TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH,"
MEDICARE AND THE ELECTION.
HOW THE ROMNEY-RYAN CAMPAIGN IS
FOCUSSING ON THE PROGRAM TO
APPEAL TO VOTERS.
PLUS THE THREAT OF WAR.
IS ISRAEL READY TO ATTACK IRAN?
LATEST ON THE GROWING TENSION IN
THE MIDDLE EAST. AND WHITNEY
HOUSTON'S NEW MOVIE, HOW FAITH
PLAYED A PART ON THE NEW MOVIE
"SPARKLE."
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM LEE WEB. AND I
AM LORIE JOHNSON.
IN THE NINE DAYS SINCE MITT
ROMNEY CHOSE PAUL RYAN AS A
RUNNING MATE THE CLASH HAS MOVED
FRONT AND CENTER IN THE NATIONAL
CENTER.
REPUBLICANS ARE USED TO
LOSING ARGUMENTS WITH DEMOCRATS
OVER MEDICARE.
NOW THEY ARE ON OFFENSE. A
NEW STUDY MAY BACK SOME OF THEIR
CLAIMS.
REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN TOOK ON THE
MEDICARE ISSUE HEAD ON IN
FLORIDA APPEARING WITH HIS
MOTHER BEFORE A GROUP THAT MAY
HAVE THE MOST CONCERNS, SENIOR
CITIZENS. MY MOM HAS BEEN ON
MEDICARE FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
I AM GOING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY
HOW MANY OVER 10 YEARS.
THIS PUSH GRAMA OVER THE
CLIFF WOULD BALANCE THE BUDGET
ON THE BACKS OF SENIOR.
RYAN HAMMERED BACK IN FLORIDA
WITH HIS CHARGE THAT 'OBAMACARE'
WILL RAID MEDICARE TO THE TUNE
OF 750 BILLION DOLLARS.
MEDICARE SHOULDN'T BE USED AS
A PIGGY BANK FOR 'OBAMACARE.' IT
SHOULD BE THE PROMISE TO OUR
SENIORS PERIOD, END OF STORY.
OBAMA HASN'T SAID MUCH
PRESIDENT OBAMA: THEY THINK THE
BEST DEFENSE IS TO GO ON
OFFENSE. THAT IS A CENTRAL
QUESTION ON THE TABLE FOR THIS
ELECTION, HOW WE ARE GOING TO
STRENGTHEN MEDICARE, WHETHER WE
ARE GOING TO CARE FOR SENIORS
OR SHIFT THE COST.
THE ONE THING RYAN'S ECONOMIC
PLAN DOESN'T LACK IS SUBSTANCE.
A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE, A
VOUCHER-LIKE SYSTEM EMBRACED BY
RYAN AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE
COLLEAGUE RON WIDEN MAYBE A
BETTER WAY.
THE BIGGEST DOWN SIDE IS THAT
THE RYAN PLAN AS PROPOSED
WOULDN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL 2023.
THIS IS THE FIRST ELECTION
CYCLE I CAN REMEMBER WHEN
DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE DEFENSIVE
BECAUSE OF MEDICARE.
ROMNEY CAMP WON'T DWELL
EXCLUSIVELY ALL THE WAY TO
NOVEMBER BUT IS SURE TO GET ITS
SHARE OF PRESS.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.
FOR MORE WE TURN TO CHIEF
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT DAVID
BRODY.
IS IT PLAYING OUT HOW THEY
PLANNED?
THEY HAVE BEEN GIDDY EVER
SINCE PAUL RYAN WAS INTRODUCED
AS VP.
I DON'T THINK THE GIDDINESS IS
GOING AWAY.
QUESTION IS FOR THE ROMNEY-RYAN
CAMP.
CAN THEY SAY TO FOLKS, LOOK, WE
DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR
MEDICARE IF YOU ARE 55 OR OLDER.
IF YOU ARE UNDER 55, WE WANT A
FRANK DISCUSSION.
THEY ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION
THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD.
IT IS A VERY HEAVY LIFT IN
POLITICAL TERMS FOR SURE.
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION.
IT IS HARD.
NOT TO TALK IN PLATITUDES AND
GENERIC LINES.
FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF TIMES WE
HEAR WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ALL
OF THIS IS GOING TO EFFECT YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN OR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS START
TALKING ABOUT HOW IS THIS GOING
TO EFFECT A FAMILY OF FOUR IF
THE FAMILY IS 50 YEARS OLD.
THEY NEED TO BE SPECIFIC, BUT
NOT TOO WONGISH AT THE SAME
TIME. TODAY, DAVID, TWO
ARTICLES HITTING THE OBAMA
CAMPAIGN.
NEWS WEEK, IT IS CALLED "HIT THE
ROAD BARACK" IS THERE A SHIFT IN
THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THESE
CAMPAIGNS?
THERE IS A CLIMATE IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT IS EXTREMELY FRUS
TRAIT
FRUSTRATED.
THE WHOLE CONGLOMERATE, THEY
LOVE TO HAVE SHOCK AND AWES PART
OF THEIR REPERTOIRE.
A PERSON SUPPORTED JOHN
MCCAIN IN 2008.
THE EDITOR OF NEWS WEEK IS A
LIBERAL, TINA BROWN. THAT'S
RIGHT.
TINA BROWN IS KNOWN FOR DOING
CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THIS.
THIS IS A WAY TO SELL MORE
MAGAZINES.
IT IS SOMETHING TINA BROWN HAS
BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO IN THE PAST.
DAVID, MISSOURI SENATOR
CANDIDATE TODD AIKEN HAS COME
UNDER FIRE ABOUT COMMENTS ABOUT
RAPE AND PREGNANCY.
TALK ABOUT HOW HIS COMMENTS WILL
IMPACT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN
THIS ELECTION YEAR?
RIGHT NOW, IT WAS A SEED FOR
THE REPUBLICANS TO PICK UP IN
MISSOURI.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
CLARA MCCASKILL HAS BEEN UNDER
FIRE IN MISSOURI.
DOWN FIVE TO SEVEN POINTS TO
AIKEN RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
WATCH THE POLL NUMBERS TO
TIGHTEN UP.
MCCASKILL UNDER A LOT OF FIRE.
AIKEN IS A SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN WHO IS IN GOOD
TERRITORY IN MISSOURI.
THIS IS HIS WHEEL HOUSE.
IT IS THERE FOR THE TAKING.
HE GOT FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
ANY TIME YOU SAY THE WORDS
LEGITIMATE RAPE IN A SENTENCE.
THAT IS A PROBLEM.
IT GIVES THE DEMOCRATS ONE MORE
NUGGET IN THEIR WHOLE WAR ON
WOMEN NARRATIVE.
THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.
YOU CAN BE SURE THIS IS GOING TO
PLAY OUT FOR MONTHS TO COME, I
BELIEVE. DAVID, THANKS FOR
BRINGING THIS TO US.
WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE BACK.
THANK YOU.
REPRESENT TODD AIKEN
APOLOGIZED.
HE SAID WOMEN'S BODIES ARE ABLE
TO PREVENT PREGNANCIES ON
LEGITIMATE ISSUES.
HE SAID HE USED THE WRONG WORDS
IN THE WRONG WAY.
SOME INCLUDING TOP REPUBLICANS
ARE CALLING ON AIKEN TO END HIS
BID FOR THE SENATE.
HE WILL CONTINUE HIS CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED HIS
REMARKS OFFENSIVE.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ROSE IN 44
STATES.
THAT IS THE MOST TO SHOW IN
THREE YEARS.
NINE OF THE STATES ARE
CONSIDERED SERIOUS BATTLEGROUNDS
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
NEVADA SAW THE GREATEST INCREASE
WITH A JUMP FROM 11.6 PERCENT TO
12 PERCENT IN JULY.
NATIONWIDE HIRING IMPROVED
SLIGHTLY IN JULY FOLLOWING THREE
DISMAL MONTHS OF HIRING.
THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE
BEEN FORCED TO EVACUATE AS WILD
FIRES BURN IN EIGHT WESTERN
STATES.
IN OHIO MORE THAN 1,000
FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING
FLAMES, 8,000 ACRES BURNED.
SOUTH OF SACRAMENTO, A FIRE IS
BURNING AND 3500 HOMES ARE
THREATENED AS THE FIRE CONTINUES
TO SPREAD.
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO
EVACUATE, SOME BARELY MAKING IT
OUT.
FLAMES ON THE ROAD ON EITHER
SIDE.
I LOOKED UP, EVERYTHING WAS
BLACK.
I DROVE THROUGH IT.
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
IN WASHINGTON STATE, THE
WEATHER IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS
GET CONTROL OF THE BLAZE THAT
DESTROYED HOMES EAST OF SEATTLE.
THE WEATHER ISN'T HELPING IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST WEST NILE VIRUS.
HOT, DRY TEMPERATURES ACROSS
MUCH OF THE U.S. OFFER A PERFECT
BREEDING GROUNDS FOR MOSQUITOS
AND .
CHARLENE ISRAEL REPORTS.
MUCH NEEDED RAINS ARE NOW
UNWELCOME.
THE STANDING WATER WILL ONLY
LEAD TO MORE MOSQUITOS AND MORE
CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS.
TEXAS REMAINS GROUND ZERO
ACCOUNTING TO HALF OF THE TOTAL
CASES.
ANYWHERE YOU ARE GOING, THEY
ARE EVERYWHERE.
OFFICIALS ARE USING A
CONTROVERSIAL ARIAL SPRAY.
BAD WEATHER GROUNDED THE FLAMES.
WE HAVE PEOPLE DYING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SENSE OF
URGENCY NOW.
THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING. CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL REPORTS 26 DEATHS SO FAR
AND 700 CONFIRMED CASES.
MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE
AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
I WENT TO BED AND NEXT
MORNING I WOKE UP BLIND. HAL
IS FIGHTING TO GET HIS LIFE BACK
TO NORMAL AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED
WITH WEST NILE VIRUS.
STARTED OFF LIKE THE FLU.
THEY SAY TO WEAR LONG SLEEVES,
USE MOSQUITO REPELLANT WHEN
GOING OUTSIDE AND GET RID OF ANY
STANDING WATER IN YOUR HOME.
MOST INFECTED WITH THE WEST NILE
VIRUS NEVER KNOW IT.
ONLY 20 PERCENT SUFFER FROM
SYMPTOMS WHICH INCLUDE HIGH
FEVER, HEADACHES, JOINT PAIN,
VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.
THE DISEASE ATTACKS THE
PATIENT'S BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
IT IS A VIRUS THAT NORMALLY ONLY
EFFECTS ELDERLY AND UNHEALTHY.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
YOUNGER PEOPLE GET NEUROINVASIVE
DISEASE.
THAT IS UNUSUAL.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
A DEAD LLY SAL MA NEL LA OUT
BREAK LINKED TO CANTALOUPE.
HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY
FOUND THE SOURCE, A FARM IN
INDIANA.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAY
ANY CANTALOUPE COMING FROM
SOUTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE
THROWN AWAY.
COMING UP, RUMORS OF WAR,
TENSIONS HIGH BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
IRAN.
WILL ISRAEL ATTACK.
MILITARY'S TOP GENERAL IS IN
AFGHANISTAN DISCUSSING THE
RISING NUMBER OF ATTACKS BY
AFGHAN SOLDIERS AND POLICE.
GENERAL MARTIN DEFRP SI'S COMES
ONE DAY AFTERSHOCKS GOOD
AFTERNOON POLICE KILLED ONE
AMERICAN.
IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, 10 U.S.
SOLDIERS HAVE DIED AT THE HANDS
OF AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES.
HAMID KARZAI IS CANNING CALLED
ON TO TO FIND A BETTER WAY OF
VETTING AFGHAN RECRUITS.
ONE SECURITY EXPERT SAYING
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SO MUCH
TALK ABOUT WAR.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS IRAN IS
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE ISRAEL
FACES AT HOME.
SOME ISRAELI'S BELIEVE TALKING
IS WHAT IS GOING TO GET THE
WORLD INVOLVED.
CHRIS MITCHELL JOINS US.
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.
NORMALLY YOU ARE IN JERUSALEM.
YOU LIVE THERE, HAVE FOR SO MANY
YEARS.
BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU HAVE A
GREAT IDEA OF WHAT THE ISRAELI
PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND FEELING.
ARE THEY FEARFUL OF AN ATTACK?
I THINK THEY ARE, LORI.
IN FACT, JUST AS LEE JUST SAID,
THE TALK OF WAR, IT IS NOT THE
FOREIGN MEDIA, BUT ISRAELI
MEDIA.
SHE HAS NEVER SEEN THE TALK OF
WAR THIS RATCHETED UP.
IRAN IS CALLING ISRAELI AN
INSULT TO HUMANITY.
WHETHER OR NOT ATTACK COMES
SOONER OR LATER, SEEMS LIKE WAR
IS INEVITABLE. WHAT IS THE
ISRAELI MILITARY DOING TO
PREPARE?
ISRAELI MILITARY HAS BEEN
PREPARING FOR YEARS.
THIS IS THEIR NO. 1 THREAT,
NUCLEAR IRAN.
NOT ONLY GETTING A NUCLEAR
WEAPON , BUT A BALLISTIC MISSILE
TO DELIVER.
ISRAELI IS A ONE-BOMB COUNTRY.
IN SIX MINUTES THEY COULD DO
WHAT TOOK HITLER SIX YEARS TO
DO.
MARTIN DEMPSEY SAID THE U.S.
DOESN'T VIEW THE IRAN SITUATION
WITH THE SAME URGENCY THAT
ISRAEL DOES.
HOW WOULD THE U.S. PLAY INTO ANY
ATTACK PLAN?
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
SOME MAY SEE IT REVOLVE AROUND
THE CALENDAR, WILL ROMNEY GET
ELECTED?
NETANYAHU AND ROMNEY HAVE A
CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP BACK
TO THEIR COLLEGE DAYS.
THAT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER FOR
ISRAEL TO FEEL LIKE THE U.S. HAS
THEIR BACK.
THEY ARE NOT ASSURED IF OBAMA IS
PRESENT AT THE TIME.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND NETANYAHU
HAVE HAD TENSE MOMENTS.
THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS ROCKY.
NETANYAHU WANTS TO PLAY THIS
DOWN THE MIDDLE POLITICALLY.
PRIVATELY, A LOT OF ISRAELI
EXPERTS ARE LESS SURE OF AN
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAN
POTENTIAL ROMNEY ADMINISTRATION.
THEY WANT THE U.S. SUPPORT.
THERE WAS A POLL THAT CAME OUT
60 PERCENT OF ISRAELIS IF ISRAEL
ATTACKS, THEY WANT IT IS U.S.
SUPPORT IN SOME MILITARY
CAPACITY.
IF THEY HAVE TO, THEY'LL GO IT
ALONE BECAUSE IT IS A LIFE OR
DEATH MATTER.
THEY WANT THE U.S. MILITARY IN
POLITICAL SUPPORT.
THEY SEEM DETERMINED AND
DON'T HAVE CHOICE.
FOR THEM IT IS 600 OR 700
MILES, IT IS A BALLISTIC
MISSILE.
IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND
DEATH.
THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
CHRIS MITCHELL, THANKS AS
ALWAYS. UP NEXT, HIS EYE IS
ON THE SPARROW.
HOW THAT HYMN TOUCHED LIVES ON
THE SET OF WHITNEY HOUSTON'S
FINAL FILM "SPARKLE."
WELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
ITS 80-YEAR HISTORY, THE AUGUSTA
NATIONAL IS ADMITTING FEMALE
MEMBERS.
CONDOLEEZA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
DARLA MOORE WILL BE INCLUDED.
UNTIL NOW WOMEN WERE ONLY
ALLOWED TO PLAY AS GUESTS.
AUGUSTA NATIONAL CHAIRMAN BILLY
PAIN SAYS IT WILL BE A PROUD
MOMENT WHEN CONDOLEEZA AND DARLA
RECEIVE THEIR GREEN JACK SETS.
WHITNEY HOUSTON FANS GET TO SEE
HER ONE MORE TIME IN HER FINAL
MOVIE, "SPARKLE."
IT DEBUTED THIS WEEKEND.
IT IS A REMAKE OF A 70'S
MOVIE.
WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING IN
THERE?
MY BABIES, I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T
LOVE EACH OTHER THAT MUCH.
WHITNEY HOUSTON FANS FINALLY
WAITED TO SEE THE MOVIE.
THREE MONTHS BEFORE SHE DROWNED
ACCIDENTALLY WITH DRUGS IN HER
SYSTEM.
HOUSTON PLAYS THE ROLE OF THE
WISE MOTHER IN THE REMAKE OF THE
1976 MOVIE.
IT IS ABOUT THE RISE AND FALL OF
A TRIO OF SINGING SISTERS.
HOUSTON BEGAN WORKING TO BRING
THIS FILM TO THE BIG SCREEN MORE
THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
SHE WAS A PRODUCER ON THE
PROJECT ALONG WITH BISHOP TD
JAKES.
ON THE SET SHE WAS AN
EXCELLENT ACTRESS, VERY, VERY
EFFECTIVE AS A SINGER.
IT WAS A PASSION OF HERS TO
DO IT.
SHE WAS CALLING ME FROM THE SET.
SHE WAS SO PROUD OF JORDIN
SPARKS.
KYM LEE REMEMBERS.
WHITNEY WORKED HARD.
WHEN YOU SING ABOUT GOD, HE
EQUIPTS YOU.
SHE KNEW THAT.
WHY SHOULD I FEEL
DISCOURAGED.
WHITNEY PERSONALLY CHOSE TO
SING THE HYMN, "HIS EYE IS ON
THE SPARROW."
ARE YOU STILL GOING TO BE
PART OF THE GROUP?
THE PERFORMANCE CAST AND CREW
WILL NEVER FORGET.
I SAW HANDS LIFTED AND TEARS
STREAMING FROM EVERYONE IN THE
TRAILER. CELEBRITY MAKEUP
ARTIST KYM LEE WAS ON THE SET.
SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
PICTURE PERFECT LOOKS OF THE
ACTORS.
SHE SANG IT FROM HER HEART.
SHE FELT IT AND TEARS STREAMING
FROM HER EYES.
EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WAS JUST
WORSHIPPING GOD.
IT WAS AMAZING.
LEE SAYS THERE WAS TEARFUL
WORSHIP FOR ALL 12 TAKES OF THE
SCENE.
IT CONTINUED OFF THE SET.
WORSHIP WAS HOW WHITNEY HOUSTON
STARTED EVERYDAY WHEN SHE
STARTED FOR HER THREE-HOUR
MAKEUP SESSION. SHE SAID
THIS IS HOW I START MY DAY.
WE STARTED OFF WITH WORSHIP.
SHE SET THE TONE.
IT ALLOWED LEE TO SHARE IT
WITH HOUSTON.
LEE CREDITS THE BIBLICAL
MESSAGES HELPING GUIDE THE TEEN
THROUGH TOUGH CHALLENGES.
IT WAS A FUN PRODUCTION.
IT WAS DIFFICULT.
THE ACTORS HAD LOT TO REMEMBER,
DANCE MOVES AND COSTUME CHANGES
AND WIG CHANGES AND MAKEUP
CHANGES THEY WEREN'T COMFORTABLE
WITH ALL THE TIME.
WE HAD TO MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN.
THE ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYER IS
IN THEATRES FOR THE WORLD TO
SEE.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
"SPARKLE" ROUNDED OUT THE TOP
FIVE DURING THE DEBUT PULLING IN
12 MILLION DOLLARS.
UP NEXT, THEY HAVE A
DANGEROUS OLD LADY.
A BURGLAR GETS MORE THAN HE
BARGAINED FOR FROM A GRANNY AND
HER KITCHEN WARE.
ONE TEXAS BURGLARER HAS MET
HIS MATCH. THIS WOMAN WAS
INTERRUPTED BY A HOME INTRUDER.
WE'LL LET HER TO THE REST OF THE
STORY.
I WAS GOING TO TAKE A NAP.
THE DOG KEPT RUNNING TO THE BACK
DOOR AND BACK TO ME.
I COULD SEE THE OUTSIDE.
THE BACK DOOR.
I SAW THE MAN.
I SAID I GOT TO GET ME A
STRATEGY.
I OPEN THE CABINET.
I FOUND THE SIZ SORS AND THE
DOG.
I OPEN THE DOOR AND PUSHED THAT
DOOR.
HE STOPPED THE DOOR AND CAME
OUT.
HE WAS PUSHING ME.
HE GOT TO RUNNING.
I GOT HIM, WHOP IN THE NECK.
HE GOING TO TELL HIS FRIENDS,
DON'T GO THERE.
THEY HAVE A CRAZY OLD LADY.
WOW!
IS THAT GREAT OR WHAT?
IT IS GREAT.
THE BURGLARER GOT AWAY.
HE IS WOUNDED.
YOU KNOW.
HE SHOWS UP AT A HOSPITAL.
THEY MAYBE ABLE TO PUT TWO AND
TWO TOGETHER.
ONLY IN TEXAS.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
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