On CBN Newswatch Sept. 28: Hostility against religion growing in the U.S., details behind the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya, Middle East hackers suspected of attacking U.S. banks, and more.
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TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH,"
THREATENED WITH JAIL TIME FOR
PRAYING, IT IS HAPPENING IN
AMERICA WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE.
WAS IT THE VIDEO OR TERRORISM?
OBAMA'S SHIFTING STORY ON THE
VIOLENCE IN LIBYA.
RIOTING IN THE STREETS WITH
NO END IN SIGHT.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM MARK MARTIN.
A RECENT REPORT WARNS YOU COULD
GO TO JAIL FOR YOUR FAITH.
PAUL STRAND HAS A LOOK AT A
GROWING WAVE OF HOSTILITY TO
RELIGION IN AMERICA LEADING TO
HUNDREDS OF COURT CASES.
ANGELA FACED POSSIBILITY OF
GOING TO JAIL FOR HER FAITH.
A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED NO ONE AT
HER TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COULD PRAY
OR USE WORDS LIKE PRAYER OR AMEN
DURING THE 2011 GRADUATION
CEREMONIES.
AS CLASS VALEDICTORIAN, SHE
THOUGHT GOD DESERVED THE PRAISE.
I HAD TO MENTALLY PREPARE
MYSELF FOR WHAT COULD BE COMING
NEXT. THIS IS ONE OF MORE
THAN 640 CASES OF RELIGIOUS
HOSTILIT
HOSTILITY.
ATHEIST ARE WELL FUNDED.
RATE OF HOSTILITY TO PEOPLE
OF FAITH IS OVERWHELMING.
IT IS INCREASING EVERYDAY WE ARE
GETTING CALLS. ONE CASE
INVOLVED VETERAN'S
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY TOLD RAINY, HE COULDN'T
PRAY IN JESUS' NAME.
I HAVE NEVER SAID A PRAYER
WHERE I DIDN'T END IT IN SAYING
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY.
ONE OF SEVERAL CASES THAT
COULD HAVE SERIOUS NATIONAL
CONSEQUENCES IF COURTS ORDER
THEIR REMOVAL.
ARE WE GOING TO BULLDOZE
THOSE CROSSES?
SANDBLAST GOT FROM THE TOMB?
APPEALS COURT RULED ONE DAY
BEFORE ANGELA'S GRADUATION, SHE
COULD PRAY AND SAY ANYTHING SHE
WANTED.
I THANK YOU FOR OUR GREAT
NATION, IN JESUS' NAME, I PRAY,
AMEN.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THERE IS
AN ACROSS THE BOARD ASSAULT OF
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
DEFINITELY TIME TO TAKE A
STAND.
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG
ABBOTT DEFENDING THE TEXAS CHEER
LEADERS FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR
BIBLE BANNERS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT INITIALLY
BANNED THE BANNERS AFTER THE
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION
FOUNDATION.
A JUDGE STEPPED IN TO
TEMPORARILY ALLOW THEM.
ABBOTT'S OFFICE IS PREPARED TO
FILE A BRIEF ON THE CHEER
LEADER'S BEHALF IF THE FREEDOM
FROM RELIGION SUES.
CHRISTIANS WILL GATHER AT
PHILADELPHIA'S INDEPENDENCE
MALL.
AMERICA FOR JESUS 2012 BEGINS
TONIGHT.
CBN'S PAT ROBERTSON IS AMONG THE
SPEAKERS.
MINISTERS WILL PREACH ON PRIDE,
GREED, LUST, LUTNY, ANGER AND
SLOTH.
THEY ARE PRAYING FOR THE
UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
AND GOD TO TOUCH AMERICA AND
HEAL OUR LAND.
WENDY GRIFFITH IS ON ASSIGNMENT
AT AMERICA FOR JESUS.
WE'LL BRING YOU HER IMPORTANT
REPORT ON MONDAY'S "NEWSWATCH."
COPTIC ORTHODOX WILL BEGIN A
TIME OF PRAYER AND FASTING NEXT
MONDAY THEREUPON WEDNESDAY
ASKING CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
WORLD TO JOIN THEM IN PRAYING
FOR GOD'S PROTECTION AS ISLAMIST
INFLUENCE INCREASES.
CHRISTIANS WILL BE PRAYING FOR
RENEWED STRENGTH AND MOTIVATION
TO REFLECT THE LIGHT OF JESUS TO
ALL EGYPTIANS.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS CHANGING
ITS STORY.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
NOW SAYING TERRORISTS WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK IN
LIBYA THAT KILLED FOUR AMERICANS
ON 9/11.
LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT WAS
DISAGREEING.
HEATHER SELLS EXPLAINS.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS
COMING UNDER FIRE FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE
UNDER THE SEPTEMBER 11TH LIBYAN
ATTACK.
THEY PUSHED THE IDEA THAT THE
ATTACK WAS SPONTANEOUS AND NOT
THE WORK OF TERRORISTS.
THESE PROTESTS WERE IN
REACTION TO A VIDEO.
WE HAVE NO INFORMATION TO
SUGGEST IT WAS A PRE-PLANNED
ATTACK. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS
THAT THE NATURAL PROTESTS AROSE
BECAUSE OF OUTRAGE WERE USED
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
BY EXTREMISTS.
SPECULATION THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE DOWN PLAYED BECAUSE IT WAS
AN ELECTION YEAR AND WANTS
EVERYONE TO THINK AL-QAEDA IS
DEFEATED.
JON KYL
JOHN KERRY IS ASKING FOR
QUESTIONS, TOO.
THE ATTACKERS KNEW WHERE TO GET
AMBASSADOR STEPHENS AFTER HE
FLED TO A SO-CALLED SAFE HOUSE
AND USED INSURGENT MORTGAGERS TO
HIT THE BUILDING SUGGESTING THEY
KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
WHITE HOUSE'S UNDERSTANDING OF
EVENTS CHANGED AS TOP
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HAVE
STARTED TO CALL IT A TERRORIST
ATTACK.
AS WE DETERMINED THE DETAILS
AND HOW THAT ATTACK TOOK PLACE,
IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THERE WERE
TERRORISTS WHO PLANNED THAT
ATTACK. DESPITE THE
INCREASING PRESSURE TO FIND OUT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
THE FBI STILL HASN'T REACHED
BENGHAZI TO INVEST.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WARNING AMERICAN CITIZENS IN
PHILIPPINES TO BE ON ALERT
FACING WHAT OFFICIALS CALL A
SECURITY THREAT AND BEING WARNED
TO STAY AWAY FROM ANY GATHERINGS
LABELED AMERICAN THREATS.
RELIABLE SECURITY FORCES HAVE
DETECTED A SPECIFIC THREAT IN
THE CITY OF PASSE.
U.S. EMBASSY HAS A VETERAN'S
OFFICE THERE.
AMERICANS ARE BEING ASKED TO
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION THROUGH
OCTOBER 10TH.
EMBASSY REQUESTED ADDITIONAL
POLICE SECURITY FOLLOWING THE
ATTACK IN LIBYA. MAN
BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND THE
ANTI-ISLAMIC VIDEO IS BEHIND
BARS TODAY.
NACOLA -- ORDERING HIM TO REMAIN
IN PRISON WITHOUT BOND UNTIL
ANOTHER JUDGE CAN HOLD A HEARING
TO DETERMINE IF HE BROKE THE
TERMS OF HIS PROBATION.
A LENGTHY PATTERN OF DECEPTION.
HE SAID HIS ACTUAL NAME IS MARK
YOUSSEF.
A SERIES OF ONLINE BANK
ATTACKS.
JOHN WAAGE WARNS THE ATTACKS
COULD BE THE WORK OF HACKERS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
BANKING INDUSTRY ALARMED HIT
BANK OF AMERICA, PNC AND WELLS
FARGO AND THREATENED ACTIVITIES
FOR MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS.
THERE IS AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF
THREAT.
THIS IS TWICE AS LARGE AS ANY
FLOOD WE HAVE SEEN N. NEW
SUSPECTED HACKERS SECRETLY OVER
COMPUTERSS IN GLOBE.
EFFECTIVELY HALTING ONLINE
BANKING FOR HOURS.
THREATS ARE GETTING
SOPHISTICATED.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD
RETALIATE ABOUT THE
CONTROVERSIAL FILM OFH MOHAMMED.
SOME BELIEVE A MIDDLE EAST EARN
GOVERNMENT MAYBE REPPING THE
HELPING THE HACKERS.
THEY HAVE ATTACKED WEBSITES
OF CRITICAL INFRATRUCK WHICH YOU
ARE IN THE UNITED STATES.
CYBER TERRORISTS MAYBE BLAMING
THE FILM, BUT ISLAMIST GROUPS
HAVE BEEN PLANNING THESE FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
IT COULD GROW IF THEY GET INSIDE
THE BANKS.
THEY CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND
AND CAUSE FINANCIAL CHAOS.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN NEWS.
ONLY FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST
DEBATE.
BOTH SIDES HOLDING MOCK DEBATES
TO PREPARE.
ROMNEY WITH SENATOR ROB PORTMAN
OF OHIO AND OBAMA JOHN KERRY OF
NEVADA.
HE IS A BRILLIANT OR RALTOR.
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ON
THE VERGE OF DEFAULTING ON A
SECOND PAYMENT, POSTMASTER
DONOHUE SAYS THE AGENCY CAN'T
AFFORD TO PAY THE 5.6 BILLION
DOLLAR PAYMENT DUE ON SUNDAY.
IT HAS BEEN PUSHING LEGISLATION
THAT WILL CUT SATURDAY MAIL
DELIVERY AND REDUCE PAYMENT FOR
FUTURE RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS.
CONGRESS HAS SO FAR FAILED TO
ACT.
U.S. CONSUMER SPENDING ROSE IN
AUGUST BY THE MOST IN SIX
MONTHS.
NO INCREASE IN THEIR INCOME.
ECONOMIST SAYS IT REFLECTS
HIGHER GASOLINE PRICES WHICH MAY
FORCE CONSUMERS TO CUT BACK IN
OTHER AREAS.
SLOWER GROWTH IN PAY IS FORCING
PEOPLE TO SAVE LESS.
SAVINGS RATE DROPPED TO 3.7
PERCENT IN AUGUST FROM 4.1 IN
JULY.
CONSUMER SPENDING MAKES UP 70
PERCENT OF U.S. ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY.
COMING UP, EUROPE'S ECONOMIC
MELT DOWN SPARKS RIOTING IN THE
STREETS.
CAN THE CONTINENT BRING ITSELF
BACK FROM THE BRINK?
EUROPE IS EXPERIENCING
UNEXPECTED RISE IN INFLATION,
SIX-MONTH HIGH.
PRICES IN THE EURO ZONE 2.7
PERCENT HIGHER.
INCREASED SALES TAX IN SPAIN AND
CHANGE IN THE WAY ITALIAN PRICES
ARE MEASURED COULD BE TO BLAME.
IT COULD KEEP THE BANK FROM
CUTTING INTEREST RATES.
SIX EURO ZONE ECONOMIES NOW IN
RECESSION.
IMAGINE THAT THE ECONOMY IS SO
BAD YOU HAVE TO FIND FOOD IN A
DUMPSTER.
THAT IS CRISIS SPAIN IS FACING
RIGHT NOW.
THE EUROPEAN DEBT DISASTER HAS
LED TO RIOTS IN SPAIN AND
GREECE.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN END
IN SIGHT.
DALE HURD HAS THE STORY.
REPORTER: IN THE STREETS OF
MADRID, POLICE AND CITIZENS
ATTACKING EACH OTHER.
IT WAS AS IF THE END OF THE
SUMMER HOLIDAYS REMINDED
EUROPEANS THEY STILL FACE THE
WORST CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II.
STOCK MARKETS TANKED AND EURO
ZONE FELL.
THEY HOPED EUROPE TURNED A
CORNER, IT CLEARLY HAS NOT N.
FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
STATED SPAIN IS IN A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
THIS IS THE WORST CRISIS
SPANIARDS HAVE HAD TO LIVE
THROUGH.
EURO ZONE CRISIS GRINDING
MORE AND MORE SPANIARDS INTO
POVERTY.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FOOD IN
DUMPSTERS AT NIGHT.
SPAIN IS EUROPE'S FOURTH LARGEST
ECONOMY AND DUBBED TOO BIG TO
FAIL, TOO BIG TO BAIL.
IT HAS HAD TO JOIN GREECE IN
CUTTING WELFARE, CRADLE TO THE
GRAVE SOCIALISM AND CREATED THE
DEBT THAT CAUSED THIS CRISIS IS
COMING TO AN END.
SPAIN'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS THE
ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SHRINK
SIGNIFICANTLY SENDING MARKETS
DOWN, BORROWING COSTS UP AND
PROTESTERS IN COMBAT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT.
THEY LET THEM KNOW THE
SPANISH BALL OUT IS SUICIDE.
WITH INVESTORS TAKING CAPITAL
OUT OF THE COUNTRY AS QUICKLY AS
THEY CAN WHEN CAPITAL IS WHAT
SPAIN'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO
SURVIVE.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
TOP WAGE EARNERS IN FRANCE
MAY HAVE TO SHELL OUT 75 PERCENT
IN INCOME TAXES.
THEY HOPE IT SLASHES THE DEFICIT
BY THREE PERCENT OR 30 BILLION
EUROS, ONE-THIRD COMES FROM
SPENDING CUTS AND REST TAXES.
THEY MUST GET SERIOUS OF
REFORMING STRINGENT LABOR LAWS.
UP NEXT, DISCOVER THE BEST TIME
OF THE WEEK, OR MONTH TO BUY
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
WELCOME BACK, TIMING IS
EVERYTHING, FIRST BOOK CALLED
BYE KETCHUP IN MAY AND FLY AT
NOON.
NOW FOLLOWED UP WITH BYE SHOES
ON WEDNESDAY AND TWEET AT 4:00.
HE SPOKE WITH LEE WEB.
MARK, SECOND BOOK, WHAT MADE
YOU SO FASCINATED WITH TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE BEST TIME TO BUY
THINGS AND GO PLACES?
I AM THE SON OF TWO PEOPLE
RAISED DURING THE DEPRESSION.
THEY WERE FRUGAL AND RAISED ME
TO BE FRUGAL.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
SAVE MONEY.
I DISCOVERED IF YOU KNOW THE
RIGHT TIMES TO BUY THINGS, YOU
CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
FOR INSTANCE BUYING WHAT ON A
PARTICULAR DAY OR TIME IS THE
MOST FASCINATING TO YOU?
TITLE OF MY BOOK "BUY SHOES
ON WEDNESDAY"
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ON LINE
SHOPPING AND YOU CAN SAVE 40
PERCENT.
WHY TWEETING AT 4:00?
BETWEEN 4:00-5:00, THAT BLOCK
OF TIME IS THE MOST POPULAR TIME
FOR PEOPLE TO TWEET.
LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO
TWEET, DO IT BETWEEN 4:00 AND
5:00.
IF YOU WANT THEM TO BE READ OR
RETWEETED, THAT IS THE TIME TO
DO IT.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF
THINGS TO DO AND NOT TO DO AND
WHEN TO DO THEM.
I HAD MAJOR SURGERY A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, BEST TIME TODAY TO
GET ANESTHESIA IS AT 9:00 A.M.,
WHY?
IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU ARE
FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A
COMPLICATION.
IN THE MORNING PEOPLE ARE
FRESHER, MORE WELL RESTED, LESS
OPPORTUNITY, LESS CHANCE PEOPLE
ARE UNDER STRESS BECAUSE THEY
ARE JUST STARTING THEIR DAY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
ANESTHESIOLOGIST AT THIS POINT.
FEWER COMPLICATIONS IN THE
MORNING.
MOST FASCINATING THING YOU
FOUND OUT ABOUT YOUR RESEARCHING
TIMING?
GOSH, ONE OF THE MOST
FASCINATING THINGS, SPEAK
GENERALLY, THERE IS A BEST TIME
TO BUY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND
BEST TIME TO DO JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING.
YOU CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND SAVE
TIME.
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT?
U NEW FOR EXAMPLE, GROCERY
SHOPPING, WHEN IS THE BEST TIME
TO BUY PRODUCE?
WHEN IT IS IN SEASON.
IT IS MORE PLENTIFUL.
PRICES ARE CHEAPER, ALSO BECAUSE
THE GROESHERS DON'T WANT IT TO
ROT IN ITS STORES.
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT
CHEAPER FOR YOU TO DO THAT.
BEST TIME TO LOSE WEIGHT IS
WINTERTIME, WHY?
FIRST YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED BROWN
FAT.
ALSO GOOD FAT.
IT STORES, IT BURNS MORE
CALORIES THAN IT STORES.
THIS BROWN FAT WORKS HARDER IN
THE WINTER WHEN IT IS COLDER.
THEY HAVE DONE STUDIES ON MICE
AS WELL AS HUMANS, YOU ARE MORE
LIKELY TO LOSE WEIGHT IN THE
WINTER, YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPANY
THIS WITH EXERCISE.
PEOPLE TEND TO GAIN WEIGHT IN
THE WINTER.
THEY ARE MORE SEDENTARY.
THEY GAIN WEIGHT IN THE WINTER.
BEST TIME TO GET A FACIAL IS
IN SEPTEMBER, BEST TIME TO SIGN
APARTMENT LEASE DECEMBER, WHEN
IS THE BEST TIME TO EAT LUNCH?
11:00-2:00.
BEFORE AND AFTER THE RUSH
HOUR. NUTRITIONISTS SAYS WE
SHOULD EAT FOUR MEAL AS DAY, TWO
200 CALORIE LUNCHES ONE AT 11:00
AND ONE AT 2:00.
WHEN YOU WROTE THE FIRST
BOOK, I AM GOING TO TEST THAT,
WHEN TO FLY, WHEN NOT TO FLY.
DID YOU PUT YOUR RESEARCH TO THE
TEST AND DISCOVER IT WAS RIGHT
ON?
I KNEW IT WAS RIGHT ON.
I AM A LONG TIME JOURNALIST, I
WAS FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO GET
INFORMATION FROM THE RIGHT
PEOPLE.
BOTH BOOKS BASED ON INTERVIEWS
WITH HUNDREDS OF EXPERTS IN
THEIR FIELDS. "BUY SHOES ON
WEDNESDAY AND TWEET AT 4:00"
THIS IS HIS SECOND BOOK.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU, LEE. WE'LL
HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, WE'LL
BE RIGHT BACK.
A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR
GOT THE SURPRISE OF HER LIFE.
EVEN THOUGH SHE MAY NOT HAVE
EXPECTED IT, HER CLASSMATES DID.
HOMECOMING QUEEN IS BRITTANY
KNEE.
BRITTANY KNEES GIVEN THE
HIGHEST HONOR.
21-YEAR-OLD VOTED HOMECOMING
QUEEN BY THE ENTIRE STUDENT
BODY.
KNEES HAS DOWN'S SYNDROME, NEVER
LET IT GET IN THE WAY OF HER --
THEY WANTED HER TO WIN.
I WAS EXCITED FOR BRITTANY, I
KNEW HOW MUCH THIS WOULD MEAN TO
HER.
I KNEW THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING
SHE COULD TAKE FOR THE REST OF
HER LIFE.
EVERYONE WANTS HER TO WIN.
THAT IS GREAT.
HER FAMILY SAID THAT SHE NEVER
DREAMED THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
THEY ARE HAPPY PEOPLE WERE ABLE
TO SEE BRITTANY AS A SPECIAL
PERSON NOT JUST ON THE INSIDE
BUT OUT.
GOOD FOR HER, WHAT A GREAT
STORY.
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