TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" SAFETY
IN AMERICA.
THE NATIONAL DEBATE REIGNITED BY
THE CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING.
PLUS A NEW REPORT
HIGHLIGHTING THE SECURITY
FAILURES LEADING UP TO THE
DEADLY CONSULATE ATTACK IN
BENGHAZI, LIBYA.
AND A CHURCH DUBBED FORMER
MUSLIMS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM LORIE JOHNSON.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS VOWING TO
TAKE ACTION IN AN ATTEMPT TO
REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
MR. OBAMA HAS ASKED VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO CREATE
NEW GUN CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS
AND INCLUDE SOME MEMBERS OF
CABINET, CONGRESS AND LAWMAKERS
PRESIDENT OBAMA: IF THEY CAN
SUMMON ONE TINY IOTA OF THE
COURAGE THOSE TEACHERS, THAT
PRINCIPAL SUMMONED ON FRIDAY, IF
COOPERATION AND COMMON SENSE
PREVAIL, I AM CONVINCED WE CAN
MAKE A SENSIBLE AND INTELLIGENT
WAY TO MAKE THE UNITED STATES
SAFER, STRONGER PLACE FOR OUR
CHILDREN TO LEARN AND GROW.
PRESIDENT SAYS THE TASK FORCE
WILL REACH OUT TO GUN OWNER'S
PARENTS, MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS AND PASTORS TO GET
IDEAS AND PASS LEGISLATION ONCE
THEY COME UP WITH A PLAN.
MASS SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN,
CONNECTICUT HAS PUT GUNS UNDER A
MICROSCOPE.
WHICH THREATENS OUR SAFETY MOST,
JENNIFER WISHON REPORTS
REPORTER: IN THE MIDST OF
THE GRIEF IN NEWTOWN WHAT IF THE
SHOOTER HAD NO ACCESS FROM THE
GUNS, WHAT IF HE RECEIVE PROPER
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT?
AND WHAT IF THE TEACHER AND
PRINCIPAL HAD WEAPONS TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES.
THEY SPARK ALL KINDS OF
DEBATES, THIS TRAGEDY IN NEWTOWN
WITH VICTIMS SO YOUNG SPARKING A
DEBATE NEITHER WHITE HOUSE OR
CONGRESS EXPECTED.
BAN SALE, TRANSFER,
IMPORTATION AND THE POSSESSION,
AND BAN THE SAME FOR BIG CLIPS,
DRUMS OR STRIPS OF MORE THAN 10
BULLETS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS TO
CLOSE THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE
ALLOWING PRIVATE SALE OF GUNS
WITHOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS.
NATIONAL MOOD ON GUNS MAYBE
SHIFTING.
CBS POLL REPORTS 57% WANTS
STRICTER GUN LAWS, UP 15 POINTS
FROM APRIL.
GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES PROTESTING
OUTSIDE NRA HEADQUARTERS AND
APPLYING HEAT ON CAPITOL HILL.
EVERY YEAR 100,000 AMERICANS
ARE SHOT.
PEOPLE LIKE COLLIN GODDARD.
I WAS SHOOT IN VIRGINIA TECH
AND SURVIVED AND THE OTHER 32
DIDN'T.
SHOOTERS WITH MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS.
WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT
INTERSECTION OF LETHAL WEAPON
AND MENTAL HEALTH.
FIVE YEARS AFTER VIRGINIA
TECH AND TO STATES DON'T REQUIRE
A MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY.
ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, 34% OF
AMERICANS WILL HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE
THIS YEAR.
OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES,
THAT RAISES TO 61%.
FOR MANY AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY
IN RURAL AREAS, ADEQUATE KWAR IS
A CHALLENGE.
JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY
ALONE, WE NEED TO BE BETTER AT
IDENTIFYING PEOPLE.
DR. MINTLE SAYS IT IS HARD.
THE NRA BROKE ITS SILENCE
TUESDAY, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE
FAMILIES AND MATTER OF COMMON
DECED
DECENT SI, THE NRA IS PREPARED
TO OFFER MEANINGFUL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN.
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR BOB MCDONALD
SAYS IT IS TIME TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT ARMING SCHOOL
OFFICIALS AND EXPECTED TO GET
THE FULL FEDERAL TREATMENT IN
THE NEW YEAR.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS.
GUN OWNERSHIP IN AMERICA
SPIKED TO 47% LAST YEAR.
HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 1993.
AS THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE
CONTINUES, SOME FIREMANS MIGHT
BE LESS AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS.
WAL-MART AND DICK'S SPORTING
GOODS HAVE STOPPED SELLING
WEAPONS SIMILAR TO THE ONES
USED.
TWO RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS SAYING
THEY CAN CHALLENGE THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S CONTRACEPTION
MANDATE AND COMES FROM THE D.C.
COURT OF APPEALS ALLOWING
WHEATON AND BELMONT COLLEGES TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR
LAWSUITS.
LOWER COURTS PREVIOUSLY
DISMISSED THEM.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MUST
WORK ON NEW RULES THAT PROTECT
COLLEGES FROM VIOLATING THEIR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS.
PAUL STRAND HAS MORE
REPORTER: THIS LAWYER, KYLE
DUNCAN JUST CAME OUT OF THAT
COURTHOUSE.
HE WAS BATTLING FOR THE
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OF ALL
AMERICANS REPRESENTING BELMONT
ABBY AND WHEATON COLLEGE WHICH
BOTH REJECT TO 'OBAMACARE' THAT
THEIR HEALTH PLANS PAY FOR
CONTRACEPTIONS INCLUDING
ABORTION DRUGS.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
CONTRACEPTION.
CASE IS ABOUT WHETHER THE
GOVERNMENT CAN SAY WE ARE GOING
TO FORCE YOU TO VIOLATE PAY OR
FINE YOU.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS IS THE
LARGEST NUMBER OF LAWSUITS FILED
AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ON A RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUE IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
THE PRINCIPLE WILL PROTECT
PEOPLE FROM HAVING RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS VIOLATED AND CO HEARSED
BY HEAVEN HANDED GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS.
THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE
THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US, CUTS
ACROSS A LOT OF OUR RELIGIOUS
DIFFERENCES.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RELIGIOUS
OBJECTIONS HAS BEEN THEIS, LUMP
IT, THESE ARE THE RULES.
IT IS FAR FROM SETTLED.
PAUL STRAND CBN NEWS.
EIGHT HEALTH WORKERS KILL IN
PAKISTAN.
PEOPLE WORKING ON A UNITED
NATIONS BACKED POLIO VACCINATION
CAMPAIGN.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE TALIBAN IS
RESPONSIBLE.
ONE ATTACK KILLED FIVE WOMEN
WORKING TO ADMINISTER TO VACCINE
VACCINE.
BOTH CAMPAIGNS WERE PART OF A
PUSH BY THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT
TO VACCINATE THE HIGHEST RISK
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
CAMPAIGNS SUSPENDED DUE TO THE
ATTACKS.
UNITED STATES SET TO PAY THE
PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT 688 MILLION
DOLLARS, REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE
COST OF STATIONING 140,000
TROOPS AT THE AFGHANISTAN
BORDER.
MOVE IS EXPECTED TO HELP
NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH
PAKISTAN.
THAT AFTER TENSION OVER THE
KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN.
DEPENDENT DEFENSE SECRETARY
ASHTON CARTER SAID THE
REIMBURSEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST
OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATE DEPARTMENT SECURITY
CHIEF AND TWO OTHERS RESIGNED
TODAY AFTER A NEW REPORT ON THE
DEADLY CONSULATE ATTACK IN
LIBYA.
A REVIEW OF THE BENGHAZI ATTACK
FAULTS INADEQUATE SECURITY AND
LEADERSHIP FAILURES.
IT CAME OUT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
EFREM GRAHAM REPORTS
REPORTER: THE REVIEW BLAMED
GROSSLY INADEQUATE LEADERSHIP.
IT POINTS OUT THAT THE COMPOUND
WAS LIGHTLY DEFENDED.
A LACK OF OVERSIGHT SECURITY
OPERATIONS.
FUTHERMORE OFFICIALS DIDN'T --
THEY DENIED REQUEST FOR MORE
SECURITY.
THE REPORT DIDN'T SINGLE OUT
INDIVIDUAL OFFICIALS OR FIND
FAULT WITH THE U.S. MILITARY
STATING THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH
TIME FOR RESPONSE.
ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD
CONFIRMED THAT DESPITE REPORTS
BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION,
THERE WAS NO PROTEST OUTSIDE THE
COMPOUND BEFORE THE ATTACK AND
CARRIED OUT BY TERRORISTS.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
HIJACKED BY CLUSTERS OF
EXTREMIST.
SUZANNE RICE WITH DREW HER
JOB FOR CONSIDERATION OF
SECRETARY OF STATE.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
BRITAIN WILL WITHDRAWAL
ALMOST HALF OF TROOPS FROM
AFGHANISTAN ACCORDING TO PRIME
MINISTER DAVID CAMERON.
LOCAL FORCES TAKE ON MORE
RESPONSIBILITY MAKING THE
WITHDRAWAL OF 3,000 BRITISH
TROOPS POSSIBLE.
NATO PREPARES FOR A FULL
SECURITY HAND OVER IN A COUPLE
OF YEARS AT THE END OF 2014.
BRITAIN HAS THE SECOND LARGEST
FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER THE
U.S.
INTERNET GIANT GOOGLE HAS
PARTNERED WITH ISRAEL AN TIG
WITY.
DIGITAL LIBRARY INCLUDES 10
COMMANDMENTS, BOOK OF
DEUTERONOMY AND PORTION OF BOOK
OF GENESIS.
NOW THANKS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY
THEY CAN BE VIEWED AND STUDIED
BY PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE.
COMING UP, REACHING REMOTE
VILLAGES, HOW CBN DISASTER
RELIEF IS WORKING IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
STAY WITH US.
JUDGE ROBERT BORK DIED TODAY
IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
HE WAS A GENERAL, FEDERAL JUDGE
AND CONSERVATIVE LEGAL THEORIST.
HE WAS REJECTED BY THE SENATE
SPARKING A JUDICIAL BATTLE.
HE WAS THE SENIOR ADVISER TO
GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY.
HE DIED OF HEART DISEASE, HE WAS
85 YEARS OLD.
BAD WEATHER OUT WEST COULD
MAKE CHRISTMAS TRAVEL DIFFICULT
FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
TWO DAYS OF RAIN OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON LED TO
MASSIVE MUD SLIDES.
NEAR SAN FRANCISCO, A SINK HOPE
OPENED UP.
LOOK AT THIS SNOW FROM OREGON,
TO NEVADA, WINTER IN FULL FORCE.
WET SNOW WITH ICE UNDERNEATH
MAKES ROADS A NIGHTMARE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CHAINS, IT
IS STATE MANDATORY.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE FOUR WHEEL
DRIVE.
WHEN I GOT STOPPED, STARTED
SLIDING BACKWARDS.
FORECASTERS SAY THAT STORM
SYSTEM IS ON THE MOVE.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FROM
COLORADO TO KANSAS.
NUMBER OF DEAD HAS REACHED
MORE THAN 1,000 AFTER THE RECENT
TYPHOON IN THE PHILIPPINES.
MORE THAN 800 STILL MISSING.
CBN DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS ON THE
GROUND.
LUCILLE TALUSAN REPORTS FROM
MINDANAO
REPORTER: ON BOARD A TRUCK,
TEAMS BRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
TO TYPHOON VICTIMS WHO ARE
DEVASTATED AND DIFFICULT TO
REACH.
THIS IS THE FURIOUS WINDS OF
110 MILES PER HOUR.
CAUSE OF SEVERE DAMAGE.
PEOPLE HERE AND THE AFFECTED
AREAS ARE CALLING FOR ALL THE
HELP THEY CAN GET TO RECOVER
FROM THIS DISASTER.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEDICAL
MISSION IN THE AREA.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE GIVEN
FREE MEDICATION FOR FEVER,
DIARRHEA, COUGH AND COLD.
MARY JANE IS GRATEFUL HER
TWO-YEAR-OLD SON WAS CHECKED BY
A DOCTOR AND GIVEN MEDICINES FOR
FEVER AND COUGH.
HER HUSBAND WHO STEPPED ON A
NAIL WAS GIVEN A SHOT.
THE ATTENTION THEY RECEIVED
EASED TENSIONS.
THEIR COUPLE'S 10-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER WAS SWEPT AWAY AND
DROWNED.
MY DAUGHTER WAS SWEPT AWAY.
HER LAST WORDS WERE PAPA, PLEASE
HELP ME.
MY HUSBAND WASN'T ABLE TO RESCUE
HER.
THIS IS OUR SECOND LIFE.
I HAVE ACCEPTED THE DEBT BECAUSE
I KNOW SHE IS IN HEAVEN.
A NURSE ADDRESSED THE BURNS
ON THIS MAN'S LEG.
I WAS TRYING TO MOVE MY
MOTORCYCLE TO A SAFER PLACE AND
LANDED ON THE HOT EXHAUST PIPE.
I WAS AFRAID THE INFECTION WAS
GETTING WORSE.
I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I FEEL
MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
THIS DOCTOR SHARES LONG TERM
PLANS TO HELP THE TYPHOON
VICTIMS REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
THINGS ARE NOT JUST HOUSING
AND WATER AND MEDICAL, BUT
LIVELIHOOD.
HOW CAN THEY MOVE ON?
ASIDE FROM PHYSICAL HEALING,
THIS TEAM HELPS THEM HEAL
EMOTIONALLY BY GIVING THEM
TRAUMA COUNSELING.
CHURCH PARTNERS PRAY FOR THEM
AND SHARE THE HOPE THAT ONLY BE
FOUND IN CHRIST.
LUCILLE TALUSAN, CBN NEWS,
PHILIPPINES.
UP NEXT, HOW MUSLIM CONVERTS
ARE BRINGING REVIVAL TO GERMAN
CHURCHES.
ABOUT 16% OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION HAS NO RELIGION.
THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, THE
THIRD LARGEST PEOPLE GROUP
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
CHRISTIANS INCLUDING CATHOLICS
NO. 1.
THEY MAKE UP 32% OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION FOLLOWED BY MUSLIMS
WITH 23%.
STUDY FINDS THE MAJORITY OF
RELIGIOUSLY UNAFFILIATED LIVE IN
ASIA.
MOST IN CHINA.
AND IN EUROPE CHURCH ATTENDANCE
IS EXTREMELY LOW ESPECIALLY IN
THE OFFICIAL STATE CHURCHES.
REVIVAL HAS COME THROUGH
MUSLIM CONVERTS.
DALE HURD BRINGS US TONIGHT'S
FOCUS REPORT FROM BERLIN
REPORTER: PARTS OF GERMANY
ARE AMONG THE MOST GODLESS.
BELIEF IN GOD IN THE OLD EAST
GERMANY IS ONLY 13%.
CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS GROWING
THANKS TO FORMER MUSLIMS FROM
IRAN.
AT THE HOUSE OF GOD'S HELP IN
EAST BERLIN, PERSIAN CONVERTS OF
CHRISTIANITY HAVE DOUBLED THE
CONGREGATION.
IT COME LIKE AN UNEXPECTED
SUMMER RAIN.
NEW PEOPLE STARTED COMING EVERY
WEEK AND ASKED TO BE BAPTIZED.
THEY WERE EASY TO SPOT AND WE
GOT TO KNOW THEM AND OVER TIME
THEY HAVE BROUGHT FRIENDS.
MUSLIMS CONDUCTED A
NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO GIVE AWAY
KORANS IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS
LARGELY TURNED ITS BACK ON
CHRISTIANITY.
PERSIANS HAVE EXPERIENCED A
DARKNESS IN THE OPPRESSION OF
THEIR NATIVE LAND.
THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR FREEDOM AND
JOY OF CHRISTIANITY.
MICHAEL ASK WE DISGUISE HIS
FACE.
I MET WITH FRIENDS IN TEHRAN
IN AN UNDERGROUND CHURCH IN A
FLAT.
THERE WE SPOKE ABOUT JESUS AND
TRIED TO DO A BIBLE STUDY
SOMETIMES WITHOUT AN ACTUAL
BIBLE.
ALL OF THE PERSIANS ACCEPTED
CHRIST IN EIRAN AND HAD TO FLEE
TO RISK PRISON OR DEATH.
I CALLED MY MOTHER.
SHE SAID THE POLICE WERE HERE
LOOKING FOR YOU.
MY FAMILY HELPED ME FLEE THE
COUNTRY.
WHEN I WAS IN IRAN I WANTED
TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO LEARN ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY.
IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR A MUSLIM TO
BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
I HAD TO LEAVE MY PARENTS.
I LOST MY HOME AND FAMILY.
THE PERSIANS WERE SURPRISED
TO FIND SO MANY GERMANS
DISINTERESTED.
MOST BECAME CHRISTIANS AND
KNOW MORE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
YOUL WOULD EXPECT.
THEY ARE AHEAD OF US BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED FOR
CHRIST AND FIGURED OUT A LOT OF
GERMANS ARE CHRISTIANS IN NAME
ONLY.
THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED GERMANS
TAKE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR
GRANTED.
BEING BAPTIZED CAN HELP A
REFUGEE STAY IN GERMANY.
THE SISTER TAKES THE CONCERTS
THROUGH A RIGOROUS SCHEDULE OF
BIBLE CLASSES.
I SUSPECTED SOME OF THEM
WOULD LIKE TO GET BAPTIZED SO
THEY CAN COME TO GERMANY.
SOME HAVE COME BACK TO BAPTISM
CLASS FOR THE FOURTH TIME.
IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MANY HAVE
CONVERTED.
IT HAS BECOME A NATIONWIDE
PHENOMENON AND NUMBERING IN THE
THOUSANDS.
IT HAS REINVIGORATED THE
CONGREGATION.
DALE HURD.
CBN NEWS, BERLIN.
UP NEXT, THE REAL REASON
LIGHTS HAVE BECOME A POPULAR
PART OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OFTEN BRIGHT
WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
RECENTLY WENDY GRIFFITH SPOKE
WITH AUTHOR ACE COLLINS TO FIND
OUT WHAT IS BEHIND THIS COLORFUL
TRADITION.
ACE, NOTHING GETS ME MORE
INTO THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
THAN THE LIGHTS.
WHEN DID THIS BEGIN?
REALLY 1940S.
THEY STARTED PUTTING THEM OUT.
PILI
PILING IN CARS AND LOOK AT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT STARTED WITH MARTIN LUTHER.
HE TIED A CANDLE IN HIS TREE.
I DOUBT IF HE ENVISIONED ALL OF
THIS TAKING PLACE.
THAT CANDLE IN THE TREE TO HIM
REPRESENTED THE LIGHT OF CHRIST.
THAT LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATING
THE WORLD.
THESE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS REPRESENT
JESUS CHRIST.
WHITE REPRESENTS PURITY OF JESUS
CHRIST.
THEN YOU HAVE THE RED LIGHTS
THAT REPRESENT THE BLOOD OF
CHRIST THAT WAS SHED ON THE
CROSS.
WE HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT THAT
REPRESENT EVER LASTING LIGHT.
THINGS THAT DON'T EVER DIE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MEETING
THEY REMIND US OF THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD JESUS CHRIST THE REAL
MEANING FOR THE SEASON.
ONE LITTLE LIGHT THAT HAS
COME TO GLOW ALL AROUND THE
WORLD EVEN BRIGHTER THAN THE
LIGHTS TONIGHT.
SOME PEOPLE GO ALL OUT
EVERYWHERE.
I LOVE IT.
I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM TO PUT IT
UP AND DOWN AND THE ELECTRICITY
BILL.
THAT'S TRUE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
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