Efrem: THANKS FOR

JOINING US FOR CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

THE NATION'S TWO LARGEST

SCHOOL SYSTEMS RECEIVED

IDENTICAL THREATS ON

TUESDAY OF A LARGE-SCALE

ATTACK.

LOS ANGELES RESPONDED BY

SHUTTING DOWN THE SCHOOL

DISTRICT, AND NEW YORK

DISMISSED IT AND HELD

CLASSES.

THIS SHOWS THE ABILITY OF

TERRORISTS TO BE ABLE TO

CREATE TERROR WITHOUT

HAVING TO COMMIT ANY

VIOLENCE.

Caitlin: TWO COASTS,

TWO THREATS, TWO DIFFERENT

RESPONSES.

BOTH LOS ANGELES AND NEW

YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THREAT

ON TUESDAY THAT SPOKE OF A

JIHADIATTACK, USING GUNS,

BOMBS, AND NERVE GAS.

LOS ANGELES QUICKLY SHUT

DOWN EVERY SCHOOL IN THE

CITY, CANCELLING CLASS FOR

AT LEAST 650,000 STUDENTS.

I, AS SUPERINTENDENT,

AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THE

CHANCE WITH THE LIFE OF A

STUDENT.

Caitlin: NEW YORK

CITY RESPONDED

DIFFERENTLY.

BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE

POLICE COMMISSIONER

CALLING THE E-MAIL A HOAX,

AND DETERMINING THERE WAS

NO REAL THREAT TO SCHOOL

CHILDREN.

N.Y.P.D. INTELLIGENCE

HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE

F.B.I. THROUGHOUT THE

MORNING ASSESSING THE

SITUATION, AND HAS COME TO

THE CONCLUSION THAT THE

THREAT THAT WAS MADE WAS

NOT CREDIBLE.

Caitlin: THE E-MAIL

IS STILL BEING

INVESTIGATED ARE, BU, BUT AS A

HOAX.

IN THE THREAT, THE WORD

"ALLAH," IS NOT

CAPITALIZED.

THAT ALONG WITH OTHER

THINGS LED THAT IT WAS NOT

A THREAT.

ERICK STAKELBECK SAYS THIS

IS STILL A WIN FOR

TERRORISM.

Erick: IT IS A DRY

RUN FOR TERRORISTS BECAUSE

IT SHOWS THE PARANOIA AND

THE CONFUSION YOU CAN SOW

AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

Caitlin: LOS ANGELES

DEFENDED ITS DECISION TO

SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS, SAYING

THE TOP PRIORITY IS TO

KEEP KIDS SAFE.

SOME HAVE USED WORDS

LIKE HOAX AND OTHER

THINGS, WHETHER IT IS

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, WE

STILL DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH

TO SAY DEFINITIVELY.

WHAT WE KNOW IS IT WILL BE

SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO

RETURN TO SCHOOL TOMORROW.

Caitlin: LOS ANGELES

IS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE

AWAY FROM SAN BERNARDINO,

WHERE 14 PEOPLE WERE

KILLED TWO WEEKS AGO

FOLLOWING A CHRISTMAS

PARTY.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: AMERICA'S

DEFENSE SUCCESS, ASH

CARTER, IS IN IRAQ ON AN

UNANNOUNCED VISIT.

HE IS FOLLOWING ORDERS

FROM THE PRESIDENT TO FIND

WAYS TO DEFEAT ISIS.

HE IS MEETING WITH HIS

COMMANDERS AND IRAQI

LEADERS, AND THEY WILL

DISCUSS LIKELY AMERICA'S

WILLINGNESS TO SEND IN

ATTACK HELICOPTERS AND

MORE TROOPS TO THE FIGHT.

> IN THE BATTLE OF THE

POLLING HEAVY WEIGHTS,

DONALD TRUMP FOUND HIMSELF

AT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

AT THE FINAL G.O.P. DEBATE

OF 2015.

AND TED CRUZ AND MARCO

RUBIO APPEARED IN WHAT

COULD BE A PREVIEW OF

THINGS TO COME.

DAVID BRODY IS IN LAS

VEGAS WITH THE SCORECARD.

David: THIS DEBATE

WAS NOT WITHOUT SOME NEWS,

AND LEAVE IT TO DONALD

TRUMP TO DELIVER IT.

ARE YOU READY TO

REASSURE REPUBLICANS

TONIGHT THAT YOU WILL RUN

AS A REPUBLICAN AND ABIDE

BY THE DECISION OF THE

REPUBLICANS.

I REALLY AM.

I'LL BE HONEST, I REALLY

AM.

[APPLAUSE]

David: TRUMP AND TED

CRUZ CAME INTO THIS DEBATE

IN THE NUMBER ONE AND TWO

SLOTS.

BUT IT WAS JEB BUSH, NOT

CRUZ, WHO WANTED TO TANGLE

WITH TRUMP.

IT STARTED AT THE OUTSET

WHEN TRUMP DEFENDED HIS

STRICT POLICIES ON

IMMIGRATION AND

TEMPORARILY BANNING

MUSLIMS FROM AMERICA.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

SECURITY.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT

RELIGION.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

SECURITY.

David: CRUZ TRIED TO

SHOW HOW HIS APPROACH

DIFFERED FROM TRUMP'S

MUSLIM STATEMENT WITHOUT

INSULTING HIM.

I UNDERSTAND WHY DONALD

MADE THAT PROPOSAL.

I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION

IN THE THREAT THAT I

BELIEVE IS MORE NARROWLY

FOCUSED AT THE THREAT, AND

WHAT MY LEGISLATION WOULD

DO IS SUSPEND ALL REFUGEES

FOR THREE YEARS FROM

COUNTRIES WHERE ISIS OR

al-QAEDA CONTROL

SUBSTANTIAL TERRITORY.

David: BUT WHILE

CRUZ WENT EASY ON TRUMP,

JEB BUSH DID NOT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO BAN

ALL MUSLIMS, HOW ARE WE

GOING TO GET THEM TO BE

PART OF A COALITION TO

DESTROY ISIS.

DONALD IS GREAT AT THE

ONE-LINERS, BUT HE IS A

CHAOS CANDIDATE, AND HE

WOULD BE A CHAOS

PRESIDENT.

David: AND BUSH TOOK

ISSUE WHEN TRUMP SAID THE

FOLLOWING ABOUT TAKING OUT

THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF

ISIS.

THEY MAY NOT CARE MUCH

ABOUT THEIR LIVES, BUT

THEY DO CARE, BELIEVE IT

OR NOT, ABOUT THEIR

FAMILIES.

THE IDEA THAT IS A

SOLUTION TO THIS IS JUST

CRAZY.

WE NEED A TOUGHNESS.

WE NEED STRENGTH.

WE'RE NOT RESPECTED AS A

NATION ANYMORE.

DONALD, YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO BE ABLE TO INSULT

YOUR WAY TO THE

PRESIDENCY.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO

HAPPEN.

WITH JEB'S ATTITUDE, WE

WILL NEVER BE GREAT AGAIN.

THAT I CAN TELL YOU.

David: ONE OF THE

BIG STORY LINES IS THE BIG

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CRUZ

AND MARCO RUBIO.

BOTH CAMPAIGN SEE EACH

OTHER AS THEIR MAIN RIVAL.

SO DISAGREEMENT CENTERED

ON PLENTY OF TOPICS, SUCH

AS IMMIGRATION.

HE WAS FIGHTING TO

GRANT AMNESTY, AND NOT TO

SECURE THE BORDER.

TED CRUZ SUPPORTED A

500% INCREASE IN THE VISAS

OF THE WORKERS ALLOWED

INTO THIS COUNTRY.

David: AND THEY

SHOWED A SPLIT ON WHETHER

TO TAKE OUT BAD DICTATORS

AROUND THE WORLD.

ASSAD IS A BAD MAN,

QUAQUADAFI WAS A BAD MAN --

ANTI-AMERICAN DICTATORS

LIKE ASSAD, WHO HELPED

HEZBOLLAH AND GET THE

I.E.D.s INTO IRAQ, IF

THEY GO, I WILL NOT SHED A

TEAR.

David: AS FOR TED

CARSE, HE HAS SEEN HIS

POLL NUMBERS DROP

SUBSTANTIALLY.

THEY SEEM TO QUESTION HIS

NICE-GUY DEMEANOR IN

STANDING UP AGAINST A

VICIOUS ENEMY, LIKE ISIS.

CARSON EXPLAINED HOW HE

WOULD GO AFTER THEM.

THE JOB OF THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES IS TO PROTECT THE

PEOPLE OF HIS COUNTRY, AND

TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO

GET IT DONE.

David: WE WILL ALL

RECONVENE IN MID-JANUARY,

ABOUT A MONTH FROM NOW,

WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WILL

GATHER IN CHARLESTON,

SOUTH CAROLINA.

WHERE DO WE STAND RIGHT

NOW?

DONALD TRUMP, TED CRUZ

NIPPPING AT HIS HEELS.

AND MARCO RUBIO A PLAYER,

AND BEN CARSON JUST HOPING

TO SURVIVE.

DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, IN

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

Efrem: CONGRESSIONAL

LEADERS HAVE REACHED A

BUDGET AGREEMENT ON TAX

CUTS AND SPENDING FOR

2016.

THE BIPARTISAN PACKAGE

EXTENDS DOZENS OF TAX

BREAKS FOR BUSINESSES AND

FAMILIES.

BUT THE DEAL DOES NOT

INCLUDE STRIPPING PLANNED

PARENTHOOD OF FEDERAL

FUNDS.

HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS

HOPE THE AGREEMENT WILL

MAKE IT THROUGH BOTH

CHAMBERS ON THURSDAY AND

MOVE ON TO PRESIDENT

OBAMA'S DESK.

AND THEY PASSED A BILL

PREVENTING A GOVERNMENT

SHUTDOWN UNTIL NEXT

TUESDAY.

> THE WASHINGTON STATE

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH

WHO WAS SUSPENDED FOR

PRAYING AT GAMES HAS FILED

A DISCRIMINATION

COMPLAINT.

COACH JOE KENNEDY HAS

FILED THE COMPLAINT WITH

THE EEOC AGAINST BREMERTON

SCHOOL DISTRICT IN

OCTOBER.

HE PRAYED BEFORE AND AFTER

GAMES SINCE 2008, BUT THE

SCHOOL DISTRICT ASKED HIM

TO STOP THIS PRAYER THIS

YEAR.

KENNEDY'S ATTORNEY SAYS

THE DISTRICT HAD NO RIGHT

TO BAN THE COACH FROM

PERSONALLY PRAYING BECAUSE

HIS PRAYERS WERE PRIVATE

AND SILENT.

> COMING UP, CREED IS A

KNOCKOUT AT THE BOX

OFFICE.

BUT HE HAS A STORY OF HIS

OWN AND HE IS GOING TO

SHARE IT WITH US, NEXT.

Efrem: CREED, THE

SEVENTH INSTALLMENT OF THE

FILM SERIES CONTINUES TO

LAND KNOCKOUT PUNCHES AT

THE BOX OFFICE.

IT'S TOTAL GROSS INCOME

AFTER THE FIRST THREE

WEEKS IS ABOUT

$80 MILLION, MAKING IT ONE

OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL

MOVIES OF THE SEASON.

MICHAEL B.JORDAN STARS AS

APOLLO'S SON, AND HE

PREPARES DONNY FOR HIS

FIRST FIGHT.

ROCKY, APOLLO'S BEST

FRIEND, BECAME THE FATHER

FIGURE, THE MENTOR.

Efrem: STALLONE

EXPLAINS WHY HE THINKS THE

ROCKY FRANCHISE CONTINUES

TO RESONATE SO WELL.

IT TOUCHES THAT CORD,

I'M SCARED, BUT IF HE CAN

DO IT, I CAN DO IT.

SO I THINK THE WORD IS

"INSPIRATION."

Efrem: INDEED, THE

ROCKY STORY STILL INSPIRES

MANY OF TODAY'S ATHLETES.

ONE MAN IN PARTICULAR

DECIDED TO PURSUE BOXING

AFTER SEEING THE FILM.

AND HE SHARES HIS OWN

INSPIRATIONAL STORY WITH

US IN TODAY'S "FAITH ON

THE FIELD."

*

WHEN I FIRST MET BRENT,

ONE OF THE FIRST TWO

THINGS I LEARNED WERE HIS

FAVORITE MOVIES AND HIS

FAVORITE FIGHTER.

HIS FAVORITE MOVIE WAS

ALWAYS ROCKY.

YOU KNOCKED HIM DOWN,

WHY DON'T YOU TRY KNOCKING

ME DOWN NOW.

Efrem: ROCKY WASN'T

THE ONLY MAN WHO GOT BRETT

INTERESTED IN BOXING.

COOPER'S FATHER WAS A

BOXER.

MY DAD ALWAYS HAD A

DRINKING PROBLEM.

HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE

FAMILY.

HE WORKED AND HE WOULD

ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF US.

HE WAS A GREAT MAN.

BUT HE NEVER COULD REALLY

BE DRINKING.

Efrem: COOPER'S FIRST

DRINK WAS AT AGE THREE.

WHEN YOU SEE YOUR DAD

DOING THIS STUFF, YOU JUST

THINK IT IS NORMAL.

Efrem: YET EVEN AS HE

DEVELOPED A TASTE FOR

ALCOHOL --

WHEN I WAS SEVEN, I

ACCEPTED JESUS.

MY COUSIN LED ME TO THE

LORD.

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

I WAS IN HER HOUSE, AND I

WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR

AND I JUST ACCEPTED JESUS

IN MY LIFE.

Efrem: THIS FIRST

SALVATION EXPERIENCE WOULD

BE HIS ANCHOR THROUGH A

NUMBER OF TOUGHTIMES.

HE CONTINUED PURSUING HIS

BOXING CAREER.

BUT JUST AS HE WAS

BEGINNING TO FIND SUCCESS

IN THE RING, LIFE

DELIVERED A DEVASTATING

BLOW.

THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER.

MY MOM -- SHE --

[INAUDIBLE]

Efrem: TO COPE WITH

THE LOSS, HE TURNED TO

ALCOHOL AND TO DRUGS.

I STARTED DOING COKE

AND ECSTASY, AND STUFF

LIKE THAT.

Efrem: HIS WIFE

TURNED TO ANOTHER SOURCE

FOR COMFORT.

I LOVED GOD AND I LOVED

BRETT.

AND I KNEW WITH HIS MOTHER

GONE, HE HAS PASSED AWAY,

AND I KNEW THAT SOMEBODY

HAD TO STAND UP AND PRAY

FOR HIM.

IF IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS

NOBODY, YOU KNOW?

Efrem: AND0ñ8LITTLE BY

LITTLE HE BEGAN TO TURN

HIS LIFE AROUND.

BRETT KNEW IT WAS TIME TO

RECOMMIT HIS LIFE TO

CHRIST.

GOD SPOKE TO ME.

AND THAT CHANGED MY LIFE.

WHEN YOU HAVE THIS REAL

REVELATION THAT GOD LOVES

YOU: IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

Efrem: IT IS THE

FIRST TIME HE WENT TO

CHURCH IN YEARS, AND THE

PASTOR USED THE ROCKY

FORUM AS A METAPHOR.

WHEN I STARTED SPEAKING

TO GOD AGAIN, HE STARTED

PUTTING THAT FIRE BACK IN.

Efrem: AFTER GETTING

BACK IN THE RING, HE FOUND

A SPOT IN THE NBC REALITY

SHOW, "THE CONTENDER,"

WHERE HE GOT TO MEET THE

ROCKY STARS.

THE SHOW CAME TO TOWN,

AND I WAS ACTUALLY

SPARRING FOR A KID WHO WAS

GETTING READY TO FIGHT.

AND THE SHOW CAME THAT

DAY.

Efrem: THE SHOW GAVE

HIM A PLATFORM TO SHARE

HIS LOVE OF CHRIST.

GOD PUT THIS SHOW

TOGETHER, I BELIEVE, FOR

BRETT.

I BELIEVE HE PUT IT

TOGETHER SO BRETT COULD

HAVE THE DESIRES OF HIS

HEART.

AND THE OTHER DESIRE BRETT

HAS NOW IS TO SHARE THE

GOSPEL.

Efrem: BRETT IS NO

LONGER FIGHTING IN THE

RING, BUT STILL SHARES HIS

STRENGTH WITH ATHLETES AS

A PERSONAL TRAINING.

BRETT AND HIS WIFE WILL

ADMIT IT IS NOT SO MUCH

ABOUT THE BOXING ANYMORE.

IT IS ABOUT BEING A

CONTENDER, FIGHTING FOR

THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE

WHERE HE TAKES ME.

I DON'T CARE, IT CAN BE

BOXING OR WHATEVER HE

WANTS.

THAT'S VICTORY RIGHT

THERE.

I'M GLAD HE NEVER GAVE

UP ON ME.

AND ANYBODY LISTENING,

HE'LL NEVER GIVE UP ON

YOU.

Efrem: GOD IS THE

ULTIMATE CONTENDER,

PURSUING YOU AT ALL COSTS.

WAY TO GO, BRETT.

TRULY A DISCIPLE.

> AND COMING UP NEXT, WE

ARE SITTING DOWN WITH

HIP-HOP LEGEND REV RON.

SEE HOW HE IS ENCOURAGING

PEOPLE TO SPREAD JOY THIS

HOLIDAY SEASON.

Efrem: THE HOLIDAY

SEASON IS HERE, AND THE

REAL REASON FOR THE SEASON

CAN EASILY GET LOST.

BUT ONE MAN HELPING TO

KEEP PEOPLE ON TRACK WITH

HIS MASSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA

REACH IS HIP-HOP LEGEND,

ROCK AND ROLL

HALL-OF-FAMER AND

MINISTER, REV RYAN JOINS

US NOW.

LET'S BEGIN WITH TALKING

ABOUT THE MUSIC AND YOUR

HOLIDAY LIST.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

WELL, I HAVE A HOLIDAY

LIST OF RECORDS THAT I

COMPILED THAT YOU CAN GET

ON THE AT&T WEBSITE.

I'M DOING A CAMPAIGN WITH

THEM CALLED "INSPIRED

MOBILITY."

AND THE LIST COIFORT CONSISTS OF

SOME REALLY GOOD CHRISTMAS

RECORDS, AND RON D.M.C.

HAS A RECORD ON THERE, AND

A RECORD CALLED "CHRISTMAS

RAPPING," AND THEN I HAVE

THE TRADITIONAL BING

CROSBY, A LITTLE OF SHADA,

SO YOU CAN KEEP IT COOL.

I'VE BEEN ON THE SOCIAL

MEDIA GIVING WORDS OF

WISDOM FOR YEARS.

I'M TELLING PEOPLE WHEN

YOU PUT UP AN INSPIRING

WORD OR AN ENCOURAGING

WORD, PUT INSPIRED

MOBILITY AFTER IT.

PUT #MOBILITY.

I WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN A

POSITIVE LIGHT.

Efrem: BECAUSE THIS

CAN ALSO BE A TIME WHEN

PEOPLE GET DOWN, CORRECT?

EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHY I'M ALWAYS

HERE.

PEOPLE WORRY THIS TIME OF

THE YEAR.

I GIVE THEM A WORD OF: DO

YOUR BEST AND FORGET THE

REST.

YOU HAVE TO PRAY FOR A

LITTLE SU SERENDIPITY FOR GOD

TO PUT HIS HAND ON IT.

STAY IN PRAYER.

Efrem: I WAS A FAN OF

THE REALITY SERIES, "RON'S

HOUSE," AND YOU ENDED

EVERY SHOW WITH A MESSAGE

OF INSPIRATION.

TODAY, RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE

MORE THAN FOUR MILLION

FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER.

DO YOU THINK YOUR REACH

HAS GROWN SINCE THAT TIME?

YES.

IT IS GROWING EVERY DAY.

Facebook, TWITTER,

INSTAGRAM.

AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF

TELEVISION SHOWS.

I HAVE A SHOW ON THE

TRAVEL CHANNEL RIGHT NOW,

IT IS CALLED "REV RUNS

AROUND THE WORLD."

AND I HAVE A COOKING SHOW

ON THE COOKING CHANNEL, IT

IS THE NUMBER ONE SHOW ON

THE COOKING CHANNEL.

SO I KEEP GIVING THESE

INSPIRATIONAL TELEVISION

SHOWS AND THESE

INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES TO

KEEP THESE PEOPLE'S SPIRIT

UP.

I BELIEVE THAT IS MY

CALLING AT THIS POINT IN

MY LIFE, TO KEEP

INSPIRING.

Efrem: IN MANY WAYS,

I THINK YOUR FAMILY HELPED

TO CREATE REALITY TV FOR

FAMILIES AND QUALITY

TELEVISION.

TELL ME ABOUT THE PREMISES

BEHIND THE SUPPER SERIES.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO DO

THAT?

PEOPLE ARE OUT EATING,

AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF

FAST FOODS AND THEY DON'T

SIT AND TALK AND LOVE AND

COME TOGETHER.

SO I CAME UP WITH A

CONCEPT -- I WAS GETTING

AN EMPTY NEST WITH ALL OF

MY CHILDREN MOVING OUT.

I THOUGHT, WHAT IF I COULD

PUT TOGETHER ONE NIGHT A

WEEK, JUST ONE NIGHT,

WHERE WE ALL SIT DOWN AND

EAT TOGETHER.

ANGELA, COME BACK HOME,

DIGGY, COME UP THE ROAD

FOR A MINUTE.

VANESSA, COME AND SIT DOWN

WITH US AND HAVE DINNER

ONCE A WEEK, OR EVEN IF IT

IS ONCE A MONTH, BUT IT IS

JUST A SHOW, TO SHOW

PEOPLE LET'S GET BACK TO

THE BASICS OF HAVING A

MEAL TOGETHER, BREAKING

BREAD, AND LOVING ONE

ANOTHER.

THAT'S GOING TO BE

PREMIERING JANUARY 27th

ON THE COOKING CHANNEL.

IT WILL BE OUR FOURTH

SEASON OF "REREV RON'S

SUPPERS."

Efrem: YOU TRAVEL THE

WORLD, WHY DO THIS SHOW?

IMAGINE THE WORLD AS A

BOOK.

AND IF YOU STAY ON ONE

PAGE, THAT IS JUST STAYING

WHERE YOU LIVE.

THAT'S JUST SHOWING

PEOPLE, GET OUT AND ABOUT

IF YOU CAN.

IF YOU HAVE THE MEAN TO

MAKE MOVES AND SHOW YOUR

FAMILY OTHER PLACES, EVEN

IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE

THERE, TO TRY TO GET OUT

OF YOUR PLACE SO PEOPLE

CAN LEARN AND YOUR

CHILDREN CAN EXPERIENCE

OTHER CULTURES.

SO THAT IS ANOTHER

MINISTRY OF MINE.

I FIND THESE TELEVISION

CHANNELS AND THESE PLACES

ARE ACTUALLY MY PULPIT.

MTV WAS MY FIRST PULL PIT.

AND NOPULPIT.AND NOW WE HAVE A SHOW

WITH TYRESE, WHO IS A

SINGLE MAN, AND I'M A

MARRIED MAN, AND WHY AM I

MARRIED AND HE IS NOT.

WHEN WE SPOKE TO OPRAH

ABOUT THAT, SHE FELL IN

LOVE WITH IT, AND IT IS

GOING TO COME OUT ON

JANUARY 23rd ON THE OWN

NETWORK.

AND THE NAME OF THE SHOW

IS "IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S

MEN."

Efrem: I LIKE IT.

PEOPLE HEARING ALL THAT

YOU DO, HOW ARE YOU

MANAGING TO DO ALL OF

THAT?

WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING

THAT YOU LOVE, IT IS NOT

WORK AT ALL.

I BELIEVE AT THIS PERIOD

OF MY LIFE, I'M HERE TO

INSPIRE.

I'M NOT HERE TO HELP

OTHERS.

AND GOD MAKES THE WAY AND

GOD MAKES THE TIME.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT

HE HAS PUT IN MY HANDS TO

SHARE WITH THE WORLD, AND

THE TALENTS, AND INSPIRING

PEOPLE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT

AT&T CALLED ME WITH THIS

CAMPAIGN.

AND I'M GIVING OUT WORDS

OF WISDOM, AND TELLING

PEOPLE TO PUT #INSPIRED

MOBILITY, AFTER EVERY TIME

THEY PUT SOMETHING UP ON

THE INTERNET.

JUST GETTING A CALL FROM

AT&T, TO GET INVOLVED WITH

THEM, IS AN HONOR.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

AND I CAN CONTINUE A

CONVERSATION ACROSS THE

WORLD OF INSPIRED

MOBILITY.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, IF

YOU PUT THAT #BEHIN HASHTAG

BEHIND IT, IT WILL HELP

THE WORLD TO BECOME MORE

POSITIVE.

THEY HAVE ALL OF THIS

CYBER-BULLYING, BUT IF WE

CAN GET MORE AND MORE

PEOPLE PUTTING UP POSITIVE

THINGS, THE WORLD WILL BE

A BETTER PLACE.

Efrem: REV RON, THANK

YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

Efrem: AMERICA HAS

VOTED JORDAN SMITH WINNER

OF NBC'S "THE VOICE."

HE IS A WORSHIP LEADER AND

THE SON OF A PASTOR COUPLE

IN KENTUCKY.

HIS PERFORMANCE OF THE

CHRISTMAS CLASSIC "MARY,

DID YOU KNOW," CLAIMED THE

TOP SPOT ON iTUNE.

HE TOLD CBN NEWS HIS HEART

IS AS BIG AS HIS VOICE,

AND THE MAN YOU SEE ON THE

SCREEN IS THE SAME PERSON

HE KNOWS IN REAL LIFE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT FULL

INTERVIEW WITH BRENDEL AT

OUR WEBSITE,

CBNNEWS.COM.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO JORDAN.

> IT IS TIME FOR YOUR

WEDNESDAY WORD.

TODAY CONSIDER THE WORD

"YIELD."

AND HERE IS WHY: TWO

PEOPLE CAN'T DRIVE THE

SAME VEHICLE AT THE SAME

TIME.

SO LET JESUS HAVE THE

WHEEL BECAUSE HE CAN

CLEARLY SEE THE FINISH

LINE.

CONSIDER THAT, AND MAKE

THIS A WONDERFUL

WEDNESDAY.

THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR

THIS EDITION OF CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND

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COVERAGE OF THE ISSUES YOU

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YOU CAN FIND IT AT

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-"THE 700 CLUB,"

DECEMBER 16, 2015.