CBN NewsWatch PM: December 21, 2021

12 MISSIONARIES ARE NOW BACK HOME SAFE. THEY WERE HELD HOSTAGE IN HAITI AND GAINED THEIR FREEDOM BY ESCAPING THEIR CAPTORS AND WALKING FOR HOURS THROUGH DIFFICULT TERRAIN BEFORE FINDING HELP. COVID-19 IS SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE OMICRON VARIANT – NOW DETECTED IN ALMOST EVERY STATE. GUNSHOTS SENT PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COVER AT A MALL IN SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY EVENING. A 6-POINT TWO MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT OF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD