Efrem: TODAY...THE

TWO SIDES OF THE NFL.

FOOTBALL HAS KIND OF

BEEN LIKE MY SANCTUARY.

Efrem: ONE STAR

BEGINS TO SHINE.

FOR ME THAT WAS JUST

LIKE THE SWITCH.

Efrem: AND ANOTHER

FADES AWAY.

IT SEEMED TO BE MORE

IRRITABLE.

Efrem: STEELER'S

LINEBACKER'S LONG ROAD.

AND ONE VET'S JOURNEY AWAY

FROM IT.

HE COULDN'T PERFORM

SOME OF THE BASIC TASKS.

Pat: WELCOME TO "THE

700 CLUB."

IT SEEMS THE GOLDMAN SACHS

HAS A WAY OF COMING OUT ON

TOP.

THERE WAS HANK PAULSON,

AND NOW THERE IS

MR. MINUTIAN, AND HE IS

GOING TO BE THE SECRETARY.

INTERESTING ENOUGH, HE DID

FINANCING IN HOLLYWOOD,

AND ONE OF THE MOVIES HE

FINANCED WAS THAT

BLOCKBUSTER CALLED

"AVATAR."

SO HE KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND

BOTH COASTS.

AND HE IS WORTH A LOT OF

MONEY.

ANY HOYANYHOW, THE SELECTION

PICKS CONTINUE.

FROM DONALD TRUMP, ANOTHER

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.

HE SAID HE IS LEAVING HIS

BUSINESS EMPIRE TO FOCUS

ON BEING PRESIDENT.

HE BELIEVES THAT IS FAR

MORE IMPORTANT THAN TO

STAY INVOLVED WITH HIS

BUSINESSES.

HOW HE IS GOING TO

ACCOMPLISH THAT, I DON'T

KNOW.

HE HAS HAD TO HAVE SOME

MONEY TO LIVE ON.

HE IS USED TO LIVING HIGH

AND WIDE.

Wendy: THAT MOVE CAME

AS TRUMP IS NAMING MORE

MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET,

INCLUDING THE VERY

IMPORTANT POSITION OF

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

HEATHER SELLS HAS MORE ON

THE TRUMP TRANSITION.

Heather: A STEADY

STREAM OF VISITORS AT

TRUMP TOWERS THIS WEEK

PROVIDES A GLIMPSE OF THE

HIGH-POWERED AUDITIONS FOR

CABINET POSTS.

AMONG THE LATEST

SELECTIONS, STEVEN

MINUTAN FOR TREASURY

SECRETARY.

ALSO WILBUR ROSS, A WALL

STREET FINANCIER FOR

COMMERCE SECRETARY.

AND ELAINE CHOW FOR

SECRETARY OF

TRANSPORTATION.

SHE SERVED AS LABOR

SECRETARY UNDER THE SECOND

PRESIDENT BUSH, AND SHE IS

THE WIFE OF MITCHELL

McCONNELL.

AND TRUMP APPARENTLY

OFFERED A POST TO ROBERT

JOHNSON, THE FOUNDER OF

BLACK E ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION.

HE DECLINED, SAYING THAT

ENTREPRENEUR, HE DIDN'T

WANT TO GO INTO GOVERNMENT

BUREAUCRACY, BUT ALSO SAID

HE NEVER THOUGHT TRUMP WAS

A RACIST OR

ANTI-AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

NOW THE BIGGEST QUESTION

IS WHO WILL GET THE NOD AS

SECRETARY OF STATE.

THE SECRETARY OF

STATE'S ROLE IS SO

IMPORTANT TO A PRESIDENT.

HE NEEDS TO CHOOSE SOMEONE

THAT HE IS VERY

COMFORTABLE WITH.

Heather: IN ADDITION

TO TALKING WITH SENATOR

BOB CORKER, TRUMP ENJOYED

AN ELEGANT DINNER WITH

MITT ROMNEY TUESDAY NIGHT.

ROMNEY, DESPITE CALLING

TRUMP A PHONY AND FRAUD

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, NOW

PRAISING TRUMP FOR HIS

VICTORY IN THE ELECTION,

AND HIS, QUOTE,"MESSAGE OF

INCLUSION."

I HAVE TO TELL YOU,

I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED BY

WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THESE

TRANSITION EFFORTS.

Heather: AND ALSO UP

FOR POSITION, DAVID

PETRAEUS.

TRUMP CREATED A BIT OF A

FIRESTORM ON TWITTER

TUESDAY, TWEETING THAT NO

ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO

BURN THE AMERICAN FLAG.

IF THEY DO, THERE SHOULD

BE CONSEQUENCES, PERHAPS

LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP OR A

YEAR IN JAIL.

THE SUPREME COURT HAS

RULED THAT FLAG-BURNING IS

CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED

SPEECH.

EVEN SO, MANY AMERICANS

AGREE WITH DONALD TRUMP.

ONE BIG WIN FOR DONALD

TRUMP, WORD OF A DEAL ON A

CAMPAIGN PROGRAMS TO KEEP

JOBS IN AMERICA.

THIS TIME THE INDIANA AIR

CONDITIONING COMPANY,

CARRIER.

BELIEVE ME, IF I WERE

IN OFFICE RIGHT NOW,

CARRIER WOULD NOT BE

LEAVING INDIANA, THAT I

CAN TELL YOU.

Heather: CARRIER SAID

IT WOULD LAYOFF 1400

WORKERS AND MOVE TO

MEXICO.

NOW IT SAYS HE WILL KEEP

NEARLY 1,000 JOBS IN THE

HOOSIER STATE.

IT IS A SIGN THAT TRUMP

DOES INTEND TO DELIVER

QUICKLY ON HIS KEY

CAMPAIGN PROMISES.

OTHERS THAT TOP HIS LIST:

REPEALING OBAMACARE,

FIXING THE IMMIGRATION

SYSTEM, AND STRENGTHENING

THE ECONOMY BY CUTTING

TAXES AND GOVERNMENT

REGULATIONS AND BRINGING

BACK JOBS.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

Pat: SO FAR I'VE BEEN

VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE

CHOICES THAT HE HAS MADE

FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS.

HE IS PICKING SOME SUPER

GUYS AND WOMEN, AND HE IS

GETTING A BALANCE.

HE'S GOT

AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HE'S

GOT ASIANS, AND ALL KINDS

OF PEOPLE, MEN, WOMEN, AND

SO FORTH, FROM VARIOUS

BACKGROUND.

AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF

TALENT.

HE IS GOING TO HIT THE

GROUND RUNNING.

I THINK HIS BIGGEST

OBSTACLE IS GOING TO BE

THESE PEOPLE WHO SAY,

WELL, LOOK, IF YOU YOU'RE

REALLY GOING TO GOVERN FOR

ALL OF THE PEOPLE, YOU'VE

GOT TO SUCCEED TO THE

DEMOCRATS' DEMANDS.

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THEM

HAPPY AND BRING THEM UNDER

THE TENT.

THE ANSWER IS NO, WE'RE

NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU

ANYTHING.

WE WON THE ELECTION, AND

WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN THE

POLICIES THAT THE PEOPLE

WANT.

AND THEN AFTER THEY'RE IN,

THEN WE'LL GET TOGETHER

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT

IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

BUT, ANYHOW, HE IS DOING A

TERRIFIC JOB.

AND THE THING ABOUT

SECRETARY OF STATE -- I

THINK PETRAEUS IS THE BEST

MAN FOR THE JOB.

ALTHOUGH RUDY GIULANI IS A

GOOD FRIEND AND HE HAS HAD

ENORMOUS EXPERIENCE

OVERSEAS.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT

DEALS HE HAS MADE THAT MAY

HOLD HIM UP ON THE

CONFIRMATION -- I THINK

THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

DONALD TRUMP HAS ALSO

SPOKEN OUT ABOUT ANOTHER

STORY, THE DEADLY ATTACK

AT OHIO STATE.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT.

John: ISIS IS CALLING

THE O.S.U. ATTACKER A,

QUOTE,"SOLDIER OF THE

ISLAMIC STATE."

TRUMP TWEETED, "ISIS HAS

TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR

THE ATTACK BY A REFUGEE

WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN

IN OUR COUNTRY."

THE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY

HAVEN'T FOUND EVIDENCE

THAT ISIS WAS INVOLVED,

BUT ONE OF THE Facebook

POSTS SAID THE U.S. SHOULD

MAKE PEACE WITH ISIS IF IT

WANTED MUSLIMS TO STOP

CARRYING OUT LONE WOLF

ATTACKS.

AND HE PRAISED ANWAR

AL-ALAQUI.

PAT?

Pat: HOW DO YOU MAKE

PEACE WITH SOMETHING LIKE

THAT?

THIS YOUNG MAN WAS BROUGHT

TO THIS COUNTRY.

HE WAS GIVEN ALL OF THE

BENEFITS OF OUR GREAT

LAND.

I THINK HE WAS SUBSIDIZED

BY THE GOVERNMENT, THEY

PAID HIS WAY AT OHIO

STATE, AND HE COMES OUT

AND SAYS, YOU HAVE GOT TO

START TREATING MUSLIMS

FAIRLY.

HOW FAIRLY CAN YOU BE

TREATED?

BUT al-ALAQUI WAS ONE OF

THE MOST VICIOUS

TERRORISTS.

HE WAS AMERICAN-BORN, BUT

HE WENT ON THE DARK SIDE.

AND HE WAS KILLED BY A

DRONE STRIKE, I THINK, IN

YEMEN.

BUT HE WAS TERRIBLE.

AND HE ADVOCATED ALL KINDS

OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE

CITIZENS OF AMERICA, AND

AGAINST THIS NATION.

THESE PEOPLE WANT TO KILL

US.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE OM

WAONLY WAY TO GET RID OF

THEM -- YOU SAY WE HAVE A

SUPERIOR IDEOLOGY -- WE

HAVE A SUPERIOR IDEOLOGY,

BUT THEY'RE NOT BUYING IT.

SO THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE

IS TO END THEIR LIVES AND

SEND THEM ON TO THE 72

VIRGINS THEY TALK ABOUT.

JOHN?

John: ARMED FORCES IN

IRAQ ARE STILL FIGHTING

AGAINST ISIS.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS,

THE OFFENSIVE TO LIBERATE

THE CITY HAS RESULTED IN

ANOTHER MOVEMENT: AN

EXODUS OF REFUGEES.

Chris: ALREADY

THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES HAVE

TRIED TO ESCAPE THE ISIS

RAMPAGE ACROSS IRAQ.

IT IS A TRICKLE THAT COULD

BECOME A FLOOD.

BEHIND ME IS ONE OF THE

MANY REFUGEE CAMPS

THROUGHOUT NORTHERN IRAQ.

20,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS

ONE ALONE, WITH ANOTHER

30,000 IN THE VICINITY.

BUT EXPERTS WARN WHEN THE

CITY OF MOSUL FALLS, IT

COULD REPRESENT THE

GREATEST REFUGEE CRISIS IN

DECADES.

THERE IS A LOT OF

POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO BE

CATASTROPHIC ON THE HUMAN

SCALE.

Chris: MATTHEW NOW

LEADS SAMARITAN'S PURSE IN

IRAQ.

AND HE SAYS THE DISPLACED

PERSONS COMING OUT OF

MOSUL TODAY ARE DIFFERENT

FROM THE REFUGEES WHO FLED

ISIS IN THE SUMMER OF

2014.

THE I.D.P.s THAT ARE

GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF

MOSUL HAVE LIVED TWO PLUS

YEARS UNDER THE CONTROL OF

ISIS.

SO THEY'VE SEEN WHAT I

BELIEVE IS THE WORST

TERRORISM THE WORLD HAS

EVER SEEN.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN

INFLUENCED BY ISIS.

Chris: HE SAYS THAT

MAKES THIS HUMANITARIAN

EFFORT FAR MORE DANGEROUS.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A

MILLION PLUS PEOPLE BEING

DISPLACED ALL OVER THE

DESERT HERE IN IRAQ, IT

DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR YOU

TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE

WILL BE ISIS CELLS IN

THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE,

WHICH BRINGS IN A WHOLE

NEW SET OF CHALLENGES.

Chris: DESPITE THE

DANGER, HE SEES THE CRISIS

AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

CHURCH, ESPECIALLY WITH

THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

THESE YOUTH HAVE BEEN

WATCHING ISIS FOR THE LAST

TWO YEARS.

AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE

BEING TAUGHT BY ISIS.

AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE

DISPLACED INTO THE REGION.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE

WATCHING TO SEE WHO

RECEIVES THEM AND WHO

SERVES THEM.

AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN IT

UPON OURSELVES AS AN

ORGANIZATION, AND WE

BELIEVE THAT JESUS

COMMANDS US TO GIVE A

GLASS OF COLD WATER TO OUR

ENEMY AND TO SERVE.

AND SO WE WANT TO BE

THERE.

WE WANT TO BE THE HANDS

AND FEET OF JESUS CHRIST

WHEN THESE CHILDREN, AND

WHEN THESE ADULTS, WHETHER

IT IS CELLS OF ISIS ARE

NOT.

Chris: HE SAYS WHAT

IS NEEDED MOST NOW IS

PRAYER.

THE SITUATION IS

INCREDIBLY COMPLEX.

I WOULD ASK THE CHURCH

BACK IN AMERICA, IN THE

WEST, FIRST AND NOR FOREMOST

TO PRAY.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE

ANSWERS.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO

REMAIN COMPLETELY SECURE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS

CALLING.

BUT I WOULD ASK FOR

PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE

THEMSELVES THAT ARE GOING

TO BE DISPLACED, THAT GOD

WOULD SOFTEN THEIR HEARTS

NOW, THAT THEY WOULD BE

RECEPTIVE TO THE MESSAGE

THAT SO MANY OF JESUS'

FOLLOWERS ARE GOING TO BE

OUT IN THE DESERT HERE IN

IRAQ TRYING TO PROVIDE.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

NORTHERN IRAQ.

John: THANKS, CHRIS.

BACK HERE AT HOME,

RAGING WILDFIRES AND

HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS

COVERING ABOUT 15,000

ACRES SENT PEOPLE FLEEING

FOR THEIR LIVES IN

GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE.

THE FIRES HAVE KILLED AT

LEAST THREE PEOPLE,

SENDING OVER A DOZEN

OTHERS TO THE HOSPITAL

WITH BURNS OR SMOKE

INHALATION.

AND DOLLYWOOD, ONE OF THE

YEAR'S LARGEST TOURIST

ATTRACTIONS, WAS FORCED TO

CLOSE TEMPORARILY.

THERE WERE TIMES LAST

NIGHT THAT WE HAD WIND

GUSTS IN EXCESS OF

87 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT'S HURRICANE-FORCE.

THAT IS NOWHERE TO BE WHEN

TRYING TO FIGHT A FIRE.

John: THE FIRE HAS

DESTROYED AT LEAST 150

BUILDINGS, INCLUDING

CHURCHES.

RAINS HAVE HELPED, BUT

FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BRACED

THEMSELVES FOR QUITE A

LONG FIGHT AHEAD.

BY NOW YOU SHOULD KNOW

CIGARETTES ARE BAD FOR

YOUR HEALTH, BUT AS LORIE

JOHNSON REPORTS, SHOCKING

STATISTICS REVEAL JUST HOW

DEADLY TOBACCO USE REALLY

IS.

Lorie: MOST OF US

UNDERSTAND CIGARETTE

SMOKING CAN LEAD TO LUNG

CANCER.

IT TURNS OUT, THAT IS JUST

THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

SMOKING OR CHEWING TOBACCO

ALSO LEADS TO AN

ASTOUNDING 11 OTHER TYPES

OF CANCER, OF THE MOUTH

AND THROAT, VOICE BOX,

ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH,

KIDNEY, PAN PANCREAS, LIVER,

BLADDER, SI CERVIX AND A TYPE

OF LEUKEMIA.

IT IS POSSIBLE FOR 40%,

NEARLY HALF OF ALL CANCER

DIAGNOSIS, AND A THIRD OF

ALL CANCER DEATHS, MAKING

IT THE NUMBER ONE

PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF

CANCER AND CANCER DEATHS.

DESPITE THESE OMINOUS

STATISTICS, THE GOOD NEWS

IS TOBACCO USE IN AMERICA

IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.

CURRENTLY 36 MILLION

AMERICANS SMOKE.

THAT'S ABOUT 15%, THE

FEWEST SINCE THE C.D.C.

BEGAN COLLECTING DATA IN

1965.

SMOKING RATES REMAIN

HIGHEST AMONG MEN, PEOPLE

LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY

LEVEL, AND PEOPLE WITHOUT

A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

John: THANKS, LORIE.

PAT, BACK TO YOU.

Pat: LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, I'VE SPOKEN ON

THIS MANY TIMES, AND I'LL

SAY IT AGAIN: THE UNITED

STATES GOVERNMENT, AT

LEAST FROM WHAT I

UNDERSTAND EVEN TODAY, IS

SUBSIDIZING THE GROWING OF

TOBACCO.

WE HAVE QUOTAS.

WE HAVE SET ASIDES.

WE HAVE FEDERAL CROP LOANS

TO PEOPLE WHO GROW

TOBACCO.

ALL THE WAY DOWN THE

LINE -- CLEARLY 40% OF ALL

CANCERS IN AMERICA IS

CAUSED BY TOBACCO.

NOT JUST LUNG CANCER, BUT

ALL OF THOSE OTHER CANCERS

THAT LORIE TALKED ABOUT.

IT IS TIME TO BAN IT.

I FIGURED ONCE THEY GOT

BELOW 50% OF THE

POPULATION SMOKING, THEN

WE COULD HIT IT HARD.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT

HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

LITTLE BY LITTLE BY LITTLE

THE PERCENTAGE OF

AMERICANS WHO SMOKE HAS

GONE DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.

TO THE POINT WHERE THEY

ARE NO LONGER A MAJOR

BLOCK IN TERMS OF VOTING.

NOW, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

IT IS SO SIMPLE, BUT IT

WOULD TAKE SOME CREATIVE

THINKING, LIKE DONALD

TRUMP DOES.

WE'VE GOT TO SAY, LOOK,

YOU GUYS ARE IN BUSINESS.

YOU FARMERS ARE GOOD

PEOPLE.

YOU'RE OUT THERE GROWING

TOBACCO AND THAT'S YOUR

LIVELIHOOD.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND SO FOR THE NEXT SEVEN

OR EIGHT YEARS, WE WILL

NOT TAKE ANY TAXES FROM

YOU AT ALL, AND YOU CAN

GROW ANY CROP YOU WANT TO,

AS LONG AS IT IS LEGAL,

EXCEPT TOBACCO.

AND WE'LL TAKE AWAY THE

SUBSIDIES, BUT AT THE SAME

TIME, WE'LL CHARGE YOU NO

TAXES.

THE SAME THING WITH THE

CIGARETTE COMPANIES.

YOU SAY FOR SEVEN YEARS

YOU HAVE A TAX HOLIDAY.

YOU CAN BUILD UP ALL OF

THE MONEY YOU WANT TO

DURING THAT PERIOD OF

TIME.

BUILD UP YOUR RESERVES AND

REDEPLOY IT INTO SOMETHING

THAT IS MORE WHOLESOME.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS

THAT PEOPLE CAN DO.

THEY CAN PRODUCE

FERTILIZER.

THEY CAN GROW CORN, WHEAT,

SOYBEANS -- ALL KINDS OF

THINGS.

BUT THEN AT THE END OF

THAT TIME, YOU SAY FROM

THAT MOMENT ON THE

PRODUCTION AND THE SALE OF

TOBACCO IN AMERICA IS

GOING TO BE ILLEGAL.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT,

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW

YOU TO EXPORT THIS TO

COUNTRIES LIKE INDONESIA

AND HOOK THOSE KIDS OVER

THERE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE

DOING RIGHT NOW.

LITTLE CHILDREN OVERSEAS,

IN INDONESIA AND THESE

POPULAR COUNTRIES, ARE

BEING HOOKED ON TOBACCO.

BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT

GENERATION OF SMOKERS.

THERE IS NO QUESTION IT IS

AN EVIL THING, AND IT MUST

BE STOPPED.

BUT INSTEAD OF JUST COLD

TURKEY, WE SAY, I WILL

GIVE YOU A TAX INCENTIVE

AND OVER THE PERIOD OF

TIME YOU CAN BUILD UP

ENOUGH MONEY TO BEGIN TO

DO SOMETHING ELSE.

THESE FARMERS IN NORTH

CAROLINA AND KENTUCKY AND

SO TOMORROW MORNIN FORTH THAT ARE GROWING

TOBACCO WILL HAVE AN

ALTERNATIVE AND ENOUGH

FUNDS TO GET INTO

SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE.

40 PA40%LY AWE% OF ALL CANCERS ARE

CAUSED BY TOBACCO, NO

MORE.

Wendy: I WAS IN NEW

YORK, AND WHEN YOU'RE

WALKING OUTSIDE, YOU ARE

CONSTANTLY DODGING SMOKE.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IS

SMOKING.

I EVEN TOOK THE SUBWAY --

ARE YOU PROUD OF ME?

Pat: I AM.

I USED TO RIDE THE SUBWAY

BACK AND FORTH AND BACK

AND FORTH.

Wendy: IT IS STILL

THE GREATEST CITY.

Pat: IT IS A LOT OF

FUN.

IT IS A VERY EXCITING

CITY.

IT REALLY IS.

AND WITH TRUMP IN -- DID

YOU VISIT --

Wendy: WE DIDN'T DO A

DRIVEBY OF TRUMP SHOWERS TOWERS

BECAUSE WE FIGURED IT

WOULD BE REALLY BUSY.

Pat: IT WILL BE

REALLY BUSY.

IT IS GORGEOUS AT

CHRISTMASTIME.

Wendy: WE WALKED BY

MACY'S, AND THERE WAS THIS

HUGE SIGN LIT UP, WHERE IT

JUST SAYS "BELIEVE."

IT WAS GREAT TO BE UP

THERE.

> UP NEXT, USING CARS

FOR FAITH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE

ABLE TO PUT VEHICLES AND

PROPERTY OUT FOR POTENTIAL

THIEVES.

IF THEY HIT MINE, THEY'RE

NOT GOING TO HIT SOMEBODY

ELSE'S.

Wendy: OUR CHUCK

HOLTON RIDES ALONG TO MAKE

A DROP, WHEN WE COME BACK.

Pat: HAVE YOU EVER

HAD YOUR CAR BROKEN INTO?

AND SOMETHING IN THE CAR

THAT WAS VALUABLE WAS

STOLEN?

OR PERHAPS -- IT USED TO

BE THE C.D. PLAYER OR THE

RADIO THAT THEY WOULD

BREAK OUT AND STEAL.

THAT SCENARIO IS EVEN MORE

COMMON THIS TIME OF YEAR

BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS

SHOPPING.

BUT IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS,

THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS

UNIT IS USING CARS AS BAIT

TO CATCH THIEVES.

IT IS KIND OF A FUN STORY.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE

AT CHRISTMAS, SO OUR CHUCK

HOLTON RECENTLY WENT

UNDERCOVER WITH THE FORT

WORTH POLICE TO BRING US

THIS STORY OF THE COP

CARS.

Reporter: IT IS

NEARLY MIDNIGHT ON A DARK

STRETCH OF FREEWAY ON THE

OUTSKIRTS OF FORTH WORTH,

TEXAS.

THIS PICKUP HAS BEEN

SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE

ROAD FOR HOURS, APPARENTLY

BROKEN DOWN.

IT IS ABOUT TO GET WORSE.

A CAR STOPS BEHIND THE

VEHICLE, AND THE DRIVER

DECIDES TO HELP HIMSELF TO

A VALUABLE YARD TRIMMER IN

THE BACK OF THE PICKUP.

SEVERAL YARDS AWAY, AN

UNDERCOVER POLICE

DETECTIVE GETS THE

MESSAGE, AND HE IS ON THE

MOVE.

A TRACKER IS SIGNALLING

THE LOCATION OF THE THIEF.

WITH PERMISSION FROM THE

HOMEOWNER, THEY SEARCH THE

PREMISES AND FIND THE

TRIMMER AND TAKE THE THIEF

INTO CUSTODY.

A BACKGROUND CHECK REVEALS

A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY.

IT IS A NUNE NUISANCE MOST

PEOPLE WILL CONFRONT AT

SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES,

BURGLARY OF A MOTOR

VEHICLE.

AND RATES OF INSURANCE

INCREASE TO COVER THE

RISING COST OF THESE

CRIMES.

BUT THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY

IS PARTNERING WITH POLICE

DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY TO DETER OUGHT AUTO

BURGLARY AND THEFT.

HERE IN FORT WORTH, IT IS

KNOWN AS THE COBRA

PROGRAM.

JERRY IS A LIASON BETWEEN

THE POLICE AND THE

INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

THEY'RE TRYING TO

REDUCE INSURANCE FRAUD AND

CLAIMS THEY DON'T HAVE TO

PAY IF WE CAN GET THESE

GUYS OFF THE STREET.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT

REFLECTS IN LOWER PREMIUMS

FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT'S SIDE IS

WE WANT TO REDUCE CRIME.

BY TAKING THESE PEOPLE OFF

THE STREET, WE'RE

PREVENTING THEM FROM

COMMITTING OTHER CRIMES ON

A DAILY BASIS.

Reporter: WE LOOK AT

A HEAT MAP OF HIGH CRIME

AREAS AROUND THE CITY.

FROM THAT, THESE OFFICERS

DECIDE WHERE TO DEPLOY

NEARLY A DOZEN BAIT CARS.

WITH SO MANY VEHICLES TO

PUT OUT ON TODAY'S

OPERATION, I GET TO HELP

BY DRIVING THIS CAR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE

TRYING TO MAKE IT AS

REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE.

THEY'VE GOT GARBAGE ON THE

FLOOR.

THERE IS A LAPTOP IN THIS

CASE RIGHT HERE.

AND I'M SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW

THEM TO THE DROP SITE AND

THEN JUST PULL OVER AND

GET OUT OF THE CAR AND

LEAVE IT RUNNING, AND JUST

WALK AWAY.

BY DOING THIS, LAW

ENFORCEMENT IS ABLE TO PUT

VEHICLES AND PROPERTY OUT

FOR POTENTIAL THIEVES,

GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO

STEAL A CITY VEHICLE AND

CITY PROPERTY INSTEAD OF A

CITIZEN'S PROPERTY.

IF THEY HIT MINE AND

THEY GET PUT IN JAIL, THEN

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HIT

SOMEBODY ELSE'S.

Reporter: THIS

DETECTIVE HELPED START THE

COBRA UNIT IN FORT WORTH

MORE THAN A DECADE AGO AND

HAS HELPED TO DEVELOP MANY

OF THE TECHNOLOGIES USED

IN THE PROGRAM.

BAIT CARS IS JUST A

DIFFERENT TOOL TO CATCH

PEOPLE THAT DON'T NORMALLY

GET CAUGHT.

WE USE MICRO

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

BOARTRACKERSTHAT ARE REALLY SMALL.

AND WE'RE ON A WEBSITE,

WATCHING THE G.P.S. MAP,

AND WE SEND OFFICERS OUT

TO FIND IT AND TRACK THE

LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

MOST OF OUR VEHICLES ARE

DONATED TO US BY INSURANCE

COMPANIES THROUGH THE

NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME

BUREAU.

Reporter: AFTER

PUTTING VEHICLES OUT

THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE

GARAGE IS EMPTY, AND NOW

WE WAIT.

EACH ONE OF THE BAIT CARS

IS EQUIPPED WITH MULTIPLE

CAMERAS, LIKE THIS ONE,

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE,

BUT THEY'RE RECORDING

EVERYTHING GOING ON IN AND

AROUND EACH VEHICLE.

SO ANYBODY THAT COMES TO

PICK THEM UP, WE'VE GOT

THEM.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE A

PROBLEM WITH THEM USING

THIS METHOD, SAYING IT

SEEMS A LITTLE LIKE

ENTRAPMENT, BUT THESE COPS

DISAGREE BECAUSE PEOPLE

WHO BURGLARIZE CARS ARE

OFTEN THE SAME CRIMINALS

RESPONSIBLE FOR A HOST OF

OTHER CRIMES.

THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE

ABILITY TO PASS THAT

VEHICLE UP, JUST LIE YOU LIKE YOU

ARE I WOULD, AND GO HOME.

YOU WOULD SEE WHY THE

INSURANCE INDUSTRY WOULD

HAVE A VESTED INTEREST AND

STOPPING CARGO THEFT,

HEAVY EQUIPMENT THEFT.

THEY'RE PAYING OUT LARGE

DOLLARS.

WHAT KIND OF SOCIETY DO

I WANT MY CHILDREN TO LIVE

IN?

Reporter: THE PROGRAM

HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE

COBRA UNIT HAS MADE MORE

THAN 1400 ARRESTS, AND DUE

IN PART TO TODAY'S

OPERATION, THEY'RE ON

TRACK FOR ANOTHER RECORD

YEAR.

HOPEFULLY THE CRIMINALS

KNOW WE HAVE BAIT CARS OUT

THERE, SO THEY MIGHT THINK

TWICE ABOUT GETTING IN A

VEHICLE THAT LOOKS TOO

GOOD TO BE TRUE.

THESE GUYS ARE OUT

THERE EVERY DAY WORKING

FOR YOU AND ME, USUALLY IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

THEY DON'T WEAR UNIFORMS.

THEY WORK UNDERCOVER TO

REDUCE AUTO THEFT AND

CRIME IN YOUR

NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE

PROUD WORKING WITH AN

ORGANIZATION LIKE THE FORT

WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Reporter: FROM FORT

WORTH, TEXAS, I'M CHUCK

HOLTON FOR CBN NEWS.

Pat: ISN'T THAT A FUN

STORY AT CHRISTMAS?

I REALLY THINK THAT IS

FUN.

Wendy: NOT FOR THE

GUYS WHO GET CAUGHT.

Pat: WELL, IT'S THEIR

OWN FAULT.

THEY'RE A BUNCH OF CROOKS.

THEY KNOW THE STUFF ISN'T

THEIRS, AND THEY'RE

STEALING IT.

Wendy: IT IS A GREAT

WAY TO CATCH THE CRIMINAL

THIEVES.

Pat: TEXAS LEADS THE

WAY.

ALL RIGHT, WENDY, WHAT

ELSE?

Wendy: COMING UP, HIS

FRIENDS LAUGHED WHEN HE

TOLD THEM HE WAS GOING TO

PLAY IN THE NFL.

BUT THEY'RE NOT LACIN LAUGHING

NOW.

MY FOUNDATION IS CALLED

A FAITH MOTIVATED

FOUNDATION BECAUSE FAITH

CAN TAKE YOU FARTHER THAN

ANYTHING ELSE CAN.

Wendy: STEVEN JOHNSON

TALKS ABOUT LIVING THE

DREAM, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

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IT ALSO CONTAINS TWO

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HERE.

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PAT?

Pat: OKAY.

FOOTBALL.

YOU KNOW, MY WIFE -- MY

WIFE IS FROM OHIO.

AND SHE, FOR SOME REASON,

IS A FAN OF THE CLEVELAND

BROWNS.

THE CLEVELAND BROWNS HAD

JOHNNIE MANZEL, AND I

THOUGHT MAYBE THEY GOT A

QUARTERBACK, AND THE NEXT

THING YOU KNOW, HE FOULS

UP AND GETS ARRESTED AND

HE GOES BACK TO COLLEGE, I

THINK.

HE WAS A HEISMAN TROPHY

WINNER.

BUT THE BROWNS HAVE, I

THINK, LOST 12 IN A ROW.

THEY HAVE NOT WON A GAME

ALL SEASON.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

Wendy: EXCEPT IF

YOU'RE A STEELER'S FAN, IT

IS GOOD NEWS.

Pat: IF YOU'RE FROM

PITTSBURGH, IT IS A

TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.

THE STEELERS HAVE A

QUARTERBACK NAMED ROTH

ROTHENBURG, AND HE IS

INCREDIBLE.

THEY'RE TIED IN THEIR

DIVISION AFTER COMING FROM

BEHIND FOR MOST OF THE

SEASON.

AND LINEBACKER WAS

REPEATEDLY TOLD HE WOULD

NEVER MAKE IT IN THE NFL,

BUT HERE IS SEAN BROWN

WITH AN INTERESTING LOOK

AT THIS FOOTBALL PLAYER

FROM THE PITTSBURGH

STEELERS.

Reporter: STEVEN

JOHNSON KNOWS FIRSTHAND

HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO

MAKE IT TO THE NFL.

HE SAYS HE IS BLESSED JUST

FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

PLAY AT THIS LEVEL.

FOR ME, PERSONALLY,

FOOTBALL HAS KIND OF BEEN

LIKE MY SANCTUARY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO

HOW I PRAISE GOD.

Reporter: AS AN

UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT IN

2012, BUT AS A RISING

FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL,

IT WAS A DREAM HE WAS TOLD

WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

BECAUSE I WAS SLOW, AND

PEOPLE WERE, LIKE, YOU

CAN'T BEAT ANYBODY.

I WOULD BE, LIKE, MAN, I'M

GOING TO THE NFL ONE DAY.

AND THEY WOULD BE

LAUGHING, AND SAYING, YOU

CAN'T EVEN GET ON VARSITY.

Reporter: STEVEN GREW

UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME

WHERE HIS FATHER PUSHED

HIM TO BE THE BEST HE

COULD BE IN FOOTBALL.

BUT WHEN HIS PARENTS

DIVORCED WHEN HE WAS 12,

IT SHOOK UP HIS WORLD AND

HIS FAITH.

WHEN MY PARENTS SPLIT

UP, IT WAS A BIG THING

THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE,

WHICH REALLY KIND OF

PULLED ME AWAY FROM CHRIST

A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS

GOING ON IN MY IMMEDIATE

HOUSEHOLD.

Reporter: STEVEN

MOVED IN WITH HIS MOTHER.

WITHOUT HIS FATHER AROUND

TO PUSH HIM, HE LOST

FOCUS.

SO HE WASN'T QUITE READY

WHEN HE TRIED OUT FOR HIS

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM

AND DIDN'T MAKE THE

VARSITY QUAD, A SQUAD, AS

EXPECTED.

SO MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN

HIGH SCHOOL -- MOST OF MY

CLOSEST FRIENDS WERE ON

VARSITY.

AND I ENDED UP BEING ON

THE FRESHMAN TEAM.

MY SOPHOMORE YEAR I PLAYED

J.V., AND ALL OF MY

FRIENDS WERE STILL IN

VARSITY.

Reporter: HOW DID

THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?

IT HURT.

Reporter: HE SAYS A

DEFINING MOMENT WAS WHEN A

GIRL HE KNEW EMBARRASSED

HIM IN FRONT OF HIS

FRIENDS.

SHE SAID, I WANT A GUY

LIKE THAT OR LIKE THAT AND

SHE SKIPPED OVER ME.

FOR ME, IT WAS JUST LIKE A

SWITCH.

Reporter: STEVEN WAS

UPSET AND WANTED TO MAKE A

CHANGE, BUT DIDN'T KNOW

HOW.

THE NEXT DAY ONE OF HIS

FRIENDS INVITED HIM TO A

BIBLE STUDY.

I WAS, LIKE, ALL RIGHT,

I'LL COME.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT GIRL,

I WAS, LIKE, LOOK, I DON'T

WANT TO BE UGLY.

I THINK I'M A PRETTY

GOOD-LOOKING DUDE.

I WANT WHAT GOD HAS FOR

ME, ATHLETICALLY,

SPIRITUALLY, HOW I LOOK,

HOW I APPEAR TO OTHER

PEOPLE.

I WAS, LIKE, I WANT TO

CHANGE.

I WAS, LIKE, I'M GOING TO

MAKE THIS DECISION TO

CHASE AFTER HIM AND SEE

WHAT HAPPENS.

Reporter: STEVEN

CONTINUED GOING TO BIBLE

STUDY, AND AS HE

STRENTHENED HIS

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, IT

BEGAN TO FUEL HIS FAITH

AND HIS DESIRE TO EXCEL IN

FOOTBALL.

SOON HIS HARD WORK PAID

OFF.

THINGS JUST STARTED TO

TURN OVER.

I GOT TALLER.

I GOT FASTER.

EVERYTHING STARTEDED TO

WORK IN MY FAVOR BECAUSE

OF THAT ONE DECISION, I

DECIDED TO GO TO CHURCH ON

THAT ONE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

Reporter: BY HIS

SENIOR YEAR, STEVEN BECAME

A STARTER, A CAPTAIN, AND

LED THE STATE IN TACKLES.

HOWEVER, IT WASN'T QUITE

ENOUGH TO GRAB THE

ATTENTION OF COLLEGE

SCOUTS.

SO HE WENT TO WYOMING

SEMINARY, A PROGRAM THAT

WOULD KEEP HIM ON THEIR

RADAR.

HE HAD SUCH A GOOD SEASON,

THAT BIGGER SCHOOLS

STARTED TO TAKE NOTICE,

UNTIL HE GOT INJURED.

THE FIFTH GAME, FIFTH

PLAY, I BLEW MY KNEE OUT.

Reporter: STEVEN HAD

SURGERY AND BEGAN

REHABILITATING HIS KNEE.

AND HE STARTED PRAYING FOR

DIRECTION.

THEN HE DECIDED TO REACH

OUT TO SCHOOLS THAT HAD

SHOWN INTEREST BEFORE HIS

INJURY.

AND ONE OF THEM TOOK

NOTICE.

I WROTE THIS LONG

LETTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

OF KANSAS, TO THE CAMPUS

RECRUITING COORDINATOR.

I SAID, LOOK, I WANT TO

PLAY BIG TIMEMENT I KNO TIME.

I KNOW I CAN DO IT.

JUST GIVE ME AN

OPPORTUNITY TO WALK ON, DO

SOMETHING.

Reporter: SOON AFTER,

HE WAS OFFERED A WALK-ON

SPOT WITH THE UNIVERSITY

OF KANSAS.

THOUGH HE SAT OUT THE 2008

SEASON, HE HIT THE FIELD

WITH A VENGEANCE IN 2009

AND WAS LATER OFFERED A

SCHOLARSHIP.

BY HIS SENIOR SEASON, HE

LED THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE

IN TACKLES.

THEN IN 2012, HE SIGNED

WITH THE DENVER BRONCOS,

WHERE HE SPENT THREE

SEASONS AND HELPED THE

TEAM MAKE IT TO SUPER BOWL

48.

AFTER A SHORT STINT IN

TENNESSEE, HE SIGNED WITH

THE STEELERS.

AS HE CONTINUES TO FOLLOW

HIS DREAM, HE SAYS HIS

NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO

SHARE GOD'S MESSAGE OF

HOPE.

MY FOUNDATION IS CALLED

THE FAITH-MOTIVATED TOWND

FOUNDATION BECAUSE FAITH

WILL MOTIVATE YOU AND TAKE

YOU FARTHER THAN ANYTHING

CAN.

HE IS A PERSONAL GOD.

JUST AS MUCH AS HE LOVES

ME, HE LOVES YOU.

HE LOVES EVERYBODY IN THIS

WORLD.

HE WANTS EVERYBODY TO

SUCCEED.

IF THERE WAS NO JESUS, IF

THERE WAS NO GOD, THERE

REALLY WOULDN'T BE NO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD

BE.

Pat: THAT'S A GOOD

WORD.

IF THERE IS NO JESUS, NO

GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I

WOULD BE.

WHAT A REMARKABLE STORY.

I CANNOT SAY IF YOU

BELIEVE IN GOD YOU'LL GET

BIGGER AND STRONGER AND

MAKE IT TO THE NFL -- I

THINK THAT WOULD BE

SOMETHING WE JUST AREN'T

EXPECTING.

BUT GOD IS A GOD OF

MIRACLES.

AND IN THE CASE OF STEVEN,

HE WAS TOUCHED.

A REMARKABLE STORY.

WHAT A NICE YOUNG MAN.

HE REMINDS ME A LOT OF

THAT GUY NAMED RUDY.

THEY DID THAT MOVIE ABOUT

HIM, HE WANTED TO PLAY FOR

NOTRE DAME.

RUDY WAS HERE, AND RUDY

HAD SHOULDERS LIKE AN OX.

HE IS HUGE AND STRONG.

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WASN'T

PLAYING FOR NOTRE DAME,

BUT HE DID GET IN THAT

LAST GAME.

IT WAS A VERY TOUCHING

MOVIE.

Wendy: AND MICHAEL

JORDAN WAS TOLD IN HIGH

SCHOOL, YOU'LL NEVER PLAY

AT THE NBA LEVEL.

IT IS CRAZY.

WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE.

Pat: GOD SEES THE

POTENTIAL IN ALL OF US.

AND HE SEES IT ALL THE WAY

THROUGH.

BUT COACHES SEE SOMEBODY

AT 15 AND SAY THEY'LL

NEVER MAKE IT.

AT 20 THEY BECOME STARS.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT STARS

ARE THERE.

I THINK ALL OF US SHOULD

BE LOOKING FOR STARS AND

DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

HELP THEM GET CULTIVATED

SO THEY CAN EMERGE,

SHINING BRIGHTLY FOR THE

LORD.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT HAVE YOU

GOT?

Wendy: COMING UP

LATER, THE DARK SIDE OF

LIFE IN THE NFL.

CINDY FEESEL TALKS ABOUT

THE BRAIN TROUBLE HIS

HUSBAND HAD, AND THE YEARS

IT STOLE FROM HIS LIFE.

CINDY WILL JOIN US LIVE.

THAT'S NEXT ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

Efrem: WELCOME BACK

TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CB CBN

NEWSBREAK.

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT

SOME OF THE VICTIMS KILLED

DURING THIS WEEK'S DEADLY

PLANE CRASH IN COLUMBIA.

AT LEAST EIGHT OF THEM

WERE FROM A CHURCH IN

BRAZIL.

GLEN BURCH, PRESIDENT OF

THE MINISTRY, ANNOUNCED

THEIR DEATHS ON SOCIAL

MEDIA, WRITING "PRAYING

FOR ALL OF BRAZIL,

INCLUDING THE CHURCH,

WHICH IS GRIEVING

IMMENSELY."

AT LEAST 71 PEOPLE WERE

KILLED IN THE CRASH.

INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL

TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT

CAUSED THE CRASH.

> WELL, MORE SAD NEWS TO

REPORT: AT LEAST THREE

PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN ALABAMA

AFTER A SUSPECTED TORNADO

SWEPT THROUGH THE SOUTH

LAST NIGHT.

SEVERAL OTHERS WERE

INJURED AT A DAYCARE

CENTER THAT WAS DESTROYED.

THE THREE WHO DIED WERE IN

A MOBILE HOME IN THE

NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

AROUND 20 BUILDINGS WERE

DESTROYED.

OTHER SUSPECTED TORNADOES

WERE SPOTTED ACROSS THE

SOUTH, IN LOUISIANA,

MISSISSIPPI, AND SOUTHERN

TENNESSEE.

> YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

PAT AND WENDY WILL BE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

Wendy: JAW-SHAKING

COLLISIONS, THAT IS WHAT

NFL CENTER GRANT FIESEL

ENDURED DURING THIS

DECADES' LONG CAREER, AND

IT LED HIM TO SAY IF I HAD

ONLY KNOWN WHAT I LOVE

WOULD END UP KILLING ME

AND TAKING AWAY EVERYTHING

I LOVE, I NEVER WOULD HAVE

DONE IT.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: SIN CINDY

FIESEL WAS MARRIED TO

GRANT FOR 10 YEARS, BUT

OVER TIME, HIS BEHAVIOR

BEGAN TO CHANGE.

SHE HAD NO IDEA HE WAS

SIFERSUFFERING FROM A BRAIN

DISEASE DUE TO HIS

FOOTBALL CAREER.

HE SEEMED TO BE MORE

IRRITABLE.

HE COULDN'T PERFORM SOME

OF THE BASIC TASKS.

HE WAS DISORGANIZED.

Reporter: IN HER BOOK

"AFTER THE CHEERING

STOPS," CINDY RAISES

AWARENESS ABOUT THE

DANGERS OF REPETITIVE HEAD

INJURIES, AND SHARES WHAT

BROUGHT HER HOPE DURING

THE DARKEST TIMES IN HER

MARRIAGE.

Wendy: AND PLEASE

GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO

CINDY FIESEL.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU.

Wendy: YOU GUYS WERE

MARRIED 29 YEARS.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN THE

EARLY YEARS?

WE MET IN COLLEGE ON A

BLIND DATE.

AND HE WAS THE TALLEST,

MOST HANDSOME MAN I HAD

EVER MET.

HE WAS SMART.

AND HE LOVED TO PLAY THE

GUITAR.

HE LOVED POETRY.

Wendy: WOW, WHAT A

RENAISSANCE MAN.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID, A

RENAISSANCE MAN.

AND HE WAS EVERYTHING -- I

COULDN'T IMAGINE FINDING

ANYBODY ELSE THAT COULD BE

AS GREAT AS HE WAS.

HE WAS SO SMART.

HE HAD A 4.0.

HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO EVERY

DENTAL SCHOOL IN TEXAS.

AND HE WON EVERY AWARD

THERE WAS TO POSSIBLY WIN.

HE WAS AN ACADEMIC

ALL-AMERICAN IN ALL OF HIS

YEARS IN FOOTBALL.

HE HAD A BRILLIANT MIND.

Wendy: WHEN DID YOU

FIRST START NOTICING

CHANGES IN GRANT'S

BEHAVIOR?

WELL, AT THE END OF HIS

CAREER -- EIGHT YEARS

BEFORE HE RETIRED -- HE

HAD A SERIOUS STAPH

INFECTION.

AND THE DOCTOR SAID, IF WE

DON'T GET IT UNDER

CONTROL, HE COULD ACTUALLY

LOSE HIS LEG.

Wendy: DID THE STAPH

INFECTION COME FROM AN

INJURY ON THE FIELD?

YES.

HE HAD A KNEE INJURY.

AND HE HAD A PORT PUT IN

WHERE THE ANTIBIOTIC COULD

BE DELIVERED STRAIGHT.

IT WAS A SERIOUS MEDICINE.

IT ENDED UP MAKING HIM

BETTER, BUT IT WAS STILL

VERY, VERY SERIOUS.

I REMEMBER HIM SAYING, YOU

KNOW, I STILL WANT TO

PLAY.

AND THAT WAS SCARY TO ME

BECAUSE THAT WAS SUCH A

HUGE INJURY.

Wendy: WHEN HE WAS IN

THE HOSPITAL, HE STARTED

TAKING PAINKILLERS?

I'M SURE PAINKILLERS

WAS PART OF IT.

Wendy: BUT IT WAS THE

DRINKING?

YES.

HE STARTED DRINKING.

IT WAS UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR

BECAUSE HE WOULD BRING

ALCOHOL IN AND PUT IT IN A

BAG AND THEN TAKE IT OUT

TO THE DUMPSTER.

AND THERE WERE LITTLE

PILLS ALONG THE WAY.

HE WOULD SAY, I'M HAVING

TROUBLE SLEEPING, WHICH HE

DID.

AND JUST THE YEARS OF WEAR

AND TEAR ON THE BODY ENDED

UP CAUSING HIM A LOT OF

PAIN.

Wendy: SO THERE WAS

THE DRINKING AND HIDING

THAT, BUT YOU WERE STILL

KIND OF MAKING EXCUSES FOR

HIM --

YES.

Wendy: -- AND

THINKING THINGS ARE GOING

TO GET BETTER.

I KEPT THINKING ALL

ALONG HE WAS GOING TO COME

BACK, THE GRANT I KNEW IN

THE BEGINNING WAS GOING TO

COME BACK BECAUSE HE WAS

DOING THESE UNUSUAL

THINGS.

WHEN HE RETIRED, WHEN I

WAS PUTTING UP CLOTHES, I

WOULD FIND BOTTLES IN THE

CLOSET.

WHICH WAS UNUSUAL.

AGAIN, NOT NORMAL.

Wendy: BECAUSE HE WAS

AN ATHLETE?

YES.

YES.

AND HE ALWAYS TOOK PRIDE

IN HIS WORKOUT AND HIS

BODY.

Wendy: AND YOU GUYS

WERE BOTH CHRISTIANS?

YES.

WE BOTH CAME FROM

CHRISTIANS HOMES.

WE MET AT A CHRISTIAN

COLLEGE.

Wendy: WHY DIDN'T YOU

SEEK HELP?

EY I KNOW.

THAT IS MY MESSAGE.

PART OF MY MESSAGE IS YOU

NEED TO TELL SOMEONE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER ON

THAT I GOT INTO CHRISTIAN

COUNSELLING.

I RECOMMEND IF YOU SEE

THERE ARE CHANGES GOING ON

IN YOUR MARRIAGE, GET INTO

CHRISTIAN COUNSELLING.

Wendy: YOU TURNED FOR

SUPPORT EVENTUALLY, AND

WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?

CHRISTIAN THERAPISTS,

WHICH ARE WONDERFUL, AND

THEN CHURCH AND SUPPORT

GROUPS.

REACH OUT TO SOMEONE.

OF COURSE, GOD IS ALWAYS

THERE.

I'M NEVER LOST IN MY

FAITH, BUT YOU NEED A LAND

LINE.

Wendy: DID YOU BOTH

GO TO THERAPY?

WE DID FOR A WHILE

TOGETHER.

Wendy: LATER, CINDY,

YOU DISCOVERED THAT YOUR

HUSBAND HAD A SERIOUS

BRAIN INJURY.

IT IS CALLED C.T.E.

YES.

CHRONIC TRAUMATIC

ENCEPHALOPATHY.

SO WE SAY C.T.E.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IS WHAT

HE HAD UNTIL AFTER HE

DIED.

THERE WAS AN AUTOPSY DONE

ON HIM AND THE REPORT CAME

BACK THAT HE HAD STAGE

THREE.

THERE ARE FOUR STAGES.

I GOT ON THE MAYO CLINIC'S

WEBSITE, AND I STARTING

READING THE SYMPTOMS.

AND I BECAME MORE

EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I

THOUGHT, THIS HAS BEEN THE

PATH THAT OUR LIFE HAD

TAKEN.

I STARTED JOURNALING ABOUT

SEVEN YEARS PRIOR, AND I

STARTED THINKING OF

SPECIFIC STORIES IN MY

JOURNAL THAT FIT THE

C.T.E. SYMPTOMS.

IT WAS STUNNING TO ME.

Wendy: UNFORTUNATELY,

YOU GUYS DID DIVORCE.

SEVEN MONTHS PRIOR.

Wendy: AND HE DIED

SEVEN MONTHS LATER?

YES.

YES.

Wendy: DO YOU WISH

YOU JUST HUNG IN THERE

NOW?

YES.

I MEAN, I HUNG IN THERE

FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

THE ONLY PEACE THAT I HAVE

IS THAT AT THE END, GRANT

AND I DID MAKE AMENDS,

WHICH -- HALLELUJAH.

HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL,

AND HE KNEW HE WAS DYING,

AND ONE DAY AS I WAS

WALKING OUT THE DOOR, HE

SAID, HEY, CINDY, I JUST

WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR

FORGIVENESS FOR

EVERYTHING.

Wendy: WOW.

WOW.

AND THAT JUST BROUGHT SO

MUCH HEALING TO YOU?

YES.

YES.

Wendy: THIS IS THE

MAN THAT YOU LOVED AND YOU

HAD SEEN THIS

DISINTEGRATION.

BUT YOU WROTE THIS AMAZING

BOOK CALLED "AFTER THE

CHEERING STOPPED."

AND WHAT IS THE MESSAGE

YOU WANT THE READERS TO

TAKE HOME FROM THIS?

I WANT EVERYONE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT C.T.E. IS

A SERIOUS DISEASE.

IT IS AFFECTING ATHLETES

OF ALL AGES.

IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO

PLAYED IN THE NFL.

IT IS REPETITIVE HITS TO

THE HEAD, WHICH CAUSES

BRAIN TRAUMA.

I WANT PEOPLE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT.

I WANT MOTHERS TO

UNDERSTAND THAT.

WHEN THEY'RE THINKING

ABOUT SIGNING THEIR

FIVE-YEAR-OLD UP FOR

FOOTBALL, PLEASE -- AND

I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL HIGH

IMPACT SPORTS.

SOCCER, BOXING,

WRESTLING -- ANY HIG HIGH

IMPACT SPORT HAS BRAIN

ISSUES.

PLEASE CHECK INTO IT.

Wendy: HOW LONG HAS

GRANT BEEN GONE NOW?

FIVE YEARS.

AND I CRY EVERY DAY A

LITTLE BIT.

Wendy: GOD BLESS YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

WRITING THIS.

THIS WILL HELP SO MANY

PEOPLE.

I HOPE SO.

Wendy: HER BOOK IS

CALLED "AFTER THE CHEERING

STOP."

YOU CAN ALSO WATCH A

BEHIND-THE-SCENES

INTERVIEW WITH CINDY ON

OUR Facebook BEIGE.

GO TO

Facebook.com/700club TO

CHECK THAT OUT.

CINDY, GREAT HAVING YOU

HERE.

GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

Wendy: PAT, OVER TO

YOU.

Pat: THAT'S A MESSAGE

FOR EVERY PARENT.

I'LL TELL YOU, FOOTBALL IS

A GREAT SPORT.

I PLAYED FOOTBALL.

I BOXED AND I DID ALL OF

THAT STUFF, AND THANKFULLY

MY BRAIN DIDN'T GET

SCRAMBLED.

ONE OR TWO TRAUMAS THEY

CAN HANDLE, BUT WHEN THEY

GO BACK AND DO IT OVER AND

OVER AGAIN, THEIR BRAIN

JUST GETS DESTROYED.

IT IS HORRIBLE TO THINK

ABOUT THE DIMMING OF THEIR

FUTURE BECAUSE OF THESE

SPORTS.

> WELL, STILL AHEAD,

WE'VE GOT YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

SALLY SAYS, "OUR ADULT SON

MOVED IN WITH HIS

GIRLFRIEND.

WE'RE PRAYING VERY HARD

ABOUT ACCEPTING THIS

DECISION AND WHAT IS

HAPPENING WITH THEM

TOGETHER.

WHAT CAN WE DO?"

WELL, WE'LL BRING THAT ON

WITH OTHER QUESTIONS IN

JUST A MOMENT.

Pat: WELL, I'M SO

GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH US.

I'M PAT ROBERTSON, AND

WENDY GRIFFITH IS HERE

WITH ME.

WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME

WITH YOU.

AND WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH

OF QUESTIONS YOU'VE ASKED,

AND THEY'RE COMING UP IN A

SECOND.

BUT LAST YEAR, ON THE DAY

AFTER CHRISTMAS, A TORNADO

RIPPED THROUGH WAYNE

WILSON'S HOME IN TEXAS.

THE STOCKINGS WERE STILL

HANGING FROM HIS FIREPLACE

MANTEL, BUT NEARLY

EVERYTHING ELSE WAS GONE.

Reporter: WAYNE

WILSON NEVER IMAGINED HIS

HOME WOULD BE HIT BY A

TORNADO, ESPECIALLY DURING

THE HOLIDAYS.

WE LIVE HERE IN

RALETTE, TEXAS, AND THIS

WAS OUR HOUSE THAT GOT HIT

ONE TIME THE DAY AFTER

CHRISTMAS.

WE WERE PRETTY DEVASTATED

OVER IT, BUT GOD WILL

BRING US TO IT.

GOD SENDS PEOPLE TO BLESS

US.

Reporter: SOON AFTER

THE TORNADO HIT,

"OPERATION BLESSING"

SHOWED UP AT WAYNE'S HOUSE

TO HELP CLEAN UP.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

CAME IN AND MOVED ALL OF

THIS DEBRIS -- MOVED IT UP

TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE,

BY THE CURB.

AND THEY SEPARATED SOME

THINGS WE MIGHT WANT.

ME AND MY WIFE COULDN'T

HAVE DONE IT.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO

WAY.

Reporter: WE ALSO

PRAYED WITH WAYNE AND HIS

WIFE.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE

COMING IN IN LIKE "OPERATION

BLESSING" TO PRAISE WITH

YOU AND TALK TO YOU, THEY

GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT.

THEY NOT ONLY HELP, BUT

THEY ENCOURAGE YOU.

THEY GIVE YOU A BLESSING.

Reporter: WAYNE IS

THANKFUL FOR THE HELP HE

RECEIVED, AND TO THOSE WHO

MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE.

THE PEOPLE THAT DONATE

TO "OPERATION BLESSING"

AND "THE 700 CLUB,", I

WATCH "THE 700 CLUB," AND

THEY REALLY ARE A BLESSING

SOME.

BLESSING.

Pat: WE'RE THERE FOR

PEOPLE.

OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO

PEOPLE LIKE WAYNE.

YOU LOSE STUFF IN A

TORNADO.

BUT HE IS RESILIENT, AND

HE IS FAITHFUL TO THE

LORD.

THIS CHRISTMASTIME, LET'S

DO SOMETHING SPECIAL AND

SAY, OKAY, I WANT TO BE A

"700 CLUB" MEMBER.

I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE

WAYNE AND OTHERS AROUND

THE WORLD THAT ARE

SUFFERING.

WHAT DOES IT COST?

65 CENTS A DAY -- LESS

THAN A CAN OF SODA POP,

WHICH PROBABLY COST $2 A

CAN NOW.

AND CIGARETTES ARE $7 A

PACK IN NEW YORK OR

MORE -- I DON'T SMOKE, BUT

IT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT FOR 65 CENTS A DAY,

YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU

SOMETHING AS MY GIFT TO

YOU.

IT IS CALLED THE GOSPEL OF

JOHN.

I RECORDED IT AND THEN

EDIE WASSERBURG, WHO IS SO

TALENTED, PUT THIS

TOGETHER WITH SOME

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND SOME

LOVELY ARTWORK.

IT IS A GORGEOUS THING.

WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU WHEN

YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."

AND WENDY HAS A LOVELY

LETTER.

Wendy: LINDA FROM

CLEVELAND, OHIO, SHE'S AN

UBER DRIVER.

AND SHE SAYS, "THE HIGHEST

THANKS FOR MY EXTRA COPIES

OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.

I'M AN UBER DRIVER AND I

HAD THE C.D. PLAYING, AND

WHEN A STUDENT FROM CHINA

GOT IN MY CAR, ASKED ME TO

PLAY SOMETHING, AND SHE

LIKED IT SO MUCH, I GAVE

IT TO HER."

Pat: YOU NEVER KNOW

WHO IS GOING TO PICK YOU

UP.

Wendy: LINDA FROM

CLEVELAND LOVES IT.

Pat: I WAS ON FOOT IN

WASHINGTON ONE DAY, AND I

WAS AT THE ISRAELI

EMBASSY, AND I STEPPED OUT

IN FRONT, AND I HAILED A

CAB, AND I SAID, I WANT TO

GO TO THE PRIVATE AIRLINE

TERMINAL.

AND HE SAID, DO YOU HAVE A

PRIVATE PLANE?

HE SAID, I'M A

PALESTINIAN, WHY SHOULDN'T

I KIDNAP YOU.

Wendy: ARE YOU

KIDDING ME?

Pat: I'M NOT KIDDING.

I SAID, IT'S JUST A LITTLE

PLANE.

I THOUGHT, HERE I AM, OF

ALL OF THE CRAZY THINGS.

Wendy: AND YOU'RE

WALKING OUT OF THE ISRAELI

EMBASSY.

Pat: I'M NOT AN UBER

FAN, BUT PRAISE THE LORD.

Wendy: IT IS TIME TO

"BRING IT ON."

SALLY SAYS, "OUR ADULT SON

MOVED IN WITH HIS

GIRLFRIEND, AND HE WAS

RAISED IN OUR CHRISTIAN

HOME AND ACCEPTED JESUS.

HIS DECISION HAS HURT US

VERY MUCH.

WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME

ACCEPTING HIS DECISION AND

HIS GIRLFRIEND.

IF HE SHOULD DIE, WOULD HE

GO TO HELL, EVEN THOUGH HE

SAYS HE IS A CHRISTIAN?"

Pat: I HATE TO SAY

THIS, I KNOW IT SOUNDS

NARROW-MINDED, BUT THE

BIBLE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT

FORNICATORS ARE NOT GOING

TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OFED

GOD.

HE MOVED IN WITH HIS

GIRLFRIEND AND THEY'RE NOT

MARRIED -- WHY NOT GET

MARRIED.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH GETTING MARRIED.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GET

MARRIED.

THEY JUST WANT TO LIVE

TOGETHER AND LIVE OFF THE

KEY AND GET OUT THE BACK,

JACK, AND THEY SPLIT AND

IT'S ALL OVER.

THAT'S NOT MARRIAGE.

AND IT IS CALLED

FORNICATION.

AND ACCORDING TO THE

BIBLE, THEY WILL NOT ENTER

THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

YOU ASKED ME AND THAT'S

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.

Wendy: UNLESS THEY

ASK FOR FORGIVENESS --

Pat: OF COURSE.

THERE IS NO SIN THE LORD

WON'T FORGIVE.

BUT IN THIS CASE THEY ARE

PERSISTING IN SOMETHING

THEY KNOW IS WRONG.

Wendy: IF THEY KNOW

IT IS WRONG, YEAH.

MARGARET SAYS, "TWO YEARS

AGO A BORN AGAIN SINGLE

LADY I KNOW BOUGHT A

60-YEAR-OLD HOUSE.

EARILER THIS YEAR SHE WAS

WOKEN UP BY HER BED

SHAKING.

IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

AND AFTER ASKING NEIGHBORS

IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED

IN THE HOUSE, SHE LEARNED

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO

SEPARATE SUICIDES IN THE

GARAGE AND MAYBE A THIRD

IN THE HOUSE.

A FEW OTHER THINGS HAVE

HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE,

LIKE CABINET DOORS BEING

OPENED THAT HAD BEEN SHUT

AND WAKING UP TO A

UNINTELLIGIBLE ELECTRONIC

VOICE.

WHAVOICE."

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST SHE

DO?

Pat: SELL.

ONE WORD, SELL.

AND GET OUT.

THERE ARE DEMON SPIRITS.

THEY ARE REAL.

I DO THINK IN THIS CASE,

THAT HOUSE IS POSSESSED.

YOU COULD GET A GROUP OF

PEOPLE IN THERE TO DO AN

EXORCISM AND GET RID OF

THEM.

I THINK IN YOUR CASE, THE

LADY IS IN HER 60s, SELL

THE THING.

Wendy: GET A NICE,

NEW PLACE.

Pat: A NEWS NEW ONE.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

PROVERBS: "A FAITHFUL MAN

WILL ABOUND WITH

BLESSINGS.

HE WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD

WILL BE PROSPEROUS."