TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" SHAKE
UP AT THE CIA WHAT THE PATRAEUS
RESIGNATION SAYS ABOUT SECURITY
HERE AT HOME.
PLUS SHOTS FIRED AS SERIOUS
CIVIL WAR SPILLS OVER INTO
ISRAEL.
AND THE GROWING PROBLEM OF
HOMELESSNESS AMONG FEMALE
VETERANS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM
WENDY GRIFFITH.
CONGRESS EXPECTED TO GET ANSWERS
ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER TERROR
ATTACK ON THE AMERICAN CONSULATE
IN LIBYA.
AND I AM MARK MARTIN.
FORMER CIA DAVID PATRAEUS
RESIGNED FRIDAY AFTER
ACKNOWLEDGING AN EXTRAMARITAL
AFFAIR WITH HIS BIOGRAPHER.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS THE TOP
STORY.
THE NATIONAL HERO WHO WON THE
RESPECT OF TWO ADMINISTRATION
TOOK OVER AS HEAD OF THE CIA IN
SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
TWO MONTHS LATER HE BEGAN AN
FAIR WITH THE WOMAN THAT WROTE
HIS BEST SELLING BIOGRAPHY PAULA
BROADWELL.
ON THE EVE OF PATRAEUS'S
TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS.
BROADWELL GOT TO KNOW HER WHILE
WRITING HIS BOOK.
SHE RECENTLY REV REFERENCED HIS
WIFE. HE HAS DONE SO MUCH
FOR HER CHILDREN.
PATRAEUS ENDED THE AFFAIR
FOUR MONTHS AGO.
AMERICANS MAY NEVER HAVE KNOWN
ABOUT FOR IT BEEN BY A FBI
INVESTIGATION.
THEY DISCOVERED THE AFFAIR.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT TO KNOW
WHY THEY WEREN'T BRIEFED ON THE
FBI'S INVESTIGATION.
HOUSE MAJORITY LEAD ENDOPLASMIC
RETICULUM RICK CANT ER RECEIVED
A TIP IN OCTOBER.
WHY THE HEAD OF THE CIA
POPPED UP IN AN FBI
INVESTIGATION.
WAS NATIONAL SECURITY
COMPROMISED?
WHEN DID THE WHITE HOUSE KNOW
ABOUT THE AFFAIR THAT LEFT THE
HEAD OF AMERICA'S CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY VULNERABLE
TO BLACKMAIL.
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
ERICK STAKELBECK JOINS US
NOW.
TIMING COMES JUST AS HE WAS SET
TO TESTIFY TO CONGRESS.
TIMING IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WHAT THREE DAYS AFTER THE MOST
IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR
LIFETIMES, CIA DIRECTOR RESIGNS
AND EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR EXPOSED.
FBI INVESTIGATING PATRAEUS WHEN
THESE E-MAILS FROM HIS LOVER TO
HIM AND OTHERS WERE EXPOSED.
THE FBI HAD HIM UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
APPARENTLY CONGRESSMAN ERICK
CANTER FROM VIRGINIA HAD
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS THROUGH A
SOURCE, DID THE WHITE HOUSE
KNOW?
THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION, MARK.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT
BENGHAZI.
THIS FRUSTRATES ME, MAIN STREAM
MEDIA'S COVERAGE.
ARE THEY EVER GOING TO GO AFTER
THE REAL ANSWERS ABOUT BENGHAZI,
ARE WE EVER GOING TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, ERICK?
THAT SHIP MAY HAVE SAILED.
WILL PATRAEUS WHO WAS THE CIA
DIRECTOR AT THE TIME OF THE
BENGHAZI MASSACRE ATTACK, WILL
HE TESTIFY?
TO YOUR POINT ABOUT BENGHAZI?
MAIN STREAM MEDIA HAD THEIR
CHANCE, MARK.
TO MY MIND, THEY BLEW IT.
I DON'T THINK IT IS ANY SECRET
THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA IS FOND OF
OBAMA.
I BELIEVE THAT BEFORE THE
ELECTION THEY DID NOT WANT TO
MAKE HIM OR HIS ADMINISTRATION
LOOK BAD AND THIS BENGHAZI
SCANDAL MAKES HIM LOOK VERY,
VERY BAD.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT AS WE GO FORWARD?
IT HAS TO BE IRAN FOR ME.
IRAN IS GOING TO CONTINUE THAT
DRIVE TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THEY DO
NOT FEAR
THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
WE FIND OUT IRANIAN FIGHTER JETS
FIRED ON A U.S. DRONE, MARK, A
FEW DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
AN ACT OF WAR.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAID
NOTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER THE
ELECTION.
IRAN DOES NOT FEAR THIS
ADMINISTRATION IN PARTICULAR,
THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT
DRIVE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WAR
IS COMING TO THE MIDDLE EAST
BECAUSE ISRAEL WILL NOT STAND BY
AND ALLOW IRAN TO GO NUCLEAR.
BIG QUESTION IS WHAT DOES THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DO?
MARK, I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED
IF ISRAEL DOES TAKE ACTION TO
SEE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NOT
ONLY NOT SUPPORT THEM, BUT
CONDEMN THEM IN THE PUBLIC AREE
NA.
ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE
CONTINUING RISE OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD THROUGHOUT THE
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.
THEY ARE ADVISING CERTAIN
MEMBERS OF THIS GOVERNMENT.
ERICK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND INSIGHTS.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILARY
CLINTON HONORS SLAIN AMBASSADOR
CHRIS STEPHENS HONERING HIM A
HERO.
CLINTON PRAISED THE FALLEN
DIPLOMAT FOR VOLUNTEERING TO
SERVE IN DANGEROUS AREAS.
HE ALSO KNEW WHEN AMERICA IS
ABSENT, ESPECIALLY FROM THE
DANGEROUS PLACES, THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES, EXTREMISM TAKES
ROOT, OUR INTERESTS SUFFER AND
OUR SECURITY AT HOME IS
THREATENED.
STEPHENS WAS GIVEN AN
INTERNATIONAL REWARD FOR
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACE
BUILDING.
IT WAS ACCEPTED BY HIS SISTER,
ANNE.
CHRIS DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM
VIOLENCE.
HE SERVED IN JERUSALEM AND LIBYA
DURING TIMES OF CONFLICT.
HE THOUGHT DIPLOMACY COULD PLAY
A CRITICAL ROLE BY FACILITATING
DIALOGUE AND BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
STEPHEN'S DEATH SPAWNED THREE
INVESTIGATIONS, ONE FROM STATE
DEPARTMENT, ONE FROM FBI AND
ANOTHER FROM CONGRESS.
DEADLY FIGHTING IN SYRIA HAS
SPILLED OVER INTO ISRAEL.
ANOTHER MORTER SHELL LANDING ON
ISRAEL TERRITORY IN GOLEN
HEIGHTS.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE STORY
FROM ISRAEL.
ON SUNDAY, ISRAEL FIRED A
WARNING SHOT.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS WAS A
MISTAKE AND THE MORTER WAS NOT
MEANT TO TARGET ISRAEL.
THIS IS WHY WE FIRED WARNING
SHOTS IN RETALIATION. FIRST
TIME SINCE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR.
ISRAEL WILL DO EVERYTHING
NEEDED TO BRING SAFETY TO THE
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
ON ISRAEL'S SOUTHERN BORDER
MORE THAN 120 ROCKETS LANDED IN
TOWNS AND ROADS.
ISRAELI OFFICIALS BLAME HAMAS
WHO CONTROL IT IS GAZA STRIP AND
THREATENED TO ESCALATE THE
RESPONSE.
THE CHIEF THINKS THEY CANNOT
HIDE.
THEY'LL HAVE TO BE A TARGET
THEMSELVES. THE ROCKET
ATTACKS SHOOK ISRAELI RESIDENTS,
DEFENSE MINISTER AHUED BARACK --
ISRAELI RESIDENTS HAVE ENDURED
THE SITUATION FOR YEARS.
OVER A DECADE, SOME WHAT
ACCEPTABLE, ROCKETS BEING FIRED
TOWARDS THE POPULATIONS.
THAT IS ABSURD DI.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
CHRIS, HOW ARE ISRAELIS
FEELING ABOUT THE SYRIAN
CONFLICT?
ARE THEY WORRIED THEY WILL BE
DRAGGED INTO WAR?
I THINK SO, WENDY.
THIS IS FIRST TIME ISRAEL HAS
FIRED BACK SINCE 1973, THE YOM
KIPPUR WAR.
IT NIGHT NOT BE THE ASSAD
GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO HAVE
A CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH
THE REBEL FORCES.
IT COULD BE THE REBEL FORCES
THEMSELVES.
ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER, MORE
THAN 140 ROCKETS FALLEN SO FAR.
ISRAELI IS ON A WAR ON SOUTHERN
BORDER.
HOPING THERE IS NOT A WAR ON THE
NORTHERN BORDER.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SYRIA
AND ISRAEL?
IT DOESN'T BODE WELL IF THEIR
OPPOSITION IS GAINING STRENGTH
AND UNIFYING.
SCENARIO FOR ISRAEL, BOTH
SITUATIONS DON'T LOOK GOOD SYRIA
HASN'T BEEN IN ACTIVE WAR IN
GOLEN HEIGHTS.
SYRIA IS AN ARCH ENEMY OF
ISRAEL.
IF THESE REBELS OVERTHROW THE
ASSAD GOVERNMENT.
MANY OF THESE REBELS ARE
ISLAMISTS, YOU COULD HAVE A
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-DOMINATED
GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA THAT WOULD
REPRESENT A GREATER THREAT THAN
THE ASSAD GOVERNMENT.
FOR EITHER WAY IT DOESN'T LOOK
GOOD FOR ISRAEL.
THE SOUTHERN BORDER, THE
ROCKETS COMING OVER FROM GAZA,
IS THAT RIGHT?
COMING OUT OF
HAMAS-CONTROLLED GAZA STRIP.
HAMAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE GAZA STRIP.
THIS IS A WAR GOING ON.
A SILENT WAR, QUIET WAR.
ONLY THING THAT MAKES THE NEWS
IS WHEN THERE IS A MASSIVE
AMOUNT OF ROCKETS LIKE OVER THE
WEEKEND OR SOMEBODY GOATS
KILLED.
ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS, YOU
HAVE ROCKETS COMING INTO ISRAEL.
MAKES YOU WONDER IF ANY
GOVERNMENT WOULD TOLERATE THIS
SITUATION ON ANY OF ITS BRORD
BORDERS.
CHRIS MITCHELL IN JERUSALEM,
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THANKS, WENDY.
COMING UP, YOU KNOW OUR
COUNTRIES COLORS ARE RED, WHITE,
AND BLUE.
DID YOU KNOW EACH COLOR HAS A
SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR
VETERANS, MORE ON THAT WHEN WE
COME BACK.
WELCOME BACK, TODAY IS
VETERAN'S DAY.
A DAY TO REMEMBER AND THANK THE
MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN THAT
SERVED.
LEE WEB SPOKE WITH JANE
HAMPTON COOK ABOUT TALK ABOUT
THE COLORS.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE, YOU SAY
THERE IS SENTIMENTAL MEANING.
RED MEANS HEARTINESS AND
VALOR.
WHITE PURITY AND INNOCENCE.
BLUE MEANS VIGILANCE,
PERSEVERANCE AND JUSTICE.
YOU WRITE ABOUT THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE COLORS
IN THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE
SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
ABSOLUTELY, 22 MILLION
VETERANS LIVING IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THESE VETERANS EMBODY
PERSEVERANCE WHICH IS BLUE.
THEY EMBODY VALOR.
BUT THEN THE PEOPLE AT HOME
EMBODY THE OTHER PART OF RED
WHICH IS HEARTINESS, ABILITY TO
WITH STAND ANY CLIMATE AND KEEP
GOING.
ONE IRAQI VETERAN SENT ME AN
E-MAIL AND ALL THE THINGS HE
WASN'T GOING TO MISS ABOUT IRAQ.
HE LISTED HIS BLESSINGS.
HE PERCENT COUNTED THE THINGS HE
WAS GOING TO MISS LIKE HIS
FRIENDS.
COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS IS A
GOOD WAY TO PERSEVERE AND A GOOD
LESSON TO THINK ABOUT.
I THINK ABOUT THE HEARTINESS
AND RESILIENCE.
CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF WORLD WAR II
AND HOW THEY IMPROVISED.
WHEN SOMETHING BROKE DOWN, THEY
JUMPED IN AND FIXED IT.
GERMAN SOLDIERS DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO DO THAT LIKE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS DID.
HOW DO WE AS CIVILIANS EMBODY
THOSE CHARACTERISTICS TODAY?
WHEN WE HAVE TO PERSEVERE,
PEOPLE ARE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK,
COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS AND
LOOKING AT THE GOOD, DOESN'T
MEAN THAT YOU LOVE THE BAD.
THERE WAS EVEN A DOCTOR WHO
SERVED WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON,
HE WAS TIRED OF EATING PANCAKES
FOR BREAKFAST.
HE REALIZED HE NEEDED TO BE
GRATEFUL THAT HE HAD PANCAKES TO
EAT.
IT IS A GREAT THING TO WRITE
ABOUT.
AS A VETERAN, MYSELF AND FATHER
OF AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WE'LL PROVIDE A LINK ON
CBN.COM.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
NUMBER OF HOMELESS AMERICAN
VETS DROPPED BY 15,000 SINCE
2009.
IT IS DUE IN PART TO AN
AGGRESSIVE TO END VETERAN
HOMELESSNESS BY 2013.
STILL 60,000 REMAIN HOMELESS.
IT IS DOWN OVERALL, AMONG WOMEN
IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
IN TONIGHT'S FOCUS REPORT,
CHARLENE ISRAEL SHOWS WHAT IS
BEHIND THIS TREND AND WHAT ONE
VETERAN IS DOING TO HELP.
JANICE RAMIREZ HELPS TREAT
THE WOUNDS WHILE SERVING IN THE
U.S. ARMY.
ONCE ON THE OUTSIDE SHE COULDN'T
GET A STEADY JOB, STRUGGLED TO
PAY THE RENT AND WASN'T LONG
BEFORE SHE HAD NO PLACE TO CALL
HOME.
I SLEPTED WHEREVER I COULD.
I SLEPT IN SHELTERS, ON THE
FLOOR, AND CAR, AND ABANDON
HOUSE.
AFTER A STINT IN THE
MILITARY, SURE REES'S LIFE WAS A
BATTLEFIELD OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DRIVING HER AND HER YOUNG SON
FROM THEIR HOME.
YOU DON'T SLEEP WELL IN A CAR
NOT KNOWING WHO IS GOING TO HURT
YOU.
YOU HAVE TO SLEEP WITH ONE EYE
OPEN.
HOMELESSNESS WAS AN ISSUE
AMONG MALE VETERANS.
ISSUE HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY
WITHIN THE FEMALE VETERAN
COMMUNITY.
IT IS ON THE RISE.
ABOUT EIGHT PERCENT OF VETERANS
WHO ARE SHELTERED OR IDENTIFIED
AS HOMELESS OR FEMALE.
PETE SAYS FEMALE VETS FACE A
GROWING LIST OF PROBLEMS.
A LACK OF EMPLOYMENT.
IN MANY CASES SUBSTANCE USE OR
MENTAL ILLNESS.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT RECENTLY
RETURNING VETERANS HAVE A MUCH
HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POST
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
PERHAPS THE BIGGEST ISSUE,
NOT ENOUGH TEMPORARY HOUSING.
WE HAVE ABOUT 14,000 CURRENT
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS FOR
VETERANS, MALE AND FEMALE.
SITUATION FACING MANY OF HER
FELLOW VETS PUSHED NAVY
RESERVIST JACKIE CAMPBELL TO
TAKE ACTION.
HERE THE WOMEN ENJOY A CLEAN AND
SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
THEY ALSO RECEIVE JOB COUNSELING
AND ENCOURAGEMENT, ALL AT A
DISCOUNTED RENT RATE.
THERE IS NO REASON, ESPECIAL
ESPECIALLY A VETERAN, THEY GAVE
THEIR LIFE, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO BE SLEEPING OUTSIDE.
DR. PRISCILLA SAYS FEMALE
VETS FACE THE SAME STRESSES AS
MALES, THEY HAVE GENDER SPECIFIC
ISSUES THAT MAKE THEM MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HOMELESSNESS.
BEING SINGLE PARENTS WITH
SMALL CHILDREN.
AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE
IS A FACTOR, AND UNEMPLOYMENT,
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE COMING
TOGETHER.
MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA MAY
ALSO PLAY A PART.
VETERAN'S AFFAIRS FOUND THAT
NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF TEMPORARY
SHELTERS DND ADDRESS SECURITY
RIFFINGS.
THEY INCLUDED MALE AND FEMALE
RESIDENTS ON THE SAME FLOOR AND
INSUFFICIENT LOCKS IN BEDROOMS
AND BATHROOMS.
ABOUT 90% OF OUR MILITARY
TRAUMA ARE FEMALE VICTIMS.
THAT WOULD CERTAINLY CAUSE SOME
CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN COMING INTO
A MALE-DOMINATED SETTING TO SEEK
TREATMENT WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN
TRAUMATIZED BY SEXUAL TRAUMA.
DAUGHTRY SAYS DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS IS MAKING
PROGRESS IN THE AREA OF
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
IT IS TEAMING WITH DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS POPULAR AMONG WOMAN
VETERANS.
VETS WANT THE VA TO MAKE THEIR
TRANSITION A LOT SMOOTHER.
THEY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION DURING THE EXIT
PROCESS.
NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO AT LEAST
TRY AND BECOME A CIVILIAN AGAIN
AND RESTABILIZE.
WE HAVE TO DO A MUCH BETTER
JOB.
PLACES LIKE LADY VET'S HAVEN
IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE ONE
VETERAN AT A TIME.
I WALKED IN, I WAS LIKE WOW,
YOU MEAN THIS IS ALL WOMEN?
IT IS LIKE A BLESSING.
LIKE WALKING INTO A TRUE
BLESSING. CHARLENE ISRAEL,
CBN NEWS.
UP NEXT, HOW OPERATION
BLESSING IS MAKING LIFE A LITTLE
BITTER FOR THOSE BATTERED BY
SUPERSTORM SANDY.
NORTHEAST IS SHIFTING FROM
RECOVERY TO REBUILDING AFTER
SUPERSTORM SANDY.
THE PROCESS TAKES TIME.
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS,
UNITY OFFICERS SUPPORT,
INCLUDING OPERATION BLESSING.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS THE STORY.
NEARLY TWO WEEKS AFTER
SUPERSTORM SANDY, MORE THAN
70,000 CUSTOMERS STILL WITHOUT
POWER, MOST IN LONG ISLAND.
IT IS NOT EVEN ANGER.
IT IS JUST BROKEN PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE BEING BROKEN.
NEW YORKERS FACE ANOTHER DAY
OF FUEL RATIONING.
MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG TRYING
TO IMPLEMENT AN EVEN-ODD SYSTEM.
GAS AVAILABLE ONE DAY TO DRIVERS
WITH LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS
ENDING IN ODD NUMBER AND THE
NEXT DAY AN EVEN NUMBER.
IT WENT FASTER.
THEN THE TACOASTAL COMMUNITIES
AND WHEN HOMES WERE DESTROYED
AND WASHED AWAY.
VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTING HOT
MEALS AND HELPING RESIDENTS
CLEAN OUT THEIR HOMES.
I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT
NEED THE HELP.
ALL THESE YEARS I HAVE DONATED
FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
THAT NEED THE DONATION. I
AM THANKFUL FOR OPERATION
BLESSING TO DONATE FOOD,
BLANKETS THAT WE SO NEED BECAUSE
THE SUPERMARKETS ARE LIMITED.
THIS IS A CASE WHERE WE ARE
LIKE SEPTEMBER 11TH.
WE ARE RELYING ON HELP FROM
OTHERS.
AND I AM SPEAKING FOR A COUPLE
OF THESE OTHERS YOU AND THAT
YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN ON YOUR
TEAM.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
YOU CAN GO TO CBN.COM IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO HELP OPERATION
BLESSING.
THAT ONE LADY GRABBED MY HEART.
NEW HEART BREAKING.
SAID SHE SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE
GIVING.
SHE IS ON THE OTHER END.
GREAT TO SEE OPERATION BLESSING
ON THE SCENE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
.
SEE YOU TOMORROW, BYE-BYE,
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
