Lee: TONIGHT ON
NEWSWATCH, DAY FOUR OF
FRUSTRATION, FROM A LACK OF
GAS TO LACK OF POWER.
PEOPLE ALONG THE EAST COAST
ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES
AFTER SUPERSTORM SANDY.
Wendy: PLUS, SMALL
BUSINESS BARRIERS, WHY SOME
SAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS HOLDING THEIR COMPANIES
BACK.
Lee: AND AMERICA'S
FIRST MORMON PRESIDENT?
THE ROLE REPUBLICAN MITT
ROMNEY'S FAITH MAY PLAY IF
HE IS ELECTED TO THE WHITE
HOUSE NEXT WEEK.
ALL THIS AND MORE ON
NEWSWATCH.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I'M
LEE WEBB.
Wendy: AND I'M WENDY
GRIFFITH.
AT LEAST 90 PEOPLE HAVE DIED
AS A RESULT OF SUPERSTORM
SANDY, HALF OF THOSE IN NEW
YORK AND NEW JERSEY.
Lee: MANY STILL IN THE
DARK, AND THEIR FRUSTRATION
IS BEGINNING TO SHOW.
GEORGE THOMAS LAS MORE IN
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.
George: FOUR DAYS
IN...
WE'RE GOING TO DIE.
WE'RE GOING TO FREEZE.
WE'VE GOT 90 WEARLD
90-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE.
George: LIVING WITH
SANDY'S FALLOUT IS TAKING A
TOLL.
HUNDREDS WAITED IN LINE FOR
FOOD.
ALL OF THE FOOD WE HAD TO
THROW OUT OF THE
REFRIGERATOR.
George: IN NEW YORK'S
STATEN ISLAND, THE EPICENTER
OF SANDY'S WRATH, THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING AND
WITHOUT POWER.
WE LOST EVERYTHING.
YOU TRY HARD, YOU GO TO WORK
EVERY DAY AND DO THE BEST
YOU CAN.
George: MANY ARE ALWAYS
HOMELESS.
MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SAID
YESTERDAY, I WANT TO GO
HOME.
I TOLD HER, IT'S GOING TO BE
A WHILE.
SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SHE'S SIX.
NO MORE GAS, GUYS.
George: AND THEN THERE
IS THE NIGHTMARE IN THE
STREETS.
IN PARTS OF NEW JERSEY AND
NEW YORK, HOURS' LONG WAIT
FOR GAS HAS SOME GETTING A
LITTLE FEISTY AND
FRUSTRATED.
I GOT HERE AT 9:59 A.M.
AND IT IS 1:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON, THREE HOURS.
George: AND SOME
STATION OWNERS ARE TAKING
ADVANTAGE, CHARGING NEARLY
$6 FOR REGULAR.
FRIDAY'S COMMUTE INTO NEW
YORK CITY WAS ANOTHER DAY OF
GRIDLOCK.
HUNDREDS STOOD IN LONG LINES
WAITING FOR BUSES TO TAKE
THEM INTO THE CITY.
WHERE ARE THE BUSES?
George: WITH NEARLY
5 MILLION PEOPLE STILL IN
THE DARK, POWER COMPANIES
ARE WORKING AROUND THE
CLOCK, EMEMPLOYING 61,000
WORKERS.
ONE POLE AT A TIME.
George: AND THEY BETTER
WORK FAST, ANOTHER STORM IS
EXPECTED TO HIT THE REGION
NEXT WEEK, BRINGING COLD AND
COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW.
WITH SOME DAMAGE ESTIMATES
OF SANDY REACHING
$50 BILLION.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN.
Wendy: AND JOINING US
NOW IS JODY GETTIS OF
"OPERATION BLESSING."
JODY, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE
IN MANHATTAN.
HOW SERIOUS IS THE SITUATION
STILL SEVERAL DAYS NOW AFTER
SANDY?
THE SITUATION IS DIRE.
YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS,
AND EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE
DESTRUCTION.
BUT BEHIND THE THESE
SKYRISE BUILDINGS, FILLED
WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, WITHOUT
HEAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE WATER.
THEY CAN'T EVEN FLUSH THE
TOILET TO GET RID OF THEIR
HUMAN WASTE.
SO PEOPLE ARE -- THEY HAVE A
GOOD ATTITUDE, BUT THEY'RE
REALLY STRUGGLING.
Wendy: HOW ARE YOU ABLE
TO GET FOOD AND WATER AND
HEATERS AND BLANKETS -- HOW
ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT?
"OPERATION BLESSING"
ALWAYS CONNECTS WITH LOCAL
PASTORS AND CHURCHES, SO
WE'RE WORKING WITH ABOUT
SEVEN OTHER CHURCHES IN THE
AREA.
WE'RE SET UP IN A BLOCK THAT
HAS BASICALLY 30
SKYSCRAPERS, AND WE HAVE A
POINT OF DISTRIBUTION SET UP
AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH A
PRIEST.
WE HAVE GROCERIES SET OUT,
AND VOLUNTEERS BAGGING
GROCERIES, AND WE'LL BE
GIVING THEM TO THE LINE OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW,
EVEN AT 1:00.
AND WE HAVE OUR MOBILE
KITCHEN, AND SO WE'RE
FEEDING BREAKFAST AND DINNER
AND SO THEY CAN COME OUT OF
THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND
GET A HOT MEAL.
Wendy: JODY, HOW ARE
THEY COPING?
ARE THEY STAYING CALM OR IS
DESPERATION SETTING IN?
WE'RE ALL HOLDING OUR
BREATH.
THE NYPD, THEY'VE BEEN
GREAT, AND THEY SAID
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN PEACEFUL
AND SURPRISED.
BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT DAY FIVE, SIX, SEVEN IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH
PEOPLE IN THESE KINDS OF
CONDITIONS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THE
RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK HAVE
REALLY RALLIED TOGETHER.
THEY HAVE GOOD ATTITUDES.
I JUST ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY
KNOCK ON THE R.V. DOOR, AND
IT WAS A MOTHER WITH TWO
SMALL CHILDREN.
SHE SAID, COULD I USE SOME
POWER BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE
HAVING ASTHMA ATTACKS, AND
THEY NEED TO USE THE
INHALER.
BUT NOBODY IS RUNNING AROUND
MAD, BUT I KNOW THAT COULD
TURN BAD REAL QUICK.
Wendy: ARE YOU FINDING
THESE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU'RE
REALLY ABLE TO MINISTER TO
PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY?
ABSOLUTELY.
TO BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE
STREET AND SAY GOD BLESS YOU
YOU AND TO STOP AND PRAY
WITH SOMEBODY OR PUT OUR ARM
AROUND THEM, IT MEANS
EVERYTHING.
OF COURSE WE'RE MEETING
PHYSICAL NEEDS, BUT GOD
OPENS THE DOOR TO MEET
SPIRITUAL NEEDS.
THE GREATEST REWARD, THE
GREATEST WEAPON THAT WE HAVE
IS TO PROVIDE HOPE AND TO
PROVIDE LOVE AND
ENCOURAGEMENT TO LET THEM
KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE AND
THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN.
Wendy: ABSOLUTELY.
JODY GETTIS, WE'RE SO PROUD
OF YOU AND THE PEOPLE YOU'RE
WITH AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE
UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.
THANK YOU, WENDY.
Lee: THE U.S. ECONOMY
ADDED 171,000 JOBS IN
OCTOBER.
MORE PEOPLE STARTED LOOKING
FOR WORK LAST MONTH, INCHING
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP TO
7.9%.
THE GOVERNMENT ONLY COUNTS
PEOPLE AS UNEMPLOYED IF
THEY'RE ACTIVELY SEARCHING.
OCTOBER'S RATE IS UP FROM
7.8% IN SEPTEMBER.
AND NEXT WEEK'S ELECTION,
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL FACE
VOTERS WITH THE HIGHEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF ANY
INCUMBENT PRESIDENT SINCE
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
MANY BUSINESSES SAY ONE BIG
REASON THEY WON'T HIRE MORE
WORKERS IS DUE TO
WASHINGTON.
THEY SAY IT IS DUE TO
GOVERNMENT RED TAPE AND
RESTRICTIONS.
AND REGULATIONS.
Reporter: FRANK AND
NANCY RUN THEIR BUSINESS OUT
OF THEIR BASEMENT.
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
SOLUTION DISTRIBUTES
PRODUCTS TO REPAIR AND
PROTECT PRACTICALLY
ANYTHING, FROM HOLES IN NAVY
VESSELS TO LEAKY PIPES IN
POWER PLANTS.
LEAKY PIPES, BOILERS,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
Reporter: THEIR GROWING
BUSINESS COULD USE MORE
FULL-TIME WORKERS, BUT THERE
IS A PROBLEM.
EVERYTHING IS UNCERTAIN.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE A
SITUATION WHERE WE COULD
HIRE MORE FULL-TIME PEOPLE,
BUT THE DIFFICULTY IS AT
WHAT COST?
Reporter: SMALL
BUSINESSES EMPLOY MORE THAN
HALF OF THE NATION'S PRIVATE
SECTOR WORKFORCE.
THEIR HELP IS VITAL TO
AMERICA'S ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
BUT MANY SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS SAY INSTEAD OF MAKING
THEIR PATH TO PROSPERITY
SMOOTHER, 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 HAND
WRINGING?
TAXES, GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS, 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 RIGHT AROUND
NINE OR 10 EMPLOYEES, SO WE
DON'T HAVE TO RUN INTO A
FULL-TIME COMPLIANCE
OFFICER, AND WE'RE NOT
FACING THESE MASSIVE FINES,
AND WE'RE HAVING TO DO
BUSINESS AND WE CAN'T HIRE.
Reporter: DAN BOSH
REVIEWS REGULATORY POLICIES
AT THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT
BUSINESSES.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE OVER
4100 REGULATIONS IN THE
PIPELINE, AND THEY'RE
UNCERTAIN HOW THAT IS GOING
TO AFFECT THEIR BUSINESS.
Reporter: DO YOU HAVE
TO BE A LAWYER TO KNOW
EVERYTHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO DO?
EVEN IF YOU ARE A LAWYER,
YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW
EVERYTHING.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO
BOSH'S GROUP, NEARLY 70% OF
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BLAME
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
POLICIES FOR STIFLING THEIR
GROWTH.
Reporter: I WONDER IF
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ANY
CONCERNS THAT ANY OF HIS
FEDERAL REGULATIONS ARE
STIFLING ECONOMIC GROWTH
AMONG SMALL BUSINESSES?
THIS PRESIDENT IS
COMMITTED TO HELPING SMALL
BUSINESS, AS EVIDENCE BY THE
FACT HE PROPOSED AND SIGNED
INTO LAW 18 SMALL BUSINESS
TAX CUTS.
YOU KNOW, 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 IT OR
NOT OR WHETHER WE HAD THE
SKILLS OR NOT, I JUST DON'T
THINK THE BUSINESS SKILLS
WOULD BE THERE IN TODAY'S
WORLD.
Reporter: BOSH SAYS
ELIMINATING FEDERAL
REGULATIONS WOULD BE TOUGH
FOR WHOEVER SITS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
REGULATIONS ARE SO
ENTRENCHED IN THE AGENCY, IT
IS HARD TO GET THEM OUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE AGENCIES GOING
THROUGH THEIR OWN BOOKS TO
UNDO WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN
THE PAST, THEY'RE PRETTY
RELUCTANT TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HIRE, IF WE COULD GET RID OF
THE UNCERTAINTY RELATED TO
AFFORDABLE CARE AND TAXES,
AND GET SOME LONG-RANGE
PLANNING OPPORTUNITIES, THIS
ECONOMY COULD REALLY TAKE
OFF AGAIN.
Reporter: JENNIFER
WISHON, CBN NEWS, VIRGINIA.
Wendy: A JUDGE HAS
GRANTED AN EARLY VICTORY TO
A COMPANY THAT IS
CHALLENGING THE
CONTRACEPTION MANDATE IN THE
PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE
LAW.
THE OWNERS OF THE DETROIT
AREA WINEGART SUPPLY COMPANY
ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND THEY
ARGUE THE MANDATE VIOLATES
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THE
GOVERNMENT CANNOT PUNISH
WINEGARTS WHILE THE CASE IS
STILL ONGOING.
Lee: COMING UP,
ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE, IT
IS A GROWING PROBLEM AGAIN.
WHAT IS BEHIND THE RISE IN
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
JEWS.
Lee: FRENCH PRESIDENT
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE SAYS
FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM IN
HIS COUNTRY IS A NATIONAL
CAUSE.
HE MADE THE STRONG STATEMENT
DURING A VISIT BY ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU.
THE TWO MET TO PAY HOMAGE TO
FOUR PEOPLE KILLED THIS
SPRING AT A JEWISH SCHOOL IN
FRANCE.
HOLLANDE HAS TAKEN A STANCE
AGAINST RADICAL ISLAM BY
RECENTLY EXPELLING A MUSLIM
PREACHER WHO CALLED FOR
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.
EUROPEAN HISTORY SHOWS WHEN
THINGS GO BAD, LIKE
COLLAPSING ECONOMIES OR
DICTATORS TAKING POWERS,
JEWS OFTEN BECOME THE
TARGET.
Wendy: AS WE HAVE SEEN
IN FRANCE, ANTI-SEMITISM IS
ONCE AGAIN ON THE RISE, AS
ERIC STACKELBACH DISCOVERED,
MUCH OF IT IS DRIVEN BY A
GROWING MUSLIM POPULATION.
Reporter: WHEN A
RADICAL MUSLIM MURDERED
THREE CHILDREN AND A RABBI
AT A JEWISH SCHOOL IN FRANCE
EARLIER THIS YEAR, FRENCH
LEADERS CALLED IT AN
ISOLATED INCIDENT.
THE NUMBERS SHOW OTHERWISE.
SOME 24% OF FRENCH CITIZENS
HOLD ANTI-SEMITIC VIEWS.
IN SPAIN, THE NUMBER WAS
53%, AND IN HUNGRY, A
WHOPPING 63% OF THE
POPULATION ADMITTED
ANTI-SEMITIC FEELINGS.
IN BRAT BRITAIN, IT IS UP
7%.
THIS IS A THREAT
CERTAINLY NOT ONLY TO THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY, BUT TO THE
EUROPEAN COUNTRY, TO THE
DEMOCRACY ITSELF.
Reporter: HE IS THE
DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO
BELGIUM.
IT HAS GOTTEN SO BAD, THAT
THE GOVERNMENT MUST FIGHT
THE DENIAL OF HOLOCAUST.
IT HAS THE PURPOSE OF
EDUCATING THE MUSLIMS ABOUT
THE HOLOCAUST.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS THEIR
IGNORANCE THAT IS LEADING TO
MUCH OF THIS ANTISEM TESM.
ANTI-SEMITIC.
Reporter: MUSLIMS NOW
MAKE UP SOME 30% OF THE
POPULATION IN THIS CITY, AND
SOME SAY THE RISE OF ISLAM
IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE
RISE OF ANTI-SEMITIC IN
BRUSSELS.
ONE OF THE MORE SHOCKING
INCIDENTS IN EUROPE, IS
WHERE FIVE MUSLIM GIRLS
BRUTALLY BEAT A 13-YEAR-OLD
JEWISH CLASSMATE LAST YEAR,
CALLING HER A DIRTY JEW.
BELGIUM NOW PUTS A SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE IN EACH
PROSECUTORS OFFICE TO
ADDRESS THIS SORT OF HATE
CRIME.
STILL ONE JEWISH LEADER TOLD
CBN NEWS THAT EFFORT ISN'T
ENOUGH FOR SOME IN HIS
COMMUNITY.
THE FACT IS YOU HAVE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
THINKING ABOUT LEAVING.
Reporter: DR. MAURICE
TEACHES AT THE FREE
UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS,
WHERE HE SAYS THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
SILENT OVER THE GROWING
ANTI-SEMITIC CLIMATE ON
CAMPUS.
THERE ARE ACTIVITIES.
I WOULD SAY PEOPLE FROM
EXTREME LEFT WING -- EXTREME
LEFT WING -- ASSOCIATED WITH
INTEGRATIONISTS.
THOSE TWO, I WOULD SAY SMALL
GROUPS, ARE VERY ACTIVE
UNDERGROUND.
Reporter: HE SAYS IT
DRIVES D.B.S.
WHEN THERE IS A
CONFERENCE AND YOU DEFEND
ISRAEL, YOU CANNOT SPEAK.
Reporter: AS WAR LUMES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SOME
JEWISH COMMUNITIES WORRY
THRIETHEIR COMMUNITIES WILL
BE TARGETED.
IT HAPPENED WHEN IS
ISLAMISTS VANDALIZED
SYNAGOGUES AND PHYSICALLY
ATTACKED A NUMBER OF JEWS.
LARGE ANTI-ISRAEL RALLIES
TOOK PLACE IN SOME AMERICAN
CITIZENS AS WELL, SHOWING
THAT IT IS ACTIVE FAR BEYOND
THE MIDDLE EAST.
ERIC STACKELBACH, CBN NEWS,
BRUSSELS.
Wendy: UP NEXT, IF MITT
ROMNEY WINS THE WHITE HOUSE,
THE MORMON CHURCH WILL ALSO
BE SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT.
WHAT IF AMERICA ELECTS ITS
FIRST MORMON PRESIDENT?
AFTER THIS.
Wendy: BARACK OBAMA
MADE HISTORY IN 2008 WHEN HE
BECAME THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BE
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
MITT ROMNEY COULD ALSO MAKE
HISTORY IN 2012.
Lee: HE COULD BECOME
THE FIRST MORMON TO WIN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
DAVID BRODY EXPLORES THAT
POSSIBILITY IN THE FOCUS
REPORT FROM SALT LAKE CITY.
David: IT'S A FAITH
NOT MANY UNDERSTAND.
SOME CALL IT A CULT.
A SUBJECT I BROUGHT UP WITH
HIM WHEN HE WAS STILL
GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID
MORMONS ARE PART OF A CULT.
DOES THAT BOTHER YOU?
WELL, THERE IS VERY
LITTLE THAT BOTHERS ME, AND
THAT'S, IN PART, BECAUSE
WHEN PEOPLE MAKE REFERENCES
THAT I DISAGREE WITH, I
GENERALLY CONCLUDE THEY JUST
DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE
FACTS.
IF THEY HAD ALL OF THE
FACTS, THEY WOULD FEEL
DIFFERENTLY.
Reporter: AT THIS
MORMON SACRAMENT SERVICE, WE
MET THE SMOOT FAMILY AND ALL
OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THEY'RE TIRED OF BEING
VIEWED DIFFERENTLY BY OTHERS
BUT KNOW THAT IT COMES WITH
THE TERRITORY.
YOU KNOW, POLYGAMY IS THE
FIRST THING THAT IS ALWAYS
THROWN OUT.
WHICH IS -- IT HAS BEEN 122
YEARS.
FOR ME, THAT'S TWO AND A
HALF LIFE TIMES AGO.
Reporter: SO WHAT
ROMNEY'S FAITH POSE A
PROBLEM?
18% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY
WOULD NOT VOTE FOR A
WELL-QUALIFIED PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE WHO HAPPENED TO BE
A MORMON.
ANOTHER POLL SHOWS THAT A
MAJORITY OF VOTERS WHO ARE
AWARE OF HIS FAITH SAY IT
DOESN'T PRESENT A PROBLEM AT
ALL.
CHURCH ELDER RICHARD HINKLEY
GAVE US A TOUR AROUND TEMPLE
SQUARE, THEIR MAIN
HEADQUARTERS.
WE'VE BEEN UNDER THE
LIMELIGHT SINCE OUR
BEGINNINGS, DAVID, BUT THIS
IS A LITTLE MORE INTENSE IN
TODAY'S INTERNET AGE AND
MEDIA AGE.
BUT, SURE, WE LOVE TO TELL
OUR STORY.
WE HAVE A GREAT STORY TO
TELL AND WE LOVE ANY
OPPORTUNITY TO TELL IT.
Reporter: AND THERE TWO
AREAS OF CONCERN: FIRST,
SECRECY.
ONLY CERTAIN MORMONS ARE
ALLOWED INTO THE TEMPLES FOR
RITUAL CEREMONIES.
I THINK IT IS A SACRED
NATURE OF WHAT GOES ON IN
THE TEMPLES, THE SACRED
COVENANTS WE MAKE, AND SO
FORTH.
WE DON'T INVITE THE WORLD TO
WITNESS A WEDDING CEREMONY.
Reporter: AND THE OTHER
ISSUE IS DOCTRINE,
ESPECIALLY AMONG CHRISTIANS
WHO BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS THE
WORD OF GOD.
AND THE MORMONS ADD THE BOOK
OF MORMON AS MORE.
AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN
THE DESIGNATION OF HEAVEN
AND HELL.
THOSE TWO DESIGNATIONS,
HEAVEN AND HELL, ARE NOT
LARGE ENOUGH.
Reporter: AND THEY
DON'T BELIEVE IN THE
TRINITY, HOW GOD IS THREE
BEINGS IN ONE.
THE TRINITY, WE DON'T
EXCEPT THAT.
Reporter: YET MORMONS
CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS,
WHICH RAISES EYEBROWS,
ESPECIALLY IN EVANGELICAL
CIRCLES.
BUT IT IS MORE IF ROMNEY
WOULD PUT MORMON LOYALTY
AHEAD OF THE UNITED STATES.
JOHN F. KENNEDY FACED A
SIMILAR PROBLEM, GIVING A
SPEECH THAT HIS LOYALTY TO
AMERICA WOULD COME FIRST.
MITT ROMNEY DID THAT SAME
THING IN 2008.
NO AUTHORITIES FROM MY
CHURCH OR ANY OTHER CHURCH,
WILL EVER EXERT INFLUENCE ON
PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE.
Reporter: ROMNEY SET A
PRECEDENT AS GORN OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
HE ALLOWED ALCOHOL SALES ON
SUNDAY, EVEN THOUGH THE
MORMON CHURCH DOESN'T ALLOW
ALCOHOL.
MY CHURCH SAYS THEY CAN'T
DRINK ALCOHOL.
IT MEANS YOU CAN'T DRINK
ALCOHOL.
AS GOVERNOR OF
MASSACHUSETTS, WE'RE
STOPPING ALCOHOL SALES?
IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SEPARATE YOU'RE RELIGION,
YOU BETTER NOT LET ANYONE
DRING RELIGION.
NO.
MY RELIGION IS FOR ME.
MY CHURCH IS DESTINED TO
MOVE FORWARD AND FILL THE
ENTIRE EARTH, WITH OUR WITH
OUT THE MITT ROMNEYS.
Reporter: THEY WANT TO
LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY'RE
REGULAR PEOPLE.
I'M A FATHER, A MORMON, A
FATHER, AND A MUSICIAN.
MY NAME IS ALEX, AND I'M A
MORMON.
Reporter: AND WHEN MANY
PEOPLE PICTURE A MORMON,
THEY SEE SUCCESSFUL,
CLEAN-CUT, OUTSTANDING
CITIZENS ARE THAT
SUCCESSFUL.
WHY IS THAT?
LOOK NO FURTHER THAN SALT
LAKE CITY, WHERE THE CHURCH
GIVES OUT HOME-GROWN
PRODUCTS TO THOSE IN NEED.
THIS IS PAID FOR ON THE
FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH,
WHEN EACH MORMON FAMILY
DONATES THE AMOUNT IT WOULD
COST THEM TO EAT TWO MEALS.
IT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF
SELF-SACRIFICE.
IT IS SACRIFICE, WHERE
INDIVIDUALS GIVE UP
SOMETHING, RECOGNIZING
THEY'RE HELPING THEIR
FELLOW, AND IN THIS CASE,
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.
THIS GOSPEL IS NOT A
SUNDAY-ONLY GOSPEL.
IT IS AN EVERYDAY GOSPEL FOR
US.
IF IT DOESN'T INFUSE ONE'S
LIFE, WHAT GOOD IS IT.
Reporter: IT IS THE
CENTRE OF THE MORMON'S WORLD
AND IT IS WHERE YOUNG
CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT EARLY ON
TO BE LEADERS IN THE
CHURCH.
THAT PRINCIPLE MAY, INDEED,
LEAD TO SUCCESS LATER IN
LIFE.
THERE ARE FEW PLACES YOU
CAN GO WHERE A YOUNG
12-YEAR-OLD BOY CAN BE
PRESIDENT OF A QUORUM, AND
HE CAN STAND UP AND CONDUCT
A MEETING, AND HE LEARNS HOW
TO USE AN AGENDA AND HOW TO
PLAN AN ACTIVITY.
THEY'RE KIND OF TAUGHT ALL
THE WAY THROUGH.
Reporter: THE MORMON
WAY HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL
WAY WITHIN THE FAITH.
MITT ROMNEY COULD BE THEIR
BIGGEST SUCCESS STORY YET.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, IN
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Lee: FINALLY TONIGHT,
MOVE OVER FIRMING CREAMS,
FACELIFTS, AND BOA BOTOX
INJECTIONS.
Wendy: THERE IS NOW A
NEW TECHNIQUE DESIGNED TO
KEEP YOU LOOKING YOUNG.
IT IS CALLED FACE YOGA.
YEAH, FACE YOGA.
IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A
NATURAL, NON-INVASIVE WAY TO
GIVE YOUR SKIN A USEFUL
GLOW.
IT INVOLVES MULT
EXPRESSIONS, LIKE THE FISH
FACE AND THE LION FACE.
NOW SOME DOCTORS ARE
ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING IT.
BY STIMULATEING
STIMULATING ANY COMPONENT
LIKE YOUR MUSCLES, YOU WILL
HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT.
YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE
ROSY GLOW, MAYBE MORE OF A
LIFT IN THE EYES, PLUS YOU
HAVE FUN.
Wendy: EXPERTS SAY IT
COULD ACTUALLY PROMOTE
COLLAGEN PRODUCTION.
WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON
CREAMS TO PROMOTE COLLAGEN.
Lee: THERE IS A SAYING
IN OUR HOUSE, WE CALL IT
"WEIRD WITH A BEARD."
THAT'S WEIRD WITH A BEARD.
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS ADDITION
OF NEWSWATCH.
Wendy: YES, WE WON'T BE
DEMONSTRATEING THAT.
HAVE A