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The following is a sample of the current event stories Jim covered, stories that were followed by listener comments.

--Prayers requested for the family of Charles Wescoe, a missionary in Cameroon in

West Africa who was shot and killed in front of his wife and children.

--This Sunday is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

--A spokesperson with the Heritage Institute has indicated that President Trump is

correct when he says that the 14^th Amendment of the Constitution does not require

universal birthright citizenship. The key phrase is '...subject to the

jurisdiction thereof.' That conditional phrase is misinterpreted or ignored by

birthright citizenship advocates.

--A dozen migrants traveling on foot to the U.S. from Honduras filed a class

action lawsuit against President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security and

others.

--The U.S. military sent 5,200 active duty troops this week to the U.S./Mexico

border.

--President Trump amplified his message ahead of the mid-term elections next week

saying he is now prepared to send 15,000 troops to the border in advance of the

caravan of migrants.

--The U.S. border patrol reportedly told Texas landowners at the border to prepare

for a possible influx of armed civilians on their property.

--The second migrant caravan to come from Guatemala into Mexico since October 19^th

crossed into Mexico on October 29^th while defying a large police presence.

--A group of Central American migrants facing deportation set fire to a Mexican

immigration facility in an apparent attempt to escape.

--Mexican authorities deported two fugitive Honduran caravan migrants wanted for

their respective alleged roles in a triple murder and drug trafficking.

--President Trump announced that in response to what he called, 'The crisis at our

southern border' in a search of fraudulent asylum claims in recent years, his

administration will soon require asylum seekers to lawfully present themselves

at a port of entry.

--The possibility exists for contagious diseases coming to America from those in

the caravan.

--An MSNBC reporter traveled to Houston to interview voters in a hotly contested

congressional district. In interviews with Latino voters it was discovered that

these voters were supporting Republicans and had a bad opinion of the migrant

caravan.

--A Mexican woman living in Marion, Ohio, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for

operating what federal prosecutors called a 'document mill' that produced over

1,000 false identification documents.

--President Trump said he plans to sign an executive order ending so-called

birthright citizenship.

--Lindsey Graham has said he will introduce legislation to end birthright

citizenship.

--Former Senator Harry Reid said in 1993 that no sane country would grant

citizenship to illegal aliens and children born in the U.S.

--Referring to those of an illegal nature, Vice President Mike Pence said we have

more than 1,000 people attempting to come into our nation every single day.

--President Trump is vowing to set up tent cities to end 'catch and release'.

--Netflix runs something called, 'Big Mouth'. One critic described it as 'pure

evil' while another described it as 'animated kiddie porn'.