TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" THE
THREATS OF WAR GROW LOUDER.
HOW AMERICA IS RESPONDING TO THE
LATEST ROUND OF WARNINGS FROM
NORTH KOREA.
PLUS STANDING UP FOR
CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES.
CBN NEWS SITS DOWN WITH
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER.
WHY SITTING MAYBE PUTTING YOU AT
RISK FOR FUTURE HEALTH ISSUES.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." THE WHITE HOUSE IS
DOWN PLAYING THE POSSIBILITY OF
WAR BUT EVEN SO, U.S. IS MAKING
IT CLEAR IT IS READY TO RESPOND
IF IT HAS TO.
GOOD EVENING , I AM WENDY
GRIFFITH.
UNITED STATES IS BEEFING UP ITS
PRESENCE BY SENDING IN
ADDITIONAL WARSHIPS.
DALE HURD BRINGS US TONIGHT'S
TOP STORY.
NORTH KOREA HAS MOVED A
MISSILE WITH CONSIDERABLE RANGE
TO ITS EAST COAST.
SOUTH KOREA SAYS THERE ARE NO
SIGNS THE NORTH THE PREPARING
FOR A CONFLICT.
STILL THEY ARE SURROUNDING
MISSILE DESTROYERS TO GUAM.
A TEAM OF U.S. CHEMICAL WEAPONS
EXPERTS RETURN TO SOUTH KOREA
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT
YEARS.
NORTH KOREA HAS THE SECOND
LARGEST STOCK PILE OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS.
IT ONLY TAKES BEING WRONG
ONCE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THE SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE WHO WAS WRONG ONCE
U.S. USING SMALLER, LIGHTER
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXPERT ANDRIA
BURGER THINKS THEY ARE BLUFFING.
AT THE PRESENT TIME WE DON'T
THINK THEY WILL SEND IT TO
WASHINGTON, GUAM, OR HAWAII
REPORTER: THE NORTH KOREANS
KNOW THEY CAN'T WIN IN A
CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
NORTH KOREA IS VERY AWARE OF
MILITARY POWER.
THEY CAN BE DETERRED BECAUSE
THEY WISH TO SURVIVE.
ATTACKING THE U.S. WOULD BE
COMMITTING SUICIDE.
U
REPORTER: THE U.S. WITH
28,000 TROOPS ON THE PENINSULA
MUST TAKE PYONGYANG SERIOUSLY.
WE SHOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
WHEN SOMEONE IS THREATENING US
REPORTER: HACKERS HAVE
BROKEN INTO ONLINE SITES.
A CAPTION ACCUSES KIM OF
THREATENING WORLD PEACE WHILE
HIS PEOPLE STARVED TO DO.
NORTH KOREA IS ONE OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS PLACES IN THE
WORLD FOR CHRISTIANS.
WE TURN TO JERRY DIKESTRA FROM
OPEN DOORS USA.
JERRY TALK ABOUT THE WHAT THE
CHRISTIANS FACE?
OBVIOUSLY CHRISTIANS ARE
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THEY ARE FACING MORE
PERSECUTION.
WE KNOW FROM THE REPORTS WE ARE
GETTING THEY ARE BEING ARMED.
MANY OF THE NORTH KOREANS ARE
CITIZENS ARE BEING CALLED
TOGETHER IN MEETINGS, GIVEN
GUNS, EVEN YOUTH AND WOMEN.
THEY ARE TELLING EVERYBODY THAT
THE U.S. IS THE ENEMY AND SOUTH
KOREA IS THE ENEMY.
SO THEY HAVE THE DEGREE OF
PERSECUTION.
DOES THE CHURCH THINK NORTH
KOREA WILL CARRY OUT THEIR
THREATS OF WAR.
WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR THE
CHRISTIANS ALREADY PERSECUTED?
KIM JONG UN IS UPPING THE
ANTICS.
IS HE BLUFFING?
WHO KNOWS.
EVEN TODAY ONE OF THE MISSILES
ON TO THE EAST COAST.
EVERYDAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THERE COULD BE ACCIDENTAL WAR.
HOW COULD WE IN AMERICA HELP
CHRISTIAN HELP?
A KOREAN PASTOR TOLD OPEN
DOORS HE IS STANDING STRONG.
WE BELIEVE 200-400,000 ARE
KEEPING THE FAITH.
THEY ARE NOT BEING DISCOURAGED.
THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS.
REALLY PLEADING FOR OUR PRAYERS
IN THE WEST.
THEY KNOW IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THEY ASK SPECIFICALLY FOR
PEACE IN THEIR REGION AND LORD
MAY COME INTO THE HEART OF KIM
JONG UN AND GIVE WISDOM TO OUR
OFFICIALS IN CHINA AND SOUTH
KOREA AND IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
NO. 3, FOOD IS VERY SCARCE AND
NOW SCARCER.
SO IT IS HARD TO GET ANY GOODS
AT ALL.
MOST OF THE STORES ARE CLOSED.
WE KNOW ALREADY 16 MILLION
CITIZENS ARE STARVING.
DEATH THERE IN NORTH KOREA.
PRAY FOR THAT ALSO, FOR THEIR
FAMILIES.
NEW OUR PRAYERS ARE FOR NORTH
KOREA.
JERRY DIKESTRA, THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME.
LEADERS FROM SIX WORLD POWERS
MET WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO
NEGOTIATE THE COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
THE REPUBLIC IS CLOSER TO MAKING
ATOMIC ARMS.
THAT POSES A THREAT TO MIDDLE
EAST PEACE.
IRAN IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY
FROM MAKING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
TEHRAN SAYS THEIR PROGRAM SERVES
ONLY PEACEFUL NEEDS.
UNITED STATES WILL NOT TOLERATE
AN IRAN ARMED WITH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
CONNECTICUT LAWMAKERS HAVE
PASSED SWEEPING NEW GUN LAWS.
LEADERS VOTED FOR THE BILL.
TODAY AT NONE IT WAS SIGNED INTO
LAW.
CHARLENE ISRAEL REPORTS.
REPORTER: IT IS BEING CALLED
STRONGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE
GUN LEGISLATION IN THE NATION.
VOTING YEAH 26.
THE BILL PASSES
REPORTER: LAWMAKERS APPROVE
THE BILL.
STILL FEELING THE LOSS OF THE 20
CHILDREN AND SIX ADULTS KILLED
AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
TODAY GOVERNOR DEN NEL MALLOY
SIGNED IT INTO LAW.
CONNECTICUT DEMANDS A TOUGHER
UNITED STATES.
REPORTER: THE BILL EXPANDS
THE CURRENT STATE BAN ON ASSAULT
WEAPONS REQUIRING BACKGROUND
CHECKS FOR ALL FIREARM SALES AND
BANS MAGAZINES THAT HOLD MORE
THAN 10 ROUNDS AND ADDRESSES
MENTAL HEALTH AND SECURITY
MEASURES.
IT WILL HELP US HERE IN
CONNECTICUT FEEL SAFER AND MORE
CONFIDENT THIS WON'T HAPPEN
AGAIN.
REPORTER: CRITICS ARGUE IT
DOES NOTHING TO STOP SOMEONE
LIKE ADAM LANZA WHO WAS NOT A
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN.
MAKING IT MORE BURDENSOME ON
LAW ABIDING CITIZENS IN OUR
STATE IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
REPORTER: AHEAD OF THE
CONNECTICUT VOTE, CUSTOMERS SOAR
SALES SOARED.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO BUY ANY SEMIAUTOMATIC.
REPORTER: NEXT WEEK
NATIONWIDE PROPOSALS TO CURB GUN
VIOLENCE.
CHARLENE ISRAEL CBN NEWS.
THANKS, CHARLENE.
AN OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS
TAKEN DOWN A PORTRAIT OF JESUS
THAT HAS BEEN HANGING SINCE 1947
IN JACKSON CITY.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL UNITIES
ARGUED IT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY
PROMOTES RELIGION.
SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUGHT BACK AND
ARE NOW TAKING IT DOWN BECAUSE
OF A FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
THEY COULDN'T ROLL THE DICE ON A
COURT BATTLE.
MANY ARE LOOKING FOR A PROVEN
CONSERVATIVE LEADER TO CHAMPION
THEIR CAUSE.
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER.
JENNIFER WISHON RECENTLY TALKED
WITH THE GOVERNOR HOW
REPUBLICANS CAN DO BETTER IN
NATIONAL ELECTIONS.
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REPORTER: COMING OFF TWO
FAILED PRESIDENTIAL RACES, SOME
SAY THE GRAND OLD PARTY IS IN
DISARRAY WHEN ASKED ABOUT
DIVIDES IN REPUBLICAN
CONSERVATIVES TEA PARTY, AND
LIBERTARIANS, WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
SCOTT WALKER, SOMEONE YOU AGREE
WITH 80% OF THE TIME IS AN ALLY.
WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY
AGREEING ON EVERY ISSUE TO MOVE
FORWARD AS CONSERVATIVES
REPORTER: SON OF THE BAPTIST
PREACHER STILL INFLUENCED WITH
HIS FATHER'S STYLE OF
COMMUNICATION.
WE THINK WITH OUR HEAD WHICH
IS GREAT FROM THE PROCESS
STANDPOINT.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THINGS
FROM THE HEART
REPORTER: GROWING UP IN THE
PEW WITH YOUR FATHER IN THE
PULPIT IS HELPING YOU SHARE YOUR
MESSAGE?
YES.
ALSO EMOTIONS
REPORTER: THE 45 YEAR OLD HAS
BECOME A CONSERVATIVE HERO AFTER
SEVERE CUTS OUT OF WISCONSIN'S
BUDGET.
IF YOU ARE AN ABLE-BODIED
ADULT WHO IS ABLE TO WORK, IF
YOU WANT FOOD STAMPS YOU HAVE TO
WORK OR SIGNED UP FOR EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM.
LEFT WOULD SAY YOU HATE THE
POOR, THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING
IT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET ON
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
I CHALLENGE THAT BACK, I LOVE
THE PEOPLE OF MY STATE.
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I DON'T WANT
THEM TO BE INDEBTED TO THE
GOVERNMENT FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES.
I WANT THEM TO FIND IT EASIER TO
GET A JOB NOT HARDER TO FIND
PUBLIC BENEFITS.
REPORTER: THEY MUST BE
OPTIMIST
OPTIMISTIC, RELEVANT AND
COURAGEOUS.
THERE WASN'T ENOUGH GIVEN AS
AN ALTERNATIVE AND THIS IS WHY
WE ARE FOR SOMETHING.
REPORTER: AS FOR WHAT HE'LL
DO IN THE FUTURE, WALKER SAYS
ONLY GOD KNOWS.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS IT IS HIS TWO
SONS THAT INSPIRED HIM TO RUN IN
THE FIRST PLACE AND HOPES TO USE
HIS GIFTS TO MAKE THE NATION THE
BEST IT CAN BE FOR THEM.
JENNIFER WISHON CBN NEWS.
700 MILLION DOLLARS FOR
VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS
MISSPENT OR MISSING.
UP TO $30,000 TO HELP OWNERS
RENOVATE OR REBUILD HOMES.
MANY TOOK THE MONEY AND RAN.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT SAYS THE STATE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THE
MONEY IS SPENT PROPERLY.
NOW PRESSING LOUISIANA TO PURSUE
THE MONEY AND TOM COBURN IS
MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO
VICTIMS OF HURRICANE SANDY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SET TO
SPEND 16 BILLION DOLLARS RELATED
TO SANDY AND CITIZENS AFFECTED
BY THE STORM CAN'T AFFORD TO SEE
IT REPEATED.
COMING UP, VISIT THE WEST BANK
AND WHY MANY JEWISH PEOPLE ARE
NOT BACKING AWAY FROM THEIR
BIBLICAL HOMELAND.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY
HEADING TO THE MIDDLE EAST FOR
THE THIRD TIME IN THREE WEEKS.
HE IS TRYING TO RESTART THE
PEACE TALKS.
HIS MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI AND
PALESTINIAN LEADERS REPRESENT
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MOST
SUSTAINED EFFORTS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
MILITANTS HAVE FIRED SEVERAL
ROCKETS FROM GAZA INTO ISRAEL.
ISRAEL RETALIATED WITH AIR
STRIKES.
JEWS SAY IT IS THEIR BIBLICAL
HOMELAND.
MUCH OF THE WORLD WANTS THEM TO
START BUILDING IN JUDEA AND
SAMARIA.
JEWISH SETTLERS PUTTING DOWN
ROOTS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THE STORY.
THIS IS WHERE THE PLAYGROUND
THAT MY ORGANIZATION THE
CHILDRENS FUND SET UP FOR THE
CHILDREN HERE.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHED
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
REPORTER: IN 2001 IT WAS THE
MURDER SCENE AFTER 30-YEAR-OLD
HEARSEKAWITZ KILLED IN AN
ATTACK.
BIBLICAL PATRIARCHS TRAVELED.
ONE L. GOH
ONE WAY WE ISRAELIS SURVIVE IS
BY ESTABLISHING NEW COMMUNITIES.
REPORTER: MUCH OF THE WORLD
CONSIDERS IT OCCUPIED.
BIBLE CALLS IT JUDEA AND
SAMARIA.
PALESTINIANS WANT IT FOR A
FUTURE STATE.
UNITED NATIONS SETTLEMENT IS
CLEAR.
IT DOES NOT HELP THE ONGOING
PEACE PROCESS.
THEY REALLY THINK THAT THE
LAND OF ISRAEL BELONGS -- NOT TO
THE JEWS.
THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE DO AS
ILLEGAL.
REPORTER: THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS, ENCOURAGED JEWISH
SETTLEMENT.
ARTICLE 6 READS ADMINISTRATION
OF PALESTINE, WHILE ENSURING
RIGHTS ARE NOT PREJUDICE SHALL
FACILITATE JEWISH IMMIGRATION
AND CLOSE SETTLEMENT BY JEWS ON
THE LAND.
OUR MESSAGE IS WE WILL NOT
SURRENDER.
WE WILL DO THE OPPOSITE WHICH IS
TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE THROUGH
NEXT GENERATIONS.
REPORTER: CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN
NEWS, SAMARIA.
UP NEXT, WHY SITTING COULD
LEAD TO SERIOUS ILLNESSES AND
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREVEND THEM.
A NEW STUDY SHOWS WALKING CAN
BE JUST AS HEALTHY AS RUNNING.
RESEARCHERS FOUND THE SAME
ENERGY SPENT RUNNING AS WALKING
CAN REDUCE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
HIGH CHOLESTEROL, DIABETES AND
HEART DISEASE.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS GOOD NO
MATTER THE INTENSITY LEVEL.
SITTING MORE THAN SIX HOURS A
DAY CAN BE DEADLY.
AVERAGE OF NINE HOURS A DAY.
LORIE JOHNSON SAYS YOU DON'T
HAVE TO QUIT YOUR DESK JOB YET.
WHEN WE SIT, ESPECIALLY FOR
LONG PERIODS OF TIME, OUR BODIES
TEND TO SHUT DOWN WHICH CAN LEAD
TO AN EARLY DEATH.
THE TRICK, THE TRICK, THE
TRICK IS TO HAVE IT IN HERE THAT
SITTING IS THE NEW SMOKING.
SITTING IS LITERALLY BAD FOR
YOU.
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, MAYO
CLINIC'S JAMES LEVINE HAS
STUDIED CONSEQUENCES OF SPENDING
TOO MUCH TIME ON OUR DUFF.
PEOPLE THAT SIT FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE
DAY PR PREDISPOSED FOR DIABETES.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIABETES, IT IS
WORSE.
REPORTER: ADD INCREASED BLOOD
PRESSURE, OBESITY AND MORE.
PEOPLE WHO SIT MORE ARE MORE
PRONE TO CANCERS, BREAST CANCER,
PROSTATE CANCER, COLON CANCER,
MULTIPLE CANCERS!
IN ADDITION THEY ARE MORE PRONE
TO DEPRESSION, FEELING BLUE.
EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL
ILLNESS, THEIR ILLNESS IS
ACTUALLY WORSE.
REPORTER: AS A POTENTIAL
SOLUTION, DR. LEVINE WORKED WITH
COMPANIES TO IMPROVE THE
COMBINATION TREADMILL DESK.
AT $3,500, THIS STEAL CASE WALK
STATION IS THE GOLD STANDARD.
THERE ARE CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES.
I WAS SITTING FOR HOURS AFTER
HOUR SOMETIMES 10 OR SO HOURS.
I JUST KNOW ALL THAT SITTING IS
BAD FOR YOU.
REPORTER: DIETITIAN JILL
WISENBURGER WORKS OUT OF HER
HOME AND SPENT $500 FOR A TRUCK
DESK.
IT FITS OVER THE TREADMILL SHE
EVER HAD.
I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT BACK
PAIN.
JILL KEEPS HER PACE AT 1.4
MILES AN HOUR SO SHE CAN
CONCENTRATE WITHOUT GETTING
SWEATY OR OUT OF BREATH.
I COULD BE ON IT FOR THREE TO
SEVEN HOURS.
AND SO I ALMOST ALWAYS WALK
ABOUT 30 SOME MILES A WEEK.
THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS.
DOROTHY SHULTY WHO WORKS HERE AT
CBN FIGURED A WAY TO A I VOID
SITTING BY MAKING A STAND UP
DESK.
A LOT OF THE BACK PAIN WENT
AWAY, A LOT LESS TIRED.
REPORTER: FOR 35 BUCKS SHE
ATTACHED TWO BLOCKS TO THE DESK
AND REPLACED CHAIR WITH A BAR
STOOL.
I DON'T STAND THE WHOLE DAY
CONSTANTLY.
I'LL GO BACK AND FORTH 30-45
MINUTES
REPORTER: THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MINIMIZE
HAZARD OF DESK JOB.
TAKE THE STAIRS INSTEAD OF
THE ELEVATOR.
HOW ABOUT A PORTABLE STAIR
STEPPER.
SLIDE IT OUT, START STEPPING
AWAY.
SET YOUR ALARM AS A REP
MINDER TO TAKE A LAP OR TWO
AROUND YOUR WORK AREA.
WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE CASE,
PEOPLE GET AS MUCH OR MORE
BENEFIT FROM BEING UP AND
WALKING A LITTLE BIT EVERY HOUR
THAN GOING TO THE GYM THREE
TIMES A WEEK.
INSTEAD OF E-MAILING A
CO-WORKER, WALK OVER TO THEM.
CHOOSE THE PRINTER FAR FROM YOUR
DESK AND PARK FAR FROM YOUR
BUILDING.
NO. 1 ITEM, WE HAVE DEPLOYED
THIS IN OVER 60 CORPORATIONS IN
UNITED STATES WALKING TO
MEETINGS.
ALSO WALK AT LUNCHTIME.
A GOOD WAY TO MEASURE IS TO
WEAR A PODOMETER.
WHEN YOU GET HOME AVOID BEING
A COUCH POTATO.
EACH HOUR, SITTING IN FRONT OF
THE TV MEANS 11% HIGHER DEATH
RISK.
BOTTOM LINE IS THERE ARE LOTS OF
WAYS TO GET OFF YOUR BOTTOM.
THAT WAY YOU CAN KEEP YOUR DESK
JOB AND YOUR GOOD HEALTH.
LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
GOOD THING I STAND.
UP NEXT, MOM TO THE RESCUE, HOW
ONE PHONE CALL HELPED SAVE A
LIFE.
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, CALL
YOUR MOM AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT
ONE EMERGENCY DISPATCHER DID.
I HAD MY PARTNER TAKING THE
CALL, I WAS LISTENING TO HIM, I
WAS OVERHEARING WHAT WAS GOING
ON AND REALIZED THE AREA HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT, I KNEW WHERE IT
WAS.
IT WAS RIGHT WHERE MOST OF MY
FAMILY WAS AT THAT MOMENT.
THIS WOMAN WAS WORKING HER #
911 SHIFT, A KAYAKER HAD FALLEN
OVERBOARD.
SHE KNEW THE SPOT IMMEDIATELY
NEAR WHERE HER MOM WAS
CELEBRATING EASTER DINNER.
SOMETIMES EVES DROPPING IS
GOOD IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE A
LIFE.
I BORROWED ONE OF THE KAYAKS
AND KAYAKED TO MAKE SURE THE
PERSON WAS OKAY AND BE THERE IF
SHE WOULD SLIP.
INCREDIBLE.
POLICE WERE ON THE WAY BY BOAT
BUT WERE 30 MINUTES AWAY.
RAIDEN'S MOM PROBABLY SAVED THE
KAYAKER'S LIFE.
INCREDIBLE.
NO COINCIDENCE THERE WAS IT?
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