Brandon Nimmo, centerfielder for the playoff-bound New York Mets, shares his secret to playing on baseball’s biggest stage on today’s 700 Club.
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COMING UP, THE INVISIBLE
WOUNDS OF AMERICA'S WARRIORS.
MY HEAD POUNDED FOR NINE MONTHS.
NINE MONTHS.
VETERANS ARE LEAVING THE
BATTLEFIELD WITH HEAD AND BRAIN
INJURIES.
ALL THE WAY TO DEMENTIA AND
DEATH AT THE END STAGE OF THE
DISEASE.
SEE HOW THE PENTAGON IS USING
USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT
ITS SOLDIERS. >
IN THE CENTER FIELDER FOR THE
THE PLAYOFF BOUND NEW YORK METS.
METS.
WHEN YOU COME THROUGH, THERE
IS NO BETTER FOCUS.
BRANDON NIMMO SECRET TO
PLAYING ON BASEBALL'S BIGGEST
STAGE. ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB. >
WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
PURGING JEWS FROM CAMPUSES AND
CLASSROOMS. RESTRICTING SPEECH
AND CREATING JEWISH-FREE ZONES.
A RASH OF ANTI-SEMITIC
ATROCITIES ARE TAKING PLACE IS
AT COLLEGES RIGHT HERE IN
AMERICA.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE
SPEAKING OUT, WARNING OF THE
DANGERS OF THIS APPALLING TREND.
GARY LANE REPORTS ON THE
BREEDING GROUND OF ANTI-SEMITISM
ANTI-SEMITISM AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY.
Reporter:
Reporter: ANTI-SEMITISM IS ON
ON THE RISE HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES WITH HATE CRIMES AGAINST
JEWS SETTING AN ALL-TIME HIGH
LAST YEAR. MOST OF THE FORM ARE
VIOLENT ATTACKS AND VANDALISM
AGAINST SYNAGOGUES AND JEWISH
TEMPLES. THIS WEEK ON CAPITOL
HILL, CONGRESSMAN EXPRESSED
CONCERNS ABOUT A NEW WAVE OF
ANTI-SEMITISM AFFECTING YOUNG
AMERICAN ADULTS.
THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE WORD
ZIONIST FOR JEW HAVE BECOME THE
NEW ANTI-SEMITISM THAT HAS TAKEN
TAKEN HOLD IN COLLEGE CAMPUSES
AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
Reporter: DURING
DEMONSTRATIONS LIKE THIS ONE,
PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS CALL FOR
JEWS TO BE PURGED FROM COLLEGE
CAMPUSES AND CLASSROOMS AND
CRITICS SAY THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY. SOME STUDENTS HAVE
ATTEMPTED TO RESTRICT PRO
ISRAEL SPEECH. BERKELEY LAW
SCHOOL DEAN SAYS, A RASH OF
MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT JEWISH FREE
ZONES ARE NOT TRUE. HE SAYS ONLY
ONLY A HANDFUL OF STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS, FEWER THAN 10 OUT
OUT OF 100, HAVE ADOPTED
ANTI-ISRAEL BYLAWS, WHICH
INCLUDE A BAN AGAINST PRO-ISRAEL
PRO-ISRAEL SPEAKERS. BERKELEY
LAW SCHOOL GRADUATE KENNETH
CALLS THE RESPONSE, OUTRAGEOUS.
WHAT IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY
OTHER CONTEXT IN WHICH ANY OTHER
OTHER GROUP WAS SHUT OUT THE
OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT A LAW SCHOOL
SCHOOL DEAN IN THE 21st CENTURY
SAY, NOT TO WORRY, IT'S OKAY TO
HAVE NINE SEGREGATED AREAS, JUST
JUST SO LONG AS WE HAVE MANY
OTHER AREAS THAT AREN'T
SEGREGATED?
Reporter: APPEARING ON THE
CBN NEWS PROGRAM THE GLOBAL
LANE, MARCUS DESCRIBED THE PEACH
SPEECH BAN AS ABSURD AND
INCONSISTENT WITH AMERICAN LAW.
AS IT ANTI-SEMITIC,
ANTI-JEWISH OR ANTI-ISRAEL?
IT IS ALL OF THOSE. PICK YOUR
YOUR POISON. TO BEGIN WITH, IT
IS A METHOD OF SILENCING ONE
SIDE OF A POLITICAL DEBATE. IT
IS A WAY OF SAYING WE SHOULD NOT
NOT PERMIT ANYONE TO PARTICIPATE
PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION ON
CAMPUS IF THEY ARE PRO ISRAEL.
AMERICAN JEWISH LEADERS FEEL
WHAT HAS STARTED IN CALIFORNIA
MAY SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
THE COUNTRY. JEWISH STUDENTS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN MARGINALIZED
AND EXCLUDED ON OTHER COLLEGE
CAMPUSES BECAUSE OF THE ZIONIST
ASPECT OF THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY.
STUDENTS RECENTLY SAW THEIR
FRATERNITY HOUSE EGGED ON THE
FIRST DAY OF ROSH HASHANAH, THE
JEWISH NEW YEAR.
WE ARE SEEING THE EFFORT TO
MARGINALIZE AND EXCLUDE THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY TO CREATE THE
NOTION THAT JEWS IN THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY AND ESTABLISHMENT ARE
SIMPLY NOT A NORMAL PART OF
LIFE ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
CAMPUSES. WHAT IS HAPPENING AT
BERKELEY LAW NOW IS IN SOME
RESPECTS UNIQUE. BUT IN SOME
RESPECTS, IT IS SIMPLY THE
LATEST IN WHAT IS CLEARLY A
NATIONWIDE TREND AND AN UGLY
ONE.
Reporter: CONCERNED LEADERS
LIKE CONGRESSMAN TORRES LEAD BY
STANDING UP AND SPEAKING OUT.
CAN AMERICANS REVERSE THE
GROWING TIDE OF AMERICAN
ANTI-SEMITISM? GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.
CBN NEWS. >
THIS IS A SYMPTOM OF A MUCH
LARGER WORLDWIDE PROBLEM, THE
BDS MOVEMENT, THE BOY SCOUT
BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT
FUNDED BY THE PALESTINIANS. IT
HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY INFLUENTIAL.
INFLUENTIAL. I AGREE WITH
SENATOR BEN SASSE THAT SAYS
THERE IS NO FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT
FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT AT THE
U.N. BETWEEN THE PALESTINIANS
AND THE ISRAELIS. THE ISRAELIS
HAVE A LEGITIMATE STATE
RECOGNIZED BY THE U.N. THE
PALESTINIANS HAVE CONSISTENTLY REJECTED
CONSISTENTLY REJECTED THE U.N.
MANDATE AND HAVE CONSISTENTLY
REJECTED A CALL FROM THE U.N. TO
TO FORM A SEPARATE STATE. THEY
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST ISRAEL.
ISRAEL. THEY HAVE ALWAYS TRIED
TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE MAP. FOR
THIS TO BE ENTERTAINED ON OUR
COLLEGE CAMPUSES THAT YOU CAN'T
TALK ABOUT ZIONISM, YOU CAN'T
TALK ABOUT A JEWISH HOMELAND,
YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE JEWS
HAVING A RIGHT OF
SELF-DETERMINATION, WHICH HAS
BEEN PART OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
SINCE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND
THE SAN REMO CONFERENCE OF 1920
-- YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND
YOU GO, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU
YOU ALLY WITH THE PALESTINIAN
CAUSE, IT MAKES NO SENSE. HERE'S
HERE'S THE ONLY WAY IT MAKES
SENSE. AND IT IS A SPIRITUAL
WAY. THE RABBI IS SAYING, EVERY
SINGLE GENERATION THAT ARISES A
HAMAN THAT TRIES TO WIPE THE
JEWS OUT. TO SEE THAT HAPPENING
IN AMERICA WHERE WE TREASURE
FREEDOM OF RELIGION, WE TREASURE
TREASURE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE,
WE TREASURE FREE SPEECH AND
FREE ASSEMBLY, WITH GEORGE
WASHINGTON WHO FAMOUSLY WROTE A
LETTER TO A SENATOR IN AMERICA,
YOU WILL BE SAFE, THESE ARE PART
PART OF OUR HISTORY. HERE AT
CBN, WE STAND WITH ISRAEL. THAT
IS A FUNDAMENTAL FOR US. AND
IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE
RIGHT THING TO DO. MY FEAR IS
THAT I HAVE ALREADY STUDIED THE HISTORY
THE HISTORY. IF YOU ALLOW THE
JEWS TO BE PERSECUTED, IF YOU
ALLOW THE JEWS TO BE ROUNDED UP
INTO CONCENTRATION CAMPS , GUESS
GUESS WHO IS COMING NEXT? AND IN
GERMANY, THEY CAME NEXT FOR THE
THE CHRISTIANS. A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW THIS HISTORY. IN 1942
1942 AND BEYOND, YOU COULD NOT
PREACH THE BIBLE IN A CHURCH.
YOU COULD ONLY PREACH FROM MEIN
KAMPF. THAT IS HOW COMPLETE THE
CONTROL WAS. IT'S ASTOUNDING
THAT WE DON'T KNOW THIS HISTORY.
HISTORY. BUT IT IS ALSO
ASTOUNDING HERE IN AMERICA THIS
KIND OF PERSECUTION IS GOING ON.
ON. WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO
RIGHT THING TO DO. >IS THE
IN OTHER NEWS, FEDERAL AGENTS
AGENTS SAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO FILE CHARGES AGAINST
HUNTER BIDEN. THEY ARE PUTTING
PRESSURE ON THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT. JOHN
JESSUP HAS THAT STORY FROM OUR
CBN NEWS BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
GOVERNMENT AGENTS HAD BEEN
INVESTIGATING HUNTER BIDEN FOR
YEARS. THEY THINK THERE IS NOW
ENOUGH SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO
CHARGE HIM WITH TAX CRIMES AND A
A FALSE STATEMENT RELATED TO GUN PURCHASE
GUN PURCHASE. THAT IS ACCORDING
TO REPORTING FROM THE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON POST. THE
INVESTIGATION BEGAN BACK IN
2018, CENTERING ON BIDENS TAXES
AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
DEALINGS. DATING BACK TO WHEN
HIS FATHER SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT. THAT INCLUDES
HUNTER BIDEN'S WORK SERVING ON
THE BOARD OF A UKRAINIAN GAS
COMPANY. THE DECISION WHETHER TO
TO FILE CHARGES WILL BE MADE BY
THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR DELAWARE,
DAVID WEISS. HE IS A HOLDOVER
FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WELL, COLORADO CHRISTIAN BAKER
BACKED PHILLIPS. HE REFUSED TO
MAKE A CAKE FOR A GAY WEDDING.
NOW HIS ATTORNEY IS URGING THE
APPEALS COURT OVERTURNED A
RULING AGAINST HIM THAT SAID HE
VIOLATED THE STATE'S
ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW BY
REFUSING TO MAKE A CAKE
CELEBRATING A GENDER TRANSITION.
TRANSITION. THE CASE WAS BROUGHT
BROUGHT BY A TRANSGENDER WOMAN.
PHILLIPS TESTIFIED AT TRIAL LAST
LAST YEAR, HE DID NOT THINK
SOMEONE COULD CHANGE GENDERS,
AND HE WOULD NOT CELEBRATE
SOMEONE WHO THINKS THAT THEY CAN
. WELL, GAS PRICES ARE RISING
AGAIN, GETTING CLOSE TO FOUR
DOLLARS A GALLON. AND THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO GO UP EVEN MORE
AFTER OPEC COUNTRIES SAID THEY
WOULD CUT BACK ON OIL
PRODUCTION. IT ALL CONTRIBUTES
TO GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT THE
WORLD ECONOMY. ABIGAIL ROBERTSON
ROBERTSON HAS THAT STORY.
Reporter: OPEC PLUS' DECISION
DECISION TO DRASTICALLY SLASH
THEIR OIL PRODUCTION STARTING IN NOVEMBER
IN NOVEMBER MEANS AMERICANS WILL
WILL SOON PAY MORE TO FILL UP
THEIR CARS AND HEAT THEIR HOMES.
WITH HIGHER COSTS LIKELY
HITTING JUST BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
ELECTION DAY. BEEN A
DISAPPOINTMENT. WE ARE LOOKING
AT WHAT ALTERNATIVES WE MAY
HAVE.
Reporter: THE MOVE REVERSES A
A SMALL INCREASE IN OUTPUT OPEC
PLUS ANNOUNCED AFTER PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S CONTROVERSIAL TRIP TO
SAUDI ARABIA LAST SUMMER.
THE TRIP WAS NOT ESSENTIALLY
FOR OIL. THE TRIP IS ABOUT THE
MIDDLE EAST AND ABOUT ISRAEL AND
AND RATIONALIZATION OF POSITION.
BUT IT IS A DISAPPOINTMENT AND
SAYS THAT IT'S A PROBLEM.
Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN
DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY TO RELEASE ANOTHER 10
MILLION WHEELBARROWS FROM THE
COUNTRIES STRATEGIC PETROLEUM
RESERVE NEXT MONTH AND IS
LOOKING TO RESUME PURCHASING OIL
OIL FROM VENEZUELA, WHICH WOULD
MEAN LIFTING SANCTIONS IMPOSED
ON THE COUNTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSES. FOR NOW HOWEVER, AMERICANS
HOWEVER, AMERICANS ARE FACING
IMMINENT HIGHER PRICES.
IT WILL AFFECT ALL OF US BY
SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF
$.10-$.30 A GALLON.
Reporter: THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
WILL LIKELY GET WORSE BEFORE IT
GETS BETTER.
HIGH ENERGY AND FOOD PRICES,
TIGHTENED FINANCIAL CONDITIONS,
LINGERING SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS,
DECELERATE GROWTH. ALL OF THE
WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMY,