TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" THE
LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OVER
TWO YEARS?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
ECONOMY AND THE ELECTION?
PLUS PRAYING FOR THE PEACE OF
JERUSALEM, CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
WORLD PREPARE TO JOIN TOGETHER
IN AN ANNUAL PRAYER EVENT.
AND THE FIGHT TO DIE.
THE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON
LIFE AND THE RIGHT TO DIE.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
A SURPRISE ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE, IT FELL TO 7.8 PERCENT.
THAT IS THE LOWEST SINCE
JANUARY OF 2009.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT NUMBER IN
THIS ELECTION YEAR.
JOHN WAAGE HAS MORE IN TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY.
7.8 PERCENT FIGURE WAS A
SURPRISE BECAUSE UNEMPLOYMENT
HAD BEEN STUCK ABOVE EIGHT
PERCENT SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA
CAME INTO OFFICE.
LONGEST STRETCH SINCE THE GREAT
DEPRESSION.
PRESIDENT WELCOMED THE NEW
NUMBERS AT A RALLY IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA.
TODAY'S NEWS IS A REMINDER
THIS COUNTRY HAS COME TOO FAR TO
TURN BACK NOW.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY SAYS THE
NUMBERS DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE PEOPLE LOOKITHAT HAVE STOPPED
LOOKING FOR WORK.
THAT UNEMPLOYMENT WORK IS NOT
GOING TO COME DOWN BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OUT OF THE
LOOKING FOR WORK IN THE WORK
FORCE, BUT WE ARE CREATING MORE
JOBS.
MANY ARE WAITING TO SEE THE
OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.
BUSINESSES ARE RELUCTANT TO STEP
UP BECAUSE OF THE YEAR END
FISCAL CLIFF.
THAT IS BECAUSE OF STEEP CUTS
ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT.
UNLESS CONGRESS AGREES TO
POSTPONE CUTS, ECONOMY COULD BE
PUSHED BACK INTO RECESSION.
JOBS ARE AT THE TOP OF ECONOMIC
CONCERNS, GASOLINE PRICES COULD
MOVE UP THE LIST.
PRICES IN CALIFORNIA, REFINERY
PROBLEMS SENT THEM UP MORE THAN
$.11 IN THREE DAYS.
VOTERS ARE WATCHING.
MAKES ME WANT TO PAY MORE
ATTENTION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. JOHN WAAGE, CBN
NEWS.
JOHN WE SHOULD POINT OUT
THESE NUMBERS WERE MET WITH A
HEALTHY DOSE OF SKEPTICISM.
RUSH LIMBAUGH PREDICTED IN
DECEMBER, THE NUMBER WOULD DROP
BELOW EIGHT PERCENT JUST IN TIME
BECAUSE NO PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
RE-ELECTED AND CEO OF GENERAL
ELECTRIC JACK WELCH SAID THE
NUMBERS ARE COOKED.
IT CAUSED THE LABOR
DEPARTMENT TO SAY LOOK, WE WOULD
NOT DO THAT, WE WOULDN'T COOK
THE NUMBERS.
ISSUE IS THE NUMBERS THEY PUT
INTO THE FORMULA THAT SPIT OUT
THE 7.8.
YOU CAN BRING THE NUMBERS
DOWN, I KNOW THAT NUMBERS WERE
REVISED FROM JULY AND AUGUST AS
WELL TO THESE SEPTEMBER NUMBERS.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE COOKED.
THE RESULT WAS FORTUITOUS.
THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ARGUE
ABOUT THE NUMBERS FOR THE
WEEKEN
WEEKEND.
YOU ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE NUMBERS, NO DOUBT THIS HELPS
THE PRESIDENT?
NO DOUBT.
THIS TURNED THE PAGE FOR THEM.
THEY CAN FOCUS ON SOMETHING NOW,
NIGHTLY NEWS SHOWS WILL TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
IT GIVES THEM A NEW SUBJECT.
DOES IT HAVE A LONG LIFE?
YOU CAN'T STUMP ON THE
CAMPAIGN FROM COAST TO COAST AND
SAY BY GOLLY, WE HAVE 7.8
PERCENT.
HE HAS TO SAY THIS ISN'T GOOD
ENOUGH.
HE SAID THIS DOESN'T REPRESENT A
RECOVERY.
IF YOU COMPARE THE NUMBERS TO
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME INTO
OFFICE, THE NUMBER WOULD BE 11
PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.
114,000 NEW JOBS ANNOUNCED
FOR LAST MONTH.
UNDER REAGAN RECOVERY, MAY TO
OCTOBER '84, THEY AVERAGED
300,000.
IF THERE WAS MASSAGING OF THE
NUMBERS, IT COULD BLOW UP BEFORE
ELECTION DAY.
THANK YOU.
ATLAS SHRUG PART 2, FILM
RECENTLY HAD WORLD PREMIER IN
OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.
RAW CAPITALISM TO SILVER
SCREENS.
BUREAUCRATS GRINDING THE ECONOMY
DOWN TO A NUMB UNTIL THE
ENTREPRENEURS CAN'T TAKE IT
ANYMORE.
THEY SHOULD EMBRACE THE FEISTY
CONTROVERSY RAND.
NO DRUG LAWS, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION ISSUES, PRO-CHOICE.
BUT SO MUCH MORE FOR THE RIGHT.
I THINK IAN RAN IS A GREAT ALLY
FOR THE RIGHT BECAUSE OF MESSAGE
OF CONSTITUTIONALLY LIMITED
GOVERNMENT.
FREE MARKETS.
SOME ASPECTS OF HER
PHILOSOPHY ARE INCONSISTENT WITH
CHRISTIANITY.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN
NECESSARILY BE MERGED.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
UNCOMMON GROUND.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF COMMON
GROUND.
BOTH ARE SURPRISED TO SEE
PAUL RYAN ON THE TICKET.
IT IS NO SIN TO DISASSOCIATE
HIMSELF AND SAY I REJECT IAN
RAN'S PHILOSOPHY IN TERMS OF HER
BEING AN ATHEIST.
I WISH HE HAD NOT SEPARATED
HIMSELF SO COMPLETELY FROM THE
MORAL BASE OF CAPITALISM WHICH
HE AGREES WITH.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE HAS
TAKEN THINGS AROUND RAND AND
INTERNALIZED THOSE AND MADE THEM
HIS OWN.
I LOVE THE FACT HE IS PURSUING A
RELATIONSHIP FOUND IN JESUS
CHRIST.
AS FOR THE SEQUEL, HANGS TO
THE BETTER IN PART ONE FOR A
TOTALLY UNFETTERED FREE MARKET.
IT MAY HELP IT DO BETTER WHICH
WAS SOME WHAT OF A BOX OFFICE
BUST.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS AT THE
ATLAS SHRUG PART 2 WORLD
PREMIER, BAH R WASHINGTON.
PULPIT FREEDOM SUNDAY.
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
LAUNCHED THE EVENT IN 2008.
IT IS A DIRECT CHALLENGE TO
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE RULES
THAT PROHIBIT CAMPAIGNING FOR OR
AGAINST A CANDIDATE.
PSALM 122:6, PRAY FOR THE
PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THIS STORY.
THIS WEEK THOUSANDS GATHER TO
PRAY FOR SUNDAY'S MAIN EVENT.
THEY CAME FROM MANY DIFFERENT
NATIONS BUT SHARED A COMMON
GOAL.
WE HAVE TO STAND WITH ISRAEL
AND PRAY WITH HIM BUT WE HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING.
WE HAVE TO HELP PEOPLE TO
KNOW THE IMPORTANCE FOR PRAYING
FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF THE WORLD.
I THINK IT IS THE PEACE OF
JERUSALEM -- CO-FOUNDER ROBERT
STERN IS OFTEN CONFUSED ABOUT
JERUSALEM BUT NOT THOSE THAT
BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.
YOU ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT
JERUSALEM.
YOU ARE CLEAR THAT JERUSALEM AND
ISRAEL ARE FOR THE PEOPLE OF
GOD, THE JEWISH PEOPLE NOW AND
FOREVER.
BECAUSE OF THE JEWISH
HOLIDAY, ORGANIZERS HELD THE
MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST
GLOBALLY ON SUNDAY WILL MILLIONS
OF CHRISTIANS AND TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS JOINING
TO PRAY, CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN
NEWS, JERUSALEM.
COMING UP, THE RIGHT TO DIE.
SOME SAY IT IS SUICIDE.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE ETHICS OF SOME
PEOPLE CHOOSING TO TAKE
THEMSELVES OFF OF LIFE SUPPORT.
28-YEAR-OLD GRACE LEE IS ON
LIFE SUPPORT WITH TERMINAL
CANCER.
HER DOCTORS AND ATTORNEY SAY SHE
WANTS TO BE REMOVED FROM LIFE
SUPPORT AND ALLOW TO DIE.
HER PARENTS SAY THAT IS NOT
THE CASE AND FIGHTING TO KEEP
HER ALIVE.
ONE YEAR AGO 28-YEAR-OLD SUNG
YING GRACE LEE DIAGNOSED WITH AN
INCURABLE BRAIN TUMOR.
SHE SUFFERED A STROKE LAST NIGHT
THAT LEFT HER PARALYZED AND ON
LIFE SUPPORT.
HER DOCTORS AND ATTORNEYS SAID
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE AND
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DIE.
THIS IS SOMEONE THAT IS DYING
IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, TWO
MONTHS SAYING I HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
IT IS TIME FOR ME TO BE ATTED AT
PEACE.
GRACE'S PARENTS DISAGREE.
THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO SAYS SHE
WOULD BE WILLING TO LET HER
FATHER MAKE THE MEDICAL
DECISIONS FOR HER?
ARE YOU WILLING TO SIGN OUR
MEDICAL TO FATHER?
YES.
GRACE'S DOCTORS HAVE TESTIFIED
SHE CANNOT BEAR TO GO ON LIVING
AS SHE IS AND WANTS TO GO ON
FROM LIVING ON LIFE SUPPORT.
ACCORDING TO A PSYCHIATRIST TO
EXAM HER, MENTALLY COMPETENT.
HER FATHER WHO IS A MINISTER,
DOCTORS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO
REMOVE THE TUBES.
MY DAUGHTER IS DEPRESSED AND
HEAVILY MEDICATED.
THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO TAKE
SOMEONE'S LIFE.
WHEN SOMEONE SET AS DATE AND
TIME TO DIE THAT IS SUICIDE.
AND SUICIDE IS A SIN.
MEANWHILE NORTH SHORE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WHERE GRACE
IS BEING TREATED HAS DECLINED TO
COMMENT ON THE VIDEO BUT SAYS WE
JUST WANTED TO COMPLY WITH HER
WISHES WHATEVER THEY MAYBE.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
WE LEARNED A SHORT TIME AGO,
A NEW YORK COURT HAS GRANTED HER
REQUEST.
JOINING ME IS DR. JAMES SLACK,
THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM AT
REGENT UNIVERSITY.
DR. SLACK, THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US.
THANK YOU.
WHEN DO YOU THINK IT IS
APPROPRIATE OR ETHICAL TO REMOVE
LIFE SUPPORT?
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
I WISH I HAD A CONCRETE SUCCINCT
ANSWER.
IT IS ALL SITUATIONAL.
IT RELIES ON, FOR ME, IN MY
RESEARCH, IT RELIES ON THE FACT
THAT WE ARE BORN IN THE IMAGE OF
CHRIST, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
THAT PUTS A WHOLE DIFFERENT
SPIN.
WHEN DO WE WANT TO END THE IMAGE
OF GOD AS OPPOSED TO JUST LIFE
ITSELF.
WE DO IT WITH ANIMALS.
WHEN DO WE WANT TO END THE IMAGE
OF GOD?
IF SOMEONE GIVES ANOTHER
PERSON THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR THEM,
UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES CAN
THEY REVOKE THAT PROXY?
WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF
LAWYERS.
AND LEGAL ISSUES AS WE ARE
HEARING FROM NEW YORK RIGHT NOW.
TYPICALLY, TO END A LIFE MEANS
SOMEONE IS UNCONSCIOUS.
SHE IS CONSCIOUS, SHE SAYS
SHE WANTS TO END HER LIFE.
HER PARENTS SAY SHE IS DRUGGED
UP AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO.
WHICH WAY DO YOU GO?
COURTS ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING
WITH GRACE LEE.
THAT IS INTERESTING, OREGON
HAS LAWS THAT PROTECT
STATE-ASSISTED SUICIDE.
I DON'T BELIEVE NEW YORK HAS
THOSE LAWS.
THE COURT IS GOING IN A
DIRECTION.
I AM NOT SURE WHERE THE COURT IS
GOING ON THAT.
WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN?
TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE IS
UNCONSCIOUS FOR A LONG TIME IF
NOT INDEFINITELY.
WHEN SOMEONE HAS VERY FEW LIFE
SIGNS LEFT.
OF COURSE YOU CAN'T BLAME THE
PARENTS.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS, FAMILIES
OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES UNPREPARED
IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A
DYING LOVED ONE.
WHAT CAN THEY DO IN ADVANCE TO
HELP THEM MAKE A BETTER
DECISION?
PRAY, TALK WITH THE PERSON.
THIS SHOULD BE WELL THOUGHT OUT
WHEN NOBODY UNDER ANY
MEDICATION.
TALKING WITH PASTORS.
HER FATHER IS A PASTOR.
SOME CHRISTIANS ARE LED DOWN THE
ROAD OF SAYING THIS IS A SIN.
OTHERS BELIEVE THAT -- DO YOU
THINK IT IS A SIN?
I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO BE
CAUTIOUS IN KILLING THE IMAGE OF
GOD.
I BELIEVE WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THEIR
OWN LIVES, THEY ARE SO ILL THAT
THEY DON'T KNOW THEY ARE DOING
THAT.
SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE IS DOING.
THANKS FOR YOUR INCITES
INSIGHTS.
VOTING ON VALUES, WE TALKED
TO E.W. JACKSON ABOUT VOTING.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
HAVE TRADITIONALLY ALIGNED
THEMSELVES WITH A DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
THESE DAYS A GROWING NUMBER OF
BLACK MINISTERS ARE CALLING ON
THEIR CHURCH COMMUNITIES AND
SUPPORT THE CANDIDATE THAT BEST
REFLECT THEIR VALUES.
OUR GUESTS IS ONE OF THOSE
PASTORS, BISHOP E.W. JACKSON.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK WITH US.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
HOW ARE YOUR FRIENDS AND
CHURCH MEMBERS RESPONDING TO
YOUR CALL?
LEE, I WAS AT A BLACK CHURCH
LAST NIGHT.
RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING.
A LOT OF LIES AND MANIPULATION.
A LOT OF EFFORT TO KEEP PEOPLE
UNDER CONTROL.
PEOPLE ARE BREAKING LOOSE.
IT IS SO ENCOURAGING AND
GRATIFYING.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE LOYAL TO
JESUS' FIRST.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVE ON ISSUES
LIKE HOMOSEXUALITY AND ABORTION.
FEAR, MANIPULATION.
IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR A CERTAIN
PARTY, YOU ARE GOING TO BE BACK
IN SLAVERY, LOSE YOUR VOTING
RIGHTS.
THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT?
YOU USE EMOTION BECAUSE OF
THE PAST TO GET PEOPLE TO
BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE.
DID YOU BELIEVE THAT
NEVER.
I WAS RAISED BY A VERY STRONG
FATHER THAT GAVE ME ROCK SOLID
VALUES THAT TOLD ME WHO I WAS.
DEMOCRAT PARTY'S POLICIES HAVE
DECIMATED THE BLACK FAMILY.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE RAISING
THEMSELVES AS JESUS SAID,
SCATTERED AS SHEEP WITHOUT A
SHEPHERD.
THEY NEED LEADERS THAT WILL TELL
THEM TO TRUTH.
SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE, THEY
RESPOND.
BISHOP JACKSON, YOU ISSUED A
CALL FOR CHRISTIANS BLACK AND
WHITE TO LEAVE THE PARTY.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THOSE THAT
SAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ISN'T
THE BEST PARTY.
YOU CAN'T ALIGN YOURSELF WITH
A PARTY, ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS
ANYTHING THAT IS IN RANK
REBELLION AGAINST GOD AND VALUES
YOU ARE TAUGHT IN SCRIPTURE.
WOULDN'T MATTER WHAT PARTY IT
IS.
YOUR FOCUS IS ON THE
CANDIDATE.
IT IS NOT ABOUT RACE, IT IS
ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
PRINCIPLE.
SOME ARE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOESN'T
HAVE THE CARE AND CONCERN FOR
THE POOR THE WAY THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOES.
I HAPPEN TO BE A REPUBLICAN.
I AM A CHRISTIAN WHO CARES ABOUT
THE POOR AND NEEDY AND SPEND MY
TIME IN MINISTRY.
MANY LIKE US.
WE HAVE TO STEP UP NOT ON BEHALF
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BUT WHO
WE ARE AS CHRISTIANS.
IF YOU WANT A PARTY THAT CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE IN EVERY WAY, STEP
IN AND GET INVOLVED.
DO YOU HAVE A CRITIQUE FOR
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN A WAY
THEY CAN REACH THE VOTERS YOU
ARE TRYING TO APPEAL TO?
EVERYTHING RISES ON
LEADERSHIP, UNTIL YOU GET
LEADERS THAT REALIZE YOU HAVE TO
LISTEN TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW YOU
ARE INTERESTED AND CARE.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, I AM FINING
THEY ARE VERY, VERY RECEPTIVE.
TELL ME ABOUT ANECDOTES.
THEY FOUGHT ABOUT
CONSERVATIVISM.
I HAVE HAD ONE PASTOR AND
WIFE COME TO ME, WE HEARD YOU
SPEAK AND WEPT THE WHOLE WAY
HOME.
WE HAD NOT LISTENED TO GOD.
WE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY
WE'LL NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE
AGAIN.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE TIDE IS
TURNING?
THE TIDE IS DEFINITELY
TURNING!
I HAD A WOMAN SAY HOW DO I
CHANGE MY REGISTER, BUT STAND ON
THEIR CHRISTIAN VALUES.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
FINALLY TONIGHT WITH GOD ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
A LITTLE HELP FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
DOESN'T HURT EITHER.
JUST ASKED CHRISTIAN BAND
UNITED PURSUIT.
THEY RAISED $100,000 IN 30 DAYS.
THEY PLAN TO BUY A BUILDING IN
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.
MOST OF THE MONEY CAME FROM
FACEBOOK, AND YOUTUBE CLIPS.
WE HAVE HAD PRETTY CRAZY
DREAMS AND ALL SEEM TO COME
TRUE.
IT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE, HUGE,
CRAZY.
HOW IS IT NOT SCARY?
UNITED PURSUIT MADE A NAME
AFTER THEIR SONG "SET A FIRE"
WENT VIRAL IN 2010.
LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE
CBNNEWS.COM.
UNITED PURSUIT.
INTERESTING NAME.
HAVE TO CHECK OUT THAT SONG.
$100,000 IN 30 DAYS.
HEAD BACK TO MY COMPUTER
RIGHT NOW.
ALL FOR GOD'S GLORY.
WE ARE KIDDING.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
