- [Jenna] Tonight a closecall on the high seas.

A Russian destroyer nearlycolliding into a U.S. warship,

both countries blaming each other.

- Tariffs are a beautiful thing.

- [Jenna] And countdown to tariffs,

the White House on message

tightening the vise on Mexico

to fix the crisis at the Southern border.

- Circumstances have changed.

- [Jenna] Plus a major reversal

from a Democratic front runner.

The former Vice Presidentbowing to his party on abortion.

- [Together] Keep that (mumbles).

- [Jenna] And the American Dream Act

passes in the House providinga pathway to citizenship

for millions of immigrants.

And don't miss this.

- The future is now.

- [Jenna] The electric-powered robobus

driven by artificial intelligence.

All that and more tonight on Faith Nation.

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- Too close for comfort.

American and Russian warships

narrowly miss each other out at sea.

Welcome to Faith Nation, I'm John Jessup.

- And I'm Jenna Browder.

Two warships in the Far Eastnearly colliding this morning

sparking a finger-pointing session

between the U.S. and Russia.

- The two came dangerously close,

but according to militaryleaders no one was hurt.

CBN National SecurityCorrespondent, Eric Philips,

has more on the close call.

- Eric.- John and Jenna,

we're talking about massive warships

that certainly cannot stop on a dime.

So regardless of how thishappened one thing is clear,

lives could have been lost today

and both ships could'vebeen severely damaged.

As to why this happened, Ispoke to a military expert

who offered a preliminary explanation.

Take a look at this U.S.Navy video captured Friday,

in the Pacific.

It shows just how close the U.S.

and Russian warships were at the time.

Officials say just 50 to 100 meters apart.

Here's a still image thatgives a birds-eye view

prompting this response

from the acting Secretary of Defense.

- The news of this morning is, you know,

I guess beyond disappointing.

- [Eric] The U.S. saysthat the Russian vessel

came from behind at a high-rate of speed

and angled toward it forcing crew members

on the USS Chancellorsville

to throw engines in reverseto avoid a collision.

Russian military officials claim

it was the American vesselthat suddenly changed course

causing the two to almost collide.

U.S. officials say at the timea helicopter was attempting

to land on the American warship.

- So that is not the moment

in which you're going to bedoing aggressive maneuvering

to try to make life hardfor a Russian vessel.

- [Eric] Bradley Bowmanis a former Army pilot

and National SecurityAdvisor in the U.S. Senate.

- I think there's good evidence to suggest

that the American explanationis the accurate one.

- [Eric] And if an aggressive maneuver

by the Russian warship is to blame

the question would be, why?

- Russia has engaged, over the longterm,

in a habit of highlyunprofessional, unsafe intercepts,

whether at sea or in the air.

Putin believes that it's in their interest

to engage in these things because it makes

the Russian military look strong.

It makes them look like their equals

of the United Statesmilitarily, and diplomatically.

- [Eric] All of this comes

as the Presidents of Russiaand China met just this week,

both countries have someanimus against the U.S.

- They both oppose

U.S. international leadershipengagement and strength.

When those two countriesare working together

that's a concern for us.

- Unsafe, unprofessional acts

will not deter us fromconducting operations.

- Whether on purpose, or by accident,

Bowman is confident the near collision

was caused by the Russian military.

Next, will come a fullreview of what happened

which will likely includewhat's known as a, demarche,

which is essentially

an official government statement saying,

Russia, here are the rulesof the road you violated,

don't let it happen again.

John and Jenna.

- Eric Philips, thanksso much for that report.

Well the President's threaton tariffs on Mexican imports

are a go as of tonight.

This as a Southern border faces

a historic influx of migrants.

- Arrests against surgingin the month of May,

up 32% from April, as CBNWhite House Correspondent,

Ben Kennedy, is at the North Lawn

with the latest on theselooming Mexico tariffs, Ben.

- Jenna, John, President Trump says,

progress is being made.

He's now back at home fromhis European trip tweeting,

that if we are able tomake a deal a Mexico,

and there is a good change that we will,

they will begin purchasingfarm and agricultural products

at a very high level,starting immediately.

If we are unable to make a deal,

Mexico will begin paying tariffs

at a 5% level on Monday.

Bottom line, Trump wants Mexico to step up

and take more action to slowdown the flow of migrants

at the Southern border.

- They're letting millions of people

walk up through their country

and they shouldn't let anybody

walk up through their country.

Tariffs are a beautiful thing,

it's a beautiful word if youknow how to use them properly.

The Republicans shouldlove what I'm doing.

- But it's important to point out

that some Republican leaders

have come out against Trump's threat.

Despite the pushback thoughfrom lawmakers on both sides,

the President does not plan to back down.

Come Monday tariffs on imports from Mexico

would not only hit,they'd rise 5% each month

maxing out at 25% in October.

Migrant arrests hit a 13-year high in May

which is why Trump, John and Jenna,

is making this a priority.

- So Ben, what's Mexico's response?

- John, Mexico's Foreign Minister

has been in town all week

meeting at the White House here behind me.

State and commerce departments,

and even with members of Congress,

Mexico has pledged to deploy

6,000 National Guard troopsat the countries border

to help, but Vice President, Mike Pence,

says the proposals by Mexico

fall a bit short of thePresident's demands, John, Jenna.

- Yeah Ben, that newjobs report out today,

the U.S. added 75,000 jobs last month

which is actually less than expected,

unemployment though holding at 3.6%.

If the tariffs do gothrough what would this mean

for these numbers?

- Well Jenna, good question.

Mexico is not the only one

who would take an economichit by these tariffs,

we too could feel it here at home.

I just got off the phonewith one of Trump's former

economic advisors, whosaid there was no question

that the China trade war andthreat of Mexican tariffs

have been a negative for the economy,

caused a bit of a slowdown.

General Motor's CEO wason Capitol Hill this week

warning lawmakers that the auto industry

would be hurt badly by the new tariffs.

The White House submitteda legal notification today

alerting Mexico of thetariffs come Monday,

but if a last-minute dealis reached over the weekend

the President can hit thestop button on the tariffs.

We'll of course keepyou posted, John, Jenna.

- All right, Ben Kennedy,at the White House,

thank you Ben.

Well to 2020.

For decades Joe Biden was for it,

now the Democratic frontrunner says he is against it,

ready to get rid of the banon taxpayer-funded abortions.

- Senior WashingtonCorespondent, Jennifer Wishon,

has more on Biden's about face.

- John and Jenna even some

of the former Vice President'saides were surprised

by just how quickly Biden changed his mind

on the, so-called, Hyde Amendment,

which blocks tax dollars from being used

to pay for abortions.

- Hey guys we're gonna have plenty of time

for me to talk about this okay.

- [Jennifer] Leading ina field of candidates,

running to his left,it only took a few days

of intense pressure from liberal activists

for Biden to cave.

- Just as I've neverattempted to impose my views

on anyone else as to when life begins.

I have never attempted to impose my view

on who should pay for it ifpeople fundamentally disagree

with the position we take,but folks, but folks,

times have changed.

I don't think these guys are gonna let up.

- [Jennifer] He maintains the shift came

while crafting his healthcare plan

as more and more states passlaws protecting the unborn.

- I can't justifyleaving millions of women

without access to the care they need

and the ability to exercise

their constitutionally-protected right.

- [Jennifer] Biden haslong made a distinction

between his personally-held Catholic views

and voting record.

- Life begins at conception,that's the churches' judgment,

I accept it in my personal life,

but I refuse to impose iton equally devout Christians

and Muslims and Jews.

- [Jennifer] For him the Hyde Amendment

represented middle ground until now.

Pro-life supportersquickly condemn the move.

Joe Biden's support fortaxpayer funding of abortion

after decades of opposition

is just the latest example

of Democratic extremism on abortion.

Long gone are the daysof safe, legal, and rare,

says Marjorie Dannenfelser,

with the Susan B. Anthony List,

pointing out Biden's original position

is popular among the electorate.

A 2016 Politico pollrevealed 58% of likely voters

oppose federal funds being used

to pay for abortions.

And a recent Marist pollfound 34% of Democrats

identify as pro-life.

And John and Jenna, based onother statements and stances,

this appears to be acontinuing journey to the left

in Biden's quest to win the nomination.

- Thanks Jennifer.

Well here with us now is, Caitlin Conant,

CBS News Political Director,it's so close to CBN,

and David Bruney, CNB NewsChief Political Analyst,

thank you both for being with us.

- Thanks for having us.

- Caitlin, the Biden campaignjust announced two days ago

that former Vice President, Joe Biden,

was still for the Hyde Amendment,

a position that he's held for decades,

is this him bowing to thenew norm as it relates

to the bases' narrowing view on abortion

and women's rights?

- So I think this is whathappens in primaries,

and it's clear that Joe Biden

really wants this race to be about him

and President Trump, but at the same time

he can't ignore what hisopponents are doing and saying

so he responded to attacksover the past 24-hours

and I think on top of thatit's important to note

that until 2016 there wasbroad bi-partisan consensus

for this in the Democratic party.

In 2016 they chose to repeal it

as party of the party's platform.

So many of his opponents have voted

for this Amendment in the past as well.

- David, is there room inthe Democratic party today

for people who are pro-life?

We saw, just this week,a pro-life Democrat,

Dan Lipinski, at the SBA Gala,

and almost immediatelyafter showing up there

people like Bernie Sanders,and others within his party,

pulled their support from him.

- Yeah, so here's someanalysis for you guys,

no, there's no room in the Democrat party,

but look at the numbers, right?

I mean, in the '90s youhad least 40 plus Democrats

that were pro-life.

You could find a pro-life Democrat

if you lined a few up in Washington.

Now, good luck.

Dan Lipinski and just maybeone or two others in the House.

So no, there are no room.

I think though with theBiden situation here

this is bad for Joe Biden ona couple different fronts.

First of all if he makesit to the general election

you can be sure that DonaldTrump, and the campaign,

has written down this week in history

to make sure this comes back and bites him

later on in the campaign ifit's between Trump and Biden

because he'll go, he, Trump,

will go into rural Ohio, Pennsylvania,

and other places and say,hello cultural Democrat,

look what Joe Biden did to ya.

And then in the primaries

Booker and Klobuchar and Sanders,

and everybody can say to,

and look at Biden and say, hey,

he switched on this it'san authenticity issue,

what's the next issuehe's gonna switch on?

So I think he gets it twice here.

- Moving on to tariffs, David,

the President seems optimistic saying,

there's a good chance thatthe United States and Mexico

can reach an agreement on this.

On a certain level can thePresident claim victory

getting the Mexican government to concede

that it can do morewith the border crisis?

- Well, let me just saysomething very clear,

oh, he's gonna claim victory,

I don't think there'sany question about it,

but I think that was the game all along.

He knew the wiggle room was in the middle,

he knew Mexico would do something,

the question is what exactly?

And I think we're now in the, what-phase,

and once the what is decidedhe will claim victory

and say, look I threatened a tariff,

they did something, and thereyou go, mission accomplished.

Now whether or not it'sactually gonna stem

the flow of migration coming from Mexico,

and of course Guatemalaand other countries,

remains to be seen.

But I think that's the play,

at least politically, for Trump.

- Caitlin, in the meantimewe've seen fallout

among Republicans in the party

having to do with these tariffs.

- Exactly, and this weekenda bunch of the Democrats

will be in Iowa over thecourse of the weekend

and today Beto O'Rourkewas there and he said

that this is gonna bereally bad for Iowa farmers,

and so it's Republicans aswell as you pointed out.

In March, Joni Ernst, toldme and a group of reporters

that she thought if thePresident didn't make a deal

on tariffs quickly hecould lose his support

with Iowa farmers.

So we're waiting to see onif his base holds with him

on this issue.

- You know, to yourpoint earlier, Caitlin,

about Joe Biden, and reallyrunning against President Trump,

despite being in this primarywith 20 plus other Democrats,

how do you see this strategyplaying out for him?

- Well, Joe Biden definitelywants to make this

about him and PresidentTrump, as I mentioned earlier,

and on day one of hisannouncement he had a video

where he went straight to him

and he wants to bypass the primary.

This weekend all thecandidates are gonna be in Iowa

except for Joe Biden,he'll be going on Tuesday

when President Trump in the state.

But as we saw with what happenedwith the Hyde Amendment,

he can't ignore his opponents

so I think a good indicationof how he will handle attacks,

and who of the opponents willactually attack him directly

will come at the firstDemocratic debate in a few weeks.

- I don't think we can end the segment

without at least addressing a topic

that many people are talking about

which are Trumps tweets on the way back

from his European tripabout the Mars and Moon,

is he just sleep deprived here?

(laughing)

what's going on?

- Caitlin, we'll start

with you.- Oh Caitlin,

ladies first.- Exactly.

So to give him benefit of the doubt

I think here the Trumpadministration has given

far more resources to NASA.

They, it's been led by Pence,

they wanna have private investment

with the likes of JeffBezos and Elon Musk,

and I think part of NASA's planwas to get to the Moon first

and then go to Mars.

So I think the President really cares

about making sure that,if we do get to Mars,

if anyone gets to Mars, thatit's American footprints first.

- Yeah, I think that's a really good point

and also I think the keyline in the tweet is,

for all of the money we are spending,

'cause with Trump it'sall about money, right?

What are we getting, bang for the buck,

and how are we presenting it,

and there's the Tweet there.

So he says, for all themoney we're spending,

so his point is, and the didn't,from a syntax stand point,

say it all that well, but he saying that,

look, let's talk about Mars,all right the Moon too,

that was the parentheses part,

but let's deal with Mars first

and forget about the Moon for awhile

even though it's part of the package.

Okay, so seventh gradegrammar kind of thrown at it,

but the point is, he'slike, you get the point,

you get the point, so.

- Yeah, David and Caitlin, thank you both

so much.- Thank you so much.

- Thanks guys.

- Well coming up, the future is now.

Up next we take a ride onthe self-driving robobus.

- Artificial intelligence, orAI, is no longer the future

it's actually right around the corner

and nowhere is that more evident

than in self-driving vehicles.

CBN's, Gabe Lamonica,took us on a ride on a bus

to show you what's on the horizon.

- You might think that self-driving cars,

or buses like this one,are a thing of the future,

but as you're about tosee, the future is now.

Meet Olli, a 3-D printed electric bus

for about a dozen people with a range

of some 120 miles.

- The future is now.

- [Gabe] David Woessner is anexecutive with Local Motors,

the Arizona-based company behind

this 25 mile per hour autonomous bus.

The 360 degree cameradoesn't have a blind spot

and this robobus haseven more ways of seeing.

- It primarily uses radar and LIDAR,

we are fully autonomous.

So Michael is only hereas a safety steward

in case of emergency.

We are required to have a safety operator

onboard at all times.

- I think it just saw thatguy crossing the street.

- Right, so it slowed down.

- I don't think you would have stopped

for that guy crossing the street.

- [Michael] No.

- [Gabe] Research bears that out.

According to the

National Highway Trafficand Safety Administration,

out of 38,000 trafficfatalities last year,

94% were caused by human error.

And we're just stopping for this lady.

- Right.

- [Gabe] And she justran across the street.

- Right.

- [Gabe] But Olli's notgettin' drunk and driving.

- Not gettin' drunk, notgettin' distracted and driving.

- Not texting.- Not texting,

not watching videos,not watching the news,

not talking to the otherpassengers in the vehicle.

- We know that the machinewill make mistakes also,

typically not because the machine is drunk

or even because it's driving too fast,

I can regulate the speed.

It'll be for other kinds of reasons.

- [Gabe] We caught up withNational Security Consultant,

Richard Danzig at a DefenseResearch Conference this year

on Artificial Intelligence.

- We tend to think ideally about the human

and skeptically about the machine

and we ought to thinkskeptically about both.

- [Gabe] Danzig saysthat autonomous transport

is already safer.

- If we look at the experience

of piloting large passenger jets

that has become highly automated

in important parts of the experience

and we have enough data

to know that the automation

has by and large increasedsafety, not decreased it.

- [Gabe] With each loopOlli makes it's learning?

- Yes.

- In the early days even elevators

had an attendant on it.

- [Gabe] Local Motors, Nick Cole,

says passengers are comfortablewith no one behind the wheel

and not worried about apotential movie plot line.

(guns firing)

What about the idea of Olli turning on you

and deciding to crash itself into a car.

Are people gonna (voice covers voice)?

- A little bit of sci-fi there.

No, we haven't seen that.

It's slow speed, it's in cities,

it's on private routes, campuses.

- As you can see autonomous vehicles

are already on the road

but there's still a lotof red tape to get through

before you see buses this like this one

on every city street.

Gabe Lamonica, CBN News,National Harbor, Maryland.

- [Jenna] Thank you Gabe.

A possible pathway to citizenship

for millions of immigrants,that story next.

- Welcome back, well this weekthe Democrat-controlled House

gave it's response tothe Trump administrations

hard-line stance on immigration

passing the AmericanDream and Promise Act.

- On this vote the yay'sare 237, the nay's are 187,

the bill is passed.

(cheering)

- [Together] (mumbles).

- After the vote chats of thefamiliar, yes we can, refrain,

filled the House chamber.

The bill, not likely tobe taken up in the Senate,

offers a pathway to citizenship

protecting both DREAMers andspecial classes of refugees.

- Well joining us now is Tony Suarez,

Executive Vice President

of the National HispanicChristian Leadership Conference,

Tony, good to see you,thanks for joining us.

- Thank you for having meonto the program again.

- Tony your organization hasbeen working for years now

on immigration reform.

Your thoughts on thisAmerican Dream and Promise Act

that just passed the house.

- Well, there's a lot ofgood things in this plan,

there's a lot of good thingslike background checks

and a pathway to citizenshipand green cards and all that,

but what the issue iswhat's missing from the plan

and that's dollars for border security.

We were at a pressconference with Nancy Pelosi

just a year ago where the speaker agreed

that she would help fund the wall

and here we are, maybea year and a half ago,

but here we are with apossible plan, that again,

there's good measures inthere that could be a help

to the community, but unlessit includes border security

this plan is going nowhere.

- Tony, a quick followup for you.

Given the contours of being

in the middle of a campaign cycle,

and also not much appetitein Washington for consensus,

right now when do youthink we might expect

a real shot on movingthe needle on this issue?

- Well, at this point Idon't think it'll happen

until the presidential election.

I think it's very sad and unfortunate

that for three decades,

doesn't matter who's inpower in the White House,

or on Capitol Hill, this issueis tossed, and tossed around,

and back and forth, but there'snever been real progress.

I mean let that sink in.

It's been now 30, over 30 years,

since our country has hada true immigration reform

and until this goes frombeing political fodder

to being a conviction that someone says,

we're gonna get this done,

we're just gonna see it tossedaround over and over again.

So at this point, sad to say,

I don't think that realprogress is being made until,

and until the 2020 election.

- We're gonna have to wrap.

Thank you so much.

Tony Suarez, thank you for being with us.

We'll be--- Thank you.

- Right back.

- Remembering the victims of last week's

Virginia Beach shooting,

last night the city of Virginia Beach

hosted a service in their honor.

- The night bringingout the best in a city

that's witnessed the worst

allowing people from all faith backgrounds

an opportunity to mourn.

- We come together as one community

with no division.

- We grieve with thefamilies of the victims

whose lives will never be the same.

- May our faith in your sovereignty, God,

in your love and yourcare give us the humility

to recognize that we donot, nor may we ever know,

why some things happen.

- [John] The night includedtimes of prayer and reflection.