- [Narrator] This is CBN news watch.
- And thank you for joining us,
senate republicanstoday are moving forward
with a committee votetoday on Brett Kavanaugh's
nomination before thesenate judiciary committee.
This comes after anemotional day of testimony
over allegations he'd sexually
assaulted Christine Blasey Ford
when both of them werehigh school students.
Abigail Robertson has the latest.
- In a hearing that grippedthe nation on Thursday,
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,and Judge Brett Kavanaugh,
both gave emotional testimonies about
what they remember from 1982.
- Dr. Ford, with what degree of certainty
do you believe BrettKavanaugh assaulted you?
- 100%
- [Abigail] Dr. Ford describes in detail
what she believes happened.
- Brett groped me and triedto take off my clothes.
I believed he was going to rape me.
- [Abigail] And saysshe has no doubts it was
Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge
who were in the room and attacked her.
- What is the strongest memory you have?
- The uproarious laughter between the two,
and their having fun at my expense.
- [Abigail] Then JudgeKavanaugh took his turn,
where he categorically denied her claims.
- I'm here today to tell the truth.
I've never sexually assaulted anyone.
Not in high school, notin college, not ever.
- [Abagail] And said while he believes
something may have happenedto Dr. Ford, he did not do it.
- The other night, Ashleyand my daughter Liza
said their prayers, and little Liza,
all of 10 years old,
said to Ashley we shouldpray for the woman.
We mean no ill will.
- [Abigail] Kavanaughtold how this process
has destroyed his family and good name.
Consequences that willfollow them for decades.
- I love coaching more than anything
I've ever done in my whole life.
But thanks to what some of you
on this side of thecommittee have unleashed,
I may never be able to coach again.
- [Abigail] Kavanaughconfronted democrats head on,
calling the process an orchestrated
and calculated political hit job.
- This confirmation processhas become a national disgrace.
The constitution gives the senate
and important role inthe confirmation process.
But you have replaced advice and consent,
with search and destroy.
- [Abigail] JudgeKavanaugh assured senators,
no matter what, he's notbacking out of this process.
- You may defeat me in the final vote,
but you'll never get me to quit, never.
- And the senior Washington correspondent,
Jennifer Wishon joinsus now with reactions.
So Jennifer, how arerepublicans and democrats
spinning that hearing today?
- Well, you know, theyare spinning hard, Efrem.
I think both sides arefeeling pretty good about it,
actually, I think republicans feel good
coming out of this hearing,they feel like they
have a good chance to get Brett Kavanaugh
on the bench.
He came out, he had a
strong testimonial, he wasemotional, he was indignant,
he was angry about what hisfamily has been through.
But he was also respectfulof the fact that
as he said he believes that Dr. Ford
Dr. Ford has been through something,
although it was not at his hand.
On the other side, democratsare also feeling pretty good,
because Dr. Ford, by all accounts,
was a credible witness,and even if Judge Kavanaugh
is confirmed and elevatedto the supreme court,
they feel like this only plays
well for them in the mid-terms.
We've already heardsenator Kirsten Gillibrand,
from New York, saying this proves
that republicans justdon't care about women.
We are gonna be hearing thatover and over again in ads
between now and November,and democrats feel
like this only furtherenergized their base
heading into November.
- And now that the hearingis over, what lessons
do you think lawmakers havelearned about the process?
- Well, I think, the process, I think,
by all accounts didn't work well.
And I think, most notably,
the importing of a woman, if you will
by republicans, this prosecutor who,
her profession, in herprofession she deals with
prosecuting sex crimes,on paper that sounded good
In practice it didn't work.
Having her question Dr. Fordin five minute increments
about this deeply personalthing that happened, this trauma
that happened to her so manydecades ago, didn't work.
She was really unable to do what
I think republicanswanted her to be able do,
and further more, if we think about this,
27 Anita Hill faced thesenate judiciary committee,
then run by democrats,a chaired by Joe Biden,
an all male panel.
And I think that, because thesenate judiciary committee
has such an important responsibility
to confirm supreme court nominees,
republicans would dowell to learn from this,
and put a woman on the committee,
because half the population is female,
and certainly they need to have
a woman's perspective on court.
They should not have to import
a woman to question a nominee.
And so, hopefully theywill learn that lesson.
I will also say that, you know, as we live
through this MeToo movement,I think all leaders,
elected leaders, needto become comfortable
talking about these issues,
and that includes republican men.
- What's next, are therepublicans now ready to vote?
- They are, Efrem, they are steaming ahead
with a vote in the senatejudiciary committee
this morning, that's the plan.
Mitch McConnell was thengonna pull a procedural move
over the weekend that will then set up
a potential full senate confirmation
on Tuesday, as early as Tuesday.
I think there's stillsome behind the scenes
wrangling that needs to go on.
John Cornyn the whipis working up his magic
to see if they have enough votes,
but I think they'rereally feeling like they
have momentum, and that they can
get Brett Kavanaugh on the bench.
- Alright, Jennifer Wishon, another
busy day for you in Washington, thank you.
Some political observers see the
upcoming November elections as one of
the most important in U.S. history.
Two American Christian leaders
recently visited Jerusalem and told
CBN's Chris Mitchell they believe
prayer and action are thekeys to the mid-terms.
- [Chris] On November6th, Americans will decide
on the make up of theHouse of Representatives
in the senate for the next two years.
Christian leaders CindyJacobs and Lance Wallnau
told CBN news, the church can
be a vital role in those elections.
- I think that we need to pray that
God will raise up righteous leaders.
We're at a tipping point for the nation,
and I believe that if wedo not vote righteously,
then we're going to seesome things start unraveled.
So us intercessors, wewant to pray, pray, pray,
you know, that god will be exalted.
- [Chris] Wallnau seesfreedom on the line,
and a time to act.
- [Wallnau] We need tomobilize in our country,
so that we are actually able to occupy
the spaces where we have freedom
and push back when we havethose freedoms taken away.
And most Christiansdon't want to mobilize,
they don't want to be activists,
but the book of acts is about acts.
And that's the root of activism,
you've gotta get engaged.
- [Chris] Jacobs is mobilizinga 40 day prayer event.
- One thing we're doing is there's
group of prayer networks thatwe've all banded together,
and we have somethingcalled pray in unity.
- [Chris] The website prayinunity.orgprovides prayer guides
beginning September 28ththrough election day.
- You can sign up, you know,prayer walk your street.
Or find a prayer group at your church,
but please pray, pray for your family,
but always pray beyond your family,
because your family will suffer
under unrighteous administrations
if you don't pray for the nation.
- [Chris] They both agreeprayer is a big step,
followed by actually voting.
- We have to pray, but wehave to mobilize and vote
and I think that sometimes we think that
the prayer is the substitute for
the corresponding action, and you can't
hire someone else to do your civic duty,
you've gotta vote for thecongressmens in your district,
you've gotta vote for thesenator in your state.
These are electionsright now, where you have
direct authority in your territory.
And so, this is whereChristians have to show up,
in their own territory.
- You know, voting is spiritual.
Voting is actually a spiritual act.
Because we're calledto steward our nations,
we're called to disciple our nations.
So if we vote, then wewill get righteous leaders.
- And Chris Mitchell joinsus now in the studio,
so good to have you here.
- Great to be here, Efrem.
- So first of all, how do you believe
the mid-terms will impact Israel?
- Well it could impactIsrael and the Middle-East.
For example, John Kerry,former Secretary of State,
met with his formercounterpart, and he said
just wait until the electionsare over, the next election.
If President Trump is woundedpolitically in the mid-terms,
I think that's gonna makeIsrael's enemies bolder,
I think, and that could beone impact that would have.
Now, at the United Nations,Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu described what he said
was a secret atomic warehouse in Iran.
He claims the country is still seeking
to obtain nuclear weapons, doyou have any insights there?
- Well, one thing is thatthe Masada is amazing.
Back in May they actuallystole nuclear documents
from the Iranian government,right in a Tehran neighborhood.
And here they've discoveredanother one again.
I think it leads to the fact that Israel,
it sees three mainenemies: Iran, Iran Iran.
Exactly, they see that as the main enemy,
and they will not allowIran to get nuclear weapons.
- No Chris are there tensionsin the region with Russia
over the air defenses, the new one?
- Yeah, yeah, just about two weeks ago
there was a Russianairliner, not an airliner,
but a military plane that was downed.
Russia blames Israel,Israel said it was Syria,
but because of that, Russia is now selling
what's called the S300, oneof the most sophisticated
air defense systems in the world to Syria.
Now this is gonna makeit much harder for Israel
to go ahead and attack Iranian bases,
military bases inside Syria which
they've been doing for the last two years.
- What's the latest in Syria?
- Well, right, what'shappening in Syria right now
is sort of a shifting.
For years it had beenmilitias fighting each other,
but now states are facing off each other,
that means Russia, that means Turkey,
that means Syria, that means Iran,
that means the U.S. andIsrael all competing
over what's going to happen,
and the future and fate of Syria.
- On a lighter note, Israel is celebrating
of course the Feast ofTabernacles, what can you share?
- Well there's thousands of Christians
that come all over the world,and Jews around the world
are celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles.
They live in what they call sukkot,
these little booths,which celebrates the time
when God protected them, got them out of
the land of Egypt to the promise land.
It's a reflection of what's gonna happen
in the millennium when the Messiah's here,
and people are literally gonna go
up to Jerusalem just to celebratethe Feast of Tabernacles.
- Something I love, it alsoimpacts the food right now.
- That's true it does.
- Indeed, Chris Mitchell,thank you so much.
- Great to be here Efrem.
- Good to have you here.
Coming up, we are taking a look
at how Evangelicals are responding to
the Trump administration'srefugee cap for next year.
We've got that story, it's all coming up
right here on CBN news watch.
Stay with us.
A group of Evangelical leaders wants
the Trump administration toreverse course and increase,
rather than cut, the number of
refugees admitted to the United States.
The request followslast weeks announcement
on refugees from the Secretary of State.
Heather Sells tells us the story.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeoreleased plans last week
to limit the number of refugees allowed
into the U.S. by 15 thousand next year.
That would cut the numberto 30 thousand over all,
the lowest since congresspassed the refugee act in 1980.
Leaders from the Evangelicalimmigration table
are asking the administrationfor more not less.
They want a cap of at least 75 thousand,
in keeping with U.S. traditions
since the early two thousands.
- Since 1980 we've seen both our
republican and ourdemocratic administrations,
receiving refugees arepretty high numbers.
- [Heather] These Christian leaders say
the U.S. is not onlybreaking with tradition,
it's cutting numbers whenthe help is most needed.
- The number 30 thousandis really concerning,
because right now we're facing the worlds
worst refugee crisis since World War II.
- [Heather] Across the globe,some 25 million refugees,
many from Syria, are trying to
escape danger in their homeland.
Advocates say they'resurprised at this recent move
to cut the number of refugees,
because in addition tothe Trump administration
touting international religious freedom,
the president himself has vowed
to help persecuted Christians.
- As it relates to persecuted Christians,
do you see them as kindof a priority here?
- Yes.- You do?
- Yes, they've been horribly treated.
- [Heather] But statedepartment numbers show
with the over all dropin the number of refugees
admitted the last two years,
the number of Christian refugees
admitted here has also declined.
Still the Trump administration says
admitting refugees to the U.S.
is not the only way to help them.
Sometimes it's better and more economical
to keep them in their region.
The president made that point
Tuesday in his speech at the UN.
The most compassionate policy is
to place refugees as closeto their homes as possible.
To ease their eventual return
to be part of the rebuilding process.
- A little wiggle room on thecap number appears possible.
The administration says it will
consult with congressbefore it's final decision.
Heather Sells, CBN news.
- [Efrem] Still ahead, what ifyou received a friend request
from God on Facebook, what would you do?
That is the premise of a new show
appearing this Sunday, up next.
There is lots of buzzsurrounding a new CBS show,
it's called: God Friended Me.
Here is a closer look.
- I thought I had it all figured out,
but then I got a friend request from God.
What?
- [Efrem] And so begins theCBS series God Friended Me.
With a cast that includes Violett Beane,
Suraj Sharma, Javicia Leslie,
Joe Morton, and Brandon Michael Hall.
- So how does a preacher'sson lose his faith in god?
- You're telling 'em thatgod is watching over us,
you know that's not true.
- You don't think that what happened
made me question my faith?
- When I was eight my mother
was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She went into full remission.
The doctors couldn't even explain it.
On the way home from the hospital
she died in a car accident.
- Miles...
- [Efrem] Brandon plays the starring role,
Miles Finer the out spoken atheist,
and preacher's kid who acceptsthe God friend request.
- [Miles] I don't know who's behind this,
or why they chose me,but they send me names.
They want me to help people.
- Hey, somebody stop that guy!
- When you pulled me back, I realized,
you know, I didn't want to die.
Thank you.
- [Efrem] And the roleof the Preacher's kid
isn't exactly new forBrandon Michael Hall.
- I grew up very southern religious.
My mom, who was a beautiful, beautiful,
strong, powerful woman, shewas a pastor in the south.
And I watched her, basicallystruggle as a female pastor,
and making her way towhere she finally was like,
you know, I'm gonna create myown community, my own church.
We used to go to church aboutthree or four times a day,
you know, we used to pack our homework,
we used to up to North Carolina,South Carolina, settle in,
you know, eat on the way down there.
And you're gonna go getdropped off at home,
once you, you know, getdropped off at school,
once you get back, so religionwas a huge part for me,
and so to have this part is big.
There is no proof of Godanywhere in the universe.
We will debate that, and more, on today's
episode of the Millennial Prophet.
I am your host Miles Finer, reminding
you that there is no God and that is okay.
- Per usual, you're misinformed.
You grew up in the church, youknow this better than anyone.
- Yes, it is true, my father's a reverend.
We've got the wholeLuke-Vader dynamic going on.
I got into acting from beingin church all the time.
I would sit and watch thepreacher and be wrapped
in how, you know, he wouldtake this ancient text
and people would go off and talk about it
and come back changedand feeling different.
- [Rakesh] Let me get this straight.
You're being catfished by someone
calling themselves God on Facebook.
- Yes and I need your hacker skills
to get me their IP address.
- Bro, keep your voice,
how many times I gottatell you I'm not a hacker?
Okay, I'm a video game enthusiast.
Okay, what do you know?
- My only lead: Cara Bloom.
She writes for Catapult.
- Cute and accomplished.
- This isn't Tinder, Rakesh.
- You mean Bumble, bro,nobody uses Tinder anymore.
- I'm gonna go down there, and I'm
gonna get to the bottom of this.
- What're you gonnatell her, God sent you?
- I believe that we're all,
that we all have a calling.
We all have something in which we can be,
you know, actually active in doing.
And so, just with Miles, hegets friended on Facebook
so happened, and that's hiscalling to make a change.
People say that God hasa plan for all of us.
Well I never believed that to be true.
But then he friended me and it
kinda turned my life upside down.
Not that I think it's God, butin these crazy times we live
in we owe it to ourselvesto ask the tough questions.
- And you can catchthat this Sunday on CBS.
Stay with us, there's much more
of CBN news watch comingup right after this.
It is a real busy weekendat the box office,
and one animated film ispacked with some star power.
Lebron James, Common and GinaRodriguez just to name a few.
Let's check in with heractually, for a preview.
- Hi Christian Broadcasting Network.
Check out this specialsneak peek of Small Foot,
in theaters September 28th.
(both scream)
(dramatic music)
(screaming)
- Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
Ow.
- Sure to make you laugh, now let's take
a closer look at how thisfilm measures up for family
friendliness from ourfriends at plugged in online.
(techno sounds and music)
- [ ] We have searched the entire
mountain trying to find one.
And that day has finally arrived.
- The movie Small Foot tellsthe tale of a yeti named Migo.
He's a happy and contented big foot
in a mountainside community of giant yeti.
But when he happens towitness a strange craft
crashing outside his village...
- [Migo] Go the other way!
Bam, and that's when itscooped me up and I was like:
- And discovers a tinycreature with itty bitty feet.
His world is turned upside down.
(both screaming)
- Look at your small foot!
Oh my gosh, it's a small foot!
- Could this be the fabled small foot,
something yeti mythologydeclares does not exist?
Before the excited Migo canbring other yeti witnesses
the craft and it's tiny toed
traveler mysteriously disappears.
The stone keeper in chargeof all the yeti laws
and histories, assures Migothat he must be mistaken.
- No you didn't.
- Yeah, I did.
- No.- I did.
- No.- I saw it.
- It doesn't exist.
- But Migo isn't lookingfor excuses, he wants truth.
And if that meansswallowing back his fear,
traveling down themountainside past the clouds,
and down to the places wherethat scary small foot roams,
well that's exactly whatMigo will have to do.
Take it at face value, this fun kid's pic
encourages youngstersto be upright, curious,
and accepting of others.
But it might also be seen to
encourage questionsabout parental authority.
Or, could also be interpreted
as having an anti-faith message.
Parents should be ready togive their tiny footed charges,
a little deep-snow guidance.
With that in mind, I'll give Small Foot
a four out of five forfamily friendliness.
For the fall review, be sureto check out pluggedin.com.
Plugging you into themovies, I'm Cheryl Wilhelmi,
for Focus on the Family'sPlugged In movie review.
- Time now for your Friday faithful,
and I leave you with this thought
as we wrap the week andhead into the weekend:
in most of life's troubles there's
usually a missing ingredient:his name is Jesus.
Take a good long look at the
issues you face and ask yourself,
have you brought themto the feet of Jesus?
Very often, the case is, you have not.
Remember, cast all your cares on him,
because he indeed cares for you.
That is gonna do it for thisedition of CBN news watch,
remember that you can always find more
of our exclusive coverage of the issues
you care most about at cbnnews.com.
And we would love to know what you think
about the stories you've seen here today.
You can do that byemailing newswatch@cbn.com.
And of course, you can always reach out
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as well as Instagram.
We thank you for your company today.
While this concludes the news cast,
the news continues 24/7 at cbnnews.com.
Hope you'll join us again,right here next time.
Make it a great Friday everybody.
- [Narrator] This is CBN news watch.
- Thank you so much for joining
us for CBN news watch, I'm Efrem Graham.
Senate republicans are moving forward
with a committee vote today onBrett Kavanaugh's nomination
for the Supreme Court fromthe judiciary committee.
It comes after anemotional day of testimony
over allegations he sexually assaulted
Christine Blasey Ford whenboth were high school students.
Abigail Robertson has more.
- In a hearing that grippedthe nation on Thursday,
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,and Judge Brett Kavanaugh,
both gave emotional testimonies about
what they remember from 1982.
- Dr. Ford, with what degree of certainty
do you believe BrettKavanaugh assaulted you?
- 100%.
- [Abigail] Dr. Ford describes in detail
what she believes happened.
- Brett groped me and triedto take off my clothes.
I believed he was going to rape me.
- [Abigail] And saysshe has no doubts it was
Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge
who were in the room and attacked her.
- What is the strongest memory you have?
- The uproarious laughter between the two,
and their having fun at my expense.
- [Abigail] Then JudgeKavanaugh took his turn,
where he categorically denied her claims.
- I'm here today to tell the truth.
I've never sexually assaulted anyone.
Not in high school, notin college, not ever.
- [Abagail] And said while he believes
something may have happenedto Dr. Ford, he did not do it.
- The other night, Ashleyand my daughter Liza
said their prayers, and little Liza,
all of 10 years old,
said to Ashley we shouldpray for the woman.
We mean no ill will.
- [Abigail] Kavanaughtold how this process
has destroyed his family and good name.
Consequences that willfollow them for decades.
- I love coaching more than anything
I've ever done in my whole life.
But thanks to what some of you
on this side of thecommittee have unleashed,
I may never be able to coach again.
- [Abigail] Kavanaughconfronted democrats head on,
calling the process an orchestrated
and calculated political hit job.
- This confirmation processhas become a national disgrace.
The constitution gives the senate
an important role in theconfirmation process.
But you have replaced advice and consent,
with search and destroy.
- [Abigail] JudgeKavanaugh assured senators,
no matter what, he's notbacking out of this process.
- You may defeat me in the final vote,
but you'll never get me to quit, never.
- That was Abigail Robertson reporting.
Among Thursday many protests there
was support for Judge Kavanaugh.
Paul Strand spoke with one group of women
who shared why they're standing by him
in the face of these allegations.
- One, two, three, four,we won't take it any more!
- [Paul] A number ofwomen are out protesting
against Judge Kavanaughpresuming he's already guilty of
the sexual charges leveled against him.
But another set of women gathered
before the Judge Kavanaugh hearing
to rally for him and the rule of law.
Judge Kavanaugh certainlyreceived a number of accusations,
but it seems the number one accusation
against those who support him is that
they're not automaticallysiding with his women accusers.
This woman's rally is here to say
that's not the America they know
and it's certainly notthe American way of law.
- The biggest danger isthat we are going to lose
something that really is a
fundamental point of our society,
which is that there is a presumption
of innocence until proven guilty.
- [Paul] The judicial crisisnetwork's Carrie Severino
clerked for justice Clarence Thomas.
- You have even the democraticminority leader saying
there's no presumption of innocence.
Look, that's something JoeBiden gave to justice Thomas,
that's not just about whathappens in a criminal proceeding.
This is a fundamental American value,
this is something that goesthrough all of our, you know,
not only our Judeo Christian heritage,
but the whole western tradition.
- [Paul] The women of this rally spoke out
that they not only opposesexual assault or harassment,
but the charges aren't enoughto find the accused guilty.
- We believe in taking allegations of
sexual violence very seriously,
but we also believe in due process
and we believe in fairness.
- We've seen it over the courseof the last year and a half
with the MeToo movement isthen a simple accusation
without anything to back itup could end a man's career.
- We believe that justice is blind.
Justice must remain blind toimmutable characteristics,
whether it's age, whether it'srace, whether it's religion,
or whether it's, youknow, your gender even.
- I've got children at home,I've got boys and girls,
so I wanna make sure that both women
and men get a fair hearing.
- [Paul] Paul Strand,CBN news, Capitol Hill.
- [Protester] ...opportunity,freedom and prosperity...
- Here now is a look atsome of the other major
stories we're following for you
here in the CBN news room today.
All 47 crew members and passengers aboard
a Boeing 747 plane have survived
after it crash landed in aPacific lagoon Friday morning.
The plane was approachinginternational airport
in the federated states of Micronesia.
Striking footage fromthe scene shows people
being rescued from boats inthe half submerged plane.
Seven people were taken tothe hospital for treatment.
The cause of this crash is not known.
Police arrested seven menin the Netherlands Thursday,
on suspicion of plotting alarge scale terror attack.
Dutch prosecutors believethey foiled the plan.
They say that the suspectswanted to use bomb vests,
and assault rifles to do harm at large
events in France and the Netherlands.
They also planned to detonate a
car bomb at another location.
Three of the suspects werepreviously convicted of
attempting to cross over seasto join extremists networks.
At least 91 people are deadand hundreds of others are
injured after a powerful earthquake
hit the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The officials there saythat a tsunami warning
has now, though, been lifted.
The 7.5 quake followed a 6.1 earthquake
that hit earlier this Friday morning.
The quake has been followedby strong aftershocks,
and a local disaster official says
that many houses have since collapsed.
Here at home the fallout fromFlorence continues to unfold
in the day-to-day strugglesof the storm victims,
like Travis Manning and his family.
His 11 year old daughterstill can't comprehend
all that's happened to her childhood home
after being flooded by five feet of water.
Travis himself had been ina feudal race against the
encroaching mold until operation
Blessing came in to his rescue.
- [Newscaster] When hurricaneFlorence hit North Carolina,
Travis Manning didn't knowhe'd be the one needing help.
- [Travis] I'm used tohelping other people,
I didn't expect to have almostfive feet of water in here.
There's nobody coming in the middle
of the night to help you,you're here, you're on your own.
- [Narrator] Travis' wholecommunity was going under,
and rescuers were struggling to
reach families stilltrapped in their homes.
- They had no cluewhere these houses were,
so we basically got 'em in there
showed 'em where they were at.
- So with his own home flooded,
Travis was out helping other people.
Now that the water's out ofthe house timing is critical.
Travis needed to work fast as mold set in.
- If you don't get to it nowand get the wet stuff out
it's just gonna spread and it's gonna be
more and more destructionthat you gotta tear out.
My son was helping us out, but he's trying
to keep his grades upso he can go to college.
My daughter's eleven, she's having
a tough time dealing with it all.
Basically leaves me and my Father-in-law.
I mean there's gonna bethe two of us today in here
and we've just been taking it day by day.
- [Newscaster] That's whenoperation Blessing arrived.
- Today with operation Blessing's help
we probably got done inabout four hours today
what would probablytake us four days to do.
We've ripped all this, almost all
the counter tops and cabinets out.
We had insulation and sheet rock
in those two rooms nowthey can start drying.
That's the thing is we gottastart the drying process
before we can star rebuilding.
- [Newscaster] OperationBlessing was there
to help Travis and hisfamily in their time of need.
Now they can start toget back on their feet
and take those firststeps toward recovery.
- And that's what it'sall about, trying to
put this house back together;get my family back in here.
It's that much closer toputting our lives back together.
It means the world, thank you.
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- Such wonderful gratitudefor the work you're doing.
Coming up, you may have heard friends
hawking the benefits of essential oils.
See why drops of these arebeing used for practically
everything, from cleaningsupplies to curing anxiety.
The story's coming up next.
- Unhealthy chemicals are everywhere.
They're in our cleaning products,
body lotions, and ointments,
even in some of our medications.
Many people are tryingto detoxify their lives,
as Lorie Johnson shows us,
they're turning to essential oils.
Using plant extracts to take care
of their homes as well astheir bodies, naturally.
- [Lorie] Like millions of Americans,
Sarah Hillbourne struggledwith emotional issues
that led to physical ones.
- I had got to the point wheremy anxiety and depression
was keeping me from sleeping at night.
I would spend several days out of the week
just being awake the entire night.
Being awake the entire day.
- [Lorie] Instead ofsticking a prescription for
Ambien or Lunesta, sheturned to lavender oil.
- I can honestly say thatessential oil saved my life.
- [Lorie] Putting the oil in a vaporizer
next to her bed helped herbegin getting more rest,
and in turn feeling happier.
- I diffuse the lavender usuallyby 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 forher 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-sellingbook 'The Healing Power
of Essential Oils', Dr. Eric Zielinski
explains how to use dozensof these natural extracts.
- Well the bible says the leaves of
the trees are 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 specificialy,
like orange, neroli,bergamot, lime and lemon,
it's been shown clinically to help
decrease anxiety, decreasedepression, and boost your mood.
A lot of research being done with cinnamon
and blood pressure balancing,
so whether someone's diabetic,whether someone's obese
there's a lot of things you can 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 orgranddaughter, gets a fever,
you can apply some dilutedpeppermint or orange oil
on his or her back andyou'll see the fever go down.
Next time you get a sore throat you can
gargle with a little bit ofmyrrh essential oil and water.
And next time you get aheadache you can apply
some pain relieving oilslike frankincense or copaiba.
- [Lorie] And benefits go beyond
relying on the medical cabinet.
Dr. Zielinski and his wifeSabrina use essential oils
instead of store boughtsynthetics throughout their home.
From body lotion, to deodorant and beyond.
More people who are concerned about
the chemicals in household cleaners
are choosing essential oilsbecause they clean naturally.
Sabrina makes her own laundrydetergent using ylang ylang.
No chemicals and about 20bucks to wash 150 loads.
- So when you're thinking about
not just your kids butyour animals as well,
it's really important to choose the
right things when you're cleaning.
- [Lorie] That includesmixtures for dusting,
cleaning glass, granite,and even tougher jobs.
- But what about likeyour all purpose cleaner?
What about, you know, my stove?
Is this really gonna work on the stove?
Usually it has an orange,a clove, a cinnamon,
eucalyptus, it smellsamazing, I mean wait till
you smell this, you're gonna be like,
wow that smells like thanksgiving.
- [Lorie] In just minutes youcan whip up hand sanitizer.
- [Sabrina] All you needis a two ounce glass
spritzer bottle, 10drops of essential oil,
my favorite is lemon, then youneed 10 drops of witch hazel,
10 drops of a grain alcohol, and 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 Jojobaand watch out for fakes.
- It is absolutely necessary to
only use pure essentialoils, what most people
don't recognize is whata lot of the manufactures
are doing are syntheticallyadding different chemicals
to essential oils and to other
compounds to make them smell sweeter.
And that's where youget your plug-ins from,
your aerosols, and they've been linked
to a number of diseases, near toxicity,
cancer, we're talkingAlzheimer's and dementia.
- [Lorie] He recommendsorganic oils indigenously
sourced with a batch reportshowing they're the real deal.
So these days Americansincreasingly turn to natural,
wonderful smelling essential oils,
for healing, personalcare, and around the house.
Lorie Johnson, CBN news.
- [Efrem] Still ahead we'regonna head to Washington D.C.
for a special tour ofthe national cathedral.
Stay with us.
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- It's been years sincean earthquake rattled
Washington D.C. and causedmore than 34 million dollars
worth of damage to the national cathedral.
Ben Kennedy takes inside to see
how the force is helping with repairs.
- [Ben] It's officiallyknown as the cathedral church
of St. Peter and St.Paul.
The stately structureoffers spectacular views,
vaulted ceilings, and morethan 200 stained glass windows,
including one depicting spacewhich is especially unique.
- A real piece of themoon is in that window.
- Yeah, it's the only place in Washington
where you can actuallysee a piece of the moon.
- [Ben] Seven grams oflunar rock to be exact.
- [Francis] It was not just rock that they
returned to earth, but in an exciting way
the very horizon of eternity.
- [Ben] Donated by the crew of Apollo 11,
led by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
- [Neil] That's one small step for man
one giant leap for mankind.
- [Ben] Long before thathistoric landing came creation,
symbolized in this window.
10 thousand pieces of hand blown glass
highlight god creatingthe heavens and the earth.
The cathedral allowed CBNnews a rare up close look.
- If you look at the top of these windows,
you have the supremecourt, and the white house,
and then the U.S. capitol.
- [Ben] The cathedral sitsabove all those famous places,
making it the highestpoint in Washington D.C.
It is there that stonegargoyles and grotesques
are believed to ward off evil spirits.
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But one stone sculpture drawsvisitors to the dark side.
- This is the north side of the cathedral,
the dark side of the cathedral,
which is why he is where he is.
- [Ben] He is none other than Darth Vader.
May the force be with youwhen trying to track down
Darth Vader, as you'llsee he's not easy to spot.
Now I know Jedis who've had to travel
20 stories up through an elevator just
to get a better sightup top of the sith lord.
- People come, and theyjust wanna see Vader,
and they stand rightdown there on the ground,
like that guy right there,
and you walk by there,
and they're looking and they'relooking and they're looking,
and they just wanna see him.
- [Ben] A designcompetition during the 80s
Star Wars craze, sparked an entry which
ended up earning the wellknown villain his spot.
- It's actually been greatbecause it's one form of
engagement that the peoplehave with the cathedral,
which sometimes is all they need.
And then they come back andthey wanna see what's inside,
and then maybe they come backand they wanna go to church,
so whatever it takes to lure in the door.
Vader has a purpose.
- [Ben] His purpose could be the force
behind him helping the cathedral recover
from the millions in damages caused by the
2011 earthquake that rattledthe nation's capitol.
- [Newscaster] Where a magnitude
5.3 earthquake has been felt...
- And here you can see,this is earthquake damage.
- [Ben] Repairing and replacingstonework costs big bucks,
money the cathedral doesn't have,
that's where visitors anddonors can make the difference.
A lot of people do visitthe national cathedral.
What are the numbers, howmany are we talking about?
- We've got about, I mean, all told,
visitors and worshipers, weget about 750 thousand a year.
- Oh wow.
- Christmas and Easter are our big ones.
- [Ben] During those servicespriests and special guests
have shared god's message from
the canterbury pulpit for decades.
- A lot of people have preached from here.
Billy Graham, the Dalai Lama,
Martin Luther King.- Martin Luther King.
- Obviously, yeah.
- [Ben] Influencers, tourists,and a faithful following
keep the Washing nationalcathedral running.
And having the force onthe ground doesn't hurt,
especially with new Star Wars movies
bringing in new generations.
- You can come back toit time and time again,
and no matter where you are in your life,
or your life circumstance,you can find something new,
and enriching, and something to
move your faith to the next place.
- [Ben] After spending a day inside,
we only got to see a fraction of
what the national cathedral has to offer.
So, bottom line, it appearswe'll just have to come back.
For CBN news, I'm BenKennedy in Washington.
- May the force be withyou, we'll be right back.
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- CBN international celebratesa super book Sunday milestone
with a local church in Thailand.
Superbook Sunday school classes celebrated
the end of their first curriculum season.
Church leaders organized a bigevent called Superbook Party.
It was the first time parents came
to listen to the Gospelpresentation program.
The superbook curriculumis being used at more than
450 churches throughoutThailand, with more than
9 thousand childrenattending those classes.
Time now for your Friday faithful,
and I leave you with this thought as we
wrap the week and head into the weekend:
in most of life's troubles
there's usually a missing ingredient:
his name is Jesus.
Take a good long lookat the issues you faced,
have you brought themto the feet of Jesus?
Remember, cast your cares onhim because he cares for you.
With that word, makethis a fabulous Friday.
And indeed a wonderful weekend.
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