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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: Ceasefire Deal With Iran | Stakelbeck Tonight | April 8, 2026
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck and in under 40 days,
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- The world's number one state sponsor of terrorism was brought
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- To its knees on tuesday evening, shortly
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- Before president trump's deadline expired.
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- Iran's regime agreed to a two week cease fire
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- With the united states.
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- So for the next two weeks, unless the deal collapses
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- And in may, the u.s.
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- And israel will refrain from attacking iran and vice versa,
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- As negotiators try to hammer out a long term agreement.
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- Now, before we break down the ins and outs of this deal,
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- How it happened and if it will last.
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- Let's quickly review what was accomplished.
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- Since the u.s.
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- And israel launch an historic joint operation
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- Against iran's regime on february 28th.
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- Folks, it's quite a list.
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- And this is only a partial rundown.
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- Iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei eliminated,
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- Along with dozens of top iranian
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- Officials and military commanders
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- From the islamic revolutionary guard corps, or irgc.
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- The list includes the irgc navy commander,
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- The minister of defense, the minister of intelligence,
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- The head of the basij militia in charge of internal crackdowns,
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- And many others.
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- Folks, the losses are so severe that it's unclear
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- Who exactly is calling the shots in iran right now.
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- In addition, iran's navy, air force and air
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- Defenses were all almost completely destroyed.
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- 90% of iran's weapons factories were struck,
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- And the regime no longer has the capacity to produce
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- Ballistic missiles or build nuclear weapons.
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- Now, iran does still possess a good deal of ballistic
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- Missiles and drones, which have continued to fire
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- At their arab neighbors these past 24 hours.
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- Even after the cease fire was announced.
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- Even so, a high number of their missile
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- Launchers and missile stockpiles have been destroyed over
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- The last five weeks by the united states and israel.
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- And as part of the cease fire,
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- Iran has agreed to open the strait of hormuz and allow
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- Ships to travel through that vital waterway freely.
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- Will they actually stick to that over the next two weeks?
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- That remains to be seen, but clearly the regime is a
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- Shell of what it was on february 28th, a nation of 93
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- Million people with a massive arsenal
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- Of ballistic
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- Missiles and powerful friends in the form of russia,
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- China and north korea, is now teetering on the brink.
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- Here's secretary of war pete hegseth.
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- Iran begged for this cease fire, and we all know it
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- As the president.
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- This morning, a big day for world peace.
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- Iran wants it to happen.
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- They've had enough.
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- Operation epic fury was a historic
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- And overwhelming victory on the battlefield.
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- A capital v military victory.
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- By any measure, epic fury decimated iran's military
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- And rendered it combat ineffective for years to come.
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- You see, in less than 40 days,
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- One of our combatant commands, central command, centcom,
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- Using less than 10% of america's total combat power,
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- Dismantled one of the world's largest militaries.
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- The world's leading state
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- Sponsor of terrorism proved utterly incapable
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- Of defending itself, its people,
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- Or its territory.
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- All true.
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- And at the end of the day, the ayatollahs blinked.
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- When president trump
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- Set the tuesday deadline
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- And threatened to utterly destroy them,
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- That is what he meant when he talked
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- About destroying a civilization, not the iranian people
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- Who the president has supported and encouraged every turn,
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- And not the great tradition and legacy of persia,
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- A civilization that you can read about in your bible.
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- Trump was specifically referring
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- To the fanatical islamic regime that has made
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- Iran a hell on earth for the past 47 years,
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- And has now been brought even closer to its demise.
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- Now, this was pretty obvious
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- To anyone who doesn't suffer from trump derangement syndrome,
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- And who has been watching how the president operates
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- Since he first took office almost ten years ago.
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- It's the art of the deal.
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- Trump uses leverage and maybe a few threats
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- To get the other side to back down,
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- To keep his opponents off balance
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- And to get the best possible deal for the united states.
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- And guess what? it works.
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- You may not always like the way he goes about it or what
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- He says, but he's a man of action
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- And he gets stuff done.
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- Peace through strength never fails.
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- But democrats and the mainstream media are still so blinded
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- By their hatred of trump that they refuse to see it.
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- They can't see the strategy at work or the art of the deal.
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- It's all trump derangement syndrome all the time.
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- Here's democrat senator chris murphy
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- Calling for trump's removal from office.
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- The president has promised to commit war crimes.
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- He's promised to eradicate an entire civilization.
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- We have never, ever seen that in the history of this country.
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- That's why i and many other people have been talking
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- For the last 24 hours about the 25th amendment.
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- It does seem that
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- Trump has lost touch with reality,
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- And we just can't accept a president
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- Who is literally promising
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- To destroy an entire civilization to murder
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- Hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings.
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- That alone should be grounds for the removal of this president.
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- Folks,
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- Again, anyone in america who's watched trump operate through
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- The years knew he wasn't going to wipe iran off the map,
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- But the iranian regime didn't know that.
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- That's why they agreed to a deal.
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- As for senator murphy,
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- He never invoked the 25th amendment
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- When a clearly impaired joe biden was in office,
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- And he never expressed outrage when the regime killed
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- Tens of thousands of iranians back in january.
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- Funny how that works.
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- Now, another big takeaway from the war
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- Is that our nato partners are completely unreliable
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- And that israel is our greatest
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- Ally in the world, and it's not even close.
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- Here's more from secretary hegseth.
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- And to our israeli allies.
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- Thank you for being a brave, capable and willing
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- Ally on this battlefield.
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- The rest of the world
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- And the rest of our so-called
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- Allies saw what real capabilities look like.
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- They should take some notes.
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- Our troops,
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- Our american warriors, deserve the credit for this day.
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- But god deserves all the glory.
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- Tens of thousands of sorties, refueling and strikes
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- Carried out under the protection of divine providence.
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- A massive effort with miraculous protection.
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- Dude, 44 bravo spoke for all of us.
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- God is good. amen.
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- And now we watch and see what iran does.
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- Will the regime agree to president trump's four key
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- Demands?
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- Give up its nuclear weapons program,
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- Hand over its enriched uranium.
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- Halt its ballistic
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- Missile program and stop funding terror groups like hezbollah.
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- By the way, israel and hezbollah are still fighting in lebanon.
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- So it looks like the ceasefire may not extend there.
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- Folks, we know that iran's regime cannot be trusted,
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- Which means there is a very good chance
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- That this ceasefire will not hold
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- And that military action will resume at some point.
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- But however you look at it,
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- Iran's regime is on borrowed time.
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- And we pray that
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- The iranian people will soon have their freedom.
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- We've got more on the situation
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- Abroad and right here at home after the break.
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- Don't move.
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- Don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, with the fight
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- For american values growing more serious by the day.
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- We need people in washington, d.c.
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- Who are willing to fight for faith, family and freedom
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- And america first agenda.
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- Joining us now is our good friend, pastor jackson lahmeyer,
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- Lead pastor of sheridan church and founder of pastors
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- For trump.
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- He's stepping into the political arena,
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- Launching a run for congress in oklahoma's first district.
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- Jackson. great to see my friend.
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- Hey, we'll talk about this congressional run in a second.
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- But first,
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- Quick first impressions of this cease fire deal with iran.
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- It seems to me that president trump had
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- All the leverage in the world, and he wasn't afraid to use it.
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- And the iranian regime blinked. how do you see it?
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- Well, i see it as he's just following the book
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- That he wrote many years ago called the art of the deal.
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- And, what he did, i think, was masterful.
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- And i saw, you know, a lot of people panicked
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- And were worried and, you know, what's going to happen.
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- And i think president trump knew all along, what he was doing,
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- Which is why i'm so glad that he's our commander in chief,
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- Because he is making america great again.
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- He's putting america first, but he's also making sure
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- That we are safe from enemies that hate us.
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- And they chant death to america.
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- And so thank god the ayatollah is gone.
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- And, erick, you've done a phenomenal job, covering this.
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- And it's really, been, you know, great to watch,
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- As a big fan of yours, jackson. thank you so much.
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- The feeling is mutual, my friend.
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- And at the end of the day,
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- The iranian regime will not have a nuclear weapon.
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- There's no in between there.
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- President trump was very clear,
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- And i think mission accomplished.
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- To that end.
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- Hey, speaking of which, you're on a new mission now,
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- You pastor, obviously a highly successful church in tulsa,
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- Oklahoma, sheridan church,
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- But now running for congress in oklahoma's first district.
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- What motivated you, jackson,
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- To throw your hat in the political ring?
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- I know
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- When any
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- Time you run for office, you're like
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- Signing your life away a little bit.
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- And so the reason i'm doing this, it's very simple.
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- You know, i want to take the
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- Christian conservative values that we have, bring them to d.c.
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- To help advance president trump's america first agenda,
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- Which is so important right now because i believe in erick.
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- I think you would testify to this.
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- We're on the great
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- American comeback under president trump's leadership.
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- But the president needs reinforcements
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- In dc, in congress and in the senate, people
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- That will help his agenda, not hinder his agenda.
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- And so that's why i'm wanting to do this.
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- I believe leading pastors for trump was a great experience.
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- And, you know, on issues, we got to keep our borders
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- Secure.
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- You know, we got to make sure that american families can live
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- In the united states of america, financially speaking,
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- Making sure that sharia law
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- Never takes root in the united states of america.
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- There are some pressing issues,
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- And we need some america first fighters.
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- And so beau in my name into, the arena.
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- And we're having good success right now.
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- Yeah, yeah, it seems that way.
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- And look,
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- You've been a leading advocate against sharia law
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- In your home state of oklahoma.
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- And jackson, you've also been sounding
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- The alarm about a story many people might not know about
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- China's communist regime buying up farmland in oklahoma.
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- Tell us more about that.
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- It blow your mind.
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- People are like, i don't know if that's true.
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- Well, it very much is.
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- All 77 counties in the state of oklahoma
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- Have land that is owned by the chinese communist party.
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- Now, i want you to think about that for a second.
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- Oklahoma farmland is being bought up
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- By the communist chinese party.
- 00:12:06.473 --> 00:12:08.241
- Now, we have many military bases in the state of oklahoma,
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- And a lot of this land is being bought up
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- Around those military bases.
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- And so one of the things that i want to do,
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- If i'm fortunate enough to be in congress, is to make sure
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- That not a single inch of american farmland
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- Is owned by the chinese communist party
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- Because american farmland belongs to americans,
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- But it's also a national security threat.
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- And so this is another reason why i'm running,
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- Because i see this
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- As a very vital interest, not just because of farmers
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- And ranchers, which is key, but also national security.
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- Yeah.
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- I mean, this is a profound national security threat.
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- Jackson, as you laid out,
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- China's communist regime snatching up american
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- Farmland, needless to say, nothing good can come from that.
- 00:12:53.920 --> 00:12:57.557
- But much good has come from the white house faith office.
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- I know you've been working very closely
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- With them as a faith adviser for president trump, and his team.
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- You talked a bit ago about
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- Revival in essence, in america, that great american turnaround.
- 00:13:08.768 --> 00:13:12.405
- Talk a bit more about the faith turnaround
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- Coming out of the oval office in jackson.
- 00:13:14.841 --> 00:13:16.610
- Look, may 17th, the nation will be rededicated to god.
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- Pretty amazing event coming up.
- 00:13:22.082 --> 00:13:23.483
- A lot of good things happening on that front.
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- Tell us more about it.
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- I don't
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- I don't know if a lot of people know
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- Just how much president trump and his team
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- Are bringing faith back, front and center to american life.
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- Yeah.
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- Well, you know, we've been advocating
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- If we really want to make america great again,
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- You first
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- Have to make america
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- Godly again, because that's what made
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- Us great in the first place.
- 00:13:42.836 --> 00:13:44.471
- And so for president trump to make the initiative of,
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- We are going to rededicate our country back to god.
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- Erick. that's incredible.
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- That's that's massive.
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- And so it's been a huge honor to serve on the national faith
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- Advisory board, working in the white house.
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- Faith office and seeing up close and personal
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- That president trump is a man of faith,
- 00:14:04.257 --> 00:14:07.494
- And he's inviting pastors to the white house constantly,
- 00:14:07.494 --> 00:14:11.197
- Constantly having us there.
- 00:14:11.197 --> 00:14:12.732
- And we're seeing the ripple effect in our country.
- 00:14:12.732 --> 00:14:15.902
- There's a revival in america right now.
- 00:14:15.902 --> 00:14:17.871
- Church attendance is up.
- 00:14:17.871 --> 00:14:19.306
- Bible sales are at record highs.
- 00:14:19.306 --> 00:14:21.074
- Young men are outpacing young women to church.
- 00:14:21.074 --> 00:14:23.877
- Christian music downloads on spotify have soared.
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- Something's happening in our country.
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- We're coming back to god.
- 00:14:29.783 --> 00:14:31.584
- And as america becomes godly again, i'm
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- Firmly convinced america will be great again.
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- To honor god. and he will honor you.
- 00:14:37.724 --> 00:14:39.893
- Hey, about a minute left.
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- You laid out some of your core issues
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- That you're going to be focusing on.
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- Anything else
- 00:14:44.364 --> 00:14:45.498
- For the people of oklahoma,
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- For the nation writ large, that you really want to focus on
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- In congress? about a minute left.
- 00:14:49.602 --> 00:14:51.404
- It's just america first policies, you know, to
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- Sum it up, it's america. we got to put america first.
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- And that's what i believe
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- A congressman or a senator or a president ought to do.
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- And so those who are in oklahoma, i could use your help,
- 00:15:01.915 --> 00:15:05.585
- Your support, those that are not in oklahoma.
- 00:15:05.585 --> 00:15:08.221
- You can pray for me.
- 00:15:08.221 --> 00:15:09.356
- You can partner with us at our, campaign website.
- 00:15:09.356 --> 00:15:13.059
- And so we're going to get after it.
- 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:14.494
- And, hopefully if we're privileged, to do this,
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- I'll do my very best to, to make everybody proud.
- 00:15:18.198 --> 00:15:21.334
- Jackson lahmeyer, great to have you with you.
- 00:15:21.334 --> 00:15:23.370
- Great to have you with us, my friend.
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- And we'll be watching the campaign very closely.
- 00:15:25.138 --> 00:15:27.140
- June 16th. is it. 16th?
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- It's coming up.
- 00:15:30.110 --> 00:15:31.311
- Coming up, coming up, my friend. with good luck.
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- God bless you, jackson.
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- We'll see you again soon.
- 00:15:34.114 --> 00:15:35.281
- And folks, up next we're joined by cbn's billy hallowell
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- To discuss his groundbreaking
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- New docu series, investigating the supernatural.
- 00:15:40.954 --> 00:15:44.924
- Angels and demons.
- 00:15:44.924 --> 00:15:46.693
- Fascinating stuff. that's next. stick around.
- 00:15:46.693 --> 00:15:51.999
- Fascinating stuff. that's next. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
- 00:15:55.607 --> 00:15:57.909
- Angels, demons, the supernatural.
- 00:15:57.909 --> 00:16:01.746
- Are these just ancient ideas or are
- 00:16:01.746 --> 00:16:04.582
- They still real forces at work today?
- 00:16:04.582 --> 00:16:07.952
- The bible is clear.
- 00:16:07.952 --> 00:16:09.187
- There is a spiritual battle unfolding all around us.
- 00:16:09.187 --> 00:16:13.458
- But in a modern world driven by science and reason, many people
- 00:16:13.458 --> 00:16:17.062
- Struggle to reconcile faith with what they cannot see.
- 00:16:17.062 --> 00:16:21.399
- Well, tonight we're going beyond theory
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- Into real accounts, real investigations,
- 00:16:23.168 --> 00:16:26.137
- And real evidence.
- 00:16:26.137 --> 00:16:28.373
- Take a look.
- 00:16:28.373 --> 00:16:32.277
- Is there a spiritual war going on around us?
- 00:16:32.277 --> 00:16:35.046
- Are angels and demons real?
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- Let's investigate.
- 00:16:37.282 --> 00:16:39.384
- I kept hearing. stop!
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- Don't go there.
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- It was in a matter of minutes.
- 00:16:43.221 --> 00:16:44.856
- A bomb went off.
- 00:16:44.856 --> 00:16:46.157
- All of a sudden, we hear this choral
- 00:16:46.157 --> 00:16:48.393
- Sounding voice come out of there on the back side.
- 00:16:48.393 --> 00:16:51.830
- And on the last beat of my heart,
- 00:16:51.830 --> 00:16:53.465
- My spirit left my body.
- 00:16:53.465 --> 00:16:54.933
- And on each side of leonard as a huge angel.
- 00:16:54.933 --> 00:16:57.769
- What i uncovered changes everything.
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- Folks, i love this brand new documentary.
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- Joining me now is billy hallowell,
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- Cbn news digital host, investigative reporter
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- And host of that documentary, which you just saw a clip from
- 00:17:17.155 --> 00:17:20.158
- Investigating the supernatural angels and demons.
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- Billy great to see you my friend.
- 00:17:23.495 --> 00:17:25.296
- Hey angels and demons can be a kind of a controversial topic
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- At times in the church.
- 00:17:29.534 --> 00:17:31.336
- What inspired you to investigate this
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- And put this documentary together?
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- Yeah, you know, this is something
- 00:17:36.374 --> 00:17:38.076
- That was the brainchild of jared anderson over at cbn
- 00:17:38.076 --> 00:17:41.346
- And christian broadcasting films.
- 00:17:41.346 --> 00:17:43.014
- And we really wanted to dive into the issues
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- That people care about.
- 00:17:46.251 --> 00:17:47.585
- These are issues that people both in the church
- 00:17:47.585 --> 00:17:49.621
- And outside of the church are talking about.
- 00:17:49.621 --> 00:17:51.523
- And so we came up with a feature film
- 00:17:51.523 --> 00:17:53.658
- Series, the first film was investigating the supernatural.
- 00:17:53.658 --> 00:17:56.194
- Miracles came out last year, and really, we narrowed it
- 00:17:56.194 --> 00:17:59.230
- Down to miracles, angels and demons and heaven and hell.
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- And so those are the three films that we are working on.
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- And this latest one, angels and demons, really
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- Is very eye opening.
- 00:18:08.006 --> 00:18:09.374
- I really walked away
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- With such a deeper understanding of my faith.
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- Truly.
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- Yeah.
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- Billy, tell us about some of the personal stories.
- 00:18:15.446 --> 00:18:16.414
- And in the clip we just saw,
- 00:18:16.414 --> 00:18:17.615
- We saw some of those gripping reenactments.
- 00:18:17.615 --> 00:18:19.951
- Some of the personal stories you share in
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- This documentary are just amazing.
- 00:18:21.386 --> 00:18:23.021
- Firsthand accounts of angelic and demonic activity.
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- Any in particular that jumped out to you?
- 00:18:26.457 --> 00:18:29.761
- There are so many, but one that really is just incredible.
- 00:18:29.761 --> 00:18:32.764
- Bruce van natta bruce van natta was a man who was a mechanic.
- 00:18:32.764 --> 00:18:36.801
- He was crushed under a semi-truck.
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- And in this horrific incident, he should be dead.
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- I mean, crushed, unbelievably, died under that truck.
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- And he had an experience that we would call a near-death
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- Experience where he talked about rising above his body,
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- And he saw angels over his body putting their hands
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- On his abdomen.
- 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:57.055
- And at the time, he didn't really understand
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- What was going on in the midst of this.
- 00:18:58.923 --> 00:19:00.658
- He ended up surviving and had a miraculous recovery.
- 00:19:00.658 --> 00:19:03.494
- I mean, you have to see this
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- Story to believe it because it's incredible.
- 00:19:04.495 --> 00:19:06.564
- But a lot of people might say, okay, so he had this experience.
- 00:19:06.564 --> 00:19:09.601
- He could be making it up.
- 00:19:09.601 --> 00:19:10.802
- He could be conjuring up the details.
- 00:19:10.802 --> 00:19:12.737
- Well, here's the wild thing.
- 00:19:12.737 --> 00:19:13.871
- He was able to describe the emts, what they looked like,
- 00:19:13.871 --> 00:19:17.075
- What they were wearing as they came in the back
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- Door of that room while he was under that truck, dead.
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- The only way that man would have known who they are.
- 00:19:22.847 --> 00:19:25.049
- And this just sort of goes
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- To the evidence that we present in this film
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- Is if he were 15ft in the air above his body,
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- That's the only way he could have known
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- Who those people were.
- 00:19:31.990 --> 00:19:33.057
- So we really uncovered a lot of stories like that.
- 00:19:33.057 --> 00:19:36.361
- And again, i'm i'm naturally a little skeptical,
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- Even though i'm a christian. i believe in these things.
- 00:19:40.298 --> 00:19:42.033
- When you tell me you've had an experience
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- With an angel or a demon, i want you to prove it to me.
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- And so
- 00:19:45.570 --> 00:19:46.638
- We really went into this film with that mindset
- 00:19:46.638 --> 00:19:48.473
- And walked away with some really mind blowing stories.
- 00:19:48.473 --> 00:19:50.975
- Yeah, there's incredible firsthand accounts of angels,
- 00:19:50.975 --> 00:19:53.645
- How they're operating, of divine encounters,
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- Of god intervening miracles, as you just laid out, billy.
- 00:19:55.913 --> 00:19:58.483
- But also look on the flip side, it is angels and demons.
- 00:19:58.483 --> 00:20:01.986
- You've got some really gripping accounts
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- Of demonic possession and oppression
- 00:20:04.522 --> 00:20:07.325
- That had to be an eye opener for you. i would think.
- 00:20:07.325 --> 00:20:09.260
- It was an eye opener, because here's the thing.
- 00:20:10.261 --> 00:20:11.963
- You know, we live in a world
- 00:20:11.963 --> 00:20:13.665
- In which we are told by the apostle paul, right?
- 00:20:13.665 --> 00:20:15.900
- In ephesians six, we are in a spiritual battle.
- 00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:17.935
- There's good and evil and it's pushing
- 00:20:17.935 --> 00:20:19.437
- And it's pulling and it's battling,
- 00:20:19.437 --> 00:20:21.272
- And that battle is pouring over, and we're watching it
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- Manifest in the events, not only in our own lives,
- 00:20:24.242 --> 00:20:27.145
- But in the news.
- 00:20:27.145 --> 00:20:28.079
- How many times do we see things in the news
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- That are so horrific? we say, that's evil?
- 00:20:29.947 --> 00:20:32.450
- Well, what does that mean? where does that evil come from?
- 00:20:32.450 --> 00:20:35.086
- How do we defeat that evil?
- 00:20:35.086 --> 00:20:36.354
- And the bible tells us how to do that.
- 00:20:36.354 --> 00:20:37.955
- But we have to understand it.
- 00:20:37.955 --> 00:20:39.190
- And so we were able to tell some stories
- 00:20:39.190 --> 00:20:40.892
- That and the intent was not to scare people or freak them out.
- 00:20:40.892 --> 00:20:44.028
- The intent was to help
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- People understand that these are very real
- 00:20:45.063 --> 00:20:47.098
- Things that are still happening in our world today,
- 00:20:47.098 --> 00:20:49.567
- That demons are active.
- 00:20:49.567 --> 00:20:51.536
- And, you know, one of the quick stories
- 00:20:51.536 --> 00:20:53.538
- I'll tell you is this woman, julia,
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- Who we tell a number of stories about her.
- 00:20:55.273 --> 00:20:57.608
- She was a satan worshiper, very literally worshiped satan.
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- And she was so oppressed and possessed
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- That she had special quote unquote abilities.
- 00:21:03.648 --> 00:21:06.451
- And these were things that were pretty shocking
- 00:21:06.451 --> 00:21:08.586
- And they seemed almost like it wasn't true.
- 00:21:08.586 --> 00:21:11.155
- So wild.
- 00:21:11.155 --> 00:21:12.056
- She could tell you what you were doing
- 00:21:12.056 --> 00:21:13.324
- If you were miles away from her.
- 00:21:13.324 --> 00:21:14.559
- That's called astral projecting.
- 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.527
- She was able to do all sorts of different things.
- 00:21:16.527 --> 00:21:19.697
- And so we tell some of the stories there.
- 00:21:19.697 --> 00:21:21.699
- But one of the people
- 00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:23.267
- We interview was doctor richard gallagher.
- 00:21:23.267 --> 00:21:25.303
- He is a well-respected psychiatrist in new york city,
- 00:21:25.303 --> 00:21:28.506
- And he has been really one of the primary people
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- Who the catholic church has called in to say,
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- Hey, is this person possessed
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- Or are they dealing with mental health?
- 00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:37.014
- He was brought in
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- To look at julia's story, and it was so shocking
- 00:21:38.049 --> 00:21:40.685
- That it turned him
- 00:21:40.685 --> 00:21:41.753
- From a skeptic into a believer very, very quickly.
- 00:21:41.753 --> 00:21:45.323
- And just some of the encounters
- 00:21:45.323 --> 00:21:46.524
- He had with her during his time.
- 00:21:46.524 --> 00:21:48.126
- Now, julia's
- 00:21:48.126 --> 00:21:49.327
- Story ended very tragically, and we cover that in the film.
- 00:21:49.327 --> 00:21:52.563
- Unfortunately, she did not find the freedom
- 00:21:52.563 --> 00:21:54.499
- She was she was looking for.
- 00:21:54.499 --> 00:21:55.666
- But we do talk with people who also do find that freedom.
- 00:21:55.666 --> 00:21:59.170
- Yeah, powerful stuff, billy.
- 00:21:59.170 --> 00:22:00.605
- And so timely and so needed right now.
- 00:22:00.605 --> 00:22:03.007
- Hey, we're in a spiritual battle, no doubt.
- 00:22:03.007 --> 00:22:04.809
- And god is still on the throne,
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- Which shines through throughout the film.
- 00:22:06.043 --> 00:22:08.112
- By the way, you talk to theologians.
- 00:22:08.112 --> 00:22:09.514
- Yes, but you also talk to astrophysicists.
- 00:22:09.514 --> 00:22:12.450
- Psychiatrist.
- 00:22:12.450 --> 00:22:13.451
- Very well-rounded panel of experts
- 00:22:13.451 --> 00:22:15.520
- Here for this great new documentary, folks
- 00:22:15.520 --> 00:22:17.388
- Investigating the supernatural, angels and demons.
- 00:22:17.388 --> 00:22:20.224
- You can check it out right now at cbn.com.
- 00:22:20.224 --> 00:22:23.227
- Billy. great work as always, my friend. keep it up.
- 00:22:23.227 --> 00:22:25.463
- We'll see you again soon for the next film.
- 00:22:25.463 --> 00:22:27.298
- God bless.
- 00:22:27.298 --> 00:22:28.332
- And coming up after the break, my final thoughts
- 00:22:28.332 --> 00:22:30.568
- On this spiritual battle that we are locked in right now.
- 00:22:30.568 --> 00:22:34.138
- That's next. stick around.
- 00:22:34.138 --> 00:22:39.999
- That's next. stick around.
- 00:22:39.999 --> 00:22:43.016
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks,
- 00:22:43.917 --> 00:22:45.585
- As we wrap up here.
- 00:22:45.585 --> 00:22:46.519
- What a great interview with billy hallowell
- 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.854
- About spiritual warfare.
- 00:22:47.854 --> 00:22:49.722
- And when you think about it, the military struggle against
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- Iran's regime is part of a larger spiritual battle.
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- It makes me think of ephesians chapter six, verse 11,
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- Put on the full armor of god so that you can take your stand
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- Against the devil's schemes.
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- Make no mistake about it,
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- The iranian regime is a demonic death cult.
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- We need to be
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- Armored up from head to toe as we take on that great evil.
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- And folks, tomorrow night great show.
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- Kirk lippold is here
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- With a great breakdown of the iran war
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- And much more aaron cohen as well.
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- Until then, god bless you.
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- We'll see you soon.
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