On CBN Newswatch, March 5: Millions of Americans brace for 'winter's last stand'; Hillary Clinton's State Dept. e-mail scandal deepens; US envoy 'stable' after knife attack in S. Korea; and more.
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US FOR CBN
"NEWSWATCH."
I'M EFREM GRAHAM.
AND I'M CAITLIN BURKE.
THE NEXT BIG WINTER SWEPT
FROM TEXAS TO NEW YORK,
CAUSING AIRLINES TO CANCEL
THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FACE
MORE SNOW, ALONG WITH
FLOODING AND FREEZING
RAINS.
BUT METEOROLOGISTS SAY THIS
STORM COULD BE WINTERS LAST
STAND.
IT HAS BEEN A RECORD BOOK
FOR WINTERS IN THE EAST.
IN BOSTON, THEY BROKE THE
ALL TIME RECORD, WHICH IS
107.9 INCHES.
AND ALL OF THAT SNOW IS
HAVING AN IMPACT.
IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, THE
MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY RECEIVED
ROOF FAILURES.
THIS COLLAPSED GARAGE
TRAPPED FOUR CARS IN SPENCER
PORT, NEW YORK, WHERE TIM
THOMAS IS WORKING SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK TO CLEAR ROOFS.
I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 40
YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN
THIS BUSY.
Reporter: AT LEAST 24
STATES, FROM TEXAS TO
MASSACHUSETTS, ARE UNDER
WINTER WEATHER ALERTS.
THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED, AND THERE
HAVE BEEN LONG DELAYS.
A PASSENGER IN DALLAS TOOK
THESE PICTURES, SHOWING THE
ICE THAT LEFT HER PLANE
STRANDED ON THE TARMAC FOR
HOURS.
IT AMOUNTS TO DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS.
CHECK OUT THIS CAR IN
TEXAS.
IT HANGS OVER A BRIDGE.
THE DRIVER COUNTS ITS
BLESSINGS.
IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER
WAY THIS WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED, I MIGHT NOT BE
HERE.
I'M FEELING BLESSED.
Reporter: AT LEAST SIX
STATES BRACE FOR ANOTHER
SNOW EMERGENCY.
NEARLY A HALF MILLION
STUDENTS COULD BE AFFECTED
BY SCHOOL CLOSINGS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THAT INCLUDES WASHINGTON,
D.C., WHERE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CLOSED.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
Efrem: HILLARY CLINTON
IS URGING THE STATE
DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE THE
E-MAILS FROM HER PRIVATE
ACCOUNT SHE USED WHEN SHE
WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.
CLINTON TWEETED LATE
WEDNESDAY, SAYING SHE WANTS
THE PUBLIC TO SEE HER
E-MAIL.
THE POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS
UNDER FIRE FOR RUNNING HER
OWN PRIVATE E-MAIL SERVER,
INSTEAD OF USING AN OFFICIAL
STATE DEPARTMENT E-MAIL
ACCOUNT.
EXPERTS SAY CLINTON'S
PRIVATE E-MAIL SYSTEM PUT
SENSITIVE DATA AT RISK.
THEY BELIEVE A FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COULD
HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO
MATERIAL BY HACKING HER
SERVER.
NOW THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE TERROR
ATTACK IN
BENGHAZI ISSUED
SUBPOENAS FOR CLINTON'S
E-MAILSMENT.
E-MAILS.
YOU DO NOT NEED A LAW
DEGREE TO
UNDER HOW
TROUBLING THIS IS.
THERE ARE CHAIN OF CUSTODY
ISSUES.
THERE ARE PRESERVATION OF
MATERIALS AND DOCUMENTS
ISSUES.
ONE SHOULD
ALSO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT
THE NATIONAL SECURITY
IMPLICATIONS
OF FORMER
SECRETARY
CLINTON USING
EXCLUSIVELY PERSONAL
E-MAIL
ACCOUNTS
FOR THE CONDUCTING
OF OFFICIAL U.S. FOREIGN
POLICY.
Efrem: CLINTON'S E-MAIL
PRACTICES GAVE HER
SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OVER
WHAT SHE KEPT IN HER MESSAGE
ARCHIVES.
THE TAX SUBSIDIES
CONNECTED TO THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT APPEARS TO HINGE ON
TWO JUSTICES, JOHN ROBERTS
AND ANTHONY KENNEDY.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE
IF THE LAW MAKES PEOPLE IN
ALL 50 STATES ELIGIBLE FOR
FEDERAL TAX SUBSIDIES TO CUT
THE COST OF INSURANCE
PREMIUMS.
Efrem: CBN NEWS SMOKE
WITH JORDAN SECULO, AND HOW
IT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR HEALTH
CARE.
PEOPLE HAVE THEIR EYES
AND JUSTICE KENNEDY, AND
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS
SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE
WITH KIND OF SAVING THE LAW
FINDING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL
MANDATE WAS A TAX.
HE WAS BASICALLY QUIET
TODAY.
SO IT IS TOUGH TO GET HIS
READ.
JUSTICE KENNEDY HAD TOUGH
QUESTIONS FOR BOTH SIDES.
IT MAY SEEM KIND OF STRANGE
TO MOST PEOPLE, THAT THE LAW
SEEMS SO CLEAR, WHY IS THIS
EVEN AN ISSUE.
AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
ARGUE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE
FULL SCOPE OF THE LAW, THE
INTENTION WAS TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO PURCHASE ANY KIND
OF EXCHANGE AND THEY WOULD
WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A
SUBSIDY.
AND THEY KIND OF ADOPTED
THIS VIEW THEY COULDN'T
REALLY FORCE THE STATES INTO
THIS DECISION THROUGH THE
INCENTIVE PROCESS.
SO THEY TOOK A DIFFERENT
TACTIC, IF YOU WILL, THEN
THEY HAVE IN THE PAST FROM
DEFENDING THE LAW.
BUT IT DOES APPEAR THIS WILL
COME DOWN TO A SWING VOTE OR
TWO.
THE COURT COULD ULTIMATELY
SAY A QUICK CHANGE OF THE
WORDING AND EVERYTHING IS
FINE.
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE KNOW THIS
SHOULD BE A REAL BATTLE.
IN CONGRESS THEY HAVE
REPLACEMENTS READY-MARKED,
BUT THIS WOULD IMPACT
UPWARDS OF FIVE MILLION
PEOPLE.
AND LAWMAKERS ARE ALREADY
READY TO PROPOSE LEGISLATION
TO ACT SO THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE NOT INJURED.
BUT JUSTICE KENNEDY DID LOOK
AT THE LARGER RAMIFICATIONS,
AND IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN,
OF COURSE, THE RAMIFICATIONS
FOR PEOPLE AND THE INSURANCE
BUSINESSES, JUSTICE KAGAN
BROUGHT THAT UP.
Efrem: ST TO SEE MORE
OF THE INTERVIEW, YOU CAN
LOG ON TO CBNNEWS.COM.
THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA OVER HOW TO
DEAL WITH THE IRAN, AND
NETANYAHU'S SPEECH TO
CONGRESS, CONTINUED THIS
WEEK AFTER THE ADDRESS.
OBAMA CHARGED THAT THE
ISRAELI LEADER DIDN'T GIVE
ANY VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO
THE INTERNATIONAL DEAL THAT
IS SUPPOSED TO STOP IRAN
FROM GETTING NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
BUT NETANYAHU DISAGREES.
HE SAYS HE PRESENTED A
BETTER DEAL AND A PRACTICAL
ALTERNATIVE.
I PROPOSE IN WASHINGTON
PLACING TWO NEW PARAMETERS
ON ANY DEAL WITH IRAN.
FIRST, PLACE TOUGHER
RESTRICTIONS ON IRAN'S
NUCLEAR PROGRAMS, EXTENDING
ITS BREAK OUT TIME TO THE
BOMBING YEARS.
SECOND, I CALL FOR LIFTING
THOSE RESTRICTIONS ONLY WHEN
IRAN CEASES PROMOTING
TERRORISM AND ITS AGGRESSION
AGAINST ITS NEIGHBORS.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
THE FIRST ISRAELI PO POLL
AFTER HE SPEECH SHOWS HE MAY
HAVE GAINED SLIGHTLY.
Efrem: 11 OIL FIELDS IN
THE COUNTRY ARE NOW CLOSED
DOWN AFTER A SERIOUS OF
ATTACKS BY THE ISLAMIC STATE
MILITANTS.
THE NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION
SAYS DESPITE PLEAS FOR
AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE SAFETY
OF LIBYA'S OIL
INSTALLATIONS, THEFT AND
DESTRUCTION OF THE OIL
FIELDS HAVE BEEN ON THE
RISE.
THE BOSTON MARATHON
BOMBING TRIAL IS UNDER WAY.
PROSECUTORS SHOWED
NEVER-SEEN BEFORE VIDEO OF
THE DEADLY BLAST, AND IMAGES
OF DESPERATE, LIFE-SAVING
ATTEMPTS.
SOME OF THE SURVIVORS TOOK
THE STAND, DESCRIBING THE
EVENTS THAT LEFT MORE THAN
260 INJURED AND KILLED THREE
OTHERS, I, INCLUDING
8-YEAR-OLD MARTIN RICHARD,
WHO IS STANDING JUST FEET
FROM WHERE THE SUSPECT IS
SEEN DROPPING A BACKPACK
CONTAINING ONE OF THE TWO
BOMBS.
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV SAYS HE
WAS COERCED BY HIS OLDER
BROTHER, SOMETHING THEY HOPE
WILL KEEP HIM FROM THE DEATH
PENALTY.
GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
EVIDENCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS,
I WOULD SUGGEST IT IS THE
ONLY STRATEGY.
Reporter: HE IS FACING
30 CHARGES, 17 OF WHICH
CARRY A POSSIBLE DEATH
SENTENCE.
Efrem: AMERICA'S
AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH KOREA IS
IN STABLE CONDITION
FOLLOWING A KNIFE ATTACK.
A MAN SHOUTED SOUTH AND
NORTH KOREA SHOULD BE
REUNION FIDIFIIFIED AS HE
CAME FROM BEHIND AND ATTACK
MARTIN.
POLICE ARRESTED THE
KNIFE-WIELDING ATTACKER.
A CANADIAN PASTOR HAS
BEEN MISSING IN NORTH KOREA
FOR MORE THAN A MONTH,
RAISING FEARS HE MAY HAVE
BEEN DETAINED.
A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE LIGHT
KOREAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SAYS THE PASTOR TRAVELLED TO
NORTH KOREA ON
JANUARY 31st AS PART OF A
REGULAR HUMANITARIAN
MISSION, BUT NEITHER HIS
FAMILY NOR THE CHURCH HAVE
HEARD FROM HIM SINCE THEN.
A MINISTRY FRIEND TOLD THEM
THAT OFFICIALS INVITED LIN
TO PYEONGCHANG.
Efrem: THE GROUP IS
FROM BETHEL EVANGELICAL
CHURCH AND THAT WERE HANDING
OUT MEDICINE AT A CLINIC
WHEN THEY WERE SUDDENLY
SURROUNDED BY ARMED TROOPS.
THEY WERE TOLD THEY DIDN'T
HAVE PROPER WORK VISAS,
WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REQUIRED
IN THE 14 YEARS DURING THEIR
WORK IN VENEZUALA.
HUNDREDS OF VILLAGERS
SURROUNDED THE SOLDIERS,
VOWING TO PROTECT THE
MISSIONARIES.
WHEN THE VENEZUALA
MILITARY PULLED UP IN
NUMEROUS VEHICLES AND A
NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WITH
RIFLES CAME -- THEY ALL CAME
IN AND SURROUNDED US, AND
THEY CHALLENGE THE VENEZUALA
N MILITARY WITH THE GUNS,
AND THEY SAID, WE'RE
PROTECTING YOU AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO LET THESE SOLDIERS
TAKE YOU.
IMAGINE THE COURAGE.
Efrem: THE MISSIONARIES
SAY THEY SURROUNDED SO NO
ONE WOULD GET HURT.
AND THE FOUR WERE HELD FOR
THREE DAYS WHILE THEY WERE
QUESTIONED, FINGERPRINTED
AND PHOTOGRAPHED.
VENEZUALA'S PRESIDENT
ACCUSED THEM OF BEING
SPIES.
DESPITE THEIR HORROWING
ORDEAL, THEY HOPE TO RETURN
TO VENEZUALA SOME DAY.
LIBERIA COULD BE
EBOLA-FREE IN 42 DAYS.
THE LAST PERSON INFECTED BY
THE VIRUS WAS RELEASED
TODAY.
THERE ARE NO OTHER CONFIRMED
CASES OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA.
THEY ENCOURAGED LIBERIANS TO
STAY COMMITTED TO THE
ANTI-EBOLA REGULATIONS.
THE OUTBREAK IN LIBERIA WAS
DISCOVERED A YEAR AGO.
SINCE THEN, NEARLY 10,000
DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
Efrem: COMING UP, THIS
BLACK METAL CONTRAPTION
COULD SAVE THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN IN INDIANA.
STICK AROUND.
WE'LL EXPLAINING HOW.
Efrem: A NEW BILL MEANS
INDIANA COULD SOON BE THE
FIRST STATE IN AMERICA TO
USE A TOOL THAT WOULD SAVE
THE LIVES OF UNWANTED
CHILDREN THROUGH THE USE OF
BABY BOXES.
THEY'RE METAL INCUBATORS
THAT WOULD ALLOW MOTHERS TO
SAFELY ABANDON THEIR BABIES
AT SAFE-HAVEN LOCATIONS
WITHOUT FACING LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES.
JOINING ME FROM FORT WAYNE,
INDIANA, TO EXPLAIN MORE
ABOUT THE BOXES IS THE
CREATOR OF THE SAFE BABY
BOX, MONICA KELSEY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THE BABY
BOXES ARE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR
STATE?
STATISTICALLY, WE HAVE
HAD 13 BABIES SAFELY
RELINQUISHED UNDER THE SAFE
HAYHAVEN LAW.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL FINDING
BABIES THAT ARE BEING
ABANDONED IN WOODS AND
CREEKS, A FACTORY BATHROOM
HERE RECENTLY, AND IN THE
WOODS.
THE SAFE HAVEN LAW IS
WORKING, HOWEVER IT IS NOT
WORKING FOR ALL OF THESE
WOMEN.
WE FEEL THAT THE WOMEN WHO
NEED US DON'T WANT THE FACE
TO FACE INTERACTION.
AND THIS BOX TAKES THAT
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION
AWAY.
Efrem: I CAN HEAR IN
YOUR VOICE YOUR PASSIONATE
ABOUT THIS.
WHY ARE YOU SO PASSIONATE
ABOUT THIS?
MY BIRTH MOTHER WAS 17
YEARS OLD, AND SHE WAS
BRUTALLY ATTACKED AND RAPED,
LEFT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD TO DAY.
THIS WAS BACK IN 1972 WHEN
ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL IN OUR
COUNTRY.
EVEN THOUGH ABORTION WAS
ILLEGAL, MY BIRTH MOTHER
SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE OF
BEING PREGNANT AND UNWED.
AND AT THE ADVICE OF HER
MOTHER, SHE FOUND HERSELF IN
A BACK ALLEY ABORTION CLINIC
IN OCTOBER OF 1972.
BUT MY BIRTH MOTHER WAS
STRONG ENOUGH TO SAY NO.
SHE GAVE BIRTH OUTSIDE, AND
ABANDONED ME AT A HOSPITAL
TWO HOURS AFTER I WAS BORN.
TODAY THESE GIRLS HAVE
PROTECTION UNDER THIS LAW
WHERE THEY CAN WALK INTO A
POLICE STATION OR HOSPITAL
AND RELINQUISH THEIR CHILD
IF THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT.
SO I'M HERE BECAUSE MY BIRTH
MOTHER WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO
DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND I THINK GIRLS WANT TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
SOME OF THEM JUST DON'T WANT
THEIR FACES SEEN.
Efrem: ARE THERE ANY
OTHER THINGS THAT PROMPTED
YOU TO CREATE THIS SAFE
HAVEN BABY BOX
ORGANIZATION?
I WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA IN
2013, AND I SPEAK
INTERNATIONALLY AND
NATIONALLY TALKING ABOUT PRO
LIFE.
IN DECEMBER 2013, I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE
ONLY CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA
TO HAVE A BABY BOX.
AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY
HOW MANY BABIES WERE SAVED
THERE.
AND SO I BROUGHT THAT BACK
TO AMERICA AND I SAID WE
HAVE TO BRING THIS TO
INDIANA.
AFTER WE DID THE STUDY AND
THE STATISTICS ON THIS BILL,
WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO
WORK HERE.
WE REALLY THINK THESE GIRLS
NEED THIS.
Efrem: WHAT IS NEXT FOR
THE LEGISLATION?
WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE?
IT PASSED THE HOUSE
UNANIMOUSLY, 94-0.
AND INDIANA WANTS TO BE THE
FRONT-RUNNER FOR THIS.
INDIANA VALUES LIFE.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY
THAT WE'RE SHOWING IT.
ONCE IT GETS THROUGH THE
SENATE, THEN IT WOULD BECOME
LAW.
AND THE BOXES WOULD BE LEGAL
IN JULY OF 2016.
Efrem: WHAT MESSAGE
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND TO
YOUNG WOMEN WHO MAY BE
WATCHING AND MAY BE
CONTEMPLATING ABANDONING
THEIR CHILDREN.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT
SITUATION FOR ANY MOTHER, TO
CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
FOR HER CHILD THAT MIGHT BE
BREAKING HER HEART.
THE SAFE HAVEN LAW PROTECTS
THESE WOMEN.
WE SAY NO SHAME, NO BLAME,
AND NO NAME.
THAT'S THE EXISTING LAW.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES.
THE LAW IS ALREADY IN
PLACE.
THE BABY BOX IS JUST AN
EXTENSION OF THIS.
THIS IS A LAST-RESORT BOX.
WE STILL WANT THE FIRE
STATION AND POLICE STATIONS
AND HOSPITALS TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THEM RELINQUISH THEIR
BABIES SAFELY, BUT IF THEY
CAN'T DO THAT, WE WANT TO
HAVE A BOX THAT GIVES THESE
WOMEN AN ALTERNATIVE.
Efrem: THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING US, AND FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
UP NEXT, WHAT WOULD CAUSE
A C.O.O. TO LEAVE HIS JOB
AND GIVE HIS TRUCK TO A
STRANGER?
SEE HOW GOD GOT HIS
ATTENTION AND WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT, AFTER THIS.
Efrem: DESPITE WHAT YOU
MAY HEAR IN THE MEDIA,
AMERICA REMAINS A DEEPLY
RELIGIOUS COUNTRY.
ABOUT 80% OF ALL PEOPLE CALL
THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS.
BUT HOW MANY OF THEM LIVE
UP TO THAT CLAIM?
JOHN JESSUP INTRODUCES US TO
A MAN ON THE MISSION, TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO NOT ONLY
WALK THE WALK, BUT TALK THE
TALK.
Reporter: MIKE PHILLIPS
IS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND
DAD, AND NOT LONG AGO, HE
WAS A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSMAN, A CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER OF ONE OF
LOUISIANA'S FASTEST GROWING
HIGH-TECH FIRMS.
AND THEN HE TOOK A LEAP OF
FAITH.
GOD HAD ME GIVE MY TRUCK
AWAY TO A STRANGER IN A
DOUGHNUT STORE PARKING LOT.
I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH
LIFE, DURING THE BEST I
COULD, AND GOD JUST GOT
AHOLD OF MY HEART AND SAID,
I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT YOU
TO DO.
Reporter: WITH NO
INCOME, FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
OUR FORMAL BIBLE TRAINING,
HE LAUNCHED A MINISTRY
CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO FULLY
WALK WITH CHRIST.
A MISSION THAT TESTED HIS
OWN FAITH.
HE LET ME KNOW, YOU'RE
NOT ALL IN.
THERE IS AN AREA OF YOUR
LIFE YOU HAVE WITHHELD FROM
ME.
I WAS TRUSTING IN THE
PROVISION HE HAD GIVEN ME,
INSTEAD OF TRUSTING IN HIM
AS MY PROVIDER.
IT IS ONE THING TO BE THE
PERSON GOD GAVE HIS VISION
TO, AND IT IS ANOTHER THING
TO BE THAT PERSON'S SPOUSE.
NOW I KNOW WHAT IT REALLY
MEANS TO BE FAITHFUL.
Reporter: HIS WIFE SAID
THEY KNEW EARLY ON THEIR
LIVES WOULDN'T FOLLOW AN
ORDINARY TRACK.
EVEN ON THOSE TOUGH DAYS,
YOU THINK ABOUT WE KNEW WAY
BACK THEN THERE WAS
SOMETHING ELSE.
Reporter: MIKE CASHED
IN ALL OF HIS COMPANY STOCKS
TO FUND HIS CALLING, AND HE
EVEN GAVE AWAY HIS TRUCK TO
SOMEONE WHO NEEDED IT MORE,
ALL TO REFLECT HIS RENEWED
COMMITMENT.
HE BELIEVES IS AMERICA'S
230 MILLION SELF-IDENTIFIED
CHRISTIANS DID THEIR PART,
IT WOULD LEAD TO A NATIONAL
REVIVAL.
HE IS LAUNCHING HIS "ALL IN"
CAMPAIGN TO MOBILIZE
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO SHOW THE LOVE OF
JESUS CHRIST TO OTHERS.
HE IS TYING IT TO A DATE ON
THE CALENDAR THAT HE
BELIEVES SHOWS THE ULTIMATE
EXAMPLE OF LOVE.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO
INTRODUCE THE COUNTRY TO AN
AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT
THAN BY CHALLENGING THEM ON
GOOD FRIDAY, THE DAY THAT
CHRIST SERVED US, TO SERVE
OTHERS AND LOVE OTHERS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST
CHALLENGING CHRISTIANS TO
GET UP THAT DAY AND TO FIND
SOMEONE TO LOVE AND TO
SERVE.
IT COULD BE BUYING A CUP OF
COFFEE.
IT COULD BE GOING AND
SEARCHING FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S
CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Reporter: HE SAYS THERE
IS NO ACT TOO BIG OR TOO
SMALL.
WHEN THEY'RE ASKED WHY,
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, WHY
ARE YOU SERVING, THE ANSWER
IS SIMPLE: BECAUSE I'M ALL
IN.
I'M AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN
AND I'M SERVING BECAUSE
JESUS CHRIST SERVED ME.
Reporter: HE DEVELOPED
AN APP SO CHRISTIANS CAN
SHARE WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND
KEEP TRACK OF THEIR
SERVICE.
SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN ATHLETES,
PERFORMERS AND GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS BACKED THE
CAMPAIGN.
SOMETIMES CHRISTIANS ARE
NOT KNOWN AS MUCH FOR WHAT
WE'RE FOR THAN WHAT WE'RE
AGAINST.
I THOUGHT, WHAT A GREAT WAY,
TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE,
UPLIFTING, THAT HELPS
PEOPLE, AND DOES SOMETHING
CHARITABLE AND KIND.
WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.
Reporter: MIKE'S MAIN
MESSAGE, AUTHENTIC
CHRISTIANITY, IS ABOUT
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WHEN YOU'RE FULLY
COMMITTED TO JESUS CHRIST.
CHRIST, HE CHANGES YOUR
HEART AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT
LOVE OTHERS.
IT BECOMES YOUR PURPOSE.
BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT GOING
ON.
WE SEE PEOPLE LIVING
SELFISHLY.
Reporter: AND CHURCH
LEADERS AGREE.
YOU LOOK AT THE DIVORCE
RATE, YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE
QUITTING THEIR JOBS,
DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL.
PEOPLE GIVE UP.
THEY'RE NOT LIVING ALL IN.
THEY'RE NOT FULLY COMMITTED
TO WHAT THEY DO.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY
COMMITTED, MANY ARE
COMMITTED TO THE WRONG
THINGS.
Reporter: MIKE BELIEVES
THIS "ALL IN" MOVEMENT WILL
CHANGE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION
ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.
IT WILL BE WHITE AND
BLACK AND OLD AND YOUNG AND
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN,
AND WE'LL WE WON'T AGREE ON
EVERY ISSUE, BUT WE'RE HELD
TOGETHER BY A COMMON SET OF
VALUES AND A SINGLE PURPOSE,
AND THAT'S TO SHOW THE LOVE
OF GOD TO OTHER PEOPLE.
John: JOHN JESSUP, CBN
NEWS, NEW ORLEANS,
LOUISIANA.
Efrem: I APPLAUD THAT
EFFORT.
BEAUTIFUL.
DEFINITELY.
I'M SO HAPPY HE LISTENED TO
GOD AND IS SPREADING THAT
MESSAGE.
Efrem: STAY WITH US.
WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK.
Efrem: HE IS A FORMER
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND SERVED AS
THE 50th GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF MISSOURI AND A
FORMER SENATOR FROM THAT
STATE AS WELL.
ON TUESDAY, JOHN ASHCROFT
WAS HONORED FOR HIS 10th
ANNIVERSARY AS A
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT
REGENT UNIVERSITY.
Pat: I AM SO GRATEFUL
THAT AS HE RETIRED FROM THE
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
HE GRACIOUSLY CONSENTED TO
COME AND BE A DISTINGUISHED
PROFESSOR AT REGENT
UNIVERSITY.
AS OUR DEAN HAS POINTED OUT,
WE HAD NO CONCEPTION, NOT
ONLY IS HE A GREAT
POLITICIAN, NOT ONLY IS A
SERVANT OF MISSOURI, NOT
ONLY CAN HE SING
COUNTRY-WESTERN MUSIC, BUT
HE IS A TREMENDOUS TEACHER
AND HIS STUDENTS LOVE HIM.
SO GREAT TO SEE SUCH A
HIGH-PROFILE PUBLIC SERVANT
ON THE FACULTY OF REGENT
UNIVERSITY.
THAT'S U IT FOR "NEWSWATCH"
TODAY.
Efrem: WE'D LIKE TO
HEAR ABOUT THE STORIES
YOU'VE SEEN HER TODAY.
YOU CAN DO IT AT Facebook
OR AT CBN NEWS AT TWITTER.
HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US HERE
NEXT TIME.
IT IS THURSDAY, MAKE IT A
THANKFUL ONE.