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- [John] Tonight, the coronavirusrippling across the globe,

sending shockwaves to the global economy.

- You may ask about the coronavirus,

which is very well undercontrol in our country.

- [John] The president optimistic,

even as health officials call the spread

in the United States inevitable.

- Plus.- Because they're trying

to defend something that'sfundamentally indefensible.

- [Jennifer] Born-Alive.

The bill to protect abortion survivors

heading for a Senate vote.

- [John] And the presidentstanding with Catholics

under scrutiny in a new poll.

This(crowd cheering)

ahead of tonight's Democraticpresidential debate,

all sights set on Bernie Sanders.

- [Jennifer] And.

- But it's incredibly important.

- The Defense Department is asking

for hundreds of billions of dollars

for military readiness.

- All this and moretonight on "Faith Nation."

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The global scramble tocontain the coronavirus.

Welcome "Faith Nation."

I'm John Jessup.

- And I'm Jennifer Wishon.

Tonight, health officialsare warning Americans

to prepare for a potentialoutbreak in the US,

calling the spread of thecoronavirus inevitable.

- This as the number of infections

around the world is surging,

even as health officialsprepare for a possible pandemic.

- CBN News White House Correspondent

Ben Kennedy joins us now.

Ben, so the White House is asking Congress

for two and a half billiondollars to combat the outbreak?

- Jennifer, John, yeah, you're right.

The rapid spread spookedfinancial markets,

and international travel

will likely face further restrictions.

President Trump, Jennifer,as you were talking about

is on a 19-hour flight back from India,

where he announced theUS is close to a vaccine.

80,000 cases worldwide issparking an urgent race

to stop the global spread.

- You may ask about the coronavirus,

which is very well undercontrol in our country.

- [Ben] Trump announced a 2.5billion request in funding

to fight the virus.

- Two and a half billiondollars we're putting in.

I see that Chuck Schumer criticized it.

He thought it should be more.

And if I gave more, he'dsay it should be less.

- [Ben] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

called the request "longoverdue," but added,

is "completely inadequate tothe scale of this emergency."

The White House says the fundsare for vaccines, treatment,

and protective equipment.

- They have studied it.

They know very much.

In fact, we're very close to a vaccine.

- [Ben] But infections aresurging in Italy, Iran,

and South Korea.

Health officials fear it couldturn into a global pandemic

as they now try to figure out

how the virus is transmitted.

- It's time to do everything you would do

in preparing for a pandemic.

- Now scientists at the drug maker Moderna

are expected to start clinical trials

in about two months ona potential vaccine,

which President Trump talked about

at the top of the newscast.

The outbreak even sparkedfears on Wall Street

as the Dow plunged 871 today.

But as you heard, President Trump,

he said the situation is, quote,

under control here in the US.

He made those comments as hewrapped up his trip to India,

where he raised the issueof religious freedom

with the prime minister there.

Pastor Jack Graham tweeted:

Thank you, President Trump,for speaking strongly

to the prime minister of India

regarding religious libertyfor Christians and others.

Trump has been the mostconsistent supporter

of freedom for people of faith

in the history of US presidents.

Now India is the 10thmost dangerous country

in the world for Christians,according to Open Doors USA.

It is even reportedthat Christians in India

face horrific levels of violence,

with thousands of attacks taking place

in the country every single year.

Jennifer, John.

- Ben Kennedy at theWhite House, thank you.

Though the president has strong support

from evangelical Christians,there's a deep split

over his approval among Catholic voters.

- That's right, RealClear Opinion Research

and EWTN, the Catholic television network,

conducted a survey of some1,500 Catholic voters.

Though the study found thatPresident Trump's standing

among all Catholics isstronger than it was last year,

he still trails his Democratic rivals.

About one in every five Catholics

identifies themselves as devout,

voters for whom the church's teachings

and practices play a hugepart in their daily lives

and who tend to be much more conservative.

Almost two out of the three

plan to vote to reelect President Trump.

For many other Catholicvoters, it's just the opposite.

They tend to be moreliberal on social issues

and are more likely to vote

for one of the Democratic candidates.

- And here now to discuss the new poll

is Matthew Bunson, executive editor

and Washington bureau chief of EWTN News.

Matthew, thank you for joining us.

- Good to be with you.

- Tell us, what did youfind most interesting

about this poll.

- Well, if we're trying to decide

or to determine whereexactly Catholics are

as we're heading into the verycontentious 2020 election,

one of those clear barometers

is how Catholics live their lives,

how engaged they arewith the Catholic faith.

And so the results were quite striking

in the sense that the moreyou tend to be committed

to the teachings of the Catholic faith,

the more you're likely to be voting

on some of the key moral andsocial issues of our time,

but in particular, whereyou stand on Donald Trump.

- [John] Matthew howstrong of a voting bloc

are we talking about with Catholic voters?

- Well there's always been an assumption

that Catholics are this kindof monolithic voting bloc.

In fact, it's incredibly diverse.

Catholics, for the most part,look like average voters,

their fellow Americans.

Catholics have voted consistently

with the winner of presidential elections

for almost all of theelections in the last 60 years

with the exception, ofcourse, of John F. Kennedy,

who carried about 90-some percent

of the Catholic vote, unsurprisingly.

But what we're seeing with Catholics today

is that there is that subset

that you were just talking about,

about 18%, about 1/5 of the Catholic vote,

that lives and votes very differently

from their fellow Catholics,

and in many ways, fromtheir fellow Americans.

- You were just talking about it

not being a monolithic group

even though people might assume

devout Catholics as such.- Yes.

- So can you get into theweeds a little bit more

and explain what thislooks like as far as gender

and all the other demographics within

- This is one of the,- the Catholic group?

- the most interesting

and surprising takeawaystoo from this poll.

We surveyed only Catholics this time.

In our first poll backin November, December,

we looked at all Americansand then at Catholics.

This time, we're lookingonly at Catholics,

and in that group in particular.

The assumption always is

that this sort of devout Catholic group

is going to be old, white, and male.

What we found is that 52% are women,

about 48% are under the age of 45,

1/3 is under the age of 35,

and it's 41% Latino or Hispanic.

So it is a very surprisingand diverse group

of American Catholics.

- Yeah.

So because more than halfof this devout diverse group

backs the president,does this tend to suggest

that he's not just supportedby older white men?

- That's absolutely correct.

And the fact that thereis strong support for him

among Latinos, it was in that subset.

Now overall, the presidentdoes not do particularly well

among Hispanic or Latinovoters, but with this group,

it is a kind of firewallwithin the Latino vote itself.

But we're also seeing, becausethis is such a diverse group,

that it cuts across allgenders, age groups, education,

so the president has hisown, to use that term again,

firewall among Catholicvoters with this group.

One of the key takeaways too with this

is that 58% of Catholicsvote consistently.

75% of devout Catholics vote consistently.

So they are much more motivated

and they tend to vote ona much more regular basis.

- So not a group that you can ignore.

- Exactly.

If the president's gonna be reelected,

he has to carry this groupagain, as he did in 2016.

- Matthew, you hinted that this poll

wasn't just about politics.

Any surprises when it comes to the divide,

as we hinted about, when you'relooking at cultural issues

and social issues?

- Yes.

What we found with this poll,as we saw with the first poll

is we assumed and haveassumed for some time

is that there is a gulfwithin the Catholic community

of those who follow theteachings of the church

tend to look at culturaland moral issues in one way.

Those who don't look at it another way

that, again, resembles the average public.

What we found is that those

who follow the teachingsof the church very closely

are very strong in theiropposition to abortion,

to euthanasia, assistedsuicide, the use of bathrooms

by those who choose their own gender,

on marriage between a man and a woman,

whereas, with those who are less committed

to the teachings of the church,

they, again, on much lower levels,

are in favor of abortion,a majority of them in fact

consider abortion to belegal, that they support it,

same thing on euthanasia,same thing, again,

on physician-assisted suicide.

- It's complicated to be a candidate.

(laughing)- It really is.

Hopefully they're payingattention to your survey.

- Right.- Well again,

the Catholic vote in2020, as it was in 2016,

is going to be very tight.

It's going to be very closefor any candidate running.

It's gonna come down to a couple of points

in either direction, andwhoever can motivate that base.

And Donald Trump at least has a leg up

on his Democrat rivals.

Now let's stress again,

he's trailing all of hisDemocrat rivals at this point,

but 54% of all Catholics are open at least

to voting for him.

With the economy as strong as it is

and with so manyCatholics across the board

saying that they arebetter off financially

and that the country isbetter off financially

than it was four yearsago, there's a lot of room

for the president here.

- That's probably why his standing

is higher than it was before.- Exactly.

- All right, Matthew Bunson,Washington bureau chief

and executive editor ofEWTN, thank you so much

for being with us.- Good to be with you.

- Thanks.

Well today, the Senatevoted on two big pieces

of pro-life legislation, the Born Alive

Abortion Survivors Protection Act

and the Pain-Capable UnbornChild Protection Act.

- For more on what these billsare and what they call for,

we go now to our CBNCapitol Hill Correspondent

Abigail Robertson.

Abigail.

- Well John, the Pain-CapableUnborn Child Protection Act

would prohibit abortions afterfive months of pregnancy,

at which point there's scientific evidence

that shows that babies in the womb

can feel the pain ofthe abortion procedure.

And five months is also significantbecause there are babies

that had been born at that age and lived.

Now the second bill that they voted on,

the Born-Alive AbortionSurvivors Protection Act,

which Senator Ben Sasse tellsme, who introduced the bill,

that it basically pretty much does

exactly what the title says.

Take a look.

- It simply says that a babythat has survived an abortion

is a baby and deserves afighting chance at life,

and that includes justas much medical care

as you'd provide to a baby born

at that same gestational stage

if there were a mom and dad present

who wanted to love on that baby.

- And one thing I askedSenator Sasse about

is, since there is a federal statute

prohibiting infanticide already,

why is this bill necessary,and here is what he says.

- There is a federal statutethat prohibits infanticide,

but it turns out it doesn't have penalties

associated with actually killing a baby

and it doesn't distinguish between active

and passive killing.

So right now, all that's really prohibited

is if a baby survives and abortion,

you can't take a pillowand put it over her face

and smother her to death, butyou can walk away from her

and put her on a cart andwheel her down a hallway

and put her in a closet andleave her to die of exposure

over six or eight or 10 hours.

It's a horrific, barbaricpractice known as stepping away

or backing away and allowinga baby to die passively

and we should have federal protections

that say, no, actually,you can't kill a baby

either actively or passively.

- Now Democrats do notsupport either of these bills,

and Republicans say that they are taking

a very extreme stance by not doing so.

And particularly withthe Pain-Capable bill,

Republicans argue we areonly one of seven countries

that allow abortions afterfive months of pregnancy,

with some of the othercountries being North Korea,

China, and Vietnam.

But Democrats said today that these bills

are non-starters for them,

with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

referring to them as fakeand dishonest show votes.

And when I asked Senator Schumer

what his response toSenator Sasse's argument

about why the BornAlive bill is necessary,

this is what he said.

On the Born-Alive AbortionSurvivors Protection Act,

Senator Sasse argues that this is needed

because, under the current law,

while you can't outright kill a baby

breathing outside thewomb, you can neglect it.

What is your response to that?

- We voted on thisbefore, it was defeated,

and there's a law in 2002that is a law on the books,

- Current law.- current law,

that covers everythingSasse is talking about.

It is a play to the hard right base.

The American people don't support it.

- Now Republicans believe

that, in a very heated election year,

getting Democrats on the record

on what they call extreme abortion views

is going to help them in 2020

while Democrats argue, again,

that these are just show votes,

that the Senate needsto be doing real work

instead of catering tothe GOPs hard right base

and that the Americanpeople see through this.

Back to you John and Jennifer.

- Abigail Robertson onCapitol Hill, thank you.

- Well coming up, we previewtonight's Democratic debate.

Stay tuned for the oneand only David Brody

for our "Faith Nation"political panel up next.

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Here with us now for our"Faith Nation" political panel

is our very own CBN News

Chief Political Analyst David Brody.

Thank you for being with us,

David.- Anytime, Jennifer,

John.- Well thank you.

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- Of course, tonight'sDemocratic presidential debate,

the last before the primaryin South Carolina this week

and the last before Super Tuesday,

when 14 states will be voting.

What's at stake tonight?

- Well it's the Bernie barrage tonight,

and I think everybody'sgotta be trained on Bernie.

We've heard the Buttigieg, Klobuchar

fight over the center left folks.

We've heard about Biden's gotta do.

Forget all that.

Bernie barrage.

Everybody's gotta be allhands on deck against Bernie.

Why?

Because this is really, I believe,

the last chance you're gonna have.

If you get to Super Tuesdayand Bernie's on track,

by the way, in California,doing very, very well

and many other states,it could be a runaway.

I'm not saying he's gonna havethe majority of delegates,

but he would be this clear front runner

in terms of delegates forsure after Super Tuesday.

You've gotta stop him now.

And that's why everycandidate on the stage

has to show can they stand up to Bernie

and be the alternative to the socialist.

I'm sorry, the democratic socialist.

- You talk about every candidate,

but Michael Bloomberg, specifically,

he's expected to comeout swinging tonight,

which is something the other candidates

have really failed to do.

They haven't landedtheir punches as of yet.

Can he redeem himself after the damage

that was inflicted in the last debate,

or is that expected tokind of just stay with him?

- Well I think it's gonna stay with him.

I don't expect a new Bloomberg tonight

other than some new strategy,

and the strategy will be goagainst Sanders on gun control,

because Bernie has beenpretty cozy, if you will,

over the years with the NRA,so I think he'll bring that up,

and then a few other thingson the socialist trail.

But look, Bloomberg is Bloomberg.

I mean, you know, he is the billionaire

who just seems like, youknow, looks at his watch

and says, "When is this done?"

I don't think we're gonnaget the fire from Bloomberg,

all of a sudden, he's gonnabe this different candidate.

So his net favorabilityrating was down 20 points

after that first debate.- Wow.

- And so all of a sudden,

he's gonna be this new candidate tonight?

He'll have some new lines.

Good for him.

But I just don't think,

I think that train has left the station.

Remember, he's not a politician,

so it's gonna be hard forhim to kinda maneuver that

and say, "Okay, I haveto do this tonight."

He's not like that.

- After a recent interview,

when Bernie Sanders couldn'texplain how he was going to,

well, he knew he was gonna pay for it,

but he didn't know how much it cost,

these trillions of dollarsof new plans that he has.

Well he's put out a moredetailed budget proposal,

but does this help him or hurt him?

- Well, it's gonna hurt him a lot tonight

because Biden's camp isalready calling it fuzzy math.

I mean, he's saying $17trillion for Medicare for All

over 10 years, and Biden'sfolks are like, "Wait a minute.

"31 trillion, not 17 trillion.

"And oh, by the way, howare you gonna pay for it?"

And then he outlines howhe's gonna pay for it

and as I look into here, $3 trillion

to avert climate disaster.

What in the world does that mean exactly?

So of course, he may not be challenged

that much on stagetonight by the other folks

that believe very stronglyin global warming,

but to just have kindof a generic $3 trillion

to avert climate disaster,

you're gonna need to explaina little bit more in detail

about how you're gonna get to that number.

- South Carolina is Joe Biden's firewall,

speaking of the vice president.

Are African American votersgonna stick behind him,

or his support gonna splinter?

- Well the polls show thathis support is way down.

19 points, he's downamong African Americans

in the last three weeks.

Tom Steyer, by the way, upfrom two points to 24 points.

He's spending a lot of money down there.

We can talk about Steyerin a moment, if you want.

But for Biden, look, 60% of the electorate

in the South Carolinaprimary is African American,

so he has to do well,but he's down 19 points.

And look, we've talkedabout this before, right.

I mean, when you start to see a winner,

whether it be Bernie or someone,

you want to back the winner.

That's kinda human nature.

And Biden doesn't look like the winner

so far in these primaries.

- Quickly, you mentioned that Tom Steyer

in third place in South Carolina.

He's spending a lot ofmoney, a lot of time there.

What do you make ofhis rise in popularity?

- Well third place in South Carolina

and number one in terms of spending money

down in that state, and that'skey, and he's also brought

in a lot of African American congressmen

and a lot of donors as well.

He's kind of, really kind of put himself

into that African Americancommunity down there

and he's done well.

- David Brody, thank you.

- You bet.- Thanks, David.

- [Jennifer] Well coming up,

the issue that's prompting the Pentagon

to ask for hundreds of billions of dollars

and how it affects our national defense.

That story when we come back.

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The Pentagon is asking fora staggering $700 billion

for its next defense budget.

- While that may seem astronomical,

experts say much is neededto ensure military readiness.

It's a term we often hear,but what does it really mean?

CBN News National SecurityCorrespondent Eric Philips

is here with us to explain.

Hello, Eric.

- Yeah, Jennifer, $700 billion

does sound like a lot of money,

but basically, whatmilitary readiness means

is exactly what it says,

always being ready to defend our nation.

That came into question recently

when Defense Secretary Mark Esper

wanted to move moneyfrom military projects

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The resulting uproar wasn't political.

It was concern that the military

would not get what itneeded to do its job.

- Readiness means you are ready

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on behalf of the nation immediately.

- [Eric] A Navy veteranof nearly 28 years,

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They stay on ready.

- It is a discriminatorthat America's military

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And that sets us apart on the world stage.

- [Eric] And that takes money.

- We have invested arecord-breaking $2.2 trillion

in the United States military.

- [Eric] Still, the need for new equipment

tends to eclipse the budget.

- We have had 20 years of hard use

of equipment that was purchasedin the '80s and the '90s.

You have a balancingact that you need to do

to maintain what you have

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- [Eric] He says, by and large,

US military leaders have beenable to strike that balance

while being relentlessly ready.

- You wouldn't want it any other way.

It's incredibly important.

- Quigley adds thatit's not only important

for US forces to be ready,but for our allies as well.

He says it's why the president

has been pushing NATO countries

to meet their commitmentsto spend at least 2%

of their nation's GDP ondefense, Jennifer and John.

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