TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH"
HOSTAGE CRISIS IN ALGERIA,
ISLAMIC MILITANTS TAKE
FOREIGNERS CAPTIVE.
WHAT THEY WANT.
PLUS THE SHOCKING TREATMENT
OF WOMEN IN INDIA.
REASONS BEHIND THE VIOLENCE TO
WOMEN AND GIRLS AND WHAT IS
BEING DONE TO STOP IT.
WHAT IS AN ASSAULT WEAPON ?
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM MARK
MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
FOUR HOS AGES DEAD AND 14 PEOPLE
WOUNDED AFTER ALGERIAN LAUNCHED
AN OPERATION TO FREE WORKERS.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFERED
TO HELP WITH THE RESCUE, THE
ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT REFUSED.
HEATHER SELLS HAS THE LATEST.
REPORTER: ALGERIAN REPORTED
ON THE DEADLY RESCUE.
IT HAS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF
LIFE AND INCREASED FEARS
JIHADIST MILITANTS COULD LAUNCH
FURTHER ATTACKS AND RAISES
STAKES IN THE FRENCH MILITARY
CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY IN MALI.
HUNDREDS OF MARINES ARE
LAUNCHING AN OFFENSIVE.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS BELIEVE
ANOTHER AL-QAEDA LEADER
ORCHESTRATED THE HOSTAGE TAKING
IN ALGERIA.
HIS INTENT: RETALIATE AGAINST
THE FRENCH ATTACK IN MALI.
IT IS A SERIOUS MATTER WHEN
AMERICANS AND OTHERS ARE TAKEN
HOS AGE.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT
THE SITUATION AND DETERMINE WHAT
STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN.
VIOLENCE BEGAN WHEN 20
MILITANTS ATTACKED A BUS.
TWO SECURITY CARS ESCORTING THE
BUS.
THE TERRORIST WERE ABLE TO TAKE
CONTROL MOVING WORKERS NEXT TO
THE OIL COMPOUND.
HEATHER SELLS CBN NEWS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROPOSED
SWEEPING CHANGES TO AMERICA'S
GUN LAWS AND POLICIES WEDNESDAY.
SETTING THE STAGE FOR WHAT COULD
BE THE BIGGEST POLITICAL BATTLE
IN GUN CONTROL IN DECADES.
GUN ADVOCATES VOW TO FIGHT ON
EVERY LEVEL.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
SWEEPING NEW GUN CONTROL LAW
WILL KEEP CHILDREN SAFE AND
SIGNED 23 NEW EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE ARE
STRENGTHENING THE BACKGROUND
CHECK SYSTEM.
WE WILL HELP SCHOOLS HIRE MORE
RESOURCE OFFICERS IF THEY WANT
THEM.
CRITICS SAY IT ALL AMOUNTS TO
AN ASSAULT ON THE SECOND
AMENDMENT AND OVERREACH.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION SAID PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE POWER GRAB MAY
PLEASE HIS POLITICAL BASE BUT
NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT HAND.
SEVERAL STATES ARE PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THE PLANS.
GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI WILL
RESIST.
TO USE THIS TRAGEDY AS TO SAY
WE NEED GREAT REFORMS IS THE
WRONG THING TO DO.
WE ARE PREPARED TO INSURE
CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES ARE
NOT STRIPPED AWAY.
IN OREGON A SHERIFF WON'T
ENFORCE ANY GUN LAW HE BELIEVES
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WE CAN'T LET NO MATTER HOW
TRAGIC THE CRIMES ARE, VERY FEW
PEOPLE DICTATE WHAT TURNS INTO
FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND LAWS
THAT INFRINGE UPON THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF HONEST
AMERICANS.
KEN KLUKOWSKI IS AUTHOR TOLD
CBN NEWS STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE WITHIN THE
RIGHTS TO REFUSE TO ENFORCE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS DON'T APPLY
20 PRIVATE CITIZENS OR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS LIKE SHERIFFS.
PRESIDENT HAS NO SUCH AUTHORITY.
MEANWHILE THE PRESIDENT MADE
NO CONNECTION BETWEEN BLOODY
VIDEO GAMES AND MOVIES TO GUN
VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. EPHRAIM
GRAHAM, CBN
TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY
SAYS GUN LAWS WON'T SAVE THEM
FROM MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE AND
TIME TO PRAY FOR HELP.
NORTH CAROLINA COULD VOTE TO
CARRY WEAPONS AT SCHOOLS OR
CHURCHES.
ONE WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE WITH A
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT INSIDE A
SCHOOL IF A DISTRICT HAS AN
AUTHORIZED POLICY.
THAT CHANGE WOULD OPEN THE DOOR
FOR SOMEONE WITH A CONCEALED
CARRY PERMIT TO CARRY INSIDE A
CHURCH.
SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS
PACKED THE STATE HOUSE TUESDAY
AS HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARD HOURS
OF TESTIMONY.
RHODE ISLAND ALLOWS CIVIL
UNIONS.
THE ONLY STATE IN NEW ENGLAND
THAT DOES NOT ALLOW GAY COUPLES
TO WED.
PREVIOUS EFFORTS TO PASS HAVE
FAILED.
SOME INFLUENTIAL CEO'S ARE
CALLING TO RAISE THE THE
RETIREMENT AGE TO 70 AND
PARTIALLY PRIVATIZE HEALTH
INSURANCE AND PROTECT THOSE 55
AND OLDER FROM CUTS AND
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR YOUNGER
WORKERS AND SMALLER BENEFIT
INCREASES FOR ALL.
THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO
ENROLL IN A TRADITIONAL PROGRAM
OR PRIVATE.
FEDERAL RESERVE SAYS THE
ECONOMY IS GROWING AT A MODEST
CASE.
HOME PRICES RISING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
SOME ANALYST BELIEVE THE HOUSING
INDUSTRY IS REBOUNDING AND THAT
COULD BE A BRIGHT SPOT.
OVERALL ECONOMISTS EXPECT GROWTH
TO BE THE SAME THIS YEAR AS IT
WAS LAST.
BOEING FACES A CRISIS AS IS
NEW DREAM LINER FLEET IS
GROUNDED IN U.S., JAPAN AND
INDIA.
A MAJOR SET BACK FOR BOEING
WHICH HAS MARKETED THE 787 AS
THE FUEL EFFICIENT JET LINER OF
THE FUTURE.
A SERIES OF PROBLEMS IS
PROMPTING SAFETY INVESTIGATION.
MOST RECENT IS A BATTERY RISK.
IT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING
WHEN SOMEONE SMELLED SMOKE IN
THE CABIN.
BURN MARKS WERE FOUND AROUND THE
MAIN BATTERY BELOW THE COCKPIT.
LEVIES ARE IN BAD SHAPE.
PROJECT FOUND THOUSANDS OF
LEVIES ARE IN UNACCEPTABLE
CONDITION.
SOME PROBLEMS INCLUDE WEAK
WALLS, HOUSES BUILT TOO CLOSE
AND DECAYING PIPES AND PUMPING
STATIONS.
CONDITION OF LEVEES CAME INTO
FOCUS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA IN
2005.
CONGRESS ORDERED TO CATALOG ALL
LEVEES.
REVEREND LOUIS LEON REPLACES
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO.
HE PULLED OUT LAST WEEK AFTER A
SERMON HE GAVE AND CRITICISM
OVER GAY RIGHTS.
THE PERSON CHOSEN TO PRAY WOULD
REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATION'S
BELIEFS.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH BLESSES
SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS AND
ELECTS BISHOPS WHO LIVE
OPENINGLY WITH SAME-SEX
PARTNERS.
A BOMB NEARLY KILLED THIS
MAN'S SON AND THAT NEWS WENT
AROUND THE WORLD.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE STORY.
REPORTER: AMERICAN-BORN JACK
TITLE WALKED INTO THE COURTROOM
TO HEAR THE JUDGE'S VERDICT.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING
TWO PALESTINIANS IS 1997.
TODAY'S DECISION WAS VERY
COMFORTING FOR US.
IT CAME TOO LATE BECAUSE WE
WAITED 15 YEARS TO MAKE SUCH A
DECISION.
THE COURT HELD HIM CRIMINALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ACTIONS.
ALSO CONVICTED HIM OF OTHER
VIOLENT CRIMES INCLUDING
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ORTIZ IN
1998.
HE OPENED A GIFT BASKET
DELIVERED TO HIS FAMILY'S HOME.
HE MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED.
THE ATTACK WAS DIRECTED TO AMI'S
FAMILY.
HIS MOTHER SAID THE FAMILY MOVED
ON A LONG TIME AGO.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE
UNDERSTOOD WE HAD TO FORGIVE
HIM.
THE LORD GAVE ME THE LOVE OF GOD
FOR THIS PERSON AND PRAY FOR HIS
SALVATION.
IN THE END IT IS A FINAL
JUSTICE FOR GOD.
I FEEL PEACE.
AMI SAID HE PRAYS FOR TITLE.
NEW
I AM HOPING THIS TIME IN JAIL
HE REALIZES HIS SERIOUS
MISTAKES.
HE NEEDS TO REPENT.
HAVE YOU FORGIVEN HIM?
OH YEAH.
BEFORE FROM THE BEGINNING NO
HATE FOR NOBODY.
WHENEVER I SEE MY SON'S BODY
AND AFFECTS OF HIS INJURIES, I
DIE INSIDE, PERSONALLY BUT WE
BRING IT BEFORE THE LORD AND
KEEP GOING TO THE LORD.
AFTER THE BOMBING, LETTERS
AND SUPPORT FLOODED THE ORTIZ'S
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED
US.
I BELIEVE IT WASN'T FOR THE
PRAYERS AND IF PEOPLE WOULDN'T
SUPPORT US, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO STAND.
WE ARE STANDING HERE BECAUSE OF
THE BODY OF THE LORD.
TITLE LEFT THE COURT AS HE
ENTERED IT IN CHAINS.
HE IS LIKELY TO BE SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS.
COMING UP, THE SHOCKING
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA.
A SECOND SHOCKING CASE OF
GANG RAP HAS COME OUT OF INDIA.
LAST MEN A WOMAN WAS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED ON A PUBLIC BUS IN NEW
DELHI.
HER ATTACKERS ARE IN CUSTODY AND
FACE A POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY.
REFORMS IN A SOCIETY THAT OFTEN
TOLERATES VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN.
I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH K.P.
YOHAN, GOSPEL FOR ASIA.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE MESSAGE
OF JESUS CHRIST IS GIVING THEM
HOPE.
DOCTOR, DESCRIBE THE ABUSES
THEY ENDURE?
RAPE, ABUSE TO YOUNG GIRLS
FOREVER BEING A NORMAL THING
GOING ON AND NEVER PUNISHED.
EVERY YEAR SOME 26,000
UNTOUCHABLES, WOMEN ARE RAPED
AND ABUSED AND LEFT, ONE PERCENT
OF THESE PEOPLE PROSECUTED.
WHY ARE WOMEN VALUED LESS
THAN MEN IN INDIAN SOCIETY?
UNLIKE UNITED STATES WHERE
THE JUDEO CHRISTIAN FAITH IS
WOMEN ARE GIVEN VALUE AND
SIGNIFICANCE.
IN MANY OTHER NATIONS, IT IS NOT
LIKE THAT.
HOW IS IT IN THE CHURCH IN
INDIA?
WHEN THEY ACCEPT CHRIST, IS IT
CHANGING?
ABSOLUTELY, COMMUNITY AFTER
COMMUNITY, NEPAL, INDIA,
BANGLADESH, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO
THE LORD, ALL THE SUDDEN THEY
ARE READING AND HEARING GOD'S
WORD, THEY UNDERSTAND THE WAY
GOD LOOKS UPON WOMEN AND
CHILDREN AND THEIR VALUE AND WE
SEE, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE VILLAGE
PERSONALLY, OUT OF FIVE YEARS
WALKING AMONG THESE PEOPLE,
WOMEN LOOK LIKE WOMEN, MEN TREAT
THEIR WIVES WITH DIGNITY AND
RESPECT AND PRAYER AND LOVE.
IT IS AN AMAZE TRANSFORMATION
BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL AND LOVE
OF JESUS.
WHAT IS IT LIKE AN INDIAN
WOMAN IN HINDU ALL HER LIFE AND
HEARS THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF
JESUS AND HEARS SHE DOES HAVE
VALUE AND IS LOVED, HOW DOES SHE
RESPOND DO THAT?
I WOULD SAY A MEETING HERE IN
NEW YORK, A MAN LIVING UNDER A
BRIDGE AND HEARS THE NEWS, HEY
JOE, YOUR FATHER LEFT 10 MILLION
DOLLARS IN YOUR NAME IN THE
BANK.
IT IS YOURS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE HAPPINESS,
JOY, EXCITEMENT, REALLY,
EVERYTHING CHANGES.
JESUS LOVES THEM.
HE DIES ON THE CROSS, BURIED AND
ROSE AGAIN, ALIVE WITH THEM
FORGIVING THEM, LOVING THEM.
ALL THE SUDDEN, SOMETHING
HAPPENS ON THE INSIDE.
I DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
THAT LOVE OF CHRIST TRANSFORMS
THESE PEOPLE.
I HAVE SEEN IT 100 TIMES JUST
LIKE YOU FIND IN THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN WHEN JESUS ENCOUNTERED
THESE WOMEN AND THEIR LIVES
TRANSFORMED.
TODAY THAT IS HAPPENING NOT ONLY
IN INDIA, BUT HINDU COMMUNITIES,
TRIBALS.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS ALWAYS GOOD
NEWS BECAUSE THIS BRINGS HOPE.
THAT IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE NEED.
IT IS GOOD NEWS.
THE DOCTOR PRAISES INDIA'S
GOVERNMENT FOR ITS RESPONSE TO
THE PROTEST.
HE SAYS I AM GRATEFUL TO HOW THE
AGENCIES ARE RESPONDING TO THIS
OUTCRY.
POSITIVE STEPS ARE TAKEN.
YOU CAN LEARN NOR TO GOSPEL'S
ASIA OUTREACH TO WOMEN ON
CBN.COM.
UP NEXT, WHAT IS AN ASSAULT
WEAPON ?
YOU MAY THINK YOU KNOW, AS
YOU'LL SEE MOST PEOPLE DON'T.
ASSAULT WEAPONS HAVE BEEN THE
LATEST DEBATE ON GUN CONTROL.
LEE WEBB JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT
THAT.
WELCOME, LEE.
LEE: THANK YOU, GOOD TO BE
HERE.
YOU SAY THERE IS A
MISCONCEPTION, WHAT IS THAT?
LEE: WHEN I MENTIONED ASSAULT
WEAPONS, HOW DO YOU THINK THEY
OPERATE?
RAPID FIRE.
LEE: TAKE A LOOK.
PULL THE TRIGGER AND IT GOES
OFF.
LEE: YOU ARE ASSUMING IT
FIRES LIKE A MACHINE GUN?
YES.
LEE: SEVERAL FEEL THERE IS NO
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MACHINE GUN
AND ASSAULT WEAPON THE GUNMAN
USED IN SANDY HOOK.
CHRIS MITCHELL TOOK ME TO THE
RANGE TO CLEAR IT UP.
IT LOOKS NO DIFFERENT THAN A
MILITARY-STYLE WEAPON ?
THAT IS CORRECT.
LEE: HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?
DIFFERENCE IS IN THE FACT
THIS WEAPON ONLY SHOOTS IN A
SEMIAUTOMATIC FASHION ONE ROUND
FOR EVERY TRIGGER PULLED.
AS FAST AS YOU PULL THE TRIGGER
IS AS FAST AS YOU SHOOT.
MILITARY CAN SHOOT MORE?
THAT IS CORRECT.
LEE: EXISTING FEDERAL LAW
MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFERENT TO
OWN THAT WEAPON.
ONLY THIS VERSION YOU SEE BEING
FIRED IS READILY AVAILABLE AND
FIRES ONLY ONE ROUND EACH TIME
NO DIFFERENT FROM SEMI AUTOMATIC
PISTOL OR THIS .22-CALIBER TARGET
RIFLE.
THE ASSAULT RIFLE HAS LONGER
RANGE THAN THE PISTOL.
YOU CAN SEE THE RANGE FOR THE
AR-15.
AND RIFLE.
KEEP IN MIND THE DEADLIEST
SHOOTING SPREE IN VIRGINIA.
ALL HE HAD WERE TWO
SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS.
DO YOU BELIEVE A BAN WILL
PREVENT ANOTHER NEWTOWN
MASSACRE?
I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS GOING
TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
LAW ABIDING CITIZENS RESPECT THE
WEAPONS.
ANYONE THAT HAS A DESIRE TO HURT
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE WHATEVER
THEY CAN TO GET THEIR HANDS ON
TO DO SO.
BANNING THESE ISN'T GOING TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
LEE, WHY ARE THEY GETTING A
BAD REPUTATION?
LEE: THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE
IN THE APPEARANCE THEY JUST FIRE
DIFFERENTLY.
THE MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES PLAY
A BIG ROLE.
ANYONE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE
SHOT BY ANY OF THE WEAPONS THERE
IS NO DIFFERENCE.
LEE WEBB, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
YOU BET.
UP NEXT, A COMMUNITY RALLIES
BEHIND ONE VERY SPECIAL BABY.
IT IS A YEAR OF FIRSTS FOR
ONE BABY FROM WASHINGTON STATE.
NOT ONLY HIS FIRST TOOTH,
HE IS GETTING SOMETHING MORE
IMPORTANT.
NEW THESE ARE PROTO TYPE ARMS,
ONE OF A TIME.
MADE ESPECIALLY FOR JAMISON.
BABY JAMISON WAS BORN WITHOUT
ARMS.
IT WASN'T EASY SINCE THE ARMS
COST $25,000.
THE COMMUNITY RALLIED AND ABLE
TO RAISE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR
HIS MIRACLE ARMS.
A LITTLE BOY WROTE US A
LETTER SAYING HE WANTED TO GIVE
$5 OUT OF HIS PIGGY BANK.
IT IS AMAZING FOR HIM TO PULL
THIS UP TO HIS MOUTH.
BEFORE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO
HOLD A TOY OR TEETHER.
NOW HE CAN DO IT.
AMAZING, I HAVE NEVER SEEN
PROSTHETICS.
HE IS GOING TO GROW UP WITH THEM
AND BECOME NATURAL.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR WATCHING, HAVE A
GOOD NIGHT.
