TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" WHITE

SMOKE RISES FROM THE SISTINE

CHAPEL.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS CHOSEN

ITS NEXT LEADER.

PLUS KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE

ONLINE.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT

YOURSELF IN THE INFORMATION AGE.

AND CBN NEWS SITS DOWN WITH THE

WIFE OF AN AMERICAN PASTOR

IMPRISONED IN IRAN.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON

"NEWSWATCH." THE 266TH POPE WILL

BE KNOWN AS POPE FRANCES.

GOOD EVENING I AM LORIE JOHNSON.

AFTER ONLY TWO DAYS IN THE

CONCLAVE, 115 CARDINALS MADE

THEIR DECISION, ARGENTINA JORGE

BERGOGLIO, FIRST EVER FROM THE

AMERICAS TO FILL THE ROLE.

TENS OF THOUSANDS CELEBRATED AS

THE WHITE SMOKE WENT UP AND

BELLS OF ST. PETERS BASILICA.

IT COULD TWO ROUNDS TO ELECT THE

POPE.

THE 76 YEAR OLD CHOSEN IN ONE OF

THE FASTEST CONCLAVES AND SERVE

1.2 CATHOLICS.

JOINING US NOW ORDAINED

MINISTER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US TODAY.

SUCH A JOY, THANK YOU.

TALK ABOUT THE NEW POPE,

ARGENTINA CARDINAL BERGOGLIO WHO

HAS TAKEN THE NAME FRANCES I.

THIS CARDINAL HAS BEEN KNOWN

AS REAL ACT OF HUMILITY AND

SOCIAL JUSTICE AS WELL AS

DOCTRINAL CONSERVATIVES.

HE IS GOING TO BE THE POPE OF

THE PEOPLE.

SIGNS OF HUMILITY.

HE WAS ON THE BALCONBALCONY.

THE FIRST POPE ELECTED FROM THE

AMERICAS.

HOW EXTRAORDINARY THIS HAS

BEEN.

IN SOUTH AMERICA, A LOT OF THE

CATHOLIC FAITHFUL HAS BEEN LOST

TO PENTECOSTAL, CHARISMATIC

PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONS.

THIS IS GOING TO REENERGIZE

SOUTH AMERICA.

HALF OF ALL ARE IN SOUTH

AMERICA ARE CATHOLIC.

HE IS 76 YEARS OLD AND A LOT OF

THE EXPERTS WERE THINKING A

YOUNGER POPE WAS GOING TO BE

CHOSEN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT

HE IS AN OLDER FELLA?

IT IS EXTRAORDINARY.

IN THE MIND OF THE CONCLAVE,

THEY WANT A SHORTER TENURE AND

PRESIDENT OF POPE BENEDICT

STEPPING DOWN THIS MIGHT BE AN

OPTION, I AM GOING TO RULE FOR A

SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE A CHANGE

HERE.

WE HEARD TALK HE IS A

SO-CALLED REFORMER IN THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH.

LOOK AT HIS NAME, FRANCES WAS

A SORT OF REFORMER AS WELL AS

JESUIT SIDE, GREAT THINKER AND

DOER.

WE UNDERSTAND HE HAS A HEART

FOR THE POOR AS WELL.

BEAUTIFUL STORY, 2001, KNELT

DOWN AND KISSED FEET OF 12

PEOPLE THAT WERE SUFFERING FROM

AIDS, DYING IN HOSPICE.

THAT IS THE SPIRITUALITY TAKING

THROUGH.

TAKES THE BUS TO WORK AND

DOES HIS OWN COOKING.

THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

WHAT A JOY.

IN OTHER JOY, COMING FORWARD

TO ANNOUNCE COMPUTERS MAY HAVE

BEEN HACKED, IT MAY REACH ALL

THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO

DETERMINE WHETHER THE

INFORMATION POSTED ONLINE IS

AUTHENTIC AND WHO DID IT.

JOHN WAAGE REPORTS.

REPORTER: THOSE TARGETED ARE

A MIX OF THE POWERFUL AND FAMOUS

FROM VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO

BEYONCE AND JAY-Z, ACTORS AND

POLITICIANS, EVEN L.A.'S POLICE

CHIEF.

WE WILL PURSUE THE VICTIMS

REPORTER: THE WEBSITE POSTED

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND

SECURITY RECORD OF FIRST LADY

MICHELE OBAMA.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD NOT SAY IF

THE INFORMATION POSTED ABOUT THE

FIRST LADY IS AUTHENTIC.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE SHOULD

NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU HAVE

HACKERS WHO WANT TO DIG IN AND

DEVOTE A LOT OF RESOURCES THEY

CAN ACCESS PEOPLE'S PRIVATE

INFORMATION.

IT IS A BIG PROBLEM.

RIGHT INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: YOU HAVE WEB

SITES THAT SELL PEOPLE'S CREDIT

CARD THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN.

REPORTER: LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS IS TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT HOW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

OBTAINED AND IF IT IS AUTHENTIC.

IT IS A DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR.

REPORTER: HACKING ISN'T JUST

A THREAT TO PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.

GENERAL OF CYBER SECURITY SAYS

HACKERS POSE A DANGER TO WALL

STREET OR NATION'S POWER GRID.

PENTAGON IS FORMING 13 TEAMS TO

GUARD THE NATION IN CYBERSPACE.

[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ]

REPORTER: MANY OF THE ATTACKS

COME FROM CHINA SAYING CHINA

OPPOSES HACKERS AND WILL CRACK

DOWN.

JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.

FOR MORE ON CYBER SECURITY,

WE ARE JOINED BY PAUL ROSENSWIG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THE PRESIDENT PUT A NEW

EMPHASIS ON CYBER SECURITY.

WHAT IS HE DOING?

DO YOU THINK IT IS ENOUGH?

WHAT HE IS DOING IS ASSERTING

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN

PROTECTING CYBERSPACE.

IN SOME WAYS IT IS NOT ENOUGH

AND SOME WAYS TOO MUCH.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS A REGULATOR

ISN'T GOING TO WORK.

GOVERNMENT AS FACILITATOR, THAT

WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL.

WE AREN'T THERE YET

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE MOST

SERIOUS THREATS FOR CYBER

SECURITY?

WHAT DANGERS DO BREECHES POSE?

BIGGEST DANGER TO YOUR

LISTENERS IS FROM GARDEN VARIETY

THEFT AND FRAUD.

WE LOSE ABOUT 250 BILLION

DOLLARS A YEAR TO ONLINE THEFT

AND FRAUD IN THE UNITED STATES.

THAT IS THE THING THAT HAPPENS

MOST FREQUENTLY.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE NEWS.

THAT IS LIKE CRIME EVERYWHERE

EVERYDAY, A LOT, BAD AND WE NEED

MORE COPS.

WHAT SHOULD FOLKS DO TO

PREVENT BEING A VICTIM OF

IDENTITY THEFT?

THE SERVICES WORK A LITTLE.

I AM NOT GOING TO TELL PEOPLE

NOT TO BUY THEM.

REAL THING, USE YOUR HEAD,

RIGHT?

IF THE OFFER ON THE INTERNET

LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, RIGHT?

DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK THAT

OFFERS YOU FREE PICTURES OF YOUR

FAVORITE TV ACTOR DRUNK IN A

BAR, THEY ARE MALL WEAR.

THE BAD GUYS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF YOUR SYMPATHY AND SET UP FAKE

HAITI QUAEARTHQUAKE DISASTER SITES.

I KNOW PASS WORDS ARE A PAIN AND

HARD TO REMEMBER THEM.

WEAK PASS WORDS ARE EASY TO

GUESS.

MOST COMMON IS PASSWORD, DON'T

USE THAT.

THANKS, PAUL.

DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED SENATE HAVE

A BUDGET.

IT IS CALLED BALANCE AND

RESPONSIBLE CUTTING 975 BILLION

DOLLARS FROM DOMESTIC SPENDING

AND GENERATE SAME IN TAXES.

THEY WILL CLOSE UP LOOPHOLES IN

THE TAX CODE THAT BENEFIT

WEALTHY.

BALANCES THE BUDGET IN 10 YEARS

WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.

COMPETING PLANS OPEN THE DOOR TO

CONGRESSIONAL BICKERING ABOUT

WHICH VERSION IS BETTER FOR

AMERICA.

OUR BUDGET TACKLES THIS ISSUE

THE WAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

CONSISTENTLY SAID THEY WANT IT

DONE, EQUAL MIX OF RESPONSIBLE

SPENDING CUTS ACROSS THE FEDERAL

BUDGET AND CLOSING LOOPHOLES AND

CUTTING WASTEFUL BREAKS THAT

BENEFIT THE RICH.

AFTER FOUR YEARS OF NO BUDGET

B IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE PASSED

LEGISLATION NO BUDGET NO PAY, IT

IS GOOD NEWS THE COMMITTEE IS

DOING ITS JOB.

REPUBLICANS POINT OUT UP

UNTIL DAY SENATE DEMOCRATS WENT

1400 DAYS WITHOUT PRODUCING A

BUDGET.

IT WILL PROCEED TO THE SENATE

FLOOR NEXT WEEK.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WHITE HOUSE

BUDGET WHICH HE WAS SUPPOSED TO

SUBMIT TO CONGRESS LAST MONTH IS

EXPECTED AROUND APRIL 8TH.

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S

13-QUESTION SURVEY SENT TO MORE

THAN A MILLION ADULTS ASKING

THEM TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON THE

IMPACT OF ALLOWING GAY SCOUT

LEADERS AND MEMBERS.

ALSO HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS

LIKE THIS ONE.

BOB IS 15 YEARS OLD AND ONLY

OPENLY GAY SCOUT IN A BOY SCOUTS

TROOP, IS IT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE

TROOP LEADER TO ALLOW BOB TO

TENT WITH HETEROSEXUAL BOYS ON

AN OVERNIGHT CAMPING TRIP.

THE ORGANIZATION IS IN A

LISTENING PHASE AS IT STRUGGLES

WITH A DECISION WEATHER TO LIFT

ITS BAN ON GAYS.

COMING UP, WHY SOME ARE

CRITICIZING A LOBBYING GROUP

PUSHING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S

AGENDA.

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS PICKED A

WOMAN TO FILL THE VACANCY AT THE

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF FAITH

BASED AND NEIGHBORHOOD

PARTNERSHIP.

MELISSA ROGERS COMES FROM WAKE

FOREST UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE LED

CENTER FOR RELIGION AND PUBLIC

AFFAIRS AND SERVED AS AN

ATTORNEY.

ROGERS REPLACES JOSHUA DEBOIS.

SHE WILL IMPROVE INTERFAITH

DIALOGUE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NEW POLICY

GROUP ORGANIZING FOR ACTION IS

HOLDING A SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON

AND THE PRESIDENT IS A FEATURED

SPEAKER.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS OFA DESIGNED TO

HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS.

CRITICS FROM LEFT AND RIGHT

ARGUE IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A

LOBBYING GROUP TO PUSH THE

PRESIDENT'S AGENDA.

JENNIFER WISHON EXPLAINS

REPORTER: SOME WATCHDOG

GROUPS CALL IT A SCANDAL WAITING

FOR IT TO HAPPEN AND ASK

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SHUT DOWN A

NEW DANGEROUS ARM OF HIS

PRESIDENCY.

TALKING ABOUT ORGANIZING FOR

ACTION OBAMA FAIR AMERICA

DESIGNED TO REDIRECT HIS

POLITICAL CAMPAIGN TO BACK

POLICY AGENDA DEPLOYING

RESOURCES TO PROMOTE GUN

CONTROL, IMMIGRATION REFORM AND

CLIMATE CHANGE.

IT IS RUN BY TOP OBAMA ADVISERS

AND THE GROUP'S WEBSITE LOOKS

LIKE THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN

SITE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT

WHERE THE GOVERNMENT AND WHITE

HOUSE ENDS AND POLITICAL

ACTIVITIES OF ORGANIZING FOR

ACTION BEGINS.

FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA HELPED

LAUNCH IT.

THIS IS YOUR MOVEMENT AND

GOING FORWARD IT CAN BE WHATEVER

YOU MAKE OF IT.

THEY'LL HAVE TO SPEND MONEY,

A LOT OF IT.

TONIGHT, OFA IS HOLDING

FOUNDER'S SUMMIT.

DONORS HAVE ACCESS TO COMMANDER

IN CHIEF ITSELF.

COST FOR A SEAT AT A TABLE,

$50,000 PER PERSON.

I THINK THAT IS WRONG.

BOB IS A LEADER OF DEDICATED

CAUSE.

HE SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS BLOWING

A CHANCE THAT HE IS SERIOUS

ABOUT CAMPUS FINANCE REFORM AND

MINIMIZING THE ROLE MONEY TAKES

IN POLITICS.

ONCE THE PRESIDENT ONE

RE-ELECTION, HE SHOULD HAVE

THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND ORGANIZED

FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND NOT TOP

DOWN.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS OFA IS FOR

AVERAGE AMERICANS AND MEGADONORS

WHO BUNDLE $500,000 OR MORE FOR

OFA WILL GET THEIR OWN QUARTERLY

MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT.

NEW -- THE PRESIDENT WOULD

MEET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES.

THE GROUP PROMISES TO RAISE

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ADVANCE

THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA.

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

WEST MINISTER THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS

FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST

CONTRACEPTION MANDATE IN

'OBAMACARE.' THE SUIT CHALLENGES

REQUIREMENT TO MAKE SURE THEY

HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE INCLUDING

ABORTIONS DRUGS.

UP NEXT, SEE HOW THIS MOTHER OF

TWO IS COPING WITH HER HUSBAND

SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN AN

IRANIAN PRISON.

SAEED ABEDINI MADE HEADLINES

AROUND THE WORLD WHEN SHE WAS

SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN ONE

OF THE WORST PRISONS IN IRAN ALL

BECAUSE OF HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH.

HERE IN AMERICA, HIS WIFE HAS

BEEN SUFFERING ALONG WITH THEIR

TWO CHILDREN.

IN TONIGHT'S FOCUS REPORT, WENDY

GRIFFITH SITS WITH HER ABOUT HER

LOVE FOR HER HUSBAND AND ONGOING

FIGHT FOR HIS FREEDOM.

WENDY: THEIR LOVE STORY BEGAN

IN IRAN.

NEGHMEH AN EARLY CITIZEN SINCE

CHILDHOOD BELIEVED GOD LED HER

TO MINISTER TO MUSLIM WOMEN.

THAT IS WHERE SHE SAWED SAEED

ABEDINI.

YOUNG PREACHER LEADING WORSHIP

AT ONE OF THE UNDERGROUND

CHURCHES HE HELPED FORM.

WENDY: WHAT MADE YOU FALL IN

LOVE WITH HIM?

HIS PASSION.

AS A YOUNG GIRL, I SAID LORD, I

WANT TO MARRY SOMEONE PASSIONATE

FOR YOU.

I HAD NO IDEA HOW HE WOULD

ANSWER MY PRAYER.

I HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD BE SO

RADICAL.

WENDY: NOT LONG AFTERWARDS

THE TWO MARRIED IN IRAN.

THEIR WEDDING TRUE HUNDREDS OF

WELL WISHERS AND THE SUSPICION

OF IRANIAN NATIONAL GUARD.

THEY ALLOWED US TO HAVE A

CHRISTIAN UNION.

BIBLES PASSED OUT.

MANY PEOPLE CAME TO KNOW CHRIST,

HUNDREDS.

WENDY: TAKES A SPECIAL PRIDE

TO BE ABLE TO SHARE HER SPECIAL

DAY.

YOU IMAGINE THAT DAY WAS

GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT YOU IT

WASN'T.

IT WAS JUST A BIG, IT WAS

AMAZING.

IT WAS WHAT WE BOTH WOULD HAVE

WANTED FOR A WEDDING.

WENDY: NINE YEARS AND TWO

CHILDREN LATER, FOUR-YEAR-OLD

JACOB AND SIX-YEAR-OLD REBECCA,

NEGHMEH IS NOW LIVING HER WORST

NIGHTMARE.

LAST JULY DURING ONE OF SAEED'S

ROUTINE TRIPS TO ESTABLISH AN

ORPHANAGE HE WAS DETAINED AND

PUT UNDER ARREST.

THE HANGING JUDGE SENTENCED HIM

TO EIGHT YEARS IN EVIN PRISON,

HIS CRIME PREACHING THE GOSPEL.

IN THESE PHOTOS YOU CAN SEE MEN

HANGING TO INDUCE FEAR.

IT SCARED ME.

I HAVE HAD DREAMS OF REVOLUTION

AND FAMILY MEMBERS HANGED IN

THAT PRISON AND KILLED AND

ABUSED AND RAPED.

WENDY: BEFORE HE WAS

SENTENCED SAEED COULD SKYPE.

NOW NO PERSONAL CONTACT.

ONLY REPORTS AND LETTERS FROM

FAMILY MEMBERS IN IRAN.

SAEED IS BEING TORTURED AND

PRESSURED TO RENOUNCE HIS

CHRISTIAN FAITH.

I SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHO

THEY ARE DEALING WITH.

SAEED CAME FROM A RADICAL MUSLIM

BACKGROUND.

SINCE HE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND HIS

LIFE CHANGED, HE WAS VERY

COMMITTED.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT BEATINGS OR

THEY SAY WE ARE GOING TO KILL

YOU.

WENDY: AS A WIFE WHAT IS THE

HARDEST PART OF ALL OF THIS FOR

YOU?

LORD HAS GIVEN ME GRACE TO GO

TO HIS PRESENCE AND GET MY

COMFORT.

AS A MOM EVERY TIME LIKE A STAB

IN MY HEART WHEN I SEE THEM

STRUGGLING.

I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

MY SON, HIS CHARACTER HAS

CHANGED 100% SINCE THE ARREST.

HE WON'T TALK VERY RESERVED.

MY DAUGHTER, SHE JUST CRIES A

LOT.

WHAT DOES THIS SAY?

YOU ARE SCARED?

WENDY: NEGHMEH ADMITS FIRST

SHE SANK INTO DESPAIR.

I WAS ON THE EDGE OF EXTREME

DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND WORRY

ALMOST BROKEN.

I WOULD HAVE HAD TO CHECK MYSELF

IN.

THE LORD DIDN'T LET ME BREAK.

I CRIED OUT TO HIM AND SAID IN

PHILIPPIANS, YOU PROMISE TO GIVE

PEACE BEYOND UNDERSTANDING.

HE GAVE ME THAT PEACE.

SCRIPTURE IS TRUE.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IF THEY

CLING TO HIM AND BELIEVE IN HIS

SCRIPTURE.

DON'T LET HIM GO, HOLD ON TIGHT.

HE IS GOING TO GET YOU THROUGH

WHATEVER IT IS.

WENDY: IN THE MEANTIME,

AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND

JUSTICE SAYS IT COULD BE A

LIFESAVER FOR SAEED ABEDINI JUST

LIKE NARDIKARNI.

WENDY: WHAT IS THE CHANCE HE

WILL WALK OUT OF PRISON?

CHANCE WISE, SURVIVING ONE

DAY IS NOT A CHANCE.

YOU COULD BE BEATEN TO DEATH BY

GUARDS, A FELLOW INMATE.

IF THE STORY IS TALKED ABOUT

PEOPLE DON'T GET BEATEN AS

BADLY.

WENDY: PEOPLE ARE TALKING.

NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE

HAVE SIGNED SAVE SAEED ABEDINI

PETITION ON ACLU'S WEBSITE AND

CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS ARE SPEAKING

OUT ON HIS BEHALF.

HELP US SHARE HIS STORY.

SIGN A PETITION AT

SAVESAEED.ORG.

WENDY: JOHN KERRY HAS NOT

MADE PUBLIC MENTION OF THE

MATTER SINCE SWORN IN.

DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'LL SEE HIM

AGAIN?

I DO.

MY FLESH SAYS HE WON'T SURVIVE

THAT PRISON.

WHEN I PRAY, I FEEL LIKE THE

LORD, HE IS A GOD OF HOPE, HE

TELLS ME IT IS AT HIS TIME HE

WILL RELEASE SAEED.

WENDY: ON FRIDAY, CONGRESS

WILL HOLD HEARINGS ON RELIGIOUS

PERSECUTION ON IRAN.

NEGHMEH AND JAY SEKULOW ARE

TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF PASTOR

SAEED.

LOOK FOR A FULL REPORT THIS

FRIDAY ON "NEWSWATCH."

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

A PITTSBURGH MAN BEING CALL

ADHERE ROW AFTER OVERPOWERING A

GUNMAN AND SAVING A STORE FULL

OF CUSTOMERS.

JERRY JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE

GUNMAN AND HIT BY A BULLET AND

KNEW HE HAD TO STOP THE GUNMAN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE NO ONE

ELSE GET KILLED.

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

HE SHOT AGAIN AND GOT ME.

NICKED ME HERE.

I TOOK THE GUN OFF OF HIM.

HE SAYS HIS ACTIONS CAME

NATURALLY.

HE DOESN'T CONSIDER HIMSELF A

HERO.

THE FOLKS IN THAT INN DO.

THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF

"NEWSWATCH."

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TOMORROW, HAVE A GREAT EVENING,

EVERYONE.