ringing through the sky shepherd boy. did he hear what i hear?a song how above the tree with a vais voice as big as big as the sea. said the shepherd boy to the mighty king. do you know what i know? in our palace mighty king. do you know what i know? a child a child shivers in the cold lettuce bring him and silver and gold. let us bring him silver and gold. said to the king to the people everywhere duo listen to what i say. pray for peace people everywhere. listen to what i say. a child a child shivers in the cold lettuce bring him silver and gold. lettuce bring him silver and gold. >> thank you (clapping.) >> thank you tracy. (clapping.) >> well good evening. good evening. >> good evening. happy holidays everybody i'm phil i'm the general manager of your rec and park department welcome to the rec park tree lighting ceremony at the calory lodge in san francisco. you can do better than that are we fired up or what? (clapping) >> it's cold it's winter it's the holidays it's awesome so we have a great evening we'll got snow how many kids took the to

they do not wait for the shepherds. they will go back down. there is no shepherds.rybody comes back looking for them. the position we were in to overlook the particular village had a limited -- line of sight to where we could see every single house. no shepherds and the guy we were looking for was in the village. all of those little small variables started combining into one big thing. we rolled the dice. we let them loose. >> to see what would happen and not to know what would happen? and the worst thing happened. >> 30 minutes to an hour. we relocated back to our initial position. i was not on watch. i put my hat down to get rest. 30 minutes to an hour. about that time. >> you are trying to save your life and your friends' lives. everybody trying to do that. you know the odds. take me to that moment. >> it is one of those situations where you know -- in the back of our head, is the perfect situation for a navy seal. one we dream about getting into when we are outnumbered and outgunned. we get to put our skills to the test. >> employ everything you ever learned? >>

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>> shepherd smith left his successful "fox report" and 3:00 p.m . >> i studio b "to launch shepherd smith. straight ahead looking back at and of the most memorable stories on the most powerful name in news. >> they made fun of us for about a year, not anymore. most of new york said you won't like new york. i was living in los angeles and living on the beach. but within a year of living here, i fell in love with it. >> and then there is this before we turn off lights. we hope to thaw things out. >> unexpected takes the viewer along for an experience they did not think they're going to get. >> i think it's a fire alarm. >> that is quite a day. >> there is no fire. never a fire here. >> but they go off. in just a moment a dude on the 50th floor will go hello? this is the fire warden. nothing real happened. there is a lady stuck in the toilet of the 31 is the floor. >> seriously now. hurricane katrina. >> yes. >> how did you stand in front that have camera looking into that black circle? and ask and try to help the country understand? >> i wasn't trying to help anyone except those people, the

being a shepherd softens the heart of the prophet, prepares him for being a shepherd of a community, not only shepherd of cattle. >> meanwhile, far away on the banks of the river nile the bible says that moses's brethren, the israelites, were still enslaved by the pharaoh, building his grand palaces and temples. after many years of suffering, the bible says, they were fed up and began to grown and cry out to their god. >> you know, jews have been at the forefront of almost every social justice movement of the 20th century. when you look at, you know, the civil rights marches, there were very often jews in the front row and second row. and i think there's a straight line from that groaning in the story of the exodus to that. the idea that we speak up. >> reporter: it seems god heard their cries. the bible says that moses, who was living in peace and quiet, then got the surprise of his life. >> and everything's peachy keen. until one day he notices a bush that seems to be on fire and yet it's not consumed. and from that bush comes the voice of god. >> reporter: and according to traditi

appeared and told the shepherds of the messiah's birth. >> luke focuses on these shepherds, and shepherds poor, they often lived outside the towns and only came in from time to time. and luke focuses on them as the ones who are right at the center of the action. >> but why is jesus' birth celebrated on december 25 in the middle of winter? >> if the gospel of luke is any indication of the actual time, we have shepherds out on the hillside grazing their sheep at night, we know it's not in the winter. it's freezing here in the winter. but spring and summer, it would be lovely all night. the december 25 was chosen, partly in a response to pagan religions, which had a winter celebration. and the early christians wanted to have a christian focus in the wintertime. and it's almost symbolic in the sense that you celebrate the light coming into the world at the very darkest point of the year. >> the gospels tell us jesus was born during the reign of herod the great. >> there is also the question about the year of jesus' birth. >> herod the great, according to the standard consensus, died in the ye

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shepherd. >> the day that sulley landed that u.s.ight. >> this is a u.s. airways plane that has gone down in the hudson river. >> it was horrifying. >> it was bitterly cold outside. the wind was whipping through mid town. just a few blocks from where we are. >> just got word it is boston marathon day. we have gotten word of not one but two explosions near the finish line of the boston marathon. these are live pictures coming in to us now. >> on 9-11 the fox news channel put a camera outside of the studio to show the country of the world that all of new york city was attacked. >> i had been at plenty of horrible things where people were dying but i have never been in a place where it was my people who were dying. it was a boss who said i want you to go to the roof and show pictures around for a while while brit hume is comforting the nation and another plane is on the way to washington. >> since the debut of the fox report in 1999 in studio b in 2002 both cnn and msnbc launched more than 25 shows against smith each one has failed. >>

being a shepherd softens the heart of the prophet, prepares him for being a shepherd of a community, not only shepherd of cattle. >> meanwhile, far away on the banks of the river nile the bible says that moses' brethren, the israelites, were still enslaved by the pharaoh, building his grand palaces and temples. after many years of suffering, the bible says, they were fed up and began to grown and cry out to their god. >> you know, jews have been at the forefront of almost every social justice movement of the 20th century. when you look at, you know, the civil rights marches, there were very often jews in the front row and second row. and i think there's a straight line from that groaning in the story of the exodus to that. the idea that we speak up. >> reporter: it seems god heard their cries. the bible says that moses, who was living in peace and quiet, then got the surprise of his life. >> and everything's peachy keen. until one day he notices a bush that seems to be on fire and yet it's not consumed. and from that bush comes the voice of god. >> reporter: and according to traditio

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we're going to do a shepherd's pie. i put carrots in with mashed potatoes. that can feed six people under $ten. >> those are cheap shepherds. >> try. that it's simple as taking parsley, i warmed it up >> it's really good >> good stuff there. shepherd's pie with ground beef. simple. great. >> you can find this recipe on our web site. abc7 news.com. and yes, i fed him. >> i want you guys to text. so ve got you on that. i fed you. >> text the word feed. >> he's a pro. >> i need to give a plug to california pizza kitchen. we appreciate their help and thank you, ryan. >> when you click give where you live, we will donate $1 to the feeding america food banks for you. you can win $7,000 cash. we'll announce the winner so spreaded word. >> spencer out doing that duty helping those in need around the bay area. >> and cold is going to moderate. hot soup? how about, a baguette? high clouds seeing temperatures running ahead of where they were yesterday at this time so there is is hope. you can clearly see across the bay there is a spare the air alert in effect now. and

we're going to do a shepherd's pie. i put carrots in with mashed potatoes. that can feed six people under $ten. >> those are cheap shepherds. >> try. that it's simple as taking parsley, i warmed it up >> it's really good >> good stuff there. shepherd's pie with ground beef. simple. great. >> you can find this recipe on our web site. abc7 news.com. and yes, i fed him. >> i want you guys to text. so i've got you on that. i fed you. >> text the word feed. >> he's a pro. >> i need to give a plug to california pizza kitchen. we appreciate their help and thank you, ryan. >> when you click give where you live, we will donate $1 to the feeding america food banks for you. you can win $7,000 cash. we'll announce the winner so spreaded word. >> spencer out doing that duty helping those in need around the bay area. >> and cold is going to moderate. hot soup? how about, a high clouds seeing temperatures running ahead of where they were yesterday at this time so there is is hope. you can clearly see across the bay there is a spare the air alert in effect now. and santa cl

i'm shepherd smith in new york. our coverage continues on the fox news channel on satellite and cable. your continued coverage tonight from this fox station. from all of us here, good afternoon. our coverage continues now on fox news channel. dana perino and bob beckel are with us on the fox news deck for their normal hour of contribution to our programming. i was moved when the president talked about the bending of the curve. >> the ark of justice and it wasn't just for south africa but any freedom fighter around the world. i had the opportunity to serve on the broadcasting board of governors, that voice of america and all other nations, england, germany, netherlands all par s participat participated. they could listen to him on the radio and be inspired by the grace, redemption and real grit actually. imagine it's not just he was a wonderful, beautiful person. he had the ability to take what his jailers had done and turn it into something positive. >> he said i hate race, discrimination most intensely and all mani

right now they're shepherded into the next concept that builds on that negative components ensuring that they will hit a wall and have gaps in knowledge, which is the reason we have so many people having trouble especially with s.t.e.m. courses. i would make lecture no longer the focal point of the classroom. i would make student interactions and project and conversation the focal point of the classroom. in that world it's no longer about how long you spent in a seed. it's about what level of achievement you have or competency based and portfolio based. what have you created and what robot have you built and what novel have been written. those are the credentials that are far more interesting. >> i'll go to the final guest. josh frazier, school curriculum specialist, ask your question of sal. >> first off, i wanted to say i'm a big fan and i'm actually one of those students that your videos actually helped. what do you think is the next evolutionary step for online instruction and online learning? >> i think this is something we're working super deeply on, real personalization. i think a

he grew up in a small village in south africa and as a shepherd you lead from behind. and so he was a very quoid leader but a very forceful leader. his compassion his commitment and his belief in one south africa. >> and yet there was a sense when he became president that he would be president for life and yet he chose to step down after one term. why? >> i don't know. i did not know him personally as to the whys about but it was a good move. he was 75 when he became president and he decided after that first election which was you a forric and exciting for the world to go through that trsktrxtiontransformation but ht one term was the term, and leave it to others. i will take the mantle but i will also leave it to my successors. >> had he run for a second term how differently would south africa have been today? >> he certainly would have been elected, his leadership would have been much more pervasive. we can all say hindsight is 20-20 and there were a lot of issues that were created when president umbeke came on and other issues today. but such a strategic involvement

plus, there's no shepherds. the guy we were looking for was in the village, he's going to know something up and he's gone so all of those variables started combining into one big thing and ultimately we played -- we rolled the dice and that's what we went with, to turn them loose and see what happens. >> rose: see what will happen not know what will happen, righting? >> right. >> and the worst thing happened. in 30 minutes. >> best estimation 30 minutes to an hour, probably. we relocated in our initial position. i wasn't on watch. i pulled my hat down to get some rest so but 30 minutes to an hour is probably the right time. >> rose: and when you see that you're trying to save your life and your friends' lives. everybody's trying to do the same thing. not compromise the mission, save lives. you know the odds. take me to that moment. >> it's just one of those situations where you know that -- in the back of our head it's the perfect situation for a navy seal. it's the one we dream about getting into. it's the one

of the shepherds shared this free green grass and they grab as much as possible. captain breeding sheep. many more to rais. soon all the grass was gone. the sheep died. the shepherd said nothing. so then they debt divided it into parcels. now each one owned one. each had an incentive to limit the number that grazed on his grass. prosperity happened. everyone lives happily ever after. okay. is not quite that simple, but we should thnk about this today on thanksgiving. this week school children were taught, it's a day of sharing. pilgrims and indians shared the fruits of the harvest, but that misses the point. most of their teachers don't even know. thanks to sharing the programs almost starved. george mason university economist brush roberts as the real thanksgiving story. what's the real story? >> an important lesson we learn from the programs which was when they first came to this country they thought it would be nice to share. communal property, a big area that they farmed. john: the corporation actually ordered them. >> work on this together and then we ll divv

just outside branson, missouri, we took a turn on shepherd of the hills expressway.w we're approaching this massive building. it's the sight and sound theatre, a replica of something that might have been in the ancient, ancient east during biblical times. this is what they tell us is christian broadway. and nine times a week, every week, thousands of people come from across the country to watch their favorite bible stories come alive. when we visited, abraham's great grandson joseph was sent to stage. what most people probably immediately would think is joseph and the amazing technicolor dream coat. >> this is the true biblical account. >> less coat, more joseph? >> the show's not about the coat. it's a universal message of forgiveness, and forgiveness is right at the heart of salvation itself. >> at sight and sound, they say the mission is selling this message, not just tickets. although when we visited, joseph had grossed almost $40 million that season alone. >> we don't do it for the pocketbook. we do it because we believe in the message of jesus christ. >> is it

kane is a shepherd and abel is a farmer.ices to god, but god likes abel's better. >> this is about life as we know it. and life as we know it is not fair. we feel the pain of those whom god hasn't chosen. >> in a fit of jealousy, cain kills his brother abel. >> information the first example of murder and the gravity of which god holds the tank of another human -- taking of another human life. >> and yet, human kind is still at it. as surely as cain killed abel, the slaughter of innocence continues in the very place the bible tells us this story was set -- today's syria. racked by the most brutal of wars. and in a sleepy town in connecticut, the horrifying massacre of children in their elementary school. >> how do we make sense of our torn war and torn personalities and the conflict and the despair we fall into when we see suffering and injustice? >> what we think the bible does really well, how could we do this better? if i were in this person's shoes, how would i have acted? if i'm judge and jury, what punishment would i as

just outside branson, missouri, we took a turn on shepherd of the hills expressway.roaching this massive building, the sight and sound theater. it's a replica of something that might have been in the ancient, ancient east during biblical times. this is what they tell us is christian broadway. >> there he is, brothers! get him! >> and nine times a week, every week, thousands of people come from across the country to watch their favorite bible stories come alive. when we visited, abraham's great grandson joseph was center stage. what most people probably immediately would think is "joseph and the amazing technicolor dream coat." >> right. right. >> is this that? >> this is that same guy, that same coat, but this is the true biblical account. >> so less coat, more joseph? >> the show is not about the coat. it's a universal message of forgiveness. forgiveness is right at the heart of salvation itself. >> at sight and sound, they say the mission is selling this message, not just tickets. although when we visited, joseph had grossed almost $40 million that season alone. >>

>> my german shepherd leans toward the tea party. last night started ecumenical family. now, i don't think i'm going to engage in any final word. i just want to express my appreciation again to everyone here for participating in this, particularly my colleagues in government on this podium and right there in the front row who has made such as funding contributions to america's well-being, all of which illustrates known as investment to vote. there's no special geniuses in charge. ability is distributed generous in our country and we have top-notch elite capable of moving from generation to generation. what we have to do is be alert to the fact the world has become infinitely more complex and sloganeering about our values and easy assumptions about not american exceptionalism, that americans universalism or at least historically premature and probably not attainable in the lifespan if anyone in this room. this is going to be named for nothing more complex, more dangerous world in which, sent, a sense of responsibility could not deliver planing well-prepared to leave and f

shepherds quake at the sight ♪ glory streams from heaven above ♪ heavenly host sing hallelujah ♪ christere to talk about the real meaning of christmas. >> and then, simon cowell is not too fond of many people but he did make an exception for leona lewis, here to perform. >> and from the fox news family and from the wallace family, we want to wish you the happiest of christmass, and santa, if you're out there what i would like is a copy of brian kilmeade's book, please, santa, that is all i want for christmas. you hear th? that's the sound of car insunce companies these days. here a cheap, there a cheap. everywhere a cheap... you get it. so what if instead ofjust a cheachoice, you could make a smart choice? like esurance for example they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. that's what they've always ne. not just somhing they...cheep about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >>> merry christmas and welcome to the second hour of our "fox and friends" christmas special. we want to thank you for welcoming us

cane is a shepherd and able is a farmer. both offer sacrifices to god.god likes abel's better. >> this is about life as we know it. and life as we know it is not fair. we feel the pain of those whom god hasn't chosen. >> in a fit of jealousy, cane kills his brother abel. >> this is the first example we ever saw of murder and the gravity with which god holds the taking of another human life. >> and yet with the passage of thousands of years, humankind is still at it. as surely as cane killed able, the slaughter of innocents continues in the very place the bible tells us this story was set, today's syria. wracked by the most brutal of wars. and in a sleepy town in connecticut, the horrifying massacre of children, in their elementary school. >> how do we make sense of our torn world and our torn personalities? and the conflicts and the despair we fall into when we see suffering and in justice. >> what i think the bible does really well is help us ask really good questions. how would we do this better? if i were in this person's shoes, how would i have acted

i can't believe it. >> tell me about shepherd's crook. >> the shepherd's helped me with some food and clothes and everything. and then when i got a job and found a place to live, i wanted to help back. so i started volunteering because i like helping people. right now, i'm afraid to go back in there because of what happened, because of nightmares. but later on, maybe after this gets over with, maybe a few months or down the road, i will go back and do it again. >> full recovery may take two years. neither her fiance nor adult daughter have the money to make extended trips up here. so dana is hoping she will be home by christmas. at the hopkins bay view medical center in baltimore, scott broom, wusa9. >> and dana's employer is trying to raise money to support her. you can learn more by clicking on our website, wusa9.com. >> northern virginia congressman, frank wolf, will not seek reelection next year. the 18-term republican from virginia's tenth district released a statement saying quote, it has been an honor to serve the people of northern virginia and the shenendoah valley. for 34 ye

but as the bible tells it, his time as a shepherd was the perfect preparation for what was to come. >> being a shepherd so muches t -- softens the heart of the prophet. >> meanwhile, far away, the bible says that moses's brethren, the israelites, were still enslaved by the pharaoh, building his grand palaces and temples. the bible says they were fed up and began to groan and cry out to their god. >> jews have been at the forefront of almost every social justice movement of the 20th century. when you look at the civil rights marches, there were very off jews in the front row and second row. i think there's a straight line from that groaning in the story of the exodus do-to-that. the idea that we speak up. >> it seems god heard their cries. the bible says that moses, who was living in peace and quiet, then got the surprise of his life. >> everything is peachy keen until one day he notices a bush that seems to be on fire, and yet it's not consumed. and from that bush comes the voice of god. >> and according to tradition, that miraculous bush is still right here today. >> there's the burn

that is happening on shepherd at the high school church. you checked that as being a good move by the officials. i think you mentioned you would like to see buses rolling in to get the young people who have been cleared, who had been padded down away from that particular location. but we also heard that the sheriff department is working as diligently as it can to make that happen which was right on the point that you mentioned to us a short time ago. >> yes, sir, and the footage i've been seeing does depict buses in the area. the staging i'm not familiar with the specific scene where some of these shots are that i'm looking at, how close they are to the building. but i have seen two different shots. one with three buses, one with two. the buss did not appear to have police escort, so they may not have been load. we like to see police escort when buss are loaded. it's hard to say but they likely be buss in route to pick up the students. we do like to see the buses moving quickly. in this case, they pat the students down and make sure they're

. >> i'm shepherd smith. from oall of us merry christmas.. >>> live from america's news headquarters merry christmas. christians around the world are celebrating the birth of christ today. the pope spoke to a massive crowd today. urging all to work together for peace. >>> bethlehem seeing it's biggest crowds in years. many more lining the streets to hear holiday songs and parades. one targets war shippers as they were leaving christmas mass. al qaeda terrorists remain the suspects at this hour. now back to a "fox and friends christmas". >>> welcome back and merry christmas. we are so glad that you can join us. as we get together celebrate the boirnlg bifrn boirnlg birth of jesus there are those that cannot because they are overseas fighting for our country. and here to sing for them is country music super star craig morgan. ♪ he said mama i know you had a lot of plans for me, college in the fall hey i'm almost 18 ♪ ♪ i've been doing lots of think ing i went down to the recruiter today and i signed up because if not there then where, if not n