A husband receives the worst possible news when his wife experiences COVID in her bloodstream. The prognosis is bleak. Plus, learn more about the sneak attack that kicked off the Six-Day War and the strike that saved a nation on today’s 700 Club.
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> TODAY A HUSBAND RECEIVES
THE WORST POSSIBLE NEWS.
YOUR WIFE IS CRITICAL
BECAUSE SHE'S GOT COVID IN HER
BLOODSTREAM.
HIS WIFE'S PROGNOSIS IS
BEYOND BLEAK.
THIS IS AS BAD AS IT GETS.
SEE HOW SHE MAKES A COMPLETE
RECOVERY.
IF THAT IS NOT A MIRACLE, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
> PLUS THE ATTACK THAT KICKED
OFF THE 6-DAY WAR.
THOSE BOMBERS WENT UP IF
GIANT FLAMES.
> AND THE STRIPE THAT SAVED A
NATION.
THE MISSION WAS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING.
Reporter: THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL AIR CAMPAIGN IN
MILITARY HISTORY.
ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
>
> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
A TRAGIC INDICTMENT OF OUR
COUNTRY.
THIS YEAR MORE CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN KILLED BY GUNS THAN POLICE
OFFICERS.
IN THE NATIONWIDE ADDRESS
LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN
CALLED ON CONGRESS TO PASS LAWS
BANNING ASSAULT RIFLES AND HIGH
CAPACITY MAGAZINES.
WHILE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT'S STAND, REPUBLICANS
SAY THAT RESTRICTING GUNS WON'T
STOP THE VIOLENCE.
CBN'S BRODIE CARTER EXPLAINS.
Reporter: THE GUN VIOLENCE
IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF
CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES.
LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN
ISSUED A CALL IF CONGRESS TO
PASS MORGAN LAWS.
BUT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
ARE DIVIDED OVER HOW TO STOP
THE CARNAGE.
IN THE LAST TWO DECADES,
MORE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN HAVE
DIED FROM GUNS THAN ON DOUBT
POLICE OFFICERS AND ACTIVE DUTY
MILITARY COMBINED -E THE U.S.
HAS SEEN MORE MASS SHOOTINGS
THAN THE NUMBER OF DAYS SO FAR
THIS YEAR.
GUN VIOLENCE IS BEING CALLED AN
EPIDEMIC.
THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT
WILL CONGRESS DO SOME THE HOUSE
ALREADY PASSED KEY MEASURES WE
NEED.
Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN
PRESENTED GOALS INCLUDING A BAN
ON ASSAULT RIFLES AND HIGH
CAPACITY MAGAZINES TO KEEP GUNS
OUT OF THE HANDS OF MENTALLY
DISTURBED PEOPLE.
THERE WERE THREE MASS SHOOTINGS
IN 17 DAYS, 10 IN BUFFALO, 4 IN
DULLES AND 21 IN TEXAS
INCLUDING 19 SCHOOL CHILDREN
WHEN THE GUNMAN ATTACKED AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IMAGINE BEING THAT BRAVE
LITTLE GIRL IN UVALDE WHO
SMEARED BLOOD OFF HER MURDERED
FRIEND'S BODY ON HER OWN FACE.
TO LIE STILL AMONG THE CORPSES
IN HER CLASSROOM AND PRETEND
SHE WAS DEAD IN ORDER TO STAY
ALIVE.
Reporter: HOUSE DEMOCRATS
LAUNCHED A BILL THURSDAY
PROTECTING OUR KIDS ACT.
IT WOULD RAISE AGE TO BOY
ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS TO 21,
RESTRICT HIGH CAPACITY
MAGAZINES, BAN GHOST GUNS AND
SEEK NEW PENALTIES FOR GUN
TRAFFICKING.
THIS BILL WILL NOT ALONE
SAVE EVERY LIFE WE WILL LOSE TO
GUN VIOLENCE THIS YEAR.
BUT IT WILL SAVE SOME.
IT MIGHT HAVE SAVED THOSE
CHILDREN IN UVALDE, AND WHOEVER
SAVES ONE LIFE IT IS AS IF HE
SAVED THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEGGING
FOR US TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS.
Reporter: SENATE REPUBLICANS
SAY SOLUTIONS GO BEYOND
LIMITING ACCESS TO GUNS.
ANYONE WITH ANY HEARTBEAT IS
HORRIFIED THAT 19 LITTLE BOYS
AND GIRLS WERE MURDERED, THAT
TWO TEACHERS WERE MURDERED AND
WHAT DOES JOE BIDEN AND THE
DEMOCRATS DO?
THEY DON'T COME BACK AND SAY
LET'S UNITE BEHIND LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO STOP CRIMINALS
TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
NO THEY IMMEDIATELY SAY THE
SOLUTION IS TO TAKE AWAY YOUR
WEAPONS.
THE SOLUTION IS TO DISARM LAW-
ABIDING CITIZENS.
A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
SENATORS IS WORKING TOGETHER ON
ISSUES LIKE RED FLAG LAWS,
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SCHOOL
SAFETY.
SENATE MINORITY LEADER
MICHISHITA MCCONNELL EXPECTS TO
HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT NEXT
WEEK.
BRODIE CARTER, CBN NEWS.
> THE RED FLAG LAWS THEY HAVE
BEEN PROPOSED SINCE THAT
HORRIBLE VIRGINIA TECH
SHOOTING, WHERE WAS THERE A RED
FLAG SOMEONE HAD PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS AND SHOULD THEY HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET A FIREARM?
THOSE HAVE BEEN DEBATED FOR A
LONG TIME IN OUR COUNTRY.
I THINK THE BEEN ON ASSAULT
WEAPONS HAS BEEN DEBATED, COULD
WE RAISE THAT LIMIT SO 18-YEAR-
OLDS CAN'T GET ACCESS TO THEM,
NOT JUST ONE, BUT TO TWO.
THAT IS WHAT THE GUNMAN IN
UVALDE HAD, TWO OF THEM.
YOU LOOK AT THE MODIFICATIONS
FOR ASSAULT WEAPONS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY PUBLISHED ON THE
INTERNET.
THE SHOOTER IN NEW YORK, WHO
WENT INTO A GROCERY STORE.
HE HAD MODIFIED HIS WEAPONS SO
THAT IT COULD FIRE AT A GREATER
RATE AND HE HAD LEARNED IT ALL.
JUST 18 YEARS OLD, LEARNED IT
ALL ON THE INTERNET.
> CAN WE REDUCE THE BOD
COUNT WITH THESE MEASURES?
I THINK ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU GET RID OF HIGH CAPACITY
MAGAZINES, YOU'LL DO THAT.
BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET
RD OF THE VIOLENCE, BECAUSE
YOU ARE NOT DEALING WITH THE
ROOT CAUSE.
HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING
ON IN OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS FROM ROMANS, CHAPTER 1.
SINCE THEY THOUGHT IT FOOLISH
TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD, HE
ABANDONED THEM TO THEIR FOOLISH
THINKING, AND LET THEM DO
THINGS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE
DONE.
THEIR LIVES BECAME FULL OF
EVERY KIND OF WICKEDNESS, SIN,
GREED, HATE, ENVY, MURDER.
THE LIST GOES ON AND SO, BUT
LET'S TALK ABOUT MURDER.
MURDER HAS BEEN AGAINST THE LAW
SINCE THE CODE.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING
RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN PASS LAWS THAT PROHIBIT
THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, THOU
SHALT NOT KILL, THOU SHALT NOT
MURDER.
YOU CAN HAVE THAT ON THE BOOKS.
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A
DETERRENT TODAY.
WHY?
BECAUSE WE HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD.
WE THINK IT IS FOOLISH TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A GOD,
THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES,
ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES TO OUR
ACTIONS.
AND AS A RESULT, THAT WHICH
RESTRAINS HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY
FROM OUR CULTURE.
WE NEED TO TURN.
WE NEED TO TURN BACK TO GOD AND
THAT CALL WAS ESPECIALLY FOR
ANYONE WHO SAYS I'M A
CHRISTIAN.
IF MY PEOPLE, WHO ARE CALLED BY
MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES
AND PRAY, TURN FROM THEIR
WICKED WAYS.
THAT IS ANOTHER KEY TO THIS.
I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN.
SO GOD IS ADDRESSING THOSE WHO
CALL THEMSELVES BY HIS NAME.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CHURCHES
TODAY, IN AMERICA, DO YOU SEE
WICKEDNESS?
AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
CAN WE TURN FROM OUR WICKED
WAYS?
CAN WE ESTABLISH RIGHTEOUSNESS
AT LEAST IN OUR CHURCHES?
AND THEN FROM THERE, CAN
RIGHTEOUSNESS SPREAD TO THE
ENTIRE NATION?
I THINK IF WE CAN DO THAT, WE
WILL WALK INTO THIS WONDERFUL
PROMISE.
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION.
LET'S STRIVE FOR THAT.
LET'S SAY YES, LET'S RETURN TO
GOD.
LET'S HUMBLE OURSELVES.
LET'S PRAY.
SO LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
DON'T PUT IT OFF.
BOW YOUR HEAD WITH ME.
LET'S PRAY OVER THIS GREAT
NATION.
IT WAS FOUNDED BY CHRISTIANS,
THEY MADE COVENANTS WITH GOD,
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT, THE VERY
FIRST THING THE ENGLISH
SETTLERS DID ON THE SHORES OF
VIRGINIA WAS PLANT A CROSS.
THEY BROUGHT A CROSS WITH THEM.
THEY BOW IN PRAYER.
THE CHAPLAIN ON BOARD, THEY
HE SAID YOU ARE NOT FIT TO
PRAY, YOU HAVE TO GET RIGHT
WITH HIM.
LET'S DO THAT.
LET'S PRAY.
LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THE COVENANTS
THAT WERE MADE BY OUR
FOREFATHERS AND LET'S RENEW
THOSE COVENANTS SO THAT GOD
WOULD PROTECT OUR LONDON.
LET'S PRAY.
> LORD, GOD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WE HAVE TURNED FROM YOU.
IN OUR SOCIETY NOW, WE LAUGH AT
ANYONE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES YOU.
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU.
SO LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WE TURN,
WE LEIJA SIDE ANY SIN, ANY
WICKEDNESS IN OUR MIDST.
WE TURN FROM THAT, WE TURN TO
YOU.
AND LORD, WOULD YOU RESTORE US,
GIVE US BACK OUR CONSCIENCE,
DON'T LET US BE SEARED, LET US
NOT PURSUE OUR OWN FOOLISH
THINKING ANY MORE, LET US
PURSUE YOU.
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
FORGIVE OUR SIN.
RESTORE OUR LAND.
FOR WE ASK IT IN THE NAME ABOVE
ALL NAMES, WE ASK IT IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
> PLEASE CAN'T FOR PRAY FOR
OUR NATION.
WE NEED IT NOW MORE THAN EVER.
AND WE NEED CHRISTIANS TO STAND
UP TO SAY RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS
A NATION.
> IN OTHER NEWS, THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT IS NOW
CONDEMNING CHINA'S PERSECUTION
OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY FROM
OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN
WASHINGTON.
Reporter: SECRETARY OF STATE
ANTONY BLINKEN CALLED OUT
SEVERAL NATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS
@FREEDOM ABUSES, THE ANNUAL
REPORT HIGHLIGHTING CHINA FOR
ITS ATROCITIES AGAINST MUSLIMS
IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE.
CHINA CONTINUES ITS GENOCIDE
OF PRE DOMINANTLY MUSLIM
LEADERS AND OTHER GROUPS.
SINCE APRIL 2017 MORE THAN 1
MILLION HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN
INTERNMENT CAMPS AND THE REPORT
ALSO LISTS CHINA'S PERSECUTION
OF CHRISTIANS, AS WELL AS THE
STATUS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN
SOME 200 NATIONS.
FOR'S COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
UPDATE, YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO
THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT
ON GLOBAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT
THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
> TURNING NOW TO ISRAEL,
WHERE HUNDREDS OF JEWS AND
CHRISTIANS GATHERED TO PRAY FOR
THE PIECE OF JERUSALEM.
THE JERUSALEM PRAYER BREAKFAST
HELD THIS WEEK HAS GROWN
DRAMATICALLY SINCE ITS FOUNDING
IN 2017 WITH EVENTS IN 15
NATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNITED
STATES AND ITALY.
I THINK THE JERUSALEM PRAYER
BREAKFAST IS THE CALL OF GOD
FOR THE NATIONS TO ALIGN WITH
UNISOURCE AS THE FIXTURE OF
GOD'S THRONE ON THE EARTH TO
RECOGNIZE HIS GOVERNMENT IS
ABOVE EVERY OTHER GOVERNMENT
AND HE IS CALLING ON THEM NOW
TO ALIGN THEIR GOVERNMENT
PROPERLY.
THROUGH PRAYERS, WE CAN
CHANGE THINGS.
AND WE CAN ASK GOD TO DO HIS
WILL.
AND ALSO BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN
IN ALL THE BIBLE THAT WE SHOULD
PRAY FOR THE PIECE OF ISRAEL
AND FOR THE PIECE OF JERUSALEM.
IT WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME
BREAKFAST WAS HELD IN PERSON
SINCE THE PANDEMIC TWO YEARS
AGO.
> HUNDREDS OF CHRISTIANS FROM
SOUTH KOREA ARE HERE IN AMERICA
THIS WITH WEEK, PRAYING FOR
REVIVAL.
THEIR VISIT COMES ALMOST 50
YEARS AFTER BILLY GRAHAM'S
HISTORIC CRUSADE IN SEOUL THAT
LED TO A HUGE REVIVAL ACROSS
SOUTH ASIA.
THEY HAVE COME TO REPAY A
SPIRITUAL DEBT AND PRAY FOR
AMERICA IN HER TIME OF NEED.
Reporter: FROM BELLINGHAM,
WASHINGTON TO LOS ANGELES, TO
BANGOR, MAINE TO MIAMI, 240
SOUTH KOREAN CHRISTIANS HAVE
BEEN BLANKETING THESE AND 17
OTHER CITIES WITH PRAYERS FOR
HEALING AND REVIVAL TO SWEEP
AMERICA.
PASTOR CHOI IS AMONG THOSE WHO
TRAVELED FROM SEOUL FOR THE
PRAYER.
JUST AS THE FIRST
MISSIONARIES FROM THE UNITED
STATES CAME TO OUR NATION AND
SPREAD THE FIRST OTHER OF THE
GOSPEL, WE WANT TO BRING THAT
FIRE BACK TO AMERICA.
Reporter: THE TEAMS ARRIVED
IN THE STATES THIS WEEK ON THE
49th ANNIVERSARY OF BILLY
GRAHAM'S HISTORIC 1973 CRUSADE
IN SEOUL.
THAT DREW MORE THAN 3 MILLION
PEOPLE, 75,000 PEOPLE
REPORTEDLY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO
CHRIST DURING GRAHAM'S CRUSADE,
TO A HUGE CHRISTIAN REVIVAL
FELT NOT ONLY IN SOUTH KOREA
BUT IN OTHER PARTS OF ASIA IN
THE YEARS SINCE.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS SMALL,
WHEN THE CRUSADE HAPPENED, I
KNOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES
WERE IMPACTED BY THAT EVENT.
AND EVENTUALLY LED TO THE
EXPLOSION OF THE CHURCH
MOVEMENT IN SOUTH KOREA.
Reporter: NOW THE
GRANDCHILDREN OF THAT REVIVAL
HAVE RETURNED TO OUR SHORES TO
PAY BACK WHAT THEY SAY IS A
SPIRITUAL DEBT TO AMERICA.
THEY KNOW AMERICA IS IN
TROUBLE AND AMERICA HAS STOOD
WITH THEM AND THEY WANT TO
STAND WITH AMERICA IN THIS TIME
THAT AMERICA IS IN SPIRITUAL
TROUBLE AND SIMPLY PRAYING FOR
A THIRD AWAKENING IN THIS
NATION.
Reporter: PASTOR EVANSTON'S
CHURCH IS HOSTING 10 FROM SOUTH
KOREA YOU CAN.
HE TOOK THEM TO SEVERAL
IMPORTANT SITES, INCLUDING CAPE
HENRY, WHERE ENGLISH SETTLERS
PLANTED A CROSS.
THEY STOOD AT THE FRONT OF THE
CROSS, PRAYING GOD WOULD
FULFILL THIS COVENANT PROMISE
IN THIS GENERATION.
ON SATURDAY, ALL 240 SOUTH
KOREANS WILL JOIN LOCAL
CONGREGATIONS IN MARCH FOR
JESUS RALLIES ACROSS THOSE 21
CITIES.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS,
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA.
> IT IS TIME TO PRAY FOR
AMERICA.
IT IS TIME TO PRAY FOR
AMERICA.
YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
REVIVAL, THROUGH THE CENTURIES,
CHARLES FINNEY IDENTIFIED THE
KEY TO REVIVAL AND SAID REVIVAL
IS ALWAYS BIRTHED IN PRAYER.
HE WOULD MAKE SURE PRAYER TEAMS
PRAYED FOR MONTHS BEFORE HE
WOULD EVEN HOLD A MEETING IN A
CITY.
AND AS A RESULT OF THOSE
PRAYERS, NEW YORK STATE WAS
CHANGED.
AND THE BARS WERE CLOSED AND
PLAYS WHERE THERE ARE TAVERNS
WERE CHANGED AND CHURCHES WERE
BUILT.
IT WAS ALL BECAUSE HE PRAYED.
AND HE SAID THIS IS THE KEY.
AND YOU LOOK AT BILLY GRAHAM,
HE UNDERSTOOD THAT KEY TOO.
IN ADVANCE OF ANY EVANGELISTIC
OUTREACH, HE ALWAYS HAD PRAYER
TEAMS GOING IN ADVANCE.
HE WOULD GATHER ALL THE
CHURCHES IN THE AREA, LET'S
PRAY.
LET'S PRAY REGULARLY OF THE
THEY WOULD INTERCEDE AND ASK
HEAVEN FOR BLESSING.
AND YOU SEE THE RESULT.
> LET'S DO THE SAME THING.
IF YOU FOLLOW THESE PRINCIPLES,
YOU'LL GET THE SAME RESULT.
SO LET'S AGREE AND LET'S PRAY.
AND ISN'T IT WONDERFUL WE ARE
BEING REMEANED FROM KOREA, HERE
MISSIONARIES FROM AMERICA,
JONATHAN GO FORTH FROM CANADA,
THEY WENT INTO KOREA AND THEY
BROUGHT REVIVAL.
AND THEY HAD THE SAME
PRINCIPLE.
LET'S PRAY FIRST AND LET'S PRAY
FOR GOD TO MOVE.
AND THEN THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
TERRY?
> WELL, STILL AHEAD, COUGHING
AND SHORT OF BREATH.
THIS WOMAN THOUGHT SHE WAS
HAVING AN AS SOME ATTACK.
TURNS OUT SHE HAD A SEVERE CASE
OF COVID.
WATCH HOW SHE IS HEALED AGAINST
ALL ODDS.
> PLUS IT IS CALLED OPERATION
FOCUS.
AND IT WIPED OUT THE EPMY'S AIR
FORCE IN A MATTER OF HOURS.
SEE HOW ISRAELI FIGHTER PILOTS
PULLED OFF A VICTORY ALMOST
BEYOND BELIEF.
AFTER THIS.
.
> OPERATION FOCUS IS KNOWN AS
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AIR
CAMPAIGN IN MILITARY HISTORY.
IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE 6-
DAY WAR, ISRAELI MILITARY
LEADERS KNEW THEY NEEDED TO
TAKE OUT THE EGYPTIAN AIR
FORCE.
HOW THEY DID IT IS NOTHING
SHORT OF A MIRACLE.
.
> IN MAY OF 1967, THE
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT DECLARED WAR
ON THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
TELLING HIS FOLLOWERS OUR PATH
TO PALESTINE WILL BE COVERED
WITH BLOOD.
NASSAR MOVED HIS TROOPS INTO
THE SINAI PENINSULA, EXPELLED
THE UN PEACEKEEPERS THERE, THEN
BLOCKED THE STRAIT OF TEHRAN TO
ISRAELI SHIPS.
FOR ISRAEL IT WAS TIME TO
TRYING OR BE STRUCK.
AND FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS,
ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES WERE ON
HIGH ALERT.
THE ATMOSPHERE IN ISRAEL
BEFORE THE WAR WAS VERY TENSE.
PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE FACING
TOTAL EXTINCTION.
40,000 COFFINS WERE PREPARED
AND NO ONE WAS SURE THE IDEA
COULD HAND THE ISRAELI ARMIES.
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE BIRTH OF MY
SON I HAD TO LEAVE HIM WITHOUT
KNOWING I WOULD EVER SEE HIM
AGAIN.
Reporter: ARMED BY THE
SOVIET UNION THE EGYPTIANS HAD
THE LARGEST AND BEST AIR FORCE
IN THE ARAB WORLD.
ISRAEL'S ONLY CHANCE OF
SURVIVAL WAS A PRE-EMPTIVE
STRIKE.
AND THE AIR FORCE HAD PREPARED
FOR THIS MOMENT FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE.
THEIR PLAN WAS CALLED OPERATION
MARKED WHICH MEANS FOCUS IN
HEBREW.
IT WAS THE BRAIN CHILD OF
THE COMMANDER OF THE ISRAELI
AIR FORCE.
HE WAS A POWER IN THE BRITISH
AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II, FLEW
SPITE FIRES.
AND IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY DARING
PROGRAM.
Reporter: THE PLAN WAS FOR
DOZENS OF SQUADRONS TO STRIKE
11 AIR FIELDS THROUGHOUT EGYPT
AND THE SINAI PENINSULA.
THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO STRIKE
WHEN ALL THE ARAB PLANES WERE
ON THE GROUND, FULLY EXPOSED.
AND THE IDEA WAS TO BOMB OUT
THE RUNWAYS FIRST TO PREVENTMY
AIRCRAFT FROM TAKING OFF AND TO
KEEP THEM FROM FLYING FOR A FEW
DAYS.
IN 1966 THE PLAN'S CREATOR,
WEITZMAN, HAD BEEN PROMOTED TO
CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.
AND HIS SUCCESSOR NOW HAD THE
TASK OF EXECUTING WEITZMAN'S
PLAN.
HE WAS A COMMANDER OF THE
AIR FORCE THAT KEPT ON FLYING
AS A FIGHTER.
HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE FELT IN
THE COCKPIT.
HE UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUES.
BRAVE MEN, THE NICEST PERSON IN
THE WORLD.
HE HAD NERVES FROM METAL AND
ALWAYS THINKING FORWARD, AHEAD,
LIKE HE DID ON THE TIME TO
ATTACK EGYPT.
FOR ISRAELI CIVILIANS, THE
PRE WAR TENSION WAS HIGH.
BUT FOR AIR FORCE SQUADRON
COMMANDER, ISRAEL'S VICTORY WAS
INEVITABLE.
THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE IS
LIKE A TIDE SPRING.
READY FOR SOMEBODY TO CUT THE
CABLE THAT PREVENT IT.
IT WILL BE DONE IN NO TIME
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED
SINCE THE LAST 11 YEARS.
I TOLD MY WIFE, GO TO A SMALL
VILLAGE IN THE SOUTH, FIND A
SMALL LADY TAYLOR AND YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU WANT TO WEAR FOR
PARTIES, HAVE THREE SETS.
WHY THREE?
I SAID BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU
TO DO THREE.
THERE WILL BE PARTIES.
SHE SAID YOU ARE CRAZY.
I SAID LISTEN TO ME.
SHE WAS THE BEST WOMAN DRESSED
IN THE PARTIES.
ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE HAD
SPENT YEARS GATHERING DETAILS
ABOUT THE EGYPTIAN TARGETS FROM
THE LOCATION OF EACH PLANE TO
THE NAME, RANK AND EVEN THE
VOICE OF EACH PILOT.
I WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST
PILOTS IN THE AIR FORCE.
I HAD GRADUATED FROM PILOT
TRAINING THE YEAR BEFORE THE
WAR.
I WASN'T EVEN 21 YEARS OLD YET.
I WAS THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
WITH THE SQUADRON.
FOR THREE WEEKS, WE LEARNED THE
MOST ACCURATE INTELLIGENCE WE
COULD LEARN.
WE ALSO PREPARED THE DOCTRINE
FOR ATTACKING AIRPORTS.
I WAS A PART THAT HAVE SYSTEM.
THEY WERE SO CONFIDENT, THEY
KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
THEY TRAINED SO MANY TIMES THEY
KNEW IT WITH CLOSED EYES.
FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY,
WHATEVER.
AND THEY GOT TO A RECORD OF 8
MINUTES.
8 MINUTES TO PREPARE THE
AIRCRAFT TO BE READY TO TAKE
OFF.
Reporter: MONDAY MORNING,
THE 5TH OF JUNE, THEY WOKE US
UP AND WE WENT DOWN TO THE
BASE.
WE THAT YOU THAT THE BIG MOMENT
HAD ARRIVED.
THE COMMANDER OF THE AIR FORCE
CAME IN WITH THE WING COMMAND
AND THEY SAID DEAR FRIENDS,
OPERATION FOCUS WILL START
TODAY AT 7:45 A.M.
SHARP.
THIS IS A FATEFUL OPERATION.
FRIENDS OF YOURS WILL BE
INJURED AND KILLED IN BATTLE
RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.
IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.
BUT WE WILL MAKE IT.
THEN THE WING COMMANDER TOLD US
THE FATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
WAS ON OUR SHOULDERS.
WE WERE NOT AFRAID FOR
OURSELVES.
THE ONLY FEAR WAS THAT WE WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO PERFORM OUR
DUTIES IN THE BEST WAY
POSSIBLE.
WHEN THEY TOOK OFF, I DIDN'T
REALIZE IT WOULD BE SUCH A
COMPLICATED MISSION.
Reporter: SQUADRON LEADERS
GAVE THEIR PILOTS SOME GROUND
RULES, ISSUED BY THE COMMANDER.
THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION
WHATSOEVER.
NO RADIO, NO NOTHING.
SO WE WERE PREPARED WITH ALL
KIND OF SILENCE AND FLAGS,
COLORS OF THE FLAGS.
WHEN YOU ARE READY TO STARTEN I
DIDN'T KNOW, WHERE YOU HAVE TO
TAKE OFF, NO RADIO.
ZERO.
YOU FLY AT ZERO ALTITUDE, THE
LOWEST YOU CAN.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, YOU DO
NOT REPORT BACK THAT YOU
CRASHED OR THAT YOU JUMP.
THE AIR FORCE WILL FIND YOU.
YOU DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO
REACH THE TARGET.
WE HAVE TO DESTROY THE AIRCRAFT
ON THE GROUND.
WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE
MISSION WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
ANYTHING.
AND THAT EVEN IN AN EMERGENCY,
EVEN IF A FRIEND OF OURS IS
ABOUT TO BE KILLED, WE WERE NOT
ALLOWED TO WARN HIM.
WE HAD TO JUST LET HIM CRASH.
AS CRUEL AS THIS MAY SOUND,
THIS WAS NOT TO DISRUPT
OPERATIONS.
IF SOMEONE IS ATTACKED, YOU
HAVE TO GO ON AND FIGHT.
NEARLY ALL OF ISRAEL'S 196
COMBAT PLANES WERE COMMITTED TO
THE AIR STRIKE.
ONLY 12 WERE LEFT BEHIND TO
DEFEND THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
THE PLANES FLEW LOW OVER THE
MEDITERRANEAN TO AVOID BEING
DETECTED BY RADAR.
WE TOOK OFF AND STAYED
BETWEEN 35 FEET TO 50 FEET.
IMPOSSIBILITY BELOW THAT.
WE SMELLED THE SMELL OF THE
SALT OVER THE SEA.
I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE
FOURSOMES.
I WAS NUMBER TWO IN THE
SQUADRON AND OUR MISSION WAS TO
ATTACK A FIELD NEAR CAIRO.
EGYPT'S RADAR DIDN'T PICK
THEM UP, BUT SOMEONE ELSE DID.
AT 8:15 EGYPTIAN TIME,
JORDANIAN RADAR SCREENS LIT UP
WITH AN UNUSUAL CONCENTRATION
OF PLANES HEADING OVER THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
AND FROM THERE, A SERIES OF
MISTAKES GAVE THE ISRAELIS AN
OVERWHELMING ADVANTAGE.
THE TOP GENERAL IN JORDAN
RADIOED THE WORD GRAPE, THE
PREARRANGED CODE FOR WAR, TO
EGYPT'S DEFENSE MINISTER IN
CAIRO.
BUT THE EGYPTIANS HAD CHANGED
THE CODE WORD THE DAY BEFORE,
WITHOUT UPDATING JORDAN.
SO THE JORDANIAN'S MESSAGES
WERE TOSSED ASIDE AND THE
WARNING NEVER REACHED CAIRO.
BUT EACH IF THE MESSAGE HAD
BEEN DECIPHERED, THERE WAS NO
ONE AROUND TO READ IT.
EGYPT'S AIR FORCE COMMANDER WAS
AT HIS DAUGHTER'S WEDDING.
THE GROUND FORCE COMMANDER WAS
ON VACATION.
AND THE DEFENSE MINISTER HAD
GONE TO BED A FEW HOURS
EARLIER, LEAVING ORDERS THAT HE
WAS NOT TO BE DISTURBED.
EGYPT'S CHIEF OF STAFF, THE
FIELD MARSHALL, WAS FLYING IN
THAT MORNING FROM AN ALL NIGHT
PARTY.
SO AT THE FIRST SIGN OF
TROUBLE, THE EGYPTIANS SHUT
DOWN THEIR ENTIRE AIR DEFENSE
SYSTEM, WORRIED THAT HIS PLANE
MIGHT BE SHOT DOWN BY MISTAKE.
ASSUMING THAT ANY ISRAELI
ATTACK WOULD AGAIN AT SUNRISE,
THE EGYPTIANS HAD ALREADY FLOWN
THEIR DAWN PATROLS AND RETURNED
TO BASE FOR BREAKFAST.
HE WAS THE MAN THAT CAUSED
THE SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS TO BE
CREATIVE.
HE HIT THEM EXACTLY IN THE
MIDDLE OF LANDING, FUELING,
EATING, READY TO GO HERE.
BOOM.
WE REACHED THE TARGET, BUT FROM
A DISTANCE, FOR THREE OR FOUR
MINUTES, I SAW THAT THERE WAS A
FOG.
SO I STARTED CIRCLING, FINDING
A HOLE IN THIS FOG THAT THEY
SAW THE RUNWAY.
I DIVED.
ONE WAS OKAY, TWO IS OKAY.
I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
FOUR IS OKAY.
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THIS
PILOT THAT HE TRIED TO AIM AND
IN THE MEANTIME, HE LOST
ALTITUDE.
AND WHEN HE TRIED TO RECOVER,
HE HIT THE RUNWAY.
BUT, AS WE WERE TOLD IN THE
BRIEFING BEFORE THE TAKE OFF,
THERE IS NO MERCY, THERE IS NO,
THERE IS ONLY ONE TO KEEP DOING
THE JOB.
HE TURNED AROUND 360 DEGREES
AND PERFORMED A SECOND ATTACK.
THE PLANES WERE ALREADY
BURNING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE.
THOSE BOMBERS WENT UP IN GIANT
FLAMES.
FIRST A TACKED A BOMB THEIR
SEEMED TO BE LESS DAMAGED.
THEN THE SECOND TIME A TACKED
AN ANTIAIRCRAFT BATTERY, AND
THEN FINALLY THE CONTROL TOWER.
THE EGYPTIANS FIRED SOME ANTI
AIRCRAFT MISSILES AT MY PLANE,
BUT THEY DID NOT HIT ME.
IN THE LAST SECOND, I SAW
THE ANTI AIRCRAFT COMPOSITION
BEFORE I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED I
GOT HIT BY THREE OR FOUR
BULLETS.
THE FRONT WHEEL, I SAW IT
DISAPPEAR.
THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED.
MY AIR BRAKES WENT OUT.
THE TWO AND FOUR FLEW FORWARD.
GO BY YOURSELF TO THE BASE, GET
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE SEA
SO NOBODY WILL SHOOT AT YOU.
I FOUND MYSELF, AFTER I WAS HIT
AT 3000 FEET, LOOKING FORWARD.
AND WHAT DO I SEE?
IN FRONT OF ME MAYBE 500 METERS
SHOOTING.
MY INSTINCT IS TO SHOOT AT HIM.
HE BROKE TO THE RIGHT.
I BROKE TO THE LEFT AND THEN
CLOSE TO ISRAEL I WENT UP TO
7000 IN CASE I BAIL OUT.
I CAME TO THE AREA OF THE BASE
AND THE CONTROL TOWER HELLO YOU
HAVE A PROBLEM, I UNDERSTAND.
GO TO THE SEA AND BAIL OUT.
HE SAYS I'M TELLING YOU I HEAR
YOU, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO
IT.
I SAID DOPE WORRY.
I WILL LAND ON ONE-THIRD OF THE
RUNWAY.
SO I CAME THERE.
I HAD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE
LOWEST SPEED I CAN ASK I CROSS
THE THE RUN WII.
I TOUCHED FULL BRAKES, I SAW A
LOT OF PIECES OF FIRE FROM BOTH
SIDES.
I CROSSED THE RUNWAY, I RAN TO
THE OTHER ONE, A LOT OF STEPS
AND ALL THIS.
AND IT STOPPED.
AND I WENT OUT AND I WAS
STANDING AND I SAW THE SECURITY
AND THE EMERGENCY CARS, AND
THEY WERE SO EXCITED, WHERE IS
THE PILOT?
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS
NO FIRE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
FUEL.
I CAME WITH ZERO FUEL.
ZERO FUEL.
NOTHING IN THE AIRCRAFT IN THE
TANKS.
NOTHING, NOTHING.
GRADUALLY THE REST OF THE
FIRST WAVE RETURNED TO ISRAEL.
IN LESS THAN 8 MINUTES THEY
REFUELED, REARMED AND WERE
READY FOR A SECOND WAVE OF
BOMBING.
IN JUST OVER A HALF HOUR THE
EGYPTIANS HAD LOST 204 PLANES,
HALF OF THEIR AIR FORCE.
THE ISRAELIS HAD LOST ONLY 19.
THE KILL RATIO OF OPERATION
FOCUS HAD EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS
BY ALMOST 100%.
AT HALF PAST 10:00, THE AGAIN
TURNED TO THE ARMY'S CHIEF OF
STAFF AND AMONGSTED THE
EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE HAD CEASED
TO EXIST.
THE JORDANIAN AND SYRIAN AIR
FORCES HAD ALSO BEEN DES MATED.
IN LESS THAN FIVE HOURS THE
ISRAELIS HAD AIR SUPERIORITY
OVER THE MIDDLE EAST.
VERY SHORTLY AFTER THE
ISRAELI AERO STRIKE WHEN THE
GROUND FORCES BEGAN MOVING INTO
SINAI.
THE EQUIPPINGS HAD TELEDEFENSE
LINES, THE GOAL WAS TO TAKE OUT
THE FIRST, NOT BEYOND THAT.
THE EGYPTIAN ARMY COLLAPSED SO
FAST AND BEGAN RUNNING AWAY.
BUT THE OTHER DEFENSE LINES
CRASHED.
THEN AS I SAID EARLIER, ISRAELI
FORCES REACHED.
THE PEOPLE JUST YESTERDAY ARE
NOW DRIVING YOU ACROSS THE CAN
CANAL.
ALL DAY LONG THE EGYPTIAN
PROPAGANDA MACHINE RAN IN
OVERDRIVE.
RADIO CAIRO FALSELY REPORTED
EGYPTIAN HAD SHOT DOWN 85
ISRAELI PLANES WHILE ONLY
LOSING TWO OF THEIR OWN.
AND THE FIELD MARSHAL TOLD
JORDAN ISRAEL HAD LOST 75% OF
ITS AIR POWER.
A LIE THAT ENCOURAGED KING
HUSSEIN TO ENTER THE WAR.
SO THE LIE IS JUST THE
OPPOSITE.
THAT THE EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE HAS
SURPRISED THE ISRAELI AIR
FORCE.
AND DESTROYED THE ISRAELI AIR
FORCE.
THAT THE EGYPTIAN ARMY HAS
CROSSED INTO THE BORDER.
IT IS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TEL
AVIV.
THAT IS THE BIG HIGHWAY.
AND THIS BIG LIE IS BELIEVED BY
200 MILLIONAIRE LABS.
NO ONE QUESTIONS THE VERACITY
OF THESE CLAIMS.
THERE IS A CERTAIN DATE IN
WHICH NASSAR HIMSELF
UNDERSTOOD.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE
OFFICER WHO WALKED IN AND SAID
PRESIDENT NASSAR, I HAVE SOME
BAD NEWS FOR YOU?
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THAT
PERSON?
SO MAYBE PEOPLE WERE FEEDING
HIM STRANGE INFORMATION.
THERE WAS ONE DOCUMENT I SAW IN
EGYPTIAN WAS THAT THE PERSON
WHO REPORTED THE EGYPTIAN
VICTORY OVER THE ISRAELI AIR
FORCE WAS A YOUNG AIR FORCE
CAPTAIN BY THE NAME OF HOSNI
MUBARAK.
OPERATION FOCUS REMAINS ONE
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AIR CAM
PAPERS IN MILITARY HISTORY.
DURING THE 6-DAY WAR THE
ISRAELI AIR FORCE DESTROYED 459
ENEMY PLANES, WHILE LOSING JUST
46 OF THEIR OWN.
AFTER THEIR STUNNING
PERFORMANCE IN EGYPT, THEY
BOMBED THE JORDANIAN TANKS THAT
RACED TOWARD THE CITY AND PRO
VYING AIR COVER FOR ISRAELI
GROUND FORCES.
IT WAS A LONG DAY.
THAT NIGHT, I CAME BACK TO THE
ROOM ALONE, BECAUSE MY ROOMMATE
GOT KILLED THAT DAY.
IT WAS AN EXHAUSTING DAY, BOTH
PHYSICALLY AND MEMORY.
NOT ALWAYS TAKEN FOR
GRANTEDMENT EACH WITH THE
FEELING OF VICTORY WE HAD, NO
ONE WAS FREE TO CELEBRATE.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT NOW,
AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, I
STILL THINK THAT THIS WAS A
VERY SUCCESSFUL NATION.
I WAS ASKED WHAT WAS THE
THING MADE IT SO SUCCESSFUL, I
WOULD ANSWER IT IN ONE WORD,
SIMPLICITY AND I KNOW THERE IS
A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT SECRET
WEAPONS WHICH WE USED.
BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY, WHEN WE
USE THE SPIRIT, WE USE THE
STANDARD OF FLYING AND WE USED
ANOTHER THING WHICH MAYBE DID
YOU WANT EXIST.
ANY OTHER AIR FORCES IN THE
WORLD, WE CALL IT NO
ALTERNATIVE.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
ALTERNATIVES, YOU CAN ACHIEVE
SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS AS WE DID IN
THIS ONE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A GROUP
OF DEDICATED PEOPLE,
PROFESSIONALS, TRAINED, WILLING
TO INVEST THEIR SOUL AND
EVERYTHING THEY HAVE, CAN DO
FOR A COUNTRY.
THE AMAZING STORY OF THE 6-
DAY WAR.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE
ACHIEVEMENT.
FOR THAT AIR FORCE, FOR THE ID
F, AND CBN'S DOCK CUE DRAMA IN
OUR HANDS, TELLS THE REST OF
STORY BEHIND THE 6-DAY WAR AND
FOCUSES ON THE BATTLE FOR
JERUSALEM.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON DVD OR ON
STREAMING IN 4 K. IT IS YOURS
IF A GIFT OF ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
CBN.COM/IN OUR HANDS, OR YOU
CAN ALL US, 1-800-700-7000.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE DVD EXTRAS
ON THAT.
BUT YOU GET THE SEE THE BATTLE
FOR JOURS.
IF YOU LIKE IT, IT IS CALLED IN
OUR HANDS.
AND IT IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF
ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT.
JUST CALL US.
1-800-700-7000.
TERRY?
> COMING UP, THIS IS AS BAD
AS IT GETS.
THAT IS WHAT DOCTORS TOLD THIS
MAN ABOUT HIS WIFE'S SEVERE
CASE OF COVID.
EACH IF SHE SURVIVED, THEY
EXPECTED BRAIN DAMAGE.
SEE WHERE HER HUSBAND TURNED
FOR HELP.
AHEAD ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.
.
> ASHAMED AND AFRAID.
THAT IS HOW ANITA FELT WHEN HER
BABY WAS BORN WITH A SEVERE
CLEFT LIP AND PALATE.
THEY COULD NEVER AFFORD THE
SURGERY TO GIVE THEIR SON A
NORMAL LIFE.
WATCH HOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU MADE
IT POSSIBLE.
AT FIRST, THE 20-YEAR-OLD
COULD NOT BELIEVE HER SON HAD
BEEN BORN WITH A CLEFT PALATE.
I WAS ASHAMED.
THEN I IMAGINED HOW HARD IT
WOULD BE TO REASON WITH THIS
CONDITION.
AND I WAS AFRAID AS HE GREW UP,
HE WOULD ASK WHY HE LOOKED SO
DIFFERENT THAN US.
NETTA'S HUSBAND WORKS AS A
TEACHER AT A NEARBY SCHOOL IN
INDONESIA.
THE COUPLE KNEW THEY WOULD
NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD SURGERY
FOR THEIR SON.
I WORK AS A MATH TEACHER.
AND EARN ABOUT $175 A MONTH.
WHEN MY SON WAS BORN, I THOUGHT
HOW CAN WE PAY FOR AN
OPERATION?
SOMEONE TOLD ME IT WOULD COST
AROUND $2500.
SO OPERATION BLESSING
ARRANGED FOR HIM TO RECEIVE
FREE CLEFT PALATE SURGERY.
WE WERE SURPRISE AND HAPPY
WHEN WE LEARNED THEY WOULD
HELP.
I WAS SO GRATEFUL WHEN
OPERATION BLESSING HELPED OUR
SON.
WE WENT BECOME A FEW WEEKS
LATER VISIT THE FAMILY.
AND FOUND HE HAD MADE A
COMPLETE RECOVERY.
Reporter: NOW MY SON IS SO
HAPPY.
AND IS VERY ACTIVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OPERATION
BLESSING.
WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO HELP OUR SON, AND
EXPERIENCE THIS GREAT JOY WE
HAVE NOW.
SUCH A SWEET YOUNG COUPLE,
EXPECTING THAT THAT CHILD WAS
GOING TO BE BORN WITHOUT ANY
NEEDS.
AND HERE HE IS WITH A NEED SO
GREAT IT WOULD AFFECT HIS WHOLE
LIFE.
AND THEN, HERE YOU ARE, 700
CLUB MEMBERS.
YOU ARE COMING RIGHT INTO THE
MIDST OF THAT NEED.
AND YOU ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, BRINGING THE HIT OF
JESUS TO THE LIVES OF THESE
PEOPLE AND BRINGING HOPE IN THE
FUTURE TO THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE
BOY.
LISTEN, JOIN THE 700 CLUB IF
YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT ALREADY.
BECAUSE YOU REALLY ARE TOUCHING
AND CHANGING LIVES WHEN YOU DO.
IT IS 65 KENSETH A DAY, $20 A
MONTH.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY A 700 CLUB
MEMBER WE HAVE LOTS OF CLUB
LEVELS YOU CAN JOIN AT, SO TAKE
A LOOK AT YOUR OPTIONS HERE.
BUT CALL TODAY.
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE, 1-800-
700-7000, AND WHEN YOU CALL, WE
ARE GOING TO SEND YOU PAT'S
LATEST, PUTTING ON THE ARMOR OF
GOD, A TEACHING CB WE THINK
WILL HAVE A POWERFUL EFFECT ON
YOUR WALK WITH CHRIST.
SO YOU CALL NOW, CHANGE SOMEONE
ELSE'S KNIFE AND WE'LL SEND
THIS TO BLESS YOURS.
GORDON?
> STILL AHEAD, DEATHLY ILL
WITH COVID.
THIS WOMAN WAS PUT INTO A COMA,
POLICED ON AVENT.
HOW A PHONE CALL GOT HER ON THE
ROAD TO A MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
> PLUS WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR
YOU AND YOUR NEEDS, RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON
FOR THE CNN NEWSBREAK.
> THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS
STILL LOW BUT THE ECONOMY ISN'T
CREATING QUITE AS MANY NEW
JOBS.
THE GOVERNMENT REPORTING TODAY
THE JOBLESS RATE HELD AT 3.6%
IN MAY.
BUT THE NUMBER OF NEW JOBS
DROPPED TO 390,000, DOWN FROM
436,000 IN APRIL.
INFLATION IS STILL A PROBLEM,
BECAUSE WAGES ARE RISING.
BUT THEY ARE STILL WELL BELOW
THE RIGHT OF INFLATION.
> A SINGLE MOM IN COSTA RICA
IS PUTTING IN ON THE TABLE
THANKS TO OPERATION BLESSING.
CHRONIC PAIN STOPPED HER FROM
CLEANING HOUSES SO SHE TURNED
TO MAKING BAKED GOODS BUT
STRUGGLED TO FEED HER FAMILY.
OPERATION BLESSING STEPPED IN
PROVIDING TOOLS LIKE A
PROFESSIONAL MIXER, COOKWARE,
UTENSILS AND OTHER SURPRISE.
HE THIS ALSO GAVE HER
PERSONALALIZED BUSINESS
TRAINING AS WELL AS SIGNS AND
PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL TO HELP
WITH ADVERTISING.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE.
GORDON AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF TODAY'S 700 CLUB,
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
> AS BAD AS IT GETS, THAT IS
WHAT DOCTORS TOLD GARY WILLIAMS
ABOUT HIS WIFE, NANCY'S CASE OF
COVID.
STILL, GARY NEVER LOST HOPE AND
JUST TWO DAYS AFTER HE CALLED
THE 700 CLUB PRAYER LINE, NANCY
BEGAN TO MAKE A MIRACULOUS TURN
AROUND.
HE SAID YOUR WIFE IS
CRITICAL, BECAUSE SHE'S GOT
COVID IN HER BLOODSTREAM.
AND HE SAID THIS IS AS BAD AS
IT GETS.
I'M LIKE THIS CANNOT BE
RIGHT.
MOM?
LIKE MOM?
Reporter: ON AUGUST 1, 2021,
GARY WILLIAMS TOOK NANCY MAY,
HIS WIFE OF 49 YEARS, TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AT ORLANDO
HEALTH CENTER.
SHE WAS COUGHING AND HAVING
TROUBLE BREATHING.
TESTS REVEALED IT WAS COVID.
THE DOCTOR EXPLAINED WITH HER
AGE AND ASTHMA ISSUES, THE
PROGNOSIS WAS BLEAK.
I WEAPON TO TREATMENT AND
FOUND HER SLUMPED OVER IN A
CHAIR AND SHE WAS NOT BREATHING
BY HERSELF.
SO WE RUSHED HER BACK TO A
RESUSCITATIVE BAY.
HER RIGHT LUNG WAS 40%
INFECTED AND IN HER LEFT LUNG
THE INFECTION WAS 90%.
WE HAD TO INTERVENE
IMMEDIATELY OR MAYBE SHE WAS
GOING TO GO INTO CARDIAC
ARREST.
Reporter: NANCY MAY WAS PUT
IN A COMA AND ON A VENTILATOR.
HER DAUGHTER, A NURSE, RECALLS
THE SITUATION.
AS A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
AND HAVING EXPERIENCE IN THE
FIELD, I KNEW HOW SERIOUS IT
WAS.
I BELL HELICOPTER DOWN AND I
PUT MY HANDS ON THE SIDE OF HER
FACE AND KISSED HER.
I KISSED HER HANDS AND I PRAYED
AGAIN.
AND THAT IS WHEN SOME OTHER
LADY COME UP BEHIND ME AND SAID
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR WIFE
HAS THE WORST KIND OF COVID
IMAGINABLE AND YOU ARE KISSING
HER?
AND I JUST LOOKED AT HER AND
SAID IF THIS IS THE LAST TIME I
SEE HER IF SOMETHING GOES SOUTH
AND I LOSE HER, AT LEAST I WILL
HAVE HAD ONE LAST KISS.
Reporter: DOCTORS WERE
CONCERNED HER ORGANS MAY SOON
START SHUTTING DOWN.
NANCY WAS RUSHED BY AMBULANCE
TO ADVENT HEALTH ORLANDO FOR
SPECIALIZED CARE.
THE CHANCES OF HER COMING
OUT WITH A FULL NEUROLOGICAL
RECOVERY WERE GOING TO BE VERY
LOW.
IT DEVASTATED ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WAS IN
PAIN OR SCARED.
Reporter: GARY AND KRISTEN
PUT THEIR FAITH IN GOD AND GARY
ASKED HIS FRIENDS AND CHURCH
FAMILY TO PRAY.
A LOT OF PRAYERS.
I HAVE GREAT FRIEND, WONDERFUL
FAMILY.
A GREAT CHURCH FAMILY.
COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND
VENTING TO THEM AND JUST
BLOWING OFF STEAM.
YOU JUST HAD TO COPE MOVING.
THERE WERE PEOPLE LIKE WHAT IF
YOUR MOM IS MOTT GOING TO MAKE
IT.
I WAS LIKE I DO NOT WANT TO
HEAR THAT.
Reporter: GARY ALSO CALLED
THE 700 CLUB PRAYER CENTER FOR
SUPPORT WOULD I THOUGHT HERE WE
ARE, WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE 700
CLUB, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRAYER
TEAMS THERE PROBABLY IS.
SO I CALLED AND I TALKED TO
THIS WOMAN AND SHE STARTED THAT
PRAYER OFF, SHE SAID FATHER
GOD, WE ARE STANDING ON THE
TRUTH OF YOUR WRITTEN WORD.
AND SHE HAD ME RIGHT THERE.
AND I STARTED CRYING.
SHE SAID MISS NANCY MAY WILL
LIVE AND NOT DIE.
AND SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS
ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS.
AND HOW MUCH GOD LOVES HIS
DAUGHTERS.
Reporter: TWO DAYS AFTER
PRAYING WITH THE 700 CLUB, GARY
RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE
DOCTOR.
NANCY MAY'S CONDITION WAS
IMPROVING.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HER
OFF THE VENTILATOR, BUT SHE
COULDN'T TALK.
Reporter: NANCY MAY STILL
FACED A MULTITUDE OF
CHALLENGES.
AFTER 38 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL
AND OVER A WEEK OFF THE VENT
SHE STILL WASN'T FULLY ALERT OR
ABLE TO SPEAK.
DOCTORS TOLD GARY THEY WEREN'T
SURE IF SHE WOULD EVER BE ABLE
TO COME HOME.
ALONE AND AFRAID, GARY CRIED
OUT TO GOD.
I HAVEN'T GIVEN UP ON YOU.
YOU ARE STILL MY GOD.
AND I'M STILL GOING TO PUT MY
FAITH, MY HOPE, MY TRUST IN
YOU.
AND I'M SORRY I'M ANGRY WITH
YOU.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HELP ME GET
OVER THIS BUMP IN THE ROAD.
Reporter: TWO DAYS LATER HIS
PRAYER WAS ANSWERED.
THE HOSPITAL CALLED AND TOLD
HIM THAT NANCY MAY HAD BEEN
MOVED OUT OF THE COVID WARD.
GARY COULD NOW COME SEE HER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A
BEELINE TO SEE HER.
AND TO WALK IN THERE, AND SHE
IS SMILING AT ME, THERE IS MY
SWEETHEART.
AND I'VE GOT HER BY BOTH HANDS
AND SHE IS ALIVE AND SHE IS
GETTING BETTER.
SHE GOT HER OUT OF COVID.
NOW IT IS JUST A MATTER OF
REHABILITATION.
WHEN HE CAME THROUGH THE
DOOR, I WAS SO HAPPY.
I WAS CRYING.
I WAS JUST THANKFUL THAT THE
LORD GAVE ME MORE TIME WITH
GARY.
I COULD REMEMBER THE DAY OUR
FIRST DAUGHTER WAS BORN.
I WAS WALKING ON CLOUD 9. THAT
IS THE WAY I FELT WHEN I WAS
ABLE TO SIT ON THE EDGE OF HER
BED AND HOLD HER HANDS.
Reporter: EIGHT DAYS LATER
NANCY MAY WAS RELEASED FROM THE
HOSPITAL TO RECOVER AT HOME
WITH GARY.
LER WALKING OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL AT 45 DAYS, DESPITE AN
AGGRESSIVE TIME IN THE HOSPITAL
AND A LOT OF PROBLEMS SHE HAD
TO FACE WHEN SHE LEFT, THE FACT
SHE WAS THERE, ABLE TO BE WITH
HER HUSBAND AND WALK OUT THE
HOSPITAL ON HER OWN ACCORD IS
HUGE.
IF THAT IS NOT A MIRACLE, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
Reporter: GARY AND NANCY MAY
SAY THEY FELT GOD'S PRESENCE
AND KNOW HE HEARD THEIR PRAYERS
IN THEIR MOST DIFFICULT TIME.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN
THROUGH THIS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN
TALKING TO THE LORD NO MAKE
SURE TO PRAY FOR STRENGTH.
HE'S GOT IT THERE FOR YOU.
THE 700 CLUB HELPED US THROUGH
THIS.
THROUGH PRAYING.
OUR CHURCH FAMILY HELPED US
THROUGH THIS.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THEY CAN
GO TO GOD WITH ANYTHING.
NO MATTER HOW BAD IT IS, NO
MATTER HOW UGLY IT IS, ALL THEY
HAVE GOT TO DO IS TALK TO HIM.
HE IS THERE ALL THE TIME.
> PRAYER MAKES SUCH A
DIFFERENCE, DID YOU WANT IT?
IN DESPERATE SITUATIONS PRAYER
CHANGES THINGS.
SO WE WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO
PRAY FOR YOU TODAY.
AS THIS PROGRAM IS COMING TO AN
END.
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO READ THIS.
BECAUSE THIS IS ANOTHER
MIRACLE.
FIVE YEARS AGO MARY OF TULSA,
OKLAHOMA FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF
STAIRS AND WAS BADLY INJURED.
HAS BEEN WAS BROKEN, HAS BEEN
DEFORMED EVER SINCE, HER
FINGERS CURL INWARDLY CAUSING
CHRONIC PAIN.
SHE WATCHES THE PROGRAM
REGULARLY, IS APRIL 4 OF THIS
YEAR GORDON YOU SAID YOUR RIGHT
HAND IS CURLED IN.
I SEE IT OCCURRED.
GOD SAYS STRETCH FORTH YOUR
HAND.
WATCH WHAT YOU COULD NOT DO
BEFORE DO NOW, BECAUSE GOD IS
THE GOD OF THE POSSIBLE.
RECEIVE THAT NOW.
MARY LOOKED AT HER HAND.
SHE EXERCISED HER FAITH AND
STRAIGHTENED HER FINGERS.
SHE IS NO LONGER PAIN AND
GIVING ALL THE GLORY TO GOD.
> HERE'S LEE FROM ARIZONA.
A SINGER WHO DEALT FOR FIVE
YEARS WITH A DEBILITATING
CONDITION THAT RESULTED IN HIS
VOCAL CORDS BEING PARALYZED.
HE WAS WATCHING THIS SHOW.
HE HEARD A DISCUSSION ABOUT A
SINGER BEING HEALED.
AND THEN LEE JOINED WITH US AS
WE WERE PRAYING.
TERRY SAID THERE WAS ANOTHER
SINGER THAT WAS ALSO BEING
HEALED IN THE SAME WAY.
IN THAT VERY MOMENT, LEE WAS
HEALED.
HE IS NOW PAIN-FREE, ABLE TO
SPEAK AGAIN, AND TO SING.
AND HE CONTINUES TO PRAISE GOD
THROUGH SONG FOR SUCH A
MIRACULOUS HEALING.
> LET'S PRAY.
LET'S STAND ON GOD'S WORD.
WHAT HE HAS PROMISED HE WILL
DELIVER FOR YOU.
LET'S PRAY.
> LORD, WE COME TO YOU.
WE COME TO YOU BELIEVING THESE
WONDERFUL STORIES HAVE
ENCOURAGED OUR FAITH.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NO
RESPECTER OF PERSONS WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE FOR OTHERS YOU WILL
DO FOR US.
SO WE STAND ON THE PROMISE OF
YOUR WRITTEN WORD.
WE STAND ON THAT FOR YOU ARE
YOUR WORD.
AND YOUR WORD SAYS YOU FORGIVE
ALL OUR INIQUITYS, YOU HEAL ALL
OUR DISEASES.
WE STAND ON THAT NOW AND WE
RECEIVE IT IN JESUS' NAME.
> THERE IS SOMEONE YOU ARE
PRAYING FOR YOUR RIGHT
SHOULDER.
YOU HAVE LIKE A STABBING PAIN
INTO THAT SHOULDER.
IT JUST GOT RELEASED.
AND JUST BEGIN TO JUST RAISE
YOUR RIGHT ARM TO PRAISE GOD
FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE.
YOU HAVE COMPLETE FULL MOVEMENT
IN THIS NOW.
NO MORE PAIN.
> SOMEONE ELSE YOU HAVE
DIGESTIVE ISSUES AND YOU HAVE
ACID REFLUX.
YOU KNOW THIS BUZZ YOU HAD
SPAGHETTI LAST NIGHT AND YOU
HAVE BEEN MISERABLE SINCE THEN.
GOT IS HEALING YOUR CONDITION
PERMANENTLY.
LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND RECEIVE
THAT GIFT FROM HIM AS YOU ARE
SET FREE IN JESUS' NAME.
> SOMEONE IS SEEING FLASHING
LIGHTS.
I BELIEVE IT IS SOME PROBLEM
WITH YOUR RETINA.
PRIMARILY IN THE LEFT EYE.
GOD IS HEALING YOU, RESTORING
YOUR VISION NOW IN JESUS' NAME,
BE HEALED AND BE SET FREE.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED, GIVE
US A CALL, LET US KNOW, 1-800-
700-7000.
AND IF YOU NEED PRAYER, YOU
KNOW, NANCY MAY GOT HEALED FROM
CALLING THE PRAYER LINE.
IF YOU WANT PRAYER, CALL US.
1-800-700-7000.
> GOD BLESS YOU.