- Well, welcome to "The 700 Club."
When I first went to China,there were no cars on the road.
Everybody rode bicycles.
The only clothes that men had
was either a gray Maosuit or a blue Mao suit.
I went to a trade fair
and all I saw was primitivepieces of machinery.
It was an unbelievably backwards society.
And now what's happening?
It's real and it's here,
the most complex, pernicious,
aggressive threat ournation has ever faced.
What is it? The long arm of China.
Yesterday, the SenateIntelligence Committee
revealed alarming new evidence
of China's pervasive penetration
into almost every area of American life.
And what's even a greaterdanger, their nuclear arson.
Listen, they claim tohave at least 350 warheads
that the Pentagon expects todouble over the next decade.
I can't believe the transformation
that's happened in these last 30 years.
Here's George Thomas withthe shocking details.
- [George] New satelliteimages show a major expansion
of China's missile program.
- Xi Jinping has one goal,
to be the geopolitical military
and economic leader in the world period.
- Researchers with theFederation of American Scientists
uncovered 250 suspectednuclear missile silos,
represented in this image by dots.
They're under construction in a desert
in China's Western Xinjiang province.
That's the same region wherehuman rights groups believe
Beijing is holding more thanone million Muslim Uighurs
in massive concentration camps
as part of the communistgovernment's genocide
against the ethnic minority group.
- The members of this committee having,
because of the role they play,have a very unique insight
into this horror show that's playing out
before our eyes in the 21st century.
- [George] Images taken of avast site in northern China
also reveal multiplesilos under construction.
They would likely houseintercontinental ballistic missiles,
with each capable ofcarrying multiple warheads.
- [Narrator] The men andwomen of US Strategic Command
are always ready.
- [George] US Strategic Command,
overseer of America's nuclear arsenal,
responded to these alarming revelations,
tweeting, "The public has discovered
what we have been saying all along
about the growing threat the world faces
and the veil of secrecy that surrounds it.
China already has 350 nuclear warheads,
an arsenal the Pentagonbelieves will double
over the next decade.
- This rapid buildup hasbecome more difficult to hide
and it highlights how the PRC appears,
again, to be deviating from decades
of nuclear strategy basedaround minimum deterrence.
- [George] It's more evidence
of China's increasinglyassertive military ambitions
under president Xi Jinping.
- He is deadly earnest aboutbecoming the most powerful
military force in the world,as well as the largest
and most prominent economy in the world
by the mid '40s, the 2040s.
It's real.
- [George] China'sgrowing nuclear stockpile,
just one of many threatshighlighted by a Senate
Select IntelligenceCommittee hearing Wednesday.
- China is focusing ontargeting key US technologies
for both acquisition and development.
These include aerospace,advanced manufacturing,
AI, biotech, data analytics,semiconductors, renewables,
all in order to ensurethe PRC's future dominance
in these areas.
- [George] Committeemembers heard witnesses
tell how China is borrowinginto almost every facet
of American life.
From academia to Hollywoodand private enterprises
to state and local governments,
experts say Beijing'sinfluence runs deep and wide.
- The title of this hearingis The Long Arm of China.
Long Arm of China is notsome futuristic threat.
It's already here.
- [George] A former high-ranking official
with our nation'scounterintelligence community
calling China America'sgreatest existential threat.
- And it is the most complex,pernicious, aggressive,
and strategic threat ournation has ever faced.
- And it's time to wake up.
Today, China is already carrying out
the biggest illegal wealth transfer
from one nation to anotherin the history of mankind.
- [George] Primarilythrough American technology
and intellectual property.
- They have weaponized our openness,
they have weaponized our decency,
and they have weaponized a corporate lust
for profits against us.
- Following Wednesday's hearing,
Senator Rubio reintroduceda bipartisan bill
to combat China's politicalinfluence operations
in the United States and around the world.
Senator Rubio saying our nation, quote,
"must have the tools necessaryto combat Beijing's malicious
and coercive political influence."
Pat.
- George, you know, wehear all the rhetoric,
but what is the Bidenadministration actually doing
to counter China's global advances?
- Yeah, Pat, one way the administration
is attempting to counter China's advances
is to encourage European nations and Japan
to counter Beijing'sBelt and Road Initiative.
Pat, as you know, China hasbeen on a spending spree
in recent years, lending and investing
hundreds of billions of dollarsto help developing nations
across Africa, Latin America,Asia, ad in fact, also Europe.
The president is urging wealthy nations
to offer an alternativeto Beijing's initiative,
but it has been a tough sell though.
There is deep disagreementamong the United States
and its allies about how torespond to China's rising power.
But the president has been clear.
He has framed China's riseas a fundamental struggle
between democracies and autocracies.
- George, what's the flashpoint?
What part of the worldshould we be watching?
- Yeah, Pat, American officials fear
that a Chinese invasion ofTaiwan is closer than we think.
China's government regardsthe island as a renegade state
and has repeatedly vowed to take it back
by force, if necessary.
Beijing continues to stage wargames off the coast of Taiwan
in what is widely seen as adress rehearsal for an invasion.
Pat, by the way, the vicechairman of the Joint Chiefs,
General John Hyten, saidrecently that the United States,
his words, "failedmiserably after US forces
staged a fake battle over Taiwan."
To quote the general, hesaid, "an aggressive red team
that had been studying the United States
for the last 20 yearsjust ran rings around us.
They knew exactly what we were going to do
before we did it."
The blue team, they lostaccess to its entire networks
almost immediately.
- Frightening.
Well, one of the greatestthreats is a cyberattack.
Are we ready for a cyberattack?
- Well, according to a new report, Pat,
from the Senate HomelandSecurity Committee, we are not.
It found federal agencies
tasked with securing sensitive data
have failed to implement someof the most basic defenses
against cyberattacks.
Eight agencies, includingthe State Department,
Social Security Administration,
and Department of Homeland Security
were evaluated, graded, andgiven so-called report cards.
Well, most of them got Cs and Ds.
Only DHS showed improvementover the last two years.
Clear evidence, as we havebeen talking on this show,
that personal informationof millions of Americans
continue to be at grave risk.
- Oh, it's frightening.
Thank you, George.- You're welcome.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the United States is thegreatest nation on earth,
but our liberties that allof us enjoy are under attack,
and it looks like weare furthering it away.
What are we spending our time on?
We're spending our time on the impeachment
of a governor in New York.
We're spending our time watching news.
We're spending our time on all this fluff
we're arguing about,while at the same time,
the same time, our enemiesare building up to destroy us.
Man.
In other news, pressurefrom within his own party.
Is that what drove the presidentto announce a 60-day freeze
on eviction from areashit hardest by COVID?
And is such a thing even legal?
CBN News correspondent BrodyCarter has the answers.
- Pat, after initiallydeciding it had no authority
to extend the moratorium, theWhite House then exercised
a controversial show of executive power.
Now that the presidentordered new protections,
critics argue he's not onlyoverstepping his power, Pat,
he's breaking his oath of office.
- This eviction moratorium
by the Centers for Disease Control
is unlawful and is unconstitutional
because the CDC does not have the power
to impose such a moratorium.
Congress never gave the CDC that power.
- [Brody] Biden, however, faced criticism
and political theaterwithin his own party,
like Cori Bush sleepingon 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 way, any place
where we see the possibleperpetuation of it.
- [Brody] So the administration
had the CDC issue a new moratorium
rather than go againstthe Supreme Court ruling
that there could notbe a fourth extension.
- The bulk of theconstitutional scholarship says
that it's not likely topass constitutional muster.
Number one.
But there are several keyscholars who think that it may
and it's worth the effort.
- Despite this move,billions of unspent dollars
in federal aid remain available.
Virginia working to spend that cash,
giving out $223 million totenants and landlords in need.
While at homeless shelterslike 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 nearly 3.5million evictions filed each year
in non-pandemic years, ReverendJohn Gray with Union Mission
knows all too well thetoll homelessness has
on people they serve.
- Saved my life.
He's saving lives.
I mean, what they do here's wonderful.
- [Brody] John Haley currently trying
to get out of this situation.
- 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.
- Well, your heart certainlygoes out to the homeless.
And after living on thestreets of Washington DC,
John knows he's one of thelucky ones getting help.
He understands millions of Americans
will soon face the same fateof living on the streets.
And now homeless shelters and ministries,
they face the same 60-day deadline
to prepare for a possible rise
in the homeless population seeking refuge.
Pat.
- Brody, we've hadCOVID, now the potential
for a mass of homeless people.
You got the Union Mission.
Are they coping properlywith these challenges?
- They certainly are, Pat.
It's faith over fear.
When I think of, the Bible verse
that comes to mind, Psalm 34:4,
"I sought the Lord, He answered me
and He rescued from all my fears."
That seems to be how themission is operating, Pat,
at this point in time.
Obviously looking forcreative housing options
for the future.
We've only got 60 days
to get our ducks in arow, so to speak, Pat.
But the mission occupancyis down 50% due to COVID-19.
They have every reason in theworld, Pat, to be fearful,
but they're holding on to that faith
as they move forward with the coming days.
And at the end of the day,it is faith over fear.
They've been serving thecommunity since the 1890s.
And now Reverend Gray, he told me that,
at this point in time, heunderstands God has brought them
through so much, so what's to say
God isn't gonna do it again.
Pat.
- (chuckles) Well, He will do it.
Thank you, Brody.- Amen.
- Ladies and gentlemen,you've got to realize
that one of the fundamental rights we have
in the United States is to own property.
And if you take awaythe right of a landlord
to collect rents, what isthe landlord going to do?
Say the guy's got a two-family home
and he lives in one half of it,
but he needs the rent to pay his mortgage.
So the Biden administrationsays, "I'm sorry.
We're going to cancel yourright to collect rent,"
so he loses his property.
And all across America, therewould be economic chaos.
And then who would want to rent?
That's the thing.
Why would you let somesquatter come into your house,
into your apartment, into your dwelling
if indeed you couldn't throw him out?
And so it's gonna ultimately hurt the poor
and the less fortunate.
(coughs lightly)
But it's going to destroythe housing of America.
You cannot violate the Constitution.
And the Biden administration
says, "Well, we'll find a few scholars
who maybe think we can andthen we'll act on them."
You don't do that when the Supreme Court
has made it clear it's wrong.
