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- And thanks for joiningus for CBN Newswatch.
I'm Heather Sells.
We begin today with thebattle over abortion
front and center at theAlabama state capital.
The House Health Committee passed a bill
following a public hearing that would make
performing an abortion a felony.
And CBN's Caitlin Burkejoins us now with more.
Caitlin, talk about the ideabehind this pro-life bill.
- Right, so Heather, we keep reporting
on new legislation aimedat limiting abortion
coming from several stateslike Indiana, Texas,
North Carolina and now Alabama
where the proposed law wouldban almost all abortions there.
If passed, performingor attempting to perform
an abortion would be a felony
with the only exception forsaving the life of the mother.
It now goes on to the Housefloor for a full vote.
Now, pro-life advocatesthere and in other states
say the goal is forlawmakers on the state level
to keep churning out measure after measure
so that some of the caseswill end up getting appealed
all the way to the US Supreme Court.
That would affect the entire country.
And an Indiana lawdealing with civil rights
for the unborn could be the case
that pro-lifer have been waiting for
if the Supreme Courtdecides to take it up.
- Indiana's actually the only state
that's passed a law thatprotects unborn children
based upon their civil rights,
that prohibits abortionbased upon a child's color
of the skin, sex, nationalorigin, disability
or Down syndrome.
So the court has neveraddressed the civil rights
of unborn children before.
- Now, there are severalother pro-life state measures
from Indiana alone that are waiting
to see if they'll be takenup by the Supreme Court.
And we will keep you postedon this bill in Alabama.
- A lot of possibilities.
Thanks, Caitlin.
- Well, right now, Lisa Hoganwith Sav-A-Life of Alabama
joins us and she is the Executive Director
of their pro-life pregnancytest centers across the state.
Welcome, Lisa.
- Thank you, it's good to be here.
- Tell us about this hearing today.
It sounds like there was a lot of interest
from both sides in this bill.
- There was.
It was a very well attended,the committee meeting
was very well attended.
From what I understand, several proponents
and opponents of thebill had an opportunity
to give emotional testimony.
But thankfully, thecommittee passed the bill
and it'll go on to the floor now.
- Alright, and what doyou think are the chances
of this passing?
This is really a verydifferent kind of bill,
calling abortion a felony.
- Yeah, I think it willeventually pass through here.
Of course, now the realityis it may get held up
by the ACLU or some other,
'cause it'll be a battle, anembattled bill, of course.
But, the good news is, it sets us up
to be able to go back tothe Supreme Court eventually
and maybe eventually,overturn Roe v. Wade.
- Now talk a littlebit about that strategy
'cause there's a number of laws out there,
bills, as we were just discussing
that could potentially makeit up to the Supreme Court.
What might be the hope behind this bill
to make it all the wayup to the Supreme Court?
- Because it is such a,it is all encompassing.
It is a felony.
It becomes a felony totake the life of the child.
And of course, last fall, Alabama voted
on Amendment 2 which upheld the sanctity
of human life and upheld the rights
of the unborn child.
So, that kind of set theprecedent for this bill
to be introduced.
There's actually a young man in Huntsville
that is suing because hedid not have a decision,
I mean a choice in the abortion decision
that his girlfriend made.
So, all these things are coming out,
just to make the issueof life even more obvious
to people who seem to thinkthat the pro-choice side
or the pro-abortion is the only way to go,
that women are only interested in that.
- Yeah, it's reallyinteresting, all the action
at the state level right now.
How would you characterizethe pro-life movement
in Alabama at this point in time?
- We are a very pro-lifefriendly state, thank goodness.
We have some pretty strictabortion laws already.
There's a 24 hour waitingperiod, between counseling
and an ultrasound is a must,
even though they're not required to look
at the ultrasound, it is amust prior to the abortion.
We only have four operating clinics
in the state of, abortionclinics in the state
of Alabama right now.
So we're a very, very friendly state
when it come to the pro-life issue.
- And Lisa, I know alot of critics would say
you want to save babies
but you don't want to help their mothers.
Tell us a little bit about your services.
- That, nothing can befurther from the truth.
Our job here is is to meet clients,
mothers and dads for that matter,
right where they are.
We want them to knowthey're in a safe place.
We're not judging them for anything.
We provide all of theservices and programs
we do to help them.
Our goal is to help them tomake an informed decision.
We're not gonna tell 'em what to do.
We're not here to do that.
We're just here to givethe all the options
that are available to them,
with the understandingthat whatever you decide,
you are more than welcometo come back here.
And then we supplement thatwith educational programs.
We have free STD testingfor both men and women.
We can offer an initial pre-natal visits
at our center here.
There's just a lot of options.
We genuinely care about thehealth of the mom first.
And then, if we make an impact there,
yeah, we very well can save alife of a child along the way.
- Alright, well LisaHogan with Sav-A-Life.
A lot going in Alabama right now.
Thank you for your time.
- Thank you.
- Well, there is divisionat a Nebraska high school
over transgender students.
Female students at the school are asking
for privacy in theirbathrooms after a male
who transitioned into a female began
using the female facilities.
20 girls at Council Bluffs High School
staged a walkout last week,chanting, we want privacy
and he is a male.
Well, another 40 students did the same
in favor of transgenderstudents using whichever
restroom they want.
One of the largest Christian Universities
on the West Coast hasnamed a new president.
He says he wants torestore unity on campus
amid concerns of theological drift.
Dr. Paul Ferguson willsucceed President John Wallace
at Azusa Pacific University.
Ferguson told the Christian Post
that he wants to promoteunity after the school
was criticized for lifting its ban
on homosexual relationships.
"My goal," he said, "isto come in and contribute
"to support and promote unity on campus
"and to do that within a framework
"of Christian love and concern..."
That is a message thatI am bringing today.
Well, French president, Emanuel Macron
held a special meeting todayto launch the rebuilding
of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Equipment and suppliesbegan arriving today
as firefighters continuedto monitor the building
to avoid collapse after Monday's fire
engulfed the flamed structure.
Paris firefighters say thecathedral's rose windows
are in good shape but
that their support structures are at risk.
Macron has projected thecathedral will be renovated
by 2024, when the city isset to host the Olympics.
Nearly one billion USdollars has been pledged
for the restoration.
Republican Congressman andretired Navy Seal Dan Crenshaw
is defending his criticismof Ilhan Omar's 9/11 comments
and blasting Democrats whostill refuse to condemn
the congresswoman's statement.
In an exclusive interviewwith CBN's Abigail Robertson
Crenshaw said it waswrong for Omar to downplay
the worst terror attack on American soil.
Speaking at a fundraiserfor the Council on American
Islamic Relations, or CAIR last month
she used the phrase,some people did something
in reference to the attacks.
That outraged many Americansincluding Crenshaw.
Omar supporters say her commentwas taken out of context.
- The next accusation they tried to make
was, you're only attacking herbecause she's a Muslim woman.
Again, that's nonsense.
You're a member of Congress.
A member of Congress, bythe way, who's constantly
elevating your status, right?
And saying, like I shouldhave a better voice
because of these things.
Well, okay.
But, then you can't alsogo the opposite direction
and say you're not allowed to talk to me
or criticize me because of my identity.
That's a really weak argument.
And if you're making thatargument, it indicates
that you don't have a strong set of ideas
in the first place, that you can defend.
- Crenshaw denies criticism from Omar
and other Democrats thatthe president and he himself
have incited violence against her.
Tiana Lowe with the WashingtonExaminer joins us now.
And she recently wrote an opinion piece
challenging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
to stop letting quote, "likefive people run the House."
Tiana, welcome.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Your piece talks aboutthe influence of Omar
and others who you wayare running the House.
What are your thoughts onRepresentative Crenshaw's
call for Democrats to dosomething about her 9/11 comments?
- Well, it's less, justthe comments on their own.
Obviously she usedextremely cavalier language
to describe the worstdomestic terrorist attack
on American soil.
But if she had simply said, I didn't mean
to phrase it that way.
I was simply discussingbigotry against Muslims
in particular, and we are separate
from those Jihadist terrorists,
I think that this would have passed.
But it's a problem that,it's a part of a pattern
where she continuously appearsto not take terrorists,
their terrorism againstAmericans seriously
and she continues to doubledown on the comments.
And the fact is thatthere's no real retribution
from Democratic leadership for doing this.
She still sits on the very prestigious
House Foreign Affairs Committee despite
having no qualifications for being there.
And despite advocatingfor really dangerous
(audio garbles) foreign policy.
- Yeah, it's really aninteresting situation.
Who are the othersbesides Omar that you see
as running the Houseright now, if you will?
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezgot six senators
who are all running forpresident to cosponsor
a non-binding resolution thatwants to combat climate change
by abolishing carbon capture, carbon taxes
and nuclear energy.
When McConnell called theirbluff and called the vote
the Senate floor, zeroDemocrats voted yes on it.
And so it just goes toshow that Pelosi's really
handed over the reins.
She has not taken any serious measures
to take a stand againstinsurgent extremism
in the Democratic Party.
- Well, you do you seethis all playing out
going forward for the Democratic Party,
especially given the2020 election coming up?
- Well, if you look at the electorate,
only 18% of Democrats arein favor of legalizing
third trimester abortion.
Fewer than four in 10Americans are supportive
of a Medicare-for-All bill thatabolishes private insurance.
Yet, that's what the Democratsrunning for president want
and that's what a lot ofthe most vocal Democrats
in the Senate and in theHouse have been saying.
However, if you look atthe actual House caucus
among Democrats, the overwhelmingmajority are moderates.
The new Democrat coalition,that's almost half
of the Democratic caucus, the fiscal hawks
and the Blue Dog Democrats
have increased their numbers in 2018.
So Pelosi would be wise tolisten to this extremely moderate
freshman class, the largest Democratic
freshman class since Watergate.
Instead, she's listeningto like five people
and she's going on magazine covers
with like five people.
And she's refusing topunish like five people
who continue to debase the integrity
of the Democratic Party.
- Did you hear much talk about
among Republicans abouttrying to capitalize
on this situation, this dissension within
the Democratic Party?
- Well, certainly.
And I think that Trump knows the Democrats
are handing him a gift.
If he's running, he is,all things considered,
a historically unfavorable president,
if he were running againsta centrist Democrat
whose entire pitch was,if you want stability,
if you want sanity, if youwant a return from chaos,
vote for me, Trumpwould be in big trouble.
But if you are dealing with candidates
who want to legalize abortionup until the point of birth
and candidates who want toabolish the entire private
healthcare industry,nationalizing one-fifth
of the American economy,
that is a lot more for him to work with.
- Tiana Lowe, we are out of time.
But thank you for your comments.
Very interesting electioncycle coming up here.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- [ Heather] Coming up,details on an investigation
into one city's decision not to allow
a Chick-fil-A to open at oneof the nation's airports.
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- There is a big fight over Chick-fil-A
at three US airports right now.
In San Antonio the citycouncil recently voted
to remove the chicken restaurant
from its concessioncontract at the airport.
The San Antonio ExpressNews said the councilman
who led the charge, Roberto Trevino,
cited Chick-fil-A's quote,"legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior."
Councilman and manorcandidate Greg Brockhouse
told CBN News today that the council
will reconsider the move atits Thursday night meeting.
In the meantime, FirstLiberty, a Dallas based
religious liberty lawfirm is investigating
the city's decision.
And Attorney Keisha Russelljoins us now with more.
Keisha, thanks for joining us.
- Thanks for having me.
- What is your concern with this decision
as it stands, by the SanAntonio City Council?
- Well, the concern is thatthe city council members
discriminated againstChick-fil-A just because
it's a Christian organization
that gives to otherChristian organizations.
This violates theConstitution and a whole host
of federal regulations.
By receiving federalgrants, San Antonio members
agree that they won't discriminate
on the basis of religion,which is why First Liberty
wrote the Department ofTransportation and asked them
to also investigate the situation.
The city council members are demonstrating
religious hostility,which is one of the things
that the court in Masterpiece said
is blatantly unconstitutional.
- Alright, well it's interesting
because when I was talking withCouncilman Brockhouse today
he was saying that San Antonio does have
a non-discriminationordinance and to his knowledge
Chick-fil-A has not violated that.
Yet, they are being cast aside here.
- Yeah, which is theironic thing about it,
because Chick-fil-A serves everyone
and so it would seem thatthe only ones discriminating
are the government officials.
- What are you hoping willcome of your investigation
at this point?
- Well, we're hoping toacquire some evidence
to send to the Departmentof Transportation
and even the Texas AttorneyGeneral's office possibly
to investigate theirs actions
and hopefully, get thecity council members
to rethink that decision
and allow Chick-fil-A in the airport.
- Alright and it sounds like it's possible
that things could changetomorrow night as well.
I want to ask you though, a little bit
about the larger picture here.
Because as we know, LGBTactivists seem focused right now
on Chick-fil-A restaurants at airports.
This is happening in Buffalo, New York,
at the airport there.
Also, in the San Jose airport.
And I'm just wondering why do you think
that airport restaurantshave become such a target?
- You know, it's really hard to say.
I think the most importantthing to remember
is that Chick-fil-A is allowed to operate
just like any other restaurants.
And it's unequal treatmenton the government's behalf,
to treat Chick-fil-A unlikeany other restaurant.
They deserve the same treatment.
And doing anything just because they're
a Christian organization is a violation
of the Constitution and federal law.
- Alright.
And I assume you'll bewatching tomorrow night's
council meeting and thenthat will also dictate
where your investigation goes here.
- Absolutely.
- Alright, well KeishaRussell, thank you so much
for your time.
- Thank you so much for having us on.
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Right now, thousands of Christianpilgrims are in Jerusalem,
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the historic locations where Christ spent
his final days with his disciples.
CBN Middle East BureauChief Chris Mitchell
shows us how technology is helping unravel
the mystery of one of those sacred sites.
- [Chris] The Bible tells us that Jesus
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The Coenaculum on Mount Zionis the traditional site.
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- [Heather] Coming up, a missionary couple
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