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- [Narrator] Tonight,
heartbreaking scenes from Afghanistan,
babies being given to us troops
as NATO fights to extendthe evacuation deadline.
Plus, a pro-life victory
in Texas where acontroversial second trimester
abortion procedure is banned,
what doctors are saying about it,
and an Oklahoma mom does what she can
to help a special group ofAfghan students in crisis.
All this and more tonight on Faith Nation.
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- President Biden addresses the nation and
for the first time since thechaos in Afghanistan began,
takes tough questions from reporters.
Good evening, I'm Jenna Browder.
The biggest concern the president says
is evacuating Americans.
- Any American who wants tocome home, we will get you home.
- Meanwhile, thousandsof stranded Americans
and Afghans are trying to do just
that and escape the Taliban.
While President Biden maintains his stance
on the military pull-out,
radical Islamist's areintensifying their threats
to US allies and would-be refugees.
CBN's Brody Carter joins uswith tonight's top story, Brody.
- Jenna, President Bidengetting slammed tonight
on Twitter after claimingnobody is having trouble
getting to Kabul Airport.
The Pentagon confirmed only two flights
have taken off after a backlog
of refugees grounded planesfor about eight hours.
Now the evacuation missionhas resumed as thousands
of people wait to berescued in Afghanistan.
(child crying)
A major question tonight,when might the chaos ease?
(gun firing)
There seems to be nosign with ongoing scenes
of soldiers trying tocontain crowds rushing
to the airports, now their only hope
of escaping Afghanistan
as neighboring countriesclosed their borders.
- I've been stuck herefor the past two days.
I'm trying to get in, Iwent to the Americans,
they pushed me out.
- (speaking in foreign language).
- [Brody] Women and children scream
for US NATO soldiers to let them in,
watch this heartbreaking footage
of parents pleading forsoldiers to save their child.
Another shows this baby being handed
to military personnelover the airport wall.
- The limiting factor isnot the lack of planes.
The limiting factor nowis actually the ability
to get people into the airportprocess and on the planes.
- [Brody] As many as 15,000 Americans
and at least 60,000 Afghansremain as NATO forces work
to extend the August31st evacuation deadline.
- I cannot promise whatthe final outcome will
be or what it will be, that it will be
without risk of loss butas Commander in Chief,
I can assure you
that I will mobilizeevery resource necessary.
- [Brody] The WhiteHouse says 3,000 people
have been evacuatedfrom Kabul on Thursday.
- We've got additionalconsular officers now
at the additional gates
with additional troopshelping the consular officers.
- [Brody] NATO, keeping communications
open with the Taliban,
hoping to preserve some semblance
of safety as the country collapses.
Some military personnel fear the Taliban
will use Afghanistan asa major training ground
for terrorists.
- The minute that Bidendeclared his withdrawal,
the Taliban immediately declared victory
before anything else happened and
that was echoed by Jihadistsall around the world.
- Islamic extremists seen here
on Twitter flaunting a treasure trove
of guns left behind byAfghan and American soldiers.
Insurgents have also takenover 2,000 armored vehicles,
drones, even war planesand Black Hawk helicopters.
- Pentagon officials just confirmed
that baby that was given
to the US Marine has beenreturned to his father,
calling the moment that he took that baby,
an act of great compassion.
Now they had no commenton the second instance,
meantime, the undergroundchurch there says
the Taliban is terrorizing the streets.
Not only are they threatening refugees,
they're going door to door taking women
and children as sex slaves.
One of their biggesttargets now, Christians.
Jenna, back to you.
- All right, Brody Carter, thank you,
and to that point, Talibanalso beating Americans,
Lloyd Austin, the Secretary
of Defense calling it unacceptable,
contradicting what thepresident in fact said.
Well, Edward Graham, grandsonof the late evangelist,
Billy Graham knows firsthandwhat's at stake in Afghanistan.
He served several toursof duty himself there.
CBN's Wendy Griffith spokewith him earlier today.
- Edward Graham is the youngest son
of Franklin Graham and the grandson
of evangelist, Billy Graham.
He's also a graduate of West Point
and served several combattours in Afghanistan
as an army ranger And he joins us now
to talk about the currentevents going on in Afghanistan.
Edward, thanks for being with us.
- Hey, thanks Wendy,appreciate you having me.
- Well, Edward, as a veteran of that war,
what is your reaction toseeing the Taliban back
in charge in Afghanistan?
- As a veteran this hurts, you know,
we spent years therefighting and I was surrounded
by talent, men and women that worked hard
and did an incredible job
with the resources providedbut to see the enemy back,
this is an evil enemy.
I've seen what this enemy has done
to children and women and I've watched
on drone footage foryears as we hunted them,
what they're capable of andto see them back in charge
of this nation is a great and tragic loss
and it's unfortunate thatfailed policies have led
to this point.
- The Biden administrationis blaming the Afghan army
for giving up but some saythat without US support,
they really never had a chance.
What do you think?
- Yeah, personally, I agree with that.
I've been there for years, you know,
I've worked and trained theAfghan Special Operations,
the commandos and (speakingin foreign language)
were very offensive capable.
These are what the GreenBerets and the Rangers trained.
They could go out and actuallyconduct combat operations
against the enemy but theconventional army never could,
they never withstood,
same in Iraq when the US army,
conventional army and Marine Corps going
and trained other forces,
it hasn't stood the testof time, Iraq army fell,
so did the Afghan army andhow we didn't see this coming,
I don't know,
if you ask a E5 Sergeant on the ground,
he would have told you this.
So a lot of bad reports going up.
- And we're talk aboutthe spiritual battle
for Afghanistan, obviouslyGod loves the Afghan people,
How should we be prayingfor that nation right now?
- You know, this is aman-made mess on both sides
with the Taliban, with evil,with failed policies here
on multiple administrations here in the US
but in order to get out ofthis and to get everyone out,
to get our partners out, the church, NGOs,
we're gonna need amiracle and man made this
but it's gonna take God to getus out and that's my prayer.
I was like, Lord, please.
I go to bed at night praying for a way
to get these people out.
They're hurting, they're scared.
I mean, they know what'scoming with the Taliban.
They know exactly what's coming and that's
why they're fleeing.
They've lived it or they know the stories.
- [Wendy] Wow.
- And it's my prayer for peace.
A peace that only Godcan bring about, not man.
Clearly man could notbring peace in Afghanistan,
only God can and that'swhat I'm praying for.
- Amen, amen.
Well, you're with Samaritan's Purse
which has a special ministryto wounded veterans,
tell us how you help themheal from the scars of war.
- Dad started this when I was still
on active duty and it's anunbelievable opportunity.
It's a marriage retreat.
When you look at these wounded soldiers,
many of them lost their identity
when they were told theycould no longer serve
and it's affected their marriage.
They've learned to cope in other ways,
whether it be with alcohol or painkillers
and it's destroyed marriages and families
but we take them up to Alaska
for a week long marriage retreat,
Christ centered and givethem skills and says,
and point them to the gospel and that's
what I love about it andit's not just Alaska,
many ministries take youout maybe deer hunting,
fishing, it's a one-time touch.
We're committed to life with these couples
and we do follow up.
We have aftercare programs with them,
we do reunions with them.
We have small groups, we plug them
into the local a church
with our operation Christmas Child Network
where those churches we partner with,
this ministry is working
and we're watching liveschanged every week.
We take about 10 couples up every week
and the entire summer and
over half those areusually making decisions
for Christ or being baptized,
it's working and I'm proudto be a part of that one.
- Well, I can certainlytell you're passionate
about it as well.
Thanks so much for being with us,
for your insights and for all the ministry
that you and your family are doing.
God bless you.
- Thank you.
- Now, wonderful ministry and amazing work
that Samaritan's Purse does.
Well, to the battle over abortion.
Pro-choice groups arescrambling for legal options
after a federal judge upheld the Texas law
that bans a common abortion method.
A senior Washington correspondent,
Tara Mergener has the story, Tara.
- The most significant challenge
to Roe v. Wade in a generation.
- [Tara] Many believe the implications
of the Mississippi casecould be far reaching,
potentially curving the1973 landmark ruling.
- Abortion opponents hail this
as something a long time coming.
- [Tara] While many applaudthe judge's decision,
Abby Johnson points out itwill not stop abortions.
- The fact that thiswas upheld does not mean
that second trimesterabortions cannot move
forward in the state of Texas.
They absolutely can.
They just can't be donethrough a DNE abortion.
- [Tara] Pro-choice advocatesargue the law known as SB8,
outlaws often the safestmethods of abortion
during this phase of pregnancy
and insist fetuses cannotfeel pain at this point.
- It is still possibleand legal to get abortion
in Texas and you know, I'm very concerned
because these laws are so intended
to sow disinformation andchaos before we have time to,
you know, rely on some of our backstops
in our protests essentiallyto stop these horrible bans.
- [Tara] Meanwhile, Johnson says,
she's encouraged the courtsas in the Mississippi case,
are starting to focus lesson the procedure itself
and more on the life at stake.
- One of the reasons thatthat case is so powerful
and even more powerful than
like a dismemberment abortion case is
because it's not looking ata type of abortion procedure.
It's not looking at theabortion itself at all.
It's looking at the pre-born human being
which is what we need to befocusing on in the first place.
- As for the Texas law, it is one
of many abortion restrictionsenacted in recent years
by Republican controlledstate legislatures
but this one has never been enforced due
to legal challenges.
In Washington, I'm TaraMergener, CBN News.
- Thank you, Tara.
Well, grim news on the COVID-19 front
as the pandemic continuesto worsen every day
since the month of June.
The number of daily deathsstill soaring higher,
more than 900 just yesterday alone
and now more than 93,000Americans are hospitalized.
The highest number since January.
Officials in Alabama reportICU beds completely full
and in Mississippi seeing an uptick
in children beingadmitted to the hospital.
Well, Norm Oliver isthe health commissioner
for the state of Virginiaand he joins us now.
Hi Norm, thank you for coming on.
So this Delta variant,
it seems to be a lot more serious
than other strains we've seen so far.
- Yes, that's certainly true.
It's primarily serious becauseof how quickly it spreads.
The Delta Variant ismuch more transmissible
than the prior variantsof the COVID-19 virus.
It's about twice as infectiousas the Alpha Variant,
the first one that we had todeal with and because of that,
you've been seeing a lot more cases of it.
It's also the case that the,
those of us who've been vaccinated,
we found that the vaccines are slightly
less effective against the Delta Variant.
They're still very effective.
They keep you from being hospitalized,
having serious illness or death
but there are more breakthrough mild cases
among the vaccinated.
So yes, it's a very serious thing.
- Well, to your point,
three senators recently tested positive
for COVID 19, even fully vaccinated,
their cases of courseadd to a very long list,
you know, they're Olympic athletes,
of course the general public too,
a lot of people who'vebeen vaccinated coming down
with COVID.
What is going on here?
And does this show the, you know,
the lack of strength, Iguess, to these vaccines?
- A really good question.
So the, what we're seeingis breakthrough cases,
no vaccine is a 100% effective.
There's no such thing asan ironclad protection
in that sense.
When the vaccines first came out,
you'll recall that thePfizer and Moderna vaccines
were considered 95% effectiveagainst the Coronavirus.
That meant that there were still about 5%
of people who got vaccinatedwho were getting COVID-19,
although it was very mildor even asymptomatic cases.
So we're seeing that still,but with the Delta Variant,
we're seeing an increase in the number
of breakthrough cases.
So the vaccines are about 85% effective.
There's more breakthrough on those
who of us who have been vaccinated.
Again, people who are gettingthose breakthrough cases
are getting mild cases.
So the takeaway here is
that getting vaccinatedprotects you a 100%
from really seriousillness, hospitalization
or death and for those reasons,
it's really importantthat you get vaccinated.
- What about natural immunity?
That doesn't seem tobe something that a lot
of the medical field is talking about,
but Dr. Martin Makary
with Johns Hopkins MedicalSchool says we should
be categorizing peopleby not by vaccinated
and unvaccinated but insteadby immune and non-immune,
what do you think about?
- The vaccination we can track,
we're not really trackingthe antibody status
of everyone who's out there in the US.
It is true that if you get the disease,
you will develop antibodies,
but it's not known howlong those antibodies last,
just as the vaccine we'reseeing has a situation
where after about eightmonths, the antibody level
that you have in yourbody declines slightly
and we're talking nowabout the possibility
of boosters to help you get that back up
to a more protective level, that,
the same thing happens withso-called natural immunity
and also, the other thingyou have to realize is
that if there is other variants,like the Delta Variant,
it may be still a little more infectious
for you if you havedeveloped antibodies say
to the Alpha Variantor some other variant.
- All right, Virginia HealthCommissioner, Norm Oliver.
Good to see you.
Thank you, sir.
- Thank you.
- Coming up.
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hospitalize, hospitals, excuse me,
deprioritizing patientsbased on vaccinations.
Roger Severino whoserved in the Department
of Health and Human Services
in the Trump administrationsays it's happening.
In a tweet, he says it, quote,
called it, hospitals actuallygiving lower priority
to unvaccinated patients.
Severino says it's deepbased utilitarianism adding
that America can't have two classes
of citizens and Roger joins us now.
Roger, welcome.
It's great to have youon the show this evening.
So where is thisde-prioritization happening?
- Sure.
It comes to the question of what's known
as crisis standards of care,(Indistinct) resources.
So when we start running out of beds,
some very tough decisions have to be made.
However, you have to take each patient
as an individual before youmake those tough choices
but what we've seen, atleast in one hospital
in Texas is that they wantto deprioritize people based
on their vaccination status and
that's very dangerous territory.
We've seen already, when I was head
of the office (indistinct) at HHS,
there was this some sort ofdeprioritization exclusion
based on disabilities andthat's discriminatory,
you have to take anindividual as they are,
you can't use blunt instruments and say,
you have this one condition,
you're out, without makingan individualized assessment
and with a vaccination status,
being unvaccinated is not a disease
and that's something thatis highly inappropriate
for medical doctors whotake into account and use
that as a single answer, one size fits all
and I'm very afraid
that we're gonna have a two-tier society
where (indistinct) you'revaccinated, (indistinct)
or unvaccinated, again, beingunvaccinated is not a disease,
you get excluded.
That's not where we wanna be.
- Yeah, two types ofcitizens as you mention.
Well, Roger, you now serve
with the Ethics and Public Policy Center,
that said, is this a slipperyslope in medical ethics?
- Sure, you have to ask where does it end?
The point of medicine is to heal people,
to cure people, not to castjudgment and blame victims,
we really wanna separate that,
the broader policy questionsabout vaccines and efficacy,
et cetera, which thevaccines have been great
at saving tons of lives-
- [Jenna] What?
- But when you have a patientwho wants a transplant
which is also where we'reseeing discrimination
against unvaccinated persons and saying,
you're not worthy becausewe're judging you based
on decisions, that's turninginto a ethical question
that those doctors shouldnot be in a position to make.
Again, we saw this withpeople with disabilities,
(indistinct) say that some (indistinct)
in the image and likenessof God are all equal
and we should all have thisequal access to medical care.
Whether it's a transplant,whether it's crisis centers
of care, where there's even access
to your primary care(indistinct) physicians,
(Indistinct), you getno treatment, period.
That's just wrong.
- Roger, what can be doneto protect patient's rights?
You know, regardless of whether
or not they've been vaccinated?
- Hmm, well, this is new territory.
So I come from a civil rights background
and there's all sorts
of protected classes that are traditional.
Whether somebody is vaccinatedor unvaccinated, this is new.
We haven't seen thisas a class very often.
We have seen folks make a request
for religious accommodations to vaccines
and the COVID vaccines,unfortunately were derived
with aborted fetal celllines from abortions
from decades ago, manypeople of good faith object
to ingesting those vaccines
that it's not justifiedin the circumstances.
If they seek religious accommodation,
there are protections under law.
If it's title seven, ifyour employer is trying
to force it on you and youhave a religious objection,
you could make that objection
and then there's abalancing test that goes on.
If you're a federal government employee,
the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
also gives some protections.
So if you have a religious objection,
there are some avenues that people should
be aware of and should stand for them.
If you don't stand for yourrights, you will lose them.
- All right, a little bit of ashaky connection this evening
but Roger Severino, weappreciate you coming on.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- And we'll be right back.
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Here's WeatherBELLS's, Joe Bastardi.
- Back in late July, we targeted the week
of August the 16th through 23rd
as a big problem based onglobal weather patterns
that we use here atWeather Bell and Henri is,
got a chance to be trapped so that instead
of just going out to seaduring the day, Saturday,
it starts intensifying rapidly
and it comes right atSoutheast New England
and there's a chance that it actually goes
into Southeast New England from the south
or Southeast, the biggestthreat right now is at Cape Cod
but if you're anywhere fromLong Island and Connecticut,
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even though it will weaken asit gets closer to the coast,
it will push so muchwater and so much wind up
in front of it, that a it'sa two, three days siege
that is possible startingas late as Saturday night
or as early as Saturday night
and finally getting outof the way on Monday,
the real threat periodlater Sunday on into Monday.
Right now, the centering ofthat threat is around Cape Cod.
Those of you who lived outthere in 1996, remember Edward.
It may be quite similar to Edward in 1996.
Now, right after Edward came Fran
and we're already telling clients
to look out the first week of September
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on the computer models now,
remember, 10, 15 days ago, the storms
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The pattern that we're inis similar to last year,
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