The CBN News Daily Rundown - Audio Podcast

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed great skepticism about globalization and revealed growing nationalism around the world.

"Borders were God's idea and borders are back," says CBN News Senior Correspondent Dale Hurd on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.

"Of course, nationalism has been used for terrible things and we have no interests in that, but national identity and a sense of 'We are Poles, we are Belgians, we are Americans' that has certainly come back," he continues.

A look at globalization and where it's headed today on The Rundown.

COVID-19 has had a detrimental effect on almost every area of our society, including our military. The impact on infected troops and family members is only part of the story. National Security correspondent Eric Philips is on today's CBN News Daily Rundown with a look at what could happen if critical military research and development projects are put on hold while the US economy recovers from this pandemic.

At long last, Israel finally has a government. After three elections and more than a year of political bickering, last night Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former General Benny Gantz agreed to a unity government. CBN News Mideast Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell joins me now with the details.

As the nationwide lockdown continues, there's one question on everyone's mind: "How much longer?" It's the same question King David asked 3,000 years ago, and one recorded in the Psalms. On today's CBN News Daily Rundown, a short meditation from Gordon Robertson on Psalm 13.

Several potential treatments for COVID-19 show promising results as they progress through clinical trials. Health correspondent Lorie Johnson is on today's CBN News Daily Rundown with information on some of the medications doctors are most excited about and update on the status of a potential vaccine.

President Trump is suspending funding to the World Health Organization. The US has contributed more than $900 million to the WHO in the past two years but Trump says the organization has favored China in the COVID-19 pandemic and failed its most basic duties. Senior international correspondent Gary Lane saw the WHO in action during the SARS outbreak. On today's CBN News Daily Rundown he explains that while the organization does a lot of good, they've also become very political.

The most anticipated endorsement of the democratic primary came Tuesday when former President Barak Obama officially endorsed his former VP Joe Biden for president. It comes only one day after Bernie Sanders threw his support behind his former rival--and today Sen. Elizabeth Warren followed suit. Biden is now tasked with uniting a very divided Democrat electorate if he wants a shot at winning the White House. Chief political analyst David Brody weighs in on today's CBN News Daily Rundown and offers some insight into how COVID-19 has turned this into an unprecedented presidential race.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a number of things about the US relationship with China, one of the most notable being our dependence on them for prescription drugs. One author has been warning about the dangers of this arrangement for years. National security correspondent Eric Philips recently sat down with her, he's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.

A new wave of locusts is threatening Africa. The continent already experienced its biggest locust outbreak in 70-years weeks before the coronavirus hit. Now, a second wave is on its way, with some locusts reportedly 20 times the size of the first, posing a huge threat to plants and crops and to many Africans, considered far more destructive than COVID-19. Senior international correspondent George Thomas was in Africa when the first wave of locusts hit. He's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.

US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams made headlines earlier this week, sharing that this would be one of the hardest, saddest weeks of many Americans' lives. Even as he helps lead the charge in the battle against COVID-19, Dr. Adams says it's important to remember just how powerful prayer is. CBN News anchor John Jessup recently sat down with the Surgeon General. He's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.