constantine and his associates favored the option of integration. >> constantine was a consummate pragmatistte politician. and i think he gauged well the upsurge of interest and support christianity was... was receiving, and so played up to that very nicely and exploited it in his own rule. >> when constantine came into power and started to favor christianity, he did do many things that plainly showed a support for christianity. he gave money for the building of churches, money for the copying of scriptures, he exempted clergy members from having to perform civic duties on town councils, that kind of thing. >> the bishops are able to take advantage of constantine's mood and his curious intellectual interest in things like christology and the trinity and church organization. they're able to have bibles copied at public expense. they're finally able to have public christian architecture and big basilicas. so there's a comfortable symbiotic relationship between the empire and the church. >> all that certainly stands in favor of his true christian commitment. on the other hand, he did retain the

list individual, prince constantine. he was romanian royalty. one of these rare people who excelled at everything he did. matinee movie idol, good looks, rockstar charisma. and there was nothing that interested him that he didn't extremely well. he was captain of the romanian hockey team. he was a national champions aerobatic stunt pilot. he was a champion motorcycle and automobile racer. and to him, aerial combat was the ultimate sport and he was extremely good at that competition. because he shut down something over 40 soviet and american aircraft. but once romania capitulated, he realized that the american prisoners being held in romania were likely to be liberated by the soviets, and he didn't trust the russians released the americans. and as we now know, many americans were not released in the soviets. so constantin cantacuzino stuck an american senior pow in the fuselage of the smasher smit with a crudely painted american flag on the fuselage and flow down to the 15th air force headquarters. and in about two days arranged a massive airlift

. >> after the roman emperor constantine converted to christianity in 314 he sent his mother to build chapels here at the birth site and in jerusalem where jesus christ was crucified. the four gospels are the good news accounts of jesus' life, ministry, death, and resurrection, but the birth stories are only found in the gospel according to st. massachusetts matthew and st. luke. >> the christmas story occupies a fire obviouses in matthew, fewer more in luke north at all in mark, and only is hinted at very obliquely in john. >> andy wright is a former by-of of she church in england. >> this was actually how the living god became human. >> emphasize different aspects of the event to bring out a different point. >> roman catholic priest is a professor of biblical studies. >> nonetheless, all these gospels present us the honest truth, they faithfully tell us what jesus actually said and did. >> strip tour is not something to be eaten quickly, not fastfood. it's a banquet. >> this priest is a translator of the bible. >> it's not supposed to be a videotape that we can play like on the hist

was january 6th, very earlier on, some people claimed it was in march but it got placed in 336 by constantine at december 25th and the orthodox continued to say it was january 6th and so as a result we have the 12 days of christmas. so there are a lot going on. frosty the snow man, the star, the light, the darkness, the whole christmas pagent which is, you say thee logical work as much -- theological work as much as a historic one. what do you do to enjoy the season. >> when come and see is what i say and it is a community time and also time for personal reflection. >> and growing up, what was important to you at christmas as you look back? you say, oh, yeah, that was really part of the whole season that made my little heart sing and stuff like that. >> so you want to know all about my family history? >> exactly. >> i enjoyed the christmas tree, i enjoyed exchanging presents, the anticipation, it seemed like christmas would never come. it took forever to start from the beginning of advent into christmas. i also remember, fond memories of being in the christmas pagant. i can remember the burla

i'm jim constantine and i live across the street from the proposed site. at 446 27th street and i wanted to support the dr even though i believe that the amended plan is massively too big for the site. can i have a monitor, please? the rear view of the propertis is just shocking how massive that house will be. and the backyard of my home is an important place for me and my family and i would hate to have that encroach on mine. thank you. >> thank you,. >> >> just one more time, you can see it. there is the project site. carrie and andrew, up the hill. you can see the stepping. oh, i'm sorry, i'm georgia and live at 460 duncan. there is a very important part of the neighbor's alternative that you are getting now, that you need to see, please. here is the floor plan for the third floor of the neighbor's alternative. contrary to what was thought, the neighbor's alternative allows for the creation of a three-bedroom house, not a two-bedroom, but a three-bedroom on one level. this is the neighbor's alternative with the setbacks, but inside. it should be perfect

helena the mother of the emperor c constantine built the first church here.s restored in 529 ad and enhanced later on by the crusaders. >> i have also heard the idea behind the door was to make people bow down. >> be humble. >> not impossible by any means. >> once inside this ancient building visitors see a sight drastically different from the humble stable of the bible. greek orthodox main altar. >> very around nate. >> extremely around nate. you see the choir for the most. this is where literally every sunday every day in fact. >> the original church was an octagon built over the cave. it is now below the altar in the grot el of the nativity. father o'connor took us there. >> there are two altars this is the brothel of the nativity scene. if you put your hand through the whole you can touch. on this side this is the altar of the manger. >> even in this paceful place there are long running disputes. the altar of the manger belongs to the monks the other alter in greek orthodox. the other christian groups is the arameanian orthodox. >> there is splits every w

. >> this new cold war is putting strains on individuals like constantine, who came to berentsberg aftere learned co-make four times as much as in ukraine. a frigid region is shaping up as the next battle ground in the new cold war. it's not only china and russian vying for a place in the arctic, norway, the united states, and china. when money and energy are involved high tensions often follow. that makes what happens in ukraine and the fallout between important. in the harsh conditions that exist inside the melting arctic circle cooperation among all nations is sorely needed. but cooperation seems as remote as the arctic itself. thank you for joining me for had special report, the new cold war. we'll continue to monitor the situation and report on what the relations between russia, the united states and nato mean for the situation in the world. i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >>> the cia torture report the agency director defendses what they call enhanced interrogation techniques used after 9/11. >> it is our considered view that the detainees who were subjected to enhanced i