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- And thanks for joiningus for CBN Newswatch.
I'm Wendy Griffith.
We begin in Venezuela wheretensions are still high
after violent proteststurned deadly this week.
CBN Senior InternationalCorrespondent George Thomas
is following the latestdevelopments from our news room.
George?
- A Venezuelan human rights groups, Wendy,
claims four people died instreet clashes this week
after the opposition leader Juan Guido
called for a military uprising.
It is relatively calm today,
as you can see, on the streetsof the Venezuelan capital,
Caracas, as governmentforces are in full force
trying to stabilize the countryafter a violent 48 hours.
Residents are back on the streets
as you can see, trying to resume life
under very, very difficult circumstances.
- (speaking foreign language)
- [Translator] I see a bad future ahead
if we continue in thissituation that we are living
if things do not change.
I don't believe they willbecause, how are we going
to live like this with the situation?
Our salaries are not enough.
We have problems we donot even have appliances.
If something breaks there isno way to get something new.
Everything is too expensive.
- This was the scene, we have video here,
this was the scene Wednesday as police
loyal to socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro
fired buckshot at protesterswho had heeded Guido's call
to take to the streets.
A 27 year old woman wasreportedly shot in the head
and at least 46 people injured
when pro and anti governmentsupporters clashed
in a suburb of Caracas.
Guido urged members ofthe military on Tuesday
to revolt against Maduro,
hoping high ranking militaryofficers would defect
and shake the leader's grip on power.
It didn't happen.
In a show of force, and more so defiance,
Maduro flanked by membersof the National Bolivarian
Armed Forces paraded alongan army base in Caracas
early this morning.
He praised them for their loyalty
and vowed to punish those who tried
to overthrow his government.
Maduro, who has thebacking of Russia and China
has refused to step down following months
of demonstrations and pressurefrom the United States
and more than 60 countries.
Meanwhile, Cuba which reportedlyhas some 20,000 troops
and agents in Venezuelapropping up Maduro's government
held a rally in Havana insupport of the dictator.
All this, Wendy, comingas Washington decides
what to do next.
Secretary of State MikePompeo said US military action
is possible in Venezuelato help opposition leader,
Juan Guido, unseat Maduro.
Meanwhile, Guido is urging his supporters
to remain in the streets.
He's calling for public employeesto go on strike tomorrow.
Wendy?
- Thank you so much George.
And now, CBN Newscontributor, Chuck Holton
just returned from Cucuta,Columbia on the Venezuela border.
Chuck, good to see you.
- Good to see you, Wendy.
- Now, Maduro reportedlyhad a plane waiting for him
to take him to Cuba, Russiaintervened, as you know.
Now, he's staying.
How bad is this for the opposition party?
- Well, I think what thisshows you, first of all,
is that Maduro doesn't have any confidence
in his own troops to protect him.
And it, number two, itshows you that Russia has
a very strong vested interestin propping up Maduro.
And because this is a proxy battle now
between the United Statesand Russia, China, Hezbollah,
Iran, all of the peopleon that side of the aisle.
So, what happens here,what ends up happening here
is going to really have moreto do about that relationship
between us and those other countries
that we compete with.
- Well, we have somethingcalled the Monroe Doctrine
where the United States issupposed to protect any country
in our hemisphere frominterference by a foreign power.
Do you think that the US will honor this?
- Well, honoring it issomething that we've declared.
That look, you don't,you're not gonna mess around
in our backyard.
We're not gonna permit that.
This is a long standingpolicy of the United States.
And I think Donald Trumpis doing everything he can
to stand by that policy, within reason.
I mean, they're trying, thishas to be done in steps.
You can't just go in and bomb Caracas.
He's got to go step bystep, put the pressure
on every way he knows how.
But I can tell you,I've been on the phone,
even in the last few minutes,with Venezuelan troops
who have defected, that arebegging for US intervention,
begging for help.
They want to go in and takeback their own country.
But, they're telling me that Maduro
is arresting large, I mean,thousands of Venezuelan troops
right now and putting them behind bars,
putting them under detainment,
so that they cannot switch sides.
And with 20,000 Cubantroops in the country,
if the Venezuelan military,
if and when they doswitch sides completely,
they're gonna have areal fight on their hands
to beat, not only, the Cuban troops,
but also the gangs ofcollectivos, the Maduro thugs.
- Chuck, you were there,right on the border.
How bad is it for theVenezuelan coming across
to Columbia right now?
What is the situation like for them?
- It's absolutely horrific.
And the tales they telof the wanton starvation
and sickness that is happening.
I've had people tell me
that they're doing open heartsurgery with no anesthesia.
- [Wendy] Oh, my gosh.
- [Chuck] Inside Caracas,inside Venezuela.
I've had people that havecome out and shown me
pictures of things like that.
And the collectivos alongthe border, the thugs
along the border, have been beefed up.
There have been more andmore added all the time
because they're very afraidof a military intervention
coming out of Columbia.
- All right, Chuck, wereally appreciate your,
I actually have one more question for you.
I think we have time.
What kind of humanitarianaid is there in Columbia
to help the Venezuelans whoare streaming over the border?
- A lot of organizations,
including our own Operation Blessing
are doing a great jobof helping those people
that are coming across the border.
And they're doing it in the right way.
If we send aid into Venezuela right now,
we will literally be proppingup this corrupt government
because if you make it easierfor people to live there
it's less likely they'regonna just rise up
and do what they have to doto kick out their leader.
Operation Blessing is feedingpeople, they're giving
medical aid and clean water,and all sorts of help.
And they're really doing a great job
of leveraging people's donations.
Because what I saw whenI was there two days ago,
is that Operation Blessing is taking the,
we're not just spendingthe money one for one.
What we're doing is we'respending it in such a way
that it's being amplified and magnified
by encouraging otherentities and organizations
in that area to alsocontribute and help us.
And so, I would say, thatif somebody gives money
to Operation Blessing,that money gets magnified
many times over.
- That's so good to hear'cause they need our help
and our prayers right now.
- They're doin' a real good job.
- Glad you stayed safe andglad you're here with us today.
Thanks to you, Chuck.
Well, US Attorney General William Barr
was a no show today at a HouseJudiciary Committee session
on Special Counsel RobertMueller's Russia report.
Several Democrats calledfor Barr's resignation
after yesterday's heatedfive hour testimony
before the Senate Committee.
Much of the debate criticizedBarr's summary of the report.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler
and the Democrats demandedthat staff attorneys
in addition to lawmakersbe allowed to question Barr
in today's hearing.
Barr says he would not attendunder those conditions.
The House panel is nowconsidering holding Barr
in contempt of Congressfor failing to show.
- You can disagree withthe attorney general
all you want, but foryesterday he sat for over
of all six hours in theSenate, voluntarily,
answering questions,even on a second round
that was taken up by Democrats who wanted
to ask more questions.
And you can agree, did hedo good, did he do bad?
It doesn't matter, but we're not getting
that opportunity today because the stunt
and the circus continues over here.
- The Justice Department,today, also missed
a committee deadline to providethe full unredacted version
of Mueller's report andits underlying evidence.
We'll have more on thisstory and other headlines
this evening, on Faith Nation.
You can watch it right hereon the CBN News Channel.
Well, remember Nick Sandman,
the Kentucky high school student accused
of harassing a nativeAmerican at a pro-life rally?
His attorney is suing NBCUniversal for $275 million.
This video of the CovingtonCatholic High School students
standing face to face with thenative American went viral.
Reports went out thathe and other schoolmates
were confronting nativeAmericans at rallies that day.
His lawyer says the media corporation
created a false narrative by portraying
the alleged confrontation as a hate crime
committed by Sandman.
His attorney has alreadyfiled a lawsuit against CNN,
and the Washington Post.
Well, the reappearance of ISISleader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
suggests the Islamic state group
has survived the war in Syria.
In this video, al-Baghdaditalks about the Easter attacks
in Sri Lanka.
This is painful news for someof the parents of children
who have joined ISIS.
On the Global Lane, Christianne Boudreau
shares the story ofhow her 21 year old son
left Canada and died fighting for ISIS,
or with ISIS.
She says her faith has helpedher move beyond the heartache.
- Still have some of those difficult days.
Trust me, it never goes away, especially,
wondering what those last moments were,
not being there as a parent,trying to protect them,
save them, feeling sohelpless for so long.
No matter how much Ibegged him, to come home,
it was absolutely devastating.
And nowhere to turn.
Who could understandwhat I was going through
without the name calling andall the negative comments
and understanding how muchpain our family was in?
- And I imagine youprobably had a tendency
to beat yourself up a little bit,
saying if I'd only done this,
how could I have prevented this?
Could I have been a better parent,
could I have done this or that?
Did you go through that?
What did you go through?
- I think every parent does.
We all question ourselves.
It's the first thing that wedo is we go within our selves.
And the guilt you carry is overwhelming.
It was a matter of all theeducation and the learning
that I did to understandthe powers of these groups,
to understand that yes, of course,
I could have done many things differently.
We all can, about everything in our lives.
But, we do the best thatwe can with the tools
that we have at that moment.
So emotionally, now, at timesI still hold that guilt.
Logically, I understand the path
and the how this takes placeand the strength of it all.
- And I'm sure your faithhas helped you through that,
has it not?
Tell me about that.
- It's the only thing I could hang onto.
What else do you have?
I lost another son in 2001and almost lost my faith
at that time.
And in the end, only camethrough because of it.
You try to find something to hang onto,
even though that anger is there,
you still need to have thatstrength to keep pulling you
through each day, to wakeyou up in the morning
to find a new purposeand a new goal in life.
- Wow, such courage.
Boudreau heads up an organization called
Mother's for Life Network.
The group is helping peopleovercome loss and grief.
It's also raising awarenessabout preventing children
from becoming radicalized.
And you can hear more fromher on the Global Lane.
It's on the CBN News Channeltonight at 9:30 Eastern Time.
Well, coming up, how people of faith
are coming togetheracross the nation today
in honor of the National Day of Prayer.
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- Today is the National Day of Prayer
and all over the countrypeople are gathering together
to pray, even on Capitol Hill.
Faith leaders came together last night
at a White House dinner.
This annual tradition dates back to 1990.
This year's theme for theday is love one another.
Today, President Trumpspoke from the Rose Garden
during a special ceremony.
Trump saying his faith inGod is what has helped him
get through these toughbattles during his presidency.
- And as God promises in the Bible,
those who hope in the Lordwill renew their strength.
They will soar on the wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
And they will walk and not be faint.
And that's something thatMike and I think about
all the time, right Mike?
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People say, how do you getthrough that whole stuff?
How do you go through those witch hunts
and everything else?
(laughing)
And you know what we do, Mike,
we just do it, right?
And we think about God.
- Mike, of course, being theVice President Mike Pence.
And to see if there's an event happening
in your area today, you canvisit NationalDayofPrayer.org.
Well, CBN News ReporterCharlene Aaron is here
to share more about thisNational Day of Prayer.
And, well, you pray every day.
- I love prayer.
- And you love prayer.
Why, it might sound likean obvious question,
but why do we need to pray?
- Oh my gosh, prayer is everything.
Prayer is, first of all,it's communication with God.
But, just think about it, we are invited
to ask God, the God of the universe,
to come into our circumstances
and to change things.
You hear people say prayer changes things.
That's because God is powerfuland we're inviting him
to come in and make adifference in our lives.
So, if we wanna see positive change, pray.
Invite God to come in and do things
that naturally, cannot happen.
- Charlene, what does theBible have to say about prayer?
- Wow, there is so many things
that God says in his word about prayer.
Pray without ceasing.
We're invited to pray without ceasing
and it also tells us in James 5:17,
that the effectual ferventprayer of a righteous person
availeth much.- Availeth much, not little.
- There's tremendous power released
when we pray and inviteGod to make a difference
in our lives.
- Well, you spoke withthis year's organizer,
director, of the NationalPrayer event, Dr. Ronnie Floyd.
What did he have to say?
I love the theme thisyear, love one another.
- I love it.
It's very powerful.
He really urged us asChristians to really pray
for spiritual revival in America.
Here's what he said.
- The government cannot fix us.
And politics cannot heal us.
And I also know it's beendecades since the last move
of God in a great way, across this nation.
We're overdue.
And the church needs to rise up and pray
like never before, praylike it really matters.
Pray like we really believe God.
And let's trust the Lord
for the next great spiritualawakening in the United States.
That's what the greatestneed is in America today.
- I really hear himsaying, desperate prayer
for desperate times willget desperate answers.
- What he said, pray likewe really believe God.
Because you can pray butyou can pray, not in faith.
So we have to pray infaith, believing that God
has the power to do whatwe're asking him to do.
- That's right.
And there of, of course,major events, prayer events
happening all across the globe.
- All over, absolutely.
People are calling uponthe name of the Lord.
And here's what the promise of God says.
If my people who are called by my name
shall humble themselves
and pray,- Pray.
- turn from their wickedways, seek my face,
then I will
hear from heaven- Then, right.
- and I will hear theirprayers and I will answer them
and I will heal their land.
Call upon me, the Biblesays, Jeremiah 33 and three.
And I will answer thee andI will show you great things
that you have not seen before.
- I love it.
Well, we do a show together called
Prayer Link.- Prayer Link, that's right.
- It's all about prayer.
And I just love doing thatshow because we can just stop
wherever we want in the show and say,
we need to pray about this.
- We're praying about the headlines,
what's happening in thenews and in our world.
And we're seeing God do some things.
- We sure are.
Well, God bless you Charlene.
- Thank you.
- Alrighty, well you cansee the full interview
with Dr. Ronnie Floyd ontoday's episode of Prayer Link.
It's right here on the CBN News Channel
and you can check our meand Charlene on that show.
Well, still ahead, rememberingone of the darkest times
in world history, the Holocaust,
where six million Jews were murdered.
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- Israel, is markingHolocaust Martyrs and Heroes
Remembrance Day today, honoring those
who were killed in the Holocaust.
CBN Middle East CorrespondentJulie Stahl has the story.
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- Sirens blared, calling Israel to a halt
for two minutes in honor of the memory
of the six million Jewsmurdered in the Holocaust.
- It's our first time being here
during the Holocaust Memorial
and it was very powerful.
- I was praying for peace and everything.
And I was thinking aboutall of the Holocaust
and the victims.
- All the world, we needto remember this day.
But I'm very sad that every day
I think, the memory'sgoing and going down.
My children don't knownothing about the Holocaust.
- [Julie] Events began the previous night
when the Israeli flagwas lowered to half mast
at Yad Vashem HolocaustMemorial in Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
and President Reuven Rivlinaddressed the opening ceremony
of Holocaust Martyrs andHeroes Remembrance Day.
Both spoke about growing anti-Semitism
and the need to fight it.
- (speaking foreign language)
- [Translator] We live in a paradox today,
the worldwide admirationfor the Jewish State
is accompanied in certain circles
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The radical right, radicalleft and radical Islamic groups
agree on only one thing, hatred of Jews.
This is not a legitimatecriticism of Israel,
but a systematic poisonousand shallow hatred
that constantly undermines the legitimacy
of the Jewish Nation-State,
and only the Jewish Nation-State.
- (speaking foreign language)
- [Translator] Politicalforces where anti-Semitism
and racism are part of their language,
their legacy or their ideology,
can never be our allies.
There is no such thing as loving Israel
and hating Jews.
Just like there is nosuch thing as loving Jews
and hating Israel.
- [Julie] Israel remembersthe Holocaust every year
according to the Hebrewcalendar, on the anniversary
of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
Though the Jewish fighterswere almost all killed,
it marked a shift in thinkingfrom victim to fighter.
Later, it helped shapedIsrael's national identity
symbolizing strength andthe fight for freedom
in the face of death.
Julie Stahl, CBN News, Jerusalem.
- [Wendy] Julie.
After the break, a uniquerescue in California,
where a baby sea lion wasfound far away from home.
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It was taken to thePeninsula Humane Society
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He's so cute.
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