KNEW NEWSPAPER TONIGHT
ON "NEWSWATCH" THE COUNT DOWN
CLOCK IS DOWN TO ONE DAY.
WILL ANY LAST MINUTE ACTION
TAKEN TO STOP SEQUESTRATION.
PLUS WOMENS' RIGHTS IN INDIA.
THE PUSH TO END GENDER-BASED
ABORTIONS.
AND WE'LL MEET A WOMAN
TRAVELING TO 11 COUNTRIES IN 11
MONTHS ALL FOR THE SAKE OF THE
GOSPEL.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
WEEKS OF WASHINGTON HYPE ABOUT
LOOMING BUDGET CUTS IS ALL
LEADING UP TO TOMORROW.
THAT IS WHEN ACROSS THE BOARD
CUTS KNOWN AS SEQUESTRATION ARE
TO TAKE AFFECT.
DALE HURD HAS MORE IN TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY.
REPORTER: SEQUESTER CUT IS
LOOMING.
85 BILLION DOLLARS OF CUTS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE ARE LOOMING.
UNLESS THEY STOP THE MINDLESS
SPENDING CUTS, YOU, TOO COULD
LOSE YOUR JOB.
I DON'T THINK WE COULD
MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF
SECURITY.
KIDS ARE GOING TO GET HURT
REPORTER: REPUBLICANS
SLAMMED THE ADMINISTRATION FOR
RESORTING TO SCARE TACTICS.
WE HAVE SHOWN WE COULD
SURPASS SEQUESTRATION.
THERE IS A LOT OF POSTURING I
AM GOING TO LAY OFF MY
EMPLOYEES, CLOSE HOSPITALS DOWN,
PUT ALL THE PEOPLE IN JAIL ON
THE STREET.
REPORTER: LAST NIGHT,
PRESIDENT OBAMA BACKED OFF.
THIS IS NOT A CLIFF, BUT IT
IS A TUMBLE DOWNWARD.
REPORTER: IN ARIZONA, FEDS
USED AN EXCUSE TO RELEASE
HUNDREDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
AND SAVE MILLIONS.
GOVERNOR JAN BREWER CALLS IT THE
HEIGHT OF ABSURDITY.
ARNIE DUNCAN CHOOSING BETWEEN
CUTS AND HURTING CHILDREN.
HELP MORE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS
AND DO THE OPPOSITE.
REPORTER: "WASHINGTON POST"
MAKING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT
TEACHERS GIVEN PINK SLIPS IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL MEET WITH
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON FRIDAY.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
JOINING US NOW IS SETON
MOTELY, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF
LESS GOVERNMENT.
SETON, HAVE THE GOVERNMENT AND
PRESIDENT OVERSTATED THESE
BUDGET CUTS?
JUST A LITTLE.
SEQUESTRATION GOING INTO EFFECT
WOULD RETURN US TO 2011 SPENDING
LEVELS.
WHEN AS YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT
WAS PAIRED DOWN TO THE BONE AND
NOTHING HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON.
LOOK, THIS IS ABSURD.
THEY RELEASED A THOUSAND OR MORE
ILLEGAL ALIENS IN ADVANCE OF THE
SEQUESTRATION.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT ALONE THE
CATASTROPHIC LOSSES OF PROGRAMS
FOR CHILDREN AND DISABLED
CHILDREN AND SICK CHILDREN AND
WE CAN'T ENFORCE THE BORDER AND
ARRESTING BORDER OFFICERS WHO DO
ENFORCE THE BORDER.
NOW YOU SEE OBAMA BACKTRACKING.
YOU HAD ME ON GRACIOUSLY A WEEK
AGO.
I SAID NOTHING IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
THAT IS OBAMA'S BIGGEST FEAR.
AMERICA IS GOING TO WAKE UP AND
NOTICE NO DIFFERENCE FROM THE
CUTS.
HE SAID IT MIGHT TAKE A MONTH.
HE KNOWS THE CUTS ARE GOING TO
GO INTO EFFECT AND NO ONE IS
GOING TO NOTICE.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THAT,
WILL THE CUTS HURT THE ECONOMY
AT ALL LIKE THE PRESIDENT AND
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING?
LOOK, EVERY PENNY THE
GOVERNMENT BORROWS IS A PENNY
THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN'T BORROW
TO GROW BUSINESSES, HIRE PEOPLE,
ADD JOBS, CREATE BUSINESSES.
YOU HAVE THE GOVERNMENT
COMPETING WITH THE PRIVATE
SECTOR FOR CAPITAL.
THE BETTER THE PRIVATE SECTOR
CAN DO BECAUSE THERE IS MORE
MONEY FOR THEM TO CREATE WEALTH.
IT IS ABSURD.
OBAMA SAYS YOU CAN'T CUT YOUR
WAY TO PROSPERITY.
YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN.
THERE ARE GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS
THAT SHOULDN'T BE HIRED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
THAT IS FINE, CUT AWAY DEAD
WOOD.
YOU DO IT IN FOREST AND PLANS,
CALLED PRUNING.
WE CAN DO IT IN WASHINGTON.
HOW MUCH WASTE IS THERE IN
THE BUDGET?
I WOULD ARGUE 90%.
SERIOUSLY, YOU CAN CUT 20%
TOMORROW AND NO ONE WOULD NOTICE
A THING IF YOU CUT IT RIGHT.
YOU CAN DO IT THE WAY OBAMA IS
DOING IT, FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
ON THE BORDER SECURITY AND
TEACHERS AND ALL THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TEACHERS
ARE PAID BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OR REASONABLY AND
SENSIBLY.
SENATOR TOM COBURN IDENTIFIED
900 BILLION DOLLARS IN WASTE.
I AM ONLY GETTING STARTED.
WE CAN DO 20% AND NOT BAT AN
EYE.
ALL RIGHT.
SETON MOTELY WITH LESS
GOVERNMENT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
THANK YOU, SIR.
STAFF LOU HAS TAKEN OVER AS
TREASURY SECRETARY OF STATE.
TODAY LOU STEPPED IN TO SUCCEED
TIMOTHY GEITHNER.
THE SENATE AFFIRMED THE
PRESIDENT'S CHOICE BY CONFIRMING
LOU LATE WEDNESDAY.
25 REMEMBER REMEMBERS.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY
SAYS THEY WILL GIVE SYRIAN
OPPOSITION 60 MILLION DOLLARS IN
AID.
U.S. WILL PROVIDE FOOD AND
MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE REBELS
FIEINGING TO REMOVE PRESIDENT
BASHAR ASSAD.
AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN
ROME IS BEING HELD.
EUROPEAN NATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
FOLLOW KERRY'S EXAMPLE.
THE GOAL OF THE AID IS TO PUT
PRESSURE ON ASSAD AND STEP DOWN.
A 2000 YEAR OLD COMMUNITY IS
-- 100 SYRIAN CHRISTIAN REFUGEES
REFUGEES.
THEY ARE BEEN DRIVEN OUT BECAUSE
OF THEIR FAITH.
ONE WOMAN SAYS HER HUSBAND AND
SON WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD JUST
BECAUSE THEY ARE CHRISTIANS.
SECOND LARGEST IN THE MIDDLE
EAST AFTER EGYPT.
TWO WHOLE VILLAGES DISAPPEARED
WHEN ISLAMIST REBELS ARRIVE.
EVERY WEEK HUNDREDS OF
CHRISTIANS ARRIVE IN LEBANON.
IT IS A GREAT EXODUS TAKING
PLACE IN SILENCE.
CHRISTIAN PASTOR SAEED
ABEDINI IS MONTH INTO HIS EIGHT
YEAR SENTENCE.
ONE FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT SAYS
THE U.S. COULD BE DOING MORE TO
FREE HIM.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS OVERLY
SENSITIVE TO NOT OFFENDING
ANYONE OR ANY GOVERNMENT THAT IS
BASED ON ISLAM.
IT IS JUST A FACT.
IN THIS CASE A CHRISTIAN GOING
INTO IRAN AND BEING IMPRISONED
UNDUALLY.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT THE
FOCUS ON.
THEY ARE LESS THAN EXCITED ABOUT
TRYING TO NEGOTIATE TO GET A
CHRISTIAN PASTOR OUT OF A MUSLIM
COUNTRY.
THEY SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THOSE MUSLIM PROPAGANDAS TO
USE THAT AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES WHEN THEY ARE PORTRAYING
THEMSELVES AS EVERYTHING TO
EVERYBODY.
THE BEST WAY TO HELP PASTOR
ABEDINI IS TO PRAY.
A HORRIFIC GANG RAPE ON A NEW
DELHI BUS.
MANY WERE HOPING IT WOULD LEAD
TO A CULTURE CHANGE.
THAT IS HAPPENING WITH A LONG
STANDING AND ILLEGAL PRACTICE
REPORTER: FOR CENTURIES
INDIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE
ENDURED MANY TYPES OF ABUSE.
NOW THE DEATH OF A UNIVERSITY
STUDENT AFTER A BRUTAL GANG RAPE
IS STIRRING ABOUT WOMENS'
RIGHTS.
THE OUTRAGE IS AFFECTING THE
RIGHTS OF UNBORN FEMALES.
RECENTLY THEY HAVE TAKEN STEPS
TO STOP GENDER-BASED ABORTIONS
KILLING 7,000 GIRLS A DAY IN
INDIA.
ULTRA SOUND TECHNOLOGY HAS
BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE, MORE
ACCESSIBLE AND DEFINITELILY
FUELLED THE WHOLE SEX-SELECTIVE
ABORTION SCENARIO
REPORTER: ON PAPER THIS
PRACTICE IS ILLEGAL.
SOCIAL SOURCES DEMAND IT.
GIRLS ARE CONSIDERED A BURDEN ON
FAMILIES.
BOYS ARE CONSIDERED THE
PRODUCERS OF THE FAMILY.
THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO WORK
AND BRING INCOMES
REPORTER: 26-YEAR-OLD
KAVINA'S STORY IS COMMON.
SHE HAD AN ABORTION SEVERAL
YEARS AGO AND DIDN'T WANT IT.
I HAD A SON AND BECAME
PREGNANT AND DISCOVERED I WAS
HAVING A GIRL.
THE PRESSURE WAS SO MUCH I HAD
TO DO IT
REPORTER: NOW CULTURAL
SUPPORT FOR ABORTING BABY GIRLS
IN THE WOMB, ABOUT 100 DOCTORS
WILL SERVE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN
PRISON.
GOVERNMENT WILL SUSPEND OR
CANCEL THEIR MEDICAL LICENSE.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
THANKS, HEATHER.
HERE AT HOME, A BATTLE OVER
ABORTION AND ARKANSAS.
GOVERNOR VETOED A BILL TUESDAY
BANNING MOST ABORTIONS IN THE
20TH WEEK OF PREGNANCY.
THE HOUSE VETOED 53-28.
SEVEN STATES HAVE ENACTED
20-WEEK ABORTION RESTRICTIONS
BASED ON THE ARGUMENT AN UNBORN
BABY CAN FEEL PAIN AS EARLY AS
20 WEEKS INTO A PREGNANCY.
IN INDIANA, LEGISLATURES ARE
MAKING IT HARDER FOR CLINICS TO
PRESCRIBE ABORTION DRUGS.
A IT REQUIRES DRUG DISPENSING
CLINICS TO CONFORM TO THE SAME
REGULATION.
THE BILL GOES TO THE HOUSE WHERE
REPUBLICAN LEADERS EXPECT IT TO
PASS.
A GROUP OF MORE THAN 80
REPUBLICANS IS FILING A BRIEF
FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
MORE THAN 200 BUSINESSES ARE
ALSO FILING BRIEFS SUPPORTING
HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE INCLUDING
WELL KNOWN COMPANIES LIKE APPLE,
DISE
DISENY DISNEY, STARBUCKS.
WHAT BROUGHT PAT BOONE TO THE
HOLY LAND.
POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH BEGINS
HISASHI TOIC RETIREMENT TODAY.
IN HIS FINAL HOURS AS HEAD OF
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, BENEDICT
MED WITH THE CARDINALS FOR THE
FINAL TIME AND HEADS TO A PAPER
RETREAT SOUTH OF ROME.
WE WILL REMAIN THERE BEFORE
RETURNING TO THE VATICAN AT A
CONVICT.
BENEDICT'S LEGACY IS ONE OF A
TEACHER.
HE WAS NOT A ADMINISTRATION,
HE TRUSTED OTHERS TO CARRY OUT
THE TASK.
HE WAS A TEACHER.
A GERMAN PROFESSOR.
MAN OF AN INTELLECT OF ONE OF
THESE GREAT LIKE PLATO.
WE LISTENED TO HIM AND
PRIVILEGED TO DO SO.
POPE BENEDICT'S RETIREMENT
FORMALLY TOOK EFFECT THIS
EVENING.
IN 1960 THE MOVIE "EXODUS"
TALKED ABOUT THE BIRTH OF THE
MODERN JEWISH STATE.
NO WORDS UNTIL A YOUNG PAT BOONE
CAME UP WITH THE LYRICS.
CHRIS MITCHELL TELLS US THOSE
WORDS HAVE A PERMANENT HOME IN
ISRAEL.
EXODUS!
REPORTER: EXODUS HIT IT IS
SCREENS IN 1960 WITH A STAR
STUDDED CAST INCLUDING PAUL
NEWM
NEWMAN.
NO WORDS COULD SATISFY THE
PUBLISHER AND DIRECTOR UNTIL
CHRISTMAS 1961.
I PUT THE NEEDLE ON THE
RECORD AND HEARD BUM, BUM, BUM,
BUM.
THE WORDS, THIS LAND IS MINE
CAME INTO MY MIND.
I SAID THAT IS THE STORY.
THAT IS THE WHOLE STORY OF
EXODUS.
NEW
REPORTER: BOONE PICKED UP A
CHRISTMAS CARD AND BEGAN TO
WRITE.
FIRST WORDS ARE "THIS LAND IS
MINE."
THEN THE NEXT WORDS CAME TGOD
GAVE THIS LAND TO ME.
IT GAVE HOPE TO YOUNG BOYS
LIKE THE SON OF HOLOCAUST SUR
SURVIVOR
SURVIVORS.
LISTENING TO THIS SONG AND
UNDERSTANDING WE ARE NOT ALONE
ANYMORE, THAT WAS SOMETHING VERY
SPECIAL FOR ME.
YEARS LATER HE BECAME
INTERNATIONALS DIRECTOR AT THE
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL.
HE ASKED BOONE FOR A COPY OF THE
WORDS FROM "EXODUS" AND GAVE HIM
THE ORIGINAL.
CONNECTING THOSE WORDS IS A
STORY OF THE SURVIVORS THAT
CAME.
THEY HAVE THESE WORDS.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT
WILL GIVE A MESSAGE TO FUTURE
GENERATIONS
REPORTER: FOR BOONE, THE
MOMENT WAS PROFOUND.
FOR ME, THIS IS TWO OR THREE
MOMENTS I CONSIDER THE REASON I
AM ALIVE AND I THINK GOD'S
PURPOSE FOR ME TO BE HERE.
CHRISTMAS WILL BECOME PART OF
YAED'S PERMANENT COLLECTION.
ORGANIZERS PLAYED A VERSION OF
"EXODUS" SUNG BY BOONE YEARS AGO
AT MASADA.
[SINGING] *
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[SINGING] THIS LAND IS MINE...
REPORTER: CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN
NEWS, JERUSALEM.
INCREDIBLE.
POWER L.
UP NEXT, HOW A RACE AROUND THE
WORLD IS DRAWING PEOPLE WITH A
HEART FOR MISSIONS AND
ADVENTURE.
WELCOME BACK.
IMAGINE QUITTING YOUR JOB
LEAVING EVERYTHING BEHIND AND
SETTING OFF ON A TRIP, ONE THAT
GOES TO 11 COUNTRIES IN 11
MONTHS.
I RECENTLY MET ONE YOUNG LADY
DOING JUST THAT ON THE WORLD
RACE.
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*
THESE CULTURES WE ARE GOING
TO, PEOPLE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU
LOOK LIKE OR SMELL LIKE OR CARE
ABOUT THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE.
*
TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD EMILY
WRIGHT LEFT HER LIFE AND FAMILY
TO TAKE THE WORLD RACE
CHALLENGE.
OVER THE NEXT 11 MONTHS, EMILY
WILL VISIT THE COUNTRIES FOR 30
DAYS EACH.
HER ADVENTURE BEGAN HELPING
ORPHANS IN MOEZEN BEAK FROM
THERE SHE GOES TO INDIA, NEPAL,
THAILAND, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, MA
MALAYS
MALAYSIA, MALL DOE VA AND END IN
ROMANIA.
IT ESTABLISHES CONTACTS IN EACH
COUNTRY SO EMILY AND TEAM WILL
WORK WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND
REGIONS.
MINISTRIES COULD RANGE TO
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL TO ORPHAN
AGES OR MINISTERING TO WOMEN AND
CHILDREN IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
FIFTY RACERS ASKED TO TRAVEL
LIGHT.
I'LL HAVE ONE BACKPACK AND BE
TAKING A TENT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL A WEEK
WITHOUT GOING HAVING A SHOWER?
WE WERE LIVING IN A WOODS FOR
A WEEK FIFTY PEOPLE GETTING
CLOSE TOGETHER.
WORLD RACE FOUNDER SETH BARNS
HAVE THOUGHT OF IT TO GIVE AN
ALTERNATIVE.
WE PUSH PEOPLE TO DO A LOOP
10 JOURNEY.
THEY GO OUT AND DO NOTHING.
ALL SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY.
WE ASK THEM TO PRAY FOR LOCAL
NEEDS.
IT CHANGES THEM INEVITABLY.
THEY DEPEND ON GOD TOTAL
DEPENDS.
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
APPEAR EACH YEAR BECAUSE THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR MORE.
BY ALLOWING GOD TO OPEN UP
HIS POSSIBILITIES AND ALL
DIFFERENT CULTURES, THEY FIND
THAT THERE IS MORE TO LIFE.
THIS YEARNING THEY HAD INSIDE
HAS AN ANSWER.
ONE THING EMILY AND HER TEAM
ARE DISCOVERING, MISSION WORK
CAN BE TOUGH AND SPIRITUAL
WARFARE IS REAL.
EMILY SHARED THIS BLOG POST FROM
MOEZEN BEAK.
THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE
DARKNESS, IN MINISTRY I SEE
CHILDREN DYING IN THE HOSPITAL
WITH NOTHING, NO BED SHEETS, NO
DOCTORS, NO PAPER TOWELS TO PICK
UP THEIR MESS.
GOD HAS AUTHORITY OVER EVERY
HOPELESS SITUATION.
HE IS TRUSTWORTHY, HE IS GOOD
AND OUR HEALER AND ULTIMATELY
ALREADY DEFEATED SICKNESS AND
DEATH.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE
WORLD RACE, YOU NEED TO BE
BETWEEN 21 AND 35.
IT WILL COST YOU $15,000 FOR THE
ENTIRE JOURNEY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL
BEFORE YOU GO.
THE JOURNEY IS NOT ALWAYS
EASY.
HER MISSION REMAINS THE SAME.
GOD'S LOVE.
WHATEVER FORM THAT TAKES
GIVING THEM SHOES OR TAKING THEM
OUT FOR AN EVENING.
JESUS SAID TO HEAL THE SICK,
CAST OUT DEMONS AND RAISE THE
DEAD.
THEY ASK YOU TO HAVE THAT KIND
OF FAITH.
EMILY IS IN SWAZZI LAND.
YOU CAN FOLLOW HER ONLINE AND
GOING TO HER BLOG PAGE.
YOU'LL FIND A LINK ON
CBNNEWS.COM.
THERE IS STILL TIME TO GET IN IT
THIS YEAR FOR 2013.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
FINALLY A CITY IN CALIFORNIA
HAS GOTTEN AN UNUSUAL OFFER.
IT IS TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO
GET THIS, A DATING WEBSITE.
WOOD SIDE IS AN AFFLUENT
COMMUNITY.
RECENTLY OFFICIALS GOT AN OFFER
FOR 11 AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS TO CHANGE THE TOWN'S
NAME TO SUGARDADDY.COM.
THE IDEA IS GETTING TIRED OF IT.
MAYBE THERE IS AN AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD
BE IN THIS TOWN.
IT IS A DATING SITE TARGETING
WEALTHY PEOPLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T WORRY.
THEY DON'T EXPECT THE OFFER TO
MAKE IT.
WENDY, WOULD YOU LIVE IN A PLACE
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