TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" THE
GUN DEBATE GOES TO THE SENATE
WHERE VICTIMS CALL FOR BOLD NEW
LAWS TO CURVE GUN VIOLENCE AND
NRA FIRES BACK.
PLUS COMPASSION IN FASHION.
HOW MEMBERS OF THE FASHION
INDUSTRY ARE HELPING VICTIMS OF
SEX TRAFFICKING.
AND A GROUND BREAKING VACCINE
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE FLU.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM MARK
MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN CONTROL
DEBATE ARMED FOR BATTLE TODAY ON
CAPITOL HILL.
JOHN WAAGE EXPLAINS IN TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY, THE SENATORS HEARD
EMOTIONAL PLEAS ON BOTH SIDES.
REPORTER: FORMER
CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
HAD THE SHORTEST TESTIMONY BUT
BIGGEST EMOTIONAL IMPACT CALLING
FOR TIGHTER GUN CONTROL LAWS.
WE MUST DO SOMETHING!
IT WILL BE HARD.
BUT THE TIME IS NOW!
GIFFORDS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
TWO YEARS AGO IN A MASS SHOOTING
IN ARIZONA.
HER AND HER HUSBAND WERE ONE OF
SEVERAL WITNESSES.
I AM HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU
WE ARE LONG OVERDUE IN
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION'S GUN
LAWS.
DOING SO MUST BE A PRIORITY FOR
CONGRESS.
A CONTINGENT THREATENS
AMERICAN'S SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHTS.
LAW ABIDING GUN MEMBERS WILL
NOT ACCEPT THE BLAME OF DUR DER
RANGED CRIMINALS.
IT COULD PUT WOMEN AT A
DISADVANTAGE OF MALE ATTACKERS.
THE PIECE OF MIND THAT SHE
HAS KNOWING SHE HAS A SCARY
LOOKING GUN GIVES HER MORE
COURAGE WHEN SHE IS FIGHTING
HARDENED VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
ONE EXPERT STRESSED
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND BANS ON
GUNS ONLY SOLVE PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS NOT
ABOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS, IT IS
ABOUT WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
ALL OF THESE KILLERS COULD HAVE
BEEN CIVILLY COMMITTED UNDER THE
CIVIL COMMITMENT LAWS WE HAD
SEVERAL DECADES AGO.
THE LEGISLATIVE CONFLICT
PROMISES TO BE INTENSE AS
LAWMAKERS HERE FROM THE GRASS
ROOTS.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.
THANKS, JOHN.
A NEW POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS BELIEVE POLITICIANS
ARE EXPLOITING SANDY HOOK
SHOOTINGS FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
MORE THAN HALF BELIEVE ASSAULT
WEAPONS SHOULD BE LEGAL.
44% SAY THEY SHOULD BE LEGAL.
THE ECONOMY ACTUALLY SHRANK
IN 2012.
THE WEAKEST PERFORMANCE SINCE
2009.
THE STOCK MARKET STRENGTHENED BY
GROWTH AND THE HOUSING SECTOR
SHOWING STRONG GAINS.
FORECASTS FOR MORE SLOW GROWTH
HIDE A SOLID ECONOMIC RECOVERY,
EPHRAIM GRAHAM REPORTS
REPORTER: NATION'S ECONOMIC
GROWTH RATE MAYBE SLOW.
DOW CLOSED AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL
IN FIVE YEARS TUESDAY, NEARLY
HITTING 14,000 MARK AND 200
POINTS AWAY FROM ITS ALL TIME
HIGH.
IT IS GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICAN
INVESTORS, AVERAGE 401K
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT UP FROM LAST
YEAR.
THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS FROM
2008, THEY CAN SAY WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GO THERE.
HOME PRICES ROSE FIVE AND A
HALF% PERCENT IN NOVEMBER
COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO.
THIS IS A MIRACLE.
HOUSING PRICES GONE UP 10
MONTHS IN A ROW.
EXPERTS CREDIT THE PROGRESS TO
STARKLY LOW INTEREST RATES.
WHILE THE ECONOMY CONTINUES,
THEY WARN WHAT HAPPENS?
WASHINGTON COULD CHANGE THINGS.
IT COULD THROW THE ECONOMY BACK
INTO A RECESSION.
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE JUST DROPPED
8.1 POINTS.
LAWMAKERS REACHED A DEAL TO
AVOID INCREASES, THEY DIDN'T
EXTEND THE TEMPORARY CUT ON
SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.
AMERICANS ARE BRINGING HOME LESS
MONEY IN THEIR PAYCHECKS.
FOR NOW, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL
INVESTORS ARE CELEBRATING THE
GOOD NEWS FROM WALL STREET.
MANY ANALYST EXPECT RECORD
HIGHS FROM STOCKS IN THE WEEKS
AHEAD.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
NATIONAL DEBT HEADED TO
DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS
ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM A
BUDGET WATCHDOG GROUP, PETER G.
PETERSON FOUNDATION.
IT COULD REACH 200% OF THE
ECONOMY.
IT COULD BE HARD TO PAY BACK.
THAT COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER MAJOR
FINANCIAL CRISIS LIKE IN 2008.
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR DUVALL
PATRICK NOMINATED COWHAHN.
HE WILL HOLD A POSITION UNTIL
THEY HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION
JUNE 25TH.
THE MAN COWHAHN IS REPLACING,
JOHN KERRY IS CRITICIZING
IMPRISONMENT OF SAEED ABEDINI.
KERRY REPEATED AND CALLED FOR
SAEED'S RELEASE.
ACLU JORDAN SEKULOW'S SAYS JOHN
KERRY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD
A WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO FREE
SAEED.
NATIONS LOOK TO THE U.S. WHEN IT
COMES TO STANDING UP AND FREE
ING AGAINST RELIGIOUS RIGHTS.
THE FIGHT TO CONTROL THE CITY
IS ONGOING.
THEY HAVE RECAPTURED CITIES OF
TIM BUCK TO AND GOU.
AN ADDITIONAL 500 MILLION NEEDED
TO FIGHT.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS OR
TERRORISM REPORT ERICK RICK HAS
BEEN TRACKING IT.
HERE IS A LOOK AT ONE OF HIS
REPORTS ON AL-QAEDA IN AFRICA
AND WHY AMERICANS SHOULD BE
CONCERNED.
REPORTER: THE HUNT IS ON FROM
AL-QAEDA.
U.S. PRESSURE HAS FORCED THE
TERROR NETWORK TO SEARCH FOR NEW
SAFE HAVENS.
THEY FOUND ONE IN THE SA HAIR
RAN DESERTS.
A SERIES OF FAILED STATES.
WEAK MILITARIES.
PERFECT GREEDING GROUND FOR
AL-QAEDA.
AQIM HAS SET UP SHOP IN THE
DESERTS OF ALGERIA, MALI,
NIGERIA AND VOW TO TARGET
AMERICAN INTERESTS.
PLOTS TO BLOW UP U.S. EMBASSY
IN THE CAPITOL OF MALLLY.
EXCLUSIVE HIDDEN CAMERA
FOOTAGE, AL-QAEDA FIGHTERS HAVE
SEVERAL TERROR TRAINING CAMPS.
THEY ARE TRAINING TO CARRY
OUT MILITARY ASSAULTS ON THE
ARMIES OF MALI, EJERE AND
MOROCCO.
THIS IS THE AFTER MATH FROM
ONE OF THOSE DEADLY RAIDS
AGAINST AN ARMY PATROL FROM
NIGER.
AQIM IS SEEN.
YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE PILE
OF MILITARY HARDWARE, BOTH GUNS,
AMMUNITION AND DESERT GEAR.
THIS AL-QAEDA JIHADIST WAS
BEHIND THE 2009 MURDER OF
BRITISH HOSTAGE.
THEY USE MONEY FROM KIDNAPPINGS
AND DRUG SOMETHING LG TO FUND
OPERATIONS.
EQIM HAS AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK
IN WESTERN EUROPE.
THEY ARE CONCERNED THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S ATTENTION IS
BEING DIVERTED BY PAKISTAN AND
YEMEN AS A GATHERING AL-QAEDA
STORM BREWS IN THE SAHARA.
ERICK STAKELBECK, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE STEPPING UP THEIR
EFFORTS TO ATTACK WESTERN
TARGETS.
A REPORT SAYING LEBANESE
MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH AND
IRAN'S CUDS FORCE ARE A GROWING
THREAT.
FROM MAY 2011-JULY 2012, THE TWO
GROUPS PLOTTED 20 TERROR
ATTACKS.
ONLY ONE ATTACK SUCCEED.
THE GROUPS ARE LEARNING FROM
THEIR MISTAKES AND IMPROVING
EFFECTIVENESS.
ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE ATTACKED A
TARGET ALONG THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE
BORDER OVERNIGHT.
ISRAELI TV SAID THE CONVOY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN MOVING ANTIAIRCRAFT
FROM SYRIA TO LEBANON.
THEY HAVE WARNED THEY WOULD MOVE
THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
ISRAEL IS DECLINING TO COMMENT
ON THE REPORT.
THEY WARNED THEY WOULD INTERVENE
IF SYRIA LOST CONTROL OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
EGYPT'S LEADER IS CALLING FOR
NATIONAL DIALOGUE.
ANOTHER ROUND OF CLASHES THE
CAIRO IS PROMPTING CONCERN THE
COUNTRY IS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL
WAR.
PROTESTERS FOUGHT IN THE HEART
OF THE CAPITAL FOR THE SEVENTH
DAY.
THE EGYPTIANS WANT TO OUST
PRESIDENT MORSI.
MEANWHILE PRESIDENT MORSI'S
ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO AIR
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S VIEWS
ON JEWS.
HITLER'S MURDER OF SIX MILLION
JEWS WAS A FABRY FABRICATION BY
THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
THE U.S. MADE UP THE HOLOCAUST
TO MOVE THE JEWS TO UNITED
STATES.
HOW THE FASHION INDUSTRY IS
HELPING VICTIMS OF SEX INDUSTRY.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP IS ASKING FOR PRAYER
AFTER THEY REMOVED ONE OF ITS
CHAPTERS.
THE UNIVERSITY DE-RECOGNIZED
ASIAN CHAPTER BECAUSE THEY
REFUSE TO ALLOW GAYS AND
LESBIANS TO LEAD.
THE MARTINEZ RULING SAYS PUBLIC
COLLEGES CAN ENFORCE WITHOUT
VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT IF
THEY APPLY THE POLICY TO ALL
CAMPUS GROUPS.
TENNESSEE'S VANDERBILT
UNIVERSITY IS FORCING OTHER
CHRISTIAN GROUPS OFF CAMPUS.
CBN NEWS HAS ASKED THEM TO
CONFIRM BUT SO FAR HAS NOT
RECEIVED A RESPONSE. IN
SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD FAMILIES
HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO SELL THEIR
DAUGHTERS TO SEX TRAFFICKERS
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY
THEM.
A YOUNG GIRL HAS BEEN BOUGHT FOR
$19 AND SOLD FOR $500.
THEY GIVE THEM LIFE SKILLS TO
RE-ENTER SOCIETY AND GETTING A
BIG BOOST FROM A FASHION
DESIGNER, KATY MARTINEZ.
SHE IS HERE WITH US NOW,
WELCOME, KATIE.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN
THE RESCUE PROJECT?
I WAS TALKING WITH STUDENTS.
THE SEWING BUSINESS IS SOMETHING
THEY COULD USE TO SEW AND GIVE
EMPLOYMENT.
YOU STARTED YOUR OWN COMPANY
ELEGANT TEES.
TALK ABOUT HOW THAT CAME
TOGETHER?
THAT WAS A GOD THING, REALLY.
I HAD THIS VISION TO FIGHT SEX
TRAFFICKING THROUGH IT.
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE PROJECT,
WE REALIZED WE HAD A LOT OF
SIMILAR GOALS.
WE PARTNERED WITH THEM.
NOW WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE
GIRLS.
TAKE ME FROM START TO FINISH,
HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO GIVE THEM
JOBS?
I DESIGNED THE SAMPLES,
CREATED A WHOLE COLLECTION.
I WORK WITH THE SEWING TEACHER
TO SHOW THEM HOW TO SEW.
WE COMMUNICATE BY SKYPE.
I SEND THE FABRIC, THEY SEW IT,
AND THEY SEND IT BACK AND WE
SELL IT ONLINE.
HOW ARE YOU HELPING THEM
BEGIN AGAIN?
NEPALI RESCUE PROJECT DOES A
GOOD JOB RESTORING THEM.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK AND
SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
BY GIVING THEM EMPLOYMENT, THEY
ARE ABLE TO GET A SENSE OF
DIGNITY AND TO GAIN RESPECT AND
LIVE A BETTER LIFE.
EVEN THE NEPALI IS GETTING ON
BOARD.
THERE IS SO MUCH FAVOR.
A LOT OF TIMES THE GIRLS WILL BE
STOLEN.
THE PROJECT HAS ALL OF THESE
FLOATER STATIONS MONITORING.
IF THEY SEE ANYTHING THAT LOOKS
SUSPICIOUS, THEY TAKE THE GIRLS
THAT SEPARATES THEM FROM THE
TRAFFICKER.
THEY RESCUE 20,000 GIRLS A YEAR.
WOW.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, THANKS
AGAIN, KATY MARTINEZ.
THANKS.
UP NEXT, THE DREADED FLU
TAKING A HUGE TOLL ON AMERICANS
THIS WINTER.
NOW THERE IS A NEW WEAPON FOR
FIGHTING THIS NASTY VIRUS.
AMERICANS ARE FACING THE
WORST FLU SEASON AND PEAKING
RIGHT NOW.
DEATHS RUNNING INTO THE
THOUSANDS INCLUDING 37 CHILDREN.
HEALTH REPORTER LORIE JOHNSON
EXPLAINS THE BEST WAYS TO GET IT
OUT OF YOUR HOME.
THIS YEAR THE FLU SEASON HIT
EARLY AND WILL LAST UNTIL APRIL.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THE BEST
PREVENTION IS A FLU SHOT AND NOT
TOO LATE TO GET ONE.
THE SHOT WON'T GIVE YOU A FLU
BECAUSE THE VIRUS DIES DURING
THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
IT TAKES TWO WEEKS FOR THE
VACCINE TO FULLY PROTECT YOU SO
YOU COULD STILL GET THE FLU
DURING THAT TIME.
THAT SHOT MAY NOT STOP EACH
DIFFERENT FLU STRAIN.
THIS YEAR'S VACCINE IS 60%
EFFECTIVE WITH THE VARIOUS TYPES
CIRCULATING.
THE VACCINE REQUIRES A LONG
INCUBATION PROCESS.
THEY MUST PREDICT WHICH STRAINS
MONTHS BEFORE THE NEXT FLU
SEASON.
FDA JUST APPROVED A NEW VACCINE
AND THEREFORE WILL BE A BETTER
MATCH IT IS CALLED FLU BLOCK.
ACCORDING TO THE FDA, FLU BLOCK
PROMISES FASTER START UP IN THE
EVENT OF A PANDEMIC.
IT WILL ONLY PROTECT AGAINST
THREE STRAINS OF THE FLU.
THAT COULD BE TEMPORARY.
SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ON
ANOTHER TYPE OF VACCINE NOT YET
APPROVED THAT WOULD OFFER ALMOST
TOTAL FLU PROTECTION.
WHAT INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN
DOING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS IS TO CREATE A VACCINE
THAT WOULD INDUCE AN IMMUNE
RESPONSE AGAINST INFLUENZA THAT
WOULD CROSS PROTECT AGAINST ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS THAT
WOULD EMERGE.
ONCE THAT DRIFT AND THOSE THAT
DRAMATICALLY CHANGE RARELY EVERY
FEW TIMES A CENTURY AS WE SEE
WITH PANDEMICS.
DOCTORS COUNT THE VACCINE,
TOPPING THE LIST IS WASHING YOUR
HANDS.
GET A GOOD LATHER GOING AND KEEP
IT GOING 20 SECONDS.
ABOUT AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO
SING THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG
TWICE.
RINSE WELL AND DRY WITH A CLEAN
TOWEL.
IF THERE IS NO SOAP AND WATER
HANDY, HAND SANITIZERS ARE A
GOOD SUBSTITUTE.
60% ALCOHOL AND RUB UNTIL YOUR
HANDS ARE DRY.
YOUR HANDS AREN'T THE ONLY
CULPRIT.
THE FLU VIRUS CAN LIVE ON A FLAT
SURFACE UP TO TWO DAYS,
DOORKNOBS, REMOTE CONTROLS,
REFRIGERATOR HANDLES.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
THAT REQUIRES DISCIPLINE AND
REMEMBERING YOUR DO'S AND DON'T.
DO GUEST AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS OF
SLEEP.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER EAT
NUTRITIOUS FOODS, TAKE
SUPPLEMENTS INCLUDING FISH OIL,
VITAMIN C AND D AND TRY THE
NATURAL ANTIBIOTIC VIRGIN
COCONUT OIL, ONE TABLESPOON IN
THE MORNING AND NIGHT.
IF YOU ARE ASSAULTED WITH THE
VIRUS, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN
CONCENTRATE ON THE VIRUS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO CONCENTRATE
ON 27 OTHER VIRUS.
DON'T EAT FOOD WITH A LOT OF
SUGAR AND TRANS FATS THEY CAN
WEAKEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
STRESS WILL DO THAT.
KEEP IT LOW WITH PRAYER AND
EXERCISE.
SO AVOID THE FLU BY GETTING THE
VACCINE, KEEPING YOURSELF AND
YOUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND YOUR
BODIES STRONG.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
GOOD ADVISE, THERE.
UP NEXT, MEET 105-YEAR-OLD
VOLUNTEER STILL GIVING BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY.
HERE IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T
HEAR EVERYDAY, A CALIFORNIA
WOMAN CELEBRATES 105TH BIRTHDAY.
HER WISH THIS YEAR IS THAT THE
WORLD WOULD BE INSPIRED TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.
AND AT 105 EDITH HAS BEEN
VOLUNTEERING AT DIRECT
INTERNATIONAL FOR THE LAST 40
YEARS, THEY PROVIDE MEDICAL
SUPPLIES TO PATIENTS IN NEEDS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
MY HUSBAND RETIRED.
I WAS 67 AT THE TIME.
WE DECIDED WE WOULD LIKE TO DO
VOLUNTEER WORK IN ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
THEY SENT US TO TAIWAN.
SHE LOOKS REALLY GREAT.
SHARP AS A TACK.
EDITH ISN'T TRAVELING THE
WORLD.
SHE WRITES THANK YOU LETTERS AND
HER VOLUNTEER WORK IS THE THING
SHE LIKES MOST.
THEY SAY THAT IS THE MOST
FULFILLING THING YOU CAN DO IS
BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION
OF "NEWSWATCH."
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT
