TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" MORE
DETAILS, MORE DRAMA AS ANOTHER
HIGH RANKING MILITARY OFFICIALS
IS DRAGGED INTO THE PATRAEUS
SCANDAL.
PLUS THE CLINIC HELPING TO
PREVENT ABORTION BY FOCUSSING ON
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER, NOT JUST
THE BABY.
HOW NEW TECHNOLOGY IS USED TO
MONITOR VOLCANOS HERE IN
AMERICA.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
THE SCANDAL INVOLVING CIA
DAVID PATRAEUS KEEPS EXPANDING.
GOOD EVENING I AM WENDY
GRIFFITH.
AND I AM MARK MARTIN.
THE PENTAGON IS INVESTIGATING
WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN INAPPROPRIATE
E-MAILS TO A WOMAN AT THE CENTER
OF THE PATRAEUS STORY.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS MORE IN
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.
REPORTER: ANOTHER TOP US
COMMANDER COULD GO DOWN WITH
PATRAEUS.
GENERAL JOHN ALLEN UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR ALLEGEDLY
SENDING INAPPROPRIATE E-MAILS TO
JILL KELLEY.
JILL KELLEY IS THE WOMAN THAT
PROMPTED THE INVESTIGATION AFTER
REPORTING E-MAILS FROM A WOMAN
HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH PATRAEUS.
THERE ARE 20-30,000 E-MAILS
BETWEEN ALLEN AND KELLY AND
DETAILS WITH PATRAEUS AND
BROADWELL LEAVING WITH FILES,
BOXES AND A COMPUTER.
IN HIS UNIVERSE, THIS MORAL
FAILING IS UNACCEPTABLE AND
RENDERS HIM UNWORTHY OF
CONTINUING THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
MORE QUESTIONS TODAY ABOUT
WHY THE FBI WAITED UNTIL AFTER
THE ELECTION TO ALERT THE WHITE
HOUSE ABOUT THE PATRAEUS AFFAIR.
LAWMAKERS SAY THE FBI WAS NOT
JUST CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION IT WAS ALSO
LOOKING INTO WHETHER A SEPARATE
SET OF E-MAILS BETWEEN PATRAEUS
AND BROADWELL MIGHT INVOLVE A
SECURITY BREECH.
DOESN'T ADD UP WITHOUT
BRINGING IT TO THE PRESIDENT OR
HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
FBI IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT A
TIMELINE EXPLANATION TO CONGRESS
AT A MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
PATRAEUS DENIES GIVING
BROADWELL ANY OF THE SENSITIVE
INFORMATION FOUND ON HER
COMPUTER.
THE FBI INVESTIGATOR WAS TOO
INVOLVED NOTARY PUBLIC SENDING
SHIRTLESS PHOTOS OF HIMSELF TO
JILL KELLEY.
HE WENT AROUND THE FBI AND
STRAIGHT TO CONGRESS WHEN HE
THOUGHT THE AGENCY DIDN'T ACT
FAST ENOUGH.
JOHN JESSUP JOINS US NOW FROM
CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE.
JOHN, THIS AFTERNOON THERE WAS A
SENAT
SENATE-COMMITTEE HEARING, ANY
INFORMATION COME OF THAT
THAT HEARING IS STILL GOING
ON AS WE SPEAK.
IT IS A CLOSED HEARING.
I DID TRY TO TALK TO SENATOR
JOHN KERRY.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE HEARING
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT
BENGHAZI.
THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO GENERAL
DAVID PATRAEUS GIVEN HIS
POSITION, FORMER HEAD OF THE CIA
AND SPEAR HEADING HIS OWN CIA
INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED
IN BENGHAZI, HE FLEW THERE, DID
INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WITH THE
ACKNOWLEDGE OF THE ATTACKS, HE
WANTS HIS TRIP REPORT.
HE HAS CANCELLED HIS APPEARANCE
ON CAPITOL HILL.
SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN,
CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE IS THREATENING TO
SUBPOENA HIM SO HE CAN HAVE A
COPY OF THE REPORT.
THE MAIN REACTION ON CAPITOL
HILL IS SURPRISED AND ANGER
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF
NOTIFICATION FROM THE FBI.
THERE ARE FEW THAT HAVE
SUGGESTED A COVER UP, THE ONLY
ONE I AM AWARE IN IS CONGRESSMAN
PETER.
THE PRESIDENT FOUND OUT ABOUT IT
AFTER THE ELECTION.
WHEN ASKED IF THIS IS
REPRESENTATIVE GIVEN THE
MISCONDUCT BY GENERAL PATRAEUS
AND POTENTIAL JOHN ALLEN, JAY
CARNIE SAYS THE PRESIDENT HAS
FULL CONFIDENCE OF THE MEN AND
MEN IN ARMED FORCES.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
A FORMER STAFF SERGEANT IS
THE FIRST LIVING RECIPIENT OF
THE MEDAL OF HONOR SINCE
VIETNAM.
IN THE WAKE OF THE PATRAEUS
SCANDAL.
THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.
IT IS NOW ABOUT OUR MILITARY
RESPONDING IN THE RIGHT WAY.
MORAL FAILURE, I AM
DISAPPOINTED.
NO ONE IS HAPPY.
WE ARE ALL PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WILL MAKE MISTAKES.
IT IS ABOUT THE RESILIENCE AND
BOUNCING BACK.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERAL
PATRAEUS NOR ARE OTHERS.
WE CAN TAKE WHAT HE HAS DONE AND
LEARN LESSONS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE HIM A TERRIBLE
PERSON.
HE HAS ALSO MADE A LOT OF GREAT
DECISIONS.
IN OTHER NEWS, GROUP OF
EVANGELICALS CALLING FOR CHANGES
TO IMMIGRATION, EVANGELICAL
TABLE INCLUDES SOUTHERN BAPTIST
LEADERS, NATIONAL HISPANIC
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND LATINO
EVANGELICAL COALITION.
THEY ARE PRESSING WASHINGTON TO
MOVE QUICKLY ON IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
TODAY THEY ASKED FOR REFORM IN
92 DAYS. SHE OPENED THIS
THAT WE ARE SEEING IS
DELIGHTFUL, SOME WHAT
UNEXPECTED.
MY SENSE IS THAT THE POLITICAL
MOMENTUM IS MOVING TOWARDS
IMMIGRATION REFORM.
NUMBER 92 IS SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE THAT IS THE NUMBER OF
TIMES THE BIBLE USES
"IMMIGRANT."
NEW FINDINGS MORE THAN HALF OF
ALL HISPANICS IDENTIFY WITH
HISPANIC ORLA TEE KNOW OVER
CHRISTIAN OR CATHOLIC.
FOUR OUT OF FIVE HISPANICS
DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS PART OF
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
SEVEN IN TEN SAY THE BIBLE IS
THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD, HIGHER
THAN THE 65% OF AMERICANS THAT
SAY THE SAME.
HISPANICS ARE AN IMPORTANT
DEMOGRAPHIC, IT IS OPENING A NEW
HISPANIC DIVISION TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY.
FIGHT OVER ABORTION, SOME
ACCUSE PRO-LIE LIFERS OF ONLY
FOCUSSING ON THE CHILD AND NOT
THE MOTHER.
PAUL STRAND REPORTS.
NEW REPORTER: SOME 15-16,000
WOMEN GET ABORTIONS IN COLORADO.
MANY OF THEM RIGHT HERE.
FOR YEARS, THE SECOND LARGEST
ABORTION CLINIC CHURNING OUT
PROCEDURES HERE IN THIS DENVER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW THEY HAVE A COMPETITOR.
JUST ACROSS THE STREET OF
ALMOST ANYONE HEADING TO PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
OFFERS WOMEN AN ALTERNATIVE AND
HELP IN THE FORM OF ULTRA SOUND,
COUNSELING, MEDICAL AND
SUPPLIES.
THIS MAN TOLD CBN NEWS, HE IS
OVERJOYED AT THE LIGHTHOUSE
OPENING.
SOME OF THE GIRLS AND MEN
KNOW IT IS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE.
THIS IS LIKE LAST CHANCE FOR
GAS FOR A THOUSAND MILES FOR
THESE GIRLS.
IT IS CRUCIAL.
THEY COULD TURN DOWN OUR ROAD,
SEE OUR SIGN AND SOMETHING COULD
TOUCH THEIR HEART AS THEY WERE
CONTEMPLATING ABORTION FOR THEIR
BABIES.
PAULA SEWER WANTED TO PERFORM
ULTRA SOUNDS HERE AND MAKE A
POSITIVE IMPACT ON EACH WOMAN,
OR GIRL.
THERE IS NEVER A MUNDANE DAY,
THEY ARE LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS
DECISIONS.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF
THAT FOR SOMEBODY.
A 2,000 YEAR TRADITION OF
CHRISTIANS FIGHTING TO SAVE
BABIES.
ANCIENT BABIES PUT THEM OUT
IN THE STREETS OR WILD ANIMALS
TO KILL THEM.
BUT CHRISTIANS OBSERVED THAT
2,000 YEARS AGO AND RESCUED
THOSE BABIES AND RAISED THEM AS
THEIR OWN.
THAT MADE SUCH AN IMPACT ON A
LOT OF THE ROMANS IT CAUSED THEM
TO CONVERT.
SMITS IS HAPPY THERE IS A
REAL ALTERNATIVE.
THERE IS A PLACE WHERE THEY
CAN GO AND BE RECEIVED.
HONEST, GOOD PEOPLE.
SEWER SAYS PRAYER FOLLOWS
EACH VISITOR.
ENCOUNTER MIGHT BE BRIEF.
WE DON'T FORGET THEM.
OF COURSE GOD DOESN'T FORGET.
THE LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN'S
SHELTER SAYS NO WOMAN SHOULD
GIVE UP HOPE AND NEVER GIVE UP
ON HER BABY.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS, REPORTING
FROM DENVER, COLORADO.
THANK YOU, PAUL.
CITIZENS IN 22 STATES ARE
PETITIONING THE GOVERNMENT TO
SECEDE FROM THE UNION, 157,000
IN ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND TEXAS
THEY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH
THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED "WE THE
PEOPLE."
LOUISIANA WITH MORE THAN 13,000.
SOME SAY THE MOVE IS NON SENSE.
I THINK IT IS RIDICULOUS.
IT IS DUMB.
PRETTY UNNECESSARY TO
SEPARATE AND MAKE YOUR OWN
COUNTRY AWAY FROM THE UNITED
STATES, HONESTLY.
WE ARE A LITTLE SMALL.
MEANWHILE THE WHITE HOUSE
PROMISES A RESPONSE FOR
PETITIONS THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN
25,000 SIGNATURES IN 30 DAYS.
TEXAS IS THE ONLY STATE TO REACH
THAT BENCHMARK SO FAR.
TIMES WE LIVE IN.
SAUDI ARABIA MAN WILL SPEND HIS
LIFE IN PRISON.
KHALID ALI-M ALDAWSARI WAS
SENTENCED, THE FORMER TEXAS TECH
UNIVERSITY STUDENT RESEARCHED
POSSIBLE TARGETS INCLUDING POWER
PLANTS IN THE DALLAS HOME OF
FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND
PURCHASED CHEMICALS NEED.
.
SPECIAL IMMIGRATION APPEALS
ABU KATATA CAN'T BE DEPORTED
FROM BRITAIN.
THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO EXPEL HIM
SINCE 2001.
HE HAS TO WEAR A MONITOR AND
CAN'T USE THE MONITOR.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND WHAT IS
BEING DONE TO STOP IT.
THOSE LIVING IN SOUTHERN
ISRAEL THERE IS A CONSTANT
THREAT OF ROCKET ATTACKS.
ISRAEL IS SEEKING ATTACKS
AGAINST THEM.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE STORY.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BRIEFED SOME
70 AMBASSADORS IN THE COASTAL
CITY OF ASCALON.
THE ALARM HAS SOUNTED.
ALL OF US HAVE EXACTLY 30
SECONDS TO FIND SHELTER.
INVITATION 120 ROCKETS
PUMMELED SOUTHERN ISRAEL SCORING
SEVERAL DIRECT HITS CLOSING
SCHOOLS AND SENDING SHOCK WAVES
THROUGH THE SOUTH. IN
FAMILIES HOLD PEOPLE, CHILDREN,
OLD PEOPLE ARE TARGETED ON A
DAILY BASIS CAME IN THERE, AND
NOW HIDING BEHIND CIVILIANS
WHILE FIRING ON OUR CHILDREN.
THESE VIDEOS SHOW WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO RUN FOR COVER THEN WAIT
FOR THE EXPLOSIONS.
SINCE 2001, NEARLY 13,000
ROCKETS AND MORTERS HAVE LANDED
IN ISRAEL.
MORE THAN 8,000 SINCE ISRAEL'S
PULLOUT IN 2005.
NETANYAHU SAID THE SITUATION IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR
GOVERNMENTS COULD ACCEPT SUCH A
TASK. MIGHT BEING KI
ROSENFELD SAID THEY CAN HIT
ISRAELI CITIES.
THESE ARE MADE IN IRAN AND
CHINA AND MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH
THE EGYPT AND FLIES DIRECTLY
INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF
ISRAEL.
ISRAEL OFTEN BATTLES THE
INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO
EXERCISE RESTRAINT.
MANY ISRAELIS ARE SAYING ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH.
NETANYAHU SAID ISRAEL WOULD
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO DEFEND
ITS PEOPLE.
WE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO PUT A STOP TO IT.
IT IS SOMETHING FROM ANY FAIR
MOUNDED GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD
THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND IT.
A RIGHT TO DEFEND OUR PEOPLE.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
IRANIAN CHRISTIAN SEEKS
DEPORTATION.
OFFICIALS COULD DECIDE TO SEND
RAIZA BACK.
SWEDISH AUTHORITIES REJECTED HIS
REQUEST AND QUESTIONED HIS
CONVERSION AND NOT CON VINSED HE
FACES DANGER IN IRAN.
HIS PASTOR SAYS HE HAS A DEEP
CHRISTIAN IDENTITY AND IS
ACTIVE.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS CASE AND
HOW YOU CAN HELP, VISIT GLOBAL
LANE BLOG AT CBNNEWS.COM.
UP NEXT, WHY THOSE LIVING IN
PICTURESQUE CASCADES ARE UNDER
CONSTANT DANGER.
CASCADE MOUNTAINS SURE ARE
BEAUTIFUL AND COVER A CULL DRON
OF HOT MAGMA.
FOR 100 YEARS SCIENTISTS HAVE
MONITORED VOLCANOS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
I GOT TO CHECK OUT THE RECENT
TECHNOLOGY KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE
IN THE DANGER ZONES.
CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE LINESES
THE UPPER HALF OF THE COAST.
THEY REPRESENT AMERICA'S
GREATEST BEAUTY ON THE SURFACE
THAT IS UNDERNEATH A ROCKY --
THE CASCADES ARE ACTIVE
VOLCANOS.
THEY HAVE ERUPTED BEFORE.
THEY WILL PRESENT A REAL HAZARD
TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY.
THIS IS HOME TO MOUNT ST.
HELENS.
IT TOOK THE LIVES OF 57 PEOPLE
CAUSING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND DESTROYED
EVERY LIVING THING WITHIN 230
SQUARE MILES.
IT IS CONSIDERED THE MOST ACTIVE
VOLCANO IN THE CASCADES.
THE MASSIVE EXPLOSION PUT
VOLCANO MONITORING ON THE FAST
TRACK.
FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE TIME THERE
WAS ONLY ONE OBSERVATORY THERE
CAN BE FIVE.
YELLOW STONE, CALIFORNIA,
ALASKA, HAWAII, AND HERE IN THE
CASCADES.
BECAUSE IT CONTINUE TO ERUPT,
IT BECAME A LABORATORY TO
DEVELOP NEW INSTRUMENTATION TO
DEVELOP THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE,
ALGORITHMS THAT COULD BE USED
AUTOMATICALLY PROCESS THE
INCREASINGLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF
DATA.
JOHN AND HIS TEAM GAVE CBN
NEWS AN UP CLOSE LOOK AND 168
ACTIVE U.S. VOLCANOS, MORE THAN
HALF COULD BE POTENTIALLY
EXPLOSIVE.
THESE INSTRUMENTS ALLOW US TO
LOOK AT THE DATA IN REAL TIME
AND BUILD A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
VIEW OF WHAT THE VOLUME TA KNOW
IS DOING
SCIENTISTS EXAM THREE PRIMARY
SIGNS, HOW MUCH A VOLCANO IS
SHAKING BECAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES
OR IF IT IS SWELLING OR CHANGING
SHAPE BECAUSE OF MAGMA.
THE AMOUNTS AND VOLCANIC GASES.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
GASES DRIVE ERUPTIONS.
UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC GASES IS
FUNDAMENTAL TO UNDERSTANDING
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE
SPIDER...
IT IS REALLY NICE, WE CAN GET IT
CLOSE TO A VOLCANO WHERE WE HAVE
A HIGH SIGNAL WITHOUT THE NOISE
FROM THE TOWNS AND SUCH.
THE NOISE GETS CLOSER AS THE
PICTURESQUE SCENERY LURES NEW
RESIDENTS OF TOWNS AND
POPULATION CENTERS.
THE ONE WE WORRY ABOUT THE
MOST IS MOUNT RAINIER BECAUSE OF
THE VALLEYS ON THE WEST SIDE.
LOOK AT THE HOMES ON THE
BASE OF MOUNT RAINIER.
AN ERUPTION CAN SEND DEADLY MUD
FLOWS FILLED WITH ROCK, SAND AND
WATER ACROSS THE GREAT DISTANCE
DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN THEIR
PATHS.
HE BELIEVES THIS MASSIVE BOLDER
CAME TO REST AROUND 200 YEARS
AGO.
JUST ACROSS THE STREET, A
POPULATION CENTER.
THEY INTERPRET THIS AS A WARNING
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST CAN
HAPPEN AGAIN.
I DIDN'T SEE THE ERUPTION OF
ST. HELL LENS IN 1980 BUT I WAS
IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1991.
IT WAS LIKE HAVING A HOLE BLOWN
IN YOUR WORLD.
SO MUCH BIGGER AND FASTER THAN
ANYTHING I HAD EVER SEEN.
I AM HERE IN THE TOWN OF
GOVERNMENT CAMP ONLY FIVE MILES
FROM THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT HOOD.
WHEN SCIENTISTS DETERMINE THE
RISK, THEY CONSIDER DEVELOPMENTS
LIKE THIS WHICH ARE SO CLOSE TO
THE MOUNTAIN.
HIGHEST THREAT VOLCANOS WE
HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT
IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY
PEOPLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NEARBY.
THAT ACCORDING TO YORK PUTS
THE PREDICTIONS AND MONITORING
TECHNOLOGY.
SCIENTISTS URGE RESIDENTS TO SEE
THE HIDDEN POTENTIAL BEFORE
DECIDING WHERE TO LIVE.
OPERATION BLESSING IS STILL
WORKING IN THE NORTHEAST.
HERE IS GOOD NEWS, GASOLINE
RATIONING ENDED IN NEW JERSEY
NJ.
THE RECOVER FROM SUPERSTORM
SANDY IS STILL SLOW.
OPERATION BLESSING IS HELPING
PEOPLE.
THEY CAME TO A RESCUE OF A
FAMILY AT THEIR WHIT'S END.
MY CAR AND MY MOM'S CAR
COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.
MY APARTMENT, EVERYTHING WAS
DESTROYED.
OPERATION BLESSING WAS A BIG
HELP.
I AM BLESSED THEY HELPED ME AND
MY MOM THROUGH THIS WORK THAT IT
WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME MORE THAN A
COUPLE OF DAYS TO DO THIS BY
MYSELF. OPERATION
BLESSING'S AID IS A COMFORT TO
MANY NEW YORKERS BEYOND
FRUSTRATED.
THEIR POWER HAS YET TO BE
RESTORED.
IT IS GETTING COLD, NOT HAVING
ANY HEAT FOR OVER TWO WEEKS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
SO GOOD TO SEE OPERATION
BLESSING STEPPING IN.
HOT FOOD AND BLANKETS AND
HOPEFULLY BATTERY-POWERED
HEATERS.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEM.
MINISTERING THE LOVE OF
JESUS.
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