TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH," CIVIL
WAR IN SYRIA.
WHAT THE ONGOING BATTLE COULD
MEAN FOR THE REST OF THE MIDDLE
EAST.
PLUS WINTER WEATHER IN THE
HEARTLAND.
SNOW AND ICE TO PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
THOUSANDS OF RIDERS FIRE UP
THEIR HARLEYS TO HONOR AMERICANS
VETERANS, THIS YEARS RUN FOR THE
WALL.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." A BRUTAL CIVIL WAR
CONTINUES TO WAGE IN SYRIA.
GOOD EVENING I AM MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM HEATHER SELLS.
THE DEATH TOLL FROM TWO YEARS OF
FIGHTING IN SYRIA APPROACHING
70,000.
A BOMBING IN THE HEART OF
DAMASCUS.
JOHN WAAGE HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY.
ONCE AGAIN SMOKE BILLOWED
OVER DAMASCUS, ANOTHER SIGN THAT
PLAGUED SYRIA FOR 24 MONTHS.
SYRIAN STATE TV PUT IT IS DEATH
TOLL AT 53 FOR THE ATTACK NEAR
THE HEADQUARTERS.
A CAR BOMB NEAR A SECURITY CHECK
POINT KILLED MOSTLY CIVILIANS
AND MORE THAN 200 WOUNDED.
THE KILLINGS ARE A ANSWER FOR
THE SYRIAN REGIME TO COME TO THE
BARGAINING TABLE.
A GROUP HAS CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY AND INVOLVED IN
AT LEAST 17 BOMBINGS IN AND
AROUND DAMASCUS.
THIS BOMBING TOOK PLACE NEAR
THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY AS WELL WHO
HAVE ASKED BASHAR ASSAD TO BACK
OFF FOR DECADES.
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SARGEI
SAYS THEY MUST PREPARE FOR
DIALOGUE AS IF ONLY SOLUTION.
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT CONDUCTED
AN AIR LIFT OF 99 RUSSIAN FLYING
THEM BACK TO MOSCOW.
THE PLANE DROPPED OFF
HUMANITARIAN GENERATORS WHERE
RUSSIA HAS A MILITARY PRESENCE.
THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION IS
THREATENING TO ATTACK SHIITE
HEZBOLLAH GORILLAS.
THEY WILL ALSO ATTACK HEZBOLLAH
INSIDE LEBANON IF NECESSARY,
SOMETHING THAT COULD LEAD TO A
WIDER SUNNI SHIITE CONFLICT.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.
WE ARE JOINED BY OUR MIDDLE
EAST BUREAU CHIEF CHRIS
MITCHELL.
IS THERE ANY END IN SIGHT?
REPORTER: MORE THAN TWO
YEARS, MARK, THERE IS NO END IN
SIGHT.
LIKELY SYRIA WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME.
PARTS OF NORTHERN SYRIA NOT
CONTROLLED BY THE ASSAD REGIME
AND PARTS OF THE WEST CONTROLLED
BY HEZBOLLAH.
REBELS ARE MAKING INCREMENTAL
GAINS THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
PENETRATE SECURITY FORCES IN
DAMASCUS.
THERE IS NO BREAK THROUGH ON THE
REBEL SIDE TO TOPPLE THE REGIME.
NO END IN SIGHT.
HOW DOES THE FIGHTING IMPACT
THE REST OF THE MIDDLE EAST,
CHRIS?
REPORTER: RIGHT NOW THE
FIGHTING IN SYRIA IS THE FAULT
LINE BETWEEN SHIITE AND SUNNI
ISLAM.
YOU HAVE HAVE HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN
TO MAKE SURE ASSAD DOESN'T FALL.
SUNNI SIDE, YOU HAVE SAUDI
ARABIA, GUTTER AND TURKEY TRYING
DESPERATELY TO TOPPLE THE
REGIME.
THIS IS A HUGE BATTLE OF THESE
TWO HUGE GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
WHO IS GOING TO CONTROL SYRIA
AND WHO WINS IN SYRIA IS GOING
TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE AND FATE
OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
WAS WHA DOES THE VIOLENCE
MEAN FOR SYRIA?
REPORTER: CHRISTIANS ARE IN
THE MIDDLE.
A SIMILAR SITUATION IN IRAQ
UNDER SADAM.
IT IS A DESPERATE SITUATION,
MANY FLEEING.
WE TALKED TO AN AUTHOR OF A BOOK
CALLED "SATURDAY PEOPLE AND
SUNDAY PEOPLE" MEANING SATURDAY
PEOPLE, JEWS AND CHRISTIANS,
SUNDAY PEOPLE, MANY ARE FLEEING,
IN A DESPERATE SITUATION.
BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE IN
SYRIA.
MANY COUNTRIES HAVE BACKED
REBEL FORCES DO YOU THINK THE
U.S. SHOULD BE DOING MORE?
REPORTER: MANY OF THE REBEL
FORCES ARE CONTROLLED BY
JIHADIST.
I TALKED TO AN EXPERT EARLIER
TODAY ABOUT SYRIA, HE SAID THE
WHOLE SPECTRUM OF THE REBEL
FORCES ARE INFLUENCED BY
JIHADIST FORCES FROM MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD TO SILAFIST, IT
COULD BE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE.
THEY ARE EVENTUALLY TURNING
AGAINST THE WEST AND
PARTICULARLY AGAINST ISRAEL.
ONCE AGAIN, CHRIS MITCHELL,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS,
STAY SAFE.
REPORTER: THANK YOU, MARK.
RISING TENSION BETWEEN
POWERFUL MILITARY.
MILITARY HAS DROPPED HINTS IT
MIGHT SEIZE POWER AGAIN.
SINCE MORSI TOOK OFFICE, SEVERAL
TIMES HAS OPENLY DEFIED ORDERS
FROM THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT.
LATEST AFTER RUMORS PRESIDENT
MORSI WAS GOING TO REPLACE
DEFENSE MINISTER.
THE BROTHERHOOD DENY IT IS
CLAIMS.
MORSI'S OFFICE REASSURES
COMMANDERS OF HIS APPRECIATION.
TALIBAN WILL CONTINUE TO
TARGET AFGHAN OFFICIALS AND
CIVILIANS LINKED TO THE U.S.
THIS COMES THAT SUCH ATTACKS
COULD VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW.
ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE
UN MISSION SHOWS THAT THE
KILLING OF CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES UP 700%.
A TALIBAN SPOKES PERSON SAYS
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE NOT
CONSIDERED CIVILIANS BUT
CRIMINAL.
KILLING THEM IS CONSIDERED AN
OBLIGATION.
AMERICA'S NEW SECRETARY OF
STATE SAYS THE GREATEST THREAT
ISN'T MIDDLE EAST OR EMERGING
CHINA.
HE SAYS IT IS CONGRESS.
JOHN KERRY MADE THAT SPEECH AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
TALKING ABOUT THE LOOMING BUDGET
CUTS KNOWN AS SEQUESTRATION.
I AM PARTICULARLY AWARE IN
MANY WAYS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE
TO AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY IS
NOT IN THE HANDS OF DIPLOMATS
BUT POLICY MAKERS IN CONGRESS.
IT IS OFTEN SAID WE CAN'T BE
STRONG AT HOME IF WE ARE NOT
STRONG AT HOME.
FIRST MAJOR SPEECH SINCE
TAKING OVER AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
NEARLY A DOZEN REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS JOINED THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE 'OBAMACARE'
CONTRACEPTION INSURANCE MANDATE.
NINE SENATORS AND TWO HOUSE
MEMBERS CHALLENGED BY FORMALLY
BACKING HOBBY LOBBY.
HOBBY LOBBY'S OWNERS FILED A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
SAYING THE MANDATE REQUIRES THEM
TO PICK.
UTAH SENATOR ORIN HATCH FILED A
FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF.
HOBBY LOBBY IS AMONG THE FEW
ORGANIZATIONS NOT GRANTED
TEMPORARY RELIEF.
TEBOW HAS BEEN PRESSURED TO
BACK OUT.
JEFFERS RECENTLY DEFENDED
HIMSELF SAYING TO SIMPLY SAY
THAT JESUS CHRIST OFFERS
SALVATION TO ANYONE WHO BELIEVES
IN HIM AND SEX SHOULD BE BETWEEN
A MAN AND WOMAN AND MARRIAGE
THAT THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
HATE SPEECH?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
TEBOW TWEETED HE WAS CANCELING
THE APPEARANCE DUE TO NEW
INFORMATION BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION.
ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM
HITTING THE COUNTRY THIS ONE IN
THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA.
TWENTY STATES UNDER WARNINGS
BRINGING SNOW, ICE AND EVEN
TORNADOS.
SOME SCIENTISTS SAY GLOBAL
WARMING IS BEHIND THESE STORMS.
HERE IS EPHRAIM GRAHAM.
REPORTER: RESIDENTS ARE
BRACING FOR UP TO A FOOT OF
SNOW.
EVERYBODY IS GETTING READY
FOR THE STORM.
LINES ARE LONG
REPORTER: MASSIVE SNOWSTORM
STARTED IN CALIFORNIA, MIX OF
SNOW, RAIN AND WIND MAKING
CONDITIONS DANGEROUS.
TRYING TO GO DOWN THE STREET
FROM MY HOUSE AND STARTED TO GO
SIDEWAYS DOWN THE HILL.
AFTER WE GOT HIT HERE, WE HIT
A CAR AND 70 CARS HIT US.
OFFICIALS FEAR THIS COULD BE
THE WORST STORM IN THE NATION'S
HEARTLAND IN TWO YEARS.
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, SEVERE
WEATHER POSSIBLE.
TORNADOS PREDICTED ACROSS TEXAS,
AND OKLAHOMA.
HUGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW PROVE THE
EARTH IS HEATING UP.
NEW STUDY FROM PRINCETON SAYS
GLOBAL -- WATCH OUT.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A BIG
STORM.
A KNOCK OUT PUNCH.
THEY PREDICT MOST OF IT WILL
COME DOWN AS RAIN.
WHEN IT GETS COLD ENOUGH, IT
WILL TURN INTO MONSTER
SNOWSTORMS.
GET OUT YOUR SNOW SHOVELS,
SNOWSTORMS THAT WERE HIGHLY
UNUSUAL WILL BECOME MORE TYPICAL
REPORTER: EPHRAIM GRAHAM,
CAPITOL HILL NEWS.
COMING UP, WHY A GROUP OF
CHRISTIANS COULD BE FACING THE
DEATH PENALTY IN LIBYA.
FOUR FOREIGN MISSIONARIES ARE
THE TARGET OF THE LATEST
CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN LIBYA.
LIBYAN OFFICIALS SAYS THEY
ARE CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.
GARY LANE REPORTS THAT CARRIES
THE DEATH PENALTY.
WE FOUND 45,000 CHRISTIAN
BOOKS.
REPORTER: FOREIGNERS WERE
PRINTING PAMPHLETS EXPLAINING
CHRISTIANITY.
MATERIAL MOSTLY DIRECTED TO
CHILDREN.
PROSELYTIZING IN LIBYA IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE PUNISH ABLE BY
DEATH CARRIED OVER FROM GADHAFI.
IT IS AN ENTIRE MUSLIM
COUNTRY.
REPORTER: THE FOUR
MISSIONARIES ARE IN PRISON IN
BENGHAZI.
THIS MAN HAS BEEN TREATED
RESPECTFULLY AND NOT ABUSED.
RAMSEYS WENT ON TO ADMIT THE
GROUP WAS IN LIBYA TO SPREAD
CHRISTIANITY.
THERE WAS ES PEPIONAGE CHARGES.
GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.
FLORIDA'S CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO
SAYS JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL OF
ISRAEL.
THE FATE OF THE CITY IS AN ISSUE
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE.
IN MARCO RUBIO'S FIRST VISIT, HE
BELIEVES JERUSALEM BELONGS TO
ISRAEL.
THANK YOU, WONDERFUL TO BE
HERE, SPIRITUAL CAPITOL OF MANY.
JERUSALEM'S ISRAEL MUSEUM HAS
UNVEILED THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
KING HEROD THE GREAT.
IT SHOWS WHY HEROD IS ONE OF
HISTORY'S GREATEST BUILDERS
REPORTER: IF YOU ASK MOST
CHRISTIANS WHO WAS KING HEROD.
THEY WOULD SAY HE WAS THE KING
THAT TRIED TO KILL BABY JESUS
THAT ORDERED THE SLAUGHTER OF
ALL BABY BOYS.
IT FOCUSES HIS ACHEIVEMENT AS
A BUILDER AND HIS CAPABILITY AS
A DIPLOMAT BALANCING THE NEEDS
OF EMPIRE WITH THE NEEDS OF
LOCAL CULTURE.
THERE WAS WORK FOR EVERYONE.
NO DISEMPLOYMENT.
PEOPLE LIVED IN PROSPERITY
REPORTER: KING HEROD GOVERNED
FOR 33 YEARS.
MANY OF HIS BUILDING BLOCKS WERE
STONES LIKE THIS ONE.
SNIDER SAYS DISCOVERING HIS TOMB
TRIGGERED THE EXHIBIT.
THAT OPENED THE OPPORTUNITY
TO THINK ACROSS THE WHOLE OF HIS
HISTORY, HOLE OF HIS
ACHEIVEMENT, AND HERODIAN AS A
PALACE AND BURIAL SITE.
PEOPLE ARE GOING FROM JERICHO
AND TALKING ABOUT THE PERSON
DURING THEIR FUNERAL PROCESSION.
THE GOOD AND THE BAT
REPORTER: INTRICATE
RESTORATION INCLUDED PUTTING
TOGETHER HEROD'S SAR COUGH KAS
INCLUDING MOSAICS AND FLOORS.
JUGS USED TO IMPORT WINE, APPLES
AND OTHER FOOD FROM EUROPE.
AND A VIP GUEST ROOM AT THE TOP
OF HIS THEATRE LIKELY USED TO
ENTERTAIN DIPLOMATIC GUESTS.
THIS HAS TAKEN NEARLY THREE
YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND 3D
ANIMATION TO SHOW WHAT HIS
COLOSSAL BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE
LOOKED LIKE.
SNIDER SAYS IT IS THE MOST
AMBITIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL
EXHIBITION EVER TAKEN.
MILLION DOLLAR EXHIBIT WILL BE
ON DISPLAY UNTIL OCTOBER.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
CROSS COUNTRY MOTORCYCLE RUN
TO HONOR AMERICA'S FIGHTING MEN
AND WOMEN.
EVERY YEAR THE RUN FOR THE
WALL, PURPOSE IS TO HONOR THE
NATION'S MILITARY VETERANS.
GARY BIRD IS WITH A MINISTRY
CALLED MISSION M25.
SENIOR CHAPLAIN FOR THE RIDE,
WELCOME, GARY.
THANKS FOR HAVING US, MARK.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, WE
APPRECIATE.
IT IS A MINISTRY THAT REACHES
OUT TO ALL KINDS OF GROUPS
INCLUDING BIKERS.
YOU SAW A NEED, TELL US.
IN 2005, I SAW THERE WERE ALL
KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS THANKING
THE VETERANS AND OUR MISSION IS
TO HOLD OUR COUNTRY ACCOUNTABLE
FOR POW'S AND MIA'S THE CHURCH
WASN'T SAYING VISUALLY THANK
YOU.
WE BEGAN TO ASK GOD FOR A
DIRECTION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ON RUN FOR THE WALL.
WHAT DOES RUN FOR THE WALL
MEAN?
RUN FROM CALIFORNIA ALL THE
WAY TO D.C. THAT MEANS WE ARE
RUNNING TO THE VIETNAM WALL ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
TALK ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL
MINISTRY.
AT FIRST YOU WEREN'T WELCOME,
WERE YOU?
THE LORD GAVE US THE WORDS,
BE A LIGHT, NOT A MOUTH.
WE WEAR THIS SLOGAN, BOLD MAN ON
OUR VESTS AND THEY SHOULD ASK US
TO PRAY FOR THEM.
WE SERVE THEM WATER.
WE SERVE 13,000 BOTTLES OF WATER
AND SPORTS DRINK ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WE PICK UP MOTORCYCLES AND
WRECKS AND PEOPLE AND TAKE THEM
TO THE HOSPITALS AND CONNECT
THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
WE DO A LOT OF THINGS JUST IN
SERVICE.
MATTHEW 5:14-16, BEING A SERVICE
TO THEM.
I ACTUALLY HAD ONE GUY ASK ME, I
SAID WHAT IS WRONG?
HE SAID I HAD SO MUCH BITTERNESS
IN ME FROM WHEN I CAME BACK FROM
VIETNAM.
IT IS EATING ME UP.
I SAID WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP
YOU?
HE SAID CAN YOU PRAY FOR ME?
I SAID WHEN?
HE SAID NOW.
THEY CALL ME SHEPHERD.
HE SAID SHEPHERD, I AM FREE.
THANK GOD I AM FREE FROM THE
BITTERNESS.
THE GROUP DID A RIDE IN
ISRAEL A YEAR OR SO AGO TO HONOR
IDF VETERANS.
DO YOU PLAN ON DOING THAT AGAIN?
YES, WE DO.
PLAN ON GOING THIS OCTOBER,
21-31.
WE TAKE THESE BANDANNAS AND HAND
1200 OUT.
WHEN THE RECENT BATTLE IN THE
GAZA STRIP HAPPENED.
I GOT E-MAILS SAYING WE ARE
HOLDING ON TO OUR BANDANNA.
IT HAS THE SOLDIERS PRAYER IN
HEBREW AND ENGLISH.
MARK, ONE OF THE INCREDIBLE
THINGS WAS WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF STANDING WITH ORTHODOX JEWS,
SECULAR JEWS, ARABS ALL PEOPLE,
IDF SOLDIERS, US AS CHRISTIANS
IN BLACK WEATHER IN FRONT OF THE
WESTERN WALL AND TOOK BREAD
TOGETHER AND BLEW THEM AWAY.
HOW IS YOUR MESSAGE OF JESUS
CHRIST BEING RECEIVED BY THE
VETERANS AND RIDERS?
THEY EMBRACE US SO MUCH.
JUST A FEW SO OFFENDED BECAUSE
THEY WEREN'T WELCOMED BY THE
CHURCH AND BY ANYBODY BACK WHEN
THEY CAME HOME.
WE ARE SO EMBRACED ON RUN FOR
THE WALL.
SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER
TO THEM.
OUT OF THIS WHOLE THING HAS COME
A WHOLE THING WE WENT TO CANADA
AND STOOD WITH THE JEWS THERE.
ROAD OUR MOTORCYCLES THERE.
MOTORCYCLES ARE LIKE A SPEAR
HEAD.
THEY BREAK OPEN THE WALLS AND WE
CAN GO IN, SHARE OUR HEART.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE NEEDING.
WE STOOD ON PARLIAMENT HILL AND
PRAYED A CHRISTIAN PRAYER THERE
WOULD NEVER BE A HOLOCAUST.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT IN
DALLAS.
GARY BIRD WITH MISSION M25.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
UP NEXT, WHY MICRO CHIPS
BEING USED IN ONE OF THE MOST
BASIC OF SURGICAL TOOLS.
PATIENTS LEAVING THE
OPERATING TABLE WITH MORE THAN
THEY STARTED WITH.
I HAVE HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE
LEAVING SURGICAL EQUIPMENT
BEHIND.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NEARLY
4,000 OBJECTS LEFT INSIDE
PATIENTS AFTER SURGERY.
THAT IS SCARY.
USUALLY SPONGES AND GAUZE WHICH
CAN CAUSE INFECTIONS.
RESEARCHERS ARE IMPLANTING MICRO
CHIPS INTO SPONGES AND GAUZE.
IT HELPS ENSURE THERE ARE NO
SPONGES.
IT IS QUICK AND GIVES US ALL
THE INFORMATION.
THE SURGEON CAN WAVE A WAND
OVER THE AREA, IF IT BEEPS
SOMETHING HAS BEEN LEFT INSIDE.
I NEED THOSE MICRO CHIPS FOR
MY SOCKS.
THAT IS VERY TRUE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION
OF "NEWSWATCH."
REMEMBER YOU CAN
