CBN NewsWatch AM: August 18, 2022

A SHAKEUP AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. C-D-C DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY SAYS THE AGENCY SPENT 75-YEARS PREPARING FOR A CRISIS LIKE THE COVID PANDEMIC BUT FEELS THE AGENCY DID NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS. A NEW BATCH OF REVAMPED COVID-19 SHOTS COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN A MATTER OF WEEKS ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE COVID COORDINATOR. THE ABORTION BATTLES CONTINUE IN THE STATES AFTER THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V WADE. IN NORTH CAROLINA, A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED A LAW BANNING ABORTION AFTER 20-WEEKS CAN GO INTO EFFECT. A NUMBER OF HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THE SUPREME COURT RULING ON ABORTION, ARE NOW CLAIMING EXPECTANT WOMEN ARE IN DANGER OF DYING IF THEY EXPERIENCE COMPLICATIONS DURING THEIR PREGNANCY. THE U-S IS SHOWING ITS SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WILL HOLD TALKS ON A NEW TRADE TREATY. THE WAR IN UKRAINE...
WHERE ATROCITIES BY RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE FUELING THE REFUGEE CRISIS THAT\'S FORCED MILLIONS TO FLEE THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER, VICTIMS ARE FINDING PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL COMFORT AT A CENTER RUN BY CBN\'S ORPHAN\'S PROMISE IN NEIGHBORING POLAND. CHILDREN IN AMERICA SPEND A HUGE CHUNK OF THEIR DAY STARING AT SCREENS ON THEIR PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES.