The 700 Club· 5-1-96
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The 700 Club· 5-1-96 Newswatch: 1) Gas prices skyrocket as the President scrambles to drive them back down by selling off oil reserves. 2) A CBN report on how the Middle East peace process is moving along. A focus on the question of whether the Palestinians can be trusted. 3) A summit of unity between Christian and Jewish groups supporting the Jewish state of Israel. There was some talk of the distrust still felt for Arafat. 4) A rainy report from the last day at Washington for Jesus. 5) Hillary Clinton's fingerprints are on the famed Whitewater billing records. 6) A Southwest jetliner makes a dangerous emergency landing. 7) The baby born to a raped comatose woman leaves the hospital healthy. 8) New abortion laws signed into law in Wisconsin. 9) Freak storms rage in the midwest with snow and floods. 10) U.N. scientists say 1995 was the hottest year on record. Features: 1) The stunning story of police officer Gary Dockery and his family during their journey from his gunshot injury to his recent awakening from a coma. 2) Prayers. 3) Rerun story of a young man who tragically loses his three little girls to his estranged and unstable wife. 4) Another rerun, a story of a minister's daughter whose rocky path finally leads back to Jesus. The 700 Club 5-2-96 Newswatch: 1) Government reports show the country's economic health is surprisingly good. 2) A new immigration bill is working its way through the Senate. 3) Today marks the National Day of Prayer. Pat Robertson has an interview with Rep. Christopher Smith, Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus. 4) A CBN in-depth report on the rising tide of youth violence. The piece proceeds to a connection between youth's fear of violence and their problems with sex, drugs, and suicide. A poll is used in this piece in which it is stated that 60% of America's public school teens are in favor of prayer in the school. 5) More potentially damaging testimony for the Clintons in the Whitewater hearings. CBN also reports that Kenneth Starr has brought in two extra prosecutors to join his team. 6) The EEOC drops the investigation and suit against Hooters Restaurant. 7) A report shows important doses of Vitamin E are being cut out of diets because of the fat free craze, the study urges people to pay attention to keeping it in their diets. 229 8) Billy and Ruth Graham receive the Congressional Gold Medal today. Features: The special focus on prayer time continues today. 1) The story of a teenager's ordeal of staying alive afloat at sea for six hours, and walking seven hours more to find help. 2) Lisa Lundstrom, the daughter of traveling Christian performer Lowell Lundstrom joins Terry Meeuwsen to discuss her fight with prostitution and the evil life. 3) Fear, violence, and prayer on the streets ofNew Orleans. 4) Ben Kinchlow talks with Todd Nelson, a Regent University graduate. 5) Fear, violence, and prayer on Drake St. in Washington, D.C. This is the meanest street in the murder capital of the world. The 700 Club 5-3-96 Newswatch: 1) More strong reports on the nation's economy. 2) A disgruntled construction worker who worked on the Colorado Springs headquarters of Focus on the Family held four hostages and threatened to blow up the building on Thursday. The incident ended without violence, as the worker gave himself up and released his hostages. Dr. James Dobson joins Pat Robertson for a brieftelephone interview. 3) Federal agents from ATF raid a Missouri house that turns out to be the wrong residence. The informant gave false information. 4) An earthquake rocks both sides of the Pacific Rim Ring of Fire. 5) Justice Scalia says that socialism is incompatible with religious freedom. 6) A California girl is murdered in what appears to be a Satanic sacrifice. 7) A report on how adjusting one's diet can ease the effects of arthritis. 8) Billy and Ruth Graham receive the Congressional Gold Medal. This is only the 1OOth time the medal has been awarded. Features: 1) A rerun of a segment about the saving of an Australian man after a brush with death. 2) Prayer time and questions. 3) Pastor and Author Larry Lea joins Robertson to talk about his journey of faith and his missions as a pastor. During the beginning ofthe third half-hour ofthe program, Lea discusses his new book with Ben Kinchlow. 4) Faith and prayer guides a family through the miraculous recovery of their twelve year old daughter. 5) Norwegian Christian singer and speaker Solvei Annette Larsen chats with Ben Kinchlow, and then sings. The 700 Club 230 5-6-96 Newswatch: 1) A second wildfire is now raging through the Carson National Forest in New Mexico. 2) Republicans hope to ease the price of gasoline by repealing the recent gasoline tax. 3) The FBI reports that the national crime rate is down, but trends show teen violence is on the rise, and could explode over the next few years. 4) Debate about the GOP abortion plank for the 1996 convention is under fire from moderates who urge the easing of its language or the removal of the call for a Constitutional amendment. The Christian Coalition's Ralph Reed has said that the removal of the call for a Constitutional amendment would not compromise the Republican moral vision. 5) Clinton has approved measures encouraging adoption. 6) New evidence shows that Israel's bombing of a U.N. camp may not have been such an accident. 7) Former CIA director William Colby has finally been found, dead of drowning. 8) Flooding rages in the Midwest. A segment of the 1996 video series CBN Signs of the Times kicks off an extra week of spring fundraising. Robertson claims that the winter telethon left them $16 million short of the fundraising goals. The lead-in section ofthe video claims that there are signs all over the world that the "end" may be near, and that CBN covers the appearance of those signs exclusively. In order to stay in touch with this news, one should join The 700 Club. Periodic testimonial stories are aired to give urgency to the missions and vision of CBN and The 700 Club. The 700 Club 5-7-96 Newswatch: 1) Republicans seize the rising gas prices as the time to move to repeal the gas tax. 2) Wildfires rage in New Mexico. 3) Drought in Kansas. 4) A Phillips Academy Andover teacher is charged with child pornography crimes. 5) Prayer will be allowed in military base daycare facilities. 6) A new treatment is approved for enlarged prostate. 7) A discovery of new dangers that could be posed to women using an injected contraceptive. 8) New research shows the possibility for a strong plague to develop worldwide. Features: The last half hour is a complete rerun of several weeks ago. [This hour taping is from TBN, which will not broadcast the telethon segments airing this week on the CBN satellite band.] 231 The 700 Club 5-8-96 Newswatch: 1) Democrats are blocking the GOP attempt to cut the gas tax. Are Republicans finally back on the offensive? 2) Two tougher sexual assault laws pass Congress. Among these is a federal version of New Jersey's Megan's Law. This requires the state to notify people when sex offenders are released and move into a neighborhood. 3) An 11-year-old-boy is convicted of a San Diego shooting rampage. 4) A Russian man originally thought to have been smuggling nuclear material from the country did not have such material with him. 5) Whitewater prosecutors have a short list of who may have handled the infamous missing documents. The President and First Lady are on that list. 6) Republicans in House and Senate plan to introduce the Marriage Protection Act to counteract the expected decision on same-sex unions from Hawaii. 7) Food prices may rocket soon due to harsh weather during winter and spring growing seasons. 8) A Sign of the Times segment focuses on the growing persecution of Christians world wide. Several nations under scrutiny are Burma, Sudan, and Peru. The segment then turns to a focus on the persecution of Christians in the United States and how the liberal media is leading the charge. This is a great segment for the victimization of Christians . and a long rambling statement by Pat comparing the Holocaust in WWII and the current campaign by the liberal media to undermine Christian credibility. Robertson on the how the presence of CBN is saving Christians from suffering the same fate of the Jews killed in the Holocaust: "We covered that homosexual march in Washington. We showed some of the things they're doing. We showed sado-masochists whipping one another. We showed people wandering around in chains and in bondage. We showed lesbians simulating sex acts with one another going down the street. The media didn't show one bit of that in the other media. Not any of it, because that points to homosexuality in a bad light. We showed them the way they were. We didn't slant it, we showed what they were doing out there on the Mall. The other didn't do it. But if you get a group of Christians on the Mall, what'll they do? They'll get someone out there who seems to be grotesque in their minds, and they'll put them on the front page and they'll say, "that is your representative fundamentalist." We've seen it over and over and over again.