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- [Jenna] Tonight: lawmakersvow to pass gun control.
What has a chance of making itthrough the House and Senate?
And the American economy.
How trade with China isimpacting bank accounts
here in the United States.
Plus a preview of nextweek's election in Israel.
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President Trump's NationalSecurity Advisor is out.
Welcome to Faith Nation,I'm Jenna Browder.
- And I'm Eric Philips.
President Trump made theannouncement on Twitter today.
- Yeah, the news comingas a big surprise to many.
Amber Strong has the detailsfrom the White House; Amber.
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- Yeah, that's right, Eric and Jenna.
There's been tension betweenthe two for quite some time.
Even still, this firing was a bit abrupt.
Here's how the presidentexplained it via Twitter.
"I informed John Bolton last night
"that his services are no longerneeded at the White House.
"I disagreed strongly withmany of his suggestions,
"as did others in the Administration,
"and therefore I askedJohn for his resignation,
"which was given to me this morning."
As we've seen with past administrations
and certainly with this one,
there's always two sides to every story.
Here is John Bolton'stake on what happened.
"I offered to resign lastnight and President Trump said
"Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Now in that tweet, the president said
he disagreed with JohnBolton on many things.
Two of those things we know: One is Iran
and the second is those recentdealings with the Taliban.
Eric and Jenna, back to you guys.
- All right, Amber, thank you very much.
And we're joined now by ourChief Political Analyst.
I gotta tell you that, you know,
looking at today happeningwas really something
because just an hour before the tweets
from the president came out,
we got word that he was gonna be involved
in a press conference today,
so I mean, was this asurprise to everyone there?
I mean, what can you explain about this?
- It was only, it wasa surprise to everybody
other than PresidentTrump and John Bolton.
That's pretty much the deal.
You're right, I mean, therewas a press conference
scheduled for 1:30 with John Bolton there,
and then all of, I mean what?
Did anybody tell thepress shop that, you know,
by the way, he doesn't work here anymore.
Anyhow, the question was posed
to Secretary of State MikePompeo at a press conference
that he was actually at,not with John Bolton.
That question was asked
whether or not he was taken by surprise,
and here is Mike Pompeo's comical answer.
- [Reporter] Were you twoblindsided by what occurred today?
That he's no longerwith the administration,
was it news to you today?
'Cause last night you weretold he would be here today.
- I'm never surprised.
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- [Reporter] Well, let me ask it this way.
- And I don't mean thaton just this issue.
And I think Secretary Mnuchinwould say the same thing.
We work very closely
with the President of the United States.
We, I think, we have apretty good understanding
of how he's thinking about things.
I think you'd agree,Steven, at nearly all times,
and so, you know, our mission set's
not to talk about these inner workings
and the palace intrigue that Iknow you are so curious about
but rather to talk about the things
that matter to American foreign policy.
(reporters clamoring)
- I think President Trump, or excuse me,
Secretary Pompeo sums it up when he says,
"I'm never surprised," and, at this point,
I think he represents theviews of every single American
watching Donald Trump's administration.
It's like Survivor Trump edition.
Who's out tonight?- Reality TV.
- Yeah, reality TV.
- David, so you were theretoday at this news conference.
It looked like Pompeo was a little more,
shall we say upbeat than he normally is?
He and Bolton clashed a lot.
- Yeah, you would call itupbeat; that's a good word.
I'll call it a bit smug.
Bolton and Pompeo didn'tnecessarily see eye to eye
and let's be clear: Bolton and Pompeo,
if Pompeo was a congressman,
and he used to be a congressman,
him and Bolton pretty much see eye to eye,
but as Secretary of State it's different.
He's serving the presidentof the United States,
he has to deal with allof the diplomacy here
and the truth of the matter is is that,
and this is what I reallycould never understand,
why did John Bolton takethe job to begin with?
He's a hawk, he is an interventionist.
Some called him a warmonger.
Even Donald Trump calledhim a potential warmonger.
Donald Trump is an isolationist;
doesn't want to get involved in all that.
So it really seemed like amismatch from the very beginning.
- Switching gears just a little bit.
- Sure.- Something else that came out
of today's press conference:
Pompeo says that President Trump
would meet with Iran's leaderwithout any pre-conditions.
Now, that's a big deal.
- Yeah, it's a big deal, an honestly,
from a conservativeperspective, let's be honest.
If you're a conservativeand this was Barack Obama,
hey, you've got a real problem with this,
but it's President Trumpand he's got Teflon
associated with him atall times, and so, what?
He can do no wrong?
It's a bit hypocritical, butthe truth of the matter is
is that if you're meetingwith Rouhani, Iran's leader,
look, that opens up ahuge can of worms here,
and there's gonna be a lotof potential repercussions,
'cause remember, he's doing this with no,
potentially doing this,
with no pre-conditions atthe UN General Assembly
coming up later in September.
- David, this is anotheradministration official to leave.
What does this say about
just the revolving doorat the White House?
- Well, he's not a politician,Donald Trump, right?
We know this.
And so therefore,
he's not gonna do thingsthe traditional way
and this is what we get.
We get helter skelter.
I call him the human Etch-a-Sketch;
I've said it here beforeand I'll say it again.
That's what he is, and whenyou're a human Etch-a-Sketch,
you get an Etch-a-Sketch administration
and that's what we've got.
- I love your analogies,David, thank you very much.
- I'm gonna trademark that, Eric.
- I know, right, thank you.- You know I will.
- Thanks David.
Well up on Capitol Hill,the debate over gun violence
is reaching a fever pitch
and there's some newinteresting polling out
from the Washington Post and ABC News.
It shows six in 10 Americansfear a mass shooting
and more than half feel stricter gun laws
would reduce mass shootings.
CBN News Capitol Hillcorrespondent Abigail Roberston
joins us from the Hill with more; Abigail.
- Well now that Congressis back in session,
gun control is on top of the agenda
for House Democrats whoare blaming the president
and Republicans for not taking action.
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In the wake of dual shootingsin Dayton and El Paso,
Democrats want action.
- There's a historicopportunity for President Trump
to lead his party, finally,
toward passing sensible gun safety laws.
- [Abigail] 89% of Americans
in a Washington Post/ABC News poll
support background checksfor all gun purchases,
including private and gun show sales.
- We respect the Second Amendment
and we recognize that most folks
in and around guns and ammunition
are honorable, law-abiding citizens.
- [Abigail] New Jersey's Democrat Governor
unveiled measures Tuesday topressure banks and retailers
to force gun makers toconduct background checks.
After a Monday meeting at the White House,
a bipartisan group of mayorsmade their goal clear.
- Our goal is singular,
and it's to get passageon background checks.
- This president hassat down, trying to find
what is the best way to make sure
these are never duplicated again.
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- [Abigail] Republicans point out
the president's supportof a ban on bumpstocks
in the wake of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting
that killed nearly 60 people,
and after a Texas churchbloodbath that same year,
the signing of a Republican-backed bill
to fix the federalbackground check database.
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The shooter in Dayton carried
a hundred-round double drum magazine.
Democrats in the House want a ban
on such high-capacity magazines.
- If we can save even one life,
then by God, we've gotta do it.
- [Abigail] The FBI was warned twice
about the shooter in theParkland High School rampage.
But after sending mixed signals
on expanded backgroundchecks for gun buyers,
the president is clear on one thing.
- It's the people that pull the trigger.
It's not the gun that pulls the trigger.
- Now reporters questioned
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
on if there is any gun control legislation
he's planning on bringingto the Senate floor,
and he repeatedly answered
that he will only bringsomething to the floor
if he hears from the White House
that there is somethingthat the president supports
and will definitely sign.
- Abigail, House Whip Steve Scalise,
he's a well-known victimof gun violence himself.
I know you've gotten thechance to speak to him
about where he stands on this issue.
- Yes, we spoke to him this afternoon
and he said first and foremost,when these incidents happen
we need to remember to bepraying for the victims
and their families and hecriticized his Democrat colleagues
who he says are now jumpingin front of the camera
the day of these shootings
and calling for gun control legislation
which he says, in somecases, wouldn't even prevent
some of these mass shootings,
and he argues that therealready are hundreds
of gun control laws in place,
but the problem is they'renot being enforced.
Take a look.
- Time and time againwe see it's not the fact
that there wasn't abackground check system,
it's that some of these peoplecleared a background check
and they shouldn't have been able to
because they had a criminal past
that wasn't fed into thebackground check system.
So we've passed legislationto address those problems.
Why not also go and close loops
on these people that saythey're gonna be mass shooters?
Even in the Parkland case,
he told people the FBI had a file on him
and the FBI chose not to act.
Who's been held accountablefor those kind of big mishaps?
- He also argues that the real issue
we should be looking at hereis that mental health issue.
- All right, AbigailRobertson on Capitol Hill.
Thank you.
- Well voting is almostfinished in North Carolina
in an election to fill avacant congressional seat.
It's a tight race viewedby some as a referendum
on President Trump's job performance.
The president knows North Carolina
is an important state towin if he's to be reelected,
so last night he held a rallytouting his economic success
and defending trade with China.
- And if China wants totalk, they want to talk.
China's lost 3 million jobs,
thousands of companies are leaving China.
The supply chain is crumbling
because they can't pay the tariffs.
And our country has taken over
things that you would have never thought.
As an example, hundredsof billions of dollars
have been and are coming into our country
in the form of tariffs,
and China's eating the cost.
- Stephen Moore is a formerTrump economic advisor
and an economist withthe Heritage Foundation
and he joins us now.- Hi guys.
- Stephen good to have you.
Thank you for being here.- You're welcome.
- So we heard fromPresident Trump last night.
He was talking aboutChina and the US tariffs.
You know, he says it's a good thing.
At the same time, farmershere in the United States
are feeling the pinch.
Stephen, what do makeof the whole situation?
- Well, first of all, Ithink most Americans agree
that Trump is fightingthe good fight here,
that China has become increasingly
a menace on the global scene
both economically through theirpredatory trade practices,
and also building up their military
in a very aggressive and dangerous way,
so, you know, China's no longer a friend,
they are an adversary,
and I think we're almost in anew cold war era with China.
This trade war and, you know,
I don't if we should call it atrade war or a trade dispute,
but it has gone on now for two years
and I think Trump is getting frustrated
'cause the Chinese are notnegotiating in good faith.
One day they say they'll do one thing
and the next day they do the next.
And so, you're right,this is hurting farmers
so, the way I put it, I think,
and I think Trump has said this, too,
I mean, there's some short-termpain here to the economy,
no question, from this trade war,
but if he can get this doneand we can get something
where they agree to buymore of our products,
more of our agriculture, moreof our manufacturing items,
it'll be good for both countries.
- Well, you know, according to
a new ABC News/Washington Post poll,
60% of Americans believe thatwe're heading into recession
because of all these woes,
these trade wars--- 60%?
- 60%.- I had not seen that poll.
I don't believe that for a minute.
- You don't believe it?- No.
No, we're not headed to recession.
Now, I would never say never,
but the economy's really strongright now, I mean, come on.
We just got this jobsreport out last week.
It's showing a recordnumber of Americans working.
Never have we had 158million Americans working.
We do today.
We have the lowest unemployment rate
and the lowest unemploymentfor blacks, for Hispanics,
for women, for peoplewithout a college degree
than any time in 50 years.
Wages are rising, so no,it's a strong economy.
Is it weakened because of the trade war?
Yes, it has.
- Stephen, shifting gears here.
Congress is now back in session.
They have three weeks to pass a budget
before we see another government shutdown.
- We've been through thisbefore many times, haven't we?
- Exactly.- Back to the future, right?
- Exactly, why are we here again?
- It's just the new way ofdoing business in Washington,
and it's a shame, isn't it?
It's like a teenage boywho won't do his homework
until the day, an hour before it's due,
and you know, it's become almost comical
but it has negative effectsbecause you remember
there've been years we've been running
up against the debt clock
where we have had toshut down the government.
That's not any way to run a government,
and so it's irresponsible behavior
and frankly, I'm gonnablame both parties for this.
You know, the spending that's going on
is highly irresponsible.
I talked to Pat Robertsonabout this, I mean,
and he agreed with me, it's both parties
that are responsible for this,
and they can't seem to,
we're gonna probably run a deficit
that's close to a trilliondollars this year.
That's a lotta debt.- Yeah, that is a lot,
I mean, considering this sort of
this back to the future type thing,
what happens if we see another shutdown?
- Well, I don't, there'snot gonna be a shutdown.
You know, they pretty muchknow what they want to do.
There's some, you know,outstanding issues.
The problem is that thecompromise that they reached
gave all the big spenderseverything they wanted.
So the military and the Pentagon people
got all their money they wanted.
The social, the Democratswanted more money
for social purpose; we put that in.
So the taxpayers, in my opinion,
remember that grand deal thatthey said a few months ago,
everybody in Washingtonwas happy in the swamp,
but people outside ofWashington are looking in.
I can't tell ya how manytimes I hear from people.
I'm sure I'll hear frompeople after this show
saying why won't they do something
about tightening theirbelt and cutting spending
and balancing the budget.
We're so far away from that today.
- All right, Stephen Moorewith the Heritage Foundation.
We have to leave it there,
but thank you.- Thanks guys.
- It's always great to have you.
- Thank you very much.
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A look at the push to pass aborn-alive protections act.
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- Congressional Republicansare again leading the charge
to help save the lives of babies
that are born after an abortion attempt.
- As Paul Strand reportsfrom Capitol Hill,
most Americans believe in the message
of the Born Alive Protection Act,
but some Democrats arekeeping the legislation
from moving forward.
- Withholding medical care for a baby
that survived a botched abortion,
77% of Americans oppose that.
70% Democrats oppose that,and yet the Democrats
that head up the Househave refused 80 times
to let a baby Born-AliveProtection Act come to a vote.
Congress members held this hearing
to highlight the need to protectthese abortion survivors.
A number of witnesses decriedthis modern-day infanticide
and the House leadership'sunwillingness to stop it.
- Babies are born aliveafter some abortions.
And if we can't protect eventhe babies that are born alive,
then we know that theso-called right to choose
for abortion has gonecompletely out of control.
Now it's talking about outside the womb,
not just inside the womb.
- [Paul] House MinorityWhip Steve Scalise.
- There are babies that survive abortions.
In many different cases we'vehad witnesses talk about it.
And so to have medicalprofessionals testifying
that it's happening,
that there are states, including New York,
who ushered in a law that allow the baby
to be killed after it's born alive
because you don't havea federal protection.
- All babies, whether they are wanted,
whether they are premature,
whether they have a congenitalanomaly, are still people.
And all of them need to be treated
with the same standard of care.
- [Paul] Former abortionist Kathi Aultman,
now a pro-lifer, explained the mindset
of those who let theseabortion survivors die.
- Because the object of the abortion
was to have a dead baby, notreally to end the pregnancy,
they can be sued.
That baby can sue them later
because of defects from the procedure.
They may not do wellbecause they're premature
and they're gonna have problems.
The parents could sue.
They have every reasonto get rid of the baby
rather than allow that baby to live.
- [Paul] Former nurse Jill Stanek
found out first-hand abortionworkers were taking babies
from botched abortions offto die at her hospital.
- One night a nursing co-worker
was taking a little abortion survivor
to the soiled utility room,
and when she told me what she was doing,
I couldn't bear the thought
of this suffering child dying alone,
and so I cradled and rocked him
for the 45 minutes that he lived.
- In one 11-year period,
the CDC reported 143 babiessurviving abortion attempts,
and the number's far likely higher
because so few of theseincidents get reported.
Now, if a Born-AliveProtection Act should pass,
an abortionist who deliberatelykills one of these babies
could face charges of murder.
Paul Strand, CBN News, Capitol Hill.
- [Eric] Voters prepare tohead to the polls in Israel.
A look at what to expectas Benjamin Netanyahu
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- Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
is vowing to begin annexingWest Bank settlements
if he wins reelection next week.
- Yeah, the vote willmark the first time ever
Israelis will go back to the polls
for national elections twice in one year.
CBN Middle East Bureau ChiefChris Mitchell has that story.
- [Chris] Israeli voters areexpressing different priorities
as they plan for theSeptember national elections.
- Security matters more than anything else
and the issues like Iran, like Hamas.
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Likud is about supporting Netanyahu.
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