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- And welcome to CBN Newswatch.
I'm Heather Sells.
We begin with the lateston Hurricane Michael.
It ramped up to a categoryfour storm overnight,
and it made landfall this afternoon
near Panama City Beach in Florida.
With maximum sustainedwinds of 155 miles per hour,
it could be the strongest storm
ever to hit Florida's panhandle.
Officials warned more than 375,000 people
on the Gulf Coast to evacuate.
Hurricane Michael drew energy
from the Gulf of Mexico's warm waters.
- [Man] This one poppedup on the radar screen
basically Saturday morning.
- Hurricane Michael is forecast
to be the most destructive storm
to hit the Florida panhandle in a century.
- Michael stretches 400miles and weather forecasters
say the storm could produceup to a foot of rain
and a storm surge as high as 14 feet.
ABC News reports an extra1,000 utility workers
have been brought into thearea from out of state.
And earlier today,President Trump was briefed
by FEMA in a live press conference,
and our Ben Kennedy is livein Washington with more.
- Well Heather, we're talkingabout a monster storm here.
President Trump was just briefed
in the Oval Office moments ago
where FEMA and the Secretaryof Homeland Security,
Kirstjen Nielsen brokedown the federal, state,
and local efforts to keep people safe.
Hurricane Michael is hittingthe Florida panhandle
as a category four with150 mile per hour winds
and an estimated stormsurge of nine to 14 feet.
The governors in three states,Alabama, Georgia, and Florida
have declared states of emergency.
The National Guard is on the ground.
3,500 troops have been deployed to help.
To top that, utilitycompanies in 14 states
are ready to respond to energy outages
and help people get the power back on.
Officials warn, at this point,
if people have not evacuated,it is now too late.
President Trump had this message
for those bracing for the worst.
Take a listen.
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- I say God bless you all.
That's my message becausethat's what it is.
The storm is there.
I mean that storm is there.
It's sort of too late todo anything about it now
from the standpoint of moving.
Tell us about that.
If somebody said, they're watching us now
and they want to leave, it's...
- The window to evacuatehas come to a close.
- And President Trumpsaid he may visit the area
after the storm passes, butit won't be until Sunday
or possibly on Monday, as hedoes not want to do anything
to disrupt recovery efforts.
Heather.
- All right, Ben.
Thank you so much.
And with us now by Skype
is WeatherBELL ChiefForecaster, Joe Bastardi.
And we are just waiting for Joe,
but he should be here any minute with us
to talk about what is going on
as we know that the storm
has just made landfall this afternoon.
And we are waiting just a minute for Joe.
Stay tuned.
We are gonna give you all thecoverage of Hurricane Michael
and what is going on.
And I'm also gonna be wanting to ask Joe
about the evacuations because we know,
from what FEMA has beensaying earlier today,
that a lot of peoplewere not able to evacuate
to the level that FEMA was looking for.
And so there is concern thatthere are a lot of people
who are out there, who are in their homes,
and that search and rescueteams will need to be sent out
as soon as the eye of the storm has passed
to rescue those people.
- Which is bearing downon the Florida panhandle.
We've moved over to Navarre Beach,
where you can see the rainand the wind whipping around.
We are pre-staging to respond
to the after effects of this hurricane.
We have ministry partnersacross the Florida panhandle
that we've been staying in contact with
so we can be ready to provide the support
the communities will need
once this hurricane passes through.
Hurricane Michael is a cat four storm
with sustained windsup to 145 miles an hour
and it's coming fast.
Operation Blessing will bringits disaster relief team
and resources and equipment down
to help these communitieswith mobile feeding,
hot meals, volunteer management,
and equipment needed forpeople to respond and recover.
If you want to learn moreabout our volunteer efforts,
keep in touch with us atour website at ob.org.
We appreciate your prayersand we appreciate prayers
for the Florida panhandle communities.
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- And an update therefrom Operation Blessing.
Right now, we are going toswitch gears and go back.
We understand that we do have
WeatherBELL ChiefMeteorologist Joe Bastardi
on the line with us, ableto talk about the latest,
what is going on.
Oh, I'm sorry, and we have lost him again.
We will be right back in just a minute.
Please stay with us.
And with us now by Skype
is WeatherBELL ChiefForecaster Joe Bastardi.
Joe, thanks for joining us.
- It's my pleasure
and I wish I could join youunder better conditions,
but seem like my--- Absolutely.
Yeah, well tell us, is Michael indeed
the strongest hurricane toever hit the Florida panhandle?
- Yes, as far as I couldtell, very much so.
We forecasted it to become a strong three,
perhaps a four from back on Sunday.
It was a textbook case for intensification
and of course, the waythings are today, folks,
when everybody picks up onto this,
say well where did this come from,
I don't want people, and Istress this all the time,
that there are someconditions in the atmosphere
that are ripe for things like this.
But this is only thefourth hurricane, I think,
since 1990 to hit the coast at its peak.
Of course, Andrew did,Charlie did, Harvey did,
and now this one did.
Most of the hurricanes thathit the US are off their peak.
Like Florence was muchstronger earlier in her career
than when she hit the coast,but in this particular case,
everything was loaded up.
This pattern's beenevolving since Florence.
We backed down for awhile, came back again.
Right now, the storm isinland and will be weakening,
but it's gonna berampaging through Georgia.
It'll be a category two whenit gets into southwest Georgia,
probably down to a tropicalstorm, a strong one,
tomorrow morning near Augusta,
go north of Fayetteville, NorthCarolina tomorrow evening,
and then come off at theVirginia-North Carolina border.
And in Tidewater, ofcourse where CBN is based,
you're gonna get rocked out of the north,
I think 40, 50, 60 mile anhour winds Friday morning,
three to six inches of rain,locally 10 inches of rain.
And speaking of rain, as thismoves through the Carolinas,
there's gonna be a lot of rain.
There actually is rain breaking out
from a different sourceover western North Carolina.
We saw an impulse come inoff the Atlantic yesterday.
That moisture's up overwestern North Carolina.
But this is going to aggravatethe problems with Florence
that we've been on getting people ready
for a couple days for this
and I see no change inthe overall idea here.
The positive news is Ibelieve this will be the last
impact storm on the UnitedStates this particular season.
And actually, it's at the front edge
of what will be a majorweather change pattern
to much chillier over the easternpart of the United States.
- Joe, when you look at all thedifferent factors right now,
we're talking aboutrain, storm surge, wind,
what are you most concerned about?
- Well, you're gonna havea hurricane coming inland
still with 100 mile an hourwinds all the way into Georgia.
For one, the storm surge is occurring now
and will back down oncethe storm gets inland.
That northeast bite of Floridawill continue to suffer
because the southwest wind,
even with the storm up in Georgia
is gonna be coming through there.
And there's gonna be alot of severe weather,
tornadic activity onthe east side of this,
which will encompass eastern Georgia,
eastern South Carolina,into North Carolina.
So this has still gotplenty of punch with it
all the way through till it gets offshore
and leaves the playingfield once we get to Friday.
- Well really a lot ofconcern and a lot of surprise
'cause just a day or soago, it was a category two.
Joe Bastardi of Weather--- Well, actually.
May I be clear on that?
- Yeah.
- I have to be clear on this, okay.
This is no surprise.
I hate talking like that
'cause my father always taught me
you've gotta tell somebodyyou said something,
you must not have said it loud enough.
But from Sunday...
In fact, there's anarticle on the Patriot Post
that I gave to our clientsand then I put it on publicly
so people could see it.
We wrote that on Sunday,
calling for this to be a major hurricane,
and at that time, it was a 45mile an hour tropical storm.
Folks, there's nothing mystical or magical
about these storms that intensify rapidly.
If they get the correctconditions, and this one did,
this is what's gonna happen.
Now did it go a little bit further,
almost to a categoryfive rather than a four?
Yes, it did.
But on the other hand,
and folks, from thisweekend and even last week,
I was in San DiegoMonday, believe it or not,
on Monday a week ago speakingto a lot of insurance people
saying there's gonna be a big hurricane
up into the Gulf of Mexico.
These patterns can show themselves before.
The exact details, you're right,
those are very, very tough to ascertain.
- We certainly hope alot of people evacuated.
Joe Bastardi of WeatherBELL, thank you.
- Thank you for having me.
God bless.
- Thank you.
Well President Trump isgoing after Medicare.
Today, he penned an op-ed in USA Today
where he called Medicare for all
a doorway to a socialist America.
Trump writes Bernie thePlan would establish
a government run,single-payer healthcare system
that would cost 32.6 trillionin its first 10 years.
He said it also will eliminate all private
and employee-based healthcare plans.
And finally, he says theDemocrats' ultimate goal
is to bring open bordersof socialism to America.
And joining us now to talk more
about the President's op-edis CBN reporter Dale Hurd.
Dale, I don't recallever seeing a President
pen an op-ed like this.
This is a pretty unusual move.- Yeah, yeah.
But you know, he's right.
The dream of a lot of liberals
would be for the United Statesto join the European Union.
And two of the big things in Europe are
is this post-nationalstate with open borders
and nationalized healthcare.
Is Trump right?
Yeah, it would cost a lot of money
and it wouldn't be good healthcare.
Look, we have government run hospitals.
They're VA hospitals.
Need I say more?
- Right, right.
Well, why do you thinknow, at this point in time,
he is penning thisop-ed, putting this out?
- I don't know.
I don't know about his strategy,
but I do want to sharesomething I know a lot about,
which is socialized medicine in Europe.
Well, I know a lot for an American
because, in every country I go,
I ask people how's the medical care,
and usually what I hear is,
if you have a life threatening condition,
you usually get seen right away,
but if you don't, prepareto wait a year or more.
Okay?
I'll never forget talkingto a naval officer
about socialized medicine, and I said
well, we do need some thingsrun by the government,
like the military, and he said,oh, I don't know about that.
I'm not sure the government does anything
as good as the private sector
and our medical carehas suffered, I think,
because of what governmenthas done already,
getting involved in healthcare.
- What do you think ofthis move by the President
to pen an op-ed?
Are you seeing any pushback or talk about it?
I mean, there's a lot ofother news going on today.
- Yeah.
Again, I don't know what his strategy is,
what his purpose is.
I can only talk from my experience,
which is if we want to continue to have
the best healthcare in the world,
and our healthcare is slipping
because government'sgetting more involved,
the private sector is usually the answer
for most struggling sectors.
- Well, I will be interested
to see more of the fallout from this.
Dale Hurd, thanks for your time.
- Okay, thank you.
- Well Kim Jong Un is ready to allow
international inspectors to observe
the dismantling of a keynuclear testing site.
That is the word afterSecretary of State Mike Pompeo's
fourth visit to North Korea,
but even Pompeo admitsthat ridding Pyongyang
of its nuclear weapons willbe a long, slow process.
CBN's National SecurityCorrespondent Erik Rosales reports.
- Secretary Pompeo calledthe trip very productive
and said a second summitbetween President Trump
and Kim Jong Un is veryclose to becoming a reality.
Still, major questions remain,
including is North Koreaserious about change
or is it all just a stalling tactic?
The meeting between Pompeo andKim lasted about two hours.
Afterward, the Secretary of State tweeted
had a good trip to Pyongyangto meet with Chairman Kim,
and added the leaderscontinue to make progress
on agreements made at Singapore Summit.
That was followed by PresidentTrump's positive note.
Progress made on SingaporeSummit agreements.
I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim
again in the near future.
But other parts of Asiastill have concerns.
Prior to the visit, Pompeoassured Japan's foreign minister
that his country's interestswould also be addressed.
- As I travel to Pyongyang
to make sure that we're fully in sync
with respect to missileprograms, the CBW program,
we will bring up the issueof the abductees as well.
- [Erik] State Departmentofficials said over the weekend
the Secretary and Kim agreedto instruct their teams
to meet soon and thatKim invited inspectors
to visit the Punggye-ri nuclear test site
to confirm it had been dismantled.
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DC experts in foreign relations say,
with 90% of North Korea'sexports going through China,
Beijing is the one who'sreally calling the shots.
China will soon face newinvestment restrictions
and new taxes on billionsof Chinese imports
so the pressure is on.
- China is not going to backmaximum pressure anymore.
In fact, they're gonna useit as a bargaining chip
in this whole process.
So if President Trump isgoing to strike a deal
on North Korea, this iswhen he's going to get
the best terms.
Anytime after that, it'sgoing to get a lot harder.
- [Erik] On the CBN newsprogram, The Global Lane,
Harry Kazianis with the Centerfor the National Interest
told Gary Lane how China can circumvent
US economic sanctions against Kim.
- Almost all of the oilthat goes into North Korea
comes from one pipeline, comes from China,
and that's 90% of North Korea's oil.
All that China has todo is open up the taps
and maximum pressure is toast.
- Just last week, VicePresident Mike Pence
signaled a Cold War with China,
accusing the Chinese government
of orchestrating an aggressive military,
economic, and political campaign
to gain more influencehere in the United States,
so experts say it'sstill a long road ahead
to get nuclear weaponsoff the Korean peninsula.
Erik Rosales, CBN News, Washington.
- And still ahead, spreadingthe gospel with world leaders.
We'll introduce you tothe man leading a ministry
at the United Nations.
One pastor is takingGod's word to the world
right at the United Nations.
Jim Garlow is stepping downfrom San Diego's Skyline Church
to lead a ministry to theUN and in Washington DC.
David Brody spoke with himabout this new adventure.
- At the United Nations,
we will have weekly worship services
for those who want to attend
who are part of the United Nations.
We've just had a few.
And then we're launching what's called
the Hammarskjold Society.
Dag Hammarskjold, famous name up there,
former Secretary Generalwho was a Christian.
And so the Hammarskjold Society
is intent to bring transcendedtruths, biblical truths,
eternal truths to contemporary governance,
and that's designed forthe diplomatic corps,
for ambassadors.
We're very pleased thatAmbassador Nikki Haley
met with us and she'sembraced what we're doing.
She is so kind and gracious
and really endorsing whatwe're attempting to do
and we're very good for that.- That's a big deal.
- It's enormous.
We have such high regardand respect for her
as the whole nation.
And then, down in DC, we workwith Pastor Rick Scarborough,
part of our team there,and we have Bible studies
on the Hill for members of Congress.
Now that's not so unique
'cause there are anumber of those going on.
But also launching Bible studies
in the various departments and agencies.
And so when you think of,
say Department of Agriculture,Department of the Interior,
HHS, HUD, the State Department, et cetera,
we're targeting those areas
to just bring together people who desire
to have biblical truth taught,
and that's biblicalprinciples of governance,
God's view of governance,
how is governance supposed to take place,
because I believe, if governanceis followed biblically,
it reduces human sufferingand human pain and poverty.
- How do you go about tryingto get permission to do that?
- Actually, we have towork with the agencies,
each one,- Okay.
- and get permission.
You need, if you're gonna leada Bible study in Congress,
we work through a member of Congress.
If we're gonna do somethingat the United Nations,
we only work with theblessings of a given nation.
We follow protocol there.
We have one Bible study going right now,
we're brand new in this part,
in one department, and justgot permission two weeks ago
from another department or agency,
and just as of yesterday, gotwhat looks like a green light
for a third one, so we'reworking our way through.
- That first step you talked about,
which is that the biblical principles,
God's governance and those principles,
therefore, what happens from that?
What's the ultimate goal here
to make sure, if we'reliving by God's principles,
what's the cause and effect here?
- Take the city of Detroit.
The city of Detroit in 1960was a world class city.
In fact, might've been regarded
as one of the most amazingcities in the entire world.
50 years later, it lay in ruins.
Why?
Principles and the policiesthat came from them.
Some principles aregood, some are very bad.
Some will build life, some will destroy.
So that's illustration one.
We want to bring those kind of principles
that will make our communities
places of peace and tranquility.
And people tend to think,well, the Bible is written
for my personal edification, and it is.
Or my family edificationis strengthened, yes.
Or my church structure, yes.
But God's also the God of government.
He invented government.
He loves nations.
He established nations.
He established the borders of nations.
And so, consequently, he has a lot to say
about the government.
- And God is the God of government.
Good words there from Pastor Jim Barlow
and we'll be back in just a moment.
Israeli archaeologists haveuncovered a unique link
between the Jerusalem of2,000 years ago and today.
It comes in the form ofthe oldest inscription
ever found of the modern Hebrew spelling
and pronunciation of Jerusalem.
CBN Middle East Correspondent Julie Stahl
brings us that story.
- Archaeologists uncovered this pillar
during an excavation near the entrance
to present day Jerusalem last winter.
The column is here in the Israel Museum's
Second Temple Gallery.
It's the newest treasure in the exhibit
from the time of Jesus.
The inscription reads(speaking foreign language)
Hanania, the son ofDudolos, from Jerusalem.
- Jerusalem, surprisingly for us,
is inscribed the sameway we write it today
and the same we pronounceit today, Yerushalayim.
And it's the first time we have
an inscription of thissort from 2,000 years ago,
from the times of theSecond Temple period.
- [Julie] Senior Curator Dudi Mevorach
says the name, Yerushalayim,exists on coins
from the great Jewish revoltagainst the Romans in 70 A.D.
Those coins had a political agenda,
while this inscription does not.
- Here, there is no agenda.
It's just an artisanfrom a potter's village
stating his name, his father's name,
and stating that he'snot from the village,
but originally he comes from the big city,
from Yerushalayim, Jerusalem.
- This site was a pottery workshop
that started to develop at the end
of the second century before Christ
and continued to the secondcentury after Christ.
- [Julie] During the excavations,
workers exposed the foundationsof a Roman structure.
One of the supports was thepillar the Romans had reused.
It bore an Aramaicinscription in Hebrew letters,
typical of the time of Herod the Great.
- We saw the column with the inscription.
It wasn't clean, but theycould recognize some letters,
and I saw that it's in Hebrew.
- [Julie] Archaeologist Danit Levy
of the Israel Antiquities Authority
oversaw the excavation.
- I was really excited.
My heart went so fast andI think all the people
that was around could hear it.
- [Julie] The site is about
four and a half miles from the Old City,
which would've beenJerusalem at that time.
- So we now know, in a very simple manner,
that Yerushalayim,Jerusalem, was called Shalem,
Yerushalem, and Yerushalayimat the same time,
which we didn't know before.
It's just another piece of a mosaic
of how we portray the past.
- [Julie] Julie Stahl, CBNNews, Yerushalayim, Jerusalem.
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