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> WELCOME TO THE 700 CLUB.
MAJOR CHANGES, MAYBE COULD BE
COMING TO THE INTERNET. AND
THAT WOULD BE COURTESY OF THE
SUPREME COURT. AN ISSUE,
WHETHER OR NOT BIG TECH IS
LIABLE FOR CONTENT POSTED ON
THE PLATFORMS.
CURRENTLY, A LOT WRITTEN AT
THE DAWN OF THE INTERNET ERA
PROTECTS THESE COMPANIES AND
YESTERDAY THE JUSTICES HEARD
ARGUMENTS IN A CASE THAT COULD
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
CAITLIN BURKE REPORTS.
Reporter: EIGHT YEARS AGO, A
23-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN COLLEGE
STUDENT WAS KILLED DURING A
SERIES OF COURT NEEDED ISIS
TERROR ATTACKS IN THE PARIS.
AND SEEKING JUSTICE, HER FAMILY
ISN'T GOING AFTER THE
TERRORISTS, INSTEAD THEY ARE
TARGETING YOUTUBE, A COMPANY
OWNED BY GOOGLE.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL CHANGE
THE LAWS AND B FOR THE GRADE.
Reporter: THE FAMILY CLAIMS
U2'S INTERNAL ALGORITHM
HIGHLIGHTED ISIS PRODUCED --
AND GONZALES THAT THE FAMILY
WAS DOING IN A CASE THAT HAS
MADE ITS WAY TO THE SUPREME
COURT. TUESDAY, IT JUSTICES
LISTENED TO ARGUMENTS ON
SECTION 230 OF THE
COMMUNICATION DECENCY ACT. THE
1996 LAW STATING INTERNET
COMPANIES CANNOT BE SUED OVER
CONTENT UPLOADED BY
THIRD-PARTY USERS.
SECTION 230 HAS BEEN EVOKED
ACROSS ALL ACTIVE CASES
BECAUSE THE COURTS HAVE GIVEN
THEM , TECH COMPANIES, BROAD
IMMUNITY . THEY HAVE REALLY
INTERPRETED THE ORIGINAL TEXT
OF THE LAW TO BE FAR MORE
ENCOMPASSING THAN WHAT IT WAS
INTENDED TO BE AND IT IS BEST
SEEN THROUGH THE ALGORITHM
ISSUE.
Reporter: DURING TUESDAY'S
HEARING, THE FAMILY'S ATTORNEY
ARGUED YOUTUBE IS NOT SIMPLY
PROVIDING THIRD-PARTY CONTENT,
ADDING THE COMPANY USES AN
ALGORITHM THAT MAKES
UNSOLICITED VIDEO
RECOMMENDATIONS TO USERS.
ACCORDING TO HIM, IT IS NOT
PROTECTED BY SECTION 230.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS , IN
SO FAR AS THEY ARE ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE TO GO LOOK AT THINGS,
THAT IS WHAT IS OUTSIDE
PROTECTION OF THE STATUTE, NOT
THAT THE STUFF WAS THERE.
Reporter: GOOGLE, MEANWHILE,
ARGUE THE RECOMMENDATIONS DO
FALL UNDER THE STATUTE
PROTECTIONS. BECAUSE IT IS
ACTING AS A PUBLISHER WHEN
RELATED VIDEOS ARE POSTED.
PUBLISHING MEANS RELATING
COMMUNICATION. WHEN WEBSITES
COMMUNICATE THIRD-PARTY
INFORMATION AND PLAINTIFF HARM
CLOSE FROM THAT COMMUNICATION,
C-1 BARS THE CLAIM. CHUCK THEY
AGREED THAT COMPLETION I HAVE
BLANKET PROTECTION ALTHOUGH
THEY STRUGGLED TO FIND THE LINE
WERE COMPANIES BECOME LIABLE.
JUSTICES WONDERING ABOUT, IF
IT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THE
COURTS OR CONGRESS.
WE ARE A COURT, WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT LIKE
THE NINE GREATEST EXPERTS ON
THE INTERNETS.
Reporter: HE BELIEVED THE
COURT SHOULD APPLY THE STATUE
THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN WHILE
AGREEING THAT CONGRESS HAS A
ROLE TO PLAY. TODAY, ANOTHER
REGULATION CASE, THIS ONE WITH
TWITTER AS A DEFENDANT. IT ALSO
DEALS WITH SECTION 230
PROTECTIONS, QUESTIONING
WHETHER THE TECH GIANT SHOULD
BE HELD LIABLE FOR FAILING TO
KEEP ISIS OFF ITS PLATFORM.
ALLEN PARK, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
> WE WILL SEE WHAT THE
SUPREME COURT DOES. THE OLD
ADAGE IN LAW, BAD FACTS MAKE
FOR BAD LOT AND IT COULD BE
THAT THE EFFORT TO TAMP DOWN ON
TERRORIST GROUPS, LEADS TO
SOMETHING THAT WOULD RESTRICT
SPEECH FOR EVERYONE. BUT WE
HAVE TO RECOGNIZE SECTION 230
WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR
PEOPLE WITH COMMENTARY ON THE
ARTICLES IN THE DETERMINATION
THAT WE DON'T WANT THE PLATFORM
HELD LIABLE FOR WHAT SOMEONE
ELSE IS SAYING ON THAT SAME
PLATFORM. WE WANT FREE EXCHANGE
OF IDEAS AND WE WILL PROVIDE
PROTECTION FOR THE PLATFORM,
FOR WHAT PEOPLE WRITE ON
THERE. BUT IT SEEMS ADEQUATE
-- WHO PUTS COMMENTS AND
CHECKBOXES ANYMORE . IF YOU ARE
HIGHLIGHTING TERRORIST
MATERIAL, THERE IS A PROBLEM
WITH YOUR ALGORITHM AND THAT
NEEDS TO BE FIXED , REGARDLESS
OF THE LAW. BUT HERE IS A
CHALLENGE FOR YOU, AND IT IS A
CHALLENGE I GOT IN MY FIRST
YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL. TRIED TO
WRITE A STATUTE THAT COVERS IT,
YOU WILL QUICKLY FIND OUT THAT
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ENACT
THINGS IN A FLUID ENVIRONMENT
LIKE THE INTERNET. HOW DO YOU
PROTECT FREE SPEECH, AT THE
SAME TIME PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
OTHERS AND PARTICULARLY TRY TO
KEEP TERRORISM OUT.
> GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO REASSURE
CITIZENS IN EAST PALESTINE,
OHIO, THAT THE DRINKING WATER
IS SAFE. JUST IMAGINE SOMEONE
KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR, SAYING
THAT YOUR DRINKING WATER IS
SAFE. IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO
REASSURE YOU. JOHN JESSUP HAS
MORE ON THAT STORY FROM OUR
NEWS CREW IN WASHINGTON.
Reporter: FOR NEARLY THREE
WEEKS AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING
TOXIC CHEMICALS DERAILED IN
THEIR TOWN, RESIDENTS IN EAST
PALATINO REPORT HEADACHES,
BURNING SKIN AND IRRITATED EYES
IN ADDITION TO FEARS OF
LONG-TERM HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM
CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND
WATER. THE EPA IS ORDERING
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD TO
SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THE
CLEANUP.
Reporter: MORE THAN TWO
WEEKS AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DERAILED IN
THE SMALL VILLAGE OF EAST
PALESTINE, OHIO, INCLUDING THE
TOXIC CHEMICAL VINYL CHLORIDE,
THE EPA IS STEPPING IN AND
ORDERING THE RAILROAD TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN WILL PAY
FOR CLEANING UP THE MESS THEY
CREATED, AND THE TRAUMA THEY
INFLICTED ON THIS COMMUNITY.
Reporter: WRECKAGE BURNED
FOR DAYS AND PRESIDENTS WERE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE THEIR
HOMES. NOW, THEY ARE REPORTING
HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDING SKIN,
EYE AND THROAT IRRITATION.
OUR FACE IS BURNING,
HEADACHES, MASSIVE, ALMOST
PASSING OUT.
Reporter: THIS CHURCH HAS
BEEN TURNED INTO A HEALTH
CLINIC WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN
BY NURSES AND TOXICOLOGISTS.
RESIDENTS ARE ALSO CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER. OHIO
GOVERNOR MIKE DeWINE AND A TOP
EPA OFFICIAL, GOING HOUSE TO
HOUSE TO REASSURE CITIZENS.
SO IT IS SAFE TO DRINK THE
WATER? BUT THE WATER IS SAFE.
Reporter: SOME LOCAL FARMERS
WORRY ABOUT HOW THE PLUME OF
SMOKE FROM A CONTROLLED RELEASE
MIGHT AFFECT THEIR CROPS.
I AM CONCERNED FOR WHAT
COULD BE THE TOXICITY OF MY
SOIL AND DOES INDICATE HOW WE
CAN PLANT THIS SPRING.
Reporter: TRANSFER TERRY
SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG SAID
HE WOULD VISIT THE -- .
WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD A
THREE-PART DRIVE ON RAIL
SAFETY. THINGS THAT WE ARE
DOING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO RAISE THE
BAR, THINGS THAT WE NEED HELP
FROM CONGRESS TO DO. IN ORDER
TO HOLD REAL COMPANIES
ACCOUNTABLE.
Reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN
SET 4500 CUBIC YARDS OF
CONTAMINATED SOIL AND 5
MILLION GALLONS OF CONTAMINATED
WATER HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
THE SITE. THE COMPANY IS VOWING
TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE
THINGS RIGHT, WITH THE
COMMUNITY INCLUDING, $1 MILLION
IN RECOVERY FUND FOR RESIDENTS.
ARMOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
PLANS TO VISIT THE OHIO TOWN
TODAY AND CELEBRITY
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTORS GET AIR
BROUGHT TO GET -- BROCKOVICH
WILL VISIT AS RESIDENTS
CONTINUE TO RECOVER.
> THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
UPPER MIDWEST ARE BRACING FOR
WINTER STORM THAT COULD DUMP UP
TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IN SOME
AREAS, TODAY AND IT IS JUST THE
OPENING STAGE OF A HUGE STORM
THAT WILL STRETCH 2600 MILES
FROM COAST TO COAST BY THE END
OF THE WEEK. 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE
ARE UNDER A BLIZZARD WARNING
WITH ANOTHER 13 MILLION PEOPLE
FACING WINTER STORM WARNINGS.
SCHOOLS IN THE DAKOTAS,
MINNESOTA, AND WISCONSIN ARE
CLOSED TODAY. THE STORM
PREDICTED TO BRING SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN FROM IOWA TO
BOSTON THROUGH THURSDAY,
CAUSING DANGEROUS ROAD
CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES.
> WE ARE TURNING OVERSEAS TO
THE QUAKE ZONE IN TURKEY, WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE DESTROYED AND
MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE
DISPLACED, ONE OF THE MAJOR
NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS A DRINKING
WATER. AS CHRIS MITCHELL SHOWS
US, OPERATION BLESSING IS ON
THE GROUND, OFFERING A
SOLUTION.
Reporter: WHEN PEOPLE VISIT
THE REGION HARDEST HIT BY THESE
EARTHQUAKES, THEY ARE STRUCK BY
THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE
DISASTER.
THIS AREA OF THE COUNTRY IS
ALMOST LOST. IN SOME OTHER
DISASTERS, IT IS A FRACTION AND
IT IS NOT LIKE THEY SHOULD IS
OFF THE CHARTS.
Reporter: HE IS OPERATION
BLESSING'S ON-SITE WATER
ENGINEER, HERE.
THE SOLUTION IS WATER, BUT
NOT ENOUGH OF THE WATER SO WE
ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS BASED
--.
Reporter: ONE OF THE FIRST
IMPACTS OF A NATURAL DISASTER
LIKE THIS IS ON THE QUALITY OF
WATER, THAT IS WHY OPERATION
BLESSING HAS THIS REVERSE
OSMOSIS SYSTEM TO TAKE AN
DRINKABLE WATER AND MAKE IT
SAFE. HE SHOWS CBN NEWS THE
PROCESS OF MAKING THE WATER
SAFE. FIRST HE TAKES SOME OF
THE WELL WATER FROM THIS
STORAGE TANK.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF
THE WATER . ALSO A LOT OF
MINERALS, CALCIUM, A LOT OF IT
UNDRINKABLE.
Reporter: OSCAR GOT A
READING OF OVER 1000,
INDICATING HIGH CONTAMINATION.
IT MAYBE HAS SOMETHING
LIKE EXCESSIVE MINERALS,
EXCESSIVE METALS, EVEN. THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT
GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN ON OUR
WATCH.
Reporter: IN THE KITCHEN,
OSCAR SHOWS HOW THEY TAKE
CONTAMINATED WATER TO MAKE IT
SAFE FOR COOKING AND DRINKING.
AFTERWARD, HE TAKES HIS
INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE AGAIN AND
IT DROPPED FROM OVER 1000 TO
50.
THIS IS THE WATER FROM THE
WELL? RIGHT NOW, YOU OPEN THE
FAUCET DOORS ON THIS
PARTICULAR SITE AND THIS IS THE
ONE THAT COMES FROM THE REVERSE
OSMOSIS SYSTEM. AND IT IS
TOTALLY DRINKABLE. I BE SAFE
AFTER THIS, THIS IS GOOD.
Reporter: CONTAMINATED WATER
LIKE THIS COULD HAVE LONG-TERM
CONSEQUENCES.
TOXIC METALS, EVEN HEAVY
METALS AFFECTS THE ORGANS FOR
LONG YEARS. WHEN YOU HAVE SOME
SYMPTOM, IT IS TOO LATE.
Reporter: MAJOR HELP IS
NEEDED AFTER A DISASTER OF THIS
SCALE.
THIS IS HUGE. I WILL NEED
SEVERAL YEARS TO RESTORE AND I
ASK OTHER PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THESE ON A MAJOR SKILL.
Reporter: AND HE SAID PRAYER
IS VITAL.
THAT IS SOMETHING, FOR SURE,
NEEDED. WHAT WE DO, IS TO SHOW
THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH OUR
ACTIONS. AND THAT IS THE WAY WE
DO IT RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,
CBN NEWS, TURKEY.
> THEY ARE SHOWING AN
INNOVATIVE YET PRACTICAL WAY TO
BE CRITICAL NEEDS.
THAT IS WHAT OPERATION
BLESSING DOES. WE HAVE BEEN
GOING TO DISASTER ZONES FOR
DECADES AND THROUGH THAT, WE
HAVE LEARNED, ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS WE CAN DO IS TO PROVIDE
CLEAN DRINKING WATER FOR
PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
WATER EXPERTS ON PART OF THE
DISASTER RECOVERY SCENE AND YOU
SAW ONE OF THEM IN ACTION, IN
YOUR NAME IN TURKEY. IF YOU ARE
PART OF THE OPERATION BLESSING
DISASTER RELIEF FUND, YOU ARE
PART OF THAT OUTREACH. IF YOU
ARE NOT PART OF GIVING TO IT,
I AM BUT YOU TO RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AFFECTED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE. IT
IS 300 MILES LONG. PEOPLE ARE
DISPLACED, THEY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT AFTERSHOCKS, FURTHER
EARTHQUAKES . THE BUILDINGS ARE
NOT SAFE TO LIVE IN. HOW DID
THEY GET THAT? HOW DID THEY GET
SHELTER? HOW DO THEY GET CLEAN
WATER? WHAT WE WANT TO BE THERE
FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED AND
WE ARE THERE IN YOUR NAME. IF
YOU WANT TO HELP, GIVE US A
CALL, 1-800-700-7000. JUST
SAY, I WANT TO GIVE TO THE
OPERATION BLESSING DISASTER
RELIEF FUND. YOU CAN WRITE A
CHECK TO US AND SEND IT TO CBN
CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
JUST PUT DISASTER RELIEF FUND
IN THE MEMO LINE OF THE CHECK
OR YOU CAN TEXT OPDR TO 71777,
OR GO TO CBN.COM. EITHER WAY,
LET'S HELP THE PEOPLE IN TURKEY
AND LET'S DO IT TODAY.
> UP NEXT, IT HAS BEEN ONE
YEAR SINCE RUSSIA INVADED
UKRAINE. AND THOUSANDS HAVE
DIED, MILLIONS MORE HAVE FLED.
NEITHER SIDE IS BACKING DOWN.
STAY TUNED FOR A LOOK AT WHAT
HAS HAPPENED SO FAR AND WHAT
MAY COME NEXT.
> ALSO, SHE WAS A PRODUCER
FOR AMERICA'S MOST WANTED. THEN
ONE DAY HER OWN HOME BECAME A
CRIME SCENE. MICHELLE HORD
TELLS US ABOUT THE MURDER THAT
SHATTERED HER WORLD, COMING UP.
> THIS IS GORDON ROBERTSON,
PRESIDENT OF OPERATION
BLESSING. THIS IS AN URGENT
ACTION ALERT. RIGHT NOW,
DEVASTATED FAMILIES IN TURKEY
AND SYRIA ARE FACING THE
UNTHINKABLE. THOUSANDS OF
BUILDINGS , OBLITERATED BY
CATASTROPHIC 7.8 EARTHQUAKE.
MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT SHELTER
AND IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.
SURVIVORS ARE AGONIZING OVER
MISSING LOVED ONES, AS THE
DEATH TOLL IS STILL CLIMBING.
IT IS NOW OVER 41,000 PEOPLE.
OUR OPERATION BLESSING DISASTER
RELIEF TEAMS ARE ON THE MOVE
RIGHT NOW, MOBILIZING IN
RESPONSE TO THIS DEVASTATING
EVENT. YOU CAN BE THERE IN
THEIR TIME OF NEED, TO LET THEM
KNOW THAT GOD LOVES THEM . IF
YOU WANT TO JOIN THIS EFFORT,
PLEASE DON'T DELAY, PICK UP A
PHONE AND CALL US RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE
CRITICAL, SO CALL NOW OR GO TO
OPERATION BLESSING. OR G.
> PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED OUT
RUSSIA'S BRUTALITY IN UKRAINE
DURING A SPEECH IN POLAND
YESTERDAY. THEN-PRESIDENT PUTIN
RESPONDED, BY BLAMING THE WEST
RESPONDED, BY BLAMING THE WEST
FOR STARTING AT ALL. CBN'S
CHUCK COLEMAN HAS BEEN ON THE
GROUND, REPORTING ON THE WAR
AND AS WE NEAR THE ONE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVASION,
HE BRINGS THIS LOOK AT THE
TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
Reporter: FEBRUARY 24th,
2022, LIFE AS UKRAINIANS KNEW
IT, COMES TO AN END. A
FULL-SCALE INVASION BY LAND,
SEA AND AIR, AS RUSSIAN TROOPS
POURED INTO UKRAINE. WORLD
LEADERS IMMEDIATELY LEVY
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY HAS
BEGUN A BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE
PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. WITHOUT
PROVOCATION, WITHOUT
JUSTIFICATION, WITHOUT
NECESSITY. THIS IS A
PREMEDITATED ATTACK.
MORE THAN 70,000 RUSSIAN
TROOPS TRIED TO ENCIRCLE THE
CAPITAL OF KYIV, BUT THE
ADVANCED QUICKLY BOXED OUT.
RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE POORLY
TRAINED, LIKE COME EQUIPPED AND
POORLY MOTIVATED. THEY
ENCOUNTERED FIERCE RESISTANCE.
HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE
TAKING THE SAND OUT OF THE
CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND USING
THEM TO MAKE TAMPAX WITH.
IF WE DON'T STOP THEM NOW,
MY GRANDCHILDREN MUST FIGHT
THEM MAYBE 20 YEARS LATER. WE
MUST STOP THIS.
Reporter: AS THE INVASION
BOX DOWN IN THE LATE SPRING,
RUSSIAN RESORTS TO LONG-RANGE
MISSILE STRIKES, CAUSING
THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES AND
BILLIONS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.
HOSPITALS, HOMES, AND SCHOOLS
ARE OFTEN THE TARGETS.
THIS LADY BEHIND ME IS NAMED
OLGA AND HER HOME WAS DESTROYED
BY A VERY LARGE MISSILE. IT
BLEW UP ALL THE HOUSES, IT IS
JUST A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THERE IS A MILITARY TARGET, OR
ANYTHING. SHE IS A RUSSIAN
SPEAKER, SHE HAS LIVED IN THIS
HOUSE ALL OF HER LIFE AND HAS
NO PLANS, NO MONEY TO BE ABLE
TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE. SO SHE'S
JUST SORT OF SIFTING THROUGH
THE RUBBLE, AT THIS POINT,
TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO
NEXT.
Reporter: BY APRIL, IT IS
CLEAR THE UKRAINIANS WILL HOLD
KYIV AT RUSSIA PULLS BACK TO
REFOCUS COMBAT IN THE EAST.
AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL, LIBERATED
AREAS REVEAL HORRIFIC WAR
CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
RUSSIA CAPTURES MARIUPOL IN
MAY AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF COSTLY
FIGHTING. THOUSANDS DIE IN THE
PROCESS AND THE CITY IS REDUCED
TO RUIN. AS RUSSIAN CRUISE
MISSILES CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND
WEAPONS FALL, UKRAINIAN
FARMERS CANNOT SHIFT THE GRAIN
TO MARKET, CAUSING ANOTHER
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. WHEAT
SUPPLIES PLUMMET, CAUSING A
GLOBAL SHORTAGE. CONCERNS ABOUT
FIGHTING AT THE ZAPORIZHZHIA
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOMINATE
THE SUMMER AIRWAVES AS THE
RUSSIANS HOLD THE FACILITY
HOSTAGE AND ENGENDER IN PLACE.
WHAT IS AT STAKE IS THE
NUCLEAR SAFETY OF THE
POWERPLANT.
Reporter: THEY LIBERATE OVER
600,000 SQUARE FEET OF
KILOMETERS IN THE NORTH AND
SOLDIERS DONATE AMERICAN
EQUIPMENT THAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
ONE OF OUR SOLDIERS WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY IS STRONGER THAN
MAYBE 10 OR 20 SOLDIERS FROM
RUSSIA. IT HELPS US TO WIN.
Reporter: UKRAINIANS GET
CREATIVE WITH OFF THE SHELF
TECHNOLOGY USING STANDARD
CAMERA DRONES TO TAKE OUT
HUNDREDS OF RUSSIAN TANKS.
SUFFERING HEAVY LOSSES, PUT AND
ORDERS OF HIS MILITARY
MOBILIZATION SINCE WORLD WAR
II, MORE THAN 1 MILLION MEN
FLEA FLEA. -- THE BRIDGE IS
BONDED DAYS LATER. SOON
AFTERWARD, UKRAINIAN ARMY
RETAKES -- AND SPARKING
STREET CELEBRATIONS. THESE
CHRISTIANS MOVED IN TO PRAY FOR
THE CITY.
I CANNOT EVEN EXPRESS WHAT
I'M FEELING. IS HEAVINESS AND
FOR ME, IT IS A MOUNTAIN THAT
WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE MOVED,
BUT IT WAS MOVED ONLY BY GOD.
Reporter: RUSSIA TARGETS
CRITICAL OF THE STRUCTURE USING
THE COLD AS A WEAPON. DAILY
ROCKET ATTACKS LEAVE MANY
VILLAGES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY,
WATER, OR HEAT. BATTLE LINES
HARDEN AS PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY
REQUESTS MORE AID, BECAUSE HIS
ARMY IS FIRING OR ARTILLERY IN
A MONTH THAN MOST COUNTRIES
ACQUIRE IN A YEAR. OPERATION
BLESSING AND ORPHANS PROMISE
HAVE BEEN ASSISTING UKRAINIAN
CHRISTIANS SINCE THE BEGNNING,
PROVIDING DESPERATELY NEEDED
HELP TO THE FRONT-LINE AREAS
AND DISPLACED FAMILIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THESE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE
HERE, THIS CHURCH, FOR PEOPLE,
HERE, THEY FIGHT FOR ME, TOO.
IT IS LIKE ANOTHER LEVEL OF
SOLDIERS.
Reporter: ONE YEAR AFTER
THE INVASION, RUSSIA HAS YET TO
REALIZE ANY OF ITS STRATEGIC
GOALS AND ESCALATION SEEMS
INCREASINGLY LIKELY AS NATO
DEPLOYS MORE TRIPS TO THE
EASTERN BORDER. ANY RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE WITH UP TO 500,000
TROOPS HOPES TO DEFEAT THE
UKRAINIANS BEFORE THEY CAN FEEL
PROMISE TANKS AND LONG-RANGE
WEAPONRY. BUT UKRAINE NOW HAS 1
MILLION MAN ARMY AND IS BETTER
PREPARED AND EQUIPPED, EXPERTS
SAY THE WORKED LAST YEAR'S BUT
WHETHER UKRAINE GETS THE
WEAPONS IT NEEDS IN THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS COULD MAKE ALL THE
DIFFERENCE. FROM UKRAINE, I'M
CHUCK COLEMAN FOR CBN NEWS.
THAT WAS A HISTORY OF A
HORRIBLE WAR AND I HOPE AND
PRAY THAT RUSSIA CHANGES ITS
MIND. THAT THEY STAND DOWN,
THAT THEY NO LONGER WANT TO
TRY TO ACHIEVE SOME STRANGE
DREAM OF A GREATER RUSSIA THAT
WOULD INCLUDE UKRAINE, THAT
WOULD INCLUDE EASTERN EUROPE.
IT SEEMS TO BE THE GOAL OF THE
PRESIDENT, BUT IS IT REALLY THE
GOAL OF THEIR PEOPLE? I THINK
THEY WOULD RATHER LIVE IN
PEACE, WITH EVERYONE IN
UKRAINE. SO LET'S PRAY THAT
THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND
THAT THEY STAND DOWN. LET'S
HAVE PEACE IN THIS REGION. AT
THIS CONTINUES TO GO ON, AND IF
RUSSIA CONTINUES LOSING AND
STARTS WORRYING ABOUT, IS THERE
GOING TO BE SOME INVASION OF
RUSSIA, THEN THIS TRIGGER INTO
A MUCH BROADER COMPLEX. LET'S
PRAY AND LET'S PRAY FOR PEACE.
> COMING UP LATER, HEADING
INTO THE FLAMES, WHILE WEARING
GASOLINE DRAWERS. THIS MAN'S
DRINKING WAS OUT OF CONTROL.
STAY TUNED , TO SEE THE
CONFESSION THAT LED HIM TO GIVE
UP DRINKING FOR GOOD.
> UP NEXT, HER 7-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER WAS KILLED AND THE
MURDERER WAS HER HUSBAND.
MICHELLE HORD CHAIRS ABOUT
FINDING LIGHT IN THE MIDST OF
DARKNESS, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
> TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017,
MICHELLE HORD ANSWERS A PHONE
CALL. HER DAUGHTER'S NANNY IS
SCREAMING, THERE IS BLOOD
EVERYWHERE. MICHELLE RUSHES
HOME AND HER LIFE BECOMES A
LIVING NIGHTMARE.
MICHELLE HORD WAS FRESH OUT
OF JOURNALISM SCHOOL WHEN SHE
LANDED A JOB ON THE TV SHOW ,
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED. YEARS
LATER, SHE BECAME A VP AT NBC
, UNIVERSAL. AT HOME,
MICHELLE'S MARRIAGE HAD
DETERIORATED OVER THE YEARS AND
SHE FILED FOR DIVORCE. THE JOY
OF HER LIFE WAS THE
EFFERVESCENT 7-YEAR-OLD,
GABRIELLE. BUT HER WORLD
SHATTERED WHEN HER SOON-TO-BE
EX-HUSBAND MURDERED THEIR
PRECIOUS DAUGHTER. THE OTHER
SIDE OF YET IS MICHELLE'S STORY
OF HEALING AND FINDING HOPE,
AGAIN. AND HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE
FOR US ALL.
MICHELLE HORD, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY. TAKE US
BACK TO THE DAYS, LEADING UP TO
THE ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY IN YOUR
LIFE. WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN
YOUR MARRIAGE AND IN YOUR WORLD
AT HOME NEXT
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS
WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. I SAT AT
MY GRANDMOTHERS KNEE WATCHING
THE 700 CLUB.
ARE YOU SERIOUS QUITE
IT MEANS A LOT TO BE IN THIS
BUILDING AND TO BE SITTING
HERE. IT IS A BLESSING. I, LIKE
A LOT OF US, UNFORTUNATELY,
YOU ARE IN A MARRIAGE, YOU PRAY
AND DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN. THEN
YOU REACH ACROSS ROADS. IT
BECAME CLEAR THAT THE MARRIAGE
WAS NOT GOING TO BE A HEALTHY
MARRIAGE ANYMORE AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY TO ME, MY DAUGHTER
LIVED IN A HOME WHERE THERE WAS
PEACE AND THAT SHE SAW GOOD
EXAMPLES FOR WHAT MARRIAGE
SHOULD LOOK LIKE. SO I ASKED
FOR A DIVORCE. MY NOW
EX-HUSBAND DID NOT WANT A
DIVORCE. SO IT WAS A VERY
TUMULTUOUS SEVERAL MONTHS BACK
AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH
AND ON JUNE 5th, HE FINALLY
AGREED TO SIGN THE PAPERS AND I
FELT THIS RELIEF, THAT
SUDDENLY WERE GOING TO TURN
AROUND AND WITHIN 24 HOURS MY
WHOLE WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN.
SO THAT WAS THE NEXT DAY ,
YOU GOT A PHONE CALL. TELL US
ABOUT THAT MOMENT , AND THAT
DATE.
A DEACON FROM OUR CHURCH WAS
OUR CAREGIVER AND UNBEKNOWNST
TO ME AT THE TIME, MY
EX-HUSBAND TOLD HER THAT OUR
DAUGHTER WAS SICK AND DID NOT
NEED TO COME BY. SO SHE SHOWED
UP AND SURPRISED HIM, NOT
REALIZING SHE WAS APPRISING HIM
TO COME GET THE LAUNDRY DONE
AND LIKE MOST MONTH, THE PHONE
IS NEVER FAR AWAY SO I WAS
VERY CLOSE TO MY PHONE. I
MISSED THE CALL, CALL BACK
WITHIN 30 SECONDS AND IT WAS
CLEAR THAT SOMETHING HORRIFIC
HAD HAPPENED. I WAS
FACILITATING A WORKSHOP, I
FOUND A LITTLE SMALL CLOSET
AND GOT ON MY KNEES AND SAID,
GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
GOING TO WALK INTO BUT PLEASE
GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO HANDLE
IT.
WILL AFTER THAT PHONE CALL,
YOU SAID, IN THIS MOMENT WHERE
YOU ARE HAVING THIS PRAYER TO
THE LORD, AND CRY OUT TO THE
LORD AND BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW
ANYTHING, SOMETHING CAME TO
YOUR MIND AND IT WAS SCRIPTURE
IN JOB. WHAT WAS THE SCRIPTURE
AND HOW DID IT LEAD YOU AND
KEEP YOU GROUNDED AS YOU WALKED
OUT THE TRAGEDY?
I FEEL LIKE FAITH IS AN
INSURANCE POLICY. I GREW UP IN
THE CHURCH AND BIBLE VERSES,
PSALM WILL COME TO YOU. AND I
HEARD, THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET I
WILL TRUST HIM. AND BY THE TIME
WE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE
CRIME AND MY PASTOR PULLS OUT
-- I HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP AND
MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS RIGHT. SO
THAT BECAME MY BATTLE CRY, THAT
BECAME THE THING THAT I SAID
OVER AND OVER ON MY KNEES. AND
IT TOOK, INITIALLY I THINK IT
WAS ASPIRATIONAL , GOD, I HAVE
TO TRUST YOU. WHAT ARE MY
ALTERNATIVES? I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THIS BUT I'M GOING
TO STAND WITH YOU. AND SO THAT
IS HOW THE VERSE BECAME SO
IMPORTANT TO ME. AND REALLY WAS
THE CENTERPIECE OF THE BOOK,
AND THE TITLE OF HOW WE GET TO
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT YET
WHERE WE CAN TRUST GOD AND
STILL HAVE A LIFE.
I REALIZED THAT WAS WHERE
THE TITLE CAME FROM AND IT WAS
LIKE, THAT IS INCREDIBLY
PROFOUND. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO
FIND ANY OUNCE OF HOPE AND JOY
, WALKING THROUGH THIS
NIGHTMARE?
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I
THINK THAT GOD GIVES US LITTLE
SIGNS IF WE LOOK FOR THEM EVERY
DAY. THE DAY AFTER I LOST MY
DAUGHTER I STARTED TO SEE A
CARDINAL THAT I HAD NOT SEEN
BEFORE. I WOULD BE OUTSIDE IN
THE MORNING READING MY BIBLE
AND PRAYING, CRYING, DOING
DEVOTIONAL READINGS AND THERE
WAS A LOUD CHIRP. THEY ARE
LOUD.
YEAH.
THE CARDINAL CAME EVERY DAY.
AND HAS CONTINUED TO COME WHEN
I MOVED, I HAVE CONTINUED TO
FIND IT AND THERE IS A
CARDINAL ON THE COVER OF THE
BOOK AND I BELIEVE GOD SENDS
SIGNS OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT, OF
HIS PRESENCE AND MY DAUGHTER
WAS STILL WITH ME, THAT EVEN
THOUGH WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IN
THIS WORLD, THAT OUR LOVED ONES
ARE CLOSE BY AND WILL BE
REUNITED AGAIN.
EVEN TO THAT, YOUR
EX-HUSBAND WAS CONVICTED OF
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. HOW ARE
YOU ABLE TO FORGIVE HIM AND ,
HAVE YOU? AND IF YOU HAVE, HOW
WERE YOU ABLE TO GET TO THAT
POINT? ALL OF US CAN AGREE
THAT IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO
DO.
FOR ME, FORGIVENESS IS ABOUT
SOMEONE SEEKING FORGIVENESS AND
REPENTING, AND HIS PLIGHT IS
BETWEEN HIM AND THE LORD. HE
STILL IN COURT , BATTLING NOT
GUILTY. HE'S GONE INTO THE
COURT OF APPEALS . WHAT I HAVE
NOT DONE, I HAVE NOT ALLOWED A
HEART TO BE HARDENED BY HOW
EVIL OVERTOOK HIM. I BELIEVE
THERE ARE EVIL FORCES IN THE
UNIVERSE. THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT THAT BUT I BELIEVE EVIL
OVERTOOK HIM. I BELIEVE THAT
THE PERSON I KNEW DOESN'T EXIST
ANYMORE. I PRAY FOR HIS SOUL. I
PRAY HE DOES REPENT AND I HAVE
FOCUSED ON RECONCILIATION. THAT
HAS MEANT IS 85-YEAR-OLD
MOTHER, WHOSE ONLY CHILD,
MURDERED HER ONLY GRANDCHILD,
KEEPING HER CLOSE AND IN MY
LIFE. TAKING CARE OF HER, GOING
TO CHURCH WITH HER EVERY
SUNDAY. SO IT HAS BEEN , NOT
HAVING A BITTER HEART, A
HARDENED HEART, THAT HAS
ALLOWED ME TO KEEP MOVING
FORWARD.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR MOTHER
IN LAW. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO
STILL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
HER? WAS THAT HARD?
IT WAS DIFFICULT, INITIALLY.
I WANTED -- TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU HOLD ONTO AND WHAT YOU LET
GO OF AND THAT HAS BROADER
APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? IF IT IS A
JOB, A DIVORCE, IF IT IS
CANCER, WE HAVE LIFE-CHANGING
MOMENTS WHERE IT FEELS LIKE
THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
YET YOU MAY HAVE THINGS THAT
ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU, THAT YOU
WANT TO HOLD ONTO AND I LOVED
MOTHER IN MY 20s , SHE WAS LIKE
A MOTHER TO ME. SO I DECIDED
THAT THE DEVIL WASN'T GOING TO
GET THIS, TOO. SO IT HAS BEEN A
BLESSING TO BOTH OF US TO STAY
CONNECTED TO OUR LOVE TO
GABRIELLE. AND SHE HAS BECOME
ONE OF OUR WEAKEST SUPPORTERS
FOR THE NONPROFIT WE STARTED.
IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE A
BLESSING, AND ONLY GOD.
ABSOLUTELY. LET'S TALK ABOUT
GABRIELLE. WHAT WAS SHE LIKE
AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE
NONPROFIT YOU STARTED IN HER
NAME AND IN HER HONOR.
GABRIELLE, IF YOU LOOK AT
ANY PICTURE, SHE BUBBLES
THROUGH THE SCREEN. AND EVERY
MOMMY HAS THAT BIAS. BUT WHAT
WAS SO POWERFUL TO ME IS
HEARING FROM CLASSMATES AFTER
I LOST HER, HOW KIND SHE WAS,
HOW SHE WOULD TAKE A CHILD OFF
THE BUDDY BENCH THAT DIDN'T
HAVE ANYONE TO PLAY WITH, HOW
SHE DID ALLOW TWO TO BE
BULLIED. THAT LED ME TO
GABRIELLE'S WINGS AND FOCUSING
ON A GLOBAL EFFORT IN
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD ON
CHILDREN IN UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES WHO LOOK LIKE HER,
WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
OPPORTUNITIES SHE HAD. SO
CURRENTLY WE HAVE WORK IN
SOUTH AFRICA, IN THE STATES,
AND POLICE FOCUS ON EDUCATION
AND I HEAR HER SMILE AND LAUGH
AS THESE CHILDREN ARE BLESSED
AROUND THE WORLD.
MY GOODNESS, I KNOW THAT SHE
SO PROUD OF YOU AND SMILING.
I HOPE SO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU. YOU
HAVE SINCE REMARRIED. HOW HAVE
YOU BEEN ABLE TO FIND LOVE
AGAIN AND REALLY BE ABLE TO
TRUST AGAIN?
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I
WAS NOT LOOKING. FOR STARTERS,
WHAT I REALIZED WAS , GOD GAVE
ME THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO
WORK ON ME. AND TO WORK ON WHAT
I NEEDED TO WORK ON. AT THE
SAME TIME HE WAS WORKING ON ONE
OF HIS OTHER CHILDREN, AND WE
FOUND EACH OTHER. SO WE STARTED
OUR DAY WITH PRAYER. IS BACK
HOME IN CONNECTICUT AND WE
PRAY THIS MORNING BEFORE I CAME
TO THE STUDIO. AXEL HAS BEEN A
DEMONSTRATION TO ME. I STATUS
MY FIRST MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT IS
MY MARRIED -- MARRIAGE IS
CENTERED IN LOVE AND CHRIST AND
WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW GOD CAN DO
ANYTHING.
OH MY GOODNESS, ABSOLUTELY.
I FEEL LIKE WE COULD TALK FOR
HOURS AND HOURS, BUT WE ARE OUT
OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING COURAGEOUS AND BRAVE TO
SHARE YOUR STORY. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR MEMOIR AND EVERYTHING
YOU'RE DOING WITH THE
NONPROFIT. GOD BLESS YOU, GOD
BLESS YOUR MARRIAGE AND
EVERYTHING THAT HAS FOR YOU.
> MICHELLE'S BOOK IS CALLED
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THIEF OR A MURDERER, OR A DRUG
DEALER. HER CRIME WAS FAR MORE
INNOCENT. SHE SIMPLY DID NOT
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SEND HER
SON TO SCHOOL. VICTOR IS A
CREATIVE YOUNG MAN WITH BIG
DREAMS.
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE
ENGINEER AND HAVE A GOOD JOB.
HE PLAYS ALONG THE COMPOUND,
MAKES CHOICE --.
Reporter: VICTOR'S MOM DID
HER BEST TO TAKE CARE OF HER
CHILDREN, BUT EVERY DAY WAS A
STRUGGLE.
DOING FARM WORK MADE IT
HARD TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR MY
FAMILY. I COULD NOT EVEN AFFORD
TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
I OFTEN WOULD GO TO BED WITH NO
FOOD. AT TIMES, I WAS AFRAID I
WOULD DIE. I REMEMBER ONE DAY,
-- I COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL.
VICTOR BEGGED ME TO TAKE HIM TO
SCHOOL. IT TROUBLED ME. I
SIMPLY COULD NOT PAY THE FEES
FOR MY CHILDREN. SAID IF I DID
NOT FIND A WAY, I WOULD GO TO
JAIL. I WAS HOPELESS.
THEN SHE HEARD ABOUT TAVETA
CHILDREN'S ASSISTANCE,
SUPPORTED BY ORPHANS PROMISE.
SHE REACHED OUT TO US FOR HELP
AND WE SPONSORED VICTOR AND
HIS SIBLINGS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
-- I LEARNED TO READ AND
WRITE AND I LOVE TO PLAY. I'M
PROUD TO BE IN SCHOOL AND I'M
SMARTER THAN I WAS BEFORE. I'M
SURE THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE IT.
Reporter: EVERY SUNDAY,
THEIR FAMILY ATTENDS CHURCH AT
THE TCA CENTER.
I LOVE SUNDAYS BECAUSE WE
GET TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORD OF
GOD. HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS INTO
MY HEART AND I LOVE THEM
BECAUSE HE PROTECTS US AND
TAKES CARE OF US. BUT AFTER
THE SERVICES, WE PROVIDE MEALS
TO VICTOR AND OTHER CHILDREN.
VICTOR'S MOM NOW WORKS AT THE
FEEDING PROGRAM AND WITH THAT
EXTRA INCOME, SHE CAN FEED HER
FAMILY.
IS SO FULFILLING THAT I'M
HELPING THEM. BEFORE COMING
HERE, I DIDN'T KNOW GOD AND I
FACED PROBLEMS OF MY OWN. I NOW
HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD IN MY
HEART AND I KNOW THAT GOD IS
GOOD. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
SUPPORTS US. I KNOW ACTUALLY
AND SUCCEEDING IN LIFE AND
ACHIEVING MY DREAMS BECAUSE OF
YOU. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL LET'S
YOU AND LIFT YOU UP FOR
MENTORING OUR FAMILY. THANK
YOU FOR EVERY GOOD THING YOU
HAVE DONE FOR US. WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL.
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> UP NEXT, OUT FOR BLOOD FOR
40 YEARS. THIS MAN SPENT
DECADES, WANTING TO KILL THE
MAN WHO ABUSED HIM AS A CHILD.
SEE HOW HE FOUND THE STRENGTH
TO FORGIVE.
> SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY, HE
GREW A LITTLE COLDER AND A
LITTLE ANGRIER. HE ALSO BEGAN
DRINKING A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
ANDRE WAS CONSUMED BY FEELINGS
OF BITTERNESS AND WAS BEING
EATEN ALIVE BY A SECRET HE KEPT
HIDDEN FOR YEARS.
I WAS VERY ANGRY AND VERY
BITTER.
ANDRE CAMPBELL HAVE FALLEN
FAR FROM HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH.
OF 45 YEARS OLD, HE WAS IN
FAMILIAR TERRITORY, AN
ALCOHOLIC, WOMANIZER, DEFEATED
AND ASHAMED .
I REALLY DID BELIEVE THAT
THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
WRONG WITH ME.
Reporter: HE REMEMBERED THE
JOY HE FELT WHEN HE GAVE HIS
LIFE TO CHRIST AT 19. HE BEEN
ARRESTED ON ALCOHOL-RELATED
CHARGE, KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE
AND SENT TO LIVE WITH CHRISTIAN
RELATIVES IN LOUISIANA.
MY RELATIVES WERE TALKING
ABOUT JESUS IS SO GREAT AND SO
REAL AND CAN HEAL YOU AND CAN
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. I TRIED
EVERYTHING ELSE SO I MADE A
DECISION TO TRY JESUS. AND AT
THAT MOMENT, BURDENS WERE
LIFTED. I FELT FREE. IT WAS
LIFE ALTERING.
Reporter: ANDRE PUT HIS OLD
LIFE BEHIND HIM AND WITHIN A
YEAR, MARRIED SOMEONE HE MET AT
CHURCH. THEY STARTED A FAMILY
AND AS THE YEARS ROLLED BY,
ANDRE REALIZED SOMETHING WASN'T
QUITE RIGHT BUT DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS.
SUDDENLY AND GRADUALLY OVER
TIME I BEGAN TO BACK AWAY AND
GROW A LITTLE BIT COLDER AND I
BEGAN TO DEFAULT BACK TO THE
OLD PERSON. JUST MAD AND ANGRY
AND NOT A VERY FUN PERSON TO
BE AROUND. THE DRINKING
ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHERE I
WAS DRINKING EVERY DAY.
BECAUSE IN MY MIND, WHAT DOES
IT MATTER?
Reporter: ANDRE'S RAGE
FUELED ADDICTION AND LEAD TO
FOUR DUIS AND THE END OF HIS
22 YEAR MARRIAGE. AFTER THE
DIVORCE, HE SPENT THE NEXT
SEVEN YEARS LIVING ALONE,
DRINKING AND PARTYING.
I JUSTIFY THE THINGS I WAS
DOING. IF I'M GOING TO GO TO
HELL, I'M GOING WITH GASOLINE
DRAWERS ON. THAT WAS MY
MENTALITY. I ENJOYED THE
DRINKING , I ENJOYED THE
RAMBUNCTIOUS LIFESTYLE. IT WAS
FUN, BUT I WAS STILL EMPTY.
Reporter: BY HIS MID-40s,
ANDRE HAD GROWN TIRED OF HIS
LIFESTYLE AND STARTED ATTENDING
CHURCH AGAIN PERIODICALLY.
HOPING TO REKINDLE HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. HOWEVER,
DRINKING WAS STILL A BIG PART
OF HIS LIFE.
I FELT EMOTIONALLY TIRED,
JUST DRAINED AND REALIZED THAT
THIS IS NOT THE PATHWAY
FORWARD. AND I SAID, GOD, I
WANT TO FULFILL MY PURPOSE. IF
THAT IS POSSIBLE, I NEED YOU TO
HELP ME SO THAT I CAN DEPEND ON
YOU AND NOT THESE SPICES . I
CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF, I NEED
YOUR HELP.
Reporter: A SHORT TIME
LATER, ANDRE STARTED DATING A
STRONG CHRISTIAN WOMAN HE HOPED
TO ONE DAY MARY. ONE NIGHT
AFTER HIS FIFTH DUI, HE CALLED
HER FROM JAIL. HER RESPONSE
BROUGHT ANDRE TO HIS NEEDS.
I DON'T WANT A LIFE WITH A
MAN WHO HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM.
SHE SAID, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT ICU AND I KNOW WHO YOU
ARE. SHE BELIEVED IN ME. SHE
SAW WHO I WAS WHEN I REALLY
NEVER FELT MANY PEOPLE EVER
SAW WHO I WAS AND WHAT SHE SAW
WAS THE MAN OF GOD. IT WAS
SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY SHE
BELIEVED IN ME THAT BROUGHT ME
BACK TO THE CROSS. AND BROUGHT
ME TO A POSITION OF
UNDERSTANDING MORE FULLY , HIS
LOVE FOR ME, THAT IS
UNCONDITIONAL.
ANDRE BEGAN TO REALIZE HOW
FAR HE HAD STRAYED FROM GOD.
MY DIALOGUE WITH GOD BECAME
VERY TRANSPARENT. TELLING HIM
THAT , YES, I DO NEED YOU. I AM
SURRENDERING , I THOUGHT I WAS
FULLY SURRENDERED BEFORE AND I
WASN'T , OBVIOUSLY. HELP ME TO
BE MORE LIKE YOU.
Reporter: ANDRE STOPPED
DRINKING COLD TURKEY AND IN
2014 GOT MARRIED. ALTHOUGH
GROWING IN HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, SOMETHING WAS AMISS.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HE SAID
THAT GOD PROMPTED HIM TO WRITE
A LETTER. A LETTER OF
FORGIVENESS TO THE MAN WHO
SEXUALLY ABUSED HIM FOR THREE
YEARS STARTING WHEN ANDRE WAS
SEVEN . HE NEVER TOLD ANYONE.
IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE THERE
WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME. I
SORT OF CARRIED AROUND THE
FEELING OF DEEP EMPTINESS ON
THE INSIDE. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
A SICK FEELING IN MY GUT. THAT
I FOUND WAS THAT THOSE
FEELINGS OF DARKNESS ,
CONFUSION, INSECURITY, WHEN I
DRINK, IT KIND OF WENT AWAY.
Reporter: THROUGH THE YEARS,
ANDRE SHELVED HIS DEEP HATRED
TOWARD HIS ABUSER.
I'VE NEVER BEEN A VIOLENT
PERSON BUT IN MY MIND, I WANTED
TO KILL HIM. I CARRIED THAT
THOUGHT AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
I WAS VERY ANGRY. VERY BITTER.
I FELT LIKE HE HAD STOLEN
SOMETHING FROM ME. THAT I
COULD NEVER RECAPTURE, THAT I
COULD NEVER REGAIN AND IT WAS
SO UNFAIR.
Reporter: NOW, IT WAS TIME
TO LET IT GO.
WHEN I DID THAT, THERE WAS
SOMETHING SO LIBERATING AND
FREEING FOR ME. REALLY HARD TO
DESCRIBE, OTHER THAN SAYING IT
LITERALLY FELT LIKE CHAINS FELL
OFF. I NOTICED AFTER THAT ,
THAT RELATIONALLY, EVERYTHING
THAT BETTER. I BECAME MORE
PATIENT. IT WAS REALLY
TRANSFORMATIVE.
Reporter: TODAY, ANDRE AND
HIS WIFE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
MARRIAGE AND MINISTER AT THE
CHURCH TOGETHER. HE SAID
EXTENDING FORGIVENESS ALLOWED
HIM TO BE THE KIND OF MAN HE
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.
IT MADE ME UNDERSTAND THE
LEVEL OF LOVE THAT IS SO
UNCONDITIONAL AS I POSITION
MYSELF TO LOVE THE WAY THAT HE
LOVES, WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS
AND LOOK BEYOND PEOPLE'S
FAULTS. I BELIEVE HE ASKS US TO
FORGIVE BECAUSE HE WANTS US TO
FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE. HE HAD TO
FORGIVE THE VERY ONES WHO
CRUCIFIED HIM. THAT IS A HARD
THING TO DO. IT KIND OF MAKES
THE STUFF WE GO THROUGH SMALL.
AND I WANT TO BE LIKE THAT. I
WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOVE LIKE
THAT.
WE ALL SHOULD WANT TO BE
ABLE TO LOVE LIKE THAT. LOVE
THAT DOESN'T KEEP ANY RECORD
OF WRONGS AND ALWAYS HOPES ,
THAT ALWAYS SEES PAST BEHAVIOR
, TO THE MAN TO THE WOMAN, OF
GOD , UNDERNEATH IT ALL. AND
THEN, HAS THE FAITH TO CALL IT
FORTH, TO SAY, THIS ISN'T THE
REAL YOU, THE REAL YOU IS MADE
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. ANDRE
STORY IS UNFORTUNATELY, AN ALL
TOO FAMILIAR STORY IN OUR
CULTURE. WHEN YOU LOOK,
STATISTICALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT ANDRE
WENT THROUGH. THAT THEY WERE
ABUSED AS A CHILD, THEY WERE
ABUSED AS A TEENAGER. THEY
WERE ABUSED AS AN ADULT AND
THEN , WHAT YOU DO WITH ALL THE
ANGER , ALL OF THAT BITTERNESS,
ALL OF THAT OFFENSE, WHERE YOU
ARE VIOLATED. YOU WEREN'T IN
CONTROL ANYMORE AND, WHAT DO
YOU DO WITH THAT? ANDRE, HE
CHOSE TO MEDICATE IT AND HIS
MEDICATION OF CHOICE WAS
ALCOHOL. AND YOU HURT HIM VERY
CLEARLY SAY, THEN I WAS
DRINKING AND I FELT BETTER.
AND THAT IS A REALITY. IS VERY
HONEST WITH THAT, IT FELT GOOD.
THE VERY THING KILLING HIM,
THE VERY THING THAT WAS LEADING
TO FIVE DUIS, THE VERY THING
THAT WAS GOING TO SEND HIM TO
PRISON, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, HE
WAS IGNORING , BECAUSE IT MADE
HIM FEEL GOOD. BUT UNDERNEATH
IT ALL, UNDERNEATH ALL OF THAT
HURT , THAT VIOLATION,
UNDERNEATH ALL THAT ALCOHOL,
UNDERNEATH HIM SAYING, WHAT
DOES IT REALLY MATTER? IT HAD
GOTTEN TO THE POINT, WHERE IS
THE PURPOSE IN LIFE? IF THIS
IS ITS, WHAT DOES IT REALLY
MATTER? UNDERNEATH IT ALL, IS
A CHILD OF GOD WHO HAD A
PURPOSE AND DESTINY . AND
HERE'S WHAT THAT CHILD OF GOD
WAS DOING. ANDRE SAYS IT'S
VERY CLEARLY. HE PRAYED. HE
WAS TALKING WITH GOD IN THE
MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS. HE WAS
HAVING THAT I'M GOING
CONVERSATION THAT WE ALL HAVE
THE INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE OF
HAVING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL
CHILDREN OF GOD. HE WAS
PRAYING, GOD, I WANT TO FULFILL
MY PURPOSE. THAT IS A GREAT
PRAYER . YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME
PRAYER. GOD, I WANT TO FULFILL
MY PURPOSE. AND WHAT DOES GOD
DO? WILL HE ORGANIZES THINGS.
HE WORKS ALL THINGS TOGETHER
FOR GOOD, FOR THOSE WHO ARE
CALLED, ACCORDING TO HIS
PURPOSE. EVEN IF WE ARE NOT
LOVING HIM AT THAT MOMENT, HE
STILL IS WORKING ALL THINGS
TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD. HE
SAYING, I'VE GOT YOU. I'M GOING
TO SEND MESSENGERS AFTER MY OWN
HEART , WHO ARE GOING TO CALL
THAT FOURTH, WHO ARE GOING TO
SAY, I SEE THAT CHILD OF GOD
IN YOU. I WANT TO CALL THAT
FOURTH INTO BEING. SO ANDRE IT
DID SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS
VERY COURAGEOUS, HE ASKED GOD
TO TAKE OVER. HE ASKED GOD TO
TAKE AWAY THE PROBLEMS HE WAS
EXPERIENCING. HE ASKED GOD FOR
HELP AND HE KEPT SAYING, I
SURRENDER, I SURRENDER, I
SURRENDER. NOW HERE IS A
REALITY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS REALITY.
YOU THINK IT IS A ONE TIME
THING. YOU THINK IF I SURRENDER
ONCE, THEN I'M GOOD TO GO. IT
IS AN ONGOING THING. AND HERE
IS THE BIG THING ABOUT THE
UNIVERSE. GOD IT DOESN'T TAKE
AWAY YOUR WILL. HE DOESN'T TAKE
-- EVER TAKE THAT AWAY. YOU
ALWAYS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO
CHOOSE THOUGH LIKE ANDRE, YOU
CAN CHOOSE TO DRINK, TODAY OR
CHOOSE HIM. THAT CHOICES WITH
YOU, ALWAYS. ANDRE STARTED
CHOOSING GOD , AND IN THAT, HE
SLIPPED. HE HAD PROBLEMS, HE
WENT BACK BECAUSE HE WASN'T
DEALING WITH THE UNDERLYING
PROBLEM , AND IT IS A VERY
SEVERE ONE. WHEN YOU HOLD ON TO
UNFORGIVENESS, YOU SEPARATE
YOURSELF FROM GOD. HEAR THE
WORDS OF JESUS, DO NOT JUDGE ,
AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED. DO
NOT CONDEMN AND YOU WILL NOT BE
CONDEMNED. FORGIVE AND YOU
WILL BE FORGIVEN. WHEN ANDRE
FINALLY SAID, I FORGIVE MY
ABUSER, I LET HIM GO , HE OWES
ME NOTHING , HE DOESN'T EVEN
HAVE TO APOLOGIZE, I FORGIVE, I
SET HIM FREE AND THEN
SUDDENLY, HE GOT FREE. AND HE
GOT FREE OF ALL THE COMPULSION
. IF YOU WANT THAT SAME
FREEDOM, IT IS THERE FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW. NOW YOUR HEAD, LET'S
PRAY A WONDERFUL PRAYER
TOGETHER , AND JESUS WILL DO
THE REST. WHAT HE DID FOR
ANDRE, HE WILL DO FOR YOU.
LET'S PRAY. JESUS, SAY HIS
NAME OUT LOUD, JESUS, I WANT
TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE LIKE YOU
FORGIVE. SO, JESUS, I ASK
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU COME INTO MY
HEART , AND THROUGH ME, ALLOW
ME TO FORGIVE EVERYONE WHO
HAS EVER HARMED ME IN ANY WAY.
I SET THEM FREE , THEY OWE ME
NOTHING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO
APOLOGIZE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO
SAY THEY ARE SORRY. I SET THEM
FREE. AND JESUS, I NOW ASK
THAT YOU SET ME FREE , THAT YOU
GIVE ME A NEW HEART. DO THIS
FOR ME , FOR I WANT TO FOLLOW
YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT, LET
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EPHESIANS, BE KIND TO ONE
ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED,
FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER EVEN AS