TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH,"
CONTRACEPTION MANDATE ON
CONCESSION, A NEW OPT OUT.
PLUS AMERICAN EMBASSY, LATEST
ON THE DEADLY BLAST IN TURKEY.
HOW ONE SHELTER IS OFFERING
HOPE TO THE HOMELESS OF NEW YORK
CITY.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." A BIG WIN FOR
OPPONENTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S
BIRTH CONTROL MANDATE.
GOOD EVENING I AM MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
JOHN JESSUP HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THE STORY, HE JOINS US FROM OUR
WASHINGTON BUREAU TO EXPLAIN WHY
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS
OFFERING RELIGIOUS NON-PROFITS
AN OPT OUT TO ITS HEALTH
INSURANCE MANDATE, JOHN.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
REVERSED COURSE, DECIDED TO
EXPAND THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION
ON THE HEALTH CARE LAW.
SAYING IT REQUIRED RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS TO VIOLATE THEIR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS BY FORCING
THEM TO PAY FOR CONTRACEPTIVES
IN THEIR INSURANCE PLANS.
THE NEW RULE BALANCES OBJECTIVES
BY USING IRS -- AND ACCESS GROUP
TO BIRTH CONTROL WITH FORCING
FAITH-BASED GROUPS TO PAY FOR
IT.
THE APPROPRIATIVENESS TO
PROVIDE SERVICES TO WOMEN ACROSS
THE COUNTRY INCLUDING
CONTRACEPTION AND MAKING SURE WE
ARE MINDFUL OF RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY.
WENDY THE RULES DO NOT
INCLUDE FOR PROFIT LIKE HOBBY
LOBBY.
WENDY.
THANKS, JOHN.
FOR MORE ON THIS, WE TURN TO
JORDAN SEKULOW FROM THE AMERICAN
CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE,
JORDAN, WHO BENEFITS?
IT IS INTERESTING, IT IS AN
80-PAGE NEW PROPOSED RULE.
CHURCHES ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE
HHS MANDATE.
THOSE ARE RELIGIOUS EMPLOYERS
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS LAW.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IS WHAT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ACLU
AND THEY CAN DECIDE TO OPT OUT
OF THE HHS MANDATE.
ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THEIR
INSURANCE PLANS WILL STILL GET
FREE BIRTH CONTROL, FREE
CONTRACEPTION.
THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY A
SURCHARGE.
AND WHO IS PAYING FOR IT, WE
KEEP ASKING?
NO ONE KNOWS THAT ANSWER.
I HAVE THE ANSWER, YOUR
EMPLOYER, JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE
SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR
IT.
WE HAVE SAID NO TO THIS ONCE,
THIS FOR CHURCHES.
MOST RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO
DIDN'T WANT THE HHS MANDATE
APPLYING TO THEM, THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO WANT THIS, EITHER.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD COMPROMISE
FOR THE EMPLOYERS OPPOSED TO THE
MANDATE?
IT IS A GIMMICK.
IT IS A NEW WAY OF MAKING IT
LOOK LIKE SOME WHERE THERE IS A
SHIFT.
IF THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE HAD
TO PAY EVEN A DOLLAR EXTRA A
MONTH, THEN YOU MAYBE ABLE TO
MAKE A DIFFERENT CASE.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS FREE.
INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL JUST
RAISE YOUR PREMIUMS.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET THIS
WHEN THEY WANT IT.
IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE
CHALLENGES CURRENTLY IN COURT.
THE 14 OTHER CASES NOW IN
FEDERAL COURT, 16 OTHER CASES.
WE HAVE BEEN WINNING THOSE, THE
11-3.
SO 11 OUT OF THE 14 ACTIVE
CASES, 2 MORE JUST FILED.
WE HAVE WON FOR PRIVATE
CORPORATIONS NOT EXEMPT.
ALL RIGHT.
INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENS, JORDAN SEKULOW, THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME.
TURNING OVERSEAS ANOTHER
ATTACK ON A U.S. COMPOUND THIS
TIME IN TURKEY, A SUICIDE BOMBER
DETONATED KILLING HIMSELF AND
TURKISH GUARD ON WHAT THE WHITE
HOUSE IS CALLING A TERRORIST
ATTACK
REPORTER: TURKEY'S PRIME
MINISTER SAYS A MARXIST GROUP ON
THE REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S
FRONT.
THEY DESIGNATE THE GROUP A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
1:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME, A BOMB
WENT OFF AT A SECURITY CHECK
POINT KILLING A BOMBER, TURKISH
GUARD AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDING INING
TURKISH WOMAN.
THE U.S. IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE TO
ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES
AND BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION.
TURKEY IS A KEY U.S. ALLY
LOCATED BETWEEN EUROPE AND
MIDDLE EAST.
WE BOTH SUFFER FROM THIS
TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE PROBLEM.
SECURITY AT U.S. EMBASSIES
HAS BEEN SCRUTINIZED SINCE THE
SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACK IN
BENGHAZI, LIBYA.
THAT ATTACK KILLED FOUR
AMERICANS INCLUDING U.S.
AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS.
THE SPREAD OF RADICAL
ISLAMIST GROUPS HAS U.S. AND
WEST CONCERNED.
NORTH AFRICA COULD BECOME A BASE
FOR TERRORIST NETWORK.
THE PEOPLE OF THE AREAS ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE HORROR OF
LIVING UNDER SHARIA LAW.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
REPORTER: RESIDENTS DANCE IN
THE STREETS CELEBRATING THEIR
LIBERATION FROM ISLAMIST.
IT SOON TURNED TO ANGER.
LASHING OUT AGAINST ANY SIGN OF
10 MONTHS OF OPPRESSION THEY
ENDURED.
DURING THE TIME THEY AMPUTATED
THE HANDS OF THESE TWO MEN FOR
SUPPORTING THE SOMALI
GOVERNMENT.
THIS MAN SAYS ISLAMIC POLICE CUT
MY HANDS AND SHOWED IT TO THE
CROWD.
JIHADIST TORTURED ME BEFORE
HACKING MY HAND OFF IN FRONT OF
EVERYONE.
A FIGHT AGAINST THE OPPRESSION
PLAYED OUT HERE IN THE STREETS
OF TIM BUCK TWO.
MANY STORIES OF TORTURE IN THIS
TOWN LIKE PUBLIC FLOGGING OF THE
VICTIMS.
SHE RECALLS, I WANTED TO DIE.
BETTER TO DIE THAN LIVE THROUGH
THIS.
MY BROTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED
THROUGH REBELS.
FRANCE'S DEFENSE MINISTER IS
CALLING THE OPERATION IN MALI A
SUCCESS.
ERICK STAKELBECK JOINS US
NOW, LET'S START WITH THE AM EM
BAY SI ATTACK IN TURKEY.
MARK, IT IS AL-QAEDA OR
IRANIAN-LINKED GROUPS.
AL-QAEDA MADE NEW THREATS TO
CARRYOUT ATTACKS AGAINST
AMERICAN TARGETS.
TIMING OF THIS IN LIGHT OF THIS
IS INTERESTING.
WE HAVE A PATTERN HERE.
WE HAVE THE EMBASSY IN BENGHAZI,
OBVIOUSLY ATTACKED.
WE HAD IN ALGERIA, A AL-QAEDA
ENGINEERED HOSTAGE CRISIS SO
THIS SEEMS TO FIT A PATTERN.
AGAIN IT IS A U.S. EMBASSY, NO
COINCIDENCE.
ISLAMIC TERRORISTS DON'T TARGET
FOR NO REASON.
YOU HAVE THE POSSIBILITY, MARK
OF IRAN BEING INVOLVED.
INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN'S
PROXY, SYRIA AND THAT REGIME
IRAN IS TRYING TO PROP UP.
THERE IS PRESSURE ON IRAN ABOUT
THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.
TWO MAIN POSSIBILITIES RIGHT
NOW, MARK, AL-QAEDA OR IRAN AND
ITS PROXIES.
ERICK, DO YOU THINK THE
ATTACKS LIKE THIS ARE GOING TO
BECOME MORE FREQUENT?
MARK, I DO.
I AT A TIME HATE TO SAY THAT ON
A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
I DO BELIEVE THEY'LL BECOME
COMMON PLACE.
A LOT OF TIMES THE SECURITY IS
NOT UP TO SNUFF.
IT IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
THAT IS NO. 1.
NO. 2, THE SYMBOLISM, MAYBE YOU
CAN'T STRIKE THE U.S. HOMELAND,
NEW YORK CITY, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
YOU CAN STILL STRIKE AMERICAN
INTERESTS ABROAD.
THEY CAN HIT US IN THEIR OWN
COUNTRIES.
TURNING THE THE SITUATION IN
MALI, WHY DID FRANCE GET
INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT AT THIS
TIME.
DO YOU THINK THE U.S. SHOULD BE
DOING MORE?
MARK, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THIS, NORTH AFRICA THREATENED
MALI FOR THREE YEARS HERE ON CBN
NEWS.
THE FRENCH WERE CONCERNED.
GEOGRAPHICALLY, FRANCE AND NORTH
AFRICA MALI ARE ONLY SEPARATED
BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
ISLAMIC JIHADIST CAN CARRY OUT
ATTACKS ON FRENCH SOIL.
WHAT CAN WE DO WELL?
ALREADY, MARK, WE ARE SETTING UP
A BASE IN NIGER, WHICH IS RIGHT
NEXT TO MALI FOR U.S. DRONES TO
FLY OUT AND POSSIBLY STRIKE
THESE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS LINKED
TO AL-QAEDA.
FRANCE SAY IT IS MISSION WAS
A SUCCESS.
IS THE BATTLE FOR MALI OVER,
ERICK?
I DON'T THINK SO, MARK.
YES, FRANCE, ABSOLUTELY MADE
GREAT GAINS, THESE
AL-QAEDA-LINKED GROUPS.
AL-QAEDA STILL VERY STRONG
THERE.
STILL A LOT OF CHAOS THERE.
A LOT OF INSTABILITY IN THAT
REGION.
THAT IS THE PLACE WHERE AL-QAEDA
THRIVES.
WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, VAST
YEAR OF THE SAHARAN DESERT,
PERFECT FOR TRAINING.
MORE TROUBLE OUT OF NORTH
AFRICA.
THE WILD CARD, AFTER REGIME OF
QADDAFI FELL, STARTED TRANSITING
FROM LIBYA INTO MALI AND INTO
THE HANDS OF AL-QAEDA IN NORTH
AFRIC
AFRICA.
THANK YOU SH ERICK.
HILARY CLINTON DELIVERED A
PARTING SHOCK OF HER RESPONSE TO
THE BENGHAZI ATTACK.
JOHN MCCAIN, LINDSEY GRAHAM WANT
ANSWERS WHY THERE WASN'T MORE
SECURITY AT THE MISSION WHERE
FOUR AMERICANS DIE.
THEY HAVE ACCUSED THE
ADMINISTRATION OF ACCUSING THE
PUBLIC ABOUT WHO CARRIED IT OUT.
CLINTON SAYS HER CRITICS DON'T
LIVE IN AN EVIDENT-BASED WORLD.
REGRETTABLE THEY DON'T ACCEPT
THE ADMINISTRATION'S
EXPLANATIONS.
JANUARY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
CAME IN AT 7.9%.
ECONOMY ADDED 157,000 JOBS LAST
MONTH.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS HIRING
HAS BEEN GETTING STRONGER.
ANALYST EXPECT THE ECONOMY TO
KEEP GROWING AT A SLOW TO
MODERATE PACE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DECIDED TO
LET JOB'S COUNCIL EXPIRE EVEN
THOUGH MORE THAN 12 MILLION
AMERICANS REMAIN OUT OF WORK.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT HOVERED AROUND
9%.
BOTH PARTIES STILL BELIEVE
UNEMPLOYMENT IS TOO HIGH
ESPECIALLY AFTER NEWS THIS WEEK
THAT THE U.S. ECONOMY SHRANK IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
COUNCIL WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
A WAY FOR BUSINESS LEADERS TO
ADVISE THE PRESIDENT ON HOW TO
BOOST THE ECONOMY.
STOCK MARKET STRONG
PERFORMANCE IN JANUARY IS
CONTINUING INTO FEBRUARY.
TODAY'S DOW JONES CLOSED ABOVE
14,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
MORE THAN 5 YEARS.
LAST TIME IT CLOSED THAT HIGH
WAS OF 2007.
REASON TO CELEBRATE.
COMING UP, LATEST ON ISRAELI AIR
STRIKE IN SYRIA.
WELCOME BACK, NEW REPORTS OF
ISRAELI WAR PLANES OVER SOUTHERN
LEBANON.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, ISRAELI
REPORTEDLY BOMBED A SYRIAN
WEAPONS PLANTS OUTSIDE DAMASCUS.
IRAN AND SYRIA THREATENED A
SURPRISE RETALIATION AGAINST
ISRAEL THAT HAS SOME ASKING IF
SERIOUS CIVIL WAR IS AT RISK OF
BECOMING A REGIONAL CONFLICT.
CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS FROM
JERUSALEM
REPORTER: ON THURSDAY THE
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT CONVENED --
DAYS BEFORE THE STRIKE IRAN
WARNED ANY ATTACK AGAINST SYRIA
WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ATTACK
AGAINST IRAN.
ISRAELI MEDIA CONCLUDED THE
URGENT NEED TO ATTACK OUTWEIGHED
THE RISK OF SYRIAN RETALIATION.
WE SEE A HIGHER LEVEL OF
THREAT IN AMERICA AS WELL AS
ISRAEL.
THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE TYPE OF
WEAPONS FALLING INTO THE HANDS
OF THE OPPOSITION WENT UP.
ISRAEL WILL NOT COMMENT ON
THE ATTACK.
IT IS DECLARED RED LINES.
IT WOULD NOT ALLOW VAST CHEMICAL
WEAPONS STOCK PILE TO FALL INTO
HEZBOLLAH OR JIHADIST PLANS OR
GAME CHANGING WEAPONS SYSTEMS.
WITH ONE ISRAELI OFFICIAL SAID
IT COULD WELL BE WE WILL REACH A
STAGE WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO
REACH A POSITION.
IRON DOME ANTIMISSILE IN THE
NORTH AGAINST POSSIBLE
RETALIATION.
IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO ATTACK
ISRAELI OPENLY AT THIS POINT.
THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN
ESCALATING THE CONFLICT.
THIS IS WHY ISRAEL.
GREATER THREAT SEEMS TO BE
FROM AN ATTACK FROM ISRAELI OR
JEWISH TARGETS FROM ABROAD.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
THANKS, CHRIS, IN THE MIDST
OF THE REPORTS OF ISRAELI
STRIKES, A WARNING FROM THE U.S.
WHITE HOUSE IS TELLING SYRIA NOT
TRANSFERRING WEAPONS TO
HEZBOLLAH AND LEBANON.
UP NEXT, SEE HOW NEW YORK
CITY'S MISSION IS HELPING PEOPLE
REMAIN CLEAN AND SOBER.
WHEN HURRICANE SANDY HIT NEW
YORK CITY, THOUSANDS FORCED FROM
THEIR HOMES AND MANY DISPLACED.
SHELTERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDING
HOPE FOR THE HOMELESS LONG
BEFORE THE CRISIS.
CHARLENE ISRAEL EXPLAINS WHAT
ONE NEW YORK MISSION IS DOING TO
RESTORE BROKEN LIVES.
THIS NEW YORK SHELTER FIRST
OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1879.
THE MISSION HAS BEEN
EFFECTIVELY REBUILDING THE LIVES
FOR MORE THAN 130 YEARS.
HERE THEY TREAT THE SYMPTOMS OF
HOMELESSNESS.
THEY TREAT THE ROOT CAUSES.
IN THE BEGINNING, ONLY
SHELTERING MEN.
TODAY IN THE CITY OF 8.4
MILLION, ITS KITCHEN SERVES SOME
800 MEALS A DAY.
WE CREATE NUTRITIOUS HOT
MEALS FROM SCRATCH WHILE IT IS A
PART OF OUR MENU, LOBSTER IS A
PART, TOO.
LAST YEAR THE MISSION
PROVIDED MORE THAN 30,000 BAGS
OF GROCERIES.
NEARLY 80,000 NIGHTS OF SHELTER.
ITS GOOD WILL EXTENDS BEYOND
FOOD AND HOUSING.
IT OFFERS A SIX MONTH LIVE-IN
DRUG AND ALCOHOL RECOVERY
PROGRAM.
PARTICIPANTS ARE ENROLLED IN
HANDS ON TRAINING AND JOB
COUNSELING.
ONCE ONLY MEN WERE ALLOWED AT
THE SHELTER.
TODAY WOMEN ARE WELCOME, TOO.
SOME THINGS HAVE REMAINED THE
SAME.
HYMN SINGING, PRAYER AND SERMONS
IN ITS CHAPEL PROVIDE
NOURISHMENT.
JAMES MACKLIN.
COCAINE DESTROYED ME AND ALL
I ACCOMPLISHED.
HE SOON FOUND HIMSELF
SLEEPING ON SUBWAY STATIONS.
HE RECALLS THE FIRST TIME HE
CAME TO THROUGHOUT CHAPEL DOORS.
I WAS REMEMBERING MY
CHILDHOOD AND SEEING THOSE
SCRIPTURES UP ON THE WALL AND
SUNG A SONG THAT I KNEW.
WOW, WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS?
THIS PLACE, HE SAYS IS WHERE
HE FOUND REDEMPTION.
HE SHARES THAT SAME HOPE WITH
OTHERS.
I WANT TO BE THE FATHER TO
SOME THAT HAVE NEVER HAD, THE
FRIEND TO SOME THAT NEVER HAD.
A TRUE FRIEND AND SAY TO THEM,
IF I CAN DO IT, SO CAN YOU.
DONATIONS FROM PRIVATE
CITIZENS HELP THEM TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
IT RECEIVES NO GOVERNMENT MONEY.
SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS IT TO
IMPLEMENT SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE.
WHEN YOU CHANGE A MAN OR
WOMAN'S HEART IT TENDS TO LAST.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
AFTER THAT GRADUATE.
FOUR OUT OF FIVE OF OUR
GRADUATES ARE CLEAN AND SOBER A
YEAR LATER.
THAT IS A WONDERFUL RESULT.
RESULTS HE SAYS COST A LOT LESS
TO PRODUCE THAN AT GOVERNMENT
SHELTERS.
WE SAY FOR A MAN TO GO
THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND GRADUATE
CLEAN AND SOBER AND CONNECTED TO
CHRIST TAKES $12,500.
YOU CONTRAST THAT WITH, FOR
INSTANCE, IT TAKES $20,000 A
YEAR TO WAREHOUSE A MAN AN EVEN
MORE IF HE HAS COMMIT ADD CRIME
IN JAIL.
CRAIG MAYS AGREES.
HE RUNS THE NEW YORK CITY RESCUE
MISSION.
THERE ARE SHELTERS THAT ARE
GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS
AND GIVING THEM FOOD AND
SHELTER.
IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS THE DEEPER
SPIRITUAL MORE FUNDAMENTAL
ISSUES OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A
HUMAN BEING, YOU ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE SHELTERS FULL
OF PEOPLE WHO COME BACK DAY
AFTER DAY, WEEK AFTER WEEK FOR
THE SAME THING.
PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS IS
BEYOND THE SCOPE OF LOCAL, STATE
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
CITY OFFICIALS CALCULATE THE
NUMBER OF HOMELESS IN NEW YORK
AT AROUND 47,000.
WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING,
MAYS BELIEVES IT IS MUCH HIGHER
AND ON THE RISE.
MEANWHILE PLACES LIKE THE
MISSIONS ARE SURE TO BE AROUND
OFFERING MORE THAN A HELPING
HAND.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS, NEW
YORK.
UP NEXT GEARING UP FOR SUPER
BOWL SUNDAY.
WHAT ROLE DOES GOD PLAY IN THE
BIG GAME?
IT IS A VERY BIG WEEKEND FOR
FOOTBALL FANS.
THAT IS IT IS, SUNDAY 49ERS
OR RAVENS WILL BE CROWNED
CHAMPIONS OF SUPER BOWL 47.
WENDY, DOES GOD PLAY A ROLE IN
WHICH TEAM WINS?
GOD IS IN EVERYTHING, MARK.
I BELIEVE THAT.
NEARLY 30% SAY YES.
WE FOUND THAT A MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS, 53% OF AMERICANS SAY
THAT GOD REWARDS ATHLETES WHO
HAVE FAITH WITH GOOD HEALTH AND
SUCCESS.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE OF
ATHLETES IN BASKETBALL,
BASEBALL, AND FOOTBALL VERY
DELIBERATE ABOUT WITNESSING
ABOUT THEIR FAITH, BEFORE,
AFTER, DURING THE GAME THROUGH
GESTURES AND MOST AMERICANS
APPROVE OF THOSE EXPRESSIONS AND
FAITH ON THE FIELD.
EVEN PEOPLE THAT DESCRIBE
THEMSELVES AS RELIGIOUSLY
UNAFFILIATI
UNAFFILIATING, APPROVE AND JUST
8% DISAPPROVE.
TEBOWING HAS BECOME POPULAR.
