THEY ARE FLEEING THEIR

COUNTRY AND HEADING TO

AMERICA'S LAST FRONTIER.

YOU CAN WALK THREE ANY WALK THROUGH

ANY STORE, DOWN ANY

STREET, AND NOT KNOW HOW

MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

YOU JUST HEARD.

PLUS, DEMARCO THOMAS.

> AND AN AWARD-WINNING

JOURNALIST WHO WAS ONCE

FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE.

HE SHARES HIS STORY ON

TODAY'S SHOW.

*

Pat: WELCOME, LADIES

AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS

EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."

I WANT TO START THIS

PROGRAM WITH A VERSE FROM

THE BIBLE.

THIS IS THE WORDS OF

JESUS, AND HERE IS WHAT HE

HAD TO SAY.

HE KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS,

AND HE SAID, QUOTE, "EVERY

KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST

ITSELF WILL BE LAID WASTE,

AND THE HOUSE WILL FALL

AGAINST HOUSE."

EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED

AGAINST ITSELF WILL BE

LAID WASTE.

NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WE HAVE A SITUATION IN THE

UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA -- THIS IS THE

GREATEST NATION ON EARTH.

WE HAVE MORE POWER; WE

HAVE MORE MIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE A GRIDLOCK IN

WASHINGTON.

WE HAD A HEALTH CARE BILL

THAT WAS IMPOSED UPON US,

AND NOT SINGLE REPUBLICAN

VOTED FOR IT.

IT WAS 100% PUT IN BY

DEMOCRATS.

AND IT HAS PROVED TO BE AN

ABSOLUTE DISASTER.

THEY CALL IT OBAMACARE.

SO NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO

REPEAL IT.

AND NOW NOT ONE SINGLE

DEMOCRAT WILL VOTE TO

REPEAL.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE

GOT A GRIDLOCK IN

WASHINGTON, WHERE ALL THE

DEMOCRATS WANT TO DO IS

DEFEAT THE PRESIDENT.

AND WE HAVE ALL THESE

SCANDALS AND ALL THESE

COMMITTEES, AND ALL THESE

INVESTIGATIONS, AND ALL OF

THIS LOOKING IN HORROR,

AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE

LIKE TIM KAINE SAYING IT

IS TREASON, ETC.

WE'VE GOT ALL OF THIS

GOING ON, AND OUR COUNTRY

IS LANGUISHING.

WE'RE NOT MOVING AS WE

SHOULD.

AND JAMIE DIAMOND MADE A

COMMENT THE OTHER DAY THAT

WE MENTIONED, JUST SAYING,

WE JUST CAN'T GET OUR ACT

TOGETHER.

WHY?

BECAUSE A KINGDOM DIVIDED

AGAINST ITSELF CAN'T

STAND.

THESE PEOPLE ARE SO FILLED

WITH PARTISANSHIP.

THERE USED TO BE A TIME

WHEN PEOPLE CAME TO

WASHINGTON, AND THERE WERE

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,

AND THEY GOT TOGETHER FOR

THE GOOD OF AMERICA.

NOW THEY GET TOGETHER FOR

THE GOOD OF THEIR OWN

PARTY AND FOR THEIR OWN

ELECTORAL PROSPECTS, AND

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT

AMERICA.

AND IT IS DESTROYING THIS

COUNTRY.

AND THE BIBLE SAYS VERY

CLEARLY THAT A KINGDOM

DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF

CANNOT STAND.

WE CANNOT STAND.

THIS NATION CANNOT ENDURE

IF ONE FACTION WANTS TO

DESTROY IT AND THE OTHER

FACTION WANTS TO BUILD IT,

AND NEITHER ONE CAN GET

TOGETHER.

THE BIG NEWS TODAY, OF

COURSE, IS THAT MITCHELL

McCONNELL OF THE SENATE

SAID WE HAVEN'T GOT ENOUGH

VOTES TO PUT IN A NEW

HEALTH CARE BILL, SO ALL

THEY WANT TO DO IS REPEAL

THE OTHER ONE.

NOW, THERE IS A BIT OF

GOOD NEWS I WANT TO GIVE

YOU ABOUT REGENT

UNIVERSITY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

HISTORY, A UNIVERSITY IN

AMERICA IS PURCHASING A

MILITARY-GRADE,

STATE-QUALIFIED, CYBER

RANGE.

AND REGENT UNIVERSITY WILL

BE THE ONLY UNIVERSITY IN

THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE

EXCLUSIVE USE OF A CYBER

RANGE, WHICH IS BEING

SUPPLIED BY ISRAEL.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A

FANTASTIC DEVICE TO TRAIN

PEOPLE.

IT WILL BE LIKE A

SIMULATOR ON AN AIRPLANE.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SIMULATE

ATTACKS OF VARIOUS

MAGNITUDE AGAINST THE

FACILITIES OF AMERICA.

AND TO TRAIN OUR STUDENTS

AND TO TRAIN OFFICIALS OF

OTHER BUSINESSES, AS TO

HOW TO RESPOND TO A

CYBER-ATTACK.

IT'S A CYBERRANGE, AND

WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT

IT.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT A

FEW WEEKS AGO I SIGNED THE

CONTRACT TO PURCHASE IT.

AND IT IS BEING INSTALLED

NOW.

AND WE'LL HAVE A RIBBON

CUTTING IN A FEW MONTHS

WHEN THAT THING IS UP AND

RUNNING.

IT IS A MAJOR

BREAKTHROUGH.

REGENT UNIVERSITY, ON THE

CUTTING-EDGE OF

TECHNOLOGY.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT.

Terry: WELL, THAT

SCHOOL IS GROWING IN LEAPS

AND BOUNDS.

Pat: BUT A CYBER

RANGE, IT IS FABULOUS.

IT IS THE KIND OF THING

ONE STATE WOULD USE TO

GAIN ANOTHER STATE.

IT IS THAT BIG AND

IMPORTANT.

> WELL, IT IS BACK TO

THE DRAWING BOARD, AS WE

SAID, FOR THE SENATE

REPUBLICANS, NOW THAT

THEIR LATEST HEALTH CARE

PLAN HAS FAILED AFTER TWO

MORE SENATORS SAID THEY

COULDN'T SUPPORT IT.

Terry: BUT PRESIDENT

TRUMP IS PROMISING WE WILL

RETURN.

AND MITCHELL McCONNELL

SAYS REPUBLICANS WILL NOW

TRY TO REPEAL OBAMACARE

AND REPLACE IT LATER.

CHARLENE AARON HAS THIS

STORY.

Charlene: SENATORS

MIKE LEE AND UTAH AND

JERRY MORAN OF KANSAS

SEALED THE MEASURE'S DOOM

LATE MONDAY WHEN EACH SAID

THEY WOULD VOTE NO IN A

CRUCIAL VOTE THAT HAD BEEN

EXPECTED AS SOON AS NEXT

WEEK.

MORAN SAID, "WE SHOULD NOT

PUT OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL

ON BAD POLICY."

THE BILL NEEDED THE

SUPPORT OF AT LEAST 50 OF

THE 52 SENATORS, BUT NOW

THE BILL APPEARS TO BE

DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

G.O.P. SENATOR JOHN CORNYN

SAID IF THE CURRENT BILL

DIDN'T WORK, REPUBLICANS

WOULD HAVE TO TRY A

DIFFERENT MEASURE.

IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL

NOW, I ASSUME WE'LL KEEP

TRYING.

BUT AT SOME POINT IF

DEMOCRATS WOULD

PARTICIPATE IN THE

PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO

HAVE TO COME UP WITH A

DIFFERENT PLAN.

Charlene: FOR NOW

THAT DIFFERENT PLAN IS

SIMPLY TRYING TO GET RID

OF OBAMACARE NOW AND

WORKING ON A PLACEMENT

THAT WOULD COME LATER,

MITCHELL McCONNELL SAID

IN A STATEMENT: "IN THE

COMING DAYS, THE SENATE

WILL VOTE TO TAKE UP THE

REPEAL OF OBAMACARE, WITH

A TWO-YEAR DELAY OF A

PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH

CARE SYSTEM THAT GIVES

AMERICANS ACCESS TO

QUALITY AFFORDABLE HEALTH

CARE."

IN A LATE-NIGHT TWEET,

PRESIDENT TRUMP ECHOED

THAT SENTIMENT, CALLING ON

REPUBLICANS TO JUST REPEAL

OBAMACARE NOW, AND WORK ON

A NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN

THAT WILL START FROM A

CLEAN SLATE, AND DEMS

WOULD JOIN IN.

BUT IT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO

GET THROUGH THE HOUSE

BEFORE IT WENT TO

PRESIDENT TRUMP.

THE FAILURE ALSO AFFECTS

THE PRESIDENT'S TAX CUT

PLANS TO STRENGTHEN THE

ECONOMY BECAUSE THE WHITE

HOUSE AND REPUBLICANS HAD

HOPED TO USE THE SAVINGS

FROM REPEALING OBAMACARE

TO HELP GET TAX CUTS FOR

BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS

THROUGH CONGRESS.

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.

Pat: OUR CBN NEWS

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

DAVID BRODY IS WITH US

HERE.

DAVID, WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON?

IT SEEMS THE REPUBLICANS

CAN GET IT TOGETHER, BUT

MIKE LEE IS AN E INTELLIGENT

MAN, AND HE COULDN'T

SUPPORT THE BILL.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY NEEDS

MORE OF THOSE FOLKS UP

THERE, THE CONSTITUTIONAL

CONSERVATIVES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THE

REPUBLICANS HAVE CONTROL.

BUT, YEAH, THEY HAD 52,

AND THE LAST TIME I

CHECKED, THERE ARE QUITE A

FEW "RHINOS," AS I CALL

THEM, UP THERE.

AND THERE IS A BIG

IDEOLOGICAL DIVIDE IN THIS

PARTY, AND THAT IS A BIG

PART OF THE PROBLEM.

Pat: I MENTIONED THAT

A HOUSE DIVIDED CAN'T

STAND.

THAT IS A BIBLICAL TRUTH.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE

DEMOCRATS ARE THERE TO

OPPOSE EVERYTHING THAT

TRUMP DOES, AND THEY'RE

TRYING TO BRING TRUMP

DOWN.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

AND THE QUESTION BECOMES:

WHERE DO THE REPUBLICANS

GO FROM HERE?

A SENATE TOP AIDE JUST

TOLD ME THIS MORNING IT IS

NOT LIKELY THEY'LL BE ABLE

TO JUST REPEAL OBAMACARE.

IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THAT

IS GOING TO BE THE CASE.

WHERE DOES IT LEAVE

REPUBLICANS?

PART OF THE PROBLEM IS

EVEN IF YOU CAN REPEAL

PARTS OF THIS UNDER

RECONCILIATION, WHICH

TAKES 50 VOTES, BUT TO

REPEAL THE WHOLE THING,

YOU NEED 60 VOTES.

THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR

THEM.

TED CRUZ AND ALL OF THE

OTHER FOLKS WENT AROUND

SAYING WE'RE GOING TO

REPEAL AND REPLACE

OBAMACARE.

WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID

IS WE'RE GOING TO REPEAL

AND REPLACE OBAMACARE WITH

SOMETHING SLIGHTLY BETTER

THAN OBAMACARE BECAUSE IT

IS STILL OBAMACARE.

THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE

ISSUE ALL ALONG.

Pat: OBAMACARE IS

FALLING APART.

THE EXCHANGES ARE GOING

BANKRUPT.

WHO IS GOING TO INSURE

PEOPLE AFTER A WHILE?

THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM

IS HARD TO EXIST UNDER THE

CURRENT CLIMATE.

IT IS MUCH EASIER TO

COBBLE TOGETHER 50 VOTES

TO GIVE SOMEONE AN

ENTITLEMENT THAN 50 VOTES

TO TAKE IT AWAY.

I THINK THAT IS PART OF

THE SHOW.

Pat: YOU HAVE A NEW

SHOW, AND NOW WHAT IS THE

NAME OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING

TO DO?

David: IT IS NOT AS

NANARCISSISTICLY TITLED, AND

CALLED "FACE NATION."

JENNA BROWDER IS GOING TO

BE MY CO-HOST, AND JUAN

GARCIA.

THIS IS HIP.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ME

BACK 10 YEARS.

I MIGHT LOSE 10 YEARS OF

MY LIFE THIS WAY IN A GOOD

WAY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO

BE ON Facebook LIVE, AND

WE'RE GOING TO BE

INTERACTING WITH THE

AUDIENCE.

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE

MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND ALL

OF THE TALKING HEADS AND

ALL OF THE CLUTTER.

THIS IS A CHANCE TO

BREAKTHROUGH THE CLUTTER

AND GET BIG-NAMED GUESTS

ON THE SHOW.

Pat: THIS IS GOING TO

BE ON Facebook, WHICH IS

HUGE.

David: HUGE.

TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

GET THEIR NEWS FROM

Facebook.

THIS IS A CHANCE FOR SOME

OF THE DEPLORABLES THAT WE

HAVE HEARD ABOUT TO HAVE

THEIR VOICES HEARD.

WE'VE GOT GREAT,

TREMENDOUS ACCESS AT THE

WHITE HOUSE, AS YOU KNOW,

PAT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR

FIRST GUEST TOMORROW, ON

WEDNESDAY, WILL BE SEAN

SPICER FROM THE WHITE

HOUSE.

I'VIVANA TRUMP WILL BE COMING

UP.

Pat: WHEN I WAS

THERE, IT WAS LIKE HOME

WEEK.

THEY WERE SO GRACIOUS TO

ME.

David: IT IS A WHOLE

DIFFERENT BALLGAME UP

THERE IN D.C.

THERE IS A PARALLEL

UNIVERSE GOING ON.

"WASHINGTON POST" AND "NEW

YORK TIMES" WANT TO TALK

ABOUT RUSSIA ALL THE TIME.

AND THE EVANGELICALS THINK

HE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD

FOR US SO FAR.

LOOK, MIKE PENCE IS THERE.

IT IS A NEW DAY IN D.C.,

AND THAT'S WHY "FAITH

NATION" IS GOING TO BE ALL

ABOUT.

Pat: I PROPOSED

SOMETHING YESTERDAY, AND

IT WAS TALKING TO BILL

GOERTZ.

AND THERE WAS AN

ENTRAPMENT OF YOUNG TRUMP

TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN THE

PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT.

SOMEBODY IN RUSSIA FIGURED

TRUMP WAS GOING TO WIN, SO

HOW DO WE PUT SAND IN THE

GEARS TO KEEP THE COMPANY

FROM FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANY

CREDENCE TO THAT?

David: I THINK FROM

A MACRO STANDPOINT, IN

TERMS OF BLOOD IN THE

WATER, I THINK THERE IS.

DONALD TRUMP AN OUTSIDER,

DONALD TRUMP, JR., AN

OUTSIDER.

THESE FOLKS ARE SAVVY WHEN

IT COMES TO THE BUSINESS

WORLD, BUT HERE THEY WERE

A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THEIR

LEAGUE AT THE BEGINNING.

AND I THINK THEY'RE TRYING

TO PICK IT UP.

BUT PEOPLE CAN SMELL BLOOD

IN THE WATER, SO TO SPEAK.

Pat: WE CAN'T HAVE

THIS, WHERE ONE PARTY IS

TRYING TO DESTROY THE

OTHER ONE.

SOMEBODY ON THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY HAS TO BE WORKING

FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA.

David: IT IS

INTERESTING, PAT, IF THE

REPUBLICANS CAN ACTUALLY

REPEAL AT LEAST PART OF

ABOUT CARE -- IT IS A

REPEAL WITH A TWO-YEAR

DELAY.

THE KEY WOULD BE YOU HAVE

TWO YEARS AND THEN THIS

THING IS GOING AWAY, AND

THEN WHAT?

SO YOU BETTER COME UP WITH

A SOLUTION.

AS IT RELATES TO TAX

REFORM -- BECAUSE THEY'RE

GOING TO MOVE TO TAX

REFORM AFTER THIS.

THERE IS AN IN CEN ININCENTIVE ON

CAPITOL HILL TO GET THIS

DONE BECAUSE THE

REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO

GO 0 FOR 2.

THE SHOW IS TOMORROW,

12:30 EASTERN TIME, ALL

ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT WILL BE A REALLY

EXCITING TIME TO REALLY

ENGAGE WITH THE AUDIENCE.

IT IS GOING TO BE VERY

DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT IN A GOOD WAY.

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO

BE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME

MAINSTREAM MEDIA POINTS.

Pat: THE TRUMPETS

WILL SOUND AND COMES FORTH

A NEW PROGRAM, "FAITH

NATION."

ON --

David: CBN NEWS.

Pat: AND ALSO ON

Facebook.

David: YEAH.

IT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE.

THIS IS MILLENNIAL, PAT.

Pat: DAVE, THANKS SO

MUCH.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE

DOING.

GOD BLESS YOU.

OUR CHAMPION REPORTER IN

WASHINGTON, D.C.

> WHILE HEALTH CARE HAS

BEEN THE HEADLINES STORY,

MIKE PENCE MADE IT CLEAR

THAT THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION IS A STRONG

SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL WHEN

HE SPOKE AT THE

"CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR

ISRAEL" SUMMIT IN

WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT.

SECURITY CORRESPONDENT

ERIC GONZALES BRINGS US

THAT STORY.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

AND I WILL STAND WITH

ISRAEL ALWAYS, OF THAT YOU

MAY BE ASSURED.

[APPLAUSE]

Reporter: VICE

PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE

PROMISED A CROWD OF MORE

THAN 5,000 AT THE

"CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR

ISRAEL" SUMMIT THAT THE

U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL

WILL BE MOVED FROM TEL

AVIV TO JERUSALEM.

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF

IF.

IT IS ONLY WHEN.

[APPLAUSE]

Reporter: THAT'S

WELCOMED NEWS TO FOUNDER

PASTOR JOHN HAGUE IN A

CUFI MEMBERSHIP OF MORE

THAN 3.5 MILLION.

HE BROUGHT THE CROWD TO

ITS FEET WHEN HE SAID

ISRAEL IS NOT AN OCCUPIED

TERRITORY.

THE PALESTINIANS HAVE

NO CLAIM TO JERUSALEM.

IT BELONGS TO THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

Reporter: MANY OF

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE SAY IT

IS NOT JUST ABOUT BEING

POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT

IT IS ABOUT BEING RIGHT

WITH GOD AND DEFENDING

ISRAEL.

MANY SAY THIS SUMMIT

ALLOWS THEM TO BE

EDUCATED, TO BE ABLE TO GO

BACK HOME AND DEFEND

ISRAEL.

EVERYBODY IS ON THE

SAME PAGE.

EVERYBODY IS WORKING

TOWARDS THE UNITY AND THE

SCRIPTURE TELLS US TO PRAY

FOR THE PEACE OF

JERUSALEM.

Reporter: CBN'S OWN

EMILY JONES HIGHLIGHTED

THE ANTI-SEMITISM TAKING

PLACE AGAINST JEWS ON

COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

WHAT IS SO DISGUSTING

IS WHAT WAS ONCE REVILED

AT BLATENT ANTI-SEMITISM

IS NOW CALLED THE NEW

SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT.

EXCEPT THIS TIME, THERE

ARE NO SAFE SPACES FOR

JEWS.

Reporter: THE VICE

PRESIDENT ENDED THIS

SPEECH BY QUOTING JEREMIAH

29: 11, AND THEN TOLD THE

CROWD THE BEST DAYS OF

ISRAEL ARE YET TO COME.

ERIC GONZALES, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

Pat: THANKS, ERIC.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE,

AS YOU KNOW, STAND WITH

ISRAEL.

PENCE SAID IT ISN'T A

QUESTION OF IF WE'RE GOING

TO DO IT, BUT WHEN WE'RE

GOING TO MOVE THE EMBASSY.

THE CONGRESS PASSED THAT A

LONG TIME AGO.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT

RESISTED IT, AND NOW IT

HAS GOT TO BE DONE.

AND TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO

DO IT, AND THE VICE

PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS GOING

TO DO IT.

TERRY?

Terry: UP NEXT, WE'LL

HEAD TO A COMMUNITY IN

ALASKA THAT HAS BEEN

REVITALIZED ALL BECAUSE IT

HAS OPENED ITS DOORS TO

REFUGEES.

YOU CAN WALK THROUGH

ANY STORE, DOWN ANY

STREET, AND NOT KNOW HOW

MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

YOU JUST HEARD.

Terry: SEE HOW THE

PEOPLE THERE ARE HELPING

THE IMMIGRANTS BEGIN A NEW

LIFE.

THAT'S NEXT.

Pat: MILLIONS --

MILLIONS OF REFUGEES,

BECAUSE OF THE FIGHTING IN

THE MIDDLE EAST, ARE

FLEEING THE TERRIBLE

SITUATIONS TAKING PLACE

THERE AND AROUND THE

WORLD.

AND THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF

PLACES TO GO.

THEY'RE BEING SHUT DOWN IN

EUROPE AND OTHER PLACES

WHO SAY, WE CAN'T TAKE YOU

ANYMORE.

BUT AS OTHER COUNTRIES

CLOSE THEIR DOORS,

AMERICA'S LAST FRONTIER

WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW

THAT THE DOOR IS STILL

WIDE OPEN.

OUR CAITLIN BURKE BRINGS

US THAT STORY FROM

ANCHORIDGE, ALASKA.

Caitlin: THEY FLEE

PERSECUTION, POVERTY, AND

WAR, WILLING TO LIVE IN

DANGEROUS REFUGEE CAMPS,

ACROSS OCEANS IN OVER

CROWDED BOATS.

THE GOVERNMENT

IMPLEMENTED THE ETHNIC

CLEANSING POLICY.

AND THEN FORCEFULLY

DISPLACED THAT POPULATION

OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

Caitlin: THE LATEST

GLOBAL TRENDS REPORT FROM

THE U.N. NOTES THAT IN

2015 ALONE, VIOLENCE DROVE

SOME 65 MILLION PEOPLE

FROM THEIR HOMES.

THAT'S MORE THAN THE

ENTIRE POPULATION OF

FRANCE.

INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING

BETTER ASYLUM SYSTEMS THAT

RECOGNIZE THE HARDSHIP AND

THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE

REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO

FLEE, BARRIERS ARE

ERECTED.

AND THE BARRIERS NEED NOT

BE PHYSICAL.

Caitlin: HE RECENTLY

REPORTED THAT THE SPACE

NEEDED TO PROVIDE THESE

PEOPLE HOMES FAR OUTWEIGHS

THE AMOUNT MADE AVAILABLE

BY GOVERNMENT.

WHEN PEOPLE ONLY HEAR OR

CONSIDER STATISTICS, IT

BECOMES EASIER TO IGNORE A

CRISIS.

BUT BEHIND THESE NUMBERS

ARE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES,

TORN FROM THEIR LIVES,

THEIR HOMES, AND DRIVEN

INTO EXILE.

HERE AT ANCHORIDGE,

ALASKA, THE CITY IS

WORKING ON NEW POLICIES TO

HELP IMMIGRATE THE

IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

WHO RESETTLE HERE.

YOU CAN WALK THROUGH

ANY STORE, DOWN ANY

STREET, AND NOT KNOW HOW

MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

YOU JUST HEARD.

IT IS A CONTINUAL

INTERCULTURAL ARENA HERE.

FOR US, THAT HAS GIVEN US

SUCH A -- CERTAINLY A VERY

DIFFERENT VIEW THAN WHAT

PEOPLE THINK THEY WILL

FIND IN ANCHORIDGE,

ALASKA.

WE REALLY WANT TO HELP

TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHO

WE'VE GOT, AND HOW DO WE

START WORKING WITH

BUSINESSES, WITH

GOVERNMENT, WITH THE

UNIVERSITY TO MAKE SURE

WE'RE REALLY GIVING THEM

THAT OPPORTUNITY TO

SUCCEED.

Caitlin: AS PART OF

THAT STRATEGY, THE

ANCHORIDGE COMMUNITY LAND

TRUST IS FOCUSED ON

REVITALIZING MOUNTAINVIEW,

ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST

DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM

LITERALLY EVERY CORNER OF

THE EARTH.

EVERY DAY IT IS THIS

LITTLE EXPERIMENT OF

PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO

CALL THIS ONE PLACE HOME.

AND THE CITY IS WATCHING

AND THE NATION IS WATCHING

HOW IT ALL WORKS.

HOW IT WORKS -- WHAT DOES

HARMONY LOOK LIKE?

WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?

WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED?

Caitlin: IN ITS

EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM

MOUNTAINVIEW, THE LAND

TRUST ASKS A LOT OF

QUESTIONS AND THEN TAKES

ACTION.

MOUNTAINVIEW IS A LAST

RESORT COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE WOULD STAY ON

AVERAGE HERE 10 TO TWO

YEARS.

AND NOW THE AVERAGE TENURE

NOW IS TWO TO FIVE YEARS.

OVER THE PAST FIVE

YEARS, WE HAVE RESETTLED A

LITTLE OVER 700 REFUGEES

HERE IN ANCHORIDGE.

Caitlin: LISA TOLD US

ABOUT SPECIFIC CHALLENGES

THAT REFUGEES FACE WHEN

THEY FINALLY FIND A PLACE

TO START A NEW LIFE.

ON AVERAGE, A REFUGEE

THAT IS RESETTLING IN THE

UNITED STATES HAS BEEN

DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOME

FOR, I THINK, 17 YEARS.

IMAGINE THAT.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO

HAVE A HOME, WHERE THEY

COULD LIVE, WHERE THEY

COULD SAFELY SEND THEIR

CHILD TO SCHOOL, WHERE

THEY COULD HAVE A JOB AND

SAVE MONEY, FOR A VERY

LONG TIME BEFORE THEY'VE

COME HERE.

Caitlin: C.F.S. THEN

WORKS WITH REFUGEES ON

MAKING THE TRANSITION TO

ALASKA BY HELPING WITH

LANGUAGE, SKILLS, AND

SURVIVING THE HARSH

CLIMATE.

THIS MAN QUICKLY LEARNED

ENGLISH TO FIND A JOB.

THE REFUGEES WORK VERY

HARD.

THEY ARE VERY DEPENDABLE

PERSONS.

ONCE THEY GET A JOB, THEY

WILL KEEP THE JOB.

THEY HAVE A STRONG

DETERMINATION THAT, I HAVE

TO DO SOMETHING.

I HAVE TO COME UP FROM THE

BOTTOM LEVEL.

Caitlin: GOING

FORWARD, ANCHORIDGE WILL

CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WHAT

MAKES ITS PLACE A PLACE

WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND

SUCCEED.

CACAITLIN BURKE, ANCHORIDGE,

ALASKA.

Pat: WHO WOULD THINK

THEY WOULD COME TO ALASKA,

BUT WHAT A NICE, WARM

GROUP OF WELCOMING PEOPLE.

TERRY?

Terry: COMING UP, THE

FOOTBALL STORY THAT PLAYS

OUT LIKE A MOVIE SCRIPT.

WITH A PLAYER THE SIZE OF

RUDY, AND A BACKGROUND OUT

OF "THE BLIND SIDE."

I READ SOMEWHERE BOTH

OF YOU BROKEN DOWN AND

STARTED CRYING.

Terry: HEAR HOW

SHAMARCO THOMAS MADE IT TO

THE NFL.

THAT'S NEXT.

Pat: WELL, WELCOME

BACK TO THIS EXCITING

EDITION OF "700 CLUB."

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE THING

COMING UP FOR YOU: IT IS

SAID IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO

RAISE A CHILD.

WELL, IT TAKES A VILLAGE

TO RAISE A FOOTBALL PLAYER

AS WELL.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT

HAPPENED IN THE CASE OF

SHAMARKO THOMAS.

OUR SPORTS REPORTER SEAN

BROWN SAT DOWN WITH THE

NEW YORK JETS' NEW SAFETY.

AND A FEW OF THE PEOPLE

WHO HELPED HIM ALONG THE

WAY.

Reporter: NFL SAFETY

SHAMARKO THOMAS HAS BUILT

A REPUTATION FOR HIMSELF

AS A AN AGGRESSIVE,

HARD-HITTING WORK EFFORT

THAT MANY WOULD ARGUE IS

SECOND TO NONE.

HE GREW UP IN VIRGINIA

BEACH, VIRGINIA, WITH HIS

MOM AND FIVE SIBLINGS.

DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR MOTHER

WAS LIKE?

SHE WAS MY FATHER AND

MY MOTHER.

SHE WASN'T THE MOM, I LOVE

YOU TYPE.

SHE WAS THE TOUGH MOM.

YOU BETTER NOT GET

INVOLVED IN NO CRIME TYPE

OF MOTHER.

Reporter: HE DIDN'T

REALLY KNOW HIS FATHER.

GROWING UP, HE SAW THINGS

NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO

WITNESS.

MY MOM HAD BOYFRIENDS

THAT -- I REMEMBER WE USED

TO HIDE OUT FROM THEM.

AND MY MOM GOT BURNED BY

AN IRON FROM A DUDE.

Reporter: WHEN SHE

MARRIED ABDUL SHABAS, HE

DIDN'T LIKE HIM, BUT AFTER

TIME, THEY SLOWLY BEGAN TO

BOND.

HE TOOK HER ON DATES

AND EVERYTHING, WHICH I

NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

Reporter: THE FAMILY

GREW WITH THE ADDITION OF

HIS SISTER AND FOUR

BROTHERS.

LIFE COULDN'T BE BETTER

UNTIL HIS FATHER VIOLATED

HER MOTHER'S HEART.

THEY SEPARATED AND HE

MOVED IN WITH THE LADY.

Reporter: THE FIRST

MAN HE EVER TRUSTED LEFT

HIS MOTHER WITH SIX

CHILDREN TO RAISE BY

HERSELF, AND HE WAS

FURIOUS.

MY MOM WAS WORKING AT

McDONALD'S.

I THINK ALL OF THE ANGER

INSIDE OF ME STARTED UP

AND I STARTED HANGING

AROUND THE WRONG CRIME.

I WAS TELLING MY MOM, I'M

GOING TO SELL DRUGS.

Reporter: AS HE

ENTERED HIGH SCHOOL AS A

FRESHMAN FOOTBALL PLAYER,

HIS MOTHER WAS TOO BUSY TO

KEEP HIM OUT OF TROUBLE.

SO HE ALWAYS SEEMED TO

FIND IT.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO FIND

TROUBLE, AND I USED TO

FIGHT ALL OF THE TIME,

EVERY DAY.

Reporter: WHY?

JUST TO GET MY ANGER

OUT.

Reporter: HIS

ACTIVITIES GOT THE

ATTENTION OF HIS FOOTBALL

COACHES, AND HIS GUIDANCE

COUNSELLOR, AND THE

SCHOOL'S RESOURCE OFFICER.

THEY ALL INTERVENED TO

HELP HIM DEAL WITH HIS

ANGER AND THE REASONS

BEHIND HIM.

INSTANTLY, I WAS DRAWN

TO HIM.

AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS

GOING TO BE MY PROJECT FOR

THIS YEAR.

I WANTED TO MAKE HIM FEEL

COMFORTABLE.

HE WOULD NEVER LET YOU

IN, BUT WHEN HE KNEW YOU

CARED, THAT'S WHEN THINGS

STARTING REVEALING

THEMSELVES.

Reporter: DURING THAT

YEAR, SHAMARKO HAD A FEW

ENCOUNTERS WITH SERGEANT

ADAM BERNSTEIN.

ONE DAY HE CAUGHT HIM IN A

STREET BRAWL, AND THE NEXT

DAY CALLED HIM DOWN TO HIS

OFFICE.

I SAT HIM DOWN AND I

SAID, THERE ARE A LOT OF

COLLEGES THAT WILL GIVE

YOU A FREE EDUCATION IF

YOU USE FOOTBALL.

HE SAID, I CARE ABOUT

YOU.

AND IT WAS DIFFERENT TO

SEE SOMEBODY WHO REALLY

CARED, ESPECIALLY AN

OFFICER.

I READ SOMEWHERE THAT

BOTH OF YOU BROKE DOWN AND

STARTED CRYING.

IS THAT TRUE?

YEAH.

Reporter: BY HIS

SENIOR YEAR, HE WAS AN

HONOR ROLL STUDENT, WAS

ELECTED HOMECOMING KING,

AND SET RECORDS FOR

TACKLES AND DEFENSIVE

TOUCHDOWN.

HE ACCEPTED A SCHOLARSHIP

OFFER TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.

SITTING THERE AND

SIGNING THAT PAPER AND

SEEING MY MOM CRY OF JOY.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I

SEEN HER CRY OF JOY

INSTEAD OF PAIN.

THAT JUST CHANGED MY WHOLE

LIFE.

Reporter: WHEN HE

ARRIVED AT SYRACUSE, HE

DEVELOPED A REPUTATION FOR

HIS WORK ETHIC AND STYLING

OF PLAYING.

BUT THE 2010 SEASON YOU

SHOULD IN A HIT HARDER

THAN ANY HIT ON THE FIELD.

IT STARTED WITH A CALL

FROM HIS MOTHER.

SHE CALLED AND SAID, I

JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I

LOVE YOU AND I WANT YOU TO

LIVE OUT YOUR DREAMS.

I WAS OKAY, MOM, I'VE GOT

YOU.

Reporter: THE NEXT

TODAY HE RECEIVED A PHONE

CALL FROM HIS YOUNGER

BROTHER.

HE WAS, LIKE, MAMA IS

GONE.

AND I LOST IT.

Reporter: HIS MOTHER

DIED FROM A MASSIVE HEART

ATTACK.

HE RETURNED HOME TO BE

STRONG FOR HIS FIVE

SIBLINGS, AND HE MANAGED

TO DO SO UNTIL HE WENT TO

SEE HIS MOTHER'S BODY.

I COULDN'T STAY IN THAT

ROOM.

THAT'S MY BEST FRIEND.

Reporter: WHY

COULDN'T YOU?

BECAUSE EVERYTHING I

DID WAS FOR HER.

AND JUST TO SEE HER IN

THAT CAS CA CASKET AND NOT

BREATHING ANYMORE, IT WAS,

LIKE, WHAT DO I HAVE LEFT?

I COULDN'T SEE HER LIKE

THAT.

I COULDN'T AT ALL.

I THOUGHT MY LIFE WAS

OVER.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF ME

LIVING IF MY MOM'S NOT

HERE.

I WANTED HER TO HAVE A BIG

HOUSE, A CAR.

THIS JEWELRY AND ALL THIS

STUFF, IT DOESN'T MEAN

NOTHING TO ME.

I RATHER HAVE MY MOM HERE,

YOU KNOW.

Reporter: AFTER THE

FUNERAL, SHAMARKO

CONSIDERED GIVING UP

SCHOOL AND FOOTBALL TO

TAKE CARE OF HIS SIBLINGS.

BUT HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS

ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM

SO HE COULD RETURN TO

SCHOOL.

HE BEGAN LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING TO EASE THE PAIN

IN HIS HEART.

SO HE TURNED TO SOME OF

HIS CHRISTIAN TEAMMATES.

ONE DAY I STARTED

GETTING INTERESTED IN IT.

I REMEMBER LISTENING TO

THEM TALK ABOUT GOD AND

STUFF.

AND I THOUGHT, HEARING THE

SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS --

THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED I

HAD TO FIND OUT WHO GOD

WAS.

CAN I BELIEVE IN HIM?

I THOUGHT GOD DON'T LOVE

ME AT ALL.

HE CAN'T LOVE ME.

HE PUT ME THROUGH ALL OF

THIS.

Reporter: HE LEARNED

THE ONLY TRULY WAY TO HEAL

THE PAIN IN HIS HEART WAS

THROUGH A RELATIONSHIP

WITH GOD.

SO ONE NIGHT HE BEGAN

PRAYING AND COMMITTED HIS

LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST.

I'M, LIKE, GOD,

WHATEVER YOUR PLAN IS, AND

WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT

PLANNED FOR ME, SHOW ME.

I SAID, LET YOUR WILL BE

UPON ME.

Reporter: HE KNEW HE

COULD LEAN ON THE LORD FOR

STRENGTH.

AND HE HAD A STELLER

SENIOR YEAR, BECOMING ONE

OF THE TOP SAFETIES, AND

HE WAS SELECTED BY THE

PITTSBURGH STEELERS.

TODAY HE IS WITH THE NEW

YORK JETS.

HE IS MARRIED WITH KIDS OF

HIS OWN, AND HIS WORK

ETHIC REMAINS THE SAME.

AS HE REFLECTS OVER ALL HE

HAS HAD TO ENDURE, HE

KNOWS THAT HIS MOTHER

WOULD BE PROUD OF HIM, AND

THAT GOD'S LOVE NEVER

FAILS.

I KNOW EVERY STEP I

TAKE, GOD IS TAKING STEPS

WITH ME.

AND I'M GOD'S SOLDIER.

SO FAITH IS EVERYTHING FOR

ME.

THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.

NO MATTER HOW MANY DAYS I

DOUBT OR BEING IN PAIN, I

KNOW GOD IS STANDING RIGHT

BESIDE ME.

Pat: WHAT AN AMAZING

STORY.

THE FAITH OF A YOUNG

MOTHER.

CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK.

FORCED TO RAISE A WHOLE

GROUP OF CHILDREN, AND YET

SHE DID IT.

AND THAT SON LOVED HIS

MOTHER.

AND WHEN SHE PASSED, HE

WAS GOING TO LIVE A LIFE

THAT BROUGHT HONOR TO HER.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY.

AND MORE THAN ANYTHING,

ALONG THE WAY HE HAD TO

TURN TO THE ONE WHO COULD

REALLY GIVE HIM COMFORT,

AND THAT IS THE LORD

JESUS.

YOU KNOW, THIS GUY IS --

HE'S A FOOTBALL HERO, I'M

SURE, TO MANY.

AND TO SOME OF YOU, THE

GREATEST HERO OF ALL IS

JESUS.

HE'S THE ONE WHO HAS GOT

COMPASSION.

HE IS THE ONE THAT LOVES.

HE IS THE ONE THAT CAN

TAKE CARE OF YOU.

HE IS THE ONE THAT IS

BESIDE YOU ALL THE WAY.

HE CARRIES YOU.

HE LEADS YOU.

HE GUIDES YOU.

HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU

NOR FORSAKE YOU.

YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO BE

WITH YOU NOW.

YOU MAY BE STRUGGLING, YOU

MAY BE GRIEVING, THERE MAY

BE A LOVED ONE WHO HAS

PASSED ON.

THE LORD WILL PICK YOU UP.

THE BIBLE SAYS, WHEN MY

MOTHER AND FATHER ABANDON

ME, THE LORD WILL TAKE ME

UP.

WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN

YOUR LIFE, THE LORD JESUS

CHRIST WILL MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

IF YOU WANT HIM RIGHT NOW,

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE ON THIS

PROGRAM TO GIVE YOU AN

INVITATION.

PRAY THIS WITH ME, AND LET

HIM TAKE THE GRIEF AND THE

SORROW IN YOUR HEART.

FATHER -- PRAY WITH ME

NOW.

FATHER -- PRAY IT OUT

LOUD; PRAY IT SILENTLY.

FATHER, I COME TO YOU NOW.

YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON

IN MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW THE GRIEF, YOU

KNOW THE SORROW.

YOU KNOW THE SINS I'VE

COMMITTED.

YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT

ME.

BUT RIGHT NOW I TURN MY

LIFE OVER TO YOU.

AND I ASK YOU TO TAKE ME

JUST AS I AM, WITHOUT ONE

PLEA, BUT THAT YOUR BLOOD

WAS SHED FOR ME.

I BELIEVE YOU, LORD.

COME NOW, TAKE MY LIFE,

AND USE IT FOR YOUR GLORY.

IN JESUS' NAME, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, BY

THE WAY, I WANT TO GIVE

YOU SOMETHING TO GET YOU

GOING.

THIS IS -- I'VE GOT A

LITTLE PACKET HERE CALLED

"A NEW DAY."

I'VE GOT A BOOKLET, AND I

HAVE A C.D., 73 MINUTES OF

CONCENTRATED TEACHING.

I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU FREE.

JUST SAY, I'VE PRAYED WITH

YOU AND GAVE MY HEART TO

THE LORD, AND WE'LL GIVE

IT TO YOU.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE

US YOUR NAME, JUST CALL

AND SAY, I JUST PRAYED

WITH PAT AND I GAVE MY

HEART TO THE LORD.

THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS

EASY TO REMEMBER.

IT'S 1-800-700-7000.

1-800-700-7000.

CALL.

TERRY?

Terry: WELL, AHEAD,

THE CO-ANCHOR OF ABC'S

""NIGHTLINE"," AND HE

SPEAKS TO AN AUDIENCE OF

OVER A MILLION PEOPLE

EVERY DAY.

NOT BAD FOR A FORMER

SOUTHERNER.

BYRON PITTS JOINS US LIVE,

WHEN WE COME BACK.

Terry: WHEN BYRON

PITTS WAS A CHILD, HE CAME

HOME WITH BAD GRADES.

HIS PARENTS HAD HIM

TESTED, AND IT WAS

REVEALED HE COULDN'T READ.

AND NOW HE IS ONE OF THE

BIGGEST JOURNALISTS IN TV

NEWS.

Reporter: BYRON PITTS

IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING

JOURNALIST.

HE HAS COVERED SOME OF THE

BIGGEST NEWS STORIES OF

OUR TIME.

BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW

IS BYRON STRUGGLED WITH

STUTTERING AND COULDN'T

READ UNTIL THIRD GRADE.

THROUGHOUT HIS TRAVELS, HE

MET OTHERS WHO FACED TOUGH

CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIFE.

HE SHARES SOME OF THEIR

REMARKABLE STORIES IN HIS

BOOK "BE THE ONE."

Terry: BYRON PITTS IS

WITH US HERE NOW, AND WE

WELCOME YOU TO "THE 700

CLUB."

IT'S NICE TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Terry: TALK A LITTLE,

IF YOU WILL, ABOUT THE

STRUGGLE YOU HAD WITH

READING.

BECAUSE YOU WERE INTO

GRADE SCHOOL, BUT OTHER

CHILDREN WERE READING AND

YOU WERE NOT.

SURE.

I DIDN'T LEARN TO READ

UNTIL I WAS 12, AND

STUTTERED UNTIL I WAS 20.

THE BELIEF IS THAT I MUST

HAVE DONE SOMETHING IN

THOSE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF

LIFE, AND MY PARENTS --

THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS

FALLING APART.

BOTH OF MY PARENTS WORKED

MULTIPLE JOBS, AND SO I

GOT PASSED THROUGH.

WHEN I WAS IN PUBLIC

SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE, IF

YOU WERE POLITE AND DIDN'T

CAUSE TROUBLE, THAT GOT

YOU A "C" MINUS.

Terry: HOW DID YOUR

MOM HANDLE THAT, WHEN

YOU'RE CHILD IS

STRUGGLING?

MY MOTHER -- GOD CALLED

HER HOME ABOUT FOUR YEARS

AGO.

A WOMAN OF GREAT FAITH.

SHE BELIEVED THERE IS

NOTHING YOU CAN'T OVERCOME

WITH HARD WORK AND PRAYER.

SHE SAID, SON -- WHEN WE

GOT THE DIAGNOSIS -- THESE

EXPERTS RECOMMENDED -- IT

WAS THEIR BELIEF I WAS

MENTALLY RETARDED AND I

SHOULD BE

INSTITUTIONALIZED.

AND MY MOTHER WAS, LIKE,

IF THAT'S TRUE, SO BE IT.

BUT BETWEEN HERE AND

THERE, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK

FOR HELP.

AND SHE FOUND AN ADULT

LITERACY PROGRAM AND

BEGGED HER WAY TO GETTING

ME IN.

BUT A WOMAN OF GREAT

FAITH.

Terry: HOW WERE YOU

FEELING WITH ALL OF THIS?

BECAUSE THAT BECOMES, IN

SOME CHILDREN'S LIVES, A

SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.

SURE.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS

ABOUT 11 YEARS OLD, HAVING

TO RELEARN THE ALPHABET,

AND I SAID, MOM, I'M

STUPID.

AND SHE SAID, BABY, YOU'RE

NOT STUPID.

AND SHE PRAYED AT IT.

AND MY MOTHER ALSO

BELIEVED IN HARD WORK AND

SME WASHE WAS DEMANDING.

AND SOMEONE ASKED HER HOW

SHE MANAGED TO GET THREE

CHILDREN TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND SHE SAID, I TOLD MY

CHILDREN, YOU'RE GOING TO

GO TO SCHOOL OR I'LL BEAT

YOU TO DEATH.

Terry: THAT WORKS.

[LAUGHTER]

Terry: TALK ABOUT A

NOTE YOU GOT FROM A

TEACHER IN SIXTH GRADE.

I WAS ABLE TO BRING A

NOTE HOME FROM SCHOOL AND

READ IT TO MY MOTHER.

WHERE BEFORE I WOULD JUST

HAND IT TO HER AND GAUGE

HER REACTION.

I REMEMBER MY MOTHER, WHO

WAS A WOMAN OF GREAT

FAITH, NEVER SHOWED --

NEVER GOT PARTICULARLY

EMOTIONAL VERY OFTEN, AND

SHE TEARED UP.

AND THAT GAVE ME GREAT

JOY.

AND SO FOR MOST OF MY

LIFE -- I'M A PROUD MAMA'S

BOY.

AND SO MOST OF MY LIFE WAS

ABOUT MAKING HER PROUD.

ONE OF THE REASONS I

ASPIRED TO WORK FOR

NETWORK TELEVISION WAS SOY

MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER

COULD SEE ME ON

TELEVISION.

Terry: BYRON, HE YOU

GO, OFF TO COLLEGE, AND I

WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT

WHERE YOU WERE AT IN THE

STRUGGLE OF ALL OF THIS AT

THAT POINT.

JUST GETTING OFF TO

COLLEGE WAS A HUGE

ACCOMPLISHMENT.

BUT, GOOD GRIEF, TO CHOOSE

JOURNALISM?

WHAT WENT INTO THAT WHOLE

PROCESS AND THAT

DECISION-MAKING?

I LEARNED MY FAITH AT

MY MOTHER'S KNEE.

AND SHE TAUGHT ME TO

BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A

CALLING FOR ALL OF US.

AND THERE ARE NO STUMBLING

BLOCKS, JUST STEPPING

STONES.

SO MY CHALLENGES WITH

SPEECH WERE GIFTS THAT GOD

GAVE ME TO FIGURE OUT.

SO WE THOUGHT, IF THOSE

ARE TWO THINGS THAT I

STRUGGLE WITH -- NOW I

HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION

FOR WORDS.

I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO

FEEL POWERLESS BECAUSE I

FELT THAT BECAUSE OF MY

ISSUES WITH GROWING UP.

AND AS A JOURNALIST, MY

FUNDAMENTAL JOB, I

BELIEVE, IS TO SHED LIGHT

IN DARK PLACES, AFFLICT

THE COMFORTABLE, GIVE

VOICE TO THE VOICELESS.

AND THAT FELT GODLY FOR MY

MOTHER.

Terry: IT FIT RIGHT

IN.

EXACTLY RIGHT.

Terry: HOW DID YOU

OVERCOME THE STUTTERING?

I STILL AM A STUTTERER,

BUT I HAVE LEARNED TO

MANAGE IT.

I HAVE WONDERFUL ANGELS

THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT INTO

MY LIFE.

I HAD A PROFESSOR, PAUL

ROBERTSON, AND HE SAID,

WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU ON

A LIVE RADIO SHOW.

AND HE FORCED ME TO DEAL

WITH IT.

I WOULD THINK MOST SPEECH

THERAPISTS WOULD NOT

RECOMMEND THAT TECHNIQUE.

BUT HE WOULD HAVE ME READ

THE NEWSPAPER OUT LOUD AND

READ IT WITH PENCILS IN MY

MOUTH --

Terry: BUT HERE IS

THE THING: YOU MUST HAVE

HAD SOMETHING IN YOU THAT

WAS WILLING TO ENDURE THE

PROCESS TO GET TO THE

OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

NOT EVERYBODY IS WILLING

TO DO THAT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAD

THIS NOTION -- THE BIBLE

SPEAKS OF OVERCOMING.

YOU HEAR THE STORY OF

DAVID.

I LOVE THE STORY OF DAVID,

BEFORE WE GET TO WHEN HE

SLAYS GOLIATH, BUT WITH

THE ANOINTING OIL, AND HOW

GOD WOULD DEFY GRAFT TO GRAVITY TO

GET PEOPLE WERE THEY NEED.

IF GOD BEFORE ME, WHO CAN

BE AGAINST ME.

MY FAVORITE WORD IS GRACE.

UNMERITED GIFTS FROM GOD.

ALL I'VE BEEN GIVEN IS A

GIFT FROM HIM.

IT IS A TESTAMENT NOT TO

ME, OR EVEN TO MY MOTHER,

BUT TO GOD'S AMAZING

GRACE.

Terry: "BE THE ONE:

THE TRUE STORIES OF TEENS

OVERCOMING HARDSHIP WITH

HOPE."

WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO

TAKE AWAY FROM THIS?

TO BE ENCOURAGED.

I TRAVEL A LOT, AND I'M

STRUCK BY KIDS IN IVY

LEAGUE SCHOOL OR IN

NOBODY'S SCHOOL, THEY

OFTEN FEEL DISRURCHED.

DISCOURAGED.

YOU WATCH THE NEWS AND YOU

THINK THE WORLD IS FALLING

APART.

AND I WAS STRUCK BY THAT.

I WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO

KNOW THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF

YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE

OVERCOME HORRIFIC THINGS

WITH OPTIMISM AND WITH

STRENGTH.

A NUMBER OF THESE YOUNG

PEOPLE -- NOT ALL -- ARE

YOUNG PEOPLE OF GREAT

FAITH.

AND SO I BELIEVE -- MY

CALLING -- I'M A

JOURNALIST, AND I PROUD OF

MY PROFESSION AND WHAT I

DO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT MY

PURPOSE AT THIS STAGE IN

MY LIFE IS TO ENCOURAGE

PEOPLE.

ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE.

Terry: DON'T GIVE UP.

IN MANY WAYS, YOUR STORY

REMINDS ME OF BEN CARSON.

AND A MOM WHO JUST HAD

POWERFUL IMPACT.

MOMS AND DADS, DON'T GIVE

UP.

HANG IN THERE FOR YOUR

BOYS AND GIRLS.

NO QUESTION.

I THINK LIFE HAS TAUGHT

ME, IF YOU HAVE TWO LOVING

PARENTS, THAT IS AWESOME.

AND IF YOU'RE BORN IN THE

UNITED STATES, BOY, YOU'VE

WON THE LOTTERY.

BUT EVEN IF YOU JUST HAVE

ONE PERSON WHO LOVES

YOU -- AND I HAD MY MOTHER

AND MY AUNT GLADYS -- WE

CALL HER HONEY BUN -- SO I

WAS SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE

WHO BELIEVED IN ME E AND AND

PRAYED FOR ME.

Terry: YOU CAN READ

MORE INSPIRING STORIES BY

GETTING HIS BOOK.

IF YOU'RE A TEEN, READ

THIS AS WELL BECAUSE YOU

MIGHT BE THE ONE GOD HAS

SOMETHING SPECIFIC PLANNED

FOR.

> COMING UP NEXT, PAT IS

GOING TO ANSWER YOUR

PRESSING QUESTIONS.

JAY DEN SAYS THIS, "I'M A

TEENAGER, AND MY FATHER

ABUSES MY MOTHER

PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY

AND FINANCIALLY.

I CAN'T DEAL WITH IT ANY

LONGER.

WHAT CAN I DO?"

YOU'RE E-MAILS ARE NEXT.

DON'T GO AWAY.

Terry: IT IS TIME TO

"BRING IT ON."

THIS FIRST QUESTION COMES

FROM JAYDEN, WHO SAYS,

"I'M A TEEN, WHO SEES WHAT

GOES ON IN MY PARENTS'

MARRIAGE.

MY FATHER IS FINANCIALLY,

PHYSICALLY, AND

EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE TO MY

MOTHER, WHO I'M VERY CLOSE

TO.

HE HAS CHEATED ON HER

BEFORE, AND WE SUSPECT HE

IS DOING IT AGAIN.

I SEE MY MOTHER IN SO MUCH

PAIN CONSTANTLY, AND I

FEEL I CANNOT DEAL WITH

THIS ANY LONGER.

I PRAY TO GOD IT WOULD GET

BETTER, BUT IT IS GETTING

WORSE WITH EACH DAY.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CBN."

Pat: I DON'T THINK I

WOULD EVER RECOMMEND IT,

BUT IN YOUR CASE, I THINK

IT IS APPROPRIATE.

I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GO TO

SOCIAL SERVICES AND YOU

OUGHT TO REPORT THAT ABUSE

ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO

YOUR MOTHER.

AND SHE PROBABLY NEEDS TO

TAKE LEGAL ACTION AND SHE

IS HESITANT TO DO IT.

BUT IF A MAN IS ABUSING A

WIFE PHYSICALLY -- AND

EMOTIONALLY, BUT THE

PHYSICAL PART IS WHAT YOU

CAN GET HIM ON.

YOU CAN GET A RESTRAINING

ORDER AND KU GE YOU CAN GET A

LEGAL DEGREE OF SEPARATION

AND GET MAINTENANCE AND SO

FORTH LEGALLY.

THAT MAN IS OUT OF

CONTROL.

NO MAN SHOULD EVER BE

ALLOWED TO ABUSE HIS WIFE.

HE JUST SHOULDN'T BE

ALLOWED TO DO IT.

AND IF THEY DO IT, THERE

IS A LEGAL MECHANISM.

I KNOW IN THE MUSLIM

WORLD, A MAN IS FREE TO

BEAT HIS WIFE AND SO

FORTH, BUT WE DON'T

BELIEVE THAT AND I DON'T

BELIEVE IT.

BUT FOR A TEENAGER, WHAT

SUFFERING YOU MUST GO

THROUGH.

IF YOUR OLD ENOUGH, I

HENTLHONESTLY WOULD DROP DOWN

TO CITY HALL AND SAY, I

WANT TO FIND PROTECTIVE

SERVICES AND I WANT TO

REPORT THIS ABUSE.

Terry: ROBERTA SAYS,

"MY PASTOR SAID, QUOTE,

"MANY WILL ENTER HEAVEN,

BUT ONLY A FEW WILL SEE

THE KINGDOM.

THAT REALLY CONFUSED ME.

WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT

SAY THAT?

I ALWAYS BELIEVED HEAVEN

AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

WERE THE SAME THING.

I BELIEVE IF YOU DON'T

MAKE IT TO HEAVEN, YOU GO

DIRECTLY TO HELL."

CAN YOU CLARIFY?

Pat: I DON'T KNOW

WHAT THAT PASTOR IS

TALKING ABOUT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THE

BIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE

REFERRING TO.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

PAUL SAID, I'M IN A

STRAIGHT BETWIX TWO,

WHETHER TO DEPART AND BE

WITH THE LORD ARE BE IN

THE FLESH.

I DON'T KNOW ANY IN

BETWEEN THING.

WE DON'T BELIEVE IN ANY IN

BETWEEN, BETWEEN HEAVEN

AND THIS EARTH.

SO -- I'LL TELL YOU, THERE

IS MORE BAD DOCTRINE

FLOATING AROUND IN

CHURCHES TODAY AND WE KEEP

HEARING ABOUT IT.

IT IS NOT BASED ON THE

BIBLE.

I BELIEVE IN BASING MY

FAITH AND SCRIPTURE AND

DOCTRINE ON BIBLICAL

TRUTH.

IF IT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE,

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY

PART OF IT.

Terry: MADDIE SAYS,

I'M 16 YEARS OLD, AND I

GREW UP IN A DIVIDED HOME.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO

PRAYED.

I WAS, AND STILL AM, THE

ONE WHO GETS ABUSED THE

MOST.

MY FRIENDS DON'T WANT TO

BE AROUND ME BECAUSE I'M

DEPRESSED.

MY TEACHERS ARE GETTING

ANNOYED WITH HEARING ABOUT

MY PROBLEMS.

I DID LOSE TOUCH WITH GOD.

AND EVERY TIME I TRY TO

PRAY, I FEEL LIKE HE IS

DISAPPOINTED IN ME.

I'M SO SAD.

I PUSH PEOPLE AWAY WHO

ACTUALLY MEAN WELL AND

GIVE MY ATTENTION TO THOSE

WHO DON'T LOVE ME.

I ALWAYS PRAYED WHEN I WAS

YOUNGER.

I HELD ON TO JESUS, BUT IT

SEEMS LIKE I WAS THE ONE

WHO WAS HURT THE MOST.

WHY?

IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG

WITH ME?"

Pat: SHE IS STILL A

TEENAGER?

Terry: 16.

Pat: WELL, THAT IS A

DIFFICULT TIME IN LIFE.

YOUR HORMONES ARE COMING

UP AND YOU'RE GOING

THROUGH PU PUBERTY AND ALL OF

THESE CHANGES.

LISTEN, REJOICE IN THE

LORD.

THAT'S WHAT THE COMMAND

IS.

IN EVERYTHING REJOICE.

GIVE THANKS.

GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD.

I'LL TELL YOU, MADDIE,

START TODAY OUT PRAISING

GOD.

SAY IT CONSCIOUSLY: THIS

IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS

MADE AND I WILL REJOICE

AND BE GLAD IN IT.

AND BEGIN TO LIVE A LIFE

OF JOY.

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING BUT

NEGATIVITY, YOU WILL, OF

COURSE, DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY

FROM YOU.

YOU NEED NOT GO THROUGH

LIFE WITH A CLOUD OVER

YOUR HEAD.

SO BEGIN TO PRAISE GOD AND

GET TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE

WHO SHARE THAT PRECIOUS

FAITH.

Terry: YOU ALWAYS SAY

IT TAKES 21 DAYS TO CHANGE

A HABIT, AND HAVING

NEGATIVITY IS A BAD HABIT.

Pat: ONE LAST

QUESTION.

Terry: CAN LOVE BE AN

EMOTION, OR CAN IT BE AN

ACT THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO

DO?

PATIENCE IS ALWAYS NEEDED

WHEN I'M NOT IN THE MOOD.

Pat: YOU NEED TO ACT

IT OUT.

AS YOU ACT IT OUT, YOU'LL

BEGIN TO FEEL IT.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH

TODAY'S POWER MINUTE FROM

EPHESIANS 2: 14: "FOR HE

HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE."

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

BEING WITH US.

> TOMORROW, THE

INCREDIBLE STORY OF A

MISSIONARY PASTOR WHO WAS

SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN

PRISON FO BY ISLAMIC

EXTREMISTS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

FOR TERRY AND ALL OF US,

THIS IS PAT ROBERTSON, AND

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH

US AND GOD BLESS YOU.