TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH"
REACTION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION TO A PARTY
PLATFORM THAT DOESN'T MENTION
GOD EVEN AS CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS
GATHER TO PRAY.
PLUS ISAAC GONE, BUT
OPERATION BLESSING MAKES SURE
THE HURRICANE VICTIMS ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN.
A NATURAL AND SIMPLE SOLUTION
TO MALE INFERTILITY.
WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE
NUTRIENT RICH FOOD THAT IS
MAKING THE DIFFERENCE.
GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
A FIRE STORM AT THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE
OVER ISSUES THEY SAY YOU SHOULD
NEVER DISCUSS IN POLITE COMPANY,
GOD AND POLITICS.
IT ALL STARTED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON WHEN CBN POLITICAL
REPORTER DAVID BRODY BROKE THE
NEWS THAT THE PARTY DROPPED
REFERENCES TO GOD.
FURIOUS DEMOCRATS SPENT THE DAY
BEATING THAT THEY ARE THE
GODLESS PARTY AT A PRAYER RALLY.
WE HAVE RESPONSE BEGINNING ON
WHAT STARTED IT ALL.
DEMOCRATS TOOK THE FLOOR IN
CHARLOTTE APPROVING THE PARTY'S
PLATFORM.
THIS YEAR SOMETHING IS
DIFFERENT.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE REFERENCE
TO GOD DESPITE THE CHAIRWOMAN
TELLING CBN NEWS THIS A FEW DAYS
AGO.
WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
WE NOT ALLOW THE REPUBLICANS TO
CORNER THE MARKET ON THE FAITH
COMMUNITY.
YET THE PARTY'S LANGUAGE IS
MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
BACK IN 2004, SEVEN REFERENCES
AND IN 2008 EVERYONE HAS THE
CHANCE TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR
GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL.
NOW HARD WORK SHOULD PAY OFF,
RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE
REWARDED AND EACH ONE SHOULD GO
AS FAR AS OUR TALENT TAKE US.
NO.
TO SOME IN CHARLOTTE, IT IS NOT
A PROBLEM.
IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME TO THE
STANDPOINT I KNOW WHERE I STAND.
I KNOW THERE IS ONE.
THAT IS IT.
PARTY PLATFORM IS A DOCUMENT
THAT DOESN'T SET POLICY, JUST
LAYS OUT PRINCIPLES.
A RESEARCH STUDY SHOWS THAT
AMERICANS PAY MORE ATTENTION TO
THE PLATFORM THAN THEY DO THE
SPEECHES OF CANDIDATES OF MITT
ROMNEY AND PRESIDENT OBAMA.
REVEREND MICHAEL STEPHENS
PASTORS A CHARLOTTE AREA CHURCH,
MANY STRUGGLE WITH WHETHER TO
SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT THIS TIME
AROUND BECAUSE OF HIS SUPPORT
FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, THAT ALSO
CHANGED IN THE 2012 PARTY
PLATFORM.
IT MAKES ME FEEL AS A PASTOR,
THERE IS ALL RESPECT AND
REVERENCE FOR THE CHURCH AND
CLERGY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THEY ARE WILLING TO ROLL THE
DICE SAYING WE CAN WIN WITHOUT
OUR VOTES EVEN IF IT IS FULL
FRONTAL AND BEING OFFENSIVE.
UNLIKE 2008, THIS PLATFORM
LEAVES OUT ANY MENTION OF
JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITOL OF
ISRAEL.
DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS POINT OUT
THERE IS A PARAGRAPH ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF FAITH.
WE TALK ABOUT FAITH MORE THAN
20 TIMES IN OUR PLATFORM, I'D GO
TOE TO TOE WITH ANYONE.
THE ONLY HEAD LINES COMING
OUT OF CHARLOTTE HAVE NOT BEEN
FLATTERING.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, AT THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
JENNIFER WISHON RESPONDS ON
THE FIREWORKS.
REPORTER: THEY SAID NOT TO
PUT CREDENCE IN THE LIE THAT
FAITH ISN'T AN INTEGRAL PART OF
THEIR PARTY.
IT IS A PLACE FOR ALL DEMOCRATS
TO GATHER, PRAY, AND HEAR
INSPIRATIONAL STORIES.
HERE IS HOW REVEREND DERRICK
HARKENS HOPED.
I HAD SOMEONE SAY TO ME, IT
IS NOT WHAT YOU WRITE DOWN, IT
IS HOW YOU LIVE IT OUT.
AND THE TA MERTY OF INDIVIDUALS
TO CAST ASPERSION ON THE VALUE
OF FAITH BECAUSE OF A SHIFT IN A
PARAGRAPH THAT WASN'T EVEN
SPEAKING ABOUT FAITH WAS USING A
TERM, "GOD GIVEN" IN A MUST
BROADER SENSE OF ECONOMIC PARTY,
TO CAST THE ASPERSION THAT SGOD
IS EXCISED FROM OUR WORK AND WHO
WE SEE OURSELVES AS PART OF THE
AMERICAN STORY IS JUST ON CON
SHENABLE.
NEW ON OPENING NIGHT OF THE
CONVENTION, DEMOCRATS VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO PASS THE PARTY
PLATFORM.
REVEREND LEADERS CALLED UPON HIM
TIME AGAIN.
IF YOU WERE COUNTING -- IF
YOU WERE COUNTING AND HEARD THE
WORD "GOD" YOU COULDN'T STOP
COUNTING AT 12.
COULDN'T STOP COUNTING AT 14.
COULDN'T STOP COUNT AT 19, AT
25, THE "NEW YORK TIMES" DOES
ASSESSMENT, YOU HEARD PEOPLE
SPEAK ABOUT GOD 30 TIMES LAST
NIGHT.
THIS LEADERSHIP IS OFFERING
MORE FAITH-RELATING PROGRAMMING
THAN ANY OTHER DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION, INCLUDING
DAILY MORNING, INTERFAITH PRAYER
TIME.
THERE IS ALSO A PRAYER ROOM.
HEAD LINE THE DEMOCRATS TOOK GOD
OUT OF THEIR PARTY PLATFORM IS
NOT THE ONE LEADERS WANTED.
IT IS ONE PARTY LEADERS ARE
FIERCELY DEFENDING.
REPORTING FROM THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION IN
CHARLOTTE, JENNIFER WISHON, CBN
NEWS.
JOINING US FROM CHARLOTTE IS
FERNANDO CABRERA HE IS A
DELEGATE FROM NEW YORK CITY.
HE IS ALSO A CITY COUNCILMEMBER
REPRESENTING THE BRONX.
COUNC
COUNCILMAN, CABRERA, WHAT IS
YOUR REACTION TO THE WORD "GOD"
BEING REMOVED?
I FELT A PARTY REALLY WANTS
TO BE ATTENTIVE TO THE PEOPLE OF
FAITH THAT GOD SHOULD HAVE BEEN
MENTIONED.
IT IS JUST A TRADITION, I WAS
VERY SURPRISED.
SOME MIGHT SUGGESTION,
COUNCILMAN, IT IS NO SURPRISE, A
PARTY THAT SUPPORTS ABORTION AND
GAY MARRIAGE WOULD REMOVE
REFERENCES TO GOD.
DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU AND OTHER
CHRISTIAN LEADERS STILL HAVE A
VOICE IN THE PARTY?
YOU KNOW, WE SEE OURSELVES AS
A REFORMERS IN THE PARTY, JUST
LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRYING TO MAKE THE PARTY MORE
LIBERAL.
THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT ARE
TRYING TO BRING THE PARTY TO A
MORE REASONABLE, INTELLIGENT
APPROACH TO POLICY.
ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO GAY
MARRIAGE.
AS A DEMOCRAT, I AM VERY
CONCERNED IN LIGHT OF THE FACT
THAT THE AVERAGE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LATINO AND
ASIAN CONSTITUENTS IN AMERICA IS
FOR TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, NOT
FOR GAY MARRIAGE.
THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE PULSE
OF AMERICA.
IF YOU LOOK AT EVERY ELECTION,
THE REFERENDUM, THE PEOPLE WERE
ALLOWED TO VOTE IN EVERY SINGLE
INSTANCE, THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
COUNCILMAN, CABRERA, YOU ARE
A PASTOR IN THE BRONX, WHY WOULD
YOU REMAIN A BIBLE-BELIEVING
CHRISTIAN WHY WOULD YOU REMAIN
IN A PARTY THAT CAUSES YOU TO
VIOLATE YOUR CONSCIENCE IN
REGARDS TO ABORTION AND GAY
MARRIAGE?
THOSE IN THE PARTY WHO ARE
PRO-LIFER, WE DON'T FEEL OUR
CONSCIENCE IS BEING VIOLATED.
AS A MATTER OF FACT WE FEEL A
CALLING TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE
VERY IMPORTANT.
THE ISSUE FOR JUSTICE, DEALING
WITH THE POOR.
YOU SEE ISAIAH 58, PEOPLE WHO
PRAY AND FASTED, WHICH I AM A
FIRM BELIEVER, YET THEY WERE
TAUGHT, YOU ARE BEING ATENTATIVE
TO THE POOR AND NEEDS OF THOSE
WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE.
IT IS A CHALLENGE.
I AM NOT GOING TO PRETEND TO SIT
HERE AND PRETEND IT IS NOT A
CHALLENGE.
IT IS A CHALLENGE.
JUST LIKE YOU FIND PEOPLE IN THE
BIBLE, DANIEL AND JOSEPH, WHO
WERE SERVING ATHEISTIC AND
ANTI-ALL MIGHTY GOVERNMENT, GOD
HAD THEM *
SUCH A TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
AND PROVIDING YOUR THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ALSO
DEALING WITH CONTROVERSIAL
SECTION IN ABORTION.
THEY SITE A SECTION, REGARDLESS
OF ABILITY TO PAY.
THE HIDE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS
USING TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR
ABORTIONS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH
THURSDAY NIGHT IS BEING MOVED
INDOORS.
HE PLANNED TO GIVE IT IN
CHARLOTTE'S 74,000-SEAT
CONVENTION, BUT MOVING PRESIDENT
INSIDE TO THE TIME WARNER CABLE
AREE ARENA BECAUSE OF THE
WEALTH.
LAST NIGHT
MICHELE OBAMA SAYS HER HUSBAND
STANDS BEHIND WORKING FAMILIES.
SHE SAYS SUCCESS ISN'T ABOUT HOW
MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE BUT THE
DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE IN PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND DAUGHTERS
WATCHED HER SPEECH FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
BEING PRESIDENT DOESN'T
CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, IT REVEALS
WHO YOU ARE.
THAT IS COUNTING ON A TURN
OUT FROM LATINO VOTERS IN
NOVEMBER.
THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN THAT
APPROVE THE PRESIDENT HAS
DROPPED SINCE APRIL.
AS THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION GOT UNDERWAY, U.S.
NATIONAL DEBT TOPPED 16 TRILLION
DOLLARS.
MEANS THE WINNER OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WILL HAVE
TO PASS A LAW RAISING THE DEBT
CEILING.
THAT LIMIT STANDS AT 16.39
TRILLION.
DEBT HAS SKYROCKETED UNDER
PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO HAS PRESIDED
OVER FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS OF
DEFICITS OVER A TRILLION
DOLLARS.
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORM SHOWS
UNITED STATES ABILITY TO COMPETE
IS DOWN FOR THE FOURTH YEAR.
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS HAS DROPPED
TO SEVENTH PLACE.
IN AFGHANISTAN, HUNDREDS OF
SOLDERS HAVE BEEN FIRED OR
DETAINED AFTER A SURGE OF
INSIDER ATTACKS AGAINST FOREIGN
TROOPS.
LATEST INVOLVED THREE AUSTRALIAN
SOLDIERS.
A MAN OPENED FIRE AFTER A LONG
DAY OF TRAINING.
IT IS MURDER.
THE AFGHAN DEFENSE SAID IT WAS
VERY SERIOUS AND WILL USE ALL OF
THEIR RESOURCES TO PREVENT THESE
INCIDENTS.
U.S. IS ACCUSING IRAN --
SEVERAL PROMPT SENT SENATORS
INCLUDING JOE LIEBERMAN ARE IN
IRAQ.
IRAQ DENIES ALLEGATIONS SAYING
THE FLIGHTS ARE DELIVERING
HUMANITARIAN AID.
THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROOF TEHRAN
IS DELIVERING WEAPONS.
COMING UP, OPERATION BLESSING
IS IN THE TRENCHES WITH THE
HARDEST HIT VICTIMS OF HURRICANE
ISAAC.
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE
STILL FEELING THE E FEK EFFECTS OF
HURRICANE ISAAC.
MANY AREAS SEEING A RECORD
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL.
FORECASTERS SAY THE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE FOR A FEW DAYS.
IN NEW JERSEY POWERFUL STORMS
AND A FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING.
TROPICAL STORM LESLIE IS ON A
TRACK THAT COULD TAKE IT TOWARDS
BERMUDA.
GULF COAST BORE THE BRUNT OF
HURRICANE ISAAC.
A WEEK LATER MANY GULF COAST
RESIDENTS ARE STILL SUFFERING.
OPERATION BLESSING IS SERVING
HOT MEALS IN EAST PLAQUEMINES
PARISH.
JODIE IS THERE.
OPERATION BLESSING ARRIVED
HERE 48 HOURS AFTER LANDFALL.
THE WATER ROSE TO THE ROOF TOPS
OF HOUSES.
BEHIND ME, THE WATER WENT TO
FOUR FEET.
THE WATER IS BEGINNING TO
RECEDE.
OPERATION BLESSING IS WORKING
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
WE WILL BE HERE TO HELP THESE
RESIDENTS RECOVER.
WE HAVE NEVER EXPECTED THIS
TO HAPPEN.
ST. JOHNS BAPTIST PARISH, MOST
OF THE PEOPLE FROM NEW ORLEANSS
MIGRATED HERE.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE ALWAYS SAFE.
IT TOTALLY DEVASTATED
EVERYBODY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
LIGHTS, FOOD, ICE, AS WE SPEAK.
THANK YOU.
IT IS A BLESSING.
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU ALL, WE
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EAT.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE PEOPLE
COME IN AND HELP.
IT MAKES US FEEL SPECIAL.
THIS LOCAL CHURCH SERVED OVER
1,000 MEALS.
OF COURSE WE KNOW FOOD AND WATER
AND MRE'S IS IMPORTANT.
KEY SHA SAID ONE OF THE HOTTEST
ITEMS WAS THIS HYGIENE KIT.
WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE EVERYDAY ITEMS, WE CAN
TAKE A BATH WITH SOAP IF YOU
DON'T HAVE IT.
IT IS GOOD TO BE PRAYED FOR
WITH A HAND UP.
WE DO APPRECIATE OPERATION
BLESSING.
CURRENTLY OUR FOCUS IS HOT
MEALS, EYES AND PERSONAL
HYGIENE.
WE ARE WAITING ON THE WATER TO
RECEDE.
OPERATION BLESSING WILL BE
SENDING TEAMS IN TO GUT HOMES
AND HELP THE PEOPLE REBUILD
THEIR LIVES.
THANKS, JODIE, GOD BLESS YOU
GUYS.
OPERATION BLESSING HAS SERVED
NEARLY 13,000 MEALS SO FAR.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP OPERATION
BLESSING YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION
THROUGH CBN.COM.
UP NEXT, THE SIMPLE FOOD THAT
COULD HELP COUPLES WANT TO HAVE
A BABY.
A FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS
MASSACHUSETTS MUST PROVIDE A SEX
CHANGE OPERATION FOR AN INMATE
SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.
MICHELLE COSALIC WAS BORN A MAN
AND NOW LIVING AS A WOMAN IN AN
ALL-MAN PRISON.
THE JUDGE RULED THE SURGERY IS
THE ONLY WAY TO TREAT THE
SERIOUS MEDICAL RULING.
CRITICS ARE PUSHING FOR IT TO BE
OVERTURNED.
BAD HEALTH COULD MEAN POOR
GRADES FOR TEENS.
RESEARCHERS FOUND METABOLIC
SYNDROME IS A COMBINATION OF
SEVERAL MAJOR PROBLEMS,
INCLUDING OBESITY, HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL.
THEY TOOK LONGER TO GET THINGS
DONE AND KEY PARTS OF BRAINS
SMALLER.
ONE IN TWELVE TEENAGERS HAS
METABOLIC SYNDROME.
THEY HOPE THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR
LIFE STYLES.
WHEN COUPLES
ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH,
WALNUTS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES
FERTILITY.
LORIE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
IN AMERICA PONE IN SEVEN
COUPLES HAS DIFFICULTY
CONCEIVING A CHILD, 40 PERCENT
OF THE TIME IT IS THE MAN.
EATING A HANDFUL OF WALNUTS
EVERYDAY SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED
IT.
THEY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED
SPERM VITALITY, MOTILITY AND
MORPHOLOGY, THE SHAPE OF SPERM.
ALL OF THESE ARE INDICATORS OF
MALE REPRODUCTEDIVE HEALTH.
IT LOOK T AT 117 MEN, HALF ATE
70 GRAMS OF RAW WALNUTS AND
AFTER THREE MONTHS, REMARKABLY
MORE FERTILE.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
EVENTUALLY, I WANT TO HAVE A
FAMILY.
THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL SHARE
WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
COULD BE USEFUL.
IT IS DEFINITELY A BREAK THROUGH
IN MEN'S HEALTH.
IT IS UNUSUAL FOR SCIENTISTS
TO STUDY NUTRITION IN RELATION
TO MALE FERTILITY.
IN FACT ANY KIND OF MALE
REPRODUCTIVE STUDY IS RARE.
I THINK WE NEED TO START
THINKING ABOUT FOCUSSING ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF MALE HEALTH AS
WELL AS FEMALE HEALTH IN TERMS
OF PREGNANCY AND HEALTHY
OFFSPRING.
EATING WALNUTS ISN'T JUST FOR
MEN.
IT IS A SMART CHOICE FOR ALL OF
US.
THEY ARE LOADED WITH
IMPORTANT OMEGA 3 FATS,
ANTIOXIDANTS, PROTEIN AND FIBER.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
UP NEXT, FROM A PATH OF
DESTRUCTION, TO THE ROAD TO
FORGIVENESS.
A CALIFORNIA MAN CARRYING HIS
CROSS ACROSS THE COUNTY ALL TO
SAVE LIVES.
FINALLY BAD DECISIONS AND
DRUGS LANDED ONE CALIFORNIA MAN
IN PRISON MORE THAN ONCE.
NOW HE IS USING HIS CHECKERED
PAST TO CHANGE LIVES ONE STEP AT
A TIME.
IT IS NOT ABOUT ME, I AM
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION
BECAUSE I NEED THEIR HELP.
STEVE FOX IS LUGGING A
22-POUND CROSS ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
HE IS WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS
AND THE POWER OF THE CROSS TO
OVERCOME IT.
HE PLANS TO COVER MORE THAN 100
MILES AND STOPPING TO PRAY FOR
MANY OTHERS.
FATHER, GOD, I ASK FOR YOU TO
BE BIG IN SCOTT'S LIFE.
THERE ARE KIDS AND IT IS
HOPELESS.
I HAVE BEEN TO EIGHT PRISONS.
IT IS THE SAME DIMENSIONS OF
HIS OLD PRISON CELL.
YOU CAN TELL HE IS QUITE
SERIOUS.
TO SEE THE CROSS OUT ON THE
HIGHWAY IS VERY POWERFUL.
GOD BLESS HIM AND KEEP HIM SAFE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR WATCHING, WE'LL
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
