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I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

TWO OF THE WORLD'S MOST

BRUTAL TERRORIST GROUPS ARE

JOINING FORCES.

BOKO HARAM HAS SWORN

ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS.

OTHER JIHADISTS HAVE DONE

THE SAME IN RECENT MONTHS,

HELPING THE ISLAMIC STATE

RELEASE TERROR FROM AFRICA

TO ASIA.

Reporter: BOKO HARAM'S

LEADER ANNOUNCED AND AN

AUDIO MESSAGE THEY WERE

SWEARING ALLEGIANCE TO

ISIS.

"WE ANNOUNCE OUR ALLEGIANCE

TO THE CALIPH OF THE

MUSLIMS."

BOKO HARAM HAS KILLED

THOUSANDS IN THEIR HOME

COUNTRY OF NIGERIA, AND

KIDNAPPED THOSE HUNDREDS OF

SCHOOL GIRLS LAST YEAR.

EXPERTS SAY THIS UNHOLY

ALLIANCE GIVES BOTH GROUPS

MORE LEGITIMACY, WHICH, IN

TURN, HELPS IN RECRUITING,

FUNDING AND LOGISTICS, AND

PUSHES ISIS' MAIN GOAL OF

ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL CAL

CALIPHATE.

YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE

FLOCKING TO JOIN THEIR RANKS

FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

OVER THE WEEKEND, AUSTRALIAN

POLICE DETAINED TWO

BROTHERS, JUST 16 AND 17,

SUSPECTED OF HEADING TO

SYRIA.

WHERE THEY FAILED THOSE

THREE BRITISH TEENAGED GIRLS

ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE

SUCCEED, SLIPPING THROUGH

GATWICK AIRPORT UNCHECKED.

THEIR FAMILIES NOW ACCUSING

POLICE OF NOT SHARING

INFORMATION THAT COULD HAVE

STOPPED THEM.

IF WE HAD KNOWN WHAT WAS

GOING ON, WE WOULD HAVE

PREVENTED IT.

Reporter: IRAQ'S PRIME

MINISTER FEARS THAT NO ARMY

IN THE REGION CAN STAND IN

THE WAY OF ISIS IF THEY'RE

ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

EARLIER THIS WEEK IRAQ

LAUNCHED ITS LARGEST

MILITARY OFFENSIVE YET

AGAINST ISIS IN AN ATTEMPT

TO RETAKE TIKRIT, WHICH WAS

SEIZED BY THE GROUP LAST

SUMMER.

THE ONLY WAY TO TAKE BACK

THE CITY IS NOT BY

BOMBARDMENT, BUT BY HAVING

TROOPS ON THE GROUND.

Reporter: THE PRIME

MINISTER SAYS THE ULTIMATE

GOAL IS TO RETAKE MOSUL.

MOSUL REPRESENTS A SYMBOL

OF THEIR OWN PLANNED STATE.

ONCE WE TAKE IT BACK, WE

WOULD HAVE KILLED THEIR OWN

AMBITION.

Reporter: DALE HURD,

CBN NEWS.

Efrem: TODAY THE

U.S.-LED COALITION LAUNCHED

AIRSTRIKES TARGETING A

SYRIAN OIL REFINERY HELD BY

THE ISLAMIC STATE, AND

NIGERIA'S NEIGHBORS HAVE

BEGUN FIGHTING BOKO HARAM.

ABOUT 200 VEHICLES CAN SEEN

TODAY CROSSING INTO NIGERIA

TO WAGE WAR AGAINST THE

NIGERIAN TERRORIST.

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY

ABDUCTED FROM A SCHOOL IN

NIGERIA LAST MONTH THAS BEEN

HAS BEEN RELEASED AND IS

SAFE.

71-YEAR-OLD PHYLLIS SORTER

WAS TURNED OVER TO THEM ON

WEDNESDAY.

ARMED MEN ABDUCTED HER ON

FEBRUARY 23rd, AND

DEMANDED A NEARLY

$20 MILLION RANSOM.

THE CHURCH RELEASED HER

RELEASE, BUT DID NOT GIVE

DETAILS.

PESHMERGA OLDERS HAVE

MADE SIGNIFICANSOLDIERS SAY

THEY HAVE MAIN SIGNIFICANT

GAINS, BUT THEY NEED MORE

HELP.

Reporter: MEET THE

PESHMERGA, FRONTLINE

FIGHTERS PROTECTING THEM

FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE.

THIS SOLDIER JOINED THEM IN

1982.

HE HAS FOUGHT IN MANY

BATTLES, MOSTLY IN SADDAM

HUSSEIN'S ARMY.

FITTING WITH SADDAM, WE

FOUGHT AGAINST AN ARMY.

THE ISIS TERRORISTS ARE

COWARDS BECAUSE THEY'RE

KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Reporter: AT PESHMERGA

GROUPS AGREE.

THE ISLAMIC STATE

FIGHTERS ARE ANIMALS.

WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE

WHOLE WORLD.

WE WILL NEVER EVER KNEEL

DOWN TO THERM THEM.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE

AMERICAN HELP.

WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THEM

AND DEFEATING THEM, THANKS

BE TO GOD.

Reporter: THIS IS THE

MOST FORWARD PESHMERGA ARMY,

NOT FAR FROM THE CITY OF

MOSUL.

TALKING TO THESE SOLDIERS

AND TROOPS, THEY TOLD ME

THEY CAN DEFEAT ISIS, BUT

WHAT THEY REALLY NEED TO DO

THAT IS AMERICAN ADVANCED

WEAPONRY.

THIS MAN COMMANDS THE

PESHMERGA IN THIS PART OF

IRAN.

IT IS MORE THAN 150

KILOMETRES LONG, BUT WE

DON'T GET ANY NEW WEAPONS ON

THE GROUND, IN OUR HANDS.

WE NEED THE HEAVY MACHINE

WEAPONS.

WE NEED THE TANKS.

WE NEED THE SAME THING THAT

OUR TERRORISTS ARE USING

AGAINST US.

Reporter: SOME OF THE

RIFLES USED BY THE PESHMERGA

ARE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OLD.

SO WHY DON'T THEY HAVE NEW

ONES AND MORE ADVANCED

WEAPONRY PROMISED TO THEM BY

THE UNITED STATES?

I POSED THAT QUESTION TO THE

KURDISTAN FOREIGN RELATIONS

DIRECTOR.

THIS IS OUR QUESTION AS

WELL: IS THERE A POLITICAL

FEELING THEY DON'T WANT THE

KURDS TO BE STRONG ENOUGH?

Reporter: SO IF THERE

IS RESISTANCE, WHERE IS IT

COMING FROM, WASHINGTON OR

BAGHDAD?

IT IS WITH BOTH.

BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY,

BAGHDAD IS FART O PART OF

THE PROBLEM, NOT PART OF THE

SOLUTION.

Reporter: BEFORE

STEPPING ASIDE LAST YEAR,

AL-MALIKI REPORTEDLY GAVE

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS TO SHI'A MILL

MALITIAS.

AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

IRAN AND TURKEY HEAR A

WELL-ARMED KURDISTAN WOULD

LIKE TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE

FROM IRAQ AND THEN THREATEN

THEM.

BUT THEY TOLD ME STRONGER

FORCES WOULD BE GOOD FOR

THOSE COUNTRIES BY DEFEATING

ISIS AND BRINGING STABILITY

TO THE REGION.

Through Translator:

THOUGH WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS

IN TALKS WITH TURKEY, WE

HAVE NOT CONVINCED THEM OF

THIS.

WE HOPE TO PERSUADE THEM

THAT A STRONGER KURDISTAN

WILL HELP REGIONAL

SECURITY.

Reporter: THE IRAQI

MILITARY IS FIGHTING TO WIN

THE CITY OF TIKRIT BACK FROM

ISIS.

AND THEN THE IRAQI MILITARY

WILL SET ITS SIGHTS ON

FREEING MOSUL FROM CONTROL.

HUNDREDS OF THEIR PESHMERGA

TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED

FIGHTING ISIS, AND THEY SAY

WITHOUT THE ADVANCED WEAPONS

THEY NEED, MANY MORE MAY DIE

IN MOSUL AND ELSEWHERE IN

IRAQ.

IF WE GIVE LIFE, WHY ARE

WE NOT GETTING HEAVY WEAPONS

TO PROTECT THIS LIFE, TO

MAKE A DECISIVE WAR AGAINST

ISIS AND AS QUICKLY AS

POSSIBLE.

Reporter: GARY LANE,

CBN NEWS, IRAQ.

Efrem: HILLARY CLINTON

TOOK FRESH FIRE OVER THE

WEEKEND FOR HER SECRETIVE

E-MAILS SHE WAS USING AS

SECRETARY OF STATE.

SHE EVEN SET UP A SERVER OUT

OF HER OWN HOME SO SHE COULD

HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER

ACCESS TO HER E-MAIL

RECORDS.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THIS

WEEKEND HE DID NOT KNOW

CLINTON WAS USING A PRIVATE

E-MAIL ACCOUNT.

AND NOW BOTH SIDES ARE

SAYING CLINTON HAS TO ANSWER

FOR WHAT SHE DID.

I THINK THAT SHE NEEDS TO

STEP UP AND COME OUT AND

STATE EXACTLY WHAT THE

SITUATION IS IL.

I.

IF THIS IS THE WAY SHE IS

GOING TO RUN HER OPERATION,

I DON'T THINK SHE WILL BE

PRESIDENT.

THE CLINTONS ARE THE KIND

OF PEOPLE WHO COULD FIND A

LOOPHOLE IN A STOP SIGN.

Efrem: MEANWHILE,

CLINTON IS NOT TALKING

PUBLICLY ABOUT THE SCANDAL

AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW.

> THIS WEEKEND, ABOUT A

DOZEN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

GATHERED IN IOWA.

THE EVENT MARKED THE DEBUT

OF JEB BUSH.

I WANT OUR PARTY TO WIN.

I WANT CONSERVATIVES TO

WIN.

Efrem: BUSH MADE A STOP

AT A PIZZA PARLOR IN CEDAR

RAPIDS.

MUCH OF THE COUNTRY'S

ATTENTION THIS WEEKEND

FOCUSED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT

FROM 50 YEARS AGO.

THOUSANDS RETURNED TO SELMA,

ALABAMA, TO HONOR PEOPLE WHO

HELPED CHANGE NOT ONLY A

CITY BUT THE ENTIRE

COUNTRY.

JOHN JESSUP WAS THERE.

John: FROM AROUND THE

STATE --

I'M COMING IN FROM

MONKFORD, ALABAMA.

WE DROVE 18 HOURS.

BLACK AND WHITE, YOUNG

AND OLD, CAME TO SELMA TO

REMEMBER THE HEROS AND THE

MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED ARM.

IT IS A DIVERSITIY OF

THIS CROWD WHO ARE HERE TO

HONOR WHAT HAPPENED 50 YEARS

AGO ON BLOODY SUNDAY.

ON MARCH 7th, 1965, STATE

AND LOCAL POLICE BEAT, TEAR

GASSED DOZENS OF PROTESTORS

ON THE BRIDGE FOR THEIR

DEMONSTRATION FOR THEIR

RIGHT TO VOTE.

DECADES LATER, LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AGAIN

WALKED THE BRIDGE, THIS TIME

LEADING A MARCH IN UNITY

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO STOP

IT.

I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE

PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WENT

THROUGH TO GET US WHERE WE

ARE.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY

PART.

THIS IS LIKE GIVING BACK.

Reporter: FOR MANY, IT

WAS NOT ONLY A CHANCE TO

LOOK BACK, BUT AN

OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK

FORWARD.

THE PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICED

50 YEARS AGO MADE IT

POSSIBLE FOR MANY OF US TO

BE IN CONGRESS TODAY.

WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT FACT,

AND ALSO RECOGNIZING THE

FACT THERE IS A LOT MORE

WORK TO DO.

Reporter: SPEAKING AT

THE FOOT OF THE HISTORIC

BRIDGE, PRESIDENT OBAMA

CREDITED THE FOOD SOLDIERS

FOOT SOLDIERED THAT OPENED

DOORS FOR HIM AND COUNTLESS

OTHERS.

President Obama: YOUNG

PEOPLE WOULD EVENTUALLY TARE

TEAR DOWN THAT WALL.

Reporter: AN ESTIMATED

40,000 PEOPLE CAME TO SELMA,

INCLUDING ABOUT 100 MEMBERS

OF CONGRESS.

THERE WILL BE SOME DAY

THERE WON'T BE THE PEOPLE

WHO WALKED ACROSS THE

BRIDGE.

Reporter: PEOPLE LIKE

THIS RETIRED NURSE WHO LIVED

THROUGH THAT DARK DAY AND

TREATED THE WOUNDED.

DID YOU EVER THINK THIS DAY

WOULD COME?

I BELIEVED IT BECAUSE WE

ALL WERE TRYING TO VOTE, AND

WE WERE TRYING TO GET

REGISTERED.

AND NOW I NEVER MISS A TIME

TO GO VOTE.

I DON'T CARE IF IT IS

RAINING OR WHATEVER IT IS,

I'M GOING TO ALWAYS VOTE.

Reporter: IT WAS THERE

AT GROUND CHAPEL CHURCH

WHERE AFTER JUST TAKING

COMMUNION, PARISHIONERS TOOK

THEIR FIRST STEPS TOWARDS

EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.

AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO

REMEMBER THAT THE CIVIL

RIGHTS MOVEMENT STARTED IN

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS TO

ALL.

THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT

OF IT IS TOO OFTEN

UNDERESTIMATED.

PEOPLE MARCHED, AND GOT ON

THEIR KNEES, AND SAID THEIR

PRAYERS.

AND THEY MADE A DECISION

THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND WITH

VIOLENCE.

Reporter: REFLECTIONS

OF A HISTORY DEFINED BY A

LEGACY STILL ON THE MARCH.

JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,

REPORTING IN SELMA,

ALABAMA.

Efrem: THREE GAY MEN

GOT MARRIED IN THAILAND IN

WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST

HOMOSEXUAL POLYGAMOUS

WEDDING.

TWO OF THE MEN WERE ALREADY

IN THE RELATIONSHIP BEFORE

MEETING THE THIRD, AND THEN

DECIDING THEY WANTED TO GET

MARRIED.

THE CEREMONY HAPPENED IN

MID-FEBRUARY UNDER BUDDHIST

LAW.

THAI LAW DOESN'T RECOGNIZE

GAY MARRIAGE.

> IN 2013, THREE LESBIAN

WOMEN GOT MARRIED IN

MASSACHUSETTS.

THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T

LEGALLY RECOGNIZE THEIR

MARRIAGE, EITHER.

> COMING UP, THE AMERICAN

COURT THAT USES BOTH THE

CONSTITUTION AND THE QURAN.

IS THIS TEXAS SHAR'IA LAW A

TROJAN HORSE OR LAW?

Efrem: TENS OF

THOUSANDS RALLIED.

IT WAS THE LARGEST OF

ISRAEL'S ELECTION SEASON.

IT FEATURED SPEAKERS WHO

SAID BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WAS

DANGEROUS AND CALLED FOR HIS

REPLACEMENT.

MEANWHILE, GAMBLERS AROUND

THE WORLD ARE BETTING FOR

BIBI FOR RE-ELECTION.

BOOKIES SAY NETANYAHU HAS AN

81% CHANCE OF RE-ELECTION.

> IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE

FIRST ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL IN

THE UNITED STATES, AND IT IS

USING SHAR'IA LAW.

CAITLIN BURKE BRINGS US THAT

STORY FROM THE HOME OF THIS

NEW TRIBUNAL IN FORTH

TEXAS.

SPREADING SHAR'IA AROUND

THE WORLD IS ALSO THE STATED

GOAL OF TERROR GROUPS LIKE

ISIS, BOKO HARAM, AND THE

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.

NOW AN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL HAS

BROUGHT THE PRACTICE TO OF

ALL PLACES, TEXAS.

SHAR'IA LAW, THIS IS FROM

ALLAH.

I KNOW, GUYS, YOU HAVE A LOT

OF BAD EXPERIENCE AND BAD

EXAMPLES AROUND US.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

BUT NOT JUST IN ISLAM.

IT IS EVERYWHERE.

Reporter: THE ISLAMIC

CENTER OF IRVING, TEXAS, IS

ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT

THE ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL

OPERATES OUT OF.

THE FACT THAT SHAR'IA LAW IS

BEING PRACTICED IN THE U.S.

AT ALL, COMING AS A SHOCK TO

ALL AMERICANS.

IMMEDIATELY MY MIND WENT

TO, HOW CAN THAT BE?

HAVING -- WE HAVE A

CONSTITUTION.

WE ARE STILL UNDER

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, NOT

SHAR'IA LAW.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

Reporter: THIS DOCTOR,

ONE OF THE TRIBUNAL'S FOUR

JUDGES, SAYS NO DECISION

WILL CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL

OR STATE LAW.

THEY WILL HANDLE NO CRIMINAL

OR MARRIAGE CASES.

IT MEANS IF JUST THE

MUSLIM WOMAN WANTS TO GO TO

CIVIL COURT, AND SHE GOT THE

FINAL DECREE FROM THE CIVIL

COURTS -- THAT'S NOT ENOUGH

FOR HER TO BE DIVORCED.

SO SHE HAS TO GO TO THE IMAM

OR COME TO THE ISLAMIC

TRIBUNAL TO GET THE FINAL

DIVORCE FOR BOTH PARTIES,

FOR BOTH SIDES.

THE SHAR'IA LAW OR THE

ISLAMIC LAW OR THE RELIGIOUS

WAY AND ALSO THE CIVIL WAY.

Reporter: OPPONENTS OF

THE ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL SAY

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR

SHAR'IA LAW HERE IN THE

U.S.

CBN NEWS SPOKE WITH

DR. FRANK GAFFNEY, PRESIDENT

OF THE CENTER FOR SECURITY

POLICY.

HE SAYS MUSLIMS WILL COERCED

TO TAKE THEIR ISSUES TO THE

TRIBUNAL.

IF A WOMAN, FOR EXAMPLE,

WANTS HER DIVORCE TO BE

RECOGNIZED WITHIN THE

ISLAMIC COMMUNITY, THEN SHE

MUST GET IT THROUGH THE

SHAR'IA PROCESS.

Reporter: THE JUDGES

FROM THE ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL

SAY THERE BE SIMILAR TRIBAL

NALS I TRIBUNALS IN EVERY

RELIGION.

FOR MUSLIMS, THIS IS THE

FIRST TIME I AGREE WITH

YOU.

BUT THIS IS NOT A SHAR'IA

ATTACK, OR TO IGNORE

ANYTHING IN THE UNITED

STATES.

Reporter: THIS TEXAS

LAWYER SAYS HE SEES

PARALLELS TO MEDIATION

SETTLED OUT OF COURT.

IF IT IS NON-BINDING AND

GUIDES PEOPLE WAY THROUGH

THE DISPUTE, ALL THE

BETTER.

Reporter: THE TRIBUNAL

SAYS IT WON'T FOLLOW THE

HARSH LAW PRACTICED IN

MUSLIM COUNTRIES.

GAFFNEY ARGUED IT WILL

UNDERMINE U.S. LAWS IN TEXAS

FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

HE POINTS OUT WHAT HAS

HAPPENED IN EUROPE.

IN PLACES LIKE BRITAIN,

WE HAVE SEEN A SEPARATE

COURT SYSTEM TAKE EFFECT.

YOU NOW HAVE SOMETHING LIKE

87 DIFFERENT SHAR'IA COURTS

RECOGNIZED BY THE BRITISH

GOVERNMENT, THAT OPERATE

KIND OF IN PARALLEL WITH THE

COURTS OF THE ENGLISH COMMON

LAW.

IN OUR COUNTRY, WE'VE BOTH

SEEN THIS KIND OF EFFORT

MADE, MOSTLY THROUGH

ARBITRATION COUNCILS TO THIS

POINT, AND NOW THIS

TRIBUNAL, AND ALSO AN EFFORT

MADE TO PE PENETRATE OUR

FACTUAL, OWN AMERICAN COURT

SYSTEM.

THIS IS VERY TROUBLING.

Reporter: IN

MISSISSIPPI, LAWMAKERS ARE

WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO

ARGUE SHAR'IA LAW IN THEIR

COURTROOMS.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS,

DALLAS, TEXAS.

Efrem: UP NEXT, IT IS A

TOUGH JOB, BUT SOMEBODY HAS

GOT TO DO IT.

FIND OUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO

BE FORCED TO GIVE AWAY

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH

YEAR THANKS TO A WEALTHY

GRANDMOTHER.

Efrem: WHAT WOULD YOU

DO IF YOU HAD TO GIVE AWAY

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH

YEAR?

THAT'S WHAT ONE YOUNG

SEMINARY STUDENT HAD TO

DECIDE WHEN HIS WEALTHY

GRANDMOTHER DIED.

IT IS AN UNUSUAL JOURNEY

THAT HAS TAKEN HIM

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND NOW

TO ISRAEL.

Reporter: WALTER NEVER

PLAYED WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

UNTIL HE VISITED THIS REHAB

CENTER FOR WOUNDED ISRAELI

SOLDIERS.

OH, THAT WAS INCREDIBLY

DIFFICULT.

THEY MADE IT LOOK SO EASY.

Reporter: HE AND THREE

OTHER TRUSTEES OVERSEE ONE

OF THE LARGEST FOUNDATIONS

IN THE WORLD, THE LEONA

HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST.

THEY DONATE MILLIONS EACH

YEAR TO WORTHY PROJECTS

AROUND THE WORLD.

LEONA HELMSLEY BUILT AN

EMPIRE ESTIMATED AT

$6 BILLION.

SHE OWNED THE EMPIRE STATE

BUILDING.

WHEN SHE NAMED HER GRANDSON

AS A TRUSTEE, IT WAS

SOMETHING HE NEVER

EXPECTED.

THIS IS AMAZING.

AS A CHRISTIAN, IF YOU WOULD

HAVE ASKED ME 10 YEARS AGO

WOULD I BE STANDING HERE IN

ISRAEL, I WOULD SAY

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WHEN I WAS ASKED IN PIE

PASTORAL STUDIES, WOULD BE

IN ISRAEL OR BE HELPING

PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES,

I WOULD NEVER BELIEVE IT IN

A MILLION YEARS.

IT IS TRULY A BLESSING TO BE

HERE.

Reporter: THEY SUPPORT

A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN

ISRAEL, INCLUDING ONE OF THE

WORLD'S LEADING BRAIN

RESEARCH CENTERS.

EVERY TIME IS AN

IMPORTANT TIME.

AND WHENEVER NOW IS, NOW IS

THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME.

TOMORROW WILL BE THE MOST

IMPORTANT TIME, EVEN MORE

IMPORTANT THAN TODAY.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT

ISRAEL, A FLOWER FLOURISHING

IN A TSUNAMI OF WAR AND

HATRED AND UPHEAVAL IN THIS

PART OF THE WORLD, AND STILL

IT MANAGES TO FLOURISH, IT

IS A MIRACLE.

CLEARLY ISRAEL IS A LIGHT

TO THE NATIONS.

THE WORLD, I FEEL, DOESN'T

UNDERSTAND THAT.

THERE IS SO MUCH WHERE

THEY'RE CAUGHT UP ON THE

CONFLICTS THAT ARE GOING ON

IN ISRAEL.

AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO

ISRAEL THAN JUST THE

CONFLICTS.

THERE IS WONDERFUL

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BEING

DONE HERE.

THERE IS WONDERFUL

HUMANITARIAN AID BEING DONE

HERE THAT'S NOT GETTING

REPORTED BY MAINSTREAM

PRESS.

Reporter: DURING THEIR

VISIT, A TERROR ATTACK TOOK

PLACE IN TEL AVIV, AND A

BORDER INCIDENT FLARED ON

THE NORTHERN BORDER WITH

LEBANON, AND YET LIFE GOES

ON.

WE HEAR THE SAME THING

OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HOW

STRONG THE ISRAELI WILL IS

HERE, HOW STRONG THE PEOPLE

ARE.

EVEN AT HORRIBLE TIMES, WITH

ROCKETS COMING IN, AND AT

THE BRIN BRONC OF BRINK OF

WAR, PEOPLE ARE AT PEACE

HERE.

ISRAELIS AREN'T AN INWARD

PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING ONLY

TO HELP THEMSELVES.

WHAT THEY DO BENEFITS THE

WORLD.

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Efrem: A TOUGH JOB, BUT

THAT MAN SEEMS UP TO THE

CHALLENGE.

STAY WITH US.

THERE IS MORE OF CBN

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AFTER THIS BROADCAST.

Efrem: AND WELCOME BACK

TO CBN "NEWSWATCH."

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

CONSULTANT, YOU DON'TEURLY

THINK ARTIST.

BUT ONE COMPUTER WHIZ IS

BRANCHING OUT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

AFTER 25 YEARS OF STARING AT

COMPUTER CODES, JEFF QUIT

HIS JOB.

HE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING

DIFFERENT, SO THEY TRIED

ART.

HE E-MAILED A BLUEPRINT TO A

GLASS CUTTER, WHO HELPED HIM

PRODUCE THIS AMAZING 3D

IMAGINE OF JESUS, USING 21

PANES OF GLASS.

IT IS THREE DIMENSIONLY

CUT GLASS.

THIS IS MY JOURNEY INTO

SPIRITUALITY AND BELIEVING.

I WANTED TO DEPICT JESUS AS

LIGHT ITSELF.

Efrem: NOW, THE GLASS

JESUS WEIGHS ABOUT 4,000

POUNDS AND STANDS 10 FEET

TALL.

IT ACTUALLY BROKE TWICE

DURING SHIPPING.

BUT ON THE SHIR THIRD TIME,

THE SCULPTURE FINALLY CAME

TO LIFE.

AMAZING.

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