The World and Everything in It: March 28, 2024

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning this Maundy Thursday. The Supreme Court is considering a case involving abortion pills. But what do some doctors and patients have to say about them?

AUDIO: No one told me that it would be very dangerous, and I would have extreme side effects.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Also, French farmers try to plow through red tape from the European Union. And the story behind the hymn you may sing this Easter Sunday.

LOOSE: Stuart wrote in one of his books the thoughts of the first three verses were born line upon line amid the unforgettable experiences of the Carpathian Mountains.

And WORLD commentator Cal Thomas with a sober warning after the Moscow terror attack.

REICHARD: It’s Thursday, March 28th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

BROWN: And I’m Myrna Brown. Good morning!

REICHARD: Time for news. Here’s Kent Covington.

DISPATCH: C-13, Dispatch! The whole bridge just fell down! Start – start whoever! Everybody! The whole bridge just collapsed!

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Bridge collapse update » Calls to dispatchers released by the Maryland Transportation Authority Police capture the moment when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on Tuesday.

Investigators are scouring a cargo ship that is still surrounded by the twisted remains of the bridge. They’re also inspecting the ship’s maintenance logs.

Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath:

GILREATH: As far as the engine goes, we were not informed of any problems with the vessel. We were informed that they were going to conduct routine engine maintenance on it while it was in the port.

But that’s all they were told before the ship lost power and slammed into a bridge support.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jennifer Homendy, explained that the half-century-old structure was what’s known as a fracture critical bridge. That means if any single support is taken out …

HOMENDY: That would likely cause a portion of or the entire bridge to collapse. There is no redundancy. The preferred method for building bridges today is that there is redundancy built in.

The accident has cut off access to a critical trade Port of Baltimore, which may trigger supply chain problems nationwide.

The port could reopen in a matter of months. But reconstructing the bridge will take years.

U.S.-Israel latest » State Dept. spokesman Matthew Miller says the United States has not given up on trying to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

MILLER: We are going to continue to try to bridge those differences, because we think a cease-fire that secures the release of hostages would be in the interest of the United States, in the interest of Israel, and in the broader region.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Biden administration just dealt a severe blow to any hopes of a new cease-fire when it chose not to block a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

The resolution called on Hamas to release Israeli hostages, but  it did not make that a condition of the cease-fire.

Netanyahu said Wednesday …

NETANYAHU: The bad thing about the United States’ decision at the United Nations Security Council was that it encouraged Hamas to take a hard line.

He said the resolution led Hamas to believe that international pressure will force Israel to lay down arms without Hamas freeing Israeli captives.

After the resolution passed, Hamas almost immediately rejected the latest cease-fire proposal.

Sen. Graham on Raffah offensive » The prime minister is also pushing back on the White House’s objections to Israel’s planned ground operation in the city of Rafah.

NETANYAHU: Now we are told, you can’t do this. If you go into Rafah, you’re going to have a humanitarian catastrophe. You’re going to have, I don’t know —30,000 civilians dead. That’s not true. That is simply not true.

In a recent interview, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked if there would be consequences for Israel if it moves forward with the Rafah offensive.

HARRIS: Well we’re going to take it one step at a time, but we’ve been very clear in terms of our perspective on whether or not that should happen.

But Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham came to Israel’s defense on the issue.

GRAHAM: The four battalions that still reside in the Rafah region must be destroyed. That is non-negotiable.

Graham added that if those battalions and Hamas commanders in Rafah are allowed to survive everything Israel has achieved “will be lost over time.”

Texas law barred again » A federal appeals court has once again ordered Texas officials to stop enforcing a state immigration law for now as the legal battle plays out. It was the latest in a dizzying series of temporary orders over the law which would allow state authorities arrest and deport illegal migrants. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott:

ABBOTT: I declared our authority under article one, section ten of the United States Constitution. Texas has a right to defend ourselves, and we will use that authority to declare an invasion and fight back against that invasion.

But an appeals court panel sided with the Biden administration is halting the law for the time being.

The Appeals Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the law’s constitutionality next week.

Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax charges » Attorneys for Hunter Biden are asking a judge to toss out criminal tax charges against him. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin has more.

KRISTEN FLAVIN: President Biden’s son is accused of a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million dollars in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle.

He has pleaded not guilty to the nine felony and misdemeanor tax offenses.

His attorneys argue the prosecution is politically motivated and was tainted by leaks from IRS agents.

Prosecutors called those claims far-fetched during a hearing on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi appeared skeptical of arguments from Biden’s legal team.

He will likely rule on motions to dismiss by mid-April.

For WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

Joe Lieberman obit » Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has died. The Connecticut lawmaker served 24 years in the U.S. Senate.

He nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the 2000 election.

LIEBERMAN: Your choice is clear. Al Gore and I are the guys who are ready to do the job!

And the Democrat-turned-independent nearly became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later.

Lieberman died in New York City due to complications from a fall. He was 82 years old.

I’m Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Stories of harmful chemical abortions outside the Supreme Court. Plus, the hymn How Great Thou Art.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s Thursday the 28th of March, 2024. This is WORLD Radio and we thank you for listening. Good morning! I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. First up on The World and Everything in It: Chemical abortions.

Now a quick word to parents that this may not be a story suitable for young listeners. This is the time to skip ahead or just come back later. We’ll be talking about the drug mifepristone.

BROWN: Yes, the abortion drug. These days, women can get it in the mail without seeing a doctor in person.

It wasn’t always like that. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration used to require several in-person visits. One reason for that was to make sure the woman would have medical help should she experience any complications.

REICHARD: But the FDA watered down those requirements in the past few years. Then, in 2022, a group of pro-life doctors sued, arguing they were seeing more women in emergency departments with complications from chemical abortion.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case this week. I’ll bring analysis of those arguments in Monday’s Legal Docket, but suffice it to say the justices primarily focused on standing. That is, whether the doctors had enough connection to and harm from the FDA’s handling of mifepristone use.

BROWN: Today, we’ll explore another question that remains to be answered. It goes without saying abortion pills kill an unborn child; but for our purposes today, are abortion pills physically safe for the woman?

WORLD’s Leah Savas has the story.

 SOUND: [Robot]

LEAH SAVAS: On Tuesday morning, small black and white robots roll around among the demonstrators in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. They look like a cross between a Star Wars stormtrooper and the robot EVE from the Disney/Pixar movie Wall-E. Attached to the top of the robots are small boxes labeled “mifepristone” along with stickers that read “Abortion pills by mail, all 50 states.”

SOUND: [Robot]

A bigger one holds a yellow sign advertising the Aid Access website.

That’s the group behind the robots. The abortion pill organization says doctors in pro-abortion states are operating the robots remotely and can legally dispense pills to people outside of the court. Later, someone posts a video on social media showing a woman ingesting a pill in front of the courthouse.

WOMAN: I’m gonna do this to demonstrate how important it is for this pill to be accessible.

Here, she takes a swig from a water bottle and pops a white pill into her mouth.

WOMAN: Tastes like freedom!

Pro-lifers say the FDA has allowed this separation of women and the abortionists prescribing the drug, leaving women to undergo chemical abortions without medical supervision.

On top of that, the FDA in 2016 changed the reporting requirements for mifepristone. Now, providers only have to report deaths associated with the drug, not injuries.

NANCY WOZNIAK: What is reportable is so extreme, that it doesn't catch the number of women who are saved.

That’s Dr. Nancy Wozniak, one of several pro-life doctors who submitted declarations in the case. She says she once treated a woman who took the abortion pill while on a blood-thinner for another condition.

WOZNIAK: An Uber driver, who picked her up from Planned Parenthood, recognized she was too sick to be to be dropped off at home and dropped her back off at the hospital. That's where I encountered her.

Wozniak tried to report the complication, but she says the state rejected her report because the woman recovered.

Texas Dr. Ingrid Skop also submitted a declaration. She says she’s treated numerous cases of chemical abortion complications.

INGRID SKOP: There were a couple of women that did require hospitalization for intravenous antibiotics because of infection. And that was quite concerning because they met the criteria for sepsis. There was one woman who bled significantly and required a blood transfusion.

Even though abortion is illegal in Texas, Skop still encounters women who legally obtain the drugs out-of-state. She remembers treating one woman who traveled to California to get them.

SKOP: Drove back, bled for almost two months every day. And she eventually came to the emergency room. And it turned out that she had dead tissue in her uterus for that entire two months period of time and required surgery.

While abortion pills always put the life of the baby at risk, these kinds of complications for the mother aren’t true of every chemical abortion.

AUDIO: [Protestors hanting]

Outside the court Tuesday, demonstrator Jess Jacobs says she experienced no complications during her chemical abortion in 2011.

JESS JACOBS: I felt super safe. I was able to do it in the comfort of my home. I had friends around me.

But, also outside the court is Elizabeth Gillette. She says she’s among the women the drug has harmed. She had a chemical abortion in 2010.

ELIZABETH GILLETTE: No one told me that it would be very dangerous, and I would have extreme side effects such as cramping, nausea, vomiting, extreme bleeding for over a month. I ended up on the bathroom floor in a pool of my own blood, vomiting, shaking.

Julie Marie Blake, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, says this case before the Supreme Court is about women like Elizabeth.

JULIE MARIE BLAKE: We're happy that not every woman undergoes the need for emergency surgeries, the blood transfusions that so many of these women have had. But I don't think that there really is many other places in American life, where we would be okay with a drug having a 1 in 25 risk on its own label, that a woman will end up in an emergency room.

If the Supreme Court determines the pro-life doctors in the case don’t have standing to sue the FDA, a group of pro-life states are waiting in the wings to continue the legal battle.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Leah Savas. Additional reporting by Carolina Lumetta in Washington D.C.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: Farmers in Europe who challenge climate regulations.

For months now, agricultural workers across Europe have blocked major highways and streets in their nations’ capitals. They’re protesting rules aimed at fixing the climate that farmers claim are creating new problems.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: WORLD’s Europe Reporter Jenny Lind Schmitt brings us the story.

SOUND: [Protestors in Brussels]

JENNY LIND SCHMITT: On Tuesday morning, farmers drove their tractors to the center of Brussels during a meeting of the EU agricultural ministers. They dumped mounds of manure in front of the European parliament and turned hale bales into a huge effigy of a farmer holding a sign reading: “The EU is killing farmers.”

Across Europe, farmers have had enough of overregulation and falling prices.

RALPH SCHOELLHAMMER: All these different protests are motivated by very specific, mostly economic issues.

Ralph Schoellhammer is assistant professor of international relations at Webster University in Vienna.

SCHOELLHAMMER: But it was mostly driven by, in the Polish case, agricultural imports from Ukraine. In the German case, it was about subsidies for the use of diesel. In France, it was about pesticides. In the Netherlands, it was about nitrogen rules. Again, what’s tied all these protests together was the idea that government policies seemed to take aim at the agricultural sector, which I think broadly speaking is correct.

European farmers have long demanded minimum price guarantees and complained about onerous regulations. But those long standing complaints took on new urgency this year. Rising inflation made governments push for lower consumer food prices. That pressure came as new climate-related regulations were going into effect. For many farmers, that was the last straw.

SOUND: [PROTESTS]

In France, environmental regulations are stricter than those of the EU. Under the 2020 European Green Deal, its Ecophyto Plan aims to cut the use of certain pesticides in half by 2030.

JEAN-CLAUDE GRABER: Dans ma tête, ça veut pas dire que je suis contre, mais ça veut surtout dire c'est pas faisable dans la méthode que nous propose quoi?

Jean-Claude Graber farms in eastern France on land inherited from his father. He has 40 dairy cows and grows wheat, corn, flax, and rye.

He says he’s not opposed to pesticide reduction in principle, but without good alternatives, the rules put farmers and the food chain in peril. Because of the protests, the government recently announced plans to postpone France’s Ecophyto Plan.

GRABER: [Speaking French]

But what about the manure protests in Belgium? Protestors say they want to get public attention before the EU parliament elections in June. They want Europe’s leaders to reform the Common Agricultural Policy. The CAP, as it’s known, pays farmers subsidies as long as they abide by environmental policies from Brussels.

But over the years, the CAP’s regulations have become more and more onerous. Authorities dictate how much fertilizer farmers can use, when and how they can use it, and which pesticides are allowed and how much. Satellites monitor fields across Europe every three days to ensure rules about cover crops are enforced. Armed bureaucrats come out to enforce rules about ditches on farmland. Farmers say they spend one day a week just doing paperwork for the government.

Graber says his biggest problem is knowing which ever-changing rule applies on a particular day.

GRABER: Et les règles changent, ça change, ça change, ça change…

VOICEOVER 1: The rules change, they change, they change….

The Graber farm is a designated “vulnerable zone,” so there are special rules for when and how he can spread manure. Meanwhile his next-door neighbor, who is just outside of the “vulnerable zone,” has another set of regulations.

GRABER: Donc sur ces zones là, vous pouvez mettre des fumiers, mais que telle date à telle date de telle quantité machin. Vous pouvez tout faire, mais la quantité il faut la respecter et pas aller sur la neige, ok? Et puis l'autre qui sera ailleurs, l'autre qui sera ailleurs. Vous pouvez mettre les fumiers, mais seulement s'il est composté. Alors la colère des agriculteurs, c'est tout des petites choses comme ça, mais ça devient terrible.

VOICEOVER 2: So in these zones you can spread manure, but only between certain dates, only so much, etcetera. And the neighbor, he can go ahead but only an allowed amount and not on any snow. And another guy? He can spread manure, but only if it’s well-composted.

So the anger of the farmers–it’s all the little things like that that have become too much.

To make matters worse, the promised subsidies are often delayed–sometimes up to two years. That causes financial problems for farmers who are already cash-strapped because of falling prices.

But Schoellhammer says the farmer protests are a symptom of a bigger problem.

SCHOELLHAMMER: The underlying problem of all of this, is the remaining issue in Europe, which is that we have become a continent that is very hostile, I would argue, to production in general.

Schoellhammer says that in its rush to embrace a lofty climate agenda, the political class has forgotten what makes for a vibrant economy and the place that agriculture should have in it.

SCHOELLHAMMER: Where does Europe want to be in the future with its agriculture? Do we want it to be secure from geopolitical turmoil? Do we want it to be innovative or do we want to shrink it in the name of climate goals? And you cannot pursue all of these goals at once, so a decision has to be made. And now the chickens are coming home to roost, and I think the sooner we address this, the better it is.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Jenny Lind Schmitt at the Ferme du Petit Chalembert in Boron, France.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Myrna, we know dogs are smart. And new research proves it even further!

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Wait, what?

REICHARD: Animal scientists in Hungary hooked some of their pets up to a machine that monitors brain activity. Their question? Sound from Current Biology:

AUDIO: Do animals activate a mental representation when they hear the name of an object?

REICHARD: A mind picture, in other words. Well, the answer is yes!

When scientists said the name of one toy but held up a different toy, dog brain activity went up, just like in humans when we’re confused that what’s being said isn’t the same as what’s shown.

BROWN: Sounds like dogs know misinformation when they see it.

REICHARD: It’s a valuable skill!

It’s The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Thursday, March 28th. Thanks so much for turning to WORLD Radio to start your day. Good morning! I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: A Holy Week observance of a well-loved hymn!

This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the best known hymns of our time. It was originally a Russian hymn, based on a Swedish poem. Myrna, you dug into the musical history here and I can’t wait to hear it.

BROWN: Ok, here we go!

GEORGE BEVERLY SHAY: Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder…

George Beverly Shay was one of the first to make the hymn popular. He sang it live during Billy Graham’s crusades in the 1950’s.

ELVIS PRESLEY: I see the stars…

In 1968, Elvis Presley’s rendition earned him a Grammy Award.

ELVIS: I hear the rolling thunder…

Throughout the decades it’s been recorded hundreds of times.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD: Thou power throughout…

Carrie Underwood from the Ryman Auditorium…

UNDERWOOD: …the universe displayed

Gospel great, Mahalia Jackson…

MAHALIA JACKSON: Then sings my soul…

Country music’s Dolly Parton…

DOLLY PARTON: …my Savior God to Thee…

…and pop music’s Jennifer Hudson with the a capella group, Pentatonix.

JENNIFER HUDSON & PENTATONIX: How great thou art. How great thou art. How great thou art…

ASBURY REVIVAL: Then sings my soul…

But often the most stirring renditions of the hymn How Great Thou Art come from the church pew—simple, poetic and reverent.

PHIL LOOSE: You want to join in, too, because we could all sing it now together without having a piano or guitar or anything because we know it so well.

That’s Phil Loose. He spent much of his career in the music industry studying hymns like How Great Thou Art and hymn writers like Great Britain’s Stuart Hine, born in 1899.

LOOSE: I was actually able to see the decision card a young Stuart Hine signed. It looks to be sepia-toned now. He signed it on February the 22nd 1914, age 14. And it says, “Being convinced that I am a sinner and believing that Jesus died for me. I now accept the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior and my Lord.”

Hine married almost a decade later in 1923 and traveled to Poland to serve on the mission field. In 1934, he set off alone on a three-hundred mile mission to the Carpathian Mountains.

LOOSE: They are a range of mountains. They’re an arc across Central Europe. They are about 930 miles long. It can’t have been an easy journey for him.

Difficult, indeed since Hine preached and distributed Bibles from a bicycle.

LOOSE: It must have been an amazing adventure to go on, where new friendships are made. New food is eaten, new cultures and indeed new hymns.

Loose says while serving the people of the Carpathian Mountains, Hine was inspired to write the first three verses of the famous hymn. An interpretation from verse two:

LOOSE: “I look down from lofty mountain grandeur.” We know what that means, and maybe it’s a phrase we are not used to saying, but clearly he’s looking down across the Carpathian Mountains, the lofty mountain grandeur. Here’s the brook. He feels the gentle breeze. He sees all the Lord has created and he says, “You have made this all.”

Stuart Hine died in 1989. Four years prior to his passing, he set up the Stuart Hine Trust, a charitable organization that owns and administers his catalog. Phil Loose, is one of the ten trustees. He helps distribute royalties from the hymn to ministries that fulfill Hine’s calling and mission. This year marks the hymn's 75th anniversary. Loose says they have big plans.

LOOSE: We want to bring this hymn into a place where a new generation can rise up and worship and discover this hymn for themselves.

In 2022 the Stuart Hine Trust commissioned Contemporary Christian music artist Matt Redman. They asked Redman to lead a team of songwriters, musicians and other CCM artists to create and perform a brand new verse for the hymn.

MATT REDMAN: I felt a lot of trepidation over that. Because this is a very well-loved hymn and people have very strong feelings about things they love, you know.

But Redman says he also saw this as an opportunity to give back to the people whose land had inspired Hine decades earlier.

REDMAN: But what a lot of people don’t know is that he wrote in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, he wrote these words that we sing today. So it feels like a particularly poignant time to have a new version.

HOW GREAT THOU ART, UNTIL THAT DAY: Until that day when heaven bids us welcome and as we walk this broken warring world.

How Great Thou Art, Until That Day was released earlier this year. Proceeds from the sale of the song will help provide humanitarian relief and rebuilding efforts in Ukraine. It’s an effort most people will likely support. But will they be as receptive to the hymn’s new sound?

For instance, along with the added verse, there is a tempo change. And instead of hearing “rolling thunder” it’s “mighty thunder.” Similar to other renditions, verse two, the most descriptive of all the verses, is missing. But to its credit, How Great Thou Art, Until That Day helps bring the story of Stuart Hine, the Carpathian Mountains and the people of Ukraine full circle. Rooted in Biblical soundness, this new version continues to tell another story—the greatest story ever told—the story of God’s creation and our redemption through His Son.

UNTIL THAT DAY: And when I think that God His Son not sparing, sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in. That on the cross my burden gladly bearing. He bled and died to take away my sin…

LOOSE: Well that is the verse that takes us right to the core of faith and it’s only because of what Jesus did on the cross that we can say we’re forgiven. We are restored. We are renewed.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Myrna Brown.

UNTIL THAT DAY: Then sings my soul my Savior God to Thee…how great Thou art, how great Thou art.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Thursday March 28th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown. Up next: the new challenges of Islamic terrorism. WORLD commentator Cal Thomas says a recent terror attack in Russia highlights our need to solve the crisis on our southern border.

CAL THOMAS: Last Friday, a mass shooting at a concert hall in Moscow killed more than 130 people. With many others seriously or gravely wounded, the number of dead is likely to rise.

The Islamic State released a statement claiming responsibility for the incident. Eight suspects have been arrested. Early reports suggest the U.S. Embassy in Moscow had advance warning of the attack. The Daily Mail reported White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said: “Right now we don’t know to what extent this warning [from the U.S. Embassy in early March] and this attack are related. But we had some concerns about the possibility of a terrorist attack in and around Moscow earlier this month.”

The question that must be asked is this: Could it happen here? The answer must be an unequivocal yes. In fact, it has already happened here on Sept. 11, 2001. Does anyone seriously think America’s enemies would not be encouraged by the Moscow atrocity to conduct a repeat operation in America?

The Cato Institute has noted that since 2017, “U.S. Border Patrol has apprehended 342 border crossers who were on … the terror watchlist. Those numbers have shot up in recent years to 169 in [fiscal] 2023 and 49 to date this fiscal year.” Last month, The Daily Caller reported that Border Patrol apprehended an al‐​Shabaab terrorist and released him into the United States in March 2023 after a mismatch on the watchlist. Later, the government discovered that he was on the watchlist, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him within 48 hours.

FBI Director Christopher Wray has testified several times before congressional committees that a national security threat exists because of the 1.8 million “known gotaways.” As we saw on 9/11 and in the Moscow concert hall incident, it doesn’t take many terrorists to produce mayhem.

Looking back, 9/11 was predictable. Osama bin Laden and other members of al-Qaeda issued fatwas calling for attacks on the U.S. and American citizens, declaring war on the United States. The terrorists also trained in how to takeoff in airplanes, but not land. Today’s warning signs are just as obvious, and the Biden administration will have no excuse if another attack happens on U.S. soil.

In 2003, Tom Clancy published a timely novel titled The Teeth of the Tiger. The plot in part is about Islamic terrorists who make a deal with Colombian drug smugglers. Crossing the U.S. border, they head for four shopping malls in Middle America where they murder innocent civilians. Again, it doesn’t take much to wreak havoc, tank the economy and strike fear into the hearts of everyone.

It could happen again here unless this or a new administration moves quickly to find any terrorists who have already snuck in. Let’s hope they do so soon, before any terrorists activate a plot worthy of a Tom Clancy novel.

I’m Cal Thomas.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Tomorrow: The “Christ is King” controversy is trending on social media. We’ll talk about it on Culture Friday with John Stonestreet. And, a review of the new Netflix show, Testament: The Story of Moses. That and more tomorrow.

I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown.

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