KCIS Newsmakers Weekend

Pope Leo calls for peace in Lebanon and a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...a West Virginia judte rules on religious exemptions from school vaccination...and a Florida pastor rescued by the Coast Guard.

Several parents of schoolchildren seized in Nigeria say they haven't anything about rescue efforts...President Trump signs executive order allowing designation of certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations...and Turning Point USA says support of a possible presidential candidate for 2028 is "in the works". 

Girls kidnapped from one Nigerian school rescued...Vatican releases document on value of monogamous marriage between a man and woman...and a new survey on what Americans typically believe about the death and resurrection of Christ.

A large number of Cathloic school children have escaped from their abductors in Nigeria...police at South Florida University charge two men for disrupting a Muslim student prayer group...and abortion is once again illegal in North Dakota.

Texas Governor orders State Police to investigate Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR while Washington State chapter of CAIR speaks out on reported statement by a Spokane Valley Councilwoman...Gunmen attack Catholic school in a western region of Nigeria...and outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams condemns protest outside a Manhattan synagogue. 

A Texas group says the state's 10 commandments law should pass it's current legal test...U.S. Border Patrol reportedly monitoring millions of American drivers nationawide...and a new poll on democracy in the U.S.

Fights at a protest March in Dearborn, Michigan...Texas governor declares U.S. Muslim group a "foreign terrorist organization"...and two people killed and others abducted in attack on church in central Nigeria.

New poll says most voters believe "extreme political rhetoric" contributed to the killing of Charlie Kirk...New York's outgoing mayor urging Israel's Prime Minister to attend the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani...and a South Carolina Senate committee considering a bill to create a near total ban on abortion.

U-S Supreme Court declines to hear major religious liberty dispute case...top leader of the Anglican Church in North America has been suspended from ministry...and Pope Leo meets dozens of Hollywood luminaries at the Vatican.

U-S Secretary of State Rubio makes terror designations on four European groups...Nebraska man sentenced for killing a priest...and TPUSA chapters being blocked from some Texas public schools.

U.S. Catholic bishops make official a ban on ”gender-affirming care” for patients at Catholic hospitals...federal court hears arguments over Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood...and a new national survey describes the ongoing ideological and spiritual drift among American churchgoers.

Christian missionary father and daughter on relief mission to Jamaica killed in plane crash ...U.S. Catholic bishops pick a new president...and Israel's president speaks out on West Bank violence.

Supreme Court weighs appeal of same-sex marriage ruling...Moody Bible Institute accusing Chicago Public Schools of religious discrimination...and Flordia sues Planned Parenthood over abortion drugs.

Erika Kirk on Fox News...reaction to election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor...and Nebraska's governor signs executive order on abortion.

House Speaker Johnson warns on giving "platform to antisemitism"...President Trump's son to appear at Turning Point USA event...and Anglican Church in North America Archbishop takes leave of absence amid alegations of misconduct.

President Trump calls out Jewish New Yorkers supporting Mamdani...Erika Kirk wants cameras in the courtroom for the trial of her husband's alleged assassin...and a hunter lost in a California forest thanks God for his rescue.

President Trump comments on killings of Christians in Nigeria...FBI says attack on LDS congregation in Michigan motived by anti-religious beliefs...and apology over Holocaust-themed parade float.

University of Tennessee professor sues over suspension due to Charlie kirk comments...New York's mayor condems antisemitic art exhibit...and Vice President Vance hopes his wife converts to Christianity.

Erika Kirk and V-P Vance speak at Turning Point USA event...Louisiana's governor criticizes Catholic University for denying official recognition of a Turning Point chapter...and Virginia school teacher sues district for defamation over abortion claims.

V-P Vance to speak at Turning Point event with Erika Kirk...poll on concerns over political vionlence and free speech...and pro-life group appeals its lawsuit over Michigan abortion amendment.

Latest on the Gaza ceasefire...Oregon judge blocks Trump administration from pulling sex education funding over gender identify curricula...and Erika Kirk to appear in first interview since her hustand's murder.  

The search expands fo the remaining hostages in Gaza...Pope Leo to visit site of major port blast in Lebanon...and a British Political commentator has been detained by ICE in San Francisco.

A closed hearing being held today for the accused killer of Charlie Kirk...Vice President Vance attends private mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem...and the archbishop of the U.S. Anglican Church is facing sexual misconduct allegations.

American missionary kidnapped in Niger...guilty plea in ISIS-inspired plot on churches in Idaho...and King Charles and Pope Leo pray together at the Vatican.

Top U.S. envoys continue to visit Israel supporting the Gaza ceasefire...President Trump marks Diwali at the White House...and Catholic groups holding prayer vigils today at ICE detention centers.

V-P Vance in Israel...some residents of Michigan city want volume of Islamic call to prayer lowered...and new Barna research on beliefs of Gen Z women.

U.S. envoys back in Israel to shore up ceasefire...pastor, mayoral candidate and half-brother of V-P JD Vance reports bullet hole found at his church...and Christian music museum opens in Nashville.

President Trump announces deal to lower costs of meds used for invitro fertilization...Oregon Senator wants cities to turn off certain license plate reading cameras...and Pope and Leo and King Charles to pray together next week.

U-S House Speaker condemns alleged comments in Young Republicans group chat...House White Press Secretary says President Trump "freed Palestine"...and candidate for California governor supports transgender athletes in the Olympics.

President Trump honors Charlie Kirk...Oklahoma will not being requiring schools to include the BIble in their lessons...and a new cast for Mel Gibson's upcoming "The Resurrection of the Christ".

White House hosting celebration of Charlie Kirk's life...affects of Kirk's death on potential political youth movement...and Instagram attempts to better safeguard teenagers.

Israeli hostages released as U-S President Trump is in the Middle East...and Amy Grant's family regain control of historic Nashville church.

A provision in Washington State law on confessions won't go into effect...update on Gaza peace plan...and a beloved off-court figure in college basketball has died.

Update on Gaza peace plan...Christians gathering this week in Jerusalem for Sukkot...and Pope Leo discusses immigrants with Chicago labor leaders.

Gaza war update...assailant in British synagogue attack reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islatimc State...and a California mayor under investigation for stealing from a church.

U-S Supreme Court hears "conversion therapy" case...appeals court vacates Louisiana Ten Commandments ruling...and talks aimed at end war in Gaza continue on second anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel.

Talks underway over President Trump's Gaza peace plan...U-S Supreme Court opens new term...and man under arrest for allegedly possessing explosive outside a Washington, D-C church.

Trump gives deadline to Hamas...update on attack against synagogue in England...and Church of England names first-ever female as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.

Terrorist attack on British synagogue...FBI ends partnership with Anti-Defamation League...and the latest pro-life efforts across the U-S at the national and state levels.

Turning Point USA returns to Utah...a decline in clinical abortion rates...and Pope Leo talks about abortion, immigration and the climate.

Oregon scientists use human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs..."politically correct" leadership is over at the Pentagon...and Turning Point USA returns to Utah.

Update on Michigan LDS shooting...attorney for alleged Charlie Kirk shooter asks for more time to review evidence..and Washington State sues Trump Administation over pulling funding for teen reproductive and sex health education programs.