. ♪ leighton: what is implicit in that hymn is that the story, the christian story, is a story of redeeminghe conditions of captivity, which could not be overcome until the sinful condition that attended the fall of adam was overcome with the arrival of jesus and his redemptive death. now, the problem with the way in which the christian story has been told is that israel itself is in a condition of desperation, which is a consequence of the terrible fall that occurred when adam sinned and violated the creation. so the master narrative that becomes enshrined in the christian story suggests that after the creation, the fall rendered the creation broken, fragmented, alienated, and it remains in that condition until jesus comes and redeems us from this woeful condition. which is another way of saying that israel's own story has no relevance to the salvation of the world. so the hymn itself not only carries a triumphalism, a supersessionist bias, but it also writes israel out of its own story. ♪ rejoice ♪ rejoice ♪ emmanuel leighton: if you were to suggest that this hymn carries the seed of cont

. ♪ leighton: what is implicit in that hymn is that the story, the christian story, is a story of redeeminghe conditions of captivity, which could not be overcome until the sinful condition that attended the fall of adam was overcome with the arrival of jesus and his redemptive death. now, the problem with the way in which the christian story has been told is that israel itself is in a condition of desperation, which is a consequence of the terrible fall that occurred when adam sinned and violated the creation. so the master narrative that becomes enshrined in the christian story suggests that after the creation, the fall rendered the creation broken, fragmented, alienated, and it remains in that condition until jesus comes and redeems us from this woeful condition. which is another way of saying that israel's own story has no relevance to the salvation of the world. so the hymn itself not only carries a triumphalism, a supersessionist bias, but it also writes israel out of its own story. ♪ rejoice ♪ rejoice ♪ emmanuel leighton: if you were to suggest that this hymn carries the seed of cont

leighton as in a positive because of course it's been an extremely tough year for the people who. like debts like better. at bias thirty matches that have really affected just say many people here in the country in real terms and many people that's meant job losses and he cheats numbers it's meant tax hikes is meant cause to social services he's seen a new wave of homelessness spring up in the country in the impacts of what has happened in the last year again to be felt certainly internet2 for low long time to come here in the country and throughout the year he said has made everyone very very nervous about what the year ahead holds as we've been finding out from some of the people here today on the streets of greece. i'm not optimistic you know here in greece everything is a really bad saward to solve in any plans for for being better the streets expect an uprising here in greece because people won't stand any more those cuts very difficult very difficult here look one thing for christmas. that covering the event terry that the last year was really being marked by is the he's mad

. >> when they smile it am leighton's me. >> a lot of bad news has been around the redskins. how about some good news. several skins gave winter gear at the down time macy's. >> but as we said, it is not all warm and fuzzy news coming out of redskins park. >>> as expected the redskins got word yesterday that fred davis and fred williams have been suspended without pay for violating the drug policy. davis and williams failed multiple drug test. they have been through a drug program and the suspension begins immediately. both players failed the test at the beginning of training camp. they failed another test during the season for marijuana. they let their teammates down. now their wallets will be a lot lighter. let's go to college basketball. george mason took on the cavaliers of virginia. paul hewitt hitting from all cylinders. high scorer with 18 points. the cavaliers run past george mason, 68-48. the patriots fall to 6-3. have a great day, everybody. >>> 5:28. 60 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >> a journalist who covers major league baseball might want to check their c

. >> reporter: retired air force intelligence officer colonel sedrick leighton says it's missing, stealthierng like that, or another type of aircraft. >> reporter: the surveillance over osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. military officials say if the drone's technology is compromised, other nations will likely device better defenses against it. >> and if they emulate us we'll find it much more difficult to go after them and to go after their aerodefenses as well as the assets they're trying to protect. in the case of iran, it would perhaps be their nuclear weapons system. >> reporter: now, if all of this sounds farfetched with nothing but frag mthments of the drone on the ground, remember this, one of the stealth planes shot down over serbia in 1999. balkan military officials say chinese agents bought up pieces of that plane from the local farmers, and when china unveiled its stealth plane, earlier this year, a lot of experts say it borrowed from american technology. christine? >> chris lawrence, thank you, chris. >>> in a few hours former illinois governor rod blagojevich will learn hi