WELCOME TO THIS EDITION
"OF CBN NEWS FOCUS, I'M "
EPHRAIM GRAHAM.
HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS
GATHERED TO PRAY FOR THEIR
COUNTRY AS HAMAS CONTINUED
TO LAUNCH HUNDREDS OF
"ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL, AND "
THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE
CARRIED OUT STRIKES ON
TARGETS.
JULIE STALL HAS MORE FROM
ISRAEL.
Reporter: HAMAS
INTENSIFIED ITS MISSILE
BARAGES AGAINST SOUTHERN
ISRAEL OVER THE WEEKEND.
MORE THAN 540 ROCKETS HAVE
CLAIMED INTO ISRAEL SO
"FAR, WITH MORE THAN "
ANOTHER 300 INTERCEPTED BY
THE IRON DOME ANTI-MISSILE
BATTERY.
HIS HOUSE WAS HIT LAST
WEEK WHILE HIS WIFE AND
CHILDREN SAT PROTECTED IN
THEIR SAFE ROOM.
I DON'T WANT TO THINK
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE A SHELTER.
Reporter: THE ISRAELI
ARMY POUNDED HAMAS
BUILDINGS AND WEAPONS
STORAGE FACILITIES BY LAND
AND SEA OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY HAVE TARGETED MORE
THAN 1350 TARGETS.
THE IDEA IS TO INFLICT
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
HAMAS HEADQUARTERS IN THE
"GAZA STRIP, INCLUDING THE "
OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER
"AMRI, THE MINISTRY, THE "
"POLICE COMPOUND, AND THE "
TRAINING CAMPS.
Reporter: IN ONE
"CASE, PALESTINIANS SAY A "
BOMB KILLED 11 MEMBERS OF
"ONE FAMILY, INCLUDING "
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
BUT ONE SAYS THE BAD PRESS
AGAINST ISRAEL ISN'T FAIR.
"JUST REMEMBER, EVERY "
TIME SOMEBODY HOLDS UP A
CHILD THAT IS HURT IN
"GAZA, WHICH WE HOPE THEY "
"AREN'T, BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS"
TO PLACE BEHIND THAT
PICTURE SOME SYRIANS.
I WISH THE YELLING WOULD
STOP AT ISRAEL.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST.
"WE KNOW OUR SOLDIERS, "
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO DO
ANYTHING TO THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION.
Reporter: ISRAELI
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE
ONGOING MILITARY OPERATION
REMAINS HIGH.
HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS
GATHERED AT THE WESTERN
WALL TO PRAY FOR THEIR
NATION AND PROTECTION FOR
THEIR ARMY.
"THEY PRAYED PSALM 121: ""HE"
"WHO KEEPS ISRAEL, NEITHER "
"SLUMBER NOR SLEEP."" "
BUT SOME WESTERN LEADER
ARE WARNING ISRAEL NOT TO
SEND SOLDIER INTO GAZA.
THE ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER
SAYS ISRAEL EXPECTS THE
WORLD TO STAND BEHIND
ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND
ITSELF.
WE EXPECT OUR ALLIES TO
"SUPPORT US, TO USE ALL "
"TOOLS AVAILABLE, IN ORDER "
TO DEFEND OUR PEOPLE.
Reporter: JULIE
"STALL, CBN NEWS, BEER "
"TUBIA, ISRAEL. "
Reporter: NO ONE
KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE
DEADLY ATTACKS AT ISRAEL
THAN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
ON THE BORDER OF GAZA.
CBN'S SCOTT ROSS RECENTLY
VISITED TO SEE WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO LIVE UNDER
CONSTANT FIRE.
Reporter: THEY CALL
IT ROCKET TOWN.
THE BOMB SHELTER CAPITAL
OF THE WORLD.
"FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, "
ISRAELIS IN STEROD AND
SOUTHERN ISRAEL HAVE LIVED
UNDER ALMOST DAILY ROCKET
ATTACKS FROM THE GAZA
STRIP.
IS THIS REPRESENTATIVE
OF WHAT YOU'RE DEALING
WITH ALL OF THE TYPE?
THE TRUTH IS VERY SMALL
FRACTIONS OF THE ROCKETS
EXPLODED HERE.
WE'VE HAD OVER 44 PEOPLE
"KILLED BY ROCKET FIRE, "
OVER 1200 HAVE BEEN
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
"AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE"
THE ENTIRE GENERATION THAT
GREW UP WITH THIS KIND OF
REALITY OF SIRENS GOING
OFF.
Reporter: DAVID WAS
"BORN AND RAISED IN STEROD,"
AND HAVE BEEN THE CITY'S
MAYOR FOR 14 YEARS.
"YOU LOVE THIS TOWN, YOU"
LOVE THE PEOPLE --
OF COURSE.
SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT LOVE
THIS TOWN CANNOT LIVE
HERE.
"Reporter: DAY BY DAY, "
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS
"LIFESTYLE, WHERE ROCKETS "
"ARE BEING SHOWERED, "
"LITERALLY, UPON YOU. "
HOW DOES ONE ADJUST TO
"THAT, IF YOU EVER DO, "
REALLY?
"IN 2001, IT WAS THE "
FIRST MISSILE THAT
LAUNCHED THROUGH THIS
CITY.
"SINCE THEN, WE HAD MORE "
"THAN 8,000 MISSILES. "
"Reporter: 8,000? "
"8,000 MISSILES THAT "
LAND ONLY IN SHEROD.
IT IS A LITTLE TOWN.
5.5 SCARE KILOMETRES.
"25,000 PEOPLE LIVE HERE. "
"YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT 8,000"
HIT ALMOST EVERY APARTMENT
AND HOUSE IN THIS CITY.
Reporter: HE SAYS
MANY ISRAELIS HERE SUFFER
FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER.
THE MAYOR TOOK ME TO A
"HILL ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, "
WHERE WE COULD SEE JUST
HOW CLOSE THE GAZA STRIP
IS.
THIS IS THE BORDER.
IT IS 840 METERS.
IT IS SOMETHING LIKE HALF
A MILE.
Reporter: THEY COULD
FIRE ROCKETS AT THESE
TOWERS AND NOT BEND
DOWN --
YES.
THEY LAUNCH ROCKETS
THROUGH THE ELECTRIC POWER
SPACES.
Reporter: YOU SUPPLY
GAZA --
"WE GIVE THEM ELECTRIC, "
AND THEY LAUNCH ROCKETS
WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER
"STATION, AND THEN THEY "
COMPLAIN THEY HAVE
DARKNESS.
Reporter: EVERYONE
WHO DRIVES IN STEROD TURNS
OFF THE RADIO AND ROLLS
"THE WINDOWS DOWN, READY TO"
HEAR THE COLOR RED SIREN
TO MAKE A MAD DASH FOR
SAFETY.
AND HERE I AM IN A
PLAYGROUND WHERE KIDS COME
AND PLAY.
"HERE IS A CATEPILLAR, AND "
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
"WORLD, THIS WOULD BE A "
NORMAL CATEPILLAR.
"HOWEVER, THIS IS A BIT "
DIFFERENT.
"THIS IS, IN FACT, A BOMB "
SHELTER.
SO WHEN KIDS COME OUT HERE
TO PLAY.
"A SIREN GOES OFF, AND THEY"
HAVE 15 SECONDS TO GET
INSIDE HERE TO BE
PROTECTED FROM FALLING
BOMBS.
HOW DOES THIS ENVIRONMENT
AFFECT CHILDREN AS THEY'RE
GROWING UP?
ONLY YESTERDAY WAS
TALKING TO ONE OF MY
"FRIENDS, THAT HER BOY IS "
"IN OUR KINDERGARTEN, TOO. "
WE HAD TWO ALARMS
"YESTERDAY, OR THE DAY "
BEFORE -- I DON'T
REMEMBER -- AND HE WAS SO
"PANICKED, SHE HAD TO GET "
OUT OF WORK AND COME AND
GET HIM.
HE IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD.
Reporter: HE IS THEIR
SOCIAL WORKER.
WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF
WHERE A BOMB SHELTER IS.
RIGHT THERE.
Reporter: TELL ME
WHERE TO RUN.
NOTHING MOVED ME MORE THAN
MEETING GERUT.
"IN JANUARY 2008, SHE WAS "
SITTING IN HER HOME WITH
HER 4-YEAR-OLD SON AND A
NEIGHBOR CHILD ON HER LAP.
A ROCKET CRASHED THROUGH
THE ROOM WHERE THEY WERE
SITTING.
THE BOMB COME THROUGH
THE WALL INTO THE ROOM.
ALL OF THE ROOF WAS
"CRUSHED ON US, FROM THE --"
HOW DO YOU SAY --
Reporter: THE
EXPLOSION?
"YEAH, THE EXPLOSION. "
THE GIRL WAS FLYING TO THE
CORNER.
THERE WAS FOUR SHAPNELS IN
MY HEAD.
THEY OPERATED ON THREE OF
"THEM, BUT ONE IS DEEP IN "
THE BRAIN SO THEY DON'T
WANT TO TOUCH IT.
Reporter: SHE WAS IN
REHAB FOR NEARLY A YEAR
AND A HALF.
BUT NEARLY FIVE YEARS
"LATER, HER SON IS STILL "
AFRAID TO SLEEP IN HIS
ROOM.
THE FAMILY HAS TO RUN TO
THE BOMB SHELTER SOMETIMES
THREE TIMES A NIGHT.
SO WHY DOES SHE STAY?
IT IS MY COUNTRY.
IT IS MY CITY.
I WAS BORN HERE.
I LOVE IT.
"IF YOU WANT TO MOVE, YOU "
NEED TO SELL THE HOUSE.
NO ONE WANTS TO BUY A
HOUSE IS STEROD.
NO ONE WANTS TO COME FROM
OUTSIDE TO LIVE UNDER
"BOMBING, YOU KNOW. "
"BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE"
LOVE THIS CITY.
Reporter: HOW DOES IT
AFFECT YOU NOW WHEN YOU
"HEAR THE ROCKETS LANDING, "
BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL
SHOOTING THEM HERE?
EVERY TIME I HEAR THE
"SIREN, IT TAKES ME BACK TO"
THEN.
WHEN I GO DOWN TO THE
"SHELTER, I'M SITTING, AND "
I STOP CRYING.
"EVERY TIME, AGAIN AND "
AGAIN.
Reporter: DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT GOD PROTECTED
YOU?
YEAH.
YEAH.
Reporter: YOU DO
BELIEVE THAT?
"I BELIEVE THAT, YEAH. "
Reporter: YOU'RE NOT
ANGRY WITH GOD BECAUSE HE
ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN?
NO.
NO.
"I -- I THINK NOW, AND I "
"THOUGHT BACK THEN, THAT IT"
WAS A MIRACLE.
"Reporter: OH, YES. "
"AND HE PROTECTS ME, AND"
"HE LEAVES ME HERE, LIVING,"
FOR MY BOYS.
AND I THANK HIM EVERY
MORNING.
"I NEVER WAS THAT BELIEVER,"
YOU KNOW.
"BUT SINCE THAT DAY, I "
BELIEVE MORE IN GOD.
"Reporter: SCOTT ROSS, "
"CBN, STEROD, ISRAEL. "
ISRAEL IS MULLING
STRONGER ISRAEL ACTION
AFTER A SPIKE IN
PALESTINIAN ROCKETS
ATTACKS FROM THE GAZA
STRIP ON SOUTHERN ISRAEL
CITIES.
PART OF THE OPERATION IS
INFORMING THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
WHY ISRAELIS ARE FACING ON
A DAILY BASIS.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THAT
STORY.
Reporter: ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU BRIEFED SOME 70
FOREIGN AMBASSADORS AND
DIPLOMATS IN THE SOUTHERN
ISRAELI CITY OF ASHKELON.
WELL WITHIN RANGE OF
ROCKETS FROM THE GAZA
STRIP.
"IF AN ALARM IS SOUNDED,"
ALL OF US HAVE EXACTLY 30
SECONDS TO FIND SHELTER.
Reporter: THE
INVITATION CAME AS MORE
THAN 120 ROCKETS PUMMELLED
"SOUTHERN ISRAEL, SCORING "
"SEVERAL DIRECT HITS, "
CLOSING SCHOOLS AND
SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH
THE SOUTH.
"IT IS FAMILIES, OLD "
"PEOPLE, CHILDREN, BABIES, "
ARE TARGETED ON A DAILY
BASIS BY PEOPLE WHO TOOK
"AREAS THAT WE VACATED, "
THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF
ISRAEL VACATED.
CAME IN THERE AND ARE NOW
HIDING BEHIND CIVILIANS
WHILE FIRING ON OUR
CHILDREN.
Reporter: THESE
VIDEOS SHOW WHAT IT IS
"LIKE TO RUN FOR COVER, AND"
THEN WAIT FOR THE
EXPLOSIONS.
"SINCE 2001, NEARLY 13,000 "
ROCKETS AND MORTERS HAVE
LANDED IN ISRAEL.
"MORE THAN 8,000 OF THEM "
SINCE ISRAEL'S PULLOUT
FROM THE GAZA STRIP IN
2005
NETANYAHU SAID THE
SITUATION IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OF
YOUR GOVERNMENTS WHO COULD
ACCEPT SUCH ATTACKS.
Reporter: ISRAELI
POLICE SPOKESMAN MICKEY
SAID FOREIGN-MADE ROCKETS
WITH UP TO A 30-MILE RANGE
COULD HIT CITIES SUCH AS
ASHKELON AND OTHER CITIES.
IT MAKES ITS WAY
"THROUGH EGYPT, INTO "
"ISRAEL, INTO THE GAZA "
"STRIP, AND FLIES DIRECTLY "
INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF
ISRAEL.
Reporter: BESIDES THE
"ROCKETS, ISRAEL OFTEN "
BATTLES THE INTERNATIONAL
PRESSURE TO EXERCISE
RESTRAINT.
BUT MANY ISRAELIS ARE
SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
AND NETANYAHU SAID ISRAEL
WOULD FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT
TO DEFEND ITS PEOPLE.
WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER
ACTION IS NECESSARY TO PUT
A STOP TO THIS.
AND IT IS SOMETHING I
THINK IS UNDERSTOOD NOT
"ONLY BY YOU, WHO ARE HERE "
"IN ASHKELON TODAY, BUT BY "
ANY FAIR-MINDED PERSON AND
ANY FAIR-MINDED GOVERNMENT
"IN THE WORLD, THEY WOULD "
UNDERSTAND IT IS OUR RIGHT
TO DEFEND OUR PEOPLE.
Reporter: CHRIS
"MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, "
JERUSALEM.
Reporter: DURING THE
"PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, "
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE
WOULD CONSIDER TRYING TO
GET A BAN ON ASSAULT
WEAPONS REINTRODUCED.
"AND NOW GUN SALES ARE UP, "
DRIVEN BY FEARS OF TIGHTER
REGULATIONS UNDER A
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.
DALE HERD HAS THIS STORY.
Reporter: THE
NATION'S GUN SHOW AT THE
DULLUS EXPO CENTER IN
NORTHERN VIRGINIA WAS
PACKED.
GUN AMMO WAS SELLING OUT.
"MANY, MANY MORE PEOPLE "
ARE HERE BUYING GUNS.
Reporter: ANNETTE
ELLIOT RUNS THIS SHOW WITH
"HER FAMILY, AND SHE SAYS "
"COSTUMERS ARE STOCKING UP,"
AND SHE THINKS THE BIGGEST
REASON IS PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND FEAR OF A GUN BAN.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID NOW
THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
BACK IN AND THEY KNOW
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT HE
SAID A LOT OF VERY
ANTI-GUN THINGS.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH
NOT EVERYONE AGREES.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE
NEXT TO NOTHING AS FAR AS
WHAT YOU WOULD CALL GUN
CONTROL LAWS.
Reporter: THIS BUYER
WAS HAPPY TO GO THROUGH A
BACKGROUND CHECK AND
WISHED OTHER STATES TOOK
BETTER PRECAUTIONS.
AS FAR AS THE
PURCHASING OF JUST
"UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF, YOU "
"KNOW, SAY, REALLY DEADLY "
"ASSAULT RIFLES, AND YOU "
CAN JUST TURN AROUND AND
SELL THEM TO ANYONE YOU
"WANT AT ANY TIME, I MEAN "
THAT'S JUST ASKING FOR
TROUBLE.
Reporter: WHATEVER
"THE REASON, AMERICANS ARE "
BUILDING ARSENALS OF
"KNIVES, COLLECTIBLES, AND "
EVEN MACHINE GUNS.
I PERSONALLY DON'T
THINK THERE IS MORE THAN A
SMALL CHANCE OF
"LARGE-SCALE CIVIL UNREST, "
BUT THERE IS A VERY SMALL
CHANCE YOU WOULD HAVE A
"FIRE IN YOUR KITCHEN, BUT "
MOST PEOPLE STILL HAVE A
FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Reporter: 175
ATTENDEES WENT THROUGH THE
TRAINING COURSE TO CARRY A
CONCEALED WEAPON IN
VIRGINIA.
EVENT ORGANIZERS SAID THEY
HAVE SEEN A LARGE INCREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN
BUYING GUNS.
YOU THINK THE MAIN
THING WOMEN WOULD BE
AFRAID OF IS ASSAULT OR
"ROBBERY, BUT EVER SINCE "
"9-1-1, WE'VE HAD AN "
INCREASE FROM 5% TO 30%.
Reporter: LEADING
U.S. LAWMAKERS SAY THEY
ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN
COME TOGETHER TO PREVENT
AMERICA FROM DRIVING OVER
A FISCAL CLIFF.
BOTH SIDES SAY THERE IS A
GREATER WILLINGNESS TO --
TO COMPROMISE NOW.
MARK MARTIN HAS MORE.
Reporter: REPUBLICAN
AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
AGREE ON AN OUTLINE TO
REFORM THE TAX CODE AND
GOVERNMENT BENEFIT
"PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR, BUT "
THEY FIRST NEED TO PUT THE
BRAKES ON THE COUNTRY
FALLING OFF THE FISCAL
CLIFF AT THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
ACROSS THE BOARD TAX
INCREASES AND SPENDING
CUTS SAID TO BEGIN IN
"JANUARY, THAT COULD SEND A"
FRAGILE ECONOMY BACK INTO
RECESSION.
THE TWO SIDES HAVE
IDENTIFIED THE TAX REVENUE
THAT WE'RE WILLING TO
"DISCUSS, AND NOW IT IS "
TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE
"SPENDING REDUCTIONS, AND "
THAT'S THE PRESCRIPTION
FOR MOVING FORWARD.
"BECAUSE, AGAIN, IF WE PASS"
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T
"SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THE "
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE AS IRRITATED IN THE
FUTURE AS THEY ARE RIGHT
NOW.
JUST TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES
IS FAR TOO LITTLE MONEY.
IT COULD BE -- THEY HAVE
SAID THEY WANT IT TO BE
REVENUE NEUTRAL.
IF IT IS GOING TO BRING IN
"REVENUE, THE PRESIDENT HAS"
BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THE
HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE HAVE
TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
Reporter: AMERICANS
ARE SKEPTICAL.
BUSINESS OWNERS AND
INVESTORS ARE RAPIDLY
MANEUVERING TO SHIELD
THEMSELVES FROM POSSIBLE
HIGHER TAXES NEXT YEAR.
SO MANY INVESTORS ARE
"SHEDDING INVESTMENTS, "
WHICH CONTRIBUTING TO
FORMERLY HIGH-FLYING
SHARES LIKE APPLE AND
AMAZON.
BOBBY JINDAL SAYS IT IS
CRUCIAL BOTH SIDES DO MORE
THAN A TEMPORARY FIX.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE
"FISCAL CLIFF, I WAS IN "
"CONGRESS, I GUARANTEE YOU,"
IF THEY JUST PUT A
"BAND-AID ON THIS, WE'LL BE"
AT ANOTHER FISCAL CLIFF IN
A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW.
WE NEED STRUCTURAL
"CHANGES, A SUPER MAJORITY "
VOTE BEFORE THEY RAISE OUR
TAXES.
Reporter: NEW
"HAMPSHIRE'S SENATOR, KELLY"
AHOD SUMMED UP THE
SITUATION BY SAYING
POWER-SHARING IS AN
"OPPORTUNITY, NOT AN "
"OBSTACLE, AND GETTING OUR "
FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER IS
WHERE WE NEED TO START.
"MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS. "
"UP NEXT, AS SMALL "
BUSINESSES BRACE FOR THE
"WORST, WHY MORE JOBLESS "
AMERICANS COULD ACTUALLY
SUFFER FROM OBAMACARE.
A TOUGH ECONOMY CAN
"STIFLE, AND OFTENTIMES "
"EDGE OUT SMALL BUSINESSES,"
BESIDES BRACING TO PAY
EXORBITANT AMOUNTS IN
"OBAMACARE, MANY SAY "
ANOTHER REASON THEY WON'T
BE HIRING MORE WORKERS IS
DUE TO GOVERNMENT RED TAPE
AND REGULATIONS.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS THE
STORY.
Reporter: FRANK AND
NANCY BARNETT RUN THEIR
BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR
BASEMENT IN RURAL
VIRGINIA.
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
SOLUTIONS DISTRIBUTES
PRODUCTS TO REPAIR AND
PROTECT PRACTICALLY
"ANYTHING, FROM HOLES IN "
NAVY VESSELS TO LEAKING
PIPES IN POWER PLANTS.
"LEAKY PIPES, BOILERS, "
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
Reporter: THEIR
GROWING BUSINESS COULD USE
"MORE FULL-TIME WORKERS, "
BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM.
EVERYTHING IS
UNCERTAIN.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN
A POSITION WHERE WE COULD
HIRE MORE FULL-TIME
PEOPLE.
BUT THE DIFFICULTY IS AT
WHAT COST?
Reporter: SMALL
BUSINESSES EMPLOY MORE
THAN HALF OF THE NATION'S
PRIVATE SECTOR WORKFORCE.
THEIR HELP IS VITAL TO
AMERICA'S ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
BUT MANY SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS SAY INSTEAD OF
MAKING THEIR PATH TO
"PROSPERITY SMOOTHER, THE "
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
BUILDING BARRIERS.
"LIKE THE BARNETTS, 67% OF "
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
BELIEVE THERE IS TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY TO GROW THEIR
BUSINESSES.
WHAT IS CAUSING THIS HAND
WRINGING?
"TAXES, GOVERNMENT RED "
TAPE.
EVEN WITH ONLY FIVE
"EMPLOYEES, THE BARNETTS "
SPEND FOUR TO SIX HOURS A
WEEK GOING THROUGH
"REGULATIONS, OFTEN "
CONSULTING WITH THEIR
ACCOUNTANT AND ATTORNEY.
IT FORCES ALL OF US
STAYING AT NINE OR 10
"EMPLOYEES, SO WE ARE NOT "
FACING THESE MASSIVE
"FINES, AND WE'RE HAVING TO"
DO BUSINESS AND WE CAN'T
HIRE.
Reporter: DAN BOSS
REVIEWS THE POLICIES AT
THE NATIONAL REGULATION OF
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE
OVER 4100 REGULATIONS THAT
ARE DUE TO COME OUT AND
THEY'RE UNCERTAIN HOW IT
WILL AFFECT THEIR
BUSINESS.
Reporter: DO YOU HAVE
TO BE A LAWYER TO KNOW
EVERYTHING YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO.
EVEN IF YOU'RE A
"LAWYER, YOU PROBABLY WON'T"
KNOW EVERYTHING.
Reporter: NEARLY 70%
OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
BLAME OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
POLICIES FOR STIFLING
THEIR GROWTH.
I WONDER WHAT FEEDBACK THE
PRESIDENT HAS RECEIVED
RECENTLY FROM SMALL
"BUSINESS OWNERS, AND IF HE"
HAS ANY CONCERN THAT ANY
OF HIS FEDERAL REGULATIONS
ARE STIFLING ECONOMIC
GROWTH AMONG SMALL
BUSINESSES.
THIS PRESIDENT IS
COMMITTED TO HELPING SMALL
"BUSINESS, AS EVIDENCED BY "
THE FACT HE HAS SIGNED
INTO LAW -- PROPOSED AND
SIGNED INTO LAW 18 SMALL
BUSINESS TAX CUTS.
HE UNDERSTANDS CLEARLY
THAT SMALL BUSINESS IS THE
ENGINE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
IN THIS COUNTRY.
MAYBE HE CAN SEND ME
SOMETHING TO SHOW ME HOW
THOSE TAX CUTS IMPACT MY
BUSINESS.
I'M NOT SURE WE'VE SEEN
ANY THAT WILL HELP US.
Reporter: AT A TIME
WHEN MORE THAN 12 MILLION
AMERICANS DESPERATELY NEED
"WORK, 55% OF SMALL "
BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THEY
WOULD NOT START THEIR
COMPANY TODAY.
IF YOU WERE SITTING
"DOWN WITH YOUR HUSBAND, "
THINKING ABOUT STARTING
"THIS BUSINESS, WOULD YOU "
DO IT?
UM...WE'VE NEVER
DISCUSSED THIS.
IF WE WERE MAKING THAT
"EVALUATION NOW, I DON'T "
THINK THE BUSINESS PLAN
WOULD PROVE OUT.
WHETHER WE WANTED TO DO IT
"OR HAD THE SKILLS, I JUST "
DON'T THINK THE BUSINESS
PLAN WOULD BE THERE IN
TODAY'S WORLD.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
"HAS TAKEN HEAT, BOSH SAYS "
ELIMINATING REGULATIONS
WOULD BE TOUGH FOR WHOEVER
SITS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
REGULATIONS ARE SO
ENTRENCHED IN THE
AGENCIES.
WHEN YOU HAVE AGENCIES
GOING THROUGH THEIR BOOKS
TO UNDO WORK THEY HAVE
"DONE IN THE PAST, THEY'RE "
PRETTY RELUCTANT TO DO
THAT.
IF WE COULD GET RID OF
THE UNCERTAINTY WITH
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND
"TAX, THIS ECONOMY COULD "
TAKE OFF AGAIN.
"UP NEXT, A GOOD WORD "
FOR PETRAEUS.
THE FIRST LIVING HONORARY
SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE
SCANDAL AND WHAT IT TAKES
TO BE A TRUE AMERICAN
HERO.
THE FIRST LIVING
RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF
HONOR SINCE VIETNAM IS
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE
DAVID PETRAEUS SCANDAL.
STAFF SERGEANT SAL JUNTA
TELLS CBN NEWS THE DAMAGE
HAS BEEN DONE.
IT IS NOW ABOUT HOW THE
MILITARY IS RESPONDING IN
THE RIGHT WAY.
MARK MARTIN HAS THAT
STORY.
I AM NOT HERE BECAUSE I
AM A GREAT PERSON.
I'M HERE TRULY THROUGH THE
GRACE OF GOD AND SO MANY
BLESSINGS FROM THE MEN
AROUND ME.
Reporter: CBN NEWS
CAUGHT UP WITH STAFF
SERGEANT SAL JUNTA AFTER
HE SPOKE AT REGENT
UNIVERSITY'S EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP SERIOUS.
HE RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF
"HONOR, OUR NATION'S "
HIGHEST MILITARY
DECORATION FOR HEROIC
ACTIONS.
HE WAS SHOT TWICE WHILE
RUNNING INTO ENEMY FIRE TO
PULL HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS
INTO COVER.
IT IS ABOUT THOSE TWO
THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF YOU.
ABOUT BEING PART OF A TEAM
AND SERVING A GREATER
CAUSE THAN YOUR OWN
PERSONAL CAUSE.
Reporter: HE WROTE A
"MEMOIR ENTITLED, ""LIVING "
"WITH HONOR,"" AND HE "
DESCRIBES THE EVENTS THAT
HAPPENED IN AFGHANISTAN
THAT LED TO HIM RECEIVING
THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
STILL THROUGH IT ALL HE
"HISTORY HE IS NOT A HERO, "
"AND REFERS TO HIMSELF AS, "
"QUOTE,""JUST A SOLDIER."" "
I WAS JUST ONE PERSON
ON A TEAM DOING WHAT HAD
TO BE DONE.
Reporter: AS PART OF
THE MILITARY AND A SOLDIER
"PEOPLE LIVE UP TO, JUNTA "
ADMITS HE IS FRUSTRATED BY
THE GENERAL PETRAEUS
SCANDAL.
"HOWEVER, HE WARNS PEOPLE "
NOT TO BE QUICK TO JUDGE.
"THE MORAL SCANDAL, I'M "
DISAPPOINTED.
"BUT WE ALL ARE PEOPLE, AND"
PEOPLE WILL MAKE MISTAKES.
IT IS ABOUT RESILIENCE AND
BOUNCING BACK.
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
"GENERAL PETRAEUS, NOR ARE "
"THE OTHERS, BUT WE CAN "
TAKE WHAT HE HAS DONE AND
LEARN FROM IT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE HIM A
TERRIBLE PERSON.
HE HAS MADE A TERRIBLE
MISTAKE.
BUT HE ALSO HAD MADE A LOT
OF GREAT DECISIONS.
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