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- Thanks for joining us for CBN Newswatch.
I'm Mark Martin.
Democrats are hoping to takedown the Trump administration
today on one of the president's
signature issues, immigration,
with three committee hearingson his handling of the issue.
This even as border patrol leaders report
some of the highest number ofillegal border crossings ever
and warn the system isat a breaking point.
Heather Sells has beenfollowing this story
and she joins us now in theCBN Newsroom with an update.
Heather.
- Yeah, Mark, crossingsare up, legal and illegal,
across the board.
The new numbers show an incredible strain,
76,000 people crossedinto the US last month,
more than double fromthe same time last year.
- These numbers are remarkable.
76,000 total apprehensionsand inadmissible arrivals
in a four-week month, in February.
That's the highest number ofencounters in any February
in the last 12 years.
- [Heather] Border Patrol has also
seen a change in demographics.
More families and largegroups and fewer individuals.
And they're seeing fewerpeople crossing illegally.
It's a humanitariancrisis, says Border Patrol,
one their facilities are not equipped for.
And they say it's a security problem
because they can't focus on smugglers
and drug traffickers,when they have to divert
so many resources to carefor parents and children.
Now, Democrats are trying to hammer
the Trump administration on its infamous
and short-lived zero tolerancepolicy from last year.
They point to theseveral thousand children
that the US separated fromtheir parents at the border.
Here is what Homeland Security,Kirstjen Nielsen said,
about how the administrationcurrently handles
children at the border whoseparents are being removed,
that is deported.
- Consistent with longstandingpractice and the law,
before we deport anyalien, after they have gone
through the process and receivea final order of removal,
we do ask them if they would like
to take their children with them.
At that same time, theirconsulate or embassy
for purposes of issuingthem travel papers,
also asks them, wouldyou like to be removed
with your children, as you're removed?
- Mark, a lot of Democrats are skeptical
about any serious bordercrisis, but that's what
Nielsen and others in borderpatrol say they're up against.
Border Patrol plans to builda new processing center
in El Paso to accommodate thisvolume that they're seeing
but they insist that a long-term
sustainable solution is needed.
- Alright, thank youHeather, for that report.
Democrats have launcheda sweeping investigation
into allegations ofcorruption, obstruction
and abuse of poweragainst President Trump.
The House JudiciaryCommittee sent 81 letters
to people and organizationsseeking information,
including a request to the White House
for documents regardingsecurity clearances
for the president'sson-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The White House promisesthey will cooperate
with the investigation but have rejected
the request for securityclearance documents.
The Trump-Pence team is already setting
its sights on re-election.
One issue it's watching is what appears
to be growing anti-Semitismin the Democratic Party.
The campaign's national press secretary,
Kayleigh McEnany told CBN's Faith Nation
that the ongoing consistentanti-Semitic remarks
are sad for America.
- This is not a one-timething for Ilhan Omar.
There have been multiple remarks.
Likewise, we've seen somecomments that are similar
from Rashida Tlaib andcertainly those around her.
This is something weshould all stand against.
It's striking to me thatit's taking this long
for Democrats to say anything, in the form
of this resolution, but there's no doubt
she shouldn't be sitting onthe Foreign Affairs Committee.
- McEnany says that HouseSpeaker, Nancy Pelosi
should take action and removeOmar from the committee.
In a rare show of unity, allnine Supreme Court Justices
unanimously agreed, policeshould have limited power
to seize private property.
The recent ruling hasadvocates on both sides
of the aisles celebrating.
And as Amber Strong reports,it's sparking new hopes
of bipartisanship in Washington.
- What do a Christianrock band and a politician
have in common?
Both saw their personalbelongings disappear
through a practice knownas civil asset forfeiture.
- After all of this, Ijust want get all the money
back to the proper owners.
- [Amber] Eh Wah, managerof a Christian music group
was pulled over byOklahoma law enforcement
after a week on the road.
The $30,000 they'd raisedfor charity, seized.
Police thought he wasa drug dealer, though
no drugs were found.
And GOP candidate, GeraldoSerrano lost his truck
after Border Patrolofficers found five bullets
in his console.
He was detained but never charged.
In both high-profile cases, the property
was returned, eventually.
The practice is perfectly legal.
- Law enforcement has thesuspicion that something
you've got on you, afancy car, whatever money
is in your glove compartment,may have been involved
in a crime in some way.
And they say, well,because of my suspicion
I'm just going to take this.
- [Amber] Defenders saythere are positive sides
to civil asset forfeiture.
Law enforcement uses the resources
for equipment and salaries.
According to the Institute for Justice,
the DOJ used it to take$4.5 billion in 2014.
Lawmakers like Senator Rand Paul, want
to put the practice on trial.
- Many poor people inour country have cash
taken from them, andthen the government says,
prove to us where you got the cash
and then you can get it back.
But the burden's on the individual.
- [Amber] Then came the Supreme Court.
In the case of Timbs v. Indiana, the court
decided the $42,000 vehicleseized from Tyson Timbs
was excessive, more than fourtimes the amount in fines
he would have paid for that conviction.
While the court's rulingdoesn't end asset forfeiture,
experts predict it will help fuel
the next big bipartisan push.
- A lot of lawmakers onthe right and the left
are saying, my goodness,isn't this a violation
of individual liberties.
It's one thing if you convict somebody.
But if you haven't been convicted,
the government is justtaking your private property.
- [Amber] And that maycause law enforcement
to think twice before putting its hands
in the property cookie jar.
Amber Strong, CBN News, Washington.
- Our team in DC will have moreon the latest in Washington
on tonight's Faith Nationand you can catch that
right here on the CBN News Channel.
Turning back now to the migrant crisis,
we spoke with David Inserrawith the Heritage Foundation
for more information.
- For more on thesituation, we're joined now
by David Inserra, a homelandsecurity policy analyst
at the Heritage Foundation,
a conservative think tank in Washington.
David, thanks for joining us.
As we just reported,Border Patrol is seeing
an incredible jump in the number of people
at the US-Mexico border.
What's your take on whywe're seeing this spike
and why so many of those crossing
are now family groups and not individuals?
- Yeah, that's the real story here.
The reality is thatwe've got a lot of people
coming across the border right now
but it's not the way it wasback, say, 10 years ago.
February saw 76,000 peopleattempt to cross the border.
But of that 76,000, some40,000 were family units
or unaccompanied children.
So we're seeing many morepeople with children,
many more families coming and it's really
because of some loopholes in our laws
where if you come acrossour border with a child,
we release you.
That's a law which Congress needs to fix.
- Congress, of course, isconsidering the president's
request to build more border walls.
How might that situation,or how might that affect
this situation that'sgoing on at the border?
- Yeah, so border barrierscan play some role.
They help slow down migrants.
But the problem in this caseactually isn't catching them.
We're apprehending them morethan we have in 12 years.
That's proof that we're actually
doing a good job catching people.
The problem is that we can't remove them
after we've caught them.
Most people, we're gonna release them
and then we never hear from them again.
We never see them at animmigration court hearing.
And it's because of thesecatch and release loopholes
in our laws.
And I think that'shonestly more important.
We need to address that more importantly
than more border barriersor something like that.
- What do you think will needto be the long-term solution
to solve our border problem, then?
- It really has to be acombination of things.
Yes, we need some more border security.
Yes, we need more border barriers,
more technology at our ports of entry.
We also need to havethese loopholes shut down
and shut down tomorrow.
We need to fix our asylum system.
We also need interior enforcement.
We need to stop people fromoverstaying their visa.
It's gotta be a whole package of things
to better enforce our laws.
And right now, we've got so many loopholes
and so many weak laws thatit is nearly impossible
for the Border Patrol tobe able to do its job.
- Politically, what's yoursense of these hearings
in Washington today?
Who's winning in thepublic perception game?
- I really think that it'sunfortunate that right now
from the left, all we hear, is
oh, you're detaining immigrants.
The reality is, if youwant to actually have laws,
you need to detain and remove people.
The abolish ICE crowd isstrong now in Washington, DC,
especially in the Houseof Representatives.
And they need to realize thatwe need to enforce our laws.
You need to have a systemof immigration laws
that are enforced.
You can disagree on howthose laws are formed
or what their makeupis, but the reality is
you need to have these laws enforced
and right now many people on Capitol Hill
are strongly arguing against that.
- Well, okay, David Inserra,with the Heritage Foundation,
thank you so much for your insight, sir.
- Thank you.
- President Trump sayshe will travel to Alabama
to meet with tornado victims Friday.
The president is alsoplanning to send federal aid
to the state after astring of deadly tornadoes
hit parts of Alabama Sunday.
At least 23 people died and rescue teams
say they are fairly close to being done
with the search for survivors.
The surrounding community is stepping up
to support families who lost loved ones,
including one family thatlost seven of its members.
Meanwhile, two anonymous corporations
say they will pay for thefunerals of all 23 victims.
It's wonderful.
Turning now, to North Korea,the country is reportedly
rebuilding structures at along-range rocket launch site
that it dismantled last year as part of
its steps toward disarmament.
That's according to foreignexperts and a South Korean
lawmaker who was briefed bythat country's spy service.
It's not clear now the report
might affect nuclear diplomacy.
Last week's summit betweenthe US and the North
ended when President Trump walked away
over differences on relieffrom sanctions on North Korea.
ISIS could be only days awayfrom defeat inside Syria.
US-backed forces aresteadily applying pressure
on militants as morecivilians flee the area.
That latest evacuationmeans the Kurdish forces
are a step closer tovictory, but these allies
hope they will not be abandonedonce the fight is over.
- Well, coming up, whatyou can do to protect
your children on socialmedia, as more and more
sexual predators target them there.
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Did you know that there aremore than 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 immersed
in the daily activitiesof a Ukrainian orphanage
as we waited to adopt three sisters.
I saw firsthand the utterloneliness, the pain
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That experience changed me forever.
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From the 48 hour challengeto suicide tutorials
on YouTube, social media may be developing
into a vehicle that isout to harm children.
According to the NationalSociety for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children,Instagram has now become
the prime vehicle for sextraffickers to target children.
So how can parents protectchildren in this digital age?
Here to answer thatquestion is Melissa Henson.
She is the program director
with the Parents Television Council.
Melissa, thanks for being with us.
- Thank you for having me on.
- How do you suggest parents keep tabs
on what their children are doing online?
- Well, I think the onlyabsolute sure-fire solution
is to not allow your childrento have social media accounts
until they're old enough and mature enough
to be able to use them responsibly.
So even though platformslike Facebook or YouTube
might offer what they call kids' versions
or kids' complementsto the adult versions,
that doesn't mean yourkids are gonna be safe
when they're in that universe.
- Are there ways that childrencan keep their parents
from accessing their social media accounts
and then is there aworkaround for parents?
- Well, unfortunately,it's so often the case that
kids are more tech savvythan the parents are.
And so we're just trying tokeep up, a lot of the times
and our kids are thefirst ones to figure out
how a lot of these platforms work.
So it can be a challenge.
I would say, some absoluterules that parents
should set down in theirhomes, are no computers
or devices in bedrooms.
Any screen time needs tobe done in a family room
or a shared environmentso that you can supervise
what your kids are doing online.
A lot of parents make theirkids turn in their cellphones
or their tablets, orinternet connected devices
at the end of the dayand parents keep them
in their bedrooms so that they can be sure
that their kids aren't going online
when they're supposed to be asleep
or when they're not being supervised.
There are also devices thatyou can put into your home,
right at the place whereyour wifi router is,
things like Circle by Disneyand other filtering software
and filtering devices.
But none of those are 100% solutions.
The only way to absolutelyguarantee your kids
are gonna be safe online, isto prohibit the social media
accounts until they're 16and older and mature enough
to handle all the worldlymessages that they're getting
from these platforms.
- And quickly, Melissa,is there any way to keep
social media websitesaccountable for the content
on their platforms?
- Yeah, and that's a real challenge.
We've certainly seen a lotof stories in the news lately
about people sneaking things into videos
that are intended forkids and are available
on the YouTube Kids video platform.
But there's so much contentbeing uploaded constantly
that it's really impossiblefor any human human being
or even any computer algorithm
to completely catch everything.
So as I say, the best way isto limit your kids' exposure
to those platforms or toonly let them use them
when you're there to supervise in person.
- And don't be afraid asa parent, to speak out
and even contact the socialmedia platforms directly.
- Absolutely, yeah and if youdo see something inappropriate
be sure to flag it so thatother kids don't see it.
- Alright, great advice, Melissa Henson
with the Parents Television Council.
Thank you for your time.
- [Melissa] Thank you.
- And we'll be backwith more CBN Newswatch,
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- Every 30 minutes a babyis born in this country
that is addicted todrugs because the mother
had been hooked on opioids.
One ministry, AngelArms, is working to save
the youngest generation from this scourge.
Lori Johnson shows us how they're helping
both the babies and theirmothers make it through
those first critical days after birth.
- [Lorie] Each day, hospital workers
deal with babies born addicted to opioids.
They often are very, very unconsolable,
is probably the best way to describe it.
- [Lorie] It can take around two weeks
to wean these tiny victims off the drug.
Then hospitals dischargethe babies, even though
they still feel the aftereffects.
Most of the time the babiesstill go home with Mom.
- [Lorie] Provided shepromises to stay clean.
A new mom who's withdrawing,taking care of a difficult
baby who's also withdrawing,too often breaks under
the pressure and fallsinto a dangerous relapse.
- I believe unless thepeople of faith stand up
the opioid crisis is gonnacontinue to overtake us.
- [Lorie] That's why Christiancounselor, Dawn Hennessey
started Angel Arms, aministry helping both moms
and babies recovering from addiction.
- I believe, honestly, that God has called
the people, his kingdompeople, to save the lost,
the broken, the orphans, the widows.
- [Lorie] Here at Angel Arms,these volunteer snugglers
focus on the little victims.
- We love them.
We do pray for them.
And sometimes they justneed held really tight
when they're shaky, belly aches, coughing,
spitting up a lot.
- [Lorie] Thanks to medical training
and help from above, theycan help with the extreme
agitation suffered by the babies.
- Well, today, well hisstomach was giving him
a hard time.
I was just whispering thename of Jesus in his ear.
And I do pray over himwhile I'm holding him.
But the name of Jesus is powerful.
- [Lorie] Snugglers also give Mom a break
so other volunteers can focus on her.
- There's a lot of hope,there's a lot of people
that I've worked with thathave come into recovery now.
And there's a lot of childrenthat we've been able to help.
- [Lorie] Kathy Shively'saddiction began as many do,
trying to ease the pain.
I have three dental implants, so the pain
from the dental implantscaused me to be prescribed
lots of pain medication.
So, opiates became an addiction.
- [Lorie] She brings little Connor here
because these snugglerssoothe him in a way
no one else can.
- It's overwhelming for family to watch
an NAS baby because there aretimes when he's just so fussy
and there's nothing that they could do.
I've had to leave jobs and come home.
- [Lorie] In additionto childcare, Angel Arms
provides free baby supplies,helps moms find housing,
and pursues anything thatwill promote stability.
- And I really felt trapped and I think
that the heroin addiction,that's a good description of it,
you just feel trappedand you can't get out
until you come, you havesomebody come along your side
to help you.
- [Lorie] In order forher child to receive care
at Angel Arms, mom must get
regular Christian counseling here.
- What I tell my staff,is you need to see them
through the eyes ofJesus, as broken people
that need love.
So we've actuallyexperienced whole families
coming to know Jesus, justbecause of a little baby.
- When I come here, itbrings me encouragement.
If I need to cry, they hear me cry.
If I need to know what the next step is,
they guide me in the next step.
- [Lorie] Angel Arms never charges a fee
because outside donorshelped fund the ministry.
- We just rely on what God gives us.
And so far it's worked. (laughing)
- [Lorie] And as itgrows, so does the need.
- We have police officers calling us,
we have people, we have drugcourt here in Pennsylvania,
so we have judges calling us,attorneys, social workers.
We have people from West Virginia, Ohio,
Maryland calling us.
- [Lorie] Fortunately, other faith groups
are calling as well.
- I do tell churches,before we work with them,
are you ready for the least of these
to come into your congregation?
And are you ready to putyour arms around them
and love them?
- And Hennessey plans to expand
because she knows help is needed
beyond regular working hours.
This large home was donated to Angel Arms.
Once it's renovated, it'll be used
as a residential programwhere people can stay
overnight for weeks at a time.
They're praying God willprovide the resources
for the big renovation.
So while the opioid epidemic rages on,
ministries like Angel Arms work to break
the generational curse of addiction.
Lorie Johnson, CBN News.
- A wonderful ministry.
We'll be back with more of CBNNewswatch right after this.
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- Hello, I'm Terry Meeuwsen.
Did you know that there aremore than 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 immersed
in the daily activitiesof a Ukrainian orphanage
as we waited to adopt three sisters.
I saw firsthand the utterloneliness, the pain
of rejection and theoverwhelming desire to be loved.
That experience changed me forever.
And out of it grew aministry 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 joinwith me and become family
to these children.
Will you call the numberon your screen right now?
Because every child deservesa chance to be happy.
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- Some movie goers arealready calling Captain Marvel
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It's also the first solofemale superhero movie
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It arrives in theaters Friday,
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Gospel music's SandiPatty is also on the show.
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- [Carol] Captain Marvel.
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- Doing fight sequences,up and down on a train
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- That's a yes or no question.
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