TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" ENDING
GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA.
LATEST ON THE DEBATE AND HOW
WASHINGTON IS RESPONDING.
PLUS FIGHTING AL-QAEDA IN
AFRICA, HOW FRANCE IS WORKING TO
STOP ISLAMIC EXTREMIST.
AND WE'LL HEAD TO AN
ORPHANAGE IN INDIA.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING I AM MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM LORIE JOHNSON.
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS
ABOUT TO PRESENT HIS
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CURVE GUN
VIOLENCE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA.
EVEN AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
ANNOUNCED, AMERICANS ARE LINING
UP TO BUY FIRE ARMS.
NOW THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION IS READY TO FIGHT
FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
REPORTER: VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN MET TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
GUN VIOLENCE.
THE NRA SAYS THERE ARE ALREADY
ENOUGH VOTES TO BLOCK A BAN ON
SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE GUN LOBBY
SAYS OTHER THINGS CAN BE DONE.
WE HAVE PUSHED FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS ON TO THE LIST OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE PROHIBITED FROM
BUYING FIREARMS THAT HAS NOT
BEEN DONE.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ENGAGE
IN THESE THINGS ARE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD REAL TROUBLE.
REPORTER: THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION HAS SUGGESTED
USING -- GOP SENATOR RAND PAUL
IS AGAINST IT.
I AM AGAINST A KING.
SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO BYPASS THE
CONSTITUTION, BYPASS CONGRESS,
THAT IS SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO
ACT LIKE A MONARCH.
I HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO EXECUTIVE
ORDERS EVEN WITH A REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT.
ONE THAT WANTS TO INFRINGE ON
SECOND AMENDMENT WE'LL FIGHT
TOOTH AND NAIL AND NO ROCK
UNTURNED AS FAR AS RUNNING IT
OUT OF CONGRESS.
YOU WILL SEE ONE HECK OF A
DEBATE
REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT SAID
IN A NEWS CONFERENCE HE IS
EXPECTING CONGRESS TO SET ASIDE
POLITICS AND FOCUS ON COMMON
SENSE STEPS THAT CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, ANDRIA GARRETT, CBN
NEWS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WON'T HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT INCREASING THE
BORROWING LIMIT WHILE
REPUBLICANS HOLD A GUN AT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MR. OBAMA TOLD REPORTERS THE
DEBT CEILING IS ABOUT CONGRESS
PAYING BILLS.
PRESIDENT CALLED ON REPUBLICANS
TO ACT.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: THEY CAN ACT
RESPONSIBLY AND PAY AMERICA'S
BILLS.
OR THEY CAN ACT IRRESPONSIBLY
AND PUT AMERICA THROUGH ANOTHER
ECONOMIC CRISIS.
BUT THEY WILL NOT COLLECT A
RANSOM IN EXCHANGE FOR NOT
CRASHING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
THE NATION'S DEBT LIMIT IS AT
16.4 TRILLION IF IT IS NOT
RAISED, THE PRESIDENT WARNS,
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND
VETERAN'S BILLS WILL NOT BE
PAID.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS
REJECTING THE IDEA OF A TRILLION
DOLLAR COIN AS A WAY OF
BYPASSING THE DEBT CEILING.
THE NEXT BATTLE ROLLS AROUND IN
ONE MONTH.
SOME DEMOCRATS WANT TO THE U.S.
TREASURY TO MINT A COIN WORTH
ONE MILLION DOLLARS AND DEPOSIT
ALLOWING THE FED TO USE THE
MONEY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD COMPLETELY
AVOID CONGRESS ON THE ISSUE.
THEY SAID IT WILL NOT BE LEGAL.
THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT HAS
RULED IN FAVOR OF NEW
PROTECTIONS FOR UNBORN CHILDREN.
CURRENT LAW MAKES IT A CRIME TO
EXPOSE CHILDREN TO ILLEGAL
DRUGS.
THE COURT RULE SAID IT APPLIES
TO PREGNANT WOMEN.
ALABAMA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS
IT IS A TREMENDOUS VICTORY THAT
THEY HAVE AFFIRMED THE VALUE OF
ALL LIFE INCLUDING THOSE OF
UNBORN CHILDREN WHOSE LIVES ARE
AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE OF
ALL.
A COURT RULING IN COLORADO COULD
HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RIGHT TO
FREE SPEECH.
IT IS AN INJUNCTION AGAINST
POSTERS SHOWING GRAPHIC RESULTS
OF ABORTION.
THOSE INVOLVED SAY IF A COURT
CAN FORBID THAT WHAT IS NEXT?
PAUL STRAND REPORTS AS A
WARNING, THIS STORY CONTAINS
GRAPHIC IMAGES.
REPORTER: THESE PRO-LIFE
ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST
ABORTION EVERYDAY AND CARRY
SIGNS THAT SAY PROTECT THE
UNBORN OR LET YOUR BABY LIVE.
SOME ARE MORE GRAPHIC.
THEY HAVE LET AN INJUNCTION
STAND RULING THEY CAUSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM TO CHILDREN
UNDER AGE 12.
REBECCA WILL REPEAL TO THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.
IF THEY CAN BE MADE THE
SUBJECT OF AN INJUNCTION, THAT
OPENS THE DOOR TO OUR FIRST
AMENDMENT PROTECTION.
IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT A
CRUCIFIX IS TOO GORY TO VIEW
UNDER 12.
THEY WORK ON WOMEN HEADED
INTO CLINICS TO GET ABORTIONS.
THE REASON WE HAVE THE SIGNS,
WHEN WE TALK TO WOMEN 50% SAY
BECAUSE THEY SAW THE PICTURE.
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND
WORDS AND SHOWS THE TRUTH.
THEY BROUGHT THE BLOODY
IMAGES ON A HUGE JUMBOTRON FOR
LAST YEAR'S MARCH FOR LIFE.
THEY ARE NOT BEING SHOWN THE
TRUTH.
WHEN THEY SEE THE IMAGES THEY
WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH THE
TRUTH AND THEN MAKE THE RIGHT
CHOICE AND CHOOSE LIFE.
THIS IS THE AMERICAN
HOLOCAUST.
IF YOU SHOWED THE JEWS GASSED,
IT SINKS IN WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO
SEE THE TRUTH.
THEY WORRY THIS INJUNCTION
COULD CRACK OVER THE DOOR TO
MORE INFRINGEMENTS.
RECENTLY LEADERS CALLED FOR
BLASPHEMY LAWS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THEY SAY SOME SPEECH CAUSES
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL
HARM.
ONLY ONE GROUP WILL PROFIT.
FOR LAWYERS IT BECOMES A HAY
DAY.
THEY WILL SUE OVER EVERYTHING.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS.
MOST EVERY YEAR THE MARCH FOR
LIFE IS HELD ON THE ACTUAL
ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE
DECISION.
NOT THIS YEAR.
IN STEAD FRIDAY JANUARY 25TH.
THAT WILL GIVE IT A FEW DAYS
SEPARATION FROM THE LOGISTICAL
NIGHTMARE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
INAUGURATION WILL CAUSE EARLIER.
OTHER CITIES WILL HOLD OTHER
MARCHS ADDED TO THE RANKS THIS
YEAR WILL BE DENVER, COLORADO
AND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
IN THE 40 YEARS SINCE ROE V.
WADE SOME 55 MILLION BABIES HAVE
BEEN ABORTED IN AMERICA.
CONSERVATIVES ARE CRITICIZING
A CONGRESS CONGRESSIONAL MEASURE
TO SEND AIDS TO VICTIMS OF
HURRICANE SANDY.
SENATE VERSION PASSED INCLUDES
12 BILLION DOLLARS IN DISASTER
RELIEF GRANTS FOR OTHER STATES
AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING THAT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH SANDY.
50 MILLION DOLLARS OF REPLANTING
TREES DAMAGED BY WILD FIRES AND
TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR ROOF
REPAIRS AT THE SMITH SOENIAN IN
WASHINGTON.
IT SHOULD FOCUS ON THE EMERGENCY
NEEDS OF VICTIMS NOT THE NEEDS
OF POLITICIANS.
HOUSE HAS A MUCH SMALLER BILL.
ABOUT 340,000 PROTESTERS
MARCHED IN PARIS SUNDAY AGAINST
GAY MARRIAGE.
THE PRESIDENT IS PLANNING TO
LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
FRENCH CATHOLIC BISHOPS ARE
FIGHTING THE INITIATIVE AND
PUBLIC OPINION IS MOVING IN
THEIR FAVOR.
POLLS SHOW ABOUT 50% OF FRENCH
SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
DOWN FROM 65% IN AUGUST.
FRANCE ALREADY LEGALIZES CIVIL
UNIONS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES.
THIS THIS LAW GIVES COUPLES THE
RIGHTS TO ADOPT.
THEY SAY CHILDREN SHOULD BE
RAISED BY MOTHER AND FATHER.
ON FRIDAY FRENCH MILITARY
LAUNCHED AIR STRIKES ON ISLAMIST
THREATENING TO TAKE OVER NORTH
AFRICAN NATION OF MAULI.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE DETAILS.
REPORTER: BACKED BY HEAVY
FRENCH MILITARY SUPPORT, MAULI
AND FRENCH SHOULDERS POUNDED
HITTING REBEL TARGETS IN
NORTHERN CITIES OF GOU AND
KIDOUW.
WE ARE FACING REL AGGRESSION.
I HAVE DECIDED FRANCE WILL
RESPOND. FRANCE BEGAN LAST
WEEK TO STOP FROM ADVANCING ON
THE CAPITOL OF MAULI.
AL-QAEDA LINKED REBELS BEGAN
ADVANCING SOUTH PROMPTING FEARS
THEY COULD GAIN NEW TERRITORY.
IT IS THE SECURITY IN THE
REGION OF EUROPE WHICH IS AT
STATE.
REBELS LAUNCHED COUNTER
ATTACKS FIGHTING IN WESTERN PART
OF THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN
PARTICULARLY FIERCE.
ON MONDAY ISLAMIST PROMISED TO
DRAG FRANCE INTO A
AFGHANISTAN-STYLE WAR IN MAULI.
SECURITY STEPPED UP.
FRENCH INTERVENTION HAS BEEN
WELCOMED BY MANY OF THOSE AFTER
FRANCE TOOK OVER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN THE
SITUATION CAN BE RESOLVED SO WE
CAN RETURN TO THE VILLAGE.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
RECENT UNIVERSITY HOST ADD
CONFERENCE ADDRESSING THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
SYMPOSIUM FOCUSSED ON HUMAN
TRAFFICKING, CHILD WELFARE AND
ADOPTION PROCESS.
GOD'S HEART IS FOR THE CHILD.
WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE 48 TIMES
IN SCRIPTURE, TAKE CARE OF THE
WIDOW AND ORPHAN, ISN'T THAT
WONDERFUL?
HE HAS TO SAY THAT SO MANY TIMES
BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN.
FOR THE 49TH TIME, TAKE CARE OF
WIDOW AND ORPHAN.
WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS, THE
LORD DELIGHTS IN IT.
HE SMILES WHEN WE WHO ARE SO
BUSY, US ADULTS TAKE TIME TO
REACH OUT AND TOUCH THE MOST
VULNERABLE.
AMEN.
REGENT UNIVERSITY IS WORKING TO
MOBILIZE CHRISTIANS TO BE
INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS.
GOOD FOR THEM.
COMING UP, LATEST OF THE FLU
EPIDEMIC SWEEPING THE COUNTRY.
WELCOME BACK, FORMER
PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W. BUSH
RELEASED FROM A HOUSTON AREA
HOSPITAL AFTER NEARLY TWO
MONTHS.
THE 88 YEAR OLD WAS SUFFERING
FROM A BRONCHITIS RELATED
ILLNESS.
DOCTORS SAID THE ILLNESS WASN'T
LIFE THREATENING BUT WANTED TO
PREVENT IT FROM WORSENING TO
PNEUMONIA.
FLU OUTBREAK IS SO
WIDESPREAD, DRUGSTORES ARE
REPORTING SHORTAGES OF THE FLU
VACCINE
REPORTER: MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS HEAD BACK TO WORK AND
SCHOOL TODAY.
LIGHT SWITCHES, DOOR HANDLES,
KEY BOARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE
VERY GERMY.
REPORTER: THE FLU AFFECTED
OREGON TO BOSTON.
I CAN IMAGINE THE GAS PUMPS
WOULD BE DIRTY
REPORTER: 47 STATES HAVE
WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY AND 28,000
CASES REPORTED.
IT IS LIKELY MUCH HIGHER.
MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO SEEK
TREATMENT.
DOCTORS SAY THIS YEAR'S FLU SHOT
IS THE BEST DEFENSE.
PHARMACIES AND DRUGSTORES ARE
CONCERNED.
A STATE LAW THAT ONLY ALLOWS
PEOPLE OLDER THAN 18 TO GET
VACCINATED.
NEW YORK PHARMACIES ARE
SCRAMBLING TO MEET THE
HEIGHTENED DEMAND.
THESE WERE PATIENTS WAITING
FOR US.
CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY AT
RISK FROM THE LACK OF SUPPLIES.
DEVELOPING IMMUNE SYSTEMS MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO FIGHT THE VIRUS
OFF.
HOPEFULLY THE DOCTORS CAN
MAKE ME BETTER.
EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
AIR POLLUTION REACHING RECORD
HIGHS IN CHINA.
AIR POLLUTANTS AT 755.
THAT IS ON A SCALE ANYTHING OVER
300 IS HIGH.
THE SMOG AND HIGH LEVELS OF AIR
CONTAMINANTS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TUESDAY AND CHINESE
OFFICIALS REMAINING FOLKS REMAIN
INDOORS, YA THINK?
UP NEXT, HOW ONE MAN WENT
FROM HOMELESS AND HUNGRY TO
PREACHING TO THE MASSES.
THE PASTOR IN OUR NEXT STORY
GOT OFF TO A SLOW START IN HIS
MINISTRIES, HE WAS HOMELESS AND
NO MONEY.
RECENTLY HE LED A MASSIVE
INCLUDED LY THAT
17,000 PASTORS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM BRINGS US THE
FOCUS REPORT.
REPORTER: AT 60 YEARS OLD
PASTOR R. ABRAHAM HAS REACHED A
MILESTONE, JUST WRAPPED A
FOUR-DAY PRAYER MEETING AND
NEARLY A MILLION BELIEVERS IN
INDIA TO ASK GOD FOR PEACE IN
THEIR COUNTRY.
*
FILLING THIS 150-ACRE FIELD IS
QUITE A ACCOMPLISH IN A NATION
WITH THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION IS
2%.
THE CHRISTIAN PASTOR WHO DIDN'T
WANT TO LEAVE HIS JOB.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CAR IN
'74.
IT IS A BIG DEAL.
IT WAS A HIGH PAYING JOB IN
THOSE DAYS.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR LIFE IS
SECURE.
GOD SPOKE TO ME ALMOST LIKE
AUDIBLE VOICE.
GOD SAID SON, RESIGN YOUR JOB,
GET OUT OF YOUR HOME.
GO OUT AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO
YOUR PEOPLE.
I SAID OH.
[LAUGHTER].
REPORTER: THOUGH HE HAD NO
IDEA HOW TO PREACH.
PASTOR ABRAHAM OBEYED THE CALL.
MONTHS INTO HIS MINISTRY, BROKE,
HOMELESS AND HUNGRY.
HAVING SOMETHING TO EAT WAS
THE BIGGEST MIRACLE IN MY LIFE.
IN THE NIGHT I HAD NO PLACE TO
GO.
I WAITED FOR THE SHOPS TO PULL
OUT SO I COULD SLEEP IN FRONT OF
THE SHOPS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE AND I STARTED TO
WONDER, WHY DID HE CALL ME?
WHY?
REPORTER: AFTER TWO YEARS OF
PRAYER AND PATIENCE, PASTOR
ABRAHAM JOINED FORCES WITH
ANOTHER MINISTER TO START NEW
INDIA CHURCH OF GOD.
THE ORGANIZATION NOW REACHES
ACROSS INDIA THROUGH MORE THAN
3,000 CHURCHES.
I ALWAYS RESPONDED TO THE
LEADING OF GOD.
AND ALWAYS RESPONDED TO THE
NEED.
IT IS A NEED THAT LED ME TO DO
WHATEVER YOU SEE DONE BECAUSE
THE NEED BEFORE MY EYES.
*
THIS ORPHANAGE IS ONE OF
THOSE NEEDS.
HERE A BATHESDA WHICH MEANS
HOUSE OF MERCY.
LITTLE GIRLS RECITE THE PAIN AS
THEY SHARE THEIR HORRIBLE
STORIES OF ABUSE.
[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ].
SHE REMEMBERS HER DAD POURING
KEROSENE ON HER MOM AND BURNING
HER TO DEATH.
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL RECALLS HER
MOM DRUNK AND THROWING HER OUT.
THAT JUST TORE MY HEART
APART.
I STOOD THERE AND CRIED.
THE LORD WAS TELLING ME WELL, WE
HAVE TO TAKE IT OVER.
FIRST TIME EVER IN MY LIFE I
OPENED MY LIFE AND SAID I'LL
TAKE IT OVER.
HE NOW HAS 14 ORPHANAGES AND
PARTNERS WITH ORPHAN'S PROMISE.
REPORTER: THE MINISTRY WAS
RENTING OUT TWO ROOMS INSIDE
THIS BUILDING, NOW TWO
BUILDINGS, ONE FOR ORPHANAGE,
OTHER FOR A BIBLE SCHOOL
REPORTER: THIS IS ONE OF THE
MINISTRIES 16 BIBLE COLLEGES.
THERE ARE ALSO SIX CHRISTIAN
SCHOOLS.
WE VISITED A PRIMARY SCHOOL.
*
AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH PASTOR
ABRAHAM.
I AM TOTALLY COMMITTED TO
HELPING THE CHILDREN.
I REALLY HAVE A HEART FOR THE
CHILDREN.
REPORTER: PASTOR ABRAHAM HAS
A HEART FOR PEOPLE YOUNG AND
OLD.
LATEST PROJECT IS BUILDING A
HOME FOR AGING PASTORS.
THEY DON'T HAVE PENSION, LIFE
INSURANCE OR SOCIAL SECURITY.
ONLY THING IS THEY ARE TAKEN
CARE OF BY THE CHILDREN OR OUT
ON THE STREETS
REPORTER: THE PASTOR HAS
LIVED ON THE STREETS.
AT 60 HE HAS ANOTHER 40 YEARS TO
REACH THEM WITH THE GOSPEL AND
HEAVENLY HOME.
AS LONG AS YOU ARE READY AND
WILLING TO DO GOD'S WILL.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
INDIA.
TWO GIRLS SEPARATED BY FOSTER
CARE MEET AGAIN.
TWO MIDWEST SIBLINGS REUNITED
AFTER 60 YEARS.
ALL THANKS TO A YOUNG
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY.
CLIFFORD AND LONG LOST SISTER
BETTY EMBRACED AFTER THEIR LONG
SEPARATION.
AS CHILDREN THE PAIR AND OTHER
TWO SIBLINGS SENT TO FOSTER
HOMES.
CLIFFORD TRIED FOR YEARS TO NO
AVAIL.
HIS LANDLORD SON STARTED A
SEARCH ON HIS IPAD.
MY HEART WAS GOING 60 MILES
AN HOUR.
AND UM -- I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT
IT WOULD COME TRUE.
HE REMINDED ME A LOT OF MY
BROTHER, BOB, WHO I KNEW.
DON'T GIVE UP HOPE IF YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE.
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT LITTLE
SEVEN YEAR OLDS CAN DO FOR YOU.
WOW, WHAT A MOVING STORY.
NEITHER BROTHER OR SISTER
THOUGHT THEY HAD ANY FAMILY
LEFT.
THE PAIR ALREADY PLANNED THEIR
NEXT VISIT IN ST. LOUIS.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
AND THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT
KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR WATCHING, HAVE A
GOOD NIGHT.
