>> efrem: ahead on "newswatch," trump tower is abuzz. why did the president-elect just meet with al gore, and why are democrats lashing at donald trump's decision to pick ben carson for this
administration. and why donald trump might get the chance to reshape the court for a generation. and we take you inside a cathedral desecrated by the islamic state. see how the united states
is responding after isis burned holy books and even dug up graves. >>> thank you so much for joining us for cbn "newswatch." i'm efrem graham. in coming u.s. president-elect donald
trump is visiting north carolina today on his thank you tour to american voters. it comes as he expands his search for secretary of state, and after he had an unexpected visit at trump tower on monday.
charlene aaron has more. >> charlene: it certainly wasn't a meeting anyone expected after donald trump called the idea of manmade climate a hoax on the campaign trail. but monday there was
former vice president al gore, one of the most famous climate activists in the world, leaving after meeting with the president-elect at trump tower in new york. and all he would say was...
>> i found it an extremely interesting conversation and to be continued. and i'm just going to leave it at that. >> reporter: trump told the new york city after the election there may be what he calls some
connectivity between human activity and climate change. but ris reince priebus told the news trump still thinks global warming is a bunch of gunk. he is meeting today with the president of
exxon/mobil. and he met with robert monthmacfar land. and a new recording has surfaced on the website, with trump's nominee mad dog maddus talking about the war. he was an important
military leader during that war, but at the conference, he said that... >> we will probably look back on the invasion of iraq as a strategic mistake. >> charlene: trump is
critical of the u.s. intervention in iraq. and democrats quickly criticized another one of trump's cabinet choices, ben carson to head up the department of urban and house development. an incoming charles
schumer of new york questioned his qualifications, saying, "i have serious concerns about dr dr. dr. carson's experience. he is a strange fit for housing secretary to say the least."
as for trump himself, he took on the media again monday, putting out this statement on twitter to explain why he tweets so often. "if the press would cover me accurately and honorably, i would have
far less reason to tweet. sadly, i don't know if that will ever happen." charlene aaron, cbn news. >> efrem: as president-elect trump works to fill out his cabinet, we are getting a better look at his pick
for secretary of defense. conservatives have been applauding his decision to tap maddus for the post. >> jennifer: trump is appointing retired general james maddus to be his secretary of defense.
known to many by his nickname maddog. in 2013, president obama relieved general maddus of his posted central command. the two reportedly disagreed over policy over iran.
maddus has called it the single most credible threat and says america must prepare for the worst. >> he is not in this delusional position of the iran administration, that the iranians are people we
can really deal with. they're not. >> jennifer: bocci says maddus is the right man to rebuild the military, instead of the types of social experimentation that has occurred under the current
jennifer wishon, cbn news, the white house. >> efrem: one problem facing the incoming defense secretary is out of control wasteful spending by the pentagon. a report reveals that the u.s. military bureaucracy
is overrun with waste, and the number is staggering. $125 billion. the pentagon tried to cover up the news during a backlash and a big cut from congress. the study shows the pentagon employees more
than a million people for bureaucratic office personnel alone, and that is almost equal to the 1.3 million troops in america's fighting force. >>> large numbers of israelis believe donald trump is on their side.
a poll conducted by the dialogue polling firm surveyed 500 israelis on their impression of the election's effect on israel and the jewish community. many israelis are happy about the incoming
83% said trump is proisrael. 43% say he will throw out the u.s. nuclear deal. and benjamin netanyahu says he will work closely with the president to curb iran's nuclear program. >>> there is talk in the
nation's capital, the president-elect may announce his supreme court pick very soon, or he may be narrowing his list from 21 people to three or four. paul strand has more. >> reporter: this choice
matters so much because trump's nominations can sway the direction of the court and american's rights for decades to come. which is why it was such a big deal for many voters. the trump transition team
is moving faster than many in recent years. so it wouldn't be surprising for trump to nominee early. after all, this issue was one of the biggest for voters this election. >> it was something 74.
>>> , 75% of people who voted said the supreme court issue was of the most important. >> reporter: six made it to trump's list of 21 judicial nominees. >> they'll look at the
text structure of the constitution and interpret that meaning at the time those phrases were radified. it is very, very important and meaningful to conservatives. >> reporter: and one
very important issue that has been overlooked generally, he may also pick about a third of judges on lower federal courts, which make many more rulings than the high court itself. >> the supreme court
decides between 70 and 80 cases per year. at times it has been more or less. in the 13 federal courts of appeals last iac year, they decided 55,000. >> reporter: and it is likely he'll nominate
three or four supreme court justices. >> i don't wish any of them ill health whatsoever, but they will each have already lived longer than the average life span for a man or woman in this country.
>> reporter: with trump likely to get several supreme court vacation vacancies to fulfill, it won't be surprised if history talks about donald trump. >> efrem: the republican governor pat mccrory has receded.
>> the majority of our citizens have spoken, and we should do everything we can to support the 75th governor of north carolina, roy cooper. >> efrem: initially he claimed voter fraud and asked for several
recounts. this loss marks the first time a sitting north carolina governor-elected to a four-year term has lost a re-election bid. >>> officials say it is okay for employers to celebrate their faith this
christmas at worth. he said, quote,"sphreemed, quote,"freedom 
of religion is a fundamental right and shouldn't be a fear." they highlighted examples of anti-christian thanks. they are currently lobbying for religious
employers' rights in the workplace. >>> two christian business owners face possible prison time and a fine for refusing to make invitations for a same-sex wedding. joanna duca and joanna
cosky ar could be in prison for six months and fined $2500. they're being represented by "alliance defending freedom." their hearing is expected to come within the next few weeks.
>>> still to come, inside a town that was an isis training camp for two years. chris mitchell tours the liberated city of kirakush. >> efrem: august 6, 2014, nearly 60,000 people
fled the christian town of kiroqosh in northern iraq. a few weeks ago, the kurdish military liberated the town, and as chris mitchell reports, isis left behind a trail of destruction. >> chris: cbn news
joined sister diana to show us what isis did to their city. we first visited her home church, the immaculate conception cathedral. >> this is considered the largest church in the east.
we do all of our worship in here. i would say my parents got married here, we had our first communion here, and we used to worship every single day, during christmas and easter. >> chris: from the
ceiling to the alter to the floor, isis was here. >> they gathered so many of these benches and put them inside and burned them. so the church was burning for days. they have took the alter
and throw it on the ground. they are against every christian symbol, against everything, actually. you know, whatever you see, they took it down. you see here, we have the alter.
there were crosses in there. so wherever you see it's damagethedamage, they tried to do as much as they have in through power to say, you christians stop living here. this is not your land.
i mean, this is -- it makes me speechless. >> chris: in the remains, sister diana found charred pages from a new testament. >> the letter to john 1, chapter 4 and 5, "because he is the one who came to
save us with water and blood." it says, i do not follow evil, but follow everyone who does goodness because these are from god. whoever done evil would not seeed god. >> chris: this is the
courtyard of the immaculate conception church. when isis was here, they used it as a training you can see the courtyard littered with bullets. at the far end, they use it for target practice.
over here is the convent. they brought thousands of books out of the convent and brought them to the center of the courtyard, and they burned them. all that is left is this pile of ashes. >> this is what we honor,
and it has turned into ashes. those are our books. >> chris: isis used the church courtyard to train killers. >> they were training -- the a target practice -- all of this was a target
practice. you can see especially this area. and imagine how many people they have trained to kill. >> chris: on the street, we witnessed devastation, some of it caused by
coalition airstrikes targeting isis. >> what you see here, those were houses. one, two, three, four, five houses. and that has been destroyed. behind has been destroyed.
those houses belong to families, families who work so hard. >> chris: this family lost their home, money, and 3-year-old daughter, who isis stole from her mother's lap. >> we lost everything.
their house has been put down. she lost her daughter. i mean...everything we own, we lost it. this road used to be so busy. people very active. these are all markets.
and, you know, you see it's empty. >> chris: throughout the town, isis left behind writing on the wall. isis left graffiti all over kiroqosh. this one says isis will crush or swish all of the
unbelievers. and this one says that the islamic state will expand with allah's permission. this wall said, "we destroyed your crosses, we beheaded you, you infidels."
and throughout the city, isis especially damaged or destroyed crosses. and they even pillaged christian graves. isis not only destroyed the homes of the living, they also desecrated the final resting place of the
dead. here they even opened the grave so they could loot any valuables that could find off the corpses. sister diana says the devastation would be overwhelming without faith in god.
>> they destroyed everything, but we tell them, they could not destroy our will, our faith. they could destroy material things, but what is left is the eternal things.
>> chris: sister diana prays the town people will return, but says they need assurance. >> number one is security. if i don't feel secure, you know, i won't be able to stay here. if a father, a mother
won't feel secure, they won't send their children to school. >> after we replace kiroqosh, we hold the >> chris: the now sits under the control of a christian-based malishes malitia. >> people need to come
back, but they need to feel safe. they need forces on the they need, like, you know, international protection. and that's -- that will be good, like a guarantee that that will never happen again.
>> it is really scary to think that if something really big doesn't happen, isis could be successful in trying to destroy this it isn't without hope, but people need help here. >> people, if they want to rebuild and return to
their homes, they are going to need help. they are broke already. they are homeless already. they are living in a place that's not their homeland. this is our homeland. fears too many christian families may be
discouraged and leave the area. she believes the christians of northern iraq are the salt and light. >> that's what the gospel says, and that's what we try to be.
we carry the message of our lord, jesus christ. and we are going to be faithful to him no matter what they do. they can't defeat god. and the glory of this church and this town is coming back sooner or
later. god has promised us for a better life. and you know what? we're going to look for that promise. meantime, sister diana asks for pray that their faith will remain strong.
as residents of kiroqosh trickle back to see their homes, their church, and to worship. chris mitchell, cbn news, kiroqosh, northern iraq. >> efrem: up next, they say giving is good for the soul, but research shows
it is also good for the body. >> efrem: the bible very clearly tells us to give. believe it or not, doctors now agree. as lorie johnson shows us, there is overwhelming evidence that generosity
is good for your health, from preventing cancer and heart disease, to building self-esteem. >> lorie: the facts are clear: givers live longer, happier, healthier lives. several recent studies show generosity triggers
is number of significant changes. all good, both mentally and physically. here at the world reknowed cleveland clinic, dr. michael mckee develops ways to enhance
the inner healing response of patients. >> there are tremendous health benefits to giving. >> lorie: stress leads to illness, and dr. mckee says giving can reverse the deadly effects of stress.
it doesn't matter whether you give time or money, or if it is to a loved one or a complete stranger. >> well, we know that the giving tends to reduce blood pressure, slow heart rate. again, giving reduces
stress. it reduces depression. >> lorie: researchers from the national institutes of health study m.r.i.s of people who gave to various charities. they found generosity stimulates the reward
center in the brain, releasing chemicals that strengthen our immune system. >> when we know, again, there is a release of endorphins, these are the kind of magic chemicals that come from various
areas in the brain, and they flood throughout the they're cousins, basically, but some reduce pain, some kind of seek out sick-looking cells and exert a healing effect on there are many different positive effects.
>> lorie: dr. steven deutsche is the chairman of psychiatry at a medical school. and he says doctors often use giving as a therapy. >> we tell people to not be a as self-absorbed, and we tell them to practice
being concerned and invested in other people. >> lorie: he says the more people give, the better they get. >> they may feel it is fraudulent, but over time it becomes more and more comfortable for them and
it has a powerful therapeutic effect. >> lorie: so people who feel powerless or worthless find a new purpose and value by seeing their actions help others. and they tend to live
longer and healthier lives. lorie johnson, cbn news. >> efrem: following the deadly and dangerous fires that swept across israel recently, "operation blessing" has been working
to help the victims, providing them with supplies. the team was able to connect with different people in israel and hope those who have lost everything. that includes one family
who lost their home after arsonists set fire to the trees around that house. "operation blessing" decided to rent an apartment for the family of seven, so they could start rebuilding their you can learn more about
"operation blessing" by going to its website. it is ob.org. >>> right now it is time for your tuesday tweetable, and today's word is "greater." you were born for greater, and that next chapter of
greatness could very well be birthed in disaster. so do not fret over your problem and push through, and know it will either bury you or resurrect you. but the choice of which one is all yours. >>> that is going to do it
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