On CBN Newswatch, Oct. 30: Continuing team coverage on Hurricane Sandy and its devastation on the East Coast; Group pitches prayer tent on White House lawn; and more.
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TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH"
SUPERSTORM SANDY.
TROPICAL STORM MADE HER WAY
ASHORE.
WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THE DAMAGE
UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.
WHY SOME ARE CALLING ON GOD
24/7 AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK'S
ELECTION. HE WENT FROM
MANAGER TO MINIMUM WAGE, WHAT
ONE CEO LEARNED ABOUT HIS
COMPANY WHEN HE BECAME AN
UNDERCOVER BOSS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." A LOT OF PEOPLE
SEEING A LOT OF DAMAGE TODAY.
GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
THE SUPERSTORM SANDY AFFECTED
NEARLY TWO DOZEN STATES.
MARK MARTIN IS IN THE NEWS ROOM.
MARK?
REPORTER: IT TOOK THE LIVES
OF AT LEAST 33 PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND KNOCKED OUT
THE POWER OF 7.6 MILLION HOMES
AND BUSINESSES.
REPORTER: DESCRIBED AS A
HURRICANE ON STEROIDS, SANDY
CAME ASHORE POUNDING THE NEW
JERSEY COASTLINE. THE
DEVASTATION IS BEYOND ANYTHING
ELSE.
THE STORM MADE LAND FALL HERE.
BY DAYBREAK THE GOVERNOR SENT
IN CREWS FOR HELP.
IN MOONACHIE, A BURM BREACHED NO
REPORT OF INJURIES OR DEATHS.
SUPERSTORM SANDY TORE APART THE
FAMOUS BOARD WALK ALONG JERSEY
SHORE.
RIPPING UP BOARDS AND
THROWING THEM UP ON THE LOT
BESIDE US.
AFTER MATH CAN BE SEEN ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST.
FORCING RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE.
140 MILES AWAY FROM THE COAST,
CREWS ARE TRYING TO RESTORE
ELECTRICITY.
DUMPING SEWAGE TWO MILLION
GALLONS PER HOUR INTO A NEARBY
RIVER.
IN PASADENA, MARYLAND, A CRANE
REMOVES A TREE FROM THIS HOUSE,
A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE WAS KILLED.
THEN THERE IS THE SNOW, EIGHT
STATES FROM OHIO TO WEST
VIRGINIA, MORE THAN THREE FEET
POSSIBLE.
SUPPOSED TO BE ONLY A
TWO-HOUR LAY OVER HERE IN AT
ATLAN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WEATHER MASS IS HINDERING
TRANSPORTATION.
HURRICANE SANDY FORCED
TWO-THIRDS OF THE REFINERIES AND
MOST MAJOR PORTS TO CLOSE.
ANALYSTS COUNTING THE COST OF
DAMAGE DONE BY HURRICANE SANDY.
ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 10-20
BILLION DOLLARS AND MIGHT TOP
LAST YEAR'S HURRICANE IRENE
WHICH COST 15.8 BILLION.
THAT WOULD MAKE SANDY THE MOST
TOP 10 COSTLY HURRICANE IN
HISTORY.
NATURAL DISASTERS CAN CAUSE
MAJOR DAMAGE, USUALLY AN
INCREASE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
FUELLED BY CONSTRUCTION AND
REBUILDING.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
THANK YOU, MARK, FOR YOUR
REPORTING.
NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBURG
SAYS 10 PEOPLE IN HIS CITY HAVE
DIED DUE TO SANDY.
OUR CHARLENE ISRAEL IS THERE AND
BRINGS US THIS REPORT.
REPORTER: PATH OF DESTRUCTION
LEFT BY HURRICANE SANDY WILL BE
FELT IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
NEW JERSEY TOOK A DIRECT HIT
ARRIVING HOURS SOONER THAN FORK
FORECASTERS EXPECTED.
IN NEW YORK, STREETS SAT EMPTY
AS SANDY BARRELLED TO THE CITY.
THOUSANDS ORDER OUT OF THE LOW
LYING AREAS.
RELENTLESS RAIN, DOWNED POWER
LINES AND DANGEROUS FLOODING.
HEAVY WINDS TOPPLED THIS CRANE
LOEFT HANGING 90 STORIES ON A
HIGH RAISE.
AN APARTMENT BUILDING DAMAGED.
A HUGE EXPLOSION OF THE 14TH
STREET CON ADDISON POWER PLANT.
FLOOD WATERS RUSHING INTO THE
HOBOKIN TRAIN STATION.
POWER OUTAGES TOO BIG OF A
WIND FIELD.
NEW JERSEY, EASTERN PA, SOUTHERN
NEW YORK, STILL A LOT OF LEAVES
ON THE STREETS, EVEN HERE IN NEW
YORK CITY.
I THINK THE DURATION OF THE WIND
WILL TAKE ITS TOLL.
STORM SURGE IS ANOTHER
THREAT AFFECTING THE CITY'S
NEARLY 50,000 HOMELESS
POPULATION.
IT IS GOING TO BE A DAY AND A
HALF, IT IS GOING TO BE WET,
COLD, WINDY, AND DANGER OF
FLOODING EVEN IN THE CITY.
MEANWHILE MANY WILL FEEL THE
FURY IN SANDY FOR QUITE SOME
TIME. THOUSANDS WITHOUT
POWER.
OFFICIALS SAY IT COULD BE A WEEK
OR LONGER.
REPORTING IN NEW YORK, CHARLENE
ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
THE STORM HIT THE NATION'S
CAPITOL ON ITS WAY UP THE COAST.
SURE DID.
LEAVING HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER AND RISING WATERS.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS THAT STORY
FROM WASHINGTON. REPORTER:
SANDY WAS NO LADY AS SHE ROARED
INTO THE NATION'S CAPITOL
DROPPING BLINDING RAIN.
WIND GUSTS TOPPING 75 MILES PER
HOUR.
DRIVE THROUGH THE STREETS OF
WASHINGTON AND FIND SCATTERED
LIMBS AND EVERY NEWSPAPER BOX IN
THE CITY FACE DOWN.
LISTEN AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
WHY.
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM,
CITY STREETS DESERTED GIVING
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ROOM TO
WORK.
THIS WAS A FALSE ALARM.
FOR THE SECOND DAY FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AND CITY'S
METRO SYSTEM WON'T ACCEPT
PASSENGERS.
IT IS NOT AS INTENSE AS I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
FARTHER UP NORTH A LOT WORSE.
HERE IT IS MANAGEABLE.
THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER AND
OWNERS OF THIS VIRGINIA HOME,
SANDY IS BAD ENOUGH.
THIS IS A SEEN THAT REPEATED
ITSELF IN THE SUBURBS OF
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.
SATURATED GROUND MADE UPROOTED
TREES ALL TOO EASY.
POWER CREWS WILL GET OUT TO LOOK
AT THE DAMAGE.
CREWS AS FAR AWAY AS WASHINGTON
STATE STAND BY TO RESTORE
SERVICES.
FORECASTERS SAY THE POE TOE
MACK RIVER COULD EXPERIENCE ITS
WORST FLOODING IN A DECADE.
CBN NEWS, JENNIFER WISHON.
OPERATION BLESSING WILL WORK
TO PROVIDE HOT HEEL MEALS.
OB IS ABLE TO SERVE UP TO 2,000
HOT MEALS A DAY AND ASSIST IN
DEBRIS CLEAN UP.
THEY'LL PROVIDE KEROSENE HEATERS
TO HELP RESIDENTS BATTLE COLD
CONDITIONS WITHOUT POWER.
TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP,
VISIT OUR WEBSITE, CBNNEWS.COM.
PRESIDENT OBAMA TELLING
VICTIMS QUOTE "AMERICA IS WITH
YOU."
HE MADE THAT TODAY BY VISITING
RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS.
THE STORM IS CAUSING AN
UNPRECEDENTED LULL ONLY ONE WEEK
FROM ELECTION DAY.
MR. OBAMA REMAINED IN
WASHINGTON.
WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR
THE PRESIDENT TO HEAD TO NEW
JERSEY ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL
TOUR STORM DAMAGE WITH CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
MITT ROMNEY MADE A TRIP TO A
DISASTER RELIEF EVENT.
BY THE WAY THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS IS ACCEPTING DONATIONS.
IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA YOU
CAN SEND OFF, JOIN US IN DOING
THAT.
MAKE SURE WE DO OUR BEST TO HELP
THOSE IMPACTED BY THE STORM.
POLITICAL TELEVISION ADS
RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE
ARE WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE OF THE
STORM.
MANY OF THE ADS ARE GOING
UNSEEN.
AT LEAST ONE GROUP OF
CHRISTIANS IS MAKING PRAYER AND
WORSHIP A PRIORITY.
THEY HAVE BEEN PRAYING ON THE
WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
THEY PITCHED A TENT AND HAVE
BEEN GOING 24/7 SINCE LATE
SEPTEMBER IN HOPES OF TURNING
AMERICA BACK TO GOD.
*
DURING A TIME OF FASTING AND
PRAYER, JASON HERSHEY ASKED THE
LORD, HOW CAN I INTERCEDE IN
2012.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WOULD BE
IN SHOUTING DISTANCE OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
THE PARK SERVICE, HAVE YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE.
DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
KNOWS YOU ARE OUT HERE?
WE KNOW.
THIS CLOSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE REQUIRED TO
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE.
HERSHEY SAYS THE GOAL OF THE
TENT IS NOT POLITICAL.
WE WANT TO PUT A BIG TARGET
ON JESUS, SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL
THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDED AS
WELL. KING DAVID DANCED WITH
JOY.
ORGANIZERS SAY JOYFUL WORSHIP
HERE ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN IS
THE KEY THAT WILL TURN THIS
NATION AROUND.
*
SHOUTS OF JOY AND VICTORY
RESOUNDS TO THE TENTS OF
RIGHTEOUS.
WE BELIEVE A SOUND IMNATING OF
JOY AND VICTORY.
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD HAVE JOINED TO WORSHIP
FROM AMERICA INCLUDING THIS
GROUP FROM HAWAII.
IT IS SO INCREDIBLE.
I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE.
MY HOPE IS TO SEE PEOPLE COME
BACK TO GOD.
*
I FELT LIKE THE LORD CALLED
ME.
HEY, YOU HAVE A HEART FOR ME,
WORSHIP ME, YOU LOVE TO PRAISE
MY NAME.
I FELT LIKE HE WAS LIKE IT IS
TIME.
HERSHEY SAYS IT IS
SIGNIFICANT TO BE THIS CLOSE TO
THE OVAL OFFICE. IT IS THE
LORD HIMSELF SPEAKING TO
AMERICA, HE SHOULD BE AT THE
HIGHEST PLACE IN EVERY SECTOR OF
SOCIETY.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS THE
STRATEGY.
WHERE HE IS EVERYTHING CHANGES.
I LOVE THAT, WHERE HE IS
EVERYTHING CHANGES.
DURING HURRICANE SANDY, THEY HAD
TO MOVE THEIR WORSHIP TO ANOTHER
STRATEGIC LOCATION, FAITH
TABERNACLE CHURCH ONE BLOCK TO
THE SUPREME COURT.
THEY PLAN TO MOVE BACK HOPEFULLY
BY THURSDAY AND STAY THROUGHOUT
END OF ELECTION DAY.
DAVID'S TEND WELCOMES VISITORS,
YOU CAN FIND A LINK ON OUR SITE
CBNNEWS.COM.
WHY THE COUNTRY COULD BE
BECOMING A TOP OIL PRODUCER
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
SEVEN PEOPLE DEAD FOLLOWING A
CHURCH BOMBING IN NORTHERN
NIGERIA.
A SUICIDE BOMBER RAN AN SUV
FILLED WITH EXPLOSIVES INTO A
CATHOLIC CHURCH DURING MASS
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY'S BOMBINGS IS THE LATEST.
NO GROUP CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THIS ATTACK.
HOWEVER THE RADICAL ISLAMIST
GROUP BOKO HARAM HAS ATTACKED
SEVERAL NIGERIAN CHURCHES
KILLING HUNDREDS.
IRAN'S ARMY HAS BEGAN A
TWO-DAY EXERCISE AIMED AT
READINESS AGAINST POSSIBLE
ATTACKS.
IT SHOWED GROUPS PARACHUTING.
THE U.S. AND ALLIES ACCUSE IRAN
OF SEEKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
A CHARGE TEHRAN DENIES.
MARTIN DEMPSEY IS IN ISRAEL
ATTENDI
ATTENDING AUSTERE CHALLENGE,
2012.
DEMPSEY TOLD ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT,
THAT THE U.S.-ISRAELI EXERCISE
IS PROOF THAT THE UNITED STATES
IS COMMITTED TO ISRAEL.
ANOTHER ATTACK, A MAN DRESSED
IN AN AFGHAN POLICE UNIFORM IS
BEHIND THE ATTACK.
53 INTERNATIONALS -- SURGE IN
INSIDER ATTACKS IS LEAVING SOME
TO WONDER IF AFGHAN SECURITY IS
READY TO TAKE OVER WHEN
INTERNATIONAL FORCES LEAVE THE
COUNTRY IN 2014.
U.S. MAYBE ON ITS WAY OF
BECOMING TOP OIL PRODUCER IN THE
WORLD.
A RAPID INCREASE IN AMERICAN OIL
PRODUCTION.
IN FACT, IT HAS GONE UP EVERY
YEAR FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
COUNTRY PROJECTED TO HIT 11.4
MILLION NEXT YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE BELOW SAUDI
ARABIA'S OUTPUT.
IT COULD MAKE NORTH AMERICA THE
NEW MIDDLE EAST.
UP NEXT, BLEEDING WITH LOVE.
STORY OF ONE CORPORATE BOSS THAT
WENT UNDERCOVER AND LEARNED HOW
TO LEAD.
WELCOME BACK, WALL STREET
REMAINED CLOSED FOR A SECOND
STRAIGHT DAY AS LOWER MANHATTAN
IS IN THE DARK.
TODAY THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE SUFFERED IRREPARABLE
DAMAGE IN THE STORM.
U.S. STOCK EXCHANGES ARE TESTING
CONTINGENCY PLANS TO INSURE
TRADEINGS CONTINUE.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME TWO
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF THE STOCK
EXCHANGE HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE
1888.
"UNDERCOVER BOSS" MARK MARTIN
SHOWS US THIS BOSS WANTS TO TELL
THE WORLD THAT LOVE WORKS, EVEN
IN CORPORATE AMERICA.
SHE IS LIKE WHAT WE CALL THE
CULTURE KEEPER.
JOEL MAMBI'S JOB IS TO
MAINTAIN A CULTURE THAT MODELS
THE LOVE OF JESUS.
WE ARE TO LOVE OTHERS AS HE
LOVED US.
HE PLEADED WITH HIS DISCIPLES ON
HIS LAST NIGHT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GO TO
WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND
LEAVE THAT ALONE.
JOEL DISGUISED HIMSELF AND
WENT TO THE THEME PARK IN
BRANSON.
MORE THAN 18 MILLION VIEWERS
WATCHED HIM.
SECOND MOST POPULAR PROGRAM
TRAILING "AMERICAN IDOL."
IT IS A SHOW THAT TRANSFORMED
HIS HEART.
WHAT "UNDERCOVER BOSS" DID
FOR ME IS ALLOW ME TO TOUCH THE
TRUE STORIES OF THOSE SUFFERING
INSIDE OUR OWN COMPANY.
EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING GOING ON
IN THEIR LIFE.
MAY NOT BE CANCER OR A DESTROYED
LIKE IT WAS IN "UNDERCOVER
BOSS."
EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING.
WHEN I TOUCHED THEIR LIVES, I
WANTED TO HELP.
AFTER THE PROGRAM, SHARE IT
FORWARD, JOEL SAYS SHARE IT
FORWARD HELPED AROUND 40
FAMILIES A YEAR, NOW THE NUMBER
HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 800.
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWNED.
FRANKLY, WE DON'T NEED THE
GOVERNMENT TO HELP US TAKE CARE
OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I WOULD RATHER DO IT OURSELVES.
WHAT WAS THE ONLY LESSON.
JOEL RECEIVED E-MAILS FROM
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT
WATCHED THE SHOW AND COMPLAINED
ABOUT THEIR OWN BOSSES.
I REALIZED WE HAVE A
LEADERSHIP CRISIS SO I COULD
SHARE THESE. RESULT, LOVE
WORKS, SEVEN TIMELESS PRINCIPLES
FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERS.
IN THE BOOK, JOEL ENCOURAGES
THOSE TO FOLLOW BIBLICAL
GUIDELINES OF BEING PATIENT,
KIND, UNSELFISH, TRUTHFUL, AND
DEDICATING.
LOOK AT PROFITS DIFFERENTLY.
THEY SEE THEM AS A PRODUCT OF
DOING THE RIGHT THING OVER AND
OVER AGAIN FOR CUSTOMERS AND
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEES.
THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE
WITH THE CHRISTIANITY ASPECT,
BUT THE VALUES PART.
IT HAS WORKED EVERYWHERE, NOT
JUST IN BRANSON.
JOEL SAYS YOU CAN LEAD THIS
WAY AND STILL HIT THE NUMBERS.
HE DESCRIBES HIS COMPANY MORE
PROFITABLE THAN EVER.
DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS,
OPERATING PROFIT GREW 50 PERCENT
THERE IS A 14 PERCENT ANNUAL
RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE OWNERS CALL IT A WIN, WIN.
HE'LL SAY JOEL IS VERY STRICT
ON BUDGET.
BUT JOEL PAYS ATTENTION TO THE
PEOPLE OF THIS COMPANY.
HE KNOWS MORE, I HAVE BEEN HERE
52 YEARS.
HE KNOWS MORE MEN AND WOMEN IN
THE COMPANY BY THEIR FIRST NAME
THAN I DO.
THE POTENTIAL OF THAT BOOK
IMPACTING OTHER LEADERS AND
THEREFORE CHANGING THE LIVES OF
ENTIRE ORGANIZATIONS IS VERY,
VERY EXCITING.
BIGGEST THING I WANT READERS
TO TAKE AWAY IS THAT LOVE WORKS
AS A LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE IN THE
FOR PROFIT WORLD.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR THE HOME.
IT IS ALSO LOVE THE VERB, NOT
LOVE THE EMOTION.
IF SOMEBODY NEEDS PRAYER, SHE'LL
SEND OUT AN E-MAIL AND PRAYER.
THIS CEO BELIEVES A CULTURE
WHERE THE USE OF POWER DOESN'T
BECOME THE ABUSE OF POWER.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS, BRANSON,
MISSOURI.
FINALLY MOST MUSICIANS WOULD
AGREE PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT
TAKES TALENT.
PLAYING WHILE MARCHING TAKES
MORE SKILL. IMAGINE DOING IT
WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE.
HIS LIFE LONG DREAM WAS TO BE
ON THE DRUM LINE. FRESHMAN
JAY LYNN HOUSEHAIR IS A STRAIGHT
A STUDENT OFF THE FIELD AND HE
PLAYS IN HIS MARCHING BAND.
I SAID WE HAVE A BLIND
STUDENT COMING UP AND WANTS TO
MARCH AND THIS IS A PERFECT
OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT AND
MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WHO IS IS CLOSEST TO HIM
LEADS HIM BY PUTTING THEIR HAND
ON HIS SHOULDER.
THAT IS SO COOL.
HE HAD BOTH EYES REMOVED AS A
BABY BECAUSE OF TUMORS.
THE SURGERY MAY HAVE STOLEN HIS
SIGHT BUT NOT HIS SPIRIT.
THAT IS SO INSPIRING.
ALSO FOR THE BAND MEMBERS.
THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION
OF "NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR WATCHING, WE'LL
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
GOOD NIGHT.