On Newswatch, June 10: NSA surveillance whistleblower speaks out, Memo cites string of State Dept. criminal cover-ups, and more.
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Mark: TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH," PROTECTION
VERSUS PRIVACY.
IT HAS SOME SPEAKING OUT ON
HOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
MONITORING AMERICANS.
Wendy: PLUS, WHAT THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WILL
REALLY MEAN FOR AMERICANS.
Mark: AND SANDRA
BULLOCK LATER IN THE
BLINDSIDE, AND NOW LEIGH
ANNE TUOHY PLAYS HERSELF ON
REALITY TV.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT
ON "NEWSWATCH."
GOOD EVENING, I'M MARK
MARTIN.
Wendy: AND I'M WENDY
GRIFFITH.
THE NUMBER TWO REPUBLICAN IN
THE HOUSE SAYS CONGRESS
WANTS MORE ANSWERS FROM THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AFTER
LEAKS ABOUT GOVERNMENT
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS.
Mark: THE MAN BEHIND
THOSE LEAKS REVEALED HIMSELF
ON SUNDAY.
HE IS 29-YEAR-OLD EDWARD
SNOWDEN, A GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTOR.
Wendy: HE RISKED
DECADES BEHIND BARS BY
LEAKING THE INFORMATION.
HEATHER CELLS HAS MORE.
EVEN IF YOUR NOT DOING
ANYTHING WRONG, YOU'RE BEING
WATCHED AND RECORDED.
Reporter: DURING AN
INTERVIEW WITH THE GUARDIAN
NEWSPAPER, EDWARD SNOWDEN
SAYS HE WITNESSED
SURVEILLANCE AND INNOCENT
AMERICANS.
I, SITTING AT MY DESK,
CERTAINLY HAD THE AUTHORITY
TO WIRETAP ANYONE.
FROM YOU TO YOUR EVEN YOUR
ACCOUNTANT.
Reporter: HE EXPOSED
TWO SECRET U.S. PROGRAMS,
ONE THAT COLLECTS THE PHONE
RECORDS OF AMERICANS, AND
ONE THAT TAPS INTO U.S.
COMPANIES TO MONITOR
OVERSEAS E-MAILS.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT
CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE
PROGRAMS, AND A SECRET COURT
OVERSEES THEM.
THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE SAYS THEY DO
NOT TARGET U.S. CITIZENS.
BUT SNOWDEN SAYS THE
PROGRAMS ARE RIPE FOR ABUSE
AND WANTS THE PUBLIC TO
KNOW.
WHEN YOU ARE SUBVERTING
THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT,
THAT'S A FUNDAMENTALLY
DANGEROUS THING TO
DEMOCRACY.
Reporter: BUT THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS SNOWDEN IS
DANGEROUS, AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
IT IS DANGEROUS FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY, AND IT
VIOLATES THE OATH WHICH THAT
PERSON TOOK.
I ABSOLUTELY THINK THEY
SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
Reporter: FOR NOW,
SNOWDEN HAS TAKEN REFUGE IN
HONG KONG, WHERE HE FACES
POSSIBLE EXTRADITION AND
YEARS IN PRISON.
YOU CAN'T COME FORWARD
AGAINST THE WORLD'S MOST
POWERFUL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES AND BE COMPLETELY
FREE FROM RISK BECAUSE THEY
ARE SUCH POWERFUL
ADVERSARIES, NO ONE CAN
MEANINGFULLY OPPOSE THEM.
Reporter: HEATHER
CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: WOW!
SUPPORTERS OF SNOWDEN ARE
ALREADY HAVING THE WHITE
HOUSE TO PARDON HIM FOR ANY
CRIMES HE MAY HAVE
COMMITTED, CALLING HIM A
NATIONAL HERO.
TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE
ALREADY SIGNED AN ONLINE
PETITION.
Mark: A NEW REPORT
SUGGESTS THE STATE
DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE COVERED
UP MANY KINDS OF ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOR.
CBN NEWS HAS UNCOVERED A
MEMO THAT CITES EIGHT
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF
MISCONDUCT.
INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS THAT
OFFICIALS WERE INVOLVED IN
SEXUAL ASSAULTS, UNDERGROUND
DRUG RINGS, AND ENGAGED
PROSTITUTES.
OTHER ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE
REPORTS OF INVESTIGATORS
BEING TOLD TO STOP PROBING
CERTAIN CASES INVOLVING
HIGH-RANKING STATE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS OR
AMBASSADORS.
Wendy: OREGON COULD
BECOME A MA MAGNET STATE
FOR SEX TRAFFICKING.
A BILL WILL MAKE TRAFFICKING
CHILDREN A MISDEMEANOR
RATHER THAN A FELONY.
ANTITRAFFICKING ADVOCATES
FEAR A LESSER PENALTY IN
OREGON WILL MAKE IT A
TRAFFICKING DESTINATION.
THE BILLS SUPPORTERS SAY A
FELONY IS TOO HARSH A
PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO
INADVERTENTLY HIRE A CHILD
PROSTITUTE.
Mark: THE NUMBER OF
HOME-SCHOOLED CHILDREN IN
THIS COUNTRY HAS INCREASED
BY 75% SINCE 1999.
A REPORT FOUND IN EDUCATION
NEWS THAT IS A GROWING
NUMBER OF PARENTS ARE
REJECTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
RESEARCHERS ALSO SAY THE
NUMBER OF PRIMARY-AGED
HOME-SCHOOLED KIDS IS
GROWING SEVEN TIMES FASTER
THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS.
DR. BRIAN RAE OF THE
NATIONAL HOME EDUCATION
RESEARCH INSTITUTE SAYS THE
INCREASE IS PARTLY BECAUSE
THE LARGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN
HOME-SCHOOLED IN THE 1990s
ARE NOW HOME-SCHOOLING THEIR
OWN CHILDREN.
CURRENTLY 4% OF ALL
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ARE
EDUCATED AT HOME.
Wendy: STANDARD AND
POOR'S RATING SERVICES
BOOSTS ITS OUTLOOK FOR U.S.
GOVERNMENT DEBT.
THEY SAY ONE REASON IS
STABLE GOVERNMENT SPENDING
LEVELS.
THE CREDIT RATING SERVICE
ALSO SAYS THE ECONOMY HAS
STARTED TO IMPROVE, AND IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THAT
TREND.
THEY CHANGED THEIR OUTLOOK
FROM NEGATIVE TO STABLE,
THAT MEANS IT IS NOT AS
LIKELY TO DOWNGRADE THE
COUNTRY'S DEBT IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
S & P DOWNGRADED IT BACK IN
2011.
Mark: JOINING US BY
SKYPE IS BILL FRESNA, A
BOSTON-BASED VENTURE CAPTAIN
CAPITALIST.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
THE S & P AGENCY IS BEING
SUED BY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND IN A COMMERCIAL
LITIGATION, THE SHAREHOLDERS
SOUGHT REFUNDS FOR BUYING
THE STOCK BACK WHEN THE
MARKET COLLAPSED.
A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THAT
CLAIMS OF OBJECTIVITY AND
INDEPENDENCE ON THE PART OF
S & P WERE NOTHING BUT
COMMERCIAL PUFFERY.
AND THOSE CLAIMS WERE THEN
USED IN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SUIT TO CLAIM
THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR
FRAUD.
IN FACT, THERE IS NO REASON
WE SHOULD BELIEVE THESE
RATINGS.
Mark: THE S & P CITES
AN IMPROVING ECONOMY AS
REASON FOR A STABLE RATING.
DO YOU THINK THE ECONOMY IS
IMPROVING?
IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT
THE NUMBERS, YOU'LL SEE THAT
THE LABOR PARTICIPATION RATE
IS THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN IN
30 YEARS.
IF YOU TAKE THE U3
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THE
ACTUALLY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
IS ACTUALLY 11.3%.
THE STOCK MARKET IS
CERTAINLY UP BECAUSE CASH
HAS NO PLACE TO GO, SEEKING
RETURN.
SO WHAT WE'RE ENJOYING AT
THIS POINT IS A SHARED
ILLUSION, HOPING THAT
REALITY FOLLOWS BEHIND IT,
AND PEOPLE FELL BETTER AND
START SPENDING.
RIGHT NOW THAT IS JUST A
DREAM.
Mark: BILL, DO YOU
THINK AMERICANS CAN BREATHE
A SIGH OF RELIEF AND SAY THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS IS OVER, OR
CAN WE EXPECT MORE TROUBLE
AHEAD?
THEY CAN TRY THE SAME
SIGH OF RELIEF THAT THE
GREEKS HAVE TRIED SIX OR
SEVEN TIMES.
WE HAVE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
AHEAD.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE
MONETARY SITUATION, BUT
LET'S NOT FORGET THE FISCAL
SITUATION IS STILL NOT BEING
ADDRESSED.
SOCIAL SECURITY STILL IS IN
TROUBLE.
MEDICARE STILL IS IN
TROUBLE.
AND NOW WE HAVE OBAMACARE
COMING DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH
IS NOT ONLY GOING TO HAVE A
HUGE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY,
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
COMPANIES CUTTING PAYROLL
AND HOURS, TO AVOID TRIPPING
THE THRESHOLDS UNDER WHICH
OBAMACARE IS ENFORCED.
Wendy: THE F.B.I. HAS
REMOVED MATERIAL THAT MAY BE
OFFENSIVE TO MUSLIMS FROM
ITS ANTI-TERROR TRAINING
GUIDELINES.
A REPORT FROM JUDICIAL WATCH
SHOWS MATERIALS LINKING THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TO
TERRORISM, OR PROFILING
TERRORISTS AT YOUNG MALE
IMMIGRANTS OF MIDDLE EASTERN
APPEARANCE ARE NOW GROUND.
THE BUREAU CALLS SUCH
REFERENCES IN SUITABLE.
AN INDEPENDENT GROUP OF
EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT
REVIEWED THE F.B.I.'S
TRAINING CURRICULUM ON
COUNTERTERRORISM, AND THEY
RECOMMENDED THE REMOVAL OF
PRESENTATIONS AND CURRICULUM
ON ISLAM FROM F.B.I. OFFICES
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
Mark: NORTH AND SOUTH
KOREA OFFICIALS MET SUNDAY
FOR A SET OF MID-LEVEL
TALKS.
THE 17 HOURS OF NEGOTIATIONS
SET THE STAGE FOR HIGHER
LEVEL MEETINGS PLANNED FOR
WEDNESDAY IN SEOUL.
THESE WILL BE THE HIGHEST
LEVEL TALKS BETWEEN THE
NORTH AND THE SOUTH IN SIX
YEARS.
THE TWO SIDES HAVE NOT YET
AGREED ON A DETAILED AGENT,
BUT IT IS EXPECTED THEY'LL
DISCUSS RESUMING OPERATIONS
AT A JOINTLY-RUN FACTORY
NORTH OF THE BORDER, AND
REUNITING FAMILIES SEPARATED
DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE
COUNTRIES.
THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM WILL NOT
BE ON THE TABLE.
BUT, STILL, ANALYSTS SAY
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP
FORWARD IN RELATIONS BETWEEN
THE TWO SIDES.
Wendy: IT WAS A VIOLENT
FEW DAYS IN AFGHANISTAN.
A POLISH SOLDIER WAS KILLED
IN A ROADSIDE BOMBING THIS
MORNING.
THAT AFTER TALIBAN
INSURGENTS LAUNCHED AN EARLY
MORNING ATTACK NEAR
AFGHANISTAN'S MAIN AIRPORT.
APPARENTLY THEIR TARGET WAS
NATO'S AIRPORT
HEADQUARTERS.
NO CIVILIANS WERE KILLED,
BUT HOURS OF FIGHTING LEFT
SOME OF THE TALIBAN FIGHTERS
DEAD, AND OVER THE WEEKEND,
THREE AMERICAN TROOPS WERE
KILLED IN ANOTHER ATTACK.
THIS RECENT VIOLENCE HAS
SOME QUESTIONING
AFGHANISTAN'S SECURITY AS
MOST FOREIGN TROOPS ARE SET
TO WITHDRAW NEXT YEAR.
Mark: A TOP ISRAELI
OFFICIAL WARNS IRAN IS
PLANNING ON BUILDING MORE
THAN JUST A NUCLEAR BOMB.
IT WANTS TO BUILD AN ARSENAL
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THEY SAID IRAN WANTS TO BE
ABLE TO EVENTUALLY PRODUCE
DOZENS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS A
YEAR.
WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT AN
HISTORICAL GAME CHANGER.
IT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE
WORLD.
IT IS GOING TO CREATE A
DANGEROUS NEW WORLD, TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN
TODAY.
IT IS GOING TO HAVE TERRIBLE
DRAMATIC EFFECTS, NOT JUST
ON THE MIDDLE EASTERN AND
ISRAEL, BUT THE UNITED
STATES AND BEYOND.
Mark: PRAY FOR ISRAEL.
HE SAYS WHILE INTERNATIONAL
SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN ARE
SIGNIFICANT, THE PRESSURE
THE WESTERN WORLD IS
APPLYING ON IRAN IS NOT
ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ABANDON
ITS GOALS OF A NUCLEAR
ARSENAL.
Wendy: THE SWEDISH
GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED NOT
TO DEPORT AN IRANIAN
CHRISTIAN FACING POSSIBLE
PRISON AND TORTURE IN IRAN.
JABARI WAS GIVEN PERMANENT
RESIDENCY TODAY.
THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT HAD
PREVIOUSLY ORDERED HIM TO BE
DEPORTED, DESPITE HIS
TESTIMONY.
BUT CBN'S STORY ABOUT
JABARI'S SITUATION CHANGED
THE POLITICAL CLIMATE FOR
PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM IN
SWEDEN.
Mark: COMING UP UP, WE
SPEAK TO SENATOR MARCO RUBIO
ABOUT HIS PLAN FOR HEALTH
CARE IN AMERICA.
Wendy: SENATOR MARCO
RUBIO SELLS CBN NEWS HE HAS
A PLAN TO GET RID OF
OBAMACARE.
IT WOULD INVOLVE PASSING A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMOUNTMENT
BANNING ANY LAW THAT TAXES
AMERICANS WHO DON'T BUY A
GOOD OR SERVICE.
THE NEW HEALTH CARE LAW DOES
JUST THAT.
HE SAT DOWN WITH DAVID BRODY
TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S A
PROBLEM.
UNDER THE RULING THE
SUPREME COURT HAD, IF
TOMORROW THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DECIDED EVERY
AMERICAN MUST HAVE A
SMARTPHONE, AND IF YOU
DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO TAX
YOU FOR NOT HAVING A
SMARTPHONE, THEY COULD DO
THAT UNDER THE LOGIC OF THIS
RULE.
SO WE ARE BASICALLY
FOLLOWING A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT THAT YOU CAN'T
DO.
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT COMPEL
AMERICANS TO BUY A SERVICE
OR GOOD BY PUNISHING THEM
FOR NOT DOING IT.
Wendy: IT IS CALLED
"THE RIGHT TO REFUSE"
AMENDMENT.
RUBIO BELIEVES IT WILL GAIN
SUPPORT WHEN AMERICANS
REALIZE HOW BAD OBAMACARE
IS.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT HIS BLOG,
"THE BRODY FILE," AND YOU
CAN FIND THAT AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
EVEN THOUGH THE HEALTH CARE
LAW IS SET TO TAKE EFFECT
NEXT YEAR, NEARLY HALF OF
AMERICANS DON'T EVEN KNOW IT
EXISTS.
Mark: UNBELIEVABLE.
JENNIFER WISHON LOOKS AT
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.
Reporter: IT'S SUPPOSED
TO CREATE JOBS, PROVIDE
HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL
AMERICANS WHO WANT IT, AND
SAVE MONEY.
INSTEAD, THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT FOR MANY AMERICANS HAS
ALREADY BECOME A SOURCE OF
HEARTBURN.
THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT
WAS 2500 PAGES LONG, AND NOW
20,000 PAGES OF
LEGISLATION.
Reporter: THAT'S 17,500
PAGES OF NEW REGULATIONS
WRITTEN BY BUREAUCRATS ON
TOP OF AN ALREADY COMPLEX
LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS.
AND FOR EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE
NO CHOICE BUT TO UNDERSTAND
THE NITTY-GRITTY IN ORDER TO
MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEIR
COMPANIES, THE TASK IS
OVERWHELMING.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS THE
EMPLOYER MANDATE, THE
REQUIREMENT THAT BUSINESSES
WITH 50 OR MORE FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES PROVIDE
HEALTH INSURANCE OR PAY
PENALTIES, THAT WAS A THREE
AND A HALF PAGE PROVISION,
THAT GOT TURNED INTO A
144-PAGE REGULATION.
Reporter: ONE STUDY
PREDICTS OBAMACARE WILL PUT
MORE THAN THREE MILLION JOBS
IN JEOPARDY.
FOR NOW CONFUSION AND
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE LAW IS
STIFLING ECONOMIC E GROWTH.
THERE IS A LOT OF
HEARTBURN AND NERVOUSNESS
ABOUT WHAT THE INCREASED
COSTS WILL MEAN FOR THEIR
BOTTOM LINE.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA MAINTAINS THAT
AMERICANS WHO LIKE THEIR
INSURANCE PLAN CAN KEEP IT,
BUT THAT IS NOT TURNING OUT
TO BE THE CASE.
ACCORDING TO A STUDY OF
11,000 PLANS ON THE
INDIVIDUAL MARKET, LESS THAN
2% COMPLY WITH OBAMACARE.
THAT MEANS 98% OF PLANS MUST
CHANGE, OR THE PEOPLE USING
THEM MUST FIND NEW PLANS.
AND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE NOW ESTIMATES
OBAMACARE WILL RESULT IN
SEVEN MILLION AMERICANS
BEING DROPPED FROM THEIR
EMPLOYERS' HEALTH PLANS, AND
FORCED INTO NEW HEALTH
EXCHANGES SET UP BY THE
LAW.
IT IS TRUE MORE AMERICANS
WILL HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE
UNDER OBAMACARE, BUT THAT
WILL LEAD TO GREATER DEMANDS
ON THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM,
AND THEREIN LIES ANOTHER
PROBLEM.
WE KNOW THE GOVERNMENT'S
OWN CHIEF ACTUARY SAYS ABOUT
15% OF HOSPITALS WILL CLOSE
BECAUSE OF THIS.
Reporter: STILL, EVEN
AFTER ALL 20,000 PAGES OF
REGULATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED,
NOT ALL AMERICANS WILL BE
INSURED.
C.B.O. ESTIMATES BY THE YEAR
2023, 30 MILLION AMERICANS
STILL WON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
AND BY THAT TIME, AMERICA
WILL HAVE SPENT NEARLY
$2 TRILLION IMPLEMENTING THE
LAW.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF
MONEY IN HELPING RELATIVELY
FEW PEOPLEMENT IN MANY WAYS,
IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
SIMPLER AND CHEAPER TO GIVE
EVERYBODY MONEY TO BUY
INSURANCE.
Reporter: OBAMACARE
GIVES EXTRAORDINARY
DISCRETION TO THE SECRETARY
OF HEALTH.
IN FACT, SOME 1,000 TIMES,
THE LAW GIVES HER POWER TO
CREATE DEFINITIONS AND
REGULATIONS, AND THAT'S WHY
THE NUMBER OF PAGES IN THE
LAW KEEPS ON GROWING.
THE LAW IS SO COMPLEX SOME
WONDER IF IT CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY.
SECRETARY SAVILLEIA SAYS IT
WILL, BUT THE OTHERS DOUBT
IT.
EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS WORRY IT
WILL BE TOUGH TO GET
OBAMACARE TO WORK, AND FEAR
IT COULD BECOME A POLITICAL
LIABILITY FOR THEM IN NEXT
YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
Mark: UP NEXT, HOW A
NEW TV SHOW IS HELPING
FAMILIES DEALING WITH FOSTER
CARE.
Wendy: WELL, YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER LEIGH ANNE TUOHY.
SHE FIRST STEPPED INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT IN THE FILM "THE
BLINDSIDE."
HER FOSTER CHILD GREW UP TO
BE AN NFL STAR.
Mark: AND NOW HIS MOM
LEADS A MISSION TO TURN
FOSTER HOMES INTO FOREVER
FAMILIES.
Wendy: IN TONIGHT'S
FOCUS REPORT, EPHRAIM GRAHAM
TALKS TO LEIGH ANNE TUOHY
ABOUT HER NEW FAMILY
SERIES.
Reporter: LEIGH ANNE
TUOHY IS A CLASSY, NO
NONSENSE BALL OF ENERGY WHO
DOESN'T HOLD HER TONGUE.
I TOLD SOMEONE THIS
WEEKEND, I'M NOT SURE WHO
YOU THINK YOU ARE, BUT
YOU'RE NOT VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU COOK.
YOU NEED TO REALIZE YOU'RE
JUST A COOK AND MOVE ON.
AND THEY'RE A WELL-KNOWN
COOK, BUT IT WAS IN SENSED
AT THE WAY THEY WERE
TREATING SOMEONE.
DADDY HAS BEEN GONE FIVE
YEARS.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, YOU
WERE AT THE FUNERAL.
Reporter: ACTRESS
SANDRA BULLOCK BROUGHT THAT
BIG IMPORTANT TO THE BIG
SCREEN IN "THE BLINDSIDE"
AND WON A ACADEMY AWARD.
HER FAMILY ADOPTS A HOMELESS
17-YEAR-OLD, WHO GROWS UP TO
PLAY FOR THE BALTIMORE
RAVENS, AND EVEN WINS THE
SUPER BOWL.
IT ALL BEGINS IN 2003 WHEN
THE FAMILY DRIVES BY MICHAEL
OHER WALKING ON A MEMPHIS
STREET AND DECIDES TO TURN
AROUND.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLACE TO
STAY TONIGHT?
DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME.
THE FACT WE DID TURN
AROUND, IT CHANGED OUR
LIVES, AND IT IS REALLY A
LOVE STORY.
I HOPE THAT THE LOVE STORY
CONTINUES WITH FAMILY AFTER
FAMILY AFTER FAMILY BECAUSE
THERE ARE MICHAEL OHERs
AND EVERY CITY IN THIS
COUNTRY, AND ALL THEY NEED
IS SOMEONE TO LOVE THEM.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
WITH A LOT OF WORTH AND A
LOT OF VALUE, AND THEY JUST
NEED AN OPPORTUNITY.
Reporter: LEE ANNE AND
HER FAMILY ARE WORKING TO
DELIVER MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE ONE MORE LITTLE
SURPRISE FOR YOU.
Reporter: WITH AN
INSPIRATIONAL REALITY SERIES
CALLED "FAMILY ADDITION."
WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO
PLAY IN THAT SANDBOX.
WE'VE BEEN OFFERED EVERY TV
SHOW YOU HAVE IMAGINE.
THEY WANTED US TO RACE,
JUMP, HOP, SKIP, AND THAT'S
JUST NOT WHO WE ARE.
Reporter: LEANN CALLS
THE SHOW A PERFECT FIT FOR
HER FAMILY AND THE WORK IT
DOES WITH THE "MAKING IT
HAPPEN" FOUNDATION.
THEY WORK TO HELP FAMILIES
ON THE VERGE OF ADOPTING ONE
OR MORE OF THEIR FOSTER
CHILDREN.
I LOVE YOU, AND I'M READY
TO BE ADOPTED BY YOU BOTH.
WHEN YOU GO INTO A FAMILY
THAT IS REALLY JUST
STRETCHED AS TIGHT AS
POSSIBLE FINANCIALLY, JUST
EVERY WAY YOU CAN IMAGINE,
YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO
SOMETHING FOR THEM, THAT YOU
LEAVE A FOOTPRINT THAT YOU
WERE HERE, AND WE BELIEVE IN
YOU, AND WE THINK WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS RIGHT.
SO EVERY EPISODE THUS FAR,
WE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING FOR
THE FAMILY, TO ENCOURAGE
THEM, TO UPLIFT THEM, TO LET
THEM KNOW YOU'RE DOING THE
RIGHT THING.
YOU'RE THE HERO.
YOU'RE THE ONE MAKING THE
DIFFERENCE IN THIS CHILD'S
LIFE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN
PRISON.
Reporter: TADAWN AND
JEFFREY HAVE TWO CHILDREN,
BUT STILL OPEN THEIR HOME TO
SEVEN YOUNG SIBLINGS IN
CALIFORNIA'S FOSTER CARE
CHILDREN.
THEY WERE ABANDONED AND LEFT
IN A HOTEL.
THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST
AMAZING INDIVIDUALS I HAVE
EVER MET.
EVERY NIGHT WHEN I LAY MY
HEAD ON THE PILLOW, I SAY,
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR TADAWN
AND JEFFREY JACKSON BECAUSE
THEY HAVE STEPPED UP AND
MADE A DIFFERENCE.
THERE IS THIS MOTHER -- I'M
NOT GOING TO LIE, IF I MEET
HER, I'M GOING TO DO BODILY
HARM TO HER.
SHE CONTINUES TO BIRTH THESE
CHILDREN.
SHE IS 26 YEARS OLD.
THE LAST TWO KIDS SHE HAD,
SHE WALKED OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL AND LOOKED AT THE
LADY AT THE FRONT DESK, AND
SAID, "YOU KNOW WHO TO
CALL."
LIKE IT WAS HER LAUNDRY.
Reporter: LEIGH ANNE
TUOHY IS QUICK TO POINT OUT
THAT THE FOSTER CARE PICTURE
CAN BE PAINFUL AND
FRUSTRATEING. FRUSTRATING.
THERE IS NO ONE WALKING
THE STREETS THAT HAD IT ANY
TOUGHER THAN MY SON,
NOBODY.
HE WAS IN 20 PLUS FOSTER
HOMES.
HE WAS ONE OF 13 KIDS.
IT WAS AS BAD AS BAD CAN
GET.
IF SOMEONE LIKE HIM, WHEN
YOU INVEST THE TIME AND YOU
LOVE THEM, BECOMES SO WIDELY
SUCCESSFUL, CAN YOU IMAGINE
WHO FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS
AND DOESN'T GET HELP.
AND THAT KEEPS YOU UP AT
NIGHT.
Reporter: SHE SAYS
FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ARE
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN
AMERICA, BUT THEY ARE
MANAGEABLE, AND SHE HOPES
HER SERIES WILL INSPIRE
PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.
SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THE
VOICE OF THE KIDS.
DO WE THINK THAT GOD
BESTOWED THAT MESSAGE ON
US?
A LITTLE BIT.
HE USES SIMPLE PEOPLE TO
TELL STORIES.
AND HE USED OUR FAMILY, WHO
WERE JUST SIMPLE, EVERYDAY,
ORDINARY PEOPLE TO TELL A
STORY.
NOT EVERYONE CAN GO OUT AND
ADOPT A 6' 6"
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN.
HE IS A LOT HARDER TO FIND
CLOTHES FOR, BUT WE CAN ALL
DO SOMETHING.
Reporter: EPHRAIM
GRAHAM, CBN NEWS, NEW YORK.
Wendy: UP NEXT, A TOP
SELLING AUTHOR CHALLENGES
GRADUATES.
E .
Wendy: AND FINALLY,
CHERYL SANBURG IS A WIFE AND
MOTHER, BUT SHE IS ALSO A
SUCCESS Facebook SECRETARY
AND A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR.
Mark: OVER THE WEEKEND
SHE TOOK HER MESSAGE TO
DIRECTLY TO HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES.
SHE CALLED ON STUDENTS TODAY
TO BE THE LEAN-END
GENERATION, NOT FEARING
SUCCESS, AND GOING AFTER NOT
ONLY THEIR SMALL WISHES, BUT
ALSO THEIR BIG DREAMS.
GRADUATES, WITH MY
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, ASK
YOURSELVES WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF YOU WEREN'T AFRAID, THEN
LEAN IN AND GO DO IT.
I WOULD ACTUALLY DO A LOT
IF I WASN'T AFRAID.
VOICE MY OPINION MORE.
NOT BE INTIMIDATED WITH
OTHER PEOPLE.
Mark: SANDBURG SAYS HE
KNOWS IT CAN BE HARD TO OWN
YOUR SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY IF
IT MEANS EVERY ONE MAY NOT
LIKE YOU.
BUT SHE HOPES SHE CAN
INSPIRE A GENERATION TO DO
JUST THAT.
Wendy: I LOVE THAT,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU
WEREN'T AFRAID.
Mark: THAT APPLIES TO
CHRISTIANS AS WELL.
Wendy: ABSOLUTELY.
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THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR
THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
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