- Well, welcome to the 700 Club.

You know, I want to comment on one thing

before we start our other news.

The president has said that the Floyd case

indicated that we were nowa nation of systemic racism.

All right, I asked theirstaff if they would just

get me the numbers ofpeople who've been elected

in our country who are African American.

And I'm gonna start with, of course,

we had a president whowas an African American,

we've had a vice-president,an African American,

we've now have 57 AfricanAmerican representatives

in Congress, we have three senators

who are African Americans,

there are seven lieutenant governors,

and we have six attorneygenerals elected in our states,

we have three secretaries ofstate of the United States,

and more than one-third ofAmerica's top 100 cities

is governed by an African American.

How in the world could anybodysay this is systemic racism?

And if you look at big money,who's got the big money?

Well, Michael Jordanhas got the big money,

I mean, just for starters.

And then you look at thehighly paid athletes.

I mean, and then you look at Motown

and you look at the people who are

getting all kinds of money.

And to say that this is systemic racism is

just an absolute lie.

And I just think it's timewe call out those Pinocchios

because they make 'em all the time

and they don't get called on it.

But to say we're acountry of systemic racism

and then you go back tothe 16, 19 nonsense that

was put out by the "NewYork Times" that America

did not start, the UnitedStates did not start

until we imported thefirst African slaves?

That is just nonsense, it's not true.

And yet, as somebody said,we know it's not true

but it makes a good headline.

I mean, we're not a racist country.

We're a country of immigrants,

we're a country of opportunity.

And the Americas is the greatest nation

on the face of theearth, and yet there are

people who delight to destroy it.

Now I might add, I've beentelling you on this program

the Democrat agenda totake over our country,

the Democrat capital of the United States,

is that where Washington, DC is headed?

It is if the Democrats get their way.

Today, the House votes onwhat's called DC statehood.

So what can Republicans doto block this power grab?

And why does so much hingeon the Senate filibuster?

Jenna Browder explains.

- Making Washington, DCthe nation's 51st state is

a top legislative priority for Democrats.

HR-1 is expected to pass the House,

but getting it by the Senatecould prove much tougher.

- We're Americans.

If, if we fulfill all of theobligations of citizenship

we should be treated equally,

and that's what statehood does.

- [Jenna] This, coming fromone life-long DC resident

and Democrats agree,including the White House,

this week, throwing itsfull support behind HR-51.

In a statement from the Officeof Management and Budget,

Congress should provide for a swift

and orderly transition to statehood.

The same bill passed the House last year

but fell flat in theRepublican-controlled Senate.

Even with Democrats now incharge, the same thing will

likely happen because ofthe 60 vote filibuster.

- And so I think you'regonna hear a lot of talk

within the next severalweeks about whether or not

the Democratic members havethe votes to pass this bill,

and if they can get the 50votes, whether they will be

willing or able to abolishor alter the filibuster

in order to pass this legislation.

- [Jenna] Zack Smith with theHeritage Foundation testified

in last month's hearing.

He tells CBS News there'sa Constitutional reason

the nation's capital is not a state.

- Framers envisioned that theseat of the federal government

would be independent from any state

and there were reallytwo reasons behind that.

They wanted to ensure thatthe federal government

can have physical controlover the capital sufficiently

to secure the officials who work there,

the buildings that are thereto house government operations.

And they also wanted tomake sure that no one state

had an outsized influenceon the operations

of the federal government.

- [Jenna] Republicans seethe effort as a power grab.

House Minority leader, Kevin McCarthy.

- It's unconstitutionalis no different than

packing the Supreme Court.

The only reason the Democratsare doing it is trying

to get more electoralvotes and more Senators.

And why they're doing it when they are

because they know they'regonna lose the majority.

It was never created or should be a state.

If there's anything it should do,

it should go back to Maryland.

- Since DC consistentlysupports the Democratic nominee

for president, statehood wouldtilt the balance of power

in the Senate to Democrats.

So much hinges on the Senate filibuster

for this bill and others.

Right now, though, not enough Senators

support getting rid ofit, so 60 votes, it is.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.

- You have to go back tohistory and realize that

Hamilton and Jeffersonwere talking together

and the thought was the capitalshould be in Philadelphia.

And yet, the southern statessaid that's too far away for us

and the northern statessaid we don't want to go

down into Georgia orAlabama or North Carolina.

And so they, they have a compromise

between Alexander Hamiltonand Thomas Jefferson

on where to put it.

And it was called the District of Columbia

and Washington was going to be a city

as the capital of ournation in the District,

but it was never intended to be a state.

And this is a clear power grabby the Democrats to overturn

the history and the Constitutionof the United States.

Well, CBN Chief PoliticalAnalyst, David Brody is here

to talk about the Democrat agenda.

David, (clears throat)

DC statehood is just one part

of a massive power grab by Democrats.

They want to get rid ofthe Senate filibuster,

pack the Supreme Court,federalized elections.

What are the chances thatthey'll make this happen?

- Well, let's start with this, Pat.

It's all about the Senate filibuster.

You mentioned the Senate filibuster.

Look, if Democrats canchange the filibuster rule

the legislative filibusterrule, then everything else

we're talking about, DCstatehood, this federal elections,

HR-1 we've heard so muchabout, the Equality Act,

gun control, packing the Supreme Court,

all of it becomes realitybut they've gotta change the

legislative filibusterfirst, because that takes

the threshold down from60 votes to only 50 votes,

and that's what Democrats wanna do.

And let's be clear, Pat, that is exactly

what Democrats want to do.

The only thing stopping themare two people, really one,

Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia.

He's the one to watch,he's the only one to watch,

maybe Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona.

Those are the two that havehad issues with the filibuster.

But I can tell you from someof my sources on Capitol Hill

they are, indeed, beingpushed by Democrats.

There is a full-on campaignto get Manchin and Sinema

to change their view onthe legislative filibuster

saying now is the timeto get all of this done.

And the question iswhy is now is the time?

Well, there's a lot of reasons for it.

But let's be honest, KevinMcCarthy in that interview that

you saw with Jenna that was in her piece,

I did talk to Kevin McCarthy yesterday,

and he believes on ascale of one to 10 that

Republicans will takeback the House in 2022.

So Democrats know thatthey gotta get it done now

or they're gonna be in big trouble.

- Is there a chance?

You know, it looks like the people

are really disgusted with Washington.

Are this some vulnerable Senators so that

not only will the House switch,

but maybe the Senate might switch?

- Yeah, well for sure.

As a matter of fact, thepolitical prognosticators,

people that do this for a living,

not just the pollsters,forget the pollsters.

I think we're all donewith the pollsters, Pat.

But people that actually track these races

down on the ground say that the Senate

clearly is up for grabsjust like the House.

And so everything's up for grabs in 2022.

And I think Democrats, thereason you're seeing so much

of this liberal push byBiden and the progressives is

not just because of 2022,but you know, they remember

that they're going to goback to Merrick Garland.

Remember Merrick Garland wasn't brought

up as a Supreme Court nominee?

That Amy Coney Barrett was rushed,

according to the Democrats,

in in just a few weeksor three or four weeks?

So they're frustrated,they're angry at Republicans.

They're angry at Mitch McConnell

for holding up legislationwhen he controlled

when Republicans controlled the Senate

and they controlled the House.

And this is payback.

The problem with paybackis payback begats payback.

And we go down a very, very dangerous road

in America if it happens.

- Well David, the last question.

How does all the square

with the president's pledge to seek unity?

- Yeah, well, listen, I'mnot a "Washington Post"

fact checker, but if I was,I'd give it four Pinocchios.

I mean, are you kidding me?

What unity, exactly?

There's been no unity.

They did budget reconciliation

on the trillion dollar stimulus bill.

They're about to do budget reconciliation

on the Jobs Act coming up.

Kevin McCarthy, like Isaid, I spoke to him.

I wanna play a quick little sound bite

of Kevin McCarthy sayingthat he hasn't even talked

to Joe Biden, yet.

Have a look, Pat

- I've never spoken to President Biden

since he's become president.

So I could not judge, not one time.

Nor has he called me norhave I spoken to him.

Now I request meetingsto talk about the border

more than a month ago andthe crisis that he created.

But unfortunately, whenthe president talks

about bipartisanship, thatdoesn't what he means.

- Pat, on unity, it's all been words.

No action whatsoever from Biden.

- Thank you, David, appreciate it.

Well in other news, banning chokeholds

and no-knock warrants,these are just two items

in a bill on police reform.

Plus what action is the DOJ taking

with the Minneapolis police?

John Jessup has more on that story.

- Thanks Pat, policereform is gaining momentum

after the Derek Chauvin verdict

over the death of George Floyd.

Attorney General, MerrickGarland announced a federal probe

into the Minneapolis Police Department

seeking to learn if officersregularly breach civil rights

through excessive forceor discriminatory methods.

In the Senate, SouthCarolina's Tim Scott plans

to bring back his 2020 Police Reform bill

which bans chokeholdsand no-knock warrants,

as well as make it easierto pursue criminal charges

against police officers.

Scott says he believeshe can reach a compromise

with Democrats over issues thatscuttled the bill last year.

Well, turning overseas, RussianPresident, Vladimir Putin is

telling foreign powersMoscow won't tolerate

any interference in itssphere of influence.

In his annual State of theNation address, Putin warned

against crossing quote "red lines"

promising Russia willrespond harshly, quickly,

and asymmetrically to any provocation.

He also trumpeted thenation's increasing investment

in hypersonic weaponsand ballistic missiles.

This, as Russia menacesneighboring Ukraine,

moving an estimated 150,000troops to the border

and increasing navalactivity in the Black Sea.

Wednesday, the StateDepartment called on Moscow

to draw down its massive militaryforce encroaching Ukraine.

Well for millions ofpeople around the globe

freedom to openly practicetheir faith is a dream.

The US Commission onInternational Religious Freedom

monitors the world to shinethe light on the issue

and it's just released a complete picture

of places considered the worst offenders.

CBN's Jennifer Wishon has the details.

- Christians are beingpersecuted around the world

at a pace not seensince the first century.

This, as China terrorizesmillions of Muslims

while conducting businessas usual with the world.

- For a very small budget every year,

the United Statesgovernment drops this bomb

in the human rightscommunity that reverberates

on every corner of the globe.

- [Jennifer] A bomb shell annual report

on the state of religiousfreedom around the world

by the US Commission onInternational Religious Freedom,

a grim tale of staggering proportions.

50,000 Christians held inNorth Korean prison camps,

some 3,000 Yazidi girlsand women missing in Iraq,

130,000 Muslims ininternment camps in Burma,

as many as 3 million Uighur Muslims

in Chinese concentration camps.

- In our first report, weraised concern 22 years ago

about what the ChineseCommunist party was already

then doing to the Uighur community.

- [Jennifer] But the worlddidn't pay attention.

Now the Communist regimeworks to reprogram

an entire community while subjecting some

to barbaric procedureslike organ harvesting.

- They even promotingmarketing the Uighur organs

in the countries, Muslimmajority countries.

They find two particular religion,

Islam and Christianity, problematic

for the survival and existenceof the Communist party.

- [Jennifer] The reportidentifies countries

of particular concern,the worst offenders.

10 are already designated assuch by the State Department.

Commissioners recommendIndia, Russia, Syria,

and Vietnam also be added to the list.

US ally, Turkey, is listedas a tier-two offender.

- We're not letting them sleep one night

without us screamingat the top of our lungs

in a bipartisan way,Republican and Democrat,

to make sure they can dowhat they choose to do,

but they're not gonnado it in the shadows.

- [Jennifer] The commission points out

the pandemic added to the burden,

as many religious minoritieswere blamed for the outbreak.

- It's time for Christiansto do what the Apostle Paul

called them to do which isto pray for those who are

in prison as if they were there with them.

- Commissioners encouragethe Biden administration

to fill a number ofvacant positions dedicated

to putting pressure on countries

that persecute their people.

Jennifer Wishon, CBN News.

- Shining the light on anincredibly important issue.

Thanks, Jennifer.

Pat, back to you.

- We've been talkingabout this for some time

but it's gotten worse.

China, in my opinion,has turned 180 degrees.

I mean, they have completelyreversed what was there before.

I was pointing to China as thenext great Christian country

with more Christians than any other nation

on the face of the earth.

And now, with G it's been a repression,

churches are being torn down,

people were being forbiddento build churches.

They're being harassedwhen they are worshiping,

they're being prescribed forthe anti-government statements,

and they're being monitored night and day.

It is just a nightmare.

And North Korea hasalready been like a Gulag.

You know, the, well the,Pyongyang is one of the most

if not the most repressivein terms of what it does

to its minorities andsomething's gotta be done.

But who's gonna do it?

It's going to be the Lord.

I know we have not the power here,

in this country, to do it.

But somebody, you know,we've gotta ask the Lord.

But we have brothers andsisters who are Christians.

And then you've got the poor, your ZEDEs,

and then you've got others that

the Turks are going after,the Kurds and so forth.

I mean, there's always an attempt.

The Turks did to the Armenians, something,

it was just horrible, it was genocide

and they will not, well,they don't even want us

to mention the fact that it was genocide,

but it was genocide against theChristians in their country.

And you know, one of these days Erdogan's

who is now more and more dictatorial

and more and more a strong Muslim.

It used to be that Turkey was, you know.

Well, Atatürk was, hewhen he wanted freedom,

he wanted a secularcountry, but Erdogan says

no, we're an Islamic Stateand we're going to do

everything we can to emphasize that fact.

And that means they'regoing to be on the list.

If not already, they should be.