TONIGHT AS THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS MAKE THEIR LAST MINUTE PITCH FOR VOTES WHEN IT COMES TO HILL THE QUESTION REMAINS AFTER THE ELECTION PARTY WILL CONTROL THE SENATE. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE TO DEFEND EVERY INCUMBENT. >> THEY CANNOT LOSE A SINGLE RACE.
THE BATTLE OVER WASHINGTON'S BALANCE OF POWER PLUS ISRAEL AT WAR. >> THE LATEST FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AMID A RENEWED PUSH FOR A HOSTAGE EXCHANGE AND A GAZA CEASEFIRE. AND AS PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKES A PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR INDIGENOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS.
>> A LOT OF DIED. >> SOME OF THEM PROBABLY DIED FROM BROKEN HEARTS. CBS NEWS TAKES A TRIP TO MONTANA TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE HORROR THEY CAUSED.
>> ALL THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON FAITH NATION. >> THE BATTLE OVER THE NATION'S BALANCE OF POWER. GOOD EVENING IN WASHINGTON.
I'M JENNA BROWDER. THE RAZOR THIN PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS GETTING MOST OF THE HEADLINES BUT IT'S THE FIGHT FOR CAPITOL HILL THAT COULD DETERMINE HOW WASHINGTON WORKS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. CONTROL OF THE SENATE IS UP FOR GRABS AND SEVERAL CRITICAL RACES ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE.
CBS NEWS CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT MICHELLE LONDON SHOWS US WHICH CANDIDATES TO WATCH IN THE RUN TO NOVEMBER 5TH WITH A TOTAL OF 34 SENATE SEATS UP FOR ELECTION. THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE THE MAJORITY PARTY WILL HAVE POWER OVER THE NEXT PRESIDENT'S CABINET APPOINTMENTS AND JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS AS WELL AS INFLUENCING LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS DEMOCRATS CLING TO A SLIM ONE SENATE SEAT MAJORITY. TEN COMPETITIVE RACES IN THESE RED STATES THREATEN TO SHIFT THE BALANCE OF POWER.
>> DEMOCRATS TO DEFEND EVERY SINGLE INCOME BUT THEY CANNOT LOSE A SINGLE RACE. AND THEY ALSO NEED HARRIS TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY SO THAT TIM WALZ WOULD BE THE TIEBREAKER. >> GIVEN THAT SITUATION WE ASKED JESSICA OF COOK POLITICAL REPORT WHICH STATES TO KEEP A CLOSE.
SHE SEES THE MOST CRITICAL BEING REPUBLICAN LEANING MONTANA WHERE INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JON TESTER STANDS TO LOSE HIS SEAT. >> HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGER AND MOST WILL FINANCE BEST WELL-FINANCED CHALLENGER IN TIM SHEEHY THERE HE IS A FORMER NAVY SEAL SORT OF AN. PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT.
HE OWNS AN AERIAL COMPANY THERE AND WE HAVE SEEN IN POLLING HE HAS BEEN PULLING AHEAD OF TESTER SHEEHY'S POSSIBLE OF TESTER IS WIDELY SEEN AS ONE OF THE GOP'S BEST TO RECLAIM THE SENATE. ANOTHER KEY RED STATE WATCH WEST VIRGINIA WHERE LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT MANCHIN IS RETIRING. >> I THINK DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME DEFENDING THAT SEAT.
REPUBLICANS HAVE CEDED THAT WE RATE THAT RACE ACTUALLY SAFE REPUBLICAN. >> IF THIS HAPPENED, SENATE REPUBLICANS WOULD ONLY ONE MORE VICTORY TO RECLAIM CONTROL. >> IF ABLE TO AVOID UPSETS ELSEWHERE IN THE BATTLEGROUND OF MICHIGAN HAS ALREADY STARTED AND A TIGHT CONTEST IS UNDERWAY THE STATE'S FIRST OPEN SENATE SEAT IN A DECADE.
>> A CRITICAL TEST FOR DEMOCRAT REP ELISSA SLOTKIN AS SHE FACES OFF AGAINST HER REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, FORMER U. S. REP MIKE ROGERS ROGERS HE WAS CHAIR OF THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE DURING THE BUSH YEAR AND NOW HE RETIRED FROM CONGRESS IN 2014.
HE'S A FORMER FBI AGENT. IF YOU STRUGGLED TO RAISE MONEY, SLOTKIN HAS OUTSPENT HIM . >> BUT MICHIGAN IS JUST GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE.
IN NEIGHBORING STATE OHIO, THE SENATE RACE IS NOW CONSIDERED A TOSS UP WHERE. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SHERROD BROWN IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION. TAYLOR SEES BROWN AS VULNERABLE AGAINST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND TRUMP ALLY BERNIE MORANO.
>> WE'RE SEEING POLLING OUT NOW. IT'S WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR OF REPUBLICAN POLL THIS WEEK HAD IT TIED, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE CLOSE AND IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR SHERROD BROWN TO OVERCOME TO FOR THOSE NUMBER OF CROSSOVER VOTERS. >> BROWN CURRENTLY HOLDS A FOUR POINT LEAD AND 10% OF TRUMP VOTERS.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A SEPTEMBER NEW YORK TIMES SIENA COLLEGE POLL. >> HOWEVER, TRUMP EXPECTED TO CARRY OHIO IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. >> LOOKING AHEAD AT HIGH PROFILE BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA MANY ELECTION ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AD FROM DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT SENATOR CASEY.
>> CASEY BUCKED BIDEN TO PROTECT FRACKING AND HE SIDED WITH TRUMP TO NAFTA AND PUT TARIFFS ON CHINA TO STOP THEM FROM CHEATING. >> ANALYSTS SAY WHILE THIS SHOWS CASEY'S TO BE BIPARTISAN, THEY ALSO BELIEVE IT'S A RESULT OF VICE HARRIS LOSING GROUND IN THE STATE WHICH COULD AFFECT RACES. REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER DAVE MCCORMACK IS MOVING UP AGAINST CASEY AND THE COOK REPORT JUST SHIFTED THE RACE FROM DEMOCRAT TO TOSS UP.
>> THERE IS LITTLE ROOM FOR ERROR IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL AS OTHER STATES LIKE WISCONSIN AND ARIZONA WHERE RESULTS AT THOSE POLLS COULD PLAY A DECISIVE ROLE ON WHO CONTROLS THE HILL COME NOVEMBER. MICHELLE LONDON, CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON RIGHT. >> THANK YOU MICHELLE.
AND TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE BOTH CAMPAIGNS COLLIDING IN TEXAS VICE. PRESIDENT HARRIS IS IN HOUSTON TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND ROLLING OUT THE STAR POWER IN A BID TO WHIP ENTHUSIASM. TONIGHT BEYONCE WILL JOIN HER.
MEANWHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN AUSTIN TODAY CAMPAIGNING ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. HE ALSO DID THE POPULAR JOE ROGAN PODCAST WHICH HAS SOME 15 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON SPOTIFY. TONIGHT HOLDING A RALLY IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN AND THE RACE STILL APPEARS TO BE TIED.
A NEW POLL OUT TODAY FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES SIENA COLLEGE SHOWS BOTH CANDIDATES AT 48% NATIONALLY. THE TIMES WRITING QUOTE A HIGH PROFILE DEBATE TWO ATTEMPTS ON TRUMP'S LIFE DOZENS OF RALLIES ACROSS SEVEN BATTLEFIELDS STATES AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS SPENT ON ADVERTISEMENTS HAVE SEEMINGLY DONE LITTLE TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE RACE. ALL RIGHT.
NATHAN GONZALEZ JOINS US NOW. HE IS A FAITH NATION CONTRIBUTOR AND THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF INSIDE ELECTIONS. NATHAN, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
HAPPY FRIDAY. SO WE'RE SEEING HUGE LAST MINUTE MEDIA PUSHES FROM BOTH OF THE CAMPAIGNS. HOW IS THIS DOWN INTO THE TIGHT HOUSE AND SENATE RACES?
>> WELL, I THINK WHETHER IT'S WHETHER IT'S MEDIA THAT THE CANDIDATES THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE ARE CONSUMING BECAUSE OF BEING OUT ABOUT DOING INTERVIEWS OR THE MEDIA THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR ON TV ADS THAT COMPLICATES THE RACES FOR THE SENATE IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT MAKES IT FOR SENATE AND HOUSE CANDIDATES TO GET ATTENTION TO HELP PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE TO GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT. AND SO THEY THE THE HOUSE SENATE CAMPAIGNS FEEL THE SQUEEZE FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE PAYING BIG BIGGER DOLLARS FOR CAMPAIGN ADS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH PRESSURE TO GET ON TV AND GET IN FRONT OF VOTERS. >> YEAH.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE BOB CASEY AD THAT BASICALLY WAS SIDING WITH BIDEN AND IT WAS SAYING THAT HE BUCKED BIDEN ON THE FRACKING ISSUE? WELL, I THINK IT SHOWS THAT PENNSYLVANIA IS A VERY CLOSE RACE AND IN CASE. HE KNOWS THAT HE MIGHT NEED SOME CROSSOVER VOTERS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING TRUMP AND SO HE WANTS TO HE WANTS TO TRY IT.
HE WANTS WIN REELECTION. AND WHETHER THAT MEAN IF THAT MEANS DISAGREEING WITH THE PRESIDENT, THEN HE'S GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT. >> YEAH.
NATHAN, HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK IT IS REPUBLICANS FLIP THE SENATE? >> I THINK IT'S PRETTY LIKELY MEAN OUT OF THE THREE BIG PIECES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS ELECTION THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, I'M MOST CONFIDENT THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO GET CONTROL OF THE SENATE, THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE U. S.
HOUSE. THOSE MUCH CLOSER I THINK MORE UNCERTAIN THAN THE RACE FOR THE THEN THE RACE FOR THE SENATE. JESSICA, IN THAT PACKAGE I THINK SHE LAID IT OUT PRETTY WELL.
REPUBLICANS SHOULD WIN THE SENATE IN THIS THEY KIND OF SHOOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT IN A COUPLE OF PLACES. >> YEAH. SO TODAY A FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN THAT SOUGHT TO REMOVE NONCITIZEN VOTERS VOTING ROLLS.
JUST YOUR REACTION ON THAT, NATHAN AND WHAT THAT COULD FOR NOVEMBER 5TH. >> I MEAN I THINK IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO ALLOW SOME PROBABLY MAINLY REPUBLICANS TO CRITICIZE AND SAY THAT THIS IS OPENING UP THE PROCESS FOR FOR FRAUD OR FOR PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE VOTING BUT IT IS ALREADY ILLEGAL FOR NON-CITIZEN TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. IT IS A FELONY TO DO THAT.
SO I YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY BE A POINT IN A RACE SOME PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT IT BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE DECIDING FACTOR IN VIRGINIA OR THE RACE OVERALL. >> MM HMM. AND OF COURSE WE MIGHT NOT KNOW THE WINNER ON ELECTION NIGHT IF THE RACE IS IN FACT AS CLOSE AS THESE PUBLIC POLLS SEEM TO SEEM TO SUGGEST.
SOME OF THE INTERNAL POLLS SEEM TO TRENDING MORE TOWARD TRUMP. BUT WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE, NATHAN? COULD WE SEE A CLEAR WINNER ON ELECTION NIGHT OR DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE DRAWN OUT OVER SEVERAL MAYBE EVEN WEEKS?
>> WELL, WE'LL GET TO IT. WE'LL GET TO EXPERIENCE IT LIVE TOGETHER GENERALLY I THINK IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE A FULL CONTEXT OF THE RESULTS MEANING. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO COUNT BALLOTS IN SOME STATES BECAUSE OF STATE LAWS THERE ARE GOING TO BE LEGAL CHALLENGES IN MANY STATES ABOUT WHAT HOW THE BALLOTS SHOULD BE COUNTED AND I THINK THOSE PROCESSES WILL TAKE TIME.
THAT BEING SAID, WE MIGHT HAVE INDICATIONS OF THE WAY THE ELECTION IS GOING IF. TAKE NORTH CAROLINA FOR EXAMPLE. IF WE KNOW WHO WINS NORTH CAROLINA SAY HARRIS WINS NORTH CAROLINA, I THINK THAT PUTS HER IN A GOOD POSITION EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T OFFICIALLY KNOW OTHER STATES OR LET'S TAKE MICHIGAN IF TRUMP MICHIGAN THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD INDICATION FOR HIM THAT HE'S THE RIGHT PATH EVEN IF WE DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS OF PENNSYLVANIA ON ELECTION NIGHT.
SO I THINK THE BEST THING IS TO PRACTICE OUR PATIENTS AND IF WE KNOW EARLIER RATHER THAN LATER THEN I THINK THAT'S JUST A BONUS. >> YEAH. AND GET YOUR POPCORN READY.
ALL RIGHT. NATHAN GONZALES ALWAYS TO SEE YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. >> YOU AS WELL.
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. ALL RIGHT. >> WELL, BOTH PARTIES ARE PREPARING FOR POST-ELECTION LEGAL THAT COULD GO ON FOR MORE THAN A MONTH AND THE GOP IS TRAINING TO 200,000 POLL WATCHERS TO SPOT RED FLAGS AT VOTING SITES ALTOGETHER 900 LAWYERS ARE STANDING FOR LEGAL CHALLENGES.
CBS CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST DAVID BRODY. >> IN A PRESIDENTIAL RACE EXPECTED TO END WITH A RAZOR THIN MARGIN, THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS FOCUSED ON WHAT IT CALLS AN ELECTION INTEGRITY BATTLE PLAN. >> RNC CO-CHAIR LAURA TRUMP TELLS CBS NEWS REPUBLICANS AREN'T PLAYING AROUND.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR OUT THERE THAT IF YOU'RE A PERSON WHO IS WILLING TO CHEAT IN OUR ELECTIONS, WE WILL FIND YOU. WE'LL TRACK YOU DOWN AND WILL PROSECUTE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. >> THEY DON'T WANT A REPEAT 2020 AN ELECTION THEY BELIEVE HAD SIGNS OF MISCHIEF.
THIS TIME THEIR TEAM OF 500 LAWYERS ACROSS THE BATTLEGROUND STATES FILED A 125 LAWSUITS IN 25 STATES FOCUSED ON CLEANER VOTER ROLLS AND ID REQUIREMENTS JUST TO NAME A FEW. >> THEY'VE ALSO RECRUITED THAN 200,000 VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS ON ELECTION POLL WATCHERS. CBS NEWS SPOKE TO THE RNC ABOUT THIS KEY COMPONENT.
HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK? WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON ELECTION DAY FOR FOLKS? THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TRAINING AND.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY THEM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS POLL OBSERVERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN THE ROOM WHENEVER A VOTE IS BEING CAST OR COUNTED. YOU SAID IN THE ROOM. CAN YOU KIND OF HELP US THROUGH THAT IF SOMETHING IS OUT OF SORTS, SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT ON THE VOTER ROLLS COMES IN THEIR NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST AND THEN GIVE THEM A BALLOT ANYWAY?
WELL WE'LL NEED TO FLAG THAT RIGHT. IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND VOTES TRIES TO VOTE AGAIN OR THERE'S THERE'S YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER DISCREPANCY THAT COMES UP AND THEN WE TEACH THEM HOW DO YOU RAISE THE FLAG? >> DEMOCRATS SAY ARE NOT BEING HONEST ABOUT THEIR REAL INTENT .
PEOPLE WHO VOTE LIKE 99. 99 9% ARE VOTING LEGALLY. SO WHEN REPUBLICANS OFTEN TALK ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY IT'S JUST AN EXCUSE TO RESTRICT PEOPLE FROM VOTING.
DEMOCRATS ALSO HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POLL WATCHERS OUT IN FORCE ALONG WITH SOME 400 LAWYERS WHO HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR A LEGAL BATTLE EVER SINCE TRUMP LEFT OFFICE. THAT'S THE PARTY'S BIGGER CONCERN IS POSSIBLE LEGAL BATTLES ELECTION DAY. >> AS WE PREPARE FOR 2024, DONALD TRUMP IS PLOTTING HIS NEXT CRIME.
WE KNOW IT INVOLVE ELECTION INTERFERENCE. WE KNOW IT WILL INVOLVE EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS FROM FROM FROM HAVING ITS DAY. THE RNC CHAIRMAN SHARES THE FEELING THAT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE POLLS WILL PROBABLY BE SETTLED IN COURT.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT THIS COULD BE IN LITIGATION FOR 30 TO 60 DAYS AFTERWARDS? >> VERY CONCERNED AND WE HAVE UP OUR LEGAL TEAMS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> LARA TRUMP DOESN'T BELIEVE IT WILL COME TO THAT.
>> I BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAVE A FREE FAIR AND, TRANSPARENT ELECTION DONALD TRUMP WILL BE VICTORIOUS ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN EARLY, DAVID BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A HUGE VOTE FOR HIM THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE WEE HOURS THE MORNING FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IT IT WILL BE AN EARLY CALL. >> DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON. >> AND JOIN CBN NEWS FOR OUR SPECIAL ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE FEATURING EXPERT ANALYSIS AND BY MINUTE RESULTS.
YOU CAN TUNE IN ON THE CBN NEWS CHANNEL AND YOUTUBE PAGE. WE KICK THINGS OFF AT 8 P. M.
ON NOVEMBER 5TH. ALL RIGHT, COMING UP AS THE US RACED TO SECURE A CEASEFIRE, ISRAEL ESCALATES ITS WAR AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS PER HOUR A NON-SLIP MAT AND WIRELESS REMOTE CALL NOW WELCOME BACK. HIGH STAKES NEGOTIATIONS ARE SET TO BEGIN THIS WEEKEND IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
AMERICAN, ISRAELI AND ARAB OFFICIALS ARE HEADED TO QATAR. THE GOAL JUMP START NEGOTIATIONS TO A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA AND FREE MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES. THIS IS ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HEZBOLLAH.
HAMAS GROWS DEADLIER BY THE DAY. THE IDF STRUCK TARGETS ACROSS THE GAZA STRIP FRIDAY. AT LEAST 38 PEOPLE WERE KILLED ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY.
ISRAEL SAYS IT'S FIGHTING TERRORISM EMBEDDED IN CIVILIAN AREAS. MEANWHILE IN LEBANON HEAVY STRIKES AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AS THE TERROR GROUP FIRES ROCKETS NORTHERN ISRAEL. AT LEAST TWO ISRAELIS WERE KILLED IN THOSE ATTACKS TODAY.
BUT THE IDF SAYS IT IS WINNING THE WAR HEZBOLLAH. >> BUT THE PHONE YES, IT SHOWED IN THE NORTH. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF REACHING A SHARP CONCLUSION.
WE THOROUGHLY DISMANTLED HEZBOLLAH SENIOR CHAIN OF COMMAND IN A VERY MANNER. >> MEANWHILE, THERE ARE REPORTS THAT IRAN IS PREPARING WAR WITH ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER HAS ORDERED THE MILITARY TO DEVELOP PLANS IN RESPONSE TO AN ISRAELI .
THE IDF HAS VOWED TO RETALIATE AGAINST ANY IRANIAN ATTACK ON NOVEMBER OR OCTOBER RATHER FIRST. NOW TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. NORTH KOREAN TROOPS COULD JOIN RUSSIA ON THE BATTLEFIELD AS EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS WHO SAY THE HERMIT KINGDOM HAS SENT 10,000 SOLDIERS TO HELP MOSCOW. WASHINGTON IS CONCERNED THE DEPLOYMENT COULD ESCALATE THE CONFLICT WITH RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE REGION. SOUTH KOREA IS OUTRAGED AND NOW THREATENING TO SEND WEAPONS AND RESOURCES TO UKRAINE.
THE US IS CONSULTING ITS ALLIES ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND. >> UP NEXT A PUBLIC APOLOGY AND A LOOK AT THE DARK HISTORY BEHIND AMERICA'S INDIGENOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS. RIGHT AFTER THIS.
ABSOLUTELY FREE TEXT M0V2231231 . >> WELCOME BACK FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FORCED NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN BOARDING SCHOOLS THERE THEY FACED ISOLATION, ABUSE WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR CULTURE. MANY NEVER SAW THEIR FAMILIES AGAIN.
TODAY PRESIDENT BIDEN FORMALLY APOLOGIZED FOR THE AMERICAN POLICY THAT TORE COMMUNITIES APART AND TRAUMATIZED GENERATIONS. QUITE FRANKLY, THERE'S NO EXCUSE THIS APOLOGY TOOK 50 YEARS TO MAKE. FEDERAL LINEN BOARDING SCHOOL POLICY PAINTED HAS CAUSED ALWAYS BE A SIGNIFICANT MARK OF SHAME A BLOT ON AMERICAN HISTORY.
A FEDERAL RELEASED THIS YEAR FOUND THAT MORE THAN 900 CHILDREN DIED AT THOSE BOARDING SCHOOLS. MARK MARTIN TRAVELED TO MONTANA TO EXPLORE THE DEVASTATING STORY AND HEAR FROM SURVIVORS. >> WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
BLACKFEET NATION MEMBER WEST BREMNER ATTENDED CUT BANK BOARDING SCHOOL IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA. AS A SECOND GRADER IN THE SIXTIES, DISTANCE AND HARSH WINTERS MADE IT A NECESSITY, THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT PROVED HARSH AS WELL. BREMNER SAYS PHYSICAL ABUSE STARTED ON DAY ONE WHEN A STAFF MEMBER PUNCHED HIM.
>> HE TAUGHT RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES AND ALMOST KNOCKED ME OUT AND. I WENT AGAINST THE WALL AND HE WAS KIND OF WOBBLY ON MY FEET AND HE SAID NOW YOU GO TO BED AND IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME OF DAY. >> BREMNER IS ONE OF MANY STUDENTS WHO SAY THEY ENDURED HARSH CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND DEMEANING VERBAL ABUSE AT INDIGENOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS AND SOME CAME FORWARD YEARS LATER WITH ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
>> WE ASKED BREMNER IF THAT EVER HAPPENED TO HIM. IF I. I WOULD TAKE IT TO MY GRAVE.
OKAY. AND WHY THAT AGAIN? IT'S THE PAST.
IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING HE WOULD IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS. THE BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE BREMNER ATTENDED IS STILL OPERATIONAL TODAY. HE SAYS IT'S BETTER RUN IN THE ABUSE THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN HE WAS STUDENT IS UNHEARD OF ON THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION IN MONTANA.
INDIGENOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS EXISTED ALONGSIDE SAINT IGNATIUS MISSION. THE JESUIT PRIEST AND PASTOR FATHER CRAIG HIGHTOWER SAYS ABUSE HAPPENED AT THESE SCHOOLS AS WELL. >> THERE WAS SOME SEXUAL ABUSE, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN LITIGATED IN COURT. THE MAJORITY OF THE ABUSES WERE TRYING TAKE AWAY THEIR CULTURE, TRYING TO ASSIMILATE THEM INTO THE WHITE WORLD AND THE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF THE DAY. I MEAN JUST THE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT THAT WAS COMMON AT THAT TIME.
>> ALL IS LEFT OF THE ORIGINAL URSULINE ACADEMY ARE THE REMAINS OF THIS GROTTO THAT HELD A STATUE OF MARY. CHILDREN AGES PRESCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL GATHERED IN A BUILDING THAT ONCE STOOD ON THIS PROPERTY. WAS IT WORSE WITH THE PRIESTS AND THE NUNS?
MAYBE. MAYBE NOT. BUT THOSE WERE THE BIG CONTROVERSIES OF KIDS, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEING BEATEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS PART OF THE CULTURE OVERALL. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL HEALING COALITION, MORE THAN 350 U. S.
GOVERNMENT FUNDED AND MANY TIMES CHURCH BOARDING SCHOOLS OPERATED IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. THE MOVEMENT STARTED UNDER THE INDIAN CIVILIZATION ACT OF 1819 WITH THE GOAL OF ASSIMILATING INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND BREMNER SAYS HIS MOTHER WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS TAKEN FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES. >> HE SAYS AT HER SCHOOL THERE WAS A SIGN THAT READ KILL THE CULTURE SAVE THE CHILD.
>> MONTANA'S REPRESENTATIVE SHARON STEWART PARAGUAY SAYS WHILE CROW TRIBE WEREN'T FORCIBLY TAKEN, THE GOAL REMAINED THE SAME. >> CHILDREN WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS AND PART OF IT WAS THE HAIR CUT ESPECIALLY WITH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS. THEIR HAIR WAS CUT AND THEN THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE INTO THE THE MODERN DRESS.
>> THE 2021 DISCOVERY OF MORE THAN 200 UNMARKED GRAVES AT AN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL IN CANADA LED DEB HAALAND, THE U. S. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO LAUNCH A NATIONAL INVESTIGATION.
THE FEDERAL BOARDING SCHOOL INITIATIVE HAALAND, THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN CABINET SECRETARY, SAYS HER EIGHT YEAR OLD GRANDPARENT WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES. >> A LOT OF THEM DIED SOME THEM PROBABLY DIED FROM BROKEN HEARTS AND A LOT OF THEM JUST DIED FROM BEING IN CLOSE CONTACT. A DISEASE THAT THEY COULDN'T GET RID OF BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS CRAMMED INTO GATHER.
>> AND SO WHAT WE FOR OUR CHILDREN IS TO HELP THEM TO GET TO RECONNECT TO WHO THEY ARE AND TO BE STRONG AND TO HAVE THRIVING NATIONS. THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE DEB HAALAND WILL BE ABLE TO DO IS TO CHANGE POLICY, EDUCATIONAL POLICY TO PROVIDE EMPOWERMENT. >> IT'S NO STRANGE THING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES TO TRUST THE GOVERNMENT BUT TO TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AND TO HEAL BONDS WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, STATE GOVERNMENTS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. >> MARK MARTIN CBN NEWS. >> ONE ITEM TAKES TOP BILLING IN THE TOY WORLD A LOOK AT THE FINALIST FOR THIS YEAR'S HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES RIGHT AFTER THIS.
CALL ONE 807 701442 THAT'S ONE 800 7701442 FINALLY TONIGHT, WHILE MUCH OF AMERICA EAGERLY ANTICIPATES FINDING THE WINNER OF THE ELECTION FOR U. S. TOYMAKERS, ANOTHER COMPETITION IS TAKING TOP BILLING AHEAD HEADING INTO NEXT MONTH.
THE UNVEILING OF THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE TOY HALL FAME. >> EVERY NOVEMBER WE PICK THREE OR FOUR BASED ON THOUSANDS OF NOMINATIONS. THIS YEAR'S NOMINEES INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM CARD GAMES LIKE TEN AND POKEMON CARDS TO CLASSIC LOOKS LIKE MY LITTLE PONY TO THE TRAMPOLINE.
ALSO IN THE RUNNING THIS YEAR ARE THE CLASSIC CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE BOOKS. I HAVE TO SAY PHASE TEN IS A VERY FUN GAME. WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT ONE.
THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR FAITH NATION TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS.
