THANKS SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US FOR CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

Lori: AND I'M LORI

JOHNSON.

THE ISLAMIC STATE AND BOKO

HARAM HAVE JOINED FORCES.

THE JOINING OF THE TWO

ISLAMIC TERROR GROUPS HAS

BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE LAST

WEEK.

FIRST THE LEADER OF BOKO

HARAM PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO

THE ISLAMIC STATE THROUGH AN

AUDIO RECORDING.

AND THEN ON THURSDAY,

ISLAMIC STATE LEADERS MADE

IT OFFICIAL, RESPONDING TO

THE PLEDGE, SAYING, "I

PROCLAIM TO YOU TODAY THE

EXPANSION OF THE CALIPHATE

TO WEST AFRICA.

THE CALIPH, MAY GOD PROTECT

HIM, HAS ACCEPTED THE SWORN

ALLEGIANCE OF THE SUNNI

BROTHERS CALL TO THE

JIHAD."

THE ISLAMIC STATE SEIZED

MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN

IRAQ LAST SUMMER, BUT IT IS

NOW STRUGGLING AGAINST IRAQI

AND KURDISH FORCES.

BOKO HARAM HAS BEEN WEAKENED

BY A MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE

THAT'S DISLODGED IT FROM A

SCORE OF NORTHEASTERN

NIGERIAN TOWNS.

Efrem: ISIS SHOCKED THE

WORLD AGAIN BY USING A

10-YEAR-OLD BOY TO EXECUTE A

BOY CONVICTED OF BEING A

SPY.

HIS FATHER SAYS HIS SON WAS

NO SPY, JUST A MID LED

TEENAGER.

Reporter: HE SAW HIS

SUN IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT,

HE KNEW IT WAS OVER.

I ALREADY KNEW FROM

WATCHING TELEVISION, THAT

THIS IS THE UNIFORM THEY USE

WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO KILL

SOMEBODY.

Reporter: MOHAMMED

LIVED IN THIS APARTMENT

COMPLEX HERE IN JERUSALEM.

HIS PARENTS SAY THAT ISIS

LURED AND DECEIVED THEIR SON

ON THE INTERNET TO JOIN

THEIR CAUSE.

MY SON SAID THEY TOLD US

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, N MONEY,

NICE CARS, FANCY VILLAS, THE

GARDEN OF EDEN, BUT THERE IS

NOTHING HERE OF THAT.

THEY HARDLY GIVE US MONEY TO

BUY FOOD IN THE VILLAGE, SO

I WANT TO RETURN HOME.

Reporter: HE CROSSED

THE TURKISH BORDER INTO

SYRIA AND JOINED ISIS.

AFTER REALIZING ISIS'

PROMISES WERE JUST LIES, HE

TRIED TO ESCAPE.

HIS FATHER SENT HIM MONEY TO

HELP, BUT THEN SAW HIS SON

IN THE ORANGE JUMPSUIT.

THE 19-YEAR-OLD MET HIS DOOM

IN WHAT IS CALLED THE COVET

OF THE CALIPHATE.

ISIS CLAIMED MOHAMMED WORKED

FOR ISRAEL'S SPY GROUP, THE

MOSAD.

MOHAMMED IS A GOOD BAD,

HE DOESN'T WORK WITH THE

MOSAD.

HE IS A LITTLE KID.

ISIS SAID THAT ABOUT HIM

BECAUSE HE WANTED TO RETURN

TO HIS DAD AND TO ISRAEL.

Reporter: ISRAEL'S

DEFENSE MINISTER MADE AN

UNUSUAL PUBLIC STEP OF

DENYING MOHAMMED WAS A SPY.

LIKE MANY YOUNG ARABS,

MOHAMMED WAS SWEPT UP BY THE

INTERNET PROPAGANDA, AND

GROWING INFLUENCES OF ISIS

IN PLACE LIKE GAZA AND THE

WEST BANK.

SAID WANTS OTHER PARENTS TO

WATCH WHAT THEIR SONS AND

DAUGHTERS ARE DOING.

MY WIFE AND I BOTH SAY TO

EVERYONE TO WATCH THEIR

KIDS' COMPUTERS AND THEIR

PHONES AND CHECK THEM ALL OF

THE TIME.

CHECK WHO THEY'RE TALKING TO

AND WHO THEY ARE WITH.

Reporter: TRAGICALLY

FOR MOHAMMED, HIS FATHER'S

WARNING CAME TOO LATE.

CHRIS MITCHELL, JERUSALEM.

Lori: THE UNITED STATES

SHOULD PROVIDE WEAPONS FOR

THE KURDISH FIGHTERS SO THEY

CAN FIGHT AGAINST ISIS.

THAT'S WHAT SENATOR RAND

PAUL OF KENTUCKY SAYS.

HE SAYS THE KURDS ARE THE

BEST FIGHTERS, BUT HE SAYS

THEY AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH

ARMS.

AND HE CALLED FOR A CREATION

OF A NEW NATION OF

KURDISTAN.

HE SAYS IT IS EASIER TO SAY

THAN TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT

HAPPY BECAUSE TURKEY AND

IRAQ WOULD HAVE TO GO ALONG

WITH THE IDEA.

Efrem: WAR AND

PERSECUTION IN THE MIDDLE

EAST ARE THREATENING THE

EXISTENCE OF ANCIENT

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

A PROMINENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

LEADER DELIVERED AN URGENT

PLEA FOR HELP IN OUR CAPITAL

THIS WEEK.

GARY LANE HAS MORE.

Reporter: BISHOP ROYAL

LEADS THE ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF

THE EAST DIOCESE OF

CALIFORNIA.

IN WASHINGTON, HE WARNED

THAT IMMEDIATE ACTION MUST

BE TAKEN TO HELP MIDDLE

EASTERN CHRISTIANS BEFORE IT

IS TOO LATE.

WE HAVE A SYSTEMATIC

DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT

ASSYRIANS, IF YOU WILL,

THROUGH THEIR ARTIFACTS, AND

ALSO THE MODERN ASSYRIANS.

THIS IS A PLAN THAT IS VERY

CALCULATED, VERY

SYSTEMATIC.

AND I WOULD ADD THAT IT

COULD BE DEFINED AS

GENOCIDE.

Reporter: BISHOP ROYAL

SUGGESTS WITHOUT STRONG,

DECISIVE ACTION FROM THE

WEST, ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS,

ONE OF THE OLDEST CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD,

COULD FACE ANNIHILATION.

HE SAYS WHAT MIDDLE EAST

CHRISTIANS ARE FACING TODAY

IS MARTYRDOM TRULY DEFINED.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE

EARLY CHURCH, TO WHAT WE

READ ABOUT IN THE BOOK OF

ACTS.

Reporter: IN LATE

FEBRUARY, ISIS DROVE 5,000

ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS FROM

THEIR HOMES IN NORTHEASTERN

SYRIAN.

AS MANY AS 350 OF THEM WERE

KIDNAPPED.

CBN NEWS TERRORISM ANALYST

ERICK STAKELBECK IS THE

AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK,

"ISIS EXPOSED."

AND HE SAYS ONLY STRONG

LEADERSHI LEADERSHIP AND A

FORCEFUL RESPONSE AGAINST

ISIS WILL SAVE THE ANCIENT

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES.

THEY NEED TO BE

DECISIVELY CRUSHED.

I THINK WHAT WE DID IN WORLD

WAR II WITH THE GERMAN WAR

MACHINE AND THE JAPANESE WAR

MACHINE, WE CRUSHED THEM.

THEY WERE SOUNDLY DEFEATED.

WE NEED TO DO THAT WITH ISIS

RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: BISHOP ROYAL

SAYS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD

ALSO NEED TO PRAY.

WE SHOULD PRAY FOR THE

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE

INNOCENT CHILDREN AND WOMEN

AND ELDERLY WHO HAVE BEEN

KIDNAPPED.

WE NEED TO PRAY THAT THE

GOVERNMENTS IN THE WEST WILL

FEEL THE URGENCY OF THE

MATTER AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.

AND ALSO WE SHOULD PRAY FOR

OUR ENEMIES.

THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO

SAY, BUT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR

THOSE WHO ARE PERPETRATING

THESE ATROCIOUS ACTS AGAINST

THE ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS

BECAUSE CHRIST HAS TAUGHT US

TO.

Lori: THE LATEST

AMERICAN HEALTH WORKER TO

CONTRACT EBOLA WHILE

VOLUNTEERING IN AFRICA IS

BEING TREATED AT THE

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF

HEALTH.

IT ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY IT

WOULD RECEIVE THE PATIENT AT

ITS HOSPITAL IN BETHESDA,

MARYLAND.

THE PATIENT HAD BEEN

VOLUNTEERING IN SYRI SIERRA

LEONE, AND HAS NOW BEEN

TRANSPORTED TO THE UNITED

STATES ON A CHARTERED

PLANE.

Efrem: A BILL SAYS NO

ONE CAN REQUIRE A JUDGE,

MINISTER, OUR CHURCH TO

PERFORM A WEDDING AGAINST

THEIR CONVICTIONS, AND GIVES

SILVER IMMUNITY IF THEY

REFUSE TO HOST OR RECOGNIZE

A WEDDING.

OPPONENTS OF THE BILL ARGUE

IT COULD LEAD TO

DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE IT

WOULD ALLOW

RELIGIOUS-AFFILIATED

ORGANIZATIONS TO DENY

RECOGNITION TO GAY

MARRIAGES.

THE BILL WILL NOW MOVE ON TO

THE ALABAMA SENATE.

Lori: A BIPARTISAN

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL

STALLED IN THE SENATE THIS

WEEK.

DEMOCRATS TOOK ISSUE WITH AN

ABORTION PROVISION IN THE

MEASURE.

Efrem: THE BANS THE USE

OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR

FUNDING ABORTIONS.

IT IS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS

SAY ISN'T NEW TO ANY BILL

RELATED TO WOMEN'S HEALTH

CARE.

THE IRONIC THING ABOUT

WHAT IS EVIDENTLY NOW, IN

THE EYES OF THE DEMOCRATS AT

LEAST, DERAILED SOMETHING

THAT HAS SUCH UNANIMOUS

SUPPORT IN THE UNITED STATES

SENATE IS LANGUAGE THAT THEY

ALL VOTED FOR AS RECENTLY AS

DECEMBER OF 2014.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON

ABORTION POLITICS, IT HAS

BEEN A POSITION THAT HAS

BEEN A CONSENSUS VIEW AROUND

HERE, THAT TAX DOLLARS

SHOULDN'T GO TO SUPPORT

ABORTIONS.

THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE HERE

LITERALLY SINCE 1976.

Lori: DISAGREEMENTS IN

BOTH PARTIES HAS THE BILL'S

FATE ON HOLD.

Efrem: AMERICANS SAY

THE GOVERNMENT IS THE NUMBER

ONE PROBLEM OUR COUNTRY IS

FAVORING.

A NEW GALLOP POLL SHOW IT IS

THE MOST IMPORTANT U.S.

PROBLEM.

LAST MONTH THE CONCERN ABOUT

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE

ECONOMY ALMOST TIED FOR

FIRST.

BUT AMERICANS NOW SAY THE

ECONOMY AND JOBS TIE FOR

SECOND PLACE AMONG THE

ISSUES THAT CONCERN THEM

MOST.

Lori: THE REVEALING OF

THE APPLE WATCH THIS WEEK

HAS ONCE AGAIN PUT NEW

TECHNOLOGY IN THE

SPOTLIGHT.

BUT THE TINY TIME PIECE HAS

CRITICS SOUNDING A WARNING.

MARK MARTIN TAKES A LOOK AT

THE CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH

ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY.

THE FIRST BIG ELECTRONIC

COMPUTER BUILT IN 1946,

FILLED A 30 BY 50-FOOT ROOM,

AND CONTAINED 18,000 VACUUM

CUBES AND WEIGHED MORE THAN

30 TONS.

Mark: THE TECHNOLOGY

HAS COME A LONG WAY.

NEWS AUDIENCES MARVELLED

AT THE STORIES OF THESE

MAGIC BRAINS.

Mark: HUGE MAGIC BRAINS

THAT WERE FOLLOWED BY MAIN

FRAME COMPUTERS, AND

EVENTUALLY LED TO DESK TOP

COMPUTERS, LAPTOPS, AND THEN

SMARTPHONES AND TABLET

COMPUTERS.

THE LATEST TECH HEADLINE:

THE APPLE WATCH ANNOUNCED

THIS WEEK.

IT IS MORE THAN JUST A

WATCH.

IT HAS PROCESSING ABILITIES

LIKE A COMPUTER AND

COMMUNICATION ABILITIES LIKE

A SMARTPHONE.

IT ALSO HAS APPLE PEG

CAPABILITIES.

WITH A BUILT-IN SPEAKER

AND MICROPHONE, YOU CAN

RECEIVE CALLS ON YOUR

WATCH.

I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO

THIS SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS

OLD.

Mark: SMALLER AND

SMALLER TECHNOLOGY, YET MORE

POWERFUL WITH EACH ADVANCE.

THIS HAS CRITICS LIKE

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

DR. KATHRYN ALLBRIGHT

POINTING TO JUST WHERE THE

ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY COULD

EVENTUALLY LEAD.

YOU ALSO HAVE, ACCORDING

TO SOME RECENT PUBLISHED

STUDIES, UP TO 50% OF

AMERICANS SAYING THEY WOULD

WELCOME AN IMPLANTED DEVICE

IN THEIR HAND IF WOULD DO

THOSE SAME THINGS

THE iWATCH DOES.

WE'RE MOVING CLOSER AND

CLOSER TO THAT RIGHT HAND,

AND CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE

FULFILLMENT OF BIBLICAL

PROPHECY ABOUT THE MARK OF

THE BEAST.

Mark: AND USING THIS

TECHNOLOGY TO BUY AND SELL

COULD BE ON THE HORIZON.

IN FINLAND, A C.E.O. OF A

MAJOR CORPORATION CLAIMED TO

BE THE FIRST PERSON TO

ACCEPT DIGITAL PAYMENT IN

THE FORM OF BITCOIN.

THEY SAY UP TO A THOUSAND

PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE BEEN

IMPLANTED WITH THIS

TECHNOLOGY.

THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS THE

WAVE OF THE FUTURE.

Mark: MARK MARTIN, CBN

NEWS.

Efrem: NASA IS ON A

BILLION DOLLAR MISSION TO

STUDY THE EARTH AND SUN'S

MAGNETIC FIELDS.

THEY'RE LAUNCH FOUR

IDENTICAL UNMANNED

SPACECRAFT ON THE MISSION.

ONE OF THE SPACECRAFT

BLASTED OFF THURSDAY NIGHT

FROM CAPE CANAVERAL.

THEY WILL ORBIT IN A PYRAMID

FORMATION TO PROVIDE A 3D

DESIGN FOR THEM TO STUDY.

IT COULD EXPLAIN THINGS LIKE

SOLAR STORMS AND HOW

MAGNETIC FIELDS CREATE

ENERGY.

Lori: COMING UP,

STORIES OF SURVIVAL.

FORMER HOSTAGES RECOUNT THE

TERRIFYING DETAILS OF THEIR

CAPTIVITY AT THE HANDS OF

MUSLIM JIHADISTS.

Lori: IT'S ONE OF THE

DEADLIEST ISLAMIC TERRORIST

GROUPS IN THE WORLD.

WE'RE TALKING BOKO HARAM

BOC.

Efrem: THEY HAVE DRIVEN

MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE

FROM THEIR HOMES AND HAVE

KILLED, RAPED, OR KIDNAPPED

THOUSANDS.

Lori: AS GEORGE THOMAS

TELLS US IN THIS EXCLUSIVE

REPORT, THOSE WHO HAVE

SURVIVED TELL OF UNSPEAKABLE

HORRORS.

George: WITH EVERY

KIDNAPPING OR ATTACK, THIS

YOUNG NIGERIAN RELIVES THE

NIGHTMARE OF WEEKS SPENT

UNDER BOKO HARAM'S CONTROL.

WE ASKED THEM REPEATEDLY

WHY THEY WERE DOING WHAT

THEY'RE DOING.

THEY TOLD US THIS IS AN

ALL-OUT BATTLE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS.

George: ON AUGUST 22,

2014, STEVEN WITNESSED THE

SHEAR BRUTALITY OF AFRICA'S

DEADLIEST TERROR GROUP.

WE WERE WORKING ON THE

FARM WHEN BOKO HARAM

ATTACKED US.

George: IT HAPPENED IN

WARZA, 150 MILES FROM

NIGERIA'S CAPITAL.

HUNDREDS OF ISLAMIC FIGHTERS

STORMED STEVEN'S TOWN.

IT WAS WELL-COORDINATED.

THEY ATTACKED IN HUGE

NUMBERS, GOING FROM HOUSE TO

HOUSE, STEALING, DESTROYING,

AND THEN CAPTURING MEN,

WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.

George: THIS IS VIDEO

OF THE ASSAULT PUT ON

YouTube BY BOKO HARAM.

Reporter: THEY ATTACKED

WARZA BECAUSE IT IS

PREDOMINANTLY A CHRISTIAN

TOWN.

George: SEVERAL HUNDRED

PEOPLE WERE KILLED,

INCLUDING MEMBERS OF

STEVEN'S FAMILY.

I SAW THEM KILL MY FATHER

AND BROTHER.

AFTER THE KILLINGS, THEY

TOOK 11 OF US HOSTAGE.

George: STEVEN ASKED

CBN NEWS TO MASK HIS FACE,

TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND HIS

FAMILY.

HE SAID THE ATTACK WENT ON

FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

TWO DAYS LATER BOKO HARAM'S

LEADER RELEASED THIS VIDEO

DECLARING THE WARZA

OPERATION AS THE BEGINNING

OF AN ISLAMIC CALIPHATE IN

NORTHEAST NIGERIA.

THANKS BE TO ALLAH, WHO

GAVE VICTORY TO OUR BETH

BRETHREN IN WARZA.

WE DID NOT DO IT ON OUR

OWN.

ALLAH USED US TO CAPTURE

WARZA, AND HE IS GOING TO

USE US TO CAPTURE THE WHOLE

WORLD."

George: STEVEN SAYS HE

SAW THEIR BRUTALITY UP

CLOSE.

WE WATCHED THEM CARRY OUT

THEIR EVIL ATROCITIES FROM

ONE TOWN TO ANOTHER.

EACH TIME THEY WENT ON AN

OPERATION, THEY WOULD

USUALLY CHANT "ALLAHU

AKBAR", AND THIS TERRIFIED

US.

THE MEN GUARDING US ALWAYS

CAME AROUND TO QUESTION US,

WHETHER WE WERE READY TO BE

PART OF BOKO HARAM.

George: MEANWHILE, IN

ANOTHER PART OF TOWN...

THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED

TO BE BEHEADED OR SHOT IN

THE HEAD.

I TOLD THEM I WOULD RATHER

BE SHOT.

THEY SAID, NO, THEY WOULD

RATHER SLAUGHTER ME

INSTEAD.

George: WE HAVE TAKEN

SIMILAR PRECAUTION TO HIDE

ELIZABETH'S IDENTITY.

LIKE STEVEN, ELIZABETH WAS A

CHRISTIAN.

SHE AND HER FAMILY TRIED TO

ESCAPE WARZA WHEN THEY WERE

INTERCEPTED BY BOKO HARAM

FIGHTERS.

THEY STOPPED OUR CAR AND

ORDERED US TO CONVERT TO

ISLAM.

WE REFUSED.

THEY SHOT MY SIBLINGS BEHIND

ME.

MY HUSBAND WAS ORDERED TO

LEAVE.

THEY ORDERED ME TO GET INTO

THEIR CAR.

George: ELIZABETH WAS

TAKEN TO A NEARBY TOWN AND

AGAIN ASKED TO CONVERT TO

ISLAM.

AGAIN SHE REFUSED.

I STOOD MY GROUND.

AND EACH TIME I REFUSED,

THEY PUT A KNIFE TO MY NECK

AND THREATENED TO CUT MY

NECK OFF.

George: BUT AFTER DAYS

OF TORTURE, NO FOOD, AND

UNDER CONSTANT THREAT OF

DEATH, SHE RELUCTANTLY

AGREED TO CONVERT.

THE BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS

FORCED HER TO UNDERGO A

CEREMONY, THEY CHANGED HER

NAME, TOLD HER TO WEAR A

HIJAB, AND MARRIED HER OFF

TO A BOKO HARAM FIGHTER.

SHE SAYS SHE WAS REPEATEDLY

RAPED BY HER BOKO HARAM

HUSBAND.

FOR ALL OF THE HORRIBLE

THINGS BOKO HARAM DID TO ME

AND MY FAMILY, I LEAVE THEM

TO THE JUDGMENT OF GOD

ALMIGHTY.

George: STEVEN AND

ELIZABETH MIRACULOUSLY

ESCAPED.

THE DETAILS ARE BEING HELD

FOR SECURITY.

BOTH ARE WANTED BY BOKO

HARAM.

AND NOW BOTH HAVE JOINED

SOME 2,000 OTHER CHRISTIANS

LIVING IN THIS TEMPORARY

CAMP OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL

CITY.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY

HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF ALL OF

THEIR BELONGINGS, AND THEY

ARE LIVING IN PLACES THAT

ARE NOT THEIR HOMES AT ALL.

George: MARK LIPTO HAS

HELPED THOUSANDS THROUGH HIS

CHRISTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS

GROUP.

I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE

PEOPLE NEED TO BRING IT TO

THE LIGHT.

PEOPLE NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT

WHAT IS HAPPENING.

IF YOU DON'T SPEAK ABOUT IT,

IT IS WORSE THAN THOSE WHO

ARE PERPETRATING IT.

George: WITH THE HELP

OF LOCAL CHURCHES, LIPTO NOW

FEEDS, CLOTHES, AND PROVIDES

TRAUMA COUNSELLING TO

HUNDREDS OF BOKO HARAM'S

VICTIMS.

THERE WERE MANY TIMES

WHEN I WAS IN CAPTIVITY I

THOUGHT IF I GOT HOLD OF A

GUN, I WOULD HAVE MASSACRED

THE MEN WHO KILLED MY FATHER

AND BROTHER.

George: THE NIGERIAN

ARM IS CONDUCTING MILITARY

OPERATIONS TO RETAKE AREAS

HELD BY BOKO HARAM.

NIGERIA'S LEADER, GOODLUCK

JONATHAN, HAS VOWED TO DEAL

WITH THE GROUP.

George: HE HAS VOWED TO

CRACK DOWN AND BOKO HARAM

AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT

IN HIS COUNTRY THAT IS SAFE,

AND ALLOWING MILLIONS OF

NIGERIANS TO HEAD TO THE

POLLS.

BUT BOKO HARAM HAS KILLED

MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE IN

THEIR ISLAMIC QUEST, AND

THEY ARE PROMISING MORE

BLOODSHED IN THE NORTHEAST,

LEAVING THOUSANDS OF

VULNERABLE CHRISTIANS IN

THEIR WAKE.

GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS,

NIGERIA.

Lori: UP NEXT,

SWITCHING GEARS, WE'LL TELL

YOU ABOUT SOME GOOD

ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS FOR

YOUR FAMILY THIS WEEKEND.

Efrem: ARE YOU LOOKING

FOR SOME FAMILY

ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEKEND?

HERE IS BOB WALASHEFSKI WITH

PLUGGED IN ONLINE.

THE NEW CINDERELLA FILM IS

OUT.

IS IT STILL GOOD FOR YOUNGER

AUDIENCES?

IT IS.

WE GAVE IT A 4.5 OUT OF 5.

THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD

SCORE.

SOME FAMILIES WILL BE

INTERESTED AS WELL TO KNOW

IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF

DEPARTURE FROM THE ORIGINAL

STORY.

I WOULD SAY IT FLUSHES OUT

MORE THE STORY.

WHEN THE FILM FIRST STARTS,

WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING, BY

-- BY THE WAY HER NAME IS

NOT CINDERELLA.

IT IS ELLA.

HER WICKED STEP SISTERS

NICKNAMED HER CINDERELLA

BECAUSE SHE CLEANS THE

CINDERS IN THE FIREPLACE.

EVENTUALLY MOM DIES AND DAD

DIES, AND SHE IS ADOPTED BY

CATE BLANCHETT'S CHARACTER,

AND SHE PLAYS IT TO THE

HILT.

AND SHE ACTUALLY MEETS THE

PRINCE IN THE WOODS, AND NOT

AT THE BALL.

SHE REMEETS HIM AT THE

BALL.

THIS IS A FUN STORY.

YES, THERE IS MAGIC HERE.

YES, THERE ARE SOME GOWNS

FOR THE BALL THAT MIGHT BE A

LITTLE LESS THAN

MODEST-MODEST.

OVER ALL, I THINK YOUNG

PRINCESSES AND PRINCES WELL

WILL ENJOY THIS ONE, AS WELL

AS THE PARENTS THAT ARE

BRINGING THEM.

I ENJOYED THIS FILM.

I THINK IT IS DESERVING OF

THE 4.5 OUT OF 5.

Efrem: ANYTHING OUT ON

D.V.D. THAT FAMILIES MAY

WANT TO CHECK OUT?

JUST CAME OUT, "NIGHT AT

THE MUSEUM, SECRETS OF THE

TOMB."

THIS MAY BE THE LAST "NIGHT

AT THE MUSEUM."

LARRY, OUR MUSEUM KEEPER, A

LOT OF FOLKS THINK HE IS

GOOD WITH ANAMATRONICS, BUT

IT HAS BEEN LOSING ITS

POWER, AND LARRY FEELS IT IS

ONLY WAY TO SAVE IT IS TO GO

FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM TO

THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

SO HE LOADS UP HIS EXHIBITS

AND TAKES OFF TO BRITAIN IN

HOPES OF RESTORING THAT

MAGIC TABLET.

WE LIKED ALL THREE OF THE

"NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM" FROM A

FAMILY PERSPECTIVE, AND THIS

ONE STAYS WITHIN THE

FORMULA.

Efrem: ALL RIGHT, BOB,

THANKS A LOT.

YOU BET.

SEE YOU, EFREM.

Lori: NEW RESEARCH

SHOWS A DIET BASED ON

VEGETABLES, ALONG WITH SOME

FISH, COULD SIGNIFICANTLY

CUT YOUR RISK FOR COLORECTAL

CANCER.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL.

IT COULD ALSO CUT DOWN ON

YOUR CHANCES FOR OTHER

CANCERS, ALONG WITH SEVERE

HEALTH PROBLEMS LIKE

DIABETES, HEART DISEASE,

OBESITY, AND HIGH BLOOD

PRESSURE.

THAT IS THE RECENT RESEARCH

FROM LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY.

THE STUDY, WHICH COVERED

NEARLY 78,000 PEOPLE ALSO

FOUND THAT EVEN JUST CUTTING

BACK ON MEAT CAN HELP CUT

THE RISK OF CANCER.

EXPERTS SAY MAKING CHANGES

IN YOUR DIET CAN HAVE

SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR

HEALTH.

Efrem:

"OPERATION BLESSING" HELPED

CHANGE THE LIFE OF A LITTLE

GIRL IN HONDURAS.

SHE WAS BORN WITH A

CONDITION THAT PREVENTED HER

EYES FROM ALIGNING PROPERLY,

CAUSING HER TO EASILY LOSE

EQUILIBRIUM AND MAKING IT

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO

WALK WITHOUT FALLING.

HER PARENTS WORKED HARD TO

SAVE UP ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE

SURGERY, BUT THEY COULD

BARELY AFFORD THE TRIP TO BE

SEEN AS A DOCTOR.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

PROVIDED THE MONEY FOR THE

SURGERY, AND NOW SHE IS

LEARNING TO WALK PROPERLY,

AND HER FAMILY COULD NOT BE

HAPPIER.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

GOING TO OB.ORG.

Lori: WHAT A WONDERFUL

STORY.

"OPERATION BLESSING" BLESSES

SO MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE

WORLD.

IT IS ESPECIALLY NICE WHEN

IT HAPPENS TO CHILDREN.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW ON CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

YOU CAN FIND MORE OF OUR

EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE

ISSUES YOU CARE MOST ABOUT

AT CBNNEWS.COM.

Efrem: BE SURE TO TELL

US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE

STORIES YOU'VE SEEN HERE

TODAY.

YOU CAN DO THAT ON

Facebook OR AT CBN NEWS AT

TWITTER.

HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AGAIN

HERE NEXT TIME.

MAKE IT A FABULOUS FRIDAY

AND HAVE A WONDERFUL

WEEKEND.

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-PROMOS, MARCH 13, 2015.