DEADLINE DAY FOR SEQUESTRATION.
LATEST ON THE PRESIDENT'S LAST
MINUTE MEETING WITH
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS.
PLUS GAY MARRIAGE TAT SUPREME
COURT.
WHY THE ADMINISTRATION AND
LEADING REPUBLICANS ARE SPEAKING
OUT IN SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE COUPLES.
AND AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK FEW
AND PROUD.
WE HAVE THE AMAZING STORY OF THE
M
MONFORT POINTS MARINES ALL OF
THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM LORIE JOHNSON.
AT MIDNIGHT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BEGINS PROCESS OF
TRIMMING 85 MILLION DOLLARS FROM
THE PLAN.
THE SEQUESTER STALEMATE,
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
JENNIFER WISHON HAS TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY
REPORTER: ONE BY ONE
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARRIVED AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEIR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
OBAMA WAS CLOSED TO THE PRESS T.
HOUR-LONG MEETING WAS A PHOTO OP
TO SAY THEY MET.
NONE OF THIS IS HAPPENING.
IT IS BECAUSE OF A CHOICE
REPUBLICANS AND CONGRESS HAS
MADE.
LET'S MAKE IT CLEAR THE
PRESIDENT GOT HIS TAX HIKES ON
JANUARY 1ST.
REVENUE IN MY VIEW IS OVER.
IT IS ABOUT TAKING ON THE
SPENDING PROBLEM HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
FISCAL CONSERVATIVES ARE
THRILLED ABOUT THE CUTS.
BOTH SIDES AGREE IT IS BETTER TO
HAVE CONTROL ABOUT HOW THEY ARE
MADE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE SHOULDN'T
MAKE DUMB ARBITRARY CUTS TO THE
THINGS BUSINESSES AND WORKERS
DEPEND ON LIKE EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY
PELOSI.
IT WILL BE WEEKS BEFORE IT IS
REALIZED.
SEQUESTER MEANS HOLD HOSTAGE
ALL THE THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT.
NEXT WEEK THEY WILL AVOID A
GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AT THE END
OF MARCH.
MEANWHILE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO
PLAGUE BOTH SIDES OF
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
JENNIFER WISHON JOINS US WITH
MORE JENNIFER, HOW DO WE GET TO
THIS POINT?
MARK, REMEMBER, PRESIDENT
OBAMA WON RE-ELECTION PROMISING
TO RAISE TAXES.
REPUBLICANS PROMISED TO HOLD THE
LINE AND CUT FEDERAL SPENDING.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE SO-CALLED
SEQUESTER CUTS, BOTH SIDES
OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW THEIR
MANDATE.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS
STALEMATE OVER BUDGET ISSUES.
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
WHERE WILL AMERICANS REALLY
FEEL THE PINCH FROM THE CUTS?
IT WILL BE GRADUAL.
AGENCIES HAVE SIX MONTHS TO MAKE
THE CUTS.
ALL WEEK THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN PAINTING
A GLOOMY PICTURE OF WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
FOUR HOUR LINE LONGS AND SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HANDING OUT PINK
SLIPS.
WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW MUCH
COMES TO PASS.
AFTER HEARING FROM MILITARY, HOW
IT AFFECTS MILITARY
PREPAREDNESS.
WHAT MAKES OUR TROOPS THE
MIGHTIEST IS THEIR PRACTICE.
IN TERMS OF HOW IT WILL AFFECT,
LOOK, MARK WILL WOULD SAY LINES
ARE ALREADY LONG.
TAX SEASON IS COMING UP, HOW
WILL THE TAX CUT AFFECT IRS.
ANY FURLOUGHS -- TAX REFUND
CHECKS WILL NOT BE DELAYED DUE
TO THE SEQUESTER.
JENNIFER WISHON, THANK YOU
FOR KEEPING US UPDATED, TAKE
CARE.
THANK YOU.
FIGHT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS
HEADED TO THE SUPREME COURT THIS
MONTH.
AHEAD BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND
LEADING REPUBLICANS ARE SPEAKING
OUT IN SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
DALE HURD REPORTS
REPORTER: PRESIDENT HAS FILED
FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF URGING
THE JUSTICES OVERTURN
CALIFORNIA'S GAY MARRIAGE BAND,
PROPOSITION 8.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE
PRESIDENT HAS URGED THE COURT.
THE PRESIDENT USED TO OPPOSE GAY
MARRIAGE.
HE CALLS HIS CHANGE IN VIEWS
EVOLUTION.
MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND
WOMAN.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: MY VIEWS ARE
CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
I THINK SAME-SEX COUPLES SHOULD
BE ABLE TO GET MARRIED.
THIS IS THE LATEST IN CIVIL
RIGHTS ISSUE.
IT IS A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR
NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE
TREATED WITH EQUAL PROTECTION OF
THE LAWS.
HIGH COURT WILL BE HEARING
TWO GAY MARRIAGE CASES PROP 8
AND DEFENSIVE MARRIAGE ACT.
APPLE, GOOGLE, FAYS FACEBOOK
AND -- SOME BACKERS OF
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE BELIEVE THE
HIGH COURTS DECISION WILL SWING
THEIR WAY.
WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF
MARRIAGE?
MARRIAGE BRINGS TOGETHER MEN AND
WOMEN FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF
THE HUMAN RACE
REPORTER: DALE HURD, CBN
NEWS.
JOINING US NOW IS THOMAS
PETERS FROM NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
WILL THE PRESIDENT'S BRIEF ON
PROP 8 HAVE ANY IMPACT ON
WHETHER TO UPHOLD THE LAW?
IT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE ONE.
I THINK HE HAS POLITICIZED THE
ISSUE.
HE HAS NO CREDIBILITY.
THAT MONTAGE SHOWS HE HAS
FLIPPED HIS POSITION SEVERAL
TIMES AND WHETHER WE ARE GOING
TO RESPECT THE RIGHT OF 7
MILLION CALIFORNIA VOTERS OR
ERASE THEIR DEMOCRATIC VOTE.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO ARE
TYPICALLY SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE
ARE SWITCHING.
THEY ARE NOW SUPPORTING GAY
MARRIAGE.
WHY IS THAT DO YOU SUPPOSE?
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT IS
NOT ACTUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST, THEY
ARE NOT IN OFFICE ANYMORE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE
VOTERS.
WHEN REPUBLICANS SWITCH THEIR
VIEWS, THEY LOSE ELECTIONS.
ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
FOR PRESIDENT LAST TERM,
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS STRONGLY
PRO-MARRIAGE.
OPPONENTS TRYING TO CONFUSE THE
ISSUE.
PROP 8 AND DEFENSE AGAINST
MARRIAGE ACT, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT
THE SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO
VALIDATE THE RIGHTS OF ORDINARY
AMERICANS TO PROTECT MARRIAGE
AND LAW AS OVER 30 STATE VS.
DONE AND HOLD A MARCH ON THE
NATIONAL MALL TO SHOW THE
PRO-MARRIAGE MOVEMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THANKS SO MUCH.
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE BIBI
SIGNED INTO LAW THE RIGHTS OF
MOTHERS.
THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S PROTECTION
ACT.
PASSING THE STATE HOUSE AND
SENATE UNANIMOUSLY.
THE GROUP UNITED FOR LIFE.
PREGNANCY-RELATED VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN.
PRO-LIFE GROUPS WANT TO SEE
MURDER CHARGES AGAINST DR. LEROY
CARHEART HAD A PATIENT UNDER HIS
CARE DIED.
29-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER MORBELLY
DIED DAYS AFTER A LATE TERM
ABORTION DOCTOR -- SHE SUFFERED
FROM A COMPLICATION RELATED TO
CHILDBIRTH IN WHICH AMNIOTIC
FLUID WAS PUSHED INTO HER
RESCUE.
OPERATION RESCUE IS SEEKING
SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
THERE WAS NO ONE FOR THE
FAMILY TO BE CONTACT WHEN I KNOW
HER CONDITION BEGAN TO
DETERIORATE AT THE HOTEL.
NOT PROPERLY MONITOR.
THEY KNEW IT.
HE IS UP IN NEBRASKA.
LATER THAT EVENING SHE WAS
BLEEDING PROFUSELY.
SHE HAS TO GO TO THE NEARBY
HOSPITAL.
THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO
MOOREBELLY'S DEATH REMAINS
ACTIVE AS THEY WAIT FOR THE MAIN
AUTOPSY GROUP.
THEY WANT THE BOARD OF
PHYSICIANS TO REVOKE HIS MEDICAL
LICENSE.
MORE THAN 1300 PEOPLE HAVE
SIGNED A PETITION ONLINE ASKING
THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLAN
TO START TEACHING SEX EDUCATION
TO CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN.
A SET AMOUNT OF TIME BE SPENT ON
SEX ED IN EVERY GRADE.
MOST BEGIN IN 5TH GRADE.
UNDER THE NEW POLICY
KINDERGARTENERS LEARN ABOUT SEX
EDUCATION.
PARENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPT
THEIR CHILD OUT OF THAT SUBJECT.
COMING UP HOW CBN IS STEPPING
IN TO AID THOSE CAUGHT IN THE
CONFLICT IN MALI.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY
HAS CONDEMNED ANTI-SEMITIC
COMMENTS MADE BY TURKEY'S PRIME
MINISTER.
KERRY SAYS SUCH COMPARISONS
COMPLICATE THE PEACE EFFORTS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST AND AN URGENT
NEED TO PROMOTE A SPIRIT OF
TOLERANCE AND THAT IS PUBLIC
STATEMENTS MADE BY ALL LEADERS.
CBN CONTINUES TO FEED AND
ASSIST THOSE CAUGHT UP IN THE
CONFLICT.
GARY LANE HAS MORE FROM MALI
REPORTER: CBN NEWS JOINED
OPERATION BLESSING AS IT FED A
GROUP OF REFUGEES.
THE TAKE OVER OF THE NORTHERN
CITY OF GAO.
THEY DEPEND ON THE GENEROSITY OF
OTHERS TO HELP FEED THEIR
CHILDREN.
THIS WOMAN WAS PREGNANT WHEN HER
FAMILY MADE THE 600 MILE
JOURNEY.
HER BABY BORN WITH AN ABDOMINAL
HERNIA.
OPERATION BLESSING ASKED THIS
DOCTOR TO EXAM LITTLE ABDO.
THIS BABY HAS AN INFECTION AND
COULD COME OUT AGAIN.
HIS MOM IS AWAITING RESULTS PAID
FOR BY OPERATION BLESSING.
HE MAY NEED ANOTHER SURGERY.
I AM GRATEFUL TO GOD AND YOU FOR
THE HIGH QUALITY OF BEANS AND
RICE YOU PROVIDED AND YOUR
CONCERN FOR MY BABY.
NOT ONLY ARE REFUGEES AND
VICTIMS OF THE WAR BEING CARED
FOR, CBN IS DOING WHAT THEY CAN
TO HELP CHANGE THE LIVES OF
YOUNG WOMEN.
THIS WOMAN ATTENDS CLASSES
BECAUSE SHE WANTS A BETTER
FUTURE.
SHE HOPES TO START HER OWN
SEWING SHOP.
CBN HELPED START A SEWING SCHOOL
IN 2004.
FOURTEEN YOUNG WOMEN STARTED
CLASSES, IT IS MORE THAN 120
ATTEND SCHOOL HERE.
IT TAKES THREE YEARS.
DIVORCED WOMEN ALSO RECEIVE
TRAINING HEREMENT NEW.
WHEN A WOMAN IS DIVORCED WITH
THREE AND FOUR CHILDREN ARE
DIVORCE, THEY NEED TO SUPPORT
THEIR CHILDREN.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME THAT
HAVE BECOME CHRISTIANS.
THEY FOLLOW THE LORD.
THEY WANT TO GO TO CHURCH
REPORTER: CBN IS HELPING
MALIANS.
GARY LANE, CBN NEWS, MALI.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CARDINALS TAKE
THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD PICKING A
NEW POPE.
TOPPING AGENDA, ANNOUNCING A
DATE FOR THE START OF THE
CONCLAVE.
THE CLOSED SECRET VOTING SESSION
HELD INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPPEECHAPEL.
UP NEXT, HOW THE FIRST BLACK
MARINES ARE FINALLY GET THING
HONOR THEY ARE DUE.
THE COMING A MARINE INVOLVES
GRUELLING TRAINING.
ONCE YOU MADE IT, YOU ARE PART
OF THE CORE FOR LIFE.
THE MARINES BECAME THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO JOIN THE
FEW AND THE PROUD.
JOHN JESSUP BRINGS US THEIR
STORY IN TONIGHT'S FOCUS REPORT.
WE WERE CALLED THE CHOSEN FEW
OF THE COLORED MARINES.
REPORTER: JUNE 1ST, 1942, ONE
MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT, THE
MARINES RECRUIT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR THE FIRST
SOMETIME.
THEY CAME FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE, DOCTORS, TEACHERS,
MUSICIANS AND ATHLETES.
SOME WERE ARMY OFFICERS WHO TOOK
DISCHARGES TO JOIN THE MARINE
CORP AND PAVE A NEW PATH.
THINGS WERE SEPARATE AND EQUAL.
BY THE TIME I ARRIVE, THEY
HAVE SWITCHED FROM WHITE
INSTRUCTORS TO BLACK
INSTRUCTORS.
THEY FELT THAT THE ROUGHER THEY
WERE THE MORE YOU LEARN HOW TO
TAKE CARE OF YOUR LIFE.
THEN A YOUNG KID FROM
MISSISSIPPI ENLISTED IN 1944.
MARINES FIGHT IN LAND, SEA,
WATER.
I LOVED THE UNIFORM.
COULDN'T WAIT TO PUT DRESS BLUES
ON.
HE KNEW IT WOULD BE A
CHALLENGE.
GENERAL CALLED GENERAL JONES.
THEY WOULD TEACH YOU JUDO.
HE HAD ANOTHER GOAL IN MIND.
BY THE TIME I WAS 10 OR 12
YEARS OLD, I COULD TAKE A 22
RIFLE AND STRIKE A MATCH.
I KEPT ASKING THE DRILL
INSTRUCTOR, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO
FIRE THE GUN.
HE WOULD SAY LAD, THIS IS NOT A
GUN IT IS A RIFLE
REPORTER: SIX WEEKS LATER HE
GOT TO SHOW WHAT HE COULD DO.
GOES TO THE RIFLE RANGE.
MY DRILL INSTRUCTOR SAYS YOUNG
MACK, YOU HAVE BEEN TALK ABOUT
HOW GOOD YOU CAN FIRE THIS GUN.
TZ YOU CAN CALL IT GUN, BABY,
SWEETHEART, SHOW ME YOUR STUFF,
CAN YOU REALLY DO IT.
YES, SIR.
STARTS OUT 200 YARD LINE.
I TORE THE BULLS EYES UP.
THE INSTRUCTORS WERE PEEPING,
LOOKING.
I AM KNOCKING THIS OUT.
I AM KNOCKING THIS THING OUTED.
WHEN I FINISHED BOOTED CAMP, I
WAS AN EXPERT MARSHMAN SHOOTER.
MU NEW
HE SET OUT FOR ACTION.
THEY MADE IT CLEAR, MY JOB
ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS JOBS WERE
TO GET THE AMMUNITION UP AND
BRING WOUNDED BACK.
IT WAS CLEAR WE WEREN'T
WANTED IN THE MARINE CORP.
AS TIME WOULD TELL THEY WOULD
SERVE IN THE MOST IMPORTANT
BATTLES FROM KOREA, TO PACIFIC
TO VIETNAM.
HE LED WHITE AND BLACK
TROOPS.
HIS UNIT SURVIVED A BLISTERING
ATTACK, ONLY THE WHITE STAFF
RECEIVED A SILVER STAR.
MCNEAR NEVER GOT ANYTHING.
NOTHING OFFICIALLY IN THE
RECORDS.
JUST KNOWING IF YOU WERE PART OF
43 PEOPLE AND ONE OF THOSE LEFT
LIVING IS WORTH SOMETHING
REPORTER: MCNEAR SAYS FAITH
HELPED KEEP AWAY THE BITTERNESS.
I GREW UP IN THE CHURCH.
I FELT HE MADE ME STRONG
REPORTER: AS THE BIBLE SAYS,
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR
GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD.
LAST YEAR THE MONFORT POINT
MARINES WERE AWARDED THE
CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
THANKFUL, BUT A LONG TIME
COMING.
MY MOM SAID BETTER LATE THAN
NEVER.
AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU THINK
ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT NEVER
HAPPEN.
I AM ONE OF THE ONES THAT
STARTED MONFORT POINT MARINE
ASSOCIATION.
WE NEVER THOUGHT WE L WOULD SEE
A BLACK GENERAL MUCH LESS THE
ONES WE SEE TODAY.
NEW LOOK TO THE LORD.
TRUST IN HIM.
MCNEAR SERVED 20 YEARS IN THE
MARINES.
SO NICE TO COME HOME AND BE
WITH THESE GUYS, HAD THREE SONS
AND A LOVELY WIFE AND COME HOME
AND ENJOY.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT LIVMENT
PAVING THE WAY FOR
GENERATIONS TO FIGHT FOR THEIR
COUNTRY AND FOLLOW IN THEIR
FOOTSTEPS.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS.
WHAT A GREAT STORY.
UP NEXT THE DANCE CRAZE THAT HAS
THE FAA CRACKING DOWN.
WHAT STARTED OUT AS A
HARMLESS INTERNET CRAZE ENDED IN
FAA INVESTIGATION.
CALLED HARLEM SHAKE.
ONE PERSON STARTS DANCING IN A
LARGE GROUP JOINS IN.
SOME COLORADO COLLEGE STUDENTS
TRIED IT OUT ON A FRONTIER
AIRLINES FLIGHT.
THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WEATHER
PASSENGERS WERE IN JEOPARDY.
THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS OFF AND
SAFETY MEASURES FOLLOWED.
INTERESTING TO SEE THE RESULTS
OF THAT INVESTIGATION.
WHAT WAS WITH THE DUDE IN THE
BANANA SUIT.
LITTLE BIZARRE.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION
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