On CBN Newswatch, May 13: President Obama will meet with Syrian opposition leader, Heartland in recovery mode after turbulent storms, and Former Army Sgt. receives Medal of Honor, and more.
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TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH,"
SYRIAN REBELS ASKING FOR
AID, AND THE HEAD OF THE
OPPOSITION IS IN WASHINGTON
TRYING TO GET WEAPONS FROM
THE UNITED STATES.
PLUS, MERS MAKES ITS WAY
TO AMERICA.
A LOOK AT THE RESPIRATORY
DISEASE AND WHY IT HAS THE
MEDICAL FIELD ON ALERT.
Mark: AND WHY SOME SAY
WITHOUT ANOTHER SPIRITUAL
AWAKENING, AMERICA COULD BE
LOST.
ALL THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING, I'M MARK
MARTIN.
Wendy:I'M WENDY
GRIFFITH.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS PLANNING
TO MEET WITH THE LEADER OF
SYRIA'S OPPOSITION FORCES.
Mark: THE MOVE COMES AS
THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT MAKES
GAINS ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
AND PRESIDENT BASHIR al-AS
SAD PLANS FOR VICTORY IN THE
ELECTION.
Wendy: HEATHER CELLS
REPORTS.
Reporter: JUST DAYS
AGO, THE BATTERED CITY OF
HOMS STOOD AS A REBEL
STRONGHOLD, BUT AFTER THE
BOMBING CAMPAIGN, THE REBELS
HAVE GIVEN UP.
TODAY THOUSANDS OF SYRIANS
ARESTREAMING BACK INTO
TOWN, AND THE REBELS ARE
GONE.
THEIR SURRENDER SCENE IS
PAVING THE WAY FOR PRESIDENT
BASHAR al-ASSAD.
THE U.S. ALREADY DENOUNCED
HIS JUNE 3rd ELECTION,
CALLING IT PHONY.
THIS MEEK IT IS MEETING IN
WASHINGTON WITH WHAT IT
CALLS THE MODERATE
OPPOSITION.
HIS COALITION, THE SYRIAN
OPPOSITION COALITION, THAT
HE HAS BUILT IS AN INCLUSIVE
AND MODERATE INSTITUTION,
COMMITED TO THE SYRIAN
PEOPLE AND TO THE PROTECTION
OF ALL PEOPLE, ALL
MINORITIES, ALL RIGHTS,
WITHIN SYRIA.
Reporter: JUST LAST
WEEK THE U.S. RECOGNIZED
THIS OPPOSITION GROUP AS A
DIPLOMATIC FOREIGN MISSION
AND PLEDGED $27 MILLION TO
HELP THE REBELS OUST ASAD.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID TODAY
HE WILL MEET WITH GARBA IN
WASHINGTON THIS WEEK, BUT IS
IT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?
OFF THE COAST OF CYPRUS,
INTERNATIONAL SHIPS WAIT TO
COLLECT THE LAST OF SYRIA'S
CHEMICAL WEAPONS BEFORE A
JUNE 30th DEADLINE, AFTER
SYRIA ALREADY MISSED AN
APRIL CUTOFF.
EARLY ON TUESDAY, ALEADING
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS IT
HAS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT
SYRIA USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS
ON REBELS JUST LAST MONTH.
MORE GRIM NEWS FOR A COUNTRY
THAT HAS ALREADY LOST
150,000 PEOPLE IN ITS
CONFLICT.
HUMANITARIAN GROUPS SAY MORE
THAN THREE MILLION SYRIANS
HAVE NO ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL
GOODS AND SERVICES.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Mark: AND FOR MORE ON
THE SITUATION IN SYRIA, WE
TURN NOW TO TONY BADRON, A
RESEARCH PERSON SPECIALIZING
IN SYRIA.
TONY, THE C.I.A. IS WORKING
WITH SOME REBELS, TRAINING
AND PROVIDING PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT, BUT SHOULD THE
U.S. PROVIDE MORE WEAPONS?
YES, CERTAINLY I THINK
THE EFFORT THAT THE U.S. IS
DOING RIGHT NOW IS WAY, WAY
TOO LITTLE TO ADDRESS THE
ACTUAL DYNAMICS OF THE
CONFLICT.
IT WAS RECENTLY SUCCESS --
SECRETARY KERRY WAS RECENTLY
HAVE QUOTED AS SAYING THAT
THE UNITED STATES WASTED A
YEAR IN GETTING ITS ACT
TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING AND
CONSOLIDATING THE REBELS.
ACTUALLY, THEY WASTED MORE
LIKE THREE YEARS, BECAUSE
THERE IS STILL YET TO BE ANY
SERIOUS PLAN OF WHAT THE
UNITED STATES WANTS TO
ACHIEVE IN SYRIA.
Mark: TWO YEARS AGO,
THE PENTAGON AND STATE
DEPARTMENT WANTED TO ARM AND
TRAIN REBEL GROUPS, AND THE
WHITE HOUSE SAID NO.
DID THE U.S. DROP THE BALL?
OH, WITHOUT QUESTION.
THE UNITED STATES HAS YET TO
REALLY ZERO IN ON THE CENTER
OF GRAVITY OF THE SYRIAN
CONFLICT, AND THAT IS THE
REGIME OF BASHIR, AND HE IS
THE HEAD, OBVIOUSLY, OF THE
REGIME.
INSTEAD, THE UNITED STATES
HAS CONCERNED ITSELF WITH
THE ACCIDENT TALALS OF THE
CONFLICT.
SO IT HASN'T ACTED AS A
SUPER POWER, THE ONE THAT
CAN SORT OF IMPOSE A
STRATEGIC GUIDELINE FOR THE
REBELS THEMSELVES, AS WELL
AS THEIR SORT OF SPONSOR
STATE, AND TO SORT OF
ACHIEVE WHAT IT WANTS TO
ACHIEVE IN SYRIA THE WAY IT
WANTS TO ACHIEVE IT.
AS OF YET, THE UNITED STATES
HAS BEEN MORE CONCERNED WITH
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN THE
MOST PASSIVE WAY POSSIBLE,
AND JUST TO AVOID
INVOLVEMENT IN ANY WAY.
Mark: TONY, A BIG
CONCERN WITH ARMING REBELS
IS THE ROLE OF al-QAEDA
WITHIN OPPOSITION FORCES.
TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT?
I THINK MUCH HAS BEEN
MADE OF THIS, BUT WHEN YOU
REALLY LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS
OF THE CONFLICT, THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF WAYS AROUND IT.
EVERYBODY HAS SAID, THE
POINT HAS BEEN MADE THAT,
WELL, IF YOU HAD ADDRESSED
THIS EARLIER, THE VACUUM
THAT AROSE, THAT ALLOWED
al-QAEDA TO ENTER, WOULD
NOT HAVE DEVELOPED IN THIS
WAY.
AND NOW IT IS KIND OF TOO
LATE.
WELL, IT REALLY ISN'T TOO
LATE.
THIS IS A DYNAMIC CONFLICT,
AND IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH
A GROUP AND SET UP A GROUP
WITH THE HELP OF ACTIVE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FROM
ALLIED COUNTRIES THAT ARE
NEIGHBORING SYRIA, THERE IS
EVERY WAY TO DO SO.
AND THAT'S WHY EVEN AS OF
LAST YEAR, A LOT OF THE
CABINET MEMBERS IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION WERE STILL
ADVOCATING THIS SOURCE OF
ACTION.
SO THERE ARE CLEARLY WAYS
AROUND IT.
ONE OFTHE MORE EXTREME --
IT'S NOT REALLY AN
AL-QAEDA FACTION, THE
SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE IN
IRAQ AND SYRIA, OR THE
LAVANT, IT HAS BEEN FOUGHT
ABOUT THE VARIOUS REBEL
FORMATIONS, INCLUDING
ISLAMIST REBEL FORMATIONS.
SO THE NOTION THAT SOMEHOW
TO PAINT THE REBELS WITH
THIS BRUSH OF al-QAEDA OR
THAT WE CAN'T TOUCH THEM
BECAUSE THERE IS al-QAEDA
AMONG THEM I THINK IS MORE
OF AN EXCUSE TO DO NOTHING
THAN AN ACTUALLY SORT OF
SERIOUS REASON FOR NOT
GETTING INVOLVED.
Mark: OKAY, TONY
BADRON, THANKS FOR YOUR
INSIGHTS, SIR.
Wendy: NIGERIA SAYS IT
IS READY TO OPEN A DIALOGUE
WITH BOKO HARAM.
THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS
SEEKING THE RELEASE OF THE
NEARLY 300 GIRLS ABDUCTED BY
THE RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP.
IT HAS BEEN A MONTH NOW
SINCE THE GIRLS WERE TAKEN
FROM THEIR SCHOOL AT
GUN-POINT.
SINCE THEN SOME GIRLS HAVE
BEEN FORCED TO CONVERT TO
ISLAM, AND SOME HAVE
REPORTEDLY BEEN FORCED TO
MARRY.
ONE NIGERIAN CABINET
OFFICIAL SAYS OPENING A
DIALOGUE COULD BE KEY IN
BRINGING THE GIRLS HOME.
A LOT OF PROMISES HAVE
BEEN MADE.
AND WE'RE STILL PURSUING
THOSE PROMISES.
Wendy: MEANWHILE, THE
UNITED STATES IS SENDING
SURVEILLANCE PLANES TO
NIGERIA TO HELP LOOK FOR THE
KIDNAPPED GIRLS.
Mark: A FORMER PRIME
MINISTER OF ISRAEL IS GOING
TO PRISON FOR SIX YEARS.
EHUD OLMER WAS SENTENCED ON
CHARGES OF TAKING BRIBES.
AND HE WAS FINED MORE THAN
$400,000.
IT MARKS THE FIRST TIME A
FORMER PRIME MINISTER WILL
SERVE JAIL TIME.
HE WAS CHARGED IN CONNECTION
WITH A CONTROVERSIAL
BUILDING PROJECT IN
JERUSALEM WHILE HE WAS MAYOR
THERE.
HIS LAWYER SAYS THE
PUNISHMENT IS SEVERE, AND HE
WILL APPEAL TO THE SUPREME
COURT, BUT SOME ISRAELIS
THOUGHT THE PUNISHMENT WAS
JUSTIFIED.
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS
FINALLY DOING SOMETHING
ABOUT A POLITICIAN.
THEY THINK THEY'RE ABOVE THE
LAW.
THEY THINK THEY'RE EXEMPT
FROM ALL CONSEQUENCES, AND
NOW THERE ARE SOME
CONSEQUENCES.
WE HAVE AN EX-PRESIDENT
SITTING IN JAIL.
WE HAVE EX-MINISTERS SITTING
IN JAIL, AND OLMER DID A LOT
FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND NOBODY TAKES IT FROM
HIM.
BUT WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG.
IT WAS CRIMINAL.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM,
HE WILL HAVE TO SERVE HIM
TIME, HIS SENTENCE.
THAT'S IT.
Mark: TURNING TO OTHER
OFFICIALS THAT WERE ALSO
CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND
MONEY LAUNDERING, INCLUDING
ANOTHER FORMER JERUSALEM
MAYOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF A
MAJOR ISRAELI BANK.
Wendy: NEW DIPLOMATIC
EFFORTS ARE UNDER WAY TO
DEFUSE THE CRISIS IN
UKRAINE.
GERMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER
ARRIVED IN KIEV TODAY.
HE IS TRYING TO JUMP START
TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE'S
GOVERNMENT AND SUFFERISTS.
MEANWHILE, PLANS FOR AN
UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD.
MAY 25th VOTE WILL PLAY A
CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE FUTURE
OF THE COUNTRY.
Mark: A FORMER ARMY
SERGEANT IS BEING AWARDED
THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS
HEROISM DURING COMBAT IN
AFGHANISTAN.
KYLE J.WHITE IS THE SEVENTH
LIVING RECIPIENT OF THE
AWARD.
PRESIDENT OBAMA PRESENTED
HIM WITH THE MEDAL DURING A
WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY THIS
AFTERNOON.
HE SAVED A FELLOW SOLDIER'S
LIFE AND HELPED EVACUATE
OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM
AFTER BEING AMBUSHED IN
AFGHANISTAN IN 2007.
Wendy: THE SECOND CASE
OF MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY
SYNDROME HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE CENTERS FOR DEC CONTROL
DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION SAYS A MAN IS NOW
IN ISOLATION FOLLOWING HIS
DIAGNOSIS.
THE LETHAL RESPIRATORY VIRUS
WAS FIRST FOUND IN PEOPLE
BACK IN 2012, AND SINCE THEN
THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 500
CASES, THE MAJORITY BEING
FOUND IN SAUDI ARABIA.
NEARLY 140 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED BY THIS VIRUS CALLED
MERS.
AND WE TURN TO OUR HEALTH
CORRESPONDENT, LORI JOHNSON,
WHO HAS MORE.
LORI, ABOUT 27% OF PEOPLE
WHO GET MERS DIE.
THIS IS A BIG NUMBER.
TELL US, WHAT IS THIS
ILLNESS ABOUT?
Reporter: 27% IS PRETTY
DAUNTING, PLUS THERE IS NO
VACCINE AND NO TREATMENT, SO
IT SOUNDS SCARY.
BUT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE
AFRAID, AND CERTAINLY NOT
PANIC, BECAUSE IT IS VERY,
VERY RARE.
THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT
IN THE U.S. ARE IN
ISOLATION.
IT IS A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS,
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF
SECRETIONS, AND IT IS
ACTUALLY A CORONA VIRUS, SO
IT IS LIKE THE COMMON COLD,
SO YOU GET IT FROM BREATHING
AIR THAT PEOPLE HAVE SNEEZED
OR COUGHED IN.
Wendy: THE BIGGEST
CONCERN IS AMONG HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
WHY IS THAT?
WE KNOW THAT MERS, UNLIKE
THE COMMON COLD, IS VERY
DIFFICULT TO TRANSMIT AT
THIS POINT.
SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT UP IN
SOMEONE'S FACE, REALLY CLOSE
FOR THEM TO GET IT, WHICH IS
THE CASE, OF COURSE, WITH
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
BOTH OF THE U.S. CASES ARE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO WERE
TREATING CASES IN SAUDI
ARABIA AND GOT ON A PLANE
BACK TO THE U.S.
Wendy: THERE SEEMS TO
BE A STRONG MIDDLE EAST
CONNECTION.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
THEY THINK THAT MERS, THE
MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY
SYNDROME, STARTED IN SAUDI
ARABIA IN ANIMALS, PROBABLY
CAMELS OR BATS, IN SAUDI
ARABIA.
IS WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AT
THIS POINT.
Wendy: WOW.
VERY INTERESTING.
DO WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
THIS?
NOT REALLY.
THE GOOD NEWS AT THIS POINT
IS IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
BE INFORMED.
AND, REALLY, THE BEST THING
IS JUST A REMINDER TO
PROTECT OURSELVES FROM ALL
VIRUSES BY WASHING OUR HANDS
TO PREVENT GETTING SICK,
AND, OF COURSE,
STRENGTHENING OUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS GETTING
ENOUGH SLEEP, GETTING THE
RIGHT VITAMINS, LIKE "C" AND
"D," AND CALCIUM AND
MAGNESIUM, AND FISH OIL AND
COCONUT OIL.
AND ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO
STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM IS TO REDUCE STRESS.
EXERCISE IS A GREAT STRESS
REDUCER.
ALSO GIVING AND CONNECTING
WITH PEOPLE IS A GREAT
STRESS REDUCER.
FRIDAY ON "THE 700 CLUB,"
I'M GOING TO HAVE A STORY
ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF
GIVING AND REDUCING STRESS,
WHICH IS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF
THE LIST.
Wendy: LORI, THANKS SO
MUCH FOR THAT ADVICE.
MARK?
Mark: COMING UP, SEVERE
STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT AREAS
ARE FACING THE WORST
CONDITIONS.
Wendy: A VOTE ON
POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
KEYSTONE X.L. PIPELINE ISN'T
LIKELY ANY TIME SOON.
A BIPARTISAN SENATE EFFORT
TO APPROVE THE MEASURE HAS
STALLED.
THAT AFTER REPUBLICANS
BLOCKED AN ENERGY-EFFICIENCY
BILL TIED TO THE KEYSTONE
VOTE.
HARRY REID SAYS HE WOULD
HAVE ALLOWED FOR A SEPARATE
VOTE ON THE PIPELINE IF THE
SENATE PASSED THE ENERGY
BILL AS IS, BUT REPUBLICANS
WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
AMENDMENTS TO THE MEASURE.
THE SENATE VOTE ON THE
KEYSTONE X.L. PIPELINE
LIKELY WOULD HAVE PRESSURED
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO
ACT, ENDING YEARS OF DELAY
FOR THE PROJECT.
Mark: THE FIRST DAY OF
SUMMER IS STILL OVER A MONTH
AWAY, BUT THAT ISN'T
STOPPING THE SUMMER-LIKE
WEATHER.
AND WHILE HEATWAVES ARE
ALREADY HITTING SOME PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY, SNOW IS ALSO
STILL FALLING IN OTHER
AREAS.
AND SEVERAL STATES THEY'RE
UNDER FLASHFLOOD-WATCHES AND
WARNINGS.
Reporter: RESIDENTS
ACROSS THE NATION'S MID
SECTION ARE RECOVERING FROM
SEVERE WEATHER, AND STILL
BRACING FOR MORE.
EIGHT STATES, FROM
PENNSYLVANIA TO TEXAS, ARE
UNDER FLASHFLOOD-WATCHES AND
WARNINGS.
HEAVY RAINS BROUGHT FLOODING
IN ILLINOIS.
I LOOKED OUTSIDE, AND THE
WATER STARTED TO COME DOWN
REAL BAD.
AND THE NEXT THIMG THING
THING I KNOW, OUR BASEMENT
IS FILLING UP.
Reporter: IN OHIO, IT
ALMOST BURIED CARS IN A MALL
PARKING LOT.
WHILE IN TEXAS, LIGHTNING
SET SEVERAL FIRES.
THE SAME LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS UNLEASHED A CLUSTER
OF VIOLENT TORNADOES IN THE
MIDWEST OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
IN NEBRASKA ON MONDAY,
TORNADOES RIPPED OFF
ROOFTOPS, DAMAGING HOMES AND
BUSINESSES, COSTING MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
THE STATE'S GOVERNOR HAS
ISSUED A DISASTER
DECLARATION.
THE WINDS WERE SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 70 TO 95 TO
100 MILES PER HOUR, AND
CLEARLY TODAY WE SAW THE
EXTENT OF WHAT THAT WIND
DAMAGE DID.
Reporter: PARTS OF
INDIANA AND IOWA WERE HIT BY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND
HAIL, WHICH ALSO CAUSED SOME
POWER OUTAGES.
WE'RE CONCERNED PAW MY
HUSBANBECAUSE MY HUSBAND
AND I HAVE A LOT OF MEAT IN
THE REFRIGERATOR.
Reporter: MEANWHILE,
OUT WEST, TEMPERATURES IN
THE TRIPLE DIGITS IN SOME
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA, PAIRED
WITH WINDS UP TO 80 MILES AN
HOUR ARE MAKING FOR AN
EXTREME RISK OF FIRES.
WHILE IN THE COLORADO
ROCKIES, RESIDENTS ARE
DIGGING OUT FROM AS MUCH AS
THREE FEET OF SNOW.
FORECASTERS SAY THE SAME
SYSTEM DUMPING ALL OF THAT
RAIN FROM TEXAS TO OHIO, IS
HEADING TO THE NORTHEAST BY
THIS WEEKEND.
Wendy: UP NEXT, A THIRD
GRADE AMERICAN AWAKENING.
HOW SOME SPIRITUAL LEADERS
ARE CALLING ON GOD TO SPARK
A REVIVAL IN THE COUNTRYCH
Mark: SOME SAY MORALITY
IN AMERICA IS ON THE
DECLINE, AND WITHOUT A THIRD
GRADE AWAKENING, THE LAND OF
THE FREE COULD BE LOST.
Wendy: AS PAUL STRAND
EXPLAINS IN TONIGHT'S FOCUS
REPORT, THERE IS A NEW PLAN
UNDER WAY TO SPARK THAT
AWAKENING THIS SUMMER.
YOU NEED TO SLAP YOURSELF
RIGHT NOW AND GET RIGHT WITH
GOD, FALL IN LOVE WITH
JESUS, AND STAND UP FOR
AMERICA.
Reporter: ORIGINALLY
FROM SOUTH AFRICA, PASTOR
RODNEY HOWARD BROWN SAYS GOD
SENT HIM TO AMERICA WITH A
WORD.
THERE IS COMING A
REVIVAL, OF SIGNS AND
WONDERS OF THE LOST.
HE SAID, GO TELL THE CHURCH
TO GET READY FOR THE COMING
REVIVAL.
Reporter: NOW HE AND
OTHERS HOPE TO SPARK THAT
REVIVAL, STARTING IN THE
NATION'S CAPITAL, HOLDING 14
MEGA MEETINGS IN EARLY JULY
AS AMERICA CELEBRATES ITS
238th BIRTHDAY.
WE HAVE COME TO LIGHT THE
FIRES IN THE BELLY OF THE
BEAST, IF YOU CAN PUT IT
THAT WAY.
Reporter: IT IS KNOWN
AS "CELEBRATE AMERICA" AND
IT WILL SOON BLANKET THE
MEDIA.
I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR
YOU, GOD IS NOT FINISHED
WITH THIS LAND.
Reporter: THEY HOPE AND
PRAY THIS EVENT WILL IGNITE
A THIRD GRADE AWAKENING AND
REVIVE AMERICA.
IN THE 1800s IT WAS A
GREAT AWAKENING, AND WE HAVE
TO HAVE ONE NOW.
Reporter: THIS BISHOP
AGREES.
REALLY AT THE ROOT OF
AMERICA'S PROBLEM, WE REALLY
HAVE A SPIRITUAL CANCER
THAT'S REALLY BEEN EATING
AWAY AT OUR NATION.
Reporter: RETIRED
GENERAL JERRY BOYKIN USED TO
FIGHT AMERICA'S PHYSICAL
ENEMIES OVERSEAS.
AND NOW HE IS FIGHTING
SPIRITUAL FOES.
HE SAYS WITHOUT A THIRD
GRADE AWAKENING, FORCES LIKE
THOSE WHO TOOK DOWN THE
MIGHTY EMPIRES OF THE PAST
WILL ALSO BRING DOWN THE
UNITED STATES.
WE'LL END UP EXACTLY LIKE
THESE OTHER EMPIRES, WHICH
ONLY LASTED, ON AVERAGE,
ABOUT 200 YEARS.
WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY
SELF-DISTRUCT.
Reporter: JACKSON
TICKED OFF SOME OF THE SINS
PLAGUING THE LAND.
WE'VE GOT SEX
TRAFFICKING.
WE'VE GOT ABORTION.
WE'VE GOT THE RESURGENCE OF
RACISM.
WE HAVE HATRED THAT IS
ABOUNDING.
3,000 BABIES ABORTED
EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE OVER 300 MILLION,
AND WE USE 70% OF THE
WORLD'S DRUGS.
Reporter: BEFORE BOTH
THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADE
AWAKENING, THE COUNTRY WAS
IN A TAIL SPIN.
THERE WERE PREACHERS
READY TO GIVE UP, AND THE
NATION WAS IN A MORAL
PROBLEM, AND SIN ABOUNDED.
Reporter: HOWARD BROWN
SEES SIMILAR THINGS HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
NO MATTER WHO IS IN
POWER, GOD HAS TAKEN OUT IN
EVERY REALM OF OUR
GOVERNMENT, EVEN THOUGH THE
SCRIPTURE IS INGRAINED.
THEY CAN'T GET THAT OUT.
FROM WHAT I KNOW, WE SHOULD
BE GONE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT
GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH
THIS LAND.
SO IT IS TIME FOR THE CHURCH
TO RISE UP.
Reporter: BOYKIN
BELIEVES THE POWER TO SAVE
THE U.S. IS NOT IN
POLITICIANS, BUT IN ITS
BELIEVERS.
ME PLUS THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THAT'S A MAJORITY.
Reporter: IN THE
DAYTIME, THOUSANDS OF
SPECIALLY TRAINED CHRISTIANS
WILL HIT THE STREETS OF D.C.
TO EVANGELIZE.
JUST REALLY BELIEVE IN
GOD TO BRING US ACROSS THE
CAPITAL.
Reporter: THOSE 14
GIANT MEETINGS WILL FEATURE
WORSHIP AND LONG LOOKS AT
WHAT MADE AMERICA STRONG, AS
WELL AS WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO
MAKE IT STRONG AGAIN.
AND THERE ALSO WILL BE CALLS
FOR CHRISTIANS,' WHO'S WALK
IS WEAKENED, TO MAKE THEM
STRONG AGAIN.
AWAKENING BEGINS WITH
PEOPLE.
Reporter: THE EVENTS'
ORGANIZERS HAVE A GOAL, TO
SEE POLITICAL, SPIRITUAL,
AND BUSINESS LEADERS UNITING
THEMSELVES AND HUMBLING
THEMSELVES BEFORE GOD.
COMING TOGETHER IN THE
VERY HUB OF THE NATION AND
CRYING OUT TO GOD, FOR HIM
TO TRANSFORM US FIRST AND
THEN TO TRANSFORM OUR
NATION.
Reporter: THESE LEADERS
BELIEVE REVIVAL COULD THEN
SWEEP THE LAND.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
CONTAGIOUS.
IF THE FEAR OF GOD WOULD
COME BACK IN THE PEOPLE, IT
WILL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT
THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
IT WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH OUR
SCHOOLS.
IT WILL GO THROUGH OUR
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES.
I KNOW THAT THE TIME IS
SHORT.
AND I KNOW IT IS TWO SECONDS
TO MIDNIGHT.
WE MUST RUN NOW.
WE MUST CARRY THE GOSPEL.
Reporter: FOR THIS TO
SUCCEED, THE ORGANIZERS OF
CELEBRATE AMERICA SAY THEY
NEED THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS
WHO ALREADY HAVE THE FIRE OF
REVIVAL BURNING IN THEIR
HEARTS, TO COME TO
WASHINGTON THIS JULY AND BE
FOOT SOLDIERS.
I'M ASKING WE, THE
PEOPLE, TO COME AND HELP
US.
IF YOU LOVE AMERICA AND YOU
LOVE THE NATION AND YOU LOVE
THE CONSTITUTION.
Reporter: PAUL STRAND,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Wendy: A GREAT PIECE.
THANKS, PAUL.
UP NEXT, HOW A SCHOOL
PRESENTATION TURNED INTO AN
UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY FOR
ONE-THIRD GRADER.
Wendy: AND FINALLY,
MEMORIAL DAY JUST RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER, MARK.
Mark: THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WHILE MANY SCHOOLS ARE
USING THE DAY TO TEACH KIDS
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, ONE I I
SCHOOL I ONE IOWA SCHOOL IS
USING IT TO REUNITE A FATHER
AND DAUGHTER.
THE THIRD GRADER HAD NO IDEA
HER OWN DAD WAS BEHIND THE
WHOLE THING.
MAJOR JOHN MILLER HAS BEEN
IN AFGHANISTAN THE LAST NINE
MONTHS.
THE BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER
FLIER USED THE SCHOOL'S
PRESENTATION AS A COVER FOR
HIS SURPRISE RETURN.
DADDY!
IT'S GOOD TO HOLD HER
AGAIN AND JUST HAPPY TO BE
BACK WITH HER AND WITH MY
FAMILY.
I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY
THAT MY FAMILY IS ALL
TOGETHER NOW.
Mark: THIS WAS MAJOR
MILLER'S FOURTH
DEEMPLOYMENT.
WOW!
NOW THAT HE IS HOME, THE
FAMILY PLANS TO TAKE A
VACATION TOGETHER OVER THE
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
Wendy: NINE MONTHS FOR
A LITTLE KID IS LIKE AN
ETERNITY, TWO FINALL TO
FINALLY GET TO SEE HER DAD.
WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR THIS
EDITION OF "NEWSWATCH."
Mark: THANKS FOR
WATCHING, AND HAVE A GOOD
NIGHT.
Wendy: GOOD NIGHT.