jerusalem. poets, prophets, conquer conquerers, whores, kings, emesss, the people that made a city and lived in it. >> not just a place of building and holy sights. >> rose: not just a dusty place of historic buildings but people who inhabited the streets and corners. >> that's right. >> rose: how did you choose where to start and end? you started in 70... >> i started in 70 with the destruction of the city by titus. but th's an introduction that gives you a sort of theme, a great theme of drama, destruction. i mean, tus' sie of the city almost belongs in the... in a catalog of horrors of the siege of leningr. the battle. it was a diabolical scene. but we actually start the book right back at king david and it goesrom canaanites and king david right up to netanyahu and barack obama. >> rose: what is e jerusalem sin sdplopl >> well, that's not about jerusalem. jerusalem syndrome is the madness puliar to jerusalem and the reason why it exists is because jerusalem exts on heaven and on earth. it's

its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passovermany of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he's political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive -- after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it's a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. >> this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. >> jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied

which is part of jerusalem, outside that hill. the tyropean valley, which is, in fact, also the lowest place in jerusalem. "having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him, 'go, wash in the pool of siloam.'" witherington: so let's ask the biblical question, why did jesus send this man to the pool of siloam? and i ask myself, did he just say, "go take the dirt off your face?" or complete the entire process, which included, in those days, also a process of purification. a pure state could be obtained in a mikveh, in a ritual bath. especially from severe inflictions, which were cured, like blindness, like leprosy. in the story, the blind man then ritually purified himself by bathing in the pool. and according to jewish custom, to complete the purification process, he would then almost certainly have headed to the temple. so, where are we at this point? we are now standing right under the street, and from here we actually have a free way to the

together, for your future. ♪ >>> jesus came back to jerusalem, the gospels tell us, during passover.ple many times before with his family. but now he came at a politically charged time with a provocative message. >> passover is the feast of freedom. the city has swelled with well over a million pilgrims. there's a concern for roman occupation. pilate has brought his troupes into the city. anybody who talks about the kingdom of god, and even more, anybody about whom the word goes out, this is a new king, is clearly a political liability. >> and not just a liability to the romans, but to the jewish hierarchy led by their high priest, ciaiphus. in one of the most vivid passages in the gospels, a furious jesus enters the temple to cleanse it of the money changers he finds there. >> overturning the temple tables of the money changers and the offerings that were being sold. which was the necessary business of temple work. it was a direct prophetic assault on the religious institution. in a way, he was saying that a new era was beginning. this was about as much as the religious authorities

it has a new patina. >> other encryptions were found in a cave outside jerusalem.rcheologist who excavated the site says it was used by john the baptist. >> i don't believe there is a connection between this case which is from the iron age, and nothing to do with john the baptist. >> director of the israel antique authority. >> there are faces on the wall and a cross. does that suggest anything? (inaudible) this kind of drawing can be found everywhere in israel and everywhere in the world. >> and he took me to a site in jerusalem, a tomb, the son of king david's tomb. he was famous for trying to overthrow his father. >> amazing. >> this was built from solid bedrock, 2,000 years ago. >> jesus would have seen this? >> jesus would have seen this prior to his crucifixtion. people believed this is his tomb so they stone it, muslims, christians and jews, for hundreds this has been a jerusalem tradition. >> behe is sure they were wrong, with encryptions suggesting it is people close to jesus' life who are buryied here. >> what does it say? >> we found an encryption "this

. >> we bought one of those, you know, tiles that said "pray for the peace of jerusalem" and we have that on our kitchen right above our sink. >> jon: ah! (laughter) so santorum opens with-- i have one of your tchotchkes. (laughter) >> jon: and i was also thinking about buying one of them glass birds that looks like they're drinking, maybe has a little tiny top hat that says israel but wouldn't fit in the luggage. can anyone top santorum. >> i feel as sheryl shared with you a very special connection to israel. when i first visited the holy land. repeatedly been to the western wall. that most sacred symbol of where jewish pilgrims gather to pray today. >> jon: nice. anybody can grab a souvenir tile at the duty-free at the airport. you went to a ruin. that's going to be tough to beat. >> the day after i graduated from high school, i left and i took a plane and i went to work on a kibbutz. >> jon: holy-- we have a winner! oh my gosh! (applause) >> jon: she worked on a kibbutz. michele bachmann loves israel so much she was willing to join a socialist collective. wow! but what would you a

of east jerusalem in the west bank in response to palestine to progress toward stated. they started talk to russia's deputy foreign minister about what's ahead in missile defense talks between moscow and washington. we're sitting down with. russia's deputy foreign minister he's heading the russian side of the u.s. russia working group that deals with issues of global security arms control missile defense thank you very much for joining me mystery of russia and boy to nato said the u.s. seems to be surrounding russia with military installations like an anaconda and that was his comparison and that russia would have to try and break out of that not how deep is the misunderstanding on the issue at the moment and it doesn't seem like all of russia's concerns are falling on deaf ears in washington i wouldn't describe this is along the lines as you did i think we have a very very productive and all the way straightforward a difficult one but a very productive dialogue with our u.s. partners we are making no secret of our concerns we are definitely disturbed by the fact that t

bond: but as he goes through jerusalem, he's unable to continue carrying it. and according to mark's gospel, he's helped out by simon of cyrene, who steps in and carries the crossbeam for him. john's gospel, though, has a different slant on things. in his gospel, there's no simon of cyrene. jesus carries the crossbeam himself all the way through john's narrative. jesus is a magisterial, sovereign figure who needs no help from anybody else. today, when christian pilgrims process through jerusalem along the via dolorosa, they're following a route only established in the 18th century. archaeologist dr. shimon gibson believes the real route that jesus was forced to take to his execution was very different. man: well, the traditional via dolorosa begins at the antonia fortress, which is on the north of the temple mount area, and then it winds its way through the streets of jerusalem to the area of the church of the holy sepulchre of today. from the area of the antonia all the way towards the southwest. we're here in the opposite direction. we're at the praetorium,

it has a new patina. >> other encryptions were found in a cave outside jerusalem.the site says it was used by john the baptist. >> i don't believe there is a connection between this case which is from the iron age, and nothing to do with john the baptist. >> director of the israel antique authority. >> there are faces on the wall and a cross. does that suggest anything? (inaudible) this kind of drawing can be found everywhere in israel and everywhere in the world. >> and he took me to a site in jerusalem, a tomb, the son of king david's tomb. he was famous for trying to overthrow his father. >> amazing. >> this was built from solid bedrock, 2,000 years ago. >> jesus would have seen this? >> jesus would have seen this prior to his crucifixtion. people believed this is his tomb so they stone it, muslims, christians and jews, for hundreds this has been a jerusalem tradition. >> behe is sure they were wrong, with encryptions suggesting it is people close to jesus' life who are buryied here. >> what does it say? >> we found an encryption "this is the tomb of the father

job assures for more settlements announced a thousand new homes in east jerusalem and the west bank their response to that started toward state. news from russia and iran the world this is the with me you their ship of allah thanks for joining us nine of the eleven bodies recovered from the icy waters have been identified as today's after an oil rig count size in russia's far east rescuers are desperately continuing to search for forty two people missing after an oil rig capsized off russia's far east coast on sunday morning jacob greaves is in the used in the coastal region nearest where the tragedy occurred. it's looking increasingly unlikely that any more survivors will be found search and rescue teams have made contact with lifeboats and life rafts throughout the course of the day but no people so far no survivors crucially have been found as a very similar story to that of sunday and largely this is owing to the fact that this all wreak sank so quickly in bad weather conditions that swept away many of these lifeboats before it seems people could board them and we're looking at a very

and israel pushes for more settlements i now see over a thousand new halle's in east jerusalem in the west bank in response to palestinians progress toward statehood. a very warm welcome to you this is r.c. a line from moscow with me alice habit i love than the bodies have been pulled out of freezing sea off russia's far east coast where an oil rig capsized and sank on sunday crews are working to recover all the possible victims seen in the water well earlier a life raft was spotted which was the nizhni thought to be carrying fifteen people but it turned out to be empty fourteen people were rescued from the sea shortly after the recounts but several dozen are still missing. is in used in the coastal region where the disaster. it's looking increasingly unlikely that any war survivors will be found search and rescue teams who have made contact with lifeboats and life rafts through out the course of the day but no people so far no survivors crucially have been found as a very similar story to that of sunday and largely this is owing to the fact it is already sank so quickly in bad weathe

embassy to jerusalem.pplause] and my administration will also recognize israel's 1980 annexation and any settlements which israel -- [applause] -- as a sovereign state chooses to annex. my administration will court israel did respect that sovereign nations are entitled. i will announce that our industry will move from tel aviv to jerusalem. i do not take lightly the prospect of committing troops in an effort to stop iran. only a fool wishes for war. we must be necessary to do what ever is necessary to stop the iranians from obtaining a nuclear weapon and destabilizing the region by attacking israel. they would use them to do harm to america and our way of life. i recognize that our security is intertwined with the security of israel. hitler once famously said in the justification of his order to murder the jewish people "who speaks today of the annihilation of the armenians?" ahmadinejad is counting on the same collective memory loss today. make no mistake. we must send him the message that we will never f

i did as well pushes for more settlements announcing over a thousand new homes in east jerusalem in the west bank in response to palestine progress toward state. hello live from moscow this is r.t. it's one am here now my name is kevin know it and our top story rescue is a desperately continuing the search for thirty nine people still missing after an oil rig capsized off russia's far east coast on sunday morning fourteen did survive the disaster but eleven bodies have been recovered from the freezing sea as hopes and fading for the others jacob grieves in new secularly disk in the coastal region nearest where the tragedy unfolded. is looking increasingly unlikely that any war survivors will be found search and rescue teams have made contact with lifeboats and life rafts through out the course of the day but no people so far no survivors crucially have been found as a very similar story to that of sunday and largely this is owing to the fact that this all wreak sank so quickly in bad weather conditions that swept away many of these lifeboats before it seems people could board them and w

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but israel pushes for more settlements announcing over a thousand new homes in east jerusalem in the west bank in response to palestine progress toward statehood. live from moscow this is our table welcome to if you just joined this it's now midnight here my name is kevin owen and first eleven bodies have been pulled out of freezing sea off russia's far east coast where an oil rig capsized and sank on sunday crews are working to try to recover other possible victims now that have been seen in the water earlier a life raft was spotted which was initially thought to be carrying fifteen people but sadly it turned out to be empty fourteen were rescued from the sea shortly after the rig collapsed but several dozen still missing tonight are t's jacob graves is in your second lien sc in the coastal region where the disaster unfolded . it's looking increasingly unlikely that any war survivors will be found search and rescue teams have made contact with lifeboats and life rafts through out the course of the day but no people so far no survivors crucially have been found as a very similar stor

israel pushes for more settlements announcing over a thousand new homes in east jerusalem and the west bank in the storms to palestine progress the old state. fly from moscow this is. now ten pm here my name is kevin and first eleven bodies have been pulled out of freezing sea off russia's far east coast to an oil rig capsized and sank on sunday crews are working to recover other possible victims in the water or a life raft was spotted which was initially thought to be carrying fifteen people but it turned out to be empty fourteen were rescued from the sea shortly after the rig collapsed but several dozen the still missing jacob greaves is in your skin the coastal region where the disaster happened. is it increasingly unlikely that any war survivors will be found search and rescue teams have made contact with lifeboats and life rafts for out the course of the day but no people so far no survivors crucially have been found as a very similar story to that of sunday and largely this is owing to the fact that this oil rig sank so quickly in bad weather conditions that swept away many of th

and israel pushes for more settlements announcing over a thousand new houses in east jerusalem.

a report now from jerusalem. >> one year after his conviction, katsav accepted his fate this morning to begin a seven-year jail sentence. his defiance remained. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> the day will come when the truth will come out. the day will come. >> when a state in prisons a grandfather, the president of a state who has done nothing wrong. >> the 66-year-old had resigned from the largely symbolic post as president after allegations that he sexually assaulting two women and raped another while he was a minister in the 1990's. as he was convicted, the judge remarked that no one was above the law. the jailing of such a high- profile figure was welcomed by many in israel, who said it showed the country had a strong legal system. uniquely in the middle east, somewhere where sexual assaults against women is taken seriously. others say katsav should never have been elected president when there were so many rumors about his conduct. the board into relative poverty in iran before migrating to israel, he has gone from the palace to a shared cell, where he is under suicide watc

embassy from tel-aviv to jerusalem? >> absolutely. >> when? >> as soon as i could.ly say if you want to work for the state department and the united states, you need to be packing your bags and move to jerusalem. >> would you fear a negative reaction? >> no. how many other countries do we have our embassies in and it is not in the capital of the country. >> going back to '48, no american president has recognized jerusalem as being the capital of israel. >> there may not be a president of the united states that feels as strongly about israel as i do. >> not as strongly as ronald reagan? >> not as strongly as i do. >> or george w.h. bush or -- >> not as strongly as i would. >> i took a question from facebook. who would you consider for vice president? any thoughts yet? >> none. no thoughts at all. i'm running for the presidency, there's plenty of time in the summer and the late summer and fall to be thinking about. >> if somebody else got the republican nomination, i know you thinks that's unlikely, but let's say newt gingrich or mitt romney, would you consider being

> according to luke, who wrote the book of acts, mary is present in the worshipping community in jerusalemsus. and that's the last time we hear reference to her in all of the acts of the apostles. >> i like to think of her as the sort of center of such a community. they want to worship her, she says, "no, i am one of you, we are all equals." >> but as christianity started spreading, christian leaders recognized mary's appeal for potential converts among the pagans. >> if you go back and you read the prayers to the goddesses and shrines to the goddesses and the rituals of the goddesses, they were beautiful and they had to deal with healing and salvation and with comfort in all kinds of ways. and so what the bishops did, and this was done with approval, was, as they said, baptize all of that and bring it within the parameters of the christian message. and so the titles, the shrines, the iconography of the goddesses got transferred to the feminine figure in the christian tradition, connected with jesus at his birth, namely his mother. >> the vatican is the sacred heart of marian devotion. tha

on a bus to jerusalem, an orthodox jew said, you're a woman. go sit at the back of the bus. israel's rosa parks moment. "no," tanya said. >> if i were to go to the back of the bus i would be humiliating myself. >> reporter: a photo shows what happened next. the man stopping the bus. the threatening crowd. >> i was the only woman there. >> reporter: a policeman who came to help. after 30 minutes tanya won and kept her seat. then -- her story took off. the head of the opposition led a march to parliament. >> it's not only about women. it's about the faith and the nature of israel society. >> reporter: all this began with one woman's comment on her facebook page. tanya rosenblit had no idea what she started. tanya told her friends but all of israel heard. another page in israel's long-running struggle over what kind of country it will be. >> we have a beautiful country. there are extremists here who try to make it something that it's not. >> reporter: religious versus secular. ordinary citizens resent attempts by orthodox jews to influence the way they live. orthodox jews stone

over a thousand new houses in east jerusalem in the west bank in response to palestine progress toward statehood. next to the next braving winter in the wild forests heads on another expedition to russia's picturesque. russia's north. nearly every road here is covered with snow because musharraf marsh . anyone venturing across this vast expanse has to make their way through snowy forests over icy rivers and lakes in the old days local people dog sleds it was the only reliable transportation. people managing dog teams are called. the owners of the drivers of the dogs together with the tourists they're about to set on an expedition full with many extreme challenges. the goal is to carve a way to untamed snow to a designated point in the arctic circle. will they cope with the rigors of the journey to reach their destination. the small village of color valor is the starting point to the arduous expedition stretches along the bank of lake quito in the north of the republic of korea. early in the morning twenty people driving five dog teams and nine snowmobiles are ready to set off season tr