TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH," THE
PRESIDENT'S PICKS.
A LOOK AT SOME OF MR. OBAMA'S
CABINET CHOICES IN HIS SECOND
TERM.
PLUS LAWMAKERS LOOK TO THE
DEBT CEILING.
SPENDING CUTS REPUBLICANS SAY
HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
AND GOD IS NOT DEAD.
FUTURE OF RELIGION IN AMERICA,
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ANNOUNCED
HIS NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE AND CIA DIRECTOR.
HE HAS CHOSEN REPUBLICAN,
FORMER SENATOR CHUCK HAGUEL AT
DEFENSE.
THE NOMINATION IS DRAWING
FIRE ESPECIALLY AMONG SENATE
REPUBLICANS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HAWAII
VACATION IS OVER AND PREPARED TO
BATTLE FOR HIS CONTROVERSIAL
NOMINEE.
CHUCK HAGUEL WOULD BE THE
FIRST PERSON OF LISTED RANK TO
SERVE AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
ONE OF THE FEW SECRETARIES
WOUNDED IN WAR.
THE FIRST VIETNAM VETERAN TO
LEAD.
SOME BELIEVE IT IS DESIGNED
TO HELP PUT ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN
HIS PLACE AND AN IN YOUR FACE
NOMINATION.
IF CONFIRMED TO BE SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE TOWARD THE STATE OF
ISRAEL.
HAGUEL IS NOT INTIMIDATED BY
THE JEWISH LOBBY IN WASHINGTON
AND STRONGLY OPPOSES ANY PLANS
FROM IRAN FROM GETTING WEAPONS.
HIS VIEWS DIDN'T GO DOWN WELL
WITH SENATE CONSERVATIVES.
WITH THE JOB OF SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE IS TO BE A SERIOUS
CREDIBLE STRENGTH AND DETERRENT
AND UNFORTUNATELY WEAKNESS IN A
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE INVITES
BECAUSE BULLIES DON'T LIKE.
CHUCK HAGUEL IS NOT A
RESPONSIBLE OPTION.
SOME SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE
DEFENDING HIM.
CHUCK SERVED INCREDIBLY IN
VIETNAM AND UNITED STATES
SENATOR.
ALTHOUGH HAGUEL IS A
REPUBLICAN, THEY ARE NOT
PLEASED.
I AM GOING TO SEE WHETHER
CHUCK'S VIEWS SQUARE WITH THE
JOB HE WAS NOMINATED TO DO.
PRESIDENT IS HAVING LESS
TROUBLE CONFIRMING JOHN BRENNAN,
A 25-YEAR VETERAN OF CIA.
HE ONCE CALLED HEZBOLLAH AN
INTERESTING ORGANIZATION AND
REFERRED TO JERUSALEM BY ISLAMIC
NAME AL KUDS.
JOINING US NOW IS DR.
SABASTIAN GORKA.
FOUNDATION OF THE DEFENSE OF
DEMOCRACIES.
DOCTOR, WHAT MOTIVATED OBAMA TO
CHOICE HAGUEL FOR SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE?
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A
NOMINATION THAT HAS ALREADY
ENGENDERED CRITICISM FROM THE
REPUBLICANS ALSO FROM DEMOCRAT
VOICES.
THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE FOUND
TO DISLIKE, APPARENTLY FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE WITH REGARD
TO THIS NOMINATION, WHETHER IT
IS ON THE ISSUE OF GAY RIGHTS,
IRAN, ISSUE OF IRAQI SURGE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH
THE NOMINATION, UNLESS IT IS A
REVENGE FOR WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE ATTEMPTED NOMINATION OF MISS
RICE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
INTERESTING, HAGUEL IS VIEWED
AS ANTAGONISTED TO ISRAEL.
WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON
ISRAEL?
IF YOU RECALL, IN THE FIRST
THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION AND PRESIDENT'S
TENURE, RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
WERE SOME WHAT STRAINED.
YOU'LL REMEMBER THE INABILITY OF
THE HEAD OF STATE TO MEET WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
AND PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, THIS
ALL SEEMED TO CHANGE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE
CONCILIATORY STATEMENTS TO THE
EFFECT THAT WE HAVE ISRAEL'S
BACK IF YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A
180 THERE.
WITH THIS NOMINATION, WE SEEM TO
HAVE GONE BECOME TO THE EARLY
YEARS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
IT SOUNDS AS IF A MESSAGE IS
BEING SENT TO THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT
THAT HAGUEL CALLED JERUSALEM BY
ITS ARABIC NAME.
WILL HAGUEL HAVE A TOUGH
CONFIRMATION PROCESS?
RIGHT NOW, A VERY DIFFICULT
PROCESS.
IT IS NOT THE USUAL SUSPECT.
IT IS BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
WHETHER IT IS HIS ATTITUDES
TOWARDS IRAQ, IT COULD BE AS BAD
AS A 50/50 SHOT AS TO WHETHER
THIS WOULD GO THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT.
50/50 SHOT, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
I AM DELIGHTED.
MARK?
A TEMPORARY JUDGE HAS
MANDATORY COVERAGE FOR
CONTRACEPTION.
JUDGE AMY ST. EVE GRANTED TRYUNE
HEALTH GROUP.
THEIR CLAIM IS ONE OF DOZENS OF
SIMILAR LAWSUITS FILED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
ONE COMPANY THAT COULD FACE MORE
THAN A MILLION DOLLARS FINES PER
DAY IS HOBBY LOBBY.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT FOR
THE CHRISTIAN OWNED COMPANY'S
PRO-LIFE STANCE AS HOBBY LOBBY
APPRECIATION DAY.
REPORTS OF PACKED PARKING LOTS
AND LONG LINES.
ON FACEBOOK, HOBBY LOBBY
EMPLOYEES SAID IT WAS LIKE GRAND
OPENING.
THE GREEN FAMILY SAYS THEY HAVE
TO REMAIN TRUE TO THEIR FAITH.
DAVID GREENE, CEO WROTE THE
GOVERNMENT IS FORCING US BETWEEN
FOLLOWING OUR FAITH AND
FOLLOWING THE LAW.
THAT IS A CHOICE NO AMERICAN AND
NO AMERICAN BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE
TO MAKE.
HOBBY LOBBY CONTINUES TO FIGHT
THE HHS MANDATE BEFORE 10TH
COURT OF APPEALS.
ARGUMENTS ARE SET TO TAKE
PLACE AT THE END OF MARCH.
CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 8, THAT
IS THE VOTER APPROVED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
DEFINING MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE
MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
SECOND, DEFENSIVE MARRIAGE ACT,
JUSTICES WILL HEAR ONE HOURS
WORTH OF ARGUMENTS IN LATE
MARCH.
LAWMAKERS APPEAR WORLDS APART
ON HOW TO FIX THE FISCAL CLIFF.
REPUBLICANS WON'T TALK TAXES.
HEATHER SELLS EXPLAINS
REPORTER: ONCE AGAIN,
WASHINGTON IS FACING DAUNTING
DEADLINES, BY THE END OF NEXT
MONTH, THE TREASURY WILL LOSE
THE POWER TO BORROW MONEY TO PAY
AMERICA'S BILLS AND AUTOMATIC
SPENDING CUTS ON MARCH 1ST.
IF THE TREASURY RUNS OUT OF
OPTIONS, IT COULD BEGIN
DEFAULTING ON LOANS UNLESS
CONGRESS RAISES THE DEBT
CEILING.
SOME FEAR THE DEFAULT WOULD
TRIGGER A GLOBAL RECESSION.
RIGHT NOW, DESPITE THIS URGENCY,
BOTH PARTIES ARE TALKING
SEPARATE AGENDAS.
SPECIAL TREATMENTS UNDER THE
TAX CODE OUGHT TO BE LOOKED AT.
NANCY PELOSI ISN'T RULING OUT
PUSHING FOR UPPER INCOME EARNERS
TO PAY MORE.
I AM SAYING IT IS NOT OFF THE
TABLE.
REPUBLICANS SAY THE TAX ISSUE
IS OVER. TAX ISSUE IS
OVER, COMPLETED.
THAT IS BEHIND US.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM CONFRONTING
OUR FUTURE?
THAT IS OUR SPENDING ADDICTION.
MR. MCCONNELL IS RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO CUT SPENDING.
WE HAVE A 16 TRILLION DOLLAR
DEBT, CREDIT CARDS MAXED OUT.
LAWMAKERS EXPECT DEBT TALKS
WILL CONSUME CONGRESS WHILE
OTHER FIGHTS LOOM OVER THE
PRESIDENT'S NEW CABINET PICKS.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED
MORSI SWORE IN 10 NEW MINISTERS
UNDER MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
CONTROL.
MOVE COMES AS EGYPT IS SET TO
RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN
MADE WEAPONS, 200 ABRAMS TANKS
AND 10 F-16 FIGHTER JETS, PART
OF A FOREIGN AID PROJECT WHEN
HOSNI MUBARAK WAS PRESIDENT.
FIRST ADDRESS IN OVER HALF A
YEAR, SUMMITERS MOBBED THE
SYRIAN PRESIDENT AS HE WAS
PREPARING TO SPEAK.
DURING HIS TALK, HE SLAMMED THE
WEST.
UNITED NATIONS SAYS THE CIVIL
WAR HAS LEFT MORE THAN 60,000
CIVILIANS DEAD.
SUDANESE WAR PLANES BOMBED
AND 11 CHRISTIANS DIED BETWEEN
DECEMBER 18-26TH.
THE REGIME IN KHARTOUM HAS KARTH
TARGETED KHARTOUM.
ONE CHURCH LEADER IS PRAYING AND
WAITING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO INTERVENE.
ISRAEL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY
UNVEILED RARE ANCIENT
MANUSCRIPTS.
COLLECTION GIVES UNPRECEDENTED
LOOK AT LIVES OF JEWS LIVING IN
ASIA.
FINANCIAL RECORDS AND PERSONAL
TRANSACTIONS FROM THAT TIME.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE
HAVE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF JEWISH
LIFE AND CULTURE IN THE AREA OF
IRANIAN CULTURE.
IN THE 11TH CENTURY.
LIE PRAYER PURCHASED 29 OUT
OF HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS
BELIEV
BELIEVED TO BE FOUND BY TALIBAN
INSURGENTS.
COMING UP, HOW PARENTS CAN
CURVE A CHILDHOOD EPIDEMIC.
WELCOME BACK, MANY AMERICANS
DON'T REALIZE JUST HOW DANGEROUS
OBESITY CAN BE.
A NEW POLL FINDS MOST PEOPLE
KNOW THE EXTRA WEIGHT CAN LEAD
TO HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES.
THEY DON'T REALIZE IT CAN PLAY A
ROLE IN CAUSING CANCER,
ARTHRITIS.
A THIRD OF U.S. CHILDREN AND
TEENS AND MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS
OF ADULTS ARE OBESE OR
OVERWEIGHT.
NUMBER OF OBESE CHILDREN HAS
TRIPLED SINCE THE 80S.
LORIE JOHNSON REPORTS, SOLVING
THE PROBLEM IS A PROJECT FOR
ENTIRE FAMILIES
REPORTER: TODAY ONE IN FIVE
CHILDREN IS OBESE AND ALMOST
CERTAIN TO HAVE HEART DISEASE,
DIABETES, OR CANCER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHILDREN
OVERWEIGHT 10-12, 80% WILL
BECOME OVERWEIGHT AS ADULTS.
WE HAVE TO INTERVENE AT THE
EARLIEST STAGE.
FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA HAS
HER "LET'S MOVE" CAMPAIGN AND
JAMIE OLIVER CONVINCED SOME
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LIGHTEN
THEIR LUNCHESES.
A CHILD'S BEST CHANCE FOR
REACHING AND MAINTAINING A
HEALTHY WEIGHT IS WHEN THEIR
PARENTS ARE ON BOARD.
I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF
CHILDREN WE SEE IN THE OFFICE
ARE OVERWEIGHT, HAVE OVERWEIGHT
PARENTS.
IT IS AN ISSUE, WE ARE TRYING TO
TREAT THE WHOLE FAMILY.
SAME RULES, STARTING WITH NO
EATING WHILE WATCHING TV,
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES OR ON THE
COMPUTER.
LIMITING THE SCREEN TIME TO ONE
HOUR A DAY.
DECREASE AMOUNT OF FRIED FOOD
THE FAMILY EATS AND GIVE UP FAST
FOOD.
DECREASE SIZE OF PORTIONS AND
NUMBER OF PORTIONS WHILE
INCREASING DAILY EXERCISE.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
HOSPITALS ARE BATTLING ONE OF
THE WORST OUTBREAKS OF THE FLEW
IN A DECADE.
ILLNESS HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF
18 CHILDREN AND INFECTED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN 41
STATES.
IN ILLINOIS, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN
THIS MANY CASES SINCE SWINE FLU
BACK IN 2009.
860 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED IN OHIO FOR FLU
SYMPTOMS.
NORMAL VOLUME IS 40 PATIENTS,
WE ARE SEEING 75-80 PATIENTS A
DAY.
THERE ARE STILL FIVE WEEKS
UNTIL THE END OF FLU SEASON.
EMERGENCY ROOMS AROUND THE
COUNTRY ARE EXPECTING MORE
ACTIVITIES.
UP NEXT, HOW GOD IS MOVING IN
AMERICA.
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CHURCH.
IN 1966 TIME MAGAZINE ASKED
THE QUESTION: IS GOD DEAD?
NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER A NEW BOOK
PRESENTS PROOF, GOD IS VERY MUCH
ALIVE TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THOSE
NUMBERS WILL GROW EVEN MORE IN
THE YEARS AHEAD.
THE NEW BOOK'S TITLE SAYS IT
ALL "GOD IS ALIVE AND WELL."
FRANK NEWPORT HAS THE EVIDENCE
TO PROVE IT.
RIGHT THERE IT IS EVIDENCE
THAT AT LEAST IN THE MINDS OF
AMERICANS, GOD IS ALIVE.
THE FINDINGS REST ON MORE
THAN 300,000 INTERVIEWS
CONDUCTED LAST YEAR.
SOME DECLARE THIS A
POST-CHRISTIAN AGE.
75-80% OF AMERICANS ARE
CHRISTIAN.
AMERICANS ARE MORE RELIGIOUS.
EVIDENCE SHOWS JUST THE
OPPOSITE.
NEW LEADER OF THE SECULCULAR
COALITION, CHURCH GOERS AND
BELIEVERS.
AMONG THE PROTESTANTS, YOU
HAVE 30% THAT ACTUALLY GO AND
DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
ROGERS CITES HER ON
EXPERIENCE.
I WENT AS AN EARLY TEEN.
I GOT COKE AND LAYS POTATO
CHIPS.
SHE SAYS IT HAS SOARED TO
ALMOST 20% AND DOUBLE THAT AMONG
THE YOUNG.
QUITE A NUMBER OF 10, 12, 14,
15 YEAR OLDS SAY THEY ARE
ATHEIST.
NEWPORT CALLS THIS THE RISE
OF THE NONES.
WHAT IS YOUR RELIGIOUS ENTITY,
THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE ONE.
AGE 23 IS THE LEAST RELIGIOUS
AGE FROM 18-DEATH.
FAITH AND CHURCH ATTENDANCE
AS AMERICANS MERRY, HAVE
CHILDREN AND AGE.
THAT PATH CAN LEAD TO BETTER
HEALTH.
BEING MORE RELIGIOUS CAUSES
ONE TO HAVE A HIGHER BEING.
IT MAY MAKE RELIGION EVEN
MORE POPULAR.
THOSE OVER 60 ARE MORE
RELIGIOUS.
THERE IS A MIGRATION TO STATES
THAT ARE WARMER AND ECONOMICALLY
ECONOMICALLY.
ROGER
YOU ONLY HAVE 16% OF THE
PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN GOD IN
OTHER COUNTRIES.
I WOULDN'T SAY WE ARE MOVING
INTO A POST-RELIGIOUS ERA.
MORE RELIGIOUS EQUALS
REPUBLICAN, NON-RELIGIOUS EQUALS
DEMOCRAT.
THE LARGEST RELIGION WITHIN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE DELEGATES AT THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, THEY
WANTED NO MENTION OF GOD.
DEMOCRATS MAY FIGHT HARDER.
HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IN
HIS VIEW, RELIGION TRANSLATES
INTO DEMOCRATIC ISSUES, QUALITY
AND COMPASSION FOR THE POOR.
THAT SUGGESTED TO ME THE
POSSIBILITY THAT DEMOCRATS MAY
CONTEST FOR THE RELIGIOUS VOTER
IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
ROGERS SAYS IT IS STILL ABOUT
WINNING AND GOP COURTING THE NON
THEE YIS.
THEY ARE SEEING THE GROWING
NUMBERS UNDER 30 AND WOULD LIKE
TO STAY IN BUSINESS AND WIN
ELECTIONS.
ALL POINTS TO CROSS CURRENTS.
MORE THAN 90% OF THE PEOPLE
BELIEVE IN GOD.
ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING
GROUPS IS THOSE THAT HAVE NO
RELIGION AT ALL.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
UP NEXT THE MIRACULOUS STORY
OF HOW ONE STORY SURVIVED A
HORRIFIC CAR CRASH.
FINALLY A MIRACULOUS STORY OF
SURVIVAL.
18-YEAR-OLD CHINA OF MAINE
GOT INTO A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT.
COLLISION WITH A PICKUP TRUCK
SENT HER SON FLYING FROM HIS CAR
SEAT OUT OF THE WINDOW 25 FEET
INTO THE AIR.
I HEARD THE LADY YELLING A
BABY FLEW OUT THE WINDOW.
I REALIZED MY BABY IS NOT IN MY
CAR ANYMORE.
GABRIEL LANDED ON A SOFT
BLANKET OF SNOW.
DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK
FOUND THE BABY ALIVE AND THEY
ARE BACK HOME AND RECOVERING.
VERY THANKFUL.
VERY GRATEFUL.
LUCKY.
I THINK IT WAS A LOT OF
POWERS ABOVE WATCHING OVER
GABRIELLE AND CHINA.
THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMEBODY
ABOVE WATCHING OVER US.
AMEN.
THANKS FOR WATCHING, SEE YOU
