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THE REAL WAR ON WOMEN,
AND IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
THINK.
FOX NEWS KATIE PAVELIC
EXPLAINS.
AND THEN, LIVING A LIE.
I THOUGHT I WAS STUPID
OVER AND OVER.
I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THE
NUMBER OF TIMES I WAS
HOSPITALIZED.
PLUS, A FELLOW STARING AT
LIFE IN PRISON IS
MYSTERIOUSLY SET FREE.
THE ATTORNEY STANDS UP,
AND SHE SAYS, I DON'T KNOW
WHY I'M DOING THIS.
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
THIS THING IN THE MIDDLE
EAST IS HEATING UP,
OBVIOUSLY.
THE HAMAS HAS REJECTED A
CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL.
I WAS ASKING MYSELF TODAY,
AND YOU CAN DO THE SAME
THING: WHAT ISRAEL WANT TO
GET INVOLVED IN GAZA.
WOULD IT BE A SWAMP LIKE
VIETNAM WAS TO THE UNITED
STATES?
WHAT COULD HAPPEN?
THEY WANT TO GO IN AND GET
RID OF THE ROCKET-LAUNCHERS
THAT HAMAS HAS USED BY
SENDING SEVERAL THOUSAND
ROCKETS AGAINST ISRAEL, BUT
HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT DO THEY
WANT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PEOPLE
IN ISRAEL ARE SAYING, WE'RE
NOT SURE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN
INDEPTH REPORT ON THAT, AND
OTHER INTERESTING THINGS,
INCLUDING THE WAR ON WOMEN.
WENDY?
Wendy: LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT.
SOME ARE SAYING HAMAS IS
ONLY HURTING ITSELF BY
PROMOTING A GROUND MISSION.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS MORE.
Reporter: DIPLOMACY
FAILED TO CONVINCE HAMAS TO
STOP THEIR FIGHTING.
SINCE THE PROPOSED
CEASE-FIRE, THEY SHOT DOZENS
OF ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL.
SEVERAL HIT AND ONE KILLED
AN ISRAELI RIGHT NEXT TO THE
BORDER.
THE ENTIRE WORLD CALLED
UPON THEM TO END THE FIRE.
IF THEY CONTINUE, DESPITE
THE PROPOSAL, THEY WILL ONLY
BRING MORE SUFFERING TO
THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
Reporter: THE BREAKDOWN
OF THE CEASE-FIRE MAKES THE
POSSIBILITY OF A GROUND
OFFENSIVE MORE LIKELY.
THAT MEANS URBAN WARFARE,
HOUSE TO HOUSE FIGHTING, AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE
CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES.
SOME EXPERTS SAY THAT'S THE
ONLY WAY TO ELIMINATE THE
THREAT FROM HAMAS ROCKETS.
WE SHOOT AND WANT TO DO
GROUND OPERATION.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT
THE OTHER SIDE WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE
REALLY IN MIND TO KEEP OUR
PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE.
Reporter: KOBE MICHAELS
SAYS HAMAS MAY BE COMMITTING
POLITICAL SUICIDE.
NOW, WHEN THEY ACTUALLY
AGGRESSIVELY, AND MAINLY,
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
JUST REJECTED THE EGYPTIAN
PROPOSAL FOR THE CEASE-FIRE,
ACTUALLY, THEY MIGHT DRAG
ISRAEL TO A MUCH BROADER
GROUND OPERATION IN THE GAZA
STRIP STRIP, AND THE END
RESULT WILL BE THE LOSS OF
THEIR POLITICAL POWER IN THE
GAZA STRIP.
Reporter: MANY
RESIDENTS OF SDEROT, NEXT TO
GAZA, FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE
THERE, BUT THEY SAY THEY DO
WHAT THEY CAN TO PROTECT THE
CIVILIANS.
WE DO MORE TO PROTECT THE
CIVIL CASUALTIES.
BUT ISRAEL IS ONLY THE ONE
ARM OF THE WORLD THAT WILL
GIVE YOU SO MANY WARNINGS.
TO TELL PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING
TO BOMB HERE, GET OUT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO TARGET
WHERE ALL OF THE ROCKETS
ARE, SO THEY TRY TO DO THE
BEST SO THAT THEY CAN GET
PEOPLE OUT OF THE FIRE
ZONE.
Reporter: ISRAEL'S
CAMPAIGN INTENSIFIED, AND
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID,
WITHOUT A CEASE-FIRE,
ISRAEL'S ANSWER IS FIRE.
THE I.D.F. ESTIMATES THEY
HAVE DESTROYED ABOUT
ONE-THIRD OF THE HAMAS
ROCKETS, MUCH OF THE
CAPABILITY TO MAKE THOSE
ROCKETS, AND MANY OF THE
HEADQUARTERS OF THE
COMMANDERS.
BUT WHETHER THAT CAN FORCE
THEM INTO A CEASE-FIRE
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
CHRIS MITCHELL, ON THE HAMAS
BORDER.
Pat: IF THE ISRAELIS
GET DEEPLY INVOLVED IN A
GROUND WAR WITH GAZA, THEN
HEZBOLLAH HITS THEM.
AND SOME OF THE RADICAL
GROUPS IN SYRIA COME ACROSS
THE BORDER FROM THAT PART,
AND IRAN COMES IN.
IT IS A VERY TOUCHY THING.
I WOULD THINK STRATEGICALLY
OUR ISRAELI FRIENDS WOULD BE
VERY, VERY WISE TO EXERCISE
CAUTION AND SAY WE JUST
CAN'T GET INTO THAT SWAMP.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT
COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE
FOLLOWED.
I HOPE IT IS.
WELL, HERE AT HOME, THE
DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ARE
ARE CREATING A NEW BILL.
THEY SAY IT IS GOING TO
PROTECT WOMEN'S HEALTH, BUT
CRITICS SAY THEIR REAL
AGENDA IS SOMETHING ELSE.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
STORY FROM WASHINGTON.
John: PAT, SOME
PRO-LIFERS CALL THE NEW
MEASURE THE MOST RADICAL
ABORTION ILL EVER SUPPORTED
BY CONGRESS.
OPPONENTS SAY CONGRESS IS
TRAMPLING ON STATES'
RIGHTS.
PAUL STRAND HAS THE STORY
FROM CAPITOL HILL.
Reporter: THE SENATE IS
NOW CONSIDERING A BILL THAT
MANY PRO-LIFE GROUPS WARN
WOULD GUT ALMOST EVERY
MEANINGFUL RESTRICTION ON
ABORTION.
THE BILL BEING ADVANCED
TODAY WOULD LITERALLY
OVERTURN HUNDREDS OF
PRO-LIFE, PRO-WOMEN LAWS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE TALKING LAWS TO SEND
SEX-SELECTION ABORTION,
THIRD TRIMESTER ABORTION.
Reporter: AND WHY WOULD
THEY PUSH AN AGENDA IN
COUNTRIES THAT POLLS SHOW
ARE PRO-LIFE.
THEY MIGHTING LOOKING TO THE
FACT THEY MIGHT LOSE CONTROL
OF THE SENATE.
THEY COULD SEE THIS AS A
LAST CHANCE TO PASS ANY
SERIOUS LEGISLATION.
AND CO-SPONSORS OF THIS BILL
SAY IT IS NEEDED TO
COUNTERACT WHAT THEY LABEL
UNDERHANDED LAWS.
IN JUST THE LAST THREE
YEARS --
STATES ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY HAVE ENACTED A TOTAL
OF 205 PROVISIONS THAT
RESTRICT WOMEN'S ACCESS TO
SAFE ABORTION SERVICES.
THESE OBSTACLES HAVE PUT
MANY WOMEN IN DESPERATE
CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME OF WHICH
MAY VERY WELL ENDANGER THEIR
LIVES.
WE NEED LAWS THAT PUT
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND SAFETY
FIRST.
NOT POLITICS.
200 OF THESE UNDERHANDED
LAWS HAVE BEEN PASSED, AND
IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT WOMEN
SHOULD HAVE TO GO TO COURT
YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR
TO GET THE MEDICAL SERVICES
THAT THE CONSTITUTION
GUARANTEES THEM.
Reporter: BUT SOME
TESTIFYING AT THIS HEARING
SAID THE BILL IS ACTUALLY AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTACK ON
THE STATES.
ESSENTIALLY THIS LAW GUTS
STATES' RIGHTS WITH RESPECT
TO ABORTION.
IT CREATES ABORTION AS A
SPECIAL PROTECTED CLASS OF
PROCEDURE, AND ABORTION
PROVIDERS AS A SPECIAL
PROTECTED CLASS OF
PROVIDERS.
Reporter: AND
REPRESENTATIVE MARSHA
BLACKBURN WARNED DEMOCRATS
THEY RISKING THEIR PARTY.
MANY CONCEDE THIS BODY IS
OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE
CONSENSUS OPINION IN THIS
COUNTRY.
POLLS AND POLLS SHOW TIME
AND AGAIN THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SUPPORT LIMITS ON
ABORTION.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS, CAPITOL HILL.
PAT, ONE HEADLINE
DESCRIBED THIS BILL AS
TOUCHING OFF THE POLITICAL
WAR ON ABORTION.
Pat: WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING WITH AN AUTHOR WHO
TALKS ABOUT THE PHONY WAR ON
WOMEN THAT HAS BEEN RAISED,
AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE
PART OF THAT GAME.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, SOME OF THE
ABORTION CLINICS ARE
APPALLING.
THEY BRING THESE WOMEN IN
AND PUT THEM ON DIRTY SHEETS
THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS HAD
AN ABORTION AHEAD OF THEM
ON.
THERE IS NO AN ANTISEPTIC
PROCEDURES.
THEY ARE FACTORIES.
I'M HEAD OF THE CENTER FOR
LAW AND JUSTICE, AND I DON'T
DO MUCH, EXCEPT HAVE A
TITLE, BUT, NEVERTHELESS,
THAT ORGANIZATION HAS A
LAWSUIT AGAINST PLANNED
PARENTHOOD OF CALIFORNIA.
A WHISTLE-BLOWER IN PLANNED
PARENTHOOD HAS INDICATED
THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS
TRIPLED BILLED THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT FOR
PROCEDURES THAT THEY CLAIM
THEY PROVIDED.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS
AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF FRAUDULENT
ACTIVITY.
AND IT'S TIME SOMEBODY
STARTS SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS
NONSENSE, THIS HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH WOMEN.
WE WANT TO GIVE HEALTH TO
WOMEN.
BUT THESE CLINICS SHOULD BE
LICENSED.
THE PEOPLE PERFORMING THESE
PROCEDURES SHOULD BE SKILLED
MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.
THIS IS CARVING UP THE MOST
INTIMATE PART OF A WOMAN.
AND BOTCHED ABORTIONS LEAD
TO DEATH.
AND THIS BUSINESS ABOUT SAFE
ABORTIONS IS JUST NONSENSE.
THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
SAFE ABORTION.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A FULL
ABORTION FOR ANYBODY, ANY
TIME, ANYWHERE.
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DON'T WANT THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT
CONGRESS IS TRYING TO PULL,
BUT IT IS NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
THE HOUSE ISN'T GOING TO
PASS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT IT IS JUST A GAME.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
WITH A LADY WHO IS AN
EXPERT, AND IT WILL CHILL
YOU WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT SHE
HAS GOT TO SAY.
JOHN?
John: PAT, THE DRILLING
TECHNOLOGY OF FRACKING HAS
DELIVERED HUGE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS TO SOME PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY, BUT OPPONENTS
ARGUE IT CONTAMINATES WATER
SUPPLIES AND AIR QUALITY.
THE CITY OF DENTON IN NORTH
TEXAS SITS ON A LARGE
NATURAL GAS RESERVE, AND IT
CURRENTLY ALLOWS FRACKING.
BUT SOME RESIDENTS PUT
TOGETHER A PETITION TO BANNU
BAN FRACKING PERMITS.
AND THE CITY REJECTED THAT
IDEA, BUT THE CITY WILL GET
TO VOTE ON IT.
Reporter: THE CITY OF
DENTON, TEXAS, IS SPLIT ON
WHETHER FRACKING HELPS OR
HURTS THE COMMUNITY.
DENTON SITS ON A NATURAL GAS
RESERVE, AND FRACKING
RELEASES ITS TRAPPED OIL AND
GAS BY BLASTING WATER, SAND
AND CHEMICALS DEEP INTO
UNDERGROUND ROCK.
FRACKING HAS MADE MAJOR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE U.S.
ECONOMY.
Reporter: BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, THE WORLD'S TOP OIL
PRODUCER RIGHT NOW IS NOT
SAUDI ARABIA OR ANY OTHER
MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY.
IT IS THE U.S.
AND FRACKING IS A BIG REASON
WHY.
THIS IS NOT A BOOM THAT
IS GOING TO FIZZLE IN THREE
OR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A
LONG-TIME, A 30-YEAR BOOM.
Reporter: AND FRACKING
IS ALSO BOOSTING THE ECONOMY
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
OIL PRODUCTION IN THE STATE
HAS ZOOMED UP 600% IN THE
LAST SEVEN YEARS.
SUCH ECONOMIC BENEFITS ARE
SIGNIFICANT.
BUT THOSE WHO OPPOSE
FRACKING IN PLACES LIKE
DENTON SAY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AND HEALTH CONCERNS CANNOT
BE IGNORED.
SINCE THE FRACKING
STARTED, MY CHILDREN HAVE
HAD HEADACHES, COUGHING, AND
NOSE BLEEDS.
Reporter: IF DENTON
VOTES AGAINST FRACKING THIS
FALL, IT WILL BECOME THE
FIRST CITY IN THIS TOP OIL
AND GAS PRODUCING STATE TO
SAY NO TO THE NEW
TECHNOLOGY.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN
DENTON IS CONSIDERED A
LITMUS TEST ON THE FUTURE OF
FRACKING.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
John: PAT, THERE IS NO
DENYING THAT FRACKING HAS
BROUGHT AN ECONOMIC BOOM.
Pat: THE MAJORITY OF
THE OIL IN THE UNITED STATES
IS IN THE SHALE.
THAT'S WHERE IT IS, LOCATED
IN THE SHALE, DEEP
UNDERGROUND.
AND THIS TECHNIQUE THAT WAS
DISCOVERED BY A TEXAS OIL
MAN SAYS IF YOU GET A
VERTICAL WELL DOWN AND YOU
CAN GO HORIZONTAL FOR A
CERTAIN LENGTH.
THEY FOUND IF THEY GO OUT AS
MUCH AS 1200, 1500 FEET AND
SO FORTH, THE YIELDS GO UP
DRAMATICALLY.
THESE WELLS ARE YIELDING A
THOUSAND BARRELS A DAY,
2,000, 5,000 -- IT IS
EXTRAORDINARY WHAT THEY'RE
GETTING OUT OF THEM.
THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.
THEY DON'T COME CHEAP.
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THE
FRACKING PART OF IT IS
ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
THE PIPES ARE SEALED.
THERE IS NONE OF THIS FLUID
OR THE SAND THAT GETS LOOSE
IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT JUST DOESN'T.
NOW, THEY HAVE BEEN FLARING
SOME OF THESE FRACKED WELLS
BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SO MUCH
NATURAL GAS, AND SO THEY'VE
BEEN BURNING THAT AND THAT
HAS BEEN HURTING THE
ENVIRONMENT.
SO THEY'RE PUTTING
REGULATIONS DOWN ON THE USE
OF THE FLARING.
IT NEEDS TO BE CAPTURED, THE
NATURAL GAS.
BUT THERE ARE TWO BIG
SHAILS.
BU SHALES.
BUT THE BARNETT IS THE ONE
IN NORTH TEXAS AND THEY'RE
IN DENTON, AND THEY'RE VERY,
VERY PROLIFIC.
UP IN NORTH DAKOTA, IT IS
CALLED THE BOCKEN SHALE.
AND THERE IS ANOTHER SHALE
CALLED THE EAGLE SHALE,
WHICH IS VERY HOT IN TEXAS,
AND THE RIGS ARE GOING NIGHT
AND DAY TO BRING THIS OUT.
AND AMERICA HAS NOW BECOME
NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD IN
THE PRODUCTION OF OIL,
EXCEEDING SAUDI ARABIA AND
RUSSIA.
SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU
WANT TO PLAY WITH.
AND I CANNOT CONCEIVE THAT
PEOPLE IN TEXAS, WHICH HAVE
BENEFITED SO ENORMOUSLY FROM
THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY,
WOULD VOTE IN DENTO DENTON,
TEXAS, NORTH OF DALLAS, TO
LIMIT THE FRACKING IN THE
BARNETT SHALE, WHICH IS
UNDERLYING THAT WHOLE AREA.
JOHN?
John: PAT, MEXICO IS
TAKING ITS CAMPAIGN AGAINST
OBESITY TO THE AIRWAVES, OR,
RATHER, OFF THE AIRWAVES.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL LIMIT
COMMERCIALS ON TV AND MOVIE
THEATERS FOR SOFT DRINKS,
SNACKS, AND OTHER HIGH
CALORIE FOODS.
THEY SAY THOSE COMMERCIALS
CANNOT BE SHOWN ON TV FROM
2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON UNTIL
9:30 AT NIGHT.
AND AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING
TO 7:30 IN THE EVENING ON
THE WEEKENDS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY
LEVIED TAXES ON HIGH-CALORIE
FOODS AND DRINKS.
PAT, FORMER MAYOR MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG HAD A SIMILAR
CAMPAIGN AGAINST SODA IN NEW
YORK.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THE
GOVERNMENT GETTING INVOLVED
AND ISSUES LIKE THIS?
Pat: I'M NOT IN FAN OF
THE NANNY STATE.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE
TO LIVE OUR LIVES.
BUT THE TRUTH IS WE'RE BEING
VICTIMIZED BY THE FOOD
INDUSTRY.
THEY'RE PUTTING STUFF INTO
THE FOOD THAT MAKES US
HUNGRY, AND MAKES US WANT TO
EAT MORE OF IT.
THE INDUSTRY SELLING BEER
HAD WHAT THEY CALLED SALT
SNACKS.
AND ONE OF THE COMPANIES
BOUGHT EAGLE BRAND BECAUSE
THEY HAD SALTY SNACKS.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO SET UP A
THING WHERE YOU ATE MORE OF
THE FOOD OR DRANK MORE OF
THEIR PRODUCT.
AND THE BIG GULP, AND ALL OF
THE REST OF IT IS LOADED
WITH SUGAR AND HIGH FRUCTOSE
CORN SYRUP, AND IT'S NOT
GOOD FOR YOU.
PERHAPS, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE CIGARETTE INDUSTRY,
THERE WAS A MASSIVE
CRACKDOWN ON THAT, AND MAYBE
THDTHAT'S WHERE IT OUGHT TO
BE.
BUT SELLING SOME RETAILER HE
CAN'T SELL A 32-OUNCE BUCKET
OF COKE I THINK IS
RIDICULOUS.
ALL RIGHT.
Wendy: SUGAR IS SO
ADDICTIVE.
IT IS SO ADDICTIVE.
Pat: IT IS.
IT REALLY IS.
THE REASON WE'RE FAT IS NOT
JUST THE COKES AND THE SOFT
DRINKS.
THAT'S JUST A PART OF IT.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THE
SUPER-SIZED STUFF.
THE STUFF AT
McDONALD'S --
Wendy: AND THEY HIDE
SUGAR IN EVERYTHING NOW.
Pat: EVERYTHING HAS
SUGAR.
AND HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
IS BAD STUFF.
OKAY.
Wendy: UP NEXT,
JOURNALIST KATIE PAVELIC
TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
REAL WAR ON WOMEN, WHEN WE
COME BACK.
Pat: WELL, IT'S GOING
TO BE THE CAMPAIGN THEME,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT
OVER AGAIN.
THE NASTY REPUBLICANS ARE
WAGING A WAR ON WOMEN.
THAT'S WHAT THE LIBERAL
DEMOCRATS AND SOME OF THE
MAJOR MEDIA WANTS YOU TO
BELIEVE.
BUT ONE JOURNALIST SAYS THE
REAL ASSAULT ON WOMEN IS
COMING NOT FROM THE RIGHT,
BUT THE LEFT.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: THERE IS A
SHOCKING AND SUSTAINED WAR
ON WOMEN GOING ON ALL RIGHT,
BUT THE PERPETRATORS OF IT
ARE NOT CONSERVATIVES AND
THE G.O.P.
SO SAYS JOURNALIST KATIE
PAVLICH, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR AND NEWS EDITOR
AT TOWNHALL,.COM.
SHE SAYS THE PEOPLE OF THE
WOMEN'S MOVEMENT ARE FRAUDS,
AND BARACK OBAMA IS OFTEN
CALLED THE MOST PRO-WOMAN
PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
IF THAT'S TRUE, SHE ASKS,
WHY DOES PRESIDENT OBAMA
SEEK TO MAKE WOMEN
COMPLETELY DEPEPT ON THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE GROUP ABOUT THE LEFT AND
THE WAR ON WOMEN, KATIE
PAVLICH SHEDS LIFE ON ISSUES
FROM GUN CONTROL TO BIRTH
CONTROL, AND CLAIMS IT IS
THE DEMOCRATIC PART WHO ARE
UNDERMINING THE FREEDOM AND
FUTURE OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
Pat: THIS BOOK WILL
SHOCK YOU.
THERE ARE SOME PRETTY --
HAVE YOU READ ANY OF THIS?
Wendy: I HAVEN'T READ
ANY OF THIS.
I CAN'T WAIT.
Pat: KATIE IS HERE WITH
US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.
Pat: YOU HAD THIS CASE
THAT JUST CAME DOWN FROM
SUPREME COURT ABOUT HOBBY
LOBBY.
AND THE SENIOR WOMAN ON THE
COURT JUST SCREAMED ABOUT IT
IT, AND IT WAS AN ASSAULT ON
WOMEN.
IS THAT THE PARTY LINE WE'RE
GOING TO BE LISTENING TO UP
TO THE ELECTION?
IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE LINE
WE'RE GOING TO BE LISTENING
TO UP TO THE 2014 ELECTION
BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY
SUCCESSFUL LINE THAT THE
OBAMA CAMPAIGN AND DEMOCRATS
USED IN 2012.
IN TERMS OF THE HOBBY LOBBY
DECISION, IT COMES DOWN TO
THE LEFT BEING VERY
DISHONEST ABOUT WHAT THE
DECISION WAS. DESPITE THE
ENTIRE HOBBY LOBBY LEGAL
COUNCIL TEAM BEING WOMEN,
THE MEDIA IS NOT MENTIONING
THAT, AND THEY'RE FOCUSING
ON THIS BOGUS IDEA THAT FIVE
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO
HAPPEN TO BE MEN ARE
METTLING IN THE LIVES OF
WOMEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CONTRACEPTION THEY CHOOSE.
AND ANOTHER LIE THE LEFT IS
DOING IS THAT CONTRACEPTION
IS BEING BANNED.
AND THE FACT IS BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT RELIED ON
THIS, HOBBY LOBBY PROVIDED
16 FORMS OF CONTRACEPTION.
SO THE LEFT IS USING
DISHONEST TACTICS, AND
THEY'RE LYING TO WOMEN TO
SCARE THEM INTO VOTES.
I FIND IT PRETTY SEXEST THAT
THE LEFT IS CONTINUING TO
DEFINE WOMEN BY THE PILLS
THEY TAKE RATHER THAN THE
ISSUES THEY'RE FOCUSED AND
WORRIED ABOUT.
Pat: KATIE, YOU WENT TO
HOLLYWOOD AND YOU OPENED THE
DOORS.
YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY
RAUNCHY STUFF IN HERE.
INTERESTING.
YEAH.
IT'S NOT A BOOK FOR SOMEONE
WHO HAS A WEAK STOMACH,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT THE FACT IS DEMOCRATS
HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF BOTH
LITERAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
ON WOMEN, AND ALSO VERY BAD
POLICIES FOR WOMEN WHEN IT
COMES TO GOVERNMENT
DEPENDENCE.
HOLLYWOOD IN PARTICULAR IS
SUPPOSED TO BE THIS LIBERAL
UTOPIA, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE DETAILS, WOMEN ARE
TREATED VERY POORLY IN
HOLLYWOOD, TREATED AS SEX
OBJECTS, AND POWERFUL MEN,
LIKE ROMAN POLANSKI, WHO
RAPED A YOUNG WOMAN BEFORE
SHE WAS 18, AND WOODY ALLEN,
WHO WAS ACCUSED OF RAPING A
CHILD, ARE EXCUSED, AND THEY
NOT HELD FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
THEY WANT TO BRUSH ASIDE
THOSE ACTIONS AND EXCUSE
THEM, ESPECIALLY FOR A PLACE
LIKE HOLLYWOOD, WHICH IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A LIBERAL
UTOPIA FOR WOMEN.
Pat: I CAN GIVE YOU
SOME HORROR STORIES ABOUT
LADIES ON ONE PARTICULAR
SHOW, WHERE ONE OF THEIR JOB
REQUIREMENTS WAS TO SERVICE
THE GUESTS -- I WON'T GO
INTO THAT, BUT THAT
HAPPENS.
WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE,
I UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T PAY
AS MUCH TO WOMEN AS THEY DO
TO MEN.
RIGHT.
BARACK OBAMA IS BILLED AS
ONE OF THE MOST PRO-WOMEN IN
HISTORY.
WE REMEMBER IN THE LIFE OF
JULIA, THEY PORTRAY THIS
WOMAN FROM BIRTH TO DEATH,
DEPENDING ON THE GOVERNMENT
FOR EVERYTHING, FROM
CONTRACEPTION TO HEALTH CARE
TO RAISING THEIR CHILD, BUT
WHY IS IT THAT FEMINISTS
WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NOT
ASKING ABOUT THE LIFE OF
JOHN.
WHY IS IT THEY ONLY
PORTRAYED WOMEN AS THE
WEAKER OF THE GENDERS, AND
NOT CAPABLE OF TAKING CAY OF
TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES?
ON THE ISSUE OF BARACK
OBAMA, HE IS PUT FORWARD
MANY DAMAGING POLICIES ON
WOMEN, TELLING THEM THE
GOVERNMENT I WILL TAKE CARE
OF THEM.
AND STILL TO THIS DAY, SINCE
HE TOOK OFFICE IN 2009,
CLAIMING WE NEED TO HAVE
EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN, YET IN
THIS OWN WHITE HOUSE HE HAS
PAID WOMEN SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS THAN MEN FOR THE EXACT
SAME POSITIONS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AND BARACK OBAMA'S POLICIES
ARE VERY BAD FOR WOMEN.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AROUND
THE WORLD AT THE SOCIALIST
COUNTRIES WE HAVE, WOMEN ARE
NOT IN A BETTER POSITION
THERE THAN THEY ARE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
AND YET BARACK OBAMA IS
TRYING TO TEAR DOWN THOSE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES,
WHICH AFFECT ALL OF US.
Pat: THE FRONT-RUNNER
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR
PRESIDENT IS HILLARY
CLINTON.
AND WHO IS MARRIED TO BILL
CLINTON.
YOU WEREN'T TOO
COMPLIMENTARY ABOUT EITHER
OF THEM.
DO YOU WANT TO ENLARGE ON
THAT?
HILLARY CLINTON HAS BEEN
PORTRAYED AS A WOMEN'S
RIGHTS CHAMPION.
AND SHE WILL BE HELD UP AS A
WOMEN'S RIGHTS CHAMPION, BUT
WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
HILLARY CLINTON'S LONG
HISTORY, I THINK SHE'LL GO
DOWN AS HAVING A LEGACY OF
DEFENDING SOME OF THE
COUNTRY'S MOST ABUSIVE AND
POWERFUL MEN.
AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT HER HUSBAND, BILL
CLINTON.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HER
WORK IN THE '90s, WHEN SHE
COMPLETELY HELP DESTROY THE
MEWOMEN HER HUSBAND
SEXUALLY ABUSED.
AND SHE BRUSHED SEXUAL
ASSAULT OF MINORS OVERSEAS
UNDER THE RUG.
IF HILL CLINTON IS GOING TO
RUN AS A CHAMPION OF WOMEN
AND GIRLS, SHE DOESN'T HAVE
A GOOD HISTORY WHEN IT COMES
TO PROTECTING WOMEN FROM
SEXUAL ASSAULT, EITHER FROM
HER HUSBAND OR PEOPLE IN THE
STATE DEPARTMENT WHO TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF WOMEN OVERSEAS
DURING HER OFFICIAL TRIPS.
Pat: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO REPUBLICANS?
WE HAD A GUBERNATORIAL RACE
HERE IN VIRGINIA.
BEFORE THE RACE EVEN GOT
STARTED, THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE WAS BARRAGED WITH
ADS ON THE IDEA HE WAS GOING
TO DESTROY THE RIGHTS OF
WOMEN.
HOW ARE THE REPUBLICANS
GOING TO COUNTER THIS?
THE FIRST STEP IS TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
IN 2012, WE GAVE THE
AMERICAN ELECTORATE THE
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, AND
THOUGHT THAT TALKING ABOUT
CONTRACEPTION WAS BELOW THE
PUBLIC DISCOURSE.
BUT THE FACT IS YOU HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
AND BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS
IN 2012 DIDN'T DEFINE THEIR
OWN POSITION BEFORE LIBERALS
COULD DO IT FOR THEM,
LIBERALS COULD COME IN AND
DEFINE THEM AS THEY SEE
FIT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET OUT
IN FRONT OF THE ISSUE, AND
TAKE A STAND ON WHATEVER
ISSUE YOU THINK IS
IMPORTANT, AND MAKE THAT
STATEMENT AND STAND BY IT,
AND DEFINE YOURSELF BEFORE
THE LEFT IS ABLE TO DEFINE
YOU INSTEAD.
TERRY McCALL WAS ABLE TO
DEFINE SOMEONE AS A KNUCKLE
-DRAGGING PERSON.
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET OUT IN
FRONT AND STATE HIS
POSITION.
IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED
QUICKLY, SWIFTLY, AT THE
BEGINNING, AND THEN THEY CAN
MOVE ON TO OTHER ISSUES.
Pat: LAST QUESTION:
WOMEN ARE AS SMART AS MEN,
SOME A LOT SMARTER, BUT WHY
ARE THEY CHEAP ON THIS
ISSUE?
WHY DO THEY BELIEVE THIS
LEFT-WING LIE?
WELL, YOU CAN'T FAULT
PEOPLE FOR NOT KNOWING
SOMETHING.
THE FACT IS THAT YOUNG WOMEN
AREN'T BEING PRESENTED WITH
THE TRUTH.
YOU CAN'T FAULT SOMEONE FOR
NOT KNOWING SOMETHING IF
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD.
THE PUBLIC EDUCATION
SYSTEM -- THE YOUNG WOMEN GO
THROUGH THAT, AND THEN THEY
GO INTO COLLEGE WHERE
THEY'RE ONLY GETTING THE
LIBERAL SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT
WHEN IT COMES
TO, QUOTE,"WOMEN'S ISSUES."
THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM
GROUPS LIKE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD THAT COME TO
CAMPUS.
NOBODY IS TELLING THEM THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.
SO YOU CAN'T FAULT THEM FOR
NOT KNOWING THAT.
MY GOAL WITH THE BOOK IS TO
GET THAT OTHER SIDE OF THE
STORY OUT TO YOUNG WOMEN.
AND TO EVERYONE.
THIS IS A BOOK FOR
BOYFRIENDS, MOMS, DADS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE
HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE
THAT HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO
WOMEN FOR DECADES.
Pat: KATIE, THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "ASSAULT
AND BATTERY."
AND THIS SWEET, INNOCENT
GIRL HAS STUFF IN HERE THAT
WILL CURL YOUR HAIR.
HERE.
Wendy: THANK YOU.
SHE IS A SMART LADY.
Pat: SHE HAS GOT THE
ISSUES AND SHE IS TOUGH.
THAT'S QUITE A BOOK.
WENDY, WHAT'S NEXT?
Wendy: COMING UP, A
GRAD STUDENT WHO WAS DYING
TO BE THIN.
I REMEMBER STEPPING ON
THE SCALE THAT MORNING AND
SEEING THE NUMBER 79.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I REALLY REMEMBER BEING
SCARED.
I DID NOT WANT TO DIEMENT
AND I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A
HEART ATTACK AT 23 YEARS
OLD.
Wendy: FIND OUT WHAT IT
TOOK TO SAVE THIS YOUNG
WOMAN'S LIFE WHEN WE COME
BACK.
*
Wendy: LAUREN LAX GOT A
WAKEUP CALL THE DAY SHE
STEPPED ON THE SCALE AND
WEIGHED 79 POUNDS.
THAT'S RIGHT, JUST
79 POUNDS.
AT THE TIME, LAUREN WAS A
GRAD STUDENT, 23 YEARS OLD,
AND IN DANGER OF
HAVING A
HEART ATTACK.
HER STRUGGLE WITH ANOREXIA
HAD BEGUN WHEN SHE WAS JUST
A CHILD.
AS AN 11-YEAR-OLD LOOKING
AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR,
SAYING YOU'RE FAT, UGLY AND
STUPID OVER AND OVER, I DID
NOT SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
SAW, AND THAT WAS A GIRL
THAT WAS SICK AND JUST
STRUGGLING AND EMACIATED.
I WAS A VERY AVERAGE WEIGHT
CHILD, VERY HEALTHY CHILD.
BUT IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL
THE FOURTH GRADE THAT ONE
DAY THE QUEEN BEE OF OUR
LITTLE POSSE STARTED TALKING
ABOUT WEALTH.
AND SHE SAID, YOU GUYS, I
WEIGH 59 POUNDS AND I'M
STILL FAT.
AND SHE WENT AROUND THE
CIRCLE AND ASKED, WHAT DOES
EVERYONE ELSE WEIGH?
I LIED AND SAID I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I WEIGH.
I WENT HOME THAT DAY AND
STARTED MEMORIZING THE
NUTRITION LABELS ON ALL OF
THE PACKAGED FOODS IN THE
PANTRY, AND RESOLVED TO EAT
THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FAT AS
POSSIBLE IN THE DAY.
I WANTED MORE CONTROL OVER
MY FOOD AND FOOD CHOICES,
ALL IN AN EFFORT TO ATTAIN
MY GOAL OF LOSING WEIGHT.
THIS KIND OF CONTINUED
THROUGHOUT THAT SUMMER,
THROUGHOUT THAT FALL, AND
THEN BY CHRISTMAS BREAK, MY
PARENTS REALLY NOTICED I
JUST DID NOT LOOK WELL.
MY PEDIATRICIAN REFERRED ME
TO A COUNSELLOR, AND I WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH ANOREXIA.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ANOREXIA
WAS, AND I HAD NEVER HEARD
OF AN EATING DISORDER
BEFORE.
I FELT LIKE MY PARENTS AND
THE DOCTORS WERE TRYING TO
TAKE AWAY A GOAL I DIDN'T
FEEL WAS A BAD GOAL.
THIS IS MY THING; YOU CAN'T
CONTROL ME.
I WAS GETTING WORSE, AND
THAT SPRING WAS THE FIRST
TIME I WAS HOSPITALIZED.
I WAS LIVING EITHER IN AN
EXTREME WORLD OF TREATMENT
HOSPITALIZATIONS, WHERE I
WAS NOT BEING TOLD WHAT A
REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD
LOOKED LIKE OR A HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY BODY
LOOKED LIKE.
THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL,
HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE, IT
WAS VERY MUCH A CYCLE.
I WOULD GO INTO TREATMENT BY
PRETTY MUCH FORCE, AND BE
THERE FROM ANYWHERE FROM A
MONTH TO MONTHS, AND THEN I
WOULD GET OUT AND MAYBE HOLD
ON TO A LITTLE BIT OF
RECOVERY, SO TO SPEAK, ONLY
TO RELAPSE WITHIN WEEKS OR
MONTHS.
AND IT WAS JUST A
ROLLERCOASTER OF UPS AND
DOWNS.
I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THE
NUMBER OF TIMES I WAS
HOSPITALIZED.
EXERCISE REALLY AGAIN TO
TAKE A LIFE OF ITS OWN
THROUGHOUT COLLEGE AND GRAD
SCHOOL, AND IT WAS WORKING
OUT UP TO SEVEN HOURS A
DAY.
AND IT WASN'T SO MUCH ABOUT
BEING THE FITTEST I COULD
EVER BE, IT WAS MORE AN
ADDICTION.
BY THE END OF MY FIRST YEAR
OF GRAD SCHOOL, I REALLY
PICKED UP THE PACE WITH MY
EXERCISE.
THE DAY BEFORE MY SECOND
YEAR WAS SUPPOSED TO START,
ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER
STEPPING ON THE SCALE THAT
MORNING AND SEEING THE
NUMBER 79.
AND I HAD NEVER SEEN THAT
SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I
REALLY REMEMBER BEING
SCARED.
I DON'T REMEMBER PRAYING ON
THE WAY TO THE GYM THAT
MORNING.
I PRAYED, GOD, I PRAY YOU
WOULD HELP ME MAKE A CHANGE
TODAY.
I PULLED IN THE PARKING LOT
AND I WAS GETTING OUT, AND
EIGHT PEOPLE CAME AROUND ME
AND THEY SAID, LAUREN, WE'RE
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THE
HOSPITAL.
WE JUST WANT TO GET YOU
CHECKED OUT.
THAT VERY NIGHT I WAS PUT
IN THE HOSPITAL, MY HEART
RATE PLUMMETTED DOWN TO THE
30s.
HAD THEY GONE TO THE 20s,
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
HAVING TO PUT A PACEMAKER IN
ME OR HAVING TO DO HEART
SURGERY BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE
BEEN IN CARDIAC ARREST.
I DID NOT WANT TO DIE.
AND I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A
HEART ATTACK AT 20 YEARS
OLD.
I FELT AT PEACE THAT GOD WAS
IN CONTROL AND I WAS NO
LONGER IN CONTROL, AND HE
WAS GOING TO SEE ME
THROUGH.
REALIZING WHERE MY HEALTH
WAS AND WHAT IT HAD COME TO,
AND THE FACT I REALLY WAS ON
DEATH'S DOORSTEP REALLY HIT
HOME WITH ME.
GOD WAS
ALREADY WORKING AND
CHANGING MY HEART.
HE REALLY WANTED TO WORK
THROUGH EVERY LITTLE ROUTE
THERE WAS.
THE COUNSELLOR I HAD DURING
TREATMENT WAS AMAZING.
SHE WAS THE FIRST COUNSELLOR
THAT I EVER WORKED WITH THAT
WAS A BELIEVER.
I REMEMBER TALKING WITH HER
ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE,
AND I THINK THAT REALLY
BROUGHT THE WELLNESS, AND MY
HEART CHANGED AS WELL.
LEARNING TO SEE MY HEALTH
THROUGH GOD'S EYES, AND NOT
WHAT I THOUGHT I SAW IN THE
MIRROR.
MY LIFE RIGHT NOW IS IN A
FUN PLACE.
I USED TO, FOR SO LONG, FELT
IT WAS DREDGERY TO LIVE.
AND MY HEART WANTS TO WORK
WITH WELLNESS AND
PREVENTION, AND, OF COURSE,
RECOVERY.
MY EATING DISORDER FOR SO
LONG WAS THE BATTLE OF THE
MINDS.
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD
ESCAPE FROM THE THOUGHTS IN
MY HEAD.
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT
RECOVERY IS POSSIBILITY.
I WANT THEM TO BELIEVE IN
THAT AND TO NEVER LOSE
HOPE.
Wendy: NEVER LOSE
HOPE.
EVERYONE NEEDS HOPE.
IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING AND
NEED SOMEONE TO PRAY WITH
YOU, JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW,
1-800-759-0700.
IT IS TOLL-FREE.
OUR STAFF IS HERE 24/7 TO
TAKE YOUR CALLS, NO MATTER
WHAT PROBLEM YOU'RE DEALING
WITH.
MAYBE IT IS NOT ANOREXIA.
MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT IF IT IS LIKE LAUREN'S,
WE HAVE A FREE BOOK WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEND TO YOU.
IT IS CALLED "OVERCOMING
EATING DISORDERS."
AND IT IS FILLED WITH
SCRIPTURES.
CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR
SCREEN, 1-800-759-0700, AND
IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE OF
CHARGE.
THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE IN
JESUS.
AND YOU, TOO, CAN BE AN
OVERCOMER.
PAT?
Pat: STILL AHEAD, WE'RE
GOING TO "BRING IT ON" WITH
YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
MARIA SAYS, "WE'RE IN SO
MUCH DEBT AND CANNOT MAKE
ENDS MEET.
IT IS CAUSING MARITAL
PROBLEMS, STRESS, AND
ANXIETY.
IS IT WRONG TO FILE FOR
BANKRUPTCY?"
Pat: I WILL TAKE ON
THAT QUESTION AND MANY MORE
THAT COME TO US VIA THE
E-MAIL, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
WELCOME BACK TO
WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN NEWS
BREAK.
A TYPHOON HAS KILLED AT
LEAST 10 PEOPLE IN THE
PHILIPPINES, AND MANY MORE
WERE REPORTED MISSING, SO
THE DEATH TOLL COULD RISE.
MORE THAN 370,000 PEOPLE
EVACUATED INTO EMERGENCY
SHELTERS.
THE STORM SHUT DOWN THE
CAPITAL OF MANILA, AND POWER
WENT OUT IN SEVERAL PLACES.
MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON
HAS VETOED A BILL THAT WOULD
HAVE ALLOWED TRAINED
TEACHERS TO CARRY CONCEALED
GUNS.
HE SAYS ARMING TEACHERS WILL
NOT MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER, BUT
SUPPORTERS ARGUE THAT
TRAINING AND ARMING SCHOOL
PERSONNEL COULD SAVE
STUDENTS' LIVES, AND SCHOOL
PROTECTION OFFICERS COULD
RESPOND TO AN ATTACKER
WITHOUT WAITING FOR POLICE
TO ARRIVE.
WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Wendy: IT LOOKS LIKE A
FUN SHOW.
BE SURE TO TUNE IN TOMORROW
NIGHT FOR THE "AMERICAN
BIBLE CHALLENGE."
JEFF FOXWORTHY HAS A VERY
SPECIAL GUEST.
TAKE A LOOK.
[CHEERING]
HOW DO I LOOK IN THIS
THING?
I DON'T KNOW.
OH!
ALL RIGHT, IT RHYMES WITH
GRACE.
HERE IS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
SNAKES.
[CHEERING]
Wendy: OH, WOW!
Pat: THAT'S ONE THING
WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE
PYTHONS ON THIS PROGRAM, NOR
DO WE EVER INTEND TO.
NO WAY.
Wendy: WELL, YOU CAN
FIND OUT WHAT THE SNAKE
QUESTION IS AND TEST YOUR
WITS WITH THE CONTESTANTS
FOR THE ANSWER.
TUNE INTO THE GAME SHOW
NETWORK, TOMORROW NIGHT,
8:00 EASTERN TIME, AND 7
CENTRAL.
AND FOR AN ALL NEW EPISODE
OF "THE AMERICAN BIBLE
CHALLENGE," AND THAT'S
TOMORROW NIGHT.
Pat: MY WIFE IS A FAN
OF JEOPARDY.
AND SHE WATCHES "JEOPARDY"
FAITHFULLY.
THEY HAVE THE FINAL JEOPARDY
WHERE THEY HAVE ONE
QUESTION.
Wendy: IT IS JUST
AMAZING.
AND SHE GETS IT?
Pat: NO.
I'VE BEEN GETTING IT.
[LAUGHTER]
Wendy: I WOULD NOT WANT
TO PLAY JEOPARDY WITH PAT
ROBERTSON, NO WAY.
Pat: OKAY.
LET'S GO TO THE QUESTIONS.
Wendy: MARIA
WRITES, "WE ARE IN SO MUCH
DEBT AND CANNOT MAKE ENDS
MEET, IT IS CAUSING MARITAL
PROBLEMS, STRESS AND
ANXIETY.
IS IT WRONG TO FILE FOR
BANKRUPTCY?
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
ON THIS?"
Pat: WELL, BANKRUPTCY
WAS PUT IN TO RELIEVE DEBT.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, EVERY
SEVEN YEARS THEY HAD A
RELEASE OF DEBTS.
AND EVERY 49 THEY PROCLAIM
LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE
LAND.
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS RELEASE
OF DEBT.
SO DEBT RELEASE IS CERTAINLY
BIBLICAL.
PEOPLE UNDER A CRUSHING
BURDEN OF DEBT WOULD BE SET
FREE AFTER A PERIOD OF
TIME.
SO WE HAVE BANKRUPTCY LAWS
TO HELP PEOPLE OUT.
AND I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO USE THEM FRAUDULENTLY,
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
LOOPHOLES CLOSED, BUT I SEE
NOTHING WRONG WITH DECLARING
BANKRUPTCY.
BUT THERE ARE SOME
RAMIFICATIONS, YOU CAN'T DO
IT AGAIN FOR SO MANY YEARS
AND YOU HAVE THAT MARK ON
YOUR CREDIT RATING AND SO
FORTH.
YOU PUT TOGETHER BOTH SIDES
OF IT.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE TROUBLE
YOU SAY YOU'RE IN, THERE IS
NO SIN GOING INTO
BANKRUPTCY.
Wendy: VIVIENNE
SAYS, "I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING
FROM ANXIETY SINCE I WAS
LITTLE.
NOW THAT I'M OLDER, I KNOW
WHAT IT IS.
CAN GOD REALLY HEAL MY
MIND?
I CAN'T EAT OR GET OUT OF MY
HOUSE?"
Pat: OF COURSE GOD CAN
CLEAR YOUR MIND.
BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME YOU'LL
NEED SOME SERIOUS THERAPY.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE
SOMEBODY WALK YOU THROUGH
IT.
BECAUSE YOU NOW HAVE A FEAR
OF GOING OUTDOORS AND
TALKING TO PEOPLE AND THAT
SORT OF THING.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY
HELP YOU ON THIS ONE.
OF COURSE GOD CAN SET YOU
FREE, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE
SOME BOLD STEPS YOURSELF.
I RECOMMEND YOU GET OUT AND
START WALKING AND EXERCISING
AND EATING RIGHT.
A GOOD CHRISTIAN THERAPIST
CAN HELP YOU ON THAT.
Wendy: AND START SAYING
THE SCRIPTURES OUTLOUD, THAT
GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME A
SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT A POWER
OF SOUND MIND.
JUSTINE WRITES, "I HAVE
TRIED TO CONVINCE A MUSLIM
ABOUT THE INSPIRED WORD OF
GOD.
HOWEVER, SHE JUST KEEPS
COMING BACK TO THE POINT
THAT MOHAMMED IS THE REAL
PROPHET, AND QURAN IS TRUE,
AND THE REAL PATH TO
SALVATION IS CLEAR.
HOW DO I CONVINCE HER THAT
IT IS CHRISTIANITY THAT
POSSESSES THE TRUTH AND NOT
ISLAM?"
Pat: IF YOU HAD A REAL
KNOWLEDGE OF THE QURAN AND
COULD SHOW THE DISCREPANCIES
IN THE QURAN -- THE PROBLEM
IS YOU'RE NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE
ENOUGH YET TO ARGUE.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE, AND
IT'S CALLED "ISLAM, RELIGION
OF PEACE OR WAR."
IT TELLS WHO MOHAMMED WAS,
WHERE HE CAME FROM, AND WHAT
HE IS ABOUT.
AND WHAT THE QURAN SAYS OVER
AND OVER AGAIN, ESPECIALLY
ABOUT WAR AND KILLING.
IT IS HERE.
WE'LL MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO
YOU, "ISLAM, A RELIGION OF
WAR OR PEACE."
YOU NEED THAT, BUT YOU NEED
TO DO SOME STUDYING IF
YOU'RE GOING TO CONFRONT
SOMEBODY WHO IS DEDICATED TO
ANOTHER RELIGION.
Wendy: JAMES WRITES, "I
KNOWISKNOW ISHMAEL BORE 12
SONS.
WHY IS THERE SUCH AN INTENSE
HATRED FOR THE JEWISH STATE
FROM ALL OF THE ARAB
NATIONS?"
Pat: IT IS SATANIC.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT ISHMAEL
WAS LIKE A WILD DON KEY.
DONKEY.
AND YOU HAVE THAT SENSE OF
ANGER AND CHAOS THAT HAVE
INFECTED HIS GENERATIONS.
JACOB, ON THE OTHER HAND,
WAS A MAN OF PEACE AND WHO
LOVED GOD AND WHO WAS
ANOINTED BY THE LORD, AND
WHO WRESTLED WITH AN ANGEL
AND WHO WAS BROKEN TO SERVE
GOD.
SO HIS FOREBEARERS ARE THAT
WAY.
BUT THE ANIMOSITY -- THE
ONLY WAY YOU CAN ACCOUNT FOR
IT IS SATANIC.
IT IS REALLY IRRATIONAL.
THE HATRED THAT THE ARABS
HAVE FOR THE JEWS, IT'S
IRRATIONAL.
Wendy: THAT'S THE BEST
WAY TO SAY IT.
JEANA WRITES, "DO ALL DREAMS
COME FROM GOD, OR CAN THE
DEVIL SEND DREAMS THAT
CONTRADICT WHAT I THINK IS
GOD'S WILL?"
Pat: I DON'T MEAN TO BE
GLIB, BUT YOU CAN EAT TOUCH
SPASPAGHETTI AND HAVE A BAD
DREAM.
AND YOU SAY IT COMES FROM
GOD, BUT IT COMES FROM YOUR
STOMACH.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE DREAMS
ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
READING AND TALKING ABOUT,
WHAT UNFINISHED BUSINESS YOU
HAVE AND SO FORTH, AND NONE
OF THAT COMES FROM GOD.
IT COMES OUT OF YOUR
SUBCONSCIENCE.
GOD DOES SEND VISIONS AND
DREAMS.
BUT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I
THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE
SOURCES OF DATA TO MAKE YOUR
DECISIONS OTHER THAN JUST
PURE DREAMS.
BUT PAUL HAD A DREAM, AND HE
SAID I ASSUREDLY FELT THAT
GOD HAD CALLED US.
AND SO HE WENT ACROSS INTO
EUROPE.
AND WE HAVE THE GOSPEL
BECAUSE OF A DREAM.
ONE LAST QUESTION.
Wendy: CHRIS
WRITES, "HI, PAT, MY GRANDPA
AND GRANDMA WERE BOTH
BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS, BUT
MY GRANDPA WAS A MASON AND
MY GRANDMA WAS AN EASTERN
STAR.
CAN A CHRISTIAN BE A MEMBER
OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND
STILL HAVE THE RIGHT
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?"
Pat: I DON'T REALLY
THINK THAT YOU CAN GO INTO
THE HIGHER LEVELS, 32nd,
33 DEGREES OF MASONIC ORDER
AND STILL HOLD ON TO THE
FAITH.
THERE WAS AN AUTHOR WHO
WROTE ABOUT MESSIANIC
THINGS.
AND HE WAS SAYING THAT THE
BIBLE HAS IT WRONG.
THAT SATAN WAS THE ANGEL OF
LIGHT.
AND JEHOVAH WAS THE DEVIL.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO STOP.
THERE ARE THINGS IN THAT
MESSIANIC DOCTRINE THAT ARE
JUST NOT CHRISTIAN.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOUR
GRANDMA AND GRANDPA
BELIEVED, BUT, NEVERTHELESS,
I FIND IT REALLY HARD TO
ACCEPT THE FACT THAT
SOMEBODY CAN GO THROUGH
THOSE STAGES OF THE
MESSIANIC BELIEF AND EXCEPT
THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING
PRESENTED AND STILL SAY THAT
YOU BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE AND
BELIEVE IN JESUS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ANCESTORS BELIEVED, SO I
CAN'T COMMENT ON IT.
WENDY?
Wendy: INTERESTING.
THANKS, PAT.
GREAT ANSWERS, AS USUAL.
WELL, UP NEXT, MEET A
HUSBAND AND FATHER WHO HAD
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN DRUGS AND
HIS OWN FAMILY.
I WOULD HAVE DIED FOR
THEM.
I JUST COULDN'T QUIT DOING
DRUGS FOR THEM.
I WAS IN THE GRIPS OF AN
ADDICTION THAT WAS JUST
MASSIVE.
Wendy: SEE HOW HE WAS
FINALLY SET FREE FROM INSIDE
A PRISON CELL.
Pat: JIM LOVED THIS
WIFE AND CHILDREN, AND HE
SAID HE WOULD EVEN DIE FOR
THEM, BUT HE WOULDN'T QUIT
DOING DRUGS FOR THEM.
SO JIM LOST HIS FAMILY, AND
FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS HE
REMAINED A SLAVE TO DRUGS.
I USED TO HIDE MY
MOTHER'S CAR -- I WOULD HIDE
IN THE BACK SEAT AND LAY ON
THE FLOOR BOARD.
I THINK I WAS 5 OR 6 YEARS
OLD.
Reporter: SNEAKING A
RIDE INTO WORK WITH HIS MOM
WAS THE ONLY WAY JIM COULD
GET HIS MOM'S ATTENTION.
HE OFTEN STOLE MOMENTS LIKE
THESE BECAUSE SHE AND HIS
FATHER WERE TOO BUSY CHASING
CAREERS.
MY FATHER WAS AN IBM
EXECUTIVE, AND MY MOTHER
COMES FROM A FAMILY OF
ENTREPRENEURS, AND MY MOM
AND DAD WERE GONE MOST OF
THE TIME.
Reporter: JIM AND HIS
TWIN BROTHER WERE THE
YOUNGEST OF FIVE.
ONE DAY HE GOT INTO HIS
OLDER BROTHER'S STASH, WHICH
HAD POT AND L.S.D.
THE FIRST TIME THE
EUPHORIA HIT ME, MY FIRST
THOUGHT WAS, I'M GOING TO DO
THIS THE REST OF MY LIFE.
THIS IS THE GREATEST FEELING
I'VE EVER HAD, AT SEVEN.
Reporter: BY MIDDLE
SCHOOL, HE HAD BECOME A
HARD-CORE POTHEAD.
HIS PARENTS HAD ALSO
DIVORCED.
WHEN HE BECAME TOO MUCH TO
HANDLE FOR HIS MOM, SHE SENT
HIM TO LIVE WITH HIS
FATHER.
UNDER HIS TOUGH SUPERVISION
AND A LITTLE TOUGH LOVE, JIM
CLEANED UP HIS ACT.
MY FATHER WAS THERE, AND
HE REALLY WAS A GOOD FATHER
AND HE WANTED TO BE PART OF
OUR LIFE.
Reporter: JIM MADE IT
TO HIGH SCHOOL DRUG-FREE AND
FOCUSED ON SPORTS AND
ACADEMICS.
ONE NIGHT HIS FATHER SAT
DOWN WITH JILL AN JIM AND
HIS TWIN BROTHER.
I REMEMBER HIM TELLING
US, YOUR MOTHER HAS LUNG
CANCER AND SHE HAS SIX
MONTHS TO LIVE.
Reporter: SOON JIM LOST
HIS MOTIVATION TO STAY ON
THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW AND
TURNED BACK TO DRUGS.
HE ADDED COCAINE TO IT, AND
WITH IT A STRING OF FELONIES
TO SUPPORT WHAT HAD BECOME A
VERY EXPENSIVE DRUG HABIT.
THEN AT THE START OF JIM'S
SENIOR YEAR, HIS MOTHER
PASSED AWAY.
I WAS SO MAD AT HER.
I THOUGHT THAT SHE GAVE UP
AND THAT SHE COULD BEAT
CANCER, AND THAT IF I HAD
CANCER, I WOULD DEFINITELY
BEAT IT FOR HER OR ANYONE
ELSE THAT I LOVED.
Reporter: JIM MANAGED
TO GRADUATE BUT FAILED EVERY
ATTEMPT HIS FAMILY MADE TO
GET HIM REHABILITATED.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
JUST GARBAGE.
I WOULD RATHER BE DEAD AT
THAT TIME THAN HAVE TO LIVE
WITHOUT BEING THAT HIGH ALL
OF THE TIME.
Reporter: A YEAR AFTER
GRADUATING, JIM MARRIED HIS
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.
THE COUPLE HAD TWINS, A BOY
AND A GIRL.
BUT THE MARRIAGE DIDN'T
LAST.
I WAS IN THE GRIPS OF AN
ADDICTION THAT WAS JUST
MASSIVE.
AND AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO
STOP FOR THEM, I COULD NOT
STOP.
AND EVEN THEN I WOULD HAVE
DIED FOR THEM.
I JUST COULDN'T QUIT DOING
DRUGS FOR THEM.
Reporter: FOR THE NEXT
25 YEARS, HE WAS EITHER
SERVING TIME E IN A REHAB
PROGRAM OR RUNNING FROM THE
LAW.
THEN IN 2004, HE WAS
ARRESTED FOR CREDIT CARD
FRAUD AND A LONG LIST OF
OTHER FELONIES.
AT 41 YEARS OLD, HE WAS
TIRED, FACING HIS THIRD
STRIKE, AND LOOKING AT 49 TO
LIFE.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN
MY LIFE THAT I JUST DIDN'T
WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE.
I SAID, GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL,
IF YOU'RE REAL LIKE THEY SAY
YOU'RE REAL, HELP ME.
AND INSTANTLY I HAD AN
ENCOUNTER ON THAT FLOOR IN
THE CELL.
MY HEART AND MY MIND
RECEIVED HOPE.
GOD GAVE ME SUCH PEACE,
HOPE, AND UNDERSTANDING I
KNEW EVERYTHING HAD
CHANGED.
Reporter: INSTEAD
DRUGS, JIM CRAZED GOD'S
WORD.
HE ASKED HIS JAILERS FOR A
BIBLE.
I STARTED PRAYING AND I
STARTED READING THE BIBLE.
AND IT STARTED TO MAKE
SENSE, AND I UNDERSTOOD THE
WORDS.
AND THEY WOULD LEAP OUT AND
THEY CAME ALIVE.
AND THEY STARTED TO MAKE
SENSE TO ME.
GOD CHALLENGED ME.
HE SAID, WILL YOU SERVE ME
IF YOU HAVE TO GO AND DO
LIFE IN PRISON?
AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS
FAIR THAT GOD WOULD POSE
THAT QUESTION TO ME.
AND SO I DIDN'T ANSWER IT.
I WAS MAD FOR A COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
AND THEN FINALLY I SAID,
GOD, LISTEN, IF I NEVER HAVE
TO FEEL LIKE I FELT ON THE
FLOOR THAT DAY, IF YOU
NEVER, EVER LET ME FEEL LIKE
THAT AGAIN, I'LL SERVE YOU
ANYWHERE.
Reporter: A YEAR INTO
SERVING HIS TIME, JIM
RECEIVED WORD THAT HIS
SENTENCE WAS GOING TO BE
REDUCED FROM 49 YEARS TO 49
MONTHS.
FAITH'S ATTORNEY STANDS
UP, AND SHE SAYS, I DON'T
KNOW WHY I'M DOING THIS AND
HE'LL NEVER FINISH IT, BUT
I'M GOING TO SEND HIM TO
THIS PROGRAM, THIS
FAITH-BASED DRUG AND ALCOHOL
PROGRAM IN SARASOTA.
I'M GOING TO SEND HIM TO THE
HARVEST HOUSE.
Reporter: JIM DID
FINISH THE PROGRAM AND
OVERCAME HIS ADDICTIONS.
TODAY HE IS BACK AT HARVEST
HOUSE AT THE PROGRAM
DIRECTOR.
HE IS ALSO WORKING TO
RECONCILE WITH HIS NOW ADULT
TWINS.
HE IS REMARRIED AND RAISING
THEIR TWO SMALL CHILDREN.
CHRIST HAS GIVEN ME A
PEACE AND A JOY THAT I'VE
NEVER EXPERIENCED.
AND I DON'T THINK IT IS
POSSIBLE TO EXPERIENCE IT
WITHOUT THAT LIFE IN
CHRIST.
Pat: ISN'T THAT
AMAZING?
IT'S REMARKABLE.
I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
HE WAS A SLAVE.
WHAT WAS HE A SLAVE TO?
HE WAS A SLAVE TO PLANTS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING A
SLAVE TO PLANTS?
I WAS READING IN THE
MARVELOUS 51st PSALM --
EXCUSE ME, 91st PSALM --
ABOUT GOD, THE LORD.
HE IS MY REFUGE.
HE IS MY HOPE.
I PUT MY HOPE AND CONFIDENCE
IN HIM.
CAN YOU IMAGINE PUTTING IT
IN A PLANT?
THAT YOU PUT YOUR DESTINY IN
A PLANT?
A WEED?
THEY CALL IT WEED.
THEY CALL IT GRASS.
YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR
DESTINY IN THE FRUIT OF A
COCOA BUSH?
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE
DOING.
THAT'S WHERE THIS STUFF
COMES FROM.
ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THAT
LORDSHIP OVER YOUR LIFE WHEN
YOU COULD HAVE GOD AS LORD,
AS JESUS CHRIST IS LORD?
WHO DO YOU WANT TO SERVE?
THERE WAS ONE OF THE SINGERS
THAT SANG A SONG, YOU'VE GOT
TO SERVE SOMEBODY.
YOU REALLY DO.
IF YOU WANT TO SERVE THE ONE
WHO IS LORD, WHO IS THE
CREATOR, WHO IS THE AUTHOR
OF LIFE, WHO CAN GIVE YOU
HOPE AND JOY AND PEACE, OR
DO YOU WANT TO SERVE A
PLANT?
MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
WHICH WOULD IT BE, WOULD YOU
RATHER SERVE GRASS OR SERVE
THE CREATOR?
IF YOU WANT THE CREATOR,
PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW THESE
WORDS: LORD, I COME TO YOU
NOW.
I GIVE YOU MY HEART.
I GIVE YOU MY LIFE.
AND I ASK YOU WOULD COME.
I WANT TO MAKE YOU THE ROCK
OF MY SALVATION.
I SURRENDER TO YOU.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON I
TRUST IN YOU AND MAKE YOU
THE LORD OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU, IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I
WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING
TO HELP YOU.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
I'LL SEND THIS TO YOU FREE.
JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND
CALL IN.
IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO
NEXT.
I KNOW IT WILL BE A BLESSING
TO YOU.
WELL, THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME
WE'VE GOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
FOR WENDY AND ME AND ALL OF
OUR CREW, THIS IS PAT
ROBERTSON.
AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH
TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM
JAMES 1: "BLESSED IS THE MAN
WHO PERSEVERES UNDER TRIAL
BECAUSE WHEN HE HAS STOOD
THE TEST, HE WILL RECEIVE
THE CROWN OF LIFE THAT GOD
HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO
LOVE HIM."
GOD BLESS YOU.
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
AND TOMORROW, BY THE WAY,
TWO SUPERNATURAL RESCUES
FROM ONE HORRIFIC CAR CRASH,
ON TOMORROW'S "700 CLUB."
BYE-BYE.