Lee: AMERICAN IDOL
HEARTTHROB, HE TALKS ABOUT
LIFE AFTER ELIMINATION AND
BRINGS HIS MESSAGE TO "THE
700 CLUB."
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "THE 700
CLUB."
IMAGINE WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN
DO AND THE THREAT ALWAYS
EXISTS.
AND IT REALLY DOES EXIST.
AND ONE DAY THE FEDS WILL
MOVE IN AND TAKE AWAY YOUR
MONEY.
THEY HAVE DONE THAT IN
LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
I BELIEVE IT WAS ARGENTINA,
AND THEY LITERALLY TOOK ALL
OF THE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FROM
ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND SAID
WE'LL GIVE YOU BONDS IN
EXCHANGE FOR THEM, AND TOOK
THEM.
TOOK THEM.
CYPRUS IS IN A BIND.
THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE A 10%
CLIP ON ALL OF THE BANK
ACCOUNTS.
NOW THEY'RE CUTTING IT DOWN
TO ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT,
LIKE SOMETHING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF $30,000.
I'M NOT SURE.
WE MENTIONED BEFORE, HUGE
AMOUNTS OF RUSSIAN MONEY
HAVE GONE TO CYPRUS BECAUSE
CYPRUS IS A TAX HAVEN.
I HAD A CYPRUS COMPANY
CALLED MEDIA VESDA --
Terry: WHO KNEW.
Pat: WHO KNEW.
BUT THEY WEREN'T
CONFISCATING ANYTHING, AND
EVERYTHING IS PEACE.
BUT MAYBE THEY'RE TRYING TO
HIT THESE RUSSIAN ALA
ALAGARDS WHO HAVE A LOT OF
MONEY, AND A LOT OF IT IS
ILL-GOTTEN.
AND IF THEY HIT THAT, THAT
WILL DESTROY THE ECONOMY OF
CYPRUS.
IT IS MORE THAN MEETS THE
EYE.
AND THEY SAID IT IS A LITTLE
BIT OF MONEY, AND WE'LL LOAN
YOU THE MONEY, JUST LET US
HAVE ALL OF THE GAS ON YOUR
ISLAND.
Terry: PEOPLE ARE
FURIOUS, AND CAN YOU BLAME
THEM.
OUR EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: THE TINY
EUROPEAN COUNTRY OF CYPRUS
IS IN NEED OF A BAILOUT.
OVER THE WEEKEND, THE
EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPED A
PLAN TO RESCUE THE COUNTRY,
A $10 BILLION BAILOUT
PACKAGE.
IN RETURN FOR THE RESCUE
LOANS, THE NATION WILL BE
REQUIRED TO CONFISCATE UP TO
10% OF EVERYONE'S SAVINGS
ACCOUNT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSED AN
IMMEDIATE UPROAR.
WHY SHOULD THEY TAKE OUR
MONEY?
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS.
WE WORK AND WE DEPOSIT MONEY
FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES, AND
THEY COME TO TAKE OUR
MONEY.
THIS IS UNFAIR, UNFAIR.
Reporter: CYPRUS BUILT
UP ITS ECONOMY IN RECENT
YEARS BY BECOMING AN
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
CENTER.
BUT ITS BANKS INVESTED
HEAVILY IN GREECE.
AND WHEN GREECE'S FINANCES
FELL APART, IT HURT THE
BANKS IN CYPRUS BADLY.
WHEN GREECE DEFAULTED, IT
WAS THE CASE OF ONE BAD
MUSHROOM REALLY DAMAGING A
VERY, VERY GOOD MUSHROOM.
Reporter: THE SITUATION
IN CYPRUS HAS RAISED
CONCERNS THAT OTHER
STRUGGLING NATIONS MAY
EVENTUALLY TRY THEONX
BANK DEPOSITS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WILL HAPPEN FOR EVERY OTHER
EUROPEAN COUNTRY.
ALL OTHER COUNTRIES RIGHT
NOW, ALL OF THEIR MONEY IN
EVERY BANK IS IS NOT SAFE.
Reporter: IT IS ALSO
SPARKING FEARS OF POSSIBLE
RUNS ON THE BANKS IN THE
FUTURE AS INVESTORS TRY TO
KEEP THEIR MONEY.
I HAVE SEEN THAT THE
SPANISH AND ITALIAN BANKS
HAVE LOST THIS MORNING,
VIRTUALLY UP TO 4%, WHICH
MEANS THERE IS A HUGE DANGER
THAT MONEY HAS BEEN
WITHDRAWN.
Reporter: EUROPEAN
ANALYSTS DON'T EXPECT BANK
RUNS FOR NOW.
BUT THE CYPRUS GOVERNMENT IS
STILL WORKING FOR A WAY TO
PAY ITS BAILOUT THAT ID
NEEDS TO KEEP IT'S BANK
RUNNING.
Pat: I THINK THAT THE
G.D.P. OF KANSAS IS BIGGER
THAN CYPRUS.
IT IS NOT EXACTLY A MAJOR
PLAYER, BUT NEVERTHELESS,
WHAT THIS SHOWS IS WHAT
GOVERNMENTS ARE WILLING TO
DO, AND THAT SPOOKS
INVESTORS.
IF YOU READ SOME OF THIS
LITERATURE, THEY'RE ALWAYS
WARNING YOU THAT THE TIME
WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL
CONFISCATE YOUR GOLD.
AND YOU WOULD SAY, THEY WILL
NEVER DO THAT IN AMERICA.
YES, THEY DID.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DID JUST
THAT.
HE DECLARED THE OWNERSHIP OF
GOLD ILLEGAL, AND TOOK AWAY
AMERICA'S GOLD BACK IN THE
1930s.
IT WAS DONE BEFORE, AND IT
CAN BE DONE AGAIN.
AND GOVERNMENTS CAN GET
VERY, VERY GREEDY.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT
SAY MAYBE TO LOCATE
OFFSHORE, BUT OFFSHORE
WHERE?
YOU GO TO CYPRUS, AND THAT
ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST SAFE
HAVEN.
WHILE EUROPE FACES ANOTHER
FINANCIAL CRISIS, PRESIDENT
OBAMA WILL SOON BE IN ISRAEL
TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER GLOBAL
THREAT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWSROOM.
Lee: THE PRESIDENT
LEAVES FOR ISRAEL TODAY,
PAT.
HIS FIRST TRIP THERE AS
PRESIDENT.
HE WILL ALSO VISIT THE WEST
BANK AND JORDAN.
HIS TRIP COMES AT A CRITICAL
TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: IT HAS TAKEN
PRESIDENT OBAMA MORE THAN
FOUR YEARS TO VISIT
AMERICA'S CLOSEST ALLEY IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
ACCORDING TO ONE ISRAELI
NEWSPAPER POLL, NEARLY 70%
OF THEM HAVE AN UNFAVORABLE
OR HOSTILE OPINION AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT.
AND AMERICAN SYMPATHY FOR
ISRAEL IS AT ITS HIGHEST
LEVEL IN MORE THAN TWO
DECADES.
IF YOU'RE BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU, WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO TALK TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
ABOUT?
RIGHT NOW ABOUT IRAN.
THAT IS HIS MAIN CONCERN.
IT IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO
THE NATION OF ISRAEL.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU SAID IN HIS FAMOUS
SPEECH AT THE U.N. LAST
FALL, THAT THE RED LINE, THE
POINT BY WHICH IF IRAN
CROSSES IT, ISRAEL WILL NO
LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO
STOP IRAN'S NUCLEAR
PROGRAM -- THAT RED LINE IS
APPROACHING SOMETIME BETWEEN
SPRING AND SUMMER.
HERE WE ARE.
Reporter: AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE INDICATES THERE
IS MORE TIME, BUT IRAN
CONTINUES TO PRESS AHEAD,
EVEN COZYING UP TO NORTH
KOREA.
IRAN HAS SEEN NORTH KOREA
TESTING NUCLEAR WAR HEAD,
AND ITS SCIENTISTS WERE
THERE AT THE LAUNCH.
WHICHMEANS THIS RELATION
BETWEEN IRAN AND NORTH KOREA
ARE VERY CLOSE.
Reporter: THE FIRST
THING THE PRESIDENT WILL
VISIT WHEN HE TOUCHES DOWN
ON ISRAELI SOIL IS THE
MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
CALLED THE IRON DOME, A
SIGNAL, THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYS, TO THE PRESIDENT'S
COMMITMENT TO THE SECURITY
OF ISRAEL.
THE PRESIDENT DECIDED
AGAINST ADDRESSING ISRAEL'S
CONESIT.
HE WILL TALK TO THE AMERICAN
CENTER.
MEANWHILE, POLICY EXPERTS
WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO
SEE IF THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP
IS HEAVIER ON OPTICS OR
SUBSTANCE.
YOU CAN'T JUST GO VISIT
THE WESTERN WALL AND PRAY
AND VISIT THE SHRINE OF THE
BOOK AND GO TO BETHLEHEM AND
DO THE TOURIST SITES, EAT A
FA FALALFAL AND MAKE
EVERYONE FEEL HAPPY.
Reporter: HOW BIG IS IT
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO VISIT A
FOREIGN COUNTRY?
IT IS A SIGNAL TO THE
COUNTRY HE VISITS AND THE
COUNTRIES AROUND IT.
Reporter: THE LAST
THING THE PRESIDENT WILL DO
BEFORE LEAVING ISRAEL AND
THE WEST BANK IS TO VISIT
THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
IN BETHLEHEM.
THE PRESIDENT HOPES HIS
VISIT BRINGS ATTENTION TO
THE PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, AND THE NEED TO
PROTECT RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Lee: PAT, ARE YOU
EXPECTING ANYTHING TO COME
FROM THIS TRIP?
Pat: NO, I REALLY
DON'T.
BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE A
LOT OF HOOPLA, AND
CELEBRATIONS.
THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF
POLICE TO SECURE AGAINST ANY
TERRORIST ACTIVITY.
AND THEY WILL ROLE OUT THE
RED CARPET FOR HIM, AND HE
WILL BE TREATED LIKE A
HERO.
BUT THE MAJORITY, OVER 90%
OF THE ISRAELI POPULOUS, DO
NOT APPROVE OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE HE IS A
FRIEND OF ISRAEL.
AND HIS ACTIONS HAVE PRETTY
MUCH PROVED THAT.
HHIS RHETORIC MAY BE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF
RHETORIC ABOUT HOW WE
SUPPORT YOU, WE'VE GOT YOUR
BACK, AND THIS, THAT, AND
THE OTHER, BUT ACTUALLY
WHETHER IT WILL ACTUALLY
COME TO PASS REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF
YOU'LL SEE ANY ASSENTUAL
MOVEMENT.
I THINK HIS MAIN THRUST WILL
BE TO STRONG-ARM NETANYAHU
AND SAY DON'T ATTACK IRAN
NOW.
THAT WILL BE THE MESSAGE --
MAYBE I'M WRONG.
WE'LL SEE.
Lee: TOMORROW WE WILL
HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT FROM
JERUSALEM ON THE PRESIDENT'S
ARRIVAL AND THE ISSUES HE
WILL BE FACING.
BACK IN WASHINGTON, HOUSE
DEMOCRATS WHO PUT TOGETHER A
BUDGET FOR TH THE
GOVERNMENT, FINALLY.
IT RAISES $1.2 TRILLION
TAXES OVER THE NEXT TWO
YEARS.
IT WILL GET RID OF TAX
BREAKS FOR BUSINESSES AS
WELL AS INDIVIDUALS.
DEMOCRATS SAY THEIR BUDGET
FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING THE
ECONOMY AND GROWING JOBS.
THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY
THE PLAN ISN'T SERIOUS.
THE G.O.P. SAYS ITS PLENTY
WILL GET RID OF THE DEFICIT
WITHIN A DECADE.
EITHER SIDE TELLING THE
TRUTH HERE, PAT?
Pat: NO.
CERTAINLY THE DEMOCRATS
ARE.
LEE, YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR
HISTORY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
HAD A TOP AIDE WHO'S NAME
WAS HARRY HOPKINS.
AND HE WAS HIS POLITICAL
GURU, HE WAS LIKE THE KARL
ROVE OF THAT DAY.
HE SAID HERE IS THE SECRET:
TAX AND TAX AND SPEND AND
SPEND, AND ELECT AND ELECT.
THAT WAS THEIR MANTRA, TAX
AND TAX, SPEND AND SPEND,
ELECT AND ELECT.
AND SO AS LONG AT THE
FOUNTAIN IS OPEN AND THE
SLUSH FUNDS ARE ROLLING OUT
TO THE PEOPLE, THEN THEY
WILL VOTE FOR THOSE GIVING
THEM THE FLUSH FUNDS, WHO
WILL BE PERCEIVED AS THE
DEMOCRATS.
SO THAT'S THEIR GAME.
IT HAS BEEN THEIR GAME SINCE
HARRY HOPKINS IN THE
MID-1930s, AND IT
CONTINUES TO BE THEIR GAME.
BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE
SAYING, NO, A GREAT NATION
CANNOT BANKRUPT ITSELF IN
ORDER TO BUY VOTES.
THAT'S THE DANGER:
BANKRUPTCY.
WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO WIND
UP LIKE GREECE.
LEE?
Lee: PAT, REPUBLICAN
SENATOR RAND PAUL IS
ENDORSING A PATHWAY TO
CITIZENSHIP FOR THE NATION'S
11 MILLION ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
PAUL'S MESSAGE IS: "IF YOU
WISH TO LIVE AND WORK IN
AMERICA, WE WILL FIND A
PLACE FOR YOU."
PAUL'S PATH TO CITIZENSHIP
WOULD NOT BE EASY.
IT INCLUDES SEVERAL
CONDITIONS.
BUT HE JOINS A GROWING
NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS WHO
SUPPORT IMMIGRATION REFORM
TO BROADEN THE PARTY'S
APPEAL AMONG HISPANICS.
AND IT COMES AS THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE SAYS IT WILL SPEND
$10 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE
TO REACH OUT TO MINORITIES.
THEY WILL USE PART OF THAT
MONEY TO SEND HUNDREDS OF
PARTY WORKERS INTO HISPANIC,
BLACK, AND ASIAN
COMMUNITIES.
THE U.S. SUPERIOR COURT IS
READY TO DECIDE IF STATES
CAN CAN FORCE PEOPLE TO
PROVE THEY'RE U.S. CITIZENS
BEFORE REGISTERING TO VOTE.
PAUL STRAND HAS THAT STORY
FROM WASHINGTON.
Reporter: OPPONENTS
OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT
SAID THEY'RE HOPEFUL THE
JUSTICES WILL STRIKE DOWN
ARIZONA'S VOTING LAW THAT IT
REQUIRES MORE PROOF THAT
WOULD-BE VOTERS HAVE TO
SUPPLY UNDER THE FEDERAL
VOTER REGISTRATION LAW.
THIS IS IS ABOUT THE
BASIC RIGHT TO VOTE.
ARIZONA IS TRYING TO SAY NO,
THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THE
FEDERAL MAIL VOTER
REGISTRATION FORM UNLESS IT
IS ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION.
WE JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST
HITLER AND NAZ NAZI-ISM.
AND WHEN WE CAME BACK TO THE
STATE OF ARIZONA, WE WERE
NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE UNTIL
1948.
AND TO THIS DAY, WHAT GOES
ON TODAY TO TRY TO SUPPRESS
VOTING, THAT REALLY AMAZES
ME THIS TYPE OF THING IS
GOING TO ON TO THIS DAY.
Reporter: BUT THE MAN
WHO DEFENDED ARIZONA'S HIGH
COURT AND THE MAN WHO WROTE
IT, SAYS THE STATE HAS A
RIGHT TO DETERMINE IF THEY
HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE VOTING
FRAUD.
WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY
INDICTMENTS IN MANY STATES
OF IRREGULARITIES IN VOTER
FRAUD.
IT IS ABOUT TIME WE STEP UP
TO THE PLATE AND ENSURE THAT
THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS
RESERVED FOR CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Reporter: IF THE COURT
UP HOLDS ARIZONA LAW, 12
OTHER STATES ARE READY TO EN
INVOKE THE SAME MEASURES.
Lee: IS IT LEGAL FOR AN
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TO VOTE?
Pat: I THINK THAT'S THE
RIGHT QUESTION.
IF THEY'LL ASK THAT QUESTION
AND PHRASE IT THAT WAY, THE
ANSWER IS PRETTY CLEAR.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT ARIZONA
HAS GOT A UNIQUE SITUATION.
THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR
STATE WHO ARE THERE
ILLEGALLY.
THESE PEOPLE -- THE FEDERAL
VOTER FORM SAYS ARE YOU A
CITIZEN.
AND YOU CHECK YES.
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.
ARE YOU A CITIZEN?
YES.
SO WHAT'S THE PROOF?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE
ANYTHING.
ARE YOU A CITIZEN?
WELL, WHERE IS YOUR BIRTH
CERTIFICATE?
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CHECK A FORM.
ARIZONA SAID NO, THERE ARE
TOO MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN
THIS STATE WHO ARE NOT
CITIZENS, AND THEY HAVE COME
ACROSS THIS BORDER
ILLEGALLY, AND THEY
SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO
VOTE.
WHO IS GOING TO WIN?
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
I THINK, FOLKS, WE'VE GOT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THESE
HISPANICS I
WETBACKS," AND ALL OF THESE
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
HURDLED AT THEM.
THEY'RE FAMILY PEOPLE AND
ALL OF THE THINGS YOU LIKE.
NEVERTHELESS, THEY HAVE COME
ACROSS OUR BORDER
ILLEGALLY.
HOW DO YOU RECTIFY THE
SITUATION?
I THINK INTELLIGENT PEOPLE,
LIKE SENATOR RUBIO AND
SENATOR RAND PAUL SAY WE'VE
GOT TO STOP THIS KNEE-JERK
REACTION AGAINST IMMIGRANTS,
AND BEGIN TO OPEN THE
BORDERS AND OPEN OUR ARMS.
WE ARE A NATION OF
IMMIGRANTS.
EVERYBODY CAME HERE FROM
SOME PLACE ELSE ACCEPT THE
INDIANS, THE IN AN NATIVE
AMERICANS.
AND THERE ARE HISPANIC
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE
SINCE THE 1500s OR
1600s.
THEY PRE-DATE THE
ANGLO-SAXONS THAT CAME IN,
OR THE ANGLOS THAT CAME IN
FROM ENGLAND.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE A LONG,
LONG TIME, AND THEY DON'T
WANT TO BE LUMPED IN WITH
ALL OF THESE LAW BREAKERS.
WE NEED TO OPEN OUR EYES AND
RECOGNIZE THESE ARE
WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND WE
CANNOT PENALIZE THEM.
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE TOUGH.
YOU CANNOT OPEN YOUR DOORS
AND SAY ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO
COME IN CAN GET FREE MEDICAL
AND FREE HEALTH AND FREE
EDUCATION, AND THIS, THAT,
AND THE OTHER.
IT WON'T WORK.
I THINK WISE HEADS ARE
BEGINNING TO PREVAIL IN THIS
DEBATE, AND I JUST HOPE THEY
ARE SUCCESSFUL.
LEE?
Lee: KEEPING YOUR HEART
HEALTHY COULD ALSO HELP YOU
WARD OFF CANCER.
RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT MORE
THAN 13,000 PATIENTS OVER 20
YEARS AND DISCOVERED THAT
FOLLOWING THE SEVEN STEPS
FOR HEART HEALTH CAN CUT
YOUR CANCER RISK IN HALF.
HERE ARE THE SEVEN STEPS:
GET ACTIVE, CONTROL
CHOLESTEROL, EAT BETTER,
MANAGE BLOOD PRESSURE, LOSE
WEIGHT, REDUCE BLOOD SUGAR,
AND STOP SMOKING.
THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION DEVELOPED THOSE
SEVEN STEPS THREE YEARS AGO
WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING
DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACK AND
STROKE BY 20% BY THE YEAR
2020.
PAT?
Pat: WELL, LEE, I THINK
WE'VE BEEN PREACHING -- I
THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
STEP YOU SHOULD TAKE IN
FIXING YOUR HEART IS TO
WATCH "THE 700 CLUB," AND
YOU'LL GET ALL OF THE TIPS
YOU NEED AS TO HOW TO BE
HEART HEALTHY.
IT'S FREE!
TERRY?
Terry: COMING UP, THE
SINGER WHO ROCKED AMERICAN
IDAHO, AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO
AUDITION.
COLTON DIXON JOINS US LIVE
LATER ON THE SHOW.
FIRST, A VILLAGE LIVES UNDER
THE SHADOWS OF WAR ANDññññ WHAT
IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS
BEING DONE TO PROTECT THE
PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
*
Pat: HERE IN AMERICA,
MOST OF US ENJOY PEACEFUL
LIVES.
BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY
IN COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS
A WAR AGAINST ISLAMIC
TERRORISM, LIKE THE NATION
OF MALI IN NORTH AFRICA.
MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF
MALI.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
BUT WE DO BECAUSE GARY LANE
WENT THERE AND HE TOOK A
LOOK AT THE DEVASTATION FROM
THE FIGHTING CAUSED BY
AL-QAEDA REBELS.
AND WHAT "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS NOW DOING IN
MALI TO HELP THOSE WHO
SUFFER.
Reporter: FOR MORE THAN
A YEAR, GOVERNMENT TROOPS
HAVE BATTLED ISLAMIST REBELS
IN NORTHERN MALI.
WHILE SOME LIBERATED AREAS
BEGIN TO RECOVER, THE WAR'S
EFFECTS STILL LINGER.
ADAM DIALLO DESCRIBES HOW
GUNFIRE FRIGHTENED HIM.
THE REBELS TOLD VILLAGERS
THEY CAME TO IMPOSE ISLAMIC
LAW.
THAT WAS A LIE.
THAT WAS A BIG LIE.
ALL THEY DID WAS START
SELLING DRUGS.
THEY CAME TO TEACH THEM
TO BE GOOD DRUG DEALERS.
Reporter: AND FRAME
THEM TO BE GOOD DRUG
DEALERS.
DO YOU LIKE SHARI'A LAW?
WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO CUT
OFF YOUR HAND IF THEY TAKE
SOMETHING?
CUT OFF THEIR HANDS?
NO.
Reporter: THE PEOPLE
HERE DID NOT WELCOME THE
ISLAMISTS AT ALL.
THEY WANTED THEM OUT OF
HERE.
SO WHEN THE FRENCH ARRIVED
IN LATE JANUARY AND
LIBERATED THEM, THEY WERE
THANKFUL.
THIS MAN SAYS THE ISLAMIST
REBELS KIDNAPPED HIM AND
BOUND HIS HANDS AND FEET,
AND CARRIED HIM AWAY ON
STICKS, LIKE THEY WERE GOING
TO BARBECUE SOME MEAT.
FORTUNATELY ARMIES RESCUED
HIM.
HE SAYS INTENSE FIGHTING
PREVENTED HIM FROM CARRYING
HIS BROTHER'S BODY TO THE
CEMETERY.
AND HE SHOWED US THE STORAGE
ROOM WHERE HE BURIED HIM.
HIS FAMILY STILL MOURNS AND
THE CHILDREN, INCLUDING
YOUNG LOGI AND HOGI, WILL
NOW GROW UP WITHOUT A
FATHER.
THESE TWO GIRLS REMEMBER
THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER,
AMADU.
FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD US WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE BOY.
AT 6:30 A.M., AFTER
BREAKFAST, WE HEARD
GUNFIRE.
AND THEN THERE ARE THE
ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES
SMASHED THROUGH OUR FENCE.
IT SHATTERED THE BEDROOM
DOOR.
AMADU WAS SLEEPING.
HIS BACK WAS AGAINST THE
WALL.
Reporter: THIS IS WHAT
WAS LEFT OF THE ROCKET.
IT CAME HERE AND SHATTERED
HERE AND THE SHRAPNEL KILLED
THE BOY.
FATMA SAYS NEITHER GOLD FOR
DIAMONDS CAN CAN REPLACE HER
NEPHEW'S LIFE.
HE WAS A LOVELY BOY.
VERY QUIET AND RESPECTFUL.
I MISS HIM GREETING ME EVERY
MORNING.
HE WOULD COME TO ME AND SAY,
"GOOD MORNING, AUNTIE."
IN MY MIND, I STILL SEE HIM
OUT PLAYING SOCCER WITH HIS
FRIENDS AFTER SCHOOL.
I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM.
Reporter: HELP HAS COME
TO AMADU'S FAMILY AND OTHERS
AS THEY STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME
THE EFFECTS OF CIVIL WAR.
CBN NEWS "OPERATION
BLESSING" BROUGHT RICE AND
MOSQUITO NETS TO THOSE WITH
DAMAGED HOMES.
ALL OF THEM EXPRESS THEIR
GRATITUDE.
WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU
CAME TO HELP US, I CRIED.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO
HEAR ABOUT OUR LOSS, BUT YOU
ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO
BRING FOOD TO HELP.
Reporter: NOT ONLY HAVE
CHRISTIANS REACHED OUT TO
HELP, GOD HAS ALSO ANSWERED
CRIES OF DESPERATION.
PASTOR JOHN SAYS MEMBERS OF
HIS GOSPEL MISSIONARY INLAND
CHURCH STARTED PRAYING
NON-STOP WHEN THE REBELS
FIRST ARRIVED.
THEY KNEW THE ISLAMISTS HAD
TARGETED CHRISTIANS AND
CHURCHES IN OTHER NORTHERN
CITIES.
WE STARTED PRAYING, AND
GOD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS.
ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS
CHURCH WERE SPARED AND
NOTHING HAPPENED TO THEM.
GOD CARES FOR HIS CHILDREN,
AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,
WE WILL TRUST IN HIM.
Reporter: MALIANS ARE
BEGINNING TO TRUST WHILE
THEY BEGIN REBUILDING THEIR
LIVES.
GARY LANE, CBN NEWS, MALI.
Pat: ONE MORE TIME, THE
RELIGION OF PEACE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING
FOR PEOPLE, CUTTING OFF
HANDS, MASSACRING PEOPLE,
KILLING THEM, SLAUGHTERING
THEM -- THAT'S AL-QAEDA.
WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE?
THEY DON'T KNOW.
THEY'RE FANATICS.
I DON'T THINK IF YOU ASK
THEM WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE --
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD
ISLAM.
ARE YOU REALLY?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
WHY?
THEY CAN'T TELL YOU.
BUT PEOPLE SUFFER UNDER THE
HIDEOUS WHIP, THE LASH, OF
THIS ORGANIZATION.
WELL, WE CAN HELP.
WE CAN HELP THE SUFFERING
PEOPLE.
AND HERE IS THE DEAL: IF YOU
WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION
FOR MALI, YOU CAN CALL
1-800-759-0700.
OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO
CBN.COM.
SEND DONATIONS TO "OPERATION
BLESSING" INTERNATIONAL,
DISASTER RELIEF FUND, CBN
CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY
SPECIFICALLY I WANT THIS
USED IN NORTH AFRICA, IN
MALI, AND WE WILL DO IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MALI IS
DESERT.
IT IS DIFFICULT COUNTRY.
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, I'M TOLD
IN MALI THERE ARE SOME -- HE
SAID GOLD WON'T BRING BACK
THE CHILDREN.
WELL, THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL
RESOURCE OF GOLD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE
ANY OIL IN THERE.
BUT UNDER THAT DESERT, THERE
ARE SOME TREASURES THAT IF
THEY WERE BROUGHT OUT
PROPERLY, IT COULD HELP
ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF
THOSE PEOPLE.
Terry: UP NEXT, COLTON
DICKINSON BRINGS HIS VOICE
AND HIS TRADEMARK TO "THE
700 CLUB."
STAY TUNED FOR A LIVE
PERFORMANCE FROM THE
AMERICAN IDOL ALUM.
Terry: EVERY YEAR,
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE TRY OUT TO BE THE
NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL."
ONLY A FEW MAKE THE CUT.
LAST SEASON, ONE COLORFUL
SINGER DID JUST THAT, EVEN
THOUGH HE NEVER REALLY
INTENDED TO AUDITION.
Reporter: COLTON
DICKINSON IS AN ARTIST WITH
A MISSION, TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE THROUGH HIS MUSIC AND
TO SHARE HIS PASSION FOR
CHRIST.
IF YOU WATCHED THE PAST TWO
SEASONS OF "AMERICAN IDOL,"
YOU FOLLOWED HIS AMAZING
MUSICAL JOURNEY AND HIS
UNCOMPROMISING FAITH IN
GOD.
DURING "AMERICAN IDOL"'S
11th SEASON, COLTON
FINISHED IN SEVENTH PLACE.
AFTER THAT, HE WASTED NO
TIME AND GOT RIGHT TO WORK
FOR SONGS ON HIS HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM "A
MESSENGER."
AND HE SHARES MUSIC THAT
WILL BRING HOPE AND
INSPIRATION.
Terry: WELL, IT IS OUT,
AND HE IS HERE.
NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.
Terry: SO MANY PEOPLE
LOVED WATCHING YOUR JOURNEY
IN ALL OF THIS.
YOU ACTUALLY AUDITIONED
TWICE.
THE SECOND TIME YOU REALLY
DIDN'T INTEND -- YOU WENT
WITH YOUR SISTER TO
ACCOMPANY HERE AND WHAT
HAPPENED?
CORRECT.
IT WAS CRAZY.
I WAS RIDING THE
ROLLERCOASTER FROM THE
PREVIOUS SEASON, AND WENT TO
SUPPORT MY SISTER, TYLER,
AND THE JUDGES HAD
REMEMBERED ME FROM THE
PREVIOUS SEASON AND LOOPED
ME BACK INTO THE MACHINE.
Terry: AND THANKFUL
THEY DID.
YES.
Terry: AND EXIL SKYLER
IS SINGING WITH THE GROUP
TODAY?
YES, SHE IS.
Terry: YOU REALLY
STARTED IN MUSIC WHEN YOU
WERE YOUNG?
I DID.
I STARTED TAKING PIANO
LESSONS WHEN I WAS ABOUT
EIGHT YEARS OLD, BUT FELT
THE CALLING OF MUSIC WHEN I
WAS 13.
I WAS PERFORMING "I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE" ON THE PIANO,
SINGING FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND
IT WAS TERRIFYING, BUT I
KNEW THEN GOD GAVE ME A
VOICE FOR A REASON, AND LED
ME TO MUSIC MINISTRY, AND I
HAVEN'T BACKED DOWN SINCE.
Terry: SPEAKING OF NOT
BACKING DOWN, YOU REALLY
STUCK TO YOUR INTENTION IN
PARTICIPATING IN THE
COMPETITION THAT YOU DID.
WAS THAT TOUGH FOR YOU AS A
BELIEVER?
STANDING BY YOUR VALUES
AND --
SOME TIMES ARE HARDER
THAN OTHERS.
I WILL SAY THAT THE
PRODUCERS WERE PRETTY
SUPPORTIVE, WHICH HELPED A
LOT.
AND THERE ARE OTHER
BELIEVERS, AND PHILLIP FIP
LIP PHILLIPS IS A BELIEVER
AND OTHERS.
IT WAS AMAZING TO HAVE THESE
CORE PEOPLE.
AND JUST KNEW I WAS THERE
FOR A REASON.
Terry: WHAT DID GOD
TEACH YOU THROUGH ALL OF
THAT?
SO MANY THINGS.
WE WOULD BE HERE ALL DAY.
ULTIMATELY TO TRUST IN HIM.
GOD IS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE
NOT.
AND JUST KNOWING THAT IS SO
ENCOURAGING.
BUT JUST KNOWING TO
COMPLETELY RELY ON HIM AND
KNOW WE'RE BOTH GOING TO
MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE END
OF THE DAY AND WE'RE GOING
TO BE OKAY.
Terry: THAT COMPETITION
ALWAYS LOOKS SO UNNERVING
WHEN WE'RE WATCHING FROM
HOME.
YOUR HEART IS IN YOUR
THROAT.
WHAT WAS THE TOUGHEST PART
OF IT FOR YOU?
GROUP ROUNDS.
HOLLYWOOD WEEK.
IT IS JUST AS BAD AS IT
LOOKS.
I WOULDN'T WISH IT ON MY
WORST ENEMY.
IT IS TERRIBLE.
Terry: ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT
EVERYBODY THINKS AS THEY'RE
WATCHING THAT, ESPECIALLY IF
THEY HAVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC,
I'D LIKE TO TRY THAT.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE
WHO WOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?
I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE ASK ME THAT.
THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE I
COULD GIVE THEM, KNOW WHO
YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO BEFORE YOU TRY OUT.
BECAUSE IF THERE IS EVER ANY
ROOM FOR QUESTION, THE
PRODUCERS ARE GOING TO TAKE
YOU, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING
IN YOU, AND THEY'RE GOING TO
MOLD YOU INTO WHAT THEY
WANT.
IT COULD BE A SCARY THING.
IT COULD BE A GOOD THING,
BUT IT COULD ALSO BE A BAD
THING.
KNOWING WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO, AND
ESPECIALLY WHAT KIND OF
MUSIC YOU WANT TO DO.
THERE ARE SO MANY
CONTESTANTS WHO SORT OF LOSE
IT AFTER THE SHOW.
Terry: DID THEY TELL
YOU WHAT TO DO?
THEY WOULD GIVE YOU A
SONG LIST FOR THE WEEK, AND
YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY
OPTIONS, BUT YOU@COULD SAY
NO IF YOU WANTED TO.
IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS DIFFICULT AT TIMES
WITH THAT.
Terry: YOU'RE NOT JUST
A SINGER.
YOU'RE A WRITER.
CORRECT.
Terry: TELL ME ABOUT
WHAT YOU WRITE AND WHAT THE
MESSAGE GOD PLACED IN YOUR
HEART IS?
I STARTED WRITING WHEN I
WAS AROUND 15 WITH A FRIEND
OF MINE.
THE MESSAGE HAS STAYED THE
SAME SINCE I WAS 15.
I JUST WANT TO BE A LIGHT IN
A DARK PLACE.
THE TERM MESSENGER COMES
FROM JOHN 13: 16: "NO
SERVANT IS GREATER THAN HIS
MASTER, NOR HIS SERVANT
GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO
SENT HIM."
WE WERE CALLED TO BE
DISCIPLES AND SPREAD THE
WORD, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M
TRYING TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT MY GOAL IS.
Terry: SO THE MESSENGER
IS OUT?
IT IS.
Terry: WHAT IS NEXT FOR
YOU?
I DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT NOW I'M ON TOUR --
Terry: THAT'S THE RIGHT
ANSWER FOR A BELIEVER.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
I'M ON TOUR WITH A BAND --
THE NAME IS THIRD DAY.
Terry: THOSE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE DOING PRETTY
WELL.
THEY'RE A BLAST.
AFTER THAT, I GUESS I'LL
START WRITING AGAIN AND PUT
OUT ANOTHER RECORD.
I DON'T KNOW.
Terry: I'M GOING TO ASK
YOU TO GO GET READY TO
SING.
WE'RE ALL WAITING TO HEAR.
THANK YOU, COLTON.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
COLTON DIXON SHARES MORE OF
HIS STORY IN A SPECIAL
"BEHIND THE SCENES," AND ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
cbn.com AND CLICK "IN THE
GREEN ROOM LINK," AND YOU'LL
FIND IT THERE.
"THE MESSAGE" C.D. IS
AVAILABLE WHEREVER C.D.s
ARE SOLD.
RIGHT NOW HERE IS COLTON
DIXON SINGING "YOU ARE."
* WHEN I CAN'T FIND THE
WORDS *
* YOU ARE THE HEALING IN MY
HEART *
* WHEN ALL I CAN SEE IS
BROKEN MEMORIES *
* YOU ARE THE LIGHTNESS IN
THE DARK *
* YOU ARE THE SONG
* YOU ARE THE SONG I'M
SINGING *
* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE
THE AIR I BREATHE IN *
* YOU ARE THE WORLD, YOU ARE
THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *
* YOU ARE
* AN I PUT ALL MY FAITH IN
YOU *
* YOU ARE
* YOU ARE THE STORM
* YOU ARE THE SONG I'M
SINGING *
* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE
THE AIR I BREATHE IN *
* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE
THE HOPE I NEED *
* OH,
* YOU ARE THE SONG, YOU ARE
THE SONG I'M SINGING *
* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE
THE AIR I'M BREATHING *
* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE
THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *
* OH!
*
I WILL WAIT FOR YOU *
*
* IF I HAD NO VOICE
* IF I HAD NO SONG
* I WOULD DANCE FOR YOU,
LIKE A RISING SUN *
* WHEN I WAKE UP AND I SEE
YOUR FACE *
* I WILL SHOUT YOUR GLORIOUS
GRACE *
* YOU ARE THE SONG, YOU ARE
THE SONG I'M SINGING *
* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE
THE AIR I'M BREATHING *
* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE
THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *
* OH
* YOU ARE THE SONG, YOU ARE
THE SONG I'M SINGING *
* YOU ARE THE AIR, YOU ARE
THE AIR I'M BREATHING *
* YOU ARE THE HOPE, YOU ARE
THE HOPE I'VE NEEDED *
* OH
*
[APPLAUSE]
Lee: COMING UP...
WELL, THEY HAD EXTRA
MONEY.
Lee: MONEY SHE USED FOR
DRUGS.
HER SCAM.
I CAN MAKE UP THIS.
I CAN CAN MAKE UP THIS.
Lee: AND WHY SHE GOT
CAUGHT, NEXT.
TELL HIM, DON'T YOU TAKE
THAT MONEY.
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWS BREAK.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS
PUSHING TO DEFEAT AN
ABORTION BILL BEING
CONSIDERED IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAWMAKERS THERE INTRODUCED
THE MEASURE LAST WEEK.
IT REQUIRES DOCTORS TO HAVE
ADMITTING PRIVILEGES AT A
NEARBY HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE
ABORTIONS.
IT REQUIRES DOCTORS TO STAY
ON SITE UNTIL A WOMAN IS ARE
THERE TO GO HOME AFTER AN
ABORTION.
SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS ABOUT
KEEPING WOMEN SAFE, WHILE
CRITICS BELIEVE IT WILL
LIMIT ACCESS TO ABORTIONS.
SUPPORTERS SAY SOME VERSION
OF THE BILL COULD PAS THE
STATE SENATE AND HOUSE AND
HEAD TO THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE.
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN GROUP HAS
BEEN BOOTED FROM A COLLEGE
CAMPUS.
THIS TIME IT IS INTERVARSITY
FELLOWSHIP IN FLORIDA.
THEY WERE TRYING TO FORCE
ANY STUDENT TO BE A LEADER
IN THE GROUP, EVEN IF THEY
DON'T SHARE THE BELIEFS.
THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT
VANDERBILT.
LEADERS SAY THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO SERVE STUDENTS
AS AN OFF-CAMPUS GROUP.
WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST NEWS 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: 40 COUNTS OF
FRAUD.
THAT'S WHAT THE F.B.I.
CHARGED HELEN BURTON WITH
AFTER THEY BUSTED HERAOR
CHECK-CASHING SCHEME.
IT MEANT GOING TO PRISON AND
LOSING CUSTODY OF HER KIDS.
BUT THAT WAS JUST THE
BEGINNING OF A REVOLVING
DOOR OF DOING MORE DRUGS,
MORE CRIME, AND MORE TIME.
HE HAD A GREAT BIG BELT
WITH A BIG BELT BUCKLE, HE
WAS HITTING ME WITH IT.
Reporter: HELEN BURTON
WAS 16 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE
HAD HER FIRST SERIOUS
BOYFRIEND.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE
RELATIONSHIP TURNED
VIOLENT.
I WAS THINKING, MAYBE IT
WAS SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.
MAYBE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE
A COUPLE OF BEERS IN THE
REFRIGERATOR, MAYBE THAT IS
WHAT MADE HIM JUMP ON ME.
Reporter: HELEN'S
BOYFRIEND WAS AN ALCOHOLIC
AND DRUG USER.
SHE STARTED USING DRUGS TO
ESCAPE THE EMOTIONAL AND
PHYSICAL ABUSE HE INFLICTED
ON HER.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE
AWAY MY PROBLEMS OR MAKE ME
CLOSER TO HIM AT THE TIME OR
MORE ACCEPTABLE AS HIS
GIRLFRIEND.
Reporter: BY THE TIME
SHE TURNED 23, SHE HAD THREE
CHILDREN AND WAS A COKE
ADDICT.
AFTER HER MOTHER DIED, HELEN
FELT EVEN MORE ALONE.
I WAS BY MYSELF, AND THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT I WAS IN
WASN'T GOOD.
AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR
ME.
AND IT HURT WHEN SHE LEFT
ME.
Reporter: HELEN FINALLY
TOOK HER KIDS AND ESCAPED
FROM HER ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND.
BUT WITH A DRUG HABIT TO
SUPPORT, SHE NEEDED MONEY.
SO SHE CASHED IN HER DEAD
MOTHER'S DISABILITY CHECKS.
I WAS KIND OF SCARED, BUT
I SAID, WELL, WHAT THE HECK,
THAT'S EXTRA MONEY.
SO I DID FORGE HER NAME.
THAT WENT ON FOR TWO TO
THREE YEARS.
Reporter: THREE YEARS
LATER, HELEN WAS ARRESTED
FOR CHECK FRAUD.
SHE HAD STOLEN $13,000 FROM
SOCIAL SECURITY AND WENT TO
PRISON FOR A YEAR.
SHE ALSO LOST CUSTODY OF HER
THREE CHILDREN.
ASHLEY AND CORY RECALL A
TIME WHEN THEIR MOTHER WENT
TO PRISON.
THAT WAS THE LOW FOR ME,
WHICH WAS WHEN ME AND MY
BROTHER WAS SPLIT UP.
AND WE ALREADY DIDN'T HAVE
OUR OLDER BROTHER.
BUT I DIDN'T BLAME MY MOTHER
BECAUSE WE NEVER WOULD HAVE
HAD TO GO STAY WITH ANYONE
ELSE IF SHE DIDN'T MAKE THE
MISTAKES SHE DID AT THE
TIME.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY
THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE
IN OUR LIVES, OR SHE DIDN'T
LOVE US.
Reporter: AFTER PRISON,
HELEN GOT TWO FAST FOOD
RESTAURANT JOBS TO SUPPORT
HERSELF, BUT SHE STILL HAD A
DRUG HABIT THAT SHE COULDN'T
SEEM TO KICK.
WITHIN A YEAR, SHE HAD
STOLEN $10,000 FROM HER
EMPLOYER'S CASH DRAWERS AND
WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO
PRISON AGAIN.
I SAID, I'VE GOT TO GET
MYSELF TOGETHER.
BUT IT IS JUST LIKE A
REVOLVING DOOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO REACH
OUT TO FOR HELP OR
ANYTHING.
Reporter: WHEN HELEN
GOT OUT OF PRISON, SHE WAS
ABLE TO GET ANOTHER FAST
FOOD JOB AS A MANAGER, BUT
SHE CONTINUED DOING DRUGS.
ONE NIGHT AFTER CLOSING THE
RESTAURANT, HELEN COUNTED
OUT ALL OF THE CASH
REGISTERS, WHICH TOTALLED
$2500.
SHE WAS TEMPTED BY ALL OF
THE CASH IN HER HANDS.
THAT'S WHEN SHE SAID HE
HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD.
I HEARD HIM SAY, HELEN,
DON'T YOU TAKE THAT MONEY.
OH, IT'S OKAY, I CAN MAKE UP
THIS.
I CAN MAKE UP THIS.
HELEN, DON'T YOU TAKE THAT
MONEY.
Reporter: INSTEAD OF
DEPOSITING THE MONEY INTO
THE BANK, SHE WENT ON AN
ALL-NIGHT DRUG BINGE.
THE NEXT MORNING THE POLICE
CAME TO HER HOME TO ARREST
HER.
THAT LED TO HELEN'S FINAL
TRIP TO PRISON.
THERE SHE WENT TO A BIBLE
STUDY.
WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER
CELL, SHE PRAYED TO GOD TO
HELP CHANGE HER.
AND I ACKNOWLEDGED HIM.
AND I SURRENDERED
EVERYTHING.
I HAD BEEN FIGHTING HIM TOO
LONG.
BUT I HEARD HIM.
I HAD HEARD HIM AS PLAIN AS
DAY I'M TALKING NOW.
HE SAID, IF YOU DON'T GET
YOURSELF TOGETHER, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE IN PRISON THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE.
AND FROM THAT MOMENT, THAT'S
WHEN I KNEW THAT WAS IT.
I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS
THREW.
THROUGH.
I TOLD HIM I WAS TIRED.
I TOLD HIM I SURRENDERED.
I SAID, WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO
DO, WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO,
I'LL DO IT.
AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.
Reporter: HELEN BEGAN
TO READ THE BIBLE AND LEARN
MORE ABOUT HERSELF.
IT WAS BECOMING ALIVE TO
ME, THAT I AM UNIQUE.
I AM SPECIAL.
I'M SOMEBODY.
I'M CREATED IN YOUR LIKENESS
AND IN YOUR IMAGE, LORD.
AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED ME
ON THAT JOURNEY.
IT JUST GAVE ME A SENSE OF
PEACE.
EVEN IN THEY PRISON.
I WAS ABLE TO SMILE AGAIN.
I WAS ABLE TO BEGIN TO
FORGIVE MYSELF OF A LOT OF
STUFF THAT I HAD DONE.
Reporter: HELEN LEFT
PRISON 11 YEARS AGO, AND
NEVER DID DRUGS AGAIN.
SHE'S BEEN REUNITED WITH HER
CHILDREN.
TODAY I WOULD TELL MY
MOM, YOU ARE A VERY STRONG
WOMAN.
YOU CAME FROM THE LOWEST OF
THE LOW TO A GOOD PLACE.
SHE HAS CONG QERD CONG
CONQUERED A LOT.
I'M GLAD HE HAD MERCY ON
HER AND GAVE HER ANOTHER
CHANCE.
Reporter: HELEN ALSO
MADE RESTITUTION TO ALL OF
THE FORMER EMPLOYERS SHE
STOLE FROM.
AND SHE FREQUENTS OTHER
PRISONS AND TELLS THEM ABOUT
THE ONE WHO CHANGED HER
LIFE.
I GIVE GOD ALL OF THE
GLORY.
I THANK HIM HE NEVER GAVE UP
ON ME.
EVEN WHEN HE SEEN ME AT MY
DARKEST TIMES, HE WAS WITH
ME.
EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T THINK HE
WAS WITH ME AT ALL.
HE IS MY EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHY I CHOOSE TO LIVE
FOR HIM.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.
Pat: THERE IS NO OTHER
WAY.
NO OTHER WAY.
GOD WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS,
HE'LL FORGIVE YOUR
BACK-SLIDING.
IT AMAZING THAT HELEN
CONTINUED TO GET JOBS,
RESPONSIBLE JOBS WHERE SHE
WOULD HANDLE MONEY, AND YET
SHE STOLE THAT MONEY.
AND SHE PAID THE PRICE.
AND SHE SUFFERED.
BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO
QUIT.
BECAUSE SHE REALIZED THERE
WAS ONLY ONE WAY, AND THAT
WAY IS THROUGH GOD
ALMIGHTY.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN'T
KICK?
WHAT IS THE HABIT THAT IS ON
YOU?
IS IT DRUGS?
IS IT KEP KLEPTOMANIA, YOU
WANT TO STEAL THINGS FROM
PEOPLE?
IS IT SOME DESIRE TO BE
HURT, DAMAGED?
DO YOU SEEK OUT
RELATIONSHIPS WHERE SOMEBODY
WILL ABUSE YOU BECAUSE YOU
DON'T FEEL WORTHY?
DO YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE
PROBLEMS?
RIGHT NOW WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
THEM TO THE ONE WHO LOVES
YOU?
GOD IS NOT GOING TO CONDEMN
YOU.
JESUS DID NOT COME INTO THE
WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD,
BUT THAT THE WORLD, THROUGH
HIM, MIGHT BE SAVED.
JESUS DOES NOT CONDEMN YOU.
NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE OF THE
CROSS.
GOD DOESN'T CONDEMN US.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT
FORGIVENESS, AND YOU WANT A
NEW START AND A NEW LIFE AND
YOU WANT THOSE THINGS TAKEN
AWAY FROM YOU THAT ARE
GIVING YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE,
PRAY WITH ME NOW.
THESE WORDS, AND MEAN THEM.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY
WITH ME WHAT I'M PRAYING,
BUT MEAN THEM IN YOUR
HEART.
LORD JESUS, YOU KNOW THE
SINS THAT ARE BESETTING ME.
YOU KNOW THE SUFFERING THAT
I HAVE CAUSED MYSELF.
YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT
I'VE DONE THAT ARE WRONG,
THAT HURT OTHERS.
AND, LORD JESUS, RIGHT NOW
I'M SORRY, AND I ASK YOU TO
HELP ME.
I NEED HELP, LORD.
RIGHT NOW, PLEASE COME INTO
MY HEART, CLEANSE ME FROM
EVIL, FORGIVE MY SINS, AND
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON,
LORD, I WILL LIVE FOR YOU,
AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE
DAYS OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
NOW, LET ME PRAY FOR YOU.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED
JUST THEN, LET THE ANOINTING
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
COME UPON THEM.
WE BREAK THE YOLK OF BONDAGE
AND DECLARE LIBERTY IN
JESUS' NAME.
AMEN.
HEY, IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,
I'VE GOT SOMETHING I WANT TO
GIVE YOU.
IT'S A SIMPLE LITTLE THING.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO, GOING INTO OUR
AUDIO ROOM, AND WE'VE GOT A
REAL NICE AUDIO ROOM.
IT MAKES NICE, COMPACT
DISCS, AND I MADE THIS.
IT IS ABOUT 73 MINUTES OF
INTENSE TEACHING ABOUT WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE BORN AGAIN,
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN
EXCHANGED LIFE.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR SINS?
WHAT ABOUT FORGIVENESS?
WHAT IF YOU FALL, AND SO
FORTH?
IT'S ALL HERE, AND I'LL GIVE
IT TO YOU FREE IF YOU'LL
JUST CALL AND SAY, I PRAYED
WITH PAT.
I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
LORD.
IT'S REAL SIMPLE.
1-800-759-0700.
THERE IS SOMEBODY AT THE
OTHER END OF THE PHONE WHO
LOVES YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE GO TO YOUR PHONE NOW
AND DON'T DELAY.
1-800-759-0700.
IT'S A TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
1-800-759-0700.
TERRY?
Terry: WELL, COMING UP,
PAT IS GOING TO TACKLE YOUR
E-MAIL QUESTIONS.
DEBRA WANTS TO KNOW, "DOES
GOD APPOINT THE DAY AND TIME
A PERSON WILL DIE?"
PATS GOING TO SHARE HIS
ANSWER TO DEBRA'S QUESTION
AND MORE WHEN WE "BRING IT
ON."
THAT'S NEXT.
*
Terry: WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE SOME TIME TO ANSWER THE
E-MAIL QUESTIONS YOU
SUBMITTED.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM
DEBRA WHO SAYS, "DOES GOD
APPOINT THE DAY AND TIME A
PERSON WILL DIE?"
Pat: DOES HE KNOW IT?
I THINK YES.
DO HE APPOINT IT?
I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
DETERMINE-ISM THAT WE DON'T
NEED.
LOOK AT HESIKIAH.
HE SAID I'VE BEEN A NICE
PERSON.
DON'T DO THIS TO ME.
AND HE SAID, OKAY, I'LL GIVE
YOU 15 MORE YEARS --
Terry: HE DIDN'T GIVE
THE EXACT TIME --
Pat: NO, BUT HE SAID
I'M GOING TO EXTEND YOUR
LIFE.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU SERVE THE
LORD AND DO HIS
COMMANDMENTS, IN PROVERBS,
IF YOU FOLLOW MY
COMMANDMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE
A LONG LIFE.
OUR LIVES CAN BE EXTENDED BY
THE WAY WE LIVE AND WE OBEY
GOD.
Terry: EVEN JUST WISE
CHOICES.
Pat: OF COURSE.
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF.
DOES GOD HAVE A DETERMINED
DATE?
NOT REALLY.
DOES HE KNOW?
OF COURSE HE KNOWS
EVERYTHING.
Terry: VICTORIA
SAYS, "I'M A NEW CHRISTIAN,
AND I'M CONFUSED WITH ALL OF
THE NEGATIVE STORIES IN THE
BIBLE.
MY BELIEF IS MY GOD IS A
GOOD GOD, AND I'M STRUGGLING
WITH ALL OF THIS NEGTIVITY."
Pat: YOU'VE BEEN
BROUGHT UP IN THIS CULTURE
THAT DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING
BAD.
THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE EVIL
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THERE
IS WAR, THERE IS A SATAN IN
THE WORLD, WHO IS THE ENEMY
OF GOD, WHO IS TRYING TO
DESTROY PEOPLE.
AND THERE ARE ALSO BAD
SPIRITS CALLED DEMONS IN THE
WORLD.
AND THE BIBLE TELLS US ALL
ABOUT THAT.
YOU SAY, I DON'T LIKE THAT
NEGATIVITY, BUT TOUGH.
Terry: I HEAR PEOPLE
SAY THIS, THAT THE BIBLE IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT IS HARD TO
RECONCILE.
EVEN AS WE'RE WATCHING "THE
BIBLE" SERIES ON SUNDAY
NIGHTS, THERE IS A LOT OF
VIOLENCE AND LOOTING AND
TAKING.
GOD WAS ESTABLISHING
HIMSELF --
Pat: YOU WEREN'T THERE
THEN?
Terry: NO, I WASN'T.
Pat: BUT, NEVERTHELESS,
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THERE
ARE SOME BAD THINGS, TOO.
YOU SAY, WELL, IT'S ALL IN
HISTORY.
GOD DOESN'T CUT HISTORY OUT,
AND HE DOESN'T CHANGE
HISTORY JUST TO ACCOMMODATE
YOUR 21st CENTURY
PREFERENCES.
ALL RIGHT.
Terry: THIS IS MICHELLE
WHO SAYS, "I COMMITTED
ADULTERY AND LOST MY
MARRIAGE.
I REGRET MY ACTION.
I KEEP ASKING FOR
FORGIVENESS FROM GOD AND MY
EX-HUSBAND, AND I KEEP
PRAYING TO RESTORE OUR
MARRIAGE.
MY QUESTION IS: DOES GOD
FORGIVE ME?"
Pat: OF COURSE HE
FORGIVES YOU.
LOOK AT DAVID.
NOT ONLY DID HE COMMIT
ADULTERY, HE HAD THE HUSBAND
OF THE WOMAN KILLED.
HE HAD TO PAY THE PRICE FOR
IT.
GOD DIDN'T LIFT THE BURDEN.
BUT HE CRIED OUT, AND NOT
ONLY HAVE I SINNED, RESTORE
UNTO ME THE JOY OF MY
SALVATION.
GOD -- OF COURSE HE'LL
FORGIVE YOU.
YOU NEED TO FORGIVE
YOURSELF.
I HOPE YOU CAN BE RECONCILED
WITH YOUR HUSBAND, BUT, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE HUMAN.
PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN, ARE
HUMAN.
SO WE'RE ALSO SEXUAL
BEINGS.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY HAS A
WEAK MOMENT AND THEY HAVE AN
AFFAIR OR SOMETHING HAPPENS,
WHO IS THE HUSBAND OR THE
WIFE THAT SAYS I'LL NEVER
FORGIVE THEM FOR THAT AWFUL
THING THEY DID TO ME.
NO WAY.
GOD WILL FORGIVE.
IF GOD FORGIVES, YOU SHOULD
FORGIVE.
OKAY.
Terry: LUKE SAYS, "PAT,
HAVE YOU EVER WITNESSED A
HEALING?
IF SO, WHAT WAS IT?"
Pat: HOW ABOUT M.S.,
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, AND
SOMEBODY COMING INTO A
MEETING IN A WHEELCHAIR AND
GOING OUT PUSHING THE
WHEELCHAIR.
AND HOW ABOUT SOMEBODY DEAF
IN ONE EAR, HEARING.
AND IN MAJOR MEETINGS, I
MEAN, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN HEALED OF ALL
KINDS OF MALADIES.
Terry: WE SHARE ALL A
LOT OF STORIES ON THE AIR.
AND THIS IS TAYLOR WHO SAYS,
"I'M 19 YEARS OLD, AND MY
MOM HAS BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN
REMEMBER.
I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR MANY
YEARS.
I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
PATIENT, AND GOD HAS THIS
PLAN, BUT WHAT CAN I DO NOW
TO HELP HER?"
Pat: TAYLOR, GET HER
INTO ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.
THE THING ABOUT ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS IS SO UNIQUE, THEY
ASSIGN SOMEBODY TO HELP.
ALCOHOLISM, OF COURSE IT IS
A MORAL FAILING, BUT IT IS
ALSO A DISEASE.
IT CAN BE OVERCOME BY
SOMEBODY WHO RESOLUTELY
SAYS, I WILL NOT DRINK FOR
TODAY, TODAY, TODAY, TODAY,
AND BEFORE LONG, THE DESIRE
HAS GONE.
BUT ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
PAIRS THEM UP WITH
SOMEBODY.
AND YOUR MOTHER NEEDS
SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THERE
BEFORE.
NOT SOME CHILD WHO IS VERY
EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED.
SEE IF YOU CAN'T FIND
SOMEBODY, A WOMAN,
HOPEFULLY, WHO HAS HAD THE
EXPERIENCE OF ALCOHOLISM AND
HAS BEEN FREE FROM IT, AND
PAIR HER UP WITH YOUR
MOTHER.
TOMORROW, THE MAN WHO WANTS
AMERICA TO EAT HEALTHY.
WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT
STANDING IN THIS GOOD MAN'S
WAY?
WE'LL FIND OUT TOMORROW.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM ROMANS: "GOD
DEMONSTRATES HIS LOVE FOR
US, AND WHILE WE WERE
SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR
US."
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.