. >> the bible as blockbuster. tonight we take you inside one of the biggest trends in entertainment. >> people really connect with this character. i think it speaks to a deeper need. >> and they are the surprising power couple behind it. >> we are jokingly referred to as hollywood's noisiest christians. >> the king of reality tv. >> he has an imagination nobody else has. >> and a former tv angel with a new empire built on faith. >> a hundred million people watched the bible series. these guys are history makers. >> why do you think you have this calling? >> this began as a whisper in our hearts and became a roar. >> tonight the premooer of a whole new chapter and verse. >> you dare to believe? >> this story i don't think has ever been told before. >> there is something mysterious, something curious. >> p so powerful. so moving. >> is this the biggest, boldest epic yet is this. >> "house of cards" meets "game of thrones" wrapped up in the bible. >> bible stories, the new blockbusters. >>> good evening, everyone. i'

what better place than the bible? >> there is a history of hollywood and the bible. way back in the silent era, hollywood mined the bible for story ideas. the 1927 epic "the king of kings" was a big budget blockbuster with some sequences even shot in color. in the '50ss "the ten commandments" and a few years later "ben hur" were smash hits and oscar winners. >> it was a wayer for hollywood to show off what all of its creative departments could do. biblical pov vis call for elaborate chaos tombs, big sets, crowd scenes. >> i was good, wasn't i? >> in the 1990s, network television was also home to reare lijs-based programming. for example, "touched by an angel" starring roma downey and della reese. it was a huge hit. some weeks more than 20 million viewers watched the show. over time, by and large, religious themes went out of fashion. that changed in 2004. mel gibson, a movie star the and oscar winning director, wanted to make a film about jesus called "the passion of the christ." even he couldn't get funding. >> he ended up doing it himself. it was a $30 million inde

picks up where the bible left off. executive producers mark burnett and roma downey. >> i think it speaks to a deeper need the public has to connect with the word, to connect with hope. >> reporter: this behind-the-scenes footage shows how present-day morocco was transformed into ancient jerusalem. >> it took hundreds of workers months in the hot moroccan desert to build this in time. >> action. >> reporter: recreating an age-old story with the timeless appeal of hope. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> right now at 6:00 it could be worse than loma prieta. the new warning from scientists after the discovery about two dangerous bay area fault lines. good friday evening. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. some new and ominous information that is picking up the way seismologists are looking at things. we

they may not realise the bible they held is the largest bible manufacturer in a county said to be atheist. >> there was a time when china's leader matsy tongue's book was the best seller. now there's another. it's been around a lot longer. more than 130 million copies of the bible rolled off the production line. mane escorted. purchased for churches sanked by the atheist government. the first principle is to serve the churcheses and brothers and sisters. if we have the capacity we'll serve the overseas churches. the factory publishes bibles in 90 languages from arabic to russian. such is demand for the holy book it is an around the clock operation. according to reinitial figures around 30 mill -- official figures 30 million are christian, unofficially it's 100 million. while religion is tolerated the government is wary of its popularity. a popularity reflected here. the factory began to public bibles in 1987. a few years before the communist party ended its campaign to wipe out religion today there's proof there is money in religion contradiction possible only in china. more people are se

they killed the bible bill. me now from memphis is democratic congressman steve cohen of tennessee. your reaction to the senate sending it back to committee? >> well, i'm pleased that the minds that know the separation of surge and state prevail. it was sent back to committee and that's a good thing. it's unfortunate that so many people did support it and they didn't understand the foundation of the country and the separation of church and state. >> it's funny to watch the republicans get out in front of it and the attorney state general, the governor also. that this was -- in some ways part of the after effect of what happened in indiana. and mike pence's approval rating hayes plummeted from the law passed in indiana. he had to try to walk some of it back. there is a fear of a spotlight that might come on a state if it is to pass something of this nature. >> well, it would certainly be embarrassing to tennessee and we haven't progressed that fair from dayton, tennessee. there was an attempt to have a law like t

the bible tells us little about mary. is it possible that everything we've assumed about her is wrong and could lost gospels help fill in the missing parts of her story and tell us who really was mary magdalene? ♪ >>> for many christians today, mary magdalene is revered for her compassionate love for jesus. >> i think jesus meant everything to mary. >> she was present at the crucifixion and most importantly, she was present at the resurrection. she's the first person to whom jesus appears after his resurrection. >> for his grace will protect you. >> yet, when it comes to the details of mary's life, the bible says very little. the new testament mentions her just 12 times. >> mary magdalene is remarkable. there's so few mentions of her in the gospels, but they're so central to the story of jesus. and they've filled our imagination for centuries. >> in reality, many of our ideas about mary are no more than myth. perhaps the most enduring one is that she is a fallen woman, a prostitute saved by jesus from a life of sin. >> sh

>> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary. is it possible that everything we've assumed about her is wrong and could lost gospels help fill in the missing parts of her story and tell us who really was mary magdalen ♪ >>> for many christians today, mary magdalene is revered for her compassionate love for jesus. >> i think jesus meant everything to mary. >> she was present at the crucifixion and, most importantly, she was present at the resurrection. she's the first person to whom jesus appears after his resurrection. >> do not weep nor grieve nor be irresolute. for his grace will protect you. >> yet when it comes to the details of mary's life, the bible says very little. the new testament mentions her just 12 times. >> mary magdalene is remarkable. there's so few mentions of her in the gospels, but they're so central to the story of jesus. and they've filled our imagination for centuries. >> in reality, many of our ideas about mary are no more than myth. perhaps the most enduring one is that she is a fallen woman, a prostitute

picks up where the bible left off.ducers mark burnett and roma downey. >> i think it speaks to a deeper need the public has to connect with hope. >> reporter: this behind-the-scenes footage shows how present day morocco was transformed into ancient jerusalem. >> it took hundreds of workers months in the hot mo rocco desert to create this in time. >> reporter: recreating an age-old story with the timeless appeal of hope. anne thompson nbc news new york. >>> that will do it for us on this friday night. . >>> new video, taylor swift officially goes public with hit maker calvin harris. >> holding hands, confirming their music's hot new super couple, now on "extra." >>> what it's taylor. >> it's on if first video of taylor swift and calvin harris on a hollywood date night. plus new hook ups to breakups gone bad. nick cannon answering reports he is writing a scathing tell all about his marriage to mariah. >> foours furious 7's fast and furious box office take over. >> daddy as gotta go to work. >> the cast talking about the

not everyone follows the bible. not everyone believes in the bible. don't have to be a christian american. we are americans. we believe that everyone even the opposing come have a right to their belief. that is fine but you should not have the right to control what goes on in my taxpaying home. host: tony from maryland on our opposed line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm a moderate. people on both sides are taking to extremes. -- two extremes. one will have you frame the discussion as a battle between the government the government -- the other side would have you believe that somebody going and signing a license 1000 miles away will affect your life and religious express. people are confusing a legal practice with their religious practice. the issue comes down to the fact that we are more of a capitalist society than religious society. it's a streamlined legal process for legal protections for people. maybe the solution is to apply those legal processes, but not use the word "marriage. oh those who feel that is a religious institution don't

>> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary. is it possible that everything we've assumed about her is wrong and could lost gospels help fill in the missing parts of her story and tell us who really was mary magdalene? ♪ >>> for many christians today, mary magdalene is revered for her compassionate love for jesus. >> i think jesus meant everything to mary. >> she was present at the crucifixion and, most importantly, she was present at the resurrection. she's the first person to whom jesus appears after his resurrection. >> do not weep nor grieve nor be irresolute. for his grace will protect you. >> yet when it comes to the details of mary's life, the bible says very little. the new testament mentions her just 12 times. >> mary magdalene is remarkable. there's so few mentions of her in the gospels, but they're so central to the story of jesus. and they've filled our imagination for centuries. >> in reality, many of our ideas about mary are no more than myth. perhaps the most enduring one is that she is a fallen woman, a prostitut

picks up where the bible left off.cers mark burnett and roma downey. >> i think it speaks to a deeper need the public has to connect with the word to connect with hope. >> reporter: this behind-the-scenes footage shows how present day morocco was transformed into ancient jerusalem. >> it took hundreds of workers months in the hot morocan desert to create this in time. >> reporter: recreating an age-old story with the timeless appeal of hope. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc >> he has ups and downs. >> new updates on the kardashian men. i have a candid chloe, and she holds nothing back about kylie. >> i don't know if that's appropriate to say. >>> what's up taylor? >> g

that's reported by the success of the bible printing company. there was a time when the little red book was the best seller hear but now there is another one, the bible. 13million printed last year alone. many exported but the majority were interior the domestic market. purchased for churches. >> first if we still have the capacity we'll serve the overseas churches. >> the factory publishes bibles in nine languages from arabic to russian. such is the demand for the holy book it remains an around the clock operation. according to official figures around 30 million people are christian. unofficially it's 100 million. that's more members than the communist party has. whale religion is tolerated the government is wary of its growing popularity, a popularity reflected here. the factory began publishing bibles in 1987, just a few years before the communist party ended it's campaign to try to wipe out religion. today it's proof that there is money in religion. a contradiction that is perhaps only possible in today's china. >> and in today's china more

zillow >>> it is one of the bible's most enduring mysteries.spel named after mary herself could provide the answer. >> when it was discovered in the 19th century, it was tremendously exciting because this is the first gospel that actually bears the name of a woman. >> nicola denzey lewis has come to berlin to see it for herself. >> this is a hugely important document. and i'm so excited to see it for the first time. the opening of the box. there it is. look at it. so few pages remaining. it was once a long book. the beginning. it's not really the beginning, of course, because we're missing the first few pages. >> could this extraordinary lost gospel throw light on the mystery of mary's disappearance after the resurrection? >> having a brand new text to tell us about mary magdalene and the relationship between mary and jesus is really, really, exciting for us. >> the gospel picks up her story after jesus has risen from the dead. >> peter, i have seen the lord. >> tell us the words of the savior, which you remember. what you know but we do not. y

bible is not allowed to be sold in any public bookstore. so it is a forbitten forbit forbidden product. just the last year alone according to our record, over 3,000 christians were even criminally sentenced. and almost 30,000 christians were persecuted in one of way or another. and even the government sanctioned churches, they're between 500 to perhaps 1,000 government sanctioned churches last year were either destroyed totally, by importance or their crosses being removed. >> i'll talk more about that in a moment but you were tortured and jailed for your religious activities in china. and i know you said china is seeing its worst religious religious persecution since the cultural revolution. but hasn't the society made strides? >> you're absolutely right. in both sides the revival and the growth of christianity in the past 60 years has been unprecedented. perhaps in 2030 china will be destined to become the largest christian nation with 224 million christians estimated to be. yet the persecution has never been stopped and actually even bec

that's not the bible teaches you to do. >> reporter: she put the bible on top of him. that is not what the bible teaches you to do is what he said. when they rescued him, police say the son was suffering from dehydration, malnutrition, a cut to the back and an injury to the eye. what the mother was thinking, why she didn't turn over her son to relatives who police say have tried to gain custody of him for years, that all still a mystery. >> it is a miracle that young man survived. the son's school called the mom earlier in the week asking where he was and police say parler lied and told them her son was with her in maryland. >>> the death of a vibrant 16- year-old bowie high school student during a spring break field trip is still a medical mystery tonight. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at bowie high school where the focus of the day was helping kids cope with the sudden loss of a 16-year-old classmate. okon ntekim, beloved honor student and athlete, recipient of the kindness award at bowie high school. okon was on a junior rotc spring break field trip to parris island,

a long time in hard conditions they always have a bible.s like the main thing. there's power in that like nothing else. >> reporter: according to the 37-year-old, he left the south carolina coast for a solo fishing trip in january and capsized three times in rough weather. >> somewhere along that time frame, his mast was broken and his gear all his electronics were damaged. >> reporter: this german container ship spotted jordan thursday nearly 200 miles off the coast. within hours, the u.s. coast guard airlifted him into a chopper and brought him to norfolk, virginia to be reunited with his family. showing them his broken collarbone -- >> here we go. >> reporter: -- and even posing for selfies. >> you would expect sunburn, severe sunburn, blisters maybe, a bunch of medical issues that could possibly be wrong with him for not eating for so long or hydrated but for him to be in his current state was pretty amazing. >> reporter: jordan says he survived on rain water and sea life. even trying jellyfish. >> i just put a little on my tongue. pow!

that's what i like about "the bible."om "a.d. the bible continues." >> can it be true? >> what do you think, peter? >> i think i feel -- pain at his absence. great guilt. because i wasn't with him in the end. and shame. i so want to tell him i'm sorry. ♪ >> peace be with you. ♪ >> jimmy: you can tell him right now, he's right behind you! [ cheers and applause ] oh, it's good. what a moment, that's fantastic. >> isn't that beautiful. >> jimmy: oh, it's gorgeous. >> adam levy in the role of peter, and juan pablo di pace in the role of jesus, they give great performances. >> jimmy: fantastic, thank you so much for coming on the show. i appreciate it. roma downey and mark burnett, "a.d. the bible continues" premieres this sunday at 9:00 p.m. on nbc. milky chance performs for us after the break. come on back, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ (rain(rain stops)sic) ♪ there we go. ♪ anncr: lease an mkz for $299 a month, plus competitive owners and lessees get $500 bonus cash, only at your lincoln dealer. i've smoked a lot and

they always go right to the bible. right?% of americans call themselves christians they're going to go to that. >> we're encouraging all faiths and introspection of our background. let's spread around this thinking to all faiths. it hammers the christians on this one. >> we can talk about the tenets of islam. and in saudi arabia women aren't allowed to drive cars. >> all of this should be out of the military. there shouldn't be any conversation about this. >> i want to know how much money goes to these wacky ideas. i'd love to defund that amount. >> factor tip of the day, why baseball players want to look like moses. i cannot figure this out. the tip moments away. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contai

and says famously reading the bible should be like eating fish. we take out the bugs to injury to me. all parts are not of equal value. he ignores all the teaching and instead makes christianity and capitalism go hand-in-hand in the lines and against the creeping socialism of the new deal. >> host: who are some of the corporate folks that are involved? >> guest: his big backer is howard pew but the leaders of general motors, u.s. steel chamber of commerce, association of manufacturers, all these big names come in effective way to push back against the new deal. they tried to do it on their own. they start offending massive campaigns of public relation propaganda of their opponents called them to push back against the regulatory state of the new deal. the problem is it is looking up for itself. the chairman of the democratic party because it is a dupont product and you can see right through it. they need a better pr campaign and the ministers of the most effective people are the most trusted. they make the case on their behalf. >> host: what were s

they always go right to the bible. right?s call themselves christians they're going to go to that. >> we're encouraging all faiths and introspection of our background. let's spread around this thinking to all faiths. it hammers the christians on this one. >> we can talk about the tenets of islam. and in saudi arabia women aren't allowed to drive cars. >> all of this should be out of the military. there shouldn't be any conversation about this. >> i want to know how much money goes to these wacky ideas. i'd love to defund that amount. >> factor tip of the day, why baseball players want to look like moses. i cannot figure this out. the tip moments away. why am i so awake? did you know your brain has a wake system... and a sleep system? science suggests when you have insomnia, the neurotransmitters in your wake system may be too strong, which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. hey buddy, you're squashing me! liquid wart remover? could take weeks to treat

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that's reflected in the success of a bible printing company. >> reporter: there was once a time when china's communist leader's little red book was the only best seller here. now there's another one that's been around a lot longer. more than 130 million copies of the bible have rolled off this production line. 13 million last year alone. many exported but the majority were for the domestic market. purchased for churches sanctioned by the chinese government. >> it serves our churches and brothers and sisters. then if we still have the capacity we will serve the overseas churches. >> the factory publishes baseballs in 90 languages from arabic to russian. such is demand for the holy book, it remains around the clock operation. according to official figures around 30 million are christians you and unofficially it's 100 million. while religion is tolerated, the government is wary of its growing popularity. a pop layer reflected here. >> it began to publish bibles in 1987 a few years before the communist party ended the campaign to wipe out religion. today it's proof there's money in relig

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and doesn't believe it's discrimination. >> you talk about the bible. how important it is. the bible talks a lot about love. >> it doesn't mean i love them any less. i pray for them. >> reporter: if you don't serve them -- >> i don't hate them. i don't hate them. >> reporter: but you're not loving them if you don't want to serve them. >> yeah, you can still love someone. i mean, even though you don't serve them. >> reporter: another flower shop down the street, the exact same opinions. from the florists and her son that is studying to be a southern baptist pastor. >> i would respectfully tell them i'm sorry, i just don't want to do it because of my beliefs. >> reporter: but right now while georgia is considering a law to make it legal for you to do that, and you can get in trouble for doing that. >> i understand that. >> reporter: you would be willing to take that risk? >> yeah, he died on the cross for me so that's the least i could do for him. >> i serve a god higher than the supreme court judge, the judge of the universe and i don't care what anybody

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more than 130 million copies of the bible rolled off the production line. 13 million last year alone. many exported but the majority were for the domestic market. purchased for churches sanctioned by china's atheist government. >> the first principle is serving our churches serving our brothers and sisters. if we still have the capacity we will serve the overseas churches >>> the factory publishes bibles in 90 languages from arabic to russian. such is the demand it remains a round-the-clock operation. >> according to official figures, around 30 million people are christian. unofficially it's 100 million of more than the communist party. while religion is tolerated, the government is aware of its growing popularity. >> the factory began to public bibles in 1987 a few years before the communist party ended the campaign. it's proof that there is money in religion a contradiction that is possible in today's china. >> in today's china many sought spiritual comfort that communism and capitalism did not supply. >> we are the human. when we have enough for food we are thinking that why the va

of course they will all need a bible made here. >> adrian brown, al jazeera, nan nanj nanjin g.ow rajoul with the sport. >> thank you very much. we will start with tennis in the master's final, novak djokovic up against andy murray. the world number 1 currently leading in the second as well. now, china calling for the turkish lead to be suspended after their team bus was shot at. league leaders are traveling to the airport to return to istanbul following the 5-1 victory when a gunman opened fire. the driver was taken to hospital but no players were injured in the attack. an investigation is underway. a simple one. this is an attack. the driver. nobody else was wounded. this coach was, they wanted this coach to be smashed and wanted him to see the footballers dead. >> bernard smith has more. this could have been a lot more serious as the teach coach. at the coach injuring the driver. a body guard on the coach taking control of the wheel, that coach could have plunked over a bridge that was near and into a river below. the management the team have condemned this attack. there is l

this here was a blanket and a bible. you see the bible right there. he went up and called police. this person is 21 years old. he is nonverbal. he's a quadriplegic and he has cerebral palsy. investigators rushed him over to penn presbyterian immediately and then they started to try to find out exactly how he got here. as i said just here with these items and also his wheelchair. we have the video. let's take a look at that. they were able to remove the wheelchair and bring it back over to him at penn presbyterian hospital where he is right now. so now the question how did he get here? he's cared for only by his mother and that's who they're trying to talk to right now. >> he's not able to move. he can't help himself. it looks like he was laying in the wooded area with the blanket on him and the bible. with these weather conditions this is a sad, sad case. we arrived out here it was a terrible, terrible situation that we had here. >> reporter: investigators say the situation now stretches all the way down to maryland because that's where the mother went to see her boyfriend on sund

the bible also reveals that joseph had help in burying jesus.er member of the jewish counsel, nicodemus. >> nicodemus, much like joseph of arimathea, was also a member of the sanhedrin, a prominent man in jewish society. >> it's clear that not all the jews in jerusalem were behind jesus' death for the simple reason that jesus was jewish, his followers and disciples were jewish. not all the jewish authorities were responsible for jesus' death because you have people like joseph of arimathea and nicodemus. >> the body is taken to joseph's tomb and prepared for burial. >> when nicodemus is willing to get involved is in the burial. he's supplying really very expensive products to be used in the process of embalming the body. >> first century jewish law said that to touch a dead body would make you unclean. for joseph and nicodemus to go through the process of preparing jesus for burial, there had to have been tremendous love and devotion, just to care for him. >> a rock is rolled across the entrance to seal the tomb shut. three days after the crucif

it was a bible on top of his chest. >> i didn't know what he looked like i just walked away. he had found 21-year-old dekwan norman. his mother left her son in the woods while she went to visit her boyfriend in maryland. dekwan can't speak or move. he was severely dehydrated and mag nourished. she will be charged with attempted murder when she is returned to philadelphia. fitzroy anderson thanks god for the two deer that led him to dekwan. >> every time i talk about it i get emotional. it's very sad you know. >> reporter: anderson has four children of his own and two grandkids and he said he wants to take the pictures of the deer to show his grandkids he gets emotional when he thinks how he must have suffered when he laid here alone for five days and five nights. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> david thank you. >>> two people are under arrest after robbing a bank in burlington county, it happened at the susquehanna branch, nearby schools went on lockdown and police have arrested two people. no one was hurt. >>> first check of the accuweather forecast not nearly as nic

the bible also reveals that joseph had help in burying jesus. the jewish council, nicodemus. >> nicodemus, much like joseph of arimathea, was also a member of the sanhedrin, a prominent man in jewish society. >> it's clear that not all the jews in jerusalem were behind jesus' death. for the simple reason that jesus is jewish, his followers and disciples were jewish. not only that, not even all the jewish authorities were responsible for jesus's death because you have people like joseph of arimathea and nicodemus. >> the body is taken to joseph's tomb and prepared for burial. >> when nicodemus is willing to get involved is in the burial. he's supplying really very expensive products to be used in the process of embalming the body. >> first century jewish law said that to touch a dead body would make you unclean. and so for joseph and nicodemus to actually go through the process of preparing jesus for burial, there had to have been tremendous love and devotion just to care for him. >> a rock is rolled across the entrance to seal the tomb shut. thr

i remember it was a bible on top of him. i never saw his face. after i saw the bible, i walked away. >> the quadriplegic man is being treated at the hospital today. prosecutors said his mother, nia parler will be charged with attempted murder. right now she is in the hospital but they have not revealed why. >>> hard winds raeked havoc today. the wind caused a pile-up on the highway. there was a 100-mile stretch. strong winds kicked up dirt and reduced visibility to almost nothing. wind gusts were as high as 82 miles an hour. all flights in and out of salt lake city international airport were also put on hold for some time. >>> now let's get a check on our weather here. it's been raining all day, it seems, and rain is still coming down in some parts of the area. doug when is this going to be over? >> i think it's going to take a while longer until that rainy moves out. by tomorrow morning it should be out of here. take a look at the radar. one thing you noticed, in the last couple hours, we've seen a lot of rain coming through. and then you notice

the public published bibles a few years before the party ended its campaign.t proved there's money, a contradiction that is possible in today's china. >> reporter: and in today's china more are seeking meaning and comfort that communism nor capitalism seem to provide. >> when we have enough for food we thing why the value of the life. what is the value of the life. so that is natural. he believes that 20 years from now there could be up to 160 million chinese christians and they'll need a bible made here. adrian brown, al jazeera. >>> while india is a nation of many faith, 80% of 1.2 billion is hindu. they believe the cow is sacred. now there is a long-standing battle of the cow. a battle of banning the slaughter of the bulls is putting those in the leather industry at risk. >> reporter: these are the last animal hides to be produced at the tannery. the leather is used in products for export providing jobs across the country. the state ban on the slaughter of bulls puts it at risk. >> the leather from this state was sent for finishing in other parts of the cou

louis and passing out bibles and inviting people to come in to the church. i fell the call to start preaching or talking and the religious education teacher said, let the spirit lead you. i started out with saying a hail mary and our father and began speaking about what god meant to me in my life to others. administering to dope dealers, prostitutes, gang bangers. in the last ten years tings lord brought me from the streets of st. louis to breech the gospel around the united states and south america. >> wonderful. if people would go to a mission, what is the kind of thing they would experience. they go i heard about this guy. what are the first things they might experience? >> one of the things is a little bit of joy. a little bit of excitement. i try to be, i try to welcome people, i always go and shake people's hands and make people feel welcome. that's one thing in the catholic church catholics are terrible at welcoming people. we are horrible. absolutely terrible. if the baptist want to convert yous they hug on you and love on you until you convert. luth

park since e1monecy possibly sunday armed with just a bible and some blankets.igators are saying they put those blankets open him and we had rain duriqt the week.Ñi @&háhp &hc% water gets into the blankets and gets cold. that's a tough way to be for any person particularly this 21-year-old man forxd almost an entire week. we talked with johnnie walker from the philadelphia police department just a few minutes ago. >> he's not able to move. he can't help himself. it looks like he was laying in a wooded area with a blanket on him and the bible. with these weather conditions a sad, sad case. when we arrived out here it was açó terrible, terrible situation that we had here.e1 >> reporter: that victim is now at penn presbyterian in stablee@s condition, suffering from exposure to the elemeétq and malnutrition. they're working on him, trooing to get his strengágd e1up. about his e1mother. they say she is in maryland.Ñy yland but she's the sole caregiver for this 21-year-old. they want to know howjf she is in maryland and how he windse1 up in these woods. i'll have tha

you can get bible verses on your phone. you can watch a live link. if you can't come to church, you can, like, get on your smart phone. >> oh, sweet. that sounds like some dope. >> yeah. >> respect. love. >> cool. >> holler. >> rock on. >> you don't have to keep saying those things. believe it or not some religious leaders like reverend dr. christopher benic aren't digging on carl's dope sauce. i have seen some hipster masters and i think they're missing the boat if they're trying to sensationalize the church. >> what does this guy think will revolutionize christianity? >> robots. >> you say the future of christianity includes robots? >> potentially. >> how does a robot become christians. >> we're not talking about runba, iphone or siri. we're talking something expoinencely more intelligent than we are. so robots will choose to be christians. >> you're saying robots. >> give them the ability to have higher thoughts, they will choose christianity? >> yeah. i think-- i think it's reasoned argument. >> this sounded awesome. carl must be pumped. >> i don

. >> is there a bible down there? you read that much? >> no, it's just there for good luck.peace? i'm at peace with myself. i have to be. there's a certain time you have to look at reality and say, this is home. this is home. this is home. you can't focus on what's going on out there. can't let it get to you. just have to forget about the outside world and understand that this is a world now. and this is reality. this is home. i can sit here and say, i did what i had to do. regardless of the consequences. can't sit here and kick myself in the ass for it. it happens. >>> next on "lockup: raw" -- >> i'm in here for heat of passion. i caught my wife with somebody. >> the spouse killers. >> i had tried to make it look like a suicide. i mean, my husband had been suicidal. he had a history of being suicidal. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> prisons usually aren't associated with churches. but over the years on "lockup," we filmed almost every type of religion there is. and yet, still, on a standard cell search, we found out behind bars, few thing

they haven't reached full bloom, there is a lot o ♪ ♪ ♪ 2013 the bible mini series became a hit. >> ihat. on easter sunday nbc will air a follow-up mini series picking up where the last one left off. as nbc's ann thompson told us there is a good reason they keep returning to the good book. >> it's time for faith and practice. >> the reverend and the listeners anticipating easter sunday. >> maybe the bible comes out on sunday. >> the start of the newest faith-based tv series. >> there no car crashes, no loud explosions. what's the appeal of something like this. >> people want to understand their faith in a deeper who more profound way. everybody loves a good story. >> the story makes it the best selling back with more than five billion copies sold. from the payments come the most popular movies. >> behold his mighty hand. >> the ten commandments and the passion of the christ. a $370 million hit. >> on the small screen the bible mini series averaged more than 13 million viewers. ad picks up where the bible left the executive producers. >> it speaks to a deeper need to connect with the w

. >> a lot of people say i can justify according to the bible or koran.f your spouse is cheating on you, you have a right. god telling us certain way it is but you're better -- he give us -- we're human beings. we're given choice right from wrong. i can't justify what i did. she had a mother. she was somebody's daughter and she had a father. the worst part is i have a daughter with my wife and she have not just the mother but the father, what i did. i live with that every day. >> born in pakistan but raised in wyoming he told us his religion made him a victim as well. >> during my trial i was in september 11, so it was -- not a one case like mine anybody got sentenced like i did because i'm from pakistan. i believe in muslim. you know, i'm a firm believer, still, you know, i'm whatever i have coming nobody can stop it. nobody can benefit me or nobody can harm me without his permission. the way as a muslim i believe when leaves form the tree, it doesn't fall without his will. so every day what i do, what i don't it's been written in my book. ♪ why won't yo

they saw the huge demand for the bible mini series and now nbc, although they didn't do it last time now they're on board because there is this huge audience. >> all right, jake tapper. we'll look for it. many other things happening i'm sure at 4:00 eastern with "the lead." thank you very much, my friend. >> thanks brooke. >>> next here on this show a pizza shop in indiana definitely making some headlines because its owners said they would not cater a gay wedding. a number of people outraged here. they have even been getting death threats. but others opened their wallets. nld and if you check this go fund me page it is closing in on the $700,000 mark. >>> also we are seeing some of the first images out of kenya after that massacre at the university. we'll tell some of the stories of the survivors and show you these just awful pictures here. such an important story to tell today. we'll be right back. shopping online... ...is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters and even piano tuners... were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. start shopp

he was left thereon his back with a blanket, a bible, on top after pile of weeds. and for five days, he was left helpless in the rain and cold until a passerby found him on friday night. now, most recently he was being cared for at chop, he is suffering from nail nutrition dehydration, vision problems and a cut to his back. meantime his mother, parlor, is in the hospital in maryland with an undisclosed injury. now, once she leaves that hospital and makes her way to philly, she will face charges possibly of assault kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, and neglect, and her son's recovery is being called nothing short of a miracle. take a listen. >> you see that kid laying there, it is heart break to go see another human specially her mother can treat someone like that, when you have all of the opportunities in the world to turn that kid over to your family members who want to care for them. >> and, police say they still have more questions in this case about the long-term care her son was receiving inside of her home. and also, too the work begins now

both read the same bible and pray to the same god. man ask just god's assistance ringing bread from another man's sweat. would we feel as polarized? would we feel as lost if our side loses the battle of legislation someone claims is going to undermine the fabric of america? i think we know what was undermining the fabric of america in the 19th century. the truth is this actually did do this. nothing compares to this today. it's something our current leaders need to internalize more. what's amazing about this speech, it was clearly not vetted by consultants. it wasn't micro targeted to a specific constituently group. it was simply to heal america 's wounds. nothing expresses that better than the last sentence of the spooech. with malice forward none, charity toward all. let us strive on to finish the work we're in bind up nation's wounds, care for those in battle, and his widow and orphan who must all have a peace among ourselves. if only everybody across the way would read that over and over again. thank you very much. [ applause ] >>

the 21-year-old who is paralyzed with cerebral palsy was found with nothing but a blanket and a bible. nyia parler is expected to face attempted murder charges after leaving her quadriplegic son in the woods. she then hopped on a bus to visit her boyfriend in silver spring. >> it's heartbreaking laying there, to see another human, especially your mother with treat someone like that. >> if was the boyfriend who turned her in. parler's son is recovering from dee hydration and exposure aren'ted injuries. -- exposure-related injuries. she faces false imprisonment