A sigh of relief for DREAMERs across the country. And a legal defeat for the president. The latest on today's Supreme Court decision on DACA. Plus racism among those who serve our country. How the military hopes to combat prejudice among the ... ...
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- [John] Tonight, a legaldefeat for the president.
- Our home is here.
- [John] Means a sighof relief for dreamers
across the country after today's
Supreme Court decision on DACA.
Plus, racism amongst those who serve.
- In my own expensesthat didn't always sing
of liberty and equality.
- [John] How the military plans
to combat prejudice within its ranks.
He worked in the Trump administration.
Now he's speaking out against it.
- I don't think he's fit for office.
- [John] The bombshell revelations
in John Bolton's new book and how
the Justice Department istrying to stop its release.
All this and more tonighton "Faith Nation."
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- A win for DACA recipientsacross the United States.
Hi, everyone, and thankyou for joining us.
I'm Jenna Browder.
- And I'm John Jessup.
The victory for so-called dreamers seen
as a stunning rebukeagainst President Trump
after he ended the Obamaera executive order
on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
More than 650,000 peopleare currently enrolled
in the DACA program.
- In a five-to-fourdecision, the Supreme Court
today labeled the president'sactions as arbitrary.
The justices ruling theDACA program can continue.
CBN's Paul Strand has reaction
and analysis from the Supreme Court.
- President Trump tookissue with this court ruling
against his decision a ruling instead
to keep alive this Obamaadministration program
and the president took a swipeat other recent court action.
He tweeted out, "Thesehorrible and politically
"charged decisions coming out
"of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts
"into the face of thepeople that are proud
"to call themselvesRepublicans or conservatives."
But there was rejoicing
among the DACA dreamers as they are known.
Some at the court chanting.
- Here to stay, here to stay!
- I came to this countryat the age of five.
I am now 20 years old.
Majority of my life has beenspent in the United States.
I am an American.
- [Paul] Matt Soerensof World Relief had this
to say about the rulingon CBN's "Newswatch."
- We hope Congress won't see this decision
as an out for them but actually will more
urgently take this up.
It underscores the needfor broader reform.
- [Paul] Carrie Severino ofthe Judicial Crisis Network
blasted the courtsfive-to-four decision tweeting,
"This is nothing morethan a double standard.
"It should have been straightforward
"that the Trump administrationhad the discretion
"to take executive actionto undo executive action
"that was unlawful from the start."
Meanwhile, top Democrats are rejoicing.
- 3/4 of the people whovote support the dreamers.
3/4, a large number ofRepublicans, independents,
over 60% of people who support
President Trump support the dreamers.
- And immigration lawyer Diane Hernandez
warned, "The Trumpadministration is likely
"to try to rescind the program again.
"The path ahead remainsuncertain for DACA recipients,
"most of whom still haveno path to citizenship."
So unless Congress dealspermanently with this issue,
DACA is likely to end up rightback here at the court again.
By the way, this is thesecond major announcement
by the court this week.
And with 15 major rulings still to come,
there's likely to be hugeheadlines out of here
before the term ends in a couple of weeks.
Paul Strand, CBN News, the Supreme Court.
- A busy time for theSupreme Court indeed.
Thank you, Paul.
Liz Dong is on the advisoryboard for the group
Voices of Christian Dreamersand she joins us now for more.
Liz, it's good to have you,
thank you for joining us this evening.
As a dreamer yourself,where were you when today's
decision came down and whatwas your initial reaction?
- I was following the news very closely
understanding that there's a possibility
that the decision wouldbe announced this morning.
Right at home eagerlyanticipating the news
and very excited for the decision.
But, as previouslymentioned, it's a huge relief
for us dreamers but we're still hoping
that Congress can take up their role in
passing permanent legislation.
- Just as you indicated right there,
even after today's rulingsome say the status
of dreamers is still in doubtuntil Congress takes action.
So where does the fightfor dreamers go now?
- Right, so the way thatthe court had ruled,
DACA stays in place temporarilybut there's a possibility
that we could be revisitingthis down the road
unless there's a permanentsolution for DACA,
a permanent solution inplace to protect dreamers.
And that's been somethingwe've been advocating
championing all along.
Of course, as a Christian dreamers along
with many of our partners,evangelical organizations,
that Congress has the responsibility
to enact immigration legislation
and we hope they will take uptheir their responsibility.
- Liz, talk to us aboutsome of the stigmas
dreamers often face and andways to get around those.
- On both ends, you have individuals
who label a dreamer acertain way as individuals
who don't belong to this country,
as individual who wants to take advantage
of the system but that's not us at all.
As you may have heard andfrom the previous analysis,
dreamers contribute to this country,
we call this country home.
There have been morethan 29,000 reports show
of DACA recipients that have been serving
on the frontlines in health care fighting
against the coronavirus pandemic,
thousands more serve in essential services
joining many otherundocumented immigrants.
We're individuals that wantto take every opportunity
that is afforded to usto be able to give back,
to be able to contribute to the community
to this place that we call home.
- Liz, real quicklyhere, like we mentioned,
you're a part of a group called
Voices of Christian Dreamers.
Can you tell us more about the group
and the work that it does?
- Voices of ChristianDreamers, VCD for short,
is a really a movement, aplatform for dreamers of faith
to come together to beable to share their stories
but also understanding that as Christians,
our identity in JesusChrist is who we are,
it's our primary identity.
And our immigration storycertainly shapes who we are
and we want to help thefaith community understand
that this is not just a political issue,
this is not just a policy issue
but this is a biblicalissue affecting both those
within our churches, ourbrothers and sisters in Christ,
but also extending beyond the church.
It's an issue that they have to care about
because it's an issueclose to God's heart.
- All right, Liz Dong with theVoices of Christian Dreamers,
thank you so much for being with us today.
- Thank you so much for having me.
- In other news tonight,
high numbers of police arecalling in sick in Atlanta.
This after prosecutorsannounced charges against
two officers in the shootingdeath of Rayshard Brooks.
- The city of Atlanta saysyou cannot even fire a Taser
at someone who's running away,
so you certainly can'tfire a gun, a handgun
at someone who is running away.
- Fired Atlanta officerGarrett Rolfe faces
11 charges including felony murder.
Video shows him shooting Brooks twice
in the back in a Wendy'sparking lot last week.
Officer Devin Brosnan ischarged with aggravated assault
for allegedly stepping on Brooks' shoulder
while he was down from the shot.
And for more, let's bring in Michael Wear
of the AND campaign.
Michael, thank you so much for joining us,
it's always good to have you.
For years, we've seenofficer involved shootings.
Rayshard Brooks, MichaelBrown, Walter Scott.
This time, though, thismoment, why is it so different?
- It's different because thesevideos are heartbreaking.
It's different becauseactivists have organized
for years to help us to seewhat we should have always seen.
It's different because Ithink Americans are attentive
to these issues broadly in a way
that they hadn't been before.
And I think we're all seeing,
whether they're obviously the latest case
in Georgia is just another example.
But there shouldn't needto be new cases for us
to keep this at the topof the political agenda.
We have come to terms with the fact
that this is a serious problem
and we need to press Congress,
we need to need to press our neighbors
to not take our eyes off of this situation
until we address it in asubstantive and bold way.
- Michael, you're talkingabout taking action.
Barna released a survey earlier this week
that shows about 95% of pastors
believe the church has a responsibility
to publicly denounce discrimination.
Why is it that there's such a disparity
between that high percentage point
and what we see in reality when it comes
to engaging in the fightfor racial justice?
- I think there is sometimesa lack of confidence
or strong footing, people are worried
about saying the wrong thing,
they're worried about beingdeemed to be political.
And I would just encourage folks in prayer
and discernment receiving good counsel
and you don't have to do this alone.
You don't need to come upwith your own statement.
You can look to organizationslike the AND campaign
but also NationalAssociation of Evangelicals,
look to the work ofpeople like Jamar Tisby,
look to the work ofpeople like Dante Stuart,
people who are writing on these issues,
Willie Jennings, Austin Channing Brown,
I had Jasmine and PhillipHolmes on my podcast
just a couple weeks ago,really sincere Christians
who have spent timethinking about these issues.
And you don't need todo everything at once,
take a step forward, supportefforts and organizations
that consider it their missionto push for systemic change.
But we all have a part to play
because this issue, thisinjustice goes so deep
and so close to the heart of God
that Christians have to show up there too.
It's where Jesus is.
- Michael, we want topivot and talk a little bit
about the Supreme Court.
This week, we've seen two big cases
that some might say arelosses for conservatives.
The LGBTQ case on Monday andthen the DACA case today.
You actually wrote an op-edin the Washington Post.
You talked about how in the 2016 election
Trump promised aconservative Supreme Court.
How has that played out?
- We've seen how it played out.
President Trump, didn't have a whole lot
of substantive promises tooffer social conservatives.
The one was with the courts.
And we heard so much about,actually it's quite interesting
to have the DACA case todayand the case yesterday
because so often issues likeDACA would be hand waved off
and folks would say, "It may be important
"but we really can't focus on that issue
"because Trump's gonnaput in good justices
"who are gonna protect religious freedom,
"that are gonna move theball forward on life."
He's clearly unequivocallyfailed to fail to do that
in a consistent way.
And it's time for social conservatives,
as all Americans are,wondering not just about
sort of the promises this president makes
and the rhetoric this president makes
but whether he ever had the competence,
whether he actuallyever had the experience
to deliver on anythingin a substantive way.
And that's what these cases show.
He really made one serious commitment
and he talked about it inState of the Union addresses,
he talked about the March for Life.
He was going to protectreligious freedom--
- All right, Michael Wearwith the AND campaign.
- And we'll do that here.
- I'm so sorry, Michael,we are out of time
but thank you for joiningus, it's great to see you.
- Great to be with you.
- Thanks, Michael.
The armed services aregrappling with the issue
of racism in the military justice system.
During a hearing on CapitolHill this week lawmakers
confronted senior militaryofficials about the problem.
National SecurityCorrespondent Eric Phillips
joins us now with more, Eric.
- John, during thathearing on Capitol Hill,
we heard from both governmentand private sector experts
who said the same thing thatAfrican-Americans are more
likely than their white counterparts
to face military disciplinary action.
And listen to this.
The Air Force has the worst record
even though it's the first service
to name a black chief of staff.
- I'm thinking about howfull I am with emotion,
not just for George Floyd butthe many African-Americans
that have suffered thesame fate as George Floyd.
- [Eric] In this candidvideo, General Charles Brown,
the Air Force's incomingleader shared his thoughts
on racism within and outside the military.
- I'm thinking about my Air Force career
where I was often theonly African American
in my squadron or as a senior officer,
the only African American in the room.
I think about the airmen that have lived
through similar experiences and feelings
as mine or who were either consciously
or unconsciously unfairly treated.
- [Eric] Brown's statements come
as the military struggles to come to terms
with racial disparitywithin its judicial process.
- The way things havealways been done is wrong,
the results are repugnant.
- We examined a total of 32 years of data
and in every single year blackservice members were punished
at a considerably higher ratethan white service members.
- [Eric] General Brown potentiallyhas a tougher job ahead
as his branch has been foundto be the worst offender.
In the Air Force, blacksare 71% more likely
than their white counterpartsto face court-martial.
It's followed by 61%more likely in the Army,
40% in the Navy, and 32% morelikely in the Marine Corps.
The Air Force has also been accused
of trying to cover up the finding.
Top lawyers for the fourbranches faced tough questions.
- We don't have clearanswers or underlying reasons
as to why the disparity exists.
- We're looking hard at implicit bias.
- We have to accept that thisisn't just unconscious bias.
That there are people whodon't like black people.
- [Eric] In one case,a black servicemember
was court-martialed for beingsix minutes late to a meeting.
- Were white NCOs that were six minutes
late court-martialed?
- I'm thinking about how I canmake improvements personally,
professionally, and institutionally
so that all airmen both today and tomorrow
appreciate the value of diversity
and can serve in an environment
where they can reach their full potential.
- [Eric] While the newly created
Space Force was notrepresented in the hearing,
one committee member says he hopes
that officials there are takingnotes so that that branch
of the military can get itright from the beginning.
Jenna and John.
- All right, Eric, thank you.
John Bolton and his newexplosive White House memoir.
Coming up, the allegations he's leveling
against President Trump andhow much weight they carry.
Our political panel weighs in.
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A war between President Trumpand John Bolton playing out
in the public sphere in writing,
tweeting, and in the courts.
In his new book, the formernational security advisor
calls the president foolish and erratic.
- It is explosive and now theJustice Department is trying
to keep that book from hitting shelves.
Here's CBN White Housecorrespondent Ben Kennedy.
- The overall feud coming to head
because of this book "Inthe Room Where it Happened."
- I don't think he's fit for office.
- [Ben] Bolton's bookabout his 17 month stint
in the White House paintshis boss as focused
on reelection characterizingthe commander in chief
as stunningly uninformed on basic facts
and easily manipulatedby foreign adversaries.
- I think Putin thinks hecan play him like a fiddle.
I think Putin is smart, tough,
he plays a bad hand extremely well.
- [Ben] While he writesTrump withheld US aid
from Ukraine for political reasons,
Bolton refused to testifyduring impeachment proceedings.
His new allegation that Trump suggested
Chinese President Xi Jinping buy more
American goods to help him win in 2020.
- He said that is absolutely untrue
and I would note no one, nopresident has been tougher
on China then President Trump.
The trade deal, the billions in tariffs.
- [Ben] Trump tweetingtoday that Bolton's book is
"pure fiction," "a compilationof lies and made up
"stories all intendedto make me look bad."
The administration claimsthe book contains classified
information and is tryingto block its release
with a civil lawsuit.
- It was going through aclassified review process,
it still is going through that process.
We take classified information seriously.
- Bolton's book is setto come out on June 23rd
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Before the break we hearda report from Ben Kennedy
about John Bolton's newbook on President Trump.
Explosive allegations.
David Brody, CBN's chiefpolitical analyst joins us
now to talk about that.
David, Bolton's book,it's already making a lot
of waves in Washington.
It hasn't even come outyet, that happens next week.
The picture he paints,it's not just unflattering,
Bolton calls the presidentunfit for office.
How did we get here, David?
- There's two ways we got here.
Number one, DonaldTrump hired John Bolton.
Bad move, this just in.
Here's the other way we got here.
Donald Trump is a presidentwho likes to ad-lib
and go with his gut andhe talks off-the-cuff
and he's not a politician.
And guess what?
It can get you into some trouble
and it can come at an expenseof an explosive memoir.
And I think that's what we're seeing.
We don't know, Jenna,what exactly happened
in the room where it happened.
John Bolton was there.
Donald Trump was there.
There were a few other folks there too.
But what we don't have inthis book is actual quotes
from Donald Trump so we reallydon't have any ideas exactly
what he said and we alsoknow with Donald Trump,
as we said, he likes toad-lib, you never know
quite how it was said and tone and texture
and context is everythingin this situation.
- David, the way thatyou intimated the title,
now the Broadway musicalsong is stuck in my head.
David, the president saysthe book is pure fiction
but if true some of theallegations go beyond
troubling from sayingjournalists should be jailed
or executed for negative coverage
to asking Chinese President Xi for help
in the 2020 electionor giving him the okay
to build concentrationcamps for Uyghur Muslims.
- Right and this is alldisputed by the White House
so once again, back to the original thing
that I had just said,we don't know exactly
what he said and how he said it.
Clearly, if he's calling forjournalists to be executed,
let me think, that's a problem.
But once again, did hesay the word execute
and if he did, I don't wantto say how did he say it,
but there's a lot ofnuance to a lot of this.
We don't know exactly what happened
and I think that's reallywhere this is going.
In other words, JohnBolton is saying one thing.
Donald Trump is saying another.
It's a he-said he-said situation
and I don't think that'sgetting resolved anytime soon.
- John Bolton, he's gettingflack from both sides,
from Trump supporterslabeling him as a traitor,
people on the Left sayingthat he should have spoken up
during the impeachment hearings.
David, what does John Boltongain from all of this?
- Ha, well, he gains a fewmillion dollars, number one.
But beyond that, you gotto congratulate the guy.
Good for him, he's beenable to bring Republicans
and Democrats together, they all hate him
and that's really hard to do.
I think for John Bolton,this is obviously a situation
where you have to questionthe integrity here.
Let's be honest, this is thenational security advisor.
This is not like a low-key position,
a national security advisorwriting a tell-all book.
Wait for it, dot dot dot,
while the administration isstill active and present.
That should raise a whole host of issues
and even Democrats are complaining about
Bolton saying, "If you knew this stuff,
"why in the world were you not jumping
"to a microphone and wanting to testify
"rather than having togo through the courts
"and lawyers during theimpeachment process?"
So he's getting nickedand dinged from all sides
and quite frankly,John, Jenna, rightly so.
- All right, CBN's David Brody.
David, thank you so muchfor being with us today.
- Thanks, David.
- [John] From a pill bottle to an iPad.
Still ahead, why doctorsare turning to a video game
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All right, well that does itfor "Faith Nation" tonight.
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