TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" THE
PRESIDENT AND ECONOMY, WHAT
MR. OBAMA HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF AMERICA.
AND THE CHANGING FACE OF
EGYPT.
THE RISE OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD AND THE GROWING
ISLAMIC INFLUENCE.
PLUS HOW TRUCK DRIVERS ARE
HELPING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ALL OF THIS
AND MORE TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM WENDY
GRIFFITH.
AND I AM MARK MARTIN.
ALL EYES ARE ON THE ECONOMY.
THE COUNTRY HEADS TOWARDS THE
SO-CALLED FISCAL CLIFF.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS IT IS TIME
TO ACT.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS MORE IN
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.
REPORTER: 72 HOURS AFTER
WINNING A SECOND TERM, PRESIDENT
OBAMA RETURNS TO A CAPITOL CITY
ONCE AGAIN IN POLITICAL GRID
LOCK.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE CAN'T CUT
OUR WAY TO PROSPERITY.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN ARE
DRAWING BATTLE LINES TO AVOID
THE FISCAL CLIFF.
THURSDAY REPUBLICAN HOUSE
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER SAID
RAISING TAXES IS NOT THE ANSWER.
THE BUDGET OFFICE RELEASED A
REPORT, MOST HARMFUL
CONSEQUENCES COME FROM
INCREASING TAX RATES.
DEMOCRATS INSIST THEY HAVE A
MANDATE TO RAISE TAXES ON THE
WEALTHY.
MESSAGE SENT TO US BY THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE BASED ON THE
CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS PEOPLE MAKING ALL THIS
MONEY HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE A
LITTLE MORE.
EXIT POLLS SHOW THE ECONOMY
WAS THE TOP ISSUE SIX OUT OF TEN
VOTERS TUESDAY.
A LOT AT STAKE.
UNLESS A DEAL IS STRUCK, EVERY
AMERICAN TAX PAYOR WILL SEE A
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN TAXES
STARTING JANUARY 1ST.
THAT COULD BARREL THE ECONOMY
BACK INTO RECESSION AND COST
MILLIONS OF JOBS.
REPUBLICANS ARE PROPOSING A
ONE-YEAR EXTENSION TO ALL BUSH
ERA TAX CUTS.
IT IS CLEAR THERE ARE A LOT
OF SPECIAL INTEREST LOOPHOLES,
CORPORATE AND PERSONAL.
IT IS CLEAR ALL KINDS OF
DEDUCTIONS, SOME OF WHICH MAKES
SENSE. U.S. AND GLOBAL
STOCK MARKETS TOOK A BEATING,
INVESTORS CONTINUE TO WORRY
ABOUT WASHINGTON'S ABILITY TO
FIND A SOLUTION TO THE FISCAL
CLIFF.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
CBN CONGRESSIONAL KOR
CORRESPONDENT.
DOES IT MEAN INCREASED TAXES?
REPORTER: WENDY FOR MOST OF
US, INCREASED REVENUES, WE THINK
OF INCREASED TAXES, SPEAKER
BOEHNER SAID HE POINTED TO TWO
SURVEYS, ONE FROM NON-PARTISAN
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SAYING INCREASE TAXES WOULD
PRODUCE ABOVE NINE PERCENT
UNEMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER TAX
RATES WOULD CUT 700,000 JOBS FOR
THE ECONOMY.
WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT IS TAX
REFORM, CLOSING LOOPHOLES FOR
CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUALS SO THE
GOVERNMENT CAN COLLECT MORE
MONEY.
THAT IS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT
WITH INCREASED REVENUE.
JOHN, HOW LIKELY IS IT
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS CAN
FIND A DEAL?
IT IS A POSITIVE SIGN YOU
HEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO SPOKE
EARLIER TODAY AND SPEAKER
BOEHNER.
MAY INBOX IS FILLING UP FROM
SENATE MAJORITY HARRY LEAD AND
MITCH MCCONNELL.
I THINK IT IS POSITIVE BOEHNER
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ARE TALKING
ABOUT POSITIVE GROUND.
EVEN ROOM ON ENTITLEMENT REFORM.
WHATEVER THEY COME UP WITH,
THEY'LL HAVE TO SELL TO
RESPECTIVE MEMBERS OF THEIR
PARTIES.
THEY'LL HAVE TO TINKER AROUND
WITH WHATEVER NEGOTIATIONS COME.
THAT IS ASKING A LOT OF THIS
CONGRESS.
WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING,
YOU'LL SEE KEY NEGOTIATIONS
GOING ON.
I THINK THE KEY THING TO WATCH
IS EXACTLY, HOW SPEAKER BOEHNER
WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER VOTES.
TODAY WHEN ASKED HE HAS BEEN
ABLE TO PASS WHATEVER HE HAND
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAVE COME UP.
HE HAS HAD TO RELY ON DEMOCRATIC
VOTES.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS, THE TEA
PARTY FRESHMAN OPPOSED TO
ANYTHING THAT WOULD NOT CUT
ENOUGH OUT OF THIS MASSIVE
FEDERAL DEBT.
WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME TO
AVOID DRIVING OFF THE FISCAL
CLIFF?
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME?
SEVEN WEEKS BETWEEN NOW AND
THE NEW YEAR.
CONGRESS IS ONLY SCHEDULED FOUR
OUT OF THE SEVEN WEEKS.
IT INTENSIFIES THE PRESSURE.
WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE A SHORT
TERM FRAME WORK SO THIS CONGRESS
WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THE BATON
TO THE NEXT CONGRESS AND ALLOW
THE NEXT CONGRESS TO ADDRESS THE
GRAND BARGAIN-TYPE THINGS.
THE THINGS THEY ARE LOOKING AT
PREVENTING THE TAX HIKES AND
MASSIVE SPENDING CUTS TO THE
MILITARY AND DOMESTIC PROGRAMS
JANUARY 1ST. ALL RIGHT.
LOTS OF WORK, JOHN JESSUP
REPORTING FROM CAPITOL HILL,
THANKS, JOHN.
THANK YOU, WENDY.
MANY RELIGIOUS GROUPS UNHAPPY
WITH THE CONTROVERSIAL
'OBAMACARE' BIRTH CONTROL
MANDATE.
THE PROBLEM, THE ADMINISTRATION
INTERPRETS IT STRICTLY, EVEN THE
MOST RELIGIOUS COMPANIES ARE NOT
COVERED.
BIBLE PUSH PUBLISHER TIN DALE,
IT IS 4R ALMOST LAUGHABLE.
ESSENTIALLY ALL LARGER
EMPLOYERS HAVE TO OFFER WHAT
THEY CALL PREVENTIVE SERVICES
FOR WOMEN AND DEFINED IT TO WHAT
WE FEEL ARE SERVICES AND DRUGS
THAT CAUSE ABORTIONS.
JUDGE WILL ISSUE A DECISION
BY NEXT FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK ON
WHETHER HE WILL GRANT AN
INJUNCTION TO STOP THIS MANDATE
TO FORCE TIN DALE HOUSE
PUBBISHERS TO BE FORCED.
ALL FOUR CORPORATIONS ARE
CATEGORY NON-RELIGIOUS SO CANNOT
BE EXEMPTED.
REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM IS
ASKING OTHERS TO PRAY.
WITH THE VOTES COUNTED,
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHETHER WE
ARE PERSONALLY PLEASED, GOD
WANTS US TO PRAY FOR THOSE
CHOSEN AT THE NATIONAL, STATE
AND LOCAL LEVELS.
GRAHAM SAID NO ELECTION CAN
SOLVE AMERICA'S PROBLEMS, ONLY
GOD.
REVEREND ANNOUNCE ADD YEARLONG
EVANGELISM CAMPAIGN THAT WILL
END ON HIS 95TH BIRTHDAY NEXT
NOVEMBER.
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION
PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IN NEW YORK
AND NEW JERSEY.
THE WIRES SPARK.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS LIFE.
THIS WEEK'S NOR'EASTER
BLANKETED THE REGION WITH SNOW
AND MOUNTING GAS SHORTAGES, LONG
LINES AT THE PUMP.
CUSTOMERS IN NEW YORK CITY, LONG
ISLAND AND NEW JERSEY MUST
FOLLOW A REGULATED ODD/EVEN DAY.
CBN'S OPERATION BLESSING IS IN
THE REGION.
OPERATION BLESSING IS GOING
TO SET UP A TABLE, TAKE WORK
ORDERS AND HELP PEOPLE GUT
HOUSES.
START PUTTING LIVES BACK
TOGETHER.
DAMAGE ESTIMATE FOR SANDY IS
AT 50 BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT MAKES IT THE SECOND MOST
EXPENSIVE STORM IN U.S. HISTORY
BEHIND HURRICANE KATRINA.
MORE ON WHAT OPERATION BLESSING
IS DOING TO AID VICTIMS, VISIT
CBNNEWS.COM.
DAVID PATRAEUS RESIGNED AS
DIRECTOR OF THE CIA AFTER
ADMITTING TO AN EXTRAMARITAL
AFFAIR AND SHOWN EXTREMELY POOR
JUDGMENT.
ACCORDING TO HIS RESIGNATION
LETTER, HE ASKED PRESIDENT OBAMA
ON THURSDAY TO ALLOW HIM TO
RESIGN AND TODAY THE PRESIDENT
ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION.
ANGLICAN CHRISTIANS HAVE A
NEW SPIRITUAL LEADER, ARCHBISHOP
OF CANTERBURY RETIRES, SUCCESSOR
BISHOP JUSTIN WELLSBY.
HE SAID TO BE AN OPPONENT OF
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
IT HAS CAUSED DEEP DIVISIONS
WITHIN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.
QUEEN ELIZABETH APPROVED THE
APPOINTMENT.
ISLAMIZATION OF EGYPT, GARY
LANE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR CHRISTIANS THERE.
WELCOME BACK, THOUSANDS OF
EGYPTIAN PROTESTERS FILLED
CAIRO'S TAHRIR SQUARE DEMANDING
SHARIA LAW BE IMPLEMENTED.
DEMONSTRATORS WANT THE COUNTRY'S
CONSTITUTION TO BE BASED ON THE
RULINGS OF ISLAMIC LAW.
THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE ROLE OF
RELIGION IN SHAPING EGYPT'S
FUTURE.
THE RISE OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
HAS LED TO A MASS EXIT FROM MANY
CHRISTIANS.
THIS IS THE SCENE IN TODAY'S
EGYPT.
PRO-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD FORCES
TEAR DOWN A STAGE BUILT BY THOSE
OPPOSING PRESIDENT MORSI.
ISLAMIST TRY TO IMPOSE THEIR
BELIEFS ON THE SOCIETY. YOU
HAVE AN EM BOLDENED THAT THEIR
BRETHREN IS IN POWER TO
IMPLEMENT THE RIGHTFUL LAW OR
GOD'S MESSAGE ON THE GROUNDS
WITHOUT THE NEEDS OF A
GOVERNMENT.
CREEPING ISLAMIZATION HAS
EGYPT'S MINORITY COPTIC
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY NERVOUS.
MORE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.
EXODUS IN BIBLICAL
PROPORTIONS.
DAVID AL TIN IS WITH THE
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP JUBILEE
CAMPAIGN.
CHURCHES BOMBED, CHRISTIAN
WOMEN RAPED, ALL SORTS OF THINGS
TAKING PLACE.
100,000 COPTIC CHRISTIANS HAVE
FLED THE COUNTRY.
WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, MY
LOCAL CHURCH IN FAIRFAX, WE HAVE
SEEN A SERIOUS WAVE OF
IMMIGRATION FROM EGYPT SINCE THE
REVOLUTION.
THAT IS FROM ONE CHURCH IN THE
U.S.
A MAINIAN PASTOR SAYS HIS
MEMBERS FLED FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
THAT IS NOT JUST CHRISTIANS
LEAVING.
I HAVE ISLAM FRIENDS THAT
HAVE LEFT BECAUSE OF THE MOOD
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT A
DRAIN.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE JOB
CREATORS AND GIVE THE HIGHER
DONATIONS TO THE CHURCH, THOSE
GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE
LEAVING.
THAT MAY MEAN LESS
OPPORTUNITY AND HELP FOR NEEDY
EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID AMERICA
EXPECTS EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT TO
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
NON-MUSLIMS.
THEY HAVE TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROTECTING
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES.
WE HAVE PUT SIGNIFICANT
PRESSURE.
COPTIC LEADERS IN THE UNITED
STATES CALL MR. OBAMA'S SUPPORT
EMPTY WORDS.
AMERICAN AND WESTERN AID TO
EGYPT SHOULD BE STOPPED UNLESS
THE GOVERNMENT UPHOLDS RELIGIOUS
LIBERTIES.
WE NEED TO INSIST THIS IS THE
KEY QUESTION FOR WESTERN
GOVERNMENT.
SO FAR THE EVIDENCE IS NOT
ENCOURAGING.
STILL MANY CHRISTIANS LIKE
THESE ATTENDING CHURCHES AT
CAIRO'S CHURCH SAY THEY'LL STAY.
GOD WILL NOT FORSAKE US.
WE BELIEVE IN GOD'S PLAN FOR
EGYPT AND FOLLOW IT.
THE RISE OF THE ISLAMISTS AND
INCREASED PERSECUTION IS
BRINGING CHRISTIANS CLOSER
TOGETHER.
THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF
PRAYER NIGHTS, MEETINGS, TALKING
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
GIVING HOPE FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT CONTROL US.
EVENTS IN THE DESERT NORTH OF
CAIRO ATTRACTED 50,000
CHRISTIANS.
AMERICAN CHRISTIANS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN CHRIST HERE IN
EGYPT.
WE DEFINITELY NEED YOUR
PRAYERS.
LORD TELLS US TO PRAY FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
WE PRAY FOR US AND WE WILL PRAY
FOR YOU.
YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT IT WITH
A SENSE OF HOW TO HANDS OF GOD
WILL PROTECT THEM AND MAKE THEM
SURVIVE THROUGH EVERYTHING.
DESPITE THE MASS EXODUS, MANY
COPTIC CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THE
CHURCH IS GROWING THEY WILL
PERSEVERE NO MATTER WHAT THE
FUTURE WILL BRING.
GARY LANE JOINS US FOR MORE.
IT IS A COMMON THING THAT WE
KEEP HEARING, WOULD YOU SAY THE
CHRISTIAN THE EGYPT ARE PREPARED
TO FACE WHAT WOULD COME THEIR
WAY?
MARK, THEY ARE THE BEST
PLACE.
NO ONE WELCOMES PERSECUTIONS.
THE APOSTLE MARK FOUNDED IT 10
YEARS AFTER CHRIST.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY
HAVE HAD PERSECUTION.
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED WAVES OF
PERSECUTION.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF
SHARIA LAW IS IMPLEMENTED?
ISLAMISTS SAY THIS WILL NOT
APPLY TO THE CHRISTIANS.
CHRISTIANS FEAR YES, IT WILL
APPLY.
THEY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE
SUBJECTED TO DEMITUDE STATUS.
THEY HAVE TO PAY A TAX.
YOUNG WOMEN HAVING ACID THROWN
ON THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
COVERED.
I UNDERSTAND MUSLIMS ARE
LEAVING, WHAT DO THEY FEAR FROM
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD?
A LOT OF MUSLIMS SAYING THEY
ARE MODERATES.
THIS IS NOT WHAT WE HAD THIS
REVOLUTION FOR.
WE WANTED OPENNESS, A FREER MORE
SECULAR SOCIETY.
WE DON'T WANT SHARIA IMPOSED.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE LIVING.
WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR
SCENARIOS, HOW WOULD YOU SAY
CHRISTIANS ARE DOING IN THE
MIDDLE EAST?
NOT WELL AT ALL.
WE HAVE SEEN IN IRAQ, OF COURSE
THE CHURCH DURING THE WAR WAS
OPPRESSED.
WE ARE SEEING IT IN SYRIA.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN
CONCERNS, THOSE OF US THAT WATCH
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
PERSECUTION ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
SYRIA.
LET'S TAKE ONE EXAMPLE, CITY OF
HOLMES USED TO HAVE 80,000
CHRISTIANS, THERE ARE ONLY 400.
MANY HAVE FLED.
THERE WAS A REPORT IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS, PASTORS KILLED,
OTHERS KIDNAPPED.
THERE WAS AN 84-YEAR-OLD MAN IN
THE CITY OF HOLMES MURDERED
BECAUSE HE REMAINED AND GOING TO
TAKE CARE OF HIS HANDICAPPED
SON.
HE WAS KILLED AS WELL.
CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIAN
CHRISTIANS STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK
AND HARD PLACE.
MANY ARE LIVING OF REFUGEES IN
THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
NEW GARY LANE, THANK YOU.
WE NEED TO PRAY THIS SUNDAY
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT GARY'S BLOG
AT CBNNEWS.COM.
WHY TRUCK STOPS ARE KEY FOR
CRACKING DOWN ON HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.
POPE BENEDICT SPOKE AGAINST
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF INTERPOL,
POPE CALLED TO HELP FIGHT
ORGANIZED CRIME AND HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.
HERE AT HOME NEW SOLDIERS ARE
JOINING THE FIGHT.
ACTIVISTS ARE ENLISTING THE
NATION'S THREE MILLION TRUCK
DRIVERS.
HEATHER SELLS REPORTS, THEY ARE
TAKING ACTION.
REPORTER: EACH YEAR TRUCK
DRIVERS RACK UP 400 BILLION
MILES TRANSPORTING GOODS ACROSS
THE U.S. THEY SEE PEOPLE IN
PLACES THAT MANY OF US NEVER
WILL.
THAT GAVE ANTITRAFFICKING
ACTIVISTS AN IDEA.
THEY ARE THE EYES AND EARS OF
NATION'S HIGHWAYS.
THEY ARE OUT THERE ON LONG
HAULS.
THEY ARE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON
THOSE MOMENTS.
MANY DRIVERS ARE WILLING AND
ABLE TO CALL AUTHORITIES WHEN
THEY NOTICE A YOUNG GIRL THAT
MIGHT BE TRAFFICKED.
IT IS WRONG.
SLAVERY IS OVER WITH.
ONE TEENAGE VICTIM HAS GONE
PUBLIC.
911?
THERE IS A GIRL AT 167 TRYING
TO DO BUSINESS.
HE CALLED AUTHORITIES AFTER
SPOTTING A GIRL AT A TRUCK STOP.
IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM CALLING
THE POLICE AND SAYING THAT SHE
JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT THERE, I
HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
TRUCK STOPS ARE EASY PLACES
FOR TRAFFICKERS TO OPERATE.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TWO GIRLS
RESCUED IS TYPICAL.
THEIR TRAFFICKERS KIDNAPPED
THEM, ASSAULTED THEM AND TOOK
THEM TO TRUCK STOPS FORCING THEM
TO MEET A QUO TA.
THEY WANT TO HELP MORE
TRUCKERS UNDERSTAND THE HORROR
OFTEN IN FRONT OF THEM.
THEY WERE SEEING GIRLS OUT ON
THE LOT.
THEY WERE IRRITATED BY THEM.
YOU GET KNOCKS ON THE CABS,
15-16 TIMES A NIGHT WHEN YOU ARE
TRYING TO SLEEP.
THEIR ANNOYANCE CAN BE
SOMEBODY ELSE'S BONDAGE.
THOSE KNOCKS MIGHT BE BECAUSE
THE GIRLS HAVE A QUO TA.
THEIR MESSAGE, IF YOU SEE
SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS, CALL THE
NATIONAL TRAFFICKING HOTLINE.
THEIR HOPE, WITH INCREASED
AWARENESS, TRUCKERS CAN BECOME A
FORCE IN SHUTTING DOWN
TRAFFICKING ON OUR NATION'S
HIGHWAYS.
THAT TRUCKER, THE ONE THAT
MADE THAT PHONE CALL, I THINK
ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.
I HAVE NEVER MET HIM.
I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.
BUT BOY, I OWE HIM A LOT.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
AT THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE
SANDY, NEW YORK'S LONG BEACH
FIRE DEPARTMENT LOST THREE OF
ITS FOUR ENGINES.
NOW SOME LOUISIANA
FIREFIGHTERS ON THE SCENE TO
HELP AND RETURN A GIFT FIRST
DONATED TO THEM, A FIRE TRUCK.
WE HAVE TO COME UP AND HELP
OUR FRIENDS.
AFTER 9/11 A LOUISIANA TRUCK
COMPANY DONATED THE RIG TO NEW
YORK CITY.
THEN WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT,
THEY RETURNED IT.
THE LOUISIANA DONATED IT BACK TO
NEW YORK.
ISN'T THAT SWEET?
FIREFIGHTERS ARE A TIGHT
COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE.
WE LOVE THEM.
VERY VALUABLE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
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