On CBN Newswatch May 29: VA officials face searing questions from lawmakers, Shaky economy has college graduates nervous, and Israeli PM: We'll build everywhere in Jerusalem, and more.
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TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" CALLS
FOR RESIGNATION, MORE ON THE
HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS THAT IS
CAUSING MANY TO DEMAND THE HEAD
OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS STEP DOWN.
PLUS JERUSALEM DAY.
SEE HOW RESIDENTS IN THE CITY
CELEBRATE THE HISTORIC HOLIDAY.
AND HOW SOME CHRISTIANS ARE
WORKING TO PROVIDE COLLEGE
EDUCATION IN NORTH KOREA.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." AND ANOTHER SCANDAL
ROCKING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
GOOD EVENING I AM GEORGE THOMAS.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
AT THE SCANDAL, MEDICAL
TREATMENT FOR OUR NATION'S
VETERANS CALLS FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY ECHOING AS NEW
EVIDENCE OVER THE VETS AT VA
HOSPITALS COMES TO LIGHT.
LORIE JOHNSON JOINS US FROM THE
NEWS ROOM WITH MORE, LORIE?
WENDY, VA HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN
SEVERELY MISMANAGED, WHAT MANY
DON'T AGREE ON IS HOW TO FIX THE
PROBLEM.
IN A RARE LATE NIGHT SESSION,
CONGRESS GRILLED VA OFFICIALS OF
NEGLIGENCE AND COVER UP.
WHEN WERE THESE DOCUMENTS
DESTROYED?
AT THE PHOENIX HOSPITAL, FAKE
RECORDS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE
HOSPITAL LOOK GOOD INDICATE
ABOUT 2,000 VETS WAITING ONLY 24
DAYS TO SEE A DOCTOR.
SECRET RECORDS REVEAL THEY
WAITED THREE MONTHS LONGER.
AVERAGE OF 115 DAYS.
WHAT I DON'T IS, HOW YOU CAN
LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR
AND SHAVE IN THE MORNING AND NOT
THROW UP.
THERE IS NO PROOF THE LONG
WAIT TIMES CAUSED DEATH.
MANY BELIEVE THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY ARE AT FAULT WHY MY DAD
IS DEAD.
EVEN A DOCTOR PERSONALLY
WITNESSED PATIENTS DIE.
ONE WAS HAVING CHEST PAIN,
COULDN'T GET IN TO SEE HIS
DOCTOR AND DIED OF A HEART
ATTACK. IT IS NOT PHOENIX, 42
HOSPITALS ARE BEING LOOKED AT.
MANY LAWMAKERS DEMANDING VA
SECRETARY ERICK SHINSEKI BE
FIRED.
MAKING HIM A SCAPEGOAT WON'T FIX
THE VA.
IS HIM RESIGNING GOING TO GET
US TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PROBLEM
AND FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON?
THE ANSWER I KEEP GETTING IS NO.
BY THE END OF THIS WEEK THE
ADMINISTRATION WILL RECEIVE AN
INTERNAL REVIEW FROM SECRETARY
SHINSEKI HIMSELF.
PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY
REFUSED TO SAY IF THE PRESIDENT
STILL HAD FAITH IN THE AFFAIRS.
GEORGE, BACK TO YOU.
JOINING US IS VERNA JONES.
DO YOU THINK SECRETARY SHINSEKI
SHOULD STEP DOWN?
THE AMERICAN LEGION CALLED
FOR HIS RESIGNATION BEFORE THE
REPORT CAME OUT.
ONCE WE KNEW THE ALLEGATIONS AND
HAD GONE OUT TO PHOENIX AND
TALKED ABOUT TO VETERANS AND
EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES, WE KNEW IT
WAS TIME FOR SECRETARY SHINSEKI
AND TWO UNDERSECRETARIES TO
STEP.
TO JOHN BOEHNER'S POINT, WILL
IT FIX THE PROBLEM OR IS THERE
SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER THAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN?
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO
START OVER.
THE VETERANS NEED TO HAVE THE
FAITH RESTORED IN THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THE WAY TO DO THAT IS
FOR SECRETARY SHINSEKI AND
UNDERSECRETARIES STEP DOWN AND
FIX THE PROBLEM.
RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE
FOCUS IS ON THE SCANDAL AND HOW
AND WHAT HAPPENED, NOW WE NEED
TO START TO FIX IT AND REBUILD
THAT SYSTEM SO WHEN VETERANS GO
TO THE VA HEALTH CARE FACILITY,
THEY ARE GETTING GOOD TIMELY
TREATMENT.
VERN A, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING,
ARE VETERANS LOSING FAITH IN THE
SYSTEM THEY HAVE COME TO DEPEND
ON?
SURE, WE RECEIVED SO MANY
PHONE CALLS FROM VETERANS, THEY
ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND
CONCERNED.
THEIR FAITH IN THE SYSTEM IS
FADING FAST.
THE AMERICAN LEGION IS STANDING
BY.
WE WANT TO HELP THE VA SO
VETERAN'S FAITH CAN BE RESTORED.
THEY DESERVE A SYSTEM SET UP FOR
THEM SO THEY CAN RECEIVE GREAT
HEALTH CARE.
VETERANS DESERVE THAT.
TERRIFIC.
VERNA JONES, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US ON THE BROADCAST.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WENDY?
WENDY: THE U.S. ECONOMY
SHRANK IN 2014, GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT FELL 1%.
THAT AFTER EARLY GOVERNMENT
ESTIMATES PREDICTED THE ECONOMY
WOULD GROW BY 0.1% IN JANUARY
AND MARCH.
MANY EXPECT A REBOUND IN THE
APRIL-JUNE QUARTER.
AS GRADUATES LEAVE SCHOOL,
SOME WORRY THEY WON'T FIND JOBS.
SOME EXPERTS SAY THERE ARE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CLASS
2014.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM REPORTS.
REPORTER: JOBLESS RATE FOR
COLLEGE GRADUATES IN 20S IS
10.1% STILL HIGH, DOWN SINCE
2012.
IT IS ENCOURAGING NEWS FOR MANY.
SOME ARE STILL SKEPTICAL THEY'LL
LAND THE JOB THEY WANT.
I AM A LITTLE AFRAID.
I STARTED MY OWN GRAPHIC DESIGN
COMPANY WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL.
MOST STUDENTS HOPE TO FIND A
JOB IN THEIR AREA OF STUDY.
MANY SETTLE FOR POSITIONS THAT
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR
DEGREE.
ANALYSTS SAY THE ECONOMY
SUFFERS.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY
GRADUATES THAT ARE NOT WORKING
OR NOT WORKING IN THE SKILLS
THEY HAVE, THAT IS PART OF THE
GAP AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT WE COULD BE PRODUCING AS AN
ECONOMY AND WHAT WE ARE
PRODUCING.
STUDY CONDUCTED
EMPLOYERS
PLAN
TO
HIRE
8.6% MORE
GRADUATES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I
ALREADY FOUND A JOB AND VERY
HAPPY.
I AM VERY EXCITED.
ACCORDING TO THE NAC,
AVERAGE
SALARY IS UP 1.2% SINCE 2013.
EPHRAIM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.
MOVING OVERSEAS, 14 UKRAINIAN
SOLDIERS INCLUDING A GENERAL ARE
DEAD AFTER PRO-RUSSIAN
INSURGENCE SHOT DOWN THEIR
HELICOPTER NEAR THE EASTER CITY
OF SLOEVIAN.
THE VIOLENCE COMES AS CLASHES
BETWEEN PRO-RUSSIAN GROUPS AND
FORCES CONTINUE ACROSS UKRAINE.
ANOTHER PRO-RUSSIAN GROUP
HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENCE IN
THE AIMS OF THE VARIOUS
INSURGENT GROUPS.
NEARLY 300 GIRLS KIDNAPPED BY
BOKO HARAM AND WAGING WAR ON HIS
COUNTRY AND THE SECURITY OF HIS
NATION IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
PUT AN END TO TERRORISM ON
OUR SOIL.
ALSO USING ANY MEANS NECESSARY
TO INSURE THIS IS DONE.
I ASSURE YOU THESE TALKS WILL BE
DONE.
BOKO HARAM BEGAN ITS DEADLY
RANT FIVE YEARS AGO, THIS YEAR
2,000 DEATHS BLAMED ON THAT
GROUP.
MUSLIM REBELS STORMED A
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE CENTRAL
AFRICAN REPUBLIC KILLING UP TO
30 PEOPLE.
GUNS AND GRANADES ON HUNDREDS
WHO SOUGHT REFUGE.
VIOLENCE ROCKED THE CAPITAL CITY
SINCE MUSLIM COALITION OUSTED
THE PRESIDENT.
MUSLIM REBELS ATTACKED
CHRISTIANS LEAVING SOME TO FALL
MILITIA AND FIGHT BACK.
BOTH HAVE FOUND SANCTUARY IN THE
CITY'S CHURCHES.
ISRAELIS CELEBRATED JERUSALEM
DAY.
AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS, IT IS
A SPECIAL DAY IN
HISTORY.
ON JUNE 7TH, 1967, ISRAELI
TROOPERS HEADED TO THE TEMPLE
MOUNT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY
2000 YEARS, THE JEWISH PEOPLE
CONTROLLED THE OLD CITY AND THE
WESTERN WALL.
JERUSALEM REUNITED UNDER ISRAELI
SOVEREIGNTY.
MANY JEWS AND CHRISTIANS CALL
THAT BATTLE A MIRACLE AND A
HISTORIC TURNING POINT.
THAT IS WHY EVERY YEAR ISRAELIS
CELEBRATE JERUSALEM DAY.
REPORTER: JERUSALEM DAY
MARKED BY THOUSANDS COMING OUT
TO THE STREETS, WAVING FLAGS,
DANCING, SINGING, IT IS ONE SIGN
OF HOW IMPORTANT JERUSALEM IS TO
THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS
IS OUR HISTORY.
THIS IS OUR CAPITOL.
THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD THINKS OF
US.
REPORTER: ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
DECLARED, ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD EVERYWHERE IN JERS ERS
JERUSALEM.
JERUSALEM WAS UNIFIED 45
YEARS AGO AND JERUSALEM HAS
DEVELOPED AND WE MEET HERE EVERY
YEAR IN ORDER TO INSURE THIS
PROSPERITY WILL BE GREATER AND
CONSTRUCTION EVEN BROADER AND
FLORISH EVEN MORE.
PALESTINIANS WANT IT TO BE A
CAPITAL OF A PALASTINIAN STATE.
THERE CAN BE NO PEACE AGREEMENT
WITHOUT JERUSALEM.
SECOND HOLY PLACE FOR THE
MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD.
FOR THE PALESTINIANS, AN
ADDITION,
NO ABILITY WITHOUT
JERUSALEM.
REPORTER: POLICE
SHUT DOWN
THE TEMPLE MOUNT SOME
WANTING
TO
PRAY ON
THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
CURRENT RULES PREVENT ANY
NON-MUSLIMS FROM PRAYING AT THE
SITE.
MANY BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THIS
TENSION, THE TEMPLE MOUNT COULD
BECOME MORE AND MORE OF A FLASH
POINT IN THE FUTURE.
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IN THE MEANTIME, ISRAELIS
CELEBRATE REUNIFICATION OF THE
CITY.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN
NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
FOR MORE OF CHRIS'S EXCLUSIVE
COVERAGE OF ISRAEL, CHECK OUT
"JERUSALEM DATELINE," YOU CAN
FIND BOTH AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
COMING UP, LOOK AT THE FIGHT
TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN
THAILAND.
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN HOUSE
MEMBERS COMING TOGETHER TO STOP
SEX TRAFFICKING.
FBI ESTIMATES 289,000 KIDS ARE
AT RISK OF BEING TRAFFICKED AND
ADDRESS TRAFFICKING WITHIN
FOSTER CARE AND IMPOSE GREATER
PENALTIES AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE
STATES TO STOP TREATING MINORS
AS CRIMINAL PROSTITUTES BUT SEX
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.
IN THAILAND HOME TO THE
WORLD'S LARGEST SEX INDUSTRY.
EACH YEAR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
TOURISTS TRAVEL TO THAILAND FOR
SEX.
ONE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY IN THE
HEART OF BANGKOK HELPING THOSE
FIND A WAY OUT.
LUCILLE TALUSAN.
REPORTER: AT AGE 14, MIN
QUIT
SCHOOL.
SHE LEFT
HER
RURAL
HOME TO WORK
IN BANGKOK.
HERE SHE MET A MAN THAT GOT HER
PREGNANT.
AFTER GIVING BIRTH I BROUGHT
MY SON TO THE PROVINCE, I WAS
ENTICED TO GO INTO
PROSTITUTION.
REPORTER: MIN HAD TO FACE THE
D. I WAS ALWAYS DOING DRUGS
AND DRINKING.
ONE TIME SOMEONE SMOTHERED MY
FACE WITH A PILLOW SO I CRIED TO
GOD TO HELP ME AND I SURVIVED
THAT NIGHT.
REPORTER: A FEW MONTHS LATER
A CHRISTIAN INTRODUCED HER
TONIGHT LIGHT MINISTRY.
WE GET TO READ THE BIBLE AND
WORSHIP.
HE GAVE ME A NEW LIFE AND NOW I
WANT TO SERVE HIM.
NIGHT LIFE TRAINS WOMEN TO TRAIN
THEMSELVES.
FOUNDER ANNIE
SAYS
PROSTITUTION
AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAVE
INCREASED IN THAILAND SINCE THE
MINISTRY STARTED IN 2005.
THAILAND HAS VERY GOOD
ANTITRAFFICKING LAWS
,
EXCELLENT.
VERY HARD TO ENFORCE THEM.
THERE IS A LOT OF CORRUPTION.
REPORTER: LAST YEAR NIGHT
LIGHT ASSISTED 26 TRAFB
TRAFFICKED WOMEN MOSTLY FROM
UGANDA.
GOD
LONGS FOR THE WOMEN TO
HAVE A WAY OUT.
REPORTER: CBN'S ORPHAN'S
PROMISE PROVIDED FUNDS TO
REMODEL THE CENTER TURNING THE
GROUND FLOOR INTO A COFFEE
SHOP.
THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE
CITY LIGHT COFFEE SHOP ORPHAN'S
PROMISE HELPED BUILD HERE IN
BANGKOK.
THE
LOCATION IS VERY STRATEGIC.
IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO BARS
AND THE NIGHT LIFE MINISTRY
TOGETHER WITH ORPHAN'S PROMISE
WILL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO
MORE WOMEN AND EVEN THE MALE SEX
SERVANTS.
MEN AND WOMEN CAN COME IN OFF
THE STREET TO GET A GOOD CUP OF
COFFEE AND PEOPLE THERE TO BEGIN
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AND OUT
OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, WE EARN
THE RIGHT TO GIVE THEM HOPE.
REPORTER: THE CENTER IS USED
FOR PRAYER AND WORSHIP,
CHRISTIAN PARTIES AND MEDICAL
CLINIC
CLINICS.
GOD HAS GIVEN ME A BURDEN FOR
THE WOMEN IN THE STREETS.
I INVITE THEM TO THE PARTIES AND
PAINT THEIR NAILS AND SHARE
CHRIST WITH THEM TO GIVE THEM
HOPE.
REPORTER: TOGETHER NIGHT LIFE
AND ORPHAN'S PROMISE ARE GIVING
MORE AND MORE WOMEN LIKE MIN A
BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW
LIFE.
LUCILLE TALUSAN, CBN NEWS,
BANGKOK.
UP NEXT, HOW A CHRISTIAN
BACKED UNIVERSITY IS WORKING TO
BRING MORE EDUCATION TO NORTH
KOREA.
NORTH KOREA IS THE WORLD'S
TOP PERSECUTOR OF
CHRISTIANS,
YET IN THE HEART OF PYONGYANG IS
A CHRISTIAN BACKED
UNIVERSITY.
THE
SCHOOL IS WORKING TO
BRING CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TO THE
ELITE.
GARY LANE EXPLAINS IN TONIGHT'S
FOCUS REPORT.
REPORTER: GRADUATION
CEREMONIES ARE COMMON
OCCURRENCES THIS TIME OF YEAR AT
AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNITS.
THIS IS NO IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS,
THESE 44 STUDENTS ALL MALES
RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS IN NORTH
KOREA.
IT IS A FIRST TIME EVENT.
NEVER BEFORE HAVE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS GRADUATED
FROM A FOREIGN FUNDED, FOREIGN
STAMPED UNIVERSITY IN THEIR
COUNTRY.
IN 2011, UNIVERSITY FOUNDER AND
PRESIDENT JAMES SHEN KIM
APPEARED ON "THE 700 CLUB"
SHORTLY AFTER THE UNIVERSITY
OPENED.
DIFFERENT BECAUSE NORTH KOREANS
LIVE IN A CLOSED MILITARISTIC
SOCIETY.
RARELY ARE THEY GIVEN ACCESS TO
FOREIGNERS AND WESTERN IDEAS.
HERE THEY LEARN COMPUTER
ENGINEERING, AGRICULTURAL AND
LIFE SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL
FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT.
HOUSING AND MEALS FAR EXCEED
QUALITY OF OTHER NORTH KOREAN
UNIVERSITIES.
THEIR PROFESSORS ARE FOREIGNERS
LIKE THIS INSTRUCTOR WHO LIKENED
HIS HOME WORK EXPERIENCE TO
TEACHER'S HEAVEN.
BECAUSE WE GIVE THEM HOMEWORK
BUT TELL THEM ONLY DO FIVE.
THEY USUALLY DO TEN.
ON THE WEEKEND, MAYBE SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH HOMEWORK NO
HOMEWORK, BUT THEY DO IT ANY
WAY.
REPORTER: WHILE THE SCHOOL IS
BACKED BY EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS
IN SOUTH KOREA AND UNITED
STATES, THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT
PROMOTE CHRISTIANITY.
KIM SAYS HE IS NOT A COMMUNIST
OR CAPITALIST, HE IS A LOVIST
BUILDING BRIDGES OF PEACE ON THE
KOREAN PENINSULA.
BEFORE HE STARTED THE UNIVERSITY
HE WAS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF
BEING A C.I.A. SPY.
HE RESPONDED WITH LOVE BECAUSE
HE WANTED TO BUILD BRIDGES OF
PEACE ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
WHO HAS TO PAY THE PRICE?
REPORTER: MOST OF THE CLASS
OF 2014 GRADUATES SAY THEY'LL
EITHER CONTINUE THEIR ADVANCED
STUDYS IN EUROPE OR IMMEDIATELY
BEGIN WORK, GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.
UP
NEXT, HOW
OPERATION
BLESSING IS PROVIDING ONE
COMMUNITY WITH LOCAL FOOD.
FINALLY TONIGHT OPERATION
BLESSING IS HELPING A LOW
INCOME
COMMUNITY IN
VIRGINIA.
THAT'S RIGHT, TEAMING UP WITH
JUAN
SOKOR AND TURNED THE CITY
OF
NORFOLK INTO A
COMMUNITY
GARDEN.
THEY
PLANT
AND
PREPARE THE
GARDEN AND OPERATION BLESSING
BOUGHT 300 PLANTS INCLUDING
EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR
HYDROPONIC BOXES.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
NOTHING LIKE A FRESH GARDEN
TOMATO.
CAN'T BEAT IT.
TOMATO
SANDWICHED.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.