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I'M CHARLENE AARON.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE
IS AN EXPLOSIVE OUTCRY
PARTICULAR PEOPLE OF FAITH
AND BOTH PARTIES AGAINST A
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PARTY
THAT ALLOWS PARENTS AND
CHILDREN TO BE SEPARATED
AT THE BORDER.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS
THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO FIX
IT, AND AS HEATHER SELLS
REPORTS, LAWMAKERS ARE
DEBATING TWO BILLS THAT
COULD PROVIDE PARTIAL
SOLUTIONS.
Heather: WITH
OPPOSITION TO THE
SO-CALLED ZERO TOLERANCE
POLICY GROWING, THE
HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY SAYS CONGRESS
NEEDS TO ACT.
CONGRESS AND THE COURTS
CREATED THIS PROBLEM, AND
CONGRESS ALONE CAN FIX IT.
Heather:
HEARTBREAKING PICTURES
SHOW CHILDREN IN U.S.
BORDER SHELTERS.
AUDIO RECORDING FROM THE
INVESTIGATIVE GROUP "PRO
PUBLICA" RECORDS CHILDREN
IT SAYS WERE JUST
SEPARATED FROM THEIR
PARENTS.
PAPA.
Heather: THE HOME
LAND SECURITY SECRETARY
DEFENDED THE
ADMINISTRATION IN A TENSE
WHITE HOUSE PRESS
CONFERENCE, NOTING THAT
THE U.S. HAS STRUGGLED
WITH A HUGE STRIKE IN
IMMIGRATION AT THE MEXICO
BORDER IN THEIR LAST THREE
MONTHS.
SHE ALSO SAYS MOST OF THE
12,000 CHILDREN IN THESE
FACILITIES WERE SENT TO
THE U.S. ALONE OR WITH
STRANGERS.
CHILDREN IN D.H.S. AND
H.H.S. CUSTODY ARE BEING
WELL-TAKEN CARE OF.
THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT PROVIDES
MEALS, MEDICAL CARE, AND
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO
THESE CHILDREN.
Heather: EVANGELICALS
HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST THE POLICY, BUT
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THEIR
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
PRESIDENT, PRESS SECRETARY
SANDERS PIVOTED TO
CONGRESS.
I THINK ANY
EVANGELICAL, OR ANY CHURCH
FOR THAT MATTER, THAT
FEELS STRONGLY, THEY
SHOULD OPEN UP THEIR DOORS
AND HELP FACILITATE SOME
OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK THAT'S THEIR
CALLING, THAT'S THE
MISSION OF THE CHURCH, AND
THEY SHOULD CERTAINLY
FULFILL THAT.
IF THEY WANT TO FIX IT
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, THEY
SHOULD CALL THEIR MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS.
Heather: THE
PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH
HOUSE REPUBLICANS TODAY TO
TALK BO TW ABOUT TWO IMMIGRATION
BILLS THAT COULD MAKE ASS A
DIFFERENCE.
President Trump: THE
UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE
A MIGRANT CAMP, AND IT
WILL NOT BE A
REFUGEE-HOLDING FACILITY.
IT WON'T BE.
Heather: EVANGELICALS
FROM FRANKLIN GRAHAM TO
THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS HAVE
DENOUNCED THE FAMILY
SEPARATION POLICY, BUT SEE
LITTLE HOPE OF INFLUENCING
THE DEBATE.
MOST IN WASHINGTON BELIEVE
THE TWO IMMIGRATION BILLS
HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF
PASSING.
IF WE GET THROUGH THE
END OF THIS WEEK, THEY
ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE VOTE
ON THOSE TWO BILLS AND
NEITHER ONE OF THEM GETS
THROUGH, THEN I THINK ANY
CHANCE FOR A VOTE ON
IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION
BEFORE THE MID-TERM
ELECTIONS IS BELIEVED
DEAD.
Heather: MOST BELIEVE
CONGRESS WILL NOT ACT
UNTIL AFTER THE MID-TERM
ELECTIONS.
BUT IF PUBLIC OUTRAGE
MEANS ANYTHING, CONGRESS
AND THE ADMINISTRATION
WILL FIND A WAY TO AVOID
SEPARATING KIDS AND
PARENTS.
Charlene: HERE IS A
LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER
MAJOR HEADLINES IN THE
NEWSROOM TODAY: TRADE
TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S.
AND CHINA CONTINUE TO
ESCALATE, WITH INTO
THREATS COMING FROM BOTH
SIDES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
THREATENING A NEW 10%
TARIFF.
CHINA CALLING THE ACTION
BLACKMAIL, SAYING IF THE
U.S. PUTS MORE TARIFFS ON,
IT CAN EXPECT STRONG
COUNTER-MEASURES OF THE
SAME AMOUNT OF QUANTITY.
> THE PENTAGON HAS
PLANNED A MAJOR MILITARY
DRILL WITH SOUTH KOREA FOR
AUGUST.
IT FOLLOWED THE MEETING
WITH KIM JONG-UN LAST
WEEK.
SOUTH KOREA SAYING THAT
THE DECISION WAS NECESSARY
TO SUPPORT ONGOING TALKS
BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE WITH
NORTH KOREA.
TRUMP SAYING THEY'LL BE
DUMPING THE DRILLS UNLESS
AND UNTIL WE SEE THAT THE
FUTURE NEGOTIATION IS NOT
GOING ALONG LIKE IT
SHOULD.
> THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED
TO SOON DECIDE WHETHER TO
APPROVE A PRESCRIPTION
DRUG MADE FROM THE
MARIJUANA PLANT.
THE MEDICINE WOULD TREAT
EPILEPSY CONDITIONS WHERE
THERE ARE LITTLE TO NO
APPROVED TREATMENT
OPTIONS.
THE BRITISH COMPANY BEHIND
THE DRUG SAY IT DOES NOT
CONTAIN THE PROPERTIES
THAT MAKE PEOPLE HIGH LIKE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DOES.
> 120 WOMEN AND GIRLS
WHO SUFFERED SEXUAL ABUSE
AT THE HANDS OF FORMER
SPORTS DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR
ARE CALLING ON MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY TO FIRE
ITS INTERRIM PRESIDENT.
HE TOOK OVER AFTER THE
SCHOOL'S PREVIOUS
PRESIDENT RESIGNED AMID
FALLOUT FROM THE SCANDAL.
LAST WEEK REPORTS SURFACED
THAT HE SENT E-MAILS TO
ANOTHER UNIVERSITY
OFFICIAL CRITICAL OF
LAWYERS FOR NASSAR'S
VICTIMS.
AND HE SUGGESTED THAT THE
FIRST WOMAN TO GO PUBLIC
FROM HER ACCUSATION WAS
LIKELY GETTING A, QUOTE,
"KICKBACK" FROM HER
ATTORNEY.
THE LETTER ADDS THAT NONE
OF THE MINDSETS THAT
ALLOWED NASSAR TO ABUSE
CHILDREN FOR DECADES HAVE
CHANGED.
> A HEATWAVE IS MAKING
ITS WAY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, RAISING CONCERNS
ABOUT AIR QUALITY IN THE
NORTHEAST, AND RESULTING
IN SEVERE WEATHER IN THE
MIDWEST.
CAITLIN BURKE HAS THIS
STORY.
Caitlin: IF YOU'VE
BEEN OUTSIDE OVER THE LAST
FEW DAYS, YOU KNOW IT HAS
BEEN HOT.
THE FIRST HEATWAVE OF 2018
SPANNING MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY, BREAKING RECORDS
AND RAISING ALARMS.
IN THIS KIND OF HEAT, AUTO
AND POWER PLANT EMISSIONS
CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE
ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH
BREATHING CONDITIONS.
MONDAY TEMPERATURES
REACHED NEW HIGHS, AND IN
SOME PARTS OF THE
NORTHEAST, SCHOOLS
ACTUALLY CLOSED FOR THE
DAY.
STORMS IN PART OF THE
REGION IS BRINGING RELIEF
WITH MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES TODAY.
BUT THE CAROLINAS AND
VIRGINIA WILL STILL BE
BLISTERING.
BUT IN THE MIDWEST, RAIN
IS THE PROBLEM.
A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS
BEEN DECLARED IN WISCONSIN
AFTER A DAM FAILED.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE WATER
POURING THROUGH THAT
BROKEN DAM.
DOWN RIVER, THE WATER
SPILLED OVER THIS BRIDGE,
CAUSING PART OF IT TO
COLLAPSE.
THAT BRIDGE WAS JUST
REPAIRED WEEKS AGO.
THEY JUST PATCHED THE
ROAD JUST LAST WEEK
BECAUSE IT WASHED OUT TWO
YEARS AGO FROM A BAD
STORM.
YOU KNOW, THEY JUST GOT IT
ALL REPAIRED AND NOW WE'RE
BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN.
Caitlin: IN MICHIGAN,
FLOODING CAUSED MORE THAN
60 SINK HOLES AND IN
WYOMING, HAIL BLANKETED
HIGHWAYS.
FLOOD-WATCHES REMAIN IN
AFFECT, AND IT IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY.
ON THE PLUS SIDE, IT
APPEARS WHERE THERE IS
RAIN, THERE IS LESS HEAT.
NOT THE CASE HERE IN
VIRGINIA BEACH, WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO HIT 100 TODAY.
CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.
Charlene: POLY
PHARMACY, WHICH IS TAKING
LOTS OF DIFFERENT
MEDICINES AT THE SAME TIME
ROSE SHARPLY IN THE U.S.
IN THE LAST DECADE.
MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE COMMITTING SUICIDE
HAS ALSO INCREASED.
LORIE JOHNSON HAS MORE
ABOUT MY RESEARCH THAT
SUGGESTS A LINK.
Lorie: OVER 200
MEDICATIONS LIST
DEPRESSION OR SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS AS POSSIBLE SIDE
EFFECTS.
NEARLY FOUR OUT OF 10
AMERICANS WHO TAKE AT
LEAST ONE OF THESE DRUGS
EXPERIENCE MORE DEPRESSION
THAN PEOPLE WHO DON'T TAKE
THEM.
DEPRESSION RISK INCREASES
WITH EVERY ADDITIONAL DRUG
TAKEN.
PSYCHIATRIST PETER BRAGAN,
AUTHOR OF "MEDICATION
MADNESS," SAYS THE STUDY
POINTS TO THE DARK SIDE OF
SO-CALLED WONDER DRUGS.
SOME DRUGS WILL DO IT
MORE THAN OTHERS.
CHANTIX, WHICH, FOR
EXAMPLE, IS USED FOR
STOPPING SMOKING, HAS A
VERY HIGH RATE OF VIOLENT
FEELINGS, SUICIDAL
FEELINGS.
LARIUM, AN ANTIBIOTIC, HAS
BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
VIOLENCE.
ACCUTANE, WHICH IS A DRUG
USED FOR ACNE IS SO MUCH
ASSOCIATED WITH SUICIDAL
BEHAVIOR.
Lorie: BRAGAN SAYS
TOO MANY DOCTORS DON'T
TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE SIDE
EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS THEY
PRESCRIBE, AND TOO MANY
PATIENTS DON'T READ THE
WARNING LABELS.
ANY DRUG THAT IS
AFFECTING YOUR MIND, YOUR
MOOD, YOUR FEELINGS, HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A
DISASTER.
MOST OF THE SCHOOL
SHOOTERS HAVE BEEN ON
PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS, AND A
GREAT NUMBER OF THEM WERE
ON PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS AT
THE TIME, OR SHORTLY
BEFORE, THEY COMMITTED
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE AND SUICIDE GO
TOGETHER.
ARE YOU GOING TO TURN YOUR
RAGE IN?
OR ARE YOU GOING TO TURN
YOUR RAGE INWARD?
Lorie: PATIENTS ARE
URGED TO TALK TO THEIR
DOCTOR ABOUT THE RISKS
VERSUS THE BENEFITS OF ALL
OF THE MEDICATIONS,
KEEPING IN MIND THAT
STOPPING, STARTING OR
CHANGING THE DOSE SHOULD
ONLY BE DONE UNDER A
DOCTOR'S SUPERVISION.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Charlene: COULD THE
U.S. SOON HAVE A BRANCH OF
THE MILITARY DEDICATED TO
POTENTIALLY FIGHTING IN
OUTER SPACE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON MONDAY
DIRECTED THE PENTAGON TO
CREATE A NEW SPACE FORCE
AS A SEPARATE BRANCH OF
THE U.S. MILITARY THAT
WOULD BE TASKED WITH
ENSURING AMERICA'S
DOMINANCE IN SPACE.
THE ORDER SEEMED TO CATCH
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT BY
SURPRISE SINCE A NEW
BRANCH IN THE MILITARY
WOULD NEED CONGRESSIONAL
APPROVAL, BUT THEY'RE
ALREADY LAYING THE GROUND
WORK.
THE D.O.D. IS WORKING ON A
CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED
STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF A SPACE FORCE WITH A
FINAL REPORT DUE IN
DECEMBER.
OTHER U.S. PRESIDENTS HAVE
ALSO RECOGNIZED THE
IMPORTANCE OF AMERICA
HAVING A PRESENCE IN
SPACE.
> COMING UP, IT IS A
CHURCH THAT SITS ON TWO
BORDERS OF TW TWO WARRING
COMMUNITIES.
HEAR HOW THIS BELFAST
CHURCH IS BRINGING TWO
COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
Charlene: THEY WERE
KNOWN AS THE TROUBLED, THE
WAR BETWEEN CATHOLICS AND
PROTESTANTS ENDED IN
NORTHERN IRELAND 20 YEARS
AGO, BUT TRUE PEACE
REMAINS ELUSIVE.
DALE HURD REPORTS FROM
BELFAST.
Reporter: THERE IS
PEACE IN BELFAST,
OFFICIALLY.
BUT THIS WALL STILL
SEPARATES CATHOLICS AND
PROTESTANTS, AND THIS GATE
STILL CLOSES EVERY NIGHT.
"NEW LIFE CITY" CHURCH
SITS SQUARELY ON BELFAST'S
SO-CALLED PEACE BARRIER.
PART IN CATHOLIC BELFAST,
AND PART IN PROTESTANT
BELFAST.
IT WELCOMES THOSE WHO ONCE
MORTAL ENEMIES.
AMONG THOSE WHO COME TO
OUR CHURCH REGULARLY,
SUNDAY AFTER SUNDAY, ARE
THOSE THAT ARE FROM
TERRORIST BACKGROUNDS THAT
AT ONE TIME WOULD HAVE
WANTED TO KILL EACH OTHER.
I WOULD HAVE A KILLED SOME
OF THEM DURING A TIME.
Reporter: JACK
McGEE WAS A SOLDIER
DURING THE WAR, AND TODAY
PASTORS "NEW LIFE CHURCH."
I BELIEVE MANY
AMERICANS LOOKING ON WOULD
BELIEVE WE REACHED PEACE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE NEVER REALLY GOT THERE.
THERE IS A SEMBLANCE OF
PEACE, BUT PEACE DOESN'T
REALLY EXIST.
Reporter: PARTS OF
BELFAST ARE STILL RACKED
BY VIOLENCE, DRUG ABUSE,
AND BROKEN FAMILIES.
MEMBERS OF CATHOLIC AND
PARAMILITARY GROUPS HAVE
MORPHED INTO GANGS,
RUNNING DRUGS AND
PROTECTION RACKETS, AND
KILLING ANYONE WHO GETS IN
THEIR WAY.
THIS CHURCH IN AN OLD
WAREHOUSE SITS LIKE A
FORTRESS IN THE MIDDLE OF
IT ALL.
IT IS ONE THING TO PREACH
PEACE AND RECONCILIATION;
IT IS ANOTHER THING TO PUT
YOUR CHURCH ON THE BORDER
LINE BETWEEN FORCES THAT
WANT TO KILL EACH OTHER.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS
A BUILDING QUITE LIKE THIS
IN THE WORLD.
WHERE YOU'VE HAD TWO
OPPOSING COMMUNITIES, TWO
OPPOSING PEOPLE GROUPS,
THAT HAVE LITERALLY KILLED
EACH OTHER, AND BY THE
THOUSANDS.
Reporter: MOST
JOINING THE FIGHTING IS
TEENAGERS AND SPENT THE
PRIME OF THEIR LIVES IN
PRISON.
OSO MURDERED A MAN BEFORE
HE WAS 15.
I CAME ACROSS A GROUP
OF MEN THAT HAD TWO ROMAN
CATHOLICS AGAINST A WALL.
THEY ASKED ME, DO I HAVE A
GUN.
I SAID, NO, I DON'T HAVE A
GUN, BUT I CAN GET ONE.
AS THEY SAID THAT, ON ONE OF
THE CATHOLIC GUYS RAN
AWAY.
I SET MYSELF UP AS JUDGE
AND EXECUTIONNARY.
EXECUTIONERY.
Reporter: TODAY THEY
CARRY A CROSS DOWN THE
ROAD, IN WHAT WAS ONCE A
WAR ZONE, LIFTING THE HOPE
IN THIS DIVIDED COMMUNITY.
I COME FROM A REPUBLIC
IN WEST BELFAST.
AND TODAY, AS MY PERSONAL
TOKEN OF RECONCILIATION TO
THE COMMUNITY, TO RAISE
THAT CROSS.
AND TO CARRY THAT CROSS ON
THE SHACKLED ROAD WHERE I
USED TO BE A COMMANDER.
AND NOW TO BE A CHRISTIAN,
YOU'VE GOT REPUBLICANS WHO
HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN.
YOU'VE GOT PROTESTANTS WHO
HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN.
SO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
CROSS IS THAT THE CROSS IS
FOR EVERYTHING.
HERE IS A MAN WHO DIED ON
THE CROSS FOR THE SINS OF
EVERYONE, AND THAT IS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WALK
OR RUN THROUGH BOTH
COMMUNITIES.
AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED, A TERRORIST IS
A TERRORIST.
AND FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
BREAK INTO THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER
NATURAL.
AND YET WE'VE SEEN IT
HAPPEN SO MANY TIMES, EVEN
HERE IN BELFAST.
Reporter: JACK
McGEE HAS BEEN
THREATENED WITH DEATH FOR
MORE THAN ONCE FOR TAKING
A LEADING ROLE IN TRYING
TO STOP THE VIOLENCE IN
BELFAST.
I KNOW I'M THE MOST
HATED PASTOR IN THIS
COMMUNITY, POSSIBLY IN
NORTHERN IRELAND.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER
PASTOR THAT HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TO DEATH OR HAD
MORE THAN DEATH ATTEMPTS
ON HIM THAN I HAVE.
Reporter: HE HAS
WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED
"WHAT DOES IT TAKE?"
I'M SIMPLY ASKING, WHAT
DOES I IT TAKE TO MOVE
COMMUNITIES AGAINST
DIVISION.
Reporter: THEY HAVE A
SOCCER FIELD, A COFFEE
SHOP, AND PROGRAMS FOR
THOSE WHO NEED HELP.
THIS COMMUNITY NEEDED
ANOTHER CHURCH, BUT NOT
JUST ANOTHER CHURCH.
THERE ARE VERY OFTEN
THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN
THIS BUILDING THAT WE
NEVER ORCHESTRATED AND
THAT WE NEVER PLANNED, WE
NEVER PURPOSED, BUT IT
JUST HAPPENS.
I STAND BACK SOMETIMES AND
I SAY, THIS IS THE LORD'S
DOING, AND IT IS MARVELOUS
IN OUR EYES.
I GET AMUSED WHEN I SEE
PEOPLE COMING TO FAITH IN
JESUS, KNOWING THAT THEY
COME FROM A TERRORIST
BACKGROUND, AND THAT
THEY'RE ABLE TO COME AND
SIT IN THE SAME ROW FROM
THOSE WHO ARE ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE AND WORSHIP
GOD ALONGSIDE THEM.
ONLY GOD COULD HAVE DONE
THAT.
Reporter: DALE HURD,
CBN NEWS, BELFAST.
Charlene: A POWERFUL,
POWERFUL STORY THERE.
STILL AHEAD, THE
LARGEST BANKRUPT CITY IN
U.S. HISTORY IS MAKING A
COMEBACK.
WE'LL SHOW YOU THE
REVITALIZATION OF DETROIT
AFTER THIS.
Charlene: FIVE YEARS
AGO, DETROIT OADE BIG
HEADLINES, BUT NOT IN A
GOOD WAY.
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS LED THE
MOTOR CITY TO DECLARE THE
LARGEST MUNICIPAL
BANKRUPTCY IN U.S.
HISTORY.
THANKFULLY FOR RESIDENTS,
IT DOESN'T END THERE.
AS MARK MARTIN SHOWS US,
THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING A
COME BANG.
ReporterCOMEBACK.
Reporter: THIS LARGE
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION SITE
MAY BE CONSIDERED AN EYE
SORE AND OTHER CITIES, BUT
IN DETROIT, IT IS
CONSIDERED REBIRTH.
ONE OF THE AREAS IS COMING
TO LIFE AGAIN.
THE CHAIR OF THIS AREA'S
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SAYS 10 YEARS AGO, THE
AREA WAS FULL OF
DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS.
NOW A VICTORIAN MANSION
HERE CAN BE SOLD A FOR AS
MUCH AS $3 MILLION.
WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF
INVESTORS, WE HAVE A LOT
OF VACANT LAND THAT WASN'T
OVERLY PRICED, AND WE HAVE
A LOT OF EAGER PEOPLE
WANTING TO DEVELOP AND
BRING BACK SOME LIFE TO
DETROIT, AND IT HAS BEEN
EXCITING.
Reporter: WHILE SOME
VICTORIAN MANSIONS STILL
NEED WORK, SIGNS OF
PROGRESS ARE ALL AROUND.
CHECK OUT THIS BEAUTIFULLY
REMODELED HOME.
AND ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY
BRINGS IN MUCH-NEEDED
PEOPLE.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF
THE DETROIT TIGERS PARK
AND THE LIONS' FORD FIELD.
PEOPLE WHO WERE AFRAID
TO GO DOWNTOWN DETROIT
BEFORE NOW LIVE THERE.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A
WHILE BEFORE IT IS FULLY
REVIVED, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU
GO DOWN AND YOU TRY TO BUY
A LOFT DOWN THERE, AND
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY TOP
DOLLAR.
Reporter: JOH JON ECKERLY
BELIEVES THAT DETROIT IS
DEFINITELY IN COMEBACK
MODE.
IT WAS SCARY.
I NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE
FILED SUITS.
I HAD WORKED WITH A LOT OF
BUILDERS, AND IT WAS A
CHAIN REACTION.
DETROIT FILED BANKRUPTCY,
AND THE NEXT THING YOU
KNOW, EVERYBODY STOPS
BUYING HOMES.
LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF
THEIR JOBS WERE LEAVING.
AND YOU HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE MONEY
SCARED.
Reporter: WHAT LED TO
THE LARGEST MUNICIPAL
BANKRUPTCY IN U.S.
HISTORY?
FORMER MICHIGAN SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE ANDY DILLON SAYS
A NUMBER OF FACTORS WERE
TO BLAME.
THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE
WOULD BE THE LOSS OF THE
MIDDLE MARKET
MANUFACTURING JOBS, AND
THE STRUGGLES OF THE K-12
SYSTEM.
YOUNG FAMILIES LIVING IN
DETROIT I BELIEVE DIDN'T
FEEL COMFORTABLE THEY
COULD GET THEIR KIDS IN
EDUCATION.
Reporter: DETROIT HAS
DEFINITELY SEEN HARD
TIMES.
IN FACT, THIS CITY, WHICH
WAS BUILT FOR NEARLY TWO
MILLION RESIDENTS NOW HAS
LESS THAN 700,000.
THE ECONOMY CRASHED,
AND THAT REALLY IMPACTED
THIS COMMUNITY, MORE SO
THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY
IN THE UNITED STATES
BECAUSE THE AUTO INDUSTRY
WAS SO TIED INTO WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
Reporter: MICHAEL
O'CALLAHAN SEES DETROIT'S
BANKRUPTCY AS MORE OF A
BLESSING THAN A CURSE.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE
CITY WOULD NEVER HAVE
GOTTEN OUT FROM UNDERNEATH
THAT WITHOUT THE
BANKRUPTCY AND THE
REORGANIZATION.
SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE,
IT JUST DID AMAZING
THINGS.
AND GETTING THE CITY BACK
ON TRACK.
Reporter: IN 2014,
DETROIT EMERGED FROM
BANKRUPTCY.
AND AFTER THREE STRAIGHT
YEARS OF BALANCED BUDGETS,
THE STATE GAVE FINANCIAL
LEADERSHIP BACK TO THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
O'CALLAHAN CREDITS
INVESTORS AND FOUNDATIONS
WITH HELPING LEAD THE
COMEBACK.
THESE FOLKS CAME IN,
AND IN MANY, MANY CASES,
THEY BUILDINGS THAT HAD
BEEN SHUTTERED FOR YEARS
AND YEARS AND YEARS AND
REINVESTED IN THEM.
IT ALLOWED THEM TO BRING
YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE CITY
TO WORK AND CREATED
REMARKABLE CHANGE.
Reporter: AND HE
BELIEVES DIVINE
INTERVENTION HELPED
REVITALIZE MOTOWN.
WE HAVE TO ATTRIBUTE A
LOT OF THE COMEBACK TO
GOD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
PRAYING.
THERE WAS 24-HOUR
PRAYER IN THE BUILDING
WHERE WE NOW SIT, NOT ON
JUST CERTAIN DAYS, WAS
RELEASED FOR THE CITY TO
CONSIDER A WHOLE REVIVAL
MENTALITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN BE
WHAT WE'VE NEVER BEEN.
WE CAN DO WHAT WE'VE NEVER
DONE.
Reporter: AND WHILE
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
WORK AHEAD, DILLON
BELIEVES THE PEOPLE OF
THIS CITY CAN EVENTUALLY
COMPLETE THIS MIRACLE
TRANSFORMATION.
THERE IS A BIG PART OF
DETROIT THAT HAS TO SHARE
IN THEIR RECOVERY.
AND IT IS.
IT IS STARTING TO.
AND THE MAYOR IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT IT IS SO BIG, YOU
CAN'T DO IT OVERNIGHT.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE A
PROCESS.
Reporter: MARK
MARTIN, CBN NEWS, DETROIT.
Charlene: GOT TO GIVE
GOD THE CREDIT FOR WHAT HE
IS DOING THERE IN DETROIT.
WE PRAY CONTINUED
BLESSINGS UPON MOTOR CITY.
> STAY WITH US.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Charlene: CBN
INTERNATIONAL IS WORKING
TO BRING MEDICAL RELIEF TO
THOSE FLEEING TERRORISM IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
SYRIAN REFUGEES BEGAN
ENTERING JORDAN IN LARGE
NUMBERS THIS YEAR, A LOT
OF THEM IN NEED OF MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
CBN INTERNATIONAL HELPED
START A CLINIC IN THE
AREA, WHERE IT TREATS 350
PATIENTS A MONTH.
THEY ARE USING IT AS A WAY
TO MINISTER AND BLESS THE
JORDANIAN AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITY.
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