- [John] Tonight, the summer surge.
- This is a pandemic that isflaring up all over the place.
- [John] Coronaviruscases breaking new records
in hotspots across the country.
- Please, I'm beggingyou, wear a face covering.
- [John] This as major retailers
implement their own mask-wearing mandates.
- Let us not forget that we are involved
in a serious social revolution.
- [John] The life and legacyof the conscience of Congress,
civil rights icon John Lewis.
- Push and pull until weredeem the soul of America.
- Plus, a global studylooks at the influence
of God, religion, andprayer around the world.
All this and more tonighton "Faith Nation."
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Good evening.
The continued spike in coronavirus cases
fueling concern across the country.
Welcome to "Faith Nation."
I'm John Jessup. JennaBrowder is out this evening.
We begin with a potential fora new round of financial help
for American businesses comingjust as many contemplate
whether the pandemic willforce them to close for good.
President Trump today meetingwith Republican lawmakers
to discuss the next form of relief.
CBN White House Correspondent Ben Kennedy
has our top story tonight.
Ben, can you give us anidea of what's expected
in this next bill?
- Oh yeah, John, President Trump says
he wants the payroll taxcut while the GOP is pushing
for liability protection,jobs, and even healthcare.
- This is a pandemic that isflaring up all over the place.
- [Ben] In response, theWhite House called House
and Senate Republicanleaders to the Oval Office
to talk about a phasefour COVID-19 relief bill.
- Kids in school, jobs, and healthcare
will be the theme of the proposal.
- For those small businesses,
we wanna make sure you can stay open.
- [Ben] It's a key priority,
as debate over more relieflegislation coincides
with a coronavirus surgeacross the country,
3.7 million confirmed cases,
more than 140,000 Americans have died.
- This is a a worldwide problem,
caused by China, butit's a worldwide problem.
Our countries are going through hell.
- [Ben] In a desperateattempt to slow the spread,
Surgeon General Dr. JeromeAdams took to Twitter
with a public plea.
- Please, I'm beggingyou, wear a face covering.
These small actions willmake a big difference.
- [Ben] On the vaccine front,Oxford University released
early results, saying phaseone of the human trials
showed a positive immuneresponse, increased presence
of antibodies and T cellsthat might stop the virus
in its tracks.
- The truth is that we don't know
when we'll have a final result
on how well the vaccine works.
It's likely to be monthsrather than weeks,
but we said before wewere aiming for September,
October time.
I still think that's arealistic aspiration,
but we can't be certain.
- Now today, President Trumpannounced he is bringing back
the coronavirus dailytask force briefings,
which he will lead.
He says those will mostlikely begin tomorrow.
That is Tuesday at 5:00 pm.
John.
- All right, CBN's BenKennedy. Thanks, Ben.
Well, joining me now is CBNMedical Reporter Lorie Johnson.
Lorie, thanks for being with us.
Why don't we start right whereBen left off with a vaccine.
What is the latest thatyou're hearing on a vaccine?
Any news on that front?
- Well, John, last week Ispoke with the NIH director,
Francis Collins, who is on the front lines
of the coronavirus pandemic, as you know,
and a lot of peoplearen't aware of the fact
that he's a very outspoken Christian,
a man of God and a man of science.
And he is very excited.
He believes that there willbe a vaccine by December
and that it will be massproduced by that time
and available to thepeople who need it most
at the end of the year,beginning of next year,
we're talking about peoplewho work in hospitals
and nursing homes, people invery highly affected areas,
and that by spring, John,everyone in the United States
who wants a vaccine will beable to have that vaccine.
Of course, we know that recent polls show
that one in five Americans say
even when a vaccine isavailable, they will reject it.
Francis Collins said that he understands
a lot of people are a little wary
because the vaccine hasbeen rushed to market,
but that the rushing aspect of it,
it doesn't have anythingto do with the fact
that it will work and will be safe.
It's really more of the manufacturing
that's being done rightnow rather than later.
- Dr. Collins trying to givethe reassuring word there.
Well, plain and simple,to the great mask debate.
Do masks work and should therebe a federal mask mandate
with the surge now that we'reseeing in several states?
- Well, of course everyone hasso many different opinions,
but the scientific opinion is yes,
masks have been shown to work.
But sure, we can understand
why people are a little bit hesitant
and a little bit confusedabout the mask issue
because, remember, at the verybeginning of the pandemic,
the Surgeon General Jerome Adams,
who you just saw beggingpeople to wear a mask,
he came out and said to the nation,
"Hey, don't worry aboutit. Masks don't work,"
and then later, Anthony Fauci said,
"Only the people who need to wear masks
are those who might thinkthat they are sick."
And now, of course, science tells us
that masks to do work andeveryone should wear a mask
when they go into public places.
So, but as far as like a national mandate,
the president is very firm
that he doesn't think thatthat's the right thing to do
as far as our own individual freedoms,
but that it would be niceif people chose to do that
when a mask is required.
- Lorie, we just have a few seconds left.
To the other nationaldebate going on right now,
whether kids should go back to school
or completely virtual this fall.
Is it safe for kids to be backin the classroom in person?
- Well again, the science is on the side
of kids going back to school.
We know that kids don't transmit the virus
as readily as we thought originally,
and that staying away from school, John,
is so bad for childrenand actually affects
lower income people morethan the upper income
so that just widens therich and the poor disparity.
This issue is going to be decided
on an individual school district basis,
depending on what's going onin the individual communities,
not something that's going tobe judged on a national basis.
- All right, CBN MedicalReporter Lorie Johnson.
Thanks, Lorie.
- My pleasure.
- Well this week's sessionof the United States House
started with Republicanand Democratic lawmakers
joining in a moment ofsilence for one of their own,
Congressman John Lewis.
- [Nancy] Rise in a momentof silence and remembrance
of the conscience of the Congress,the honorable John Lewis.
- Flags in Washington
and many places around thecountry still at half mast
in honor of Lewis, who died late Friday
after battling stagefour pancreatic cancer.
The peaceful warrior, as he was known,
was considered a lion ofthe civil rights movement.
His bloody beating by Alabamastate troopers in 1965
galvanized oppositionto racial segregation.
Lewis, a Democrat, was calledthe conscience of Congress
and maintained strong friendships
on both sides of the aisle.
Statements from PresidentTrump and Vice President Pence
were among the many thathonored Lewis' life and legacy.
Well here with us now isspecial guest Alveda King,
director of civil rights for the unborn
for Priests for Life.
Dr. King, thanks for being with us today.
- Thank you for thisopportunity. Hello everyone.
- Well, Congressman John Lewis
was a friend and ally of your uncle,
the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
As of last Friday, he wasthe last living speaker
at the March on Washington,dying on the same day
as the Reverend C.T. Vivian.
How do you remember the lifeand legacy of John Lewis?
- I met John Lewis in the 1960s.
I was a youth organizer, andof course he was already known
as the peaceful warrior ofthe civil rights movement.
My father, Reverend AlfredDaniel Williams King,
was there on that bridge,on the Edmund Pettus bridge,
when John was beatenand my dad was beaten,
Hosea Williams and others.
And so I know that hehas been very consistent
throughout his lifetime until he died
with being forgiving, peaceful,and caring about the people.
He was a servant leader.
And that is the way I rememberCongressman John Lewis.
- Alveda, the Edmund Pettus Bridge,
named after a KKK leaderwho supported slavery,
it's where John Lewis was brutally beaten,
marching for the right to vote
along with your father and others.
What do you of the ideaof renaming the bridge
in honor of John Lewis,as some are suggesting?
- I believe it would be very appropriate,
if the bridge is renamed ofcourse, to Freedom Walkway
or Freedom Pathway with avery distinguished notation
to Congressman Lewis and others.
Things happen and occur in groups
rather than one leader and one individual
being the only one thatshould be recognized.
I know in the Bible pattern, for example,
you had Moses and Abraham and et cetera,
but in the New Testament,
you had Christ and the disciples, the 12,
at the Pentecost, 120.
And so I believe it's appropriate.
I more like the thingPresident Trump says,
a garden, a historical garden
with these historical figures there,
perhaps even in their natural habitat
of serving or building or doing.
So I, if the bridge is renamed,
I would love to see it named something
that would not onlyremember Congressman Lewis,
and I mean a champion there,but to remember others as well.
- You know, more and moreAmericans now see racism
as a major issue thatneeds to be addressed.
The fight for equality andjustice predates John Lewis,
your father, and uncle, and so many others
who made peaceful stands.
Dr. King, is it possible toovercome the racial wounds
without a move by the power of God?
- It is very possibleonce we acknowledge God.
And with God, all things are possible.
Martin Luther King, Jrsaid that they should come
when we don't have blackpower or white power,
only God power and human power,
with the humans subjected to God Almighty.
And once we subject ourselves to God,
all things are possible.
So I do definitely believe it is possible.
We have to acknowledge that weare one race, the human race.
- Powerful words.
You know, I listened thismorning on my way into work
to a historian talk about John Lewis
and how he adopted the theologyof redemptive suffering,
getting into what he calls good trouble
by practicing non-violence.
How did John Lewis influenceyou as a peaceful warrior?
- John Lewis was part of a movement.
We understood that unearnedsuffering is redemptive.
That's something MartinLuther King Jr said.
However, as Christians,we're following the doctrine
and the gospel of JesusChrist, not a social gospel,
and we deal with not even social justice,
but the justice and mercy of God,
the judgment of Godbeing tempered by mercy,
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
And so if we follow the example of Christ,
that would include thenon-violent principles
that John Lewis followed
and carried out throughout his lifetime.
He and I had different platforms.
I, as I say, I'm more likea Christian evangelist,
the gospel of Jesus Christ,
and John fighting for social justice
and the social gospel kind of thing.
However, I admire himas a peaceful warrior.
That's the man that I know, or knew.
Of course, he's gone now.
And I did console his family as well.
- Dr. Alveda King, thanksfor making time for us today
and sharing yourreflections of John Lewis.
- Thank you.
- [John] Coming up, we divedeeper in today's headlines
with CBN News Chief PoliticalAnalyst David Brody.
You're watching CBN's "Faith Nation."
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- Welcome back.
Joining me now to discuss someof the day's top headlines.
David Brody, CBN NewsChief Political Analyst.
David, why don't we beginwhere Ben Kennedy started,
our CBN White House Correspondent.
We know that there's consensusgrowing for phase four,
of the coronavirus stimulus.
Less so when it comes to how much
and whether it shouldinclude the payroll tax cuts
the president is advocating orfunding for the CDC and NIH.
Lawmakers are, of course, against a clock.
They've got the August recess coming up.
Can Washington get it done?
- (laughs) Can Washington get it done?
Ha ha, hilarious, rim shot.
Look, here's what's gonna happen.
The payroll tax cut is notgonna happen, all right.
The president wants this,
but no one on Capitol Hill wants it.
Even Republicans are saying,
"I don't know if this is the right move,"
and here's why, John.
The last time I checked, apayroll tax cut helps people
that are, wait for it, employed.
The problem is, is that what the Democrats
and many Republicans are saying,
we need to help the unemployed.
So what does a payroll tax cut do exactly?
Yes, there's an economic argument for it,
but we'll save that foranother "Faith Nation"
stellar analysis.
Okay, I wasn't talking about myself.
I was hoping you'd have someone else on.
But look, the truth of the matter is
that's not gonna happen.
Now, the CDC funding, the NIH funding,
the Trump administrationwants to zero that out.
That's also not gonna happen.
I mean, Senate Republicanswant to give 10 billion
and 15 million respectivelyto the CDC and the NIH.
My guess is you'll seesome sort of figure emerge.
- Now, David, the presidenthas already threatened to veto
if the next bill doesn'tinclude the payroll tax cut.
What about that?
- Right. Well, there's that for sure.
I mean, he says that,
but we're gonna see what'sgonna happen regarding that.
Look, for Trump, it's always about
the art of the deal, right, sohe has to put his marker down
and he'll probably say, "We'lllook at it and phase five,"
if there's a phase five.
So it's just not gonna happen.
Now there is the issue ofunemployment insurance,
which will run out at the end of the month
for many folks at $600 a week.
Now there's no sense that they'regoing to get anything done
by the end of the month, but into August,
they will, I'm sure, extendor re-extend those benefits
and then it'll just be retroactive.
So people will get their unemployment.
I don't think there'sany question about that.
- David, you were channeling me.
You just answered my nextquestion. We'll move on.
The White House announced
the return-- Wow.
- the return of the coronavirustask force briefings.
The president will holdthe first one tomorrow.
Good idea or bad idea.
- (chuckles) Well, okay, so here...
John, why am I laughing?
I'm cracking myself up.
Look.
Good idea in theory,
and I'll get to the bad part in a moment.
Good idea in theory is that,
look, the president cancontrol the narrative.
He'll get in front of the cameras.
It looks like he's taking charge.
He's on top of things.
He'll be able to say what hewants to say at the beginning
about vaccines andtherapeutics and all that.
Theory.
Here's the potential bad news.
Hmm, Donald Trump isn'tall that disciplined
and he could get sidetracked very easily,
and if this thing goessideways, like it has before,
then watch out, Katy, bar the door.
So that's the problem for this president.
Look, I've said,
well, I really haven't said all along,
but I'm about to say it here,
but the president'sAchilles' heel all along,
a lot of people have lotsof Achilles' heels for him.
The Achilles heel for thispresident is self-discipline.
That's it in a nutshell.
This will be key in these briefings.
- All right, David,
I think we're going tohave to leave it there.
CBN News
Chief Political Analyst- Oh.
- David Brody, thanks for the laughter
and for your insights.
- Oh, anytime.
Oh, you mean laughter firstthen insights. Gotcha.
- (laughs) Both, we'll take 'em both.
- All right.
- [John] Well coming up,how people across the globe
view the importance ofreligion and prayer.
That and more when "Faith Nation" returns.
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- Well tonight, even though we're living
in a more secularized world,many people across the globe
say religion is stillimportant and that God plays
an important role in their lives.
A new worldwide survey, or study, rather,
from the Pew Research Centersurveyed people in 34 countries
on their beliefs as well asthe importance of God, prayer,
and religion in their lives.
It found a global divideamong nations though
over how important aspects of faith are
and whether belief in God isnecessary to lead a moral life.
Well here now for more onthat story is Jacob Poushter,
associate director withthe Pew Research Center.
Jacob, thanks for beingwith us this this evening.
Can you tell us a littlebit more about the survey?
It looked at people across 34 countries.
What was the percentage thatsaid religion is important
and that God plays animportant role in their lives?
- Thank you for having me.
About 6 in 10 around the world
said that religion isimportant in their lives
and that God plays animportant role in their lives.
But as you said, therewas quite a variation
across countries for that number.
Some countries, it's higher than the 60%.
Some countries it's lower than the 60%.
But overall, that's what we found
from asking our questionacross 34 countries.
- And why don't we just pick it up there?
The interesting breakdown
is that not everyonethinks that belief in God
is necessary to be moral.
How does that connectionbetween God and morality
vary across differentcountries and regions?
- So when you ask it that way,45% across the 34 countries
say that it's necessary to believe in God
in order to be moral.
And some countries are,again, are above that number,
so in Indonesia, Philippines, up to 96%
say that it's necessary to believe in God
in order to be moral.
And then there's a country like Sweden,
where only 9% say it'snecessary to believe in God
in order to be moral.
And the US is sort of right in the middle.
About 44% in the US say it'snecessary to believe in God
in order to be moral versus54% who say the opposite
in the United States.
- Jacob, in most of Western Europe,
the share of people whosay God is important
has decreased over timesaying that God is irrelevant.
The opposite though istrue in Russia and Ukraine.
Can you explain why that isand expand on those findings?
- So we have in Russia and Ukraine,
we actually have data from 1991,
right when the Sovietunion was collapsing.
And we know in both those countries,
religion has sort of seen a resurgence.
So in those countries,you actually saw a rise
in those who say that thatreligion is important.
But in Western Europe, we'veactually seen a decline
in religiosity over thelast couple decades,
where more and more people in Europe
are either saying that they're agnostic
or they don't believe inanything in particular,
so a secularization in Western Europe
has happened at the sametime that there's been
sort of an increasing religiosity
in some former Soviet Union countries.
- So Jacob, how does that compare overall?
We just kind of focusedon Russia and Ukraine,
but how does this surveycompare to past surveys?
- Well, in past surveys,and this one included,
we see that there's various factors
that go into religiosity.
One thing that is definitelyat play is country wealth.
Typically, as countries get richer,
they actually tend to be less likely
to say that religion is important,
they're less likely tosay that it's necessary
to believe in God in order to be moral,
and we've seen thesepatterns across the countries
that we survey, both in this survey
and in past surveys that we've done.
So country wealth is an important factor
when it comes to religiosity overall,
and generally, those richer countries
tend to be less religious and countries
with less GDP per capitatend to be more religious,
and that holds to this day.
- All right, Jacob Poushterwith the Pew Research Center,
thanks for your time andhelping us understand
this fascinating survey.
- Thank you very much.
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How players are getting intothe swing of things, next.
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We believe that every child
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Major League teams faced off this weekend
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Players and coaches foundunique ways to communicate
and keep things exciting.
The New York Mets used cutouts of fans
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And rather than high fives,
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Thursday is the officialstart of the season,
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