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.