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- Well welcome to the 700 Club.
A deadly drought, the worst in 1200 years!
It's currently covering more than half
of the western United States.
And what city would suffer the worst?
Las Vegas.
And what are the areasthat are also at risk?
Efrem Graham has the details.
- Pat, geologists say we havenot seen conditions like this
is more than a thousand years.
More than half thewestern United States now
in the highest category of drought.
Nearly two million people inCalifornia could be affected
as well as other statesthat depend on Lake Mead
and the Colorado River for water.
Farmers are planting fewer crops
and some could fail altogether.
But it's Las Vegas thatcould suffer the worst.
The city is already preparingfor the worst drought
in two decades but experts fear
it will not be nearly enough.
Lake Mead provides about90% of Las Vegas' water.
With the population increasingabout 50% since 2002,
it's sucking more and morewater out of the system
and suppliers may soon haveto reduce the water flow,
potentially causing peopleto pack up and leave.
An editorial in the Las VegasSun saying the drought is
so severe and has gone on so long,
it might well be called the norm.
Pat, back to you.
- I don't know if thishas prophetic significance
but Las Vegas has been called Sin City.
And Sin City's just gettingready to, it was put
in a strange place to start with.
- It seemed like thisyear though, there was
so much snowfall in the northwest that
you thought it would--
- But the snow pack uphere doesn't effect--
- [Terry] I guess.
- Lake Mead, it should.
Well, they're not taking care of it
but the Hetch Hetchyreservoirs in California
should be full right now,but they haven't been
adequately taken care ofand so this man-made thing,
but this one is very, very serious
and it's happening so fast.
And yet, the farmers are gonna suffer.
I mean, when it's allover with, the prices
of agricultural productswill go up dramatically.
But it will be a rather seriousand it's something that I,
you hate to use the termbiblical proportions
but that's exactly what this is.
It's a drought of biblical proportions.
Well in other news, didthe president get rolled
in a NATO meeting?
And what does that say as he gets ready
for a showdown summitwith Russia's president?
Let's go back to Efrem for more details.
- Menacing threats to global security,
that's how NATO leaderscalled out China and Russia
in the countdown to the summit
with President Vladimir Putin.
So how will President Biden confront Putin
on cyber attacks from Russia?
And why did he sign acommunique on climate control?
Our Jenna Browder takes a look.
- President Biden reaffirmedAmerica's commitment
to NATO as the alliancecalled out Russia and China
for menacing global security.
- NATO is critically important
for US interests in and of itself.
- [Jenna] Less than a week after saying
the Joint Chiefs toldhim global warming is
the greatest threat facing America,
he signed the NATO Communique
reflecting some of that language.
NATO's goal is reaching netzero greenhouse gas emissions
by 2050, the allied nationsreleasing a joint statement
naming China a new security threat
calling out its assertive behavior.
- NATO leaders calledon China to uphold its
international commitmentsand to act responsibly
in the international system.
- [Jenna] NATO's warning on China includes
its growing nuclear arsenal
and military cooperation with Russia.
In a high stakes meetingWednesday, President Biden will sit
down with Russia's VladimirPutin where he's expected
to confront Putin on several issues
including meddling in US elections
and cyber attacks from Russia-based gangs.
- I'm gonna make clearto President Putin that
there are areas where wecan cooperate if he chooses.
And if he chooses not tocooperate and acts in a way that
he has in the pastrelative to cyber security
and some other activities,then we will respond.
We'll respond in kind.
- [Jenna] He also spoke outagainst Putin's repression
of political enemies and issuedthis caution should jailed
opposition leader AlexeiNavalny die in prison.
- It would be a tragedy.
It would do nothing buthurt his relationships
with the rest of the world,in my view, and with me.
- [Jenna] NATO's warning on Russia cites
Moscow's militarybuildup, cyber aggression,
and encroachment on Ukraine.
Michael O'Hanlon with theBrookings Institute says
unless the Bidenadministration has a clear plan
on checking Russia's interests in Europe
little will come out of the summit.
- I don't know what Biden's view is
on the future of NATO (audio distortion)
and until he's figure thatout and integrated that
with some of these economicissues like the gas pipeline,
I worry that at best, thesummit will get us nowhere
and at worst, it could evenpush in a negative direction.
- [Jenna] And yesterday,President Biden also met
with Turkey's President Erdoğan.
Relations with Turkey remained strained,
one of the biggest challenges,
a major weapons purchase from Russia.
In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.
- Again, that high stakes meetingis scheduled for tomorrow.
Pat?
- The NATO group signeda document of agreement.
And part of the agreementwas that we would do away
with the internal combustion automobiles
by about 2030, I believe, or thereabouts,
that we do away with refrigerators that
we currently are usingbecause that would be having
to do with global warming,that we would have
a mandated flat tax for all the countries,
and that we would go down the line.
There're things that'sin that document that
have not yet been released.
But page after page,after page, after page
of things they agreed towhich would be devastating
to the American economy and which would
never pass through Congress.
So in any event, did he getrolled over there, as they say?
The answer is yes, theyrolled all over him.
And now when he meets with Vladimir Putin
what's going to happen?
Well, he called Putin a thugand a killer and so forth,
but then Putin is, has got the upper hand.
Well something is interesting,you know, there was a war
on religious observances in the schools.
And the Supreme Court as itwas constituted in those days
was doing everything touphold the destruction
of religious belief in the public schools.
And they included the factthat believe would have
a moment of silence becauseit might be called a prayer.
But I mean that's how bad it is.
There's a new Supreme Courtand there're new feelings
and Florida, because of RonDeSantis, is leading the way.
Efrem has a story about what
this great governor is now doing.
Efrem?
- Pat, Florida public schoolswill now hold a moment
of silence at the beginning of each day.
Governor, Ron DeSantissigned a bill giving students
an opportunity to quote"reflect and be able
to pray as they see fit."
The new law covers K through12 and forbids teachers
to tell students whatto do during that time.
DeSantis said America'sfounders "did not believe
you can push God out of every institution
and be successful."
The Southern Baptist Convention is
holding its annual meetingin Nashville this week.
The agenda is highly chargedwith explosive issues
like race relations and sex abuse.
Still, as Senior NationalAffairs Correspondent,
Heather Sells reports,there is reason for hope.
- Historic numbers ofSouthern Baptists are arriving
in Nashville this week.
They're seeking to address major conflict
and select a new president.
- It's gonna be a watershed convention.
- [Heather] Long-time SBCmember, Dr. Ed Stetzer says
the meeting must confront sex abuse
and specifically,accusations that top leaders
have mishandled claims ofthose victimized by it.
Calls for a third-party investigation
will likely be brought up for a vote.
- It's not a distraction.
You know, I'm at the WheatonCollege Billy Graham Center.
We care deeply about evangelism.
But this is a real issue we have
to be addressed in the church.
- [Heather] Another issue driving a wedge
between many Southern Baptistsis critical race theory
which views racism as systemic.
A group known as the ConservativeBaptist Network warns
those discussing the theory could be
choosing woke politics over scripture.
- It's time we wake up and realize that we
are not where we needto be nor are we headed
in the right direction.
- [Heather] Stetzer and others maintain
the convention can pursueracial reconciliation
without adopting the unbiblicalaspects of the theory.
- For a denomination wherefar too many people were
on the wrong side of thehoses in Birmingham, Alabama,
Southern Baptists have animportant responsibility
to get this right, get this biblical,
and to do so in a waythat honors men and women
from different backgrounds,cultures, and races.
- [Heather] Those differingviewpoints raise the stakes
for choosing the nextSouthern Baptist president
who will replace Pastor JD Greear.
Four men with different views
on race are vying for the post.
- This next president Ithink will set the tone
in terms of how weinteract in the culture,
how we relate to the world.
- [Heather] In the last year,prominent Southern Baptist,
Beth Moore, and RussellMoore, no relation,
left the denomination citingracism and mistreatment
of women and abuse survivorsand they're not alone.
Southern Baptist membershiphas declined for over 10 years.
Still, evangelical leadersnote there's plenty
of good work happening inSouthern Baptist churches.
- Most Southern Baptistsare faithful church members
in their churches.
They're going about theirlives trying to live
on mission to reach their neighbors.
- [Mohler] I thinkthere is hope, you know,
the North AmericanMission Board is planting
hundreds upon hundreds of churches,
surprisingly high numbers even in 2020.
The majority of church plants
in the Southern BaptistConvention are actually
not predominantly Anglo.
- More than 16,000 Baptists have
pre-registered for this week.
That's the highest number in decades.
They're no doubt hoping that these issues
will be resolved in some wayand that Southern Baptists
can move forward to focus ontheir number one priority,
advancing the gospel.
Heather Sells, CBN News.
- That convention happeningthis week in Nashville.
Pat?
- Well I wish them the very best.
I was ordained as a SouthernBaptist some years ago
and it's the largestProtestant denomination.
And I don't think that'sall this big of a clash.
I think that, but the peoplewho are more conservative
in their views, manyare like Paige Patterson
were elected to officeand they took it away
from a group of more liberals.
And the Southern Baptisthas been on a good course
in the last few years and Ihope they continue that way.
A North Korean whoescaped from her country
at age 13 in 2007eventually came to the US
where she transferred to the prestigious
Columbia University in the Ivy League.
But what Yeonmi Parkfound there surprised her.
She told FOX News shesaw so many similarities
with North Korea she started worrying,
including anti-western sentiment
and suffocating political correctness.
Yeonmi worries that the future of the US
is as bleak as North Korea.
She summed up her experiencesby saying, (chuckling)
"Even North Korea is not this nuts.
"North Korea was prettycrazy, but not this crazy."
Can you imagine that?
That's after attendingan Ivy League university.
And as the Chancellorof Regent University,
I'm pleased to reportthat we don't go at Regent
for any of this woke nonsense
and we're true to the scriptures.
And we believe that thecritical race theory is nonsense
and that Black Lives Matter,although black lives do matter,
the institution wasfounded by three people
who are acknowledged Marxists.
We don't believe in any of that.
But the colleges, universities,
my former university, Washingtonand Lee has a course now,
a freshman course on Che Guevara
and how to start a revolution.
- Really?
- Yale, as I understand it, has a course
on so-called queer studies.
I mean, and they havealso said we do not teach
Renaissance art becauseRenaissance indicated
white privilege and you go down the line.
The universities are in a mess.
And so this Yeonmi, how I love that,
even North Korea is notthis nuts (chuckling)
and she's absolutely right.
My congratulations to this brave woman.
