- Well, welcome ladies and gentlemen

to this edition of the 700 Club.

There are two fields Iwant to talk to you about,

the Democratic field is growing.

Joe Biden is in and hestarts at 8% in the polls

ahead of President Trump.

That's the big field and a lot of them

out there gonna be fighting each other.

But more important to you and me,

there is a magnetic field that controls

life on earth that is shrinking

at the alarming rate of 5% a decade.

A slow motion disaster is happening

and it's gonna be muchquicker than anybody thought.

The earth's magnetic field is shifting

and North Pole is actuallymoving toward Russia

at the alarming rate ofabout 40 miles a year.

Well, the scientistsare saying that possibly

the north and south poles could flip

and lead to potentially global chaos.

Dale Hurd explains.

- Earth's magnetic field is the basis

for all modern navigation,

from airplanes to satellites in space

and ships at sea, evenGoogle maps, and smartphones.

If it continues to deteriorate,

those systems and more are at risk.

The earth's magnetic north was moving

even before it was discovered in 1831.

It's a natural processdriven my molten iron

moving deep beneath the earth's crust,

but magnetic north isnow moving so quickly

that it forced the world'sgeomagnetism experts

to update the worldmagnetic model a year early.

If the earth's magneticfield decays significantly,

scientists say it couldcollapse altogether

and flip polarity changingmagnetic north to south,

and south to north.

The planet's magnetic poles are believed

to have flipped before in earth history,

but never in a time with sucha dependence on technology.

And many scientists now say a flip

of north and south is lookingmore and more certain.

Dale Hurd, CBN News.

- Well Dr. Hugh Ross is an astronomer

and founder of Reason to Believe

and he joins us now and Dr. Ross,

I'm just delighted to have you with us.

Tell us what this whole magnetic field is

and you said this is one ofthe unique characteristics

of why the earth is soimportant, tell us about it.

- Well, earth has a strongdipole magnetic field

and that prevents water frombeing lost from the earth.

Also protects us from the deadly radiation

from both the sun and cosmic rays.

And these reversals thatwe've been hearing about,

they've happened several hundred times

in the past half billionyears of earth's history

and we already have a pretty good idea

of what's gonna happen during reversal.

It'll be similar to what happened in 1859,

when we got hit by a big solar flare.

I mean the magnetic field weakens,

but there's a paper publishedby a Harvard astronomer,

just a couple of weeks ago,

making the point that as long as these

reversals are short-lived,

it does no damage to life onearth or to our water loss.

And we've survived severalhundred in the past,

but it will have significant consequences

for a high technology civilization.

I mean, for example, if somethingsimilar to what happened

in 1859 were to happen today,

it would probably knockout several GPS satellites

and it would definitelydisrupt communications.

The biggest consequence is the damage

it could do to our electric power grids.

And so I think it would bewise, in view of the fact

that we know this is gonna happen

in the relatively near future,

to take steps to protectthe world's power grids.

That will cost a few billion dollars,

but that's a whole lotless than experiencing

a shut down of electric powergrids for months or years.

- Well, you mentioned aboutthe desiccation thing,

if it's really severe, ifwe lose the magnetic field,

then we would be subject to solar flares

that can dry up our oceans.

Could you talk about that?

- Well, again, as long as,

if we lose our magnetic field

for a significant period of time, yeah,

it would have catastrophic consequences

for animal life on planet earth.

And it's one thing we notice,

is we got our strong dipole magnetic field

just before God created the first animals.

I mean the timing was remarkable.

So, but what this paper

from a Harvard astronomer indicates,

is that as long as the reversalis relatively short lived,

decades or hundreds of years,

it's okay for life on planet earth.

However, it's not okay forhigh technology civilization

and it'd definitely be worth our while

to spend some money toprotect the power grids.

I mean, for example, in1989 there was a solar flare

that knocked out the Quebec power grid.

It costs many billions of dollars.

And what's happened isthe Quebec government

has now put in the protective measures

so if that happens again,the power grid stays up.

The rest of the world'spower grid is not protected.

So given that these kind of events,

I mean if we had a solarflare like we did in 1859,

regardless of whether weget a minute of reversal,

we get the same consequence.

We now have the research to know

what we're gonna face when this happens

and we can take appropriatepreventive measures

to ensure that our hightechnology civilization

remains intact.

- You say that the cost wouldbe a few billion dollars,

but the consequences ofknocking out a power grid

would be in the trillionsof dollars, wouldn't it?

Is Congress doing anything about this?

- Well, I think this news of the fact that

we may be coming into a magnetic reversal

may get attention fromthe world's governments

and say maybe we need totake some steps to prepare.

Just like we prepare for firedisasters or flood disasters.

This is something thatwe know is inevitable.

I mean, for example, we getsolar flares like we got

in 1859 every few hundredyears, maybe less,

so it'd be wise for usto take steps to protect.

And the remarkable thing is,

we're living at the optimalmoment in the history of the sun

where we get the fewest number

of such flares that happened in 1859.

So it's a blessing that we're living

at the optimal time in the sun's history.

Nevertheless, we should build our house

on the rock and not in thesand and take steps to prepare.

What about the instance of cancer.

If this magnetic field is weakened,

is the instance of cancer moreprevalent among human beings?

- During the magnetic reversal,

the magnetic field ofthe earth could decline

to 40% of its present value.

The worst case scenario is 5%.

In either case, given howbrief these events are,

it's not gonna significantlyimpact our health.

I mean, if it were tolast for centuries on end,

probably the thing you would notice

is your crop productivitywould drop a little bit.

Maybe 10, 20, even 50%.

But in terms of human health,

it would have to be down at the 5% level,

literally for centuries before we would

notice a significant update in cancer.

The real danger is what's gonna happen

to our high technology civilization.

- Is there anything thathumans can do to prevent this?

I mean this magnetic field's in our core,

there's nothing we can do tochange this polarity can we?

- The only thing we coulddo is go into the interior

of the earth and changewhat's going on there.

That's not feasible.

And again this hashappened hundreds of times

in the past half billion years.

Life has survived just fine,

so this is not catastrophic to life.

We can't see a single extinction event

that's tied to any ofthese magnetic reversals.

So again, I think the best thing we can do

is take measures toprotect our power grids.

- One last thing, what about this business

about the North Pole shifting,

and it goes as I understand it as much as

about 40 miles toward Russia.

Am I correct in that?

- Yes, I mean

the north magnetic pole isheading towards the North Pole.

Actually it means that your compasses

are more accurate thanthey were 30, 40 years ago.

So in one sense that's a good thing.

But yeah, it's continuing to move

and that's always a sign that you might

be heading towards a reversal.

And anybody who's interested in this,

I've actually written a detailed article

on this coming reversal in my blog

called Today's New Reason to Believe.

You can get that at reasons.org.

- Thank you Dr. Ross.

I appreciate so much you being with us.

- You're very welcome.

- He's teaching a course by the way

that's being compulsory forall of the divinity students

at Regents University called Cosmology.

We're talking about theorigin of the cosmos,

where is it come from

and we've got distinguishedscientists teaching it

and it's really tremendous.

Well, Terry, we've got morenews beside the magnetic field.

- Well, we do, that'spretty big news though.

- [Pat] Big news, all right.

- Well, coming up, another Democrat

is tossing his name intothe presidential ring

and he's already at the top of the polls.

Former Vice President Joe Biden

shares why he's running after this.

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So I called Cancer TreatmentCenters of America.

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- For Hector, I wanted to offer him

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- [Hector] After the surgery,the care was awesome.

- I'm very happy to see that he's able

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- [Narrator] Tomorrow.

America's true heroes.

Oliver North introduces usto our everyday champions.

- These are people of great faith.

- [Narrator] And revealswhat they all have in common.

Then.

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- [Narrator] On the next 700 Club.

(upbeat music)

- Welcome back to the 700 Club.

Former Vice President Joe Biden joined

the crowded Democraticrace for president today

releasing a video on Twitter,

Biden came out swingingagainst President Trump.

- We are in the battle forthe soul of this nation.

I believe history will look back

on four years of thispresident and all he embraces

as an aberrant moment in time.

But if we give Donald Trumpeight years in the White House

he will forever andfundamentally alter the character

of this nation.

- A Morning Consult politicalpoll has the 76-year-old Biden

leading President Trump by eight points

in a theoretical matchup.

Well Democratic candidatesare proposing a wide range

of healthcare reformsincluding getting rid

of private health insurance in favor of

a government run program.

Next week Democrats maketheir case in House hearings,

CBN News Capitol HillCorrespondent, Abigail Robertson,

has more on their big plans.

- One thing Republicansand Democrats do agree on

is that the Americanhealthcare system is broken.

Republicans and even someDemocrats contend that replacing

what's broken with a government fix

is a recipe for disaster.

Healthcare is a humanright not a privilege.

(audience cheering)

- [Abigail] Ever since theDemocrat front runner unveiled

his single-payer plan,

is has become the centralcampaign issue of 2020.

- The best way to go forward in my view,

is through a Medicare forAll single-payer program.

- [Abigail] Now Bernie Sanders is taking

the Medicare for All plan on the trail.

- We need to have Medicare for All.

That's just the bottom line.(audience cheering)

- [Abigail] CaliforniaSenator Kamala Harris

is also clamoring for agovernment healthcare take over.

- And having a system thatmakes a difference in terms

of who receives what based on your income,

is unconscionable, it iscruel, and in many situations

that I have witnessed, inhumane.

- [Abigail] But the visionof more affordable coverage

that lowers the number of uninsured

is weaving a political reality.

- So if I'm elected,I'm not gonna force you

off your private healthcare plan.

- [Abigail] Congressman SethMoulton is the 19th Democrat

entering the race,

but he's no proponent ofa single-payer system.

- I think every Americanshould have access to good,

affordable healthcare,but I made a commitment

to continue getting myown healthcare at the VA

when I was elected toCongress, that's single-payer.

And I'll tell you, it's not perfect.

- [Abigail] Bob Moffit ofthe Heritage Foundation

says that plan is theclosest thing in the U.S.

to Medicare for All.

- That is a very bad way torun a healthcare program.

And what we've seen

with the Veteran's Administration program

is something that hasbeen positively scandalous

where you had thebureaucratic manipulation

of waiting lists resulting in the delay

and the denial of care

and in a number of cases veterans died.

- [Abigail] Moffit contends that

cutting private insurancecompanies out of the equation

is a bad solution.

- The result would be something like

American medical clinics being turned into

the equivalent of Sovietgrocery stores. (laughs)

- President Trump insiststhe Republican plan

will be ready for a voteafter the 2020 election.

Moffit says that's too little too late

and that the presidentshould articulate a vision

of healthcare reform now.

Reporting from CapitolHill, Abigail Robertson,

CBN News.

- Thanks Abby, and Pat,polls show that healthcare

is the number one issue for voters,

even ahead of the economy right now.

- Well of course it is.

People want to take care of it.

I read a very interestingarticle yesterday

about a company in India.

Modi is the head man overthere and it's called Modicare.

And he says okay, I'mgonna give you 1,300 bucks

for this particular proceeding

and that's all you're gonna get.

So if you wanna get ourmoney, you gotta do this.

What is this company doing?

They're saying the top specialist

should just do their specialty.

So, they do many, many, many operations.

They bring in the top guyto do the heart transplant

or do the delicate workand they leave the rest

to the assistants.

While a patient is in recovery,

they don't just have paid nurses,

but they bring their familymembers and teach them

how to take care of theirloved one who is in recovery.

And the costs are down dramatically.

The differences are just staggering.

But here in America becauseof the fact we have so much

healthcare fraud and we alsohave healthcare lawsuits.

The litigation over botchedabortions and so forth

is just extraordinary.

They don't permit that in India,

they don't have those things

and so as a result, they don'tneed all these referrals,

they don't need to backup everything they do

with five different opinions,

they don't have to send patients around

to all these specialties.

But somebody comes in and he's the expert

and he does that one thingover and over and over again

and he does it well.

Then they've got assistantswho do the same thing

over and over and they do it well.

And the price of thingslike a heart transplant

and a kidney dialysis and so forth,

are so much lower.

And it's good healthcare, it's good stuff,

they're not dying, their mortality rate

is every bit as good as America.

So, anyhow, it isn't just aquestion of paying for it,

one of the reasons thathealthcare is so expensive

is that we have disconnectedthe provider of healthcare

from the recipient of healthcare

and the payer of healthcare.

The one who pays it

is not the one who isgonna be the recipient.

If you stay in a hospital,you don't have a clue

how much they charge you andwhat all those things are.

- That's the truth.

It's very, very costly as anyonewho doesn't have insurance

finds themself in thatsituation would easily find out.

- I remember, I had a kneeoperation, they scoped it

and I got through and theysaid well you're gonna have

to be on crutches forawhile if you want to.

Would you like some therapy?

- I said, well, what do you got?

- And they said, well, these three steps,

you go up the steps andyou go down the step.

So we got a bill, I think it was $35

for quote, crush therapy.

I mean walking up three little steps

and back down with a pair of crutches.

I mean this is crazy.

But, you have these enormous bills

and then we talk aboutsingle-payer and the government.

If we take away privatecare it's ridiculous.

But, this stuff is insaneand it will bankrupt.

There is no way there's enough money

to do what these guys want and we have

to do exactly what those Indians are doing

to provide quality, I'm talkingabout quality healthcare,

every bit quality,

but having specialistsjust do their specialty.

And then bringing lesser skilled people

to do the next thingand up and down the line

and everybody is doing itover and over and over again

and they're really good andthe facilities are excellent

and the sanitation isexcellent and, anyhow.

I don't wanna go to India, Ilike it here, okay? (laughs)

John.

- Pat, President Trumpsays his administration

is making headway againstAmericas opiod crisis

giving a progress report at asummit in Atlanta Wednesday.

But as CBN's Jenna Browder explains,

while progress has been made,

deaths from opioidoverdoses continue to climb.

- President Trump says hisadministration is making progress

in the fight against opioids,

investing billions of dollars

and promising to hold drugcompanies accountable.

- My administration isdeploying every resource

at our disposal to empoweryou, to support you,

and to fight right by your side.

- [Jenna] His speech in Atlanta,

coming one day after his administration

brought its first criminal charges

against a major drug distributor.

Accusing Rochester DrugCooperative of turning a blind eye

to thousands of suspiciousorders for opioid pain killers.

- We will not solvethis epidemic overnight.

But there's just nothing gonna stop us

no matter how you cut it.

- [Jenna] The president also announcing

his administration's commitment

to set aside six billion dollars

for things like youth prevention

and overdose reversing drugs.

- And that's the most ever

and we're going for evenbigger numbers this year.

- [Jenna] Listing other accomplishments,

like convincing Chinato designate Fentanyl,

or synthetic heroine, asa controlled substance.

And cracking down on online sales.

But critics say it's not enough.

Last year nearly 49,000 Americans died

from opioid overdoses.

That number up 17% from 2017.

The top two killers wereFentanyl and heroine.

Some of the states hardesthit, New Hampshire,

West Virginia, Iowa,Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

And in Chicago alone this week,

(sirens blaring)

police are investigating 13 overdoses

and four deaths from heroine.

- We will work, we willpray, and we will fight

for the day when everyfamily across our land

can live in a drug-free America.

- And while there's littleRepublicans and Democrats

seem to be able to agree on in Washington,

the administration ishopeful this is one area

both sides can work together on.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.

- Thanks Jenna.

Pat, certainly a bipartisan issue here.

- It is and I commend thepresident and the administration

for bringing lawsuitsagainst these people.

They have dumped thousandsand hundreds of thousands

of these pills out.

And these Purdue Pharmawas it the Sackler family,

was at the heart of so much of this stuff.

And they have grown enormously rich

and now there are lawsuitsagainst Purdue Pharma

and all of these companies.

But the ones who have been in charge

of putting out these pills.

There was an excellent show on 60 Minutes

a couple of weeks ago about the fact

that they twisted the arm of the FDA

to say that these opioid pillswere good for ongoing care.

They were supposed to begood for one time only

after an operation or some severe illness

where there was extreme pain

and after that they weresupposed to be stopped,

but they were notsupposed to be continuous.

And they talked the FDAinto saying it's okay

to continue using these things

and that of course is one of the things

that's hooking people.

The thing about opioidaddiction ladies and gentlemen

that's so important to understand,

is you cannot just gocold turkey off opioids.

You can off some of these other drugs,

but you can't off opioidsbecause it does something

to your brain so peoplehave to be let down easily,

there have to be otherdrugs that are administered

like methadone to get the addicts down.

I'm delighted, but thosecompanies should be

put behind bars.

The executives should be jailed.

It is a criminal offense ofwhat they're doing to people.

John.

- Well Pat, parts of thedeep south are on alert

for violent thunderstormsand flash flooding.

The storms already hitting Texas hard

with a tornado touching downin College Station Wednesday.

Some parts of Texas sawup to a foot of rain.

Near Fort Worth, a traincarrying ethanol derailed

during heavy thunderstormsand this driver skidded

off the road and turnedover into a flooded ditch.

Though he managed to find an air pocket

until he could be rescued.

Not everyone was so fortunate.

A mother and two childrendied in the floods.

The storms, Pat, are expected to move

into the Northeast on Friday.

- Well,- Difficult weather.

- it's crazy weather we're having.

I don't know what it's responsible for,

I'm not gonna talk about global warming,

or climate change, or anything else.

But it's been a really rough year

and those caught in those storms.

But those storms are moving east

and they should be hittingour area by Friday I think.

- Yes, we're due.

- All right.