- Well, welcome folks to thisedition of "The 700 Club."

Before I say anything more,I want to congratulate

my beautiful co-host on her 39th birthday

and-- 39 and holding,

my friend.- And holdin'.

(Pat and Terry laugh)

- Thank you.- You don't get older.

- That's very sweet of you.- You get better.

All right, well, congratulationsand happy birthday.

- Thank you.- All right.

It's called For the People Act.

That's what Democrats arecalling an election reform.

So why do Republicans callit a federal power grab?

The bill mandates early voting

and outlaws voter ID requirements,

making it easy to manipulate elections

and difficult to detect fraud.

CBN's Jenna Browder has that story.

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- With the House backin session this week,

H.R. 1 is on the floor.

Every House Democrat hassigned on to the legislation

which aims to reform federal elections,

but Republicans say not so fast.

- But you can't ever acceptwhen they steal and rig and rob.

- [Jenna] After theturbulent 2020 election

followed by the deadlyassault on the Capitol,

many agree election reform is needed.

Unfortunately, what that looks like

depends on the side doing the talking.

For Democrats, it comesin the form of H.R. 1,

which they call the For the People Act.

This legislation aims to basically create

a nationalized voting system

requiring uniform rules for all states.

It would, for example,mandate early voting,

then same day registration,

outlaw voter ID requirements,and allow ballot harvesting.

- The Democrats have beencampaigning on two key provisions.

- [Jenna] CaliforniaCongressman Ro Khanna sees it

as common sense reform.

- One, that every person shouldhave an equal right to vote,

and that the voting rights really matter

and especially after thepassing of John Lewis.

Many Americans believe thatwe shouldn't have lobbyists

and big donors and big moneyinfluencing our politics

and this would really try to get rid

of a lot of the influence of big money.

- [Jenna] Conservatives counterthat the For the People Act

only benefits progressives and liberals

by helping them keepcontrol in Washington.

- It is full of federalmandates and prohibitions

that would, in essence, weakenall of the security protocols

in the election process and,frankly, make it easy to cheat,

easy to manipulate election results,

and very difficult for states to detect

or deter election fraud.

- [Jenna] Hans von Spakovskywith the Heritage Foundation

was once a commissioner on theFederal Election Commission,

which enforces federallaws on federal campaigns.

- They're claiming it's allabout access to the ballot box,

but what they forget to tell folks

is that you have to haveboth access and security.

And there's no reason, forexample, to do what H.R. 1 does,

which is to make it illegal for any state

to have a voter ID requirement.

- [Jenna] Khanna disagrees

that getting rid of the ID requirement

would open the door for fraud.

- I don't think so.

I mean, the studies have not shown

that voter fraud is as rampant.

I mean, I know that this is a big dispute.

A lot of the voters who were not voting

in some of these statesare conservative voters,

which is why you saw the Trumpteam putting such an effort

on increasing voter turnout.

So I think we all shouldbe for higher voter turnout

and I don't think that's necessarily

always gonna benefit the Democrats.

- The legislation, firstintroduced two years ago,

would also require political groups

to disclose high dollar donors,

create reporting requirementsfor online political ads,

and in a nod to Trump, obligate presidents

to disclose their tax returns.

And with Democrats holding the majority

in the House, Senate, and White House,

this could be their time.

The bill's fate ultimately depends

on if enough Republicanswill consider the legislation

that they've rejected time and time again.

If not, Democrats couldeliminate the Senate filibuster,

which would get rid ofthe 60 vote requirement.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.

- Well, as they say,elections have consequences.

You know, the simple way to be the...

The biggest problem wassending ballots just recklessly

throughout the population andnot having them requested.

The idea is, if somebodywants an absentee ballot,

let them ask for it and then

absolutely verify their signature.

Nothing else.

And if they do that, it'llmake a huge difference,

but one of the problemsin the last election

is that they sent outhundreds or maybe thousands

of ballots, just sent 'em out to people.

They didn't know who they were

and who they were getting 'em

and some people were dead andsome of 'em were underage,

some of 'em weren't qualified, et cetera.

And it's just so simple.

And then when they come in,

was it your signature andverify the signature, period.

But the idea you can't have voter ID,

that people are gonna harvest ballots,

that's something that's wrong.

They go...

You know, the way they used to do it,

I mean, can still do it,

they could go to a, say, a nursing home

or a place where the senior citizens live

and go around and gather up their ballots

and then mark 'em the way they want to

and dump the whole bunch in.

That's ballot harvestingand that should be illegal.

There are many things that are wrong,

but this legislation doesn't address it.

Well, in New York, boy, oh boy,

he's up to his neck and sinking fast.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is drowning

in allegations over sexual impropriety

and a scandal over nursinghome deaths in his state.

John Jessup has more on that story.

- Pat, a third woman has come forward,

adding her voice to othersexual harassment claims

against Governor Cuomo,sparking growing calls

for accountability from his critics,

including some leading Democrats.

CBN Washington CorrespondentTara Mergener has more.

- [Tara] The stateattorney general's office

is now leading what's beingcalled a rigorous investigation.

This as calls for GovernorCuomo's resignation grow louder

and he maintains 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] Calls from inside his own party

that Cuomo should stepdown are intensifying

after several women came outwith sexual harassment claims.

Among them, two former staffers.

- 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.

- [Tara] Charlotte Bennetttelling the "New York Times"

it happened last spring and that,

while the governor never got physical,

he told her he was open to relationships

with women in their 20s.

She says, "I understood

that the governor wanted to sleep with me

and felt horriblyuncomfortable and scared."

Cuomo denies the allegations

and, in a statement Sunday, says,

"Some of the things I havesaid have been misinterpreted

as an unwanted flirtation.

To the extent anyone felt that way,

I am truly sorry about that."

- That's not an apology.

He seemed to be saying, "Oh,I was just kiddin' around."

You know, sexual harassment's not funny.

- [Tara] Cuomo also deniesearlier sexual harassment claims

by former aid Lindsey Boylan.

- It's, it's just not true.

- [Tara] Facing backlash over plans

to name his own investigator,Cuomo has referred the case

to the New York state 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 Cuomo coveredup 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.

- And 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.

- [Tara] There are alsoreports that bipartisan calls

to strip Cuomo overemergency pandemic powers

are gaining steam.

Tara Mergener, CBN News.

- Increasing pressure for Governor Cuomo.

Pat.

- There're two states we mentionedyesterday in the program.

One is California, wherethere's a recall petition

going on against GaryNewsom, and the same thing

in New York with Cuomo.

If this prevails, you mighthave a flip, a major flip

that would involve Houseof Representatives seats.

You could involve the possiblepresidential election.

And those two states are just,

they've been written off immediately.

They're not called battleground states

because they were givenover to the Democrats.

Now these two Democrat governors

are mismanaging things sobadly that the American people

in those states aresaying, "We've had enough,"

and there could be a seismic shift,

especially in the Houseof Representatives.

And if things continue as they are now,

my prediction would be

that the Republicans willwin control of the House

and Nancy Pelosi will nolonger be the Speaker.

John.

- Pat, cancel culture critics say the move

to erase an iconic American author

has now reached the White House.

Today, March 2nd, isRead Across America Day,

traditionally held on Dr. Seuss' birthday

because of his contributionto children's literature.

President Joe Biden didnot mention Dr. Seuss

in the annual White House proclamation,

breaking with past presidents

who paid tribute to the author.

A Northern Virginia schooldistrict began the move

to distance Theodore Seuss Geisel,

better known as Dr. Seuss,from the annual event.

While Loudoun County PublicSchool officials cite research

that claims strong racialundertones in Dr. Seuss' books,

they are not banning them

from district libraries or classrooms.

The organization thatpreserves the author's legacy

also announced it willstop publishing six titles

due to racist images.

Pat.

- "The Grinch StoleChristmas" and that's racist?

You know, there's a madnesstaking over my home state.

This is the Old Dominion.

This is the place whereHarry Byrd was the leader

of the Byrd Machine.

I can't believe LoudounCounty has gotten that bad.

But the trouble is they'respilling over from Washington DC

and this is craziness.

But to think that LoudounCounty doesn't want Dr. Seuss

and "The Grinch" and allthose wonderful books

that he wrote?

Oh, man.

Please.

I do think, if there'sa revolution coming,

I'd like to see it herein the Old Dominion.

John.

- Pat, turning to the Middle East,

the first ever ambassadorfrom the United Arab Emirates

to the Jewish state arrivedin Israel on Monday.

Muhammad Al Khajapresented his credentials

to President Reuven Rivlin,

who thanked God in both Hebrew and Arabic.

This as Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE,

and Bahrain reportedly are in talks

about a possible security alliance.

An unnamed source tellingthe "Jerusalem Post"

the matter is being informally discussed.

And Pat, the report comes at a time

of growing tensions in the region

over Iran and the Bidenadministration's plan

to rejoin the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.

- Well, I do think thatthose Arab countries

feel that they're more threatened by Iran

than they are by Israel.

And the fact that Israel and the Saudis

and the Bahrainis andothers are making a treaty

is just a big, big deal.

They haven't signed oneyet with Saudi Arabia,

but it's coming.

And it's a tremendous move.

But I point you again to Ezekiel 38.

Israel is living at peace in the land

and suddenly there's this coalition

that involves Persia, which is Iran,

and those northern associates

that will be identifiedin Turkey, Gog and Magog.

That will come againstIsrael in the latter days.

And it's all setting up.

Israel is gonna be at peaceand the Arabs recognize

that Iran is their biggestthreat, not Israel.

And to me, it's anencouraging thing that...

If it would bring peace,

it would be a wonderfulthing for the world.