every time i went to the white house to interview george bush, it was a christian that he spoke to more than i. the president was proud to see him because he knew about george's uncompromising values and ethics when it came to journalism. george has been a fixture in the washington bureau of cbs news for so many decades, and a teacher to every young man who has come through there. we have all learned so much from george. he has been so instrumental in everything that we do here at cbs news that i worry if george were to ever retire, we would we'd have to take c out of cbs. [applause] >> i do not believe what i just saw. jerry was a great guy and had a lot of talent he was loved by all of his colleagues. to be first recipient of this award this makes me speechless. i do not know what to say. i would like to ask that my wife please stand up. [applause] in the last couple of weeks -- i've heard people say things on me, congratulations. oops i'm sorry. they said are you going on stage? i said what are you talking about? that is complete and total surprise. thank you everyone. thank you. tha

every time i went to the white house to interview president bush, it was george christian to whom theresident spoke. they knew about his arm -- uncompromising integrity went into journalism. george has been a fixture in the washington bureau of cbs news for so many decades, a teacher to every young man. we have all learned so much for george. george has been so instrumental in everything that we do here at cbs news that i worry if he were to ever retire, we would have to take the seat out of cbs. -- a the c out of cbs. [applause] >> i do not believe what i just saw. jerry was a great guy. he -- to be the first recipient of this award makes me speechless. i do not know what to say. i would like to ask that my wife stand up, please. [applause] in the last couple of weeks, i have heard people say things to me, congratulating, then sank oops, i am sorry. so this is a total surprise. thank you, everyone. thank you. i do not know what to say. and thank you very much. i appreciate it. [applause] >> just a you know how these awards were, we have nothing to do with how many of these people wer

. >> george: coming up, prayer power. christians around the globe come together for the global day of prayer. >> when we were first married, we struggled to make ends meet. we learned what the bible teaches about tithing. even though it didn't seem we had the money, we went ahead and tried it. >> as a result of it, the money went further, and now we're completely debt-free. it is so wonderful to give to cbn because you know the money is being used for what god intended. >> we're don and phyllis raven, and we give to cbn. >> george: christians in more than 200 nations gathered sunday for the global day of prayer. this year marks the 11th anniversary for the annual pentecost sunday event. our correspondence attended one significant gathering in the philippines. >> reporter: in the philippines, there were christians who prayed in the streets, crying out to god for mercy and forgiveness for the sins of the land. while other believers throughout the country joined the meeting by interceding in their own churches. for one particular churc

that is george christian. thank you george. how many camera guys are in the room tonight? hands. a few more than before. i want to talk about an organization that we recognize and support and help. it is called radio prudes. roots. it is an after-school program that offers inner-city youth the opportunity to learn about and journalism skills. if you would like to make a donation, -- it is a worthy cause. these kids are really hungry to be journalists. professional journalists. they have a passion for it, and it is a great group. for our guests of honor, john maynard. oehner. i was told he was not going to be funny. he does not do funny. he is that funny. -- bad at funny. the speaker never attends these dinners, but somehow we got him here tonight. [applause] we have a pretty special relationship. we have a lot in common, we have football in common -- he played in high school under a legendary coach. i played at university. i was a quarterback and he was a linebacker. linebackers hate quarterbacks. i was confused one night and told him he played center. he told me to back u

please join me in honoring our cbs colleague, george christian. [applause] where is george?here is george? we have a few more things here. >> and his decades as a photographer at cbs, he had a front seat to history. he was the network pulled camera. he was aboard air force one on september 11, and covered the white house for more than 40 years. he was in south africa for the release of nelson mandela. along the way, he continued to grow his craft and was recognized as one of the best photojournalist in the country. he can assemble and create a working at a news bureau anywhere in the world. george is known for entering a -- mentoring the younger generation at cbs, and as -- for his loyalty he is truly walking in the footsteps of the late jerry thompson. >> i want to say a word about george christian. owlet the headline first. he is the best photojournalist that i have ever worked with. it is one thing to have your pictures in focus. it is one thing to have the distance right. what george brings to the table is that he has the sense of knowing when something is going to happe

the radio, television correspondents association gave a special award to cbs news photographer george christianorge has covered the news for 40 years for cbs in addition to his remarkable body of work he has saved the bacon of many of us here including me more times than i can count. it was hard to get scooped when george had your back. never one to rest on his laurels he's operating the camera that is taking the picture of me that you're seeing right now. george, you're a real pro take a bow we all appreciate what you've done. week right here on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ,,,,,,

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the radio, television correspondents association gave a special award to cbs news photographer george christiange has covered the news for 40 years for cbs in addition to his remarkable body of work he has saved the bacon of many of us here including me more times than i can count. it was hard to get scooped when george had your back. never one to rest on his laurels he's operating the camera that is taking the picture of me that you're seeing right now. george, you're a real pro take a bow we all appreciate what you've done. week right here on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone at a great price: just $99.99 a month, guaranteed for two years with no annual contract. or get $250 back if you sign a two-year contract. it's your last chance. don't wait! unlike cable, fios is a 100% fiber optic network that delivers america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet, plus the best tv pict

. >> welcome to "christian world news" i am gary lane, george thomas and wendy griffith are out this week. religious violence. suicide bombers targeted three churches killing at least 21 people. boko haram took credit. charlene israel has the story. >> reporter: on june 17th, suicide bombers attack three nigerian churches killing 21 people. >> the terror group boko haram claimed responsibility. government with muslim extremism. >> they want to bring in sure ree yoo law in the country. churches in kaduna. christian south and muslim north. >> i knew many leaders ghandi, martin luther who have achieved so much through peaceful means. and i would love to see that this approach should be addressed to a peaceful one, through peace cannot be achieved through guns. >> it appeals to christian retaliated. >> youths, hmm, i know it is painful to keep being attacked. at the same time, when the lord sees how patient you are, and when the lord sees your heart because the word of god says to take a life is an abomination to god. to take a life that is not god's will. >> u.s. state department has fo

washington's religious beliefs writing george washington's practice of christianity was limited in superficial because he was not himself great yet he repeatedly declined the church's sacraments never to take communion and when his wife martha did he waited for her outside the sanctuary even on his deathbed washington asked for no ritual no prayer to christ and expressed no wish to be attended by his church's representative and his thomas jefferson wrote eight hundred fourteen long after the constitution was ratified christianity never is nor ever was a part of a common law. in seven hundred ninety six our nation signed a peace treaty with tripoli what we now call libya and in this treaty negotiated by the george washington administration and signed by president john adams our founding fathers made very clear the religious nature of the united states when they wrote the government of the united states of america is not in any sense founded on the christian religion unfortunately more than two hundred years after the treaty of tripoli politicians in the easy and elsew

. >> welcome to this week's edition of "christian world news" i am george thomas. >> i am wendy griffith. in 2002, people watched martin and gracia's kidnapping and martin's death. gracia is using it to help set them free. >> a radical muslim group known for beheading victims if ran somes were not paid on time. the couple had been celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary when terrorist kidnapped them and more than a dozen others. >> right now we are passing by the island where they first brought the burnhams. they spent a year in the jungle and they asked god for everything. >> i asked god for a drink of water. it didn't matter it was dirty, i drank it. god provided it for us. >> what do you remember most? we hadn't eaten for, i think our 10th day. i didn't know you could live 10 days without food. we had salt and water. we would eat little leaves. i told martin i don't know how much longer i can do this. i always said that. he said gracia, i think we are going to get out of here, i don't know when. >> at noon, june 7th, 2002, shots rang out as the philippine military attempted to resc

education freedom foundation, the jewish action alliance alliance, christian film and television commission, project moses moses, george doubt academy, catholics come home, the coalition to save iraqi christians. also on the ancient order of -- and on remember the catholic social workers association. also on the advisor report of family in america ugh journey of public policy purpose he has won many teaching awards speaking of civil liberties and ask how does a man have the chance to sit down and write a -- write a book? we are glad he did. then mabel let him takeover. clearly the catholic church has gone through difficult times with the horrifying abuse of 10 years ago which could have been prevented by many within the church is own ranks. teaching and practices are overlooked not just by a media but fortunately there is a change in now we can speak about things that we could not for a long time. the teachings of the church are the best guide to living ever adopted. 20 centuries of living to a doctrine flourishing coming from the destruction and going against that. the coalesce since to become the catholic social doct

christians, they are all effected. >> give us a sort of synopsis of what you are doing. >> most of the people, george, are escaping with the clothes on their back. they have lost homes, any gainful employment, they are fleeing into jordan, what happens when they get to jordan, we give them clothes, food, minister to them in jesus' name sharing jesus when it is appropriate and it has been great to see, tremendous response. >> we are getting reports, syrian christians are facing mounting hostility from radical islamists, what are you hearing on the ground in syria? >> that is exactly what we are hearing, george. nobody is saying that the leadership is that great in syria. many believers are fearing if the government collapses it will be worse for them. that is what we are hearing on the ground. >> it is a predicament, bashar assad has protected the member of the minority group in syria, protected the christians to some extent and concern about what happens next. how would you focus the global church's attention on the situation as we see the carnage, as we see the death and destruction on the streets of syr syria, how do

george. so then he went back, though, what was christiane amanpour about? was that your call?l, christiane amanpour was o6=! is obviously extremely talented. we needed somebody to have-to-replace george and she's very well known. it was an experiment to bring more of an international flavor. i was there long enough to get her launched but then i left shortly after that. >> rose: was there judgment made about those programs and much more about domestic politics than they are about international news after you had a chance to try the experiment? >> well, again, it was after my time so i don't know... we were getting in into a presidential election year so it does focus on domestic politics quite a bit and christiane's interest in that and worked hard but she didn't have the same identification with that subject as george does. >> rose: so when you wrote this book what can't you tell us that you should have told us? >> (laughs) well, it's not a kiss and tell. i don't thy also people tend to focus on personalities and conflict. sure did it happen? of course, but was it what we wer

george's county. he spent his senior year in high school at montrose christian. >> at the montrose christian gymnasium today he captured the attention of some aspiring basketball players. not long ago kevin durant was one of those kids. >> he was one of the most talented players i've ever had. >> his personality on the court and off capt grounded and he was looked at as the backbone of the team appeared -- kept him grounded and he was often looked at as the backbone of the team. his pass accolades shine. and in the present, he is never too far away. >> i tell him how proud we were and that we believe in him. >> that night, durant scored 36 points in the oklahoma city's wind. even though durant is gone all he has to do it. to the banner and that is like the superstar never left. -- is to point to the banner and it is like a superstar never left. >> with kevin durant i have the best reference. there is. >> they sure love him over there. he played at national christian and then went to oak hill for two years. and his point guard at montrose christian, vasquez. >> legacy of success. >> you have one more d

players to be healthy and try to compensate for the absence of george altogether and try to get the best out of this much. oh yes a christian are now low scored the winning goal against the czech republic to put portugal through to the semifinals his thumping had eleven minutes from time enough to separate the sides are now is now the joint high scored the torn with three goals on portugal when i started dating quarter final between spain and france a new number one of women's tennis maria sharapova will face and to see it on the on of the straight in the first round at wimbledon that draw meaning sure after her we cannot meet second seed victoria azarenka all four time champion through no wins until the final defending champion petra because they too was paired against. man would expect to stand by russia did is one of the over who is to twelve see their faces moan about fell from germany and her first man to go before the draw took place two conditional wimbledon party was held in central london a chance for the stars to show off their for all smiles after winning the french open and always happy to be back at wimbledon w

. >>> a prince georges county megachurch is filing for braub circumstance the arc of safety christianhurch in upper natural bore vo dealing with debts between $1 and $10 million, it will file for chapter 11 protection. state senator c. anthony muser is was as bishop and pastor of that church and a statement, the church and members are struggling to climb out of the recession, a statement says, and that is strange the church's resources. arc of safety church has 2,000 members and assets of up to $10 million. it says the chapter 11 filing will allow them to reorganize and restructure the debt. bishop muse is the husband of news4 anchor, pat lawson muse. >>> a push to bring a vegas-style casino to prince georges county has more support. maryland could handle another gambling facility, but as chris gordon reports, some are worrying it could hurt the state's other casinos. >> reporter: last weekend's grand opening of maryland live that not everyone who came could get in. one of five slot sites in maryland authorized by the voters in the referendum of 2008. now this maryland gaming task for

foundation and helped run both the reagan and both george bush campaigns said this in one nine hundred eighty when speaking to a group of republicans at a christian political meeting about how conservatives shouldn't want everybody to vote how many of our christians have what i call them wrong good government they want everybody to vote. i don't want everybody to vote elections are not won by a majority of people they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now as a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up oculus goes down that man you just saw the man who said i don't want everybody to vote paul weyrich he also happened to be one of the co-founders of the american legislative exchange council known as alec in the last few years alec has pushed its very own piece of legislation written by corporations or republican lawmakers to restrict voting rights to only those americans with photo id this voter id laws been introduced in thirty four states and already passed in seven of them and guess which americans tend not to have photo i.d.'s the poor the elderly and urban or reservation dwelling minor

christian will be sentenced in september. >>> the polls are open across virginia for today's primary elections. the biggest one is a statewide republican primary for the u.s. senate election. former senator and governor george allen is seen as the favorite. but he is facing a challenge from prince william county's bob marshal along with jamie radke and e. w. jackson. the winner will face democrat tim kaine. there are also several house races including a challenge to incumbent jim moran in the eighth descrictd and also to -- district and also to republican eric cantor in virginia's seventh district. on the local level, voters will be selecting democratic candidates for the alexandria city council. statewide the polls close at 7:00 p.m. >> go to our virginia voters guide at wusa9.com. at the top of the home page you can click on campaign 2012. >>> a u.s. navy spokesperson says no one on the ground was injured when drone aircraft crashed on maryland's eastern shore yesterday. the unmanned plane went down and burst into flames near bloodsworth island. authorities say the drone was on a routine maintenance flight when it crashed. >>> the maryland man charged with driving a stolen jeep into a downtown washington,

george w. bush campaign founder of the american legislative exchange council and co-founder of the heritage foundation here's what he had to say to a group of republican christian activists in one thousand nine hundred dollars taxes. how many of our request to have what i call but goose them grown good government they want everybody to vote i don't want everybody to vote elections are not won by a majority of people they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now a matter of fact our leverage in the election is quite candid like goes up owning. our leverage goes up as the vote in any as he said that he was working on the reagan campaign tell me this has not been a thirty year campaign but ok well i think it's i think it's quite the stretch to suggest. footage from one thousand of paul ryan were connected to the fellow from pennsylvania today as some sort of conspiracy talk just died a couple of years ago he was and yet soon i saw in the republican party right over through paul was i doubt he was actively working with these little state legislature alec alec wrote these laws he founded alec this is the guy and different people and the

police tell us christian taylor shot and killed a 59-year-old victim and his 32-year-old son. opening statements are expected to begin tomorrow. >>> prince george'sounty police are offering cash to help cut down on gun violence. the county's first ever gift cards for guns event is going to be held this saturday at 11:00 a.m. if you're willing to surrender a firearm you'll get a gift card valued up to a hundred dollars. the exchange will be held at the first baptist church of highland park on sheriff road in landover if you plan to attend bring your weapons unloaded and they should be in the trunk of your vehicle. >>> metro is preparing for some of the most drastic service changes in its history. and the move could impact tens of thousands of riders. news 4's tracee wilkins has more from the frank cone ya springfield station. >> good morning, sir. good morning, miss. have a great day. >> reporter: some may say metro is handing out a bit of good news this morning. >> have a great day. >> reporter: metro spokesmen say rush plus will improve the commute for 110,000 customers on the green, yellow, blue, and orange lines. the red line will not be impac

now george bush looks like a flinty teetotaling christian adventists.17 seconds i have left or whatever it is to talk to you about something that is not as a particularly religious person, but someone about in service. america came at a crossroads during the progressive era as well. we were told or america was told during the progressive era that everything had changed, that the old assumptions were gone, the old ideologies were part of old american society were no longer a relative and there were new expanded role for government. the progressives made the argument that our permit -- the government could take the place of god. that government, in fact, essentially, was god. they committed the heresy of theology. that the state could do all of the things that got to do if god actually existed. it empowered to left to play god. if you read liberal or leftist philosophy, it is always about putting man in the place of god. it is about -- the bolsheviks were the progressives -- it is about creating a heaven on earth. what one philosopher called trying to mak

george? - i thought you were going to. - no, no. i brought them last time. - you are right. [laughs] i forgot! all right, all right. woman: i used to wonder, why would a jew, a christian, and a muslim ever get together? both: it was him! woman: and then i finally got it. they had a lot more in common than doughnuts. - ♪ love can build a bridge - ♪ oh, love and only love - ♪ between your heart and mine ♪ - ♪ between your heart and mine ♪ male announcer: a message from the foundation for a better life. >> jeanine: six years ago, brandy hall was last seen at her firehouse. the mother of two was never heard from again. her truck was pulled from a pond. and d.n.a. tests show a significant amount of hall's blood in her truck. but no body has been recovered. detective ernie ebil with the palm bay police department. thank you for being with us this evening. >> thanks for having me, judge. >> jeanine: her vehicle and her belongings are in various locations found different years. can you give us a quick rundown of what happened here, detective? >> well, the last time they saw brandy was on august 17th, 2006, at the fire station. the next day, a fisherman found her fire gear flo