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THE DOCTORS GAVE ME THREE
MONTHS TO LIVE.
THREE DIFFERENT DOCTORS TOLD
ME THE SAME THING.
Lee: THE REVOLUTIONARY
TREATMENT THAT IS KILLING
CANCER, WITH VIRTUALLY NO
SIDE EFFECTS.
IT ABSOLUTELY AMAZES ME
THAT MEDICAL SCIENCE IS JUST
NOW FINDING THIS OUT.
Pat: IT'S A MIRACLE WE
WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE
MIRACLE.
AND WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW,
WHAT HARRY TRUMAN SAID, IN
WASHINGTON, IF YOU WANT A
FRIEND, GET A DOG.
Terry: HARRY WAS
RIGHT.
Pat: THE WISDOM OF
INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, GET
A DOG.
JUST TO SHOW YOU, I HAVE GOT
ONE.
I HAVE DEE DEE'S PRINCESS
MAGGIE THAT WILL BE ON THE
SHOW TODAY TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING.
Terry: WE HAVE TO SEE
HER DO THE JUMP OVER THE LEG
THING.
IS SHE DOING THAT?
Pat: HONEY, THE LAST
TIME SHE WAS HERE, SHE HID
UNDER THE CHAIR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'LL
DO.
SHE IS A WOMAN AND SHE HAS A
MIND OF HER OWN.
IMAGINE A FREE CANCER
TREATMENT WITH VIRTUALLY NO
SIDE EFFECTS.
IT CAN BE USED AT THE SAME
TIME AS OTHER TREATMENTS.
DOES IT EXIST?
YES, IT DOES, WITH AMAZING
PROMISE.
Terry SUPPORTERS SAY
SUGAR IS CANCER FOOD.
IF YOU CUT OUT THE CARBS,
YOU CAN ACTUALLY KILL OFF
THE CANCER.
LAURIE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
Reporter: DR. FRED
HATFIELD IS AN IMPRESSIVE
GUY.
HE IS A POWER-LIFTING
CHAMPION, AUTHOR,
MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN WITH
A BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
BUT HE'LL TELL YOU HIS
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS
KILLING HIS CANCER JUST IN
THE KNICK OF TIME.
THE DOCTORS GAVE ME THREE
MONTHS TO LIVE BECAUSE OF
WIDESPREAD METISSTATIC
CANCER IN MY SKULL.
IT IS A HORRIBLE,
HORRIBLE FEELING TO HAVE
SOMEONE TELL YOU THAT THE
PERSON YOU LOVE ONLY HAS
THREE MONTHS TO LIVE AND
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE WITH
HIM ANYMORE.
Reporter: WHILE FRED
WAS PREPARING TO DIE, HE
HEARD ABOUT AN ANTI-CANCER
DIET.
WITH NOTHING TO LOSE, HE
GAVE IT A TRY AND WAS
SHOCKED WHEN IT ACTUALLY
WORKED.
AND THE CANCER WAS GONE,
COMPLETELY.
TO THIS DAY, THERE IS NO
TRACE OF IT, AND IT HAS BEEN
OVER A YEAR.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH IT
WASN'T EASY, FRED STOPPED
EATING CARBOHYDRATE BECAUSE
CARBOHYDRATES TURNS INTO
GLUEGLUCOSE.
AND CANCER NEEDS GLUCOSE OR
THEY DIE.
FRED'S RECOVERY WAS NOT A
SURPRISE TO ONE DOCTOR.
HIS TEAM OF SCIENTISTS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
FLORIDA STUDY METABOLIC
THERAPY.
WHEN THEY REMOVED
CARBOHYDRATES FROM THE DIETS
OF LAB MICE, THE MICE
SURVIVED HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE
METASTATIC CANCER.
EVEN BETTER THAN WHEN THEY
WERE TREATED WITH
CHEMOTHERAPY.
THEY HAVE DRAMATICALLY
INCREASED SURVIVAL WITH
METABOLIC CHEMOTHERAPY.
Reporter: AND IT IS NOT
JUST LAB MICE.
HE HAS SEEN SIMILAR SUCCESS
IN PEOPLE, LOTS OF THEM.
I'VE BEEN IN
CORRESPONDENCE WITH A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE, AT LEAST A DOZEN
PEOPLE, OVER THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS, AND
ALL OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE,
DESPITE THE ODDS.
THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING.
Reporter: ALL CELLS,
INCLUDING CANCER CELLS, ARE
FUELED BY GLUCOSE.
IF YOU DEPRIVE THEM OF
GLUCOSE, THEY SWITCH TO KEY
TONE BODIES, ALL ACCEPT
CANCER CELLS.
A DEFECT PREVENTS THEM FROM
MAKING THE SWITCH TO USE KEY
TONE BODIES AS FUEL, AND
THEREFORE CANCER CELLS CAN
ONLY SURVIVE ON GLUCOSE.
ALL OTHER CELLS CAN USE
EITHER GLUCOSE OR KEY TONE
BODIES.
YOUR NORMAL CELLS HAVE
THE METABOLIC ABILITY TO
SWITCH TO USING KEYSTONE
CELLS.
Reporter: PEOPLE LIKE
FRED, WHO DEPRIVE THEIR
CELLS OF GLUCOSE AND FUEL
THEM WITH KEY TONE BODIES
EAT WHAT IS KNOWN AS A KE
KETON GENETIC DIET.
IT IS CLEAN EATING, JUST
VERY CLEAN EATING.
NONE OF THE SUGARS, THE
SALTS, THE TRASH FOOD.
Reporter: NATURAL
PROTEINS ARE ONCE IN THEIR
ORIGINAL FORM, BUT PROCESSED
MEATS, LIKE COLD CUTS AND
HOTDOGS ARE OFF-LIMITS
BECAUSE OFTEN CARBOHYDRATES
HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THEM.
NATURAL FATS, LIKE OLIVE
OIL, COCONUT OIL AND NUTS.
BUT STAY AWAY FROM
TRANS-FATS, LIKE SHORTENING
OR MARGARINE ARE MAN-MADE.
MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
TRYING THIS DIET BECAUSE
THEY THINK ALL OF THE FAT IS
BAD FOR THEIR HEART.
BUT NOW DOCTORS ARE SAYING
NATURAL FAT IS GOOD FOR YOU,
EVEN COCONUT AND BUTTER.
IS CHOLESTEROL THE MAJOR
CAUSE OF HEART DISEASE?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Reporter: IN HIS BOOK,
"THTHE MYTH," SAYS THAT
MOST PROBLEMS COME FROM
EATING CARBOHYDRATE.
THEY'RE HEARING THE
CONVERSE, THE DANGERS OF
FAT.
FAT IS HEALTHY FOR YOU, AS
LONG AS YOU AVOID
TRANS-FATS.
Reporter: BY CUTTING
BACK ON CARBOHYDRATES, AND
EATING NATURAL FATS AND
PROTEINS, YOU COULD IM
IMPROVE YOUR HEART HEALTH,
AND EVEN WIPE OUT CANCER.
Pat: AMAZING.
OUR REPORTER, LAURIE
JOHNSON, IS WITH US.
LAURIE, WHY ISN'T THE
MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT
SHOUTING THIS FROM THE HOUSE
TOPS.
IT'S FABULOUS.
TWO WORDS: DRUG
COMPANIES.
WE KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THIS
KIND OF RESEARCH IS, AND WHO
NORMALLY PAYS FOR MEDICAL
RESEARCH?
Pat: THE DRUG
COMPANIES.
Reporter: AND WHY DO
THEY PAY FOR THE MEDICAL
RESEARCH?
BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY
TESTING A DRUG, AND IF THE
RESEARCH GOES WELL, THEY'LL
MAKE A WHOLE PILE OF MONEY
ON THAT DRUG WHEN IT IS
APPROVED.
THIS IS A DIET.
WHO IS GOING TO MAKE MONEY
ON A DIET?
Pat: THE OLIVE OIL
SUPPLIERS ARE GOING TO HAVE
A CARTEL.
Reporter: EXACTLY.
AND TALKING ABOUT THIS
CANCER STORY, JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO, I RECEIVED A
LETTER FROM A WOMAN WHO HAD
CANCER IN HER SALAVARY
GLANDS, AND SHE WAS GETTING
READY TO HAVE SURGERY, AND
SHE WENT ON THE KEY TONE
DIET AND SHE IS FINE.
I WENT U UP TO MAYO CLINIC
AND INTERVIEWED PARENTS OF A
LITTLE BOY WHO WAS HAVING
100 SEIZURES A DAY.
AND ONE DOCTOR SAID, MAYBE
THE PROBLEM IS GLUCOSE.
AND SO THEY TOOK HIM OFF
CARBOHYDRATES, AND THE
SEIZURES STOPPED
IMMEDIATELY.
Pat: AT LEAST 20 YEARS
AGO, THERE WAS A DIET,
KETOSIS, AND YOU HAD THOSE
URINE STRIPS THAT TURNED
BLUE, TO SEE IF YOU'RE IN,
QUOTE," KETOSIS."
BUT AS I RECALL, MY JOINTS
GOT SOAR, AND SOME BAD
THINGS HAPPENED.
IT WASN'T ALWAYS SWEETNESS
AND LIGHT WITH THAT.
Reporter: WELL, IT'S
NOT REAL SIMPLE.
I HAVE TONS OF INFORMATION,
AND LOTS OF LINKS ON OUR
WEBSITE, IF PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN GOING ON
THAT.
AT FIRST BLUSH, I WOULD SAY
MAYBE YOU WEREN'T EATING
ENOUGH FAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THE
KETO DIET IS ALL MEAT, BUT
IT FAT.
IF YOU HAVE CHEMOTHERAPY OR
EPILEPSY, A STRICT
KETOGENETIC DIET WOULD BE
GOOD, BUT IF NOT, A MODEST
KETOGENETIC DIET.
I'M ON A MODERATE
KETOGENETIC DIET, WHICH
ALLOWS SOME CARBOHYDRATES,
BUT FEWER.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN EATS
ABOUT 60% CARBOHYDRATES, AND
A MODERATE IS ABOUT 25%.
Pat: WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE HIDDEN KILLERS OUT
THERE?
TOPPING THE LIST, FOR
SURE, ARE THE TRANS-FATS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE,
BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE
MESSAGE.
EIGHTANYTHING HAD SAYS
HYDROGENATED.
THOSE ARE ONE MOLECULE AWAY
FROM PLASTIC.
YOUR CELLS CANNOT
COMMUNICATE WHEN YOU'RE
EATING TRANS-FAT, AND
THEY'RE IN EVERYTHING.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH
FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, THE
SUGAR THAT IS IN
EVERYTHING.
THOSE TWO THINGS ARE THE
WORST.
Pat: IF YOU'RE EATING
STANDARD BREAD, AND THEY'VE
GOSYRUP IN IT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Pat: YOU'VE REALLY GOT
TO BE A DETECTIVE, READING
ALL OF THE LABELS?
IT IS THE SAME WAY WITH A
LOT OF THINGS IN OUR
SOCIETY.
IT USED TO BE YOU COULD TURN
ON THE TV AND WATCH WHATEVER
IS ON.
NOW YOU HAVE TO BE MORE
DISCERNING.
IT USED TO BE YOU COULD WALK
INTO THE GROCERY STORE AND
EAT WHATEVER IS ON THE
SHELF.
NOW YOU HAVE TO BE MORE
DISCERNING.
Pat: WE DID A FEATURE
HERE AND HELD UP THE CANS OF
SOUP WITH M.S.G.
DOES THAT HAVE ANY BEARING
IN ALL OF THE THINGS YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT?
THE M.S.G., YES, THEY
HAVE COME OUT WITH ALL KINDS
OF RESEARCH OF HOW BAD THAT
IS.
IF YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE,
cbn.com, THERE ARE A LIST
OF THINGS CONTAIN M.S.G.
THE RULE OF THUMB IS, IF YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, DON'T
EAT IT.
IF IT'S A CHEMICAL NAME.
Pat: BUTTER.
I'VE GOTCHA.
OLIVE OIL.
I HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE
ABOUT THE KETOGENETIC DIET,
A STRICT KETOGENETIC DIET
FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND
EPILEPSY, AND A MODERATE
DIET FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
PREVENT CANCER.
I WAS STAYING IN THE STORY
THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS OF
THE KETOGENETIC DIET --
THERE IS ONE SIDE EFFECT,
YOU LOSE WEIGHT.
YOUR BODY HAS TO BURN
GLUCOSE BEFORE IT BURNS
FAT.
Pat: AND YOU SAY IT'S
THE FAT -- THE JOINTS SWELL
WITH TOO MANY OF THE
KETONES.
IT IS LIKE THE SLUDGE IN THE
FURNACE, YOU HAVE TO BURN IT
UP CLEANLY, AND IT TAKES THE
FAT TO DO THAT?
YES.
AND IT IS RECOMMENDED, IF
YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON THE
KETOGENETIC DIET, READ ABOUT
IT.
I HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE.
Pat: I HAVE WATCHED
PEOPLE WE LOVE WASTING AWAY
WITH CANCER, AND YOU'RE
PRAYING, AND THE HEALING
DOESN'T TAKE PLACE.
THAT STUFF IS LIKE A
KILLER.
IF THIS THING WOULD KILL
CANCER, THAT WOULD BE THE
MOST WONDERFUL THING.
ABSOLUTELY.
I BELIEVE IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ON IT
MYSELF TO KILL IT.
I AM HAVE IN HOSPITABLE TO
CANCER CELLS.
IF THEY WANT TO VISIT, I'M
NOT GOING TO FEED THEM.
THE WEBSITE IS cbn.com,
AND THIS STORY WILL POP UP,
AND THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
LINKS AND INFORMATION.
COOKBOOKS.
YOU CAN EVEN COOK THINGS
LIKE CUPCAKES AND BREADS ON
THE KETOGENETIC DIET,
BECAUSE THEY USE SPECIAL
INGREDIENTS.
FOR THE KIDS WITH EPILEPSY,
IT IS ESPECIALLY NICE FOR
THEM.
Pat: MY MINESTRONE SOUP
IS SO GOOD FOR YOU AND IT
HAS NONE OF THOSE.
TERRY, LATER ON IN THIS
SHOW, WE'RE GOING TO
INTRODUCE PRINCESS MAGGIE,
AND WER PRAYING SHE WILL
BEHAVE HERSELF.
Terry: YOU'LL HAVE TO
JOIN US TO SEE IF SHE LEAPS
OVER HIS LEG OR HIDES UNDER
HIS CHAIR.
BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO
HEAD TO THE CBN NEWSROOM FOR
TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES, SO
DON'T GO AWAY.
Lee: AND WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."ñ
FEW SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN THE
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEENñ
REPUBLICANS AND THE
ADMINISTRATION, AND AS THE
PROCESS DRAGS ON, SOMEñ
WONDER IF PRESIDENT OBAMA ISñ
REALLY AFRAID OF THE NATIONñ
GOING OVER THE FISCAL
CLIFF.
PAUL STRAND EXPLAINS.
Reporter: THIS FISCAL
CLIFF DRAMA EVEN BROUGHT
SANTA CLAUS TO CAPITOL HILL,
AT THE BEHEST OF THE GROUP,
CATHOLICS UNITED.
MY STAFF AT THE NORTH
POLE IS AS CONCERNED AS I AM
ABOUT THE FATE OF SO MANY
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM DUE
TO THIS CHILDISH SQUABBLING
IN CONGRESS.
Reporter: THE TWO SIDES
CONTINUE TO TALK, BUT THERE
IS MUST PESSIMISM A DEAL CAN
BE REACHED BEFORE
JANUARY 1.
SOME ARE SUGGESTING THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
CALCULATING HE LIKELY TO
COME OUT A WINNER DEAL OR
NOT DEAL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA MAY WANT TO
GO OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF.
HE MAY BE MORE WILLING TO
GO OVER, AND THEREFORE,
ABLE, IN EFFECT, TO CARRY
OFF A BLUFF.
WHEREAS THE REPUBLICANS
DON'T REALLY HAVE A HAND OF
CARDS THAT ALLOW THEM TO
SUCCESSFULLY PULL OFF A
BLUFF.
Reporter: BECAUSE THE
POLLS SHOW THE G.O.P. WILL
GET THE BLAME IF THERE IS NO
DEAL AND EVERYONE'S TAXES GO
UP.
BUT THE PRESIDENT CAN TURN
AROUND AND PROPOSE THIS TO
THE CONGRESS:
A TAX CUT FOR THE LOWER
98%, WHICH WOULD BE VERY
HARD FOR A REPUBLICAN TO
RESIST.
WHAT REPUBLICAN WHO HAS
ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE
BENEFITS OF TAX CUTS AND
LOWER GOVERNMENT, WOULD VOTE
AGAINST A TAX CUT THAT WOULD
HELP 98% OF TAXPAYERS.
Reporter: AND OBAMA
WILL HAVE WON.
AND EVEN IF THIS FAILS, THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD GET ALL OF
THAT TAX MONEY TO SPEND FROM
ALL AMERICANS.
SO WITH ALL OF THE CARDS SO
STACKED AGAINST THE
REPUBLICANS, EVEN SOME
CONSERVATIVES ARE SAYING
G.O.P. LAWMAKERS SHOULD
THROW IN THE TOWEL AND AVOID
A HORRIBLE P.R. DISASTER.
LIKE BILLY CRYSTAL, WHO
SAYS, IF WE GO OVER THE
CLIFF, THERE WON'T BE DAMAGE
TO OBAMA'S CHANCES SUCCESS.
QUITE THE CONTRARY.
THE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE
MADE DEMOCRATS THE PARTY OF
TAX CUTS, AND OBAMA THE
PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
BUT HANNAH AND OTHER
DIE-HARDS BELIEVE G.O.P.
SHOULD FIGHT TO THE BITTER
END, AND THEY SHOULD
CONCENTRATE ON BUDGET CUTS,
BECAUSE TAX RAISES ON THE
WEALTHY 2% WILL ONLY HELP A
LITTLE.
THIS 2% IS ONLY GOING TO
SOLVE 8% OF THE PROBLEM.
Reporter: HE SAYS
EVERYONE'S TAXES WHAT NEED
TO GO UP 60% TO DIG OUT OF
THE DEFICIT, AND THAT WOULD
SO DEPRESS THE ECONOMY,
AMERICA WOULD PLUNGE OVER A
MUCH WORSE FISCAL CLIFF.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Lee: IT IS KIND OF
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT SEEMS
LIKE MOST AMERICANS DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT THE ISSUE IS
NOT REVENUE.
IT IS A SPENDING PROBLEM WE
HAVE.
Pat: OF COURSE IT IS A
SPENDING PROBLEM.
AND IT IS AN IDEOLOGICAL
PROBLEM.
THE PRESIDENT IS AN
IDEOLOG.
HE WANTS TO REDISTRIBUTE
WEALTH.
HE WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE
FINANCIAL SERVICES.
HE WANTS TO TAKE OVER
EVERYTHING, AND HE WANTS TO
CONTROL IT WHAT DO YOU CALL
THAT?
IT'S SOCIALISM.
BUT HE WOULDN'T ADMIT TO
BEING A SOCIALIST, BUT
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND HE HAS AN AGENDA.
NOW, KARL ROVE WAS SAYING IN
AN OP ED TODAY, HE SAID,
WELL, WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS
TRYING TO DO IS SET UP THE
REPUBLICANS SO THEY FIGHT
AMONG THEMSELVES, AND,
THEREFORE, THE PARTY GOES
INTO DISUNITY AT THE NEXT
ELECTION AND OBAMA WINS
THERE.
I DON'T THINK HE THINKS THAT
WAY.
I THINK HE THINKS
IDEOLOGICALLY, I MUST
CRIPPLE THE CAPITALIST
CLASS.
HE WON'T ADMIT IT, BUT
THAT'S WHERE HE IS GOING.
HE SAID TO JOE THE PLUMBER,
IN THE MIDWEST, WE WANT TO
REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH.
AND WHO SPEAKS FOR THE
REPUBLICANS?
NOBODY.
IT IS VERY HARD FOR A
SPEAKER, WHO HAS SEVERAL
HUNDRED MEMBERS, ALL OF WHOM
ARE INDEPENDENT -- IT'S LIKE
HERDING CATS.
YOU JUST HAVE A HARD TIME
DOING THAT.
WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT IS ONE
MAN, AND HE SPEAKS WITH ONE
VOICE.
BUT IN MY OPINION, THE SMART
THING WOULD BE TO GIVE HIM
2%, OR WHATEVER HE IS ASKING
FOR, AND SAY, OKAY, NOW
YOU'VE GOT YOUR TAX ON THE
RICH.
NOW THE ECONOMY IS YOURS,
AND NOW MAKE IT WORK.
AT WHICH POINT IN TIME, HE
CAN'T.
AND YOU THROW THE BALL BACK
AT HIM.
BUT, ALSO, THEY OUGHT TO GO
ON TELEVISION WITH
WELL-PRODUCED SPOTS.
DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY,
HAVING SOME TEENAGER SAY I
JUST GOT A BILL FOR $150,000
TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF DRUG
ADDICTION OF CHINESE
PROSTITUTES.
DAD, I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR
THAT.
WHY DO THEY KEEP DOING STUFF
LIKE THAT AND BUILD UP ANGER?
AND SHOW WHAT IT IS THE
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO HOLD
ON TO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
SPENDING.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
WE'RE WASTING MONEY IN
BUCKETLOADS.
DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE,
FIVE OR SIX TIMES --
SOMETIMES 50 OR 60 TIMES
DUPLICATION IN VARIOUS
AGENCIES.
IT IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.
AND YET THE DEMOCRATS ARE
TRYING TO DEMOGOGUE THE
ISSUE AND SAY IT HAS TO DO
WITH THE RICH GETTING TOO
MUCH.
THE RICH -- IF THEY TOOK ALL
OF THEIR MONEY AWAY FROM
THEM, IT WOULDN'T EVEN BEGIN
TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM MORE
THAN A FEW DAYS.
THE PROBLEM IS THE MASSIVE
SPENDING AND WASTE OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S GOT TO BE REINED IN,
AND YET IT IS AMAZING --
YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE IN
WASHINGTON WHO WON'T FACE UP
TO THE PROBLEM.
AND, FOLKS, THE FISCAL
CLIFF -- WHAT IS A FISCAL
CLIFF?
THE TAXES ARE GOING TO GO
UP.
TAXES ON CAPITAL GAINS,
TAXES ON DIVIDENDS.
IT WON'T BE THE END OF THE
WORLD.
WE WERE PAYING THEM BEFORE.
BUT IT IS AN AMAZING THING,
TOO.
WATCH THIS, WHEN YOU'RE
LISTENING, WHERE DID THOSE
MIDDLE TAX CUTS COME FROM?
THEY WERE PART OF THE BUSH
TAX CUT PROGRAM, WHICH
INCLUDED CUTS IN DIVIDENDS
AND ALSO CUTS IN CAPITAL
GAINS.
SO IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO ALL
OF THESE PEOPLE ON
TELEVISION, SAYING THIS WAS
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH.
HAVE YOU HEARD IT?
THEY SAID IT THOUSANDS OF
TIMES.
AND NOW HE SAYS YOU HAVE TO
DEFEND THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX
CUTS.
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
THEY CAME FROM THE BUSH
PROGRAM.
IT WASN'T A DEMOCRATIC
PROGRAM.
IT WAS A REPUBLICAN
PROGRAM.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE GETTING
OUTFLANKED.
IF YOU LOVE THIS NATION, IF
YOU LOVE THE FUTURE OF YOUR
COUNTRY, IF YOU LOVE YOUR
CHILDREN, YOU'RE GOING TO DO
SOMETHING TO KEEP THIS
COUNTRY FROM BEING DESTROYED
BY WILLFUL PEOPLE WHO ONLY
THINK OF THE NEXT ELECTION.
THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES WITH
YOUR FUTURE INSTEAD OF
SERIOUSLY GETTING DOWN AND
SAYING WE HAVE A SERIOUS,
SERIOUS DEFICIT PROBLEM.
WE'VE GOT TO SOLVE IT OR
THIS COUNTRY WILL TURN OUT
TO BE THE SAME AS
ARGENTINA.
WE CAN'T HAVE IT HAPPEN.
SO IF YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY,
YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, YOU
LOVE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, GET
BUSY AND GET ON THE HORN AND
START LETTING YOUR
CONGRESSMEN KNOW YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO STAND THIS NONSENSE
ANYMORE.
FLOOD THE WHITE HOUSE WITH
CALLS AND LETTERS AND SAY
STOP THIS GAMESMANSHIP AND
GET SERIOUS.
Lee: WE'RE LEARNING
TODAY ABOUT NEW HIDDEN FEES
IN OBAMACARE.
EVERY AMERICAN WILL HAVE TO
PAY A $63 FEE STARTING IN
2014.
IT IS TO HELP PAY FOR
INSURANCE FOR AMERICANS WITH
PREEXISTING MEDICAL
CONDITIONS.
IT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT
OF MONEY, BUT IT MEANS TENS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
NEW FEES FOR LARGER
EMPLOYERS.
THE NEW FEES ARE EXPECTED TO
RAISE ABOUT $25 BILLION.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE FEE
IS TEMPORARY.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS THERE.
BUT EXPERTS WONDER HOW THEY
CAN PREDICT THAT.
CONGRESS WILL DECIDE IN
2017, WHETHER TO EXTEND THE
FEES.
FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT
WERE PUT ON HOLD DURING
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
RE-ELECTION BID COULD BE
AMERICA'S NEW FISCAL CLIFF.
THAT'S WHAT SOME REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS AND BUSINESS
GROUPS ARE WARNING.
FOR MONTHS FEDERAL AGENCIES
IN THE WHITE HOUSE PUT ASIDE
DOZENS OF REGULATIONS,
EVERYTHING ON NEW RULES FROM
POWER PLANT POLLUTION TO
WORKPLACE SAFETY.
NOW CRITICS SAY THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS QUIETLY
PLACING THEM BACK ON THE
TABLE.
THEY SAY THE PRESIDENT SIDE
TRACKED HEAVY REGULATION
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, TO
AVOID BEING LABELLED A
POWER-HUNGRY CANDIDATE WHO
KILLS U.S. JOBS.
A MARYLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
HAS SUSPENDED ITS BIOMETRIC
PROGRAM.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
CARROLL COUNTY SCHOOL SAYS
THE NEW PROGRAM WAS DIVIDING
THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT WAS
NOT HIS INTENT.
THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE
CALLED ON THE SCHOOL TO DROP
THE PROGRAM.
MORE THAN 50 SCHOOLS IN THE
COUNTRY USE BIOMETRIC
SCANNERS.
SCHOOLS SAY THE SYSTEMS SAVE
TIME AND MONEY, BUT THE
RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE CALLS
THEM A STEALTH MOVE ON THE
PART OF CORPORATIONS AND
SCHOOLS TO FURTHER ENTRENCH
THE SURVEILLANCE STATE.
NORTH KOREA DID LAUNCH A
SATELLITE WEDNESDAY ON THAT
LONG-RANGE ROCKET.
SOUTH KOREA CONFIRMS IT IS
ORBITING THE EARTH RIGHT
NOW.
KIM JONG-UNI UN IS JUST AS
PROVOCATIVE AS HIS FATHER,
THAT MAY MEAN A TOUGHER LIFE
FOR CHRISTIANS AND THOSE
TRYING TO REACH THE COUNTRY
WITH THE GOSPEL MESSAGE.
THE MESSAGE TO THE WORLD
IS DON'T MESS WITH ME.
I DON'T ONLY HAVE THE
WEAPONS, BUT I HAVE THE
DELIVERY CAPABILITY NOW.
Reporter: MANY NORTH
CAREERNORTH KOREANS
CELEBRATED THE ROCKET
LAUNCH.
IT IS REGRAT REGRETTABLE
THAT THEY CHOSE TO TAKE THIS
COURSE.
Reporter: THEY HAVE
SAID KIM JONG-UN HAS A
CHOICE TO MAKE.
HIS LATEST CHOICE IS AN ACT
THAT CONTINUES TO BE
CONDEMNED FROM LEADERS
AROUND THE WORLD.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, SINCE
THIS PRESIDENT CAME INTO
OFFICE, IS THE BUILDING OF
AN INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS,
THAT INCLUDES RUSSIA AND
CHINA.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAY
NORTH KOREA IS INCREASING
ITS PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS, UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP, AND IT IS
TARGETING THOSE WHO HELP
THEM.
A RECENT REPORT BY "RELIGION
TODAY" SHOWS THAT NORTH
KOREA IS SENDING A NUMBER OF
SPIES TO CHINA.
THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
HAS TAKEN OVER BORDER
PATROLS, AND THAT IS PUTTING
PRESSURE ON CAPTURED
SMUGGLERS TO DISCLOSE
INFORMATION ABOUT CHRISTIANS
HELPING DEFECTORS, BUT THAT
IS NOT STOPPING THEIR WORK.
WHAT THEY WOULD SAY IS,
PLEASE DON'T PRAY FOR US TO
BE REMOVED FROM PERSECUTION,
BUT PRAY FOR US TO BE
FAITHFUL IN IT BECAUSE GOD
IS ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING
HERE.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO
"OPEN DOORS U.S.A." SCRUTINY
OF THE BRAVE CHRISTIANS IN
NORTH KOREA HAS INCREASED.
ABOUT 50,000 TO 70,000
CHRISTIANS ARE LIVING IN
HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE
COUNTRY'S LABOR CAMPS.
Lee: PAT, WE FERVENTLY
PRAY FOR THOSE CHRISTIANS IN
NORTH KOREA.
Pat: I WAS IN THE
MARINE CORPS, WITH THE FIRST
MARINE DIVISION IN KOREA, I
WAS STATIONED NORTH OF THE
38th PARALLEL, AND WE WERE
UP GEN AGAINST THE NORTH
KOREANS AND THE CHINESE, AND
YOU TALK ABOUT FAILED
POLICIES.
OUR COUNTRY WAS BEING UNDER
UNDERMINED AT THE PARTICULAR
TIME TO A GROUP THAT WAS
FAVORABLE TO RUSSIA AND THE
COMMUNIST CAUSE, AND WE WERE
FORBIDDEN TO GO -- THEY KEPT
TALKING ABOUT THE YALLOW
RIVERS, A DIVIDING LINE
BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND
CHINA, AND THE CHINESE WOULD
COME ACROSS TH THE YAL
YALLOW RIVERS.
AND THEY SAID WE CAN'T BOMB
ACROSS THAT AND NOTHING
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
KOREA COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE
BEEN CUT IN HALF BY ARMED
FORCES.
WE COULD HAVE SQUEEZED OFF
THE ATTACKING FORCES FROM
CHINA, AND YET PRESIDENT
TRUMAN, AND MAYBE WISELY SO,
DIDN'T WANT TO START A BIG
WAR WITH CHINA.
AND SO HE BACKED DOWN.
MCARTHUR SAID LET'S GO FOR
IT.
LET'S FIGHT THEM AND WIN.
AND THE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
SAID, NO, LET'S GET A
PEACE.
SO THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH,
BACK IN A PLACE CALLED
PANMOONJONG, AND THEY
NEGOTIATED, AND FINALLY THEY
HAD A SETTLEMENT AT THE
38th PARALLEL, THE
DIVIDING POINT.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE
ALLOWED THIS DICTATORSHIP TO
BE FORMED.
THERE WAS A LIEUTENANT
COLONEL IN THE KOREAN ARMED
FORCES WHO HAD BEEN PLACED
IN POWER BY THE RUSSIANS.
HE WAS TRAINED BY THE
RUSSIANS, AND THEY PUT HIM
IN.
AND WHAT WAS HIS -- KIM
IL-SUN.
THE THING OF IT ABOUT NORTH
KOREA, THEY HAVE A GROSS
DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF MAYBE
$25 BILLION, $35 BILLION.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
A FRACTION OF MICROSOFT, A
FRACTION OF GOOGLE, A
FRACTION OF APPLE -- THAT'S
THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
THEY'RE DESPERATELY POOR.
AND YET WE ALLOW THEM TO GO
FORWARD, AND THE CHINESE ARE
SHELTERING THEM BECAUSE IT
IS A NICE THING FOR THE
CHINESE TO HAVE A CLIENT
STATE THAT IS GIVING THE
UNITED STATES TROUBLE.
WHAT DO WE DO?
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS WE
ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.
WE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.
REMEMBER WHEN MA MCCARTHUR
GOT FIRED.
AND HE SAID, AND I'LL SAY IT
AGAIN, IN WAR, THERE IS NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VICTORY,
DON'T GO TO WAR.
BUT WE FOUGHT TO A STALEMATE
IN VIETNAM.
WE FOUGHT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN TO A STALEMATE.
WE HAVE THE SAME THING IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
Terry: AND HERE WE ARE
TODAY.
Pat: HERE WE ARE
TODAY.
WITH THIS VICIOUS
DICTATORSHIP, BECAUSE WE
ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.
Terry: MOVING ON, WHILE
THE STARS GATHERED FOR AN
EVENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE
VICTIMS OF SUPER STORM
SANDY, OUR "OPERATION
BLESSING" TEAM WAS ALREADY
ON THE SCENE.
WE'LL BRING YOU MORE NEXT.
*
Pat: THEY'RE GOOD FOR
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
THEY'RE GOOD TO KEEP YOU
HEALTHY, AND AS HARRY S.
TRUMAN SAID, IN WASHINGTON,
IF YOU WANT A FRIEND, GET A
DOG.
THIS IS PRINCESS MAGGIE.
Terry: MAGGIE, YOU ARE
A PRINCESS.
Pat: SHE IS AN IRISH
WATER SPANIEL.
Terry: SHE IS
BEAUTIFUL.
Pat: ISN'T SHE
BEAUTIFUL.
ALL RIGHT, MAGS, MAY
ATTENTION.
MAGGIE, LIE DOWN, PLEASE.
YOU'RE NOT BEING OBEDIENT.
WHY IS IT THESE WOMEN AREN'T
OBEDIENT.
Terry: EXCUSE ME.
MAGGIE, JUMP.
Pat: ALL RIGHT.
THERE, JUMP.
Terry: YOU'RE
LIBERATED, GIRL.
YOU'RE LIBERATED.
Pat: DON'T BE A
FEMINIST.
SIT DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, MAGGIE.
SIT.
GOOD GIRL.
NOW I WANT YOU TO JUMP.
HERE, JUMP.
Terry: GOOD GIRL.
Pat: OH, THAT'S NOT A
JUMP.
COME ON.
DON'T EMBARRASS ME.
EVERY TIME YOU COME ON YOU
EMBARRASS ME.
ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT -- ALL YOU WANT TO
DO IS EAT.
Terry: SAY, WELL, OF
COURSE, DAD.
Pat: COME ON, MAGGIE.
SIT.
MAGGIE, SIT.
LIE DOWN.
Terry: GOOD GIRL.
Pat: LIE DOWN.
ROLL OVER.
ROLL OVER.
THAT A GIRL.
Terry: GOOD GIRL,
MAGS.
Pat: COME ON BACK
HERE.
JUMP.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S BETTER.
Terry: WOW!
YOU'RE HUNGRY TODAY.
Pat: NO, SHE'S BEING
GOOD TODAY.
Terry: SHE'S
WELL-TRAINED.
Pat: DON'T COUGH ON ME,
FOR HEAVEN SAKE.
Terry: WE CAN CLEAN
THAT.
Pat: WE CAN, CAN'T WE.
YOU'RE A GOOD GIRL.
MAGGIE, LIE DOWN.
PAY ATTENTION.
LIE DOWN.
OH, COME OFF IT.
HERE.
LIE DOWN.
DOWN.
Terry: LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF HER PAWS.
Pat: GOOD GIRL.
ROLL OVER.
ROLL OVER.
NO, HERE IS THE TREAT.
ROLL OVER.
NO.
MAGGIE, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
Terry: NOW YOU KNOW,
FOLKS, WHAT HE DOES WITH HIS
FREE TIME.
Pat: ROLL OVER.
GOOD GIRL.
ALL THE WAY.
SHE DID IT!
OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH DOG.
Terry: THAT'S A GOOD
GIRL.
SHE SAYS, I WANT MORE.
Pat: SHE WANTS TO PLAY
WITH PETE.
ALL RIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN SIX WEEKS SINCE
HURRICANE SANDY HIT THE
SHORE.
BUT FEMA OFFICIALS ARE
SAYING SOME PEOPLE DISPLACED
BY THE SUPER STORM MAY HAVE
TO WAIT MONTHS BEFORE THEY
CAN GO TO THEIR HOMES.
THAT'S WHY "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS ON THE GROUND,
GIVING MUCH-NEEDED HOPE TO
ONE NEW JERSEY TOWN.
YOU JUST SEE YOUR HOME
ALL RIPPED UP, OR SOME HAVE
SEEN THEIR HOMES IN WATER.
AND IT'S JUST DEVASTATING
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU
HAVE YOUR FAMILY.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES.
Reporter: IN THE WAKE
OF HURRICANE SANDY'S
DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE
NORTHEAST, ONE OF THE
HARDEST HIT, YET LESS
PUBLICIZED AREAS IS LITTLE
EGG HARBOR, NEW JERSEY.
WHEN THE CRY WENT OUT TO
HELP FAMILIES IN THIS
CRISIS, "OPERATION BLESSING"
ANSWERED THE CALL.
IT IS SUCH A LITTLE
TUCKED AWAY LITTLE TOWN.
THAT ALMOST -- I DON'T WANT
TO SAY FORGOTTEN, BUT ALMOST
A LITTLE FORGOTTEN TOWN
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD
REALLY ANYBODY ELSE IN HERE
TO HELP THEM.
WE HAPPENED TO BE PLACED
THERE.
Reporter: PEOPLE HERE
WEREN'T ALLOWED FOR DAYS.
WHEN THEY RETURNED, THEY
NEEDED HELP CLEARING OUT
DAMAGED WALLS, FURNITURE,
AND LIFE-LONG MEMORIES, AND
MOST OF ALL, THEY WANTED TO
SALVAGE WHATEVER THEY
COULD.
THAT'S WHERE "OPERATION
BLESSING" VOLUNTEERS CAME
IN.
BEFORE THEY EVEN THREW
ANYTHING OUT, THEY ASKED ME,
DOUBLE ASKED ME.
VERY PROFESSIONAL.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THE CARING
AND THE KINDNESS THAT THEY
ARE DISPLAYING IS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE.
WONDERFUL.
THEY EVEN TOLD ME, OH,
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
COME IN YOUR HOUSE.
AND I WAS, LIKE, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
THE FEELING I GOT.
THE ONLY THING I COULD
HONESTLY THINK OF IS LIKE IT
WAS RAINING ANGELS.
THIS MEANS AN AWFUL LOT
TO ME.
I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.
THEY ARE CORDIAL.
THEY'RE KIND.
THEY'VE REALLY BEEN
PROTECTIVE, LIKE YOU HAVE A
FRIEND.
AND IN THIS CASE, TODAY, I
HAVE MANY.
Reporter: WITH YOUR
HELP, "OPERATION BLESSING"
WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY
HURRICANE SANDY, AND OTHERS
WHO HAVE MET UNFORESEEN
TRAGEDIES AROUND THE WORLD.
ALL OF YOU FOLKS THAT
HAVE DONATED, GOD BLESS YOU
ALL.
IT IS THE BEST THING THAT
YOU COULD HAVE EVER DONATED
TO.
IT IS THE KIND OF
ORGANIZATION YOU WANT TO
SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY DO HELP
PEOPLE.
WE SEE THAT.
WE SEE THAT FIRSTHAND.
Pat: I LOVE THAT.
IT WAS LIKE IT WAS RAINING
ANGELS.
DON'T YOU LOVE THOSE
PEOPLE.
THEY SUFFERED SO MUCH.
AND THEY'RE SO BRAVE.
AND IF WE CAN HELP THEM, AND
WE HAVE, AND WE WILL HELP
MORE, BUT THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR
$20 A MONTH, OR 65 CENTS A
DAY, WHATEVER IT IS, AND
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
OR YOU COULD GIVE $1,000 OR
MORE.
AND WE'RE HERE.
THE OVERHEAD IS MINES
MINISCULE WITH "OPERATION
BLESSING."
IT IS ONE OF THE BEST-RUN
CHARITIES IN AMERICA.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE
RECIPIENTS OF THE BLESSING,
IT COMES NOT JUST -- IT'S
NOT JUST A HANDOUT.
IT IS A HAND OF LOVE AND
COMPASSION.
THOSE PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE,
WHO COME IN, THEY LOVE THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING.
THAT MAN SAID THEY THANKED
ME FOR LETTING ME COME INTO
MY HOME TO FIX IT UP.
IT IS A GREAT TEAM.
THEY'RE OUT THERE IN YOUR
NAME, WORKING FOR YOU.
Terry: SO OFTEN, WHEN A
DISASTER HAPPENS, WE ALL
FEEL A GREAT DESIRE TO WANT
TO DO SOMETHING THAT
MATTERS.
BUT YOU'RE ALMOST AFRAID TO
GIVE, NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH
GOES TO ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.
IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU CAN
GIVE A DESIGNATED GIFT FOR
THESE PEOPLE IN THE
NORTHEAST.
AND "OPERATION BLESSING" IS
NOT ONLY ONE OF THE FIRST
RESPONDERS, BUT THEY STAY
THE LONGEST.
Pat: IT IS SO
EFFICIENT.
THE OVERHEAD, AS I SAY, IS
MINISCULE, AND EVERYTHING
ELSE GOES OUT TO THE
RECIPIENTS.
AND IT IS JUST TREMENDOUS.
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CAN SEND A GIFT TO
CBN DISASTER, "OPERATION
BLESSING," WHATEVER MAKES
YOU HAPPY.
OKAY.
Terry: STILL AHEAD,
WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THE
ORIGINS OF A CHRISTMAS
STAPLE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT
SOME OF YOUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS.
PATRICK SAYS, THERE IS A
WOMAN ON TV THAT TALKS TO
THE DEAD.
THE RELATIVES OF THE
DECEASED SEEM SO RELIEVED
AND JOYFUL WHEN THEY GET TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR LOST
LOVED ONES.
DOES THE PEOPLE SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS PRACTICE?"
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE
THAT QUESTION AND MORE ON
TODAY'S SHOW.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWSBREAK.
THE NUMBER OF U.S. HOME
FORECLOSURES HIT A
NINE-MONTH HIGH IN
NOVEMBER.
BANKS REPOSSESSED OVER
59,000 HOMES LAST MONTH.
THAT'S UP 5% FROM NOVEMBER
OF LAST YEAR.
BUT THE NUMBER OF HOMES
ENTERS THE FORECLOSURE
PROCESS SANK TO ITS LOWEST
NUMBER SINCE 2006, TO ABOUT
77,500.
STILL, BANK REPOSSESSIONS
REMAIN HIGH, AND ON PACE TO
EXCEED 650,000 THIS YEAR,
DOWN 800,000 FROM LAST
YEAR.
THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM HAS
BANNED SMOKING POT IN
SCHOOL.
A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE CITY
SAYS THE MOVE IS NECESSARY
TO STOP A GROWING NUMBER OF
STUDENTS FROM COMING TO
CLASS STONED.
POT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
FORBIDDEN AT SCHOOL, BUT THE
COUNTRY'S TOLERANCE POLICY
HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO
ENFORCE THAT RULE.
THE NEW RULE SAYS SCHOOLS
AND PLAYGROUNDS ARE NO
TOKING GROUNDS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: IT'S ALMOST
CHRISTMAS, AND THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON, AMERICANS WILL SPEND
HOURS GETTING THEIR HOMES
READY FOR CHRISTMAS.
IT IS AMAZING, ALL OF THESE
BOXES.
YOU KIND OF LIKE HAVE IT
ALL, AND IT COMES IN BOXES,
AND THEN YOU PUT IT ALL OUT,
AND YOU HAVE LITTLE PERFUMES
AND THINGS, AND IT SMELLS
NICE.
NO MATTER HOW MANY LIGHTS ON
A TREE, OR IF YOU PREFER
ANGELS TO AN INFLATABLE
SANTA, NO DECORATING JOB IS
COMPLETE WITHOUT STOCKINGS
HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY.
WHY DO WE DO THAT?
ACE COLLINS TELLS US WHY.
ACE, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED
RUNNING DOWN ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING, LOOKING UNDERNEATH
THE CHRISTMAS TREE, BUT
REALIZING I CAN'T OPEN THE
GIFTS YET BECAUSE NO ONE
ELSE IS UP.
SO I BEELINE TO THE
FIREPLACE AND THE
STOCKINGS.
WHERE DID THIS TRADITION
COME FROM?
1600 YEARS AGO.
IT USED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE
PEOPLE HAD TO WASH THEIR
SOCKS EVERY NIGHT AND HANG
THEM ON THE FIREPLACE.
AND WHEN THEY HUNG THEM ON
THE FIREPLACE, THEY DRIED
OVERNIGHT AND THEY PUT THEM
ON THE NEXT DAY.
A POOR FAMILY AND WHAT WE
NOW KNOW WAS TURKEY, WAS
DOING THIS.
AND THREE GIRLS DID THIS,
AND THE FATHER WAS SAD
BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO HAVE
TO SELL ONE OF HIS GIRLS
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR A DOWERY.
AND ST. NICHOLAS HEARD THE
STORY, HE WAS IN TOWN, AND
WENT BY AND TOSSED A COIN IN
THE STOCKING TO SAVE THE
DAUGHTER.
AND THE FATHER HAD
PRAYED?
THE FATHER HAD PRAYED TO
INTERVENE SO HE WOULDN'T
HAVE TO SELL THE DAUGHTER.
AND AS WORD GOT OUT, OTHERS
STARTED HANGING STOCKINGS
HELPING THEY WOULD RECEIVE A
SMALL GIFT FROM A VISITOR
THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
THOSE WERE SMALL
STOCKINGS, AND TODAY THEY
SEEM TO BE SUPER SIZED.
HOW DID THEY GET SO RICH.
CHILDREN IN THE 1980s
AND 1990s REALIZED THE
BIGGER THE STOCKINGS, THE
MORE STUFF COULD BE STUFFED
INTO THEM.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
ALL OF THE OTHER KIDS GOT
CANDY AND TOYS IN THEIR
STOCKINGS.
I GOT AN ORANGE AND AN APPLE
EVERY SINGLE TIME.
BUT YOU WERE GOING BACK
TO THE OLD EUROPEAN CUSTOM
OF GIVING FRUIT AND NUTS IN
STOCKINGS BECAUSE THOSE WERE
VERY RARE TREATS YOU ALMOST
NEVER GOT IN THE
WINTERTIME.
SO CHILDREN TREASURED
THOSE.
I DIDN'T TREASURE THOSE.
I WANTED THE CANDY.
AN EMPTY STOCKING
REPRESENTS POTENTIAL.
BECAUSE THERE ARE POOR
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE THAT HAS
NOTHING FOR CHRISTMAS.
YOU LOOK AT THEM AS AN EMPTY
STOCKING, AND YOU SHARE
BLESSINGS WITH THEM
ANONYMOUSLY, YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THE
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND ANSWER
PRAYERS THROUGH YOUR
GENEROSITY THIS YEAR.
Pat: ISN'T THAT
WONDERFUL.
IF YOUR DAUGHTERS DON'T HAVE
A DOWERY, PUT THE STOCKINGS
UP, AND SOME PERSON WILL
DROP ACCRUIN A KRUEGER IN
THEM.
Terry: IT WILL TAKE
MORE THAN A KRUEGER.
Pat: NO WAY.
I'M NOT ELOPING.
I'M HAVING A WEDDING.
Terry: ACE COLLINS HAS
SOME WONDERFUL STORIES OF
THE TRUE TRADITIONS.
HIS BOOK IS CALLED "STORIES
BEHIND THE GREAT TRADITIONS
OF CHRISTMAS."
IT IS AVAILABLE WHERE BOOKS
ARE SOLD.
I THINK IT IS A LOT OF FUN
TO READ THROUGH SOME OF
THOSE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
THIS IS PATRICK WHO
SAYS, "THERE IS A WOMAN ON
TV WHO TALK TO THE DEAD.
THE RELATIVES OF THE
DECEASED SEEM SO RELIEVED
WHEN THEY GET TO TALK TO THE
DEAD.
IS IT WRONG, AND IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT BACKS UP MY
PASTORS OPINION?"
Pat: IF YOU WATCH THE
CBS SHOW, "THE MENTALIST."
I'M TALKING TO YOU, AND I'M
SEEING SOMETHING, TERRY, IN
YOUR BACKGROUND.
YOU HAD A MOTHER, DIDN'T
YOU?
OH, YES.
AND SHE WAS FROM ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
AND SHE GOT SICK, DIDN'T
SHE.
AND HE START TELLING ME ALL
OF THE STUFF ABOUT HER, AND
YOU SAY, MAN, ISN'T THIS GUY
AMAZING.
HE HAS REVEALED ALL OF MY
SECRETS.
HE IS A CON MAN.
AND IT IS A BIG CON.
NOW, IF IT IS REAL, IT IS
EVEN WORSE BECAUSE WHAT
YOU'RE HEARING IS A FAMILIAR
SPIRIT, AND THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT FAMILIAR SPIRITS.
LOOK UP FAMILIAR SPIRITS.
AND THE BIBLE WARNS US FROM
HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH
SPIRITS THAT PEEP AND
MUTTER.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
THE FUTURE, IT'S IN THE
BIBLE.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, GOD
WILL SHOW YOU.
HE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN, AND HE'LL
SHOW YOU ALL YOU NEED TO
KNOW.
BUT THIS LOOKING INTO THE
OCCULT IS DANGEROUS.
IT LEADS YOU INTO DEMON
POSSESSION.
IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.
IT OPENS THE DOOR INTO
POSSESSION BY DEMONS.
NOT COOL.
ALL RIGHT.
Terry: THIS IS BEC
BECKY WHO SAYS, "MY
BOYFRIEND BROKE UP WITH ME
AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS
OF BEING TOGETHER.
HE WEREN'T TO BE FRIENDS FOR
NOW, AND TRIES TO SAY THIS
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
WE'LL NEVER BE TOGETHER
AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD
HANG ON OR HANG ON TO HOPE
AND FAITH.
I TRY TO TALK TO GOD, BUT
HEAR NOTHING.
MY MOM SAYS I NEED TO READ
MY BIBLE.
WHERE SHOULD I START
READING?"
Pat: I THINK YOU SHOULD
READ THE PART IN 1
CORINTHIANS WHICH IS ABOUT
PURITY.
WHAT IS A RELATIONSHIP?
DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE
LIVING TOGETHER AND HAVING
SEX.
Terry: NOW, SHE SAYS
THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF
BEING TOGETHER.
Pat: WHAT DOES "BEING
TOGETHER" MEAN?
IT USED TO BE I WAS DATING.
NOW IT MEANS WE'RE LIVING IN
THE SAME HOUSE AND HAVING
SEX.
Terry: OR NOT LIVING IN
THE SAME HOUSE AND HAVING
SEX.
Pat: OR HAVING SEX.
YES, GO ON.
YOU'RE NOT MARRIED.
SAY GOOD-BYE AND LEAVE OFF
THE KEY, LEE, GET OUT THE
BACK, JACK, AND SET YOURSELF
FREE.
GO, GET SOMEBODY ELSE.
DON'T HANG AROUND.
THIS THING IS NOT WORKING.
SO GO SOME PLACE ELSE.
BUT GET MARRIED.
KIDS TODAY -- YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE NOT GETTING MARRIED.
THEY HAVE ALL OF THE
BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE, WHICH
IS THE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP,
WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT.
BIG MISTAKE, LADIES.
BIG MISTAKE.
IF MEN CAN GET SEX AND NOT
HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY,
WITH CHILDREN AND ALL OF THE
REST OF IT, THEY'LL HAVE
IT.
WHY NOT?
SO, I MEAN, YOU GIVE
YOURSELF WHAT IS SO
PRECIOUS, AND THEY TAKE, BUT
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE
YOU IN RESPONSE?
TAKE YOU OUT TO DINNER
OCCASIONALLY?
NEXT QUESTION -- DO I SOUND
CYNICAL?
Terry: NO.
THERE IS A TRUTH TO THAT.
Pat: IT IS TRUE.
MEN NEED TO HAVE A
COMMITMENT.
Terry: YEAH.
AND WE SEXUALITY IS NOT
INTIMACY.
WE WERE MEANT TO HAVE
INTIMACY IN RELATIONSHIP
THAT HAS PERMANENCY AND
COMMITMENT.
Pat: COMMITMENT HAS TO
DO WITH LOOKING AFTER THE
FUTURE, CARING FOR ONE
ANOTHER, AND CARING FOR EACH
OTHER IN SICKNESS AND IN
HEALTH.
UNTIL DEATH DO I PART.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Terry: MATTHEW SAYS, "I
FEEL SO PRESSURED AT MY
JOB.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR SEVEN
MONTHS, AND MY BOSS SAYS I
SHOULD KNOW MORE THAN I
KNOW.
DO YOU HAVE SOME SCRIPTURE
THAT WILL HELP ME HAVE
CONFIDENCE AND
UNDERSTANDING?"
Pat: WHAT I WILL TELL
YOU TO DO IS TO DO
EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO LEARN
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR
BUSINESS.
IF IT IS A CORPORATION, READ
THE ANNUAL REPORTS.
READ THE FILINGS THAT THEY
FILE WITH THE F.C.C.
YOU CAN GET THOSE THINGS ON
THE INTERNET.
AND EVERY CORPORATION HAS TO
FILE THESE THINGS.
LEARN ABOUT THE BUSINESS.
LEARN ABOUT WHAT MAKES
PROFIT.
LEARN ABOUT THE PRODUCTS
THEY SELL.
WHAT DO THEY DO?
WHAT IS THEIR UNIQUE SELLING
PROPOSITION?
AND THINK ABOUT THOSE
THINGS.
DON'T JUST COME TO WORK NINE
TO FIVE, AND PUNCH IN THE
TIME CLOCK, I'M GOING TO GET
MY PAYCHECK.
IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE, FIND
OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN YOU'LL BE IN A
POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS YOU SEE
SOMEBODY WHO IS DILIGENT IN
HIS WORK.
HE WILL STAND BEFORE KINGS.
DILIGENT.
TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING
ON.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
TOMORROW, GET THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE SO-CALLED MAYAN
DOOMSDAY.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN
MISAPPROPRIATED.
I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY
WHAT IT WAS, AND SOMEBODY
SAID I FEEL SO RELIEVED YOU
FINALLY TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS
ALL ABOUT.
ALIGNMENT OF THE PLANETS AND
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WITH THE
CENTER OF OUR GALAXY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY FORECAST.
WHETHER THAT HAPPENS FROM AN
AFTEASTROLOGICAL
STANDPOINT, I DON'T KNOW.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH STEVEN
CURTIS CHAPMAN SINGING "JOY
TO THE WORLD."
HERE IT IS.
*
* JOY TO THE WORLD, THE LORD
HAS COME *
* LET EARTH RECEIVE HER
KING *
* LET EVERY HEART
* PREPARE HIM ROOM
* AND HEAVEN AND NATURE
SING *
* AND HEAVEN AND NATURE
SING *
* AND HEAVEN AND NATURE
SING *
*
*
JOY TO THE THE EARTH, THE
SAVIOR REIGNS *
* LET MAN EMPLOY
* WHILE FIELDS AND ABOVE
* REPEAT THIS SOUNDING
JOY *
* REPEAT THIS SOUNDING
JOY *
REPEAT THIS SOUNDING JOY *
* NO MORE SORROWS GROW
* NOR THORNS IN FEST THE
GROUND *
* HE COMES TO MAKE HIS
BLESSINGS SO *
* FOR AS THE CURSE IS
FOUND *
* FOR AS THE CURSE IS
FOUND *
* AS FAR AS THE CURSE IS
FOUND *
* SO SING FOR JOY FROM THE
TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS *
* SING FOR JOY FROM THE DARK
VALLEY BEFORE *
* TO THE ENDS OF THE
EARTH *
* LET THE NEWS OF THIS VERSE
BRING OUT ALOUD *
* BRING JOY TO THE WORLD
* HE RULES THE EARTH WITH
TRUTH AND GRACE *
* AND MAKES THE NATIONS
TRUE *
* THE GLORY OF HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS *
* AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE
* AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE
* AND WONDERS OF HIS LOVE