A PLANE JUST WENT DOWN
OFF OF 24th STREET.
Reporter: A
MALFUNCTIONING JET, AND A
FIERY CRASH.
I'M JUST SCREAMING, NO,
NO, NO!
Reporter: THE CARNAGE.
THE FIRST QUESTION I
ASKED THE FIRE CHIEF, HOW
MANY CASUALTIES DO WE HAVE?
Reporter: AND THE
MIRACLE.
GOD HAD HIS HANDS ALL
AROUND US.
Reporter: WE CONTINUE
OUR WEEK OF PRAYER ON
TODAY'S "THE 700 CLUB."
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS AMAZING, THE COVER-UP
THAT IS GOING ON BY THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ABOUT
THESE RIOTS THAT ARE TAKING
PLACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
NOTHING IS BLAMED ON OUR
FOREIGN POLICY.
IT IS ALL BLAMED ON, I
THINK, A 10- OR 11-MINUTE
VIDEO SHOT BY AN EGYPTIAN
FILM-MAKER.
THE ACTORS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, AND I'M
NOT SURE MANY PEOPLE EVEN
SAW IT.
BUT SUDDENLY THIS IS THE
CAUSE OF RIOTS AND DEATH ALL
ACROSS THE MIDEAST.
THESE RIOTS HAVE DRAWN ONE
OF THE WORLD'S TOP
TERRORISTS OUT OF HIDING.
THE LEADER OF HEZBOLLAH IS
RALLYING HIS TROOPS AGAINST,
GET WHAT, THE GREAT SATAN,
AMERICA.
Kristi: PAT, ACROSS THE
MUSLIM WORLD, THE OUTRAGE IS
NOT DYING DOWN.
NOW IRAN IS ISSUING A NEW
WARNING TO THE WORLD.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
Reporter: TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS
GATHERED TO HEAR A 15-MINUTE
SPEECH BY THE LEADER OF THE
TERRORIST GROUP, HEZBOLLAH.
HE RARELY APPEARS IN PUBLIC,
AND HIS APPEAL IS LIKELY TO
ADD TO THE FURY OVER AN
ANTI-ISLAM FILM PORTRAYING
THE PROPHET MO MOHAMMED.
NASRALA SAID THE UNITED
STATES MUST BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR CREATING
STRIFE BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND
CHRISTIANS.
ANTI-AMERICAN PROTESTS
CONTINUE IN AT LEAST EIGHT
COUNTRIES.
IRAN'S TOP LEADER, I
AYATOLLAH, APPEARED ON
TELEVISION AND URGED WESTERN
LEADERS TO BLOCK THE FILM
OUT OF RESPECT FOR MUSLIMS.
THEY SHOULD PROVE THEY
ARE NOT ACCOMPLICES.
THEY SHOULD NOT PROVE IT IN
WORDS.
THEY SHOULD PROVE IT IN
ACTIONS.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
TENSIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND
ISRAEL CONTINUE TO GROW.
GENERAL MOHAMMED ALI SHARARI
RECENTLY WARNED IRAN WOULD
CLOSE THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ
IF IT WAS ATTACKED.
MANY ARE IN THE PERSIAN GULF
FOR 12 GAMES OF WAR GAMES.
THEY'RE PREPARING TO PROTECT
THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
NEARLY 18 MILLION GALLONS
ARE TRANSPORTED.
THEY BELIEVE IF ISRAEL
STRIKES IRAN, IRAN WILL TRY
TO BLOCK OR DESTROY THE
SHIPPING LANE.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THANKS, EPHRAIM.
I MET WITH THE FORMER HEAD
OF ISRAEL, AND THEY TOLD ME
IF THEY EVER FOUND OUT THE
PRESENCE OR EXISTENCE OR
LOCATION OF SHEIK NARRALA OF
HEZBOLLAH, THAT HE WOULD BE
A DEAD MAN.
HE IS STILL ALIVE AND
KICKING AND SHOWING HIS
USUAL RHETORIC.
FOR MORE ON THESE ISSUES, WE
TURN TO OUR MIDDLE EAST
BUREAU CHIEF, CHRIS
MITCHELL.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
Pat: HOW DO YOU READ
THIS HEZBOLLAH STUFF?
I THINK IT IS PART OF THE
ISLAMIC AGENDA TO INTIMIDATE
THE WEST.
WHAT WE DO IN THE WEST IS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
AND I THINK THEY'RE TRYING
TO SUPPRESS WHAT WE DO --
Pat: THE INCREDIBLE
THING IS THIS WAS DONE BY AN
EGYPTIAN.
THE MAN WHO DID THIS WAS AN
EGYPTIAN.
AND IT WAS JUST A LITTLE
CLIP, 12 MINUTES, 15
MINUTES.
AND THE FACT THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAS BACKED AWAY FROM
THAT AND CONDEMNED IT ANDpB@B
SAYING IT IS DISGUSTING AND
ALL OF THAT, AND MOST PEOPLE
HAVEN'T SEEN IT OR KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THE FILM ITSELF SEEMS TO
BE A PRETEXT, AN EXCUSE, AND
YOU CAN CAN FIND ANY OFFENSE
WAITING IN THE WINGS.
I THINK DRIVING THIS DEEPER
IS AN ISLAMIC AGENDA TO
ESTABLISH A WORLDWIDE CAL
KALAFAT.
AND EXPLAINING THAT ISLAM,
THE HOUSE OF PEACE, IS DOING
BATTLE AGAINST THE HOUSE OF
WAR.
THE PART OF THE WORLD THAT
IS NOT SUBJECTED TO ISLAM
YET.
Pat: WHAT ABOUT THE
HEAD -- THE ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER, THE PREVIOUS ONE,
TOLD ME IF THEY EVER GET
THIS GUY, HE IS GOING TO BE
A DEAD MAN.
WE'RE GOING TO GET HIM
BECAUSE HE HAS KILLED SO
MANY INNOCENT ISRAELIS.
AND SUDDENLY HE HAS SURFACED
AND MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM THE PLATFORM.
RIGHT.
IT IS A RARE ANNOUNCEMENT,
BECAUSE HE USUALLY DOES HIS
THINGS BY SATELLITE.
ONE ISRAELI LEADER SAYS THAT
THE NEXT 50 DAYS IN
ISRAELI'S HISTORY WILL BE AS
IMPORTANT AS THE 70 DAYS
BEFORE THE YOM KIPPUR WAR.
THEY REALIZE THE THREAT AND
THE INCREASING PACE BY IRAN
TO GET A NUCLEAR BOMB, PUTS
THEM PROBABLY IN THE MOST
DANGER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN
GENERATIONS.
Pat: THEY KEEP MAKING
FAINT, AND THEY SEND OUT
SIGNALS THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO HIT THEM AND THEN THEY
BACK UP.
ARE THEY EVER GOING TO GO
FORWARD AND STRIKE THOSE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
ISRAEL HAS NOT LET ITS
NEIGHBORS GO ISRAEL.
IN 1971, THEY HIT SUDAN'S
REACTOR, AND I THINK FOR THE
THIRD TIME THEY WILL NOT LET
ISRAEL GO NUCLEAR.
HOW AND WHEN THEY DO THAT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
BUT WE SEE THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE
UNITED STATES, DOESN'T WANT
ISRAEL TO LAUNCH A MILITARY
STRIKE.
THEY KEEP SAYING SANCTIONS
WERE WORK.
Pat: CHRIS, YOU AND I
WERE OVER THERE IN THAT LAST
WAR, AND ISRAEL DIDN'T DO
WELL.
THEY OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T
PREPARED.
THEY RECOVERED, BUT THEY
DIDN'T RECOVER LIKE THEY
SHOULD HAVE.
ARE THEY READY NOW?
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
HEZBOLLAH HAVE SCUD MISSILES
AND TARGETING MISSILES THAT
ARE MUCH MORE
SOPHISTICATED.
I THINK THEY ARE.
RIGHT NOW BENNY GANSA IS THE
CHIEF-OF-STAFF.
HE SAYS RIGHT NOW, JUST A
FEW DAYS AGO, THEY'RE MORE
READY THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN
THEIR HISTORY.
I THINK THE LESSONS THEY'VE
LEARNED IN THE 2006 WAR
THEY'VE EMPLOYED.
WE TALKED TO THE COMMANDER
OF THE NORTHERN BORDER, AND
THEY SAID THEY WON'T EMPLOY
THE SAME THINGS THEY DID
BEFORE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN AND
LEVEL MANY OF THE HEZBOLLAHS
ON THE BORDER.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EMPLOY
THE SAME SORT OF URBAN
TACTICS THEY DID IN 2006.
I BELIEVE THE NEXT WAR,
WHENEVER THAT MIGHT BE, IT
IS SOMETHING THAT ISRAEL --
Pat: WELL, THEY HAVE TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES.
THERE IS NO PLACE IN ISRAEL
THAT IS SAFE FROM BEING
STRUCK BY A ROCKET ATTACK.
EXACTLY.
THERE ARE 50- TO 60,000
MISSILE BY HEZBOLLAH.
AND NOW THE WHOLE COASTAL
PLAIN, TEL AVIV ITSELF, IS
UNDER ATTACK.
AND THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED
BEFORE, AFTER 1948, I THINK
THEY'RE PREPARED TO STRIKE
BACK HARDER THAN THEY EVER
THAT BEFORE.
Pat: THEY BETTER.
YOU TALKED CONFIDENTIALLY TO
THE PEOPLE.
ARE THEY SAYING
CONFIDENTIALLY THEY'RE GOING
TO GO, OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO
GO OR THEY'RE NOT TELLING.
THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW
DON'T SAY, AND THE PEOPLE
THAT DON'T KNOW ARE SAYING.
SO THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW.
BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES
DOWN TO IT, ISRAEL WILL HAVE
TO STRIKE.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW AT ROSH
HASHANAH -- IF YOU'RE IN
ISRAEL RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTING A WAR.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN,
NOT NECESSARILY IF, A WAR IS
COMING.
AND THEY'RE PREPARED AND
MANY WAYS.
ONE COMMENTATOR WROTE AN
ARTICLE, SAYING TAKING
DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS, AND
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN
MILITARILY TO DO EVERYTHING
THEY CAN, AND TAKING THEIR
APPEALS TO THE CREATOR
THEMSELVES.
AND HE SAID THEY CAN MANAGE
THEIR OWN DESTINY BY TAKING
THE POWER OF PRAYER AND
INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE
WEAPONS THAT ISRAEL HAS.
Pat: THE ISRAELIS -- I
WAS THERE DURING THE FEAST
OF TA TABERNACLES AND IT IS
A LOVELY TIME, AND ARE THE
ISRAELIS TURNING TO GOD OR
IS IT SECULAR.
IN MANY WAYS IN SECULAR.
THERE ARE THE ORTHODOX WHO
HAVE A FAITH IN THE GOD OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT, BUT YOU
SEE A MUCH INCREASINGLY
SOMETIMES SECULAR SOCIETY,
AND THERE IS A BIG DIVISION
BETWEEN THEM.
I THINK THE CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE GOING TO FORCE MANY
ISRAELIS NOT ONLY TO LOOK TO
THE EAST AND THE WEST, BUT
TO LOOK UP, TOWARDS HEAVEN.
Pat: CHRIS, WE
APPRECIATE YOU.
CHRIS IS COVERING THAT
MIDDLE EAST AND DOING A
FABULOUS JOB.
YOU'LL HEAR IT HERE WHEN WE
FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON
OVER THERE.
YOU CAN SEE MORE REPORTS
FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, AND
CHRIS MITCHELL, AND A SHOW
CALLED "JERUSALEM DATE
LINE."
LEE WEBB HAS MORE OF OUR TOP
STORIES.
LEE?
Lee: MITT ROMNEY IS NOT
APOLOGIZING FOR A VIDEO THAT
SURFACED SHOWING HIM
CRITICIZING OBAMA
SUPPORTERS.
IT WAS SECRETLY RECORDED AT
A ROMNEY FUNDRAISER IN
FLORIDA.
HE SAYS HE IS NOT LIKELY TO
WIN THE VOTES OF THE 47% OF
AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE THEY
ARE VICTIMS AND BELIEVE THAT
THE GOVERNMENT HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR
THEM.
AND HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT
VOTERS WHO DO NOT PAY INCOME
TAXES, AND HOW HE IS TRYING
TO WIN THE VOTES OF THE 5%
TO 10% OF THE AMERICANS IN
THE CENTER.
ROMNEY EXPLAINED THE TAPE AT
A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY
NIGHT.
IT IS NOT ELEGANTLY
STATED.
OF COURSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THEIR LIFE, AND MY
CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT HELPING
PEOPLE TAKE MORE
RESPONSIBILITY AND BECOMING
EMPLOYED AGAIN.
Lee: THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN
CALLS THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE'S COMMENTS
SHOCKING.
PAT?
Pat: OF COURSE IT WOULD
BE SHOCKING TO OBAMA, BUT HE
SET UP A WELFARE STATE.
46MILLION PEOPLE NOW GETTING
FOOD STAMPS.
HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
UNEMPLOYED, AND BECAUSE OF
THE TAX STRUCTURE WE'VE
GOT -- APPARENTLY IT IS OVER
50% THAT PAY NO TAXES AT
ALL.
IF OBAMA SAY LET'S TAX THE
RICH.
THOSE PEOPLE JUST APPLAUD.
OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO TAX
ME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET
THOSE GUYS THAT EARN MONEY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE CREATING
WEALTH AND CREATING JOBS,
AND WE'RE GOING TO STICK IT
TO THEM AS HARD AS WE CAN,
JUST LIKE HOLLANDE DOES IN
FRANCE.
AND THAT IS A SURE RECIPE
FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF YOUR
SOCIETY.
SO MITT ROMNEY TOLD IT LIKE
IT WAS, HE TOLD IT STRONG,
AND IF OBAMA IS SHOCKED,
TOUGH LUCK.
LEE?
Lee: PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
FILING A TRADE COMPLAINT
AGAINST CHINA.
HE WANTS THE WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION TO SANCTION
CHINA FOR SUBSIDIZING
AMERICAN VEHICLES AND AUTO
PARTS AND COSTING AMERICANS
JOBS.
IT ALSO COMES AFTER MITT
ROMNEY RAN AN AD ACCUSING
OBAMA OF NOT TAKING ACTION
AGAINST CHINA'S CHEATING ON
TRADE.
OBAMA SAID HE HAS FILED MORE
TRADE SUITS AGAINST CHINA
THAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W.
BUSH.
ROMMY CRITICIZED THIM
CRITICIZING HIM FOR DOING IT
DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN
CHICAGO ARE STRIKING.
THAT LEFT MANY STUDENTS WITH
NOWHERE TO GO.
CHURCHES ACROSS THE CITY
HAVE BEEN OPENING THEIR
DOORS TO HELP THE CHILDREN.
WE SPOKE WITH A PASTOR IN
THE ARM ARMITIST BAPTIST
CHURCH THAT ARE PROVIDING
MEALS.
THEY WERE ALL IDENTIFIED
BY GRADE.
AND WE WERE READY TO GO WITH
EVERY GRADE, K UP THROUGH
12, AND ASSIGNED AND GROUPED
AND TAKEN TO THEIR CLASS
AREAS.
WE WENT AROUND THE COMMUNITY
AND JUST ASKED RESTAURANTS,
LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
WOULD YOU GUYS BE INTERESTED
IN DONATING.
SO EVERY DAY WE'VE HAD A
DIFFERENT RESTAURANT FEED
OUR KIDS.
Lee: PAT, SOME 350,000
STUDENTS HAVE BEEN OUT OF
CLASS SINCE THE STRIKE BEGAN
LAST WEEK.
Pat: YOU KNOW, LEE, THE
GREAT MEN OF OUR SOCIETY,
AND YOU GO BACK TO FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT, AND OTHERS WHO
JUST DECRIED THE MERGE GENS
EMERGENCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
UNIONS.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE STRIKING.
THEY'RE EMPLOYEES OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS
GOING TO PICK UP THE TAB FOR
THEM ARE THE TAXPAYERS.
AND AS THEY GET MORE AND
MORE POLITICAL POWER AND
THEY GET MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE VOTED INTO OFFICE AND
THEY VOTE THEMSELVES GREATER
BENEFITS.
THE TEACHERS IN CHICAGO GET
PAID $76,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF
MONEY FOR TEACHERS.
IT IS 40, 50% HIGHER THAN
THE AVERAGE WAGE OF THE
AVERAGE WORKER IN ILLINOIS.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
THEY WANT MORE MONEY.
THERE IS GOING TO BE AN
AUTOMATIC BUMP IN THERE OF
MORE PAY FOR THEM.
BUT THEY'VE GOTTEN --
INSTEAD OF WORKING FIVE AND
A HALF HOURS A DAY, THEY'RE
GOING TO BE WORKING SEVEN,
LIKE WHAT A BIG DEAL.
AND THAT'S THEIR
CONCESSION.
I KNOW YOU JUST LOVE THOSE
TEACHERS, THE LAST TIME WE
TALKED.
HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND,
I HOPE.
Kristi: NO.
OF COURSE I LOVE THE
TEACHERS.
I THINK MY ISSUE IS NOW IT
IS A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.
THE TEACHERS ARE LOSING OUT,
THE KIDS ARE LOSING OUT, AND
THE COMMUNITY IS LOSING
OUT.
BUT I HAVE TO TURN TO THE
POSITIVE, HOW PHENOMENAL TO
SEE CHURCHES RISE UP AND
TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS.
MY HEART IS WARM --
Pat: I'M GLAD YOUR
HEART IS WARMED, BUT WE LET
THIS JUNK CONTINUE.
WE'VE GOT ROM EMMANUEL FROM
CHICAGO, SAYING TO THE
TEACHERS, YOU'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING FOR STANDARDS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME
CRITERIA THAT YOU WORK UNDER
TO TEACH THESE CHILDREN AND
TO ASSESS YOUR SKILLS.
AND THE TEACHERS DIDN'T WANT
THAT.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE
TESTED ON THEIR
PERFORMANCE.
AND THEY ALSO WANT ALL KINDS
OF TENURE.
AND SOONER OR LATER, YOU
HAVE TO FIRE INCOMPETENT
PEOPLE.
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIRE
ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS.
IT WILL TAKE YEARS, AND IT
HAPPENS IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT MICHELLE REID IN
WASHINGTON WAS TRYING TO
MAKE SOME CHANGES, AND, BOY,
THEY BOUNCED HER.
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO STAND
FOR IT.
AND IF SOMEBODY COMES OUT
AGAINST THESE TEACHERS'
PERKS, THEN THAT PERSON IS
AGAINST EDUCATION.
IT IS NOT A GOOD THING.
FREE ENTERPRISE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
FREE ENTERPRISE, SURVIVAL OF
THE FITTEST.
THE PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE
SHOULD BE REWARDED, AND
THOSE WHO DON'T PRODUCE
SHOULD BE PUT INTO SOME
OTHER OCCUPATION.
KRISTI?
Kristi: WELL, COMING
UP, ELECTION DAY IS JUST
SEVEN WEEKS AWAY, AND FOR
ONE PASTOR, THAT MEANS IT'S
TIME FOR AMERICA TO WAKE
UP.
WELL, BISHOP HARRY JACKSON
TELLS US WHAT'S AT STAKE UP
NEXT ON "THE 700 CLUB."
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
BISHOP HARRY JACKSON FELT
THE CALLING TO BECOME A
MINISTER AT AN EARLY AGE.
HE FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT
THAT THAT HE ONCE TURNED
DOWN ADMITTANCE INTO HARVARD
BUSINESS SCHOOL.
AND LATER PASSED UP A
LUCRATIVE JOB ON WALL
STREET.
JACKSON EVENTUALLY BECAME A
PREACHER, STARTING IN INNER
CITY CLEVELAND.
NOW HE PASTORS A CHURCH IN
OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, WHERE
HE STANDS ON THE FRONT LINES
IN AMERICA'S FIGHT FOR
REVIVAL.
Reporter: BISHOP HARRY
JACKSON, SENIOR PASTOR OFPg
HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., SAYS
AMERICA NEEDS TO PRAY FOR
OUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING.
AS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN
OF THE HIGH IMPACT
LEADERSHIP COALITION, HE
SAYS THE CHURCH MUST LEAD
THE WAY.
FROM ABORTION TO SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE, HE SAYS THERE IS
AN ANTICHURCH, ANTI-FAITH
MOVEMENT ON THE RISE IN THIS
COUNTRY, AND IT IS TIME TO
WAKE UP AND PRAY FOR OUR
NATION.
Pat: PLEASE WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB" AN
EXTRAORDINARY LEADER, BISHOP
HARRY JACKSON.
[APPLAUSE]
GOOD TO SEE YOU, PAT.
Pat: YOU WERE ON MSNBC,
WHICH IS LOSING RATINGS
CONSISTENTLY.
AND YOU WERE WITH CHRIS
MATTHEWS, AND HE SAID HE
HOPED YOU EVOLVED IN YOUR
VIEW ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL
MARRIAGE.
COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT
THAT?
CHRIS WAS REALLY PUTTING
A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME
BECAUSE HE FELT I WAS KIND
OF OLD SCHOOL ON MY
ATTITUDE.
AND AS YOU RECALL, PRESIDENT
OBAMA IN MAY CAME OUT AND
TALKED ABOUT HIS ATTITUDES
CHANGING.
AND THOSE FEW DAYS AFTER
THAT, I WAS ON WITH AL
SHARPTON, AND AL SHARPTON
AND A BAPTIST PREACHER FROM
THE D.C. AREA, CLIPPED THAT
TOGETHER, AND TRIED TO BEAT
ME DOWN.
AND MICHAEL AIR DYSON, IF
YOU KNOW HIM, A BLACK LEC
INTELLECTUAL, SO TO SPEAK,
ALSO AN ORDAINED MINISTER,
BROUGHT ME ON THE SHOW AND
TRIED TO BEAT ME UP.
I THINK WHERE WE ARE IS THAT
AMERICAN RELIGION HAS GOT TO
DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO
FOLLOW BIBLICAL
CHRISTIANITY, OR LIKE THE
OLD TESTAMENT, IT WANTS TO
DO SOME SORT OF SAN
SANCRITISM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE
FINANCIAL CHALLENGES IN OUR
NATION ARE NOT JUST
PHILOSOPHICAL OR
POLICY-DRIVEN, BUT THEY'RE
MORALLY SPIRITUAL.
AND IF WE BELIEVE THAT, AND
WE GET THINGS RIGHT
SPIRITUALLY, GOD WILL LIFT
HIS HEDGE OF PROTECTION
AROUND US, AND ECONOMICS
WILL BEGIN TO THRIVE
BETTER.
Pat: ARE WE GOING TO DO
IT IN THE CHURCH?
ARE WE GOING TO WAIT FOR
SOME PRESIDENT TO CALL US TO
PRAYER?
WHERE IS IT GOING TO COME
FROM, IN YOUR OPINION?
I BELIEVE YOU'RE DOING
THE RIGHT THING IN CALLING
YOUR PARTNERS TO PRAY FOR
THE NATION.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GO TO A NEW LEVEL OF
BOLDNESS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ISAIAH 60
AND SAY WE MUST ARISE AND
SHINE NOW.
ISAIAH 59, FOR THOSE WHO ARE
BIBLICAL SCHOLARS, SAYS THAT
TRUTH HAS FALLEN IN THE
STREET.
THERE IS NO JUSTICE
ANYWHERE.
AND IT IS A VERY DARK TIME.
IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THE
LORD SAYS "ARISE, SHINE."
SO A GROUP OF US HAVE GOT TO
DECLARE TRUTH.
WE HOPE OTHERS WILL DO THREE
THINGS: RECOGNIZE THEY'RE
OFF KILTER, AND THEN THEY
WILL REPENT, AND THEN GOD
CAN RESTORE.
THE REVEREND, AL SHARPTON,
WAS REBUKING ME ON HIS SHOW
ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
THIS PAST WEEK I HAD A
REQUEST TO COME TACK T --
TALK TO A CONGRESSIONAL
BLACK CAUCUS, AND THEY
WANTED TO HAVE A CLOSED-DOOR
THING WITH THEIR PEOPLE, BUT
THEY WANTED SIX ON ONE
CLOSED DOOR TO TALK ABOUT
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
AND FIVE OF THE SIX WERE
ORDAINED MINISTERS.
SO I'M THINKING, WE'RE
DEALING WITH POSTATE
CONCEPTS OF FAITH.
I SAID MAKE IT OPEN, MAKE IT
THREE ON THREE, PUT IT ON
C-SPAN, AND LET THE WORLD
SEE.
AND LET ME JUST QUESTION
THEM AND BASICALLY SAY
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THE BIBLE SAYS "X," "Y,"
"Z," AND SAY YOU WHAT?
, AND LET THAT BE HEARD BY
THE NATION.
BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE MAKING
FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES.
Pat: YOU TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THESE BLACK
LEADERS -- AL SHARPTON IS A
FORMER PENTECOSTAL, IN THE
CHURCH OF GOD, AND TO TURN
THAT FAR AWAY FROM IT, BUT
THE PEOPLE IN THE PEWS DON'T
BUY THAT STUFF, DO THEY?
THEY'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE.
RIGHT.
NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
VOTE AT ALL ON SO MANY
DIFFERENT LEVELS.
THEY'RE SAYING THIS THING IS
SO DARK.
BUT THEY FAIL TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IN A SOCIETY LIKE OURS,
WE HAVE FIRST TO PRAY AND
GET RIGHT WITH GOD, AND THEN
WITHOUT ESPOUSING PEOPLE AND
FOLLOWING ANY PARTY --
BECAUSE I'VE GOT WHAT THEY
CALL BLUE DOG DEMOCRATIC
FRIENDS, WHO ARE PRO-LIFE,
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TO
MAKE SURE WE DON'T ADVOCATE
OUR OPPORTUNITY TO STAND FOR
CHRIST.
Pat: THE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY WHO ARE FOR OBAMA,
THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR
HIM NO MATTER WHAT HE
BELIEVES.
IS THAT CORRECT?
I DON'T THINK THAT IS
CORRECT.
I'M ON A SEVEN-STATE TOUR,
AND I'M CHALLENGING PASTORS
OF ALL RACES TO COME OUT AND
TALK WITH US ABOUT THE ISSUE
OF MARRIAGE.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS IN OUR
501C 3.
BUT I'M CHALLENGING IT AND
SAYING WE NEED A NEW RAINBOW
COALITION.
WE NEED TO STEAL BACK THE
SIGN OF GOD'S COVENANT.
AND YOU, FOR YEARS, HAVE
PIONEERED THIS THING,
BLACKS, BROWNS, ASIANS, ALL
WORKING TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
I BELIEVE IF WE MAKE THE
WRONG CHOICES IN THIS
ELECTION GOD IS NOT GOING TO
FALL OFF HIS THRONE, BUT IT
IS GOING TO BE MORE
DIFFICULT.
BECAUSE HIS HAND IS ON
AMERICA NOW, AND HE'LL PUT
MORE PRESSURE ON US
ECONOMICALLY.
IF YOU'RE FIGHTING GOD, AND
HE IS THE GUY PUTTING US
UNDER THESE ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS, AND YOU KEEP
SAYING WE CAN DO IT, WE CAN
DO, IT AND WE KEEP
EMPHASIZING RACIAL DIVISION,
AND ALL OF THESE KINDS OF
THINGS, INSTEAD OF HUMBLING
OURSELVES UNDER THE MIGHTY
HANDLE OF GOD, AND THEN IT
WILL GET HARDER AND HARDER
AND HARDER NO MATTER HOW
SMART WE ARE OR THINK WE
ARE.
Pat: BISHOP JACKSON IS
GOING TO JOIN US IN PRAYER.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR THIS
NATION.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE
FROM THIS TREMENDOUS SERVANT
OF GOD, GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
HE WILL BE LEADING A SPECIAL
CHAPEL SERVICE, AND IT WILL
BE STREAMED ALL ACROSS THE
NATION AND AROUND THE
WORLD.
GOD BLESS YOU, BROTHER.
THANK YOU, PAT FOR HAVING
ME AND FORTUNAT FOR WHAT
YOU'RE DOING.
Kristi: DURING THAT CAP
PE CHAPEL SERVICE, WE'LL BE
HAVING A SPECIAL DAY OF
PRAY.
IF YOU'RE A CBN PARTNER, YOU
MAY HAVE RECEIVED THIS
PACKET, AND IT'S CALLED
"PRAY FOR AMERICA."
AND WE WANT YOU TO SEND YOUR
PRAYERS AND WE'LL ADD THEM
TO THE FLAG BEHIND ME.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PRAYING
ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO
ELECTION DAY.
SO THE KEY IS, YOU'VE GOT TO
GIVE US A CALL AT
1-800-759-0700.
AND YOU CAN ALSO ASK FOR
THIS SPECIAL PRAYER BOOKLET,
HERE WE GO, IT'S CALLED
"STEPS TO REVIVAL IN
AMERICA."
PAT, COME ON.
Pat: I'LL ASK BISHOP
JACKSON TO JOIN US, TOO.
WE'VE HAD 27,000 SO FAR WHO
SAID THEY HAVE PRAYER
REQUESTS OR THEY'RE GOING TO
BE PRAYING FOR AMERICA.
YOU CAN GET ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS PRETTY GIRL, IF
YOU WANT TO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE
HAVING DAY AFTER DAY AFTER
DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE
NATION.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JOIN
TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE?
Kristi: I DO HAVE A
COUPLE.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SENDING THEIR PRAYER
REQUESTS, ONE, REVIVAL IN
AMERICA AND PEACE IN
JERUSALEM.
PRAY FOR GOD TO RAISE UP MEN
AND WOMEN IN THE UNITED
STATES.
TO BE RESTORED TO ITS FORMER
STRENGTH, AND ONE MORE, THAT
THE NATIONAL DEBT WILL BE
DECREASED AND JOBS
INCREASED.
I KNOW WE CAN ALL AGREE ON
THAT ONE.
Pat: LET'S JOIN
TOGETHER.
BROTHER JACKSON, WILL YOU
LEAD US, AND KRISTI AND I
WILL JOIN AND AGREE TOGETHER
FOR THIS NATION.
LORD, WE FIRST LIFT UP
WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE ONE OF
AMERICA'S FOREMOST SINS, AND
THAT IS THE SIN OF RACIAL
DIVISION.
LORD, ASSEMBLY IS PRIDE IN
THE FLESH.
SO, LORD, WE ASK YOU TO HELP
US HUMBLE OURSELVES.
LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT AS WE
HUMBLE OURSELVES AND LET OUR
IDENTITY BE IN CHRIST.
LORD, I'M ASKING ON BEHALF
OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
HISPANIC COMMUNITIES, LORD
THAT WE LAY ASIDE OUR
BITTERNESS AND WE SAY WE'RE
GOING TO TRUST YOU AND WE'RE
GOING TO VOTE VERTICAL.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE OUR
VALUES, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE
THE BIBLE.
WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU
DIRECT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR
EVANGELICAL BROTHER TO VOTE
REVIVAL AS WELL.
LORD, LET US NOT STAY AT
HOME.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE
GOING TO RISE UP AND
CHAMPION THE VALUES OF
CHRIST IN THIS GENERATION.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT SOME OF
THE CANDIDATES MAY NOT BE OF
OUR FAITH, IF THEY SUPPORT
OUR VALUES, THEN LET'S
PROMOTE THOSE WHO PROMOTE
OBEDIENCE TO YOU.
THANK YOU, LORD.
Pat: FATHER, WE ASK FOR
A GREAT MOVE OF YOUR
SPIRIT.
LORD, COME DOWN.
COME DOWN AND HEAR THE CRY
OF YOUR PEOPLE, FORGIVE OUR
SINS, AND HEAL OUR LAND.
WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO DO AS WE CONTINUE
TO PRAY.
PRAY FOR THIS NATION IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
Pat: AND AMEN.
Kristi: THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
Pat: WE'LL BE BACK WITH
MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
.
Lee: AND WELCOME BACK
TO "THE 700 CLUB."
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
FOR MARRIAGE SAYS IT'S
HELPING DEFEAT POLITICIANS
WHO SUPPORTED SAME-SEX IN
NEW YORK STATE.
IT HELPED UNSEAT TWO
INCUMBENT SENATORS IN THE
STATE'S RECENT ELECTION.
TWO OTHER INCUMBENTS WERE
DEFEATED IN EARLIER
PRIMARIES.
THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE
POLITICIANS WHO REDEFINE
MARRIAGE.
THEY TARGETED SIX LAWMAKERS
WHO TURNED ON TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE, AND THEY WON'T
STOP UNTIL THE FINAL TWO ARE
UNSEATED.
CHRISTIANS ARE REACHING OUT
TO THOUSANDS OF DRUG ADDICTS
IIN COLUMNIA.
THESE CHRISTIANS SHARED
THEIR OWN STORIES AND
OFFERED PRAYER AND A HOT
MEAL.
AT LEAST 65 STREET PEOPLE
WERE TAKEN TO RECOVERY
CENTERS TO FIND A CHANCE FOR
A NEW LIFE.
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WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB" AFTER THIS.
COLIA
Kristi: WELL, WE'RE IN
DAY TWO OF OUR ANNUAL SEVEN
DAYS OF PRAYER CELEBRATION.
DURING THIS WEEK, THE STAFF
OF CBN AND REGION GATHERED
TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR YOU,
OUR CBN PARTNERS.
YESTERDAY WE HEARD A MESSAGE
FROM AUTHOR AND EVANGELIST
DOUG SHEET.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT HEART.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT
CHARACTER.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT GOD
NEEDING A PEOPLE THAT WILL
SAY, I WON'T BACK UP IN THE
FACE OF ADVERSITY, AND I
WON'T LOSE MY COURAGE.
I WON'T LOSE MY HEART, AND I
WOULDN'T BECOME SLOPPY IN
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, NO
HOW LONG IT TAKES, NO MATTER
WHAT IS THROWN AT ME, NO
MATTER HOW MANY BATTLES I'M
IN, I PROMISE YOU I'M NOT
GOING TO GIVE UP.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PARTNERS HAVE CONTACTED US,
PEOPLE HAVE CALLED US,
E-MAILED, AND WRITTEN, AND
RIGHT NOW IN OUR HANDS WE'RE
HOLDING SOME OF THESE
REQUESTS TOGETHER.
FATHER GOD, IN THE MIGHTY
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST WE COME
BEFORE YOU.
WE COME TO ASK BOLDLY FOR
YOUR MERCIES, FOR SIGNS AND
WONDERS AND HEALINGS TO BE
DONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
THOSE SEEKING FULL
EMPLOYMENT, I'M HOLDING
THESE REQUESTS IN MY HAND.
WE ASK THAT YOU, LORD, WOULD
SEE THEIR NEED.
WE LOVE YOU, FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
MERCY.
IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN.
Kristi: THAT'S JUST ONE
OF MANY PRAYERS THAT WE ARE
PRAYING FOR YOU.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO PRAY FOR YOU.
SO I WANT TO REMIND YOU, IF
YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER
REQUEST THAT YOU WANT US TO
JOIN TOGETHER AND BELIEVE
IN, PLEASE CALL US ANY
TIME.
AT THAT NUMBER,
1-800-759-0700, AND YOU CAN
ALSO LOG ON TO cbn.com AND
PLACE YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS
THERE.
NO MATTER WHAT, WE ALL WANT
YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE
YOU.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU AN
AMAZING STORY OF ANSWERED
PRAYER, ONE THAT HAPPENED
RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN
BACKYARD, IN VIRGINIA
BEACH.
THIS CITY IS HOME TO ONE OF
THE LARGEST AIR STATIONS IN
THE WORLD.
BUT IN RECENT YEARS, THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE MILITARY
OPENLY WORRIED ABOUT HAVING
MILITARY JETS FLYING SO
CLOSE TO HOMES.
AND WHAT HAPPENED
LAST APRIL
SHOWED US ALL WHY.
Reporter: IT WAS GOOD
FRIDAY, A LITTLE PAST NOON.
SCHOOL THAT JUST BEEN LET
OUT FOR EASTER BREAK IN
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA.
WHEN SOMETHING COMPLETELY
UNEXPECTED HAPPEN.
THE AIR STARTED
VIBRATING.
I JUST HEARD A LOUD
NOISE, AND IT WENT CHIKA
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
THERE WAS THIS HEAVY,
DARK SMOKE GOING BY THE
WINDOW.
I'M LIKE, MY GOD, NO, NO,
NO!
I'M SCREAMING, NO, NO, NO!
Reporter: IT WAS AN
F818 HARNETT THAT
MALFUNCTIONS.
IT SLAMMED INTO THE MAYFAIR
APARTMENT COMPLEX IN A
HIGHLY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL
AREA.
A NAVY PLANE JUST WENT
DOWN OFF OF 24th STREET.
THE APARTMENT BUILDING IS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
OH, MY GOD, IT IS
TERRIBLE.
THE WHOLE THING IS ON FIRE.
IT IS A SENIOR COMMUNITY.
OH, MY GOD, ALL OF THOSE OLD
PEOPLE.
OH, MY GOD.
Reporter: THE JET'S
TWO-MAN CREW EJECTED JUST
50 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
I SAW THE PILOT LAYING ON
THE GROUND, ON HIS SIDE,
HANDS IN THE AIR, WHITE AS A
SHEET.
HE WAS STILL CONNECTED TO
HIS PARACHUTE, WHICH WAS
CONNECTED TO THE ROOF OF
THIS BUILDING HERE.
WE HAD TO CUT THE LINES, GET
HIM FREE OF THE PARACHUTE.
A BUNCH OF US PICKED HIM UP
AND DRAGGED HIM TO THE FRONT
PARKING LOT AREA, AWAY FROM
THE FLAMES.
THE HEAVY, BLACK, THICK
SMOKE STARTED TO COME OVER
THE ROOFTOP HERE.
I KNEW WE HAD A MATTER OF
MINUTES BEFORE TH THE FIRE
IT WAS GOING TO COME THIS
WAY.
Reporter: COUNTLESS
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS RAN TO
THE SCENE, AND EVERYONE
EXPECTED THE WORST.
I SAW IT GO IN, AND I
THOUGHT, OH, GOSH, YOU'RE
ALL DEAD.
AND I LOOKED BACK AT THE
BUILDING, AND I JUST COUNTED
THE PEOPLE THAT HAD
PERISHED, BECAUSE I'M HERE
EVERY DAY, RETIRED, I DON'T
GO ANYWHERE.
I GOT TO THE FRONT AND I
LOOKED, THEY'RE DEAD, PASSED
AWAY.
Reporter: MAYOR WILL
SESAMS OF VIRGINIA BEACH
FEARED THE SAME.
WHEN I CAME OVER HERE,
ABOUT RIGHT WHERE I'M
STANDING, THERE WAS A
MASSIVE FIRE GOING ON.
THERE WERE BUILDINGS OVER TO
MY RIGHT THAT WERE PRETTY
WELL DEMOLISHED.
THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED
THE FIRE CHIEF, HOW MANY
CASUALTIES DO WE HAVE?
Reporter: AND AS THE
TRAGEDY UNFOLDED THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, IT BECAME WORLDWIDE
NEWS AND MANY PEOPLE
PRAYED.
Kristi: MAN, I'M
RIVETED BY THAT VIDEO.
JOINING US FOR MORE ON THIS
STORY IS EARL MEYER.
HE IS THE MANAGER OF THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS
HIT BY THAT JET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
THANK YOU.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE.
Kristi: I WAS ON THE
PHONE WITH A FRIEND OF MINE,
AND HE WAS DRIVING AND SAID,
OH, MY GOODNESS, KRISTI, A
PLANE JUST CRASHED INTO AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I'M LIKE, SERIOUS?
HERE IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT AS THE
MANAGER?
I JUST GOT ON THE
INTERSTATE THAT MORNING, AND
I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY
GRANDCHILDREN'S GRANDMOTHER,
AND I SAID I'VE GOT TO GO, I
THINK I HAVE A LEAK.
AND HE SAID, THE APARTMENTS
ARE BLOWING UP.
AND HE CALLED ME BACK AND
SAID, NO, IT WAS A JET THAT
CRASHED.
OBVIOUSLY, MY HEART WENT TO
MY STOMACH.
AND MY GRANDDAUGHTERS WERE
SITTING BESIDE ME IN THE
FRONT OF MY PICKUP TRUCK.
AND THEY SAID, WHAT
HAPPENED, PAPA?
AND I SAID SOMETHING
HORRIBLE, A JET JUST CRASHED
INTO THE APARTMENTS.
AND THEY SAID, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO?
AND I SAID THE FIRST THING
WE CAN DO IS PRAY.
I REMEMBER ASKING GOD -- I
PLACED HIM ON THE SCENE AND
WE JUST PRAYED, AND THEN MY
PHONE KEPT RINGING AND
STORIES KEPT GETTING BIGGER
AND BIGGER AS EACH STORY
CAME IN.
Kristi: IT'S
FASCINATING, BECAUSE THE
VERY FIRST THING YOU HAD
SAID WAS TO PRAY.
AND THIS IS NOT NEW.
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING
OVER THE APARTMENT BUILDING
FOR YEARS.
11 YEARS.
I ALWAYS HAD MY ROUTINE AND
I WALKED THE GROUND.
SEEING IT IS AN ADULT
COMMUNITY, I'VE SEEN A LOT
OF TENANTS PASS AWAY.
I JUST KNEW THAT I HAD TO
PRAY FOR THE COMPLEX.
AND I ASKED GOD EACH DAY TO,
YOU KNOW, PROTECT MY TENANTS
AND TO BLESS THEM, AND TO
KEEP HIS EYES OVER THEM.
Kristi: AND GOD HONORED
YOUR PRAYER, EARL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
THIS?
I BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU WERE
SO DILIGENT TO PRAY FOR THAT
COMMUNITY, THAT A MIRACLE
HAPPENED.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
MIRACLE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVED IN THE
BUILDING?
I HAD 84 PEOPLE IN THAT
COMPLEX.
Kristi: AND EVERYONE,
MYSELF INCLUDED, WERE
WATCHING THE NEWS.
AND WE KNEW ESPECIALLY IN AN
OLDER COMMUNITY, MOST OF THE
PEOPLE HAD TO HAVE BEEN
DEAD, BUT THAT WASN'T THE
CASE.
YES.
IN MY MIND, I HAD AT LEAST
10, 20 PEOPLE DEAD, EVEN
MORE, BY THE PHONE CALLS.
I'M TRYING TO GET UP THE
INTERSTATE, WHICH WAS
ANOTHER MIRACLE, FOR GOD TO
GET ME FROM WHERE I WAS THAT
CLOSE.
IT IS A MIRACLE BECAUSE THE
TOWN WAS IN DEADLOCK.
FOR SOME REASON HE JUST GOT
ME THERE.
Kristi: YOU GOT THERE,
AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
DID, YOUR OFFICE WAS BURNED,
AND YOU MADE YOUR TRUCK YOUR
OFFICE AND YOU WERE DILIGENT
TO FIND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THOSE TENANTS.
IT WAS IMPORTANT.
I NEEDED TO SEE OR HEAR
THEIR VOICE.
Kristi: HOW MANY DID
YOU FIND?
THAT NIGHT I FOUND ALL OF
THEM, ACCEPT FOUR.
WHICH MADE FOR A LONG
NIGHT.
Kristi: DURING THAT
LONG NIGHT, WHAT WERE YOU
DOING FOR THOSE FOUR
PEOPLE?
I PACED THE FLOOR AND
PRAYED.
Kristi: TELL ME WHAT
HAPPENED THAT NEXT MORNING.
EACH DAY I WAS THERE, I
GOT THERE EARLY, DAY BREAK.
AND I THINK IT WAS EARLY IN
THAT MORNING I HAD CONTACTED
THE OTHER FOUR THAT WAS
MISSING.
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT
FEELING LOOKING UP TO THE
SKY AND JUST SAYING, YOU
KNOW, THIS WAS BIG.
THIS WAS A BIG ORDEAL.
BUT YOU ARE BIGGER.
Kristi: COME ON, EARL,
IS THAT NOT IT.
AND IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY
WHEN ALL
OF THIS HAPPENED.
WASN'T IT GOOD FRIDAY?
IT WAS.
IT WAS DEFINITELY THE GOOD
FRIDAY MIRACLE.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN,
YOU KNOW -- WHEN SOMETHING
BIG HAPPENS AND PEOPLE GET
KILLED OR HURT, EVERYBODY
SAYS WHERE WAS GOD.
WHERE WAS GOD?
I CAN TELL YOU WHERE HE WAS
THAT DAY.
Kristi: EARL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE
AND FAITHFULNESS, AND I FLOW
THA FLOW -- KNOW THAT ALL
84 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
THANKING YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
HERE ARE THE FACTS: THE JET
CRASHED INTO AN APARTMENT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
FLAMES ENGULFED SEVERAL
BUILDINGS, AND EVERYONE AT
THE SCENE EXPECTED THE
WORSE.
BUT NO ONE DIED, AS EARL
SAID.
NOT THE PILOTS, NOT THE
RESIDENTS, AND AS SOME OF
THE TENANTS WILL TELL YOU,
IT IS NO COINCIDENCE.
I'VE HEARD TOO MANY
STORIES THROUGH THIS TRAGEDY
OF, WELL, I SHOULD HAVE DONE
THIS, BUT I DID THIS
INSTEAD.
BEN LIVED AND WORKED AT
THE MAY FAIR MUSE BEFORE THE
NAVY JETS DESTROYED HIS
HOME.
THERE IS NO EARTHLY
REASON FOR ME TO BE STANDING
HERE TALKING TO YOU TODAY.
I TAKE
MY LUNCH RELIGIOUSLY
AT 11:30 TO 12:30 TODAY.
BY ALL RIGHTS, I SHOULD HAVE
BEEN IN MY HOUSE PLAYING
COMPUTER GAMES, BUT GOD TOLD
ME TO SET SOME MORE TILE.
SO FIVE MINUTES TO 12:00,
AND I'M PAST LUNCH.
I'M GOING TO GO TO LUNCH.
AND SOMETHING SAID, SET
THESE EIGHT MORE TILES.
I SAY EIGHT MORE TILES SAVED
MY LIFE, BUT GOD SAVED MY
LIFE.
Reporter: THE JET
CRASHED THROUGH BEN'S
APARTMENT BUILDING AND SET
HIS PLACE ON FIRE.
BUT HIS LIFE WAS SPARED, AS
WAS HIS WIFE AND HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW'S LIFE.
WE HAD TO TAKE HIM TO THE
HOSPITAL A COUPLE MONTHS
BEFORE.
HE HAD SOME COMPLICATIONS
AND HAD TO GO TO REHAB.
IF HE HADN'T HAVE GONE TO
REHAB, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
HOME.
A WEEK BEFORE THE CRASH,
THEY CHANGED MY WIFE'S
SCHEDULE.
IF THEY HASN'T CHANGED HER
SCHEDULE, SHE WOULD HAVE
BEEN SITTING ON THE COUCH
WHEN THE PLANE CAME THROUGH
THE FRONT WINDOW.
Reporter: SANDY HALL
WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN
HOME AS WELL, WHEN THE JET
CRASHED, BUT HER PLANS
CHANGED AT THE LAST MINUTE,
SAVING HER LIFE, TOO.
I HAVE A CLEANING
BUSINESS, AND I HAD A CLIENT
WHO ASKED ME TO COME LATER,
BEING GOOD FRIDAY.
AND I TEXTED HER BACK AND
SAID, HOW ABOUT AROUND
10:00, AND SHE SAID
PERFECT.
SO I LEFT HERE AT 20 TO
O 10:00, INSTEAD OF LEAVING
AT 8:00.
NORMALLY I'M HOME AT NOON.
IT'S ABOUT 12:30, QUARTER TO
1:00, WHEN I GET THE PHONE
CALL AT WORK THAT A JET HAD
CRASHED.
Reporter: WHILE SANDY
WAS OUT, HER APARTMENT AND
EVERYTHING IN IT WENT UP IN
FLAMES.
BUT EVEN PEOPLE THAT WERE
HOME MADE IT OUT SAFELY.
CHERYL MCKEE OWNS A PET
SUPPLY STORE RIGHT NEXT
DOOR.
I ACTUALLY WATCHED A MAN
WALK OUT OF THE APARTMENT
THAT THE PLANE WENT IN.
HE CAME OUT THE FRONT DOOR.
THE PLANE WENT DOWN THE
BACK.
AND HE CAME OUT AND DIDN'T
REALLY REALIZE SOMETHING HAD
HAPPENED.
Reporter: LINDA WARNAK
WAS IN HER SECOND STORY
APARTMENT WITH HER
GRANDCHILDREN WHEN THE JET
IMPACTED.
BUT THEY, TOO, MADE IT OUT
WITHOUT A SCRATCH.
PEOPLE ACROSS, IN THE
OTHER TOWNHOUSE SAYS THE
HEAT WAS SO INTENSE THEY
COULDN'T COME OUT THEIR
FRONT DOORS.
THEY WENT OUT THEIR BACK
DOORS.
I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL THE
FLAMES.
ME, EITHER.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE GOD
PROTECTED US.
GUESS WHAT?
I FELT GOD AROUND ME,
HUGGING ME.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AT ONE POINT, SHE SAID
GOD ENCAPSULATED US IN A
BUBBLE AND SAVED US FROM THE
HEAT.
Reporter: WHAT COULD
HAVE GONE DOWN IN HISTORY AS
A TREMENDOUS TRAGEDY IS
REMEMBERED MORE TODAY AS A
MIRACLE.
GOD DEFINITELY WAS ON THE
SCENE THAT DAY, BECAUSE IF
IT WENT A FEW FEET FURTHER,
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TO TELL
THE STORY.
IT DEFINITELY MAKES YOU
THINK THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE
THINKING OF GOD, BUT HE IS
RIGHT THERE ALL THE TIME
THINKING ABOUT YOU.
WHAT ELSE KEPT ME FROM
BEING IN MY HOME THAT DAY.
WHAT
ELSE
KEPT
ANYBODY
FROM
BEING HURT.
NOT EVEN THE PILOT.
IF THERE EVER HAS BEEN A
MIRACLE AND HAD PRAYERS
ANSWERED, THIS WAS THE
CASE.
GOD HAD HIS HAND ALL
AROUND US.
Kristi: THAT IS A CLEAR
EXAMPLE OF GOD ANSWERING
PRAYERS, AND HE IS GOING TO
DO THE SAME THING FOR US
TODAY.
Pat: ISN'T THAT
FABULOUS?
Kristi: ISN'T IT
AMAZING.
Pat: PEOPLE ARE JUST
STUNNED.
BUT THERE IS NO WAY THAT ALL
OF THOSE PEOPLE, EVERY ONE
IN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX --
EVERY ONE WAS OUT SAFELY.
EVERY ONE.
Kristi: BECAUSE IT WAS
OLDER INDIVIDUALS, SOME SAID
EVEN FOR SOME OF THEM, THEIR
MOBILITY WAS SO SLOW, IT
WOULD TAKE THEM A HALF HOUR
TO GO TO THE MAILBOX.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS
DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MOVE,
BUT, YET, EVERYONE GOT OUT.
Pat: SOME MAY HAVE BEEN
IN CHURCH, IT WAS GOOD
FRIDAY, BUT IT WAS A
MIRACLE.
SOMEBODY SAYS, I WANT
AMERICA TO BE RESTORED TO
ITS FORMER STRENGTH.
MY DAUGHTER NEEDS TO BE
HEALED OF CANCER.
PRAY MY MIND WOULD BE AT
PEACE.
AND I WILL STOP WORRYING.
WORRYING IS SIN, HONEY.
LET'S JUST CALL IT WHAT IT
IS.
Kristi: THERE IS
ANOTHER PERSON PRAYING FOR
FULL MOVEMENT TO BE RESTORED
TO BOTH SHOULDERS.
AND ANOTHER PERSON IS
PRAYING FOR SHORT-GUT
SYNDROME.
Pat: WE HAVE IN FRONT
OF US -- YOU CAN SEE ALL OF
THOSE.
THEY'RE STARTING TO PILE
UP.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR
AMERICA, AND THEY'RE ALSO
ASKING FOR PRAYER.
THAT WILL GO UP TO 80,000
AND 200,000.
WE'RE JOINING TOGETHER AND
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR
YOU.
LET'S BELIEVE GOD.
FATHER, NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE WITH YOU.
LORD, YOU SAVED EVERY SINGLE
IN HABITANT OF THAT
APARTMENT COMPLEX FROM A
FIERY DEATH.
IT IS A MIRACLE OF GOD.
IN ANSWER TO A HUMBLE
CARETAKER WHO DAY BY DAY BY
DAY PRAYED FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVED IN HIS APARTMENT
COMPLEX.
YOU ANSWER PRAYER, LORD.
AND WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE
YOU AND PRAY FOR AMERICA,
AND WE PRAY FOR EACH OTHER.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
SICK.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN
FINANCIAL DIFFICULT.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR PEOPLE
ACROSS THIS NATION IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.
BE TOUCHED BY GOD.
KRISTI?
Kristi: SOMEONE -- IN
FACT, YOU'RE EVEN SLIGHTLY
EMBARRASSED, BUT SOMEONE HAD
COSMETIC SURGERY AND IT WAS
BOTCHED.
THERE WERE COMPLICATIONS AND
THE LORD IS HEALING FROM YOU
THAT.
Pat: A PERSON WITH A
GOITER, IT IS SHRINKING
RIGHT NOW.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
THANK YOU, LORD.
Kristi: THERE IS
ANOTHER PERSON, EVERY TIME
YOU INHALE, IT FEELS AS
THOUGH YOU'RE LUNGS ARE
INFLAMED.
THE LORD IS HEALING THAT
RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
Pat: AND THERE IS
SOMEONE, YOU'VE BEEN
COUGHING AND COUGHING AND
COUGHING, AND THE LORD HAS
JUST HEALED YOU.
LIKE A COOL AIR IS COMING
INTO YOUR LUNGS.
BLESS NOW THE PEOPLE, LORD,
AND BLESS THIS LAND, THAT WE
MIGHT SERVE YOU AND DO YOUR
WILL IN JESUS' NAME.
OKAY.
Kristi: CONTINUE TO
SEND IN YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS.
STILL TO COME, WE'RE GOING
TO BE ANSWERING YOUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: THE COUNTDOWN
IS ON.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH
CARLA WHO WRITES THIS, "MY
HUSBAND AND I HAVE A
QUESTION REGARDING IDOLS.
HE IS CONCERNED THAT EVEN
HAVE A CRUCIFIX COULD BE A
SIN.
I FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO
WORSHIP THE CRUCIFIX FOR IT
TO BE A SIN.
WE AREN'T SURE WHICH IS
RIGHT."
WHAT DO YOU THINK, PAT?
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS
DON'T BE RIGHTEOUS OVER
MUCH.
I THINK YOU CAN GET CARRIED
AWAY WITH SUCH.
I DON'T THINK A CRUCIFIX IS
AN IDOL.
AN IDOL IS A REPRESENTATION
OF SOME BIRD, SNAKE, ANIMAL,
PERSON THAT YOU INVEST WITH
SUPERNATURAL POWERS, AND YOU
FALL DOWN AND ASK IT TO DO
STUFF.
I THINK STATUES OF SAINTS
FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY,
FRANKLY.
I THINK IDOL WORSHIP IS WHAT
IT SAYS.
YOU CAN MAKE AN IDOL OF
ANYTHING BY THE WAY.
YOU CAN WORSHIP SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT GOD.
GOD WANTS OUR WORSHIP.
HE DOESN'T WANT US
WORSHIPPING THE SUN OR THE
MOON OR ANGELIC HOSTS.
IT'S WORSHIP.
I THINK HAVING A CROSS IN
YOUR HOUSE, GOOD GRIEF, THAT
IS NOT IDOLATRY, BUT DON'T
GET CARRIED AWAY.
IF IT BECOMES LEGALISM, IT
WILL BIND YOU UP.
Kristi: READY FOR THE
NEXT ONE?
"I'M 15 YEARS OLD, AND I'VE
KNOWN ABOUT THE BIBLE AND
GOD SINCE I WAS VERY
LITTLE.
RECENTLY I WANTED TO RENEW
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BY
READING THE BIBLE AND I'VE
TRIED FASTERING.
I REALLY WANT AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BUT I
DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THAT
REASSURANCE YET.
WHAT CAN I DO TO KNOW HE
LOVES ME AND ACCEPTS ME?"
Pat: READ 1 JOHN.
GOD IS LOVE.
THIS IS HOW HE SHOWS HIS
LOVE TO US.
GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN
YOU'LL EVER KNOW.
OF COURSE HE ACCEPTS YOU.
BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS
TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM.
AND IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN
YOUR HEART, IF YOU'RE MAD
WITH SOMEBODY, IF YOU HAVE
RESENTMENT IN YOUR
HEART, IF
THERE IS SOME SIN YOU
COMMITTED, CONFESS ALL OF
THAT TO HIM.
AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HAVE INVITED JESUS TO COME
INTO YOUR HEART, AND HE IS
LIVING INSIDE OF YOU.
AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
WILL BEAR WITNESS WITH YOUR
SPIRIT, THAT YOU'RE A CHILD
OF GOD.
HE WILL WITNESS TO YOU THAT
YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD, AND
HE'LL TELL YOU THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS.
BUT READ 1 JOHN.
Kristi: AND YOU'VE GOT
TO BELIEVE HIM.
THIS IS FROM CORINA, WHO
SAYS, "I HAVE WATCHED YOU
GUYS ALMOST EVERY MORNING.
I SEE ALL OF THE WONDERFUL
THINGS YOU DO AND IT
INSPIRES ME.
I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE
YOU DO, BUT I'M ONLY ONE
PERSON.
I'M ONLY 20 YEARS OLD.
HOW CAN SOMEONE LIKE ME MAKE
A BIG IMPACT ON THE NEEDS OF
THIS WORLD?"
Pat: THE FIRST THING
YOU CAN DO IS PRAY.
YOU CAN GIRDLE THE GLOBE
WITH YOUR PRAYERS.
YOU CAN TALK TO GOD, AND GOD
WILL HEAR AND ANSWER.
HE IS LOOKING LIKE YOU TO
PRAY.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, BE A
LIGHT, BE A WITNESS.
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE,
LORD, LET IT SHINE.
YOU BE A LIGHT WHERE YOU
ARE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE
OTHER LIGHTS.
LIVE YOU'RE LIFE TO THE
GLORY OF GOD.
IF GOD HAS SOME SPECIFIC
WORK FOR YOU TO DO, HE'LL
SHOW YOU THAT.
Kristi: I WAS THINKING
ABOUT THAT, WHERE PEOPLE SAY
I WANT TO TOUCH THE NATION
FOR THE LORD.
BUT ARE YOU TOUCHING THE
PERSON NEXT DOOR TO YOU.
Pat: AND I MIGHT ADD
WE'RE TOUCHING THE NATION.
YOU'RE PARTICIPATION
FINANCIALLY, AND IN PRAYER
FOR US, AND "THE 700 CLUB"
AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS,
ALTHOUGH YOU CAN'T, MAYBE,
GO TO ALL OF THESE
COUNTRIES, WE CAN.
AND TOGETHER MIRACLES CAN
TAKE PLACE.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME OF
PRAYER, LEADING UP TO THE
ELECTION.
WE'RE PRAYING DAY AFTER DAY
AFTER DAY FOR THIS NATION.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
TOMORROW, WE'LL HEAR FROM A
FAMILY WHO WAS LOST AT SEA,
20 MILES OFF THE COAST.
AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM 1 THESSALONIANS:
"GIVE THANKS IN ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS
GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST
JESUS."
REMEMBER OUR TELEPHONES ARE
AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.
YOU CAN CALL IN TOLL-FREE,
AND SOMEBODY IS HERE WHO
LOVES YOU AND CARES FOR
YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
Kristi: GOOD SHOW.
