the rebels seized jerusalem.the first jewish revolt had begun. >> ( dramatized ): truly the battle is thine! their bodies are crushed by the might of thy hand, and there is no man to bury them. >> narrator: it seemed that the fiery predictions of the essenes were about to come true. >> most people in the first revolt really thought it was the apocalyptic event; it was the coming of a new kingdom on earth. several of the leaders within the revolt really claimed to have messianic identity or prophetic identity. >> ( dramatized ): they shall be a flaming torch in the straws to consume ungodliness. >> narrator: true to their beliefs, the essenes marched out to fight the romans, and were annihilated. >> even many christians thought that the war was the actual apocalyptic event. >> ( dramatized ): valiant warriors of the angelic host are among our numbered men, and the hero of war is with our congregation. >> narrator: a prisoner of war who defected to the roman side, the jewish historian josephus personally witnessed

to unite with jerusalem. chris mitchell has theirtory. >> some 5,000 christiansfrom 80 nations came too celebrate the feast of tabernacles this year. >> one biblical feast that involves the nations as a principle, we see that in zechariah 14. >> jerusalem nar barcot told a packed audirium about his city. >> idea logically, jerusalem the heart of the world. you cannot divide a heart. it will never work. practically, there is not 1 example not world of a split city that worked. >> many israeli leaders praise the christian support. >> all over the world, i came here tsay thank you to the people that came. >> icej director malcom heading says it shows the impact christians have. >> over years of faitul engagement, from the christian world, the jewish world, from its highest echeloof government to grass roots people recognize the importance of this worldwide global constituency, particularly as israel moves into an increased time of ice lis. isolation. >> this is his 50th trip to israel. he feels the feast is like

that meant that, for the most part, east jerusalem would go to the arabs. well, it's not so simple anymore. in the decade that's elapsed, more and more israeli settlers have moved east into the arab- populated areas. one place where it has gotten especially complicated-- and volatile-- is the arab neighborhood of silwan. the complication in silwan involves an israeli archeological dig called the city of david. go to jerusalem today, and you'll likely visit the city of david, one of the world's great archeological wonders, where diggers are sifting back through time. scores of workers, filling hundreds of buckets, unearthing thousands of years. >> doron spielman: this tunnel is 3,850 years old. >> stahl: and this was the way it was? >> spielman: this is exactly original. look at these stones. you can even see the chisel marks on the walls. >> stahl: doron spielman is the site's international director of development. >> spielman: this is the original old flooring. these are more ritual baths or water cisterns. >> stahl: he led us down to an ancient waterway c

when jerusalem was destroyed, a whole new series of questions had to be asked. "what do we do without the temple?" "where is the source of our faith and our authority?" "what does god want us to do?" >> this era was an age of definition, not just for christianity, but also for judaism. it marks the emergence, for the first time, into the light of history of a new group and a new culture, and a new literature and a new way of thinking and writing. >> narrator: without the temple, the priesthood that had presided over its rituals lost its power. there emerged new leaders, the pharisees, rabbis who would lead the jewish people in a new direction. >> and the rabbis represent for us a new age of definition. it is the rabbis who now emerge as a new kind of judaism, and it is this judaism which will endure from the second century of our era down to our own age. ( music playing ) >> narrator: the failure of the first revolt also created a crisis for early christians who were still a part of judaism. the kingdom had not come; the messiah had not arrived. the followers of

she returned to jerusalem to help israeli women overcome breast cancer. julie stall has more. >> more than 4,000 people diagnod with breast cancer in israel each year. biggest killer of women. a lack of knowledge about prevention. susan g. komen hopeto change that by bringing the international cu to the holy land. >> they gather in jerusalem for the first of a kind event in israel against breast cancer. among them was fox news correspondent jennifer griffin. >> i couldn't not come here. we covereit for 7 and a half years. my 2 daughters were born. >> in september 2009, doctors diagnosed griffin with an aggressive stage 3, triple negative breast cancer, underwent 17 rounds of chemo. double mastectomy. i am back and fighti to tell women theycan get through chemothepy. >> she is here to tell them faith helped her get through the or deal. >> every week my friends in jerusalewould send me notes, show me these pink notes they would put in the western wall prayers and go to the holy accept la cur and gave us a lot of strength. i am here to say miracles are possi

tehran in beirut we have robert fisk he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and in jerusalem we have harold wrote he's an expert on islam and the middle east and a former analyst in the office of the secretary of defense and another member of our cross-talk team here on the hunger gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want there's a little bit of a sound alike delay so let's be a bit patient here professor marandi i'd like to go to you first in western media you hear all the time that iran is isolated isolated and has no friends in the world it is a regime that's under pressure within and without but then again we have the president of the of iran who visits beirut was welcomed by tens of thousands of people very warm welcome we have the sitting prime minister of iraq visiting iran which is you know if you in the scope of history research. very remarkable we have in iran has a lot of other friends in the region their genuine friends so i mean how when i phrase this all in soft power how do you see iran's soft power in the region and in ma

anne thompson, nbc news, jerusalem. >> and that is our broadcast for this thursday night. for being here with us. i'm brian williams. as always, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> once i started beginning to use marijuana, it just lowered my drive, my grades seriously surd suffered, i lost interest in sports. >> it's not often you hear the case against marijuana. tonight a young man makes the case that pot nearly ruined his life. >>> plus rain is on the way. a stubborn storm teasing the bay area tonight.

say easily by this look at how to end it here many thanks to my guest today into ranbir and jerusalem and thanks to our viewers for watching here's an arche see you next time and remember i'll start with. you.

because the hebrew university of jerusalem now licensing agency run s attorney robert richmond to sells to the use of einstein's image. the proceeds go tothe university. am i right on that? >> yes. >> now, despite the fact that einstein himself had this to say about commercial endorsements. "it is -- is it not a sad meantair commentary onthe commercialition and i must add the corruption of our time that business firms make these offers with wanting to insult me? it evident i had means this form of corruption for corruption itis, is widespread." that makes it clear that he didn't want his name used on any products, correct? >> he did not in his lifetime. i guess he had no control. >> he wanted to give it to the university, p"obly the central thing in s life. i don't think he imagined in his wildest dreams that it would turn into a corn that cope yaof endorsements. >> do you think hebrew university in jerusalem is exploiting einstein's image? >> i thk they are, shall i say, capitalizingon it. >> should it stop allowing einstein's image to be commercialized? >> apparently, they have the r

has been put in charge of arab affairs in jerusalem . israeli interrogator has been accused to use cases of palestinians. price being gripped by the party drug chemist surf the web for instructions on how to cook at risk. for prison. parliamentary elections the baltic states economic crisis to date opinion polls say the party protecting the rights of the states. next on the sports highlights from. hello and welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and here are the headlines back in the fold dick advocaat recalls alex on the couch

very high ranking policeman in jerusalem is giving all some sort of message to the palestinian we are bringing now someone that knows how to treat you. meaning they don't care much about what the palestinian will feel they won two thirds of them and the messages are verbal waiting throughout the palestinian territories these two brothers were arrested last year come it was only kept in prison for three days because he says he was so badly tortured by the other interrogator let me enter it was very small probably one and a half meters square through the blindfold i could see small shapes moving around me but then he put a plastic bag over my head it reached into my knees then he started to beats me he hit me in the back and pushed me into the wall chargers of torture against israelis are nothing new since two thousand and one we know about more than six hundred fifty complaints that were sent to the government. and there was no even one criminal investigation meaning that torture or have total impunity they can do everything that they want and nothing will happen to them he wins the id

from jerusalem and also that's all we have time for but we really do appreciate your time here thanks very much for that that debate here that discussion here live on r.t. we appreciate time thank you. all immigrants in germany should actively integrate into society the german president said in an address to the turkish parliament christian wolf. is the first german president to visit the country in over ten years his statement and reiterate chancellor angela merkel's comments last week that multiculturalism had totally failed and as it grapples with integrating its three and a half million mostly turkish muslims german identity is in the spotlight for now i'm joined in london by keith best and he's a former british m.p. and chief executive of the foundation for care of victims of torture thank you very much indeed mr best for joining us here on r.t. . how do you read the situation how has chancellor merkel actually concluded that multiculturalism has failed and and who's to blame for all of this well i think first of all you have to try to define what people mean by integration and i

downtown jerusalem. and in new york, there are so this is a special relationship in every sense of the word. now, does this mean we agree on everything? no, it does not. we do not agree on everything. we do not agree, for example, on the status of jerusalem. now in principle, the united states still adheres to u.n. resolution 181 of november 1947. it was the resolution that partition palestine into jewish and arab states. but it also envisioned a jerusalem that would remain under some type of international regime. and for that reason, the united states did not recognize the jordanian annexation of east jerusalem from 1948 to 1967 or israel's annexation after 1967. ideally the united states wants to maintain the status quo and to respond until a final status agreement is worked out as part of a general peace treaty. israel, for its part. we regard jerusalem not only is the sovereign capital of the state of israel and the spiritual capital worldwide. israel uphold the right for all of its citizens, air and

discuss the resumption of settlement building i'm joined by eve horo in jerusalem she's a spokesperson from the national council in tel aviv we go to get ian levy columnist and author of the recent book the punishment of gaza and in washington we crossed agave mari he is the advocacy director at the american task force on palestine and another member of our cross-talk team in the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that you can jump in anytime you want i'd like to go to get in first in tel aviv gideon where is the so-called peace process that we keep hearing about stand right now that there's been the resumption of building of settlements in the west bank and the palestinians are hesitating and it looks like they may walk away from these talks so where do we go from there. we don't go anywhere unfortunately we are totally stuck it was very clear from the very beginning the ghost talks have very different charms i guess they will find a way out of the current crisis but anyone who expects really peace coming out of this scene in this mess kerry is going to be deeply disapp

has been put in charge of arab affairs in jerusalem . israeli interrogator has been accused to use cases of palestinians. price being gripped by the party drug chemist surf the web for instructions on how to cook at risk. for prison. parliamentary elections the baltic states economic crisis to date opinion polls say the party protecting the rights of the states. next on the sports highlights from. hello and welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and here are the headlines back in the fold dick advocaat recalls alex on the couch a call for plus two other changes in his twenty one man squad for the euro twenty twelve qualifiers and while advantage usa america hold a slim lead following a rain disrupted day one hundred thirty eight. bucks the dream is over dani pedrosa is all but a novice of the most who changed the title race after crashing in practice for the japanese girl a pretty. wet start was football and alexander cough has finally been recalled to the russian national team as coach dick advocaat named his list of twenty

jerusalem because real first time inside here and talk to the soldiers featured in that report or should i say former israeli soldier now the founder of the breaking the silence movement you could assure someone from jerusalem to show thanks for being with this ok no one ever pretends being a soldier is easy but we heard you in that report saying using a human beings as human shields is common in your day's work serving a cup of coffee in the morning i guess with hindsight looking about there's something very much regret doing these days you're. of course but look when i was a soldier and then later on when i was a commander that was part of our procedure in any arrest operation which sometimes you end up doing like two three a week it's what we called a neighbor procedure you come to a specific ouse you surround a house and then you grab one of the neighbors and said i'm in front of you into the house to make sure that if someone is going to open fire he's going to take it out you so that's like that was the common procedure we were all trained and operated under was really discontents

human rights groups are furious that torture has been put in charge of arab affairs in jerusalem the infamous israeli interrogator has been accused of abuse cases of palestinians. crisis russia has been gripped by the party drug chemist's the web for instructions on how to cook without risking life and limb toppling prison. and billions of voting in a parliamentary election in the baltic states worst economic crisis to date in polls say the party protecting the rights of the state's russian minority could be a surprise from. the top stories this hour up next kate's here with a sports update. hello and welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and here are the headlines back in the fold dick advocaat recalls alexander got to call for plus two other changes in his twenty one man squad for the euro twenty twelve qualifiers and while advantage usa america hold a slim lead following a rain disrupted a one hundred thirty eight. bucks the dream is over dani pedrosa is all but a novice of the most who changed me title race after crashing in practice for the japanese girl a pretty.

bbc news, jerusalem. >> still ahead, not guilty of child abuse.appointment at the acquittal of someone in south africa. microsoft has made its first response to the apple iphone and has unveiled a range of handsets, which it says has been rebuilt to be more user- friendly. >> more than 90% of desktop computers have windows logo. now all the action and innovation has moved into mobile phones. it is a different story. microsoft dominates the desktop there it is a host of rivals to the iphone [unintelligible] 5% of the market. >> we wanted the windows phone -- >> here is the latest attempt for windows to stake its claim in the global world. the executive unveiled windows phone 7 promising that it was designed to delight users. it is simpler and more attractive. it rivals apple and google, which is so far ahead, microsoft has to prove they have something special. an actor previously a huge apple fan turned out to praise the phone. >> my first feeling was that it was fun to play with. i know that is childish. but just like a car, is it fun to drive. >>

rights groups are furious that in the lead story to her husband put in charge of arab affairs in jerusalem the infamous israeli interrogator has been accused of numerous abuse cases palestinian. hasn't said it means certain price russell has been gripped by the party drug chemist surf the web for instructions on how to cook it up and risk life and limb will avoid prison. and latvians are voting in a parliamentary election amid the baltic states worst economic crisis to date opinion polls say the party protecting the rights of the state's lawson's minority could be a supply a spotlight. those are the headlines i'll have more details at the top of the hour up next all the sports highlights with. hello and welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and here are the headlines back in the fold dick advocaat recalls alexandr got to call for plus two other changes in his twenty one man squad for the euro twenty twelve qualifiers. while advantage usa america hold a slim lead following a rain disrupted day one hundred thirty eight. bucks the dream is over dani pedrosa is all but out of the

palestinian leaders accused israel of using the event to gain recognition of its control of east jerusalem. as ministers meet in nagawicka, japan to discuss targets for nature conservation, experts say the world is losing species of plants and animals and even entire ecosystems at and an alarming rate. our correspondent sent this.l >> it starts with a few precious drops. the rain beats down and the trees trap the moisture. this is a forest in kenya. it provides an incredibly valuable service. is not just a home to wildlife. it is a natural reservoir. rivers " in all directions. -- flow out in all directions. it is about supporting the kenyan economy. downstream, the animals. one of kenya's most valuable attractions. tourists are drawn to dowling sites like this. -- wildlife sites like this. one of the biggest exports also relies on water. this plantation depends on the forest and the rian that comes from it. >> the forest is also suffering. it is also trees. we do not get rainfall, we do not have our tea. turing the dry spells, the tre dries up and we're not able to sustain the livelihoods

this marks the end of the holiday season here in jerusalem. and if you look at the two papers as everyone has gotten back to work today, beth of the main hebrew papers talk about how internal political pressure has started to get to prime minister netan yahu that might encourage him to change his position on the settlements. in jerusalem, leland vittert fox news. >> a foreclosure flap. what an executive at a bay area based bank admits to doing when it came to signing foreclosure documents. >> militants on the attack. where this latest incident took place and what likely led to it. >> i am tracking a weather system out in the pacific. it will keep us on the cool side. it will also bump up the wind speeds. coming up i will show you where the strongest winds are expected. . >>> as of today the federal government will no longer be able to bail out businesses with a program known as tarp. the troubled asset relief program. president if george bush signed the package in 2008. originally intended to buy the so-called toxic assets of banks and other l

. >> israel never froze settlements in occupied east jerusalem. this has gone on since march. no construction can resume in the west bank. from the beginning, when israel captured the land in 1967, settlement was about creating a new reality the idea was that if jews were settled, it would become politically impossible ever to return it to arab control. more than 40 years on, it is looking like a pretty successful strategy. so history begins with george mitchell. the palestinian president abbas is unhappy about israel not extending its settlement freeze, so he is threatening to pull out. >> we are determined to continue, and we are continuing our efforts to find common ground between the parties. >> on the way to his olive groves, a farmer says it would be nothing left to talk about if israel continued to build on the occupied west bank. his trees are just below the jewish settlement. he says sewage from it has killed them. these are dead olive trees. >> yes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7 ,8 9. from here, i cannot count. 9 treses died. >> all killed by sewage? he cannot get to the trees