On CBN Newswatch, April 1: US preps for strong response amid North Korea threats; 'Gang of Eight' senators says immigration deal at hand; Pastor blasts conservatives in Easter sermon; and more.
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Wendy: TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH," THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT BUYING AMMUNITION
IN BULK.
WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY IS
STOCKING UP BY THE
BILLIONS.
PLUS, THREATS OF WAR FROM
NORTH KOREA.
HOW THE U.S. IS RESPONDING
TO THE LATEST ROUND OF
WARNINGS.
AND SEE THE UNDERGROUND
FACILITY WHERE EMERGENCY
WORKERS TRAIN FOR DISASTER.
ALL THIS AND MUCH MORE
TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH."
WHAT'S THE GOVERNMENT UP
TO?
THAT'S WHAT SOME ARE
ASKING.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I'M
WENDY GRIFFITH.
THAT QUESTION AFTER RECENT
STORIES ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
BUYING HUGE AMOUNTS OF
AMMUNITION AND MILITARY
EQUIPMENT.
THOSE MOVES COME AS PEOPLE
ARE ALSO ASKING ABOUT HOW
DRONES MIGHT BE USED IN THE
SKIES ABOVE AMERICA.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY FROM
WASHINGTON.
Reporter: AS PRIVATE
GUN AND AMMUNITION SALES
SKYROCKET, UNCLE SAM IS
BUYING, TOO, IN BULK.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY IS PURCHASING 1
1.6 BILLION AMMO.
THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL
BE USED FOR TRAINING AND
ARMING BORDER PATROL AND
OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENTS.
BUT THE AGENCY'S BUYING
SPREE IS FUELING SINISTER
THEORIES THAT HAVE GONE
VIRAL.
IN A LETTER, CALIFORNIA
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DOUG
LAMOFA AND 13 OF HIS
COLLEAGUES ASK JANET
NAPOLITANO WHY AMMUNITIONS
PURCHASES ON SUCH AN
ASTONISHING SCALE ARE TAKING
PLACE.
AN AS THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO BAN
ASSAULT RIFLES AND HIGH
CAPACITY ASSAULT WEAPONS --
HE WRITES, "IT SEEMS TO HAVE
CREATED AN EXTREME SHORTAGE
OF AMMUNITION, TO THE POINT
WHERE MANY GUN OWNERS ARE
UNABLE TO PURCHASE ANY."
ONE OFFICIAL SAYS BUYING IN
BULK MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT
IS CHEAPER.
AND SOME HOMELAND TRAINING
CENTERS GO THROUGH
15 MILLION ROUNDS A YEAR.
THE NATIONALE RIFLE
ASSOCIATION ADDRESSED THE
RUMORS AND CONCERNS, AND
CONCLUDED THERE ISN'T ANY
REASON FOR WORRY.
THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH
THREATS TO THE SECOND
AMENDMENT TO KEEP GON GUN
OWNERS BUSY.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT POL,
73% HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE
IN THE GOVERNMENT, AND MORE
THAN HALF OF THE AMERICANS
SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS A
THREAT TO THEIR RIGHTS.
ADDING TO THE MISTRUST OF
SOME AMERICANS IS THE
INCREASING EXPECTATION THAT
DRONES WILL SOON PEPPER
AMERICAN AIR SPACE OVER
HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
DRONE TECHNOLOGY BECOMES
MORE STEALTH EVERY DAY AT
STATE GOVERNMENTS AND
CONGRESS SCRAMBLE TO FIND
WAYS TO PROTECT PRIVACY, AND
ENSURE AMERICANS THEY WON'T
BECOME TARGETS OF OUR DRONES
ON AMERICAN SOIL.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS, "I
HAVEN'T KILLED ANY ONE YET,"
AND HE GOES ON TO SAY "I
HAVE NO INTENTION OF KILLING
AMERICANS, BUT I MIGHT."
Reporter: RAND PAUL
DREW ATTENTION WHEN HE
SHOWED THE FILIBUSTER OF
C.I.A. DIRECTOR JOHN
BRENNAN.
HE WANTED ASSURANCE THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T
USE THEM TO FIRE ON
AMERICANS ON AMERICAN SOIL.
ARE WE SO COMPLACENT WITH
OUR RIGHTS WE WOULD ALLOW A
PRESIDENT TO SAY HE MIGHT
KILL AMERICANS.
Reporter: NOW AMERICANS
FROM BOTH PARTIES ARE
DEBATING HOW TO USE DRONES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO BALANCE
THE BENEFITS, LIKE FINDING
MISSING PERSONS, AGAINST
POTENTIAL THREATS, LIKE THE
GOVERNMENT WATCHING YOU
WITHOUT YOU EVER KNOWING
IT.
THERE IS A SUBJECTIVE
ELEMENT OF HARM TO LIVING IN
A SOCIETY WHERE YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE UNDER
SURVEILLANCE.
RESUMABL PRESUMABLY, YOU
COULD HAVE ONE THE SIZE OF A
MOSQUITO THAT HAS A BATTERY
THAT OPERATES FOR WEEKS, AND
YOU COULD HAVE A MOSQUITO
FOLLOWING YOU AROUND AND NOT
BE AWARE OF IT.
THERE ARE ALREADY IMAGES
ON LINE OF A MOSQUITO DRONE
BEING DEVELOPED BY THE
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY,
AND THEM TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT TECHNOLOGY THEY
WERE MAKE SMALL ENOUGH TO
PUT ON IT.
Reporter: IT IS
UNCHARTED TERRITORY THAT HAS
MANY AMERICANS ON EDGE AND
SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THEIR
GOVERNMENT'S MOTIVES.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: A BIPARTISAN
GROUP OF EIGHT SENATORS IS
NEARLY FINISHED WITH AN
IMMIGRATION REFORM PLAN.
THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE
A NEW CLASS OF WORKER VISAS
FOR LOW-SKILLED WORKERS,
SECURE THE BORDER, IMPROVE
LEGAL IMMIGRATION, AND
CREATE A 13-YEAR PATHWAY FOR
CITIZENSHIP TO MILLIONS OF
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ALREADY
HERE.
FOR THE 11 MILLION,
THEY'LL HAVE A PATHWAY TO
CITIZENSHIP, BUT IT WILL BE
EARNED, IT WILL BE LONG, AND
IT WILL BE HARD.
AND I THINK IT IS FAIR.
AND THE MAIN THING, THE
COMBINATION OF EVENTS IN
THIS BILL WILL PREVENT A
THIRD WAVE OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION, AND REPLACE A
BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM,
TO HELP GROW OUR ECONOMY IN
THE FUTURE.
Wendy: SENATOR GRAHAM
SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT THE
BILL WILL PASS BOTH HOUSES.
GROWING CONCERNS OF WAR OUT
OF NORTH KOREA.
THE GOVERNMENT IS
THREATENING MILITARY STRIKES
AGAINST BOTH SOUTH KOREA AND
THE UNITED STATES.
THE U.S. IS RESPONDING WITH
A SHOW OF ALLIED FORCE.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS MORE.
Reporter: NORTH KOREA'S
LATEST STATEMENT THAT IT IS
AT WAR WITH SOUTH KOREA IS
BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE
U.S.
NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS WARN
THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE THE
NATION'S LIFE AND WILL NOT
BE TRADED EVEN FOR BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
THE COMMENTS CAME AFTER
NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG
UN CALLED ON HIS TOP
OFFICIALS FOR A STRONGER
ECONOMY AND NUCLEAR ARSENAL,
AND AMID INCREASED THREATS
FROM PYONGYANG.
THOSE THREATS INCLUDE A VOW
TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR STRIKES ON
THE U.S., AND A WARNING THAT
THE KOREAN PENINSULA IS NOW
IN A STATE OF WAR.
AS THE THREATS ESCALATE, THE
U.S. HAS JOINED SOUTH KOREA
IN MILITARY DRILLS,
DEPLOYING TWO F-22 STEALTH
FIGHTER JETS THIS WEEKEND.
AND JUST LAST WEEK, THE U.S.
SENT TOO NUCLEAR-CAPABLE B-2
STEALTH BOMBERS ON A
TRAINING FLIGHT NEAR THE
NORTH KOREAN BORDER.
THE TENSIONS HAVE BEEN
MOUNTING SINCE THE U.N.
IMPOSED SANCTIONS OVER THE
NORTH KOREAN'S NUCLEAR TEST
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A THINGS TO
COUNTER THEIR PROVOCATIONS
AND THREATS.
Reporter: EVEN AS THE
WHITE HOUSE AND PENTAGON
HOPE TO DEFUSE ESCALATING
ANIMOSITY, ANALYSTS SAY A
FULL-SCALE CONFLICT IS VERY
UNLIKELY.
AS FAR AS I SEE, THIS IS
NOT EVEN THE GOVERNMENT.
IT IS LIKE AN ORGANIZED
CRIME FAMILY RUNNING A
TERRITORY.
HE IS BRUTAL, HIS FATHER IS
BRUTAL, HIS GRANDFATHER IS
BRUTAL.
Reporter: CHARLENE
ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: AND JOINING US
NOW WITH MORE ON NORTH KOREA
IS CLIFF MAY, HE IS
PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION
FOR THE DEFENSE OF
DEMOCRACIES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE UNITED
STATES WOULD DO IF NORTH
KOREA ATTACKED SOUTH KOREA.
IF NORTH KOREA WERE TO
ATTACK SOUTH KOREA, I THINK
THE U.S. WOULD HAVE TO
RESPOND WITH FORCE.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE
THOUSANDS OF MISSILES
POINTING AT SEOUL, WHICH IS
JUST SOUTH OF THE D.M.Z..
AND YOU HAVE AMERICAN TROOPS
THERE, AND IN AN ATTACK BY
NORTH KOREA, AMERICAN TROOPS
WOULD LIKELY BE KILLED,
ALONG WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF SOUTH KOREANS.
I THINK THAT WOULD LEAD TO
THE UNITED STATES GETTING
MILITARILY INVOLVED VERY
RAPIDLY ON THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
Wendy: NORTH KOREA IS
INFAMOUS TO ITS SABER
RATTLING, HOW SERIOUSLY
SHOULD WE TAKE ITS THREAT OF
AN ATTACK ON THE UNITED
STATES?
I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS
TAKE SERIOUSLY THOSE WHO
THREATEN TO KILL US.
WE HAVE HAD THIS RHETORIC IN
THE PAST, NOT JUST KIM JONG
UN BUT HIS FATHER AND
GRANDFATHER BEFORE HIM.
THEY ARE SOMEWHAT ESCALATED
IN THIS INSTANCE, BUT THE
TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO
ADVANCE.
IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT
THEY USED TO HAVE.
AND THEY WILL BE MORE
ADVANCED TOMORROW.
RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY THEY COULD HIT
NOT JUST SOUTH KOREA AND
JAPAN, BUT GUAM, HAWAII, AND
CALIFORNIA, THE PACIFIC WEST
COAST, NOT YET, BUT THEY'RE
PROBABLY NOT VERY FAR OFF.
I THINK THAT IS WHY
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DECIDED
TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
INTERCEPTORS IN ALASKA TO
COUNTER THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING BUSH HAD
PLANNED.
OBAMA HAD DECIDED IT WAS NOT
NECESSARY, BUT NOW HE HAS
CHANGED HIS MIND AND DECIDED
IT IS NECESSARY.
AND I THINK WE NEED A LOT
MORE MISSILE DEFENSE.
THE EAST COAST IS LARGELY
UNPROTECTED.
KIM JONG UN COULDN'T HIT THE
EAST COAST, BUT THE IRANIANS
COULD WITH A FREIGHTER
OFF -- YOU KNOW, SAIL THE
HIGH SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC.
SO WE HAVE DANGERS TO WORRY
ABOUT THERE.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER
IMPORTANT THING HERE.
THE NORTH KOREAN
RELATIONSHIP WITH REGIMES
SUCH AS THAT IN IRAN.
THEY'RE SELLING AND GIVING
TECHNOLOGY AND WEAPONS
SYSTEMS.
THEY SOLD A WHOLE NUCLEAR
FACILITY TO SYRIA IN 2007.
THE ISRAELIS, OF COURSE,
DESTROYED THAT.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING VERY
CONCERNING.
Wendy: NOW, COULD NORTH
KOREA POSSIBLY HIT THE U.S.,
OR SOUTH KOREA, WITH AN
E.M.P., AN ELECTROMAGNETIC
PULLS BOMB, KNOCKING OUT
POWER GRIDS?
VERY INTERESTING
QUESTION, AND ONE THAT IS
NOT OFTEN RAISED.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY POSSIBLE.
THE IRANIANS HAVE CONDUCTED
TECHTS ITESTS IN THE
CASPIAN SEA.
WHAT THIS REQUIRES -- I
DON'T THINK THEY'RE YET, BUT
THEY COULD.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A
MISSILE WITH A NUCLEAR
WARHEAD, AND YOU WOULD FIRE
IT.
AND IT WOULD BE DETONATED AT
HIGH ALTITUDE, AND IT WOULD
SHOOT DOWN A SHOWER OF
ELECTRON I YONONS, THAT
WOULDN'T KILL ANYBODY
IMMEDIATELY, BUT WOULD WIPE
OUT EVERYTHING ELECTRONIC,
COMPUTER GENERATED, AND IT
IS LIKE BLACKOUTS, AND THEY
WOULD BE VERY EXTENDED.
WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR THAT
IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS, IN
TERP, IN TERMS OF THE
MISSILE DEFENSE OR THE
GRID.
IT IS A CAPABILITY THAT YOU
CAN BET, THE IRANIANS, WE
KNOW, ARE WORKING ON, AND
THE NORTH KOREANS MAY BE AS
WELL.
Wendy: VERY SCARY.
CLIFF MAY, ALWAYS A
PLEASURE.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU.
Wendy: DRUG CARTELS
FROM MEXICO ARE EMBEDDING
SOME OF THEIR MOST TRUSTED
AGENTS INSIDE THE UNITED
STATES.
UNTIL RECENTLYLY, THEY USED
UNAFFILIATED MIDDLEMEN TO
SMUGGLE COCAINE AND HEROIN,
AND RARELY INVESTIGATED
BEYOND THE BORDER.
BUT THEY ARE SENDING MEMBERS
INTO AT LEAST NINE U.S.
BORDER STATES.
THE AUTHORITIES SAY THE NEW
STRATEGY COULD MAKE THE
CARTELS HARDER TO REMOVE.
A NEW LAW DECRIMINALIZING
MARIJUANA USE KICKS OFF IN
COLORADO.
THEY'LL FACE A $150 FINE.
CRITICS WORRY THE LAW WILL
LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE SMOKING
POT AND MORE PROBLEMS.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE, YOU
KNOW, DRUNK DRIVING
STOPPED.
WE ARE LOSING PEOPLE TO
DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES.
Wendy: SUPPORTERS SAY
THOSE WHO USE MARIJUANA ARE
GOING TO DO IT REGARDLESS,
AND THE NEW BILL WILL NOT
CHANGE THAT.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO OPEN
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
DISPENSARIES, AND IT IS ONE
OF 1 13 STATES TO
DISCRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA.
AND FROM THE PRESIDENT TO
THE POPE, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW
PEOPLE MARKED THE EASTER
HOLIDAY.
STAY WITH US.
Wendy: TOURS OF THE
WHITE HOUSE MAY BE SUSPENDED
DOO T SUSPENDED DUE TO THE
SEQUESTER CUTS, BUT PARENTS
AND KIDS SPENT TIME ON THE
WHITE HOUSE LAWN TODAY.
THEY WERE THERE FOR THE REG
ROLL.
EGG ROLL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ENCOURAGED
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF EGG ROLL
COMPETITIONS.
AND WITH BO BY HIS SIDE, THE
PRESIDENT READ "CHICKA
CHICKA BOOM BOOM."
President Obama:
"CHICKA CHICKA BOOM, BOOM.
CAN YO YOU SEE THAT.
Wendy: ON THE DAY AFTER
MANY CHILDREN DUG INTO THEIR
EASTER CANDY, MRS. OBAMA
URGED THEM TO EAT HEALTHY
AND EXERCISE.
THE OBAMA ATTENDED ST.
JOHN'S, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND THE PASTOR ISSUED A
SERMON ABOUT NOT HOLDING ON
TO THE PAST.
NIGH"IT DRIVES US NUTS WHEN
BLACKS ARE CALLED
BACK-TO-BACK IN THE BACK OF
THE BUS."
HE SAID HE HOPES GOOD
BLESSES THEM WITH EASTER
VISION WHICH WOULD HELP THEM
TO RECOGNIZE REALITY IN A
NEW WAY.
THE REVEREND HAS
PARTICIPATED IN THE
INAUGURAL CEREMONIES FOR
OBAMA AND GEORGE W. BUSH.
POPE FRANCIS SPENDER THE DAY
PRAYING AT THE TOMB OF
PETER.
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A
MILLION OF PEOPLE GATHERED
FOR THE EASTER MASS.
HE PROVED HIMSELF AGAIN A
POPE OF THE PEOPLE, AS HE
MOVED AMONG THE CROWD, EVEN
STOPPING TO EMBRACE A
DISABLED CHILD.
HE IS THE FIRST POPE THAT
ISN'T EUROPEAN, AND A WHOLE
NEW VIVE IS COMING INTO THE
VATICAN.
IT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR
MOST PEOPLE HERE.
Wendy: IN THE THREE
WEEKS SINCE HE WAS
APPOINTED, THE 76-YEAR-OLD
HAS ANGERED SOME
CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS.
THEY SAY FRANCIS SHOULD ACT
MORE LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS.
BUT MANY OTHERS SAY HIS
SIMPLE STYLE IS A STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE
CHURCH.
NEW YORK CARDINAL TIMOTHY
DOLAN SAYS THIS IS A TIME OF
RENEWAL, REPAIR, AND
RESURRECTION IN THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
AND THE NEW POPE'S CHALLENGE
IS RECONNECTING JESUS AND
HIS CHURCH.
DOLAN MADE THE ROUNDS ON
SUNDAY MORNING TALK SHOWS.
HE SAYS THE CHURCH MUST
CONTINUE TO DEFEND
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, BUT
FIND A MORE LOVING WAY TO
CONVEY ITS MESSAGE.
WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER TO
SEE THAT OUR DEFENSE OF
MARRIAGE IS IS NOT REDUCED
TO AN ATTACK ON GAY PEOPLE.
I ADMIT, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOO
GOOD AT THAT.
WE TRY OUR DARNDEST TO MAKE
SURE.
WE'RE NOT ANTI-ANYBODY.
WE'RE IN DEFENSE OF WHAT GOD
HAS TAUGHT US ABOUT
MARRIAGE, ONE MAN, ONE
WOMAN, TOGETHER TO BRING
ABOUT NEW LIFE.
WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER TO
TRY TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM
BEING ANTI-ANYBODY.
Wendy: HIS COMMENTS
CAME DAYS AFTER THE SUPREME
COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS IN TWO
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CASES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SCENE OF A
TERROR ATTACK, BUT IT IS A
TRAINING FACILITY THAT IS
PREPARING EMERGENCY WORKERS
FOR ANY SITUATION.
Wendy: IT WASN'T THE
WAY THEY WANTED TO SPEND
THEIR EASTER SUNDAY.
A MASSIVE 95-CAR PILEUP
INTERRUPTED THEIR SUNDAY
TRAVEL ALONG THE
VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA
BORDER.
CARS, TRUCKS, AND
TRACTOR-TRAILERS WERE ALL
INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.
THREE PEOPLE DIED, AT LEAST
25 INJURED.
IMAGES COMING IN SHOWED
STUNNED DRIVERS AND MANGLED
CARS.
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE SAY
THE ACCIDENTS HAPPENED
MOSTLY BECAUSE DRIVERS WERE
GOING TOO FAST IN HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS.
THEY SAY THERE WERE MESSAGE
BOARDS ALONG THE INTERSTATE
WARNING OF SEVERE FOG.
WELL, WHETHER IT IS A
MASSIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, A
TERRORIST ATTACK, OR A
NATURAL DISASTER, WHEN
EMERGENCIES HAPPEN, FIRST
RESPONDERS HAVE TO BE ON THE
SCENE QUICKLY, AND THEY HAVE
TO WORK AS A TEAM.
IT TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE
TO PREPARE.
AND TONIGHT'S FOCUS REPORT,
CHUCK HOLTON TAKES US
UNDERGROUND TO SHOW US HOW
THEY TRAIN.
HELP US!
HELP!
Reporter: A TERRORIST
EVENT IN A CROWDED SUBWAY.
DEAD AND WOUNDED LITTER THE
STATION, WHILE RESCUERS RUSH
IN TO HELP.
FORTUNATELY, THIS IS ONLY AN
EXERCISE.
BUT FOR THE TRAINERS IN THIS
SCENARIO, IT DOESN'T FEEL
THAT WAY.
FIRST RESPONDERS FROM AROUND
THE NATION TRAVEL HERE TO
THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST
VIRGINIA TO GO UNDERGROUND.
WE WILL TAKE A UNIT FROM
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY,
SUPPORT TEAMS, CIVILIAN
FIRST RESPONDERS, AND WE
WILL TAILER EXERCISES TO
WHAT THEIR COMMANDERS NEED,
WHETHER IT BE A DRUG
LABORATORY, A COLLAPSED
PARKING STRUCTURE, A MOCK
HOSTAGE RESCUE, TO ACTUALLY
EXTRACTION FROM COLLAPSED
STRUCTURES OUTSIDE AS WELL.
Reporter: A TUNNEL THAT
WAS ONCE PART OF THE STATE
TURNPIKE NOW SERVES A NEW
PURPOSE: TAKING DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS TO A WHOLE NEW
LEVEL.
WE CAN HAVE SMOKE IN
HERE, AND THE ECHO IN THE
TUNNEL ALSO ADDS TO THE
REALISM.
YOU'LL HAVE JACK HUMA JACK
HAMMERS AND OTHER NOISES.
Reporter: TODAY'S
EXERCISE, A SIMULATED TERROR
ATTACK ON A SUBWAY TRAIN.
THE TRAINING UNIT CAME ALL
THE WAY FROM PORTLAND,
OREGON.
A RESPONSE LIKE THIS IN
THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO IS
VERY RARE.
THAT'S WHY WE TRAVELLED FROM
PORTLAND, OREGON, TO DO IT.
WE TRAIN ROUTINELY, BUT YOU
DO NOT GET A TUNNEL
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOU CAN
PUT A RAIL CAR AND SMOKE AND
VICTIMS, AND CONTROL THE
ENVIRONMENT, LIKE THEY HAVE
DONE HERE.
OUR JOB WAS TO COME IN
AND DO A SWEEP OF THE SCENE
AND LOCATE DEVICES AND
RENDER THEM SAFE OR
DETERMINE IF WE CAN WORK
AROUND THEM.
[YELLING]
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
TRYING TO GET THOSE FOLKS
OUT OF HARM'S WAY WHILE OUR
E.O.D. GUY RENDERS THEM
SAFE.
Reporter: A MAJOR CAR
PILEUP INSIDE A TUNNEL LIKE
THIS WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE
SCENARIO THAT WOULD SEE
VARIOUS DIFFERENT AGENCIES
ALL CONVERGING ON THE
SCENE.
IF THEY HAD NEVER WORKED
TOGETHER BEFORE, THEY NIGHT
NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND
EFFECTIVELY.
THAT'S WHY THE TRAINING THEY
DO HERE AT THE CENTER FOR
NATIONAL RESPONSE IS IS SO
IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE THE GUYS WHO
ARE GOING TO RESPOND.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AFTER
THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE
THERE AND THEY ASK FOR
ASSISTANCE, THESE ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SHOW
UP, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
THE HEAVY LIFTERS.
THEY BRING THE BIG EQUIPMENT
AND THE PERSONNEL THAT IS
NEEDED TO DO A VERY LARGE
EVENT.
Reporter: EMERGENCY
WORKERS COME FROM FAR AND
WIDE BECAUSE THIS LEVEL OF
REALISM ISN'T AVAILABLE
ANYWHERE ELSE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE
HAD LIVE ACTORS, AND I THINK
THE LIVE ACTORS PROVIDE A
SENSE OF REALISM AND
URGENCY.
WE HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO
USE THIS, BUT THE MORE
PREPARED WE ARE, THE BETTER
WE ARE IN CASE SOMETHING
HAPPENS.
Reporter: THE MILITARY
GETS TO USE THE TUNNEL AS
WELL.
HERE UNITED STATES MARINES
CONDUCT CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL TRAINING IN A
SIMULATED DRUG LAB.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS ALSO
COME FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
TO TRAIN IN THIS SPECIALLY
CONSTRUCTED CAVE COMPLEX,
WHICH IS BUILT TO LOOK JUST
LIKE THE ONES IN
AFGHANISTAN.
IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE
REALISTIC THAN THIS.
IN THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA,
I'M CHUCK HOLTON, FOR CBN
NEWS.
Wendy: WELL, UP NEXT,
KIDS STEP ASIDE.
WHY A TRADITIONAL EASTER EGG
HUNT COULD BE A THING OF THE
PAST.
Wendy: AND FINALLY,
SOME EASTER TRADITIONS ARE
NO LONGER JUST FOR THE
KIDS.
I'M LIKE A LITTLE KID AT
HEART, SO THIS IS FUN.
Wendy: THIS WEEKEND
HUNDREDS OF GROWNUPS LET
DOWN THEIR GUARD TO HAVE FUN
PARTICIPATING IN AN
ADULT-ONLY EGG SCRAMBLE.
A PARKS AND RECREATION
DECIDED TO OPEN UP THE
HOLIDAY TRADITION TO BIGGER
KIDS.
ORGANIZERS EXPECTED ONLY A
FEW DOZEN PEOPLE, BUT
INSTEAD NEARLY 500 ADULTS
TURNED OUT FOR THE EVENT.
PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED.
JUST TO SEE THEM EXCITED AND
HAVING FUN.
THAT'S WHY MY GOAL WAS.
I DIDN'T REALLY COME TO
COLLECT EGGS.
I CAME HERE TO WATCH THE
PEOPLE.
I ENJOY THAT.
Wendy: PARTICIPANTS
PAID $10 TO SEARCH FOR THE
NEARLY 1,000 EGGS.
PRICES INCLUDING DROID
TABLETS, BIKES, AND EVEN A
40-INCH FLAT SCREEN TV.
ORGANIZERS MADE THE HUNT
MORE CHALLENGING BY
SCHEDULING IT AT NIGHT.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S IT FOR THIS EDITION
OF "NEWSWATCH."
REMEMBER,