TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" THE

TIES BETWEEN HAMAS AND EGYPT AND

WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE

SAFETY OF ISRAEL.

PLUS THE DEADLY RESCUE

MISSION THAT SAVED AN AMERICAN

DOCTOR IN AFGHANISTAN.

AND GYMNASTICS NEWEST GOLDEN

GIRL, GABBY DOUGLAS SITS DOWN TO

TALK ABOUT HER JOURNEY TO GOLD

AND JOURNEY TO GOD.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON

"NEWSWATCH." HAMAS GROWS BOLDER

IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.

AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.

TERRORIST GROUPS EXILED LEADER

RETURNED TO GAZA THIS WEEKEND

VOWING TO DESTROY ISRAEL.

THAT CAME AFTER HAMAS CELEBRATED

25TH ANNIVERSARY.

WHAT IS FUELLING THE GROUP IS

THE RISE OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

IN GAZA AND EGYPT.

CHRIS MITCHELL HAS TONIGHT'S

STORY

REPORTER: HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS GATHER TO HEAR KHALED

MESHAAL.

IT MARKED THE FIRST TIME IN 45

YEARS SINCE MESHAAL HAD BEEN IN

GAZA.

HE USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO

PLEDGE ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION.

[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ]

PALESTINE WILL BE PALESTINE.

WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER THE

LAND, JERUSALEM, RIDE OF RETURN

OR RIGHT TO RESISTANCE.

WE WILL NOT LEAVE ANY INCH OF

PALESTINIAN LAND AND NOT GIVE UP

ON ANY OF OUR RIGHTS.

ISRAELI PRESIDENT SHIMON

PERES RESPONDED TO THE SPEECH.

REAL NATURE OF HAMAS, TO

KILL, TO CONQUER, NOT TO

COMPROMISE THE PEOPLE OF GAZA

CAN REMAIN POOR AND HUNGRY.

HAMAS RALLY, THEY FEEL THEY

WON THEIR RECENT WAR WITH

ISRAEL.

THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR DESIRE TO

REACH A UNITY AGREEMENT WITH

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT

MAHMOUD ABBAS.

SOME SPECULATE MESHAAL COULD BE

A PRESIDENT OF THE PA.

IN EGYPT, THE CRISIS BETWEEN

MORSI CONTINUED.

MORSI AGREED TO RESEND PART OF

HIS DEGREE BUT DIDN'T AGREE OVER

THE NEW EGYPTIAN CONSTITUTION.

THAT VOTE IS SCHEDULED FOR

DECEMBER 15TH.

OPPONENTS CONTEND THE NEW

CONSTITUTION WILL VIOLATE RIGHTS

OF WOMEN, CHRISTIANS AND

MINORITIES AND LEAD EGYPT

TOWARDS AN ISLAMIST STATES.

THEY HAVE CANCELLED PARTS OF

THE CONSTITUTION.

THE VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE ON

THE 15TH.

WE ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE ARE

SAYING NO TO -- NONE OF US WANT

IT TO RULE US.

BOTH MORSI AND HAMAS ARE PART

OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, A

GROUP THAT BEGAN IN 1928 WITH

THE GROUP OF OVERTHROWING

GOVERNMENTS, DESTROYING ISRAEL

AND ESTABLISHING AN ISLAMIC

CALIPHATE.

THEY SEEM DETERMINED TO REACH

THE GOALS, CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN

NEWS, JERUSALEM.

REPORTER: FOR MORE ON THE

SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WE

TURN TO SENIOR INTERNATIONAL

CORRESPONDENT GARY LANE.

GARY, THERE IS NO QUESTION HAMAS

AND MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MAKE

QUITE A POWERFUL ALLIANCE THERE.

HOW VULNERABLE DOES THAT MAKE

ISRAEL?

EXTREMELY VULNERABLE, LEE.

THINK ABOUT YOURSELF AND

PARENTS.

JUST LIKE THE BROTHERHOOD GAVE

BIRTH TO HAMAS.

THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS WILL

STAND AT LEAST FOR NOW.

THERE IS SUPPORT FROM THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT AND PRESSURE AND

INFLUENCE ON MORSI.

WE HAVE TO WONDER HOW LONG IS

THAT GOING TO LAST?

ISRAELI BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

RESPONDED AND HERE IS WHAT

NETANYAHU HAD TO SAY.

NETANYAHU: WHERE WAS THE

OUTREACH?

WHERE WAS PRESIDENT ABBAS?

WHY WEREN'T PALESTINIAN

DIPLOMATS TO EXPLAIN WHY THE PA

PRESIDENT NOT ONLY REFUSED TO

CONDEMN THIS, BUT ACTUALLY

DECLARED HIS INTENTION TO UNITE

WITH HAMAS.

GARY, HE POSES GREAT

QUESTIONS, WHAT ABOUT THAT?

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

IT IS A DOUBLE STANDARD, YOU

DON'T HEAR FROM WESTERN MEDIA.

IT IS ANTISEMITISM.

A DISGUISED AS A LIBERATION

MOVEMENT.

BOTTOM LINE IT IS ANTI-SEMITISM.

MEDIA IS NOT CALLING THEM ON IT,

OUR OWN PRESIDENT ISN'T CALLING

THEM ON IT.

THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT IS

GIVING TEMPORARY POWERS TO

ARREST FOLKS IN EGYPT.

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR

THAT?

IT MEANS MORSI IS NO

DIFFERENT THAN MUBARAK.

HE WOULD ARREST OPPONENTS IF

THINGS WERE GETTING DIFFICULT.

THESE ARE DIFFERENT

OPPONENTS.

WHAT MORSI IS DOING, HES

WANTS THIS CONSTITUTION TO BE

PUSHED THROUGH.

IT IS NOT THE MANDATE HE

BELIEVES HE HAD.

HE WANTS TO GET THIS THROUGH.

HE'LL STOP ANY OPPOSITION.

THE FEAR IT IS RIGGED?

YES.

OBVIOUSLY MANY OF THE

BROTHERHOOD CAN GET PEOPLE FIRED

UP FOR THIS REFERENDUM ON THE

CONSTITUTION.

THEY'LL EVEN DO WHAT THEY CAN TO

INFLUENCE PEOPLE BY GIVING

GIFTS.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN OTHER

COUNTRIES.

MORSI HAS RESENDING SOME OF

HIS SWEEPING POWERS, DOES THAT

MEAN HE IS VULNERABLE?

NO HE ISN'T.

THAT IS A TOKEN.

THE PRIZE IS THE CONSTITUTION.

HE CAN GIVE UP SOME OF THOSE

POWERS.

HE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE

ANYTHING.

THAT REFERENDUM IS GOING

FORWARD.

GARY, THANKS.

WE APPRECIATE IT

REPORTER: SPECIAL OPERATIONS

RAID SAVES AN AMERICAN DOCTOR IN

AFGHANISTAN.

HE WAS THERE ON A MEDICAL

MISSION.

THE MISSION TO RESCUE HIM COST

THE COUNTRY ONE OF OUR BEST.

GEORGE THOMAS HAS MORE

REPORTER: A MEMBER OF A

SPECIAL OPS GROUP DIED IN THE

DARING RESCUE MISSION AS PETTY

OFFICER FIRST CLASS NICHOLAS

DESHACK HE WAS 28 YEARS OLD AND

A MEMBER OF TEAM SIX.

PRESIDENT OBAMA PRAISED THE SALE

SEAL'S ACTION.

PART OF THE MISSION TO RESCUE

DR. DILIP JOSEPH.

DR. JOSEPH WAS WORKING IN

AFGHANISTAN WITH THE CHRISTIAN

RELIEF GROUP MORNING STAR

DEVELOPMENT.

MEMBERS OF THE TALIBAN ABDUCTED

DR. JOSEPH AND TWO CO-WORKERS.

AFGHAN CAPTORS RELEASED.

DR. JOSEPH REMAINED CAPTIVE FOR

THREE DAYS UNTIL SPECIAL FORCES

MADE THE DARING RESCUE.

IT WAS A COMBINED OPERATION

IN ORDER TO -- TO UM -- TO

RESCUE THIS INDIVIDUAL.

SEVEN OF THE CAPTORS WERE

KILLED, ACTUALLY.

AND INDEED, VERY SADLY ONE OF

THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WAS KILLED

DURING THE OPERATION.

REPORTER: ACCORDING TO

OFFICIALS, A FIRE FIGHT BROKE

OUT.

THE SERVICE MEMBER INJURED AND

DIED OF HIS WOUNDS.

GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.

NUMBER OF ATTACKS UP SLIGHTLY

ACCORDING TO A NEW PENTAGON

REPORT.

ATTACKS ARE DOWN AS A WHOLE THIS

YEAR.

THE REPORT FINDS THAT THREE

PERCENT DECLINE.

LAST YEAR NINE PERCENT FROM THE

YEAR BEFORE.

THE REPORT NOTED INSIDER

ATTACKS.

REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT AND

HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER MET

FACE TO FACE SUNDAY FOR THE

FIRST TIME IN A MONTH.

THERE IS TALK OF COMPROMISE.

SOME GOP LAWMAKERS ARE OPEN TO

RAISING TAXES ON HIGH INCOME

EARNERS IF DEMOCRATS HOLD TOP

RATE BELOW 39.6 PERCENT.

ONE LEADING DEMOCRAT PLACING

ENTITLEMENT ON THE TABLE.

SOME LAWMAKERS BELIEVE A DEAL IS

NEEDED IF THERE IS CONGRESSIONAL

APPROVAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

REPORTER: SUPREME COURT WILL

DECIDE WHETHER CALIFORNIA'S BAN

ON GAY MARRIAGE IS

CONSTITUTIONAL.

IT COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT RULINGS

IN U.S. HISTORY.

FRIDAY THE COURT ANNOUNCED IT

WOULD HEAR TWO CASES PROHIBITING

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

BOTH SIDES ARE WORRIED.

ONE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST

BELIEVES OPPOSITION TO GAY

MARRIAGE IS DYING OFF.

THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE

EMERGENT CONSENSUS.

QUITE LITERALLY THE OPPOSITION

IS DYING.

THE COURT WILL DECIDE

CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 8 BAN

AS WELL AS DOMA BETWEEN ONE MAN

AND ONE WOMAN.

A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED

PRO-LIFE LICENSE PLATES IS

UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT JAMES FOX

RULES THE STATE'S OFFERING OF A

CHOOSE LIFE IN ABSENCE OF

PRO-CHOICE CONSTITUTES -- NORTH

CAROLINA COMPLAINED IT WOULD GO

TO PREGNANCY CENTERS IN THE

STATE.

REPORTER: COMING UP, IT IS

BEGINNING TO LOOK A LITTLE TOO

MUCH LIKE CHRISTMAS.

LATEST ON THE SNOW IN THE

MIDWEST.

REPORTER: A BATTLE OVER

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS HAS BECOME

AN ANNUAL EVENT IN ONE VIRGINIA

TOWN.

EACH YEAR LOUDEN COUNTY,

LEESBURG DISPLAYS A NATIVITY

SCENE, NOW A MON NORA.

LOCAL ATHEISTS ARE FIGHTING TO

HAVE A PERMANENT HOLIDAY DISPLAY

OF THEIR END.

RESIDENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE

CONTROVERSY ARE SPEAKING OUT.

AS A PARENT IT MAKES IT MORE

DIFFICULT BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE

CONVERSATIONS WITH MY CHILDREN

THEY ARE NOT READY TO HAVE.

PERSONALLY, I TAKE A MORE

TRADITIONALIST VIEW OF

CHRISTMAS.

I WOULD RATHER SEE ONE TOWN

DISPLAY.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE BOTH ENDS.

WHY NOT HAVE EVERYBODY

REPRESENTED?

I AM FOR EVERYBODY.

LIVE AND LET LIVE

REPORTER: MEANWHILE COUNTY

OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO

COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR YEARS.

REPORTER: WHAT WOULD AN

ATHEIST CELEBRATE TO BEGIN WITH?

REPORTER: EXACTLY.

SOME SAY PERFECT WINTER

WEATHER, PERFECT FOR CHRISTMAS.

SNOW IS CREATING A NIGHTMARE FOR

MANY DRIVERS, MINNESOTA STATE

PATROL RESPONDED TO 600 CAR

CRASHES SINCE SUNDAY.

MORE THAN SIX INJURIES AND AT

LEAST ONE PERSON DIED IN THAT

STATE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED

WEATHER SYSTEM.

900 PEOPLE STILL MISSING AFTER A

DEVASTATING TYPHOON.

MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE KILLED.

MOST OF THE DEATHS ARE FLASH

FLOODS THAT WIPED AWAY ENTIRE

COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHERN

REGION UNACCUSTOMED TO TYPHOONS.

CBN IS IN THE REGION.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN

DO TO HELP WITH THEIR EFFORTS

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT

CBNNEWS.COM.

VENEZUELA PRESIDENT HUGO

CHAVEZ WENT ON TV TO ANNOUNCE

HIS CANCER HAD RETURNED.

IF HE SUFFERED COMPLICATIONS,

VENEZUELAN SHOULD CHOOSE VICE

PRESIDENT ELECT NICHOLAS MON

DURO AS PRESIDENT.

IF HE IS UNABLE TO TAKE OATH OF

OFFICE JANUARY 10TH, NEW

ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD.

THEY BELIEVE HIS PARTY COULD

SPLIT.

THE OPPOSITION PARTY WOULD HAVE

ONE MORE CHANCE TO WIN.

UP NEXT, GRACE, GOLD, AND

GLORY.

WE SIT DOWN WITH OLYMPIC

SUPERSTAR GABBY DOUGLAS.

SHE WAS AMERICA'S SWEETHEART

GABBY DOUGLAS WON TWO GOLD

MEDALS IN GYMNASTIC IN LONDON.

GABBY RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH

CHARLENE ISRAEL TO TALK ABOUT

HER JOURNEY AND HER FAITH.

REPORTER: SHE LEAPED HER WAY

TO GOLD AND STOLE THE SHOW AT

2012 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES AS

PART OF THE U.S. TEAM KNOWN AS

FIERCE FIVE.

HER TRIUMPH MADE 16-YEAR-OLD

GABBY DOUGLAS THE FIRST

AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BE THE FIRST

ALL AROUND GYMNAST.

A POST OLYMPIC LIFE JAMMED WITH

PHOTO APPEARANCES AND DEALS.

THE VIRGINIA NATIVE JUST WRAPPED

UP A GYMNASTIC TOUR.

GABBY IS GETTING USED TO HER

NEWFOUND FAME.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU SEE YOUR

PICTURE ON A COVER OF A

MAGAZINE.

I STOP AND STARE FOR FIVE

MINUTES, WOW, THIS IS VERY COOL.

I TAKE PICTURES OF IT.

YOU DO TAKE PICTURES?

I DO.

GREAT.

YOU WERE ON THAT PODIUM AND THEY

STARTED PLAYING THE STAR

SPANGLED BANNER, WHAT WAS GOING

THROUGH YOUR MIND?

IT WAS LIKE A CONCERT.

FLASHING EVERYWHERE, FLAG WAS

RAISING.

WHEN I BENT DOWN TO GET MY

MEDAL, I THOUGHT ALL THE

SACRIFICES WERE WORTH IT.

THANK YOU, GOD, THANK YOU FOR

BRINGING ME TO THIS MOMENT.

SHE COUNTS THAT MOMENT AS A

MIRACLE AFTER BEING BORN WITH A

LIFE THREATENING BLOOD DISEASE.

I WAS VERY SICK.

I REMEMBER MY MOM KEPT PRAYING

FOR ME WHEN I WAS UP COUGHING OR

COULDN'T KEEP FOOD DOWN CHT SHE

WAS PRAYING FOR ME EVERY NIGHT.

FINALLY GOD ANSWERED HER

PRAYERS.

MORE ANSWERS WOULD COME.

GABBY GREW UP IN A DEVOUT

CHRISTIAN HOME.

FAITH BECAME PART OF HER DNA.

AFTER WINNING GOLD SHE BOLDLY

THANKED GOD AND HASN'T STOP.

IT IS VERY EXCITING.

I AM SO GLAD I GET TO SPEAK OUT.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY I AM SO GLAD YOU

DID IT.

OH MAN, I AM SO GLAD I DID, TOO.

I HAVE A VOICE AND SPOKE OUT FOR

WHAT I BELIEVED IN.

ROAD TO VICTORY WASN'T EASY.

IN HER NEW BOOK, "GRACE, GOLD,

AND GLORY, MY LEAP OF FAITH,"SHE

HIGHLIGHTS TIMES EVEN WHEN HER

FAMILY WAS HOMELESS.

I FEEL LIKE GOD WAS ALWAYS

WITH ME.

WHY DID YOU WANT TO WRITE THE

BOOK?

BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO GET

MOTIVATED AND INSPIRED AND

HAPPY.

THOUGH YOU MAYBE GOING THROUGH

DIFFICULTIES, EVERYTHING IS

POSSIBLE.

SHE SAYS THERE WERE TIMES

WHEN IT WAS HARD TO HANG ON TO

THAT KIND OF HOPE.

MY FAITH WAS TESTED.

I REMEMBER CHAMPIONSHIPS I FELL

FIVE TIMES, I WAS GOING THROUGH

AN INJURY.

I LOOKED AT MY MOM AND SAID WHY?

I FEEL LIKE GOD IS NOT THERE FOR

ME.

MY MOM SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT

IS HAPPENING, BUT DON'T GIVE UP

NOW.

SHE SAYS HER MOM, NATALIE, A

SINGLE MOTHER AND FAMILY KEPT

PUSHING HER TO KEEP THE FAITH.

I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE

DONE IT WITHOUT MY FAMILY BEING

BEHIND ME THROUGH THE THICK,

THROUGH THE THIN.

YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING IN

THE BOOK, YOU ASKED GOD, WHY DID

YOU GIVE ME THIS SPECIAL GIFT?

WHY DO YOU THINK HE BLESSED YOU

WITH THIS SPECIAL GIFT?

WHY DID HE CHOOSE ME OUT OF

ALL THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE?

WHY ME?

I SIT DOWN AND THINK.

HUH.

I THINK GOD HAS A PLAN FOR

EVERYONE.

GOD, YOU KNOW HAS JUST BLESSED

ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

I SIT DOWN AND SAY I AM SO

BLESSED TO BE IN THIS POSITION.

SHE SAYS KNOWING GOD HAD A

PLAN KEPT HER MOTIVATED.

PRAYER PLAYS A BIG PART IN MY

LIFE.

EVERY TIME BEFORE I COMPETED I

WAS PRAYING TO GOD.

THANK YOU FOR ALL GOD, I AM

STILL GOING TO BE WITH YOU, WIN

OR LOSE.

I AM STILL GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL

THE GLORY.

HER OLYMPIC DREAM ALMOST

ENDED BEFORE IT BEGAN WHEN SHE

CONTEMPLATING LEAVE THE SPORT

WHILE TRAINING IN IOWA.

I WROTE DOWN THIS LONG

EXPLANATION, I WANTED TO JOIN

TRACK OR FIELD.

MY MOM DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.

WE HAD A FAMILY DISCUSSION.

GABBY IS GRATEFUL FOR THE PEP

TALK AND BLESSINGS THAT HAVE

COME WITH IT.

MEANWHILE SHE IS LOOKING AHEAD

TO THE RIO GAMES IN 2016 AND A

POSSIBLE SHOT AT ACTING.

FOR NOW SHE WANTS TO USE HER

PLATFORM TO INSPIRE OTHERS, IF

YOU TRUST IN GOD AND LET

YOURSELF SOAR.

SO GLAD I GOT TO GO TO LONDON

AND INSPIRE YOUNG GIRLS AND

ANYONE AND TO PASS DOWN MY

ADVISE AND THE MESSAGE AND SAY

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU JUST

BELIEVE.

MAKING THE HISTORY BOOKS, I

DIDN'T REALLY KNOW AT FIRST.

I REMEMBER GOING, YOU MADE

HISTORY.

YEAH, I DID.

CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.

SHE SURE DID.

WE ARE SO PROUD.

UP NEXT, WHY WEST VIRGINIA'S

MASCOT IS UNDER FIRE FOR USING A

KEY PROP DURING HIS DAY OFF.

FINALLY TONIGHT A STORY OF

INTEREST TO WENDY, IT INVOLVES

WEST VIRGINIA'S MASCOT.

HE DRESSES THE PART FOR EVERY

FOOTBALL GAME, HE IS IN HOT

WATER FOR THE MUSKUT HE TOTES

AROUND.

THIS IS HOME VIDEO OF

JONATHAN USING IT TO KILL A

BLACK BEAR.

HE CAN BE HEARD GOING LET'S GO

MOUNTAINEERS.

THE UNIVERSITY IS ASKING

24-YEAR-OLD HUNTER TO APOLOGIZE.

IN A STATEMENT A SCHOOL

SPOKESMAN SAYS HIS ACTIONS BROKE

NO LAWS.

HE AGREES IT WOULD BE

APPROPRIATE TO FOREGO USING THE

MUSKIT IN THIS WAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, LEE?

OUTRAGED IS TOO STRONG A

TERM.

I AM DISAPPOINTED HE HAS TO

APOLOGIZE FOR DOING SOMETHING

NOT ILLEGAL, HAS BEEN PART OF

THE TRADITION.

IN WEST VIRGINIA, HUNTING IS

HUGE.

I SAY GO MOUNTAINEERS.

USE THAT RIFLE.

IT IS A GREAT SHOT.

[LAUGHTER].

SEE YOU TOMORROW, BYE-BYE.