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Mark: TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH," RECONSTRUCTING
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE NEW REPORT OUTLINING THE
G.O.P.s CHANGE FOR THE
FUTURE.
PLUS AMERICA AT WORK IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENT'S
VISIT TO ISRAEL, WE'LL LOOK
AT NEW POLL EVALUATING U.S.
INVOLVEMENT IN THE REGION.
AND HOW U.S. CHRISTIANS
ARE WORKING TO MAKE LIVES
EASIER FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN THE UKRAINE.
GOOD EVENING, I'M MARK
MARTIN.
AND I'M HEATHER CELLS.
AFTER LOSING THE LAST TWO
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS,
REPUBLICANS AND
CONSERVATIVES ARE ASKING
WHERE THEY GO FROM HERE.
Mark: THAT WAS THE TOP
ISSUE AT THIS WEEKEND'S
CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL
ACTION CONFERENCE.
AS DAVID BRODY REPORTS, THE
FLOOR WAS OPEN TO A WIDE
VARIETY OF IDEAS.
* I WAS RAISED
David: THIS
CONSERVATIVE CONFAB MIGHT AS
WELL HAVE BEEN CALLED A
CONSERVATIVE CROSSROADS.
THE MOVE IS GRAB PELLING
GRAPPLING WITH FINDING THE
WINNING FORMULA.
MITT ROMNEY SAYS LESSONS
MUST BE LEARNED.
IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE
SURE WE LEARNED FROM OUR
MISTAKES AND MY MISTAKES,
AND WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THAT LEARNING TO MAKE SURE
WE TAKE BACK THE NATION,
TAKE BACK THE WHITE HOUSE,
GET THE SENATE, AND PUT IN
PLACE CONSERVATIVE
PRINCIPLES.
Reporter: BUT NOBODY IS
QUITE SURE WHAT THOSE
MISTAKES ARE, EXACTLY.
SOME, LIKE SARAH PALIN AND
TED CRUZ, CAME TO THE C-
C-PAK STAKE ARGUING FOR A
MORE ROBUST DEFENSE AND
CONSERVATISM.
RICK PERRY TOOK A SWIPE AT
ROMNEY AND THE MORE MODERATE
CROWD.
YOU NEED TO NOMINATE
CONSERVATIVES IF YOU'RE
GOING TO WIN ELECTIONS.
YOU CAN'T DO IT WITH
MODERATES OR EVEN MODERATE
CONSERVATIVES.
AMERICANS WANT THE REAL
THING.
David: WHICH LEADS US
TO THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION AND WHY KENTUCKY
CENTER RAND PAUL EDGED MARCO
RUBIO.
ONE REASON FOR THAT IS SOME
CONSERVATIVES ARE STARTING
TO SEE RUBIO AS A BIT MORE
ESTABLISHMENT CLASSED AS
COMPARED TO THE CONSERVATIVE
THAT PAUL IS PREACHING.
THE G.O.P. OF OLD HAS
GROWN STALE AND
MOSS-COVERED.
David: PAUL IS
DEFINITELY A FORCE TO BE
RECKONED WITH.
I THINK HE IS GOING TO
GET THE LIBERTARIANS.
I THINK HE IS GOING TO GET A
LOT OF TEA PARTY PEOPLE.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET A
LOT OF CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE.
AND ABOVE ALL, I THINK HE IS
GOING TO GET A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE.
David: THERE IS NO
DOUBT PAUL IS THE HOT
COMMODITY IN CONSERVATIVE
CIRCLES.
JUST ASK CHRIS CHRISTIE AND
BOB McDONALD, WHO WEREN'T
INVITED TO SPEAK.
IT IS ALL PART OF A LARGER
NARRATIVE ABOUT JUST HOW
CONSERVATIVE THE G.O.P.
NEEDS TO BE TO WIN
ELECTIONS.
EVANGELICALS AND TEA
PARTIERS WANT THE PARTY TO
STAY TRUE TO CONSERVATIVE
PRINCIPLES.
OTHER REPUBLICANS DISAGREE.
IT IS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED
WITH A GUY WHO HARD-LINED
CONSERVATIVES SEEM TO LOVE.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS FIGHT IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT
NOW?
I LIKELY AGREE WITH THE
TEA PARTY.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO STAY
TRUE.
I THINK THEY GOT AWAY WITH
IT LAST TIME, AND IT JUST
DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.
THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT THE ELECTION
RESULTS WERE SO BAD.
YOU HAVE TO STAY TRUE TO
YOUR PRINCIPLES, THERE IS NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
David: BUT EVEN WHEN
YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN STILL
GET BEAT.
OBAMA CAMPAIGN'S GROUND GAME
WAS FAR SUPERIOR TO WHAT
ROMNEY PUT OUT THERE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE
DISCUSSION HERE.
I THINK TARGETING VOTERS
WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE WE
WORKED WITH THE CAMPAIGN,
AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF
CALLS AND A LOT OF DOOR
KNOCKING, AND THE LISTS WE
GOT WERE NOT GOOD.
WE NEED TO TARGET THEM AND
REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE.
David: A LOT TO DIGEST
FOR A CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
TRYING TO WALK IN LOCK STEP
TOGETHER.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS, IN
NATIONAL HA HARBOR,
MARYLAND.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MADE
PUBLIC NEW PLANS TO COURT
MINORITY VOTERS.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE FORMALLY ENDORSED
IMMIGRATION REFORM, AND A
$10 MILLION OUTREACH EFFORT
TO CONNECT WITH MINORITY
GROUPS, INCLUDING GAY
VOTERS.
FOCUS GROUPS PERCEIVED THE
PARTY AS BEING NARROW-MINDED
AND OUT OF TOUCH, AND STUFFY
OLD MEN.
THE MOVE IS MEANT TO RIVAL
THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL
POLITICAL MACHINE.
Mark: WE'RE JOINED BY
OUR CHIEF POLITICAL
CORRESPONDENT DAVID BRODY.
DAVID, OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS
SOME DIVISION AS TO WHERE TO
TAKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
WE COULD SEE THAT IN THE
REPORT, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE
SEEN DURING C-PAK.
David: I THINK THE
LINE OF C-PAK WAS WHEN RAND
PAUL GOT UP THERE AND TALK
ABOUT HOW THE G.O.P. IS OLD
AND MOSS-COVERED.
YOU WILL NEVER HEAR A LINE
LIKE THAT FROM MARCO RUBIO.
MARCO RUBIO IS MORE OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT CLASS.
YES, HE IS TEA PARTY, BUT HE
IS ALSO PART OF THAT INSIDER
WASHINGTON CROWD.
RAND PAUL DOESN'T WANT TO BE
THAT GUY.
SO RAND PAUL CAN GET AWAY
WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MARCO RUBIO CANNOT.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO
2016, IT IS GOING TO BE
INTERESTING TO WATCH RAND
PAUL VERSUS MARCO RUBIO.
BOTH TEA PARTY GUYS, BUT
BOTH APPROACHING IT IN TWO
VERY DIFFERENT WAYS.
Mark: AS WE JUST
REPORTED, THE R.N. C.
RELEASED THE NEW REPORT
CALLING FOR REFORMS BEFORE
THE NEXT ELECTIONMENT IT
SAID THE LAST ELECTION
SERVED AS A WAKEUP CALL.
HOW SO?
David: WELL, THERE ARE
A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY NEED TO
REACH OUT TO HISPANICS IN A
MUCH BETTER WAY.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH
THAT, MARK: WHEN YOU GO
THROUGH SOME OF THIS REPORT
THEY TALK ABOUT THROWING
MONEY HERE AND REACHING OUT
THERE, BUT THE TRUTH IS IF
THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE
DOING ALL OF THIS IS TO,
QUOTE,"WIN ELECTIONS IERAS
ELECTIONS," AND THAT'S THE
NUMBER ONE REASON, THEN ALL
OF IT IS GOING TO FAIL.
BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY THIS IS
A HEART ISSUE AS WE SAY IN
THE EVANGELICAL WORLD.
THEY'VE GOT TO BE SERIOUS
ABOUT REACHING OUT HISPANICS
AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS, TO
INVEST THE TIME AND GO INTO
THOSE COMMUNITIES TO
COMPLAIN WHY
CONSERVATIVE/REPUBLICAN
POSITIONS WORK.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY.
IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT,
AND THEY JUST WANT TO WIN
ELECTIONS AND HOPE PEOPLE
WILL COME THEIR WAY BECAUSE
THEY THREW $10 MILLION,
$15 MILLION AT THE PROBLEM,
THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
Mark: OUTREACH IS A BIG
THEME OF THE NEW REPORT, AND
HOW CAN THE G.O.P. DO A
BETTER JOB OF REACHING
PEOPLE, AND WHO SHOULD THEY
BE REACHING?
WHAT ARE SOME MORE
SPECIFICS, DAVID?
BEYOND HISPANICS AND
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
YOUNG PEOPLE HERE ARE GOING
TO BE THE KEY.
THE 18 TO 34-YEAR-OLDS.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE SEEING THE
PROBLEM IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SAYING WE
NEED TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE
HIPPER, AND WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THEIR EVOLVING
ISSUES ON TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE, AND NOW BECOMING
MORE SUPPORTIVE OF SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
I THINK THIS IS PART OF THE
ISSUE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY RIGHT NOW.
HOW INCLUSIVE ARE YOU GOING
TO BE?
HOW FAR AWAY ARE YOU GOING
TO WALK AWAY FROM THE
BEDROCK JUDEO CHRISTIAN
PRINCIPLES.
SOME WILL SAY YOU NEED TO GO
MORE TOWARDS THE CENTER AND
REACH OUT TO THOSE YOUNG
PEOPLE.
OTHER PEOPLE SAY, WAIT A
MINUTE HERE.
YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
TOTALLY DIFFERENT, AND
YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN DOING FROM THE
BEGINNING, FOR A LONG TIME,
SINCE REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT,
AND REALLY TALKING ABOUT
SOCIAL ISSUES IN WAYS THAT
EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND
IT.
Mark: ALL RIGHT, DAVID
BRODY, ONCE AGAIN, THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS, MARK.
THE SUPREME COURT IS SET
TO DECIDE IF STATES CAN HAVE
PEOPLE PROVE THEY'RE U.S.
CITIZENS BEFORE THEY ARE
REGISTERED TO VOTE.
Reporter: OPPONENTS
FROM OUTSIDE THE SUPERIOR
COURT ARE HOPEFUL THE
JUSTICES WILL STRIKE DOWN
ARIZONA'S VOTING LAW BECAUSE
IT REQUIRES MORE PROOF THAT
WOULD-BE VOTERS HAVE TO
SUPPLY UNDER THE FEDERAL
LAW.
THIS IS ABOUT THE BASIC
RIGHT TO VOTE.
ARIZONA IS TRYING TO SAY NO,
THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THE
FEDERAL MAIL VOTER
REGISTRATION FORM UNLESS IT
IS ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION.
WE JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST
HITLER AND NAZI-ISM.
WHEN WE CAME BACK TO
ARIZONA, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED
TO VOTE UNTIL 1948, AND WHAT
GOES ON TODAY TO TRY TO
SUPPRESS VOTING, THAT REALLY
AMAZES THAT TYPE OF THING IS
STILL GOING ON TO THIS DAY.
Reporter: BUT THE MAN
WHO DEFENDED ARIZONA LAW,
AND THE MAN WHO WROTE IT,
SAYS STATES HAVE THE RIGHT
DETERMINE IF PEOPLE ARE
ELIGIBLE CITIZENS.
WE KNOW THERE IS VOTING
FRAUD.
WE HAVE HAD MANY, MANY
INDICTMENTS IN MANY STATES
OF VOTER FRAUD.
IT IS TIME WE STEP UP TO THE
PLATE AND ENSURE THAT THE
RIGHT TO VOTE IS FOR
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Reporter: IF THE COURT
UP HOLDS ARIZONA LAW, 12
OTHER STATES ARE READY TO
PASS SIMILAR LAWS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINEE
FOR SECRETARY OF LABOUR
COULD FACE TOUGH OPPOSITION
FROM SENATE REPUBLICANS IN
HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING.
THOMAS PEREZ IS HEAD OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT.
BUT REPUBLICANS HAVE
QUESTIONS ON HIS RECORD ON
IMMIGRATION, AND SOME SAY
PEREZ HAS BEEN GUIDED TOO
MUCH BY HIS LIBERAL
POLITICAL VIEWS, AND SAY HE
DIDN'T TELL THE WHOLE STOR
IN HIS TESTIMONY IN 2010
ABOUT THE BLACK PANTHER
PARTY.
Mark: ISRAEL'S NEW
GOVERNMENT WAS SWORN IN
TODAY, JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE
PRESIDENT OBAMA ARRIVES ON
HIS FIRST VISIT AS
PRESIDENT.
BOTH ISRAEL AND THE
PALESTINIANS HAVE THEIR OWN
AGENDAS FOR THE VISIT.
BUT A NEW POLL SHOWS MOST
AMERICANS DON'T WANT THE
U.S. TO TAKE THE LEAD IN
NEGOTIATIONS.
JOHN WAGGI HAS MORE.
Reporter: ISRAELIS
WON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO
DIGEST THE MEANING OF THEIR
NEW GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE HAVING VISITORS.
U.S. FLAGS ARE GOING UP
AROUND ISRAEL FOR THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT IN FOUR
YEARS.
AS THE HISTORIC KING DAVID
HOTEL, THE STAFF IS WORKING
OVERTIME BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT WILL ARRIVE JUST
BEFORE THE PASSOVER
HOLIDAY.
THE KITCHEN WILL BE OPEN
24 HOURS A DAY WITH SPECIAL
MEMENUS, AND WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT.
Reporter: ALTHOUGH THE
WELCOME IN ISRAEL WILL BE
FRIENDLY, AMERICANS ARE NOT
OPTMISTIC ABOUT WHAT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CAN
ACCOMPLISH THERE.
THE LATEST ABC NEWS
"WASHINGTON POST" POLL SAYS
AMERICANS SYMPATHIZE WITH
PALESTINIANS BY A BIG
MARGIN.
55% TO 45%.
BUT 70% WANT THE U.S. TO
LEAVE A SOLUTION TO THE
CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
THE PALESTINIANS
THEMSELVES.
THAT'S A 15-POINT JUMP FROM
THE LAST POLL 11 YEARS AGO.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ON
THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT,
SECURITY WILL BE TIGHT, TO
SAY THE LEAST.
THERE IS A LOT AMOUNT OF
COOPERATION TAKING PLACE
BETWEEN ISRAELI POLICE AND
THE AMERICAN SECURITY.
Reporter: IN
PALESTINIAN-CONTROLLED
BETHLEHEM, THE SECURITY
CONCERNS MULTIPLY.
U.S. OFFICIALS INSPECTED THE
CHURCH OF THE IN AN IN ANY
NATIVITY THIS WEEKEND.
IT IS THE BEGINNING OF YET
OTHER BATTLE FOR WORLD
PUBLIC OPINION BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT ARRIVES ON
WEDNESDAY.
JOHN WAGGI, CBN NEWS.
ALREADY MAKING A NAME FOR
HIMSELF AS A PEOPLE'S POPE.
POPE FRANCIS OFFICIALLY
BECOMES THE LEADER OF THE
1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS ON
TUESDAY.
JOSEPH BIDEN AND DIGNITARIES
FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE
FLYING IN FOR THE CEREMONY.
Mark: DESPITE ALL OF
THE POMP, THE THIS NEW POPE
IS DISPLAYING A TOUCH FOR
THE COMMON PEOPLE.
Reporter: IN THE FOUR
DAYS SINCE HIS ELECTION TO
LEAD THE CATHOLIC CHURCH,
FRANCIS HAS ALREADY MADE HIS
MARK AS THE PEOPLE'S POPE.
A CROWD OF MORE THAN 150,000
ROARED AS HE MADE HIS FIRST
SUNDAY APPEARANCE FROM THE
WINDOW IN ST. PETER'S
SQUARE.
IN THE 15-MINUTE ADDRESS, HE
ABANDONED HIS WRITTEN
REMARKS, AND INSTEAD
DELIVERED OFF THE CUFF
REMARKS ABOUT GOD'S POWER TO
FORGIVE.
HE IS A PEOPLE PERSON,
AND I THINK HE IS AMAZING.
HE IS GOING TO DO WONDERFUL
FOR THE CHURCH.
Reporter: EARLIER
SUNDAY, FRANCIS CELEBRATED
MASS AT A TINY VATICAN
CHURCH, AND BROKE PRECEDENT
BY WADING INTO THE CROWD,
SHAKING HANDS AND KISSING
BABIES.
THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS
WITH THE PEOPLE.
HE IS REALLY SPEAKING TO
THEM.
I THINK THAT MESSAGE GOES
FAR.
Reporter: TODAY FRANCIS
PREPARES FOR THE INAUGURAL
MASS OF HIS PAPACY.
LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE
WORLD OF COMING FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
INCLUDING PRESIDENT KRISTINA
KERSHNER.
THERE ARE SOME WHO CLAIM THE
POPE DID NOT DO ENOUGH TO
PROTECT JESUIT PRIESTS WHO
WERE KIDNAPPED.
THE VATICAN HAS REJECTED THE
QUOTES AS SLANDER.
Mark: LAWMAKERS IN
NORTH DAKOTA HAVE SENT TWO
NEW PRO-LIFE BILLS TO THE
DESK.
ONE BANS ABORTIONS AS EARLY
AS 6 WEEKS INTO A
PREGNANCY, AND THE OTHER
REJECTS THOSE FOR DOWN
SYNDROME.
PRO-CHOICE ACTIVISTS HAVE
PROMISED A LEGAL BATTLE OVER
THE MEASURES IF THEY BECOME
LAW.
IN THE MEANTIME, PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IS PUSHING TO
DEFEAT AN ABORTION BILL THAT
IS BEING CONSIDERED IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
LEGISLATORS INTRODUCED THE
MEASURE LAST WEEK.
IT REQUIRES DOCTORS TO HAVE
ADMITTING PRIVILEGES AT A
NEARBY HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE
ABORTIONS.
AND DOCTORS WOULD BE FORCED
TO STAY ONSITE UNTIL THE
WOMAN IS READY TO GO HOME
FOLLOWING AN ABORTION.
PROPONENTS SAY IT IS ABOUT
KEEPING WOMEN SAFE, AND
CRITICS SAY IT WILL LIMIT
ACCESS TO ABORTIONS.
THE WOMEN NEED TO BE
PROTECTED.
HER HEALTH IS PARAMOUNT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT,
WHICH I DON'T AGREE WITH,
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE
WOMAN IS SAFE.
Mark: OBSERVERS SAY
SOME VERSION OF THE BILL
COULD PASS THE STATE SENATE
AND HOUSE.
IT WILL THEN BE UP TO THE
GOVERNOR TO SIGN.
UP NEXT, HOW THE CHURCH
IS BRINGING HOPE TO HURTING
ORPHANS IN THE UKRAINE.
THEY ARE UNKNOWN AND
SEEMINGLY UNWANTED AND
UNLOVED.
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
WORLDWIDE LIVE WITHOUT
PARENTS.
Mark: NOW CHURCHES,
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS, AND
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN ONE
EASTERN EUROPEAN NATION ARE
WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIVES OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE.
GEORGE THOMAS HAS TONIGHT'S
FOCUS REPORT FROM UKRAINE.
Reporter: TO THE HUMAN
MIND, IT SEEMS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT SPEND TIME WITH THE
ISAHA FAMILY, THEY'LL SOON
CONVINCE YOU WITH GOD ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
THE MOMENT YOU SEE AN
ORPHAN'S EYES, I PROMISE IT
WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
10 YEARS AGO, SHE LEFT
WITH A DARK PAST.
SHE WAS H.I.V. POSITIVE AND
BOTH HAD A RADICAL ENCOUNTER
WITH JESUS CHRIST THAT
CHANGED THEIR LIVES
FOREVER.
PIER I
I COULD SEE THE PATH I
NEED TO GO ON.
Tom: THE COUPLE'S
DREAM: TO SEE A NATION OF
UKRAINE WITHOUT ANY
ORPHANS.
IF SOMEBODY SAID I WOULD
HAVE THIS MANY CHILDREN AND
BE MARRIED TO AN H.I.V.
POSITIVE MAN, I WOULD SAY
THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT GOD BIRTHED IN US
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
Tom: THEY BECAME THE
FIRST FAMILY TO ADOPT A
CHILD WITH H.I.V.
NOT JUST ONE, BUT SEVEN
H.I.V. POSITIVE CHILDREN.
IF WE WANT TO SEE UKRAINE
WITHOUT ORPHANS, CHRISTIANS
HAVE TO BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION.
Tom: AND CHRISTIANS ARE
ANSWERING THE CALL.
SHE JOINED HUNDREDS OF
PASTORS AND CHRISTIAN
LEADERS FOR A SUMMIT ON
ORPHAN CARE.
THE ORGANIZER LEADS A
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT
COMMITTED TO CARE FOR
UKRAINE'S ORPHANS.
GOD SAID HE IS THE FATHER
OF THE ORPHANS.
HE WANTS EVERY ORPHAN TO BE
IN A FAMILY.
HOW IS GOD GOING TO DO IT?
THROUGH THE CHURCH.
ADOPTION AND PROVIDING A
HOME FOR AN ORPHAN IS AN
INTERGAL PART OF THE
GOSPEL.
Tom: THIS IS A CROWD
THAT IS VERY SERIOUS ABOUT
SEEING A UKRAINE WITHOUT
ORPHANS.
SITTING IN THE CROWD THERE
ARE ABOUT 160 FAMILIES THAT
HAVE EITHER ADOPTED A
UKRAINEAN CHILD OR TODAY ARE
FOSTER PARENTS.
HE IS ONE OF THEM.
HE IS A PASTOR, AND ALONG
WITH HIS WIFE, THEY HAVE 31
FOSTER CHILDREN.
SHOULD ALL FAMILIES TAKE
31 CHILDREN IN LIKE WE DID?
NO.
BUT IF THIS MOVEMENT IS TO
HAVE A LASTING IMPACT,
CHRISTIAN LEADERS MUST SET
AN EXAMPLE, AND THEY ARE.
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, GOD
HAS BEEN MOVING ON THE
HEARTS OF PASTORS TO LEAD
THE CHARGE.
Tom: PAUL IS VERY
ENCOURAGED BY WHAT HE SAYS
HAPPENING IN UKRAINE.
THE POTENTIAL HERE IS
HUGE BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS
ENGAGED ACROSS
DENOMINATIONAL LINES TO BE A
MODEL TO COUNTRIES AROUND
THE WORLD OF HOW THE CHURCH
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
CHILDREN.
Tom: IS HE WITH HELP
FOR ORPHANS, WITH
BIBLE-BASED ORPHAN
MINISTRY.
HE HAS SIX CHILDREN, FIVE OF
WHOM ARE ADOPTED.
THE ONLY WAY TO REACH
140 MILLION ORPHANS AROUND
THE WORLD IS THROUGH THE
CHURCH.
BECAUSE ONLY THE CHURCH IS
BIG ENOUGH, ONLY THE CHURCH
HAS THE POWER AND THE
MANDATE TO REACH THAT MANY
CHILDREN IN A SUSTAINED
WAY.
Tom: PASTORS IN
BELARUS, MOLDIVA HAVE
MOVEMENTS.
HE SAYS HE IS MOVED BY THE
PASTOR'S DEDICATION TO THE
VISION.
THEY DO IT WITH AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD
COMMITS TO BLESS ORPHANS AND
THOSE WHO DO BLESS ORPHANS.
TO SEE AN AUDACIOUS VISION
THAT THESE GUYS ACTUALLY ARE
QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT
BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT.
Tom: STEVE WEBBER CALLS
THE MOVEMENT A MIRACLE.
WEBBER LEADS CBN'S UKRAINE
OFFICE, WHICH HAS AN ACTIVE
"ORPHANS' PROMISE"
OUTREACH.
20 YEARS AGO THERE WAS
SUCH A STIGMA AGAINST THE
ORPHANS THAT CHRISTIANS
WOULD FAKE PREGNANCY BY
CARRYING A PILLOW BEFORE
THEY WOULD TAKE AN ORPHAN.
TODAY WE'RE PREACHING TAKE
THE ORPHANS HOME IN OUR
CHURCHES.
Tom: AND THE PUBLIC IS
TAKING NOTE.
AT A NATIONALLY TELEVISED
EVENT THAT DREW UKRAINE'S
RICH AND FAMOUS, SVETLANA
AND UGIN RECEIVED HERO
STATUS AND WERE HONORED WITH
AN AWARD FOR THEIR HEART FOR
ORPHANS.
THERE WAS HARDLY A DRY EYE
IN THE CROWD AS PEOPLE STOOD
AND APPLAUDED.
WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ANY
AWARDS.
WE SIMPLY WERE DOING WHAT IS
ON OUR HEARTS TO DO.
WE HAVE ONLY GOD TO
THANK.
HE SHOWS US HOW TO LOVE THE
UNLOVABLE.
WITHOUT HIM, WE HAVE NO
LIFE.
WITHOUT HIM, MY CHILDREN
HAVE NO HOPE.
WITHOUT HIM, THE ORPHANS OF
UKRAINE HAVE NO HOPE.
Tom: GEORGE THOMAS, CBN
NEWS, UKRAINE.
UP NEXT, WHY A HIGH
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S SOLUTION
TO REACHING A 100%
GRADUATION RATE HAS SOME
STUDENTS UPSET.
Mark: SPRING IS JUST A
FEW DAYS AWAY, AND WITH IT
COMES THE EXCITEMENT OF HIGH
SCHOOL PROM,.
BUT SENIORS AT ONE NEW
YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL MAY
NOT GET THAT CHANCE THANKS
TO SOME TOUGH LOVE.
ONE BAD APPLE SHOULDN'T
RUIN IT FOR ALL OF THE
SENIORS.
THE PRINCIPAL IS TELLING
HER STUDENTS THAT PROM IS
CANCELLED, UNLESS THEIR
GRADES IMPROVE.
THE SCHOOL ALREADY HAS A
HIGH GRADUATION RATE OF 90%,
BUT IT'S PRINCIPAL SAYS
GRADES ARE SLIPPING RITE NOW
AND THERE WILL NOT BE A
DANCE WITHOUT A 100%
GRADUATION RATE.
PEOPLE TRY DIFFERENT
THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT
STUDENTS STAY FOCUSED ON
WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
GRADUATION IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT
THING.
I THINK THE KIDS NEED TO
HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THEY NEED TO HAVE HIGHER
STANDARDS.
SHE IS A GREAT PRINCIPAL.
THE CHANCELLOR BELIEVES
THAT STUDENTS HAVE NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT.
HE SAYS IT IS JUST A
MOTIVATIONAL TOOL.
AND IT APPEARS LIKE IT IS
MOTIVATING.
Mark: IT SEEMS A LITTLE
HARSH TO ME, 90% GRADUATION
RATE IS GREAT.
LET THE KIDS HAVE THEIR
PROM, BUT I'M NOT THE
PRINCIPAL.
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