Reporter: THE CARDS AND
RANGERS ARE RACING TOWARDS
THE FINISH, AND TEXAS IS
JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM
BRINGING THE LONE STAR STATE
ITS FIRST WORLD SERIES
TITLE.
THAT'S THE WALL!
Reporter: CBN HAS ALL
OF THE BASES COVERED.
HEAR FROM M.V.P. JOSH
HAMILTON.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
ABOUT BASEBALL.
Reporter:
AND SLUGGER
ALBERT PUJOLS.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL
ABOUT.
Reporter: ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WE WELL, WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
TODAY WE MIGHT HAVE
SOMETHING THAT MAY BE ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS
WE HAVE EVER DONE.
IT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU
WILL ONLY HEAR ON "THE 700
CLUB."
LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY, MAYBE
GET YOUR FRIENDS TO TUNE IN
BECAUSE IT IS DYNAMITE.
ISLAMICS MADE A STRONG
SHOWING IN TUNISIA'S NEW
ELECTION.
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
ISLAMIC LAW.
AND SOME ANY ISLAM, NOT
DEMOCRACY, IS DEM NATING THE
SO -- DOMINATING THE
SO-CALLED RESTORATION
SPRING.
Terry: CHRIS MITCHELL
HAS MORE.
Reporter: WHEN MOHAMMED
DIED 14 CENTURIES AGO, THE
MUSLIM WORLD NEEDED SOMEONE
TO TAKE THE PROPHET'S
PLACE.
IT WAS THE LEADERSHIP OF
ISLAM AFTER THE DEATH OF
MOHAMMED, THE PROPHET OF
ISLAM.
Reporter: THE LAST
CALIFIT WAS LOCATED HERE IN
ISTANBUL, TURKEY.
FOR 400 YEARS, ISTANBUL AND
THE PALACE BEHIND ME, WAS
THE POLITICAL CENTER OF THE
MUSLIM WORLD.
FROM HERE THEY RULED THE
OTTOMAN EMPIRE AS CAYLISTS.
BUT IN 1924, THE TURKISH
LEADER ALABAH ABOLISHED IT.
TO OWN THE CALABAH IS TO
RULE THE
WORLD.
HE, HIMSELF, CAN DECLARE A
HOLY WAR, A JIHAD.
Reporter: SOME BELIEVE
A RESTORED CALAFIT, WILL
RESTORE IT.
THEY INCLUDE THE TALIBAN,
al-QAEDA, HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH,
AND THE GRAND DADDY OF THEM
ALL, THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
WAS SET UP IN 1928, FOUR
YEARS AFTER THE DISBANNING
OF THE MUSLIM CALAFIT, AND
THEIR SPECIFIC MISSION WAS
TO REESTABLISH THE CALAFIT,
JUST FOUR YEARS LATER.
AND THEY'VE BEEN PURSUING
THAT MISSION EVER SINCE.
THEIR GOAL REMAINS TO SET
UP ONE WORLD ISLAMIC
GOVERNMENT.
Reporter: THE
BROTHERHOOD NOW HAS A
FOOTHOLD IN EGYPT.
IT BECAME THE COUNTRY'S MOST
ORGANIZED POLITICAL PARTY.
WHAT THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IS A STRONG ISLAMIC
GOVERNMENT, ARMED BY NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, AND THEY WOULD BE
GRADUALLY ELIMINATED
CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH
INFLUENCE, CHRISTIAN AND
JEWISH GOVERNMENTS.
Reporter: ANOTHER
POTENTIAL POWER PLAYER IS
TURKISH PRIME MINISTER
ERDOWAN.
WITH TURKEY AT ITS
CENTER, I THINK THAT'S WHAT
IS BEHIND HIM OFFERING TO
SEND THE TURKISH NAVY, FOR
EXAMPLE, TO PROTECT A,
QUOTE,"PEACE FLOTILLA" THAT
WOULD COME TO GAZA.
I'M SURE IN HIS HEART HE
IS DREAMING ABOUT THE
REESTABLISHMENT OF THE
CALAFIT.
HE CAN EASILY PUSH THIS AREA
INTO A GREAT WAR.
Reporter: THE THREAT OF
WAR LEAD MANY TO SAY THE
SO-CALLED ARAB SPRING IS
A
MISNOMER.
I WOULDN'T CALL IT AN
ARAB SPRING.
IT IS THE SAME KIND OF
WINTER.
Reporter: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
ISTANBUL, TURKEY.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, MARK THAT.
AS YOU READ THE NEWS AND YOU
SEE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
SAYING THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD, AND HILLARY
CLINTON SAYING THAT THE
BROTHERHOOD IS A MODERATE
GROUP.
NONSENSE.
IT HAS ONE GOAL, AND THAT IS
TO REESTABLISH THE CALAFIT,
AND TO REESTABLISH MUSLIM
DOMINATION AROUND THE
WORLD.
IT IS TO PREPARE THE WORLD
FOR THE EMERGENCE OF THE
12th AMMAN, WHO WILL COME
AFTER A PERIOD OF CHAOS,
WHEN THE WORLD IS IN
SHATTERS, AND THEN HE'LL
BRING AROUND PEACE.
AND ACCORDING TO THEIR
BELIEFS, JESUS CHRIST WILL
COME ALONG AND SAY YOU'RE
THE MAN AND I'LL JUST BE
HERE TO HELP YOU.
IT IS THE ANTI-CHRIST.
IT IS COMING ABOUT, AND
WE'RE NOT BEING ALARMISTS
AND EXTREMISTS BECAUSE THIS
IS WHAT THEY SAY.
LISTEN TO THE WORDS THAT
THESE PEOPLE SAY, ESPECIALLY
WHAT THEY SAY IN ARABIC, AND
WE'LL TRY TO GET IT
TRANSLATED FOR YOU AS THE
MONTHS GO BY.
BUT THAT'S THE GAME PLAN.
JUST WATCH IT WHEN YOU READ
YOUR HEADLINES, WHAT HAPPENS
IN TUNISIA, WHAT HAPPENS IN
EGYPT, WHAT HAPPENS IN
SYRIA, AND WHAT IS GOING TO
BE HAPPENING IN IRAQ, AS
SOON AS WE PULL OUT.
YOU READ WHAT KARZAI SAID IN
AFGHANISTAN.
HE SAID IF IT CAME DOWN TO A
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND PAKISTAN, HE
WOULD PUT AFGHANISTAN ON THE
SIDE OF PAKISTAN AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES.
NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
FACING.
OKAY, SO MUCH FOR THE
ALARMIST, BUT IT IS NOT OVER
YET.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF OUR
TOP STORIES.
Reporter: EUROPEAN
LEADERS HAVE CLINCHED A DEAL
TO BAIL OUT GREECE AND
SALVAGE THE EUROPEAN UNION.
THEY HOPE IT WILL MARK A
TURNING POINT IN THEIR
TWO-YEAR DEBT PRICES.
THE STRATEGIST INCLUDES A
REDUCTION IN GREECE'S DEBTS,
SHORING UP EUROPE'S BANKS.
AND ONE GOAL OF THE FUND IS
TO KEEP LARGER ECONOMIES,
LIKE ITALYLY AND SPAIN, FROM
GETTING DRAGGED DOWN
THURTD.
FURTHER.
THE EURO SURGED ON THE
NEWS.
EXPERTS SAY THE PLANS
EFFECTIVENESS WILL DEPEND ON
CARRYING OUT SOME TOUGH
MEASURES.
FOR EXAMPLE, TO ACHIEVE THE
REDUCTION, GREECE'S PRIVATE
CREDITORS WILL BE ASKED TO
ACCEPT 50% LOSSES ON THE
BONDS THEY HOLD.
PAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Pat: IT IS A TYPE OF
BANKRUPTCY.
THEY'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE
GREECE IS IN DEFAULT.
IF YOU HOLD A BAD BOND AND
YOUR DEBTORS IN DEFAULT, YOU
GET A HAIRCUT.
YOU MIGHT LOSE EVERYTHING.
IF THEY ONLY LOSE 50%, THAT
WILL BE NOT TOO BAD.
SO WHAT THE EUROPEANS ARE
SAYING IS WE'RE GOING TO
COME IN AND SUPPLY THE
CAPITAL, OR PERMIT BANKS TO
OPERATE WITH DIMINISHED
CAPITAL.
AND THE BAILOUT FUND IS ONE
TRILLION EUROS, WHICH WILL
COME OUT TO 1 TRILLION,
$400 BILLION, WHICH WILL BE
A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL
BACKDROP.
SILVIO BERLUSCONI IS IN
TROUBLE.
HE IS GETTING READY TO CALL
FOR A NEW ELECTION.
HIS GOVERNMENT MIGHT FALL,
AND THAT COULD BRING ABOUT
CHAOS.
AND SPAIN AND PORTUGAL ARE
STILL IN BAD SHAPE.
WHAT THE EUROPEANS ARE
AFRAID OF ARE A DOMINO
EFFECT IF GREECE GOES DOWN.
THEY ARE THINKING THE GREECE
DEBT COULD GO AS HIGH AS
180% OF G.D.P.
AND NOW THEY SA SAY THEY
WANT TO GET IT DOWN TO
120%.
WHICH IS STILL WAY, WAY TOO
HIGH.
Reporter:
ANTI-PROTESTORS ARE CLASHING
WITH POLICE.
PROTESTORS IN OAKLAND HELD A
LATE-NIGHT VIGIL A DAY AFTER
AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN WAS
CRITICALLY INJURED
IN A
CRACKDOWN THERE.
MORE THAN 50 PROTESTORS WERE
ARRESTED IN ATLANTA, AFTER A
MAN WAS SCENE IN THE CAMP
WITH AN AK-47 RIFLE.
AND THEY ARE CONCERNED OVER
HYGIENE AND EVEN RAT
INFESTATIONS.
THE ANTI-WALL STREET
MOVEMENT BEGAN OVER
CORPORATE POWER, BUT AN
IRONIC TWIST IN PORTLAND,
WHERE PROTESTORS ARE TRYING
TO BECOME THE THING THEY'RE
PROTESTING.
OCCUPY PORTLAND HAS FILED
PAPERWORK TO BECOME A
CORPORATION.
A NEW DOCUMENT ON HUMAN
TRAFFICKING SHOWS IT IS A
MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE
U.S. THAN MOST PEOPLE
REALIZE.
THE MOVIE CALLED "SEX AND
MONEY" IS PRODUCED BY YOUNG
CHRISTIAN MOVIE-MAKERS.
Reporter: THE GOAL
BEHIND "SEX AND MONEY," IS
TO LET EVERY DAY AMERICANS
KNOW THAT TRAFFICKING EXISTS
IN THEIR EVERY DAY WORLD AND
IT TARGETS THEIR OWN
DAUGHTERS.
I WAS TOLD TO LIE AND SAY
I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
THIS MAN TOC ME.
I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
HE TOOK ME FROM HERE TO
CALIFORNIA.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE,
AT THIS AGE, IN A LOVING,
COMFORTING HOME ENVIRONMENT
WHERE THEY CAN GROW AND
EXPLORE.
AND INSTEAD, THEY'RE
EXPLORING AND LEARNING IN
THE -- WITH PIMPS AND JOHNS
IN DANGEROUS PLACES WHERE
THEY'RE RAPED AND ABUSED.
Reporter: FILM-MAKERS
COVERED THE AREA, TO RURAL
AREAS, AND THEY SPOKE WITH
EXPERTS, FORMER PIMPS, WHO
SOLD THEIR PEOPLE HOO
WHOEVER WHY BUY, INCLUDING
THIS PASTOR.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO LEAD A
CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
Reporter: AND NOW THE
GROUP IS ON THE ROAD AGAIN
SETTING UP CHURCHES AND
CAMPUSES.
WHEN PEOPLE WATCH THIS
FILM, THEY GET REALLY UPSET
ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
WITH EDUCATION A LOT OF
TIMES COMES MOTIVATION TO DO
SOMETHING.
Reporter: IT LED ONE
PHYSICIAN TO TRAIN OTHER
DOCTORS TO SPOT VICTIMS.
AND A FLIGHT ATTENDANT BEGAN
A CAMPAIGN FOR HER PEERS.
THE PRODUCTION HAS ALSO
OPENED NEW CONVERSATIONS AND
MINISTRY TIMES IN CHURCHES
WHERE THEY'VE SHOWN IT.
I'VE HAD WOMEN COME UP TO
ME, COUNTLESS WOMEN, I HAVE
BEEN RAPED, I'VE BEEN
SEXUALLY ABUSED, AND I'VE
BEEN A VICTIM OF PORNOGRAPHY
FOR "X" AMOUNT OF YEARS.
AND TO REALIZE IT IS SUCH A
REALITY.
AND HOW MUCH GUILT AND SHAME
PEOPLE ARE CARRYING.
Reporter: WHEN THE
RESEARCH SHOWED THAT
DIFFERENT MEDIA OFTEN DRIVES
A PERSON TO BUY SEX, THEY
REALIZED THE NEED TO CATCH
THE ATTENTION OF
THIS iPOD-DRIVEN
GENERATION.
I THINK OUR GENERATION
HAS A CHOICE IF WE'RE GOING
TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE
PROBLEM OR IF WE'RE GOING TO
BE DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE
TO HELP THE SITUATION.
Reporter: HEATHER
CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Reporter: AGAIN, THE
FILM IS CALLED "SEX AND
MONEY, A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR
HUMAN WORTH."
YOU CAN FIND OUT WHEN AND
WHERE TO SEE IT BY GOING TO
OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
Pat: THE POLICE REPORT
THAT THE REGENT UNIVERSITY
LAW SCHOOL HAS SET UP A
CENTER TO DEAL WITH THE
LEGAL ASPECTS OF THIS.
WE'RE TRAINING LAWYERS TO GO
INTO COUNTRIES,
PARTICULARLY, BUT IN AMERICA
AS WELL, AND TO TAKE THE
LEGAL STEPS NECESSARY TO
SHUT THESE TRAFFICKERS
DOWN.
IF I HAD MY WAY, AND I DON'T
HAVE MY WAY, BUT IF I HAD MY
WAY, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS OF THREE
TRAGI TRAFFICKERS.
TO THINK YOU CAN BUY A YOUNG
GIRL, 12, 13, 14, BUY HER
AND SELL HER -- NOT SELL HER
ONE TIME FOR SEX, BUT TO
SELL HER AS A SLAVE TO
SOMEBODY ELSE.
WE THOUGHT SLAVERY WAS OVER,
BUT THIS ISN'T.
THIS IS DEMEANING.
I KNOW THERE WAS A HORRIBLE,
HORRIBLE THING TO BLACK
PEOPLE DURING THE TIMES OF
SLAVERY.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY
WERE ABUSED SEXUALLY THE WAY
THESE GIRLS ARE.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO
SERVICE 10, 20 MEN A WHITE.
Terry: I THINK THERE
WAS LOTS OF ABUSE DURING
SLAVERY, BUT I THINK THIS
IS, AS YOU SAY, AN EXTREME
SCENARIO.
THEY SAY THAT THE DRUG
BUSINESS, IF YOU'LL CALL IT
THAT, OR TRADE, IS VERY
PROFITABLE, BUT THIS IS EVEN
MORE PROFITABLE.
WHEN YOU SELL SOMEONE A
DRUG, THE DRUG IS TAKEN.
AND THIS IS A GIRL WHO --
YOU'RE PAID ONCE, AND THIS
IS A GIRL WHO WORKS --
Pat: OVER AND OVER AND
OVER.
Terry: YEAH.
Pat: SOMETHING INSIDE
YOU REVOLTS AGAINST THIS.
AS I SAY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE GOTTEN RID OF SLAVERY,
BUT THIS IS A WORSE FORM OF
SLAVERY, AND IT IS BEING
DONE RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES.
AND PEOPLE ARE SO HAPPY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
CHRISTMAS -- A PASTOR IS ON
THE WAY TO A CANDLELIGHT
SERVICE, AND HE SEES SOME
HOOKER ON THE STREET, AND HE
PAYS TO HAVE SEX WITH HER.
Terry: THE COMBINATION
OF A SEXUALLY SATURATED
CULTURE, AND THE PRIVACY OF
THE INTERNET IN PEOPLE'S
HOMES IS DEADLY.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THERE IS
SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT
IT.
WE HAVE TO SPEAK UP.
WE HAVE TO LET OUR VOICES BE
HEARD IN THIS.
JUST LIKE PEOPLE HAD TO
STAND UP AGAINST THE SLAVERY
OF AFRICANS, BACK IN THE
TIME WHEN SLAVERY WAS
LEGAL.
AND WE HAVE TO STAND UP
AGAINST THIS WHITE
SLAVERY -- WELL, IT IS NOT
JUST WHITE, IT IS EVERY KIND
OF SLAVERY.
IT HAS GOT TO BE STOPPED.
Reporter: WASHINGTON
MAY BE BROKEN POLITICALLY,
BUT THERE IS HOPE ON A
SPIRITUAL FRONT.
THE CONGRESSIONAL PRAYER
CAUCUS NOW HAS 100 MEMBERS.
THE BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE
SUPPORTS PRAYER.
IT STARTED OUT IN 2005 WITH
A SMALL GROUP OF LAWMAKERS
FROM BOTH PARTIES.
THEY MET WEEKLY IN A ROOM ON
CAPITOL HILL TO PRAY FOR THE
COUNTRY.
PAT, SIX YEARS LATER, THEY
CONTINUE TO MEET AND PRAY.
Terry: WELL, THAT WAS
JUST AN AMAZING STORY OF
ENCOURAGEMENT.
Pat: OUR FRIEND, RANDY
FORBES, IS AT THE HEART OF
THAT.
HE VOTED FOR SOME BILL --
AND THEY SAID, WHAT DO YOU
WANT?
HE SAID I WANT A ROOM IN THE
CAPITOL THAT I CAN HAVE FOR
PRAYER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GAVE
HIM.
NOW 100 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
INVOLVED IN THE PRAYER
CAUCUS, AND THEY ARE
AMAZINGLY ACTIVE AND
ORGANIZED.
AND IT'S GROWING.
AND IT CAN BE A MARVELOUS
THING FOR OUR COUNTRY.
Terry: INDEED.
WELL, COMING UP, FROM
BREAKING OUT INTO THE
HALLELUJAH CHORUS, TO
BREAKING MERCHANDISE,
STEALING AND EVEN WORSE.
THE PHENOMENON OF FLASH MOBSICAR
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Reporter: TOMORROW...
HE WANTED ME LIKE A
BARBIE DOL.
DOLL.
I HAD A BREAST
AUGMENTATION.
WOW, YOUR DAD GOT A HIT
RECORD.
HIS FATHER WROTE THE
HITS.
HE TOOK THEM.
I WOKE UP THINKING ABOUT
DRUGS.
I WENT TO SLEEP THINKING
ABOUT DRUGS.
Reporter: GRAMMY
NOMINATED SINGER JOHNNY LEE
HOOKER, TOMORROW.
Pat: HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD ABOUT A FLASH MOB?
FLAB MOB.
WELL, THEY BECAME POPULAR
WHEN VIDEOS SPREAD OF A
LARGE GROUP SUDDENLY SINGING
AND DANCING IN PUBLIC.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY
HAD A COMMERCIAL ABOUT
THAT.
Terry: I LOVE THAT
COMMERCIAL.
Pat: HE IS AT GRAND
CENTRAL STATION.
Terry: THAT'S THE FUN
FLASH MOB.
Pat: THERE IS A TREND
OF FLASH MOBS SHOWING UP
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THIS IS ONE CHURCH THAT
IS -- WELL, THEY'RE TRYING
TO BUCK THAT TREND.
AS CHARLENE ISRAEL REPORTS
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
Reporter: THEY HAVE
BECOME A POP CULTURE
PHENOMENON.
GROUPS OF PEOPLE
SPONTANEOUSLY BURSTING OUT
IN SONG OR DANCE.
* HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH *
Reporter: THE
PHENOMENON, HOWEVER,
RECENTLY TOOK A DANGEROUS
TURN.
THIS 7/11 SHOWS DOZENS OF
YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING NUMEROUS
ITEMS FROM SHELVES AND THEN
WALKING OUT WITHOUT PAYING.
INCIDENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN
REPORTED IN CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE, AND DALLAS.
HERE IN PHILADELPHIA,
PENNSYLVANIA, THERE HAVE
BEEN SEVERAL CASES OF
VIOLENT FLASH MOBS, LIKE
WHAT HAPPENED HERE AT THIS
MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE.
A GROUP OF 150 TEENS
CONVERGED ON THE STORE, AND
SHOVED SEVERAL COSTUMERS TO
THE FLOOR AND OVERTURNED
FLOOR DISPLAYS.
POLICE SAY MANY OF THE
GROUPS BECOME VIOLENT AS THE
MOB MENTALITY TAKES OVER.
WE HAD ISSUES WHERE
PEOPLE WERE ASSAULTED, WHO
WERE MERELY MINDING THEIR
OWN BUSINESS.
Reporter: PHILLY MADE
HEADLINES AFTER BLASTING
KIDS INVOLVED IN FLASH MOB
KIDS.
IF YOU WANT BLACK FOLKS,
IF YOU WANT WHITE FOLKS,
LATINOS, ASIANS, OR ANYBODY
ELSE, TO RESPECT YOU AND NOT
BE AFRAID WHEN THEY SEE YOU
WALKING DOWN THE STREET,
THEN LEAVE THE INNOCENT
PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET, MINDING THEIR
OWN DAMN BUSINESS -- LEAVE
THEM ALONE.
STOP IT.
CUT IT OUT.
WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS
NONSENSE.
Reporter: AFTER HIS
TOUGH TALK, THE MAYOR
IMPOSED A STRICT CURFEW FOR
ANYONE UNDER 18.
I THINK IT SHOCKED THE
KIDS A LITTLE BIT AT FIRST.
SOME OF WHOM WHO CONFESSED
THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT OR
GENUINELY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
IT.
Reporter: AFTER ALAN
WALLER OF ENON TABERNACLE
CHURCH AGREES WITH THE TOUGH
STANCE.
I THINK HIS WORDS WERE
STRONG.
HIS WORDS WERE PART OF THE
ANSWER.
Reporter: THE OTHER
PART OF THE SOLUTION IS
WHERE THE FAITH COMMUNITY
COMES IN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT
IS A SPIRITUAL ISSUE.
AND THE MAYOR, ANY MAYOR, IS
NOT THE BOSS OF THE
SPIRITUAL STUFF OF THE
CITY.
Reporter: PASTOR WALLER
SAYS A BIG PART OF THAT
SPIRITUAL STUFF IS YOUNG
PEOPLE ANGRY FOR VARIOUS
REASONS.
THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS
THEY'RE HAVING TO LIVE WITH
IN THEIR FAMILIES, IN THEIR
SCHOOLS, AND IN THE
STREETS.
THIS IS AN OUTGROWTH OF
THAT.
Reporter: AUTHORITIES
SAY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, LIKE
TWITTER AND Facebook,
PLAYED A ROLE IN ORGANIZING
THE FLASH MOB CRIMES.
THEY ALSO HAPPENED IN
ENGLAND, WHERE A
DEMONSTRATION OVER A POLICE
SHOOTING TURNED VIOLENT.
ANGRY YOUTH TORCHED CARS AND
BUILDINGS.
YOU HAVE SEEN INSTANCES
WHERE PEOPLE ARE USING THESE
TOOLS TO ORGANIZE FOR
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
Reporter: THIS RAPPER
TEEN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A
FLASH MOB HE ORGANIZED GOT
OUT OF HAND.
THEY TRAIN POLICE AND
ORGANIZATIONS HOW TO USE
SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS TO
THEIR ADVANTAGE.
WHAT THE POLICE AND
ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH
THE TEENS NEED TO BE AWARE
OF HOW THESE SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES WORK.
SOME OF THEM YOU HAVE TO
BE A FRIEND TO EVEN GET
INVOLVED IN IT.
WE TRY TO DO THINGS TO
DISGUISE OURSELVES TO GET
INTO THOSE SITES.
Reporter: SOME CITIES
ARE THINKING OF MAKING
LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT
ILLEGAL FOR DISORGANIZED
FLASH MOBS.
WALLER'S CHURCH IS
ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.
PRIMARILY, WE REACH OUT
TO KIDS THROUGH ATHLETICS.
Reporter: HIS CHURCH
HAS SEVEN FOOTBALL TEAMS,
MADE UP OF KIDS OF ALL AGES
RECRUITED FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
WHEN THEY FINISH
PRACTICE, THEY DON'T HAVE
TIME FOR FLASH MOBS.
THEY'RE TOO TIRED.
Reporter: KIDS SAY
PLAYING THE GAME KEEPS THEM
FOCUSED AND ON THE RIGHT
TRACK.
IT KEEPS ME FROM HANGING
AROUND WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE
AND DOING THE WRONG STUFF.
IT ELIMINATES ME BEING IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I
SHOULDN'T BE.
CHILDREN HAVE TO LEARN
BIBLE VERSES EVERY WE'RE.
IF YOU MESS UP IN SCHOOL,
YOU CANNOT PLAY.
WE HOLD YOU TO A HIGHER
STANDARD BECAUSE WE KNOW IT
IS HARD OUT HERE.
Reporter: THAT'S WHY
AUTHORITIES SAY TEAMING WITH
THE FAITH COMMUNITY SHOULD
BE A WIN FOR EVERYONE,
ESPECIALLY THE KIDS.
WE ALWAYS LOOK TO PARTNER
WITH FAITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, AND
FAITH-BASED GROUPS.
IT WILL MAKE LIFE FOR US AND
EVERYBODY LIVING HERE
BETTER.
THEY'RE HUNGRY.
THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THIS IS
ABOUT.
THE VIOLENCE -- ALL OF
THAT.
THEY'RE JUST HUNGRY.
AND THEY'RE EATING, RIGHT
NOW, TRASH.
[YELLING]
Reporter: CHARLENE
ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Pat: AS I WAS READING
THE BACKGROUND ON THIS
EARLIER TODAY, I THOUGHT
BACK TO WHAT DAVE WILKERSON
HAD TO SAY, BUT IT WAS MANY,
MANY YEARS AGO.
HE HAD THIS PROPHECY ABOUT
YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING OVER THE
STREETS OF THE CITIES AND
REBELLING AND --
Terry: RIOTING AND
FIRES.
Pat: RIOTING AND FIRES,
AND SO FORTH IN THE INNER
CITIES.
AND WE SORT OF SAID, DAVE,
HE'S A GOOD MAN, BUT HE IS A
BIT EXTREME IN THIS.
I THINK WHAT HE HAD TO SAY
IS BEING BORNE OUT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS
THIS SPIRIT OF LAWLESSNESS.
THIS IS TA SATANIC.
PITHEY SAID THESE KIDS ARE
HUNGRY.
WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO
FEED THEM.
THE "OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PROVIDING FOOD.
ARE THEY HUNGRY FOR VIOLENCE
OR HUNGRY FOR FOOD?
Terry: I THINK BEING
HUNGRY FOR FOOD PROBABLY
MAKES YOU VIOLENT IN YOUR
ACTIONS.
Pat: OF COURSE THEY
DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE
AGENCIES ARE.
LIVING IN A TENEMENT IS
AWFUL.
I LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY AND
SOME BAD SITUATIONS, AND IT
IS CORROSIVE TO THE SOUL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO
ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO BRING JOY, WE
HAVE TO BRING HOPE, AND WE
HAVE TO BRING THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST INTO THESE
AREAS.
I IMAGINE SOME OF THESE
INTERNET THINGS --
Terry: IT CAN WORK FOR
GOOD OR IT CAN WORK FOR
BAD.
UP NEXT, FROM ADDICT TO ALL
STAR.
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF
THE TEXAS
MVP, JOSH
HAMILTON, WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Reporter: STILL
AHEAD...HE SURVIVED
BLACKHAWK DOWN.
WE KNEW GOING IN IT WAS A
BAD PART OF TOWN.
Reporter: AND BECAME A
COUNTRY MUSIC STAR.
AMERICAN HERO KENNY THOMAS
SINGS LIVE COMING UP.
Pat: WELL, IT'S
TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE FOR THE
TEXAS RANGERS.
THEY CAN ALMOST TASTE
VICTORY, BUT THEN IT
RAINED.
AND RAIN POSTPONED LAST
NIGHT'S WORLD SERIES GAME.
THE RANGERS NEED JUST ONE
MORE WIN TO CLENCH THE
SERIES.
WHILE TONIGHT MAY BE THE
BIGGEST GAME IN TEXAS
HISTORY, JOSH HAMILTON KNOWS
HE HAS ALREADY WON JUST BY
BEING THERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE A FEW YEARS
AGO, JOSH WAS OUT OF
BASEBALL AND FIGHTING FOR
HIS LIFE.
Reporter: HE HAS BEEN
CALLED A MODERN DAY MICKY
MANTLE.
TEXAS RANGERS' SLUGGER JOSH
HAMILTON IS ONE OF THE MOST
FEARED HITTERS IN THE GAME.
A LEGITIMATE HOMERUN EVERY
TIME HE STEPS TO THE PLATE.
BUT LIKE THE YANKEES'
LEGEND, HIS LIFE OFF THE
FIELD WAS ALMOST SHATTERED.
JUNE 2nd, 1999, THEY
DRAFTED JOSH HAMILTON WITH
THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL
PICK.
HE WAS ON THE FAST-TRACK TO
THE MAJORS UNTIL A CAR
ACCIDENT NEARLY KILLED HIM.
SIDELINED WITH INJURIES,
JOSH PASSED THE TIME HANGING
OUT WITH NEW FRIENDS AT A
TATTOO PARLOR.
I MY FIRST DRINK OF
ALCOHOL AND THE FIRST LINE
OF COCAINE THE SAME NIGHT.
I CAN'T SAY WHY I DID IT
OTHER THAN JUST CURIOUS.
Reporter: HIS CURIOSITY
LED TO ADDICTION.
AND JOSH CHECKED HIMSELF IN
AND OUT OF REHAB EIGHT
TIMES.
JOSH WAS SUSPENDED AND HIS
CAREER WAS IN JEOPARDY.
HE TRIED CLEANING UP HIS ACT
AFTER HE MET KATIE AND THE
TWO GOT MARRIED.
HE TOLD ME HE GOT OUT OF
REHAB AND HE WAS DRUG-FREE,
AND HE WAS AT THAT POINT.
I I WAS THINKING, HE IS
SAYING HE IS DRUG-FREE, AND
HE IS GOING TO STAY THAT
WAY.
I WAS CLEAN FOR FIVE
MONTHS WHEN WE GOT MARRIED.
WE GOT MARRIED IN DECEMBER,
AND I WENT BACK OUT AND
STARTED USING IN JANUARY.
I WAS FLOORED.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
OUR MARRIAGE WAS SO
COMPLETELY BROKEN, BUT YOU
COULDN'T EVEN SEE A WAY TO
TRY AND START TO FIX IT.
Reporter: JOSH QUIT
TAKING DRUG TESTS AND WAS
SUSPENDED AGAIN FROM
BASEBALL.
HE AND KATIE SEPARATED.
HIS BODY WAS TAKING A
BEATING FROM THE DRUGS AND
HE LOST 50 POUNDS.
THEN ONE NIGHT OUT OF
DESPERATION, HE SHOWED UP ON
HIS GRANDMOTHER'S DOORSTEP
AND ASKED IF SHE WOULD TAKE
HIM IN.
SHE HARDLY RECOGNIZED HER
GRANDSON.
SHE KNEW I WAS USING, AND
SAYING TO ME SHE KNEW WHAT I
WAS DOING.
SHE STARTED CRYING, SAYING
SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT
ANYMORE, SEEING ME LIKE
THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WAS
SURVIVING.
HE WAS A SKELETON.
HE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE THE
SAME PERSON.
AND JUST MENTALLY, YOU KNOW,
I FELT LIKE HE DIDN'T HAVE
ANY GRASP ON REALITY.
Reporter: THAT'S WHEN
JOSH'S GRANDMOTHER
CHALLENGED HIM TO SURRENDER
HIS LIFE TO GOD.
SO JOSH STARTED READING THE
BIBLE, EVEN THOUGH HIS
ADDICTIONS STILL GNAWED AT
HIM.
I WOULD BE IN THE WORD
AND PRAYING, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN ONE DAY I WOULD GO
THREE OR FOUR DAYS WITHOUT
DOING IT.
AND THEN I WOULD BE BACK
USING.
Reporter: TIMES WERE
TOUGH FOR KATIE.
I WAS COMPLETELY
DESPERATE FOR GOD.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY
LIFE, I WAS DESPERATE FOR
HIM.
I NEEDED HIM, I NEEDED EVERY
BIT OF HIM I COULD GET
BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING IN
ME THAT COULD GET ME
THROUGH.
I WOULD BE IN MY CAR
PRAYING, AND I WOULD FEEL
GOD RIGHT THERE, BRINGING ME
SO MUCH PEACE AND JOY IN THE
MIDST OF A COMPLETE
DISASTER.
Reporter: KATIE CALLED
JOSH AND TOLD HIM SHE
BELIEVED SHE HEARD A MESSAGE
FROM GOD.
AND SHE SAID, JOSH, I'VE
BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT, AND
GOD IS GOING TO LET YOU GO
BACK TO BASEBALL.
SHE SAID, IT'S TRUE, IT'S
BEEN LAID ON MY HEART.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT
BASEBALL.
IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT WHERE
HE BROUGHT YOU FROM AND WHAT
HE BROUGHT YOU THROUGH.
Reporter: EVEN THOUGH
JOSH LAUGHED AT THE IDEA, IT
ENCOURAGED HIM TO CONTINUE
READING THE BIBLE.
AND KATIE KEPT PRAYING TO
GOD.
AND GOD JUST KEPT SAYING,
WAIT, JUST WAIT.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
TURMOIL, IT IS NOT THE
ANSWER YOU WANT TO HEAR, BUT
HE GAVE ME THE STRENGTH TO
CONTINUE TO WAIT ON HIM.
Reporter: AND SOON
KATIE'S PRAYERS WERE
ANSWERED.
WATCHING KATIE AND HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, AND
HER LEANING ON HIM AND
DEPENDING ON HIM WHEN I WAS
DOING THAT TO HER.
ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO LATER,
WE STARTED GETTING BACK
TOGETHER.
Reporter: JOSH AND
KATIE RECONCILED, HE GAVE UP
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, AND HE
WAS BAPTIZED.
JUST WATCHING THE
TRANSFORMATION THAT GOD HAS
MADE IN JOSH'S LIFE.
IT HAS BEEN SO AWESOME AND
SUCH A GIFT FROM THE LORD,
SEEING WHAT HE HAS DONE IN
HIM.
Reporter: AFTER THREE
YEARS AWAY FROM BASEBALL,
THE LEAGUE REINSTATED JOSH
HAMILTON.
IN SPRING TRAINING 2007, A
SHOCK TO THE BASEBALL
WORLD.
THE CINCINNATI REDS ADDED
JOSH TO THEIR ROSTER.
A YEAR LATER, HE WAS TRADED
TO THE RANGERS AND HIS
CAREER TOOK OFF.
HE IS A FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR
AND THE REIGNING M.V.P., AND
THESE DAYS HE WON'T EVEN
TOUCH ALCOHOL.
WHEN THE RANGERS CLINCHED
THE
PENNANT, HE CELEBRATED
WITH A COOL BOTTLE OF SODA.
THERE
IS NOTHING I DID,
EXCEPT TRY TO MAKE THE RIGHT
CHOICES AND LET GOD TAKE
OVER FROM THERE.
THERE IS ONE SOLID AND
PERMANENT WAY OUT OF IT, AND
THAT'S TO FIND THE LORD,
JESUS CHRIST.
Pat: I WAS DESPERATE
FOR GOD.
I WAS DISPRAYE DIS--
DISPRAYDESPERATE FOR GOD.
THEY WILL SEEK ME AND FIND
ME WHEN THEY SEEK FOR ME
WITH ALL OF THEIR HEART.
I WAS DESPERATE.
I NEEDED MORE OF GOD.
WHEW!
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY.
IF YOU REALLY WANT GOD, HE
IS THERE.
THEY WILL SEEK FOR ME AND
FIND ME.
WHEN THEY SEEK FOR ME WITH
ALL OF THEIR HEART.
DESPERATE FOR GOD.
AND THAT WIFE'S PRAYERS WERE
ANSWERED FOR JOSH.
IMAGINE WHAT A TURNAROUND.
M.V.P., A HUGE STAR.
HE WAS ON THE ASH HEAP.
HE HAD RUINED HIMSELF.
BUT HIS WIFE WAS DESPERATE
FOR GOD.
DESPERATE.
ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS?
OR ARE YOU JUST PLAYING?
WE PLAY A LOT HERE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE SAY, WELL, GOD HELP ME TO
LOSE WEIGHT, BUT NOT RIGHT
NOW.
MAKE ME CHASE, BUT NOT RIGHT
NOW.
LET'S NOT DO IT RIGHT NOW.
LET'S JUST TAKE IT EASY AND
HAVE KIND OF AN EASY LIFE.
AND LET ME SIT IN THAT PEW
ON SUNDAY FOR AN HOUR AND
LISTEN TO SOME SERMON AND
THEN I'LL GO HOME AND I'LL
BE OKAY UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
DESPERATE.
IF YOU WANT WHAT GOD HAS FOR
YOU, THEY WILL SEEK FOR ME
AND FIND ME WHEN THEY SEEK
FOR ME WITH ALL OF THEIR
HEART.
DO YOU WANT GOD?
DO YOU WANT HIS BEST?
DO YOU WANT A MIRACLE?
DO YOU WANT THE
TRANSFORMATION OF YOUR WIFE
OR YOUR HUSBAND?
DO YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO BE
DELIVERED FROM DRUGS?
DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING
THAT WILL ATTACK YOU OUT OF
FINANCIAL POVERTY?
I WAS READING JAMES, AND IT
SAID IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK,
ASK IN FAITH.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK, YOU
WILL RECEIVE, BUT YOU WILL
NOT DO IT IF YOU'RE
DOUBLE-MINDED.
SO ARE YOU DESPERATE, AND DO
YOU MEAN BUSINESS?
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY, AND IF
YOU WANT WHAT GOD'S BEST IS,
IF YOU WANT TO BE SET FREE
FROM WHAT IS BINDING YOU,
PRAY WITH ME RIGHT NOW, AND
DON'T BE ASHAMED.
BOW YOUR HEAD WHEREVER YOU
ARE, AND PRAY THESE WORDS:
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,
JESUS -- I NEED YOU, LORD.
I WANT YOU LORD.
I CAN'T DO IT MYSELF, LORD.
I NEED YOU.
JESUS, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE
GOD.
I KNOW, JESUS, THAT YOU DIED
ON A CROSS FOR ME.
AND I KNOW YOU ROSE AGAIN
THAT I MIGHT HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE.
AND, LORD, RIGHT NOW I WANT
MORE OF YOU.
I WANT YOU, LORD.
I ASK YOU, LORD, COME INTO
MY HEART.
SET ME FREE FROM EVERYTHING
THAT WOULD BIND ME.
DELIVER ME FROM SIN.
DELIVER ME FROM THE CLUTCHES
OF SATANIC OPPRESSION.
AND GIVE ME THE JOY OF THE
LORD.
I PRAY NOW, AND I RECEIVE
IT, LORD.
AND I THANK YOU FOR HEARING
MY PRAYER.
THANK YOU, LORD.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, I WANT YOU
TO DO SOMETHING.
I WANT YOU TO CONFESS WHAT
YOU'VE JUST DONE.
I WANT YOU TO TELL
SOMEBODY.
WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE
PHONES.
PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU.
THEY REALLY LOVE YOU.
THEY'VE HAD THE SAME
EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'VE HAD.
I WANT YOU TO CALL AND TELL
THEM I JUST PRAYED WITH
PAT.
WHEN YOU CALL, I WANT TO
GIVE YOU SOMETHING, IF YOU'D
LIKE.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IN IT, I'VE GOT A C.D.
IT WILL TELL YOU A WHOLE LOT
EXPRESSED INTO 73 MINUTES.
YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR C.D.
PLAYER, AND THERE IT IS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BOOKLET
THAT HAS 60 SOMETHING
SCRIPTURES THAT YOU CAN READ
AND STUDY AND READ AGAIN.
IT'S 1-800-759-0700.
AND SAY I PRAYED WITH PAT.
REMEMBER, IF THE LINES ARE
BUSY, SOMEBODY IS HERE WHO
LOVES YOU, AND THEY'LL GET
TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
YOU CALL BACK.
YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET THE
CALL THROUGH.
BUT WE'VE GOT PHONES
AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
TOLL-FREE NUMBERS,
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY, MORE ABOUT BASEBALL.
Terry: WELL, IF YOU'RE
A CARDINALS' FAN, SPORTS
REPORTER SEAN HAS INTERVIEWS
WITH ALBERT PUJOLS AND OTHER
SERIES PLAYERS ON OUR
WEBSITE.
LOG ON TO CBN NEWS, AND
CLICK THE FIRST LINK.
STILL AHEAD ON TODAY'S SHOW,
KENNY THOMAS, THE BLACKHAWK
DOWN SINGER IS GOING TO
SINGER LIVE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
THAT'S COMING UP.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWSBREAK.
SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING
TO REPEAL THE DEFENSIVE
MARRIAGE ACT, THE FEDERAL
LAW THAT DEFINES MARRIAGE AS
A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MAN
AND A WOMAN.
CALIFORNIA SENATOR DIANNE
FEINSTEIN IS LEADING THAT
REPEAL EFFORT.
THE 10 DEMOCRATS ON THE
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
SUPPORT IT.
REPEALING DOMA WOULD REQUIRE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
RECOGNIZE GAY MARRIAGE IN
STATES WHERE IT IS NOW
LEGAL.
A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP WARNS
THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY IS
COVERING UP ITS DEATHS.
HAY WANT AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE OCTOBER 9th
DEATHS OF 29 PEOPLE.
THEY SHOW DEMONSTRATORS
PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATING
UNTIL POLICE CRUSHED THEM.
BUT OF THE 28 PEOPLE
ARRESTED, NONE ARE
SOLDIERS.
MILITARY RULERS ARE WORKING
TO RESOLVE ISSUES CHRISTIANS
HAVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: WELL, BEFORE
KENNY THOMAS STRUMMED HIS
GUITAR FOR A LIVING, HE
CARRIED A RIFLE, AND HE
FOUGHT IN ONE OF THE
BEST-KNOWN BATTLES OF MODERN
WARFARE, TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: KENNY THOMAS
IS AN UP-AND-COMING COUNTRY
MUSIC STAR WHO HAS SHARED
THE STAGE WITH THE LIKES OF
VINCE GILL, BRAD PAISLEY,
AND KEITH URBAN BUT HE IS A
FORMER U.S. ARMY RANGER, AND
HE SERVED IN THE MISSION
KNOWN AS BLACK HAWK DOWN.
WE RAIDED INTO A DOWNTOWN
PART OF MOGADISHU.
WE KNOW GOING IN IT WAS A
BAD PART OF TOWN.
BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN
WE CAME OUT WE WOULD LOSE 18
GUYS.
Reporter: TODAY KENNY
SHARES A MESSAGE OF HOPE
WITH A GUITAR, NOT A RIFLE.
AND IN HIS BOOK "GET IT ON,"
HE SHARES LESSONS OF COURAGE
AND FAITH FROM THAT FATEFUL
DAY IN SOMALIA.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB," KENNY
THOMAS.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
THANK YOU.
Terry: QUITE A STORY.
YOU SAY THE THREE WORDS YOU
HEARD IN SOMALIA CHANGED
YOUR LIFE FOREVER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
"GET IT ON," THAT WAS THE
CALL TO ACTION.
I WAS WRITING A LETTER HOME
TO MY MOM.
A GUY WALKS OUT OF THE
AIRPLANE HANGAR, AND IT WAS
"GET IT ON," AND JUST LIKE
THAT EVERYTHING CHANGES.
Terry: CREED IS
SOMETHING YOU TOOK A LOT IN
YOUR BOOK, NIGHT GET IT
ON."
THE POINT IS YOU'RE ONLY
GOING TO BE AS GOOD AS YOU
PREPAREARE PREPARED TO BE.
YOU CAN CALL TRAINING WHAT
YOU WANT.
WE CAN CALL IT PRACTICE, YOU
CAN CALL IT BIBLE STUDY, YOU
CAN CALL IT
SELF-IMPROVEMENT.
BUT YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO BE
AS GOOD AS YOU MAKE YOURSELF
BE.
Terry: SO YOU HAVE TO
INVEST YOURSELF FULLY IN
WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING FOR.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT DOESN'T MIRACULOUSLY
COME.
HAVE YOU TO REALLY PRACTICE
HARD.
Terry: YOU'VE BEEN
THROUGH SOME AMAZING THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE, SOME
CHALLENGES, SOME STRUGGLES,
AND SOME TIMES WHEN IT
LOOKED LIKE YOUR DREAM
WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
TALK ABOUT YOUR FAITH AND
HOW THAT SUSTAINED YOU?
I'LL TELL YOU -- HERE IS
MY OPINION ON FAITH: I THINK
THAT THE STRONGER YOUR FAITH
IS, THE MORE AT PEACE YOU
CAN BE WITH LIFE AND WHAT IT
BRINGS TO YOU.
AND WHAT YOU START LEARNING
IS THAT IF YOU GET OFF THE
PATH, HE WILL LET YOU KNOW
PRETTY QUICK.
HE'LL START SLAPPING YOU
AROUND.
AND THAT'S CALLED PAIN.
AND YOU REALIZE YOU NEED TO
GET BACK TO WHERE YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT LIFE
GETS EASIER, BUT I JUST KNOW
THAT THE CHOICES GET SIMPLER
WHEN YOU HAVE A FAITH AND
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE.
THE HARD PART IS FINDING OUT
AND ACCEPTING WHERE THIS IS
WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE.
BECAUSE THAT PATH WILL BE
MADE FOR YOU.
Terry: EVEN IF IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE PATH.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
FIGHT IT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY,
THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANT.
Terry: HAVE YOU ALWAYS
HAD FAITH?
DID YOU GROW UP IN A
FAITH-BASED FAMILY?
YES.
WE DID.
I WAS IN THE CHOIR, AND
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE
MUSIC STARTED.
Terry: THAT'S AWESOME.
WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT YOUR MILITARY
SERVICE TAUGHT YOU.
THAT'S SOME RIGID TRAINING
AND REAL FOCUS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IN THAT
HELPED SHAPE YOUR CHARACTER?
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
YOU PULL OUT OF YOUR
MILITARY TRAINING -- THAT'S
A BIG QUESTION -- BUT MAINLY
WHAT I WOULD TAKE FROM THAT
IS WHAT I TRY TO TELL
EVERYBODY ELSE.
LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT THE
RANK.
BECAUSE THE STORIES I'LL END
UP TELLING YOU ARE FOT GOING
TO BE ABOUT THE GENERALS.
IT WILL BE ABOUT THE PRIVATE
DAVID FLOYDS, WHO IN THE
BEGINNING WEREN'T MUCH.
BUT THEN THROUGH HARD WORK
AND THE GOOD FORTUNE OF THE
PEOPLE THEY WERE AROUND
THEM, THEY BECAME THE
EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY TO
FOLLOW.
THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, THROUGH YOUR
LEADERSHIP, WHICH THE
EXAMPLE THAT YOU SET.
Terry: YOU MADE A BIG
TRANSITION.
YOU WERE IN THE MILITARY,
AND NOW YOU'RE A WELL-KNOWN
SINGER, PERFORMER.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
I JUST HANDED IN MY RIFLE
AND PICKED UP MY GUITAR.
I TELL PEOPLE MUSIC IS A
DISEASE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN
EVER GET RID OF IT.
THE BAND STARTED WHEN I WAS
IN THE MILITARY.
Terry: YOU ALMOST TOOK
A JOB IN IRAQ AND DIDN'T DO
THE OTHER.
THAT'S TRUE.
YOU'RE SO WELL-PREPARED.
A REALLY GOOD BUDDY OF
MINE -- THIS IS A NEAT
STORY.
HIS NAME IS JEFF.
AND HE WAS IN THE BATTLE
WITH US.
AND JEFF WENT ON TO BECOME A
CHAPLAIN IN THE MILITARY.
I HAD GONE TO NASHVILLE, AND
THE MUSIC CAREER WASN'T
WORKING OUT THE WAY I WANTED
IT TO, IT WAS TAKING TOO
LONG.
AND HE CALLEDG
BLUE.
AND HE SAID, THANK YOU FOR
WANTING TO GO BACK AND
SERVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW
ANYBODY WHO CAN DO WHAT YOU
DO.
WITH ONE SONG, YOU CAN DO
WHAT I COULD DO IN A YEAR OF
SERMONS.
SO SHORT OF A BURNING BUSH,
I DON'T KNOW HE CAN SPEAK TO
YOU ANY OTHER WAY.
HE WAS A CHAPLAIN.
I CALLED UP AND DIDN'T TAKE
THE JOB IN IRAQ.
AND SIX MONTHS LATER, WE HAD
AN UNEXPECTED HIT.
Terry: YOU'RE GOING TO
SING FOR US A SONG CALLED
"HOLD THE LINE."
WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THAT?
"HOLD THE LINE."
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
I'VE GOTTEN TO PLAY THIS.
SO I'M EXCITED.
I HAVE A BUDDY OF MINE FROM
RIGHT HERE IN VIRGINIA, AND
HE WAS RETIRING, AND IN HIS
SPEECH, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW
IT WAS HIS PRIVILEGE OF
HOLDING THE LINE.
WE DON'T ALL GET TO CARRY
RIFLES ANYMORE.
I GET TO CARRY A GUITAR, BUT
YOU CAN STILL COUNT ON ME TO
DO MY PART TO HOLD THE
LINE.
IT IS ABOUT THE PERSON OR
YOUR LEFT AND THE PERSON ON
YOUR RIGHT.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HELP
THEM, THE LINE FALTERS.
AND I GOT MY WRITERS AND I
SAID, I'VE GOT THIS IDEA,
AND BAM, IT HAPPENED.
AND I ALWAYS LIKE WHEN
WRITERS SAY AND GOD SHOWED
UP THAT DAY.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT DAY IS HE
NOT THERE.
IT'S JUST WE HAPPENED TO
LISTEN.
THAT DAY.
Terry: I WANT TO SAY
THE NAME OF THE BOOK IS "GET
IT ON," AND I'M GOING TO
RELEASE YOU, KENNY, TO GO
EVER AND GET READY.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
MESSAGES THAT HAVE TO DO
WITH LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPING
CHARACTER, AND DOING YOUR
PART.
THIS IS BOOK IS AVAILABLE
EVERYWHERE THE BOOKS ARE
SOLD AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME,
ENJOY, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
KENNY THOMAS
SINGING "HOLD
THE LINE."
* PUT ON THAT KNUCKLE *
* THEY FALL BACK TO THE
HUDDLE *
* ONE LAST PLACE *
* YOU'VE GOT TO BUY ME SOME
TIME *
* I CAN GET US THERE, BOY,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD THE
LINE *
* HOLD THE LINE *
* HOLD THE LINE *
* SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND
SIDE BY SIDE *
* IF IT YOUR BEST, YEAH *
* AND I'LL GIVE IT MINE *
* WE CAN WIN THIS TOGETHER
IF HOLD THE LINE *
* ELBOWS ON THE TABLE *
* 20 YEARS ON A JOB HE NEVER
THOUGHT WOULD EVER END *
* BUT HIS WIFE SAYS WE'LL
MAKE IT *
*
WE'RE GOING TO BE JUST
FINE *
* WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER, AND
WE'RE GONNA HOLD THE LINE *
* HOLD THE LINE *
* HOLD THE LINE *
* SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND
SIDE BY SIDE *
* YEAH, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE
FAITH *
* THE SUN'S GONNA SHINE *
* WE COULD DO THIS TOGETHER
IF WE HOLD THE LINE *
*
* SO HE GETS CHOKED UP WHEN
THE BUGLE PLAYS *
* AND HE REMEMBERS THE
BATTLE LIKE IT WAS JUST
YESTERDAY *
* AND HE KNOWS HE OWES HIS
LIFE TO THE ONES LEFT
BEHIND *
* AND FOR THEIR SACRIFICE,
HE GONNA HOLD THE LINE *
* HOLD THE LINE *
* HOLD THE LINE *
* SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND
SIDE BY SIDE *
* IN A WORLD GOING CRAZY,
YEAH, AND THESE TROUBLED
TIMES *
* WE'VE GOT TO ALL STAND
TOGETHER *
* WE'VE GOT TO HOLD THE
LINE *
* YEAH, IN A WORLD GOING
CRAZY *
* IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES *
* WE'VE GOT TO ALL STAND
TOGETHER *
* WE'VE GOT TO HOLD THE
LINE *
*
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]
Terry: WE ASKED YOU TO
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN OUR
CHATROOM TODAY, AND SOME OF
YOU HAVE.
THE FIRST ONE IS FROM KEN
INTO ASKS, "HOW DO I
DISCOVER MY LIFE'S
PURPOSE?"
Pat: DEAR LORD.
Terry: ON YOUR MARK,
GET SET, GO.
Pat: THERE'S A
THEOLOGICAL COURSE ON THAT
ONE.
GOD WILL SHOW YOU LITTLE BY
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
IT WON'T COME OVERNIGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD MADE US
THE WAY WE ARE.
AND THAT WHICH FEELS GOOD TO
US IS WHAT HE MADE US FOR.
SO THE THING, WE HAD KENNY
WHO IS A TERRIFIC SINGER AND
A SONGWRITER.
GOD HAS GIVEN HIM A SKILL.
GOD MAY HAVE MADE YOU A
PAINTER.
HE MAY HAVE GIVE YOU
COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE SICK.
HE MAY HAVE PREPARED YOU FOR
MEDICINE.
HE MAY HAVE GIVEN YOU AN
ANALYTICAL MIND THAT WOULD
BE FOR SCIENCE OR LAW.
WHEREVER IT IS -- YOU MAY
LIKE FIXING THINGS.
YOU MAY LIKE TO MAKE CARS OR
BE A MECHANIC.
YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE IS
FULFILLING THAT WHICH GOD
MADE YOU FOR.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, "I'M
REACHING AHEAD TO TRY TO LAY
HOLD THAT WHICH CHRIST HAS
LAID HOLD OF ME."
SO THE APOSTLE PAUL STILL
HASN'T FOUND IT ALL.
Terry: AND JUST BECAUSE
IT GETS TOUGH DOESN'T MEAN
YOU SHOULD STOP.
THE THING YOU SEE EN YOUR
LIFE, HOW GOD USED YOU HERE,
AND IN KENNY'S LIFE -- THERE
ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS NOT
SURE AND CLEAR.
YOU'VE GOT TO PRESS ON AND
PRESS THROUGH.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE
SURE YOU LISTEN TO THE
LORD.
YOU PRAY, YOU SEEK THE LORD,
YOU READ THE BIBLE, AND
CIRCUMSTANCES OPEN UP.
AGAIN, AS TERRY SAID, THERE
MAY BE SOME OBSTACLES.
THE OBSTACLES AREN'T
NECESSARILY TO KEEP YOU FROM
GOD'S PURPOSE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET
STRONG TO BREAKTHROUGH.
I DO WEIGHTLIFTING, AND IN
ORDER TO BUILD YOUR MUSCLES,
YOU'VE GOT TO STRAIN AGAINST
THEM.
THAT'S THE WHOLE THING,.
Terry: YOU'RE TEARING
THEM DOWN TO BUILD THEM UP.
Pat: YOU PUSH AGAINST A
LOAD OF WEIGHT, AND IT TEARS
THE MUSCLES DOWN AND THEY
REGROW AND GET BIGGER.
Terry: LAURA SAYS, "I
HAD FOUR MISCARRIAGES AND
TWO STILLBIRTHS IN THE LAST
FOUR YEARS.
WILL I EVER MEET THE BABIES
IN HEAVEN?"
Pat: YOU REMEMBER THAT
BOY --
Terry: "HEAVEN IN
REAL."
Pat: AND HE MET SOME
SISTERS THAT WERE
MISCARRIED.
I DON'T KNOW.
THESE ARE LIVES, AND THE
LIVES WOULD TAKE FORM IN
HEAVEN.
SO I THINK THE ANSWER IS
YES.
I DON'T HAVE BIBLICAL
AUTHORITY TO SAY YES, HERE
IT IS, CHAPTER AND VERSE.
Terry: "MY HUSBAND'S
BUSINESS HAS TAKEN A
NOSEDIVE FOUR YEARS AGO AND
HAS STAYED THERE.
HE THINKS SOMEONE HAS PUT A
CURSE ON HIM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
Pat: I DON'T HAVE ANY
IDEA IF SOMEONE PUT A CURSE
ON IT.
IF YOU THINK THERE HAS BEEN
A CURSE, BREAK IT.
SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I
BREAK THIS CURSE AND
BONDAGE.
IT COULD POSSIBLY BE HE IS
IN THE WRONG LINE OF WORK.
IT IS NOT A CURSE, BUT
YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING, AND
LOOK FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
SEEK THE LORD ON THAT ONE.
SEEK HIS WISDOM.
SEEK WHAT HE'LL TELL YOU.
WE CAN ALWAYS BLAME THE
DEVIL.
WELL, WHAT'S WRONG?
IT'S THE DEVIL.
THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT.
THE DEVIL PUT A CURSE ON
ME.
THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.
FIND OUT WHAT GOD'S WILL IS
FOR YOU.
Terry: ALLEN SAYS, "I'M
A SINGLE 32-YEAR-OLD MALE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MARRIED.
BUT HAVING A FAMILY IS
SOMETHING I LONG FOR.
IS IT WRONG FOR ME TO PRAY
FOR GOD TO SEND ME
SOMEONE?"
Pat: NO.
AND ELIGIBLE MALE IN YOUR
30s.
THERE SHOULD BE WOMEN
CRAWLING ALL OVER YOU.
Terry: BE ENCOURAGED.
Pat: BE ENCOURAGED.
HEAVEN'S SAKE, THERE ARE SO
MANY.
NO, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
WITH ASKING GOD TO SEND YOU
A MATE.
Terry: CRISSIE
SAYS, "IS IT ALREADY TO
PARTICIPATE IN O OCCUPY
WALL STREET?"
Pat: I DON'T KNOW.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE
DOING.
WHY ARE THEY THERE?
THEY'RE JUST MAD.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO
DEMONSTRATE, DEMONSTRATE FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
DEMONSTRATE TO LIFT THE YOLK
OF OPPRESSION.
DEMONSTRATE TO HELP THOSE
THAT ARE POVERTY STRICKEN.
BUT DON'T JUST GO OUT AND
MESS UP A PARK AND TEAR UP
THINGS.
IT IS FORMLESS AND HAS NO
PURPOSE, BUT IT COULD BE
USED BY RADICALS WHO WANT TO
DESTROY THIS NATION.
TOMORROW, THE SON OF A MUSIC
LEGEND IN A FIGHT FOR HIS
LIFE.
THE STORY OF JOHN LEE
HOOKER, JR.
AND TODAY WE LEAVE WITH
THESE WORDS FROM JAMES:
"BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO
ENDURES TEMPTATION.
HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF
LIFE."
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE'VE
GOT.
AND WE'LL BE BACK
TOMORROW -- SOMEBODY WILL.
Reporter: TOMORROW...
HE WANTED ME TO LOOK LIKE
A BARBIE DOLL.
I HAD A BREAST
AUGMENTATION.
Reporter: BUT THAT'S
NOT ALL HER HUSBAND WANTED.
HE TOLD ME, YOU COULD BE
AN EXOTIC DANCER.
Reporter: PLUS?
WOW, YOUR DAD GOT A HIT
RECORD.
Reporter: HIS FATHER
WROTE THE HITS AND HE TOOK
THEM.
I WOKE UP THINKING ABOUT
DRUGS, AND I WENT TO SLEEP
THINKING ABOUT DRUGS.
Reporter:
GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER
JOHNNY LEE HOOKER, JR.,
TOMORROW.