TONIGHT ON NEWS WATCH,
40 YEARS OF LEGALIZED ABORTION;
WHY THE ABORTION MOVEMENT IS
LOSING GROUND
IN THE YEARS AFTER ROE V WADE.
THE SMALLEST STATE IN THE
UNION,
RHODE ISLAND,
GEARS UP OVER A BIG FIGHT
GAY MARRIAGE.
ELECTION DAY IN ISRAEL.
WILL SUPPORTERS TURN OUT TO
GIVE NETANYAHU A THIRD TERM?
NEWS WATCH.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM MARK
MARTIN.
AND I'M WENDY GRIFFIN.
THIS IS THE WEEK OF NOT JUST
INAUGURATING A PRESIDENT BUT
PRO-LIFE MARKING 40 YEARS OF
LEGALIZED ABORTION IN AMERICA.
PAUL STRAND TIES THE TWO
TOGETHER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA BEGAN HIS
SECOND TERM WITH A TRADITION
THAT DATES BACK TO GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
TAKING PART IN THE POST
INAUGURAL PRAYER SERVICE.
MANY CONSIDER IT IRONIC
THAT JANUARY 22
WAS WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WENT TO
THE CATHEDRAL.
IT MARKS ALSO THE ANNIVERSARY
OF WHEN THE SPRING COURT
MADE ABORTION THE LAW OF THE
LAND.
CONGRESSMAN --
AS OPPOSED PRESIDENT OBAMA
INITIATIVE FOR 4 YEARS.
HE IS CONSPICUOUSLY EATING
OUT AN ENTIRE CLASS OF CHILDREN
WHO ARE YET UNBORN.
IT IS DISCRIMINATORY.
THESE CHILDREN SUFFER.
PAIN AND AGONY
BY WAY OF THE ABORTION METHODS.
SMITH BROUGHT SEVERAL WOMEN
TO CAPITOL HILL
TO DISCUSS HOW HORRIBLE
THE ABORTION EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN IN THEIR LIVES.
WHEN THE PORTION WAS IN MY
STOMACH I WAS MORTIFIED AND
SHOCKED.
I FELT MUCH I'LL KICK IN TURN.
LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THEY
COULD FEEL THE PAIN.
LIVE WITH THE GUILT OF
HAVING TO FACE THEIR OTHER
DAUGHTERS.
I WATCHED IN THE FETAL
POSITION,
ASKING WHY I HAD TO DO SUCH
THINGS.
I HAVE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION
AND ANXIETY
AND AN EATING DISORDER TO NAME
JUST A FEW.
I FELT DAMAGING COMMUNITY AND
HOPE IS AFTER MY ABORTION.
SHE CANNOT SHAKE HER 1991
ABORTION.
I ABORTED MY ONLY CHILD AND
THAT TO THIS DAY IS A DECISION
THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.
A DAY I REMEMBER EVERY MOMENT
OF;
TIME IN MY LIFE THAT ALTER THE
PERSON I AM NOW.
I FELT MISLED.
I WAS TOLD THAT ABORTION WAS A
WAY TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN BACK THE
HANDS OF TIME.
IT DOESN'T.
LEAVES YOU WITH A DEAD BABY.
SHE WAS BADGERED INTO
GETTING AN ABORTION BY HER
BOYFRIEND FAMILY.
THE AFTER EFFECT WENT ON FOR
YEARS.
DEPRESSION, POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.
MANY NIGHTS OF NIGHTMARES.
SHE CHECKED HERSELF IN A COUPLE
OF TIMES FOR SUICIDAL THOUGHTS
AND EVEN ATTEMPTS.
ON THIS FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY
PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS LAID OUT
3300 FLOWERS IN FRONT OF THE
SUPREME COURT, TO REMIND THE
JUSTICES THAT 3300 CHILDREN
HAVE DIED EVERYDAY SINCE ROE V
WADE.
JOINING US FOR A LOOK AT
WHERE THE NATION STANDS ON THE
FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V
WADE IS PENNY --
PRESIDENT OF CONCERN WOMEN OF
AMERICA.
TIME MAGAZINE PRINTED ON THE
COVER STORY THAT THE
PROPORTIONS SIDE WAS THE --
ISSUE.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
WE ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES
FOR IT.
WE HAVE COME DOWN AT LEAST
400,000 ABORTIONS A YEAR.
WE STILL HAVE 1.2 MILLION
ABORTIONS PER YEAR, 3500 BABIES
A DAY THAT WE ARE LOSING BUT
WE ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES.
IN 2011 WE HAD 92 STATE LAWS
LIMITING ABORTION IN 24 STATES
AND NOW WE ARE UP TO FOUR
STATES THAT HAVE ONLY ONE
ABORTION CLINIC IN THEM.
WE ARE MAKING STRIDES BUT WE
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
SOME WOULD SAY THAT THE
ROAD CHOICE POSITION IS THE PRO
WOMEN'S POSITION.
WHY DON'T YOU BUY THAT ARGUMENT?
OBVIOUSLY AND THAT PACKAGE
WAS SO TELLING,
WE KNOW THAT ABORTION IS LINKED
TO ALL SORTS OF DISORDERS
LATER,
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION.
ONE IN FOUR ABORTIONS IN THIS
COUNTRY,
A BIG MONEYMAKING
OPERATION TO THE TUNE OF
HALF BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
INTERESTED IN MAKING
MONEY.
IT IS THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT
THAT IS AROUND TO HELP THESE
WOMEN,
TO HELP THEM FIND ALTERNATIVES,
TO HELP THEM WITH ADOPTION,
HELP PICK UP THE PIECES LATER,
THE WHOLE THEM WHEN THEY TRY,
FIND FOOD AND SHELTER,
HELP THEM WITH THEIR LIVES.
WE TAKE THEM INTO OUR HOMES.
WE TAKEN INTO OUR CHURCHES.
WE LOVE THEM.
BEING PRO-LIFE IS BEING
PRO-WOMAN;
DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE TO THINK
OTHERWISE.
ABORTION SUPPORTERS OF
MANAGED TO SELL
THE IDEA THAT ABORTION IS ABOUT
PROTECTING WOMAN'S HEALTH.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
DURING THE LAST ELECTION
SEASON THE LEFT WAS SO -- DID
SO WELL IN CONVINCING THE
COUNTRY TO BE AGAINST PLANNED
PARENTHOOD OR AGAINST ABORTION
ON DEMAND.
JUST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
TO CARE FOR WOMEN AND THEIR
UNBORN, TO AFIRM THEIR LIFE
CHOICE, IS TO BE PRO-WOMAN.
ANDREW POINTED OUT SO MANY SIDE
EFFECTS LINKED WITH THE CHOICE
OF ABORTION.
WE NEED TO GIVE WOMEN OTHER
OPTIONS
AND ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH
THAT
AND THE PRO-LIFE COMMITTEE.
IN MISSOURI I WAS IN THE
PREGNANCY CLINICI
>WE ARE A TIME BUT WE
APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH US.
PENNY NANCE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA
PROMISE TO CHAMPION GAY RIGHTS.
ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS PLAN TO
CONSIDER
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
THIS YEAR AND IN RHODE ISLAND
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE WOULD
REVIEW A BILL
WITH A SPEAKER CALLING FOR A
VOTE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.IF
IT PASSES RHODE ISLAND
WOULD BECOME THE TENTH STATE TO
LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE.
CLOSE TO 1000 SUPPORTERS OF
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE CRAMMED
INTO THE
PROVIDENCE STATE HOUSE LAST
WEEK HOPING TO SEND A MESSAGE.
IT SHOULD BE MAN AND WOMAN;
CAUSE GOD, A MAN AND A WOMAN
ONLY.
LAWMAKERS ARE LISTENING TO
THEIR CONSTITUENTS ON THIS ONE.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE SWAYED BY
TALK OF EQUALITY.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT EQUALITY
OR RIGHTS
BECAUSE THOSE RIGHTS AND
EQUALITY
WERE GRANTED IN CIVIL UNIONS
BILL IN 2011.
WHERE SAME-SEX COUPLES WERE
GRANTED ALL THE RIGHTS AND
BENEFITS
OF MARRIED COUPLES.
AS IT STANDS THE HOUSE GAY
MARRIAGE BILL WOULD STRIP
RHODE ISLANDERS OF THEIR
RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM ON THE ISSUE BECAUSE IT
CONTAINS
NO PROTECTION FOR STATE GROUPS,
COUNSELORS OR WEDDING VENDORS
THAT OPPOSED TO GAY MARRIAGE.
ALREADY A GAY COUPLE SUED.
HE SAYS HE WANTS SAY
MARRIAGE WEDDINGS BY THE END OF
THE MONTH.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THE PRESSURE
IS ON FOR YEARS THE SMALLEST
STATE IN THE UNION HAS REMAINED
THE ONE REGIONAL HOLDOUT.
IF YOU HAVE IT HAPPENED
HERE YOU WOULD HAVE A LOT IF
YOU WILL IN THIS REGION
AROUND THIS ISSUE
OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
ALL THE OTHER NEW ENGLAND
STATES HAVE APPROVED GAY
MARRIAGE ALONG WITH IOWA,
MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON.
LAWMAKERS IN ILLINOIS ALSO PLAN
TO CONSIDER THE ISSUE THIS
YEAR.
HEATER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
AMERICA SEEMS MORE LIKE THE
DIVIDED STATES AND THE UNITED
STATES
BUT SOME HAVE FOUND A WAY TO
BOND NOT IN SPITE OF BECAUSE OF
THEIR POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES.
IT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY
THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
LET'S FACE IT.
FOR TODAY'S POLITICS,
IT IS THE WORST OF TIMES.
DON'T INTERRUPT ME --
YOUR COUNTRY HAS THE HIGHEST
%
SHE IS USING THAT AS AN
ILLUSTRATION.
OF WHAT?
AND THE FAULT LINE RUNS
RIGHT THROUGH THE NATIONS
CAPITAL.
RECENT PUBLIC APPROVAL RATINGS
SHOWS THAT WASHINGTON IS NOT
THE MOST POPULAR PLACE
GIVEN ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION
WITH POLITICS
AND POLITICIANS.
THIS IS ALSO A CITY WHERE
PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK,
THEY RAISE FAMILIES,
MANY WORSHIP
AND TRY TO BUILD A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY
AND THAT IS HAPPENING JUST A
FEW BLOCKS AWAY
FROM THE CAPITAL.
IT IS CAUSED DOMESTIC
GROWTH.
JULIA AND -- ARE WHAT PEOPLE
IN WASHINGTON CALL STAFFERS,
THEY WORK FOR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS BUT IT IS THEIR
PSYCHE THAT KEEPS THEM GOING.
THEY LEAD A COMMUNITY GROUP FOR
THE CHURCH
IN DOWNTOWN DC.
MEMBERS INCLUDE POLITICAL
POLLSTERS, THE ADMINISTRATION
AND OTHER STAFF
FROM THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
I LIKE TO THINK OF THAT
VERSE, WE THROW IN REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS.
ON THURSDAY MORNING TO
DISCUSS HOW THEIR FAITH MAKES
A DIFFERENCE WHERE THEY WORK,
THE LITERAL INTERSECTION OF
RELIGION AND POLITICS
BUT WITH SO MUCH FIGHTING
BETWEEN THE POLITICS HOW CAN IT
WORK?
WE ARE TAKING THE POLICY AND
THE POWER, AND DROPPING IT OFF
AT THE DOOR AND SAYING, WHO ARE
WE AS PEOPLE?
WHO IS JESUS TO US?
BARRIERS ARE BROKEN THROUGH
PRAYERS AND BONDS MADE
THROUGH THEIR SHARED EXPENSE IN
THE WORKPLACE.
STAFF UNDERSTANDS REGARDLESS
OF WHAT SIDE OF THE ISLE THE
BOSSES ON.
IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT
WHERE NOW A LOT OF US, WE ARE
FAMILY.
AND DURING THE CAMPAIGN
THEY EVEN WATCH THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TOGETHER.
MY INITIAL REACTION WAS IT
WAS A BAD IDEA.
WHICH IN ONE OCCASION IT
SPARKED A DEBATE
OF A DIFFERENT KIND.
TWO HOURS LATER WE WERE
STILL THERE TALKING,
JUSTICE VERSUS MERCY AND GRACE,
HAVING A DEBATE.
WHILE THEY HAVEN'T FOUND
THE KEY TO BREAK WASHINGTON'S
GRIDLOCK THEY HOPE
THEIR SMALL GROUP MAY PROVIDE A
CLUE.
THE PASTOR BELIEVES IT IS AN
EXAMPLE.
WE ARE PART OF THE KINGDOM.
IT IS LARGER THAN THE DEMOCRACY
THEN WE LIVE IN.
JOHN -- CBN NEW WASHINGTON.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE
DECIDED NOT TO USE THE DEBT
CEILING AS A NEGOTIATING
TACTIC.
THEY ARE STILL MAINTAINING THE
BROADER GOAL
OF REDUCING AMERICA'S MASSIVE
DEFICIT SPENDING.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE GOP
REFUSE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING
TRY TO FORCE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO
REIN IN
HIS TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
THIS TIME THEY WILL REQUIRE THE
PAYCHECKS
BE WITHHELD FOR LAWMAKERS
UNLESS THEY APPROVE SPENDING
CUTS.
AMERICA IS 16.4 TRILLION
DOLLARS IN DEBT.
-- OPPOSES FRANCE'S
INTERVENTION AND MALI.
FRENCH FORCES ARE WORKING TO
STOP THE ADVANCE OF ISLAMIC
EXTREMISTS.
INTERVENTION CREATES A NEW
CONFLICT HOTSPOT,
SEPARATING ITS ARAB NORTH FROM
AFRICAN NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.
ISLAMICS ALSO DECLARE THE
SUPPORT FOR ALGERIA WHERE
LAST WEEK ISLAMIC MILITANTS
ATTACKED THE GAS AND ALL
COMPLEX.
THEY WARNED THAT MORE ATTACKS
AGAINST ANY COUNTRY THAT BACKS
FRANCE'S INVOLVEMENT.
OG REINFORCES CONTINUE TO
SCOUR THE ALGERIAN DESERT,
SQUADS FOUND DOZENS OF BODIES
KILLED AT THE HANDS OF AL QAEDA.
A FLEET TRY TO STOP THE
ATTACK.
MANY DOZENS OF HOSTAGES DIED,
MANY BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
WE HAVE HOSTAGES WITH BOMBS.
FALLBACK.
LATER AND AL QAEDA COMMANDER
SENT A CHILLING MESSAGE IS: WE
WILL KILL AMERICAN HOSTAGES,
WE WILL SLAUGHTER THEM.
AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WAS
CANADIAN, SPOKE EXCELLENT
ENGLISH.
THEIR FEAR OF THE HOSTAGES WAS
COMPOUNDED BECAUSE THE
ATTACKERS WERE DRESSED AS
SECURITY GUARDS.
WE KNEW THAT THE TERRORISTS
WERE DRESSED THE SAME OF THE
SECURITY FORCES.
IT WAS A HUGE DECISION, STAY
OR GO.
THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT
DISPLAYED AN ARSENAL OF GUNS,
GRENADES, WALKIE-TALKIES,
MOBILE PHONES SIGN THAT THE
ATTACK WAS , CAREFULLY PLANNED.
THE US HAS AL QAEDA ON THE
RUN; TOGETHER WITH THE ATTACK
ON THE US CONSULATE, IT IS
EVIDENCE THAT AL QAEDA IS STILL
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
THIS CLEARLY WAS A WESTERN
TARGET.
JOHN -- CBN NEWS.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY
CLINTON WILL TESTIFY THIS WEEK
ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER ATTACK ON
THE US CONSULATE IN LIBYA.
CONGRESS IS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT ALQAEDA'S GROWING ROLE IN
AFRICA.
TODAY WAS ELECTION DAY IN
ISRAEL.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS
EXPECTED TO WIN A THIRD TERM.
CONSERVATIVE AND RELIGIOUS
PARTIES ARE EXPECTED TO FORM
THE BULK OF HIS GOVERNOR BUT
NETANYAHU IS EXPECTED TO BRING
SOME CENTRISTS AS WELL.
THE JEWISH STATE IS FACING
A VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD
IN ITS HISTORY INCREASINGLY
ISOLATED
DUE TO THE POSTING SITUATION
AND THE THREAT FROM IRAN.
ALSO HARDSHIP IN THE FORM OF A
DECLINING ECONOMY AND BUDGET
DEFICITS.
CBN'S JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF
JOINS US.
THE POLLS ARE CLOSED.
ANY PRELIMINARY RESULTS?
-- GAINED 31 SEATS
THE STUNNER IS THAT THE LATIB
PARTY GOT 19 SEATS.
NETANYAHU WILL HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THREE PARTIES. TURNOUT
WAS LOW IN NETANYAHU'S AREA.
WHAT KIND OF IMPACT HAS THAT
HAD?
IN SOME OF THE LIKUD AREAS,
THE VOTING WAS LOW.
THE TURNOUT FOR THE CENTRAL
PARTY WAS HIGH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK THE WEATHER
AFFECTED THE VOTE.
THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE
TURNOUT IN THE COLD, WHICH
FAVORS THE CENTER LEFT.
THEY PUT UP A GRAPHIC ON
TELEVISION.
61 TO CENTER RIGHT, 59 CENTER
LEFT.
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR
NETANYAHU TO PUT TOGETHER A
COALITION GOVERNMENT.
FOR NETANYAHU WHAT IS THE
MESSAGE THAT ISRAELIS ARE
SENDING
ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE
IN THE NATIONS FUTURE?
WHAT ARE THEY TELLING HIM?
THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
SOCIAL/ECONOMIC ISSUES,
THAT DOMINATED THE US ELECTION
IN NOVEMBER.
THAT DOMINATED THE CAMPAIGN
HERE.
THEY WANT TO ADDRESS SOCIAL
ECONOMIC ISSUES PLAGUING
ISRAEL.
IT IS DOING WELL ECONOMICALLY
OVERALL, BUT THERE ARE ISSUES
THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DEAL WITH.
I THINK IT ALSO SAYS THAT
PERHAPS, --
THERE IS A STRONG PULL FOR
HANDLING PEACE ISSUE.
CHRIS MITCHELL.THANKS AGAIN
FOR YOUR INSIGHT WE APPRECIATE
IT.
UP NEXT TO SALUTE THE
AMERICAN HEROES AT THE AMERICAN
LEGION BALL.
THE HOTTEST TICKET IN
WASHINGTON DC LAST NIGHT WAS
AN INVITATION TO AN INAUGURAL
BALL.
AMERICANS DONNING THEIR BEST
ATTIRE WERE SPOTTED ALL OVER
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
ONE BALL WAS DEDICATED TO
AMERICA'S FINEST.
IT'S THE MOMENT FASHION
WATCHERS WAIT FOR ON
INAUGURATION DAY,
THE FIRST LADY DAZZLED IN RED
CHIFFON AND VELVET GOWN.
THERE WERE TWO OFFICIAL
INAUGURAL BALLS AND DOZENS OF
UNOFFICIAL GALAS.
THE AMERICAN LEGION BALL
SALUTED AMERICANS HEROES;
OF THE 81 LIVING RECIPIENTS OF
THE HIGHEST HONOR IN THE LAND,
THE MAJORITY ARE IN THIS BALL.
EVERY MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT
HAS A STORY.
I WAS A HELICOPTER AMBULANCE
PILOT IN VIETNAM, DUSTOFF
PILOT.
MY JOB IS TO PICK UP THE
WOUNDED OFF THE BATTLE.
I DID IT FOR TWO YEARS
AND PICK UP ABOUT 5000 WOUNDED.
ALL OF THEM SAY THEY WERE
SIMPLY DOING THEIR JOB,
AND THEIR PERSONAL ACTS OF
VALOR WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF
DUTY AND ELEVATED THEM
TO THE ELITE MEDAL OF HONOR
SOCIETY.
MANY ARE FROM WORLD WAR II.
I SIMPLY TRY TO RELATE THEM.
I WAS A RIFLEMAN IN VIETNAM,
HAMBURGER HILL, 1969.
AND DID WHATEVER SOLDIER WOULD
DO IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.
YOU MET DANGER AND GLORY
WITH EQUAL MEASURE.
AND YOU ALWAYS, ALWAYS NOT ONLY
WON BUT MADE OUR COUNTRY
PROUD OF YOU.
AS A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
WORKS TO WITHDRAW
AMERICAN TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN
DURING HIS SECOND TERM HE WILL
ALSO CONSIDER
THE CUTS TO MILITARY SPENDING
BUT FOR ONE NIGHT IN
WASHINGTON POLICY DEBATES
AND PARTY LOYALTIES WERE PUT
ASIDE.
UP NEXT THE 78-YEAR-OLD
RHODE ISLAND MAN USES HIS
SKILLS IN THE RING TO FIGHT
OFF A ROBBER.
HE MAY NOT BE THE FAMOUS
MOVIE CHARACTER ROCKY BALBOA.
BUT ONE MAN IS FAMOUS FOR
HIS TRAINING IN THE RING.
HE GRABBED ME AND PUNCHED
ME.
I GRABBED THEM AND STARTED
FIGHTING WITH HIM.
78-YEAR OLD KICKED AND
FOUGHT HIS WAY TO SAFETY.
HE WAS A LAUNDROMAT, AND THEN
ASKING FOR A RIDE AND GRABBED
HIS WALLET.
> HE GOT AWAY WITH WITH 75
CENTS.
HIS DAUGHTER IS THANKFUL THAT
THE ROBBER PICKED ON A TRAINED
FIGHTER.
THANK SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
THAT IS
