The CBN News Daily Rundown - Audio Podcast

“Donald Trump could actually be the first president who would be impeached and win re-election. That would be fascinating,” CBN News chief political analyst David Brody, referring to the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry and how it could all play out in 2020. Listen in, Brody is on today's CBN News Daily Rundown for October 1, 2019.

Five years ago an Israeli soldier was killed by Hamas. They took his body and have been using it as a bargaining chip ever since. Hadar Goldin's parents have been trying to get retrieve his remains, but they've made no progress...until now. National Security correspondent Eric Philips recently spoke with the Goldin's, who came to the U.S. after a new resolution was passed by the United Nations Security Council, a resolution that has a direct connection to their situation. Phillips explains on today's CBN News Daily Rundown for September 30, 2019.

Since the US refugee program began some 40 years ago the number of refugees the nation says it's willing to take has fallen lower and lower. This week the Trump administration announced it's cutting refugee admissions to their lowest ever.

"The Trump administration repeatedly talks about religious freedom and the president this week in his speech to the United Nations called on countries to end religious persecution and yet at the same time his administration is making a decision that we will let fewer people into our country who are fleeing religious persecution," says CBN News Correspondent Heather Sells.

Breaking down what this means today on the CBN News Daily Rundown.

Protests in Hong Kong are approaching their 17th week. The clashes between protesters and police are increasingly turning violent. CBN senior international correspondent George Thomas is there and says that at the moment there really aren't any good options for Chinese intervention. He's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.

Do you have a leaky gut?  Maybe you do, but don't know it.  Good gut health has to do with hundreds of beneficial kinds of bacteria located in the intestines.  Doctors say good gut health plays an integral role in your overall health, and not just from a medical perspective.  Experts say there is a strong link between poor gut health and depression and even Alzheimer's disease.  So how can you know how your gut is doing?  CBN Medical Correspondent Lorie Johnson answers that question in today's episode of the Rundown, but here's a hint: the proof is in the poop!

And speaking of poop, Lorie also explains a mind blowing new procedure being used to help people with poor gut health.

Today is day two in the murder trial of Amber Guyger, a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor, Botham Jean.

Guyger said she was distracted by a phone call when she went into her neighbor's apartment a year ago. She thought she was in her own place and then shot the man who was there. She said she thought he was an intruder. It turned out that she had killed him in his own apartment.

The defense casts the shooting as a tragic mistake. Prosecutors question how Guyger could have missed all the clues that she was in the wrong apartment.

Reporter Amber Strong recently traveled to Dallas to speak to those who knew the 26-year-old victim. She's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.

Not too far from the nation's capital, at the southern end of the Potomac River, there's a massive ship graveyard. Some of the ships there predate the American Revolution. Producer Gabe LaMonica recently got a tour of the ghost fleet. He's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.

First responders face traumatic situations on a regular basis. The effects of that stress can lead to serious health problems. In the northeast, one family has provided several police departments with a special kind of therapy: comfort dogs. Reporter Caitlin Burke was able to see these dogs in action. She's on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.

Federal officials announced today that at least 530 people have become sick with vaping-related lung illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the cause of the hundreds of injuries and seven deaths that are linked to vaping, FDA officials announced they've been conducting a criminal investigation and both federal and local lawmakers are working to ban flavored e-cigarettes. Health reporter Lorie Johnson is on today's CBN News Daily Rundown with more on this public health crisis.

According to initial vote-counting out of Israel, the election was a tie. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and the Blue and White party of Benny Gantz each won 32 Knesset seats in the elections. Right there in Tel Aviv watching it all happen were Chris Mitchell, Julie Stahl and John Waage from our Jerusalem bureau. They're on today's CBN News Daily Rundown.