TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" AN
AMERICAN PASTOR SENTENCE TO
PRISON IN IRAN.
CBN NEWS ASKS THE WHITE HOUSE
WHAT IT IS DOING TO SEE HIM SET
FREE.
PLUS IMMIGRATION TAKES CENTER
STAGE AS A GROUP OF BIPARTISAN
SENATORS WORK ON REFORM.
AND HOW TO FIGHT DISORDERS
DURING THESE COLD WINTER MONTHS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
WE JUST LEARNED THAT THE IRAN I
DON'T KNOW PASTOR WAS SENTENCED
SUNDAY.
JOHN WAAGE HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY.
REPORTER: EVEN AFTER MONTHS
OF BEING MISLED OR KEPT IN THE
DARK, PASTOR SAEED'S WIFE SAYS
HIS SENTENCE COMES AS A BLOW.
FOLLOWING THE COURT'S RULING, HE
SAID QUOTE, THE PROMISE OF HIS
RELEASE IS A LIE.
WE SHOULD NOT TRUST THE
PROMISES.
THESE FALSE HOPES EQUAL TO
PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE.
AN IRANIAN COURT CONVICTED
PASTOR SAEED.
HE WILL SERVE IN EVIN PRISON.
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL
PRISONS IN IRAN.
THE ACLU REPRESENTS PASTOR SAEED
AND WIFE AND CHILDREN.
THE HINT OF RELEASE FOLLOWED BY
A PRISON SENTENCE IS A CRUEL
GAME PLAYED BY TEHRAN.
IT IS A FORM OF INTIMIDATION.
THEY KNOW THE CHRISTIANS IN IRAN
ARE FEEL THING INTIMIDATION
REPORTER: THEY SAY HE IS
TREATED AS AN OUTCAST BECAUSE OF
HIS FAITH.
WHEN THE NURSE OR DOCTOR IS
SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN MEDICATION,
HE IS DENIED BECAUSE HE IS
CONSIDERED UNCLEAN.
CELL MATES, GUARDS AND
INTERROGATORS BEAT HIM
REPORTER: BOTH U.S. STATE
DEPARTMENT AND WHITE HOUSE HAVE
DECRIED THE GUILTY VERDICT.
WE CONDEMN IRAN'S UNIVERSAL
RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
THEY ASKED JAY CARNEY.
WHAT CAN THE U.S. DO, WHAT
CAN THE ADMINISTRATION DO SHOULD
HIS FAMILY HAVE ANY HOPE?
WE CONDEMN IRAN'S CONTINUED
VIOLATION OF UNIVERSAL RIGHT AND
CALL ON THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES
TO RELEASE MR. ABEDINI.
WE ARE IN CLOSELY ENGAGED WITH
THE FAMILY.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS THE BEST
PLACE TO GO.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF MEANS
INCLUDING THIS PODIUM TO EXPRESS
OUR VIEWS
REPORTER: THEY WELCOME THE
GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENTS BUT NEED
TO DO MORE.
OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO
MORE TO MAKE SURE EVERY THIRD
PARTY, CONNECTION AND
GOVERNMENTS THAT CAN INFLUENCE
IRAN TO UPHOLDS RIGHTS OF THE
CITIZENS, ALSO THAT OF THE
RIGHTS BY PASTOR SAEED.
WE HOPE OUR GOVERNMENT TAKES
THAT STAND.
THE PASTOR'S WIFE WON'T REST
UNTIL SHE IS HOME.
PASTOR SAEED'S WIFE LIVES
HERE IN THE U.S. WITH HER TWO
CHILDREN.
SHE IS WITH US BY SKYPE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
YOUR HUSBAND OR ATTORNEY?
SINCE JANUARY 9TH.
UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE HEARD I
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO HIM
ANY LONGER, NO MORE PHONE CALLS.
HIS FAMILY IS ABLE TO VISIT ON
MONDAYS.
LAST I HEARD HE WAS VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT SAEED'S HEALTH.
ON MONDAY JANUARY 21ST, THEY
REQUESTED HIM TO BE GIVEN TO A
BETTER WARD.
HIS FAMILY WAS ABLE TO VISIT HIM
TODAY ONWARD 350 HALL -- SECTION
3 OF EVIN PRISON.
HE SEEMED TO BE GETTING BETTER
TREATMENT AND DOING BETTER.
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM ANY U.S.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, IF SO,
WHAT DID THEY SAY TO YOU?
I HAVE.
U.S. DEPARTMENT IS NOW IN
CONTACT WITH ME ON A DAILY
BASIS.
THEY RELEASED STATEMENTS, BOTH
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
WHITE HOUSE THAT THEY WOULD DO
WHATEVER RESOURCES THEY HAD
INTERNALLY AND ALSO
INTERNATIONALLY.
THEY WOULD USE TO GET SAEED OUT
OF IRAN AND DEMANDED THAT THE
IRANIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASE SAEED
WHICH WAS A POWERFUL STATEMENT.
I APPRECIATE THEM FOR DOING
THAT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE
WHAT AVENUES ARE AVAILABLE IN
GETTING SAEED OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY HE GOT THE
EIGHT-YEAR SENTENCE WHICH
EVERYDAY IN THAT PRISON IS A
DEATH SENTENCE.
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
IT IS A HORRIFIC PRISON.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE OUR
VIEWERS TO HELP YOU?
ACTUALLY PRAY ABOUT THAT.
1 CORINTHIANS, 12:26.
WHEN ONE PART OF THE BODY
SUFFERS, THE ENTIRE BODY AND
HEBREWS 13:3, REMEMBER THOSE IN
CHAINS AS THOUGH WE WERE IN
CHAINS WITH THEM.
OUR FAMILY'S GREATEST NEED AND
SAEED'S GREATEST NEED IS PRAYER.
CRY OUT TO GOD, NOT JUST ABOUT
OUR SITUATION AND WHAT WE ARE
GOING THROUGH, ALL OF US AS
BELIEVERS HAVE SITUATIONS WE ARE
GOING THROUGH.
I BELIEVE WHEN WE CRY OUT TO HIM
THERE IS A CHANGE HAPPENING IN
US LEARNING OUR WILL TO HIS AND
HE WILL BRING AWAKENING AND
REVIVAL INTO OUR LIFE AND
CHURCHES.
MY GREATEST REQUEST AND SAEED'S
WAS TO ASK ALL BELIEVERS TO
PRAY, GATHER, AND JUST GET
TOGETHER AND PRAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING
THE WORD OUT.
AGAIN, OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU
AND YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR
FAMILY.
THANK YOU.
EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT, IT IS A
GREAT TREASURE.
FOR US THAT PEOPLE ARE PRAYING.
SAEED SAID IN HIS LETTERS FROM
PRISON, HE FEELS THOSE PRAYERS
THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T STOP
OUR PRAYERS.
HE FEELS LIKE HE IS
STRENGTHENED, AND THE LORD IS
GIVING HIM STRENGTH.
AMEN.
TAKE CARE.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU.
YOU, TOO.
PRO-LIFERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
MARK THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE
V. WADE, THOUSANDS PACK THE
TEXAS STATE CAPITOL.
THEY CELEBRATE VICTORIES LIKE A
PASSAGE OF AN ULTRASOUND BEFORE
AN ABORTION.
WHEN THE ISREALITES WENT OUT
INTO THE FOREST, THEY WANDERED
LOST FOR 40 YEARS.
LAST WEEK AMERICA BEGAN ITS 40TH
YEAR LOST UNDER THE RULE OF ROE
V. WADE.
IT IS A TRAGIC TIME FOR OUR
NATION'S OWN MORAL WILDERNESS.
PROFOUND WORDS OF GOVERNOR
RICK PERRY.
TOUGH BUT FAIR, COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM.
TIES LEGAL IMMIGRATION
ALLOWANCES TO U.S. ECONOMY.
PROPOSAL INVOLVES A PATH TO
CITIZENS ALREADY IN THE U.S. THE
GROUP WANTS TO PASS A BILL BY
SUMMER.
PROPONENTS SAY IT IS LONG
OVERDUE.
VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A
LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT
WORKS.
THEY RECOGNIZE WHAT WE HAVE NOW
IS NOT A 21ST CENTURY LEGAL
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT CAN MAKE
OUR ECONOMY A DEMOCRACY BY WHAT
IT SHOULD BE.
TOMORROW PRESIDENT OBAMA
TRAVELS TO LAS VEGAS TO DRUM UP
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
JOINING US NOW IS ROSEMARY
JINKS, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS FOR NUMBERS, USA, A
GROUP THAT SEEKS TO REDUCE
IMMIGRATION NUMBERS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
DO YOU THINK THE PROPOSAL OFFERS
MEANINGFUL IMMIGRATION REFORM?
WE DON'T.
THIS WAS THE SAME PACKAGE
OFFERED IN 2007.
IT FAILED THEN.
I THINK IT WILL FAIL NOW.
SENATOR RUBIO IS RIGHT, WE NEED
AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM FOR THE
21ST CENTURY.
WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
AMERICA?
THAT NEEDS TO BE HELPING THE 20
MILLION AMERICANS WHO CAN'T FIND
FULL TIME JOBS GET WORK.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUT BEHIND
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THIS PLAN OFFERS LEGAL
CITIZENSHIP TO ILLEGAL IMFRAMIGRANIMMIGRAN
IMMIGRAN
IMMIGRANTS.
WE NEED MANDATORY E-VERIFY.
WE KNOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS
ABOUT JOBS.
THIS PLAN DOESN'T INSTITUTE
IMMEDIATE E-VERIFY ACROSS THE
WORK PLACE.
WE NEED AN ENTRY AND EXIT SYSTEM
TRACK IF PEOPLE LEAVE WHEN THEY
ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE.
THIS PLAN IS LIKE THE 1986
AMNESTY.
YOU GET THE AMNESTY, BUT NOT THE
ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE FOUR YEARS OF AN
IMMIGRATION THAT REFUSES TO
ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS.
WHAT ABOUT ALLOWING MORE LOW
SKILLED WORKERS INTO THE COUNTRY
AND HIRE THEM IF THEY CAN
DEMONSTRATE THEY COULD NOT
RECRUIT A U.S. CITIZEN FOR THE
JOB?
HOW DO YOU DEMONSTRATE THAT?
THE FACT IS 20 MILLION AMERICAN
WORKERS CANNOT FIND FULL TIME
JOBS.
MOST OF THEM HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL
DEGREE OR LESS.
PROPORTIONATE NUMBERS ARE
MINORITIES AND RECENT
IMMIGRANTS.
IF WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF
LOW-SKILLED WORKERS.
WHY WOULD WE BRING IN MORE TO
FLOOD THE LABOR MARKET?
WE NEED TO GROW THE MIDDLE CLASS
SO WAGES GO UP AND PEOPLE CAN
MAKE A LIVABLE WAGE FOR A
40-HOUR WORK WEEK.
ALL RIGHT.
VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE, ROSEMARY
JINKS WITH NUMBERS USA.
MARK?
BOY SCOUTS AMERICA MAY SOON
END BAN ON GAY SCOUTS AND
LEADERS.
LEAVING IT UP TO LOCAL CHAPTERS
TO DECIDE IF THEY INCLUDE GAY
MEMBERS.
SPOKESMAN DERON SMITH SAY THE
BOY SCOUTS WOULDN'T DICTATE IT
TO MEMBERS OR PARENTS.
A FINAL DECISION BY THE GROUP'S
NATIONAL LEADERS COULD COME AS
SOON AS NEXT WEEK.
COMING UP, POLITICAL CRISIS
IN EGYPT, LATEST ON DEADLY
PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED
MORSI DECLARES A STATE OF
EMERGENCY IN THREE PROVINCES,
MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE KILLED.
POLICE IN CAIRO ARE USING TEAR
GAS.
PROTESTERS ANGRY WITH PRESIDENT
MORSI OVER DECLARATION AND
MANDATED CURFEW.
HIS ACTIONS REMIND THEM OF
FORMER PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK
AND WORRIED ABOUT GROWING
ISLAMISTS IN THE GOVERNMENT.
GARY LANE TRAVELED THERE AND
IS HERE NOW.
ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL, THEY
WERE UPSET WITH THE COURT
RULING.
THEY WERE GOING TO EXECUTE 21 OF
THE SOCCER FANS.
IT IS MUCH BIGGER, WENDY.
MORSI SAID EMERGENCY LAW HERE IN
PORT SAID, SUEZ AND ISLAMIA
THESE ARE ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL.
IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE OF THE
SOCCER.
ON FRIDAY, A MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
HEADQUARTERS IN WAS SET ON
FIRE.
THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE
ISLAMISTS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
FOLKS LIVING IN THE PROVINCES?
FROM 9:00 P.M. TO 6:00 A.M.,
THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON
THE STREETS.
ALL RIGHT PEOPLE OUT ON THE
STREET, PEOPLE IN CAFES, OUT AND
ABOUT.
THEY ARE DEFIES THE ORDER.
OP SAYS THEY WILL GOT MEET
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
THEY WANT MORE FREEDOMS FOR
WOMEN, RELIGIOUS MINORITIES,
MORE SECULARISM.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
THAT RESULTED FROM THE EMERGENCY
POWERS.
THIS IS A MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR.
HE WAS IN PORT SAID ON SATURDAY.
LET'S LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE
DISTANCE, THERE IS THE
WHEELCHAIR.
SECURITY FORCES OPENED FIRE.
HE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR, THEY
KILLED HIM.
THEY KILLED HIM?
THEY KILL ADD MAN IN A
WHEELCHAIR.
THIS WILL INCITE THEM TO MORE
VIOLENCE.
THESE ARE THE GOVERNMENT
FORCES?
YES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
CHRISTIANS THERE, WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR THE COPTIC CHRISTIANS
LIVING IN EGYPT?
THEY WANT TO SEE MORE
FREEDOM.
LAST FRIDAY TEAR GAS INSIDE THE
LARGEST PROTESTANT CHURCH IN
CAIRO, SIX CANISTERS OF TEAR
GAS.
POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS INSIDE.
PEOPLE WERE SAYING THEY EXPECT
THE SECOND REVOLUTION TO BE
BLOODIER THAN THE FIRST ONE.
GARY, THANKS FOR SHARING,
MARK?
UP NEXT, REALITY OF WINTER
BLUES, HOW THE SEASON CAN AFFECT
YOUR MOOD.
WELCOME BACK.
PEOPLE OFTEN TALK ABOUT HAVING
THE WINTER BLUES.
IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, DOCTORS
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THEM AS A
MEDICAL CONDITION.
DO YOU GET THEM?
YES.
LORIE JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT
SEASON
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
REPORTER: LIKE MANY
AMERICANS, MISSY'S MOOD CHANGES
IN THE WINTER.
A SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER,
SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO HIBERNATION.
YOU JUST WOULD RATHER SIT
AROUND AND EAT.
THE REASON PEOPLE GET SAD
BECAUSE OF THE DECREASED
SUNLIGHT IN THE WINTER WHICH CAN
DISRUPT OUR CIRADIAN RHYTHM,
ALSO KNOWN AS OUR BODY CLOCK
BLAME IT ON OUR HORMONES.
MELATONIN REACHES THE HIGHEST
LEVEL AT NIGHT.
PEOPLE HAVE INCREASED LEVELS
DURING THE DAY.
THEN THERE IS SEROTONIN AND
MAKES US FEEL HAPPY.
PEOPLE WITH SAD HAVE LOW LEVELS
OF SEROTONIN.
DR. WAYNE RENOLDS SAYS IT
AFFECTS FIVE PERCENT OF
AMERICANS.
ANOTHER 20% HAVE IT BUT DON'T
NOTICE IT.
PEOPLE PUT ON WEIGHT DURING
THE WINTER MONTHS.
THEY HAVE A CRAVING FOR CASH
HYDRATES PUT THE WAIT ON.
WOMEN ARE AFFECTED MORE THAN
MEN.
MORE PREVALENT IN NORTHERN
CLIMATES.
THEY DON'T NEED TO SUFFER
ANYMORE.
SO MANY PEOPLE CHALK IT OFF
AS WINTER BLUES.
THERE ARE OPTIONS.
LIGHT THERAPY IS AN AFFECTIVE
TREATMENT.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE POWER OF 10,000
LUCKS, MORE THAN 20 TIMES
STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGE
LIGHTBULB.
IT IS LIKE SITTING AT THE
BEACH OR SUN.
IT IS A BRIGHT LIGHT LIKE THE
SUN.
YOUR OWN PERSONAL BOX OF
SUNSHINE.
TANNING BEDS ARE NOT AN
ACCEPTABLE TREATMENT.
THEY EMIT ULTRAVIOLET RAYS WHICH
CAN CAUSE MELANOMA.
THERE IS NEVER A GOOD REASON TO
STEP INTO A TANNING BED.
KNOWN CARCINOGENS.
CLEARLY THE CASE DESPITE
ARGUMENTS FROM THE TANNING
INDUSTRY THAT OTHERWISE TANNING
CAUSES SKIN CANCER.
IN ADDITION TO A LIGHT BOX,
USE HIGHER WATTAGE LIGHTBULBS,
INSTALLING A SKYLIGHT OR OPEN
THE BLINDS.
IF YOU WORK IN A DARK ROOM
LIKE CBN NEWS ROOM, SPEND A FEW
MINUTES OUTSIDE EACH HOUR.
TAKE A WINTER VACATION AND
GET DOWN TO THE CARIBBEAN IF YOU
LIVE IN THOSE NORTHERN CLIMATES.
INSTEAD OF REACHING FOR YOUR
COMFORTER, REACH FOR YOUR GYM
BAG.
EXERCISE PUMPS OXYGEN INTO THE
BRAIN MAKING US ALERT AND
ENERGETIC AND RELEASES
ENDORPHINS, NEUROTRANSMITTERS
THAT CREATE A FEELING OF
EUPHORIA.
IF I AM STRESSED OUT OR
TIRED, WORKING OUT REVERSES ALL
OF THAT.
I CONCENTRATE ON WHAT I AM DOING
PHYSICALLY, IT HELPS NE
MENTALLY.
IF YOU SUFFERING FROM
OCCASIONAL CASE OF WINTER BLUES,
A FEW LIFE STYLE CHANGES CAN
HELP YOU ENJOY WINTER, SPRING
WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH, MARK.
UP NEXT, HOW CALLING ON THE NAME
OF THE LORD STOPPED A ROBBER.
FINALLY A GROUP OF FLORIDA
WOMEN PROVED HOW POWERFUL PRAYER
CAN BE.
JACKIE HEGLER WAS HOSTING A
JEWELRY PARTY.
THEY PUT THEIR FAITH INTO
ACTION.
I FELT THIS BOLDNESS COME IN
WITHIN ME, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS', GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
HE SAID I AM GOING TO SHOOT
SOMEBODY IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT I
SAY.
I REPEATED IT.
AS I DID THE LADIES STARTED
CHANTING JESUS, JESUS, JESUS.
HE DID A QUICK SCAN.
THIS LOOK OF TERROR CAME OVER
HIS FACE AND TURNED AROUND AND
RAN OUT THE DOOR.
THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES,
JESUS, I GOT CHILLS WHEN SHE
SAID THAT.
THE WOULD BE ROBBER WAS CAUGHT
BY THE POLICE.
THE EXPERIENCE SHOWED HER JUST
HOW MUCH GOD IS HER SHIELD AND
PROTECTOR.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
THE NAME OF JESUS' IS MORE
POWERFUL THAN WE REALIZE.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET IN THE
SITUATION, YOU'LL FIND OUT.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
