- [Announcer] This is CBN Newswatch.
- And thank you so much for joining us,
I'm Efrem Graham.
Just as Senate Republicans
reach a tentativecompromise with one woman
accusing Supreme Courtnominee Brett Kavanaugh
of sexual assault,
news of a second allegation.
According to a report by The New Yorker,
53 year-old Deborah Ramirezsays Kavanaugh exposed himself
and forced her to touch his bare genitals
when the two were freshmen at Yale.
Ramirez says she washesitant to come forward,
questioned her memory, admitting
she, Kavanaugh, and others in the room
were heavily intoxicatedat the time but quote,
after six days of carefullyassessing her memories
and consulting with her attorney,
she felt confident enoughof her recollections.
Turkish authorities are sending signals
that Pastor Andrew Brunsoncould be released next month.
The Wall Street Journal reports
Turkish officials say ajudge could free Brunson
when he appears in court on October 12th
but only if the U.S. stopsputting on the country
to send him back to the states.
U.S. officials said thatthe Trump administration
decided to ease off amid fear
that Turkey's economicdifficulties could spread
to other emerging markets.
Here now is a quick look atsome of the other major stories
we're following for you today
inside the CBN newsroom.
Senior Republicans areadvising President Donald Trump
to push pause on firingDeputy Attorney General
Rod Rosenstein.
According to a New York Times report,
Rosentein suggested to
now former Acting FBIDirector Andrew McCabe
to wear a wire whenmeeting with the president.
He also suggested removingthe president from office.
Senator Lindsey Graham and
House Intelligence CommitteeChairmen Devin Nunes are
cautioning against firingRosenstein for now.
They say the presidentshould not fire him unless
he believes he's lying.
Meanwhile, the presidentplans to confront the dangers
posed by North Korea's nuclear threat
at the United Nations for the second time.
The president will address
the General Assembly Tuesday.
And on Wednesday,
he will chair the Security Council.
It is reported the president plans
to use this session
to discuss North Korea andthe topic of nuclear chemical
and biological weapons.
Vice President Mike Penceis warning Evangelicals
not to be complacent during this year's
mid-term elections.
He shared the message this weekend
at the Family ResearchCouncil's Voter Value's Summit.
Pence said complacencyis the greatest threat
to Republicans keepingcontrol of Congress.
He added
the mid-term elections are quote,
choice between a partythat celebrates America
and one that demeans millionsof our neighbors and friends.
You know, our foundingfathers shaped our nation
but what do you knowabout what shaped them?
See why history lessons are soimportant to Americans today.
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When we celebrate leaders whohelped to make America great
it is important to remembermen like George Washington
joined a remarkable group steeped
in an education and faiththat helped to create
this free nation.
But as Paul Strand reports,many of today's students
aren't learning about the true forces
behind these leaders.
- [Paul] When you look at the miracle
of the American Revolution,
a critical combination was God's timing
plus the leaders chosen to carry out.
Teaching about the intense education
and deep curiosity of our founding fathers
is author Jenny Cote's passion.
- They studied ancient civilizations.
And I don't mean just like,
AP history, you know, anddates and facts and stuff.
They studied how governments work.
They studied ancient Rome, ancient Greece.
They studied philosophy,
how men thought.
- [Paul] Cote wrote The VoiceThe Revolution and The Key
to better connect our younger generation
with America's founders.
- My life's purpose is to getkids excited about history
and make them fall in love with it.
- [Paul] In this book, theauthor uses talking animals
to help the future leaderswhen they're children.
One is a young BenjaminFranklin reading in depth
about ancient leaders'character, virtue, and vices.
- Plutarch's Lives, BenjaminFranklin, 11 years-old,
that was his favorite book.
Have you read Plutarch's Lives?
I just read it to write this book and it's
pretty complicated.
- [Paul] Young George Washington wrote
in long-hand 110 principles
put together by Jesuits
about how to live rightand be a gentleman.
- [Jenny] What 12 year-old today
do you think would take the time to
have a journal and tohand-write out rules of civility
and civil discourse?
I mean, he wrote down these principles
so he would learn them.
- [Paul] Colonial society at this time
was pretty much based onthe lessons and literature
of Christianity.
- [Jenny] Children werelearning their ABCs
based on Bible characters.
- Today's public schoolsnot only don't teach
out of the Bible,
they don't teach howimportant Christianity was
to most of the founding fathers.
Or they suggest founders like Washington
and Thomas Jefferson
were diests,
believers in only adistant and uninvolved god.
Yet, Washington statedafter surviving a battle
where his coat was puncturedby numerous bullets
and two horses were shot dead beneath him,
"I was saved by themiraculous care of Providence
"that saved me beyond human expectation."
Patrick Henry, the man who shouted,
"Give me liberty or give me death" stated,
"There is a just God whopresides over the destinies
"of nations."
As a young man, PatrickHenry was right in the middle
of the First Great Awakening
and the Battle forGreater Religious Liberty
in the Colonies.
- The war for religiousfreedom was happening
under his own roof.
- [Paul] Henry's fatherand uncle were Anglicans
in Virginia's State Church.
- However, his mother,Sarah was a bit of a rebel
and she went with this new Great Awakening
dissenter movement.
- [Paul] She would take herson to hear Evangelists preach
in this first national revival.
The experience helped form him
into the mighty order, eventually labeled
The Voice of the Revolution.
His voice for freedom and stand against
the high taxes of the Stamp Act
helped ignite the Revolution.
- A decade before
we even declared independence,he was the first one
to speak up against tyranny.
That's when Sam Adams, and the boys,
and the Sons of Liberty was like,
"Look at these guys in Virginia.
"We need to be that bold."
And so,
isn't it amazing
how one voice speaking up for liberty
against tyranny
can change the world?
- [Paul] And he joined many bold leaders
educated for just that moment in time?
- [Jenny] They understoodthat liberty is precious
because it had been oppressed
over the centuries andthey studied it and so,
because they studiedwhat worked in history,
they could smell a tyrant coming
3,000 miles away
and they were ready.
- [Paul] While Cote alsopoints out their failures,
like Patrick Henry owning slaves.
- [Jenny] I'm showing hisstruggle with slavery.
You know, where he saysit's a lamentable evil,
I cannot justify it.
I cannot believe I'm a Christian,
yet I do this.
There's no excuse.
- But she finds it horrible
that schools are shying away from teaching
the great and good stories
of America's firstdecades and its founders
just because of their dark side.
- To the point where I heard recently
that some school curriculumsare gonna start teaching
in 1866.
Oh, let's just skip over thewhole founding of our nation.
Because it's too painful.
- [Paul] Cote holdsPatriot Camps with kids
and often asks what will happen
if children don't learntheir nation's history?
- I say we'd lose our future.
And I said, "Whose responsibility is it
"to keep telling thestories of our history?"
And you know what they said?
It's ours.
So if kids are willing
to own it,
let's just teach it to them.
- [Paul] Paul Strand,CBN News, Washington.
- Still ahead, the healthy eating plan
ripped straight from the Old Testament.
We're gonna show you theBible's seven super foods next.
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The Jewish time of Sukkotor Feast of Tabernacles
is beginning its week long celebration.
During this time,
Jewish people eat what areknown as the seven species
of the Bible.
CBN's Scott Ross went toJerusalem for a cooking course
using those seven super foods
of the Bible.
- [Scott] This is the City of David.
My wife, Nedra and I met a famous Israeli
known as the Queen of Kosher
and the Kosher Rachel Ray.
She is Jamie Gellar,
mother of five and founder
of the Kosher Media Network.
How large in area does this encompass?
- It's an 11 acre area.
This is Biblical Jerusalem,the City of David,
and you'll notice it's outsideof the old city walls, right?
So the City of David, Jerusalem, Israel,
it brings people together.
Much like food.
So now I'm gonna show youone of my favorite recipes,
the seven super foods of theBible in a special salad.
How bout that?
- [Scott] I broughtNedra along because she's
the real cook in the family.
She feeds me.
She's a very good cook,
but we
know nothing about kosher food
and kosher cooking.
Kosher refers to Biblical and traditional
Jewish dietary laws.
They prohibit some foods like pork
and shellfish
and don't allow mixingmeat and dairy products
in the same meal.
But we learned it's tasty all the same.
- The way that I cook isquick and kosher, okay?
So that means it's easy, anyone can do it,
and all I need arepeople that like to eat.
- We love to eat.
- Can you do that?
- Yeah.
- Okay fine.
And what's special here,
forget about kosher,
we're doing a recipe inspiredby the seven species.
The seven foods that are super foods,
super foods of the Bible
and of the land of Israel.
- Super foods?
- [Jamie] Yeah.
- Will this make me a
super person then?
- It will make you strong like Popeye,
it will make you healthy,your doctor will be happy,
your wife will be happy,
you'll eat good.
- [Scott] The sevenspecies come from the book
of Deuteronomy, which says,
"The Lord your God is bringingyou into a good land...
"a land of wheat and barley,of vines and fig trees
"and pomegranates, a landof olive oil and honey."
- Shiv'at HaMinim,which translates to mean
the seven species.
So this is the Shiv'at HaMinim salad.
Okay, fine.
So we're gonna start by,
our wheat that we're gonna use is bulgur.
So would you mind to help me, Nedra?
- Sure, what would you like me to do?
Just put the whole thing in?
- And yes.
Into a hot pot we'regonna put a little bit
of oil, just a touch.
You make bulgur like you would rice.
So you toast it up justa little, little bit
in a hot pot.
Now this is the magicof television, right?
We got a finished thing right there.
- [Nedra] We did it.
- Before we get to toss it all together,
we're gonna make our dressing.
So you wanna help a littlebit, Scott and Nedra?
Here, we have olive oil.
- Okay, do you want the whole...
- Please, put it all in.
Kay, this is a little dijon mustard.
That should give it alittle flavor, right?
- [Nedra] He loves mustard.
- Right, okay, fine.
So dijon's good.
Now what we have here
is one of the special foodsof the lands of Israel,
date honey.
Dates are one of thesweetest fruits in the world.
Tons of fiber, that'swhat we're talking about,
these super foods,
and date honey has been used for
thousands of years to sweeten things
naturally.
A little red wine vinegar, right?
'Cause grapes and wine.
- I can do that.
- You can do it?
We got a little bit ofright, salt and pepper.
Okay now, we whisk.
Who wants to whisk for me?
- He can whisk.
- Okay, whisk it up,
Mr. Ross.
Okay, gorgeous.
- [Scott] How long do you whisk?
- It's good and emulsified,
nice, so everything's emulsified.
You don't wanna see any chunks of
dijon anymore,
so that just pulls that together.
So now, before we assemble our salad,
I just wanna show you.
Right, this is dried dates.
And then you just sliceyour dates like this.
Okay, that's nice.
So that's how we deal with our dates.
You can use fresh or dried figs,
but I just wanted to show youguys a little bit of that.
Would you please, Scott,
bing over that beautiful,
beautiful serving plate.
Then we can set
our bulgur,
right, is going to bethe base of our salad.
So we're gonna put on our dates.
They're a little little sticky.
So you'll, excuse me, wanna help me...
I put in the grapes, the superfood of the grapes, right?
They've got lots of antioxidants.
When pomegranates are in season,
we would use the seeds of a pomegranate.
Kay, we've got our figs,
another one, right?
Right out of the Bible
onto our beautiful
salad.
- [Scott] They look like anchovies.
- Right, you said that.
That's not one of the super foods,
but if you'd like, wecould put it on, you know?
So we pour on our dressing
on top, right?
And it's beautiful, right?
It's a nice salad.
- [Nedra] Yeah, it's really nice.
- [Jamie] But now look at it.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Right?
- [Scott] Wow.
- They'd think you werein the kitchen forever.
- The power of a little green.
Yeah, totally!
It looks like we worked hard on this,
how long did that take us, guys?
- Five minutes?
- [Jamie] Okay, would you like to taste?
- Of course.
- Okay, so let's sharethis together, right?
Shall we?
A little for you.
A little more hearty,
they got a spoon over there.
- Okay.
- [Jamie] A little for you, Miss Nedra.
- [Nedra] Thank you, dear.
- Want you to get all of the super foods.
It smells nice, it's fresh.
So shall we?
- [Nedra] Yes, we shall.
- God bless this
and help me.
- Amen.
- Mmm.
- Do you like?
It's different, right?
Enjoy, enjoy.
I'm so happy that you like.
And right now, you'reeating a super food salad
with foods from the Bible
that's delicious and good for you.
So like, that's like the best combination.
Well I wanted to give you guys a present,
can I do that?
- Sure.- Okay.
- Sure, I have
a new book...
- Wonderful.
- Called the Joy of Kosher,
Fast, Fresh, Family Recipes.
- I may end up going kosher,
you never know.
- Well you know what?
You don't have to bekosher to love kosher.
So in theory, this was a kosher salad,
but come on, it was delicious, you know?
- It looks beautiful.
- And there are lots of wonderfulIsraeli recipes in here,
hummus, falafel,
there's a lamb kabob,
spiced with cinnamon, cumin.
And so don't be scared it's kosher,
don't be scared it's Israel,don't be scared, you know,
I try Italian recipes, I tryIndian recipes, et cetera,
let's do it.
Let's get together around food.
- [Scott] Scott Ross, CBN News, Jerusalem.
- Let's get together
around food.
Stay with us, we'll be right back.
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If your church sings worship music,
chances are there arefew tunes from Hillsong
on the congregation'slips every single Sunday.
The Australian church hasprovided the soundtrack
for churches around theworld for many years.
Last week, churchleadership announced plans
to form its own denomination, pulling away
from Australia's largestPentecostal denomination.
Pastor Brian Houston sayswith Hillsong's growth
around the world,
it needs to be able tocredential its own pastors
and structure the church in a way crucial
to the progress of its mission.
I sat down with Houston in studio five
to talk about the ups and downs of living,
loving, and leading.
- The power of love...
- More than 20,000 people
attend services at Hillsong Church
on any given Sunday.
With campuses in Sydney, Kiev, Moscow,
New York City, London, Cape Town,
Paris, and so many more.
And leading the worldwide flock
is global pastor Brian Houston,
who shares some of thejourney in his book,
Live Love Lead.
Why this book?
What made you
wanna write this book?
- Well, I think thebook's been in my heart
for a long time.
I've been pastoring for
32 years, same church 40 years,
preaching and ministering and
I just felt like there was a lot in me
I wanted to use to help other people,
work with other people so
the timing right now
just seemed to be the right time.
I had the time to actually write the book,
and so,
Live Love Lead.
That's where I am.
- Houston and his wife, Bobbie
first started Hillsong in 1983,
meeting in a school halland then a warehouse
with only 45 members.
It grew to 900 people in four years
and continues to multiply.
This church isn't the churchyou started 40 years ago.
(laughs)
- That's for sure.
No, we started in a little school hall
in the outer suburbs of Sydney,
and those days, it was like green fields
where we were.
We were in a
small hall, as I say
it is an amazing story.
I mean, it's a miracle.
- Did you envision this?
I remember reading
you and your wife dating in a car that
backs down into someone'shouse, essentially
because you forget to put it in park,
is this what you guys talked about
all those years ago?
- We really
could not have imagined
all that God has done.
We both, my wife and I bothgrew up in New Zealand.
The story that you'retalking about in the book is
our neighbor, who
used to go to the tiny, little,
sermons that God chose we went to
had a very steep drive
and so, we were parked atthe top of their drive and
just talking about thefuture, and planning,
and yep, you gotta read thebook to see the rest, but,
I've gotta tell you that
we did have an act of God
and believed to do something significant.
But the grace of God has been
something we could never have perceived.
- What's been the toughestpart of those 40 years for you?
- Well I talk in the book about
the worst day of my life.
I was
45, it was in 1999.
My father was my absolute hero.
In fact, he was
one of my great inspirations in terms of
what I do today.
And at 45,
one of the guys who worksfor me came into my office
and we went through our normal list of
things to talk about and at the end,
he said, "There's just one more thing,"
and so,
the way he said it, the tone,I knew something was wrong.
And he told me that we'dhad a complaint come in
that many years before that,
probably in the 1970s,
that my father
had abused
a young man.
So,
yeah.
I mean,
you couldn't hit with me worse news.
It sorta hit me in layers.
And so,
I had to confront my ownfather and ask him about that.
So,
that definitely is theworst day of my life.
- How did that resolve itself?
I can't even imagine navigating that.
- I don't know whether
it has resolved itself as such.
My father now has been
dead for
over 10 years.
But,
the ramifications of that still
playing out right now.
- What lessons did Godallow that to teach you?
- You know,
one thing I do know is
it wasn't me.
I didn't do anythingwrong, it was my father.
You know, in the world that we live,
there's some people that'd love to try and
frame me by
my father's sin.
But, I refuse to let that happen.
But, I guess it
helped me to realize that
everyone,
everyone has their issues,
has their battle, whatever that is
and
that's why
I think everyone is,
is a perfect recipientfor the Gospel of Jesus,
the grace of God.
♪ Spirit lead me where mytrust is without borders ♪
- And with more than 40recordings to their credit,
music is a Hillsong signature.
Their contemporary Christian praise songs
are the Sunday soundtrack
for churches around the world.
When many people think of Hillsong,
before they even think of
the church and your ministry now,
the music is so far reaching.
What do you think, I mean,
are you a musician?
- I was the church drummer
when I was a teenager, but
compared to the people today, no.
I'm not a musician.
But I always had a heart
to pastor the kind of church that
was an inspiration to churches.
I'm a great believer in the potential of
the church.
And I mean the local church.
And so,
I always kinda wantedto have a church where
we wrote and sung songs that
helped the church.
And so that's an amazing thing because
being through variouspersonalities of all issues,
but really from the start,
it seems the songs from that church
struck a chord with people,firstly in Australia, obviously.
And then,
globally and
it's been a miracle story.
Someone once said to me,
"Brian, you realize
"this is only a season."
They're talking about the impact of
the worship from Hillsong.
And,
I agree, it's only a season,
but so far, it's been a very long season.
- A long season, indeed.
Time now for your Monday Motivation.
I pray this message will inspire you
and jumpstart your work week.
No one can stop what God has promised.
You must push past the obstacles
that arise during the process.
With that word I encourage you
to make this indeed
a marvelous Monday.
That concludes this half hour
of CBN Newswatch.
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Hope you will join us again
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Make this a marvelousMonday and a wonderful week.
You have everything you need to do so,
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Thanks for watching, everybody.
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- [Announcer] This is CBN Newswatch.
- And thank you so much for joining us.
I'm Efrem Graham.
Just as Senate Republicansreached a tentative compromise
with one woman accusingSupreme Court nominee
Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault,
there's news of a second allegation.
According to a report by The New Yorker,
53 year-old Deborah Ramirezsays Kavanaugh exposed himself
and forced her
to touch his bare genitalswhen the two were freshmen
at Yale.
Ramirez says she washesitant to come forward
questioning her memory
admitting she, Kavanaugh,and others in the room
were likely heavilyintoxicated at the time
but quote,
after six days after carefully assessing
her memories and consultingwith her attorney,
she felt confident enoughof her recollections.
Here now is a look at someof the other major headlines
we're following for you today
inside the CBN newsroom.
Senior Republicans areadvising President Donald Trump
to push pause on firingDeputy Attorney General
Rod Rosenstein.
According to a New York Times report,
Rosenstein suggested to nowformer Acting FBI Director,
Andrew McCabe
to wear a wire whenmeeting with the president.
He also suggested removingthe president from office.
Senator Lindsey Graham andHouse Intelligence Committee
Chairman Devin Nunes are
cautioning against firingRosenstein for now.
They say the president should not fire him
unless he believes
he is lying.
Vice President Mike Penceis warning Evangelicals
to not be complacent during this year's
mid-term elections.
He shared that message this weekend
at the Family Research Council's
Voter Value Summit.
Vice President Pence saidcomplacency is the greatest threat
to Republicans keepingcontrol of Congress.
He added the mid-term elections are quote,
choice between a partythat celebrated America
and one that demeans millionsof our neighbors and friends.
President Donald Trump willaddress the United Nations
this week.
The president recentlycut funding to UNRWA,
the United Nations Relief and
Worker's Agency.
If the UN's body responsible...
It's the UN's body responsiblefor Palestinian refugees.
And while the uproar...
While there has beenuproar over that decision,
critics of UNRWA pointto its education system.
They claim it could beencouraging a new generation
of terrorists.
Our Julie Stahl brings usa look at those claims.
- [Julie] This ladywith a Palestinian scarf
appears harmless, right?
- But who is this?
Dalal Mughrabi,
who led a terrorist attack
and murdered
38 people, including 13 children
on the coastal road of Israel
in 1978.
- [Julie] Her pictureappears in the fifth grade
Arabic language textbook.
It's part of a four page lesson
that hails Mughrabi as
a martyr who painted with her struggle
a picture of challenge and heroism.
The text in front of usprovides a glance on the path
of her struggle.
- In these four pages,
they're praising her
and saying what a hero she was and how
the younger generation
needs to act exactly the same as she did.
- [Julie] Israeli Knesset member,
Sharon Haskel and David Badine of the
Israel Resource News Agency
spoke to journalists about reform
they believe need to happen.
- Some of the major
problems with UNRWA are
perpetuating
the conflict and perpetuating
the hatred and the violence
between Palestinians and Israelis.
- CBN News asked UNRWA
about the textbooks and education system.
In a written statement,Spokesman Christopher Gunness
told us,
"UNRWA teaches in accordancewith UN values and principles.
"By convention we teach thecurriculum of host countries,
"i.e. the PA curriculumin the occupied territory.
"We review every book we use.
"We check for genderbias, age appropriateness,
"and political neutrality.
"On average, we have foundless than three percent
"of the pages we reviewedto be problematic.
"We have frameworks and procedures
"for supporting our teachersin dealing with these passages
"in the books."
There are 515,000 Palestinian children
in the UNRWA school system.
Badine says if even two percent
take up the terror challenge,
that would create morethan 10,000 terrorists.
Badine sees other issues with UNRWA.
- UNRWA is different
from any other refugee organization.
'Cause other refugee organizations
help people get on with their lives.
UNRWA as a policy,
teaches the concept of the right of return
by force of arms.
- [Julie] That so-called right of return
is also exaggerated by the very definition
of Palestinian refugees.
- UNRWA's got a completely different
refugee definition than any other
international organization.
In UNRWA
a refugee status
can be inherited.
Which means
that they do not fulfill their basic
agenda for what they were created for.
It continues to build bigger and bigger
refugee camps.
Give them permanent housing.
Give them permanent healthcare.
Give them a permanent education system.
This is the role of a country,
not a relief agency.
- [Julie] Haskel and Badine hope that
President Trump's action to cut funding
will force UNRWA to make changes.
Julie Stahl, CBN News, Jerusalem.
- Turkish authorities are sending signals
that Pastor Andrew Brunson
could be released next month.
The Wall Street Journalreports Turkish officials say
a judge could free Brunsonwhen he appears in court
October 12th,
but only if the U.S stopsputting pressure on the country
to send him back to the United States.
U.S. officials said theTrump administration
decided to ease off amid fear
that Turkey's economicdifficulties could spread
to other emerging markets.
Bill Cosby will be back in aPennsylvania courtroom today
for the first day ofhis sentencing hearing.
Cosby was found guilty in April
for three felony counts
for drugging and sexually assaulting
Andrea Constand back in his home in 2004.
The television star and former comedian
has maintained any sexualencounters with Constand
and other accusers were consensual.
Cosby is facing up to 30 years behind bars
but the judge
could send him home
on house arrest.
Major flooding remains athreat in North Carolina
more than a week afterHurricane Florence made landfall
in South Carolina.
More evacuations were ordered
as rivers continue to rise.
National Weather Service data also showed
five of North Carolina's river gauges
at major flood stage and five others
at moderate flood stage.
Parts of Interstate 94 and 40 are expected
to remain under water
for at least another week or more.
Environmental officials said
they are closely monitoring
where Florence's floodwaters have submerged
coal ash sites.
Federal government numbers show
200,001 new jobs were created last month
and there's been otherpromising economic news of late.
I recently spoke with
Freemarket Policy Analyst Phil Kerpin
with American Commitment
about what this means for your wallet.
Phil, how significant isthe latest jobs report
and other economic news
and what does it mean in theeveryday life of Americans?
- Example of that.
Right now, we've got an unemployment rate
that's lower than theeconomic growth rate,
which is pretty rare.
It last happened about 10 years ago.
And that means that thingsare sort of moving forward
on really strong
economic basis.
And I would also point out
that this latest jobs report also has
pretty strong wage growth.
2.9% wage growth,
we'd like to be even higher,
but we may be finally beseeing earnings accelerated
and that's really excitingfor people who are not
looking for work, necessarily,
but wanna make more in the job they're in.
- What about concerns over trade disputes?
- Well, that's kind of the one
area of economic policy that is
kinda weighing us down right now.
We've got
very good news economicallyon de-regulation
and on tax reform.
Not as much
on the trade front where we see,
we're seeing a lot of these tariff threats
and escalation with China
and the stalled negotiations on NAFTA,
although, we have had a recentbreakthrough with Mexico
and if Canda comes to the table,
we might finally have a deal soon.
But that's introducinga lot of uncertainty.
Especially the threat of auto tariffs,
which the president has raised,
which would make carsa lot more expensive.
So the president's playingvery high stakes game
on the trade area.
If he can pull off
new deals that are better
than the ones they replaced
and kinda put everything back together,
that'll sort of be theall clear sign, I think,
and then you'll see theeconomy take off even more
because that source of
anxiety will be relieved.
But if we continue to see
escalating tariffs, andwe don't have a resolution
on these trade issues,
that could threaten and even undermine
the economic progress that we're seeing.
So that's the big question mark right now
is how the trade issues get resolved.
- Phil, many analysts saythe president should be
spending more timetalking about the economy.
What are your thoughts on that?
- Well,
you know, it certainly is the...
Yeah, it certainly isa great success story
for him to tell
and to the extent he canhave a little bit more
message discipline,
talk a little bit moreabout the strong economy
and a little less about
just whatever randomstuff he's tweeting about,
that would probably be a positive
politically.
I also think it's critical,
going into the elections this year
that President Trump remind everyone
that Democrats willdisrupt the good economic
news that we have now.
And they'll move us inthe other direction,
they'll steeply raise taxes,
put a bunch of regulations back in,
kind of undermine the thingsthat he's accomplished on that.
And I think that
from a political standpoint,
it's even more important
to remind people of the bad things
that Democrats will dothan it is to take credit
for the good thingswe're seeing right now.
Because people are always more motivated
by fear than they are by
you know, being gratefulfor what they have.
- In light of all the chatter out there
and all the issues we see,
how big of an influence do you think
the economy will have
on the mid-term elections?
- Well, you know,
I don't know.
I think that normally, withthe economy as strong as it is,
you would expect the incumbent party
to do really, really well.
That's not what we're necessarily
seeing in the polling right now.
And so, yeah,
there are a lot of factors this year
that make it sorta differentthan the typical year.
But obviously,
to the extent Republicans can get people
to focus on the economy, that would be
a really good strategy for them
because the economy isso strong right now.
- Alright, Phil Kerpinwith American Commitment,
thank you so much for your insights.
- My pleasure.
- Coming up, preventing bullying.
We'll show you what you need to know
to keep your children safe.
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With school back in full swing now,
comes a lot of learningand fun for children
but they can also feel a lot of stress
and that can be especially dangerous
outside of the classroom
because of bullying.
And sometimes, that bullyingcan even lead to suicide.
CBN's Mark Martin talked with one expert
about the technology that is out there
to help your children.
- Here to discuss this very real problem
is Titania Jordan,
the Chief Parent Officer of Bark,
an internet safety tool.
Ms. Jordan, thanks for joining us.
- Thank you so much for having me.
- Well these are tragic stats.
There have been morethan 13 hundred children
ages five to 12
who took their lives in America,
according to the Center forDisease Control and Prevention
and your group hasdocumented helping prevent
at least 33 suicides among young people,
talk about that.
- That's correct.
Yeah, it's
a hard field to work in technology that
helps families, helps parents,
and keeps children safer online.
And so what we've done at Bark is
to alert parents when their child has
exhibited signs of suicide,depression, anxiety.
And 33 times, we have sent an alert.
The parent has received thealert and written back to say,
"Thank you so much.
"Because of this alert,I was able to step in
"and get my child the help they needed."
- Youth suicide is thesecond leading cause of death
among young people ages 15 to 24
and in the United States, according to
kidsdata.org.
Are parents aware of howgreat this problem is
and how it can start with cyber-bullying?
- I don't think parents are fully aware
until it happens to their child.
I think we as a society
need to understand that
close to 75% of children areexperiencing cyber-bullying
these days.
It's just a function ofthe fact that they all have
a device
by the time that they're 13, basically.
And not only
are they
being cyber-bullied, but they're also
cyber-bullying.
And so it's a very stark reality.
It's not
just happening in a vacuum.
- How do programs like Bark help?
Break it down for us.
- Sure, yeah, so,
the way Bark works is that
you go to www.bark.us,
you connect your child'ssocial media accounts,
email accounts, texting accounts,
and then our artificial intelligence
will run in the backgroundto look for those things like
cyber-bullying, sexual content,
thoughts of suicide and depression,
potential drug use, online predators,
and drug use and then
we will alert parents via text or email
when our AI has detectedsomething like that, which is,
you know, it's scary.
And then we will send parents
best recommended next steps
for how the heck to deal with this.
- You say Bark inspires trustbetween parents and children,
how are children includedin this process and
why do you think they should be?
- Absolutely.
You know, it's
a fine line between parenting,
helicopter parenting and then
raising responsible digital natives
that can tackle the world on their own
when they turn 18.
And so what we do at Bark is that
we don't give parentsfull, unfettered access
to every account and every device
because we liken it to the diary analogy.
You know,
you don't want yourparents reading your diary
when you're a teenager.
That said,
we, you know,
we are
given these children by God
and we need to raise them right
and so we need to know what's going on
in their digital lives sothat we can help protect them.
And so on that note,
we will
not give full, unfetteredaccess to parents,
but we will also alertthem when there are things
that they need to know
so that we can inspire trustbetween parents and child
and honestly, encourage conversations.
Parents and children needto be talking frequently
about what is happening.
Not only in their real life,
but in their digital life.
If they're playing Fotnite,if they're on Snapchat,
you need to be talkingabout it at the dinner table
because that is their real life.
- Alright, Titania Jordan with Bark,
we appreciate your insightsand commend your efforts.
- And coming up right now,
we're gonna sit down with our friends
at FaithWire to talkabout what is trending.
Stay with us.
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Justin Bieber wows worshipers in London
and the odd story of a homeless man
shaving on a commuter train.
Both stories are trendingonline this week.
Jessica Chacko turns toFaith Wire's Dan Andros
to tell us more.
- Well our first story this week
follows Justin Bieber.
The recently engaged megastar surprised Londoners
when he began singing a worship song
outside of Buckingham Palace.
Dan's here with us.
Dan, tell us more about this story.
- Yeah, so Justin Bieber was
out in London with his newfiance, Hailey Baldwin and...
Yeah, he's going back to his roots,
starting busking.
Opened up the guitar case and just sorta
started jamming rightthere on the streets.
I mean, he hasn't performed
a concert, like an officialconcert in over a year.
But here he decided to do an impromptu one
and a lucky few peoplewere around to catch it.
But once again, he was puttinghis faith on display and
he was singing a worship song,
Good Good Father was
one of the songs
he sang to the people whojust happened to be around.
- Dan, you know, Justin is always been
open about his faith,
but it seems that he'sbecome increasingly bold
in the last couple of years.
- Yeah.
It's really interestingbecause he's been famous since
he was a youngster, really young,
and he's still only 24 years-old, so we've
kinda forget that he's
really still pretty young but,
we've seen him mature in his faith
and definitely become more open about it.
After the Manchestershooting, they went back
and did a benefit concert in Manchester
and one of the things he said
to the crowd there, you know,
thousands and thousands of people was that
God was still good even inthe midst of evil like this.
And I just thought that was a very
powerful message to send and abrave message to send because
you know, if we're being honest that
a lot of people are, young people are
rebelling against God right now
and that's a difficultsorta theological message
to bring
but a necessary one
for people to hear.
So we're seeing him makemore and more bold moves
like that.
- Now you mentioned earlier
his fiance,
are you sure it's still his fiance
or is it possible that they
have already gotten married?
- Well that rumor started'cause Alec Baldwin,
who obviously, is now,
I guess the uncle,
so he actually mentioned and said,
"Well, they went off and got married,"
and so everyone's like,
"Wait a minute, they wentoff and got married?"
So, there's conflicting reports now.
Hailey Baldwin, herself tweeted out that,
"No, we didn't get married,"
but she deleted that tweet.
And so, right now,
the only source we havesaying they're married
is Alec Baldwin.
TMZ and others are still standing by
that they actuallyhaven't gotten married yet
but I guess time will tell
and we'll see what happens
in the coming days and months.
- Well it's inspiring tosee his journey of faith
and we wish him and Hailey all the best.
Well you've probably seenthis next story trending
on Facebook or Instagram.
It's a video of a homelessman shaving on a train.
Well that video went viral andsparked a lot of controversy.
Dan, why has this videogained so much criticism?
- Well, it's interesting.
Anthony...
I ride New Jersey Transit,
the same train that this guy
was filmed on.
And his name's Anthony Torresand he was filmed shaving.
And,
you know, you see a lotta crazy things
when you ride masstransit for a lotta times
so I think people were just like,
"Ugh, here's the latestcraziest thing that happened,"
and he was shaving.
And what really put it over the top
was he flicked it
on the ground.
So he flicked his shavings on the ground,
the shaving cream, which was Kind of,
you know, not a very nice thing to do.
Not a very polite thing to do
so people were criticizing him for that.
But it turns out, he's actually
struggling with homelessness and
he was just trying to find a spot to shave
'cause he didn't really have one so
the initial criticism
maybe kind of taught everybody a lesson
that maybe you should
try to jump in somebody else's shoes
before you start going outand making fun of somebody,
you know, for whatthey're doing on the train
'cause you don't know whatyour mindset's like when you
don't have a home.
- Absolutely and
after receiving a lot of criticism,
actually the story doescome with a happy ending.
A GoFundMe campaign wasstarted to help Torres
and so far the have raised over $38,000
in two days
exceeding their goal.
Back to you.
- That's good news and good words.
Stay with us, we'll be right back
with an encouraging word for you.
We'll be right back.
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Regent University now ranks in the top 11%
of universities in the country.
That number comes from a U.S. News
and World Report which ranks
18 hundred other schools nationwide.
It is the first time in the school's
40 year history
that it's ranked this high.
The national universitiescategory includes
top Ivy League schoolsand other universities.
Regent is among onlyeight Virginia schools
in the national universities ranking,
including University ofVirginia, William and Mary
and Virginia Tech.
Right now it is time foryour Monday Motivation
and I leave you with this thought.
It is a great day to dream again.
The God who began awork in you stands ready
to complete it.
So dust off that old dream
you've long forgotten anddream new dreams as well.
You are not too oldand it is not too late.
If you are breathing,God is not done with you
and your work on this earth
still lies ahead.
So I encourage you to dream again today
and then do the work
and watch God work tomake it happen for you.
That is gonna do it for this edition
of CBN Newswatch.
Remember, you can find moreof our exclusive coverage
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Make this a marvelous Monday, everybody.
We'll see you right back here tomorrow.
Goodbye and God bless.
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