Lee: CELEBRATE
VALENTINE'S DAY WITH "THE
700 CLUB."
KISS ME LIKE YOU MEAN
IT.
Lee: HEAR A STORY OF
OPPOSITES ATTRACTING.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T LIKE
HIM AT ALL.
SHE WAS CONCEDED.
Lee: HEARTBREAK.
IT WAS SOMETHING HIT ME
IN THE GUT.
Lee: AND LOVE
CONQUERING ALL.
I WANT IT.
I NEED IT.
Lee: ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB."
*
[APPLAUSE]
Pat: WELL, THE SONG WAS
"LOVE IS IN THE AIR," AND
THAT WAS FROM "THE LOVE
BOAT."
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU LOOK IN
WASHINGTON YOU HAVE THE LOVE
BEING EXTENDED.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE GUY WHO SET UP KEEPING
PAY AWAY FROM CONGRESS UNTIL
THEY PASS A BUDGET.
MAYBE THAT IS TOUGH LOVE.
WE'RE ON "THE 700 CLUB," AND
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU ON
THIS VALENTINE'S DAY.
NOT LONG AGO, AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING WAS THE ENVY
OF THE WORLD, BUT THE UNITED
STATES HAS LOST MILLIONS OF
MANUFACTURING JOBS IN JUST
THE LAST DECADE.
Terry: PRESIDENT OBAMA
SAYS HE WANTS TO BRING SOME
OF THOSE JOBS BACK, ALONG
WITH GROUPS IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS THE
STORY.
EVEN THE FRAMING FOR THE
GRAPHIC PIECES THAT WE HAVE
HERE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET
DONE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Reporter: THE ARCHITECT
OF THIS VIEW OFFICE FOR THE
ALLIANCE FOR AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING WAS GIVEN A
SCARY TASK: USE ONLY
MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS MADE
IN THE U.S.A.
I THINK HE AND HIS TEAM
WERE TERRIFIED AT THE
BEGINNING, THAT THEY WON'T
BE ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING.
Reporter: IT BECAME A
TREASURE HUNT THAT BECAME AN
AMERICAN GOLD LINE.
VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING IN THIS
OFFICE, THE DESK AND
FURNITURE, WERE MADE IN
AMERICA.
THE FURNITURE WE HAVE IS
MADE BY A COMPANY CALLED
WASHINGTON STATE.
AND THE WINDOWS WERE ALL
MADE IN AMERICA.
Reporter: ON ONLY A FEW
OCCASIONS DID THE
ORGANIZATION SPEND MORE TO
BUY AMERICAN.
WE HAVE BIG, INDUSTRIAL
LIGHTING MADE IN
CALIFORNIA.
WE LEFT THE DUCT WORK
EXPOSED.
WE KNOW THE PLYWOOD AND THE
WOOD HAS MADE IN AMERICA
STAMPED RIGHT ON IT.
Reporter: WHILE SEEKING
RE-ELECTION, PRESIDENT OBAMA
CREATED A GOAL, TO CREATE
ONE MILLION JOBS IN HIS
SECOND TERM.
NOW THAT HIS SECOND TERM IS
WELL UNDER WAY, HE IS
PUSHING PROPOSALS TO BOOST
MANUFACTURING.
BUT PAUL SAYS THEY FALL
WOEFULLY SHORT OF THE
PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN
RHETORIC.
EVEN IF AMERICA DOES ADD
1 MILLION JOBS IN FOUR
YEARS, IT IS STILL JUST A
DROP IN THE BUCKET WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE NATION HAS LOST
NEARLY 6 MILLION JOBS IN THE
LAST DECADE.
WHEN YOU CREATE
MANUFACTURING JOBS,
GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOUR
CREATING JOBS IN OTHER
SECTORS BECAUSE OF THE
HIGHER PAYCHECKS.
SO IT HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT
ON COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, EVEN IF THEY DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE A FACTORY
IN THEIR TOWN.
Reporter: THEN THERE IS
THE MORE $3 BILLION TRADE
DEFICIT WITH CHINA.
THAT IS ROUGHLY
$25 MILLION A MONTH, WHICH
IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT
OF WEALTH
DRAINING OUT OF
THIS COUNTRY.
THAT
IS NOT EASILY
RECOVERABLE.
Reporter: THE GOOD
NEWS: THERE IS GROWING
CONSUMER DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS
MADE IN AMERICA.
I DO KNOW THIS: A LOT OF
THESE COMPANIES WOULD NOT
SPEND $8 MILLIONLY ON AN AD
IN THE SUPER BOWL TO SAY IT
IS MADE IN
AMERICA IF THEY
DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO
SELL.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
STILL HAS A LONG WAYS TO
GO.
MEANWHILE, PAUL HOPES HIS
OFFICE PROVES TO AMERICANS,
WITH A LITTLE RESEARCH, IT
IS POSSIBLE TO CREATE A HIP
SPACE MADE IN THE U.S.A.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Pat: THANKS, JENNIFER.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MADE IN
CHINA, MADE IN HONG KONG,
MADE IN SINGAPORE.
Terry: THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH IT.
Pat: I'M KIDDING.
I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING SOME
MANUFACTURING HERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING
ANOTHER PLAN TO HELP THE
ECONOMY, BUT BUSINESS
DOESN'T SEEM TO LIKE IT.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY.
Lee: PAT, THIS STORY
MAY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH
WHAT YOU AND TERRY WERE JUST
TALKING ABOUT.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS AN
INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE
TO $9 AN HOUR.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT
WILL BOOST WAGES FOR 15
15 MILLION AMERICANS.
A FULL-TIME MINIMUM WAGE
WORKER EARN EARNS ABOUT
$14,500.
FOR A SINGLE PARENT WITH A
CHILD, THAT IS BELOW THE
POVERTY LINE.
AN INCREASE TO $9, WHICH
WOULD MEAN AN ANNUAL SALARY
OF $18,000.
BUT, AND THIS IS A BIG
HOWEVER, CRITICS SAY THE
MOVE WOULD HURT BUSINESSES
BECAUSE HIGHER SALARIES
MEANS EMPLOYERS WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO HIGHER AS MANY
PEOPLE.
THAT IS COMMON SENSE, PAT,
WHICH SEEMS TO BE SOARLY
LACKING IN WASHINGTON.
Pat: THEY DON'T HAVE IT
UP THERE.
YOU PASS A LAW THAT SAYS YOU
HAVE TO PAY $50 AN HOUR TO
YOUR WORKERS, WELL, GOOD, WE
WON'T HIGHER ANY WORKERS.
THE BIGGEST THING IS
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS.
YOU WANT TO GET KIDS OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL WORKING.
HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE JUST OUT
OF COLLEGE HAVE EMPLOYMENT.
WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SET
THE BAR SO HIGH, THEN
BUSINESS WON'T HIGHER THEM.
THEN YOU'LL HAVE A LARGE
NUMBER OF DISADVANTAGED, AND
DISSATISFIED YOUNG PEOPLE
NOT BEING ABLE TO GO INTO
BUSINESS.
WHAT ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING?
LET THE MARKETPLACE DECIDE
WHAT THE WAGES.
IF YOU CAN'T HIGHER SOMEBODY
AT $8 OR $7.50, THEN YOU'LL
HAVE TO RAISE IT UP TO
NINE.
BUT DON'T LET THE GOVERNMENT
FORCE IT WHEN THE MARKET
WON'T DEMAND IT.
WELL, BACK TO LEE.
Lee: PAT, THE OUTGOING
SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER
IS BLASTING WASHINGTON
POLITICIANS FOR WALKING AWAY
FROM THE PROGRAM.
MICHAEL J. ASTRU SAYS
CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE
HAVE NEGLECTED SOCIAL
SECURITY'S HARD PROGRAMS.
AND INSTEAD OF MAKING THE
HARD CHOICES TO FIX IT, THEY
HAVE USED THE PROGRAM FOR
POLITICAL SPEECH.
HE SAYS TAX INCREASES AND
CUTS ARE INEVITABLE.
WE HAVE MORE ON THE
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS FACING
WASHINGTON IN OUR NEXT
SEGMENT.
PAT?
Pat: LEE, THE TRUTH IS
PEOPLE ARE LIVING A LOT
LONGER.
THEY ARE A LOT HEALTHIER.
WE HAVE TREMENDOUS HEALTH
CARE IN AMERICA.
AND WITH DIET AND NUTRITION
AND ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF
WE'RE DOING, WE'RE LIVING
LONGER.
AND SO THE BIGGEST COHORT OF
PEOPLE ARE THE PEOPLE OVER
80.
THAT'S A LARGE, GROWING
SEGMENT.
PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 60 AND
70 ARE NOT ANY LONGER
CONSIDERED REALLY OLD.
WELL, WE HAVE A RETIREMENT
AGE OF 65.
IT NO LONGER COMPORTS WITH
REALITY.
SO WHY DON'T WE GET REAL AND
SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO PAY PENSIONS UNTIL
YOU GET TO BE 70 OR 67 OR
68, OR WHATEVER.
WHY WOULD PEOPLE FIGHT
THAT?
WHY DOES EVERYBODY THINK
ABOUT RETIREMENT?
THE AVERAGE WORKER IS MUCH
HAPPIER IF HE HAS SOMETHING
TO DO RATHER THAN SITTING ON
A PORCH IN A ROCKING CHAIR.
YOU SAY THESE YOUNG ONES
WANT TO COME IN AND TAKE
THEIR PLACES -- MAYBE, MAYBE
NOT.
I BELIEVE IT IS UNRELLITIC
UNREALISTIC TO PAY BIG
BENEFITS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
PERFECTLY HEALTHY AND WHO
WANT TO WORK.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO STOP
PLAYING POLITICS AND SAY,
ADJUST THE AGE OF MEDICARE,
ADJUST THE AGE OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, STOP PLAYING WITH
IT, AND RECOGNIZE THE
DEMOGRAPHIC REALITIES.
LEE?
Lee: AND WE PROBABLY
NEED TO BE LOOKING ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC TO EUROPE.
EUROPE HAS FALLEN DEEPER
INTO A RECESSION.
THE TWO BIGGEST COUNTRIES,
GERMANY AND FRANCE, SAW
THEIR ECONOMIES SHRINK EN
THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF
2012.
AND OTHER NATIONS, LIKE
SPAIN, ARE TRYING TO RECOVER
FROM THEIR DEBT CRISIS.
HORSE MEAT IS AT THE CENTER
OF A FOOD SCANDAL ROCKING
EUROPE.
IT EXPORTED 6,000 POUNDS OF
HORSE MEAT.
ONCE IT HIT THE MARKET IN
THOSE COUNTRIES, IT WAS SOLD
AS BEEF.
JOHN WAGGI REPORTS.
Reporter: THE MEAT WAS
PROCESSED AT 35 ROMANIAN
PLANTS, LIKE THIS ONE.
THE ROMANIAN OFFICIALS SAY
THE HORSE AND DONKEY MEAT
WAS CORRECTLY LABELLED AND
SOLD TO BUYERS IN EIGHT
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
ROMANIAN PLANT SAYS HE IS
GUARANTEE ALL OF THE
PRODUCTS HIS COMPANY PUTS ON
THE MARKET ARE CERTIFIED IN
THE POINT OF VIEW OF QUALITY
AND ORIGIN, 100%.
BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
LINE, THE HORSE AND DONKEY
MEAT WAS LABELLED AS MEAT.
SOME SAMPLES OF THE FROZEN
SPAGHETTI CONTAINED MORE
THAN 60% HORSE MEAT.
IT IS COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
WE HAVE AGREED TO TOUGHER
INSPECTION REGIME, AND WE'VE
ASKED HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS
AND PRISONS, TO CHECK WITH
OUR SUPPLIERS, THAT THEY ARE
TESTING THEIR PRODUCTS.
Reporter: BRITISH FOOD
SAFETY AUTHORITIES RAIDED A
SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN NORTHERN
ENGLAND, AND A MEAT
PROCESSING PLANT IN WALES,
SUSPECTED OF SELLING HORSE
MEAT USED IN BURGERS AND
KEBABS.
IT IS A VIOLATION THAT ALL
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS ARE
TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON.
IT IS COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE THAT ANYBODY
SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE
PRODUCTION OR THE SALE OF A
PROCESSED BEEF PRODUCT WHICH
INCLUDES HORSE.
Reporter:
Reporter: AND THE
PUBLIC REACTION?
I'M DISGUSTED.
I THINK IT IS REALLY BAD.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY
CAN LIE.
IT IS MORE IMMORAL, I
THINK, AS MUCH AS ANYTHING
ELSE.
Reporter: ONE BRITISH
OFFICIAL SAYS BEEF PRODUCTS
AREN'T THE ONLY MEAT THAT
MAY BE MISLABELED.
IF I WAS A RETAILER, I'D
BE LOOKING QUITE CAREFULLY
AT MY LAMB PRODUCTS AS
WELL.
Reporter: THE MEAT
SCANDAL IS NOW CLEARLY ON
THE RADAR SCREEN OF EUROPEAN
OFFICIALS, BUT UNTIL THEY
TRACK DOWN THE SOURCE OF THE
FAULTY LABELLING, THE WATCH
WORD SEEMS TO BE, "LET THE
DINER BEWARE."
Lee: PAT, THIS COULD
HAVE AND IMPACT ON EUROPEAN
TOURISM.
Pat: EXACTLY.
YOU'RE AT AN EXCLUSIVE
RESTAURANT, THE PRICES ARE
THROUGH THE ROOF, AND YOU'RE
HEATING HORSE MEAT.
OKAY.
I'VE NEVER EATEN HORSE MEAT,
BUT I UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T
TASTE TOO BAD.
THE PROBLEM IS, THOSE OF US
WHO LOVE HORSES AND HAVE
HORSES, WHEN THEY GET OLDER,
YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
WITH THEM.
YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP THEM
FOREVER.
WHEN THEY GET PUT DOWN, IT
USED TO BE YOU'D CALL THE
RENDERING COMPANY, AND THEY
WOULD GIVE YOU $600 AND PICK
UP THE HORSE AND USE THE
HOOVES.
WE HAVE PASSED STRINGENT
LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY YOU
CAN'T GET A RENDERING
COMPANY TAKE YOUR HORSE.
SO YOU HAVE TO SHIP YOUR
HORSES OFF TO CANADA, OR YOU
HAVE TO PAY AN SCOSH
EXORBADANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
Terry: I TRAVELLED TO
MONGOLIA AND HORSE MEAT IS
LEGAL.
Pat: SURE.
IT DOESN'T TASTE HORRIBLE.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A COW AND A HORSE.
YOU JUST LOVE THE HORSE
BECAUSE THESE ARE CREATURES
YOU RIDE.
YOU DON'T RIDE THE COWS.
SO MUCH FOR THAT.
ANYHOW, I'M NOT TOO MUCH IN
FAVOR OF SLAUGHTERING
HORSES, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE
HAS TO BE A PROCEDURE
WHERE -- YOU KNOW, THEY MADE
LEATHER OUT OF THEIR HIDES
AND SO FORTH.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE NANNY
STATE AND UP TO THE BIG
APPLE AND SEE WHAT THE MAYOR
HAS COME UP WITH NEXT.
Lee: YOU THOUGHT NEW
YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG WAS SATISFIED JUST
BANNING SUPER-SIZED SUGARY
DRINKS.
NO, HE IS PUSHING FOR ONE
MORE BAN IN HIS LAST MONTH
OF OFFICE.
THIS IS HIS LATEST TARGET:
STYROFOAM COFFEE CUPS.
IT IS CONSIDERED HARMFUL TO
THE ENVIRONMENT AND HARDER
TO RECYCLE.
NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS
AND CONVENIENCE STORES ARE
EXPECTED TO FIGHT THE BAN.
I ONLY WISH, PAT, THAT THIS
WAS ONE OF THOSE HUGE
16-OUNCE CUPS FULL OF SUGARY
SODA TO TOAST THE MAYOR.
Pat: OH, MAN, YOU WOULD
NOT CUT IT IN THE NANNY
STATE.
YOU'RE TOO INDEPENDENT AS A
THINKER.
ANYWAY, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS
AMULTI, MULTI-BILLIONAIRE.
YOU WONDER WHERE DOES HE
COME FROM?
HE MUST HAVE HAD A VERY
PICKY MOTHER WHEN HE WAS
YOUNG.
Terry: WAIT A MINUTE.
HOW ABOUT A PICKY FATHER.
Pat: HE IS TAKING AWAY
SUGARY DRINKS.
AND HE WANTS TO TAKE AWAY
STYROFOAM.
Terry: I THINK HE NEEDS
A HOBBY.
Pat: HE HAS A HOBBY.
HE MAKES LOTS AND LOTS AND
LOTS OF MONEY.
ONE MORE MONTH OR SO.
HOW YOUIERA YOU YEARN FOR
THE DAYS OF ED KOCH.
Terry: UP NEXT, THERE
IS NO LOVE LOST HERE.
FIND OUT WHO AMERICANS LIKE
LESS THAN COCKROACHES AND
ROOT CANALS.
AND LATER ON, JUST IN TIME
FOR VALENTINE'S DAY,
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED
TO KNOW ABOUT KISSING, FROM
THE EXPERTS.
*
Pat: WELL, IT'S
VALENTINE'S DAY, AND YOU
WISH YOU COULD GO TO
WASHINGTON AND YOU'D FIND
THE HONORABLE MEMBERS LOVING
EACH OTHER, HUGGING EACH
OTHER AND EXCHANGING KISSES
AND LITTLE FLOWERS.
IT AIN'T THAT WAY.
IF YOU LOOK UP THE WORD
"DYSFUNCTIONAL" IN THE
DICTIONARY, YOU MIGHT FIND A
PICTURE OF OUR CONGRESS.
THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET
ANYTHING DONE.
BUT THERE IS ONE PLAN THAT
MIGHT CHANGE THINGS ON
CAPITOL HILL BECAUSE IT
WOULD HIT LAWMAKERS RIGHT
WHERE IT HURTS, IN THEIR
WALLETS.
JOHN JESSUP EXPLAINS.
Reporter: IT IS HARD TO
IMAGINE CONGRESS' APPROVAL
RATING FALLING ANY LOWER.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT
SURVEY, MORE PEOPLE LIKE
COCKROACHES OR ROOT CANALS
THAN LAWMAKERS.
BUT THERE IS ONE IDEA
CONCERNING CONGRESS THAT THE
PUBLIC OVERWHELMING
SUPPORTS, NO BUDGET, NO
PAY.
MEMBERS DON'T GET PAID UNTIL
OR UNLESS THEY PASS THE
BUDGET.
IT IS SUPPORTED BY 88% OF
AMERICANS BECAME REALITY
WHEN THE
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED HOUSE
MADE NO BUDGET, NO PAY, A
PRECONDITION TO TEMPORARILY
DELAY THE LATEST ROUND OF
BUDGET TALKS.
THE DEBATE OVER RAISING THE
DEBT CEILING, SO THE
GOVERNMENT CAN KEEP
OPERATING.
THE NO BUDGET, NO PAY ACT
PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA
SIGNED IT INTO LAW.
PEOPLE BELIEVE MAKING
POLITICIANS MORE ACCOUNTABLE
MAY EVEN MAKE GOVERNMENT
WORK SOMEWHAT EFFICIENTLY.
BEFORE THE NO BUDGET, NO PAY
BILL PASSED, THE SENATE
HADN'T PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET
IN FOUR YEARS, AND IT HAS
BEEN 15 YEARS SINCE CONGRESS
PASSED A BUDGET ON TIME.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Pat: JOINING US NOW IS
DAVID WALKER.
HE IS THE FORMER U.S.
COMPTROLLER, GENERAL.
AND HE IS NOW THE C.E.O. OF
"COME BACK AMERICA"
INITIATIVE.
AND HE IS ONE OF THE
CO-FOUNDERS OF THE GROUP
THAT STARTED THE NO BUDGET,
NO PAY.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
GOOD TO BE BACK, PAT.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
Pat: BACK TO YOU, SIR.
IS HARRY REID TRYING TO KEEP
THE DEMOCRATS FROM PASSING A
BUDGET?
THEY HAVEN'T PASSED A BUDGET
IN THREE YEARS.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
IT IS POLITICS.
THIS SHOWS YOU HOW A SIMPLE
CONCEPT, THAT IS
OVERWHELMING SUPPORTED BY
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN
BECOME LAW.
THE NO BUDGET, NO PAY IS A
LIGHT VERSION.
A MORE EXTENSIVE ONE IS WHAT
"NO LABELS" IS ARGUING FOR.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR
YEARS, THE SENATE WILL HAVE
A BUDGET.
YOU'LL HAVE A SENATE BUDGET,
A HOUSE BUDGET, AND A
PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL.
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL PROVIDE
A BASIS FOR MUCH-NEEDED,
OVERDUE DISCUSSIONS TO
ACHIEVE A FISCAL BARGAIN.
Pat: YOU WERE THERE AT
THE GUTS OF THE SPENDING IN
THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.
THEIR SPENDING IS OUT OF
CONTROL.
THE DEBT IS OUT OF CONTROL.
WHAT IS CAUSING IT, IN YOUR
OPINION?
WELL, SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE, WE'RE DOMINATED NOW BY
CAREER POLITICIANS, BY
SPECIAL INTERESTS, BY WING
NUTS.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
INTEREST GROUPS FOR NARROW
INTERESTS, BUT THERE IS NOT
A LOBBY FOR THE PUBLIC
INTEREST.
THERE IS NOT A LOBBY FOR THE
FUTURE.
WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS
WE'RE MORTGAGING THE FUTURE
OF OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AT
RECORD RATES WHILE REDUCING
THE ROLE OF INVESTMENTS IN
THEIR FUTURE AT A TIME
THEY'RE GOING TO FACE A LOT
TOUGHER COMPETITION.
THAT'S IRRESPONSIBLE,
UNETHICAL, AND IMMORAL, AND
IT MUST STOP.
Pat: OKAY, LOOK AT THE
PRESIDENT.
ARE WE LACKING PRESIDENTIAL
LEADERSHIP?
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY
LEADERSHIP IN THE CONGRESS
THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.
JOHN BOEHNER SEEMS TO BE
DOING SOMETHING.
AND HE COMES INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE AND COMES OUT ASHENED
FACE AND CLAIMS HE GOT
BETRAYED.
DOES IT STOP AT THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE?
AS YOU KNOW, PAT, THE
BIGGEST DEFICIT WE HAVE IN
THE UNITED STATES TODAY IS
THE LEADERSHIP DEFICIT.
AND, FRANKLY, BUSH 43 WAS
NOT A LEADER ON THIS ISSUE,
AND SO FAR PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAS NOT BEEN EITHER.
THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON
ELECTED BY ALL OF THE
PEOPLE, AND THAT'S THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
AND THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON
WHO IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.
THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON
THAT CAN COMMAND NATIONAL
MEDIA ATTENTION ON REQUEST,
AND THAT'S THE PRESIDENT.
SO THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY HAS
TO SHOW MUCH MORE
LEADERSHIP.
THE TWO PARTIES HAVE TO WORK
FOR PRINCIPLE-BASED
COMPROMISE.
AND WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE
RESPONSIBLE AND
ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE TO TURN UP THE HEAT
ON THESE PEOPLE.
IF THEY DON'T END UP SOLVING
PROBLEMS, GET RID OF THEM.
Pat: AGAIN, OBAMA HAS
SAID, I DON'T THINK SPENDING
IS A PROBLEM.
AND YET THE SPENDING HAS
GONE OUT OF CONTROL.
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS DURING
HIS WATCH.
WHAT'S GOING TO WAKE HIM AND
THESE OTHER GUYS UP?
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME
STATS.
POLITICIANS AREN'T GOOD AT
TELLING THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE
TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE
TRUTH.
100 YEARS AGO, THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT WAS 2% OF THE
ECONOMY, NOW IT IS 23,
HEADED TO 37.
IF THAT'S NOT A SPENDING
PROBLEM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IS.
IN ADDITION, THINGS SPUN OUT
OF CONTROL IN 2003.
SINCE 2003, WHICH, BY THE
WAY, IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT
STATUTORY BUDGET CONTROLS
EXPIRED, AND WE HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY OUT OF CONTROL.
100 YEARS AGO, CONGRESS
CONTROLLED 97% OF SPENDING.
NOW IT IS DOWN TO 33% AND
DECLINING.
GOVERNMENTS HAVE GROWN TOO
BIG, PROMISED TOO MUCH, AND
LOST CONTROL OF THE BUDGET.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH
SPENDING POLICIES AND TAX
POLICIES WORK AND WHICH
DON'T.
SO IT ENDS UP DOING MORE OF
THE SAME, WHICH IS CALLED
INSANITY.
Pat: THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT IS EINSTEIN'S
DEFINITION.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF
50, 60% OF THE ACTUAL
BUDGET?
YOU MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS
THAT JUST KEEP COMING UP,
THE SO-CALLED ENTITLEMENTS
AND SO FORTH?
67% OF THE BUDGET AND
GROWING IS ON AUTO PILOT.
GOVERNMENT HAS WRITTEN A
BLANK CHECK.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN YOUR
FAMILY.
A COMPANY CAN'T DO THAT, AND
A COUNTRY SHOULD NOT DO
THAT.
IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND
UNSUSTAINABLE.
Pat: I'M ALL FOR THIS
NO PAY THING, BUT I JUST
DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO
DO IT.
WHAT IS GOING TO WAKE THIS
GROUP UP TO THE REALITIES?
BECAUSE THERE IS THIS NEXUS
OF GOVERNMENT OF EMPLOYEES,
THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS,
AND THE PRESSURES SEEM TO BE
IN SURMOUNTABLE.
WHAT ARE WE WE GOING TO DO
THAT BREAK THIS DEBT
CRISIS.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE A DEBT
CRISIS LIKE EUROPE, OR WE'RE
GOING TO GET PRESIDENTIAL
LEADERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE
PRESSURING THE PRESIDENT AND
THE CONGRESS TO BE ABLE TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE
POLITICAL PRICE OF DOING
NOTHING, WHICH THEY'RE VERY
ADEPT AT, GREATER THAN THE
POLITICAL PRICE OF MAKING
TOUGH CHOICES TO CREATE A
BETTER FUTURE.
WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM,
AND WE NEED TO SOLVE IT IN
2013 BECAUSE THINGS
TYPICALLY JUST DON'T HAPPEN
IN ELECTION YEARS.
Pat: WHAT ABOUT THE
SEQUESTER THING.
THAT WAS A LAST-DITCH EFFORT
TO FORCE SOMEBODY, AND NOW
THAT WE'VE DONE IT,
EVERYBODY SAYS IT IS A
MISTAKE.
Reporter: THEY PROVIDED
A SE QUESTEQUESTER TO MAKE
A BARGAIN.
BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A
DISASTER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I'M HERE
TO TELL YOU WHILE IT IS
IRRATIONAL TO BE ABLE TO DO
A PROPOSAL ACROSS THE
BOARD.
NOT ALL SPENDING PROGRAMS
ARE THE SAME.
SOME WORK; SOME DON'T.
SOME ARE CONSTITUTIONAL;
SOME AREN'T.
BUT MY VIEW IS THE SEQUESTER
WILL HAPPEN UNLESS AND UNTIL
THEY ACHIEVE A MUCH BIGGER
DEFICIT REDUCTION PLAN THAT
MIGHT BE PHASED IN OVER A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, BUT
INVOLVES REAL CHANGES, AND
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR WHAT, AT
WHAT AGE, AND FOR WHAT
AMOUNT, AND AT WHAT SUBSIDY
LEVEL, IN ADDITION TO
DEFENSE AND OTHER SPENDING
REDUCTIONS.
Pat: DAVID, WE
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
DOING.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
Pat: KEEP SOUNDING THE
TRUMPET.
WE NEED YOUR VOICE.
DAVID WALKER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Pat: FRIGHTENING.
HE SAYS WE NEED LEADERSHIP
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO
ISN'T ON BOARD FOR THIS.
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK
DEFICIT REDUCTION IS A BIG
DEAL.
Terry: AND TO SAY THAT
THE ECONOMY IS NOW GETTING
BACK ON ITS LEGS, AND
SPENDING IS NOT A PROBLEM --
THESE ARE SO BASIC.
YOU TALKED OFTEN ABOUT WHEN
YOU DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN
RUNNING A LARGE CORPORATION,
SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES REAL
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ECONOMY, IT TAKES ITS TOLL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
SEEING.
Pat: WE HAVE A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WHO'S
TOTAL EXPERIENCE WAS
ORGANIZING COMMUNITY ACTION
IN PRECINCTS OUT IN
CHICAGO.
HE HAS RISEN UP VERY QUICKLY
FROM SENATE TO PRESIDENT.
AND HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW HOW
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU
VOTED FOR HIM.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE
FELL FOR THAT RHETORIC, AND
THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
WHAT HAPPENED IN
LATIN-AMERICA?
YOU'D HAVE SOME KODIO WHO
WOULD COME IN THERE WITH ALL
SORTS OF WONDERFUL PROMISES,
AND THE PEOPLE WOULD STAND
IN LIP AN LINE AND VOTE FOR
HIM, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
HAVE PERON AND OTHERS
DESTROYING THE ECONOMY.
PRAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY AND
IT WILL TAKE A LOT TO WRECK
IT, BUT THEY SURE ARE
TRYING.
Terry: STILL AHEAD,
SOMETHING FOR YOUR VALENTINE
THAT IS SURE TO SCORE BIG
TIME.
JUST KISS ME LIKE YOU
MEAN IT.
WHEN I MENTION IT, THAT'S
A BIG POINT.
Terry: HOLLY AND PHILIP
WAGNER SHARE THREE POINTERS
ABOUT KISSING YOU DON'T WANT
TO MISS.
BUT FIRST, TERRY WANTS TO
KNOW, "WHAT DOES IT REALLY
MEAN TO LOVE OUR WIVES AS
CHRIST LOVED
THE CHURCH.
HOW DO WE DO THAT?"
WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE
TERRY'S QUESTION AND MORE ON
"MATTERS OF THE HEART" AFTER
THIS.
WELL, THAT'S KIND OF AN
EXCITING TALE.
HE CAME TO AN OPEN HOUSE
THAT THE STUDENT NURSES HAD,
AND I WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE
FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
AND I SAID I HAD TO WORK AT
THE REFRESHMENT TABLE.
AND I WENT DOWN THERE AND
THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD
DO.
SO I TRIED TO LOOK BUSY, AND
MY HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND
PAT JUMPED UP AND PUT IT OUT
WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
AND SOMEHOW THE FIRE THAT HE
PUT OUT IN MY HAIR MOVED TO
MY HEART AND IT HAS NEVER
LEFT.
Pat: SWEET.
Terry: THAT'S A SWEET
VALENTINE MEMORY.
Pat: IT IS.
Terry: THAT'S REALLY
WONDERFUL AND APPROPRIATE TO
LEAD US INTO OUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS TODAY BECAUSE
THEY'RE ALL SURROUNDING
RELATIONSHIPS.
THIS IS FROM SANDRA WHO
SAYS, "PAT, I ALWAYS HEAR
YOU SPEAK SO HIGHLY OF YOUR
WIFE AND I KNOW UG YOU'VE
BEEN MARRIED MANY YEARS.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
COUPLES WHO WANT TO HAVE A
HAPPY, LONG-LASTING
MARRIAGE?"
Pat: FIRST OF ALL,
DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TWO
SERIOUSLY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS.
UYOU DON'T GET MAD.
YOU DON'T HOLD A GRUDGE.
AND YOU LOVE AND YOU
FORGIVE.
THE NEXT THING THAT IS
IMPORTANT IS HONOR THE
GIFTINGS THAT GOD HAS PLACED
IN YOUR SPOUSE.
DEE DEE HONORS THE FACT THAT
I'M PRETTY GOOD WITH
BUSINESS AND MONEY, SO SHE
LEAVES ME ALONE TO DO THOSE
THINGS.
I HONOR THE FACT SHE IS A
PRETTY GOOD DECORATOR AND
HAS SKILL, AND SHE HAS
TREMENDOUS FEELING FOR
SPACE.
YOU LOOK AT A PLAN, AN
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING, AND
SHE IMMEDIATELY SEE THINGS.
SO I HONOR THAT.
AND THE TWO OF US WORK
PRETTY WELL TOGETHER.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS THERE
IS LOTS OF HUGS AND KISSES.
OUR FAMILY AND OUR
CHILDREN -- WE WENT ON A
TRIP AND HIS MAN SAID, YOU
CERTAINLY ARE AN
AFFECTIONATE FAMILY.
ONE OF MY OLDEST SONS WAS
SITTING ON MY LAP.
Terry: AND HE'S 54.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: IT'S A LOT OF
THAT.
A LOT OF LOVE AND
AFFECTION.
BUT REALISM.
YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE YOURSELF
SO SERIOUSLY.
Terry: I AGREE.
THE RELATIONSHIP NEEDS TO BE
PRIORITY ALWAYS.
Pat: BUT IT IS
FORGIVENESS AND YOU LOVE
EACH OTHER.
AND SO, OKAY, SHE DOESN'T
PICK UP EVERYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE, SO WHO CARES.
YOU KNOW, THE TWO OF YOU
LIVE TOGETHER IN HARMONY.
AND YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU
CAN TO MAKE THE OTHER ONE
HAPPY.
MY BIG THING NOW WITH MY
WIFE IS, WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE, DEAR?
NO, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?
NO, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?
IT'S KIND OF LIKE -- FOR ME,
I'M NOT INSISTENT ON STUFF
FOR ME.
Terry: THIS IS FROM
TERRY WHO SAYS, "WHAT DOES
IT REALLY MEAN TO LOVE OUR
WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE
CHURCH.
HOW DO WE DO THAT STRIKERS.
Pat?"
Pat: WE HAVE THIS
BUSINESS ABOUT A WIFE BEING
PERMISSIVE TO HER HUSBAND.
AND THE LIBERALS GO
APOPLECTIC WHEN THEY THINK
OF THAT.
YOU'RE TELLING WOMEN TO BE
SUBJECTIVE TO THEIR
HUSBAND.
ONLY IF THE HUSBAND IS LIKE
JESUS AND IS WILLING TO DIE
FOR THE WIFE.
AND ONCE IS WOMAN THINKS HER
HUSBAND LOVES HER SO MUCH HE
WOULD GIVE HIMSELF FOR HER,
OF COURSE SHE IS MORE THAN
WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO BECAUSE
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS GOOD
FOR HER.
CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH SO
MUCH HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE
HIMSELF FOR IT.
THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT IT
MEANS.
IT IS A VERY HEAVY
STANDARD.
INSTEAD OF SAYING, I WANT
WHAT'S MINE.
THERE WAS A MOVIE CALLED
"THE WAR OF THE ROSES."
THEY STARTED FIGHTING WITH
EACH OTHER AND DROVE TRUCKS
INTO THE HOUSE AND TORE EACH
OTHER UP.
SO YOU HAVE TO LOVE EACH
OTHER AND FORGIVE EACH OTHER
AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING
HEART.
Terry: MARILYN
SAYS, "DOES GOD'S PLANS FOR
OUR LIFE INCLUDE A SPECIFIC
PERSON FOR A PERSON AND IF
SO, IS THIS THE TERM
SOULMATE?"
Pat: I DON'T KNOW THE
TERM "SOULMATE," BUT IT
MEANS SOMEBODY WHO IS IN
TUNE WITH YOU ON A DEEPER
LEVEL.
MY WIFE AND I PRAY
TOGETHER.
WHEN THE LORD SPEAKS, HE
SPEAKS TO HER AND HE SPEAKS
TO ME, AND WE SHARE.
BUT SOULMATE IS THE WHOLE
IDEA OF SOMEBODY IN A
DEEPER, MORE THAN JUST AN
INTELLECTUAL LEVEL, BUT AT
AN I MOTIVATIONAL LEVEL
EMOTIONAL LEVEL.
Terry: TONY SAYS, "OR
OUR WIVES TO SUBMIT TO A
PASTOR OR A SPIRITUAL
COVERING, AND IF SO, WHAT IS
SPIRIT COVERING?"
Pat: IT IS A GROUP
KNOWN AS SHEPHERDING.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THERE
IS AN OLD HEBREW WORD THAT
MEANS LID OF COVERING.
AND IT WAS USED TO DESCRIBE
THE SEAT IN THE HOLY OF
HOLY.
WHEN THE SEPTOR WAS WRITTEN
IN GREEK, THEY TOOK THE WORD
"CAPORIT" AND THEY GAVE A
GREEK WORD TO IT.
PAUL WROTE IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, JESUS IS OUR
HILLITARION.
IN THE KING JAMES, IT WAS
TRANSLATED PROPICATION.
AND NOBODY HAS A CLUE.
BUT WHAT IT MEANT IS JESUS
IS OUR LID OF COVERING.
HE IS THE ONLY COVERING.
NOT SOME PASTOR.
WOMEN DON'T NEED COVERING.
WOMEN NEED TO BE IN
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST.
HE IS OUR COVERING.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE
SOMEBODY'S COVERING.
BUT IN TERMS OF A PROTECTOR,
THE WIFE BEING THE WEAKER
VESSEL, I CONSIDER MYSELF A
PROTECTOR.
I'M GOING TO LOOK AFTER MY
WIFE.
NOT BECAUSE I'M A COVERING,
BUT BECAUSE I'M A HUSBAND.
AND THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO
LOOK AFTER HER.
Terry: YOU CARE FOR
HER.
Pat: I CARE FOR HER AND
CHERISH HER.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD DO
AS A COVERING.
A PASTOR AS A COVERING FOR
SOMEBODY'S WIFE?
GIVE ME A BREAK.
THAT WAS TOTAL HARICY, AND I
THINK IT HAS BEEN PUT DOWN
NOW AND SHOWN TO BE WHAT IT
WAS.
Terry: WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS THIS
VALENTINE'S DAY.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR
WHAT WAS ON YOUR HEART.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
WITH JEWELRY, FLOWERS, AND
CANDY --
Pat: AND CANDY.
Terry: AND CANDY.
WAYS TO SHOW YOUR LOVE ON
VALENTINE'S DAY.
BUT IF YOU FALL SHORT IN
THESE CATEGORIES, THERE IS A
WAY TO REDEEM YOURSELF TODAY
AND EVERY DAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW
BY THE AUTHORS OF "HOW TO
TURN YOUR MARRIAGE AROUND IN
10 DAYS," FROM PHILIP AND
HOLLY.
ANOTHER REALLY GOOD WAY
TO CONNECT IS BY KISSING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST
WAYS TO CONNECT, IS
KISSING.
COME ON, KISSING LESSONS
RIGHT HERE.
LET ME HELP YOU OUT.
THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF
KISSES, WHICH IS THE
LIPSTICK KISS, WHICH IS 95%
AIR, YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS
UP THE LIPSTICK.
AND THEN THERE IS THE
10-SECOND KISS, AND THEN
THERE IS THE KISS WHERE YOU
GO, H'MMM, GOT ANOTHER 30
MINUTES?
SO MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE LIPSTICK KISS.
THE 10-SECOND KISS IS ABOUT
CONNECTION.
IT IS ABOUT, WAIT A MINUTE.
JUST LET ME LOOK IN YOUR
EYES.
SO WE'LL PLAY WITH EACH
OTHER.
SOMETIMES SHE'S IN A HURRY
OR I'M IN A HURRY, AND I GO,
WAIT, KISS ME LIKE YOU MEAN
IT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS STAY HERE
FOR 10 SECONDS, AND JUST
CONVEY IN YOUR EYES OR IN
YOUR TONE THAT I'M
CONNECTING.
KISS ME LIKE YOU MEAN
IT.
WE HAVE TO STOP EACH OTHER.
AND WHEN I MENTION IT
FIRST, THAT'S BIG POINTS.
SO FIND A WAY THAT YOU
CAN CONNECT.
LET'S KISS.
NO, KISS ME LIKE YOU MEAN
IT KISS.
HEY, KISS ME LIKE YOU MEAN
IT KISS.
Terry: WELL, FOR MORE
TIPS ON LOVE AND ROMANCE, WE
HAVE A WEB INTERVIEW WITH
THEM.
LOG ON TO cbn.com, AND
CLICK "IN THE GREEN ROOM"
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH
THAT.
AND NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE DOING
A SPECIAL WEEK OF LOVE AND
MARRIAGE.
CALLED "MARRIAGE ON THE
ROCK."
AND STILL AHEAD TODAY, A
MARRIAGE THAT WAS ANYTHING
BUT MADE IN HEAVEN.
I HAD NO SKILLS TO BE
ANYBODY'S WIFE.
I DID NOT LIKE TO COOK,
CLEAN.
AND IT WAS JUST A MESS.
I WOULD CALL HER LAZY.
YOU'RE AN ADULT, CLEAN UP
AFTER YOURSELF.
Terry: SEE HOW A
PRAYING MOM REDEEMED THIS
RELATIONSHIP LATER ON
TODAY'S "700 CLUB."
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HAS APPROVED AID FOR HOUSES
DAMAGED BY HURRICANE SANDY.
THEY VOTED 354 TO 72 IN
FAVOR OF THE BILL.
IT ALLOWS CHURCHES,
SYNAGOGUES AND MOSQUES TO
SEEK RELIEF FOR THE
DISASTER.
COMMUNITIES SAY WORSHIP
CENTERS PROVIDE FOOD AND
SHELTER.
CRITICS ARGUE THE BILL GOES
AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND
STATE.
THE VOTE NOW GOES TO THE
SENATE.
AN OHIO SCHOOL BOARD HAS
VOTED 4-1 TO KEEP A PORTRAIT
OF JESUS HANGING IN THE
SCHOOL.
THE PORTRAIT HAS BEEN ON
DISPLAY FOR 65 YEARS, AND
THE VOTE COMES DESPITE A
FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THE FEDERAL CIVIL LIBERTIES
FOUNDATION -- THEY SAY IT
SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM
JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH
IS ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH OF
COLUMBUS.
THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THE
PORTRAIT BELONGS TO THE
STUDENT GROUP THAT PUT IT
UP.
THE BOARD ALSO SAYS IT WILL
LET ANOTHER STUDENT CLUBS
HANG PORTRAITS, TOO.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, VALENTINE'S
DAY IS A SWEET CELEBRATION
FOR AMANDA AND ROB MOODY,
NOT BECAUSE OF CANDY AND
CAKE, BUT BECAUSE THE TWO OF
THEM ARE TOGETHER AND
HAPPY.
YEARS AGO, THEIR
RELATIONSHIP GOT OFF TO A
VERY ROCKY START.
AND IT WENT FROM BAD TO
WORSE BEFORE IT BEGAN TO GET
BETTER.
SHE KNEW SHE WAS
BEAUTIFUL.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T LIKE
HIM AT ALL.
HE WAS VERY RUDE.
Reporter: AMANDA AND
ROB MOODY MET IN THE AIR
FORCE.
AMANDA WAS 18, AND ROB WAS
20.
THEY BOTH DESCRIBED
THEMSELVES AS IMMATURE,
CAREER-DRIVEN, AND SELL
SELFISH.
THEY JUDGED ONE ANOTHER EVEN
MORE HARSHLY.
SHE WANTED TO BE THE
CENTER OF ATTENTION.
HE WOULD SPEAK VERY
DEGRADING TOWARDS WOMEN.
Reporter: BUT AS TIME
WENT ON --
I GOT TO KNOW HER A
LITTLE BETTER.
I SAW PAST THE ATTITUDE SHE
HAD.
I GOT TO SEE ANOTHER SIDE TO
HER, WHICH WAS ATTRACTIVE TO
ME.
WE ENDED UP SPENDING MORE
TIME TOGETHER.
WE LAUGHED AND TRAVELLED.
HE STARTED BEING NICE TO ME,
EVEN WHEN HE WAS STILL RUDE
TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
I LOVED THAT.
HE LEANED OVER AND WHISPERED
IN MY EAR, YOU'RE THE BEST
THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO
ME.
WHEN HE DID THAT, IT
IMMEDIATELY WENT FROM
FRIENDS TO MORE SERIOUS.
Reporter: AS THEIR
ROMANCE GREW, SO DID THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT ONE ANOTHER.
WHEN WE WERE OUT IN
PUBLIC, SHE WOULD PUT ON
THIS -- YOU KNOW, THIS HARD
FACADE.
WHEN HE DID SOMETHING I
DIDN'T LIKE, I WOULD TELL
HIM, IT'S OVER, ALL THE
TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT
I WANTED TO SAY, AND THEN
SHE COULD DEAL WITH IT.
Reporter: BUT INSTEAD
INSTEAD OF HEEDING THE
WARNINGS, ROB PROPOSED
MARRIAGE TO AMANDA AT THE
EIFFEL TOWER, AND SHE
ACCEPTED.
I THINK HE REALIZED THAT
I HAD NO SKILLS TO BE
ANYBODY'S WIFE.
I DID NOT LIKE TO COOK,
CLEAN, AND IT WAS JUST A
MESS.
I WOULD CALL HER LAZY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AN ADULT,
CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF.
I HAD THE TOTAL ATTITUDE,
LOOK, IF YOU DON'T TREAT ME
THE WAY I WANT TO BE
TREATED, IF YOU DON'T DO THE
THINGS I WANT YOU TO DO,
I'LL FIND SOMEBODY WHO
WILL.
Reporter: THEY ARGUED
ABOUT SOMETHING ALMOST EVERY
DAY.
I GOT REALLY UPSET
BECAUSE OF HER BEING
CAREER-DRIVEN.
I WOULD RECEIVE A LOT OF
AWARDS AND PRAISE, AND HE
WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE, IF
THEY KNEW WHO YOU REALLY
WERE, YOU WON'T GET ANY OF
THOSE AWARDS.
BUT THE MORE HE WOULD SAY
THOSE THINGS, THE MORE I
DECIDED BELIEVING, YOU'RE
REALLY NOTHING.
EVENTUALLY SHE WOULD JUST
WALK OUT.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IT
HAS GOT TO BE HIM.
BECAUSE THE ONLY TIME MY
LIFE IS A DISASTER IS BEING
WITH HIM.
Reporter: TWO YEARS
LATER, AMANDA WALKED OUT FOR
GOOD.
SHE FILED FOR DIVORCE, PUT
THEIR HOME UP FOR SALE, AND
THEIR LEGAL SEPARATION
BEGAN.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE HIT
ME IN THE GUT.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT?
I CALLED MY MOTHER, AND SHE
SAID IT IS NEVER GOING TO
WORK UNLESS YOU HAVE GOD IN
YOUR RELATIONSHIP.
SO I STARTED A CHURCH AND I
STARTED GOING.
I WAS, LIKE, I SURRENDER,
LORD, I SURRENDER.
I TRIED EVERYTHING.
MY LIFE WAS A MESS.
I SURRENDER.
AND SO I ACCEPTED CHRIST
INTO MY LIFE AT THAT TIME.
Reporter: ROB'S MOTHER
CALLED EVERY MORNING TO PRAY
WITH HIM.
NOT JUST ABOUT AMANDA AND
I, BUT JUST MAKING ME THE
MAN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND I WANTED TO BE THAT
MAN.
I REALLY WANTED TO BE A GOOD
HUSBAND.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO.
Reporter: ROB
DESPERATELY WANTED AMANDA
BACK.
AS I WAS PRAYING, I KNEW
THAT GOD WAS GOING TO
RESTORE OUR MARRIAGE.
Reporter: AMANDA, ON
THE OTHER HAND, WANTED
NOTHING TO DO WITH ROB.
I WAS SO ANGRY WITH HIM.
I FELT LIKE HE DESTROYED
ME.
AND I WENT INTO BIG-TIME
DEPRESSION.
I JUST FELT REALLY, REALLY
ALONE.
Reporter: SEVERAL
MONTHS LATER, ROB AND AMANDA
MEANT TO COMPLETE THE
CLOSING ON THE SALE OF THEIR
HOME.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN ROB
WALKED INTO THE OFFICE.
HE LOOKED SO HANDSOME, LIKE
HE WAS GLOWING.
AND NOT ONLY WAS HE -- NOT
ONLY DID HE LOOK REALLY
NICE, HE WAS REALLY NICE TO
ME.
Reporter: AFTER THE
CLOSING, AMANDA NEEDED ONE
MORE SIGNATURE FROM ROB TO
FINALIZE THEIR DIVORCE.
AS ROB SIGNED THE PAPERS,
HIS FAITH PLUMMETTED.
I GOT TO A POINT WHERE I
WAS JUST, LIKE, I'M DONE.
Reporter: SEVERAL DAYS
LATER, TO ROB'S AMAZEMENT,
AMANDA CALLED.
AND SHE SAID, WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU?
AND I SAID, GOD HAS CHANGED
MY LIFE.
I'M A CHRISTIAN NOW.
I JUST KEPT THINKING, I
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
GOD.
BUT IF THIS IS WHAT GOD CAN
DO TO A PERSON, I WANT IT.
I NEED IT.
I NEED IT.
I WAS JUST, LIKE, WELL,
COME TO CHURCH WITH ME AND
YOU CAN GET WHAT I HAVE.
HE PREACHED ON THE
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF THE
FATHER.
AND I NEVER KNEW THAT IN MY
WHOLE LIFE.
THAT ANYBODY COULD LOVE ME
LIKE THAT.
I WANTED THAT.
AND I SAID, YES, I WANT TO
GET SAVED.
AND I DID.
I GOT SAVED.
Reporter: JUST EIGHT
MONTHS LATER, AMANDA
PROPOSED TO ROB.
AND I ASKED HIM, WILL YOU
MARRY ME AGAIN?
AND HE SAID YES.
WHEN WE WENT TO THE
COURTHOUSE --
IT WAS JUST ERASING
SOMETHING, JUST MAKING
SOMETHING WRONG, RIGHT.
Reporter: ROB AND
AMANDA SAY REBUILDING A
MARRIAGE ISN'T EASY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS
REPRESENTS TO ME.
WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO
FELL APART.
AND WHAT HE DID RIGHT HERE,
IT'S FOREVER.
IT IS FOR DIFFERENT
PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD FIRST.
Reporter: THE MOODYS
MUST BE DOING SOMETHING
RIGHT.
12 YEARS LATER, THE FORMER
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT IS
HOME-SCHOOLING FOUR
DAUGHTERS.
AND SHE IS WRITING BOOKS
ABOUT PRAYER.
AND THE FORMER CHIEF'S
MASTER SERGEANT, WELL, HE IS
STILL WORKING HARD IN THE
AIR FORCE AND VERY BUSY
LOVING HER.
I CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE
WITHOUT HER.
I'M SO THANKFUL HE PRAYED
FOR ME.
I THINK WE GIVE UP TOO
EASILY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE.
FIGHT UNTIL THE END.
Pat: YOU KNOW, WE TALK
ABOUT LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
THERE IS NO REAL LOVE
OUTSIDE OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
WHEN JESUS COMES INTO YOUR
LIFE, HIS LOVE IS SHED
ABROAD IN YOUR HEART.
AND YOU SEE PEOPLE THROUGH
HIS EYES.
YOU DON'T SEE THEIR FLAWS.
YOU SEE WHAT THEY COULD BE
IN CHRIST.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS
A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING
AND LIVING.
AND WHAT I ASK YOU RIGHT
NOW, IF YOU'RE HAVING
TROUBLE WITH YOUR MARRIAGE,
IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE
WITH YOUR CHILDREN, IF
YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH
LIFE, WHY DON'T YOU TURN IT
OVER TO JESUS.
WHY DON'T YOU LET HIM TAKE
OVER.
AND THEN HE COMES INTO YOU,
AND THEN HE SEES THINGS WITH
HIS EYES, NOT YOURS.
AND SO WHAT USED TO BE YOUR
MIND THINKING, IT'S NOW THE
MIND OF CHRIST.
IT'S A MIND OF LOVE, OF
COMPASSION, OF
SELF-SACRIFICE.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MIND
THAT MAKES FOR GOOD
MARRIAGES.
IT MAKES FOR A GOOD LIFE.
AND IF YOU WANT THAT, LET'S
ASK HIM RIGHT NOW TO COME
INTO YOUR LIFE.
PRAY THESE WORDS: JESUS --
THAT'S RIGHT, PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS, I'VE SEEN THE WORLD
THROUGH MY EYES FOR SO MANY
YEARS.
AND I'VE MADE SOME SERIOUS
MISTAKES.
BUT, LORD, RIGHT NOW I
SURRENDER TO YOU, AND I ASK
YOU TO COME INTO MY LIFE.
LIVE IN ME, AND FROM THIS
MOMENT ON LET ME SEE LIFE,
PRESENT AND FUTURE, WITH
YOUR EYES, NOT MINE.
I GIVE YOU MY LIFE, LORD.
TAKE OVER.
THANK YOU.
IN YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN.
WELL, IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,
I WANT TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS,
IF YOU WANT THEM.
THERE IS A BOOK CALLED "LOVE
AND MARRIAGE."
IT MIGHT BE A HELP TO YOU.
I THINK YOU'LL FIND THIS
INTERESTING.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING
CALLED A NEW DAY.
IF YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR HEART
TO THE LORD, WHAT DO YOU DO
NEXT?
1-800-759-0700.
CALL IN AND SAY, I PRAYED
WITH PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE DONE.
I HAVE GIVEN MY HEART TO
JESUS.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, COMING UP,
A FATHER RISKS HIS LIFE FOR
THE LOVE OF HIS DAUGHTER.
WE HAVE THEIR AMAZING STORY
WHEN WE COME BACK.
Pat: THE DAD IN OUR
NEXT STORY HAD A POWERFUL
LOVE FOR HIS YOUNG
DAUGHTER.
EVERY MORNING HE WENT TO
WORK DEEP IN THE COAL MINES
OF CHINA.
IT'S A DANGEROUS JOB.
BUT THIS HARD-WORKING DAD
RISKED HIS LIFE TO TRY TO
SAVE HIS OWN CHILD.
Terry: SHUN WORKS CLOSE
TO 2,000 FEET UNDERGROUND AS
A COAL MINER.
HIS SHIFTS ARE NEVER LESS
THAN 12 HOURS LONG, AND HE
RARELY GETS A DAY OFF.
HE DOES IT ALL FOR HIS
5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,
CONIONION. CONION.
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A
SERIOUS HEART DEFECT WHEN
SHE WAS BABY.
ALL OF THE DOCTORS SAID
UNLESS SHE GETS SURGERY, SHE
WOULD DIE.
SHE WAS SO WEAK AND
FRAGILE, AND ALWAYS SICK.
IT BROKE MY HEART TO SEE MY
DAUGHTER SUFFERING LIKE
THAT.
BUT WE COULDN'T GET ANY HELP
BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PAY FOR
SURGERY.
Terry: DESPITE THE
DANGER OF HIS JOB, HE ONLY
BRINGS IN $158 A MONTH.
SOMETIMES THE MINES
COLLAPSE AND GET FLOODED,
BUT I RATHER RISK DYING
MYSELF THAN LOSING MY
DAUGHTER.
SHE IS WORTH EVERYTHING TO
MY WIFE AND ME.
Terry: AS HARD AS HE
WORKED, SHUN STILL COULD NOT
RAISE ENOUGH MONEY FOR
SURGERY, AND CONYON'S HEART
CONDITION TOOK A TURN FOR
THE WORSE.
SOME PEOPLE TOLD ME IT
WASN'T WORTH IT TO TRY TO
SAVE HER LIFE ANYMORE, AND
TO JUST FORGET ABOUT IT.
BUT WE DIDN'T GIVE THAT A
SECOND THOUGHT.
Terry: THEN CONYON'S
MOTHER HEARD THAT CBN WAS
COMING TO TOWN TO HELP FUND
HEART SURGERY FOR CHILDREN
LIKE HER DAUGHTER.
SOON A DOCTOR REPAIRED THE
HOLE IN HER HEART AND
REPOSITIONED HER ARTERY.
I FEEL SO RELIEVED NOW.
I WAS ALWAYS SO CONCERNED
ABOUT MY DAUGHTER.
BUT NOT ANYMORE.
ALL OF MY WORRIES ARE GONE.
AND I BELIEVE CONYONHAYON
HAS A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE.
THANK YOU, CBN.
Pat: YOU DIDN'T KNOW
THAT, DID YOU?
THAT YOU WERE WORKING IN THE
HEART OF CHINA, DEEP IN
CHINA.
CBN, WELL, WE ARE THERE.
WE ARE THERE IN YOUR NAME,
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD,
REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE SUFFERING AND WHO ARE
HURTING.
I WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR "700
CLUB."
IT IS JUST 65 CENTS A DAY,
$20 A MONTH, AND YOU CAN BE
PART OF AN ARMY OF HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS, MILLIONS, WHO
ARE REACHING OUT TO MAKE
THIS A BETTER WORLD AND TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUFFERING.
WE HAVE SOMETHING WE WANT TO
GIVE YOU WHEN YOU JOIN.
GORDON HAS PUT TOGETHER A
GROUP OF STORIES ABOUT "LIFE
BEYOND THE GRAVE," AND
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED COME
BACK TO TELL US ABOUT IT.
THESE ARE GRIPPING,
REAL-LIFE STORIES AND YOU
DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
TERRY, WE'VE GOT A FEW
REPORTS --
Terry: WE TELL PEOPLE
TO CALL OUR PRAYER CENTER,
AND GREAT THINGS ARE
HAPPENING IN THERE.
THIS IS SANDRA, SHE LIVES IN
WHITESTONE, NEW YORK, AND
SHE HAD A TOOTHACHE AND WAS
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM.
PAT, YOU HAD A WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOMEBODY'S
MOUTH BEING HEALED.
SANDRA CLAIMED IT FOR
HERSELF AND SAID IMMEDIATELY
THE PAIN LEFT AND HAS NOT
RETURNED.
AND THIS MAN CALLED BECAUSE
HIS MOM WAS GOING INTO
SURGERY.
THINGS WERE NOT LOOKING GOOD
AND HE CALLED AGAIN FOR HER
TO BE HEALED.
SHE HAD A TURNAROUND, AND
THE DOCTORS ARE EXPECTING
HER TO BE FINE AND EXPECTING
HER TO MAKE A FULL
RECOVERY.
AND THE DAY BEFORE, DOCTORS
SAID THE OPPOSITE, SO THEY
ARE ACKNOWLEDGING.
STEPHANIE HAS A CURVATURE OF
THE SPINE, AND HEARD THE
WORD THAT THERE IS A HEALING
FOR A SOMEBODY WITH A
CURVATURE OF THE SPINE, AND
SHE CALLED "THE 700 CLUB" TO
TELL US THE PAIN IS HEALED
AND HAS NOT RETURNED.
Pat: GOD IS A GOD OF
MORE OR LESS AND HE LOVES
YOU AND BLESSES.
TOMORROW, WE HAVE
CONFESSIONS FROM A FORMER
SHOCK JOCK.
TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS FROM 1
CORINTHIANS 13: "LOVE
BELIEVES ALL THINGS, HOPES
ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL
THINGS.
LOVE NEVER FAILS."
HAPPY CA VALENTINE'S DAY.
WE LOVE YOU AND THE LORD.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
