TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" POPE
BENEDICT'S FINAL PUBLIC
AUDIENCE.
WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH AS THE HOLY FATHER
OFFICIALLY STEPS DOWN?
LATEST ON THE SEQUESTER SHOUWANG
CHURCH DOWN AND GI JANE HEADED
TO THE FRONT LINES.
NOT EVERYBODY IS THRILLED ABOUT
WOMEN IN COMBAT.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
POPE BENEDICT BIDS FAREWELL TO
THE FAITHFUL.
THE 85-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF USED HIS
MESSAGE TO REMIND CATHOLICS TO
STAY FAITHFUL TO GOD'S WORD.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY.
REPORTER: SURROUNDED BY TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF THE FAITHFUL.
MANY PRESSING IN TO CATCH A
GLIMPSE AS HE DROVE BY ON HIS
POPE MOBILE.
SUCH A HISTORIC TIME.
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO SEE
REPORTER: THEN HE TOOK THE
STAGE, SMILING, TAKING IT ALL
IN.
CROWDS RESPONDING WITH LONG
STANDING OVATIONS.
IT WAS IN MANY WAYS POPE
BENEDICT'S WAY TO REMINISCE.
REPORTER: APRIL 19TH ALMOST
EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE LIFE OF THE
CHURCH COMING FROM GOD'S WORD
REPORTER: PEOPLE WAVING FLAGS
AND CARRYING BANNERS SAYING
THANK YOU TO 1.2 BILLION
CHRISTIANS.
HE THANKED CARDINALS FOR
HONORING HIS DECISION TO BECOME
THE FIRST POPE IN 600 YEARS NO
RESIGN.
LOVING THE CHURCH MEANINGS
HAVING THE COURAGE TO HAVE THE
SECURITY OF THE CHURCH AND NOT
OURSELVES.
REPORTER: SPECULATION HAS
BEEN RIPE.
CHURCH FACED MULTIPLE SCANDALS
BY SEXUAL ABUSE BY PRIESTS.
THE WEIGHT OF THE JOB ON
SOMEONE THAT IS FRAIL AND OLD
TOOK ITS TOLL AND TIME FOR HIM
TO GO.
U IN NEW YET BENEDICT SPOKE OF A
HEAVY BURDEN DURING HIS TENURE.
THE WORDS HAVE BEEN LORD, WHY
ARE YOU ASKING ME?
IT IS A GREAT BURDEN YOU HAVE
PLACED ON MY SHOULDERS.
IF YOU ASK ME I WILL ACCEPT.
REPORTER: PROMISE NEVER TO
ABANDON THE MESSAGE OF THE
CROSS.
HE WILL BECOME BENEDICT AMEMERITUS
EMERITUS.
THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS WILL
MEET NEXT WEEK TO SELECT A NEW
POPE.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
MAUREEN, MANY PEOPLE SAW THE
DECISION TO STEP DOWN IS
EVIDENCE OF HIS HUMILITY, DO YOU
SEE IT THAT WAY?
ABSOLUTELY.
HIS HUMILITY AND LOVE FOR THE
CHURCH.
MOTIVATED BY LOVE KNOWING ALL
THE NEEDS OF OUR CULTURE AND
CHURCH AND THAT IS WHY HE
DECIDED TO STEP ASIDE, TO LEAVE
THE JOB TO SOMEONE WHO HAS MORE
ENERGY AND VIGOR AND GOOD HEALTH
TO MINISTER TO THE BILLION
CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD.
DOES THE POPE'S RESIGNATION
HAVE IMPACT ON THE DAY-TO-DAY
LIFE OF THE CHURCH?
HE POINTED US TIME AND AGAIN
TOWARDS THE PERSON OF JESUS
CHRIST.
HE WENT ON TO WRITE THREE BOOKS
ABOUT JESUS OF NAZARETH.
THAT IS WHAT HE MEANS IN OUR
DAILY LIFE.
THAT DAILY CALL TO THAT PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS OF
NAZARETH.
THAT IS HIS LEGACY.
THAT IS THE STRENGTH OF HIS PAP
SI, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MAN BUT
THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST HE
POINT US TWORD.
WHERE WILL THE POPE GO NOW
AND WHAT WILL HE BE DOING DURING
HIS REMAINING YEARS?
HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SERVE THE LIFE THROUGH PRAYER.
HE IS GOING JUST OUTSIDE OF ROME
AND RESIDE IN A MON STAIR
OUTSIDE THE VATICAN.
BENEDICT HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT
PERSONALITY, CONTRAST THE TWO
MEN?
I GREW UP IN JOHN PAUL II.
POPE BENEDICT CARRIED ON HIS
LEGACY IN A SIMILAR FASHION.
NOT IN TERMS OF THE CHARISMA BUT
IN TERMS OF THE HEART OF THE
MESSAGE.
POPE BENEDICT IS LEAVING A
WONDERFUL LEGACY, CALLING US
AGAIN AND AGAIN BACK TO THE
TENANTS OF OUR FAITH.
HE WAS A GREAT REFORMER.
HE TOOK HEAD ON THE ABUSE
SCANDALS AND INSTITUTED
INCREDIBLY STRONG PROTOCOLS FOR
CHILD PROTECTION.
CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE LEADING
INSTITUTION IN TERMS OF CHILD
PROTECTION POLICIES.
AS A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN
WITH KIDS IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, I
SEE THESE PROTOCOLS ALL AROUND
ME.
THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF HIS
LEGACY THAT HE TOOK THIS CRISIS
HEAD ON.
AND WORK SO THAT WE DON'T FACE
THIS TYPE OF THING IN OUR
FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT, MAUREEN FERGUSON
WITH THE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION,
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
CHUCK HAGEL SWORN IN THIS
MORNING OF THE SENATE OF
DEFENSE.
REPUBLICANS STILL QUESTION
WHETHER HAGEL IS UP FOR THE JOB.
THE VOTE ENDED THE TOUGHEST
FIGHTS OVER A CABINET CHOICE IN
20 YEARS.
WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA
WILL MEET FRIDAY TO DISCUSS
SEQUESTER OPTIONS.
THIS WEEK HE HAS BEEN ON A
CAMPAIGN STYLE TOUR AGAINST THE
85 BILLION DOLLARS INCLUDING
HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM HAS MORE.
REPORTER: WHITE HOUSE NUMBERS
PREDICT VIRGINIA WOULD BE AMONG
THE HARDEST HIT IN SPENDING.
AROUND 90,000 DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
WORKERS COULD BE FURLOUGHED.
THE PRESIDENT TOOK HIS CASE TO
THE THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION OF
SKRA VIRGINIA.
HOME TO AMERICA'S LARGEST
MILITARY INSTALLATION WHERE ALL
OF THE NAVY'S AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
BUILT.
IT EMPLOYS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TO BUILD SHIPS FOR THE NAVY AND
COAST GUARD.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: IT GUTS
EDUCATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY
REPORTER: SOME CALL THE
PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN A PUSH TO
SPREAD FEAR AMONG AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
AT THIS HAMPTON ROADS TOWN HALL,
THREE AREA CONGRESSMAN HEARD
MORE FRUSTRATION THAN FEAR.
ZEUS IS A BIKER THAT NORMALLY
STAYS OUT OF POLITICS.
HE OWNS THIS CUSTOM BIKE SHOP
AND 90% OF HIS CUSTOMERS ARE
MILITARY MEMBERS.
GUYS READY TO BE DEPLOYED,
THEIR DEPLOYMENTS ARE CUT ARE
NOT SURE IF THEY ARE DEPLOYED.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND
RECREATION MONEY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOME
FIRST.
REPORTER: ZEUS IS DELAYING
EXPANDING BUSINESS, PUT OFF
HIRING PEOPLE AND EVEN CUT HIS
OWN PAY.
HE WOULD LIKE WASHINGTON TO
FOLLOW HIS BUSINESS MODEL,
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
IT IS TIME WE MAKE THEM
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
OTHERWISE, THEY ARE GOING TO GET
LET GO.
I HAVE HAD EMPLOYEES, IT IS LIKE
IF YOU ARE NOT DOING THE JOB YOU
ARE HIRED TO DO, I CAN'T KEEP
PAYING YOU.
REPORTER: THAT FRUSTRATION
DOESN'T FALL ON DEAF YEARS.
IT IS WHY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN
CALLED THE TOWN HALL MEETING.
LIKELIHOOD OF SEQUESTRATION
HAPPENING IS HIGH.
YOU COULD DESCRIBE IT AS
CERTAIN.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO
OTHERS AND SAY WHAT THIS DOES TO
OUR MILITARY READINESS.
DEFENSE IS NOT A FAUCET.
SOME OF THESE AVAILABILITIES
WILL NEVER HAPPEN
REPORTER: THREAT OF CUTS TO
MILITARY TRAINING IS WHAT
WORRIED AMANDA HUFFLER.
HER HUSBAND DEPLOYED THREE
TIMES.
IT IS GOING TO BE UGLY.
TOUGH DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
WE ARE HOPING THEY COME TO AN
AGREEMENT.
NEVER KNOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN
CLEARLY FIX.
WOE NEED TO GET TO WORK AND DO
IT.
CONGRESSMAN BOBBY SCOTT IS
HEARING FROM FRUSTRATED
HAMPTON'S ROADS VOTERS.
THEY MADE THE CUTS BACK IN
JANUARY.
WE SHOULD NOT EXTENDED THE
CUTS
REPORTER: STILL SCOTT STANDS
AGAINST THE AUTOMATIC CUTS.
FOR NOW THE SEQUESTER APPEARS
LIKELY IF NOT CERTAIN.
MANY SAY THEY'LL GET BY AND MAKE
DO AS THEY HAVE TO.
THEY WISH WASHINGTON WOULD FIND
A WAY TO DO IS SAME.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
WIFE OF A CHRISTIAN PASTOR OF
IMPRISONED IN IRAN.
NAGMAY ABDEENY'S HUSBAND SAEED
WAS SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS.
SHE SAYS GOD IS IN CONTROL OF
HER HUSBAND'S SITUATION.
YOU CAN READ HER BLOG AT NEW
BEGINNING CBNNEWS.COM.
COMING UP, THE DEBATE OVER HIGH
SCHOOL BANNERS AT HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL GAMES.
WELCOME BACK, FOLKS IN A
SMALL EAST TEXAS TOWN AGAIN
TAKING UP THE DEBATE OVER BIBLE
VERSES ON BANNERS AT HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL GAMES.
THEY ARE LOOKING ON A BAN
PREVENTING CHEER LEADERS FROM
HOLDING THE BANNERS AT THE GAME.
THEY ARE NEAR CHEER LEADERS.
WHAT IF A BUDDHIST STUDENT
MAKES A CHEER LEADING TEAM IS
SHE GOING TO GET KICKED OFF FOR
NOT AGREEING WITH IT?
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?
I HAVE LEARNED TO SHARE MY
FAITH.
BEING TOLD YOU CAN'T DO THAT, IT
IS NOT EASY.
CBN BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF
BANNERS LAST FALL AFTER THE
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FILED A
LAWSUIT.
A JUDGE BLOCKED THE BAN, A TRIAL
SET FOR THIS SUMMER.
U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING ADDED AN
IMPORTANT NEW STATUTE TO ITS
COLLECTION.
ONE THAT HELPS BETTER TELL
AMERICA'S INTRICATE STORY.
JENNIFER WISHON EXPLAINS.
JENNIFER WISHON: ROSA PARKS
REFU
REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON
THE BUS SO A WHITE PASSENGER
COULD SIT DOWN.
SHE MADE HISTORY AGAIN AS HER
IMAGE AND STORY WELCOMED INTO
THE U.S. CAPITOL STATUTE.
IT IS THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE
PLACED IN THE CAPITOL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE CELEBRATE
A SEAMSTRESS.
MIGHTY IN COURAGE.
REPORTER: WHEN SHE WOULDN'T
GIVE UP HER SEAT, PARKS
ARRESTED.
DAYS LATER, A NEW PASTOR IN TOWN
BY THE NAME OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. STOOD BY HER SIDE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: THE BOYCOTT
ENDED.
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN
REBOARDED THE BUSES OF
MONTGOMERY.
NEWLY DESEGREGATED AND SAT IN
WHATEVER SEAT HAPPENED TO BE
OPEN.
REPORTER: PARK'S SCULPTURE
WAS CRAFTED BY CALIFORNIA ARTIST
EUGENE DOB.
HE CHOSE TO HAVE HER SEATED
ROOTED TO HER ENVIRONMENT MAKING
IT CLEAR SHE IS NOT TO BE MOVED.
THIS IS KIND OF SUPERWOMAN IN
A WAY IN CLARK KENT'S CLOTHING.
THIS COURAGEOUS WARRIOR FOR
RACIAL INJUSTICE YET SHE SITS
QUIETLY IN MID CENTURY DRESS
LOOKING FOR ALL INTENT PURPOSES
LIKE AN AVERAGE AMERICAN
CITIZEN.
IN GOD WE TRUST, NOT JUST A
MOTTO, BUT A MISSION AS ROSA
PARKS DID, ANY BURDEN CAN BE
LIFTED.
REPORTER: JENNIFER WISHON,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
UP NEXT, HEAR WHY SOME VETS
DISAGREE WITH WOMEN IN COMBAT.
THE PENTAGON IS GOING AHEAD
WITH PLANS TO PUT WOMEN INTO
MILITARY COMBAT UNITS.
SOME CONSIDER IT A VICTORY FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS.
AS LEE WEBB REPORTS, OTHERS
ARGUE IT WILL HURT OUR NATION'S
ABILITY TO FIGHT.
REPORTER: AMERICA'S WOMEN
HAVE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN
OUR MILITARY HPARTICULARLY OVER
THE LAST DECADE IN THE WAR ON
TERROR.
EVERYONE IS COMMITTED TO
DOING THE JOB, FIGHTING AND
DYING TOGETHER.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR OUR
POLICIES TO RECOGNIZE THAT
REALITY
REPORTER: THAT IS WHY LEON
PANETTA OPENED THE DOOR FOR
WOMEN TO THE MORE THAN 230,000
POSITIONS IN INFANTRY AND
RANGERS AND SEALS.
FORMER ARMY CAPTAIN TANYA DOMI
AFFIRMS THE DECISION.
SHE SAYS IT IS GOOD FOR OUR
MILITARY AND COUNTRY, TOO.
RETIRED ARMY GENERAL JERRY
BOYKIN COULDN'T DISAGREE
ANYMORE.
HE IS FORMER COMMANDER OF
SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
HE ACKNOWLEDGES WOMEN HAVE
SERVED BRAVELY UNDER FIRE IN
SUPPORT ROLES BUT DOESN'T
BELIEVE THEY ARE PHYSICALLY UP
TO THE CHALLENGE OF DESTROYING A
HOSTILE FORCE.
IT IS NOT THE AVERAGE FEMALE
THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT IS A READINESS ISSUE.
NO ONE IS CONSIDERING READY NSZ.
THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD
FOR MEN AND WOMEN, FOR EXAMPLE,
A 22-YEAR-OLD MALE SOLDIER IS
REQUIRED TO DO 40 PUSH-UPS, A
22-YEAR-OLD FEMALE SOLDIER IS TO
DO 17.
THEY SAID SHE WILL HAVE TO MEAT
SAME STANDARDS.
LISTEN TO THE CAVEAT TO THAT.
IF WE DECIDE A PARTICULAR
STANDARD IS SO HIGH TBURDEN IS
ON THE SERVICE TO EXPLAIN TO THE
SERVICE WHY IS IT THAT HIGH?
WITH THE RED COMBAT EXCLUSION
PROVISION, WE NEVER HAD TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION.
THAT IS FRIGHTENING.
WHAT THAT IS SAYING IF WOMEN
CAN'T MEET THE STANDARDS, WE'LL
LOWER THE STANDARDS.
STAY.
STAY DOWN!
STAY DOWN.
REPORTER: BOYKIN BELIEVES IT
WILL HAVE LIFE AND DEATH
CONSEQUENCES AS "BAND OF
BROTHERS" DEPICTS.
THAT IS WHY WE GIVE MEDALS OF
M
HONOR BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS
SAVING A BUDDY.
RETIRED GENERAL ROBERT SCALES
MADE THE STUDY OF WARFARE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND IS THIS SO-CALLED
BANNED OF BROTHERS AFFECT.
THIS BUDDY TEAMING WHICH MAKES
UP THE ESSENCE OF COHESION AND
SMALL UNITS.
REMEMBER THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
REALLY DOESN'T DIE FOR HIS
COUNTRY.
HE DIES FOR HIS BUDDIES.
SCALES BELIEVES THE PENTAGON
OWES IT TO THE SOLDIERS AND
MARINES TO PERFORM AN OBJECTIVE
STUDY.
UNITS THAT HAVE BAD
PSYCHOLOGY OR POORLY LED DIE IN
INCREASING NUMBERS.
THEY ARE FALLING ON THE SOLDIERS
OF THIS VERY, VERY SMALL BAND OF
BROTHERS.
BEFORE WE BREAK IT UP, WE BETTER
BE DARN WELL SURE WE ARE DOING
THE RIGHT THING
REPORTER: GENERAL SCALES
TWO DAUGHTERS ARE FORMER ARMY
OFFICERS AGREE WITH THEIR FATHER
ON THE ISSUE.
THIS FORMER CAPTAIN ALSO AGREES
WITH HIM.
SHE COMPLETED TWO TOURS IN
AFGHANISTAN.
SHE WANTED TO SERVE ON THE FRONT
LINE.
SHE CHANGED HER MIND AFTER THE
WEAR AND TEAR IT TOOK ON HER
BODY AFTER FIVE YEARS.
RIGHT NOW I HAVE TWO SMALL
CHILDREN.
MY QUALITY OF LIFE IS DEGRADED,
YOU CAN ONLY HOLD THEM FOR SO
LONG BECAUSE YOUR BACK HURTS.
IT CHANGES THE WAY I AM ABLE TO
LIVE.
REPORTER: WHAT DOES IT SAY
ABOUT A NATION THAT ALLOWS ITS
WOMEN TO DO ITS FIGHTING?
RIGHT NOW CONGRESS IS WORKING
ON LEGISLATION TO PROTECT WOMEN
FROM VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
THEN ON THE OTHER HAND WE ARE
SAYING TO WOMEN, FIX BAYONETS
AND CHARGE THAT GROUP OF MEN
OVER THERE MOST OF WHICH ARE
STRONGER, BIGGER AND CAPABLE OF
KILLING YOU.
IT IS INCONSISTENT.
I THINK THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR.
WE ARE THE STRONGER SEX AND WE
HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO
PROTECT OUR WOMEN.
LEE, DO YOU THINK MANY WOMEN
ARE GOING TO FILL THESE FRONT
LINE COMBAT ISSUES.
MOST THINK THEY WON'T AND THE
ONE THAT IS WILL, WILL NOT
QUALITY.
THEY HAD 100 OFFICERS, AND 2
WERE WOMEN, FIRST ONE COULDN'T
PASS THE ENDURANCE TEST.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW THEY FAIR.
YOU SAY FOOTBALL PROVIDES A
GOOD ANALOGY AS TO WHY IT WAS A
BAD IDEA
REPORTER: MARK, IF I TOLD YOU
THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE RAY
LEWIS WITH A WOMAN, WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY?
I WOULD BE SHOCKED.
THEY WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED
AFTER SEEING A WOMAN ON THE
FOOTBALL FIELD AFTER INJURED.
A FOOTBALL FIELD IS NOT A PLACE
FOR WOMEN.
BALTIMORE RAVENS WOULD NO MORE
DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
WIN.
PLACING A WOMAN IN THAT POSITION
WOULD CAUSE THEM NOT TO WIN A
FOOTBALL GAME.
WOMEN HAVE SERVED IN SUPPORT
ROLES.
NO QUESTION A WOMAN COULD BE A
NATIONAL FOOTBALL REFEREE.
COULD SHE TAKE -- COULD SHE TAKE
PART IN PLAYING FOOTBALL?
TACKLING AND RUNNING AND ALL
THOSE THINGS AND COMPETE WITH
ME?
ANSWER IS NO.
WE ARE TO BELIEVE YET THE
FOOTBALL FIELD IS MORE DANGEROUS
THAN A COMBAT ZONE?
THAT IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SAYING RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE CALLING ATTENTION TO
THAT FACT
REPORTER: ALL RIGHT, LEE,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.
INTERESTING HOW THIS ALL PLAYS
OUT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US,
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE
TO RETIRE TO OR RETREAT TO IN
CASE OF END OF THE WORLD
SCENARIO, LOOK TO OHIO.
IT TOPS THE LIST AS THE BEST
PLACE TO SURVIVE A NATURAL
DISASTER.
LOW CRIME RATES, HIGH AMOUNTS OF
FOREST AND LAND, MINIMUM GUN
LAWS AND GOOD RESOURCES IN THE
AREA.
LOCAL WAL-MARTS HAVE AN ENTIRE
SECTION DEDICATED TO EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS.
DEHYDRATED AND FREEZE-DRIED
FOODS.
MAKES SENSE.
IF YOU WAN
