TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" THE
RIGHT TO WORK IN AMERICA.
WHY ANTI-UNION FORCES ARE
GAINING GROUND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
PLUS REBELS MAKING PROGRESS
IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR.
LATEST ON THE U.S. DECISION TO
BACK OPPOSITION FORCES.
WHY ONE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
CAMPUS TURNED DOWN THE OFFER OF
A FREE MASSACHUSETTS CAMPUS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." SOME MICHIGAN
LAWMAKERS HAVE DEALT A HUGE BLOW
TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
MICHIGAN ONE OF THE STRONGEST
UNION STATES NOW A RIGHT-TO-WORK
STA
STATE.
ANOTHER SIGN ANTI-UNION FORCES
ARE GAINING MOMENTUM.
DALE HURD HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY
REPORTER: MICHIGAN
REPUBLICANS ACTED SO QUICKLY,
THE UNIONS HAD LITTLE TIME TO
REACT.
WITHIN HOURS OF ANNOUNCING PLANS
LAST THURSDAY, BILLS RUSHED
THROUGHOUT STATE'S SENATE.
AFTER A LEGAL WHETHER I REQUIRED
FIVE-DAY WAITING PERIOD, THE
HOUSE APPROVED FINAL PASSAGE
TUESDAY.
THOUSANDS OF UNION MEMBERS
CONVERGED ON THE CAPITAL MEMBERS
IN LANSING.
POLICE HAD TO RESORT TO PEPPER
SPRAY TO CONTROL THE CROWD.
THE UNION INTIMIDATION WASN'T
ENOUGH.
WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN TAKE
OUR RIGHTS AWAY.
SUPPORTERS CALL IT RIGHT TO
WORK.
LESS UNION DUES MEANS LESS
INFLUENCE.
THE SO-CALLED RIGHT TO WORK
LAWS HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH
POLITICS.
GIVING YOU THE RIGHT TO WORK FOR
LESS MONEY.
WORKERS GET TO TAKE HOME MORE
OF THEIR MONEY.
ACCORDING TO THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION, GIVEN A CHOICE A
QUARTER OF MICHIGAN GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES WANT OUT OF UNIONS,
RETURNING 100 MILLION A YEAR TO
THEIR POCKETS.
THE LAW ENCOURAGES BUSINESS.
CHRIS OWNS A CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY AND PREDICTS HE CAN HIRE
MORE WORKERS.
THOSE BUSINESSES WILL NEED
SPACE.
WE ARE HERE TO BUILD IT FOR
THEM.
IN THE HEART OF THE U.S. AUTO
INDUSTRY.
DETROIT WAS ONCE A JEWEL.
DETROIT AND STATE WERE DAMAGED
BY UNION POWER INCREASING COST
OF BUSINESS AND FORCING
COMPANIES TO LEAVE ERODING THE
TAX BASE.
MICHIGAN WILL BECOME THE 24TH
RIGHT-TO-WORK STATE BECOMING ONE
OF THE NUMBER OF STATE THAT IS
SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED THE
UNIONS AFTER SCOTT WALKER BEAT
THEM IN WISCONSIN AND SURVIVE A
RECALL ELECTION.
THE MICHIGAN LAW IS A LONG
POLITICAL STRUGGLE AS OPPONENTS
FIGHT IN COURT, LEGISLATURE AND
VOTING BOTH.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
FOR MORE WE TURN TO SETON
MOTELY WITH LESS GOVERNMENT.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE MANAGED TO
DEAL THIS BLOW TO THE
PRO-DEMOCRAT UNIONS IN THAT
STATE, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
I THINK YOU HAD PROBLEMS UP
STAIRS AS FAR AS THE CANDIDATE
AND THE CAMPAIGN HE RAN.
HE DIDN'T INGENDER A LOT OF
SOLID SUPPORT FOR INSTANCE
GOVERNOR SNIDER IN 2010 IN
MICHIGAN AND THE STATE HOUSES,
HOUSE AND SENATE IN MICHIGAN HAD
A LOT OF TEA PARTY GUYS RUN AND
WIN.
THEY HAD THE NUMBERS TO GET THE
LAW PASSED ONCE THEY PUT IT ON
THE FLOOR.
DEFINITELY SHOWED POLITICAL
COURAGE BYPASSING IT.
SETON, WE JUST HEARD THE
PRESIDENT SAY IN DALE HURD'S
REPORT, THE RIGHT TO WORK LAWS
GIVE YOU MORE MONEY?
IT IS ABSURD -- YOU CAN'T
WORK UNLESS YOU PAY UNION DUES.
I DEALT WITH THAT AS A BAG BOY
AT 15 IN VIRGINIA.
NEXT THING I KNOW I AM IN THE
GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE.
IT WAS A UNION SHOP.
AS INDIANA, NEIGHBORING INDIANA
HAVE HAD 90 COMPANIES MOVE INTO
THE STATE IN THE YEAR SINCE THEY
PASSED RIGHT NO WORK.
CLEARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A
RIGHT-TO-WORK STATE, EMPLOYMENT
UP AND THEREFORE NUMBERS UP.
RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS.
IF YOU GET RID OF THE MANDATORY
UNION DUES, ALL THE SUDDEN JOBS
START SPRINGING UP EVERYWHERE.
SETON, I WANT TO MOVE ON TO A
DIFFERENT STORY.
JEFFREY EMELDS CEO OF GENERAL
ELECTRIC AND PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
JOB COUNSELMAN.
STATE RUN COMMUNISM MAY NOT
BE YOUR CUP OF TEA, BUT THEIR
GOVERNMENT WORKS.
SETON, YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
I LOVE THE FACT THAT
COMPETITIVENESS IS IN HIS JOB
TITLE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE MONOPOLISTIC CHINESE
GOVERNMENT RUNNING EVERYTHING,
CALLING ALL THE SHOTS.
HE IS HAILING AND ADMIRING THAT
AS HE IS THE COMPETITIVENESS
CZAR IN THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE.
THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE THAT HAD
A CHAIRMAN MALL ORNAMENT ON
THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE IN 2009.
THIS IS THE GREEN JOBS VAN JONES
WHO IS A DEVOTE MARXIST IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WE HAD ANITA DUN, FORMER YUAN
KAGSS DIRECTOR CHAIRMAN MOU WAS
ONE OF HER TWO FAVORITE
POLITICAL PROFESSORS.
ALMOST IN OBAMA'S SECOND TERM,
WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNISM LOVER
IN HIS INNER CIRCLE.
APPARENTLY IT WORKS FOR BIG
COMPANIES LIKE GE THAT COZY UP
TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HUH?
I AM SURE IT IS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
SETON, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU, MERRY CHRISTMAS
EVERYBODY.
TURNING OVERSEAS, ISRAEL'S
FOREIGN MINISTER IS EXPRESSING
ANGER OVER THE RIGHT TO BUILD ON
CONTESTED LAND IN THE WEST BANK.
ABDOR LIEBERMAN SAYS THAT MANY
WORLD LEADERS ARE WILLING TO
SACRIFICE ISRAEL TO RADICAL
ISLAM.
HE SAY IT IS INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY IS IGNORING ONGOING
THREATS TO THEIR NATION SUCH AS
ONGOING CALLS FOR ISRAEL'S
DESTRUCTION FROM THE TERROR
GROUP HAMAS.
LIEBERMAN SAID MY SENSE IS THAT
ALL THE PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS
TO ISRAEL'S SECURITY ARE MERE
WORDS.
WHITE HOUSE IS CONDEMNING A
LONG RANGE MISSILE TEST BY NORTH
KOREA CALLING IT QUOTE HIGHLY
PROVOCATIVE.
IT HAS THE RANGE TO HIT HIS U.S.
MAINLAND.
ROCKET TRAVELED DIRECTLY OVER
OKINAWA BEFORE FALLING 180 MILES
NORTH OF THE PHILIPPINES.
THEY FIRED THE MISSILE TO TEST
ABILITY TO TEST ORBIT.
AMERICA IS OFFICIALLY
STANDING WITH THE COALITION OF
FIGHTERS OPPOSING SYRIAN
PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD.
FRANCE, BRITAIN AND GULF
COUNTRIES ARE SUPPORTING THE
NEWLY FORMED SYRIAN GROUP.
THIS COMES AHEAD OF AN
INTERNATIONAL MEETING.
PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE HIS
DECLARATION WITH AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW ON BARBARA WALTERS
"20/20" ON FRIDAY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: IT IS NOW
CONCLUSIVE ENOUGH AND REFLECTIVE
ENOUGH OF THE SYRIAN POPULATION
THAT WE CONSIDER THEM THE
LEGITIMATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
SYRIAN PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION TO
THE ASSAD REGIME.
THEY MAYBE AFFILIATED WITH
THE TIDE AL-QAEDA TERRORIST WITH
IRAQ.
DEFENSE SECRETARY PANETTA IS
VISITING WITH HAMID KARZAI.
THEY SHIFT SECURITY
RESPONSIBILITIES TO AFGHAN
FORCES AHEAD OF THE 2014 COMBAT
WITHDRAWAL.
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND PANETTA WILL BE
DECIDING JUST HOW MANY AMERICAN
TROOPS TO LEAVE IN AFGHANISTAN
AFTER 2014.
BETWEEN 6,000 AND 10,000 TROOPS
EXPECTED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE 66,000
SERVING THERE.
UNITED NATIONS SAYS THERE IS
SOME PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT
OF WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN.
2009, THE COUNTRY ENACTED LAW TO
PROSECUTE VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN.
SOME SUCCESS.
THE U.N. SAYS MORE WORK NEEDS TO
BE DONE.
WE ARE CALLING ON THE AFGHAN
AUTHORITIES TO TAKE, OF COURSE,
MUCH GREATER STEPS TO BOTH
FACILITATE REPORTING OF
INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN AND ACTUALLY OPEN
INVESTIGATIONS AND TAKE ON
PROSECUTIONS.
2009 LAW CRIMINALIZES CHILD
ENFORCED MARRIAGES, SELLING AND
BUYING OF WOMEN AS WELL AS RAPE
AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHER
VIOLENT ACTS.
POPE BENEDICT MARKS A MESSAGE
LESS THAN 140 CHARACTERS.
POPE HIT ONE MILLION FOLLOWERS
ON TWITTER AND SENT OUT HIS
FIRST OFFICIAL TWEET.
DEAR FRIENDS, I AM PLEASED TO
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU THROUGH
TWITTER.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
I BLESS ALL OF YOU FROM THE
BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
DON'T FORGET YOU CAN STAY UP TO
DATE WITH CBN NEWS ON TWITTER.
AT CBNNEWS.COM.
COMING UP, HOW THE SO-CALLED
FISCAL CLIFF COULD TURN
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY UPSIDE
DOWN.
AFTER 40 YEARS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE, 24 OF THOSE IN THE
SENATE JOE LIEBERMAN DELIVERS
LAST SPEECH IN WORLD'S GREATEST
DELIBERATIVE BODY.
HE THANKED GOD, HIS WIFE, AND
FAMILY AND PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT
FOR HELPING HIM LIVE OUT THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
HE URGED COLLEAGUES TO REACH
ACROSS THE ISLE TO SOLVE THEM.
I WILL END MY REMARKS WHERE
OUR COUNTRY BEGAN A LONG TIME
AGO WITH A DREAM AND A PRAYER
THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AFTER THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL
RACE, LIEBERMAN HAD TO RUN AS AN
INDEPENDENT BECAUSE OF JOHN
MCCAIN'S BID.
SINCE THEN HE HAS WORKED WITH
BOTH PARTIES.
WASHINGTON LAWMAKERS GOING
NOWHERE IN THEIR NEGOTIATIONS TO
AVOID THE HUGE TAX INCREASES AND
BUDGET CUTS SET TO HIT IN
JANUARY.
IT COULD PLACE THE ECONOMY BACK
INTO A RECESSION AND A DISASTER
FOR STATES SUFFERING WITH BIG
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
HEATHER SELLS REPORTS ON THE
ANXIETY IN CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA BOASTS THE LARGEST
ECONOMY IN THE U.S. AND 8TH
LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
IT'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STANDS AT
10%.
MOST PEOPLE THINK THE ECONOMY
WOULD BE DRAWN INTO RECESSION.
THAT WILL WOULD AFFECT STATE'S
ECONOMY AND REVENUES AND RESULT
IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF LESS
TAX REV REVENUES.
STATE WOULD LOSE UP TO 4.5
BILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDS
AND STATE BUDGET WOULD SHRINK BY
11 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT
TWO YEARS.
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.
CUTS IN MILITARY SPENDING COULD
KILL 135,000 JOBS IN CALIFORNIA
ALONE.
ACROSS THE STATE ACTIVISTS ARE
PRESSING WASHINGTON FOR A DEAL
360,000 UNEMPLOYED CALIFORNIANS
CONSIDER THE PROSPECT OF LOSING
BENEFITS.
IT WILL BE HARD FOR ME TO
FIND A JOB IF AT UL ALL.
WORKERS ARE PREPARING TO SEE
INCREASE IN THE INCOME TAX IF
WASHINGTON GOES OVER THE CLIFF
AND ONE QUARTER OF 1% FOR 2013.
IF LAWMAKERS DON'T ACT, THEY'LL
GET HIT WITH HIGHER INCOME TAXES
AS WELL.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAX WAS
TEMPORARILY DROPPED TO 4.2% IN
2010.
NOW SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO 6.2%
IN JANUARY.
AVERAGE AMERICAN HOUSE HOLD WILL
SEE THEIR PAYCHECKS SHRINK BY 2%
AND CAPPING MORTGAGE INTEREST
AND CHARITABLE DONATIONS.
EARLIER CBN'S PAT ROBERTSON
SPOKE WITH FRANK MEEKO TO HELP
YOU OFFSET THE RISING TAXES.
IF YOU HAVE STOCK THAT IS HAVE
APPRECIATED YOU CAN DONATE THOSE
TO CHARITY AND AVOID CAPITAL
GAINS TAXES.
IF YOU HAVE APPRECIATED
STOCKS, BONDS, YOU CAN GIVE UP
TO 30% OF ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME
YOU CAN DEDUCT THE FULL MARKET
VALUE AND BYPASS THE CAPITAL
GAINS TAX.
FIDELITY HAVE CHARITABLE GIFT
FUNDS, YOU CAN MAKE IMMEDIATE
DEDUCTION IN 2012 AND AT A
DESIGNATED FUTURE TIME YOU CAN
GIVE IT TO A QUALIFIED CHARITY.
YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
UP NEXT, WHY THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY WAS A FACTOR IN ONE
CHILDREN COLLEGE'S DECISION NOT
TO EXPAND.
A FREE COLLEGE CAMPUS MAY
SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO MOST.
YEAH, WHEN CHRISTIAN
PHILANTHROPIST GAVE ONE AWAY,
THEY FOUND OUT THEY WERE NOT
WELCOME IN THE COMMUNITY.
MARK MARTIN EXPLAINS.
TODAY WE ARE EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE, THE FAMILY VOTED TO
GIVE THIS FACILITY IS GRAND
CANYON UNIVERSITY.
[APPLAUSE].
STEVE GREEN, PRESIDENT OF
HOBBY LOBBY WAS ALL SMILES WHEN
HE ANNOUNCED HIS FAMILY'S GIFT
OF THIS HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND
CAMPUS.
THE ARIZONA-BASED CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL WOULD BACK OUT OF THE
DEAL A MONTH LATER.
WHEN D.L. MOODY FOUNDED THIS
PLACE, HE WANTED TO FIND ONE.
DR. BRIAN MUELLER THOUGHT IT
WAS A GOOD FIT.
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE REPORTS
MUELLER SAID WE HAD TROUBLE WITH
THE CITY OF NORTHFIELD AND THE
TOWN WAS CONCERNED GROWING THE
CAMPUS TO 5,000 STUDENTS WOULD
ALTAR THE BASIC CULTURE AND FEEL
OF THE AREA.
THIS REGION HAS BECOME KNOWN FOR
ACADEMIA AND SECULAR LIBERALISM.
ALEX STEWART LEADS THE
COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL
VALLEY IN THE NORTHEAST, PEOPLE
ARE CONCERNED THAT THE COLLEGE
BE OPEN MINDED.
AMERICAN CULTURE GROWING
INCREASINGLY COLD TO
CHRISTIANITY.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR
CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION?
ALTHOUGH MUELLER PASSED ON THE
NORTH FIELD SCHOOL.
HE SAYS GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
IS FLOURISHING, AROUND 6500
STUDENTS ATTEND ATROPHY AT
PHOENIX CAMPUS. WE WENT
PUBLIC AND 254 MILLION DOLLAR
INFUSION OF FUNDS.
INVESTORS LIKED OUR BUSINESS
MODEL.
MUELLER SAYS THE INVESTMENT
MODEL KEPT THEM FROM CLOSING
THEIR DOORS AND GOING PUBLIC
KEPT THEM FROM CLOSING DOWN.
THEY PAY LESS THAN AT A STATE
UNIVERSITY.
THERE IS NO QUESTION HIGHER
EDUCATION HAS TO SOLVE THE U TOO
TUITION RIDDLE.
IT IS ONE REALLY GOOD APPROACH.
REGENT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
DR. CARLOS CAMPO IS OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION
AND POINTS TO SECULAR SCHOOLS AS
ONE INDICATOR.
HARVARD IS CHANGING THEIR
CURRICULUM.
THAT TELLS ME THERE IS A PLACE
FOR CHRISTIAN HIGHER ED.
WE ARE NOT JUST PREPARING YOU
WHICH WE ARE, BUT ALSO PREPARING
YOU FOR LIFE.
ACCORDING TO COLLEGESTATS.ORG
DR. SHIRLEY OF CALVIN COLLEGE
FORESEES A GROWTH PHASE TO
SECULAR COLLEGE EDUCATION.
A PARTICULARLY DEEP IDEA OF
SERVICE AND SUSTAINABILITY AND
CREATION CARE AND LIVING YOUR
LIFE FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN
YOURSELF.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOUNG PEOPLE
WANT.
WE SEE SOME OF THE GREAT
COLLEGES ANTAGONISTIC TOWARDS A
CHRISTIAN WORLD VIEW.
THERE IS A GREAT NEED IN OUR
COUNTRY TO HAVE THE CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION FRIENDLY TO THE
CHRISTIAN BIBLICAL WORLD VIEW.
THE GREEN FAMILY HOPES THE
MOODY CAMPUS WILL SOON IT RATHER
THAN LATER.
FINDING THE RIGHT RECIPIENT
COULD TAKE TIME.
MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS,
NORTHFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
AND FINALLY MANY CHRISTIANS
AVOID WRITING XMAS THIS TIME OF
YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS.
THEY ASSUME IT IS A WAY OF
TAKING CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS.
THAT IS NOT SO ACCORDING TO
AUTHOR ACE COLLINS THE OPPOSITE
IS TRUE.
HERE IS WHY.
OCCASIONALLY AROUND CHRISTMAS
YOU SEE IT ABBREVIATED AS XMAS.
ARE WE GOING BACK TO AN OLDER
TRADITION?
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE
TAKING CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS.
THEY LOOK AT IT IS THE WAY
CHRIST WAS SPELLED.
WHEN A CHRISTIAN WAS MARTYRED
PEOPLE WOULD GO UP ON THE STREET
AND DRAW AN X ON THE SPOT TO
REPRESENT A CHRISTIAN DIED HERE
FOR HIS FAITH.
FOR 1500 YEARS THE CHURCH WROTE
CHRISTMAS AS XMAS, WORSHIP
CHRIST.
X WAS CHRIST'S NAME.
PAPER AND INK WERE IN SHORT
SUPPLY.
THEY ABBREVIATED ANYTHING THEY
COULD.
THIS IS AN EARLY FORM OF
TEXTING.
IT WAS NOT TAKING CHRIST OUT OF
CHRISTMAS.
IT WAS KEEPING CHRIST IN
CHRISTMAS.
WE CAN USE THAT AS A WORSHIP AND
A WITNESSING TOOL TODAY.
WE CAN TELL PEOPLE THE HISTORY
OF XMAS AND SHOW THEM IT IS
PUTTING CHRIST INTO CHRISTMAS.
I HAD NO IDEA.
I DIDN'T EITHER.
I THINK IT IS GREAT.
X MARKS THE SPOT.
I THINK I REMEMBER HIM TALKING
ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR JOINING US, GOOD
NIGHT.
