TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" A

POWERFUL SPEECH TO ISRAELIS, WAS

PRESIDENT OBAMA ABLE TO IMPROVE

HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE JEWISH

NATION?

PLUS ANCIENT TREASURES, GOD'S

WORD ON DISPLAY LIKE YOU HAVE

NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND HIS GOAL, PROVIDING

SHOPPERS NUTRITIOUS ALTERNATIVES

TO ARTIFICIAL FOODS.

WHY HE IS GLAD HE IS NOT

STARTING HIS BUSINESS TODAY.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON

"NEWSWATCH." PRESIDENT OBAMA

CONTINUES HIS MIDDLE EAST TOUR

VISITING WITH JORDAN'S KING

ABDULA.

GOOD EVENING, I AM MARK MARTIN.

AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.

TWO LEADERS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON

THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS.

JORDAN HAS SEEN MORE THAN

400,000 REFUGEES TO ESCAPE

VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOMELAND AND

WAYS THEY CAN AVOID AN ARAB

SPRING STYLE REVOLUTION.

THE PRESIDENT TOURED SITES

COMMEMORATING HISTORY OF THE

JEWISH PEOPLE.

CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS

REPORTER: PRESIDENT OBAMA

LAID A WREATH AT THE THE FOUNDER

OF -- AND YAD VASHEM.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: WE HAVE A

CHOICE TO MAKE REAL OUR SOLEMN

VOW, NEVER AGAIN

REPORTER: HE SPOKE DIRECTLY

TO HUNDREDS OF UNIVERSITY

STUDENTS AND THOUSANDS OF

ISRAELIS HERE IN JERUSALEM

REPORTER: HE THRILLED

ISRAELIS WHEN HE ADD FIRMED

THEIR RIGHT TO EXIST.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: MAKE NO

MISTAKE, THEY MIGHT AS WELL

REJECT THE EARTH OR THE SKY

ABOVE BECAUSE ISRAEL IS NOT

GOING ANYWHERE.

[APPLAUSE].

REPORTER: STRONG COMMENTS

ABOUT HEZBOLLAH DREW APPLAUSE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA EVERY COUNTRY

SHOULD CALL HEZBOLLAH WHAT IT

IS, A TERRORIST O ORGANIZATION.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: ONLY WAY FOR

ISRAEL TO THRIVE IS THROUGH A

REALIZATION THROUGH INDEPENDENT

PALESTINE

REPORTER: SOME DON'T TRUST.

IT IS NOT A SOLUTION AT ALL

REPORTER: OBAMA BLAMED

JEWISH COMMUNITIES AS AN ABSTACK

ABDULMUTALL

ABSTA COUNCIL PRESIDENT OBAMA:

THERE ARE REAL BORDERS THAT HAVE

TO BE DRAWN.

ABAHS SENDS A DIFFERENT MESSAGE

TO THEIR PEOPLE.

THEY NAME SOCCER TOURNAMENTS

AFTER THEM.

THE MESSAGE IS COMING FROM MAWED

AMAWED ABAHS.

THEY WOULD DESTROY CITIES IF

ISRAEL ATTACKED THEIR NUCLEAR

PROGRAM.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM

ISRAELI SPOKESMAN QUICK TO

GIVE CBN NEWS A RESPONSE TO THE

IRANIAN THREATS.

WE TAKE THE THREATS EXTREMELY

SERIOUSLY.

WE WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO DO

OTHERWISE.

ISRAEL WILL NOT SECEDE THE RIGHT

TO ACT TO DEFEND OURSELVES IF WE

THINK THAT IS NECESSARY.

NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO

PROTECT OURSELVES.

EVEN TO OUR BEST FRIEND AND

AMERICA IS OUR BEST FRIEND, WE

RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PROTECT

OURSELVES AGAINST A FORMIDABLE

THREAT.

TWO U SENATORS ARE AIMED AT

PRESENTING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC FROM

ASSESSING FOREIGN HOLDINGS IN

EUROS.

A SENATE BUDGET BILL AMENDMENT.

IMPRISONED AMERICAN PASTOR

SAEED ABEDINI HAS BEEN ABLE TO

GET A LETTER TO HIS PARENTS.

LETTER IS WRITTEN IN THE MARGINS

OF NEWSPAPER SCRAPS AND TELLS OF

ABUSE AND TORTURE.

HE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIMSELF

AFTER BEING BEATEN AND EXPRESSED

CONCERN FOR WIFE AND CHILDREN

BACK IN THE UNITED STATES.

AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND

JUSTICE IS CALLING ON SECRETARY

OF STATE KERRY TO PUT PRESSURE

ON THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO

SECURE THE RELEASE.

STATE HOUSE PASSED A BILL IN

KANSAS THURSDAY THAT STATES

UNBORN CHILDREN HAVE INTERESTS

IN LIFE, HEALTH, AND WELL BEING

THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED.

KANSAS LAWMAKERS APPROVED THE

BILL AFTER A LATE TERM ABORTION

BAN ALLOWING ABORTIONS AFTER 22

WEEKS IN THE CASES OF RAPE AND

INCEST.

OTHER MEASURES, YOU CAN LEARN

MORE AT CBNNEWS.COM.

STILL NO WORD OF A POSSIBLE

MOTIVE IN A SUICIDE SHOOTING IN

VIRGINIA.

THE SHOOTING BEGAN 11:00 P.M.

THURSDAY.

THE GUNMAN FOUND DEAD FROM A

SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOOT WOUND.

OFFICERS BELIEVE HE WAS ON BASE.

A HOUSING RECOVERY IS ON THE

WAY.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

SAID SALES ROSE TO A THREE-YEAR

HIGH.

HEATHER SELLS HAS MORE ABOUT

WHAT THAT MEANS FOR BUYERS AND

SELLERS.

HOME SALES UP, GOOD NEWS FOR

SELLERS, BUYERS AND ANYONE

CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

IN FEBRUARY RARE, SALES

INCREASES EIGHT-TENTHS OF A

PERCENT SINCE 2009, 10% HIGHER

THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

PRICES ARE RISING.

MEDIAN PRIZE ROSE TO $173,600 UP

MORE THAN 11% FROM LAST YEAR.

IN PLACES LIKE ATLANTA, THIS

BEAUTIFUL THREE BEDROOM HOME

SOLD IN 10 DAYS FOR 10,000 ABOVE

THE ASKING PRICE.

HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SOME PLACES.

MAY BERRIES SOLD THEIR CRAMPED

CONDO IN FOUR DAYS AND NOW

TRYING TO FIND A FAMILY HOME IN

A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE SURPRISE IS THE SHORTAGE.

TABLES HAVE TURNED.

IN ST. LOUIS, GOING DOOR TO

DOO GETTING PEOPLE TO SELL.

DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY LOOKING

TO BUY OR SELL RIGHT NOW?

NO.

REALTORS SAID THE MARKET

VARIES SALES UP IN THE SOUTH AND

WEST AND DOWN IN THE NORTHEAST

AND LITTLE IN THE MIDWEST.

WHAT IS HELPING EVERYWHERE,

HISTORIC MORTGAGE RATES DOWN TO

3.4%.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

R REGENT UNIVERSITY CUT THE

RIBBON TODAY FOR THE GRAND

OCCASION.

THE CHAPEL IS MODELLED.

THE SANCTUARY CAN SEAT UP TO A

THOUSAND PEOPLE AND HAS A

STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH THE

IMAGE OF CHRIST AS THE CENTER

PEACE.

DR. PAT ROBERTSON SAID THAT IS

NO MISTAKE.

PAT: IT IS GOING TO BE A

PLACE OF WORSHIP AND GLORY UNTO

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

REGENT STUDENTS ARE FILLING THE

CHAPEL WITH GOD'S WORD.

CBN AND REGENT UNIVERSITY ARE

CELEBRATING OF MORE THAN 50

HISTORICAL BIBLICAL ARTIFACTS.

THIS EXHIBIT IS CALLED THE

LIVING WORD, ANCIENT TREASURES

FROM BIBLICAL HISTORY.

IT IS A COMPLETE SCROLL WITH

THE TEXT OF ISAIAH.

VISIT THE EXHIBIT CALLED "THE

LIVING WORD" MORE THAN 50

HISTORICAL TREASURES.

[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ] LATIN FOR

THE SACRED PAGE.

NOT ONLY SCRIPTURE, BUT THE

ENTIRE PROCESS OF STUDYING THE

WORD OF GOD.

THESE ITEMS ARE PART OF THE

WORLD'S PRIVATE COLLECTION OF

RARE BIBLES KNOWN AS THE GREEN

COLLECTION.

GREEN FAMILY THAT OWNS THE

NATIONAL RETAILER HOBBY LOBBY

HAS COMPILED 40,000 ANTIQUITIES.

DR. JERRY IS OVERSEEING THIS

EXHIBIT.

THE CHAPEL HERE IS AWESOME.

HERE YOU HAVE THESE MAJOR

BIBLICAL TEXTS.

TO BE HERE WHEN A CHAPEL IS

DEDICATED BECAUSE OF THESE BOOKS

THAT UNDERPIN REGENT.

REGENT UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF A

LIMITED NUMBER OF VENUES TO HOST

THIS EVENT.

WE HAVE BECOME ILLITERATE

WHEN IT COMES TO SCRIPTURE.

EVEN FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE

FAITH BACKGROUND.

IT IS GREAT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

GREEN FAMILY PLANS TO OPEN AN

ENTIRE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE IN

WASHINGTON, D.C. IN LATE 2016.

MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.

[LAUGHTER].

A STRONG VOICE THE CHRISTIAN

BROADCASTING IS STEPPING DOWN.

FRANK WRIGHT IS LEAVING HIS POST

IN OCTOBER AFTER A DECADE OF

SERVICE.

I INTERVIEWED HIM WHEN HE FIRST

CAME ON BOARD.

HE AND HIS LIFE SAYS GOD IS

LEADING THEM IN A NEW DIRECTION.

HE APPRECIATES THE STELLAR

PERFORMANCE AND WE AT CBN

APPRECIATE HIM AS WELL.

THAT WE DO.

COMING UP, EARTH SHATTERING

ASTEROIDS HEADING OUR WAY.

NASA TELLS THAT IT IS A REALITY

THEY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

SOUNDS LIKE A HOLLYWOOD SCIFI

MOVIE, A MASSIVE ASTEROID

SLAMMING TO THE EARTH.

IF ONE OF THE SPACE ROCKS HIT

IT COULD KILL MILLIONS.

AS CBN'S EPHRAIM GRAHAM REPORTS,

NASA SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING ON

CONGRESS FOR MORE MONEY TO

INTERCEPT THESE DEADLY THREATS

FROM OUTER SPACE.

REPORTER: THERE IS ALMOST NO

WAY TO STOP ASTEROIDS AND DEBRIS

FROM HURLING TOWARDS EARTH.

WHAT IF A LARGE ASTEROID WAS

DISCOVERED WITH WEEKS BEFORE

IMPACT.

HE RESPONDS, QUOTE, IF IT IS

COMING IN THREE WEEKS, PRAY.

SCIENTISTS SAY THE ONLY WAY TO

PROTECT EARTH IS DECADES OF

ADVANCED WARNING OF A MAJOR

OBJECT HEADING OUR WAY.

WITH 10, 20, 50 YEARS OF

NOTICE IT IS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO

DEFLECT AN ASTEROID.

WITHOUT SUPPORT FOR

SATELLITES AND OBSERVATION

PROGRAMS, WE COULD NEVER PROTECT

THEM TO PREVENT MASS CASUALTIES.

HAD THAT HAPPENED OVER NEW

YORK CITY, WE WOULD HAVE 7

MILLION CASUALTIES.

IN 2005, CONGRESS TOLD NASA

TO FIND 90% OF THE SPACE ROCKS.

NASA SAYS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO

GET THAT DONE UNTIL 2030.

NASA HAS DETECTED 10%.

IT IS ESTIMATED THERE MAYBE

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS REMAINING

UNKNOWN.

WHILE THE ODDS OF AN ASTEROID

STRIKE ARE SMALL, THE

CONSEQUENCES ARE SO LARGE THAT

THE RISK MUST BE TAKEN

SERIOUSLY.

I AGAIN WANT TO POINT OUT

THERE IS A 30% CHANCE THERE IS

AN IMPACT THIS CENTURY.

THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL.

EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.

TODAY IS WORLD WATER DAY.

RAISING AWARENESS AND

SANITATION.

AS THE GLOBAL POPULATION GROWS,

DEMAND FOR FRESH WATER GROWS

WITH IT.

IT HAS LINKED MANY HEALTH

PROBLEMS AND POVERTY.

OPERATION BLESSING GAVE A

HONDURAN VILLAGE THE BLESSING OF

WATER.

LAS YEAR ALONE OPERATION

BLESSING AND CBN PARTNERS HELP

TO BUILD MORE THAN 1500 WELLS

PROVIDING SAFE AND CLEAN WATER

TO MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE.

OB.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.

UP NEXT, FOR FOLKS LOOKING

FOR HEALTHIER FOODS, ONE OF THE

GO-TO GROCERY STORES.

WOULD THIS POPULAR STORE

SUCCEEDED HAD THE OWNER STARTED

IT IN TODAY'S BUSINESS WORLD?

ONE OUT OF EVERY 10 DEATHS

CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO EATING TOO

MUCH SALT.

ACCORDING TO THE THE LATEST

FINDINGS BY A HARVARD RESEARCH

TEAM THE OVERUSE OF SALT TO 2

MILLION CARDIOVASCULAR DEATHS

WORLDWIDE.

IN AMERICA, BREAD AND CHEESE ARE

THE SOURCE FOR SODIUM.

NO COUNTRY CONSUMES THE LOW

LEVEL OF SALT RECOMMENDED.

ANOTHER CULPRIT IS SUGARY

DRINKS CONTRIBUTED TO 180,000

DEATHS EVERY YEAR WORLDWIDE.

THEIR FINDINGS BACK OTHER

RESEARCH SAYING SUGARY DRINKS

ARE UNHEALTHY.

BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL FATS,

SWEETENERS AND ADDED COLORS,

MUCH OF AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY IS

FAKE.

IT IS TRUE AND CAN BE HARD TO

WEED OUT THE UNHEALTHY FOODS.

WE GO SHOPPING IN TONIGHT'S

FOCUS REPORT.

REPORTER: AMERICANS ARE

BECOMING SICK AND TIRED OF

EATING FOODS THAT MAKE US SICK

AND TIRED.

BUSINESSES BOOMING AT WHOLE

FOODS MARKET.

ONE GROCER TRYING TO SET

THEMSELVES APART.

THE REASON SO MANY PEOPLE

SHOP AT WHOLE FOODS BECAUSE WHAT

IS NOT HERE.

FIRST NO PESTICIDES ON THE FOOD,

NO TRANS FATS IN THE PACKAGED

FOODS OR BAKERY.

NO MSG IN THE SOUP OR ANYTHING

ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.

HERE IS A BIGGY, NOT A TRACE OF

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IN THE

STORE.

WHY THE BOLD DEPARTURE.

WE WANT TO HEAL AMERICA.

AMERICA WANTS TO BE HEALED.

PROCESSED FOOD IS NOT GOOD.

ALMOST EVERYTHING HAS UNDER

10 DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS AS

OPPOSED TO A REGULAR STORE WITH

20 INGREDIENTS.

MACKY STARTED WHOLE FOODS

BACK IN 1980 IN HOMETOWN OF

AUSTIN, TEXAS.

FROM THAT TINY STORE GREW

HUNDREDS ALL ACROSS AMERICA

RAKING IN ANNUAL SALES OF 12

BILLION DOLLARS.

IN THAT AREA, MACKY TOOK AN

UNUSUAL STEP, HE STOPPED TAKING

A SALARY AND STOCK OPTIONS YEARS

AGO.

I HAVE MADE ENOUGH MONEY AND

WANTED TO WORK FOR SERVICE.

I DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE ABOUT

A PERSONAL GAIN.

WHOLE FOODS MARKET HAS MADE

THE LIST OF FORTUNE'S BEST

COMPANIES TO WORK FOR, FOR 16

CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

EMPLOYEES GET A 20% DISCOUNT,

30% IF THEY ARE HEALTHY.

WHAT IF INSTEAD OF 30 YEARS

AGO JOHN MACKY STARTED WHOLE

FOODS TODAY, WOULD IT BE THE

SAME SUCCESS STORY?

NO ACCORDING TO MACKY.

THE NEW ATTITUDE IN WASHINGTON

DEMONIZES BUSINESS MAKING IT

IMPOSSIBLE THE COMPANIES TO GET

ON THEIR FEET.

SO MUCH RED TAPE.

CORPORATE INCOME TAX IS THE

HIGHEST.

IN HIS NEW BOOK "CONSCIOUS

CAPITALISM" THE KEY TO

PROSPERITY.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS

IMPOSING THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

AS LITTLE AS 13 YEARS AGO IN

2000, WE RANKED NO. 3.

IN 2012, WE FELL TO NO. 18.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY

UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT 7.9%, WHY PER

CAPITA INCOME HAS DECLINED, YOU

DON'T NEED TO LOOK FURTHER.

FREE MARKET CAPITALISM WOULD

FIX HEALTH CARE.

'OBAMACARE' MAKES A BAD

SITUATION WORSE.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THINGS COST

WHEN THEY GO TO DOCTOR.

I OFTEN TIMES WISH I COULD RUN

WHOLE FOODS, DON'T PUT PRICES ON

THE FOOD, DON'T WORRY, WE'LL

JUST BILL THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN AMERICA.

WHILE JOHN MACKY WORKED TO

PROVIDE GOOD JOBS FOR THOUSANDS

AND GOOD PRODUCTS FOR MILLIONS,

HE IS CONCERNED HE IS A DYING

BREED.

GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND

DEMONIZATION OF BUSINESS ARE

STIFLING ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

WHICH HURTS EVERYONE.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.

UP NEXT THE GROUND HOG IS IN

TROUBLE.

WHY HE IS TAKING THE HEAT FOR

ALL THIS COLD AND CRAZY WEATHER.

UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES

ACROSS THE COUNTRY MEAN BAD NEWS

FOR MANY.

NO ONE MORE THAN PUNXATANY

PHIL.

THE INFAMOUS PENNSYLVANIA

GROUND HOG IS IN TROUBLE WITH AN

OHIO MAN.

OHIO PROSECUTOR SAYS IT MIGHT

SOUND HARSH.

HE MAY EVEN SEEK THE DEATH

PENALTY.

I AM SURE MY HEART WILL

SOFTEN.

I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW I AM

NOT AS COLD AND HEARTLESS AS YOU

MIGHT THINK.

I DEAL WITH A LOT OF RATS.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF

RODENT.

KILL A GROUND HOG AND THAT

WILL BRING IN SPRING.

A FELONY AGAINST THE PEACE AND

DIGNITY OF HIS STATE.

I AM SURE, WENDY, PETA WILL NOT

APPROVE.

I DON'T EITHER.

IT IS A LITTLE HARSH.

WE ALL WANT IT TO BE WARM.

I AM WEARING A SPRING DRESS AND

IT IS 33.

IT IS THE SEASON.

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO WEAR THE

DRESS.

THANK YOU.