I'M THINKING, ACCUSED.
Reporter: WRONGFULLY
ACCUSED.
THE PRESSURE WAS ON THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
TO GET THIS CASE SOLVED.
Reporter: AND SENTENCED
TO DIE.
AN INNOCENT MAN SPENDS 14
YEARS ON DEATH ROW.
YOU HAVE ONE COMMON GOAL,
TO TRY TO STAY ALIVE, BY ANY
MEANS NECESSARY.
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELCOME, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS
EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB."
I'LL TELL YOU, THINGS DON'T
LOOK GOOD IN THE POLLS FOR
MITT ROMNEY RIGHT NOW, BUT
THINGS DO SHIFT.
THE ELECTION IS NOT YET.
BUT HE GOT FILMED IN A
FUNDRAISER SAYING SOME
THINGS.
Kristi: UH-HUH.
WE ALL SAW.
Pat: WE ALL SAW.
DID THAT UPSET YOU?
Kristi: I'LL PUT IT
THIS WAY, IT IS FASCINATING,
AS A CITIZEN, TO WATCH THE
ELECTION AND SEE ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT COMMERCIALS AND
SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT.
Pat: YOU'RE
FASCINATED?
I'M DISGUSTED.
YOU PRAY, OH, LORD, LET
NOVEMBER COME.
IT HAS BECOME A HOT ISSUE IN
THE 2012 ELECTION, WITH NO
SIGNS OF BURNING OUT.
DEMOCRATS WANT VOTERS TO
BELIEVE THAT REPUBLICANS ARE
WAGING A SO-CALLED WAR ON
WOMEN.
Kristi: BUT AS PAUL
STRAND REPORTS, OTHERS ARE
SAYING IF THERE IS A WAR ON
WOMEN, IT IS BARACK OBAMA
WHO IS LEADING THE CHARGE.
Reporter: ONE TACTIC
DEMOCRATS USE TO BOLSTER
BELIEF TO THE ROMNEY TICKET
IS ENGAGED ON A WAR ON WOMEN
IS REPEALING OBAMACARE.
IT INCLUDES COVERING
PREGNANCY.
WOMEN REALLY NEED THAT
COVERAGE.
Reporter: BUT THERE ARE
OTHERS WHO SAY WOMEN WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTH CARE
SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROMNEY
TICKET.
FOR WEEKS, THIS BUS FILLED
WITH PRO-LIFE PEOPLE -- THEY
CHARGE IF THERE IS A WAR ON
WOMEN, IT IS BARACK OBAMA
WHO IS LEADING THAT FIGHT.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A
PRO-LIFE BILL HE LIKED OR A
PROABORTION BILL HE DIDN'T
LIKE.
Reporter: THEY THINK A
SECOND TERM WILL MEAN
TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTIONS
NATIONWIDE.
BUT MANY HAVE DARK WARNINGS
ABOUT A ROMNEY PRESIDENCY.
HE WOULD OVER TURN ROE
VS. WADE, AND SIGN INTO LAW
OUTRAGEOUS RESTRICTIONS ON A
WOMAN'S ABILITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT HER
PREGNANCY.
Reporter: THESE DAYS,
IT EVEN MEANS THE SO-CALLED
RIGHT TO FREE
CONTRACEPTION.
DR. JAN RICE OF CONCERNED
WOMEN OF AMERICA.
THE IDEA THAT YOU AND I
AS TAXPAYERS HAVE TO FUND
COLLEGE KIDS'
CONTRACEPTION.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
Reporter: AND WHAT HAS
SUCH UNLIMITED ACTION TO
CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION,
BROUGHT THE WOMEN OF
AMERICA --
1.2 MILLION FALSE
ABORTIONS A YEAR.
IT ISN'T HEALTH CARE TO
OFFER WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO KILL THEIR OWN BABIES.
Reporter: WISCONSIN
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR REBECCA
CLAYFISH SAYS MOST WOMEN
DON'T AGREE THAT OPPOSING
ABORTION MEANS A WAR AGAINST
THEM.
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED
HOW FEW WOMEN PUT FEWER
ABORTIONS AND GOVERNMENT
PAID ABORTIONS ON THE TOP OF
THEIR LIST.
41% OF AMERICANS SAID
THEY WERE PRO CHOICE.
Reporter: DR. CROW SAYS
IT IS JUST NOT A CONCERN FOR
WOMEN.
THEIR CONCERNS ARE ABOUT
THE FUTURE STABILITY OF THIS
COUNTRY.
Reporter: THAT'S WHY
DEMOCRAT LIZ ROSE SAYS HER
FRIENDS FEAR ROMNEY, THE
ECONOMIC FUTURE.
MY FRIENDS REALLY CARE
ABOUT THE KITCHEN TABLE,
ECONOMIC ISSUES.
WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE
BETTER OFF THAN WE ARE.
Reporter: AND CROW SAYS
HER FRIENDS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT OBAMA.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FISCAL DEBT WE'RE PASSING ON
TO OUR CHILDREN.
Reporter: REPUBLICANS
FEEL THEY'RE WAGING A WAR ON
WOMEN, WHILE OTHERS SAY
THEY'RE WAGING A WAR FOR
WOMEN.
THE ISSUE IS SO HOT, YOU CAN
ALMOST SAY IT IS CAUSING A
WAR BETWEEN WOMEN.
Pat: FOR MORE, LET'S GO
TO LEE WEBB.
Lee: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
APPROVAL RATING IS BACK
ABOVE 50% FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE MAY.
A NEW ASSOCIATED PRESS,
G.F.K. POLL FINDS THAT
AMERICANS ARE FEELING BETTER
ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE
AND OBAMA'S JOB
PERFORMANCE.
BUT THE POLL ALSO SAYS
ROMNEY REMAINS NECK-IN-NECK.
OBAMA HAS 47% AND ROMNEY,
46%.
ROMNEY IS FIGHTING BACK FOR
SAYING MOST OBAMA SUPPORTERS
RELY ON GOVERNMENT AND SEE
THEMSELVES AS VICTIMS.
ROMNEY REPORTS NEW
DISCOVERIES FROM OBAMA.
I THINK THE TRICK IS
FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE
STRUCTURE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS
THAT POOL RESOURCES, AND
HENCE FACILITATE SOME
REDISTRIBUTION, BECAUSE I
ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN
REDISTRIBUTION AT A CERTAIN
LEVEL TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
HAS A SHOT.
Lee: ROMNEY SAYS THAT
COMMENT SAYS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TAKE
FROM SOME TO GIVE TO
OTHERS.
ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES IS
SHUTTING DOWN EIGHT MINES IN
VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA AND
PENNSYLVANIA.
IT WILL CUT PROD DIEWKS
PRODUCTION BY
16 MILLION TONS AND
ELIMINATE 1200 JOBS.
MANY BELIEVE IT IS AS A
RESULT OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S WAR ON
COAL.
IT JUST KEEPS GOING
DOWNHILL.
WITHOUT IT, WEST VIRGINIA,
AS A STATE, WON'T MAKE IT.
Lee: THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION PORTRAYS COAL
AS A DIRTY ENERGY SOURCE.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY HAS IMPOSED TOUGH NEW
REGULATIONS TO KEEP
OPERATING OR GET NEW
PERMITS.
OWNERS ARGUE THEY CAN'T
AFFORD TO MAKE THE NECESSARY
CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF
TIME THEY'RE GIVEN.
THAT HAS RESULTED IN LAYOFFS
OR MINES SHUTTING OFF, AS IN
THIS CASE WITH ALPHA.
Pat: IF I WERE THE
PRESIDENT, I WOULD NOT ENTER
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
BECAUSE I THINK, AS I
RECALL, THERE WAS A PRIMARY,
AND A JAILED FELON RECEIVED
MORE VOTES THAN OBAMA DID.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT WEST
VIRGINIA, YOU'RE LOOKING AT
KENTUCKY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT
PARTS OF OHIO, INDIANA,
PENNSYLVANIA, COAL COUNTRY,
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF
WORK.
AND THESE ENVIRONMENTAL
DRACONIAN POLICIES ARE NOT
WISE WHILE WE FUNNEL MONEY
TO WIND ENERGY, AND THE
SILENDRAS OF THIS WORK HAVE
FAILED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
THE HARD WORKERS ARE GETTING
IT AND THAT'S NOT TOO GOOD.
Lee: TURNING OVERSEAS,
NATO ANNOUNCED IT WILL
TEMPORARILY SCALE BACK
OPERATIONS WITH AFGHAN
SOLDIERS AND POLICE.
THE MOVE IS AS A RESULT OF
THE SO-CALLED INSIDER
KILLINGS.
MARK MARTIN HAS MORE.
Reporter: MILITANTS ARE
TAKING ADVANTAGE TO CARRY
OUT DEADLY STRIKES.
IN AFGHANISTAN, A MASSIVE
CAR BOMB KILLED 13 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING EIGHT SOUTH
AFRICANS.
NOW NATO IS SEM TEMPORARILY
ENDING MOST AFGHAN MISSIONS
WITH AFGHAN SOLDIERS.
THEY SAY IT IS BECAUSE OF AN
ANTIISLAM MOVIE FROM THE
UNITED STATES.
AFGHAN SOLDIERS TRAINED BY
THEIR NATO ALLIES SUDDENLY
TURN ON THEM.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, 51
COALITION TROOPS HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN THESE ATTACKS.
I AM FED UP WITH WATCHING
OUR SERIOUSLY GOOD SOLDIERS
WASTE THEIR LIVES -- HAVE
THEIR LIVES WASTED BY PEOPLE
WHO ARE MEANT TO BE BE OUR
FRIENDS.
Reporter: COALITION
SOLDIERS WILL NO LONGER GO
ON JOINT PATROLS WITH
AFGHANS, UNLESS A SENIOR
GENERAL GIVES THEM
PERMISSION.
WE SEE THIS AS A
TEMPORARY PHASE WE'RE IN AND
IT WILL BE SHORT-LIVED.
Reporter: THE JOINT
PATROLS HAS BEEN SEEN AS AN
IMPORTANT WAY TO TRAIN THE
AFGHANS.
BUT THE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO
AFGHAN SAYS IT IS A SEASON
OF TURBULANT CHANGE
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST,
AND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT
WILL TAKE US.
AFTER MUBARAK STEPPED
DOWN, LIKE USUAL, WE SAID
END OF STORY, END OF
PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A WONDERFUL
NEW WORLD OUT THERE.
WELL, NOT EXACTLY.
Reporter: MARK MARTIN,
CBN NEWS.
Lee: PAT, I SAW RETIRED
GENERAL BARRY McCAFRY ON
MSNBC, SAYING THAT IT IS
FOOL HEARTED TO THINK THAT
THE TALIBAN HAS WEAKENED.
Pat: YOU KNOW, LEE, THE
PRESIDENT MADE A TERRIBLE
MISTAKE, AS HE HAS DONE SO
OFTEN, IN ANNOUNCING A
TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL.
ONCE HE DID THAT, HE SAID,
BASICALLY, COME ON IN, TAKE
OVER, AND HAVE YOUR SHOT.
AND THESE SOLDIERS ARE
BASICALLY SAYING, WE BETTER
SIDE WITH THE TALIBAN
BECAUSE THE AMERICANS ARE
LEAVING.
WELL, THAT WAS THE WAY IT
IS.
BUT IT'S GOTTEN -- THE
MIDDLE EAST, I WAS READING
TODAY, THAT THE FRENCH ARE
CLOSING DOWN A NUMBER OF
THEIR CONSULATES AND
EMBASSIES BECAUSE A FRENCH
MAGAZINE, AN ESOTERICAL
MAGAZINE IS DOING A SATIRE
ON MOHAMMED.
A FIGURE SHOWING MOHAMMED
NAKED.
WHATEVER IT IS, ALL OF A
SUDDEN THOSE CRAZIES ARE
GOING TO EXPLODE AGAIN.
THE FRENCH ARE SAYING, WE'RE
GETTING OUT.
WE DON'T WANT OUR DIPLOMATS
SUBJECT TO THIS KIND OF
VIOLENCE.
WELL, SUSAN RICE, OUR
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
STATES, WAS TOTALLY WRONG,
SAYING IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH SOME
LITTLE VIDEO THAT MOST
PEOPLE HAVEN'T EVER SEEN.
IT WAS PLANNED.
AND THE REBELS, AT LEAST THE
PEOPLE WHO STORMED OUR
EMBASSY IN LIBYA, HAD
SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS.
THEY WEREN'T USING JUST, YOU
KNOW, RIFLES AND PISTOLS.
THEY HAD SOPHISTICATED
ARMAMENT, WHICH ONLY A
WELL-TRAINED MALITIA HAS.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THIS
THING WAS PLANNED.
BUT IT IT WAS PLANNED VERY
SKILLFULLY.
WITH THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE
POWERLESS TO DO MUCH TO
DEFEND OURSELVES.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, A HARVARD
RESEARCHER CLAIMS SHE HAS
UNVEILED AN ANCIENT PIRUS
THAT REFERS TO JESUS HAVING
A WIFE.
IT MENTIONS MARY IN A
POSSIBLE REFERENCE TO MARY
MAGDALENE.
THEY SAID IT COULD SENT
SHOCKWAVES THROUGH
CHRISTIANITY.
BUT SCHOLAR CLAIRE FONDS
SAYS IT DOESN'T TELL US
ANYTHING ABOUT JESUS AND HIS
FOLLOWERS.
IT PROBABLY TELLS US MORE
ABOUT DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE
GOING ON AMONG CHRISTIAN
GROUPS IN EGYPT AT THAT
TIME, THAN IT TELLS US
ANYTHING ABOUT JESUS IN THE
FIRST CENTURY.
Lee: FONDS SAYS THE
CONTEXT IS MISSING, BUT KING
ONLY BELIEVES THE FRAGMENT
WAS ONLY PART OF A
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ROLE OF
WOMEN IN THE EARLY CHURCH.
PROFESSOR KING IS VERY
IMMINENT AND DOES NOT FEEL
THAT JESUS AND MARY
MAGDALENE WERE MARRIED.
AND SHE DOESN'T FEEL THIS
PARTICULAR FRAGMENT WOULD
EVER PROVE THAT IN ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER.
Lee: THE DOCTOR HERE
FROM REGENT SAYS IT IS
LIKELY FROM THE FOURTH
CENTURY NOSTIC MOVEMENT.
YOU HAVE TO ASK THE
QUESTION, IF JESUS HAD A
WIFE, DON'T WE THINK THAT
ANY OF THE EARLY DISCIPLES
OR LEADERS OF THE CHURCH
WOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT
SOMEWHERE IN THE
MANUSCRIPTS?
Pat: ABSOLUTELY.
THERE WAS SO MUCH NONSENSE
WRITTEN IN THE SECOND,
THIRD, AND FOURTH
CENTURIES.
THESE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED
YEARS OF SPECULATIONS, BUT
THEY DON'T GO BACK TO THE
DAYS OF JESUS.
THEY'RE NOT AUTHENTIC.
AND TO THINK THAT THIS WILL
QUOTE, "SUBVERT
CHRISTIANITY" IS OBSURD.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE FACT, EXCEPT SOME
NOSTICS ARE OUT THERE
RUMINANTING IN THE FOURTH
CENTURY.
Kristi: UP NEXT, AN
INNOCENT MAN WHO SPENT 14
YEARS ON DEATH ROW.
WHILE HE WAS ON DEATH
ROW, HE HAD SEVEN STAYS OF
EXECUTION.
HE HAD THE DEATH WARRANT
BROUGHT TO HIS CELL.
HE WAS PREPARED FOR HIS
EXECUTION SEVEN TIMES.
Kristi: SEE HOW A
DEATH-BED CONFESSION FINALLY
FREED THIS MAN, WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Pat: IMAGINE PLANNING
YOUR DEATH.
YOU CONTEMPLATED IT, YOU
STUDY IT, YOU HAVE YOURSELF
EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR
IT.
WHAT HAPPENS?
A LETHAL INJECTION, THE JOLT
OF ELECTRICITY THAT TAKES
YOUR LIFE AWAY.
WHAT HAPPENS?
THINK OF A MAN WHO HAD THAT
OVER AND OVER.
HE WAS ON DEATH ROW.
JUST IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD
BE LIKE.
AND JOHN THOMPSON CAN TELL
US ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE LIVED
IN THAT STATE FOR 14 YEARS.
SEVEN TIMES A DEATH WARRANT
WAS BROUGHT TO HIS CELL.
SEVEN TIMES HE WAS PREPARED
TO DIE.
AND ALL FOR A CRIME HE
DIDN'T COMMIT.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM BRINGS US
THIS ASTONISHING STORY.
Reporter: AMERICA'S
JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS FREED 140
INMATES FROM DEATH ROW.
THEY ALL KNOW THEIR NUMBER.
JOHN THOMPSON IS NUMBER
108.
FOR THE EXECUTION, YOU
CAN SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
GATHERING OUTSIDE THE GATE
OF THE PRISON, LIGHTING
CANDLES.
Reporter: THOMPSON'S
DEATH-ROW TALE BEGINS IN
1984, FOLLOWING THE ROBBERY
AND MURDER OF A NEW ORLEANS
HOTEL EXECUTIVE.
IT WAS SORT OF EASY TO
PIN THIS ON HIM.
Reporter: RONALD GOCHE
CHRONICLES THE CASE IN HIS
BOOK, "KILLING TIME."
THE MURDER RATE WAS
SKYROCKETING AT THAT TIME.
HE WAS A WEALTHY FAMILY, A
HOTEL EXECUTIVE, SO IT WAS A
HIGH-PROFILE CASE FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING.
> SO THE PRESSURE WAS ON
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE TO GET THIS CASE
SOLVED.
Reporter: THEY ARREST A
MAN WHO POINTS THE FINGER AT
THOMPSON.
FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE
FATHER OF TWO SITS IN JAIL,
FACING DEATH.
HE TELLS YOU HOW THEY'RE
GOING TO KILL, AND I WASN'T
READY FOR WHAT WAS AHEAD OF
ME.
Reporter: HE SPENT THE
FIRST FOUR YEARS HERE, AT
THE ORLEANS PRISON.
AND THEN THEY TRANSFERRED
HIM TO THE LOUISIANA STATE
PENITENTIARY.
HE ARRIVED AT HIS CELL TO
FIND THE CLOTHES OF THE MAN
WHO WAS JUST EXECUTED
INSIDE.
THAT MAN WAS EXECUTED
LAST NIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET EVERYTHING
OUT OF HERE.
THEY WAS LAUGHING AT ME.
THEY SAID, YOU BETTER GET
USED TO THAT, BROTHER.
Reporter: NOT MUCH
LAUGHTER HAPPENED DURING HIS
FOLLOWING 14 YEARS OF
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
HE HAD SEVEN STAYS OF
EXECUTION.
HE HAD THE DEATH WARRANT A
BROUGHT TO HIS CELL.
HE WAS PREPARED FOR HIS
EXECUTION SEVEN TIMES.
IT IS NOT ABOUT IF YOU
DID IT OR NOT NO MORE.
IT IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT, IF
YOU'RE INNOCENT OR NOT.
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO
KILL YOU.
YOU'VE GOT ONE COMMON GOAL,
TO TRY TO STAY ALIVE BY ANY
MEANS NECESSARY.
Reporter: THAT INCLUDED
FINDING TWO HIGH-POWERED
ATTORNEYS TO TAKE HIS CASE.
BY 2003, THEY HAD EXHAUSTED
EVERY APPEAL.
MY SON WAS GRADUATING MAY
21st.
SO THE NEXT DAY I WAS
EXECUTED, MY SON WAS GOING
TO GRADUATE.
Reporter: THEN BEFORE
THOMPSON COULD BE EXECUTED,
A DEATH-BED CONFESSION FROM
THE ORIGINAL PROSECUTOR LED
INVESTIGATORS TO UNCOVERED
EVIDENCE, BLOOD TEST
RESULTS, TESTIMONIES, AND
CONFLICTING EYE WITNESS
ACCOUNTS.
HE WAS ACTUALLY RETRIED.
IT TOOK THE JURY LESS THAN
35 MINUTES TO ACQUIT HIM OF
THE MURDER, SO JOHN WAS
FREED.
JOHN THOMPSON WAS
RELEASED AFTER SPENDING
NEARLY ALL OF THAT TIME ON
DEATH ROW.
Reporter: BUT THOMPSON
WOULDN'T BE ALONE.
THE CASES OF SEVEN OTHER
INMATES ON DEATH ROW SAW
THEIR CONVICTIONS EVENTUALLY
OVERTURNED AS WELL.
JOHN WAS ON DEATH ROW FOR
10 YEARS.
10 YEARS LATER, A
60-YEAR-OLD BLACK MALE FROM
NEW ORLEANS WAS CONVICTED OF
MURDER AND PLACED NEXT TO
JOHN THOMPSON.
AND THE FIRST THING HE SAID
TO JOHN WAS I DIDN'T COMMIT
THIS MURDER.
Reporter: HE STARTED
RAY, RESURRECTION AFTER EN
I INCARCERATION.
AND HE PULLED THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THEIR
CAUSE.
I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE BIG DREAMS, WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOVE AND
COMPASSION.
Reporter: RAI'S WALLS
ARE LINED WITH THE FACES OF
THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED THAT
COMPASSION.
SCON
I BELIEVE WHAT MY FATHER
TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
THAT THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU
FREE.
BUT IN LOUISIANA, IT IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
YOU SWEAT HERE.
Reporter: DERRICK
JAMIESON, NUMBER 119, LOST
20 YEARS
OF HIS FREEDOM.
THE DAY I CAME HOME FROM
DEATH ROW,
YOU
KNOW HOW KIDS
FEEL THE
DAY BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.
IF I COULD BOTTLE THAT
FEELING AND I COULD SELL IT,
I WOULD BE A BILLIONAIRE.
Reporter: THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM DEALT TOM JOHNSON ONE
BLOW, THE JURY AWARDED HIM
$14 MILLION, AND A DIVIDED
U.S. SUPREME COURT REVERSED
THAT RULING IN 2011.
SAYING WHILE PROSECUTORS
ADMITTEDLY FAILED TO CARRY
OUT JUSTICE, THE D.A. WASN'T
ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE.
I THINK WHAT GOD ALLOWED
ME TO DO SO FAR WITH MY
FREEDOM, AND THE HELP HE
ALLOWED ME TO PROVIDE FOR
OTHERS.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T COMPLAIN,
YOU KNOW.
Reporter: HE IS NOW
HAPPILY MARRIED.
TOGETHER HE AND HIS WIFE
HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN AND 12
GRANDCHILDREN.
HE OFTEN JOKES, THE
PROSECUTION MAY REST, BUT HE
WON'T UNTIL HIS WORK IS NO
LONGER NEEDED.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS,
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
Pat: GOOD WORK,
EPHRAIM.
JUSTICE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE
DON'T WANT THE GUILTY TO BE
EXONERATED OR ACQUITTED, BUT
WE DON'T WANT THE INNOCENT
TO BE CONVICTED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE MUST BEND
ON THE SIDE OF COMPASSION.
AND RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS.
IN THIS CASE, AS I
UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS
SAYING IS THE PROSECUTOR WAS
ON DEATH BED AND CONFESSED.
IT WAS THE PROSECUTOR.
AS I HEARD THE STORY --
Kristi: YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH.
Pat: ANY -- FOR COPS TO
PLANT EVIDENCE AND
PROSECUTORS TO HAVE A PHONY
CASE AGAINST SOME INNOCENT
PERSON JUST TO GET A
CONVICTION, IT'S BRUTAL.
IT'S CRUEL.
THIS IS A HUMAN BEING.
Kristi: IT PROBABLY
HAPPENS MORE THAN WE THINK.
Pat: SURE IT DOES.
Kristi: COMING UP, A
WIFE'S WORST FEARS ARE
CONFIRMED, HER HUSBAND IS
LOST AT SEA.
IT WAS HOT.
RIGHT ON THE TOP OF YOUR
HEAD.
THE WATER IS COLD.
YOU'RE GETTING DEHYDRATED,
GETTING JELLYFISH STUNG.
AND, OF COURSE, THE
SWIMMING -- THE SWIMMING
WOULD ALMOST KILL YOU.
Kristi: JUST WAIT UNTIL
DARK, AND THE SITUATION GETS
WORSE.
WATCH WHAT THIS MAN AND SIX
OTHERS HAD TO ENDURE DURING
20 HOURS AT SEA.
Kristi: THIS IS DAY
THREE OF OUR 51 DAYS OF
PRAYING FOR AMERICA.
IF YOU HAVEN'T MAILED IN
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS YET,
THERE IS STILL TIME.
Pat: 33,000 PEOPLE SO
FAR.
Kristi: WOW!
WELL, WE WANT MORE.
Pat: WE'LL GET SEVERAL
HUNDRED THOUSANDS BEFORE IT
IS FINISHED.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS NATION.
AND, FOLKS, WE NEED THE
POWER OF GOD IN AMERICA.
WE NEED GOD'S POWER.
WE NEED THE ANGELS, THE
ANGELIC HOSTS SURROUNDING
US.
AND WE WANT TO ASK GOD RIGHT
NOW.
YOU'VE GOT SOME --
Kristi: OUT OF THE
33,000, I HAVE A HANDFUL.
PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR
RIGHTEOUS LEADERS, FOR RAIN
TO END DROUGHT, AND THE RAIN
OF A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING,
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE
POURED OUT OVER OUR LAND AND
BRING REVIVAL.
THIS IS A GOOD ONE, RETURN
PRAYERS AND THE 10
COMMANDMENTS IN THE SCHOOLS
AND THE WORKPLACE.
Pat: FATHER, KRISTI AND
I ARE JOINING HANDS AND
WE'RE BELIEVING YOU NOW,
LORD, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR
THIS LAND, THAT YOU MAY COME
DOWN AND VISIT AMERICA.
BRING US TO A STATE OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS WHERE YOUR
BLESSINGS CAN FLOW.
WE CONFESS OUR SINS.
WE'RE A SINFUL PEOPLE.
WE HAVE GONE AWAY FROM YOUR
COVENANT.
WE HAVE BROKEN YOUR
COVENANT.
BUT WE BELIEVE GOD RIGHT
NOW.
LET YOUR ANOINTING FLOW UPON
US.
IN JESUS' NAME, MAY WE SEE
ANGELIC HOSTS SURROUND US
HERE AT CBN, SURROUND OUR
PARTNERS AND THEIR HOMES,
AND MAY ANGELS VISIT YOUR
PEOPLE AND GIVE US
PROTECTION AND BLESSING.
THANK YOU, LORD, IN JESUS'
NAME.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
Pat: AND AMEN.
KRISTI?
Kristi: WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO REMIND YOU, IF
YOU WANT TO JOIN US,
REMEMBER YOU CAN CALL
1-800-759-0700.
THIS WEEK IS ALSO SEVEN DAYS
ABLAZE HERE AT CBN.
AT NOON EVERY DAY WE COME
TOGETHER AS A STAFF TO PRAY
FOR THE PERSONAL REQUESTS OF
OUR PARTNERS.
YESTERDAY DR. HARRY JACKSON
WAS OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
HE WAS PHENOMENAL.
TAKE A LOOK.
WE'VE GOT TO GET GOD TO
RISE IN AMERICA.
WE'VE GOT TO GET GOD TO RISE
AND YOUR HOUSE AND IN MY
HOUSE.
WE'VE GOT TO GET GOD TO RISE
IN OUR CHURCHES.
I BELIEVE HE IS WAITING TO
ENTER IN, BUT HE NEEDS HIS
CHURCH TO STAND UP, THE TRUE
CHURCH.
HE NEEDS HIS TRUE CHURCH TO
BEGIN TO IDENTIFY WITH WHO
SHE IS.
LORD JESUS, WE COME IN
FAITH TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR
MERCIES TO US.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MOVE
MIGHTLY ON BEHALF OF THESE
NEEDS.
PERSONALLY, FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE E-MAILED AND
CALLED.
ANDLIESAND ALSO, LORD, FOR
THE NEEDS OF OUR NATION.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
Kristi: I LOVE THIS
TIME WHEN WE'RE PRAYING FOR
AMERICA AND PRAYING FOR OUR
PARTNERS.
IT IS EXCITING.
Pat: WE'RE COMING UP IN
A VERY IMPORTANT ERA FOR OUR
NATION.
KRISTI, ALL OVER THE WORLD
THERE IS A FINANCIAL CHAOS
TAKING PLACE.
EUROPE IS IN CHAOS.
RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE GETTING
IN TROUBLE.
SOUTH AMERICA IS IN
TROUBLE.
AND WE, ESPECIALLY IN
AMERICA, WE'RE $16 TRILLION
IN DEBT.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE HAVE
ANY CONCEPTION OF HOW DEEPLY
WE HAVE DUG A HOLE AND HOW
BAD IT IS.
WE'VE GOT TO PRAY.
WE'VE GOT TO SEE GOD TOUCH
US.
BUT THE PEOPLE AREN'T
CONCERNED.
THEY JUST DON'T SEEM TO HAVE
GRASPED THE REALITY OF WHAT
IS GOING ON.
AROUND THE WORLD, ALL OF
THESE CRAZY MUSLIMS ARE
ATTACKING OUR EMBASSIES.
AND AFGHAN SOLDIERS ARE
KILLING OUR TROOPS.
IT'S BAD.
ANYHOW, JESUS IS ON THE
THRONE.
AND WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE
WORLD, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD
HAVE BECOME THE KINGDOM OF
OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST.
AND HE WILL REIGN FOREVER
AND EVER AND EVER.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE AN
AMAZING STORY OF ANSWERED
PRAYER.
THIS IS A RESCUE AT SEA.
BY AN ANGEL.
WE PRAYED FOR EARCHL ANGELS
EARLIER.
THE DAY BEGAN WITH PERFECT
WEATHER AS REX AND HIS
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TOOK OFF
FISHING.
WHEN IT GOT DARK, HIS WIFE,
KASHA, KNEW THEY WERE IN
SERIOUS TROUBLE.
SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.
I SAID, THEY SHOULD BE
GETTING BACK.
MOM SAID, NO, THEY'RE GOING
TO FISH UNTIL DARK.
AND I SAID NO, REX TOLD ME
HE WOULD BE IN BY 6:00.
KEISHA WILLAMIN WAS
WORRIED.
HER HUSBAND, REX, AND SIX
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS LEFT
THAT MORNING FOR A DAY OF
FISHING OFF THE COAST OF
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
NOW IT WAS LATE, AND THEY
HADN'T RETURNED.
THAT'S BECAUSE 12 HOURS
EARLIER, THEY RAN INTO
TROUBLE.
THE NEXT THING I KNOW,
ONE ENGINE HIC CUPPE HICCUP
CUT ITSELF OFF.
CLACK, CLACK, CLACK.
THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
MIND, I'VE GOT TO START
PRAYING.
THREE FOOT OF WATER IN THE
BOTTOM OF A BOAT, THERE IS
NO STOPPING IT.
Reporter: REX PUT OUT A
MAYDAY CALL, AND THEN
MINUTES LATER, THE BOAT WENT
DOWN 20 MILES FROM SHORE.
THE ONLY THING ABOVE WATER
WAS THE BOW, WHICH THE MEN
AND THREE BOYS USED TO STAY
AFLOAT.
IN JUST A SHORT TIME, THE
ELEMENTS STARTED TAKING A
TOLL.
THE GROUP WAS ALSO EXHAUSTED
FROM SWIMMING BECAUSE TWICE
THE CURRENT PULLED THEM FROM
THE BOAT.
IT WAS HOT.
RIGHT ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD,
THE WATER WAS COLD.
YOU'RE GETTING DEHYDRATED,
GETTING JELLYFISH STUNG.
OF COURSE THE SWIMMING --
THE SWIMMING JUST -- IT
WOULD ALMOST KILL YOU, JUST
TRYING TO STAY UP WITH THE
BOAT.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
THE COAST GUARD HAD BEGUN
THEIR SEARCH.
BUT THE MAY DAY REX PUT OUT
WAS CUT SHORT, AND THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR THE BOAT TWO
MILES OFFSHORE, 1 18 MILES
FROM WHERE THE BOAT WENT
DOWN.
THEY SAW NO SIGN OF REX AND
THE OTHERS AND CALLED OFF
THE SEARCH.
AS THE FINAL HOURS OF
DAYLIGHT CAME TO AN END, THE
GROUP FACED MORE
CHALLENGES.
WHEN IT FIRST STARTED
GETTING DARK DARK, I
WAS, LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO
SPEND THE NIGHT OUT HERE.
I COULD FEEL THE SHARKS.
I WAS EITHER KICKING THEM,
OR THEY WERE HITTING ME.
ONE OF THE TWO.
Reporter: REX AND HIS
BROTHER-IN-LAW WERE THE ONLY
ONES WHO SAW THE SHARKS, BUT
DIDN'T TELL THE OTHERS.
THANKFULLY, THE SHARKS
DIDN'T STICK AROUND.
AT HOME, REX'S WIFE, KEISHA,
CALLED THE COAST GUARD.
THEY TOLD HER ABOUT THE
SEARCH EARLIER IN THE DAY,
AND ASKED HER TO GO TO THE
MANNE MARINA TO SEE IF THE
BOAT WAS THERE.
WHEN SHE SAW THE SLIP WAS
EMPTY, SHE REPORTED IT TO
THE COAST GUARD.
THEN SHE TOOK OUT HER BIBLE
AND BEGAN TO PRAY.
IT WAS JAMES 1: 6, ASKING
FOR FAITH, NOTHING
WAVERING.
FOR HE THAT WAIVERS IS LIKE
A WAVE OF THE SEA, DRIVEN
WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED.
IT WAS LIKE GOD WAS TELLING
ME, YOU PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME
AND I'LL GET YOU THROUGH
ANYTHING.
Reporter: WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM
KEISHA, THE COAST GUARD
RESUMED THEIR SEARCH.
BUT TIME WAS RUNNING OUT.
THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED,
AND NOW THEY FACED THE
THREAT OF HYPOTHERMIA.
ALL NIGHT LONG WE WERE IN
THE WATER.
IT WAS SO COLD WE WERE
SHIVERING.
OUR TEETH WERE CHATTERING
CONTINUOUSLY.
YOU KNOW, THERE AIN'T
NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
WE WOULD WRAP OUR LEGS
AROUND EACH OTHER UNDER
WATER AND HUDDLED UP AS
TIGHT AS WE COULD GET.
BUT, I MEAN, IT STILL WAS
COLD.
Reporter: FRIENDS AND
FAMILY PRAYED THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
THE STRANDED GROUP ALSO
PRAYED AS THEY WATCHED COAST
GUARD CHOPPERS SEARCH THE
DARK WATERS.
AT HOME, THE WOMEN KNEW
THEIR PRAYERS HAD BEEN
ANSWERED.
AND MY MOM LOOKED AT ME
AND SAID WE BETTER GO GET
READY.
AND I SAID, YEAH, THEY'RE
GOING TO BE CALLING.
Reporter: AND THEN JUST
BEFORE SUNRISE, A SPOTLIGHT
BROKE THE DARKNESS.
[YELLING]
Reporter: AFTER 20
HOURS AT SEA, THE MEN WERE
RESCUED.
WE MADE IT!
WHEN THEY TURNED AROUND
AND PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON US,
WE WERE -- OH, IT WAS SUNDAY
MORNING.
Reporter: EVERYONE WAS
BROUGHT TO SAFETY AND
TREATED FOR DEHYDRATION AND
SUNBURN.
RECENTLY THE FAMILY CAME
TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE
EVENTS OF THAT WEEKEND.
BUT ONE MYSTERY MAINS, HOW
DID THAT 38 CABIN CRUISER
STAY AFLOAT FOR 20 HOURS IN
THE WATER?
REX BELIEVES THERE IS ONE
ANSWER.
THERE WAS AN ANGEL
SITTING UNDERNEATH THE
BOAT.
NO QUESTION.
WHEN THEY WENT TO PULL THE
BOAT BACK IN, THEY HOOKED TO
IT WITH THE LINE AND IT
SANK.
IT WAS THERE FOR THE TIME
GOD NEEDED IT.
Pat: AN ANGEL KEPT IT
AFLOAT.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU.
THIS SAYS MY LEG NEEDS TO
GET HEALED WHERE CANCER WAS
REMOVED.
I NEED TO BE HEALED OF
NEUROPATHY SO I CAN WALK.
MY HUSBAND SHALL RETURN TO
THE LORD.
SALVATION FOR TWO SONS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL PRAYING
FOR AMERICA, AND I HAVE ON
THIS TABLE IN FRONT OF ME
ALL OF THESE PRAYER
REQUESTS.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS.
Kristi: AND THEY
CONTINUE TO COME IN MORE AND
MORE.
I HAVE ONE FROM A PERSON WHO
WANTS TO BE HEALED FROM
BIPOLAR DISEASE.
AND ONE TO CATCH UP ON THE
FINANCES.
AND A MARRIAGE RESTORATION.
AND ONE MORE, FREE FROM
ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES.
Pat: LET'S LAY HANDS ON
ALL THIS PILE OF STUFF, ALL
OF THESE PEOPLE.
FATHER, WE SYMBOLICLY TOUCH
THESE REQUESTS.
AND WE COME TO YOU AND WE
SAY, LORD, DO IT.
LORD, ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH YOU.
LORD, JUST AS THAT ANGEL
CAME AND LIFTED THAT BOAT TO
KEEP IT FROM SINKING, WE
PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU MAY
LIFT THESE PEOPLE, WHEREVER
THEY ARE.
AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD
SURROUND CBN WITH YOUR
ANGELIC POWER.
WE CRY OUT FOR ANGELIC POWER
ALL AROUND THIS MINISTRY.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW, TOUCH
THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
SOMEBODY HAS A CANCEROUS
LESION IN YOUR THROAT.
YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN WHAT IT
IS, BUT IT IS CANCER, AND
RIGHT NOW YOU'LL FEEL A
BURNING, AND GOD JUST
TOUCHED YOU IN THE NAME OF
JESUS.
Kristi: THERE IS A
PARENT, YOU'RE PRAYING FOR
YOUR CHILD.
YOU JUST CAME BACK FROM THE
DOCTOR AND YOU RECEIVED A
GRIM DIAGNOSIS REGARDING A
HEALTH ISSUE.
THE LORD IS RESTORING AND
HEALING THAT CHILD BECAUSE
THAT CHILD WAS PROMISED TO
YOU, AND THAT CHILD WILL
WALK FORWARD IN THAT
PROMISE.
Pat: AND, LORD, FOR
AMERICA -- ONCE AGAIN WE
PRAY FOR AMERICA.
WE DON'T DESERVE IT, LORD.
WE HAVE BROKEN YOUR
COVENANT.
WE HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE
VOWS OF OUR EARLY
FOREFATHERS, BUT WE PRAY
NOW, LORD, THAT YOU MAY
BRING THIS NATION TO
YOURSELF.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
MIRACLES!
AMEN.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, PLEASE
CALL AND LET US KNOW WHAT
YOUR NEEDS ARE.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
PRAISE GOD.
GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS.
Kristi: HE DOES ANSWER
PRAYERS.
I WAS JUST READING IN JOHN
THIS MORNING ABOUT THE
FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
IF WE BELIEVE IN HIM, WE CAN
OVERCOME ANYTHING.
STILL AHEAD, MORE PROOF OF
THE POWER OF PRAYER THROUGH
MIRACLES IN AMERICA'S
HISTORY.
SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN OUR
NATION'S LEADERS TURNED TO
GOD IN THE TIME OF CRISIS.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
FILES SUIT OVER THE BIRTH
CONTROL MANDATE IN PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE LAW.
THE COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS IN
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI, SAYS
PROVIDING CONTRACEPTION
COVERAGE IN ITS HEALTH PLANS
VIOLATES ITS RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
OTHER COLLEGES HAVE ALSO
FILED LAWSUITS AGAIN THE
OBAMACARE MANDATE.
LAWMAKERS IN AUSTRALIA
REJECTED A BILL THAT WOULD
HAVE LEGALIZED GAY
MARRIAGE.
PARLIAMENT DEFEATED THE BILL
98-42.
MARRIAGE IN AUSTRALIA IS
DEFINED AS A UNION BETWEEN A
MAN AND A WOMAN.
THE MEASURE IS THE FIRST OF
FOUR ATTEMPTS TO LIFT THE
COUNTRY'S BAN ON SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE, BUT OBSERVERS SAY
OTHER PRO-GAY MARRIAGE BILLS
HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF
PASSING.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND KRISTI
WILL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
Pat: THIS IS A SPECIAL
TIME OF PRAYER FOR THIS
NATION.
WE NEED TO UPHOLD THIS
NATION IN PRAYER.
IT IS TIME TO GET REAL, GET
SERIOUS.
AMERICA HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF TURNING TO GOD IN PRAYER
DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, AND
MIRACLES HAVE FOLLOWED.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT
SOME OF THE AMAZING ANSWERS
TO PRAYER.
Reporter: WHEN GEORGE
WASHINGTON AND HIS TROOPS
WERE OUTNUMBERED ANDñ
CORNERED BY THE BRITISH, IT
SEEMED LIKE AMERICA WOULD
LOSE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
THEN GOD ANSWERED PRAYER.
DURING THE WAR OF 1812,
JAMES MADISON PROCLAIMED A
DAY OF PRAYER.
WHEN BRITISH TROOPS BURNED
THE WHITE HOUSE AND OTHER
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GOD
MOVED.
IN 1863, DURING THE CIVIL
WAR, PRESIDENT LINCOLN
DECLARED A NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER AND FASTING.
TWO DAYS LATER, BULLETS WERE
FIRED THAT CHANGED THE
COURSE OF HISTORY.
WILLIAM FETTERER HAS
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
REVEALING AMERICA'S
HISTORY.
HE SAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
OUR NATION WAS MOVED WHEN
LEADERS PRAYED.
Pat: THIS WIFE HAS PUT
TOGETHER A BOOK CALLED
"MIRACLES IN AMERICAN
HISTORY."
IT IS TREMENDOUS DUS.
.
IT HAS PICTUR PICTORIAL,
ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
THIS IS SUSIE FETTERER,
ADOPTED FROM HIS "AMERICAN
MINUTE."
IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH
US.
GREAT TO BE HERE, PAT.
Pat: HE HAS EXPERIENCED
SOME EXTRAORDINARY
MIRACLES.
TELL US A FEW OF THEM,
ANSWERS TO PRAYER, WHERE GOD
CLEARLY INTERVENED.
IN 1786, THE FRENCH HAD
LAUGHED NOVA SCOTIA TO THE
BRITISH AND THEY WANTED IT
BACK.
SO THEY SENT THE LARGEST
FLEET OF THE DAY.
13,000 TROOPS, AND THEY WERE
GOING TO DESTROY EVERY
BRITISH COLONY FROM NOVA
SCOTIA TO BOSTON, ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO THE WEST
INDIES.
AND THE GOVERNOR OF
MASSACHUSETTS, WILLIAM
SHIRLEY, DECLARES A DAY OF
FASTING AND PRAYER.
AND THEY MEET IN THE OLD
SOUTH MEETING HOUSE, AND
THEIR PASTOR, THOMAS PRINCE
PRAYS, SEND THY TEMPEST.
LIGHTNING HITS GUN POWDER,
AND MAGAZINES BLOWS THEM
UP.
THEY'RE SCATTERED ALL THE
WAY FROM CARRIBEAN FROM
CANADA.
2,000 DIE, AND 4,000 ARE
SICK WITH TYPHOID.
WHAT IS LEFT IS CRIPPLED.
THE VICE ADMIRAL IS SO
DISTRAUGHT, HE THROWS
HIMSELF ON HIS SWORD.
HE SORT OF MISSES AND IT
TAKES HIM THREE DAYS TO
DIE.
AND HENRY LONGFELLOW WROTE A
POEM.
IT IS CALLED "THE BATTLE OF
THE FRENCH FLEET."
HE SAID ADMIRAL, SWORN BY
CROSS AND CROWN, OUR HELP
HELPLESS BOSTON TOWN.
LIKE A POTTER'S VESSEL
BROKE, THE GREAT SHIPS WERE
CARRIED AWAY ON THE RINE."
Pat: WASHINGTON WAS
SACKED, THE WAR OF 1812.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THERE WAS EXTRAORDINARY
INTERVENTION.
IT WAS.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
NAPOLEON WAS FINALLY
DEFEATED.
AND THEY COULD TAKE THE FULL
FLEET AND THEY SENT THEM TO
NEW ORLEANS AND TO OUR
CAPITAL.
JAMES MADISON HAS ANOTHER
DAY OF PRAYER, AND ANOTHER
DAY OF PRAYER.
AND THIS ADMIRAL, GEORGE
COCBURN, IS COMING INTO
WASHINGTON, AND COCBURN GOES
INTO OUR WHITE HOUSE AND
SEES THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE
DINNER.
HE SITS DOWN, HAS DINNER,
AND THEN TORCHES THE PLACE.
AND THEN HE GOES TO OUR U.S.
CAPITAL, AND THEY HAVE A
MOCK CONGRESS, AND THEY GO,
WHO VOTES TO BURN OUR
CAPITAL, AND THEY ALL SAY
YEA.
THE SKIES BEGIN TO DARKEN
AND PICK UP, AND LO AND
BEHOLD THERE IS NEARLY A
HURRICANE.
IT KNOCKS OFF ROOFS AND
CHIMNEYS AND BRICKS, AND
SLAPS HORSE AND RIDER TO THE
GROUND.
AND THE ADMIRAL COCBURN
EXPLAINS TO THE LADY, GREAT
GOD, IS THIS THE TYPE OF
WEATHER YOU'RE USED TO.
AND SHE SAYS, NO, THIS IS A
SPECIAL INTERVENTION FROM
PROVINCE TO DRIVE THEM FROM
THE CITY.
ONE BRITISH HISTORIAN SAYS
MORE BRITISH SOLDIERS CAN
KILLED BY THE STROKE OF
NATURE THAN ALL OF THE ARMS
THEY COULD MUSTER IN THE
FEEBLE DEFENSE OF THEIR
CAPITAL.
OF COURSE, THE BRITISH GO TO
BALTIMORE RIGHT AFTER THAT,
THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN
AMERICA, AND THEY POUND AWAY
WITH 1800 CANNON BALLS ALL
NIGHT LONG.
BUT THAT STORM SYSTEM HAD
MOVED AND IT WAS THUNDERING
AND RAINING SO BAD, IT
SOFTENS UP THE MUD, AND MOST
OF THE 1800 CANNON BALLS
SINK IN THE MUD.
AND SO HE LOOKS UP AND
WRITES THE "STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER".
Pat: AND LINCOLN CALLED
FOR PRAYER TROSE.
YES.
LINCOLN HAD A DAY OF FASTING
AND PRAYER TO GO INTO EFFECT
APRIL 30th, 1863.
HE SAYS WE HAD FORGOTTEN
GOD.
AND HE IMAGINED THAT ALL OF
THESE BLESSINGS WERE
PRODUCED BY SOME SUPERIOR TO
OUR OWN.
AND WE HAVE BECOME TOO PROUD
TO PRAY TO THE GOD THAT MADE
US.
HE CALLS FOR PRAY, 1863, AND
TWO DAYS LATER, A FREAK
ACCIDENT.
HERE THE BEST GENERAL THE
SOUTH HAD, STONEWALL
JACKSON.
AND EVERY STORY SAYS IF HE
HAD BEEN AT GETTYSBURG TWO
MONTHS LATER, THE SOUTH
WOULD HAVE WON.
BUT HERE HE IS COMING BACK
AND IT IS TWILIGHT, AND HIS
OWN MEN SHOOT HIM, TWICE IN
THE ARM, AND ONCE IN THE
HAND.
HE GETS MINGLED AND THEY
HAVE TO AMPUTATE HIS HAND.
AND HE WAS A GODLY MAN.
AND HE HAD A BIBLE SCHOOL
CLASS AND HE HAD
AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT --
Pat: AND HIS ARM WAS
RAISED TO HEAVEN IN PRAYER.
SO WE HAVE TO REALIZE
THERE IS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
GOD.
GOD TURNS THE COURSE OF
NATIONS WHEN WE PRAY.
SO WE HAVE TO REST IN HIS
WILL.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME
FOR OUR NATION.
WE ARE FACING CRISES.
MY WIFE, SUSIE, SAYS WE NEED
TO REMIND OURSELVES WE MADE
IT THROUGH CRISES IN THE
PAST --
Pat: HOW DO YOU TELL
PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THIS?
THE FIRST THING IS
REPENT.
ISRAEL WENT INTO THE
PROMISED LAND AND WAS
BLESSED, AND THEY BEGAN TO
BACK SLIDE, AND PROPHETS
TOLD THEM TO REPENT.
SAMUEL AND ELIJAH DID NOT
REPENT AND JUDGMENT CAME.
AND THEY WERE OVERRUN.
AND THEN THEY CRIED OUT TO
GOD, AND GOD, IN HIS MERCY,
SENT A DELIVERER.
AMERICA MADE A COVENANT WITH
GOD.
THE DECLARATION SAYS, "TO
THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE
WORLD."
THEN AMERICA BEGAN TO BACK
SLIDE.
HOW?
SLAVERY.
ONE GROUP PROFITED OVER THE
SWEAT OF ANOTHER.
DID WE REPENT?
NO, AND THEN JUDGMENT CAME.
THEN WE REPENTED, AND
LINCOLN HAD A DAY OF FASTING
AND PRAYER.
AND HE PUT "IN GOD WE TRUST"
ON OUR COINS.
THAT WAS THE LAST BILL HE
PUT INTO LAW BEFORE HE WAS
SHOT.
I ASKED PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE WE
DONE SINCE 9/11.
WE WENT TO CHURCH FOR TWO
WEEKS AND THEN WE WENT BACK
TO SHOPPING.
IF YOU WERE GOD, DO YOU
THINK WE REPENTED ENOUGH TO
TURN THIS NATION AROUND.
THERE WAS A CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
IN 1849, AND THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS DIED.
WHEN THE BRITISH TOOK OVER
INDIA, WITH STEAMBOATS AND
RAILROADS, PEOPLE WITH THE
DISEASE WENT BACK TO
EUROPE.
TENS OF MILLIONS DIED.
IN ST. LOUIS THEY HAD OPEN
GRAVES.
THE OREGON TRAIL, 12,000
DIED OF CHOLERA.
SO ZACHARY TAYLOR, 1849,
DECLARES A DAY OF FASTING
AND PRAYER.
HERE IS OUR PRESIDENT
DECLARING A DAY OF FASTING
AND PRAYER.
IN AUGUST, BY THE END OF THE
MONTH, THE DEATH RATES DROP
OFF.
HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE THESE
CRISES AND OUR LEADERS
TURNED IN PRAYER.
DURING WORLD WAR II, F.D.R.
HAD A DAY OF PRAYER.
HE PASSED OUT GIDEON'S NEW
TESTAMENT AND BOOK OF PSALMS
TO THE SOLDIERS.
EVEN NIXON, WHEN APOLLO 13
WAS LOST IN SPACE, HE HAD A
DAY OF PRAYER, FOR THE
NATION TO PRAY FOR OUR
ASTRONAUTS.
IN OUR TIMES OF CRISIS, WE
TURNED TO THE LORD.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT
BECAUSE AS YOU ARE SO AWARE,
WE'RE FACING FINANCIAL
CRISES, AND ISLAMIC
TERRORIST CRISES.
THIS MAY BE THE LAST CHANCE
WE HAVE TO TURN THIS SHIP
AROUND.
Pat: BILL, I THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
THIS BOOK, HOW DO THEY GET
IT?
"MIRACLES IN AMERICAN
HISTORY," AND THE WEBSITE
IS AMERICANMINUTE.COM.
Pat: BILL IS A
FASCINATING GUY.
YOU COULD LISTEN TO HIM FOR
HOURS, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR COUNTRY.
BUT THIS IS REAL.
THIS MAY BE AS BAD AS THIS
COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED IN
THE LAST 50 YEARS OR MORE.
WE NEED TO LAY HOLD OF GOD
LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
BILL FEDERER.
KRISTI, WHAT IS NEXT?
Kristi: COMING UP,
WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT ON
WITH YOUR E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
SARAH WANTS TO KNOW
THIS, "WHEN WE GO TO GOD TO
SAVE US, WE MUST REPENT
BEFORE FORGIVENESS.
SHOULDN'T THAT BE THE SAME
FOR OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
DON'T THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR
FORGIVENESS?
DON'T THEY HAVE TO DO THAT
BEFORE WE TURN IT AROUND?"
WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER SARAH
QUESTION AND MORE, SO DON'T
GO AWAY.
Kristi: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
I MUST ADMIT, I'M SLIGHTLY
OUT OF BREATH -- I SHOULDN'T
BE, BUT RUNNING BACK FROM
THE CONTROL ROOM HERE --
Pat: YOU NEED TO WEAR
TRACK SHOES.
Kristi: SARAH BEGINS US
OFF, "WHEN WE GO TO GOD TO
SAVE US, WE MUST REPENT
BEFORE WE GET FORGIVENESS.
SHOULDN'T THAT ALSO BE THE
CASE FOR OUR FRIENDS AND
FAMILY WHEN THEY HURT US.
DON'T THEY HAVE TO ASK FIRST
AND TURN THEIR BEHAVIOR
AROUND BEFORE WE FORGIVE
THEM?"
Pat: WELL, YES AND NO.
I THINK THE BIBLE SAYS IF
THEY ASK FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS, YOU FORGIVE.
BUT I BELIEVE IF HOLD A
GRUDGE IN OUR HEART, IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE
OTHER GUY HAS DONE, IT IS
GOING TO BLOCK THE POWER OF
GOD.
YOU NEED TO HAVE A FORGIVING
SPIRIT REGARDLESS OF WHAT
THEY'VE DONE TO YOU.
WHETHER THEY ASK YOU OR
DON'T ASK YOU, YOU NEED TO
FORGIVE THEM.
IF YOU WANT GOD'S POWER
OPERATING IN YOUR LIFE, YOU
NEED TO HAVE A FORGIVING
HEART TOWARDS THOSE WHO
OFFENDED YOU, REGARDLESS.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING, IF
YOU HAVE OUGHT AGAINST ANY,
FORGIVE.
THEY DIDN'T SAY IF THEY
ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS.
Kristi: SHE WRITES,
"HOW DO YOU RECOVER FROM THE
EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AFTER
SEXUAL PROBLEMS."
Pat: YOU FORGIVE
YOURSELF.
LOOK AT MARY MAGDALENE.
SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE, AND I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SEXUAL
ADVENTURES SHE HAD, BUT SHE
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING
JESUS ON THE DAY OF HIS
RESURRECTION.
GOD FORGIVES YOU.
YOU KNOW, HE UNDERSTANDS
THAT THESE BODIES OF OURS
ARE LIKE ANIMALS.
LIKE IT OR NOT, WE POR TAKE
OF THE SAME STUFF, IF YOU
WILL, OF ANIMALS.
OUR NATURAL IN CLICLINATIONS.
GOD WILL FORGIVE IF YOU ASK
HIM.
SO ASK HIM.
GOD DOESN'T GET ANY KICK OUT
OF PUNISHING YOU.
WHAT HE WANTS YOU IS WORKING
IN HIS KINGDOM.
AND HE WANTS YOU CLEAN AND
FEELING GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF
UNDER HIM.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU
CLEANSE YOURSELF AND ASK FOR
FORGIVENESS AND HE WILL
FORGIVE YOU.
Kristi: HE WRITES
IN, "HOW DO I EXPRESS HOW
GRATEFUL I AM TO GOD.
I HAVE BEEN SO FAITHFUL, AND
I FEEL HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW TRULY GRATEFUL I AM."
Pat: NONE OF US CAN.
IF I HAD TO WRITE WITH THE
PEN, IT WOULD BE GREATER
THAN THE OCEAN.
WE NEED TO OPEN OUR HEARTS
AND LET THE SPIRIT OF GOD
FLOW THROUGH US.
Kristi: "I NEED HELP
WALKING WITH THE LORD.
I GET FIRED UP, AND THEN
IT'S LIKE I GET LAZY.
HOW DO I STAY FIRED UP IN
GOD?"
Pat: THE TRUTH IS,
THERE IS A TIME WE'RE FILLED
WITH THE SPIRIT, AND THE
BIBLE SAYS FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT THE APOSTLES DID
SOMETHING.
BUT STAY WITH THE LORD.
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY HAVE TIME WITH THE
LORD.
I BELIEVE IN HAVING QUIET
TIME EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY YOU'RE GOING TO
ASK GOD TO TALK TO YOU,
SPEAK TO YOU, AND YOU'RE
GOING TO READ HIS WORD AND
COMMUNE WITH HIM EVERY DAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ALL
FIRED UP AND GUNG-HO, BUT
YOU NEED TO HAVE QUIET
TIME.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
TOMORROW WE HAVE
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR MAX
LUCADO.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM PSALM 2:
"EASK OF ME, AND I'LL GIVE
YOU THE NATIONS UNTIL THE
END OF YOUR INHERITANCE."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
