As seen on "Newswatch" May 23: Storms bring hail, twisters, to Midwest, Northeast; Pope Francis to highlight Christian unity in Holy Land, and more.
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FROM WILDFIRES TO
TORNADOS,
A LARGE PART OF THE COUNTRY
IS CLEARING UP FROM WILD
WEATHER TONIGHT AND COULD
FACE
A STORMY MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND.
AS PROMISED, STORMS MOVED
THROUGH ATLANTIC TONIGHT AND
DAMAGING STORMS BROUGHT HAIL,
HIGH WINDS AND FLOODING.
I KNEW THERE WERE WINDS
BUT
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING
TO
TO BE THIS BAD.
TORNADOS TOUCHED DOWN IN
ALBANY NEW YORK AND DESTROYED
CIVIL HOMES AND BROUGHT DOWN
TREES AND POWERLINES AND EVEN
KNOCKED OVER THIS TRACTOR
TRAIL OR. THIS FILLED CITIES
AS LONG AS THE EAST COAST.
AS SOON AS WE PARKED THE
CAR THERE WAS HAIL THE SIZE
OF
GOLF BALLS.
WE SAW ALL OF OUR CARS, MY
WINDSHIELD, MY SUNROOF, THEY
WERE ALL SHATTERED.
THIS PLANE WAS FLYING
THROUGH THE STORM AND LANDED
WITH A CRACKED WINDSHIELD AND
STORMS PUMMELED THE MID WEST
AND COLORADO SEEING MORE
STORMS AND MORE ATTORNIES AND
-- TORNADOS AND MORE
FLOODING.
AS WILDFIRES ARE THREATENING
HOMES.
IT'S A WAR.
GOING INTO HOLIDAY WEEKEND
MUCH OF THE COUNTRY'S
MIDSECTION CAN EXPECT MORE
STORMS. FORECASTERS SAY
CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO LOOK
GOOD FOR THE COAST.
FORECASTERS WARN TO BE
MINDFUL OF THE WEATHER.
FISHING TOP THE CHARTS FOR
LIGHTNING.
> POPE FRANCIS VISIT TO
THE
"HOLY LAND" THIS WEEKEND.
SOME
ULT -- ORTHODOX CHURCH
DETECTS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
POPE FRANCIS ALSO PLANS TO
ATTEND THE REFUGEE CAMP IN
THE
WEST BANK. SPECIFYING HIS
PILGRIMAGE IS RELIGIOUS NOT
POLITICAL.
SOME ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
POPE'S VISIT. HIS AGENDA
INCLUDES AN EFFORT AT
RECONCILIATION.
FROM SELFIES TO CLOWN
NOSES, FRANCES HAS SET UP A
NEW TOWN FOR THE POPE. HE'S
TAKEN THE PAPACY OUT OF THE
PALACE AND TO THE STREETS.
THIS HAS TAKEN THE WORLD
BY
SURPRISE BECAUSE HE'S SO
DIRECT AND UNAPOLOGETIC. HE'S
FULL OF JOY AND LOVES GOD AND
ALL OF GOD'S CREATURES.
HE'LL BE HERE ON MAY 25TH
AND MAY 26. THE FIRST VISIT
IN
THE "HOLY LAND" SINCE THE
YEAR
2000 FOLLOWING POPE JOHN PAUL
BENEDICT.
THE MAJOR EVENT, THE MEETING
OF BARTHOLOMEW OF THE GREEK
ORTHODOX CHURCH. IT INTENDS
TO
SEND A MESSAGE.
THAT OUR UNITY IS UNITY
AND
WE ALL AFFIRM THAT HE IS
RISEN
AND WE SHALL NOW WORK HARDER
AND HARDER TO WHAT JESUS
HIMSELF WANTED AND THAT IS TO
BE ONE.
THE BUILDING OF THE
GROWING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE
VATICAN.
THE LAST THREE POPES HAVE
BEEN UNQUALIFIED FRIENDS OF
THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND NOW WE
HAVE A POPE WHO WAS KNOWN TO
HAVE HAD SUCH A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE
COMMUNITIES IN BUENOS AIRES
AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ONE
BEFORE.
POPE WILL ALSO VISIT THE
WESTERN WALL, THE HOLOCAUST
MEMORIAL AND MEET WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND PRIME
MINISTER.
ISRAEL WANTS TO SEND IT'S OWN
MESSAGE.
CHRISTIANS ARE WELCOMED
HERE AS FRIENDS, VISITORS, AS
RESIDENTS, AS FULL CITIZENS
OF
THIS COUNTRY. AND THROUGH
THIS
WELCOME MESSAGE, WE WOULD
LIKE
TO EMPHASIZE THE VALUES OF
TOLERANCE, OF UNDERSTANDING.
POPE FRANCIS WON'T BE IN
THE "HOLY LAND" LONG, BUT
MANY
HOPE THE GOODWILL GENERATED
WILL LAST A LONG TIME.
WHAT WEED LIKE TO
ACCOMPLISH IS THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH AND THE WHOLE
CHRISTIAN
RHO WORLD IS AN ELEMENT THAT
PREACHES THE GOSPEL OF GOOD
NEWS.
> BACK HERE AT HOME, A NEW
POLL SHOWS THAT MOST PEOPLE
AGREE WITH LEGALIZING GAY
MARRIAGE THAN THOSE WHO ARE
OPPOSED TO IT ACCORDING TO
THE
PRESS. 40 PERCENT OF
AMERICANS
ARE IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE
AND 39 ARE OPPOSED. YOUNGER
AMERICANS ARE ALSO MORE
LIKELY
TO SUPPORT SAME SEX MARRIAGE
THAN THOSE WHO ARE 50 YEARS
OLD AND UP AND DEMOCRATS ARE
LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR THAN
REPUBLICANS.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS
VOTING FOR THE HOUSING
SECRETARY. DONOVAN HAS
APPOINTED TO BE THE WHITE
HOUSE BUDGET ANALYST. THERE
IS
RUMOR TO BE A POSSIBLE ADVICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN
2016. AS MAYOR IN SAN
ANTONIO
PROJECTING PEOPLE AGAINST
BIAS
AND FREEDOM AGAINST SPEECH
AND
RELIGION.
> A WHITE HOUSE POLICY IS
NOT WORKING. ADMINISTRATIVE
LEADERS HAVE BEEN HOLDING
MEETINGS WITH LAW MAKESER
THIS
WEEK TRYING TO SPEW CONCERNS
IN AFGHANISTAN AGAINST
SPENDING. ONE OF THE MEETINGS
WAS THE MOST BIZARRE EVER
ATTENDED. AND THE PROGRAM
VISORS REFUSED TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER THEY
WILL LEAVE TROOPS IN
AFGHANISTAN AFTER THE WAR AND
THE EFFORT TO FIND THE SCHOOL
GIRLS KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA.
THE LEGITIMACY OF THE
FOLKS
IN UKRAINE.
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR SAFETY AFTER PRO
RUSSIANS INSURGENTS ATTACKED.
CREWS FIGHTING OVER NIGHT
IN THE DEADLIEST ATTACK IN
WEEKS. INSURGENTS LEFT BEHIND
BODIES AND CHARRED REMAINS OF
THEIR VEHICLES. TODAY THERE
IS
MORE VIOLENCE AND THE
UKRANIAN
GOVERNMENT TRIES TO FLUSH
OUT.
IN THIS CAFE, HOW CAN WE LIVE
LIKE THIS. UKRANIAN LEADERS
WONDER HOW THEY CAN HOLD SAFE
ELECTIONS ON SUNDAY. THEY
HAVE
FACED DEATH THREATS FROM THE
REBELS. INTERNATIONAL LABOR
RESERVERS ARE CALLING FOR
PEACE. VLADIMIR PUT IN HAS
ASKED FOR THOSE TO PULL OUT
FROM THE BORDER AND IT'S NOT
CLEAR HOW MANY HAVE PULLED
OUT. THE EXPECTED WINNER IN
SUNDAY'S ELECTION CHOCOLATE
MANUFACTURE AND BILLIONAIRE
HECTOR -- CHENCHO IS THE
PRIME
MINISTER, KNOWN AS A DEAL
MAKER AND COOL HEADED
POLITICIAN WHICH COULD BE A
WINNING COMBINATION FOR
UKRAINE NOW.
> CHRISTIANS IN CHINA ARE
BEING THROWN IN JAIL FOR
POSSESSING RELIGIOUS
LITERATURE. OFFICIALS HAVE
PULLED THE CROSSES OFF MORE
THAN 60 CHURCHES. THAT'S THE
TESTIMONY OF BOB IF FEW IF
-- IT'S PART OF A CRACK DOWN
ON RELIGION. THERE WON'T BE
ANY PROGRESS TOWARD DEMOCRACY
UNTIL WE ADDRESS THE FREE
RELIGIOUS VIOLATION. IN
PAKISTAN AND SYRIA TO A LIST
OF WORST OFFENDERS OF
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
STILL TO COME, THERE ARE
WOUNDED WARRIORS WITH SCARS
YOU CAN'T SEE. WE HAVE ONE
VET
GETTING THESE HEROES THE HELP
THEY NEED.
> SOLDIERS FROM THE ARMY
FROM THE THIRD REGISTRY KNOWN
AS THE THIRD GUARD MARK THIS
WEEKEND BY HONORING THE
FALLEN
AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY
HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE MADE
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. MANY
OF THESE SOLDIERS HAVE
RECENTLY RETURNED FROM
DEPLOYMENT AND FALLEN FAMILY
MEMBERS. THEY HAVE BEEN
CARRYING THIS TRADITION SINCE
1948.
LIFE IN THE MILITARY CAN
BE
STRESSFUL AND THIS STAYS WITH
MANY EVEN AFTER THE SERVICE.
I
MET ONE 1 MAN WHO HAS HELPED
HEAL VETERAN SCARS.
HE SPENT HIS TIME IN
MARINE
CORPS WHICH INCLUDED COMBAT.
I WAS SHOT AT THREE TIMES,
WOUNDED IN THE HEAD.
HIS WOUNDS WERE NOT ONLY
PHYSICAL.
THE BIGGEST FEAR I HAD AS
AN INSTRUCTOR WAS ONE OF THE
GUYS I WAS TAKING THROUGH
BASIC WOULD DIE. FOUR OF THEM
DID. THAT PUSHED ME OVER THE
EDGE AND I COULDN'T SPEAK FOR
WEEKS. I WAS FULL BLOWN SHELL
SHOCKED.
RECOVERY HAS MANY
CONCEPTS.
I HAD A GIVE UP -- GUN IN
MY HAND.
THAT IS FROM EMOTIONAL
PAIN
THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE.
I WAS BACK IN THE STREET.
GOD REALLY DID SOMETHING WITH
ME AND BROUGHT THE MEMORY
BACK
BUT WITH CHRIST IN THE
MEMORY.
THAT WAS THE DEFINING MOMENT.
AFTER TOURS IN THE WAR,
PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN KILLING
THEMSELVES IN ALARMING
NUMBERS. 22 VETS KILL
THEMSELVES EVERYDAY AND
RELATED TO PTSD. HE HOPES TO
HEEL THIS THROUGH HIS
MINISTRY
THROUGH HIS HOME INITIATIVE.
THIS IS FOR VETERANS WHO
SUFFER FROM PTSD DESIGNED TO
PROVIDE THEM A HEALING PLACE.
WE DON'T CONDEMN AND
CONDONE. WE LISTEN AS CHRIST
WOULD LISTEN. WE ARE DOING IS
REPLAYING THE DVD IN THEIR
MIND AND PUSHING THE STOP
BUTTON AND HAVING THEM
REMEMBER CHRIST. THAT IS THE
KEY. THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE
BEEN HAUNTED.
OF THE TWO MILLION
AMERICAN
VETERANS FROM IRK -- IRAQ
AND
AFGHANISTAN, THOUSANDS SUFFER
FROM PTSD.
IF I CAN SAVE LIVES AND
BRINGING CHRIST TO THEM. GOD
TOLD ME TO ANOINT THE FINGER
OF THIS TRIGGER. THE BIBLE IS
VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE THE 10
XHANTS COMMANDMENTS, HOW
--
THOU SHALL NOT KILL. THAT'S A
BIG DEAL. I HAVE MET PEOPLE
SO
HURT BY THAT. THEY CONDEMN
THEMSELVES.
RELEASE THIS FINGER FOR
WHAT I HAD TO DO. THANK YOU
JESUS. THANK YOU FOR
RELEASING
US RIGHT NOW. IT IS FINISHED.
IT IS FINISHED. WELCOME HOME.
WELCOME HOME.
JOE LONGED TO BE FREE FROM
TOERMENTING THOUGHTS
FOLLOWING
HIS SERVICE FROM VIETNAM.
WITH
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED
PROGRAMS
ONLY LASTED A SHORT TIME. HE
DIDN'T PUT MUCH FAITH IN THE
PROGRAM INITIATIVE.
WHERE I WENT, WHAT MY
THOUGHTS ABOUT IT WAS THIS IS
ONE OF THEM DEALS WHERE I'M
GOING TO ANOTHER PROGRAM AND
I'M GOING TO LEAVE THERE JUST
LIKE I GOT THERE. I MIGHT
FEEL
BETTER IS SURFACELY FOR A DAY
OR TWO AND THEN SAME OLD SAME
OLD. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I
EXPERIENCED OUT OF ALL THOSE
COPING STUFF.
THIS TIME AROUND HE SAYS,
SOMETHING CLICKED.
THERE IS A GENERAL PEACE
ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT WAS
NEVER THERE BEFORE. I WOULD
ENCOURAGE ANYBODY AND I THINK
GOD CAN EVEN REALLY HONESTLY
USE THIS TO SHOW A PERSON HIS
REALNESS. BECAUSE IF YOU
STRUGGLE WITH THIS THING FOR
40 YEARS AND YOU SEE IT TAKEN
CARE OF, ANY PART OF IT AT
ALL, I MEAN, YOU GOT TO SEE
GOD IN IT.
OTHER VETS AGREE THAT
SPIRITUAL CONNECTION IS THE
KEY TO LASTING PEACE.
YOU CAN PROVIDE A
NURTURING
IN EVERYTHING ELSE BUT IF YOU
A SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND AND
HAVE THE LORD COME IN AND
REALLY MINISTER GRAPHICALLY
TO
THESE PEOPLE, IT'S ONLY
REALLY
A PATCH JOB.
FORD HOPES TO EXPAND
THIS
SERVICES THROUGH OTHER
CHURCHES. TO THE HOPES TO
FIND
THE COMBAT VETERANS THE
HEALING THEY NEED AND SO
RIGHTEOUSLY DETECTIVE.
-- DESERVE.
YOU ARE SEEING THAT PERSON
MELT AND COME BACK TO
REALITY.
THAT IS SUCH A NEEDED
MINISTRY TO MINISTER TO THESE
VETERANS.
EN DEED, THE POWERFUL OF
HEALING. INDEED. STAY WITH
US.
WE ARE COMING RIGHT BACK.
UP NEXT FROM THE BLENDED
FAMILY AND PREVIOUS OF THE
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE.
> THE WEEKEND IS HERE AND
IT IS TIME FOR OUR
FAMILY-FRIENDLY REVIEWS. IT'S
CALLED PLUGGED IN ONLINE.
LET'S LOOK AT THE ADAM
SANDLER
MOVIE " BLENDED "
THE MESSAGE OF THE FILM"
BLENDED "IS ABOUT A FAMILY.
ADAM SANDLER'S CHARACTER HAS
THREE GIRLS. HE LOST HIS WIFE
TO CANCER. DREW BEARRY MORE
HAS TWO BOYS. THEY GO ON A
DATE AND EVERYTHING IS A
TOTAL
DISASTER AND THEY NEVER WANT
TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, BUT
OF COURSE THEY DO SEE EACH
OTHER, AND THE KIDS END UP
FALLING FOR THE PARENT. THIS
MOTHER AND FATHER DYNAMIC IS
REALLY NICE TO SEE. BUT TO
GET
TO THAT MESSAGE, ONE HAS TO
ENDURE QUITE A BIT OF RISKE
JOKING. I GAVE THIS A 2 OUT
OF
A 5 FAMILY FRIENDLINESS EVEN
THOUGH THEY HAD SO MUCH
GOING.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OUT.
WE FOCUS ON PROFESSOR X IN
THE NEAR FUTURE. THE
GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD HAS
CREATED A NEW CREATURE AND
THEY BELIEVE THE ONLY HOPE IS
TO SEND WOLVERINE BACK IN
TIME
IN THE HOPES THAT HE CAN
ERASE
A MURDER THAT IS TIED TO ALL
THE EVENTS IN THE FUTURE. IF
HE CAN DO THAT IN THE PAST IT
WILL HELP IN THE PRESENT. AS
YOU MIGHT EXPECT, IT'S A
CLASSIC GOOD VERSUS EVIL
STORY, A LOT OF SELF
SACRIFICE
AND COURAGE ON DISPLAY, BUT
THE VIOLENCE ALTHOUGH NOT
BLOODY IS QUITE VISCERAL AND
PRETTY UNRELATING IN THIS
FIELD. I GAVE IT A 2 1/2 OUT
OF FIVE FOR FAMILY
FRIENDLINESS.
THE TRUE STORY FROM THE
18TH CENTURY AND IT'S CALLED
BELL. IT SOUNDS INTERESTING.
FOR THOSE IN THE CBN
WORLD
THAT CAN GET THIS, I REALLY
LIKE IT. I WOULD CALL IT A
BIT
OF A PREQUELL TO AMAZING
GRACE
STORY IN LONDON. THERE IS SO
MUCH TO SAY. I GAVE IT A FOUR
OUT OF A FIVE. I LOVED THE
STORY AND THE ROLE, WE ARE
GEPT GETTING CAUGHT UP WITH
THAT. IT'S A LIMITED RELEASE.
IF YOU FIND WHERE BELLA IS
PLAYING, DEFINITELY READ OUR
REVIEW. IT IS WORTH
CONSIDERING.
INDEED. THANK YOU, BOB.
YOU BET.
> FINALLY TODAY YOU CAN
CHANGE LIVES ALL OVER THE
WORLD WITHOUT YOU EVER
LEAVING
YOUR LIVING ROOM.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN UKRAINE, A
YOUNG ORPHAN WAS PRAYING FOR
A
HOME. SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
SOMEONE STEPPED UP TO ANSWER
HER PRAYER.
AL YANN A WAS BORN WITH
DEFORMED LEGS AND HER
ALCOHOLIC PARENTS BARELY EVEN
FED HER AND SHE GOT WORSE
EVERYDAY. WITHOUT HELP SHE
WOULD HAVE WOUND UP IN A
WHEELCHAIR. WHEN THE SOCIAL
SERVICES OF UKRAINE FOUND OUT
ABOUT HER, THEY TOOK HER TO A
HOME AND WERE ABLE TO COMBAT
YEARS OF NEGLECT. BECAUSE
THIS
IS A CHRISTIAN HOME, SHE ALSO
LEARNED HOW TO PRAY.
I PRAY TO GOD FOR
STRAIGHT
LEGS SO I CAN JUMP.
OR PHANS PROMISES
SUPPORTED
IT FOR YEARS. WHEN THEY FOUND
ABOUT IT, THEY CALLED US.
WE PAID TO FIX HER LEGS SO
SHE CAN HAVE A BEST CHANCE
POSSIBLE FOR A NORMAL LIFE.
I HAD SURGERY ON ONE OF MY
LEGS.
THE DOCTORS HADN'T YET
STARTED THE SECOND OPERATION
WHEN A CHRISTIAN COUPLE CAME
TO FATHER'S HOUSE.
WE MET HER WHEN SHE WAS
GETTING READY FOR HER NEXT
SURGERY. WE LIKED HE VERY
MUCH
AND WE GOT ALL OUR PAPERS
TOGETHER AND ADOPTED HER.
ALIYONA HAS BEEN LIVING
WITH
THE FAMILY FOR 2 YEARS. ALL
OF
HER PRAYERS HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED. SHE'S HEALTHY AND
HAS PARENTS WHO LOVE HER.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING OUR
DAUGHTER THE SURGERY SHE
NEEDED. MAY GOD REWARD YOU
FOR
ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR US.
MY DREAMS CAME TRUE,
THANKS
TO YOU. I WILL ALWAYS PRAY
FOR
YOU AND THANK GOD FOR YOU.
ORPHANS PROMISE. WHAT A
BEAUTIFUL STORY. THE BIG
SMILE
ON HER FACE SAYS IT ALL.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THE
PROGRESSION FROM TWO 2 YEARS
AGO. GORGEOUS INDEED. SHE
WILL
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HER
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD
I
CAN IMAGINE JUST SPREADING
HER
LOVE, INDEED.
THAT IS GOING TO COVER IT
FOR TODAY.
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YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY. YOU CAN
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MAKE IT A FABULOUS FRIDAY,
EVERYBODY.