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President Donald Trump's impeachment trial

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President Trump useshis Presidential pulpit

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- [Mark] The White Housealso planning to streamline

the federal complaint process for students

to alert authorities of discrimination.

In 1962 the Supreme Court banned

public school-sponsored prayer

while allowing students to privately meet

and pray on school grounds.

That decision has sometimesbeen misinterpreted

as banning all religiousexpression in public schools

resulting in court battles andmore Supreme Court rulings.

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over the place of Biblicalvalues in America.

In the oval office CBN's, David Brodwin,

raised that issue with the President.

- [David] Where are yourviews on this cultural war

that we--- Well, it is

a cultural war and you have two sides.

You have a side that believesso strongly in prayer

and they're being restricted

and it's getting worse and worse

and I think we've made a big impact

and we're loosening up a lot

and I wanna loosen it up totally.

But you do have, you havethings happening today

that 10 or 15 years ago would've been

unthinkable what's happening.

- President Trump has a strongsupport among Evangelicals.

The latest polls show 77%of white Evangelical voters

approve of his job performance.

Evangelical leader, Dr. James Dobson

praised the President's action.

The founder of, Focus On The Family,

said in this statement,

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when public prayer wasexpected and appreciated,

even in schools.

I've also lived long enoughto see the consequences

of our societal disregardof The Ten Commandments

and the eternal truth they represent.

We should celebrate theadministration's vital efforts

to protect our religious freedom.

But such work is in vain ifwe don't seize the opportunity

to live out our faithand thereby transform

the heart of this nation."

Overseas for the first time in years

Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei ledFriday's prayers in Tehran.

It's a sign of how muchpressure the regime is feeling.

Now with crippling sanctions,

and Iranians protesting in the streets,

some people wonder ifthis could be the moment

the Iranian regime will fall.

Here's one perspective from, Reza Pahlavi,

the son of the former Shah of Iran,

who spoke this week inWashington's Hudson Institute.

- I think people smell the opportunity

for the first time in 40 years this time,

very different than 2009

even very different from 1997.

The people have had it.

Today's generation of young Iranian

cannot take it anymore.

They wanna have an opportunityfor a better future.

They want to be on the pathof modernity and freedom.

The only thing that stands between them

and the free world is this regime.

- Our, Chris Mitchell,joins us from Jerusalem

with more.

Chris, is Reza Pahlavi one alternative

to the Iranian regime?

- Yeah, Mark, he is one alternative.

He's not the only alternative

though he is an alternativethat many people in Washington

would be looking for.

He's the son of the Shah of Iran

that was disposed 40 years ago.

But there are many opposition groups

representing many of theethnic groups all over Iran.

You know we're talking aboutpossible regime change.

There's two big questionsto remember, Mark.

What is gonna happen tothe security apparatus?

These are some of the Bajees,

you see these securityofficials out on the street

beating people and shooting protestors.

You know the hope is that they could turn

away from the regime andturn with the people.

In fact you seeconfrontations of the people

telling the Bajees, come withus, go against the regime,

we'll see if that happens.

And then, maybe thisis too far in advance,

but if the regime did fall

what kind of transition would it be?

Would it be a violent one?

Could it be a peaceful one?

We'll see, but right now,as Reza Pahlavi said,

you know, this could bethe time after 40 years

of the Islamic Regime.

- Chris, could this be atime for President Trump's,

tear down the wall, moment?

And explain what is meantby, tear down this wall.

- Yeah, some people may not remember,

but in 1987 Ronald Reagan had a speech

at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin,

he called on then Sovietleader, Mikhail Gorbachev,

tear down this wall,tear down the Berlin wall

that had been up there for years.

Some people are looking atPresident Trump's Tweets

to the Iranian Regimeas an incremental way

of saying sort of, tear down this wall

and have the regime fall.

But right now the official U.S. policy

is not to have regime change.

We'll see if that happens and we'll see

if there's any connection between many

of these opposition groupsand the U.S. administration.

- How important is prayerduring this time for Iran?

- Mark, it's vital andit's pivotal really.

There's one example I can site.

Dick Eastman, he's the headof, Christ For The Nations,

back in 1987 he felt the Lord told him

to go to the Berlin Walland put his hands on it

and say five words, inJesus' name come down.

Now there were many other people praying

inside the Soviet Unionand around the world,

but prayer is pivotal backthere in the Soviet Union days

and today now in the Islamic Republic.

- Amen, well what do you have coming up

on this week's, Jerusalem Dateline?

- Well, we have a roundtable with our colleagues,

George Thomas and GaryLane talking about Iran.

They have, bring years ofexperienced reporting on Iran.

We have "Magdala" which is the story about

the first century synagoguediscovered up in the Galilee

and "Passages" which is astory about Christian students

coming to Israel for the very first time

and really having alife-changing experience,

that's just some of what we have on

today's, Jerusalem Dateline.

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- The church in Iran is growing

with more and moreIranians coming to Christ.

Our, Gary Lane, spoke with Dr. Mike Ansari

with, Heart4Iran, about it.

- Mike, some say the Church in Iran

is the fastest growingchurch in the world,

would you say that's areasonable assessment?

Why is it growing so rapidly?

- Absolutely.

We (mumbles) are receivinghundreds of calls

every single day from the Muslims

living inside Iran telling us,

can you tell us more about Jesus,

they wanna find out moreabout the Prince of Peace.

I believe the majority ofthe Iranians are fed up with,

the anger, the frustration that they see

their god being portrayed as

and they're naturally gravitatingto the message of love

which is at the core of Christianity.

- Mike, I know that some ofthe young people especially

are very frustrated with the regime,

but that doesn't necessarily mean

they're embracing Christianity.

So how is it that they'recoming to the Lord?

- It's very interestingbecause you're right,

roughly about 50% of Iran's population

is under 30's, if not more.

And many of these peopleare connected to the West.

They're following our social media,

the pop culture in the West,

the Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga,

and they're askingthemselves the question,

why is there such a, such a division

between their culture and their society,

and the one in the West?

And they wanna belong to the West.

So many of 'em are asking the question,

do I really wanna be identified with

the ideology and the lifestyle

that the Iranian Muslimshave set up for me?

And they're saying, no,they're rejecting this flat out

and they're gravitating toanything that is outside.

The majority of them are researching

and finding out moreabout the meaning of life

and quite a few are falling

on a personal challenge and journey

finding out more about Jesus.

- There is a price to be paid for them

when they do embrace Christianity.

How's the government in Iran reacting

to the spread of Christianity?

- Well remember Iranis an Islamic Republic,

it is not happy when it losesits Muslims to Christianity.

Therefore it has createda taskforce since 2010,

in particular through their god,

on conducting raids on theunderground-house churches,

they are arresting people,

they're putting god's fear into them.

As a matter of fact just, just this week,

we got callers calling us and telling us

that after they contacted our call,

our call center, they were contacted

by Iranian Intelligence telling them

that they have no right contacting

the infidels outside of Iran, meaning us.

So it shows that the Iranian government

is very very frustrated.

There are rampant arrests and persecution.

We hear every day from advocacy groups

and Human Rights Organizations

about atrocities that Iranian minorities,

not only Christians, butalso Bahai's, Sudanese,

and other factions arefacing, systemic harassment,

that the Iranians are facingsimply because they do not have

a choice to chooseanything they wanna choose.

- And we know that Iranian women

face persecution just for notwearing, covering their heads,

wearing a scarf.

Regarding church growth thenwhat role are women playing?

Are they playing a significant role?

- Absolutely, the womenof Iran are courageous,

their bold, their strong.

They're very much at theforefront of the movements

of the group of Christianity in Iran,

they're not afraid.

Life in Islam portrays thewoman's position to be,

of being dominated by men of society.

The Iranian woman are courageous

and they're standing upand they're leading the man

into making a decision,decisions that is transforming

Iraq from inside out and a lot of Iranians

are giving their heart to Christ

and a lot of underground-churches

that are connecting with us are being led

by Iranian leaders that are woman.

- And finally, Mike, foryears we've heard about Jesus

appearing to Muslims indreams, have you heard that too

and what are some of the latest stories

you've heard about Iran, what's happening

in the church?- Well yes, absolutely.

We think we are verysophisticated with our TV

and with our missionaries going in there,

but the good news is thatJesus is way ahead of us.

He's already meetingthe people in that area

through dreams and visions.

People call us and say,

I just saw your program on Mohabat TV

and you know what I actuallyhad a dream about this,

or I had a vision about this,

or my mother told me thatshe had a dream about it,

can you tell me moreabout the man in white?

Who is this Jesus?

Who is this Prince of Peace?

Do you think it mean that Godis not a vengeful angry God

that's gonna smite me, that he loves me

with all my challenges and inadequacies?

And we say, yes, that is the grace of God.

So yes, dreams and visions are happening.

Also the majority of the people of Iran

are disillusioned with Islam.

They're realizing that that's not how

they want to be identifiedso they're seeking elsewhere

and other religions and also Christianity.

And the third group, Gary,

are the people who are going back

to the roots of Christianity

that was irradiatedsystematically by Islam in Iran.

Remember the firstmillennia of Christianity

did not happen in Vatican,did not happen in America,

or Germany, it happened in Middle East,

in the area that we callSyria, Iraq, and Iran

and many of these people arerealizing that the heritage

that was erased and systematicallyirradiated by Islam,

I was identified through Christianity.

I have the Kurdish peoplethat are saying that

in their religious, they'regrandparents are putting

a cross on their bread and their asking,

grandma, why do you puta cross on the bread?

They say, because ourancestors used to be Christians

and they put the cross there to bless it.

So we're seeing a surge of Iranian youth

going back to thisreemergence of Christianity

and Christian identify thatwas lost in that region.

- Not just a God of the West,a God of the whole world.

Dr. Mike Ansari with Heart4Iran,

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about the content for kids.

He spoke with our CharleneAaron about his concerns.

- Last year we saw anear total transformation

of the TV industry as we know it.

Talk about some of thechanges that have happened.

- Yeah, over the last couple of years

as the streaming platforms

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It's never been more vexing as a parent

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in today's entertainmentmedia environment.

- And Tim you say that much of, you know,

the entertainment that you just mentioned,

is actually focused, they'remarketing it to kids,

you say that they're doing it on purpose.

Explain what you mean by that.

- Yeah, for years, maybe even for decades,

if there was something that was explicit,

maybe graphic violence, or profanity,

that was targeted to adults,

if children came across it

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it was the parents fault that if kids

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It's a different landscape now.

It's not just that childrenare collateral damage

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- Tim, you mentioned Disneyand Disney has come up

with a new cartoon thatteaches kids how to be witches

using a demon.

Talk about the increasein the use of witchcraft

and the occult that we're seeingin entertainment right now.

- If you are a family of faith

there is not a whole lot out there

that's really positive on the,

on the mainstream majorHollywood platforms.

It's so unfortunate.

You have such a hugepopulation of Americans

who are hungry for something positive,

something that they cansit and watch together

with their children and there just isn't

a whole lot out there.

And that's one of thethings we're hoping in 2020

that Hollywood recognizesjust how big of a marketplace

there is out there forfamily entertainment,

for quality family entertainment

and let's produce more of it.

- How do you see them actually,you know, doing better by,

to serve families in 2020?

- There are a couple ofthings they need to do.

Number one, just as we said,

produce more high-qualityfamily entertainment.

Number two, make sure thatwhen they are producing

their entertainment contentthey rate it properly,

put an accurate label on there.

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look at the back of a box andsee what the ingredients are.

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and music and all theother different platforms,

they're inconsistent, they're inaccurate,

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- And our Sports Director, Shawn Brown,

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It's been an exciting coupleweeks for football Shawn.

- Yes it has man.

- Yeah, first of all let's talk about

the college national championship.

We know that LSU dominated Clemson

after the first quarter.- They did.

- Still a lot of talk about the game

and what's happened since.

Bring us up to speed.

- Well, what's interestingabout college programs

is that when they wina national championship

the question is, allright, will they be back?

- In their case, in LSUs case,

they're losing two keycomponents of their team.

One, Joe Burrow is nowgonna move on to the NFL

probably to Cincinnati, Iknow you're an Ohio guy.

We'll have to see how that plays out.

But also their passing-game coordinator,

is, looks like my mic's not on here.

But my passing-gamecoordinator is also moving on.

He was picked up by the Carolina Panthers

as the offensive coordinator.

And so, yeah, there arechanges that are being made

and we'll have to see how that plays out.

They obviously have backup quarterbacks,

they're gonna have todevelop those quarterbacks.

They're gonna figureout, have to figure out

who's gonna fill Joe Brady's role

in that passing-game coordinator role,

but that's a big change.

Now LSU on the other handtheir not losing too much

and so they should be back.

We'll have to see how LSU can develop

now that those two keycomponents are moving on.

'Cause Joe Burrow andJoe Brady, the two Joe's,

(chuckling) were fantasticthis past season.

Very powerful offense.

- We've got the final

NFL games--- Yeah, yeah.

- Coming up here thisSunday give us the rundown.

- All right, Titans/Chiefs, Packers/49ers.

I'm excited, Mark, are you excited?

- [Mark] I'm excited.

- You should be.

A lot of history going on here man.

People are asking me, hey,

who do you think is gonna move on?

I honestly do not know.

This has been, hey,look at the Titans man,

look at what they'vebeen able to accomplish.

Who thought that they weregonna make it this far?

Now they're playing another tough team

but they've already defeatedtwo tough teams already

as an underdog.

I don't know if you can call a team

that has accomplished whatthey have accomplished

in this post season, underdogs,

but we'll have to see how it pans out.

But you got, you know, theTitans going against the Chiefs.

Can the Chiefs actually stop Derrick Henry

which is, the guy's six-three, 247 pounds,

fast, big, strong, andwhen you have a team that,

when you're facing a teamthat has a great running game

you gotta defend therun, but at the same time

you gotta watch out for passes

and they like to run play-action passes.

Fakin' to the running backand throwin' down field.

So it's gonna be hard to cover,

but at the same time, man, the Chiefs,

Patrick Mahomes, they're magic

and so we'll have tosee how that pans out.

Historically, I don't know if the Packers

will get past the 49ers

because they've been dominantthis year, the 49ers,

but historically I would loveto see the Packers/Chiefs

in the Super Bowl, it comesfull-circle, you know,

Super Bowl I, Packers got that 35 to 10,

so that's what I'm hoping for.

There's gonna be a lot ofexciting football this weekend

and I can't wait to see it.

And we'll be there whichwe'll talk about soon,

probably next week, but I'll be there

so I can't wait to see it.

- That's right, that's right.

Well, Kansas City Chief's quarterback,

Patrick Mahomes, he's praising God

following their big comeback and win.

Talk about that.

- Yeah, man, he says,faith fuels his success.

There's a guy who keepshis priorities in order.

I love it when they do that.

They recognize wheretheir strength comes from

'cause this game it can go any which way

and you have to havesome sort of foundation

to come back to when things go wrong.

He's been there, he's bounced back,

he's suffered through injuries

and now he's giving God allthe glory and I love to see it.

- And what's coming up this weekend

on, Going The Distance?

- We've got a guy that I sat with,

named Don Carey, who'smaking moves on the field,

he's retired now, he was with the Jaguars,

with the Detroit Lions forawhile, Norfolk State guy,

who's making moves off the field.

So I got a chance to catch up with him

and we're just talkingabout all he's got going on.

Man he's written a bookand he's also a builder

so I love to see theseguys after football,

you know, using what God's given them

to do other things off the field,

so I'm excited to see that,

Don Carey.- That's so true.

So true, and you canwatch, Going The Distance,

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Thank you, Shawn.

- Thanks, Mark, mangood to be with you man.

- Yeah, you too.

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