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THE FIRST THING I
ACTUALLY REMEMBER PICTURING
IS SOMEONE ON THE FLOOR.
A CO-ED WAKES UP TO A
REAL-LIFE NIGHTMARE.
AND HEAR WHY T.D. DRAKES
ASKED CHERYL TO SPEAK AT HIS
MEN'S CONFERENCE ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
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Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
WE HAVE OUR FEARLESS FACTORY
FORECASTER ON TODAY.
JOHN WAGGI WHO FEARLESSLY
FORECAST THE TAKEOVER IN
1994, AND HE'LL GIVE US HIS
TAKE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE.
WHEN YOU GET THROUGH
LISTENING TO THIS, YOU'LL
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN.
DON'T LISTEN TO ANYBODY
ELSE.
Terry: WELL, I'LL STAY
TUNED.
Pat: AND YOU'LL HEAR
THE STORY.
HOURS BEFORE THE VOTING
BEGINS, POLLSTERS SAY THAT
THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
IS TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
I'M NOT SURE WAGG WAGGI
AGREES, BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY
AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES
WITH WHAT IS GOING ON.
Terry: BOTH CANDIDATES
ARE STILL OUTLOOKING FOR
EVERY VOTE.
WE HAVE TWO REPORTS,
STARTING WITH DAVID BRODY
WITH THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN.
MITT ROMNEY'S TEAM
BELIEVES THEIR CANDIDATE IS
SURGING AT THE RIGHT TIME.
WALK WITH ME.
WE'LL WALK TOGETHER.
Reporter: ROMNEY'S
LIKEABILITY RATING SITS AT
AN ALL TIME HIGH, AND THE
LATEST POLLS SHOWED HIM TIES
IN PENNSYLVANIA AND
MICHIGAN.
OVER THE WEEKEND, CROWDS AT
ROMNEY EVENTS HAVE BEEN
UNUSUALLY HUGE, 30,000 IN
OHIO, CLOSE TO 20,000 IN
COLORADO.
THE POLLS ARE SO TIGHT IN SO
MANY OF THE SWING STATES,
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
TAKE A LOOK.
YOU HAVE THE ROMNEY/RYAN
SIGN ON THIS SIDE OF THE
STREET, AND YOU COME ACROSS
HERE, AND HERE IS OBAMA
/BIDEN SIGNS.
IT IS A DUAL PLACE.
SHE IS A VERY NICE
WOMEN.
I DON'T JUDGE SOMEONE BY
THEIR POLITICAL
AFFILIATION.
Reporter: MEANWHILE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, ROMNEY CALLED
IN SOME HELP FROM BIG WIGS,
INCLUDING JOHN MCCABE.
ONE THING I PROMISE YOU,
MITT ROMNEY WILL NEVER GO
AROUND THE WORL APOLOGIZING
FOR AMERICA.
IN NEARBY BOSTON, THE
CAMPAIGN HOPES FOR A TUESDAY
NIGHT VICTORY CELEBRATION.
INSIDE THE GRAND BALLROOM
HANGS THE SIGN "BELIEVE IN
AMERICA."
IT IS ROMNEY'S BELIEF
AMERICANS WILL ULTIMATELY
CHOOSE HIM AS THEIR NEXT
PRESIDENT.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, IN
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
Reporter: THIS IS
JENNIFER WISHON IN CHICAGO.
HERE AT "OBAMA FOR AMERICA"
HEADQUARTERS, BLEARY-EYED
DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING HARD.
IN THE FINAL HOURS, THE
CAMPAIGN CALLS IN AS MUCH
STAR POWER AS IT CAN
MUSTER.
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S
MOST POWERFUL SURROGATE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT
BILL CLINTON, PRESIDENT
CLINTON, HE IS SOMEBODY THAT
HAS FACED A LOT OF THESE
PROBLEMS BEFORE.
HE HAS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
ON BOTH THE PRESIDENT'S
RECORD AND GOVERNOR ROMNEY'S
RECORD.
HE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THIS
IS A CLEAR CHOICE WHEN IT
COMES TO ECONOMIC ISSUES.
Reporter: THE RACE IS
SO CLOSE, IN MANY STATES IT
WILL COME DOWN TO WHICH TEAM
GETS THE MOST SUPPORTERS TO
THE POLLS.
TEAM ABOU OBAMA HAS SET UP
5,000 AREAS.
WE WANT VOLUNTEERS IN
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO KNOW
THOSE NEIGHBORS AND KNOW THE
PEOPLE THEY'RE TALKING TO,
AND CAN TALK TO THEM THROUGH
A LENS IN MADISON,
WISCONSIN, VERSUS SOMEONE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Reporter: IN THREE
STATES HE EASILY WON FOUR
YEARS AGO, WISCONSIN, OHIO.
AND THEN HE AND THE FIRST
LADY TRAVEL HERE TO WATCH
THE RESULTS COME IN.
Pat: WE DIDN'T TELL YOU
ONE KEY PREDICTOR.
TERRY, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
IS?
Terry: NO.
WHAT.
Pat: THE REDSKINS.
WHEN THEY LOSE THE DAY
BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE
INCOME BEN INCUMBENT GOES
DOWN 17 OUT OF 19.
Terry: HAVE THEY QUOTED
ON THAT?
IS THAT TRUE?
HAS HISTORY SHOWN IT?
Pat: NO.
THAT'S WHAT THE MAN IN MY
EAR SAYS.
Terry: WHOEVER THAT GUY
TS.
IS.
Pat: THAT VOICE FROM
FAR AWAY WHISPERED 17 OUT OF
18.
THE REDSKINS WENT DOWN, SO
THAT MEANS THE INCUMBENT
GOES DOWN.
WHAT A FUN ELECTION.
BY THE WAY, WE'LL HAVE A
TREMENDOUS POST-ELECTION
PROGRAM.
WE'VE GOT FRED BARNES.
WE'VE GOT JAY SECALO, AND A
WHOLE BUNCH OF US HERE.
ON -- WELL --
Terry: TOMORROW NIGHT.
THAT'S 11:00?
Pat: YES, EAST COAST
TIME.
WHEN THE NATION GETS READY
FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, MILLIONS ON THE
EASTERN SEABOARD ARE STILL
RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE
SANDY.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: PAT, THE DEATH
TOLL FROM SANDY STANDS AT
107.
AND 100,000 BUSINESSES AND
HOMES ARE STILL WITHOUT
POWER.
HEATHER CELLS HAS MORE.
Reporter: IN AND AROUND
NEW YORK, AIDE WORKERS SAY
MANY RESIDENTS ARE DAZED,
FRUSTRATED AND EXHAUSTED.
FOR NEARLY A WEEK THEY'VE
BEEN SUFFERING IN BITTER
COLD WITH NO HEAT AND
ELECTRICITY, AND IN SOME
CASES, NO WATER.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD
IT IS TWO GO THROUGH ALL OF
OUR CHRISTMAS ITEMS, ALL
PICTURES OF THE KIDS WHEN
THEY -- THEIR GRADUATIONS,
THEIR CONFIRMATIONS, ALL OF
THAT, IT IS SO HARD.
Reporter: AUTHORITIES
SAY 20,000 PEOPLE IN NEW
YORK CITY COULD STILL BE
HOMELESS TWO WEEKS FROM
NOW.
OTHERS ARE STANDING IN
ENDLESS LINES FOR GAS.
"OPERATION BLESSING" HAS SET
UP A MASS FOOD DISTRIBUTION
IN FAR ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK,
AND HAS GIVEN FOOD BOXES TO
MORE THAN 500 FAMILIES AND
SERVED MORE 5,000 HOT
MEALS.
THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN
THE POWER IS GOING ON.
BUT "OPERATION BLESSING" IS
GOING TO BE HERE TO GIVE
THEM GROCERIES, TO GIVE THEM
A HOT MEAL, AND TO ENCOURAGE
THEM WITH THE LOVE OF
CHRIST.
Reporter: AND MANY
POLLING PLACES COULD BE
WITHOUT POWER TOMORROW, AND
A NOR'EASTER THREATENS TO
HIT THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Lee:
"OPERATION BLESSING," JODY
GETTIS, WHO YOU SAW IN THE
REPORT, SAYS SHE BELIEVES
THAT HURRICANE SANDY IS THE
SECOND LARGEST DISASTER
BEHIND HURRICANE KATRINA.
Pat: I REMEMBER FLYING
IN A HELICOPTER OVER THAT
AREA.
THE DEVASTATION WAS JUST
APPALLING.
AND JODY WAS DOWN THERE.
THIS IS THE SECOND WORST,
BUT IN TERMS OF OVERALL
SUFFERING AND NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE, IT IS PROBABLY
GREATER.
AND WE'VE GOT FOOD KIOSKS
SET UP TO TRY TO GIVE HOT
MEALS TO PEOPLE, AND WE'RE
DOING WHAT WE CAN.
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT MAD AT
THE RED CROSS.
AND THEY SAID ALL THEY'RE
GIVING IS HOT COCOA AND
COFFEE, AND THEY NEED
BLANKETS.
AND FEMA HAS STUFF SET UP,
BUT IT ISN'T BEING
DEPLOYED.
IF THERE IS EVER AN AGENCY
THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHICH END
IS UP, IT IS FEMA.
MAYBE THEY'LL RECOVER, AND
WE HOPE SO BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE NEED THE HELP.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP
"OPERATION BLESSING," YOU
CAN CALL 1-800-759-0700, OR
YOU CAN LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
IT IS THE DISASTER RELIEF
FUND, CBN CENTER.
SO WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE,
AND IT'S THE ONLY PART OF
THE RELIEF EFFORT, BUT WE'RE
THERE WITH EFFICIENCY AND
CARE AND COMPASSION.
WELL, TERRY, I THINK IT IS
TIME, RIGHT NOW, THAT WE
PRAY FOR AMERICA.
AMERICA HAS SUFFERED.
THIS IS A BODY BLOW.
Terry: YEAH.
Pat: I'M NOT GOING
TO -- I DON'T HAVE ANY WORD
FROM THE LORD TO SAY THIS IS
JUDGMENT.
I MEAN, YOU GET YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION.
Terry: IT CERTAINLY
DOES SHOW US OUR
VULNERABILITY, AND HOPEFULLY
IT WILL SHOW THE OPPORTUNITY
WE HAVE TO ALL COME TOGETHER
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
EACH OTHER IN A SITUATION
LIKE THIS.
Pat: INITIALLY, THE NEW
YORKERS CAME TOGETHER
BEAUTIFULLY, BUT NOW THEY'RE
STARTING TO SQUABBLE BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
AND THEY'RE FREEZING COLD
AND IT'S A MESS.
THEY'RE PRAYING THAT THE
ELECTRICITY AND WATER BE
RESTORED FOR THE STORM
VICTIMS, AND SAFETY AND
PROTECTION FOR WORKERS IN
NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK
CITY.
I GUESS THERE IS LOOTING
GOING ON, THAT THEY WOULD BE
SPARED.
Terry: THESE ARE
PEOPLE -- SOMEONE IS SAYING
THAT I'D LIKE TO PRAY THAT
MANY NEW JOBS WOULD BE
CREATED AND SOON.
AND SOMEONE ELSE SAYING THAT
GOD WOULD GIVE WISDOM AND
DIRECTION TO ALL OF OUR
LEADERS AND PROTECTION TO
OUR COUNTRY.
AND SOMEONE SAYING TO HAVE
FAITHFUL, SELFLESS LEADERS
MOTIVATED TO SERVE THE
PEOPLE AND NOT THEMSELVES.
Pat: TOMORROW, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, IS THE BIG
DAY.
YOU'RE OBLIGATION AS A
CITIZEN AND AS A CHRISTIAN
AND AS A WHATEVER, IS TO GET
OUT AND VOTE.
YOU REALLY NEED TO VOTE.
YOU NEED TO VOTE
INTELLIGENTLY AND VOTE
BIBLICAL VALUES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
SENT JUST VOTE PARTY LABEL,
BUT VOTE BIBLICAL VALUES.
WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
IT.
FEARLESS JOHN WAGGI IS GOING
TO GIVE US HIS ANALYSIS OF
THE CENTS.
Terry THE -- OF THE
SENATE.
Terry: LET'S PRAY
FIRST.
Pat: FATHER, IN JESUS'
NAME, WE PRAY FOR THIS
NATION.
WE SEE THIS ELECTION COMING
UP, AND WE SEE THE SUFFERING
THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED JUST IN
ONE STORM, HOW IT HAS LED TO
SUCH HEARTACHE AND
DEVASTATION THROUGHOUT NEW
YORK.
WE THINK OF WHAT HAPPENED IN
KATRINA, AND WE THINK WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN HAITI IS THE
CROPS HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED,
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE FACING
STARVATION.
GOD ALL MIGHT, WE PRAY FOR
THE SUFFERING AND HELP US TO
REACH OUT TO HELP THEM.
BLESS, O GOD, THIS NATION,
AND GIVE US WISE, GODLY
LEADERS.
WHO CARE ABOUT THIS NATION
AND NOT JUST PARTISAN
ADVANTAGE.
MAY WE HAVE STATESMEN.
GIVE US LEADERS WHO CARE FOR
THE PEOPLE, IN JESUS' NAME
WE ASK IT.
AMEN.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,
WE'RE GOING TO GO INSIDE THE
CONTROVERSIAL SENATE RACE
INSIDE THE "SHOW ME" STATE.
THAT'S ALL COMING UP.
STAY WITH US.
Pat: WELL, I WANTED TO
FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN IN THE SENATE, IN THE
HOUSE, AND I ASKED OUR
POLITICAL ANALYST AT CBN
NEWS TO GET TOGETHER WE ME,
AND WE DID LAST WEEK, AND
OVER THE WEEKEND, THEY HAVE
BEEN CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS
TO TRY TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN
COME UP WITH.
WITH ONE DAY TO GO, ALL OF
THE EYES RIGHT NOW ARE
FOCUSED ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, BUT THE SENATE IS
ALSO UP FOR GRABS THIS
YEAR.
ONE OF THE MOST HOTLY
CONTESTED BATTLES IS IN
MISSOURI.
AS JOHN JESSOP REPORTS.
DESPITE WHAT THE EXPERTS
HAVE SAID, THIS IS STILL
ANYONE'S RACE.
Reporter: THE "SHOW ME"
STATE IS PROUD OF PRODUCING
HARD WORKERS WITH A HEALTHY
DOSE OF SKEPTICISM.
MISSOURIANS ARE ALSO KNOWN
FOR BEING POSITIVE, BUT IT
IS HARD TO TELL BY THE
BITTER CAMPAIGN ADS.
TODD AKIN IS SCARY.
I'M AFRAID OF WHAT HE'LL
DO IN CONGRESS.
CORRUPT CLAIRE.
Reporter: OBSERVERS
EXPECTED NASTINESS BETWEEN
CLAIRE MCCASKILL AND
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER TODD
AKIN, GIVEN THE RACE'S
POTENTIAL TO SHAKE UP THE
SENATE.
THEN CAME THIS.
IF IT IS A LEGITIMATE
RAPE, THE FEMALE BODY HAS
WAYS TO SHUT THAT WHOLE
THING DOWN.
Reporter: THAT SIX
SECONDS UP-ENDED AKIN'S
LEAD.
IT ALSO TOSSED CLAIRE
MCCASKILL A LIFE-LINE SHE
DESPERATELY NEEDED.
CLAIRE MCCASKILL WAS ONE
OF THE MOST VULNERABLE
CANDIDATES, BUT SHE HAS BEEN
ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON A
MISSTEP FROM HER OPPONENT,
TODD AKIN.
Reporter: BUT THE
SIX-TERM ST. LOUIS
CONGRESSMAN ISN'T GIVING
UP.
HE MADE IN LOST GROUND AND
TURNED THE CONTEST AROUND.
THIS IS A VERY CLOSE
RACE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GOOD
CHANCE OF MAKING THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE CONTROL OF
THE SENATE.
Reporter: IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, AKIN
TELLS CBN NEWS HE HAS HAD
PEACE ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN ALL
ALONE.
EVEN WHEN PARTY BOSSES
PRESSURED HIM TO BOW OUT.
THEY TRIED TO PUSH HIM
OUT.
HE HAS HUNG IN.
HE STILL HAS A CHANCE TO
WIN, BUT HE HAS HAD TO DO
THAT WITHOUT ANY NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN REPORT.
Reporter: HE IS NOT THE
ONLY CANDIDATE DRAWING
CRITICISM ABOUT RAPE.
RICHARD MOURDOCK EXPECTED
PREGNANCIES TO GOD'S WILL.
AKIN BELIEVES LEADERS
ABANDONED HIM BECAUSE HE IS
A CONSERVATIVE WILLING TO
BUCK HIS OWN PARTY.
IT MAY BE THAT SOME OF
THE LEADERSHIP IN THE
SENATE, IN THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE, WOULD BE COMFORTABLE
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE
MODERATE.
AND BECAUSE I'M NOT,
APPARENTLY IT'S MORE
IMPORTANT TO THEM TO GET
MODERATE THAN MAYBE EVEN
TAKING OVER CONTROL OF THE
SENATE.
Reporter: AKIN STILL
STRUGGLES WITH FINANCES.
CLAIRE MCCASKILL RAISED
NEARLY $6 MILLION IN A FINAL
FUNDRAISING PUSH, WHILE AKIN
TOOK IN LESS THAN
2 MILLION.
MOST OF THAT CAME IN FROM
SMALL ON-LINE DONATIONS.
THE PARTY HAS BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL IN TURNING OFF
OUR FUNDING, WHICH IS OUR
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
IN A SENSE, THEY'RE TRYING
TO MAYBE STARVE US OF
OXYGEN.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T STARVED ME
OF GASOLINE.
Reporter: AKINS FUELING
HIS MOMENTUM BY ATTENDING
EVENTS LIKE THIS FRIDAY FISH
FRY.
HIS TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN
VALUES APPEAL TO CHRISTIAN
VOTERS.
HE IS A STRONG CHRISTIAN,
HE IS A CONSERVATIVE, AND
THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE I
WANT IN WASHINGTON.
I KNOW, IN SPITE OF WHAT HE
SAID, HE IS ROC-SOLID ON THE
ISSUES.
Reporter: CLAIRE
MCCASKILL PORTRAYS AKIN AS
TOO EXTREME ON ISSUES
RANGING FROM MEDICARE TO
SOCIAL SECURITY TO HIS VIEWS
ON WOMEN.
SHE SLAMMED HIS LEGITIMATE
RAPE COMMENT, WHILE TOUTING
HER RECORD.
ALL SENATORS ARE RANKS,
ONE TO 100.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT NUMBER
50.
HOW DID I GET THERE?
MISSOURI-STYLE
INDEPENDENCE.
I'M CLAIRE MCCASKILL AND I
APPROVE THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS RIGHT
FOR MISSOURI.
Reporter: THE CAMPAIGN
DID NOT RESPOND DESPITE
MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR A
STATEMENT.
HER BACKERS, WHICH INCLUDE
SEVERAL LEADING MISSOURI
NEWSPAPERS, SAY CLAIRE
MCCASKILL'S BIPARTISAN
APPROACH SHOULD BE REWARDED
WITH A SECOND TERM.
SHE HAS REALLY CREATED A
NATIONAL NICHE IN TERMS OF
KEEPING AN EYE ON DEFENSE
SPENDING, AND TAKING HER
FORMER ROLE AS A STATE
AUDITOR AND APPLYING IT TO
HER ROLE IN THE SENATE, AND
SAVING TAXPAYERS MILLIONS,
IF NOT BILLIONS, IN
SAVINGS.
Reporter: AKIN
DISAGREES.
HE CALLS CLAIR CLAIRE
MCCASKILL OUT OF STEP FOR
BACKING THE OBAMA CARE LAW.
HE BELIEVES THAT IS THE
IMAGE VOTERS WILL TAKE WITH
THEM TO THE POLLS.
I'M VERY MAINSTREAM FOR
THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
I'M GOING FORWARD WITH THE
MISSION, AND I PLAN, BY THE
GRACE OF GOD, TO REPLACE
GLARCLAIRE MCCASKILL.
Reporter: JOHN JESSOP,
CBN NEWS, ST. LOUIS COUNTY,
MISSOURI.
Pat: OKAY, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, TOMORROW IS THE
BIG DAY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
CONGRESS?
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING IN ON
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SENATE.
YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN A
THORN IN THE SIDE OF
REPUBLICANS.
AND OUR CBN NEWS POLITICAL
EDITOR JOHN WAGGI IS HERE
WITH US, WITH HIS FEARLESS
PREDICTIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S
ELECTION.
JOHN, START WITH MISSOURI.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY
TALKING ABOUT A LEGITIMATE
RACE.
UNLESS -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT.
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT HE BACKED OFF OF THAT
AND SAID I'M SORRY AND SO
FAR.
IMMEDIATELY, PAT, HE
BACKED OFF OF THAT.
IMMEDIATELY HE CAME OUT WITH
AN APOLOGY.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN
THE HEAT OF A DEBATE YOU RUN
INTO TROUBLE.
I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A
LIMB WITH THAT VERY FIRST
RACE IN MISSOURI AND SAYING
THAT AKIN IS GOING TO PULL
IT OUT.
IT IS CLOSE IN SOME OF THE
POLLS.
I THINK THAT CLAIRE
MCCASKILL IS TIED TO THE
HEALTH CARE PLAN, OBAMACARE,
WHICH IS VERY UNPOPULAR IN
MISSOURI.
I THINK THERE WAS A
REFERENDUM THAT 70% WERE
AGAINST TYING MISSOURI TO
OBAMACARE.
AND SHE IS IN ON THAT.
I THINK IT MAY GO FOR AKIN.
BUT THAT'S AN OUT ON THE
LIMB PICK, I'LL ADMIT.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY.
AS FAR AS THE HOUSE GOES,
YOU DON'T THINK THERE IS
GOING TO BE ANY SHIFT.
YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
THE SAME NUMBER?
I THINK THAT THE HOUSE IS
GOING TO STAY JUST ABOUT
WHAT IT IS NOW.
YOU KNOW, THE DEMOCRATS HAD
A DRIVE FOR 25 CAMPAIGN,
WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO GET
THE NECESSARY 25 SEATS TO
MAKE NANCY PELOSI SPEAKER
AGAIN.
I BELIEVE BOTH ON THE RIGHT
AND LEFT SIDE OF THE AISLE,
THERE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THAT THAT ISN'T GOING TO
HAPPEN.
RIGHT NOW THE REPUBLICANS
HAVE ABOUT A 25, 30-SEAT
MARGIN.
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP IT, I
THINK.
I PREDICT NO CHANGE AND THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Pat: WE'LL TAKE THAT.
LET'S GO TO THE SENATE.
WE'VE GOT HARRY REID AS
MAJORITY LEADER, AND WE'VE
GOT -- ALL RIGHT, SEVEN
SEATS.
I'M PREDICTING THE
REPUBLICANS TAKE SEVEN
SEATS.
Pat: LET'S GO FOR
THEM.
WHICH ONES?
MISSOURI, THAT WE'VE
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA,
OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA,
VIRGINIA, AND WISCONSIN.
Pat: PENNSYLVANIA?
WELL, PENNSYLVANIA IS AN
INTERESTING RACE.
THAT WAS CONSIDERED A
SHOO-IN FOR ROBERT
CASEY, JR., UP TO TWO MONTHS
AGO.
TOM SMITH, THE REPUBLICAN,
HAS BEEN MOVING UP IN THE
POLLS.
AND NOW IT IS A VIRTUAL DEAD
HEAT.
WITH PENNSYLVANIA MOVING IN
A DEAD HEAT IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND THE
FACT THAT A REPUBLICAN WAS
ELECTED SENATOR TWO YEARS
AGO, I'M GOING TO GO WITH
TOM SMITH, WHO IS A
BUSINESSMAN, WHO HAS BEEN
PUTTING TOGETHER SOME
EFFECTIVE ADS, AND WHO CAN
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ANGER
OVER COAL COUNTRY.
Pat: SLIPPING OVER THE
MOST CONTESTED STATE IS
OHIO.
YOU'RE PREDICTING THE
REPUBLICANS WILL WIN ONE
THERE?
I AM PREDICTING, BASED ON
WHO I THINK WILL TURN OUT ON
THE POLLS.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A
SURPRISE.
JOSH MANDEL IS A REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE.
HE IS AN EX-MARINE, 35 YEARS
OLD, AND HAS ALREADY WON A
STATE-WIDE RACE IN OHIO.
HE HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY
EVEN WITH JARED BROWN, BUT I
THINK THAT MANDEL MAY COME
IN FOR A SURPRISE ON
ELECTION NIGHT.
Pat: TOMMY THOMPSON,
WHO IS A MANY-TERM GOVERNOR
OF WISCONSIN, AND HE IS
COMING IN RUNNING FOR
SENATE, AND NOW HE IS
BEHIND?
HE IS UP IN ONE POLL AND
DOWN IN ANOTHER POLL.
IT IS JUST ABOUT EVEN IN
WISCONSIN BETWEEN TOMMY
THOMPSON AND TAMMY BALDEN.
SHE REPRESENTS MADS.
MADISON.
SHE HAS A SLIGHT EDGE IN A
COUPLE OF THE POLLS.
WISCONSIN HAS A NATIONAL
CHAIRMAN, A VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, A
NEWLY ELECTED SENATOR TO
YEARS AGO, AND A NEWLY
ELECTED GOVERNOR WHO WON A
RECALL ELECTION BACK IN
JUNE.
IF THERE IS EVER A TURNOUT
EFFORT THAT WOULD HELP TOMMY
THOMPSON, IT IS GOING TO BE
IN WISCONSIN.
Pat: YOU FIGURE KEN
CONWRIGHT IS GOING OUT FROM
NORTH DAKOTA.
YOU THINK NORTH DAKOTA IS
GOING TO SWING -- HE IS A
CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT AND
NOW YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO
GO REPUBLICAN?
I THINK THE REPUBLICAN,
RICK BYRD IS GOING TO WIN.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOMINATED
AN ATTRACTIVE CONSERVATIVE
NAMED HEIDI HICRAMP.
SHE IS A CANDIDATE THAT A
LOT OF NORTH DAKOTANS LIKE.
I STILL THINK IT WILL LEAN
REPUBLICAN IN THE END.
Pat: YOU THINK THAT THE
REPUBLICANS WILL TAKE
MONTANA, BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR
CALL?
NO.
I'M PREDICTING THAT THE
INCUMBENT, JON TESTER, WHO
WON IN A SQUEAKER SIX YEARS
AGO, IS GOING TO HOLD ON IN
MONTANA.
THIS COULD GO EITHER WAY.
RAYBURD HAS WON A STATE-WIDE
RACE BEFORE -- 48, 48 I
BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER.
I'M GOING TO HOLD ON TO THE
INCUMBENT, EVEN THOUGH
ROMNEY WILL WIN THE STATE.
Pat: IT LOOKS LIKE THE
REPUBLICANS WILL LOOSE A
COUPLE.
OLYMPIAN IS RETIRING IN
MAINE.
ANGUS KING HAS BEEN
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE.
I THINK HE IS SO FAR HEADING
IN THE POLLS AND HE IS GOING
TO WIN OVER THE REPUBLICAN
AND THE DEMOCRATS, AND HE
WILL CAUCUS WITH THE
DEMOCRATS, AND THAT WILL
GIVE THE DEMOCRATS A
TAKE-AWAY WITH OLYMPIAN
SNOWE RETIRING.
Pat: AND IN
MASSACHUSETTS, YOU'VE GOT
ELIZABETH WARREN, WHO IS
CLAIMING SHE IS AN INDIAN?
YES, SHE RAN INTO SOME
TROUBLE WITH THAT.
SCOTT BROWN WAS THE DARLING
OF THE NATION A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO WHEN HE SAID HE
WOULD BE THE 51st VOTE
AGAINST OBAMACARE.
HE IS STILL RUNNING CLOSE IN
THE POLLS.
ONE POLL SHOWS ELIZABETH
WARREN SIX POINTS AHEAD.
THIS IS A STATE WITH 3-1
DEMOCRAT REGISTRATION
ADVANTAGE.
INDEPENDENTS ARE RUNNING FOR
SCOTT BROWN, BUT HE NEEDS AN
EVEN BIGGER NEED.
Pat: ELIZABETH WARREN
SHOULDN'T APPEAL TO THOSE
IRISH UP THERE, LIKE TIP
O'NEILL AND THE KENNEDYS.
SHE IS AN IRISH, BUT SHE IS
CLAIMING TO BE INDIAN.
DESPITE HER CLAIMS AS FAR
AS THE ETHNIC BACKGROUND AND
MAKEUP GOES, SHE HAS BEEN
MAKING HEADWAY.
UNLESS HE IS ABLE TO PULL
OUT A BIG, BIG TURNOUT AMONG
INDEPENDENTS, I THINK HE
WINS IT IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Pat: IN CONNECTICUT,
YOU'VE GOT THE HEIRESS OF
A --
LINDA McMAHON IS ONE
WHO ENDED UP LOSING A SENATE
RACE THERE BY 12 POINTS.
NOW IN THE RACE TO REPLACE
SENATOR LIEBERMAN, WHO IS AN
INDEPENDENT, SHE IS IN A
SIX-POINT MARGIN.
AND SHE HAS BEEN SPENDING
HER OWN MONEY ON
ADVERTISING, SO SHE HAS A
CHANCE, BUT I'M GOING WITH
THE DEMOCRAT MURPHY TO HOLD
ON TO THAT SEAT.
Pat: SWINGING DOWN HERE
TO VIRGINIA, THERE IS A
CLOSE ONE BETWEEN TWO FORMER
GOVERNORS.
TIM KAINE, WHO IS A
DEMOCRAT, AND GEORGE ALLEN,
WHO IS A VERY POPULAR
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR.
YES, WHO NARROWLY LOST
THE RACE SIX YEARS AGO.
I'M GOING WITH ALLEN.
YOU CAN PICK YOUR POLL IN
THIS.
THERE IS ONE THAT SHOWS
KAINE UP AND ONE THAT SHOWS
ALLEN UP BY FIVE.
I THINK THE TURNOUT UNDER
GOVERNOR McDONNELL, WHO IS
A REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR-ELECTED BY A BIG
MARGIN A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, I THINK THAT WILL BE
ENOUGH TO PUT ALLEN OVER THE
TOP.
BUT I'M NOT CONFIDENT IN
THAT PICK, I HAVE TO TELL
YOU.
Pat: OKAY.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, ROMNEY IS
AHEAD OF ALLEN IN THE
POLLING?
YES.
BUT HE IS STILL HITTING THE
STATE IN THESE LAST DAYS.
Pat: I CAN'T BELIEVE
IT.
THEY USUALLY IGNORE
VIRGINIA.
AND WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN
NEW MEXICO.
NEW MEXICO IS A HOLD FOR
THE DEMOCRATS.
THEY HAD AN ATTRACTIVE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE,
HEATHER WILSON, BUT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE JUST RUNNING
TOO FAR AHEAD IN MEXICO, AND
MARTIN HEINRICK IS GOING TO
TAKE IT.
MICHIGAN IS ANOTHER HOLD FOR
THE DEMOCRATS.
WITH THE NATIONAL ELECTION
BEING EVEN, THIS ONE COULD
BE ON THE RADAR SCREEN.
BUT DEBBIE STAVENO, THE
INCUMBENT HAS A LEAD IN
THREE DIFFERENT POLLS.
IF BY SOME MIRACLE MICHIGAN
GOES FOR ROMNEY, MAYBE HE'LL
RIDE SOME COAT TAILS.
Pat: SO WHEN IT IS ALL
SHAKEN AND STEWED -- SHAKEN,
NOT STIRRED -- YOU THINK THE
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO
PICK UP SEVEN SENATE SEATS
AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE
TWO, WHICH WILL BE A NET
GAIN OF FIVE.
WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO
GIVE THEM SENATE CONTROL.
I REALIZE THAT THE
LAST-MINUTE POLLS HAVE BEEN
GOING AGAINST THE
REPUBLICANS, AND ROMNEY HAS
GONE FROM MAYBE A 4-POINT
LEAD TO A VIRTUAL TIE, AND
THAT COULD AFFECT SENATE
RACES, BUT I THINK THE
POLLSTERS ARE MISSING THE
TURNOUT MODEL, THE
ENTHUSIASM, AND PERHAPS SOME
SUPPORT FROM INDEPENDENTS.
IT MAY BE THAT OBAMACARE IS
STILL OUT THERE AS AN
ISSUE.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO
BE REPEALED IF REPUBLICANS
DON'T WHI WIN THE SENATE.
SO IF VOTERS ARE INTERESTED
IN THAT, THEY'LL ELECT THEIR
CANDIDATE.
Pat: YOU SAID
PENNSYLVANIA WAS GOING TO GO
FOR OBAMA.
I'M THINKING PENNSYLVANIA IS
GOING TO GO FOR ROMNEY?
WE MAY AGREE TO DISAGREE
ON THAT ONE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT -- I HAVE
IT GOING FOR ROMNEY IN THE
OVERALL PRESIDENTIAL RACE,
BUT I HAVE PENNSYLVANIA
GOING FOR OBAMA AND I HAVE
WISCONSIN GOING FOR ROMNEY.
I HAVE VIRGINIA, OHIO,
FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, ALL
GOING FOR ROMNEY.
Pat: VIRGINIA, OHIO,
FLORIDA AND NORTH CAROLINA
FOR ROMNEY?
AND I FO IOWA FOR
OBAMA.
AND OHIO FOR ROMNEY.
I FEEL LIKE I'M SWIMMING
UPSTREAM BASED ON THE MOST
RECENT POLLS, BUT I THINK
TURNOUT WILL GIVE THE
ELECTION FOR ROMNEY.
Pat: THAT WILL MEAN A
CLEAN SWEEP.
IF YOU'RE PREDICTIONS ARE
RIGHT, THE REPUBLICANS WILL
HAVE IT ALL, AND THEY BETTER
GET SOMETHING DONE.
THEY'LL HAVE THE HOUSE, THE
SENATE, AND THE PRESIDENT.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT,
THEY BETTER GET SOMETHING
DONE.
Pat: OKAY, JOHN WAGGI,
WE WILL LOOK WITH EAGER
ANTICIPATION TO SEE IF YOU
WERE AS GOOD AS YOU WERE --
HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN?
THAT WAS 1994 WHEN I
CALLED THE HOUSE FOR THE
REPUBLICANS.
I'M AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
UP-SET PICKER BECAUSE I
PICKED THE DEMOCRATS TO
STAKE THE CENT SENATE IN
1996 WHEN IT DIDN'T LOOK
LIKE IT WAS GOING TO.
Pat: TERRY, WHAT'S
NEXT?
Terry: NO PRESSURE,
JOHN.
UP NEXT, A COLLEGE FRESHMAN
GONE WILD GETS A SECOND
CHANCE.
ALL OF THAT AFTER THIS.
Terry: LIKE SO MANY
FRESHMAN, ASHLEY
ABERCROMBIE, WAS LIVING AWAY
FROM HOME FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
SHE HAD DREAMED OF GOING TO
COLLEGE FOR YEARS, BUT SHE
NEVER IMAGINED THE REALITY.
WE THREW A PARTY EN MY
ROOM ON MY FLOOR, AND WE
WERE ALL DRINKING.
AND AT SOME POINT, THERE
WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR
ROOM, AND THEN NOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN OUR ROOM.
Reporter: WHEN THE
PARTY ENDED, ASHLEY
ABERCROMBIE PASSED OUT FROM
DRINKING TOO MUCH.
BUT SHE WAS NOT ALONE.
A YEAR EARLIER, ASHLEY LEFT
HER SMALL TOWN TO ATTEND
COLLEGE.
SHE WAS ANXIOUS TO PURSUE A
CAREER IN FASHION AND
TEXTILE DESIGN.
I CAME FROM A 15,000
PERSON TOWN, AND STEPPED IN
A COLLEGE THAT WAS TWICE THE
SIZE OF MY HOME TOWN.
I THOUGHT I WOULD LEAVE MY
HOME TOWN AND JUST CHANGE
THE WORLD.
Reporter: SHE ATTENDED
COLLEGE ON A FULL-RIGHT
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP AND
PLUGGED RIGHT INTO CAMPUS
LIFE.
I PURSUED THE SAME THINGS
I HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I JOINED THE STUDENT
GOVERNMENT, AND I STARTED AS
AN ATHLETE.
Reporter: BUT THERE WAS
TROUBLE BACK AT HOME.
HER PARENTS DIVORCED DURING
HIS FRESHMAN YEAR.
ASHLEY WAS DEVASTATED.
IT WAS ACTUALLY HARD ON
ME.
I THOUGHT, WHERE IS THE
SOLID GROUND.
HERE I'M IN THIS BRAND NEW
PLACE, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE
ABOUT HOME ANYMORE.
Reporter: ASHLEY DIDN'T
TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THE
MOUNTING STRESS IN HER
LIFE.
I DEVELOPED AN EATING
DISORDER, CALLED BULEMIA.
THAT IS ONE WAY I DEALT WITH
THE PRESSURE.
THAT COULD MEAN I COULD HIDE
AND NOT HAVE TO SHARE WITH
PEOPLE.
I COULD BE BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS AND EXPRESS HIS
EMOTION, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS
IN AN UNHEALTHY WAY.
Reporter: IN FACT, SHE
WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP HER
GRADES AND ACTIVITIES FOR A
WHILE, BUT OVER TIME SHE
LOST HER GRIP ON WHO SHE
WAS.
SHE WENT FROM RESPECTED
STUDENT ATHLETE TO PARTY
GIRL.
I STARTED DRINKING ALL OF
THE TIME.
THE ONLY WAY TO COPE WITH
BEING IN A CAGE WAS JUST TO
DRINK MORE OR BINGE AND
PURGE OR DO A DRUG.
ANYTHING THAT WOULD KEEP ME
DISCONNECTED FROM, YOU KNOW,
WHO I WAS.
Reporter: HER GRADES
ALSO SUFFERED.
SHE WAS PLACED ON ACADEMIC
PROBATION AND QUICK THE
ROWING TEAM.
THERE WERE SOME DAYS
WHERE I COULDN'T EVEN GET
OUT OF BED.
I WOULD BE GOING TO CLASSES
AND DOING THINGS WITH MY
FRIENDS, BUT NOT REALLY
THERE, NOT REALLY PRESENT.
Reporter: ONE NIGHT
AFTER ASHLEY AND HER FRIENDS
PARTIED IN HER DORM ROOM,
SHE PASSED OUT FROM DRINKING
TOO MUCH.
A MAN WAITED FOR HER FRIENDS
TO LEAVE, INTENDING TO RAPE
HER.
WHEN I CAME TO AGAIN, THE
FIRST THING I REMEMBER
PICTURING IS MY UNDERWEAR ON
THE FLOOR.
AND THINKING, WHAT IS GOING
ON AND COMING TO AND
REALIZING, OH, MY
GOD,, LIKE, THIS IS REALLY
HAPPENING.
THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING TO
ME.
AND NOT BEING ABLE TO
FIGHT.
AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SAY
ANYTHING OTHER THAN NO,
STOP!
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN
DO.
IT IS A HELPLESS MOMENT AND
COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL.
COMPLETE VIOLATION OF
EVERYTHING A PERSON IS.
Reporter: THE RAPIST
WAS A POPULAR STUDENT
ATHLETE.
AND ASHLEY NEVER PRESSED
CHARGES.
I WASN'T SURE ANYBODY
WOULD BELIEVE ME.
BEING THE PARTY GIRL I WAS,
I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT I CHOSE TO SLEEP
WITH THIS ATHLETE.
Reporter: AFTER THE
ATTACK, ASHLEY LEFT SCHOOL.
IN A WEIRD WAY, IT SORT
OF SOBERED ME.
THAT THE LIFESTYLE I WAS
LIVING HAD TAKEN ME A PLACE
I NEVER WANTED TO GO.
Reporter: ASHLEY
EVENTUALLY MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA.
BUT SHE SOON REALIZED EVEN A
MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
COULDN'T ERASE HER PAST.
WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE
YOU ARE.
I JUST WANTED BULEMIA TO BE
DONE.
I JUST WANTED THE MEMORIES
TO GO AWAY.
I JUST WANTED THE PAIN TO GO
AWAY.
THAT DIDN'T HELP ME ADDRESS
ANY OF THE REAL ISSUES.
Reporter: SHE STARTED
WORKING AT A RESTAURANT
WHERE SEVERAL OF THE WAIT
STAFF WERE CHRISTIANS.
SHE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN
THE WAY THEY LIVED.
THESE PEOPLE HAD THIS
LIFE ON THE INSIDE OF THEM.
AT THE TIME -- NOW I KNOW
WHAT IT IS, BUT AT THE TIME,
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE IT.
I JUST KNEW I WANTED IT.
WE WOULD GO OUT FOR COFFEE
AND DINNERS.
IT WASN'T TOO OFTEN AFTER
THAT, I ASKED HIM, HEY, CAN
I COME TO CHURCH WITH YOU
GUYS.
Reporter: SHE HEARD A
WOMAN AT CHURCH SHARE A
STORY THAT WAS SIMILAR TO
HER OWN.
IT WAS THE POWER OF A
STORY THAT STARTED TO SET ME
FREE.
AND SO I GAVE MY LIFE TO
CHRIST THAT DAY.
Reporter: ASHLEY WAS
HEALED FROM BULEMIA.
AS SHE LEARNED MORE ABOUT
GOD, SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE
NO LONGER HAD TO HIDE BEHIND
THE MASK OF SHAME.
AS I BEGAN TO RENEW MY
MIND IN
CRIEFTD,
CHRIST, AND
WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANT TO ME
WAS LEARNING, AND SAWEDING
PALM 1: 39, WHERE GOD SAYS
I'M FEARFULLY AND LOVINGLY
MADE.
GOD FOUND A WAY TO REACH
ME.
GOD FOUND A WH WAY TO
RESTORE MY LIFE.
AND GOD FOUND PEOPLE WHO
WERE WILL TO BE WITH ME WHEN
I WAS UNLOVABLE.
Terry: GOD IS ALWAYS
THERE.
HE IS ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR
US, ALWAYS AFTER OUR
HEARTS.
THE BIBLE SAYS A GOOD
SHEPHERD WILL LEAVE THE
ENTIRE FLOCK OF SHEEP TO GO
AFTER THE ONE THAT IS LOST.
IS THAT YOU TODAY?
ARE YOU THE ONE WHO IS, LIKE
ASHLEY, IS LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS IN ALL OF THE WRONG
PLACES.
TRYING TO CONTROL BECAUSE
THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL IN
YOUR LIFE.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
LIFE IS ALL ABOUT AND HOW DO
I MAKE SENSE OF THIS?
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE WHO
CAN REALLY ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS IS THE ONE WHO
CREATED YOU.
GOD'S WORD ALSO SAYS THAT HE
HAD YOU IN MIND BEFORE THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH
WERE LAID.
THAT HE IS THE LOVER OF YOUR
SOUL.
THAT HE CREATES YOU WITH
PURPOSE, WITH HOPE AND A
FUTURE.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
YOU DESIRE, SOMETHING THAT
YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IN
YOUR LIFE, THE GOOD NEWS I
HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS IT'S
FOR ANYONE WHO ASKS JESUS.
TO BECOME THE LORD OF THEIR
LIFE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT IS NOT A RELIGIOUS
EXPERIENCE.
IT IS ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP.
IT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING
WHO YOU ARE IN RELATIONSHIP
TO HIM, AND COMING TO A
PLACE WHERE YOU JUST LAY IT
ALL DOWN BEFORE HIM, AND SAY
ENOUGH OF ME.
I WANT YOU, AND ALL OF YOU I
CAN POSSIBLY GET.
IT'S ACKNOWLEDGING THAT EACH
ONE OF US IS A SINNER, BUT
TODAY IT IS ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT YOU ARE A SINNER IN
NEED OF A SAVIOR.
EVERY ONE OF US HAS TO COME
TO THAT PLACE WHEN IT COMES
TO CHRIST.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT HIS DEATH
ON THE CROSS WAS NOT JUST
SORT OF A GENETIC THING THAT
WAS DONE FOR SOME SPIRITUAL
TRUTH.
IT WAS FOR ME.
FOR MY SIN.
FOR MY SHORT COMING.
I NEEDED TO BE SAVED, AND SO
DO YOU.
SO DO YOU.
TODAY COME TO THE LORD
UNDERSTANDING THAT.
JUST FALL ON YOUR KNEES
BEFORE HIM AND SAY WHAT SO
MANY OF US WHO FOUND PEACE
AND MEANING AND HOPE AND A
FUTURE HAVE SAID.
JESUS, I NEED YOU.
I WANT YOU.
HERE IS MY LIFE.
I WANT TO BE CHANGED.
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOD
IS LOOKING FOR, PERMISSION
TO COME IN.
TO BE ALL THAT HE IS TO YOU
PERSONALLY.
TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
TO GIVE YOU A NEW
UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU
ARE, WHO HE IS, AND WHAT
THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
HOW DO YOU GET THAT?
HOW DO YOU GET WHAT ASHLEY
FOUND?
YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF.
YOU ASK HIM.
GIVE HIM EVERYTHING YOU'VE
GOT, AND FOLLOW HARD AFTER
HIM.
WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO
THAT.
WE'VE PUT SOME INFORMATION
TOGETHER FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO SAY YES TO JESUS CHRIST
TODAY.
OKAY, JESUS, I WANT TO KNOW
YOU.
I WANT TO BE SAVED.
WHAT DO YOU DO THEN?
THIS IS A PACKET PAT HAS PUT
TOGETHER FOR YOU.
IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY" AND
IT'S FILLED WITH
INFORMATION.
WHAT DOES A NEW BELIEVER
DO?
HOW DO YOU GROW IN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND THIS IS FREE.
SO IS THE PHONE CALL TO GET
IT.
OUR NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE,
1-800-759-0700.
JUST CALL AND SAY, I'VE
PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND I'D
LIKE THE "NEW DAY" PACKET
AND WE'LL GET IT OUT TO
YOU.
IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO
STRUGGLES WITH EATING
DISORDERS, WE'VE GOT A GREAT
LITTLE PAMPHLET.
JUST EX FO ASK FOR "THE
OVERCOMING EATING DISORDERS"
AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
Pat: T.D. J J. PACKS
THEM IN.
THEY HAVE WOMEN CONFERENCES,
AND THEY'RE THOUSANDS WHO
COME IN.
WE'LL MEET A PROTEGE OF T.D.
JAKES.
AND SHE GOES WHERE NO WOMAN
HAS GONE BEFORE HER.
YOU'LL FIND THIS
FASCINATING.
Lee: WELCOME BACK TO
"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."
A FEDERAL JUDGE HEARS
ARGUMENTS TODAY IN THE FIGHT
TO OVERTURN ARIZONA'S BAN ON
ABORTIONS AT 20 WEEKS OF
PREGNANCY.
OPPONENTS SAY THE REGULATION
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE
IT PREVENTS SOME WOMEN FROM
HAVING ABORTIONS.
BUT A LOWER COURT REFUSED TO
BLOCK THE BAN IN JUNE.
THAT JUDGE RULED THE LAW DID
NOT PREVENT A WOMAN FROM
HAVING AN ABORTION.
NINE OTHER STATES HAVE BANS
AT 20 WEEKS, BUT ARIZONA'S
BAN IS CONSIDERED THE
EARLIEST BECAUSE IT
CALCULATES THE STARTING
POINT DIFFERENTLY.
CBN HAS LAUNCHED A NEW
BENGALI LANGUAGE TELEVISION
PROGRAM IN INDIA.
IT IS CALL SAMADAN, WHICH
MEANS SOLUTIONS.
IT IS THE FIRST CHRISTIAN
PROGRAM OF ITS KIND TO
BROADCAST IN BENGALI.
IT AIRS SUNDAY MORNINGS.
EACH PROGRAM SHARES THE LOVE
OF JESUS THROUGH
TESTIMONIES, MUSIC VIDEOS,
AND MINISTRY FROM THE
BIBLE.
IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
REACH MORE
THAN 200 MILLION
BENGALI SPEAKERS.
YOU CAN FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT CBN IS DOING AROUND THE
WORLD BY
LOGGING
ON TO
CBNNEWS.COM/INTERNATIONAL.
STAY TUNED, PAT AND TERRY
WILL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, WE'RE STILL
GOING, AND, MAN, IT IS ONE
MORE DAY.
TOMORROW IS THE BIG VOTING
DAY.
BUT YOU DON'T CARE SO MUCH
ABOUT VOTING AS YOU DO ABOUT
YOUR OWN PERSONAL FINANCES.
RAZ AND JILLIAN MARTIN WERE
A COUPLE WHO OWED $40,000,
AND THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY THAT
$40,000 OFF.
AND THEN THEY MADE ONE
CHANGE THAT HELPED THEM
BECOME COMPLETELY
DEBT-FREE.
WATCH THIS.
YEE-HAW!!
Reporter: JULIAN AND
RAZ MARTIN STAYED BUSY WITH
TWO TODDLERS.
JULIAN WORKS AT A CEILING
FAN COMPANY, BUT WHEN, EH?
I WHENHE IS HOME, HE IS AN
HANDS-ON DAD.
AND JILLIAN IS A
STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
AND THEY BOTH LOVE "THE 700
CLUB."
IT WAS RAZ WHO INITIALLY
SUGGESTED THEY JOIN "THE 700
CLUB."
WHAT PROMPTED US TO BE
GIVERS TO "THE 700 CLUB" WAS
JUST THE DIFFERENT IMPACTS
"THE 700 CLUB" HAS AROUND
THE WORLD.
IT TOUCHED MY HEART.
THEY'RE DOING GREAT
WORK.
GOD IS USING THE LITTLE BIT
I CAN GIVE TO HELP OTHERS
AROUND THE WORLD.
Reporter: BUT A FEW
YEARS AGO, THE MARTINS
STRUGGLED WITH GIVING AWAY
MONEY.
HAY HAD ACCUMULATED $40,000
IN DEBT.
THEN THEY TOOK A CLASS ON
FINANCES.
IT CAME TO APOINT WHERE
YOU START LOOKING AT CAR
LOANS AND STUDENT LOANS.
IF YOU PAY THE MINIMUM
BALANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE STARTED OFF BY PAYING
OUR SMALLEST DEBT FIRST.
ONCE WE PAID THAT OFF, WE
TOOK THAT PAYMENT AND PUT IT
ON THE NEXT SMALLEST DEBT.
UNTIL WE GOT UP TO OUR
LARGEST DEBT.
WE CONTINUED TO ADD THE
DIFFERENT PAYMENTS ON TO
THAT SO WE WOULD EVENTUALLY
BE DEBT-FREE OUTSIDE OF OUR
HOME.
Reporter: THEN THEY
WERE ABLE TO AFFORD A NEW
HOME, ONE MUCH BIGGER THAN
THE ONE THEY WERE IN BEFORE
THE BOYS WERE BORN.
GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE THAT
10% AND STRETCH IT MUCH
LARGER.
THAT'S ONE AREA THE LORD
WILL HONOR YOU IF YOU HONOR
HIM.
Pat: DISCIPLINE, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, DISCIPLINE.
AND THEY HAD DISCIPLINE, AND
THEY BEGAN TO PAY DOWN.
THEY DID A PRINCIPLE I THINK
IS REALLY WISE.
YOU HAVE FOUR OR FIVE BILLS,
THEY ALL BOTHER YOU.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
ONE WAY IS TO PAY THE ONE
THAT HAS THE HIGHEST
INTEREST.
THEY DID ONE THAT IS MORE
SATISFYING.
THEY KNOCKED OFF THE LITTLE
ONE FIRST.
AND THEY SAY, WOW, WE HAVE A
VICTORY.
AND THEY PICK UP THE NEXT
ONE AND THE NEXT ONE, AND
BEFORE LONG, THEY'VE GOTTEN
THEM ALL AND BEFORE LONG,
THEY'RE COMPLETELY
DEBT-FREE.
AND IT'S GOOD.
THIS IS COMING OUT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT IN
THE MAIL, YOU WILL BE
GETTING IT.
INSIDE THERE IS SOMETHING,
TERRY, THAT IS SO VALUABLE.
Terry: WHAT IS THAT?
Pat: IT IS THE RECIPE
OF MY MINESTRONE SOUP.
Terry: CAN I SAY, THAT
RECIPE IS EXCELLENT.
Pat: HAVE YOU MADE IT
YET?
Terry: I HAVEN'T MADE
IT YET, BUT I AM GOING TO.
THE WEATHER IS GETTING RIGHT
HERE FOR A BIG KETTLE OF
SOUP.
Pat: AND INSIDE THERE
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE MINISTRY
OF CBN.
AND YOU CAN SAY, HERE IS WHY
I'M THANKFUL, AND I I'M
THANKFUL FOR THE LORD.
LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT
YOU'RE HAVING FOR
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
AND TAKE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
YOU SPEND ON YOUR HOLIDAY,
WHETHER IT IS THANKSGIVING
OR CHRISTMAS, AND WRITE A
CHECK FOR THAT MUCH TO
"OPERATION BLESSING" TO HELP
THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.
AND IT WILL BE AMAZING HOW
MUCH BETTER YOUR
THANKSGIVING TURKEY WILL
TASTE WHEN YOU THINK I'M
HELPING SOMEBODY ELSE.
OKAY, NEXT.
Terry: UP NEXT, MOST
MINOR AMERICANS SHARE THIS
FEAR IN COMMON, THE FEAR OF
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
LEARN HOW TO LOSE THIS FEAR
AND MANY OTHERS.
IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT.
STAY WITH US.
Terry: WOULD YOU BREAK
OUT IN A SWEAT IF YOU HAD TO
SPEAK BEFORE A GROUP OF
PEOPLE?
FOR YEARS, SHIRL BRADY DID.
SHE WAS IMPOSSIBLY SHY.
A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT WHO
NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE
BE SPEAKING ON STAGE IN
FRONT OF 10,000 MEN.
Reporter: SHIRL BRADY
HAS GONE WHERE NO WOMAN HAS
GONE BEFORE.
IN 2010, SHE WAS THE
FEATURED CLOTHING SPEAKER AT
T.D. JAKES' ANNUAL MAN-POWER
SEMINAR.
SHE TELLS HOW SHE WENT FROM
A QUIET AND SHY PERSON TO AN
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER IN HER
NEW BOOK "YOU HAVE IT IN
YOU."
Terry: CHERYL BRAD DEIS
Y IS
WITH YOU NOW.
HOW DID YOU GO FROM BEING
INCREDIBLY SHOW TO A
FEATURED SPEAKER?
IT IS WHAT THEY CALL A
MIRACLE.
OVER THE YEARS, I WATCHED
GOD PROGRESSIVELY REACH INTO
MY LIFE AND PULL OUT THINGS
ALL ALONG THE WAY I HAD NO
IDEA WAS THERE.
Terry: T.D. JAKES WAS
YOUR MENTOR.
HE IS AN AMAZING, POWERFUL
SPEAKER.
HOW DID THAT RELATIONSHIP
COME ABOUT?
I WALKED INTO A CHURCH IN
CLEVELAND, OHIO, ONE NIGHT
AND HE WAS THE SPEAKER.
I WAS TRYING TO BE COOL AND
CALM AND COLLECTED.
AND BY THE TIME HE GOT
FINISHED, I LITERALLY SAW
MYSELF ON THE FLOOR.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
THAT WAS AN EPIPHANY.
I BELIEVE GOD PERIODICALLY
WILL PULL DOWN THE CURTAINS
IN YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOU A
GLIMPSE OF WHAT IS ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
AS I WATCHED HIM PREACH,
SOMETHING IN ME WAS GOING, I
CAN DO THIS.
I CAN DO THIS!
Terry: REALLY?
IS THAT CRAZY.
AND THE OTHER VOICE WAS
SAYING, DON'T EVEN TRY IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A FOOL
OF YOURSELF.
BUT IN THAT MOMENT, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT,
BUT I KNEW DESTINY --
Terry: SOMETHING ROSE
UP IN YOU.
-- PUNCHED ME IN THE GUT,
YES.
Terry: TALK TO ME ABOUT
THE CHALLENGES YOU HAD TO
OVERCOME AS GOOD OPENED
DOORS FOR YOU TO MOVE INTO
THE SPOTLIGHT.
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES?
I HAD TO GET OVER MY OWN
TIMIDITY AND SHYNESS, AND
WHAT OLD FOLKS CALL
BACKWARDNESS BECAUSE THAT'S
HOW I WAS.
BUT I WATCHED GOD.
AND I WATCHED HIM SIT ON MY
LIFE.
THE BIBLE SAYS HE SAT ON THE
EARTH.
AND I BELIEVE THE BIBLE SAYS
HE BROODED OVER THE EARTH.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE BROUGHT
THINGS OUT OF THE EARTH THAT
NO ONE KNEW WAS THERE.
AS HE BROODED, FISH BEGAN TO
SWIM AND BIRDS BEGAN TO
FLY.
AND I SAID, LORD, IF YOU SAT
ON THE EARTH BECAUSE THERE
WAS SOMETHING IN IT, SIT ON
MY EARTH AND BRING OUT OF ME
WHAT YOU HAVE IN ME.
I WATCHED HIM, LITTLE BY
LITTLE, WAKE UP THE GIFTS.
WITH A FATHER LIKE BISHOP
JAKES.
Terry: HE DOES THAT
OFTEN IN THE WORD, AND YOU
MENTION THAT IN SEVERAL
STORIES YOU TALK ABOUT IN
YOUR BOOK, FROM THE WORD,
WHERE GOD CHOOSES SOMEONE
WHO DIDN'T SEE THEMSELVES
QUALIFIED AS SOMETHING, AND
THEN GOD QUALIFIES THEM.
BUT THERE ARE OVERWHELMING
FEARS IN THAT.
HOW DO YOU OVERCOME FEARS?
THEY HOLD US BACK SO MUCH.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THIS BACK STAGE.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST HIM.
WE SAY WE TRUST HIM.
WE SING ABOUT TRUSTING HIM.
BUT A AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WE HAVE TO TRUST HIM.
AND TAKING THE VOICES AND
MENTORS OF PEOPLE IN THE
LOVE THAT LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO
BE HONEST.
I SAY I'M TOO OLD TO GO
AFTER STUFF THAT DON'T HAVE
MY NAME ON IT.
I NEED TO SAVE MY ENERGY AND
MY STRENGTH.
HAVING GOOD VOICES IN YOUR
LIFE IS ALWAYS A BLESSING.
Terry: YOU SAY THAT
MOST OF US DON'T KNOW WHAT
GOD CREATED US FOR.
HOW DO WE FIND THAT?
I BELIEVE -- TAKE ME, FOR
INSTANCE, I WAS A HIGH
SCHOOL DROPOUT.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN I
LEFT SCHOOL, JUST BECAUSE OF
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IN
LIFE.
I LOOK BACK OVER MY LIFE
NOW, AND I SEE IT IN
HINDSIGHT.
I FIND OUT THAT WHEN I'M 30,
I REALIZE THERE IS A
PREACHING GIFT IN ME.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WAS
THERE.
IN MY 40s, GOD BEGAN TO
WAKE UP THE PASTOR THAT WAS
IN ME.
AND IN MY 50s, NOW I'M
FINDING OUT THAT THERE IS AN
AUTHOR IN ME.
I BELIEVE DESTINY IS
TIME-RELEASED.
WHEN YOU'RE FAITHFUL OVER A
FEW THINGS, HE MAKES YOU
RULER OVER MANY.
Terry: AND HE GETS YOU
THERE OVER TIME.
HE DOES.
HE SAID TO ME ONE TIME,
CHERYL, I'M THE MAN IN YOUR
LIFE.
AND I SAID, YES, GOD, YOU'RE
THE MAN.
HE SAID, I DON'T THINK YOU
GET IT.
I'M THE MAN AND I WILL GET
EVERY DOOR FOR YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAS
DONE.
Terry: WOW!
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE
DONE IS TO HEAR THE STILL,
SMALL VOICE THAT GOD SAYS HE
SPEAKS TO US IN.
HOW DO WE TRAIN OURSELVES,
CHERYL?
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
TURN DOWN THE VOLUME OF LIFE
BECAUSE LIFE WILL BE SO
LOUD.
AND ALSO THE VOICES OF THE
MULTITUDE.
HE HOLDS OUR DESTINY.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE PUT IN ME
BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORLD.
THINGS THAT I DIDN'T SEE
COMING HE KNEW WAS THERE.
SO I HAVE TO BE IN THAT
POSITION.
THE SONGWRITER USED TO SAY
HE WALKS WITH ME AND HE
TALKS WITH ME.
Terry: I USED TO SING
THAT SONG WITH MY GRANDMA.
AND IT'S THAT
RELATIONSHIP.
IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO HAVING
A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS CHRIST.
Terry: YOU KNOW, GOD
WANTS TO CHALLENGE ALL OF US
TO BE AND TO DO WITH HIM IN
OUR LIVES.
TO HAVE THE KIND OF WALK
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, TO
HAVE THE KIND OF WALK YOU
WRITE ABOUT IN YOUR BOOK.
YOU HAVE IT IN YOU.
YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
THIS.
IT IS HOW TO DO THE
IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE GOD WANTS
TO DO THAT THROUGH YOU.
THIS IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER
BOOKS OR SOLD.
AND WE HAVE A WEB EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW THAT WAS DONE WITH
CHERYL.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON
TO cbn.com, AND CLICK ON
THE "IN THE GREEN ROOM" LINK
AND GET AHOLD OF HER BOOK.
"YOU HAVE IT IN YOU."
WHAT AN AMAZING STORY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
IT IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT FROM
ALL OF US TO BE ALL THAT WE
CAN BE BECAUSE HE IS ALL
THAT WE NEED.
YES.
THANK YOU.
Pat: TOMORROW, THE
ELECTION COVERAGE YOU WON'T
GET ANYWHERE ELSE.
PLUS, UP-TO-THE-MINUTE
RESULTS AT 11 P.M. ON ABC
FAMILY.
AND TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM MATTHEW 17:
20: "IF YOU HAVE FAITH BIG
AS A MUSTARD SEED, NOTHING
WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR
YOU."
FAITH AS A MUSTARD SEED,
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE'VE
GOT.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
JOIN US TOMORROW.
AND PLEASE VOTE.
VOTE THE BIBLE, BUT VOTE
WHEREVER YOU LIVE.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.