TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" AN
OUTBREAK OF EPIC PROPORTION.
LATEST ON THE FLU AND WHAT YOU
CAN DO TO AVOID IT.
PLUS THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING
BETWEEN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR TROOPS
OVERSEAS. WHY SO MANY
DEFENDERS OF OUR HOMELAND DON'T
HAVE HOMES OF THEIR OWN.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
THE DEADLY FLU SEASON SWEEPING
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES COULD
BE WANING IN SOME AREAS
ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
24 STATES REPORTED LAST WEEK
AND DOWN FROM 29.
THE VACCINE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY.
GOING TO TAKE YOU TWO OR
THREE WEEKS TO FEEL REALLY GOOD
AGAIN.
REPORTER: MANY AMERICANS ARE
FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE AGAINST
THIS YEAR'S FLU VIRUS.
WE ARE ALL A LITTLE
OVERWHELMED, NOT ONLY THE
PRACTITIONERS BUT THE CARE
GIVE
GIVERS.
THIS BOSTON HOSPITAL FORCED
TO TURN OFFICE SPACE INTO BED
SPACE TO MAKE ROOM FOR PATIENTS.
IT FEELS LIKE IT HASN'T YET
PEAKED.
MEDICAL OFFICES RUNNING OUT
OF THE FLU VACCINE.
CLINICS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE
COMMAND.
SUMMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.
WE EXHAUSTED OUR SUPPLY ON
TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK.
IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
WE WERE RUNNING LOW AND ABLE
TO GET A THOUSAND DOSES.
WE'LL EVALUATE HOW MANY WE NEED
TO ORDER.
RIGHT NOW FILLING THE GAP.
THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF
CASES.
PHARMACISTS ARE STRUGGLING.
WE WERE GOING TO GO ON A
CRUISE.
DIDN'T GET TO GO.
PROBABLY THE SICKEST I HAVE BEEN
IN 20 YEARS.
THIS TEXAS FAPHARMACY TRYING TO
GET THE DRUG, TAMIFLU.
RIGHT NOW TRYING TO GET 24
BOXES.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE ARE GETTING 40-50
PRESCRIPTIONS EVERYDAY.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T WANT A
FLU SHOT.
SOME DOCTORS ARE PROMOTING
NATUROPAT
NATUROPATHY.
IT HAS BEEN OVER 25 YEARS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CATCH THESE
THINGS.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE WHATEVER
HAPPENS WE CAN COMBAT WITH
NATURAL LIFE STYLE.
HEALTHY LIFE STYLE INCLUDES
PROPER DIET, PLENTY SLEEP,
LIMITING SUGAR AND EXERCISE.
DOCTORS RECOMMEND THAT THEIR
PATIENTS TAKE VITAMIN C AND D.
IN OTHER NEWS, PRESIDENT
OBAMA MET WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT
HAMID KARZAI.
THE TWO LEADERS DISCUSSED THE
MILITARY ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND
HELD A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE.
JENNIFER WISHON WITH THERE.
JENNIFER, DO WE HAVE A CLEAR
PICTURE OF EXACTLY WHEN U.S.
TROOPS WILL PULL OUT OF THAT
COUNTRY?
YES AND NO, WENDY.
THERE ARE 66,000 U.S. TROOPS IN
AFGHANISTAN RIGHT NOW.
THEIR MISSION WILL CHANGE TO ONE
OF SUPPORT.
THAT IS TRAINING AND ADVISING
AFGHAN FORCES WHO WILL TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECURITY
IN THEIR COUNTRY.
U.S. MILITARY WILL RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO COMBAT TERRORISM.
KARZAI HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND
KEY MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM.
ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES
THAT REMAINS IS IMMUNITY FOR
AMERICAN TROOPS WHO REMAIN IN
AFGHANISTAN AFTER 2014.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS ALL OF
AMERICA'S SECURITY AGREEMENTS
INCLUDE IMMUNITY AGREEMENTS FOR
U.S. TROOPS PRESIDENT OBAMA:
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WILL NOT
BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE ANY
KIND OF U.S. TROOP PRESENCE POST
2014 WITHOUT ASSURANCES THAT OUR
MEN AND WOMEN OPERATING THERE
ARE IN SOME WAY SUBJECT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANOTHER COUNTRY.
PRESIDENT KARZAI SAYS OF
EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO HIS PEOPLE
IS ENDING THE WAR, SOVEREIGNTY
OF THEIR COUNTRY AND RETURN OF
DETENTION FACILITIES TO AFGHAN
CONTROL WHICH IS NOW BEING TAKEN
CARE OF.
KARZAI INDICATED HE CAN ARGUE
FOR IMMUNITY.
I CAN GO TO THE AFGHAN PEOPLE
AND ARGUE FOR IMMUNITY FOR U.S.
TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.
IN A WAY THAT AFGHAN SOVEREIGNTY
WOULD NOT BE COMPROMISED.
IN A WAY AFGHAN LAW WOULD NOT BE
COMPROMISED.
IN A WAY THAT THE PROVISIONS
THAT WE ARRIVE AT THROUGHOUT
TALKS WILL GIVE THE UNITED
STATES THE SATISFACTION AND ALSO
PROVIDE AFGHAN PEOPLE THE
BENEFITS THAT THEY ARE SEEKING
THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP.
NOW EXACTLY HOW MANY AMERICAN
TROOPS WILL REMAIN IN
AFGHANISTAN AFTER 2014, WENDY
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS WORKING OUT
THE DETAILS WITH THE PENT GOOD
AFTERNOON AND PENTAGON AND
COMMANDERS ON THE GROUND.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN A POST
WAR AFGHANISTAN DIDN'T COME UP.
MEMBER OF THE AFGHAN PRESS CORP
ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT FULL
RIGHTS FOR WOMEN.
PRESIDENT OBAMA TOLD THAT
REPORTER AFGHANISTAN CANNOT
UNLESS THEY GIVE FULL RIGHTS TO
ITS WOMEN.
PRESIDENT KARZAI DECLINED TO
COMMENT.
THAT MIGHT BE TELLING.
JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
REPORT.
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MET
TO CURB FURTHER GUN VIOLENCE.
HE SAT DOWN WITH ENTERTAINMENT
OFFICIALS WITH THE MOTION
PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN
A DAY AFTER THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION AND OTHER PRO-GUN
GROUPS.
THEY HAVE REJECTED BANNING
ASSAULT WEAPONS.
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN
PROPOSED IMPINGES ON PEOPLE WHO
HAVE EVER RIGHT TO OWN FIREMANS.
BIDEN WILL PRESENT FINDINGS
FROM THIS WEEK'S MEETINGS TO THE
PRESIDENT ON TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO FURTHERING GUN
CONTROL IT WILL COVER MENTAL
HEALTH CARE AND VIOLENCE ON
MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES.
JOINING US IS CO-AUTHOR OF THE
BOOK "LESSONS LEARNED FROM ARMED
AMERICA."
WE ARE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT AVENUES THIS
ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE.
EXECUTIVE PEN IS ONE WE FEAR THE
MOST.
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT, I
THINK, THE FACT THAT BARACK
OBAMA MIGHT ATTEMPT TO
CRIMINALALIZE AND TURN MILLIONS
OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS INTO
FELONS OVERNIGHT BY FORCING
REQUIRED REGISTRATION MUCH LIKE
THE NATIONAL FIREMANS ACT FOR
ANYBODY THAT OWNS ANY TYPE OF
SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPON.
THAT IS OUR GREATEST FEAR.
HOW WOULD THE NEW PROPOSALS
HURT THE PUBLIC?
I HOPE I AM WRONG MILLIONS OF
GOOD LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WON'T
BE FORCED TO MAKE A TERRIBLE
DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO
COMPLY WITH A MANDATE IN FORMS
OF REGISTRATION, IN FORMS OF
WHAT THEY REFER TO THE GUN SHOW
LOOPHOLE ELIMINATING SALE OF
FIREMANS BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS.
CAN WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM
PAST ATTEMPTS AT GUN CONTROL
LIKE THE --
ASSAULT WEAPON WOULD BE
CONSIDERED FULLY AUTOMATIC M-16
OR SAW.
IT IS AMERICA'S NO. 1 SPORT
UTILITY RIFLE USED BY MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THE PREVIOUS BAN WAS AN UTTER
FAILURE.
MORE DEATHS BY HAMMERS THAN ALL
RIFLES OF ANY TYPE COMMITTED BY
AMERICA.
ABSOLUTE INSANITY.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO STOP
CRIMINALS AND PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS?
NRA CAUGHT FLAK FOR
CONTROVERSIAL PRESS CONFERENCE
IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE
SLAUGHTER IN NEWTOWN.
CONTROVERSY TO WHO?
THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA.
CONGRESS BENEFITS FROM ARMED
SECURITY.
OUR PILOTS AND AIRLINE TRAVELERS
BENEFIT FROM ARMED SECURITY.
OUR BANKS, ARMED SECURITY.
SECURITY GUARDS ARE ARMED.
CLEARLY WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHEN
OUR CHILDREN, OUR NATION'S MOST
PRECIOUS RESOURCE, WE CAN'T FIND
THE MEANS TO PROTECT OUR
CHILDREN.
WAYNE LAPARIRE WAS RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT
EVIL EXISTS.
MARK WALTERS OF ARMED
AMERICAN RADIO, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US, SIR.
THANKS, MARK.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
COMING UP, WHY IS THE UNITED
STATES LOOKING TO YOUR EUROPE
FOR ECONOMIC ADVICE.
?
MANY ECONOMIST WARN THAT
AMERICA IS ON THE SAME ROAD THAT
LED MANY EUROPEAN NATIONS TO
RUIN.
SOME BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
POLICIES OF HIGH TAXES AND HIGH
SPENDING.
AS DALE HURD REPORTS, AMERICA
COULD BE TURNING INTO FRANCE
REPORTER: IF AMERICANS WANT
A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR ECONOMIC
FUTURE THEY SHOULD LOOK TO
FRANCE.
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE TAXES,
MORE PEOPLE ON WELFARE.
SOME ARE CALLING IT THE NEW
NORMAL AND AMERICA LOOKS MORE
AND MORE LIKE EUROPE.
FRANCE SHOULD BE A WARNING
FOR THOSE THAT VOTED FOR FOUR
MORE YEARS OF BIG GOVERNMENT
SPENDING.
FRENCH HAVE BEEN DEFICIT
SPENDISPEND
ING FOR DECADES.
IT IS STARTING TO LOOK SO
EUROPEAN THAT THEY DRESSED UP
PRESIDENT OBAMA IN A FRENCH
SHIRT AND SPEAKER BOEHNER.
FRANCE DOES SOME THINGS WELL
ECONOMICS MIGHT NOT BE ON THE
LIST.
FRANCE'S BLOATED WELFARE STATE
DUBBED A TICKING TIME BOMB.
IT HAS CRIPPLED THE
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL YOUNG
PEOPLE OF FRANCE ARE HEADING
ELSEWHERE.
THEY ARE GOING TO LONDON, TO
ASIA.
THEY ARE GOING TO THE UNITED
STATES.
THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE
SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY TAKEN AWAY BY A
STATE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE
THEREFORE I TAKE IT.
THE WEALTHY ARE FLEEING OVER
HIGH TAXES.
FRANCE HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST
NUMBER OF MILLIONAIRES PER
CAPITA IN WESTERN EUROPE.
A CLUE CAN BE FIND IN THIS
NEWSPAPER AD.
FRANCE IS THE ONE COUNTRY WHERE
COMMUNIST SUCCEEDED.
MOST FRENCH ARE DEPENDENT ON THE
STATE FOR BENEFITS AND JOBS.
THREE OUT OF FOUR FRENCH YOUNG
PEOPLE SAY THEIR DREAM IS TO GET
A GOVERNMENT JOB SOME DAY.
THIS PERSON SAYS FRANCE IS
ADDICTED TO PUBLIC SPENDING LIKE
A DRUG.
WE TURN TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING
AS THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS.
BUSINESSMAN CAN'T TAKE IT
ANYMORE.
THE SYSTEM IS VERY GENEROUS
AND VERY EXPENSIVE.
WE SIMPLY CANNOT PAY FOR IT.
FRENCH ECONOMIST EMMANUEL
MARTIN SAYS THEY STOP TAKING
CARE OF EACH OTHER.
LEVELS OF CHARITABLE GIVING IN
FRANCE ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THE
UNITED STATES.
SO IT KILLS THE NATURAL MOVE
FOR SOLIDARITY OF INDIVIDUALS.
NO WONDER WE ARE NOT A VERY FILL
ENTLOPIC COUNTRY. DO YOU
THINK IT MAKES PEOPLE MEAN?
YES.
THEY WON'T BE AROUND WHEN THE
STATE FINALLY GOES BROKE.
FRANCE HAS ALL BUT GUARANTEED
ITS FUTURE WILL BE POOR.
THAT DAY IS COMING VERY SOON.
VERY FOON SOON.
NEW MORE AN MORE COMPANIES
DYING.
MORE AND MORE DESTRUCTION OF
JOBS.
GROWING AWARENESS WE ARE
HEADING INTO THE WALL WHICH IS
REALITY.
MOST DEMOCRATS HAVE A FAVORABLE
VIEW OF SOCIALISM AND VERY
POPULAR AMONG THE COLLEGE AGE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
PARIS.
UP NEXT, WHY SO MANY FEMALE
VETERANS ARE FACING
HOMELESSNESS.
A GROWING NUMBER OF ACTIVE
DUTY TROOPS COMMITTED SUICIDE
LAST YEAR.
THAT DESPITE SPECIFIC GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS AIMED AT PREVENTING
SUCH TRAGEDIES.
MORE SOLDIERS TOOK THEIR OWN
LIVES THAN KILLED IN ACTION IN
2012.
176 TROOPS DIED IN COMBAT.
177 COMMITTED SUICIDE.
DOD STILL LOOKING AT CASES FROM
DECEMBER.
THAT NUMBER COULD STILL RISE.
AMERICANS WHO SERVE IN THE
MILITARY MAKE GREAT SACRIFICES
FOR OUR COUNTRY.
THEIR LIVES CAN BECOME VERY
DIFFICULT AFTER THE SERVICE.
NUMBER OF HOMELESS FEMALE
VETERANS RISING.
CHARLENE ISRAEL SHOWS US WHAT
ONE VETERAN IS DOING TO HELP
REPORTER: JANICE RAMIREZ HAD
AN INJURED AND WAS FORCED TO
LEAVE THE SERVICE.
SHE COULDN'T GET A STEADY JOB.
STRUGGLED TO PAY THE RENT.
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE SHE HAD NO
PLACE TO CALL HOME.
I SLEPT WHEREVER I COULD.
SLEPT IN SHELTERS, ON THE FLOOR,
IN THE CAR, AND ABANDONED HOUSE.
AFTER A STINT IN THE
MILITARY, SUREESE LIVE WERE
DRIVEN FROM THEIR OWN HOME.
YOU DON'T SLEEP WELL IN A CAR
NOT KNOWING WHO WAS GOING TO
COME UP TO THE CAR AND HURT YOU.
HOMELESSNESS WAS AN ISSUE
AMONG MALE VETERANS.
THE ISSUE HAS GROWN
SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN THE LAST 10
YEARS WITHIN THE FEMALE VETERAN
COMMUNITY.
IT IS ON THE RISE, ABOUT 8%
OF VETERANS IDENTIFIED AS
HOMELESS ARE FEMALE.
PETE OVERSEAS HOMELESS
VETERANS.
HE SAYS FEMALE VETERANS FACE A
HOST OF PROBLEMS.
LACK OF PROBLEM, SUBSTANCE
USE OR MENTAL ILLNESS.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT RETURNING
VETERANS, THEY SEEM TO HAVE A
MUCH HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POST
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE, NOT ENOUGH
TEMPORARY HOUSING.
WE HAVE 14,000 CURRENT
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS FOR
VETERANS, MALE AND FEMALE.
THE SITUATION FACING MANY OF
HER FELLOW VETS PUSHED NAVY
RESERVIST TO ACTION.
SHE OPENED LADY VETS HAVEN.
HERE THE WOMEN ENJOY A CLEAN,
SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND RECEIVE A
DISCOUNTED RENT RATE.
THERE IS NO REASON, A
VETERAN, SOMEBODY THAT GAVE
THEIR LIFE FOR OUR COUNTRY
SHOULD HAVE TO BE SLEEPING
OUTSIDE.
THIS DOCTOR SAYS FEMALE VETS
FACE THE SAME STRESSES AS MALES,
THEY HAVE GENDER SPECIFIC ISSUES
THAT MAKE THEM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO HOMELESSNESS.
BEING SINGLE PARENTS WITH
SMALL CHILDREN.
AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE
IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR.
UNEMPLOYMENT ALL THESE COMING
TOGETHER.
MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA MAY
ALSO PLAY A PART.
VETERAN'S AFFAIRS FOUND
NEARLY A THIRD OF TEMPORARY
SHELTERS DIDN'T ADDRESS SECURITY
RISKS.
THEY INCLUDED MALE AND FEMALE
RESIDENTS ON THE SAME FLOOR AND
INSUFFICIENT LOCKS IN BEDROOMS
AND BATHROOMS.
ABOUT 90% OF OUR SEXUAL
TRAUMA VICTIMS ARE FEMALES.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WOULD
CERTAINLY CAUSE SOME CHALLENGES
FOR WOMEN COMING INTO A MALE
DOMINATED SETTING TO SEEK
TREATMENT WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN
TRAUMATIZED BY SEXUAL TRAUMA.
DAUGHTRY SAYS THE DEPARTMENT
OF FEDERAL AFFAIRS IS MAKING
PROGRESS.
THEY ARE TEAMING WITH DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
TO PROVIDE HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR
VETERANS.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY POPULAR A
AMONG FEMALE VETERANS.
THEY GIVE YOU A LITTLE
INFORMATION UPON THE EXIT
PROCESS.
NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BECOME A
CIVILIAN AGAIN AND RESTABILIZE.
WE HAVE TO DO A MUCH BETTER
JOB AS SERVICE MEMBERS ARE
COMING OUT.
MEANWHILE, PLACES LIKE LADIES
VETERAN ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
WOW, YOU REALLY MEAN THIS IS
ALL WOMEN?
IT IS LIKE A BLESSING.
LIKE WALKING INTO A TRUE
BLESSING.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
UP NEXT, A POSTAL WORKER
BEING PRAISED AFTER RESCUING ONE
OF HIS FAVORITE CUSTOMERS.
FINALLY AN ELDERLY MAN IN
OHIO HAS HIS MAILMAN TO THANK
FOR MORE THAN JUST HIS MAIL.
YOU, YOU CAN THANK HIM FOR
HIS LIFE.
THEY CALLED THE POLICE, I
CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY IN THE
MORNING, I DIDN'T SEE
FOOTPRINTS, HIS CAR STILL HADN'T
MOVED.
I CALLED THE POLICE AGAIN.
JASON JONES HAS BEEN
DELIVERING MAIL TO ONE OF HIS
NO. 1 CUSTOMERS FOR FIVE YEARS.
LAST WEEK JONES NOTICED HIS
91-YEAR-OLD CUSTOMER HAD NOT
BEEN OUT TO GREET HIM AND THE
CAR HADN'T MOVED IN WEEKS.
POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS
UNCONSCIOUS AND MALNOURISHED
LYING ON THE FLOOR.
NEIGHBORS SAY HE IS ALIVE TODAY
THANKS TO THE MAILMAN.
HE CALLED THE POLICE TWICE.
THIS GUY STILL HASN'T COME OUT.
CAN YOU CHECK ON HIM.
BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEN
