the battle of bethlehem starts right now. for you to understand the battle in bethel have you first have to understand the significance of this holy city. ♪ ♪ at christmas time the thoughts of people everywhere go back to the little town of bethlehem or jesus was born. were glad tidings first were heard. while the shepherds watched their flocks. 2000 years ago the virgin mary and joseph arrived here, there is no room for them in the end so they went to a manger. right behind me. where the baby jesus was born. here in bethlehem. it's the beginning of christianity here in the state of israel. the manger was actually in a cave. which became a shrine and in the year 330 a.d., the first christian roman emperor constantine built a church above it. we were invited in for an exclusive look. >> hey hello. how are you. >> thank you so much for having us. you're going to show us the church today? >> yes the church of nativity. were gonna walk by the main entrance of the church which goes back six centuries and used to be that big but th

i'm now at the checkpoint betweenjerusalem and bethlehem. checkpoint and go past the dividing wall. railings... getting through the checkpoint is a little bit complicated. slightly more complicated than i thought, slightly more confusing. and then we'd just have to sort of try and follow other people, people sort of pushing me from one way to the other. have to get past this... looks like we're on the palestinian side, the palestinian territories. it's quite exhilarating. as you come out of the tunnel into the taxi area, and where the wall is, you can hear all the people talking and smell the food and coffee and stuff. that's quite lively, that's quite interesting. can you show me to a taxi? taxi cab. i'm looking for a taxi. where? church of the nativity. 0k. maybe you want, i'll take you for photo at the wall, we stop and take photo. 0k, cool. you happy? yeah, always! how big is the wall? it's very big. 30... 20 metres? yes. it's far. tony... yeah? welcome to bethlehem, you're going to church? yeah, the church of the nativity. all this way.

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could you please not serve animals the way i did bethlehem? could you please not serve them to salvation? they said well, we could almost but we need to serve little fish. i don't know if you've noticed, he became a beacon when he saw a fish gutted on the deck of a ship. so he said no, you can't do that. is it all right, we'll make the whole thing vacant. so he's the person of figure and i'm very proud of him. [applause] we can get to the book many of us read books and what have you, animals. unicorns, you name it. walking set out to show that animals who all around us, every single day, not mythical at all, still have what you might call physical powers. people badly underestimate animals. even those who care deeply about them sometimes. you may be showing love for an animal by calling them your first baby but often they are not babies at all. they are absolutely all and complete and fair thinking and feeling individuals. they have interests that need to be taken into account. experimenters often call the animals nonhuman. there find it amusi

battle for bethlehem continues. ♪ ♪ us. ♪ ♪ jackie: welcome to "barron's round table" where we prepare the week ahead. i'm jack otter: the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. stocks rallied sharply on indications that measures to slow the spread of coronavirus may be working in some states, but the impact on earnings is still unknown. the entertainment industry has been hard hit, we spoke to disney chairman bob iger about changes coming to the company's iconic theme parks and how the world has changed for utility companies and what that manes for investors -- means for investors. ben leveson and jack howe. ben, i want to start with you. we got a glimmer of hope as we see maybe social distancing is actual working, the growth of coronavirus cases is slowing. we also, of course, had unprecedented moved by the -- moves by the federal reserve. so tell us what you see in the market. >> it's got everything that it could have wanted this week. it got the good news, the illness appears to be slowing and then the fed coming in with this massive package where

and under the surface, the battle for bethlehem continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> from the fox studios in new yorkhis is maria bartiromo's "wall street." maria: and happy weekend. welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. coming up in just a moment, ins' managing director joins me, then later secretary of state mike pompeo on china's culpability in the covid-19 pandemic. but first, the cracks caused by the covid-19 shutdown are continuing to strain the economy. the economic data this week has been awful, now 22 million people have applied for unemployment benefits in the last four weeks. erasing much of the job gains over the past decade. retail sales plunged to a new low in march as businesses continue to shutter due to this shutdown and stay at home order. the housing sector took another severe hit as housing starts and home builder confidence saw dramatic slumps. but while the white house is discussing guidelines to reopen the country as the data shows the pandemic is peaking, how long will it take to recover our econo

the middle east, transporting the holy fire from the church of the holy sepulchre injerusalem to bethlehem miracle in the religion, took place despite the lockdown, which prevented any crowds from gathering to watch. now, away from coronavirus, 15 prominent members of hong kong's democracy movement have been arrested for organising illegal protests last year in what's being seen as a fresh attack on anti—government activists. britain has expressed its concern over the arrests, calling the right to peaceful protest fundamental to hong kong's way of life. earlier this week beijing's most senior official in the city called for a new security law to deal with dissent. david campanale has more. it's the biggest crackdown on the democracy movement since the outbreak of mass protests last year. those detained in a coordinated swoop by the police include several who have, for decades, been important figures in hong kong's campaign for greater freedom. among them, the 81—year—old barrister martin lee, known in the territory as the father of democracy. translation: i am proud to have had the chance

the middle east, transporting the holy fire from the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem to bethlehemligion, took place despite the lockdown, which prevented any crowds from gathering to watch. thousands of greek police officers have been deployed to deter 0rthodox christians from gathering to celebrate easter communally. drones are on patrol and road blocks have been set up to prevent the customary exodus to the countryside. plain—clothes officers are keeping watch on closed churches to prevent the celebration of midnight mass. vladimir putin has warned russians that, as the number of coronavirus cases rises, covid—19 continues to pose a high risk to his country. russia has seen its biggest daily increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, up nearly 5,000 from yesterday. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has this report. rarely has moscow felt so calm. bells chime so quiet. so empty. in lockdown, a city of 12 million people so peaceful. but not everywhere. 0n the edge of moscow, ambulances queue outside a hospital that's treating covid—19. the crews had to wait more

celebrating easter in the middle east, transferring the fire of the holy church of this poker to bethlehemle in the religion, took place despite a lockdown preventing any crowds gathering to watch. concern for the residents of care homes for the elderly has been expressed in many countries as coronavirus has spread around the world. here in the uk, the not—for—profit organisation the national care forum says the number of deaths linked to the virus in one week was twice that seen in the whole of the previous month. it calculates that in the week ending the 13th of april more than 4,000 people died in british care homes. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. this is green heys care home in liverpool. in recent weeks, they lost eight out of their 25 elderly and disabled residents. all the deaths are links to covid—19. it's a sign of the huge pressures care homes are under from the virus. staff here found it spread rapidly. it was very unpredictable. people would present with the virus in different ways, so we had some people that might be fine in the morning. i can think of o

middle east — transporting the holy fire from the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem, to bethlehemhe religion, took place despite the lockdown, which prevented any crowds from gathering to watch. a global concert to support frontline healthcare workers and the world health organisation to raise funds for equipment to help fight the spread of the coroanvirus is being televised and live—streamed around the world. the one world together at home features a range of musicians performing from their homes. the pre—show for the gig, which has been pulled together by lady gaga, is currently underway, while the main event takes place later. among the artists who will perform are the rolling stones, stevie wonder, billie eilish, paul mccartney and the concert pianist lang lang, who spoke to us earlier. it will make the musicians are talking about their absolutely the best of their field. i do not think it is hard to find the position because piano has good reaching effo rts because piano has good reaching efforts so you can really fit into the instrument and voice. let's speak to our entertai

in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home not in church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and the assadi and the it hasn't been this sad since the israeli army blockade. the church during the 2nd intifada with help people and in such isolation this ancient place is borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another hour it will sit out his era occupied east jerusalem . hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the number of people who have died from corona virus in the u.k. has topped 10000 it's the 5th country to reach the mark prime minister horace johnson was also discharged from hospital on sunday thanking medical workers for saving his life but his government is facing increasing criticism for failing frontline medical staff italy has reported its lowest death toll in more than 3 weeks officials said on sunday more than 430 people died from coronavirus related illness a drop of almost 200 on the day before but spain noted a slight spike

christians in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home church bethlehem is looked down the church of the nativity of limits and. it hasn't been this sad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada with help people and in such isolation this ancient places borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another hurry for sit out in syria occupied east jerusalem muslims in sri lanka are angry at the government's decision to make cremation compulsory for victims of corona virus 3 of the 7 reported victims so far were muslims cremation is forbidden in islam and amnesty international has urged the sinhala buddhist majority the government there to respect the rights of religious minorities in elfin and joins us live from colombo the sons of his got the makings of being something that's very contentious. you know right from the outset the issue of commission of sort of could rule nothing tell you ti's has brought a lot of emotions into this debate obviously the

christians in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home in church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and. it hasn't been this sad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada without people and in such isolation this ancient places borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. try to hold reports on how believers are adapting during the pandemic with many religions being forced to readjust their ways of worship welcome to the kitchen on easter day the archbishop of canterbury as you've never seen him before justin will be broadcast to easter sunday service from his kitchen using an i pad and the dining room table as an impromptu alter. church of england rules announced some clergy to record all live streaming services in church empty of course juliet now playing. and others had to improvise making do with laptops and smartphones in private living spaces sharing contributi

the middle east, transporting the holy fire from the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem to bethlehemin the religion, took place despite the lockdown, which prevented any crowds from gathering to watch. experts and politicians across the uk have been raising concerns of another impact the coronavirus will have — this time on child poverty. many, including the uk's former prime minister gordon brown, have said the coronavirus, which will have heavy implications on the global economy, will increase child poverty rates here in the uk. with prices rising and jobs being lost, school vouchers for school meals, for example, aren't stretching as far. to get more on this, i'm joined now by lisa harker, who's the director of the nuffield family justice 0bservatory. shejoins us now she joins us now from shejoins us now from oxford. thank you very much for talking to us. what is the specific concern because what additional pressures are there? we have child poverty, that is a fa ct. we have child poverty, that is a fact. but what additional pressure is the pandemic having on that crisp we have go

middle east — transporting the holy fire from the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem, to bethleheme lockdown, which prevented any crowds from gathering to watch. captain tom moore will be the guest of honour at the opening of a new nightingale hospital in yorkshire next week. the 99—year—old war veteran will appear by video—link. it was announced today that the twenty—three—million—pounds raised by captain tom would be used to buy food parcels and counselling sessions for nhs staff. the chairman of nhs charities together said the money would also go towards electronic tablets to allow patients as the outbreak continues to affect all parts of the uk — we've been hearing from frontline health workers — about the challenges they face. our health correspondent catherine burns is keeping in touch with a range of staff — and has asked them to keep video diaries. today — we catch up with alice pallot, a nurse in intensive care in southampton. she's worked in intensive care for a year so alice pallot is used to looking after some of the very sickest people, but says at the minute every shi

christians in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home in church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and. it hasn't been this bad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada without people and in such isolation this ancient place is borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another hari force it out to syria occupied east jerusalem. a priest in brazil has gone to extreme heights to carry out his easter blessing also took a helicopter ride suffer it was an error to bless the city from the air many people in the deeply catholic country are staying home to stop the spread of coronavirus and rio's christ the redeemer statue has been less up to on the health workers on the front lines brazil has that america's worst outbreak with more than a 1000 deaths. i still form for huge crowds around the world but on easter sunday a tally antenna trip to charlie sang to silence he's held a special concerts at least famous dome a cathedral in

christians in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home in church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and. it hasn't been this sad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada with help people and in such isolation this ancient places borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another hairy force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. in latin america the pandemics hit one of the worst possible times many countries already on the brink of recession despite the big economic predictions and an uncertain future many people focused on their faith and celebrated easter sunday where and with whom they caught a latin america at its embassy in yemen reports. in haiti the government has ordered a total lockdown but in the capital of the western hemisphere's poorest country some catholics ventured outside to the shuttered gates of this catholic church to hear the easter sunday service not everyone had internet to listen to the mass onlin

another with the sieger of the church of nativity in bethlehem. so it was said of josh that he reports like a journalist and writes like a novelist. that is certainly the case. the book describes the jexploits and then to travel the world stealing highly valued birds of prey to sell them to enthusiast in the uae where falcons and raptors are used for sport. but the other central character is the detective for the wildlife crime unit to specialize in ornithological crime and was determined. the book is a thrilling fast-paced chronicle. it is more than just a detective story in a world of characters because of the status symbol on the planet or nature is increasingly imperiled. please join me to welcome joshua hammer. [applause] >> what a great detailed introduction. thank you. this will always be my favorite bookstore and then you. thanks for coming out tonight. and over the course of doing this particular talk three or four times is to present a narrative without giving away the entire book that you have not seen the book. and how i stumbled into

the middle east, transporting the holy fire from the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem, to bethlehemk place despite the lockdown, which prevented any crowds from gathering to watch. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. former tour de france champion geraint thomas says he's experienced some of the hardest hours he's had on a saddle while raising more than £300,000 for the nhs, in his garage. he completed three 12—hour shifts over three days, to mirror the pattern of an nhs worker. bbc breakfast and ben croucher followed his journey. and somebody else really well—known is getting on their bike to help raise money as well. who else would you want at this point but the former tour de france champion, geraint thomas. oh my goodness, you're pedalling already, how is it going? it's all right at the minute, i've only been going ten minutes. that was the start of something epic for geraint thomas, three long but unforgettable days, 12 hours on wednesday, thursday and friday, the same length as many nhs shifts. tiring but worth it. a massive thanks to all of

who became a religious fundamentalist and another valve seat for 2002 of the church of nativity in bethlehem, and a story with 1923 earthquake and fire struck japan. it is been said of josh that he reports like a journalist and writes like a novelist. and that certainly the case with his work in "the falcon thief". and in notorious wildlife smuggler who for years traveled the store looking for highly valued exit through the ferry and selling them. the acids for a falcons another rafters are used for support. the other essential. josh's story is a detective from the national wildlifeal crime ut named andy mcwilliams the specializes in crime solving and was determined to catch him. in the book is a thrilling fast-paced chronicle but it is more than that. it is more than just a detective story set in a rare world with unusual characters and standing birds. it is, as one reviewer noted, cautionary tales about how the love of nature and god or can go very wrong and what happens with precious wildlife because of the status symbol on the planet is increasingly in peril. and ladies and gentlemen ple

became a religious fundamentalist, another about the siege in 2002 of the church of the tivoli in bethlehem, and a third about the deadly 1923 earthquake and fire that struck japan. it has been said of josh that he reports like a journalist and writes like a novelist. that certainly is the case with his work in "the falcon thief". the book describes the exploits of jeffrey lendrum, notorious wildlife smuggler who for years traveled the world stealing highly valued eggs and birds of prey and selling them to enthusiasts in the uae where falcons and other raptors are used for sport. the other central character in josh's story is the detective from britain's national wildlife crime unit named andy mcwilliam who specializes in ornithological crime solving and was determined to catch lendrum. the book is a thrilling, fast-paced chronicle but more than that and it's more than just a detective story set in a rarefied world filled with unusual characters and astounding birds. it is, as one reviewer noted, cautionary tale about how the love of nature can go very wrong and what happens when precious w

the author joins me from her home in bethlehem, connecticut,a wer some of your questions now. >> oh, it's such a pleasure to be with you, jeff. >> brown: so you learned that you're not exactly who you are, to p it in a nutshell. what was this book for you? >> this book was a reckoning with my very identity when i made the discovery about my dad. it was as if i had to reshuffle and re-remember and re- understand pretty much every story that i had ever been told or every story that i had told abt myself. >> brown: so readers had a lot of questions along those lines, of course. and one is about your da how you came to think about him, how this changed. he had died years before all this, but your book is partly looking at that relationship. >> wn i first made this discovery, i felt betrayed by my parents. but over the course of this journey, iame to actually feel that my father was more of a father to me than i had ever even felt before. and he was, as you said, very beloved to me. >> brown: one of the remarkable aspects of this is how you retre exactly what happened, how this happened a

palestinian christians in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices from home church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and. it hasn't been this sad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada with help people and such isolation this ancient places borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. in the philippines priests in the predominantly catholic country held virtual church services because of the long island dog and reports from. a barrister regas is now homeless he was a construction worker until the government imposed a lockdown to slow the spread of cruel virus a few weeks ago his family had already left the city and he found himself stranded and alone he was surprised when we told him it was easter sunday he said the day all seem the same to him. i prayed last night i recited the hail mary i hope things get better soon i will just wait here till they leave the lockdown so i can go

in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home not in church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and. it hasn't been this bad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada without people and in such isolation this ancient places borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem the world bank has confirmed many in latin american countries won't have the capacity to face the economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic the bank also said governments of countries that already have high debt such as argentina and ecuador will have a very hard time financing economic stimulus packages saying in our latin america editor of the c n n c joining us live from santiago so that's a stark warning by the world bank. absolutely it was very unusual that they should have used or picked easter sunday to make this announcement because this is after all the world's most catholic regi

ainsley mentioned she has friends and family that travel to bethlehem in december.istics and 80% of those infected with covid-19 in pennsylvania come from 10 of pennsylvania's 67 counties. it's the northeastern section of the state and the southeastern section of the state closest to new jersey and new york. and so, a targeted regional, geographical response would have been the rational, reasonable way to address this issue. i represent a golf course in warren county clear on ther end of pennsylvania. there has been one reported covid-19 infection in warren county and zero deaths. yet, the entire county is under lockdown and shut down. that's not reasonable, it's not rational and it's not leading with science. brian: and as your case moves support, just know attorney general barr also feels that way. is he really concerned about some of the governors and some of their strict measures and is he looking into. he might beat you to the punch good luck to both of you. ainsley: brian, did you notice his book in the background? [laughter] mark has your book up there? brian

and he had come to america before the revolution had settled in eastern pennsylvania in bethlehem where he was a weaver. and he had joined the american forces and served in the continental army during the revolutionary war. after the war, he married. he had children. but by 1829, his children were dead. his wife was dead. weaving requires digital dexterity, good eyesight, and those faded by 1829. he could do no more work and so he lived in the streets of philadelphia. a homeless veteran. that pointing is, as far as we can tell, the oldest portrayal of a homeless veteran in american history. perhaps in the history of the world. we've all seen that image, but we see it in photographs today. the painting is a reminder that the problems of veterans are not new. they are not easily solved, but the challenges that they face are challenges that they faced in the generation of the revolution. challenges that they face today and that we as a civilized people must deal with. all of these challenges, symptomatic of the revolutionary generation. they survive in different ways today. tonight we're j

bethlehem, pennsylvania, the line for those over 70 years old. good morning.aller: good morning, i'm g golf teacher so i'm out of business right now. maybe if i was working in florida. financially, but it's really boring. buttched c-span every day, i have to watch the sky at 5:00 or whatever with all his bad judgment that he makes. , anybody wants a test can get a test, that's what he said a month ago, but we can't get them in pennsylvania. a you are in really bad condition. we've got to remedy that kind of thing. this no reason why people who want to play golf can get a test and go play golf. you are not even closer together, you know? host: hopefully you get close when you get to the hole, right? caller: then you would have to stay six feet apart. i call the news appeared pennsylvania, i said are you going to be open? they said yet, but you got to stay six inches apart. the issue of testing, an interesting story in the washington post about what is happening right now at the white house. david and josh with the story as communities across the country despera

sick people, there have been instances of the israeli military demolishing covid—19 cleaning's near bethlehemorder knowing certainly that they are much more exposed to illness should they have to go to work. i think that is a condition that palestinians in particular in the west ba n k palestinians in particular in the west bank are experiencing, which makes that lie is quite difficult in many ways. you describe what has been happening what has been happening to some medical facilities in the gaza strip and west bank, what is being done to try to improve treatment of covid—19? i think there have been 500 cases and two deaths so have been 500 cases and two deaths so far. i think in part of the closure of west bank, the israeli provision of any kind of movement between gaza and israel, probably quite heavy rejection of people moving from gaza to egypt, has meant that if the numbers are increasing it is because people passing it on to one another. in terms of hospital equipment, we know that palestinians have some of the best educated doctors and some of the most committed and dedicated under th

the battle of bethlehem about the birthplace of jesus how christians are being pushed out.he holy land is about settlements, judea and samaria, the west bank, and fight over those holy lands with settlers and others. here is a small clip from "battle in the holy land." where i'm standing is the front edge of the judea and is a march i can't heights which overlook israel proper. jerusalem, ben gurion airport and mediterranean sea. 70% of the israel's population and industrial base can be seen at this point. whoever controls the hills of judea and is sam -- samaria controls israel. we got ourself in a dicey situation. there was a rye wrote broke out right before we got there. we thought it was okay to go through. boy were we wrong. here is a quick clip. this is active scene, big time. we're in the middle of it. it was a tense scene. as we drove past the smoldering tires that had blocked the road a few minutes earlier, we soon discovered how quickly things can get ugly. unbee knowns to us the riot was still going on which was triggered by israeli counterterrorism raid into ram

he had come to america before the revolution, had settled in eastern pennsylvania in the town of bethlehem where he was a weaver, and he had joined the american forces and served in the continental army during the revolutionary war. after the war, he married and had children. but by 1829, his children were dead, his wife was dead. weaving requires digital dexterity. it requires good eyesight. those have faded. by 1829, he could do no more work. he lived in the streets the paintings are a reminder that those problems are not easily solved, the challenges that they face today. we have to deal with these challenges. all of these challenges symptomatic of the revolutionary generation survive in different ways today. tonight, we are joined by a distinguished panel of historians who have worked on the expense of american veterans to discuss these experiences, explore how their experiences were peculiar to the circumstances of their generation but also perhaps to establish some common themes. they have been waiting very patiently off to the side. let me introduce them to you. brian matthew jordan