[MUSIC] >> LET'S ALL STAND AND WORSHIP. PUT THE HANDS TOGETHER. WE CONTINUE IN WORSHIP THIS MORNING. JESUS WE LOVE YOU GOD. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU. THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME. LIFT YOUR VOICE TO HIM. >> THE OTHER DAY I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT THIS SONG, A SONGWRITER TOLD ME THIS IS THE MOST RECOGNIZED SONG IN HISTORY. NOT THE MOST RECOGNIZED SONG CHRISTIAN BUT THE MOST RECOGNIZED SONG IN HISTORY. HE TOLD ME THIS IS A SONG HAS BEEN TRANSLATED MORE LANGUAGES THAN ANY OTHER SONG IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC AMAZING GRACE. WRITTEN BY A MAN WHO WAS AT ONE TIME A SLAVE OWNER AND THEN RADICALLY SAVED BY THE GOSPEL AND THEN BECAME AN ABOLITIONIST. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE GOSPEL THAT SOMEONE COULD TALK ABOUT THE CHAINS FALLING OFF OF SOME OF THE TALK ABOUT AMAZING GRACE. BECAUSE THEY ONCE WERE LOST BUT THEN THEY WERE FOUND. THEY ONCE WERE DEAD BUT THEY REMAIN ALIVE AND THEY ONCE WERE SLAVE BUT THEY NOT ONLY BECAME FREE IN CHRIST BUT THEY LITERALLY BECAME FREEDOM FIGHTERS. THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. WE SING THAT SONG BECAUSE IT IS TRUE RIGHT? OUR GRANDPARENTS SANG IT BECAUSE IT IS TRUE THAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN ONE DAY WILL SING THE SONG BECAUSE IT IS TRUE. A MAN? WE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SAVED BY AN AMAZING GRACE. THE MOST PRACTICAL PART OF THAT SONG IS THE REALITY THAT WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND I SEE DAVID NASSER FOR WHO HE REALLY IS, GRACE IS AMAZING THAT GOD WOULD LOVE ME. I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ME TO KNOW HE WOULD NOT TAKE REGULAR GRACE TO LOVE DAVID NASSER. IT WOULD TAKE AMAZING GRACE. AMAZING GRACE. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER LET'S REAL QUICK COME TO THE MOMENT WHERE HE FIRST BELIEVED AND CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR A SECOND WITH ME. THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE ENSLAVED BEFORE LIBERTY CAME INTO YOUR LIFE. THE SON OF GOD, THAT'S THE PICTURE OF LIBERTY AND THE DEFINITION OF LIBERTY THAT IF THE SUN HAS SET US FREE YOUR FREE INDEED. HOW YOU ARE AN OBJECT OF AMAZING WRATH, APPROPRIATE WRATH UNTIL GRACE CAME IN AND SET YOU FREE. JUST OUT OF A HEART OF GRATITUDE LET'S JOIN LITERALLY THE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUNG THIS BEFORE. THE BILLIONS WHO WILL SING IT AGAIN. NOT SINGING IT SO IT CAN BECOME TRUE BUT SINGING IT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN TRUE LONG BEFORE THE SONG WAS EVER EVEN PINNED BY THIS MAN. LET'S COME BEFORE THE LORD AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE IN OUR LIFE, AMAZING UNDESERVING, UNMERITED FAVOR OF GOD ON OUR LIFE. LET'S COME BEFORE HIM AND CAN WE JUST SING THIS CORPORATELY IN SAYING WE HAVE A DIVERSE ROOM IN THE HOUSE. BUT WE ARE SINGLE HEARTED AND SAYING WE RECEIVED GRACE AND AMAZING AMAZING IS THE BANNER OVER US. LET'S SING THIS TOGETHER COME ON. >> AMEN DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? CAN WE GIVE THE LORD A HAND OF GRATITUDE? [APPLAUSE] BEFORE YOU GO I WANT TO TELL YOU THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS SEEING PICTURES ABOUT THE DOVE AWARDS ONE OF OUR VERY OWN STUDENTS WAS NOMINATED FOR A JOB. COME ON EVERYBODY FOR HIMSELF. YOU ARE THE DOOR LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BROTHER.E LOVE YOU. HIS DAY JOB, HE IS ALSO IN THE VERTICAL BAND AND YOU GUYS WERE NOMINATED FOR WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR. MAN WE JUST ARE SO EXCITED AND GLAD AND WHAT GOD WILL DO IN THE LONG TRAJECTORY OF YOUR LIFE. JOHN IS AN ANOINTED ANOINTED WORSHIP PASTOR AND WE LOVE YOU BRO. HE IS SINGLE LADIES. HE IS TAKING APPLICATIONS RIGHT AFTER CONVO. HE'S AVAILABLE. GOOD LUCK. ALSO BEFORE WE FINISH UP, BY THE WAY SPEAKING OF CAREER WEEK, THEY ARE ON STAFF, THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD, CHURCH OF THE HIGHLANDS. WHEN I CAME HERE FIVE YEARS AGO YOU GUYS WERE PART OF THE WORSHIP ENVIRONMENT HERE AND WORSHIP COLLECTED HERE AND YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. I REMEMBER WALKING IN HERE FIVE YEARS AGO INSTANTLY SEEING THE ANOINTING OF GOD ON YOUR LIFE. TALK ABOUT JUST ONE OF OUR BRIGHTEST AND BEST ALUMNI. THEY SERVE AND ALSO AT THE COLLEGE SO WHEN THEY'RE NOT LEADING THEY ARE RAISING UP A NEW GENERATION WITH THE COLLEGE. WE LOVE YOU, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING IN AND THROUGH YOUR LIFE. CAN WE THINK THE TWO OF THEM? THEY ARE AMAZING. THE PATTIES 30 THEY ARE HERE FROM HOMECOMING. COME BACK EVERY TIME AND LEAD AGAIN. ONE MORE TIME GIVE IT UP FOR THEM COME ON DANIEL IS DOING AN AWESOME JOB AT THE CHURCH WILL HIGHLANDS I MEAN THAT. FROM JUDD AND VERTICAL OUTWARD IS GOING TO GO TO BE ON STAFF AT HARVEST TO REALLY PATTIES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, CHURCH OF THE HIGHLANDS AND SO MANY OF OUR FOLKS WALK OUT OF THE COLLECTIVE AND WALK INTO PLACES LIKE NORTHPOINT AND CHURCHES ALL AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A GOOD REMINDER THAT CAREER WEEK HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY IS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE HIRING LIBERTY GRADS. WE ARE 105 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR CAREER WEEK AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE WORLD LEADING COMPANIES THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHEN THEY HIRE AT LIBERTY STUDENT THEY ARE NOT JUST HIRING A GOOD EMPLOYEE, THEY ARE HIRING A GOOD HUMAN BEING. A LOT OF THEM ARE LOOKING FOR CHRISTIANS AMINO CHRISTIAN SHOW UP AS CHRISTIANS GOSSIPED LESS AT THE WATER COOLER. CHRISTIANS ARE KIND AND THEIR PATIENT AND THEY HAVE SELF-CONTROL. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND THEY WANT THAT AS A PART OF THEIR TEAM. THEY DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES HOW TO LANGUISH WHERE YOU ARE BUT THEY KNOW THAT THEY WANT MORE OF YOU. IN THE ROOM WHEN THEY DO WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING TO DO AS A BANK AND AS AN AIRLINE AS WHATEVER. I WANT TO COMMCOMMAND YOU AND S PEOPLE LOVE HIRING YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE SALT AND THE LIGHT MIX EVERYWHERE YOU GO BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT. THANKS FOR THAT BECAUSE IT IS CAREER WEEK. WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST I THINK GUYS IN THE WORLD THAT TALKS ABOUT REALLY THE BLUE-COLLAR CAREER BUT IS A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THE WHITE-COLLAR CAREER. THE GREAT, THE ONE AND THE ONLY MIKE ROWE IN THE HOUSE. SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE HIM HERE. [APPLAUSE] WE LATCHED ON ONE MORE GUEST AND SO MIKE AND I WILL SIT DOWN FOR A GOOD BIT BUT THAT WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO STAY AFTER HE WAS HERE FOR YESTERDAY'S COMBO SELECT WHICH WAS A PACKED HOUSE WITH THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS TO GIVE US FIVE MINUTES OF A THOUGHT AND IT IS SO AWESOME TO HAVE JAMES BEARDEN WITH US. JAMES IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR THE SINGLE MOST SUCCESSFUL RADIO BROADCAST IN BROADCAST HISTORY, THE ONE AND THE ONLY RUSH LIMBAUGH SHOW. THE MAN, THE MYTH BEHIND THE CURTAIN IS RIGHT THERE. HE WILL GIVE US ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF HIS THOUGHT BEFORE WE DISMISS THIS MORNING. LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. LET'S WATCH THIS ABOUT MIKE ROWE. [CHEERING] >> YOU KNOW HIM FROM HIS SHOWED DIRTY JOBS BUT MIKE ROWE IS MUCH MORE THAN A TV HOST. DIRTY SPENT ON TELEVISION AND YOU HEARD HIM THE NARRATIVE FOR SHOWS LIKE DEADLIEST CATCH AN AMERICAN SHOPPER. >> MY ROLE ON THE SHOW IS PRESIDENT TRUMP SIMPLE I'M AN APPRENTICE AND I WORK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THE JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO SIMPLY TRY TO KEEP UP AND GIVE AN HONEST ACCOUNT OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE THESE PEOPLE FOR ONE DAY IN OUR LIFE. I SEE A SHORT SCREAM SOMETHING LIKE SHARK AND THE CHAOS WILL ENSUE AND RESEARCH WILL UNFOLD BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. >> ON THIS EPISODE OF GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL. >> SOMEBODY'S GOT TO DO IT. >> REGION JUST 200 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. BOX MIKE ROWE IS HERE HELPING TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SKILLED TRADES HE'S GRANTED OVER $5 MILLION TO HELP OVER 1000 STUDENTS PURSUE A TECHNICAL OR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. [APPLAUSE] >> SUCH HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> Man: SO GREAT TO BE HERE. >> David Nasser: MIKE WE WILL TALK ABOUT SHARK WEEK THAT YOU BEEN THE NARRATOR AND HOST OF. A LOT OF OUR KIDS LOVE SHARK WEEK. IN FACT A LOT OF OUR GUYS WAIT UNTIL SHARK WEEK BEFORE THE ACTUALLY ASKED OUT A GIRL. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH WE WILL GET INTO THAT. >> Man: WHAT DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY? >> David Nasser: YOU WANT TO GET INTO IT NOW? >> Man: NO I DON'T WE CAN WAIT. >> David Nasser: A LOT OF THESE GUYS ACT LIKE THEY'RE AN APEX PREDATOR AND SHARK WEEK IS THEIR ONE CHANCE TO GO HEY GIRL. IT IS NOT WORKING ON BUT THEY WILL TRY ANYWAY. >> Man: ALWAYS KEEP YOUR CHILD WITH YOU GENTLEMEN. AND SWIM WITH A BUDDY. >> David Nasser: THEY SHOULD BE ASKING GIRLS OUT WHEN I WATCH DIRTY JOBS. THAT'S WHAT THEY OUGHT TO DO. WE HAVE THE HOSTING THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASSUMING DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE WILL GET ALL OF THAT BUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT YOUR UPBRINGING AND BEFORE EVERYONE KNEW YOU AS THIS GREAT CELEBRITY AND HOW YOU GOT TO THIS PLACE IT IS INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE KNOW YOU AS A VERY TRUSTED INDIVIDUAL AND ASKING OF THE BOYS FOR THE EVERYDAY MAN IN ONE SENSE. EVERY TIME I HEAR SOMEONE GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT, FORGE MAGAZINE CALLED YOU ONE OF THE TOP 10 MOST TRUSTED CELEBRITIES IN THE WORLD. EVERY TIME THAT IS GIVEN TO YOU YOU DIFFERENT YOUR FATHER AND YOUR GRANDFATHER. YOU ALWAYS SAY INITIALLY THE HERITAGE AND A LEGACY THAT YOU GREW UP WITH. TELLS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR UPBRINGING AND TELL US ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF YOUR DAD AND YOUR GRANDDAD. >> Man: IT'S BECAUSE I'M INCREDIBLY MODEST YOU SEE. [LAUGHTER] LOOK, I WAS VERY VERY FORTUNATE. I GREW UP WITH LOVING PARENTS, STILL MARRIED NOW 58 YEARS. [CHEERING] BUT EVEN MORE LUCKY FOR ME WERE MY NEIGHBORS. MY NEIGHBORS WERE CARL AND THELMA NOBLE. THEY WERE MY GRANDPARENTS. MY GRANDDAD, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM. NOT BY NAME BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THE KIND OF GUY HE WAS, HE ONLY WENT TO THE SEVENTH GRADE. BY THE TIME HE WAS 30 HE WAS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN AND ESTEEMED VETERAN PIPEFITTER AND MECHANIC, WELDER AND HE BUILT A HOUSE THAT I WAS BORN IN WITHOUT A BLUEPRINT. HE WAS THAT GUY. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE MARRIED 75 YEARS. MY PARENTS WERE MARRIED AND HAD BASICALLY TWO SETS OF PARENTS GROWING UP IN A WEIRDLY ISOLATED PART OF BALTIMORE COUNTY. WE HAD ABOUT 50 ACRES OF WOODS BEHIND US AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP AND I HAD GREAT EXAMPLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN MY LIFE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I GOT GOOD CARDS AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT BECAUSE WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU GO WITHOUT IT? >> David Nasser: 2012 THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GAVE YOU THEIR MOST DISTINGUISHED AWARD. THAT'S A BIG PART OF YOUR UPBRINGING AS WELL, NOT JUST GOOD FAMILY YOU GREW UP AS THE BOY SCOUTS HAVING A BIG INFLUENCE ON YOU. TALK ABOUT THAT A MINUTE. >> Man: I HAD GOOD CARDS BUT ALSO CHALLENGES. I STUTTERED AS A KID REALLY UP UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 15 OR 16 YEARS OLD. PART OF THE THING THAT MY DAD WANTED TO DO TO GET ME OUT OF MY SHELL WAS EXPOSED ME TO OTHER KIDS AND WHILE THE PLACE I GREW UP IN WHAT KIND OF IDYLLIC IT WAS ALSO REALLY ISOLATED. MY PARENTS GOT CONCERNED AND I THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS GOING TO BE SORT OF BACKWARD AND BROKEN AND EVERYTHING SO THEY LITERALLY DROVE ME TO THE CHURCH, BOY SCOUTS AND A BASEMENT AND THEY DROVE ME IN THE OLD STATION WAGON. WITH THE REAL LUMBER ON THE SIDE, THAT THING. BASICALLY THEY NOT SLOW DOWN BUT THEY PUSH ME OUT AND I ROLLED INTO A BOY SCOUT MEETING. FOR SEVEN YEARS I GOT A LOOK AT THE WORLD IN A WAY I HAVE NOT SEEN IT BEFORE. OUR SCOUTMASTER, WE HAD TO, THE FIRST WAS A RETIRED COP AND THE SECOND ONE WAS A DRILL SERGEANT AND A MARINE CORPS. HE RAN THE TROOP LIKE HE RAN HIS TROOPS BUT IT WAS DISCIPLINED, WE HAD A BOXING RING WHERE WE SETTLED OUR DIFFERENCES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BOY SCOUTS TODAY NECESSARILY BUT I CAN TELL YOU BACK IN 1975 IN THE BASEMENT AT KENWOOD UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IT WAS NOT A SAFE PLACE. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW? I LEARNED TO SHOOT IN THE BOY SCOUTS. ARROWS AND GUNS. I LEARNED FIRST AID, I LEARNED HOW TO BOX, I LEARNED STUFF THAT I'M NOT EVEN SURE IS OKAY TO TALK ABOUT ANYMORE. BUT WE HAD A BALL. LOOKING BACK ON IT, YOU DON'T ALWAYS REALIZE THE MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL. BUT THOSE TIMES AT THAT POINT IN MY LIFE, I SAW WHAT I NEED TO SEE GOT EXPOSED TO THINGS I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT. I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT THEM. >> David Nasser: ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE WAY YOU WERE BROUGHT UP AS YOUR PARENTS DO NOT OVER PROTECT AND HELICOPTER PARENT. THEY ACTUALLY LET YOU INTO ENVIRONMENTS WHERE YOU DID NOT JUST GROW UP A PHYSICAL IMMUNE SYSTEM BUT AN EMOTIONAL ONE AS WELL. TALK TO US ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL HOW THERE WAS A SIGN OF YOUR COUNSELORS DESK THAT BOTHERED YOU. I THINK IT SAID WORK SMART AND NOT HARD. >> Man: TODAY THANKS TO DIRTY JOBS I HAVE A FOUNDATION AND THE FOUNDATION THAT WE SAW FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON CHALLENGING BAD ADVICE. I TALKED A LOT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORST ADVICE I HAD EVER SEEN. I HAD A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR IN HIGH SCHOOL NAMED MR. DUNBAR AND I WAS A SENIOR SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 1979. I WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO THE REST OF MY LIFE AND I TRULY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. NOT ONLY DID I NOT KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY GROWING UP. SO IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I FIGURED I WOULD GO TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR A COUPLE YEARS TO SORT IT OUT. I TOOK SOME TEST WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL AND I GUESS I DID WELL ENOUGH ON THEM BECAUSE MR. DUNBAR CALLED ME DOWN TO HAVE A CHAT ABOUT MY FUTURE. HE SAID LOOK BASED ON YOUR TEST SCORES AND WHAT I KNOW OF YOU YOU SHOULD GO TO WILLIAM MARY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TERRIFIC SCHOOLS AND HE MADE THE CASE FOR THE SCHOOLS AND I SAID LOOK, THE THING IS MR. DUNBAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND I DON'T HAVE A TON OF MONEY. I THINK AT 26 BUCKS A CREDIT I WILL GO OVER TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR A WHILE AND TRY SOME NEW THINGS AND LEARN SOME THINGS. HE SAID NO MIKE THAT WOULD BE A HUGE MISTAKE AND I WOULD BE BEEN EITHER POTENTIAL WERE HIS EXACT WORDS. THEN HE POINTED TO THIS POSTER THAT WAS HANGING ON THE WALL. THE POSTER HAD A PICTURE OF A COLLEGE GRADUATE HOLDING A DEGREE STANDING NEXT TO YEAH THAT WAS LITERALLY IT. YOU CAN SEE THE GUY ON THE RIGHT IS KIND OF THE DIRTY DINGY ENVIRONMENT HOLDING A RANCH. AND THE GUY ON THE LEFT IS OPTIMISTIC AND HAS HIS WHOLE LIFE IN FRONT OF HIM BECAUSE HE'S GOT HIS DEGREE. THEN HE DID TWO THINGS. HE POINTED TO THE CAPTION WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. IF YOU GOOGLE WORK SMART NOT HARD DON'T DO IT NOW BUT IF YOU DO IT, AT SOME POINT YOU'LL SEE PAGE AFTER PAGE AFTER PAGE. IT HAS BECOME A PRO MIGHT COME A PLATITUDE. WE BELIEVE THAT. WHAT HE SAID THAT REALLY JUST JACKED ME WAS WHICH ONE OF THESE GUYS DO YOU WANT TO BE? NOW THE GUY ON THE RIGHT WAS BASICALLY MY GRANDFATHER. THE GUY I JUST DESCRIBED THE GUY WHO COULD BUILD A HOUSE WITHOUT A BLUEPRINT. THE GUY WHO WAS HEROIC TO ME. AND I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. THAT POSTER BY THE WAY WAS PART OF A PR CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE IN THE LATE 70s. THOSE DAYS WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO GO TO COLLEGE. THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH HIGHER EDUCATION HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY. THE PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED IN THE COUNTRY WAS THAT WE STARTED TO PROMOTE COLLEGE OR ONE FORM OF EDUCATION AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL THE OTHERS. SO I KNOW IT IS CAREER WEEK HERE AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE BACK IN 1979 WE WERE TELLING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES THAT IF YOU DIDN'T GET A DEGREE YOU WOULD WIND UP DOING SOMETHING BENEATH YOU. AND THAT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME. THAT'S WHY DIRTY JOBS BECAME THE SHOW IT BECAME, IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO MY GRANDFATHER AND THAT'S WHAT THE FOUNDATION EXIST TODAY AND THAT'S WHY WORK SMART NOT HARD IS MAYBE THE WORST ADVICE IN THE WORLD. I REMEMBER THINKING AT THE TIME I WANT TO LEAN ACROSS THE TABLE AND TAKE A SHARPIE AND CROSS OUT YOU KNOW THE WORD NOT AND WRITE THE WORD AND. WHILE I WAS LEANING OVER I WANT TO SMACK MR. DUNBAR RIGHT IN THE HEAD SO ACTUALLY WE DID THAT. WE DID THAT EXACT THING AND LAST YEAR THAT'S ME BY THE WAY HOLDING MY COLLEGE DEGREE. YOU CAN'T SEE BUT I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS UNDERNEATH MY ÃIT'S A METAPHORICAL THING I THINK. THEY GUY ON THE RIGHT IS MY CAMERAMAN HIS NAME IS TAYLOR WHITMAN HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR YEARS. HE REPRESENTS IN THIS PHOTO A GUY WITH NO COLLEGE DEBT, A JOB THAT PAYS ABOUT $90,000 A YEAR WHEREAS I REPRESENT A GUY WHO GOT HIS CREDENTIALS BUT DID NOT REALLY GET TRAINED FOR A JOB THAT ACTUALLY EXISTED AND NOW ENJOYS $90,000 WORTH OF DEBT AND NO SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY. SO ALL THAT IS A LONG WAY OF SAYING EDUCATION IS HUGELY IMPORTANT BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO GET THE EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING AND THE COMPETENCY THAT YOU NEED IN MY LIFE TODAY HAS BEEN SPENT LARGELY TALK ABOUT THOSE ALTERNATIVES. >> David Nasser: ONE OF THE REASONS WE INVITED YOU THIS PARTICULAR WEEK IS BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY BE AT FIRST GLANCE SAYING THAT THINKING THAT POSTER HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT AND MADE YOU LIKE THE BOYS IN THE BASE OF THE BLUE-COLLAR MAN. AGAINST THE WHITE CAR MAN BUT YOU HAVE BEEN SO VOCAL FOR THE COLORED EDUCATION FOR THE WHITE-COLLAR MAN AND YOU ARE A BIG VOICE FOR IF YOU BEGIN COLLEGE FINISH AND GET YOUR DEGREE. YOU ARE A BIG VOICE OF DIVERSIFY YOUR PORTFOLIO. HERE AT LIBERTY WE HAVE TRADED JOB OPPORTUNITIES. MATTER OF FACT YOUR FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WERE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS CAN BECOME WELDERS AND PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS AND THEY CAN WORK ON ENGINES WITH A ONE YEAR DEGREE WALK INTO A SIX-FIGURE JOB. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS DIVERSIFY IT AND THEY TAKE WELDING AND ENGINEERING SOLD THEIR RESUME GOES TO THE TOP OF THE STACK. TALK TO US ABOUT THE BALANCE OF THAT I WHY YOU ARE NOT PUSHING AGAINST THE EDUCATION BUT YOU ARE SAYING THAT CAN BECOME AN INVESTMENT INTO YOUR FUTURE IF IT IS DONE RIGHT. YOU HAVE SUCH A BALANCED VIEW OF THAT. >> Man: IF YOU LOOK AT A QUARTER IT HAS HEADS AND TAILS. IT HAS TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. IT MAKES NO SENSE, IT IS ONLY BUT ONE SIDE THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY. EVERYTHING IS BINARY. EVERYTHING IS THIS OR THAT. IT IS BLUE-COLLAR OR WHITE COLOR. SMART OR STUPID, GOOD OR BAD, RIGHT OR WRONG. WE'VE LOST THE SHADES OF GRAY. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT A BALANCED WORKFORCE REQUIRES A HEALTHY NUMBER OF TRADESPEOPLE AND HEALTHY NUMBER OF ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. LOOK, FOR ME MY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE WAS INVALUABLE. THREE YEARS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK IN A COUPLE YEARS AT UNIVERSITY. WHEN THE DUST SETTLED IT WAS 1985 AND I HAVE PAID 12 GRANT FOR THE WHOLE WORKS. TODAY THE WHOLE WORKS IS YOU GUYS KNOW LIKE $100,000. THAT DOESN'T MEAN COLLEGE IS ANY WORSE OR ANY BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN, IT SIMPLY MEANS IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE. TO MANAGE THAT PROPERLY AND TO BE AWARE OF THAT AS YOU GO AND LIKE YOU SAY TO PICK UP SOME USEFUL SKILLS ALONG THE WAY SO THAT WHEN YOU GRADUATE 50 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO GRADUATE DON'T FIND WORK IN THEIR CHOSEN FIELD.HEY HAVE TO ADAPT THAT TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. THAT'S A BIG LESSON AND THE SOONER YOU LEARN IT I THINK THE BETTER OFF EVERY INDIVIDUAL WILL BE IN THE BUTT OFF THE COUNTRY WILL BE. >> David Nasser: THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE IN THE PERSON WITH THE GRAD DEGREE, UNDERGRAD DEGREE MAKES $1100 ON AVERAGE PER WEEK. THE PERSON WITHOUT ONE IN ENTRY-LEVEL WORK GETS SEVEN OR $50 PER WEEK AND THE PERSON BY THE WAY WITH A MASTERS DEGREE MAKES $1400.HE PERSON IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE PERSON WITH THE DEGREE IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO HOLD THEIR JOB WHEN THE ECONOMY TANKS OF SOMEONE ELSE. THEN THERE'S ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT INVEST AND YOU CAN DO AND BUYING STOCK IN YOURSELF FURTHERING HER EDUCATION. PEOPLE WITH A DEGREE IT TYPICALLY ALSO HAVE BENEFITS. THEY HAVE MEDICAL BENEFITS, THE RETIREMENT OF PEOPLE WITHOUT A DEGREE TYPICALLY ARE LESS PRONE TO HAVE THAT. WHAT IS THE BALANCE? YOU ARE SUCH A VOICE FOR BOTH BUT BE WISE IN THE WAY YOU DO IT. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE SOMEONE WHO IS HERE, OBVIOUSLY HAVE A ROOM FULL OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WE BROUGHT HERE FOR THIS MOMENT. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT POINT DOES THIS DEGREE REALLY BEGIN TO PAY OFF? YOU CAN'T JUST BE A LAWYER WITHOUT A DEGREE. YOU CAN BE A SONGWRITER WITHOUT ONE. WHY WOULD SOMEONE TO A POLITICAL SCIENCE DEGREE OR GET A ÃTALK TO US ABOUT THE BOUNDS OF THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GREAT PERSPECTIVE. >> Man: IF YOU'RE AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND HE RECOMMENDS SOME SORT OF PROCEDURE OR SHE IS COMFORTING TO LOOK ON THE WALL AND SEE THAT THE ACTUALLY GRADUATED. FROM SOMEPLACE. IT IS NICE RIGHT? LIVE I'M NOT ANTI-DEGREE OR ANTI-THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE. BUT CREDENTIALING IS TRICKY. IF YOU FALL TOO MUCH IN LOVE WITH THE IDEA THAT ONCE YOU GET YOUR CREDENTIAL YOU ARE QUALIFIED, NONE OF THAT MEANS YOUR COMPETENT. THAT JUST MEANS YOU ARE CREDENTIALED. DEGREE DOESN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING. I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID REGARDING STATISTICS, NUMBERS AND PROBABILITY IS REALLY INTERESTING BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THERE. BECAUSE YOUR 12,000 PEOPLE. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD GIVE YOU ANY ADVICE THAT WOULD BE VALID FOR ALL 12,000 OF YOU. YOU ARE 12,000 INDIVIDUALS. WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WHAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE IS LIKELY TO MAKE AS A RESULT OF THESE ACTIONS, OKAY BUT BE CAREFUL. BECAUSE MY FOUNDATION HAS TRAINED CLOSE TO 1000 PEOPLE. WE HAVE WELDERS WHO HAD HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION I WENT TO A NINE MONTH PROGRAM WHO ARE NOW MAKING SIX FIGURES. DO THEY BUS ARE BUT? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING DOWN IN THE GULF RIGHT? SOME ARE OFFSHORE AND SOME ARE IN NORTH DAKOTA. WORKING IN THE BAKKEN. BUT THESE GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE. THEY LEARNED A SKILL WELDING AND THEY LEARN HOW TO WORK ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THEN I GOT GREAT AT IT. THEN I FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOVE IT. INITIALLY POPULAR TODAY AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE THE GRUMPY NEIGHBOR YELLING AT THE KIDS TO GET OFF THE LAWN OR WHATEVER BUT WE TALK ABOUT JOB SATISFACTION AND WE TALK ABOUT PASSION OR TALK ABOUT HAPPINESS, WHAT DO WE DO TYPICALLY? WE SAY ALL RIGHT YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY IN YOUR WORK SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO. THIS IS WHAT WE TELL A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD KID. YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE IDENTIFIED THE THING THAT YOU BELIEVE IS GOING TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. AND THEN YOU NEED TO FORMULATE A PLAN AND THAT PLAN IS GOING TO INVOLVE BORROWING SOME MONEY. THE MONEY THAT YOU BORROW WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU NEED TO EXECUTE THAT PLAN AND THEN ONCE YOU GET THAT KNOWLEDGE THEN YOU GO INTO THE WORLD AND THEN YOU ATTAIN A JOB THAT YOU DETERMINE WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY FIVE YEARS EARLIER AND THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE HAPPY. IT IS COMPLETELY BACKWARDS. PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, WHY WAS EVERYBODY ON DIRTY JOBS HAVING SO MUCH FUN? IT WAS SUCH A LIGHTHEARTED SHOW. MOSTLY PEOPLE ARE COVERED IN OTHER PEOPLE'S. [BLEEP] OR SOMETHING WORSE YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AND HAVING A BALL. WHY? WHAT DO WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW? PART OF THE ANSWER IS THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THEIR PASSION. THEY BROUGHT IT WITH THEM. THEY DID NOT LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHAT WILL MAKE THEM HAPPY AND THEY DID NOT GO ON SOME VISION QUEST TO LOOK DEEP WITHIN THEMSELVES TO DETERMINE THEIR WISH FULFILLMENT. THEY LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY WAS. THEY LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY WAS GOING. AND THEN THEY WENT THE OTHER WAY. THEY TOOK THE REVERSE COMMUTE. I KNOW A GUY AT LES SWANSON UP IN WISCONSIN, SEASON 130 JOBS. YOU GUYS NOTE LES SWANSON OR YOU LOVE WISCONSIN?OTHING WRONG WITH WISCONSIN. HE'S A SEPTIC TANK CLEANER. I MET THE GUY WE SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER AND WE WERE LITERALLY STANDING UP TO HER CHEST AND THE WORST OF THE WORST. SWEATING AND KNOCKING CHOLESTEROL OFF THE WALL WITH SOMETHING THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN A SHOVEL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOOL WAS IT WAS INSANE BUT IN THE MIDST OF IT I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID LESS, YOU ARE SUCH A HAPPY GUY, WHAT IS YOUR SECRET AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE? HE TOLD ME WHENEVER HE TOLD ME AND I SAID WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE THIS AND HE SAID I WAS A PSYCHIATRIST. [LAUGHTER] I SAID YOU KIDDING ME, HE WAS PROBABLY 57 OR 58 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. I SAID WHY DID YOU QUIT? WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT HE SAID I GOT TIRED OF DEALING WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S CRAP. [LAUGHTER] WE LAUGHED AND WAS A GREAT MOMENT ON DIRTY JOBS. BUT IT LED TO AN EVEN GREATER CONVERSATION. IT IS LIKE LESS SO TODAY WHAT IS THE STORY? THE STORY IS HE HAS THREE TRUCKS THAT CLEAN SEPTIC TANKS AND HAS FIVE EMPLOYEES. HE HAS A SUMMER HOME. HE HAS A BUILT IN POOL. HE IS PROSPEROUS AND IS HAPPY. HE GOT THAT WAY BECAUSE HE LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHAT NOBODY WAS DOING AND THAT HE LEARN HOW TO BE REALLY GOOD AT IT AND THEN HE FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOVE IT. SOME ARE IN THERE THERE'S A LESSON WORTH REMEMBERING. >> David Nasser: I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, HIGHER LEARNING EDUCATION AT THIS LEVEL IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES A POSTER LIKE THE ONE THAT STIRRED SOMETHING IN YOU HAS A SPIRIT OF SUPERIORITY WHERE LOOKS AS SOMEONE WHO HAS THE WHITE-COLLAR JOB AS BETTER THAN SOMEONE WITH A BLUE-COLLAR JOB. AS CHRISTIANS WE THOUGHT WE HAVE ALL SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD AND THAT ALL PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD. ALL PEOPLE ARE VALUABLE. AND THEN WHAT DRIVES SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS IS THERE NOT TRY TO GET THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE HOUSE FOR THE COUNTRY CLUB, TRYING TO LEVERAGE THEIR OCCUPATION FOR WORSHIP. INFORMATION. SO THEY KNOW AS A DOCTOR I CAN DO MORE AND HELP MORE AND INVEST MORE, CHANGE MORE. ALL AS AN ACT OF WORSHIP SO IT IS NOT ABOUT WORK BUT WORSHIP AND THAT'S WHAT UNIQUE ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE ALSO ALLOWED OUR STUDENTS AND THAT MEETING THE VERY PEOPLE THEY PARTNER WITH IN LIFE AND PARTNER WITH IN MISSION AND MINISTRY AND OCCUPATION. THAT'S REALLY WHAT I THINK IS UNIQUE ABOUT A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS. TALK TO US ABOUT THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND HOW, I ALWAYS USED TO THINK OF IT AS THE WHITE-COLLAR KIND OF LIKE THE SMART MAN'S TV IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE I'M EATING DINNER KIND OF A CHANNEL AND THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GOT HIJACKED BY THE DIRTY JOB YOU KNOW SHOW. EIGHT SEASONS 150 EPISODES, FIVE EMMY NOMINATIONS BY THE WAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUCCESS OF THAT SHOW. [APPLAUSE] TALK TO US ABOUT THAT AS SOON AS HE WATCHED A VIDEO ABOUT THE SHOW I HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. [LAUGHTER] WHY DID THE SHOW BLOW UP LIKE IT DID? MOST PEOPLE TODAY ARE TRYING TO DO THE LEAST AMOUNT I GET PAID THE MOST AMOUNT BUT THAT SHOW STRUCK A NERVE WITH THE WORLD. WHEN YOU THINK IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL? >> Man: THOSE COUPLE REASONS. IT WASN'T ON A SHOW. THAT SHOW WAS A TRIBUTE TO MY GRANDDAD. I WAS WORKING AT CBS BACK IN 2002 I GUESS IT WAS. MY MOTHER CALLED ME I'M SITTING THERE IN MY CUBICLE AND I WAS HOSTING A SHOW CALLED EVENING MAGAZINE. I HAD DONE A LOT OF THINGS THE 15 YEARS PRIOR IMPERSONATING A HOST WORKING OUT IN THE WORLD. SHE CALLED AND SAID YOU KNOW WHAT MICHAEL YOUR GRANDFATHER IS 90 YEARS OLD AND NOT GOING AROUND FOREVER. WOULDN'T IT BE TERRIFIC IF BEFORE HE DIED HE COULD TURN ON THE TELEVISION AND SEE YOU DOING SOMETHING THAT LOOK LIKE WORK? [LAUGHTER] DEVASTATING RIGHT? OF COURSE SHE WAS RIGHT. MY POP, I SO WANTED TO FOLLOW IN MY GRANDFATHER'S FOOTSTEPS. THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO LEARN I THINK BECAUSE WHEN I WAS 16 I WAS POSITIVE I WAS GOING TO BE THE GUY WHO COULD BUILD A HOUSE WITHOUT A BLUEPRINT. I WAS CERTAIN. THE THING ABOUT THE HANDY JEAN IS IT IS RECESSIVE. IT JUST HOPPED RIGHT OVER ME. I DO NOT GET HIS NATURAL ABILITIES. HE TOLD ME I COULD BE A TRADESMAN IF I JUST GOT A DIFFERENT TOOLBOX WHICH I DID AND AS I GOT IN SHOWBIZ. IN 2002, HE WAS DYING AND MY MOTHER GAVE ME SOME ADVICE IN THE NEXT DAY I WENT INTO A SEWER. I HOSTED EVENING MAGAZINE FROM A SEWER WITH A SEWER INSPECTOR AND IT WAS AN AMAZING BIT OF CRAZY FOOTAGE. THERE WERE ROACHES IN THERE WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLES STUFF AND THERE WAS A RAT LANDED ON MY SHOULDER AND JUMPED INTO MY LAP AND DROVE ME FACE FIRST INTO A RIVER OF. [BLEEP] AND IT WAS A BAPTISM. IT WAS THE SECOND BAPTISM OF MY LIFE. I HAVE SEEN YOUR POND OUT HERE BY THE WAY. >> I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE BAPTISMS. >> I'VE SEEN THE POND. I'M JUST SAYING. THE SEWER WAS WORSE. >> SWEET IRONY BEHIND THAT. HEY YOU JUST GOT SAVED YOU SHOULD GET BAPTIZED IN THE POND. SO WHEN YOU DIE YOU GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN. AFTER BAPTISM. >> Man: WHAT HAPPENS A LONG STORY SHORT, THAT FOOTAGE TURNS INTO THE FIRST EPISODE OF DIRTY JOBS. THE REASON THE SHOW BLEW UP, A COUPLE REASONS, FIRST OF ALL WE HAD NEVER DONE A SECOND TAKE AND NO REHEARSALS, NO PREPRODUCTION AND NO ACTORS AND NO SCRIPT AND NONE OF THAT STUFF. IT WAS REAL TRUE REALITY TV. THE SECOND THING THOUGH AND THE REASON I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO WORK, IT WAS FUNNY AND STRANGE AND HUMOROUS AND OPTICALLY ALL KINDS OF COOL THINGS HAPPENED BUT AFTER THAT FIRST EPISODE I GOT MAYBE 10,000 LETTERS. THE LETTERS WERE FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT NECESSARILY LOVING THE SHOW OR ME. THEY ALL SAID MIKE IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO A SHOW ABOUT WORK YOU HAVE TO MEET MY BROTHER, MY COUSIN, MY SISTER, MY MOM, MY AUNT. UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT THEY DO. SO I REALIZED EARLY ON THAT THE COUNTRY WAS ANXIOUS TO TELL STORIES ABOUT WORK. THE COUNTRY NEEDED A CAREER WEEK IN 2003 BECAUSE WE WERE ARGUING OVER THE DEFINITION OF A GOOD JOB. WHAT DIRTY JOBS TODAY WAS TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT THERE IS DIGNITY AND ANYTHING. THE TRULY GREAT WORKERS ARE NOT PEOPLE WITH THE TRULY GREAT JOBS. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP EARLY, STAY LATE, CRAWL THROUGH A RIVER OF. [BLEEP] WITH A SMILE RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE CELEBRATED ON THAT SHOW. THAT'S MY ANSWER TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION TOO. ONCE I FIGURED OUT THAT I WASN'T THE START OF MY OWN SHOW, ONCE I REALIZE PEOPLE I WAS WORKING WITH WERE SMARTER AND MORE EXPERT THAN I WAS, THAT'S WHEN THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL HAD TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE I WAS DOING A SHOW THAT WAS A HIT BUT I WASN'T THE EXPERT. UP UNTIL THAT POINT HAD ONLY LET HOUSE HOST SHOWS WHO TALKED LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME. AND HE UNDERSTOOD ALL THE FACTS ABOUT ALL OF THE THING. IT WAS DAVID ATTENBOROUGH AND JACO STOWE AND VERY HIGHBROW. DIRTY JOBS BASICALLY MY PITCH WAS GUYS, I'M CURIOUS YOUR VIEWERS ARE CURIOUS. I'M A FAN OF YOUR BRAND, GIVE ME JET FUEL AND GIVE ME A SMALL CREW WE WILL GO OUT INTO THE COUNTRY AND SEE WHAT MAKES AMERICA TICK. >> David Nasser: IT HONORED THE EVERYDAY MAN WHO ACTUALLY MAKES THE WORLD RUN. IT CELEBRATED THE JOB THAT IS OVERWORKED AND UNDER THANKED SO MANY TIMES. SO MUCH OF THIS BOOK INCLUDING YOUR BAPTISM IS IN HERE IN THESE KIND OF STORIES AND YOUR OWN LIFE PERSPECTIVES. THE WAY I HEARD IT, TELL US ABOUT THE BOOK. >> Man: THE BOOK CAME OUT OF A PODCAST I'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST TWO YEARS TITLED, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER PAUL HARVEY BUT PAUL HARVEY WAS A GREAT RADIO LEGEND. HE DID A SHOW CALLED THE REST OF THE STORY OR HE WOULD GIVE YOU HISTORY LESSONS AND BIOGRAPHIES BUT HE DID THEM AS A MYSTERY. YOUR JOB WAS TO LISTEN AND FIGURE OUT WHO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE HE GOT TO THE END. THE WAY I HEARD AS A PODCAST OF THE SAME BASIC THING. PUBLISHER SAID TAKE 50 OF YOUR FAVORITE STORIES AND JUST WE WILL MAKE A BOOK. I SAID ALL RIGHT. I CHOSE 50 AND I ONCE AGAIN SHOWED IT TO MY MOTHER BECAUSE I SHOW MY MOTHER EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND SHE'S LIKE MICHAEL THESE ARE TERRIFIC STORIES BUT WHAT A LAZY EXCUSE FOR A BOOK. THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLISHER WANTS ANYTHING I SHOULD DO? SHE SAID WHY DON'T YOU AT THE END OF THE STORIES ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE YOU'VE NEVER MET, WHEN YOU WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF FROM YOUR YOUTH OR FROM DIRTY JOBS THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY YOU THINK YOU CHOSE TO WRITE ABOUT THE PERSON YOU WROTE ABOUT. SO I SAID BASICALLY YOU'LL ME TO WRITE A MEMOIR SHE SAID YES KIND OF. SO THE BOOK GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY. IT IS LITTLE MYSTERY AND A LITTLE MEMOIR. IT IS STORIES ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE I WISH I KNEW BUT I DON'T. A POST WITH STORIES FROM THE SEWER. AND STORIES FROM MY LIFE. >> David Nasser: I HAVE TO READ A LOT FOR THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE TO PREP FOR THE INTERVIEWS AND I REALLY REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. IT WENT FAST FOR ONE MINUTE YOU'RE LAUGHING AND THE NEXT MINUTE YOU ARE TEARING UP THINKING ABOUT THESE VERY ENDEARING MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE. WELL DONE ON THE BOOK AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR STUDENTS TO GET IT.E WILL HAVE A DISCOUNT RATE FOR YOU. OF COURSE WE CAN'T GET YOU OFF STAGE WITHOUT TALKING TO YOU ABOUT SHARK WEEK. ALL RIGHT? LET'S WATCH THIS FOR A SECOND. MIKE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. WHEN YOU DO SHARK WEEK THEY PUSH CAMERAS AROUND YOU AND THEY PUT YOU A LOT OF TIMES AND COMPROMISING SCARY MOMENTS AND THEY PUT YOU IN SOMETHING THEY TELL YOU IS GOING TO BE SAFE. >> Man: THEY LIE. >> David Nasser: LIKE A DIVERS CAGE AND DIVERS CAGES ARE SUCH A LIE. LET'S WATCH THIS ABOUT A DIVERS CAGE. >> EXTRA DOSE OF ADRENALINE OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO. >> David Nasser: LITERALLY THEY WERE LIKE GET IN THERE IT IS FINE AND SAFE AND IT'S A DIVERS CAGE. THEN THE SHARK GOT IN IT WITH THE DIVER. DON'T EVER TRUST PEOPLE. [LAUGHTER] >> Man: RATINGS GRABBER. >> David Nasser: THERE IS TOAST BUT WHAT YOU LEARN BECAUSE FOR YOU IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. TELL US ABOUT THE SUIT. >> Man: THAT HAPPENED A YEAR OR SO AGO. BACK IN 2006 DIRTY JOBS TURN INTO A THING AND THE NETWORK ASKED ME TO HOST SHARK WEEK AND I SAID SURE. AS PART OF A COMBINATION IT WAS SORT OF HALF DIRTY JOBS HAVE SHARK WEEK I GOT A LINE ON A GUY NAMED JEREMIAH SULLIVAN WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE SHARK SUIT. THIS WAS A RELATIVELY NEW INVENTION. IT IS BASICALLY A SUIT OF ARMOR. IT IS A CHAIN SUIT WELDED TOGETHER THOUSANDS OF LITTLE STEEL RINGS ALL WELDED TOGETHER. I SPENT THE DAY WITH JEREMIAH MAKING A SHARK SUIT. THEN HE SAID LET'S GO TEST IT. I SAID HOW DO YOU TEST SHARK SUIT? WHILE YOU PUT IT ON AND YOU GET ON THE BOAT YOU TAKE THE BOAT OFF THE BIMINI ABOUT 10 MILES AND THEN YOU START DUMPING BLOOD INTO THE WATER ANYWAY FOR THE SHARKS TO COME. THEN THE SHARKS ARRIVED AS JEREMIAH CALLS THEM THE MEN IN THE GRAY SUITS. [LAUGHTER] AND THE MAYBE 20 OF THEM SWIMMING AROUND IN THE BLOOD AND WE ARE FEEDING THEM AND FEEDING THEM AND THEN WE PUT ON OUR SCUBA GEAR AND THEN AGAINST THE LAWS OF GOD AND MAN AND COMMON SENSE WE JUMP INTO THE FEEDING FRENZY AND WE SINK ABOUT 60 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN AND MY CREW COMES IN BEHIND US AND THE SHARKS FOLLOW US DOWN. THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE AND THE SHARKS ARE SWIMMING AROUND WE OPEN UP MORE CHUM. WE LET THEM BITE US. AND WHEN A SHARK GRABS YOU, LIKE REALLY GRABS YOU, IT IS A HECKUVA THING. [LAUGHTER] I'VE SEEN JOBS LIKE 100 TIMES. >> David Nasser: YOU LITERALLY HAVE SHARKS TEETH IN YOU? >> Man: I SAW A HOLE IN MY LEG. SHARKS GRABBED US AND TRIED TO TEAR US FROM LIMB TO LIMB. I WAS A TUG TOY 60 FEET DOWN. >> David Nasser: HOW BAD YOU NEED RATINGS BRO? >> Man: REALLY BAD, REALLY REALLY BAD. NO LUCK I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS, I DON'T HAVE A BUCKET LIST BUT IF I DID YOU KNOW THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE I HAD A SHARK ON MY SHOULDER AND I HAVE ONE ON MY LEG AND THEY WERE SHAKING HER HEAD AND I'M THINKING THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE EASILY. I LOOKED OVER AT JEREMIAH AND JEREMIAH IS UPSIDE DOWN WE ARE 60 FEET DOWN OKAY? HE HAS A SHARK ON EACH FOOT RACE THAT ONE ON HIS ARM AND THEY ARE, I'M WATCHING THE END OF A MAN'S LIFE. THERE IS JUST NO WAY. THE ONLY THING THAT IS MILDLY DISTRACTING FROM HIS DISCOMFORT IS THE YEAR AND IN MY OWN SHARK SUIT WHICH IS MINE AND I'M LITERALLY SOILING MYSELF 60 FEET DOWN. WATCHING THIS IMPOSSIBLE SITE AND JUST WHEN I THOUGHT HE COULD GET NO WORSE, A BIG SHARK SWAM OVER MY SHOULDER AND HIS TAIL KNOCKED THE REGULATOR OUT OF JEREMIAH'S MOUTH. SO NOW THE MAN WHO INVENTS THE SHARK SUIT IS UPSIDE DOWN IN A CLOUD OF BLOOD WITH NO AIR IN MY CAMERAMAN, NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO BEHAVE OR WHAT TO DO. BUT JEREMIAH IS BASICALLY INDIANA JONES OF THE SEA. RIGHT? HE PUTS THE REGULATOR BACK IN SIX OF THE SHARKS AND PUSHES THEM OFF OF ME AND THE SHARKS Ã YOU SAID EARLIER IT IS KIND OF LIKE WE ARE BIG POTATOES FOR SHARKS. BUT IF YOU WRAP US IN ALUMINUM FOIL AND MAKES US A LOT LESS APPETIZING. IF YOU ARE SHARK YOU WILL BUY THE ANYWAY BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG POTATO IN THERE. [LAUGHTER] THEN THEY'LL EVENTUALLY LET YOU GO. SO LONG STORY SHORT I LIVED AND JEREMIAH LIVED. WE GOT DRUG BACK UP AND WENT ON THE BOAT. YOU KNOW I WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL I USED TO KEEP A DIARY IN THOSE DAYS. I'M LIKE DEAR DIARY, NEVER MIND. [LAUGHTER] SIMPLY NOTHING TO SAY. >> David Nasser: THOUGH SHARKS MAN DON'T SEE YOU AND THINK CELEBRITY. THEY DON'T THINK MY PUBLICIST Ã THEY ARE LIKE PROTEIN YOU KNOW? THAT'S AMAZING. YOU SHOULD KNOW MORE THAN THE AVERAGE GUY ABOUT SHARKS SLAVE GOT A GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH YOU WE BUILD PLAYING GAMES AND HERE'S HOW WE'VE BEEN PLAYING THEM. SOMEONE IN THE ROOM GETS A PRIZE IF WE WIN THE GAME. WE THOUGHT SINCE OUR COMMUTERS, LISTEN. SINCE OUR COMMUTERS ARE THE APEX PREDATORS OF PARKING SPACES AROUND HERE THAT IF YOU GET ENOUGH POINTS THAT THEY GET AT THE COMMUTER LOUNGE ALL KINDS OF SHORTCOMINGS AND SHORT GOODIES FOR NEXT WEEK ALL RIGHT SO WE WILL LOAD IT UP. THIS IS CALLED THIN OR FAKE. FAKE NEWS OR FOR NEWS? >> FINISHED YEAR IN VEGAS FALSE? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THIN OR FAKE? RIGHT TO PLAY THE GAME? TELL ME WHETHER IT IS TRUE OR FALSE. YOU CAN SAY FOR AND IF IT'S TRUE OR FAKE IF IT IS FAKE NEWS. SHARKS ARE COLORBLIND? >> THIN. >> IT IS TRUE. >> SHARKS CAN ONLY SWIM FORWARD. >> FIN. >> SHARKS HAVE WALLET SIZE BRAINS. >> THAT'S THE ONLY THING WALNUT SIZED ON A SHARK I CAN TELL YOU THAT. >> YOU CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. >> FIN. >> IT IS FALSE. >> SHARK FINS ARE FLAVORSOME, NUTRITIOUS AND OFFER MEDICAL PROPERTIES. >> WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? THAT IS NOT TRUE. FALSE. >> YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AND THAT'S WHAT WE PAID YOU TO BE THE NARRATOR. >> LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. >> SHARK FINS GROW BACK AFTER CUT OFF. >> THAT'S FALSE. BOOKS SHARKS GO THROUGH AROUND 30,000 TEETH IN A LIFETIME. >> THAT IS FIN TRUE. WHAT'S THAT'S RIGHT LAST ONE. SHARKSKIN IS SIX INCHES THICK. >> THAT'S NOT TRUE. >> IT IS TRUE YOU GOT IT WRONG. COME ON EVERYBODY AT THE COMMUTER LOUNGE WILL GET STUFF. YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT THE BOOK IT WILL BE AMAZING. WE LOVE YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WARMER TIME WE HAVE ONE MORE GUEST FOR A FEW MINUTES. CAN WE THINK MIKE ROWE ONE MORE TIME? AS DEAN BRAT COMES OUT TAKES IT FROM HERE? [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT HARD TO FOLLOW SHARK WEEK BUT I HAVE A SPECIAL RUN IN FOR YOU AND HE WAS WITH US YESTERDAY AT THE BUSINESS CONVOCATION. DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB GIVING LIFE LESSONS SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF HIM AND PRESIDENT FALWELL WANTED HIM TO BE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU SEE CAN LEARN FROM HIM AS WELL. HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE JAMES GOLDEN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR THE RUSH LIMBAUGH SHOW. THAT SHOW IS THE BIGGEST MEDIA PRODUCTION IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. AND HE CALMS PEOPLE IN HERE? BUSINESS SOCIAL MEDIA WHATEVER? THE GUY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HIS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOW HISTORY OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION. BIG DEALS WE'VE GOT 20 TO 30 MILLION LISTENERS AND THE RADIO STATION HIS ABILITY WITH 250 MILLION LISTENERS. HE GOES BY POST NEARLY ON THE SHOW AND YOU PROBABLY HEARD THAT NAME RUN YOUR HOUSEHOLD OVER THE YEARS. I WANTED TO BRING HIM IN AND HE HAS LIFE LESSONS I WISH HE COULD SHARE THEM ALL WITH YOU BUT HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU, HE'S A SOFT LIGHT ON INSIDE BUT HE WORKS IN A TOUGH WORLD. I THINK YOU WILL SHARE A FEW LIFE LESSONS WITH YOU AND SO WITH THAT WELCOME MY GOOD FRIEND, GREAT FRIEND OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AS WELL MR. JAMES GOLDEN [APPLAUSE] >> Man: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STAND UP FOR A SECOND, YOU'VE BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE SO FEEL FREE AND STAND UP AND STRETCH BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IT IS JUST SITTING. BY THE WAY ÃI'M GETTING A STANDING OVATION SO YEAH. THAT WORKS TOO SO LISTEN I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT VERY BRIEF AND LET ME JUST SAY MIKE ROWE WAS PHENOMENAL. AND DAVID NASSER PHENOMENAL. TOTALLY ENJOYED THAT. I ENJOYED THE WORSHIP AND THE MUSIC. ISN'T IT AWESOME? [APPLAUSE] THIS IS MY SECOND TIME AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. I WAS HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS AGO AND HAD OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE FOUNDER HERE AND I MET HIM BEFORE PRESIDENT FALWELL. TO COME BACK TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY NOW AND SEE WHAT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY IS PART OF BECAUSE THERE'S THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU DON'T SEE ON THE CAMPUS, I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS AMAZING. AND YOU ALL ARE AMAZING. [APPLAUSE] AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WANT TO LEAD OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME I HAVE HERE TO SAY WHEN MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SHARK SUIT, THAT RESONATED WITH ME. BECAUSE I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOMETHING YESTERDAY AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO FLIP OFF WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SHARK SUIT AND SEE IF THIS MAKES SENSE TO YOU. I READ THE NEWS STORIES THAT YOU DON'T. I SEE EVERY DAY LOOKING AT THE RAW NEWS WIRES AND LOOKING AT THE RAW FEEDS OF NEWS, STORIES THAT ARE EVEN TO GRUESOME AND TOO UGLY TO BE AIRED ON TELEVISION. AND THEY COME IN SUCH FREQUENCY EVERY SINGLE DAY. DAY IN DAY OUT. THE WORST OF THE WORST. CHILDREN BEING HORRIBLY ABUSED. CHILDREN COMMITTING MURDERS. YOU SEE ALL SORTS OF EVIL DEPRAVITY ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF LIFE. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT THE REAL NEWS, LOOK AT THE FICTIONAL NEWS, THE FICTIONAL STORIES. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE NETFLIX OR THE SHOWS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED AS ENTERTAINMENT, THEY ARE TOTALLY DYSTOPIAN, TOTALLY NEGATIVE AND YOU WONDER WHAT KIND OF PERVERTED MIKE MAKE SOME OF THE STUFF UP AND HE WOULD BUY IT AND WHO IS WATCHING IT? THE ANSWER IS PLENTY OF PEOPLE. THIS IS A POINT OF VIEW. SO WHAT LIBERTY COLLEGE MEANS TO ME WHEN I COME HERE AND I SEE THE CREATIVITY AND I SEE THE SPIRIT AND I CAN TALK TO YOUNG AMERICANS WHO ARE NORMAL, WE'VE ALL HAD I'M SURE THERE ARE STORIES THAT WOULD SUPPRESS ALL OF US OF HOW PEOPLE GOT HERE. BUT YOU GET HERE AND YOU ARE STILL GOOD, DECENT, LOVING HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE TRYING TO BETTER YOURSELVES AND PREPARE YOURSELVES TO ENTER INTO THE WORLD AND IT IS SO REFRESHING. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU GRADUATING SOON, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL BE GRADUATING IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS REMEMBER THIS. WHEN YOU GET OUT, INTO THE WORLD, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE PLACE THAT IS NOT SO NICE. YOU ARE GOING TO FIND A PLACE WHERE IN SOME CASES IF YOU'RE IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS WHERE GREED HAS OVERRUN MORALITY. YOU ARE GOING TO FIND A PLACE EVEN IF YOU'RE THE HEALTHCARE WORLD WHERE YOU WONDER HOW CAN PEOPLE WITH A CONSCIENCE HONESTLY CHARGE SOMEONE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT COST A FEW CENTS? HOW IS THIS CORRECT? IF YOU GO FURTHER INTO CERTAIN INDUSTRIES YOU WILL SEE IT MANIFEST BEFORE YOU AND ALSO TO THINGS THAT GO AGAINST YOUR MORAL CODE. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED? YOU NEED A SHARK SUIT. YOU NEED THE ARMOR. YOU NEED SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN RELY ON TO KEEP YOU FROM BEING DRAGGED UNDER INTO THEM HARASSED AND WHAT IS THAT? YOU HAVE IT HERE. LIBERTY, TAKE LIBERTY UNIVERSITY WITH YOU. TAKE LIBERTY WITH YOU AS YOU GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND KEEP IT WITH YOU. TAKE WITH YOU WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO LIBERTY. YOUR BELIEF IN GOD, YOUR BELIEF THAT YOU LIVE IN THE CHRIS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. YOUR BELIEF THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THOSE VOLUNTEERING FOR OUR MILITARY AND SEE WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS MADE OF. [APPLAUSE] TAKE WITH YOU YOUR SUIT OF ARMOR, YOUR BELIEF IN GOD AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND THE CREATION THAT WE ALL ARE A PART OF. TAKE LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND TAKE THESE EXPERIENCES WITH YOU. THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND I TELL YOU WHAT, FOR ME, YOU ALL ARE THE INSPIRATION. ALL OF YOU ARE THE HOPE THAT WE HAVE THAT THIS COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE FORWARD TO BE THE BEACON OF LIGHT AND FREEDOM FOR SO MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD. IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE AND YOU WILL GO FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE. THAT BRINGS HOPE TO THE COUNTRY AND FOR THAT I SAY GOD BLESS LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] >> ALRIGHT I'M GLAD HE GOT TO SHARE HIS HEART WITH YOU GUYS. IT IS CAREER WEEK AND I WILL CALL YOU TO CHECK IN AND GET WITH A CAREER OFFICE AND GO THROUGH THE STEPS AND COME TO BUSINESS SCHOOL. WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND WITH THAT GOD BLESS AND YOU ARE EXCUSED. GO OUT THERE AND SERVE THE WORLD. THANK YOU ALL. [MUSIC] REAL-TIME CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY.
