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- And thank you so much for joining us.
I'm Efrem Graham.
The battle over the president'sSupreme Court nominee,
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, wages on.
Republicans delay the committeevote on his nomination
to hear from his accuser,Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Her attorneys now say she wants
the FBI to investigate her claims first.
- If she is not going tobe part of the hearing,
that would be a very interesting
and unfortunate turn of events.
- Senate Judiciary ChairmanChuck Grassley says
an FBI probe would have no bearing
on what Ford tells the committee,
and if she doesn'ttestify, there is no reason
to delay the vote any further.
Attorney and columnist Christine Flowers
is here now with more onthe Kavanaugh nomination.
So, what are your thoughts on this
current situation inthe nomination process?
Do you think the same thing is happening
that we saw with Clarence Thomas?
- Hi, good afternoon.
Absolutely, you took thewords out of my mouth.
Santayana said if we ignore history,
we're doomed to repeat it.
We ignored what happened with Anita Hill.
I think unfortunately, thisis worse than the Anita Hill
situation because this is systemic.
This is not something that's limited
just to judicial nominations, as we saw
with Harvey Weinstein, as we saw
with Bill Cosby, as wesaw with Louis C.K.,
Kevin Spacey, the entertainment world.
There is something systemicnow with the Me Too movement.
And while I think it started out
with good intentions, it's run amok.
And it's actually threateningour due process protections.
And we see that so clearly inthe case of Judge Kavanaugh,
who is being accused in whatI have called an ambush manner
of activities that occurredallegedly 30 years ago.
He can't defend himself.
And even if it is establishedthat there was no there there
and that Professor Ford's story is
not supported by fact, hisname is still tarnished.
He's always going to have thatasterisk next to his name,
the nominee who was accusedof sexual harassment.
And that's what's happeningwith Clarence Thomas, as well.
- Now, you've written, thereis a dangerous mix at play here
with politics and what youcall gender grievances.
- Yeah, what I don't like is the fact
that victimization, presumedvictimization of women,
is being weaponized for partisan purposes.
And I won't say that itis solely in the domain
of the Democratic Party or progressives
because I come out of Philadelphia.
I've seen it happen here in Philadelphia
with one of our state legislators,
who is a Democrat, a progressive.
We don't agree on any policy positions,
and yet I wrote a column supporting him
because the Me Too movementwas being used to basically
silence him, to take himoff of the debate stage
because of someone whosaid that she had been
sexually abused and didn't feelcomfortable in his airspace.
I mean, this is becoming very dangerous,
when we have people who are simply,
by saying, I was abused,you have to believe me,
they're able to effect concrete change
and stop other people fromhaving their voices heard.
And I said to someone, ofcourse we should believe women.
But when we believewomen, we should remember
the Scottsboro Boys andthe Duke lacrosse players.
And maybe we should lay someflowers on Emmett Till's grave.
Because simply believingwomen in a knee-jerk fashion
is going to lead to thekind of catastrophic,
what I call freak show that'shappening right now in DC.
- All right, Christine Flowers.
Thank you so much for your time.
Much appreciate your insight.
- Thank you.
- Militants from the Islamicterror group al-Shabaab
murdered two Christians in cold blood.
International Christian Concern
reports that it happened last Friday.
The killers reportedly stopped a bus,
ordered passengers off, and then tried
to determine who wereChristians and who were Muslims.
When two of the passengerscould not recite
the Islamic statement of faith,
they were tied up and executed.
President Donald Trumptoured North Carolina
and South Carolina today as residents
and relief workers begin thelong process of cleaning up.
The president told reportershe wants to encourage them.
The storm's death toll now stands at 37.
Wilmington, North Carolina,remains surrounded
by water, leaving residentsstranded in the city
or waiting to get back in tosee what's left of their homes.
The Parent Television Council is tracking
a disturbing trend in primetime television
when it comes to children and sex.
And joining us now with a closer look
at what children are seeingand hearing on multiple
television platforms isthe council's Tim Winter.
So, Tim, you say more sex talk is even
on situation comedies withyoung characters present.
- Yeah, this is a verydisturbing new trend
that we've just uncoveredand released a report on.
Ironically, we released our report
the very same day that Leslie Moonves,
a CBS chief executiveofficer, was let go by CBS
for his sexual conduct towardwomen in the workplace.
What we found on,including the very network
that he was once CEO of recently,
as well as the other broadcast networks,
literally 81% of situation comedies,
comedy programs that aremarketed as family comedies,
include sexually explicit dialogue
where the characters are discussing it
in front of the child characters.
This is 81%.
The very conduct thatMr. Moonves was fired for
the adults are talking about, laughing at,
asking us to be entertained by.
And they're doing this all within a show
where the children inthe program are present.
Each of these shows ismarketed by the TV network
as appropriate forfamily and child viewing
as young as 14, or evenyounger in many cases.
So it's a very disturbing new trend.
If Hollywood is gonna be serious
about the Me Too movement,as your first guest
just discussed in her very powerful piece,
I think Hollywood needs to stop asking us
to be entertained by and laugh at
the very same conductthat is ruining lives.
- Are you also seeing morechildren talking about sex?
- We are.
We're seeing increasingly, also on family
situation comedies, we'reseeing the child characters
are frequently the ones who are delivering
the most salacious,sexually explicit dialogue.
So it's not just the adults.
This is our most recent finding,
is that adults are doing itin front of the children.
But also we have documentation that shows
an increasing amount of wherethe children actors themselves
are also delivering the more explicit
lines that I guess we've become
accustomed to seeing adults deliver.
And now the children are doing it, too.
- Now, this is happening onthe networks and on video
services like Netflix andother streaming platforms?
- Yeah, what we looked at iswhat is considered by most
to be the safest of all theplatforms, broadcast television,
primetime broadcast network television.
When you get into cable,it gets even more explicit.
When you go online, Netflix, Hulu,
those original programs,even more explicit.
So, even the safest, arguably,of all the platforms,
broadcast television, thepublicly owned airwaves,
is having this trend ontheir platform, as well.
And we wanna make surethat the advertisers
are aware of what they're sponsoring,
because they make these programs possible
by virtue of their media dollars.
- That said, what advicedo you have for parents?
- It's incumbent upon parents
to be a huge piece of the solution.
That's why the ParentsTelevision Council's here.
We're advocating forparents, help channeling
voices to push back on the networks.
But parents need to understandthat that rating system
where it says TV-PG, TV-14 in the corner
before the show starts,those are very inaccurate.
They are misleading.
They tend to show contentthat is more explicit
than what that rating really says.
- All right, Tim Winter of theParents Television Council.
Thank you so much for your time.
- Good day from Los Angeles.
Good to be with you.
- Great information, much appreciated.
Coming up, a refreshing and natural way
to take care of your health and your home.
We've got the story coming upright here on CBN NewsWatch.
Don't go away.
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Many people are concernedabout the chemicals
they're exposed to in cleaning products
and even in the things thatthey apply to their bodies.
Our Lorie Johnson shows ushow many people are moving
to detox and replacingchemicals with essential oils.
- [Lorie] Like millions of Americans,
Sarah Hilburn struggled with emotional
issues that led to physical ones.
- I had gotten to thepoint where my anxiety
and depression was keepingme from sleeping at night.
I would spend several daysout of the week just being
awake the entire night,being awake the entire day.
- [Lorie] Instead ofseeking a prescription
for Ambien or Lunesta, sheturned to lavender oil.
- I can honestly say thatessential oils saved my life.
- [Lorie] Putting the oil in a vaporizer
next to her bed helped her begin
getting more rest, andin turn feeling happier.
- I diffuse the lavenderusually by itself,
just because it's very calming and it
smells really good and it makes me sleepy.
- [Lorie] Sarah also found other benefits.
She puts coolingpeppermint oil on her feet
when she's feeling overheated and credits
rose oil for her flawless complexion.
Oils extracted from plants have been used
for medicinal purposes for centuries.
But just in recent years, essential oils
have exploded in popularity.
In his best-selling book The Healing Power
of Essential Oils, Dr. Eric Zielinski
explains how to use dozensof these natural extracts.
- The Bible says the leaves of the trees
are for the healing of the nations.
I can think of no othersubstance on the planet
that epitomizes that like essential oils.
- [Lorie] Essential oilscome from distilling
parts of plants, like the root,bark, flowers, and leaves.
- When you inhale citrusessential oils specifically,
like orange, neroli,bergamot, lime, and lemon,
it's been show clinicallyto help decrease anxiety,
decrease depression, and boost your mood.
A lot of research being done with cinnamon
and blood pressure balancing.
So whether someone'sdiabetic, someone's obese,
there's a lot of things you could do.
- [Lorie] Even many pills wetake mimic what's in nature.
Aspirin, for example, ismodeled after willow bark,
which people used forcenturies as a pain reliever.
- So next time your son or daughter,
your grandson, yourgranddaughter gets a fever,
you can apply some diluted peppermint
or orange oil on his or her back,
and you'll see the fever go down.
Next time you get a sore throat,
you could gargle with a little bit
of myrrh essential oil and water.
Next time you get aheadache, you can apply
some pain-relieving oils,like frankincense or copaiba.
- And benefits go beyondrelying on the medicine cabinet.
Dr. Zielinski and his wife,Sabrina, use essential oils
instead of store-boughtsynthetics throughout their home,
from body lotion to deodorant and beyond.
More people who areconcerned about the chemicals
in household cleaners are choosing
essential oils becausethey clean naturally.
Sabrina makes her own laundry detergent
using ylang-ylang, no chemicals,
and about 20 bucks to wash 150 loads.
- So, when you're thinkingabout not just your kids,
but your animals, as well,it's really important
to choose the right thingswhen you're cleaning.
- [Lorie] That includesmixtures for dusting,
cleaning glass, granite,and even tougher jobs.
- But what about your all-purpose cleaner?
What about my stove?
Is this really gonna work on the stove?
Yes.
Usually, it has an orange,
a clove, a cinnamon, a eucalyptus.
It smells amazing.
I mean, wait till you smell this.
You're gonna be like, wow,that smells like Thanksgiving.
- [Lorie] Mm.
In just minutes, you canwhip up hand sanitizer.
- All you need is a two-ounce glass
spritzer bottle, 10drops of essential oil.
My favorite is lemon.
Then you need 10 drops of witch hazel,
10 drops of a grainalcohol, and then you fill
the rest of the bottle up with either
purified or distilledwater, shake, and go.
- [Lorie] Since essentialoils are highly concentrated,
it's best to dilutethem using what's known
as a carrier oil, like jojoba.
And watch out for fakes.
- It is absolutely necessary
to only use pure essential oils.
What most people don't recognize is,
what a lot of thesemanufacturers are doing are
synthetically adding different chemicals
to essential oils and to other
compounds to make 'em smell sweeter.
And that's where you get yourplug-ins from, your aerosols.
And they've been linked to a number
of diseases, neurotoxicity, cancer.
We're talking Alzheimer's and dementia.
- [Lorie] He recommends organic oils
indigenously sourced with a batch report
showing they're the real deal.
So these days, Americans increasingly
turn to natural,wonderful-smelling essential oils
for healing, personalcare, and around the house.
Lorie Johnson, CBN News.
- And CBN's health reporterLorie Johnson joins us now.
So it sounds like there are essential
oils for just about anything.
What are some that can beused when it comes to healing?
- Well really, one ofthe most popular ones,
my favorite, is oil of oregano,also called oregano oil.
And you have to, again, makesure that it's the pure stuff,
the organic, 100% pure essential oil.
There are a lotta fakes out there.
But oregano oil is callednature's antibiotic because it
performs the exact sametasks that antibiotics do,
except you don't havethe awful side effects.
We've been hearing somuch about gut health
and how antibiotics kill so much
of the good bacteria in our guts.
We really do wanna try to stay away
from antibiotics when possible.
And we know that oreganooil kills infections
that antibiotics do, too,infections like the common cold.
That's a viral infection.
But also some other types of infections.
And what you wanna do with oregano oil
is put a few drops in some water.
You never wanna use anessential oil straight.
So if you're taking itin a glass of water,
you wanna put about three drops in,
stir it around in some water.
And you can do that once or twice a day
for 10 days, no more than two weeks.
If you're putting anessential oil on your body,
you've gotta use that carrier oil.
Jojoba, that's one, but we also found that
coconut oil is a great carrier oil.
And anybody can findthat at the local store.
Another great use for an essential oil
for healing purposes is tea tree oil.
Smells fantastic.
It's great for acne,also things like fungi
on your toenails and on your feet
and head lice, all kinds of things.
I mean, the list goes on and on.
- Yeah, we used a lot of thatwith our kids growing up.
- Good for you.- Well, where do people
get information aboutrecipes for essential oils?
- Well, like I said, thereare so many different uses.
And it's really fascinatingand it's really exciting.
And you know what, it's cheap, too.
So, I mentioned this book in the story.
This is a great cookbook on all types
of ways to use the essential oils,
The Healing Power of EssentialOils by Eric Zielinski.
You can find more informationabout the book on our website.
But there are other people who
are really into essential oils.
Dr. Josh Axe is another big one.
So, you can go online.
And as far as which oils to buy, again,
this is very popular, soall the fakes are out there.
And I hate to say this,but one way to recognize
the good ones from the bad ones?
Price.
- Price?- So if you find a bottle
of essential oils for sevenbucks. (inhales sharply)
And also, just look on the label.
If you see sort of chemicallysounding things that,
the words are 14 letters long and you
don't know how to pronounceit, that's a chemical.
Stay away from that.
- Indeed, indeed.
Good advice, good information.
Lorie Johnson, always excellent.
Thank you so much.
- Well, I became a believer.
At first, when I was doing this story,
I was like, mm, I'm not sosure about essential oils.
But after I did a lot of research,
I've started incorporatingit into my lifestyle
and making my own soaps andshampoos and things like that.
So I became a convert.- I love it.
You're making us a believer, too.
Thank you so much.
- My pleasure.
- There's lots of talk these days
about what it means to be a boy or a girl.
Next, one expert weighs in on the
importance of letting boys be boys.
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With so much talk about gender identity,
it can be confusing,especially for children.
But does it have to be?
Joining us now is MarkHancock with Trail Life USA.
He's also the author ofthe book Let Boys Be Boys.
So, Mark, what are you seeing today
that led you to feel youhad to write this book?
- Well, I originally wrote the book
for the 6,000 adultleaders of Trail Life USA
who are ministering to 20,000boys across the country.
We just realized that we'vedone a great job with girls
and bringing them up to speed in terms
of science and technologyover the last generation.
But classrooms havebeen designed for girls.
And so many of our programs,even our Sunday schools,
and people who are ministering to boys
are ministering in agirl-friendly environment.
And it's affected boys.
Boys are now two timesmore likely to be diagnosed
for special education, threetimes more likely ADHD.
And they've fallen behind in every
category academically behind girls.
And so we really feel like there
needs to be a focus put on boys.
Without ignoring girls,there needs to be a focus
putting back on the uniquelearning styles of boys.
So I thought this book was important.
- What message do youthink is most important
for boys today and children overall?
- Well, we've got to recognize that
boys are different than girls.
And I know that's politically incorrect.
That may offend some people.
But that's just the truth.
Biologically, psychologically,there's so much evidence
that they're just built different.
Their eyes are different,they see different,
they hear different, theirbrains work differently.
And so it's importantthat we recognize that.
And so if we can start fromthat as our foundation,
we recognize that, when wetalk about the Me Too movement
and toxic masculinity,that really talks with,
that starts with training boysproperly in the beginning.
And when they recognizethat they are made by God
and who it is, that they'recreated in His image
and that girls are, too, and that women
are to be respected for their strengths
and their talents and whatit is that they're good at,
and then we recognize that boys and girls
have their unique strengthsand unique talents.
That's the first step in really starting
to reach out and makea difference with boys.
- What do you think parents need to know
when it comes to raising boys?
I imagine your book willalso help with that.
- I think it does.
I think, like I said, we do need
to recognize that they are different.
We need to give 'em somefreedom in different areas.
We need to recognize that the
physical's extremely important to boys.
They've got to be able to move.
We gotta let 'em get up and move.
The fact we're removing recess
from schools is really harmful to boys.
And we have to be asintentional about planning
our play for boys as we areabout planning our learning.
Because the play is abig part of learning.
When they are playing,when they are physical,
their brain is more engaged,they're learning better.
So I would encourageparents, if you're working
with your son, understand the fidgeting,
the moving around, that'spart of him knowing
intuitively that his body needsto move in order to learn.
And when we tell him to sit still,
be quiet, and listen up,that's very challenging,
because they're wired tobe able to be physical
and move while they're learning.
So I tell people who arein classroom environments,
or even at our Trail Life USA troops,
take the chairs out of the room.
Throw a buncha Legos andthings on the ground.
Let the boys play with those things
while you're talking tothem, because that fidgeting
and that moving around andthat permission to move around
is really opening up their brains,
and they're learning much better.
- With all this talk ofgender identity these days,
what would you say toparents to encourage them
and their children asthey face all of this?
- Well, it is challenging.
And that's the environment that
our sons are being raised up in.
And so we've got to be restored
to the biblical model that recognizes
that men and women, boysand girls are different.
And we have to start with that.
And the culture seems to be screaming
a different message to our sons.
But they've got to recognizethe unique strengths
that they have, that Godmade them as protector,
God made them with that physical drive,
God made them to thinkthe way that they think.
Send two boys to a water fountain.
They're gonna race.
They're not just gonna walk together.
That's in them to compete.
And when we start givingout participation trophies,
we're not allowing them to do what
it is that God created them to do,
to really--- Indeed.
- Take those kinda risks and compete.
So we've got to be opento those kind of ideas
and recognize--- Absolutely.
- That we're just different.
- Absolutely, Mark Hancock,author of Boys Will Be Boys.
We appreciate your time.
Great, thank you so much.
- Thank you, Efrem.
- Coming up, see the baptism
of a little guy who was so excited.
Just wait until you see what he did.
We've got that story coming up next.
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And finally for ourWednesday, some video for you.
It's of a little boy named Jordan
standing with his pastor,so excited to get baptized
and publicly proclaim his faith in Jesus.
He obviously thought thepastor was taking too long
and took matters into his own hands.
- Upon the profession of your faith
in the Lord JesusChrist, I now baptize you
in the name of the Father
(Jordan whines)
and of the Son.
- I'll do it!
- And of the Holy Spirit.
- I did it!(Efrem laughs)
- You can hear him say, I'll do it,
as the crowd erupts in laughter.
What a beautiful sight.
Thank you so much for watching.
Remember, you can find moreof our exclusive coverage
of the issues you caremost about at cbnnews.com.
We'll see you tomorrow, bye-bye.
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