On CBN Newswatch Oct. 1: Two conservative cases the Supreme Court refuses to hear, expectations ahead of this week’s presidential debate, California’s ban on gay “conversion†therapy, and more.
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TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH," U.S.
SUPREME COURT -- AND YOUR
FAMILY.
PLUS
PREPARING FOR THE DEBATE, HOW
THE CANDIDATES ARE GETTING READY
FOR THEIR FIRST DEBATE BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
AND PRAYER BEFORE THE DEBATE.
WHY SO MANY ANSWERED THE CALL
TONIGHT, ALL OF THIS AND MORE
TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH." HELLO
EVERYONE I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES KICK OFF
THEIR NEXT SESSION.
THE RED MASS.
THE ARCH BISHSHOP CONDUCTED THE
SERVICE.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND
ALL PARTIED.
U.S. SUPREME COURT BEGAN FALL
TERM TODAY.
AFTER BIG SUMMER DECISIONS ON
IMBRAGS AND HEALTH CARE, THE
COURT IS SURE TO MAKE RULINGS
THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
LIVES OF AMERICANS.
JOHN WAAGE EXPLAINS HOW THE
COURT HAS ALREADY WEIGHED?
ON BIG CASE. ON THE FIRST
DAY THE COURT REFUSED TO HEAR
FROM BACKERS OF MARRIAGE.
THEY TRIED TO STOP THE RELEASE
OF DONORS MARRIAGE, REPEALING
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW.
THOSE THAT DONATE MORE THAN
$5,000 TO A CAMPAIGN, THE COURT
REJECTED THE ARGUMENTS.
THE COURT REFUSED TO HEAR A --
AND WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HEALTH
DECISION.
THE HIGH COURT HAS REFUSED TO
HEAR, A FEDERAL COURT RULED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND 1996
DEFENSIVE MARRIAGE ACT THAT
DENIED BENEFITS.
STATE OF TEXAS USING RACIAL
PREFERENCES, CHALLENGES TO THE
1964 VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER U.S. COURTS
CAN BE USED BY FOREIGN VICTIMS
TO SUPER HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
JOHN WAAGE, CBN KNEWS. WE
ARE JOINED BY CARRIE SEVERINO.
CARRIE, WHICH DO YOU THINK ARE
MOST SIGNIFICANT?
PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF THE
ONES MOST AMERICANS ARE AWARE
OF, DEFENSIVE MARRIAGE ACT AND
POSSIBLY PROPOSITION EIGHT IN
CALIFORNIA WILL BE CONSIDERED BY
THE COURT.
THEY HAVE TO DO WITH WHETHER THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
HAVE THE THOURT TO STOP A
CERTAIN SELECT NUMBER OF STATES.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BALANCE OF
STATE AND FEDERAL POWER AND
INVOLVING FOURTH AMEND.
LAST YEAR WITH THE BIG HEALTH
CARE CASE, ALWAYS SUCH IMPORTANT
ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO EFFECT
AMERICANS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY. COURT HAS ALREADY
REFUSED TO HEAR CASES BROUGHT BY
PRO-LIFE.
ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THESE
JUSTICES WOULD RULE IN WAYS THAT
WOULD PLEASE PRO-FAMILY GROUPS?
I HAVE TO SAY IN TERMS OF THE
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CASES YOU SEE
COMING FORWARD, I THINK THE
COURT MAYBE CLOSE TO AQUIPOISE.
IN THE MOST RECENT CASE LAWRENCE
VS. TEXAS MAYBE NOT WITH A HUGE
DECISION SAYING THE CONSTITUTION
REQUIRES, FOR EXAMPLE, SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
I THINK IT WOULD VERY POSSIBLY
OVERTURN PROVISIONS OF DOMA.
I THINK THAT IS THE WRONG LEGAL
RESULT THERE IS A DECENT CHANCE
THE COURT COULD GO THERE.
CARRIE WILL THE RULING ON
'OBAMACARE' SPARK MORE
CONTROVERSY?
THERE WAS A LAWSUIT DISMISSED
EARLIER LIBERTY UNIT BROUGHT ON
RELIGIOUS GROUNDS.
THIS ISN'T THE HHS MANDATE.
THIS IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS AND THEY
RENEWED THE ATTEMPT AND SUPREME
COURT ASKED FOR THE SOLICITOR
GENERAL TO GIVE HIS OPINION.
THAT WAS AN UNUSUAL MOVE.
THEY ALREADY DENIED THE PETITION
AND RIA MITCHELL
SECOND THOUGHT, MAYBE NOT THIS
TERM, BUT EVENTUALLY THERE WILL
BE A SLEW OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CASES COMING UP, CHALLENGES TO
THE EMPLOYER MANDATE AS WELL.
THERE ARE TONS OF CASES COMING
DOWN THE PIPE ABOUT THOSE
ISSUES.
THE ONLY THING SEEN IS HOW OBAMA
ADMINISTRATI
ADMINISTRATION WILL GO.
CARRIE SEVERINO, THANKS FOR
YOUR INSIGHTS.
ON GOING INSIDER ATTACKS LEAVES
TWO MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS DEAD.
RAISES U.S. DEATH TOLL TO 2,000
OVER THE COURSE OF THE 11-YEAR
AFGHAN WAR.
THREE OF THOSE WERE AMERICANS.
NATO IS ONLY CONFIRMING TWO U.S.
SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED.
A SUICIDE BOMBER RAN HIS BIKE
INTO AFGHAN AND MILITARY
SOLDIERS.
TALIBAN IS CLAIMING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT
ROMNEY ARE GETTING READY FOR
DEBATES.
CANDIDATES WILL FACE OFF IN
DENVER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA TRIED TO MANAGE
EXPECTATIONS.
I KNOW FOLKS IN THE MEDIA
SPECULATES ON WHO IS GOING TO
HAVE THE BEST SINKERS.
YOU WILL.
NO, NO, GOVERNOR ROMNEY IS A
GOOD DEBATER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS A VERY
GIFTED SPEAKER.
THE MAN HAS BEEN ON THE NATIONAL
STAGE MANY YEARS, HE IS
EXPERIENCED.
THIS IS MITT'S FIRST TIME ON
THIS KIND OF A STAGE.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP HAS
ADMITTED IT THINKS ROMNEY WILL
WIN THE FIRST DEBATE.
THE POLL SHOWS TWO-THIRDS OF
AMERICANS THINK THE PRESIDENT
WILL BE RE-ELECTED AND SHOWS
PRESIDENT OBAMA WINNING
EXPECTATIONS 63 PERCENT OF
REGISTERED VOTERS THINK HE'LL
WIN.
PRESIDENT OBAMA LEADS 49-47 IN
ABC POLL.
IN THE RASMUSSEN POLL, OBAMA
TRAILS, 43-42.
THE DEBATE COULD BE THE PIVOTAL
TURNING POINT ROMNEY IS LOOKING
FOR.
CHRIS CHRISTIE.
ALL YOU'LL BE SHAKING YOUR
HEAD IT IS A BRAND NEW RACE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HOLDING
DEBATE PREP IN NEVADA AND
WORKING ON KEEPING HIS ANSWERS
SHORTS.
THIS IS A GUY THAT KILLED
OSAMA BIN LADEN, I THINK HE CAN
STAND UP TO MITT ROMNEY.
HE HAS TO RELAX.
THREE OCTOBER DEBATES WILL
GIVE ROMNEY PLENTY OF CHANCES TO
OVERTAKE THE PRESIDENT.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
JERRY BROWN HAS SIGNED A
BANNING TEENAGERS.
THERAPISTS ARE FORBIDDEN TO TELL
ANYONE THAT IS IT IS POSSIBLE.
THE MOVE HAS SPARKED OUTRAGE
FROM THOSE THAT HAVE UNDERGONE
THE THERAPY.
THEY ARGUE IT TAKES AWAY THE
PARENT'S RIGHTS.
COMING UP, AMERICA FOR JESUS.
WHY CHRISTIANS ARE CALLING ON
GOD TO MOVE IN OUR COUNTRY.
CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT
PROTESTERS ARE GETTING
THEMSELVES ARRESTED IN FRONT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEY ARE DEMONSTRATING THEIR
REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH THE
HEALTH CARE LAWS MANDATE THAT
EMPLOYERS PROVIDE BIRTH CONTROL.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T
BELIEVE IN BIRTH CONTROL SAY
THEY WON'T COMPLY WITH IT.
THEY ARGUE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO PROVIDE DRUGS THAT WOULD
INDUCE ABORTIONS.
THEY BELIEVE THE LAW VIOLATES
THEIR FREEDOM TO PRACTICE THEIR
RELIGION.
THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS
GATHERED OVER THE WEEKEND TO
PRAY FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR
COUNTRY.
WITH A LITTLE OVER A MONTH, MANY
BELIEVE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A
MORE IMPORTANT TIME TO CALL ON
GOD.
I TRAVELED TO THE CITY FOR
AMERICA FOR JESUS 2012.
SOUNDS OF PRAYER AND PRAISE
PIERCE THE SKIES IN PHILADELPHIA
AS CHRISTIANS CALLED OUT TO GOD
TO FORGIVE OUR SINS AND RETURN
OUR LAND TO BIBLICAL ROOTS.
WE ARE ENOUGH TO TAME THIS
NATION. THOUSANDS HAVE COME
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HERE
TO PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENCE
MALL TO PRAY.
THESE ARE CRITICAL DATES FOR
AMERICA AND THEIR PRAYERS WILL
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
I AM EXPECTING A VIRTUAL
AMAKENING TO HAPPEN.
A GREAT SHIP DOESN'T TURN ON A
DIME.
WHEN THEY TURN IT FIRST, YOU
DON'T FEEL IT.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON A CRUISE YOU
REALIZE, THEY ARE TURNING
AROUND.
PAT ROBERTSON CALLED AMERICA THE
GREATEST COUNTRY ON STRONG AND
NEED UNITY.
JESUS SAID A HOUSE DIVIDED
AMONGST ITSELF IT CAN'T STAND.
WE MUST COME TOGETHER AS ONE
PEOPLE, AS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
IT IS NOT UP TO THE
PRESIDENT, IT IS NOT UP TO THE
ECONOMY AND MILITARY.
JESUS, THE MESSIAH, AND WE NEED
SALVATION. MESSIANIC JEWS
URGED AMERICA TO CONTINUE
STANDING WITH ISRAEL.
IT WILL BE DONE TO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA!
DOZENS OF SPEAKERS PRAYED
AMERICA WOULD BE DELIVERED FROM
PRIDE, GREED, LUST, ENVY,
GLUTTONY, SLOTH AND WRATH.
LORD THAT YOUR PEOPLE WOULD
BE STRONG IN THIS HOUR, GOD, WE
WOULD NOT BE SLOTHFUL.
WE WOULD NOT PUT OUR HEADS IN
THE SAND, FATHER.
WE'LL MARK THIS DAY IN THE
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, THAT THE
NATION TURNS BACK TO GOD.
.
WELCOME BACK, JUST IMAGINE
GOING TO PRISON FOR THE WAY YOU
DEPOSIT CASH IN YOUR BANK.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT FARMERS
HAVE BEEN FACING HERE IN
AMERICA.
MORE THAN 4500 FEDERAL LAWS IN
THIS COUNTRY CARRY A POSSIBLE
PRISON SENTENCE.
ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE BEING
CHARGED FOR BREAKING LAWS THEY
NEVER KNEW EXISTED.
PAUL STRAND BRINGS US THIS
SHOCKING STORY IN OUR GROUND
BREAKING SERIES, A NATION OF
CRIMINALS.
RANDY SOURCE HAS BEEN FARMING
THIS LAND MORE THAN THREE
DECADES.
HE SELLS PRODUCTS OF SOUTH
MOUNTAIN CREAMERY AT THIS STORE.
ALSO AT VARIOUS FARMER'S
MARKETS.
THIS CHRISTIAN FARMER WOULDN'T
HAVE TIME TO COMMIT CRIMES.
HE WAS STUNNED TO FIND OUT
FEDERAL OFFICIALS WERE TARGETING
HIM AND HIS WIFE WITH A LAW
MEANT TO NAB CHARACTERS.
THIS LAW WAS DESIGNED TO GO
AFTER DRUG DEALERS AND GUN
RUNNERS WHO WOULD LAUNDER THEM
THROUGH THE BANKS. BANKS
WERE ORDERS TO RECORD ANY
DEPOSITS MORE THAN $10,000.
SO THE FEDS TURNED AROUND AND
MADE IT A CRIME.
MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE DEPOSIT
THAT MUCH CASH IN ONE AGAIN ALL
THE TIME.
IT IS QUITE NATURAL FOR
MEMBERS TO SAY LOOK, I HAVE
GOTTEN A LOT OF CASH, ASPREAD IT
AROUND.
IF THEY ADD UP TO MORE THAN
$10,000, YOU ARE VIOLATING THE
BANK SECRECY ACT.
THAT IS WHAT SLALERS HAS
DONE.
THE TELLER SAYS IF YOU DON'T
HAVE MORE THAN $10,000 TO
DEPOSIT, WE DON'T HAVE TO FILE
THIS REPORT.
FEDERAL AGENCIES SHOWED UP AT
THE FARM WITH CHILLING NEWS.
THEY SAID WE SEIZED YOUR
ACCOUNT, $70,000.
FOR THREE DECADES, ALL YOU
ARE DOING IS DAIRY FARMING AND
SELL YOUR INCREASINGLY POPULAR
PRODUCTS AT FARMER'S MARKETS,
NEVER TRYING TO HIDE YOUR MONEY,
YOU FIND OUT THAT IS A CRIME,
THE WAY YOU PUT YOUR MONEY IN
THE BANK. SALER'S LAWYER HAS
A COMPARISON, IMAGINE IF THE
GOVERNMENT TOLD A FARMER, HOW
MANY CATTLE MILKED IN A FARM.
THE FARMER MAKES SURE HE
NEVER MILKS MORE THAN 100 COWS.
THEY SAID YOU ARE GUILTY OF
STRUCTURING YOUR MILKING
OPERATION IN ORDER TO AVOID
MAKING THIS REPORT.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP HALF OF
YOUR CATTLE.
HE FORFEITED A LOT OF CASH.
ALMOST $30,000.
IT IS A CRIMINAL STATUTE.
IT IS THERE ON THE PAPER, ME AND
MY WIFE.
ME GOING TO JAIL ONE THING, BUT
MY WIFE FOR DEPOSITING MONEY?
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. ALSO
ANOTHER FARMING FAMILY IN
MARYLAND, TAYLORS DIDN'T FIGHT
BACK.
THEY LOST SOME $45,000.
IT WAS ANOTHER CASE OF BANK
TELLERS UNINTENTIONALLY LEADING
FARMERS ASTRAY.
IT WAS A BANK TELLER TELLING
THEM I HAVE TO FILL OUT PAPER
WORK.
WHO WANTS MORE PAPER WORK.
NO ONE QUESTIONS FOR A SECOND
THIS THE MONEY THAT DEPOSITED
WAS MADE IN A LEGAL WAY.
WATTS SAYS SALERS WAS GOING TO
GET OFF BY A SLAP OF THE HAND.
YOU WANT TO AT LEAST TELL
YOUR SIDE OF THE STORE.
AFTER THAT, U.S. ATTORNEY WASN'T
ACCOMMODATING TO ME.
HE SAID NOW YOUR CLIENT HAS
TALKED TO THE PRESS. BECAUSE
YOUR CLIENT TALKED TO THE PRESS.
HERE WE HAVE A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF
THE GOVERNMENT USING ITS HEAVY
HAND, IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT AND COMPLAIN,
THEY ARE GOING TO HAMMER YOU
MORE.
THIS AUTHOR SEES THIS SORT
OF THING HAPPEN ALL THE TIME TO
PEOPLE THAT STAND UP TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
WHEN THERE IS A SMALL
BUSINESSMAN WHO DARES TO SERVE
HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, THERE
IS THIS REACTION BY THE --
SAYING I'LL SHOW YOU WHO IS
BOSS.
SALERS WON'T BE SILENCED.
IT IS WRONG WHAT THEY DID.
WE FOUND OUT SINCE THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.
THEY ALL CRAWL IN A HOLE.
THE GOVERNMENT CAN GET AWAY WITH
IT. U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WOULDN'T GRANT CBN NEWS IN THIS
STORY.
THEY POINTED OUT A SEIZURE ORDER
MAYBE APPROVED ONLY IF THERE IS
PROBABLY CAUSE TO BELIEVE THE
LAW WAS VIOLATED.
MOTIVE FOR -- OR TO EVADE TAXES
ON MONEY EARNED LAWFULLY.
A DEFINITE HAD NO IMPROPER
MOTIVE.
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID THE
FARMERS COULD HAVE ASKED FOR A
HEARING.
THE DEFENDANTS ENTERED INTO AN
AGREEMENT.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE
SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY.
THEY ARE PROVIDING ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY.
CREATING JOBS, PRODUCING
SOMETHING FOR THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY.
THIS HOME SCHOOLING MOTHER
SAYS IT IS MASSIVE.
ANY AMERICAN COULD BECOME A
TARGET.
IT IS SO BROAD.
THEY CAN CRIMINAL IZEIZE EVERYONE.
NO WONDER WITH THE AMOUNT OF
LAWS AND REGULATIONS, WASHINGTON
HAS CHURNED OUT THE BARE MINIMUM
CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
4500 FEDERAL LAWS.
THE ONE THAT HAS INSTAIRED
INNOCENCE LIKE SALERS AND
TAYLORS, IT UNDERMINES CITIZENS
BELIEF IN THE LAW. WHEN THEY
DO THIS TO FARMERS, THEY'LL DO
IT TO ANYBODY.
FARMERS ARE ARE DOWN TO EARTH,
WORK HARD EVERYDAY.
YOU DO ONE THING THAT THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS IS WRONG THAT
NOBODY EVER KNEW WAS WRONG.
THEY COME IN WITH FEDERAL
AGENTS, THREATEN TO PUT YOU IN
JAIL, IT IS NOT AMERICA, I DON'T
THINK. MIDDLE TOWN MARELAND.
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WE HAVEN'T EVEN TURNED BACK
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ALREADY TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
THE TOP CHOICE FOR CHRISTMAS,
2012, LEAP PAD 2, LEARNING
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MANY RETAILERS ARE REINSTATING
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A LOT OF THESE HOT ITEMS ARE
GOING TO DISAPPEAR EARLY AND NOT
FIND THEM AFTER THANKSGIVING.
WAL-MART, K. MART ARE
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I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
THANKSGIVING.
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