TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" HILARY
CLINTON HEADS TO THE MIDDLE EAST
THE LATEST ON THE CONFLICT
BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND HAMAS.
PLUS HOW THE ISSUE OF
IMMIGRATION REFORM IS DIVIDING
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AFTER THIS
YEAR'S ELECTION.
AND PULLING THE PLUG ON A
CHRISTMAS TRADITION.
WHY ONE CALIFORNIA CITY WILL NO
LONGER DISPLAY A NATIVITY SCENE.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." A POSSIBLE BREAK
THROUGH TONIGHT IN ISRAELI-HAMAS
CONFLICT.
GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
A SEIZE FIRE COULD COME AS SOON
AS TONIGHT.
DIPLOMATIC TALKS HAVE BEEN
UNDERWAY.
ISRAEL INTENSIFIED THE ATTACKS
ON WHAT SOME ARE CALLING THE
LATEST BURST OF VIOLENCE.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU SAYS HIS COUNTRY WOULD
BE A WILLING PARTNER TO SUCH AN
AGREEMENT, HILARY CLINTON HEADS
TO THE REGION TO HELP USHER IN A
DEAL.
CURRENT CEASE FIRE TALKS TAKING
PLACE IN EGYPT.
ISRAELI MEDIA REPORTING DEFENSE
MINISTER EHUD BARACK THAT ISRAEL
WANTED A 24 HOUR TEST PERIOD OF
NO ROCKET FIRE TO SEE IF HAMAS
COULD ENFORCE A TRUCE.
JOHN WAAGE HAS SPENT YEARS
COVERING THE MIDDLE EAST FROM
OUR JERUSALEM BUREAU, JOHN, THAT
IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION,
CAN HAMAS ENFORCE A PIECE
AGREEMENT?
YES, I WONDER IF BARACK SAID
COULD OR WOULD ENFORCE.
I THINK ISRAEL REPEATEDLY SAID
THEY HOLD HAMAS RESPONSIBLE
LARGELY BECAUSE HAMAS CONTROLS
THE AREA AREA AND COULD CONTROL
ISLAMIC JIHAD.
THEY ARE WAITING TO SEE IF HAMAS
WILL REIGN IN THE ROCKETS.
IT IS STILL VERY IFY AS OF THIS
HOUR.
A MISSILE HIT CLOSE TO TEL
AV
AVIV, CLOSE TO BEN GEERN
AIRPORT.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AS FAR AS
THE ISRAELI MILITARY.
IT IS THE FOJER ROCKETS THAT ARE
REACHING FURTHER INTO ISRAEL
THAN ANY OTHERS HAVE REACHED:
CLOSER THAN IN 2006.
WHEN YOU GET TO REESIONE, YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HEART OF
THE ISRAELI POPULATION.
IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK TO BE SO
CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT WHERE THE
SECRETARY FLEW IN TODAY.
ISRAEL CAN'T PUT UP WITH THAT.
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THEM TRY TO
KNOCK OUT ROCKET LAUNCHERS.
ISRAEL HAS BEEN VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT NOT HITTING CIVILIANS IN
GAZA, HAS HAMAS?
RIGHT.
HAMAS HIDES BEHIND THEIR
CIVILIANS.
THEY PUT ROCKET LAUNCHERS WHERE
CHILDREN AND HOSPITALS ARE.
ISRAEL'S SOLDIERS ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO FIRE ON CIVILIAN
POPULATIONS IF THEY CAN POSSIBLY
AVOID IT.
ISRAEL IS OPERATING ON STRICT
GUIDELINES.
THEY DON'T GET CREDIT IN THE
WORLDWIDE PRESS. JOHNS,
WHAT IS YOUR BEST PREDICTION?
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET A
CEASE FIRE.
IT IS NOT GOING TO END, WENDY.
ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAID
WE WILL NOT AS THIS GOVERNMENT
WITH TWO MONTHS LEFT UNTIL
ELECTIONS, WE WILL NOT TAKE A
GROUND OPERATION INTO EFFECT
RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS A JOB FOR IF NEXT
GOVERNMENT.
WAS HE SPEAKING FOR THE PRIME
MINISTER?
I DON'T KNOW.
ISRAEL WANTS A CEASE FIRE, TOO.
HAMAS WILL TOO.
IF YOU GO BACK TO HAVING BIGGER
ROCKETS BUILT, ISRAEL IS GOING
TO HAVE TO LAUNCH A GROUND
OPERATION UNLESS HAMAS CHANGES
THEIR TUNE.
JOHN WAAGE, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR INSIGHTS.
LEE?
HUNDREDS OF MISSILES HAVE
BEEN FIRED INTO ISRAEL DURING
THIS WEEK LONG CONFLICT.
THE COUNTRY'S IRON DOME DEFENSE
SYSTEM HAS PROVEN A VALUABLE
ASSET.
JULIE STALL HAS MORE.
INTERCEPTING SOME 350 ROCKETS
THAT WOULD LIKELY HAVE HIT
POPULATED AREAS.
MAJOR SHALLICAR SAID THE
SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN CRAZY
WITHOUT IT.
PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HALF OF
ISRAEL UNDER TERRORIST THREATS.
THE BIG CENSUS, THIS IS
UNIMAGINABLE, 150 MILLION
AMERICANS WOULD BE UNDER THREAT.
SYSTEM 80-90% EFFECTIVE IN
SHOOTING DOWN ROCKETS.
SOME ARE GETTING THROUGH
INCLUDING THIS ONE THAT HIT A
SCHOOL IN ASHGALON.
THIS WAS A DECISION MADE BY
THE COMMAND IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE DON'T GET HIT.
CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS THAT
NEED TO WORK ARE BEING TAKEN
CARE OF.
MY MOTHER IS A DOCTOR.
THEY DO THAT BECAUSE SHE CAN'T
GO AND LEAVE THE CHILDREN ALONE.
A MULTIPLE LANGUAGE CALL
CENTER IS HELPING THE POPULATION
TO COPE WITH PHYSICAL AND
EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES.
WE ARE STRONG.
JULIE STALL, CBN NEWS,
ISRAEL.
PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO PUSH
FOR INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AT
THE UNITED NATIONS.
LAST WEEK PRESIDENT OBAMA
REPORTEDLY ASKED ABBAS NOT TO GO
THROUGH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HE IS CONFIDENT HE'LL SUCCEED.
SOME BELIEVE IT CAN CAUSE
TROUBLE FOR ISRAEL AND THE U.S.
PALESTINIANS ARE NOT JUST
CHALLENGING THE ISRAELIS, THEY
ARE CHALLENGING THE UNITED
STATES HAVING TO MAKE TOUGH
DECISIONS, HAVING TO VETO THAT
WASN'T SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE ARAB SPRING.
TRYING TO SCUTTLE THIS WITH THE
PALESTINIANS GOING AROUND SAYING
THE UNITED STATES IS THREATENING
US, AGAIN A CHALLENGE TO THE
UNITED STATES.
A VOTE IS EXPECTED NOVEMBER
29TH.
BRITAIN IS THE LATEST WESTERN
NATION TO RECOGNIZE SYRIAN
OPPOSITION FORCES AS
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYRIAN
PEOPLE.
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY
WILLIAM HAGUE RECOGNIZED IT
TODAY -- THAT AGAINST SYRIAN
PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD.
U.S. HAS RECOGNIZED SYRIAN
FORCES.
THEY NEED TO SERVE THE BEST
INTERESTS OF ALL SYRIANS.
FBI CHARGED FOUR CALIFORNIA
MEN SUSPECTED OF INSPIRING TO
KILL AMERICANS AND DESTROY U.S.
TARGET OVERSEAS.
ONE SERVED IN THE U.S. AIR
FORCE.
PRELIMINARY HEARING SET IN
DECEMBER, THEY COULD FACE A
MAXIMUM OF 15 YEARS IN PRISON.
FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTED HOBBY
LOBBY FOR EXEMPT OF MANDATE OF
'OBAMACARE.' THEY RULED THEY
WERE ONLY INDIRECTLY BURDENED BY
THE MANDATE'S REQUIREMENT.
EVERY AMERICAN INCLUDING FAMILY
BUSINESS OWNERS SHOULD BE FREE
TO LIVE AND DO BUSINESS
ACCORDING TO THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
COMPANY PLANS TO APPEAL THE
DECISION.
MITT ROMNEY'S POOR SHOWING
WITH HISPANICS HAS IGNITED A
STRONG DEBATE AMONG THE PARTY.
PAUL STRAND HAS THE STORY FROM
WASHINGTON.
A TINY MINORITY OF
ANTI-IMMIGRATION REPUBLICANS,
THEY HAD TO SHY AWAY FROM
REFORM.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
IT, WHEN MITT ROMNEY GOT ASKED
ABOUT IMMIGRATION, IT WAS VERY
AWKWARD.
WHAT DO I DO WITH MY HANDS?
IT IS A STANCE THAT CAME BACK
TO ROMNEY WHEN HISPANICS TURNED
ON HIM.
THEY WERE OFFENDED BY HIM.
ONLY 27% OF LATINOS VOTED.
RICH LAND SAID RONALD REAGAN
DID UM GALATIANS IMMIGRATION,
WE SHOULD EMBRACE IT NOW.
IDENTITY CARDS, CLEAR PATH TO
CITIZENSHIP, FLEXIBLE GUESS
WORKER PROGRAM THAT LETS
FOREIGNERS COME AND GO EASILY.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN BE
SOLVED.
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WAY AHEAD OF
WHERE THEIR ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES.
MOST LATINOS EMBRACE
'OBAMACARE,' BIGGER GOVERNMENT,
MUCH HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE AND SO
ON.
THESE ARE VOTERS THAT
DISAGREE.
I CAN'T DISAGREE WITH HIM
MORE.
AGULAR SAYS DEAL WITH
IMMIGRATION REFORM AND THEY WILL
TURN AROUND.
THEY WILL RECEIVE THE
CONSERVATIVE MESSAGE WELL, THEY
ARE PRO-LIFE AND FAMILY.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
AFTER TWO WEEKS OF
RECOUNTING, ALLEN WEST GIVES UP
FIGHT TO REMAIN IN CONGRESS.
REPUBLICAN CONCEDED TO DEMOCRAT
PATRICK MURPHY.
WHILE A CONTEST OF THE ELECTION
RESULTS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED VOTE
TOTALS WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE
THE OUTCOME WOULD CHANGE.
WEST IS KNOWN FOR FIERY SPEECHES
AND OFF THE CUFF COMMENTS
CALLING THE MAJORITY OF
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS
COMMUNISTS.
COMING UP, HAMAS IN THE
MEDIA.
DAN GAINER JOINS US TO TALK
ABOUT THE TERRORIST GROUP.
AS THE CONFLICT BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND GAZA CONTINUES TO
PLAY OUT, ORGANIZATION HAMAS IS
MAKING PLENTY OF HEAD LINES,
STATE DEPARTMENT AND OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZE THE
ORGANIZATION AS A TERRORIST
GROUP.
IN AN OPINION PIECE FOR FOX
NEWS, DAN GAINER OF THE MEDIA
RESEARCH CENTER POINTS OUT THAT
RECOGNITION DOESN'T CARRY OVER
IN THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA.
IN MORE THAN 60% NEWS COVERAGE,
TERRORIST IS REPLACED WITH
MILITANT.
WHY IS IT THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA
IS AVOIDING THE WORD?
CBS HAS BACKED OFF ON THIS.
OVER THE WEEKEND CBS
ACKNOWLEDGED U.S. AND ISRAEL
THINK OF HAMAS AS A TERROR
GROUP.
THEY WON'T CALL THEM DIRECTLY.
IT IS THE SAME GARBAGE MORAL
EQUIVALENCY WE GOT DURING THE
SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED
STATES.
HERE YOU HAVE THE ONLY TRUE
DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDEAST IN
ISRAEL.
NETWORKS WANT TO TREAT THEM AS
EQUAL.
ABC TREATS HAMAS BETTER.
DAN, IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT IS
THE MOTIVATION FOR ALEX MARKWARD
AND OTHERS OF ABC NEWS AND
OTHERS, DO THEY HAVE AN OBVIOUS
BIAS TO THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE?
ABC IS THE NETWORK THAT HAS
THE NETWORK REPORTERS
PRO-PALESTINIAN.
TO IMBED MARKWARD IN GAZA, SO
ONE SIDE REPORTING, GIVES THEM
IMPRESSION THEY ARE THOROUGHLY
ON ONE SIDE.
NETWORK NEWS COVERAGE IS
FAVORABLE.
MEDIA USED TO LOVE ISRAEL WHEN
THEY SAW THEM AS AN UNDERDOG.
THEY GET THE POSITIVE PRESS.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT.
IF WE CAN DIG DEEPER.
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICAN JEWS
ARE POLITICALLY LIBERAL.
WHY IS IT THAT THE MAIN STREAM
MEDIA TEND TO SIDE AGAINST
ISRAEL?
I THINK THE MAIN STREAM
MEDIA, TO SOME EXTEND ARE
DISAPPOINTED IN ISRAEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EXPECT
ISRAEL TO ROLL OVER AND LOSE.
THEY DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT
ISRAEL IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL
NATION.
THOSE OF US THAT ARE
CONSERVATIVES, I DON'T AGREE
WITH THE POLITICS, THEY ARE
SURROUNDED BY ISLAMISTS OR
DICTATORS, IN COMPARISON, MEDIA
DON'T LIKE THE MILITARY ASPECTS
OF ISRAEL.
THEY CREATED THIS MORAL
EQUIVALEN
EQUIVALENCY, THEY WANT ISRAEL TO
LOSE MAN FOR MAN, WOMAN FOR
WOMAN AS MUCH AS PALESTINIANS.
IT IS INSANE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR INSIGHT, WE APPRECIATE
YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
NEW ANY THANK YOU, GOD BLESS.
NEW PAKISTANI COURT ACQUITTED
14-YEAR-OLD ROMSON -- THERE WAS
AN INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY OVER
PAKISTAN'S STRICT BLASPHEMY
LAWS.
UP NEXT, IT MAYBE ONLY
TUESDAY, FOLKS ARE PREPARING FOR
BLACK FRIDAY.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE LINES
ARE ALREADY FORMING.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY LINING UP FOR BLACK
FRIDAY DEALS, EVEN THOUGH THERE
ARE THREE DAYS TO GO. I DO
IT EVERY YEAR.
EVERY YEAR I REGRET IT.
WHEN THE DAY COMES I ENJOY IT.
40 INCH LCD ON SALE FOR $149.
AND LAP TOP AND BAG AND SECURITY
SYSTEM FOR $350.
MORE THAN 147 MILLION
AMERICANS EXPECTED TO HIT THE
STORES IN SEARCH OF THE BEST
BLACK FRIDAY DEALS.
SOME HAVE PLANS TO OPEN THEIR
DOORS EARLIER THAN EVER, TARGET,
WAL-MA
WAL-MART, SEARS AND KMART ALL
OPEN.
ONE TARGET EMPLOYEE IS
PUSHING MANAGERS TO RE-THINK
THEIR DECISION.
CASEY ST. CLAIR COLLECTED 350
SIXTIES.
MONDAY THE 24-YEAR-OLD
CALIFORNIA WOMAN DELIVERED THE
SIGNATURES TO TARGET
HEADQUARTERS IN MINNESOTA.
THEY ARE SETTING THEMSELVES
TO OPEN UP ALL DAY ON
THANKSGIVING.
SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE TO
COMBAT THIS. WE HAVE HEARD
THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR PLAN
AND APPRECIATE THEY CAN PICK UP
ADDITIONAL HOURS AND EXCITED
ABOUT THE HOLIDAY INCENTIVE PAY.
ST. CLAIR IS THE GOAL OF
FIGHTING FOR THANKSGIVING TO BE
JUST ANOTHER DAY OF BUSINESS.
CITY LEADERS THE CALIFORNIA
HAVE PULLED THE PLUG ON A
NATIVITY SCENE.
THE DISPLAY HAS BEEN ERECT FOR
MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
A FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTED THE
LAWSUIT.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
REPORTER: A SERIES OF
EIGHT-FOOT NATIVITY SCENES HAD
BEEN A TRADITION HOWEVER AFTER
SIX DECADES, CITY LEADERS BANNED
THE DISPLAYS.
THE NATIVITY SCENES BLOCKED THE
VIEW AND COST THE CITY TOO MUCH
TO MANAGE THE PRIVATE EXHIBITS.
COALITION OF CHURCHES THAT PUTS
UP THE NATIVITY SCENES DOESN'T
BELIEVE THE REASONS.
THEY CLAIM ATHEIST WHO FLOODED
THE CITY WITH PAPERWORK ARE TO
BLAME.
THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH
VIOLATED, A FEDERAL JUDGE BACKED
THE CITY.
THIS AMOUNTS TO AN EROSION OF
FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH.
ATTORNEYS SAY THE DISPLAYS
CREATE A BURDEN THAT HAD BEEN
GROWING FOR 20 YEARS.
ATHEIST AND SECULAR GROUPS WON
MOST OF THE DISPLAY SPACES.
THE CONTENT WASN'T THE ISSUE,
BUT RESOURCES.
SANTA MONICA CITY HAD TO HIRE
RESOURCES. I THINK IT IS
MORE THAT SANTA MONICA DOESN'T
WANT TO DEAL WITH THE
CONTROVERSY.
I LIKE THE TRADITION OF SHG
THEM OUT. COURT SAYS THE
CHURCHES CAN PURSUE OTHER
OPTIONS.
CHRISTMAS CAROLLING IS STILL AN
OPTION AND DISPLAYS ALLOWED AT
OTHER PARKS.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
UP NEXT, TREKKING 300 MILES
IN THE NAME OF REHAB.
TWO VETERANS RAISE AWARENESS FOR
FELLOW BROTHERS IN ARMS.
TWO WASHINGTON MEN NOT ONLY
BROTHERS IN ARMS.
NEW THEY ARE COMRADES WITH A
CAUSE.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS
DO.
I AM DOING IT FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU GUYS DON'T GET ENOUGH
GRATITUDE. THEY ARE WALKING
300 MILES FROM KEN WICK TO
SEATTLE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND
RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR
ORGANIZATION, THE SHADOW SIX
FOUNDATION.
THEIR HOPE IS TO BUILD A SOLDIER
SANCTUARY IN ELLENSBURG,
WASHINGTON.
A PLACE WHERE GUYS CAN HEAL
WITH BROTHERHOOD.
WE ARE THRUST BACK INTO THE
CIVILIAN WORLD.
THE MEN SUPPORT AND THE KIND
WORDS THEY HAVE RECEIVED KEEPS
THEM GOING ENOUGH NEW AMAZING.
I HOPE THEY HAVE GOOD BOOTS.
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE WEARING
THEIR ARMY GEAR.
GOD BLESS THEM.
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