- Welcome, folks, to thisedition of The 700 Club.
Well, it's reached crisis proportions
down on the Southern border.
100,000 migrants detainedon the Southern border
in March alone, and manyof them released into US
because our system can't accommodate them.
And now President Trump sayshe's not playing around.
He says I may well closedown the Mexican border
to stop the flood of migrants,
and in the meantime, he's cut off aid
to three Central American countries,
which he says are formatting
the flood of illegal immigrants.
Chuck Holton is there.
It's an exclusive interviewfrom El Paso, Texas.
- [Chuck] As bordercrossings break records,
and migrants pour onto American streets,
President Trump is going to the source.
Saturday, the StateDepartment announced aid cuts
to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.
- We were paying themtremendous amounts of money,
and we're not paying them anymore,
because they haven't done a thing for us.
- The Border Patrol predictsthe numbers of illegal crossers
into the US will hit as manyas 100,000 in March alone,
and many of them are families.
Up above, on the bridge,dozen of families wait in line
for up to two weeks to come in legally,
but these migrants have jumped the line,
by entering illegallybetween the ports of entry.
Now that they're on American soil,
they must be given a court date.
And with the system already crushed
under the weight of more thana million asylum seekers,
these Central American families know
they'll be allowed tolive in the United States
for up to three years beforethey get their day in court.
So, right now, there arethousands of migrants
that have been capturedover the last couple days
being held in this detention facility
underneath the bridge to Juarez,
but you have to understand,
this is not the normal detention process,
it's not the normal facilitythat they're kept in.
The problem is, BorderPatrol has been picking up
over 4,000 people a day forthe last couple of days,
and that's far beyond theircapacity to take care of people.
It's gotten so bad thatthe Border Patrol is saying
they're gonna have tojust let these people go.
No one really knows how many illegals
entered the US without being caught.
Here in New Mexico, a hundredmiles west of El Paso,
the human tidal wave hasleft the Border Patrol
unable to cover thisremote stretch of desert
where these ranchers live.
- My name's Russell Johnson.
I'm a fourth generation out here
to be ranching with my family,
and this is the barrier that we've got
in one stretch of thearea that my family farms,
and, as you can see, it serves no purpose
to stop vehicles or people.
It's been cut multiple times;you can step right over it.
I mean, it does nothing to stop
the illegal traffic from coming through.
It's not even a deterrent.
- I'm currently in Northern Mexico,
right on the US Southern border,
and I'm gonna cross intothe United States right now
and I wanna show you justhow quickly I can do this.
Just how quick can I get over the border?
Here I am, and I'm in theUnited States, just like that.
- Our Sheriff's Departmentis spread thin as it is,
and so we rely heavily on Border Patrol
for our only form of lawenforcement out here.
And so, with this influx of people
drawing down the manpowerwithin the Border Patrol,
we're basically left lawless out here.
- [Chuck] From El Paso, Texas,
I'm Chuck Holton for CBN News.
- We are left lawless out here.
Isn't that a shocking thing?
And yet, the Democrats in Congress
are playing politicalgames with this thing.
I don't know if they want
a whole bunch of illiterateimmigrants to be on the rolls
who they think will vote Democratic,
I don't know what it is.
But this is a crisis,and no nation, no nation,
can survive with to open this borders,
there are hundreds of millions of people
in South and CentralAmerica who would like
to live in the United States,to get our health care,
to get our education, to getthe wonderful jobs we have.
Well, we just don't have thatmany of them to go around.
You know, we want to help other people,
we want to be compassionate.
We give a lot of money to other nations,
but we cannot, and no nation cannot allow
a flood of immigrants from other countries
to come in and use theirfacilities the way ours are doing.
And Congress refuses to act.
And yet, the presidentis doing what he can.
Well, anyhow, if you wantto write your congressman,
this is what you want him about.
We have a crisis at our border,
and it's going to destroy our nation
unless we do something about it.
Now the leader of the many, many people
of the Democrat Partyrunning for president,
the leader in that race is Joe Biden.
He's a former vice president.
Well, let's take a lookat what he's doing.
- Well, Pat, Biden says he doesn't believe
he's ever acted inappropriately,
but the potential Democraticpresidential fundraiser
is under fire from his own party.
Dale Hurd has the story.
- The allegations about JoeBiden's conduct are not new,
but in the age of the Me Too movement,
fresh accusations from a fellow Democrat
could hurt his potentialrun for president.
Nevada Democrat Lucy Flores wrote
that the former vice presidentinappropriately touched
and kissed her headbefore a rally in 2014.
- I feel Joe Biden puthis hands on my shoulders,
get up very close to me from behind,
lean in, smell my hair,
and then plant a slow kisson the top of my head.
It's been dismissed, as ifit's just Biden being Biden,
boys will be boys, no big deal.
It is a big deal.
- [Dale] Trump advisorKellyanne Conway agrees.
- All of these post-Me Tooallegations and insinuations
really don't comport
with probably Joe Biden'sconduct over the years.
If anybody just types increepy Uncle Joe videos,
you come up with a treasure trove.
- [Dale] Biden's response?
He doesn't think he did anything wrong,
but he's willing to listen.
Biden said, "In my manyyears on the campaign trail
"and in public life, I haveoffered countless handshakes,
"hugs, expressions ofaffection, support, and comfort,
"and not once, never, did Ibelieve I acted inappropriately.
"If it is suggested I did so,I will listen respectfully,
"but it was never my intention."
But Democratic presidentialcandidates agree it's a problem.
- I believe Lucy Flores,
and Joe Biden needs to give an answer.
- [Dale] Bernie Sanders wasasked if this disqualifies Biden
from running for president.
- I'm not sure that one incidentalone disqualifies anybody,
but her point is absolutely right.
- Polls show Biden isthe clear front runner
for the Democratic nomination,
even before he has officially announced,
but the front runner is nowunder attack from his own party.
Dale Hurd, CBN News.
- Thanks, Dale.
Pat.
- Joe Biden, he's really,he's really a nice guy,
and everybody really likes him,
and the thing is, he issort of a Mr. Every Man.
He's a, well, he's a worker's friend,
and he would appeal to a broadswath of the American people,
but he is, like it or not,he's an old white guy,
and old white guys aren'treally the kind of people
the Democrats are looking for these days.
They are looking forsomebody more like Beto,
and Beto has got his ownproblems, so we'll be,
as one Democrat consultantsaid, interestingly enough,
"When your opponent issinking, throw him an anchor."
And I think they're in trouble,
and I think all PresidentTrump has got to do
is sit by and watch them sink.
John.
- Well, Pat, federal spending
over the past five months of fiscal 2019
is the highest it's been in 10 years,
reaching $1.8 trillion.
The last time the governmentspent more was 2009
when it hit $1.9 trillion,
including a $700 billion bank bailout
signed by President George W. Bush,
and a $787 billion stimulus package
from President Barack Obama, at the time,
two of the biggest emergencyspending bills in history.
The first five months of fiscal 2019
also saw the lowest taxreceipts in the past four years.
Well, turning overseas,
where Turkish President RecepErdogan's political party
took a blow in Sunday's elections.
Candidates of the main opposition party
are set to take controlin Ankara, the capital,
as well as several other major cities
in mayoral races throughout the country.
In Ankara, the opposition candidate
is leading by about 3 points.
In Turkey's largest city, Istanbul,
the vote is too close to call.
The elections are seen as atest of Erdogan's popularity
as the country's economy struggles.
Overall, his party won 40out of 81 provincial races.
Pat, that is down from 53 in 2014.
- Well, if I can say so,Erdogan is a bad guy.
He's a extreme Muslim.
He is a dictator in way ofacting and the way he thinks,
and he's a tremendous danger to Israel.
Well, it's amazing thathe's getting some problems,
but if you read in the Bible,
you got this thing about Gog and Magog.
Most of that is Turkey,and the churches of Asia,
they're all in Turkey.
Turkey has played a key rolein the Old and New Testament,
and I think the forecastin Ezekiel 38 is for Turkey
to be leading the coalition against Israel
in the latter days, so,when Erdogan was in power,
I thought that maybe
this is Biblical prophesy being fulfilled,
but nevertheless, if he weakens,
I don't think anybody shouldshed too many tears over it.
John.
- Pat, speaking of theBible, Israeli archeologists
have made two rare discoveries
in and around the City of David
pointing to historical figuresmentioned in the Bible.
Chris Mitchell shows us
what makes these new finds so special.
- The discoveries came fromhere, the Givati excavation.
It's part of the ancient City of David,
where King David set up hiscapital 3,000 years ago.
Israeli archeologists made the discoveries
in this structure, where theyfound evidence of a big fire
they believe dates back to 586 BC,
when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem.
Here, you can still seethe ash from the fire.
The discoveries are
an ancient (speaks inforeign language) and a seal.
- This is the (speaksin foreign language).
A (speaks in foreign language)
is actually a tiny pieceof clay that was attached
to letters or jars in order to make sure
that no one opened them without noticing.
- [Chris] The (speaks inforeign language) bore
a special name.
- [Yiftah] And this one says(speaking in foreign language),
the servant of the king.
(speaking in foreign language)
Now the name (speakingin foreign language)
is known from the Biblefrom the book of Kings.
- [Chris] While archeologistscan't say for certain
this (speaking in foreign language)
is the one mentioned in the Bible,
Dr. Geberovich from Hebrew University
says the evidence is compelling.
- First, the name (speakingin foreign language),
which is rare.
Second, the period.
We're talking about the mid-7thcentury BC, King Josiah.
And third, the factthat we have the title.
(speaking in foreign language)
was someone who was close to the king.
- [Chris] For the archeologists,
the finds are like touchingJerusalem's history.
- This is very impressive for me,
not only because of the history,
because this is actually a snapshot
for the history that happenedhere 2,600 years ago.
- These discoveries shed morelight on Ancient Jerusalem,
and paint a more completepicture of King David's city.
Chris Mitchell, CBN News,
the Givati Excavation, the City of David.
- Thanks, Chris.
Well, here at home, thespring snap is over,
with cold weather settlingover the East Coast today.
Temperatures plunging back into the 30s
and even the 20s in some places.
A coastal storm threateningto bring high winds
and rain in the Southand Northeast by midweek.
This, after a weekend ofwild weather in the Midwest.
In Colorado, a tornado tossedthese RVs around like toys.
The same storm system broughtenough hail to tie up traffic,
and a snowstorm hitting Denvercaused whiteout conditions.
Meanwhile, more than amillion acres of farmland
are either underwateror saturated by flooding
from spring rains and snowmelt,
with more expected in the days ahead.
But here, in Washington DC,
Mother Nature showing off her beauty
as the cherry blossoms hit their peak,
and Pat, that annual festival brings in
about 1 1/2 million tourists each year.
- Well, that's, the Japanese gave us
some of those cherry blossoms,
and they've been a feature of Washington.
It's a lovely thing,along the Tidal Basin,
to see those cherryblossoms, so, that's good,
but the guys in Nebraska don'tthink that's so splendid.
This means that the growing season
for thousands of farmers will be over.
They can't plant crops, theycan't get out in the fields,
and these floods in Nebraskahave been devastating.
That state is in a chaotic condition
because of this flooding,
and I'm sure the federal government
is going to give something to help,
but nevertheless, it's a tragedy.
These wonderful peoplehave been just inundated
because the levies have all breached,
and the amount offloodwater is extraordinary.
The rivers are overflowing,and I'm still looking,
I hate to be looking for something bad,
but the snowpack up in the Sierra Nevadas
has been in terms of many, many feet,
it's not a question ofinches, it's to how many feet,
and it's 10, 20 or more feet,and when that begins to melt,
I think some of the riverslike the Whittier Dam
and other places like that
are gonna be in serioustrouble in California.
We haven't gotten tothat point yet, Terry.
- Well, all the agricultural loss
from that's gonna hit everybody.
- Oh, it's gonna absolutely.
The prices of food, grain,and everything will go up,
but I don't think that Nebraska's
necessarily that important, but,
in terms of the overall economy,
but I think when you starttalking about Illinois,
you start talking about Missouri,
you start talking about Kansas.
- It's the whole picture.
- It's the whole Midwest.
It's a terrible thing.
