TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" A
TERRORIST SET FREE?
WHY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MAY
APPROVE THE RELEASE OF THE MAN
CONVI
CONVICT
CONVICTED OF THE 1993 WORLD
TRADE CENTER ATTACK.
THE BOTCHED GUN SMUGGLING
CRACK DOWN.
IF DISASTER STRIKES ONE GROUP
IS ALWAYS READY.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
A U.S. CONGRESSMAN SAY IT IS
WHITE HOUSE IS CONSIDERING THE
RELEASE OF THE MAN CONVICTED OF
COMMITTING THE FIRST TERRORIST
ATTACK. EGYPT ASKED FOR
SHEIK OMAR.
PETER KING SAYS THE
ADMINISTRATION IS WEIGHING THE
POSSIBLE.
JOHN WAAGE HAS MORE IN TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY.
OFFICIALS IN SOME ARAB
CAPITOLS SAY THE ANGER THAT LET
TO U.S. AMBASSADOR CHRIS
STEPHENS WAS SPARKED BY MUSLIM
DEMANDS FOR THE RELEASE OF BLIND
SHEIK OMAR.
74-YEAR-OLD ROCKMAN IS BEING
HELD IN NORTH CAROLINA.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF PLOTTING
FIRST TERRORIST ATTACK ON WORLD
TERRORIST IN 1993, TRUCK BOMBING
THAT KILLED SIX PEOPLE AND
INJURED MORE THAN A THOUSAND.
ROCKMAN IS POPULAR AND PRESIDENT
MORSI HAS VOWED TO PUSH FOR HIS
FREEDOM.
WHITE HOUSE, STATE DEPARTMENT
AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAVE
ISSUED STATEMENTS FLATLY DENYING
CONSIDERING HIS RELEASE.
PETER KING SENT LEADERS TO ERIC
HOLDER AND HILARY CLINTON,
SAYING THE RELEASE OF HIM WOULD
BE SEEN AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS
AND LACK OF RESOLVE BY THE
UNITED STATES AND ITS PRESIDENT.
ERICK STAKELBECK, WHY WOULD
THE OBAMA CONSIDER SENDING
ROCKMAN BACK TO EGYPT? LEE,
THEY THINK THIS IS GOING TO
APPEASE THE MUSLIM WORLD.
OVER RIOTS, ONE OF THE MAY
THINGS SPURRING THIS ON, LEE,
ACCORDING TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS
SPURRING ON THESE RIOTS IS NOT
ANIT-ISLAM FILM.
IT IS THE BLIND SHEIK, OMAR
ABDELL ROCKMAN, HE IS IN A SUPER
MAX PRISON.
THEY WANT HIM OUT.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
YEARS, LEE.
OSAMA BIN LADEN USED TO CALL FOR
THE RELEASE OF THE BLIND SHEIK.
NOW MORSI IS CALLING FOR THE
RELEASE OF THE BLIND SHEIK.
APPARENTLY THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION THINKS IF THEY
LET GO ONE OF THE TOP TERRORISTS
THEY WILL LEAVE US ALONE.
APPEASEMENT, DOES IT WORK?
IT IS LIKE FEEDING A
CROCODILE, THEY WANT MORE AND
MORE.
IT FAILED IN WORLD WAR II WITH A
TOT
TOTALITARI
TOTALITARIAN, WE THOUGHT IT
WOULD APPEASE HITLER.
HE WANTED MORE, MORE, MORE, THAT
IS HOW ISLAMIST ARE, LEE.
IF WE RELEASE BLIND, SHEIK THEY
WILL BE ASKING FOR RELEASE OF
KHALID SHEIK MOHAMMED.
ERICK, YOU SAID THIS IS THE REAL
REASON FOR THE PROTESTS IN
EGYPT.
IT WOULD SEEM STRANGE THE
PROTESTERS WOULD NOT MAKE CLEAR
WHY THEY ARE PROTESTING.
LEE, A FEW THINGS, THE DAY
BEFORE THEY BROKE OUT, ALL OVER
THESE JIHADIST MESSAGE BOARDS
ONLINE.
THEY WERE SAYING WE WANT THE
BLIND SHEIK RELEASE, IF NOT, WE
WILL BURN THE EMBASSY IN EGYPT.
IT HAPPENED IN LIBYA.
THEY HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR
RELEASE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
AL-QAEDA LEADERS, FREQUENTLY
HAVE CALLED ON THE U.S.
COMMANDED U.S. TO RELEASE THIS
GUY.
ERICK, WHY IS HE SO IMPORTANT?
HE IS THE EYED LOGICAL POWER
HOUSES, LEE.
THIS IS THE GUY WHO IS THE
SPIRITUAL ADVISER TO THE 1993
WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBERS.
SPIRITUAL ADVISER TO NONE OTHER
THAN OSAMA BIN LADEN.
ALSO INVOLVED IN 1981
ASSASSINATION OF EGYPTIAN
PRESIDENT AN WAR SADAD.
MAJOR STREET CREDIT, LEE.
A REAL STRONG, STRONG FIGURE.
RESPECTED AMONG ISLAMIST TO
AL-QAEDA AND BEYOND.
THEY CAN ALL AGREE THEY LOVE THE
BLIND SHEIK.
CAN YOU KEEP US POSTED?
LEE?
ABSOLUTELY.
REPUBLICAN S AND DEMOCRATS A
REPORT FOR THE FAST AND FURIOUS.
NOT FOR THE SAME REASONS.
IT CLEARS ERIC HOLDER.
DEMOCRATS DEFENDED HOLDER TODAY
SUGGESTING HE WAS WRONGLY
PURSUED AND CONSEQUENTLY HELD IN
CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS.
REPUBLICANS SAY IT WAS
JUSTIFIED.
I HATE TO MAKE THE RECORD
CLEARER.
HE WAS NEVER HELD IN CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS BECAUSE HE SANCTIONED
GUN WALKING, IT WAS BECAUSE HE
THWARTED OUR ATTEMPTED.
A TEXAS CHEER LEADING SQUAD
IS BANNED FROM MAKING RUN
THROUGH BANNERS WITH SCRIPTURES
ON THEM.
IS SUPERINTENDENT MADE A
DECISION AFTER I CAN DO ALL
THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH
STRENGTHENS ME.
IN THE TEXAS TOWN ARE STANDING
BEHIND THEIR THEER CHEER
LEADERS.
THEIR RELIGIOUS SPEECH CAN'T BE
CENSORED.
A PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARD
IS REPLACING A PRAYER WITH A
MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THE WISCONSIN BASED FREEDOM OF
RELIGION THREATENED TO SUE.
AT FIRST THE SCHOOL BOARD
REFUSED SUPERINTENDENT RICHARD
MECKESTOR RELENTED AFTER
SUGGESTING THE DISTRICT WOULD
LOSE.
? IT IS CONSTITUTION WEEK AT
THE U.S. CAPITOL.
CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE WEEK TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT CONSTITUTION.
BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, THE
DAY OUR FOREFATHERS SIGNED THE
CHARTER BACK IN 1787.
CAPITOL HAS EXHIBITS AND
DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY.
JOINING US TO TALK MORE IS DR.
JERSAN, DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF
SCIENCES AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OF GOVERNMENT.
DR. MORENO, IS THE CONSTITUTION
BEING OVERLOOKED?
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT DEBATES.
OUR COUNTRY LIKES A MORAL
COMPASS.
THE CONSTITUTION HOLDS US
TOGETHER.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO IT TO HOW TO
MAKE SENSE.
THE CONSTITUTION IS AT THE
CENTER OF HOTLY CONTESTED
ISSUES.
THE STORY LEE REPORTED OUT OF
TEXAS ABOUT THE CHEER LEADERS,
PUTTING SCRIPTURES ON THEIR
SIGNS, DOES THE CONSTITUTION SAY
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT?
CERTAINLY THE COURT IS
INTERPRETING STUDENTS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE FREE SPEECH IN
HIGH SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND ONLY BARRED THAT IN TERMS OF
SPEECH THAT PROTECTS OR ADVANCES
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GRADUATION
SPEECHES AND VALEDICTORIANS.
THE COURT COULD PERCEIVE THE
RIGHTS AREN'T PROTECTED.
IN PENNSYLVANIA WE REPORTED
THE SCHOOL BOARD CHANGED PRAYER
TO A MOMENT OF SILENCE BECAUSE
THEY FEARED LEGAL ACTION.
WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED?
IT IS A FISCAL DECISION AND
LEGAL ONE. I DON'T THINK IT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DROPPED.
A PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD AN
EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD?
IF IT IS A DELIBERATE PUBLIC
BODY, LEGISLATIVE PRAYERS ARE
PROTECTED.
HOW DO YOU INTERPRET?
IS IT AN EXTENSION?
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT THIS
SO QUICKLY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
COMING UP, PREPPING FOR THE
WORST.
INSIDE THE WORLD OF PREPPERS.
FLUSH
WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU
TONIGHT, ARE YOU READY FOR AN
ECONOMIC CRISIS OR NATURAL
DISASTER?
THEY ARE CALLED PREPPERS.
THEY ARE GROWING IN NUMBER.
CHUCK HOLTON HAS THE STORY.
REPORTER: WHEN AN UNEXPECTED
POWER STORM KNOCKED OUT POWER IN
JULY, OVER FOUR MILLION PEOPLE
WENT WITHOUT POWER FOR UP TO
FOUR WEEKS.
A SEVERE DROUGHT IS PUTTING A
SERIOUS STRAIN CIVIL UNRESTS
STALKING UP FOR THE UNEXPECTED
IS LOOKING SMARTER ALL THE TIME.
SMALL BUT GROWING SEGMENT OF OUR
SOCIETY IS ASKING THE QUESTION,
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO
OUT FOR MORE THAN A FEW DAYS?
MANY OF THE PREPPERS THINK THE
RECORD SETTING BLACKOUT COULD BE
A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME.
WE CAN HAVE AN ECONOMIC
ATTACK, TERRORIST ATTACKS,
NATURAL DISASTER, EARTHQUAKES,
TSUNAMIS.
KEITH IS A DIE HARD PREPPER.
HE STARTED A BUSINESS HELPING
OTHERS.
PEOPLE FIGURE SINCE NOTHING
HAS HAPPENED IN X AMOUNT OF
YEARS, NOTHING BAD WILL EVER
HAPPEN.
SURVIVALISTS ARE PORTRAYED
CRAZY.
THIS WEEKEND IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA, A COUPLE OF
THOUSAND PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER AT
THE CAROLINA READYNESS.
IT IS VERY ENVIRONMENTAL,
VERY GREEN.
TAKES US OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS.
JOE HENDERSON IS THE OWNER OF
GREEN GOLD HUNTERS.
HIS FILTRATION SYSTEM RUN A
VEHICLE WITHOUT FOREIGN OIL.
IF ANYBODY HAS A DIESEL
ENGINE, YOU CAN USE COOKING OIL
AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL.
GO TO THE RESTAURANT HERE IN
ASHVILLE, INDIAN RESTAURANT,
THIS IS THEIR USED COOKING OIL.
WE RAN IT THROUGH OUR FILTER
SYSTEM, NOW WE HAVE A NICE
ALTERNATIVE FUEL I'LL PUT IN MY
TANK.
THIS IS BEING HELPED IN
TELEVISION SHOWS.
DOOMSDAY PREPPERS IS THE
HIGHEST RATED SHOW EVER ON
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
IT IS A SHOW ABOUT YOUR AVERAGE
AMERICAN FAMILY, UNIQUE PEOPLE
PREPPING FOR ANY OF LIFE'S
UNCERTAINTY, WHETHER IT BE AN
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR THE
SHOW IS THAT MOST PREPPERS
AREN'T EAGER TO ADVERTISE THEIR
STOCK PILES OF SUPPLIES.
SINCE THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT,
LEWDING COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM.
WE UNDERSTAND IT COULD BE A
RISK TO PEOPLE BUT WE RESPECT
PEOPLE'S PRIVACY.
ON THE SHOW WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY
WHERE YOU ARE FROM.
WE TRY TO GET IN THE LIVES OF
DIVERSE PREPPERS AND THEY CAN
LEARN MORE.
KEITH IETEN SAYS IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH CANNED FOOD
OR BOTTLES LD WATER.
IF YOU BUILD A SOLID
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST,
AFTER THAT, GET FOOD AND WATER
STORED AWAY, IT WILL ALL FALL
INTO PLACE.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO FEED
YOURSELF, FEED YOUR FAMILY, HELP
A NEIGHBOR, HELP A FRIEND.
100 YEARS AGO IT WASN'T
STRANGE FOR A FAMILY TO HAVE A
BASEMENT FULL OF FOOD.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE LESS THAN THREE
DAYS SUPPLY AND MANY HAVE NO
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES OR EVEN A
FIRST AID KID.
WITH INFRASTRUCTURE OF AMERICA
GETTING MORE FRAGILE, MAYBE IT
IS NOT A BAD IDEA.
I AM CHUCK HOLTON FOR CBN NEWS.
UP NEXT, TOOLS OF THE TRADE,
CHUCK IS BACK TO SHOW US
PREPPERS MUST HAVES.
BEFORE THE BREAK, ALWAYS
READY FOR ANYTHING CHUCK HOLTON
SHOWED US THE WORLD OF PREPPERS.
I TALKED WITH CHUCK.
HE SHOWED ME PRODUCTS ON EVERY
PREPPER'S MUST HAVE LIST.
TAKE A LOOK.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THESE
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF
US.
CHUCK, THE DRY RUN YOU HAD JUST
A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN POWER WENT
OUT, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT
THIS WAS.
THE THING THAT WAS SURPRISING
WAS THIS ITEM.
A BACKPACKING STOVE MADE BY BIO
LIGHT.
IT BURNS WOOD.
YOU PUT IT IN THERE AND PUSH
THIS BUTTON ON THE FRONT.
YOU CAN PLUG YOUR PHONE IN AND
CHARGE YOUR PHONE FROM THE HEAT
OF THE FIRE.
AND YOU CAN TOOK ON IT.
WE TOOK IT BACKPACKING AND IT
WAS FANTASTIC.
IT REALLY WORKS.
WHAT IS THIS OVER HERE?
GOELDZ ZERO SOLAR GENERATOR.
HERE IS FOLDING SOLAR PANEL.
THIS OPENS UP LIKE A BRIEFCASE,
PLUGS IN AND CHARGES THIS
BATTERY.
YOU CAN PLUG ALL SORTS OF THINGS
INTO THE PLUG, USB PORT.
IT HAS A LIGHT THAT COMES WITH
IT, YOU CAN RUN THE LIGHT ORPHAN
ESSENTIALS OFF OF THIS, VERY
GOOD TO HAVE.
IT IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE, JUST A
COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS.
NONE OF US WANT TO GO HUNGRY.
YOU HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS,
CANNED BUTTER.
I SUGGEST PEOPLE BY MORE OF
WHAT THEY ALREADY EAT.
IF THE POWER WENT OUT FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS, THINGS THAT ARE
NORMAL
NORMALLY REFRIGERATOR.
WE HAVE USED IT AT HOME WHEN WE
WOULD RUN OUT.
TASTES GOOD?
TASTES GREAT.
THIS IS COOKED BACON, PUT INTO A
CAN.
IT WILL LAST 10 YEARS THIS WAY,
SEALED.
IF YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE BACON, DO YOU
WANT TO SURVIVE?
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE IMPORTANT
STUFF.
POWDERED EGGS?
FREEZE-DRIED.
SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH BACON.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE IS WELL KNOWN.
DOING IT FOR YEARS.
THAT CAN IS SUPPOSED TO LAST 25
YEARS, NITROGEN PACKED AND STILL
BE NUTRITIOUS. ONE THING YOU
DON'T HAVE IS A WEAPON.
YOU BELIEVE WEAPONS ARE
IMPORTANT?
WITHIN 12 HOURS OF POWER
GOING OUT THERE WAS LEWDING
ALREADY TAKING PLACE.
SO MANY PEOPLE NOT PREPARED THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE
ONLY RESORT THEY HAVE IF THE
POWER GOES DOWN IS TO STEAL FROM
SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR
FAMILY, ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A
LITTLE EXTRA TO GIVE TO PEOPLE
IN NEED.
THIS IS A GREAT -- WHEN ENERGY
STRIKES, THAT IS THE BEST TIME
THAT CHRISTIANS CAN SHINE AND
SHOW BY OUR GENEROSITY, THE LOVE
OF CHRIST.
CHUCK, A LOT OF PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS, I DON'T WANT TO
BE VIEWED BY MY NEIGHBORS AS A
NUT.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?
EVEN 50 YEARS AGO IT WASN'T
CONSIDERED CRAZY.
WHY IS IT CRAZY TO HAVE A COUPLE
OF WEEKS OF FOOD IN YOUR
BASEMENT?
JUST BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM HAS
BECOME MADE SO EFFICIENT DOESN'T
MEAN IT IS NOT COMPLEX.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR JUST IN
TIME DELIVERY SYSTEM IS.
FRAGILE.
THERE IS SO MANY DIFFERENT
REASONS WHY SOMETHING COULD
HAPPEN AND YOU COULD BE WITHOUT
FOOD.
DO YOU, WOULD IT BE WORTH YOUR
NEIGHBORS THINKING YOU ARE A
LITTLE STRANGE TO KNOW YOUR
FAMILY IS TAKEN CARE OF IF THE
LIGHTS GO OUT?
DO YOU PROVIDE RESOURCES AND
INFORMATION ON A FAMILY, I WANT
TO DO THIS, HOW DO I GET
STARTED.
THERE ARE THESE SEMINARS
GOING ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
ABOUT PREPAREDNESS.
CBN HAS PUT UP ON THEIR WEBSITE
A TIP SHEET PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, I WAS
THINKING ABOUT COMING OVER AND
JOINING YOU AT YOUR UNDISCLOSED
LOCATION.
I THINK I NEED TO GET MOTIVATED
TO DO IT MYSELF.
THAT'S RIGHT.
JUST BRING YOUR GUNS.
[LAUGHTER].
WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
ENJOYED IT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
FINALLY TONIGHTED PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN CREATED QUITE A
STIR WITH A CAMPAIGN FUND
RAISING POSTER.
A POSTER OF A FLAG, THE BLUE
STAR FIELD IS REPLACED BY
OBAMA'S O CAMPAIGN LOGO.
IT SHOWS THE PRESIDENT BEING
GREATER THAN THE PEOPLE
REPRESENTED BY THE STARS.
MR. OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN SAID THERE
ARE NO RED STATES OR BLUE
STATES, ONLY UNITED STATES.
THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN IS
SELLING THEM FROM HIS OFFICIAL
STORE SITE FOR $35.
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LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT.
LET THEM COMMENT.
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