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In this video 0:00 Election Integrity and Government Funding Battles13:42 Prayer in Schools, Faith in Sports, and Media Bias24:40 Pro-Life Advocacy and Prisoner Release Concerns33:41 Defending Religious Liberty in Public Education37:03 Biblical Worldview on Cultural Shifts
Election Integrity and Government Funding Battles 0:01 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and0:12 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. View. Sitting in for Tony is today's host, Jody Heiss.0:19 We can pass the Save America Act. We will do that in the house chamber next week. We will have citizenship. We will have voter ID. We will send it to the senate. And if the senate does its job, if senate Republicans put0:31 this on the floor on the senate, then we can force action and force Democrats to stand up on the senate floor and oppose the will of over 3 quarters of the American people.0:42 People. Well, that was congressman Chip Roy this week on the house floor discussing next week's vote on his Save America Act. Welcome. Welcome to this February sixth edition of Washington0:54 Watch. I'm your Friday host, Jody Heise. A great honor to be sitting in, and thank you so much for tuning in. Alright. Coming up as congress now faces1:07 the Act, which you1:19 just saw a clip on, which, by the way, requires voters to present photo ID before voting. And this is something that 80 percent of Americans support. Well, we1:31
1:42 guidance on prayer and religious expression in public schools. Well, we'll be discussing that on today's program as well. So all that and much more coming
1:54 straight your way. The US Department of Education, as I just mentioned, has issued new guidance
2:06 defining when prayer and religious expression are protected by the constitution in public elementary and secondary schools. Well, president Trump made the announcement yesterday at the
2:18 National Prayer Breakfast. And joining me now is Washington stand reporter Casey Harper, who has been following this and many other headline stories. Casey, let's start with this 1. What can you tell us about these
2:30 new guidelines for prayer and religious expression in public schools?
2:35 Sure, Jody. Well, it's a well timed announcement from the president. As you said, the week of so much prayer, both the National Prayer Breakfast and FRC's, National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance. But here's a clip
2:46 where president Trump, said that he wants to protect prayer in schools.
2:51 And today, I'm also pleased to announce that the Department of Education is officially issuing its new guidance to protect the right to prayer in our public schools. That's a big deal.
3:06 It is a big deal. The guidance aims to protect constitutional rights by ensuring that parents and children can speak freely, and they have the right to freely practice their religion. Now it reminds the schools that they
3:18 cannot officially endorse or establish religion, but it's worth noting, Joe, Jody, that a a staff member, a teacher could pray, you know, on off time, like during lunch or something, but maybe not in front of the
3:29 classroom. Now the schools also, cannot participate in religious activity and can't give favor of to secular views over religious ones or religious views over secular. Of course, we know that recently secular views have
3:41 gotten much of the favor. The schools also have to make sure they don't participate in religious acts or discriminate against religious views. So it's kind of clearing up a lot of the confusion and, discrimination
3:52 against religious views that we saw in the previous administration, Jody.
3:57 Really, really encouraging just to have the the guidelines cleared up. Casey, that's good news. And, I know you mentioned a while ago, not everyone got to see or hear it, but, we've got a lot of, news
4:08 surrounding the Super Bowl right now and some other athletic events, but particularly the Super Bowl that'll be taking place Sunday between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. But as both teams are gearing
4:20 up for a big game, boy, there's an opportunity. Isn't there, for many players right now to be speaking out about their faith and giving glory to God. Can you tell us more about what some of them are saying?
4:32 Yeah. That's right. And it's really cool to see not just glorifying God, but even using the name Jesus Christ as many are doing. So there's there's more examples, but a few is Patriots running back, Trevion Henderson. He
4:42 expressed his thanks to God for blessing him with the abilities he had and even talked about how God has saved him and transformed his life. And Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Kupp, he glorified God after his Super Bowl
4:53 victory in 20 22, saying that his faith has sustained him through the highs and lows. I think we've all had that experience. Here's a clip. Seahawks head coach Mike McDonnell also publicly sharing his
5:04 faith.
5:05 My faith has really is really grown over the last couple years, and, that's what I lean on. You know, that's where your strength comes from. And I
5:17 just recently, it's just like I have this so much gratitude and then ultimately strength that you feel like is like, that God has put you in a position to lead these
5:29 people, and and, and that's your guiding line every day.
5:34 And 1 coach, Jody, for the Seahawks actually reportedly gave Bibles to every member of the team for Christmas. So just a really cool, twist on the Super Bowl weekend this year.
5:45 It really, really is, Casey. That's great news. 1 other quick story I wanted to, get your your thoughts on, and this was brought to my attention earlier in the week, but the co CEO
5:56 of Netflix faced some really, really intense questioning by lawmakers this week at an antitrust hearing, in in the senate. And they were basically, accusing
6:08 the the streamer of being politically biased and among other things, a lot going on there. But what can you tell us that, as far as what unfolded in that hearing?
6:19 Sure, Jody. I think it's no secret the liberal bias that we've seen come out of Netflix, and much of that was exposed at this hearing. So the Netflix co CEO, Ted Sarandos, went before the senate judiciary subcommittee on
6:30 antitrust competition policy and consumer rights, a mouthful, for a hearing this week. And it related 72000000000 dollar acquisition of HBO and Warner Brothers, some household names there. So during the hearing,
6:42 Republican senator Josh Hawley asked the co CEO why so much of the content that Netflix creates for kids promotes transgender ideology? Here's a clip of the exchange between senator
6:54 Hawley and the co CEO.
6:55 We have millions of hours of children's programming. I get You're
6:59 saying it's not that you you don't you don't have trans you don't feature trans characters, trans story lines, trans themes. It's I'm saying we It's not in your programming.
7:06 I'm saying we feature a wide variety of stories and programs to meet a wide variety of people's taste.
7:11 Why does almost half of it why does almost half of your children's program feature this highly controversial, highly sexualized material? What that that just seems strange to me.
7:28 Alright, Casey, I think we've lost you here for a while, but, an incredible exchange that took place. Are you there, Casey?
7:41 Alright. Yeah. That's, that was quite a, an exchange that took place. Particularly when you consider how few Americans as a whole identify as LGBTQ
7:53 plus So quite a development taking place there. Alright. I wanna turn now to, a member of congress who've got a lot going on there in congress. Of course, not
8:05 the least of which is, is gonna be developing as we come back this whole battle, the funding battle among other things. Joining me now is congressman Morgan Griffith. He's a member of the House Energy
8:17 and Commerce Committee, and in fact, he serves on that committee. He chairs the, subcommittee on, on health in in there. And he's also the vice chair of the important House Rules Committee. He come
8:29 comes from and represents the ninth congressional district of the great state of Virginia. Congressman Griffith, always good to see you, my friend. Welcome back to Washington Watch.
8:39 Good to see you too.
8:42 Okay. Let's start with this, whole battle over homeland security. Potentially, another shutdown of the government all over this. We're just a week away today from that
8:54 deadline setting in. What are you hearing from some of your colleagues? What's the latest on that battle?
9:00 Well, this is something that, you know, the senate had agreed to, and hopefully, we can get it get the issues worked out. But truth of the matter is is that, right now, the demands coming from the Democrats
9:12 are pretty steep. And, I'm not really sure what they expect to gain out of this, but they may try to shut us down for a longer period of time. As you know, we had a 3 day shutdown, just,
9:24 last week, and then the house came back in and agreed to what the senate, and the president had agreed to. But, you know, they they talk about it being, affecting ICE, and and they're, you know, they're mad about,
9:36 ice activities. And yet, while it does affect ice, some, it will have a big impact on disaster relief for FEMA, for them to be able to go in and help people out when there's a flood
9:48 or hurricane or tornado. It also has impact on our coast guard. They won't get paid. The TSA, representatives at the airports won't get paid. And if this thing goes on long
10:00 enough, you know, particularly TSA may just say, well, we're not going to go to work and shut our airline industries down. So, you know, the Democrats are once again, trying to play games with
10:13 government funding, and, it didn't work out so well for them last last time. And I'm hoping that this time that we can work something out, but, you know, God bless the president for trying to accommodate them by
10:25 giving them a couple weeks to see if they can come up with something. But it just looks like their demands got even higher than what I originally heard when they first started this,
10:34 arrangement. Yeah. And then on our side, understand that speaker Johnson is wanting to use this opportunity to get congress to crack down on sanctuary cities, particularly, you
10:48 the deporting of illegal immigrants. And, of course, democrats say they want law and order, but it seems their words say otherwise. So you've got the sanctuary battle, sanctuary city battle taking place. You also now
11:00 have the election security, save America act. So there's a lot at play right now, a lot of plates spinning. How do you see all of this ultimately unfolding?
11:10 Well, I really hope that the Save America act will pass. It's queued up for next week in the house. It's something that, I've worked on behind the scenes as a part of the house admin committee, which has jurisdiction
11:20 over federal elections. And, look, it's pretty simple when you boil it down. You should be an American citizen to vote in American federal elections, and you should, show a voter ID. It's pretty simple stuff, and the
11:32 vast majority of people, including most Democrats, support having a show ID and being a US citizen in order to participate in our federal elections.
11:43 Yeah. And, you know, I wanted to show a quick clip from, Chuck Schumer. He's calling this whole Save America Act Jim Crow 2. Let me show, this clip and get your reaction to this.
11:55 Play clip 2 for me, please.
11:57 It's Jim Crow 2. And I called it Jim Crow 2, and the right wing went nuts all over the Internet. That's because they know it's true. What they're trying to do here is the same thing that
12:09 was done in the South for decades
12:14 voting. Your reaction to that.
12:17 Well and I might have different reaction than most people because the Democrats changed the laws in Virginia as a part of Jim
12:24 Crow and the election laws to disenfranchise
12:25 the Democrats did this, and
12:38 Southwest Virginia, the area of the state I represent. Represent. And, this is nothing like that. This is a simple process. You show an ID, and you move forward. It's, you know,
12:50 it's just not that big a deal. But for some reason, they don't want to have American citizens, US citizens voting in elections. They want other people apparently to participate. They'll say they
13:02 don't. But, I mean, you have to present an ID to do so many things. I'm too old now to be carded for any kind of alcohol purchases or anything like that, but a lot of people,
13:14 you know, are still being carded for alcohol or carded for tobacco sales, etcetera. But oh, no. Oh, you can't you can't ask somebody for an ID to show up at the polls and be able to vote.
13:27 Unbelievable. And even 71 percent of Democrats favor this thing, so you wonder where Schumer is coming from. Thank you so much, Virginia congressman Morgan Griffith. Always great to see you, and thank you for joining us
13:38 again here on Washington Watch.
13:39 Great to see you, and you'll have to come pray with us at the Freedom Caucus.
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13:43 Look forward to doing that. Alright, friends. Coming up, some 3500 incarcerated individuals in North Carolina were either released or transitioned during a COVID era settlement, and
13:55 Republicans now are demanding answers. Standby. We'll cover it right after the break.
14:01 We have state leaders that wanna keep the deadly drugs out of their states. Maybe if these abortion pills were coming by vote, the administration would change its tactics. It's time to respect the rights, the
14:13 states, and it's time to end death by mail.
14:17 Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, alongside senator Lindsey Graham, led a press conference on Capitol Hill, urging the Trump administration to end the Biden era policies that have
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14:55 The federal government is allowing a chemical abortion pill to be sent through the mail that wipes out every state unborn protection law in the land.
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17:02 Welcome back to Washington Watch. I'm your Friday host, Jody Heise, and thank you so much for tuning in with us today. Alright. Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are demanding
17:14 access to a list of some 3500 incarcerated individuals who were either released early or they were transitioned, and all this was part of a, 20 21
17:26 COVID era settlement that took place between the administration of then governor Roy Cooper and civil rights groups. And, there's been, certainly renewed interest
17:38 in this list. They came about over the possible inclusion of the man who was charged in last August fatal stabbing, that 23 year old woman on the, Charlotte light rail
17:50 train. You may remember that. But Republican lawmakers now are saying that their concerns are are more than just over 1 person. And my next guest is here now to share some of those concerns.
18:01 Joining me is North Carolina state senator Phil Berger. He is president pro tem of the North Carolina senate. He represents the 20 sixth district of the great state of North
18:13 Carolina. Senator Berger, welcome to Washington Watch. It's an honor to have you with us.
18:19 Thanks, Jody. It's good to be with you.
18:22 Well, let's, start first of all with, what do we know about that 20 21 settlement, between the Cooper administration and the NAACP?
18:33 Yeah. So the interesting thing is that we knew that there was a settlement. We knew knew it back then that they had reached the settlement. What we didn't know was, exactly who was being
18:45 released, because what had happened is the Cooper administration, with the administration of then attorney general, now governor Josh Stein, entered into a settlement
18:57 agreement with, the plaintiffs, the ACLU and the other far left, groups, that basically, kept the list of prisoners being released
19:09 secret, behind closed doors. And, and they, they had it couched as, as some sort of, attorney's eyes only list. And
19:21 so the, the DeCarlos Brown, situation, has, has kinda renewed an interest in exactly who Roy Cooper released out on the streets, of North
19:33 Carolina, at that time because we looked at, at his release date, and it coincided with, the, the timing of this, COVID
19:45 era, collusive settlement. And lo and behold, when we were able to get our hands on the list, guess whose name is on page 1? Well, it's not his name. It's his,
19:56 prisoner ID number. We had to match it up, but he's on the first page. And, he was, released early based on what the list says. Now Cooper has gone,
20:08 out and claims that he was, being released anyway, and he wasn't, part of the settlement. But he's 1 of the 3500 that's on this list.
20:18 Very interesting. Now as as I recall, the the Cooper administration emphasized at the time that this prisoner release would focus really just on nonviolent
20:30 offenders. Has that been played out? Is that what happened, or have you learned anything different from from nonviolent offenders being released?
20:41 No. We have learned something. And, actually, on on the very day they released, or said that they were releasing these prisoners, their first, the first iteration
20:53 of their explanation was these are nonviolent. 3500 nonviolent offenders, being released. Well, they had to they had to clean that up that day because it was clear that
21:05 there were others, and they used, some sort of word salad to describe the offenders that made it sound less, I guess, egregious. But, basically,
21:18 I mean, you've got on this list, murderers, rapists, drug dealers, drug traffickers, robbers, assailants, child abusers, and you've got, just
21:29 the whole gamut of, folks that, and you just don't want in your neighborhood. And, Cooper, let them out, and hid the list from the people of North Carolina.
21:43 I don't know. It's just unbelievable. I it's it's hard to fathom that we're talking about this as something that really happened. And there there may be some who are viewing or watching right now who may be wondering why
21:54 you're demanding access to access to this list. I think as you go on further and further with this is coming to light. But the reality is that that lawmakers have been making repeated
22:07 requests for this, haven't they?
22:09 Yeah. We've we've asked for it, in the past, and it's not been forthcoming. But, you know, with, with the renewed emphasis that, president Trump and Republicans, have been placing on
22:21 public safety, on how Democrats are soft on crime, this this is just a clear example of, how and what lengths Democrats will
22:32 go to not only be soft on crime, but try to hide the truth of that from the public.
22:41 Now, of course, governor Cooper is no longer there. Okay. But how would you describe it when he was there, as governor of North Carolina? What were his policies on crime like? What what
22:53 what kind of environment did he create?
22:57 Talk tough, fold every, occasion. You know, we we had we had this. He appointed a committee to come up with, with the policies. The
23:08 committee, came back with policy that policies that really are, just, the poster child for being soft on crime. And then he commuted, sentences,
23:20 even, took some folks off death row. Just, just really, trying to create, the aura of being a tough prosecutor, but the
23:32 reality, that, if there's a left wing soft on crime policy out there, he was going to be somebody that was behind
23:42 it. Less than a minute to go here. But, what do you believe the people of North Carolina would want to come out of all of this? What are you hoping?
23:49 Well, I think transparency is, is something that, needs to be emphasized. The, the need, for public officials to be honest with, the people, the facts that,
24:01 in this instance, Roy Cooper was not being honest. His administration was not being honest with people in North Carolina. And I think you, look at people's record, on those kinds of issues
24:13 when you're trying to decide who you want to entrust with office, offices of public trust.
24:21 Well, this is gonna be extremely interesting as this list, becomes public. You really see, who who all is on there. I wanna thank you so much, North Carolina state senator Phil
24:33 Berger, for joining us and for keeping the heat up on this. We appreciate it. Glad to have you today on Washington Watch. Alright, friends. Coming up, the US Department of Education
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24:45 has issued new guidance, new guidance on prayer and religious expression in public schools. This is a big, big deal, and we'll discuss it next. So don't go away.
24:56 We'll be back right after the break.
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27:03 Welcome back to Washington Watch. I'm your Friday host, Jody Heise. An honor to have you joining us today. Thank you for being here. Alright. Yesterday, the US Department of Edge Education
27:15 issued guidance on prayer and religious expression in public schools. And in announcing the the new guidance here at yesterday's national prayer breakfast, president Trump
27:28 said it's a big deal. And, boy, he got that right. This is a big deal. So just how big is it? Joining me now to discuss this is Holly Randall, a counsel at First Liberty
27:40 Institute, Institute, where she focuses on the religious liberty rights of teachers and students in that firm's education practice group. Holly, welcome to Washington Watch. It's great to have you
27:51 join us.
27:53 It's great to be here.
27:56 Alright. So let's start. Can you just kind of unpack for some of the the key points that, come out of this new guidance?
28:04 Yes. I'm just excited as you are about this constitutionally protected prayer guidance. We're excited at First Liberty Institute that Donald Trump's administration is paying attention to these issues. And this guidance
28:16 protects the rights of students. It protects the rights of parents, and it protects the rights of teachers. And so it's a comprehensive, analysis of what the Supreme Court has made clear. Students, teachers and parents
28:27 do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.
28:32 Absolutely. And and the, Department of Education stated that the the purpose, of this guidance is to provide information on the current state of the law as it relates to prayer and religious expression
28:44 in in public schools. So so what were some of the maybe the recent cases or some of the developments that that helped to shape or influence this guidance that now is coming
28:55 out?
28:57 1 of the major developments that this guidance focuses on is a case called Kennedy versus Bremerton School District. It was 1 of our cases here at First Liberty Institute. It came out in about 20 22,
29:09 and it is a landmark case for the protection of teachers and their free speech while at school. And so we're thankful that this guidance really recognizes that just because, you know, a coach wants to say
29:21 a quiet personal prayer, does not mean that he can be punished. And so we're excited that it's it's protective of people like like Joe Kennedy. And it also involves a case called Mahmood
29:33 versus Taylor, which is recent Supreme Court case law that is really expansively protective of parents' constitutional rights to direct the religious upbringing of their Children while they're enrolled in public
29:45 school. So it says that just because you choose to send your kid to a public school does not mean you forfeit your rights as their parents to direct sort of the religious direction of their lives.
29:57 Wow. Yeah. The some of the the remarks, sir, yesterday, president Trump was just great with all of this. But in his remarks, he also
30:09 said that he anticipated, for I I think he used Democrats specifically to file suit over this. But do you think we're ready for this? First of all, do
30:21 you think that we are going to see lawsuits? And secondly, how do how would you anticipate those lawsuits ending?
30:30 The good thing about this guidance is that it's well analyzed, well footnoted, well prepared. What it says is exactly what the Supreme Court has already told us. So students, teachers, parents have
30:42 constitutional rights. And if, you know, members of school districts, teachers, students are facing problems with exercising those rights, that's what we stand stand ready at First Liberty Institute to
30:54 protect and defend. I would encourage anyone that's experiencing issues with religious liberty in schools to reach out to us at firstliberty dot org. We have tons of resources available online
31:06 that match a lot of what this guidance says and really just analyzes what is the Supreme Court already told us, what is the law of the land.
31:15 And and I might add, and that you you brought up First Liberty Institute. This you you are the largest organization in America that exclusively defends religious liberty for all
31:27 Americans, and I I just think it's important for our viewers and listeners to be aware of that. So within the within the context of what we're talking about then, Holly, what what sort of lawsuits would you
31:39 expect to see? I mean, it sounds like this is on solid ground what what's moving forward. So with there being a solid legal basis of protecting prayer and religious
31:51 expression as it's being defined here and and defined within the constitution. What kind of lawsuits might there be? I mean, what would they come after?
32:01 There's not much that could come after attacking the actual guidance. What's likely to happen is schools simply will not follow it, and that's exactly where First Liberty Institute is, you know, like you mentioned, the
32:13 largest legal organization ready to defend those students and families. So students that are being prohibited from discussing religion in school assignments or teachers that are being prevented from praying because
32:25 schools may simply not be aware of these constitutionally protected prayer guidance. So we are excited. We stand ready to represent those people and to make sure that their constitutional rights
32:37 are protected just like anyone else's.
32:40 Alright. Real quickly then, as we wrap it up less than a minute to go here, but if people wanna get in touch with First Liberty, and what would you say to those who perhaps might be facing a
32:52 challenge similar to this in their child's school?
32:56 I would encourage those people to just be, be passionate. Stand up for what you believe in. Exercise your constitutional rights. We need people that are courageous and that understand what they can and can't do
33:08 to exercise the freedom that we have as Americans in our public schools and know that should you face opposition, there are law firms and legal groups that are here to
33:20 protect you. And so I would direct your listeners to firstliberty dot org or to First Liberty Institute social pages. Those provide great resources. They have, toolkits in
33:32 there. They have instructions on what your rights are, and so people can feel equipped to go to school and enjoy their constitutional rights.Show more
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