TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" THE
NRA HEADS TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
LATEST ON THE MEETINGS AIMED AT
CURVING GUN VIOLENCE.
AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FUTURE
OF ISRAEL.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT
ON "NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM WENDY
GRIFFITH.
AND I AM MARK MARTIN.
THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL HAND
PRESIDENT OBAMA A NUMBER OF
SUGGESTIONS TO CURVE GUN
VIOLENCE.
JOE BIDEN CONTINUES TO MEET WITH
DOZENS OF GROUPS HAVING ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THE ISSUE.
TODAY THAT INCLUDED THE NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
PAUL STRAND HAS TO WANT'S TOP
STORY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
BIDEN SAYS HE HAS REACHED NO
CONCLUSIONS BUT HAS A TIGHT
DEADLINE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
BIDEN AND ADVISERS ARE CLOSING
IN ON SPECIFICS SUCH AS.
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
NOT JUST CLOSED GUN SHOW
LOOPHOLE, TOTAL UNIVERSAL
INCLUDING PRIVATE SALES.
LAW ENFORCEMENT TYPES AND
POLITICIANS GATHERED IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
I HAVE WONDERED IF ANYTHING
BAD ENOUGH COULD HAPPEN IN THE
UNITED STATES THAT MIGHT CAUSE
PEOPLE TO REEXAM OUR GUN LAWS.
POSSIBLY 20 DEAD BABIES IS IT.
THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION, HE ADMITTED THERE
WOULD BE PUSH BACK.
STILL.
EVEN IF WHAT WE DO ONLY SAVES
ONE LIFE, IT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK WE CAN DO A GREAT DEAL
WITHOUT IT IMPOSING ON THE
RIGHTS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT
GUARANTEES.
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE MAY NOT
BE PREPARED FOR IS HOW
PROTECTIVE AMERICANS ARE OF
THOSE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
IT MAY FEEL THERE IS NO GOOD
REASON FOR A CITIZEN TO OWN AN
ASSAULT RIFLE TO PROTECT OR HUNT
OR APOCALYPTIC BREAK DOWN IN
CIVILIZATI
CIVILIZATION.
ANY RESTRICTIONS WILL FACE
RESISTANCE.
ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE AT A CALIFORNIA HIGH
SCHOOL, A 16 YEAR OLD IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION, SHOOTER HAS
SURRENDERED.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS BUSY
ASSEMBLING HIS CABINET.
HE IS SAID TO BE AN EXPERT ON
FEDERAL BUDGET AND TOUGH
NEGOTIATOR.
SOME REPUBLICANS ACCUSE LOU OF
NOT COMPROMISINCOMPROMISING.
LOU'S NOMINATION IS DRAWING A
DIFFERENT KIND OF CRITICISM, FOR
THE FIRST TIME ALL OF THE TOP
CABINET POSTS WILL BE CARRIED BY
MEN.
A CRITICISM THE WHITE HOUSE
RESPONDED TO.
WOMEN SERVE IN KEY ROLES.
BESIDES LOU, PRESIDENT
NOMINATED CHUCK HAGEL, JOHN
BRENNAN AND JOHN KERRY.
WASHINGTON WILL SOON FACE THE
NEXT DEBT CEILING BATTLE IN A
FEW MONTHS.
DEMOCRATS HAVE COME UP WITH A
PLAN TO BYPASS CONGRESS ON THE
ISSUE INVOLVES USING U.S.
TREASURY TO PRINT A 1 TRILLION
DOLLAR COIN, IT IS A MOVE PHIL
KERPIN CALLS EMBARRASSING.
WE ARE WOULD BE THE LAUGHING
STOCK.
IT IS MORE EMBARRASSING THAN A
GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN FROM NOT
RAISING THE DEBT CEILING.
THE CONFIDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES WOULD PLUMMET AROUND THE
WORLD AND THE DOLLAR, THE VALUE
WOULD DRAP SIGNIFICA DROP SIGNIFICANTLY.
KERPIN SAYS IT IS LEVERAGE TO
TAKE AWAY FROM REPUBLICAN.
FOR THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW GO TO
CBN.COM.
UNEMPLOYMENT AT RECORD HIGH
IN GREECE UNDER 27%.
19.7% AT THE SAME TIME A YEAR
PRIOR.
GREEK YOUTHS 56% BETWEEN 15-24
OUT OF WORK. TEL AVIV WAS
ROCKED BY A CAR BOMB TODAY.
FOUR PEOPLE INJURED BY THE
EXPLOSION.
CAR WAS POSITIONED NEAR A BUS
AND BOMB WENT OFF CLOSE TO A
SITE NEAR A BUS BOMBING IN NORV.
NOT CLEAR WHO WAS BEHIND THE
ATTACK.
ISRAEL HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BUS
BOMBINGS BY TERRORIST.
A MOTORCYCLIST WAS INVOLVED.
THIS ELECTION COMES AT A
CRUCIAL TIME AND COULD HAVE A
MAJOR IMPACT ON HOW ISRAEL
RESPONDS TO THE CHANGING WORLD
AROUND IT.
CHRIS MITCHELL EXPLAINS.
ISRAELIS LIKE AMERICANS TWO
MONTHS AGO ARE BEING BOMBARDED
BY POLITICAL ADS INCLUDING SOME
MESSAGES WITH AN EDGE FOR THE
YOUNG GENERATION.
IF YOU WANT LIKE THE YOUNGEST
PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU OR TAKE
THE ATTENTION FROM THEM, YOU
NEED TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT.
INSTEAD OF A TWO-PARTY
SYSTEM, MORE THAN -- 120 SEATS
IN ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT.
WHOEVER WINS THE MOST SEATS MUST
HAMMER TOGETHER A COALITION OF
60 OR MORE PLAYERS.
ISRAELI PARTIES FALL INTO LEFT
OR RIGHT DOMINATING THE RIGHT IS
THE JOINT PARTY OF BENOTMAN ON
THE LEFT OF THE SPECTRUM IS THE
LABOR PARTY.
[APPLAUSE] THE POTENTIAL SPOILER
OF THIS CAMPAIGN IS NATALI
BENNET AND JEWISH PARTY.
THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER MAY
GIVE UP LAND TO APPEASE U.S. AND
EUROPEAN LEADERS.
HE EXPLAINED TO THE CBN NEWS.
WE ARE A STATE IN THIS VERY
LAND 2,000 YEARS AGO.
NOW WE HAVE IT AGAIN.
THAT IS PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT
FROM JEWISH AND BIBLICAL
STANDPOINT. NETANYAHU'S
PARTY IN THE LEAD WITH 34 SEATS.
LABOR WITH 21 SEATS AND BENNET'S
JEWISH HOME PARTY AT 15 SEATS.
AS MANY AS 30 PERCENT OF
ISRAELIS ARE STILL UNDECIDED.
ISRAELI VOTER IS THE
EMOTIONAL VOTE.
HE DECIDES X AND THEN HE GOES ON
HIS WAY TO THE ELECTION AND MAY
CHANGE HIS MIND.
THAT IS WHY NETANYAHU COULD
FACE TROUBLE.
I THINK LABOR HAS THE CHANCE
OF SURPRISING IF WE MANAGE TO
GET A BLOCKING BLOCK OF 60 WE
WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE IT FROM
ISRAELI POLITICS.
THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO STAY THE
COURSE.
VERY, VERY POWERFUL
CHALLENGING FUTURE.
IT IS LIKELY NETANYAHU WILL
REMAIN PRIME MINISTER.
WHOEVER LEADS ISRAEL WILL FACE
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AT HOME,
GROWING DANGER THROUGHOUT THE
MIDDLE EAST AND OFTEN UNWELCOMED
PRESENCE OF WORLD OPINION.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHER
TODAY OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL
PALACE IN VENEZUELA.
THEY WERE THERE TO SUPPORT
PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ.
THE LEADER IS RECOVERING FROM
CANCER TREATMENT AND TOO SICK TO
RETURN HOME FOR THE EVENT.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED THE
INAUGURATION AND POSTPONED HIS
CEREMONY IN DEFINITELY.
TODAY MARKS A NEW TERM FOLLOWING
RE-ELECTION IN OCTOBER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL PLACE
HIS HAND NOT ON ONE BIBLE, BUT
TWO, ONE OWNED BY ABRAHAM
LINCOLN AND ONE OWNED BY MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. THE INAUGURATION
FALLS ON JANUARY 21ST, THE DAY
WE HONOR THE SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADER.
MR. OBAMA USED THE LINCOLN BIBLE
FOUR YEARS AGO.
LOUIE GIGLIO HAS PULLED OUT OF
HIS ROLE IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
INAUGURATION CEREMONY.
HE WAS ANNOUNCED TO GIVE THE
BENEDICTION.
HE HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT FOR A
SERMON HE GAVE AGAINST
HOMOSEXUALITY.
HE SAID HIS PRAYER WOULD BE
WARPED AND WOULDN'T SERVE HIS
CORE MESSAGE.
HE SAYS MY AIM HAS BEEN TO CALL
PEOPLE TO ULTIMATE SIGNIFICANCE
AS WE MAKE MUCH OF JESUS CHRIST.
OPPONENTS OF GAY MARRIAGE
DISAPPOINTED THE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL WILL HOST
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CEREMONIES.
IT IS HAS BEEN MOVING AWAY FROM
CHRISTIAN ORTHODOXY ON THE
SUBJECT FOR YEARS.
IN WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE
CHURCH SHOWS MARRIAGE IS AN ALL
OR NOTHING DEAL.
AMERICANS MUST ACT IF THEY WANT
TO FUNDAMENTALLY GIVE UP
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE REFUSING
TO REMOVE A LARGE PORTRAIT OF
JESUS THAT HANGS IN THE SCHOOL.
IT WAS DONATED TO JACKSON MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN 1947.
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION
DEMANDING THE SCHOOL REMOVE IT.
THEY CALL IT AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ENDORSEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY.
300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT
THE PAINTING TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE DISTRICT SCHOOL DISTRICT SAY
SUPERINTENDENT SAYS IT WILL
REMAIN.
GOOD FOR HIM OR HER. COMING
UP, HOW CITIES ARE WORKING TO
CONTAIN THE FLU ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
BINGE DRINKING IS A SERIOUS
PROBLEM FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
IT OFTEN TIMES GO UNRECOGNIZED
ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN AND ONE IN
FIVE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL BINGE
DRINK CONSUMING FOUR OR MORE
ALCOHOL DRINKS IN ONE SITTING.
CDC WARNS IT PUTS WOMEN AT A
HIGHER RISK FOR BREAST CANCER,
HEART DISEASE, SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASE AND IT CAN
LEAD TO FETAL ALCOHOLISM AND
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME.
THE FLU VIRUS IS THE WORST IN
A DECADE.
EMERGENCY ROOMS FULL.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE COULD
BE A SHORTAGE OF VACCINES.
GEORGE THOMAS REPORTS.
ACTIONS OF BOSTON MAYOR
ILLUSTRATES HOW SEVERE THIS FLU
SEASON.
I AM DECLARING A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON. 700 CASES OF THE
FLU, 10 TIMES MORE THAN ALL OF
LAST YEAR'S FLU SEASON.
THIS TIME PEOPLE STARTED GETTING
SICK IN OCTOBER INSTEAD OF
JANUARY.
THE FLU STRAND IS H 3N 2 AND
CAUSES FAIRLY SEVERE ILLNESS
AMONG OLDER FOLKS.
I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH,
PLEASE, ALL OF EVERYONE, GET TO
THE HEALTH CENTERS THIS WEEKEND,
GET YOUR FLU SHOT.
IN SOME CITIES, 95% OF THE
135 MILLION DOSES OF FLU VACCINE
VACCIN
VACCINES, SOME IN MASSACHUSETTS
JUST RAN OUT.
IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE OTHER CITIES FOLLOW SUIT.
CHILDREN ARE BEING HIT HARD BY
THE FLU.
AT LEAST 18 HAVE DIED.
PEDIATRICIAN ARE RUNNING LOW ON
FLU MIST.
NASAL VACCINE GIVEN TO CHILDREN
WHO CAN'T TOLERATE THE FLU SHOT.
HOSPITALS ARE OVERRUN BY PEOPLE
WITH SYMPTOMS THAT CAN BE
TREATED AT HOME.
PLEASE, WE IMPLORE YOU TO
STAY HOME WHEN YOU ARE SICK.
PATIENTS ARE WAITING UP TO 24
HOURS TO BE ADMITTED.
IN PENNSYLVANIA, ONE HOSPITAL
SET UP A TENT OUTSIDE THE
EMERGENCY ROOM TO DEAL WITH FLU
PATIENTS.
DESPITE THE SHORTAGE, MANY ARE
GIVING THE VACCINATIONS AWAY FOR
FREE TO FIGHT IT.
DOCTORS SAY THE SHOT IS THE BEST
DEFENSE AGAINST THE FLU.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
UP NEXT, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW
HIS FAITH IMPACTED THE LIFE OF
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
THE
LINCOLN NOMINATED FOR 12 ACADEMY
AWARDS TODAY.
THE FILM IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE
POPULARITY OF THAT BELOVED
PRESIDENT.
NEW ABRAHAM PRESIDED OVER THE
CIVIL WAR AND FREED THE SLAVES.
HE WAS ALSO A MAN THAT STRUGGLED
WITH FAITH.
LEE WEB SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT
HIS NEW BOOK "LINCOLN'S BATTLE
WITH GOD."
PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABRAHAM
LINCOLN WAS AN ATHEIST AND
REJECTED THE VERY EXISTENCE OF
GOD.
TELL US ABOUT THAT PHASE?
LINCOLN'S PARENTS WERE CAUGHT
UP WITH THE REVIVALS.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER.
HE STARTED TO TURN AWAY FROM
THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH.
HIS EAGER MIND TURNED HIM TO THE
WRITINGS OF PAIN AND GIBBONS,
THE RATIONALIST.
HE CHALLENGED EVERYBODY'S FAITH.
WROTE SHORT MANUSCRIPTS AGAINST
CHRISTIANITY.
HIS FRIENDS SAID LATER IT WASN'T
THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
HE WAS MAD AT GOD.
HE THOUGHT HIS MOTHER'S
ILLEGITIMACY MADE HIM MARKED OR
REJECTED.
ATHEISM, REACTION TO PARENTS AND
FEELING CURSED BY GOD.
HE HAD A LONG ATHEIST PERIOD.
HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR HIS
CONVERSION?
A SERIES OF DEATHS, LOST
MOTHER, LOST SONS.
HE WAS HAUNTED BY THE RAIN
FALLING ON GRAVES.
EACH TIME THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT DEATH, THERE WAS A
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL THERE TO
SPEAK TO HIM.
HE LOST A CHILD AS HE WAS IN
SPRINGFIELD.
MARY, HIS WIFE COMPLETELY
FLIPPED OUT IN HER GRIEF.
ABRAHAM HAD A GOOD MINISTER,
PULLED IN, A MAN GIFTED IN
APOLOGETIC SO HE COULD ANSWER
LINCOLN'S CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS
AND BEGAN TO COME TO A DEEP AND
GENUINE FAITH.
STEPHEN, DID HE WRESTLE WITH
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH?
HE WRESTLED WITH EVERY
FUNDAMENTAL.
HE WAS A SMART MAN, READ
EXTENSIVELY.
IN HIS AGE IN POLITICS,
PREACHERS MISBEHAVED AND TURNED
HIM OFF.
HE HAD TO PROCESS EVERY
INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
FOR HIMSELF.
HE CAME TO A BELIEVE AND
SOVEREIGN GOD WHO RULED IN THE
AFFAIRS OF MEN AND THAT IS WHAT
LEADS TO HIS GREAT SPEECHES LIKE
THE SECOND INAUGURAL SPEECH.
HE WAS NOT A MAN THAT COULD
ACCEPT THE TRADITIONAL CREEDS
UNCRITICALLY.
NEW ONE OF THE ANECDOTES ON THE
DAY HE WAS ASSASSINATED, HE
LONGED TO GO TO JERUSALEM TO
WALK IN THE SAVIOR'S STEPS, TELL
US ABOUT THAT?
WHENEVER WE READ ABOUT
LINCOLN'S DEATH AT FORD THEATRE,
THE YOUNG COUPLE WE ARE WITH ARE
GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED BY ME
CLINGING TO YOU SO.
WOW, THEY WILL THINK NOTHING OF
IT.
MARY SAID THEY WERE CONTINUING A
CONTINUE THEY HAD DURING THE
DAY.
THAT WAS ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD
DO AFTER THE WAR.
LINCOLN SAID I WANT TO GO
ABROAD.
I WANT TO REST.
I WANT TO GO TO JERUSALEM.
HE SAID I WANT TO WALK IN THE
SAVIOR'S FOOTSTEPS.
THOSE MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST
WORDS ABRAHAM LINCOLN EVER
SPOKE.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH ENTERED HIS
BRAIN AFTER THAT.
LINCOLN WAS ON A JOURNEY, WENT
FROM VILLAGE ATHEIST TO HIS LAST
WORDS BEING "I WANT TO WALK IN
THE SAVIOR'S FOOTSTEPS."
YOUR BOOK IS TIMELY, WE ARE
ABOUT TO SEE THE RELEASE OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION?
YES.
I GOT TO SNEAK OUT TO L.A. IT IS
A POWERFUL, POWERFUL FILM.
IT IS A GIFT TO OUR NATION IN
OUR HISTORY.
IT HAS A FEW SMALL FLAWS.
DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO THE ISSUE
OF FAITH WHICH IS WHY I AM GLAD
MY BOOK IS ON THE MARKET.
WHAT AN ATTEMPT TO HONOR OUR
HISTORY.
DANIEL DAY LOUIS AS LINCOLN, HE
IS A REVELATION.
HE BECOMES LINCOLN.
HIM SITTING STILL IS A MORE
POWERFUL DISTINCTION THAN
ANYTHING YOU READ.
IT IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR
COUNTRY. IN STEPHEN
MANSFIE
MANSFIELD, IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND
PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THE BOOKS YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TO TALK
ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
LEE, ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HERE
WITH YOU. UP NEXT, BIGGEST
SNOWSTORM SO HIT ISRAEL IN
DECADES.
THE BIGGEST STORM TO HIT THE
MIDDLE EAST IN DECADES DUMPED AT
LEAST SIX INCHES OF SNOW ON
JERUSALEM TODAY.
WE SENT CBN CORRESPONDENT
JULIE STALL INTO THE SNOW FOR
THE REPORT.
JERUSALEM IETS WOKE UP TO
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW,
WONDERLAND WHITE OVER THE CITY,
NEW CITY.
THE SNOW HAS CONTINUED TO FALL
ON AND OFF THROUGH AT LEAST HALF
THE DAY.
MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE SNOW IS A
BIG DAY.
JERUSALEM ONLY GETS SNOW EVERY
THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST SNOW IN 20
YEARS.
PEOPLE ARE OF COURSE BUILDING
SNOWMEN AND SNOWBALL FIGHTS.
THAT IS A UNIVERSAL THING.
IN THE BOOK OF JOB, HE HAS
RESERVED THE TREASURIES OF SNOW
AGAINST THE DAY OF BATTLE.
IN HISTORY, ISRAEL HAS HAD A WET
WINTER AFTER A WAR.
ISRAEL HAD A WAR IN NOVEMBER AND
HEADING FOR A VERY, VERY WET
WINTER.
ISRAEL HAS TWO MONTHS MORE OF
PRECIPITATION.
THEY ARE ENJOYING THE SNOW
TODAY.
THIS IS JULIE STALL FOR CBN NEWS
FROM A VERY COLD AND SNOWY
JERUSALEM.
ISN'T THAT COOL HOW THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT THE SNOW COMING
AFTER THE BATTLE AND THERE WAS A
BATTLE AROUND THANKSGIVING.
GORGEOUS.
OUR BOSS IS OVER THERE RIGHT
NOW.
I KNOW.
HE IS SEEING JERUSALEM UNDER
A BLANKET OF SNOW.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR WATCHING, HAVE A
GREAT NIGHT.
