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Wendy: TODAY ON "THE
700 CLUB"...
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING OR
HEAR ANYTHING MORE?
I KEEP HEARING TWO.
I PRAYED, KEEP THEM
SAFE.
BRING THEM HOME.
GET EVERYBODY YOU CAN
GOING DOWN THERE.
I CAN'T FIND KATHRYN.
I CAN'T FIND KATHRYN.
I REMEMBER THE WEIGHT OF
HIS HEAD, LIKE, WOW, HOW
DO WE GO ON.
IT WAS TWO HOURS BEFORE
THE SERVICE AND THE CHURCH
WAS ALREADY FILLED.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ALL
OF US THAT LIFE WAS NOT
GOING TO BE OVERCOME BY
DARKNESS.
*
Pat: WELCOME TO "THE
700 CLUB."
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT
HURRICANE IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST IN SEVERAL
DECADES.
IT IS A MONSTER CATEGORY
FOUR, BARRELING DOWN.
IT HIT HAITI TODAY, AND
THAT'S THE POOREST COUNTRY
IN THE WHOLE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE.
THEY'RE IN DESPERATE
SHAPE, LIVING ON THE EDGE.
NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE
FLOODED OUT BY THIS
MONSTER STORM, WHICH COULD
DUMP AS MUCH AS '0 50 INCHES
OF RAIN, BUT THERE WILL BE
THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODK,
WHEN THIS IS OVER, WITH
CHOLERA, THAT HAS BEEN
LEFT BY THE UNITED
NATIONS' TROOPS.
THE THING WE'RE DOING WITH
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
MAKING THOUSANDS OF
GALLONS OF THE SUBSTANCE
THAT IS NEEDED TO KILL THE
THE CHOLERA VIRUS,
BACTERIA, WHATEVER IT IS.
IT IS CHLORINE, AND WE'RE
MAKING CHLORINE TO HELP
THOSE PEOPLE.
BUT, BOY, OH, BOY, IT'S
TOUGH.
AND THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS.
Terry: AND PEOPLE CAN
GIVE TO THAT EFFORT DOWN
THERE.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
DOING THAT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU
HELP US DO IT WELL AND DO
MORE OF IT.
> THE LATEST PROJECTIONS
SHOW THAT THIS DEADLY
HURRICANE COULD BE HEADING
NEXT FOR THE UNITED STATES
EAST COAST, AND HEATHER
SELLS HAS THAT STORY.
Heather: HURRICANE
MATTHEW BEGAN HAMMERING
HAITI IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS.
THE IMPOVERISHED NATION
BRACING FOR THE WORT.
WORST.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS JUST HOW
MASSIVE IT IS.
THE STORM IS UNLEASHING
WINDS OF UP TO 145 MILES
PER HOUR.
DRENCHING RAINS ARE ALSO
UNDER WAY, ALONG WITH A
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE.
AS YOU KNOW, WER NOT WE'RE NOT
REALLY PREPARED FOR THIS
HURRICANE, BUT WE'RE DOING
THE BEST AS WE CAN.
Heather: AT THIS
ORPHANAGE, WORKERS BOARDED
UP WINDOWS AND MOVED MORE
THAN 60 CHILDREN TO THE
SECOND FLOOR.
FORECASTERS ARE WORRIED
MORE THAN THREE FEET OF
RAIN COULD HIT PARTS OF
HAITI, TRIGGERING DEADLY
MUDSLIDES.
IT WAS JUST SIX YEARS AGO
THAT A DISASTEROUS
EARTHQUAKE STRUCK HERE,
AND THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT
PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN
MAKE SHIEFLMAKESHIFT SHELTERS.
AND THE STORM POSSESS OWED
DEADLY THREAT IN THE FORM
OF DISEASE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE
STORM IS GOING TO KILL
PEOPLE TWICE.
IT IS GOING TO KILL THEM
NOW WITH THE WIND AND THE
WATER, BUT IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT WILL
LEAVE DISEASE BEHIND.
A TSUNAMI OF DEATH.
Heather: "OPERATION
BLESSING" RESPONDED TO THE
2010 EARTHQUAKE WITH
CHLORINE AND SAFE DRINKING
WATER, AND IT IS DOING SO
AGAIN.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE
DIED.
AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED
WITH THIS CHLOR RA.
CHOLERA.
WE HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURING
CHLORINE.
AND IN TIMES LIKE THIS,
WE'LL BE USING IT FOR
SURFACE DISINFECTANT.
Heather: MATTHEW IS
MOVING AT SEVEN MILES PER
HOUR.
IT IS BLASTING EASTERN
CUBA HAS WELL.
ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF THE
U.S. NAVAL BASE AT
GUANTANAMO.
MATTHEW WILL LIKELY THEN
MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE
BAHAMAS AND IT MAY MAKE
LANDFALL IN THE U.S. LATER
THIS WEEK.
IN FLORIDA AND NORTH
CAROLINA, THEY ARE TAKING
NO CHANCES.
THE GOVERNORS THERE HAVE
ALREADY DECLARED STATES OF
EMERGENCY.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THANKS, HEATHER.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF
NEW YORK IS A POLITICAL
HACK, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND
HE IS IN THE POCKET OF
HILLARY CLINTON.
HE HAS COME OUT WITH THIS
THING, TALKING ABOUT A
TECHNICALITY OF FILING
DOCUMENTS ON THE SO-CALLED
TRUMP FOUNDATION, WHICH
NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING
ABOUT.
BUT IT IS JUST ONE MORE
BLOW -- THEY'RE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN
POLITICALLY TO DESTROY
THIS MAN.
AND IT IS -- THE ASSAULT
FROM THE LEFT IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
WHAT ARE THEY SO AFRAID
OF.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT
STORY.
John: WELL, PAT, AS
YOU WERE SAYING, NEW
YORK'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL
HAS ORDERED THE TRUMP
FOUNDATION TO STOP
FUNDRAISING IMMEDIATELY.
HE SAYS THE FOUNDATION IS
NOT EVEN REGISTERED TO
RAISE MONEY IN THE EMPIRE
STATE, AND ACCUSED THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OF
POSSIBLE FRAUD.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS
THE FOUNDATION WILL
COOPERATE WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
THAT NEWS COMES AS HILLARY
CLINTON HAS BEEN MOCKING
TRUMP'S CLAIMS OF BEING A
GENIUS WHEN IT COMES TO
BUSINESS.
SAYING HIS NEAR OF
$1 BILLION BUSINESS LOSS
IN 1995 PROVES HE IS NO
GENIUS.
BUT TRUMP SAYS THE TAX
RETURN PROVES HE KNOWS THE
TAX SYSTEM BETTER THAN
MOST, SO HE KNOWS HOW TO
FIX IT.
MEANWHILE, HIS CAMPAIGN
POINTS OUT WHILE HE MAY
HAVE AVOIDED PERSONAL
INCOME TAXES, HE HAS PAID
PLENTY OF OTHERS.
THE CAMPAIGN SAYING THAT
TRUMP HAS PAID HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE
TAXES, AS WELL AS STATE
AND FEDERAL TAXES AND
MORE.
Pat: THE COURT SAID
SOME YEARS AGO, LEARNED
HANN, ONE OF THE GREAT
JURORISTS, SAYS NO ONE HAS
AN OBLIGATION TO PAY ANY
MORE TAXES TO THE
GOVERNMENT THAN THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO.
AND THE IDEA OF CALLING A
TAX A CONTRIBUTION IN
INVESTMENT IS JUST A CON.
THEY WANT TO TAKE ALL OF
THE MONEY THEY CAN AND
SPEND IT ON WASTEFUL
PROJECTS TO PAY OFF TO
THEIR BUDDIES.
AND NOBODY HAS TO.
AND CERTAINLY NOBODY HAS
TO PAY TAXES ON LOSSES.
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN REAL
ESTATE AND OTHER
ENTERPRISES LOSE MONEY.
PEOPLE LOSE MONEY IN THE
STOCK MARKET.
AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY
DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON
THEIR LOSSES.
IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
YOU PAY TAXES WHEN YOU
MAKE MONEY.
AND YOU DON'T PAY TAXES
WHEN YOU LOSE MONEY.
AND MANY TIMES THERE CAN
BE A PROJECT THAT IS BIG,
AND YOU GET A HUGE TAX
WRITEOFF, AND THAT
SHELTERS SOME INCOME OVER
THE COMING YEARS.
BUT THERE IS NO
DISGRACE -- NO DISGRACE IN
NOT PAYING MORE MAN
THUNDETHANYOU OWE.
THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR.
IF CONGRESS DOESN'T WANT
WHAT THEY'VE GOT, THEY CAN
CHANGE THE LAW.
WE'RE LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS, AND THAT'S THE
LAW SET OUT FOR US.
AND SO BUSINESSMEN
STRUCTURE THEIR DEALINGS
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
LAWS THAT ARE ON THE
BOOKS.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
WITH THAT.
JOHN?
John: PAT, THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
SQUARE OFF FOR THEIR FIRST
AND ONLY DEBATE.
MIKE PENCE AND TIM KAINE
ARE WELL-MATCHED
CONTENDERS.
IT IS TAKING PART IN A
PART OF VIRGINIA THAT
HELPED FORMED THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
JENNIFER WISHON EXPLAINS.
Jennifer: DEMOCRATIC
TIM KAINE IN REPUBLICAN
MIKE PENCE.
BOTH SERVED AS GOVERNORS,
IN CONGRESS, AND BOTH WERE
RAISED CATHOLIC, THOUGH
PENCE IS NOW AN
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN.
BOTH CANDIDATES ARE
COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT
THEIR FAITH.
SENATOSENATORSENATORSENATOR KAINE DEFIES G
AY
MOVEMENTS.
AND PENCE HAD A RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM LAW HE PUSHED IN
INDIANA.
TONIGHT THE MEN SCARE
SQUAREAT
LONGVILLE COLLEGE.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THE
PRESSURE IS ON GOVERNOR
PENCE.
HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING
WITH WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
SCOTT WALKER AND RALLYING
WITH HIS FELLOW HOOSIERS.
YOU HAVE NOMINATED A
MAN FOR PRESIDENT WHO
NEVER QUITS, WHO NEVER
BACKS DOWN.
HE IS A FIGHTER.
HE IS A WINNER.
Jennifer: KAINE
PREPARES BY READING AND
PRACTICING WITH A
WASHINGTON ATTORNEY.
ON SUNDAY HE ATTENDED HIS
CHURCH.
IT IS INTENSE, BUT I'M
CALM.
Jennifer: FARMVILLE
ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL DEBATE
SITE, BUT THIS TOWN
CHANGED THE NATION.
IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
BEFORE THERE WAS SELMA,
MONTGOMERY, STUDENTS WERE
LEADING THE WAY RIGHT
HERE.
ALL OF US WALKED OUT.
I FEEL IT WAS DIVINE
INTERVENTION, TO GET THAT
MANY STUDENTS TO FOLLOW
YOU OUT.
Heather: SHE WAS AN
EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT IN
1951 WHEN SHE AND HER
CLASSMATES WALKED OUT OF
THE MOTON SCHOOL TO
EMPLOYEE TEST INADEQUATE
CONDITIONS.
IT WAS ROLLED INTO BROWN
VV. BOARD OF EDUCATION.
IT WAS A VICTORY.
BUT IN 1979, INSTEAD OF
INTEGRATING THE SCHOOLS,
THEY SHUT THEM DOWN FOR
FIVE YEARS.
I WAS IN A STATE OF
SHOCK.
IT WAS DEVASTATING BECAUSE
SCHOOL WAS EVERYTHING TO
US IN THIS LITTLE SMALL
TOWN.
IT WAS RECREATION,
FRIENDSHIP, ATHLETIC
STUFF -- EVERYTHING WAS
DONE EITHER IN SCHOOL OR
THROUGH THE CHURCH.
Jennifer: THESE
FORMER STUDENTS HOPE
HAVING THE EYES OF THE
NATION ON FARMVILLE WILL
HELP SPREAD THEIR STORY OF
SACRIFICE AND
PERSEVERANCE.
ONE THING ABOUT THESE
CANDIDATES COMING IN HERE,
THAT THEY NEED NOT
OVERLOOK -- THEY NEED NOT
OVERLOOK THAT THIS IS
APPROVING GROUND.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION
STARTED RIGHT HERE, IN
THIS HOUSE.
RIGHT HERE, IN THE HOUSE
OF MOTON.
Jennifer: IT IS
LIKELY TO GET SOME
ATTENTION.
MEANWHILE, BOTH CANDIDATES
WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
THEY'RE NOT USED TO DOING
IN DEBATES: NOT TALK ABOUT
THEMSELVES ALL OF THE
TIME.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
FARMVILLE.
John: THANKS,
JENNIFER.
> NEW SIGNS OF A
BREAKDOWN IN U.S.-RUSSIAN
RELATIONS.
THE U.S. WITHDREW FROM
COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA
OVER SYRIA ON MONDAY,
SAYING RUSSIA FAILED TO
LIVE UP TO THE AGREEMENT
FOR A CEASE-FIRE AND
HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE
SYRIAN PEOPLE.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
SAYS IT REGRETTED PUTIN'S
ACTION AND DESCRIBED
RUSSIA AS THE MAIN
DESTABILIZING POWER IN THE
REGION.
AND VLADIMIR PUTIN
SUSPENDED A NUCLEAR TREATY
WITH THE U.S.
Pat: I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT, THIS IS VERY
WORRISOME BECAUSE THE
RUSSIANS HAVE AN ARSENAL
OF NUKES CAPABLE OF
LITERALLY ANNILHILATING
THE UNITED STATES.
AND WE HAVE AN ARSENAL,
JUST ONE OF OUR NUCLEAR
SUBMARINES HAS ENOUGH
NUKES TO DESTROY RUSSIA.
IN THE OLD DAYS, THE WISE
HEADS REALIZED WE HAVE
MADD, MUTUAL ADMISSIONS
DESTRUCTION, AND NOBODY
MOVED ACROSS THE LINE.
BUT PUTIN IS TALKING ABOUT
RATTLING NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
AND THIS IS A HORRIBLE
THOUGHT.
AND HE IS TRYING TO MOVE
INTO THE VACUUM THAT OUR
PRESIDENT CREATED.
IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HIM,
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED
THE RUSSIANS IN.
BUT THEY HAVE MOVED INTO
SYRIA.
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS
BUILD UP OR BEEF UP THE
ADMINISTRATION OF BASHAR
al-ASSAD.
AND HE IS BRUTAL.
THE KILLING IS BRUTAL.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN
ALEPPO AND THESE OTHER
CITIES IS JUST ABSOLUTELY
BRUTAL.
AND HORRIBLE.
AND THE RUSSIANS WERE
COMPLICIT.
THEY'VE BEEN DROPPING
SO-CALLED "BUNKER BUSTER"
BOMBS.
AND VERY POSSIBLY THEY'RE
LOOKING AT POISONOUS GAS,
MUSTARD GAS, AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
NO, WE CAN'T GET INVOLVED
WITH THEM, BUT WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT
ALL OF THE WORLD KNOWS
WILL NOT TAKE POSITIVE
ACTION ON ANYTHING.
AND HE CERTAINLY WON'T
CALL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS.
HE DOESN'T DARE MENTION
ISLAM IN ANY OF THE STUFF
HE SAYS.
DOESN'T DARE DO IT.
> COMING UP, WE HAVE
WARNED YOU ABOUT THE
DANGERS OF WHAT ARE CALLED
NSAID, ".
NSAIDS.
John: PEOPLE WHO TAKE
NSAIDS ARE THE AT AN
INCREASED RISK OF HEART
FAILURE.
THAT'S THE FINDING FROM
NEW RESEARCH.
AS LORIE JOHNSON EXPLAINS,
THIS IS JUST THE LATEST
RED FLAG ABOUT THESE
DRUGS.
Lorie: ROBERT CARNZ
IS ONE OF MILLIONS WHO
TAKES AN NSAID FOR ACHY
JOINTS.
IT IS SHORT FOR
NON-STEROIDAL
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS.
IT I INCLUDE ALEVE,
IBUPROFEN AND ASPIRIN.
AND IT COMES IN
PRESCRIPTION-STRENGTH
DOSES.
A STUDY OF 10 MILLION
PEOPLE SHOWS THE USE OF
PRESCRIPTION NSAIDS IN
CRUISES THE RISINCREASES THE RISK OF
HEART FAILURE BY 20%.
UP TO 50% FOR PEOPLE WHO
TAKE VERY HIGH DOSES.
ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE
STUDY SAYS OUR FINDINGS,
WHICH FOCUSED ONLY ON
PRESCRIPTION NSAIDS, MIGHT
APPLY TO OVER-THE-COUNTER
NSAIDS AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH OVER-THE-COUNTER
NSAIDS ARE USUALLY YOU'VE
THE AT LOWER DOSES AND FOR
SHORTER DURERATIONS, BUT
THEY MAY BE
INAPPROPRIATELY OVERUSED.
THIS IS JUST THE LATEST OF
MANY WARNINGS ABOUT
NSAIDS.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH REVEALED
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
16,000 DEATHS EACH YEAR,
AND 100,000
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
FOR THINGS LIKE KIDNEY
FAILURE, HEART ATTACK,
STROKE, AND ULCERS.
THAT WAS ROBERT'S PROBLEM.
NSAIDS LED TO HIS PAINFUL
ULCERS.
IT SURPRISED ME.
I HAD NO CLUE.
Lorie:
GASTROENTEROLOGIST SAYS HE
SEES A LOT OF PATIENTS
WITH BLEEDING BROUGHT ON
BY NSAIDS.
YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED
IF...
YOU DISCOVER A CHANGE
OF THE COLOR OF YOUR
STOOL, YOU HAVE VOMITING
OR NAUSEA, AND YOU'RE
THROWING UP STUFF THAT
LOOKS LIKE COFFEE.
THIS COULD BE A SIGN OF
INTESTINAL BLEEDING.
Lorie: DESPITE THE
RISK ASSOCIATED WITH
NSAIDS, PATIENTS SHOULD
TALK TO THEIR DOCTOR
BEFORE THEY QUIT USING
THEM BECAUSE THEY DO
PERFORM THE IMPORTANT
FUNCTION OF REDUCING
INFLAMMATION.
BUT YOU CAN OFTEN DO THAT
JUST BY SWITCHING TO AN
ANTIINFLAMMATORY DIET.
ONE HIGH IN FRESH
VEGETABLES AND HEALTHY
FATS BUT LOW IN SUGAR,
CARBOHYDRATES AND
PROCESSED FOODS.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
John: AND, PAT, THIS
STUDY REINFORCES CONCERNS
ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPLICATIONS OF NSAIDS.
Pat: YOU'RE LOOKING
AT EXHIBIT "A."
I USED TO TAKE SOMETHING
THAT I CALL HAPPY PILLS.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: EXCEDRIN.
I USED TO WORKOUT, AND
BEFORE I STARTED LIFTING
WEIGHTS OR WHATEVER, I
DIDN'T WANT MY MUSCLES
ACHING, SO I TOOK A COUPLE
OF EXTRA STRENGTH
EXCEDRIN.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE
HARMLESS AND THEY MAKE YOU
FEEL GOOD AND THEY KEEP
YOUR MUSCLES FROM HURTING
WHEN YOU'RE WORKING OUT.
SO I TOOK THEM.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE
ADVERTISING, JUST GIVE ME
MY ALEVES, JUST A COUPLE
OF ALEVES.
WELL, THAT'S
500 MILLIGRAMS OF NEPOXIN.
AND ALEVE IS LOADED.
WHAT DID I DO?
I HAD A PERIODIC BLOOD
TEST.
AND I HAD ONE, AND THE
DOCTOR COMES OUT AND SAYS
YOU'RE ANEMIC.
AND HE SAID YOU NEED IRON.
AND I SAID HOW COME.
AND HE SAID YOU MUST BE
BLEEDING SOMEWHERE.
WE DID SOME TESTS AND I
WAS WAY SHORT OF IRON
BECAUSE THOSE LITTLE HAPPY
PILLS WERE CAUSING
BLEEDING IN THE INTESTINES
THAT I WASN'T EVEN AWARE
OF.
Terry: WOW.
IF YOU HAVE CHRONIC
PAIN -- IF YOU HAVE
SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING
CHRONIC MUSCLE PAIN, YOU
TAKE THEM.
Pat: YEAH.
BUT THOUGH ALEVES ARE
POISON.
I TOOK A COUPLE OF THEM.
I SAID, I'LL TAKE TWO
ALEVES, AND THAT KICKED ME
OVER THE EDGE.
I HAD ONE OF THOSE
INFUSION THINGS WHERE YOU
SIT THERE AND THEY PUMP
IRON INTO YOUR BLOOD.
I FELT FINE, BUT THE TESTS
SHOWED THERE WAS INTERNAL
BLEEDING.
AND THE DOCTOR SAID AS
MANY AS 100,000 PEOPLE MAY
DIE FROM INTESTINAL
BLEEDING CAUSED BY
SO-CALLED NSAIDS, AND THAT
INCLUDES THE FULL GAMUT OF
THEM.
AND THE TRADE NAME, ADVIL
AND SO FORTH, IT IS ALL
THE SAME STUFF.
IT IS ALL IBUPROFEN.
AND THEY HAVE ADVIL AND
MOTRIN AND SOME OF THE
OTHERS.
AND THEY MAKE BELIEVE THAT
THEY'RE ALL SPECIAL.
THEY'RE NOT SPECIAL.
THEY ALL HAVE IBUPROFEN.
BUT THE ONE THAT IS THE
DEADLY ONE IS THIS --
DON'T TAKE AWAY MY ALEVE.
I'M A TRUCK DRIVER AND MY
KNEES HURT AND I'VE GOT TO
HAVE MY ALEVE.
IT IS GREAT ADVERTISING.
BUT, BOY, THIS STUFF --
THEY ARE KILLERS.
Terry: TRY TO DO IT
LORIE'S WAY, WITH FRESH
FOOD.
Pat: LOR YEAIE IS GREAT.
WE MIGHT HAVE SAVED YOUR
LIVES, FOLKS.
STAY WITH US.
WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU WANT TO LOWER YOUR
BLOOD PRESSURE, EAT DARK
CHOCOLATE, THREE LITTLE
SQUARES.
Terry: YOU DO THIS
EVERY DAY?
Pat: I USED TO, BUT I
DON'T ANYMORE.
I KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS
FISH OIL.
I TAKE ABOUT A TEASPOON OF
THAT NORWEGIAN COD LIVER
OIL EVERY DAY.
Terry: THAT IS GOOD
FOR YOU.
Pat: IT LOWERS YOUR
BLOOD PRESSURE.
I'M HAPPY.
Terry: YOU BE HAPPY.
Pat: I'M HAPPY.
Terry: ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THIS WEEKEND WE
CELEBRATED ROSH HASHANAH,
THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.
AND THE UNMISTAKABLE SOUND
OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR IS
THE SHOFAR.
HEAR THE STORY BEHIND
THAT.
IT'S COMING UP NEXT.
Wendy: STILL AHEAD,
FROM NEWTON, CONNECTICUT,
A MOTHER HONORS A DAUGHTER
KILLED IN THE SANDY HOOK
SCHOOL SHOOTING.
I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT
THIS WAS THE ROAD WE
NEEDED TO TAKE.
IT IS THAT PLACE WHERE
HEAVEN AND EARTH CONNECT.
Wendy: LATER, ON
TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB."
Pat: WELL, THE
BIBLICAL FALL HOLIDAYS ARE
UNDER WAY.
THEY BEGAN FOR US WITH THE
HEAD OF THE YEAR, ROSH
HASHANAH.
AND THAT'S -- WE CALL IT
THE JEWISH NEW YEAR, BUT
THE BIBLE GIVES THAT
HOLIDAY AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT MEANING.
CHRIS MITCHELL TELLS US
WHY THAT DAY IS SO
IMPORTANT.
[HORN BLOWING]
Chris: ROSH HASHANAH
LITERALLY MEANS HEAD OF
THE YEAR, THE NEW YEAR.
BUT BIBLICALLY, IT IS MUCH
MORE THAN THAT.
IN THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS
IT IS CALL YOM TURUA, THE
DAY OF THE BLOWING OF
TRUMPETS, OR JUDGMENT DAY.
THE ONLY COMMITMENT
DOING ROSH HASHANAH IS
ACTUALLY TO HEAR THE SOUND
OF THE SHOFAR.
SO EVERYBODY GATHERING IN
THE SYNAGOGUE TO HEAR THE
SOUND OF THE SHOFAR.
IT CONNECTS PEOPLE OF THE
SOUL.
Chris: THE PIERCING
SOUND OF THE SHOFAR IS
MEANT TO REMIND THE
HEARERS TO REPENT OF THEIR
SINS AND TO MAKE THINGS
RIGHT WITH THEIR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS.
THE RABBIS SAY THAT
RECONCILIATION WITH GOD
AND MAN CON FOUND THE CONFOUND THE
ENEMY.
THE SHOFAR IS MADE FROM
A HORN.
THIS IS THE OLDEST
BIBLICAL INSTRUMENT.
THE JEWISH ORTHODOX WITH
PERMITTED TO HEAR THE
SOUND OF THE SHOFAR DURING
THE NEW YEAR.
THE JUDGMENT DAY.
Chris: AS PART OF A
TWO-FAMILY BUSINESS, ELLIE
REEBOK IS A THIRD
GENERATION SHOFAR-MAKER.
THE PROCESS IS
GRINDING, POLISHING, AND
THEN WE DRILL.
WE OPEN A MOUTHPIECE.
THIS IS QUICK, BUT IT IS A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND A
LOT OF HAND WORK.
BECAUSE EACH HORN IS A
DIFFERENT SIZE, DIFFERENT
PEAKNESS.
YOU HAVE TO BE EXPERIENCED
TO MAKE A GOOD SHOFAR.
THE.
Chris: THE RAM'S HORN
IS USED AS THE TRADITIONAL
SHOFAR, BECAUSE WHEN
ABRAHAM SHOWED HIS
WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE
HIS SON, GOD PROVIDED A
RAM TO BE USED IN HIS
PLACE.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE JEWISH
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
REMIND GOD OF THE TIME
WHEN ISRAEL WORSHIPPED THE
GOLDEN CALF IN THE
WILDERNESS.
BESIDES THE DISTINCTIVE
TONES THERE ARE THREE
DIFFERENT BLASTS SOUNDED.
THE SHOFAR IS BLOWN IN
SYNAGOGUES AND AT THE
WESTERN WALL EACH MORNING
FOR A MONTH BEFORE THE
HOLIDAY, TO GIVE PLENTY OF
TIME FOR REPENTANCE.
YOU AND I KNOW WE NEED
A LOT OF REMINDERS IN OUR
DAILY LIFE TO REPENTANT,
TO THINK OF THE THINGS OF
GOD.
IT IS LIKE AN ALARM CLOCK
FOR THE SOUL.
Chris: REEBOK SAYS IT
IS NOT JUST JEWISH PEOPLE
WHO BLOW THE SHOFAR.
WE BLOW THE SHOFAR ALL
OVER THE WORLD, TO JEWISH,
TO CHRISTIANS, MESSIANIC
PEOPLE.
Chris: ROSH HASHANAH
IS THE FEAST OF THE
SEVENTH MONTH, BUT IN THE
JEWISH TRADITION IT
REPRESENTS THE NEW YEAR.
THE SHOFARS WOULD BLOW
AND THEY WOULD ANNOUNCE A
NEW KING OR THE COMING OF
THE NEW KING.
OFTENTIMETHE SHOFARS ARE ONLY BLOWN
FOR A LIMITED TIME
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Chris: THIS MAN SAYS
THAT'S A FORESHADOW FOR
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN
USHUAIA, JESUS.
AND THEY TELL US
SOMETHING.
THEY'RE SPEAKING TO US.
THEY'RE REMINDING US OF
SOMETHING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE
REMINDING US OF IS THE
CREATION OF THE WORLD, THE
COMING OF THE KING, KING
MESSIAH ONE DAY, AT THIS
TIME, THE CORONATION OF
HIS KINGDOM HERE ON EARTH.
THIS IS WHAT THE SHOFAR IS
TO REMIND US OF.
IT SPEAKS TO US EVERY DAY
WHEN WE HEAR THAT SOUND.
Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Pat: THAT'S
WONDERFUL.
Terry: IT REALLY IS.
IT IS NOT EASY TO BLOW
THOSE.
Pat: NO, IT IS NOT.
Terry: THE PEOPLE
MAKE IT LOOK EASY ON
THERE, BUT IT IS HARD.
Pat: THE CHRISTIANS
ARE BLOWING THE THING ALL
OF THE TIME, BUT THE JEWS
SAY, IN, NO, THERE I NO, NO, THERE IS A
SPECIAL TIME.
GOOD STUFF, CHRIS.
Terry: UP NEXT, A
SANDY HOOK MOM TRIES TO
MAKE SENSE OF HER
DAUGHTER'S DEATH.
THERE WAS SO MUCH
SADNESS, SO MUCH WEIGHT,
SO MUCH PAIN.
THE QUIET THAT ENSUED
AFTER KATHRYN DIED WAS
JUST PAINFUL.
WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR
ONE MORE DAY, BUT I DON'T
WANT TO TAKE HEAVEN AWAY
FROM HER.
I DON'T.
Terry: WATCH HOW HE
IS CARRYING ON HER
DAUGHTER'S LEGACY, RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Terry: ON THE FINAL
DAY OF KATHRYN HUBBARD'S
LIVE, SHE KISSED THE PALM
OF HER MOTHER'S HAND AND
PULLED IT TOWARDS HER
HEART.
AND KATHRYN THEN BOARDED
THE SCHOOL BUS FOR THE
LAST TIME.
HE MOM REMEMBERS THINKING
THAT HER RADIANT,
6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS
DOING GREAT.
BUT IN JUST A FEW HOURS,
HER DAUGHTER WAS DEAD.
A VICTIM OF ONE OF THE
DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
9-1-1, WHAT IS THE
LOCATION OF YOUR
EMERGENCY?
I THINK THERE IS
SOMEBODY SHOOTING IN HERE,
AT SANDY HOOK SCHOOL.
I PRAYED, KEEP THEM
SAFE.
BRING THEM HOME.
DO YOU SEE OR HEAR
ANYTHING MORE?
I KEEP HEARING POPPING.
I SAW FREDDIE, AND
FREDDIE SAID, I CAN'T FIND
KATHRYN.
I CAN'T FIND KATHRYN.
I STOOD THERE AS THE
CHILDREN'S NAMES WERE
CALLED AND THE PARENTS
TOOK THEM FROM THE LINE.
AND YOU LOOKED ALONG THE
BACK BY THE FIREHOUSE, AND
YOU SAW THE PARENTS WHERE
THE CHILDREN DID NOT
RESPOND.
FREDDIE AND I WERE
SITTING THERE, AND HE HAD
HIS HEAD ON MY SHOULDER.
I REMEMBER THE WEIGHT OF
HIS HEAD, LIKE WOW.
I KNEW.
I KNEW.
I KNEW IN MY GUT THAT
KATHRYN HAD DIED.
Reporter: THE
GRIEVING TOWN OF NEWTOWN,
CONNECTICUT, HOLD A VIGILS
FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE
SCHOOL SHOOTING.
THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS:
WHAT IF THE SHOOTER HAD NO
ACCESS TO THE GUNS.
THE REAL PROBLEM IS OUR
MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
THIS NEVER SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
THERE IS EVIL.
THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF
EVIL IN THE WORLD, AND WE
HAVE TO CONFRONT IT.
I MISS HER LAUGH.
I MISS HER BEAR HUGS.
SHE WOULD CRAWL INTO BED
EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND
I MISS ROLLING OVER AND
SEEING HER FACE.
THERE IS MORNINGS THAT I
ROLL OVER AND THINK, OH,
YOU'RE STILL HERE.
ANIMALS WERE JUST HER
PASSION, TRIED AND TRUE.
WHETHER THEY WERE FURRY OR
SLIMEY, SHE LOVED THEM
ALL.
SHE'D BE IN THE GARDEN AND
SHE'D BE AMONG THE
BUTTERFLIES THAT WOULD
SORT OF SWOOP IN.
AND SHE WOULD GET A
BUTTERFLY ON HER HAND.
AND SHE WOULD WHISPER TO
THEM, TELL ALL YOUR
FRIENDS THAT I'M KIND.
THIS QUESTION JUST KEPT
BEING THROWN TO ME: IS
THIS MAKING YOU LOSE YOUR
FAITH IN GOD?
BECAUSE HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THIS?
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN A
SENSELESS ACT LIKE THIS?
HOW DO WE GO ON?
HOW DO WE GO ON?
THERE WAS SO MUCH SADNESS,
SO MUCH WEIGHT, SO MUCH
PAIN.
THE QUIET THAT ENSUED
AFTER KATHRYN DIED WAS
JUST PAINFUL.
I KNEW I HAD TO DO
SOMETHING IN THIS CHURCH.
I CAME BACK HERE.
IT WAS TWO HOURS BEFORE
THE SERVICE, AND THE
CHURCH WAS ALREADY FILLED.
AND PEOPLE WERE JUST
FORMING THEIR OWN PRAYER
CIRCLES.
SOME WERE JUST SINGING
CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO US
THAT LIFE WAS NOT GOING TO
BE OVERCOME BY DARKNESS.
THE GETTING USED TO THE
NEW NORMAL -- IT WAS HARD.
WE WOULD START TO TALK
ABOUT KATHRYN, AND THEN
SOMEONE WOULD GO, I CAN'T
DO THIS.
WE EACH HAD THOSE MOMENTS.
BUT IN GETTING THROUGH
THAT, IT DREW US CLOSER
TOGETHER.
IT FORCED US TO DEPEND
MORE HEAVILY ON GOD.
AND SOMEHOW BETWEEN 12/14
AND THE FUNERAL AND
PUTTING FREDDIE BACK ON
THE BUS AND SENDING HIM TO
SCHOOL -- IN EACH OF THOSE
MOMENTS I HAVEN'T HAD TO
WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO DO.
AND SO MANY DAYS, WHEN I
AM JUST SAD AND I JUST
MISS KATHRYN, THE SUN
COMES THROUGH THE KITCHEN
AND WARMS ME LIKE YOU
WOULD THINK THAT I HAD THE
HEAT ON FULL BLAST.
IT'S GOD REACHING IN AND
SAYING, I'M HERE.
HE KNOWS MY DISAPPOINTMENT
AND MY HEARTACHE, AND
THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE GOD'S
BIGGER THAN THAT.
WE HAD WRITTEN HER
OBITUARY, AND SAID IN LIEU
OF FLOWERS, PLEASE DONATE
TO THE ANIMAL CENTER OF
NEWTOWN.
WITHIN TWO OR THREE WEEKS,
THEY HAD RECEIVED OVER
$100,000 IN DONATIONS IN
KATHRYN'S HONOR.
THEY HAD SHARED THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A
SANCTUARY.
AS THEY DESCRIBED THEIR
VISION, I SAW KATHRYN.
I FELT KATHRYN.
I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT
THIS WAS THE ROAD THAT WE
NEEDED TO TAKE.
EVERY DECISION THAT WE'VE
MADE, FROM DESIGN TO
PROGRAMMING, SHE'S AT THE
HEART OF IT ALL.
AND IN SO MANY WAYS, AND
IN SO MANY MOMENTS I FEEL
LIKE IT'S THAT PLACE WHERE
HEAVEN AND EARTH CONNECT,
AND I CAN BE WITH KATHRYN.
AND, OH, MY GOSH, WHAT A
GIFT.
AND TO THINK THAT GOD
WOULD SAY, OKAY, THIS IS
WHERE I NEED YOU TO BE.
THAT HE WOULD ENTRUST ALL
OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAS
BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD WITH
SUCH AN AWESOME
POSSIBILITY, THAT AT THE
END OF THE DAY IT IS
REFLECTIVE OF OUR BABY
GIRL.
OH, MY GOSH, WHAT AN
HONOR.
I HAVE COME TO AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WAS
NEVER MINE.
SHE'S GOD'S.
HE'S BROUGHT HER HOME.
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE
STILL HAVE WORK TO BE
DONE.
HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR US.
HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR
FREDDIE.
FREDDIE'S JOURNEY IS NOT
DONE.
KATHRYN'S WAS.
I CAN'T BE ANGRY ABOUT
THAT.
DO I WANT MORE TIME WITH
HER?
YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
POSITIVELY.
WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR
ONE MORE DAY, BUT I DON'T
WANT TO TAKE HEAVEN AWAY
FROM HER.
I DON'T.
WE REST IN HOPE, KNOWING
THAT THERE WILL BE A DAY
WHEN WE'LL SEE HER AGAIN.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IF YOU
DON'T HAVE FAITH?
YOU CAN GET VERY
DISHEARTENED.
YOU CAN GET VERY
DISCOURAGED.
YOU CAN GIVE UP.
YOU CAN FEEL LIKE, WHY
BOTHER.
WE ALL HAVE TO KE RECKON WITH
THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
AT ANY MOMENT WOULD COULD
HAPPEN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND
SOME PEACE WITHIN
OURSELVES.
AND I DON'T KNOW A BETTER
WAY TO FIND PEACE THAN
PRAYER.
WHEN KATHRYN DIED, I
FELT LIKE I WAS A FAITHFUL
PERSON.
I WASN'T EVEN SCRATCHING
THE SURFACE.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN
PRAYER WAS RESERVED FOR
WHEN THE HOUSE WAS CLEAN,
I HAD A FEW MINUTES, AND
IT WAS QUIET.
AND IT WAS THE SETTING
THAT GOD WOULD WANT.
OKAY, HERE I AM.
AND MY HOUSE LOOKS PERFECT
AND I'M DRESSED, AND
AREN'T YOU HAPPY WITH ME.
WHERE NOW IT'S A CONSTANT
DIALOGUE.
IT HAS OPENED MY EYES TO
SEE YOU, OPENED MY EARS TO
HEAR YOU, AND GIVE ME THE
COURAGE, DEAR GOD, TO DO
WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO
TODAY.
WE WERE ASKED TO CARRY
A HUGE CROSS.
ARE WE GOING TO FALL ON
OUR KNEES IN WEAKNESS?
ARE WE GOING TO GET UP
LIKE CHRIST?
IT IS STILL HARD.
BUT THE LESSONS AND THE
INCREDIBLE GIFTS THAT
THESE LITTLE CHILDREN AT
SIX AND SEVEN LEFT THE
WORLD -- YOU REALIZE YOU
HAVE TO GO ON.
THE DAYS OF, LIKE, THIS
IS TOO MUCH, I THINK OF
HER LEANING OVER THE
COUNTER, DETERMINED SHE
WAS GOING TO WRITE HER
NAME PERFECTLY.
I ONLY HOPE THAT WE WALK
WITH SUCH GRACE AND POISE
AND LEAVE THE LEGACY THAT
SHE HAS LEFT US.
Terry: DEATH AND LOSS
ARE SO DIFFICULT TO DEAL
WITH, AREN'T THEY?
I MEAN, WE'RE CREATED TO
BE RELATIONAL.
WE'RE CREATED TO LOVE EACH
OTHER AND BE KIND, LIKE
KATHRYN WAS.
AND IT'S HARD WHEN YOU
LOSE SOMEBODY THAT YOU
LOVE.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE, AND
IN SO MANY OVER THE LAST
DECADE PLUS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND AROUND THE
WORLD, WE HAVE SEEN LIFE
LOST SO UNFAIRLY.
SO FOOLISHLY.
IT IS AT TIMES LIKE THIS
THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR
SAVIOR.
LISTEN, DON'T WAIT UNTIL
YOU'RE HOUSE IS CLEANED
AND YOU'RE ALL DRESSED UP
AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR MAKEUP
ON OR YOU'VE GOT FIVE
MINUTES IN YOUR OFFICE OR
IN YOUR CAR.
BE WITH HIM EVERY MOMENT
OF EVERY DAY.
SEE THAT'S WHAT CARRIES
YOU THROUGH THESE TIMES.
IT'S KNOWING WHO HE IS AND
BEING ABLE TO TRUST THAT
HE MAKES NO MISTAKES.
BEING ABLE TO TRUST ENOUGH
TO SAY, JESUS HEARS ME.
HERE IS MY PAIN, AND I'M
TRUSTING MY DAUGHTER.
YOU KNOW, JENNY SAID, AND
IT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T
HAVE TO DEAL WITH UNTIL A
SCENARIO LIKE THIS.
KATHRYN DIDN'T BELONG TO
HER.
SHE WAS JUST ON LONE.
AND YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE
OF EVERYONE.
OUR SPOUSES.
WE SEE MOMS AND DADS WHO
LOSE THEIR LIVES, AND
THEIR CHILDREN ARE LEFT.
LEFT,
IN ONE DAY, WITH NO
FAMILY.
THIS IS WHY GOD PUTS US IN
HIS FAMILY, BECAUSE WE'RE
MEANT TO BE THERE FOR EACH
OTHER.
BUT NOTHING -- NOTHING
REPLACES THE INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WE ARE
CREATED TO HAVE WITH THE
GOD WHO LOVES US BEYOND
MEASURE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES
IN THE WORD OF GOD WHERE
HE SAYS, IF YOU'D ONLY LET
ME HELP YOU.
I'VE COME THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT
ABUNDANTLY.
YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME WITH
A PLAN IN MIND.
AND YOU ARE A BIG PART OF
THAT.
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LOSE
SOMEONE THAT HE LOVES.
HE LOST HIS SON.
AND JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR US WHILE WE WERE STILL
SINNERS.
WHILE WE WERE STILL OUT IN
THE FAR COUNTRY DOING OUR
THING, WITH LITTLE TIME
FOR HIM.
BUT HE LOVED US ENOUGH TO
GIVE THE VERY BEST.
IF YOU'RE GRIEVING TODAY,
I JUST INVITE YOU TO GET
CLOSE TO GOD.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GUEST
ON HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO
THAT HAD WRITTEN A BOOK
CALLED "TWO CHAIRS."
PULL UP A CHAIR IN YOUR
HOUSE.
LET JESUS SIT IN THAT
CHAIR AND JUST SPEND TIME
WITH HIM.
LET HIM MINISTER TO THE
BROKENNESS IN YOUR HEART
AND LOVE THE HURT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THE HURT
NEVER COMES BACK.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEVER
MISS THE PERSON YOU'VE
LOST, BUT IT MEANS YOUR
JOY COMES BACK.
AND YOU CAN ONCE AGAIN GO
FORWARD, MOVE FORWARD WITH
YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH
GRIEF IN YOUR LIFE, WE'D
LOVE TO SHARE SOMETHING
FROM THE WORD OF GOD WITH
YOU.
LIVING THROUGH GRIEF --
IT'S A LITTLE PACKET.
WE'VE CALLED OUT SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT GOD SAYS
IN HIS WORD ABOUT GRIEF.
HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH IT
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR
DROWNING IN IT.
YOU'RE MEANT TO HAVE
VICTORY.
AND LIGHT IS MEANT TO
OVERCOME THE DARKNESS.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW TO
DO THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO PRAY WITH
SOMEONE ABOUT A NEED IN
YOUR LIFE, OUR NUMBER IS
TOLL-FREE: 1-800-700-7000.
THERE IS A FRIEND ON THE
OTHER END OF THE LINE WHO
WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR
YOUR HEART AND PRAY WITH
YOU TODAY.
NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
JUST CALL AND PRAY.
IF AND YOU'D LIKE THE
BROCHURE, ASK FOR IT AND
WE'LL SEND IT AS WELL.
PAT?
Pat: THANKS, TERRY.
THERE WERE MANY, MANY
HURTING PEOPLE THAT YOU
MINISTERS TO JUST THEN.
> STILL AHEAD, HE SERVED
HIS FAMILY OVERSEAS.
AND THEN HIS FAMILY
EMBARKED ON A DIFFERENT
KIND OF MISSION.
WATCH HOW YOU HELPED THEM
ALONG THE WAY, WHEN WE
COME BACK.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
DONALD TRUMP IS DEFENDING
A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
COACH WHO WAS FIRED FOR
HIS FAITH.
TRUMP TOLD A VETERANS'
GROUP, QUOTE,"IT IS VERY
UNFAIR WHAT THEY'RE DOING
TO RELIGION IN THIS
COUNTRY."
HE SAID THE FIRING OF
COACH JOE KENNEDY WAS
HORRIBLE.
HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL COACH FROM
WASHINGTON STATE SUSPENDED
LAST YEAR FOR PRAYING ON
THE 50-YARD LINE AFTER THE
GAME.
PLAYERS WOULD COME AND
JOIN HIM, BUT THEY WEREN'T
REQUIRED TO.
KENNEDY HAS JUST FILED A
NEW APPEAL IN HIS CASE,
WHILE HIS FATE IS BEING
DECIDED.
AND HE ALSO FILED FOR THE
CHANCE TO KEEP COACHING
RIGHT NOW.
THE FORMER MARINE TELLS
CBN NEWS HE IS SIMPLY
STANDING UP FOR THE
PRINCIPLES HE FOUGHT FOR.
I JUST WANT TO STAND UP
FOR, YOU KNOW, THE
RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS THAT
EVERYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO
HAVE.
I SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR
20 YEARS TO SUPPORT AND
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
THE FREEDOMS THAT ARE IN
THE CONSTITUTION DON'T
APPLY TO PEOPLE IN
AMERICA.
Wendy: KENNEDY SAYS
HE ISN'T LOOKING FOR
MONEY.
HE JUST WANTS HIS JOB
BACK.
HE ALSO TOLD US HE STILL
PLANS TO SUPPORT HIS
FORMER PLAYERS THIS
SEASON, EVEN IF HE HAS TO
DO IT FROM THE STANDS.
> WELL, PHILIPPINES
PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE
HAS UNLEASHED A NEW TIRADE
AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA,
SAYING THAT THE U.S.
LEADER CAN, QUOTE,"GO TO
HELL."
HIS STATEMENT CAME IN
RESPONSE TO U.S. CRITICISM
OF HIS DEADLY ANTI-DRUG
CAMPAIGN.
AND IT COMES AT THE SAME
TIME U.S. AND PHILIPPINE
FORCES OPENED JOINT COMBAT
EXERCISES TODAY.
HE SAYS THESE WILL BE THE
LAST JOINT MILITARY DRILLS
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
HE HAS ANNOUNCED HE PLANS
TO SCALE BACK ON THE DEEP
HISTORIC TIES WITH THE
U.S.
> 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.
Terry: WE HAVE JUST
10 DAYS LEFT IN OUR 40-DAY
CAMPAIGN TO PRAY FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T PLEDGED TO
PRAY YET, PLEASE DO IT
NOW.
YOU CAN CALL
1-800-700-7000.
YOU'LL BE JOINING OVER
100,000 BELIEVERS IN ALL
50 STATES, WHO HAVE SAID,
YES, I WILL PRAY FOR OUR
NATION.
PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.
1-800-700-7000.
LOG ON TO
prayforAmerica.com, IF
YOU PREFER TO DO IT THAT
WAY.
PRAYER DOES CHANGE THINGS.
LET GET ON OUR KNEES
BEFORE GOD AND ASK FOR
MERCY, PROTECTION, AND
PROVISION.
PAT, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR
AMERICA AS WE SIT HERE.
Pat: LET'S DO IT
RIGHT NOW.
FATHER, LORD, YOU KNOW THE
MISSIONARIES THAT HAVE
GONE OUT FROM THIS
COUNTRY, YOU KNOW THE
PEOPLE WHO DIED FOR THEIR
FAITH, YOU KNOW THE
CHURCHES BY THE THOUSANDS
ALL OVER THIS LAND, WHERE
THEY'RE PROCLAIMING YOUR
GOSPEL, AND YOU KNOW,
LORD, HOW IMPORTANT THIS
LAND IS.
THIS LAND HAS BEEN UNDER
ASSAULT.
THE THINGS THAT WE HOLD
DEAR HAVE BEEN RIPPED
APART FROM US.
LITTLE PEOPLE AND THOSE
INTENT ON DESTROYING US.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME
AND BE A POWERFUL FIRE,
LIKE A FIRE OF REVIVAL
THROUGHOUT THIS LAND.
LET IT BE, LORD, IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
> WELL, ERLON AND
CHRISTINA HAD A DREAM TO
FOSTER AND ADOPT CHILDREN.
BUT SEVERAL LARGE EXPENSES
THREATENED TO INTERFERE
WITH MAKING THEIR DREAM A
REALITY.
THAT'S WHEN CBN'S "HELPING
THE HOMEFRONT" GAVE THIS
MILITARY FAMILY A HAND-UP.
Reporter: FOR 19
YEARS AARON HAS SERVED AS
A UNITED NATIONS MARINE.
I AM PROUD TO SERVE MY
COUNTRY BECAUSE I FEEL
THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST
COUNTRY ON EARTH.
I FEEL THAT GOD BLESSES
OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE
PEOPLE THAT SERVE.
Reporter: AARON AND
HIS WIFE, CHRISTINA, LIKE
MOST MILITARY FAMILIES,
FIND DEPLOYMENTS VERY
CHALLENGING.
MY FAITH IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY TO GET THROUGH
DEPLOYMENTS.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT
SITUATION AND THAT PLACE,
EVERYBODY STARTS THINKING
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT
IF SOMETHING REALLY BAD
WERE TO HAPPEN?
OUR FAITH ABSOLUTELY HELPS
US TAKE COMFORT THAT
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE
OKAY.
Reporter: ANOTHER
CHALLENGE THE FAMILY IS
FACING IS FINANCIAL.
THEY INCURRED SEVERAL
LARGE EXPENSES, INCLUDING
FUNERAL COSTS WHEN
CHRISTINA'S MOTHER DIED.
IT MADE THEIR DREAM OF
FOSTERING CHILDREN MUCH
MORE DIFFICULT.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR
THE COMFORT T CHILD TO BE
COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY.
WE HAD REPAIRS ON OUR
VEHICLE, AND OUR SECOND
VEHICLE DIED.
Reporter: STILL, THEY
BELIEVE GOD WILL MAKE A
WAY FOR THEM TO PROCEED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO
IT.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE
WONDERFUL.
IT IS GOING TO BE GLORIOUS
CHAOS.
Reporter: THEIR
CHURCH IN OCEANSIDE,
CALIFORNIA, CONTACTED
"HELPING THE HOMEFRONT"
AND ASKED IF WE COULD HELP
WITH THE FAMILY'S EXPENSE.
WE GLADLY AGREED.
THE PASTOR WAS HAPPY TO
DELIVER THE GOOD NEWS.
I'VE PASTORED MARINES,
LIKE YOU GUYS, FOR 24
YEARS.
AND I HAVE NEVER HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF GIVING THE
NEWS I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU.
SO I'M DELIGHTED TO TELL
YOU THAT YOUR MOTHER'S
FUNERAL EXPENSES ARE GOING
TO BE PAID BY CBN.
THE THIRD SEAT YOU NEED IN
YOUR S.U.V. SO YOU CAN
ADOPT, WE HAVE ARRANGED
FOR A MECHANIC TO INSTALL
THAT FOR YOU.
AND THE VEHICLE THAT YOU
NEED FIXED, THEY'RE GOING
TO TAKE CARE OF THE
REPAIRS ON THAT.
AND THEN THERE IS THE
SHOPPING SPREE TO TAKE
CARE OF CLOTHES AND
FURNITURE AND ALL THOSE
SORTS OF THINGS AS WELL.
I THINK FOR ME IT IS
MIND-BLOWING BECAUSE WE
AREN'T USED TO BEING
BLESSED IN THIS WAY.
Reporter: THAT DAY
CBN TOOK AARON AND
CHRISTINA TO HAVE THEIR
VAN REPAIRED.
THEN IT WAS TIME FOR A
SHOPPING SPREE FOR BABY
FURNITURE AND OTHER
THINGS.
AND NOW THEY CAN FOCUS ON
WELCOMING CHILDREN INTO
THEIR HOME, WITH FULL
HEARTS AND EVERY NEED MET.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN
ANSWER TO PRAYER.
AND THIS ISN'T THE PICTURE
THAT I HAD IN MY MIND.
SO IT IS VERY INTERESTING
TO SEE HOW GOD WORKS.
WAY BETTER THAN THAN MY
PLAN OR WHAT I WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT OF.
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS
IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE
THAN TO RECEIVE.
AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP
THOSE SERVICE PEOPLE --
THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING
ELSE.
THEY WANT TO LOOK AT
FOSTER CHILDREN.
AND THE FOSTER CHILDREN
DESPERATELY NEED LOVING
CHRISTIAN PARENTS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO
PROVIDE THAT AND WE'RE
GOING TO HELP THEM.
NOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN US, IN AT
LEAST "700 CLUB" LEVEL,
WHICH IS $20 A MONTH, OUR
GIFT TO YOU THIS TIME OF
YEAR IS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE,
AND IT WAS A GREAT
PRIVILEGE, OF GOING INTO
OUR AUDIO ROOM AND SITTING
IN FRONT OF A MICROPHONE
AND READING THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN.
AND IT IS AVAILABLE NOW ON
C.D., AND ALSO FOR CERTAIN
GIFTS WE'VE GOT A D.V.D.
AND IT IS SO MOVING.
THE WORDS IN THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN.
Terry: NOT ONLY DO
YOU AND I THINK THAT, BUT
SO DOES DOROTHY FROM
MARYLAND.
SHE SAYS THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN HAS CEMENTED MY FAITH
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
IT CONVINCES ME EVEN MORE
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD.
IT REALLY IS POWERFUL.
IT IS MOVING.
IT IS INSPIRING, AND IT
HELPS YOU MEMORIZE
SCRIPTURE AND REINFORCE
WHAT YOU KNOW.
Pat: GET THIS, I WAS
THE ONE WHO READ THE
THING, BUT I DIDN'T WRITE
IT.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: I HAVE NO PRIDE
OF AUTHORSHIP, BUT THEY
GAVE ME THE PRIVILEGE OF
SITTING IN FRONT OF A
MICROPHONE AND READING IT.
I THINK IT IS THERE WITH
THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
YOU REALLY NEED IT.
Terry: SO JOIN "THE
700 CLUB" AND WE'LL SEND
IT OUT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
> THIS FIRST QUESTION
COMES FROM A VIEWER WHO
SAYS, "I'M MORE THAN A
LITTLE PERPLEXED AS TO WHY
CHRISTIANS WOULD BE
CELEBRATING A JEWISH
HOLIDAY.
THE BIBLE DOES TELL US
THOSE WHO BLESS ISRAEL
WILL BE BLESSED, BUT
CELEBRATING A JEWISH
HOLIDAY SEEMS TO GIVE
VALIDITY TO THOSE WHO
REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT
JESUS IS GOD'S SON.
CAN YOU HELP ME
UNDERSTAND?"
Pat: WELL, WE BELIEVE
IN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.
I BELIEVE IN THE
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
THOU SHALT NOT KILL.
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
WE HAVE LAWS ABOUT THAT.
THOU SHALT NOT KIDNAP
PEOPLE.
THOSE THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL
LAWS.
WELL, THEY KIM T CAME TO US
THROUGH THE JEWS.
GOD GAVE THE REVELATION OF
WHAT HE WANTED THROUGH THE
JEWS.
THE ORACLES OF GOD.
THE FACT THAT THERE IS
MEANING IN THE FESTIVALS
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE --
THERE IS MEANING FOR US AS
CHRISTIANS AND FOR ALL
PEOPLE.
AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING AT
OUR ROSH HASHANAH
CELEBRATION, I EXPLAINED
IN DETAIL WHAT THAT IS.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED
THAT ON THIS PROGRAM.
I'LL ASK OUR PRODUCER IN
MAYBE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
WE MIGHT SHOW THAT BECAUSE
I WENT OVER THE THREE
MAJOR FEASTS AND I THINK
IT WILL HELP YOU.
Terry: CHRIS SAYS,
"HOW DID YOU GET THE
NICKNAME PAT?"
Pat: WHEN I WAS A
LITTLE BABY, I COULDN'T
HELP MYSELF.
I HAD AN OLDER BROTHER,
AND WHEN I WAS A LITTLE
BABY, HE KEPT DOING THIS
TO ME.
Terry: REALLY?
Pat: AND HE KEPT
SAYING, PAT, PAT, PAT,
PAT --
Terry: AND IT STUCK.
Pat: IT SHOULD HAVE
BE MARY ANN GORDON.
Terry: THIS IS
WINSTON WHO SAYS, "MY SON
HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO
BECOMING AN ATHEIST.
HE HAS WATCHED SOME SHOWS
THAT CONVINCED HIM THAT
THE DEVIL AND DEMONS DON'T
EXIST.
I HAVE FAILED TO CONVINCE
HIM OTHERWISE.
WHAT DO I SAY TO HIM TO
BRING HIM BACK TO THE LORD
LORD?"
Pat: IT IS APPOINTED
UNTO MAN ONCE TO DIE AND
AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT.
JUST TELL HIM, IT IS
APPOINTED UNTO A MAN ONES
TO DIE AND AFTER THAT THE
JUDGMENT.
ONE OF THESE DAYS IT IS
GOING TO COME THROUGH TO
HIM.
KEEP SAYING IT.
LET HIM KNOW, THE TIME IS
COMING.
YOU CAN SAY ALL OF THIS
ATHEIST NONSENSE THAT YOU
WANT TO.
BUT ONE DAY YOU'RE GOING
TO STAND BEFORE THE HOLY
GOD, AND YOU'RE GOING TO
DIE, AND WHEN YOU DO,
THERE IS GOING TO BE
JUDGMENT.
Terry: THIS IS A
VIEWER WHO SAYS, "HOW DO
YOU KNOW IF YOUR FAMILY IS
UNDER A SATANIC ATTACK.
EVERYTHING THAT CAN GO
WRONG HAS IN OUR FAMILY.
IT HAS BEEN ONE CONSTANT
HIT AFTER ANOTHER.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE UNDER
SOME KIND OF CURSE.
I REALIZE THINGS GO WRONG
IN LIFE, BUT I DON'T
BELIEVE IN THIS MUCH BAD
LUCK.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO TURN
THINGS AROUND FOR OUR
FAMILY.
I'M JUST AT MY WIT'S END."
Pat: I DON'T KNOW
YOUR FAMILY OR YOU -- I'M
JUST TELLING YOU -- IF
THAT'S YOUR ANALYSIS, WHAT
YOU DO IS PRAY THIS
PRAYER: SATAN, I BIND YOU
AND THE FORCES OF EVIL IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
I BIND YOUR POWER AND
COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE ME.
I BIND YOU AND THE FORCES
OF EVIL.
AND TOGETHER, YOU AND YOUR
HUSBAND, YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY JOIN HANDS AND
DECLARE IT OUT LOUD.
DECLARE YOUR VICTORY OVER
THE DEVIL.
> WE LEAVE YOU WITH
TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM
LAMENTATIONS: "THE O LORD
IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO WAIT
TO HIM, TO THE SOUL WHO
SEEKS HIM."
> WELL, TOMORROW, THE
BATTLE FOR MOSUL.
WATCH AS IRAQI FORCES
PREPARE TO TAKE DOWN THIS
ISIS-HELD CITY, THE SECOND
LARGEST CITY IN IRAQ.
IT IS GOING TO BE A
MONUMENTAL BATTLE.
WE'LL HAVE SOME INSIGHT ON
THAT DURING OUR NEXT "700
CLUB."
FOR TERRY AND WENDY AND
ALL OF US, THIS IS PAT
ROBERTSON.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.