CBN Sports sits down with this track & field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Plus, Jason Freeman dominated opponents easily, but overcoming a fear of failure and the stigma of an infamous family connection became his greatest battle.
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COMING UP UP...SHE'S A
THREE-TIME GOLD MEDAL
WINNER, AND THE GREATEST
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE 20th
CENTURY.
WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH OLYMPIC
LEGEND JACKIE JOYNER
KERSEE.
AND THEN HE IS A FIGHTER --
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD
BEAT ME WAS THE OTHER GUY.
THIS GRANDFATHER WAS A
KILLER.
AND IT WAS TO BE KEPT
QUIET, UNDER A RUG.
THE INNER BATTLE OF
CHARLIE MANSON THE THIRD.
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
Pat: WELCOME, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
DO YOU FLY MUCH IN
AIRPLANES?
Terry: A GOOD DEAL.
Pat: DO THEY MAKE YOU
TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF?
Terry: WELL, WHEN YOU
GO THROUGH THE SECURITY.
Pat: ISN'T IT A PAIN IN
THE NECK?
Terry: YES, IT PRETTY
MUCH IS.
Pat: AND THEY MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T HAVE JUST A TINY
BIT OF LIQUID.
Terry: YOU HAVE TO SHOW
WHAT YOU DO HAVE.
IT HAS TO BE PLASTIC-BAGGED,
AND YOU HAVE TO PULL IT OUT
AND SHOW THEM.
ACTUALLY, WITH ALL THAT HAS
HAPPENED, I'M OKAY WITH
THAT.
Pat: I'M NOT OKAY WITH
IT.
I THINK IT IS A PAIN IN THE
NECK.
THE FRIENDLY SKIES MAY NOT
BE FRIENDLY.
I NOTICE THAT THE NUMBER OF
PRIVATE AIRCRAFT IS
BEGINNING TO PICK BACK UP
AGAIN BECAUSE EXECUTIVES --
THEY'VE GOT THESE NEW GULF
STREAM 650s, THAT GO 7,000
MILES WITHOUT BEING
REFUELED.
Terry: WOW!
WELL, IT IS SO MUCH EASIER
TO TRAVEL THAT WAY.
Pat: $65 MILLION.
I READ SOMETHING IN THE
NEWS, BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW
MENSA, THE ORGANIZATION FOR
REAL BRAINS --
Terry: UH-HUH.
AS OPPOSED TO THE FAKE
ONES.
Pat: YEAH.
THEY TOOK IN A 3-YEAR-OLD
GIRL IN ARIZONA.
THAT CHILD HAS ALREADY
TAUGHT HERSELF HOW TO SPEAK
SPANISH --
Terry: A 3?
Pat: AT 3.
AND SHE HAS AN I.Q. OF
99.999 PERCENTILE.
THEY TOOK HER INTO MENSA AT
THREE YEARS OLD.
Terry: IT WOULD BE HARD
TO RAISE A CHILD LIKE THAT.
Pat: DAUNTLY.
WDAUNTING.
ALL RIGHT.
HOMELAND SECURITY IS SAYING
LOOK OUT, AND SHOE BOMBS AND
LIQUIDS AND ALL OF THAT
STUFF.
Terry: THE LATEST
GOVERNMENT WARNING COMES AS
CONCERNS ARE GROWING THAT
SYRIA COULD SOON BECOME A
SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS.
CAITLIN BURKE BRINGS US AN
ALARMING STORY.
Reporter: FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN
THREE WEEKS, THE GOVERNMENT
IS WARNING ABOUT POTENTIAL
ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE
EXPLOSIVES ON TO AIRPLANES.
I THINK AVIATION SYMBOL
SYMBOLIZES THE IDEA YOU CAN
TAKE DOWN A PLANE AND KILL
POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE ON THE PLANE AND ON
THE GROUND, WHICH IS VERY
APPEALING TO THEM.
Reporter: THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY SAID ON WEDNESDAY
THAT TERRORISTS ARE WORKING
ON SHOE BOMBS, EXPLOSIVES,
AND EXPLOSIVES HIDDEN IN
COSMETIC CONTAINERS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE
ACTIVITY, MORE SCREENING,
MORE RANDOM QUESTIONS TO
INDIVIDUALS.
Reporter: AS SECURITY
INCREASES, TRAVELLERS CAN
EXPECT MORE PAT-DOWNS, AND
EXTRA SCRUTINY OF THEIR
SHOES AND CARRY-ON ITEMS.
THIS COMES AS SECURITY
OFFICIALS KNOWLEDGE ANOTHER
GROWING THREAT: al-QAEDA'S
INCREASING PRESENCE IN
SYRIA.
MILITANTS LINKED TO THE
TERROR NETWORK ARE WORKING
THEIR WAY INTO THE REBEL
FORCES THERE AND PUSHING OUT
MODERATES.
SYRIA COULD POTENTIALLY
BECOME A SAFE HAVEN FOR
TERRORISTS, TRAINING GROUNDS
FOR PLOTS AGAINST THE U.S.
JAMES CLAPPER TOLD CONGRESS
LAST MONTH THERE ARE AN
ESTIMATED 26,000 ISLAMIC
EXTREMISTS IN SYRIA, AND
ABOUT 7,000 OF THEM ARE
FOREIGNORS.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT IS
EXAMINING ITS OPTIONS IN
SYRIA, INCLUDING DRONE
STRIKES OF REBEL FACTIONS
WHO MIGHT LATER TRY TO
ATTACK THE U.S.
BUT THE CRITICS SAY THAT
TERRORISTS WON'T BE SO
STRONG IF PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAD RESPONDED TO THE
CRISIS.
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THIS
SITUATION WAS PREDICTED AND
PREDICTABLE, AND THE STAKES
HERE, FRANKLY, ARE
INCREDIBLY HIGH.
Reporter: CAITLIN
BURKE, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THANKS, CAITLIN.
IT IS A SAD THING, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, THAT WE HAVE
A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T DIG
FOREIGN POLICY, AND WHEN HE
DOES, HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
HE HAD A RED LINE IN SYRIA.
AND HE SAID IF THEY CROSS
THAT LINE, WE'LL TAKE
ACTION.
THEY CROSSED IT, AND HE
DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION.
THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING
TO MAKE A DEAL, AND THE
RUSSIANS MEDIATED A DEAL TO
GET RID OF THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS, AND NOW THE SYRIANS
ARE NOT DOING IT, AND OBAMA
HAS DONE NOTHING.
AND HE HAS ALL KINDS OF
PEOPLE INSIDE OF SYRIA NOW
THAT THEY COULD HAVE DEALT
WITH EARLIER, AND THEY HAVE
DONE NOTHING.
AND THE UNITED STATES IS
LOOKING LIKE A FLOUNDERING,
HELPLESS, BEACHED WHALE,
INSTEAD OF THE NUMBER ONE
NATION ON THE FACE OF THE
EARTH.
WE HAVE BAD LEADERSHIP.
REMEMBER ERIC DIRKSON SAYS
WE'RE NOT SICK, WE'RE JUST
BADLY MANAGED.
AN EXPERT ON ISLAM IS GOING
TO BE JOINING US IN A FEW
MINUTES.
RAYMOND IBRAHIM WILL TELL US
ABOUT THE BRUTAL PERSECUTION
OF CHRISTIANS BY MUSLIMS.
FIRST, AS WE WARNED YOU
YESTERDAY, THERE HAS BEEN
STILL MORE BRUTAL VIOLENCE
IN UKRAINE.
THEY HAD A PEACE BROKERED,
THEY THOUGHT, AND THAT PEACE
HAS ALREADY BEEN BROKEN.
THEY'RE STARTING TO SHOOT
AGAIN.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
AGAIN FROM WASHINGTON.
PAT, FIERCE FIGHTING
ERUPTED AGAIN BETWEEN
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTORS
AND POLICE IN KIEV TODAY.
THE CLASHES CAME AFTER A
TRUCE FELL THROUGH.
AT LEAST 28 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED.
PROTESTORS STORMED POLICE
BARRICADES IN KIEV, DESPITE
GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR A
TRUCE.
THE UNREST IS SPREADING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN THE WESTERN CITY OF LUSK,
THE PROTESTORS DRAGGED THE
REGIONAL DIRECTOR OUT OF HIS
OFFICE AND HE WAS HANDCUFFED
TO A POLE AND FORCED TO SIGN
A LETTER OF RESIGNATION.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE,
WARNING THERE WILL BE
CONSEQUENCES IF IT
CONTINUES.
THE KEYSTONE X.L. PIPELINE
IS FACING ANOTHER ROAD
BLOCK.
A JUDGE IN ALASKA STRUCK
DOWN THE LAW.
THE JUDGE RULED THE LAW
IMPROPERLY GAVE AN ENERGY
COMPANY POWER TO FORCE LAND
OWNERS TO SELL THEIR
PROPERTY FOR THE PROJECT.
EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS SHOULD
HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE
NEBRASKA PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION INSTEAD OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
THE STATE WILL APPEAL THE
RULING.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ADMITS THE
GOVERNMENT APPROVAL PROCESS
HAS GONE ON FOR A LONG
TIME.
ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUPS
STEADFASTLY OPPOSE THE
PROJECT.
WELL, SCIENTISTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HAVE
DEVELOPED A METHOD TO GROW
HUMAN LUNGS IN A LAB.
AS LORI JOHNSON REPORTS,
THIS COULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH
FOR MANY PEOPLE WAITING FOR
A TRANSPLANT.
Reporter: GROWING LUNGS
IN A LAB MAY BE THE BEST AND
NEWEST HOPE FOR LUNG
TRANSPLANTS.
SINCE SO MANY OF THE DONATED
LUNGS ARE TOO DAMAGED TO BE
TRANS PLATED. TRANS-- TRANSPLANTED.
WE REMOVED ALL OF THE
CELLS, ALL OF THE MATERIALS
THAT WERE IN IT, AND WE LEFT
THE SKELETON OF THE LUNG.
IT IS JUST THE PIECES OF THE
LUNG THAT ARE NO CELLS.
THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS SO WHITE
AND PRETTY AND THERE IS NO
BLOOD IN IT.
AND THEN WE ADDED BACK CELLS
FROM ANOTHER LUNG THAT
COULDN'T BE USED FOR
TRANSPLANT, BUT STILL HAD
VIABLE CELLS IN IT.
Reporter: AT FIRST, THE
PROCESS OF GROWING A LUNG
TOOK FOUR MONTHS.
BUT MICHAEL RIDDLE, A
MEDICAL STUDENT WORKING ON
THE PROJECT, FIGURED OUT A
WAY TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS
TO JUST THREE DAYS.
HE IS THE ONE THAT
ACTUALLY WENT HOME AND
BUILT, USING -- AND I'M NOT
KIDDING -- A FISH TANK HE
WENT AND BOUGHT FROM A PET
STORE IS WHAT HE USED.
Reporter: THE END
RESULT IS FASCINATING.
IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE
THUMP, THUMP OF AIR MOVING
IN AND OUT OF THE
LABORATORY-GROWN LUNGS.
SCIENTISTS SAY IT WILL BE
FIVE OR 10 YEARS BEFORE
LAB-GROWN LUNGS ARE READY TO
SAVE HUMAN LIVES.
THE FIRST STEP IS TO
SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANT
LAB-GROWN LUNGS IN ANIMALS.
LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Pat: ONCE MORE, OUR
HATS ARE OFF TO TEXAS.
THE LONE STAR STATE HAS DONE
IT AGAIN.
TEXAS IS BECOMING THE MOST
IMPORTANT STATE IN THE
NATION.
AND DRAWING IN PEOPLE FROM
CALIFORNIA, PEOPLE FROM ALL
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND HERE THEY ARE NOW
GROWING A LUNG.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
CONGRATULATIONS.
JOHN?
IF YOU'RE OVER 60, LISTEN
UP.
YOU BETTER GET OFF YOUR DUFF
IF YOU WANT TO STAY HEALTHY
AS YOU GET OLDER.
TOO MUCH SITTING COULD
SERIOUSLY INCREASE YOUR
CHANCES OF A DISABILITY,
EVEN IF YOU'RE ALSO
EXERCISING.
THE RESEARCHERS SAY FOR
EVERY HOUR THOSE OLDER
PEOPLE SIT, THEY RAISE THEIR
CHANCE OF GETTING A
DISABILITY BY NEARLY 50%.
"U.S.A. TODAY" POINTS OUT
RESEARCH HAS LINKED TOO MUCH
SITTING TO INCREASED RISK OF
HEART FAILURE AND TYPE 2
DIABETES AND DEATH FROM
CANCER, HEART DISEASE, AND
STROKE.
PAT, YOU'RE ONE HEALTHY AND
ACTIVE GUY.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND DOING
FROM BEING SEDENTARY?
Pat: I DON'T KNOW IF
RIDING A HORSE COUNTS AS
SITTING OR NOT.
THE WAY I RIDE THEM, IT IS
RIGHT MUCH EXERCISE.
Terry: I WOULD SAY SO.
Pat: HERE WE'RE
SITTING.
WE COULD DO THIS PROGRAM ON
A TREADMILL, BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT WOULD BE TOO
SWIFT.
SO WE'RE SITTING BEHIND A
DESK AND I KIND OF LIKE IT
THAT WAY.
TERRY?
Terry: I'M WITH YOU.
UP NEXT, THE MOST DANGEROUS
PLACES IN THE WORLD TO ARE A
CHRISTIAN.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHICH
COUNTRIES TOP THE LIST WHEN
WE RETURN.
*
Pat: YOU KNOW, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, CHRISTIANITY
IS THE LARGEST, FASTEST
GROWING RELIGION IN THE
WORLD.
IT IS NOT ISLAM.
IT IS NOT HINDUISM.
IT IS NOT BUDDHISM.
IT IS CHRISTIANITY.
BUT YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT
IN THE NEWS MEDIA.
THE PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS, WHICH IS RAMPANT
ALL OVER THE WORLD,
ESPECIALLY IN SO-CALLED
MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
GARY LANE HAS THAT STORY.
Reporter: MORE PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD EMBRACE
CHRISTIANITY THAN ANY OTHER
RELIGION.
AND CHRISTIANS ARE THE MOST
PERSECUTED.
THEY FACE BEATINGS,
IMPRISONMENT, AND EVEN
DEATH.
AND IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING
IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.
RADICAL ISLAM COULD FALL
OFF THE PLANET TOMORROW, AND
CHRISTIANS WOULD NOT BE
SAFE.
Reporter: IT IS COMING
FROM RELIGIOUS MILITANTS
SEEKING TO VIOLENTLY ADVANCE
THEIR RADICAL IDEOLOGY.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAST MONTH, IN
THE BUDDHIST NATION OF SRI
LANKA, A MOB ATTACKED TWO
CHRISTIAN PRAYER CENTERS,
SMASHING WINDOWS AND
DESTROYING BIBLES.
NORTH KOREA IS THE WORST
OFFENDER.
FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, IT
HAS TOPPED THE ANNUAL WATCH
LIST OF PERSECUTING
COUNTRIES.
OVERALL, IT IS MUSLIM
COUNTRIES WHERE CHRISTIANS
FACE THE GREATEST LIST.
IN 36 OF THE TOP 50
COUNTRIES ON OUR WORLD WATCH
LIST, ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IS
THE MAIN DRIVER.
IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE A
CHRISTIAN IN A COUNTRY WHERE
ISLAMIC FAITH IS PRESENT.
Pat: WE HAVE WITH US A
VERY DEAR FRIEND, AUTHOR AND
CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR NEWS
DEPARTMENT, RAYMOND
IBRAHIM.
HE HAS A BOOK THAT I THOUGHT
WAS FASCINATING, CALLED
"CRUCIFIED AGAIN."
IT IS AVAILABLE IN
BOOKSTORES OR AMAZON.
RAYMOND, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
BACK.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME
BACK, PAT.
THANK YOU.
Pat: WHY DO THE MUSLIMS
HATE CHRISTIANS SO BAD?
YOU GREW UP IN EGYPT.
YOU UNDERSTAND THIS.
YOU SPEAK ARABIC FLUENTLY,
AND YOU'RE A SCHOLAR OF THIS
HISTORICAL TREND.
WHAT'S THE DEAL?
THE DEAL IS IT GOES BACK
TO THE DAWN OF ISLAM.
IF ANYONE TAKES THE TIME TO
EXPLORE THE SCRIPTURES OF
ISLAM AND THE QURAN, YOU
WILL FIND THERE IS A VERY
SUPREMACIST ELEMENT TO
ISLAM.
MOHAMMED'S WHOLE POINT WAS
TO EMPOWER HIS FOLLOWERS,
AND TO PUT THEM UP HIGHER
THAN THE IN FE INFIDELS,
WHICH, AMONG THEM, ARE THE
CHRISTIANS.
IT IS ALWAYS AMAZING TO ME.
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE SO WELL-DOCUMENTED,
IT IS THIS FACT: IF YOU
REALLY GO TO THE PRIMARY
HISTORICAL SOURCES, YOU WILL
SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR
14 CENTURIES, AND IN THE
VERY SAME EXACT PATTERNS.
Pat: YOU KNOW, OBAMA
GOT UP IN THE UNITED NATIONS
AND SAID THIS MAN IS A
PROPHET, AND HE NEEDS TO BE
HONORED AS A PROPHET.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES THIS GUY
DO?
YOU TALK ABOUT MOHAMMED, HE
PREACHED HATE.
AGAIN, THIS IS IT.
WE HAVE FACTS.
WE HAVE REALITY.
THERE WAS A BIG -- IN THE
'60s, THERE WAS A MOVEMENT
IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
THAT REALLY DISCOUNTED
EVERYTHING WE KNEW ABOUT
ISLAM.
THEY SAID IT WAS A PRODUCT
OF THE ORIENTALISTS, AND
EVERYTHING THEY SAID WAS
WRONG AND THEY STARTED
TARGETED MUSLIMS.
BUT WHAT THEY SAID WAS MUCH
MORE APPLICABLE TO WHAT
WE'RE HEARING COMING FROM
THE IVORY TOWERS ABOUT ISLAM
IS PEACE, ETC.
AND HE AND MANY OTHERS
FOLLOW THAT NARRATIVE, AND
IN THE MEANTIME, THE REALITY
IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
Pat: WHAT ARE THE
COUNTRIES THAT ARE THE WORST
IN TERMS OF PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS?
IT IS VERY INTERESTING.
A WELL-KNOWN HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION RECENTLY
DISCUSSED THE ANNUAL REPORT
DISCUSSING THE 50 TOP WORST
COUNTRIES TO BE CHRISTIANS.
41 OR 42 -- BASICALLY 82%
ARE ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 10
WORST COUNTRIES, FOUR OF
THEM ARE THE ONES THAT THE
U.S. HAS LIBERATED AND
BROUGHT DEMOCRACY TO.
AND THIS INCLUDES
AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, ON
GOING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
SYRIA.
ALL THESE COUNTRIES THE U.S.
CAME AND TRIED TO BRING
DEMOCRACY AND SO FORTH.
AND WHAT YOU SAW THERE WAS A
DRAMATIC NOSEDIVE, AND THE
CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN
ATTACKED AND PERSECUTED.
Pat: I HAVE A FRIEND
WHO IS A CHRISTIAN FROM
IRAQ.
HE SAID UNDER SADDAM
HUSSEIN, CHRISTIANS DIDN'T
HAVE THAT BAD A DEAL.
THEY PROTECTED THEM.
WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN
IRAQ NOW?
WE SPENT HUGE AMOUNTS OF
MONEY, MAYBE AS MUCH AS A
TRILLION DOLLARS SETTING
THEM FREE.
IN IRAQ, THE MOST
INDIGENOUS GROUP, THE
CHRISTIANS, WELL OVER HALF
OF THAT POPULATED HAVE BEEN
DECIMATED AND ARE GONE, IF
NOT KILLED.
DOZENS OF THEIR CHURCHES
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
THIS PARADIGM HAS HAPPENED
EVERYWHERE THAT A SECULAR,
AUTOCRATIC LEADER WAS
OUSTED.
YOU'VE SEEN THE SAME PATTERN
ARISE.
THIS IS WHAT IS SO TROUBLING
WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE
PERSECUTION OF OTHER
NON-MUSLIM COUNTRIES, LET'S
SAY, CAREER, WHICH IS BAD,
AND IT IS THE PRODUCT OF
COMMUNISM, JUST LIKE IN THE
USSR, WHICH WAS PERSECUTED
CHRISTIANS AND IT WAS
OVERTHROWN.
AND CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION
ENDED.
IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD, IT
GETS WORSE.
WHY, BECAUSE IT IS PART AND
PARCEL OF ISLAMIZATION AND
THE CULTURE.
Pat: YOU ARE FROM
EGYPT.
NOW, THE MILITARY HAS OUSTED
THE BROTHERHOOD.
TELL US ABOUT THE
BROTHERHOOD.
TELL US ABOUT THE MILITARY.
AND THE UNITED STATES HAS
CONDEMNED THE MILITARY.
WHAT'S THE STORY?
IT IS AMAZING, AND,
AGAIN, IT IS ONE OF THESE
THINGS THAT WERE EXACERBATED
BY THE MAINSTREAM
NARRATIVE.
WHAT HAPPENED IS IN EGYPT,
YOU HAD UP TO 40 MILLION
PEOPLE WENT TO THE STREETS
WANTING THE MORSI GOVERNMENT
OUT, DUE TO ITS CORRUPTION,
AND ITS TRYING TO PUSH AN
ISLAMIC AGENDA ON EVERYONE.
AND THEY ACTUALLY OUSTED HIM
OUT.
IT HAPPENED ON JULY 4th.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE EGYPT'S
JULY 4th.
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A
GREAT STORY.
BUT IN THE WEST, IT WAS
EXPRESSED AS A SMALL COUP,
AND THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF THE EGYPTIANS
DON'T WANT THIS, AND THIS IS
NOT THE TRUTH.
IT IS BECAUSE THE U.S. IS IN
KAHOOTS WITH THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN
NEUTRALIZED, AT LEAST IN
THAT NATION.
Pat: WHY?
WHY ARE WE LINKED UP WITH
THE BROTHERHOOD?
EGYPT IS WHERE THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD WAS BORN.
EGYPT IS A MUSLIM COUNTRY.
AND NOW THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD IS SO HATED AND
IT IS BEING KICKED OUT.
AND SO IN THEIR OWN
HOMELAND, AMONG THEIR OWN
CORELIGION CO-RELIGION
HAPPENED.
AND WE, HERE, IN THE WEST,
ARE BEING SUPPORTIVE OF
THEM.
Pat: OBAMA TAKES
LEADERS OF THEM INTO THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR
CONSULTATION.
YUP.
AND THIS GROUP, EVEN IN
AMERICA WAS A COMPLETELY
BANNED ORGANIZATION.
AND IT IS BANNED IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, AND THE U.S.
STILL WON'T DECLARE IT
BANNED.
Pat: WHAT DO THEY WANT
TO DO?
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
GOAL IS TO RESURRECT THE
CALIPHATE BY CREATING
BASICALLY A UNITED STATES OF
ISLAM, AND THEY CALL IT THAT
AS A PUN.
FROM MOROCCO ALL THE WAY AS
FAR EAST, TO PAKISTAN, AND
SO FORTH, AND THEY WANT TO
UNIFY IT INTO ONE BIG
BLOCK.
THAT MAY SOUND FINE, BUT THE
HISTORICAL MEANING ABOUT THE
CALIPHATE IS AN EXPANSION OF
STATE.
IT REQUIRES MORE LAND.
AND HERE WE'RE SAYING WHY
SHOULDN'T THEY BAN TOGETHER,
AND SO FORTH.
Pat: GEORGE BUSH SAID
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF
PEACE, AND I STOOD AGAINST
THAT AND I WAS CONDEMNED.
AND PEOPLE SAID YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
AND I SAID WE ELECTED HIM AS
C.E.O., NOT CHIEF RABBI.
WHAT IS IT?
IT IS NOT A RELIGION OF
PEACE?
IT IS NOT A RELIGION OF
PEACE.
LOOK AGAIN AT THIS REPORT.
CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IS
BEING HAPPENED.
AND 82% OF IT IS IN THE
MUSLIM WORLD.
THIS INCLUDES MUSLIM
COUNTRIES THAT ARE OUR
FRIENDS, SAUDI ARABIA, AND
THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST US.
AND THERE ARE POOR MUSLIM
COUNTRIES, AND IT INCLUDES
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE AN
ISLAMIC REGIME, PAKISTAN OR
IRAN.
AND IT INCLUDES COUNTRIES
THAT HAVE DEMOCRACIES, LIKE
IRAQ.
WHAT IS THE COMMON
DENOMINATOR?
IT IS ISLAM.
THERE IS NO ESCAPING THIS.
I CALL IT THE GREAT ELEPHANT
IN THE MUSLIM PERSECUTION
ROOM BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO
ADDRESS IT.
YET, TO ME, WHAT IS MORE EYE
OPENING ABOUT THE NATURE OF
THIS RELIGION THAN WHEN YOU
SEE ALL OF THESE COUNTRIES,
AND YOU SEE ONE COMMON,
PERSISTENT THEME.
Pat: RAYMOND, I
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING.
IS THIS BOOK STILL
AVAILABLE?
YES, IT IS, ON AMAZON.
Pat: "CRUCIFIED AGAIN,"
YOU REALLY OUGHT TO READ IT,
FOLKS.
IT IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
IT IS CALLED "CRUCIFIED
AGAIN," BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM.
THANK YOU.
Pat: THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
Terry: JACKIE JOYNER
KERSEE TALKS ABOUT WINNING
THE GOLD AND COMING IN
LAST.
I COMPETED MY FIRST RACE
AT THE AGE OF NINE, AND I
FINISHED LAST.
YOU GOING BACK TO THE
DRAWING BOARD AND ASSESS
WHAT WENT WELL FOR YOU AND
WHAT WENT WRONG, BUT STICK
WITH IT.
Terry: A WORLD CHAMPION
RETURNS HOME.
THAT'S NEXT.
Terry: OVER THE LAST
FEW WEEKS, THE WORLD HAS
BEEN GLUED TO THE TV SET,
WATCHING THE GREATEST
ATHLETES ON THE PLANET GO
FOR THE GOLD.
AT ONE POINT THOSE EYES
WATCHED JACKIE JOYNER
KERSEE, THE FIRST LADY OF
TRACK AND FIELD.
ACROSS FOUR OLYMPIANS, SHE
RACED AS THE PRIDE OF A
NATION.
AS SHE TOLDC%NÑ TOM, TODAY SHE
IS RACING FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION.
Reporter: JACKIE JOYNER
KERSEE IS CALLED THE
GREATEST FEMALE ATHLETE OF
THE 20th CENTURY.
THAT'S JUST A TITLE.
I KNOW HOW HARD I HAD TO
WORK.
IF I KNOW EACH TIME I GO OUT
THERE AND I GIVE MY BEST,
AND THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE
IN ME, I'M VERY RESPECTFUL
AND VERY THANKFUL FOR US
GETTING TO THAT NEXT LEVEL,
AND THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO
ME THAN BEING CALLED THE
WORLD'S GREATEST.
Reporter: SHE IS A
SIX-TIME OLYMPIC MEDALLIST,
AFTER COMPETING IN FOUR
STRAIGHT SUMMER GAMES.
HER 1988 WORLD RECORD STILL
STANDS.
TO MAKE AN OLYMPIC TEAM,
IT IS TOUGH ENOUGH.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO COME OUT ON TOP.
MY FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES, I
WALKED AWAY WITH A SILVER
MEDAL.
BUT I WALKED AWAY KNOWING
THAT I HAVE THE ABILITY TO
DO BETTER.
IT IS THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS I
THINK THAT SEPARATES THE
GOOD, THE BEST, AND THE
GREATEST.
AND SO FOR ME, I WANTED TO
BE THE TOUGHEST ATHLETE OUT
THERE MENTALLY.
Reporter: WHERE DID YOU
GET YOUR MENTAL TOUGHNESS.
PROBABLY GROWING UP IN MY
HOME TOWN OF EAST ST.
LOUIS.
YOU LEARN THE BIBLE SKILLS,
BUT AS YOU EVOLVE AND GROW
UP, SOME OF THOSE SURVIVAL
SKILLS, THAT WAS JUST
PLAYING A TAG GAME WHEN YOU
WERE NINE, 10 YEARS OF AGE,
YOU HAVE TO USE THOSE SKILLS
TO MAKE IT THROUGH LIFE.
Reporter: HER LIFE WAS
NEVER EASY, BEGINNING WITH
TWO OF HER BIGGEST HURTLES.
LOSING MY MOM WHEN I WAS
A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE.
AND SHE WAS REALLY MY BEST
FRIEND, MY SUPPORT.
IT WAS REALLY ROUGH.
THE SECOND BIGGEST CHALLENGE
IS BEING AN ASTHMATIC AND
TRYING TO BE THE BEST
ATHLETE IN THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING IF I'M
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE
BECAUSE I'M ALLERGIC TO THE
GRASS.
AND SOME DAYS I LOOK HIKE
LOOK LIKE I SHOULDN'T BE OUT
ON THE TRACK.
Reporter: WHAT DROVE
YOU?
I REALLY WANTED TO BE ONE
OF THE BEST.
I REMEMBER WHEN I COMPETED
IN MY FIRST RACE AT THE AGE
OF NINE, I FINISHED LAST.
I THOUGHT IF I CAME TO
PRACTICE EVERY DAY AND I
COULD GAIN A
HALF-OF-AN-INCH, IT MEANT
THE WORK I WAS DOING WAS
PAID OFF.
Reporter: GOLD
MEDALLISTS THINK LIFE IS
GOING TO CHANGE FOR THEM.
WHAT IS THEIR BIGGEST
CHALLENGE ON THEIR REENTRY
BACK HOME?
YOU GO BACK TO THE
DRAWING BOARD.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY REINVENT
YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO
STILL WORK HARD.
YOU CAN'T BECOME
COMPLACENT.
ASSESS WHAT WENT WELL FOR
YOU AND WHAT WENT WRONG, BUT
STICK WITH IT.
Reporter: SHE
INTENTIONALLY CARRIED THIS
ONGOING COMMITMENT INTO HER
RETIREMENT.
I NEVER FORGET WHERE I
CAME FROM.
Reporter: JACKIE'S
TRACK AND FUEL SUCCESS
BROUGHT INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION AND HER CHOICE
OF OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS NOT ONLY WHAT SHE
CHOSE TO DO, BUT WHERE, THAT
ADDS TO HER GROWING LEGACY.
SHE RETURNED HERE TO HER
HOME TOWN OF EAST ST. LOUIS,
PROVIDING HOPE FOR YOUTH IN
A COMMUNITY THAT HAS ONCE
AGAIN BEEN NAMED AS
AMERICA'S MOST DANGEROUS
CITY.
YOU DEAL WITH VIOLENCE.
YOU DEAL WITH DRUGS.
YOU DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT
MIGHT BE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF LOVE
IN THIS COMMUNITY.
YES, THERE IS SOME
NEGATIVITY, BUT, NO, THE
NEGATIVITY WOULD NOT OVER
SHINE OR OUTLIVE THE GOD
THAT PEOPLE ARGOOD THAT
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO IN
THIS COMMUNITY.
Reporter: THE JACKIE
JOYNER KERSEE CENTER OPENED
IN 2000.
IT PROVIDES ACADEMIC SUPPORT
AND SPORTS VENUES FOR YOUTH
AND FAMILIES.
Reporter: WHAT IS MOST
SATISFYING TO YOU ABOUT
WORKING WITH YOUTH?
IT IS THE SMILES THAT YOU
SEE ON THEIR FACES, THE HUGS
THAT YOU GET, THE THANK YOUs.
TO ME, I'M JUST JACKIE FROM
EAST ST. LOUIS.
WHEN I'M IN THE COMMUNITY,
I'M JUST IN THE COMMUNITY.
TO THEM, IT WAS, LIKE, YOU
ACCOMPLISHED THIS.
BUT I THINK IT IS SO
IMPORTANT IF I WANT TO
INSPIRE, I WANT YOUNG PEOPLE
NOT TO JUST SEE ME ON
TELEVISION, BUT TO KNOW I'M
IN THAT COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MESSAGES I
DO CONVEY TO YOUNG PEOPLE,
IS THAT THERE IS NO GREATER
GIFT THAT YOU CAN GIVE THAN
SERVICING OTHERS.
AND IF YOU CAN FIND IT IN
YOUR HEART TO SERVICE, WITH
HUMILITY, THAT IS THE
GREATEST GIFT.
Reporter: ADJACENT TO
THE YOUTH CENTER IS A
METROLINK THAT BEARS HER
NAME, CONNECTING GREATER ST.
LOUIS TO EAST ST. LOUIS.
IT IS THE HUB FOR HELP AND
HOPE.
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE TO COME AND SEE WHAT
WE'RE DOING OVER HERE, IS,
TO ME, JUST TRULY A
BLESSING.
YES, IT'S A WAY IN AS WELL
AS A WAY OUT.
THERE IS SO MUCH OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT'S A JOURNEY.
AND YOU'RE ALWAYS JUST
TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, OPEN
THE NEXT DOOR.
Reporter: WHO HAS JESUS
CHRIST BEEN TO YOU?
JESUS CHRIST, YOU KNOW,
GOD -- THERE IS NO WAY I
COULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE
BEEN BLESSED TO DO BECAUSE I
KNOW IT JUST WASN'T ME.
AND STILL, TODAY, HE LEADS
MY LIFE.
Reporter: JACKIE JOYNER
KERSEE, OLYMPIC GREAT AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE, SETTING
THE PACE AND RAISING THE BAR
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
WHAT'S YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT?
IF YOU LOVE JESUS CHRIST,
DON'T BE AFRAID TO KNOWLEDGE
ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
BE UP LIFTING, BE
ENCOURAGING, AND BE
MOTIVATED.
LET THAT BE YOUR LIGHT.
Reporter: WHAT DOES THE
RACE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?
I CAN'T SEE THE FINISH
LINE.
THERE IS STILL MORE WORK TO
BE DONE AND I WILL FINISH
STRONG, BUT ONLY HE WILL
TELL ME MY TIME.
Terry: YOU KNOW SHE
WILL FINISH STRONG.
WHEN SHE SAYS SHE IS GOING
TO DO IT, SHE DOES IT.
Pat: AMAZING ATHLETE.
Terry: INCREDIBLE
WOMAN.
NOT JUST AN AMAZING ATHLETE,
BUT SOMEBODY WHO HAS ALLOWED
ALL OF THAT TO SHAPE WHO SHE
IS AS A HUMAN BEING.
GIVING BACK, A BIG PART OF
THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THAT'S AWESOME.
Pat: I DON'T KNOW HOW
SHE COULD LIVE IN EAST ST.
LOUIS, THAT IS NOT A
PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE.
Terry: MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
STILL TO COME, WE'RE GOING
TO BRONC BRONC.
"BRING IT ON."
AMY SAYS, "I SUFFERED FROM
DIABETES FOR 33 YEARS AND IT
IS GETTING WORSE.
I'M TIRED OF BEING SICK.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I JUST
WANT TO DIE.
WHAT CAN I DO?"
PAT ANSWERS AMY'S E-MAIL AND@@@@
MORE LATER.@@@@
DON'T GO AWAY.@@@@
WE'LL BE BACK.
AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE
700 CLUB."
THE HOMELAND SECURITY
DEPARTMENT HAS DROPPED PLANS
TO BUILD A SYSTEM TO TRACK
LICENCE PLATES.
THE DEPARTMENT PLANNED TO
HIRE A PRIVATE COMPANY TO
BUILD A MASSIVE DATA BASE.
THE GOAL WAS TO USE IT TO
HELP HUNT DOWN ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
PRIVACY ADVOCATES ARGUED THEúQ
PROPOSED SYSTEM COULD BE
USED TO TRACK ANYONE IN THE
COUNTRY.
NOW THE SECRETARY HAS
CANCELLED IT.
CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS ARE
STILL WORRIED IT MIGHT BE
REVISEED AND RESTARTED LATER
ON.
GOVERNMENT AGENTS IN
KYRZAKHSTAN BLOCKED A
PROMINENT TELEVISION
BROADCASTER FROM LEAVING THE
COUNTRY.
BISHOP MAXUM IS THE HEAD OF
KYRZAKHSTAN'S NEW LIFE
CHURCHES AND FOUNDER OF
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE C.N.L. TV.
HE WILL MISS THIS YEAR'S
EVENT.
GOVERNMENT AGENTS REMOVED
HIM AND HIS WIFE FROM A
U.S.-BOUND AIRPLANE AND THEN
PLACED THEM IN DETENTION.
THE CHRISTIANS SAY HIS
TREATMENT IS JUST ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF GROWING
GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS
AGAINST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN
THEIR COUNTRY.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET
THE LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE,
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: THAT IS A FREE
COURSE.
IT IS PART OF A MUKE, MASS
OPEN ONLINE COURSE.
THE PLATFORM IS CALLED LUX
VERA.
AND YOU CAN E-MAIL LUX VERA
AT REGENT.EDU, OR CALL, AND
YOU CAN ENROLL IN THIS
SPECIAL COURSE AND IT WON'T
COST ANYTHING.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT
EVERYTHING AT REGENT IS
FREE.
Terry: THANK YOU FOR
QUALIFYING THAT.
Pat: WE NEED MONEY TO
KEEP THE DOOR OPEN, BUT THIS
PARTICULAR MASS, OPEN,
ONLINE INITIATIVE IS FREE
AND IT IS FABULOUS,
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
SO, AGAIN, THAT ADDRESS,
LUXVERAREGENT.EDU, AND THAT
IS EASY TO REMEMBER.
OKAY, QUESTIONS.
Terry: THIS IS AMY,
PAT, WHO SAYS, "I SUFFERED
FROM DIABETES FOR 33 YEARS
AND IT IS GETTING WORSE.
I'M TIRED OF BEING SICK.
SOME DAYS I FEEL LIKE I JUST
WANT TO DIE.
WHAT CAN I DO?"
Pat: AMY, ALL I CAN
TELL YOU IS THERE ARE
SEVERAL THINGS, NUMBER ONE,
WE HAVE DONE PROGRAMS THAT
TALK ABOUT DIET AND HOW
PEOPLE CAN REVERSE SOME OF
THE EFFECTS OF DIABETES.
CERTAINLY TYPE 2 YOU CAN
REVERSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT
TYPE 1.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DO.
NEVERTHELESS, THERE ARE WAYS
TO CORRECT IT AND DIET MAY
BE HELPFUL TO YOU.
BEYOND THAT, BEGIN TO PRAISE
GOD.
GOD IS GOING TO GIVE YOU HIS
PRESENCE.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE SUFFERING,
AND ALL I CAN SAY IS JESUS
CHRIST DIED FOR YOU.
HE SUFFERED FOR YOU, AND HE
LOVES YOU.
AND HE'LL LIFT THAT BURDEN.
SO BEGIN TO THANK HIM.
Terry: BROOK SAYS, "IF
JESUS CAME TO DIE FOR OUR
SINS, WILL WE STILL BE
JUDGED FOR THEM IF WE REPENT
DAILY?"
Pat: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
REPENT DAILY.
JUST REPENT AND TURN AWAY
FROM IT.
AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM
THE WEST, I'LL TAKE YOUR
SINS FROM YOU, IS WHAT THE
LORD SAID.
Terry: AND REMEMBER
THEM NO MORE.
Pat: HERE IS WHAT HE
SAID IN JOHN.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
HE THAT HEARS MY WORD AND
BELIEVES ON HIM WHO SENT ME
HAS EVERLASTING LIFE AND
SHALL NOT COME INTO JUDGMENT
BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH TO
LIFE.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE LORD,
YOU HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH
INTO LIFE.
YOU'RE A NEW CATEGORY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVERY
DAY, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY
SAY I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO IS TO
HAVE OUR CONSCIENCE CLEANSED
FROM DEAD WORKS TO SERVE THE
LIVING GOD.
HE WANTS OUR SERVICE, NOT
OUR CONTINUED
SELF-ABROGATION.
Terry: THIS IS A VIEWER
WHO SAID, "I HEARD WE ARE
JOINT HEIRS OF JESUS
CHRIST.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?"
Pat: WELL, JESUS IS THE
HEIR OF EVERYTHING.
THE UNIVERSE IS HIS.
AND SINCE HE IS OUR LORD,
AND WE'RE PART OF HIS BODY,
WHEN THE UNIVERSE COMES,
WE'RE HEIRS WITH HIM.
WE INHERIT THE BLESSINGS OF
JESUS CHRIST.
THAT'S PRETTY BIG-TIME
STUFF.
Terry: THIS IS JIM WHO
SAYS, "I HEARD MY PASTOR
COMPLAIN THAT SOMEONE IN OUR
CHURCH CALLED HIM ON HIS DAY
OFF.
HE FEELS AS IF HE SHOULD
ONLY HAVE TO WORK FIVE DAYS
A WEEK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
Pat: I WOULD TELL HIM
HE OUGHT TO JOIN THE UNION.
THAT HE IS IN THE WRONG LINE
OF WORK.
Terry: THAT'S THE
TRUTH.
BOY, PASTORS, DOCTORS,
THAT'S KIND OF A SEVEN-DAY A
WEEK JOB.
Pat: OF COURSE THEY'RE
ON CALL TO HELP PEOPLE.
THAT'S LIKE A DOCTOR.
A DOCTOR HAS A PATIENT
DYING, DON'T TELL ME HE'S
SUPPOSED TO WORK FIVE DAYS A
WEEK.
NO WAY.
THAT GUY IS IN THE WRONG
LINE OF WORK.
Terry: THIS IS JESSICA
WHO SAYS, "I HEARD THAT
SATAN IS WAGING A WAR IN OUR
MINDS BY CONSTANTLY PUTTING
THOUGHTS INTO OUR HEADS THAT
CAUSE US TO FALL AWAY FROM
GOD INSTEAD OF SEEKING HIS
HELP.
IS SATAN REALLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR EVERY BAD THOUGHT WE
HAVE EVERY HAD?"
Pat: DON'T GIVE SATAN
TOO MUCH CREDIT.
I THINK THAT IS GIVING HIM
WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT.
PETER SAYS OUR ENEMY, THE
DEVIL, GOES ABOUT LIKE A
ROARING LION, SEEKING WHOM
HE CAN DEVOUR.
SO HE IS OUT THERE ALWAYS
SEEKING, LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT IS HE EVERY DAY PUTTING
THINGS IN YOUR MIND?
NO.
A LOT OF THAT STUFF COMES
FROM WITHIN YOU, AND THAT'S
WHERE THE SIN IS.
HE CAN FLAME THOSE THINGS
AND SEDUCE THE TENDENCIES
THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, BUT
IF YOU'VE GOT A TENDENCY
TOWARD GLUTENY, FOR EXAMPLE,
ALL HE HAS TO DO IS PUT A
BIG MEAL IN FRONT OF YOU.
Terry: HE KNOWS HOW TO
GET US.
SHARON SAYS -- THIS IS AN
INTERESTING ONE, PAT --
"WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY
ABOUT BREASTFEEDING YOUR
CHILD IN PUBLIC.
EVEN IN CHURCH, I GET BAD
LOOKS FOR NURSING MY
4-MONTH-OLD.
WHY ARE SO MANY AGAINST
IT?"
Pat: YOU OUGHT TO JOIN
THE LA LECHE LEAGUE.
I THINK BREASTFEEDING IS
WONDERFUL.
THE MOTHER HAS ALL KINDS OF
NUTRIENTS HEALTH FOR THE
CHILD.
THE CHILDREN THAT ARE BREAST
FED ARE MUCH, MUCH HEALTHIER
BECAUSE THE MOTHER IS GIVING
THEM ANTIOXIDANTS AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES THAT WILL MAKE
THEM HEALTHY.
WHAT IS SUCH A BIG DEAL
ABOUT A BREAST?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE GET SO
PARANOID ABOUT THIS.
MY GRANDDAUGHTER BREASTFEEDS
HER CHILD, BUT SHE HAS THIS
GARMENT --
Terry: IT'S A COVER.
YOU CAN SEE THE BABY, AND
THE BABY CAN SEE YOU, BUT
THERE IS A QUIET.
Pat: THIS IS A
BEAUTIFUL THING.
WHY SHOULD ANYBODY BE
OFFENDED.
WHAT KIND OF CHRISTIAN IS
OBJECTING TO THIS.
THIS IS THE WAY GOD NURTURES
THE YOUNG.
WHETHER THEY'RE LITTLE BABY
CALVES OR BABY HORSES OR
BABY HUMANS.
WE NURSE.
THAT'S THE WAY WE ARE.
HE PUTS A SUCKLE TO DRINK
INTO OUR LITTLE BABIES.
OF COURSE BREASTFEEDING IS
NORMAL.
YOU OUGHT TO BE GLAD THAT
SOMEBODY LIKE THAT IS GOING
TO CHURCH AND TAKING THEIR
CHILD WITH THEM.
Terry: NOW, THERE IS
THE POSITIVE OUTLOOK, YES.
Pat: AMEN!
LET'S PRAISE THE LORD
TOGETHER!
Terry: WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS.
IN COSTA RICA, MANY CHILDREN
DROP OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO SPEND THEIR DAY
LOOKING FOR FOOD.
SO "ORPHANS' PROMISE" SOLVED
THAT PROBLEM BY BRINGING THE
FOOD TO THE SCHOOL.
Reporter: HERE IN ONE
OF COSTA RICA'S POOREST
NEIGHBORHOODS, A CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL IS HELPING TO EDUCATE
CHILDREN.
BUT THE SCHOOL WAS FACING A
CRISIS.
MOST OF THE KIDS WERE
HUNGRY.
SOME WERE EVEN STARVING.
LIKENELIKE KENDRICK, WHO
GOT EMOTIONAL WHEN HE SPOKE
ABOUT HIS FRIENDS.
I FEEL SAD THAT WE DIDN'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT.
SOMETIMES IF I HAD MY OWN
FOOD, I SHARED IT WITH MY
FRIENDS.
Reporter: FOR A WHILE,
THE SCHOOL HAD PROVIDED
MEALS FOR THE STUDENTS.
BUT THE PROGRAM GOT CLOSED
DOWN WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF
MONEY.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE WE
COULDN'T GIVE KIDS THAT ONE
MEAL, MANY OF THEM DROPPED
OUT OF THE SCHOOL.
Reporter: THANKS TO
CBN'S "ORPHANS' PROMISE,"
THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM WAS
ABLE TO START UP AGAIN.
NOW KENDRICKS AND HIS
FRIENDS HAVE A MEAL EVERY
DAY DURING SCHOOL.
TO CELEBRATE THE REOPENING
OF THE LUNCH PROGRAM, WE
BROUGHT "SUPERBOOK'S" GIZMO
TO VISIT.
AND WE SHOWED THE KIDS ONE
OF THE EPISODES FROM THE
CBN'S ANIMATED SERIES.
THAT DAY WAS FUN.
WE LEARNED ABOUT JONAH.
Reporter: AND THANKS TO
THE LUNCH PROGRAM SPONSORED
BY "ORPHANS' PROMISE," THE
KIDS ARE DOING BETTER IN
SCHOOL, TOO.
THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
IS UP THIS YEAR.
IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO
WHEN WE RESTARTED THE MEAL
PROGRAM FOR THE KIDS.
I AM SO GRATEFUL.
IT IS A GREAT GIVE YOU HAVE
GIVEN TO US.
Terry: IT IS SOMETHING,
ISN'T IT, TO HEAR A YOUNG
BOY SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
FOOD YOU'VE GIVEN ME, AND
THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE
MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO
GO TO SCHOOL, TO GET AN
EDUCATION, TO GET THEM TO
DREAM ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE WHEN THEY GROW.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
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DOING AROUND THE WORLD TO
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TO SEND YOU THIS D.V.D.,
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PAT?
Pat: DID YOU READ -- IF
YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH, YOU
REMEMBER THE MANSON FAMILY.
YOU REMEMBER SHARON STATE
AND HELTER SKELTER, AND YOU
REMEMBER THE AWFUL BUTCHERY
THAT WENT ON IN HOLLYWOOD.
UP NEXT, MEET AN UNWILLING
MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY.
I KNEW CHARLIE MANSON WAS
MY GRANDFATHER, AND IT WAS
TO BE KEPT QUIET, UNDER A
RUG.
Pat: SEE HOW ONE MAN
ESCAPED THE SHADOW OF THAT
SERIAL KILLER, WHO STILL, BY
THE WAY, IS LOCKED UP IN
PRISON.
Pat: HE WAS A HOMO
HOMOCIDAL -- MANSON WAS
FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER.
HE SPENT THE FIRST 40 PLUS
YEARS IN PRISON, AND HE IS
STILL THERE.
ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST
NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLERS.
BUT EVEN BEHIND BARS,
CHARLES MANSON STILL ROAMS
FREE, HAUNTING THE MEMORIES
IN HIS GRANDSON, JASON.
Reporter: IN THE RING,
JASON FREEMAN KNEW HE HAD TO
BE DISCIPLINED, FOCUSED, AND
FEARLESS.
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD
BEAT ME WAS THE OTHER GUY.
AND IT WASN'T GOING TO
HAPPEN.
Reporter: LIKE MOST
FIGHTERS IN THE MIXED
MARTIAL ARTS WORLD, JASON
HAD A NICKNAME.
HIS WAS CHARLIE MANSON THE
THIRD, A NAME HE INHERITED
FROM THIS DAD.
HE WAS CHARLIE
MANSON, JR.
I KNEW CHARLIE MANSON, SR.
WAS MY GRANDFATHER.
IT WAS TO BE KEPT QUIET,
UNDER A RUG.
Reporter: HIS PARENTS
NEVER MARRIED.
JASON LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER
AND STEPFATHER, WHO RAISED
HIM.
HI BIOLOGICAL FATHER KEPT
HIS DISTANCE.
AS THE SON OF A NOTORIOUS
KILLER, HE WAS FIGHTING HIS
OWN BATTLES WITH DEPRESSION
AND A DRUG ADDICTION.
THE EARLIEST MEMORIES
WERE MAINLY PHONE
CONVERSATIONS AND PICTURES
THAT HE SENT AND CHRISTMAS
GIFTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE JUST
REALIZED THAT I WAS FINE, I
WAS TAKEN CARE OF, THAT HE
DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED TO BE
THERE.
Reporter: ONE NIGHT
JASON'S FATHER CHECKED OUT
ON HIM FOR GOOD.
HE KILLED HIMSELF WHEN JASON
WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
DESPITE THEIR SPLINTERED
RELATIONSHIP, JASON TOOK HIS
FATHER'S DEATH VERY HARD.
I BLAMED MY FATHER'S
SUICIDE ON MY GRANDFATHER.
Reporter: JASON POURED
THOSE EMOTIONS INTO HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND
WRESTLING.
I KNEW THAT MY ANGER
NEEDED TO BE DIRECTED IN A
POSITIVE MANNER.
Reporter: STILL,
JASON'S TIES TO THE MANSON
FAMILY NAME HAUNTED HIM, AND
HE SWORE TO BREAK THE CYCLE
OF DRUGS AND VIOLENCE.
BUT HIS HAIR-TRIGGER TEMPER
WAS WORKING AGAINST HIM.
PEOPLE KNEW I COULD
FIGHT.
I WOULD FIGHT.
I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
FIGHTING.
WHEN I WAS PROVOKED, I KNEW
I COULD HURT SOMEBODY, AND I
DIDN'T WANT TO HURT NOBODY.
Reporter: AS AN ADULT,
HE FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO USE
HIS ANGER, THROUGH MIXED
MARTIAL ARTS.
BUT TO MAKE MONEY, HE
STARTED SELLING DRUGS, AND
SOON STARTED USING THEM,
TOO.
JASON FELT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF HIS ACTIONS.
WHEN YOU'RE ON DRUGS,
THAT MAKES YOU'RE FAMILY NOT
WANT TO BE AROUND YOU OR NOT
LIKE YOU, AND YOU DON'T FIT
IN.
YOU GET MIXED UP IN WHATEVER
KIND OF DRUG IT IS TO HIDE
YOURSELF FROM REALITY.
YOU'RE IN A BOX.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET
OUT.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY
JASON WAS ARRESTED AND
CONVICTED FOR DRUG
TRAFFICKING.
HIS WORST FEAR HAD COME
TRUE.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO
FAIL.
SEEING IT ALL AROUND ME, ALL
MY LIFE.
Reporter: HE ASKED GOD
FOR HELP.
I LAID IN BED PROBABLY
FOR HOURS, JUST CRYING AND
JUST ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS
AND HELP.
HELP TO UNDERSTAND.
GIVE ME SOME WISDOM TO
REALIZE THE PATH I'M ON
ISN'T THE RIGHT PATH.
Reporter: HE FOUND
HIMSELF A BIBLE, BUT WASN'T
SURE WHERE TO BEGIN.
HE MET SOMEONE WHO HELPED.
THERE WAS A ORDAINED
MINISTER IN THERE FOR
RELAPSING BACK FROM CRACK
COCAINE.
I STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE TO START IN THIS LONG
BOOK, HIS BIBLE.
HE SAID, JUST READ JOHN.
EVERYBODY STARTS WITH JOHN.
HE PRAYED OVER ME.
I ACCEPTED JESUS IN MY
HEART.
AT THAT POINT I WANTED TO
WALK A DIFFERENT PATH.
Reporter: HE TOOK THE
FIRST STEP.
I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE
BIBLE, AND I READ EVERY
DAY.
AND I STAYED FOCUSED ON
MYSELF.
I STAYED FOCUSED ON
UNDERSTANDING WHY I'M IN
HERE.
Reporter: JASON SERVED
HIS TIME.
HE ALSO MET AND MARRIED
AUDREY.
HE SAYS ON HIS JOURNEY OF
FAITH, SHE HELPED HIM EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW FOR THE
LONGEST TIME WHICH WAY WAS
UP OR DOWN.
I CAN HONESTLY SAY WHEN I
MET MY WIFE, AUDREY, IT HAS
BEEN A ROUGH ROAD, BUT SHE
MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY.
Reporter: IN 2011, HE
DECIDED TO STEP OUT OF THE
RING FOR GOOD.
JASON REMEMBERS HIS
CONVERSATION WIT
H
GOD ON THE
NIGHT OF HIS LAST FIGHT.
I WAS ASKING HIM, WHY AM
I OUT HERE?
HE SAID, I BUILT A STAGE UP
UNDERNEATH YOU TO SPEAK OFF
OF AND REACH OTHERS.
Reporter: NOW HE TALKS
TO KIDS ABOUT HOW TO AVOID
THE MISTAKES HE MADE.
HOW'S IT GOING TODAY?
Reporter: HE SAYS WITH
GOD'S HELP, HE HAS BEEN OFF
THE DRUGS AND HIS ANGER IS
IN CHECK.
HE AND AUDREY ARE RAISING
THREE BOYS AND WORKING ON
LEAVING A LEGACY FOUNDED ON
FAITH IN GOD.
I'VE GOT MY WHOLE
FAMILY.
I LOVE IT.
Reporter: THE KID WITH
THE NOTORIOUS FAMILY TIES
HAS FOUND HIS PURPOSE
THROUGH HIS FAITH IN JESUS
CHRIST.
ONCE PEOPLE GET TO KNOW
ME FOR ME AND NOT THE NAME,
I CARRY MY OWN WEIGHT, YOU
KNOW?
I FEEL GOD MOVES THROUGH ME,
LIKE HE MOVES THROUGH A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
AND IF THAT NAME SOMEHOW
ATTRACTS ATTENTION OVER TO
MY CORNER, THEN I'VE GOT
SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SPEAK
ABOUT.
Pat: YOU KNOW, SIN CAN
LEAVE A STAIN.
IT CAN LEAVE A TERRIBLE
STAIN.
THERE WAS A BOOK WRITTEN
ABOUT A LADY NAMED ESTHER
PRIM, BACK IN THE DAYS OF
THE EARLY PURITANS IN NEW
ENGLAND.
SHE HAD TO WEAR A SCARLET
LETTER.
SHE COMMITTED ADULTERY, AND
THEY WANTED TO LEAVE THAT
STAIN ON HER ALL HER LIFE AS
A MARK OF SIN.
GOD WANTS TO TAKE THAT MARK
AWAY.
HE WANTS TO CLEANSE US.
CLEANSE US FROM DEAD WORKS,
THAT WE MIGHT SERVE THE
LIVING GOD.
LISTEN, YOU'VE SINNED, I'VE
SINNED, WE'VE ALL SINNED.
BEFORE GOD WE'RE ALL
GUILTY.
THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH
GOD, NO, NOT ONE.
THERE IS ONLY ONE WHO IS
PERFECT, THE SON OF GOD,
JESUS CHRIST.
NOBODY IS PERFECT.
GOD KNOWS YOUR SIN.
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN HOMOSEXUALITY.
SOME OF HAVE HAD ABORTION.
SOME OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY
COMMITTED MURDER.
SOME HAVE DISOBEYED YOUR
PARENTS, STOLEN MONEY FROM
YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF
THINGS.
GOD SAYS IF YOU REPENT AND
COME TO ME, I'LL WASH THE
SLATE CLEAN.
YOU CAN GET RID OF IT ALL.
AND HE'LL GIVE YOU A NEW
NAME.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEAVEN
HE GIVES US A NEW NAME.
EACH ONE OF US HAS A LITTLE
STONE THAT WILL HAVE THE
NAME, THAT WILL SHOW THE ONE
WAY WE CAN REFLECT THE GLORY
OF GOD THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN
DO.
AND YOU'RE
UNIQUE AND GOD
WANTS YOU.
HE WANTS YOU IN HEAVEN.
HE WANTS YOU REFLECTING HIS
GLORY.
AND HE'LL WIPE AWAY THE
STAIN, BUT YOU HAVE TO COME
AND ASK HIM.
SO IF YOU'LL COME RIGHT NOW
TO THE FOOT OF THE CROSS,
I'M GOING TO LEAD YOU IN A
VERY SIMPLE PRAYER.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
PRAY WITH ME AT THIS MOMENT,
WHEREVER YOU ARE, THESE
WORDS: JESUS -- THAT'S
RIGHT, PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE
DONE, YOU KNOW THE STAIN
THAT IS ON MY LIFE.
AND I ASK YOU TO COME AND
WIPE THAT STAIN AWAY.
WASH ME, MAKE ME CLEAN.
THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE
SCARLET, YOU'LL BE WHITE AS
SNOW.
I RECEIVE THAT, LORD, THAT
CLEANSING, RIGHT NOW.
AND I TAKE YOU AS SAVIOR AND
I MAKE YOU LORD OF MY LIFE.
FROM THIS MOMENT ON, LORD, I
AM YOURS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT TO HELP YOU.
I DON'T JUST WANT TO LEAVE
YOU OUT THERE.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE FOR
YOU IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US A
CALL.
I HAVE THIS LITTLE BOOKLET,
AND IN IT IS A C.D. ABOUT
WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO NEXT.
YOU CAN CALL RIGHT NOW.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
REMEMBER THE TELEPHONES ARE
AVAILABLE, AND THERE ARE
PEOPLE ON THE LINE WHO LOVE
YOU.
SO DON'T HESITATE TO CALL.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE, TAKEN FROM THE
41st CHAPTER OF ISAIAH:
"FEAR NOT FOR I AM WITH
YOU.
BE NOT DISMAYED, FOR I AM
YOUR GOD.
I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU.
YES, I WILL HELP YOU.
I WILL UP HOLD YOU WITH MY
RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND."
WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME
WE'VE GOT.
TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE A
HEROINE WHO STOPPED A SCHOOL
SHOOTING.
UNTIL THEN, FOR PAT
ROBERTSON AND TERRY AND ALL
OF OUR STAFF, WE SAY
GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS YOU.