On Monday's CBN Newswatch with Lee Webb and Wendy Griffith: Herman Cain faces serious allegations, earth’s population reaches 7 billion, the U.S. cuts funding to UNESCO after its Palestinian state approval, and more.
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TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH,"
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE FRONT
RUNNER.
A POLITICAL WEBSITE CLAIMS
HERMAN CAIN WAS ACCUSED OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
PLUS, ATTACK ON ISRAEL,
VIOLENCE IS ESCALATING AS
PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS LAUNCH
ROCKETS INTO THE HOLY LAND.
AND 7 BILLION AND COUNTING.
A SYMBOLIC BIRTH HAS SOME
WORRIED ABOUT REAL WORLD
PROBLEMS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE
TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH."
THE FRONT RUNNER
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION SAYS HE HAS NEVER
SEXUALLY HARASSED ANYONE.
GOOD EVENING I AM LEE WEB.
AND I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
HERMAN CAIN IS ON THE DEFENSIVE
AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPER
BEHAVIOR AT ONE OF HIS FORMER
JOBS.
DAVID BRODY SORTS IT ALL OUT.
REPORTER: FOR HERMAN CAIN THE
LAST MONTH HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND.
HE HAS LAUNCHED FROM THE BOTTOM
OF THE PACK TO THE TOP OF THE
POLLS, WITH FRONT RUNNER STATUS
COMES FRONT RUNNER SCRUTINY.
EXPECT TO BE ATTACKED.
IT IS NO LONGER ABOUT HIS 999
PLAN.
A POLITICAL REPORT SUGGESTS CAIN
WAS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
THE WOMEN SIGNED AGREEMENTS THAT
GAVE THEM PAY OUTS TO LEAVE AND
NOT TALK ABOUT ALLEGATIONS.
I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
TWO PEOPLE YOU WON'T TELL ME WHO
THEY ARE.
THE CAIN SPRANG INTO FULL
DAMAGE MODE.
FIRST ATTACKS OF SLASH FISCAL
POLICY SPEECH.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE ACCUSATIONS.
THEN ON FOX NEWS, WHERE HE SAID
HE WAS AWARE OF AN ACCUSATION
WHILE HE WORKED FOR THE NATIONAL
RESTAURANT BUT DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
A SETTLEMENT.
I HAVE NEVER HARASSED ANYONE
AND YES, I WAS FALSELY ACCUSED
AND I SAY FALSELY, IT TURNED OUT
AFTER THE INVESTIGATION TO BE
BASELESS.
AND FINALLY AT THE NATIONAL
CLUB, CAIN FACED A ROOM FULL OF
REPORTERS.
WHEN CHARGES BROUGHT, I
RECUSED MYSELF AND ALLOWED MY
GENERAL COUNCIL AND HUMAN
RESOURCE OFFICER TO DEAL WITH
THE ASSOCIATON.
HIS CAMPAIGN ACCUSES THE
MEDIA.
MR. CAIN SAYS HE IS GOING TO BE
HIMSELF.
I DO HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR,
SOME HAVE A PROBLEM.
BUT TO QUOTE MY CHIEF OF STAFF
AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE I HAVE
TALKED TO AROUND THIS COUNTRY,
HERMAN BE HERMAN, AND HERMAN IS
GOING TO STAY HERMAN, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
CAIN GAVE THE PRESS CORE A
GLIMPSE INTO HIS LOVE OF FAITH
AND GOSPEL MUSIC.
AMAZING GRACE [SINGING] WILL
ALWAYS BE MY SONG OF PRAISE.
* FOR IT WAS GRACE THAT
BROUGHT ME LIBERTY.
DAVID BRODY REPORTING AND
DAVID, HOW DAMAGING COULD THESE
CLAIMS BE COULD BE THE CAIN
CAMPAIGN?
I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS THE
REPORTER THAT WROTE THIS STORY.
SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET
INTO THE SPECIFICS.
ONE CAN ASK THEM WHY THEY
WOULDN'T IF THEY HAVE THE
DETAILS?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A SENSE FOR
LACK OF A BETTER TERM,
CONTRACTUAL ISSUES WHAT THESE
FOLKS THAT HAVE MADE THE CLAIMS
CAN SAY.
LOOK, FOR HERMAN CAIN, OF COURSE
THIS COULD BE A DAMAGING STORY.
I THINK FOR WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO
HERE AND WHAT WE SAW TODAY IS TO
KEEP THAT JOVIAL DEMEANOR
THROUGH A VERY TOUGH STORY.
IF HE IS GOING TO START TO
BECOME A POLITICIAN, A TYPICAL
POLITICIAN WHO GIVES LONG-WINDED
ANSWERS AND NOT ANSWER THE
QUESTION, HE IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
WHAT HERMAN CAIN HAS DONE SO
FAR, HE HAS BEEN EXACTLY THE
OPPOSITE OF THAT, LEE.
A NON POLITICIAN, THEREFORE
GIVING STRAIGHT ANSWERS TO
CERTAIN QUESTIONS.
DAVID, HOW DO YOU THINK HE
DID AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO
YOU THINK THE MEDIA RESPONDED AT
THE PRESS CLUB.
I WONDER IF THEY WERE HANDING
OUT SMELLING SALTS WHEN HE
STARTED SINGING ABOUT JESUS.
HERMAN CAIN DID WHAT HE HAD TO
DO, KEPT IT LIGHT IN THE SENSE
HE WAS ABLE NOT TO GET MEAN AND
ANGRY AND VICIOUS IN HIS ANSWERS
AND ABLE TO GET DIRECT ANSWERS.
THIS IS WHAT HERMAN CAIN HAS
BEEN ALL ABOUT.
I REMEMBER IN IOWA, HE WAS
TALKING TO A FAITH AND FREEDOM
COALITION.
HE SAID AMERICA IS RUN BY STUPID
PEOPLE.
AND HE GOT THE CROWD LAUGHING.
THIS IS HERMAN CAIN'S STAKE.
HE IS NO NON SENSE.
HE IS DOING THE SAME HERE, IT
COULD WORK FOR HIM THIS TIME
AROUND AS WELL.
DAVID BRODY FROM WASHINGTON,
THANKS.
THANKS, LEE.
> TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED
AN EXECUTIVE ORDERING THE FOOD
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO
INCREASE DRUG PROCESS.
IT WILL SPEED UP REGULATORY
REVIEWS THAT WILL QUICKLY
RESPOND TO SHORTAGES.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS JOINED BY A
PATIENT FROM CALIFORNIA WITH
CANCER.
HIS EXECUTIVE POWER TO GET
AROUND CONGRESS.
> UNITED NATION'S REFUGEE
ADMINISTRATION HAD PEOPLE THAT
DIED IN THE BOMBING, TWO DAYS
AFTER THE DEADLIEST ATTACK IN
KABUL, A SUICIDE BOMBER KILLING
17 PEOPLE THERE.
THE FRENCH PRESS AGENCY, 10 WERE
AMERICANS.
PAKISTAN BASED HAKATI SUSPECTED
IN BOTH ATTACKS.
> UNESCO VOTED TO GIVE
PALASTINIAN MEMBERSHIP.
THE UNITED STATES RESPONDED TO
THE VOTE BY CUTTING OFF THE
AGENT'S FUNDING.
THE U.S. GIVES THEM $80 MILLIONS
A YEAR.
THE LAW RESTRICTS CONGRESS FROM
FUNDING ANY BODY THAT RECOGNIZES
PALASTINIAN A STATE BEFORE A
PEACE DEAL IS REACH.
TODAY'S DEAL WILL HURT
NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL.
ISRAELI ISSUES SAYS IT IS
GOING TO LEAD TO PROBLEMS.
WHAT WOULD COMPLICATE MATTERS,
THE PALASTINIAN AUTHORITY IS
GOING TO TRY TO HAVE THE CHURCH
OF THE NATIVITY IN BETHLEHEM
RECOGNIZE ADD A SITE AND THE
PALASTINIAN AUTHORITY IS GOING
TO HAVE THE CHURCH, THE NATIVITY
WHERE JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN ON
BEHALF OF PALESTINE AS OPPOSED
TO ISRAEL.
PALASTINIAN SEEKING FULL
MEMBERSHIP IN THE U.N. GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND U.S. PROMISES TO
REACH IT UNLESS A PEACE DEAL IS
REACHED.
> BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WARNED
ABOUT THE ATTACKS, ANYONE THAT
JOINS THEM IS RISKING THEIR
LIVES.
REPORTER: ISRAELI PRESIDENT
SAYS PALASTINIAN TERRORISTS
LAUNCHED DOZENS AT ISRAEL OVER
THE WEEKEND KILLING ONE ISRAELI,
LEAVING MANY IN SHOCK AND DOING
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
ONE OF THE ROCKETS HIT HERE IN
THIS PARKING LOT, AND NEXT AN
APARTMENT BUILDING.
RESIDENTS ARE TERRIFIED.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY TENSE AND
REALLY SCARY.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING
TO COME FROM.
THEY ARE SHOWING PALASTINIAN
PREPARING TO LAUNCH A ROCKET.
ISRAEL FOUGHT BACK.
THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL OUR
CIVILIANS.
ISLAMIC JIHAD CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST OF THE
ROCKETS.
EXPERTS SAY THE TERROR GROUP
TAKES ORDERS, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
SAYS HAH MASS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GAZA.
VIOLENCE FOLLOWS THE RECENT SWAP
OF GILAD SCHALIT FOR HUNDREDS OF
PALASTINIAN TERRORISTS IN
ISRAELI PRISONS.
HAMAS HELD HIM CAPTIVE.
THE WEEKEND ESCALATION COMES AS
PALESTINIANS CONTINUE THEIR
UNILATERAL BID FOR STATEHOOD AT
THE UNITED NATIONS.
ISRAEL SAID IT WILL LEAD TO
INSTABILITY AND VIOLENCE.
MANY BELIEVE PEACE TALKS ARE
UNLIKELY AND CONCERNED ISRAEL IS
IN FOR TROUBLE TIMES.
JULIE STALL, CBN NEWS, ISRAEL.
> COMING UP, IN THE COLD AND
DARK.
AN EARLY START TO WINTER CAUSES
BIG PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE IN THE
NORTHEAST.
THE NORTHEAST IS CLEANING UP
FROM A SNOWSTORM THAT LEFT NINE
PEOPLE DEAD, 2 MILLION PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER.
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CRIST
TEE SAYS THE DAMAGE IS WORSE
THAN HURRICANE IRENE.
THE MONSTER NOR'EASTER WAS
HARD.
CONNECTICUT HIT THE HARDEST.
I AM ADVISED INITIALLY SOME
PEOPLE COULD BE WITHOUT POWER
FOR AS MUCH AS A WEEK.
MARYLAND TO MAINE, MILLIONS
IN THE DARK AND HUNDREDS OF
SCHOOLS CLOSED.
LEAVES STILL ON THE TREES,
MADE BRANCHES HEAVIER.
THAT SENT THE TREES CRASHING
THROUGH POWER LINES.
NO HEAT, NO FOOD, NO POWER
AND IT IS OCTOBER.
HEAVIEST SNOW FELL SATURDAY
CAUSING A HEADACHE FOR
TRAVELERS.
FORT LAUDER DALE TO NEW JERSEY
DIVERTED TO HARTFORD,
CONNECTICUT.
PASSENGERS SAT ON THE TARMAC FOR
SEVEN HOURS.
I AM GOING TO NEED TO HAVE
THE COPS ON BOARD.
AMTRAK TRAIN FROM CHICAGO TO
BOSTON GOD STUCK.
14 HOURS STRANDED AND 48 FORCED
TO FINISH THEIR TRIP BY BUS.
TOMORROW WASHINGTON LAWMAKERS
ARE SLATED TO VOTE ON A MEASURE
THAT WOULD REAFFIRM AMERICA'S
NATIONAL MOTTO IN GOD WE TRUST.
IT WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED AS THE
NATIONAL MOTTO IN 1956.
SUPPORTERS SAY THEY ARE
RESPONDING TO RECENT
MISSTATEMENTS INCLUDING A SPEECH
PRESIDENT OBAMA GAVE IN 2010.
THE RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY
VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN RANDY
FORBES HAS 64 CO-SPONSORS FROM
BOTH PARTIES.
> PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IS
ABOUT A YEAR AWAY.
THE SUBJECT OF A HIGH PROFILE
DEBATE AT REGENT UNIVERSITY.
IT IS CALLED CLASH OF THE
TITANS, IT PITS HEAVY WEIGHTS
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
NO GOUGING, BITING, NO
KICKING AND YOU MAINTAIN
CIVILITY.
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A
WONDERFUL DEBATE AND HOPE THEY
COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO
AMERICA'S DEBT PROBLEMS.
THE REPUBLICANS WANT IT
SMALLER, LESS SPENDING, LOWER
TAXES AND FEWER REGULATIONS,
WHILE THE DEMOCRATS WANT BIGGER
GOVERNMENT AND MORE SPENDING TO
SPUR GROWTH.
WHAT ABOUT THE FAMOUS
'OBAMACARE', TRUTH IS IT ALLOWS
BUSINESSES TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
NEVER BEFORE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE AND IF DR. SUMMERS A
RIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE A TRILLION AND A HALF
OR 2 TRILLION DOLLAR TAB OVER
THE NEXT 10 YEARS FOR HALF OF
THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE TO REPEAL 'OBAMACARE'.
TONIGHT'S AUDIENCE HEARD TWO
DISTINCTLY PLANS ON HOW TO
REVITALIZE AMERICA'S ECONOMY.
THERE IS ONE THING THESE TITANS
CAN AGREE UPON, AMERICA IS ON A
FINANCIAL PATH UNSUSTAINABLE.
LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
TODAY THE WORLD MARKS THE
LIKELY BIRTH OF THE 7 BILLIONTH
PERSON.
IT IS GIVING SOME A CHANCE TO
PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON.
OTHERS SAYING THE PLANET'S
BIGGEST PROBLEM IS A DECLINE OF
POPULATION.
REPORTER: GLOBAL POPULATION
PERCOLATING DOUBLING IN 40
YEARS.
A NEW DOCUMENTARY COMES OUT AS
THE 7TH BILLIONTH PERSON IS
BORN.
SAYING THE EARTH CAN'T HANDLE.
WE KEEP THINKING WE CAN GROW
FOREVER.
THE RESOURCE LIMITATION IS, IS
UPON US.
HUMAN BEINGS HAVE USED MORE
NATURAL RESOURCES SINCE THE END
OF WORLD WAR II THAN IN ALL OF
HUMAN HISTORY.
GROWTH BUSTERS PUT OUT A
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT IN
WHICH IT ASKED EACH PERSON TO
LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE PLANET
WHEN YOU ARE PLANNING A FAMILY.
LET'S CREATE A MAGNIFICENT
FUTURE FOR FEWER CHILDREN.
STEPHEN MOSHER SAYS THEY HAVE
IT ALL WRONG AND UNDERPOPULATION
IS GOING TO CAUSE MORE CRISES.
TOO FEW PEOPLE TO BUY HOMES
AND CARS.
WHY IS GREECE RIOTING?
THERE ARE TOO FEW YOUNG PEOPLE.
MOSHER SAYS AMERICA IS
MANAGING TO REPLACE ITS
POPULATION.
IT WILL GROW DIRE IN SOME
EUROPEAN NATIONS.
PEOPLE IN ITALY AND SPAIN
AVERAGING ONE PER COUPLE AND
HALF THE SIZE OF THE PREVIOUS
POPULATION.
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO CUT YOUR
POPULATION IN HALF AND HALF
AGAIN.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE FEWER
ITALIA
ITALIANS.
IF THEY DON'T START REPRODUCING,
THEY ARE GONE.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
> STATE TREASURY MIXUP
RESULTED IN QUITE A SURPRISE FOR
A CHURCH IN WISCONSIN.
THEY TOOK INVENTORY OF SAVINGS
BONDS AND DOZENS MEANT TO GO TO
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 13 YEARS
AGO.
A FORMER MEMBER LEFT THEM WHEN
SHE DIE.
THE WISCONSIN STATE PRESENTED
THEM WITH A CHECK FOR $10,000.
I AM SO PROUD AND PLEASED AND
SO THANKFUL TO THE LORD TO BE
ABLE TO PRESENT THIS CHECK TO
THIS WONDERFUL CHURCH.
[APPLAUSE].
WAY BACK THEN SHE WAS
THINKING OF HER CONGREGATION IN
THIS WAY SHE COULD BLESS US IN
THE FUTURE.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
PASTOR DOUG ENGLEBROOK SAYS THE
CHURCH WILL USE THE MONEY TO
INSTALL AN AIR CONDITIONING
UNIT.
THEY HAD BEEN USING CEILING FANS
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE SUMMER.
> HUNDREDS OF HUNTERS, HIKE RS
AND CLIMBERS HEAD OUT TO THE
WILLEDNESS.
SOME GET LOSTED OR INJURED.
THEIR RESCUERS ARE FROM THE SAME
PLACES THAT RESCUE SOLDIERS.
THE OPENING DAY OF DEER
SEASON.
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF
A TROPHY, SOMEBODY IS BOUND TO
GET HURT.
DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU LIVE,
MANY SEARCH AND RESCUE OPTIONS.
THE JOB MIGHT FALL TO AMERICA'S
MOST HIGHLY TRAINED FIRST
RESPONDERS, AIR FORCE
PARARESCUE.
IT IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST RESCUE
FORCES, MADE UP OF HIGHLY
TRAINED RESCUE OFFICERS AND
TRAIN ON AN INCREDIBLE RANGE AND
SKILL TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO
SAFETY.
WHEN THEY CALL US, EVERYONE
ELSE HAS BEEN CALLED AND SAID
NO.
WHEN THE BEEPER GOES OFF OR CELL
PHONE RINGS, NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU
ARE GOING TO GET, FLYING IN FROM
A HELICOPTER, OR SWIMMING IN
FROM A WATER VESSEL TO RESCUE OR
RECOVER REMAINS OR SENSITIVE
MATERIAL.
ALL THOSE SKILLS COME IN
HANDY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
IN THE REAL ZONE, THEIR SKILLS
ARE COMED WITH ENEMY FIRE.
THEY GO BY THE CALL ZONE PAID
ROWS.
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GO INTO THE
HOTTEST LANDING ZONES WITH GUNS
BLAZING IF NECESSARY.
WE GO IN WITH GUNS ON OUR
AIRCRAFT AND FULLLY ARMED.
WE ARE A COMBAT FORCE, WE CAN
FIGHT TO OUR OBJECTIVE, SECURE
IT AND COME BACK.
THESE MEN ALL HAVE PLENTY OF
COMBAT EXPERIENCE.
EACH HAS TO FIND HIS OWN WAY TO
WORK THROUGH THE STRESS WHEN HE
RETURNS HOME.
TRANSITIONING BACK INTO A
FAMILY LIFE AS A DAD AND FAMILY.
IF SOMEBODY IS IN A RUSH IN RUSH
HOUR TRAFFIC, WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN
OVERSEAS PULLING SOLDIERS OFF
THE FRONT LINE OR DEALING WITH
DEAD AMERICANS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST
ASPECTS TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN
EVERYDAY LIFE.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE
DEAL WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AIR FORCE PARARESCUE MEN HAVE
BEEN IN HARM'S WAY RESPONDING TO
HELP BROTHERS ON THE GROUND.
MORE THAN TEN AIRMEN HAVE DIED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
THIS SACRIFICE UNDERSCORES THEIR
DEPTH OF OF THEIR EQUIPMENT TO
LIVE UP TO THE MOTTO THAT OTHERS
WILL LIVE.
FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, I AM
CHUCK HOLTON FOR CBN NEWS.
JERUSALEM IS KNOWN BY MANY AS
THE HOLY CITY AND FOR GOOD
REASON.
ARCHAEOLOGIST HAVE UNEARTHED
ANOTHER TINY TOKEN, THIS BOX
FOUND IN JERUSALEM MADE OF BONE
AND LESS THAN ONE INCH SQUARE.
INSIDE ARE TWO PORTRAITS TO BE
JESUS AND MARY DATING BACK TO
THE 6TH CENTURY.
IT WAS FOUND NEARBY A STREET
AT THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
IT IS VERY UNIQUE.
IT IS PRESERVED.
ARCHAEOLOGIST WITH THE ISRAEL
ANTIQUITIES SAYS THE BOX IS A
FIRST EXAMPLE OF ITS KIND.
IT MAKES ME WONDER IF FOLKS
WITH THE ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY
ARE RESPONDING TO THE CHRISTIAN
FAITH BY WHAT THEY DISCOVER.
THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
SO SHINY AND BEAUTIFUL.
GOOD FOR THEM.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR
THIS EDITION OF "NEWSWATCH."
GOOD NIGHT."