TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" PEACE
FOLLOWING A DAY OF ROCKET FIRE.
LATEST ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN
GAZA AND ISRAEL.
WE HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE
INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH ISRAELI AMBASSADOR MICHAEL
OREN.
WHATEVER YOU GRATEFUL FOR THIS
THANKSGIVING?
WE HAVE A UNIQUE WHAT PEEK ARE
TALKING ABOUT ACROSS SOCIAL
MEDIA.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." EGYPT ANNOUNCE AS
CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND HAMAS STARTING
TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
IT DIDN'T COME EASY ESPECIALLY
AFTER A TERRORIST BOMB WENT OFF
IN A BUS IN THE HEART OF ISRAEL.
OUR JERUSALEM BUREAU REPORTS, A
COMPLETE CEASE-FIRE AS LONG AS
HAMAS STOPS FIRING ROCKETS FROM
GAZA.
HAMAS CONTINUES TO FIRE ROCKETS
DESPITE THE NEWS OF A PEACE
DEAL.
JULIE STALL REPORTS ON THE
LATEST.
REPORTER: HAMAS CLAIMS
RESPONSIBILITY WHILE DIPLOMATIC
EFFORTS CONTINUE TOWARDS A
CEASE-FIRE.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID ISRAEL
IS IN A BATTLE TO SAVE LIVES.
IF THERE IS A LONG TERM
SOLUTION THROUGH DIPLOMATIC
MEANS, WE PREFER THAT, IF NOT I
AM SURE YOU UNDERSTAND ISRAEL
WILL HAVE TO TAKE WHATEVER
ACTION IS NECESSARY.
CLINTON SAYS ISRAEL'S
COMMITMENT TO SECURITY IS
UNWAVERING.
IT IS E SENSUAL ESSENTIAL TO
DEESCALATE THE ROCKET FIRE.
ROCKETS FIRED IN RISHON
LEZION.
WE UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING
HAPPENED NEARBY.
PALESTINIANS SAY 120 PEOPLE
KILLED IN GAZA AND HUNDREDS OF
OTHERS WOUNDED.
HAMAS EXECUTED SIX SUSPECTED
COLLABORATORS.
THE ARMY RELEASED THIS VIDEO
SHOWING AN ABORTED BOMBING
MISSION BECAUSE CIVILIANS ARE IN
THE AREA.
FOR NOW THE BATTLE RAGES, CBN
NEWS, CHARLENE ISRAEL, RISHON
LEZION, IZ ISRAEL.
PAT ROBERTSON SPOKE WITH
CHRIS MITCHELL ON TODAY'S "700
CLUB." THEY DISCUSSED THAT AND
HAMAS'S GREATER AGENDA.
PAT, IT IS THE UNTOLD STORY.
WHAT IS HAMAS TRYING TO DO?
THEY WANT TO DESTROY JEWISH
STATE AND KILL JEWS.
PART OF THE CHARTER SAYS, DAY OF
JUDGMENT WON'T COME UNTIL THE
MUSLIMS KILL THE JEWS.
THERE WILL COME A TIME, HERE IS
A JEW, COME AND KILL HIM.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO DESTROY
THE JEWISH STATE, ESTABLISH A
CALL FIT.
THAT IS THE CONTEXT OF THIS
CONFLICT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROCKETS OR
THE IRON DOME.
THIS IS A BATTLE OF
CIVILIZATIONS, ISRAEL IS ON THE
FRONT LINE.
PAT: DO YOU THINK IT IS A
FANT FOR THEM TO TEST ISRAELI
DEFENSES?
PART IS IRAN.
MIDDLE EAST HAS CHANGED, PAT.
HAMAS FEELS EM BOLDEN BECAUSE OF
THE CHANGES.
YOU HAVE EGYPT, MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD PRESIDENT.
THEY ARE GETTING LOGISTICAL
SUPPORT FROM EGYPT.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE EMIR OF GUTTER
FROM THE GULF STATES VISITED
HAMAS.
FIRST STATE LEADER TO VISIT
HAMAS.
TURKEY ACCUSED OF ETHNIC
CLEANSING.
THE POLITICS HAS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY IN HAMAS'S FAVOR
AND JORDAN AS A POSSIBLE STATE
THAT COULD FALL TO MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD, SYRIA COULD FALL TO
A MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-LIKE
GOVERNMENT.
ISRAEL FINDS ITSELF IN AN
UNSTABLE SITUATION.
THERE IS A REGIONAL WAR.
ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.S. SAYS CONFLICT WILL STOP
ONLY WHEN HAMAS STOPS FIRING
ROCKETS.
THEY PLACED CEASE-FIRE TALKS IN
JEOPARDY.
AMBASSADOR OREN, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IN HIS
MEETING WITH SECRETARY CLINTON
SAID ISRAEL HAS TO TAKE WHATEVER
ACTIONS NECESSARY.
SECRETARY CLINTON TALKED ABOUT
URGENT NEED FOR DEESCALATION?
FIRST OF ALL, WE AGREE THERE
IS URGENT NEED FOR DEESCALATION.
HAMAS HAS FIRED 1500 ROCKETS,
200 TODAY ALONE.
TWO PEOPLE KILLED TODAY.
FIRED 800 ROCKETS AT US.
NO QUESTION OF DEESCALATION.
IT HAS TO BEGIN WITH HAMAS TO
STOP THE ROCKETS.
THEN WE WILL DISCUSS A LONG-TERM
SOLUTION.
THAT WILL MEAN NO MORE SMUGGLING
OF IRANIAN ROCKETS INTO THE GAZA
STRIP.
AND THE TERRORISTS WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO OPEN FIRE ON ISRAEL.
HOW LIKELY IS IT DO YOU THINK
THERE WILL BE A GROUND ASSAULT?
WHAT SCENARIO DO YOU SEE
HAPPENING FOR THAT TO BE LIKELY?
I CAN TELL YOU, I AM FROM
JERUSALEM, PROPHECY IS NOT
NECESSARILY MY STRONG POINT.
I CAN TELL YOU IF THE TERRORISTS
DO NOT STOP SHOOTING, WE WILL
HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE ALL
THE NECESSARY AND LEGITIMATE
MEANS TO DEFEND OUR CITIZENS.
THAT IS WHAT ANY COUNTRY WOULD
DO.
CERTAINLY ANY COUNTRY WITH A
ROUGH NEIGHBOR.
WE HAVE A BOLD CITIZEN'S ARMEY,
CALLED UP THOUSANDS OF
RESERVISTS, THE MINUTE MEN AND
WOMEN OF ISRAEL.
THEY LEFT THEIR KIDS TO DEFEND
THEIR COUNTRY.
ISRAEL HAS BEEN DELIBERATE IN
AVOIDING CASUALTIES.
TALK ABOUT ISRAEL HAS CONDUCTED
ITSELF VS.S HAMAS?
WE VIEW IT AS A FAILURE.
WE ARE FIGHTING AN ENEMY THAT
VIEWS KILLING CIVILIANS ON OUR
SIDE A VICTORY.
AMBASSADOR, OREN, ANYTHING LS
YOU WANTED TO ADD?
I WANT TO THANK YOUR VIEWERS.
WE HAVE NO BETTER FRIENDS.
YOUR PRAYERS ARE DEEPLY
APPRECIATED.
IN HEBREW, [ FOREIGN SPEAKING ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
EXTENDED INTERVIEW AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
LATER IN THIS NEWS CAST, YOU'LL
SEE HOW CBN IS HELPING THEM FIND
SHELTER.
AAA SAYS TODAY IS THE BUSIEST
TRAVEL DAY OF THE YEAR.
OTHER PROBLEMS, A SHORTAGE OF
RENTAL CARS IN NORTHEAST, ROUGH
WEATHER IN NORTHWEST, A MAJOR
PROTEST AT LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THIS IS PART OF THE FRONT.
FIGHT THE FIGHT AND FIGHT THE
CROWDS.
75% OF THE COUNTRY RAIN FREE.
AROUND 43%, 43.6 MILLIONS
EXPECTED TO TRAVEL 50 MILES OR
MORE, LESS THAN 1% INCREASE FROM
LAST YEAR.
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON COULD MEAN
BAD NEWS FOR CHARITIES.
AMERICANS MAY SPEND MORE BUT
GIVE LESS WITH THE CURRENT
ECONOMY.
51% OF U.S. ADULTS WOULD BE MORE
LIKELY TO GIVE A CHARITABLE GIFT
AS A PRESENTED.
THIS YEAR THE PERCENTAGE
DROPPED.
MEANINGFUL GIFTS THAT GIVE TO
CHARITIES THAT HELP OTHERS.
A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL IS
KICKING OUT A STUDENT FOR
REFUSING TO WEAR A SMART ID
TRACKING BADGE.
JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL REQUIRES
STUDENTS TO WEAR THEM.
ANDRIA HERNANDEZ SAYS NEW ID
VIOLATES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND
PRIVACY.
SHE WILL BE WITH DRAWN FROM
SCHOOL THIS MONDAY.
THE GROUP'S PRESIDENT SAYS IT IS
A SAD DAY WHEN SCHOOL OFFICIALS
DENY SOMEONE AN EDUCATION SIMPLY
BECAUSE SHE STANDS UP FOR WHAT
SHE BLOELIEVES IN.
A FEDERAL COURT IS BANNING NEW
YORK CITY FROM BANNING SCHOOL
BUILDINGS FOR WORSHIP SERVICES.
THEY HAVE NOT RULED IN THE 12
YEAR OLD CASE.
HOBBY LOBBY TAKEN A NEW STEP
AGAINST 'OBAMACARE' MANDATE.
CHRISTIAN OWNERS HAVE FILED A
FEDERAL APPEAL AFTER A LOWER
COURT DENIED REQUEST.
THEY COULD FACE DAILY FINES UP
TO 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS FOR
FAILURE TO REPLY.
IT IS BY GOD'S GRACE THAT HOBBY
LOBBY HAS ENDURED.
WE SEEK TO HONOR GOD IN A MANNER
CONSISTENT WITH BIBLICAL
PRINCIPLES.
CBN ISRAEL IS STEPPING IN TO
HELP.
HERE IN AMERICA, IT IS HARD
TO FAT OM WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
HAVE ROCKETS FLYING OVER YOUR
HOME.
CBN ISRAEL IS TRYING TO HELP
ONE FAMILY AT A TIME.
THEY HAVE FOUND QUIET SHELTER
FOR THE MOMENT.
THEY HAVE SPENT DAYS WATCHING
ROCKETS FALL AND EXPLODE TOO
CLOSE TO HOME.
LIVING BY THE GAZA STRIP, WE
HEAR THE MISSILES COMING IN AS
WELL AS THE PLANES BOMBING.
IT IS HARD TO SHAKE YOUR KIDS
AWAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
THEY WAKE UP SAY WHAT IS GOING
ON?
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
WE ARE ONLY FIVE SECONDS
AWAY.
WE HEAR THE SIRENS AND FOUR
SECONDS LATER, MISSILES FALL ALL
AROUND US.
MORTERS NEXT TO OUR HOUSE
EVERYDAY.
CBN ISRAEL HAS GIVEN DOZENS
OF ISRAELI FAMILIES PROVIDED
SAFE SHELTER, FOOD AND A QUIET
HOTEL FAR FROM THE BOMBING.
SUDDENLY EVERYTHING IN OUR
LI
LIVES IS CALM.
THEY COULDN'T RIDE THEIR BIKE
OR LIVE BECAUSE OF THE MORTERS
AND MISSILES FALLING ALL AROUND
US. HAVING A CHANCE TO
RELAX IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS
FAMILY.
A DEGENERATIVE ILLNESS LEFT THIS
MAN DISABLED.
WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS TO
TAKE COVER, WE GET TO THE
SHELTER AND THE KIDS ASK WHERE
IS DAD?
I CANNOT CARRY THE WHOLE FAMILY.
THANKS TO CBN ISRAEL STAYING
HERE HAS GIVEN THEM A MUCH
NEEDED REST.
THIS IS A FRESH AIR FOR US.
THIS IS GIVING US THE
STRENGTH TO CONTINUE ON.
I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BUT BLESS
YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN SEE THE JOY ON OUR
CHILDREN'S FACES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU HAVE GIVEN US A BREAK.
I CAN'T EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE.
WE'LL LOOK BACK ON THE DAYS OF
THIS HOTEL AS THE BEST DAYS OF
OUR LIVES.
AND WELCOME BACK, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY PLUNGED INTO THE
DARK FOR DAYS AFTER HURRICANE
SANDY. SUPERSTORM REVEALED
MANY OF OUR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
IN BAD SHAPE.
THAT MAKES AMERICA MORE
VULNERABLE TO TERRORISTS.
AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES ARE
TICKING TIME BOMBS.
PROBLEM LIES IN A POWER GRID
SIMPLY TOO OLD AND CAN'T KEEP
UP.
TRANSFORMERS EXCEED THEIR LIFE
SPAN.
THEY PUT GREATER STRESS ON THE
FRAME WORK NEVER MEANT TO SEE
THE 21ST CENTURY.
IF UPGRADES AREN'T MADE A
PRIORITY, RESULTS CATASTROPHIC,
NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY, BUT
WORLDWIDE.
WE WITNESSED WEEKS AGO HOW
HURRICANE SANDY BROUGHT THE
WORLD'S FINANCIAL CENTER AND
AMERICA'S LARGEST CITY TO ITS
KNEES.
MULTIBILLION DOLLAR DISASTER
PAILS IN COMPARISON TO WHAT
COULD HAPPEN WITH A COMPLETE
MELT DOWN.
WHEN YOU SAW THE DAMAGE TO
THE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION.
YOU START HEATING UP THE SYSTEM,
EQUIPMENT BECOMES DAMAGED.
NEW YORK'S ELECTRICITY MOVES
FROM POWER PLANTS TO
TRANSFORMERS AT A HIGH VOLTAGE.
THEY TRANSFORM IT, IT IS THEN
SENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IF A SWITCH YARD IS TAKEN OUT.
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE POWER
PLANT AND ALL THE LOCAL LINES IS
LOST.
IT MEANS NO WATER OR STEAM.
THAT HAPPENED DURING SANDY AT
THE 14TH STREET SWITCH YARD.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.
IT IS A VERTICAL CITY HAS NO
WATER.
WE HAVE SEEN THE COLLAPSE OF
FAILURE OF THE STEAM SYSTEM.
STEAM PLANTS RELY ON POWER TO
OPERATE THE PLANT.
SOME HAVE GENERATORS, NOT ALL.
IF THEY LOSE THE STEAM PLANT IN
THE SUMMERTIME, IT IS DIFFICULT,
A LOT OF CUSTOMERS ARE IN
TROUBLE.
IF THEY LOSE IN THE WINTERTIME,
NOW YOU HAVE MAJOR RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS DEPENDENT.
IT LED TO LOOTING AND CHAOS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FEAR A
LONGER TERM SCENARIO.
THERE IS SUCH A THING OF GOOD
AND EVIL.
HOW LONG CAN YOU STAY ON YOUR
FEET WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO
EVACUATE A BUILDING, THE SUBWAY
TUNNELS AND GET TO THE HOSPITAL
AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THOSE
PEOPLE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE ORDINARY PERSON.
THE REAL THREAT OF TERRORISTS.
THEY ARE AMONGST US.
THE MANY MINUTE THEY ARE
PREOCCUPIED ALL THOSE OTHER
THINGS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE AND
THAT IS WHAT THEY LOOK FOR.
THE ELECTRICITY POWERS THE NEW
YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEMS.
IF IT IS THIS ACCESSIBLE TO US,
HAD THE TERRORIST FLOWN TWO
PLANES INTO THIS FACILITY, THE
CONSEQUENCES TO NEW YORK CITY
AND THE NATION WOULD HAVE BEEN
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE MORE
DAMAGING.
THERE WAS A SOLUTION TO CITY
LEADERS BACK IN 2001, A
CO-GENERATION PLANT, ABLE TO
KEEP UP WITH 21ST CENTURY
TECHNOLOGY.
IT IS A PLACE WHERE WE COULD
ELECTRIFY THE PLANT.
EVEN IF A GRID WENT DOWN, OUR
PLANT WOULD STAY UP AND RUNNING.
ON TOP OF THE PLANT WE ARE GOING
TO PUT A PARK.
IT WOULD HAVE USED PRIVATE
INVESTORS UNDER A PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CLEAN AND
GREEN.
WE WOULD HAVE CLEANED UP THE
AIR AND WATER.
VICTOR MAINTAINS, POLITICS
AND A LACK OF SUPPORT LED TO A
REJECTION OF HIS PLANT IN COURT.
IF IT HAD BEEN IN OPERATION, IT
COULD HAVE KEPT THE LIGHTS ON
DURING HURRICANE SANDY.
WHAT IS THE HOLD UP IN FIXING
THIS AGING SYSTEM?
CBN NEWS SPOKE WITH NEW YORK
GOVERNOR GEORGE PATAKI.
IT MIGHT NOT BE POPULAR.
CERTAINLY NEVER IS POPULAR WHEN
YOU HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT GOING NEAR WHERE SOMEONE
LIVES AND WORKS.
YOU CAN'T FOCUS ON THE ISSUES OF
JUST TODAY.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
MEANS TOMORROW.
TSZ A BALANCING ACT.
SOME PEOPLE CAN'T DO IT.
VERY OFTEN THE FUTURE NEEDS,
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE WHAT IS
FORGOTTEN.
NEW VICTOR WILL CONTINUE TO
FIGHT WITH THE HOPE THAT CITY
AND STATE LEADERS WILL GET ON
BOARD BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
ALL INFRASTRUCTURE EVER BUILT
HAS FAILED.
OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE WILL
EVENTUALLY FAIL.
SOONER THAT WE AUGMENT AND
REINFORCE THIS OLD
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SAFER WE
WILL BE TO PREVENT THAT DAY OF
RECKONING.
KATELYN BURRINGS, CBN NEWS,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
IF YOU SPEND TIME ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, YOU MAY HAVE PARTICIPATED
IN POSTING NOTES OF
THANKSGIVING. AND ANDRIA
GARRETT DID.
SHE HAS BEEN HERE 25 YEARS.
ANDRIA HAS BEEN TELLING US
THANKSGIVING HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF
YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GET
INVOLVED IN THANKSGIVING?
SOMEONE INVITED ME TO DO ONE
THING I AM THANKFUL FOR, NO
MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL.
I TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO, THIS YEAR I HAVE
BEEN DOING IT AGAIN AND INVITING
OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN ME.
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING TO YOU?
I THOUGHT THIS WAS NICE.
SHE IS FINDING IT SURPRISINGLY
DIFFICULT.
SHE SAYS I REALIZED THE REASON I
AM HAVING TROUBLE, I HAVE SO DOG
GONE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR THIS GREAT
COUNTRY WE LIVE IN.
NOT ALL FOLKS ARE DEALING
WITH HAPPY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS IS VERY POIGNANT, I
THOUGHT.
NOVEMBER 17TH, GRATEFUL FOR THE
MANY HOURS ALONE WITH MY DAD.
HE IS IN HOSPICE, THANKS FOR
YOUR PRAYERS.
THE FOLLOWING DAY SHE SAID
GRATEFUL FOR MY LOVE OF
CLASSICAL MUSIC.
IT IS NEAT TO SHARE IN
SOMEONE'S GRIEF AS WELL AS
THANKSGIVING.
THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PERSON
THANKFUL FOR THE MOST MUNDANE OF
THINGS.
PEOPLE SAY THINGS, I AM
THANKFUL FOR THE EVERYDAY
NECESSITIES, HEAT, RUNNING
WATER, ELECTRICITY AND COFFEE.
I CAN RELATE TO THAT.
A LOT OF TIMES, WE ARE
REMINDED FOR THE EVERYDAY THINGS
WE TAKE FOR
GRANTED.
THIS
HAS
HELPED
YOU.
I
HAVE BEEN
THANKFUL FOR
EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE.
I AM THANKFUL FOR
MY
HEALTH.
THE
OLDER I GET THE MORE I
REALIZE WHAT A GIFT IT WAS.
THOSE OF US THAT HAVE
A
PRIVILEGE OF
BEING ON CAMERA ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE BEHIND THE
SCENES PEOPLE LIKE ANDRIA, HAPPY
THANKSGIVING TO YOU.
GREAT.
AND HAPPEN
THANKSGIVING
TO
YOU.
THAT IS NICE. WE WISH
EVERYONE A THANKFUL
THANKSGIVING.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR ANDRIA
LETTING US USE HER COFFEE
