happy easter to. the traditional night service kicks off at moscow's cathedral of christ the savior with crowds packed inside to celebrate jesus' resurrection these are live pictures here on r.t. . around the clock around the world international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow. carried out air strikes inside syria and it is widely reported they were sent by israel the target was a shipment of alleged advanced heading for lebanon but the israeli defense ministry says it has no knowledge of the anonymous officials who confirm the attack the second of its kind in less than five months. has the latest now from. official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he is not authorized to speak about a secret israeli military operation we had r.t. has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to publicly concern at least not to us that such a strike indeed was carried out by the israelis what is interesting is that the strike happened

and happy easter to orthodox believers you are looking at live pictures right now of the traditional night service as it continues in moscow's cathedral of a crisis savior with crowds packed inside to celebrate jesus' resurrection these are live pictures you're looking at right now is that it will be more. in broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team sean thomas glad to have you with us warplanes have carried out air strikes inside syria and it is widely reported that they were sent by israel the target was a shipment of alleged advanced missiles heading for lebanon but the israeli defense ministry says it has no knowledge of the anonymous officials who confirmed the attack the second of its kind in less than five months that middle east correspondent policy here has the latest from israel. official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he was not also wise to speak about a secret israeli military operation we had r.t. has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to publicly confirm at least not to us that s

millions of orthodox believers are celebrating easter in church ceremonies around the world it's one of orthodox christianity as most important services and marks of the reservation rection of jesus christ thousands of people gathered at russia's main vigil at the cathedral of christ the savior in central moscow artie's medina coach no one has the details. christ is free send us the phrase our two dogs believers read each other with us the celebration continues early on saturday you believe. in the church of the holy sample in jerusalem and the fly is described by our two dogs believers as a miracle that happens alfre year on the eve of the easter celebration later that fire is distributed to the r. to doc's countries including ballo russia serbia georgia and many others and it was also brought to russia. in moscow's of nuchal the airport and was a later delivery to the christ to savor that which is really a bit louder and more arch adox cathedral in the country and that's where the a main easter service was taking place now this service to began shortly before midnight on saturday c

and happy easter to orthodox believers with millions celebrating jesus's resurrection that throughout the world russia's main a ceremony was held at moscow's cathedral of christ the savior. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas going to have you with us now warplanes have carried out airstrikes inside syria and it is a widely reported that they were sent by israel the target was allegedly a shipment of advanced missiles heading for lebanon but the israeli defense ministry says it has no knowledge of the anonymous officials who confirmed the attack the second of its kind in less than five months artie's middle east correspondent paula sleeper has the latest from israel. official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he is not authorized to speak about a secret israeli military operation we had r.t. has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to publicly confirmed at least not to us that such a strike indeed was carried out by the israelis what is interesting is that the strike happened in late

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risen risen indeed that's the chant that rang out in churches orthodox churches saturday night as easter kicked off with baking cakes and decorated eggs our special report from the midnight service is coming up after a break. download the official publication. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. you. should. feel. welcome back here with our team while u.s. president barack obama is pushing for tighter gun control laws those opposing the idea are pledging to never surrender at their annual meeting the national rifle association said the fight against the proposed legislation on extended background checks is far from over and as our reports from texas they are not short of support. the national debate over gun control may be among the most divisive issues in the united states but it's also proving to be a p.r. success for america's largest and strongest kind of rights organization approximately seventy thousand people have turned out for the n

>> i understand that. >> if i got a knife, i got to have it on me. >> are you inmate antonio easter,ck, 186614? >> yes, sir. you've been written a disciplinary by correctional officer robert jackson, rule violation 5207, possession of a weapon. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give in the case is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> mr. jackson, what happened? >> when i searched the back of "b" dorm, checked under easter's pillow, picked it up, there was a knife there. >> do you have any written questions for mr. jackson? >> yes, sir. >> officer jackson, was inmate antonio easter present when you confiscated -- conducted the shakedown of his living area? >> no. >> officer jackson, were you aware that you were conducting the shakedown of the living area of antonio easter? >> yes. >> officer jackson, do you know the s.o.p. states that an inmate, if can be made available, must be present when that inmate's property is being shaken -- shook down? >> no, i didn't need him there. i suspected there was something in the a

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>> the easter egg roll with my kids. >> dana: that never gets old. easter egg roll. four times as much as geithner. one of explanations, they were working on obamacare and irs has a rule that he was there to meet with nancy to talk about the rollout. however,, he is the principal of the irs. kathleen sebelius is the principal of hhs. >> bob: so if you are thinking about talking about the rollout of obamacare she might be at that session. i don't -- you know, i really don't have anything to say here on the subject. i never met the irs and free tax advice. >> dana: i love how some people on the left, he was a bush appointee. he came to the white house once and it was in december 2008. i remember at the time the chief of staff, he was a political appointee and got a chance to meet with president bush. the reason he was appointee, five-year term. they cross terms of presidents. there was a requirement by the senate democrats there has to be somebody there. >> bob: democratic too. >> dana: but not a bush appointee so the question is, if you go to the white house 157 times

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the period and special russian easter grad school it is really a very special moment on this special day for millions of our dogs to believe or around the globe as they celebrate the most important day in the art of docs calendar. that's a breeze don't play with me but with the news team with morphine about twenty minutes from now the mean time we hear from doctor to shoot he's author of how the u.s. has undermined peace in the middle east as a special interview after the break. i am from. the lord that i. said and every day she says mother body in the body in a syria or syria in arabic. my name. and where i came. the war beginning far from i was killed by. the syrian woman if you are. trying to. identify the cause of. my name sama maha mug i'm planning to stay here russia. to build a new life in russia. wealthy british style. sometimes. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. a legal research and advocacy group called the constituti

easter island is as barren as the desert of wyoming. that is why was a mystery as to how they moved these colossal statues across the island, some of them 14 miles. some of them weigh 86 tons. whenever i give a little talk to engineers, i challenge them. times ifake it five you want, and i want you to move in it vertically. the bases of them are always perfect. in order to be an archeologist, you have to be observant. you have to think. don't we all have to do that? everywhere in academics you should be being observant and think. that is the sole contribution i think i've made for four years worth of students, let alone being of field man. get them out there. when you see it in the field, then you have a much better perspective overall of what you are dealing with when it comes to research. i yield the rest of my time. [applause] >> thank you to our panelists for all that. we will open that up to questions and answers in a moment. if anyone wants to ask a question, you can line up by the microphone in the middle of the room right there.

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orthodox christians in the small romanian territory are also celebrating orthodox easter. is the oldest travel routes in egypt, but now they're providing a welcome relief for the traffic-weary commuters. in style.g this is not your usual cairo commute. unlike many cities, cairo has the area.ly utilized they're trying to change this. >> i like that it's organized, clean. it's a new idea. there are glitches every now and then, but they are making excellent improvements. it takes away all the stress. city's get to enjoy the sights and sounds and are appreciating its beauty for the first time. no wonder in two months, arele are using the service rising. >> they want the daily average to be 10,000, something they say need support from the government to turn it into a reliable transport network including expanding routes. critics worry but the impact of heavy transport on the river, but taxi operators say they tried to be green. maine environment is the driver. we have the right engine is to .ork >> with ticket prices rising to $7, the niall taxi is not for everyone, but it is o

. >> coming up later in this half- hour, a handout for the greeks ahead of the orthodox easter holiday. emigrant's not allowed. >> first, a look at other stories making news around the world. authorities in sudan say more than 60 people have been killed in a gold mine collapse. the incident took place on monday. rival groups have been vying for control of the gold-rich area around the mines. clashes erupted earlier this year. >> north korea has sentenced an american citizen to 15 years of hard labor for what p'yongyang is calling hostile acts against the state. a 44-year-old was arrested last november traveling with a tour group. washington has called on p'yongyang to release him immediately. >> fires continue to rage across parts of southern california. hundreds of hectares of forest have already been destroyed. some residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes. authorities say that high winds have been driving the flames. unusually high temperatures and a lack of rain have further worsen the situation. >> united nations diplomats are saying that loch arbour he me wants to resi

sunday that's one of those give each other colored the be prepared and special russian easter bread which is cool it is really a very special moment on a special day for millions of our dogs to believe worst around the globe as they celebrate the most important date in the art of doc's calendar. brings up the paper not only but with the news team with morphine just over twenty minutes from now in the meantime off to the break we hear from dr. he's author of how the u.s. is on the mind peace in the middle east and into the next. and yet another step along the pointless anti gender crusade activists in sweden are pushing to promote a new gender neutral pronoun these activists want the term hen to replace the pronouns han and haun which mean he and she respectively i think the logic of these bizarre gender neutral movements in the e.u. is that they really feel that it's awful to force someone into a role that doesn't fit them you know i can kind of see this i remember back to when i was a boy in school and with me there was a kid what kind of only female friends and i certainly wasn't

because they follow a different calendar, eastern christians usually celebrate easter at a different time than western christians. and this coming week, many western christians observe ascension day, when they mark the ascension of jesus into heaven, 40 days after his resurrection. >>> finally, a story for american clergy who are notoriously overweight. you are not alone. in thailand, monks have the same problem, apparently because many thais believe that feeding their monks generously is a good deed that will earn them special merit in the next life. but now, thai nutritionists are leading a national campaign to help monks slim down. cocoanut milk, for instance, is not recommended. that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us anytime on the pbs app for iphones and ipads. there's always more on our website. audio and video podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you this eastern orthodox easter weekend, scenes of icons at the holy cross antiochian orthodox church in maryland. ♪ >>> major funding for "religi

and if he does the easter egg thing again i think you start to throw easter eggs at him. >> he is not a person to defend. i'm not going to say that he is. >> bill: the white house has a log. he was here to discuss this with that. why don't we have that log? why don't we have it? >> well, actually, i mean, you mean of what meetings he went to? first of all, the bush administration sealed their logs. obama administration releases their logs? >> bill: this is a scandal and can be easily explained. >> a million times for transparent with their logs. >> the thing i want you to remember, bill, you have to be careful about pinning this on the white house. >> i'm not pinning it on anybody. i want the information. i'm not pinning it. >> basing it on circumstantial evidence. he was there in 2011. how about the fact there is zero evidence. >> bill: i can't believe i'm hearing this from you. they have a log. they know why he was there. they know who he met with and what he discussed. put it out. put it to rest. >> i think they should and you will probably find out they were obama care meetings. >

>> um, the easter egg roll with my kids. questions about the administerrability of tax policy they were thinking of. our budget. >> megyn: that's a lot of easter eggs. they must celebrate easter monday that i he we know of at the white house. why is it that the head of what is supposed to be, again, mostly independent agency spends so much face time with the president and his advisors? what were they talking about? we'll take a look at that with chris stirewalt coming up. we also have new developments today in the shooting death of a man in florida believed to have ties with one of the boston bombing suspects a muslim advocacy group cair is demanding civil rights investigation after learning that the chechen immigrant was reportedly unarmed when he was shot by an fbi agent interviewing him about his relationship with tamerlan tsarnaev. he is the boston bomber who has already been killed. they were inquiring specifically a to what role if any, triple murder took place in massachusetts in 2011 may have indicated tamerlan tsarn

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>> easter egg roll with my kids. questions about the administerability of tax policy they were thinking of. >> all right. >> our budget. martha: that did not go over well, the easter egg chat there at the end of that. jonah goldberg joins me now. he is editor-at-large for "national review" and a fox news contributor. jonah, this surfaced obviously during the hearing that he was there 157 times but it has really sunk in to the sort of kind of bloodstream on this story. and when you look at it, you see how many fewer times people who were much higher up and much closer to the president visited the white house. what comes next in terms of learning what husband business was there on all of those trips? >> no, look, it doesn't pass the smell test. the white house is constantly saying this is an independent agency. it is not under any political direction. solely about collecting revenue. then you find out the head of the irs visited the white house more than the secretary of state, more than secretary of treasury. when you

the white house easter egg roll does not explain that. white house. i think there has to be. >> sean: according to your analysis of the visitor access records, it showed that every current and former member of president obama's cabinet would have had to rack up at least 60 more public visits to the white house to catch up to shulman. that's a lot of important secretary positions there, including hillary clinton. she was only there 43 times, according to yourç piece, and m geithner, 47-some odd times. but shulman 157 times. >> again, these from the official white house visitor logs, not numbers weç made up. this is what the obama admp7 what possible scenario could account for 157 visits to the white house, which is by definition, not just a place where policy is made, but where politics are practiced. david plouffe had an office running out of the white house. could have been going on 157 times? >> sean: the bush administration, 1 time, 157 times, you need 160 more to catch up to -- need more than 100 visits if you're hillary clinton to

let's get rid twoft easter egg hunt days. that means 27% of his days, he is visiting the white house. is this a legitimate, appropriate government procedure? or do you suspect there could be something else? >> i think it's hard to fathom that it wouldn't be something else. kudos to jimmy jordan for figuring this out. but kudos to my colleague who is asked him -- that was a democrat who asked him about the easter egg hunt. i don't think there are 118 easter days in the calendar year. so what was he doing at the white house that many times? we can ask him until the cows come home. but we get 5 minutes and then you move to someone else. we can't follow up. we can't place him in legal jeopardy. i mean, that's the shortcoming of a congressional committee when you are dealing with potential criminal conduct-- >>> bottom line -- >> i don't want to sound like. >> eric: sorry to interrupt. but you believe the only way to get into this is through a criminal investigation of a special prosecutor? >> well, i know so because tidid it for

>> easter egg roll with my kids. [ laughter ] >> dana: when you get an invitation to easter egg roll. on a serious point. i talked to some folks that worked eight years in the bush administration, how many times have you met with the irs commissioner on average a year. one of them said zero, one said maybe twice in eight years. 118 visits. now if you say, 80% of those were for obamacare implementation, what else are they going to talk about? zbloord. >> andrea: that is what i said earlier. what could they talk about. jason chaffetz asked the question that was most important today. he said, did you, when you asked the white house, talk about 501- cs. and he was like, i don't know, well, my memory doesn't serve me. i don't know. get the guys from ginko baloba. we can get you some too, bob. 132 times. members of congress called shulman to alert him of the problem and he never brought it up in 118 meetings. >> dana: let me pick up on that. you did congressional affairs. if you went up to capitol hill, democrat or republican, i got this issue and got constituents, if you heard it more than

>> the easter egg roll with my kids. >> really?cluding congressman james clie bern -- clayburn. >> the fbi interviewed todashev. authorities say todashev flipped out during questioning and pulled a knife. that's when he was shot. an agent was stabbed several times but he's going to be okay. >> a small miracle out of moore, oklahoma today. they were both at work and their son was at day care. >> when you see this right over his crib, what do you think? >> i'm glad we weren't home. no one was here. >> make you feel like it was all for nothing. i mean, try to make a nice living and something comes through and tears it up. >> new estimates reveal the twister cost more than $2 billion in damage. >> in just a few hours, the bike ride for wounded warriors kicks off. it will be held on president george w. bush's ranch. one of our nation's bravest heros is thrilled to be taking part. >> jeb bush is a man of such character in the face of adversity, it truly is a pleasure to be able to ride with him this morning. and mountain biking has ban g

throughout saturday still hundreds of people keep hearing the word and this special night service easter is the presidio it's a by quite a long period of caustic believe us abstain from meat ax fish and do you really proud to export forty eight days the state and just sponging grain and this is a night service is then followed by the easter sunday that's one believe those give each other colored the be prepared and special russian east to brad which is cool cool beach it is really a very special moment and a special day for millions of our dogs to believe around the globe as they celebrate the most important day in the art the docs calendar. coming up after the break our two dolls into the beautiful but brutal world of training to become a prima ballerina it's blood sweat and ballet in just a couple minutes right here on out. to least be july which. him. these programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the. scene from the world talks books of the ip interviews intriguing stories for you to. see than troy t. arabic to find out more visit our big teeth dog called. i dream of bec

holyhot here and this is week, the greek before creek -- the week before greek orthodox easter, when people slowdown and return home to be with their families. there were people out on the streets earlier in the day, perhaps 3000 people. they were chanting slogans and waving banners against austerity policies. they feel it is destroying their country. >> it is an opportunity for us to demonstrate against the measures, to act for raises in our income. privileges are only for the rich. think there are no materials for operations. there's nothing. >> [indiscernible] they don't have things for the schools and books and teachers. >> everything that we hear from the welfare state is now being demolished. we have almost no rights. the minimum wage is 430 euros. no one can live on that. listeninto those voices, there's no question that these their feelings are heartfelt. there have been over 20 strikes uof this kind. as a question of whether the general strike is the way to change policy. -- there is the question. >> i think you're right. over 20 protests since 2009 have failed to stop the m

[laughter] i remember going home at easter, and i told my long island jewish parents that i got 390 on at the louisiana board. and about a week later, this was just as they uncovered the mirrors -- [laughter] my father gave me $1,000, which i then it took in gave to a man named stanley kaplan. stanley kaplan has these schools all over the country where they teach you to take standardized tests. so i gave him the $1,000. for six months, i studied it to retake the louisiana board -- the law board. six months later, i reject the test. my score catapulted up to a 401. [laughter] i figured, at that rate, i would be about 90 before i got into an english-speaking law school. so i started writing jokes for all comedians who played in the catskill section of new york. the hotels paid me $7 a joke. that was the going rate at the time the vso 21. they are 45. it was like writing for my parents' friends. but i tried my best. they would say to me, like, a sperm banks. sperm banks are in it the news. write me sperm bank jokes. 21, this is what was the foremost on my mind. they have this new thing no

>> the easter egg rolls.: somewhere else, but-- >> and he could have done a much better job that that. i don't know if the vice-president of the united states has been in the white house that many times. obviously, it raises eyebrows. obviously, we draw a presumption, what we call in the courtroom circumstantial evidence. >> it's not direct evidence, nobody there is saying, yes, i everheard the president of the united states tell him to do x, y and z, but circumstantially someone walks in the from the outside, here is an umbrella, it's raining out. charles: and let me set the stage. right there the jury is the american public and tell the american public who is looking at this, 157 times and something is wrong with that and the irs became a weapon for the white house. >> adeally i would have done my homework and see the last time the irs chair-- the guy under bush went there once. >> okay, that's a little rough, but i would stand up, i would look at them and say ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is the m

>> easter was an issue and so was the cold weather. at the correlation between the performance and weather, it's down at times when it was cold and people decided to stay at home and not shop. definitely an issue there. online isn't affected by weather in many respects. you can shop online and they saw 8.6% growth in that which is why they see positive results especially when the market is negative. >> thank you. >>> the earnings parade marching on through japan today. we heard from toyota. we get other highlights now from tokyo. >> reporter: hi, ross. a slew of earnings released by japan's major manufacturers today with strong forecasts for the current fiscal year and early report on toshiba sent stocks down. the annual operating profits fell 4% from the previous year due to sluggish sales but toshiba expects better things to come and operating profit will jump 34% in the current fiscal year. the strong forecasts stems from hopes that it can cut deficit in the tv business in q-1. the maker of subaru reported high earnings on the back

>> the easter egg roll with my kids. >> i just want to be clear, you're very aware of the fact you'render oath today? >> very aware of that. >> you went to the white house 118 times. one of the key subjects you talk about was the implementation of the affordable care act, targeting individuals that opposed that, and you never brought it up when thinks a major topic of conversation? >> no, i did not. this happened on my watch. i do not accept responsibilities for all the actions taken by all the people outlined in the report. >> well, i am deeply disappointed in your answer. >> sir, can i -- >> no, you can't get back to me. he just whispered into your ear. what did he say? this is so frustrating to me. we hear about this accountability, and in all the scandals, we hear the same thing, it wasn't my job, i don't know, it was the other office, i was recused. i didn't find out about it till you found out about it. where does the accountability begin? >> you knew this before the election? >> sometime in the spring of 2012. >> that was before the election. you did know there was an election

>> the easter egg roll with my kids.questions about the admability of tax policy they were thinking of. >> you never had any conversation with respect to this subject, the subject of this hearing, with anybody at the white house, though you were at the white house off and on win times. >> just so i'm clear, i have no memory. it would have been inappropriate. >> did you do anything to verify that the practice, as insidious as it was, was stopped? >> the inspector general was going to be looking into it. >> is it you can't say yes or no or you're choosing yes or no? can you answer the question? can you do anything personally to make sure this insidious discriminatory practice was stopped? yes or no. >> in all the scandals we hear the same thing from time after time by the government officials that are involved. benghazi, irs, ap reporters, fast and furious, time after time we're hearing people, it wasn't my job, i don't know, it was the other office, i was recused. i didn't find out about it until you found about it. where