- [Man] This is CBN Newswatch.

- And thank you so much for joining us

for this first edition of CBN Newswatch

for Monday< August 19th,

I'm Efrem Graham.

Ahead today, President Donald Trump

addresses the trade war with China,

and what it could taketo make a right deal.

Evangelicals call on Washington

to not forget refugeesamid all the politics.

We're also talking with Pastor Greg Laurie

about the So Cal Harvest Fest.

And Lauren Daigle gets some big nomination

for Dove awards.

We've got all those stories

and much more in this first edition

of CBN Newswatch.

After a rocky week on Wall Street

and talks of a recession,

the president is standingby his trade war with China.

President Trump says

he's looking to make atrade deal with China,

but he's not ready tosacrifice long-term gains

for short-term results.

- I mean if I wanted to make a bad deal

and settle on China,the market would go up,

but it wouldn't be the right thing to do.

I'm just not ready to make a deal yet.

China would like to make a deal,

I'm not ready.

- Meanwhile growing tensions in Hong Kong

could put the breaks onany trade negotiations.

The most recent development,

China lashed out at Twain Monday

over it's offer of political asylum

to participants in Hong Kong's

pro democracy, protest movement.

It comes a day after hundreds of thousands

of people marched peacefully

in the latest massive demonstration

in the Chinese territory.

Amber Strong is followingthis story for us today,

and joins us from our Washington bureau.

So, Amber, what has been china'sresponse to the president?

- Hey Efrem, good morning.

So, as we know, last week the president

said he was gonna delaythose September one tariffs,

or half of them,

and push them to December.

So you would think thatwould be good for China,

but China says that's not good enough,

that they don't want any

of the tariffs.

So even the September,

the half that's gonna gointo effect September 1st

is not good enough,

and that there will be counter measures,

we don't know what exactly.

- What's the president saying

about what's happening

between Beijing and Hong Kong,

especially how it relates to trade?

- President Trump is saying President Xi

has to handle this humanely,

and he has to handle this peacefully.

And saying these signsthat we've seen lately

of the military, the Chinese military

kind of rounding theoutskirts of Hong Kong

is leading some protestors to feel

that there will be amilitary intervention.

President Trump is sayingwe cannot have another

Tiananmen Square,

and if that happens it's gonna

make trade negotiations really difficult.

- Now aside from trade, whatis the administration doing

to calm fears of a recession?

- So the president's advisors,

his trade advisor andhis economic advisors,

kind of hit the Sundayshows heavily yesterday,

driving home this ideathat there is no recession,

that there's not a recession coming,

the people are spending,

that consumers are happy.

And not only are theyspending, they're saving.

But they do concede a couple

of things, Efrem.

And one thing that they concede is that

the federal reserve has got to cut

rates and that the Congress

has got to act on that new

North American Trade Deal

with Canada and Mexico

in order to kind ofkeep the economy afloat.

- All right, Amber Strong reporting

for us from Washington.

Thank you, Amber.

- Thanks, Efrem.

- Afghanistan's president is vowing

to crush Islamic State Fighters

in his country after 63people died in an attack

on a wedding this weekend.

The terrorist group claimed responsibility

for the bombing.

More than 180 people were injured.

Thousands of Islamic State Fighters

fled to Afghanistan afterU.S. led coalition forces

drove them from Syria.

There are fears the Islamic State

will find safe haven in Afghanistan

if the United States leaves.

The Trump administration is negotiating

a U.S. exit from the 18-year long war.

The president said Sunday the U.S.

has already started pullingtroops out of the country.

The U.S. is negotiating with the Afghan

government and the Taliban

over conditions for withdrawal.

The 18-year war in Afghanistanmay be coming to a close

as U.S. and Afghan diplomats negotiate

for peace with the Talibandespite the violence.

But as CBN News contributorChuck Holton reports,

all the violence and elections coming up,

no one is certain whatAfghanistan will look like

by the end of the year.

- [Chuck] This Afghan streetmarket in the capital city of

Kabul is bustling after Friday prayers,

but there's a tension in the air

any time large groups

of people are found in one place.

The threat of suicide bombers

is at an all time high,

and are now an almost daily occurrence.

In late July the city sufferedthree car bombs in one day.

Abdul Mohammad was nearby for one of them.

- [Translator] I was doing my duty

inside our compound.

I heard an explosion and I came out.

I saw a couple of wounded victims

on the ground near ouroffice and over there.

The target was two vehicles,

but I don't Know whowas inside the vehicles.

- Donald Trump says he's tired

of hearing that the United States

is losing the war in Afghanistan,

and he says the Americanpeople feel the same way.

And that's why the U.S. military

has been having talks with our enemies,

the Taliban, here in Afghanistan

to try to come up with a cease fire.

But even while they're doing that

the Taliban has been stepping up attacks

around Kabul, like the onethat happened right here

in front of Kabul University in mid July

that killed more than 10 people.

Over 17,000 coalition troopsare still in the country,

but their role has changed dramatically

from direct action to onethat's more focused on

advise and assist.

This means Afghan troopsare doing the lions share

of the fighting and dying as well.

Another contributing factorto the uptake in violence

we're seeing across Afghanistan right now

are the upcoming presidential elections

at the end of September.

Back in July there wasa massive complex attack

at this building behind me,

which were the offices ofthe president's running mate,

Ashraf Ghani, the presidentof Afghanistan, the incumbent,

and it just shows that theTaliban is flexing it's muscles

in advance of that upcoming election.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

said in August that thesolutions to Afghanistan's

problems are diplomatic, not military,

and that the U.S. is committed

to working with the Afghan government

to finally extricate ourforces from the country.

Despite the recent increases in violence,

things have gotten better in Afghanistan

since I started coming here at least

back in 2007-2008.

You can look at factors likethe infant mortality rate,

which has gone way down.

Gross domestic product isfive times what it used to be.

And life expectancy,which was only 43 years,

is now in the mid 60s.

So things are getting better,

but the concern is that if the U.S.

leaves precipitously it could cause a lot

of those gains to be reversed.

But for the shoppersin this Afghan market,

the best future theycan hope for right now

is to simply make ithome to their families

for one more day.

From Kabul, Afghanistan, I'm Chuck Holton,

for CBN News.

- Behind the scenesefforts have been underway

to help solve the crisis in Venezuela.

A senior official inthe Trump administration

told the associatedpress the United States

made secret contact withVenezuela's socialist party boss.

It happened last month,

and they reportedly discussed guarantees

for President NicholasMaduro's inner circle.

They wanna be sure theywon't face prosecution

for alleged crimes ifthey surrender to demands

to remove Maduro.

Another meeting may be in the works.

Leaders from some ofthe largest Evangelical

denominations are worried about the future

of the U.S. refugee program.

They're calling on President Donald Trump

to not only continue the program,

but to expand it.

Our Heather Sells reports.

- The president hassupported religious freedom

in many ways, both at home and abroad

since he first took office.

But now some key Evangelicalleaders are concerned

that he might end theU.S. Refugee Program,

which welcomes persecuted Christians

and other religious minorities.

Pastor Sam Rodriguez oversees

40,000 Hispanic churches,

and is one of thepresident's faith advisors.

He's urging Trump to differentiate between

illegal immigration andthe plight of refugees.

Refugees are those vetted by the U.S.,

and found to have a crediblefear of persecution.

They most often come tothe U.S. from refugee camps

in Southeast Asia, theMiddle East, and Africa.

- We could do both.

We can stop illegal immigration,

but continue to provide a safe haven,

be the conduit of a refugee settlement

programs for those thatare seeking legally

to come into this country

and are fleeing persecution.

A recent report in Politico revealed

that the Trump administration may end

the U.S. refugee program.

In response, Rodriguez and leaders

of some of the largestEvangelical denominations

wrote the president

"We pray you will reject any advice

"to shut the RefugeeResettlement Program down,

"and that your administration will not

"merely continue theprogram at it's current

"vastly reduced level."

The leaders want it restoredto its historic levels

of 75,000 or more.

Last year the Trumpadministration cut the program

by a third to 30,000.

- There have been fewer and fewer refugees

arriving to the area.

- [Heather] Pastor KJHill oversees volunteers

who work with refugeesat the Summit Church

in Durham North Carolina.

Their numbers have slowed this past year,

and he's concerned about the possibility

of the program ending.

- It would be disappointing for sure.

We take seriously the command of Jesus

to love our neighbor,

especially the vulnerableand the marginalized.

- [Heather] Last year after Evangelicals

publicly opposed the administration's

Family Separation Policy,

the White House reversed course.

On refugees their opinionsare a bit more mixed.

A 2018 Pew poll foundthat only one in four

white Evangelicals seea U.S. responsibilty

to accept refugees.

Wheaton College's EdStetzer think that they

and other people of faith might convince

the White House tochange course once again.

- A lot of people are saying

well maybe this is notthe best course of action.

And we've seen this before.

We saw this with family separation.

We are what the statue of liberty,

the adage on the statue of liberty,

we are that nation.

We're both full of conviction

and compassion.

And I would advise thepresident to please,

as a Christian Evangelical leader,

who believes in the role of law,

but likewise compassion,

please revisit this.

- The White House mustdecide by October 1st,

the new fiscal year,

how many refugees, if any,

it will accept.

Heather Sells, CBN News.

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- It is one of the Gospel gospel crusades

in the nation.

The Southern California Harvest crusade

with Pastor Greg Laurie.

And it is open to thenation and the world.

Pastor Greg Laurie spoke withour John Jessup about it.

- Well I know you and your team

are preparing to celebrate 30 years

of harvest crusades,

what can people expect,

whether they join you atAngels Stadium in Anaheim

or watch by live stream?

- They can expect somethingthat is, dare I say it,

fun, exciting, engaging, relevant,

but at the same timesomething that really elevates

the message of the gospel.

That's the whole pointof the SoCal Harvest,

which I'm told is the longest running

large scale Evangelisticevent in American history.

We've been doing this 30 years,

basically in the same venue,

the Angels Stadium.

I think people are shocked to find, John,

when they come in it's like,

it's like a feeling of celebration,

almost like a big Christian party.

But I don't mean totrivialize it in any way

because when the moment comes

for the gospel to be preached,

people are quiet.

I mean it's amazing to me

to see a stadium fall silent

to hear what the Bible has to say.

And the most important moment is when

we extend that invitation

and we see thousands of people

walk down on that fieldto make a profession

of faith to follow Christ.

And over the last 30 years we have seen,

this is not an exaggerated number,

we have seen 500,000 people

make that profession offaith to follow Christ.

So that's the moment thatit's all worth coming for.

But the way we get those people there

is because Christians bring them.

So we're always emphasizingto folks that come,

bring a non-believer with you

because 85% of those that come down

on the field to make that commitment

or recommitment to Christ

were brought by a friend.

And then this can be an experience

that you can have wherever you are

in the nation or even around the world.

You just go to ourwebsite, socal.harvest.org,

and you can watch it live.

Or you can go back and watchit archived, on demand,

or you can download ourHarvest app for Appel TV,

or our app for the Roku box,

and you can watch it onyour big screen TV as well.

You can send a link to your friend,

they can watch it on a tablet,

on a phone if it's anAndroid phone, IOS device.

We have an app for every platform

so you can experience this real time.

- Final question for you,

you know with so many different ways

to reach people today,

especially, as you mentionedearlier with social media,

why do you feel it's important

to still host these large scale crusades

like were popularized byyour mentor, Billy Graham?

- Well I think it justgoes back historically.

I mean the first crusade, if you will,

probably would be Peteron the day of Pentecost.

And the Bible eventells us 3,000 believed.

And sometimes people saywell I'm not into numbers.

Well excuse me, God's into numbers.

He recorded a number there.

Fast forward out of the New Testament,

preachers like George Whitfield,

DL Moody, Billy Sunday, Billy Graham.

I think God will always honorthe proclamation of his word.

And yes we can reach peoplein their front rooms today

or whenever they are,

but there's something very exciting

about gathering in a stadium still.

Look, people still gettogether for football games

or baseball games, for massive concerts.

Why should we not as Christians

have an event like thisso we can get together?

'Cause I'll tell you Jesus says

when two or more aregathered together in my name,

I'm there in the midst of them.

You know the Lord manifests his presence

in a special way whenChristians gather together.

And the most important thing is,

I have to say there's nothing like sitting

in the stadium and hear 3,000 people

pray a prayer of askingChrist into their life.

If you ask me that's alittle taste of heaven.

- Well Pastor Laurie, Iwas at Harvest America

last year in Dallas covering the event,

and I met people whotraveled near and far,

and those who made acommitment to follow Christ.

It was a special time then,

and I know it's gonna be a special time

for the people who take part this week.

So thank you so much for being with us

and congratulations.

Here's to the next 30 years and many more.

- Thanks for having me on, John.

- You can also watchthe SoCal Harvest Fest

right here on the CBN News Channel

August 23rd through August 25th

at 10:00 eastern standard time.

Still ahead, a network journalist

takes on the task ofteaching children diversity

in a very fun and colorful way.

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When children reach about the age

of five or six,

they begin to wonder why some people

may look a little different

or worship a little different,

or celebrate different holidays.

ABC News Correspondent Linsey Davis

is helping families teach their children

about diversity with a new book.

She recently talked with The700 Club's Terri Meeuwsen

about that book.

- You know in the book youwrite all about diversity.

Boy do we live in a time wherewe need a message on that.

Is that what compelled you to address?

- 100%, was just theclimate in our country

and raising my son during this time.

And just wanting to make sure that

there were gonna be certain values

that he was gonna grow up with.

And people will say oh it's anecdotal

that our country is divided,

but when you look athate crimes are rising

year after year in the last three years,

and I just wanted to get backto what's wholesome and good,

and make sure my son is filled with that.

I think what's interesting is

children already inherently feel this way.

They're not worried aboutsomebody's background

or skin color or religious beliefs.

They just wanna know whatdo we have in common?

What kind of toys do you like?

Will you be my friend?

And when my son talks about a new friend

he doesn't bring up anythingabout their background,

he just says well youknow they like legos too.

- [Terri] Yes.- [create] Can they come over?

- In the first part of the book

you talk about the variousways that we're different,

and then in the second part of the book

you talk about all the wonderful ways

that we're the same.

What made you decideto do it in that order?

- Sure. Well I think that it's important

because kids notice differences.

A lot of times people will say

oh kids are color blind

and they don't notice,

but they 100% do,

they just don't assign a value to

oh what's good or bad.

And so I thought it wasimportant to be upfront

and say yes we have different skin color

and different hair and features,

and likes and dislikes and beliefs,

but then lets turn the page

to what unites us.

And the greater good

and the bigger issues we have in common.

And that God gave us allthis one special part,

he gave us a big heart,

and that's the most important part

because that's where the love starts.

- [Terri] You say thatit's really important

for us to addressdiversity in a child's life

at a young age.

- [Linsey] Right.

- Why?

- Well I think, first of all,

this is kind of a prime example

of the student becomes the teacher.

We as adults could learn from children

and their open hearts

and their willingness to love

and be such eager and passionate.

But I think that when youdon't establish early on

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and they grow up to become adults

who are not willing to embrace diversity

and not willing to beaccepting and open and loving.

I think that that's just so important.

I think that when we're talking about

a lot of the hate crimes

and stuff that are happening now,

I think that that comes, in large part,

where you just don't know.

We quite often fear what we don't know.

So if you've never beenexposed to somebody

with a different belief system

or background from you

then you might decide,

like oh they're different.

I don't like that group of people.

But maybe if you had had at an early age

that friend who would tell you

oh no they're to all bad people you know,

I remember my friend Johnny.

- Yes.

You know I think also just the pronouns

that you talk about using,

the we/they, puts a dividing wall up.

- Exactly.

- So you know I find with my,

'cause we have a very diverse family,

that with my children,

if I talk about God's perspective on it,

his enjoyment of diversity and uniqueness

and the way he created things,

it just is so,

it's such an upliftingconversation that we have.

What do you do for children

when they've been exposed to something

that's not been positive at school

or in the market place?

How do we counter that?

- Well I think that it'simportant that we talk about it,

right, I think that that's first.

And I love what you said

that you said to your granddaughter

about God loves variety.

And I think that that's the messaging.

I think that a lot of times children,

just as important thatchildren see themselves

reflected in the books,

I think it's important that they see

kids who don't look like them.

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And so when they haveexperienced something,

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you know some people haven't been exposed

to people who don't look like them,

and some people are afraid of that,

or however it is.

But I think the most important thing

is that you address it head on.

- [Efrem] Coming up,Lauren Daigle's You Say

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