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- Happy Labor Day,

and welcome to Faith Nation.

I'm John Jessup.

- And I'm Amber Strong.

With the 2020 presidential campaign

well under way some law makers

are sounding the alarm

that our election security

still faces serious threats.

- One of those lawmakersis Senator Mark Warner,

who's also the vice chair

of the senate intelligence committee.

CBN Capitol Hill CorrespondentAbigail Robertson

spoke with him about why he believes

our elections are still vulnerable

heading into 2020.

- Senator Mark Warner is concerned

we haven't learned from 2016,

when Russia effectivelyinterfered in our election.

And he worries about the integrity

of our system going into 2020.

- Elections don't favorone party over another.

They wanna sow chaos,

and I think they'll usesome new tools in 2020.

- [Abigail] We've already seen some

of the tech most concerning to Warner,

it's known as deep fake technology.

- You can computer generate a voice

or you can put an image ofyour face on another body.

- [Abigail] Warner believes each campaign

should be extra cautious going into 2020.

- I have my personal phone,

iPad screened on a regular basis.

- [Abigail] And he sayswhile we've taken some steps

to address the problem it's not enough.

- I think we know that Russia didn't

really throw all their resources at 2018,

they're gonna reserve thatfor the presidential election.

- [Abigail] Warner'sworking to legislatively

tackle the issue three ways.

First.

- There ought to be an obligation

that if a foreign governmenttries to intervene

in a presidential election,

whoever they try tointervene on behalf of,

there ought to be an obligationnot to say thank you,

but tell the FBI.

- [Abigail] Second, Warner believes

each voting machine shouldhave a paper ballot backup

in case interference is detected.

When they do it on both ends

of the political spectrum advocate

for the most extreme positionson the left and the right.

- [Abigail] And third, he'scalling for basic rules

forcing Facebook, Twitter and Google

to crack down on fake bots.

- Unless we can put some

of this in the law to make sure

on a going forward basis that we'll

take these minimal protections,

I'm not sure I can lookAmericans straight in the eye

and say that we'll befully secure in 2020.

- [Abigail] Warner believes

this should not be a partisan issue.

- I'm not here to try to re-litigate 2016.

- [Abigail] But he has concerns

about the White House's support.

- I do worry that at times the White House

has been very reluctant to kind

of acknowledge this is a problem.

I do get concerned when President Trump

interacts with President Putin

of Russia and seems to kind

of laugh off this issue.

- Warner's bills toaddress election security

are picking up bipartisanco-sponsors and support.

And he believes theywill be broadly supported

if they make it to the senate floor.

Reporting from Capitol Hill,

Abigail Robertson, CBN News.

- Thank you, Abigail.

Well we've reported onhow the United States

has used cyber attacksagainst Russia and Iran.

And while it can be an effective tool

it can also be used against us.

- The FBI is busy re-toolingto meet the security

challenges at home.

CBN National Security Correspondent

Eric Philips has more on the depth

of the problem and what one so called

cyber range is doing to help.

- When the FBI was formed in 1908,

there were no cyber crimes

because there was no cyber.

Only over the last decade has the bureau

taken the potential ofcyber attacks seriously.

And now it's a game of catch up.

(typing)

This is what a cyber attack look like.

A few key strokes doing more damage

than many physical crimes.

- Today it's really all about weaponizing

very particular software,

with the specific goal oftrying to extort money from you

or take you out of business,

just completely eliminate you.

- [Eric] Don Murdoch is with

the Institute for Cyber Security

at Regent University inVirginia Beach, Virginia.

Through real life simulationson their cyber range

he trains people frommilitary in stallions,

Fortune 500 Companies,and government agencies

to become cyber defenders.

Those who can spot acyber attack and stop it.

- Once you understand howthe computer systems work,

and how the networks work,

then you can understand how to co-opt it,

or misuse it.

And once you understand howto detect the difference,

then you can learn whatthe attacker's doing,

and then you can learn how to defend it

and harden it and make it stronger.

- [Eric] Right now the sheer number

of cyber attacks is outpacinglaw enforcement's ability

to investigate them.

- We're probably five to 10 years behind

in kind of stepping up to this challenge.

- [Eric] Arnold Bell spent25 years after the FBI.

Half of that time he workedin the cyber crimes division.

When he joined the divisioncyber crime was about

seven or eight on the priority list.

Now, it's number three,just behind terrorism

and counter-intelligence.

- 9/11 happened, obviously, you know,

the shift obviously changedto terrorism, as it should.

And there's a huge focus there.

But what's happened now with all

the different breaches that you read about

every week it seems like,

that has raised theprofile of this crime type.

- [Eric] A delayed response, however,

means working overtimeto update technology,

recruit talent and train agents

to investigate cyber attacks.

- And the challenge is with the bureau

is that, you know, they'recompeting with private sector,

they're competing with allthe other federal agencies

and the government paystructure doesn't compete well

with private sectors.

- They need highly specialized talent

that does not grow on trees.

- [Eric] But it is developedin places like this.

- When people come to trainto be a cyber defender,

they're actually using real systems,

generating real data,

real network traffic,

it's not simulated,

it's not some two station lab.

It's 15 to 20 network segments

and 80 operating systems working together

that looks like a smallto medium size business.

- [Eric] Murdoch trains defenders

to look for system compromises,

and how to trace them back to the source,

a necessary skill for anyoneinvestigating a breech.

For the FBI, it's a growing problem,

with more than 300 identifiedcyber terror groups

world wide, many of thembacked by foreign governments.

- Trying to get action andtrying to get intelligence,

and trying to get information out

of some of these countries

where we don't havereally strong connections

is a big challenge.

- [Eric] A big challenge for an agency

that wasn't event established for this.

- The law enforcement is kind

of thinking people commit crimes.

Well today your crimes really could be

25,000 to 50,000 computers

that may or may not beowned by an individual.

So, you know, leveragingall those computers

on behalf of one attacker,

that's a much bigger problem.

- Murdoch says while much

of what he teaches is sophisticated,

some of it is just goodold common sense security.

He calls spear phishing the most common

form of attack and ithappens through emails.

He says if people wouldsimply be more skeptical

of the links they click,

that alone would drasticallyreduce the number of attacks.

In Washington, Eric Philips, CBN News.

- Most people seek successthrough their careers,

hoping to achieve thepinnacle of happiness

and achievement at work.

- Conservative author and columnist

David Brooks climbed that mountain

only to find there's a second summit

with much greater rewards.

CBN's David Brody shareshis personal story,

which includes a spiritual journey.

- [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 I learned is

when you're in one of those hard moments

you 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 TheQuest for a Moral Life.

- And I think the first mountain

is the mountain of 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 basically.

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.

He also had major Christian influences.

- And so I had two storiesrunning through my head,

the Jewish story, whichis an exodus story.

You know we cross thewilderness, escape oppression,

come to the land of milk and honey.

And then I had the Jesus story

where 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 Godin 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 awareof that hidden layer,

then I realized I'm a faithful person.

And the way I wanted to describe it is

it wasn't like a blinding revelation,

there was no moment of like

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 you,

there was a quote where you said

I cannot unread Matthew.

What did you mean by that?

- Well I feel more Jewishthan I ever felt before.

It used to be I wasjust culturally Jewish,

but now I think the covenant is real.

But then I'd grown upwith this other story,

and as I wrote I can't unread Matthew.

And to me the beatitudes are,

as one person I quote in the book says,

where celestial grandeur breaks through.

And this person said that the beatitudes,

the sermon on the mount,

is not just a bunch of wise sayings,

it's completely remarkable miracle

of divine presence.

- [David Brody] Since publishing his book,

headline writers have wondered

what religion is David Brooks anyway?

- Yeah,

my joke is I'm a wandering Jew

and a confused Christian.

But I think, you know,

so I have both the stories in my head.

But I think my Jewish friendswould say I'm Christian.

They'd say you can't believe in Matthew

and not,

and you're still Jewish,you sort of crossed a 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.

You know I admit I'm new to this so.

- [David Brody] Hebelieves in today's culture

Evangelicals have a greater purpose

than just backing Trump.

- I always say youshouldn't feel besieged.

You have what the country wants.

The country is spiritually hungry.

- [David Brody] And so was David Brooks,

starving for connectionwith God and with others.

- Only 80% of Americanssay they have important

conversations with their neighbors.

35% of Americans are chronically lonely.

The teenage suicide rate has risen by 70%

in the last decade or so.

And that's just people beingcut off from one another.

- [David Brody] It's a heavyundertaking, no small task

climbing that second mountain.

Where are you in that restoration process?

- I'm in the foothills maybe.

I meet some people who radiated joy

and I'm not quite there yet.

- [David Brody] After all, allof us are a work in progress.

David Brody, CBN News, Washington.

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why the city of angels is ground zero

for the homeless epidemic.

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The homeless epidemic ishitting record levels,

and with nearly 60,000people on the streets

Las Angeles is ground zero.

- Now many have turnedto faith based groups,

but despite their best efforts

more are turning up in need of help.

CBN's Ben Kennedy has a story of hope

from the City of Angels.

- Homeless advocates say this is a crisis,

and they're even reachingout the White House,

hoping President Trump can help.

- What you're seeing is a row of tents.

- [Ben] Those rows make up skid row,

a 50 block area with thecountry's largest homeless

population that's only continuing to grow.

- California isexperiencing a massive spike

in it's rodent population.

- [Ben] Reform California reports

this rampant rat infestation

has even caused the spread

of dangerous diseases like typhus.

Dr. Drew Pinsky calls it a health crisis,

something he's not seen in this country

for 100 years.

He even compared downtownL.A. to a third world country

because of it's public health problems

and lack of sanitation.

- Rats have overtaken the city.

It's not consistent with civilization.

How many must die beforewe change direction?

- [Ben] In 2019, homelessnumbers in L.A. County

rose by 12% to nearly 59,000 people.

To top that, a quarterof the country's homeless

population live in California.

- I have to respond to the systemic fears

of our country inhelping people like this,

and it's not gonna be pretty,

but it worked.

- [Ben] Officer DeonJoseph has covered life

on the skids here for 22 years,

helping people like Rosewho battle drug addiction

for more than a decade.

Thanks to people like OfficerJoseph Rose is now clean.

- Now I got keys to my own place.

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- It feel good.

You can wake up knowingyou're gonna wake up

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- Has Rose been an inspiration to many

to take the next step?

- Rose is an inspiration to me.

I don't know how many peopleshe's inspired in the streets,

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She's why I keep doing what I do.

- [Ben] Now success stories like Rose

are needed more than ever.

Andy, would you considerthis to be a crisis?

- It is absolute FEMAlike, Red Cross like,

National Guard like disaster.

It is an epidemic of homelessness.

- [Ben] Reverend Andy Bales heads up

Union Rescue Mission, thelargest homeless shelter

and recovery program in the country.

Bales dedication to helping those in need

led to the loss of his leg

due to a flesh eatingdisease he contracted

while handing out water to the homeless.

- After you lost your leg,

did that ever deter you

from getting back outthere to help people?

- No, I actually,

I actually missed four days of work

because I had my leg taken off.

What will Jesus domiraculously through us today?

Without that faith wecouldn't do what we do.

- [Ben] For many on skidrow, the missions here

are the only hope ofgrowing out of poverty.

- We've been here for 25years in the neighborhood.

We've never left.

- [Ben] Reverend MatthewBarnett's Dream Center

is a skid row mainstay.

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Helping those facing abuse,addiction and poverty.

- I think the goal isyou try to get people

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- [Ben] Survival for this part

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so they're not in crisis

and walking down the streets of skid row.

- Now the L.A. HomelessServices Authorities

report that women and children

make up 40% of the homeless population,

one more reason why officer Joseph says

more shelters are needed

to help families, kids and the elderly.

Ben Kennedy, CBN News, Los Angeles.

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- The U.S. Army is theonly military branch

without it's own national museum.

- Yet in 2020 that is set to change.

The future Capstone of the Armyis still under construction

on a hill in nearbyFort Belvoir, Virginia.

That's where we find our Gabe Lamonica

for this preview.

- When it opens thesteel fortress behind me

is gonna be the Army'sfirst national museum.

It's been a long time coming,

but the Army took usinside for a sneak peak.

The big reveal of the U.S. Army emblem

on the lobby floor comes some two years

after installing the final steel beam,

and some 200 years afterthe 13th U.S. Congress

authorized a National Museum for the Army.

- We are the last service tohave it's own national museum.

- [Gabe] It took a lot

of heavy lifting to move in everything

from this Cobra King Battle Tank,

the first in Bastone, 38 ton legend,

that broke the German lines

during World War II's battle of the bulge,

to this M3 Bradley fighting vehicle

that led the charge in the2003 invasion of Baghdad.

All before suspending this Vietnam era

UH1 Huey from the ceiling

and bringing in hundredsof artifacts in between.

Now, the oldest branch

of the U.S. Military is rolling along

and into a 185,000 square foot

glass and steel citadel above 84 acres,

some 20 miles south ofthe nation's capital.

- It represents a beacon.

Again, the strength of the Army,

the safety of the Army,

and that's how we protectour citizens as well.

- [Gabe] Tammy Call isthe museum director.

- We tell the Army's story,

the comprehensive story

through the eyes and voicesof our individual soldiers.

- [Gabe] One of those voices belonging

to the late Melvin Nesteby,

who survived the baton death march

during World War II.

- I will always be a solider.

- [Gabe] Hundreds ofAmerican soldiers died

when the Japanese Army beat and tortured

prisoners of war during a forced march

of more than 60 miles.

- A well of water springingup into everlasting life.

- [Gabe] Nesteby's NewTestament pocket Bible

is just one of over 7.4million copies issued

to American GIs during World War II.

- Lack of water or starving,

this helped them through that time.

- [Gabe] And this good book carried

Nesteby past the perilsof murder and disease

over the course of four POW camps

in three and a half years.

- To carry that with himthroughout the duration of the war.

- [Gabe] Paul Morando isthe chief of exhibits.

- He gave his life, his service

to the United States Army,

and his story, along with his Bible,

need to be told.

- The museum will cover the history

of the Army from the Revolutionary War

to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Army says that after over 240 years

this testament to its service

and it's soldiers is long overdue.

Gabe Lamonica, CBN News,Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

- [Amber] When we comeback, how the greatest story

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- Well this summer the so called wall

of separation of church and state

came crumbling down on The National Mall

when the entire Bible was on display.

- But it wasn't just words on pages,

it was the unique visionof a German painter

spread across more than3,000 pieces of art.

CBN News' Paul Strand has the story.

- Imagine every single part

of the Bible illustratedby a professional painter

and then all those paintingslined up next to each other

and going all the wayaround the reflecting pool

on The National Mall.

They say a picture'sworth a thousand words,

well so then what are3,333 pictures worth?

In this case, the entire Bible.

German painter WillyWiedmann put many years

of his life in this project.

The head of the museum of the Bible

was excited to see itall displayed at once.

- It's the world's longest Bible.

Arguably the world'slongest illustrated book.

And this is a chance for us to chow it off

to the district and to the nation.

- [Paul] The painter'sson came all the way

from Germany for the mile long display

and to represent his father's vision.

- There are more than abillion people illiterate,

people who can't read and write,

and that's one way for them

to engage with the Bible through visuals.

- He believed that about a third

of the world's populationeither couldn't read

or couldn't learn through words.

They had to learn pictorally.

And that was his motivation to spend

16 years of his life

to create this amazing Bible.

- [Paul] The world mightnever have seen this treasure.

The painter didn't even tellhis own family about it.

- It was a total surprisewhen I discovered it.

- It was Martin and his family

who discovered all thework their father had done.

- Well he put it away infour big aluminum cases,

which I found after he died in his attic.

- [Paul] Wiedmann borrowedfrom many schools of art,

surrealism, cubism,abstract expressionism.

It led to a whole differentlook for biblical subjects.

- He never wanted God to have a face

or a gender,

and so God is always represented

as a triangle comingfrom the top of a page.

- We're used to thinkingof Jesus looking a certain

way from all those Renaissance paintings.

Wiedmann definitelyhad a style of his own.

Like he's Jesus washing his disciples feet

and at the last supper.

- Jesus is always representedwith this crazy blonde hair.

Don't know why.

- [Paul] But no matter howpeople felt about the style

it was one massivebiblical wonder to behold.

- To have a mile long picturearound the reflecting pool

in the form of a Bible,

I mean this is unheard of.

- [Paul] Paul Strand, CBNNews, The National Mall.

- That's gonna do it fortonight's Faith Nation.

- We'll see you right back here tomorrow.