On CBN Newswatch, Oct. 29: Watch CBN News team coverage from Virginia Beach, Washington, D.C., and New York as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast.
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HURRICANE SANDY HAS FOLKS ON
THE EAST COAST ON EDGE.
FLOODING RAINS, HIGH WINDS, FORK
FORECASTERS EVEN CALLING FOR
SNOW.
WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE
MONSTER SYSTEM THEY CALL
FRANKENSTORM.
THE WORLD SERIES HEAR FROM
PLAYERS WHO SAY JESUS CHRIST IS
THE REAL VICTORY.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I AM LEE
WEB.
WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST
FORECAST.
WE TURN TO ACCUWEATHER'S ADRIAN
GREEN. RIGHT ON IN THROUGH
TOMORROW, IT HAS STARTED THE
LEFTWARD TURN.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE
IT THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY SHORE.
CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO KEEP IN
MIND THERE.
IT IS NOT JUST THEM FEELING THE
IMPACT.
WE FELT IT FROM BALTIMORE DOWN
TO VIRGINIA BEACH, SOME
LOCATIONS HAVE PICKED UP ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME.
QUITE A LOT OF FLOODING.
WE HAVE ALSO GOT TO CONTEND WITH
THE SURGE, FIVE TO TEN FOOT
STORM SURGE FUNNELING IN FROM
NEW JERSEY UP TO NEW YORK CITY.
A BIG TIME FACTOR HERE, SOME
LOCATIONS ALONG THE MASON-DIXON
LINE COULD PICK UP EIGHT INCHES
OF RAIN AND GUSTS UP TO AROUND
60-70 MILES AN HOUR AND LOCALLY
GUSTIER.
A LOT OF TREES AND POWER LINES
COULD COME DOWN BECAUSE OF THE
GUSTY WINDS HERE TODAY AND INTO
THE DAY TOMORROW.
WE HAVE THE SNOWY SIDE OF THINGS
UP AND DOWN THE APPALACHIANS.
WE HAVE GUSTY WINDS AND A LOT OF
SNOW HEADING THAT WAY AS WELL.
THANK YOU, ADRIAN FOR THAT
REPORT.
YOU HEARD ADRIAN TALKING ABOUT
WASHINGTON, D.C. MUCH OF THE
NATION'S CAPITOL IS SHUT DOWN AS
SANDY BRINGS RAIN AND WIND.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS MORE.
WE ARE IN LAFAYETTE PARK IN
FRONT OF WASHINGTON.
WINDS ARE INCREASING AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES.
A SUSTAINED EVENT WITH HEAVY
RAINS AND HIGH WINDS.
TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING AT
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS, 60-70
MILES AN HOUR.
TRIES WILL FALL AND POWER WILL
BE DISRUPTED.
THE CITY IS PRETTY DEAD.
FEDERAL WORKERS WERE TOLD TO
TAKE THE DAY OFF.
CITY ALSO SHUT DOWN ITS METRO
SYSTEM.
VERY FEW PEOPLE COMING INTO THE
CITY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA PLANNED TO
CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA.
HE FLEW THERE SUNDAY EVENING.
HE DECIDED HE NEEDED TO GET AIR
FORCE ONE BACK TO WASHINGTON,
SAFELY.
HE IS MONITORING THE STORM FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY CANCELLED IN
VIRGINIA SO AS NOT TO TIE UP
OFFICIALS.
RESIDENTS ARE TAKING HURRICANE
SANDY SERIOUSLY.
THEY REMEMBER THE STORM THAT HIT
IN JULY.
DURING THAT STORM, THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS LEFT WITHOUT POWER,
SOME FOR WEEKS.
THAT MEMORY IS STILL FRESH IN
THEIR MINDS AND MANY RESIDENTS
SPENT THE WEEKEND PREPARING FOR
HURRICANE SANDY.
HUNKERED DOWN IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., I AM JENNIFER WISHON, CBN
NEWS.
THANK YOU, JENNIFER FOR
BRAVING IF WEATHER IN
WASHINGTON.
HURRICANE SANDY COULD COVER
HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES AND
CAUSE 100 BILLION DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE.
MARK MARTIN HAS THE STORY.
WASHINGTON'S ENTIRE PUBLIC
TRANSIT SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, MANY
MAJOR HIGHWAYS CLOSED.
ALL AIR TRAVEL CANCELLED UNTIL
SANDY PASSED.
IT AFFECTS TRAVELERS ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY. AS THE STORM
CONTINUES ON ITS TRACK, MILLIONS
ARE AFFECTED FROM CAROLINAS TO
CANADA AND WEST TO THE GREAT
LAKES. THIS STORM IS GOING
TO HAVE THE WORST
CHARACTERISTICS OF A HURRICANE
AND NOR'EASTER.
LARGE AREA OF FLOODING RAIN AND
DAMAGING WINDS.
RIGHT NOW THE MOST LIKELY
SCENARIO HAS A STORM SURGE IN
LONG ISLAND SOUND OF SEVEN TO
TEN FEET AND AS HIGH AS ELEVEN
FEET.
THAT WOULD LEAD TO UNPRECEDENTED
FLOODING.
LAST TIME WE SAW THIS WAS NEVER
P. WAS NEVER.
OFFICIALS EXPECT POWER CREWS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON STAND
BY.
ESTIMATED 10 MILLION PEOPLE
COULD LOSE POWER.
NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS ARE IN
THE THICK OF PREPARATIONS.
FOLKS IN MANHATTAN COULD SEE
MAJOR DAMAGE AS WELL.
HERE IN NJ NEW JERSEY AND NEW
YORK, MANY PREPARED FOR THE
WORST WHILE HOPING FOR THE BEST.
POWER COMPANY WORKERS DILIGENTLY
PLACE SANDBAGS NEAR THE CITY'S
UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL GRID
WHICH IS VITAL TO THE NATION'S
FINANCIAL CENTER.
MASSIVE FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO
HIT THE NATION'S MOST POPULOUS
CITY HARD.
HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, EXPECTING
STORM SURGE OF FOUR TO EIGHT
FEET.
EVEN THE CITY'S SUBWAY STATIONS
HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP AND ORDERED
SHUT DOWN BY THE GOVERNOR.
IF YOU DON'T EVACUATE, YOU
ARE ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF OUR
FIRST RESPONDERS.
HARD LESSONS LEARNED FROM
HURRICANE IRENE, MANY NEW
YORKERS ARE TAKING THIS STORM
SERIOUSLY.
WE WENT TO READYFOOD.GOV.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ENOUGH
SUPPLIES FOR A WEEK. BRING
IT ON, HURRICANE SANDY.
DESPITE DARKENING SKIES AND
WARNINGS TO GET READY FOR THE
STORM, THIS COUPLE PRESSED AHEAD
WITH THEIR WEDDING PLANS. WE
ARE PACKING UP EVACUATED FROM
THE HOTEL AS WE ARE HEADING TO
THE VENUE SPOT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A
HURRICANE OR STORM.
WE KNOW STORM.
IT IS A HURRICANE.
LISA IS HER NAME.
SANDY.
SANDY, OKAY.
THAT IS BETTER.
MEANWHILE, SANDY IS SURE TO
LEAVE A LASTING MARK ON THE CITY
THAT NEVER SLEEPS.
WORST OF SANDY'S WRATH IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE NEW YORK-NEW
JERSEY COAST.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
REPORTER: CBN SPOKE WITH ADAM
VICTOR.
HE EXPLAINED HOW CATASTROPHIC
SANDY COULD BE TO NEW YORK
CITY'S ELECTRICAL GRID. THE
FINANCIAL MARKETS, MUCH OF THE
SUBWAY SYSTEMS, ALL COME THROUGH
THIS FACILITY.
500 FEET BEHIND ME, YOU ARE ON
THE EAST RIVER AND ONLY 15 FEET
ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL.
THIS IS EQUIPMENT YOU CAN'T GO
AND REPLACE EASILY.
IT IS CUSTOM MADE EQUIPMENT AND
COULD TAKE WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS
TO GET THE GRID UP AND RUNNING.
WITHOUT THE GRID, YOU DON'T HAVE
THE STOCK EXCHANGE, YOU DON'T
HAVE THE FINANCIAL MARKETS.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY WE'LL
MOVE THE COMPUTERS, WE HAVE BACK
UP COMPUTERS OUTSIDE THE CITY.
YOU HAVE A MILLION PEOPLE
WORKING THE FINANCIAL MARKETS,
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE THESE
PEOPLE TO ALTERNATE PLACES ON A
DAY'S NOTICE TO LOS ANGELES OR
OTHER FINANCIAL CAPITOLS OF THE
WORLD?
COAST GUARD RESCUED 14 PEOPLE
OFF THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
TWO CREW MEMBERS MISSING.
THREE MASTED SHIP IS A
RECREATION FOR BUILT FOR THE
1962 MOVIE "MUTINY."
THE CREW TRIED TO SAIL AROUND
THE STORM.
THEY BEGAN TAKING ON WATER IN
18-FOOT SEAS.
THEY CONTACTED THE U.S. COAST
GUARD.
SANDY HITTING BATTLEGROUND
STATES OF NORTH CAROLINA, HO NEW
HAMPSHIRE, AND OHIO.
PRESIDENT ASKED AMERICANS TO
PULL TOGETHER AND HELP ONE
ANOTHER TO CHECK ON NEIGHBORS,
FRIENDS AND ELDERLY AND PAUL
RYAN ASKED AMERICANS TO PRAY FOR
THOSE IN SANDY'S PATH.
THE STORM EFFECTS EARLY VOTING.
MANY POLLING STATIONS CLOSED
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
BOTH CANDIDATES SAY AMERICANS
WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO VISIONS.
THAT WAS REGENT UNIVERSITY'S
CLASH OF THE TITANS ANNIVERSARY.
REPORTER: POLITICAL HEAVY
WEIGHTS FORMER CLINTON WHITE
HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY DIDI MYERS
AND EDWIN DALE.
ALSO RICK SANTORUM AND
MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR HALEY
BARBER.
STEVE KROFT MODERATED THE DEBATE
WHICH TACKLED THE ECONOMY.
DEBATERS TALKED ABOUT ABORTION,
FOREIGN POLICY AND TAXES.
BOTTOM LINE IS TWO PARTIES AND
TWO COMPETING VISIONS FOR
AMERICA.
REPUBLICANS VISION.
IT IS OUR FOUNDER'S VISION.
A VISION OF A COUNTRY THAT
BELIEVES RIGHTS COME TO PEOPLE
FROM GOD.
ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IS
LIMITED TO PROTECTING THOSE
RIGHTS.
DEMOCRAT'S VISION.
GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE A ROLE
IN MOTIVATING AND INSTIGATING
THE CHANGE.
THAT IT CAN THROUGH INVESTMENTS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY.
THE SHARPLY DIVIDED DIVISIONS
ARE IN POLL NUMBERS.
LATEST RASMUSSEN SURVEY HAS MITT
ROMNEY AT 50% TO BARACK OBAMA'S
48
48%.
IT IS CLOSE.
ANY TIME THERE IS MOVEMENT AND
THE MOVEMENT CLOSES THE GAP, WE
HAVE TO BE WEARY. CLASH OF
TITANS AUDIENCE MEMBERS MADE IT
CLEAR, THEY WANT TO SEE MORE
UNITY.
AT 25, THIS WOMAN IS A NEW
AMERICAN CITIZEN VOTING FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
FROM IF TOP DOWN, AMERICANS
NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THE PARTY
AND GET TOGETHER FOR AMERICA.
HOW REFRESHING IS THAT?
THAT IS A CRITICAL ISSUE.
THAT IS WHY JUSTIN COOK CAME
IN AND THAT IS HOW HE IS GOING
TO VOTE.
COMING IN I WAS INDEPENDENT
AND GOING OUT UNFORTUNATELY
STILL INDEPENDENT.
COMING UP, FOUR WINS IN A
ROW.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MAKE WORLD
SERIES HISTORY.
MORE ON THE CELEBRATION AND
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE
PLAYERS AFTER THIS.
CBN'S SPORTS REPORTER SEAN
BROWN TALKED WITH SEVERAL
PLAYERS SAID WINNING OR LOSING
IS SECONDARY TO WHAT COUNTS IN
LIFE.
JESUS CHRIST CHANGED MY LIFE
NOT JUST IN BASEBALL, BUT LIFE
IN GENERAL.
HE IS MY ROCK. GIANT'S
PITCHER MADISON PITCHING FOR
SEVEN INNINGS WITHOUT A SCORE.
BECOMING A CHAMPION IS GREAT BUT
PALES IN COMPARISON TO HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THE
WORLD SERIES, NOTHING THAT
COMPARES TO HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
NO QUESTION I WOULDN'T BE WHERE
I AM WITHOUT HIM. RYAN F
FOGELSONG'S CAREER HAS BEEN A
WORLD WIN.
HE MADE HIS WAY BACK TO THE
GIANTS AND PLAYING WITH HIS
FIRST WORLD SERIES.
HE GIVES GOD ALL THE GLORY FOR
HIS SUCCESS.
I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN THROUGH
IN MY CAREER HAS BEEN HIS PLAN.
SOMETIMES HIS PLAN IS HARD TO
SEE WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING
YOUR WAY.
IF YOU KEEP PRAISING HIM HE IS
GOING TO BRING YOU OUT ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
HE BROUGHT ME THROUGH IN A
SPECIAL WAY.
I FEEL LIKE HE WAS PREPARING ME
FOR THIS MOMENT.
I HAVE BEEN CALM AND COLLECTED
THIS WHOLE TIME.
I FEEL HE IS WITH ME. LIKE
MADISON BUMGARTNER,THIS IS HIS
11 SERIES.
HE FOUND THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
TO TRULY HAVE PEACE IN YOUR
LIFE.
IT IS NOT A WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS PRESSED UPON ME IS CAST
ALL YOUR ANXIETIES UPON HIM,
DON'T BE ANXIOUS.
HE IS THE KING OF KINGS, MAN.
WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS, I SEE A
LOT OF BALLPLAYERS SEEING A LOT
OF MONEY AND THEY ARE NOT
PEACEFUL.
THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING.
FOR ME, I LIKE TO COME AT GUYS,
YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE
WORLD, MAN, MONEY, FAME, WOMEN,
CARS, BOATS, HOUSES, WHATEVER
YOU WANT.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
FULFILLING.
JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
FULFILL YOU.
JESUS LOVES YOU NO MATTER WHAT.
WHAT HE GIVES ME IS A GIFT TO DO
THINGS FOR HIM, NOT FOR MYSELF.
THAT IS MY FORM OF WORSHIP.
I WORSHIP WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE
GOT.
I CAN'T SING OR DANCE LIKE
DAVID.
FOR ME MY WORSHIP IS TO THROW A
LOT OF STRIKES.
IF I WORSHIP HIM, I DON'T WORRY
ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE.
UP NEXT, JOHNNY ERICKSON TATA
TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST LIFE AND
DEATH CHALLENGE WITH CRITICAL
ADVICE TO ALL WOMEN.
WELCOME BACK.
JOHNNY ERICKSON TATA SHOWS US
HOW HER FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
HAS HELPED HER.
SHE IS NOW FACING BREAST CANCER.
SHE IS FACING IT HEAD ON AND
INSPIRING MORE PEOPLE.
JENNIFER WISHON HAS HER STORY.
JONI IS ONE OF THE LEADING
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATES.
A DIVING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF
17 PARALYZED HER FROM THE NECK
DOWN.
TWO YEARS AGO HER LIFE TOOK
ANOTHER UNEXPECTED TURN.
DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HER WITH STAGE
THREE BREAST CANCER.
BECAUSE OF MY QUAD MREEJ YA,
DANCER NEVER ENTERED MY
THINKING.
ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
TO OTHER WOMEN.
NOT ME.
IT WAS A SHOCK, IT WAS STUNNING.
LITTLE DID I REALIZE I WAS
FALLING INTO A STATISTIC THAT
ONE OUT OF EVERY WEIGHT WOMEN
WILL GET BREAST CANCER.
I JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN THAT
BREAST CANCER.
IT BEGAN WHEN JONI DISCOVERED
SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE SHAPE
OF HER BREASTS, A SUSPICIOUS
THREE-INCH MASS.
SHE DECIDED TO DOCUMENT HER
STORY.
I REMEMBER THINKING OH GOD,
GIVE ME A BREAK, FOUR DECADES IN
A WHEELCHAIR, DON'T I GET A
LITTLE REPRIEVE HERE?
DON'T I GET TIME OFF?
FURTHER TESTING CONFIRM
CANCER.
SHE HAD TO HAVE A MASTECTOMY.
MY GOD BY IMAGE IS PRETTY
POOR WITH QUAD MREEJ YA.
IT MADE ME FRIGHTENED.
I AM MARRIED.
MY HUSBAND OF 30 YEARS, WHAT
WILL HE THINK?
HOW WILL HE REACT?
WHAT WILL HE SAY?
A QUESTION IS WHAT IF I HAD
KNOWN SOONER?
IT HAD BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE HER
LAST BREAST EXAM.
HAD I HAVE AN ANNUAL
MAMMOGRAM WE MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT
IT.
PERHAPS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN STAGE
ONE ON TWO.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
RECOMMENDS WOMEN 20-39 UNDERGO A
CLINICAL BREAST EXAM EVERY THREE
YEARS, WOMEN 40 AND OLDER NEED
ONE EVERY YEAR AND ALSO AN
ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM.
JONI'S LUNGS ARE FRAGILE AND
BONES THIN.
SHE DECIDED TO STOP
CHEMOTHERAPY.
MY LIFE IS A MATTER OF
BALANCING COMPETING RISKS.
WHAT IS GOING TO ENABLE ME TO
LIVE THE LONGEST?
THERE IS A RISK MY CANCER MAY
RETURN.
AS A QUADRIPLEGIC, I WOULD
RATHER BE ABLE TO SIT UP IN A
WHEELCHAIR AND BREATHE AND
STRENGTH AND STAMINA TO FACE MY
DAYS AS I DO.
JONI KEPT HER THOUGHTS
FOCUSSED ON THE LORD, NOT THE
CANCER.
I BEGAN TO SEE CANCER
WOULDN'T WIN IF I DIE.
CANCER WOULD ONLY WIN IF I
FAILED TO CHERISH JESUS CHRIST.
WITH THAT ATTITUDE I WAS ABLE TO
LIVE IN THE PRESENT, NOT WALLOW
IN THE PAST, NOT BE FILLED WITH
THOUGHTS OF REGRET, WHY DIDN'T I
GET A MAMMOGRAM?
IF ONLY.
I THINK THERE IS SPECIAL JOY AND
COURAGE IN LIVING IN THE MOMENT.
LIVE RIGHT NOW. TODAY JONI
IS HAPPY AND HEALTHY FOR THE
MOST PART.
IN THE MEANTIME, SHE IS THANKFUL
TO BE A LIVING TESTIMONY TO
GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.
WHEN PEOPLE SEE US SMILE IN
THE MIDST OF CHRONIC PAIN,
CANCER, QUAD MREEJ YA, WHATEVER.
THEY LOOK AT US TO THINK HER GOD
MUST BE GREAT IN THE MIDST OF
HER AFFLICTION.
I WANT WHAT SHE HAS.
I NEED HER JOY.
WHAT A RICH TESTIMONY THAT IS.
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JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS.
FINALLY TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN
AND HIGH TIDES ARE FLOODING
AREAS OF VIRGINIA.
CBN'S OPERATION BLESSING IS AT
WORK IN THIS VIRGINIA BEACH
NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDING SANDBAGS
AND PROTECTING THIS CHURCH.
OB IS GOING WHEREVER IT IS
NEEDED MOST AFTER THE STORM
HITS.
LAND FALL IS EXPECTED FOR NEW
YORK, NEW JERSEY AREA, HOW
HURRICANE SANDY IS IMPACTING
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NIGHT.