“Touchdown Tony†Nathan has a solution to reconcile a divided people. Plus, a Marine’s doomed marriage is saved.
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Wendy: GO ON PATROL
DURING A PROSTITUTION STING,
BUT THE COPS DON'T WANT
TO THROW THESE GIRLS IN JAIL.
WE KNOW
THAT THEY'RE MESSING WITH DEATH.
Wendy: HEAR
HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO RESCUE
THEM FROM SEX TRAFFICKING.
PLUS...FROM WOODLAWN
HIGH SCHOOL...
HE WAS CALLED A BLACK KID.
Wendy:
...MEET THE REAL TOUCHDOWN TONY
ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS SORT OF LIKE A SCRIPTED
PLAY.
THESE CONVENTIONS,
THEY'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL.
I'M AMAZED THE REPUBLICANS
GOT IT TOGETHER SO QUICKLY.
VERY BEAUTIFUL.
IT LOOKS LIKE MRS.
TRUMP'S SPEECH WRITER SHOULD BE
FIRED FOR DOING OR BORROWING A
FEW LINES FROM MRS.
OBAMA. BUT, ANYHOW,
THE MOVEMENT TO STOP
DONALD TRUMP FROM GETTING A
NOMINATION FAILED.
AND WE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT
THE LANGUAGE IN THAT SPEECH,
ALTHOUGH SHE WAS
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS,
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY
WANTED TO PUT HER ON.
SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL DRESS
AND SHE IS A LOVELY LADY.
SO TRUMP KNOWS WHEN
HE HAS GOT A WINNER.
TERRY?
Terry:
THE CONVENTION BEGAN
AMID EXTREMELY TIGHT SECURITY.
WE HAVE TWO REPORTS,
STARTING WITH ABIGAIL ROBERTSON,
ON THE DRAMA INSIDE
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Reporter:
IT HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC FIRST
24 HOURS HERE IN CLEVELAND.
THE DELEGATE WASTED NO TIME WITH
THE LAST MINUTE EFFORT TO KEEP
DONALD TRUMP FROM
SECURING THE NOMINATION.
BUT R.N.C. OFFICIALS QUICKLY
SHUT DOWN THEIR EFFORTS.
GET OVER YOURSELF.
GET OVER YOURSELF.
Reporter:
BUT THE MAIN FOCUS OF
THE DAY WAS MELANIA
TRUMP'S HEADLINER SPEECH,
WHICH OFFERED HIS SOFTER
SIDE AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER.
HE IS SOFT WHEN HE HAS TO BE,
BUT HE IS ALSO KIND
AND FAIR AND CARING.
Reporter:
OTHER NOTE WORTHY SPEAKERS
HIGHLIGHTED WHY THEY AGREE
THE SOON TO BE G.O.P.
NOMINEE WILL MAKE
AMERICA SAFE AGAIN.
DONALD TRUMP IS EVERYTHING
HILLARY CLINTON IS NOT.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE
THREAT POSED BY RADICAL
ISLAMIC TERRORISM,
HE WILL NOT HESITATE
TO KILL THE TERRORISTS
WHO THREATEN AMERICAN LIVES.
Reporter:
AND NOW BACK TO
MY COLLEAGUE, JOHN JESSUP,
WHO HAS MORE ON THE SECURITY
HERE IN CLEVELAND.
John:
IT HAS BEEN A FIERY CAMPAIGN
SEASON FOR BOTH PARTIES,
WITH NATIONWIDE PROTESTORS AT
TIMES CLASHING WITH THE POLICE
AND EACH OTHER AT
VARIOUS POLITICAL EVENTS.
[YELLING]
John:
ADD IN THE RECENT SHOOTINGS
OF POLICE OFFICERS IN
BATON ROUGE AND DALLAS,
IT IS NO WONDER
TENSIONS IN THE AIR ARE
HEADED INTO THIS YEAR'S G.O.P.
CONVENTION.
BUT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE SAYS IT IS CONFIDENT
IN THE SECURITY MEASURES
SET IN PLACE.
WE ARE WORKING EVERY
DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERY PERSON IS DOWN HERE,
WHO IS ATTENDING THE CONVENTION,
IS SAFE.
John:
AUDREY SCAGNELLI SAYS A
LOT OF HARD WORK HAS GONE
INTO PREPARING THIS EVENT.
WE HAVE HAD A TEAM DOWN
HERE FOR WELL OVER A YEAR
PREPARING FOR THE CONVENTION.
John:
THAT PREPARATION
INCLUDES HOURS OF
TACTICAL TRAINING,
ALONG WITH THE CITY'S PURCHASE
OF 300 BICYCLES TO
EASILY NAVIGATE THE CROWDS.
THE CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THE SECURITY SERVICE,
AND THE F.B.I.,
ALONG WITH OTHER POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
WILL HELP KEEP THE POLICE,
IF NECESSARY.
AND SOME OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT,
UNDERSTANDABLY,
ARE ON EDGE AFTER THE AMBUSHES
IN DALLAS AND BATON ROUGE.
SCREAM BY TRUMP.
SCREAM ABOUT HILLARY.
BUT DON'T THROW STONES
AND ROCKS AT MY GUYS.
Reporter:
DETECTIVE STEVE LUMIS,
A 33 YEAR VETERAN WITH
THE POLICE ASSOCIATION,
HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST CRITIC
OF CLEVELAND AND THE R.N.C.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SECURITY OF THE CONVENTION.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS FOR
THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING
OF MY GUYS.
I'M CONCERNED WE DON'T
HAVE THE NUMBERS WE NEED.
Reporter:
HE SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL BE ON THE WATCH FOR
POTENTIAL TERRORIST ACTIVITY.
WHILE MOST OF THE ISSUES
SEEM TO BE RESOLVED,
THERE ARE STILL A FEW
SAFETY CONCERNS,
LIKE HAVING SO MANY PROTESTORS
CONVERGING IN ONE PLAYS.
TIM SALAE, OF
CITIZENS FOR TRUMP,
SAYS, "OHIO IS AN
OPEN CARRY STATE.
IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO CARRY
A GUN TO PROTECT YOURSELF,
BE RESPONSIBLE WITH IT.
WE ARE GOING TO TELL THEM,
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BRING
LONG ARMS.
YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL ANYONE
NOT TO BRING A GUN."
"BLACK LIVES MATTER" DID NOT
RESPOND TO CBN WHEN WE POSED
THE SAME QUESTION
TO THEM.
MEANWHILE, MEMBERS OF THE CITY'S
FAITH COMMUNITY ARE PROMOTING
A MESSAGE OF CHANGE.
DR. R.A.VERNON,
WHO PASTORS CLEVELAND LARGEST
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CHURCH,
SAYS THAT WHILE HE
OPPOSES VIOLENCE,
HE THINKS THE CONVENTION WILL
BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO HIGHLIGHT INJUSTICE.
THE PROPHETIC PART
OF ME UNDERSTANDS WITH
THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHING,
WILL THERE EVER BE A BETTER TIME
TO POINT AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
INNOCENT BLACK LIVES IN AMERICA.
YES, THEY WANT THIS CONVENTION
TO GO OFF WITHOUT CONTROVERSY,
BUT SOMETIMES IT IS CONTROVERSY
THAT BRINGS LIGHT TO ISSUES.
John:
SECURITY IS PRETTY TIGHT.
SO ANYONE WHO ISN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE
WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME TRYING
TO GET IN.
BUT STILL, THEY ALL SEEM
TO AGREE ON ONE THING:
IF TROUBLE COMES,
IT PROBABLY WON'T BE
FROM CLEVELAND RESIDENTS.
THEY SAY CLEVELAND RESIDENTS
WILL REMAIN RESPECTFUL,
NO MATTER WHAT THEIR
DIFFERENCES,
AND THEY'RE HOPING OUTSIDERS
WILL DO THE SAME.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,
REPORTING IN CLEVELAND.
Pat: WELL, THE ONE RIPPLE
IN THE POND SEEMS TO BE THE FACT
THAT PAUL MANAFORD PICKED
A FIGHT WITH JOHN KASICH,
WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR OF OHIO,
AND THAT WAS A STUPID
THING TO DO.
THE STATEMENTS WERE SIMPLY
OVER THE TOP.
I KNOW KASICH,
AND HE IS A GOOD FRIEND,
AND HE ISN'T A FAN OF TRUMP.
BUT THAT IS NEVERTHELESS, AND HE
DIDN'T COME TO THE CONVENTION,
WHICH IS BEING HELD IN HIS
OWN STATE.
BUT THAT MEANS YOU STILL DON'T
GET INTO A FIGHT WITH HIM.
THAT ISN'T SMART.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THESE GUYS CAN'T STOP FIGHTING.
BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE
SOME ATTEMPT
DURING THIS CONVENTION
TO BRING HARMONY.
DAVID BRODY IS WITH US NOW
FROM CLEVELAND.
DAVID, WHAT ABOUT MELANIA
TRUMP'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT.
THE A.P.
PICKED UP ON IT.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING?
OR ARE THEY SAYING ANYTHING?
David:
LET ME GIVE YOU AN ANECDOTE
FOR A MOMENT.
I WAKE UP, AND I'M IN
THE HOTEL LOBBY THIS MORNING,
AND PEOPLE ALL AROUND ME
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE,
QUOTE,"PLAGIARISM" CHARGES
INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT HOW
GREAT THAT SPEECH IS.
I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN LOST
CRITICAL HOURS OF COVERAGE
FROM MELANIA TRUMP.
BUT THE LONG TERM STORY IS THAT
MELANIA TRUMP GAVE A GOOD SPEECH
AND SHE WAS POISED.
IT MEANS MELANIA TRUMP NEEDS
TO GET OUT ON THE STUMP.
TO HAVE A RHYME,
MELANIA TRUMP ON THE STUMP.
THAT'S WHAT SHE NEED
TO DO BECAUSE CLEARLY
SHE IS ARTICULATE,
DOING A VERY GOOD JOB,
AND THEY NEED HELP
AMONG WOMEN VOTERS.
SHE COULD BE A KEY PART OF THAT.
Pat:
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
OF COURSE SHE IS A RENOWNED
MODEL.
MR. TRUMP HAS A GOOD EYE
FOR BEAUTY.
>WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF
THE DELEGATES.
THERE LOOKS LIKE
SOME HARMONY REIGNING
AMONG THE REPUBLICANS IS
THAT RIGHT?
David:
THERE WAS A BIT OF A CURFUFFEL.
AND THIS WAS FINALLY
THE LAST SPEWAGE, IF YOU WILL,
OF THE "NEVER TRUMP" MOVEMENT
BECAUSE TUESDAY NIGHT THEY WILL
DO THE OFFICIAL ROLE CALL,
AND ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT
GET BOISTEROUS,
DONALD TRUMP WILL ARE
THE DELEGATES THAT HE NEEDS
TO BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
YES, DID IT HELP
THE UNITY PORTION
OF WHAT THE TRUMP MESSAGE WANTS
TO BE,
ULTIMATELY? NO.
BUT IT WAS A BLIP ON THE RADAR
AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HOPES
THEY'LL MOVE FORWARD.
WE'LL HEAR PAUL RYAN TONIGHT
AND KEVIN McCARTHY.
THERE WILL BE FOLKS
SAYING WE NEED
TO PULL TOGETHER AS ONE PARTY.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
Pat: DAVID,
I'VE ORGANIZED EVENTS NOTHING
OF THAT SCALE NEVERTHELESS,
I'M QUITE IN AWE OF HOW THEY
BROUGHT THAT THING TOGETHER.
BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE
CAMPAIGNING AND WANDERING
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND KIND
OF YELLING AT EACH OTHER.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU HAVE THIS GORGEOUS SET
IN THIS BUILDING.
IT IS REALLY VERY BEAUTY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHO DID IT?
David:
CHRIS CHRISTIE NOT
THAT CHRIS CHRISTIE DESIGNED
THE SET,
BUT CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS REALLY
LED THIS EFFORT
TO KIND OF GET THIS CONVENTION
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND CLEARLY THEY'VE DONE
A GOOD JOB AESTHETICALLY.
THE QUESTION WILL BE HOW IT WILL
PLAY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS OR SO.
WE'LL SEE.
DONALD TRUMP COMING OUT
TO WHAT WAS THAT?
LIKE WRESTLE MANIA?
IT REMINDED ME OF THAT GAME SHOW
"THE WEAKEST LINK."
AND IT HAD TO BE THE SHORTEST
SPEECH DONALD TRUMP EVER MAY.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 42 SECONDS,
AND THAT'S NOTHING FOR DONALD J.
TRUMP.
Pat: HAVE YOU GOT
ANY POLL NUMBERS RIGHT NOW?
HE WAS AHEAD
IN SOME AND BEHIND IN OTHERS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS
ANY BOUNCE FROM THAT ONE NIGHT.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANY POLL NUMBERS?
David:
WE HAVE HEARD SOME POLL NUMBERS.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT IS ALL
IN THE MARGIN
OF ERRORS RELATING TO OHIO,
FLORIDA, MICHIGAN,
IOWA AS WELL ALL WITHIN THE PLUS
THREE OR FOUR,
AND MOST SHOWING HILLARY CLINTON
UP THREE OR FOUR,
BUT DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE GAME.
AND HE HASN'T HIT MUCH
ON THE E MAILS YET.
HE HAS A FEW MONTHS TO GO
TO HIT ON THE E MAIL SERVER.
AND HE'LL HIT ON BENGHAZI.
WE HEARD SOME OF THAT LAST
NIGHT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
IN THE TOOLBOX FOR DONALD
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THE CAMPAIGN BELIEVES THEY'LL
HAVE TIME THEY'VE ALREADY TRIED
TO PAINT HER AS CROOKED HILLARY.
DONALD TRUMP, WHEN HE PUTS UP
HIS POLL NUMBERS, IT SAYS,
"DONALD TRUMP," AND HIS NUMBER,
AND "CROOKED HILLARY,"
38% LOOK,
HE DOES A VERY GOOD JOB
AT DEFINING THE NARRATIVE.
HE WILL DO IT AGAIN TO HILLARY.
THEY'VE HIRED ABOUT 15,
16 STAFFERS IN KEY
BATTLEGROUND STATES.
THEY JUST DID THAT IN THE LAST
24 HOURS.
SO THERE IS MOVEMENT ON THEIR
PART.
Pat: IT LOOKS LIKE TRUMPETER
IS APPEALING TO A CONSTITUENCY
THAT NORMALLY GOES
TO THE DEMOCRATS.
THE SPEECH HE HAS BEEN MAKING
ABOUT PROTECTIONISM AND LOSS
OF JOBS THAT IS RESONATING
WITH BLUE COLLAR WORKERS
WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF
OR UNDEREMPLOYED.
David: THERE IS NO DOUBT
ABOUT THAT, PAT.
THIS IS THE BIG CONCERN AMONG
THE HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN
AND DEMOCRATS AT LARGE.
I TALKED TO A DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGIST WHO SAID
THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN THEY
THINK HILLARY IS GOING TO WIN,
OF COURSE BUT THEIR BIGGEST
CONCERN IS THAT SILENT MAJORITY,
THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE
WHO HAVE BEEN DISENCHANTED
WITH THE POLITICAL PROCESS
THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
TAPPING INTO.
HE TALKS ABOUT BERNIE
SANDERS QUITE A BIT
BECAUSE HE WANTS SOME OF
THOSE VOTES.
IT IS FASCINATING
THAT A BILLIONAIRE
LIKE DONALD TRUMP CAN
TALK LIKE A CAB DRIVER
AND APPEAL TO BLUE COLLAR
WORKERS.
IT IS A FASCINATING
POLITICAL SKILL.
AND DONALD TRUMP CAN
GET THERE POTENTIALLY
IF HE CONTINUES TO DO THAT.
HE'S GOT SOME WORK TO DO
WITH WOMEN.
HE HAS SOME WORK TO DO WITH
MINORITIES.
HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW HE
IS GOING TO BE A JOBS PRESIDENT.
HE BELIEVES SAYING HE IS GOING
TO BE A JOBS PRESIDENT WILL HELP
IN THE MINORITY COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S LIKE TACTIC
GOING FORWARD.
Pat:
DAVID, THANK YOU.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
CONTINUED REPORTS
FROM CLEVELAND,
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Terry: INTERESTING.
VERY INTERESTING.
WELL, WE KNEW IT WOULD BE.
Pat:
YEAH, IT IS.
THE THING IS A STAGE.
THERE USED TO BE SOME DRAMA,
AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW
WHO THE CANDIDATE WAS GOING
TO BE,
AND THERE ARE VARIOUS VOTING
BLOCKS,
AND THERE WERE SMOKE
FILLED ROOMS,
MEETING WITH VARIOUS DELEGATES,
AND PRESSURE ON THIS ONE
AND THAT ONE TO SWITCH.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYMORE OF THAT.
>WELL, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
ELSE VERY INTERESTING.
WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS
A LOT.
Terry:
WELL, COMING UP,
THE HARSH REALITY
OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
MY VERY FIRST DATE WAS
A MAYBE LATE 60s WHITE MAN
WHO MADE ME LAY DOWN IN THE CAR,
PULLED ME INTO HIS GARAGE,
SO HIS NEIGHBORS COULDN'T
SEE ME.
Terry:
12 YEARS OF PROSTITUTION
AND DRUG ADDICTION FOLLOWED.
SEE HOW A NEW OUTREACH IS
HELPING VICTIMS BREAK FREE.
Pat:
YOU REALIZE, THERE ARE AT LEAST
A MILLION HUMAN BEINGS BEING
TRAFFICKED EVERY YEAR?
THEY'RE PUT IN SLAVERY.
THEY'RE DEHUMANIZED.
THEY'RE BEATEN.
THEY'RE DRUGGED.
THEY'RE STARVED.
THEY'RE KICKED.
THEY'RE LOCKED UP
IN SUB HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE FOR SEX,
BECAUSE HERE IS THE DEAL:
IF A HEROIN DEALER BUYS A LOAD
OF HEROIN AND SELLS IT,
HE HAS TO GET MORE HEROIN.
BUT IF HE HAS A WOMAN,
AND HE USES HER,
AND SHE IS OUT PROSTITUTING
HERSELF 10 TIMES, 12 TIMES,
14 TIMES A NIGHT,
SHE IS GOOD FOR THE NEXT NIGHT
AND THE NEXT NIGHT AND
THE NEXT NIGHT,
SO THE PROFIT FROM
PROSTITUTION IS MUCH GREATER
THAN DRUG SELLING.
MY HEART GOES OUT
TO THESE PEOPLE.
IT IS THE KIND OF THING
WHERE I THINK
I WOULD SHOOT THEM
WITHOUT MERCY.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS HARD,
BUT I JUST THINK THIS IS WHAT
THEY'RE DOING TO THESE WOMEN
AND THESE YOUNG BOYS
AND GIRLS,
AND IT IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO
MUCH IN THE PAST,
WHEN A GIRL GETS PICKED UP
FOR PROSTITUTION,
SHE IS ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL.
NOW THERE IS A NEW WAY TO
RESCUE WOMEN FROM THE STREETS.
AND IT INVOLVES
POLICE STING OPERATIONS,
AND AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR A NEW LIFE FOR WOMEN
WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS
OF THIS HIDEOUS SEX TRAFFICKING.
OUR HEATHER SELLS RODE
ALONG WITH POLICE
TO SHOW US JUST
HOW THIS NEW WAY WORKS.
Reporter:
SARASOTA, FLORIDA, OFFERS
TOURISTS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER,
EXCELLENT SHOPPING,
AND A PRIME LOCATION
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO.
THERE IS, HOWEVER,
A DARK,
GRITTY SIDE TO THIS CITY,
AND IT IS HERE WHERE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING FLOURISHES.
IF YOU CAN, TRY NOT TO PULL
OVER IN A CONGESTED AREA.
Reporter:
IT IS WHY SARASOTA POLICE,
AND THE GROUP "SALEH FREEDOM,"
OFFERS WOMEN SERVICES THAT WILL
HELP THEM START A NEW LIFE.
HEAR IS HOW IT WORKS:
A MALE UNDERCOVER
OFFICER POSSESS AS A BUYER,
SEARCHING THE AREA WHERE
THE SEX TRADE THRIVES.
OUR CAR IS ONE OF SEVERAL
POLICE UNITS FOLLOWING HIM.
WITHIN MINUTES HE
HAS FOUND A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO QUICKLY STEPS INTO HIS
VEHICLE AND AGREES TO HIS OFFER.
I CHARGE 25 BUCKS,
YOU KNOW.
OKAY.
25?
YEAH.
Reporter: MOMENTS
LATER POLICE SURROUND THE TRUCK
TO ARREST HER
ON A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE,
BUT THERE IS A TWIST:
AFTER TAKING HER TO THE STATION,
SALEM FREEDOM WILL OFFER
HER SERVICES INSTEAD OF JAIL.
ONCE THEY'RE ARRESTED,
THEY'RE BONDED OUT
BY THEIR PIMP OR TRAFFICKER.
THEY WOULD CALL THIS PERSON
THEIR BOYFRIEND.
THEY WOULD TELL US THEY'RE NOT
A VICTIM, THEY'RE NOT BEING
TRAFFICKED.
Reporter:
TO ESCAPE THIS CYCLE,
KINDSEY PENTECOST DEVELOPED
"TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND,"
WHICH IS A JOINT SERVICE
WITH THE POLICE.
WHEN THEY'RE ARRESTED,
WE WANT ALTERNATIVES
AND A SOLUTION.
Reporter:
AS A WAY
TO COAX THEM OFF THE STREET,
THEY CONNECT THE WOMEN
WITH WHAT THEY NEED,
BE IT SHELTER,
CLOTHES, OR A JOB.
SOMETIMES IT IS MEDICAL
CARE FOR A PREGNANCY.
USUALLY SHE IS TURNED DOWN WOMEN
WHO DON'T TRUST THEM.
IT TAKES SEVEN
OR EIGHT TIMES STATISTICALLY
FOR A WOMAN TO SAY YES.
YOU TRY AND TRY AND TRY,
AND THEY'RE NOT READY.
THEN WHEN ONE COMES ON BOARD,
THAT'S A HUGE SUCCESS.
Reporter:
AND THEIR SUCCESSES ARE GROWING.
WHEN IT STARTED,
LESS THAN ONE IN FIVE
WOMEN TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LEAVE THE STREETS.
TODAY, MORE THAN HALF CHOOSE
TO LEAVE THEIR PIMPS.
COURTNEY LEFT ALMOST
TWO YEARS AGO.
HER LIFE ON THE STREETS BEGAN
WHEN A TRAFFICKER CONVINCED
HER IT WOULD SUPPORT
HER DRUG HABIT.
HE WAS SELLING ME
ON THIS WITH MONEY ALL DAY LONG.
HE SHOWED ME A GIRL,
AND WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
AND A CAR PULLED UP AND HE SAID,
THIS IS YOUR ONE.
SO I GOT IN THE CAR,
AND MY VERY FIRST
DATE WAS A MAYBE LATE 60s,
WHITE, OLD MAN THAT MADE ME
LAY DOWN IN THE CAR,
PULLED ME INTO HIS GARAGE SO
HIS NEIGHBORS COULDN'T SEE ME.
Reporter:
45 MINUTES LATER,
SHE HANDED HER PIMP $80,
WHICH HE USED TO BUY
HER CRACK COCAINE.
THAT ADDICTION,
PLUS A FEAR OF RETALIATION,
KEPT HER CAPTIVE FOR 12 YEARS.
ONCE YOU'VE HAD YOUR
FIRST BEAT,
ONCE YOU'VE BEEN BEATEN
YOUR FIRST TIME,
ONCE YOU'VE BEEN DRUGGED
YOUR FIRST TIME,
THOSE ARE VIVID IN YOUR MIND,
AND A PARANOIA COMES TO YOU.
Reporter:
AFTER AN ESPECIALLY BRUTAL RAPE,
COURTNEY MET PENTECOST
DURING A STING OPERATION
AND AGREED TO A DETOX.
I WAS WONDERING,
WHY KIND OF PLACE IS THIS?
BUT I WAS READY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WALK
THE STREET NO MORE.
Reporter:
AND COURTNEY ALSO FOUND HELP
IN THE TYLA COURT.
IT DISMISSES CHARGES FOR
THOSE WHO AGREE TO A PROGRAM.
THE MINDSET CHANGES
FOR THE PROSECUTORS.
WE ARE LOOKING
AT THESE WOMEN MOSTLY WOMEN
AS VICTIMS.
IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES,
THEY ARE TRUE VICTIMS.
Reporter:
PENTECOST SAYS MOST OF THE WOMEN
WERE ABUSED AS CHILDREN,
PAVING THE WAY FOR THEM TO RUN
INTO THE ARMS OF TRAFFICKERS
AND AN INCREDIBLY VIOLENT LIFE.
WE KNOW THEY'RE MESSING
WITH DEATH,
WHETHER IN SUICIDE,
VIOLENCE, DRUG OVERDOSE THEY
ARE GOING THROUGH IT.
Reporter:
SARASOTA POLICE
ALSO GO AFTER THE BUYERS
WITH ANOTHER SET
OF STING OPERATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT SURE JUST
HOW MANY BUY SEX EACH DAY,
BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT IF THEY
CAN REDUCE DEMAND
AND RESCUE WOMEN,
THEY CAN SAVE LIVES.
SARASOTA'S SUCCESS
IN DIVERTING WOMEN
OFF THE STREET IS BEGINNING
TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
FROM OTHER CITIES.
AND IF IT'S EFFECTIVENESS
CONTINUES,
IT COULD BECOME A LEADER
IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
>REPORTING IN SARASOTA,
FLORIDA,
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat:
THAT'S GREAT REPORTING, HEATHER.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE NEED TO GET TOUGH
ON THESE PIMPS, TOO.
THEY SEEM TO GO SCOT FREE.
THEY ABUSE THE WOMEN
AND BEAT THE WOMEN
AND TAKE A GOOD PART
OF THEIR EARNINGS,
AND THEY LIVE A HIGH LIFE
ON THE SUFFERING OF THESE WOMEN.
AND THE WOMEN ARE PUT IN JAIL.
WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THIS.
THE WOMEN HAVE GOT TO BE
REHABBED,
WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING
DONE IN SARASOTA.
BUT THE PIMPS NEED
TO BE VERY HARD SENTENCES.
MY SENTENCE WOULD BE
THE ULTIMATE SENTENCE
IF I WAS IN CHARGE OF IT,
BUT I'M NOT.
TERRY?
Terry:
UP NEXT,
THE REAL TOUCHDOWN TONY TELLS
THE TRUTH ABOUT PLAYING FOOTBALL
IN WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
SEGREGATED CITIES IN AMERICA.
THEY THINK ABOUT YOU
BECAUSE OF YOUR SKIN,
BECAUSE YOU'RE DIFFERENT.
HE WAS CALLED BLACK THIS,
BLACK THAT, COON.
Terry:
TONY NATHAN TAKES US
BEHIND THE SCENES OF
THE MOVIE "WOODLAWN,"
AFTER THIS.
Terry:
IN
1971, WHEN TONY NATHAN ENTERED
HIGH SCHOOL IN BIRMINGHAM,
ALABAMA, THE CITY HAD BEEN
DUBBED "BOMBINGHAM" BECAUSE OF
THE RACIAL VIOLENCE.
RECENTLY SEAN BROWN SAT DOWN
WITH THE REAL TOUCHDOWN TONY
TO UNCOVER THE INSIDE
STORY BEHIND THAT MOVIE.
Reporter:
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA,
WAS ONCE ONE OF THE MOST
SEGREGATED CITIES IN YEARS.
WHAT ADDED TO THE PROBLEM WAS
WHEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FORCED
COMMUNITIES TO DESEGREGATE
THEIR ALL WHITE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE FILM "WOODLAWN,"
SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED THAT TIME
WHEN THE RACIALLY DIVIDED
FOOTBALL TEAM WAS ENCOURAGED
TO UNITE IN FAITH.
TONY NATHAN WOULD BE THE SPARK
NEEDED TO UNITE THE SCHOOL
AND THE COMMUNITY.
THE REAL TONY NATHAN
WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN,
WHEN MANY WERE BUSED FROM
ACROSS TOWN TO WOODLAWN.
WHAT WERE YOUR PEERS THINKING
ABOUT THAT TRANSITION?
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THEY THINK ABOUT YOU?
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY THINK
ABOUT YOU
BECAUSE OF THE
COLOR OF YOUR SKIN.
Reporter:
HE GREW UP WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES
AND WAS TAUGHT TO TREAT
EVERYBODY EQUALLY.
MY PARENTS TOLD ME NOT TO
JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER.
TO GET RESPECT,
YOU'VE GOT TO EARN IT.
Reporter:
THOSE VALUES WERE PUT TO THE
TEST WHEN TONY TRIED OUT FOR
WOODLAWN'S NEW FOOTBALL TEAM.
FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER
PRACTICE,
TENSION BEGAN BREWING BETWEEN
WHITE AND BLACK PLAYERS.
THEY NOTICED THE ABILITY
THAT YOU HAD GOING IN.
AND EVENTUALLY, IF YOU WAS
PLAYING THE SAME POSITION,
YOU WAS GOING TO TAKE THE SPOT.
I WAS LOOKING TO TAKE A SPOT,
I WAS LOOKING TO PLAY.
Reporter:
WHAT TYPE OF THINGS WERE SAID?
THE "N" WORD.
YOU WAS CALLED BLACK THIS,
BLACK THAT, COON.
Reporter:
DAILY?
YEAH.
Reporter:
THE TEAM WASN'T VERY GOOD
TONY'S FRESHMAN YEAR,
BUT HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON,
HE HAD EARNED A STARTING
JOB AT FREE SAFETY,
AND THE PLAYER WHO'S POSITION
HE TOOK WAS WHITE
AND CONFRONTED TONY,
CLAIMING IT WAS HIS SPOT.
IT WAS THEN THAT THE COACH MADE
IT CLEAR WHERE HE STOOD.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS NOT WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
THIS IS MY TEAM.
I DO WHAT I WANT TO DO,
SO GO SIT DOWN.
Reporter:
THE NEXT SEASON,
TONY WAS MOVED TO RUNNINGBACK,
WHERE HE WAS REALLY BEGINNING
TO SHINE.
AND THE COACH WAS HAVING SOME
SUCCESS GETTING PLAYERS TO
TOLERATE THEIR TEAMMATES.
HE USED THAT HATRED
FOR SOMETHING GOOD,
TO GO OUT AND WIN
A FOOTBALL GAME.
Reporter:
HANK ASTON APPROACHED THE COACH
AND ASKED TO ADDRESS
THE TEAM DURING SUMMER TRAFFIC.
BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THIS MAN
WHO DID THE TALKING.
THE REAL HANK WAS WORKING
WITH HIM.
Reporter:
THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF HIS
ADDRESSING THE TEAM,
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED?
HE TOLD US ABOUT CHRIST,
AND THAT THERE WAS A PLAN
IN THE MAKING FOR US.
AND IT WAS, LIKE, HOW DO YOU
KNOW?
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
HE JUST SAID, LOOK,
THE PLAN IS THAT YOU MAKE
THE COMMITMENT TO HIM.
AND HE'LL MAKE A COMMITMENT
TO YOU.
Reporter: ONE OF THE WHITE
PLAYERS WAS THE FIRST
TO ACCEPT CHRIST
AND THE CHALLENGE OF COMMITMENT.
TONY WAS THE SECOND.
AND THEN PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE
TEAM, ONE BY ONE,
WENT DOWN TO ACCEPT CHRIST
INTO THEIR HEARTS.
AT THE NEXT PRACTICE,
TONY SAYS HE COULD FEEL
THE DIFFERENCE
AMONGST HIS TEAMMATES
IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
ONCE EVERYBODY GOT YOU KNOW,
MADE THE COMMITMENT,
IT WAS,
LIKE, THERE WAS NO COLOR.
THINGS JUST CHANGED.
YOU WAS A PERSON.
Reporter: HANK IRWIN BECAME
THE SCHOOL'S CHAPLAIN,
AND HE CONVINCED TONY HE WAS
PLAYING FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
I GET TEARS THINKING
ABOUT SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS
ANY USED TO HAVE WITH HIM.
HE SAID, YOUR PLAN IS
A HIGHER CALLING.
YOU BRING IT ALL FOR HIM,
AND HE WILL BLESS YOU 10 FOLD.
Reporter:
AS THE PLAYERS UNITED
IN FAITH AND PURPOSE,
THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY
BEGAN TO COME TOGETHER
TO SUPPORT THE TEAM.
TONY'S SENIOR YEAR,
THEY ENDED THE SEASON 9
TO 1,
IN A GAME DEEMED
THE GREATEST GAME
IN ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY
WITH OVER 42,000 SPECTATORS.
SHORTLY AFTER, TONY WAS
RECRUITED BY PAUL BEAR BRYANT
TO PLAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF ALABAMA.
AFTER FOUR YEARS IN THE 1978
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP,
TONY WAS SELECTED BY THE MIAMI
DOLPHINS IN THE 1979 NFL DRAFT.
HE HELPED THEM REACH TWO
SUPER BOWLS.
HE RECENTLY RELEASED A BOOK
ENTITLED "TOUCHED TONY,
RUNNING WITH A PURPOSE,"
WHERE HE TELLS HIS STORY
WITH EVEN GREATER INSIGHT.
HE HOPES LEADERS
WILL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
OF FAITH AND SPORTS,
AND THE INFLUENCE ONE CAN
HAVE THROUGH A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
IF YOU BELIEVE
IN THE GAME PLAN
THAT SOMEBODY GIVES YOU
TO EXECUTE,
HAVING FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
TO SAY IT IS A GAME PLAN,
HIS GAME PLAN, AND YOU'VE GOT
TO HAVE FAITH AND WALK WITH IT.
Terry:
IT IS QUITE A STORY.
YOU CAN READ MORE
OF THE REAL STORY
BEHIND THE MOVIE "WOODLAWN."
JUST PICK UP A COPY OF THE BOOK
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
IT IS CALLED "TOUCHDOWN TONY,"
IT IS NEW AND AVAILABLE
NATIONWIDE.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT THE REVIVAL
AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL,
WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
SON OF TANDY GERALDS.
YOU CAN HEAR
HOW THE WOODLAWN REVIVAL LED
TO RACIAL RECONCILIATION.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG
ON TO cbn.com TO WATCH THAT.
Pat:
VERY INSPIRING STORY.
>LIKE TONY NATHAN,
RYAN ROBERTS HAD ALWAYS
DREAMED OF PLAYING
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL.
BUT THEN A SHOULDER INJURY
TOOK HIM OUT OF THE GAME.
AFTER THAT, RYAN HAD A HARD
TIME MAKING A LIVING,
UNTIL GOD GAVE HIM AN IDEA
THAT LED TO A WHOLE NEW CAREER.
Reporter:
RYAN ROBERTS IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT HELPING ATHLETES IMPROVE
THEIR FOOTBALL SKILLS.
HIS CLIENTS ARE YOUNG
QUARTERBACKS
WHO WANT TO GET TO THE NEXT
LEVEL IN THEIR PERFORMANCE.
THE FIRST TIME I TRAIN A KID,
I TELL THEM,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?
AND THEY SAY, I'M HERE
TO GET BETTER.
AND I SAY, YOU'RE NOT OUT HERE
TO GET BETTER.
YOU'RE HERE TO BE THE BEST.
Reporter:
RYAN BROKE MANY RECORDS
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THOSE SKILLS EARNED HIM A SPOT
AT BAILER UNIVERSITY.
A SHOULDER INJURY SIDELINED HIM.
WHEN RYAN GRADUATED,
HE WONDERED WHAT HE
WOULD DO NEXT?
AT THAT TIME IT WAS HARD
TO GET A JOB.
AT THAT POINT I WAS MAKING $7
AN HOUR AT A YMCA,
WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE,
AND SWEEPING FLOORS.
Reporter:
HE MARRIED WHITNEY,
AND SHE WAS DOING WELL
AS AN R.N.,
BUT RYAN FELT LIKE HE
WASN'T DOING WELL
AS A PROVIDER WITH
HIS PART TIME JOBS.
THAT'S WHEN HE REMEMBERED
A CONVERSATION
HE HAD WITH HIS MOM.
SHE SAID,
HAD YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT
GIVING QUARTERBACK LESSONS?
Reporter:
AND HE SAYS HE HEARD GOD
CHALLENGE HIM TO DO SOMETHING
RADICAL.
TO GIVE AWAY AN ENTIRE
WEEKEND'S WORTH
OF QUARTERBACK LESSONS
SO HE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE
TO SHARE THE GOSPEL
WITH HIS CLIENTS.
THAT DECISION WOULD COST HIM
ALMOST $2,000.
IT WAS A RISK ON MY END,
BUT, HONESTLY,
MY MINDSET WASN'T THERE.
IT WAS, I'M DOING THIS FOR GOD.
Reporter:
RYAN REPORTS NEARLY EVERY KID,
AND EVEN A COUPLE OF PARENTS,
PRAYED TO BECOME CHRISTIANS
OR RECOMMITTED THEIR LIVES
TO CHRIST THAT WEEKEND.
YOU CAN'T PUT INTO WORDS
WHAT THAT FELT LIKE FOR ME.
IT WAS BETTER THAN ANY TOUCHED
I HAD EVER THROWN.
Reporter:
AND THEN SOMETHING
ELSE HAPPENED TO CONFIRMED
WHAT GOD HAD SPOKEN TO HIM.
WHEN HE FINISHED WITH HIS
LAST CLIENT OF THE DAY,
HIS PHONE RANG.
I HAD A MESSAGE
FROM ANOTHER DAD SAYING MY
BUSINESS WAS ABOUT TO EXPLODE.
Reporter:
THE KELLER YOUTH ASSOCIATION,
WHERE RYAN LIVES,
HAD JUST SENT OUT A MASS E MAIL
TO 20,000 PARENTS,
ADVERTISING RYAN'S
QUARTERBACK LESSONS,
AND THEY DID IT AT NO CHARGE.
I'D BEEN TRYING
TO GET THEM TO SEND
OUT AN E MAIL FOR ABOUT A YEAR,
AND THEY WANTED A LOT OF MONEY,
AND FROM THAT POINT ON,
MY BUSINESS REALLY TOOK OFF.
MY LESSONS ON SATURDAY,
I'D BE GOING STRAIGHT
FROM 8:00 IN THE MORNING
UNTIL 8:00 AT NIGHT.
THAT NEXT YEAR, I BELIEVE
I HAD MY FIRST SUMMER CAMP,
WITH CLOSE TO 70, 80 KIDS.
Reporter:
AND THIS YEAR
HE HAS HELD ONE OF HIS TRAINING
CAMPS AT AT&T STADIUM,
HOME OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS.
I THINK ANY TIME YOU GIVE,
YOU'LL BE DOING GOD'S PROMISE:
GIVE AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN BACK TO YOU.
Reporter:
HE HAS SEEN HIS INCOME MULTIPLY
OVER 10 TIMES
IT WAS AT THE YMCA.
HE REMEMBERS THE NIGHT
HE BECAME A CBN PARTNER.
WHEN GOD SPEAKS TO ME,
IT IS NOT IN AN AUDIBLE VOICE.
BUT IN MY HEART,
I KNEW HE WAS ASKING ME TO GIVE.
THAT'S WHY IMMEDIATELY I DO IT.
I DON'T WAIT.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR FAITH
TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL
AND SEE GOD SHOW UP IN A REAL,
RADICAL WAY, LIKE HE HAS
IN MY LIFE,
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE.
I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU CAN
TRUST GOD WITH YOUR FINANCES,
YOU CAN TRUST HIM IN ANY OTHER
AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
Pat:
WHAT A GREAT TESTIMONY,
IF YOU CAN TRUST HIM
WITH YOUR FINANCES.
WHEN JACOB WRESTLED
WITH GOD AND SO FORTH,
AND HE SAID,
I'M GOING TO GIVE
10% OF MY INCOME.
IF YOU'LL TAKE ME OUT AND
BRING ME BACK AND KEEP ME SAFE,
I'M GOING TO GIVE 10%.
BIG DEAL,
LIKE GOD NEEDED YOUR MONEY.
BUT JACOB NEEDED TO GIVE THE 10%
TO SHOW THAT GOD WAS IN CHARGE.
WHAT YOU SAW WAS A TREMENDOUS
TESTIMONY OF WHAT GOD WILL DO.
YOU SEE, IF YOU TRUST HIM,
HE WILL OVERCOME ALL OF
THE OBSTACLES IN YOUR WAY.
WHATEVER IS STANDING
IN YOUR WAY,
GOD ALMIGHTY CAN KNOCK DOWN
THOSE OBSTACLES
AND GIVE YOU HOPE AND JOY
BEYOND ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE.
AND WHAT HE SAYS IS,
TRUST ME AND WATCH WHAT I'LL DO.
AND IF YOU GIVE,
IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU,
PRESSED DOWN, GOOD MEASURE,
RUNNING OVER,
AND HEAPED INTO YOUR BOSOM.
>WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED
"VICTORY THROUGH LIFE'S STORMS,"
WHICH I THINK YOU'LL FIND VERY
HELPFUL IF YOU ARE HAVING
SOME DIFFICULTIES IN YOUR LIFE.
THIS IS AVAILABLE
TO YOU.
WE'RE ASKING 65 CENTS A DAY,
AND THAT'S $20 A MONTH
TO BE A "700 CLUB" MEMBER.
SOME CAN DOUBLE.
SOME CAN GIVE $100 WHATEVER.
YOU DO WHAT GOD SPEAKS TO YOU,
AND WATCH WHAT HE WILL
DO IN RESPONSE.
SO I ASK YOU TO CALL IN.
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AND TERRY HAS
GOT SOMETHING HERE.
Terry: I DO.
THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL, PAT.
THIS IS STEPHANIE, AND SHE
LIVES IN INDIANA.
SHE HAS RECEIVED
OUR SPECIALS BEFORE,
BUT SHE SAID, "I ENJOYED
"VICTORY
THROUGH LIFE'S STORMS" AS WELL
AS ALL OF THE OTHERS.
I WAS TEARFUL AND AMAZED
AND PRAISED GOD
FOR ALL HE DID FOR THESE PEOPLE.
WHAT AN AWESOME GOD.
I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL HIM
THAT IN PERSON ONE DAY."
Pat: WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO
BE FUN WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER.
Terry:
YES.
>WELL, STILL AHEAD,
A WARRIOR RETURNS HOME
FROM AFGHANISTAN WITH PTSD.
I FELT THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
OF MY FACE GOING NUMB
AND MY ARMS GOING NUMB.
I KNEW I HAD TO TAKE CARE
OF MY FAMILY,
BUT ONE THING I DIDN'T
KNOW HOW TO DO
WAS REALLY SUPPORT MY HUSBAND.
Terry: WATCH
HOW THIS COUPLE LOSES THE BATTLE
TO SAVE THEIR MARRIAGE
BUT WINS THE WAR.
AND WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
GERMAN POLICE SAY MULTIPLE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED
IN A TERRORIST ATTACK ON
A REGIONAL TRAIN MONDAY NIGHT.
THE ATTACKER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS A 17 YEAR OLD AFGHAN
ASYLUM SEEKER WHO CAME TO GERMAN
AS AN UNACCOMPANIED
MINOR TWO YEARS AGO.
HE REPORTED SHOUTED A JIHADIST
PHRASE AS HE USED A KNIFE
AND AN AX
TO HACK AT PEOPLE.
ISIS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE ATTACK.
AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE WERE
INJURED, THREE SERIOUSLY,
INCLUDING TWO MEMBERS
OF A CHINESE TOURIST FAMILY.
THE SUSPECT FLED FROM THE TRAIN,
JUMPING OFF AFTER SOMEONE PULLED
THE EMERGENCY CORD,
BUT HE ONLY RAN A FEW YARDS
BEFORE POLICE SHOT
AND KILLED HIM.
>TENSIONS ARE RISING BETWEEN
NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA
AFTER THE NORTH FIRED
THREE BALLISTIC MISSILES
TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SAY
THE MISSILES FLEW OVER 300 MILES
BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE WATERS
OFF THE KOREAN EAST COAST.
NORTH KOREA THREATENED A COUNTER
ATTACK AGAINST THE SOUTH
AFTER IT SAID IT WOULD ACTIVATE
ITS MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
FROM THE U.S.
THE NORTH ALREADY
HAS A VARIETY OF MISSILES
THAT CAN REACH MOST
OF SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS GET
THE LATEST FROM CBN NEWS
BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE
AT cbnnews.com.
PAT AND TERRY WILL
BE BACK WITH MORE
OF "THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, MILITARY
LIFE TOOK ITS TOLL
ON CHAD AND CATHY.
THEY HAD PTSD
AND MARITAL INFIDELITY.
CHAD AND CATHY ENDED UP BROKEN
AND BATTLE SCARRED.
CATHY AND I MET MY FIRST YEAR
IN THE MARINE CORPS
AND MARRIED A YEAR LATER.
WE HAD THREE CHILDREN
BACK TO BACK.
I DID A LOT
OF DEPLOYMENTS OVERSEAS.
I FELT REALLY ALONE
AND REALLY DEPRESSED.
I THOUGHT, ALL I WAS WAS MOM.
9/11 HAPPENED.
AND HE CAME HOME AND SAID
THAT HE WANTED TO BE ABLE
TO HELP FIGHT
THIS WAR ON TERROR.
BELIEVED IT WAS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD,
AND I WAS PRIVILEGED TO GET
TO DO IT.
I KNEW HOW TO TAKE CARE
OF MY HOME AND MY FAMILY.
BUT ONE THING I REALLY DIDN'T
KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT
WAS MY HUSBAND
WITH THE STRUGGLES HE
WAS DEALING WITH.
COMING HOME FROM
AFGHANISTAN WAS THE HARD PART.
I FELT LIKE THINGS MADE SENSE
THERE.
WHEN I GO HOME, I'M GOING
INTO MY WIFE'S WORLD WHEN I'M
IMPEDING ON HER SYSTEM
OF BEING A MOM.
I FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE WAY.
HE KEPT HIMSELF DISTANT.
I NEVER COULD FEEL A CONNECTION.
JUST LIKE IN EVERY MARRIAGE,
YOU START BECOMING DISTANT
FROM EACH OTHER
AND YOU'RE FEELING UNSATISFIED.
I DIDN'T HAVE JOY
WITH MY MARRIAGE.
I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD.
I FELT THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
OF MY FACE GOING NUMB
AND MY ARMS GOING NUMB.
I JUST FELT IN A STATE
OF COMPLETE DESPERATION.
WE DON'T REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES
OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN HIM.
THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO I WAS
ABLE TO COMFORT HIM THROUGH IT.
BUT IT WASN'T LONG
BEFORE THE ANGER WOULD START.
I DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BUT I HAD DONE MARTIAL ARTS
MY WHOLE LIFE,
I WRESTLED AND THEN JUJITSU.
AND SO MY COUNSELLOR AND MY WIFE
RECOMMENDED I GO TRY TO DO THAT.
I FELT LIKE I FOUND A CURE.
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS WRESTLING
ON THOSE MATS,
I COULDN'T THINK ABOUT
THE THINGS
THAT WOULD GIVE ME ANXIETY.
I WOULD SPEND 10, 12 HOURS
A DAY ON THE MATS TRAINING,
AND CATHY ENCOURAGED ME
TO OPEN A SCHOOL.
SO I STARTED FIGHTING AGAIN
AND TEACHING.
HE PUT EVERYTHING INTO THAT.
I WATCHED HIM DO
ALL OF THESE THINGS,
AND NEVER DID HE PUT THAT EFFORT
INTO OUR MARRIAGE.
AND I CRAVED THAT.
I LONGED FOR THAT.
AND NOW HERE WE ARE,
10 YEARS INTO OUR MARRIAGE,
AND IT IS STILL NOT HAPPENING.
AND ONCE HIS FAME CAME
WITH HAVING THAT GYM
AND HAVING
THE PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS,
WOMEN CAME INTO HIS LIFE.
I SURROUNDED MYSELF
WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
THAT JUST TOLD ME EVERYTHING I
WANTED TO HEAR,
AND NO ONE WAS TELLING ME
THE THINGS I NEEDED TO HEAR.
MY ANGER WAS OUT OF CONTROL.
MY HOME WAS NOT
A HAPPY PLACE TO BE.
MY CHILDREN WERE SCARED OF ME.
MY WIFE WAS SCARED OF ME.
I PRETTY MUCH CAME
TO A POINT WHERE I SAID,
CHOOSE OUR FAMILY
OR ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
HE CHOSE THE DIRECTION
HE WAS GOING,
AND SO WE SEPARATED
AND WE SOLD OUR HOME.
AND MY CHILDREN EXPERIENCED
THE PAIN
THAT CAME WITH A BROKEN HOME.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST
THING, WAS SITTING MY KIDS DOWN
AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM
HOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE BETTER,
AND IT WASN'T.
AND I BECAME VERY
DEPRESSED AND SUICIDAL
AND REALLY STRUGGLED
WITH TAKING MY OWN LIFE.
I WAS SO BROKEN.
I WAS SO HURT THAT I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I HAD A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD.
I LOVED THE LORD.
I KNEW THE LORD.
BUT I NEVER TRULY
GOT ON MY KNEES
TO SURRENDER TO THE LORD.
MY KIDS WOULD SEE ME
JUST LAY IN THE BED,
CRYING ALL OF THE TIME.
I COULDN'T FUNCTION.
AND SO I OPENED THE BOOK CALLED
"POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE."
AND I BEGAN PRAYING
FOR MY HUSBAND.
AND THE LORD BEGAN TO SHOW ME
MY FAULTS IN THE MARRIAGE.
AND THAT TURNED INTO,
GOD,
ALLOW ME TO SEE CHAD
THE WAY YOU SEE CHAD,
AND HELP ME TO LOVE HIM
THE WAY YOU LOVE HIM.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS,
HELP ME FORGIVE HIM
THE WAY YOU FORGAVE HIM.
ONE DAY, WHEN THE DIVORCE
PAPERS WERE ALL FILED AND SIGNED
AND READY
TO EXECUTE,
CATHY CAME TO ME
I SAID TO HIM,
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO,
YOU ACCOMPLISH,
YOU ACHIEVE, YOU RISE ABOVE
AND BEYOND.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FAMILY,
YOU QUIT.
IT REALLY CONVICTED ME.
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I MADE A DECISION RIGHT
AT THAT MOMENT THAT I WAS GOING
THAT I CAUSED THE DAMAGE AND
I WAS GOING TO FIX IT.
I BEGAN TO RENEW
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
ON A LEVEL I HAD NEVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
THAT'S WHEN THE REAL
RESTORATION CAME.
IT WAS ALMOST HARDER
TAKING MY HUSBAND BACK
AND WORKING THROUGH RESTORATION
THAN IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING
THROUGH IT AND BEING HURT.
BUT I WAS TO A PLACE
THAT I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT
TO THE CROSS EVERY MORNING.
AND I WAS READY
TO MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE DREAMED
THAT I WOULD BE IN A MARRIAGE.
OUR MARRIAGE AT THIS POINT IS
JUST OUTSTANDING.
I HAVE A MARRIAGE I HAD ALWAYS
WISHED FOR.
NOW, AFTER STARTING
OUR FOUNDATION,
WE'VE HAD 838 GRADUATES COME
THROUGH OUR PROGRAM.
OUR GOAL IS TO NOT JUST WORK
WITH THE PTSD VICTIM
AND MOVE ON,
BUT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO GET IN
AND WORK WITH THE FAMILIES
AND RESTORE THE WHOLE FAMILY.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.
GOD TAKES OLD THINGS
AND MAKES THEM NEW,
AND NOT ONLY MAKES THEM NEW,
BUT MAKES THEM BETTER THAN YOU
CAN EVER IMAGINE.
Pat:
GOD IS A GOD OF RESTORATION.
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
HE IS THE GOD OF A SECOND
CHANCE.
HE WANTS TO RESTORE
WHAT WAS BROKEN.
HE DOES NOT WANT TO CAST AWAY
THE PIECES LIKE JUNK
AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.
HE WANTS TO RESTORE.
YOU ARE MADE IN HIS IMAGE.
HE LOVES YOU IN YOUR MARRIAGE.
HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BE
DIVORCED AND UNHAPPY.
HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BE
FIGHTING AND LIVING
AND PERPETUAL CHAOS.
HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE PEACE
AND JOY.
MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
RIGHT NOW I WANT
TO PRAY FOR YOU,
THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW
THE PEACE OF GOD.
THAT HE MIGHT BRING YOU TO A NEW
UNDERSTANDING OF HIMSELF.
FATHER, RIGHT NOW I PRAY
WITH THOSE IN THIS AUDIENCE
WHO ARE TROUBLED,
WHO'S MARRIAGES ARE IN DISARRAY.
MAY THEY HAVE PEACE.
MAY THEY KNOW THE PEACE
OF GOD THAT SURPASSES
ALL UNDERSTANDING.
AND MAY THEY BE ONE WITH YOU,
AND MAY THEY BE ONE
WITH EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU, LORD,
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
>IF WE CAN HELP YOU,
IF YOU NEED FURTHER PRAYER
AND COUNSELLING,
THE TELEPHONES ARE AVAILABLE.
IF YOU WANT TO JUST POUR OUT
YOUR HEART TO SOMEBODY,
THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO WILL
LISTEN
AND UNDERSTAND AND LOVE YOU.
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TERRY?
Terry:
WELL, UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING
TO FIRE UP
ANOTHER ROUND OF "BRING IT ON."
B.J. SAYS, "WE
HAVE SOME GOLD COINS.
IS NOW A GOOD TIME
TO SELL THEM?"
STAY TUNED. PAT WILL
ANSWER THAT QUESTION
AND MORE, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry:
PAT,
B.J.
SAYS, "PAT, WE HAVE SOME GOLD
COINS,
IS NOW A GOOD TIME
TO SELL THEM?"
Pat: I DON'T KNOW
WHAT GOLD COINS YOU'VE GOT.
THEY MAY ARE RARITY.
I THINK THIS IS THE TIME
TO HOLD ON TO GOLD.
I THINK GOLD IS GOING
TO GO HIGHER.
IT HAS MOVED UP.
IT WAS $250 AN OUNCE.
AND IT WENT ROCKETING UP,
AND IT'S ABOUT $1300 NOW.
IT COULD GO A LOT HIGHER IF
THERE IS SOME FINANCIAL CHAOS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR
GOLD COINS.
YOU MAY HAVE SOME RARE COINS AND
NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO SELL IT?
YOU HAVE TO ASK AN EXPERT,
AND THAT I'M NOT.
Terry:
MAXINE SAYS,
"MY HUSBAND AND HIS FAMILY ARE
NON BELIEVERS,
BUT THEY GIVE MONEY
TO YOUR "700 CLUB."
THEY LOVE PAT
AND WATCH EVERY DAY.
BUT THEY SAY JESUS WAS NOT
THE MESSIAH
BECAUSE JOHN AND JESUS ARGUED
OVER WHO IT WOULD BE.
THEY SAY GOD AT MOST
IS A LESSER EVIL GOD.
A TRUE GOD WOULD NOT CREATE EVIL
OR BE VENGEFUL.
THEY ARE THE SWEETEST PEOPLE
AND ARE MORE CHRISTIAN
THAN MOST CHRISTIANS I'VE SEEN.
WHAT WOULD GOD THINK
ABOUT THESE PEOPLE?"
Pat:
THEY ARE PROBABLY
SOME OF THE NICEST PEOPLE
WHOEVER HAD TO GO TO HELL.
BY YOUR GOOD WORKS,
NOBODY IS GOING TO BE JUSTIFIED,
THE BIBLE SAYS.
AND SO THEY'RE DOING GOOD WORKS,
BUT IT IS BY FAITH
YOUR JUSTIFIED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN THE MESSANIC ORDER
THAT BELIEVE THAT
JESUS CHRIST IS A LESSER GOD
AND THE DEVIL IS GOD.
YOU SAID THE NOSTICS BELIEVED
SOME OF THAT THING.
AND IF YOU IDENTIFY
THAT BY NAME,
YOU COULD MOVE UP THE LADDER,
AND UP AND UP
AND UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU
FIND JESUS
AND JOHN WERE FIGHTING ABOUT WHO
THE MESSIAH WAS THAT'S NONSENSE.
IF YOU READ JOHN'S GOSPEL,
YOU SEE ONE OF THE DISCIPLES
WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE HE SAID,
UNLESS I PUT MY FINGER
IN HIS HOLES,
I WON'T BELIEVE.
AND JESUS SAID, OKAY,
COME DO IT.
AND THE DOUBTING THOMAS GOT
ON HIS KNEES AND SAID,
MY LORD AND MY GOD.
THEY WERE ALL IN ONE ACCORD
AS TO WHO JESUS WAS.
OKAY.
Terry:
THIS IS CHRISTINE WHO SAYS,
"I LOST MY BELIEF
IN CHRISTIANITY A FEW YEARS AGO.
LATELY I THOUGHT OF GOING BACK
TO BEING A CHRISTIAN.
I WAS THINKING OF
GETTING REBAPTIZED,
BUT I WAS TOLD IT WAS A SIN
TO GET BAPTIZED MORE THAN ONCE.
IS THAT TRUE?"
Pat:
NOT AT ALL.
BAPTISM IS A SIGN THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN BURIED WITH CHRIST
AND RAISED IN A UNISON LIFE.
IF YOU WERE NOT A BELIEVER
BEFORE,
THEN GETTING BAPTIZED AGAIN
IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
IN THE MIDDLE AGES,
THEY HAD THIS SO CALLED
REBAPTIZING.
AND THEY SAID, WE'LL
DUNK YOU IN THE WATER.
AND THEY PERSECUTED
THOSE PEOPLE.
THERE IS NO SIN
ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
AND THE QUESTION IS NOT
WHETHER YOU WERE BAPTIZED,
BUT WILL YOU GIVE YOUR HEART
TO THE LORD.
HE STANDS READY
TO FORGIVE.
IF YOU COULD JUST
UNDERSTAND WHO HE IS.
IF YOU'LL JUST CONTEMPLATE
THE NATURE
OF THIS WORLD
THAT HE MADE.
YOU BEGIN TO SEE
HOW GREAT GOD IS.
>WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE FROM COLOSSIANS:
"WHATEVER YOU DO,
WORK AT IT WITH ALL OF
YOUR HEART,
AS WORKING FOR THE LORD,
SINCE YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL
RECEIVE AN INHERITANCE
FROM THE LORD
AS A REWARD." >
WELL, THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME
WE'VE GOT.
TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO MEET
FOUR CENTENARIANS
THAT HAVE BEEN BEST
FRIENDS FOR 94 YEARS.
FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,
THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON,
AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.