TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" AS THE
DEMOCRATS CONVENE IN CHARLOTTE,
NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAVE PEOPLE ASK
THE QUESTION: ARE GOD OR
CHRISTIANS WELCOME AT THE DNC?
PLUS TWO, THREE, FOUR OR
MORE, A CALIFORNIA BILL, COULD
IT CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY ACROSS THE
NATION. SEEKING REFUGE,
SYRIANS UNDERSIEGE FLEE FOR
SAFETY AND FIND HOPE.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." THE DEMOCRATS TAKE
THEIR TURN IN THE NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT.
GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
KICKS OFF IN NORTH CAROLINA.
FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA WILL
TAKE THE HEAD LINER, SHE WILL
TELL HOW HER HUSBAND DESERVES
FOUR MORE YEARS.
THE PLATFORM CALLS FOR A TAX
INCREASE ON AMERICANS MAKING
MORE THAN $250,000 A YEAR.
PLATFORM BACKS ABORTION RIGHTS
AND FALLS IN LINE WITH PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S STANCE OF SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
IT IS A SHARP CONTRAST AND
DEMOCRATS ARE EAGER TO HIGHLIGHT
THE DIFFERENCE.
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
JENNIFER WISHON HAS MORE ON WHAT
THEY HOPE TO ACHIEVE THIS WEEK.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION BEGINS AS THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS LOCKED IN A
DEAD HEAT.
IT HAS BEEN 150 YEARS SINCE THE
CAROLINAS HOSTED A POLITICAL
CONVENTION.
THEIR CHOICE OF CHARLOTTE SHOWS
THEY ARE READY TO FIGHT FOR THE
SOUTH.
PARTY LEADERS BELIEVE IT WILL
SPILL INTO THE BORDER ON TO
STATE, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER
BATTLEGROUND STATE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE A CLEAR PURPOSE,
REGISTER VOTERS AND SIGN UP
SCORES OF VOLUNTEERS TO GET OUT
THE VOTE.
IT IS A MISSION EVIDENT AS YOU
WALK THE HALLS AND CHARLOTTE
STREETS.
NORTH CAROLINA WAS IMPORTANT TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA IN 2008, THE
PRESIDENT ONLY WON BY 15,000
VOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA WAS TIGHT IN
2008.
IT WILL BE TIGHT THIS YEAR.
I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
AN EASY STATE TO WIN.
IT IS A STATE THE PRESIDENT
ABSOLUTELY CAN WIN.
HE HAS A GROUND FOR US IN NORTH
CAROLINA THAT IS UNRIVALLED.
MITT ROMNEY HAS SPENT MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANY DISTANCE.
THAT IS AN INDICATION THAT THIS
RACE IS GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE
WIRE.
EVERY SPEAKER WILL TALK ABOUT
HOW THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO
REBUILD THE ECONOMY FROM THE
MIDDLE CLASS OUT AND TELL THE
STORY OF WHERE THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN.
REMIND VOTERS OF THE ECONOMIC
CRISIS THE PRESIDENT INHERITED.
MICHELE OBAMA WILL SERVE AS THE
CHARACTER WITNESS OF HOW THE
PRESIDENT HAS MADE THE DECISIONS
HE HAS THAT SERVE AS THE RECORD
HE IS RUNNING ON.
AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA, JENNIFER WISHON, CBN
NEWS.
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, DAVID
BRODY HAS LEARNED GOD HAS BEEN
REMOVED.
HERE IS A PARAGRAPH FROM 2008
PLATFORM.
WE NEED THE GOVERNMENT THE
CHANCE TO MAKE -- THIS YEAR'S
PLATFORM HAS BEEN REWORDED WE
GATHER TO CLAIM, EACH ONE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO GO AS FAR AS OUR
TALENT CAN TAKE US.
TUNE INTO TOMORROW'S "700 CLUB"
FOR MORE.
CHURCHES PARTNERING WITH
CHARLOTTE 714 IN A PRAYER EFFORT
WANT TO SEND A BASKET.
DEMOCRATS DENIED THEM PERMISSION
BECAUSE OF PRO-LIFE STANCE.
MAYOR'S OFFICE ASKED THAT YOU
NOT SEND THE LETTERS AND NOT
ENGAGE ADOPT DELEGATION, YOUR
VIEWS ON WOMEN ARE CONTRARY TO
THE DELEGATION.
ONE DELEGATE THINKS THE DNC
IS WRONG BECAUSE THEY SANCTIONED
AN ISLAMIC GROUP.
IF YOU DO FOR ONE GROUP, YOU
HAVE TO OPEN IT FOR OTHER
OTHERWISE YOU ARE PLAYING
FAVORITES.
CHARLOTTE 714 STILL PLAN TO
PRAY FOR THE DELEGATES AND THE
CHURCH AND AMERICA.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY.
BEFORE THE OFFICIAL DNC KICK
OFF, THIS COMMUNITY OF CHARLOTTE
CHRISTIANS JOINED TO REPEPT AND
ASK GOD TO RAISE UP THE CHURCH.
OUR MORAL AND SPIRITUAL
DECLINE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF
THE SALT SITTING IN THE SALT
SHAKERS.
THE CULMINATION OF A 40-DAY
FAST, MOSTLY FOR THE CITY'S
CHURCHES.
BEFORE WE LOOK AT THE
PRESIDENTS IN UNITED STATES,
TAKE A LOOK ON THE INSIDE AND
SEE WHAT IT IS BY US THAT NEEDS
TO BE CHANGED.
CHARLOTTE HAS BEEN TERMED THE
QUEEN CITY.
ONCE AGAIN THE QUEEN CITY WOULD
REMARRY HER KING WITH VIOLENT
LOVE AND KOV INNOCEN KOV NANS.
WE BELIEVE GETTING THE WHITE
HOUSE RIGHT WILL NOT FIX
AMERICA, BUT WE WILL FIRST GET
THE CHURCH HOUSE WRONG.
IT IS WRONG TO PUT JESUS IN A
BOX OR POLITICAL PARTY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN CHRISTIANS
SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE PROCESS.
AS CHRISTIANS, WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO APPROACH THE BALLOT
BOX, IN WHAT WAY DOES MY VOTE ON
HONOR THE BIBLE THE MOST.
TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS,
THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND
FORGIVE SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.
*
WORSHIP LEADER JOHN WALLER WAS
WRITING A SONG BASED ON THE
VERSE.
GOD PUT 2 CHRONICALS 714 AND
I GOT A CALL FROM DAVID BENHAM.
THAT WAS A MAJOR CONFIRMATION.
OTHERS RECEIVED A
CONFIRMATION.
I KNOW WHEN GOD IS REAL AND
WHEN HE SEES US COMING TOGETHER,
BLACK, WHITE, NOW HE CAN DO
SOMETHING.
WE ARE TAKING OUR POSITION IN
HIM.
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING WILL
DEVELOP FROM HERE?
SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENING.
WE NEED IT IN CHARLOTTE AND OUR
CHURCHES.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL COME
TO KNOW CHRIST.
PRAYER GATHERING WAS
SIMULCAST ONLINE AND ORGANIZERS
HOPE TO REPLICATE IT IN CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ALREADY TALK ATLANTA MAYBE
NEXT.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS, AT THE
VERIZON WIRELESS AMPLE THEATRE
IN CHARLOTTE.
A RECORD HIGH 47 MILLION
AMERICANS USED FOOD STAMPS IN
JUNE.
IT HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2011, IT
WAS AT A RECORD 75.7 BILLION
DOLLARS.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURAL'S BIGGEST ANNUAL.
URGING GOVERNMENTS TO CURVE
RISING PRICES OF CORN AND WHEAT.
IT IS VERY SERIOUS RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE SEEN FOOD PRICES HAVE
INCREASED SHARPLY IN THE MONTH
OF JULY, FOR SOYBEANS AND MAIZ.
U.N. SAYS GLOBAL FOOD PRICES
ROSE SIX PERCENT IN JULY, EVEN
BEGUN TO AFFECT DONATIONS TO
FOOD BANKS.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE
IMPACTS HERE IN WASHINGTON
STATE, MANY OF THE PRODUCTS
TYPICALLY DONATED TO A TYPICAL
FOOD BANK ARE BEING DIVERTED.
LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN THE U.S.
DEMANDED THE GOVERNMENT RELAX
BIO PRODUCTION BECAUSE CORN FEED
IS SO EXPENSIVE.
40 PERCENT OF THE CORN CROP GOES
TO ETHANOL PRODUCTION.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE
PATH OF ISAAC ARE STILL IN THE
DARK A WEEK LATER.
WANTER REACHED TWO FEET HIGH IN
SOME PLACES AND SOME PLACES
STILL FLOODED.
OPERATION BLESSING STILL ON THE
SCENE HELPING OUT.
A FIRST RESPONDER APPLYING FOR
HELP.
YOU CAN SEE MORE TOMORROW ON OUR
NEWS CHANNEL AND "700 CLUB."
EVERYONE AFFECTING BY THAT
STORM.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING A FIRE
IN CALIFORNIA, ALREADY BURNED
3600 ACRES, OFFICIALS CLOSED OFF
THE PARK'S CAMPGROUNDS.
FIRE MOVING AWAY FROM INHABITED
AREAS.
MANY RESIDENTS IN A PRIVATE
MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY EVACUATED
SUNDAY.
ABOUT 75 CHOSE TO STATE.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DOESN'T
HAVE THE RESOLVE TO DEAL WITH
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
THE TIME HAS COME TO DRAW THE
RED LINE.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THAT STORY.
NETANYAHU SAYS HE IS GOING TO
THE UNITED NATIONS TO URGE WORLD
LEAD EVERIES TO GET TOUGH WITH
IRAN.
U.N. CHIEF BANKI MOON JOINED FOR
A MEETING.
LAST WEEK I DIDN'T SEE A LOT
OF DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON THE
COUNTRY.
SO 120 STATES PAY THEIR RESPECTS
TO IRAN.
DESPITE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BY
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID IT IS
NOT ENOUGH.
CLEAR RED LINES NEED TO BE
SPELLED OUT TO TEHRAN.
THEY HAVE TO STOP THE NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE TO STOP ALL ENRICHMENT
AND MATERIAL THAT HAS ALREADY
BEEN ENRICHED HAS TO BE MOVED
OUT OF IRAN TO A THIRD COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE TO DISMANTLE THE
UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR FACILITY.
AT THE SUMMIT.
AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI INSISTED IT
IS FOR ENERGY ONLY.
THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY
AGENCY SAID IRAN DOUBLED THE
NUMBER OF CENTRIFUGES IN COMB.
THE OPEN DISAGREEMENT CONTINUES.
CHIEF OF STAMP GENERAL DEMPSEY
SAID HE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
COMPLY SIT.
U.S. DEFENSE LEON PANETTA WOULD
NOT ALLOW IRAN TO OBTAIN A
NUCLEAR WEAPON. WE HAVE
OPTIONS TO INSURE THAT DOES NOT
HAPPEN.
ISRAELI AHUED BARACK SAID
TIME HAS MOVED OUT.
WE HAVE CLEARLY SOMETHING TO
LOSE BECAUSE THE IRANIANS ARE
MOVING FORWARD.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
COMING UP, A QUESTION, HOW
MANY PARENTS CAN A CHILD HAVE?
ONE CALIFORNIA BILL AIMING TO
CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF
PARENTHOOD.
MANY EVANGELICAL LEADERS
DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
HEALTH OF MARRIAGES THESE DAYS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATON OF
EVANGELICALS CONDUCTED A SURVEY
OF MINISTRY LEADERS.
THEY SEE UNFAITHFULNESS AS THE
GREATEST THREAT.
FOLLOWED BY COUPLES LIVING
TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE,
DIVORCE AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
NO ONE PROBLEM DOMINATED.
GOD'S GIFT OF MARRIAGE IS
UNDERMINED BY TOO MANY BAD
CHOICES.
WE NEED A REVIVAL COMMITMENT OF
ONE MAN TO ONE WOMAN FOR A
LIFETIME.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR JERRY
BROWN WILL DECIDE TO BAN A BILL
TO MAKE CONVERSION THERAPY
ILLEGAL.
BILL SUPPORTERS SAY THE THERAPY
IS DANGEROUS.
THEIR RESEARCH IS STILL
INCOMPLETE.
RANDY THOMASSON OPPOSES THE BILL
ON THE GROUNDS IT ATTACKS
PARENTAL RIGHTS.
THIS IS THE INFRINGEMENT ON
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND
CLIENTS.
THE STATE OUGHT NOT GO THERE.
A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW
CHILDREN TO HAVE MULTIPLE
PARENTS.
SUCH A LAW WOULD CREATE CHAOS IN
THE COURSE.
IF A JUDGE SO DECREES, A
CHILD CAN HAVE THREE OR MORE
LEGAL PARENTS.
THINK ABOUT THE CONFLICT IN
CIVIL COURT, FAMILY COURT,
PROBATE COURTS, THINK ABOUT THE
PARENTS CONFLICTING FOR DECISION
MAKING IN THE CHILD'S LIFE.
SUPPORTERS SAY THE BILL IS
NEEDED DUE TO SURROGATE BIRTHS.
A THREE-WAY CIVIL UNION IN
BRAZIL, A PUBLIC NOTARY GRANTED
TWO WOMEN AND THE MAN THE RIGHT
TO LIVE TOGETHER IN A CIVIL
UNION.
THE THREE LOVE EACH OTHER AS
EQUALS.
THEY ARE LIKE ANY OTHER
NON-MARRIED COUPLE LIVING
TOGETHER.
THEY HAVE SOME OF THE LEGAL
BENEFITS.
THIRD PERSON CAN'T BE A LEGAL
PARENT TO A CHILD CONCEIVED BY
THE OTHERS.
BRAZILIAN LAW DEFINES MARRIAGE
AS A UNION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
AND POLYGAMY IS ILLEGAL. UP
NEXT, SYRIAN REFUGEES HAVE LOST
EVERYTHING AND STILL HAVE REASON
FOR HOPE.
THEIR INCREDIBLE STORY AFTER
THIS.
A RECORD NUMBER OF REFUGEES
POURING OUT OF SYRIA.
U.N. SAYS 100,000 FLED IN
AUGUST.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST MONTHLY
NUMBER SINCE THE CONFLICT BEGAN
LAST MARCH.
MORE THAN 230,000 SYRIANS ARE
SEEKING REFUGE IN OTHER
COUNTRIES.
ROAD CROSS SAYS SUPPLIES ARE
RUNNING LOW AND MANY AREAS ARE
IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCESS.
FIGHTING IS GETTING WORSE AS
REBELS TRY TO GAIN CONTROL OF
THE CITY OF ALEPO.
NEARLY 5,000 DIED IN AUGUST.
SITUATION IS GOING FROM BAD TO
WORSE THERE.
EVEN THOUGH IT IS THEIR HOME,
MANY SYRIANS CAN'T STAY ANY
LONGER.
CBN'S GARY LANE HAS THE STORY OF
ONE FAMILY AND HOW THEY FOUND
HOPE AFTER LOSING EVERYTHING.
REPORTER: GOVERNMENT WAR
PLANES BOMBED THIS AREA.
SYRIA IS MARKED BY DEATH,
DESTRUCTION AND DARKNESS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEE FOR
REFU
REFUGE.
THEIR HOME DESTROYED.
NOW LIVE WITH HOMES IN ANOTHER
CITY.
IT IS SO HARD TO BE OUT OF
OUR HOME.
I AM SAD WE LEFT ALL OUR
MEMORIES BEHIND.
OUR CHURCH WAS DESTROYED.
MY CHILDREN WERE BAPTIZED THERE
AND MARRIED THERE.
WE HOPE GOD WILL KEEP US SAFE
AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.
MOST CHRISTIANS REMAIN IN
SYRIA.
OTHERS ARE LEAVING.
UNITED NATIONS LIST REFUGEES AT
170,000.
THEY HAVE ENDED UP IN TURKEY,
IRAQ, LEBANON AND JORDAN.
NEEDS OVERWHELMING.
CHURCHES ARE DOING WHAT THEY
CAN. MANY PEOPLE GET TO
JORDAN WITH THE SHIRT ON THEIR
BACK.
TOM DOYLE WORKS WITH
JORDANIAN CHRISTIANS TO BRING
HOPE TO THE REFUGEES.
MANY HAVE MOVED TO BORDER CAMPS.
THEY HAVE NOTHING IN THEIR EMPTY
APARTMENTS.
THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
WE MET ONE FAMILY HELPED BY
THE EFFORT.
THEIR FACES ARE PROTECTED.
THIS MEDIC SERVED FOR IF ARMY
FOR REBEL MOVEMENT.
THAT LED GOVERNMENT AGENTS TO
TORTURE THEM.
THEY DIDN'T WANT REBELS TO
RECEIVE MEDICAL HELP.
THEY WERE SEEKING INFORMATION
ABOUT MY FRIENDS AND MOVEMENTS.
I REFUSED TO TELL THEM
EVERYTHING.
THEY BEAT ME SO BADLY.
I COULDN'T LIE DOWN FOR ONE
WEEK.
HE AND HIS FAMILY LATER FLED
TO JORDAN AND NOW LIVE IN THIS
APARTMENT.
HE IS UNEMPLOYED SO HIS SYRIAN
FRIEND PAYS THE RENT.
THEY HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT
ON HIS FAMILY.
THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT HELP TO
US.
I SEE THEM AS BROTHERS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM
BEING FROM A DIFFERENT FAITH.
SOME OF THE REFUGEES ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICES LIKE THIS ONE.
GOING TO THE CHURCH, WE
RESPECT OUR PRIDE AND DIGNITY.
MOST OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
ARE NOT PROVIDING HELP.
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE
LOVE AND FEELINGS THAT
CHRISTIANS HAVE FOR US.
AS THE BELIEVERS GET A CHANCE
TO FEED HIM AND THEN THEY ARE
TRUSTED AS SAFE PEOPLE, THEY
HAVE HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO
SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH SOME OF
THESE REFUGEES.
THERE ARE ENOUGH THAT THEY
STARTED SMALL HOUSE CHURCHES.
GOD IS BEING GLORIFIED IN THE
MIDST OF THIS MESS.
DOYLE TOLD US HE SAW IT
EFFECT THE THE LIFE OF THE
REFUGEES.
IT WAS MASS CHAOS.
THE WOMAN SAID IT WAS THE BIBLE
PEOPLE THAT CAME AND GAVE US
FOOD AND CLOTHES AND PLAYED.
IT WAS THE BIBLE PEOPLE THERE
FOR US.
WHEN SHE GOT DONE SHARING HER
STORY, SHE LOOKED AT MOE AND
SAID, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I LOVE
JESUS NOW.
OUT OF WARTIME TRAGEDY,
CHRISTIANS SHARING THE LOVE OF
CHRIST, GARY LANE, CBN NEWS,
AMON, JORDAN.
THERE IS AN OLD SAYING, YOU
HEARD IT, BLOOD IS THICKER THAN
WATER.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET ONE
OHIO FAMILY THAT GIVES BLOOD
AWAY JUST LIKE IT IS WATER.
INSTEAD OF A COOKOUT OR LAZY
DAY AT THE POOL, THREE
GENERATIONS OF THE GOODMAN
FAMILY SPENT THEIR LABOR DAY
GAVE BLOOD.
IT WAS HEADED BY PATRIARCH.
FOR 86-YEAR-OLD ART GOODMAN IT
HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR 60
YEARS.
I WAS IN A FIELD HOUSE WITH A
DIRECT TRANSFUSION. HE IS
GIVEN AS OF TODAY 41.25 GALLONS.
HE MAY HAVE SAVED AS MANY AS
1320 LIVES.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I MAY
PASS DOWN AND ENCOURAGE
GENERATION TO GENERATION DOING
THE RIGHT THING. ART HAS
HELPED SOME OF HIS OWN FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO ARE FIGHTING CANCER.
I LOVE THAT.
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
HE MIGHT HAVE SAVED 1300 PEOPLE.
THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO
PROMOTE IT.
I LOVE THAT.
MAKES ME WANT TO GIVE BLOOD,
TOO.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD NIGHT.
