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- [John] Tonight, a newdisappointing jobs report

after months of growth inthe face of the pandemic.

- And the Biden plan is working.

- [John] The president callingfor trillions more dollars

in spending as the Americaneconomy heads into the fall.

- [Jenna] Plus, aftermath.

- We just lost it all.

- [Jenna] Ida's devastationstill coming into focus

as the president tours Louisiana

to survey the worst of the damage.

- [John] All this and moretonight on "Faith Nation."

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- A swing and a miss forjob growth in America.

Welcome to "Faith Nation."I'm Jenna Browder.

- Good evening, I'm John Jessup.

Disappointing new economic numbers.

Could they spell trouble for the future

as employers added a paltry235,000 jobs in August.

- Projections had thatnumber at more than 700,000.

This is the Delta variantdiscourages some people

from flying, shopping, and eating out.

CBN News Senior WashingtonCorrespondent Tara Mergener

is here with the numbers.

Tara.

- John and Jenna, theunemployment rate dropped to 5.2%.

It was 5.4% in July.

August job gains are far short though

of the previous two months

when widespread vaccinationsallowed the economy

to fully reopen frompandemic restrictions.

President Biden is urging Americans

to look at the big picture.

- What we're seeing isan economic recovery

that's durable and strong.

The Biden plan is working.

We're getting results.

- [Tara] But the latest jobs report shows

a stretch of recent robusthiring may have slowed in August,

with only 235,000 jobs added.

Economists were forecastingemployers would add

about 750,000.

Even that far below the 940,000picked up in June and July.

- The number of jobs addedwell below expectations,

well below the pace of theprevious couple of months.

- [Tara] With vaccinations on the rise,

the hope was more peoplewould be eager to take jobs.

And with a $300 a week federalunemployment supplement

set to expire next week, theFed and others speculated

that more of the unemployedwould be back to work.

- There's no question the Delta variant

is why today's job report isn't stronger.

I know people were looking,

and I was, hoping for a higher number.

- [Tara] This reportexpected to give clues

about how strong hiring willbe for the rest of the year.

Many of the economistsoptimistic that September

would kick off a consistentlystrong job market

called the report disappointing.

- When you look under the headlines,

you see that leisure and hospitality,

which includes bars and restaurants,

previously at the leading edge of job loss

and more recently at theedge of jobs recovery,

basically produced a big zero.

- Meanwhile, some job listing websites say

the number of availablejobs grew in August,

led by such sectors asinformation technology and finance

in which many employeescan work from home.

John and Jenna.

- All right. Thank you, Tara.

Well, joining us now is economist

and the chairman ofFreedomWorks' Task Force

on Economic Revival, Stephen Moore.

Steve, always great to see you.

We just heard in Tara's piecethe president said today,

"The Biden plan is working,"and blame the slow job growth

on the Delta variant.

Steve, with job numbers likethe ones that are out today,

some would disagree withthe Biden plan working.

What do you make of the bleak job picture?

- Well, look, these numbers,I think, are being discussed

as more negative than they were,

and we also had a 100,000revision from the last month.

And so, you know, theywere decent numbers,

but they did fall lessthan what we wanted.

And it (coughs), excuseme, it is a slow down,

no question about it.

And I do think some of thisis due to the Delta variant,

no question about it,

that people were alittle bit more reluctant

to go outside and go shopping.

But it also is very true that,

you know, today we had10 million job openings

in the United States.

And you look at the areas

where jobs either didn'tincrease or decline.

I mean, we lost construction jobs.

Every construction crew inAmerica is looking for workers.

We lost jobs in the,as you just mentioned,

leisure and hospitality.

I mean, I've traveled from coast to coast.

Every bar and restauranthas a help wanted sign.

What this is telling me

is that workers not going back to work,

and I do believe amajor reason they're not

is because of these high welfare benefits,

unemployment benefits, food stamps,

and all the other programs

that are basically incentivizingpeople to stay home.

- To your point, Steve,

do you think that we'llstart to see employers,

you know, boost incentivesto get people to take jobs

or come back or maybe offer positions

that are work from home?

- Well, first of all, let memention that, on Labor Day,

which is, what, three days away,

these extra benefits goaway throughout the country.

So that's a good thing.

That'll be a positive thing.

I think we'll see a bounce of employment

once you stop payingpeople an extra $300 a week

for not going back to work.

But there's a hope, a panoply of benefits

that, not just unemployment benefits,

the $300 a month per child bank payments,

the free healthcare, theexpanded food stamps,

all these things areencouraging people to stay home.

Now, the answer to your question,Jenna, is absolutely yes.

The way we work, how we work,

where we work is going to change, I think,

for many, many years, maybe permanently

as a result of the, of the,what happened with the pandemic.

I think people are much likelyto work at home, telecommute,

not go into the office as often.

You know, I'm doing this by Zoom.

You know, it used to be I'dhave to go down to a studio,

and I look forward to the days

I can come in the studio and see you guys.

(John and Jenna laugh)- But, you know,

yeah, everything has changed.

- Yeah.- We look forward to it

as well, Stephen.

You know, even though we've seen

the disappointing jobs picture,at the same time though,

unemployment dropped to 5.2%.

This is a pandemic low.

What do you attribute this to, Steve?

- Well, look, I think thatthe most important thing

that's happened this year by far

is not what Joe Biden has done.

I think it's obviously the vaccine,

and I encourage people to get vaccinated.

The studies show very clearly,you're 100 times more likely

to be harmed by the virusthan from the vaccine.

So people over the age of 30

should definitely get vaccinated,

although people shouldmake their own decision.

But guess what?

That vaccine came aboutbecause of Donald Trump

and Operation Warp Speed,an amazing program.

And incidentally, inabout two or three weeks,

the Nobel Prize winner

is gonna name the NobelPeace Prize winner,

and I believe that shouldgo to Donald Trump.

Trump has saved millions of lives

across the world with this vaccine

that a lot of peoplethought was impossible.

And I think we're goingto get this Delta variant

under control, and that spells,

I think, a good rest of the year for jobs.

- All right, StephenMoore with FreedomWorks.

Great to see you.

Thank you, Steve.

Have a great Labor Day weekend.

- Okay.

See you guys. Take care.

- Meanwhile, people in the Northeast

are hoping to get some relief

after the flooding caused by Ida.

And tonight, we know of at least 49 deaths

caused by the storm.

- While Southern statesare picking up the pieces

from the hurricane, disaster relief groups

like CBN's Operation Blessing are on site

leading humanitarian efforts.

CBN's Brody Carter isfollowing late developments

with the president'strip to Louisiana today.

Brody.

- Well, John and Jenna,

the president touring LaPlace, Louisiana,

one of the hardest areashit by Hurricane Ida.

While meeting with local leaders there,

Biden not missing a beat,using the deadly hurricane

to push us $1.2 trillioninfrastructure bill.

- It seems to me we cansave a whole lot of money

and a whole lot of pain,pain for our constituents,

if we build back, we buildit back in in a better way.

And it will create,

and I realize I'm sellingas I'm talking too,

but it'll create reallysignificant, good paying jobs,

not $15 an hour jobs, butjobs with prevailing wage

and it generates economic growth.

- [Brody] Air Force One

landed in New Orleans this afternoon.

The president then surveyed the damage

of the Category 4 hurricane,

saying it makes a huge difference

to be on the ground andsee the damage firsthand.

Right there, you cansee them shaking hands

with Louisiana Governor John Edwards.

Now here's the specs of the storm.

100 mile an hour winds pommeling LaPlace,

just west of New Orleans,

where 12 people there were hospitalized,

including seven children.

More than 800,000 people stillin the dark in that state.

Homes and businesses remainsubmerged in floodwaters.

Others completely demolished.

Now the area suffering upwards

of tens of billions of dollars in damage.

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The raw power of floodwaters seen here

as this basement wall caves in

from the sheer weight of the water.

Ida's aftermath stillblankets the Northeast.

Flood warnings remainafter record rainfall left

all five boroughs of New York under water.

Many parts of Pennsylvania

and New Jersey also unrecognizable

after seven tornadoes ravaged homes there.

Looking southward, eyes inthe sky show lines of people

waiting hours for gas to run generators

for their darkened homes.

As desperation grows forwater, electricity, and fuel,

CBN's Operation Blessing is on the ground

helping the helpless,with special attention

given to the elderly, poor,and widowed during this time.

They've set up operationsin Houma, Louisiana,

bringing in truckloads of water

and these emergency HomeDepot flood buckets.

Now they need volunteers

to help with the mountingwork orders to repair damage,

and it's keeping hope alive.

- We're ready.

We can coordinate dayvolunteers right now,

and there's a lot ofinformation on the website

for www.ob.org.

God is there.

You know, my heart isencouraged and my faith grows.

And it's a positive experience.

It changes you inside,

which is always in the right direction.

- Operation Blessing plans tostay in Houma up to four weeks

before assessing thesituation further north

and sending yet anotherteam to tackle fallout

from the remnants of Ida.

John and Jenna, back to you.

- Important and much needed work.

Thanks, Brody.

Well, by now, you should know these folks.

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Health officials areurging the White House

to delay a planned rollout ofthe COVID-19 booster vaccine.

That puts on hold the White House plan

to start offering booster shots

for the Moderna and J&J vaccines,

though the process for the approval

of a Pfizer booster remains on track.

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- To the battle over abortion.

Amid a firestorm over theheartbeat law in Texas,

today, the president affirmedhis support for abortion.

- The most perniciousthing about the Texas law,

it sort of creates a vigilante system.

It's almost un-Americanwhat we're talking about.

Not the debate about...

I respect people who think,who don't support Roe v. Wade.

I respect their views.

I respect those who believe life begins

at the moment of conception and all.

I respect that.

Don't agree, but I respect that.

Not gonna impose that on people.

- Now President Biden isasking the Justice Department

to explore ways Texas womencan work around the state law.

The law bans abortionin the Lone Star State

six weeks into a pregnancy.

And joining us now for our"Faith Nation" political panel,

Julia Manchester, politicalreporter with The Hill,

and CBN's Chief PoliticalAnalyst David Brody.

Let's start right there with abortion.

Julia, it was the only topic

the president took a questionon today at the White House.

It's pretty clear, this issomething he wants to talk about.

- Absolutely.

I think this is something

a lot of Democrats want to talk about.

And while the ruling earlier this week,

or the Supreme Court's movenot to block that Texas law

was clearly a victoryfor the pro-life movement

here in the United States, Ithink it hands the Democrats

and liberal voters quitea bit of enthusiasm

ahead of the 2021 and 2022 midterms.

You've actually seen that theWomen's March announced today

that they are holding a nationwide rally

in a number of citiesto help recruit people

to run for office, tomobilize their voters.

You're seeing Democrats like Joe Biden

and Terry McAuliffe runningfor governor in Virginia

really seize upon this issue.

So the question is, howdo Republicans respond?

And while the pro-life Republicans

have been very vocal about this,

this is obviously important to them,

you're seeing a lot of the establishment,

whether it's party committees,candidates running,

staying silent on this andtrying to avoid questions

because they know this isincredibly controversial.

Look, the majority of polling shows

that late term abortion is notvery popular across the board

in the United States.

However, this is the firstsix weeks of pregnancy.

This is where abortion tends to be,

where voters tend toagree more with abortion

if it's needed at thispoint in the pregnancy.

- David, along those lines,

President Biden describedthe Texas law as un-American,

or almost un-American, addingthat the Justice Department

will be reviewing optionsto try to stop it.

David, the dividing the linesare pretty well-defined.

But if this really is a debate,

as the president says it should be,

what do you think heshould be doing to engage

and support that discussion?

Or do you think Americansand certainly politicians

even really want to debate?

- Oh, they want to debate it.

And Julia is right.

This is gonna be a politicalfirestorm leading up to 2022.

But un-American and a vigilante system?

Let's be clear aboutwhat the law does, okay.

This is not about the governmentgoing and rounding up women

as it relates to the heartbeat of a baby

and that you're inviolation and, therefore,

we're going to put you in jail.

It's not that.

I mean, do we understandwhat the law does?

It allows people tosue abortion providers.

So this is not about thegovernment rounding people up

because they want to have an abortion

within six weeks or eight weeks.

That's not what this law does.

So can we have some truth?

And the other part of this is,

is everybody talks aboutit being controversial.

Well, here's what's notcontroversial, the science.

And the liberals always love to talk about

follow the science.

Well, you know what?

Come on, let's play that game.

Let's follow the science.

I mean, the science is very clear

as it relates to ultrasoundsand the heartbeat

and we can go through thelist and it goes on and on

about what happens toan embryo in the womb

and the fetus in the womb.

So look, this is gonna be used

for political purposes on both sides,

but this idea that Joe Bidenis itching to talk about it

because what he doesn't wantto talk about is Afghanistan

and a lot of other thingsgoing on right now.

- Yeah.

This bill also, it allowsreally anyone to sue anyone

who helps a woman get an abortion,

so the person driving a woman to a clinic.

On another topic, a newWashington Post/ABC News poll

shows wide support forPresident Biden's decision

to end the war in Afghanistan.

That same poll though findsa majority of Americans,

by a margin of two to one, disapprove

of how he handled the US military exit.

Julia, how costly are numbers like this?

- You know, at this pointin Joe Biden's presidency,

I would say it's relatively costly.

That being said, we don'tknow what's going to happen

between now and the midterms.

I think the midterms willreally be the big test for that.

It's unclear as to how much Republicans

are going to message onAfghanistan ahead of the midterms.

You know, sources I've beenspeaking to last week have said,

"Yes, in this moment,

we are absolutely going onthe offensive on Afghanistan.

It's an easy issue for us.

The images coming out ofAfghanistan are there.

It's easy to pin this on Biden."

That being said, though, number one,

we don't know what's going tohappen before the midterms.

And number two, Republicans are telling me

they're more apt to focus on issues

that are going to impactAmericans on a day to day basis,

so that's the economy, crime, and also,

in some portions of the country,

what's happening at the border.

So right now, it's going to be damaging

to the president's image,

but we don't know what'sgoing to happen next year.

- All right, we're gonnahave to leave it there.

We are plum out of time.

Julia, David, thank you so much

and have a great long weekend.

- Thank you, you too.- You too.

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New research from Prudentialrevealed that 48% of workers

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- And joining us now is Pastor Tim Yee,

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Pastor, welcome.

Great to have you with us thisevening on "Faith Nation."

So let's talk about why this Bible study

is so relevant right now.

Why do you think the pandemic

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Pastor, we had a little bitof a technical issue there,

so it's so good to haveyou with us this evening.

Let's talk about your Bible study

and why it is so relevant right now.

You know, before we went to break,

I was asking you why isit so important right now

and why are so many peoplerethinking their career paths

in this pandemic?

- I think people are focusing on

what is most important in life,

you know, whether it's lookingat the world in turmoil,

their personal life's in turmoil.

What is most important,how should I spend my time

is really what people arethinking about and praying about,

and we want to help with that.

- Pastor, those numbers thatJenna mentioned earlier,

were you able to gaugehow much career moves

affected the jobs picture for employers?

Early on, we kept hearingpeople wouldn't return to work.

I wonder how much of what you found

was really an opportunity for some people

not only to rethink theircareers in the pandemic,

but to actually act on it.

- I think a lot of people did.

I don't have the numbersright in front of me.

But we do know this, for Christians,

for those who find highsatisfaction in their work,

they are twice as likelyto find high satisfaction

in their lives.

And so there's a direct connection

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how He's made me.

I want to live into thatmore so I can bless others

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on this earth to serve.

- Yeah, there's a lot ofpurpose in labor and in working.

True Motivate is apersonality assessment tool

designed to help peoplediscover their calling.

There are a lot of otherpersonality tools out there,

you know, tests likeMyers-Briggs, Enneagram.

What makes this one different?

- Well, those are allwonderful assessments.

I use them myself.

But what I found so uniqueabout True Motivate,

it gets to the why.

Why do I do what I do?

And it's a great compliment,actually, to other assessments,

but this is really special

to get at the heart of your stories

and how God has wired you.

And when you discover that,you find your sweet spot,

you find where you're in the zone,

you find what makes you come alive.

And if you can align yourwork, whether paid or unpaid,

more around the things that make you alive

and that you're good at,

you're gonna be helping more people

and you're gonna be morepersonally satisfied.

That's longer work longevity.

It's more personal satisfaction.

It touches on a lot of aspects of life

and we think we can help a ton with that.

- Pastor Yee, in the less thana minute that we have left,

this Bible study, I know,helps Christians discern

both their professional callingand their ministry calling.

Is this geared towards adults

in the midst of a career change,

or is it helpful for studentsand retirees as well?

And how would you encourage those

considering a career change right now?

- Wow, that's a great question.

I'll tell you this.

I've used it with 15-year-olds

and I've used it with 85-year-olds.

It works for everybody.

Because guess what?

Everyone's made in the image of God

and God's got a wonderful plan for people.

We just need to yield toHim and listen to His voice

and this is gonna help people discern

how God has shaped them.

I would recommend peopleget the curriculum.

It's a six-week expense.

You can do it with a group or by yourself

- All right.- And with that,

you get the True Motivate assessment.

There you go.

- Unfortunately, we are out of time.

Thank you so much forbeing with us tonight.

- Thanks for having me.- Have a great evening.

- Appreciate it.

- And that wraps us up for this evening.

We hope to see you again next week.

- Have a great weekend.

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