Efrem: THE SNEAK

ATTACK THAT CHANGED THE

WORLD.

THE JAPANESE WERE

BOMBING THE ISLAND.

Efrem: A PEARL HARBOR

SURVIVOR BRACES FOR WAR.

THOSE PEOPLE WERE UNDER

ORDERS TO DO THE SAME

THING WE WERE.

Efrem: WHILE HIS OWN

WAR RAGES TO THIS DAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL

EVER FORGIVE.

Efrem: ON TODAY'S

"THE 700 CLUB."

Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO

"THE 700 CLUB."

I GUESS I CAN SHOW MY AGE

AND TELL YOU I WAS 11

YEARS OLD ON

DECEMBER 7th, 1941, A

DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN

INFAMY.

WE WERE ATTACKED BY THE

JAPANESE.

THAT WAS 75 YEARS AGO, AND

IT BEGAN FOR US AN

INCREDIBLE WAR THAT HAS

TRANSFORMED HIS NATION

EVER SINCE.

WELL, WE'VE GOT A NEW GAME

IN TOWN THAT MUCH GOES

PAST PEARL HARBOR.

DONALD TRUMP IS PROMISES

TO, QUOTE,"HEAL OUR

DIVISIONS AND UNIFY OUR

COUNTRY."

AS HE PLANS TO MEET WITH

SOME OF THE VICTIMS OF THE

CAR KNIFE ATTACK AT OHIO

STATE UNIVERSITY.

Wendy: AND TRUMP HAS

BEEN NAMED "TIME

MAGAZINE'S" PERSON OF THE

YEAR AFTER WINNING THE

PRESIDENCY.

AND HE IS TELLING THE

PEOPLE OF AMERICA ON HIS

THANK YOU TOUR, THAT HE

INTENDS TO KEEP HIS

CAMPAIGN PROMISES OF

REBUILDING OUR DEFENSES

AND OUR ECONOMY.

GARY LANE HAS THE STORY.

Reporter: WITH

DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE

JAMES "MAD DOG" MATTIS AT

HIS SIDE, TRUMP TOLD A

CROWD IN NORTH CAROLINA

THAT MILITARY FAMILIES AND

VET TANVETERANS WILL BE AMONG HIS

TOP PRIORITIES.

WE WILL REBUILD OUR

MILITARY AND ALLIANCES,

DESTROY TERRORISTS, FACE

OUR ENEMIES HEAD-ON, AND

MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN.

Reporter: AND HE

PLEDGED TO REBUILD

AMERICA'S CRUMBLING

INFRASTRUCTURE, CUT BOTH

BUSINESS AND PERSONAL TAX,

REPEAL AND REPLACE

OBAMACARE, AND STOP

IMMIGRATION.

GENERAL MATTIS SAYS HE WAS

GRATEFUL TO RETURN TO THE

TROOPS AND THE FAMILIES AT

THE PENTAGON.

WITH OUR ALLIES

STRENTHENED AND OUR

COUNTRY STRENTHENED, I

LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THE

CIVILIAN LEADER AS LONG AS

THE SENATE VOTES FOR THE

WAIVER.

Reporter: CURRENT LAW

PREVENTS CURRENT FORMER

MILITARY OFFICERS FROM

HEADING IT LESS THAN SEVEN

YEARS AFTER BEING OUT.

AT LEAST ONE DEMOCRAT IN

THE SENATE SAYS SHE

OPPOSES A WAIVER FOR

MATTTIS BECAUSE CIVILIAN

CONTROL OF THE MILITARY IS

A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

MATTIS MAY HAVE MORE

CHALLENGES AHEAD.

IF HE GETS THE WAIVER AND

IS APPROVED AS THE

NATION'S NEXT SECRETARY OF

DEFENSE, ONE OF HIS FIRST

TASKS MAY BE TO REFORM

WASTEFUWASTEFUL PENTAGON

SPENDING.

THE "WASHINGTON POST"

REPORTED THAT A 2015

PENTAGON STUDY FOUND MORE

THAN $125 BILLION IN

WASTED ADMINISTRATIVE

SPENDING THAT COULD HAVE

BEEN SAVED.

CURRENT DEFENSE SECRETARY

ASH CARTER IS BEING

ACCUSED OF STIFLING THOSE

FINDINGS.

IT WAS 100% APPROVED,

AND IT'S SECRETARY STOPPED

THE PROCESS.

Reporter: THE

PENTAGON SAYS THE

ALLEGATION IS FALSE.

TRUMP TOOK A DECISIVE

ACTION ON TUESDAY, FIRING

THE SON OF HIS PICK

SECURITY ANNOUNCER,

MICHAEL FLYNN.

HE HAD SPREAD FALSE RUMORS

ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

TRUMP ALSO TOOK ON

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR

BOEING FOR COST OVERRUNS

FOR THE NEW PRESIDENTIAL

JET.

THE PLANE IS TOTALLY

OUT OF CONTROL.

IT IS GOING TO BE OVER

$4 BILLION FOR AIR FORCE

ONE PROGRAM, AND I THINK

IT IS RIDICULOUS.

I THINK BOEING IS DOING A

LITTLE BIT OF A NUMBER.

WE WANT BOEING TO MAKE A

LOT OF MONEY, BUT NOT THAT

MUCH MONEY.

Reporter: AND JUST

DAYS AFTER ANNOUNCING A

DEAL WITH THE CA CARRIER AIR

CONDITIONING COMPANY TO

KEEP JOBS IN THE UNITED

STATES, TRUMP ANNOUNCED

ANOTHER DEAL, THIS TIME

WITH A JAPANESE BANK THAT

OWNS SPRINT.

HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT

AT TRUMP TOWER WITH THE

C.E.O.

HE HAS JUST AGREED TO

INVEST $50 MILLION IN THE

UNITED STATES AND 50,000

JOBS.

Reporter: MORE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION JOBS WERE

ON THE MIND OF THE

TRANSITION TEAM, INCLUDING

THE IOWA GOVERNOR WHO IS

EXPECTED TO GET TRUMP'S

NOD FOR AMBASSADOR TO

CHINA.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Pat: IT IS AMAZING.

TRUMP IS ALSO PLANNING TO

MAKE HIS NOMINATION TO THE

SUPREME COURT SOON TO

REPLACE THE LATE JUSTICE

ANTONIN SCALIA.

JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE FROM

WASHINGTON.

John: THAT'S RIGHT,

PAT, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP

ANNOUNCED HIS LIST OF

POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT

CHOICES DURING THE

CAMPAIGN, AND HE SAYS

HE'LL CHOOSE FROM THAT

GROUP.

AND HE'LL BE NAMING A WIDE

RANGE OF JUDGES TO OTHER

FEDERAL COURTS THAT COULD

HAVE IMPACTS ON OTHER

MAJOR CASES AROUND THE

COUNTRY.

PAUL STRAND HAS THAT STORY

FROM CAPITOL HILL.

Reporter: THIS CHOICE

MATTERS SO MUCH BECAUSE

TRUMP'S NOMINATIONS COULD

SWAY THE DIRECTION OF THE

COURT AND AMERICAN'S

RIGHTS FOR MANY YEARS TO

COME.

THE TRUMP TRANSITION TEAM

IS MOVING FASTER AN ANY IN

RECENT YEARS.

AFTER ALL, THIS ISSUE WAS

ONE OF THE BIGGEST FOR

VOTERS THIS ELECTION.

IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE

74%, 75% OF PEOPLE WHO

VOTED SAID THAT THE

SUPREME COURT WAS EITHER

AN IMPORTANT THE MOST

IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT THEY

VOTED FOR.

Reporter: THE

HERITAGE FOUN FOUNDATION'S JOHN

MALCOLM CAME UP WITH THE

SIX NOMINEES.

HE SAYS ALL ARE

DISTINGUISHED AND BELIEVE

IN ADHERING TO THE

CONSTITUTION.

THEY'LL LOOK AT THE

TEXT STRUCTURE OF THE

CONSTITUTION AND INTERPRET

THAT ACCORDING TO ITS

ORIGINAL MEANING AT THE

TIME THOSE PHRASES WERE

RATIFIED.

AND THAT IS VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL

TO CONSERVATIVES.

Reporter: AND ONE

VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT

HAS GENERALLY BEEN

OVERLOOKED, NOT ONLY WILL

TRUMP PICK ANTONIN

SCALIA'S REPLACEMENT, HE

MAY PICK ABOUT A THIRD OF

JUDGES ON LOWER FEDERAL

COURTS, WHICH MAKE MANY

MORE RULINGS THAN THE HIGH

COURT ITSELF.

THE SUPREME COURT

DECIDES BETWEEN 70 AND 80

CASES A YEAR.

IN THE 13 FEDERAL COURTS

OF APPEALS LAST YEAR, THEY

DECIDED 55,000.

Reporter: AND IT IS

LIKELY HE'LL NOMINATE

THREE OR FOUR SUPREME

COURT JUSTICES.

STEVEN BRIAR IS GOING

TO BE 78 YEARS OLD,

ANTHONY KENNEDY WILL BE 80

YEARS OLD, AND RUTH BADER

GINSBURG WILL BE 83 YEARS

OLD.

THEY WILL EACH HAVE

ALREADY LIVED LONGER THAN

THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN FOR

A MAN OR WOMAN IN THIS

COUNTRY.

Reporter: WITH TRUMP

LIKELY TO GET NOT JUST

ONE, BUT SEVERAL SUPREME

COURT VACANCIES TO FILL,

IT WON'T BE SURPRISING IF

ONE DAY HISTORY TALKS

ABOUT A TRUMP COURT AS

WELL.

PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,

REPORTING FROM THE SUPREME

COURT.

Efrem: THANKS, PAUL.

PAT, ALL EYES WILL BE

WATCHING.

Pat: WE WERE

PRIVILEGED AT REGENT

UNIVERSITY, WE HAD ANTONIN

SCALIA SEVERAL TIMES AS A

SPEAKER, AND THE STUDENTS

LOVED HIM.

HE SPENT TIME WITH US, AND

HE WAS A VERY OPEN,

ENGAGING GENTLEMAN, WHO

JUST HAD A WONDERFUL

CONCEPT OF THE SANCTTITY

OF THE CONSTITUTION.

AND WE ALSO HAD SAMUEL AL

ALITO DOWN HERE, AND WE

HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH

HIM.

AND, OF COURSE, OTHERS

WERE JUDGES.

I IMAGINE THE DEMOCRATS

ARE JUST EATING THEIR

HEARTS OUT.

THEY PULLED A FAST ONE.

THEY PUT THROUGH WHAT WAS

CALLED THE NUCLEAR OPTION.

THEY BLASTED THE

FILIBUSTER RULES OF THE

SENATE.

THEY SAID, ALL YOU NEED IS

A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO GET

SOMEBODY CONFIRMED, EXCEPT

THE SUPREME COURT.

AND NOW THEY CAN JUST JAM

THEM THROUGH ONE AFTER THE

OTHER.

AND TRUMP HAS PICKED A

GROUP OF EXTRAORDINARILY

FINE CONSERVATIVES.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE

IS THE DEAL -- AND YOU'VE

GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ONE IS, THE CONSTITUTION

IS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT.

AND WHAT YOU TRY TO DO IS

FIND OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE

MEANT WHEN THEY WROTE

THOSE WORDS.

AT WHATEVER TIME THOSE

AMENDMENTS OR ORIGINAL

DOCUMENT WAS PASSED, WHAT

WAS IT INTENDED TO MEAN?

AND HOW CAN WE INTERPRET

THAT IN TODAY'S WORLD?

THAT IS THE ORIGINAL

CONSTRUCTION.

THE SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVES

SAY NO, NO.

THE CONSTITUTION IS A

LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CAN

BE INTERPRETED BY THE

SOCIALOGICAL IMPRESSIONS

OF PEOPLE.

SO IT IS A LIVING

DOCUMENT, AND WE CAN

ESSENTIALLY AMEND IT AT

WILL ANY TIME WE WANT TO.

THAT IS THE KIND OF JUDGE

HILLARY CLINTON SAID SHE

WAS GOING TO PUT ON THE

COURT.

DONALD TRUMP SAID, NO, I'M

GOING TO PUT ON PEOPLE WHO

GO TO THE ORIGINAL MEANING

OF THE CONSTITUTION.

IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

IF THE JUDGES CAN REWRITE

THE CONSTITUTION ANY WAY

WE WANT TO -- I WROTE A

BOOK CALLED "COURTING

DISASTER," THAT STUDIED

ABOUT 175 SUPREME COURT

DECISIONS.

IT WAS SHOCKING WHEN ONE

OF THE JUDGES SAID THE

CONSTITUTION IS WHATEVER

WE SAY IT IS.

YOU GET THAT KIND OF

FEELING, AND THAT'S WHAT

THEY TEACH AT THE YALE LAW

SCHOOL AND MOST OF THE LAW

SCHOOLS ACROSS THE

COUNTRY.

AND TRUMP IS SAYING, NO, I

WANT PEOPLE WHO SAY THE

CONSTITUTION IS WHAT IT

SAYS.

THE TEXT IS WHAT IS

IMPORTANT.

AND IT'S A RULE OF LAW

THAT WE WANT TO STICK

WITH.

IT IS A MAJOR FIGHT.

AND APPARENTLY HE WON.

SO WITH THE NUCLEAR OPTION

HAVING ALREADY BEEN PUT

ACROSS BY THE DEMOCRATS,

AND MITCHELL McCONNELL

SAYS, WE'LL VERY GRATEFUL

THAT WE'LL FOLLOW THE

RULES THAT WERE GIVEN BY

OUR PREDECESSORS.

AND BOY, THEY'RE GOING TO

JAM THEM THROUGH.

BUT THE SUPREME COURT WILL

BE DIFFERENT.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THE

DEMOCRATS FILIBUSTERING FILIBUSTERING

ONE OF THOSE JUDGES

BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPERB

JUDGES.

THE NEXT PICK ON THE

SUPREME COURT SHOULD GO

THROUGH VERY RAPIDLY.

JOHN?

John: ACROSS IRAQ,

ISIS HAS BLAZED A TRAIL OF

TERROR TARGETING

CHRISTIANS AND OTHER

MINORITIES.

NOW THAT MILITARY FORCES

HAVE FREED A NUMBER OF

TOWNS AND VILLAGES, THE

PERSECUTED SEE A GLIMMER

OF HOPE.

AT CHRIAS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS,

IT IS COMING COURTESY OF

THE KURDISH MILITARY.

Chris: THE TOWN OF

BASHICA, IT BEARS THE

SCARS OF A BITTER BATTLE.

BEFORE BASHICA AND OTHER

TOWNS WERE LIBERATED ISIS

PLANTED THOUSANDS OF

I.E.D.s, BOOBY-TRAPPED

HOMES, AND DUG DOZENS OF

TUNNELS.

THIS COMMANDING GENERAL

TOLD CBN NEWS THAT HIS

PESHMERGA SOLDIERS ARE

CLEARING THE TOWN TO

CREATE A SAFE ZONE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS

OF IMPLEMENTING DEMOCRACY

AND MAKING IT STRONGER IN

THIS REGION, AND PROVIDING

A PEACEFUL AREA FOR ALL OF

THE CHRISTIANS AS WELL AS

ALL OF THE DIFFERENT

RELIGIONS, TO LIVE HERE,

AND FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

EVEN PRESIDENT BARZANI,

WHEN HE CAME TO THE CITY,

PROMISED THE PEOPLE TO

LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE.

Chris: GENERAL BAHRAM

SAYS THE TOWN WILL NEED

MAJOR HELP TO HELP IN THE

REBUILDING.

THIS ASSISTANCE BY ALL

OF THE N.G.O.s IS REALLY

IMPORTANT FOR US.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT

BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE THAT

ARE HERE NOW DON'T HAVE

ANYTHING.

ISIS TOOK EVERYTHING FROM

THEM AND THEY REALLY NEED

ASSISTANCE.

WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE

MILITARY IN A MEDICAL

CAPACITY.

Chris: DALTON HARRIS

PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN

NEEDS, AND SUPPORTS THE

PESHMERGA.

BECAUSE WE THING IT IS

A NOBLE THING TO DO, TO

SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

FIGHTING TO PRESERVE LIFE.

FOR THE PESHMERGA, THIS IS

NOT A WAR OF CONQUEST AND

DOMINION.

IT IS A WAR OF

STABILIZATION.

Chris: IT IS AN

IMPORTANT TIME FOR THE

U.S. TO STAND WITH THE

KURDS, HE BELIEVES.

KURDISTAN IS OUR

GREATEST ALLY, APART FROM

ISRAEL.

THEY ARE THE BASTION OF

WAR.

I BELIEVE THEY DESERVE OUR

SUPPORT.

I AM GLAD AND PROUD, AS AN

AMERICAN, THAT WE HAVE

SERVED KURDISTAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT

SERVICE AND COMMITMENT BE

EXPEDENTIALLY GROWN OVER

THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

Chris: SOME HOPE THE

IN COMING TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION WILL

INCREASE THAT SUPPORT TO

THE KURDS.

Efrem: NO DOUBT THE

KURDS HAVE BEEN A SOLID

U.S. ALLY.

Pat: THE PESHMERGA

FIGHTERS ARE THE ONES WHO

HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE LINE

AGAINST ISIS.

THEY'RE A TREMENDOUS

PEOPLE.

THE KURDS HAVE ESTABLISHED

A DEMOCRATIC E ENCLEAVECLAVE IN

THE MIDST OF ALL THIS.

AND THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS

OIL RESOURCES.

WHAT THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN

DOING -- THEY SAY, YEAH,

WELL SEND AID TO THE

KURDS, BUT WE SEND IT

THROUGH THE CENTRAL

GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD, WHO

IN TURN TAKES A BIG CULT

AND PASSES THE REMNANTS ON

TO THE KURDS.

WE NEED TO SEND IT

DIRECTLY TO THEM.

IT IS A FICTION.

IT IS TIME WE RECOGNIZE

THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN

INDEPENDENT KURDISTAN WITH

ITS OWN NATION.

AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A

SUNNI ENCLAVE, AND A SHI'A

ENCLAVE.

BUT THE KURDS DESERVE

THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

AND I THINK

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP

UNDERSTANDS THIS, AND HE

MAY BE WILLING TO MAKE A

MOVE.

TURKEY WOULDN' WON'T LIKE IT.

THAT'S JUST TOUGH LUCK.

JOHN?

John: TURNING TO SOME

HEALTH NEWS, IF YOU WANT

TO CUT YOUR RISK OF

PREMATURE DEATH, TRY

EATING A HANDFUL OF NUTS

EVERY DAY.

A NEW STUDY FROM THE

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF LONDON

FOUND A CONSISTENT

REDUCTION IN THE RISK OF

GETTING VARIOUS DISEASES.

VARIOUS NUTS HAVE

DIFFERENT HEALTH BENEFITS,

AND MORE THAN A HANDFUL --

EATING MORE THAN A HANDFUL

OF NUTS DON'T HAVE ANYMORE

BENEFITS, BUT IT IS AN

EASY WAY TO QUITE POSSIBLY

HELP YOU STAY HEALTHY AND

LIVE LONGER.

PAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE

PREACHING TO THE CHOIR

HERE.

Pat: I LOVE THEM.

I'M GIVING A PLUG FOR

COSTCO.

DO YOU SHOP AT COSTCO?

Wendy: NO.

BECAUSE I DON'T NEED TO

BUY IN BULK.

Pat: WELL, WHY?

Wendy: BECAUSE I'M

SINGLE, PAT.

Pat: YOU ARE.

[LAUGHTER]

Pat: 75 -- WHAT AM I

SAYING.

THERE IS A BIG CONTAINER

OF COSTCO.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BRAND

OF EVERYTHING.

AND THERE IS A BIG

CONTAINER OF ALL KIND OF

MIXED NUTS.

YOU'VE GOT BRAZIL NUTS AND

CASHEWS AND FILBIRTS.

EVERY DAY I HAVE NUTS.

AND THEN I EAT OA OATMEAL,

AND ON TOP OF THAT I HAVE

FRUIT, LIKE BLUEBERRIES.

IT WILL KEEP YOU HEALTHY.

Wendy: WHAT IF YOU

HAVE YOUR WALNUTS IN THE

CHOCOLATE SHI CHIP COOKIES,

DOES THAT COUNT?

Pat: NO.

Wendy: OKAY.

Pat: I THINK ALL OF

THE OTHER CANCELS OUT THE

OTHER.

Wendy: I MADE

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES FOR

MY NEIGHBOR THE OTHER DAY,

AND HE LOVES THEM.

AND THE FIRST THING HE

SAID, ARE THERE NUTS IN

THEM?

AND I WAS, LIKE, YEAH.

AND HE SAID I DIDN'T DO IT

THE LAST TIME, AND HE

LOVES THE NUTS.

Pat: AND I MAKE

PANCAKES THAT WALNUTS AND

PEE CANPECANS AND THEY'RE

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE

LONGER, THEY HELP ALL

KINDS OF THINGS WITH YOUR

HEALTH.

GET MIXED NUTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO SELLS

THEM IN BULK.

YOU CAN GO TO THE HEALTH

FOOD STORES, AND THEY HAVE

BIG BINS OF NUTS AND THEY

CAN MEASURE THEM OUT FOR

YOU.

Wendy: THEY DO.

THEY ABSOLUTELY DO.

Pat: I MENTIONED

EARLIER I WAS 11 YEARS OLD

WHEN PEARL HARBOR

HAPPENED.

Wendy: OKAY.

11-YEAR-OLD -- DID YOU SEE

IT ON TV?

Pat: THERE WAS NO TV.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TV,

DARLING.

WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE

RADIO.

Wendy: I FORGOT, YOU

INVENTED TV.

BUT YOU REMEMBER, I'M

SURE.

Pat: OF COURSE YOU

DO.

OF COURSE YOU DO.

IT WASN'T AS DRAMATIC AS

IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE, YOU

KNOW, YOU'RE A KID, AND

YOU DON'T REALIZE IT.

IT LAUNCHED THE WORLD INTO

A WHOLE OTHER ERA.

Wendy: WE'RE GOING TO

TALK ABOUT THIS.

ON THE 75th ANNIVERSARY

OF PEARL HARBOR, ONE

SURVIVOR REMEMBERS THE

PILOT WHO TRIED TO KILL

HIM.

YOU LOOKED AT THEM, AND

THEY WAVED AND SMILED LIKE

WE WERE SITTING DUCKS.

Wendy: HE TELLS THE

REST OF HIS STORY AND

TELLS WHY HE IS STILL

STRUGGLING WITH IT TO HIS

DAY.

THAT'S NEXT.

Pat: DECEMBER 7, 75

YEARS AGO, THE DATE THAT

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D.

ROOSEVELT SAID,

QUOTE,"WILL LIVE IN

INFAMY," THE NATION OF

JAPAN LAUNCHED A

DEVASTATING SURPRISE AIR

ATTACK ON OUR FACILITY AT

PEARL HARBOR IN HAWAII,

DESTROYING MOST OF THE

U.S. PACIFIC FLEET.

MORE THAN A THOUSAND MEN

WERE KILLED ON THE U.S.S.

ARIZONA.

AND ALL AT ONE TIME.

BUT 19-YEAR-OLD SAILOR,

DONALD STRATTON SURVIVED.

STEPHANIE RIGGS SPOKE WITH

HIM ABOUT THAT AWFUL DAY

AT PEARL HARBOR.

DECEMBER 7, 1941, A

DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN

INFAMY.

Reporter: BUT FOR

19-YEAR-OLD DON STRATTON,

THAT DAY STARTED OUT

UNEVENTFULLY IN THE

BEAUTIFUL SOUTH PACIFIC.

UNTIL...

I WENT TO HAVE A LOOK,

AND I SEEN THE WATER TOWER

GO OVER, AND I SEEN ONE OF

THE PLANES MAKE A BANK.

AND I SEEN THE MEATBALL ON

THE SIDE OF THE PLANE, AND

I THOUGHT, UH-OH, THE

JAPANESE ARE BOMBING THE

ISLAND.

Reporter: WHAT DO YOU

REMEMBER MOST ABOUT THAT

DAY?

I REMEMBER THAT THE

PLANES WERE JUST FLYING --

THE PILOTS WERE FLYING

BETWEEN THE VESSEL, THE

U.S.S. ARIZONA.

AND WE LOOKED AT THEM AND

THEY WAVED AND SMILED,

LIKE WE WERE SITTING

DUCKS.

THEY WERE SHOOTING DUCKS.

Reporter: THOSE

SITTING DUCKS WERE

AMERICAN SAILORS.

1,177 DIED ON THE U.S.S.

ARIZONA ALONE THAT DAY.

IT BURNED ON MY MIND, I

THINK.

Reporter: YES, BURNED

ON HIS MIND AND ON 65% OF

HIS BODY.

18,000 GALLONS OF

AVIATION GASOLINE BLEW UP.

IT BLEW UP A FIREBALL

ABOUT 800 FEET IN THE AIR

AND ENGULFED DIRECTLY

WHERE I WAS AT.

Reporter: AND YOU

WERE BURNED?

OH, YES, ALREADY

BURNED.

I DON'T HAVE ANY

FINGERPRINTS RIGHT NOW.

HI, SWEETIE.

HOW ARE YOU?

LOVE YOU.

Reporter: DON'S

LEGACY GOES FAR BEYOND

PEARL HARBOR.

ALL THE WAY TO COLORADO

SPRINGS, WHERE HE LIVES

NEAR HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING

FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN,

AND WITH HIS WIFE, VELMA,

OF 66 YEARS.

IT WILL BE HARD TO

SEPARATE US.

BUT WE KNOW THAT TIME WILL

COME.

OUR OLDEST BOY ALWAYS SAID

THAT HE HOPED THAT WE DIED

TOGETHER.

HE SAID IT WOULD BE HARD

ON RANDY AND HIM, BUT HE

SAID, I CAN'T SEE YOU AND

DAD BEING APART.

BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'LL ALL

BE TOGETHER ONE DAY.

WE KNOW THAT.

WELL, THE GOOD LORD

WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

YES, HE WILL.

WE HAVE ALL OF THE FAITH

IN THE WORLD THAT HE KNOWS

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

Reporter: WHO DO YOU

TELL YOUR FRIENDS YOUR

GREAT GRANDPA IS?

GREAT GRANDPA STRATTON.

Reporter: AND WHAT

DID HE DO?

HE SURVIVED ON THE

SHIP.

Reporter: WHICH SHIP?

THE U.S.S. ARIZONA.

Reporter: YES,

STRATTON IS A SURVIVOR.

HE SURVIVED NEAR FATAL

INJURIES, AND WHEN DOCTORS

RECOMMENDED HE HAVE HIS

ARM AMPUTATED, HE REFUSED,

AND THEN HE ACTUALLY

REENLISTED TO FIGHT UNTIL

THE BITTER END OF THE WAR.

> WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO

GO BACK, AFTER ALL OF THE

HELL YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH?

I JUST DON'T REALLY

KNOW.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

SOMETHING OF REVENGE A

LITTLE BIT, OR SOMETHING.

I LOVE THE OCEAN.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GO

BACK.

Reporter: THAT WORD,

"REVENGE," IS AN INSIGHT

INTO WHAT STRATTON

CONTINUES TO BATTLE TODAY.

WELL, IT'S NOT -- IT

STILL STICKS WITH ME THAT

THE JAPANESE THAT TWO

REPRESENTATIVES IN

WASHINGTON NEGOTIATING

PEACE, AND THEIR TASKFORCE

WAS BEARING DOWN ON PEARL

HARBOR AT THE SAME TIME.

I MEAN, THAT -- THOSE

PEOPLE WERE UNDER ORDERS

TO DO THE SAME THING WE

WERE, BUT WHOEVER PUT THE

ORDERS OUT IN JAPAN, I

HAVE NO FORGIVENESS FOR.

Reporter: BUT THE ONE

THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IN

YOUR BOOK MET A MISSIONARY

AND ACCEPTED JESUS AS HIS

LORD AND SAVIOR.

IT IS KIND OF MIXED IN

THERE.

EVERYTHING IS SUPPOSED TO

BE FORGIVEN, BUT WHEN YOU

HAVE IT INDELIBLY FIXED IN

YOUR BRAIN, I DON'T KNOW

IF I'LL EVER FORGIVE.

Reporter: WE'LL BE

PRAYING FOR YOU, DON, THAT

YOU'LL HAVE PEACE AND

FORGIVENESS AND YOU CAN

FINALLY PUT THIS BEHIND

YOU.

THANK YOU.

Reporter: AND I

WANTED TO THANK YOU, DON.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE

DO IT ENOUGH.

WE DON'T LET OUR VETERANS

KNOW HOW MUCH WE

APPRECIATE THEM.

SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR

HEARTS, THANK YOU, DON,

FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL

OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN

WHO RISK LIA THEIR LIVES EVERY

DAY SO WE CAN ENJOY OUR

FREEDOM.

GOD BLESS THEM AND

THANK YOU.

Pat: DON STRATTON IS

ONLY ONE OF FIVE SURVIVORS

OF THE U.S.S. ARIZONA WHO

ARE STILL ALIVE TODAY.

HE IS AT PEARL HARBOR DAY

FOR THE 75th ANNIVERSARY

OF THE DAY THAT CHANGED

THE WORLD.

AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE

ABOUT DON ON

CBNNEWS.COM.

AND HIS BOOK IS CALLED

"ALL THE GALLANT MEN."

HE TELLS THE STORY OF

THAT.

IT IS AMAZING, THE ADMIRAL

THAT LAUNCHED THAT ATTACK,

HE SAID, SO POIGNANTLY, HE

SAID, WE HAVE AN AWAKENED A

SLEEPING GIANT, AND HIS

WRATH WILL BE TERRIBLE.

AND WE EXACTED WRATH UPON

JAPAN IN AN UNBELIEVABLE

WAY, NOT TO MENTION

DROPPING TWO NUCLEAR BOMBS

ON THEM.

SO THEY HAD PAYBACK BEYOND

MEASURE FOR WHAT THEY DID

AT PEARL HARBOR.

THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER

DONE IT, BUT THEY DID.

Wendy: WHAT A STORY.

HOPEFULLY MR. STRATTON

WILL BE ABLE TO FORGIVE.

Pat: YOU KNOW, YOU'VE

GOT TO HAVE THAT,

WHATEVER.

ANYHOW, THIS IS QUITE A

BOOK.

Wendy: ALL RIGHT.

UP NEXT, A MILITARY FAMILY

BRACES FOR ANOTHER LONG

DEPLOYMENT.

I JUST GOT MY HUSBAND

BACK FROM A SIX-MONTH

DEPLOYMENT, AND TWO MONTHS

LATER THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE

TAKING HIM FOR A YEAR.

I COULDN'T SURVIVE...

Wendy: HEAR HOW THEY

ALL GOT A LITTLE HELP FROM

THE HOMEFRONT, AFTER THIS.

Wendy: GET INTO THE

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS WITH

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS WITH

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NOW THROUGH

DECEMBER 14th, ENTER CBN

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> WELL, AS A SAILOR IN

THE NAVY, MATT HAS TO

LEAVE HIS WIFE AND

CHILDREN FOR LONG PERIODS

OF TIME, SO WE'RE DOING

EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GIVE

THEM MORE TIME TOGETHER

AND TO MAKE THEIR TIME

APART A LITTLE EASIER.

Reporter: MATT AND

HIS WIFE, BRIE, DON'T TAKE

FAMILY TIME FOR GRANTED.

THEY CHERISH EVERY MINUTE

WITH THEIR CHILDREN,

CONNOR AND HARPER, B BECAUSE

MATT'S MISSION IS AT AN

ALL TIME HIGH.

WITHOUT HER IT WOULD

NOT BE POSSIBLE.

SHE IS THE FOUNDATION OF

IT ALL.

Reporter: THE COUPLE

FACES ITS BIGGEST

CHALLENGE YET.

THEY LEARNED MATT WILL

LEAVE AGAIN FOR A YEAR.

BRIE IS STANDING ON HER

FAITH IN GOD TO HELP HER

COPE.

I JUST GOT MY HUSBAND

BACK FROM A SIX-MONTH

DEPLOYMENT, AND TWO MONTHS

LATER THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE

TAKING HIM FOR A YEAR.

I COULDN'T SURVIVE IF I

DIDN'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP

WITH GOD.

JUST KNOWING THAT HE IS IN

CONTROL AND HE HAS A PLAN,

AND THAT HE IS GOING TO BE

THERE TO GET ME THROUGH

IT -IT.

Reporter: THE COUPLE

DECIDED IT WAS BEST FOR

BRIE AND THE KIDS TO MOVE

BACK HOME TO TEXAS TO BE

NEAR FAMILY.

BUT THE NAVY DOESN'T PAY

FOR A VOLUNTARY MOVE, SO

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO

DEBT.

BUT THEY FELT IT WAS WORTH

IT.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT

THAT SHE BE CLOSE TO

FAMILY, WHO WILL

ULTIMATELY BE THERE FOR

HER AND OUR KIDS.

Reporter: MATT WOULD

BE ELIGIBLE TO COME HOME

ONCE ON LEAVE, BUT THEY

WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE

TRAVEL EXPENSES, MONEY

THEY DON'T HAVE.

THEIR CHURCH HEARD ABOUT

THE SITUATION AND ASKED

CBN'S "HELPING THE

HOMEFRONT" TO ASSIST.

THE PASTOR STOPPED BY WITH

THE NEWS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE

TO HELP YOU WITH SOME OF

THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING

UP AS YOU MOVE DOWN TO

TEXAS.

I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE

QUITE EXPENSIVE, AND I

WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT

CBN IS GOING TO PAY FOR

ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S AMAZING.

Reporter: AND PASTOR

WYNN TOLD THEM CBN WOULD

PAY FOR TRAVEL WHEN IT

CAME TIME FOR MATT'S

LEAVE.

CBN WOULD LIKE TO PAY

FOR MATT TO COME HOME, PAY

FOR THE ROUNDTRIP FROM

BAHRAIN.

THAT'S AWESOME.

THAT'S A HUGE BLESSING.

THAT'S AMAZING.

I'M VERY THANKFUL.

VERY THANKFUL.

Reporter: SEVEN

MONTHS AFTER THE MOVE TO

TEXAS, OUR CBN CAMERAS

WHERE THERE WHEN MATT CAME

HOME ON LEAVE.

DADDY!

HI, BABY.

Reporter: THIS FAMILY

HAD THREE WEEKS TOGETHER,

THANKS TO CBN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

HELPING MY FAMILY AND

BLESSING US AND SHOWING US

THAT GOD IS WITH US.

Wendy: THREE WEEKS

TOGETHER.

THAT'S A LONG TIME AFTER

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SOMEONE

IN SEVEN MONTHS.

AND THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE

OF YOU.

BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO

JOIN "THE 700 CLUB" AND

THEIR "HELPING THE

HOMEFRONT."

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE

INVOLVED IN HELPING MORE

OF OUR WONDERFUL MEN AND

SERVICE WOMEN ALL OVER THE

COUNTRY, JUST PICK UP THE

PHONE AND CALL

1-800-700-7000.

AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO

JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."

IT IS JUST 65 CENTS A DAY,

$20 A MONTH, TO MAKE SO

MANY PEOPLE HAPPY AND TO

CHANGE THE WORLD AND

SPREAD THE GOSPEL.

AND YOU CAN ALSO LOG ON

TO cbn.com.

WHEN YOU GIVE, WE HAVE A

VERY SPECIAL GIFT FOR YOU.

IT IS PAT'S NEW RECORDING

OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.

IT IS GREAT TO READ THE

BIBLE.

BUT WHAT ABOUT LISTENING

TO THE WORD OF GOD IN YOUR

CAR?

YOU CAN DO THAT WHEN YOUR

RUNNING ERRANDS AND

SITTING IN TRAFFIC.

IT IS A GREAT WAY TO GET

THAT WORD IN YOU.

THE BIBLE SAYS THE WORD OF

GOD IS A SWORD, AND YOU

NEED THAT.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS,

SO WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU

WHEN YOU GIVES US A CALL.

IT IS TIME TO "BRING IT

ON."

PEGGY SAYS, "I HAVE BEEN

LIVING WITH MY HUSBAND FOR

TWO YEARS IN A FIXER UPPER

WITHOUT PROPER HEATING AND

NO INSULATION.

I WANT TO LEAVE MY HUSBAND

AND GO RENT OR BUY A HOME.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?"

PAT ANSWERS PEGGY'S

QUESTION AND MORE.

FIRST, THE TRUTH BEHIND

THE REAL SANTA CLAUS.

IF YOU DID A D.N.A.

TEST ON SANTA, IT WOULD

COME UP WITH TWO IMPORTANT

CHRISTIAN MEN.

Wendy: WE SEPARATE

THE FACT FROM FICTION

REGARDING OLD SAINT NICK,

SO DON'T GO AWAY.

Efrem: WELCOME BACK

TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN

NEWSBREAK.

THOUSANDS OF RESCUE

WORKERS ARE POURING

THROUGH RUBBLE TO FIND

POSSIBLE SURVIVORS AFTER A

DEADLY EARTHQUAKE ON THE

COAST OF INDONESIA.

THE 6.5 MONTHS AGO TUD

QUAK6.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHHAZ

HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES

ABOUT 80 PEOPLE.

DOZENS MORE ARE FEARED TO

BE TRAPPED.

> IN WASHINGTON, THE

CHRISTMAS TREE IS NOW LIT

AFTER PAUL RYAN FLIPPED

THE SWITCH TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE TREE CAME ALL THE WAY

FROM IDAHO.

RYAN SAID, QUOTE,"CHRIST'S

BIRTH, LIKE THIS TREE, IS

A REMINDER THAT GOD IS

ALWAYS WITH US.

WE MAY NEGLECT HIM, WE MAY

REJECT HIM, BUT HE NEVER

FORSAKES US."

THE NIGHT ENDED WITH THE

BRASS BAND PERFORMING "O

CHRISTMAS TREE" AND "JOY

TO THE WORLD."

> YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE

LATEST NEWS BY GOING TO

OUR WEBSITE AT

cbnnews.com.

PAT AND WENDY WILL BE

RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF

"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

Wendy: PRETTY SAD IF

YOU NEED A REMINDER TO

SAY

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

THIS YEAR YOU CAN PUT THIS

UP IN YOUR WINDOW.

IT IS THE CBN CHRISTMAS

CLING.

JUST GIVE US A CALL,

1-800-700-7000.

OR LOG ON TO CBN.COM, AND

REMEMBER THE REAL MEANING

OF THE HOLIDAYS.

> PEOPLE OFTEN COMPLAIN

ABOUT CHRISTMAS BEING TOO

COMMERCIALLIZED, AND SANTA

CLAUS GETS A BIG PART OF

THE BLAME.

BUT SOME SAY WE SHOULD

THANK JOLLY OLD SAINT

NICK.

Reporter: I THINK A

LOT OF PEOPLE BLAME THE

COMMERCIALIZATION OF

CHRISTMAS ON SANTA CLAUS.

DON'T YOU THINK HE GETS A

BAD RAP?

YES.

CHRISTMAS STARTED IN WORLD

WAR II, WHEN WE ASKED MEN

AND WOMEN TO SHOP EARLY SO

WE COULD GET PRESENTS TO

TROOPS ON THE FIELDS IN

TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.

IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST

GIFTS, WE AS CHRISTIANS

HAVE FORGOTTEN.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS

NO OTHER SEASON OF THE

YEAR WHERE YOU CAN TALK

ABOUT JESUS AND GOD FOR

THIS AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND IT OPENS UP THE

DOOR.

IF WE KNOW THE STORIES

BEHIND THE TRADITIONS, IF

WE KNOW THE STORIES BEHIND

THE SONGS, WHEN THOSE PLAY

OR WE SEE THEM, IT BECOMES

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO

SHARE OUR FAITH LIKE WE'RE

NOT WELCOME TO DO ANY

OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR.

AND RARELY DO PEOPLE TURN

LIAR BACKTHEIR BACKS ON THAT

BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE

CULTURE AND TRADITION OF

THIS SEASON.

Reporter: IN A LOT OF

WAYS, SANTA IS A

CHRIST-LIKE FIGURE, HE

SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE

SLEEPING AND HE KNOWS WHEN

YOU'RE AWAKE.

AND HE REACHES OUT AND

HUGS CHILDREN.

HE DOESN'T REPRESENT

ANYTHING BUT PURE,

WONDERFUL GIVING AND LOVE.

IF YOU DID A D.N.A. TEST

ON SANTA, IT WOULD COME UP

WITH NICHOLAS ABARA, THE

ONE WHO REACHED OUT TO THE

LEAST OF THESE AROUND THE

GLOBE.

AND THE OTHER IS A 10

CENTURY DUKE.

HE WENT TO HIS CITIZENS ON

CHRISTMAS YEAR, HANDING

THE POOREST OF THE POOR

FOOD, CLOTHING AND

FIREWOOD.

HE DID THAT EVEN IN THE

MIDST OF WINTER TO TEACH

HIS SUBJECTS WHAT THE TRUE

MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

REALLY WAS.

Reporter: SO SANTA IS

A SYMBOL OF GIVING TO THE

NEEDY AND LOVE.

AND A SYMBOL OF

CHRISTIAN FAITH BECAUSE OF

HIS ROOTS.

Wendy: FASCINATING.

IF YOU LIKED THAT LITTLE

LESSON, YOU CAN GET ACE'S

BOOK, CALL "STORIES BEHIND

THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF

CHRISTMAS."

WE DID A STORY ON THE

MEANING BEHIND THE

DIFFERENT COLORED LIGHTS.

THERE IS A SPIRITUAL

MEANING BEHIND THEM.

THE BLUE LIGHT MEANS LOVE

AND THE WHITE LIGHT IS

PURITY.

AND WE LEARNED ABOUT SAINT

NICK HAVING SOME

SIMILARITIES WITH JESUS,

IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING

BECAUSE JESUS IS THE LIGHT

OF THE WORLD.

Pat: HE IS, INDEED.

Wendy: IT IS TIME TO

"BRING IT ON."

PEGGY SAYS, "I'VE BEEN

MARRIED TO THE SAME MAN

FOR 38 YEARS, BUT LATELY

THIS MARRIAGE IS WEARING

ME DOWN.

WE'RE CURRENTLY LIVING IN

A FIXER-UPPER HOUSE, BUT I

HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS

WITHOUT A HOT WATER

HEATING, PROPER HEATING,

AND NO INSULATION.

I TOLD MY HUSBAND BEFORE

WINTER A YEAR AGO, I COULD

NOT CONTINUE LIVING LIKE

THIS.

NOW ONE YEAR LATER,

EVERYTHING IS THE SAME.

I SERIOUSLY WANT TO LEAVE

MY HUSBAND AND GO RENT OR

BUY A HOME WITH BASIC

NEEDS.

AS A CHRISTIAN WOMAN, WHAT

SHOULD I DO?"

Pat: AS A CHRISTIAN

WOMAN, YOU HAVE TO

REMEMBER YOU MADE SOME

VOWS, IF YOU HAD A

CHRISTIAN WEDDING.

AND YOU SAID IN YOUR VOWS,

FOR RICHER, FOR POORER,

FOR BETTER OR WORSE, IN

SICKNESS AND HEALTH, UNTIL

DEATH DO US PART.

AND YOU MADE THOSE VOWS.

AND NOW YOU'RE LIVING

THROUGH THEM.

YOU PICKED A GUY WHO

APPARENTLY WAS A LOSER.

BUT YOU DID IT.

YOU MADE A DECISION AND

YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED TO HIM

FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

Wendy: 38.

BUT THE LAST TWO SHE'S BE

LIVING WITHOUT HOT WATER.

Pat: TOUGH LUCK.

RICHER OR POORER.

IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, YOU

CAN GET THAT GUY SOME

COUNSELLING ABOUT HOW TO

HANDLE MONEY.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE HOT

WATER.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE HEAT.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS, YOU'RE

LIVING IN THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA.

THIS ISN'T SOME THIRD

WORLD COUNTRY.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS

GOING ON, BUT THIS ISN'T

LIVE OFF THE KEY AND GET

OUT THE BACK, JACK.

YOU'RE THERE.

YOU MADE THAT DECISION.

AND YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH

IT.

BUT WHAT I DO RECOMMEND IS

SOMEHOW YOU GET SOME

FINANCIAL COUNSELLING FOR

YOUR HUSBAND.

THERE HAS GOT TO BE

SOMETHING -- I CAN'T

IMAGINE THAT YOU DON'T

HAVE SOME KIND OF WELFARE

OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD

HELP YOU GET A HOT

WATERHEATER.

THESE THINGS REALLY AREN'T

THAT EXPENSIVE.

A HOT WATERHEATER, IT'S

NOT BIG MONEY.

YOU CAN GET ONE MAYBE ON

CREDIT OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU'VE GOT TO LIVE ON

SOMETHING.

DOESN'T YOUR HUSBAND MAKE

ANY MONEY AT ALL?

THERE HAS TO BE SOME

BEHIND SCENES ON THIS THAT

SAYS --

Wendy: I WANT TO GET

AHOLD OF THIS GUY AND SAY,

TAKE CARE OF YOUR WIFE.

Pat: TAKE CARE OF

YOURSELF.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME

HEAT.

BY THE WAY, CHICAGO, CAN

YOU BELIEVE THEY HAD THE

BIGGEST FIRST OF THE

SEASON SNOWSTORMS THEY'VE

EVER HAD IN THEIR HISTORY

YESTERDAY.

Wendy: NO WAY.

HISTORY?

Pat: SIX INCHES OF

SNOW, FIRST SNOW, THE

BIGGEST THEY'VE EVER HAD.

IT IS GOING TO BE A

FREEZING COLD WINTER.

SO PLEASE GET SOME HEAT IN

YOUR HOUSE.

Wendy: BLAKE SAYS,

"HI, PAT.

WHEN WAS OUR SAVIOR BORN?

AND WHY DID THE WISE MEN

GIVE HIM THE GIFTS THAT

THEY DID?"

Pat: GOOD GRIEF.

WELL, WE THINK HE WAS

BORN -- YOU CAN GO BACK IN

THE HEBREW CALENDAR AND

SEE WHEN THESE THINGS

WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

WAS IT -- THE WINTER

SOLSTICE IS WHEN THE PAG

PAGANS BEGAN TO PUT

DECEMBER 25th.

THERE WERE SHEPHERDS OUT

IN THE FIELD, SO IT

COULDN'T HAVE BEEN

FREEZING COLD.

SO THE CHANCES ARE IT WAS

MORE LIKE IN IT'S SPRING.

THE WISE MEN CAME A LONG

TIME AFTER THE BIRTH OF

JESUS.

THEY SAW HIS STAR AND IT

WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE OF

YEARS LATER.

GOLD HAS TO DO WITH KING.

FRANKINCENSE A WORSHIP TO

GOD.

AND THE MIRHH HAD TO DO

WITH HONORING HIM AS A

KING.

Wendy: NICK SAYS, "I

HAVE BEEN IN LOVE WITH

THIS GIRL FOR TWO YEARS.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER

BEFORE I KNEW SHE HAS A

BOYFRIEND.

I ASKED GOD TO SHOW ME

SIGNS IF SHE WAS THE ONE.

I GOT THREE SIGNS IN MY

FAVOR.

SO I KEPT DOUBTING.

THEN I ASKED FOR TWO MORE

SIGNS AND I DIDN'T GET

THEM.

SHOULD I MOVE ON?"

Pat: I KNOW ONE

PERSON WHO GOT MARRIED TO

THE WRONG PERSON AND TOLD

ME, WELL, I HEARD CHIMES,

AND THE WIND BLEW THROUGH

THE CHIMES, AND I TOOK

THAT AS A SYMBOL THAT HE

WAS THE GUY.

HE WASN'T THE GUY, AND

THEY WOUND UP GETTING

DIVORCED.

SO WHAT ARE ALL THESE

SIGNS?

THE GIRL IS MARRIED OR

ENGAGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

SO YOU MIGHT ASK HER IF

SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN

GETTING INVOLVED WITH YOU?

I THINK, IN MY OPINION,

YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR

THREE MORE SIGNS AND GOD

IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A

SIGN -- NONSENSE.

Wendy: AT SOME POINT,

YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR

THOUGHTS INTO ACTION.

Pat: HE SPEAKS

THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD,

THROUGH GODLY COUNSEL.

I DON'T THINK YOU'VE GOT

ANY OF THAT.

IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT.

WENDY, WHAT IS NEXT.

Wendy: THAT WAS IT

FOR "BRING IT ON."

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

THAT.

UP NEXT, SHE WAS A MAN

TRAPPED IN A WOMAN'S BODY,

AND SHE WAS PROUD OF IT.

I CAME OUT TO TELL THE

WHOLE WORLD I WOULD LIVE

MY LIFE THE WAY I WANTED

TO.

AND I WOULD DO WHAT I

WANTED TO DO.

Wendy: WATCH HER FIND

HER TRUE IDENTITY.

THAT'S NEXT.

Pat: WELL, WE'VE GOT

A STORY FOR YOU TODAY.

MAN, IT'S CLOSE TO

CHRISTMAS.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS.

FOR 30 YEARS JOE TAYLOR

WAS A PLAYER AND A PIMP.

FOR JOE, HAVING SEX WITH

WOMEN WAS PART OF A BIG

GAME.

BUT JOE WAS ALSO MORE THAN

JUST A LADIES' MAN BECAUSE

SHE WAS, HERSELF, A WOMAN.

Reporter: EVERYONE

KNEW WANDA JO TAYLOR

PREFERS JEANS OVER

DRESSES.

THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY.

BOYS WAS TOUGH, LIKE

MYSELF, AND THE GIRLS WAS

DAINTY AND PRETTY.

I WAS ATTRACTED TO THEM,

AND I KNEW THAT AT A YOUNG

AGE.

Reporter: HER MOTHER,

OPAL, THOUGHT HER YOUNGEST

CHILD WAS GOING THROUGH A

PHASE.

I KNEW SHE WAS A

TOMBOY, BUT EVERYBODY

SAID, JUST LEAVE HER

ALONE.

SHE'LL GO OUT OF IT.

Reporter: BUT WANDA

COULDN'T CHANGE WHAT SHE

WAS FEELING.

BACK THEN, I WAS, LIKE,

I FEEL LIKE A BOY TRAPPED

IN A GIRL'S BODY.

AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

ME.

Reporter: WANDA JO

EMBRACED HER IDENTITY AS A

BOY, AND STARTED HAVING

SEXUAL CONTACT WITH OTHER

GIRLS.

SHE MANAGED TO KEEP IT A

SECRET UNTIL AT 18 SHE GOT

CAUGHT WITH A NEIGHBOR

GIRL.

I CAME OUT TO TELL THE

WHOLE WORLD I WAS GAY AND

I WAS PROUD.

AND I WOULD LIVE MY LIFE

THE WAY I WANTED TO LIVE

MY LIFE.

I DID WHAT I WANTED TO DO.

IT HURT.

I CRIED EVERY DAY.

Reporter: AFTER HIGH

SCHOOL, WANDA JO LANDED A

GOOD-PAYING JOB AS A

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, AND

DOVE INTO THE HOMOSEXUAL

LIFESTYLE.

I WENT TO CLUBS, GAY

CLUBS, GAY PARADE.

I DID IT ALL.

I WALKED INTO A TOPLESS

CLUB, LOOKING LIKE A MAN,

DRESSED LIKE A MAN,

SMELLING LIKE A MAN.

I PRAYED ALL THE TIME,

HOPING THAT SHE WOULD

CHANGE.

BUT SHE WENT THROUGH SO

MANY WOMEN.

Reporter: FOR THE

NEXT 30 YEARS, WANDA JO

PURSUED MANY WOMEN AND HAD

A FEW SERIOUS

RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT THEY WERE CHAOTIC, AND

AT TIMES VIOLENT.

YOU FIGHT.

NO TRUST.

THE JEALOUSY.

THE ENVY.

THE DRAMA IN THAT

LIFESTYLE THAT I WAS IN.

Reporter: NONE OF

THEM GAVE WANDA JO WHAT

SHE REALLY WANTED.

I WAS SEARCHING FOR

LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG

PLACES.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS

SEARCHING FOR.

Reporter: THE ONE

THING WANDA JO NEVER

INDULGED IN WAS DRUGS AND

ALCOHOL, BUT WHEN SHE

NEARLY DIED AFTER ONE OF

HER LOVERS STABBED HER,

SHE FOUND CRACK COCAINE

EASED THE PHYSICAL AND

EMOTIONAL PAIN.

I WAS JUST TIRED.

I WAS SO TIRED, I DIDN'T

KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Reporter: FOR TWO AND

A HALF YEARS, SHE LIVED AT

THE MERCY OF A CRACK

COCAINE ADDICTION, AND

DROPPED DOWN TO A MERE

98 POUNDS.

FINALLY WANDA JO

REMEMBERED SOMETHING SHE

LEARNED IN CHURCH AS A

CHILD, THAT IN TIMES OF

DISPAIR, SHE COULD ALWAYS

CALL ON GOD.

THE NEXT THING YOU

KNOW, I WAS SO BROKEN.

MY GOD, I WAS BROKEN.

I WAS TIRED OF SO MUCH OF

JUST EVERYTHING.

I WENT HOME AND I GOT ON

MY KNEES, AND I CRIED OUT

TO GOD.

AND I SAID, GOD, TAKE THIS

AWAY FROM ME.

JESUS, HELP ME.

AND WHEN HE DID, IT WAS A

SNAP OF A FINGER, BLINK OF

AN EYE.

Reporter: WANDA JO

SAYS HER DESIRE FOR

COCAINE WAS COMPLETELY

GONE.

AND THAT DELIVERANCE BY

GOD FUELED A HUNGER TO

RETURN TO CHURCH.

SHE FOUND ONE THAT

ACCEPTED HER JUST AS SHE

WAS.

I'LL NEVER FORGET A DAY

I WAS IN A CHURCH.

AND THEY LOVED ME.

THEY LET ME COME IN THE

CHURCH, BROKEN, LOST, AS

THE SINNER THAT I WAS.

I WAS, LIKE, WOW.

THEY WAS TREATING ME WITH

SO MUCH LOVE.

AND NOW HE IS TALKING THE

TRUTH, THE WORD.

AND NOW I'M GETTING THIS

WORD IN MY HEART.

Reporter: WANDA JO

CONTINUED GOING TO CHURCH

AND READING THE BIBLE.

FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER

30 YEARS LIVING AS A MAN,

SHE DISCOVERED HER TRUE

IDENTITY.

I OPENED UP MY BIBLE TO

THE SCRIPTURE THAT HE GAVE

ME.

AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS

ISAIAH 48: 18-19, AND IT

SAYS "NEITHER CONSIDER THE

THINGS OF OLD.

I DO A NEW THING AND A NEW

THING SHALL SPRING

FORWARD.

I MAKE A ROAD IN THE

WILDERNESS AND A RIVER IN

THE DESERT."

WHEN I READ IT THE THIRD

TIME -- WHEN I READ IT THE

THIRD TIME, ALL OF THE GAY

STUFF AND ALL OF THAT --

NEITHER CONSIDER THE

THINGS OF OLD -- I'M ON

DRUGS AND CRACK AND WHOLE

THAT AND COMMITTING

ADULTERY, LYING,

CHEATING --

Reporter: RIGHT AT

THAT MOMENT HER MOTHER

CALLED.

WANDA JO TOLD HER

EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAD

TOLD HER IN THE

SCRIPTURES.

MY MAMA HEARD FOR 30

YEARS I WAS GAY.

AND SHE SAID, WHO ARE YOU

THEN, WANDA JO?

I SAID THE OLD WANDA JO IS

GONE.

I'M A NEW WANDA JO.

Reporter: WANDA JO

GAVE HER LIFE TO JESUS

CHRIST THAT NIGHT.

I SAID, I'M JUST LIKE

JESUS, TURNING WATER INTO

WINE.

THE OLD WANDA JO IS THE

WATER.

AND THE NEW WANDA JO IS

THE WINE.

HE TOOK THAT DESIRE AWAY.

I DON'T DESIRE WOMEN NO

MORE.

Reporter: TODAY SHE

WORKS IN FULL-TIME

MINISTRY, SHARING GOD'S

TRUTH AND LOVE TO PEOPLE

SHE MEETS IN DALLAS,

TEXAS.

I'M HAVE A TRUE AND

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD.

I WAS SEARCHING FOR LOVE

IN ALL OF THE WRONG

PLACES.

ALL OF THE TIME IT WAS

JESUS WHO I WAS SEARCHING

FOR.

Pat: WHAT A WONDERFUL

STORY.

HEY, LISTEN, FOLKS.

THERE IS ONLY ONE SOURCE

OF LOVE THAT WILL LOVE YOU

BACK UNCONDITIONALLY.

WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT

YOU.

NOTHING IS HIDDEN, AND YET

DESPITE EVERYTHING YOU'VE

DONE AND ALL OF THE STUFF

YOU'VE DONE WRONG, HE

FORGIVES YOU AND LOVES

YOU.

WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE --

WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE, HE

FORGIVES YOU.

NOW, MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T

GONE QUITE AS FAR INTO THE

DEPTHS AS WANDA JO DID,

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE

GONE PRETTY FAR.

AND YOU SAY, CAN GOD LOVE

ME?

AND THE ANSWER IS, YES, HE

LOVES YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE

MADE IN HIS IMAGE.

AND HE DOESN'T SEE YOU NOW

AS YOU ARE.

HE SEES YOU AS YOU CAN BE

IN JESUS.

HE SEES WHAT HE CAN DO FOR

YOU WHEN HE FILLS YOU WITH

HIS SPIRIT AND TOUCHES YOU

AND MAKES YOU A NEW

PERSON.

AND THE BIBLE SAYS IF

ANYBODY IS IN CHRIST, HE

IS A NEW CREATION.

OLD THINGS ARE PASSED

AWAY.

BEHOLD, ALL HAS BECOME

NEW.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A NEW

CREATION, DON'T SAY GOD

WON'T LOVE ME BECAUSE HE

DOES.

HE NEVER STOPPED LOVING

YOU.

AND IF YOU WANT REAL LOVE.

I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME

RIGHT NOW.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

WHEREVER YOU ARE, JUST BOW

YOUR HEAD AND PRAY THESE

WORDS.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,

PRAY WITH ME.

DO IT.

LORD, YOU KNOW I'M A

SINNER.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE

WRONG.

YOU KNOW THE WAYS I HAVE

BROKEN YOUR LAWS.

AND, LORD, RIGHT NOW I

COME TO YOU AS A BROKEN,

SINFUL CHILD.

AND I SAY TO YOU, FATHER,

TAKE ME AND MAKE ME YOUR

OWN AND LET ME BE PART OF

YOUR FAMILY.

I COME TO YOU, LORD, AND I

RECEIVE YOU AS SAVIOR, AND

I MAKE YOU THE LORD OF MY

LIFE.

AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON

I'LL LIVE FOR YOU, AND

I'LL SERVE YOU.

THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR

HEARING MY PRAYER.

THANK YOU.

IN YOUR HOLY NAME.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, I

WANT TO GIVE YOU

SOMETHING, SO I ASK YOU TO

CALL RIGHT NOW.

AND EVEN THOUGH THIS

PROGRAM IS OFF THE AIR,

THERE ARE COUNSE COUNSELLORS

THERE AT THE TELEPHONE.

1-800-700-7000.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

THIS EDITION OF "THE 700

CLUB."

FOR WENDY AND ALL OF US,

THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON, AND

WE WILL BE SEEING YOU

TOMORROW.

GOD BLESS YOU.

BYE-BYE.