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.
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> 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
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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
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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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