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- [Announcer] Coming up,Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Dion DiMucci.

- [Dion] I had 12 goldrecords on the wall.

- [Announcer] The music legend looks back

at his storied career.

- Success.- Yeah.

- And fulfillment aretwo different things.

- [Announcer] And the talk with Scott Ross

that changed his life.

- I haven't been the samefor about over 40 years.

- [Announcer] And then,it's mom versus wild.

- I ran down the stairs andI'm calling, "Zach, Zach."

- [Announcer] After acougar attacks her son.

- I just reached my hands into its mouth

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- [Announcer] The heroicstory on today's "700 Club."

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- Welcome to "The 700 Club."

We're delighted to have you with us.

We've got a lotta things comingup on this program today,

but we'll start off with a tropical storm

which is stalking theeast coast of America

with North Carolina in its crosshairs.

It's bringing torrentialrains, high winds.

And to millions among the I-95 corridor,

the big question: how strongwill it be when it hits?

George Thomas has more.

- After barely skirtingthe Florida peninsula,

Isaias is expected to make the turn north,

striking near the South andNorth Carolina border overnight.

The National WeatherService warning residents

along the coastalcommunities of the Carolinas

to prepare for significant flooding

from heavy rain and high winds

that could possibly bringdown power lines and trees.

Mandatory evacuations for several

North and South Carolina coastal areas

sent vacationers packingahead of the storm.

- Disappointed and frustrated and sad.

- [George] North Carolina's governor

issuing a state of emergencyfor portions of his state

as forecasters say 75 mile per hour winds

could hit the Outer Banksas the storm comes ashore.

- We know how to plan, prepareand respond when it's over.

Nothing about that has changed.

- [George] Folks in Delaware

and as far north as RhodeIsland also on alert,

as forecasters expectthe fast-moving storm

to bring heavy rainfall,strong winds and storm surge

to some areas later in the week.

Meanwhile, Floridiansbreathing a sigh of relief

after a weakened Isaias brushedthe state's eastern coast

Sunday with minimal damage

and for the first time in 45 years.

- [Man] Splashdown.

(crowd cheering)

- [George] Two NASAastronauts return to Earth

in this kind of a dramatic fashion

after spending two months atthe International Space Center.

Their capsule splashedinto the calm Gulf waters

off the Pensacola Coast Sundayas tropical storm Isaias

was pounding the state's Atlantic coast.

The astronauts were partof Elon Musk's ambitious

SpaceX project that hopes tocarry people to and from orbit

in the not-to-distant future.

George Thomas, CBN News.

- My good friend Joe Bastardiof WeatherBell Analytics

is with us today.

Joe, welcome again to the program.

Glad to see you, buddy.

- Well always a pleasure.

I still say you should have me out

when there's a big high-pressuresystem over the area,

so I'm not associatedwith bad weather only.

- (chuckles) Okay, well listen.

Is this gonna turn into a hurricane?

And if it does, how powerfuldo ya think it's gonna be?

- Yeah, I think it's goin' to be.

Let's put it this way.

I think there's gonnabe hurricane conditions

at least with wind gusts and squalls

all the way up to Long Island with this.

You know, over our company at WeatherBell

has been saying we thoughtthis stay east of Florida

and that the big problemwould be intensification

as it came to the coast to the Carolinas

is an interesting situation going on.

Where even though thestorm is moving north,

a weaker storm like this iscapable of maintaining itself

or even increasing a bit on its way north

as opposed to a powerful storm

that would weaken cominginto the same pattern, okay?

So it's almost likewhat's good for the goose

is not good for thegander or vice versa here.

So you know, tomorrowmorning at this time,

it's gonna be very close

and right over top of tidewater.

And I think they're gonna be

hurricane force wind gusts there,

probably outta the south and southeast

and be near Atlantic City by noon

and up near Islip, LongIsland by tomorrow evening

and then racin' to NewEngland and off the charts.

The other system that's south of Bermuda

will recurve to the east of Bermuda.

And we'll probably geta seven to 10 day period

where not much is going on in the tropics,

so we could catch our breath a little bit.

- How much damage do you think it'll cost?

- You know, I never makean estimate on that,

but I think they're gonna be

80 to 100 mile an hourwind gusts with the storm,

where it makes landfall:

Pamlico Sound, Outer Banks,probably Virginia Beach,

Atlantic City, Long Island.

The problem with that is

if its outta the southeastrather than northwest,

a southeast wind ismore damaging to trees.

If you go out and look at your trees,

a lot of 'em lean tothe south and southeast

because the sun gets up inthe east and comes around.

So naturally, trees grow toward light.

And so what happens iswhen that wind comes in

outta that direction, ittends to cause more damage.

We had more damage inthe eastern United States

with tropical storm Davidin 1980, more tree damage,

than we did with Hurricane Gloria

which was a category 2, 3hurricane but was offshore

and the wind was blowingoutta the northwest

when it was strongest.

And there'll be four to six inches.

Locally, eight inches of rain.

And folks what happens iswhen a storm makes landfall,

the heavy rain is withand west of the path.

The highest winds arewith and east of the path,

so you'll see that go on

all the way up the eastern seaboard

so the track becomes problematic.

You know, if it cuts up a little bit west

of some of these coastal installations,

they get worse winds.

If it cuts east, maybe not asmuch wind but heavier rains.

Right now, the heaviestrains are pointed right up

Richmond, Philadelphia, New York City.

Right up that I-95 quarter.

- What's next coming up for you?

Do you see anything in the forecast?

- Well there's a feature south of Bermuda

we think has a shot at becoming Josephine,

but it will be weakand recurve out to sea.

Then I think we got seven to 10 days

where it tapers off, so to speak.

But you know, we've been sayingsince you had me on first

this was gonna be a big season.

When it ramps up lateAugust into September,

there's another cycle thatfavors the Atlantic Basin

and these storms will be stronger

than what we've seen sofar when that happens.

- Well Joe, thank you very much.

We look forward to havin'you back with the next round.

Joe Bastardi, thanks a lot, old buddy.

- Thanks.

- All right.- Thanks, Pat.

- Well in other news, adouble standard, guess what?

Twitter is monitoring PresidentTrump's political posts,

so what's the big deal?

Well why hasn't he takenaction against Iran's Ayatollah

who has called for thedestruction of Israel?

A double standard.

John Jessup has more.

- Pat, the question ofhypocrisy in social media

hit the world stage inIsrael's parliament last week.

Members asked a Twitter rep

why some political messages are flagged

while Iran's Supreme Leader

freely tweets for Israel's destruction.

CBN's Chris Mitchell brings us the story.

- [Chris] While the hearingtook place in Israel's Knesset,

it didn't take long to get theattention of the White House.

- It tells you where thissocial media company stands

where they're not willing to assess

the Ayatollah's communist tweets,

but they are willing to assessPresident Trump's tweets.

It's really appalling.

- [Chris] Mcenany says the administration

plans to take action.

- The administration issubmitting a petition to the FCC

for proposed regulatory changes

to hold social media companies

accountable for their censorship.

- [Chris] It all beganwith a simple question

from international humanrights attorney Arsen Ostrovsky

to a Twitter official.

- Why have you not flagged the tweets

of Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei

who has literally called for genocide

of Israeli Jewish people?

- So we have an approach to where leaders

that presently say thatdirect interactions

with fellow public figures,

comments on political issues of the day

or foreign policy saber-rattlingon military economic issues

are generally not in violation.

- But calling for genocide is okay,

but commenting on politics is not?

Just so we understand.

I just wanna fine-tune the question.

Calling for genocide on Twitter is okay,

but commenting on political situations

in certain countries is not okay?

- So if a world leader violates our rules,

but it is a clear interestin keeping that up

on the service, we mayplace it behind a notice

that provides some morecontext about the violation

and allows people to click through

if they wish to see that type of content.

- [Chris] After Twitter's reply,

Ostrovsky described to CBN News

the reaction from a people alltoo familiar with genocide.

- It was jarring that shecan go there to our faces

to a room full of Israelis andIsraeli Jews try and justify

how someone's call for our death,

for the genocide of our very state

is somehow acceptable political discourse

or the words that she used:

"Commentary on politicalissues of the day."

- [Chris] He calls Twitter's policy

a blatant double standard.

- You know, where they'd flagthe tweets of President Trump

but not on Khamenei.

And if they wanna flagTrump, that's up to them.

Okay, that's their issue.

But if you're gonna do that,you have to be you know, equal.

You have to apply the same kind of

standards to everyone else.

- Ostrovsky supports free speech

but says there's no placewhere Twitter should support

Khamenei's calls for genocide.

- When you turn your back to this hatred,

you become an enabler.

When you allow yourplatform to be used by those

calling direct accord forviolence and genocide,

you become an enabler andthat's not acceptable.

- [Chris] Chris Mitchell,CBN News, Jerusalem.

- Thanks, Chris.

Pat?

- You know, I believein freedom of the press.

We all know that.

I mean the press should be freeto express what it wants to.

But a public utility, on the other hand,

needs to get regulated

because they provide aservice to everybody.

Your electric company isn't free to charge

one group one set of rules or rates

and then another group a different set.

That is against the regulations

have been set up eversince the whole matter

of John Rockefeller andthe Standard Oil Company.

He was getting preferredrates on shipping his oil

because he shipped morethan somebody else.

And therefore, he had unfairadvantage over his competition

and he gobbled them all up.

And so they passed various laws:

the Sherman Antitrust Lawsand others similar to that

to prevent that from happening.

Now if Twitter is independentand like a newspaper

and it just serves the subscribers,

then it has a free rightto say what it wants to.

But if it becomes a utilitywhere it's serving everybody

and it's a platform for everybody,

but now it's discriminatingagainst one class

of people versus another,it's gotta be regulated

because it's now become a utility.

And I think it's time for theFCC to act in that fashion.

These people like Facebook and others

are so big and they are utilities.

They're no longer like private newspapers

or private radio stations orprivate television stations.

They are a utility andutilities need to be regulated.

So if they wanna get tobecome a platform as they are,

then it's time for actionand we cannot allow Twitter.

Imagine the hypocrisy ofsomebody talkin' to a group

of Jews to say, "Well wethink that genocide is okay.

"But discussion of your opponent

"in an election in Israel is not."

I mean this is nonsense, John.

- Pat, the Trump Administration

is set to take what it calls new action

in regard to Chinese software companies

it sees as a threat to national security.

This comes after PresidentTrump announced Friday

that he will ban TikTok, apopular Chinese video app.

Speaking on Fox News'Sunday "Futures" program,

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said

TikTok and other software firms

are sending users personal information

to China's security forces.

- This could be theirfacial recognition pattern.

It could be informationabout their residents,

their phone numbers, their friends,

who they're connected to.

Those are the issues that President Trump

has made clear we'regoing to take care of.

These are true national security issues.

- Microsoft is in talkswith a Chinese company

to buy the US arm of TikTok

which operates in the United States,

Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Well July was the worst month on record

for the coronavirus herein the United States

with 1.9 million new cases recorded.

And 22 states now seeing a rise in cases.

Coronavirus Task Forcecoordinator Dr. Deborah Birx

says it's spreading tonew areas of the country.

- What we're seeing today isdifferent from March and April.

It is extraordinarily widespread.

To everybody who lives in a rural area,

you are not immune orprotected from this virus.

- Over the weekend, Housespeaker Nancy Pelosi

publicly criticized Dr. Birx saying,

"She has no confidence in her."

The reason?

The speaker accuses the president

of spreading misinformationabout the virus.

And Pat, Dr. Birx is his appointee.

- Well I think Dr. Birxis an eminent physician.

And for Nancy Pelosi to criticize the fact

that she's warningpeople about this virus,

she's stepping way over the line.

The president has made enough mistakes

trying to be the medicalexecutive of America.

And I think if he stopped that,it'd do him a lot of good.

But Nancy Pelosi is even worse

to assume that the womanwho is giving a factual data

about the danger of thisterrible coronavirus

is somehow a flak for the White House.

That is outrageous.

John?

- Pat, a massive fire isconsuming more than 20,000 acres

in Southern California.

Triple digit temperaturesand high wind gusts

are feeding the flames.

2,200 firefighters are battling the fire

and more than 7,000 peoplehad to evacuate their homes.

Investigators are looking intoarson as a possible cause.

And Pat, I heard just this morning

that the fire is only 5% contained.

- Well it's just terrible.

The Santa Ana winds are coming in

and they say it's tripledigit temperatures

and the fields are dry

and it's just burning like out of control.

It's really tough.

- Praying for the homeowners there.

- It's unbelievable.

We've got a shocker for you next though.

Ladies and gentlemen, wehave a shocker for you

when we talk about a nation of criminals.

Terry?

- Well here it is: JoeBiden's signature bill.

It slashed crime across America.

So why is he now saying he made a mistake?

Plus "The Wanderer" finds his way.

Rock n' roll star DionDiMucci tells Scott Ross

about the question that saved his life.

And then later, thismom's worst nightmare:

seeing her seven yearold attacked by a cougar.

Watch as she risked herlife to save her son's.

That's all later on today's show.

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- Which nation locks upmore people than any other?

Is it China?

Is it the communist Russia?

Is it Iran?

Which nation, North Korea?

None of the above.

It is the United States of America.

We have more incarcerations

than any other country in the world.

Well how did it happen?

It happened when politicians went too far

being tough on crime andone of those politicians

is now running for thepresidency of the United States.

Jennifer Wishon explains.

- Across America during the 1990s,

just walking down yourstreet could be scary,

crime rates were peakingand crack cocaine addiction

was reaching epidemic proportions.

- So murder rates, all violent crime rates

were up dramatically andpeople were tired of it.

- [Jennifer] So much sothat 44% of Americans

told the Gallup organization

they were afraid to walk aloneat night near their house.

In that same 1992 poll, 54%said there was more crime

in their community than the year before.

- People felt very unsafe.

- [Jennifer] And pressure was on democrats

in control of the House,Senate and White House.

President Bill Clintonwas in his first term

and then Senator Joe Biden,

chairman of the Judiciary Committee,

authored the 1994 Crime Bill,

the most sweeping crimelegislation in US history.

While it's controversial now,

at the time, Biden celebratedhis accomplishment.

- I'm the guy that wrote this bill.

Presumptuous thing to say,but I wrote this bill.

My own little hands

and I added into the bill

more than 50 death penalties.

I support the death penalty.

- [Jennifer] It also increasedpenalties for drug offenses,

put more cops on the streets

and included the three strikes provision

that require repeat felonsbe put away for life.

- You must take back the streets.

And you take back thestreets by more cops,

more prisons, more physicalprotection for the people.

- [Jennifer] To build more prisons,

the bill promise states billions

in federal construction money

if they implementedtruth in sentencing laws

to ensure criminals serveout most of their sentences.

And by 1999, most states hadchanged or adapted their laws.

- It certainly made sense to the extent

to which you believe thatthere was a crime problem

to focus a lot of thosedollars towards the state

since you know, federal orcriminal law enforcement

is only a very, verysmall percentage of people

who are involved in thecriminal justice system.

The overwhelming number of people

who are arrested,prosecuted and incarcerated,

that all happens at the statelevel, 90 some odd percent.

- [Jennifer] Looking back,many Americans criticize

the Crime Bill's devastatingimpact on communities of color.

In a recent column,

democrats from the Universityof Pennsylvania wrote:

"Biden's 1994 Crime Bill championed

the popular tough on crime approach

during the countrywideescalation of policing,

discriminatory stop-and-frisk tactics,

mass incarceration andthe racist War on Drugs.

This tough on crimeapproach amounted to a war

against black and browncommunities through police violence

which limited economic andeducational opportunities."

And as he courts black votersto support him this fall,

Biden now takes an apologetic tone.

- I haven't always been right.

I know we haven't alwaysgotten things right.

- [Jennifer] He's evenshifted blame onto the states

he once incentivized.

- We have to say to the states, "No more.

No more mandatory sentences.

Enough is enough is enough."

We should be reducing those sentences.

- [Jennifer] Politics aside,

many criminal justice scholars agree

the legacy of the 1994Crime Bill is complicated.

While crime rates fell after it

and other tough on crimemeasures were passed,

that combination helpedAmerica today rank number one

in locking up more people percapita than any other country.

- I do think that in some respects

the pendulum swung too farand that a corrective measure

such as the FIRST STEP Act wasan appropriate thing to do.

- Appropriate because itdismantles parts of the 1994 law

and was supported by bothrepublicans and democrats.

And as policing andracial justice are debated

between now and November,

expect to hear much moreabout both measures.

Jennifer Wishon CBN News, Washington.

- I wonder how Joe Bidenis goin' to justify

locking up a large number of black people.

You know, just think ofthat, ladies and gentlemen.

This three strikes thing.

A young man goes out and hetakes one gram of marijuana

and he smokes it or even sellsit, so he goes to prison.

They let him out after five or six months

and that's strike number one.

Next time, he goes out

and maybe he goes joyridingin somebody's vehicle

and they get him for vehicular homicide

or what have you or you know,so that's strike number two.

Next time he walks intoa convenience store

and he picks up a package of cigarettes,

puts it in his pocket andwalks out and he gets arrested.

He must spend the restof his life in prison

because of three strikes.

That last one was all it took.

One slight crime at theage of say 15, 17, 18,

so he's gonna be in jail'til he's 80 or 90 years old

and we're goin' to haveto pay the bill for it.

Now you talk about destroying lives.

This is horrible.

But Joe Biden bragged on thefact that he wrote that bill

and we are paying the consequences.

And now don't start blaming the states.

He incentivized the statesto build more prisons.

As a matter of fact, they werefarming out at the prisons

so that they guaranteedprivate corporations

on 80 to 90% occupancy ofthe prisons they built.

So there was obviously a premiumon keeping people locked up

and we have done devastation,not only to all of America

but especially the young people

and especially young black people.

And if the black peoplehave any sense at all

and I'm sure they do, theyneed to call these politicians

into account to what theyhave done to hurt them.

So don't come out as a politician

and say, "I'm all for you."

If you were all for us,how come so many of us

have been put in jail by your laws?

Terry?

- Well still ahead, nature'smost fearless predator.

This mom after she saw acougar attacking her child.

Watch her spring into action.

But first, he's the singer behind hits

such as "The Wanderer"and "Runaround Sue."

So why did he feel so empty inside?

Music legend Dion DiMuccilooks back at his career

fighting racism and findingfaith along the way.

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Dion DiMucci had 12 goldrecords and not much else.

At the height of his career,Dion felt unfulfilled.

And then one day, he had aconversation with Scott Ross

and recently he told Scott

about how that talk changed his life.

Take a look.

- American singer andsongwriter Dion DiMucci

has been rockin' the musiccharts since the late 50s.

Inducted into the Rock &Roll Hall of Fame in 1989,

the 80 year old is still making music.

His recent album "Blues with Friends"

features the likes of Bruce Springsteen,

Paul Simon, Van Morrison and others.

All these named peopleare on this new album

and I love that title ofthat song "Hymn to Him."

How'd you come up with that?

- I just thought of it, you know.

It sounded so cleverbut so true, you know?

- Yeah, it is.

- When I go out for a walk,

I'm always like singingpraises to God, you know.

I feel so blessed, married 57 years.

I have three beautiful girlsand five grandchildren.

- Dion started his careerin the late 50s as a crooner

with the doo-wop group the Belmonts.

In 1960, he launched a solo career

that brought a string of worldwide hits

including the chart-toppingsongs like "The Wanderer"

and his number one hit "Runaround Sue."

But after years of struggling

with drugs and alcohol addiction,

his life took a drastic turn

after a conversation I had with him.

We could go backhistorically with both of us

when I think I made some impression

to you about Jesus, didn't I?

- You said something profound to me

that I've said to a lot of people since.

I had 12 gold records on the wall.

I was by the world'sstandards, I was successful.

But make a note here,

success and fulfillmentare two different things.

So I got on my kneesand I asked God for help

and he removed theobsession to drink and drug.

Yes, I believed in God's power.

I wasn't aware of his very reality

and you said to me, "You know, Dion?"

You said, "I see you believe in God.

I hear what you're saying andGod is present in your life.

Ask him who Jesus is.

Do you trust that god that you pray to?"

I said, "Oh, you bet."

I said, "You bet."

You said, "If you ask him for bread,

do you think he'll give you a stone?"

I said, "No."

You said, "Ask him if Jesus is his son."

And I thought thank you.

You know, you trusted me, right?

- Yeah.

- Well I got an answer when I asked.

I didn't get an immediate answer.

But I'll tell you this, Scott:

I haven't been the same for over 40 years.

(both chuckling)

- Dion gave his life toJesus Christ in the late 60s.

So the Lord is in your life.

You're grounded, you're rooted.

But you're still in showbusiness in so many ways,

how've you been able to dancearound all the trappings?

- Well once you open your heart to God

and you have a relationship with him,

he shapes your desire for those things.

- [Scott] In the decade since,

Dion's music has continued to inspire

with messages of togetherness and unity.

One track on his new album

called "Here in America: A Song for Sam."

It was written in responseto the recent upswell

of racial tensions in the US.

But the song is inspired by a friend

and fellow artist from the 60s,

the late music legend Sam Cooke,

a man he saw take the high roadwhen confronted with racism.

- When I saw Sam Cookein certain situations

that were really unnerving to me,

I walked over to him.

I said, "Sam, why don'tyou give that guy you know,

just give him one right hook?

You know, knock that guy out."

And he said, "Dion, I wouldn'tlower myself to go down."

He said, "You know?"

And he taught me.

He said, "Dion, racism is apeculiar way to become a man

or feel that you're a man.

It's peculiar."

You're talkin' about howto share Christ with people

and change is gonna come, he wrote.

- Oh yeah.

- He tried to get topeople through his music,

through his love, throughhis understanding,

through his friendshipand talking about God.

- There's one more song onthat album I need to mention

featuring Bruce Springsteenand his wife Patti Scialfa.

It's a perfect reflectionof his faith in Jesus

and a message of hope and healing for all.

He calls it "Hymn to Him."

When you came around to writingthis song "Hymn to Him,"

we'll come back to that now.

What were you thinking?

I mean the lyrics say it all.

They really do.

- I'll tell you.

I'll read this out. It says,"If the winds of disaster

have blown hard through your night

and the dreams you have cherished

can't begin to take flight,

take his hand through the sunlight.

Lift your head high above.

Let your blood flow foreverwith the warmth of his love.

Blend your life with his blessings.

Drink the wine of tomorrow.

Yesterday must be banishedwith the seeds of your sorrow."

You know, you walk with God.

You have this peace.

Everything makes sense.

There was a time when I didn't know him

and everything looked bleak to me.

You know,

when you're walking with him,

the world makes sense.

♪ Salvation ♪

♪ The head that's never ♪

- Sounds like a wonderfulalbum, doesn't it?

His latest called "Blues with Friends"

is available wherever music is sold.

And Scott really makesit known to all of us

and he has continually,

take advantage of the doors God opens

to just speak a word, a simple word.

- That's right.- And God does the rest.

- Dion's a tremendous talent.

I mean just unbelievable talent.

But Dion DiMucci, remarkable.

Scott's got a lotta buddies.

- [Terry] (chuckles) Yes, he does.

- His wife you know, has been inducted

into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

And so she sang with TheRonettes as a youngster.

These are a lotta theirfriends in the music business.

Well still ahead, don't comebetween mama and her cubs.

This woman wrestled a cougar

after it tried to attack her son.

You won't wanna miss thisharrowing story of triumph.

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- Welcome back to Washingtonfor this CBS newsbreak.

Protestors in Portland, Oregon

burned Bibles and anAmerican flag this weekend.

A Twitter user captured the Bibles

being dumped on the flames writing,

"I don't know what burningthe Bible has to do

with protesting police brutality."

Protests in Portland haveturned violent in recent weeks

as agitators attack a federal courthouse

defended by government agents.

Those agents will be leaving and replaced

with local law enforcement.

CBN is providing hope forThailand during COVID-19

by developing digitalmedia campaigns on Facebook

to encourage viewers.

Each month, CBN producesweekly testimonial

and discipleship videos.

They also write weekly uplifting

devotional content for viewers.

The theme for the past two months

has been "Love in ActionDuring Difficult Times."

By using the Bible as a guide,

the content has demonstratedhow to strengthen relationships

and faith by loving others and loving God.

To learn more about what CBNis doing around the world,

go to cbn.com/international.

Pat and Terry will beback right after this.

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- Well you're watching "The 700 Club."

We're so happy to have you with us.

Now we've got a storythat will stir your heart.

When a cougar attacked, thismama bear sprang into action.

As soon as she heard the screams,

Chelsea quickly threw herselfin between her young son

and the gnashing teethof a hungry predator.

The story made international headlines

and now Chelsea wants the world to know

exactly what happened that day.

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- We live on VancouverIsland in a small town,

Lake Cowichan, forapproximately four years now.

My husband is Kevin

and we have five of our own kids together

and I also have a stepson.

When you live here, youhave a lot of privileges

because you're in abeautiful forested area.

It's not uncommon to seedeer, raccoon, bears.

Our community is very closed-off.

We have a safe environment here.

Never did I ever thinkthat anything would happen

to my kids in my own backyard.

The thought never crossed my mind.

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This was an average Fridayafternoon around 3:40ish.

Yeah and Kevin was working.

But the children are doingeverything they normally do:

make the popcorn and put thepopcorn bowl onto the porch.

(children chuckling)

And Zach,

he just felt like he neededto have some time to himself.

He was headed to his fortand he loves his fort.

He worked very hard at it

and I did know that hewas in the backyard.

(dark intriguing music)(grass rustling)

(cougar growling)

I just am doing normal things,

the normal things I do every single day.

So when I was in my laundry room,

I heard the sheet metal onthe neighbor's fence banging

(fence rattling)

and I thought it sounds like a child's

kicking that metal fence.

I knew something was wrong.

I went outside and Icould hear this banging.

It sounds like he's tryin'to get something off of him.

I ran down the stairs andI'm going, "Zach, Zach."

And I knew he's in that area.

So I just leaped overthere, turned the corner.

It's a parent's worst nightmare.

(cougar growling)

I see this cougar latched onto my child.

(cougar growling)

It took me a moment to processwhat on earth is happening.

(cougar growling)

Your heart just sinks into your stomach.

(cougar growling)

I needed to try and get control

of what was physically harming my child,

which was the cougar's mouth.

And in a moment's time, Iknew that I needed to pray.

I knew that, "God, I need your help."

I just reached my hands intoits mouth and I'm just pulling.

Okay, God.

He's the only one at this point

who's going to be able to save my son.

I believe in Jesus.

I believe in his power.

I believe in his strength.

I know that God is gonna save my kid.

About three sentences into my prayer,

the cougar just unlatchedits mouth off of him

and it just slinked away.

I scooped him up and Ijust ran in the house

and I said, "Everyone, get in the house.

Get in the house."

(dark foreboding music)

He had an MRI, but there's no brain damage

or no fractures to hisskull and no broken bones.

So deep lacerations isall we had to deal with

and the wound's healed.

Amen and praise the Lord. (chuckles)

- May have heard of this story.

It's gone international.

The mama bear versus cougar.

- [Reporter] A mother in Canada

went toe-to-toe with a cougar.

- Is being credited withsaving her son's life.

- When the first news people arrived,

I thought oh okay, this hit the news

and that's as far as I thought.

When it went onto "Good Morning, America",

I was really surprised.

The reason I wanted to allow it

was so that the right story got out there.

We give God 100% credit.

It wasn't me who opened its mouth.

It was the power of the Holy Spirit

that made that animal flee.

(soft inspirational music)

Zach today, I would sayhe's doing quite well.

I know the Lord has reallyhelped heal him emotionally.

I tell him that God saved him

and I tell him that the Lord intervened.

Through this experience,

he can see the power ofthe Holy Spirit working

and the importance of calling on God,

not just in times in need but in all times

having a relationship with the Lord.

- God touched the animal to open its mouth

in answer to prayer.

That godly woman.

Isn't that quite a story?

- Absolutely.

Closed the mouth of the lions for Daniel

and opened the mouth of thecougar for Chelsea and Zach.

- We have some other answers to prayer.

We wanna pray for you becausewe know that God is working.

Elaine by email on June 26th of this year,

Terry said somebody has aproblem in the neck area

where the brain stem and spinal cord meet

and it was a bad accident four years ago.

And Elaine said, "SinceI woke with a headache,

I claimed the healing.

I haven't had a morning headache since."

Praise God you're okay.

- [Terry] This is Pam wholives in Chester, Pennsylvania.

She had an extremely painfulbone spur on her left knee.

Her doctor had even givenher a cortisone shot,

but it had no effect at all.

She was watching this program

and she heard you, Pat, say,"I believe it's your left knee.

Any damage that's been doneis being healed dramatically

in Jesus' name."

She said she actually felt awarm sensation over her knee

and then a pop and shewas completely healed.

- You know, if you didn't believe in God.

We sit here on this deskand we get these reports.

And we don't just get a few of 'em,

there are thousands of them

of people who've been dramatically touched

by the power of God and webelieve it because it's happened.

And we verify some of these.

We've called back.

And yes indeed, it happenedon a particular day.

And yes, you can useour name and so forth.

We wanna pray for you rightnow and you have something.

- Well this is Pam and Elaine

and we've prayed for them.- We're gonna join hands

and we're gonna pray right now.

Let's touch God.

- Jesus.- Father,

thank you for these wonderfulexamples of healing.

Thank you, Father.

There's a man named Fred.

I believe you have pleurisy.

You've got problems in your lungs.

And right now Fred, justcough and take a deep breath

and you're gonna be completelyhealed in Jesus' name.

Terry?

- Yeah, I don't know if this is Fred

or if it's someone else.

But you've had respiratoryproblems for years

and this COVID thinghas you so frightened.

You have no more respiratory problems.

Just breathe in deeply.

That coughing, just that senseof not being able to get air

is gone in Jesus' name.

- There's a lady.

I believe Mary is manic depressive.

You have had like call,they've got names like bipolar

or whatever it is, but it's manic.

And you have these urges to just go wild

and then you kinda quiet down.

Right now God is touching your mind,

touching your brain,touching your nervous system

in the name of Jesus.

Totally healed.

Thank you.

Terry?

- There's someone namedSophie and you've had...

I don't know, something has really caused

your heart to be broken.

God is healing that for you right now.

Just lift your hands up andas you begin to praise him,

all of that emotional healing,

all of that wounding that you'vehad is gone in Jesus' name.

- There's a man.

Your heart isn't pumping properly.

It's too weak and you're notgetting the same compression

you're supposed to.

And right now, I believethe name's George.

But whatever, just putyour hand on your chest.

In the name of Jesus, touch him.

Thank you, Lord.

Now Lord, for others in this audience

who are asking for prayer,you touch them, Lord.

Bring about the healing in theirfamily they're looking for.

May the financial blessingof God be upon them.

And more than anything,may the peace of God

that passes all understandingkeep their hearts and minds

in Christ Jesus.

Give them peace in Jesus' name.

Amen

and amen.

All right.

- Well Marta is on the frontlines

in the fight against the coronavirus.

She works inside a high-riskhospital in El Salvador.

Her greatest fear is contracting COVID-19

and that's why she's thankfulfor Operation Blessing

because they're giving her

the equipment she needs to keep safe.

- [Translator] My name is Marta.

I am a Christian.

The first thing I do beforeI leave my house is pray.

- [Narrator] Marta is a28 year old single mom

raising her eight month old daughter.

- [Translator] Seeing mybaby girl makes me so happy.

I ask God to protect us andto protect me everywhere I go.

- [Narrator] For months, Martahas worked on the frontlines

in the battle against the COVID virus

in this regional hospital in El Salvador.

She's part of a 70-member custodial team

that cleans the hospitaland its ambulance.

- [Translator] My greatestfear is that I will get sick

and also cause my baby to get sick.

I long for the end of myshift so I can see her.

Holding her and huggin' her

gives me the strength for a new workday.

- [Narrator] One of the greatest needs

at this hospital is bleach.

It's used in nearlyevery cleaning solution

because it kills the coronavirus.

They add bleach tobuckets and spray bottles

and every surface thatcan be cleaned with bleach

is disinfected many times a day.

They even add bleach to thesespecial handwashing stations.

- [Translator] Some days Iam fearful of the disease,

but I need to work.

If you are able to help someone else,

you have to do it notexpecting anything in return.

And if you do, God willreward you with twice as much.

I have experienced it.

- [Narrator] So Marta andthe staff were grateful

when Operation Blessingarrived with a pickup

loaded with chlorine bleachin five gallon containers.

Operation Blessing in El Salvador

has been manufacturingbleach at its warehouse

and has already deliveredthousands of gallons of bleach

to the Ministry of Healthto give to hospitals

with the greatest needin the capital city.

And Marta was grateful whenwe gave her some bleach

to take home and some new N95masks for her and the team.

- [Translator] I am sothankful to Operation Blessing

for providing us with thecleaning supplies and the masks

to fight COVID-19.

I thank God that he movedyour hearts to help us.

Thanks to Operation Blessing

we are savin' lives in this hospital.

Thank you, Operation Blessing.

(Marta speaking in foreign language)

- That 28 year old mom was helped

by your kindness and generosity.

You know, here in the United States,

so much is available to uswhen we want it or need it.

But in other countries, it's not like that

and yet Operation Blessinghas an opportunity

to step right into those places of need

and make a huge difference,a lifesaving difference.

And that all happensbecause you care enough

to join "The 700 Club."

It's 65 cents a day, $20 a month.

And that may not seem like a lot

but when we all link arms together,

we really can touch theworld with the love of God

and in very practical ways

make a difference in people's lives.

We wanna invite you to bea part of that right now.

Our number's toll-free.

It's 1-800-700-7000.

Just call and say you wanna join.

When you do, our way of saying thank you

is to send you this DVD"Do You Need a Miracle?"

I guess we all do, every single one of us.

We believe this'll be a blessing to you.

It was to Belinda.

She lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

And she said, "The testimoniesin "Do You Need a Miracle?"

are incredible and very inspiring.

This DVD touched me and my family.

Thank you for this blessing."

Well Belinda, welcometo the OB and CBN family

of ministries around the world.

I'm glad you enjoyed the DVD.

But call now, make a difference.

Time for some questions, ready?

- [Pat] Let's go for 'em.- This is Jeffrey who says,

"How do you know if someoneis a false prophet?"

- Well you know, the Biblesays: "By their fruit,

you shall know them."

And I think look at thefruit, what do they do?

Look at their work, you know?- Mm-hmm.

- Well there used to be oneman who was goin' around

talkin' about his beloved.

And actually he was livin' with this woman

who wasn't his wife andwho was just a big fraud.

- Wow.- I know.

Well there've been a number.

But what is their life?

"By your fruit, you shall know them."

Now that's how you'll know.

- This is Tim who says, "Where is Hell?

Is it in the middle of the Earth

or is Hell in Heaven?

Thank you, Pat Robertson.

I appreciate you.

I watch you all the time."

- Well I'm glad you are watching it.

You know, we use theterm Hell as being under

and Heaven as being above.

But look, there's ahuge universe out there

and Jesus talked about outer darkness.

There's a lake of fire

and people have come back thathave seen the lake of fire.

But there's so many planets andthis universe is so enormous

that Hell could be anywhere.

But outer darkness is the thing

that really should scare people.

Can you imagine being castoff into space, wherever?

But I mean we talk about the lake of fire.

There's a lot of imagery in the Bible,

but I don't think it'snecessarily on this Earth

or in the Earth, all right?

- Mm-hmm.

This is Jeri who says, "I'd like to know

what Pat's coffee cup says about horses.

I'm a horse lover too." (chuckles)

- It says, "Whoever saidmoney can't buy happiness,

"never owned a horse." (laughs)

- [Terry] Well there, the twoof you should be satisfied.

- That's what it says,all right? (chuckles)

All right.- Okay.

This is Sandy who says, "I'm a believer

and my son has cancer.

I pray constantly.

I listen to your show every day.

I keep saying I've given it to God,

but I don't like it that I stay nervous,

sad and upset all the time.

How can I get through this?"

- You've gotta trust the Lord.

God says.

You know, James was talkin'about a double-minded man

and you won't receive anything.

I mean when you're praying,

do you really believe you'll receive it?

Believe and you'll receive it

and you'll have the thing that you say.

But where does faith come?

Faith comes from theWord, hearing the Word.

And it's the Word of God,but it's the Holy Spirit.

Ask God to give you faithin your heart, all right?

- Yeah.

This is Mike who says,"I've often wondered

Paul says if Onesimus owedPhilemon a debt, he would pay it.

Did Onesimus steal somethingor was he an indentured servant

and he still owed time on a debt?"

- Well I think you misreadthat a little bit later.

Onesimus was a slave

and he was with Paul.

And Paul was askin'Philemon to set him free,

give him his freedom.

If Paul said to Philemon,"Look, you owe me

because I led you to the Lord.

You owe me your very soul

and count the debt against my."

But it had nothin' to do withOnesimus owin' him anything.

Onesimus was a slave

and run away from his master, all right?

And Paul was saying, "Youknow, he's a brother in Christ.

Let him free," okay?

- Sharon says, "All throughthe Bible, I see the phrase

'The God of the heavenly armies.'

Pat, what are the heavenly armies?"

- Well it's the Lord of Hosts.

Jehovah Sabaoth, the Lord of Hosts.

The host of all the angels.

There are millions and millions of angels

and God is the author of all of this.

And so the Lord of Hostsis all the angelic beings

and all the power of God ispart of what his army is.

Well we leave you with ourPower Minute from Isaiah.

"Surely the Lord's poweris enough to save you.

He can hear you whenyou ask for his help."

Well thanks so much for being with us.

For Terry and all of us,this is Pat Robertson.

And by the way, we got theduck commander tomorrow.

You don't wanna miss that.

See ya.

(Terry chuckling)