CBN News Daily Rundown August 16, 2019

Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 6:51 p.m.

b'Israel granted the request of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to visit her elderly grandmother who lives in the West Bank, but the congresswoman changed her mind and decided not to visit\\xa0her family.
The Israeli government asked her not to promote the boycott of the Jewish State during her visit. Honoring that request she said would "kill a piece of her."
"And that leaves a big question mark, doesn\'t it? That\\xa0question mark being was the main objective to go visit grandma or was the main objective\\xa0to go and be able to promote your ideology, beliefs there in the Israeli state," says CBN News National Security Correspondent Eric Philips.
Eric weighs in on this story, explains how bulletproof backpacks work, and gives us a preview of what we can expect in Hong Kong this weekend today on the CBN News Daily Rundown.'