The World and Everything in It: September 27, 2024

PREROLL: Good morning! This is Collin Garbarino—arts and culture editor for WORLD. If you're looking for a family friendly kids movie to watch this weekend, I've got a couple robot themed suggestions coming up later in the program. Stick around.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Good morning!

Today on Culture Friday, Diddy’s debauchery, chaps for the church, and DIY death.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Katie McCoy is joining us today on Culture Friday. And that promised review by Collin Garbarino of movies about robots learning to care.

ROZ: I do not have the programming to be a mother.

POSSUM: No one does.

Later, your listener feedback.

BROWN: It’s Friday, September 27th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mryna Brown.

EICHER: And I’m Nick Eicher. Good morning!

BROWN: Up next, Kent Covington with today’s news.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Hurricane Helene » Helene is ripping through Georgia this morning after slamming Florida’s Big Bend region along the Gulf Coast with winds well above 100 miles per hour. It strengthened into a monstrous category-4 hurricane just before landfall last night.

SOUND: [Hurricane Helene]

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp:

KEMP: With the potential for tornadoes and other things, people just need to be very, very, very weather aware and be prepared at home.

After Hurricane Helene hit north Florida and South Georgia, the storm has carried tropical storm force winds well inland threatening North Georgia and surrounding states with powerful winds.

And Andrew Hagen with the National Hurricane Center said more dangerous than the wind is all the rain.

HAGEN:  Northern Georgia, um, or the, the, um, mountains of Southern Appalachians and Western North Carolina and South Carolina, those areas have already been getting heavy rain from an existing frontal boundary in the area. And it's just going to produce really, uh, catastrophic flooding.

And service crews are working overtime right now in areas where the strongest winds have subsided trying to get the power back on across large swaths of the Southeast.

Helene aftermath, cleanup » Meantime, residents in regions that took a direct hit from Hurricane Helene are surveying the damage this morning. FEMA administrator Dianne Criswell said Thursday…

CRISWELL:  Some of the resources that we have already deployed include eight search and rescue teams across Florida and Georgia, as well as resources from the Coast Guard, the Department of Defense.

Those officials will be hoping that they do not find people who ignored evacuation orders … amid the rubble of buildings leveled by the powerful hurricane.

As for cleanup and recovery, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says the federal government will provide whatever assistance the impacted states may need.

PIERRE:  This week, the President approved emergency disaster declaration requests from the Governors of Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSanitis issued an emergency declaration for nearly every county in the state.

U.S.-Ukraine » President Biden has announced the latest of weapons for Ukraine and the promise of billions more before he leaves office.

BIDEN:  Right now we have to strengthen Ukraine's position on the battlefield. And that's why today I'm proud to announce a new 2. 4 billion package of security assistance.

The new aid package will give Kyiv a massive boost in air defenses. It includes another Patriot missile defense battery and more munitions for the system.

But much of the aid is in long-range contracts for weapons that won’t be seen on the battlefield for some time.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude at the White House Thursday.

ZELENKSYY:  We must protect our people, Ukrainian families, Ukrainian children, and everyone from Putin civil and we are grateful to America for supporting Ukraine all along.

Zelenskyy met with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other top officials.

Former President Donald Trump says he will meet with Zelenskyy today.

SOUND: [Israeli trucks]

Israel-Hezbollah » Israeli trucks were seen moving armored vehicles toward Israel's northern border with Lebanon where the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah is based. The move comes amid talk of a possible ground invasion of southern Lebanon to eliminate Hezbollah.

SOUND: [Iron Dome knocks out projectiles]

Thursday brought renewed rocket fire with Israel's Iron Dome defense system intercepting several rockets fired from Lebanon.

The U.S., France, and other nations are calling for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to calm the tension before it broadens into all-out war.

But Israeli government spokesman David Mencer countered…

MENCER: By hitting them in the way that really hurts, it's actually Israel, which is making the possibility for a political, diplomatic resolution much more realistic.

And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will continue to strike Hezbollah with full force and won't stop until Israeli residents evacuated from the border with Lebanon are able to return to their homes.

Trump PA assassination attempt hearing » On Capitol Hill …

KELLY: Good morning everyone. I now call the first hearing of the task force on the attempted assassination of Donald J Trump to order.

Members of that bipartisan House panel heard testimony from several witnesses about the July shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania including local law enforcement officials.

Edward Lenz is commander for the Butler County Emergency Services Unit which was in charge of the local tactical units at the Trump rally.

LENZ:  We were certainly prepared for the missions that they had given us. There were additional things, obviously, that, uh, probably needed covered, but they never asked us to do that.

Republicans and Democrats on the panel were clear that fault lies with the Secret Service and not with local authorities.

Congresswoman Laurel Lee remarked after the hearing …

LEE:  Today really made clear that local law enforcement did not have the support, the plan, and the communication that they needed from Secret Service in order to do their jobs effectively.

A bullet pierced the ear of former President Trump and one member of the audience was killed at the July 13th event before a Secret Service sniper shot and killed the gunman.

Eric Adams » New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he is innocent of criminal charges just brought by federal prosecutors.

ADAMS:  And I ask New Yorkers to wait to hear our defense before making any judgments.

Adams says he’s being unfairly targeted and will not resign.

Federal authorities accuse the Democratic mayor of taking illegal campaign contributions and bribes from foreign nationals in exchange for favors, including from the government of Turkey.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams:

WILLIAMS:  These contributions were attempts by a Turkish government official and Turkish businessmen to buy influence with him. 

The five-count indictment outlines a trail of alleged corruption that prosecutors say dates back to his days as a police captain and an elected official in Brooklyn.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Culture Friday with Katie McCoy. Plus, your listener feedback.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s Friday the 27th of September, 2024.

Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Myrna Brown.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

It’s time for Culture Friday, and joining us now is author and speaker Katie McCoy.

Good morning!

KATIE MCCOY: Good morning to you both!

EICHER: This is a subject I bring up reluctantly. It has to do with the artist Sean Combs, known as “Diddy.” It was about a week and a half ago that he was arrested. He faces charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Reading from a report here, the allegations are that he “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill [his] desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”

If it’s all true, he looks to be the Hollywood equivalent of Jeffrey Epstein. In that Epstein moved among the financial and political glitterati where Combs moved among the entertainment elite—we’re talking Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew Broderick, Ashton Kutcher, Chevy Chase.

But I guess what struck me most about this story was the piece in the UK Daily Mail and the headline “Inside Diddy’s debauchery.”

Given where we are culturally, debauchery seems like a quaint term, and Diddy’s somehow become so toxic, all these Hollywood A-listers are running for the hills, aren’t they?

MCCOY: Oh, they sure are. People deleting tweets and trying to distance themselves from him, despite photographic evidence, and that photographic evidence goes back decades. You know, I was really glad to see this article use that word debauched, not only because it's an accurate description of these alleged actions, but also it shows a degree of moral awareness of the right and wrong of this “anything goes” sexual culture that people still have, that there is something very wrong with the things that were happening at these parties. And every everybody, from J Lo to Regis Philbin went to these parties, and it was out of some belief that this was the good life, this was the life that they all wanted. In fact, there's a rather disturbing quote in that article where Diddy apparently tells someone you can make people do anything you want, because this is the life that they want. 

And when I look at this whole story from a very Biblically shaped worldview that we're all trained to have. I cannot help but think of Psalm 37 Psalm 37 tells us not to envy the wicked those who seem like they are prospering in everything that they do and they this psalm is giving us a warning of saying, “I know how the world looks, but what you need to know is that this wealthy, successful person that seems to have an enviable life, it's all going to come crashing down on them. So don't fret, because the workers of iniquity prosper in their way.” And then that familiar verse to us, trust in the Lord. Delight yourself in the Lord. He'll give you the desires of your heart. And then, not only that, Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him. And then verse 16, a little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked does that not sum up how we can look at this whole story and how all of this is like a house of cards coming tumbling down, the most a list elite Hollywood celebrities that seem to have everything that We would want, and now they’re running in fear.

BROWN: Katie, all that puts me in mind of Mark chapter eight and verse 36. What ran through my mind was “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

Well, more and more men may be taking that to heart. And we’ve done some reporting this week on men and the church. There’ve been some trend pieces about more men in church pews on Sunday mornings and more men turning to conservative religious practices.

That sounds encouraging, but is it to the detriment of women?

MCCOY: Uh huh, yeah, this was a wonderful story to read, probably one of the most hopeful things that I've read, for a few reasons. So if you're not familiar with Dr Scott Galloway, you will want to be. He has done extensive research on this topic, talking about the decline of young men and boys in American culture, and how young men have just been kind of left behind as a society. And because of that, they're at risk with identifying with very extreme or unhealthy visions of masculinity. Think about like Andrew Tate and the appeal that he had to young men, and then they're also very vulnerable to some fringe sociopolitical groups. So the fact that young men, many of whom in our society would consider themselves disaffected, aimless, are finding a sense of group and individual identity in the church is enormous, and it is a huge reason for hope among Gen-Z.

You know, ironically, all of these trends the last 60 years that we are still living in the effects of, the sexual revolution, it's produced a society of men that women aren't looking for. And so without detracting from the gains of women in education and the workplace, young women are still finding themselves as victims of the sexual revolution some six decades later. And that same sexual revolution is what we can trace back to a lot of these challenges that young men are having, writ large in our society today.

I don't think that this trend is necessarily cause for alarm that young women will consequently not be drawn to the church. Now we are seeing alarming statistics about that, but I don't think we need to think about this as a zero sum game. Instead, I'm going to give a very optimistic prediction. In fact, honestly, Nick and Myrna, this is going to be a bold prediction, something that years from now, you can point to and say, okay, McCoy got it really wrong, or this was a good one. Here it is: I think that as more young men are drawn to the church and then more specifically following the way of Jesus, we are going to see a generation of young men become the types of men that young women are looking for as partners. Men who value self sacrifice, and responsibility, and contribution, and family life. And yet again, this is one of the many ways that the way God designed us to flourish as individuals leads us to flourish as society as a whole.

EICHER: Alright, police in Switzerland have made some arrests. They’ve taken into custody “several persons” in connection with a woman’s apparently successful use of the so-called suicide pod. This is according to a report by the BBC. The pod “works,” meaning it kills its target, by flooding a death chamber with nitrogen and effectively suffocating the person inside. The pod can be 3D printed and assembled at home, but evidently she had help and that may be the reason for the persons of interest swept up by police. Because while assisted suicide is legal and regulated in Switzerland, this suicide pod is not approved and may be illegal.

So Katie, clearly another advance for the culture of death. But do you think Switzerland has the moral authority to prosecute this? What’s the best outcome here?

MCCOY: The best possible outcome would be for the Swiss government to recognize the moral incongruity of the scenario that they are in and to reverse their stance on assisted suicide, or euthanasia, as it's often called, because they can sanitize the language. They can present it in a way that seems so loving and caring for an individual, but when they are confronted with someone who is doing this essentially, not under their direction, not under their supervision, all of a sudden they want to put a stop to that. It's a little bit like they're telling on themselves. And I think implicit though, in the regulation of assisted suicide is a question that I wish I could put to the Swiss government and say, Well, why does it need to be regulated. Are you saying that it could be misused? If it could be misused, are you saying there's something about it that is morally wrong? And so these are questions that I think they are now having to face as a society, is if assisted suicide is wrong in one context, why is it not wrong in all contexts? Why is it okay just because a government rubber stamps it and dispenses it to its citizens? So I hope that the people of Switzerland will start having those conversations and asking those questions.

EICHER: Okay, sure, but isn’t it true that governments do that all the time? They allow gambling but restrict it to riverboats, smoking and drinking but not for minors, marijuana but highly regulated (and taxed, of course). In other words, wrong in the eyes of the law in some circumstances, just not all of them?

MCCOY: Sure. But see, the question behind that question is, what is the purpose of every law, every law that we live under, from the laws about free speech to the laws for the stop sign outside your neighborhood, implicit in all of it is that there is a moral claim. And if you don't believe me, let's just break it down this way: when you stop at a stop sign, why? Well, you stop at a stop sign so that we can have an orderly flow of traffic. Why? Well, because we don't want anybody to get into an accident. Why? Well, because property damage and damage to people physically is is something we want to avoid. Why? Well, because people are valuable. Oh, well, now we've hit a moral claim. People are valuable. People are worth protecting through traffic laws and laws about assisted suicide and laws about free speech and conscience. Every law that we live under is expressing some type of moral claim. The problem is implicit in that moral claim is the belief that there is an objective moral and immoral stance, an objective right and wrong, and for that, we at least can look at it through the lens of the common good, of natural law that God has shown us in creation and in our conscience. But then we who are Christians, who are advancing the kingdom of God, want to see what is good for humanity, for human dignity and for human flourishing, be what we live under as laws. The kingdoms of men will never look like the kingdoms of God, but as long as the kingdom of God is within us, we can advance that kingdom of God for the common good.

BROWN: Great stuff! 

MCCOY: Hah!

BROWN: Author and speaker Katie McCoy. Thanks, Katie. We’ll see you again soon!

KATIE MCCOY: Thank you, both.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Friday, September 27th.

Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Myrna Brown.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: another kids’ movie arrives in theaters.

Last weekend, the animated action adventure Transformers One underperformed expectations in its debut. And this weekend a new animated kids’ film arrives in theaters hoping to do better.

Here’s WORLD arts and culture editor Collin Garbarino on The Wild Robot from Dreamworks Animation.

ROZ: Helloooo, bonjour, guten tag, hujambo, hola… Congratulations on your purchase of a Universal Dynamics robot. I am a ROZZUM 7134. A ROZZUM always completes its task. Just ask.

COLLIN GARBARINO: In The Wild Robot, a sentient robot that’s intended to help humans with household chores ends up shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Except the island’s not totally uninhabited. There are plenty of wild animals around struggling to survive. Without any humans to help, the robot sets out to learn what she can about the island’s fauna.

Despite Roz’s friendly demeanor, the island’s animals won’t have anything to do with her, labeling her a monster.

RICO: You do not belong here. This is a wilderness.

She eventually finds a task that needs completing when she rescues an orphaned gosling. The gosling imprints on Roz, and Roz imprints on the gosling. And just like that Roz becomes a mother. She determines that she will teach the gosling how to fly before its time for him to migrate for the winter.

The Wild Robot is an adaptation of Peter Brown’s 2016 children’s book of the same name, which seems to be a favorite among the kids at my daughter’s middle school. The film doesn’t precisely follow the book, but it manages to cover the same story in broad strokes.

ROZ: On a scale of one to ten where ten is most satisfied and one is least, how would you rate my performance.

Whether kids have read the book or not, I think they’ll enjoy the film. Parents probably will too.

ROZ: I will register that as a ten.

The story is cute, funny, and fast paced, but the best thing is the animation. For the last few years, DreamWorks has been churning out animated films using inventive techniques that make the Pixar-style feel stale. The Wild Robot takes a painterly, almost impressionistic, approach to its visuals that brings to life the beauty and danger of this island wilderness.

The film is rated PG for some action and peril, and while it’s not too scary it doesn’t shy away from depicting nature red in tooth and claw. Some woodland creatures will get eaten.

ROZ: Aggression detected. My communication package includes strategies for conflict resolution.

Roz must learn to override her programming to become a wild robot, and at the same time she teaches the animals to override their natures so they can cooperate.

The action and comedy will keep kids entertained, but filmmaker Chris Sanders, who’s also responsible for Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, shifts the subtext to play on parents’ heartstrings. The book teaches kids lessons about embracing those not like us. And while the movie does too, at points it also becomes a touching metaphor for the trials of parenthood. As the kids get older, the job doesn’t necessarily get any easier.

POSSUM: As far as he’s concerned, you’re his mother now.

ROZ: I do not have the programming to be a mother.

POSSUM: No one does. We just make it up.

When watching The Wild Robot, it’s hard not to be reminded of another movie featuring a robot who befriends a child.

You might consider revisiting Warner Bros.’ The Iron Giant which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It’s a modern animated classic.

The Iron Giant was also based on a children’s book, and it takes place in 1957 during the Cold War. It’s about an active boy named Hogarth who tends to wear out his widowed mother with good-natured antics.

HOGARTH: Hey, Mom! You won’t believe our good luck. Guess what I found?

MOM: Hogarth, we’ve been through this before. No pets.

After a huge alien robot crashlands in the woods outside his hometown, Hogarth befriends the metallic giant. His challenge is convincing everyone else that his new friend isn’t a monster.

HOGARTH: You can’t go stomping around, and you can’t come with me. My mom will wig out.

IRON GIANT: [rumbles]

HOGARTH: That’s right.

Brad Bird, who would later go on to create Pixar’s Incredibles and Ratatouille, made his directorial debut with this film. Even in 1999, it felt like something of a throwback. Computers were revolutionizing the animation process, but this film features traditional hand-drawn animation. The Iron Giant is a laid back movie, with a less frenetic pace than most contemporary kids’ films. It doesn’t try to do too much in its spare 86-minute runtime. I think the slower pace and uncluttered plot serve to heighten the poignancy of the film’s climax. Nowadays, films can completely exhaust the audience before they get around to delivering the emotional punch.

Annie And Dead - The Iron Giant Soundtrack

Both of these films feature outcast saviors who must swoop in to save the day. And both promote the value of peaceful coexistence. I think I prefer the somewhat subtler messaging in The Iron Giant, but I love the visuals of The Wild Robot. If you try one or the other this weekend, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

I’m Collin Garbarino.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Friday, September 27th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Myrna Brown.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. I don’t want to let the day get by without reminding you of an opportunity for families with school-age kids … because time is running out. Between now and the end of the month … you can take advantage of a back-to-school offer from WORLD Watch! That’s our daily current-events video news show hosted by Brian Basham and his team of young reporters. Each day’s WORLD Watch includes news headlines and intelligent, educational features from a Christian worldview—all that content especially geared to students. If you sign up during the next few days you can get three months of WORLD Watch on the house. For free. But the offer expires September 30th! Don’t risk it. Do it today. worldwatch.news/radio.

Time now for Listener Feedback.

BROWN: We begin with a couple corrections from our September 16th History Book. In the story about China’s Mao Zedong and his rise to power, we repeatedly referred to him as “Zedong” … when we should’ve used “Mao.” The surname goes first in Chinese.

EICHER: We had another misspeak a few moments later … in describing the space probe Voyager and its distance from earth … we got it a thousand-times wrong. The fact is Voyager is 15 billion miles away. We misspoke and said 15 million. To simplify the numbers … it’s the difference between 15-thousand and 15 … big difference.

BROWN: Next a listener from Colorado. What prompted her call was our description of the head-to-head matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. We, like most media outlets, referred to that encounter as a debate. But …

KAREN GIBSON: I disagree with the word debate for what Trump and Harris did on television. A debate has rules that must be followed. For example, clearly state your position, use facts to back it up. Wait your turn and an unbiased group of judges. None of that happened on Tuesday night. I think it should just be called an airing of opinions. Thank you for all you do at WORLD.

EICHER: Excellent point. We are a long way from the Lincoln-Douglas debates!

Now to the segment that got the most feedback this month. Our conversation with former colleague Megan Basham on her book: “Shepherds for Sale.”

Don Luckert of Louisville, Colorado [lewis] thanked us for the timely interview. Suggesting that the strong, negative reactions to her book might be an indication that she’s hit a raw nerve.

But Greg Smith from South Carolina was disappointed, feeling like we gave Megan a home field advantage and our questions were not hard enough.

So if you were one of the many who wrote in, and there were a lot, thank you. We read them all.

BROWN: Now to some fan mail. Nick, we got this voicemail after one of your recent interviews:

LESTER TWILLEY: Hi, this is Lester Twilley calling to thank you for the interview with Victor Davis Hanson on September 19th. It helps us to take a step back and view this world's lawlessness from one of two perspectives, hope or hopelessness. My prayer is that we will look to the future with hope for truly, there is nothing new under the sun.

EICHER: Well, thanks. Victor Davis Hanson is a hero to me. It was an honor to talk with him. And, Myrna, I listened to all of the voicemail and you pressed pause here. There’s more …

TWILLEY: And before I close, thank you for the inspiring stories of lending libraries.

EICHER: And he spoke for a lot of people.  Great work on that Lending Libraries series.

BROWN: Thanks! I loved spending time with so many people across the country who not only love their books…but want to share them with as many people as they can.

EICHER: Myrna, we also got this email after your story last week on the 30th anniversary of Darlene Zschech’s song: “Shout to the Lord.” One listener said

Myrna, you had me crying at a stop light again! Your story was so moving. That song always gets me. I believe it’s straight from God. Thank you for the stories that inspire me to worship my Creator.

BROWN: Ah, how nice!

Next, a reaction to the story from Wednesday on men in the church, we highlighted an Eastern Orthodox monastery in Finland that caught the attention of Amity Garwood:

AMITY GARWOOD: My family is Orthodox…and a couple of interesting things to note about Orthodox monasteries is there's two really neat purposes for them. One is they are praying for the world. So … we will ask them to pray when a situation comes up and they are really, really faithful to include all of those people in situations in their prayers…Another really wonderful thing about Orthodox monasteries is they are places where they invite you to come…They're very hospitable. They'll listen to you, they have services, you can walk the grounds and it's just really a beautiful way to kind of have a spiritual retreat. Thanks. Bye.

EICHER: One last thing before we go today. For the last five years or so, we’ve started every program with a short introduction from our listeners. We call them “pre-rolls.” They go something like this:

PREROLL MONTAGE: The World and Everything in It is made possible by listeners like us. I'm Becca Bainbridge and I’m Michelle Bainbridge. Becca and I listen to World every morning when we milk our family cow.
My name is Kathy Oberg and I'm Terry Oberg. We enjoy listening to World on our front porch overlooking the Crow Wing River in Huntersville, Minnesota.
Hi, my name is Brett Tabor. I live in rural Tennessee with my husband where I homeschool and homestead with my three young kiddos.
My name is Rebecca Relman and I live in Loveland, Ohio. In this podcast. I finally found a new source. I enjoy listening to each day. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases his mercies, never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness!

BROWN: Over the years, we’ve enjoyed hearing from listeners all around the world. So many memorable pre-rolls from mountaintops, mission fields, and other interesting places. But, all good things come to an end.

EICHER: Truth to tell, interest in sending them has really waned over the several months and we’ll take that as a sign that it’s time for a different approach, so we’re giving that a re-think. But in the meantime my personal thanks to each one who took the time to record them and send them, It was a lot of fun.

BROWN: Indeed. And thanks to everyone who wrote and called this month. We’re grateful for the time you give to listen each day and for your feedback.

If you have a comment to share you can email editor@wng.org. You can include an audio file attachment to your email and we’ll consider it for air. You can even phone it in at 202-709-9595.

NICK EICHER: And that’s this month’s Listener Feedback

NICK EICHER, HOST: Well, it’s time to say thanks to the team members who helped put the program together this week:

Jenny Rough, Lindsay Mast, Jill Nelson, David Bahnsen, Kim Henderson, Onize Oduah, Janie B. Cheaney, Mary Reichard, Leo Briceno, Mary Muncy, Cal Thomas, Addie Offereins, Anna Johansen Brown, Candace Watters, Joe Rigney, Katie McCoy, and Collin Garbarino.

Thanks also to our breaking news team: Kent Covington, Lynde Langdon, Lauren Canterberry, Christina Grube, and Josh Schumacher.

And thanks to the guys who stay up late to get the program to you early: Johnny Franklin and Carl Peetz.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Our producers are Paul Butler, Kristen Flavin, and Harrison Watters, with production assistance from Benj Eicher.

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Go now in grace and peace.

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