- [Narrator] This is CBN Newswatch.
- And thank you so much for joining us.
I'm Efrem Graham.
Ahead today, Saudi Arabia'sexplanation for the
death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,
but Congress isn't buying it
and President Trump isquestioning the Saudis
changing stories.
How will the US respond?
In our conversation withAmerican evangelical pastor,
Andrew Brunson, aboutthe two years he spent
imprisoned in Turkey beforehe was finally released.
Plus, it's the long-term crisisyou aren't hearing about,
the growing threat fromthe ever-increasing
interest payment on a national debt
and how that could hurtAmerican in the year ahead.
All those stories and moreare ahead in this half hour
of CBN Newswatch.
We begin with the governmentof Saudi Arabia defending
their account of whathappened to journalist,
Jamal Khashoggi, and assuringtheir American allies,
the perpetrators will be held responsible.
In an interview with FoxNews, Saudi Foreign Minister,
Adel Al-Jubeir, denied thecrown prince's involvement
in the murder of theWashington Post columnist.
- There weren't peopleclosely tied to them who were
involved in this operation.
There were pictures ofsome security officers
who may have been partof the security detail
from time to time.
The crown prince has denied this.
The crown prince is not aware of this.
- Over the weekend, theSaudis released a preliminary
investigation confirming the60 year old Khashoggi's death,
saying he was the victimof a fist fight gone wrong.
Our correspondent, Amber Strong,
has been following thisstory for us today.
She joins us now from a Washington bureau.
Amber, how are lawmakersreacting to the Saudi's findings?
- Hey Efrem.
So, this is one of thoserare moments on Capitol Hill
where there seems to bebi-partisan condemnation
and bi-partisan agreementthat the Saudi Crown Prince,
Mohammad Bin Salman, eitherordered this assault,
or at least he had knowledge of it.
- What are members of Congressnow planning to do about it?
- So, the area wherethey all agree is that
they plan to sanctionwhoever is held responsible.
But then it kinda splits offand you have some of the more
extreme responses, so youhave Senator Bernie Sanders,
Senator Rand Paul, andCongressman Adam Schiff
saying we need to overhaulUS-Saudi relations all around.
What does that mean?
That means taking a look atthat $110 billion arms deal
and getting rid of that,
taking a look at the war in Yemen
and how are we supportingthe Saudis in this war
that's never-ending, and then,
Senator Rand Paul evengoing as far as saying that
the US cannot work with MBS.
It cannot work with the crown prince
and that he needs to be replaced.
- Do analysts believethe crown prince will
survive this crisis?
- (sighs) It depends on how you say,
what you mean by survive.
So the crown prince'swhole MO has been revamping
the look of Saudi Arabia,kinda giving it this
modernized look saying thisis the new Saudi Arabia.
This is how we look at women.
But when you are committinghuman rights atrocities
in other countries, it kinda ruins that.
As far as his place in the kingdom,
he probably will survivebecause at the end of the day,
his place comes down tohis father, King Salman,
and at this point, byeverything that I've read,
King Salman still supports his son.
- Alright, Amber Strong,following this story for us
from our Washington Bureau.
Thank you, Amber.
- Thanks Efrem.
- Here's a quick look nowat some of the other major
headlines we're following for you today
inside the CBN news room.
The migrant caravan hasincreased to more than 7,000
headed towards the UnitedStates after pushing
their way into Mexico over the weekend.
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday,
"Full efforts are being made to stop them
"from entering the US,"
threatening to use military forces
to stop a breach at the border.
Secretary of State, MikePompeo, met with Mexico's
President Sunday saying thatmigrants were inciting violence
under the influence ofpolitically motivated leaders.
President Trump also tweeted saying,
"The Caravan was a disgraceto the Democratic party."
The Trump administrationis attempting to do away
with the official term of transgender.
Officials want to changethe definition of gender
to one of a biologicalcondition determined at birth
as either male or female.
According to the New York Times,
the Department of Healthand Human Services
is leading an effort toestablish a legal definition
of sex under Title nine.
Under it, a person'sgender could not be changed
once it was defined bygenitals a person is born with.
A group of real-lifewitches held a ceremony in
Brooklyn, New York Saturday to hex
newly appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The group also reportedlyhexed President Donald Trump
and Mitch McConnell.
Nearly 60 people paid$10 to attend the hexing.
Proceeds from the eventwent for LGBT causes
and reproductive rights.
Another Facebook event has been created
for a second hexing ceremonythat should take place
on November third.
You can find more on these stories
and others throughoutthe day at CBNnews.com.
Secretary of State, MikePompeo, has announced the US
would merge its consulateand embassy in Jerusalem.
As Chris Mitchell reports from Israel,
the move could have a major impact
on the future of Jerusalem.
- Behind me is the USConsulate in Jerusalem.
For years, it served as a de facto embassy
to the Palestinian authority.
That meant it answered directlyto the state department
and bypassed the US Ambassador to Israel.
Pompeo's announcement sends a signal
that Jerusalem won't be a divided city.
Now, the consulate willcome under the authority
of US Ambassador David Friedman,
which some consider a victory,
over the objections ofthe state department.
Former Israeli Ambassador to the US,
Michael Oren, hailed the decision.
In a tweet he called therestructure a great day
and that it signaled US supportfor the Jewish states claim
to all of Jerusalem.
He said, "It ends the lastvestige of American support
"for the city's division.
"Israel," he said, "is deeply grateful."
But Palestinian leaderscondemn the US decision
to downgrade the consulate.
It had a separate channel to Washington
to report on Palestinianaffairs with the Counsel General
whose authority was closeto that of an Ambassador.
- They are dictating thelogically committed team
for President Trump to takeJerusalem on the cabin.
This to us is likeanother settlement outpost
and occupy Jerusalem.
This does not create any factsother than the dismantling
in the two-state solution.
- [Chris] Mid-east analyst,Pinchas Inbari says
the move kills the idea oftwo capitals in Jerusalem.
- It meant that the consulate is for
the Palestinian capital in the future
and the embassy is for Israel.
But uniting the two bodies in one means
that there is no partitionof Jerusalem anymore
and there will be noPalestinian capital in Jerusalem
and in Jordan is united city as far as
the Americans perceive it.
- [Chris] The Palestinians want Jerusalem
to be their capital of afuture Palestinian state.
Bari says while thePalestinians are shouting,
no one is listening.
- If you watch around,no soldier reaction,
no Egyptian reaction,
very mild Jordanian reaction.
The only party that isreacting is Ramallah,
not even the east Jerusalemites.
They don't care!
- [Chris] The move is the latest decision
by the Trump administration
to change the status of Jerusalem.
Last December, PresidentTrump recognized Jerusalem
as Israel's capital.
In May, he moved the US Embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
This decision will makeit harder in the future
for Jerusalem to be thecapital of two states.
One Jewish, one Palestinian.
Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.
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- Coming up, it couldbe one of the biggest
long-term financialthreats facing our country
but it's also something youaren't hearing much about.
We're gonna explain when we come back.
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The US economy is booming and unemployment
is at its lowest in decades.
The Federal Reserveworries a strong economy
carries the risk of inflation.
So it's raising short-term interest rates
and long-term interestrates are rising as well.
But that means explodingpayments on the national debt.
So, what's the solution tothis series of problems?
CBN White House correspondent Ben Kennedy
went to the President'seconomic advisors for answers.
- The US is on trackfor an annual deficit of
a trillion dollars.
Major deficits like thatare expected to drive the
national debt from 21 to 33 trillion
in a matter of 10 years.
President Trump's economicadvisors tell CBN News
that lawmakers need toact now to avoid a crisis.
The US deficit soars as the economy booms.
Federal borrowing continues to rise
thanks to Congress passing legislation
to suspend the debt ceiling.
As a result, in March,the debt his $21 trillion.
- I fear that it might takeanother financial crisis
before Congress acts butthen, it might be too late.
- [Ben] The HeritageFoundation's Stephen Moore says
DC is in the midst of abi-partisan spending spree.
- We've seen a rocket,rocketing of our debt,
especially in the last10 years where ya know,
Obama took the debtfrom 10 to 20 trillion.
- If the debt paymentscontinue to rise and rise,
do you see them gettingbigger than major programs
like the military?
- Well, here's the thing.
I mean, the most important thing that's
controlling the debtis to grow the economy.
That's the advice thatI gave to Donald Trump.
- [Ben] Trump's Chief Economic Advisor,
Larry Kudlow, agrees.
- What drastic actionsare you recommending
to stop the rising debt thatdoesn't damage the economy
or cause interest rates to spike.
- I don't think, by the way,
there's any particular relationship
between the debt and interest rates but,
I want to reduce the debtburden on the economy.
So, growth.
You've got debt, numerator,GDP, denominator.
Get that GDP up.
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- [Ben] The Gross DomesticProduct is the value
of US goods and servicesused to examine the nation's
overall economic health.
Kudlow recommends growingthe economy to the max
so that the governmentbrings in more money
to make the interest payments on the debt.
- The trick is, get thatratio as low as possible.
I don't think we're inany danger zone right now.
But I'd like to see it come down.
- [Ben] And rising interest rates can be
very expensive forWashington and taxpayers.
The government paid outmore than $450 billion
in interest payments on the national debt
in each of the last two years.
If rates rise just a half a point or so,
that could add another 70to $100 billion or more
to those payments every year.
Moore points out thatwill add up over time.
- If the interest rate goesup a quarter of a point
or let's say half a point,
what kind of impact will thathave on paying off the debt?
- So, every one percentage point increase
in the interest rateincreases the debt payments
over a decade by a trillion dollars.
So we're talking aboutreally large numbers.
- [Ben] Moore recommendsone way to slow down the
skyrocketing debt is to reform programs,
like social security and Medicare,
plus delaying the retirement age because
people are living longer.
- We've known for 30years that the Titanic
is headed to the iceberg
and social security andMedicare, we know the
American people are aging.
I'm a baby boomer.
There's 80 million of us.
You know, in the next 10 or 15 years,
we're gonna stop paying taxes
and we're gonna start collecting all these
government benefits.
It's not gonna work!
- Bottom line, this is a long run problem
that neither party is addressing.
In the meantime, thegovernment won't face any limit
on borrowing until March.
Ben Kennedy, CBN News, Washington.
- Still ahead, partone of our conversation
with American evangelicalpastor, Andrew Brunson,
about his two years incaptivity in Turkey.
We'll have the story when we come back.
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He spent two years imprisoned in Turkey
on charges related to terrorism.
But after intense pressurefrom the Trump administration,
evangelical pastor, AndrewBrunson was released
and was back in the UnitedStates the next day.
CBN Senior International Correspondent,
Gary Lane, sat down with Brunson,
to talk about his experience.
Here's part one of that interview.
- Pastor Brunson, it's sogood to have you here with us
and to see you back homein the United States.
Many Christians were praying for you.
You were in house arrest
and then within 24 hours, youwere in the United States,
sitting in the oval office with the
President of the United States.
How did that feel?
- Well, it's kind of a Joseph situation.
Actually, I was just aweek ago standing in a
Turkish courtroom and itbecame apparent suddenly
that they were going to convict me.
We did not know what was going to happen.
But it was clear they haddecided to convict me.
I didn't know how manyyears they would give me
at that time and how it wouldescalate things politically,
how many years I'd end up in prison.
And within 24 hours and afterI was convicted as a terrorist
in Turkey, I'm officially convicted now,
but released for time served,
and then within 24 hours,to be able to visit the
White House and pray with the President,
it's a Joseph typesituation from the prison
up to the White House, amazing.
- Out of all the places in the world
you and your wife could'veended up, why Turkey?
- Well, we didn'toriginally plan to go there
but our mission, at thetime, asked us to go,
and we said OK.
But as we stayed there, we realized that,
we developed a real love for the country.
God put it in our hearts.
But one very good reasonto be there is the largest
un-evangelized country in the world.
So, it has very few believersfrom a Turkish background.
So, this was what I thinkkept us there for many years
is just sewing into that land,sewing into what we believe
is a great harvest thatis going to come there.
- And three months after the coup attempt
against the President and his government,
you're arrested and you'reput in solitary confinement.
What was that like?
- First I was, for 13 days with my wife,
and we were kept togetherin a detention center.
After that, I was transferred on my own.
My wife was released after 13 days.
I think that was helpful forme to be arrested with her
and go through those firstdays with her because
we both went through a process of fear.
We didn't know what wasgoing to happen to us
and then, when she was released,I knew that she would be
fighting for me.
One of the big concerns that people have
when they're in prison,especially political prisoners
for reasons of persecutionis that they'll be forgotten
and I knew that my wife wouldnot allow that to happen,
that she would fight for me.
Being in solitary confinementwas very, very difficult
especially for a long time.
I didn't have a Bible,there were no books.
It was just a bed and that was it.
So I had nothing to dothroughout the entire day.
Actually, what reallysaved me there is somehow,
a booklet by Mike Bickle,somebody got it in to me,
which we were not allowed to have books
but someone got thatinto me and it was just
some prayer points and thathelped me to keep my sanity.
I just began to praythrough that and I'd pace
back and forth across that room for hours
just praying through these prayer points,
crying out to God.
- Before this interview,you were telling me
how you started dancing before the Lord.
Tell me how that came about.
- Well, I read a book byRichard Wurmbrand where he
describes how when he wasin solitary confinement
that God says, Jesus said actually,
"blessed are you when peoplepersecute you and revile you,
"falsely say all kindsof evil things about you.
"Rejoice and be glad,exceedingly glad actually,"
and Wurmbrand danced before the Lord
in obedience to this and I thought, well,
I don't feel joy, I don'tsense joy right now.
But I'm going to dance before the Lord
as Wurmbrand did, asa sacrifice of praise.
So it was one of the steps I took.
That was into my secondyear when God started
to rebuild my strength.
So every day, I would take five minutes.
I'd just dance before the Lord
and sing those verses fromMatthew five, 10, and 11.
I would say, "I dance before you as
"Wurmbrand danced before you.
"Here's my sacrifice of praise."
- Was that the turning point for you?
Because you say the firstyear was a tough year for you
and then, God took you to a new level.
- The first year, I wasreally broken in a way
that I hadn't imagined that I could be.
I thought I was strongerthan that because we'd
gone through some difficulties in Turkey.
This was very unexpectedand I think what I had
expected from readingbiographies was that prison
wouldn't be that difficult.
It would just be a timeof great intimacy with God
and joy and rejoicing and suffering.
It was not that way for me.
I was really broken.
Then it was in the second yearthat God began to rebuild me.
I could think of several of my friends,
I thought they would do somuch better in this situation.
They're prayer warriors,they're intercessors.
They would just spendall their time praying.
I said a number of times,"God, you got the wrong man.
"You chose the wrong man for this.
"This is a mistake because I'm so weak."
So, he allowed me to be broken.
I believe God allowed this.
But then he began to rebuildme in the second year.
- And we'll have part two of our interview
with Pastor Brunson ontomorrow's CBN Newswatch.
Up next, Operation Blessingis still on the ground
in North Carolinaministering to people in need
in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
The OB team got a special visitfrom the state's governor.
We'll have that story right after this.
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Operation Blessing is inLumberton, North Carolina.
A base had a special visitfrom the state's governor.
Governor Roy Cooper saw firsthand as
Operation Blessing teams were in action,
helping out with hurricane relief efforts.
Volunteer crews wereat work removing debris
and placing tarps on damagedroofs hit by the storms.
Teams also handed out hygienekits to area residents
that were donated byMONAT Global Organization.
Operation Blessing alsofurnished volunteer housing
with cots for the crewsrotating with helping out.
Time now for your Mondaymotivation and today,
I leave you with this thought.
It is never good to becomebitter over what you've lost.
God has better in store.
His word is true and hepromises to do exceedingly
abundantly above, all youcould ever ask or think.
Live today in courage andexpecting great things.
That is gonna do it for thisedition of CBN Newswatch.
Remember you can find moreof our exclusive coverage
of the issues you caremost about at CBNnews.com.
We'd love to know what youthink about the stories
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You can do that byemailing Newswatch@CBN.com
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Have a great day.
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- [Narrator] This is CBN Newswatch.
- And thank you so much for joining us
for this half hour of CBN Newswatch.
I'm Efrem Graham.
We have lots to get toincluding Saudi Arabia
denying the crown prince'sinvolvement in the murder
of Washington Post columnist.
Plus, see how one farmer is working
to make a big differencein how we get our food
and we give you aninside look at the film,
The Hate You Give.
All this and more on this second half hour
of CBN Newswatch.
We begin with thegovernment of Saudi Arabia
defending its account ofwhat happened to journalist
Jamal Khashoggi andassuring its American allies
the perpetrators will be held responsible.
In an interview with Fox News,
Saudi Foreign Minister,Adel Al Jubeir denied
the crown prince'sinvolvement in the murder
of the Washington Post columnist.
- There weren't people closely tied to him
or involved in this operation.
There were pictures ofsome security officers
who may have been partof the security detail
from time to time.
The crown prince has denied this.
The crown prince is not aware of this.
- Over the weekend, the Saudis released
a preliminary investigationconfirming Khashoggi's death
saying the 60 year old was a victim of
a fist fight gone wrong.
Here's a look now at someof the other major stories
we're following for you inthe CBN news room today.
The migrant caravan hasincreased to more than 7,000
headed toward the USafter pushing into Mexico
over the weekend.
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday,
full efforts are being made to stop them
from entering the US, threateningto use military forces
to stop a breech at the border.
Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo,met with Mexico's President
Sunday saying the migrantswere inciting violence
under the influence ofpolitically motivated leaders.
President Trump also tweeted the caravan
was a quote, "disgrace",to the Democratic party.
The Trump administrationis attempting to do away
with the official term transgender.
Officials wanna changethe definition of gender
to a biological conditiondetermined at birth
as either male or female.
The New York Times is reporting the
Department of Health and Human Services is
leading an effort toestablish a legal definition
of sex under Title nine.
Under it, a person'sgender could not be changed
once it was defined by thegenitals he or she was born with.
Secretary of State, MikePompeo, says the US will merge
its consulate embassy in Jerusalem.
The move is the latest decisionby the Trump administration
to change the status of Jerusalem.
Last December, President DonaldTrump recognized Jerusalem
as Israel's capital and in May,
he moved the US embassyfrom Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Palestinian leaders arecondemning this latest decision.
You can find more on thesestores and others throughout
the day at CBNnews.com.
A group of real-life witchesheld a ceremony in Brooklyn,
New York, Saturday eveningto hex newly appointed
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The group also reportedlyhexed President Donald Trump
and Senator Mitch McConnell.
Nearly 60 people paid$10 to attend the hexing.
Now, another Facebookevent has been created
for a second hexing ceremony.
That's scheduled to takeplace on November 3rd.
But believers across theUnited States are responding
with prayer.
Christian intercessors, LanceWalnau and Dutch Sheets,
both posted videos of believers praying
and blessing America and its leaders.
A group of high school football players
are continuing their traditionof praying before games
after their pastor was stoppedfrom praying with them.
Georgia pastor, RussellDavis, often prayed with the
Dawson County public schoolfootball team before games,
that is until a video of him praying
with the team went viral.
In the video, Dave hasplayed for the players
to unite people together andto recognize God's purpose
for their life.
After the video surfaced,
the Freedom From ReligionFoundation issued a letter
to the school districtdemanding they fire the pastor.
The school district responded saying
staff and volunteers would nolonger pray with the students.
According to Dawson County News,
the players did not letthat decision stop them
and they decided to pray anyway.
Coming up, farming inAmerica is on life support
but meet a farmer whose clean and green
multi-generationalmethods are already making
a difference in our country's food supply.
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The American farmer mightsoon be an endangered species
across the country.
Farmers aren't growingolder and young people
are not willing to take on this challenge.
But the crucial careeron the lush farm in the
Shenandoah Valley, however,one family is working to
turn that tide.
Our Heather Sells takesus to Swoope, Virginia
for their story.
- If you want to catch aglimpse of what farming's
future could look like,Joel Salatin's farm
is the place to come.
And wannabe farmers are coming in droves
hoping to change thedirection of a tradition
that's become known for its failure
to attract the next generation.
- The overall pool of farming in agri,
it's continuing to ageand get older and older.
So, I think farming, as a vocation,
needs hospice.
- [Heather] Adding to theurgency, the transfer of land
given the aging andretirement of current farmers,
40% of the nation'sagricultural real estate
will likely change handsin the next two decades.
So, why turn to Salatin?
In the past 20 years, he'sgrown a small family farm
into a 20 person operation,
serving 6,000 householdsand 50 restaurants.
He's also acquired aninternational reputation
and spread the word onhis unique methods through
more than a dozen books.
His message, to succeed,
farming must consider the environment,
the farmer's wellbeing,
and the bottom line.
- It's profit that alsoappreciates the ecology
of the situation and thecommunity of the situation.
Salatin talks a lot about healing the land
and proves it by farmingwith no pesticides,
fertilizers or hormones.
He integrates his animals and land
to create an innovative cycle.
Cattle feed off diverse grasses
followed by broiler chicksthat use the shortened grass
to ingest fresh sprouts.
The egg-mobile with freerange hens comes next.
Hnd dig through cow patties,
searching for protein-rich larvae.
Their droppings fertilizethe field all over again.
Salatin wants to spread thenews about his techniques
with books, training and word of mouth.
So, it's all about empoweringpeople to start or do better
with their farming enterprise.
- [Heather] Most ofthose who come to learn
are already committed toearth-friendly farming.
A sticking point though is howto make a living off of it.
Salatin's answer is hopealong with practical ideas
like his band saw mill.
It provides lumber for fencing and barns
that he could otherwise not afford.
In another lesson, hetalks about animal behavior
and building in a way thatfacilitates easy movement,
saving time and energy.
Young farmers like Jon Caldwell
say Salatin inspires them topursue farming as a career
and not just a hobby.
- These guys are like, "Thisis how long it takes us.
"This is how much you'regonna get out of it.
"This is how you're gonna dothis to get the most profit
"out of it."
And they're very businessoriented and that's something
I'm not used to at all.
- Not just farming.
You actually have to planthings and prepare for your year
and know what you're doingand do a lot of research.
- I wanted to see an exampleof a working, diverse,
integrated, multi-generational farm.
That's what is mentioned in the books.
That's the vision that I think people have
and I wanted to really see it for myself
and see how it worksand it absolutely does.
It's awesome.
- They do browse a little bit.
- [Heather] That's becauseSalatin includes his son
and grandchildren as part of the team.
If timing is everything,Salatin believes farming
that's clean, green, andprofitable gives people
a sense of pride which fitstoday's political climate.
More and more, he sees bothliberals and conservatives
wanting to take control of their lives
and make an impact.
- We see a kind of alibertarian undercurrent moving
and certainly, Trumpis symptomatic of that.
I think that what he represents
is the disempowermentand disenfranchisements,
what he represents is peasantspicking up pitch forks.
- Those pitch forks can be seen in the
form of homeschooling,alternative medicine,
and independent farmers whowant to do right by the land.
The farmers that Salatinis training are already
making a difference in our food supply
and could ultimately change the way
our country produces food.
Reporting in the Shenandoah Valley,
Heather Sells, CBN News.
- Still ahead, we're gonnagive you an inside look
at the new film, The HateYou Give, when we return.
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Miles McPherson is a formerNFL player turned pastor
and he's pinned a new book that tackles
some hard-hitting issues.
I sat down with the author in Studio five.
- We were all made in the image of God.
- [Efrem] Before takingthe pulpit as Pastor of the
Rock Church in San Diego,
Miles McPherson playedprofessional football in the city
with the Chargers and atone point, off the field,
he battled a cocaineaddiction and broke free.
- Humans are genetically99.5% genetically identical
no matter what that person looks like.
- He's now looking to set people free
from racism, opening eyes andhearts with his latest book,
The Third Option: Hope fora Racially Divided Nation.
This is a different takeon the whole racial divide
in this country.
What inspired you to do this?
- I did not know 80%of what's in that book
when I started it.
I learned it.
Because as I was writing itand I started to research,
I wanted to give people tools.
In every race conversation,it's about us versus them.
You have to pick a side.
But the third optionis that we would honor
what we have in common.
So, I said I know Icould figure out how to
communicate this to everybody,as mad as people are,
and as angry and hurtand as divided as we are,
I know I could figure outhow to empower everyone
to come together, firstlooking at themselves,
and then understandingeach other, other people,
and giving people a better understanding
of what others go through.
So that was my goalbecause I didn't wanna just
write a book about my pastor and ya know,
say some things 'cause peopleare gonna call you out.
So, this topic was sodivisive that I had to
write something that everyonecould apply to themselves.
- One of the chapters, youtalk about blind spots.
I believe there's nine of them.
- I wrote nine.
- That are mentioned here.
The one that hit me the most is
interpreting orinternalizing what the others
think of you and thenreading that, I realized,
oh my Lord, I have entered so many rooms
where I was the only andI began to think of myself
as smaller because of what I've heard.
- Right, right.
There's three kinds of racism.
Institutional, systemsthat hold people down,
divide people.
Personally mediated whereI just don't like you
because you're different.
But then there'sinternalized racism where you
begin to believe and adopt the criticisms,
criticisms of your critics and so,
you're told you're less than,you're told you're not smart,
you're told what you won't doand you begin to believe it.
Once that happens, thenyou don't need a racist
in your life, you're your worst racist,
and that is something that people
have to really think about, ya know?
Have I internalized what I'm told?
And not even said to your face.
It's just the message of culture
that ya know, you're brown,you stay down, right?
So, that's a veryimportant thing for people,
whether black or whatever you are,
and whatever neighborhood you live in,
every color, white being acolor as well, by the way,
every color has its own burden.
To really identify what's my burden
and have I internalizedthat where I am now
my own worst enemy.
- The conversation about raceor at least the race issue
seems to percolate it even more so
in the last couple of years.
Am I wrong in my assessment there
or do you feel it as a pastor?
- I do feel it.
I think people, good news and bad news.
The bad news is I definitely feel it.
I think people are more vocal.
However, I'm encouragedbecause I think people
are tired of it.
People who wouldn't talk about it before,
churches who would neversay anything before
are saying something now and vice versa.
I mean, blacks, ya know, theinternalized racism thing.
Or being patient andbeing graceful to people
who are making mistakes,saying that they don't know
what they're saying.
That's why we have blind spots, right?
So, I'm excited because I see people.
Even though our countryis being more divided,
I see people standing upsaying enough is enough.
After the Charlottesville incident,
a lot of people said,"I'm not doing this."
We have to celebrate everybody
no matter what they look like.
- Thank you so much.- My pleasure.
- Pleasure talking to you.- Thank you.
- The Hate You Give is afilm that's recently released
that is also tackling the issue of race.
The film is adaptedfrom a bestselling novel
and it traces the story of a 16 year old
who's trying to balanceessentially two different lives,
one in her largely poorblack neighborhood.
The other in her mostlywhite and wealthier school.
Take a look.
(chattering)
- And action!
- Mark, do you mind?
- The Hate You Give is abouta girl named Starr Carter.
She goes to this white private school
filled with very privileged kids
who don't spend a lot oftime around people of color.
But she's grown up in thehood with her black family.
So, she's constantlynavigating having to almost
split herself into twoparts in order to fit
into both worlds.
My name is Starr.
Two Rs, Daddy named me that.
Garden Heights.
Mama and Daddy says our life was here
'cause our people are here.
We got Mr. Ruben's barbecue,
Mr. Lewis' barber shop,
and Daddy's store.
The high school is where you go to get
drunk, high, or pregnant.
We don't go there.
- It's about a young, blackwoman kinda finding her voice.
- It's about speaking up, being heard.
- It's really about family and community.
- Starr?
What's up?
- Starr lives in different worlds.
Her lower income black community
and her white private school.
Garden Heights is one world.
Williamson is another.
So when I'm here, I'm Starr, version two.
She's constantly having to split herself
into two parts in orderto fit into both worlds.
I have to hide who I am.
When I'm at home, Ican't be too Williamson.
When I'm here, I can'tact too Garden Heights.
- This is about her awakening.
This is about her journeyand really realizing
I'm gonna be who I wanna be.
- That's all challenged when this
really tragic event happens.
Go back where he told you.
Khalil, I'm not playing, go back.
(gunshot rings)
What did you do?
- She's the one and only witness.
- [Reporter] Today,Garden Heights is reeling
after the shooting of a17 year old black teenager
by a white police officer.
- And now, she is faced with he dilemma of
does she speak out?
So when you're ready to talk, you talk.
- It's really challengingfor Starr to think about
the level of responsibilitythat she'll take on
in being public.
- Violence,
brutality,
it's the same story,just a different name.
- I need to speak for him.
It's about black people, poor people,
everybody at the bottom.
- No matter who youare, find your purpose.
Whatever you're here for,speak up and be heard.
- You too can get outhere and be about change.
Don't ever let nobody make you be quiet.
Everybody who experiencesstruggle can take
that struggle and turnit into something golden.
We live in a complicated world.
- No, it doesn't seemthat complicated to me.
- As a generation, it'stime that we stand up
and start taking responsibilitiesfor our communities
and take em back.
- The movie gives amessage that's very real
but also very, very hopeful.
- I love being a part ofa film that I think is
really culturally, politically critical.
♪ We gon break through every wall ♪
- We will not stop!
♪ For you ♪
- The Hate You Give isin theaters right now
and the book is also available.
Stay with us, we'll be right back.
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Operation Blessing is onthe ground in Indonesia
helping victims of thekiller quake and tsunami
that struck weeks ago.
The team is there givingaid and hope to survivors.
Lucille Talusan traveledto the most devastated area
to share how OperationBlessing is serving those
who need it most.
- [Lucille] Ferman shouted,"Jesus help, Jesus help,"
while recording this video ofmud swallowing up his village.
- [Translator] It's a miracle I managed
to come out of it alive.
- [Lucille] While there weremiracle stories of surviving
the earthquake and tsunami,
there were thousands who did not make it.
One of the many tragicstories includes Fatna.
Her husband died during the earthquake
when the building where heworked collapsed on him.
- [Translator] Now that he's dead,
I don't know where to turn to.
- [Lucille] Fatna is onlyone among tens of thousands
affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
Many lost loved ones, homes,and now live uncomfortably
in makeshift tents.
According to communityleader, Abdul Latiffe,
food and clean waterare desperately needed
in these refugee camps.
Today, an Operation Blessingteam came to Fatna's village
to teach them how to purify water.
- Different kind of treatments of water,
not only chlorine, wealso have some little
filtration systems andalso we have this aqua tab
that they can put it on the water
and they can disinfectthe water with that too.
We're trying to do ourbest to support them
in this hard time.
- It will take severalmonths before the city
can recover and this iswhy Operation Blessing
will continue with theserehabilitation programs
to help survivors get backto their normal lives.
(speaks foreign language)
Lucille Talusan, CBNNews, Palo, Indonesia.
- And you can always learnmore about Operation Blessing
by visiting its website.
It is OB.org.
Time now for your Mondaymotivation and today,
I leave you with this thought.
It is never good to become bitter over
what you think you've lost.
God has better in store.
His word is true and hepromises to do exceedingly,
abundantly above all thatyou could ever ask or think.
So today, live encouragedand expect great things.
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