ONE CROOK WHO WAS FREED
BY CASTRO AND SENT TO INVADE
AMERICA.
NO FAMILY, NO NOTHING.
I DON'T HAVE NOBODY.
Reporter: WHY HE WENT
BACK TO HIS OLD WAYS.
ONE GUY GOT KILLED.
Reporter: AND FOUND A
NEW LIFE.
PEOPLE WERE SAYING,
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU?
Reporter: ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
HURRICANE ISAAC DIDN'T
EXACTLY HIT A DIRECT BLOW
INTO TAMPA.
IT GLANCED OFF AND HEADED
INTO THE GULF.
BUT THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
WANT THEIR CONVENTION TO BE
SMOOTH SAILING WITHOUT ANY
DISRUPTIONS.
AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE TEA
PARTY ARE GOING TO MAKE
WAVES.
Terry: AS DAVID BRODY
REPORTS FROM TAMPA, IT IS
ALL ABOUT MAKING THEIR MARK
ON THIS IMPORTANT REPUBLICAN
GATHERING.
Reporter: THE MAIN
STORY LINE HERE IN TAMPA IS
UNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO THE G.O.P.'S DESIRE
TO BEAT PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THEN THERE IS THIS: MEET THE
SKEPTICS, THOUSANDS OF THEM
SHOWED UP FOR THIS EVENT FOR
RON PAUL.
HE LEADS A LOYAL FOLLOWING.
BUT IT IS MORE THAN THAT.
THEY ALSO REPRESENT A
GROWING DISTRUST OF ALL
POLITICIANS.
THIS REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS
TURNED INTO THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY.
THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
THEY'RE NOT STANDING FOR
FREEDOM.
THEY'RE NOT STANDING FOR THE
PEOPLE.
THEY'RE STANDING FOR BIGGER
GOVERNMENT.
AND THE PEOPLE DON'T MATTER
ANYMORE, AND WE HAVE TO
STAND UP AGAINST IT.
Reporter: AND THEIR
MESSAGE IS BEING HEARD.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
PLATFORM WILL NOW INCLUDE
MONETARY GOALS, LIKE
AUDITING THE FEDERAL
RESERVE, AND CALLING FOR A
COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IDEA
OF A GOLD STANDARD.
I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY
CALL IT PROGRESS.
IT IS GETTING BACK TO OUR
FOUNDATION TO START WITH.
Reporter: REPUBLICAN
CHAIRMEN REINCE PREIBUS SAID
ANY DECISIONS BETWEEN THE
PARTY ARE OVERBLOWN.
I THINK WE'RE TOTALLY
UNIFIED.
I DON'T BUY INTO THIS SORT
OF DIVISION TALK.
WE JUST GOT DONE WITH OUR
PLATFORM.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR A WHOLE LOT
OF FIGHTING GOING ON HERE IN
TAMPA.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD DEAL AND
END RESULT THAT WE'VE PUT
TOGETHER WITH OUR FRIENDS ON
THE RON PAUL CAMPAIGN THAT
WE'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE
TO.
Reporter: IT IS NOT
JUST LIBERTARIANS MAKING
NOISE THIS WEEK.
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS ARE
HERE, TOO, AND MANY SUPPORT
THE TEA PARTY.
THIS WAS THE SCENE, HEADED
UP BY RALPH REID.
MIKE GALLAGHER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT BRINGING THIS GROUP AND
THE G.O.P. ESTABLISHMENT
TOGETHER IS LIKE WALKING
THROUGH A MINE FIELD.
YOU COULD HAVE A GOOD
MARRIAGE HERE.
THE TEA PARTY NEEDS THE
ESTABLISHMENT, AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT NEEDS THE TEA
PARTY.
Reporter: THE TEA
PARTY'S CHALLENGE: GROWING
INTO A MAJORITY FORCE ON
CAPITOL HILL IN ORDER TO
PUSH THEIR AGENDA.
FOR NOW, THEY TEND TO BE
MAINLY A NEWS SA --
NUISANCE TO REPUBLICAN PARTY
LEADERS WHO WANT TO KEEP
THEM IN LINE.
ONE MAN WHO MIXES WELL WITH
THE TEA PARTY IS DONALD
TRUMP.
HE TOLD CBN NEWS THAT THE
G.O.P. BETTER TAKE THE TEA
PARTY SERIOUSLY.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL ABOUT IGNORING THE
TEA PARTY.
YOU SEE A COUPLE OF RACES
THAT JUST TOOK PLACE, TEA
PARTY VICTORIES.
THE TEA PARTY IS A
TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL GROUP
OF PEOPLE.
THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND
THEY WANT TO SEE THIS
COUNTRY SUCCEED.
Reporter: NO ONE REALLY
KNOWS THE POLITICAL IMPACT
THE TEA PARTY IS EVENTUALLY
GOING TO HAVE.
BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE:
WITH ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT
HURRICANES HERE AT THE
G.O.P. CONVENTION, THE TEA
PARTY IS EITHER GOING TO END
UP BEING A CATEGORY 1 OR A
CATEGORY 5.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS.
Pat: I CAN'T SEE THE
TEA PARTY PEOPLE MAKING A
BIG FUSS AT THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
THAT WOULD BE STUPID.
WHO NEEDS IT.
THEY'VE ONLY GOT THREE DAYS
NOW AND THEY'VE GOT TO ELECT
A PRESIDENT.
BUT LONG-RANGE, THERE IS NO
QUESTION THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS LIKE DEMOCRAT
LICE.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE MOVED
AWAY.
WHEN GEORGE BUSH WENT TO BIG
GOVERNMENT, BIG SPENDING,
BIG DEFICITS, THERE WERE
MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO
STOPPED VOTING REPUBLICAN.
AND THE REPUBLICANS LOST
CONTROL.
Terry: HERE, HERE.
AND I THINK THERE ARE LOTS
OF PEOPLE OVER THE LAST TWO
TERMS, HAVE LOOKED AT THAT
AND SAID WE NEED TO RE-THINK
SOME OF THIS.
Pat: ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THEY ARE
RE-THINKING, AND THEY BETTER
EMBRACE THESE TEA PARTY
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE
AMERICANS.
THEY ARE PATRIOTIC.
AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY IS
THAT WE JUST WANT SMALLER
GOVERNMENT.
WE WANT LESS INTRUSION, AND
WE WANT FISCAL SANITY.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT.
LEE WEBB HAS MORE OF OUR TOP
STORY.
Lee: PAT, WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT TROPICAL STORM
TURNED HURRICANE ISAAC.
FORTS SAY IT COULD BE A
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE BY THE
TIME IT MAKES LAND FALL.
THE GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI
AND ALABAMA AND LOUISIANA
ARE GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF
THE WAY.
AND THEY'RE CUTTING OIL AND
GAS PRODUCTION IN THAT
AREA.
BY THE MIDDLE OF SUNDAY, THE
GOVERNMENT SAID DAILY OIL
PRODUCTION WAS DOWN 20%.
WHAT DO YOU THIN THINK THIS
EFFECT WILL HAVE?
Pat: OIL IS GOING UP.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW SEVERE THE
STORM IS.
WE WERE WORKING OC SO MUCH
IN NEW ORLEANS.
"OPERATION BLESSING" HAD A
HUGE PRESENCE IN THAT WHOLE
AREA.
AND THE SUFFERING WAS BEYOND
BELIEF.
THOSE LEVIES DID NOT HOLD.
THEY WERE BREACHED, AND I
REMEMBER THE NINTH WARD, THE
FLOODING THAT CAME IN, THE
SUFFERING, THE DEATH.
HOPEFULLY THEY SPENT ENOUGH
MONEY DOWN THERE TO
REINFORCE THOSE LEVEES, AND
THIS SHOULD NOT AFFECT NEW
ORLEANS NEARLY AS BADLY AS
THAT LAST ONE DID, KATRINA.
Lee: ISAAC HAS ALREADY
COST THE REPUBLICANS ONE DAY
OF THEIR CONVENTION IN
TAMPA.
THEY MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH
ISAAC EVEN AFTER IT HAS LEFT
TAMPA BEHIND.
PAUL STRAND IS THERE FOR CBN
NEWS AND HAS MORE.
Reporter: THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE MANAGED TO
STUFFED MORE OF THEIR
FOUR-DAY CONVENTION
HAPPENINGS INTO THREE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A
COMPRESSED SCHEDULED.
SOME CHANGES ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO BE MADE.
BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE A GREAT
CONVENTION.
Reporter: IT ALL STILL
ENDS WITH MARCO RUBIO WHO
MANY CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF
THE G.O.P., WRAPPING
REPUBLICANS UP THURSDAY
NIGHT.
AND MITT ROMNEY COMING RIGHT
AFTER TO WRAP UP THE
SHORTENED EVENT.
STILL WHAT TO DO IS ISAAC
GOES FURTHER UP THE COAST.
IT IS A DELICATE MATTER.
MEANWHILE ANOTHER STORM, A
TWITTER FIRESTORM, ERUPTED
OVER FORMER MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR JENNIFER GRANTHOL
GRANTHOLMME SNARKY REMARK.
FOR ANYBODY OF A LIBERAL
WHO IS PART OF A PARTY WHO
WOULD LIKE TO WHITEWASH GOD
OUT OF AMERICA -- SHE IS
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT GOD HAS
ANY PART IN THE STORM.
Reporter: BUT GRAT FEUD
HAS BEEN A -- GRATITUDE HAS
BEEN PRO DOMINANT PARTY.
SHE SAYS THERE HAS BEEN
PLENTY OF PRAYER ABOUT ISAAC
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
WE HAVE HAD LOTS AND LOTS
OF PEOPLE PRAYING AROUND THE
CLOCK THAT IT WOULD MOVE.
AND IF YOU WATCH FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING, WHEN THEY
WERE SAYING IT WAS COMING,
AND NOW WHERE THEY SAY IT IS
GOING, IT HAS REALLY MOVED
OUT OF THE WAY FOR US.
AND WE APPRECIATE GOD DOING
THAT AND DOING IT FOR US.
Reporter: LEA COSMO
DIDN'T INVEST MUCH IN ISAAC
COMING.
THEY WOBBLE.
Reporter: THE WINDS ARE
WHIPPING, THE WAVES ARE
TURNING, AND IT IS EASY TO
SEE WHY FOLKS HERE ARE
PRAYING ISAAC WILL WOBBLE
AWAY.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS
REPORTING FROM NEAR
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
HEADQUARTERS.
Lee: PAT, AS PAUL
MENTIONED IN HIS REPORT, THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE A TOUGH
DECISION IF THAT STORM HITS
NEW ORLEANS AND THAT AREA
PRETTY HARD.
Pat: THEY CAN'T HAVE A
BIG DRUNK AND THEY CAN'T
HAVE A BIG PARTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT MOST OF
THOSE THINGS ARE.
THEY'RE ALL-NIGHT PARTIES.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT GETS
DONE, REALLY.
SOME OF THEM THINK THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO
WITH THE PLATFORM.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
CANDIDATES LIKE BOB DOLE AND
OTHERS WHO WERE RUNNING,
THEY JUST IGNORED THE
PLATFORM.
THE DELEGATES CAN PUT IN
THERE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO,
AND THE CANDIDATE CAN DO
ANYTHING HE WANTS TO.
BECAUSE HE SAYS I'M THE
NOMINEE AND I'M GOING TO RUN
MY CAMPAIGN.
I DON'T KNOW, THOSE THINGS
ARE JUST LIKE DINOSAURS.
SOONER OR LATER YOU HAVE TO
JUST MOURN THEIR PASSING AND
HAVE A MONUMENT IN THE
SMITHSONIAN OF WHAT A
CONVENTION USED TO LOOK
LIKE.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
BETTER.
IT IS RIDICULOUS.
Terry: GOOD MORNING
TODAY.
Pat: GOOD MORNING.
LEE, WHAT IS NEXT?
Lee: ISAAC HAS ALREADY
HAD A DEADLY IMPACT IN THE
CARRIBEAN.
ISAAC'S FLOODWATERS KILLED
EIGHT PEOPLE, AND MANY ARE
NOW HOMELESS IN A COUNTRY
THAT WAS ALREADY SUFFERING.
HEATHER CELLS HAS MORE.
Reporter: THE RIVERS
ARE STILL RAGING IN HAITI,
AND SO ARE THE WINDS.
FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
TENT CITIES ISAAC'S
AFTERMATH IS THREATENING
THEIR VERY EXISTENCE.
IT IS WIR WHY RELIEF
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
"OPERATION BLESSING" ARE
HELPING OUT.
LAST NIGHT, AROUND
MIDNIGHT, THE TENT CITIES
STARTED TO DISINTEGRATED.
ABOUT 10% OF THE CAMPS WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
THEY'RE GONE.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 60 FAMILIES
HUDDLED IN THE SCHOOL
BUILDING NOW, SHIVERING WITH
BLANKETS TODAY.
Reporter: RELIEF
WORKERS ARE ALSO CONCERNED
ABOUT CHOLERA.
THAT'S WHY "OPERATION
BLESSING"'S WATER TRUCK IS
MAKING DELIVERIES TO CAMPS
IN PORT-AU-PRINCE.
THE LOCAL WATER SUPPLY ISN'T
WORKING.
AND EVEN IF IT WAS, THE
WATER ISN'T SAFE.
THE STORM RIPPED ACROSS THE
FLORIDA KEYS, CAUSING SOME
FLOODING, BUT IT IS EXPECTED
TO PICK UP STEAM WHEN IT
HITS THE GULF COAST.
THAT'S WHY RESIDENTS ARE ON
EDGE.
WITH KATRINA, WE WERE
OFF.
BUT IT ENDED UP BEING THE
WORST.
Reporter: THE GOVERNORS
OF MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA
ARE URGING THEIR PEOPLE TO
BE READY.
WE'RE CERTAINLY
ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR
PEOPLE TO STAY ALERT, AND TO
MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
Reporter: ACROSS THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, SCHOOL IS
CLOSED TODAY FOR MILLIONS OF
STUDENTS.
FORECASTERS SAY PREPARE FOR
STRONG WINDS, AND OVER A
HALF A FOOTER OF RAIN.
RAIN.
Lee: BACK TO HAITI AND
THE DEADLY CHOLERA
EPIDEMIC.
CLEAN WATER IS CRUCIAL TO
KEEP THE EPIDEMIC FROM
GETTING WORSE.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS
CLEAN WATER AND THE
MUDSLIDES.
"OPERATION BLESSING" HAS A
BIG TANKER FULL OF WATER.
WE'RE KIND OF RAMPING UP
EFFORTS JUST TO HELP TO
PROTECT PEOPLE FROM
CHOLERA.
THAT IS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN
IN HAITI.
Lee: WE SPOKE TO JODY
VIA SKYPE, AND SHE AND AN
"OPERATION BLESSING" GROUP
ARE HEADING THERE ONCE THE
STORM CLEARS AND THEY'RE
READY TO COORDINATE WITH
VOLUNTEERS, PAT, IN THAT
AREA.
Pat: WE'VE GOT
TREMENDOUS FACILITIES FOR
MAKING CHLORINE, WHICH PURE
PURIFYS THE WATER.
THERE WAS A CONTINGENT THAT
BROUGHT WITH THEM CHOLERA.
UNFORTUNATELY THEIR SEWAGE
AND THEIR CAMP WAS WASHED
AND LEAKED INTO THE WATER
SUPPLY.
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THOSE HAITIANS WERE
GETTING CHOLERA.
THIS STORM WILL ADD TO THE
SUFFERING OF THOSE PEOPLE.
SO YOU WANT TO HELP THEM.
HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO, BY
THE WAY.
"OPERATION BLESSING," THERE
IS THE ADDRESS FOR YOU.
IT'S DISASTER RELIEF FUND,
CBN CENTER.
I DARE SAY THERE WILL BE BE
A LOT MORE GOING ON IN THE
GULF, BUT IT WON'T BE AS BAD
AS IT WAS UNDER KATRINA, BUT
WE WERE THERE WITH MASSIVE,
MASSIVE AID DURING KATRINA
BECAUSE WE SENSED THE
SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE, AND
WE STAYED ALL THE WAY
THROUGH.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, A SERIES OF
EARTHQUAKES STRUCK THE
SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF
CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY.
AT LEAST 30 WERE
REPORTEDING, RANGING IN
MAGNITUDE OF 3.5 TO 5.5.
NO MAJOR DAMAGES OR INJURIES
WERE REPORTED.
BUT 20 MOBILE HOMES WERE
PUSHED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS
IN A TRAILER PARK.
SEISMOLOGISTS SAY THESE KIND
OF OF CLUSTER QUAKES ARE
COMMON.
IN EL SALVADOR, A 7.3 QUAKE
STRUCK.
A NEW POLL FINDS THAT MOST
AMERICANS WOULD RATHER TAKE
THE NECESSARY ACTIONS NOW
RATHER THAN CUT SOCIAL
SECURITY BENEFITS LATER.
THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM
FACING SERIOUS LONG-TERM
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
THE SYSTEM'S TRUSTEES SAY IT
WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY IN
2033.
53. SAY GO AHEAD AND RAISE
TAXES TO HELP THE SYSTEM.
AND THEY SUPPORT RAISING THE
RETIREMENT AGE.
35% SAY THEY WOULD PREFER A
CUT IN MONTHLY BENEFITS.
SO FAR THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AN
ISSUE IN THIS YEAR'S
ELECTIONS, BUT MEDICARE
CERTAINLY HAS.
Pat: THEY CALL IT THE
THIRD RAIL OF POLITICS, AND
POLITICIANS JUST DON'T HAVE
THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE
NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH
SOMETHING THAT IS A LOOMING
CRISIS.
WHEN THEY BABY-BOOMERS --
THE BABY-BOOMERS ARE TURNING
RETIREMENT AGE, AND WHEN
THEY BEGIN TO RETIRE IN
MASS, THEY'RE GOING TO DRAW
DOWN ON THEIR PRIVATE
PENSIONS, THE 401Ks, AND
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HITTING
SOCIAL SECURITY HARD.
WHY DON'T WE RECOGNIZE THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING
LONGER.
I'M SITTING HERE OVER 80 AND
FEEL GREAT.
RIDING HORSES AND LIFTING
WEIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT
STUFF.
PEOPLE ARE LIVING WELL PAST
70.
WHEN SOCIAL SECURITY WAS PUT
INTO EFFECT, MOST PEOPLE
DIED IN THEIR EARLY 60s.
BY THE TIME SOMEBODY WAS 65,
HE WAS DEAD.
NOW WITH MEDICINE AND ALL OF
THE NUTRITION AND THE
SUPPORT WE HAVE IN OUR
SOCIETY, PEOPLE ARE LIVING A
GREAT DEAL LONGER.
AND CONSEQUENTLY.
THEY SHOULD BE WORKING
LONGER.
THEY SHOULD NOT BEGIN
RETIREMENT AT AGE 65 OR 66.
WE SHOULD PUSH THAT
RETIREMENT AGE OUT TO 70 OR
72.
IT IS NOT GOING TO HURT
ANYBODY BECAUSE PEOPLE
REALLY LIKE TO WORK.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SIT
AROUND.
THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN
SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR
RUSTING OUT.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT, DO
YOU?
Terry: I DON'T WANT
THAT, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T
WANT THAT, EITHER.
Pat: LET'S MAKE THE
PLEDGE.
LEE, WILL YOU JOIN US IN THE
PLEDGE, WE WILL NOT RUST
OUT.
Lee: I'M WITH YOU.
AMERICA IS REMEMBERING NEIL
ARMSTRONG.
HE DIED THIS WEEKEND AT THE
AGE OF 82 FROM COMPLICATIONS
FROM HEART SURGERY.
BUT THERE IS AN UNTOLD STORY
OF THAT FIRST LANDING, HOW
COMMUNION WAS SERVED ON THE
MOON.
THAT'S RIGHT, COMMUNION.
ERIC METASSIS WRITES THAT
ARMSTRONG WAS AN ELDER IN
HIS CHURCH.
HE CARRIED WITH HIM A
COMMUNION WAFER AND A SMALL
AMOUNT OF WINE.
HE CHOSE THE WORDS OF JESUS
FROM JOHN 15: 5: "I'M THE
VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
WHO SO EVER ABIDES IN ME
WILL BRING MUCH FRUIT.
APART FROM ME, YOU CAN DO
NOTHING."
ARMSTRONG WANTED THE EVENT
TO BE FORECAST ON EARTH, BUT
NASA DECIDED AGAINST THAT.
THEY WERE TIED UP WITH A
LAWSUIT FROM AN ATHEIST.
SO, PAT, AMERICANS NEVER
KNEW ABOUT THE COMMUNION
CEREMONY UNTIL YEARS LATER.
IT IS AN AMAZING STORY.
Pat: IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
STORY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SO
MANY WHO WANT TO COVER OUR
CHRISTIAN ROOTS, WANT TO
COVER UP THE FAITH, THEY
WANT TO DENY FAITH, BUT BUZZ
ALDRIN, GOD BLESS HIM.
Terry: WE'RE GOING TO
VISIT A COUNTRY WHERE THE
NATIONAL DEBT IS NOW LARGER
THAN THE ECONOMY, AND WHERE
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED
24%.
WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH A
FAILED ECONOMY.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A FAILED
STATE.
A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WITH
RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT
IS UNABLE TO CONTROL
ITSELF.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH.
Terry: YOU'LL SEE WHAT
ECONOMIC MELTDOWN LOOKS LIKE
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Pat: JUST RECENTLY IN
THE NEWS, GERMAN PRIME
MINISTER ANGELA MERKEL
REDUPED HER LEADERS ABOUT
CALLING FOR GREECE'S
WITHDRAWAL FROM THE
EUROZONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF
CIGARETTES THEY SMOKE IN
GERMANY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
SHE MAY HAVE BEEN IN A HAZE
OF SOME KIND.
BECAUSE UNEMPLOYMENT IS NOW
A STAGGERING 24%, NEARLY
70,000 BUSINESSES WILL GO
BANKRUPT JUST THIS YEAR.
AND JUST AS BAD AS IT IS,
MANY EUROPEANS BELIEVE IT
COULD GET WORSE.
DALE HERD BRINGS US THIS
CHILLING REPORT FROM ATHENS
ON THE MELTDOWN OF THE
NATION OF GREECE.
Reporter: AT S.O.S.
CHILDREN'S VILLAGES, THIS
SOCIAL WORKER HOPES THIS
STOCKPILE OF FOOD AND
CLOTHING WILL HELP CONVINCE
A GROWING NUMBER OF
DESPERATE YOUNG MOTHERS THEY
DON'T HAVE TO ABANDON THEIR
CHILDREN.
HE SAYS THE CASE LOAD OF
NEEDY FAMILIES HAVE DOUBLED
FROM LAST YEAR.
THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES AROUND TO
SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE.
Reporter: TERRY IS
UNEMPLOYED AND HAS TO SEEK
HELP.
Translator: WHEN YOU HAVE
THREE CHILDREN AND YOU HAVE
NO JOB, YOU'RE FORCED TO
SEEK AID FROM SOME WHERE.
Reporter: AND SOME
MOTHERS ARE SIMPLY DROPPING
OFF THEIR CHILDREN AT
ORPHANAGES BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T AFFORD TO FEED THEM
ANYMORE.
THE NATIONAL DEBT IS LARGER
THAN THE ECONOMY, WHICH
CONTINUES TO SHRINK.
67,000 BUSINESSES WILL GO
BANKRUPT THIS YEAR ALONE.
AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
HAS REACHED 24%.
HUNGER AND SHORTAGES ARE
SPREADING, AND SOME ARE
ASKING IF GREECE IS A FAILED
STATE.
THE GREEK PEOPLE ARE
DISILLUSIONED, MISERABLE,
EXACERBATED AND VERY
FRIGHTENED.
Reporter: GREEKS TOLD
US THAT THEY THINK THEIR
GOVERNMENT I IS USELESS.
OUR TAXI DRIVERS SAYS
EVERYTHING IS GOING
BANKRUPT.
GREECE WILL HAVE TO BE
REBUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.
THE CRISIS IS SUCKING MORE
AND MORE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
IN BANKRUPTCY AND HOMELESS.
LEO ENJOYED A GOOD CAREER
UNTIL THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
HIT HIM.
HE LOST EVERYTHING LAST
YEAR.
I FOUND MYSELF AT THE END
OF 2011 IN THE STREETS.
UNABLE TO PAY RENT, AND NOT
HAVING ANY CASH LEFT.
Reporter: HE SLEPT ON
PARK BENCHES FOR 45 DAYS
BEFORE COMING TO THE
HOMELESS CLINIC FOR HELP.
ABA RUNS THE SHELTER.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE, UP UNTIL RECENTLY,
HAD A GOOD STANDARD OF
LIVING.
Reporter: AT THE FREE
MEDICAL CLINIC IN ATHENS,
DOCTORS SAY THEY'RE TREATING
MORE AND MORE MEMBERS OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS, WHO YOU ARE
NOW UNABLE TO GET MEDICINE
AND LIFE-SAVING MEDICINE
FROM THE HOSPITALS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME
HERE WHO HAVE BEEN OFF THEIR
MEDICATION FOR MONTHS
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
MEANS TO BUY THEM.
Reporter: GREECE'S
MEDICAL SYSTEM IS BREAKING
DOWN.
AS HOSPITALS RUN OUT OF
MONEY, THEY'RE UNABLE TO PAY
FOR NEEDED MEDICINE.
GREECE REPORTEDLY OWNS
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
1.5 BILLION EUROS.
THIS DOCTOR CALLS IT A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
SHE SAYS MANY OF THEIR
PATIENTS THOUGHT ABOUT
KILLING THEMSELVES.
WE SEE LOTS OF DEPRESSION
AND ANXIETY DISORDERS.
MANY ARE SAYING THEY WANT TO
COMMIT SUICIDE.
Reporter: WHILE
EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS
REGULARLY UNVEIL BIGGER AND
BETTER BAILOUT PLANS, THERE
IS A GROWING CONSENSUS IN
THE E.U. THAT GREECE IS A
HOPELESS CASE AND WILL HAVE
TO LEAVE THE EUROZONE.
MOST AGREE THAT WILL TURN A
BAD SITUATION INTO A
CATASTROPHIC ONE.
THIS ECONOMIST SAYS IF
GREECE LEAVES THE EURO, HE
EXPECTS CHAOS.
THIS IS THE COLLAPSE OF
THE ECONOMY AND AT LEAST IN
THE FIRST MONTH, WE HAVE A
COMPLETE KILL.
Reporter: INFLATION
WILL SOAR, MAKING BASIC FOOD
ITEMS SCAR SCARCE AND
UNAFFORDABLE.
AND GREEK OFFICIALS SAY THEY
FEAR CIVIL WAR.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THEY'RE GOING TO BE WALKING
AND TRYING TO GET TO A
SUPERMARKET FOR A SAFEWAY,
AND THE ONLY THING THEY'RE
GOUG TGOING TO FIND VINEGAR
AND SALT.
WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH A
FAILED ECONOMY.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A FAILED
STATE.
A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WITH
RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT
IS UNABLE TO CONTROL
ITSELF.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH.
Reporter: AND THE FEAR
IS THAT GREECE'S PROBLEMS
ARE SO DEEP NOTHING WILL BE
ABLE TO STOP AN EVENTUAL
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
MELTDOWN.
DALE HERD, CBN NEWS,
ATHENS.
Pat: REMEMBER POGO
SAID, WE'VE MET THE ENEMY;
THEY ARE US.
IT IS BAD.
WHAT COULD THE GREEKS DO?
THE FIRST THING THEY COULD
DO IS JUST DEFAULT ON ALL OF
THEIR DEBTS.
DECLARE BANKRUPTCY AND SAY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY
ANYBODY ANYTHING.
I KNOW THAT WOULD BE HARD,
BUT THEY'VE GOT TO DO IT.
THEY HAVE TO SAY WE'RE NOT
GOING TO PAY ANYMORE.
AND THE NEXT THING, TAKE ALL
OF THE REGULATIONS OVER.
FREE THE GREEK PEOPLE TO DO
WHAT THEY DO BEST.
THEY CREATE THINGS.
THEY'RE ARTISTS AND
BRILLIANT BUSINESSMEN.
JUST TAKE ALL OF THE
REGULATIONS OFF.
AND GET RID OF ABOUT
TWO-THIRDS OF THE GOVERNMENT
AND ALL OF THE BUREAUCRATS
THAT ARE THERE AND LET THE
PEOPLE COME BACK.
IT WILL RIGHT ITSELF.
IT WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS,
POSSIBLY, AND THERE MAY BE A
LITTLE BIT OF SUFFERING.
BUT THERE WAS SUFFERING IN
THE EARLY DAYS OF AMERICA.
BUT WE DID IT BECAUSE WE
WERE FREE.
BUT THE GREEKS AREN'T FREE.
THEY'VE GOT ALL OF THESE
REGULATIONS IMPOSED UPON
THEM, AND THEY'VE GOT, ON
TOP OF THAT, THE RULES OF
THE EUROZONE, WHICH SAYS YOU
CAN'T DO THIS AND YOU CAN'T
DO THE OTHER.
THEY NEED TO BE FREE.
SURE, IT WILL BE TOUGH.
BUT THEY CAN MAKE IT.
I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN
THE GREEK PEOPLE IF THEIR
GOVERNMENT WILL LET THEM BE
GREEKS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER
THIS.
Reporter: STILL
AHEAD...
MY MOTHER SAYS I WISH YOU
WERE NEVER BORN.
Reporter: A
TROUBLE-MAKER, A DRUG
ADDICT, AND A MURDERER.
I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO
DO WAS FIGHT.
Reporter: MEETS HIS
MATCH.
HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM,
AND I SAID YES.
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
I KNOW IF YOU'RE LIKE ME,
YOU'RE A LITTLE TIRED OF
HEARING MY GOOD FRIEND, PAT
BOONE, TELLING YOU TO BUY
SWISS AMERICAN STUFF.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, TWO OF THE
SMARTEST MONEY MEN IN
AMERICA ARE LOADING UP ON
GOLD.
ONE IS JOHN PAULSON, WHO
MADE A KILLING EARLIER IN
THIS HEDGE FUND, AND THE
OTHER IS SUPER LIBERAL
GEORGE SOROS.
THEY'RE BOTH BUYING SHARES
IN G.O.D., WHICH IS THE GOLD
G. T.F.
FORECASTING IS GOLD WILL
COME UP ABOUT $15.
IT IS IN A STRONG BULL
MARKET.
IN ANY EVENT, LISTEN TO PAT
BOONE.
RAOL DOMINGUS LOVES PIT
BULLS.
THAT'S BECAUSE HE CAN RELATE
TO PIT BULLS.
FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE, RAOL
WAS AS TOUGH AS THEY COME.
THE KIND OF GUY YOU NEVER
WANT TO MEET IN A DARK
ALLEY.
Reporter: WE A OFTEN
DESCRIBE PEOPLE BY WHAT THEY
DO OR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
WE LABEL ONE A GANG MEMBER,
ANOTHER A PROSTITUTE.
OR A DEAD-BEAT OR A
CRIMINAL.
RAOL DOMINGUS HAS LIVED MOST
OF HIS LIFE WITH THREE
LABELS: TROUBLE-MAKER, DRUG
ADDICT, AND MURDERER.
HE GREW UP IN COMMUNIST
CUBA, AND HIS FATHER WAS AN
ALCOHOLIC.
HE USED TO DRINK A LOT,
AND MY MOTHER WAS THE ONE HE
PHYSICALLY ABUSED.
I BELIEVE SHE USED TO TAKE
ALL OF THE ANGER THAT SHE
HAD AGAINST MY FATHER
TOWARDS ME.
AND SHE BEAT ME UP.
Reporter: THROUGHOUT
HIS CHILDHOOD, RAOL RAN AWAY
FROM HOME MANY TIMES.
EACH TIME THE POLICE CAUGHT
HIM AND TOOK HIM BACK.
HE REBELLED BY STEALING,
FIGHTING, AND SKIPPING
SCHOOL.
I WAS SO BAD, ONE DAY MY
MOTHER SAID I WISH YOU WERE
NEVER BORN.
Reporter: RAUL'S MOTHER
PUT HIM IN A PUBLIC REFORM
SCHOOL, BUT HIS PROBLEMS GOT
WORSE.
I WAS SMOKING AND
DRINKING AND STEALING MONEY
FROM MY PARENTS TO DRINK.
DOING EVERYTHING ANYONE
COULD DO.
Reporter: AT 17, RAUL
AN A FEW FRIENDS ATTACKED A
MAN AND BEAT HIM.
WE TOOK ALL OF HIS MONEY,
SHOES, EVERYTHING, AND WE
LED HIM DEAD, NAKED, ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THE POLICE CATCH US, AND WE
WENT TO PRISON FOR 10 TO
20.
Reporter: WHILE RAUL
WAS IN PRISON, THE CARTER
ADMINISTRATION STARTED
OFFERING REFUGE FOR PRISON
INMATES.
AND CASTRO OPENED DOORS AND
HUNDREDS GOT IN BOATS HEADED
FOR AMERICA.
I COULDN'T FIND WORK
BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY
PEOPLE.
ALL THERE WAS WAS CRIME.
Reporter: ONE NIGHT
AFTER DRINKING AND DOING
ACID, RAUL GOT INTO A FIGHT
AT A PARTY.
ONE GUY GOT KILLED.
EVERYBODY WAS ALWAYS, RAUL,
THE CUBAN GUY, DOES THE
KILLING.
Reporter: HE WAS
ARRESTED AND CONVICTED OF
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
THEY GAVE ME 23 YEARS TO
LIFE IN THE STATE PRISON.
AND I STAYED 23 YEARS IN THE
PRISON, AND I HAD A ROUGH
TIME.
I WAS LONELY.
NO FAMILY, NO NOTHING.
Reporter: BUT A WOMAN
NAMED LOU HEARD ABOUT RAUL
AT HER CHURCH AND VISITED
HIM IN PRISON.
SHE SAID SOMEBODY GAVE ME
YOUR NAME IN CHURCH.
YOU DON'T MIND?
I SAID NO, I DON'T MIND.
Reporter: SHE CAME BACK
WEEK AFTER WEEK AND SHE
TALKED ABOUT HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
SHE ALWAYS PRAYED FOR
ME.
I REMEMBER I WENT BACK TO MY
ROOM, AND I SAID, LORD, I
DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN.
I NEED YOU.
I GAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD
IN '93 AND I NEVER DID LOOK
BACK.
I KNOW I MADE MISTAKES, BUT
GOD CHANGED MY LIFE
COMPLETELY.
I USED TO HATE PEOPLE LIKE
CRAZY.
AND EVERYTHING WAS CHANGED.
PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WHAT IS
GOING ON WITH YOU?
I DON'T DO DRUGS NO MORE.
PEOPLE COME AND INVITE ME,
AND I SAY, NO, I DON'T DO
DRUGS NO MORE.
I QUIT.
I'VE GOT JESUS IN MY LIFE.
Reporter:
IN 2004 RAUL
WAS PAROLLED AND SET FREE.
HE FOUND A CHURCH AND
STARTED A NEW JOB.
HE ALSO MET AND MARRIED
MANO.
I TOLD ONE OF MY CLOSE
FRIENDS THAT I MADE A
DECISION TO MARRY RAUL, AND
SHE SAID, ARE YOU SURE, WITH
HIS BACKGROUND AND
EVERYTHING?
AND I SAID THE ONLY REASON
THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE AND YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS IS
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE
GOD THAT I SERVE AND THE
POWER -- THE TRANSFORMING
POWER THAT HE HAS IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN THEY
SURRENDER TO HIM.
AND I KNOW THAT POWER.
WHEN I LOOK AT RAUL, I DON'T
SEE THOSE THINGS IN THE
PAST.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I
CAN'T EVEN PICTURE, WHEN I
HEAR THE STORIES AND WE TALK
ABOUT THEM OFTEN -- HE'S NOT
THE SAME PERSON AT ALL.
Reporter: WHEN RAUL
LOOKS BACK AT HIS PAST, HE
COMPARES HIMSELF TO A PIT
BULL.
I LOVE PIT BULLS, THE
DOGS, BECAUSE IN MY LIFE,
YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE A PIT
BULL.
NOBODY WANTED TO KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT ME BECAUSE OF
MY BEHAVIOR WITH PEOPLE.
AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS
FIGHT FOR NOTHING.
AND IT WAS THE WAY I WAS
RAISED, THE WAY I GOT
BROUGHT UP.
BECAUSE ALL I KNOW HOW TO DO
WAS FIGHT AND ROB AND
STEAL.
SO I FIND THE ONE THAT COMES
TO GIVE LIFE IN ABUNDANCE.
HE SAID COME TO ME THE WAY
YOU ARE.
DON'T TRY AND HIDE
ANYTHING.
JUST COME TO ME THE WAY YOU
ARE, CONFESS YOUR SIN,
REPENT, AND YOU WILL HAVE A
GOOD LIFE.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
IF YOU'RE IN PRISON, IF
YOU'RE ON THE STREET, NO
MATTER IF YOU'RE HIDING
BEHIND DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.
NO MATTER IF YOU'VE BEEN
MOLESTED.
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LIFE HAS
BEEN, GOD ALWAYS HAS THE WAY
TO SENT YOU FREE.
Pat: RAUL HAS GOT IT
RIGHT.
THE BIBLE SAYS IF ANY MAN IS
IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW
CREATION.
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED
AWAY.
BEHOLD, ALL HAS BECOME NEW.
ALL HAS BECOME NEW.
THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT
GOD IS HE'LL FORGIVE YOU.
SO YOU'VE BEEN GUILTY OF
MURDER, SO YOU'V YOU'VE
ROBBED, YOU'VE STOLEN,
YOU'VE USED DRUGS, YOU'VE
BEEN IMMORAL, YOU'VE BEEN A
PROSTITUTE, YOU'VE BEEN A
STRIPPER -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN.
BUT THAT REALLY DOESN'T
MATTER.
WHAT MATTERS IS THAT JESUS
LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR
YOU.
BECAUSE HE SEES ETERNITY.
ALL YOU SEE IS TODAY,
TOMORROW, NEXT WEEK, NEXT
YEAR.
BUT YOU DON'T SEE ETERNITY.
AND JESUS SEES ETERNITY.
AND HE SEES YOU IN
ETERNITY.
AND HE SEES HOW BEAUTIFUL IT
WILL BE.
WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE WHEN
YOU'RE FORGIVEN, WHEN YOU'RE
CLOTHED IN HIS SPLENDOR AND
MAGESTY.
AND YOU'RE PART OF THE
ANGELS AND YOU'RE SINGING
AND PRAISING GOD FOREVER.
HE SEES THAT.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHO YOU'VE
BEEN SLEEPING WITH.
OR WHAT KIND OF STUFF YOU'VE
BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR BODY.
THAT'S SECONDARY.
IF ANYBODY IS IN CHRIST,
HE'S A NEW CREATION.
AND WHAT RAUL DID IS HE MADE
A DECISION TO SAY, I'M GOING
TO CHANGE.
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS.
AND FROM THAT MOMENT ON, THE
SLATE IS CLEAN AND HE IS A
NEW CREATURE.
DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE?
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE AN
ETERNITY WITH THE LORD?
EYE HASN'T SEEN, EAR HASN'T
HEARD, NEITHER HAS IT
ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF
MAN WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
IT IS SO WONDERFUL.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SEES WHEN
HE SEES YOU.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME
RIGHT NOW.
DO IT.
DON'T SAY -- I DON'T CARE
ABOUT ALL OF THAT OTHER
STUFF.
JUST RIGHT NOW BOW YOUR HEAD
AND PRAY THESE WORDS AND
MEAN THEM IN YOUR HEART.
DO IT NOW!
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, BOW
YOUR HEAD AND PRAY.
JESUS, YOU KNOW ME.
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING I'VE
DONE.
FROM THE TIME I WAS
CONCEIVED UNTIL RIGHT NOW,
YOU'VE KNOWN EVERY DETAIL OF
MY LIFE.
NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM YOU.
AND SO, LORD, I CONFESS THAT
I'M A SINNER.
AND I CONFESS THAT I NEED A
SAVIOR.
AND I ASK JESUS THAT RIGHT
NOW YOU WOULD COME INTO MY
LIFE.
THAT YOU WOULD LIVE IN ME.
I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN,
LORD.
LORD.
I WANT TO BE PART OF
HEAVEN.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED
THAT I MIGHT BE IN HEAVEN.
I RECEIVE YOUR BLESSING IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME JUST
THEN, MAN, THAT'S
IMPORTANT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH THE
ANGELS, PRAISING GOD
FOREVER.
SO MAKE A BIG DEAL OF IT.
I WANT YOU TO CONFESS IT.
DON'T BE ASHAMED OF IT.
JESUS ISN'T ASHAMED OF YOU.
HE LOVES YOU.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU
CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU HAVE
JUST DONE AND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF IT AND HOW
YOU CAN KNOW MORE.
IT IS A 73-MINUTE C.D., AND
THERE IS A BOOKLET WITH ALL
KINDS OF WONDERFUL
SCRIPTURES IN IT.
I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE.
PLEASE CALL AND SAY I PRAYED
WITH THAT GUY ON TV, I
PRAYED WITH PAT, AND I GAVE
MY HEART TO JESUS.
1-800-759-0700.
IT IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
FINANCES INVOLVED IN IT.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US
YOUR NAME, THAT'S COOL,
TOO.
YOU WON'T GET THIS, BUT IF
YOU WANT THE MATERIAL, TELL
US.
BUT MORE THAN THAT I WANT
YOU TO CONFESS RIGHT NOW
THAT I JUST PRAYED WITH PAT
AND GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
1-800-759-0700.
CALL QUICKLY.
CALL QUICKLY.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY.
1-800-759-0700.
WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING
STUFF STILL FOR YOU, AND
TERRY IS GOING TO TELL US
ABOUT IT.
Terry: THAT'S RIGHT,
PAT.
STILL AHEAD, A TRACK AND
FIELD ICON TALKS ABOUT HER
LIFE BEHIND BARS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE
HARDEST FEDERAL FEMALE
PRISONS IN THE COUNTRY.
I FOUND MYSELF IN A
SITUATION WHERE I HAD TO
DEFEND MYSELF.
BECAUSE OF THAT, I WAS IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR
OVER 45 DAYS.
Terry: THE CHANCE
MATION OF MARION JONES AFTER
THIS.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
A SURPRISING FINISH IN THE
TOP 10 AT THE BOX OFFICE
THIS WEEKEND.
AT NUMBER EIGHT WAS A
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S BACKGROUND CALLED
2016, OBAMA'S AMERICA.
IT EARNED $9 MILLION, AND
THAT MAKES IT THE HIGHEST
GROSSING CONSERVATIVE
POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY EVER.
THE MOVIE IS BASED ON A BOOK
BY A CONSERVATIVE AUTHOR.
HE ALSO CO-DIRECTED THE
FILM.
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MANY OF THE HOUSES THERE
WERE DESTROYED.
AND THE ENTIRE VILLAGE
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FAMILIES THAT NEED FOOD AND
HOUSING.
THROUGHOUT NISHIR, THE
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PEOPLE AND LEFT 125,000
HOMELESS.
MANY CROPS WERE DESTROYED AS
WELL, AND THE WEST AFRICAN
NATION WAS ALREADY SUFFERING
BECAUSE OF FOOD DROUGHTS.
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Terry: LAST FRIDAY THE
UNITED STATES ANTI-DOPING
AGENCY STRIPPED LANCE
ARMSTRONG OF HIS SEVEN TOUR
DE FRANCE TITLES.
FEW PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED
SUCH A FALL FROM GLORY, BUT
ONE WHO HAS IS MARION
JONES.
SHE ACHIEVED HER DREAM OF
OLYMPIC GLORY, AND SEVEN
YEARS LATER SHE WAS STRIPPED
OF HER MEDALS AND HEADED FOR
PRISON.
SCOTT ROSS TALKED WITH
MARION ABOUT HOW THE WORST
THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO
HER ACTUALLY BECAME THE BEST
THING.
I GRACED THE COVERS OF
"TIME MAGAZINE," VOGUE
MAGAZINE, MAKING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, HOUSEHOLD NAME.
AND I AM IN A CELL THE SIZE
OF A BATHROOM, JUST ME AND
MY THOUGHTS AND MY BIBLE,
PICTURES OF MY KIDS, AND MY
MEMORIES.
Reporter: SHE WAS BORN
FAST, A SPRINTING SPECTACLE,
AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION,
POWERFUL AND POISED.
MAMARION JONES WAS A TRACK
AND FIELD ICON, THE FASTEST
WOMAN IN THE WORLD.
I FED OFF OF THAT
EMOTION.
I LOOKED FORWARD TO IT.
I ANTICIPATED IT.
THAT AT THAT MOMENT,
EVERYTHING I HAD WORKED FOR
CAME DOWN TO THOSE 10, 11
SECONDS.
AND ALL EYES WERE GOING TO
BE ON ME.
AND I HAD TO PERFORM.
Reporter: HOW DID FAME
AFFECT YOU?
I THOUGHT I WAS HANDLING
IT RIGHT, BUT LOOKING IN
HINDSIGHT, I CERTAINLY
WASN'T.
I GOT CAUGHT UP, AS I LIKE
TO SAY, IN THE WAVE OF
FAME.
Reporter: THE TIDE
ENDED FOR MARION JONES WHEN
THE PRISON DOOR CLOSED.
MARION CLAIMS HER COACH
INTRODUCED THE STEROID KNOWN
AS THE CLEAR, A BANNED
SUBSTANCE AS A NUTRIENT
FLAXSEED OIL.
WHEN INVESTIGATORS PROBED,
SHE DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF
IT, ONLY TO END UP SIX
MONTHS IN PRISON.
Reporter: THAT IS
PRETTY HARSH STUFF?
IT IS.
ONE OF THE HARDEST FEDERAL
FEMALE PRISONS IN THE
COUNTRY.
I FOUND MYSELF IN A
SITUATION WHERE I HAD TO
DEFEND MYSELF.
BECAUSE OF THAT, I WAS IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR 45
DAYS.
I WAS LOCKED UP 23 OUT OF 24
HOURS A DAY, AND MANY TIMES
24 OUT OF 24 HOURS A DAY.
Reporter: MARION'S
PUBLIC FALL FROM WORLD'S
FASTEST WOMAN TO FELON IS
THE SUBJECT OF HER BOOK.
HER DREAM BEGAN IN 1984,
WHEN LOS ANGELES WAS HOST TO
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS.
MY STEPDAD TOOK ME TO THE
PARADE, AND I WATCHED THE
ATHLETES CROSS THE FINISH
LINE.
THAT SUMMER I WROTE ON MY
CHALKBOARD I WAS GOING TO BE
AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION.
MY MOM HAS TOLD ME SHE NEVER
DOUBTED ME.
YOU KNOW, KIDS ALWAYS --
Reporter: SURE, HAVE
DREAMS.
BUT THEN FAST FORWARD TO
THE AGE OF 14, AND I MADE MY
FIRST OLYMPIC TEAMS.
Reporter: BY THE 2004
SYDNEY OLYMPIC GAMES,
24-YEAR-OLD MARION BLAZED
INTO THE OLYMPIC BOOKS.
I ATTEMPTED TO WIN FIVE
GOLD MEDALS.
AND I WALKED AWAY WHY FIVE
MEDALS, THREE BEING GOAL AND
TWO BRONZE.
Reporter: MARION'S
SUPER STAR STATUS WAS SECURE
IN OLYMPIC GLORY UNTIL THREE
YEARS LATER WHEN A FEDERAL
DOPING INVESTIGATION AMONG
LEAD ATHLETES REVEALED HER
FEATS WERE FUELED BY
STEROIDS.
IN 2007, MARION PLED GUILTY
TO LYING TO FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS AND WAS
SENTENCED TO PRISON.
I CLOSE TO NOT ASK
QUESTIONS AND IGNORE
POSSIBLE WARNING FLAGS.
AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT,
AND I WAS CONFRONTED BY
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS AND I
KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
RIGHT AND WRONG.
I MADE THE CHOICE TO LIE.
I MADE THE CHOICE TO BREAK
THE LAW.
THE HARDEST PART FOR ME WAS
KNOWING SO MANY PEOPLE WHO
LOVED ME AND CARED FOR ME
ALL THIS TIME WOULD BE
INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN
ME.
Reporter: HER FAME
TURNED TO INFAME MY WHEN
SHE ENTERED PRISON.
THERE IN SOLID DEAR
CONFINEMENT, BROKE, STRIPPED
OF ALL HER MEDALS, AND LOSS
OF CONTACT WITH HER HUSBAND
AND TWO SONS, MARION FOUND
GOD.
THE RESEARCH I DID, I
FOUND I WAS ALLOWED TO BRING
IN A BIBLE.
AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BRING
IN A COUPLE OF PICTURES, AND
PRETTY MUCH THAT IS ABOUT
IT.
WHEN I WAS IN SOLITARY, I
FOUND MYSELF OPENING IT UP,
AND THE WORDS OOZING INTO ME
AND I WAS LIKE A SPONGE.
SOMETIMES GOD PUTS YOU IN
SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS
NOTHING ELSE.
YOU HAVE TO TURN TO HIM.
AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE
SAYING THAT, AND IT'S OKAY,
THAT I REALLY FEEL THAT GOD
PUT ME IN A SITUATION,
SLOWED DOWN MY LIFE ENOUGH
TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
MARION, I SHOULD CERTAINLY
BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IN YOUR WORLD.
Reporter: BECAUSE OF
THAT SURRENDER TO GOD, TO
JESUS, THAT IT WAS WORTH IT,
TO PAY THAT PRICE?
YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
I SAY IT ALL OF THE TIME,
ABSOLUTELY.
I SAY I WOULDN'T WISH IT ON
MY ENEMY, BUT ACTUALLY I
WOULD IF IT WOULD CHANGE
THEM IN A POSITIVE WAY.
IT HAS HELPED ME TO
PRIORITIZE WHAT IS IMPORTANT
IN MY LIFE.
IT IS NOT FAME.
IT IS NOT FORTUNE.
GOD IS STILL WORKING ON ME.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO EVER
THINK I HAVE FIGURED IT ALL
OUT AND I KNOW THE PLAN.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.
I'M STILL A WORK IN
PROGRESS, BUT ALL ALONG I
KNOW WHAT I'M DOING IS GOD'S
WORK.
Reporter: AFTER SERVING
HER SENTENCE, MARION WAS
REUNITED WITH HER HUSBAND,
OBA, AND HER SONS.
SHE WENT ON TO PLAY
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL IN
THE WOMEN'S NBA, AND SHE HAD
HER DAUGHTER.
AND THE SPAN OF THREE OR
FOUR YEARS, I'M IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT.
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN SO MUCH
GOOD THAT HAS HAPPENED IN MY
LIFE SINCE THEN?
IT CAN ONLY BE HIM.
I WANTED TO SHARE MY JOURNEY
WITH PEOPLE WITH THE HOPES
THAT PEOPLE CAN BE INSPIRED
AND THEY CAN HOLD ON TO HOPE
BY LISTENING TO EVERYTHING
THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH.
BECAUSE I CERTAINLY WAS AT A
POINT WHERE HOPE WAS GONE --
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONE.
SO I LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M
STILL MARION JONES, BUT I'VE
JUST BEEN TRANSFORMED
TRANSFORMED.
Terry: MARION JONES IS
AN INSPIRATION.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE
BOTTOM FALLS OUT?
SHE MADE ALL OF THE RIGHT
CHOICES.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT HER
STORY CAN BE READ IN THE
BOOK "ON THE RIGHT TRACK"
THIS IS AVAILABLE WHERE
BOOKS ARE SOLD AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
INCREDIBLY GIFTED --
Pat: BEAUTIFUL.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T
REALLY DETERMINED -- THIS
H.G.H. -- ONE OF THE DOCTORS
THAT WE HAD ON THIS PROGRAM
WROTE A WHOLE BOOK ABOUT
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE, ABOUT
HOW GOOD IT WAS FOR YOU.
THEY HAVEN'T IN AWAY
DETERMINED THAT H.G.H.
ENHANCES ATHLETIC
PERFORMANCE.
THEY MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT
H.G.H.
THEY HAD ANOTHER SUBSTANCE
THAT WAS SOLD IN HEALTH FOOD
STORES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
EVERYBODY SAYS THIS IS
HORRIBLE.
IT IS A PRECURSOR TO
TESTOSTERONE.
OLDER PEOPLE TAKE
TESTOSTERONE AND IT IS NO
BIG DEAL.
IT IS NOT SOME CRIME.
DOCTORS PRESCRIBE IT BECAUSE
IT IS GOOD FOR YOU.
IT KEEPS YOUR HEALTH UP.
AND TO MAKE A BIG STINK
ABOUT THESE THINGS -- YOU
WERE TELLING ME ABOUT LANCE
ARMSTRONG.
HOW MANY TESTS DID HE HAVE?
Terry: I JUST HEARD HE
WAS TESTED OVER 500 TIMES.
I MEAN, THAT IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
Pat: 500, AND THEY
STILL -- HE ELECTED NOT TO
FIGHT THIS THING.
Terry: WELL, AFTER A
WHILE I'M SURE IT IS JUST
LIFE DESTROYING TRYING TO
STAND UP FOR YOURSELF.
Pat: I THINK IN HIS
CASE, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
A BLOOD DEAL WHERE HE
RECYCLED HIS OWN BLOOD.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID?
Terry: I DON'T KNOW.
Pat: BUT HE WAS TESTED
500 TIMES.
ANYHOW, WE DON'T WANT JUICED
ATHLETES, BUT WE ALL WANT A
LITTLE EDGE IF WE CAN GET IT
IF IT IS LEGITIMATE.
YOU TAKE VITAMINS, YOU EAT
PROTEIN -- YOU DO ALL OF
THESE THINGS TO MAKE
YOURSELF HEALTHY.
Terry: IF IT IS WORTHY
OF TAKING SEVEN MEDALS AWAY
FROM SOMETHING, THEIR LIVES
ARE FOR SALE.
Pat: AT WHAT POINT HAVE
WE CROSSED THE LINE.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE
CALLED CREATINE.
IT'S ANIMAL PROTEIN.
IT COMES IN THE FORM OF
PILLS.
BUT IT GIVES YOU YOUR
MUSCLES.
YOU CAN LIFT MORE WEIGHTS.
IT ISN'T BANNED.
Terry: BUT, ALSO, IT
DOESN'T MAKE YOUR MUSCLES
PUMP WITHOUT DOING THE
WORK.
YOU STILL HAVE TO DO THE
WORK AND DO THE TRAINING --
Pat: OF COURSE NOT.
IT HELPS YOU TO EXERCISE
BETTER.
I KNOW SOME OF THE PUREISTS
IN THE AUDIENCE WILL BE
HORRIFIED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.
TO RUIN THESE PEOPLE, AND TO
TAKE SOMEONE LIKE MARION
JONES AND PUT HER IN SOLID
ARY CONFINEMENT -- OKAY,
ENOUGH OF ME.
Terry: COMING UP, WE'RE
GOING TO BRING IT ON WITH
YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
DANNY SAYS, "I NEED SOME
HELP.
I KEEP ASKING JESUS TO
FORGIVE ME, BUT I STILL LOOK
AT PORN.
WHAT DO I DO?"
WE'RE GOING TO HELP DANNY
WITH HIS QUESTION, AND
THAT'S STILL AHEAD.
Terry: WE'VE GOT A FEW
MINUTES LEFT TO ANSWER SOME
OF YOUR E-MAIL.
THIS IS FROM DANNY, PAT, WHO
SAYS, "I NEED SOME HELP.
I KEEP ASKING JESUS TO
FORGIVE ME, BUT I STILL LOOK
AT PORN.
EVERY TIME I GET SAD, MAD,
WORRIED OR DISTRESSED, I
TURN TO PORN."
Pat: I THINK YOU HAVE
ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION.
WE'RE SEXUAL BEINGS, THERE
IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND MEN ARE SEXUAL IN TERMS
OF VISUAL, YOU KNOW.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING,
IT AROUSES YOU SEXUALLY.
I THINK PORN IS TOTALLY
BORING.
IT'S JUST A BIG DRAG.
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, WITH
DANNY, WHAT DO YOU DO?
YOU STOP WATCHING THE CABLE
TV CHANNELS.
YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE PORN
CHANNEL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
TUNE THEM IN.
AND YOU FLEE FROM LUST.
IT MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO FOCUS
YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING
ELSE.
START READING.
READ MYSTERIES, READ
FICTION, READ THE BIBLE --
READ ANYTHING BUT GET AWAY
FROM THE SEX STUFF.
IT'S EVERYWHERE.
Terry: YOU HAVE TO
REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING
ELSE, IS WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING?
Pat: GO OUT AND
EXERCISE, RUN, PLAY
FOOTBALL, THROW FREES
BEES -- WHATEVER YOU DO --
GO TO THE GYM, LIFT
WEIGHTS.
DO ANYTHING EXCEPT SITTING
AROUND.
YOU SAY I GET DEPRESSED, AND
SO I'VE GOT TO HAVE A FIX
AND SO YOU TURN THE NOB OR
FLIP THE CHANNEL, WHATEVER
IT IS.
YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE
THOSE THINGS ARE THERE, AND
PORNOGRAPHERS ARE OUT THERE
SEDUCING YOU AND YOU ARE
HOOKED.
ALL I CAN SAY IS FILL YOUR
LIFE WITH SOMETHING BETTER,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO SAY NO.
YOU'VE GOT TO SAY TODAY I'M
NOT GOING TO WATCH PORN.
THE NEXT DAY, TODAY I'M NOT
GOING TO WATCH PORN.
Terry: JUST DO TODAY.
Pat: JUST TODAY.
DON'T MAKE THE COMMITMENT
FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
JUST TODAY I'M NOT GOING TO
WATCH IT.
AND GET SOMETHING BETTER.
GET A LIBRARY OF BOOKS.
GO TO BARN BARNES AND NOBEL
AND BY SOME BOOKS.
Terry: PAT, "IF
ADULTERY IS IN COMMITTED IN
A MARRIAGE, DIVORCE IS
OKAY.
OKAY."
Pat: JESUS' TEACHING ON
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE AND
ADULTERY IS CONFUSING.
NEVERTHELESS, THERE IT IS.
AND THIS IS A REASON FOR
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE.
SO I GUESS YOU SAY THE
PERSON WHO IS COMMITTING
ADULTERY, IS HE CONTINUING
TO BE BOUND?
APPARENTLY THE MARRIAGE HAS
BEEN BROKEN UP.
BUT IT IS A DIFFICULT
SUBJECT, AND I DON'T THINK
ATHEOLOGEN HAS COME UP WITH
THE ANSWERS.
"DDO NOT SORROW FOR THE JOY
OF THE LORD IS YOUR
STRENGTH."
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
GOD BLESS YOU.
