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The 700 Club - February 6, 2023

Injured at boot camp, a Marine tries to push through the pain. After surgeries and therapy, she was unable to avoid being confined to a wheelchair. See her stand tall on today’s 700 Club. Read Transcript


> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> COMING UP. INJURED AT BOOT

CAMP.

I REMEMBER ROLLING DOWN A

HILL.

THIS MARINE TRY TO PUSH

THROUGH THE PAIN.

I HAVE TO GRADUATE.

SURGERIES AND THERE ARE BE

FOLLOWED. YEARS LATER, SHE IS

CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

SEE HER STAND TALL.

GOD HEALED MOMMY LAST

NIGHT.

TODAY ON "THE 700 CLUB".

> WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB".

I AM IN FOR GORDON ROBERTSON

TODAY. A CHINESE SPY BALLOON

HAS CAPTIVATED THE NATION FOR

THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT TRAVELED

ACROSS THE COUNTRY BEFORE THE

MILITARY SHOT IT DOWN OFF THE

COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA ON

SATURDAY.

JOINING US TODAY IS A MAN

QUALIFIED TO ASSESS THE

SECURITY BREACH AND MUCH MORE.

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE AND

CIA DIRECTOR, MIKE POMPEO.

HERE IS A LOOK AT HIS

IMPRESSIVE BACKGROUND.

Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO

STELLAR RESUMES, MIKE POMPEO'S

IS HARD TO BEAT. FIRST IN HIS

CLASS AT WEST POINT, A HARVARD

LAW DEGREE, U.S. CONGRESSMAN ,

CIA DIRECTOR, SECRETARY OF

STATE . AND QUITE POSSIBLY A

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2024.

YOU SAY YOU'RE CONSIDERING

IT?

SUSAN, I AM THINKING AND

PRAYING AND TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT IF THIS IS THE NEXT PLACE

TO SERVE. WE HAVE NOT COME TO

THAT CONCLUSION. WE WILL

FIGURE IT OUT IN THE NEXT

HANDLE A MONTH.

Reporter: EVER SINCE LEAVING

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, HE

HAS BEEN SHOWING UP REGULARLY

IN KEY EARLY PRIMARY STATES

LIKE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

AND NOW HE HAS WRITTEN A NEW

BOOK, 'NEVER GIVE AN INCH',

ABOUT HIS TIME IN THE WHITE

HOUSE. THE BOOK IS NO

NONSENSE. JUST LIKE THE AUTHOR.

DETAILING MANY OF THOSE

RELATIONSHIPS WITH HEADS OF

STATE FROM ALL AROUND THE

WORLD, INCLUDING A SURPRISE

INTERACTION WITH KIM JONG-UN

OF NORTH KOREA. AS FOR

PRESIDENT TRUMP, POMPEO RIGHTS

PLENTY OF KIND WORDS, ALTHOUGH

HE DISHES CRITICISM TOWARD

ENTRENCHED WASHINGTON

BUREAUCRATS AND CERTAIN FORMER

DEMONSTRATION OFFICIALS LIKE

JOHN BOLTON AND NIKKI HALEY.

WHO IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A

RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY SOON.

NOW, FOLLOWING THIS NEW BOOK,

ATTENTION SHIFTS TO THE NEXT

CHAPTER FOR MIKE POMPEO. DAVID

BRODY, CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE

AND CIA DIRECTOR MIKE POMPEO IS

WITH US NOW. HIS NEW BOOK IS

CALLED, 'NEVER GIVE AN INCH'.

I READ IT COVER TO COVER AND IT

IS FASCINATING. IT IS AN

AMAZON A NEW YORK TIMES

BESTSELLER. MR. SECRETARY,

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US

TODAY.

IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE

WITH THE NEWS GOING ON. LET'S

START WITH THE CHINESE SPY

BALLOON THE U.S. MILITARY SHUT

DOWN ON SATURDAY. WHAT IS YOUR

TAKE ON HOW THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION HANDLED IT? HOW

DO YOU RESPOND TO REPORTS A

SIMILAR BALLOONS WHOEVER

PORTIONS OF THE U.S. DURING THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?

GOODNESS. FIRST OF ALL YOU

GOT IT RIGHT , IT WAS A SPY

BALLOON. THE CHINESE SAY IT WAS

A WEATHER BALLOON. YOU SHOULD

NOT FORGET THEY TOLD US THE

WUHAN VIRUS WAS NOT GOING TO

SPREAD AND WAS NOT CONTAGIOUS

AND THEY HID EVERYTHING. THEY

ARE LIARS AND THEY ARE LYING

ABOUT THIS. THIS WAS CERTAINLY

AN EFFORT TO COLLECT AGAINST

IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT

AMERICA DOES NOT ONE IN THE

HANDS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST

PARTY. THE LEAST YOUR QUESTION,

I CANNOT FIGURE OUT FOR THE

LIFE OF ME WHY THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION CHOSE TO ALLOW

THIS TO TRAVERSE ALASKA DOWN

THROUGH THE UNITED STATES AND

ACROSS SIGNIFICANT MILITARY

INSTALLATIONS IN THE HOMELAND.

THEY WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT

COULD HAVE TAKEN THIS DOWN MUCH

EARLIER. THEY COULD HAVE DONE

SO WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE RISK

TO FOLKS ON THE GROUND . I AM

CONFIDENT OF THAT. FOR SOME

REASON THEY DECIDED NOT TO

UNTIL SOME FOLKS IN MONTANA

MADE IT PUBLIC. MY GUESS IS

THAT IF THAT HAD NOT HAPPENED

THEY MIGHT HAVE LET IT MOVE OUT

OF THE UNITED STATES AND NEVER

TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HAVE

SEEN THE STORIES THAT SAID THIS

HAPPENED ON OUR WATCH. I CAN

SPEAK TO THIS. I NEVER KNEW

ABOUT IT AND A BALLOON THE SIZE

OF THREE BUSES, SLOWLY MAKING

ITS WAY THROUGH THE HEARTLAND

FOR DAYS, PRETTY CONFIDENT THE

CIA DIRECTOR OR SECRETARY OF

STATE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD

ABOUT. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE

WAS NOT TOLD AND TWO NATIONAL

SECURITY ADVISOR SAID THEY DID

NOT KNOW. I WAIT ANXIOUSLY TO

FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED . I HOPE

IT IS NOT THE CASE THAT THE

MILITARY KNEW AND DID NOT TELL

HER TO POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. I

KNOW OF NO ONE IN THE POLITICAL

DEMONSTRATION AT THE SENIOR

LEVEL THAT WAS AWARE OF SUCH AN

ACTION TAKING PLACE ON OUR

WATCH. WE WOULD NOT HAVE

ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN FOR FIVE

DAYS.

LET'S TURN TO THE MIDDLE

EAST. HAS BEEN A SURGE IN

PALESTINIAN TERRORISM AGAINST

ISRAEL RECENTLY. BASED UPON

YOUR YEARS DIRECTING THE CIA

FOLLOWED BY SERVING A SECRETARY

OF STATE, HOW SHOULD WE DEAL

WITH IRAN'S TERRORISM AND

THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM?

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN

THIS ISSUE IN 'NEVER GIVE AN

INCH'. WE HAVE ONE GOOD

PARTNER, THE HOMELAND OF THE

JEWISH PEOPLE, THE LAND OF

ISRAEL. WE MOVE THE EMBASSY

FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM. WE

ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOLAN HEIGHTS

FOR THE RIGHTS OF LAND FOR THE

PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. WE PUNISH THE

REGIME IN IRAN. THAT IS WHAT I

WISH THIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD

DO. YOU CANNOT APPEASE THE

AYATOLLAH. YOU CANNOT APPEASE

THE BUTCHER OF TEHRAN. THESE

ARE FOLKS WHO ONLY NO POWER

AND WHEN I SEE THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO GET

BACK INTO A NUCLEAR DEAL, WHICH

GUARANTEES A PATHWAY TO A

NUCLEAR WEAPON FOR IRAN, THAT

IS DANGEROUS FOR ISRAEL. IT IS

DANGEROUS FOR THE PEOPLE OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND DANGEROUS FOR THE PEOPLE IN

THE MIDDLE EAST. WE BUILD

PIECE ON THE ABRAHAM ACCRORDS.

THESE FOLKS, THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION, HAS NOT TRIED

TO PLAY FOOTSIE WITH THE

IRANIANS AND THAT IS NOT GOOD

FOR AMERICA.

IN YOUR BOOK YOU WRITE WITH

GREAT ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE

ABRAHAM ACCRORDS. YOU SAID, WE

HAVE GONE FROM WONDERING IF

THEY WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO

GUESSING WHICH ARAB COUNTRY

WILL JOIN NEXT. WHY ARE THE

ABRAHAM ACCRORDS SO IMPORTANT

TO ISRAEL?

ACCORDING TO ISRAEL, YOU

NOW HAVE FOUR FEWER NATIONS

THAT THE CENTRAL THESIS OF THE

NATIONAL SECURITY IS

DESTROYING THE DESIGN , TAKING

DOWN THE NATION OF ISRAEL. THAT

IS A LOT LESS RISK. IT IS ALSO

THE CASE THAT NOW THE ISRAELIS

WILL TRADE WITH THEM. THEY WILL

BE SECURITY PARTNERS. LIVES

WILL BE BETTER . AND FOR THE

UNITED STATES, THE ABRAHAM

ACCRORDS DeMARCO MOMENT WHEN

THE RISK THAT WE HAVE TO SEND

OUR YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS TO

FIGHT AND RISK THEIR LIVES IN

THE MIDDLE EAST, IS GREATLY

DIMINISHED. IT WAS SUCH AN

IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. I

PRAY THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE

AND GROW. I PRAY OTHER NATIONS

WILL JOIN AND THEY WILL ALL

COME TO SEE ISRAEL AS A NATION

THAT IS NOBLE AND IMPORTANT IN

THE WORLD.

YOU ARE CONSIDERING RUNNING

FOR PRESIDENT, AS WE

UNDERSTAND. YOU PROBABLY WILL

RUN AGAINST THE FORMER

DEMONSTRATION COLLEAGUE, NIKKI

HALEY. AND YOUR FORMER BOSS,

PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE USED TO

CALL YOU, MY MIKE. OTHERS

FACTORS IN YOUR DECISION?

GOODNESS. NO. THE ONLY THING

SUSAN AND I ARE DOING IS

PRAYING FOR DISCERNMENT AND

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS

THE RIGHT PLACE FOR US TO GO

SERVE NEXT . THERE WILL BE LOTS

OF FOLKS THAT DECIDE TO GET IN

THE RACE AND THERE WILL BE A

HANDFUL WE THINK WILL GET IN

THAT DON'T AND SOME WE DON'T

WILL GET AND THAT WILL. IT WILL

NOT BE ABOUT WHO DECIDES . IT

WILL BE ABOUT MAKING THE CASE

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT

OUR VISION FOR AMERICA AND HOW

IT IS THAT IF WE WERE GIVEN

THIS INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE TO

SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE O CF1 O

UNITED STATES, HOW WE WOULD

WORK TO DELIVER ON THEIR BEHALF

EVERY DAY.

ONE THING ABOUT YOUR BOOK,

IT CONTAINS FASCINATING

CONVERSATIONS, CONFRONTATIONS

YOU HAVE HAD WITH SOME OF THE

WORLD'S MOST FEARED REGIMES AND

DICTATORS . I WAS SURPRISED

THAT YOU SAY THE GREATEST

OVERALL THREAT TO AMERICA IS

RANDI WEINGARTEN, THE HEAD OF

THE TEACHERS UNION. WHY HER?

IF WE TEACH OUR KIDS GARBAGE

, IF WE DO NOT REMIND THEM THAT

THIS IS A JUDEO-CHRISTIAN

NATION AND IS THE MOST

EXCEPTIONAL NATION IN THE

HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION, IF WE

CANNOT TEACH THEM THE BASICS OF

READING AND WRITING AND

REASONING, IF WE GET THAT WRONG

OR SECRETARY OF STATE CAN FIX

THAT PROBLEM. THE NEXT

GENERATION WILL THINK, WE WERE

TAUGHT AMERICA IS RACIST. WE

WERE TAUGHT AMERICA IS FOUNDED

ON AN ILLOGICAL IDEA AND THERE

IS AN OPPRESSOR CLASS YOU

CANNOT GET THOSE THINGS BACK.

PHISHING PING IS A BAD GUY. I

SPENT TIME WITH HIM. CHAIRMAN

KIM, A BAD GUY. THE TALIBAN,

EVIL. VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE SAME.

NONE OF THOSE THINGS POSE THE

SAME RISK THAT WE DON'T

TRANSMIT TO THE NEXT

TRANSITION THAT PARENTS ARE

PERMITTED TO TEACH CHILDREN

THE VALUE SET AND THE SCHOOLS

THROUGH THAT UP. READY

WEINGARTEN AND THE TEACHERS

UNION ARE TRYING TO DO THAT.

THEY CLOSED OUR SCHOOLS FOR TWO

YEARS. THEY PRESENTED IN A

MOST RISK TO OUR REPUBLIC AND

THEY SHOULD PUSH BACK, THE

GOVERNORS. TO MAKE SURE THEIR

SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS ARE

LEARNING THE MOST IMPORTANT

THINGS ABOUT THIS GREAT

COUNTRY.

AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR

BOOK YOU QUOTE THIS VERSE, BE

ON YOUR GUARD. STAND FIRM IN

THE FAITH. BE COURAGEOUS. BE

STRONG. THAT IS CORINTHIAN'S 1:

16-13. WATCHES THAT VERSE?

IT IS ONE I HAVE READ SINCE

I CAME TO CHRIST WHEN I WAS IN

COLLEGE. IT IS ONE WE TAUGHT

OUR FIFTH-GRADE SUNDAY SCHOOL

CLASS WHEN SUSAN AND I TAUGHT

BACK IN WICHITA. IT WAS A VERSE

THAT WAS ON MY HEART THAT I

KNOW WELL AND IT IS A MESSAGE

TO ALL OF US. I AM NOT JUST A

SENIOR LEADER IN AMERICA BUT

EVERYONE WHO IS RAISING A

FAMILY. PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING

TO FIND A WAY. I HOPE IT OFFERS

THEM ENCOURAGEMENT AND

ENLIGHTENMENT THAT THEY WILL

GRAB THE REST OF THE CHAPTER

THE HILL SO MANY WONDERFUL

STORIES ABOUT HOW IT IS JESUS

EXPECTS US TO LIVE OUR LIVES.

IF YOU WIN THE PRESIDENCY

YOU WILL GO AGAINST THE

WASHINGTON SWAMP AGAIN. WHAT

KIND OF OPPOSITION DID YOU RUN

INTO FROM THE ENTRENCHED

BUREAUCRACY AS CIA DIRECTOR

AND THEN SECRETARY OF STATE?

GOODNESS. IT WAS TRAGICALLY

DIFFICULT AT THE STATE

DEPARTMENT. LESS SO AT THE CIA,

FRANKLY. THEY WERE MORE LIKE

SOME OF THE WARRIORS I KNEW AS

A YOUNG LIEUTENANT IN THE

UNITED STATES ARMY. THE STATE

DEPARTMENT WAS A DIFFERENT

CREATURE. THEY HAD A MIND OF

THEIR OWN. THEY WERE LEFT OF

LEFT OF CENTER AND THEY

RESISTED THE THINGS THAT

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I WERE

TRYING TO ACCOPLISH. THERE

WERE THREE UNIONS. IT WAS A

DIFFICULT LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

FOR SURE, WHEN YOU MEET THE

KIND OF RESISTANCE. INSIDE THE

ORGANIZATION THAT IS SUPPOSED

TO WORK FOR YOU. I THINK I KNOW

HOW TO FIX IT. YOU HAVE TO BE

ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED

ON MERIT, HIRING DECISIONS AND

PROMOTION DECISIONS AND

TERMINATION DECISIONS.

ASSIGNING PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT

PLACE THAT FITS THEIR SKILL SET

THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN THEM.

TODAY NONE OF THAT HAPPENS . IT

IS AN OLD BOYS NETWORK BILL ON

A SET OF UNION RULES AND CIVIL

SERVICE REGULATIONS. THAT IS

NOT GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND WE

NEED TO FIX IT. THE NEXT

CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO

GET AFTER IT.

THE BOOK IS CALLED, 'NEVER

GIVE AN INCH' . IT IS A GREAT

READ. I READ EVERY PAGE AND I

ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A COPY.

MR. SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR

BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

> COMING UP . WE WILL HAVE

THE REST OF TODAY'S TOP

HEADLINES FROM THE CBN

NEWSROOM.

> LATER IN THE SHOW , MEET

THE HIDDEN FIGURE WHO HELPED TO

BUILD THE MODERN WORLD. THAT A

TIME WHEN WE BARELY KNEW HOW TO

USE COMPUTERS.

> PLUS. A TERRIBLE SPINE

INJURY LEFT THIS WOMAN IN A

WHEELCHAIR. SHE COULD NOT EVEN

WALK. STAY TUNED TO SEE HOW SHE

WAS HEALED FROM YEARS OF PAIN

OVERNIGHT.

> WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700

CLUB". THE POWERFUL 7.8

MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED

SOUTHERN TURKEY AND NORTHERN

SYRIA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE

DEATH TOLL NOW STANDS AT MORE

THAN 1900. AS CHRISTMAS TO

REPORTS, THAT IS EXPECTED TO

RISE DRAMATICALLY.

Reporter: NEARLY 3000

BUILDINGS IN THE QUAKE ZONE

COLLAPSED IN CITIES ACROSS THE

BORDER REGION LIKE THIS ONE.

SEEMS LIKE THE SHOWS THE

DEVASTATION THAT HIT THE AREA.

AFTER THE QUAKE, TEAMS OF

RESCUE WORKERS AND RESIDENTS

RUSHED FRANTICALLY TO FIND

THOSE TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE.

THE PRESIDENT CALLED IT

TURKEY'S WORST DISASTERS SINCE

1939. WHILE TURKEY MOBILIZED

ITS RESCUE SERVICES. A

DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE . ALL

OUR GOVERNORS ARE ON DUTY NOW.

SECURITY FORCES, TOOK THE STORM

FORCES, DISASTER AND EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT TEAMS. SEARCH AND

RESCUE TEAMS , FOR MANY PARTS

OF TURKEY. CHECK TURKEY SITS ON

TOP OF MAJOR FAULTLINES AND IS

FRUGALLY SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES.

THE QUAKE ALSO SMASHED REGIONS

IN NORTHERN SYRIA , AREAS

CONTROLLED BY FORCES FIGHTING

THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT. AND

FILLED WITH 4 MILLION PEOPLE ,

DISPLACED BY THE COUNTRY'S

CIVIL WAR. MANY LIVE IN POOR

CONDITIONS WITH LITTLE

HEALTHCARE. RESCUE WORKERS

SAID HOSPITALS WERE FILLED IN

THE SYRIAN CIVIL DEFENSE SAID

SYRIA WAS IN A STATE OF

CATASTROPHE WITH ENTIRE

NEIGHBORHOODS LEVELED. MORE

THAN 40 NATIONS PLEDGED HELP.

AT THE REQUEST OF TURKEY, THE

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU SAID THEY WOULD

IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE MEDICAL AND

SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS. SOME

OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

ISRAEL SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

WILL LEAVE TODAY TO THE QUAKE

REGION. THE TEAM USE THE

SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND

TECHNIQUES TO SEARCH FOR

SURVIVORS. THE EPICENTER WAS

20 MILES FROM THE TURKISH CITY

OF , AND WAS FELT AS FAR AWAY

AS CENTRAL ISRAEL AND CAIRO.

AT LEAST 30 AFTERSHOCKS

CONTINUED TO HIT THE REGION,

WITH THE STRONGEST ONE

MEASURING 7.5 . FOLLOWING THE

WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION OF THE

MASSIVE QUAKE, SEARCH AND

RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE LIKELY TO

GO ON FOR MANY MORE DAYS.

FOLLOWED BY A TRAGIC AND LONG

RECOVERY. CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN

NEWS, JERUSALEM.

> AT HOME THE MILITARY IS

SEARCHING FOR THE WRECKAGE OF

THE SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY

BALLOON AFTER THE AIR FORCE

SHOT IT DOWN SATURDAY. NOW THE

PENTAGON SAYS CHINA HAS IN

PREVIOUS BALLOONS OVER U.S.

TERRITORY. CHECK CHINA TODAY

ACCUSED THE U.S. OF

INDISCRIMINATE USE OF FORCE.

AFTER A MILITARY JET FINALLY

SHUT DOWN THAT SUSPECTED

CHINESE SPY BALLOON SATURDAY.

CRITICS ARE ASKING WHAT TOOK

THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE

PENTAGON SO LONG TO DO IT?

THEY ARGUE THE U.S. SHUT DOWN

THE BALLOON , ONLY AFTER HE HAD

ALREADY FLOWN OVER SENSITIVE

MILITARY SITES ACROSS NORTH

AMERICA. A SINGLE F-22 FIRED

AN AIR TO AIR MISSILE ROUGHLY

6 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE SOUTH

CAROLINA COAST . ABOUT 60,000

FEET IN THE AIR.

[ AUDIO NOT UNDERSTANDABLE ]

Reporter: NATIONAL SECURITY

LEADERS DECIDED THE BEST TIME

FOR THE OPERATION WAS WHEN IT

GOT OVER WATER.

THEY SAID TO ME LET'S WAIT

UNTIL THE SAFEST PLACE TO DO

IT.

Reporter: CHINA'S IS THAT

THE FLYOVER WAS AN ACCIDENT

INVOLVING WHAT IT CALLED A

CIVILIAN, UNMANNED AIRSHIP .

THE PENTAGON NOW SAYS IT HAS

HAPPENED BEFORE, AT LEAST THREE

TIMES. INCLUDING DURING THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. A CLAIM

REFUTED BY FORMER PRESIDENT

TRUMP AND HIS WHITE HOUSE

DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE

OFFICIALS. A SENIOR BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL LATER

TOLD FOXNEWS THAT INFORMATION

SUGGESTING CHINESE SPY

BALLOON'S CROSSED THE U.S.

UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

WAS DISCOVERED AFTER TRUMP

LEFT OFFICE. OFFICIALS ALSO

SAY THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON

CRASHED INTO THE PACIFIC OFF

THE COAST OF HAWAII FOR MONTHS

AGO , AND THE CHINESE

SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS HAVE ALSO

FLOWN OVER TEXAS , FLORIDA AND

WARM. LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH

PARTIES WERE LEFT WONDERING WHY

THE PENTAGON DID NOT SHOOT THIS

BALLOON DOWN SOONER.

I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE

MILITARY TOOK DECISIVE ACTION

WHEN THEY DID AND HOW THEY DID.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ISSUES.

I CAN ASSURE YOU IF WE

BALLOON OVER CHINA THEY WILL

SHOOT IT DOWN AND PROBABLY

SOONER THAN WE DID.

Reporter: SENATOR MARCO

RUBIO BELIEVES CHINA WAS

SENDING A MESSAGE.

THE MESSAGE THEY WERE ARE

TRYING TO SAID IS WHAT THEY

BELIEVE INTERNALLY , THE UNITED

STATES IS A ONCE GREAT SUPER

PYRO THAT IS IN DECLINE.

Reporter: CHINA'S PLAYING

DOWN THE CANCELLATION OF A

VISIT BY U.S. SECRETARY OF

STATE ANTONY BLINKEN AFTER THE

BALLOON INCIDENT. CLAIMING

NEITHER SIDE HAD FORMALLY

ANNOUNCED A MEETING. CHINA

WARNS THAT IT RETAINS THE RIGHT

TO RESPOND FURTHER. IT ALSO

FIRED ITS NATIONAL WEATHER

CHIEF , JUST AFTER THE BALLOON

WAS REVEALED TO BE OVER U.S.

TERRITORY. DALE HURD, CBN

NEWS.

> A YOUNG GEORGIA POLICE

OFFICER SAID HE RESIGNED AFTER

BEING REPRIMANDED FOR FACEBOOK

POST ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN

THE BIBLE. HE SAID HE FELT

COMPELLED TO TAKE A STAND FOR

GOD'S WORD.

ON JANUARY 2nd I MADE A

FACEBOOK POST OFF-DUTY ABOUT

GOD'S DESIGN FOR MARRIAGE.

EMMETT STATED THAT GOD CREATED

MARRIAGE , MARRIAGE REFERS TO

CHRIST IN THE CHURCH AND THAT

IS WHY THERE IS NO SUCH THING

AS HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE I KNOW

THAT MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE TO THE

WORLD AND TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT

THAT IS A DEEPLY HELD CHRISTIAN

BELIEF.

HE WROTE THE POST ON HIS OWN

TIME HE WAS CALLED IN THE NEXT

DAY AND TOLD SOMEONE HAD

COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND HE

WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN. HE

SAID HE COULD NOT BECAUSE OF

HIS BELIEFS. AFTER A SERIES OF

EXCHANGES, HE WAS TOLD HE COULD

POST BIBLE VERSES BUT WITHOUT

HIS OWN INTERPRETATION OR

OPINION. HE SAID THE SITUATION

FORCED HIM TO RECONSIDER HIS

POSITION BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF

TRUST FROM HIS SUPERIORS.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT

THERE WHO HAVE SAID THAT I

RESIGNED SIMPLY BECAUSE I WAS

TOLD MY BELIEFS WERE OFFENSIVE.

THAT IS NOT WHY A RESIGNED. I

RESIGNED BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN AN

ULTIMATUM. I WAS TOLD YOU CAN

RESIGN NOW OR BE FIRED LATER.

HE PLANS TO TELL HIS STORY

AND TAKE A STAND FOR

CHRISTIANS. WE HAVE MORE OF A

STORY ON CBNNEWS.COM.

> STILL AHEAD. YOU MIGHT NOT

KNOW HER NAME, BUT YOU USE OUR

TECHNOLOGY PRACTICALLY EVERY

DAY. WE WILL MEET THE

MATHEMATICIAN WHO HELPED PAVE

THE WAY FOR GPS, COMING UP .

> ALSO AHEAD. A WOMAN

CONFINED TO HER WHEELCHAIR

WALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

YEARS. THERE IS NO MEDICAL

REASON TO EXPLAIN WHY IT

HAPPENED. SHE WILL TELL US

HERSELF , HOW SHE WAS CURED.

> PLUS, ME AND ANDREW WILL

PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR NEEDS.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

> YESSENIA BUCKLEY WANTED TO

SERVE HER COUNTRY AND SHE PAID

A HEAVY PRICE. SHE WAS

SERIOUSLY HURT IN BOOT CAMP

AND LATER RECEIVED A MEDICAL

DISCHARGE. WITHIN A FEW YEARS,

SHE WAS PARALYZED FROM THE

WAIST DOWN.

WE CAME BACK FROM A FIELD

EXERCISE AND IT WAS IN THE

ROLLING HILLS OF VIRGINIA. WE

WENT BACK TO OUR PLATOON AND I

REMEMBER , WEARING MY GEAR AND

MY HIKING PACK.

Reporter: IN 2008, YESSENIA

BUCKLEY WAS AN MARINE BOOT CAMP

WHEN SHE FELL DOWN THE HILL ON

HER BACK .

I REMEMBER ROLLING DOWN A

HILL . I REMEMBER FEELING THAT

EXCRUCIATING PAIN THAT

RADIATED DOWN MY BACK AND INTO

MY LEGS. BUT I HAD THAT

MENTALITY OF I HAVE TO GET

THROUGH AND GRADUATE AND I DID.

BUT THE PAIN NEVER WENT AWAY.

Reporter: AS A RESULT OF THE

FALL SHE SUFFERED A SERIOUS

SPINAL INJURY AND WAS

EVENTUALLY DISCHARGED ON

MEDICAL GROUNDS. AFTER THE

MARINES, YESSENIA AND HER

HUSBAND PURSUED A CHRISTIAN

MISSION ASSIGNMENT IN PANAMA.

AS TIME WENT ON , HER INJURY

WORSENED.

WE WANTED TO START A FAMILY

AND I GOT PREGNANT WITH MY SON.

LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I HAD A

SPINAL CORD INJURY. IT WAS A

HARD PREGNANCY. THEN I HAD MY

DAUGHTER, 16 MONTHS LATER. MY

BACK GAVE OUT AT THE END OF MY

DAUGHTERS -- I WAS BEDRIDDEN

AND I HAD TO WEAR A BACK BRACE.

I HAD NO IDEA THE SEVERITY

OF THE INJURY WHEN IT OCCURRED.

WHEN I WOULD GO OFF TO WORK AT

THE CHURCH AND COME BACK , HER

BACK WAS LOCKING UP. 90

SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

Reporter: YESSENIA DANCING

A SPINAL CORD SPECIALIST. HE

RECOMMENDED SURGERY.

WE DID PHYSICAL THERAPY. WE

DID ACUPUNCTURE. WE SENT HER TO

ANOTHER SURGERY. WE CENTER TO

AN UROLOGIST. SHE WAS NOT ABLE

TO WALK.

HE WAS HONEST THAT IT WOULD

BE A SLOW RECOVERY AND

SOMETIMES NERVES JUST DON'T

REGENERATE OR THEY DO VERY

SLOWLY.

Reporter: THE LUMBAR FUSION

SURGERY ALSO FAILED.

I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT

DAY. HE SHOWED THE MRI AND HE

SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE THE

INSTRUMENT TATIAN FROM YOU FOR

SURGERY HAS COMPLETELY

COLLAPSED. I JUST REMEMBER THE

FIRST THING THAT I SAID WAS,

WHAT HAPPENS NOW . WHAT HAPPENS

NOW?

IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS A

PARALEGIC. THAT IS A PATIENT

THAT CANNOT WALK.

Reporter: THE BUCKLEY'S

BEGAN CALLING FRIENDS AND

FAMILY TO PRAY FOR HEALING.

WE HAD AN ARMY OF PEOPLE

PRAYING FOR US, BOTH IN PANAMA

DURING AND BEFORE SURGERY. MY

FAMILY BACK HERE IN THE STATES

WERE PRAYING FOR US. FRIENDS

AND FAMILY OF MY HUSBAND AND

EVEN IN THE MARINE CORPS.

Reporter: DISCOURAGEMENT SET

IN. ALONG WITH THE FEAR THAT

SHE MAY BE IN A WHEELCHAIR THE

REST OF HER LIFE.

I WAS KIND OF HOMEBOUND AT

FIRST TO THE FIRST LEVEL OF MY

TOWN HOME. I DID START GETTING

DISCOURAGED THAT AFTER TWO

SURGERIES AND AFTER ALL THE

THERAPIES I HAD GONE, I NEVER

DECLINED ONE THERAPY. THINGS

WERE REALLY HARD.

Reporter: ONE EVENING SHE

WAS WATCHING A HEALING STORY ON

TELEVISION THAT GAVE HER HOPE.

I HAD WATCHED "THE 700

CLUB". CBN HAS ALWAYS BEEN

THERE FOR US AND THE PRAYER

LINE. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY

THE TESTIMONIES OF SO MANY

OTHER PEOPLE. AND CRIED OUT TO

GOD BECAUSE I SAW THIS AMAZING

STORY OF THIS LADY BEING

HEALED. I WAS SO HAPPY FOR HER

AND I SAID, GOD, I KNOW THAT

YOU DO THAT. I AM SEEING IT. I

WANT THE SAME. I WANT TO FEEL

YOUR HEALING POWER. I KNOW YOU

CAN DO IT.

Reporter: LATER THAT NIGHT

AS YESSENIA WAS SLEEPING ON A

LIVING ROOM COUCH, SHE FELT A

STRANGE SENSATION IN HER LEGS.

AS I WAS CRYING AND SAYING

THAT PRAYER , I FELT THIS HEAT

COME DOWN. ALMOST THROUGH MY

WHOLE BODY. FROM MY WAIST TO MY

FEET AND IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE

HEAT. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT

GOD HAD GOTTEN ME UP AND I WAS

IN THE BATHROOM ALREADY .

STANDING UP WITHOUT THE

WHEELCHAIR. UNTIL I THINK MY

BODY WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE

THAT I WAS WALKING.

THE NEXT THING I WAS BEING

WOKEN UP AND SHE WAS STANDING

IN THE DOORFRAME OF OUR BEDROOM

AND SHE WAS STANDING THERE. IT

WAS A MOMENT LIKE IS THIS

REALLY HAPPENING OR AM I

DREAMING. SHE SAID, MICHAEL,

GOD HAS HEALED ME AND SHE

JUMPED ON THE BED TO GIVE ME A

HUG.

Reporter: THE NEXT MORNING

THEY SHARE THE GREAT NEWS WITH

THEIR CHILDREN.

MY HUSBAND SAID, GOD HEALED

MOMMY LAST NIGHT.

WE ARE THANKFUL THAT GOD

HAS USED HER STORY IN SO MANY

WAYS. WE ARE PROUD THAT GOD

WOULD USE OUR MARRIAGE, OUR

CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, OUR

LIVES FOR HIS GLORY TO BRING

PEOPLE TO JESUS.

WHY SHE IS WALKING AND HOW

SHE IS WALKING, I WILL TELL

YOU, I DON'T HAVE A MEDICAL

ANSWER.

Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF

BEING BOUND TO A WHEELCHAIR,

SHE IS NOW MOBILE. ALTHOUGH SHE

STILL HAS A FEW LIMITATIONS,

SHE LOVES TO SPEND TIME AT THE

BEACH , ADMIRING GOD'S CREATION

AND PRAISING HIM FOR WHAT HE

DID FOR HER.

GOD BRINGS ME TO THE BEACH,

EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT RUN ON THE

BEACH. GOD BRINGS ME TO THE

TIME WHEN I BECAME A CHRISTIAN,

WHEN I WENT AND CRIED MY HEART

OUT. IT IS NOT JUST MY STORY.

IT IS KIND OF ALL OUR STORY .

IT IS A STORY OF HOPE AND LOVE

AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY

ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR

CIRCUMSTANCE. AND WHETHER IT

IS IN A WHEELCHAIR OR NOT OR

WHATEVER THEIR DISABILITY IS

OR WHATEVER THEIR STRUGGLE IS,

THAT GOD'S DOES HEAR OUR

PRAYERS AND THEY ARE NOT

ALONE.

HERE AND RECEIVED A

POWERFUL TRUTH TODAY. THAT GOD

HEARS YOUR PRAYERS. HE LOVES

YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.

AND HE WILL NEVER TURN HIS

BACK AGAINST YOU. EVEN IF YOU

FEEL LIKE HE HAS , BECAUSE THE

STORM YOU ARE WALKING THROUGH

IS PRETTY TOUGH . AND YOU ARE

NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON. GOD

IS WITH YOU IN THAT STORM. HE

IS GUIDING YOU. HE IS HEALING

YOU. HE IS THERE FOR YOU. AS

I WAS WATCHING THAT STORY I WAS

REMINDED OF SCRIPTURE,

PROVERBS 13:11. DREAM

FULFILLED IS A TREE OF LIFE.

GOD KNOWS THAT AND HE WANTS TO

ANSWER THOSE DREAMS. THE DREAMS

OF BEING HEALED . THAT PRAYER

THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CRYING OUT

REPEATEDLY TO HIM. LORD, HEAL

ME. HE IS GOING TO DO THAT FOR

YOU. HE IS READY AND WILLING

AND ABLE TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

ANDREW AND I WILL PRAY FOR YOU

AND YOUR NEEDS, BELIEVING THAT

THOSE ANSWERED PRAYERS ARE

COMING TODAY. EVEN RIGHT NW.

BELIEVE THAT WITH US. BELIEVE

IT TODAY. HAVE FAITH IN YOUR

HEAVENLY FATHER WHO LOVES YOU

AND WILL HEAL YOU AND SET YOU

FREE. BEFORE WE PRAY, WE WANT

TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU IN

YOUR FAITH WITH ANSWER TO

PRAYERS. SOMEBODY WROTE AND

SAID , THIS IS 83-YEAR-OLD

NORMAN. WAS EXPERIENCING

SEVERE BLEEDING WHICH HE WAS

SERIOUS. HE CALLED CBN'S 24

SEVEN PRAYER LINE AND RECEIVED

A POWERFUL PRAYER CLAIMING

GOD'S HEALING POWER. THE NEXT

DAY ALL OF THE BLEEDING,

COMPLETELY STOPPED. HE IS

PRAISING AND THANKING GOD.

THIS IS DYNAMITE , ASHLEY.

WHAT AN AMAZING REPORT. BRIAN

FROM BEAVER HILLS ,

PENNSYLVANIA. BATTLED BLADDER

CANCER ON-AND-OFF FOR THE PAST

12 YEARS . IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022

HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY

CANCER. RECENTLY HIS WIFE WAS

WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB" AND

ASHLEY SAID, IF YOU ARE LOVED

ONE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH

CANCER RECEIVED THE HEALING

FROM THE LORD RIGHT NOW. THERE

IS NO NEED FOR TREATMENTS.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A FULL

BODY SCAN A MONTH LATER. THE

MEDICAL REPORT CONFIRMED THERE

WAS NO CANCER IN BRIAN'S BODY.

THEY GIVE ALL THE GLORY TO GOD.

WE HOPE YOUR FAITH IS BUILT

AND ASHLEY AND I WANT TO PRAY

WITH YOU. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER

WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE NAME

OF JESUS. WE THINK OF BRIAN

WHO FOR 12 YEARS HAVE THIS

HEALTH BATTLE AND ANOTHER

REPORT OF THE MAN BLEEDING. OR

THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BLEEDING

CONDITION FOR 12 YEARS AND SHE

JUST WANTED TO TOUCH JESUS

GARMENTS. SHE BELIEVES SHE

COULD BE HEALED AND SHE DID SO

AND THE BLEEDING STOPPED IN THE

BIBLE SAID SHE WAS FREE. JESUS

FELT POWER GO OUT FROM HIM. WE

SAW THE TESTIMONY FROM

YESSENIA AND SHE SAID I JUST

WANT THE POWER OF HEALING IN MY

LIFE . LORD GOD, UNLEASH AND

DISTRIBUTE YOUR POWER. THE

POWER IS NOT IN ASHLEY AND I.

YOU HAVE AUTHORITY. YOU HAVE

DOMINION. FATHER GOD, WE PRAY

FOR HEALINGS FOR THOSE IN THEIR

HEART CRIES TODAY IN JESUS'

NAME.

I BELIEVE SOMEONE IS

WATCHING AND YOU HAVE AN UPPER

NECK ISSUE. ALMOST AT THE BASE

OF YOUR SKULL. YOU ARE NOT

ABLE TO MOVE YOUR NECK HARDLY

AT ALL. ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE TO

WEAR A BRACE. I BELIEVE JESUS,

THE POWER OF GOD IS TOUCHING

YOUR BODY AND YOU CAN MOVE YOUR

NECK LIKE NEVER BEFORE. THE

ISSUE WILL NO LONGER BE AN

ISSUE. YOU WILL GO BACK TO THE

DOCTOR FOR AN ASSESSMENT AND

THEY WILL SAY, WHILE. YOU

HAVE THE ANSWER BECAUSE YOU

KNOW YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS

SEEN YOU AND HEARD YOUR CRY'S

AND HAS ANSWERED YOU TODAY, IN

THE NAME OF JESUS. THANK YOU,

LORD.

SOMEONE HAS AN INFECTION IN

THE ROOF OF THEIR MOUTH . I

DON'T KNOW IF IT IS CANCER OR

AN INFECTION. YOU ARE

TERRIFIED. THE LORD IS

INTERCEDING . THE POWER OF GOD

IS HEALING YOUR MOUSE MOUTH

AND TAKING AWAY YOUR FEAR. WE

PRAY FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND

THOSE WHO HAVE A LOVED ONE WITH

CANCER. THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

GRANDPARENTS ARE PRAYING AND

FAMILY MEMBERS ARE PRAYING.

OTHERS ARE IN HOSPITAL ROOMS

TERRIFIED. THE LORD GOD WE

RECEIVE YOUR PROMISE THAT WE

SHOULD BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING.

WE SHOULD NOT BE DISMAYED OR

AFRAID. YOU ARE OUR FAITHFUL

GOD. WE COMMIT OUR FEARS TO YOU

AND WE PRAY FOR HEALING.

SUPERNATURAL TOUCH FROM GOD.

THE POWER OF GOD TO HEAL IN

JESUS' NAME.

SOMEBODY WATCHING WITH A

LEFT-HAND ISSUE. I'M NOT SURE

IF IT HAS ARTHRITIS OR CARPAL

TUNNEL. IT IS YOUR LEFT HAND.

YOU KNOW THIS IS FOR YOU.

RECEIVE THIS HEALING IN THE

NAME OF JESUS. THE SWELLING AND

INFORMATION AND PLANE. I BEGIN

TO DISSIPATE BY THE END OF

TODAY. YOU WILL BE HEALED

100%. JUST RECEIVED THIS

HEALING IN JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE SUFFERED A STROKE ON

ONE SIDE OF YOUR FACE . THE

LORD WILL INTERCEDE NOW AND

HEAL THAT FOR YOU. IN JESUS'

NAME. THERE WILL BE NO

REPERCUSSIONS FROM THIS STROKE.

THANK YOU, LORD GOD. SOMEONE

ELSE'S CRYING OUT BECAUSE OF

ADDICTION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT

IS ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. IT HAS YOU

IN BONDAGE. THE LORD WILL

DELIVER YOU . FOLLOW HIM AND

FOLLOW THE VOICE OF GOD. YOU

HEARD HIM CALLING YOU. YOU

HEARD JESUS VOICE CALLING YOU .

IT'S A VOICE YOU CONTRAST. IT

IS A VOICE YOU CAN TRUST. HE

HAS YOUR GOOD IN MIND . THEY

ARE NOT, IN JESUS' NAME.

I BELIEVE SOMEONE IS

WATCHING WITH AN INTENSE

MIGRAINE AND YOU ARE SQUEEZING

YOUR HEAD BECAUSE IT RELEASES

THE PRESSURE AND THE THROBBING.

I BELIEVE GOD IS HEALING YOU

OF THAT . IN JESUS' NAME. THERE

WILL BE AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FROM THAT MIGRAINE, IN JESUS'

NAME.

LORD, THANK YOU FOR MEETING

WITH US TODAY. EVEN IF WE STOP

PRAYING WE CONTINUE TO THANK

YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR

PEOPLE. AMEN. WE LOVE TO HEAR

FROM YOU. IF YOU RECEIVED A

MIRACLE OR YOU IF YOU WANT CALL

1-800-700-7000.

> STILL AHEAD. THE FARM GIRL

WHO HELPED US WIN THE SPACE

RACE. WE WILL MEET A ONCE

FORGOTTEN HERO WHO IS INSPIRING

THE NEXT GENERATION. STAY WITH

US.

> WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700

CLUB" FOR THE CDN IS BREAK.

THE CHOSEN'S FINAL EPISODES OF

THE THIRD SEASON HAD A STRONG

SHOWING IN THEATERS , EASILY

TOPPING THE BOX OFFICE ON ITS

FIRST DAY THURSDAY WITH $1.67

MILLION. FOR THE WEEKEND IT

BROUGHT IN $3.6 MILLION. TO

MAKE IT IN THE TOP 10 AT A

NINTH PLACE FINISH. CREATORS

ANNOUNCED THEY WERE PREMIERING

THE LAST TWO EPISODES OF SEASON

THREE IN THEATERS, FANS GRABBED

TICKETS SO FAST IT CRASHED THE

TICKETING WEBSITE.

> CBN ANIMATION SUPERBOOK

STARTED AIRING GIZMOS DAILY

PEOPLE BITE IN UKRAINIAN AND

RUSSIAN. CHILDREN CAN LEARN

IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS AS GIZMO

ENCOURAGES THEM TO APPLY GOD'S

WORD TO THEIR DAILY LIFE AND

GROW THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD. THIS NEW SERIES IS PART OF

CBN'S ONGOING INITIATIVE TO

REACH MORE CHILDREN AROUND THE

WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL THROUGH

DIGITAL MEDIA. BY USING THE

LATEST TECHNOLOGY, THE

SUPERBOOK TEAM CAN ANIMATE

GIZMO IN REAL TIME AND THE

CHILDREN CAN HAVE FUN SEEING

GIZMO IN NEW COSTUMES, PROPS

AND ALL HIS ROBOT GADGETS.

> YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT CBN

IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD BY

GOING TO CBN.COM/

INTERNATIONAL.

> MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" IS

COMING UP AFTER THIS.

> AN ARTICLE FROM FORBES SAYS

GPS TECHNOLOGY EXISTS BECAUSE

OF TWO NAMES . THE FIRST YOU

KNOW, ALBERT EINSTEIN. THE

SECOND YOU PROBABLY DON'T,

GLADYS WEST , FOR HER WORK AS A

PIONEER. SHE HAS BEEN INDUCTED

INTO THE AIR FORCE HALL OF FAME

AND HAS LIVED AN AMAZING LIFE

THAT BEGAN AMONG A COMMUNITY OF

SHARECROPPERS.

Reporter: WHETHER IT IS

NAVIGATING JET AIRLINERS,

PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO A NEW

RESTAURANT, OR GEO-TAGGING

YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES,

YOU IMAGINE THE IMPACT GPS WHAT

HAVE OUR MODERN SOCIETY.

INCLUDING GLADYS WEST.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I

COULD SIT IN A CAR AND IT SAYS

TURN LEFT, TURN RIGHT.

Reporter: FOR 42 YEARS

GLADYS WAS EMPLOYED BY THE U.S.

NAVY. AS A MATHEMATICIAN, SHE

WOULD HELP LAY THE GROUNDWORK

FOR MANY OF THE GOVERNMENTS

ORBITAL SATELLITE PROJECTS.

THAT INCLUDES WHAT BECAME THE

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM OR

WHAT WE CALL GPS.

WE DID NOT DO ALL THE GPS

STUFF FOR THE CAR . WE DID NOT

DO THAT. WHAT WE DID WAS, GOT

THE ACCURACY OF WHERE THINGS

WERE LOCATED ALL AROUND THE

WORLD AND STUFF.

Reporter: BORN IN 1930,

GLADYS GREW UP ON HER FAMILY'S

FARM JUST SOUTH OF RICHMOND,

VIRGINIA. WHERE SHE LEARNED THE

VALUE OF HARD WORK. AND THAT

WOULD PAY OFF . SHE WANTED MORE

THAN WHAT LIFE ON A COUNTRY

FARM COULD OFFER.

YOU GET A COLOR SHIP IF YOU

WERE THE FIRST OR SECOND IN

YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING

CLASS. WRITE OFF , I WAS JOHNNY

ON THE SPOT. DOING ALL MY WORK

ALL THE TIME.

Reporter: SHE FINISHED AT

THE TOP OF HER HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS. EARNING HER A FULL

SCHOLARSHIP TO WHAT WAS THEN

CALLED VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE.

AND HISTORICALLY BLACK SCHOOL

IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

THEY ENCOURAGE ME TO MAJOR

IN MATH. BECAUSE I THOUGHT

THAT I WOULD BE GOOD .

Reporter: AGAIN, SHE

FINISHED AT THE TOP OF HER

CLASS . AND WENT ON TO COMPLETE

HER MASTERS. IN 1956, SHE

ACCEPTED A JOB AT THE NAVAL

SUPPORT FACILITY AT VIRGINIA.

THE SPACE RACE WAS JUST TAKING

OFF. AND COMPUTERS WITH A WAVE

OF THE FUTURE.

A REAL EXCITEMENT. I WAS

READY TO WORK HARD WITH IT.

Reporter: AND WORK HARD SHE

DID. WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE

SPACE PROGRAM , NASA WAS

BEGINNING TO PLAY SATELLITES

INTO ORBIT. GLADYS WAS TASKED

TO HELP WRITE AND PROGRAM CODE

NEEDED TO PROCESS THE ENORMOUS

AMOUNT OF DATA COMING IN.

YOU HAVE A LONG EQUATION

AND COEFFICIENTS THAT GO

ALONG WITH EACH TERM. YOU HAVE

TO GET THEM ACCURATE . AND DO

ALL THOSE EQUATIONS. WE CHECK

THEM OUT BY HAND. AND THEY

WOULD PASS ON TO THE NEXT

LEVEL.

Reporter: THE WORK WAS LONG

AND TEDIOUS. EVERY EQUATION ,

CHECKED AND RECHECKED FOR

ACCURACY.

YOU DID NOT WANT TO CAUSE

ANY HOLDUPS OR ANY TROUBLE

ABOUT SOMETHING YOU HAD DONE

THAT PREVENTED THEM FROM

MAKING PROGRESS. YOU HAVE TO

MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD

DEPEND ON ANYTHING YOU SENT.

Reporter: IT WAS THIS

TENACITY AND DEDICATION THAT

DREW THE ATTENTION, A FELLOW

MATHEMATICIAN. THEY DATED FOR

18 MONTHS. BEFORE GETTING

MARRIED IN 1957.

SHE WAS NOT AN EASY CATCH. I

HAD TO WORK HARD FOR THAT.

HE PLAYED MORE THAN I DID.

Reporter: MEANWHILE THE

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS

SWEEPING THE COUNTRY. THEY

WANTED TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT,

BUT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WERE

NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS. SO THE

COUPLE DECIDED THE BEST WAY TO

HELP WAS TO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS

AND WORK EVEN HARDER.

WE WERE PUSHING AND PUSHING.

WE COULD NOT PARTICIPATE

DIRECTLY BUT INDIRECTLY.

THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WHY

I FELT I ALWAYS HAD TO DO MY

BEST. AND HAD TO BE A ROLE

MODEL.

Reporter: IN THE YEARS THAT

FOLLOWED, THEY BOTH CONTINUED

TO WORK FOR THE NAVY ON

NUMEROUS PROJECTS. IN 1978,

GLADYS RECEIVED A COMMENDATION

FOR HER WORK AND WAS PROMOTED

TO PROJECT MANAGER OF THE

RADAR ULTIMATE TREE PROJECT.

THE FIRST SATELLITE THAT CAN

COLLECT DATA ACROSS THE OCEAN'S

SURFACE.

IT WAS ALWAYS INTERESTING.

YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE DOING

SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT

AND IS GOING TO BE USED BY THE

GOVERNMENT. YOU HAVE TO MAKE

SURE YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING

RIGHT. YOU ARE PART OF THIS

BIG THING. THAT IS HAPPENING.

Reporter: AS SHE ALWAYS HAD,

GLADYS STAYED TRUE TO HERSELF

STRIVING TO BE DEFINED BY HER

COMPETENCE AND NOT BY THE

COLOR OF HER SKIN.

I THINK I WAS MOST HAPPY

WHEN I GOT TO THE POINT THAT I

COULD BE INDEPENDENT AND I

COULD TROUBLESHOOT THESE

PROGRAMS AND BE A HELP TO THE

ANALYSTS WHO HAD HELPED TO

GENERATE THE PROGRAM. WHEN I

COULD TALK TO THEM , BE A PART

AND UNDERSTAND , I THINK THAT

WAS THE BEST FEELING I HAD.

Reporter: EVEN AFTER

RETIRING IN 1998, GLADYS STAYED

BUSY. COMPLETING HER PHD IN

PHILOSOPHY AND WRITING HER

MEMOIRS. FOR ALL OF HER

COMPETENCE , COMMENDATIONS AND

RECOGNITION SHE HAS RECEIVED

OVER HER CAREER, GLADYS

UNDERSTANDS THERE IS ONLY ONE

WHO SHE CAN CREDIT FOR THE

DIRECTION HER LIFE HAS TAKEN.

I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD

HAVE GOD IN THEIR LIVES SO THEY

UNDERSTAND. I CAN GO BACK AND

LOOK AND SEE WHAT HE DID AND

WHERE HE PUT ME ALL ALONG. IT

IS JUST AMAZING . I DID NOT

UNDERSTAND AT THE TIME EXACTLY

WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT HE WAS

THERE AND HE WAS DOING IT.

BRILLIANT LADY. I LOVED HER

HUSBAND. SAYING, I HAD TO WORK

HARD SHE WAS NO EASY CATCH.

I LOVE STORIES LIKE THIS .

IT REMINDS ME OF THAT MOVIE,

HIDDEN FIGURES. WHERE IT

SHOWCASES THESE HIDDEN FIGURES

THAT WERE WOMEN,

AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN . YOU

REALLY MADE THE SPACE RACE

HAPPEN AND WERE HIDDEN. IT IS

GREAT TO SEE THESE PEOPLE ARE

COMING TO LIGHT AND WE ARE

GIVING THEM THE CREDIT AND

HONOR AND DIGNITY.

THANK HER THE NEXT TIME

YOUR GPS GETS YOU BACK ON THE

RIGHT ROAD. I LOVE HOW SHE

SAID SHE SAW THE CIRCLE GOD

MADE. WE PRAY THAT FOR YOU

TODAY THAT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE

GOD'S HAND IN YOUR LIFE.

> UP NEXT. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

THIS YOUNG GIRL SHOULD HAVE

DIED BEFORE HER FIRST BIRTHDAY.

SEE HOW YOU HELPED HER

SURVIVE, AFTER THIS.

> WHEN SHE WAS BORN SHE WAS

RUSHED INTO THE NICU. SHE HAD

A HOLE IN HER HEART AND A HOST

OF OTHER APPLICATIONS. DOCTORS

SAID SHE WOULD BE LUCKY TO SEE

HER FIRST BIRTHDAY. BUT THANKS

TO YOU, SHE IS NOW ON THE ROAD

TO A LONG, HEALTHY LIFE.

Reporter: AS SOON AS SHE

FOUND OUT SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE

A BABY GIRL, SHE MADE HER

LITTLE RED DRESS FOR GOOD LUCK.

I SAW MY MOTHER

EMBROIDERING THE WORDS, LONG

LIFE ON THE DRESS.

I HOPE SHE WOULD BE A

HEALTHY GIRL.

Reporter: BUT SHE WAS BORN

WITH A HOLE IN HER HEART AD

ABNORMAL BLOOD VESSELS AND

COMPLICATIONS WITH HER LUNGS.

THE DOCTORS SAID SHE MAY NOT

LIVE TO BE ONE.

WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE GOT

HER TREATMENT , WE WOULD STILL

LOSE HER. BUT I INSISTED, EVEN

IF I HAD TO SELL MY HOUSE AND

LAND.

Reporter: THE BABY WENT TO

ICU WHERE THE FAMILY COULD

VISIT ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE

MINUTES.

SHE LAID THERE WITH TUBES

AND GOT THINNER AND THINNER. I

SAID, YOU MUST HOLD HER.

I WISH I COULD TAKE HER

SUFFERING. I JUST WANTED TO

HOLD HER IN MY ARMS.

Reporter: HER BROTHER GAVE

ALL OF HIS SAVINGS TO HIS

PARENTS TO HELP WITH THE

TREATMENTS. THEY WANTED TO BE

A SUPERHERO.

I WANTED TO BE LIKE IRON MAN

AND PROTECT MY SISTER.

Reporter: BUT AS SHE GOT

OLDER, SHE GOT WORSE .

SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY

STRENGTH. HER VITAL SIGNS

WERE WEEKEND HER EYES WERE

HOLLOW.

SHE OPENED HER MOUTH AND

GAS . SHE HAS NO STRENGTH TO

MAKE A SOUND. THOUGHT ABOUT

ADDRESS I MADE HER. MY DREAMS

WERE SHATTERED. I THOUGHT IF

MY DAUGHTER WAS GONE , I WOULD

DIE WITH HER.

Reporter: SHE GOT PNEUMONIA

AND ENDED UP IN A HOSPITAL IN

BEIJING, WHERE THEY WERE TOLD

THAT SHE NEEDED SURGERY RIGHT

AWAY. BUT HE IS A CONSTRUCTION

WORKER AND CANNOT AFFORD IT. A

DOCTOR INTRODUCE THEM TO CBN

AND WE COVERED THE COST.

CBN FOR US. WAS LIKE

LIGHT CAME INTO OUR LIVES AND

GIVE US HOPE .

Reporter: THE DOCTOR

REPAIRED THE BABY'S HEART AND

BLOOD VESSELS. SO NOW SHE CAN

LIVE A LONG LIFE.

NOW MY DAUGHTER IS

COMPLETELY HEALTHY AND SHE WILL

ALWAYS BE WITH US . THANK YOU.

YOU HELPED SAVE HER LIFE.

NOW SHE CAN ABSORB

NUTRIENTS. HER HEIGHT AND

WEIGHT HAVE INCREASED A LOT.

AND SHE CAN PLAY LIKE A NORMAL

CHILD.

HER EYES ARE BRIGHT AND SHE

IS LIKE A LITTLE ANGEL. THANK

YOU TO EVERYONE AT CBN FOR

HEALING MY SISTER. I LOVE YOU

ALL.

STORES LIKE THAT ARE

HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD

BECAUSE OF OUR CBN AND 700 CLUB

PARTNERS. IF YOU ARE NOT A 700

CLUB PARTNER, I ENCOURAGE YOU

TO BECOME ONE. IF YOU WANT TO

CHANGE LIVES OVER THE WORLD,

YOU WANT TO BE THE HELPING HAND

AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF

CHRIST'S LOVE, BECOME A PARTNER

TODAY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

CALL 1-800-700-7000 . YOU CAN

BECOME A PARTNER BY GOING TO

CBN.COM. OR YOU CAN TEXT. TEXT

THE WORD OR THE LETTERS, CBN

TO 71777. YOU WILL GET A TEXT

MESSAGE WITH A LINK. YOU CLICK

THAT AND IT WILL SEND YOU TO

THE GIVING PAGE. YOU CAN

DETERMINE AT WHAT LEVEL YOU

WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A PARTNER.

700 CLUB LEVEL IS $20 A MONTH.

WE HAVE 700 CLUB GOLD WHICH IS

A HIGHER LEVEL. WE ASK YOU

PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER WHAT GOD

IS PUTTING ON YOUR HEART. CALL

US AT 1-800-700-7000. GO TO

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> WE HAVE SOME EMAIL. THIS

IS FROM NICOLE. SHE IS ASKING,

HOW DO I HANDLE BEING A

BELIEVER AROUND MY FAMILY AT

FAMILY PARTIES, WHEN EVERYONE

IS DRINKING AND GETTING DRUNK

AND I WILL BE THE ODD MAN OUT ?

IF I DON'T GO THERE WILL BE

TALK ABOUT ME BEING BETTER THAN

THEM.

YOU WILL BE THE ODD MAN OUT

OR THE ODD WOMAN OUT. IF

YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU DON'T GO,

THERE PROBABLY WILL BE TALK

THAT YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER.

REMEMBER, IT IS WORTH IT. THE

LIFESTYLE YOU HAVE CHOSEN IS

WORTH IT. I USED TO BE THE GUY

AT THOSE PARTIES DRINKING AND I

LOOK BACK , IT WAS NOT

REWARDING OR SATISFYING.

REMEMBER, THIS IS WORTH IT. I

WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND,

AS LONG AS THINGS DON'T GET

OUT OF HAND. MAYBE YOU COULD

FIND SOMEONE AT THE PARTY WHO

IS NOT DRINKING. BUT YOUR LIGHT

SHINE. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE

TRY TO BE THERE WITHOUT A

CONDESCENDING ATTITUDE. IF IT

IS A BAD ENVIRONMENT, OR YOU

ARE A BAD WITNESS, DON'T GO. I

REMEMBER DECADES AGO I WOULD BE

DRINKING AT PARTIES AND I WAS

A CHRISTIAN AND I WAS A

HORRIBLE WITNESS. I REALIZED

THE LORD HAD SOMETHING BETTER

FOR ME AND TO BE A BETTER

WITNESS. GETTING ALCOHOL OUT

OF MY LIFE HELP ME DISCERN THE

BOARDS VOICE MORE CLEARLY. I

UNDERSTOOD HIS LOVE FOR ME. I

COULD BE A BETTER FATHER WHEN I

HAD CHILDREN AND I COULD

CERTAINLY BE A BETTER HUSBAND

THAT DAY. IT IS WORTH IT. YOU

WILL BE TALKED ABOUT AND YOU

WILL BE CONSIDERED ODD, BUT

THAT IS OKAY. LET YOUR LIGHT

SHINE . IF THINGS GET OUT OF

HAND, POLITELY EXCUSE YOURSELF.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE

WORDS FROM FIRST CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 15. THANKS BE TO GOD,

HE GIVES US THE VICTORY

THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS. THAT

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