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for joining us for CBNNewswatch, I'm George Thomas.

Today is the 48th annual March for Life.

It could be the biggestMarch for Life event ever

in terms of impact, withpeople all over the globe

watching the day's events online.

My man Mark Martin joins us with more.

Mark, tell us.

- George, the Marchfor Life is the largest

annual human rightsdemonstration in the world.

The event marks the day in January, 1973

when the U.S. Supreme Court decided

in its Roe v. Wade ruling that abortion

is a constitutional right.

But organizers say it'snot just a protest,

but a gathering to celebrate life.

In the past, the March for Life

has brought tens of thousands,

sometimes hundreds ofthousands of marchers

to Washington D.C., but not this year.

The event is being held virtually.

Organizers say it'sbecause of the pandemic

and the increased pressurethat law enforcement

and others are dealing with in

and around the Capitol building.

The 2021 theme is TogetherStrong, Life Unites.

The President of theMarch for Life Education

and Defense Fund, Jeanne Mancini,

elaborated on the theme duringthis year's virtual event.

- Our theme is meant notonly to highlight the unity

of our cause, but to alsohighlight the destructive

and divisive reality of abortion.

Abortion divides a mother from her child.

The abortion industry has deceived women

into believing her pregnancy is a disease,

that her motherhood meansgiving up her dreams

and that only abortionwill solve her problems.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

- While most participants will watch

the March for Life online, a small group

of pro-life leadersfrom around the country

will march to the Supreme Court today.

Pro-life organizers speakers, marchers,

and rally goers willkeep holding the march

until Roe v. Wade isoverturned or the thought

of aborting one's ownbaby becomes unthinkable.

Today's rally will befollowed this evening

by what's called the Rose Dinner Gala,

and it will take placevirtually tonight at 7:00 PM.

And Tim Teebo is the keynote speaker.

George, back to you.

- Thank you so much, Mark,I appreciate that report.

Many pro-life believers believethe nation has just moved

from the most pro-lifepresident to the least.

CBN's Paul Strand reports onwhat they think could happen

to their efforts with a newpresident in the White House.

- It's gonna be sad, a lot of good

that the Trump administrationdid on the life issue,

a lot of those thingsare gonna be rolled back

by the Biden administration,we're already seeing that.

- [Paul] Despite thissudden turn in Washington,

40 Days for Life official Steve Carlin

sees reason for optimism.

- Presidents change, legislators change,

judges change, but God never changes.

And the pro-life movement,including 40 Days for Life,

I think, has seen someof our biggest successes

with pro-abortion presidents.

- We went through eightyears of President Obama,

saw abortions reduce and clinics close.

Same with President Clinton.

- Maybe those winds camebecause pro-lifers pray

and fight harder during those years.

If that's the case, they're gonna need

that resolve now more than ever,

because with Democratscontrolling both houses

of Congress and the White House,

it means a unified frontmaking abortion more available.

- That's unfortunately something the left

is really focused on, and I know that

in sex education classes andall these things happening

in schools, they will definitelybe pushing abortion more.

- [Paul] And the push will be for laws

to make abortion feelmore acceptable and right.

- For all the talk that, "Well, you can't

impose your morality via the law,

you can't legislatemorality," that's exactly

what people look to the law to do,

to help us do what is right

and to help us avoid what is wrong.

- [Paul] One of the movement's goals

might go too far, though.

If they end the Hyde Amendment,a rule long supported

by both sides, that means allAmerican taxpayers would pay

for federally funded abortions.

- Not just radical Democrats,

but even moderate Democrats,as many think Biden is,

want to repeal the Hyde Amendment.

- [Paul] They'll arguethat abortion is a right,

and even a necessity.

- And make taxpayers,Christians, church members,

pro-life people, responsiblefor paying for abortions.

- [Paul] And if you makeit free, people will come.

- There's definitely a movementto subsidize abortions.

And what we subsidize, wewill expect to increase.

- [Paul] As it is, evennow Washington is basically

unlimited in allowing abortions,

even those into theninth month of pregnancy,

a practice also only allowed

by countries like China and North Korea.

- These gruesome late-term abortions,

and man, when we find ourselveson a human rights list

next to China and NorthKorea, it is a sign

that something has gonedramatically wrong.

- [Paul] Meanwhile, Gill is concerned

about the influence of celebrity culture.

- They will probablyelevate the voices of people

like Michelle Williamsand other celebrities

who have talked abouthow they wouldn't have

their Golden Globe Award and so on

if they hadn't gotten an abortion.

- [Paul] One result of allthis could be a backlash

among the American people.

The majority tend to befar more anti-abortion

than these proposed moves would allow.

- It's gonna be more difficult,

and we're gonna have to do a lot to resist

some of the radically pro-abortion things

they're gonna to try and pass.

- [Paul] Still, Carlin remains hopeful.

- I think we will continueto see many lives saved

and many abortion workers converted

and abortion facilities continue to go

out of business at a record rate,

regardless of what takesplace in the capital.

- If I was standing in frontof the Capitol 30 years ago,

there would have been 2,200abortion clinics in America.

Today there's under 700.

We are seeing Americans moreembrace a culture of life,

regardless of whathappened in the elections

on November 3rd.

- [Paul] Paul Strand,CBS News, Washington.

- Thank you, Paul.

The San Francisco school board recently

made a cancel culture move.

It voted to remove thenames of former presidents

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,

and Thomas Jefferson from schools there.

Reportedly, the formerpresidents were presumed

by board members to have ties to racism

or dishonorable legacies.

SaveCalifornia.com'sRandy Thomasson is here

for more on the story.

Randy, great to have youback on the broadcast.

What has been, I'm curious, the reaction

in California to thismove by the school board?

- You know, it's very interesting.

You even have parents of childrenin the government schools

in San Francisco saying no to this.

You even had the mayor of SanFrancisco saying no to this.

They don't want the words changed.

They don't want George Washington School

or Thomas JeffersonSchool being eliminated.

It was done without publiccomment until the last minute.

So this is really an oligarchy

of school board memberswho are radical leftists

who want to start a race war.

They are the ones that wantto say, "Hey, all blacks,

you hate whites, becauseall whites hate blacks."

That's a big fat lie.

And I'll tell you, Christianity

does not allow for race distinctions.

We should be seeking a colorblind society.

That's how we have peace.

And this eliminating ofpresidents' names on schools

because they happenedto be slave owners 200,

300 years ago, this isabsolutely going against America.

These were genius founding fathers.

They ought to be respectedfor the good they did.

- Yeah, and Randy, they also are going

after Democrat Senator from California

Dianne Feinstein's name.

They want her name to beremoved as well, right?

- Yes, because it was said that

when she was mayor of San Francisco,

that she allowed a Confederate flag

on the flag pole in San Francisco.

Here's the point.

This whole deal here is like Project 1619

from "The New York Times."

They're trying to igniteracial hatred by teaching,

in this case, littlechildren that whites are bad,

blacks should hate,

and that is the opposite of Christianity.

Remember, in the New Testament it's taught

that all Christians shouldhave their identity in Christ,

that there's neither Jew norGreek, not slave nor free.

And again, for someone to say, "Well

my identity's primarily my race,"

or "I have identity of a slave,"

when I've never been aslave, that's a big fat lie

of the devil, and it's being demonstrated

through the sons anddaughters of the devils

who are on these government school boards.

- Yeah, real quickly, Randy, tell us

what is the danger of thiscancel culture movement,

and what can folks do to counter it?

- Well, one, speak against it.

The danger of it is what we've said,

it goes against Americanism.

You are an American, not identified

by anything else primarily,

if you are a citizen of this country.

And you need to understandthat our constitution is good.

We have equal opportunity in this country.

We should never go toward equal condition,

which is a communist ideal.

And we have to understand also that

in the government schools,the leftists have taken over,

and this is nationwide.

You can't say God created youor God created the universe

in any government schools.

And in California, there are11 sexual indoctrination laws.

So use this as anotheropportunity, if you're angry

about the government schoolschanging the names of schools,

and this is not just San Francisco,

it's happened in Berkeley nearby,

it's also happened in LosAngeles school district

it's gonna happen more,use this as an opportunity

to get your kids permanently out

of the godless government schools

and into homeschoolingor church schooling.

We're learning that the teacher unions

don't even want to havechildren in government schools

because they have a newcommunist agenda of saying

let's destroy societyusing the COVID crisis

as a punting project.

- Okay, Randy, we'llhave to leave it there.

Randy Thomasson with SaveCalifornia.com.

Thank you so much for your insights.

COVID response team's Dr. Anthony Fauci

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the best way to ward off COVID mutations

and spread is by getting vaccinated.

Mounting concern as healthofficials try to assess

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One causing the greatest concern right now

is a strand originating from South Africa

that has now been detectedin South Carolina.

Officials say it's morecontagious than the original virus

and less susceptible tovaccines on the market.

- Well, the one in SouthAfrica, George troubles me.

- My biggest fear at thismoment is that these variants

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across the United States.

And if that happens, we'regonna see a huge spike in cases,

lots of infections, lots of deaths.

- Right now, the Bidenadministration is working

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His blood pressure dropped tonearly fatal levels last week

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Coming up, the killer ofan American journalist

Daniel Pearl goes free in Pakistan.

Reaction to the moveand whether it was done

simply due to a legal technicality.

we'll explore that in a moment.

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We head overseas where Pakistan'sSupreme Court's decision

to acquit the radicalIslamist men involved

in the brutal killingof American Daniel Pearl

is drawing widespreadshock and condemnation.

Pearl, a reporter withthe "Wall Street Journal,"

was kidnapped back in2002 and later beheaded.

Now the man accused of beheading Pearl,

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikhis set to walk free,

along with three othersinvolved in the kidnapping.

Pearl's family called the decision

a complete travesty of justice.

The White House was alsocritical of the court's decision.

- The United States is outraged

by the Pakistani Supreme Court's decision

to affirm the acquittalsof those responsible

for "Wall Street Journal" reporter

Daniel Pearl's kidnappingand brutal murder,

which shocked the world'sconscience in 2002.

This decision to exonerateand release Sheikh

and the other suspects is an affront

to terrorism victims everywhere,including in Pakistan.

- Pakistan Supreme Courtsaid it will release

a detailed explanation forits decision in coming days.

Joining me is Husain Haqqani,

former Pakistan Ambassadorto the United States

and now a Senior Fellowwith Hudson Institute.

Mr. Haqqani, thank you somuch for coming on the show.

So Pakistan Supreme Courtsays that investigators

didn't follow lawfulinterrogation procedures

when the assailants were first arrested.

What do you make of their argument?

- I would believe their argument

if it was consistently applied

in all legal proceedings in Pakistan.

Unfortunately, when it comes to dissidents

and people considered enemies of the state

by Pakistan security services,

procedures are routinely not followed.

So I do not think thatthe court's arguments

are the real reason whyit acquitted the accused.

- And my second questionis probably going to lead

to your answer in terms ofwhat was the real reason.

You wrote in the "WallStreet Journal" today

that acquitting DanielPearl's killers is part

of Pakistan's dance with jihadism.

Can you explain this?

- Pakistan was the stagingground for the jihad

against the Soviet Union during the 1980s.

The U.S. supported that, if you remember.

But then later on thejihadis went on rampage

around the world and Afghanistanbecame home to Al-Qaida.

The Taliban were supportedby Pakistan during the 1990s

because Pakistan thoughtthat they would help Pakistan

in its rivalry with India.

All of those factorshave made Pakistan a home

to many, many extremists jihadis.

Mr. Omar Sheikh, who is the gentleman

at the heart of this Daniel Pearl case,

Daniel Pearl murder case,he helped Pakistan's

Intelligence Services runcertain operations in India

where Pakistan has a disputeover the Kashmir region.

And so therefore a lot ofthese people who are wanted

by the rest of the world forterrorism are actually seen

as regional and localheroes by Pakistanis.

And that has been the dance with jihadism

that I talk about in my "WallStreet Journal" articles.

- Mr. Haqqani, research shows terrorism

in Pakistan has declined,but is the underlying roots

of Islamic extremism still thriving?

- Absolutely, and whyterrorism that is directed

at Pakistanis has subsidedand the Pakistani authorities

have done a good jobof shutting all groups

and individuals down that wereattacking inside Pakistan.

Pakistan has beenrelatively reluctant to act

against groups that operateoutside of Pakistan.

It's almost like saying as long

as you don't do bad things at home

we are going to look the other way,

if your targets are outside of Pakistan,

especially those, like India,

that Pakistan considers an enemy.

- Real quickly, has Pakistan's government

under Imran Kahn doneanything to stamp out

this extremism within their borders?

- Mr. Imran Khan calledOsama bin Laden a martyr

in Pakistan's parliament.

He has called the Taliban heroes

for resisting foreignoccupation of Afghanistan.

That kind of discourseactually helps the Islamists,

even though Mr. Imran Kahn also says

that he's not one himself.

- Okay, Mr. Haqqani, we'llhave to leave it there.

Thank you so much for coming on the show.

Hope you'll be back again, please.

- Thank you.- You're welcome.

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Well, January is almostover, and many of us

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Well, there's an app for that,

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Take a look.

- Deeply distressing ordisturbing experiences.

Yeah, that's 2020.

That's pretty accurate.

In fact, even into 2021 wesee disturbing developments

in the news in Washington,D.C. or other places.

And we ask ourselves, whenis the trauma gonna stop?

- That's just a tiny sampleof a Judah Smith sermon.

And he joins us right now to talk more

about the Faithful app.

Before we get to the app, real quick,

I know you've launcheda series at your church

on Jesus on trauma and in light of

what we went through just last week,

not even to mention 2020, it seems timely.

Why focus on Jesus on trauma right now?

- Well, trauma seems to be,from the professional world,

those who study brainhealth and mental health.

are telling us that that iskind of the word for 2020.

Trauma, of course, meaninga deeply distressing

or disturbing experience.

And they're saying collectively

we have all gone through that.

They're saying things likecompassion fatigue is setting in,

empathy fatigue, it'svery difficult for us now

to empathize or becompassionate with one another.

And so in reality, we'redealing with yes, a pandemic,

but we're also dealing withanother critical crisis,

and that is that we're allexperiencing emotional fatigue

as a result of the trauma.

So we're trying to speak tothat and see the faith, hope,

and love that comes throughthe person of Jesus.

- And a platform or a placefor us to at least work

on that process daily is the app Faithful.

I've been doing it now, I'vegot my daily faith goal.

I haven't quite climbed asmuch as I should for today,

but I'm gonna get there (laughs).

Tell me about the app.

- Well, you just said it right there.

That's exactly why we built it.

Because I think all ofus feel a little behind.

We feel like we're not doingenough to grow spiritually,

to grow mentally and emotionally.

And I think the Faithfulapp, we put together a roster

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And this is an opportunity ina matter of two, three, four,

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And so I think all of us feela little bit overwhelmed,

like I'm not doingenough, I'm not growing,

my faith isn't progressing.

I'm in quarantine andCOVID is so overwhelming.

And this is the applicationthat we're saying,

hey, listen, tell us whatyou're going through.

We're gonna give youcurated content served up

every single day from some ofyour favorite communicators

to help you take at leastone step of progress

on the given day you're in.

- How would you compare thisto other spiritual apps,

if you will, that are out there?

How do you think this is different?

- Well, for instance,50% of millennials today

are watching their faith-basedcontent from YouTube

and a few other platforms.

And the challenge forthat is those platforms

are not specifically designed like ours is

to curate for you the contentthat actually is tailor-made.

For instance, YouTube,you can be watching one

of your favorite preacher and then YouTube

will suggest potentiallyanother communicator

that has a completelydifferent world religion,

worldview, or even theology.

What we have done in oursimple onboarding process

is you'll be able to get the content

from the communicators who is consistent

with your belief systemthat I think will really,

really encourage you in your journey.

And there's a verydiverse roster of leaders

that we're really proud of.

- If you could, rightnow, before we let you go,

give us a word for the day in terms of,

if I'm tuning into this,if this were my app,

what would you say in light of

what we're going through right now?

- Well, I would saythat you're doing better

than you think you are.

And I think we all havejust got to give ourselves

a little bit more credit.

And I know people don't like to do that,

but that's where this whole thing begins,

that you are of valueand worth and dignity.

That's why you're suckingoxygen on planet Earth.

There is a Creator, Hedesigned you for a purpose.

He is so proud of you and He loves you.

And He's not mad at youand you're not behind,

like you think you are.

You're not the personthat you think you are.

You're doing great andwe're all going through

extraordinary amounts oftrauma that are frankly

beyond our understanding.

And today is a brand new opportunity

to take one little step.

Don't get caught up with the destination.

Life's not about the destination.

It really is about the journey.

And today is an opportunityto take another step.

- And we take that, thankyou so much, Judah Smith.

The app is the Faithful app,

and we certainly appreciate your time.

God bless you.

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