that the pub. That. That's a. A public place that has first amendment protection for interrupting what goes on.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: That's exactly right.

>> Tim Wildmon: And you know what? There has to be a law, probably some provision about threats because. And even perceived threats because thank the Lord nobody was injured or hurt. Okay. By these, people who stormed into the church that we're talking about 20 or however how many there are. What they were doing, if you wonder what was their motivation? They were seeking out somebody in the church who was on the pastoral staff who they said was working with ICE or working for ice. So that's, that's who they were. That's what they were angry about. So they decided to take it out on his church. But, you know, it would be, it would be a threatening, menacing situation, to have your congregation sitting there during the church service and in storms, these people shouting and screaming. yes or no, they didn't injure anybody or assault anybody that we know of. But still, Abe, that's still. That is a violation of the law because the people were threatened. Is that right?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yes, you're absolutely right. And it is interesting. Wouldn't these be some of the same people that would say that there's a separation of church and state, Keep your religion out of politics. They were literally coming to demand that this elder, this pastor and the staff to use his position to get involved in politics to remove ICE from, Minnesota. I mean, you just can't make this stuff up.

>> Tim Wildmon: Why is it, Abe, that the unhinged, almost always we. Now every movement in the world has its nut cases. Okay, it's nut jobs. But it seems like over and over and over again, it's the political left that is involved in promoting anarchy.

>> Tim Wildmon: Or are trying to attack law enforcement officers or burn things or loot. I mean, why is it always the lefties that do this?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Because it's not coincidental. It's strategic. So what we would call anarchy and lawlessness and lunacy is actually strategic and tactical for them. You know?

>> Tim Wildmon: How so?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Well, in this regard that they, many of them perceive, ICE and illegal immigration as the new civil rights issue of the day. And they're not getting the type of traction that they hope to get, with the Renee Good, tragedy, unfortunately of our own making. And so they want to ramp up attention on this and kind of kill two birds at one stone. Bring more attention to ICE as if it is a moral cause. Secondarily attempt to delegitimize Christ followers and the witness of Christ followers who have the audacity to say what they believe, live what they believe, and profess it in the public square. And then thirdly, to bring national, even global attention, which is why you show up with a camera crew if it's an organic protest? Which is why it's not surprising we should never forget, for example, Hugo Chavez before he ever becomes president. What is he, what happens?

Karl Mennenn: Protesters used staged political theater to distract from real issues

He's incarcerated. For what? A coup effort. The same thing in Cuba, Che Guevara and, and Fidel Castro. What do they do? They have this uprising, the proletariat uprising. It, it is central to the whole Marxist panoply, to where they used what they call protest. I call it a faux test. It was a, it was a staged political theatrical production. And they use that for the express purposes of ginning up emotion to get what, you know, Russ Limbaugh used to call the uninformed voter, the under informed voter, to be whipped into a frenzy to make it seem like ICE is doing something beyond the pale. And in the process of doing so, they get to detract, take tension away from things like, oh, I don't know, Tim Walsh and Jacob Frey with billions of dollars missing, take attention away from massive amounts of immigration fraud right there in the Twin Cities. Take attention away from the leering centers that billions of dollars has gone to. It's supposed to be learning centers, but, and all of these things. So attention is distracted away from all of those things. And so now the issue is the big bad boogeyman called ice. It's a tactical strategic maneuver that they employ at particular times to accomplish these things all at one time.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And part of the validity of what you're saying here, part of the proof of that is that Keith Ellison, the Attorney General in Minnesota, himself a Muslim, I say that to make a point. He said that the protest was valid and the churches need to expect this kind of thing if they're going to be in the public square. But we all know that if people started going into M mosques, Muslim houses of worship, he'd be all over and say, no, that is not valid. So this demonstrates, I think, that clearly Christians are part of the target, which is always the case of the Marxists.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yeah, no doubt about it. Gramsci postulated any society anchored in a Christian worldview must be severed at the root. You read Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. You understand that these faux tests are tactically employed. They're literally back channel communications between people that are involved in this. Like the Jamal London guy, he just so happens to be married to a city council member. So this is not like some detract, organized, a phenomenon. They employ these things as a tactic to try to destabilize what they would describe as the hegemonic disposition. And in order to bring more attention and move us ever the more closer, using anarchy and chaos as a strategy to move us ever the more closer to where people in times of perceived chaos are willing to cede liberty, they will exchange liberty in order for protection from the anarchy and the chaos.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I just wanted to highlight how much I have respect for the congregation and the pastor at this church while this was going on. Because if you. The videos I watched, there were multiple moments where my gut reaction was is to push someone to get out of my face. And that happened multiple times where the agitators shouting, being provocative, just obviously disruptive. While, while children are crying in the church because of what's taken place of members of the church, their kids are in the service as this is going on.

>> Tim Wildmon: Unbelievable.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And for them to have as much self control, self control as they did, to just respond and, or ignore what was going on to prevent any, any type of physical altercation was. I, don't want to speak too much into it spiritually because I wasn't there. But it had to been the presence of the Holy Spirit. Because your natural instinct is you've come into my territory, you've crossed the line in our church, in our service, my kids crying.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I'm gonna help you out.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right, Right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I wouldn't have been mad if they did that.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: And then what do you think the response would have been there?

>> Wesley Wildmon: Right.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Christians beat up protests.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yeah, there you go. And so you think they would have been upset by that?

>> Tim Wildmon: You know what, I'm still stunned a little bit by what you said a few moments ago. So the act, the attorney, General of the state of Minnesota.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: What? The county attorney's office, the Hennepin County Attorney.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm talking about Keith Ellison.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Oh yeah, Keith Ellison. I'm sorry, go ahead.

>> Tim Wildmon: Keith Ellison, who is the Attorney general of the state of Minnesota.

>> Tim Wildmon: In response to these protesters storming into a church worship service and disrupting and threatening those in attendance. His response was basically told the Christian churches to get used to it. Yes. Not, not that was, we're going to enforce the law or anything like this or this was wrong of the protesters. Now he may have said that. I don't know. Did he say that too? I don't know.

>> Wesley Wildmon: We don't have that anyway.

>> Ed Vitagliano: None of us are immune from the voice of the public.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's his answer to what happened.

>> Ed Vitagliano: That was his answer.

>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, he said that critics, I'M leaving Minnesota.

>> Ed Vitagliano: He said critics of what happened, this protest were, quote, getting tender about a church service.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Wow.

>> Tim Wildmon: Unbelievable. You're right. He's a Muslim.

>> Ed Vitagliano: He is a Muslim.

>> Tim Wildmon: So if it happened in a mosque, he'd have said. He'd have said, yeah, it's unacceptable. We're going to enforce the law. These are intimidating, intimidators, I guarantee you.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah, I apologize. That was Don Lemon who is criticizing critics of the, of the protest.

>> Tim Wildmon: but that wasn't Keith Ellison.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: No.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Keith Ellison said the first thing. None of us are immune from the voice of the public. That thing about getting tender, that was Don Lemon.

Oh, that didn't surprise me at all. Elvis did that, too

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Oh, that didn't surprise me at all.

>> Tim Wildmon: Elvis did that, too.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Tender.

>> Tim Wildmon: I love me.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. Love me. Yeah. I was trying not to say that.

Abe Hamilton says artificial intelligence will become foremost expert on religion and theology

>> Tim Wildmon: all right, well, listen, what do you got coming up on your show this afternoon, Abe?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: I don't know if you guys saw this yet, but, you know, the World Economic Forum is going on where, you know, President Trump was talking about.

>> Tim Wildmon: Greenland and I were supposed to go. You know, we were denied press credentials.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Well, you know.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, so we're going to go to Greenland instead.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: I don't blame you as part of that. That missionary. Yeah, I'd like to be a part of that. but there was a. There was a breakout session, and a presentation was made where this, presenter said that AI will now be the head of the church in biblical interpretation, because anything having to do with words will be firmly within the jurisdiction of AI and we're moving to the time where AI will be the foremost expert on all of all religious texts. Any people that will refer themselves. Yes. As people of the book. the most expert on the book will be artificial intelligence.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So you have passed their test. so you have to pass the A.I.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Test.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And that's what you'd be judged by.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: I was like, huh? Well, if that is.

>> Ed Vitagliano: What does that mean that AI will. I'm not. I'm not following.

>> Wesley Wildmon: This is a program. That's what we're going to be discussing this afternoon. Don't ruin it for me.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Yeah, I won't show now. But where the functional head of Theological communication and interpretation would no longer be people. It'll be artificial intelligence. And so.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, to Wesley's point, I'll have to tune in and hear about that.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: You definitely want to hear about that. I'm going to show the video. They had a full animated, display and showing how even Judaism and Islam and Christianity, because they. Their. Their Face are all centered around words. The foremost expert in words will be artificial, dependent upon A.I. huh?

>> Tim Wildmon: Uh-huh. Who's gonna head of the church? So I was distracted. somebody was calling me who obviously doesn't know I do a radio show from 10 to 11:30. That's really disappointing. But, but let me ask you this. Who did you say? Who's going to be used for what's going to be used for artificial intelligence?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: No, that, that artificial intelligence will now become the foremost expert on religion and theology because, the largest faith and faiths in the world are all, all dependent upon words. And so there will be no one who will know, the biblical text, for example, better than AI And I will be the foremost expert on theology and religion in the world.

>> Tim Wildmon: Now, I, be honest with you, I have known some pastors who were.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You know, who needed some help.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, they, they had artificial intelligence, you know what I'm saying? Not, not many, but I've known a few.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, as a former pastor, I don't like to talk about my own kind.

>> Tim Wildmon: So you don't want a robot taking your spot there behind the pulpit, by the way that's associated with it. And I'm not this, I'm not joking about this. in China now they're using artificial intelligent robots to do street police work.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I saw you sent that story around to do traffic.

>> Tim Wildmon: I think traffic. Not go into houses and arrest people.

>> Ed Vitagliano: And holler at people when they don't do. Yeah, it says, you know, you're out of the, bike lane.

>> Tim Wildmon: Elon Musk says this is coming quicker than we. Yeah, expect. I'm talking about artificial intelligence associated, with that. Robots.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: taking over a lot of jobs that are, that we, you know, look for humans to do across the globe. All right, well, all right, Abe, thank you. All right, appreciate it. See you this afternoon. All right, the Hamilton corner. I won't call you because, you know, you're on the air because I know you got a radio show. I won't call you at 5, 10 going, hey, you got a minute?

>> Abraham Hamilton III: I appreciate that consideration.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right.

Preborn Ministry is the direct competition to the abortion industry

>> Ed Vitagliano: Hey, while, while Abe is stepping out, I would like to, remind our listeners they've been hearing about this, all week long across all of our, talk shows. This week is our preborn AFR campaign for 2026. What is the PreBorn Ministry? Preborn is the direct competition to the abortion industry and it is the largest provider of food free ultrasounds in the United States. And by the way, by letting a woman see her baby on ultrasound and hear the heartbeat, a baby's chance at life is doubled. It is a powerful. It really impacts women when they begin to see and understand there is a real live human being inside the womb. And so over the past 20 years, preborn partner clinics have counseled hundreds of thousands of women who were considering abortion, and more than 400,000 babies lives have been saved. Over the last two decades, more than 100,000 women have surrendered their lives to Christ. So we are asking you, who are our listeners, to give to this ministry this week during the PreBorn 2026 AFR campaign. Your gift of $28 provides one woman seeking an abortion a free ultrasound, giving the mom, the opportunity to choose life for her baby. Obviously, $140 provides five free ultrasound sessions. Our goal is to help save 5,000 babies through your gifts this week. Please consider, a gift of any size. It can be any size. Divide that by $28. That's how many free ultrasounds are, made available by your gift. So here's how you do that. Here's the number to call 877-616-2396 to give. That's 877-616-2396. Or you can donate online safely and securely at afr.net folks, jump in and participate in our pre born 2026 AFR campaign. Save some babies.

>> Tim Wildmon: Amen, man story Fred all right, let's.

>> Fred Jackson: Return to Davos for just a second.

President Trump talked about windmills during speech to World Economic Council

We mentioned, off the top of the program, that President Trump, in his speech to the World Economic Council this morning, let it be known that, he has no intention of taking Greenland by force. Well, before that, President Trump warmed up the crowd, by talking about windmills. and it's kind of interesting because most of the people in that crowd there are climate change people and they believe in windmills. Well, President Trump told them that windmills are stupid.

>> Donald Trump: Cut number three, windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place, and they are losers. The more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses and the worse that country is doing. China makes almost all of the windmills, and yet I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China. Did you ever think of that? It's a good way of looking at, ah, it. They're smart. China is very smart. They make them, they sell them for a fortune. They sell them to the stupid people that buy them, but they don't use them themselves. They put up a couple of big wind farms but they don't use them. They just put them up to show people what they could look like. They don't spin, they don't do anything. They use the thing called coal mostly. China goes with the coal. They go with oil and gas. They're starting to look at nuclear.

>> Wesley Wildmon: This is where, this is the best part about the program live is that this is the only area in my whole life that dad and I just absolutely disagree on. I love it and he hates it. Other than this.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, other than this for a year. Okay.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I love it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. You mean what you just heard?

>> Wesley Wildmon: I love it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, listen, I don't hate. I don't hate, I don't hate President Trump's, I think President Trump has been great for our country as a whole.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: With his policies. And listen, I like hearing a good joke and people have a good president doesn't have to be, you know, stiff necked for me to. I'm just saying that sometimes I want to hear my president act more presidential. That's all I'm saying.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, I grew up with Ronald Reagan.

>> Abraham Hamilton III: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Ronald Reagan wouldn't take office suit and tie in the. And that President Trump doesn't either. But I'm just saying there was, there was those protocols. He was a man of conviction, but he also had dignity and he had some, some humor about him.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't know. Just the President Trump maybe change your mind?

>> Wesley Wildmon: You have, you hold your conviction. I'm just telling you I love it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, it's not, it's not a, I still vote for President Trump, but I'm m just saying, I just sometimes when you say, when you say stuff like, I didn't. You didn't give me the Nobel Peace Prize, so I'm so I'm taking. So I'm taking Greenland then. I don't know what to say. You take the way he took the woman's. Did he take it? She came to the White House to give him her Nobel Peace Prize and he took it. Yeah. Did he take it? okay, that right there, you be a gentleman and you say, ma', am, I appreciate it. And you're right. I, have done a lot, but I'm not taking your Nobel Peace Prize from you. But I appreciate your offer.

>> Wesley Wildmon: There be.

>> Tim Wildmon: No, no, he took it. He's gonna put it hanging on his wall.

>> Wesley Wildmon: There will be some of those that I, that you can convince me is not the, is not the right thing to do. But telling people that buy windmills and the Greene. The green movement. That they're stupid. And then to say that China doesn't buy their own because they know better, I think.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, you. You can't.

Tim Noah: I appreciate a lot of things President Trump does and says

All right, I'm gonna stop right there.

>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, let me just.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm just gonna say I'm gonna tick off a lot of people, and I don't even know. I don't even know. Well, go ahead. I better stop.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I was just gonna say I like the content of what he said. I'm with Tim. I don't think you call the leaders of other countries stupid. Not. Not on a forum.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't know for them like that. no, you.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You just say the idea is not workable. Listen, the fact is, China has done this on a number of it. Done this with solar panels. They had government. Government money was flowing into these companies. They produced solar panels, windmills so cheap that all the other companies, virtually all the other companies around the world, went out of business so that then China has a monopoly. And he's exactly right. They're selling this stuff to other countries, but not actually using it. That's fine. All that stuff is fine. I'm with Tim. You don't call other leaders stupid in a public forum.

>> Tim Wildmon: you want to.

>> Ed Vitagliano: You want to get in a shouting match in private.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And he did say. He said it over and over again. Send military to Greenland. And now he's saying no. So I'm just saying I, appreciate a lot of the things President Trump does and says. I just think he could be. It would be helpful if he would be a little bit more present.

>> Ed Vitagliano: I will say he's fun to listen to, though.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, well, maybe that's the trade off. Right. We'll be back. Stay with us. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.

Tim, Ed and Wesley talk with Fred on top news headlines of the day including a discussion on how President Trump says he will not use force on Greenland. Also, Abraham Hamilton III joins the program to discuss Minneapolis.