TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH," FIGHT
AGAINST SEX TRAFFICKING, WHY
SOME IN CONGRESS ARE CALLING ON
DUTCH GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION.
PLUS ENERGY IN AMERICA, WILL
THE COUNTRY BECOME MORE
EFFICIENT OR INDEPENDENT?
TAKING YOU TO A CAPITAL WITH
LIKELY -- ALL OF THIS AND MORE
TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH." GOOD
EVENING EVERYONE I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
JUSTICE DENIED.
SOME ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CASE
OF A POWERFUL FORMER OFFICIAL IN
NETHERLANDS ACCUSED OF SEX
TRAFFICKING.
THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR, JOHN
JESSUP HAS MORE
REPORTER: MUCH LIKE A
COURTROOM THESE WITNESSES
PRESENTED THEIR TESTIMONIES TO A
CAPITOL HILL AUDIENCE.
THE MAN THEY ACCUSED HAS YET TO
STAND TRIAL.
I WAS AFRAID TO SAY NO.
I WAS YOUNG AND INNOCENT.
THAT IS THE VOICE OF A GROWN
MAN DESCRIBING EMOTIONAL SCARS
FROM CHILDHOOD.
HE BARELY SURVIVED AN
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST
THE DUTCH SUPERELITE.
HE LEFT HIS FAMILY IN TURKEY TO
FIND WORK IN EUROPE.
INSTEAD OF A JOB HE FOUND
TROUBLE AND BLACK MALED INTO
WORKING AT AN AMSTERDAM BROTHEL
THAT IS WHERE HE MET THIS MAN.
SECOND TIME WE MET HE WANTED
ME TO GO WITH HIM TO HIS HOME.
HE CLAIMS HE WAS FORCED TO
HAVE SEX WITH DAMIK.
WE HIGH ELITE PEOPLE ABUSE
CHILDREN AND THEY ARE NOT
PROSECUTED, WHY DO YOU HAVE THE
LAWS?
THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT
ACKNOWLEDGED INVESTIGATING MANY
DATING BACK TO 1990S.
OFFICIAL FINDINGS, OUTCOME OF
THESE INVESTIGATIONS HAS BEEN
THAT THE RUMORS AND ALLEGATIONS
ARE UTTERLY BASE LESS.
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DUTCH
EMBASSY CRITICIZED THE FINDINGS.
THE NETHERLANDS TAKES
FIGHTING AGAINST SEX TRAFFICKING
SERIOUSLY.
THIS CONGRESSMAN BELIEVES
THAT STATEMENT CAN ONLY BE
BELIEVED BY TAKING ACTIONS.
THIS CASE HAS SPARKED AN
INTERNET CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
PUBLIC AWARENESS AGAINST GEORGE
DAMIK.
UNTIL NOW THE ADMINISTERS OF
JUSTICE ARE PROTECTING HIM.
VANEDER PLAUS CALLS FOR
JUSTICE AND WANTS IT TO SEE HOW
FAR IT CAN GO.
AS FOR HER CLIENT,
TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR MAKES ONE
REQUEST?
PLEASE HELP PROTECT MY
IDENTITY, I STILL FEAR FOR MY
LIFE.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
HOSTILITY TOWARDS
CHRISTIANITY IS GETTING STRONGER
IN EUROPE.
STATE SANCTIONED MARGINALIZATION
IN EUROPE.
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PITTED AGAINST
RELIGION AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION
IS ITSELF BEING MARGINALIZED AS
A RIGHT.
MARGINIZATION IS GROWING IN THE
U.S. WHERE CURRENT TRENDS
UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATIONAL
PREMISE GOD HAS GIVEN US FREE
WILL.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND WALES
WILL BE LEGAL -- HAS STRESSED
THERE BE A 100% GUARANTEE NO
CHURCH FORCED TO CONDUCT THEM.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND WALES WERE
BANNED BECAUSE THEY ARE AGAINST
IT.
OTHERS WILL HAVE AN OPT IN IN
THE FUTURE.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN
SCALIA DEFENDED HIS LIBERAL
VIEWS DURING A SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENT ON WEDNESDAY.
ONE ASKED BANNING SODOMY.
HE SAID IF WE CAN'T HAVE MORAL
FEELING AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY,
CAN WE HAVE IT AGAINST MURDER
AND OTHER THINGS?
INTERPRETING LAWS MEANS HEARING
TO THE WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS
AT THE TIME THEY WERE WRITTEN.
IT COMES AFTER TWO CASES THAT
DEFEND TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
PRO-LIFE PHARMACIST WILL NOT
FACE PUNISHMENT FOR REFUSING TO
SELL ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS.
A LOWER COURT FORCED THE SALE OF
MORNING AFTER PILL IN 2005.
COURT OF APPEALS STATED ILLINOIS
LAW PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION IN
LICENSING.
TWO PHARMACIES ARGUED 2K3W069S
CAN'T FORCE COMPANIES OUT OF
BUSINESS BASED ON THEIR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
WHAT IF AMERICA BECAME AN
ENERGY EXPORTER?
DOES IT SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE
TRUE?
MIGHT JUST HAPPEN.
DALE HURD EXPLAINS
REPORTER: IT HAS BEEN A
WELCOME SITE FOR FOLKS IN THIS
ECONOMY, FALLING GASOLINE
PRICES.
BY CHRISTMAS WE SHOULD HAVE
$3.20 AND $3.40 PER GALLON.
IN SOME AREAS PRICES ARE AT
THE $3 MARK.
THESE HIGH PRICES COULD BE A BAD
MEMORY.
I AM THRILLED.
THE FACT THAT IT COSTS LESS
ESPECIALLY WITH CHRISTMAS COMING
UP.
WHAT IS CAUSING THE SUDDEN
DROP?
SOME REFINERY PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN
FIXED AND ALSO THE SIGN OF A BAD
ECONOMY WHEN THERE IS LOW DEMAND
FROM ENERGY FROM BUSINESS.
WHAT IF PRICES CAME DOWN AND
STAYED DOWN?
EXPERTS BELIEVE NORTH AMERICA
MAY BECOME A NET ENERGY EXPORTER
BY 2030 BECAUSE OF SURGE IN OIL
GAS PRODUCTION AND U.S. WILL
BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST
EXPORTER OF OIL SURPASSING SAUDI
ARABIA LIKELY TO BE A GIGANTIC
CHANGE WITH GO POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE FRAKING
FINDING NEW OIL RESERVES ACROSS
THE U.S.
THIS UNCONVENTIONALISM IS
HAVING A BIG IMPACT TON UNITED
STATES.
IT HAS CREATED 1.7 MILLION JOBS
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
CHEAPER ENERGY IS WHAT
AMERICA'S STRUGGLING ECONOMY
NEEDS.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
REPORTER: HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN
BOEHNER CALLED ON PRESIDENT
OBAMA TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT
DEALING WITH THE FISCAL CLIFF.
MR. OBAMA WANTS A TAX HIKE FOR
THE RICH AND BOEHNER WANTS
SPENDING CUTS.
BOEHNER SAID THE GOP HAS PUT A
BALANCED PLAN ON THE TABLE BUT
THE PRESIDENT HASN'T MADE A
PROPOSAL FOR CUTTING SPENDING.
BOEHNER: THE PRESIDENT
DOESN'T WANT CUTS OR REFORMS.
EVEN IF WE DID WHAT THE
PRESIDENT WANTS, WE WOULD SEE
RED INK FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE
CAN SEE.
IT IS MAKING IT WORSE AND
HURTING OUR ECONOMY.
FEDERAL RESERVE TAKING STEPS
TO SOFTEN THE BLOW FROM A
POTENTIAL FISCAL CLIFF IMPACT.
THEY ARE ANNOUNCING A BOND
BUYING PLAN IF CONGRESS CAN'T
REACH A DEAL.
BIPARTISAN GROUP IS SUGGESTING
DEFENSE CUT BACKS.
11 REPUBLICANS AND 11 DEMOCRATS
CALL FOR 550 BILLION DOLLARS IN
MILITARY CUTS OVER LONG TERM.
MICHIGAN'S RIGHT TO WORK
PASSES THE STATE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
TWO BILLS PROHIBIT UNIONS FROM
REQUIRING WORKERS TO PAY LABOR
DUES.
LEGISLATION OPPOSED AND PASSED
IN A VOTE OF 58-51.
THOSE RALLIED AT THE STATE
CAPITAL.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO GET
THE UNION TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
WE DON'T LIKE IT.
THEY CAN STILL BELONG TO THE
UNION.
RICK SNYDER IS EXPECTED TO
SIGN THE LAW INTO ACTION.
THE FAMILY IS EXTENDING SIFRP
THINKS OVER THE NAVY SILL LOST,
DR. DILIP JOSEPH'S FAMILY IS
EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR
SOLDIERS HEROISM, 28-YEAR-OLD
NICHOLAS CZECH HAS BEEN A SEAL
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
NINE PEOPLE INJURED IN TAHRIR
SQUARE.
OPPOSITION PARTY CALLED ON
SUPPORTERS TO MARCH ON THE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN CAIRO.
THEY WANT PRESIDENT MORSI TO
CALL OFF THE REFERENDUM ON A
DRAFT CONSTITUTION.
THEY SAY THE CONSTITUTIONAL
COMMITTEE DRAFTS A DOCUMENT THAT
DOESN'T REPRESENT ALL EGYPTIANS.
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE
BACKING AWAY FROM USING CHEMICAL
WEAPONS AGAINST REBEL FORCES.
LAST WEEK A REGIME OF PRESIDENT
BASHAR ASSAD HAD BEGUN PREPARING
SUCH WEAPONS TO USE IN THE
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR.
NOW DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON
PANETTA SAYS THEY HAVE SLOWED
THE PREPARATIONS.
COMING UP, HOW CBN DISASTER
RELIEF TEAMS ARE STEPPING UP IN
FLOOD DEVASTATED AREAS OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE NUMBER KILLED IN LAST
WEEK'S TYPHOON HAS CLIMBED TO
MORE THAN 700.
MORE THAN 900 STILL MISSING.
INJURY AND DISEASE ARE
THREATENING TO TAKE MORE LIVES.
CBN'S DISASTER RELIEF TEAM IS ON
THE SCENE SO IS OUR REPORTER,
LUCILLE TALUSAN
REPORTER: ROADS BLOCKED BY
MUD SLIDES AND BRIDGES DESTROYED
BY FLOODING ARE MAKING IT
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR DISASTER
RELIEF TEAMS TO REACH THE
VICTIMS.
IT WILL TAKE EIGHT TO TEN
HOURS TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS BRIDGE.
CBN IS USING THE SMALL BOAT TO
BRING THE MUCH NEEDED RELIEF TO
SOME 28,000 HOUSE HOLDS
ISOLATED.
WE COULD FEEL THE
HELPLESSNESS AS WE SAW FIRSTHAND
THE DAMAGE BOPO DID TO THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THE STORM DESTROYED SCHOOLS,
CHURCHES AND EVEN HOSPITALS.
PHILIPPINE RED CROSS CHAIRMAN
RICHARD GORMAN PREPARED AND
THERE IS SHORTAGE MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INJURED AND
THOSE ARE SUFFERING FROM FEVER
AND DIARRHEA.
NEED EVERYTHING FROM NEBRASKA
YOU LIEZERS AND TRACTIONS A LOT
OF PEOPLE NEED OPERATIONS AND
X-RAYS FOR THEIR HEAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR
FAMILIES.
THEY NEED ONE HOSPITAL WELL
EQUIP, SO LONG IS THERE IS AN
ORDERLY PROCEDURE.
WHEN THIS FAMILY HEARD CBN
DISASTER RELIEF WAS IN THE
VILLAGE, SHE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT
HER NIECE HANNA.
SHE WAS SUFFERING DUE TO
DEHYDRATION.
SHE WAS TRAUMATIZED BY THE DEATH
OF HER FATHER.
HE WAS STRUCK BY A COCONUT
TRY AND OUR HOUSE SWEPT AWAY BY
THE WINDS.
WE LIVE IN A MAKESHIFT TENT
ALONG THE ROAD.
ALL OF THIS IS VERY TRAUMATIC
FOR HERMENT
CBN DOCTOR GAVE HER
REHYDRATION SOLUTION TO REPLACE
LOST FLUIDS AND CBN CHURCH
PRAYED FOR HER BODY AND
EMOTIONAL CONDITION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING TO OUR VILLAGE TO HELP
US.
SHE WAS ALSO SURPRISED CBN
FOUND HER A TENT.
SHE WAS GRATEFUL FOR HELPING
HANNA RECOVER.
CBN WILL BE HOLDING MORE
MEDICAL MISSIONS IN COMING
WEEKS, LUCILLE TALUSAN, CBN
NEWS, PHILIPPINES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW
YOU CAN HELP WITH CBN DISASTER
RELIEF EFFORTS, VISIT OUR
WEBSITE CBNNEWS.COM.
SEVERE STORMS AND RECORD SNOW
CRIPPLING UPPER PLAINS, MIDWEST.
SNOW FELL IN MINNESOTA AND THEY
MET THE MONTHLY RECORD IN JUST
ONE DAY.
EMERGENCY WORKERS TENDING TO
HUNDREDS OF REPORTED CRASHES.
WE JUST MOVED TO THE AREA
FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IT IS A BIT OF A SHOCK.
WE CAME TO MOVE OUR CAR AND
IT IS GONE.
MEANWHILE TORNADOS PLAGUING
LOUISIANA AND FLORIDA DESTROYING
AS MANY AS 30 MOBILE HOMES.
MORE SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOS
EXPECTED THROUGHOUT ORLANDO ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO MIAMI.
UP NEXT, FROM ORDINARY CITY
TO MISSIONARY HUB.
WE VISIT THE THAI TOWN THAT IS A
MAJOR TRAINING TOWN FOR THE
GOSPEL.
IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
LEADING CENTERS FOR MISSIONARY
WORK YET FEW AMERICANS HAVE
HEARD OF IT.
CHANGE MOOI IS LOCATED IN
THAILAND.
HEATHER SELLS HAS TONIGHT'S
FOCUS REPORT.
REPORTER: MORE THAN ONE
MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN AND
AROUND CHANG MIE IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN THAILAND.
A REMINDER 95% OF THE PEOPLE ARE
BUDDHIST.
A POWERFUL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
AT WORK STRATEGICALLY BUILDING
THE KINGDOM.
AS MANY AS 2,000 MISSIONARIES
AND CHRISTIAN WORKERS LIVE AND
WORK OUT OF CHANGE CHANG MIE.
WHAT SETS CHANG MIE A PART, ITS
PROXIMITY TO 1040 WINDOW,
COUNTRIES 10 AND 40° NORTH OF
THE EQUATOR THAT THEY SAY HAVE
THE LEAST ACCESS TO THE GOSPEL.
MEDIA MISSIONARY TOM SILKWOOD
HAS WORKED HERE SINCE 1980S WHO
HAS COLLABORATED WITH CBN AND
COUNTLESS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE CAMPUS CRUSADE,
WYCLIFFE, FIL, JUST ALL YOUR TOP
PLAYERS AS FAR AS MINISTRY
OUTREACH.
HOW DID THIS ORDINARY ASIAN
CITY GROW TO THIS?
IT BEGAN 200 YEARS AGO.
IT GOES BACK TO 1828.
THEY SET UP SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK FAR IN
CHANG MIE.
RIGHT BEHIND ME IS FIRST CHURCH
CHANG MIE FOUNDED IN 1888.
PRINCE ROYAL'S COLLEGE,
PRIVATE CHRISTIAN K-12 SCHOOL
AND THE UNIVERSITY.
DESPITE THESE SERVICES, LONG
TIMERS LIKE ESTHER WAKEMAN SAY
THE MISSIONARY POPULATION IN
CHANG MIE BEGAN SPARSE.
WHEN I CAME 30 YEARS AGO, IF
YOU WERE A WESTERNER, LITTLE
KIDS WOULD POINT YOU OUT, THERE
IS THE WESTERNER.
IN 1997, THE BRITISH GAVE
HONG KONG BACK TO CHINA FORCING
A CHANGE ON THE ISLAND.
THEY REALIZED THAILAND COULD
BE THE ANSWER.
THAILAND WAS A FREE COUNTRY.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED FREEDOM OF
RELIGION.
IT WAS A VERY SAME PLACE FOR
ORGANIZATIONS TO MIGRATE AND
WORK.
PART OF THE SUPPORT CAME FROM
THE THAI'S APPRECIATION FOR
MISSION'S WORK, MEDICAL CARE,
SCHOOLS AND OTHER SERVICES.
MISSION ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
LEARNED CHANG MIE OFFERS A WAY
OF LIFE THAT FACILITATES A WAY
OF LIFE.
VERY REASONABLE COST OF
LIVING AND A VERY SAFE PLACE.
IT IS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE
LOCATE WONDERFULLY TO SOUTHEAST
ASIA, ACCESS TO CHINA, INDIA,
VERY EASY ACCESS.
A LOT OF MISSION ORGANIZATIONS
THAT DON'T WORK IN THAILAND BUT
WORK IN THE REGION HAVE THEIR
OFFICES HERE.
ANOTHER PLUS, A HOST OF
SERVICES IN CHANG MIE AIMED AT
KEEPING CHRISTIAN WORKERS ON THE
FIELD.
WELL AND CORNER STONE PROVIDE
COUNSELING AND JUNIPER PROVIDE A
PLACE OF REST.
SOME RECOMMEND THEY LEAVE
THEIR COUNTRY EVERY FOUR OR SIX
MONTHS.
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
MEASURE THE IMPACT.
HOW LONG WILL CHRISTIANS BE
WELCOME HERE?
THE CONCERN THE 85-YEAR-OLD KING
OF THAILAND.
HE HAS RULED THE COUNTRY SINCE
1946.
NO ONE KNOWS WHO WILL SUCCEED
HIM.
IT WILL BE A HUGE EVENT WHEN
WE LOSE THE KING.
THEN NOBODY IS SURE WHAT WILL
HAPPEN AFTER THAT.
FOR NOW MISSIONARIES ARE
ENJOYING BENEFITS OF WORKING
SIDE BY SIDE AND THANKFUL FOR A
CITY THAT MAKES IT RELATIVELY
EASY TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL.
REPORTING IN CHANG MIE, HEATHER
SELLS, CBN NEWS.
UP NEXT, TACKIER THE BETTER,
ONE MAN THAT IS TURNING
DISCARDED CHRISTMAS SWEATERS
INTO A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE SAYING
ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER'S
TREASURE.
CERTAINLY FOR ONE OREGON MAN.
I OPEN THE BOX AND LOVE THIS
SWEATER.
IT HAS THE HOLLY LEAF TASSEL FOR
THE ZIPPER.
ANDREW COLLECTS CHRISTMAS
SWEATERS.
FOUNDER OF UGLY CHRISTMAS
SWEATERS HQ.
HE SELLS THEM FOR UGLY SWEATER
CHRISTMAS PARTIES.
I WOULD REMINISCE ABOUT MY
SCHOOL TEACHER OR SOMEBODY FROM
CHURCH THAT WORE THESE GAUDY
SWEATERS.
I HAD YEARS I WASN'T INTO
CHRISTMAS.
ANDREW HAS 200 SWEATERS
ONLINE AND SOLD 25 IN JUST ONE
WEEK.
HE WAS WEARING ONE, TOO, A
CARDIGAN.
IT DIDN'T FIT, EITHER.
DO YOU HAVE AN UGLY KRILS
KRIMS CHRISTMAS SWEATER?
I JUST SAY.
THAT WAS A FUNNY STORY.
GOOD NIGHT.
BYE-BYE.
