Reporter: NIAGARA FALLS
IS MORE THAN 180 FEET HIGH,
MORE THAN 1500 FEET ACROSS,
AND HAS 600,000 GALLONS OF
WATER FLOWING THROUGH IT
EVERY SECOND.
THIS MAN WALKED ACROSS IT ON
A TIGHT ROPE.
NIK WALLENDA SHOWS US HOW IT
IS DONE ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
ONE GUYS FALLS OFF A BALLOON
AT 24 MILES IN THE AIR,
EXCEEDS THE SPEED OF SOUND
AND LIVES TO TELL ABOUT IT.
JOHNNY CASH WROTE A SONG
CALLED "I WALK THE LINE"
TODAY THIS VISION OF
LOVELINESS IS GOING TO WALK
THE WIRE.
Kristi: I AM, INCREASE
WITH NO HOPE OF ANYONE, BUT
THE MOST PROFESSIONAL MAN IN
THE WORLD.
Pat: YOU'RE ACTUALLY
GOING TO WALK THE WIRE?
Kristi: OF COURSE.
HE HELPED ME THIS MORNING.
Pat: AND IT WILL BE IN
THE AIR.
Kristi: IT'S ALL WHAT
YOU CONSIDER.
Pat: YOU'LL HAVE TO
STAY TUNED.
THAT'S COMING UP.
A FAMILY BUSINESS IN DENVER
SAYS IT IS FIGHTING FOR ITS
VERY SURVIVAL.
WHY?
IT IS FIGHTING A KEY PART OF
WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE
OBAMACARE LAW.
IT REQUIRES THEM TO PROVIDE
COVERAGE FOR DRUGS THAT
INDUCE ABORTION.
Kristi: PAT, THE
BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THEY
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT
BECAUSE IT VIOLATES THEIR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
PAUL STRAND HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: FOR DECADES,
THE NEWAN'S FAMILY HAS
PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN
THE DENVER AREA, AND THEY
HAVE TREATED WORKERS
GENEROUSLY, WITH THINGS LIKE
HEALTH COVERAGE.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO
HAVE TO PROVIDE ABORTION
PILLS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT
VIOLATE THEIR FAITH.
Reporter: THAT
CONVINCED A DENVER JUDGE
INTO TEMPORARILY STOPPING
THE GOVERNMENT FROM
ENFORCING THE H.H. MANDATE
AGAINST COMPANIES.
IT IS A PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION, AND THERE IS A
LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
Reporter: BILL RUNS HIS
FAMILY BUSINESS WITH OTHER
FAMILY MEMBERS.
ALL PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR
FAITH.
Reporter: THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION THINKS THEY
MUST SEPARATE THEMSELVES.
THEY SAID IN THE CASE,
THAT HERCULES GAVE UP OUR
RIGHT FOR FREEDOM WHEN WE
ENTERED THE MARKETPLACE.
IT IS NONE OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS
WHETHER YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN
SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN A
NON-PROFIT, WHETHER YOU'RE A
CHURCH, WHETHER YOU'RE A
CHRISTIAN TRYING TO FOLLOW
THE LORD IN YOUR MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY WORKDAY.
IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S
BUSINESS TO TELL YOU YOUR
FAITH NEEDS TO BE VIOLATED.
Reporter: SO FAR THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS
GRANTING VERY FEW RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HAVE DEFINED --
KINDLE PUBLISHERS, THAT
PUBLISH THE BIBLE, AS NOT
RELIGIOUS ENOUGH TO BE ABLE
TO EXERCISE THEIR OWN
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN REGARD
TO THE OBAMACARE MANDATE.
Reporter: IT IS A CASE
OF LIFE OR DEATH FOR
HERCULES.
WE'RE GIVEN THE CHOICE TO
COMPLY WITH THE MANDATE OR
GIVE UP OUR BUSINESS.
Reporter: THAT'S
BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE
GOVERNMENT PENALTIES THAT
CAN BE IMPOSED UNDER
OBAMACARE.
YOU CAN BE FINED $100 PER
EMPLOYEE PER DAY BY THE
GOVERNMENT, AND BE SUED
UNLESS YOU VIAL YOUR FAITH
AND YOUR CONSCIENCE.
Reporter: THE NEWMAN'S
VERY 1500 EMPLOYEES, AND THE
PENALTIES WOULD GO INTO THE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IF THEY DROP THEIR COVERAGE,
THEY STILL PAY A HEFTY FINE
TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE NUMBERS ARE
CRIPPLING.
THEY ARE NUMBERS THAT COULD,
IF IMPOSED LEGALLY, COULD
SHUT DOWN OUR BUSINESS.
Reporter: BUT THAT'S
WHAT IT HAS COME DOWN TO IN
AMERICA, AT LEAST FOR THE
FAMILY THAT RUNS HERKS
CLEASE.
IF THEY LOSE THEIR FAITH, OR
THEY CAN STOP OFFERING
HEALTH CARE TO THEIR
EMPLOYEES, OR LOSE THEIR
BUSINESS.
Pat: AND THE OBAMA CARE
IS NOT GOOD.
BUT JOSEPH BIDEN SOUNDED
LIKE IT WAS WONDERFUL.
HOW ABOUT PRIVATE
INDIVIDUALS?
WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
A JUDGE ISSUED A RESTRAINING
ORDER AGAINST OBAMACARE.
WELL, IT'S AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE THIS YEAR.
BUT THE VOTERS ARE ALSO
INTERESTED IN WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THAT DEADLY
ATTACK IN LIBYA.
LEE WEBB HAS THE STORY FROM
CBN NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
Lee: PAT, REPUBLICANS
ARE KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE
ON THE WHITE HOUSE OVER THE
TERRORIST ATTACK IN LIBYA
THAT KILLED FOUR AMERICANS,
INCLUDING THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION DID NOT
PROVIDE MORE SECURITY WHEN
U.S. OFFICIALS IN LIBYA
REQUESTED IT.
IN LAST WEEK'S DEBATE, VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAID, QUOTE,"WE DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THE SECURITY
REQUEST."
THAT ANGERED THE
REPUBLICANS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT
SOME OF THESE MATTERS WENT
INTO THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT
AT THE STATE SECURITY -- THE
SECURITY AGENCY AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, BUT IT DIDN'T
COME TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT WAS RESPONDING
TO.
Lee: MEANWHILE
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
BLAMED THE CONFUSION ON
SHIFTING INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION.
BUT THE REPUBLICANS AREN'T
BUYING THAT.
THERE WAS NO RIOT AT
ALL.
TO SAY THAT, YOU'RE EITHER
VERY INCOMPETENT OR YOU'RE
MISLEADING.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
ON THE GROUND IN LIBYA HAVE
TOLD SENATOR CORKER MYSELF
THAT WITHIN 24 HOURS, THEY
COMMUNICATED TO UP
WASHINGTON IT WAS A
TERRORIST ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT OF LIBYA, ON
THE SAME DAY, SAID IT WAS A
TERRORIST ATTACK.
Lee: DEMOCRATS ACCUSE
THEM OF TURNING THE DEATH OF
AMBASSADOR STEVENS INTO A
CAMPAIGN ISSUE.
BUT THEY SAY IT IS NOT A
CAMPAIGN ISSUE; IT'S AN
ISSUE, PERIOD.
Pat: IT IS AN
INCREDIBLE ISSUE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS COVERING
UP SOMETHING -- NOT ONLY
COVERING IT UP, BUT THEY'RE
LYING.
THEY'VE BEEN LYING FOR WEEKS
ON END, BUT THEY STILL
AREN'T COMING CLEAN ON THE
FULL FACTS.
SO, YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT IF
PRESIDENT, WOULDN'T YOU?
Kristi: OF COURSE NOT.
Pat: YOU WOULD TELL THE
FACTS LIKE IT WAS.
Kristi: THE FACTS AND
JUST THE FACTS.
Pat: LEE?
Lee: AUTHORITIES CAN
AIRLIFTED A 14-YEAR-OLD
AFGHANI GIRL TO SPECIAL
CAREER.
SHE WAS SHOT BECAUSE SHE
CRITICIZED THE ISLAMIC
GROUP.
A ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED AIR
AMBULANCE FLEW HER A
HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND.
SHE WILL NEED LONG-TERM CARE
TO RECOVER.
AMERICANS ACROSS THE LIT
POLITICAL SPECTRUM ARE
REMEMBERING ARLEN SPECTER.
HE DIED SUNDAY MORNING AFTER
A BATTLE WITH NON-HOTCH GINS
LYMPHOMA.
HE REPRESENTED PENNSYLVANIA
FOR 30 YEARS.
HE STARTED AND ENDED HIS
POLITICAL CAREER AS A
DEMOCRAT, BUT HE SPENT MOST
OF HIS TIME IN WASHINGTON AS
A REPUBLICAN.
HE LAWSUIT HIS SEAT IN 2009
AND SWITCHED TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
HE ALSO PLAYED A KEY ROLE
AND MANY U.S. SUPREME COURT
NOMINATIONS.
HE HELPED TO BLOCK THE
CONSERVATIVE ROBERT BORK,
BUT HE ALSO HELPED PUT
CLARENCE THOMAS ON THE HIGH
COURT.
A PUBLIC FUNERAL WILL BE
HELD TUESDAY IN
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
PAT, I KNOW YOU MOURN HIS
LOSS.
YOU KNEW HIM FROM YOUR DAYS
AT YALE?
Pat: VERY WELL.
HE WAS A YEAR BEHIND ME AT
YALE.
AND THEN WE BECAME FRIENDS.
THE BIG THING WAS WHEN HE
WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMISSION, AND
THE CLARENCE THOMAS HEARINGS
CAME UP, AMAZINGLY HE TOOK
THE LEAD IN ASKING
QUESTIONS.
THAT'S THE TIME I ASKED FOR
CALLS, AND WE JAMMED UP THE
SWITCH BOARD OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
WE HAD OVER 400,00,000, AS
I RECALL, THAT CAME IN IN
SUPPORT OF THOMAS.
AND ARLEN SPECTER WAS A
STANDOUT IN THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE DID
SOME REALLY SQUIRRELLY
THINGS.
ONE OF HIS CROWNING
ACHIEVEMENTS WAS THE FEDERAL
CONSTITUTION BUILDING.
THEY HAVE A MUSEUM IN
PHILADELPHIA THAT THEY
HELPED RAISE MONEY FOR.
AND HIS WIFE WAS, YOU KNOW,
STRONG IN THAT.
BUT HE WAS A VERY
INTERESTING FIGURE AND
AMAZING THAT SOMEBODY WITH
THOSE PR PRELIVITIES
SWITCHED TO BE A DEMOCRAT.
Lee: FEE FELIX
BAUMGARTNER MADE THE HIGHEST
JUMP EVER.
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
HE HIT SPEEDS OF OVER
800 MILES PER HOUR IN THAT
FREEFALL.
FEARLESS FELIX, AS HE IS
KNOWN, THEN LANDED ON HIS
FEET IN THE NEW MEXICO
DESERT, AND LIFTED HIS ARMS
IN VICTORY AS PEOPLE CHEERED
HIM ON.
WHEN YOU STAND UP THERE
ON TOP OF THE WORLD, YOU
BECOME SO HELPFUL.
IT IS NOT ABOUT BREAKING
RECORDS.
IT IS ALL ABOUT COMING
HOME.
Lee: HE HAS MORE THAN
2500 JUMPS BEHIND HIM.
BUT, PAT, HE SAID THAT WAS
THE LAST.
HE IS GOING INTO RETIREMENT
AFTER THIS.
Pat: IF I WERE HE, I
WOULD GO INTO RETIREMENT AS
WELL.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: APPARENTLY, LEE,
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, HE
STARTED SPINNING COMING DOWN
AND IT COULD HAVE KILLED
HIM.
HE WAS IN DANGER OF LOSING
HIS LIFE.
SOMEHOW HE CORRECTED THE
SPIN, LEVELLED THE THING
OUT, BUT WHAT AN AMAZING
MAN.
EIGHT OR NINE MINUTES THAT
SET THE RECORD BOOKS.
Kristi: YOU KNOW, I
WATCH THINGS LIKE THIS, AND
EVEN THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS
COMING UP ON TODAY'S
PROGRAM, AND I THINK THERE
HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THEIR
BLOOD THAT I DON'T HAVE.
THAT ADVENTURE SIDE, I DON'T
HAVE THAT IN MY BLOOD.
BUT GOD BLESS THEM.
Pat: YOU'RE NOT A
MALE.
THAT'S A GUY THING.
Kristi: YOU THINK IT IS
A GUY THING?
THERE ARE A LOT OF
ADVENTUROUS WOMEN OUT THERE
LOOKING AT YOU, PAT, LIKE,
REALLY?
Pat: THEY'VE GOT MORE
MALE TESTOSTERONE.
Kristi: MIRROR, MIRROR
ON THE WALL, WHO IS THE
FAIREST OF THEM ALL.
WE ANSWER THAT WHEN WE COME
BACK.
Pat: ARE YOU PAYING
ENOUGH IN TAXES TO SUPPORT
THE WASTEFUL FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT?
ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH?
HOW MUCH IS FAIR?
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES
OF THIS ELECTION YEAR.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY HAVE
LAID OUT VERY DIFFERENT
ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHIES.
ROMNEY'S IDEA IS TO CUT TAX
RATES TO GROW THE ECONOMY.
THE JOB OF THE GOVERNMENT
AS IT RELATES TO THE ECONOMY
IS TO MAKE AMERICA THE MOST
ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN THE
WORLD FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND
INNOVATORS, INVESTORS, JOB
CREATORS.
Reporter: THE LYNCHPIN
OF THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN IS
TO MAKE THE WEALTHIEST OF
AMERICANS PAY THEIR FAIR
SHOT IN TAXES.
President Obama: I
BELIEVE THIS COUNTRY HAS A
CHANCE WHEN EVERYONE GETS A
FAIR SHOT, WHEN EVERYONE
PLAYS BY THE SAME RULE.
Reporter: BUT WHAT
CONSTITUTES FAIRNESS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE ECONOMY?
DOES IT MEAN THAT THE
WEALTHIEST AMERICANS PAY
MORE?
IN HIS NEW BOOK "WHO IS THE
FAIREST OF THEM ALL," AUTHOR
STEVEN MOORE ANSWERS THOSE
QUESTIONS, WITH A STRONG
DEFENSE OF THE FREE MARKET
SYSTEM AS THE PATH TO
SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT.
Pat: YOU NEED TO READ
THIS BOOK.
I FOUND IT VERY INSIGHTFUL,
VERY INTERESTING.
SHEERVSTEVEN MOORE, A VERY
INSIGHTFUL AUTHOR AND
ECONOMICIST.
WHERE DID PRESIDENT OBAMA
GET THIS?
THE PRESIDENT CANNOT RUN
ON HIS ECONOMIC RECORD.
WE STILL HAVE INCREDIBLY
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.
ABOUT 15%, IF YOU MEASURE
THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FIND A
FULL-TIME JOB OR GIVEN UP.
THE LAST THREE MONTHS WERE
1.3% GROWTH.
PAT, THAT COMPARES WITH
PRESIDENT REAGAN AT THIS
JUNCTURE OF HIS PRESIDENCY,
WE HAD 7% OR 8% GROWTH.
WE HAVE THIS ENORMOUS DEBT.
I'M SURE YOU SAW THE
STATISTICS THAT CAME OUT
LAST WEEK.
OFFICIALLY OUR NATIONAL DEBT
ROSE BY ANOTHER
$1.1 TRILLIONS LAST YEAR.
AND WHAT IS SAD, IS THAT WAS
AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE YEAR
BEFORE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA, BECAUSE OF
THIS DREADFUL RECORD IS
RUNNING ON THE AGENDA OF
FAIRNESS, CREATING A FAIR
SOCIETY.
THAT WAS THE MOTIVATION FOR
MY WRITING THIS BOOK.
THE FAIREST SYSTEM OF THEM
ALL, THE SYSTEM -- PAT, YOU
KNOW THIS -- THAT CREATES
THE MOST WEALTH, THE HIGHEST
INCOME, AND THE MOST
IMPORTANT FOR THE VAST
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS THE
FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.
I'M VERY CONCERNED, PAT, AS
I KNOW YOU ARE, THAT AMERICA
IS MOVING AWAY FROM THAT
SYSTEM TO A SYSTEM OF TAKING
FROM THE RICH AND GIVING TO
THE POOR.
THAT HAS NEVER WORKED
ANYWHERE.
Pat: WE ARE RUNNING A $
1.1 TRILLION DEFICIT, AND
WE'RE BORROWING IT FROM
CHINA, 30% OF ALL OF THE
MONEY WE'RE SPENDING WE'RE
BORROWING --
RIGHT.
Pat: IF THE GOVERNMENT
CONFISCATED THE INCOME OF
ALL OF THE RICH PEOPLE HE IS
TALKING ABOUT, THE
MILLIONAIRES AND
BILLIONAIRES, AND PEOPLE WHO
HAVE MORE THAN A MILLION
DOLLARS IN INCOME, HOW MANY
DAYS WOULD THAT RUN THE
GOVERNMENT?
FIRST OF ALL, PAT, PLEASE
DON'T GIVE BARACK OBAMA ANY
IDEAS.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
ONLY RUN THE GOVERNMENT
ABOUT 30 OR 60 DAYS, EVEN IF
YOU TOOK EVERY SINGLE PENNY
THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
THE MILLIONAIRES AND THE
BILLIONAIRES MAKE.
THE REASON FOR THAT, PAT, IS
AMERICA IS STILL A
MIDDLE-CLASS COUNTRY.
MOST OF THE INCOME IN THIS
COUNTRY SITS IN THE POCKETS
OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M VERY
WORRIED IF BARACK OBAMA IS
RE-ELECTED, IT IS NOT JUST
GOING TOB THE TAX RATES ON
THE RICH GO UP.
THAT WILL BE THE FIRST
STEP.
THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
SAY WE DIDN'T GET ENOUGH
MONEY FROM THIS, AND WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO
PEOPLE $100,000, AND THEN
$75,000.
AND AS PAUL RYAN SAID VERY
COGENTLY IN THAT DEBATE
AGAINST JOSEPH BIDEN, WHICH
BY THE WAY PAUL RYAN WON --
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT SOAKING
THE RICH, MIDDLE CLASS GUARD
YOUR WALLET BECAUSE THEY'RE
COMING AFTER YOU NEXT.
Pat: WHAT IS THE CUTOFF
ON MIDDLE CLASS?
NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO DESCRIBE THE
MIDDLE CLASS ANYONE WITH AN
INCOME BETWEEN $40,000 TO
$100,000 A YEAR.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE STRUGGLING
TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
THEY OFTEN HAVE TWO EARNERS
IN THE FAMILY, THE HUSBAND
AND WIFE BOTH WORKING.
WE HAVE A VAST MIDDLE CLASS
IN THIS COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY
WORRY ABOUT IS ALL OF THIS
PREOCCUPATION
WITH, QUOTE,"LITY -WITH
EQUALITY.
WE WANT EQUALITY OF --
WHATEVER THEIR RACE OR
BACKGROUND, WE WANT EVERYONE
TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT TO
SUCCEED IN THIS GREAT
COUNTRY OF OURS.
IF YOU WANT EQUALITY OF
OUTCOME, GO TO CAMBODIA.
THEY HAVE EQUALITY OF
OUTCOME, EVERYBODY IS POOR.
SO HOW CAN WE CREATE A
SOCIETY, PAT, WHERE EVERYONE
CAN FULFILL THEIR DESTINY.
I THINK ONE OF THE HIGHEST
CALLINGS IS TO START A
BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE
PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS TO
TAX.
Pat: YOU POINTED OUT IN
THE EARLY PARTS OF THIS BOOK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
NEW ENGLAND COLONY.
AND WHAT DID THEY CHANGE IT
TO?
THIS IS A GREAT STORY A
LOT OF AMERICANS AREN'T
AWARE OF.
WHEN AMERICA WAS FIRST
FOUNDED, AND ONE OF THE
PRINCIPLES WE TRIED WAS
SOCIALISM.
WHERE WE SAID EVERYBODY IS
GOING TO PRODUCE, AND WE'RE
GOING TO SHARE EVERYTHING
THAT IS PRODUCED AND WE'RE
GOING TO GET THE MOST
OUTPUT.
WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF
THAT SOCIAL LIST MODEL WAS
THE COLONIST AND THE
PILGRIMS ALMOST STARVED TO
DEATH BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAT
AROUND AND SAID I'LL LET
SOMEBODY ELSE PRODUCE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL WE MOVED
AWAY FROM THAT SOCIALISTIC
MODEL, AND MOVED TO THE
MODEL WHERE IF YOU WORK HARD
AND START A BUSINESS, YOU
GET TO KEEP THE FRUITS OF
THAT BUSINESS.
THIS IS THE REASON AMERICA
IS ONE OF THE RICHEST
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
Pat: AND RONALD REAGAN
CAME IN, AND TAX RATES WERE
HIGH, AND THE ECONOMY WAS IN
A MESS.
YOU KNOW ALL OF THE STATS.
IN ANY EVENT, YOU INDICATED
THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED AND
IT PUT US ON A TRAJECTORY OF
25 YEARS OF ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE PROSPERITY.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
WELL, THIS WAS NOT JUST
THE POLICY OF RONALD
REAGAN.
IT WAS ALSO THE POLICY,
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, PAT,
OF JOHN F. KENNEDY.
KENNEDY CUT TAX RATES BY 30%
ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE HAD A BIG ECONOMIC BOOM
IN THE 1960s AS A RESULT.
AND RONALD REAGAN IMITATED
THAT MODEL THAT KENNEDY USED
SO AFFECTIVELY.
WHEN RONALD REAGAN CAME INTO
THE OFFICE, THE HIGHEST TAX
RATE WAS 70%.
THAT MEANT THE GOVERNMENT
GOT TO TAKE TWO-THIRDS OF
EVERYTHING THAT YOU EARN.
RAREAGAN CUT THAT TAX RATE
FROM 70% TO 50%, AND A FEW
YEARS LATER, DOWN TO 28%.
THAT'S AN ENORMOUS ECONOMIC
ACHIEVEMENT.
AND THE ECONOMY ABSOLUTELY
BOOMED WHEN THAT POLICY WENT
INTO PLACE.
THAT AND DEREGULATING THE
ECONOMY.
REAGAN HAD A DISPOSITION TO
ALLOW THE FREE ENTERPRISE
SYSTEM TO WORK.
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT BARACK OBAMA IS SAYING,
WHERE HE SAYS, EVERYBODY HAS
TO PLAY BY THE SAME RULES.
THIS IS CRAZY.
WE HAVE RULES WHICH YOU PLAY
BY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
CENTER PIECES BY THE FREE
ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, AND
EVERYBODY HAS TO PLAY BY
THOSE RULES.
I SAW YOUR EXCELLENT EXPOSÉ
ON THAT BUSINESS THAT
DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO
COMPLY WITH OBAMA CARE.
OBAMACARE IS GOING TO HAVE
TO BE A MAJOR JOB KILLER OF
EVERY BUSINESS IN THIS
COUNTRY BECAUSE IT IS GOING
TO IMPOSE ALL OF THESE
ADDITIONAL COSTS EVERY TIME
YOU HIRE AN ADDITIONAL
WORKER, PAT.
IT IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE
ECONOMY.
Pat: THERE WAS A STORY
IN THE JOURNAL TODAY ABOUT
THE RESTRICTION ON DRILLING
IN ALASKA.
A GREAT BIG WILDERNESS AREA,
AND GOVERNMENT SAYS OBAMA IS
TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR
THE OIL AND GAS BUSINESS.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
LET ME SAY THAT ONE OF
THE GREAT STORIES WITH THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY OVER THE
LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS HAS
BEEN THE OIL OR GAS BOOM
THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS
COUNTRY.
IT IS GOING ON IN WEST
VIRGINIA, IT IS GOING ON IN
PENNSYLVANIA, IN STATES LIKE
NORTH DAKOTA AND COLORADO.
WE ARE BLESSED AS A COUNTRY
WITH THE MOST ENERGY
RESOURCES OF ANY NATION IN
THE WORLD WITH OUR COAL AND
NATURAL GAS AND OIL.
UNFORTUNATELY, PRESIDENT
OBAMA DOESN'T LIKE FOSSEL
FUELS, RIGHT.
AND SO EVERYTHING THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS DOING IS TRYING
TO HOLD BACK THIS REVOLUTION
IN ENERGY POLICY THAT IS
GOING ON IN THE UNITED
STATES WITH RESPECT TO THESE
RESOURCES LIKE NATURAL GAS.
WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION DID BACK IN
AUGUST, AND IT HARDLY GOT
ANY ATTENTION FROM THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS THAT HE
TOOK 11 MILLION ACRES OFF OF
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SUPPOSED
TO BE A NATIONAL PETROLEUM
RESERVE, USED FOR DRILLING,
SO WE'RE LESS DEPENDENT ON
FOREIGN OIL.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THIS
IS OFF-LIMITS NOW, AND THIS
IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE
COUNTRY AND FOR THE STATE OF
ALASKA THAT DEPENDS ON THE
OIL TO PAY THE BILLS.
Pat: HE LIES A LOT.
DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE
LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING?
YOU KNOW, I DO.
I HAVE FAITH IN THE COMMON
SENSE OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, PAT.
AND I KNOW YOU DO, TOO.
I THINK AMERICANS REALIZE
WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE
LAST FOUR YEARS HAS NOT
WORKED.
I THINK BARACK OBAMA REALLY
BELIEVED THESE POLICIES
WOULD WORK.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE HAS
ILL-WILL.
I THINK HE THOUGHT THIS MORE
SOCIALISTIC MODEL WILL
WORK.
BUT WE ALL NOW KNOW IT HAS
NOT WORKED.
AS MUCH AS WE WANTED THIS
PRESIDENT TO SUCCEED, HE HAS
NOT SUCCEEDED.
AND THE ME IS NOT, IN MY
OPINION, MOVING FORWARD.
IT IS MOVING BACKWARDS.
AS PAUL RYAN SAID THE OTHER
NIGHT IN THE DEBATE, THE
ECONOMY GREW SLOWER THIS
YEAR THAN IT DID LAST YEAR,
AND IT GREW SLOWER LAST YEAR
THAN IT DID THE YEAR
BEFORE.
THAT IS NOT MOVING FORWARD.
THAT IS MOVING BACKWARD.
Pat: STEVEN MOORE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS CALLED "WHO IS THE
FAIREST OF THEM ALL."
IS IT FAIR THAT YOU PAY
ENOUGH INCOME TAXES?
WHO DECIDES WHAT FAIR IS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVEN.
YOU'RE A GOOD GUY.
THANK YOU, PAT.
CAN I SAY ONE LAST THING:
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET ME
TO JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE
OR GO ON A TIGHT ROPE WALK
OVER NIAGARA FALLS.
Pat: GOOD THING.
WISDOM PREVAILS.
KRISTI IS.
SHE IS NOT GOING OVER THE
FALLS, BUT SHE IS GOING TO
BE ON A TIGHT ROPE WITH NIK
WALLENDA.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISTHAT.
Kristi: ARE YOU READY
WITH NIK WALLENDA?
THIS MAN IS PHENOMENAL.
HE HAS SET SEVEN WORLD
RECORDS FOR HIS HIGH-WIRE
STUNTS.
THE LATEST WAS CROSSING
NIAGARA FALLS.
WHO DOES THAT?
HIM.
HE IS THE BOMB AND HE IS
HERE WITH US TODAY.
AND HE'S GOING TO SHOW US
MORE PHENOMENAL STUNTS WHEN
WE COME BACK, SO DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
AT THE AGE OF TWO, WHEN MOST
TODDLERS ARE BARELY ABLE TO
WALK, NIK WALLENDA STARTED
LEARNING THE FAMILY
BUSINESS.
IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, RIGHT?
WHAT IS THE FAMILY BUSINESS
IS STUNT PERFORMING,
SPECIFICALLY WALKING ACROSS
HIGH WIRES WITHOUT A SAFETY
NET.
BY THE AGE OF 13, NIK
STARTED WALKING THE WIRE
PROFESSIONALLY, AND LAST
YEAR HE BECAME THE VERY
FIRST MAN TO WALK ACROSS
NIAGARA FALLS.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: NIK WALLENDA
MADE HISTORY ON JUNE 15,
2012, BY BECOMING THE FIRST
PERSON TO WALK ACROSS
NIAGARA FALLS ON A TWO-INCH
WIRE.
THIS FEAT MARKED HIS SEVENTH
WORLD RECORD, PERFORMING
DEATH-DEFYING STUNTS.
FOR NIK, AW AWE-INSPIRING
ACROBATICS ARE IN HIS
BLOOD.
HE IS THE SEVENTH GENERATION
OF THE WALLENDA FAMILY.
FAMILY.
HE SAYS HE PERFORMS THESE
DARING ACTS TO INSPIRE
PEOPLE TOFULLY THEIR DREAMS
AND TO SHOW THAT ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE.
Kristi: I TELL YOU
WHAT, I AM SO EXCITED
BECAUSE NIK IS HERE WITH
US.
HIGH-FIVE.
GOOD MORNING.
Kristi: GOOD MORNING.
I'M EXCITED.
SO AM I.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.úó@
Kristi: MOST PEOPLE
WITH FAMILY BUSINESSES, I
THINK ABOUT BAC BAKERIES OR
PIZZAS OR STOCKS, ANYTHING
OTHER THAN HIGH-WIRE
WALKING.
YOU STARTED AT THE AGE OF
TWO?
I DID.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS
FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS.
Kristi: WAS THERE
PRECIOUS ON YOU?
THERE WAS ACTUALLY
PRESSURE IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
I HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN, AND
THEY ALL WALK THE WIRE.
BUT I PUSH THEM TO GO TO
COLLEGE.
WHO WANTS TO SEE THEIR KIDS
RISK THEIR LIFE WALKING
ABOVE NIAGARA FALLS.
AND IT IS ALL ABOUT PUSHING
THE LIMITS AND CARRYING ON
THE LEGACY.
Kristi: THERE ARE
DIFFERENT THINGS YOU SAID,
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOU'RE
EYE FOCUSED.
ARE YOU PRAYING WHEN YOU ARE
DOING SOMETHING LIKE THESE
CRAZY STUNTS, LIKE WALKING
ANY NIAGARA FALLS.
ABSOLUTELY.
I PRAY ALL OF THE TIME.
PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT DO YOU DO
TO STAY CALM.
I WAS WITH THE MEDIA CREW
TWO DAYS AGO, AND THE MEDIA
CREW SAYS HOW DO YOU STAY SO
CALM WHEN I WAS GETTING ON
THE WIRE.
IT IS ALL ABOUT MEDITATION
AND PRAYING AND TRUSTING
GOD.
THE PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL
UNDERSTANDING.
OFTEN SINGING PRAISE AND
WORSHIP SONGS WHILE I'M
WALKING ON THE WIRE.
Kristi: LET'S GO TO THE
FOOTAGE OF NIAGARA FALLS --
BEFORE WE GO TO THE HOW,
LET'S SAY WHY?
I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, AND
MY PARENTS WERE PERFORMING
AND THEY BROUGHT ME AND MY
SISTER TO SEE NIAGARA
FALLS.
I HAD ALREADY BEEN WALKING
THE WIRE FOR FOUR YEARS AND
TWO YEARS ON MY OWN.
AND I REMEMBER LOOKING AT IT
AND GOING, THAT WOULD AN
AMAZING WALK.
AT SIX YEARS OLD, I SAID, I
WANT TO BE THE FIRST PERSON
IN THE WORLD TO DO THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
CHANGING LAWS IN TWO
COUNTRIES, OVER 100 YEARS
OLD, TO DO THAT.
THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES AND
MEETINGS WITH THE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS WHERE WE SAID WE
CAN'T ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.
I LEANED ON GOD, AND I SAID
IF IT IS YOUR WILL, IT WILL
HAPPEN, AND IF IT IS NOT,
THEN I DON'T WANT IT TO
HAPPEN.
THINGS STARTED HAPPEN THAT
WERE SO SUPER NATURAL, WHERE
THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT
GOD'S HAND WAS IN THIS.
IT WAS ABOUT GIVING HIM
GLORY.
BEFORE I DO EVERY WALK, I
SAY GIVE GOD THE GLORY.
I WAS PRAYING TO GOD DURING
THE WALK AND SAYING, THANK
YOU, GOD, THANK YOU, JESUS,
AND PRAISING GOD FOR THE
AMAZING VIEW.
I DIDN'T KNOW MY MIC WAS
ON.
NOT THAT I WOULD HIDE FROM
IT, BUT PRAISE GOD HE GOT
ALL OF THAT GLORY ON
NATIONAL TV.
Kristi: THAT IS BEYOND
BEAUTIFUL.
LET'S GO TO THE HOW.
HOW DO YOU DO IT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE IT
SINCE THE AGE OF TWO.
BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
DIFFERENT TRICKS OR METHODS
THAT KEEP YOU UP THERE?
A LOT OF PRACTICE.
I SPEND FOUR OR FIVE DAYS A
WEEK ON TRAINING WHEN I'M
NOT PERFORMING.
I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE
WHERE WE LEARN.
EVERYTHING WE LEARN IS TWO
OR THREE FEET OFF THE
GROUND.
WE NEED TO FOCUS.
JUST LIKE OUR FAITH.
I DON'T WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR
SURROUNDINGS AND ALL OF THE
DISTRACTIONS; I WANT TO
FOCUS ON OUR SAVIOR.
SO I FOCUS ON THE OTHER
END.
SO I PUT MY ARMS OUT.
IT IS ABOUT FOCUS AND
REPETITION.
YOU KNOW?
I THINK IT IS TIME FOR YOU
TO TRY IT OUT.
Kristi: THIS IS WHAT
PAT HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.
I'M GOING TO START
WITHHOLDING YOUR HAND.
FOCUS ON THE OTHER END,
AND RAISE YOUR ARM OUT.
I WANT YOU TO LET GO.
I'LL KEEP MY ARM HERE, BUT I
WANT YOU TO LET GO AND TRY
IT FOR A SECOND.
Kristi: ALL RIGHT.
HOLD ON.
WAIT.
I'M WAITING.
COME ON, YOU'VE GOT THIS.
VERY GOOD, WOW!
Kristi: TAHDAH, HOLD
ME.
LET ME GET UP HERE WITH
YOU.
Kristi: ARE YOU READY?
I'M READY.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO THIS
TOGETHER.
LET'S TAKE A STEP.
Kristi: WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT!
I WANT TO GET TO THE
OTHER SIDE.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
Kristi: OKAY.
AND ONE MORE STEP AND YOU
MADE IT.
Kristi: YAY!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FANTASTIC, NIK, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
BEFORE WE LEAVE, YOU'VE GOT
TO TELL ME, WHAT'S UP NEXT?
NEXT IS THE GRAND
CANYON.
NO ONE IN THE WORLD HAS EVER
WALKED THE GRAND CANYON, AND
NEXT JUNE, I'LL BE THE FIRST
ONE TO WALK THE GRAND CANYON
IN THE WORLD.
Kristi: HOW DO YOU
PREPARE FOR THAT?
THERE IS A LOT OF
LOGISTICS AND SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES BEHIND
WHAT I DO.
THE ADVANCEMENTS HELP MAKE
IT MUCH SAFER THAN IT WAS
BEFORE.
Kristi: WE'RE GOING TO
BE PRAYING FOR YOU.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU ROCK.
NEXT TIME I'M GOING TO GET
PAT.
I'M GOING TO SAY, PAT, WHY
DON'T YOU COME UP HERE AND
DO THIS.
MAYBE NOT.
PAT, OVER TO YOU.
Pat: I'LL LET YOURSELF
COME BALANCE ON A BIG HORSE
AND YOU CAN BALANCE ON THE
WIRE.
I'LL TELL YOU, THAT IS
AWESOME.
I WATCHED THAT WALK ACROSS
NIAGARA FALLS.
IT WAS BREATHTAKING.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THE
GRAND CANYON.
BUT NIK IS A TREMENDOUS GUY
AND HE IS TALKING TO JESUS
THE WHOLE TIME.
THE ANGELS ARE HOLDING HIM
UP.
STILL AHEAD, WE'LL MEET A
MAN SO TOUGH HE BULLIED
HIMSELF TO THE TOP OF A
NOTOR PSYCH GANG.
THE FIRST THING I WOULD
DO IS WALK UP TO THE FIRST
GUY I SAW AND SMACK HIM IN
THE HEAD AND TAKE HIS BEER,
JUST TO SHOW HIM I WAS THERE
AND I WILL HIT YOU.
Pat: FIND OUT WHY ONE
MAN WASN'T AFRAID TO CROSS
HIM WHEN WE COME BACK.
Reporter: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."
THE PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT
HAS SIGNED A PEACE DEAL WITH
A COUNTRY'S MUSLIM REBEL
GROUP.
THE MORO ISLAMIC FRONT HAS
FOUGHT FOR AN INDEPENDENT
STATE FOR DECADES.
THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR STEP
DESIGNED TO END ONE OF
ASIA'S 40 YEARS.
IT HAS KILLED TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND
CRIPPLED DEVELOPMENT.
IT GRANTS THE MINORITY
MUSLIM POPULATION BROAD
AUTHORITY.
CBN'S "TURNING POINT" HAS
BEEN TOUCHING LIVES IN
AFRICA FOR MORE THAN 20
YEARS.
IT WON AT THE 2012 CHRISTIAN
BROADCAST MEDIA AWARDS.
IT IS A MAGAZINE-STYLE
PROGRAM WITH TESTIMONIES AND
INSPIRATIONAL STORIES AND
SONGS.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT CBN IS DOING AROUND THE
WORLD BY LOGGING ON TO
CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.
STAY TUNED.
PAT AND KRISTI WILL BE BACK
AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, THROUGHOUT
HIS LIFE, JEFF STOLTZ WAS
ARRESTED MORE THAN 30 -- GET
THAT, MORE THAN 30 TIMES.
HE STOLE CARS, HE ROBBED
DRUG DEALERS FOR CASH.
HE EVEN RIPPED OFF HIS OWN
PARENTS TO FEED HIS CRACK
ADDICTION.
JEFF FREELY ADMITS THAT HE
WAS, IN HIS TERM, GARBAGE.
UNTIL HE MET ONE MAN WHO
REFUSED TO THROW HIM OUT.
Reporter: FOR MOST OF
HIS LIFE, ALL JEFF STOLTZ
WANTED WAS TO BE ACCEPTED.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I WAS
A HEAVY KID, AND I WAS
PICKED ON AND I WAS SCARED A
LOT, AND I BELIEVE THAT
CAUSED ME TO BE VERY ANGRY.
I DID WELL IN SCHOOL,
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET ALONG
WITH PEOPLE VERY WELL.
I JUST WASN'T ONE OF THE
POPULAR KIDS.
SO THAT REALLY PLAYED ON MY
SELF-ESTEEM.
Reporter: IN HIGH
SCHOOL, HE DISCOVERED BODY
BUILDING AND SOON BECAME THE
SCHOOL BULLY.
FIGHTING ALL OF THE
TIME.
FIGHTING OLDER KIDS, YOUNGER
KIDS, WHATEVER.
I JUST DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING
FROM ANYBODY.
Reporter: AFTER HIGH
SCHOOL, JEFF JOINED THE
ARMY, HOPING TO IMPRESS HIS
FATHER, WHO WAS A VETERAN.
I ALWAYS WANTED
ACCEPTANCE.
IT SEEMED LIKE FOR MY
FATHER, NOTHING WAS QUITE
GOOD ENOUGH.
Reporter: JEFF COULDN'T
DEAL WITH ARMY DISCIPLINE,
HOWEVER, AND SO HE WENT AWOL
AND JOINED A MOTORCYCLE
GANG.
I WANTED TO BE ACCEPTED
BY SOMETHING.
WHEN I MET THESE BIKERS
GUYS, I HAD BEEN REALLY
HEAVY.
I HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG
DURING A BAR FIGHT AND I PUT
ON A LOT OF WEIGHT.
WHAT I NOTICED ABOUT THE BAR
BIKE GANG THEY ACCEPTED
ANYBODY.
Reporter: HE MARRIED
BUT EVENTUALLY HE BECAME
PRESIDENT OF THE GANG.
I BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE
MOTORCYCLE GANG BECAUSE OF
MY LOYALTY AND DEDICATION
AND MY RUTHLESSNESS.
I CAN REMEMBER GOING INTO
THE BARS AT NIGHT, AND THE
FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS
WALK UP TO THE FIRST GUY I
SAW AND SMACK HIM IN THE
HEAD AND TAKE HIS BEER, JUST
TO SHOW HIM I WAS THERE, AND
I WILL HIT YOU.
IN THE MOTORCYCLE GANG, LIFE
WAS SO VIOLENT, IT'S ALMOST
HARD TO DESCRIBE A SPECIFIC
INSTANCE BECAUSE IT WAS A
CONSTANT, THE CONSTANT
STABBINGS AND SHOOTINGS.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO ASK ME
AT THAT MOMENT IF I BELIEVED
IN GOD, I'M SURE I WOULD
HAVE MADE A JOKE ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M GOING
TO HELL, SO THE FREEDOM IN
THAT IS I CAN DO ANYTHING I
PLEASE.
THAT'S WHAT I USED TO SAY
ALL OF THE TIME.
I THOUGHT GOD AND ALL OF
THAT WAS SOMETHING FOR
IDIOTS TO BELIEVE IN.
Reporter: ONE CHRISTMAS
JEFF'S WIFE LEFT HIM, TAKING
THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER.
ABOUT THE SAME TIME, HI
SISTER DIED.
TO DEAL WITH THE PAIN, HE
TRIED CRACK FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS
AFTER THAT, AFTER STARTING
TO SMOKE CRACK COCAINE, THE
FIRST YEAR I LOST EVERYTHING
I HAD.
Reporter: JEFF'S HABIT
BECAME SO BAD HE STOLE FROM
HIS OWN PARENTS.
I ACTUALLY CONNED AND
CHEATED AND STOLE FROM MY
PARENTS AND TOOK OVER
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
IN A TWO-YEAR SPAN, AND
CAUSED MY FATHER, WHO
RETIRED FROM THE ARMY AND
CIVIL SERVICE -- HE HAD TO
GET ANOTHER JOB TO PAY FOR
BANKRUPTCY.
Reporter: AFTER THEY
FAILED TO GET HIM INTO
REHAB, HIS PARENTS GAVE HIM
A ONE-WAY TICKET MIAMI,
WHICH HE SPENT ON DRUGS.
AFTER THAT, HE BEGAN
STEALING AGAIN TO SURVIVE.
I WOULD ROB DRUG DEALERS
OVER AND OVER, AND THEY
COULD HAVE EASILY KILLED
ME.
Reporter: JEFFREY
UNITED WITH AN OLD
GIRLFRIEND, AND THEY
TRAVELLED THE COUNTRY.
EVENTUALLY THEY ENDED UP IN
FLORIDA WHERE THEY BOUGHT A
BAR.
AND HE MET A SOBER CUSTOMER
WHO BROUGHT HIS BIBLE TO THE
BAR.
OF COURSE I THOUGHT HE
WAS CRAZY WITH THE JESUS
TALK AND GOD AND ALL OF
THAT, BUT HE WAS A REALLY
NICE GUY.
Reporter: JEFF'S
ADDICTION COST HIM TO LOSE
THE BAR AND THE GIRLFRIEND.
HE WOUND UP HOMELESS, LIVING
UNDER A BRIDGE IN
NASHVILLE.
HE WAS ARRESTED OVER 30
TIMES FOR CRIMES RELATED TO
THIS DRUG USE.
WHEN HE WAS BAILED OUT BY
HIS FATHER ONE LAST TIME,
JEFF KNEW HE HAD TO GET
HELP.
THE ONE PERSON I KNEW IN
NASHVILLE WHO DIDN'T USE
DRUGS WAS JOSH.
I LOOKED UP HIS PHONE NUMBER
AND GAVE HIM A CALL, AND HE
INVITED ME TO CHURCH.
THE FIRST SUNDAY I WENT, THE
PEOPLE WERE REAL NICE TO
ME.
I HADN'T EXPERIENCED THAT
FROM TOTAL STRANGERS
BEFORE.
AND, OF COURSE, I HAD HAIR
ALMOST DOWN TO MY WAIST AND
WAS ROUGH LOOKING, WITH ALL
OF THE TATTOOS, AND I HAD AN
EXPERIENCE WITH CHRIST THAT
DAY.
IT WAS AS THOUGH HE WERE
JUST RIGHT NEXT TO ME ON THE
PEW, SPEAKING TO ME.
I CAN REMEMBER HIM TELLING
ME THAT IT WAS TIME TO GIVE
MY LIFE OVER.
Reporter: THAT DAY JEFF
WAS DELIVERED FROM A
SIX-YEAR CRACK ADDICTION.
HE BECAME ACTIVE AND
CELEBRATED RECOVERY.
HE MOVED BACK TO NORTH
CAROLINA, REMARRIED, AND IS
NOW ON STAFF AT A CHURCH IN
FAYETTEVILLE.
IN 2008, HE RECEIVED AN
EXTRA SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.
I WAS COMING TO MY
PARENTS' HOUSE FOR THEIR
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY,
PRIOR TO OUR WEDDING, AND I
WALKED IN THE DOOR, AND
THERE WAS MY DAUGHTER.
AND I WAS ABLE TO HUG HER
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX
YEARS.
SHE HAD FORGIVEN ME
COMPLETELY AND IS PROUD TO
TELL PEOPLE I'M HER DAD.
Reporter: BUT THERE WAS
ONE MORE PIECE OF UNFINISHED
BUSINESS FOR JEFF.
IN 2008, HIS FATHER WAS
HOSPITALIZED FOR CONGESTIVE
HEART FAILURE.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY
HE TOOK ME.
HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS
RIGHT WITH GOD.
SO I TOLD HIM WE NEED TO
PRAY TOGETHER.
AND HE PRAYED TO RECEIVE
CHRIST THAT DAY.
AND IT WAS...IT WAS PROBABLY
TWO MONTHS BEFORE HE PASSED
AWAY.
Reporter: TODAY JEFF
WANTS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS
THE HOPE HE HAS FOUND IN
CHRIST.
IF YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT
WORTH ANYTHING, IF YOU THINK
THAT YOU'RE GARBAGE, I'M
TELLING YOU I WAS GARBAGE.
BUT GOD RECYCLES GARBAGE.
AND THERE IS HOPE.
THERE IS HOPE.
THERE IS FREEDOM.
THERE IS A BETTER LIFE.
THERE AREN'T WORDS BIG
ENOUGH TO TELL YOU WHAT GOD
HAS DONE IN MY LIFE.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE
DESTINY THAT HE HAS PLANNED
FOR ME.
Pat: WHAT A TESTIMONY.
YOU KNOW, IF I WERE GOD, AND
I'M NOT GOD, BUT IF I WERE,
I WOULD TAKE SOMEBODY LIKE
THAT AND PUT HIM INTO HELL.
I WOULDN'T WASTE A LOT OF
TIME ON SOME BIKER WHO IS
OUT ROBBING PEOPLE AND
BEATING PEOPLE UP AND
STABBING AND SHOOTING PEOPLE
AND DOING ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT JEFF DID.
TAKING DRUGS, AND STEALING
FROM HIS FOLKS.
I WOULD GIVE HIM UP, IF I
WERE GOD.
BUT, FORTUNATELY, I'M NOT
GOD, AND GOD DOESN'T ACT
THAT WAY.
GOD DOESN'T GIVE US UP
BECAUSE GOD LOVES US AND HE
SEES THE END FROM THE
BEGINNING.
AND WHAT HE SAW IN THE MIDST
OF ALL OF THAT TURMOIL, HE
SAW A MAN SERVING HIM AT THE
END WHO WAS REJOICING IN
JESUS AND ON THE WAY TO
HEAVEN.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE SEES IN
YOU.
HE SEES THE END FROM THE
BEGINNING.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP
ON YOU.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP
ON YOU.
SO DON'T THINK HE IS.
AND IF YOU'LL TURN TO HIM,
HE'LL BE THERE TO GREET YOU
AND TO WISH YOU WELL AND TO
ENTER YOU INTO HIS KINGDOM
BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.
GOD LOVES YOU.
AND IF YOU WANT HIM, AND YOU
WANT TO KNOW HIM, I ASK YOU,
PLEASE PRAY WITH ME RIGHT
NOW.
DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
DON'T WAIT FOR SOME TRAGEDY
TO TAKE PLACE.
BOW YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW, AND
PRAY WITH ME AND PRAY THESE
WORDS.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, PRAY
WITH ME NOW.
JESUS, I KNOW YOU DIED FOR
MY SINS, AND I KNOW I DON'T
DESERVE HEAVEN, BUT, LORD,
RIGHT NOW I WANT TO GO TO
HEAVEN.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.
I WANT TO BE PART OF YOUR
FAMILY.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, LORD, FOR
WHAT I'VE DONE.
I RECEIVE YOU AS SAVIOR, AND
I MAKE YOU LORD OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU, JESUS, THAT
YOU'VE HEARD MY PRAYER.
AND THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE
COME INTO MY HEART.
FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED,
FATHER, TOUCH THEM NOW WITH
YOUR SPIRIT AND FILL THEM TO
OVERFLOWING WITH YOUR POWER
IN JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU IF
YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH
ME.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO
NEXT IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU
JUST CAME TO THE LORD.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
SO CALL NOW.
COUNSELLORS ARE ON THE PHONE
WHO LOVE YOU AND WHO ARE
WAITING FOR YOUR CALL.
COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRAYING FOR OUR NATION AS
WE'RE LOOKING TO AN ELECTION
THAT CAN CHANGE THE COURSE
OF OUR HISTORY.
DON'T GO AWAY.
Kristi: FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN
PRAYING FOR AMERICA HERE ON
"THE 700 CLUB."
AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY ALL
THE WAY THROUGH ELECTION
DAY.
DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN
ACTUALLY BE A PART OF THIS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
1-800-759-0700, AND YOUR
PRAYERS, LIKE THE THOUSANDS
OF OTHER PRAYER PARTNERS,
WILL BE ADDED TO THE FLAG
RIGHT BEHIND US.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
A BOOKLET -- I FORGOT THE
BOOKLET --
Pat: "STEPS TO
REVIVAL."
Kristi: "STEPS TO
REVIVAL."
Pat: AND THERE IS
600,000 PEOPLE.
Kristi: AND THE NUMBER
KEEPS GROWING.
Pat: FOR GOD'S
PROTECTION, AND TO ELECT
NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEADERS.
Kristi: AND HONEST,
PEACEFUL ELECTION -- WE'RE
ALL PRAYING FOR THAT.
AND AN INCREASE IN JOB, AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SPIRITUAL
AWAKENING IN THE CHURCH.
Pat: WE'RE GOING TO
PRAY.
FATHER, KRISTI AND I JOIN
TOGETHER.
AND WE ASK YOU, LORD, SEND
REVIVAL TO THIS NATION.
BRING US TO A PLACE WHERE WE
CAN BE WORTHY OF YOUR GRACE
AND YOUR LOVE.
TOUCH THIS LAND.
RENEW THAT COVENANT THAT WAS
MADE SOME YEARS AGO.
WE RENEW THE COVENANT OF OUR
FOREFATHERS.
LORD, TOUCH LIVES, AND MAY
WE SEE YOUR GREAT ANOINTING
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THIS LAND
AND GIVE US RIGHT RIGHTEOUS
LEADERS WHO WILL LEAD THIS
COUNTRY.
IN JESUS' NAME WE ASK IT.
AMEN.
Kristi: AMEN.
SKILL TO COME, WE'RE GOING
TO BRING IT ON WITH YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
SHARON SAYS, "DOES IT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE WHICH SIDE OF THE
TRINITY I PRAY TO.
IN A CLASS I'M TAKING SAYS
CERTAIN PRAYERS SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO JESUS, AND
CERTAIN ONES TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
WHO DO I PRAY TO?"
WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THAT
WHEN WE RETURN.
SO WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO
AWAY.
Kristi: IN PARTS OF
PERU, WATER IS STIRRED IN
SISTINES THAT ARE HARD TO
REACH.
FOR ONE FAMILY, A TRIP TO
GET WATER NEARLY ENDED IN
TRAMPT.
Reporter TRAGEDY.
Reporter: ZIMAR IS ONLY
FOUR YEARS OLD, BUT THAT
DOESN'T STOP HER FROM
WORKING HARD FOR HER MOM
AROUND THE HOUSE.
BUT THE FIRST TIME ZIMAR
EVER WENT TO COLLECT WATER
BECAME A NEAR TRAGEDY.
THE LITTLE GIRL LEANED OVER
TO GET SOME WATER AND FELL
IN.
I HEARD THE NEIGHBOR
START TO SCREAM.
ZIMAR FELL INTO THE WELL.
Reporter: BECAUSE SHE
SWALLOWED SO MUCH WATER, SHE
LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.
HER MOTHER WAS FINALLY ABLE
TO GET HER OUT.
I SAID NO, MY GOD, NO,
PLEASE DON'T TAKE HER AWAY
FROM ME.
WHEN I SAW MY DAUGHTER
BREATHING, I FELT LIKE SHE
HAD BEEN BORN AGAIN.
THEN I SAID, LORD, THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
Reporter: WHEN
"OPERATION BLESSING" HEARD
OF THIS DANGEROUS OPEN PIT
WELL IN ZIMAR'S VILLAGE IN
PERU, WE DECIDED TO DIG THEM
A NEW, SAFER ONE.
THIS WELL PROVIDES FRESH
DRINKING WATER FOR OVER 400
PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
BUT THE BEST PART FOR
ZIMAR'S MOM IS THAT THE WELL
IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED, AND
SAFE FOR ZIMAR AND HER
FRIENDS.
WE HAVE CLEAN WATER ALL
DAY AND WE DON'T GET SICK.
MY FAMILY AND I ARE GRATEFUL
TO "OPERATION BLESSING."
FOR THE WELL THEY BUILT.
Kristi: WATER,
SOMETHING WE TAKE FOR
GRANTED EVERY SINGLE DAY IS
A LIFE-SAVING SOURCE FOR SO
MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
THINK ABOUT IT.
WE'VE SEEN STORY AFTER STORY
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE WALKED AN
ENTIRE DAY JUST TO GET
WATER, WHICH IS RIDDLED WITH
EVERY KIND OF DISEASE AND
MUCK AND MERC AND SICKNESS.
IT'S HORRIBLE.
BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU CARE
AND BECAUSE YOU HELP, YOU
CAN PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR
THEM.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
SO LISTEN, IF YOU ARE A CBN
PARTNER, CAN I JUST TAKE A
MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FOR
ALL OF THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT
BE ABLE O SAY THAN TO SAY
THANK YOU.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT A CBN
PARTNER, WHY NOT BECOME ONE
TODAY.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW.
WHY DON'T YOU PICK UP THE
PHONE AND SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN SOMEONE'S LIFE.
WHEN YOU DO, THE ANGELS WILL
START REJOICING BECAUSE YOU
HONORED GOD.
BECOME A "700 CLUB"
PARTNER.
65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH -- THAT'S NOTHING, BUT
IT IS EVERYTHING TO SOMEONE
IN NEED.
WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO BECOME A
"700 CLUB" PARTNER, WE WANT
TO GIVE YOU THIS, "GOD'S
PLAN FOR AMERICA, HOW TO
PREPARE FOR THE DAYS
AHEAD."
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKING THIS
LIKE HOT TAKES.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS ON
GOD'S HEART.
HOW CAN WE PRAY?
THAT'S WHY PAT PUT THIS
TOGETHER.
IT IS OUR GIFT TO YOU WHEN
YOU JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
DON'T FORGET TO CALL OR LOG
ON TO CBN.COM.
ARE YOU READY?
Pat: LET'S GO.
Kristi: OKAY.
Pat: BRING IT ON.
Kristi: SHARON
ASKS, "DOES IT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE WHICH PART OF THE
TRINITY I PRAY TO?
IN A CLASS I'M TAKING, I WAS
TOLD CERTAIN QUESTIONS
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO JESUS
AND CERTAIN ONES TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT."
WHAT DO YOU THINK, PAT?
Pat: I THINK GOD KNOWS
OUR HEART.
IT IS NOT THE SPECIFICS.
THEORETICALLY WE PRAY TO THE
FATHER IN JESUS' NAME, IN
THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
WE DON'T PRAY TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
AND, OF COURSE, YOU CAN PRAY
TO JESUS, BUT, NEVERTHELESS,
IT IS IN HIS NAME.
IT IS THE POWER OF ATTORNEY
THAT WE HAVE IN HIS NAME
THAT GIVES US THE ACCESS.
BUT WE PRAY TO THE FATHER,
AND SAY, FATHER, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS I'M COMING TO YOU,
AND I'M IN THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
Kristi: THERE YOU GO.
ANITA SAYS, "WHAT IS A
RECIPE FOR PAT'S BREAKFAST
CEREAL WITH WALNUTS AND PEEK
PECANS AND OATMEAL."
DO YOU REMEMBER WE DID THAT
ABOUT A YEAR AGO ON THE
SHOW?
Pat: I DIDN'T WRITE
DOWN THE FORMULA, BUT I HAVE
OAT BRAN AND OATMEAL AND I
HAVE ALMONDS AND PECANS AND
WALNUTS.
Kristi: AND YOU HAD
SOME MAPLE SYRUP?
Pat: MAPLE SYRUP AND
CINNAMON, WHICH IS VERY
NICE.
THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
BUT I ALSO PUT MIXED BERRIES
THAT YOU CAN GET AT COSCO
AND YOU PUT MIXED BERRIES ON
TOP OF IT, TOO.
SO I'VE GOT RASPBERRIES AND
BLUEBERRIES AND OTHER KIND
OF BERRIES, AND THEY'RE ALL
TOGETHER.
Kristi: IT WAS VERY
LOVELY AND I WANTED TO
REMIND EVERYBODY, IF YOU
WANT PAT'S EXACT RECIPE, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
Pat: ARE YOU SURE?
Kristi: YEAH, THAT'S
WHAT ONE OF THE PRODUCERS
DO.
Pat: MY EXACT RECIPE --
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUSHING
MINESTRONE SOUP.
Kristi: SCARLET WRITES,
"PLEASE EXPLAIN IN 1 JOHN 5:
19, WE KNOW WE ARE OF GOD
AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIES
UNDER THE WICKED ONE.
DOES THIS MEAN THE WICKED
ONE RULES THE WORLD?"
Pat: HE IS THE PRINCE
OF THE POWER OF THE AIR.
HE'S -- WELL, THE WORLD LIES
IN WICKEDNESS UNDER HIS
SWAY.
HE IS THE ONE BEHIND SOME OF
THE DICTATORS ON EARTH.
BUT THE ULTIMATE POWER IS IN
GOD ALMIGHTY.
IT IS GOD'S DEVIL.
HE IS IN CHARGE OF ALL OF
IT.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
TOMORROW WE GET A SPECIAL
TREAT FROM THE D.C. CUPCAKE
GIRLS.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH HE'S
WORDS FROM PHILIPPINES: "BE
ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING.
IT IS THANKSGIVING, AND LET
YOUR REQUESTS BE KNOWN TO
GOD."
