Caitlin: TODAY ON

"NEWSWATCH," THE FIRST

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS

OVER.

WAS THERE A WINNER?

TODAY ON CBN NEWS

POLITICAL TEAM BRINGS US

THE HIGHLIGHTS.

> PLUS, RUNNING ON

EMPTY.

WHY ALASKA'S ENERGY

INDUSTRY IS STRUGGLING,

AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SO

MANY HARD-WORKING

AMERICANS.

> AND THE MIRACLE OF

ALIYAH.

> THANKS FOR JOINING US

FOR CBN "NEWSWATCH."

I'M CAITLIN BURKE.

THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL

DEBATE BETWEEN HILLARY

CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP

IS IN THE BOOKS.

AS EXPECTED, THE EVENING

GOT PERSONAL AND BITTER AT

TIMES, BOTH CANDIDATES

TRYING TO TAKE THEIR

OPPONENT DOWN A NOTCH.

CBN'S DAVID BRODY AND

JENNA BROWDER HAVE OUR

TEAM COVERAGE FROM NEW

YORK.

David: THE DEBATE

FOR THE AGES TURNED INTO

ONE FULL OF ARGUING.

TRUMP PLAYED AGGRESSOR

FROM THE START AND PAINTED

CLINTON AS A LONG-TERM

FAILED POLITICIAN.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS

FOR 30 YEARS.

WHY ARE YOU JUST THINKING

ABOUT THESE SOLUTIONS

RIGHT NOW.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE

THOUGHT ABOUT THIS QUITE A

BIT.

YEAH, FOR 30 YEARS.

A TYPICAL POLITICIAN: ALL

TALK, NO ACTION.

David: ON THE

PARTNERSHIP TRADE DEAL,

TRUMP LOWERED THE BOOM ON

CLINTON, SWITCHING

POSITIONS.

YOU SAID IT IS THE

FINEST DEAL YOU HAVE EVER

SEEN.

AND THEN YOU HEARD WHAT I

SAID ABOUT IT, AND ALL OF

A SUDDEN YOU WERE AGAINST

IT.

DONALD, I KNOW YOU LIVE

IN YOUR OWN REALITY, BUT

THAT IS NOT THE FACTS.

I HAVE A FEELING BY THE

END OF THIS EVENING, I'M

GOING TO BE BLAMED FOR

EVERYTHING THAT HAS EVER

HAPPENED.

WHY NOT?

WHY NOT?

JOIN THE DEBATE BY SAYING

MORE CRAZY THINGS.

David: ALL NIGHT,

POLICY TOOK A BACK SEAT TO

THE HOSTILITIES BUILDING

BETWEEN THESE TWO.

CLINTON CONTINUED

QUESTIONING WHY TRUMP

WON'T RELEASE HIS TAX

RETURNS.

MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ALL

OF YOU WATCHING TONIGHT,

TO KNOW HE HAS PAID

NOTHING IN FEDERAL TAXES.

I WILL RELEASE MY TAX

RETURNS, AGAINST MY

LAWYER'S WISHES, WHEN SHE

RELEASES HER 33,000

E-MAILS THAT HAVE BEEN

DELETED.

AS SOON AS SHE RELEASES

THEM, I WILL RELEASE MY

TAXES.

David: AS THE DEBATE

MOVED ON, TRUMP HAD TO

PLAY DEFENSE ON A NUMBER

OF TOPICS, LIKE THE

BIRTHER ISSUE.

HE HAS REALLY STARTED

HIS POLITICAL ACTIVITY

BASED ON THIS RACIST LIE.

David: LATER IT GOT

EVEN MORE PERSONAL AS

TRUMP REPEATED ONE OF HIS

MOST PROVOCATIVE COMMENTS.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE

LOOKS.

AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE

STAMINA.

I SAID SHE DOESN'T HAVE

THE STAMINA.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE SHE

DOES HAVE THE STAMINA TO

BE PRESIDENT OF THIS

COUNTRY.

BUT THIS IS A MAN WHO

HAS CALLED WOMEN PIGS,

SLOBS, AND DOGS.

David: THERE IS

ALMOST SO MUCH TO SIFT

THROUGH AFTER A HUGE

DEBATE LIKE THIS, AND IT

ALL STARTS AFTERWARDS IN

THE SPIN ROOM, AND THAT'S

WHERE WE FIND MY

COLLEAGUE, JENNA BROWDER.

Reporter: AFTER A

DEBATE LIKE THIS ONE,

EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION.

WHO WILL GET THE MOST

TRACTION?

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT

NIGHT FOR DONALD TRUMP.

HE STAYED TOE TO TOE WITH

HILLARY CLINTON.

HE SHOWED THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE HE WAS READY TO BE

PRESIDENT.

I THINK TONIGHT

SECRETARY CLINTON WAS ABLE

TO LAY OUT HER PLANS.

SHE SHOWED SHE CAME

PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THE

DIFFICULT CHALLENGES WITH

SOLUTIONS THAT I THINK

WILL ENABLE ALL AMERICANS

TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS

PREPARED TO LEAD US IN THE

21st CENTURY.

Reporter: TWO SIDES,

TWO STORIES.

THE CLINTON CAMP PUSHING

THE NARRATIVE THAT DONALD

TRUMP CAME UNHINGED.

I THINK HE GOT DRAGGED

DOWN INTO DEFENDING

HIMSELF.

I THINK HE IS SO

NARCISSISTIC THAT FOR HIM,

WHEN HE IS CHALLENGED ON A

MISSTATEMENT OR A WRONG

POSITION HE HAS TAKEN IN

THE PAST, HE DWELLS ON

TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE

OF HIS ALL KNOWINGNESS.

Reporter: TRUMP'S

SURROGATES SAYS THE

BUSINESSMAN HELD HIS OWN.

THEY'RE A MATCHUP ON

THE ECONOMY AND A MATCHUP

ON TRADE.

AND I THINK MR. TRUMP

SPOKE FORTHRIGHTLY WITH

PEOPLE AND HE SPOKE WITH

CLARITY AND CONVICTION.

Reporter: THE NEXT

DEBATE IS LESS THAN TWO

WEEKS FROM TODAY IN ST.

LOUIS.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW

IMPORTANT THESE DEBATES

ARE, THEY WILL HELP

ROUGHLY HALF OF ALL VOTERS

MAKE UP THEIR MINDS.

JENNA BROWDER, CBN NEWS.

Caitlin: SWOLLEN

RIVERS AND CREEKS HAVE

PROMPTED EVACUATIONS IN

IOWA AND WISCONSIN,

THREATENING THOUSANDS OF

RESIDENCES AND BUSINESS.

CHARLACHARLENE AARON HAS THE

STORY.

Charlene: RESIDENTS

IN CEDAR RAPIDS ARE FACING

DANGER.

MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM

HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH ALL

OF OUR ESSENTIAL THINGS.

PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR

CLOTHES ARE WITH US.

WE HAVE HER BED.

OUR BED IS STILL UPSTAIRS,

BUT WHATEVER.

THAT'S FINE.

Reporter: CITY

OFFICIALS URGED RESIDENTS

TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES

OVER THE WEEKEND AS

FLOODWATERS BEGAN TO SPILL

OUT.

CITY EMPLOYEES AND

VOLUNTEERS HAVE TRIED TO

MITIGATE DAMAGE FROM

FLOODING, AND WARNED THAT

PEOPLE WERE STILL UNDER

SIGNIFICANT RISK IF THEY

DID NOT ABANDON THE AREAS

NEAR THE RIVER.

THE CITY IS TAKING THE

FLOOD THREATS SERIOUSLY

AFTER MAJOR FLOODS IN 2008

CAUSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

IN DAMAGE, WHEN THE CEDAR

RIVER CRESTED OVER

31 FEET.

MORE THAN 500 CITY BLOCKS

WERE DAMAGED IN THAT

FLOOD.

IN '08 WE SPENT THE DAY

MOVING THINGS UP THREE

FEET AND THEN EIGHT FEET,

AND WE NEEDED 10 FEET.

BUT NOW WE HAVE MANY MORE

VOLUNTEERS.

Charlene: IN SAN

ANTONIO, TEXAS, THIS

AERIAL FOOTAGE SHOWS

MASSIVE FLOODING, AND THE

THREAT OF MASS FLOODING

REMAINS AS HEAVY RAINS

CONTINUE TO HAMMER THE

REGION.

IN IOWA, HUNDREDS OF

VOLUNTEERS ARE INSTALLING

BARRIERS AND SANDBAGS ON

BOTH SIDE OF THE RIVER,

AHEAD OF MORE FLOODING.

CBC NEWS.

Reporter: NINE PEOPLE

WERE SHOT AT.

THE MAN THAT TWO WEAPONS

AND MORE THAN 2500 ROUNDS

OF AMMUNITION.

HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS

NATHAN DESAI.

AND HE WAS A DISGRUNTLED

LAWYER.

> RESIDENTS OF

BERLINGTON AND WASHINGTON

STATE HELD A CANDLELIGHT

VIGIL MONDAY NIGHT FOR

VICTIMS OF THE MALL

SHOOTINGS.

HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS

GATHERED, SINGING "AMAZING

GRACE," AND LIT CANDLES TO

REMEMBER THE FIVE LIVES

TAKEN BY THE SHOOTER.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO SPIRITUALLY SHINE LIGHT

IN THE DARKNESS.

I LOST A DEAR FRIEND.

AND MY BUDDY LOST HIS

GIRLFRIEND, AND IT TOUCHED

MY HEART.

IT HIT ME HARD.

Caitlin: THE SUSPECT

HAS ADMITTED TO THE

SHOOTING, BUT HIS MOTIVE

IS UNCLEAR.

HIS FAMILY SAYS HE

STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL

ILLNESS.

MONDAY IS HIS FIRST DAY IN

COURT.

HE FACES LIFE IN PRISON IF

CONVICTED.

> RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN

CHARL THCHARLOTTE ARE DEMANDING DEMANDING AN

OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION BY

THE POLICE.

WILLIAM BARBER SPOKE TO

MEMBERS OF THE LITTLE ROCK

ZION CHURCH ON MONDAY

NIGHT.

HE ASKED FOR THE ENTIRE

POLICE FORCE TO BE

REVIEWED, CALLING THE

SITUATION A STATE OF

EMERGENCY.

GOVERNOR, THERE IS A

STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THERE IS A STATE OF

EMERGENCY IN RACISM.

THERE IS A STATE OF

EMERGENCY IN POLITICS.

Caitlin: MORE FOOTAGE

FROM THE SHOOTING WILL

REPORTEDLY BE RELEASED

SOON.

> A NEW LAW IN NO NORWAY

MEANS CHILDREN AS YOUNG AT

SIX YEARS OLD CAN CHOOSE @

THEIR GENDER.

UNTIL JULY, IT WAS ONE OF

THE COUNTRIES THAT

REQUIRED PEOPLE TO UNDERGO

STERILIZATION BEFORE THEIR

GENDER IDENTIFICATION

COULD BE LEGALLY

RECOGNIZED.

THE LAW ALLOWS THE

CHILDREN TO IDENTIFY AS

MALE OR FEMALE WITH THEIR

PARENTS' CONSENT.

IN SOME WEEKS I'M GOING

TO HAVE A NEW PASSPORT,

AND THEN IT IS GOING TO

SAY MY NAME IS ANNA.

AND, YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO

BE GREAT.

I THINK IT IS A

BEAUTIFUL THING THAT

NORWAY FINALLY CAN

RECOGNIZE HER AS THE GIRL

SHE ACTUALLY FEELS SHE IS.

Caitlin: SO FAR

NORWAY HAS NOT REFUSED A

SINGLE GENDER APPLICATION

FOR AN ADULT OR CHILD.

THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT

FOR SURGICAL OR

PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION

OR APPROVAL.

LEGAL OFFICIALS SAY THE

PROCESS IS SIMPLE:

APPLICANTS JUST GO ONLINE

AND FILL OUT A FORM.

> A NEW VERSION OF THE

S.A.T. COLLEGE ENTRANCE

EXAM DEBUTED THIS YEAR.

MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION

STUDENTS TOOK THE NEWLY

REDESIGNED TEST BETWEEN

AUGUST AND JUNE.

THE NEW TEST FOCUSES MORE

ON REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY

AND CLASSROOM LEARNING.

> COMING UP, SEE HOW THE

MIRACLE OF ALIYAH

CONTINUES FROM THE HIGH

SEAS TO THE STREETS OF

JERUSALEM.

Caitlin: EVERY SUMMER

THOUSANDS OF JEWS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD COME TO

RESETTLE IN ISRAEL.

IT'S A TOUGH TRANSITION,

ESPECIALLY FROM WESTERN

NATIONS.

SO WHY DO THEY DO IT?

HERE IS A STORY ABOUT ONE

NEW IMMIGRANT FAMILY FROM

AMERICA AND SEVERAL OTHER

NEWCOMERS FROM THE U.S.

AND CANADA.

Chris: IT'S CALLED

ALIYAH, HEBREW FOR GOING

UP, OR IMMIGRATING TO

ISRAEL.

THAT'S WHAT NEIL BRANT AND

HIS FAMILY DID JUST THREE

WEEKS AGO AFTER HE

COMPLETED 20 YEARS IN THE

U.S. NAVY.

I WAS THE COMMANDING

OFFICER OF THE U.S.S.

CARTER HALL, WHICH WAS AN

AMPHIBIOUS SHIP ABOUT

200 METERS LONG.

Chris: HE AND HIS

FAMILY NOW LIVE IN THIS

RELIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD OF

JERUSALEM.

SOME SAY THEY GAVE UP A

LOT TO LIVE HERE, BUT THEY

SAY THEY'RE HOME.

BRANT SPENT HIS SUMMER

TRANSPORTING HIS TWINS TO

SUMMER SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY

DON'T HAVE A CAR -- WELL,

THEY DO HAVE A CAR, SORT

OF.

IT HAS ONE SEAT, AND

ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SIT IN

IT, AND THAT'S JUDY, WHO

IS FIVE MONTHS OLD.

THE PROPULSION SYSTEM IS

HUMAN LEGS ATTACHED TO@

ARMS.

IT'S A STROLLER.

IT HOLDS EVERYTHING WE

NEED IF WE NEED TO GO

SHOPPING, AND WE CAN TAKE

IT EVERYWHERE.

Reporter: ABOUT EIGHT

YEARS AGO, HE MET SHOSHANA

AND HE BECOMES RELIGIOUS

AND MARRIED.

IF I STAYED IN 30

YEARS, I WOULD MAKE 2.4

TIMES RETIREMENT PAY EVERY

MONTH.

BUT THE TRADEOFF IS THIS

IS WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE,

THIS IS OUR HOME.

AND OUR CHILDREN WILL

LEARN THE LANGUAGE SO MUCH

BETTER AT THE AGES OF FIVE

MONTHS, THREE AND A HALF

AND OUR TWINS ARE FOUR,

THAN IF IT WERE 10 YEARS

LATER.

Chris: THEY FACED

OTHER ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL.

I'M ASTOUNDED HOW

LITERAL IT IS TO BE

ACCEPTED, AND NOT JUST

TOLERATED, BUT APPLAUDED.

SO I'VE ORGANIZED A WEEK

OF CLEANING PROJECTS, AND

WE DO IT EVERY FRIDAY.

THE IDEA IS DOING IT IS

CALLING ALL POWERS.

I'M HOPING THIS WILL BE A

HABIT THAT STAYS AND CAN

REALLY CONTINUE.

SO WE GO FROM JUST PICKING

UP LITTER TO ACTUALLY

CLEANING.

THE STONES THERE COULD

LOOK LIKE CLEAN STONE, AS

OPPOSED TO STONE WITH

WEEDS HERE AND DIRT HERE.

NOW I HAVE TO SAY, BYPASS

THE DIRT AND LET'S PICK UP

THE SPOON.

BUT EVENTUALLY, WE COULD

HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT

SHINES.

Chris: SO WHY WOULD

THEY GIVE UP LIFE IN

AMERICA?

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY

SOME PEOPLE WOULD MOVE,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHY WE

WOULD.

WE HAVE THE HOPE.

AND IT SAYS AS LONG AS THE

HEART OF THE JEW BEATS --

I'M NOT QUOTING IT

EXACTLY -- BUT AS LONG AS

THE HEART OF THE JEW

BEATS, THIS 2,000 YEAR

DREAM IS FINALLY BEING

REALIZED.

THE MISSION OF THE

ORGANIZATION IS TO

FACILITATE ANY INDIVIDUAL

WHO HAS THIS DREAM, WHO

HAS THIS YEARNING, WHO

WANTS TO MOVE AND BUILD

THEIR FUTURE IN ISRAEL.

Chris: THIS RABBI AND

HIS ORGANIZATION HELPED

MAKE THE DREAM BECOME A

REALITY FOR BRANT AND HIS

FAMILY.

WE HAVE THIS MODERN-DAY

MIRACLE OF THE STATE OF

ISRAEL.

IT IS FANTASY STUFF.

THE 2,000 YEARS OF

WANDERING AND DREAMING,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU

CAN GET ON A PLANE AND

CHANGE YOUR STATUS AND

BECOME A CITIZEN OF THIS

COUNTRY, IT IS INCREDIBLE.

Chris: 223 NORTH

AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS

ARRIVED ON A FLIGHT WEEKS

AFTER BRANT.

INCLUDING 75 YOUNG PEOPLE

WHO CAME TO JOIN THE

ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES, THE

I.D.F.

ONE WAS NUMBER 50,000,

REBECCA FROM BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK.

THERE IS A FEELING OF

BELONGING HERE THAT YOU

DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE.

SO I'M HERE.

THE IDEA OF SERVICE IS

PART OF WHAT MAKES ISRAEL

SUCH A UNITED COUNTRY.

SO I CAN'T FEEL LIKE I

COULD MAKE ALIYAH WITHOUT

CONTRIBUTING IN THAT WAY.

Chris: DIFFERENT

REASONS BROUGHT THESE

NEWCOMERS TO ISRAEL.

IT IS SOMETHING I'VE

DREAMED ABOUT DOING SINCE

I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

I THINK ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT

TO BE A COUNTRY.

I WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN TO

MAKE SURE IT STAYS A

COUNTRY AS LONG AS

POSSIBLE.

I WENT TO POLAND AND

SAW THE GHETTOS, AND MY

PURPOSE FOR COMING TO THE

ARMY IS I WANT TO HELP TO

PROTECT THE ONE PLACE THAT

I KNOW GOD PROTECTS.

Chris: BY TAMMY AND

GENE BERMMAN WHO DECIDED

TO RETIRE HERE SUMMED UP

THE REASON FOR COMING

HOME.

IT IS OUR DESTINY.

AMERICA IS WONDERFUL, I

LOVE IT.

MY PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS

TO AMERICA, BUT WE'RE

VISITORS THERE.

WE BELONG HERE.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Caitlin: UP NEXT, NOT

EVERYONE IS OVER JOYED

WITH LOWER PRICE THE PUMP.

SO HOW THE LOWER PRICE OF

OIL HAS LEFT THOUSANDS OF

WORKERS IN ALASKA JOBLESS.

Caitlin: THE STATE OF

ALASKA RUNS ON OIL.

THAT INDUSTRY MAKES UP 90%

OF THE STATE'S BUDGET, AND

ITS JOBS PAY TWO AND A

HALF TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY

OTHER.

NOW THANKS TO ALMOST A

YEAR OF LOW OIL PRICES,

ALASKA'S MONEY-MAKING

INDUSTRY APPEARS TO BE

DRYING UP, AND MASSIVE

LAYOFFS ARE RESHAPING THE

LIVES OF THOUSANDS.

AMERICANS HIT THE ROAD IN

DROVES THIS SUMMER, THANKS

TO LOWER PRICES AT THE

PUMP.

BUT THAT RELIEF COMES WITH

A COST.

A WORLDWIDE SURPLUS OF

CRUDE OIL IS FIRSTING

AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCERS

TO SHUT DOWN PROJECTS AND

LAYOFF WORKERS.

OUR MEMBERS STARTED

SEEING IN 2015, WE WERE

GOING TO COME TO A POINT

OF VERY LOW OIL PRICES.

SO THEY STARTED

RESTRUCTURING AND LOOKING

FOR EFFICIENCIES IN THEIR

BUSINESSES.

THEY STARTED DOING

REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES.

THEN THEY LOOKED AT

REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS AND

WAGES.

AND THEY HIT THE POINT,

PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS

AGO, OF SIGNIFICANT

LAYOFFS.

Caitlin: ECONOMISTS

PREDICT THOUSANDS OF

LAYOFFS.

THERE AREN'T

OPPORTUNITIES HERE YET.

THEY WILL COME BACK, BUT

THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE

RIGHT NOW.

Caitlin: BRONZE FAMIN

MADE A GOOD LIVING.

ALL I HAD TO DO WAS

SHOW UP AT WORK, DO MY JOB

FOR TWO WEEKS, AND THEN

COME HOME.

NO PHONE CALLS, NO E-MAIL.

UNDIVIDED ATTENTION

PROVIDED ME TIME TO GO OUT

ON FIELD TRIPS WITH THE

KIDS, VOLUNTEER AT THE

SCHOOL.

Caitlin: HE HAS BEEN

OUT OF WORK SINCE

FEBRUARY.

HIS WIFE, JODY, WORKS AT

AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND

SUMMER BREAKS MEANT NO

PAYCHECKS.

THANKFULLY STUDENTS ARE

BACK, AND SO IS THE

FAMILY'S SOLE SOURCE OF

INCOME.

WE'RE MAKING IT.

WE'RE PAYING THE BILLS AND

THE KIDS ARE EATING.

WE HAVE A LOCAL FOOD BANK

THAT HELPS OUT, AND

THEY'VE HELPED US OUT,

WHICH IS GREAT.

AND THEN WE VOLUNTEER WHEN

WE CAN, TO GO HELP THEM

OUT.

Caitlin: FAMIN SAW

THE WARNING SIGNS WHEN HIS

COMPANY DIDN'T HIRE THE

USUAL NUMBER OF WORKERS

FOR THE WINTER SEASON.

BUT HE WAS ASSURED HIS JOB

WAS SAFE.

IN DECEMBER, B.P. CAME

OUT AND MADE AN

ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ALL OF

THE WORK ON THE BOOKS WAS

SUPPOSED TO GO AS USUAL.

EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE

FINE, COME THE FIRST OF

THE YEAR.

OF COURSE THE FIRST OF THE

YEAR CAME OUT, AND THEY

ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE

CUTTING BACK MOST OF THE

PROGRAMS, THEY WERE LAYING

DOWN RIGS.

AND IN LATE FEBRUARY,

THAT'S WHEN I GOT LAID

OFF, WITH ABOUT 180, 200

PEOPLE TOTAL.

Caitlin: AFTER

WORKING THE SLOPES FOR THE

LAST EIGHT YEARS, FAMIN

KNOWS THE VOLATILITY OF

THE OIL INDUSTRY, CHANGING

JOBS THREE TIMES BECAUSE

OF VARIOUS SLOWDOWNS.

NOW HE MAY HAVE TO START

OVER AS JOB PROSPECTS

LOOKS WORSE.

THERE ARE SUCH A LARGE

NUMBER OF APPLICANTS TO

EVERY JOB.

I HAVE APPLIED

CONSISTENTLY.

BUT I'M GOING TO BE 50

THIS YEAR.

AND I KNOW THAT PLAYS --

EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT

SUPPOSED TO -- BUT I KNOW

IT PLAYS INTO H.R., WHEN

THEY'RE LOOKING AT

SOMEBODY WHO WILL BE DOING

WORK ON THE SLOPE.

Caitlin: EXPERTS SAY

OIL JOBS ARE SLOWLY COMING

BACK, BUT THEY HAVEN'T YET

REACHED ALASKA.

IT IS ALWAYS

CHALLENGING HERE BECAUSE

WE HAVE -- WE HAVE SUCH A

CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT TO

WORK IN.

SO FOR COMPANIES TO INVEST

HERE, THEY NEED TO HAVE A

HIGHER PRICE OF OIL THAN

THEY WOULD IN OTHER AREAS.

FOR ME, I'M AT THE

POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO

CONSIDER IS THIS REALLY

SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO

TRY TO STICK WITH AND DO

IT AGAIN?

OR DO I DO SOMETHING

DIFFERENT?

Caitlin: FAMIN FILLS

HIS TIME WITH PROJECTS

AROUND THE HOUSE.

IT KEEPS YOUR MIND OFF

THE REALITY OF WHAT IS

GOING ON OR WHAT IS NOT

HAPPENING IN THAT PART OF

YOUR LIFE.

AND I TEND TO TRY TO FOCUS

ON WHAT AM I DOING TODAY?

BUT WHEN I'M PAYING BILLS,

THAT'S THE HARD PART.

Caitlin: FAMIN IS

WORRIED OIL COMPANIES WILL

CONTINUE TO LAYOFF

SEASONED AND EXPERIENCED

WORKERS, HIRING YOUNGER

WORKERS AT LOWER PAY AND

DRASTICALLY INCREASING THE

ACCIDENT RATE.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND

ANYONE TO DO IT, HONESTLY,

AT THIS POINT.

IF THEY WERE TELLING ME

THEY HAD OTHER OPTIONS, I

WOULD SAY GO WITH THE

OTHER OPTIONS.

Caitlin: SINCE I

SPOKE WITH FAMIN AND

ALASKA, HE HAS FOUND A

FULL-TIME JOB AS THE

MAINTENANCE MAN AND

CUSTODIAN AT THE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE

HIS WIFE WORKS.

WHILE HE IS THANKFUL FOR

THAT WORK, HIS PAYCHECK IS

ONLY HALF OF WHAT IT WAS

WHEN WORKING ON THE

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ABOUT JESUS.

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AND NEW TESTAMENT HEROS,

AS WELL AS HOW TO LIVE AS

A CHRISTIAN.

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