Pat: WELL, IN AN
EXTRAORDINARY MOVE TO SEEK
PEACE THE GOVERNMENT OF
ISRAEL RELEASED 1,000
TERRORISTS, CRIMINALS,
PALESTINIAN THAT HAD BEEN
HELD IN THEIR PRISON, IN
EXCHANGE FOR ONE ISRAELI
SOLDIER.
DID IT BRING PEACE?
NOT ON YOUR LIFE.
PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS
LAUNCHED DEADLIED ROCKET
ATTACKS ON ISRAELI CIVILIANS
THIS WEEKEND.
ISRAEL SAID THEY'RE GOING TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES, SO THEY
HIT BACK, TARGETING THE
TERRORISTS WITH AIR
STRIKES.
Terry: THE WEEKEND
ISSUES RAISED CONCERNS THAT
ISRAEL COULD SOON BE AT
WAR.
Reporter: THE ISRAELI
PRESIDENT SAID ROCKETS FROM
GAZA ARE LIKE A PALESTINIAN
WAR.
KILLING ONE ISRAELI, LEAVING
MANY IN SHOCK, AND DOING
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
ONE OF THE ROCKETS HIT HERE
IN THIS PARKING LOT, NEXT TO
AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN
ASHTOD, 22 MILES FROM THE
GAZA STRIP.
RESIDENTS HERE SAY THEY ARE
TERRIFIED.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY TENSE
AND REALLY SCARY.
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE IT
IS GOING TO COME FROM.
Reporter: THE ISRAELI
ARMY RELEASED THIS VIDEO,
SHOWING WHAT IT SAYS WAS
PALESTINIANS PREPARING TO
LAUNCH A ROCKET AT ISRAEL.
ISRAELIS FOUGHT BACK.
THE ISRAELIS DEFENSE
FORCES ACTED AGAINST THE
LAUNCH OF ROCKETS INTO
ISRAEL.
Reporter: ISLAMIC JIHAD
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR
MOST OF THE ROCKETS.
BUT EXPERTS SAY THE TERROR
GROUPS TAKE ORDERS FROM
HAMAS.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS
HAMAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
VIOLENCE.
HAMAS HELD SHALIT CAPTIVE,
AND SOME SAY NOW THAT HE IS
OUT, ISRAEL SHOULD ACT MORE
AGGRESSIVE AGAINST HAMAS AND
GAZA.
THIS COMES AS PALESTINIAN
CONTINUE THEIR UNILATERAL
BID FOR STATEHOOD AT THE
UNITED NATIONS.
ISRAEL SAYS THE MOVE WILL
LEAD TO INSTABILITY AND
POTENTIALLY TO VIOLENCE.
ISRAELI LEADERS ARE CALLING
ON THE PALESTINIANS TO
RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE.
BUT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE
PEACE TALKS ARE UNLIKELY
NOW, AND ARE CONCERNED THAT
ISRAEL IS IN FOR TROUBLED
TIMES AHEAD.
JULIE STAHL, CBN NEWS.
Pat: SOME TIME AGO WHEN
ISRAEL GAVE UP GAZA, I SAID
IT WAS A TRAGIC MISTAKE.
BECAUSE GOD SPEAKS TO THOSE
WHO DIVIDE HIS LAND, AND
GAZA IS PART OF HIS LAND.
AND I KNOW THEY DIDN'T WANT
IT BECAUSE IT IS A SEA BED
OF POVERTY.
BUT BY GIVING GAZA TO THE
PALESTINIANS, ISRAEL GAVE
THEM A LAUNCHING PLATFORM
FOR ROCKETS THAT HIT DEEP
INTO ISRAEL.
AND NOW THEY'RE DOING IT.
SO SIMON IS A DECLARATION OF
WAR.
ARE THEY GOING TO WAR?
AND WHO GETS WORK?
THE INNOCENT.
THE PALESTINIANS STIR UP
TROUBLE, AND THE POOR PEOPLE
PAY.
AND IT IS HARD TO TARGET
YOUR PARTICULAR FOES AND
LEAVE OUT WHAT THEY CALL
COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
IT IS A SAD THING, BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING.
LEE WEBB HAS THE REST OF OUR
TOP STORIES FROM THE CBN
NEWSROOM.
Reporter: PAT, RELATED
TO THAT, A SAUDI PRINCE HAS
PLACED A $1 MILLION BOUNTY
ON ANY CAPTURED SAUDI
OFFICER.
THE CLERIC PROMISED $100,000
FOR THE CAPTURE OF ISRAELI
SOLDIERS TO BE USED IN
ANOTHER PRISONER SWAP.
IT FOLLOWS THE DEAL WITH
GILAD SHALIT.
A RARE SNOWSTORM KILLED
ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE IN THE
NORTH EAST.
ABOUT 2 MILLION ARE WITHOUT
POWER.
STATES OF MEC EMERGENCY ARE
DECLARED IN PARTS OF NEW
JERSEY.
I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE
THEY'LL HAVE THE POWER EIGHT
DAYS IN THIS AREA; BUT THE
GUYS ARE OUT WORKING.
Reporter: SNOWFALL
TOTALS HAVE TOPPED TWO FEET
IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS,
BREAKING ALL PREVIOUS
OCTOBER RECORDS.
A NEW POLL SHOWS REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
HERMAN CAIN BARELY AHEAD OF
MITT ROMNEY IN IOWA.
AND NOW CAIN IS FACING NEW
CHALLENGES.
CAIN WAS ACCUSED OF
INAPPROPRIATE AND SEXUALLY
SUGGESTIVE BEHAVIOR BY TWO
WOMEN.
THE STORY SAYS THE WOMEN
WERE PAID TO LEAVE THE
ASSOCIATION AND KEEP QUIET.
NO SOURCES WERE NAMED.
CAIN'S CAMPAIGN, THOUGH,
DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AND
CALLS THEM UNSUBSTANTIATED
PERSONAL ATTACKS.
PAT?
Pat: THIS IS THE WAY IT
IS WHEN SOMEBODY WHO IS A
REPUBLICAN STARTS GAINING IN
THE POLLS AND LOOKS LIKE HE
MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL
PRESIDENT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE
LONG KNIVES ARE OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
POLITICAL LEANEES ARE, BUT I
SUGGEST THEY'RE SO-CALLED
--
Terry: ANYBODY CAN SAY
THAT ABOUT ANYONE.
IT IS SOMETHING TO BE
BATTLED.
Pat: APPARENTLY, THE
STORY IS THAT THE THING WAS
SCHEDULED FOR AN UNDISCLOSED
SOURCE, AND THE WOMEN, IN A
SENSE, GOT PAID OFF.
AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE
SEALED.
SO THEY CAN'T TELL WHAT
HAPPENED.
CAIN IS IN A BOX.
HE CAN'T TELL ANYBODY
EITHER, IF ANYTHING DID
HAPPEN.
SO -- BOY.
THAT'S THE KIND OF WORLD WE
LIVE IN.
WE JUST GET USED TO IT.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE
SWAYED BY THESE THINGS
BECAUSE I DOUBT IF THEY HAVE
MUCH SUBSTANCE.
LEE?
Reporter: PAT, THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS ONE
YEAR FROM TOMORROW.
AND THE ECONOMY WILL LIKELY
BE THE TOP ISSUE FOR
VOTERS.
IT WAS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF
REGENT UNIVERSITY'S CLASH OF
THE TITANS THIS WEEKEND.
THE DEBATE WAS CALLED
"COUNTDOWN TO COLLAPSE,
SOLVING AMERICA'S ECONOMIC
CRISIS."
Reporter: IT IS CALLED
"CLASH OF THE TITANS"
BECAUSE IT PITS HEAVY
WEIGHTS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
NO GOUGING, NO BITING,
AND NO KICKING.
AND YOU MAINTAIN CIVILITY.
I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A
WONDERFUL DEBATE AND I HOPE
THEY COME UP WITH SOME
SOLUTIONS TO AMERICA'S DEBT
PROBLEMS.
Reporter: BRETT BEAR
MODERATED THE CA DEBATE,
WHICH CENTERED ON THE SIZE
OF GOVERNMENT IN SOLVING THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS.
THE REPUBLICANS WANT IT
SMALLER, LESS SPENDING,
LOWER TAXES, AND FEWER
REGULATIONS.
WHILE THE DEMOCRATS WANT
BIGGER GOVERNMENT AND EVEN
MORE SPENDING TO SPUR
GROWTH.
WHAT ABOUT THE FAMOUS
OBAMA CARE?
THE TRUTH IS THAT OBAMA CARE
LET'S BUSINESSES, IF THEY
WANT TO, DO SOMETHING
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED
TO DO BEFORE.
THE PUBLIC PLAN?
THAT'S A LOT LESS THAN THE
COST YOU'RE NOW PAYING FOR
WORKERS.
IF DR. SUMMERS IS RIGHT,
AND I THINK HE IS, WE HAVE A
LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE
DUMPED IN THE COVERAGE.
WE'LL HAVE A $2 TRILLION TAB
OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS FOR
THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO REPEAL
OBAMA CARE, BECAUSE OF WHAT
DR. SUMMER'S TALKED ABOUT.
Reporter: TONIGHT'S
AUDIENCE HEARD TWO
DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT PLANS
ON HOW TO REVITALIZE
AMERICA'S ECONOMY.
THERE IS ONE THING THESE
TITANS CAN AGREE ON: AMERICA
IS ON A FINANCIAL PATH IS IS
UNSUSTAINABLE, AND THE
STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN
HIGHER.
Reporter: THIS IS THE
NINTH ANNUAL DEBATE.
HOW DID IT STACK UP AGAINST
THE OTHERS?
Pat: IN MY OPINION, IT
WAS THE BEST WE'VE EVER
HAD.
IT HAD MORE SUBSTANCE.
AND SIMPSON HAD HIS FINGER
RIGHT ON THE STATISTICS THAT
WERE VERY IMPORTANT.
KARL ROVE WAS JUST MASTERFUL
IN HIS GRASP OF THE ISSUES.
LARRY SUMMERS, OF COURSE,
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY, AND FORM ADVISOR
TO THE PRESIDENT, AND THE
MAN WHO WAS THE PRESS AIDE
TO BILL CLINTON.
IT WAS TOP-NOTCH PEOPLE.
AND THE MODERATE DID A
SUBURB JOB.
I THINK WHEN IT WAS
FINISHED, THERE WAS A GREAT
DEAL OF CIVILITY, AND IN MY
OPINION, THERE WAS MORE
COMMON GROUND THAN RANKER
AND DISAGREEMENT.
Terry: DID THEY SOLVE
AMERICA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS?
Pat: NO, BUT THEY'RE
GETTING CLOSE IF THEY LISTEN
TO HIM.
ALAN SIMPSON HAS GOT IT.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD DO THE
JOB.
BUT HE WAS VERY VEHEMENT
ABOUT HIS OPPOSITION TO THE
NATIONAL TAXPAYER UNION.
JUST SAID YOU CAN'T RAISE
ANY TAXES ON ANYTHING, AND
HE SAYS THERE HAS COME A
TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO FIX THE
TAX CODE.
AND THERE ARE TAXES THAT
HAVE TO -- AT LEAST
DEDUCTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE
TAKEN AWAY.
IT WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT
DEBATE, AND I CONGRATULATE
REGENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS
PRIVILEGED TO PUT IN WHEN I
WAS PRESIDENT OF THAT
INSTITUTION.
WE SORT OF SAID WE CAN'T
AFFORD A FOOTBALL TEAM, SO
WHAT CAN WE DO?
Terry: DEBATE.
Pat: DEBATE IS WHAT WE
DO.
IT IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN
FOOTBALL.
Reporter: MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS ARE URGING
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CUT OFF
AID TO EGYPT BECAUSE OF
INCREASED PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS.
LAWMAKERS WANT TO SUSPEND A
BILLION DOLLARS IN AIDE
UNTIL THEY ARE FULLY
PROTECTED.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCATES
SAY EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS ARE
FLEEING EGYPT IN DROVES TO
ESCAPE ATTACKS FROM ISLAMICS
IN GOVERNMENT FORCES.
THE U.S. SHOULD WARN EGYPT'S
LEADERS THEIR TRANSITION TO
DEMOCRACY IS DOOMED UNLESS
THEY GRANT CHRISTIANS FULL
AND EQUAL RIGHTS.
BACK-TO-BACK HURRICANES
ATTACKED THE PHILIPPINES.
MANY YEAR AREAS COULD NOT
RECEIVE AID BECAUSE OF
BRIDGES AND ROADS THAT WERE
WASHED AWAY.
CBN WENT TO HELP THE PEOPLE,
SOME OF WHOM HAVE NEVER SEEN
A REAL DOCTOR.
Reporter: A RURAL
PROVINCE IN THE PHILIPPINES
COULD BE CALLED THE GATEWAY
TO TYPHOONS BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE THEY LAND.
A RECENT STORM WASHED AWAY A
MAJOR BRIDGE.
MAKING IT EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT TO BRING AID TO
AREAS.
DESPITE THIS, CBN TRAVELLED
FOR 16 HOURS IN ROUGH RAIN
TO BRING RELIEF TO VICTIMS
IN THE DISTANT TOWN OF
AURORA.
THE MEDICAL TEAM IS
SERVING MORE THAN 600
FAMILIES IN THIS POOL HALL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD MEN
AND WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND A
LOT OF BABIES.
AND FOR SOME OF THEME, THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE
BEEN ATTENDED TO BY A REAL
FAMILY.
Reporter: LOPOG IS
GRATEFUL THAT HIS FAMILY CAN
GET MEDICAL CARE.
WE CANNOT CROSS THE
RIVERS.
I THANK GOD YOU CAME TO US.
I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT A
DOCTOR CAN CHECK OUR BABY.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO BE
VISITED BY REAL DOCTORS.
THANK YOU FOR THE
MEDICINES.
YOUR TIME SAVED OUR LIVES.
Reporter: HUMEDICA
PARTNERED WITH CBN TO GIVE
AID TO THE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS
ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT
WORKING WITH CBN IS REALLY
EASY TO CARE, PROVIDING THE
BASIC FOUNDATION FOR OUR
WORKS AND WE CAN REALLY
FOCUS ON OUR MEDICAL
DISASTER AID.
THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WORKING HERE, AND WHAT THE
PEOPLE NEED.
AND ALSO THEY HAVE A -- LIKE
A CHURCH NETWORK.
A LOT OF PASTORS THAT ARE
COMMUNICATING TO THEM.
Reporter: CBN CARRIED
OUT DISASTER RELIEF
OPERATIONS AND MEDICAL
MISSIONS TO 20 OTHER
VILLAGES IN O IN AURORA,
DEMONSTRATING COMPASSION.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Reporter: THE APOSTLE
PAUL TELLS US TOP IN TATORS
OF CHRIST -- TO BE IMITATERS
OF CHRIST.
Pat: THIS IS WHAT WE DO
AT CBN, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
AND "OPERATION BLESSING" AS
WELL.
THESE TWO THRUSTS ARE
JUST -- WE'RE HAPPENING
LITERALLY MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT JUST A FEW, IT'S
NOT JUST A HANDFUL.
IT'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
WE'RE SAVING LIVES AND
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE
LIVES OF PEOPLE.
IT IS AMAZING WHEN THESE
THINGS HIT, IT ALMOST
INVARIABLY STRIKES THE
POOR.
THE DOWNTRODDEN.
THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME,
AND THEN A DISASTER COMES OR
AN EARTHQUAKE COMES, AND
WHAT LITTLE SHELTER THEY
HAVE GETS TORN DOWN AND
THEY'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST
DEATH.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE CAN
REACH OUT A HAND OF
COMPASSION, AND WE'RE DOING
IT.
KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU WANT TO
PARTICIPATE, THE CBN
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EARTH'S POPULATION HAS
CLIMBED TO SEVEN BILLION.
NO ONE KNOWS NOR SURE WHERE
OR WHEN THAT FIGURE WILL
ACTUALLY BE REACHED, BUT THE
UNITED NATIONS CHOSE
HALLOWEEN TO SYMBOLIZE THAT
EVENT.
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
HAVE BEEN MARKING THE
WORLD.
STARTING WITH THE
PHILIPPINES.
WHERE DANICA HAS BEEN BORN.
THE U.N. ESTIMATES THE WORLD
WILL REACH THE EIGHT BILLION
MARK BY 2025.
SEVERE FLOODING IN CAMBODIA
NOW AFFECTS 17 OF THE
COUNTRY'S 24 PROVINCES.
CBN VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING
TO GET RELIEF PACKAGES TO
VICTIMS.
MANY OF THE VICTIMS ARE
FARMERS.
MANY OF THE ROADS ARE
FLOODED AND CAN'T BE REACHED
WITH FOOD AND SUPPLIES.
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THAN 3,000 RELIEF PACKAGES,
ALONG WITH ONE TON OF RICE.
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GROUP OF 35 ORPHANS WITH
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