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- [Jenna] Tonight, the rollout.

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Johnson & Johnson's new vaccine

joins the fight against COVID-19.

- [John] And the dust settles

(air whooshes)after President Trump

re-emerges on the public stage at CPAC.

(air whooshes)What it means for the GOP.

- I am not starting a new party.

- [Jenna] Plus...

- The woman has the right to come forward.

- [Jenna] New accusationsagainst the governor

of New York,(air whooshes)

already under fire formisreported nursing home deaths

in the pandemic.

- [John] And...

- The Iranian governmentmust be held accountable.

- [John] Religious freedomadvocates seek justice

for prisoners in Iranamid new nuclear talks.

All this and more tonighton "Faith Nation."

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- A new weapon in thewar against COVID-19.

Hi, everyone. Thank you forjoining us this Monday evening.

I'm Jenna Browder.

- Good evening. I'm John Jessup.

A third vaccine nowdeployed after FDA approval,

and this one only requires a single shot.

(air whooshes)- The new vaccine

could make it to a sitenear you this week.

CBN's Eric Philips joins us with more.

Eric?

- Jenna and John, the FDAgave Johnson & Johnson's shot

the go-ahead over the weekend,

with shipments going outnationwide immediately.

Officials are hoping to get shots in arms

within the next 24 to 48 hours.

Crews have been workingaround the clock to get

the Johnson & Johnson vaccineboxed up and shipped out.

Officials say 4 milliondoses will go out this week,

the so-called one-and-done shot expected

to speed up vaccinations exponentially.

- It's also important to remember

when we say 100 million doses by June,

that means 100 million vaccinations,

patients that will have been treated.

- [Eric] Not only does the latest vaccine

require just one shot, itcan also be refrigerated

at normal temperatures,making it easier to store

than those that mustbe kept below freezing.

The FDA praises this latestvaccine for offering 85%

protection against what matters most,

serious illness,hospitalizations, and death.

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of the 95% prevention offeredby the other vaccines,

experts say that's no cause for concern.

- We have three highlyefficacious vaccines

that are safe and efficacious.

That's the bottom line.

I can tell you, I'm vaccinated now,

but if I were not vaccinatedand I was gonna go

into a clinic and theysaid, "Hey, we have J&J now,

or you can wait three weeksor so to get another one,"

I would take the one thatis available to me now,

because the quicker you get vaccinated,

the more quickly you will be protected,

and you will add ontothe overall protection

in your county, in your country.

- [Eric] So far, latest CDC stats show

more than 24 millionpeople fully vaccinated,

with nearly 49 millionwaiting for their second shot.

There's still a long way to go.

- We're not able to vaccinate80% of the population

quite yet, and by April,we'll still be a ways off.

- [Eric] After a year and morethan 500,000 COVID deaths,

pandemic-weary Americans areanxious to get back to normal,

some heading to warm placeslike Miami for spring break.

- We're going somewhere now.

- Johnson & Johnson says it'll soon test

its single-shot dose on children,

even newborns, and pregnant women.

Meanwhile, on the financial relief front,

President Biden islooking forward to meeting

with Senate Democrats on Tuesday,

now that his $1.9trillion COVID relief bill

passed the House over theweekend, John and Jenna.

- All right, Eric Philips.Thank you very much.

Well, former President Trump says he won't

start his own political party, but John,

that's not to say hewon't run again in 2024.

- Jenna, in his firstspeech since leaving office,

Trump came out swingingagainst President Biden's

first few weeks in office.

CBN News Capitol Hill Correspondent

Abigail Robertson has more.

- Former President Trump setthe record straight on Sunday

that he has no plansto start a third party.

One thing that hasn'tchanged, he still believes

he won the 2020 election,and hasn't ruled out

the possibility of running again in 2024.

- You know, they keptsaying, "He's gonna start

a brand-new party."

We have the Republican Party.

(audience cheers)It's going to unite

and be stronger than ever before.

I am not starting a new party.

- [Abigail] Trump criticizedthe first few weeks

of President Biden's administration,

particularly his immigration policies.

- Biden has failed in his number one duty

as chief executive,enforcing America's laws.

(audience applauds)

This alone should bereason enough for Democrats

to suffer witheringlosses in the midterms,

and to lose the White House decisively

four years from now.(audience cheers)

- [Abigail] Trump also praisedhis America-first agenda,

and said Republicans must makeelection security a priority.

- We must pass comprehensiveelection reforms,

and we must do it now.

The Democrats used theChina virus as an excuse

to change all of the election rules

without the approval oftheir state legislatures,

making it, therefore, illegal.

- [Abigail] Noticeablyabsent from CPAC this year

was former Vice President Mike Pence.

- Mike Pence, he's a very prayerful man,

believes that this is a time for him

to kind of stay a little more quiet,

a little more out of view, not because

he's done anything wrong, but because

he's a little bitretooling, and he's thinking

about how he re-emerges on the stage.

He's absolutely gonna be in the fight.

- [Abigail] Matt Schlapp, chairman

of the American Conservative Union,

which hosts CPAC, told CBN News

Pence was invited, but declined to attend.

- He talks to the president.

All the myths about how they kinda left

not talking to each other is wrong.

We're all in this together.

- One thing Trump didn'taddress in his speech

is the grand jury investigation

into business dealings ofThe Trump Organization.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance

and his team finally gainedaccess to Trump's tax returns,

thanks to the SupremeCourt, and they're looking

into accusations of taxand insurance fraud,

or if he falsified the valuesof assets and buildings

in order to get loans.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing,

and calls the ongoing investigation

a fishing expedition and a witch hunt.

Reporting from Virginia,Abigail Robertson, CBN News.

- Thanks, Abigail.

Meanwhile, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

is under more fire tonight.

- That's right, growingcalls for accountability

from his critics tonightafter a second staffer

came forward accusinghim of sexual harassment.

(air whooshes)CBN News Senior

Washington CorrespondentTara Mergener is here

with the latest on the investigation,

the fallout, and Cuomo's response.

Tara?

- John and Jenna, the stateattorney general's office

is now leading what's beingcalled a rigorous investigation.

This as calls for GovernorCuomo's resignation

grow louder and hemaintains his innocence.

- I know that there isa pattern of abusive

and manipulative behavior from him.

I do think that it is timefor our governor to resign.

- [Tara] More calls frominside his own party

that Cuomo should stepdown, after this weekend,

a second former aide came forward

with a sexual harassment claim.

- She alleges that the governor asked her

direct questions about her sex life,

whether or not she wasmonogamous in her relationships,

whether or not she had everslept with an older man.

- Charlotte Bennetttelling The New York Times

it happened last spring, and that, while

the governor never got physical,

(air whooshes)he told her he was

"open to relationshipswith women in their 20s."

She says, "I understood that the governor

wanted to sleep with me, and felt

horribly uncomfortable and scared."

(air whooshes)Cuomo denies the allegations,

and in a statement Sunday says,

"Some of the things I have said have

been misinterpreted asan unwanted flirtation.

To the extent anyone felt that way,

I am truly sorry about that."

Cuomo also denies earliersexual harassment claims

by former aide Lindsey Boylan.

- It's just not true.

- [Tara] Facing backlashover plans to name

his own investigator, Cuomo has referred

the case to the New Yorkstate attorney general.

- We have to keep politics out of this,

get what actually did or did not happen.

- [Tara] The White House also now calling

for an independent review.

- And that's certainlysomething he supports,

and we believe should moveforward as quickly as possible.

- [Tara] The new allegationscome as the FBI investigates

whether Governor Cuomocovered up the coronavirus

death toll in New York's nursing homes.

- The truth is everybodydid everything they could.

- [Tara] The scrutiny growing by the day,

and now reaching a boiling point.

Fox News contributor JaniceDean telling CBN News

the death of her in-lawsin a New York nursing home

led her to speak out against the governor

- I was learning thisafter my in-laws died.

We had no idea that there wasthis executive order in place.

And I wasn't seeing thenews stories out there.

- There are also reportsbipartisan calls to strip

Cuomo of emergency pandemicpowers are gaining steam.

John and Jenna?

- All right, CBN SeniorWashington Correspondent

Tara Mergener, thanks, Tara.

(air whooshes)Well, here now for more,

CBN Chief Political Analyst David Brody.

David, the scandal overGovernor Cuomo's behavior

with his subordinates and management

with COVID-19 are on every channel.

David, what does this meanfor his political career?

Can he survive this?

- He's in trouble, John,he's in big trouble,

and here's why.

He's losing the Democrats in New York.

That's the bottom line.

You know, if you go back to Richard Nixon,

I'd rather not date myself, John,

but if I go back to Richard Nixon,

Nixon lost the WhiteHouse when Republicans

walked up from Capitol Hillto 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

and said, "Mr. President,you've lost your party."

That could be what we'reseeing here with Cuomo.

He may be losing the New York Democrats

and that party, theDemocrat Party in New York,

and that would be the undoing.

Look, it it's one thing to really blow

the nursing home deaths.

I mean, that that'sbad enough on its face.

Then you throw in a sexualharassment allegation

and another one to boot,and how many more out there?

We don't know.

This is going to go from bad to worse

pretty quickly, I think.

- David, on formerPresident Trump's speech

at CPAC, what were your thoughts on that?

And more specifically,did he quash all of this

talk about a Republican civil war?

- (laughs) Well, you know, the media love

to talk about a Republican civil war.

Here's the truth. This isDonald Trump's Republican Party.

So how do they say, "Eitherget with the program

or it's just not gonna happen?"

So, look, there's a lot to be said here.

I thought the speech wasexcellent, by the way.

I think overall, he stuck to, so to speak,

the prompter, if you will.

At the end, he talked aboutthe election quite a bit,

but you knew he was gonna do that.

It was a very good speech.

But let's remember, atthe end of the speech,

he talked about how there'll be a return

to, what'd he say, return to glory

of a Republican presidentback to the White House.

Well, he's obviouslytalking about himself.

But here are the two big ifs.

Number one, how will 2022 go?

In other words, will Republicans

be able to back the House and Senate?

The other issue is the election,

in other words, election reform.

Donald Trump isn't gonnado this all over again

if states don't get their act together

and make sure those lawsare fair and square.

- Yeah, so, David, let me ask you this.

If he does run in 2024,do you think he would

want to run with former VicePresident Pence on the ticket?

- That's a great question.

No. (chuckles) No, I don't think he will.

I mean, I think he would shake it up.

Donald Trump is all forkeeping you off-balance

and, how do I say it?

The Trump-Pence ticket?Been there, done that.

I think he'll go some other direction.

But that's another question,and a great question

for another "Faith Nation" in 2024.

(Jenna chuckles)

- David, Axios is reportingformer President Trump

received the coronavirus vaccine

at the White House in January.

Why was this not publicized earlier?

Could this help people who are hesitant

about getting the vaccinefeel more comfortable?

- Well, we don't know exactlywhy it wasn't publicized.

It could possibly be becausewe weren't quite sure

how that vaccine was gonna operate, work,

and what kind of sideeffects there would be.

But the fact that DonaldTrump would take the vaccine,

if we think that that isgonna therefore propel

all of the Trump base, theones that are concerned

about the vaccine tobegin, if all of a sudden,

we think they're gonna take the vaccine

because Trump took the vaccine?

No.

The media might thinkthat that they're all

listening to Trump on every single thing.

Give me a break.

If they've got issues with the vaccine

because of side effects and X, Y, and Z,

just because Trump took it doesn't mean

they're gonna take it.

- All right, David Brody.We'll leave it right there.

Thank you very much. Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

- [John] Thanks, David.

Coming up, why some say theHouse-passed Equality Act

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- John, the the House Equality Act passed

by the House is heading to the Senate.

= That's right, Jenna, the bill approved

largely along party linespromises fair treatment

for the LGBTQ community, but critics say

it tramples on religiousfreedom in the process.

The legislation expandsthe 1964 Civil Rights Act

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to include sexual orientationand gender identity.

Congressman David Cicillinesponsored the bill.

Opponents say the legislation ignores

religious freedom in many ways,

including requiring doctorsto perform procedures

like gender reassignment even if it goes

against their beliefs.

- Every American deservesrespect and dignity,

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- [John] President Biden hassaid he wants to sign the bill

into law within hisfirst 100 days in office.

(air whooshes)- And here with us now

is Justin Giboney, attorney andfounder of the And Campaign.

Justin, always good to have you with us.

How does the Equality Actthreaten religious communities,

specifically kids whogo to religious schools?

- Well, one thing I thinkit's important to realize

is that while is importantthat we make sure

that the LGBTQ people are protected

when it comes to beingon the job, and housing,

and things of that nature,but there's a certain way

to go about it, andunfortunately, the Equality Act

has no consideration forreligious institutions.

When you talk about kidswho go to religious schools

that are getting federalhelp for their lunches,

that lunch money would be taken away

for hundreds of thousands of kids.

That's just not the way to go about this.

There are better ways to make sure

that we protect our LGBTQ neighbors

but at the same time realizethat religious liberty

is important, especiallywhen it comes to children.

- You support the Fairnessfor All Act, Justin.

In your view, does that billactually defend LGBTQ rights

without threatening religious communities?

- It does.

It's really a product ofwhat our democracy should be.

It comes from the Utah Compromise,

where the faith communityin Utah got together

with the LGBTQ community,and they came to something

that they could both live with.

That's how we should work together.

Unfortunately, the EqualityAct doesn't do that.

So the Fairness for All says,yes, we need to make sure

that we have protections when it comes,

again, to employment,when it comes to housing,

and things of that nature,but we're not gonna close down

Christian colleges, we'renot gonna close down

Christian hospitals, justbecause they're moving forward

their belief in many waysthat have nothing to do

with discrimination, but just because

they wanna maintain their beliefs.

So there's a more thoughtfulway to go about this.

Unfortunately, the EqualityAct is just kinda folks

shoving what they want through the process

and not really goingthrough a cleaner process

that really reflects what our government

and our democracy should be.

- So Target removed authorAbigail Shrier's book,

which is critical of transgender policies,

just days after another book critical

of the transgender movement,this one by, I believe,

Dr. Ryan T. Anderson,was scrubbed from Amazon.

You talked about this inone of your recent podcasts,

Justin.

Your thoughts on whethercorporations have the right

to alter the publicconversation by removing books

like these from the debate.

- I mean, technically, we can say

that they have the right to do so,

but whether they should ornot is the bigger question.

I mean, when you're talking about an issue

that's this important, that'sreally landmark legislation

and really a novel concept or ideology

that could really change our culture

in many negative ways, thereneeds to be a full discourse.

People need to be able totalk about this in an open way

without their books gettingremoved from the shelves.

And I think when you have to remove books

from the shelves of stores like that,

then you see that maybe there's a weakness

in the argument that'strying to be covered up.

And so I think we need to just have

a real conversation about this.

Christians can do better in advocating

for our LGBTQ neighbors sothat they are protected,

that's something that the And Campaign

and I'm very serious about,but there's a way to do it

that moves forward a pluralistic society

where people can disagree and still

find ways to live together.

- Justin, you teed yourselfup quite nicely for this

when you talked about open conversations.

Let's talk about reconciliation.

President Biden campaignedon uniting the country.

Is there anythingDemocrats and Republicans

can come together onin politics these days?

- Oh, absolutely.

I think there's a hugeopportunity to come together

when it comes to COVID, to say,

"Hey, we can find a wayto make sure that we help

the people who are in need right now,"

especially when you're talkingabout folks in poverty,

you're talking about the Black community

who suffered greatly at a higher rate

when it comes to COVID, butthen you also have opportunities

when it comes to infrastructure.

There are huge, there's a lot of things

that we can do together whenit comes to infrastructure.

We've seen breakdowns in Americaninfrastructure as of late,

and this is something both parties

should be able to getbehind, but it only happens

if we're willing to do the right thing

and kinda push away some of the voices

that just wanna work together,whether it's a good thing

or not.- All right,

a good place to end.

Justin Giboney, we also should mention

your podcast is the the "Church Politics."

Justin Giboney with the And Campaign.

Thanks for being with us.

- Thanks for having me.- Thanks, Justin.

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The United States isconsidering re-entering

negotiations with Iranover its nuclear program.

- Some say the Islamicrepublic's persecuted prisoners

must be part of the deal.

CBN News Senior Washington Correspondent

Jennifer Wishon explains.

- [Jennifer] YoucefNadarkhani is the leader

of the evangelical church in Iran.

He was pastoring a thrivingflock of 400 members

when he was violently arrested in 2018.

It was his most recent ina long record of run-ins

with Islamic law enforcement that included

being sentenced todeath, all for practicing

his Christian faith.

He's currently incarceratedat the nation's

notorious Evin prison, and he's not alone.

Iran routinely mistreats, imprisons,

and tortures non-Muslims.

- The Iranian governmentmust be held accountable

for their abhorrenttreatment of Pastor Youcef.

- [Jennifer] Now, asthe Biden administration

works to re-establish talks with Iran

over its nuclear program,religious freedom advocates

say the U.S. must useevery ounce of leverage

to help the persecuted.

- The continued unjustifieddetainment of prisoners

like Pastor Youcefincreasingly jeopardizes

Iran's already unstable position.

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its behavior only in response to strength

in the form of American-ledinternational pressure.

If the present administrationreturns to the JCPOA

without extracting concessions from Iran

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all U.S. leverage over the regime.

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came during a hearing to highlight

the Prisoners of Conscienceprogram sponsored

by the U.S. Commission onInternational Religious Freedom.

Family members advocatedfor their loved ones

who've been jailed fortheir faith or belief.

Susanna Koh spoke abouther husband, Raymond,

who served as pastor ofthe evangelical church

of Malaysia before disappearing

during this well-orchestrated abduction.

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its Prisoners of Conscienceprogram, 14 have been released.

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- Well, finally tonight, aftera year of tough challenges,

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- He initiated the firstNational Day of Prayer

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- But in a dark chapter, with a dark book,

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