TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" AS
MORE ROCKETS REIGN DOWN, ISRAEL
STEPS UP.
THE LATEST ON THE UNREST IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
PLUS, REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO
FIND A SOLUTION, FISCAL CLIFF
GROWING AMONG AMERICANS.
WE'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOP
SECRET MISSION IN NORTH KOREA.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
HAMAS COULD GET WORSE, ISRAEL IS
READY AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF
MISSILES LAUNCHED TO TEL AVIV.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS THEY
HAVE TO STOP THE ROCKETS.
TALK OF PEACE IS JUST TALK.
JULIE STALL HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY FROM ISRAEL.
REPORTER: HAMAS INTENSIFIED
MISSILE BARRAGE AGAINST SOUTHERN
ISRAEL, MORE THAN 560 ROCKETS
HAVE SLAMMED INTO ISRAEL AND
ANOTHER 300 INTERCEPTED BY IRON
DOME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THIS.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE A SHELTER.
ISRAELI TARGETED 1350 TERROR
SITES IN THE LAST SIX DAYS IN
WHAT THE ARMY IS CALLING PILLAR
OF DEFENSE.
INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, MINISTRY, POLICE
COMPOUND TRAINING CAMP.
PALESTINIAN SAY A BOMB KILLED
11 MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY.
THE BAD PRESS AGAINST ISRAEL
ISN'T FAIR.
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY HOLDS UP
WE HOPE THEY AREN'T.
SOMEBODY NEEDS -- THIS IS A YEAR
AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, NOBODY IS
GETTING IN THE MIDDLE.
I WISH THE YELLING WOULD STOP AT
ISRAEL.
THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO DO
ANYTHING TO THE POPULATION.
IN JERUSALEM, HUNDREDS OF
ISRAELIS GATHERED AT THE WESTERN
WALL TO PRAY FOR THEIR NATION
AND PROTECTION.
THEY PRAYED PSALM 121 WHO HE
KEEPS ISRAEL NEITHER SLUMMERS
NOR SLEEPS.
A POSSIBLE GROUND DEFENSIVE.
SOME WESTERN LEADERS ARE WARNING
ISRAEL NOT TO SEND ISRAELI
SOLDIERS INTO GAZA.
ISRAEL EXPECTS THE WORLD TO
STAND BEHIND ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES.
WE EXPECT OUR ALLIES TO USE
ALL DEFENSE.
JOINING US NOW TO TALK MORE
ABOUT ISRAEL'S BATTLE WITH HAMAS
IS CLIFF BAY, PRESIDENT OF THE
FOUNDATION OF DEFENSE OF
DEMOCRACIES.
CLIFF, LET ME ASK YOU WHY THIS
IS HAPPENING.
SEEMS FOOL HEART FOR HAMAS TO DO
THIS.
WHAT DO THEY HOPE TO GAIN?
VERY GOOD QUESTION AND HARD
QUESTION TO ANSWER.
AT BASE WE KNOW HAMAS IS TOTALLY
COMMITTED TO THE ANNIHILATION OF
ISRAEL, IT IS IN THE HAMAS
CHARTER.
THEY WILL NOT NEGOTIATE OR SEEK
PEACE OR SEEK A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION.
HAMAS HAS SAID SO AND IN THE
CHARTER.
WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS NOW IS
MYSTERIOUS AND WHY THEY ARE
ESCALATING.
THEY ARE USING LONGER RANGE
MISSILES, M-75S THEY HAVE GOTTEN
FROM IRAN WITH HELP FROM SUDAN
AND POSSIBLY THE EGYPTIANS HAVE
KNOWINGLY ALLOWED TEM TO BE
TRANSPORTED ACROSS THEIR SOIL.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
CREDITABILITY AS A MILITANT
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
SECONDLY THEY ARE A SEPARATE
GOVERNMENT FROM WHAT IS IN THE
WEST BANK, YOU HAVE THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND ABBAS
IS GOING TO UNITED NATIONS TO
ASK FOR NON-STATE STATUS.
I BELIEF IT WAS THE ISRAELI
DEFENSE MINISTER SAYING THEY
EXPECT THE WORLD TO SUPPORT
ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF.
DO THE ISRAELI'S HAVE THE WORLD
SUPPORT?
I AM PLEASED TO SAY OF THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID ISRAEL IS
BEING ATTACKED BY HUNDREDS OF
MISSILES AS YOU JUST SHOWED.
ANY NATION, INCLUDING ISRAEL HAS
A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF WHEN IT
IS UNDER ATTACK.
WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT THAT.
THOSE NATIONS THAT DON'T BELIEVE
ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO EXIST
DON'T BELIEVE ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT
TO DEFEND ITSELF.
THERE ARE COUNTRIES THAT PURSUE
MORAL EQUIVALENCE.
ISRAEL RESPONDS, AND ISRAEL IS
TO BLAME.
IT IS TOO PREVALENT IN YUR AND
UNITED STATES. CLIFF,
WE'LL STAY IN CONTACT WITH YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU, LEE.
U.S. IS VIOLATING AN
AGREEMENT OVER CAPTION AND
HOLDING OF DETAINEES.
HAMID KARZAI SAYS THEY ARE STILL
BEING HELD BY FORCES.
COMMENTS COME DAYS AFTER THE
START OF NEGOTIATION AND
BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT.
THAT AGREEMENT WILL DETERMINE
U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN
AFGHANISTAN AFTER TROOP
WITHDRAWAL IN 2014.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
PRESIDENT USING POPULOUS OPINION
IN TALKS WITH AMERICANS.
SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT
TO KNOW WHO HELPED CREATE THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TALKING
POINTS ON THE DEADLY ATTACKS IN
LEBANON.
CIA CONCLUDED EARLY ON TERRORIST
WERE TO BLAME.
LAWMAKERS WANT TO KNOW WHO TOOK
IT OUT OF THE STATEMENTS.
U.N. AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE KEPT
DESCRIBING IT AS A SPONTANEOUS
PROTEST SPARKED BY AN
ANTI-ISRAEL VIDEO.
CIA SIGNED OFF ON THE FINAL
TALKING POINTS.
REPUBLICANS QUESTION WHETHER THE
WHITE HOUSE TRIED TO COVER IT UP
AND HURT THE ELECTION.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND
WOULD HAVE KNOWN AND SHE COULD
HAVE COVERED THE STATE.
SHE LEFT A CLEAR IMPRESSION THIS
WAS A SPONTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION.
I BLAME THE PRESIDENT.
SUSAN RICE WAS A BIT PLAYER.
WAS HE INFORMED WHERE THEY BLEW
A HOLE 40 PEOPLE COULD GO
THROUGH, AUGUST 15TH CABLE WHERE
STEPHENS SAFE WE CAN'T
COORDINATE AN ATTACK?
I BLAME THE PRESIDENT.
SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN HEADS
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE THE WHITE
HOUSE ALTARED THE DOCUMENT FOR
POLITICAL REASONS.
BOTH SIDES SAY THERE IS A
GREATER WILLINGNESS TO
COMPROMISE.
MARK MARTIN HAS AN UPDATE ABOUT
TAXMAGEDDON.
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS
AGREE ON AN OUTLINE FOR NEXT
YEAR.
THEY NEED TO PUT THE BRAKES ON
THE COUNTRY FALLING OVER THE
FISCAL CLIFF AT THE END OF THIS
YEAR, 600 BILLION DOLLAR
COMBINATION OF ACROSS THE BOARD
TAX INCREASES AND SPENDING CUTS
SET TO BEGIN IN JANUARY THAT
COULD SEND A FRAGILE ECONOMY
BACK INTO RECESSION.
TWO SIDES HAVE IDENTIFY THE TAX
REVENUE WE ARE WILLING TO
DISCUSS.
NOW IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE
SPENDING REDUCTIONS.
AGAIN IF WE PASS SOMETHING THAT
DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THEN
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE AS
IRRITATED IN THE FUTURE AS THEY
ARE RIGHT NOW.
JUST TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES, IT
IS FAR TOO LITTLE MONEY.
IT COULD BE, THEY HAVE SAID THEY
WANT IT TO BE REVENUE NEUTRAL.
THE PRESIDENT IS VERY CLEAR THE
HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY
THEIR FAIR SHARE.
AMERICANS ARE SKEPTICAL.
BUSINESS OWNERS AND INVESTORS
ARE SHIELDING THEMSELVES FROM
POSSIBLE HIGHER TAXES NEXT YEAR.
MANY INVESTORS ARE SHEDDING
INVESTMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO
RECENT SELL OFFS OF APPLE AND
AMAZON.
BOBBY JINDAL SAYS IT IS CRUCIAL.
I WAS IN CONGRESS, I
GUARANTEE, IF THEY PUT A
BAND-AID ON THIS, WE'LL BE AT
ANOTHER FISCAL CLIFF CLIFF.
WE NEED STRUCTURE CHANGES, A
SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR TELLLI
AYOT SAID POWER SHARING IS AN
OPPORTUNITY NOT AN OBSTACLE AND
GETTING OUR FISCAL CLIFF HOUSE
IN ORDER IS WHERE WE NEED TO
START.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.
SOME OF THE FISCAL CLIFF
SOLUTIONS COULD DECREASE
DONATIONS TO CHARITIES.
THEY ARE SENDING LETTERS TO
OBAMA AND LAWMAKERS URGING THEM
TO PROTECT THE TAX DEDUCTION.
WHITE HOUSE HAS PROPOSED CAPPING
AT 28% AND BIPARTISAN DEBT
REPLACING IT WITH A TAX CREDIT.
STUDY BY DUNHAM AND COMPANY
SHOWS MOST AMERICANS FAVOR THE
CHA
CHARITABLE DONATION AND WOULD
DONATE LESS IF IT WAS
ELIMINATED.
COURT INITIALLY QUESTIONS IF
TINDALE HOUSE WAS RELIGION
ENOUGH.
IT IS A THIRD RULING NATIONWIDE
AGAINST OBAMA CARE PROVISION.
CITY OF SANT' MONICA,
CALIFORNIA DROPPING THE NATIVITY
SCENE.
THEY ALLOWED IT IN THE PARK FOR
MANY YEARS.
ATHEIST SET UP NON-RELIGIOUS
DISPLAYS.
THAT ANGERED THE COMMUNITY.
CHURCHES USED TO SET UP NATIVITY
SCENE HAVE SUED IN FEDERAL COURT
CITING FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
WHY GUN ENTHUSISTS ARE
STOCKING UP AFTER THE
PRESIDENT'S RE-ELECTION.
YOU MAY REMEMBER DURING THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, PRESIDENT
OBAMA SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER
TRYING TO GET A BAN ON ASSAULT
WEAPONS REINTRODUCED.
GUN SALES ARE UP DRIVEN BY
FEARS OF TIGHTER REGULATIONS.
DALE HURD HAS THAT STORY.
REPORTER: NATION'S GUN SALE
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA PACKED.
GUNS AND AMMO SELLING OUT.
ON THIS TABLE, ALL LEFT WERE A
FEW T-SHIRTS.
MANY, MANY PEOPLE HERE BUYING
GUNS THAN BEFORE.
ANNETTE RUNS THIS WITH HER
FAMILY.
SHE THINKS THE BIGGEST REASON
PEOPLE ARE STOCKING UP IS
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FEAR OF GUN
BAN.
PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL, BEFORE HE
WAS PRESIDENT, HE SAID A LOT OF
ANTI-GUN THINGS.
NOT EVERYBODY AGREES.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE NEXT
TO NOTHING.
THIS BUYER HAPPY TO GO
THROUGH A GUN CHECK AND WISHED
OTHERS WENT THROUGH OTHER
PRECAUTIONS.
AS FAR AS DEADLY ASSAULT
RIFLES AND YOU CAN TURN AROUND
AND SELL THEM TO ANYONE YOU WANT
AT ANY TIME, THAT IS ASKING FOR
TROUBLE.
AMERICANS ARE BUILDING
ARSENALS OF KNIVES,
COLLECTIBLES, HUNTING RIFLES
EVEN MACHINE GUNS.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A
LARGE CHARGE OF CIVIL UNREST, OR
A FIRE IN YOUR KITCHEN, BUT MOST
HAVE A FIRE EXTINGISHER IN THEIR
KITCHEN.
175 PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND
ALONE.
EVENT ORGANIZERS HAVE SEEN
INCREASE OF WOMEN BUYING GUNS.
YOU THINK WOMEN WOULD BE
AFRAID OF ROBBERY OR ASSAULT,
SINCE 9/11 WE HAVE SEEN AN
INCREASE.
AN ARIAL OFFENSIVE REACHING
PEOPLE IN NORTH KOREA, THE
UNIQUE METHOD USED TO SPREAD THE
GOSPEL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ENDING A TOUR
OF SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH A
HISTORICAL STOP IN CAMBODIA.
THE WHITE HOUSE MADE IT CLEAR
THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT IS NOT AN
ENDORSEMENT OF CAMBODIA'S PRIME
MINISTER WHO IS CRITICIZED FOR
AUTHORITARIAN RULE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA VOICED HIS
CONCERNS OVER HUMANING RIGHTS IN
THE COUNTRY.
NORTH KOREA IS CONSIDERED ONE OF
THE WORLD'S WORST OFFENDERS.
CHRISTIANS, THEIR FAITH COULD
MEAN DEATH.
ONE GROUP IS TAKING OFFENSIVE
WITH AN ARIAL OFFENSIVE.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE STORY.
REPORTER: JUST BEFORE SUNSET,
A VAN LOAD OF CHRISTIANS FROM
SEOUL HEADS NORTH.
WE CAN'T SHOW YOU THEIR FACES OR
REVEAL THEIR NAMES.
WHAT WE ARE DOING COULD GET
US INTO TROUBLE.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY?
WE ARE GOING HERE, SOME FOUR
MILES FROM NORTH KOREA BORDER
AND CLOSE TO THE ZONE.
DMZ IS ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY
FORTIFIED AND POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH.
WE'LL WAIT AT THE TOP OF THE
STAIRS, SIR.
ONE MILLION TROOPS STAND
READY.
SOUTH HAS JUST AS MANY.
ONE FACTOR THAT COULD RUIN
THIS WHOLE THING IS THE WEATHER.
IT COULD MESS UP THE MISSION.
PETER HAS DUBBED THIS
OPERATION DANDILION.
WE STARTED THIS PROJECT BACK
IN 1991.
JUST AS A DANDILION NEEDS THE
WIND TO SPREAD SEEDS, WE NEED
THE WIND TO SPREAD THE WORD.
ALL THROUGH THESE BRIGHT
ORANGE BALLOONS.
IT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY
TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.
TEAM WORKS QUICKLY ALL THE
TIME KEEPING TAGS ON THE WIND
DIRECTION.
PRAYERS ARE WHISPERED OVER EACH
BALLOON.
THEN THE RELEASE.
FEW MINUTES LATER, BALLOONS
BEGIN THEIR SLOW DRIFT ACROSS
NORTH KOREAN AIR SPACE.
WE LED OUR NORTH KOREAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOW WE ARE
PRAYING FOR THEM.
THE SCRIPTURES ARE MEANT TO
ENCOURAGE THEM.
IT BEGINS AT THIS UNDISCLOSED
LOCATION IN SEOUL.
EVERY YEAR THIS MAN HAS BEEN
PREPARING EACH BALLOON INTO
NORTH KOREA.
I WAS BORN TO NORTH KOREA.
THIS IS THE WAY TO GET THE BIBLE
BACK TO MY COUNTRYMEN.
FINAL TOUCHES TO THIS BALLOON
OPERATION.
THEY HAVE A HOLE THEY FILL
HELIUM IN, PUT TAPE AROUND IT
AND UP IT GOES INTO THE SKIES OF
NORTH KOREA.
THE HELIUM WILL LEAK AND WHEN
SOMEBODY PICKS IT UP, THEY WILL
READ ALL 16 CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK
OF MARK.
PETER USED THEM TO LAUNCH
THIS FROM THE SEA.
THEY CONTAIN A SMALL RADIO,
BIBLE AND OTHER CHRISTIAN
LITERATURE.
PETER'S GROUP ORGANIZES A WEEKLY
RADIO BROADCAST TRANSLATED IN
SEOUL AND INTO NORTH KOREA.
IT IS LIKE A REGULAR CHURCH
SERVICE AND WORSHIP AND
PREACHING OF THE WORD.
THEY TRY TO JAM OUR SIGNALS.
CBN NEWS OBTAINED SECRET
UNDERGROUND CHURCH MEETINGS
INSIDE NORTH KOREA.
WHEN A NORTH KOREAN ACCEPTS
JESUS CHRIST, HE OR SHE FACES
PERSECUTION AND POSSIBLY DEATH.
PETER GAVE CBN NEWS, THE
EXECUTION OF NORTH KOREAN
CHRISTIANS.
TRYING TO GET PRECISE FIGURES ON
THE NUMBER OF CHRISTIANS IN
NORTH KOREA IS DIFFICULT.
BASED ON DATA GATHERED AND
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
GROUPS, WE ESTIMATE
APPROXIMATELY 30,000 PRISONS
HELD IN POLITICAL CAMPS AND
10,000 BELIEVERS IN HIDING
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
BACK ALONG A STRETCH OF NORTH
KOREAN, SOUTH KOREAN BORDER,
USING THE COVER OF DARKNESS,
PETER'S TEAM DEPLOYS HUNDREDS OF
BALLOONS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
TODAY THE WIND CONDITIONS HAVE
BEEN GOOD.
OFTEN THE WINDS CHANGE.
WE HAVE TO WAIT.
WE COME BACK THE NEXT DAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY UNTIL
NORTH KOREA IS FREE AND
CHRISTIANS CAN WORSHIP JESUS
CHRIST WITHOUT FEAR.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS, SOME
WHERE, NEAR THE NORTH KOREAN
BORDER.
UP NEXT, MISSING MONEY FOUND
AND RETURNED.
ONE WOMAN'S STORY OF DOING THE
RIGHT THING.
FINALLY IT WAS A DISCOVERY
THAT COULD HAVE HELPED ONE
MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN WITH HOLIDAY
SHOPPING.
IN THE END CHERYL GABOZZI DID
THE RIGHT THING.
I SAW A ROLL OF MONEY.
CHERYL WAS SHOPPING AT A
LOCAL MARSHAL'S STORE.
INSIDE SHE DISCOVERED MORE THAN
SHE BARGAINED FOR, $11,000 MORE.
SHE CAME INTO THE STATION,
TURNED INTO THE BAG.
GLAD HE CAN HAVE A HAPPY
FAMILY.
HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SELL HIS
CAR.
GIVES YOU FAITH.
MONEY WAS REPORTED MISSING.
A MAN COLLECTED IT IN CHURCH.
THE MONEY WILL GO TO BUILD A
CHURCH IN GUATEMALA.
PRAISE THE LORD.
ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TEMPTING.
SHE WAS BLESSED AS A RESULT I
AM SURE. AMEN.
"NEWSWATCH."
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