TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH"
SENDING SYRIA A WARNING, LATEST
ON ISRAELI AIR STRIKE AND WHAT
IT MEANS FOR THE REGION.
PLUS MANY LAWMAKERS WANT TO
LOOK AT THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
ASSAULT WEAPONS.
AND WHY SOME SAY THE SMALL --
GOVERNMENT IS HOLDING SMALL
BUSINESSES BACK.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR
COULD BECOME A REGIONAL
CONFLICT.
GOOD EVENING I AM MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
ISRAELI WAR PLANES HAVE STRUCK
INSIDE.
LEBANESE, SYRIAN AND JORDANIAN
FORCES HAVE GONE ON HIGHER
ALERT.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY FROM JERUSALEM.
SYRIAN TV CLAIMS A MILITARY
RESEARCH CENTER WAS CLAIMED.
ISRAELI WAR PLANE HIT A CONVOY
CONTAINING WEAPONS THAT COULD
CHANGE THE MILITARY BALANCE OF
POWER.
I FEEL ISRAELI HAS WARNED
SYRIA.
WE ACTED UPON IT.
IT IS A MESSAGE SENT BY
ISRAEL TO SYRIAN AND HEZBOLLAH
BY WHICH TO SAY WE DO HAVE CAPE
ABLES.
ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS OF
THE U.S. AND ISRAEL IS ASSAD'S
HUGE STOCK PILE OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS.
WE HAVE AN INDICATION THAT
BASHAR'S GRIP OVER THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONRY AND COULD SHIFTED OR
DELIVERED TO HEZBOLLAH OR
RADICAL ELEMENTS IN SYRIA.
HEZBOLLAH IS AN ORGANIZATION,
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WITH A
DIFFERENT STRATEGIC.
THEY MAYBE TEMPTED TO USE THESE
WEAPONS.
ISRAELI ARMY WOULD NOT
COMMENT ON THE ATTACKS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK DEPLOYED TWO
IRON DOME MISSILE BATTLES IN
ISRAEL.
IT IS A SIGN THEY MAYBE PLANNING
FOR RETALIATION.
THE BORDER REMAINS QUIET.
CHRIS MITCHELL JOINS US FROM
JERUSALEM BY SKYPE.
CHRIS, DO YOU THINK IT IS
LIKELY.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND SYRIA, I THINK ONE OF
THE LAST THINGS THEY WANT TO DO
IS GET INTO A WAR WITH ISRAEL.
THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.
ANY SORT OF CONFLICT, MAJOR
REGIONAL DISPUTE WITH ISRAEL
COULD SINK THE ASSAD REGIME.
I THINK THE SAME FOR IRAN.
I THINK IT IS MORE POSTURING.
THEY WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO GET
INTO A WAR WITH ISRAEL.
NULL COULD ISRAEL GET DRAGGED
INTO SERIOUS CIVIL WAR?
WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR THE
ENTIRE REGION?
IT WOULD MEAN THEY COULD GET
INVOLVED.
A GAME CHANGER WEAPON SYSTEMS
SA-17, ANTIWEAPON BATTERY.
ANY OF THESE RED LINE FOR ISRAEL
IS SOMETHING THEY WOULD PREVENT
JUST LIKE THEY DID TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE THE OTHER
THEY.
THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER.
THESE ARE THE WAYS ISRAEL COULD
BE DRAWN INTO A SERIOUS CIVIL
WAR.
WITHOUT GETTING TOO SPECIFIC.
HOW DID ISRAEL LEARN ABOUT THE
CON JOY AND ITS CONTENTS?
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD GREAT
INTELLIGENCE.
WE TALKED TO AN ANALYST THAT
SAID ISRAEL HAS UNITS ON THE
GROUND IN SYRIA.
ISRAEL, ITSELF, WHETHER IT IS
THE ARMY, OR DEFENSE MINISTRY IS
NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS
ATTACK.
THEY GO TO RADIO SILENCE SO YOU
ARE NOT GETTING OFFICIAL
INFORMATION FROM ISRAEL.
THEY HAVE SUPERB INTELLIGENCE.
THIS SENDS A SIGNAL TO HEZBOLLAH
AND SYRIA, IF THEY TRY THIS,
THIS IS THE KIND OF REACTION
THEY'LL GET FROM ISRAEL.
WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE
IN ISRAEL, CHRIS, IS THERE A
REAL CONCERN ABOUT SYRIA?
THERE IS.
ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS IS WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THE
FALL OF THE ASSAD REGIME THAT
MOST ANALYST WOULD SAY ASSAD
WILL BE FALL.
THE QUESTION WILL: WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT?
A LOT OF JIHADIST GROUPS
INFILTRATED INTO SYRIA.
NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE FREE
SYRIAN ARMY.
THEY REPRESENT A CHALLENGE TO
ISRAEL AND THE FREE SYRIAN ARMY
THAT MAY WANT TO ESTABLISH SOME
STABLE GOVERNMENT AFTERWARDS.
THEY WANT TO DESTROY ISRAEL,
ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC STATE BASED
ON SHARIA LAW.
THAT IS THE BIG CONCERN OF
ISRAEL, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN ASSAD FALLS?
ALL RIGHT.
CHRIS MITCHELL IN JERUSALEM,
THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR STAYING ON
TOP OF THESE ISSUES THAT AFFECT
THE WHOLE WORLD, WE APPRECIATE.
THANKS, MARK.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, THE
COUNTRY TOLD THE ATOMIC AGENCY,
IT WANTS TO INSTALL THOUSANDS OF
MACHINES.
THAT WOULD BOOST PRODUCTION OF
MATERIAL THAT CAN BE USED FOR
REACTOR FUEL AND NUCLEAR WAR
HEADS.
IRAN SAYS IT HAS THE RIGHT TO
ENRICH FOR A NUCLEAR POWER
PROGRAM AND CONTINUES TO DEFY
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL COMMANDS
TO STOP.
GROWING COMMANDS FOR MOHAMMED
MORSI TO BRING HIS POLITICAL
OPPOSITION ON BOARD AND FORM A
UNITY GOVERNMENT.
PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN TAKING TO
THE STREETS TO BLAST MORSI.
SO FAR THE PROTESTS HAVE LED TO
50 DEATHS AND FEARS THE COUNTRY
COULD BE ATTORNEY TORN APART.
FORMER NEBRASKA SENATOR CHUCK
HAGEL ANSWERED HOURS OF
QUESTIONS.
THEY CITE FUNDAMENTAL
DISAGREEMENTS AND WORLD VIEW ON
ISRAEL, TERRORISM AND NUCLEAR
WEAPONS WHICH HAGEL TRIED TO
ADDRESS AT THE HEARING.
I AM ON THE RECORD ON MANY
ISSUES.
NO ONE INDIVIDUAL VOTE, NO ONE
INDIVIDUAL QUOTE, NO ONE
INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT DEFINES ME.
HAGEL IS A VIETNAM VET AND
PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT.
HE WOULD BE THE FIRST ENLISTED
SOLDIER TO SERVE AS THE FEDS
SECRETARY.
NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR HIS
CONFIRMATION VOTE FOR NOW.
FINDINGS OF A NEW SURVEY BY
THE PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH
INSTITUTE.
RESEARCHERS FOUND 76% OF
MINORITY PROTESTANTS, 57% OF
WHITE MAIN LINE PROTESTANTS
SUPPORT STRICTER GUN CONTROL.
WHITE EVANGELICALS 59% OPPOSING
NEW GUN CONTROL LAWS.
THEY AGREE ON BETTER MENTAL
HEALTH SCREENINGS AND SUPPORT.
WHITE VEVANGELICALS POINTED TO
ANOTHER SOLUTION.
THEY REALLY STOOD OUT FOR
PUTTING EMPHASIS ON GOD AND
MORALITY AND SOCIETY, CHANGING
THE CULTURE TO PREVENT MASS
SHOOTINGS, IT IS ABOUT CULTURAL
CHALLENGE CH
TO SEE MORE RESULTS, VISIT
OUR WEBSITE CBNNEWS.COM.
ASSAULT WEAPONS HAVE BEEN THE
LATEST DEBATE ON THE FOCUS OF
GUN CONTROL.
THEY WERE BANNED IN THE 90S.
AS LEE WEB DISCOVERED THERE
IS OFTEN MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
ASSAULT WEAPONS.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
WAY IT SHOOTS?
PULL THE TRIGGER AND IT KEEPS
SHOOTING.
NOT JUST BANG, BANG, BANG,
SPRAY OFF ROUNDS AND STUFF.
YOU ARE ASSUMING IT IS FIRING
LIKE A MACHINE GUN WOULD?
YES.
THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
SEVERAL ADMIT THEY THINK THERE
IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
WEAPONS ON TV AND VIDEO GAMES
AND THE ASSAULT WEAPON THE
GUNMAN USED AT SANDY HOOK.
CHRIS MITCHELL TOOK ME TO THE
RANGE TO CLEAR UP THE CONFUSION.
CHIEF, THIS IS REFERRED TO AS
AN ASSAULT WEAPON.
IT LOOKS NO DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT A SOLDIER CARRIES.
THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS WEAPON ONLY SHOOTS IN A
SEMIAUTOMATIC FASHION.
IT SHOOTS ONE ROUND.
AS FAST AS YOU CAN PULL THE
TRIGGER.
MILITARY-STYLE VISION HAS
CAPABILITY OF SHOOTING MORE THAN
ONE ROUND?
YOU HAVE A THREE-ROUND BURST
OR AUTOMATIC.
EXISTING LAW MAKES IT
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OWN THAT
GUN.
THIS GUN FIRES ONE ROUND EACH
TIME THE TRIGGER IS PULLED NO
DIFFERENT THAN A SEMIAUTOMATIC
PISTOL OR THIS.22-CALIBER TARGET
RIFLE TO BE SURE THE ASSAULT
RIFLE HAS A LONGER RANGE, YOU
CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE
AR 15 AND ROUND FOR 9 MILLIMETER
PISTOL.
VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE IN
2007 WAS THE DEADLIEST SHOOTING
SPREE BY A SINGLE GUNMAN.
ALL HE HAD WERE TWO
SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS.
DO YOU BELIEVE IT WILL
PREVENT ANOTHER NEWTOWN
MASSACRE?
I DON'T.
LAW ABIDING CITIZENS OWN THESE
WEAPONS.
BANNING THESE ISN'T GOING TO
MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
THAT WAS LEE WEBB REPORTING.
A MISSOURI LAWMAKERS IS
PROPOSING LEGISLATION REQUIRING
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TEACH FIRST
GRADERS GUN SAFETY.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR DAN BROWN
WANTS TO INTRODUCE EDDY E. RULE.
THEY WANT TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND TEACH
STUDENTS HOW TO RESPOND IF THEY
ENCOUNTER A FIREARM.
SENATE BILL 75, I AM IN
FAVOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE TRAINING
NEEDS TO START AT FIRST GRADE OR
OLDER.
I WOULD ASK MY BOARD TO ALLOW US
TO TRAIN EVERY YEAR THE SAME
TRAINING MAYBE UP THROUGH 8TH
GRADE.
REPETITION I BELIEVE IS
IMPORTANT N.
THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO
PARTICIPATE IN ARMED INTRUDER
TRAINING.
TEACHING THEM ABOUT GUNS WILL
ONLY INCREASE THEIR INTEREST.
PAKISTANI TEEN WILL HAVE A
TITANIUM PLATE IN HER SKULL.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI WILL GET AN
INNER EAR PLANT.
A TALIBAN GUNMAN SHOT HER LAST
OCTOBER.
ISLAMIST WANTED HER DEAD AFTER
REQUIRING ACCESS TO EDUCATION.
INCREDIBLY DETERMINED TO
CONTINUE TO SPEAK FOR THE CAUSE.
SHE REALLY IS A REMARKABLE YOUNG
LADY.
SHE COULD REMAIN A TARGET FOR
EXTREMISTS.
LATEST ON THE DEADLY STORM
THAT SWEPT ACROSS PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY OVERNIGHT.
UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY ARE GONE AFTER IT MADE
ITS WAY SOUTH AND MIDWEST.
EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE WINDS HERE IN VIRGINIA
BEACH.
STORMS LEFT AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE
DEAD.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
REPORTER: HEAVY FLOODING,
DANGEROUS WINDS AND MONSTER
TORNADOS WALLOP THE SOUTH AND
MIDWEST.
IT PICKED ME UP AND SLED ME
THREE TIMES.
I HAD TO DIG MY WAY OUT.
I THOUGHT IT KILLED MY SON.
A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF
ATLANTA DESTROYED HOMES, OFFICE
BUILDINGS AND EVEN PARTS OF A
FACTORY.
WINDS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 125
MILES AN HOUR STRONG ENOUGH TO
PICK UP 18 WHEELERS AND TOSS
THEM AROUND LIKE TOYS.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT PICKED
MY TRUCK UP AND FLIPPED IT OVER.
SIMILAR STORYS IN TENNESSEE,
GEORGIA AND KENTUCKY.
I THANK THE BIG LORD UP
ABOVE.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE'S BELONGS
IS OUT THERE, TOO.
IN MICHIGAN, MASSIVE FLOODING
CAUSED A CAR TO CRASH 20 FEET
INTO A CREEK.
OUR CAR IS COMPLETELY
UNDERWATER, PLEASE HELP!
IT WAS THE WIND NOT THE
FLOODING IN OTHER AREAS THAT
MADE IT DIFFICULT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING
TO MAKE IT THROUGH IT.
IT IS MAKING ITS WAY UP THE
EAST COAST CAUSING FLOODING FROM
CAROLINAS TO NEW ENGLAND,
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
INCREDIBLE.
IN OTHER NEWS A PROMINENT
ATHEIST WANTS THE BOY SCOUTS TO
LIFT ITS BAN IN ADDITION TO
GAYS.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA IS
CONSIDERING ON REPLACING THE BAN
ON LETTING LOCAL TROOPS MAKE
THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
A BOY SCOUTS SPOKESMAN SAYS THE
ORGANIZATION IS NOT CONSIDERING
SUCH A CHANGE AND DUTY TO GOD IS
STILL ITS BASIC PRINCIPLE.
UP NEXT, HOW RED TAPE AND
REGULATIONS ARE MAKING IT HARD
FOR SOME COMPANIES IN THIS
ECONOMY.
EXTENDING THE DEBT CEILING
THREE MONTHS, COMING ON THE
HEELS OF DISAPPOINTING FINANCIAL
NEWS.
POLITICAL OBSERVERS BELIEVE IT
COULD HURT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
SECOND TERM SOCIAL AGENDA.
GUN CONTROL AND IMMIGRATION
REFORM MAY NOT BE SO EASY TO
PASS.
EXPERTS SAY BAD ECONOMIC NEWS
COULD SLOW MR. OBAMA'S MOMENTUM.
BESIDES BRACING FOR COSTS FOR
'OBAMACARE' OVCOVERAGE, MANY
BUSINESSES WON'T BE IRING
WORKERS BECAUSE OF RED TAPE.
THIS FAMILY RUNS THEIR
BUSINESS OUT OF THE BASEMENT IN
RURAL VIRGINIA.
THEY DISTRIBUTE PRODUCTS TO
PROTECT EVERYTHING FROM HOLES IN
NAVY VESSELS TO LEAKING PIPES.
THEIR GROWING BUSINESS COULD USE
MORE FULL TIME WORKERS.
THERE IS A PROBLEM.
EVERYTHING IS UNCERTAIN.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TOMORROW.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HIRE MORE
FULL TIME PEOPLE.
DIFFICULTY IS AT WHAT COST?
SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOY MORE
THAN HALF OF THE NATION'S
PRIVATE SECTOR WORK FORCE.
MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SAY
INSTEAD OF MAKES THEIR PATH TO
PROSPERITY SMOOTHER, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS BUILDING BARRIERS.
67% OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
BELIEVE THERE IS TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY.
TAXES, GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
AND RED TAPE ARE CAUSING THE
PROBLEMS.
THEY ARE CONSULTING WITH THEIR
ACCOUNTANT AND ATTORNEY TO BE
SURE THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
IT FORCES US TO HAVE NINE OR
TEN EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE HAVING TO DO BUSINESS, WE
CAN'T HIRE.
DAN BOSCH VIEWS THESE
REGULATORIES.
THERE ARE 4100 REGULATIONS IN
THE PIPELINE DUE TO COME OUT.
THEY ARE UNCERTAIN HOW IT
AFFECTS THEIR BUSINESS.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE A LAWYER?
EVEN IF YOU ARE A LAWYER, YOU
DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
NEARLY 70% BLAME OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION POLICIES FOR
STIFLING THEIR GROWTH.
I WONDER WHAT FEEDBACK OBAMA
HAS HAD AND IF THEY ARE STIFLING
SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS PRESIDENT IS HELPING
SMALL BUSINESSES, PROPOSED AND
SIGNED INTO LAW 18 SMALL
BUSINESS TAX CUTS.
HE UNDERSTANDS CLEARLY SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE THE ENGINE OF
SMALL ECONOMIC GROWTH.
MAYBE HE CAN SHOW ME HOW
THOSE TAX CUTS IMPACT MY
BUSINESS.
NOT SURE WE HAVE SEEN ANY THAT
WOULD HELP US.
55% OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
SAY THEY WOULD NOT START THEIR
COMPANY TODAY.
IF YOU WERE SITTING DOWN WITH
YOUR HUSBAND THINKING OF
STARTING THIS BUSINESS, WOULD
YOU DO IT?
WE HAVE NEVER DISCUSSED THIS.
IF WE WERE MAKING THAT
EVALUATION NOW, I DON'T THINK
THE BUSINESS PLAN WOULD PROVE
OUT.
I DON'T THINK THE BUSINESS PLAN
WOULD BE THERE IN TODAY'S WORLD.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS
TAKEN HEAT, BOSCH SAYS
ELIMINATING FEDERAL REGULATIONS
WOULD BE TOUGH FOR WHOEVER SITS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT IS HARD TO GET THEM OUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE AGENCIES GOING
THROUGH THEIR WORK TO UNDO THE
PAST, IT IS HARD.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIRE
IF WE COULD GET RID OF THE
UNCERTAINTY RELATED TO
AFFORDABLE CARE AND TAXES AND
GET SOME LONG-RANGE PLANNING
OPPORTUNITIES THIS COULD TAKE
OFF AGAIN.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
VIRGINIA.
UP NEXT THE MAN THAT WALKED
ACROSS NIAGARA FALLS RISKS HIS
LIFE AGAIN HUNDREDS OF FEET IN
THE AIR.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM FROM
HIS RECENT WALK ACROSS NIAGARA
FALLS.
LATEST CONQUEST WALKING
ACROSS A WIRE 200 FEET ABOVE THE
GROUND.
HE SLOWLY MADE HIS WAY ACROSS
THE 600 FOOT WIRE NO WIDER THAN
A NICKEL AND WEARING NO SAFETY
HARNESS RELYING ON HIS BALANCE.
THEY ARE ALL JUST AS SERIOUS
AS THE LAST.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT I STAY
EXTREMELY FOCUSSED AND NEVER GET
TO THE POINT OF COMPLACENCY.
HE IS A PROFESSIONAL AND A
PERFORMER.
AT ONE POINT IN HIS WALK, HE
TOOK A KNEE AND BLEW KISSES TO
THE CROWD.
HE FINISHED HIS TRICK WITH A
FIST PUMP IN CELEBRATION.
OKAY.
WHY ARE THE EMS PEOPLE THERE, IF
HE FALLS HE IS DEAD?
REALLY.
I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT.
EVERYBODY IS WIRED DIFFERENTLY.
[LAUGHTER].
BAD JOKE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
