TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH," MUCH
OF THE NORTHEAST UNDER A
BLIZZARD WARNING.
HOW FOLKS ARE FACING THEIR
BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS.
PLUS HOW THEIR POSITION IN
GAY MARRIAGE LED TO A SHOOTING
AL A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN
LOBBYING GROUP.
WHICH HISTORICALLY CHRISTIAN
COUNTRY IS SEEING A RISE IN
MEGAMOSQUES BEING BUILT?
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
IT IS PROBABLY A SIGHT TO SEE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO DRIVING IN
MASSACHUSETTS TO LOOK AT THE
HISTORIC BLIZZARD HITTING THE
NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW.
THE STORM IS SUPPOSED TO BE
SO DANGEROUS, GOVERNOR BANNED
ALL BUT ESSENTIAL TRAFFIC FROM
THE ROADS.
PAUL STRAND REPORTS ON THE
BLIZZARD STILL REELING FROM
SUPERSTORM SANDY.
REPORTER: LAST YEAR IT WAS
SUPERSTORM SANDY NOW THIS YEAR
IT IS THE BLIZZARD.
THIS COULD BE AMONG THE TOP 10
SNOWSTORMS TO BLAST THE
NORTHEAST.
UNAUTHORIZED DRIVING COULD GET
YOU TOSSED IN JAIL FOR UP TO A
YEAR OR FINED UP TO $500.
I HAVE SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
BANNING DRIVING AFTER 4:00.
THE WORST OF THE STORM HITS
DURING THE HIDE OF THE TIDES, IT
COULD CAUSE A NEW ROUND OF
COASTAL FLOODS.
LAST ONE RUINED US TOTALLY.
PRETTY DANGEROUS STORM.
WE ARE CONCERNED ALONG THE COAST
OF HIGH TIDE SURGING.
SATURDAY MORNING IS GOING TO BE
A TOUGH SURGE.
OTHERS ARE HIGH TAILING IT
OUT.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE POWER.
YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
TRYING TO GET EARLY FLIGHTS
OUT SINCE OUR FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED.
AIRLINES NOT WANTING TO GET
PEOPLE STRANDED HAVE CANCELLED
3700 FLIGHTS.
IT IS INCUMBENT TO CALL YOUR
CARRIER TO FIND OUT THE STATUS
OF YOUR SPECIFIC FLIGHT BEFORE
YOU COME TO THE AIRPORT.
EVEN IF THE JETS WERE BRAVE
THE HIGH WINDS, MANY OF THE
TRANSIT SYSTEMS WILL BE DOWN ANY
WAY, PAUL STRAND.
CBN NEWS.
FOR MORE ON THE STORM
CONDITIONS, WE TERM TO
ACCUWEATHER ADRIAN GREEN.
HISTORIC STORM IS UNFOLDING
ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST.
WE HAVE TWO STORMS ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST COMING TOGETHER AS WE
HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT.
ONCE THE TWO STORMS COME
TOGETHER, ACROSS NEW ENGLAND,
TRAVEL SHUTTING DOWN, POWER OUT
OUTAGES GOING TO BE WIDESPREAD.
IT IS GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.
WE ARE TALKING TO ONE TO TWO
FEET OF SNOW ACROSS HARTFORD.
THERE WILL BE A SWEET SPOT TO
PICK UP OVER TWO FEET OF SNOW.
A LOT OF SNOW COMING IN A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME AND WINDS 60-70
MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES, WE ARE
GOING TO SEE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW, WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITY
DROPPING OFF TO NEARLY 0.
WINDS GOING TO BE A CONCERN
ALONG THE COAST.
COASTAL FLOOD THREAT AND TIDES
ARE THE ONE HERE TONIGHT AND AS
WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING, A TIDE CONCERN FOR YA
RIGHT ALONG THE COAST.
THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW, THINGS
BEGIN TO WIND DOWN.
WE'LL HAVE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
TO CONTEND WITH PARTS OF NEW
ENGLAND TOMORROW MORNING.
THE SNOW MAY STOP BUT THE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW
AKROZ CROSS THE AREA.
WOW, THAT IS A MESSY ONE.
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS ARE NOT
HAPPY, THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT
TO MAKE IT CLEAR FAITH
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS AND OTHER
NON-PROFITS ARE RELIGIOUS
MINISTRIES.
THE REVISED PLAN FALLS SHORT
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PROVIDE
EXEMPTIONS FROM BUSINESS OWNERS.
JOINING US IS FATHER FRANK
BAVONE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF
PRIESTS FOR LIFE.
FATHER, FRANK, IS THERE ANY ROOM
FOR COMPROMISE AND THE
GOVERNMENT ON THIS ISSUE?
NO, THERE ISN'T.
WHAT I SAID AFTER THE LATEST
PROPOSE RULE CHANGE IS THAT THE
ONLY ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE AS FAR
AS WE ARE CONCERNED IS A
COMPLETE RESENDING OF THE HHS
MANDATE.
NO MATTER WHAT WAY THE
ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO SLICE OR
SPIN IT.
THE FACT IS THEY ARE STILL
FORCING US TO COOPERATE IN EVIL.
WE BECOME THE GATEWAY THAT ARE
AGAINST GOD'S LAW.
NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT.
NO WAY TO FINESS IT AND FIND NEW
SYSTEM OF COVERAGE OR PAYMENT.
WE WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH
PROMOTING THESE ACTIVITIES.
THEREFORE THE MANDATE NEEDS TO
BE RESENDING.
DOZENS OF LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN
FILED LIKE HOBBY LOBBY WHO SAY
THE MANDATE IS AT ODDS WITH
THEIR RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS?
WE AS A RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATION WERE ONE OF THE
FIRST TO FILE SUCH A LAWSUIT AS
WELL.
EVEN THOUGH THESE PROPOSED
REVISIONS ADDRESS WHAT IS OR IS
NOT A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, STILL UNDER
THESE NEW PROPOSALS, PRIESTS FOR
LIFE DOESN'T QUALIFY AS
RELIGIOUS ENOUGH TO COUNT FOR AN
EXEMPTION, WORSE AS YOU ARE
POINTING OUT ARE THOSE
BUSINESSES, THOSE EMPLOYERS, WHO
DO NOT PRESENT THEIR
ORGANIZATIONS OR BUSINESSES AS
RELIGIOUS ENTITIES,
ADMINISTRATION APPARENTLY
DOESN'T RECOGNIZE FREEDOM OF
CONSCIENCE BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE
AND GROUPS THAT ARE NOT CHURCHES
OR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS COMPLETELY ABSENT FROM
THEIR RADAR SCREEN.
WE JOINED WITH ALL AMERICANS TO
SAY THAT EVERYONE, WHETHER THEY
RUN A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OR
NOT HAS THE FREEDOM OF
CONSCIENCE TO CONDUCT THEIR
ACTIVITIES IN THE WAY THEY
BELIEVE GOD WANTS THEM TO DO.
JUST A FEW REMAINING SECONDS,
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OTHER
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS
BATTLE?
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRESS
FORWARD WITH THE LAWSUITS AND
EDUCATE OUR FELLOW AMERICANS
THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
AND WE HAVE TO OBEY GOD RATHER
THAN MEN. FATHER, I
APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND YOU
ARE WITH PRIESTS FOR LIFE, THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
A PORTRAIT OF JESUS AT A OHIO
SCHOOL IS THE CENTER OF A
LAWSUIT.
THE PORTRAIT, THEY SAY VIOLATES
CONSTITUTION AND SHOULD BE
REMOVED FROM JACKSON SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DISCUSS
APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION AT
FEBRUARY 12TH MEETING.
IT WAS DONATED BY A STUDENT
GROUP AND BEEN IN THE SCHOOL
SINCE 1947.
A GUNMAN THAT WANTED TO KILL
AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AS A
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION ALL
BECAUSE THEY OPPOSED SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
FLOYD CORKINS PLED GUILTY TO THE
CHARGES TIED TO HIS ATTACK ON
THE FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL LAST
AUGUST.
HE REVEALED DISTURBING DETAILS
ABOUT WHY HE DID IT.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS THAT STORY.
REPORTER: IN HIS FEDERAL
COURT APPEARANCE WEDNESDAY FLOYD
CORKINS PLED GUILTY TO THREE
CHARGES.
INTERL STATE TRANSPORTATION OF A
FIREARM AND AMMUNITION.
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL
WHILE ARMED AND ACT OF TERRORISM
WITH INTENT TO HARM THEN HE WAS
GOING TO SMEAR CHICK-FIL-A
SANDWICHES IN THE FACES OF HIS
VICTIMS.
CORKINS TARGETED THE FAMILY
RESEARCH COUNCIL AND LABELED
THEM AS HATE GROUPS.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING
IN AUGUST, FRC PRESIDENT TONY
PERKINS SAID THE SPLC SHARES
SOME OF THE BLAME.
CORKINS WAS GIVEN A LICENSE
TO SHOOT AN UNARMED MAN BY
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SOUTHERN
POVERTY LAW CENTER BECAUSE THEY
DISAGREE WITH THEM ON PUBLIC
POLICY.
THE SPLC HAS LISTED FRC AS A
HATE GROUP SINCE 2010 BECAUSE IT
HAS SPREAD FALSE ABOUT LGBT
PEOPLE.
NOT BECAUSE IT OPPOSES SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE MARRIAGE.
CORKINS USED THE SPLC WEBSITE,
THEY CAN NO LONGER SAY IT IS NOT
A SOURCE FOR THOSE BENT ON
COMMITTING ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
CORKINS FACES UP TO 30 YEARS
IN PRISON ON EACH OF THE TWO
LOCAL CHARGES AND UP TO 10 YEARS
ON THE FEDERAL CHARGE SENTENCING
SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 29TH.
RETIRED GENERAL JERRY BOYKIN
IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRC.
HE SPOKE WITH LEE WEBB.
LEE: THIS MAN IS GOING TO
SERVE A LONG PRISON TERM FOR
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
IS IT SOBERING TO THINK ABOUT
HOW FAR OUR CULTURE HAS
DIGRESSED?
YES, LEE, IT DOES.
WE AT THE FAMILY RESEARCH
COUNCIL ARE PRAYING FOR FLOYD
CORKINS.
IT SHOULD BE A QUESTION FOR
CHRISTIANS WITH 70 ROUNDS OF
AMMUNITION, NO TELLING HOW MANY
PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF
WE HADN'T STOPPED HIM.
LEE: THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER IS SHOWING NO MEANS OF
REMOVING FRC ON THEIR HATE LIST.
QUITE THE CONTRARY.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY THE
PUBLIC.
THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.
WHO ARE THEY EXCEPT A PRIVATE
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS TAKEN UPON
THEMSELVES AS SELF-APPOINTED
WATCHDOGS TO LABEL ORGANIZATIONS
AND INDIVIDUALS AS HATE GROUPS
OR HATE MONGERS.
LEE: YOU ARE ONE OF THE
NATION'S MOST DECORATED
VETERANS.
WHEN YOU RETIRED, DID YOU EXPECT
YOU MIGHT MEET THIS VIOLENCE BY
SITTING IN AN OFFICE BUILDING IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.?
WHEN I RETIRED, I INTENDED TO
GO FISHING.
THAT LASTED A WEEK AND MY WIFE
TOLD ME THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
NO, I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD
CONTINUE TO GET SHOT AT.
LEE, I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER
WAY.
THE REASON IS I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THIS
NATION.
SOBERING WORDS THERE.
COMING UP, HOW THE GUN CONTROL
DEBATE IS IMPACTING LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
LAWMAKERS IN CALIFORNIA
PUSHING FOR THE TOUGHEST GUN
LAWS IN THE NATION.
DEMOCRATS UNVEILED 10 MEASURES
AIMED AT CURVING GUN VIOLENCE,
INCLUDING BANNING AUTOMATIC
WEAPONS WITH DETACHABLE
MAGAZINES.
MEASURES WOULD BAN POSSESSION OF
MAGAZINES HOLDING MORE THAN 10
BULLETS EVEN BY THOSE THAT OWN
THEM LEGALLY.
AS THE DEBATE OTHER GUN CONTROL
CONTINUES, INCREASED HIKES ON
GUNS IS LEADING TO A SHORTAGE.
ANDREA GARRETT HAS MORE
REPORTER: LOCAL POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ARE FINDING A HARD
TIME FINDING BULLETS TO FILL
THEIR GUNS AND COULD AFFECT THE
WAY THEY DO THEIR GUNS.
WE WERE ISSUED A BOX A MONTH
SO WE COULD PRACTICE.
WE NO LONGER GET THAT. 40
CALIBER BULLETS, A 50-ROUND BOX
COST $30, IN THE WAKE OF THE
NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT SHOOTING,
DEMAND IS UP, SUPPLIERS ARE
RAISING PRICES. THE FEAR
OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH
THE GOVERNMENT COMES INTO PLAY
AND PEOPLE REACT.
SOME AGENCIES ARE PLACING
ORDERS FOR AM KNOW AND FORCED TO
WAIT MONTHS FOR IT TO ARRIVE.
AS LONG AS THE GUN CONTROL
IS DOMINATING OUR COUNTRY, IT IS
GOING TO GET WORSE.
ROUNDS WILL BE FEWER.
ANDREA GARRETT, CBN NEWS.
SEATTLE SCRAPS FOR USING
DRONES AS A TROOL.
SEATTLE HAD BEEN GIVEN TWO
DRONES THROUGH A FEDERAL GRANT.
POLICE WERE GOING TO USE THEM TO
VIEW CRIME SCENES AND AID IN
SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.
SEATTLE IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE
BLOCKING DRONES.
LAWMAKERS IN 11 STATES ARE
LOOKING AT PLANS TO RESTRICT
THEM. UP NEXT, HOW TURKEY
IS PLAYING A ROLE IN THE RISE OF
MUSLIMS IN GERMANY.
GERMANY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN
A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY.
LAND OF MARTIN LUTHER AND
REFORMATION.
GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY IS MAKING
INROADS FOR ISLAM IN THAT
COUNTRY.
IT IS BUILDING MOSQUES
INCLUDING A NEW TURKISH
MEGAMOSQUE, ERICK STAKELBECK
EXPLAINS IN TONIGHT'S FOCUS
REPORT.
REPORTER: IT IS SO BIG IT
STOPS PASSERS BY IN THEIR
TRACKS.
IT CAN BE SEEN FROM BLOCKS AWAY.
THIS IS THE CALONE CENTRAL
MOSQUE.
IT WILL BE GERMANY'S LARGEST
HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
40 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY WILL
INCLUDE A RESTAURANT, PRAYER
ROOM, LIBRARY AND MORE.
THIS IS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE
TAKES UP AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK
AND WILL BE THE LARGEST MOSQUE
IN ALL OF EUROPE.
GERMANY IS HOME TO 4.3
MUSLIMS, 125,000 WHO LIVE IN
CALONE.
LARGE MAJORITY ARE TURKISH.
ONE GERMAN MUSLIM ACTIVIST TOLD
CBN NEWS, THE NEW FACILITY IS
NEEDED.
FOR YEARS, VERY, VERY UGLY
PLACES.
THE MOST AND POOREST PARTS OF
CALONE UNDERGROUND AND ELSEWHERE
WHERE YOU HAD PRAYER PLACES.
NOW TO HAVE SOMETHING VISIBLE,
QUITE IN THE MIX OF THE SOCIETY
IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN DEEP AND
GREAT NEED FOR THE CITY ITSELF,
FOR THE MUSLIMS AND THE SOCIETY
REPORTER: THIS MAN SUPPORTS
MOSQUE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT
EUROPE.
HE DENIES THE CHARGE OF BEING
CONNECTED WITH THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
IF YOU COMPARE IT BY
PERCENTAGE OF MUSLIMS AND
COMPARE CHURCHES TO CHRISTIANS,
YOU SHOULD NOT 3,000 PRAYER
PLACES BUT 15,000.
REPORTER: THIS MOON IS AN
ANTIJIHAD ACTIVIST.
HE SAYS THE NEW MOSQUE IS A
POLITICAL STATEMENT TO SHOW
DOMINANCE.
IT IS HOME TO FAMED HIGH
CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER AND
CATHOLICISM.
IT IS THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN
BUILDING NORTH OF THE ALPS AND
ALSO CENTER IN CALONE.
PURPOSE IS TO CHALLENGE THE
CHRISTIAN.
LOCALS ARE SEEING A SIMILAR
TREND.
POPULATION 10% TURKISH-MUSLIM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALL
MOSQUES CALLED BACKYARD MOSQUES.
ONE BIG MOSQUE.
ANOTHER ONE IS BEING BUILT
REPORTER: THIS WOMAN IS A
MEMBER OF HERITAGE CITY COUNCIL.
CARS DECORATED WITH TURKISH
FLAGS.
TOWNS CHRISTIAN LEADERS SILENT
IN THE FACE OF ISLAM'S GROWTH.
[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ] THERE ARE
CHRISTIA
CHRISTIAN-DIAGNOSE MEETINGS.
I WAS ASKED NOT TO OPEN MY
MOUTH.
I WILL NOT TAKE THE ISLAMIZATION
LAYING DOWN.
REPORTER: MEDIA AND LEFT ARE
LABELED AS NAZI.
YOU ARE A RIGHT RADICAL OR
NAZI OR YOU ARE A FOREIGN HATER.
CLAUDE HEADS THE HOUSE NORTH
OF CALONE.
TURKS IN GERMANY REGARD --
NOT THE CHANCELLOR OF TURKEY AS
THEIR LEADER.
REPORTER: IN 2008, AN
AUDIENCE OF TURKS, IT WOULD BE A
CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.
THE GOVERNMENT IS DIRECTLY
INVOLVED IN THE BILLING AND
SUPERVISOR VISION OF MOSQUES
ACROSS GERMANY THROUGH A
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CALLED
DPEV.
IT ACTS AN AS ARM AND OPERATES
WITH FULL GERMAN PERMISSION.
I SHOULD BE LOOKED AT NOT AS
A THREAT.
REPORTER: THE REGIME HAS
DRAWN CLOSER TO ISLAMIC
NEIGHBORS AND FIERCELY
ANTI-ISREAL.
THAT HAS SOME WONDERING WHETHER
THE NEW MEGAMOSQUE WILL BE THE
BEACON OF TOLERANCE IZAYA WOULD
SUGGEST.
CBN NEWS, GERMANY.
SEE WHAT POPULAR SONG HAS ONE
BABY WAKING UP TO DANCE.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG?
ONE LITTLE GIRL HAS BECOME A
YOUTUBE SENSATION AFTER HER
FAVORITE SONG GANGNAM COMES ON
THE RADIO.
THE VIDEO HAD MORE THAN 1,000
VIEWS.
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THAT IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW THAT WASN'T AN ACT.
LITTLE STINKER.
I THINK THAT SONG IS
DANCEABLE.
IT GIVES YOU ENERGY OR
SOMETHING.
MY DAUGHTER LOVES IT, TOO AS
WELL.
I WAS CURIOUS, THAT SONG, THE
VIDEO HAS HAD OVER A BILLION
HITS ON YOUTUBE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SONG WITH
THAT MANY HITS.
