REPORTER: TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH," FIGHTING FOR THING
RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN, THIS
YEAR'S MARCH FOR LIFE.
PLUS WHY WALL STREET IS DOING
WELL DESPITE A WEAK ECONOMY AND
THE REASONS NORTH KOREA IS ONE
OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES IN
THE WORLD FOR CHRISTIANS, ALL OF
THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM WENDY
GRIFFITH.
THIS WEEK AMERICA MARKED 40
YEARS OF NATIONWIDE LEGALIZED
ABORTIONS.
IT HAS LED TO THE DEATH OF 55
MILLION UNBORN BABIES.
ALSO TO A GROWING MOVEMENT
DEDICATED TO ENDING THE DEADLY
PROCEDURE.
AS PAUL STRAND REPORTS, MANY IN
THE MOVEMENT SHOWED THE
DEDICATION TODAY.
REPORTER: AS PRO-LIFERS
GATHERED THEY HAVE VICTORIES TO
CELEBRATE.
THESE DAYS, 25% LESS ABORTIONS.
1.6 MILLION IN 90'S.
IT IS 1.2 MILLION NOW AND
HOLDING.
MARCH FOR LIFE'S DIRECTOR JEANNY
MONHAND SEES GROWTH AT THE STATE
LEVEL.
ALMOST 200 NEW BILLS HAVE
BEEN ENACTED.
WE ARE WINNING ONE YOUNG PERSON
AND ONE STATE AT A TIME.
REPORTER: 19-YEAR-OLD RUBIN
BEGAN RESEARCHING ONLINE.
WHAT ABORTION WAS AND HOW IT
LOOKED AND I KNEW I HAD TO DO
SOMETHING.
I STARTED FALLING MORE IN LOVE
WITH THE MOVEMENT AND WANTED TO
CHANGE THIS NATION AND ABOLISH
ABORTION.
REPORTER: THIS OVERWHELMING
CHRISTIAN CROWD KNOWS THEY HAVE
A LONG WAY TO GO.
65% OF WOMEN GETTING ABORTION
SAY THEY ARE CHRISTIANS, 37% ARE
PROTESTANT, 28% CATHOLIC.
PRO-LIFERS SHOW MANY THAT TAKE
THEIR BABY'S LIFE WILL SUFFER
EMOTIONAL WOUNDS FOR YEARS 55
MILLION ABORTIONS HAVE GIVEN
AMERICA --
A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
WALKING WOUNDED FROM MAKING THIS
CHOICE.
THERE IS HOPE AND HEALING.
IT IS A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS REPORTING
FROM MARCH MARCH.
WENDY: A FEDERAL APPEAL'S
COURT SAID THAT SOME OF OBAMA'S
RECESS APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE
WHILE THE SENATE WAS TECHNICALLY
STILL IN SESSION.
PRESIDENT SAYS THE SENATE WAS
AWAY ON A 20-DAY HOLIDAY RECESS.
VACANCIES WERE ON NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS BOARD.
SENATE REPUBLICANS SPENT MONTHS
BLOCKING APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE
THEY WERE BIAS.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS
EXPECTED TO APPEAL.
LOUISIANA'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
CHALLENGING HIS PARTY TO CHANGE,
BOBBY JINDAL MADE THE CALL
THURSDAY EVENING IN CHARLOTTE.
HE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THE
CLUMSY COMMENTS SOME REPUBLICANS
MADE ABOUT ABORTION AND RAPE
DURING THE CAMPAIGN SEASON.
BOBBY JINDAL: WE HAVE TO
STOP BEING THE STUPID PARTY.
I AM SERIOUS.
IT IS TIME FOR A NEW REPUBLICAN
PARTY THAT TALKS LIKE ADULTS AND
ARTICULATE PLANS FOR AMERICA IN
REAL TERMS.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS
THAT BRANDED THE PARTY.
WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT.
WENDY: POLITICAL OBSERVERS
SAY HE IS POSITIONING HIMSELF
FOR NATIONAL OFFICE.
WHITE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES
OVERWHELMING PASSED LEGISLATION
LEGALIZING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
55-19.
SENATE PRESIDENT LISA WEED
OPPOSES BUT WON'T STOP A
COMMITTEE VOTE.
THE MAKE UP THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, WE ARE CONFIDENT THIS
WON'T SEE THE LIGHTED OF DAY.
WENDY: RHODE ISLAND IS THE
ONLY STATE IN NEW ENGLAND THAT
DOES NOT ALLOW GAY COUPLES TO
WED.
LAWMAKERS GET THEIR FIRST VOTE
IN PARLIAMENT IT LEGALIZES GAY
MARRIAGE BUT EXEMPTS CLERGY FROM
CARRYING OUTED THE CEREMONIES.
THE BILL IS LIKELY TO PASS AND
BECOME LAW.
RECENT BLOOMBERG SURVEY PREDICTS
THE ECONOMY WILL GROW BETWEEN
2-2 AND A HALF% THIS NEXT YEAR,
ROUGHLY THE SAME AS 2012.
ANALYST ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
THE STOCK MARKET.
HEATHER SELLS HAS MORE.
REPORTER: STRONG EARNINGS
FROM TECH GIANTS IBM AND GOOGLE
PUSHED THE STOCK MARKET TO A
FIVE-YEAR HIGH THIS WEEK.
DOW JONES CLOSED AT HIGHEST
LEVEL SINCE OCTOBER 2007.
HOME SALES BEST SINCE 2009.
SENATOR TED CRUZ TOLD DAVID
BRODY THIS MONTH.
UNDER THE LAST FOUR YEARS
UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA OUR
ECONOMY HAS GROWN LESS.
HISTORICAL AVERAGE HAS BEEN
3.3%.
IF WE CAN'T GET THE ECONOMY
GROWING WE CAN'T SOLVE THE
PROBLEMS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEARS,
WHETHER OR NOT WASHINGTON WILL
TACKLE THE DEBT CRISIS AND TAKE
A HARD LOOK AT SPENDING.
THEY EXPECT A TOUGH ECONOMIC
YEAR.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THE
GROWTH WE NEED NO OUTRUN OUR
PROBLEMS.
WE'LL CERTAINLY SEE INFLATION.
REPORTER: THE REAL ESTATE
MARKET WILL CONTINUE TO REBOUND.
IT COULD PAVE THE WAY IN THE JOB
MARKET IN MARCH.
WENDY: DREW PARKHILL IS HERE
TO TELL US ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR
THE ECONOMY AND STOCK MARKET.
DREW, WE STILL HEAR THE ECONOMY
IS WEAK.
WHY ARE STOCKS GOING UP?
THIS IS THE WEAKEST, THE MOST
PATHETIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY SINCE
THE DEPRESSION.
IT HAS BEEN VERY LAME.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGHER THAN IT
LOOKS BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN
LOOKING FOR WORK.
THE STOCK MARKET WENT DOWN SO
FAST, IT IS NATURAL.
COMPANIES ARE IN BUSINESS AND
WILL FIND WAYS TO MAKE MONEY IN
A WEAK ECONOMY.
SOME ARE INTERNATIONALLY.
WENDY: HOW LONG WILL THIS
MARKET LAST?
WE ARE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE
PULL BACK, CORRECTION, PRETTY
GOOD CHANCE IT MAYBE FAIRLY
SCARY.
WENDY: YOU SAID?
IN THE SHORT TERM.
BUT IN THE LONG TERM, WE MAY GO
SIDEWAYS.
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE
MARKET DOES.
IN THE LONG TERM, THIS WILL GO
FAR HIGHER THAN WHAT ANYBODY
BELIEVES.
PEOPLE WOULDN'T BELIEVE IF YOU
THROUGH THE NUMBERS OUT.
DOW WAY OVER 100,000.
WENDY: PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THE
LONG-TERM VIEW AND STAY IN THE
MARKET?
YES.
EVERY INDIVIDUAL STOCK HAS ITS
OWN STORY.
IT WON'T BE STRAIGHT UP, IT WILL
BE SIDEWAYS WITH SCARY
CORRECTIONS.
WENDY: WHAT ABOUT GOLD.
IT WAS DOING SO GREAT.
NOW NOT SO MUCH?
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.
GOLD IS STILL AROUND HIGH 16S.
WENDY: STILL AN INVESTMENT?
I THINK GOLD WILL GO MUCH
HIGHER.
NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT AWAY.
WENDY: 20 SECONDS?
I THINK U.S. STOCK MARKET
WILL OUT PERFORM GOLD.
U.S. STOCK MARKET.
GIVE ME TWO SECTORS.
EVERY BULL MARKET IS
DIFFERENT.
OVERALL THE MARKET IS REALLY
STRONG FOR THE LONG TERM.
WENDY: THANKS FOR THE GOOD
NEWS.
WE APPRECIATE.
COMING UP THE REAL ELECTIONS
THIS WEEK IN ISRAEL.
WENDY: TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
EGYPTIANS TURNED OUT IN THE
STREETS OF CAIRO ON THE SECOND
ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR REVOLUTION.
MOST DEMONSTRATED AGAINST THEIR
PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT.
POLICE DISBURSED THEM WITH TEAR
GAS.
SIX GAS CANISTERS WERE
INTENTIONALLY FIRED INTO THE
CHURCH.
MEDICAL WORKERS TREATED MANY, AS
MANY AS SIX SHOT DEAD, ANOTHER
150 INJURED IN CLASHES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU.
MORE ABOUT THESE UNIQUE
INDIVIDUALS.
REPORTER:
SUCCESSFULLY COMMITTED TO
MILITARY AND SERVICE.
50 OUT OF 120 SEATS NEARLY
HALF WILL BE FIRST TIME
LAWMAKERS.
YESH ATID MEANS THERE IS A
FUTURE AND BAYIT MEANS THERE IS
A HOME.
[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ]
REPORTER: COMMANDER OF AN
ELITE ARMY UNIT THE SON OF
AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS.
THAT IS THE ONE THING WE GAVE
THEM CONSTANTLY.
LOVE OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
WE TALKED POLITICS A LOT.
THE COUNTRY NEEDS THEM.
THEY WANT TO SEE THE BIBLICAL
LAND OF ISRAEL STAY IN THE
HANDS.
WE'LL ALWAYS BE STRONG IN OUR
COUNTRY.
WE WELCOME ANY DISCUSSIONS WILL
ANYONE.
WE ARE HERE TO STAY.
YAIR LAPID HAS DIFFERENT
IDEAS, SUCCESSFUL PERSONALITY,
HE IS TOUTED IN THE MEDIA AS THE
PERFECT FOREIGN MINISTER.
IF HE WANTS TO SEE THE
NEGOTIATION TABLE, THIS IS PART
OF WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS TRY
AT LEAST.
TRY TO MAKE THE NEXT GOVERNMENT
DO THCHLT
EVEN FOR LAPID, NOT
EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE.
THIS COUNTRY WAS ESTABLISHED
BY AND YOU DON'T, I DON'T THINK
AMERICANS WILL FOR ANY KIND OF
AGREEMENT GIVE UP CAPITOL HILL.
I DON'T THINK ISRAELIS SHOULD
GIVE UP THEIR OWN CAPITOL.
I THINK THEY WILL UNDERSTAND.
THE JEWS.
ISRAELI, THIS IS THE FOUNDATION
OF OUR EXISTENCE.
REPORTER: FOR NOW NETANYAHU
WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE.
JULIE STAHL, CBN NEWS, TEL AVIV.
WENDY: THANKS, JULIE.
SAEED ABEDINI IS STILL MISSING.
HE IS NO LONGER IN THE TEHRAN
PRISON.
HE WAS LAST SEEN AT HIS TRIAL ON
MONDAY.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE
REPORTER: A WEEK OF
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE FAMILY OF
SAEED ABEDINI.
MONDAY THE PASTOR WAS SET TO BE
RELEASED AFTER POSTING BAIL.
THEN CAME NEWS BAIL HAD BEEN
REJECTED.
HE MANAGED TO SPEAK OUT OF HIS
PRISON CELL.
ONE DAY I AM TOLD I CAN SEE MY
KIDS ON CHRISTMAS.
HE IS IRANIAN BORN BUT ALSO A
U.S. CITIZEN.
HE IS ATTEMPTED TO UNDERMINE THE
GOVERNMENT THROUGH HIS WORKS OF
HOUSE CHURCHES.
HE HAS BEEN JAILED IN IRAN SINCE
SEPTEMBER.
AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND
JUSTICE IS FIGHTING FOR HIS
RELEASE.
WE DIDN'T SEE ANY REACTION
UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN THE MEDIA'S
ATTENTION SHAMED THEM INTO
SAYING WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE MATTER.
ALL THEY SAID IS THEY ARE AWARE.
THEY HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF
CALLING FOR AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN'S RELEASE.
REPORTER: FIFTY SIGNED A
LETTER URGING FOR HIM TO COME
HOME.
WE REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT U.S.
CITIZEN SAEED ABEDINI, WE CALLED
ON THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES TO
RELEASE MR. ABEDINI.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS IN
CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY.
PASTOR ABEDINI'S WIFE TELLS CBN
NEWS, SHE AND HER CHILDREN,
WORSHIP, AND PRAY AND PROMISE IN
THE GOOD OF THE WORLD.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
WENDY: ACLJ HAS A PETITION
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SPEAK OUT
ON BEHALF OF THE PASTOR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO
CBN.COM.
UP NEXT, YOU'LL MEET OF MEMBER
OF THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH OF
NORTH KOREA.
WENDY: ONLY A DAY AFTER
WARNINGS OF LOCKET LAUNCHES AND
MISSILE TEST TARGETING U.S.,
NORTH KOREA IS NOW THREATENING
SOUTH KOREA.
NORTH KOREA WARNED OF STRONG
MEASURES AGAINST ITS NEIGHBOR
OVER RECENTLY PASSED UNITED
SANCTIONS.
THIS COMES AFTER THE MAIN ALLY
CHINA WARNED IT COULD PULL AID
IF THEY DON'T PLANS.
NORTH KOREA IS ONE OF THE MOST
HOSTILE PLACES IN THE WORLD FOR
CHRISTIANS.
TORTURED AND KILLED FOR THEIR
FAITH.
THERE IS STILL AN UNDERGROUND
CHURCH THERE.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS TONIGHT'S
FOCUS REPORT FROM SOUTH KOREA
REPORTER: HER NAME KIM UN GIN
BORN IN PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA.
CIA ESTIMATES SOME 24 MILLION
PEOPLE LIVE IN THE COMMUNIST
COUNTRY.
BEST GUEST IS 2% OF 480,000 ARE
CHRISTIANS.
JUST A HANDFUL HAVE ESCAPED FROM
THE BUDDHA REGIME AND LIVED TO
TELL THEIR STORY.
KIM IS ONE OF THEM.
GROWING UP I WAS TOLD BY THE
AUTHORITIES THERE WAS NO GOD IN
THIS WORLDS.
WE WERE ORDERED INSTEAD TO
WORSHIP KIM JONG IL AND KIM UN
UNSUN.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING A
BELIEVER IN NORTH KOREA?
WE MET EVERY SATURDAY
EVENING.
WE HAD TO BE VERY QUIET.
WE WHISPERED WHEN WE PRAYED,
SANG SONGS OR READ THE BIBLE.
GROWING UP SHE HEARD STORIES
OF HOW HER CITY WAS KNOWN AS THE
JERUSALEM OF THE EAST.
IN 1945, 14% WAS CHRISTIAN.
THE CITY WAS THE CENTER OF
CHRISTIANITY.
HALF A CENTURY LATER, KIM'S
FAITH MADE HER A TARGET.
MY PARENTS OFTEN ASKED ME TO
STANDOUT SIDE TO WATCH WHILE
THEY PRAYED.
OVER TIME THE MEETINGS GREW
TO INCLUDE FRIENDS AND EXTENDED
FAMILY.
MY GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS A
BELIEVER HAD A CHINESE BIBLE.
SHE TRANSLATED A BIBLE BY HAND
IN KOREAN LANGUAGE.
AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED HER
FATHER WAS A SECRET BELIEVER.
MY FATHER WAS A TAILER IN
TOWN AND SUSPECTED SOMETHING.
IN 1994, THEY DISCOVERED HER
FATHER WAS OPERATING A CHURCH.
THEY RAIDED THE HOME AND
ARRESTED HIM AND AN UNCLE.
BOTH MEN ENDED UP IN ONE OF THE
LABOR CAMPS IN NORTH KOREA.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DAY?
THE DAY MY FATHER
DISAPPEARED, HE HUGGED ME AND
REMINDED ME TO BE CAREFUL.
EVERYDAY AT THE BREAKFAST DAY HE
TOLD US THE GOVERNMENT WOULD
COME.
HE WARNED US OF THE PRICE WE
WOULD PAY.
HE SAID EVEN IF I FACE DEATH, I
WILL FOLLOW JESUS.
REPORTER: SOME 200,000 ARE
BEING HELD IN PRISON CAMPS.
ESTIMATED 200,000 ARE
CHRISTIANS.
THERE WERE TREATED AS
CRIMINALS.
AND TERRORIST AND PROSECUTED
BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY CRIME
OF NORTH KOREA.
THIS VIDEO OBTAINED BY CBN
NEWS REPORTEDLY SHOWS THE
EXECUTION OF NORTH KOREA
CHRISTIANS.
REPORTER: DO YOU THINK YOUR
FATHER IS ALIVE TODAY?
NO.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
GOVERNMENT AGENTS ARREST
CHRISTIANS IN NORTH KOREA.
THEY NEVER MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.
I KNOW MY FATHER IS IN HEAVEN.
HE IS PRAYING FOR NORTH KOREA
AND MY FAMILY.
REPORTER: KIM'S MOTHER,
GRANDMOTHER AND SIBLINGS MANAGED
TO ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAINS.
IN 2005 WITH A HELP OF A CHINESE
PASTOR, SHE CROSSED THE RIVER
AND DEFECTED TO CHINA.
HER FAMILY FOLLOWED MONTHS
LATER.
IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION.
MY FAMILY DEFECTED BECAUSE WE
WERE BEING PERSECUTED FOR OUR
FAITH
REPORTER: TODAY SHE IS
MARRIED AND HAS A BABY BOY.
I AM PROUD OF HER.
SHE IS A HERO.
I GREW UP IN A LAND WHERE
THEY SAID THERE WAS NO GOD.
MY FATHER TOLD ME OTHERWISE.
HE LOVES CHRIST, FOR THAT HE
DIED.
SHE HAS A DREAM TO ONE DAY GO
BACK TO PYONGYANG AND SHARE
ABOUT THIS LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE
OF NORTH KOREA.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS, SEOUL,
SOUTH KOREA.
WENDY: FINALLY WHAT LOOKED
LIKE A GOOD DEED TURNED OUT TO
BE SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT FOR
NEIGHBORS IN OHIO.
WE LOOKED OUT AND SEEN OUR
WALKWAY WAS SHOVELLED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE
NEIGHBORS BEING NICE.
WENDY: ANDREW SMITH THOUGHT
IT WAS A NEIGHBOR BEING REALLY
NICE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL POLICE WERE
CALLED TO A NEARBY HOME.
TURNS OUT THE PERSON DOING THE
SHOVELLING WAS A THIEF STOCKING
HOMES.
IT WAS SCARY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, NOT PAY
WENDY: POLICE DUBBED THE
WOMAN CALLED THE CLEANING FAIRY.
THAT IS WEIRD.
THANKS FOR WATCHING, HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND.
