>>ed today on "christian world news" violent muslim rebel groups wage war on christians in philippines. let's see how one ministry is changing hearts and saving lives. plus the story behind the best selling book of all times. how the english translation of the king james bible cost one man his life. welcome everyone to "christian world news" i am wendy griffith. george thomas is on vacation. prayer warriors are turning to god to heal their land. they gathered to take part in the 60th annual national day of prayer. nags's capitol was center stage. paul strand was there and has the story. >> people from all around the nation gathered on their knees for this event asking for god's mercy and blessing for america. >> some people talk a lot about prayer. we do the praying on the national day of prayer. this is the most important day in our national life. nothing compares to this day. >> long time day of prayer chairman shirley dobson called out that they are calling upon their countrymen since 1775. >> this has been our heritage, our tradition. >> get to your knees for a time of -- it is a m

we thought this was a christian country. so to have this, the judge is saying it was no longer a christian country, we were shocked to hear. >> they say christian beliefs make them more suitable to be foster carers, not less. >> our bible teaches us to love. so many of these children need care, love, and understanding. and our bible teaches all of that. i think we could make wonderful foster carers because we have done it before. >> andria williams is representing the couple. >> homosexual rights trump christian freedom. >> in response to this case, a major new petition is calling on the uk prime minister to address the challenges th recentequalities legislion has brought for those seeking to live according to christian teachings. >> if we were to get a million signatures, we would believe would be able to get a bill introduced into parliament. >> they are hoping they can provide a loving home to vulnerable children. >> we are going to keep fighting. we are not going to stop. we are good foster carers. we love that are part

we know christians are standing firm for their faith. they have been a wonderful light for the gospel. very difficult. it is not an easy thing at all. i heard the stories of several who have been imprisoned. it is definitely a situation where we really have to pray for the christians in iran who are facing often hours, days, weeks, months of solitary confinement. it is very, very difficult. also remember the family members who sometimes don't hear about their loved one for weeks or months. they don't know what is going to happen to them. all around it is a trying thyme ing time for the church. time we know the lord using persecution to build the church. there is a certain faith there, but at the same time, it is never easy to see your brothers and sisters go through such trial. >> david, we'll be praying for our brothers and sisters in christ and certainly for your ministry. >> thank you. >>> change is taking place in middle east creating opportunities for believers to share their faith. one ministry is the bible league internags. they h

>> we're concerned about the christians, the coptics christians are the largest minority in the middle east and they form about 10% of the population of egypt. they are an ancient faith from 2 thousand years ago and they are being assaulted by extremists, by terrorists, by islam mists within society, churches have been bombed, we saw a church bombed at their christmas celebration a year, a year and a half ago, and there's individual attacks, there are pilgrims on their villages, church burns just a couple of months ago, they oar in a vulnerable position, the government at the same time in addition to failing to protect them also fails to provide justice, so when they are attacked, no one serves time for that, no one is put on trial or if they're put on trial, it's dismissed eventually, no one is convicted. that gives a green light to extremists that the christians are -- they can be murdered with impunity, they can be murdered and with the purpose of driving them out, with the purpose of religious cleansing and there won't be consequences. >> we see more christians leave iraq, what's g

one christian activist? egypt called it a happy surprise. muslims have become hostile towards coptic christians, sleft left 13 people dead and a church burned. the coptic christians hope a future egyptian government will bring them new freedoms. >> that is the greatest hope of the believers in egypt. there will be an ultimate government that will protect the religious minorities of the country, that would be their greatest dream. and i think that is what we can pray for and work for politically and spiritually and asking god to bring this about for our brothers and sisters. >> christians know the true meaning of perseverance after centuries of abuse. he called on viewers to pray that god will bring them peace. >>> coming up, spreading peace in the midst of war in one of colombia's most dangerous combat zone. >> president obama told hundreds of latino christian leaders that comprehensive immigration reform is a moral imperative. the president said americans skiddish about changing immigration laws said the u.s. was founded from immigrants. de

he invited jews back into the city who had been exiled by the christians. those first generations of muslims were honoring the jewish holy place without any sense of conflict with it, and we know that that was lost. in the year 1096 when the pope calls for the crusade to take jerusalem back from the infidel who have been occupying it since the seventh century, it sears the european christian imagination with violence, holy war, god wills violence, and it centers the christian imagination on, guess what, jer. the return of the jewish people to jerusalem, to israel, in the 19th and 20th centuries especially, culminating in the establishment of the state of israel in 1948, is a reversal of this ancient fate that was generated by the romans and then theologized by the christians. and i would just add that we christians have been reckoning with this, and that's the meaning for us catholics of the tremendously important visit to jerusalem by pope john paul ii in the year 2000. he prayed at the western wall as a jew would pray, without invoking jesus, and he offer

so we became judeo-christian now we are on the cusp of the judeo-christian islamic abraham nec if you will dike gives the been the advantage of the rise be well have something about sarah. [laughter] but what i alluded to earlier if genuinely mono siesta if they share a notion there is one god, than what divides us is the ways that we approach that god. we share a lot as our god. we have our own tribal were shipped, if you will. that is the second part of the question. can we find a uniform way to worship? i am not sure of the value. each of us does need a bourse tradition as a means to recognize god and to connect with their own ancestry. with that said, as we were shipped we should learn to shape our prayers' in a way they are not often shaped to not exclude the other. >> i'd like to offer another thought of american religion. this addresses the issue at the surface level and by far the less important level. the religious character of america took a new form of the 20th century, shaped by the apocalyptic character of nuclear weapons. after 1945 when we directed the structure of nucl

there's bad islam and good islam, good christianity, bad christianity. good religious people, bad religious people. from god's point of view from my readings, there's only heaven and hell. only those who receive god's approval and disapproval. there are good americans and bad americans. there is an american ethic which represents the highest of american values, and there is those fears that represent the worst of american's fears, and fdr taught us that we have nothing to fear but fear itself. fear is the thing we need to eliminate from our vocabulary of action and replace it with love which is jesus taught us to represent. he taught us to love, taught us to love our neighbors, your enemies rather than fear them is the transformative action that remits the high -- represents the highest possible instinct of the most perfected human being. this is the ethic that presents the highest dollars of our faith traditions. there's something i wrote about in my book which can be described as a common ethic to jews, christians, and muslims who may recall to make it

muslims might not recognize some aspects of the christian theology and christians might not recognize some aspects of islamic theology and the same thing with judaism but the argument i believe that the pope was trying to make and muslims make and i make in interfaith work is we are different, we need to keep talking about those differences but meanwhile there are common, shared interests in life to make our lives better. >> there's also some doingmatic correspondences, they are monotheistic, are they not? >> true. >> although buddhism does not suggest an autonomous personage. >> right. buddhism, at least certain kinds offed byism, people say the oldest kinds of buddhism are not considered purely theistic, they're more eight theistic, not a god as we would conceive of it. >> they also recognize their god, quote, unquote as revealed through their particular scrip pure, notably the koran, the bible, and the tal nude, correct? here we have jews -- go ahead. >> not buddhists. >> not buddhists, correct. >> not buddhists. >> right. i -- >> the koran recognizes the torah, that moses did rece

consider myself a christian. i remember a song in church "jesus went to the least of us" he went to lepers, prostitutes, he was accepting, he was tolerant, he was not inflexible. what he hated was narrow mindedness. what he chase tiesed. he didn't hate. it's not as if i am a christian, too. that is my interpretation of which is -- that we sing in church. >> first of all there are interpretation of the bible, i'm the daughter of two pastors, grew up in church. the interpretation of the bible regardless of what ministers say at the time does change and evolve over time. so the way we now, as modern day christians whether you're conservative or not interpret the bible is very different in that previous generations. in terms of looking at young people, they are this myth out there that young people now, millennials, 18-29 are less religious, don'tppreciate prayer, god in churchs not what the research says. it says that we're religiously affiliated than our parents which has more about the transition of life and age,

we know that the virgin birth was not a part of the earliest christian preaching. the earliest generation, the earliest decades of christian preaching had to do with the resurrection, the fact that this man who is crucified is our messiah and god raised him from the dead. that was the systems of the early preaching. it was in the succeeding decades as more questions began to arise as the notion of jesus' did i have vicinity began to really take hold that questions were to arise that well, if he was divine how did that happen? and then questions of his birth became very important questions. it's very clear that, for example, luke went back and had to do research. he had to investigate. he tells us that at the start of his gospel. in order to find out what he calls the exact truth. and the fact that he concluded that jesus was born of a virgin may well be because that was a part of the tradition that he discovered as he went back and did his research. >> do you have thoughts on what you're hearing? >> of course i do. this is my business. >> what are your thoughts? >>

hearing culture that go way way back that actually predate christianity but with the rise of christianity in the west in particular once he'd enter each why we're and militarism this language and the way in which christian understanding of sacrifice become imbedded in that this is a war understanding of the war and in particular in in a culture of military rule then i'll that's all and so that's all the time we have failed but thank you so much and thank you for your work in him and trying to disentangle that for us and great reason to a greater understanding of how we've come to the point of such religious based militarism in this country much appreciated my pleasure thank you that was author kelly hog so tonight's the big night for the g.o.p. whether you like it or not we are the best organized force in america to ensure that obama leaves office in two thousand and thirteen tonight's debate in south carolina beginning at nine pm eastern time is the kickoff of a long fight to get obama out of the white house five candidates will be there for minnesota governor tim pull and. former pennsy

iraq veteran conscience's objector and founder of the centurion skill to discuss whether or not christians should be raising their children to join the u.s. military well the rest of the country is freaking out on false alarms of terrorism at airports train stations and car bombs we're only freaking out on false alarms of terrorism that involve government spending cuts don't worry they're just false alarms you're watching adam vs the man. joining me now is jake gilberto adams is the man contributor and regular attendee of the infamous grover norquist americans for tax reform weekly wednesday breakfast meetings and ryan else the policy director for americans for tax reform someone thanks for being with us tonight now this is this is almost too funny because we had grover scales and we had a little bit of a misunderstanding about the timing here and this is actually the second time i feel like i've been stood up by grover norquist the first time i was a candidate for congress i signed the americans for tax reform taxpayer protect taxpayer protection pledge outstanding document really simple

he has given true christianity, true biblical christianity a black eye.nd it's given those who disagree with christianity yet another opportunity to mock it. >> reporter: we have tried to contact camping. so far to no avail. this is not the first time he's predicted the end of days. despite a failed warning in 1992, he was adamant he got it right this time. live in oakland, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> police from four different agencies in marin are looking for an armed robber who made off with more than $10,000 in cash and used a semiautomatic handgun to do it. it happened just as the pacific precious metals pawn shop was foerpg the day. a man walked into the store, pulled out the gun and demanded cash. officers from four departments spent hours looking for the gunman but were unable to find him. >>> experts say sex trafficking is a $9 billion a year industry and on the peninsula today, people gathered to learn more about it and how to stop it. >> the best eyes are the ones that live right next door. and the truth is tha

we have another story today about worship, this one about christian relics. in medieval times, relics were greatly prized, a fragment of a body of a disciple of christ or another holy person. there's aexhit of these relics and their elaborate containers, reliquaries, at the walters art museum in baltimore. it's a joint project of the walters, the cleveland museum of art, and the british museum in london. we got a guided tour from the walters' curator, martina bagnoli. >> a relic is usually a remains of the body of a holy person, could also be something that this holy person had touched. the saints were not touched by sin, and, therefore, their remains were imbued with the grace and the power of god. therefore, if you prayed to a relic, that is a kind of way of channeling your prayer to heaven. you don't worship the relics or the saint. you venerate them, and that distinction is precisely in order to avoid falling into idolatry. from the beginning of christianity, artists were enlisted to create precious containers that would speak of the spiritual power of th

christiane. >> miguel, thank you so much. and later in the show, we'll get an expert's take on whether this attack on gadhafi will be a turning point on what has become a stalemate for the united states and its allies. >>> but first we turn to a different sort of battle waged right here in the united states. it's a budget battle and this was the week republican congress members went home to defend their sweeping budget plan for the constituents. and the reception at one town hall meeting after another was rocky. the plan is the brain child of house budget chairman paul ryan who is feeling some of the heat himself. i travelled to wisconsin to see how ryan is weathering the storm. >> how are the crowds increasing and levels of anxiety? >> no two ways about it. >> congressman ryan is at the center of the storm. it's his plan that sparked the outcries across the country, the anger is palpable. >> you gave away all of those tax cuts. >> reporter: we've seen republican congressman fending off boos and cat calls from constituents ov

. >> all right, we want to turn to christiane christiane now, the host of abc's "this week." she's covered bin laden extensively, and she joins us from washington at the newseum and, christiane, you're not on set. tell us where you're standing. >> we're just a floor up from our set in the newseum right behind me. it's the managinged tower, that antenna on the north tower of the world trade center building and collapsed obviously on 9/11, and it's been brought here and also headlines from here and around the world the day after 9/11, so today it's really important to be here. >> christiane, i want to ask for your reaction to the government's release of these specific images of bin laden as a tired, old man. >> well, i think precisely as your previous guest said, this is not the face of the mastermind of terror, the terrifying man who we've all thought about over the last ten years. the images that we have seen broadcast were very carefully managed. osama bin laden on one knee firing a kalashnikov. osama bin laden giving interviews, osama bin laden giving those, you know, rathe

there by forcefully emphasizing the universal vocation to the heights of the christian life.church. all of us, as members of the people of god, bishops, priests, deacons, laity, men and women, religious, are making our pilgrim way to the heavenly home land, where the virgin mary preceded us. associated as she was, in a unique and perfect way, to the mystery of christ and the church. karol jozef wojtyla took part in the second vatican council, first as an auxiliary bishop and then as archbishop of krakow and he was fully aware of the council's decision to devote though last chapter of the constitution of the church to mary, meant the mother of the redeemer, is held up as an image and model of holiness for every christian and for the entire church. this was the theological vision which blessed john paul ii discovered as a young man, and subsequently maintained and deepened throughout his life. a vision which is expressed in the scriptural image of the crucified christ with mary, his mother, at his side. this icon from the gospel of john was taken up in the episcopal and later t

what they meant was in the context of christian religion, all of these men wear christian. the only one i can find that was remotely diaz was definitely not jefferson. he urged others to pray repeatedly. george washington and dsm has been blown out of the water by recent books and we even have a diary entry of a prayer that he wrote in which he signs the prior off to my lord jesus christ the savior of my soul or words to that effect. clearly is not a diaz. how much of a practicing christian depends if you think their church attendance is be all and end all but he did attend church quite a lot. what to these guys mean when they talk about the freedom of religion? based on what i have seen in the documents, all of the colonial charters with references to god and jesus christ, many state legislatures zero allegiance handle state legislatures had to swear such a know they find a hard to believe in the context of the mall being christian. what would they say if the muslim often to say because of separation of church and state you have to fund the muslim bloodbath they would find

he was also, on the other hand, not an evangelical christian. he was not powerfully interested in the theology and in the forms of the christian religion. he did go to church, but he was very careful not to take communion and not to kneel. why he felt that way, we don't exactly know. he didn't mention jesus christ in his correspondence, and he didn't talk about god on his death bed. i believe he was a very moral man, a very virtuous man. he was influenced by the stoics. he took his feelings about morality very seriously. and, indeed, if you had asked him, are you a christian, he might well have said, yes. but his sense of christianity is very difficult to get ahold of. we just know it wasn't on one of the extremes. well, that's a very powerful image. [laughter] of washington. and this is another powerful image of washington. [laughter] developing in the late 19th century, the early 20th century is the washington mythology -- as the washington mythology gathers strength and develops, and the centennial in 1876 of the revolution, the declaration o

again, there is the true christian experience, and the bible warns of the false christian experience.nd if somebody makes a prophetic statement and it doesn't come true or doesn't come to fruition and apparently mr. camping has done this before, so i just think in these times when people are really kind of searching and freaking out, you know, these types of things can happen. >> well, you know, and correct me if i'm wrong, christians do believe, in the rapture. yet many denounced harold camping and you just said it, it was a false teaching. people say he's a false teacher. why is that? >> well, it just -- it gets back to the true christian experience is confirmed for the believer when the presence of the holy spirit is operating in their life. there's a confirmation that happens in the spirit of that dynamic. and for myself, that's very real and true, for myself personally. i only came into that experience when i stopped trying to pursue my christian faith my way. and actually went to god's word, went to the bible, and as authentically and humbly and submissively as i could, really t

minority, 5% perhaps of pakistan is christian centered mostly in the punjab. there are a few hindus but not nearly as many, you have to remember in indian there are more muslims in india than there are in pakistan. >> true. >> and so -- but religious minority persecution is huge even within these different sects of islam,. >> with that being a central location what i hear how is education handled? >> education is handled primarily through state owned schools but you are required to take classes in islam, and now you can sort of exempt out if you are christian, but very very few buddhists there, although that was up in the north where the center of the buddhist civilization was years and years ago through king asoka but now the press is muslim, suni and sia there are different parts within that, it is difficult to say but the majority of pakistanies are alleyed with the saw diarabian faith mostly so -- saudi arabia faith mostly. they feel very hemmed in p pakistanies, it is important to understand small country, a lot of pressures, india they fought war after w

they won in no small part due to christian minorities everybody was surprised. there is pakistan. >> we all remember that, one day after my birthday. >> auspicious to say the least. >> incredible geography i don't think we will need map qwest. >>> please join us as we talk to hugh burrows after pakistan. thank you for being with us what will you do when you hear your calling? will you ignore it? or will you listen? peace corps. life is calling. how far will you go? >>> if you just joined us, we have been talking about pakistan. we left off at 1947. >> as you may recall pakistan and india were one country. persians would occasionally come over and some great mogul rulers were muslim but it was left to itself. great religion, animism was there and then hinduism was there and 500 bc buddhism came in and then some christians sailed over, thomas by tradition and then 500, a little later of course, that the muslims came in and the muslim rulers came in and over laid so during that time, comes back to 1947 the british had been there for 250 years and the great raj and

ryan sat down with an interview with the host of "this week" christiane amanpour. christiane asked him about this growing heat he's taking. >> how do you feel being made a bogey man? >> i don't think about it. i sleep well at night, because i know we have a debt crisis coming. we know we're going to have an economic collapse if we stay on the path we're on. it's unconscionable as an elected representative of people to know that that's coming and not try to do something to prevent it from happening. if it's bad politics, so be it. >> let's bring in christiane amanpour. always good to see you. it's something to hear a politician say if it's bad politics, so be it. the question, is ryan in particular, republicans in general, willing to take a hit politically with this? >> it seems ryan is. he's been working for years on this plan. he's devoted to it. we were at his district in wisconsin where he was holding town hall meetings. as you saw other congress people are facing a backlash from their constituents. many are now saying perhaps the republicans will start running

downfall of egypt's president sees the danger ship were placed with face based violence as muslims and christians lose a common enemy that united them. u.s. defense contractor was prospering in war deny accusations of corruption saying they are the only means to survive the financial crisis. you're watching r t coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program all the very heart of russia's ambitions for a high tech future will host around eight hundred journalists today president mitterrand vienna has chosen a skulk a bit of asian hog as a venue for a water supply far use biggest q. and a session since taking office three years ago or he's now always following the final preparations for the major news conference and we'll talk to her live now good morning here any so well kiran a session of such scale will be the first of many that is three years as president it's no secret he prefers interviews and meetings with smaller groups as happened before so why is a change of format now. according to the president's press secretary in recent months there's been such a surge in request fo

the queen was more of a devout christian than the guys ever were. the original missionaries in hawaii had -- they were supposed to westernize and civilize them as best they could, but they also had strict instructions not to mess with the government or get involved with political affairs because political affairs are of this earth, and they had to get as many hawaiians into the king adopt of -- kingdom as possible. a few quit the mission to work for the hawaiian government, but they had to quit their jobs as missionaries to do that. you know, there's one ex-missionary who helped with the framing of a new constitution when the hawaiian king made hawaii into a constitutional monarchy. there was one missionary who quit the mission to work in the judiciary because he octobered to the fact that the -- objected to the fact that the headquarters back in boston was taking donations from slave states before the civil war. the missionaries stuck to the plan partly because they didn't have time to do anything else. they were incredibly burdened overloaded peop

she was a solid christian. in her book, her memoir, that i recommend, hawaii's story by hawaii as queen, she writes the book, it's her story, but she's publishing in 1898 to argue against annexization, and she uses two arguments against annexization, well several, but two of them being this doesn't seem christian, and she basically implies god will smite us if we do this to her little country, and the other one is that it doesn't seem in keeping with, you know, the demands of democratic-republican government, so there's that. [laughter] i would like to thank you all for coming. thanks, austin, you're always good to me. i'll be upstairs signing books. [applause] >> to find out more, visit the author on facebook at facebook.com/sarahjanevowell. >> so, matt, here's the question. this book is written in a popular style, and it has sort of a breezy optimism to it. you write at one point, and i'm quoting here, the innovative capitalist culture will allow us to make a hudini style escape from climate changes most deva

downfall of egypt's presidencies dictatorship replaced with space based violence as muslims and christians lose a common enemy that united them. prices hate americans turn to booming the fans companies for work and one of the few industries still thriving thanks to the u.s. wars abroad. and at the opening bell both the r.t.s. and my six are over the saints in the black with oil about oil prices bouncing back over to the full business bulletin from around twenty minutes time. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching our team with me read it joshua welcome the very heart of russia's ambitions for a high tech future will host around eight hundred journalists today president has chosen the skolkovo innovation hub as a venue for what is by far his biggest q. and a session since taking office three years ago and he's now is following the final preparations according to the president's press secretary in recent months there's been such a surge in reply i asked for one on one interviews with the president but they just started to gather as many journalists as possible at the scope of a ven

he has given true christianity, true biblical christianity a black eye and has given those who disagreeh christianity another opportunity to mock it. >>> and we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, we'll show you who makes the best burger in the area. we put a celebrity chef to a blind taste test. wait until you see who won. >>> best burgers sound awesome. let's take it out to the sunol grade, you see a mixed bag of clouds, misty skies around the bay area. we'll talk more about your rest of the weekend forecasnges in yd some changes in your seven-day forecast as well. look at that, when we come back. >>> taking a live look at some brave folks, that water is very chilly out there. but good for them, getting out and getting some exercise before they sit down and enjoy a very important hockey game in the south bay. rob mayeda is in the spirit. >> that's right. >> looking good in teal. >> you were expecting sharky, perhaps? >> you're better than sharky. >> he told me to fill in for him this morning, 51 degrees across the bay area in san francisco. we're seeing the

downfall of egypt's presidents use a cane or ship or place with face based violence as muslims and christians lose the common enemy that united them. crisis hit americans turn to booming the fans can't companies for work and one of the few industries still thriving thanks to the u.s. wars abroad. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm reading joshua welcome to the program all the very heart of russia's own visions for a high tech spirit your is ready to host hundreds of journalists a day present be sure if you have has chosen the scald of innovation hub as a venue for what is by far use biggest una sessions it's taking office three years ago all we can now cross like to respond to the truth is always got more for us because we as we know final preparations for the landmark news conference are underway at the moment so what exactly are we expecting to happen there. it is exactly as you say real final preparations are underway at a press conference is expected to start in just under an hour's time we've got nearly one thousand journalists both local from russia and foreign representati

downfall of egypt's presidency is a take it or should replace will fade based violence as muslims and christians lose a common enemy that united. us the fans could drag first prospering in words and accusations of corruption saying they are the only means to survive the financial crisis. and in business the sound following the collapse of the arctic exploration deal rosneft is a look out for new partner join me for the full story in about twenty minutes time . nine am in the russian capital you're watching our team with mary and josh welcome to the program out a very heart of rushes and visions for high tap future will host around eight hundred journalists today president dmitry medvedev has chosen this call the innovation hub as the venue for what is by far his biggest q. and a session since taking office three years ago argues and he says now is following the final preparations. according to the president's press secretary in recent months there's been such a third day in request for one on one interviews with the president that they decided to gather as many journalists as possible at the str

the end of egypt's pick take a ship but the start of a sectarian division christians muslims blame opposed to a revolution of leaders for failing to stem the worrying rise in religious violence . and sweden's africa to keep people's private takes. you comes down ordering the country to store personal information. just after eight pm here in moscow you would not see welcome to the program now to retrieve says he'll announce whether he's going to run again for president but not just yet it was one of his answers to hundreds of journalists at a number of media question and answer session the last at over two hours he also discussed his working relations with prime minister putin and how russia is disappointed with nato as actions in libya and he has been following the event. possession went on for almost two and a half hours hundreds of journalists were there eight hundred in fact three hundred of them international all packed into a halt in the scope of what that i mean you was not chosen by mistake it's somewhat of a gem for president medvedev part of his modernisation plan and what it is t

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you couldn't be member of a problematic christian church and a muslim. [laughter] >> thank you again for both of your comments. my question is similar to the last gentleman. after reading dreams of my father, his biography and the audacity of hope, you find the picture of a public intellectual who in very many ways appropriated the african-american church and all and wanted to inform his intellectual growth. i am kind of wondering why that never got across to much of the population. i mean, he kind of brought his way and not just in to our modern politics but very much into the african-american experience and became his lightning rod for all of the hopes and dreams of the entire people we don't think about outside of hbo. so i'm kind of wondering why that didn't really get across. you just said you can't both be this sort of a feast person who can't stand religion you know, this member of this violent christian sector but at the same time people completely ignore religion in general with him. so i am just wondering what the was all about. >> it's a good

the president's adviser spoke exclusively to christiane amanpour. >> the proposal was identical to a proposal made by the israeli prime minister just prior to mr. netanyahu. >> reporter: the meeting with netanyahu was extended. it was an hour and a half which is a long meeting for this president. despite the body language, neither side is portraying what happened behind closed doors in a negative manner. josh? >> david kerley in washington tonight. >>> as david just said, president obama is certainly taking a lot of heat from israel's leadership, but i want to welcome christiane amanpour host of "this week" to discuss it. in the president's speech, we were not supposed to hear so very much about the peace process itself, isn't that correct? >> that's exactly right. but allies of the u.s., such as king abdullah of jordan has a peace treaty with israel says there must be words to that effect in the speech. king abdullah is not that hopeful after many meetings with the israeli prime minister that there will be anymore than the status quo. >> in my discussions with him, and they've been,

coming tonight from some christians over a pastors doom day predictions. thousands of cash taken from a bickering... how supporters of the "little saigon" business district were finally able to win the day. cbs five eyewitness news is next. good evening, i'm ann >>> a welcome sign. how supporters of the little saigon business district were able to save the day. cbs5 news is next.

what they meant in the context of christian religion, all these men were christian. the only one i can find who was even remotely a deist is jefferson. franklin is definitely not a deist. he urges other people to pray urgently. i think george washington's deism has been totally blown out of water by a number of recent books. we even have a diary entry of a prayer that he wrote in which he signs the prayer off to my lord jesus christ, savior of my soul and words to that effect. so he's very clearly not a deist. how much of a practicing christian he is, depends on whether or not you believe that church attendance is the end all and be all but he did attend church quite a lot. so what do these guys mean when they talked about the freedom of religion? it's my view that based on what i've seen in the documents, namely, that all of the colonial charters involved references to god and most of them to jesus christ, that many of the state legislatures had to affirm oaths of allegiance to their office in the name of jesus christ. and that all of the state legislators of pennsy

or mainstream christians. in reality, it isn't. no serious christian denomination. really believes that you can set a date and a time. >> do you believe his followers who will be massively disappointed? >> yes, you see people use fear to drive people to a consistent focus on the afterlife. i think the bigger concern is we lose focus on our faith. a pretty consistent problem over the last few decades for christians to focus on the end time than the here and now. >> a key theme in your work, i know. the ends of the world is a big business. the left behind books are massive best-sellers. there's even been a movie with kirk cameron playing the lead as the world falls apart. why is this such a big business, why are people so fascinated? >> i think we as human believers, we want things to be made right in the world. even scriptures tell us, christ's second coming is a blessed hope. we all look for things to be made right, to be fixed what's broken. i think people take advantage of it when they predict specific dates and raise a lot of money for their organizations based o

in recent years violence against egypt christian minority has been on the rise.g the days after the dictatorship of tensions were kept under control. now without the heavy hand of the stage, those tensions are coming to the court. egypt's justice minister mohamed warrant in his conference that the country is now truly a nation in danger. that danger become apparent in central cairo sunday evening off when predominantly christian protesters of sending their anchor clashed with muslims. if the government has pledged action to protect national unity and a stronger hand may be needed to restore calm. >>vicki: there's a new mac and tell a. the look of the brand new i'm back on store shelves. >>brian: school day around the bay on this mother's day. it temperatures in the '50s and '60s, we will warm up tomorrow '70s in the forecast. i will talk about that coming up. to use his miles. tries ♪ that's a lot of red tape! step on it! [ tires screech ] ♪ i can't escape the red tape! now you can with rapid rewards! come on! [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] join rapid rewar

. >>> we want to turn now to christiane christiane, host of abc's "this week" who is joining us fromashington for more on this. christiane, governor daniels' decision not to run surprised many political insiders. just how much pressure does this put on other popular republicans like former obama ambassador to china jon huntsman to throw their hat into the ring? >> well, look, as you say, it surprised people and the reason is that mitchell daniels is a sitting midwestern governor was considered really an innovator on so many issues that matter right now, big thinker on issues of the economy such as the budget, the deficit and so much success in indiana. the pressure it puts on the others is that a lot of people were holding back, we're told, to look who is going to get into the race on the gop side. also people, donors and things were waiting to see who they were going to put their money forth on depending whether mitch daniels gets in or not. a lot of people clamoring to get in. even on our program last week, governor nikki haley of south carolina, that important primary state, could

the man behind the prophecy is christian radio broadcaster harold camping.he math, he says, and says it is all based on scripture in the bible to come up with may 21st as the day he and his followers have been warning about for a while now. let's get some theological perspective here, dr. brent strawl is director of biblical studies at emory university. are you surprised to be here? >> relieved. >> people have been making light and some say rightly so. but this whole idea of the rapture and end of days is deeply rooted in a lot of religious belief. >> that's correct. a lot of this goes back to specific texts found in both the old and new testaments. >> put up the first one here for many of you, pull out your bibles. thessalonianses 4:17, those who are alive and left will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the lord in the air and so will we be with the lord forever. is this the idea? that's the idea of the rapture. >> the idea of the rapture comes from this specific text but other texts that talk about the end of the world or apocalypse don

christiane amanpour asking pakistan's ambassador, will heads roll? >>> and the myth busting tonight. how the u.s. is hoping these images will shatter the myths surrounding the master mind. >>> twisting his arm. tonight, the new push. can republicans convince this man he's their answer to president obama? and what he's saying about that. >>> and the miracle mom. on this mother's day, a remarkable story of survival. seven weeks, stranded in the frigid wilderness. she reveals just how she survived. >>> good evening on this sunday night. and it is the question this evening now one week after osama bin laden was killed by those navy s.e.a.l.s. how could pakistan's government not have known that the al qaeda master mind was hiding in plain sight? tonight, a stunning acknowledgement, a senior pakistani official telling abc news that members of pakistan's intelligence community must have helped protect and shelter bin laden. it is the strongest public statement about this from any official in pakistan. and so, we begin with our jim sciutto, who is there toni