TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH," STATE
OF THE UNION FROM THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TO RUBIOS
REPUBLICAN RESPONSE.
WHAT WASHINGTON IS SAYING ABOUT
THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
PLUS IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA.
LATEST ON TODAY'S SENATE HEARING
ON THE FUTURE OF REFORM.
WHY SOME SAY IT IS
POLITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR
PRESIDENTS TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT
THEIR FAITH.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
IN HIS FIRST STATE OF THE UNION
SINCE WINNING RE-ELECTION
PRESIDENT OBAMA LAID OUT
AMBITIOUS SECOND TERM.
AS LIBERAL AGENDA FACES STIFF
OPPOSITION FROM CONSERVATIVES,
JOHN JESSUP BEGINS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY.
REPORTER: EMBOLDENED BY A
SECOND TERM IN THE OVAL OFFICE,
PRESIDENT OBAMA DECLARED A
STRONGER AMERICA THAN FOUR YEARS
AGO.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: TOGETHER WE
HAVE CLEARED AWAY THE RUBBLE OF
CRISIS.
WE CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THE
STATE OF THE UNION IS STRONGER.
REPORTER: HE ARGUED FOR A
BALANCED APPROACH TO FEND OFF
AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS TO
MILITARY AND BOTH PARTIES ARE
TALKING ABOUT THEM.
I THINK WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT
THEM TO SHOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WE MEAN BUSINESS ABOUT SPENDING
CUTS.
YOU WILL SEE FURLOUGHS.
PEOPLE ALREADY HURT IN THE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS THAT
HAS CONTRACTS WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
REPORTER: HE PRESSED CONGRESS
TO CREATE A FAIR MORE
COMPETITIVE AMERICA RAISING THE
FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE TO $9 AN
HOUR, INVESTING IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND FIXING A
COLLAPSING INFRASTRUCTURE.
IDEAS EMPHASIZED BY MARCO RUBIO
IN OFFICIAL RESPONSE.
HIS SOLUTION IS FOR
WASHINGTON TAX AND BORROW MORE
AND TAX MORE
REPORTER: MR. OBAMA CALLED
FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM IN AN
AREA WHERE THERE ARE MORE
WILLING REPUBLICAN PARTNERS.
THE HISPANICS MADE THEM GET
IT.
GROWING NUMBERS GOING TO THE
POLLS TO VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT
REPORTER: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED
34,000 U.S. TROOPS WILL RETURN
FROM AFGHANISTAN IN THE NEXT
YEAR.
BY THE END OF 2014, HE SAYS WAR
IN AFGHANISTAN WILL BE OVER.
HE PLEDGED TO WORK CLOSER IN
PURSUING TERRORIST AND
ADDRESSING THREATS LIKE IRAN AND
NORTH KOREA.
HE ALSO FOCUSES ON THE FIGHT FOR
GUN CONTROL NAMING VICTIMS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: GABRIELLE
GIFFORDS DESERVES A VOTE.
THE FAMILIES OF NEWTOWN DESERVE
A VOTE.
THE FAMILIES OF AURORA DESERVE A
VOTE.
THE FAMILIES OF OAK CREEK AND
TUCSON AND BLACKSBURG AND THE
TOWNS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES
RIPPED OPEN BY GUN VIOLENCE
DESERVE A VOTE.
REPORTER: ONE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN SAID THE PRESIDENT'S
FOCUS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE ON
CHILDREN IS TOO NARROW.
HE FAILS TO REMEMBER LIVES LOST
BY ABORTION.
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT A
THOUSAND CHILDREN THAT WILL
NEVER HAVE BIRTHDAYS, HE LEAVES
OUT THE 4,000 CHILDREN THAT DIED
TODAY IN ABORTION CLINICS THAT
WILL ALSO NEVER HAVE BIRTHDAYS.
REPORTER: REPUBLICANS WILL
CREATE ROADBLOCKS, THE PRESIDENT
FACES ANOTHER CHALLENGE, TIME,
WHICH IS NOT ON HIS SIDE.
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AGREE
SECOND TERM PRESIDENTS HAVE A
YEAR TO NEAR AND A HALF BEFORE
ATTENTIONS SHIFT TO THE NEXT
WAVE OF ELECTIONS WHICH MEANS HE
HAS LITTLE TIME TO PULL OFF ANY
LEGISLATIVE FEATS.
JOINING US NOW IS DR. DR.
CHARLES DUNN, DEAN OF REGENT
UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF
GOVERNMENT AND AUTHOR OF
"PRESIDENCY IN THE 21ST
CENTURY."
YOU WATCHED THE PRESIDENTS'S
STATE OF THE UNION, HOW DID HE
DO?
VERY HIGH MARKS FOR DELIVERY,
STYLE.
WHOEVER WROTE THAT SPEECH IN THE
WHITE HOUSE DESERVES A GOOD PAY
RAISE.
DIGGING DOWN TO WEEDS OF
SUBSTANCE, SERIOUS RESERVATIONS,
ONE, HISTORICALLY, WHAT DID JOHN
F. KENNEDY SAY AT HIS INAUGURAL
IN 1961?
ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO
FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR
YOUR COUNTRY.
OBAMA DID EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE
PROMISING PEOPLE EVERYTHING.
LET'S THINK OF RONALD REAGAN,
ONE OF HIS MOST MEMORABLE
COMMENTS, WHAT DID HE SAY?
GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM.
AND WE HAVE THEN TWO PRESIDENTS
ONE DEMOCRAT, ONE REPUBLICAN,
BOTH AT ODDS WITH THE APPROACH
TAKEN BY PRESIDENT OBAMA LAST
NIGHT.
WENDY: HE TALKED ABOUT JOB
CREATION, DOES THAT DOUBLE SPEAK
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE LOSING JOBS
BECAUSE OF 'OBAMACARE,' CAN HE
HAVE IT BOTH WAYS?
HE CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS,
'OBAMACARE,' FOR EXAMPLE, MAJOR
COURT CASES.
THE POINT IS 'OBAMACARE' IS NOT
DOING FOR PEOPLE WHAT HE
PROMISED IT WOULD DO.
THERE IS A BIG CREDIBILITY GAP
IN WHAT HE IS SAYING BETWEEN
PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE.
IF WE LOOK AT THIS MATTER OF
UNEMPLOYMENT, THERE WAS THE
PROMISE OF THE BILLION OR
TRILLION OR HOWEVER MANY
DOLLARS, STIMULUS MONEY.
WENDY: SOMETHING HE DIDN'T
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN FIRST TERM
IS GUN CONTROL.
HOW DO YOU RATE HIS REMARKS?
GUN CONTROL, ONE OF SEVERAL
ISSUES, YES THE PRESIDENT HAS A
HIGH POPULARITY RATING, 52%.
IF YOU DIG DOWN TO THE ISSUES ON
GUN CONTROL, AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
NOT WITH HIM ON THE KEY ISSUES.
WENDY: A ON STYLE AND C MINUS
OR D ON SUBSTANCE?
MAYBE LOWER.
WENDY: ALL RIGHT, DR. CHARLES
DUNN, YOU ARE A TEACHERS.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
MUCH ANTICIPATION SURROUNDING
MARCO RUBIO'S SPEECH.
HE TALKED TO DAVID BRODY ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF HIS PARTY
REPORTER: WHAT IS ONE WAY
YOUR ADDRESS CONTRASTS THE
PRESIDENT'S?
I BELIEVE THE FREE ENTERPRISE
SYSTEM IS THE SOURCE OF
PROSPERITY.
IT IS A FAR DEPARTURE, DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS FROM JOHN F.
KENNEDY TO RONALD REAGAN
UNDERSTOOD.
REPORTER: THIS FREE
ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, MITT ROMNEY
TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST YEAR
OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
WHY IS IT DIFFERENT HERE,
SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF THE
FUTURE.
IT DIDN'T TRANSLATE TO VICTORY.
HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE MAKE A
CONNECTION.
YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS
IMPACTING LIVES.
REPORTER: I AM CURIOUS ABOUT
DEFICIT REDUCTION.
THE PRESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT IT.
DO YOU BELIEVE HE IS BEING
DECEITFUL OR HONEST WHEN IT
COMES TO WANTING TO REDUCE THE
DEFICIT.
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE
DANGER.
DEFICIT IS HOW MUCH WE OWE EVERY
YEAR.
IT IS ALREADY 16 AND A HALF
TRILLION DOLLARS.
THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN OR
STABILIZE COMPARED TO OUR
OVERALL BUDGET.
ONLY SOLUTION IS COMBINATION OF
RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
STABILIZING SPENDING IN FUTURE
YEARS.
YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH.
THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE THAT
HELPS.
REPORTER: TALK TO ME ABOUT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF THE GOP.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
CHALLENGE IS TO CONTINUE TO
APPLY OUR PRINCIPLES TO THE
CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
IN SOME WAYS THEY ARE DIFFERENT
THAN THE 21ST CENTURY.
WE HAVE SOCIETAL AND MORAL
DECAY.
MANY OF THE ANSWERS DON'T LIE IN
OUR POLITICIANS.
THEY LIE IN OUR FAITH AND
FAMILIES.
IT IS OKAY FOR GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS TO SAY IT HAS TO DO
THE FAMILIES.
REPORTER: DOES IT COME WITH A
SUPERMAN CAPE?
GOD HAS A FUNNY WAY OF
REMINDING US WE ARE HUMAN WHEN I
HAD TO TAKE A DRINK OF WATER.
THERE ARE NO SAVIORS IN
POLITICS, ONLY ONE SAVIOR, IT
ISN'T MEAN.
REPORTER: IT IS A HASHTAG.
I AM A PUBLIC SERVANT.
OTHER PEOPLE I HAVE BEEN TALKED
ABOUT AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
FUTURE MAYBE AS EARLY AS TODAY.
MY JOB IS TO DO THE BEST I CAN
ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA AND UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
REST TAKES CARE OF ITSELF.
WENDY: SENATOR, WE ALL NEED
OUR WATER FROM TIME TO TIME.
[LAUGHTER].
AMERICAN COMPANIES ARE THE
TARGET OF AN INTENSIVE CYBER
ESPIONAGE CAMPAIGN.
ONE WARNING THE PRESIDENT
SIGNED.
PRESIDENT SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER TUESDAY TO STRENGTHEN
CYBER SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE
AND CALLING ON U.S. INDUSTRY TO
CREATE NEW VOLUNTARY STANDARDS
FOR PROTECTING INFORMATION AND
EXPAND'S GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN
SHARING IT WITH OVER COMPANIES
AND PASS LEGISLATION TO GIVE
GOVERNMENT A GREATER CAPACITY TO
SECURE OUR NETWORKS AND DETER
ATTACKS.
REPORTER: ARIZONA GOVERNOR
JAN BREWER -- THE BORDER IS MORE
SECURE THAN AT ANY TIME IN
HISTORY.
AFTER A THREE-HOUR ARIAL TOUR,
BREWER SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
I BELIEVE WE NEED MORE BOOTS
ON THE GROUND.
RANCHERS WILL TELL YOU THEY NEED
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
VERY PRODUCTIVE.
IT WAS A DETERRENT.
REPORTER: GOVERNORS SAYS SHE
WILL NOT SUPPORT A CHANGE IN
IMMIGRATION POLICY UNTIL THE
BORDER IS SECURE.
IT TOOK CENTER STAGE AT THE
SENATE TODAY.
WENDY: PAUL STRAND REPORTS.
REPORTER: THIS WASN'T THE
SENATE'S FIRST IMMIGRATION
REFORM OF THE YEAR, POSSIBLY THE
FIRST ONE WHEN AN OPENLY ILLEGAL
ALIEN TESTIFY.
I COME TO YOU AS ONE OF OUR
COUNTRY'S 11 MILLION
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
MANY US AMERICANS AT HEART.
BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT PAPERS TO
SHOW FOR IT
REPORTER: HOSEA ANTONIO
VARGUS CALLED ON WASHINGTON.
FOR ALL THE UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS SITTING HERE,
WATCHING ONLINE AND 11 MILLION
OF US, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO
WITH US?
REPORTER: MANY FORMER
OPPONENTS IN CONGRESS SAID THEY
ARE READY NOW ONLY IF THE BORDER
IS SECURE FIRST.
JANET NAPOLITANO TOLD THIS
HEARING IT IS LARGELY DEALT
WITH.
OUR BORDER IS MORE STAFFED
WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND
TECHNOLOGY THAN ANY TIME IN
HISTORY
REPORTER: TEXAS JOHN CORNYN
SAY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
WE CATCH ONE OUT OF EVERY
THREE THAT MAKE IT ACROSS
REPORTER: A GOVERNMENT THAT
SO MISHANDLES VISAS NOW.
A MAN APPROVED AS A FARM
WORKER AND LATER HELPED BLOW UP
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN 1993.
REPORTER: ICE AGENTS
COMPLAINED THE -- IT IS ALMOST
CRIMINAL.
MORAL IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW.
CRIMINAL ALIENS RELEASED TO THE
STREETS AND ICE TAKES
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS TO THEIR
OWN OFFICERS.
YOU COULD PUT A 100 FOOT HIGH
WALL.
THE PREDICTION IS THERE WILL
BE A REFORM DEAL IN THE NEAR
FUTURE, PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
WENDY: COMING UP, WHY HORSE
MEAT IS AT THE CENTER OF A HUGE
SCANDAL IN THE UK.
WELCOME BACK, TODAY IS ASH
WEDNESDAY, START OF CATHOLIC
CHURCH'S LINTEN SEASON.
GIVE US TODAY, ASH WEDNESDAY.
OUR YEARLY LENT IN PREPARATION
FOR EASTER.
POPE IS RESIGNING FOR THE
GOOD OF THE CHURCH.
HE SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE THE
STRENGTH TO CONTINUE.
HIS FINAL ACTS INCLUDE MEETING
WITH ROMAINEIAN AND GUATAMALAN
PRESIDENT THIS WEEK AND ITALIAN
PRESIDENT FEBRUARY 23RD.
WENDY: MEASURE NOW HEADS TO
THE SENATE WHERE IT IS EXPECTED
TO PASS, HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS
GATHERED OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY ON TUESDAY TO PROTEST
THE BILL.
MOST FRENCH PEOPLE SUPPORT
LEGALIZING GAY MARRIAGE.
A DOZEN NOW ALLOW SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
A BAZAAR STORY, HORSE MEAT.
ROMAINEIAN GOVERNMENT EXPORTED
6,000 TONS OF HORSE, MULE AND
DONKEY MEAT.
IT WAS CORRECTLY LABELED ONCE IT
HIT THE MARKET, IT WAS SOLD AS
BEEF.
JOHN WAAGE REPORTS
REPORTER: MEAT PROCESSED AT
35 DIFFERENT ROMAINEIAN PLANTS
LIKE THIS ONE IN THE TOWN OF
BOTOSANI.
THE HORSE AND DONKEY MEAT
CORRECTLY LABELED.
LULIAN CAZACUT, THE GENERAL
MANAGER CAN GUARANTEE ALL THE
PRODUCTS THEY PUT ON THE MARKET
ARE CERTIFIED FROM POINT OF
QUALITY AND ORIGIN 100%.
THE HORSE AND DONKEY MEAT
LABELED AS BEEF.
SOME FROZEN SPAGHETTI CONTAIN
MORE THAN 60% HORSE MEAT.
THIS IS COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
WE HAVE AGREED TOUGHER
INSPECTION REGIME AND ASKED
HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS TO TEST
THEIR SUPPLIES.
REPORTER: BRITISH FOOD SAFETY
AUTHORITIES SUSPECTED OF SELLING
HORSE MEAT USED IN BURGERS AND
KABOBS.
IT IS A VIOLATION IN THE LAW ALL
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS ARE TRYING
TO GET A HOLD OF.
IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE
WHICH INCLUDES HORSE.
REPORTER: PUBLIC REACTION.
DISGUSTED.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN
ALLOW IT.
IT IS IMMORAL, I THINK AS
MUCH AS ANYTHING ELSE.
REPORTER: ONE BRITISH
OFFICIAL SAYS BEEF PRODUCTS
AREN'T THE ONLY MEAT THAT MAYBE
MISLABELED.
IF I WAS A RETAILER, I WOULD
LOOK AT MY LAMB PRODUCTS AS
WELL.
UNTIL THEY TRACK DOWN THE
SOURCE OF THE FAULTY LABELLING,
LET THE DINER BE WEAR.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.
WENDY: UP NEXT, MIXING
RELIGION AND POLITICS, HOW
PRESIDENTS CAN USE FAITH TO
THEIR ADVANTAGE.
WENDY: RICK WARREN SAYS
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS UNDER
ATTACK IN AMERICA.
HE SPOKE AT GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY CALLING BIRTH CONTROL
MANDATE IN 'OBAMACARE' A DIRECT
ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND
PREDICTS THE SUPREME COURT WILL
STRIKE IT DOWN.
MARK: IS IT OKAY FOR
PRESIDENT'S TO MIX RELIGION AND
POLITICS?
A LOT SAY IT DEPENDS ON WHOSE
POLITICS AND WHOSE RELIGION.
HEATHER SELLS EXPLAINS.
REPORTER: ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
TOOK ON TWO TOPICS RELIGION AND
POLITICS.
WHEN PRESIDENTS SPEAK THEY
WANT TO SPIKE AT THE LEVEL THE
AUDIENCE CAN RELATE TO.
IT RESONATES WITH PEOPLE, WE
ARE NOT JUST SQUABBLING ABOUT
TAXES.
WE HAVE A COMMON PURPOSE.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT REAGAN'S
EVO EMPIRE SPEECH, HE FRAMES
COLD WAR IN MORAL TERMS AND
HELPED TO BRING DOWN THE SOVIET
UNION.
THEY ARE THE FOCUS IN THE
EVIL WORLD.
THAT CAN BE MORE POWERFUL
THAN ANY FLEET OF CREWS,
MISSILES OR NAVY SHIPS.
MANY IN THE MEDIA BASH THE
SPEECH AS RELIGION'S BIG GOT RI.
IT IS NOT ALWAYS APPROPRIATE AND
CONDITION ABUSIVE.
WHERE I SEE IT IS WHEN
PRESIDENTS MAKE CLAIMS BASED ON
SELECTIVE INTERPRETATION OF
SCRIPTURE OR MISLEADING
INTERPRETATIONS OF SCRIPTURE.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE OUR
PRESIDENTS ARE LAYMEN WITH
REGARD TO BIBLE THEOLOGY.
REPORTER: THEY GAVE PRESIDENT
OBAMA HIGH MARKS FOR USING IT
CORRECTLY.
I REMEMBER ON 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 HE READ
PSALM 46.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT'S
POLICIES THAT RESTRICT RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY LIKE THE CONTRACEPTION
MANDATE IN 'OBAMACARE' HAVE
CREATED CONFUSION ON HIS DEEPEST
BELIEFS ABOUT FAITH.
AS FOR THE FUTURE, AMERICANS
SHOULD EXPECT MORE RELIGIOUS
CONVERSATION FROM THEIR
PRESIDENTS, BUT SHOULD ALSO BE
PREPARED FOR CHANGE.
AMERICAN POPULATION
DIVERSIFY, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
RECOGNITION OF THAT IN THE
PUBLIC RHETORIC OF THE
PRESIDENT.
THE DEMANDS OF THE OVAL
OFFICE WHICH OVER TIME INVITE
PRESIDENTS TO SEEK DIVINE HELP.
THE JOB BECOMES SO
OVERWHELMING, YOU HAVE TO LOOK
OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF AND FOR
EVERY PRESIDENT WE HAVE EVER
HAD, THEY HAVE LOOKED UPWARD.
REPORTER: HEATHER SELLS, CBN
NEWS.
MARK: UP NEXT, HEART HEALTHY
ALTERNATIVES FOR THE LAST MINUTE
VALENTINE'S DAY SHOPPERS.
WENDY: IT IS FEBRUARY 13TH,
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
MARK: VALENTINE'S DAY EVE.
FOR SOME OF YOU PROCRASTINATORS,
RUNNING OUT FOR LAST MINUTE
GIFS.
TOMORROW 36 MILLION HEART SHAPE
BOXES OF CHOCOLATE SOLD WHICH
TRANSLATES TO SUGAR AND FAT.
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES.
SOME DARK CHOCOLATE DRIZZLED
FRUIT.
YOU ARE GETTING BENEFITS OF DARK
CHOCOLATE AS WELL AS B VITAMINS
.
ALMONDS AND CASHEWS ARE HEART
HEALTHY CHOICES.
BESIDES SWEETS MORE THAN 50
MILLION ROSES SOLD THIS VL
VALENTINE'S DAY ALONE.
I LIKE DARK CHOCOLATE.
NICE TO KNOW IT IS GOOD FOR YOU.
WENDY: YOU ARE ALL SET WITH
YOUR WIFE?
MARK: WENT OUTLAST NIGHT.
