CBN NewsWatch AM: August 22, 2022

NEW POLLING DATA SHOWING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE RAPIDLY GAINING GROUND IN KEY RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS AS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE AROUND THE CORNER. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY A CAR BOMB KILLED THE DAUGHTER OF A POLITICAL THEORIST WHO IS KNOWN AS \"PUTIN\'S BRAIN.\" A U-S DISTRICT JUDGE IN FLORIDA BLASTED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE MARINE CORPS FOR FAILING TO GRANT RELIGIOUS ACCOMODATIONS TO SERVICE MEMBERS WHO OBJECTED TO TAKING THE COVID SHOT. MORE THAN 27-MILLION STUDENTS RETURNED TO SCHOOL ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES AFTER A 2 YEAR LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. MOVING YOUR FAMILY FROM SILICON VALLEY TO A SMALL PACIFIC ISLAND MAY SEEM TOO BIG A SACRIFICE FROM SOME. MISSIONARY WAYNE CHEN BELIEVES IT\'S PAYING DIVIDENDS IN ETERNITY. RON HOWARD\'S NEW FILM 13 LIVES TAKES US BACK TO A STORY THAT GRIPPED THE WORLD FOUR YEARS AGO. IT’S THE TRUE STORY OF 12 MEMBERS OF A SOCCER TEAM AND THEIR COACH IN THAILAND TRAPPED IN CAVE AND AN EXTRAORDINARY 17-DAY RESCUE EFFORT.