- Welcome to "CBN Newswatch"

for this Tuesday, September 21st.

I'm Mark Martin.

Coming up, PresidentBiden addresses the UN

for the first time.

We'll bring you the latest.

Plus,

the battlefield of the future is here

with the use of drones.

- I think they're a weapon of tomorrow.

I mean, you have to think about drones

transforming warfare the way tanks did.

We have to think of themas a total game-changer.

- [Mark] Find out howit's a total game-changer.

And it's an epidemic of exhaustion.

Many Americans are sufferingfrom excessive sleepiness.

- Two o'clock in the afternoon,

all of a sudden, kinda allsystems to go on pause.

You don't feel like working anymore.

You don't feel like doinganything with the kids anymore.

- [Mark] Find out what'szapping our energy.

All this and more next.

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- President Biden spoke for the first time

at the UN General Assembly today,

addressing a number of topics,

including climate change, global threats,

Afghanistan, human rights, and COVID.

The president calledthis a decisive decade.

- We've lost so much inthis devastating pandemic

that continues to claimlives around the world

and impacts so much on our existence.

As a global community,

we're challenged byurgent and looming crises,

wherein lie enormous opportunities

if, if we can summon the will

and resolve to seize these opportunities.

We stand, in my view, at aninflection point in history.

And I'm here today to share with you

how the United States intends to work

with partners and alliesto answer these questions

and the commitment ofmy new administration

to help lead the worldtoward a more peaceful,

prosperous future.

- Get more on Biden's speechand the latest on the first day

of the UN General Assemblytonight on "Faith Nation."

It's at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Fallout continues to spread

after the Pentagon's shocking admission

that the drone strike inKabul hit an aid worker

and his family, not an ISIS-K member.

This as the surviving family members

and friends say an apology is not enough.

CBN National Security CorrespondentCaitlin Burke has more.

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- That deadly mistakesparking a Pentagon review

of the CENTCOM investigationinto the strike,

plus renewing the debate

about using over-the-horizon capabilities

as a counterterrorism strategy.

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- This strike was takenin the earnest belief

that it would prevent animminent threat to our forces

and the evacuees at the airport.

But it was a mistake and Ioffer my sincere apology.

- [Caitlin] Instead of takingout terrorists, however,

the US Hellfire missile killed 10 members

of the Ahmadi family,including Emal Ahmadi's

three-year-old daughter, Malika.

- I want to for the USA,that according to the law

of the USA, that theyshould punish the persons

that targeted innocent children

and innocent person at my home.

- [Caitlin] The driverof the targeted vehicle

was Zemarai Ahmadi, a longtime aid worker

with a US-based group.

Rather than carrying explosives,it's believed his car

was full of water bottles for his family.

Waheedullah Zaheer, a formerco-worker of Ahmadi's,

tells CBN News hiscolleague was passionate

about humanitarian work.

- He was working with Nutrition

and Education International

and he was just providing service

to the teenager boys and women

to end malnutrition.

- [Caitlin] For daysafter the drone strike,

the Pentagon insisted ithad hit its intended target.

- At this point, we think

that the procedureswere correctly followed

and it was a righteous strike.

- [Caitlin] And PresidentBiden used the strike

as an example of a new over-the-horizon

counterterrorism strategy.

- We can strike terrorists and targets

without American boots on theground, or very few if needed.

We've shown that capacityjust in the last week.

We struck ISIS-K remotely,

days after they murdered13 of our service members

and dozens of innocent Afghans.

- [Caitlin] The "New YorkTimes" first raised concerns

that civilians had beenkilled in the strike,

not terrorists.

Zaheer says he knew as soon ashe saw Ahmadi had been killed

that the US had made a mistake.

- Looking to his background, his attitude,

his social attitude with the community

and he was so humble,

and yes, I thought he's innocent.

- [Caitlin] On Friday, Secretaryof Defense Lloyd Austin

officially cleared Mr. Ahmadi's name,

saying he had no connections to ISIS-K

and that his activitieswere completely harmless.

Austin has ordered areview of the investigation

into the drone strike, sayingin a written statement,

that the purpose is to,quote, "consider the degree

to which the investigationconsidered all available context

and information, the degree towhich accountability measures

need be taken and at whatlevel, and the degree

to which strike authorities, procedures,

and processes need to bealtered in the future."

Caitlin Burke, CBN News.

- In other news, Johnson& Johnson announced today

that a second dose of its vaccine

two months after the first shot

increases protection against COVID-19.

Researchers report thatnew clinical trials

on 32,000 volunteers showed a second shot

increased the level ofantibodies in the blood

four times as high as the levelproduced by the first shot.

And the drugmaker said twoshots showed 100% effectiveness

against severe disease, althoughit admitted that estimate

could vary widely.

- For all those that need thatextra degree of protection,

it might make sense.

Ultimately, it's not up to the company.

The CDC and others will ultimately decide

on how best that vaccine is used.

- The Supreme Court willhear arguments December 1st

in Mississippi's bid tooverturn Roe versus Wade,

the 1973 decision thatlegalized abortion nationwide.

Mississippi is asking the high court

to uphold its ban on most abortions

after the 15th week of pregnancyand it has told the court

it should overturn Roe.

Monday, the Bidenadministration asked the court

to uphold Roe and strikedown the Mississippi law.

Texas doctor Alan Braid isbeing sued by ex-attorneys

after performing anabortion which violates

the state's new pro-lifeheartbeat abortion law.

The new law took effect on September 1st

and bans abortions once afetal heartbeat is detected,

around the six-week mark of a pregnancy.

One of the plaintiffs says heis not opposed to abortion,

while the other is asking

that the state's new abortion restrictions

be ruled unconstitutional.

Pro-life group Texas Rightto Life said in a statement

that "neither of theselawsuits are valid attempts

to save innocent human lives.

Both cases are self-serving legal stunts,

abusing the cause of action created

in the Texas Heartbeat Actfor their own purposes."

Dr. Braid told "The Washington Post"

he performed the abortionbecause he was motivated

by a duty of care.

We want to give you a quick look now

at a few other stories makingheadlines at this hour.

Severe storms hit ChippewaCounty, Wisconsin last night,

leaving major damage.

This barn has parts ripped off.

Trees and lots of debrisare littering the road.

Emergency officials are standing by

to help residents affected.

Franklin Graham launchesthe God Love You tour

preaching a message of hope.

The tour started Sunday

along the historic Route 66 highway.

It will cover eight cities in 14 days

preaching the Gospelmessage of God's love.

Monday night, Jews around the world

begin the week-long Sukkoth festival.

They build a temporary dwelling

outside their homes during the holiday.

They gather there for meals,to spend time with friends,

and sometimes to sleep.

Sukkoth is also known asthe Feast of Tabernacles.

Get more on this story at CBNNews.com.

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Coming up, how high-techdrones are changing the face

of modern day warfare.

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Military drones are changing the face

of modern warfare inconflicts around the world.

As Chris Mitchell reports,

the battlefield of thefuture is here today.

- [Chris] After 9/11, theUS military made the drone,

or unmanned aerial vehicle, a major part

of the international war on terror.

Fast forward less than two decades

and its use is spreading.

In September 2019, aswarm of Iranian drones

attacked Saudi Arabia'slargest oil refinery facility

with devastating results.

Last year in the war betweenAzerbaijan and Armenia,

Azerbaijan's use of dronestipped the balance of power

and helped them win the war.

This is all part of thenew face of modern warfare.

Military drones are now amulti-billion dollar industry.

In 2021, the Pentagon budgeted

more than $7 billion to drones,

and by 2027, the globalmarket is expected to explode

to more than $55 billion.

Seth Frantzman, author of "Drone Wars,"

says this technology, weddedwith artificial intelligence,

represents a revolution.

- I think they're a weapon of tomorrow.

I mean, you have to think about drones

transforming warfare the way tanks did

in the Second World War, theway, let's say, airplanes did,

or even ironclad ships.

We have to think of themas a total game-changer

in terms of how countriesand even terror groups

or drug warlords are able to wage war.

- [Chris] It's estimated that as many

as 30,000 military drones are in service

and they come in all sizes.

- Drones can be anywherefrom the size of your thumb

to the size of a big airplanelike a 747 or something,

if you want to build them that large.

And I think what we're seeing these days,

especially with Iran interms of its threats,

is they claim 1,000 or2,000-kilometer ranges of drones,

and those are drones thatusually are what's called

a kamikaze drone, whichmeans a drone goes one way,

it doesn't come back, itjust runs into the target.

- [Chris] That's what Iran recently used

in an attack against a ship

run by an Israeli companyoff the coast of Oman.

While the US and Israel

were among those first out of this gate,

the race is now on to see who will become

the world's drone superpower.

- I think if the UnitedStates or Western countries

don't work really hard to catch up,

I think that China willbe the next superpower

because China has the industrial capacity

and the willingness to innovate

and use new systems to, I think,

roll hundreds of thousandsof these things off the line.

And I think they also areselling them all over the world

so I think we'll see alot more Chinese drones

just like we see a lotof Chinese everything.

- [Chris] The stunningSaudi attack two years ago

showed how lethal drones can be.

- Shows us exactly whatcan be done with drones

even against an advancedpower like Saudi Arabia

that has ostensibly hasWestern air defenses.

And the drones were ableto come in quite low

and I think avoid radars and were able

to carry out pinpoint attacks.

- [Chris] As IsraeliDefense Minister Benny Gantz

revealed recently, an Iranianbase with hundreds of drones

represents one of thelatest threats to Israel

and the Middle East.

- What it tells us is Iran'snot just exporting the drones

and the blueprints.

It's bringing people into Iran,

training them, and then setting them back.

And I think that's a bigimplication for the region

because it means you havevery skilled operators

who can use drones to targetships or energy facilities

or whatever they want.

- Frantzman says now nations are racing

to develop the lasers, microwaveweapons, and technology

in order to defend againstthis drone revolution,

and victory in the next major conflict

could well depend onwho wins the drone wars.

Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.

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- [Mark] Still ahead, here at home,

it's an energy crisisaffecting not our power grid,

but our population.

We're gonna tell you aboutthis epidemic of exhaustion

right after this.

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- An epidemic of exhaustion.

That's what millions ofAmericans are facing,

even millennials.

So what's the sourceof this energy crisis?

Something deep inside.

Medical Reporter Lorie Johnson explains.

- [Lorie] Americans aredealing with a new kind

of energy crisis.

- Fatigue and tiredness now isan epidemic in this country.

Well over 50% of people actually complain

of chronic tiredness, andthat includes millennials.

And that's certainly not ourexperience in years past.

- [Lorie] What's changed?

According to Dr. Steven Gundry,

author of "The Energy Paradox:

What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-GoHas Got Up and Gone,"

it's all about looking inside ourselves.

More people have an unhealthygut today than in the past,

and that's the primarycause of our energy crisis.

Two o'clock in the afternoon,

all of a sudden, allsystems seem to go on pause.

You don't feel like working anymore

or you don't feel like doinganything with the kids anymore

and you just want to lay downor reach for an energy bar,

get another pick-me-up, a cup of coffee.

- [Lorie] Dr. Gundrysays this zaps our energy

because of holes thatdevelop in the gut lining.

- If you're tired andfatigued, you got leaky gut.

- [Lorie] And that leakingcauses inflammation,

which can drain huge amountsof our precious energy.

- Inflammation is actuallyour white blood cells,

our immune system, ourfoot soldiers, if you will,

attacking threats thatactually come into our body

primarily through the lining of our gut.

- The good news is wecan repair a leaky gut

and reverse other gut issues

by consuming lots of differenttypes of good bacteria

called probiotics, thenfeeding those good bacteria

lots of fiber-richfoods called prebiotics,

causing the bacteriato thrive and multiply.

These probiotics can befound in supplements,

foods like yogurt and kimchee,and drinks like kombucha.

Then, it's important totake so-called prebiotics,

found in supplements orfoods like fresh vegetables.

These literally feed the good bacteria,

helping it reproduce.

- They actually communicate

to the energy-producing organelles

in all our cells called the mitochondria

to make more energy.

So probiotics that youmanufacture by eating prebiotics

literally turbocharges your energy.

- [Lorie] And it's also important

to stay away from foodsthat deplete energy.

That includes the usual suspects

of too much sugar and processed foods,

which can also damage the gut.

Gundry further recommendsresisting the temptation

to overmedicate.

- Please, please, please tryto avoid taking antibiotics

for simple things like runnynoses or scratchy throats.

Try to avoid eating animalsthat have been raised

with antibiotics from factory farms.

It turns out antibiotics killoff most of the good bugs

in our intestines and actuallyprotect us from leaky gut.

- [Lorie] And don't take certain heartburn

and acid indigestion medicineslonger than two weeks.

- We now know that these actually stop

the energy-producingorganelles, the mitochondria,

from working because they interrupt

how mitochondria produce energy,

which is called proton pumping.

- [Lorie] Dr. Gundry sayspeople suffering from low energy

usually need more Vitamin D.

He recommends a 5,000 IU daily supplement

and going outside.

- We actually produce ATPenergy from sunlight exposure.

- [Lorie] Lastly, in order tofeel energetic during the day,

we need a good night's sleep.

However, blue light comingfrom our electronics

can keep us from falling asleep.

Dr. Gundry recommends turningthem off hours before bedtime

or wearing blue light blocking glasses.

Lorie Johnson, CBN News.

- [Mark] You can catch "HealthyLiving" with Lorie Johnson.

It's tonight at 8:30 onthe CBN News Channel,

or you can find it on the CBN News app.

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Technology, as we mentionedearlier in the newscast,

is changing lots of things from warfare

and, in this next story,to something more positive.

YouVersion app is working toprovide Bible translations

in every language and hasa goal of doing it by 2033.

Our Charlene Aaron and Wendy Griffith

talked with YouVersion's Brian Russell

about this huge goal for takingthe Gospel to the nations.

- YouVersion, first of all,

has helped millions of peopleconnect with scripture.

Why is it important to now get involved

in helping expand the Word of God

into even more languages?

- Yeah, you know, it'sbeen amazing and humbling

to be a part of helpingto distribute the Bible

and also to build featuresand provide a platform

that helps people engagewith scripture every day.

And we couldn't be moreexcited to now play a part

in helping get the Bible intoevery person's heart language

here in the next 12 years.

- What kind of impactdoes that have on people

when they get that translationin their native language?

I mean, I can't even imagine

not being able to readthe Bible in English.

What does that do to them?

- Yeah, for those of us who speak English,

we grow up always having the Bible

in the language that we grew up speaking,

in the language that wethink in and dream in,

and I think we can take it for granted,

and yet there's somethingreally special that happens

with someone's relationship with God

when the Bible is made available

in their heart languagefor the first time.

In fact, I'm remindedof a trip that I took

to Eastern Gabon a few years ago,

and I had the joy of being there

when the first portions of scripture

in the Obamba language were made available

for the people there.

And a precious woman, Priscillia, told me,

"You know, until now, wekind of thought of God

as the God of other people,but now that we hear scripture

in Obamba, we realize thatGod speaks our language

and He's our God too," andthat's something pretty special.

- That is really, really special

when you think of it that way.

That is powerful, Brian.- Yeah.

- What can you tell us aboutthis special partnership

with the Bible translation groups

to help translate the Word of God,

and what is YouVersion'srole specifically?

- Yeah, so we here at YouVersionactually aren't involved

in the translation of the Bible itself.

We leave that to theexperts in Greek and Hebrew

and those groups that have beendoing this for decades now.

But we realized that weactually could play a part

by bringing awareness andchampioning this great cause,

and so that is our desire,to bring awareness to a goal

that a coalition oftranslation groups has,

which is, as you mentioned,to see the entire Bible

available to 95% of theworld by the year 2033,

to see the New Testamentavailable to 99.96%

of the world's population in 12 years,

and then to see 100% of people have

at least some portion ofscripture in their language.

And just to give you an ideaof kinda where things stand,

currently, and these arerough numbers, but currently,

there are about 1,800 Bibletranslation projects happening.

So these languages are getting the Bible

into their language.

And there are still about 1,800 languages

that have yet to startthat represent languages

that have no portion ofscripture made available to them.

But we believe, through new technologies

and this great unityamong translation groups,

that we actually could seethis happen in our lifetime.

- [Mark] Wow. Great news there.

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