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Thanks for joining us forthis first addition of
CBN News Watch for Monday, February 11th.
I'm Mark Martin.
Today, another possiblegovernment shutdown?
It could happen
as budget negotiations inWashington breakdown again.
And, 40 years ago today a revolution
that's still playing amajor impact on the world
as the Islamic governmentcame to power in Iran.
We'll look at what the Mullahsin Iran are planning next.
Plus, Bible classes arepopping up in a place
where you might not expect them.
And, it's a night to shine,
the annual proms forthose with special needs.
Sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation.
We'll tell you about thosestories and much more
on News Watch.
We begin now with the presidentheading to El Paso, Texas
to round up support for his border wall
and it looks like he's going to need it
as weekend talks betweenlawmakers ended in a stalemate.
The latest fight is overthe number of detention beds
for illegal immigrants.
Democrats want to limit the amount
saying, it will force ICEto go after hard criminals.
But, Republicans disagree.
- You're actually incentivizingmore illegal immigration
by reducing the bed space.
And it under cuts any moneyyou would get for a wall.
He can't sign that bill.
- Washington correspondent Amber Strong
has been following thisstory and she joins us now.
Amber, what is the sensethere on Capitol Hill?
Could we see another shutdown?
- I'm not sure a shut down is likely
but, as far as somethingcoming out of this deal,
as Senator Shelby said yesterday,
it's about a 50-50 chance.
The interesting thingabout all of this Mark
is that the people inthat room were chosen
because they're peoplewho are supposedly able
to work together and not kind of throw out
things to the extremeleft or the extreme right.
And, here were are at this impasse.
So it's very interestingthat they've kind of
halted negotiations.
- Amber, what aboutthe president's demands
for money for a border wall?
Where does that stand?
- So, the president as of now
the number could be anywhereas low as 800 million,
which is what one lawmaker had suggested.
To 2.5 billion, whichis about half of what
President Trump has indicated he needs.
Mick Mulvaney, the actingWhite House chief of staff,
in a number of interviews said yesterday,
if the president is not ableto get that full 5.7 billion
that he needs, there are other options.
That other option includingdeclaring a national emergency.
- We talked earlier about the president
heading to El Paso today.
Tell us what's gonna be going on there.
- So, it's kind of a battlingrallies, if you will.
So the President Trumpwill be gathering with
Texas Governor Abbott and Senator Ted Cruz
and then kind of a throwbackto the mid-term elections
you have Beto O'Rourke who will be holding
his own rally on the border.
Beto O'Rourke is from El Paso.
El Paso has become sortof this talking point
for the president as to why walls work.
But Beto O'Rourke wants to show
that the president is wrong about El Paso.
That El Paso is safe cityand that, in his words,
the president is sort of fear mongering.
So it'll be an interestingshow down there in Texas.
- Alright, it should be.
Well Amber Strong, thanks so much
for your report from Washington.
- Thank you Mark.
- And tonight on CBN's Faith Nation,
we'll have a look at thepresident's trip to El Paso.
And, on the battle over a border wall.
With the latest from theWhite House and Capitol Hill.
That's on Faith Nation at 6 p.m.
Only on the CBN News Channel.
A Virginia lawmaker has backed off a plan
to introduce an impeachment bill today.
Seeking the removal of the second
most power officer in the state.
Lieutenant Governor JustinFairfax faces allegations
of sexual assault, whichhe vehemently denies.
As the governor and state attorney general
are embroiled in their own scandals.
Both have acknowledge wearingblackface in the 1980s.
But despite calls from many
state and national level Democrats,
Governor Ralph Northamsays, he won't resign.
- Virginia needs someone that can heal.
There's no better personto do that than a doctor.
Virginia also needs someone who is strong
who has empathy, who has courage
and who has a moral compass.
And, that's why I'm not going anywhere.
I have learned from this,I have a lot more to learn.
- If the governor, lieutenantgovernor, and attorney general
all left office or were removed,
the Speaker of The Housewill become governor.
He's a Republican, which is giving
the Democratic officeholders another reason
to try to keep their positions.
Republican Congressman WalterJohns of North Carolina
passed away Sunday at the age of 76.
His office issued a statementSunday about his death
saying, he faithfully served the people
of Eastern North Carolinaand the state legislature
for more than 34 years.
He dedicated his lifeto serving his savior
and is standing up forAmericans who needed a voice
for the military and their families.
One thing he was known for in congress was
his fight to see theJohnson Amendment repealed.
He introduced legislationevery session of the House
since 2001 in hopes of seeing it repealed.
It's the law that denies tax exempt status
to any organization,including houses of worship,
if they endorse or opposepolitical candidates.
He once told CBN News,
"It's kind of like big brother,
"listening to what the minister,
"or priest or rabbi might be saying."
His staff says, he was a man of the people
known for his honesty and integrity.
With a kind heart and thecourage of his convictions.
He was also widely respected by both
Republicans and Democrats.
New Jersey is now thesecond state in the nation
to require schools toteach about LGBTQ history.
Under the new law public school teachers
must include lessons aboutthe political, social
and economic contributions ofgay and transgender people.
New Jersey GovernorDemocrat Phil Murphy says,
he was honored to signthe legislation into law.
He tweeted, "LGBTQ plus historyis part of our shared story
"and students deserve to know it.
"Proud to sign a billthat makes New Jersey
"the second state in the nation to require
"an LGBTQ plus inclusivecurriculum in our schools."
It was modeled after a California law.
The first state with the requirement
that's been in place since 2011.
The ISIS caliphate inSyria is coming to an end.
But, as CBN News contributorChuck Holton reports
from the war weary Southern Syria,
they aren't giving up easily.
They're using women andchildren as human shields
and civilians are fleeing for their lives.
- So, I'm now withinsight of ISIS last stand
in the area of Hajin right back behind me.
Just off to my right isa place called Baghuz
where they say the lastISIS fighters are hold up.
We've been hearing air strikesthroughout the evening.
Last night into the early morning hours.
And it sounds like themilitary's really step up
its efforts to eradicatethe last of these guys.
But what that's causing is
more people to flee andmany of them are injured.
And so, here at this collection point
those who can make it here
have been walking to this point
where they are processed bythe Syrian Defense Forces
and they're then movedto a further site inland.
This 19 year-old woman is a French citizen
who came with her mother to join ISIS
when she was only 15.
- I came in 2015 withmy mother and my sister
to live in the Caliphate
and after this I want to escape.
But, they ask a lot ofmoney and family and friends
they scared to send the money.
There is no food, no nothing.
No food, we was living in the tent.
No electricity, never electricity nothing.
I want to go back to my country.
- [Chuck] Buses come every afternoon
to take these women and children to a camp
several hours away.
Any men who surrender areassumed to be ISIS fighters
and are taken to a detention facility.
Families who arrive too late
are forced to spend thenight here in the desert.
The light is almost gone out here
and we're still hearing fighting going on
a couple kilometers away.
But, the more pressing emergency right now
is that there are maybea couple 100 people
out here behind me in this just desert.
They got dumped off hereafter escaping from ISIS
but they're gonna have tospend the night out here.
Last night it was about 30 degrees
and people could die out here.
They're, I'm just watchingthem as they try to prepare
for what they know is coming.
It's already below 40 I would say.
Clear sky, it's gonna beextremely cold here tonight.
And, there are these holesthat were dug in the earth
to be used as slit trenches, as bathrooms.
And what they're doing is going in
and cleaning out all theexcrement and throwing it out
and they're gonna sleep in there tonight
because it's at least out of the wind.
Many of these people are injured as well.
It's just hard to imagine.
We've given away all the blankets we had.
I gave away my warm socks.
We're trying to figure outa way to help these people
as much as we can.
But, you know, it's justa drop in the ocean.
And so, I'm just not sure whatelse we can do except pray.
From the Euphrates RiverValley in Southern Syria,
I'm Chuck Holton for CBN News.
- Yeah, definitely pray for theinnocent women and children,
and men, and innocent civilians in Syria.
In other news, White HouseSenior Advisor Jared Kushner
will be headed to theMiddle East later this month
to push for peace.
Kushner will make stopsin Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
and the United Arab Emirates
to present details of the president's
economic Middle East peace plan.
According to Politicothe plan will in part
create economic incentivesfor Palestinians.
It is a plan that Kushnerhas been overseeing
for nearly two years.
The White House is preparing to release
what it hopes is a finalizedpeace plan for Israel
and the Palestinians.
Coming up, a look at majorgovernment overthrow in history
40 years ago today.
And the serious impact it'sstill having on the world.
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Did you know there are more than
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- 40 years ago today aradical Iranian cleric
led the overthrow ofhis country's government
and installed an Islamist regime.
It still stands and is theworld's leading sponsor of terror
as CBN's John Waage explains,
Israel stands on the frontline to prevent
Iran from expanding westward
and destroying the Jewish state.
- [John] In 1979 the world was introduced
to the menacing glare ofthe Ayatollah Khomeini.
His Iranian revolution oustedthe Shah of Iran a US ally
and put its mark on American history
with a hostage crisis thatlasted more than a year.
Its leaders began to purge thecountry of Western influence
and set Iran on a path ofexpansion and Islamist terror.
During the revolution the US was dubbed,
"The Great Satan," by the ruling Mullahs.
Still, most of their hatredwas reserved for the country
they called, "The Little Satan," Israel.
For four decades they avowedto wipe it off the map.
The show of force continued this month
as Iran paraded its missiles in Tehran.
- I think a clash is inevitable.
- [John] Middle Eastexpert, Micheal Widlanski
says according to Israeli military sources
Iran has armed Hezbollah andLebanon with enough missiles
to bombard all of Israel for weeks.
- Lebanon itself is so wellarmed with Hezbollah missiles
and rockets, that Israelcould face every day,
not 10 rockets,
not 100 rockets, but 2500rocket attacks everyday
over a period of three weeks.
- [John] And thatdoesn't take into account
Iran's nuclear program.
In last year's UN address,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
exposed a secret nuclearsite with 300 tons
of nuclear material.
- Now, I also have a message today
for the tyrants of Tehran.
Israel knows what you're doing
and Israel knows where you're doing it.
Israel will never let regime
that calls for our destruction
to develop nuclear weapons.
Not now, not in 10 years, not ever.
- [John] While Widlanski warns Israel
can take care of itself.
He worries if the Mullahs aren't stopped
their grand design couldswallow up the region.
- The Iranians want ShiaIslam to be the face
of the Islam.
That means they wanna go afterSaudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait.
They wanna go after all their neighbors
and project their force allthe way to Mediterranean
and to the Atlantic.
They wanna go through Lebanon
and then through North Africa.
They wanna go through Yemen.
They have a real, realexpansionist process
which is similar to what the communist
and the Nazis had.
This is not just a religious calling.
This is very serious powerpolitics strategy playing.
- [John] John Waage, CBN News, Jerusalem.
- [Mark] Still ahead, a move to return
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- What I felt was loved and treasured.
- God spared my life twice in three days.
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- Welcome back, given today's society
you might be surprisedto know about a movement
gaining ground to start bibleclasses in public schools.
Seven states alreadyrecognize these classes
and six more could follow.
CBN's Heather Sells has that story.
- The believers behindthis latest push say their
idea is simple and to the point.
Teach the book that has shaped
our civilization like no other.
- Who in the world wouldwant to ban or censor
one of the top five impactfulbooks in all of history.
- [Heather] FormerCongressman Randy Forbes
is helping to lead the charge.
His Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation
has joined other Christian groups
to promote religious freedom legislation
at the state level.
Last week President Trumpgave them a twitter shout out.
Publicly praising the ideaof elective bible classes
for high school students.
- Doesn't just make sense
that we should have that book
that's been so impactfulat least be studied
and examined by people whowanna study it and examine
in the place where we go to explore ideas
and look at what we'regoing to do for tomorrow?
- [Heather] Not everyone agrees.
Religion writer Jonathan Merritt
says Evangelicals need to remember
that the same schools teaching their kids
about sexuality and science
would now teach them the Bible.
- So it seems to me tobe kind a strange ask
that you would say, yeah Iwant a government employee
in a public school teachingmy kid about holy scripture.
Because when it comes to alot of the scholarly consensus
on holy scripture these thing diverge
from majority opinions among Evangelicals.
- [Heather] Teaching this subject
in the public school systemclearly has its complications.
For example, back in 1963the Supreme Court ruled,
"The Bible is worthy ofstudy for its literary
"and historic qualities."
Justices also added it mustbe presented objectively
with no devotional readings.
Groups like Freedom From Religion
and the ACLU, claim that's not happening
and have sued school districts in Texas
for not presenting the Bible objectively.
Their main concern, Christianswill use these classes
as opportunity to evangelize.
- The problem, criticssay, with these bills
is that they're really a covert attempt
not just to teach the bible as history
or as literature, but to teach the Bible
through an interpretive lens.
Essentially to promote Christianvalues in public schools.
- [Heather] Forbes and others maintain
if schools can objectivelyteach controversial topics
like politics and government,
they can do the same with the Bible.
- We are not trying to getsomeone or tell someone
they have to believe a certain thing.
We're just saying, look atthe history of this book
look at the importance ofthe ideas in this book.
Look at how it plays in even the policy
in the United States of American.
You make your own decisions.
- [Heather] It's a tall order but worth it
say supporters, to teachsuch an important book
to the next generation.
Heather Sells, CBN News.
- [John] Coming up, kings and queens
everyone of them in God's eyes.
As, A Night To Shine, celebrates kids
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- [Announcer] When yougive smiles grow bigger.
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- Hello, I'm Terry Meeuwsen.
Did you know there are morethan 148 million orphans
in the world today?
148 million.
But it was three littlegirls that taught me
about the plight of orphans.
My husband and I spentnearly a month emersed
in the daily activitiesof the Ukrainian orphanage
as we waited to adopt three sisters.
I saw first hand the utterloneliness, the pain of rejection
and the overwhelming desire to be loved.
That experience changed me forever.
And out of it grew a ministry
from my heart called, Orphan's Promise.
Today, we're helping orphansand vulnerable children
in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Thousands of childrenare now in safe homes,
they're being educated andthey're learning life skills.
I'm asking you to join with me
and become family to these children.
Will you call the numberon your screen right now?
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- [Mark] A program note,
be sure to catch thelatest from Faithwire,
tonight on the CBN News Channel.
With Dan Andros and Dale Partridge.
It's at 9:30 eastern.
It was a night to shine worldwide
with proms out for 90,000 young people
with special needs this year.
It was Friday night,
and was sponsored by Tim Tebow Foundation
and just keeps growing.
Take a look at highlightsfrom the year before
to see how God is showing his love
to these beautiful children and teens.
- You're all kings and queens.
Absolutely, well I hopethat you're gonna be
queen of the dance floor tonight.
(Our Night to Shine by Rascal Flatts)
- This is my favorite time of the year
because I believe it is howthe God of this universe
sees every single one ofus as a king or a queen.
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- Wow, what a powerful event.
Hats off to Tim Tebow for yielding to God
and look what's happenedall around the world.
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