- Welcome to "The 700 Club."
Quote, "a disappointmentto conservatives."
Well, that's what VicePresident Pence said
about Chief Justice John Roberts
in an exclusive interview with CBN News.
The vice president also sent astrong message to pro-lifers,
wake up, because the destiny of the court
lies in the 2020 election.
Well, how else did he turn up the heat?
Here's David Brody withthat exclusive interview
from Florida.
(air whooshes)
- [David] A humid August trip to Florida
seemed the perfect place for Mike Pence
to turn up the heat and motivate the base.
- [Audience] Four moreyears! Four more years!
- [David] At one of hissignature Faith in America
campaign events, he spelled out the stakes
in the upcoming election.
- The choice will not be whether America
will be more conservative or more liberal,
more Republican or more Democrat,
more red or more blue.
The choice we face is whetherAmerica remains America.
- [David] In our timetogether on the road,
the vice president wasanimated throughout,
lowering the boom, especiallywhen it came to his thoughts
on what a Joe Biden presidencycould mean for the country.
- Joe Biden and the Democratic Party
have been overtaken by the radical left.
He's calling for a historicincrease in funding
to Planned Parenthood of America.
He would appoint activistjudges to our courts
who would literallytrample on the progress
that we've made on lifeand religious liberties.
- And speaking of the courts,
the vice president made veryclear that the Supreme Court
will be of paramountimportance in this election,
especially because he sees a chief justice
who can no longer be counted on
to be a reliable conservative.
Are you scratching your heada little bit on John Roberts?
I mean, we're not gonnacall him David Souter
at this point, but conservativeshave a track record
of having some problemswith Supreme Court justices
that you thought were goingto be a reliable vote.
Well, when I say reliablevote, I'm just talking
about to adhere toconservative principles.
- Look, we have greatrespect for the institution
of the Supreme Court of the United States,
but Chief Justice John Roberts has been
a disappointment to conservatives-
- [David] Pence citing multiple examples,
from Roberts' key 2012decision to uphold Obamacare,
and more recently, whenhe sided with liberals
to strike down a Louisiana pro-life law.
- I think it's been a wake-up call
for pro-life voters around the country
who understand that in a very real sense,
the destiny of the SupremeCourt is on the ballot in 2020.
- He sees religious freedomunder attack as well,
after Roberts joined liberalsagain just last week.
In that case, the Supreme Court ruled
against a Nevada church, upholding a limit
on the number of people attending
church services during COVID-19.
There are many Americans,not just religious Americans,
many Americans concernedabout where this is going
from a religious freedom standpoint,
as it relates specifically to COVID-19.
- Well, look, our nation has been
through a very challenging time,
and we're still working our way
through the coronavirus pandemic.
But you don't give up yourconstitutional liberties,
even in a pandemic.
- [David] To be sure, the pandemic will be
a major factor for bothsides in this election.
Here in Florida, a recent COVID spike
is hopefully giving way toa slow return to normal.
But in this election cycle,the only thing we know
for sure is nothing is normal.
- Well, hello, Florida!
- [David] Gone are the bigcampaign events of the past,
replaced by smallergatherings like the one
that Pence attended in Florida,part of the Life Wins tour.
- Under this president, I promise you
we're going to continue to work every day
to put the right to life backat the center of American law.
(audience applauds)
- [David] President Trumpand the VP will need
an all-hands-on-deckapproach to beat a candidate
that, well, at leastaccording to many polls,
is leading the race,
But will Biden be a match forTrump in the upcoming debates?
Some Democrats have calledfor Biden to skip them.
And Trump supportersbelieve that the 77-year-old
has lost a step or two, becoming slower.
- I can't speak to someof what's being discussed
about him today, but theantidote is to be on that stage,
to square up and be willing to debate
President Donald Trump.
The American people deserve nothing less.
- They also deserve a fair election.
Democrats want massive mail-in balloting
across the entire country, something
the Trump administration says is fraught
with all sorts of problems.
If 2020 comes around and all of a sudden,
there is massive mail-inballoting, is it a fair election?
- Democratic governors around the country,
using the excuse of thecoronavirus pandemic,
are talking about mailing ballots
to literally everyone in their state,
with no safeguard for theintegrity of the process,
That principle of "one person, one vote"
is at the center of our democracy,
and we've gotta defend it.
That's why you're gonna see this president
and our administration headstraight to the courthouse.
We're gonna opposeuniversal mail-in voting,
even while we encourage and respect
the great tradition of absentee balloting,
and we're gonna win that fight.
I truly do believe it.
- [David] Determinationfrom a vice president
being counted on torally the base this fall.
David Brody, CBN News, in Tampa, Florida.
- Very interesting.
Well, in other news, nationwide, new cases
of COVID-19 are declining.
Even more good news, one treatment
offering instant help is available now.
John Jessup has more
from our CBN News bureau.(air whooshes)
- That's right, Pat.
Nationally, new infectionshave dropped 14%
in the last two weeks,but cases are still rising
in at least 10 states.
Meanwhile, President Trump ispushing for schools to reopen,
as tens of thousands of students
are already back in the classroom.
It is images like this onethat have parents concerned,
students in a crowdedhallway in a Georgia school,
no social distancing, and very few masks.
On the medical front, some good news.
One treatment offering immediaterelief is available now,
and another like it couldbe available within weeks.
National Institutes of Health Director
Dr. Francis Collinssays they show promise.
- One of the things thatI'm pretty excited about
is the opportunity touse convalescent plasma,
that is, plasma that's donatedby people who have survived.
So people who are listeningwho have survived,
I hope they would look intogoing to their blood bank
or the Red Cross anddonating a unit of blood,
because that might save somebody else.
And we can go even further than that
and actually purify theantibodies from people
who have survived, so-calledmonoclonal antibodies,
and those are about to gettested in just the next few weeks
to see whether they alsoprovide lifesaving benefits.
- The U.S. governmentawarded the drug maker
Regeneron a $450 million contract
to begin production ofits treatment, and Pat,
other drug companies are alsoworking on similar treatments.
- Well, joining us nowis our medical reporter,
Lorie Johnson.
(air whooshes)Lorie, talk
about this convalescent plasma.
What is it, and how does it work?
- Well, Pat, it's awonderful gift from God.
What happens is, when avirus infects our body,
our immune system naturallyproduces these antibodies,
and we've talked aboutthese antibodies before.
These are the little soldiersthat battle off the virus.
And so people with healthy immune systems
who have already recovered from COVID-19
still have these wonderfulantibodies in their blood,
and they're being askedto donate that blood.
So please go to coronavirus.govor the Red Cross
and see how you candonate a unit of blood,
because that blood is fullof those wonderful antibodies
and can be transfused into people
who are very, very sick with COVID-19,
and those antibodies can help them.
And you wonder, why do theynot have their own antibodies?
Because we know people withweakened immune systems
don't produce enough of those antibodies,
and so, then, the monoclonal antibodies
are exactly like the antibodiesthat we see in our blood,
except they're synthetic.
They're made in a laboratory,so we don't need to rely
on survivors to give their own blood.
These monoclonal antibodiesare being tested right now
and could be availableas early as next month.
So that could sort of bridge the gap
between now and when avaccine is available.
- I understand there was avery successful nursing home
study of one of these drugs.
Could you tell us about that?
- Right, so Eli Lillyis one of the companies
that's manufacturing thesemonoclonal antibodies,
and in the earlier trials,they worked very well.
And so now 2,400 people who live and work
in nursing homes in the United States
are going to be tryingthese monoclonal antibodies.
So when a nursing homehas one COVID-19 case,
then they notify Eli Lillyand they send out this RV
and start giving peoplein the nursing home
these injections, these infusions
of the monoclonalantibodies, and these people
will be studied to see how they do.
Half of them will get it,and the other half won't,
the other half will get a placebo,
and then they're goingto compare the results.
So that's going on rightnow, and the results
should be available very soon.
There are other trials going on.
It looks like these monoclonal antibodies,
in earlier studies, showthat it's very protective
for people who don't even have the virus,
and that it also is very curative
for people who do have the virus.
They're testing it among verysick people in the hospital
and other people who don't have it at all,
but who are at veryhigh risk of getting it.
- Oh, Lorie, what aboutpeople going to school?
The president said somethingabout little children
had some kind of immunity,but there are a number
of cases of coronavirusaffecting little kids these days.
So what about people going back to school?
- Well, Pat, you and I know,being in the public eye,
speaking extemporaneously all the time,
sometimes we say thingswe really don't mean.
Just last week, I said on this program
convalescent plaza when I meant plasma,
and I think that's whathappened with Donald Trump
when he said that children are immune.
Obviously, that's not true.
We know that children get the virus.
Being immune means you don't get that.
What I believe he meant,and what his campaign
clarified later, is thatchildren are not susceptible.
And what he really meantto say was children
don't have those badcomplications and deaths.
That's very rare, hardlyever happens at all,
and so that's really what he meant.
Anthony Fauci, earlierthis week, testifying
before a congressional committee,
said that, no, of coursechildren are not immune,
we know that we getit, but they don't have
those serious complicationsand certainly not
the deaths that we see in older people.
And Dr. Fauci said, yes,schools should reopen safely,
because the effects ofkids not being in school
are extremely detrimentalon so many different fronts.
- Lorie, thank you so much.
We always appreciate your insights.
- My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
- John?
- Well, Pat, two daysafter the worst disaster
in its history, Lebanonis struggling to recover.
These satellite images show the scope
of the destruction to Beirutport and surrounding areas.
Video shows a priest dashing for cover
as the blast hit during service,
and a bride-to-be taking wedding pictures
knocked down to the ground.
Nations across the globe aresending aid and rescue teams.
Israel, Lebanon's neighbor to the south,
also offering aid and condolences.
Tel Aviv's City Halllit up with the colors
of the Lebanese flag.
Nearly 300,000 Lebanese havelost their homes in the blast.
Pat, just amazing devastation there.
- It is, and that country on the brink.
And I remember visiting Beirut.
It was the Paris of the Middle East.
I mean, it was just themost beautiful city,
most marvelous facilities,restaurants, hotels, shopping.
It was extraordinary.
Then it was destroyed when the PLO came in
and began a war, andthey've never recovered.
And the country, now we understand
the finances have been looted,
they're in a desperatedownward spiral financially,
and well, our heart goes out to Lebanon,
because it was a great country,
and I think in the Bible, it still has
a very important place, a role to play.
