ANYWAY, BRIAN MORGENSTERN, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
BIG TREAT, JOINING ME AINSLEY
EARHARDT, CO-HOST OF "FOX &
FRIENDS" AND THOUGHT OR OF "I’M
SO GLAD YOU WERE BORN."
NUMBER ONE TIMES ON
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLER
LIST.
THEY’RE PROBABLY EATING THEIR
HEART OUT.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
NUMBER ONE OUR OWN AINSLEY
EARHARDT.
>> THANK YOU.
LARRY: THIS IS WONDERFUL, I
HAVEN’T READ THE BOOK.
NOBODY GAVE ME THE BOOK.
>> THIS IS YOURS.
YOU CAN GIVE IT TO A LITTLE
CHILD IN YOUR LIFE,.
LARRY: I KNOW A FEW.
>> I CAN GIVE YOU MORE.
LARRY: I KNOW A FEW UPSTAIRS BUT
LET’S NOT GO THERE.
SO OKAY, READING ABOUT THE BOOK
IT IS ABOUT KIDS.
IT IS ABOUT FAMILY.
IT IS ABOUT RELIGION, BASICALLY
FAMILY VALUES.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE
BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THIS.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THANK
YOU.
SO THE BOOK, THE TITLE, I’M SO
GLAD YOU WERE BORN SOMETHING MY
MOM SAID TO US ON OUR BIRTHDAYS
WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP.
WHEN I GOT THE JOB ON
"FOX & FRIENDS."
I WAS ANCHORING WITH BUY AND
STEVE YOUR FRIENDS, IT WAS
STEVE’S BIRTHDAY, I AM SO GLAD
YOU WERE BORN.
THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER,
PAUSE, PAUSE, BRIAN, KIND OF HIT
MY BACK A LITTLE BIT SOFTLY,
CRACKED UP IN THAT CACKLE THAT
HE DOES.
STEVE, STARTED LAUGHING WELL
OKAY.
I KNOW YOU NEVER HEARD THAT.
SOMETHING MY MOM SAID TO US.
THINK ABOUT IT, A EVEN BETTER
WAY TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
SO I WANT CHILDREN AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO KNOW WE ARE SO GLAD
YOU WERE BORN, YOUR PARENTS ARE
SO GLAD.
WE’RE CELEBRATING YOUR LIFE, WHO
YOU ARE AS INDIVIDUAL.
MY DAUGHTER HAS DANCE PARTIES
AROUND THE HOUSE.
THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE
MARRIAGES THERE ARE DANCE PARTY
PICTURES HERE, THE ILLUSTRATOR
MY DAUGHTER PICKED BECAUSE SHE
LOVED THE COLORS.
I THOUGHT IF CHILDREN ARE GOING
TO READ THIS, I WANT THEM TO
CHOOSE THE IMAGES WHO -- I WANT
THEM TO CHOOSE THE BOOK BASED ON
IMAGES.
THIS IS OUR DANCE PARTY.
WE HAVE DANCE PARTIES IN KITCHEN
ALL THE TIME.
IT SAYS WE’LL BANG THE DRUMS
LOUDLY, BLOW THE BRASS HORN,
SHOUT TO THE WORLD I’M SO GLAD
YOU WERE BORN.
THEY ARE CUTE IMAGES.
HERE WE ARE IN THE KITCHEN,
HAVING THE DANCE PARTY, CRANK UP
THE MUSIC.
WE BRING OUT THE INSTRUMENTS.
A LOT OF FUN.
TALKS ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
BE.
YOU CAN BE A TEACHER.
YOU CAN BE, A BUILDER, BAKER,
ELECTRIC CARMAKER, MOVER,
SHAKER, LOVING CARETAKER,
PAINTER PREACHER, HISTORY
TEACHER, SOMEBODY WHO STUDIES
FANTASTICAL TEACHERS.
LARRY: WHERE IS THE FOX HOST?
YOU SCAN BE A FOX HOST.
>> LATER IN THE BOOK.
LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF HER
BACKYARD.
THE ILLUSTRATOR’S ACTUAL
BACKYARD, LETS THE CHILDREN DO
THIS PAINT THE FENCE.
LAST PAGE THE KIDS GET TO SCREAM
I’M SO GLAD I WAS BORN.
LARRY: WHICH IS WONDERFUL STUFF,
WHICH IS WONDERFUL STUFF.
ON THE OTHER HAND UNFORTUNATELY,
THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER HAND
THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT KIDS AND
FAMILIES, AND FAMILY VALUES AND
RELIGION, REGRETTABLY SEEMS TO
ME, ALL OF THESE TERRIFIC, BASIC
AMERICAN VALUES ARE UNDER ATTACK
TODAY.
>> EXACTLY.
LARRY: FROM OUR FRIENDS ON THE
LEFT, IF YOU WILL.
I DON’T KNOW HOW FRIENDLY OUR
FRIENDS ARE.
IN ANY YOU KNOW WHERE I’M GOING
HERE.
RELIGION IS UNDER ATTACK.
FAMILIES ARE UNDER ATTACK.
BASIC FAMILY UNIT.
PARENTS ARE UNDER ATTACK.
KIDS ARE, TRYING TO TEACH LITTLE
KIDS IN SCHOOL STUFF LITTLE KIDS
SHOULD NOT HEAR ABOUT.
>> I KNOW.
LARRY: THOSE ARE THINGS THAT
BOTHER ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT IS WHY THIS ELECTION IS SO
IMPORTANT.
IF YOU LOOK WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO
THE VOTERS, IT’S THE ECONOMY,
IT’S INFLATION, IT’S CRIME.
WE CAN’T TAKE OUR KIDS OUT.
WE WORRY TAKING THEM TO CENTRAL
PARK.
IT USED TO BE SO SAFE.
WE WORRY ABOUT PUTTING KIDS ON
THE SUBWAY.
NONE OF MY FRIENDS ARE DOING
THAT.
WE WORRY ABOUT THEM IN OUR
SCHOOLS.
ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN CRT?
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN VIRGINIA.
TERRY MCAULIFFE SAID PARENTS ARE
NOT ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOLS.
HE DOESN’T THINK VALUES SHOULD
PLAY A ROLE, TEACHERS GET TO
DECIDE.
THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE, GLENN
YOUNGKIN WON BY HISTORIC MARGINS
IN THE STATE AS A RESULT.
THE PARENTS, MAMAS, PAPA BEARS
SPOKE OUT.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
MANY ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THIS ELECTION TOO.
BUT WHAT THEY DID THERE, PARENTS
WHO GO TO A SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING, THEY’RE CALLED DOMESTIC
TERRORISTS.
WE’RE TIRED OF IT.
WE STAND TO STAND UP.
THESE VALUES I LEARNED IN
CHURCH, TAUGHT ME HOW TO TREAT
MY TEACHERS, GAVE ME CONFIDENCE,
AROUND KNEW GOD WAS WITH ME, GOD
LOVED ME AND GOD HAD HUGE PLANS
FOR MY LIFE.
EVERYTHING, THE BIBLE SAYS GOD
GIVES YOU DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
THOSE DESIRES HE PUT IN ME
BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN.
THAT IS WHO I AM.
SOMEHOW THIS GIRL FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA WHO WANTED TO
LIVE IN NEW YORK, WHO WANTED TO
BE ON TELEVISION SOME FORM OR
FASHION, HE MADE THAT HAPPEN TO
ME.
WHICH SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO A
LITTLE GIRL IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
I JUST PRAYED AND PRAYED AND
PRAYED ABOUT IT AND BELIEVE GOD
GAVE ME DESIRES FOR A REASON.
LOOK WHAT HE DID.
IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK.
I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS
GOD.
LARRY: THE WORST MOMENTS OF MY
LIFE, THE WORST MOMENTS OF MY
LIFE, ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, I CAME
TO FAITH.
I’M NOT EVEN SURE HOW BUT I CAME
TO FAITH.
IT HAS SUSTAINED ME ALL THESE
PAST YEARS AND GIVEN ME MY
GREATEST DREAMS.
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
EXACTLY.
THIS, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
SADDENS ME THAT RELIGION AND GOD
ARE UNDER ATTACK.
THAT THE KIND OF BASIC VALUES
YOU’RE PROMOTING IN THIS BOOK,
I’M SO GLAD YOU WERE BORN, SOME
PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE
TAUGHT.
>> I KNOW.
LARRY: THAT KIND OF LOVE, THAT
KIND OF TRADITION, WHICH IS THE
BACKBONE AND HEART AND SOUL OF
AMERICA.
>> WHY WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO KNOW
YOUR CHILDREN THAT YOU ARE GLAD
THEY WERE BORN?
WHY WOULDN’T YOU WANT THEM TO
HEAR THAT MESSAGE?
LARRY: SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
LEARN THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
THERE JUST IS.
>> THERE IS.
LARRY: YOU WILL LEARN WHATEVER.
I’M NOT TOUTING A RELIGION.
THERE IS HIGHER POWER THAT WILL
TEACH YOU THAT ONLY IF YOU
LISTEN.
>> I REMEMBER.
PIE LIFE CHANGED 21 IN COLLEGE
AT A FRATERNITY COLLEGE, I
REMEMBER THINKING IF JESUS CAME
BACK RIGHT NOW, IF MY DAD WALKED
INTO THE PARTY, SMELLED THE
MARIJUANA, BY GRACE OF GOD THAT
WASN’T MY THING.
I SMELLED IT.
I KNEW IT WAS THERE WE WERE ALL
DRINKING SMOKING CIGARETTES.
I WAS SO TIRED OF THAT LIFE,
LARRY.
I WALKED OUTSIDE, I STARTED
CRYING.
JESUS, LET MICHELLE, WHAT SARA
PERU IN MY SO RIGHTY, WHAT CHUCK
JENKINS HAD, FELLOWSHIP OF
CHRISTIAN ATHLETES HAVE.
I’M TIRED OF THE HOLE IN MY
HEART, FILL IT, JESUS WILL YOU?
HE DID.
FROM THAT MOMENT THROUGHOUT
COLLEGE I STOPPED DRINKING
SMOKING CIGARETTES, I WANTED TO
BE A LIGHT TO ALL THE SORORITY
SISTERS.
YOU KNOW GOD STARTED PREPELLING
MY CAREERS GIVING ME ALL AWARDS
IN COLLEGE.
ALL THE THINGS I WANTED, SOME
SIGNIFICANCE IN MY LIFE.
I’M SO GLAD I DID IT.
I HAVEN’T LOOKED BACK.
HE BLESSED ME.
ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE.
I HAD TIMES, MISCARRIAGE,
DIVORCE.
NONE OF THAT IS EASY OR FUN BUT
I COULDN’T HAVE GONE THROUGH
THAT WITHOUT GOD.
LARRY: THERE IS A SAYING IN MY
12 STEP GROUP, GOD CAN DO FOR
YOU WHAT YOU CANNOT DO FOR
YOURSELF.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LARRY: WISE WORDS.
PEOPLE SHOULD STOP ATTACKING IT.
>> IT IS CHRISTIAN BASED, 12
STEP.
LARRY: AINSLEY EARHARDT,
"FOX & FRIENDS" AN INSTITUTION,
WEEKDAYS, 6:00 A.M. EASTERN ON
FOX NEWS.
THE BOOK HOLD THE BOOK UP.
>> THE WEBSITE IF YOU WANT A
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BOOK.COM.
SO GLAD YOU WERE BORN, LARRY.
I’M SO GLAD YOU WERE BORN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD AT
THE REAGAN LIBRARY.
YOU HAVE MADE AN INDILLABLE
DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN THE LIVES
OF SO MANY PEOPLE BUT IN OUR
ECONOMY, IN OUR GOVERNMENT.