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Robert Knight is a former Los Angeles Times news editor and columnist for the Washington Times and contributes to other publications as well. Robert has held senior positions in a number of pro-family organizations. He's written several books including- The Coming Communist Wave- What Happens If the Left Captures All Three Branches of Government, Liberty on the Brink, and his latest effort, Crooked- What Really Happened in the 2020 Election and How to Stop the Fraud.--Jim presented various audio clips from President Biden's State of the Union address and Robert followed up with his comments. -Discussion points included---China, the balloon, and the alleged balloons during the Trump presidency.-Immigration -The fentanyl problem-Social Security and Medicare-Abortion and LGBTQ--Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders presented the Republican response and Robert commented on that as well, followed by input from Crosstalk listeners.

As many Crosstalk listeners have been experiencing, food prices have soared. Processing plants have gone up in flames. In many eastern states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall on over 400 food products over the threat of Listeria contamination. We've been warned that fertilizers are being limited and we're not to expect the normal yield on crops. Last week a South Dakota rancher, who serves as the president-elect of the National Cattleman's Beef Association, was speaking with Fox News Digital. He indicated that it's only a matter of time before foot and mouth disease, a disease that affects cows, pigs, sheep, and other animals, makes it across the southern border. Rural suicide rates are up due to farm stress. During the World Economic Forum, the chairman of the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe spoke of the positive effects if a billion people would stop eating meat.--So what's happening to our food supply-- Returning to Crosstalk to shed some light on that question was Tom DeWeese. Tom is the president of American Policy Center.--Tom's research over the years has led him to believe there's an agenda to control the population. One of those is population reduction and this is now coming to the forefront of their agenda. In fact, according to Tom, the U.N. has said the earth can only sustain about a billion people. So control is being taken away from farmers via rules and regulations created by people who never grew any food in their life. The result is that every single aspect of the food industry is being controlled by the idea of being -sustainable- and Tom believes we're going to starve to death if they keep it up.

As many Crosstalk listeners have been experiencing, food prices have soared. Processing plants have gone up in flames. In many eastern states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall on over 400 food products over the threat of Listeria contamination. We've been warned that fertilizers are being limited and we're not to expect the normal yield on crops. Last week a South Dakota rancher, who serves as the president-elect of the National Cattleman's Beef Association, was speaking with Fox News Digital. He indicated that it's only a matter of time before foot and mouth disease, a disease that affects cows, pigs, sheep, and other animals, makes it across the southern border. Rural suicide rates are up due to farm stress. During the World Economic Forum, the chairman of the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe spoke of the positive effects if a billion people would stop eating meat.--So what's happening to our food supply-- Returning to Crosstalk to shed some light on that question was Tom DeWeese. Tom is the president of American Policy Center.--Tom's research over the years has led him to believe there's an agenda to control the population. One of those is population reduction and this is now coming to the forefront of their agenda. In fact, according to Tom, the U.N. has said the earth can only sustain about a billion people. So control is being taken away from farmers via rules and regulations created by people who never grew any food in their life. The result is that every single aspect of the food industry is being controlled by the idea of being -sustainable- and Tom believes we're going to starve to death if they keep it up.

Tomorrow evening President Biden will be delivering his State of the Union address. He'll speak concerning his accomplishments, goals, and his initiatives. --Jim referenced a number of news stories related to this address. One from the Washington Post noted that the President will use this address to remind Americans on how their lives have improved during his first two years in office as he tries to confront pessimism and the politics of a newly divided Washington.--Perhaps more importantly, how do citizens feel about the current state of the union-- Jim posed this question to Crosstalk listeners and wanted to hear their answers in areas such as fiscal policy, education, energy independence, the military, foreign affairs, COVID-19, border security, the environment, our food supply, transportation, as well as where we are morally and spiritually.--Review this edition of Crosstalk and hear how your fellow listeners from across the nation responded.

Tomorrow evening President Biden will be delivering his State of the Union address. He'll speak concerning his accomplishments, goals, and his initiatives. --Jim referenced a number of news stories related to this address. One from the Washington Post noted that the President will use this address to remind Americans on how their lives have improved during his first two years in office as he tries to confront pessimism and the politics of a newly divided Washington.--Perhaps more importantly, how do citizens feel about the current state of the union-- Jim posed this question to Crosstalk listeners and wanted to hear their answers in areas such as fiscal policy, education, energy independence, the military, foreign affairs, COVID-19, border security, the environment, our food supply, transportation, as well as where we are morally and spiritually.--Review this edition of Crosstalk and hear how your fellow listeners from across the nation responded.

Here's a brief selection of stories from those that made the cut as Jim presented another edition of the News Round-Up-----On Wednesday afternoon a Chinese high altitude balloon, suspected to be a spy balloon, caused Billings-Logan International Airport to shut down for about 2 hours.----The People's Republic of China confirmed that the balloon hovering over the northern U.S. is of Chinese origin, is used for research-meteorological purposes, and deviated far from its planned course.----Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his visit to China in light of the recent balloon discovery.----A covert overseas police station run by the Chinese regime in New York has been shuttered following a reported raid by the FBI.----The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution -H.Con.Res.9- condemning socialism.----The FBI searched President Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Wednesday and found no classified documents there.----Senator Ted Cruz says the FBI should search Hunter Biden's home and office for classified material.----The FBI is expected to search for classified documents in the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence in the coming days.----A retired Air Force intelligence officer who took hundreds of classified documents home with him is facing the possibility of 10 years in prison as similar probes unfold against multiple top U.S. leaders. ----Hunter Biden has now admitted that the infamous laptop does belong to him.----24 Senate Republicans have signed a letter to President Biden saying that they will not support a debt ceiling increase without spending cuts.

Here's a brief selection of stories from those that made the cut as Jim presented another edition of the News Round-Up-----On Wednesday afternoon a Chinese high altitude balloon, suspected to be a spy balloon, caused Billings-Logan International Airport to shut down for about 2 hours.----The People's Republic of China confirmed that the balloon hovering over the northern U.S. is of Chinese origin, is used for research-meteorological purposes, and deviated far from its planned course.----Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his visit to China in light of the recent balloon discovery.----A covert overseas police station run by the Chinese regime in New York has been shuttered following a reported raid by the FBI.----The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution -H.Con.Res.9- condemning socialism.----The FBI searched President Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Wednesday and found no classified documents there.----Senator Ted Cruz says the FBI should search Hunter Biden's home and office for classified material.----The FBI is expected to search for classified documents in the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence in the coming days.----A retired Air Force intelligence officer who took hundreds of classified documents home with him is facing the possibility of 10 years in prison as similar probes unfold against multiple top U.S. leaders. ----Hunter Biden has now admitted that the infamous laptop does belong to him.----24 Senate Republicans have signed a letter to President Biden saying that they will not support a debt ceiling increase without spending cuts.

William Federer is a nationally known speaker, historian, author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc. He's the speaker on The American Minute daily broadcast. He has authored numerous books including, America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, George Washington Carver- His Life and Faith in His Own Words, Who is the King in America--, and Socialism- The Real History From Plato to the Present.--William returned to Crosstalk to provide listeners, once again, with a fascinating tour of history. This time he highlighted the following Black Americans that made a great impact on our nation through preaching, missionary work, business, and education. Names included---John Marrant -George Liele -Andrew Bryan -David George -Richard Allen -Harry Hosier -Paul Cuffe -Betsey Stockton -Clara Brown -Booker T. Washington --Listeners wrapped up the program with their comments on this edition of Crosstalk.

William Federer is a nationally known speaker, historian, author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc. He's the speaker on The American Minute daily broadcast. He has authored numerous books including, America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, George Washington Carver- His Life and Faith in His Own Words, Who is the King in America--, and Socialism- The Real History From Plato to the Present.--William returned to Crosstalk to provide listeners, once again, with a fascinating tour of history. This time he highlighted the following Black Americans that made a great impact on our nation through preaching, missionary work, business, and education. Names included---John Marrant -George Liele -Andrew Bryan -David George -Richard Allen -Harry Hosier -Paul Cuffe -Betsey Stockton -Clara Brown -Booker T. Washington --Listeners wrapped up the program with their comments on this edition of Crosstalk.

We have now been through 2 years of the Biden administration immigration policies. The result-- Last week it was reported by the Washington Times that the Department of Homeland Security released more than 1,100 illegal immigrants with criminal records from its detention facilities in December as it sought to make room for a border surge that never materialized. Now the Department of Homeland Security is declaring victory over the border crisis.--Joining Jim for an update on this issue was Mark Krikorian. Mark is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues serving as the Executive Director of Center for Immigration Studies.--Mark described immigration as a federal government program like farm subsidies or small business loans. From time to time it needs to be revisited to see whether it needs to be shrunk, increased or changed in some way.--So what did President Biden do-- When he was running for office he promised to undo everything the Trump administration did regarding immigration. Mark noted that when a different party comes in they have different goals. So even though the opposition was warned and were aware that if they undid Trump's policies it would create a disaster at the border, Mark communicated that they basically -whistled past the graveyard,- took a -wishful thinking- approach, and things didn't work out.--For example, they got rid of the -Remain in Mexico- program. This meant that people applying for asylum could submit their application if they came in illegally and through a port of entry, but they had to wait on the Mexico side of the border for their hearing date.

We have now been through 2 years of the Biden administration immigration policies. The result-- Last week it was reported by the Washington Times that the Department of Homeland Security released more than 1,100 illegal immigrants with criminal records from its detention facilities in December as it sought to make room for a border surge that never materialized. Now the Department of Homeland Security is declaring victory over the border crisis.--Joining Jim for an update on this issue was Mark Krikorian. Mark is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues serving as the Executive Director of Center for Immigration Studies.--Mark described immigration as a federal government program like farm subsidies or small business loans. From time to time it needs to be revisited to see whether it needs to be shrunk, increased or changed in some way.--So what did President Biden do-- When he was running for office he promised to undo everything the Trump administration did regarding immigration. Mark noted that when a different party comes in they have different goals. So even though the opposition was warned and were aware that if they undid Trump's policies it would create a disaster at the border, Mark communicated that they basically -whistled past the graveyard,- took a -wishful thinking- approach, and things didn't work out.--For example, they got rid of the -Remain in Mexico- program. This meant that people applying for asylum could submit their application if they came in illegally and through a port of entry, but they had to wait on the Mexico side of the border for their hearing date.

Twila Brase is the president and co-founder of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom. She's a registered nurse, a certified public health nurse, and author of the eight-time award-winning book, Big Brother in the Exam Room- The Dangerous Truth About Electronic Health Records. She's the speaker on the daily Health Freedom Minute heard on stations across the nation.--Yesterday the White House reported that President Joe Biden intends to end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies. This won't happen today, nor will it happen retroactive to September 18th of 2022 when he said on the 60 Minutes TV program that the pandemic is over. Instead, he will end the emergencies over 3 months from now on May 11th, 2023. Why then----Twila noted that since the Republicans are now in charge of the House, they are clamoring for the end of the emergency declarations, so she believes Biden wants to claim to be the one who ended it rather than letting the Republicans force his hand.--Could this be due to some legislative activity-- For instance, there's HR-382-The Pandemic is Over Act as well as HR-497-The Freedom for Healthcare Workers Act. This latter piece of legislation removes the vaccine mandate on healthcare workers around the nation. As Twila explained, the Biden administration has been clinging to the mandate that communicates that as a condition of participation in Medicare and federal programs, all healthcare providers and workers have to be vaccinated or they will be terminated unless they meet an exemption. This act would completely eliminate the mandate and let workers go back to their jobs and let hospitals be more fully staffed.

Twila Brase is the president and co-founder of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom. She's a registered nurse, a certified public health nurse, and author of the eight-time award-winning book, Big Brother in the Exam Room- The Dangerous Truth About Electronic Health Records. She's the speaker on the daily Health Freedom Minute heard on stations across the nation.--Yesterday the White House reported that President Joe Biden intends to end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies. This won't happen today, nor will it happen retroactive to September 18th of 2022 when he said on the 60 Minutes TV program that the pandemic is over. Instead, he will end the emergencies over 3 months from now on May 11th, 2023. Why then----Twila noted that since the Republicans are now in charge of the House, they are clamoring for the end of the emergency declarations, so she believes Biden wants to claim to be the one who ended it rather than letting the Republicans force his hand.--Could this be due to some legislative activity-- For instance, there's HR-382-The Pandemic is Over Act as well as HR-497-The Freedom for Healthcare Workers Act. This latter piece of legislation removes the vaccine mandate on healthcare workers around the nation. As Twila explained, the Biden administration has been clinging to the mandate that communicates that as a condition of participation in Medicare and federal programs, all healthcare providers and workers have to be vaccinated or they will be terminated unless they meet an exemption. This act would completely eliminate the mandate and let workers go back to their jobs and let hospitals be more fully staffed.

This past Christmas, many of you received a Bible for Christmas. What will you do with your old one-- Are you aware that there's a ministry that collects used Bibles and distributes them to people around the world who are praying that somehow, someone might send them a Bible because they lack the resources to purchase a new one-- --To discuss how you can meet this critical need, Jim welcomed back Jason Woolford. Jason is the president - executive director of Mission Cry.--The average home has over 7 Bibles sitting unused so Jason encourages people from around the U.S. to send those to Mission Cry. Once sent, they go through a sorting process, they get packaged, boxed, put on pallets, and then into sea containers. Then throughout distribution points these materials are given away absolutely free. Mission Cry has sent over 410 million dollars worth of free used Bibles and Christian books to over 178 nations around the world. --Their missionary in China reported that Apple and Android Bible apps have been removed there for those that can have a phone. According to this missionary, this means the printed form of the Word of God is more necessary now than ever before.--Jason explained that the containers are the 20 foot units that you see on large ships. They are filled with 10 pallets. Just last year, Mission Cry sent English Bibles to 24 different nations and the need for Bibles is greater than the number Mission Cry has on hand.--Donated Bibles will get into the hands of those attending seminaries and Bible colleges, prisons, orphanages, schools, evangelists, and missionaries who are native to that particular country.

This past Christmas, many of you received a Bible for Christmas. What will you do with your old one-- Are you aware that there's a ministry that collects used Bibles and distributes them to people around the world who are praying that somehow, someone might send them a Bible because they lack the resources to purchase a new one-- --To discuss how you can meet this critical need, Jim welcomed back Jason Woolford. Jason is the president - executive director of Mission Cry.--The average home has over 7 Bibles sitting unused so Jason encourages people from around the U.S. to send those to Mission Cry. Once sent, they go through a sorting process, they get packaged, boxed, put on pallets, and then into sea containers. Then throughout distribution points these materials are given away absolutely free. Mission Cry has sent over 410 million dollars worth of free used Bibles and Christian books to over 178 nations around the world. --Their missionary in China reported that Apple and Android Bible apps have been removed there for those that can have a phone. According to this missionary, this means the printed form of the Word of God is more necessary now than ever before.--Jason explained that the containers are the 20 foot units that you see on large ships. They are filled with 10 pallets. Just last year, Mission Cry sent English Bibles to 24 different nations and the need for Bibles is greater than the number Mission Cry has on hand.--Donated Bibles will get into the hands of those attending seminaries and Bible colleges, prisons, orphanages, schools, evangelists, and missionaries who are native to that particular country.