CBN NewsWatch AM: August 8, 2022

Senate Democrats pass new spending/tax bill along party lines over Republican objections- they say it will fight inflation, but independent analysts disagree; ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad holds after three days of fighting; CBN Middle East bureau chief Chris Mitchell talks about the fighting, the importance of the Iron Dome missile defense system, the Israeli holiday known as Tisha B’Av, and the CBN bomb shelters for Israelis along the Gaza border; Indiana approves a near-total ban on abortion; Republican Senators asked tough questions to FBI Director Christopher Wray about the bureau’s handling of the Hunter Biden case when Wray appeared before a Senate committee Thursday; and how Christian parents and believers can respond with grace to their children and others wrestling with gender identity issues.