CBN NewsWatch AM: July 19, 2022

Extreme heat hitting much of the US; more than 100 churches sue to leave the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, mainly over disagreements involving the church marrying LGBTQ couples and allowing LGBTQ clergy; former Pentagon officials claim China could overtake the US in key technological areas with military applications, like artificial intelligence; new Gallup poll finds trust in newspapers and TV news at the lowest levels ever; why Hispanics are moving more and more to the Republican party; motivational speaker Trent Shelton, author of the books “Straight Talk” and “The Greatest You,” talks to CBN’s “The Prayer Link” program about never giving up in life, and living your purpose; and Aventer Gray, wife of megachurch pastor John Gray, is crediting God’s healing power and the prayers of believers with helping to keep her husband alive after experiencing life-threatening blood clots.