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Efrem: AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR
CBN "NEWSWATCH," I'M EFREM
GRAHAM.
MORE INTELLIGENCE LEAKS
TO REPORTERS ARE CREATING
MORE DISTRACTIONS FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
THERE IS AN F.B.I.
DOCUMENT THAT ACCUSES THE
PRESIDENT OF TRYING TO
IMPEDE A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS MORE.
Jennifer: ANOTHER
NEWS CYCLE, ANOTHER
HEADACHE FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
THIS TIME SOMEONE LEAKED
AN F.B.I. MEMO TO THE "NEW
YORK TIMES" THAT FORMER
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY
ALLEGEDLY WROTE AFTER AN
OVAL OFFICE MEETING WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
WRITTEN ONE DAY AFTER
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR MICHAEL FLYNN
RESIGNED.
THE NEWSPAPER QUOTES THE
PRESIDENT IN THE MEMO AS
TELLING COMEY, "I HOPE YOU
CAN SEE YOUR WAY CLEAR OF
LETTING THIS GO, OF
LETTING FLYNN GO.
HE IS A GOOD GUY."
THE WHITE HOUSE FIRED
BACK, "WHILE THE PRESIDENT
HAS EXPRESSED THE VIEW
THAT FLYNN IS A GOOD MAN
WHO HAS SERVED AND
PROTECTED OUR COUNTRY, THE
PRESIDENT HAS NEVER ASKED
MR. COMEY OR ANYONE ELSE
TO LET SOMEONE GO."
THERE WAS NO EFFORT TO
IMPEDE THE INVESTIGATION
INTO RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
THE "WASHINGTON POST"
ACCUSED THE PRESIDENT OF
EXPOSING CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION DURING A
RECENT MEETING WITH THE
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
AND AMBASSADOR.
BUT H.R. McMASTER
DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS
DEFENSE OF THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT IN NO WAY
COMPROMISED ANY SOURCES OR
METHODS IN THE COURSE OF
THIS CONVERSATION.
Jennifer: McMASTER,
SECRETARY OF STATE REX
TILLERSON, AND DEPUTY
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
DINA POWELL WERE ALL IN
THE ROOM AND ALL DEEMED
THAT THE PRESIDENT'S
CONVERSATION WAS
APPROPRIATE.
THERE ARE NATIONAL
SECURITY THAT HAS BEEN AT
RISK BY THOSE VIOLATING
CONFIDENTIALITY.
PRESIDENT TRUM President Trump: WE
HAD A VERY, VERY
SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH
REGARDS TO RUSSIA.
OUR FIGHT IS AGAINST
RUSSIA.
WE WANT TO GET AS MANY TO
HELP FIGHT TERRORISM AS
POSSIBLE.
Jennifer: AS THESE
CONTROVERSIES PLAYED OUT,
AN INCREASINGLY
CONTROVERSIAL WORLD FIGURE
ARRIVED AT THE WHITE
HOUSE: TURKISH PRESIDENT
ERDOGAN.
AFTER NARROWLY WINNING A
REFERENDUM THAT GIVES HIM
POWER OVER ALL THREE
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, HE
IS LEADING TURKEY TOWARDS
TOTALATARIANISM.
IT HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY
HARSH FOR CHRISTIANS AND
OTHER NON-MUSLIMS LIVING
IN THE COUNTRY.
PRESIDENT ERDOGAN IS
SENDING A POWERFUL
MESSAGE, AND THAT MESSAGE
IS THAT CHRISTIANITY,
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, HAVE NO
PLACE IN TURKEY.
Jennifer: REVEREND
PATRICK MAHONEY OF THE
CHRISTIAN DEFENCE
COALITION AND OTHERS
GATHERED OUTSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE TO PRAY FOR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
ON THE ISSUE OF
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND THE RELEASE OF
PASTOR BRUNSON.
Jennifer: THE WHITE
HOUSE TELLS CBN NEWS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WENT TO
BAT FOR PASTOR ANDREW
BRUNSON, RAISING HIS CASE
TWICE.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
ALSO BROUGHT IT UP.
THE PASTOR HAS BEEN
IMPRISONED IN TURKEY SINCE
OCTOBER.
HE WAS SWEPT UP IN A
TERROR INVESTIGATION BUT
NEVER FORMALLY CHARGED.
ERDOGAN CALLED BRUNSON'S
CASE BOGUS.
I THINK ERDOGAN DEALS
BEST WITH POLITICIANS WHO
PUSH HIM BACK.
HE ONLY RESPECTS
POLITICIANS WHO HAVE A
STRONG STANCE AND PROBABLY
THE BEST STRATEGY FOR
TRUMP IS TO CONTINUED A
PRINCIPLED ENGAGEMENT, TO
CONVEY TO HIS COUNTER-PART
THAT ERDOGAN AND HIS INNER
CIRCLE INCITEMENT AGAINST
THE U.S. AND U.S.
OFFICIALS IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE, AS NATO
PARTNERS.
Jennifer: IT IS JUST
ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES
THE ADMINISTRATION IS
DEALING WITH, WHILE ALSO
TRYING TO PUT OUT GROWING
POLITICAL FIRES HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Efrem: THE PRESIDENT
IS HUMMING A DIFFERENT
TUNE WHEN IT COMES TO
MOVING THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
ISRAEL FROM TEL AVIV TO
JERUSALEM SINCE ENTERING
THE WHITE HOUSE.
ISRAELIS HAD HIGH HOPES
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER
HIS UNAPOLOGETIC
PRO-ISRAEL TALK ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THE RECENT COMMENTS SHED A
LESS THAN PROMISING LIGHT.
HE SAID THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT THE WESTERN WALL IS
IN JERUSALEM, BUT THERE
ARE ISSUES THEY ARE TAKING
INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP
DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME
TO MAKE A DECISION.
THE SIX-MONTH WAIVER THAT
ALLOWS THEM TO STAY IN TEL
AVIV EXPIRES JUNE 2nd.
YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT
THIS AT OUR WEBSITE, AND,
OF COURSE, THAT IS
cbnnews.com.
> AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY
IS THE NOT SHY ABOUT HER
CLAIMS THE WESTERN WALL IS
PART OF ISRAEL.
IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH DAVID BRODY, SHE
WEIGHED IN ON THE MATTER
AND OTHER FOREIGN POLICY
ISSUES FACING OUR COUNTRY.
David: WELL, IT IS
DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT AND
NEW DAY IN D.C. UNDER
PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT IT IS
ALSO A NEW DAY HERE IN NEW
YORK AT THE UNITED
NATIONS, AND THAT'S
BECAUSE THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.,
NIKKI HALEY, HAS BEEN
SHOWING STRENGTH RIGHT
FROM THE GET-GO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE
SAID, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THE UNITED NATIONS' BACK,
THEN, QUOTE, "WE'RE GOING
TO BE TAKING NAMES."
SO THERE WAS NO NONSENSE
RIGHT FROM THE START.
WE CAME UP HERE TO TALK
WITH NIKKI HALEY,
ONE-ON-ONE, AND SHE TALKED
ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT
SUBJECTS, BUT OBVIOUSLY
RUSSIA IN THE NEWS, AND
ISRAEL AS WELL.
> THIS LATEST STUFF THAT
HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT AND RUSSIA
AND SOME OF THIS
CLASSIFIED MATERIAL THAT
HAS BEEN OUT THERE, WHAT
IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT?
HOW HARD IS THIS
NAVIGATEDED ANAVIGATEDAT THE U.N. WHEN YOU
HAVE
STORIES LIKE THIS FROM THE
"WASHINGTON POST."
TYPICALLY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
HAS NOT TALKED WITH ME
ABOUT DOMESTIC ISSUES.
CERTAINLY IT IS A LIT LITTLE
FRESH.
THE ONE THING WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE OF IS IF THERE
WAS SOME SORT OF ABUSE OF
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION,
THAT'S SERIOUS.
BUT GOING ON WHAT GENERAL
McMASTER HAS SAID, HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT HAS
HAPPENED.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE.
David: THE MEDIA IS
GOING TO TRY TO MAKE A
RIFT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT
AND ISRAEL AS IT RELATES
TO THIS WHOLE WESTERN WALL
THING THAT HAS COME UP
NOW.
THERE WAS THAT REPORT
ABOUT WESTERN WALL NOT
BEING PART OF ISRAEL.
THAT HAS GOT TO BE A BIT
CONTROVERSIAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
POLICY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION IS, BUT I
BELIEVE THE WESTERN WALL
IS PART OF ISRAEL.
I THINK THAT IS HOW WE'VE
ALWAYS SEEN IT, AND THAT'S
HOW WE SHOULD PURSUE IT.
I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THAT ISSUE,
BUT I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING
TO FIX THAT AND GET THAT
TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE
WESTERN WALL IS PART OF
INDUSTRY.
David: I UNDERSTAND
THE JERUSALEM EMBASSY
QUESTION -- I GET THAT IS
NOT YOUR PURVIEW.
BUT FROM THE UNITED
NATIONS' STANDPOINT, WHAT
IS THE TRICKY POINT OF
THAT?
THAT WILL BE VERY
CONTROVERSIAL IF IT EVER
DID HAPPEN.
HOW DOES THIS
ADMINISTRATION KIND OF
NEGOTIATE THAT, BECAUSE
THAT WAS A PROMISE, IF YOU
WILL, THAT HE DID SAY ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT HE
WANTED THAT, BUT MAYBE
THERE ARE POLITICS
INVOLVED HERE.
OBVIOUSLY I BELIEVE
THAT THE CAPITAL SHOULD BE
JERUSALEM AND THE EMBASSY
SHOULD BE MOVED TO
JERUSALEM BECAUSE IF YOU
LOOK AT IT, ALL OF THEIR
GOVERNMENT IS IN
JERUSALEM.
SO MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IS
IN JERUSALEM.
I THINK THE TRICKY PART IS
WHERE THE PALESTINIANS
COME IN ON THIS AND WHERE
THE ISRAELIS COME IN ON
THIS.
WE KNOW THE ISRAELIS DON'T
WANT TO GIVE ON JERUSALEM
AT ALL, AND WE HAVE TO SEE
HOW STRONG THE
PALESTINIANS STAND ON
THAT.
I THINK THAT IS YOUR
TOUCHY PART, IS JERUSALEM
EVEN ON THE TABLE?
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS.
WE MAY STOP JUST WITH THAT
TALKINGPOINT, BUT WE'LL
HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
David: NIKKI HALEY
TALKING ABOUT TWO CRUCIAL
ISSUES IN THE WORLD.
WE DISCUSS THAT AND YOU
CAN CATCH IT ON MY BLOG
cbnnews.com, AND JUST GO
TO "THE BRODY FILE".
AND THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
GOING OVERSEAS, TO
JERUSALEM, ROME, AND SAUDI
ARABIA, AND CBN NEWS WILL
BE WITH THE PRESIDENT
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, NEW
YORK.
Efrem: WORKERS IN NEW
ORLEANS HAVE REMOVED A
CONFEDERATE MOMENT.
THE STATUE OF BEAUREGARD
IS THE THIRD OF FOUR
MONUMENTS THE CITY HAS
TAKEN DOWN.
NEW ORLEANS' CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED THE MOVE LAST
YEAR AFTER THE EMOTIONAL
2015 MASSACRE OF NINE
BLACK PARISHIONERS AT A
SOUTH CAROLINA CHURCH.
OFFICIALS WERE MET WITH
OPPOSITION FROM SUPPORTERS
WHO FOUGHT TO KEEP THEM
UP.
SUPPORTERS SAY REMOVING
THE MONUMENT IS AKIN TO
REMOVING HISTORY.
SOME SAY THEY GLORIFY A
SHAM FULL PARSHAMEFUL PART OF THE
COUNTRY'S HISTORY.
> TWO TORNADOES
FLATTENED A MOBILE HOME
PARK IN WISCONSIN.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED
THERE.
ANOTHER TORNADO DAMAGED A
SUB DITIOSUBDIVISION IN OKLAHOMA
WHERE A SECOND PERSON
DIED.
MANY ARE THANKFUL THEY
MADE IT OUT ALIVE.
GOD ANSWERED OUR
PRAYERS BECAUSE OUR HOUSE
WAS BARELY TOUCHED, AND
I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR
THAT.
Efrem: IN OKLAHOMA,
OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE
STILL RESIDENTS WHO ARE
UNACCOUNTEDED FOR.
CHRISTIAN HOST HANK
SHARED AN UPDATE ON HIS
CANCER BATTLE.
HE SAID HE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH MANTEL CELL LYMPHOMA,
BUT ON TUESDAY HE SAID THE
TUMORS HAVE SPREAD
THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE
BODY.
HE SAID THE NEWS HIT HIM
WITH, QUOTE, "THE FORCE OF
A SLEDGEHAMMER."
BUT HE SAYS THE PRAYERS
HAVE MADE HIM OPTMISTIC.
HERE TO COME ON CBN
"NEWSWATCH," WITNESS
PROPHECY UNFOLDING IN THE
WEST BANK, AND SEE WHY THE
LAUGHTER OF THESE CHILDREN
ARE SIGNALS OF A PIVOTAL
POINT IN HISTORY.
Efrem: ISRAEL AND THE
WORLD ARE WONDERING WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
PLANNING DURING THIS VISIT
TO THE MIDDLE EAST NEXT
WEEK.
WILL HE CALL FOR THE U.S.
EMBASSY TO BE MOVED?
COULD HE PRESENT A PEACE
PLAN?
PREVIOUS PLANS HAVE CALLED
ON ISRAEL TO TURN OVER
LAND IT WON DURING THE
1967 SIX-DAY WAR IN
EXCHANGE FOR PEACE, BUT
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR
THOSE WHO BELIEVE GOD GAVE
THEM THAT LAND, TO THE
JEWISH PEOPLE, AS PART OF
THEIR DIVINE INHERIT
TENNIS.
INHERITANCE.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS MORE.
Chris: MUCH OF THE
WORLD CALLS THE PLAYGROUND
THESE CHILDREN ENJOY AN
OBSTACLE TO PEACE.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE IN
JUDEA AND SAMARIA,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
WEST BANK.
ARE WE WITNESSING PROPHECY
UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW AFTER
THE 1967 WAR?
ABSOLUTELY.
IT SAYS THE SOUNDS OF
CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE
STREETS WILL BE HEARD ONCE
AGAIN.
YOU HEAR IT.
YOU SEE IT.
Chris: I SPOKE WITH
FORMER SHILO MAYOR DAVID
RUBIN IN SHILO,
OVERLOOKING THE ROAD OF
THE PATRIARCHS, THE
HIGHWAY ABE EISENHOWER ABRAHAM, ISAAC,
AND JACOB WOULD HAVE
TRAVELLED ON.
THE ROAD OPENED THE DOOR
FOR JEWISH PEOPLE TO
REDEEM THE BIBLICAL
HEARTLAND AFTER 2,000
YEARS IN EXILE.
PLACES LIKE JERUSALEM,
HOME OF TWO CONSECUTIVE
JEWISH TEMPLES, BETHLEHEM,
THE BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS,
HEBRON, WHERE ABRAHAM,
ISAAC, AND JACOB AND THEIR
WIVES ARE BURIED.
AND SHILO, WHERE THE
TABERNACLE STOOD FOR 369
YEARS.
THEY ALL CAME BACK INTO
ISRAELI HANDS.
SO YOU SEE THE 1967
SIX-DAY WAR LIKE A PROV PROPHETIC
PERIOD IN THE TIME OF
HISTORY?
YES.
YOU SEE THE DRY BONES.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT
TO SHILO, WE DON'T HAVE A
RIGHT TO SCHLEM AND BETHEL
AND JER JERICHO, AND WE
DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A
RIGHT TO TEL AVIV.
Chris: IT TOOK UNTIL
1967 FOR SHILO TO BE
ESTABLISHED.
THERE WERE ISRAELIS WHO
WERE COMING HERE, TRYING
TO SET UP TENTS ON THE
LOWER HILLS OF SHILO, AND
THE ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER, WHO WAS LOOKING
OVER HIS SHOULDER AT THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, KEPT
SENDING IN THE ARMY TO
CHASE THEM AWAY.
Chris: JUST MONTHS
AFTER THE SIX-DAY WAR,
ISRAELIS ESTABLISHED THE
FIRST JEWISH COMMUNITY IN
JUDEA, ABOUT 35 MILES
SOUTH OF SHILO.
JEWS LIVED THERE BEFORE
ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE WAR
IN 1948 AND WERE EITHER
EVACUATED OR MASSACRED BY
THE JORDANIANS.
WHEN THIS GROUP OF
ORPHANS OF THOSE WHO WERE
MURDERED NOTIFIED THE
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, THAT
IF YOU DON'T GIVE US THE
PERMIT, WE WILL GO ON
WITHOUT A PERMIT, THE
GOVERNMENT REALLY COULDN'T
STAND UP AGAINST ORPHANS
OF THOSE WHO WERE
MURDERED.
AND SO IT WAS ESTABLISHED.
Chris: RABBI WALDMAN
WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO
HELPED ESTABLISH THE NEXT
COMMUNITY IN ANCIENT
HEBRON.
THERE WAS ALSO A JEWISH
COMMUNITY IN HEBRON, EVEN
DURING THE 2,000 YEARS OF
EXILE, UNTIL 1929, WHEN
THE ARABS MASSACRED THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE.
Chris: A SMALL GROUP
OF FAMILIES RENTED A HOTEL
IN HEBRON FOR THE PASSOVER
SADAR.
EVENTUALLY THEY NEVER
LEFT.
I BELIEVE THAT THEN
ALMOST THE ENTIRE
POPULATION OF ISRAEL WAS
WITH US.
EVEN MORE THAN A HALF YEAR
AFTER THE SIX-DAY WAR, THE
SPIRITS WERE HIGH AMONG
ALMOST THE ENTIRE
POPULATION.
THOUSANDS OF ISRAELI
PILGRIMS ENTER THE OLD
CITY OF JERUSALEM FOR
SOLEMN RELIGIOUS
CEREMONIES.
ALL OF THE MEDIA WAS
WITH US.
I EVEN REMEMBER HEADLINES,
PASSAGES OF THE PROPHETS
HOVERING IN THE AIR.
Chris: AFTER 50
YEARS, SOME 430,000
ISRAELIS LIVE IN MORE THAN
200 COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA
AND SAMARIA.
THE NUMBER JUMPS TO
750,000 IF EASTERN
JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE INCLUDED.
THE GROWTH HERE HAS
BEEN SO TREMENDOUS.
AND AS WE HAVE GOTTEN
THROUGH THOSE 50 YEARS
AFTER THE SIX-DAY WAR, WE
ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE,
WE HAD THIS VISION OF A
BOOMING SHILO ONCE AGAIN.
Chris: 50 YEARS AGO,
WHAT WOULD THIS PLACE HAVE
LOOKED LIKE?
BARREN DESERT.
THERE WAS NOTHING.
JUST HILLS AND WEEDS AND
THORNS.
Chris: THERE ARE
8,000 RESIDENTS IN THE
SHILO TOWNSHIP, AND MORE
THAN 2,000 OF THEM ARE
CHILDREN WHO STUDY HERE IN
SHILO.
WE LEARNED THAT WHEN
ISRAEL IS NOT IN THE LAND,
THAT THE LAND LAYS BARREN.
THE LAND DOESN'T GIVE ITS
FRUIT.
AND NOW THE LAND OF ISRAEL
IS GIVING OF ITS FRUIT
BECAUSE ISRAEL IS BACK,
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT
FRUIT IS WHAT YOU SEE
RIGHT HERE: ALL THESE
CHILDREN HERE.
Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, SHILO,
IN SAMARIA.
Efrem: CBN HAS
PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT THE SIX-DAY WAR, AND
IT IS CALLED "IN OUR
HANDS: THE BATTLE FOR
JERUSALEM."
THE FILM HEADS TO THEATERS
MAY 23rd FOR A ONE-NIGHT
EVENT.
TO LEARN MORE, SIMPLY GO
TO cbnnews.com.
> UP NEXT, NEW HOPE FOR
THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
LIVING WITH MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS.
WHY DOCTORS SAY A NEW DRUG
WILL BE THE GAME-CHANGER.
Efrem: GREAT NEWS FOR
THE MORE THAN A HALF
MILLION AMERICANS WITH
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
LORIE JOHNSON TELLS US THE
F.D.A. JUST APPROVED A NEW
DRUG THAT IS SO MUCH
BETTER THAN THE OTHERS.
ONE DOCTOR DESCRIBES IT AS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
CELL PHONE AND A LAND
LINE.
Lorie: REBECCA HAS
BEEN STRUGGLING WITH
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOR 15
YEARS.
I SURRENDERED IT TO
GOD.
I'M LIKE, IF THIS IS YOUR
WILL -- I WOULD LOVE FOR
YOU TO CHANGE IT, BUT IF
NOT, OKAY, THEN YOU NEED
TO GIVE ME THE GRACE TO
DEAL.
Lorie: LIKE MOST, HER
M.S. CAME OUT OF THE BLEW
WHETHE BLUEWHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
BLURRED VISION TO THE
POINT I BECAME NERVOUS
ABOUT DRIVING.
Lorie: OTHER SYMPTOMS
INCLUDE FATIGUE, FALLING,
AND DIFFICULTY THINKING.
M.S. IS AN AUTOIMMUNE
DISEASE, WHEN THE BODY'S
IMMUNE SYSTEM MISTAKENLY
ATTACKED HEALTHY TISSUE.
IN THE CASE OF M.S., THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS
NERVES IN THE BRAIN AND
SPINAL CORD.
IT GETS WORSE OVER TIME,
AND THERE IS NO CURE.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
DRIVE MY KIDS TO SOCCER.
I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A
WHEELCHAIR.
Lorie: NOW REBECCA
MAY GET HER WISH.
SHE IS ONE OF DOZENS OF
M.S. PATIENTS TO TEST A
NEW DRUG THAT WORKS TO
STOP THE CELLS IN THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM FROM
ATTACKING THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
AND IT IS CLEARLY
EFFECTIVE.
IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO STOP
THE DISEASE IN ITS TRACKS.
NOT JUST THE MORE COMMON
RELAPSING FORM OF M.S.,
BUT ALSO THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE TYPE, WHICH IS
CALLED PRIMARY
PROGRESSIVE.
OCLIN WAS THE FIRST
DRUG TRIED THAT ACTUALLY
WORK.
Lorie: THE DOCTOR SAW
THE TRIAL AT THE OHIO
STATE MEDICAL CENTER AND
SAYS PATIENTS CALL IT A
GAME-CHANGER.
THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, I
REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY
KINDS OF EFFECTS FROM MY
M.S.
THAT IS QUITE SATISFYING
AS AN M.S. PHYSICIAN, WHO
CAN REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN
WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO TREAT
PATIENTS.
I FEEL NORMAL AGAIN, I
TELLING HIM.
Lorie: OCRIISALIM IS
JUST ONE INFUSION EVERY
SIX MONTHS.
THIS MEDICINE, I DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT TAKING IT EVERY DAY.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ANY REACTIONS TO IT.
Lorie: IT COSTS
$65,000 A YEAR, WHICH,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS LESS
THAN MOST M.S. DRUGS.
AND WHILE THIS
BREAKTHROUGH CAN STOP THE
PROGRESSION OF M.S.,
DOCTORS STILL DON'T KNOW
WHAT CAUSES THE DISEASE,
SO PREVENTION REMAINS A
MYSTERY.
IF YOU LOOK AT DENT
IDENTICAL TWINS, WHEN ONE
TWIN GETS M.S., 70% OF THE
TIME, THE OTHER IDENTICAL
TWIN, WHO CLEARLY HAS THE
SAME GENETICS, DOESN'T GET
M.S.
Lorie: SINCE M.S. IS
AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE,
THINGS THAT CAUSE
IMFLAMMATION, LIKE
OBESITY, STRESS, AND
SMOKING COULD FACTOR IN.
EARLY STUDIES SHOW VITAMIN
"D" MIGHT HELP PREVENT IT.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Efrem: A GREAT
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH.
STAY WITH US, THERE IS
MORE CBN "NEWSWATCH"
COMING UP.
Efrem: IT IS TIME NOW
FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY WORD,
AND TODAY'S WORD IS
"STAND."
REMEMBER, SOMETIMES ALL
GOD IS CALLING ON US TO DO
IS TO STAND AND BE STILL,
AND IN THAT STILLNESS,
TRUST HIM AND WATCH HIM DO
HIS PERFECT WORK.
SO IN THAT MOMENTS OF
FRUSTRATION TODAY, STAND,
BE STRONG, AND KNOW THAT
GOD IS ON THE THRONE AND
HE IS STILL GOD.
WITH THAT WORD MAKE THIS A
WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY.
> THAT IS GOING TO DO IT
FOR THIS EDITION OF CBN
"NEWSWATCH."
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