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- Thanks for joining usfor this first edition

of CBN Newswatch for September 4th.

I'm Mark Martin.

We still don't know just how badly

Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas

or how many lives were lost,

but we're now seeing images

that show some of the impact.

Our Heather Sells reportson Dorian in the Bahamas,

and preparations in the U.S.for this still dangerous storm.

- [Heather] This is the sceneafter Dorian's brutal attack

on the Bahamas, total devastation.

Debris that was once people's homes

now covering the ground with wreckage.

Hitting as a category five storm,

with winds over 200 miles an hour,

Dorian was the most powerfulstorm in recorded history here.

It targeted the Abacoand Grand Bahama Islands,

known for their marinas, golf courses,

and all inclusive resorts.

Even worse, Dorianstalled over these islands

and their 70,000 people for two days.

- Going through it was terrifying.

We're happy to be alive.

Glad that my family's safe.

- [Heather] Rescuers report

seeing bodies floating in the water.

The final death tollwon't be known for days.

The U.S. Coast Guard ishelping lead search and rescue,

but there are still areas

that first responders can't reach.

People are using boats, even jet skis

to try and reach thosewho have lost everything.

A humanitarian crisis isemerging in the Bahamas.

The main hospital onGrand Bahama is unusable.

Homes are destroyed andmore than 60,000 people

need food and clean drinking water.

And Dorian's not done.

It's now a category two storm,

but with winds at 110 miles an hour

it's still considered dangerous.

Authorities have asked two million people

in Florida, Georgia,

and the Carolinas to evacuate.

- This is a very serious storm.

And a western shift that is towards land,

of just a few miles,

could bring enormous damage.

- [Heather] Even if Dorian

doesn't make landfall in the U.S.,

it could bring storm surge

and severe flooding.

In low-lying Charleston, South Carolina,

authorities are racing

to move hospital patientsto higher ground.

In Savannah, Georgia,they have provided buses

for families to get out.

- I don't have a vehicleand I don't have the finance

to, you know,

to go out of town.

- [Heather] In FloridaDorian has already grounded

thousands of flights

and shut down several airports.

And it's battering Florida's coast

as it makes it's way north.

Heater Sells, CBN News.

- As we've all seen, the path

of Hurricane Dorian has made some changes

along the way, now stallingout over the Atlantic.

Joe Bastardi is chief meteorologist

for WeatherBell Analytics.

Bastardi said it's not uncommon for storms

to stall and continueto churn in this part

of the ocean.

- Storms stall in this area quite often.

Right between 25 and 30 north.

They're known as the horse latitudes.

And they call them the horse latitudes,

I believe, if the story's right

because horses that were being transported

to the new world would die

because the wind would collapse,

and they could not get the boat

all the way across the Atlantic.

So what happens is theylearn to sail underneath

and over the top.

So storms stall here,

and when they make that west bend,

and folks that werewatching the other morning,

I said that's like textbook.

- Relief organizationslike Operation Blessing

are already mobilized and readyto help hurricane victims.

Samaritans Purse isanother group prepared,

and our Wendy Griffithspoke with one leader

about their efforts.

- Now we've been monitoring the hurricane

for the last several days

so we have pre-positioned our plane

with emergency supplies and responders

to fly to the Bahamasas soon as we are able

to gain access.

Most of the airstrips are under water,

and so we are monitoring that closely.

As the hurricane moves up the coast,

it will allow the island to drain

so that we can then access,

and really access tens of thousands

of people who have been effected by the,

by the hurricane in the Bahamas.

- I'm curious, would yoube able to fly into Nassau

and then take a boat over?

Or is Nassau also suffering?

- Nassau is an option.

What we don't know are theports that are on each island.

So we can get our supplies into Nassau,

but then actually transporting them

to the islands is unclear right now.

We have church contacts on the ground

that are beginning to feed us information.

But as you can imagine,over the last 48 hours

communication has been down

so it's been very hard to communicate

with those that we had established

a relationship or communication with

earlier in the week.

- Brock, you're also tracking the storm

right here in the U.S.

Right now, where do you expect to mobilize

along the Eastern Seaboard?

- You know, it's unclearwhere the heaviest part,

the hardest hit areas will be.

But our disaster response team is ready,

they have their tractor trailers

equipped with tools and supplies

to respond wherever the biggest need is.

- Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam

says she is withdrawingan extradition bill

that started months of protests.

Fearing more control from mainland China

and less freedom in Hong Kong,

protestors filled streets

and protested throughoutthe city since June.

Classes between police and protestors

have become increasingly violent,

with demonstrators throwing gasoline bombs

and rods at officers inprotest last weekend.

Authorities in turn haveemployed water cannons,

tear gas, rubber bullets and batons.

More than 1100 people have been detained.

Lam says the one countrytwo systems formula

that currently exists will be upheld.

Hundreds of Palestinian women spilled out

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Isra Gharib, a 21 year oldPalestinian makeup artist

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and tortured by her family

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with a man she was engaged to marry.

Isra's brother, Ihab, a Canadian resident

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A Bible translator inCameroon has been killed

in a brutal machete attack.

Angus Abraham Fung was among seven people

who were murdered whenIslamic Fulani Herdsmen

stormed the northern province town of Wum.

One ministry leader in theregion told the Christian Post

"they attacked in the night

"and nobody was expecting.

"They just went into the home,

"pulled them out and slaughtered them."

Fung's wife was also gravely injured.

The militants completelysevered one of her arms.

Fung was instrumental in the translation

of the New Testament intothe native Aghem language.

Good news to report aboutHillsong worship leader

Chelsea Taylor, who was hospitalized

after suffering a brain aneurysm.

According to a social media post

by Hillsong creative pastor Cass Langton,

Taylor has responded wellto another surgery last week

to prevent a vasospasm in her brain,

and isn't expected to have toundergo any further treatment.

Chelsea's mom said theyspent the morning worshiping

before she went in to surgery.

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- We recently told you about the booming

oil economy in West Texas,

as oil workers flock there for jobs.

Our Heather Sells reportson ministries there

hoping to help them spiritually.

- Right here in the middle

of a scorching desert oil isfueling a population boom.

The Permian Basin is leading the U.S.

in oil and gas production right now.

But believers here say theysee a spiritual potential

in these fields that is more strategic

than the oil and gas.

Pastor Jesse Gore has ministeredin Odessa for decades.

- All factors indicatethat we're gonna double

in just a few short years.

So we're looking at a hugeinflux of people coming in.

- [Heather] Oil man Damian Barrett

is literally stock pilingBibles in a small trailer

outside of Midland.

- They've come in fromall over the country,

and there's even some that have come in

from out of the country

just to work here becausewe're booming right now.

It's just a crazy timehere in Midland, Texas.

- [Heather] Part of that craziness is

workers on the job 24/7.

It's a tough populationto reach with the gospel.

- The schedule's about 80 hours a week

so when you think aboutthat kind of workload,

after eventual period of timethat can really take a toll

mentally, physically, spiritually.

- [Heather] Gore and Barrett are just two

of those with a vision forreaching this population.

Barrett stock pilesthese Bibles to give away

as part of the oil fieldChristian fellowship.

- If you were to justwant to go out to a rig

and hand them Bible youreally couldn't do that.

So you almost need to bein the oil field to do it.

- [Heather] He and otherbelievers here are distributing

Bibles however they can.

One has connected withthe so called man camps,

where thousands of workers live.

Others work special events like the annual

International Oil Show,

while others hand them out at work.

Gore is finding an in with oil workers

by accommodating to their schedules.

He organizes Bible studies around lunch,

one of the few timesworkers can take a break.

This former safety professional

also offers his services free

to area companies as longas he gets the last word.

- I tell 'em I get the last 10 minutes

to tell them about who changed my life.

And so I get to, get to evangelize.

- [Heather] These opportunities

are leading to some sweet gospel stories.

One came after a worker

dropped off Bibles at a local business.

- The guy came back to the used car dealer

and said "man, I can'ttell you thank you enough.

"I went home last night,

"read all of the gospel of John.

"My wife did the same thing.

"We both got on our kneesright there in the house

"and prayed and acceptedChrist as our savior.

"And we're changed."

- [Heather] A payoff even better than

the rich flow of oil and gasin this remote Texas desert.

Reporting in the Permian Basin,

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- A lot of people measuresuccess through their career,

hoping to find happiness by getting ahead.

Our David Brody talked with author

and columnist David Brooksabout following that path

and what he found.

- [David Brody] On the Outside

conservative commentator David Brooks

seemed to have it all.

New York Times columnist,TV political analyst,

and best selling author.

Inside, however, something was missing.

In 2013, after 30 years of marriage,

divorce rocked his world.

- One of the things that I learned

is when you're in one

of those hard momentsyou can either be broken

or you can be broken up with.

- [David Brody] For Brooksit led to soul searching

and renewal that he writes about

in his new book The Second Mountain

The Quest for a Moral Life.

- And I think the first (mumbles) career,

the one society wants us to climb.

And people find it unsatisfying.

I achieved way more career success

than I ever thought I would.

But did I have an all consuming purpose?

Did I have deep connection?

No I didn't.

And so you go down the valley,

and then when you're in the valley

you find your bigger, larger self.

And then you realize you'reready for a larger climb.

And if the first mountain'sabout acquisition,

how can I get stuff for me?

The second mountain is about contribution,

how can I love others?

- [David Brody] As a child,

he had always heard about God's love.

Brooks is Jewish,

but also had major Christian influences.

- And so I had two storiesrunning through my head,

the Jewish story,

which is an exodus story.

You know we cross the wilderness,

escape oppression

and come to the land of milk and honey.

And then I had the Jesus story.

I went to chapel every morning,

sang in the choir,

and I had those two stories in my head

through a lot of my early life.

- [David Brody] After his divorce,

an attempt at self discovery

led to a personal walk with God

in the most unusual place.

- I was walking around Penn Station

and it's like the ugliest place

on the face of the Earth.

But I happened to be in one

of those subway tunnels,

and it occurred to me thateverybody around me has a soul

and their soul is eithergetting sanctified

or it's getting degraded.

And so once I became aware of that hidden

layer then I realizedI'm a faithful person,

I'm (mumbles).

And the way I wanted to describe it is

it wasn't like a blinding revelation,

there was no moment oflike road to Damascus.

- It was just this.

- Yeah, there was no epiphany.

- And then, reading the New Testament,

especially the book of Matthew,

changed his spiritual outlook.

What is that,

I remember there wasa quote where you said

"I cannot unread Matthew."

What did you mean by that?

- I feel more Jewishthan I ever felt before

'cause I just to be,

I just was culturally Jewish,

but now I think the covenant is real.

But then I'd grown upwith this other story,

and I was (mumbles) can't unread Matthew.

And to me the beatitudes

are, as one person I quote in the book

is where Celestialgrandeur breaks through.

And this person said that the beatitudes,

the sermon on the mound,

it's not just a bunch of wise sayings,

it's a completely remarkable miracle

of divine presence.

- [David Brody] Since publishing his book,

headline writers have wondered

what religion is David Brooks anyway?

- My joke is I'm a wandering Jew

and a confused Christian.

But I think, you know, so Ihave both stories in my head,

but I think my Jewish friendswould say I'm a Christian.

They say you can't believein Matthew and not,

and you're still Jewish,you sorta crossed the line.

So I guess that's fair.

But I always say if they wanna get me out

of Judaism they're gonnahave to kick me out

'cause I still feel verydevoted to those stories

and to those charactersand to that culture.

- [David Brody] Despitea spiritual awakening,

don't put Brooks in theEvangelicals for Trump camp,

just look at one of hisrecent columns titled

Donald Trump Hates America.

- I'm not a big fan of Donald Trump.

- [David Brody] I've heard.

- (laughing)

Yeah, definitely not.

For his own characterand behavior reasons.

And so I don't think he exemplifies

what I perceive to bethe Christian values,

but you know I admit I'm new to this.

- [David Brody] Hebelieves in today's culture

Evangelicals have a greaterpurpose than just backing Trump.

- I would say you shouldn't feel besieged.

You have what the country wants.

The country is spiritually hungry.

- [David Brody] And so was David Brooks,

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- Only 80% of Americans say

they have important conversationswith their neighbors.

35% of Americans are chronically lonely.

The teenage suicide rate has risen by 70%

the last decade or so.

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- [David Brody] It's a heavy undertaking,

no small task climbingthat second mountain.

Where are you in that restoration process?

- I'm in the foothills maybe.

I meet some people that radiate joy.

I'm not quite there yet.

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designer, interior decorator and artist.

Recently he sat down with our Efrem Graham

to talk about his faith journey.

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- [Efrem] Dallas, Texas, the big D,

is home to more than a million people.

And this Texas city is growing fast.

- I relocated here.

Since then God has puthis super into my natural

and made a supernatural living environment

for me here.

And since then I've been able to thrive.

And I'm forever grateful for this move.

- [Efrem] Kenneth Craig Williams Jr.,

known to most as simply K.C.,

is among the city's newerand busier residents.

Countless snapshots like these

capture the businessowner at work as a stylist

at the Potter's House Church.

He's also a music producer, designer,

interior decorator, and a painter.

- In Ecclesiastes 9:10,

it says whatever your hands find to do

to do it with all your might.

And I have lived by that motto

since elementary, I would say.

- [Efrem] How do you get soacquainted with scripture

in elementary school?

- (laughing)

So growing up a PK (mumbles).

(laughing)

I heard the Lord wake me up

and told me write down this scripture.

And he said Ecclesiastes.

And I didn't know what that was.

I didn't even know it was a scripture.

So I wrote down Ek, whatever,

spelled out my own Ecclesiastes.

And I went back to sleep.

He woke me back up

and said no, you wrote it down

now look it up.

And so I looked upEcclesiastes nine and 10,

and I began to read it.

And I was like that kind of fits my life.

Ever since then I find myself

using my hands a lot.

And everything I did I did it with joy,

with motivation, inspiration,

and that's been my goto scripture since then.

- And since then K.C. has grown up

to work with music makers Earl Bynum,

Crystal Aikin, the Clark Sisters,

Kierra Sheard, Jennifer Hudson,

and Destiny Child's Kelly Rowland,

just to name a few.

Any training in the musicworld to work with them?

- No training whatsoever.

I had relatives who are famous singers,

and have worked with singers.

Music has been in my family's life,

but no training whatsoever.

No schooling for it, anything.

- [Efrem] I've met alot of preacher's kids,

and I say very oftenit's a double edge sword

with preacher's kids,

and I could be wrong.

But they usually, very bright, talented,

hardworking, disciplined professionals

and accomplished,

but by the same token there's also pain

that comes with being

a preacher's kid, or pastor's kids.

That true for you?

- It's true.

I didn't get to see my father a lot,

which was very, I guess,to me very detrimental

because I loved,

I love my father still,he's still alive I love him,

he's one of my best friends.

But I wanted to grow up withthat father figure in my life.

I felt somewhat like therewas a void in between,

I'd say preschool on up to middle school,

maybe going into high school,

but I begin to understandhis calling is people.

He's a people person,

that's who I get it from.

- [Efrem] What's been the roughest part of

Kenneth Craig's life so far?

- You know, now this gonnabe a little personal.

I honestly have to say being molested

at the age of six by a cousin.

And it kind of wentongoing for a couple years

where it went from involuntarily

to just dealing with it 'causeit was just so consistent.

But as I got older I wasable to detach myself.

I had no hurt or any,

any pain that I'mholding onto or anything,

I released it.

Just knowing the word of God

and knowing, understanding how to grow

and move past,

and able to become who I am today.

I let go of all that.

But that was probably themost pain I've dealt with

because of that.

I felt, when that happened I felt

like my father and Ididn't have a relationship,

so if he was more so in my life.

He was in my life, he was present,

but if he was more so present in my life

then possibly thatwould not have happened.

But I don't blame my father.

It's life.

And I'm glad it happened

because I'm able tominister to other people,

and to let them know I went through it

and I am who I am today,

not because of the situation

but because I chose to look at the rainbow

on the other side of that darkcloud that was in my life.

- [Efrem] If you could go back today

and get that young Kenneth, K.C.,

some advice, what would you say to him?

- Um, I would honestly say

you are loved,

but the main point I wouldtry to instill in him would be

accept yourself for who you are

'cause when you accept yourself,

people already will accept you,

either they do or they don't.

A majority of them willaccept you for who you are

'cause the type of person I am,

I'm lovable from what people say.

But once you accept who you are,

you're able to live outwho you're called to be.

And I'm learning to do that now,

is accept me for me.

- That's wonderful.

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