THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
WERE RELEASED TODAY, 7.9%
UNEMPLOYED, AND IT LOOKS
LIKE OBAMA WILL BE THE FIRST
PRESIDENT SINCE FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT TO FACE THE
ELECTORATE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT
AT THIS RATE.
IT IS NOT GOOD.
WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SANDY'S
AFTERMATH.
PEOPLE IN STATEN ISLAND, I
LIVED ON STATEN ISLAND.
Terry: I REMEMBER
THAT.
Pat: I HAD A LOVELY
PLACE ON STATEN ISLAND, TOTE
HILL ROAD, AND TOTE HILL
MEANS DEATH.
IT WAS DOWN THE STREET FROM
A GRAVEYARD.
ANYWAY, WE OVERLOOKED THE
HARBOR.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR FOOD.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE POWER,
ELECTRICITY.
IT'S FREEZING COLD.
WE'RE PRAYING ABOUT THAT.
Terry: AND WE WERE ALSO
TALKING ABOUT THE
STATISTICS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE, LOTS OF BUSINESSES
TODAY ARE SAYING ONE BIG
REASON THEY WON'T HIRE MORE
WORKERS COMES FROM
WASHINGTON, BECAUSE OF
GOVERNMENT RED TAPE AND
REGULATIONS.
JENNIFER WISHON BRINGS US UP
TO DATE ON THAT STORY.
Reporter: FRANK AND
NANCY BARNETT RUN THEIR
BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR
BASEMENT IN ROYAL VIRGINIA.
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
DISTRIBUTES PRODUCTS TO
REPAIR AND PROTECT
PRACTICALLY ANYTHING, FROM
HOLES TO NAVY VESSELS TO
LEAKY PIPES.
LEAKY PIPES IN BOILERS,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
EVERYTHING IS UNCERTAIN.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE WE COULD
HIRE MORE FULL-TIME PEOPLE.
THE DIFFICULTY IS AT WHAT
COST.
Reporter: SMALL
BUSINESSES EMPLOY MORE THAN
HALF OF THE NATION'S PRIVATE
SECTOR WORKFORCE.
THEY ARE VITAL THAT THE
BUSINESS RECOVERY.
BUT THEY SAY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS BUILDING
BARRIERS.
LIKE THE BARNETTS, 67% OF
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
BELIEVE THERE IS TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY TO GROW THEIR
BUSINESSES.
WHAT IS CAUSING THIS
HANDWRINGING?
TAXES, GOVERNMENT
REGULATION, AND RED TAPE.
EVEN WITH ONLY FIVE
EMPLOYEES, THE BARNETTS
SPEND FOUR TO SIX HOURS A
WEEK GOING THROUGH
REGULATIONS, OFTEN
CONSULTING WITH THEIR
ACCOUNTANT AND ATTORNEY TO
MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN
COMPLIANCE.
IT FORCES ALL OF US TO
LOOK AT STAYING AROUND NINE
OR 10 EMPLOYEES, SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO RUN INTO A FULL-TIME
COMPLIANCE OFFICER, WE'RE
NOT FACING THESE MASSIVE
FINES.
Reporter: DAN BOSH
REVIEWS REGULATORY POLICIES
AT THE NATIONAL FEDERATION
OF PENTAGON BUSINESS.
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE OVER
4100 REGULATIONS IN THE
PIPELINE THAT ARE DUE TO
COME OUT, AND THEY'RE
UNCERTAIN HOW IT IS GOING TO
AFFECT THEIR BUSINESS.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE A
LAWYER TO KNOW EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE TO KNOW?
EVEN IF YOU'RE A LAWYER,
YOU PROBABLY WON'T KNOW
EVERYTHING.
Reporter: NEARLY 70% OF
BUSINESS OWNERS BLAME OBAMA
POLICIES FOR STIFLING THEIR
BREATHE.
Reporter: I WONDER WHY
FEEDBACK THE PRESIDENT HAS
RECEIVED FROM SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS, AND IF HE HAS ANY
CONCERNS THAT HIS FEDERAL
REGULATIONS ARE STIFLING
ECONOMIC GROWTH AMONG SMALL
BUSINESSES.
PIES THIS PRESIDENT IS
COMMITTED TO HELPING SMALL
BUSINESS, AS EVIDENCED BY
THE FACT HE HAS PROPOSED AND
SIGNED INTO LAW 18 SMALL
BUSINESS TAX CUTS.
HE UNDERSTANDS CLEARLY THAT
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE
ENGINE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
THIS COUNTRY.
MAYBE HE CAN SEND ME
SOMETHING TO SHOW ME HOW
THOSE TAX CUTS IMPACT MY
BUSINESS.
I'M NOT SURE WE'VE SEEN ANY
THAT WOULD HELP US.
Reporter: AT A TIME
WHEN MORE THAN 12 MILLION
AMERICANS DESPERATELY NEED
WORK, 55% OF SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS SAY THEY WOULD NOT
START THEIR COMPANY TODAY.
IF YOU WERE SITTING DOWN
WITH YOUR HUSBAND, THINKING
ABOUT STARTING THIS
BUSINESS, WOULD YOU DO IT?
UM...WE'VE NEVER
DISCUSSED THIS.
IF WE WERE MAKING THAT
EVALUATION NOW, I DON'T
THINK THE BUSINESS PLAN
WOULD PROVE OUT.
WHETHER WE WANTED TO DO IT
OR HAD THE SKILLS, I JUST
DON'T THINK THE BUSINESS
PLANS WOULD BE WILL IN
TODAY'S WORLD.
Reporter: BUT BOSH SAYS
ELIMINATING FEDERAL
REGULATIONS WOULD BE TOUGH
FOR WHOEVER SITS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
REGULATIONS ARE SO EN
ENTRENCHED IN THE AGENCY, IT
IS PRETTY HARD TO GET THEM
OUT.
THEY'RE PRETTY RELUCK TAN TO
RELUCTANT TO HIRE.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HIRE, BUT IF WE COULD GET
SOME LONG-RANGE PLANNING
OPPORTUNITIES, THIS ECONOMY
COULD REALLY TAKE OFF
AGAIN.
Reporter: JENNIFER
WISHON, CBN NEWS, VIRGINIA.
Pat: ISN'T IT AMAZING
THAT THE GOVERNMENT WORKERS
LOOK AT BUSINESS AS THE
ENEMY.
AND THEIR JOB IS TO CATCH
THEM AND TO RESTRICT THEM
AND TO FORCE THEM INTO THEIR
MOLD, AND HAVING WRITTEN THE
REGULATIONS, IF THE
BUSINESSES WON'T ABIDE BY
THEIR REGULATIONS, HAIR
THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET
FINED AND SHUT DOWN.
BECAUSE THE BUREAUCRATS
THINK THE BUSINESS IS THE
ENEMY.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY THEY
ARE.
OBAMA SAYS HE HELPED THE
BUSINESSES.
4100 REGULATIONS IN THE
PIPELINE THAT HAVEN'T EVEN
COME INTO EFFECT.
AND BUSINESSES BEING
SMOTHERED.
IT TAKES HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF COSTS
TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE
REGULATIONS.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
THIS WHOLE THING NEEDS TO
BE, YOU KNOW, SWEPT CLEAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF GOVERNOR
ROMNEY WINS THE ELECTION,
WHETHER HE'S GOING TO HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES TO CUT THROUGH
ALL OF THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN
BECAUSE THERE IS THIS
INCESTUOUS RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE ENTRENCHED
BUREAUCRATS AND THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP,
AND OTHERS WHO COME INTO
OFFICE.
AND IT IS VERY HARD TO BREAK
THAT NEXUS.
Terry: ON AN AGENCY
ONCE CREATED, IT IS
DIFFICULT.
Pat: IT IS.
IT IS.
THAT'S THE MINDSET OF THE
BUREAUCRAT.
THE BUREAUCRAT WRITES THE
REGULATION.
MAYBE HE HAS NOBLE THOUGHTS
ABOUT IT.
HE PUTS THAT REGULATION IN
PLACE.
BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY SAY THIS THING IS
KILLING US.
WE CAN'T ABIDE BY IT.
SO ONE OF THE BUREAUCRATS
SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP
MY REGULATION OUR THEY'RE
GOING TO GO TO JAIL OR
THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINED,
OR THEY ARE GOING TO BE PUT
OUT OF BUSINESS.
THEY'RE THE ENEMY.
Terry: EVEN TURNING
AWAY FROM THE LEAD, SAYING
THAT THE REGULATION IS IN
PLACE, FOLLOW IT, WITHOUT
ANY UNDERSTANDING.
WHY ARE THE REGULATIONS NOT
LOOKED AT BASED ON
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN BUSINESS, WHO ARE
JOB CREATORS.
IT IS LIKE COMMON SENSE IS
NOT A PART OF THE EQUATION.
Pat: BUREAUCRATS ARE
NOT NOTED FOR THEIR COMMON
SENSE.
THEY LIVE BY RULES AND
REGULATIONS, AND THAT'S
THEIR LIFE.
AND IT'S JUST -- LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THAT'S THE
PROBLEM.
AND WE'VE MET THE ENEMY, AND
THE ENEMY IS US.
THAT'S WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.
WE'RE CAUSING THE PROBLEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO
HAVE A CHANGE.
IF THERE IS A MASSIVE CHANGE
IN THE CONGRESS, AND THERE
IS A MASSIVE CHANGE IN THE
ADMINISTRATION, IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, AND THERE IS A
MASSIVE HOUSE CLEANING HONK
AMONG THE AGENCIES, YOU
MIGHT HAVE SOME CHANGE.
BUT IT HAS GOT TO BE FROM
THE VERY TOP DOWN, BUSINESS
IS OUR FRIEND, NOT THE
ENEMY.
THEY HAVE GOT TO HAVE THAT
MINDSET, AND THEN THEY GO
FROM THERE.
PEOPLE IN THE NEW YORK AREA
ARE FACING MORE IMMEDIATE
PROBLEM, RECOVERING FROM
THIS DEVASTATING HURRICANE.
LEE WEBB HAS THAT STORY FROM
THE CBN NEWS ROOM.
Lee: PAT, FRUSTRATION
IS GROWING IN NEW YORK AFTER
SUPERSTORM SANDY.
MANY IN THAT AREA HAVE BEEN
WITHOUT POWER, GASOLINE, AND
EVEN FOOD AND WATER FOR FOUR
STRAIGHT DAYS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: HOUR-LONG
TRAGIC JAMS, MILE-LONG LINES
OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR BUSES
AND GAS, AND STILL HUNDREDS
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, FOOD,
OR CLEAN WATER.
IN NEW YORK CITY, PATIENCE
IS WEARING THIN.
WHERE ARE THE BUSES?
Reporter: HOUSES OF
COMMUTERS WAIT IN LINES FOR
BUSES TO TAKE THEM INTO THE
CITY.
CON EDISON SAYS THEY HOPE TO
HAVE POWER RESTORED BY THE
WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER 10th.
THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER WEEK
WITH NO LIGHTS, HEAT, OR
WATER.
RESIDENTS OF THIS LOWER
MANHATTAN NEIGHBOURHOOD SAY
THEY FEEL FORGOTTEN.
THEY HAVE NO VALUE.
THEY SEE THAT OTHER AREAS
ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY
TOTALLY OVERLOOKED US.
Reporter:
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PARTNERING WITH SEVERAL
CHURCHES IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY ARE BRINGING IN BADLY
NEEDED FOOD AND WATER TO
HELP THE VICTIMS GET THROUGH
THE CRISIS AND LOOKING TO
RESTORE HOPE.
WE'RE HERE DELIVERING
FOOD, DIAPERS, OUR MOBILE
KITCHEN IS EN ROUTE NOW, AND
WE'LL BE SERVING HOT MEALS
TONIGHT TO THE PEOPLE WHO
NEED IT MOST DESPERATELY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE ELECTRICITY, DON'T HAVE
HOT WATER, AND WOULD
DEFINITELY NEED A GOOD
MEAL.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED
TO SEE "OPERATION BLESSING"
HERE.
Reporter: STATEN ISLAND
WAS THE HARDEST HIT HOME.
MANY ARE NOW HOMELESS AND
THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE
SEEING NO RESPONSE.
WE'RE GOING TO DIE.
WE'RE GOING TO FREEZE.
WE'VE GOT 90-YEAR-OLD
PEOPLE.
Reporter: IN NEW
JERSEY, UTILITIES SAY THE
POWER OUTAGES COULD LAST
UNTIL LATE NOVEMBER.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
Lee: THE STANDOFF WITH
IRAN HAS MADE SUPPORT FOR
ISRAEL AN ISSUE IN THIS
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
ERIC STACKELBACH SAT DOWN
WITH A PRIME MINISTER WHO
SAYS ITS COUNTRY IS READY TO
DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
Reporter: HE IS
CHAIRMAN OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BRANCH OF
NETANYAHU LIKUD PARTY.
HE ARGUES THAT ISRAELIS
SHOULD CONTROL THEIR OWN
DESTINY, DESPITE HEAVY
PRESSURE FROM THE U.S. AND
THE U.N.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT, HE SAYS, WHEN IT
COMES TO IRAN'S RAPIDLY
ADVANCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROGRAM.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO
TAKE ACTION WITH OR WITHOUT
THE U.S.
IT COULD BE A JOINT EFFORT
BY THE U.S. AND EUROPE, NOT
ONLY ISRAEL.
BUT IF THE WORLD WILL BE
SILENT, WE WILL NOT BE
SILENT.
IF WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
ALLOWING IRAN TO BUILD A
BOMB OR TO BOMB IRAN, WE
WILL CHOOSE THE SECOND
OPTION AND BOMB IRAN.
Reporter: THE
UNAPOLOGETIC DEFENSE OF
ISRAEL RESONATES WITH A
GROWING NUMBER OF ISRAELIS
WHO ARE TRYING OF GIVING UP
LAND FOR PEACE, ONLY TO GET
MORE WAR FROM THEIR MUSLIM
NEIGHBORS.
ENOUGH WITH GIVING LAND,
ENOUGH WITH OBAMA TELLING US
TO GO BACK TO THE 67 LINES.
WE WILL NOT DO IT.
WE WILL BUILD.
Reporter: HE SAYS
ISRAEL'S CLAIM TO THE LAND
IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN
SECURITY.
IT IS ABOUT A COVENANT.
TELL US WHY JUDEA AND
SOMARIA ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR
ISRAEL TO KEEP?
WE HAVE BIBLICAL RIGHTS.
IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE.
IT BELONGS TO THE JEWISH
PEOPLE.
FOR ME IT IS ENOUGH.
I BELIEVE MORE THAN THAT.
Reporter: ERIC
STACKELBACH, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Lee: PAT, BACK TO YOU.
Pat: LEE, THAT IS TOUGH
TALK COMING OUT OF ISRAEL,
BUT I BELIEVE THE JEWISH
PEOPLE DESERVE THAT.
IT IS AMAZING.
I BELIEVE THAT NETANYAHU IS
THE SAME THING.
THEY'VE BEEN PRESSURED BY
THE UNITED STATES, MAKE
CONCESSIONS, DON'T UPSET THE
ARABS.
JUST THE LOCATION OF THE
AMERICAN EMBASSY, IT IS IN
TEL AVIV.
THE CONGRESS HAS VOTED TO
MOVE IT TO JERUSALEM, BUT
THE STATE DEPARTMENT REFUSES
TO DO IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT,
QUOTE,"OFFEND THE ARABS."
JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL OF
ISRAEL, BUT OUR STATE
DEPARTMENT WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT.
SMALL WONDER THEY'RE HAVING
PROBLEMS.
BUT IT IS SURVIVAL.
I DON'T THINK THEY WANT
ANOTHER HOLOCAUST.
THE JEWS ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE ANOTHER HOLOCAUST.
THEY HAVE WHAT IS CALLED
THAT MASODEM IN TOWN THAT
SAYS IF WE'RE GOING DOWN,
WE'RE GOING DOWN.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE
IN ANY LONG.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
SLAUGHTERED BY OUR ENEMIES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT OUR
HOMELAND AT RISK OF A
NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET IT
HAPPEN.
YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM.
LEE?
Lee: HERE AT HOME,
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL
TAKE TIME OFF FROM THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE TO AN
IMPORTANT SHOWDOWN IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
FOR ONE FAMILY IN ALABAMA,
THE GAME WILL HAVE A VERY
SPECIAL MEANING.
ANDREW KNOX HAS THAT STORY.
Reporter: THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL RIVALRY BETWEEN
AUBURN AND ALABAMA IS ONE OF
THE OLDEST AND FIERCEST IN
THE COUNTRY.
FOOTBALL IS LIFE, YOU
KNOW, DOWN HERE.
Reporter: JEREMY
PEOPLES WAS CAUGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THAT RIVALRY.
HIS MOM WENT TO ALABAMA, AND
HIS DAD WENT TO AUBURN.
WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR JEREMY
TO PLAY BALL, MOM AND DAD
HAD THEIR SAY, HE HAD A
DIFFERENT PLAN.
I WAS PRAYING, AND GOD
PUT IN MY HEART L.S.U.
MY PARENTS DIDN'T SAY TOO
MUCH AT FIRST, BUT I WAS
LIKE, HEY, I FEEL LIKE THIS
IS WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO
AND THEY SUPPORTED IT.
Reporter: BUT A HIGH
SCHOOL PLAYER DOESN'T JUST
WALK INTO ONE OF THE BEST
COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY.
HE HAD NO OFFERS FROM L.S.U.
IT WAS FAITH TO TURN DOWN
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS TO COME
TO A PLACE WHERE MY FUTURE
IS UNCERTAIN IN MY EYES.
IT IS NEVER UNCERTAIN TO
GOD.
HE SEES THE END FROM THE
BEGINNING.
IT GREW MY FAITH.
Reporter: IN HIS
SOPHOMORE YEAR, JEREMY MADE
THE TEAM, BUT HE GOT NO
PLAYING TIME, WHICH WAS HARD
FOR SOMEBODY WHO WAS ALWAYS
A STARTER.
BUT HE PRAYED ABOUT IT, AND
ONE NIGHT HE HAD A DREAM.
GOD WANTED HIM TO STAY AT
L.S.U.
HE TALKED HIS DECISION OVER
WITH HIS MOM.
I REMEMBER SAYING, MOM,
I'M JUST GOING TO STAY
HERE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS WHAT GOD
WANTS ME TO DO.
I'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT
AND SEEKING THE LORD, AND I
REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS
WHAT THE LORD WANTS.
SHE SAID, IT'S A GOOD THING
TO FOLLOW GOD.
IF THAT'S WHAT HE IS SAYING,
YOU DO THAT.
ONE THING IS YOU PUT YOUR
HEAD DOWN AND YOU WORK AND
KEEP GRINDING.
PUT YOUR HARD HAT ON, BRING
YOUR LUNCH PAIL, AND WORK.
AND IN DUE TIME, GOD WILL
LIFT YOU UP.ú2
Reporter: JEREMY PUT IN
THE HARD WORK AND IT PAID
OFF.
THIS SEASON HE MADE SPECIAL
TEAMS AND HAS SEEN SOME
PLAYING TIME.
STILL, THE QUESTION REMAINS:
ARE THEY ROOTING FOR L.S.U.
AT HOME IN SALMA, ALABAMA.
THEY ROOT FOR L.S.U., BUT
AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME, MY SISTERS WERE
RIDICULOUS, I HEARD.
I WAS ON THE SIDE, BUT I
HEARD.
I'M TRYING TO DO THEM
RIGHT.
Reporter: JEREMY IS
STUDYING POLITICAL SINUS AND
SINUS -- POLITICAL SCIENCE
AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES.
AND HE OBEYS GOD.
I WORK AS HARD AS I CAN,
DO WHAT I CAN, AND LET THE
CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY.
I SAID, LORD, I WOULD PURSUE
A CAREER IN FOOTBALL.
I LIKE THE GAME.
IT'S UP TO YOU.
Lee: JEREMY PEOPLES, WE
WILL BE WATCHING FOR HIM
TOMORROW NIGHT.
IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME.
I'M WEARING A PURPLE TIE.
I'M AN AUBURN GRAD, BUT I'M
SUFFERING THROUGH A 1 IN 7
YEAR.
Pat: I THOUGHT THEY
WERE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF
A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
Lee: WE WON IT TWO
YEARS AGO, BUT THINGS ARE
KIND OF ROUGH THIS YEAR.
Terry: WE SHARE THE
LOVE, LEE.
Pat: THAT'S SWEET.
ALABAMA, I'LL TELL YOU,
THEY'VE GOT A COACH WHO
SCORED WELL IN THE PROS, AND
HE HAS BECOME THE DARLING.
OF COURSE, WES MYLES OF
L.S.U. HAS ASTONISHED THE
WORLD WITH WHAT HE HAS
DONE.
IF THEY BEAT ALABAMA --
Terry: I LOVE THE STORY
OF JEREMY PEOPLES.
WHAT A GOOD HEAD THAT GUY
HAS ON HIS SHOULDERS.
THAT'S AWESOME.
WE WISH BOTH SIDES THE BEST,
RIGHT?
Pat: OF COURSE WE DO.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY SIDES
IN THIS CONTEST.
THE BEST TEAM WILL
OBVIOUSLY -- NOT NECESSARILY
THE BEST TEAM WILL WIN --
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: SOMEBODY WILL.
Pat: SOMEBODY IS GOING
TO WILL.
HOBBY LOBBY'S LAWSUIT TO
BLOCK THE CONTRACEPTION
MANDATE IN OBAMACARE WENT
BEFORE A FEDERAL JUDGE ON
THURSDAY.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE BUSINESS
SAY THE MANDATE VIOLATES THE
CHRISTIAN BELIEFS OF THE
COMPANY'S OWNERS BY FORCING
THEM TO COVER INSURANCE
COSTS FOR DRUGS THAT INDUCE
ABORTION.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
SAYS HOBBY LOBBY IS A
SECULAR EMPLOYER THAT DOES
NOT EXERCISE RELIGION.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
DELIVERING EMERGENCY FOOD
RATIONS TO VILLAGES IN THE
AFRICAN NATION OF NIGIR.
NOW ENTIRE COMMUNITIES ARE
WITHOUT ENOUGH FOOD TO GET
THEM TO THE NEXT HARVEST.
ONE MOTHER SAID, QUOTE, "IF
THE CROPS DON'T GROW, YOU
DON'T EAT.
IF YOU ARE HUNGRY, YOU
SUFFER.
THIS AID HAS BLESSED US
BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER
RECEIVED THIS MUCH AS
ONCE."
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT "OPERATION BLESSING" IS
DOING BY GOING TO THEIR
WEBSITE AT OB.ORG.