TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH"
FREEDOM SUNDAY, PASTORS GET
SPECIFIC ABOUT POLITICAL
ENDORSEMENTS, IS IT FREE SPEECH
OR BREAKING THE LAW?
PLUS TWO SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL
PRIZE FOR THEIR BREAK THROUGH IN
ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH.
WHY IT IS A VICTORY FOR LIFE.
HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TARGETING
CHRISTIAN WOMEN.
FORCED MARRIAGE AND CONVERSION
IS ON THE RISE.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
IT IS CALLED PULPIT FREEDOM
SUNDAY.
FREE SPEECH AND RELIGION BY
OPENING TALKING ABOUT POLITICS
AND ENDORSING CANDIDATES FROM
THEIR PULL PUTS.
IRS SAY IT IS AGAINST THE LU.
BISHOP HARRY JACKSON IS KNOWN
FOR SPEAKING HIS MIND.
ON SUNDAY HE DELIVERED A FIERY
SERMON AND THE COUNTRY'S STATE
OF AFFAIRS AND BREAKING THE LAW
DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE THE 2012
ELECTION. THIS IS FOR A
REASON, WHY I CANNOT SUPPORT
BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT.
DURING THE SERVICE HE ARGUED
AGAINST RE-ELECTING THE
PRESIDENT BASED ON ABORTION,
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, U.S.-ISRAELI
ALLIANCE AND .
I BELIEVE ON EVERYTHING.
IT IS TIME TO SHOW OUR HEART TO
THE WORLD AND GOD HIMSELF THAT
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE COWARDS
AND CAN'T SURRENDER TO THE
MERCIES HE HAS GIVEN US.
THEY ALSO DEFIED A DECADES
OLD REGULATION THAT ALLOWS
CHURCHES TO ACT AS TAX EXEMPT SO
LONG AS THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE
IN ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING ON
BEHALF OR AGAINST ANY CANDIDATE.
IF THEY DO, THEY RISK LOSING
THEIR NON-EXEMPT STATUS. THE
NUMBER SKYROCKETED TO 1500 WITH
EACH OF THE PASSITORS RECORDING
THEIR SERMON.
THE BACKLASH AND RETRIBUTION
THAT CAN COME FROM THAT
COMMUNITY IN THE GREATER
WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA IS MUCH
MORE INTIMIDATING THAN THE IRS,
IN TERMS OF MY MEMBERS HAVE TO
DEAL WITH WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO
LIFT UP TO THE NAME OF JESUS.
THEY SAY THE ISSUES AT STAKE ARE
TOO GRAVE TO REMAIN SILENT.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,
BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND.
ERICK STANLEY IS SENIOR LEGAL
COUNSEL WITH THE ADF AND JOINS
US FROM KANSAS CITY.
ERICK, YOU ARE DARING IF NOT
DOUBLE DARING THE IRS TO COME
AFTER THESE CHURCHES.
WILL YOU CONCERNED THEY MIGHT DO
THAT?
HOPE OF PULPIT FREEDOM SUNDAY
HAS BEEN TO GENERATE A TEST
CASE.
WE BELIEVE THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT
IS PLAY TENTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IF THE IRS COMES AFTER THE
CHURCH, WE'LL DEFEND THEM FREE
OF CHARGE.
THE LAW ASIDE, ERICK, WHY DO
YOU BELIEVE IT IS THE BIBLICAL
ROLE OF CHURCHS? I THINK IT
IS THE BIBLICAL ROLE OF PASTORS
AND CHURCHES TO SPEAK BIBLICAL
TRUTH.
SOCIETY HAS BEEN LABELLING --
BILLING ISSUES POLITICAL.
PASTORS HAVE A CHOICE TO
UNDERSTAND AND DECIDE, ARE THEY
GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK
BIBLICALLY?
OR ARE THEY GOING TO REMAIN
FAITHFUL TO BIBLICAL VALUES AND
PROCLAIM THE VALUES EVEN IF THEY
BRING THEM INTO CONFLICT WITH
THE CULTURE OR GOVERNMENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE A PASTOR
HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK FREELY FROM
HIS PULPIT.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE DRAWING
LINES IN THE PULPIT, IT IS THE
JOB OF THE PASTOR, NOT THE IRS.
YOU MENTIONED YOU LIKED A
TEST CASE.
WHAT IF YOU WOULD LOSE THAT CASE
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE
CHURCHES?
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD LOSE.
THEY SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE
JOHNSON AMENDMENT.
501C 3 IS IN TROUBLE.
HAVE ANY CHURCHES BEEN
THREATENED BY THE IRS TODAY?
WE HAD OVER 1600 CHURCHES
PARTICIPATE YESTERDAY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
ERICK STANLEY, THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
THANK YOU.
NEW
MITT ROMNEY SPOKE AT VIRGINIA
MILITARY INSTITUTE NO LEXINGTON,
VIRGINIA.
HE WENT POINT BY POINT THROUGH
THE CONFLICTS IN LIBYA, SYRIA
AND AFGHANISTAN SAYING THE WORLD
IS WAITING FOR THE UNITED STATES
TO LEAD.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE RISK OF
CONFLICT IN THE REGION IS HIGHER
NOW THAN WHEN THE PRESIDENT TOOK
OFFICE.
I KNOW THE PRESIDENT HOPES FOR A
SAFER, FREER, MORE PROSPEROUS
MIDDLE EAST, I SHARE THIS HOPE.
BUT HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY.
ROMNEY LAID OUT FULL SUPPORT
FOR THE JEWISH STATE OF ISRAEL
AND WOULDN'T HESITATE TO STOP
IRAN'S DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
NEXT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FOCUS
ON FOREIGN POLICY.
A RASMUSSEN POLL SHOWS MITT
ROMNEY LEADING 49-47 PERCENT
ALONG LIKELY VOTERS.
ANOTHER HAS ROMNEY WINNING THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
THAT MODEL HAS ACCURATELY PICKED
THE WINNER SINCE 1980.
DEMOCRATS RAISED 181 MILLION
DOLLARS SHATTERING PAST RECORDS.
THE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE RAISED
MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS TO
PAY FOR HIS E ELECTION BID.
ABU ALMASER FOUGHT
EXTRADITION TO THE U.S. ARRESTED
IN THE UK FOR INCITING HATRED
AND URGING FOLLOWERS TO KILL
NON-MUSLIMS.
TWO OF THE TOURISTS KIDNAPPED
WERE AMERICANS.
U THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST MUSLIM
REBEL GROUP HAVE REACHED A
PRELIMINARY PEACE AGREEMENT.
IT HAS LEFT MORE THAN 120,000
DEAD.
PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT AKINO SAYS
THE DEAL PAVES THE WAY FOR AN
ENDURING PEACE IN MINDANAO.
TURNING TO SOUTH AMERICA WITH
VENEZUELA CHAVEZ HAS WON ANOTHER
OFFICE.
CHAVEZ ONE 55-45 PERCENT.
EXIT POLLING BY AN INDEPENDENCE
COMPANY SHOWS CHAVEZ LOST.
HE USED UNFAIR TACTICS FROM THE
START LABELLING HIS OPPONENT
FASCIST.
HE SPENT HEAVILY ON HIS OWN
CAMPAIGN AND ALSO BUYING VOTES.
BUILDING PUBLIC HOUSING AND
EXPANDING SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
HE TOLD HIS VOTERS YOU VOTED FOR
THE GREATEST OF VENEZUELA.
WE WILL HAVE A FREER HAND TO
CRUSH OPPONENTS AND DEEPEN
FRIENDSHIPS WITH ROGUE NATIONS
LIKE CUBA AND IRAN THREATENING
U.S. INTEREST IN THE REGION.
THERE ARE NO WORDS RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO BE CALM AND HOPE
VENEZUELA CAN MOVE PASSED THIS.
IF CHAVEZ DIES, KA PRIUS WILL
HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE.
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM BY --
THEIR WORK IS REWARDED WITH THE
NOBEL PRIZE.
A TERMINALLY ILL WOMAN WHO
WON THING RIGHT TO GO OFF LIFE
SUPPORT HAS DECIDED TO STAY
ALIVE.
A COURT RULED 28-YEAR-OLD GRACE
LEE CAN GO OFF HER RESPIRATOR.
FOR NOW SHE HAS CONTINUED TO
RECEIVE IT.
KNOWING SHE HAS HER OWN
CONTROL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
TO GRACE.
WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, SHE INTENDS
TO CONSULT WITH HER FAMILY AND
HER DOCTORS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
GRACE HAS TERMINAL CANCER.
LAST MONTH A STROKE LEFT HER
PARALYZED AND ON LIFE SUPPORT.
GRACE'S DOCTORS AND ATTORNEYS
CLAIM SHE WANTED TO DIE.
HER PARENTS DISAGREED AND SAID
IT WAS AGAINST THEIR RELIGION TO
TAKE LIFE INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
HER ATTORNEY SAID IT GAVE HER
PEACE AND DECIDED TO STAY ON
LIFE SUPPORT.
IT IS AN EFFORT TO MAKE PEACE
WITH HER FAMILY AND GOD.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AND NOBEL
PRIZE FOR MEDICINE HAS GONE TO
TO PEOPLE WITH DISEASES.
THEY ARE PIONEERING WORK
USING ADULT STEM CELLS WITHOUT
DESTROYING LIVING EMBRYOS.
LORIE JOHNSON EXPLAINS.
SCIENTISTS JOHN GURDEN FROM
THE UK AND SHIN YAMIAKA SHOWED
YOU THE TAKE IT OUT OF AN ADULT
PATIENT, PUT THE HEALTHY CELL
INTO THE PATIENT IN THE PART OF
THE BODY THAT IS SICK, SUCH AS
BRAIN, SPINE, HEART.
THAT HEALTHY CELL REGENERATES
AND TAKES OVER THE SICK AREA
MAKING THE PATIENT WELL AGAIN.
TECHNIQUE HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL
WITH HEART PATIENTS AT THE STUDY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.
THE DOCTOR TOOK CELLS FROM THE
HEALTHY PART OF THE PATIENT AN
INFUSED THEM INTO THE HEART
TALKING REGENERATION OF
PREVIOUSLY DEAD HEART TISSUE.
IT MEANS FRESH HOPE FOR PEOPLE
WITH HEART FAILURE. IT IS
HOPE.
I THINK STEM CELLS WILL LIKELY
BECOME A ROUTINE PART OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN THE
NEXT FEW YEARS.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY GOOD NEWS
FOR CHRISTIANS AND OTHERS THAT
BELIEVE IN THE SANCTITY OF LIFE.
MUCH OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
BELIEVED IT NEEDS TO START WITH
LIVING HUMAN EMBRYOS.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE IS
ENDING SUPPORT FOR KOMEN
FOUNDATION.
KOMEN EARLIER ANNOUNCED IT WOULD
STOP DONATIONS TO PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
A FIRE STORM OF CRITICISM -- SO
THE THEY REINSTATED IT.
PRO-LIFE GROUPS CLAIM PLANNED
PARENTHOOD PROVIDES LIMITED
BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS AND
REFERS MOST CASES TO OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
UP NEXT, WHY CHRISTIAN WOMEN
IN ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD
FEAR THEY WILL BE THE NEXT
VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
NUMBER OF DEAD IN AN ATTACK
ON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN
NIGERIA NOW UP TO 46.
IT HAPPENED IN NORTHWEST CITY OF
MUBIA.
THOUSANDS FLED IS CITY.
SURVIVORS SAYS THEY ASKED THEM
IF THEY WERE MUSLIM OR
CHRISTIANS BEFORE THEY STABBED
OR SHOT THEM.
THEY ARE SO SYSTEMATIC IN
RELIGIOUS CLEANSING, SOME
CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE
ISLAMIC-SOUNDING NAMES, THEY
CHECKED BY ASKING THEM IF THEY
COULD CITE THE KORAN.
FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW GO TO
CBNNEWS.COM.
THOUSANDS OF EGYPTIAN
CHRISTIANS TO SEEK ASYLUM UNTIL
THE WEST.
MANY ARE WOMEN WHO FEAR THEY ARE
TARGETS FOR CONVERSION AND
FORCED MARRIAGE.
GARY LANE BRINGS US THE
TRAFFICKING OF YOUNG EGYPTIAN
WOMEN.
AN EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN WEEPS
OVER HER MISSING DAUGHTER, MARY.
SHE WAS OUR ONLY DAUGHTER, WE
SPOILED HER.
SHE WAS VERY SHY.
WE WERE CLOSE FRIENDS.
SHE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE WITHOUT
ME.
SHE ALWAYS ASKED ME TO GO WITH
HER.
MARY WON MATHEMATICAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.
SHE ENTERED PHARMACOLOGY.
ONE NIGHT WHEN THE TWO WOMEN
WENT OUT FOR PIZZA AND A MOVIE,
MARY FELL ILL.
WE KNEW SHE WAS MISSING
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T COME HOME
THAT NIGHT.
WE BELIEVE HER MUSLIM FRIENDS
PUT DRUGS IN HER FOOD AND HIRE
PEOPLE TO KIDNAP HER.
THEY SAID MARY CONVERTED TO
ISLAM AND MARRIED.
THEY BELIEVED THEIR DAUGHTER WAS
A VICTIM OF A VAST NETWORK
TARGETING CHRISTIAN WOMEN.
ALL WAS COORDINATED BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT AND POLICE.
EVERYONE WAS IN ON IT.
OFFICIALS SUMMONED MARY TO
THE POLICE STATION WHERE HER
FATHER WAITED TO SEE HER.
FOUR VEILED LADIES AND BEERED
MEN WALKED INTO THE POLICE
STATION.
AS THEY WALKED BY MY HUSBAND
SCREAMED OUT OUR DAUGHTER'S
ANYMORE, MARY.
MARY TURNED AROUND, HE PUSHED
HER AWAY AND PUNCHED HER IN THE
FACE.
OVERCOME BY RAGE, MARY'S
FATHER DEMANDED TO SPEAK TO HER.
THEY SAID THEY CLOSED THE CASE
BECAUSE SHE IS NOW A MUSLIM.
THIS USED TO BE A HOME OF
LAUGHTER.
HER BED REMAINS EMPTY FIVE YEARS
LATER.
EMOTIONAL HURT LINGERS.
SHE WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN.
THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD HAVE
WILLINGLY EMBRACED ISLAM.
THE NUMBER OF DISAPPEARANCES AND
ABDUCTION OF EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN
GIRLS IS INCREASING.
KIDNAPINGS OF UNDERAGED FEMALES
AND MOTHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
ALSO ON THE RISE.
THIS WOMAN TESTIFIED BEFORE THE
COMMISSION.
DEBUNKING ARGUMENTS THAT SUGGEST
CHRISTIAN GIRLS ARE LEAVING
FAITH AND FAMILIES SIMPLY FOR
ROMANCE.
THEY SAY YES TO FRIENDSHIP,
ROMANCE, HOPE, FUTURE, SAFETY
AND SECURITY.
NEVERTHELESS, DID NOT CONSENT TO
BEING RIPPED FROM THEIR FAMILY
WITHOUT EVER BEING ABLE TO SEE
THEM AGAIN.
NOR SHE SAYS DID THESE
CHRISTIAN WOMEN CONSENT TO BEING
FORCIBLY CONVERTED OR CONSENT TO
A LIFE OF CAPTIVITY.
WHAT SHOULD BE DOWN?
WALLACE FARRIS SAYS THEY MUST
DISCUSS IT WITH PRESIDENT MORSI.
OUR OFFICIALS ARE DEMANDING
FROM THE FUTURE ELECTED OR
CURRENT PARLIAMENT THAT THESE
ISSUES WOULD BE AT THE TABLE.
THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL
COMMITTEE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE
CONSTITUTION WILL TAKE
CONSIDERATION THESE ELEMENTS.
PROFESSOR CLARK SAYS THEY
NEED TO CREATE A NATIONAL
REGISTRY.
THE EGYPTIAN NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT WILL REQUEST ALL
COUNTING INCLUDING OPEN AND
ONGOING CASE AS WELL AS
PROSECUTION.
EGYPTIAN LEADERS ARE
PROPOSING STRICTER RULES -- THIS
WOMAN WILL NOT GIVE UP SEARCHING
FOR HER DAUGHTER. I WILL
KEEP TRYING TO GET HER BACK.
I BELIEVE IN GOD'S PROMISES.
I TRUST THE LORD WILL NEVER
FORSAKE US.
I ASK EVERYBODY TO PRAY.
I AM CONFIDENT THE DAY WILL COME
WHEN I WILL SEE OR MEET HER
AGAIN.
GARY LANE, CBN NEWS, CAIRO,
EGYPT.
AS MANY OF OUR JEWISH
LISTENERS KNOW THIS IS THE LAST
DAY OF THE FESTIVAL SUCO.
MANY PACKED WESTERN WALL
PLAZA TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ANCIENT FESTIVAL.
THE HOLIEST SITE ON EARTH.
THE LARGEST JEWISH GATHERINGS.
HOW COULD WE MISS IT?
TO SEE IT LIVE IS AMAZING.
SPECIAL.
IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, GOD
COMMANDS MOSES AND AARON.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND BE
GRACIOUS TO YOU.
THE LORD GIVES YOU PEACE.
THE IRONIC BENEDICTION IS
PART OF PRAYERS EVERYDAY IN
ISRAEL.
DURING SUCO, MANY GATHER TO
RECEIVE THIS ANCIENT BLESSING.
IT IS AN UNFORGETFUL
EXPERIENCE PLAYING THE MOST
IMPORTANT BLESSINGS OF THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY.
EVERYBODY RECEIVING THE
BLESSING.
JEWISH MEN COME TO BLESS THE
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
AND THE MORE THAN COME TO BLESS
AND BE BLESSED, THE BETTER.
EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER FOR
THE HOLIDAY.
AGO BETTER BLESSING.
WITH THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR
THREAT LOOMING AND TROUBLE
ELSEWHERE, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT?
IT IS IMPORTANT AND LAST YEAR
AND NEXT YEAR IT IS IMPORTANT.
WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME OF
TURMOIL.
YOU CAN SEE THE FAITH OF THE
JEWISH PEOPLE THIS WILL NEVER
HAPPEN.
JULIE STALL, CBN NEWS, THE
WESTERN WALL, JERUSALEM.
OUR HOPE AND PRAYER FOR
ISRAEL AND ALL OF OUR JEWISH
FRIENDS, THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR
MESSIAH HAS COME.
AMEN.
WELL SAID.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR WATCHING, WE'LL SEE
YOU NEXT TIME.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
