- Well, welcome, folks, to "The 700 Club."

Abhorrent, that's how the judge described

Maxine Waters' outrageouscomments during the murder trial

of Derek Chauvin.

Could her commentsresult in the whole trial

being overturned?

Meanwhile, as the jurorsdecide the verdict,

Minneapolis and othercities across America

prepare for possible violence.

Jenna Browder brings us the story.

- After weeks of testimony,we now wait for the jury

to decide the fate of Derek Chauvin.

Both sides resting their cases

and making their closing arguments clear.

- It's exactly whatyou saw with your eyes.

It's what you now know in your heart.

This wasn't policing.

This was murder.

- [Jenna] The prosecutioninsisting George Floyd

did not pose a threat to the officers.

- Just a human, just aman, lying on the pavement,

being pressed upon,desperately crying out.

- [Jenna] And pushing the point

that the entire professionis not on trial,

just one former police officer.

The defense arguingthat the entire episode

should be seen in context.

- A reasonable policeofficer would in fact

take into consideration

the previous 16 minutes and 59 seconds.

Their experience with the subject,

the struggle that they had.

- [Jenna] And the bystandersseemed like a threat,

and the cause of Floyd's death

were drug use and heart disease.

- The failure of the state's experts

to acknowledge any possibility,any possibility at all,

that any of these other factors in any way

contributed to Mr. Floyd'sdeath defies medical science

and it defies common sense.

- [Jenna] Deliberations arenow underway for the jury,

a diverse group of fivemen and seven women,

four black, six white, and twoidentifying as multi-racial.

And as the nation awaits a verdict,

there are now concernsa U.S. representative

may have disrupted the process.

California's MaxineWaters telling protesters

in Minneapolis that she'shoping for a guilty verdict.

- We've got to stay on the street,

and we've got to get more active.

We've got to get more confrontational.

We've got to make sure thatthey know that we mean business.

- [Jenna] The judge inthis case weighing in.

- I'll give you that Congresswoman Waters

may have given you somethingon appeal that may result

in this whole trial being overturned.

I wish elected officials wouldstop talking about this case,

especially in a mannerthat is disrespectful

to the rule of law andto the judicial branch

and our function.

- GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says

he'll introduce a resolutionin the House to censure Waters.

Meanwhile, cities across the country

are preparing for possible unrest.

In Minneapolis, 2,000National Guard troops

are ready to defend the streets.

The governor asking forhelp from Ohio and Nebraska.

And deliberations could take anywhere

from hours to days or even weeks.

The judge telling jurors yesterday,

"Hope for short, plan for long."

Jenna Browder, CBN News.

- You know, folks, I wantto make one thing clear,

what Chauvin did and did so publicly

has resulted in millions andmillions of dollars of damage

all across the nation.

It has resulted in riots

and terrible unrest in city after city.

And it's all because of one bad cop.

And my personal feeling isthat there's no sentence

too strong for that man to receive,

that's just the way it is.

I just cannot believethat somebody like that

would go unpunished.

Now Maxine Waters has gotno business going up there

and telling people they ought to riot.

That's terrible.

We have to leave the thinginside the courtroom.

But at the same time,my personal feeling is

that there is no sentence too difficult

to give to Derek Chauvin for what he did.

And it was all done on camera.

We all looked at it. Everybody saw it.

He had his knee on theman's neck for time enough,

and the man was saying, "I can't breathe."

And it didn't matter.

And we were trying to say,

have they got somerelationship outside of this?

That there had to be some explanation

for why Chauvin wasdoing what he was doing

because he was clearly killing the man,

and he did it on television.

And you saw the pictures.

And it has caused untolddamage throughout our nation.

Well, in other news, a blow

to Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu.

He's lost a crucial vote in the Knesset.

Could it cost him his chanceto remain prime minister?

I, for one, can't make heads nor tails

of what's going on in Israel,

but it's a shame giventhe trouble there is

in the Middle East, thatIsrael is now weakened.

George Thomas has more.

- Pat, that is right.

It is a political messright there in the middle

of the Middle East.

Netanyahu's opponentsscored, as you mentioned,

a big win in the Knesset,presenting greater challenges

to forming a governing coalition

and potentially blocking himfrom becoming prime minister.

Chris Mitchell has thedetails from Jerusalem.

- [Chris] The anti-Netanyahucoalition won the vote

in the powerful KnessetArrangements Committee

that controls the parliament

until a new government is formed.

In two weeks, Netanyahu'smandate to form a coalition

expires, allowing the committeeto approve legislation,

blocking Netanyahu.

- The hope would be for the opposition

that they could potentially pass laws,

which would retroactivelyinvalidate Netanyahu

from forming a coalition,

either on the basis ofretroactive term limits,

which Netanyahu wouldhave already exceeded,

or on the basis of the criminal trials,

which are currently undergoing,

not allowing a prime ministerto a form of government

while under trial.

- [Chris] An Islamist partycalled Ra'am joined a coalition

of anti-Netanyahufactions to win the vote.

The leader of the anti-Netanyahu block,

Yair Lapid, promisedRa'am leader Mansour Abbas

a number of positions inexchange for the alliance.

Abbas, with his four seats in parliament,

has become a kingmaker,and Netanyahu was counting

on his backing to forma governing coalition.

- There's a lot of people inIsraeli society on both sides

that really don't wantto see an Islamist party,

even if it is making steps

towards reconcilingsome of its differences,

be the one that determines who'sgonna be the prime minister

and the makeup of the next government.

- [Chris] The vote leavesIsrael's political landscape

in a state of uncertainty.

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz warned

about political instability and said,

"If we don't unite among ourselves,

"we won't be strong against our enemies."

- Pat, to imagine anIslamist party holding sway

in Israeli politics, unbelievable.

- CBN Middle East Bureau ChiefChris Mitchell joins us now.

Chris, I can't make headsnor tail of what's going on.

Would you please clarify for me?

- Well, I'll try to do that, Pat.

There's two things going on.

Certainly first of all, wetalked about the deliberations

and the machinations right nowin the parliamentary system.

But right now, I think froma larger geopolitical view,

and you alluded to that earlier,

it's surrounded by its enemies.

And not from a political point of view,

but you could surmisethat the mullahs in Tehran

would be ecstatic if Netanyahu

won't be the leader of Israel.

He's been their number oneadversary for many years.

And I'm not sure, and Ithink many others are,

they're not sure another Israeli leader

with his stature on the worldscene or who could carry

this anti-Iran mantle.

What it's also doinggeopolitically right now, Pat,

it's kind of unnerving someof the new allies of Israel,

the United Arab Emirates,some of the Gulf States,

and Saudi Arabia.

And it also sort ofemboldens and enables those

who want to reenter the2015 Iran nuclear deal.

And all of this could be de-stabilizing

and dangerous to the region, if Iran,

if there's a new leader in Israel,

and they certainly would test that leader.

So that's all looking at itfrom a geopolitical perspective.

Here internally, the internal politics,

very, very complicated.

- Well, Netanyahu, I understand,

he's got two weeks to form a coalition.

What are these two weeks look like?

- Well, there's gonna be alot of smoke-filled rooms.

Well, maybe not smoke-filled rooms,

and now people aren't smoking,but a lot of backroom deals

are gonna be going on right now, Pat.

There's also negotiationsgoing on in public,

and I'll give you an example.

I was talking to a politicalanalyst earlier today.

Now a Likud leader, who's the head

of this Arrangements Committee, he said

that what's going to happen is Likud

is going into the opposition.

Now that's probably somethingthat he wouldn't say

if he's sending a signal to some

of the right-wing politicians,I'll give you an example.

Naftali Bennett andothers who really could go

into the oppositionunless they do something.

So right now, Pat, there'sgonna be a lot of pressure

on individuals in these right-wing

anti-Netanyahu parties to defect.

Netanyahu may need only one or two seats,

which could change the whole dynamic.

And that would avoid the government,

supported by a party called Ra'am,

that really doesn't believein the Jewish state.

So two weeks is a long time in politics,

and, especially here inIsrael, Israeli politics.

And so a lot of backroom deals,

a lot of negotiations goingon privately and publicly.

- Last question, do you thinkNetanyahu can pull it off?

- Well, this vote against himin the Arrangements Committee,

it really makes it less likely,

but still he's been inthis situation before.

And it's really gonnabe a matter, I think,

of these right-wing politicians,

whether or not they'relooking at their future,

do they want to be partof a left-wing government

or a part of a government

that's supported by this Arab party

that really is a non-Zionistanti-Israel party?

It remains to be seen whetheror not he can convince

one or two of them to comeon his side and get it done.

He's got 'til May 4th.We'll see what happens.

And a lot of people aregonna be praying to see

what's gonna be happening toIsrael in the next two weeks.

It's gonna be very, very important time,

especially given the geopolitics.

- One last comment, the Lord said,

"A house divided can't stand."

That country is split the wayit is. America is split apart.

It's just a hunting ground for our enemies

to come after us.

Is that the way you see it?

- Exactly, Pat.

And this is the house divided,

pretty much like the United States is,

almost right down the line.

I mean, we have 59 seats,61 seats, very much divided,

and it really doesn't help Israel,

especially surrounded by enemies as it is,

especially as Iran again isgetting closer and closer

to a nuclear device.

It really needs to be a house united,

not divided in such a time as this.

- Chris Mitchell, thankyou my friend. George.

- We're talking aboutthe Middle East in chaos,

we move to a part of the region also

that is in the spotlight,turning to the rising tensions

between Russia and Ukraine.

A leaked memo just out fromUkraine's Defense Ministry

shows Russia's militaryis encircling the country.

The latest move, Russia plansto hold military exercises

in the strategic BlackSea through October,

effectively cutting offcommercial shipping lanes.

Ukraine says that threatensto strangle its economy.

The U.S. State Departmentcondemned the action,

but the Pentagon canceled theplans to send two warships

to the Black Sea.

All of this happening as Russia

is building up military forceson its border with Ukraine.

And EU official estimates there are

as many as 150,000 Russiantroops right there on the border.

Ukraine officials believe it's likely

Russia wants to provoke a conflict,

justifying a militaryincursion into their country.

And, Pat, "Wall Street Journal"coming out this morning

with dramatic satelliteimages showing the buildup

right there on the Crimean Peninsula

as well as on theeastern Ukrainian border.

- It is amazing, Ukraine gaveup their intermediate nukes

in order to be protected by NATO.

And NATO isn't doing oneblessed thing to help them.

And Russia may well just gobble up Ukraine

saying it's part of greater Russia,

and it belonged to usunder the Soviet time,

and we're going to take it back.

And the U.S. isn'tprepared to do anything.

When we let them take Crimea, as they did,

then this is next.

And the Ukrainians...

Terry, you have worked inUkraine with those orphans,

what's going on in your opinion?

- Well, we have a lot of workin the war zone, actually,

because there are a lotof people trapped there.

So there are children whoneed to be able to come

into scenarios where they can study.

There are people whoneed food along that way.

People who need hope andthe message of the gospel.

- Are they trying to get out?

Are they afraid what happenswhen Russia comes in?

- Some have tried toget out, many have left,

but there are some whodon't have any place to go.

And so they're stuck there in a sense.

- Well, that's the war we've got.