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- [Jenna] Tonight, theeviction ban reversal,
the Biden administration extends
the moratorium on evictions,
this, as millions ofkids return to school,
many for the first time sincepandemic lockdowns began.
- Decisions be made, likenot allowing mask mandates
in school and the like,are bad health policy.
- [Jenna] Plus, rocket attacks launched
from Lebanon into Israel.
And in the wake of cyber attacks.
- Cyber threats, includingransomware attacks,
increasing they're able to cause damage
and disruption in the real world.
- A new warning overthreats to the Homeland,
all this and more, tonighton, "Faith Nation."
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Possible FDA approval for thePfizer vaccine coming soon.
Good evening, I'm Jenna Browder.
That's the word from the FDA tonight.
Right now the Pfizer vaccineis being administered
under the Emergency Authorization Order.
But now the agency says itcould fully approve Pfizer
by early September.
In the meantime, the fightover the eviction moratorium
has come to an end, at least for now.
The Biden administration announcing
a new 60 day freeze on evictions in areas
hit hardest by COVID-19.(wind whooshing)
CBN News Correspondent BrodyCarter has our top story.
Brody, President Biden wasfacing a lot of pressure
from within his own party.
- Well, Jenna, the most recentdeadline passed this weekend,
and causing many Democrats to call out
the Biden administration
for failing to extend that protection.
Initially, the White House said
it didn't have that authority.
Now in a controversialshow of executive power,
the president is giving newprotections well into October.
- President shares theirdesire, their commitment,
and their interests in keeping renters
and people in their homes.
And that is exactly why he took the step
of asking the CDC to look into
what legal pathways forward there were.
- [Brody] But that resolution
didn't come withoutmuch political wrangling
and legal questions.
Now, Monday, the Biden administration
claimed its hands were tied,
because the Supreme Court ruled in June
the CDC could not granta fourth extension.
- So we have asked for theWhite House and the CDC
to work together, and weneed an eviction moratorium.
- [Brody] Then came the political theater,
with Democrats like Cori Bush,
sleeping on the Capitol steps,
demanding the governmentact swiftly to save lives.
- It's our work as humansto end human suffering,
and then to fight againstany, in any place where we see
the possible perpetuation of it.
- All of this led the White House
to claim a legal authority
for this new and limited moratorium.
Despite this move,billions of unspent dollars
from the American Rescue Plan,
and Emergency Rental AssistanceProgram remains available.
The state of Virginia,for one, doing its part
to spend that cash,helping 223 million tenants
and landlords in need.
Still, the burden remains nationwide,
as billions of dollarsremain undistributed.
Well at homeless shelters,like Union Mission,
here in Norfolk, Virginia,it's close to full capacity.
Now, even though the presidentinitiated another 60 days,
hopeful to give protections
to people set to lose their homes,
that doesn't necessarily mean
that it's smooth sailing from here.
- You're more than your address,
and so when someone's homeless,
a profound impact hascome upon that person,
or that family, and the extended family.
- [Brody] With nearly3.5 million evictions
filed each year in non-pandemic years,
Reverend John Gray with UnionMission knows all too well
the toll homelessness hason the people they serve.
- It saved my life, is saving lives.
I mean, what they do here is wonderful.
- [Brody] John Haley is currently trying
to get out of this situation.
- Yeah, I think it's likeorganizing in your head
what you have to do, stepsto get out of that situation,
quieting your mind.
This is a great place to quiet your mind.
- [Brody] After living on thestreets of Washington, D.C.,
John knows he's one of the lucky ones
to get a helping, understandingmillions of Americans
will soon face the same fate.
Now, homeless shelters and ministries
face the same 60 day deadline
to prepare for a possible influx
of people living on the streets.
- I see God being a verygracious and kind God,
things could have been worse.
Homelessness can be a mystery.
And how do you do this work?
You do it very relationally,person to person,
one-on-one, with theLord's help of course.
- Today, the administration emphasized
in a press conference, thisis only a temporary fix,
saying a longterm solution will require
legislative action in the future.
Jenna, back to you.
- All right, Brody, thank you.
And here with us now is Joel Griffith,
research fellow at TheHeritage Foundation.
Joel, thanks for joining us this evening.
So a headline from the,"National Review," today,
"President Biden announces on live TV
that he intends to breakhis oath of office."
The article essentiallysaying the president
doesn't have the constitutional authority
to extend this moratorium.
Can you speak to that,
and the president'sconstitutional authority here?
- Yes, both PresidentBiden and the CDC director
have violated their oath of office,
that oath that you take to uphold
and defend the Constitutionof the United States.
This eviction moratorium by theCenters for Disease Control,
it's unlawful and it's unconstitutional,
because the CDC does not have the power
to impose such a moratorium.
Congress never gave the CDC that power.
The authorizing act for any CDC action
is the Public Services Health Act, PHSA,
Public Health Services Act,
and nowhere in that act doesit give the CDC that power.
And the Biden administrationhas been on notice
that they don't have thisconstitutional power,
because the Supreme Courtactually indicated as much
just a few weeks ago.
But the administration chose to go forward
with this unlawful,unconstitutional action.
- Yeah, President Bideneven acknowledging that
in recent days.
So you testified before the House
in a hearing on the matter yesterday.
You said the moratorium, this is a quote,
"Allowed many who wereneither impacted by COVID-19,
nor experiencing financialhardship, to live rent free."
Talk about that, Joel.
- Oh, sure.
Well of course there have been some people
that have been impacted over the past year
by these draconian governmentshutdowns and restrictions.
And thankfully, Congresshas allocated aid,
it actually set aside tohelp these families out.
We've seen unemploymentbenefits over the past year.
We have seen $40 billion worth of aid
that Congress hasauthorized to go to those
that are struggling to pay their rent.
But this action itself,though, is unlawful.
We know that for instance,
the number of people that weremaking late rental payments
went up by a few percentage points
during the peak of the crisis,
but evictions were almostcompletely outlawed.
And that by itself indicates
that the vast majority of people
that have benefited from not paying rent
over the past year,have actually been those
that weren't impacted by COVID.
- So what is the solution for people
who, as you've mentioned,really have needed help
during this, and who havebenefited from this moratorium?
Surely it's not just toleave them out to dry?
- Well, over this past year and 1/2,
we have seen an incredible amount of aid
given for those that were jobless.
And also for those thatwere having trouble
making rental payments.
In fact, the vast majority of people
that ended up on unemployment benefits
actually earned more on unemployment
than they were earning on the job.
And the numbers reflect that.
The household savings rateincreased to an all time high,
and the census bureau
actually tracks the number of households
that are reporting a loss of income.
And only about 9% of families,
during the peak of the crisis,
were actually reporting a loss of income.
So we saw a lot of government aid
go to those that were struggling already.
The fact is that thevast majority of people
that took advantage of this entirety,
to not pay a dollar's worthof rent over 16 months,
many of those did so, notbecause they were harmed,
but because they chose notto actually pay their rent.
- All right, Joel Griffithwith The Heritage Foundation.
We're out of time, but weappreciate you coming on.
Thank you.- Thank you.
- Well, back to school seasonis officially underway,
with some students alreadyback in the classroom,
and many following suitin the coming weeks.
With the Delta variantsurging across the country,
and case numbers spiking,
a lot of parents are nervous.(wind whooshing)
CBN News White HouseCorrespondent Eric Philips
is at the White House.
Eric, the president doesn't seem too happy
with some governors.
- Well, Jenna, that's right.
And the president is calling on governors
to step up in the fightagainst coronavirus,
noting that some statesare banning mask mandates,
even for schools.
That's despite the fact thatthose under 12 years old
are unable to get the vaccine.
And that has some parents very nervous.
- First and foremost, I am scared.
- [Eric] Raquel Brown hasrising fourth and 10th graders,
and a grandson starting kindergarten
in metro Richmond, Virginia.
She has mixed feelingsabout them going back
to in-person learning.
- I feel like they will do better
with their school work being in-person,
but then no, becauseof COVID Delta variant,
and just not knowing.
- [Eric] Not knowing what'sgoing to happen next.
- We are seeing childrengetting sick with COVID-19.
Their are kids in ICUsright now in Louisiana
that break your heart
when you hear what they're going through.
- [Rochelle] We continue to recommend
universal indoor masking,
in K through 12 schoolsthroughout the country.
So our children cansafely get back to school,
and safely stay there.
- For parents, I thinkthere's somewhat of a divide.
- [Eric] Dr. Parham Jaberi isthe chief deputy commissioner
of the Virginia Department of Health.
- The CDC provides us the data,
they've been telling us
the Delta variant's more transmissible
than its previous forms.
And then it's up to local officials,
at least here in theCommonwealth of Virginia,
to decide whether they'regonna have a policy for that.
- I would like to see amandate on the vaccinations.
I think that's very importantin the school setting.
- [Eric] That's not happened yet.
And in fact, it appears some states
are going in the other direction.
- As of now, seven statesnot only ban mask mandates,
but also ban them intheir school districts,
even for young childrenwho cannot get vaccinated.
I say to these governors, please help.
But if you aren't going to help,
at least get out of the way.
- And the president wenton to say that in Texas,
state universities andcommunity colleges can be fined
if teachers ask unvaccinatedstudents to wear a mask.
This, as both Texas and Florida
account for 1/3 of all newCOVID cases in the country.
And to quote CDC DirectorRochelle Walensky,
she said, quote, "While wedesperately want to be done
with this pandemic,
COVID-19 is clearly notdone with us," Jenna.
- Eric, I think a questiona lot of parents have
is will schools close down again?
- Yeah, that's the questionthat I asked Dr. Jaberi,
with the Virginia Department of Health.
And he said that despite thefact that health officials
are watching veryclosely this COVID trend,
the fact that these numbers are growing,
and despite the fact thatthey expect them to grow
more and more over the comingmonths, and weeks even,
he stopped short of saying
that schools not reopen becauseof this, come September,
and some schools have already reopened.
Or that they would shut down again
because of the growing numbers.
However, I did note that hedid not rule out anything.
- You know, so it's not onlykids returning to school,
Eric, adults also arereturning to the office.
And that seems to becausing a lot of questions
about vaccine mandates.
Are a lot of companies
making their employees get vaccinated?
- The list is growing, Jenna.
These are just a few,Facebook, Uber, Google,
Netflix, Tyson Food,Delta Airlines, Walmart,
United Airlines, Ford, and BlackRock.
They're just some of the companies
that are requiring all orsome of their employees
to be vaccinated, and let'snot forget that the president
has called for all federalemployees to be vaccinated,
or submit to weekly testing.
Certainly, this is a growing trend,
in both the public and private sectors.
- All right, Eric Philipsat the White House.
Great reporting, thank you, Eric.
- Thanks.(wind whooshing)
- And coming up, rocketsraining down in Israel,
the latest attack on the Jewish state.
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An exchange of rocketfire in Israel today,
three missiles were fired into Israel
from across the Lebanon border,
two of them landing in Israeli territory.
There have been no reportsof deaths or injuries.
The rocket fire led Israel'smilitary to fight back,
launching missiles of their own.
Israeli officials say they think
Palestinian groups in Lebanon
are responsible for the attack,
but don't believe Hezbollah was involved.
(wind whooshing)
And here now to discuss, Penny Nance,
president of Concerned Women for America.
Penny, welcome back, it's good to see you.
So there are those who say-- Great to be here.
- Israel, some people sayIsrael should not fire back
when facing rocket attacks,what's your thought on that?
- I think if Israel andthe IDF did not fire back,
they would be wiped offthe face of the Earth.
We know that extremistshave very publicly said,
and I know they say that Hezbollah
may not be responsible for thislatest attack from Lebanon,
but you know, who knows, there are others
that are full throated in their belief
that Israel should be wiped off the map.
Hezbollah, by the way, is backed by Iran.
And you see factionssurrounding that little country,
which by the way, is the sizeof the state of New Jersey,
it's a very small nation.
I have been so grateful to travel there
four different times.
I was there for the moving and the opening
of the new embassy when it moved,
when President Trump moved itfrom Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
And before that, I was ableto tour some of the bases.
I was at a base in the Northern part
that actually was onthe border of Lebanon,
where these rocket attacksmost recently came.
I've also been the south, andseen all the damage there.
But what I saw when I was in the north
was very young IDF militarypersonnel, men and women,
whose job it was to watch,to look at a computer screen,
and determine in a few seconds
what was flying over the border,
whether it was an aircraft,whether it was a rocket,
whether it was somethingelse, and then to react.
It's very, very difficultto live in Israel.
They are constantly underassault in different ways.
They have every right to that land.
Anyone that's read Genesisknows that that's true.
They deserve to be there.
They've been murdered throughout the world
as part of the Holocaust, andthere must be a Jewish state.
So I would urge the Biden administration
to stand behind our closestally in the Middle East,
to link arms with Israel,
to support the new Prime Minister Bennett,
and for evangelical Christians
and other Christians around this country
to voice their support,and to pray for Israel.
- Penny, just a few seconds left here,
but we see growing antisemitismin the United States
and Europe and other places.
What is, what can be done, do you think,
to fight antisemitism?
- Well, Satan has no new tricks, does he?
This is the same oldanti-Semitism and hate
that's been directed at the Jewish people
for centuries, of course.
But I think the thing that has to be done
is Christians and othersmust come to their side,
and come to their aid,
and stand very firmly againstthose who seek to hurt them.
The Boycott Divest and Sanctions movement,
the BDS movement, that'sthrives on college campuses
around the country, the answer to that
is for others to speak against it,
and for us to standvery firmly against it.
- All right, Penny Nance,Concerned Women for America.
It's great to have youwith us this evening,
Thank you, Penny.- Thank you, Jenna.
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- The personal information
of millions of Americans is at risk,
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Eight agencies, includingthe State Department,
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is Amy Myers Jaffe, acybersecurity expert,
and director of researchat Tufts University,
and the author of a new book,"Energy's Digital Future."
Hi Amy, it's good to see you.
How did it get to this?
It's shocking, I think,for a lot of people
to hear that some of ourmost important agencies
received near failing grades
for implementing cybersecurity defenses.
- I mean, we have notdone what we need to do,
and was the responses,
I think we wanna think about it
a little bit like wedid after September 11,
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you know, at that time we created
the Department of Homeland Security.
I almost wonder if we need
a cabinet level cyber czar, right,
who can coordinate all these agencies,
and make sure that thereare standards being met
across the U.S. government,
and then standards beingmet in private industry.
So, you mentioned the Congress,
there's over 16 bills now,
actively being considered in the Congress,
one of which is to specifically secure
the data of Americans.
And you know, with concernsabout foreign actors,
accessing or hacking American data.
- Yeah, but you, speakingof foreign adversaries,
say China or Russia, if we did get
a bad cyber attack from them,
are we at all prepared to deal with that?
- Well, I would say atthe government level,
we're probably somewhat prepared.
I mean, hopefully the DOD andsome agencies are prepared.
But I think that one of the things
that the Colonial Pipeline hack showed
is that private industry don'thave proper resilience plans.
So, you know, part of beingprepared for cyber attack
is not just, you know, do I have
the right inscriptionsoftware protecting your data?
It's also, what would I do ifI discovered a data breach?
What would I do if I'm a company,
and I realized that my safety system,
my computerized safety system,
or my data systems have been breached?
And I think what we're finding is
not enough companies havethese resilience plans.
You know, if you thinkabout how states recover
from hurricanes andother kinds of disasters,
you know, they have these state plans.
They know what the evacuation routes are.
They know what they'regonna do to shelter people.
But we don't have that kind of planning
that we need in cyber.
And we need to be alert,and we need to be starting
to put these kinds ofemergency plans in place
so that we know exactly what we would do,
we know what federal agencyis gonna take charge.
- So there's a big focuson securing networks
against cyber attacks.
But is anyone looking into the equipment
within our critical infrastructure,
a lot of which comes from China?
A cyber attack could present itself
as an equipment malfunction.
- Well, it could indeed.
Now, the Trump administration was on that.
They tried to, there weresome electrical equipment
that was coming in from China,
that they felt couldbe easily compromised,
that they actuallyconfiscated that equipment
instead of having it be installed.
And so, you know, part ofthis is to ensure we know
what hardware is going in,what software is going in,
and how is it protected.
- All right, her book is,"Energy's Digital Future."
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