TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" WHY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE
THE FINAL SAY IN STATE APPROVED
MEASURES ON MARIJUANA AND GAY
MARRIAGE.
PLUS MOHAMMED MORSI, AND THE
LATEST ON THE TENSIONS IN EGYPT.
HOW CRIMINALS ARE USING
FAMILY BONDS TO SCAM
GRANDPARENTS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
VOTERS IN WASHINGTON AND OTHER
STATES MADE THEIR CHOICE ON
ELECTION DAY.
THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZING
MARIJUANA AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY
HAVE THE FINAL SAY.
MARIJUANA IS STILL ILLEGAL AND
MARRIAGE IS DEFINED AS A MAN AND
WOMAN UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY.
REPORTER: IT HAS BEEN A GREAT
WEEK FOR THOSE THAT ENJOY
MARIJUANA AND THOSE THAT WANT TO
MARRY SOMEONE OF THEIR SAME
GENDER.
IN WASHINGTON, PEOPLE OPENLY LIT
JOINTS UNDER THE SPACE NEEDLE,
COLORADO FOLLOWS SUIT NEXT
MONTH.
ALSO IN WASHINGTON AND MARYLAND,
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES
APPROVED.
IT IS HAPPENING, I AM HAPPY,
EXCITED NERVOUS, I CAN'T WAIT
UNTIL THIS IS DONE AND OVER
WITH.
WITH BOTH THESE SOCIAL
ISSUES, A COMPLICATED LEGAL
DANCE.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STILL
MAINTAINS, MARIJUANA REMAINS
ILLEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND
FEDERAL LAW DEFINES MARRIAGE
BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
FEDERAL BENEFITS ONLY APPLY TO
THOSE IN TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES.
AS FOR MARIJUANA, THE FEDS COULD
EASILY RAID STATE LICENSED
GROWERS AND STORES.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW EXPERTS SAY
WHEN STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS
CONFLICT, FEDS WIN.
MAY MEAN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
SUES TO BLOCK REGULATION OF
MARIJUANA.
SO FAR THE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN
NO HINTS ABOUT ITS PLANS.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CAN BE CAB CBN
NEWS.
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR
WHAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS
GOING TO DO DEALING WITH GAY
MARRIAGE.
JUSTICES ANNOUNCED THEY WILL
TAKE TWO IN MARCH.
CALIFORNIA'S PROP 8 AND DOMA.
WILL THE COURT DECIDE TO MAKE IT
A LEGAL RIGHT IN ALL 50 STATES?
WE ARE JOINED FROM OUTSIDE
THE SUPREME COURT PETER SPRIG,
AUTHOR OF "OUTRAGE."
PETER, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US,
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING A WEEK TO
SEE WHAT THE SUPREME COURT IS
GOING TO DO ABOUT SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
IS THIS MORE COMPLEX THAN WE
KNOW?
SITUATION IS COMPLEX.
THERE ARE 10 DIFFERENT CASES
THAT HAVE COME TO THE SUPREME
COURT NOW FOR CONSIDERATION.
THEY DEAL WITH THE ISSUE FROM
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
EIGHT OF THEM ARE CHALLENGES TO
THE FEDERAL DEFENSIVE MARRIAGE
ACT, ONE A CHALLENGE TO
CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 8.
ONE OTHER CASE COMING OUT OF
ARIZONA.
THIS WEEK THERE WAS AN 11TH CASE
APPEALED DIRECTLY FROM THE
DISTRICT COURT TO THE SUPREME
COURT OUT OF NEVADA.
THAT MAYBE COMPLICATED THINGS
MORE.
BIG QUESTION IS, WILL THE
COURT DECIDE TO MAKE GAY
MARRIAGE LEGAL IN ALL 50 STATES?
THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE
CHALLENGE OR THE ULTIMATE
QUESTION IS WHETHER THE SUPREME
COURT IS READY TO ISSUE WHAT YOU
MIGHT CALL A ROE V. WADE OF
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TO DECLARE IT
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR ANY
STATE TO LIMIT MARRIAGE TO
UNIONS OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
THAT HAS BEEN RAISED IN THE
NEVADA CASE, THIS LATEST CASE TO
COME UP.
IT IS POSSIBLE, THOUGH THAT THEY
COULD STEP BACK FROM THE BRINK
OF THAT QUESTION AND DECIDE OR
AT LEAST FIRST DECIDE THE MORE
LIMITED QUESTIONS OFFERED IN THE
DOMA CASES WHETHER THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CAN LIMIT ITS
RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE TO
UNIONS OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN
OR PROPOSITION 8 CASE WHICH IS A
QUESTION OF WHETHER THE RIGHT OF
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE COUPLES CAN BE
WITH DRAWN AS IT WAS BRIEFLY IN
CALIFORNIA.
PETER SPRIG, YOUR BOOK IS
CALLED "OUTRAGE" THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME AND BEING WITH US.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
U.S. ECONOMY ADDED 146,000
JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT FELL TO
7.7%.
JOB GROWTH SUGGESTS THEY ARE NOT
DELAYING HIRING BECAUSE OF THE
FISCAL CLIFF.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: IT IS VERY
IMPORTANTED WE GET THIS DONE
NOW.
THAT WE DON'T WAIT.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE
LOCKED IN STALEMATE.
HOUSE SPEAKER BOEHNER AND THE
PRESIDENT ARE TRYING TO WORK
TOGETHER.
THE SPEAKER SAID THERE HAS BEEN
NO PROGRESS ON THE TERMS OF AN
AGREEMENT.
TURNING OVERSEAS, GROWING
CHAOS IN EGYPT, THOUSANDS OF
PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO TAKE TO
THE STREETS OUTSIDE THE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN CAIRO.
THEY WANT PRESIDENT MORSI
REMOVED FOR CEASING POWER.
VIOLENCE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
WHEN EGYPTIANS OVERTHREW HOSNI
MUM BAR RACK.
MORSI REFUSES TO GIVE UP
ABSOLUTE POWER.
HE SAID HE WON'T RETRACT THE
CONSTITUTION DRAFTED BY HIS
ALLIES.
I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH DR.
MICHAEL YOUSSEF.
HE CAME TO THE STATE IN 70S HE
IS NOW CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES IN
ATLAN
ATLANTA.
WHAT IS YOUR VIEW?
IT IS A DISASTER AT A TIME
WHEN SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS AN ARAB
SPRING.
THIS IS ICE AGE, NO SPRING.
I WAS READING THROUGH ALL THE
ITEMS THEY HAVE CHANGED.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED
THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES AND
WOMEN AND SERVITUDE.
IT IS LITERALLY GOING BACK TO
THE DARK AGES INSTEAD OF MOVING
ON WITH MODERN TIMES.
IT IS A TRAGIC DOCUMENT.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONTACT
WITH CHRISTIANS THERE IN
EGYPTIAN, WHAT ARE THEY TELLING
YOU ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS?
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED
OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT
COULD HAPPEN IF THIS
CONSTITUTION HAS PASSED.
A CHRISTIAN LEADER, WE ARE
BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE.
EVEN THE CONSTITUTION, THE
REFERENDUM DOES NOT PASS.
WATCH IT.
THEY ARE GOING TO RIG IT AND SAY
IT PASSED.
EVEN IF IT DOESN'T.
MORSI RELEGATED ABSOLUTE POWER
OF TOTAL DICTATORSHIP HE CAN SAY
AND DO ANYTHING IN THE
CONSTITUTION OR EVEN THINGS MORE
IN THE CONSTITUTION.
NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
OBVIOUSLY THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION HAS A LOT OF
POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, ARE THEY
BACKED INTO A CORNER?
THEY CREATED THIS WHOLE
PROBLEM.
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA GAVE TO
CAIRO AND GAVE THE FAMOUS SPEECH
IN THAT MOMENT THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD WAS AN OUTLAW
ORGANIZATION.
HE PREVAILED UPON HIS HOSTS TO
BRING THEM IN TO SIT IN HIS
SPEECH AND SIT IN THE FRONT ROW.
SO, I MEAN CONSEQUENTLY, WE ARE
THE CHOSEN ONES BY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS WHAT EM BOLDENED THEM TO
DO AND BE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
THE SILVER LINING HERE, THEY
HAVE TIPPED THEIR LANDS.
THE POPULATION HAS BEEN IN AND
OUT OF PRISONS THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS.
NOW THEY ARE SEEING THE TRUE
COME LOR COLORS.
DO YOU THINK THE
ADMINISTRATION IS SURPRISED.
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE SAYING
TONE IT DOWN?
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD INFLUENCE
ON THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN
ENORMOUS FROM THE BEGINNING FOUR
YEAR AGO.
THEY ARE NOT BACK CHANNEL, FRONT
CHANNEL, THEY ARE IN BED WITH
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS.
MICHAEL, DO YOU BELIEVE THE
SECULAR MEDIA IN THIS COUNTRY
BEARS SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW WE ARE
PERCEIVING ALL THAT IS GOING ON
IN EGYPT?
AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL,
I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO GET ANGRY,
ONE OF THE FEW TIMES I AM ANGRY
OF THE SECULAR WEST MEDIA FOR
THEIR COWARDNESS AND NOT
REGARDING THE TRUTH, NOT
REGARDING AT ALL ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
THESE ARE FINE PEOPLE THAT ARE
MUSLIMS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AND BEING
SHOT AND STABBED AND 400 WOUNDED
IN ONE DAY AND MANY ARE OPENING
THE DOORS AND ACT AS A HOSPITAL.
THE WESTERN MEDIA COWARDLY WOULD
NOT REPORT THE TRUTH.
THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR THE ENTIRE
WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
ONLY CONSEQUENCE OF THAT CAN
ONLY BE TRAGIC.
DR. MICHAEL YOUSSEF, THANK
YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT.
PLEASURE, LEE, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
SYRIAN REBELS STEPPING UP
ASSAULT ON PRESIDENT BASHAR
ASSAD POWER.
REBELS SHELLING ON THE STREETS
IN CAPITOL OF DAMASCUS.
NOW THEIR SIGHTS ARE ON THE
AIRPORT.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILARY
CLINTON SAYS UNITED STATES AND
RUSSIA HAVE AGREED TO SUPPORT TO
BRING ABOUT A POLITICAL
TRANSITION.
MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN KILLED SINCE FIGHTING BEGAN
IN MARCH OF 2011.
COMING UP, HOW CBN IS
PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES
IN FLOOD DEVASTATES AREAS OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
WELL TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR
DAY.
THE 71ST ANNIVERSARY OF JAPANESE
ATTACK ON THE U.S. NAVAL BASE IN
HAWAII THAT BROUGHT AMERICA INTO
WORLD WAR II.
TODAY'S REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
BEGAN IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT
7:55 A.M. THE ATTACK KILLED
NEARLY 2400 SERVICE MEMBERS.
THE NEXT DAY FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN.
YESTERDAY, DECEMBER 7TH,
1941, A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN
INFAMY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ORDERED
FLAGS TO FLY AT HALF MAST IN
MEMORY OF THOSE LOST AT PEARL
HARBOR AND CALLING ON AMERICANS
TO OBSERVE THE REMEMBRANCE AND
HONOR ALL VETERANS.
A STRONG EARTHQUAKE STRUCK
NORTHEASTERN JAPAN.
SAME LOCATION OF LAST YEAR.
THEY ISSUED TSUNAMI WARNINGS.
LATER CANCELLED.
THEM THE 7.3 MAGNITUDE TREMOR
CAUSED BUILDINGS IN TOKYO TO
SWAY.
IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE DEATH
TOLL IS MORE THAN 500.
SOME 310,000 PEOPLE HAVE LOST
THEIR HOMES.
CBN'S TEAM IS ON THE SCENE.
HERE IS LUCILLE TALUSAN.
REPORTER: POWERFUL TYPHOON
WIPED OUT VILLAGES IN MINDANAO
KILLING THOUSANDS.
BEHIND ME, 17 MORE DEAD BODIES
BROUGHT HERE TO THIS PARLOR
WHICH IS AN HOUR DRIVE AWAY FROM
WHERE THESE PEOPLE WERE FOUND.
LACK OF FUNERAL PARLORS IS NOW A
PROBLEM NOW THAT THE DEATH TOLL
CONTINUES TO RISE.
RESIDENTS IN THESE HARD HIT
AREAS SAY THEY NEVER HAD STORMS
BEFORE IN THIS PART OF MINDANAO.
I LIVED HERE 50 YEARS, STORMS
NEVER PASSED OUR TOWN.
EVERYTHING IS GONE.
THIS WOMAN AND NEIGHBORS TAKE
SHELTER IN A NEARBY SCHOOL.
MANY VICTIMS STAY IN MAKESHIFT
TENTS ALONG THE HIGHWAYS.
CBN HAS DISBATCHED STAFF AND
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS BEING
CONDUCTED IN THE WORST AFFECTED
AREAS ESPECIALLY WHERE THE
PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN AID.
CHURCH PARTNERS GATHER
PEOPLE, DEBRIEF THEM, SHARE WITH
THEM THE WORD OF GOD AND COMFORT
THEM IN PRAYER.
GOD IS TEACHING US A VERY BIG
LESSON.
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HIM.
THIS IS A REMINDER, WE SHOULD
ALWAYS PRAY TO HIM.
RESIDENTS IN THIS VILLAGE ARE
HAPPY TO RECEIVE MATS AND
BLANKETS FROM CBN.
THANK YOU CBN, I LOST
EVERYTHING.
THAT IS WHY THE THINGS YOU GAVE
US ARE VERY PRECIOUS TO ME.
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES SAY SOME
ONE MILLION FAMILIES AFFECTED BY
BOPA.
CBN WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND FEEDING
PROGRAMS TO THE VICTIMS IN THE
NEXT WEEKS, LUCILLE TALUSAN,
PHILIPPINES.
UP NEXT, HOW TO PROTECT
YOURSELF AND THE ONES YOU LOVE
FROM THE "GRANDPARENTS SCAM."
SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE FACEBOOK
AND TWITTER ARE GIVING NEW LIFE
TO AN OLD CON GAME TARGETING
SENIOR CITIZENS.
IN SOME CASES THE CROOKS END
UP WITH THE SENIOR'S ENTIRE
SAVINGS.
EFREM GRAHAM HAS MORE ON THE
GRANDPARENT'S SCAM.
FAMILY MEANS EVERYTHING.
AS YOUNG CHILDREN, THE HOLOCAUST
SURVIVORS LOST EVERYTHING AND
EVERYTHING.
MY DAUGHTER, MY
GRANDCHILDREN.
I AM THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF MY
FAMILY.
MY GRANDSON MEANS A LOT TO ME.
HE WAS ON NINA'S MIND WHEN
SHE ANSWERED THE PHONE A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
HE SAID HI GRANDMA, HOW ARE
YOU DOING?
I SAID WHO AM I TALKING TO?
HE SAID YOUR GRANDSON, JOSHUA.
I SAID JOSHUA NEVER CALLS ME
GRANDMA.
HE CALLS ME SOPTA.
THE CALLER TOLD NINA HE HAS
BEEN IN GREECE ATTENDING A
FRIEND'S WEDDING.
HE SAID I AM IN BIG TROUBLE.
PROMISE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
TELL MY PARENTS.
SO THE STORY GOES AND GROWS.
THE CALLER SUPPOSEDLY IN JAIL
BECAUSE HE WRECKED A RENTAL CAR.
I AM IN BIG TROUBLE.
THEY WOULD NOT LET ME GO.
GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY UNTIL I
PAID THE DAMAGES.
I SAID SO HOW MUCH ARE THE
DAMAGES.
HE SAID $35,00 -- $3,500.
HE SAID IF YOU ARE NOT GOING
TO GIVE ME THE MONEY, THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO LET ME LEAVE THE
COUNTRY.
I SAID JOSH THIS DOESN'T SOUND
LIKE YOU.
MAYBE I HAVE TO TALK TO
SOMEBODY.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER.
AT THAT POINT WE GOT DISENGAGED.
THAT IS IT.
NO MONEY.
[LAUGHTER].
LEON CALLED HIS GRANDSON WHO
WAS SAFE IN ISRAEL.
TO BE ABLE TO EXPLOIT SENIORS
AND LOVE FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN
IS ABOUT AS LOW AS IT COMES.
THE PHONE CALL FOLLOWED THE
FOUR-STEP DANCE TO THE
GRANDPARENT'S SCAM.
ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY, EMERGENCY
AND SECRECY AND EXPLOIT THE
NATURAL DESIRE TO HELP THE
GRANDCHILDREN.
WE ARE HEARD FROM SENIORS WHO
HAVE WIRED SEVERAL THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO THESE CROOKS.
AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA MAKING IT
EASIER FOR COURTROOMS TO GET IN
ON A POSSIBLE TARGET WHERE
MILLIONS COME TO POST PICTURES
AND INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH
FAMILY.
IN THE HANDS OF A CROOK, THAT
INFORMATION CAN BE USEFUL TO CON
A GRANDPARENT WHO ISN'T LIKELY
TO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE DO
THEY GET THIS INFORMATION?
I MEAN, I HAVE A GRANDSON?
WHOSE NAME IS JOSHUA?
THIS IS THE MOST DESPICABLE
TYPE OF CONSUMER FRAUD WE CAN
SEE IN THIS OFFICE.
IT IS JUST ONE DROP SHORT OF
VIOLENT CRIMES.
GRANDPARENTS AREN'T THE ONLY
ONES THAT NEED TO BE CAREFUL.
NEVER RUSH TO WIRE MONEY
ANYWHERE UNLESS YOU KNOW FOR
SURE WHO WILL GET IT.
TYPICALLY, WIRING MONEY IS NO
DIFFERENT THAN WIRING CASH TO
SOMEONE.
THE MERICES SHARE THEIR OWN
ADVICE.
HE HAD ANSWERS FOR
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
ANSWER PERSONAL QUESTIONS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THEIR
LOVED ONES.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS,
MONTGOMERY, COUNTY, MARYLAND.
UP NEXT, THE STRANGE WAYS
SOME ARE RESPONDING TO AN OLD
MIYAN PREDICTION TO THE END OF
THE WORLD.
