00:00:06.000And you should support her by going to Biblein365.com to read the entire Bible in a year.
00:00:12.000It kicks off on January 3rd, cover to cover, every page, every verse, every syllable of the Bible should be inputted into your central operating system.
00:00:56.000His spirit, his love of this country, he's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.
00:01:04.000We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:02:34.000I certainly, you know, though I projected confidence at the podium, oftentimes the steps up to the podium were not so confident.
00:02:41.000They were filled with nerves and apprehension.
00:02:43.000Certainly the first time I did it, I mean, I was in tears in my office and I'm supposed to be at the podium.
00:02:48.000It's my very first briefing and my assistant comes in, you can't be crying right now and puts my parents on speakerphone and we said a prayer together.
00:02:56.000And then I went to the private West Wing bathroom and got on my knees and said a prayer.
00:03:01.000And then I went to the podium and people like Mike Pence were so wonderful.
00:03:04.000He motioned towards me with praying hands and said, you know, I've been praying for you and I love the verse you tweeted out, Philippians 4, 13.
00:03:11.000I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
00:03:14.000So while I was very nervous, there were great Christian men and women around the country praying.
00:03:18.000One was Sarah Sanders, my predecessor, who told me before each of her briefings, she read a Jesus calling devotional.
00:03:24.000I happened to have the same devotional and I would read it.
00:03:27.000And she sent me the day of my first briefing, her devotional from exactly two years prior, which said, you know, essentially you're on the path of my choosing.
00:04:06.000And I feel like your career path in general has been divine.
00:04:09.000I feel like God has really guided your steps throughout everything.
00:04:12.000And for me, I hear a lot of young men and women when I was living in New York City, especially saying they wanted their dream would be to be on Fox or their dream would be to be on the news.
00:04:23.000And as you know, this industry, the news industry, can be ruthless.
00:04:27.000Hollywood industry in general can be ruthless.
00:04:30.000But when you were going through this career path and you, before you got to Fox and before you got to be where you are today, how would you handle rejection when you were going through the motions of, I'm almost there.
00:05:46.000Look, I had shut doors, and my mom and I would sit at our counter at home in Florida, and we'd sit there and just have many nights up until 1, 2 a.m., you know, just saying, okay, this door's shut.
00:05:59.000And ultimately, when I look back in life over this maybe 10-year path from 12-year path from leaving college and going out to Fox, where I started and then into politics, I now look back, having been press secretary, oh, wait, these doors were shut for a reason.
00:06:14.000You know, if that door would have opened and I would have furthered my career at CNN, where I was for a year and a half, that door would have opened.
00:06:21.000I wouldn't have gone to Washington to the RNC and then to the campaign and then to the White House at the podium.
00:06:27.000So every shut door looking back in life had a reason and a purpose.
00:07:17.000But no, but when it comes to problem solving, I feel like you made it look so easy.
00:07:22.000I can't even imagine how many problems came to you daily.
00:07:27.000And what would be your go-to for problem solving?
00:07:30.000Would you write out like the different solutions, the pros and cons?
00:07:33.000Like, what would be a way for you to problem solve?
00:07:36.000So I had two very smart, trusted aides, Chad Gilmartin and Julia Hahn.
00:07:42.000And the three of us were just obsessed with the political process, obsessed with the White House and the different problems that would emerge, like getting PPE or supplies or testing for COVID-19.
00:07:53.000We were all just obsessed with our jobs.
00:07:55.000And so we would sit there by the fireplace in my office and just strategize for hours and hours.
00:08:00.000And if I didn't think of one question the press would ask, they would fill the gap.
00:08:04.000And together, the three of us really managed to figure out how to accurately convey information to the American people.
00:08:10.000And it took, you know, number one, researching the facts and the data, which some of that you could aggregate from public sources or news reports.
00:08:17.000But what's neat about being in the White House is you don't have to just rely on that.
00:08:22.000You know, as a commentator now or host of Outnumbered, I go and my sources are news articles and, you know, I discern what's the best information and move forward.
00:08:31.000But when you're in the White House, you are the primary source, which is really cool.
00:08:35.000You know, I think back about the relationships I made, be it with Alex Azar, the head of HHS, or Brett Jois, who was in charge of really the supply chains or was a big part of it.
00:08:44.000These were guys I would call every day and say, tell me the latest.
00:08:47.000And, you know, it was extremely neat to have access to the world's brightest minds, top leaders, be it at HHS or at DHS with Chad Wolf, and they'd give you inside information on what's going on in their agency.
00:08:59.000And you could bring that information to the American people.
00:09:01.000And, you know, it's really cool to be press secretary because you're just not reading articles.
00:09:04.000You're talking to the people making decisions about the nation's biggest problems.
00:09:37.000But my question, though, about clothes and everything, are you given a wardrobe or do you just pick out your own wardrobe or is someone daily being like, no, no, no, you can't wear that color.
00:09:55.000So in the White House, yeah, I had that wardrobe mishap where I had a dress that zipped all the way up the back and it literally split open like one of those robes that you wear to the doctor's office.
00:10:54.000And so as a woman of God, is there a Bible verse aside from, I know you mentioned Philippians, but is there a Bible verse or something else that you would, if there was just a moment where you were like, dear God, I don't know if I can do this today, that you would hold on to or memorize?
00:11:14.000Or was there a scripture that your parents kept reiterating to you?
00:11:17.000Or maybe not a piece of scripture, but something they would reiterate to you when you were younger about like, God's got this.
00:11:24.000You know, there are a lot out there, certainly.
00:11:26.000But I think one really hard day in the White House, my White House assistant, who is a friend of mine and a young woman of faith who was raised that way by two great parents, much like your own or my own, she, instead of giving me a daily schedule that day, she put a list of Bible verses.
00:11:43.000And one stuck out to me, and it was 2 Corinthians 4, 17.
00:11:46.000For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that outweighs them all.
00:11:51.000So focus not on what is seen, but what is unseen, because what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal.
00:11:58.000And it made me realize what I'm seeing right here at the White House, whatever the problem is, however tough of a day it can be, you know, this is temporary.
00:12:22.000You know, I'm someone who I get busy and I'm like, I didn't read my devotional today or Blake and I forgot to say our prayers because we're in a hotel room.
00:12:28.000You know, so it's not, I'm in no way a perfect virtuous Christian, but I do try my best.
00:12:35.000And I think if we can keep our focus on the eternal, it helps to not become so consumed with the temporary and the problem, let the problem block you from the bigger goal.
00:13:10.000And you have phenomenal reviews about this book.
00:13:13.000I think everyone should have it on their shelf because you are such an inspiring, amazing woman.
00:13:18.000And if someone were to just grab this and be like, okay, not everyone has time to read or listen to an audible, if there's one chapter in here that someone could just gain insight into what's going on or something that you were, you were like, this chapter is my favorite chapter.
00:13:36.000Yeah, it's a great question that I have not been asked yet.
00:13:39.000I would say probably the final chapter, a parallel journey.
00:13:42.000And I began talking about, you know, my battle with the breast cancer gene.
00:13:46.000That's what they call it colloquially, but the BRCA2 genetic mutation.
00:13:49.000But the chapter, and I had a preventative double mastectomy, so I'm fine.
00:13:53.000You know, I'm never going to get breast cancer.
00:13:54.000It's a very, very, it's like a 0.001% chance because of the surgery I had.
00:13:58.000But, you know, I've told that story before, but I think the way the book ends is very powerful.
00:14:04.000And it's about how, you know, for some reason in my life, you know, God, I had a scare with an ovarian situation because this gene puts you at risk of ovarian cancer as well.
00:14:16.000But for a while, I thought, oh, they might have to remove one of my ovaries, maybe both.
00:14:20.000Maybe I won't be able to have a child.
00:14:22.000And, you know, I always had that desire in my heart.
00:14:25.000And I also always, you know, loved adoption.
00:14:27.000So I thought maybe God wants me to adopt.
00:14:29.000But literally a year after that scare, I'm dancing with baby Blake in the White House.
00:14:34.000Two years after that scare, I'm dancing with her in the White House.
00:14:37.000So for some reason, God allowed my situation to turn out that way.
00:14:41.000And who knows what the future holds, you know?
00:14:44.000But for some reason, I talk about the story of Jeremy Camp, who got, fell in love at a young age in college, got married to a beautiful girl named Melissa, and she succumbed, unfortunately, to cancer at a very, very young age.
00:14:57.000And she has this beautiful monologue at the end of this movie that depicts their journey together.
00:15:04.000And she talks about realizing that she's one star in a bigger constellation of stars.
00:15:09.000And this woman of such strong faith, you know, as she is on her deathbed is manages to say, you know, I'm just one star and, you know, the stars that flame out the quickest burn the brightest.
00:15:19.000And she has this beautiful, you know, monologue.
00:15:21.000And I say, you know, for some reason, my journey is turning out this way.
00:15:29.000And I don't know why we have sickness and plagues and horrible things and family issues, but God can use your trouble to achieve a greater eternal glory.
00:15:39.000And I think the way it ends should be uplifting to anyone going through a hardship.
00:15:43.000And I think, you know, it's an it's an important chapter to read.
00:16:10.000You know, I think I saw Charlie actually giving a speech and I am paraphrasing because I don't remember exactly what he said, but I thought it was such an important message.
00:16:18.000He was talking to a room of young people and he talked about self-worth and value and people who are battling with suicidal thoughts or whatever problems that are plaguing young people.
00:16:36.000You know, I'll raise her with the right values, but there's something going on with young people.
00:16:40.000There's a tremendous amount of depression, drug use, and there's just, I think we're at a cultural tipping point where they're trying to insert really insidious ideologies into the classroom.
00:16:50.000And it's a much harder path, I think, for a young person today than even it was for me.
00:16:55.000So I think the message of that Charlie gave about self-worth and God having a plan for you and a purpose, I think it is so important to ingrain that into our young people.
00:17:03.000I certainly will ingrain it into my daughter because whatever demons she'll have to battle growing up, depression, whatever it may be, God forbid, if she knows there's something so much bigger and there's someone to turn to, get on your knees and pray no matter how you're feeling.
00:17:17.000And God can make a bad situation better.
00:17:20.000I think that is the one message I want her to have going through life, similar to the one that Charlie gave to a group of young people.
00:17:26.000And it's so important today more than ever.