On CBN Newswatch, March 4: Obama antagonism to Israel called 'heartbreaking'; Is it the beginning of the end for Obamacare?; Alabama Supreme Court halts same-sex marriage; and more.
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THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
CBN "NEWSWATCH," I'M CAITLIN
BURKE.
Efrem: AND I'M EFREM
GRAHAM.
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE,
JOHN KERRY, HAS BEEN WORKING
WITH NEGOTIATORS IN
SWITZERLAND.
THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT A
DEAL TO ELIMINATE IRAN'S
ABILITY TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, IN EXCHANGE FOR
SANCTIONS RELIEF AS AN END
OF MARCH DEADLINE LOOMS.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS THE
U.S. IS ON THE VIRGE OF
MAKING A BAD NUCLEAR DEAL
WITH IRAN.
HE SENT THAT MESSAGE TO A
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
DOZENS OF DEMOCRATS DIDN'T
WANT TO HEAR THE WARNING.
CBN'S DAVID BRODY REPORTS
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF
ISRAEL, HIS EXCELLENCY,
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU!
[APPLAUSE]
David: APPLAUSE AND
CRITICISM GREETED ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU.
MORE THAN 50 DEMOCRATS
STAYED AWAY, SOME BECAUSE OF
UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN
ISRAEL; OTHERS BECAUSE THEY
FELT REPUBLICAN LEADERS
SNUBBED THE WHITE HOUSE BY
INVADING THE PRIME MINISTER
WITHOUT ANY NOTICE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA DIDN'T EVEN
WATCH THE SPEECH.
THIS DOESN'T HELP THE ROCKY
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO
LEADERS.
BUT THE PRIME MINISTER TOOK
THE HIGH ROAD, OPENING WITH
PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
SOME OF WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS DONE FOR
ISRAEL MIGHT NEVER BE KNOWN
BECAUSE IT TOUCHES ON SOME
OF THE MOST SENSITIVE AND
STRATEGIC ISSUES THAT ARISE
BETWEEN AN AMERICAN
PRESIDENT AND AN ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER.
BUT I KNOW IT, AND I WILL
ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THAT
SUPPORT.
David: THE MAIN
TENSION DEALS WITH IRAN'S
NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
IN LEADING THE NEGOTIATIONS,
THE U.S. IS PUSHING TO
DOWNGRADE, BUT NOT ELIMINATE
IRAN'S ABILITY TO MAKE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NETANYAHU TOLD CONGRESS IT
IS THE WRONG STRATEGY.
THIS DEAL HAS TWO MAJOR
CONCESSIONS: ONE, LEAVING
AROUND WITH A VAST NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
AND, TWO, LIFTING THE
RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PROGRAM
IN ABOUT A DECADE.
THAT'S WHY THIS DEAL IS IS
SO BAD.
ACCORDING TO THE DEAL, NOT A
SINGLE NUCLEAR FACILITY
WOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
THOUSANDS OF CENTRIFUGES
USED TO ENRICH URANIUM WOULD
BE LEFT SPINNING.
THOUSANDS MORE WOULD BE
TEMPORARILY DISCONNECTED,
BUT NOT DESTROYED.
David: THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THEY
WANT A NUCLEAR-FREE IRAN.
THEY JUST THINK THAT
NEGOTIATIONS ARE THE WAY TO
GET THERE.
YET EVEN WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS ADMIT THAT AN
ACTUAL DEAL WITH IRAN ON
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS 50/50 AT
BEST.
BUT AFTER THE PRIME
MINISTER'S SPEECH, THE
PRESIDENT QUESTIONED A LACK
OF SOLUTIONS ON NETANYAHU'S
PART.
President Obama: ON THE
CORE ISSUE, WHICH IS HOW DO
WE PREVENT IRAN FROM
OBTAINING A NUCLEAR WEAPON,
WHICH WOULD MAKE IT FAR MORE
DANGEROUS AND WOULD GIVE IT
SCOPE FOR EVEN GREATER
ACTION IN THE REGION, THE
PRIME MINISTER DIDN'T OFFER
ANY VIABLE ALTERNATIVES.
David: ADD TO THE
SPEECH WHITE HOUSE CONCERN
THAT CONGRESS MIGHT PASS
ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAN, AND THE NEGOTIATIONS
ARE AT A SENSITIVE STAGE.
AND THIS STRONG ARGUMENT
COULDN'T COME AT A WORST
TIME FOR DEAL-MAKERS.
IF ANYONE THINKS -- IF
ANYONE THINKS THIS DEAL
KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD,
THINK AGAIN.
WHEN WE GET DOWN THAT ROAD,
WE'LL FACE A MUCH MORE
DANGEROUS IRAN, A MIDDLE
EAST LITTERED WITH NUCLEAR
BOMBS, AND A COUNTDOWN TO A
POTENTIAL NUCLEAR
NIGHTMARE.
David: REPUBLICAN
SENATOR TED CRUZ SAYS THE
PRESIDENT'S ROLE OF
PASSIVIST AND CHIEF IS
CHIEFLY TO BLAME FOR
ISRAEL'S SITUATION.
DO YOU BELIEVE HE DISLIKES,
FIRST OF ALL, NETANYAHU?
DO YOU BELIEVE HE HAS
ANTAGONISM TOWARDS ISRAEL?
UNDOUBTEDLY.
IT IS HEARTBREAKING.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
THE MOST HOSTILE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION TO ISRAEL IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
David: AND CRUZ HAS
HARSH WORDS FOR DEMOCRATS
WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THE
SPEECH.
DAVID, I'LL TELL YOU
THIS: NO FRIEND OF ISRAEL
WOULD BOYCOTT A SPEECH BY
THE ELECTED LEADER OF
ISRAEL, PARTICULARLY AT A
TIME OF ENORMOUS PERIL.
David: THOSE
WORDS, "ENORMOUS PERIL," ARE
ONES ECHOED BY NETANYAHU.
HIS PEOPLE REMEMBER THE
HOLOCAUST, AND HE IS
DETERMINED TO NEVER LET
ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN
AGAIN.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THIS:
THE DAYS WHEN THE JEWISH
PEOPLE REMAIN PASSIVE IN THE
FACE OF GENOCIDAL ENEMIES --
THOSE
DAYS ARE
OVER!
[APPLAUSE]
I CAN PROMISE YOU ONE
MORE THING: EVEN IF ISRAEL
HAS TO STAND ALONE, ISRAEL
WILL STAND.
BUT I KNOW THAT ISRAEL DOES
NOT STAND ALONE.
I KNOW THAT AMERICA STANDS
WITH ISRAEL!
I KNOW THAT YOU'LL STAND
WITH ISRAEL!
[APPLAUSE]
David: DAVID BRODY,
CBN NEWS, WASHINGTON.
Efrem: THE ISLAMIC
STATE RELEASED FOUR MORE
SYRIAN CHRISTIAN HOSTAGES
FROM THE MORE THAN 200 THEY
KIDNAPPED LAST WEEK IN
SYRIA.
THE ASSYRIAN RIGHTS GROUP
DEMAND FOR ACTION SAYS THE
REASONS FOR THEIR RELEASE
WAS UNCLEAR.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, ISIS
RELEASED 19 CHRISTIAN
HOSTAGES AFTER THEY PAID AN
ISLAMIC TAX POSED ON
NON-MUSLIMS.
OBAMACARE IS BACK BEFORE
THE SUPREME COURT TODAY, AND
SOME BELIEVE A RULING
AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION
COULD MEAN THE BEGINNING OF
THE END FOR THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT.
DALE HURD HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: FOR WORDS
COULD DOOM THE ENTIRE 2,000
PAGE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON
A TECHNICALITY.
THOSE WORDS TO BE ARGUED
BEFORE THE COURT TODAY ARE
ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE.
OPPONENTS SAY THE LAW
REQUIRED INDIVIDUAL STATES
TO CREATE THEIR OWN HEALTH
CARE EXCHANGES.
BUT 34 STATES CHOSE NOT TO
DO THAT, SO THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION CREATED A
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE
EXCHANGE.
IF THE COURT DECIDES THAT
VIOLATES THE LAW, FIVE
MILLION TO SEVEN MILLION
AMERICANS MIGHT NOT BE
ELIGIBLE TO GET SUBSIDIES
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE.
IF THE COURT WERE TO RULE
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S
INTERPRETATION WAS WRONG,
THEN THERE ARE 34 STATES
WHERE PEOPLE WOULD NO LONGER
BE ABLE TO GET THESE TAX
CREDITS FOR BUYING COVERAGE
ON THE EXCHANGE.
Reporter: AND IF THOSE
SUBSIDIES GO AWAY, EXPERTS
SAY OBAMACARE WILL CRUMBLE
BECAUSE ONLY THE SICKEST
PEOPLE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN
THE EXCHANGES.
PREMIER RATES WOULD
SKYROCKET, AND OBAMACARE
COULD GO INTO A DEATH
SPIRAL.
LAWYERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT
WILL ARGUE AGAINST A LITERAL
INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW,
SAYING THE INTENT IS TO
CLEARLY HELP PEOPLE IN ALL
50 STATES GET AFFORDABLE
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
THERE IS BREAST CANCER IN
MINE FAMILY, SO FOR ME
HAVING INSURANCE IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
Reporter: THE FATE OF
OBAMACARE IS ONCE AGAIN IN
THE HANDS OF NINE JUSTICES.
SOME REPUBLICANS SAY EITHER
WAY THEY'LL KEEP WORKING TO
REPEAL THE LAW.
IT IS BAD PO FOR
PARENTS, BAD FOR THE NURSES
AND DOCTORS WHO TAKE CARE OF
THEM, AND TERRIBLE FOR
TAXPAYERS.
THIS IS JUST ONE MORE
EXAMPLE OF A LAW THAT HAS
ALL SORTS OF UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL SORTS
OF PEOPLE.
Reporter: THE SUPREME
COURT'S DECISION IS EXPECTED
TO COME DOWN IN JUNE.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
Efrem: FORMER SECRETARY
OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON
ONLY USED A PERSONAL E-MAIL
ACCOUNT FOR GOVERNMENT
BUSINESS WHILE SHE RAN THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTS SHE NEVER ACTUALLY
HAD A GOVERNMENT E-MAIL
ADDRESS.
THAT COULD VIOLATE
GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS.
AND CLINTON'S AIDES DIDN'T
HAVE HER E-MAILS RECORDED ON
GOVERNMENT COMPUTER
SERVICES, WHICH IS REQUIRED
BY LAW SO OTHER OFFICIALS,
CONGRESS, AND HISTORIANS CAN
ACCESS THEM IF NECESSARY.
WHILE IT IS NOT ILLEGAL
BY ANY MEANS TO USE A G-MAIL
ACCOUNT OR TO USE SOME OTHER
PRIVATE ACCOUNT FOR THE
TRANSACTION OF GOVERNMENT
BUSINESS, IT IS A VERY
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE TO
SOLELY USE THAT ACCOUNT AND
THEN NOT TO TAKE STEPS,
DURING ONE'S TIME IN OFFICE,
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
E-MAIL RECORDS ARE
APPROPRIATELY PRESERVED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR
MRS. CLINTON SAYS SHE HAS
BEEN COMPLYING WITH THE
SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE
LAW.
Efrem: THE ALABAMA
SUPREME COURT HAS PUT A HALT
TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN
THEIR STATE.
THE JUSTICES ARE DEFYING
FEDERAL COURTS, AND ORDERING
STATE PROBATE JUDGES TO STOP
ISSUING MARRIAGE LICENSES TO
SAME-SEX COUPLES.
SIX JUSTICES ON THE COURT
RULED THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
DOESN'T ALTER THE JUDGES'
DUTY TO ADMINISTER STATE
LAW.
ALABAMA LAW DEFINES MARRIAGE
AS BETWEEN ONLY ONE MAN AND
ONE WOMAN, AND THE JUSTICES
SAY A FEDERAL COURT CANNOT
TELL THEM TO CHANGE THAT.
LAWMAKERS IN CHARLOTTE,
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES NORTH
CAROLINA, VOTED AGAINST A
DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
FRANK GRAHAM SAYS THE CITY
COUNCIL MADE THE RIGHT
DECISION, TELLING THE
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER HE IS
ORDERING A BIG THANK YOU FOR
THOSE WHO SIT AGAINST THIS
PROPOSITION.
SOME SAY IT MOVERS THE CITY
BACKWARD AND NOT FORWARD,
AND SHOWS A CONTINUED LACK
OF COMMITMENT TO FAIR
TREATMENT OF ALL ITS
CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS.
120 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST
THE MEASURE.
Efrem: PEOPLE IN
FERGUSON, MISSOURI, ARE
PREPARING TO RESPOND TO A
CHARGE OF RACISM.
THEY SAY THEIR POLICE
OFFICERS HAVE ROUTINELY
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BLACKS
WITH PETTY CITATIONS AND
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF
THE DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD
MICHAEL BROWN, WHO WAS SHOT
BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER.
THEY HIGHLIGHTED
A, QUOTE,"PATTERN AND
PRACTICE OF DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST AFRICAN/AMERICANS."
COMING UP, NO REST FOR
THE WINTER WEARY.
ANOTHER ROUND OF WEATHER
MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND COULD BREAK
WEATHER RECORDS.
WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY.
Efrem: ANOTHER MASSIVE
WINTER STORM IS MOVING
ACROSS THE U.S. TODAY.
AT LEAST 30 STATES ARE UNDER
WINTER WEATHER ALERTS, FROM
UTAH TO MAINE.
PARTS OF THE MIDWEST ARE
ALREADY EXPERIENCING ICE
CONDITIONS.
TONIGHT THE STORM MOVES
EAST.
NEW YORK CITY IS EXPECTED TO
GET SIX TO EIGHT INCHES.
AND HARD-HIT BOSTON COULD
BREAK ITS RECORD OF
107 INCHES THE SNOW, SET
BACK IN 1995.
> THE REBOUND OF MOTOWN --
IN DECEMBER, THE CITY OF
DORIT DORIDETROIT CAME OUT
OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST
BANKRUPTCY EVER.
BUT IT IS NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS YET.
Reporter: IN ITS GLORY
YEARS, DETROIT MADE ITS NAME
FOR PRODUCING FAST CARS AND
THAT GREAT MOTOWN SOUND.
WHEN THE CITY FELL ON TOUGH
TIMES, THE MUSIC STOPPED.
ONCE HOME TO 1.8 MILLION,
THE CITY'S POPULATION
DROPPED BY 60%.
LEAVING NEARLY 80,000
BUILDINGS SITTING EMPTY.
COLLAPSING UNDER AN
$18 BILLION DEBT, THE CITY
FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN
2013.
I'VE SEEN PROGRESS.
I'VE SEEN STREET LIGHTS COME
BACK ON.
I'VE SEEN NEW DEVELOPMENT
HAPPENING.
Reporter: IN LESS THAN
TWO YEARS, THAT TUNE HAS
CHANGED.
AND SOME, LIKE LAWRENCE
WILLIAMSON WITH MIDTOWN
DETROIT, FEEL MOTOWN IS ON
THE REBOUND.
BUT BEING AT THE BOTTOM
WAY ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.
BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER WE SORT
OF HIT BOTTOM AND WAS
DECLARED BANKRUPT, THAT'S
WHEN WE STARTED TO GET A LOT
OF CALLS FROM OUTSIDE
INVESTORS, OUTSIDE INTEREST
GROUPS, SAYING I'M
INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN
DETROIT.
Reporter: THAT INTEREST
EVEN EXTENDS TO MID-TOWN
DREEDETROIT, ONE OF THE
ROUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS.
SINCE 2013, 2014, THERE
ARE 100 NEW BUSINESSES
LOCATED IN TOWN.
THAT'S A LOT.
Reporter: QUICKN
QUICKEN LOANS FOUNDER HAS
SPENT MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION
FIXING UP HIS HOME TOWN.
HE IS LURING TECH COMPANIES
TO SET UP SHOP.
HE NOT ONLY UPDATES
PROPERTIES, HE HAS ALSO
MOVED HIS OWN EMPLOYEES INTO
MANY OF THEM.
HE BROUGHT IN NOT ONLY
JUST HIS BUSINESS, BUT HIS
EMPLOYEES, WHICH IN TURN
NEEDED HOUSING, WHICH IN
TURN HAD CONSUMER SPENDING,
WHICH IS RESTAURANTS, BARS,
AND GROCERY STORES.
Reporter: MANY SAY A
LOT MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE
DONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO JOBS AND THE CITY'S
POOR.
CHAD AUDI OF DETROIT RESCUE
MISSION MINISTRIES SAYS
LOSING THE BANKRUPTCY LABEL
IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE
ECONOMIC TURNAROUND.
WE STILL HAVE A HIGH
NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS OF DETROIT.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF
BLIGHT, SO WE DON'T HIDE
THAT.
BUT WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
Reporter: AT THE HEIGHT
OF THE STRUGGLES, OFFICIALS
MADE DEEP CUTS IN CITY
SERVICES, INCLUDING FIRE AND
POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
OFFICER JOHN BENNETT HAS
BEEN A COP FOR 16 YEARS.
BACK THEN HE TOLD CBN
NEWS...
WE'VE LOST ON THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, 1,000 OFFICERS
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN REPLACED
IN THE LAST FIVE TO SIX
YEARS.
Reporter: NOW HE IS
CAUTIOUSLY OPTMISTIC.
THAT MOVEMENT IS GREAT
AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE, BUT
WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO
BRING THAT SYNERGY OUTSIDE
OF MID-TOWN AND DOWNTOWN AND
INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE EVERYONE, THOSE WHO
LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY HERE,
SAFE, AT ALL TIMES.
THOSE AREAS ARE PROBABLY
GOING TO STRIVE, THEY'RE
GOING TO BE FINE.
BUT IF WE CAN'T FIND A WAY
TO MOVE THAT ENERGY TO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND GET THAT
GROWTH IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND BRING JOBS TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND MAKE THOSE PEOPLE SAFE.
Reporter: WHILE IT IS
GOOD NEWS THAT THE WORST
FINANCIAL CRISIS IN
DETROIT'S HISTORY IS IN THE
REAR-VIEW MIRROR, IT WILL
TAKE MORE THAN JUST MONEY TO
MOVE FORWARD.
WE WANT THE
REVITALIZATION BECAUSE WE
WORK WITH PEOPLE.
WITHOUT PEOPLE, YOU CANNOT
REVITALIZE ANYTHING.
Reporter: CHARLENE
AARON, CBN NEWS, DETROIT,
MICHIGAN.
UP NEXT, A HARMLESS VICE
THAT IS WARPING A
GENERATION: THE HIDDEN COSTS
OF PORN ADDICTION.
Efrem: THE PORNOGRAPHY
BRINGS IN AS MUCH AS
$97 BILLION AROUND THE WORLD
EACH YEAR.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE
ALL OF THE PORNOGRAPHY
PEOPLE CAN SEE FOR FREE.
DESPITE ALL OF THE
EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY,
MANY PEOPLE THINK THERE IS
NO EMOTIONAL COST TO
PORNOGRAPHY.
BUT AS PAUL STRAND REPORTS,
THEY NOT ONLY HURT
THEMSELVES, THEY CAN BRING
SEVERE PAIN TO OTHERS AS
WELL.
Reporter: PORNOGRAPHY
HAS BECOME SO MAINSTREAM,
MUCH OF SOCIETY IS STARTING
TO BELIEVE IS HORM
HARMLESS.
WHAT YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR IS,
WELL, I'M NOT HURTING
ANYTHING.
BUT THERE ARE REAL VICTIMS.
FOR INSTANCE, GIRLS FORCED
TO ACT IN PRODUCTIONS
AGAINST THEIR WILL.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WOMEN
BEING RAPED IN KICKED AND
BEATEN.
Reporter: NADINE TOLD
HOUSE THE US HOW THEY PUT
HER IN A CAGE WITH A BOA
CONSTRICTOR.
HE DROPPED THE SNAKE IN
AND HE FILMED MY TERROR, AND
IT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH SEX ACCEPT I WAS
NAKED.
Reporter: THIS WOULDN'T
HAPPEN IF THERE WASN'T SUCH
AN X-RATED DEMAND.
AND IT HURTS THE ONES CLOSE
TO THEM, LIKE THE WIFE OF
MATT RUSSELL.
IT WAS A CONSTANT
COMPANION OF MINE, DESPITE
MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN.
IT REALLY SUNK ME BECAUSE
I FELT THAT HE PREFERRED
JUST EVEN THE IMAGE OF
SOMEONE OVER ME.
AS A WOMAN, THAT'S A HARD
THING TO HANDLE.
IT FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT
WHERE I JUST SAID, I'M DONE,
I'M DONE WITH THIS, AND WE
SEPARATED.
Reporter: CATHY'S
HUSBAND, GREG, DROVE HER TO
SEEK THERAPY TO DEAL WITH
HIS ADDICTION AND THE AFFAIR
THAT FOLLOWED.
I HAD THIS GAPING WOUND.
AND I KNEW IF I DIDN'T GET
SOME COUNSELLING, I WAS
GOING TO HATE MEN.
Reporter: THESE MEN
EVENTUALLY BROKE FREE AND
THE COUPLES RECONCILED.
KEVIN CONRAD LEADS AN
ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP.
I HAVE SEEN MEN LOSE
JOBS -- NOT JUST JOBS, BUT
CAREERS.
I'VE SEEN THEM LOSE
FAMILIES, LOSE CHILDREN,
LOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
PARENTS AND SIBLINGS.
Reporter: CHURCH
COUNSELLOR TRINA NUBORN SEES
HOW THAT DESIRE FOR THE
X-RATED DESTROYS MARRIAGES.
BASED ON THE COUPLES I'VE
SEEN, AT LEAST 50% OF THE
COUPLES COMING FORWARD HAVE
SOME KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH
PORNOGRAPHY OR INTERNET
AFFAIRS.
Reporter: CBN NEWS
SPOKE TO PASTOR JAY DENIS
ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN
CHURCHES.
HAVE MEN LOST THEIR JOBS
AND WIFE'S OVER
PORNOGRAPHY?
ABSOLUTELY.
AND I HEAR IT CONTINUALLY.
I SEE IT IN THE CHURCH.
I SEE IT AMONG PASTORS.
Reporter: SUCH AS TOM
WOLF, A YOUTH PASTOR, WHO'S
LIFE IN THE X-RATED WORLD
LED TO A SERIES OF AFFAIRS.
I WAS FOUND OUT AND I
OBVIOUSLY LOST MY JOB, LOST
MY CHURCH, LOST MY YOUTH
PASTOR'S JOB.
FOR A WHILE I LOST MY
FAMILY.
Reporter: MISSIONARY
NICK RIPKIN SAYS SO MANY
YOUNG MEN ARE ADDICTED THEY
CAN'T BE ON THE MISSION
FIELD.
A LOT OF THEM GOT STARTED
AT 11, 12, AND THEY CAN'T
GET OUT OF IT.
Reporter: AND THE RATIO
IS SEVEN FEMALE MISSIONARIES
FOR EVERY MALE.
AND MEN AREN'T THE ONLY
ONES.
CRYSTAL MANU SAYS ONE IN
THREE VISITORS TO THE ADULT
SITES ARE WOMEN.
EVEN WITH THE ACTUAL
VISUAL PORNOGRAPHY, WOMEN
ARE BEING DRAWN INTO IT BY
THE DROVES.
Reporter: SHE TESTIFIES
HOW THIS TAKES PEOPLE INTO
DARKER AND RISKIER PLACES.
FOR WOMEN WHO STRUGGLE
WITH PORN, IT IS SAID THAT
80% OF THEM WILL ESCALATE
THEIR BEHAVIORS INTO
IN-PERSON ENCOUNTERS.
Reporter: SOMETIMES IT
LEADS TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
I KNOW OF EDUCATORS WHO
WERE VIEWING PORNOGRAPHY IN
THEIR CLASSROOMS.
I KNOW OF EDUCATORS THAT
SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, ARE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF CHILDREN.
Reporter: IN HER
RESEARCH, PSYCHOTHERAPIST
MARY ANN SEES A CONSISTENT
LINK BETWEEN THOSE WHO
CONSUME PORN AND THOSE WHO
COMMIT SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
AND SHE TALKS ABOUT A
FRIGHTENING STUDY OF COLLEGE
MALES WHO USE MORE AND MORE
PORN ON COLLEGE CAMPUS.
WE ARE TEACHING OUR MALES
TO BE PSYC PSYCHOPATHS.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING
AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT
JESUS HAS TAUGHT US.
THEY CAN HELP IT.
THEY CAN CHOOSE AGAINST
THIS.
Reporter: DIRE SAYS
THEY KNOW IN THEIR HEARTS
THEY'RE WRONG.
WHY DO YOU HIDE IT FROM
YOUR WIFE?
WHY DO YOU HIDE IT FROM
GOD?
BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS NOT
RIGHT.
Reporter: NADINE BLAMES
THESE ADDICTS FOR WHAT
HAPPENS TO WOMEN LIKE HER.
THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
DEGRADATION THAT HAPPENS
INSIDE OF YOU, THE TEARING
OF YOUR SOUL AND RIPPING OUT
OF YOUR HEART WHEN YOU GET
FILMED LIKE THAT.
AND THEN TO KNOW THERE ARE
PEOPLE, MOSTLY MEN, BUT
WOMEN, TOO, WHO ARE GAWKING
AND STARING AN EYEING
EVERYTHING.
Reporter: PASTOR DENIS
SAYS VIEWERS CAN ENTERTAIN
JOB.
IN JOB, HE SAYS, I MADE A
COVENANT WITH MY EYES NOT TO
LOOK LUSTFULLY AT A YOUNG
WOMAN.
Reporter: AND BY
EXCEPTING THAT JESUS CHRIST
DIED ON THE CROSS TO SET
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FREE.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO
GIVE INTO OUR SINFUL
NATURE'S.
Reporter: SOME DECLARE
THEY CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT
PORNOGRAPHY.
THAT ISN'T SO.
THE TRUTH IS NO ONE IN
HISTORY HAS EVER DIED FROM A
LACK OF PORNOGRAPHY.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
REPORTING FROM LAKELAND,
FLORIDA.
COULD COFFEE ACTUALLY BE
GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
Efrem: A NEW STUDY
FINDS DRINKING THREE TO FIVE
CUTS A DAY COULD CUT YOUR
RISK OF HAVING CLOGGED
ARTERIES THAT COULD LEAD TO
A HEARTACHE.
THAT'S A FINDING FROM A
STUDY FROM SOUTH KOREA.
BUT THE RESEARCHERS SAY MORE
STUDY IS NEEDED, AND THEY'RE
NOT WILLING TO GO AS FAR,
JUST YET, TO SAY PEOPLE
SHOULD DRINK COFFEE TO
PREVENT HEART PROBLEMS.
DRING UDRINK UP OR DON'T
DRINK UP.
THAT'S IT FOR CBN
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