were mary and joseph turned away from an inn in bethlehem 2,000 years ago? and the miracle of the virgin birth. is that intended as the literal truth in matthew and luke? the gospels give us one description of the birth of jesus. do archaeology and history give us another? joining us to answer these questions areu.s. open, the aute brand new "jesus of nazareth cunning of the and jeffrey sheler author of the brand new "is the bible truth?" if. for such a small if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metlife. >>> tell us what you think happened at bethlehem, jeffrey she'ller. >> well when we read two gospels, only two of the four gospels even talk about the birth of jesus and when we read matthe

another portion, as director moyer mention, from the bethlehem steel corp. portions of the site are historic uplands. there were never tidelands and were never subject to the common law of public trust. those areas are subject to the burton act requirement. several parcels have been in and out of private, state, and federal ownership. i am going to invite the person who has guided the port through this trust exchange discussion with state lands, outside cancel bill white, to walk through some of the slides at pier 70 and share some of the history with you. >> good morning, commissioners. brad has himself become an expert in the public trust over the years. this may be the last time that i have to the system of public trust matters. the history of pier 70 is quite interesting. i will not get into many details, but i will walk through days maps that brad has prepared to give you a flavor of why we have this opportunity in the first place. as you know, most of the land that the ford owns in the portfolio is subject to the trust. virtually all of it came to the

he was involved in the purchase of the bethlehem shipyard property at sea wall laot 349.e was also presented an award of distinguished service for his efforts in the success of our mandate 1987. army day was a holiday to draw attention to national defense. i just wanted to take a moment to praise him and remember him for all of his great efforts. we have probably long gone up some of the things that we are working on today started many years ago. i do not think i see any members of his family today, but our condolences and gratitude for all of them have sacrificed for the city and port. thank you. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report? >> item 4b. informational presentation on assembly bill 418 delegating to the california state lands commission the authority to realign public trust restrictions at pier 70 and turning public trust restrictions on sea wall lot 330. >> good morning, commissioners. special projects manager for the port. dianne is passing out to you some maps of pier 70, which will be used in the presentation. just bear with me whi

this is what remains i doubt that but bethlehem behind all repercussion emergency was now being enforced here in egypt suffocating it's already sued for freedom and in the region the u.s. is strongest ally in facing security threats as this new democracy is stuck in a spiral of uncertainty instability and sometimes chaos. then. it's in your hand called the incident a near disaster being averted might have a lot more work to do to avoid catastrophe in the future israel should worry about look at what's happening in to give egypt two very important states in the area would choose to have not only peace but friendship with israel. obs with israel and its number one friend seems to be having trouble keeping a balance when it comes to promoting arab democracy and protecting israel security it must occur to netanyahu and others at this point that certainly be americans are holding the being says they have all year because it's up their sleeve so so i think that's something that must weigh heavily on on israel because when it comes down to it the u.s. tends to protect one thing in the end the b

. >> reporter: palestinians call this their moment of truth, bethlehem today kicked off a week of west bank rallies in support of their bid to join the united nations as a full member state, the palestinian dream. flagmakers are working around the clock. this man wants the palestinian flag to hang from every car and house. >> i'm so happy and excited and at the same time because i want to have a palestinian country to live in and to be free. >> reporter: about many israelis think no good can come of this. >> they don't want peace. >> i think it will be war. >> reporter: israel and america warned palestinian president mahmoud abbas not to call for palestinian state in the security council. >> i call on president abbas to resume peace negotiations, direct negotiations, right now without any preconditions. >> reporter: inspired by people, libya, egypt, tunisia, syria, yemen, palestinians also want change. their leaders say they have no alternative but to try something new, the 20 years of peace talks have gotten them nowhere. >> we will take all measures to assembly in a way that does not

filled with historic buildings that tell of san francisco was a industry, maritime pact, including bethlehem steel and the union iron works machine shop. the port will restore 700,000 square feet of historic resources while incorporating 3 million square feet of new office development for tech companies and art organizations. our california pacific medical center. clearly another important project is cpmc. in the next year, i will undertake a $2.5 billion project. project will combine the existing california and pacific campuses into new, seismically safe hospital on our hill. cpmc will also of hold its commitment to rebuild and operate st. luke's. we are, with the partnership, closely working in other to ensure that this project will provide all the necessary services to all the residents of san francisco, especially the poor and underserved. i expect this project will get built. stock options. for a city working so hard to support innovators and create jobs, there is one area we have to do better on, and that is our business tax system. it is broken when you have policies that punish job c

united nations that is a done deal there was some of the celebrations happening in hebron and in bethlehem and in a number of other cities across palestine talking to people here they say there dictates a palestinian struggle has not resulted in palestine really recognized by the international community now they want flags everywhere the posters of these two missing a leader yasser arafat is what is the current palestinian president mahmoud abbas and just about every building cars are going up and down the road shooting the schools have closed down the building the the government buildings have shut early and this really marks what will be at least sweeney days of peaceful protest celebrations and commemorations across the west bank all culminating in that you were invited on friday talking to kind of syrians on the ground here is a lot of anger being expressed naturally against israel but also the united states because both israel and the united states the seven months not has been putting pressure on the palestinians to try and stop this palestinian but for statehood at the same time the

seventeen thousand people turning out for parties in qana bills today some similar scenes unfolding in bethlehem and in nablus they wanted to isolated incidents of violence that did change it will have the potential to modern day one in kalandia checkpoint not far from here it was also a little bit of violence in hebron the both of those who've been able to control and the people i've been talking to say that not only do they have a commitment to holding peaceful demonstrations but certainly they have a commitment to making sure that this historic moment on the world stage is seen and felt by everyone in the international community for the israeli army so he has been preparing for violence for what many say is that we must in this paper ration it's almost encouraging if one can say that the violence has happened simple month israeli army has been undergoing an operation called operation some esteem and this is what they say that these peaceful demonstrations of the palestinians say they will fold could erupt into state into violence but their ideas not only on the palestinians the israeli army a

estimated seventeen thousand people turning out in qana bills today and some of the scenes unfolding in bethlehem and in nablus they wanted to isolated incidents of violence that did change it will have the potential to modern day one in kalandia checkpoint not far from here it was also a little bit of violence in hebron both of those have been brought under control and the people i've been talking to say that not only do they have a commitment to holding peaceful demonstrations but certainly they have a commitment to making sure that this historic moment on the world stage is seen and felt by everyone in the international community why do people are saying i want to come to the international community and its view on israel israel is known for using a heavy handed response when he deals with palestinians in the west bank and gaza israel has been the paragraph in response to this stated drive not for months so what's being done as far as you know or. what the israeli army certainly has been preparing for violence but what many say is that you must in this paper ration it's almost encouraging if o

united nations bid is a done deal there were some of the celebrations happening in hebron and in bethlehem and in a number of other cities across the palestine talking to people here they say that dictates a palestinian struggle has not resulted in palestine will be recognized by the international community now they will flags everywhere in the posters of the film a palestinian leader yasser arafat as well as the current palestinian president mahmoud abbas on just about every building cars are going up and down the road shooting the schools have closed down the building the the government buildings have shut really and this really marks must all be at least three days of the still protest celebrations and commemorations across the west bank all culminating in that you were in on friday. paula as we know the united states and israel have both been putting out blockades here to try and store the. stop the palestinian bid at the un to have their movements here being governed any success on their side. talking to palestinians on the ground here there's a lot of anger being expressed naturally

. >> hi this is jamie from bethlehem, new york. just here to tell you that it does get better. >> many nay, jamie uploads this video to youtube as part of the "it gets better project", a worldwide movement to support teen gays and lesbians. he speaks candidly of being taunted for his sexuality in school and online. >> i thought i could never escape it. and people would just constantly send me hate telling me that gay people go to hell. >> drawing support from his friends and lady gaga, things did eventually get better for the buffalo teen. but recently his parents and friends say the torment hit him harder. last sunday he was found dead after an apparent suicide. he left no note but that same day he wrote on his blog that he wanted to see two people who had recently died, his great grandma and his friend alex. jamie's father tim says his son hid his emotions. >> he fooled everybody. he put on a brave face. i wish he wouldn't have. >> his death is not the first time a gay teen has killed himself after being bullied. aier ago rutgers

this is going to be bethlehem, pennsylvania. what is left of tropical storm lee. we've been talking about lee for a couple of days now. pouring rain on top of the already saturated land. you know, that's a bad equation. it's triggered near historic flooding there. the susquehanna river already 12 feet above flood stage and rising. at least three people in pennsylvania have died, including a 71-year-old man who was crushed when his basement walls simply collapsed on him as he was trying to bail out water. wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, right along the susquehanna river also getting some of the worst of it. cnn's mary snow actually had to evacuate the area. she was perched i guess precariously close to that river and is now on the phone. mary, i know you and the crew have been moved to higher ground. that tells me that's not a good sign. >> reporter: yeah, brooke, you know, city officials really had everybody clear out of the area. in wilkes-barre about half of the city has been asked it evacuate, and they have about another hour. city officials and county officials mo

other towns including bethlehem also held rallies. >>> typhoon roke is blasting japan today with 100-ds. buckets of rain. 17 inches already falling in some places. the storm is brushing past tokyo right now. it will then push into an area of the earthquake and tsunami last month. there's concern the typhoon could spread radioactive water at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. five people have died already. three others are missing. >>> the cost of raising a child to age 18 is now up a whopping 40% over the last decade. the agriculture department says a typical middle class family is going to spend $227,000 on a child. and that doesn't even include college. the main culprit here, simply the basics. take a look at the numbers. housing costs up 31%. childcare up 17%. food up 16%. and at the same time, the census bureau says mom and dad are now making less. median household incomes now off 7%. >>> more on our top story, after more than two years behind bars in iran, two americans are now coming home. shane bauer and josh fattal were arrested in july of 2009 while hiking along iraq's bord

so, these days in bethlehem there are -- one voice activists are going there and motivating them.hat do you think about this or that? they're trying to raise issues. what are you trying to do if you get a state? what's your role as a engineer or teacher. the third thing also we're doing is a very huge campaign with the media. that is one of the projects we got from imagine palestine 2018. i am also dreaming of such a things, because when we come to here, we go to -- through the crossing point and go from the jordanian airport. so it was a nice thing also to have this video is now published on most web sites in the palestinian and the international media like bbc and al -- when onevoice began in 2010 -- 2002 it was not very much popular in the palestinian street but now as there is some talk about the u.n. vote, it is getting more popular and popular, because palestinians, for example, 2008 and 2009 and 10 were asking us, like, okay, been negotiating for 20 years, didn't get anything. so what onevoice is working on? we were answering this way. onevoice preparing you as the populati

so, these days in bethlehem and novelist there are on the streets one voice activists are going they'retalking to people and motivating them what you think about that and what you think about this, like they are trying to raise some issues in their mind. if we say what are you planning to do as an engineer what is your role as a teacher in etc and the third thing is a huge campaign with the media. that is one of the projects we have got from palestine in 2018 as a palestinian book that i'm also dreaming of such a thing because when we come here we go to the crossing point and then the jordanian airport so it was for me very nice thing also to have this video is not published on most of the websites on the palestinian and international media like we have seen. so these are the efforts that we are paying on the society is working on to get the two state solution. when onevoice began in 2002, it wasn't very much popular in the palestinian street but now there is some talk about are you involved? it's getting more and more popular because the palestinians frank sandlin 2008 and in 2009 and