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- We will choose to build a better future.
- [John] The world watches.
- We are not seeking new cold war.
- [John] As president Bidenseeks to reassure US allies
in his maiden speechat the United Nations.
- [Joe] We have reaffirmedour sacred NATO Alliance.
- [John] After the catastrophicend of a 20 year war,
a crisis over immigrationand an ongoing pandemic.
Plus the first lawsuit
since Texas signed the country's
most restrictive abortion law.
And trillions more in spending.
Congress is set for a showdownover the nation's debt limit.
All this and more tonighton "Faith Nation."
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Crisis and opportunities,
President Biden lays outhis vision of the future
on the world stage.
Welcome to "FaithNation," I'm John Joseph.
- Good evening, I'm Jenna Browder.
America is back as a trusted partner.
That was part of his message
in his first address tothe United Nations today.
- His debut at the world body
comes at a time of instabilityat home and abroad,
including Afghanistan, migrantsat the Southern border,
flaring tensions with Franceand the ongoing pandemic.
CBN's Tara Mergener hastonight's top story.
Tara, the Biden administrationviewed this speech
as a huge opportunity for President Biden.
- That's true John,
world leaders gathered at the UN
for the first time in two years.
Despite mounting crisis facingthe Biden administration,
the president insisting America is back.
The UN Secretary Generalkicking off the meeting
with an ovenous message.
- We are on the edge of an abyss
and moving in the wrong direction.
- [Tara] Although Biden usedhis first major UN address
to reassure the world,American leadership is strong
while promising relentless diplomacy.
- We will lead not just throughthe example of our power,
but God willing with thepower of our example.
- [Tara] The president hopes
to repair relationships with allies
after high profile issues,
ranging from Afghanistan
and a US drone strikethat killed civilians,
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to out of control illegalcrossings at the US Mexico border,
to the COVID pandemic.
- To fight this pandemic weneed a collective act of science
and political will.
- [Tara] Critics charge,
Biden has been out ofsync with close allies,
including France,
angry it was left out of plans
to equip Australia withnuclear powered submarines.
During the speech, he didnot mention China by name,
but declared the US is notseeking a new cold war.
- United States is readyto work with any nation
that steps up and pursuepeaceful resolution.
- [Tara] He also wants immediateaction on climate change.
- Scientists and experts are telling us
that we're fast approachinga point of no return,
in a literal sense.
- [Tara] Some globalleaders remain skeptical
about America's promises,
calling the US, disloyal.
While some critics say thespeech was better than expected,
it's unclear if Biden's words
will win the world's confidence.
- And I don't thinkanything in the speech today
convinced them that theBiden administration
is any more prepared or capable
than they thought that they might be.
And if anything,
it might have raised morequestions about the United States.
- The Biden administrationalso announcing plans
to ease foreign travelrestrictions to the US
beginning in November.
The US has largely restricted travel
by non us citizens coming from Europe
since the start of the pandemic,
an issue that had becomea point of contention
in transatlantic relations.
John and Jenna.
- All right, thank you, Tara.
And here with us now,
we've got Sam Brownback,
former Ambassador-at-large
for International Religious Freedom.
Ambassador, welcome.
I'd like to start by justgetting your overall thoughts
on the president's speech today.
- Well, I'm afraid it wasa very provocative speech
in a bad way.
Provocative to our enemies China,
if we're saying we're gonnause relentless diplomacy
and not relentless war, isthat invite China to say,
"Well, let's talk aboutTaiwan a little bit."
Does it invite otherprovocative moves by Russia,
towards Ukraine and someof its near neighbors,
if they think the UnitedStates is not willing
to use its military might.
People know that we wanta diplomatic answer,
they know the world wantsa diplomatic answer,
but a lot of times that isdependent upon their fear
that the US will use military strength.
And it seems like president Biden
was taking that off the table today.
- Ambassador Brownback,
the president's speech seemedto hit all the right marks,
even the heritage analystand terrorist speech,
kind of suggested that along those lines.
He said all the right words.
The question that's astutely being raised
is whether there's a disconnect
between what the president has said
and the actions that theUnited States is backing up.
- Well, that's my point with it.
I mean, you can say we'regonna use relentless diplomacy,
and I think that's a fabulous line.
And we all are gonna userelentless diplomacy.
But when you pull out of Afghanistan,
when all your allieswant you to stay there
in a way that's not a militaryaction of an ongoing basis,
but it's more just a continuation
of trying to keep the place stable,
and you pull out of it,
then all your allies are saying,
"Well, you guys, aren't gonna be here
"to do the hard work that it often takes
"to long-term keep a placein a stable situation."
And I'm afraid,
that's what the message that comes through
in those speeches
is that the UnitedStates is gonna pull back
from some of those placesthat you have to be on ground,
and in a tough way often,
like in Afghanistan
to maintain the peace.
You've gotta maintainthat role of the military
to make your diplomacy work many times.
- The president said today that
"we are not seeking a new cold war,"
in reference to the USrelations with China.
Ambassador, if you have to say it,
does that suggest we're already there,
or at least that it's a likely...
Conflict, is a likely possibility?
- Well, I think we're already in it,
and I think most of theworld already sees it,
and they're already tryingto make the calculation,
which team they wanna be on,
or how do we play the middle of this game?
And I think it's fine to say
that we don't want a cold war
because we don't want a cold war,
but China's already at war with us,
they're already coming at us,
and so it's the sort ofthing you can't avoid.
I think it's fine what he said,
but I think the reality of itis just a different situation
in the world today.
And that we would be betterin preparing our allies
and people on our side
to say that we recognize
that there are those that choose
to go with an aggressive stance
and we will confront themin their aggressiveness.
We're not going to stand by and take it
and just talk about it.
We will address it andwe will confront it.
- Ambassador Brownback.
In the few seconds we have left,
many may ask would this annual tradition
with the UN General Assembly,
how capable is United Nationsin solving all these crises?
- Oh I think they've got a role to play,
but I don't think they solve the crises.
I think they've got a role to play
of coordination and of communication,
and I think that's anincredibly important role,
but the solving of it's gonna be done
by the Nations States,
and is particularly gonnabe led by the United States
or it's not gonna get done.
- All right, we'll have to leave it there.
Ambassador Sam Brownback, wealways appreciate your time.
- My pleasure.
Take care, God bless.
- Thank you.
Well meanwhile the battle over abortion
is getting even hotter in Texas.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott
now signing a law,
banning the use ofabortion inducing drugs,
seven weeks into a pregnancy.
That reporting from theDallas Morning News,
the new Texas law comes
after a Justice Department investigation
to another major law passed this month,
banning all abortions aftersix weeks of pregnancy.
Since then one doctor writingin a "Washington Post" op-ed
says he performed an abortionin violation of the state law.
Now that doctor faces two lawsuits,
the first known challenges under the law.
- And joining us now with more Lila Rose
with the pro advocacy
and human rights group, Live Action.
Lila, thank you for comingback to "Faith Nation."
Let's just start off with these lawsuits,
do they expose a weakness inthe enforceability of the law
or do they pose a challengeto the law itself,
if as written anyone can follow claim
as these two claimants?
- Well, this was the enforcement mechanism
that Texas chose for their Heartbeat Law
because unfortunatelyif you choose the state
to take responsibility,
as I think the state can
and must long-term forprotecting pre-born children,
they would have gotten likely blocked
by pro-abortion judges.
And so having private citizens
be the ones to bring civilsuits against abortionists,
and those that are pressuring
and coercing women to have abortions,
it was an enforcement mechanism
that thankfully has been allowed to stand
in the State of Texas,
and because of that,
the law has been in effectfor over two weeks now,
saving over a hundred children,
a hundred pre-born lives every single day.
- Well, Lila, does it represent a flaw
in how it was written?
And if so, what's the remedy
to avoid the same scenario
for the dozen or so states that have said,
they're looking at Texas as a template
or as a model for their own.
- I don't know that it represents a flaw.
I mean, the fact thatthere will be civil suits
taken against say this abortionist,
who's very publicly bragging
about killing a baby with a beating heart
in "The Washington Post."
I think that's exactly whatthe law is designed to do.
Now it's up to individual citizens
to say this is wrong andwe're gonna sue you for that.
So I think that the mechanism
is actually playing outthe way it was designed to.
The challenge is of course,
that long-term states have an interest
and this is what Mississippi,
their Attorney General Lynn Fitch
will be arguing on December 1st,
before the Supreme Court in DC.
The states have a right
to protect an interest in prenatal life,
and they have an interestin women's health
and they have a right topass abortion restrictions.
In fact, they have a right to,
I think, abolish abortion entirely
to protect the basic rightto live of preborn children.
So I think that's the long-term plan here
is to ensure that statescan practice that protection
as they do for any other born children,
to make sure that they'reprotected under the law.
But the problem of course,
is the case law on thisat the federal level.
Since Roe V. Wade,
there's been terrible decisionsfrom the Supreme Court
that have ignored the rightsof the child in the womb,
and we hope that that will change
with the Mississippi case inDobbs V Jackson next year.
- Lila, is there any concern
that all of this talk of abortion lately,
these laws in Texas,
that it could actually backfireon the pro-life movement?
- Well, I mean, certainlythere is a war being waged,
not just in a court oflaw at the Supreme Court,
but in the court of public opinion.
And the pro-abortion side is absolutely
trying every single angle
to say there's no such thing
as a embryonic heartbeat,
it's not a real heartbeat,it's not a real child,
this is vigilantism in the State of Texas,
Texas is so backwards.
I mean, clearly thepro-abortion side has riled up,
spending millions of dollars
to try win minds to the abortion side.
The reality is though,according to Rasmussen,
46% of Americans support Texas' law,
to only 43% of Americans whooppose Texas' Heartbeat Law.
So more American supportwhat Texas is doing
to protect pre-bornchildren than oppose it.
And we really have to look at that,
that's because manyAmericans are pro-life,
most Americans want abortion restrictions.
So despite the outrage in media,
from journalists, from celebrities,
from tech companies and corporate America,
many Americans are actually in agreement
with what Texas is doing.
- All right, Lila Rose with Live Action,
it's great to see you,
we'll leave it there for this evening.
Thank you, Lila.
- Thanks Lila.- Thanks so much.
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- [John] Coming up the US ontrack to running out of money
to pay its bills?
How that's teeing up aCongressional showdown
over spending in Washington.
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- Well, welcome back.
A showdown is in the works
as the federal governmentnears its cap on spending,
as soon as next month,
nine days from a government shutdown
and a potential debtdefault in mid-October,
Democrats are scrambling,
moving to tie a short-termgovernment spending bill together
with a longterm debt ceiling suspension.
Meanwhile, they're also crafting
a three and $31/2 trillion
Tax and Spending Reconciliation Bill
in a bid to attach it tothe already agreed upon
bipartisan infrastructure plan
passed in the Senate.
Senate Republicans havevowed to vote against
the debt ceiling.
- And joining us now,
Julia Manchester politicalreporter with "The Hill,"
Julia, welcome.
The Democrats, are theymaking a mistake here
by trying to forceRepublicans hands on spending?
Or do you see these plans
to tie a lot of thistogether actually working?
- I think Democrats havea lot going on right now
and they have a lot on their plate,
and I think this month to get this done
really at the end ofSeptember is a lot for them.
And you're seeing Democrats really
try to walk a lot of fine lines,
with this 3.5 trillionspending bill, for example.
The party does not appear to be unified,
and you're seeing actuallya lot of moderate Democrats
saying, look, "I don'twant to support something
"that is that big,"
or they want some changes to be made.
You're also seeing a lot ofprogressive organizations,
progressive groups protesting,
and starting to call a lot ofthese moderate Democrats out.
In fact, some protesters were outside
of New Jersey CongressmanJosh Gottheimer's house
yesterday in New Jersey,
trying to get him to support the bill.
So I don't think they'recompletely unified on this yet,
but they have the September 27th deadline,
so they can make changes
and continue to mark the legislation up,
but it's a tough road ahead.
- Julia I wanna ask you
about one of your latest piecesof reporting for "The Hill,"
it's called The GOP Ramping Up Pressure
on Vulnerable Democrats to Vote Against
the Multi-trillion DollarReconciliation Bill.
Julie, do you think that pressure
is gonna move the dial for Democrats?
- I don't know if it's necessarilygoing to move the dial.
Talking to Democratic lawmakers
and Democratic strategistsin response to the story.
They said, look,
"We're going to wait and see
"what happens with this bill'
and that they weren't beholdento Republican interests.
Though I do think what this shows
when you have all theseconservative groups and committees
starting to gang up on Democrats,
as Conservatives and Republicans
are really trying to make this issue
of The reconciliation Bill
and government spending,
when we are seeing inflation going up
and a labor shortage at the same time,
they're trying to makethis a campaign issue
ahead of the midterms.
So, this is what they're trying to push,
and they're trying to go onthe record with these ads
and try to get these lawmakers
to go on the record with these votes,
so they can say,
look so-and-so or,
particularly a vulnerable,moderate Democrat.
They can say so-and-so votedin favor of $3.5 trillion
spending package,
they voted along with Nancy Pelosi.
So it's a way to try to,
I think, get some content for,
whether it's advertisements
or just ammunition reallyahead of the midterms.
- Julia, in a new Iowa pollfrom "The Des Moines Register"
62% of Iowans,
disapprove of how Joe Bidenis doing as president,
Iowa of course the longtimebellwether of elections.
Does that bode well for Democrats?
- I think it is a warning sign
because there are some major races in Iowa
ahead of the midterms,
where you're going to see Republicans
trying to tie their Democratic opponents
to President Biden.
There's a number of house races,
the Senate race happening there.
Governor Kim Reynoldsis up for reelection.
So it'll be interesting to seehow Republicans approach this
going into the midterms,
but also in the presidential contest,
I think you're going to see,
whoever ends up running for president
on the Republican side,
really continue to bash Joe Biden
and see where they can use this poll.
- All right, JuliaManchester with "The Hill,"
we are out of time.
Thank you so much, Julia.
- Thank you.
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- [Jenna] And when we come back,
hard to see images,
the White House, respondingto border agents,
rounding up migrants on horse.
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crowded under a bridge in the small town
of Del Rio, Texas are boardingflights back to Haiti.
This after Homeland SecuritySecretary Alejandro Mayorkas
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to corral migrants.
Today Vice-President Kamala Harris,
called the images, horrible.
- Human beings shouldnever be treated that way
and I'm deeply troubled about it,
and I'll also be talking
to Secretary Mayorkas today about it.
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- And here's where this now Doris Meissner
director of the USImmigration Policy Program
at the Migration Policy Institute.
Doris welcome.
We just heard Vice President Harris there
responding after DHSinitially denied those images.
Doris the situation in DelRio clearly is overwhelming.
Still video of horses chargingpeople and young kids.
First of all, your thoughts on that,
and then following up.
As former commissioner
of the US ImmigrationNaturalization Service,
your perspective on how the White House
is dealing with this crisis.
- Well, those images ofcourse are terribly disturbing
and they are not at all typical
of what the BorderPatrol does in its work,
and they certainly should not be condoned.
So it's important thatthat be stopped immediately
and investigated as the secretaryhas said that it will be.
Broader circumstances inDel Rio are very difficult.
It's a small area, it'ssuddenly has mushroomed
into a major destination point
for large numbers of people quickly.
The infrastructure there
is not up to handling those numbers,
but at the same time,
the Department of Homeland Security
has moved very quickly toaddress the circumstances,
both at a humanitarian level,
just food and water and shelter
and sanitary facilities
and move migrants toother parts of the border
so that they can be processed,
as well as do deportations.
So the numbers that we're seeing now,
certainly are consistentwith what DHS has said
about reducing these numbersby the end of the week
and the real effect of itall that they're seeking,
which is for people to think twice
about coming to that location,
does seem to be setting in.
That's then...
Go ahead.
- Oh, I wanted to ask youabout Secretary Mayorkas
and this administration.
We keep hearing that the border is closed.
The secretary had a heated exchange today
with Senator Ron Johnson on Capitol Hill.
Why is that message not gettingacross to these migrants?
- Well, because the border is closed,
but it's also not closed.
It is closed, but at the sametime, there are exceptions.
There are exceptions becauseof what the law requires
and because of the vulnerabilityof some of the people.
And when I say vulnerability,
I mean young children and families
and sometimes unaccompanied minors.
So the exception oftrying to pursue a policy
that is humane,
but at the same time iscommitted to border control,
that's a very difficultpolicy to carry out
and that's of course what we'reseeing and what's happening.
And people hear selectively,
and they're also subjectto a lot of misinformation.
These are by and large,
the people coming to Del Rioare coming from south America,
they're not coming directly from Haiti.
They're Haitians that have been resettled
for almost a decade in,
generally Brazil and in Chile.
So they're getting more information
from the US that is incorrect.
- Doris, we are unfortunately out of time,
I'm sorry to cut you off.
Doris Meissner of theMigration Policy Institute,
thank you so much for your time.
And we'll be right back after the break.
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