TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" BOY
SCOUT BAN.
WHAT LIFTING THE RULE ON GAY
MEMBERS COULD MEAN FOR THE
ORGANIZATION.
PLUS EVIDENCE HEADS TO
CAPITOL HILL AND THE LATER ON
PUBLIC REFORM.
AND HOW THE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAT IN FOOD AFFECTS OUR
HEALTH.
ALL THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
WILL THE BOY SCOUTS ALLOW GAY
MEMBERS?
GOOD EVENING.
I AM WENDY GRIFFITH, IT'S A
MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR THE BOY
SCOUTS OF AMERICA, TOMORROW THEY
ARE TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO
LIFT THE BAN ON GAY MEMBERS.
SCOUTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY
THIS MOVE WOULD BE HUGE.
FOR THE SCOUTS THE STAKES
COULDN'T BE HIGHER.
CHURCHES SPONSOR 69% OF ALL
SCOUT UNITS.
THE LARGEST IS JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS AND SOUTHERN
BAPTIST LEADERS, AND THEY HAVE
SPOKEN AGAINST IT.
IT WAS BLOGGED THAT THE PROPOSED
POLICY IS ALMOST SURE NOT TO
PLEASE ANYONE AND LEADING TO
DISASTER FOR THE SCOUTS.
AND A WARNING THAT LIFTING THE
BAN WOULD JEOPARDIZE TROOPS OF
THE POLICY.
IN THE SOUTHEAST 80% OF THE
MEMBERS.
THE BOY SCOUTS HAVE 3 MILLION
MEMBERS.
AND THESE HAVE BEEN SOLD ON
MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS AS THEY
HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
WE ARE RUNNING INTO A SHIFT IN
THOSE STANDARDS, AND MANY
CONCERNED.
GAY ACTIVISTS DELIVERED ONE
MILLION SIGNATURES BUT TO ALLOW
GAYS AS MEMBERS DOES NOT GO FAR
ENOUGH.
THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONWIDE
POLICY TO ACCEPT SCOUTS AS GAYS
AND LEADERSHIP.
THIS IS IN SERIOUS DECLINE.
AT THE MOMENT PEOPLE ARE
SITTING ON THE FENCE AND DON'T
KNOW IF THEY WANT THEIR FAMILIES
TO INVEST IN THE MEMBERSHIP,
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW THE
OUTCOME OF THIS DECISION.
TOMORROW THOSE OPPOSED TO
LIFTING THE BAN WILL HOLD A
PRAYER VIGIL IN TEXAS.
AND BOTH SIDES ARE URGING THEM
TO CALL HEADQUARTERS TODAY IN A
LAST DITCH TO SAVE THE SCOUTS.
JOINING NOW IS ROB
SWARTZEGER.
A DAD AND WITH TWO BOY SCOUTS.
FIRST AS A DAD, HOW WILL BE
HANDLE IT WITH YOUR KIDS?
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION, MARK, IF WE HAVE ONE
TROOP THAT AFFIRMS HOMOSEXUALITY
AS A MORAL GOOD AND ANOTHER
SCOUT SAYING THAT HOMOSEXUALITY
IS MORALLY WRONG.
WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS THIS?
I STRUGGLE WITH THIS.
EVERY WEEK WE TAKE AN OATH AND
THAT COULD MEAN SOMETHING TO US
AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THERE IS THAT MORAL ISSUE THAT
FALLS APART.
AND A HUGE CONCERN IS THE MORAL
OBJECTIVES OF THE SCOUTING.
JUST LAST YEAR THEY ISSUED A
NATIONWIDE POLL THEY HAD DONE
OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD.
THEIR PHRASE IS THAT THE VAST
MAJORITY OF PARENTS AND SCOUTS
DON'T WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO
DEAL WITH ISSUES.
MEANING THEY DON'T THEM TO DEAL
WITH HOMOSEXUALITY AT SUCH A
YOUNG AGE.
WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST
MONTHS?
THE CONSISTENCY OF BEING BRAVE
AND TRUE IS THE QUESTION.
WE HEARD THAT CHURCHES
SPONSOR 69% OF THE SCOUTS IN THE
U.S., AND WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM
THE CHURCHES AND HOW DO THEY
RESPOND TO THIS CHANGE IN THE
BOY SCOUTS?
I AM HEARING
BEHIND-THE-SCENES THAT CATHOLIC
AND LDS MEMBERS WOULD OPPOSE
HAVING HOMOSEXUALS, AND NOT
BECAUSE THEY HATE GAYS BUT THAT
FOR CHRISTIANITY, THE ONLY
SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS BETWEEN A MAN
AND WOMAN IN MARRIAGE.
ALL OTHER FORMS ARE SEEN WRONG.
I DON'T WANT A HETEROSEXUAL
ADULTER TO MENTOR MY SON AS I
WOULDN'T WANT A GAY MAN TO
MENTOR MY SON BUT TO FOLLOW THE
CHRISTIAN VALUES.
THANK YOU, ROB FOR SHARING
YOUR INSIGHTS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, AND OVERSEAS A NEW
REPORT BLAMING HEZBOLLAH OF THE
BOMBING OF FIVE IN JULY.
CARRIED OUT ON A TOURIST BUS.
AND NETANYAHU SAYS THAT THE
REPORT IS FURTHER PROOF THAT
HEZBOLLAH IS A GLOBAL TERRORIST
NETWORK.
NETANYAHU SAYS THAT THE EU
SHOULD DRAW NEW CONCLUSIONS
ABOUT THE QUOTE, TRUE CHARACTER
OF HEZBOLLAH.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS PLANNING
HIS FIRST TRIP TO ISRAEL SINCE
TAKING OFFICE IN 2008.
THE VISIT IS TO BE THIS SPRING.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT
RELEASED THE DATES.
LAST CAMPAIGNING BEFORE THE 2012
ELECTION, THAT HAS DRAWN IN
CRITICISM FROM SOME PRO-ISRAEL
GROUPS, SAYING THAT THE UNITED
STATES IS NOT CLOSE TO THEIR
CLOSEST ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH A NEW
MEMO OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN SEARCHING FOR LEGAL
JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS DRONE
STRIKES AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS
OVERSEAS THAT HAVE LINKS TO
AL-QAEDA.
THE MEMO PROVIDES A MORE BROADER
DEFINITION OF THOSE AMERICANS
WHO POSE A THREAT.
NOW ONLY NEEDS TO SHOW THAT THEY
ARE INVOLVED IN PLOTTING AGAINST
THE U.S.
THE UNITED STATES MAY NOT BE
AWARE OF ALL AL-QAEDA PLOTS AS
THEY DEVELOPING.
THE LIBERAL LIBERTIES GROUP SAYS
THAT THE MEMO IS DISTURBING.
TODAY IN ISLAM ONE WAS
ATTACKED AT CLOSE RANGE.
A GUNMAN DISGUISED, WITH DENMARK
UNDER ATTACK BY TERRORISTS SINCE
POSTING A CARTOON IN 2005.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT HAS PASSED
A BILL LEGALIZING SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
IT WILL ENABLE SAME-SEX COUPLES
TO MARRY IN BOTH CIVIL AND
RELIGIOUS CEREMONIECEREMONIES.
DAVID CAMERON CALLS THE VOTE AN
IMPORTANT STEP FOR BRITAIN.
AND THE BILL WILL ALLOW COUPLES
IN PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIPS TO
CONVERT TO MARRIAGE.
THE ASIAN CHAPTER WILL ALLOW
THEM TO STAY ON CAMPUS.
LAST YEAR BEING REMOVED BECAUSE
OF THEIR FAITH CHAPTERS ON
RULERS.
THE UNIVERSITY HAS CREATED AN
EXCEPTION FOR RELIGIOUS STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE INTERVARSITY.
GREG JAO SAYS THAT THEY HAVE
PROVIDED SIMILAR PROVISIONS TO
SIMILAR GROUPS.
I THINK THEY HAVE IN A COMMON
SENSE WAY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
GOOD FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
THEY WANT RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO BE
THERE AND THAT THEY HAVE TO
RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO FLOURISH.
JAO BELIEVES MORE WILL TAKING
PLACE LINE IN MICHIGAN ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THERE IS CONVERTS OF
IMMIGRATION REFORM AFTER SO MANY
HISPANICS VOTED AGAINST THEM IN
THE ELECTIONS.
AND THE HOUSE SEEMED WARY BEFORE
MOVING TOO FAST TOO FAR.
AND STILL A BROKEN SYSTEM IS
CHASING AWAY THE PEOPLE THAT CAN
TURN AMERICA'S ECONOMY FROM BUST
TO BOOM.
IT RIPS FAMILIES ACROSS THE
SEAMS TO BE IN LIMBO.
AND INJURIES THAT WE ARE NOT
ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
BRAIN POWER.
NOW THE SKILL ISSUE IS
CRITICAL.
BECAUSE WE ARE BLEEDING.
WE NEED TALENT AND INNOVATION TO
HEAL THE ECONOMY.
THEY BELIEVE THAT IMMIGRATION
REFORM COULD ADD $130 MILLION TO
THE ECONOMY.
A TOWN IS CELEBRATING AN
ANSWER TO PRAYER.
A STAND-OFF CAME TO END MONDAY
IN MIDLAND CITY.
AND A HOSTAGE IS SAFE AND SOUND.
YOU CAN'T PHYSICALLY DO
ANYTHING, ALL WE CAN DO IS MEET
UP AND PRAY HERE.
ETHAN IS COMING OUT OF THAT
BUNKER.
THAT'S FAITH TALKING THERE.
ETHAN CELEBRATES HIS SIXTH
BIRTHDAY IN FREEDOM TOMORROW
AFTER HE WAS FREED FROM JIMMY
DYKES WHO DID NOT SURVIVE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS CRITICAL
OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NOT
PRODUCING A SPENDING PLAN ON
TIME.
THE WHITE HOUSE ISN'T SAYING
WHEN IT WILL RELEASE ITS BUDGET
FOR NEXT YEAR.
REPUBLICANS ARE VOTING ON A
BUDGET TOMORROW FOR A PLAN THAT
WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET
EVENTUALLY.
SAYING THAT WASHINGTON IS
SPENDING TOO MUCH.
THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
IS SUING THE STANDARDS & POORAS
RA
-- POORS SERVICE.
THEY ARE ACCUSING S & P OF
DEFRAUDING INACCURATE RATINGS.
S & P ARE DEFEND BE THEIR
RATINGS, SAYING THEY WERE ISSUED
IN GOOD FAITH.
COMING UP, WE WILL LOOK AT
HOW MUCH AMERICANS WASTE BY
SITTING IN TRAFFIC.
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THE PRICE OF GASOLINE SHOT UP
IN JUST THE LAST WEEK.
UP 18 CENTS TO $3.54, THAT'S THE
BIGGEST WEEKLY INCREASE IN TWO
YEARS.
ANALYSTS SAY THAT THE STRONGER
ECONOMY IS ONE REASON THAT
PRICES ARE HIGHER.
THE PRICE OF OIL HAS BEEN
CLIMBING STEADILY IN RECENT
WEEKS, UP TO $100 A BARREL.
EXPERTS DON'T THINK THAT GAS
WILL HIT LAST-YEAR'S HIGHS.
WE SHALL SEE.
HOPE NOT.
IF YOU LIVE IN A MAJOR
METROPOLITAN AREA, YOU KNEW THAT
YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME IN
TRAFF
TRAFFIC.
NOW A STUDY CONFIRMS YOUR
FRUSTRATION.
Reporter: THIS IS WHAT YOU
SHOULD DO IN THE MORNING, BUT
FOR MOST THERE IS THEIR MORNING.
MORE THAN THE ACTUAL PERSON
SPENDS AT THEIR JOB.
AND IT'S TORTURE YOU HAVE TO
PAY FOR, A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT
TRAFFIC CONGESTION COSTS $120
MILLION IN WASTED FUEL.
FOR THE AVERAGE AMERICAN THEY
SPEND THIS TIME IN THE TRAFFIC
JAM.
THE PLANNING TIME INDEX IS A
MATHEMATICAL WAY TO LOOK AT HOW
MUCH EXTRA TIME YOU NEED TO ADD
TO YOUR DRIVE TO ACCOUNT FOR
YOUR CITY'S MISERABLE TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE ARE BECOMING CAPTIVE
AUDIENCES IN THEIR CARS.
AND IT'S HARD TO PLAN AND
CALCULATE HOW THAT IMPACTS THEIR
DAILY LIVES.
THE WORSE TRAFFIC IN THE
NATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
STUDY FOUND COMMUTERS NEED THREE
HOURS FOR A TRIP THAT SHOULD
TAKE 30 MINUTES.
OTHERS, IS SAN FRANCISCO, NEW
YORK, LOS ANGELES AND BOSTON.
E-MAILS AND TEXTS WHICH ARE
NOT SAFE.
LAST YEAR WAS NOT THE WORSE
YEAR FOR TRAFFIC, IT WAS 2005.
EXPERTS WARN THAT IF THE ECONOMY
PICKS UP, THE TRAFFIC WILL BE
WORSE.
UP NEXT WHY PEOPLE WITH HIGH
CHOLESTEROL TEND TO LIVE LONGER.
WELL, BABY BOOMERS ARE LIVING
LONGER THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS
BUT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE ANY
HEALTHY.
A NEW STUDY SHOWS THEY ARE MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE AND HIGHER CHOLESTEROL.
AND THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
OBESE.
ALL OF THIS CONCERN OVER HEALTH
CARE.
BUT GOOD NEWS, BABY BOOMERS ARE
LESS LIKELY TO SMOKE SO LESS
HEART ATTACKS.
A LITTLE GOOD NEWS.
CHOLESTEROL HAS BEEN NUMBER ONE
ENEMY FOR D DECADES.
AND NOW SHOWING THAT HIGH
CHOLESTEROL IS A GOOD FOR SOME.
20 YEARS AGO DOCTORS TOLD US
TO STAY AWAY FROM HIGH-FAT
FOODS.
LIKE BUTTER AND CHEESE AND BACON
AND EGGS.
BECAUSE THEY RAISED CHLORESTROL
AND COULD LEAD TO HEART DISEASE.
AMERICA LISTENED AND WE ATE
SUGAR AND OTHER CARBOHYDRATES.
HOW DID THAT WORK OUT?
NOT GREAT, AMERICANS GREW FATTER
THAN BEFORE.
IT LOOKED LIKE SCIENTISTS MAY
HAVE REACHED A WRONG CONCLUSION.
EXPERTS ARE SAYING THAT THESE
PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED NOT BY
CHOLESTEROL BUT INFLAMMATION.
THAT MEANS AVOIDING FOODS THAT
RAISE OUR CHOLESTEROL.
WE NEED TO AVOID FOODS THAT
CAUSE INFLAMMATION.
DR. TEETER SHOWED HOW DIFFERENT
FAT IN FOOD AFFECTED OUR HEALTH.
SHE SAID THAT SCIENTISTS WRONGLY
BLAMED CHOLESTEROL FOR HEART
DISEASE WHEN THEY FOUND HIGH
LEVELS OF IT IN DAMAGED VESSELS.
TEETER BELIEVES THAT THE BODY
PUT IT THERE TO FIX THE PROBLEM,
THAT IS CAUSED BY SOMETHING
ELSE.
INFLAMMATION.
IT'S THE INFLAMMATION THAT
STARTS THE LESION, AND THE BODY
SENDS THE CHOLESTEROL LIKE A
SCAB TO PROTEST THE BLOOD SYSTEM
AND THAT VESSEL WALL FROM
FURTHER DAMAGE.
AND SHOWING THAT CHOLESTEROL
CAN PROTECT INTESTINAL PROBLEMS
AND HELPS CREATE VITAMIN D, AND
PEOPLE WITH HIGH CHOLESTEROL
TEND TO LIVE LONGER.
I COME FROM A FAMILY THAT MY
MOTHER'S SIDE HAD HIGH
CHOLESTEROL.
HERS WAS 20 AND DIED AT 97.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT
CHOLESTEROL IS TOO BAD FOR HER.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE
BRAIN THAT NEEDS MORE
CHOLESTEROL AND NEEDS
CHOLESTEROL IN ORDER FOR BRAIN
CELLS TO PASS MESSAGES TO EACH
OTHER.
WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD CHOICES,
DR. TEETER SAYS DON'T WORRY IF
IT RAISES YOUR CHOLESTEROL.
FOCUS ON OMEGA 3'S AND NATURAL
SATURATED FATS.
SOME FOODS CAUSE INFLAMMATION SO
AVOID OMEGA 6'S FROM THE
UNHEALTHY FATS.
HOW DO YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?
VEGETABLE OILS AND MAYONNAISE
CONTAIN HIGH AMOUNTS OF OMEGA
6'S.
SO BE CAREFUL HOW MUCH YOU
CONSUME.
AS FAR AS OMEGA 3'S, WITH FISH
AND NUTS TAKE EXTRA DOSES.
WE KNOW THAT BETTUTTER IS A BETTER
CHOICE THAN MARGARINE.
YOU CAN TELL IF SOMETHING
CONTAINS TRANSFAT IF YOU SEE
HYDROGENIZED IN THE INGREDIENTS.
NATURAL FATS CAN HELP, COCONUT
OIL CAN HELP IN REVERSAL OF ALS
AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE IN SOME
PEOPLE.
NOW THAT YOU KNOW THE GOODS
ABOUT FATS, YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THE FOODS THAT MAKE YOU
FAT AND INCREASE INFLAMMATION.
ON THAT LIST IT'S HARD TO TOP
SUGAR AND OTHER REFINED CAR BO
CARBOHYDRATES.
SAY NO TO SUGAR AND OTHER CARBS
AND TRANSFATS.
UP NEXT, WHY VALENTINE'S DAY
WON'T BE SO GLUM FOR AMERICAN
TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.
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VALENTINE'S DAY IS JUST A
LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY, MARK.
I NEED TO HURRY AND GET MY
WIFE SOMETHING.
A SPECIAL GROUP FROM NEVADA IS
MAKING THEIR MISSION TO SEND
LOVE TO THE TROOPS OVERSEAS.
THEY ARE SPENDING TIME STUFFING
BOXES AND CANDIES AND HOME-MADE
CARDS.
WHEN SAID AND DONE, THEY SENT
2,000 CARDS TO THE SOLDIERS IN
AFGHAN.
PART OF THE GREEN FOUNDATION.
KILLED WHILE SERVING IN
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN.
WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE
SUPPORT THE TROOPS.
THE KIDS LOVE TO DO THINGS LIKE
THIS FOR THE TROOPS.
AND TO SHOW THEM WE ARE THINKING
ABOUT THEM ALWAYS FROM HOME.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
THE FOUNDATION WAS STARTED IN
GREEN'S HONOR, ALL A PART TO
GIVE BACK TO THE TROOPS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WILL
N
NEVER FORGET.
DO YOU MAKE A BIG DAY?
YEAH, DINNER AND ROSES.
CANDY?
SHE GETS ON ME
