gary lane has the story. >> reporter: two issues dominanted the taiwaneeze downturn. the president is promising to improve ties between the two nations. christian leaders see god's hand. >> every decision is from the lord. whether or not the party or candidates are elected. i am glad to see the democracy has matured. this is god's word. this is the process of democracy we are willingly accept the outcome. as christians we should continue to pray for taiwan. >> the pastor predicts it will be more active. >> from now on, ministers and churches from china will be visiting taiwan. churches will have closer relationships than before. the door to the gospel will be wide open. >> taiwan's president remains the same with the nation's christians praying for their country's leadership and new opportunities to advance the gospel. gary lane, cbn news. >>> just ahead, children once abandoned outside a hospital now live in one of the brightest compounds in haiti. see how operation bleing made it happen. >> a half dozen murders everyday make siadaz, juarez the most dangerous place i

gary lane has the story from cairo. >> reporter: it was an event that has discouraged egyptian christians, the maspiro massacre. sunday evening last october 9th. egyptian christians gathered in cairo. this man describes why his father joined those marching to the national television station at maspiro square. >> no one was charged or arrested and there was not because he thought it was not fair, some people had to pay for what they have done to the churches and christians in egypt. >> magdi was fired. his father was a man of practical faith. >> he was teaching it to us everyday and see what god is telling us and to hear the voice. god doesn't want us to praise him by telling him -- god is my life and some vision so what i feel. every single day, more than 40 years. >> fearless, magdi proceeded passed hostile crowds. >> he was hit with a army sticks. >> later magdi died with a blow to his head. 20 christians were killed, 14 were crushed by military armored vehicles. they told cbn news they learned about the death as they watched the events unfold. mary says i cry every night. this man's da

gary lane sat down with benjamin quashy. he provided us with interesting insights. >> they are not just a band of criminal gangs. there is ideology and philosophy that governs a particular type of islam that are intelligent group and well funded and weaponry that they use, not cheap. they are not cheap. kind of car they drive a year ago it was in the news, that a ship load, whole cargo load of ship laden with weapons and came from iran. >> what about your home state? a lot of weaponry used against christians there? >> from the 7th of september, 2001, there has been death to the tune of 20,000. it would seem the world doesn't care. >> a lot of noise about christians and militias taking up arms. >> most unfortunate noise, but sadly that is what happens when governments fail to provide security. people provide their own type of security. that becomes anarchy. that is not good for anybody. that church has not retaliated once on the boko haram. that is a great cost in our psyche, great pains in our hearts. and great sorrow all ar

lane and score. georgetown cut it to four but west virginia pulled away. garyall the way for the lay-up. west virginia wins 74-62. virginia tech at wake forest. less than 20 seconds to go. c.j. harris gets a pick. pulls up and drains the three. cuts wake's lead to three points. closing seconds, come on, now. one more chance. robert brown goes for the three. long look. it's no good. wake forest wins 58-55. the wizards are now 0-7 deepening their worst start in franchise history. and if there's any positives to take away from this, two of the team's least experienced players came off the bench and combined for 20 points, 14 rebounds and five steals last night. hey, at least they're hungry. but they need more and needed more against new york. it was down to the wire, fourth quarter. carmelo anthony, jumper and won. -- jumper and it's good. and it cuts the new york lead to three. washington gets the ball again. this is what we like to see. driving the lane, throws it up the hard way and the wiz are looking good. 96-95. but there was just too much carmelo anthony. g

gary ebe rechlr e founding editor of the "plaquemine post" newspaper. the department of highways decided that since the lock was closed that they would tear it down and they would put four lanes across this area. but my husband loved the locks so he fought them from the very beginning. in 1969 he wrote about it in his editor yals thials that it was t thing that could happen to plaquemine. but the highway department had the power. we didn't have much. and they went ahead and they made plans to destroy the lock. in the meantime, gary enlisted the help of the louisiana office of tourism. with their help, he prepared papers to get the lock put on the national register of historic places. this took place in the early '70s. so once it was placed on the national register, it could not be torn down. of course, people were angry with us because they wanted traffic moving. they didn't like waiting in traffic. so we became very unpopular in our own town. as time went on, you know, advertisers dropped their advertising. it got pretty bad. my children were taunted at school. and we were like outcasts for a little while. but as time passed, people realized the value of the plaquemine lock

gary. 7:53 a.m.. we will be right back. >>george: we had an accident blocking the right hand lanes. the drive time is now at 32 minutes which is about nine minutes ahead of what it should be. actually, nine minutes behind what it should be. things will be pretty slow even though it is clear. >>kimberlee: smokers to count on nicotine patches may want to reconsider. nicotine replacement products are not affected that just are not effective at helping smokers to relax. it is 7:57 a.m., the kron4 news will be right back. stay with us. >>mark: one person has been shot in the two people stabbed. on the right hand side you can see heavy police presence. this happened at 1:30 a.m. in the 500 block of the willow glenn section of san jose. here is a location of where the shootings and stabbings took place. >>will: we believe that one of the victims was shot in the parking lots and investigators are focusing on that area. the victims were stabbed and able to drive themselves to a hospital is not life- threatening injuries. at this point there names are not being released. investigators are als

lanes and from the roadway. this backup is likely to be with us for the better part of the morning. we will take a break and when we return garych to winds us. >>gary: now we know that the 49ers will play the saints. it is a very unusual when where an away team is coming for the playoffs is a turf. drew breeze or alex smith, who delights? >>gary: the question is, can they hold the same as to maybe 20 points or something like that? you have to question how much the 49ers and score. >>darya: at least now we know what we are being fair. we are following crazy ticket prices. it was a couple of thousand dollars if you want the good seeds and all of the cheap seats that were only a couple of hundred dollars are gone. >>gary: have you heard anything new about what they're going for on the bay? >>darya: i went for the most expensive packages. >>gary: , some people just want to be there, but i would not stand that kind of money. then again, if i want to go bad enough, i could be a media freeloader. >>darya: and go for free. let's talk about tim tebow. every time he wins, everyone writes it off. they say, it was just lucky. >>gary: that