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GRAHAM.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWITTER

RESPONSES

ARE BRINGING MORE ATTENTION.

HERE IS

THE STORY FROM WASHINGTON.

DESPITE SET BACKS, WORKS

ARE

PREPARING TO REPLACE

OBAMACARE.

WE DON'T REPLACE

SUBSIDIES, NOW

SAYING WE ARE AFRAID TO

REPEAL THE

TAXES. WHAT HAPPENED TO

THESE PEOPLE,

THEY WERE ALL FOR REPEALING

OBAMACARE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AGREED

TWEETED "IF

REPUBLICAN SENATOR ARE

WORRIED ABOUT

PASSING WHAT THEY HAVE NOW,

THEY

SHOULD REPEAL AT A LATER

DATE.

" BUT IT WAS OVERSHADOWED BY

THE

MEDIA.

ON SUNDAY TRUMP TWEETED THIS

VIDEO OF

AN OLD WWE MATCH.

IN IT THE PRESIDENT TAKES

DOWN A

FIGURE WITH A CNN LOGO NOW

BEING

CALLED THE TWEET IN SIDIARY

SAYING IT

IS A VIOLENT POST. WHERE

WILL HIS

DOWNWARD SPIRAL TAKE US. AND

THE

MODERN COMMUNICATION IS NOT

THE

ISSUE, IT'S THE CRUEL FOUL

UNPRESIDENTIAL CONTENT.

TOM BOZER DISAGREES.

INCLUDING THE TWEETS

ABOUT FAKE

MEDIA.

FAKE MEDIA IS TRYING TO

SILENCE

US.

HE SPOKE TO THE

IMPORTANCE OF

FAITH IN AMERICA HISTORY.

ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE KNOW

THIS, IN

AMERICA, WE DON'T WORSHIP

GOVERNMENT,

WE WORSHIP GOD.

LOOKING AHEAD THE

PRESIDENT HAS A

VERY IMPORTANT WEEK AS HE

READYS FOR

A LONG AWAITED MEETING.

IT'S A SAD DAY WHEN THE

PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES

ENCOURAGES

VIOLENCE AGAINST REPORTER'S.

TRUMP

TWEETED THE MEDIA WILL NEVER

ACCOMPLISH OUR OBJECTIVES

BETWEEN THE

WHITE HOUSE AND THE PEOPLE.

HE HAS

NOT RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS

ABOUT THE

TWEET.

> THE MAJOR CONVERSATION

BETWEEN

THE PRESIDENT AND THE

LEADERS OF

JAPAN.

THE PRESIDENT SPOKE TO THE

PRESIDENT

OF CHINA AND JAPAN AND SPOKE

ABOUT

NORTH KOREA.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THE

BALLISTIC

MISSILE PROGRAM AND TALKED

ABOUT A

TRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH

AMERICA. THEY

WILL MEET FOR A SUMMIT IN

GERMANY.

WITH AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE

FULL

VICTORY IN MOSUL.

THEY FOUGHT BACK AND KILLING

ONE HAD

SOLDIER AND KILLING PEOPLE

AT A

REFUGEE CAMP USING WOMEN AS

COVERS.

THIS IS IN ITS NINTH MONTH.

A DOCTOR WHO WAS THE

TARGET OF A

SHOOTER FRIDAY WASN'T THERE.

DR. MOHAMMED A MED IS

BAFFLED AND

DIDN'T KNOW WHY BELLO WAS

TRYING TO

KILL HIM.

HE HAD TROUBLE WITH SO MANY

MEMBERS

OF STAFF.

HE KILLED A DOCTOR WHO WAS

WORKING AS

A FAVOR TO SOMEONE ELSE. HE

ALSO SHOT

AND INJURED SIX OTHERS

BEFORE KILLING

HIMSELF.

AMIDST A CHAOS OF AN

ACTIVE

SHOOTER AUTHORITIES HAVE TO

MAKE IN

ORDER TO SAVE LIVES. THERE

IS MORE

INFORMATION AVAILABLE THANKS

FOR

FIRST RESPONDERS.

IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE

LATEST VIDEO

GAME.

BUT THIS IS NOT A GAME. IT'S

THE

LATEST VIRTUAL TRAINING

PLATFORM AND

CAN NOW BE USED BY FIRST

RESPONDERS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

FIRST RESPONDERS LIKE LAW

ENFORCEMENT

AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHO

COULD 1 DAY

FACE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER

SITUATION. THE

PROGRAM IS CALLED EDGE FOR

ENHANCED

DYNAMIC GEO SOLDIER ADVISORS

USING

THE SAME EQUIPMENT AND SAME

TACTICS

THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT IS

USED IN

TRAINING IS REAL. FROM A

MOLOTOV

COCKTAIL TO TRAINING USED

INSIDE A

SCHOOL ALLOWING THE FIRST

RESPONDERS

TO PRACTICE AND STRATEGIZE

DIFFERENT

WAYS OF HANDLING THE SAME

SITUATION.

THE PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED BY

HOMELAND

SECURITY SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY AND

PART OF THE RESEARCH LAB.

ALL YOU NEED IS INTERNET

ACCESS TO

TRAIN AT YOUR OWN DESK.

THEY ARE TRAINING STAFF

AND

MULTIPLE AGENCIES SUCH AS

POLICE

PROTECTING AND FIREFIGHTERS

AND

OTHERS WHILE FIREFIGHTERS

FIGHT A

BLAZE AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL

TO HELP

THEM.

THIS IS FOR FIRE AND

POLICE AND

EMS TOGETHER. SINCE WE DON'T

HAVE

TIME TO GET THEM ALTOGETHER

IN REAL

LIFE.

THIS IS MODIFIED TO MEET

THE

DEPARTMENT'S SPECIFIC NEEDS.

ERIC ROSALES, CBN NEWS

WASHINGTON.

Efrem: THERE IS A LAW THAT

PREVENTS

AND RULE FROM PASTORS AND

WOULD DENY

THE IRS THE ENFORCE THE

63-YEAR-OLD

RULE KNOWN AS THE JOHNSTON

AMENDMENT.

THE IRS RULE IS ENFORCED

UNEVENLY

SAYING SOME CHURCHES AND

DEMOCRATIC

AREAS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF

POLITICAL

CANDIDATES EVEN ALLOWED TO

SPEAK FROM

THE PULPIT.

THEY ARE DISCOURAGED FROM

EVEN

APPEARING POLITICAL. THEY

WILL

DISCUSS THIS WHEN THIS COME

BACK FROM

RECESS IN JULY.

A CROSS WAS ERECTED IN

1941 FOR

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT.

THE COURT ORDERED THE

MONUMENT

REMOVED AS A VIOLATION TO

THE

INSTITUTION AND CHRISTIANS.

HUNDREDS

OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE

THE CROSS

THEY PUT HAVE NOW RALLIED

AROUND IT

AND THEY DID THAT LAST WEEK.

ALMOST ANNUALLY, CROSSES

WERE

ERECTED AT THIS SITE,

SUNRISE

SERVICES WERE HELD HERE.

THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE PARTICIPATED AND THE

MILITARY

ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TERMS

OF THE

CHAPLAINS GIVING THE

MESSAGE, BANDS

PLAYING AND SO FORTH. IN ONE

FORM OR

ANOTHER IT'S BEEN AT THIS

LOCATION IN

ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. EVEN

OUR FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT WAS AT ONE TIME

DOING THIS.

THEY SAY IT'S NOT TIME TO

ERASE

HISTORY EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS

ONCE

PART OF HISTORY.

IT IS TAKING ON THE CITY'S

APPEAL AT

NO CHARGE.

STILL TO COME, THIS

PRESSURE TO

CREATE THIS PINTEREST

WEDDING. MANY

SEE HOW MUCH MORE MONEY

COUPLES SPEND

ON A WEDDING, THE MORE

LIKELY THEY

ARE TO GET DIVORCED.

WE HAVE THAT COMING UP RIGHT

AFTER

THIS.

THIS.

Efrem: THESE DAYS, COUPLES

ARE

SPENDING NEARLY TWICE AS

MUCH ON

WEDDINGS AS THEY DID 10

YEARS AGO.

SOME MONEY EXPERTS AND EVEN

PASTORS

FIND THIS TROUBLING. HEATHER

SELLS

BREAKS DOWN THE REASONS WHY.

FOR MOST BRIDE'S IT

STARTS WITH

THIS, THOUSANDS OF PICTURES

AND IDEAS

TO HELP PLAN THE PERFECT

WEDDING.

IT'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF

PRESSURE.

CORY GOT MARRIED AND

FOUND IT

DIFFICULT TO MEET THE

CHALLENGE SET

BY SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THINK WEDDINGS ARE AS

MUCH A

BIGGER DEAL THAN IT USED TO

BE. IT'S

NOT TWO PEOPLE ARE GETTING

MARRIED,

IT'S WHAT KIND OF PARTY ARE

YOU GOING

TO THROW.

AND MORE OF THESE

FEELINGS.

IT'S MORE PRESSURE TO

HAVE THE

PERFECT WEDDING WHICH MAYBE

WHY THE

BRIDE AND GROOM SPEND MORE

THAN

$$28,000 COMPARED TO $16,000.

THIS MAY PROLONG IT FOR A

WHILE.

THIS IS DELAYED FOR THE

PERFECT

VENUE, PERFECT COLORS.

HE SAYS IT'S WHAT HE

CALLED THE

PERFECT PINTEREST DREAM

WEDDING. THE

GOAL IS TO HELP THE COUPLE

FOCUS AND

FOCUS ON THE MARRIAGE.

LOOKING UP TO GOD AND WHO

HE IS

ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL AND

WHO WE

ARE IN CHRIST AND HOW WE

POSTURE

OURSELVES IN SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE REASONS TO BACK UP

FOR A

FRUGAL WEDDING FROM A COUPLE

GOING

$20,000 ROUTE DIVORCE MORE

THAN THOSE

WHO SPEND LESS THAN $10,000.

SUGGESTING GOING MORE WITH

FAMILY AND

FRIENDS AND NOT NECESSARILY

MORE

MONEY. THEY BELIEVE IT COULD

INCREASE

YOUR CHANCE OF A HAPPY

MARRIAGE. HE

CALLS IT THE BIG FAT GREEK

WEDDING

FACTOR.

MAYBE TO HAVE A CHEAPER

VENUE AND

A LOT OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS

THERE.

IT SEEMS TO BE THE FORMULA

ITSELF FOR

THE GREAT FORMULA QUALITY.

MY FAMILY AND I GREW UP

TOGETHER

AND I COULDN'T IMAGINE

HAVING

SOMETHING SMALL.

ALSO GOT HELP WITH THE

BUDGET.

THE COUPLE CUT CORNERS

AND HIRES A

PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE DAY AND

BOUGHT

WHOLESALE FLOWERS. SHE SAYS

HER MOM

TAUGHT HER ABOUT

STEWARDSHIP.

TOGETHER THEY MADE CENTER

PIECES AND

A LOT OF THE DECORATIONS.

THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS

THAT YOU

CREATED AND KNOW YOU DIDN'T

SPEND A

LOT OF MONEY ON IT.

SHE AND HER FIANCE SAVED

A LOT OF

MONEY AND THANKS TO

VOLUNTEERS AND

FRIENDS THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO

SPEND

MONEY ON MUSICIANS AND A

WEDDING

PLANNER .

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WE

LOVE HOW

YOUR WEDDING WAS SO FAMILY

ORIENTED.

SAID WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY

THAT?

AND THEY SAID THERE WAS SO

MUCH

FAMILY THAT WANTED TO BE A

PART.

THAT CAN EXTEND THE

WEDDING BEYOND

THE DATE AND HELP THE COUPLE

WITH

THEIR LIFE. THEY HOPE TO

HELP STEER

COUPLES AWAY FROM THE

PERFECT EVENT.

I THINK THEY ARE RELIEVED

HAVING

SOMEONE TELLING THEM, HEY,

YOU DON'T

HAVE TO MAKE IT ABOUT THESE

THINGS.

THE VALUE OF YOUR WEDDING

ISN'T HOW

MUCH YOU SPEND OR HOW MUCH

PICTURES

ARE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM.

THE VALUE IS THE REASON THAT

GOD

LOVES YOU AND THE CHRISTIAN

WEDDING.

Efrem: IT'S A PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN

CIVILING LEADERS AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT

AND EVEN MEMBERS OF THE NFL.

THE TIME TO CHANGE IS NOW.

WE'LL TAKE

YOU INSIDE THIS UNIQUE

MINISTRY,

NEXT.

NEXT.

Efrem: A VIRGINIA PASTOR

BELIEVES

POWERFUL EXAMPLES OF STATE

LEADERSHIP

IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. HE'S

FORMING

LEADERSHIPS WITH THE NFL.

WE'LL SHOW

HOW THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT

SAVING

YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE

STREETS. THE

PASTOR OF GOSPEL OF THE

CHURCH

RECENTLY WORE A UNIFORM.

THIS OVERALL MESSAGE TO

THESE YOUNG

PEOPLE, THE TIME FOR CHANGE

IS NOW. A

PROGRAM CALLED "AM I MY

BROTHERS

KEEPER" WHICH IS HELPING

THEM TO

CHANGE THEIR LIFE.

IT'S HELPING TO TO GET

THEM TO

UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A

WAY OUT OF

ALL SITUATIONS.

HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO PICK UP

THE WRONG PATH. HIS BAD

DECISIONS LED

HIM TO JAIL. WHEN HE WAS 26,

HIS SON

WAS SHOT AND KILLED. HE

WANTS OTHERS

TO AVOID SIMILAR PITFALLS.

I CAN'T DO DRUGS AND

EVERYTHING.

SO WHAT I'M DOING IS GIVING

BACK WHAT

GOD GAVE ME.

HE HOPES TO OPEN UP

COMMUNITY

YOUTH CENTER OFFERING

EDUCATION

SERVICES AND HELPING KIDS

DEALING

WITH GANG VIOLENCE, DRUGS

AND

BULLYING.

WE JUST WANT TO OFFER A

FULL SCALE

OF EVERYTHING THAT'S

PERTAINING TO

THE LIFE THAT WILL HELP TO

MAKE LIFE

MORE COMPLETE AND BETTER.

HIS VISION IS SPREADING.

FORMER

GREEN BAY PACKER ERIN RALPH'S

SUCCESS. HE ALSO GREW UP

HERE AND

SHOWS WHAT CAN BE OBTAINED.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU A

CHANCE TO SEE

THAT HE HAS A COLLEGE

DEGREE, AND

HE'S EDUCATED AND NOW HE HAS

A CAREER.

HE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED

FOR

GOVERNMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE

GROUP FOR

COMMUNITY CARE AND EFFORT.

WHEN IT PARTNERS WITH

FAITH BASED

ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-PROFIT

ORGANIZATIONS, THIS

PARTNERSHIP

TOGETHER IS MAKING THINGS

HAPPEN AND

GET OUT OF OUR WAY.

ALSO TO PROVE YOUNG

PEOPLE'S

NEGATIVE PERCEPTION TO LAW

ENFORCEMENT.

I USE THIS TO CATCH WHAT

THEY ARE

SAYING.

OFFERS LIKE THIS AND

TRYING TO

MAKE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

WORTH IT.

HE HELPS US WITH

UNDERSTANDING.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING

THE

AWARENESS PROGRAM SAY IT

OPENED THEIR

EYES.

AS A TEENAGER, I CAN'T

WAIT TO GET

OUT OF THE HOUSE. WHEN YOU

ARE OUT

THERE, I CAN STAY OUT A

LITTLE BIT

LONGER.

THERE ARE A LOT OF

SHOOTINGS AND

FOR US TO STAY OFF THE

STREETS MORE.

KRISTIN DAVIS LOST A

FRIEND TO GUN

VIOLENCE.

HE WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE

AT THE

WRONG TIME WITH THE WRONG

PEOPLE.

AS A FRIEND, IT'S HARD TO

COPE WITH

THAT.

AND THEY DEAL WITH THE

PROBLEMS

THEIR KIDS FACE.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I'M HAPPY THEY ARE ABLE TO

EXPERIENCE

THE WONDERFUL SKITS AND THE

SPEAKERS.

I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO

EMPOWER THEM

TO MAKE THEM BETTER AND THE

PARENTS

BETTER NOW.

HE SAYS THIS IS NEEDED

NOW MORE

THAN EVER.

CHARLENE AARON. CBN NEWS.

Efrem: STAY WITH US. WE

HAVE MUCH

MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD. WE'LL

BE RIGHT

BACK.

Efrem: "OPERATION

BLESSING" IS

HELPING PEOPLE IN A SMALL

HELPING PEOPLE IN A SMALL

VILLAGE OF

PERU TO GET MEDICAL CARE. IT

TAKES

THE FAMILIES HOURS TO GET

MEDICAL

CARE. THEY OPENED A CLINIC

IN A

VILLAGE TO HELP GET THE

MEDICAL NEEDS

AND THEY ALSO HELP TO

PROVIDE

NUTRITION AND OTHER NEEDS.

YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES, YOU

ARE

WORRY OR YOU CAN WORSHIP.

BUT REMEMBER, YOU WERE NOT

CREATED TO

WORRY. WITH THAT, MAKE THIS

A

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SEE YOU TOMORROW.