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- Thanks for joining us for CBN NewsWatch.
I'm Wendy Griffith.
Democrats push ahead with impeachment,
with Speaker, Nancy Pelosi saying,
there's a constitutional duty to act,
but the White House expectsfull exoneration in the Senate.
Charlene Aaron is following the story
and joins us now withthe latest, Charlene.
- Wendy, President Trump is expected
to address the impeachment charges
put forth by the Democratsduring the Senate trial phase.
White House Press Secretary,Stephanie Grisham said,
the president will addressthese false charges
in the Senate and expectsto be fully exonerated
because he did nothing wrong.
Democrats announced twoarticles of impeachment,
charging the president with abuse of power
and obstruction of Congress.
They say the charges stemfrom the president's pressure
on Ukraine to announce investigations
of his political rivalswhile he temporarily
withheld aid to the country.
Before the Democratsmade their announcement,
the president insistedhe did nothing wrong,
tweeting, the impeachment process
is sheer, political madness.
The House Judiciary Committee is expected
to publicly take upthese articles for debate
and approval as soon as Thursday,
and there could be a fullvote in the House next week.
Republicans blasted theDemocrats on the issue,
saying they have no evidence that
the president did anything wrong.
- All the times that the Democrats
brought witness afterwitness that were supposed
to be the star witness, they were asked
by our members point blank,
"Can you name an impeachable offense?"
Not one, "Can you nameany count of bribery?"
Not one, yet they still goforward with impeachment,
not because there's evidence,
which is what the constitutionalstandard should be,
but because they're afraidhe will get reelected.
- And meanwhile, a QuinnipiacUniversity poll found
that 45% of registered voters think
that President Trump should be impeached
and removed from office compared to 48%
who don't think so, Wendy?
- Interesting times we're living in.
- Yes.- Thank you, Charlene.
Appreciate that.
Well, failing marks forthe FBI for the DOJ report.
Attorney General Bill Barr,calling the Mueller report
an intrusive investigationof a US president
on the thinnest of suspicions.
What precisely did the report find
and why are the findings a no-clear win
for Democrats or Republicans?
Eric Philips explains.
- The report criticizes theFBI for inaccurate information
on surveillance or so-calledFISA warrants applications.
The IG stopped short of saying
the Mueller report nevershould have happened,
but his boss willingly made that leap.
In a statement, AttorneyGeneral Bill Barr said,
"The FBI launched anintrusive investigation of
"a US presidentialcampaign on the thinnest
"of suspicions that, inmy view, were insufficient
"to justify the steps taken.
"It is also clear that,from its inception,
"the evidence producedby the investigation
"was consistently exculpatory."
The FBI filed so-called FISA warrants
to be able to electronically monitor
Trump campaign aide, Carter Page.
The warrants were renewed three times,
but the report says, the FBI personnel
fell far short of therequirement in FBI policy
that they ensure thatall factual statements
in a FISA application arescrupulously accurate.
- There are a number ofthings in this report
that, in my view, fallwell short of the standard
of conduct and performance that we
and that I expect of all our employees.
And we're gonna be taking
a number of correctivesteps to address that.
- [Eric] The report saysofficials learned new information
between the time theapplications for warrant renewals
were submitted, such as the fact
that the DNC and HillaryClinton's campaign
helped fund the infamous Steele dossier,
chiefly used to obtain the warrants,
but that new info was not included
in subsequent FISA application filings.
- This is a sad day.
This is a dangerous set of circumstances,
but there are better days ahead.
Mr. Horowitz has identified the problem.
It is up to us to fix it.
- [Eric] The report maintainsthat, while decision-makers
higher up in the FBI werenot kept properly informed
during the investigation, quote,
"Information that was knownto the managers, supervisors
"and senior officials should have resulted
"in questions being raised,but that didn't happen."
The report also said,there was no evidence
of political bias where theinvestigation was concerned,
and that while there wereissues, by and large,
there was probable cause forlaunching the investigation.
- Well, I think if you're looking at this
through either a Democrator Republican lens,
which most people onCapitol Hill are doing
as well as the president, there's not
a clear win for either side.
- The investigations in thismatter are still not over.
There's one more being conducted right now
by US attorney, John Durham.
Durham released his ownstatement Monday saying,
he told the IG, he does not agree with
some of the report's findings, including
how the FBI opened its case.
Unlike the IG's report,Durham's investigation
could result in criminal charges.
In Washington, Eric Philips, CBN News.
- Thanks, Eric, and be sure to catch up
on the latest from the nation's capital
this evening on "Faith Nation."
You can watch it right hereon the CBN News Channel.
Well, the FBI is still trying to determine
if the Pensacola shooter acted alone
or was part of a larger network.
The aviation student from Saudi Arabia
opened fire in a classroomat the naval air station,
Pensacola, on Friday morning,killing three people.
The incident is being investigatedas an act of terrorism.
A US official says thegunman had apparently
gone on Twitter shortlybefore the shooting
to blast US support ofIsrael and accuse America
of being anti-Muslim.
Meanwhile, people in thecommunity are coming together
to do what they can for those affected.
- The base is theheartbeat of the community.
Most of the people you meetwhen you're in Pensacola
are in some way connected to that base,
whether it's civilian or military.
It's about the least I can do, I mean,
there's not really muchelse I can do in my position
except give blood andtry to provide comfort,
but this is about the familiesof those that, you know,
have been killed and wounded.
And we're just tryingto do everything we can
to stick together and console each other.
- Meanwhile the FBI says yesterday,
it has found no signs of any link
between the shooting and a recent
cyber attack on computersystems in Pensacola.
Officials in the city becameaware of the cyber attack
early Saturday just hoursafter Friday's shooting.
The city says they're workingto restore everything.
- We have disconnectedmuch of our city network,
just to make sure we can get everything
back up and running safely and make sure
that we're not vulnerableto any other cyber attacks.
- Meanwhile, the SupremeCourt has left in place
a Kentucky law requiringdoctors to perform ultrasounds
and show the images of the unborn babies
to patients before abortions.
The justices didn't comment after refusing
to review an appeals courtruling that upheld the law.
The American Civil LibertiesUnion had challenged the law
on behalf of the only remainingabortion clinic in Kentucky.
The law was passed in 2017.
Well, bitter cold is expected across
much of the country this week.
The National WeatherService says the cold front
will bring an Arctic airmass from the mid-Atlantic
through the Northeast.
Meteorologists say, theupper Midwest will see highs
below zero today and tomorrow.
Chill advisories have already been issued
for a portion of the Dakotas and Minnesota
is under a winter storm warning.
Icy roads are alreadycausing issues for residents.
- I've come this far, it'sa sheet o' ice out there.
So you're tryin' to get traction
while you're pushing it up the hill.
It's almost like that firstsnow of the year in Nebraska
and everybody's struggling with it.
We could probably use alittle bit of salt. (laughing)
- Salt always helps.
Well, over a foot of snow is possible
in some areas of the region and
in the Northern Great Lakes.
Coming up, what one doctor has to say
about screen time and kids.
How he says it's impacting their brains,
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- A new study out of theCincinnati children's Hospital
Medical Center reveals that young kids
are getting too much screen time
and it's having negative impacts.
The American Academy ofPediatrics created guidelines
for parents to reference.
Their recommendations includeavoid screen media completely
for children under 18 months old.
Restrict use to one hour per day
for children ages two to five.
And place consistent limits on time spent
and types of media used for children
above six years old.
The Cincinnati Children's Hospital studied
47 healthy children betweenthe ages of three and five.
The examination revealed that skills
such as brain processingspeed were impacted.
Well, Dr. John Hutton, theauthor of the latest study
and director of The Readingand Literacy Discovery Center
at Cincinnati Children'sHospital joins us now with more.
Dr. Hutton, thanks for being with us.
- It's my pleasure.
- Talk to us a little bit more about
the negative impacts of toomuch screen time on children.
- I think the main issuereally comes down to readiness.
One of the adages inpediatrics that we often use
is that children are not small grownups,
and really, what they needat different ages changes
with, you know, as they get older
and our study involvedpre-school aged kids
around age three to five, and at that age,
they're really really dependent
on multi-sensorial experiences.
They wanna interact with people.
They wanna figure out how the world works.
So a lotta the issues with screen time
may not so much be that thescreen time is directly harmful.
I mean, there are certainaspects that might be,
such as inappropriate content,other things like that,
but it's mostly, probablythat it gets in the way
of other experiences thatare healthier for kids,
like reading books andinteracting with people
and toys and things like that.
- All right, we're gonnaget back to that age group
in a second, but why shouldinfants under 18 months
not be subject to screen time at all?
- Yeah, so, infants are really, I mean,
they're just figuringout how the world works.
I mean, they really areincredibly responsive
and dependent on nurturing.
They wanna feel loved andconnected with people.
They're figuring outhow their senses work.
Really, they just aren't quite able,
they're not quite readyto really understand
what a screen is or that there's something
behind all the flashinglights and everything.
Like, they will beattracted to the screen,
but they generally don'tget much out of it.
There's a lot of evidencethat young babies
just don't learn much ofanything from screens.
- So if you're a parent and you think
you're helping your childby making your child
perhaps smarter by puttinga screen in front of him
before, while he's still a baby,
you're actually doing harm.
- Well, potentially, I mean,
we don't want parents to feel guilty
or feel like they're hurting their kids.
One of the issues is thatthere's a lot of marketing
and a lot of apps andvideos and other things
that are marketed to make kids smarter,
and they really make veryunsubstantiated claims.
The term learning andeducation is used a lot
and it's very powerful.
One of the things we wannaget across is that really,
the best teacher for achild is their parent
or someone that cares about them
and really, you can't replace that
with any kind of device or electronics.
- Well, one hour a dayfor children two to five,
this might seem impossiblefor some parents
who are already, well,their kids are already
used to having that iPador whatever, that video.
So what is your advice to those parents
to help them scale down?
- Yeah, it's really amazing, it's, I mean,
thinking about how quickly the technology
has exploded, I mean, really,
it's hard to believe that iPhones
have only been around for about 10 years,
and now we use them all the time.
They're just basically a part of our day
pretty much constantly.
So, it really does seemlike it's unreasonable
for parents to limit theirchildren to less than an hour.
I think that if a childis gonna watch something
or if the parent needs to make dinner
or get some errands done or something
and the child is watchingtelevision or something,
that's okay, for limited amounts of time
as long as they're understanding that,
probably not an optimallearning situation.
But then also, at thesame time, it's important
to encourage grownups andkids to spend time together.
So they can watch a movie together.
They can, you know, playgames together or whatever
and talk about what they're doing
and anything that'll kind of increase
the amount of communicationbetween grownups and kids
is gonna be healthier than
if the child's left by themselves.
- Yeah, I know when you're driving,
sometimes you can see, you know, the kid
in the backseat watching his video game.
So perhaps he'd be screaming otherwise.
So you can certainlyunderstand why parents do it,
but what other activitiescan young children do
other than watch videosthat would be healthier
and even more fun, perhaps?
- I think it really isincredibly important
for young children to learn how to
use their imaginationsand really to cope with
being a little bit bored.
You know, that riding inthe back seat of the car,
being able to stare out the window
and daydream and reflect,let their brain take a break.
That's how, it's really a veryimportant skill for children.
It's a source of peace and just feeling,
and being able to calm themselves down
and not being dependent on a device
getting handed over tosort of distract them.
Being able to get out a pad of paper
and some crayons and draw pictures
and look at books and just really
to use their imaginationsand their creativity
instead of just handing over a device
that's gonna be kind of a quick fix.
- Yeah, I think weadults could also benefit
from this as well. (laughing)- Yeah.
- Getting away from our devices.
Well, Dr. Hutton, thank you so much
for this valuable information.
We appreciate it, God bless.
- It's my pleasure, thanks for having me.
Coming up, you'll meet avery unusual type of doctor.
There are actually amazing dogs
who are helping people living
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- Well, they're called doctor dogs.
They're sniffing outdiseases, tracking down
deadly super bugs and helping people
manage serious medical conditions.
Lorie Johnson shows ushow these amazing animals
are helping victims reclaim their lives.
- [Lorie] 23 year oldDanielle Brooks can now
live on her own, attend grad school
and even travel internationally,
all thanks to her service dog, Rolo.
He helps Danielle manage sleep disorders,
including cataplexy, which can
cause her to suddenly collapse.
- After laughing withfriends in the driveway,
I got a concussion, and that was kind of
the final straw for me of accepting
that I needed more helpthan just medication.
- [Lorie] Rolo tunes into Danielle so closely,
he can actually sensean impending episode.
- So he'll tell me before that
or tell me that my heartrate's getting too high,
so I need to rest andtake a break and sit down.
- [Lorie] Before Rolo came on board,
Danielle feared hownarcolepsy, which suddenly
causes her to fall asleep, prevented her
from living independently.
- What if I fall asleep onthe bus and miss my stop?
- [Lorie] Now, Rolo can wake Danielle up
when she just nods off, and ifshe sleeps through her alarm.
He also picks things up for her
and even opens the door,which helps save energy
throughout the day.
- He also can, like,unload and load things
into the washing machine if I really
wanna take a lotta time,but he hasn't figured out
how to fold the clothes yet.
- Dogs perform important workin the world of medicine,
and the number of jobsthey do continues to grow.
Turns out, certain canines canhandle just about anything.
Nobody knows that betterthan Maria Goodavage.
As a researcher, she documentscutting edge examples
in her book, "DoctorDogs, How Our Best Friends
"Are Becoming Our Best Medicine."
- Well, I love seeing the dog human bond,
but when dogs save lives,there's just nothing like it.
- [Lorie] Whitley, here, can warn Clay
20 minutes before his devicesindicate low blood sugar,
that could possibly putClay into a diabetic coma.
When anxiety overcomesKit, her dog, Angus,
can calm her down and preventan overwhelming situation.
Hank helps Molly manageschizoaffective disorder
by helping her determinewhether the people
she sees and hears are actually there.
- That just by him beinga dog, a friendly dog
who greets everybody,anybody, then he can help her
separate reality from thesehorrible hallucinations,
just because Hank is saying hi.
- Doctor dogs are trainedusing positive reinforcements.
They're motivated to learnwith toys, treats and praise.
These techniques allow dogs to learn
brand new ways ofcommunicating with humans,
such as activating their talking vests.
- [Device] My owner needs yourattention, please follow me.
- [Lorie] And 9-1-1touch screen technology.
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- And I think it's just going to lead to
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- [Lorie] Believe it ornot, dogs can actually
smell sickness like Suga here who's
going around the wheelsniffing out the tee shirt
worn by a person with Parkinson's disease.
This dog scours a hospital,locating the presence
of deadly superbugs such as C-dif,
which no human or machinecan readily detect.
And, in a Japanesecommunity with a high rate
of stomach cancer, doctordogs are being used
to detect it before it's too late.
- Their sense of smell is somuch more sensitive than ours.
We have about 6 millionolfactory receptors.
Dogs have 300 million.
They can smell in parts per trillion,
which is, like, atablespoon of a substance
in the equivalent of twoOlympic-size swimming pools.
- [Lorie] After seeing these examples,
you may think you could benefit
from your own doctor dog.
- There are a lot of greatorganizations out there,
and they produce really good dogs.
There are some organizations out there
that are really well meaning.
They might produce gooddogs, they may not, they try.
And then, there are some,there have been some
that are just out there to make a buck.
- [Lorie] So for peoplewho could use some help
managing a medical condition,doing a bit of homework
can help find the perfect companion.
Lorie Johnson, CBN News.
- Thanks, Lorie, and to hear more about
the amazing ways dogs are helping people
with medical issues, Maria,Danielle and even Rolo,
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with the US Marine Corps togive back this holiday season.
The First Lady handed out toys to children
and bags bearing the slogan
of her signature childwelfare initiative, "Be Best",
as part of this year'sToys For Tots campaign.
The annual tradition involves collecting
and distributing toys to less fortunate
American children and providing hope
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Mrs. Trump greetedvisitors, made brief remarks
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She also helped sort the toys that
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