TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH,"
SPENDING CUTS, BUT THE
GOVERNMENT WASTE CONTINUES.
HOW YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING
SPENT IN TIGHT TIMES.
PLUS A 13-HOUR FILIBUSTER BY
SENATOR RAND PAUL.
LIT UP SOCIAL MEDIA AND
UNEXPECTED SUPPORT.
DID IT WORK?
WE'LL SHOW YOU.
AS THE BIBLE DOCKU DRAMA
DELIVERS RATINGS.
ITS MISSION AND HOW IT IS
CHANGING LIVES, INCLUDING THEIR
OWN.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
MA
MARK MARTIN.
AND I AM HEATHER SELLS.
PORTRAITS AND WINE TASTINGS
OKAY.
FEDERAL CUTS BY THE SEQUESTER
CAUSING PAIN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
CRITICS ARE ASKING IF THOSE ARE
BEING CUT TO SENSITIVE CITIZENS
WHEN THEY COULD BE MADE WITHOUT
A FUSS.
REPORTER: SOME IN THE MEDIA
WANT TO KNOW IF THEY ARE BEING
USED SCARE UP PUBLIC OPPOSITION
TO MORE FEDERAL BELT TIGHTENING.
WITH THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
ANNOUNCING IT WILL CANCEL SPRING
VISITOR TOURS, WALL STREET
JOURNAL PUBLISHED HASHTAGS,
SEQUESTER THIS TO QUOTE PUNISH
8TH GRADERS INSTEAD OF THE THE
EMPLOYEES OF AGRICULTURAL
DEPARTMENT WHO SIP WINES AND
TASTY DISHES PREPARED BY SPECIAL
GUEST CHEFS.
AGRICULTURAL CULTURE SECRETARY
IF IT IS TIME TO STOP DOING OIL
PORTRAITS AT MORE THAN $22,000 A
POP.
THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ABOUT
OUR BUDGET.
IT IS A SMALL BALL KIND OF
QUESTION.
DAVID CURLY HAD HIS PHOTO
BLOWN UP FOR UNDER $100.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ABANDONED LAST
WEEK'S TAKE NO STRATEGY AND
WINING AND DINING LAWMAKERS.
A GROUP OF SENATORS ONE NIGHT
AND PAUL RYAN THE NEXT DAY.
NANCY PELOSI APPROVED.
ONE WHO HAS BEEN A LEADER IN
THE CONGRESS A WHILE, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
MOTIVATION OF MEMBERS AND WHAT
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE IN TERMS
OF COURAGE.
HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN WAAGE
EXPRESSED SURPRISE TO SITTING
DOWN AND TALKING WITH LAUM
I THINK IT IS A HOPEFUL SIGN.
I AM HOPEFUL SOMETHING WILL COME
OUT OF IT.
BUT IF THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES
TO INSIST ON TAX HIKES, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO GET FAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO
GET TO VERY FAR.
I AM OPTIMISTIC.
ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THE DEBT
LIMIT LEAVING BOTH SIDES
BRAISING FOR ANOTHER BATTLE.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.
GENERAL BRENNAN WILL BE THE
NEXT CIA DIRECTOR.
VOTE COMES DAY AFTER KENTUCKY
SENATOR RAND PAUL PROTESTED A
U.S. POLICY RARTED USE OF
UNMANNED DRONES.
I WILL SPEAK UNTIL I CAN NO
LONGER SPEAK.
AS LONG AS IT TAKES UNTIL THE
ALARM IS SOUNDED COAST TO COAST.
THEIR CONSTITUTION IS IMPORTANT.
YOUR RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JUROR
ARE PRECIOUS.
NO AMERICAN SHOULD BE KILLED BY
A DRONE ON AMERICAN SOIL WITHOUT
FIRST BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME
WITHOUT BEING FOUND GUILTY BY A
COURT.
PAUL ENDED HIS TALK AT 1:00
A.M., LONG ENOUGH TO DELAY THE
VOTE.
THE ANSWER IS NO, THE PRESIDENT
DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
USE A DONE TO KILL AN AMERICAN
NOT ENGAGED IN COMBAT CLEARING A
WAY FOR THE VOTE.
DAVID, THE FILIBUSTER WAS
EFFECTIVE.
SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN AND LINDSEY
GRAHAM CRITICIZED THE FILIBUSTER
SAYING THEY WOULD BE TARGETED
AND BRINGS THE DEBATE INTO THE
REALM INTO THE RIDICULOUS.
WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT SEND WHEN
REPUBLICANS PUBLICALLY CRITICIZE
EACH OTHER?
MARK, THIS IS THE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLICANS,
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES IN
THE SENATE LIKE RAND PAUL AND
CENTER RIGHT GOP ESTABLISHMENT
LIKE JOHN MCCAIN LINDSEY GRAHAM
IN THE SENATE.
THEY ARE MUCH MORE INTO PROTOCOL
OVERALL.
NOT INTO NECESSARILY ROCKING THE
HILL TOO MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO
THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
WHAT YOU SAW IS THEY THOUGHT
RAND PAUL WENT WAY TOO FAR TO
THE RIGHT.
THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT A
LIBERTARIAN, CONSTITUTIONAL
CONSERVATIVE WILL SAY AND
SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN ON CAPITOL
HILL WHO WANTS TO PLAY MORE BY
THE RULES.
IS THERE STILL CONCERNED THAT
BEING VOICED THE DRONE PROGRAM
SHOWS TOO MUCH POWERS BEING
DRAWN IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH?
LOOK, SENATOR JOINED HIM IN
THE FILIBUSTER.
THERE ARE LIBERALS,
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES AS
WELL AS FOLKS IN THE CENTER AS
WELL.
ULTIMATELY WHAT DOES IT MATTER.
GEORGE BUSH HEAVILY INTO DRONE
ATTACKS.
THIS ISN'T GOING AWAY ANY TIME
SOON.
A LOT OF FOLKS AT CAPITOL HILL
KNOW THAT.
HOW IS IT PLAYING OUT AS
PRESIDENT OBAMA ENTERS HIS
SECOND TERM?
IN OBAMA'S FIRST
ADMINISTRATION, TRANSPARENCY OF
WHERE WERE THE HEALTH CARE
HEARINGS AND THE CZARS.
MUCH DIFFERENT NOW, TRANSPARENCY
IS VERY MUCH, QUOTE,
TRANSPARENT.
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CLEAR ON WHAT
HE WANTS TO DO.
HE IS MORE EMBOLDEN IN A SECOND
TERM.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HIS
ADMINISTRATION IN THE
PROPOSITION 8 CASE IN
CALIFORNIA.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT SPEAK ABOUT TAX
INCREASES.
IN A WAY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
A LOT MORE TRANSPARENT AS TO
WHAT THE MOTIVES AND AGENDA HAVE
BEEN ALL ALONG WITH THIS
PRESIDENT AND THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ALL RIGHT.
DAVID BRODY, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
THANKS, MARK.
A MIXED RULING ON TWO
'OBAMACARE' ABORTION MANDATE
CHARGES.
THE LUMBER COMPANY IN
PENNSYLVANIA WAS GIVEN THE GO
AHEAD.
GENEVA COLLEGE SAID IT WAS TOO
EARLY TO CHALLENGE THE LAW.
SENIOR LEGAL COUNCIL, ALL
AMERICANS INCLUDING JOB CREATORS
AND PROVIDERS SHOULD BE FREE TO
LIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR FAITH
RATHER THAN FORCED TO VIOLATING
THEIR OWN CONSCIENCES.
NUMBER OF RAPES AND SEXUAL
ASSAULTS WOMEN REMAINS STABLE.
TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED A
LAW.
FUNDS TRAINING FOR POLICE AND
JUDGES AND STRENGTHENS
PUNISHMENTS FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
OF THE RAPES AND SEXUAL SAY
CONSULTS BETWEEN 2005-2010, ONLY
12% RESULTED IN AN ARREST.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: TODAY IS
ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF WOMEN WHO
ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW LOOKING
FOR A LIFELINE.
LOOKING FOR SUPPORT.
MOST CRIMES OF SEXUAL
VIOLENCE ARE COMMITTED BY A
PERSON THE VICTIM KNOWS.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS IS AT
RISK.
FRANK WRIGHT URGED THEM TO UNITE
TO SPREAD THE GOES PILL AND
BEING DUBBED HATE SPEECH.
CHRISTIANS MAY SOON BE FORCED TO
PRACTICE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE OVER
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S BIRTH CONTROL MANDATE.
PRAYER USING THE NAME JESUS
CHRIST IS NO LONGER ALLOWED
DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
MAYOR DON JENSON SAID IT MAKES
THEM VULNERABLE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
DESTROY A TIME HONORED AMERICAN
CUST
CUSTOM.
IN MISSISSIPPI, AFTER A TEXAS
LAW IS MAKING WAY TO THE
GOVERNOR ALLOWING STUDENTS TO
PRAY AT FOOTBALL GAMES,
GRADUATIONS AND MORNING
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TALK ABOUT
FAITH IN CLASS.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE
CONFUSED.
MASSIVE SNOWSTORM THAT WORKED
ITS WAY ACROSS THE NATION'S MID
SECTION IS ROARING UP THE EAST
COAST.
NEW ENGLAND IS BRACING FOR NOT
ONLY SNOW, BUT ALSO POTENTIAL
COASTAL FLOODING.
WE ARE REAL CONCERNED GIVEN
THE FORECAST AFTER A CONFERENCE
CALL.
WE ARE PUTTING OUT PUBLIC
EVACUATION.
CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGH TIDES
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE SYSTEM WORKED ITS WAY
THROUGH AREAS STRUGGLED FROM
HURRICANE SANDY.
COMING UP, MANY EGYPTIANS ARE
CALLING MOHAMMED MORSI THEIR NEW
PHARAOH.
WHAT HIS TIES TO THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD MEANS FOR THIS
NATION.
OSAMA BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN AND
SON-IN-LAW IS IN U.S. CUSTODY.
AMERICAN LEADERS CALL IT A
SIGNIFICANT VICTORY IN AN
ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST AL-QAEDA.
HE BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL NAME
WHEN HE APPEARED ON SATELLITE
TELEVISION URGING MUSLIMS
EVERYWHERE TO FIGHT THE UNITED
STATES.
CIA AND FBI CREDITED WITH
CAPTURING HIM IN JORDAN IN THE
LAST WEEK.
HE WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE U.S.
AND PROSECUTED IN A NEW YORK
FEDERAL COURT.
TOUGH NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST
NORTH KOREA.
THEY THREATENED A NUCLEAR STRIKE
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
WHITE HOUSE SAID THE U.S. IS
FULLY CAPABLE OF DEFENDING
THEMSELVES AGAINST AN ATTACK.
OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS,
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTS MOHAMMED NOR
SI CEASED ABSOLUTE POWER.
HIS OPPONENTS CALL HIM A
DICTATOR WHO WANTS TO TURN EGYPT
INTO AN ISLAMIC STATE.
ERICK STAKELBECK TAKES A
CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT SOME CALL
EGYPT'S NEW PHARAOH
REPORTER: MOST POWERFUL MAN
IN THE COUNTRY, REFERRED TO AS
ENEMY, 9/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIST
DENIES AL-QAEDA WAS BEHIND THE
ATTACK.
HE IS DUE TO RECEIVE F-16
FIGHTER JETS AND MAJORITY OF
REPUBLICAN SENATORS SIGNED OFF
ON THE DEAL.
WHO IS THIS QUESTIONABLE ALLY
AMERICA IS HELPING ARM?
ROUGH PERSONALITY, QUITE
HOSTILE, DOESN'T LIKE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
HE WAS CONSIDERED WITHIN THE
BROTHERHOOD, A HARD LINER,
SOMEBODY THERE TO ENFORCE THE
BROTHERHOOD'S MOST HARD LINE
IDEAS, WHETHER IT CAME TO SAYING
WOMEN AND CHRISTIANS CAN'T RUN
FOR THE PRESIDENCY, THEIR
FOREIGN POLICY, HOSTILITY
TOWARDS ISRAEL.
MORSI PUT THAT HOSTILITY ON
DISPLAY BEFORE HE BECAME
EGYPTIANS PRESIDENT.
HE CALLED ISRAELIS BLOOD SUCKERS
AND REFERRED TO ISRAEL AND
AMERICA AS ENEMIES.
QUOTED FROM THE KORAN CALLING
JEWS DESCENDANTS AS APES AND
PIGS.
HE BRANDED JEWS HOSTILE BY
NATURE AND CALLED FOR EVERY INCH
OF ISRAEL TO BECOME A
PALESTINIAN STATE.
IDEA HE WOULD MODERATE AND
RULE INCLUSIVELY OVERLOOKED WHO
HE WAS WITHIN THE BROTHERHOOD
AND CHANGE IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT
REALISTIC.
HE HAILS FROM THE
BROTHERHOOD'S MOST RADICAL WING.
WHEN MORSI HELPED BROKER A
CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
HAMAS, ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
PUBLICALLY PRAISED HIM.
AND HILARY CLINTON THANKED HIM
FOR HIS QUOTE, PERSONAL
LEADERSHIP.
ACCORDING TO THE "NEW YORK
TIMES," PRESIDENT OBAMA TOLD
AIDS HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH
MORSI'S CONFIDENCE.
JUST ONE DAY LATER, MORSI ISSUED
A DECREE BANNING ANY OPPOSITIONS
TO LAWS AND DECISIONS IN EGYPT.
EGYPTIANS TOOK TO THE STREETS IN
VIOLENT PROTESTS THAT CONTINUE
TO RAGE.
MORSI HOLDS ALL THE POWERS.
JUDICIAL.
AND ALSO NOBODY CAN COUNCIL HIS
DECISIONS.
FORMER AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL.
THE IDEOLOGY WILL BE SUPERIOR
TO PRAGMATISM.
IT MEANS THEY WILL PROVOKE
ISRAEL AND ULTIMATELY THE UNITED
STATES.
LISTEN, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
FOUGHT FOR 84 YEARS TO REACH
POWER YES.
AND IMPOSE SHARIA.
NOW THEY ARE THE NEW POWER,
OKAY.
NOW WE BECOME MODERN PEOPLE WE
ARE GOING FOR HIGH TECH AND LIFE
IS NOT IMPORTANT?
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
MORSI'S VOWING TO HONOR THE
PEACE TREATY FOR NOW.
HE REPORTEDLY JOINED THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA WHILE A
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
ERICK STAKELBECK, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
UP NEXT, HOLLYWOOD POWER
COUPLE WHO LOVE THE LORD.
NOW THEIR BIBLE MINISERIES IS
AHEAD.
WE TALK WITH THEM RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
WELCOME BACK, THE LATEST
MINISERIES ON THE HISTORY
CHANNEL TACKLINGS.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM SPOKE WITH
THEM ABOUT TRYING TO TELL THE
STORY ABOUT THE BIBLE.
"THE BIBLE" IS NEARLY A HIT.
NEARLY 15 MILLION VIEWERS TUNED
IN.
MILLIONS MORE WILL TURN TO THE
HISTORY CHANNEL TO CHECK IT OUT.
JOINING US ARE THE PRODUCERS
MARK AND ROW MA DOWNING.
FIRST QUESTION, WHAT LED YOU TO
TACKLE SUCH A HUGE PROJECT?
MOST IMPORTANT STORY IN THE
FOUNDATION OF WESTERN
CIVILIZATION.
STORIES ARE GREAT.
WE KNEW IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT
SERIES.
WE BELIEVE COMPLETELY, A TOTAL
MISREAD, RE-AIRINGS, 27 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE WATCHED IT THIS
WEEK.
NO. 1 SHOW IN AMERICA.
TURNED NO. 1 ON TWITTER, MOST
SOUGHT AFTER ON THE WEB.
JUST THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE
ENGAGED AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THE BIBLE AT WATER COOLERS
IN WORK PLACES, VERY EXCITING.
IN DEED, IT IS.
MARK, YOU SAID YOUR GOAL WAS TO
REVEAL A THREAD OF GOD'S LOVE.
WHAT ARE THE MOST PROFOUND
EXAMPLES DO YOU THINK?
SO MANY.
WHAT CAME TO MY MIND, 27 PEOPLE
AND JESUS HASN'T ARRIVED IN THE
STORY.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS,
JESUS CALLS MATTHEW, THE TAX
COLLECTOR.
THIS TAX COLLECTOR, MATTHEW IS
JEWISH JUST LIKE JESUS TAKING
HARD EARNED MONEY FROM HIS
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE HATE THE TAX COLLECTORS,
JESUS CALLS THE TAX COLLECTORS.
THERE IS A MOMENT THAT MAKES
YOUR HEART WANT TO BREAK.
BEAUTIFUL.
WE TACKLED THESE STORIES FROM
GENESIS THROUGH REVELATION, ONE
GREAT BIG LOVE STORY.
IT IS ABOUT GOD'S LOVE FOR ALL
OF US.
THAT HE SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT
JESUS COMES FOR US.
THE STORY OF REDEMPTION AND
HOPE.
WE HAVE TOLD IT OVER THESE 10
EPISODES, THAT FINAL EPISODE ON
EASTER WEEK, CRUCIFIXION,
RESURRECTION, ASSENTINGS,
CONVERSION AND DONE IN A COOL
WAY.
WE HAVE THREE TEENAGERS AT HOME.
THEY WERE CONCERNED WHEN IT CAME
TO SPECIAL EFFECTS AND MAKING IT
COOL WE WOULD SHOW IT WAS GRITY
AND BRING THESE MIRACLES TO LIFE
ON THE SCREEN IN EXCITING WAYS
AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED THAT.
IN DEED.
ROMA, I KNOW YOU WERE IN THE
SERIES.
HOW DID IT EFFECT YOUR FAITH?
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP
INTO THE ROLE OF THE BLESSED
MOTHER, MOTHER OF CHRIST.
AS BEST I COULD, AS A MOTHER,
MYSELF.
I BROUGHT TO THAT A MOTHER'S
HEART TO FEEL THOSE SCENES AS A
MOTHER.
SEE THOSE SCENES THROUGH A
MOTHER'S EYES.
SO EMOTIONAL.
VERY PROFOUND.
I THINK THIS JOURNEY WE HAVE
BEEN ON AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, I
CAN SAY IT HAS DEEPENED OUR
MARRIAGE, OUR FRIENDSHIP, AND
OUR FAITH.
YES.
VERY MUCH SO.
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.
I KNOW YOU ARE RELEASING A
DEVOTIONAL BASED ON THIS SERIES,
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
THESE SCRIPTS COMING IN AND
GIVING OLD SCHOLARS AND CHURCH
LEADERS SAID PUBLISH THESE
SCRIPTS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUBLISH THE
SCRIPTS.
STORY OF GOD AND ALL OF US.
MORE PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSING THE
BIBLE THIS WEEK THAN IN DECADES,
ON TWITTER, ON THE WEB, WATCHING
IT ON TV.
WE ARE BRINGING OUT A DVD.
DOING THAT BECAUSE WE ARE
WORRIED SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
CABLE TV.
APRIL 2ND COMES OUT IN ENGLISH
AND SPANISH.
BEAUTIFUL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE NEXT
FEW WEEKS IN DEED.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
IT IS A PICTURE OF
RECONCILIATION AND GOD'S GRACE
DESPITE OUR OWN HUMAN NATURE.
TELEVANGELIST BENNY HINN AND
WIFE REMARRY.
THEY TIED THE KNOT IN ORLANDO.
PASTOR JACK HAF EER PROVIDED OVER
THE CEREMONY PROVIDING HEALING
FOR MILLIONS OF OTHER BROKEN
MARRIAGES.
