- Welcome folks to thisedition of the 700 Club.
The suffering in Venezuelacontinues beyond measure.
It looks like the electrical grid
may be permanently damaged.
This is not enoughelectricity, there's no water,
there's no power, there'sno basics of life.
The people are beyond belief.
Now it seems as if
President Guaido may besubject to an arrest.
We also understand there areRussian troops in Venezuela.
It's a crisis situation.
It's like a boil that'sgetting ready to break
and something has got to be done.
Somebody has got to take action.
This cannot continue,
this suffering is beyond belief.
Well now here at home,the President says look,
"I was going to takeObamacare out and replace it,
"but it looks like Mr.McConnell says no way.
"I don't have the votes in the Senate.
"I don't have the votes in the House.
"I'm gonna wait tillafter the 2020 election
"to bring all that to pass,
"and then we'll have to wait for it."
But bigger battles are on the horizon,
as Democrats Nadler and othersare preparing sanctions.
It's just amazing how he has changed.
In the old days when it wasClinton being subpoenaed,
he said, "Well we shouldn'trelease grand jury testimony.
"It'll hurt innocent people."
Now he wants to hurry upwith The Mueller Report.
Well CBN Capital Hillcorrespondent, Abigail Robertson,
has more on that.
- President Trump surprisedmany GOP lawmakers,
when he decided to take on Obamacare again
and declare Republicansthe party of healthcare.
- I made it clear to him wewere not gonna be doing that
in the Senate.
- [Abigail] Majorityleader Mitch McConnell
wants Senate Republicans focusing on bills
to keep healthcare costs down,
not comprehensive replacement plans.
- I think the right decision
was made to make sure weget our ducks in a row.
Throw the onus on the industry.
In the meantime, havesenators and congressmen
that know a little bit about it like me
to start prodding the industry,
because I think it's gonna take more
than their own self-correction.
- [Abigail] Indiana Senator Mike Braun
tells CBN News he thinks Republicans
have defended big healthcarecompanies long enough.
And now they need to comeup with their own solution
to growing costs.
- All Hoosiers, Americans arefrustrated with healthcare
as it's being delivered by aso called free market industry.
The fact is, it's not.
It's got highly concentrated
with big companies running the show.
I think that it'sincumbent upon the industry
if it doesn't want one business partner
with the federal governmentto start doing a better job.
- [Abigail] Braun told President Trump
he'd work with him on a replacement plan,
but Democrats sayRepublicans are bluffing.
- The President tweeted
that they will come upwith their plan in 2021.
Translation, they have no healthcare plan.
It's the same old song they'vebeen singing; therefore,
repeal they have no replace.
- [Abigail] Also on the Hill this week,
House Democrats issuing a subpoena
to expedite the releaseof the Mueller Report.
A move that doesn't seem to bother Braun.
- I think it would speed the process.
And really whether that happens,
I think Attorney General Barrwill do everything he can
to make it as explicit as he can
given the qualificationsthat he has to adhere to.
- The good news for curious Americans
is that lawmakers onboth sides of the aisle
want as much of the Muellerinvestigation released
as possible.
Reporting from Capital Hill,Abigail Robertson, CBN News.
- Well as I mentionedat the top of the show,
Venezuela's in crisis.
And Venezuela's opposition leader
says he could be arrested any time.
Be a tragedy, butsomethings gotta be done.
He's been recognized.
Now most of the nationsof the earth recognize him
as a legitimate leader of that country.
Tragedy, I mean a human tragedy,
right to our southern border.
John Jessup has more.
- That's right Pat.
- Dictator Nicolas Maduro hadinterim President Juan Guaido
stripped of immunity from prosecution,
leaving him open to arrest foropposing the Maduro regime.
The ongoing standoff inVenezuela is now bringing Russia
and the United Stats to a head to head.
Russia supports Maduroreportedly sending in troops
and military equipment.
President Trump sayingforcefully from the Oval Office,
"Russia must get out of Venezuela."
Meanwhile, blackouts continueto hammer the country
sending desperate peopleacross the border to Columbia.
As Chuck Holton reports from Cucuta,
Operation Blessing is there to help.
- Venezuela's electrical gridis nearing a total collapse
following historic poweroutages last month.
Experts say the aging infrastructure
could be damaged beyond repair.
So too, is the patience of thepeople suffering days on end
without lights, water, or communications.
So this is the publichospital here in Cucuta.
This place is just overwhelmed right now,
because there are so many Venezuelans
coming in for treatment.
Since there are almostno hospitals in Venezuela
who can treat people that needdialysis, pregnant mothers,
people with gunshotwounds, it doesn't matter.
They're all coming across the river
and coming to this hospital for help.
The hospital has alreadyspent more than $15 million
treating Venezuelanswho can't afford to pay.
For those unable to get to Columbia,
power outages bring deadly consequences.
This man lost his wife.
(man speaks in foreign language)
- [Translator] She died,because there was no assistance
in the hospital.
There were no medicines, sothe love of my life just died.
The mother of my children,
I've had enough of this government.
They are killing us withhunger, with no healthcare,
and now I'm not afraid anymore.
Do what you want to me Maduro,
you killed my wife, go ahead kill me.
- [Chuck] Into this desperation,
Operation Blessing is bringing hope.
Just across the border,
this OB DistributionCenter gives out medicine
and other supplies to refugees,
many traveling from deepinside Venezuela to get here.
- [Translator] We waitedfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
to be seen by our doctor back home.
She told us the babyneeded antihistamines,
but there weren't any available.
If I had left him there, hewould've died without a doubt.
Because there, neither the doctors
nor the hospitals, are working.
- [Chuck] As Operation Blessingserves the desperate here,
the needs are evengreater inside Venezuela.
- [Translator] It's too bad
you can't bring these medicinesto the Venezuelan side,
because for sure the peoplethere need it so much.
It's sad to see.
Here you can help me, butthose people can't get help,
because they can't get across.
- [Chuck] From Cucuta, Columbia,
I'm Chuck Holten for CBN News.
- Thanks Chuck.
Pat such palpable desperationthere in Venezuela.
- You know, I said before,we're sending humanitarian aid.
Operation Blessing is sendingin medicine, first aid,
formulas, solar lights,safe water solutions,
anything to help those people.
And you can participate if you want to by.
The address is OperationBlessing Disaster Relief Fund,
and we're there to help the people.
- But I've said itbefore, I'll say it again,
there's only one way you get rid of a thug
thats holding a people hostage.
They've got hostages, andhow do you get rid of him?
Well sooner or later, youget send in a SWAT Team
and you take those thugs out.
And sooner or later we'vegot to do something.
We've got drones for example.
You could probably with a drone strike,
get rid of Meduro.
Somethings gotta be doneto help those people,
and I really believe
there comes a time whereyou just cannot allow
a situation like that to fester anymore.
The OA has to do something.
They outta get together and do something,
but it may be that they're waiting
for their big North Americanbrother to take the lead.
And certainly with drones,
we could do something with drones.
They've got those hellfiremissiles that can terrify people,
and you'd speed the process very quickly.
CBN Chief Political Analyst,David Brody, is with us now.
David, back to that healthcare thing.
The President was saying
the Republicans gonna be knownas the party of healthcare,
and now they've switched.
What do you think the deal is?
Well a couple of thingsare going on here Pat.
First of all, let's startwith the political aspect
of all of this.
There are sources close to the White House
and some actually inside the White House
saying absolutely 100% froma political perspective
President Trump wants totake this issue, healthcare,
away from the Democrats.
I know it sounds pie in the sky,
I know this has been theDemocrats issue for a while,
but President Trump believes
the Republicans can ownthe healthcare issue,
and that's why he's doing this.
But I think if you go deeper Pat,
the understanding aftertalking to multiple sources
this morning and late intothe evening last night,
basically rather thanpunting the healthcare
until after 2020, what manyof my sources are telling me
is that the President now just clarifying,
that's the word they'reusing, clarifying the fact
that there's no reasonto come up with any sort
of healthcare plan rightthis moment until after 2020.
That's when they'll do it,
because they think the political terrain,
they hope, will be better than.
And why go through ahealthcare, how do I say this?
A healthcare avenue right now,
if Democrats are in control of the House.
It doesn't make much sense.
So that has been scaled back,
and this is what DonaldTrump typically does.
He kinda blasts certainthings out on Twitter,
and they role it backuntil they figure out
how to figure it out.
- David, in addition, it lookslike he was talking about
he was gonna close thesouthern border of Mexico.
He realizes now that those could be
an incredible economicdamage if he does that.
What's the status on that?
- Right, so it's an active status.
What I meant by that,
is that there's negotiationsgoing on right now
inside the White House
and with many other governmental agencies
trying to figure out thebest course of action
from an economic standpoint.
So what you may see Pat,
is that the border is closedat certain ports of entry.
In other words, civilian ports of entry
where cars come in, but notshipping ports of entry.
And that would be the difference.
So would there be a fullclosure of the border?
No, but they would basicallycherry pick the certain spots
that they need to close the border.
And what the White Houseofficials are telling me,
is that they need customs borderand patrol, CPB, out there.
Those officers not at the ports of entry,
they need them in thedessert is what they say,
because of the influx.
And why are we having such a big influx?
Well let's be honest, the summers coming,
we've got the nicespring weather down there
compared to the summer,
and that's why we're seeing quite a bit
of the influx right nowat the southern border.
- The last thing you know,
there were all those phony FISA warrants.
They were working off of a dossier
that was prepared by the Democrats.
It was just incredible.
The FBI and the Justice Department
got all this Muellerinvestigation agenda up
on account of phonyChristoper Steele documents.
The President says thereout to be an investigation
of how that probe started.
What do you think about that?
- Pat, I just got off thephone with two sources
that are very close to the situation,
close to the WhiteHouse, and close to DOJ.
Both tell me that thisis gonna be looked into.
But whether or not
there's an actual specialcounsel appointed,
different matter, they don't think so.
They don't think a specialcounsel will be important.
Now having said that,
there may be what they call an IG report,
that Inspector General report.
In other words,
an internal DOJ investigationinto what happened.
But there's a difference, as you know Pat,
between that and a specialcounsel actually being appointed.
The two sources that I'm talking to,
and they are very, how do I say this,
high ranking and up there
that would know whatthey're talking about.
They don't think aspecial counsel ultimately
will happen here Pat.
- Well thanks David.
I totally agree with that.
I hate those special counsels.
I think it's one a expertwould say on this program,
most of it's unconstitutional.
