TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" POPE
FRANCIS THE FIRST, CBN NEWS IS
IN ROME WITH THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH'S NEW LEADER.
PLUS EXPANDING AL-QAEDA HOW THE
TERRORISM GROUP IS GROWING INTO
DIFFERENT TERRITORIES THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.
AND HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE
BEING USED TO MONITOR VOLCANIC
ACTIVITY IN THE CASCADE
MOUNTAINS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING I AM
LORIE JOHNSON.
WHEN 115 CARDINALS CHOSE JORGE
BERGOGLIO TO SUCCEED POPE
BENEDICT IT TOOK MANY BY
SURPRISE.
NOW THAT THE SHOCK IS OVER,
THERE IS A HOPE POPE FRANCIS
WILL PUT HIS OWN UNIQUE SPIN ON
THE CHURCH.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY.
REPORTER: THE CEREMONY WAS
SIMPLE AND BRIEF WHEN POPE
FRANCIS MET THE THOUSANDS
GATHERED IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE
AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
ONE DAY AFTER MOST HAVE LEFT ST.
PETER'S SQUARE.
AFTER SEEING THE WHITE SMOKE
FROM THE SISTINE CHAPEL, IT WAS
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THE PIAZO.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY THRILLED.
AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR ME, I
AM HERE FOR THE MOMENT TO LIVE
IN THE MOMENT.
THERE WAS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD AND SOMETHING I
COULDN'T MISS.
REPORTER: IT WAS THE CHOICE
OF THE NAME FRANCES THAT STRUCK
MANY CATHOLICS.
IT COULD NOT SEND A MORE
CLEAR SIGNAL ABOUT THE DIRECTION
HELP WANTS TO TAKE HIS PAPACY.
FRANCIS IS KNOWN FOR REFRAMING
CHURCH AND SIMPLE MAN OF
HUMILI
HUMILIT
HUMILITY.
FOR YEARS HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED
A SIMPLE LIFE LIKE HIS NAME
SAKE.
WHEN HE WAS ELEVATEED TO THE
ROLE OF CARDINAL OPTED NOT TO
LIVE IN THE CARDINAL'S PALACE
BUT A HUMBLE APARTMENT.
HE COOKS HIS OWN MEALS.
A PICTURE OF HIM RIDING HIS BUS
TO WORK CRAMMED IN ONE A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE
REPORTER: THE FRANCIS OF
ASISSY.
CHRIST SAID FRANCIS, GO AND
REBUILD MY CHURCH.
I THOUGHT OF THAT YESTERDAY WHEN
THEY SAID HIS NAME WAS FRANCIS.
HE IS HERE TO RENEW THE CHURCH.
REPORTER: ANOTHER THOUGHT
ABOUT THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL.
THINK ABOUT IT.
JESUS WALKED AMONG THE PEOPLE
AND CAME TO DIE FOR ALL OF US.
THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY FROM
RICH TO POOREST, ALL ARE CALLED
TO RECEIVE THE GREAT NEWS.
POPE FRANCIS WANTS US TO
SHARE THAT WITH ALL THE PEOPLE.
REPORTER: VATICAN CITY, ROME.
NEW LUIS POW MET SEVERAL TIMES
WITH CARDINAL JORGE BERGOGLIO.
HE JOINS US VIA SKYPE TO TALK
ABOUT THE MAN WHO IS NOW POPE
FRANCIS.
WELCOME.
HOPE I CAN HELP YOU.
LUIS, GIVE US YOUR INSIGHT
FROM YOUR PERSONAL MEETINGS WHAT
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE NEW
POPE?
WHENEVER WE GO TO THE
COUNTRY, WE TRY TO BEFRIEND
RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND POLITICAL
LEADERS.
WE BECAME ACQUAINTED 18-20 YEARS
AGO.
WE BEGUN TO MEET.
VERY GRACIOUS.
ALWAYS CHRIST CENTERED,
DISCUSSING SPIRITUAL STATE OF
THE CHURCH IN ARGENTINA AND
EVERYWHERE WE HAVE PRAYER AT THE
BEGINNING AND END.
THAT IS HOW THE RELATIONSHIP
DEVELOPED.
HE HAS A SPECIAL BURDEN FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
CATHOLICS ARE A VAST MAJORITY
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
EVEN EVANGELICALS ARE
PERSECUTED.
HOW DOES THE POPE VIEW
EVANGELICA
EVANGELICALS?
HE HAS A POSITIVE THOUGHT AND
REACHED OUT IN A SOLID WAY.
GENTLE PERSON, VERY STRONG ON
MORAL AND BIBLICAL ISSUES.
GENERALLY, I THINK HIS PAPACY
WILL BRING FAR MORE RESPECT
ACROSS THE WORLD.
BETTER ACCEPTANCE OF EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIANITY.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DIFFERENCES
ON DOCTRINES BUT THERE IS A
RESPECT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
PEOPLE OF LATIN AMERICA TO SEE
ONE OF THEIR OWN SELECTED POPE?
FOR ROMAN CATHOLICS, UNIQUELY
EXCITING TIME.
IN LATIN AMERICA, 65% OF THE
POPULATION WOULD CLAIM TO BE
ROMAN CATHOLIC EVEN THOUGH
CHURCH OR INDEPENDENCE OF MASS
IS 5%.
ROMAN CATHOLIC, VERY EXCITING.
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS SAY WE'LL
SEE WHERE THE POPE IS TAKING THE
CHURCH.
I BELIEVE WE'LL SEE A NEW
RESPECT, NEW HONORING OF
BIBLICAL AROUND THE WORLD THANKS
TO POPE FRANCIS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS AN HONOR.
WHILE THE WORLD WAIT FOR
WHITE SMOKE, ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
ANNOUNCED HIS NEW PARLIAMENT
REPORTER: ISRAELI NEWSPAPERS
NOTICED THE IRONY AFTER THE
CHURCH SELECTED A POPE.
NETANYAHU'S TWO MAIN PARTNERS
ARE POLITICAL NEW KWOM COMERS.
RELIGIOUS PARTYS ARE OUT.
REPORTER: THEY WANT THEM TO
SKIP MANDATORY ARMY SERVICE AND
LIVE OFF THE STATE.
MAIN CONCERNS DEALS WITH THE
ECONOMY.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE CANNOT
ALLOW THE BIG, VERY, VERY LARGE
MONOPOLIES TO HAVE UNDO
INFLUENCE.
NETANYAHU'S MOVE COMES JUST
IN TIME FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
VISIT NEXT WEEK.
JERUSALEM POST POLITICAL COLUMN
COLUMNIST SAYS IT COULD HELP THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,
NETANYAHU SPEAKS FOR THE NATION
WHEN IT COMES TO MIDDLE EAST
PEACE PROCESS.
THEY WANT TO POINT THE
FINGER, THIS IS THE RIGHT
VIEWPOINT, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
SAY HE IS HOPING ON BEHALF OF
THE WHOLE NATION
REPORTER: THEY ARE HOPING FOR
A SUCCESSFUL VISIT WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
ISRAEL IS COMFORTED WITH, WE
WANT PEACE.
REPORTER: JULIE STALL, CBN
NEWS, JERUSALEM.
THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT IS
PREPARING TO USE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ISRAEL'S INTEL HEAD SAYS
SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD IS
MAKING PREPS TO USE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS BUT HASN'T GIVEN THE
ORDER TO DEPLOY.
JEWISH STATE HAS BEEN CONCERNED
IT COULD FALL INTO THE HANDS OF
MILITANT GROUPS LIKE AL-QAEDA OR
HEZBOLLAH.
MEANWHILE AID GROUPS WARN TWO
MILLION SYRIAN CHILDREN FACE
MALNUTRITION AND DISEASE ON
ACCOUNT OF CIVIL WAR.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CHILDREN DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL
AND BEG FOR FOOD IN LEBANON.
INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE ARE TO
BLAME.
ACTIVIST GROUPS, 5500 CHILDREN
UNDER THE AGE OF 15 HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN THE FIGHTING.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THE CORE OF
AL-QAEDA IS NEAR DEFEAT THANKS
TO HIS ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS
AND WAR ON TERROR.
WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS TERROR
GROUP HAS TAKEN HITS BUT ERICK
STAKELBECK REPORTS IT CONTINUES
TO EXPAND IN NEW HOT SPOTS
AROUND THE WORLD.
REPORTER: A RECENT STUDY
FOUND AMERICAN CITIZENS MAKE UP
HALF OF THOSE CONVICTED FOR
INVOLVEMENT IN AL-QAEDA.
MANY CONVERTED FROM ISLAM TO
CHRISTIANITY.
ANOTHER SIGN THE FACE OF
AL-QAEDA IS CHANGING IN MORE
WAYS THAN ONE.
THEY HAD THESE ASPIRATIONS TO
USE MALI TO EXPAND JIHAD OVER
NORTH AND WEST AFRICA AND
FRANCHISE INTO EUROPE
REPORTER: RUDY IS A FORMER
DIRECTOR FOR THE PENTAGON.
THEY POSE A GROWING DANGER TO
AFRICA AND BEYOND.
LARGEST AQ AFFILIATE IN THE
WORLD.
THEY HAVE MADE 90 MILLION TO 120
MILLION DOLLARS.
THEY ARE WITH CASH, HAVE A LOT
OF WEAPONS AND RECRUITS
EVERYWHERE.
REPORTER: NORTHERN BRANCH OF
AQIM KREEZED A GROUP KILLING
MANY BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK BY
A GROUP EARLIER THIS YEAR.
HE SAID HE WANTED AQIM WOULD
BE A BONE THAT WOULD LODGE
ITSELF IN THE THROATS OF
AMERICANS AND FREN
REPORTER: THEY STORMED THE
U.S. CONSULATE ON 9/11 AND
MURDERED AMERICANS.
FROM YEMEN TO IRAQ TO SYRIA TO
SINAI ON TO SOMALIA, LIBYA,
NIGERIA, MALI AND EUROPE,
AL-QAEDA AFFILIATES ARE
EXPANDING THEIR REACH WITH SINAI
FAST BECOMING A BASE.
WHAT WE SEE SOME OF THEM
COMING FROM YEMEN, SAUDI ARABIA,
PALESTINIANS AND ARABIAARABIANS.
REPORTER: PALESTINIAN
SYMPATHIZERS HAVE SET UP SHOP
NEAR THE BORDER.
THEY HAVE AGREEMENTS.
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT
AFFILIATED, THEY PRESENT
THEMSELVES AL-QAEDA
REPORTER: AL-QAEDA GROUPS
CONTROL SOME VILLAGES ALONG THE
COUNTRY'S BORDER WITH ISRAEL.
AMERICA IS AL-QAEDA'S TOP TARGET
AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC
INSTRUCTIONS OF CARRYING OUT
ATTACKS INSIDE UNITED STATES.
ERICK STAKELBECK, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
COMING UP, KNIVES ALLOW ON
PLANES, TSA CHIEF DEFENDS HIS
NEW POLICY.
STARTING APRIL 25TH POCKET
KNIVES WILL BE PERMITTED ON
PLANES.
TODAY HEAD OF THE TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
DEFENDING THE NEW POLICY BEFORE
CONGRESS.
AIRLINE AND AIRPORT WORKERS
OPPOSE THE DECISION, EVEN THE
UNION REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF
TSA OFFICERS IS SPEAKING OUT
AGAINST ALLOWING BLADES BACK ON
PLANES.
TSA ADMINISTRATION JOHN PISTOL
SAYS IT IS NOT KNIVES HIS AGENTS
NEED TO BE WORRYING ABOUT.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE TSA'S FOE
FOCUS IS ON BOMBS THAT ARE
CONCEALED AND WELL DESIGNED.
HE ALSO WANTS TO ALLOW GOLF
CLUBS, HOCKEY STICKS AND
BASEBALL BATS ON BOARD.
SENATE JUDICIARY APPROVED
BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS AND NOT
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE IN FULL
SENATE.
DIANNE FEINSTEIN IS SPONSORING
THE BILL.
BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS IS KEY
TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PLAN TO
CURB GUN VIOLENCE.
C-PAC KICKS OFF TODAY IN
WASHINGTON MAKING IT A PIVOTAL
WEEK FOR CONSERVATIVES IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, MARCO RUBIO,
SARAH PALIN.
ANNUAL CONSERVATIVE PARTIES
ALLOWS THEM TO MINGLE AND A
STRAW POLL FOR THE NEXT GOP
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
ANOTHER NOTABLE SPEAKER AT C-PAC
IS DR. BEN CARSON.
HE GAINED ATTENTION AFTER HIS
SPEECH AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER
BREAKFAST.
HE TALKED ABOUT TAXES, EDUCATION
AND HEALTH CARE REFORM SITTING
JUST INCHES FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA
WHO AUTHORED HEALTH CARE.
THEY ARE THE SAME THINGS I
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR 20
YEARS.
FOR 20 YEARS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TELLING ME I SHOULD GO INTO
POLITICS.
I HAVEN'T FELT THAT PARTICULAR
CALLING YET.
HE WORKS IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT
WAYS.
IMPORTANT THING IS TO OPEN
PEOPLE'S EYES.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
THIS IS NOT SOME EUROPEAN-STYLE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE FREEDOM OF
SPEECH, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS
ONE OF THE PILLARS OF OUR
SOCIETY.
TO SEE THAT FULL INTERVIEW
WITH DR. CARSON, VISIT OUR
WEBSITE CBNNEWS.COM.
UP NEXT, BEAUTIFUL BUT NOT
EXACTLY SAFE, THE HIDDEN DANGER
BENEATH THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN
RANGE.
CASCADE MOUNTAINS HAVE
BREATHTAKING BEAUTY.
THEY ALSO COVER A CAULDRON OF
HOT MAGMA THAT COULD ERUPT AT
ANY TIME.
FOR 100 YEARS, SCIENTISTS HAVE
MONITORING VOLCANOS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
THEY ARE USING THE LATEST
TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN
DANGER ZONE SAFE.
REPORTER: THE CASCADE
MOUNTAIN RANGE LINES UPPER HALF
OF U.S. WEST COAST, MOUNT RAIN
NEAR IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON'S
MOUNT HOOD REPRESENT AMERICA'S
GREATEST BEAUTY ON THE SURFACE,
THAT IS.
DESTRUCTIVE HOT MAGMA, THE
CASCADES ARE ALSO ACTIVE
VOLCANOS.
THEY WILL ERUPT AGAIN AND
PRESENT A REAL HAZARD TO THE
PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEARBY
REPORTER: THIS IS HOME TO
MOUNT ST. HELENS THAT EXPLODED
VIOLENTLY IN 1980.
TAKING THE LIVES OF 57 PEOPLE
CAUSING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND DESTROYED
EVERY LIVING THING WITHIN 230
SQUARE MILES.
MOUNT ST. HELENS IS THE MOST
ACTIVE VOLCANO IN CASCADES.
MASSIVE EXPLOSION PUT VOLCANO
MONITORING ON THE FAST TRACK.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE OBSERVATORY
IN THE ENTIRE U.S. YOEL LOW
STONE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA,
ALASKA, HAWAII AND HERE IN THE
CASCADES.
BECAUSE ST. HELENS CONTINUED
TO ERUPT ON AND OFF UNTIL 1986,
IT BECAME A LABORATORY FOR
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO
DEVELOP NEW INSTRUMENTATION TO
DEVELOP THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE,
ALGORITHMS USED, AUTOMATICALLY
PROCESSED INCREASINGLY LARGE
AMOUNTS OF DATA WE WERE ABLE TO
BRING OFF THE VOLCANOS.
JOHN GAVE CBN NEWS THE 168
ACTIVE U.S. VOLCANOS OF WHICH
MORE THAN HALF ARE EXPLOSIVE.
LOOKING AT DATA IN REAL TIME
TO BUILD A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
VIEW OF WHAT VOLCANO IS DOING
REPORTER: THREE PRIMARY
SIGNS, HOW MUCH A VOLCANO IS
SHAKING BECAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES
OR VIBRATIONS DUE TO FLUID,
SWELLING OR CHANGING BECAUSE OF
MAGMA PUSHING ON ITS SIDES OR
THE GASES IT IS SENDING OUT.
VOLCANIC GASES DRIVE
ERUPTIONS.
TODAY'S EQUIPMENT IS MUCH
MORE SENSITIVE AND PORTABLE
ALLOWING IT TO GO WHERE PEOPLE
CANNOT.
TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE SPIDER.
WE SET IT TO GET IT CLOSE TO
A VOLCANO WHERE WE HAVE A HIGH
SIGNAL WITHOUT ALL THE NOISE
FROM TOWNS.
THAT NOISE GETS CLOSER AS THE
PICTURESQUE SCENERY LURES NEW
RESIDENTS LEADING TO TOWNS AND
POPULATION CENTERS.
IN THE CASCADES AS A WHOLE,
WE WORRY ABOUT MOUNT RAINIER
BECAUSE OF THE VALLEYS ON THE
WEST SIDE.
LOOK AT THE HOMES ON THE BASE
OF MOUNT RAINIER IF YOU THINK
THEY ARE SAFE, THINK AGAIN.
AN ERUPTION CAN SEND ROCK, SAND
AND WATER DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
DESTROYING EVERYTHING.
HE LEAVES THIS MASSIVE BOLDER
WAS SEND HERE AFTER HIS LAST
ERUPTED AROUND 200 YEARS AGO
JUST ACROSS THE STREET, A
POPULATION CENTER.
LOCKHART INTERPRETS THIS AS A
WARNING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
PAST CAN HAPPEN AGAIN.
I DIDN'T SEE THE ERUPTION OF
ST. HELENS IN 1980 BUT DID IN
PHILIPPINES IN 1991.
IT IS LIKE HAVING A HOLE BLOWN
IN YOUR WORLD.
SO MUCH BIGGER AND FASTER THAN
ANYTHING I HAD EVER SEEN.
I AM HERE IN THE TOWN OF
GOVERNMENT CAMP FIVE MILES FROM
THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT HOOD.
WHEN SCIENTISTS DETERMINE THE
RISK OF A PARTICULAR AREA, THEY
CONSIDER DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS
WHICH ARE SO CLOSE TO THE
MOUNTAIN.
SOME OF THE HIGHEST THREAT
VOLCANOS IN THE UNITED STATES
THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY
PEOPLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NEARBY.
THAT ACCORDING TO YORK PUTS
THE PRESSURE ON FOR GREATER
ACCURACY AND PREDICTIONS AND
IMPROVED MONITORING TECHNOLOGY.
SCIENTISTS URGE RESIDENTS TO
CONSIDER HAZARD HAZARD EVEN
HIDDEN ONES, MARK MARTIN, CBN
NEWS, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
UP NEXT, HOW ALASKAN INMATES
HELP MEMBERS OF THE IDIDEROD
RACE FINISH STRONG.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO SLED DOGS
AFTER A THOUSAND MILE IDITAROD
RACE?
IN ALASKA THEY ARE SENT AWAY FOR
REST AND RELAXATION.
INMATES CARE FOR THE DOGS TOO
INJURED OR TIRED TO FINISH
GIVING THEM FOOD, WATER AND
ATTENTIO
ATTENTION.
IT IS COOL TO HAVE AN
EXPERIENCE TO GIVE BACK.
A LOT OF US HAVE GUILT AND SHAME
FOR MAYBE BEING HERE.
IT IS COOL TO HAVE STUFF LIKE
THIS TO HELP GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY WE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN
FROM AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME HERE
AND PICK THEM UP
REPORTER: MOST OF THE DOGS
STAY A DAY OR TOO UNTIL THEIR
MUSHER CAN PICK THEM UP.
AREN'T THEY SWEET?
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
THANKS FOR JOINING US, WE HOPE
YOU'LL JOIN US AGAIN TOMORROW,
HAVE A GREAT EVENING EVERYONE.
