it was a very surreal time in jerusalem much like the feeling in tel aviv and jerusalem. the winds of war were felt impalpable and people were required to carry around gas masks so every israeli was assigned a gas mask. we would go to work with our gas masks. when i went to the hospital to give birth to amelia when you check out of a hospital you are given a certificate -- not a certificate but you are given pampers or formula for the baby. we were given a certificate for a gas mask for the baby's crib. and we right in the book and it is no exaggeration to say it is no exaggeration to say that on the day they're born israelis begin preparing for war. you could say the same about the palestinians. >> during this time, this is part of our daily reality of you wake up in the morning and what made it different from the other conflicts we had covered is you often do when you were in a war zone you might be going to the place for limited period of time, very conscious of your safety and security and everywhere you went but here in israel and the palestinian areas you would wake

they say, jerusalem, comma, they don't say a state because jerusalem is to be negotiated according to u.s. policy, and -- but you remember there is a supreme court case this year -- this became very relevant because there are -- there's a case before the justices -- i'll let greg explain it. >> the child was born in jerusalem to jewish parent whose live in the u.s., and they want the passport to say jerusalem, israel, and the u.s. state department's position is since the state of israel has not been resolved, it just says jerusalem. so that's exactly our goal. it wasn't an-for us because we thought it may make it difficult i they wouldn't travel in certain countries in the middle east. it might make it difficult. we thought that will be 20 years to sort that out. will, six months after anna lisa was been 9/11 happened, and we were asked to go to pakistan, and there was no way pakistan was going to allow somebody in who has a jerusalem about stamp in their passport. so littery in six months it became an issue. i went and jennifer stayed in jerusalem there you are. >> who is best aligne

broken out in 66 to the year 70 when the romans came in with 60,000 troops and totally destroyed jerusalem. >> reporter: it was, she writes, john's "cry of anguish." >> this book picks up the language from the prophets and speaks about rome and the leaders of rome, the emperors, as a huge bright red dragon with seven heads, seven horns on its head. it was anti-roman propaganda, because john was devastated by what had happened to his people, what had happened to the city of jerusalem. >> reporter: he writes it in language of dreams and nightmares. >> yes. it was probably dangerous in the roman empire to openly express hostility to rome, so people would have done it in coded language. >> reporter: john's book of revelation targeted the roman empire as evil. but nearly 300 years later, when the roman empire became christian, a wily and powerful bishop, athanasius, used the book of revelation to strengthen his hold on the christian movement. >> he says well it's not just about the roman empire. this is about me fighting my opponents trying to create the orthodox catholic church in the fourth c

state department won't even acknowledge that jerusalem belongs to israel. jerusalem does belong to israel. [ applause ] elected, no one had ever heard of a united states president saying to the world that the united states is not a judeo-christian nation. i'm here to say we are. [ applause ] before president obama was elected, no one had ever heard a united states president say to the world that we are anything other than an exceptional nation. we are. [ applause ] and before president obama was lekted, elected, to president went around apologizing to the world and we will not. [ applause ] a president's foreign policy does change the history of the world which is why barack obama cannot have a second term as president. [ applause ] we have to stand and we have to fight for our beliefs. we have to stand and we have to fight for our country. we have to stand and we have to fight for our freedom because we need to do this to honor the brave men and women who gave their last full measure of devotion for us, because, you see, they're watching us. we owe it to t

members of new jerusalem church in virginia beach, he was pronounced dead. his adopted son told cbn news, his father had heart complications. >> he said if i go, i want to go on the battlefield. i want to be on the pulpit, ultimately we know he is happy because the lord honored his requests. >> god has planned your today and tomorrow. he knows the path that you have taken. >> regent university professor says thoroughgood was a mentor to him. every pastor should be educated and filled with the holy spirit. >> he transformed the community around his church. he invested in the lives of the homeless, broken. >> the bishop the church more than 40 years ago. he started the church in a 3-room flat and preached his first sermon to himself. the church has grown to more than 2,000 members. >> they will remember the bishop as the man of the people who brought jesus christ and the salvation, the gospel of grace to this area and to the world. >> is there anything too hard for god? you don't have a problem that god can't solve. >> bishop thoroughgood was 62. mark martin,

. >> baptist house in downtown jerusalem has been attacked in the past. 2007, vandals burned chairs and hymn books and 1982, previous wooden structure burned to the ground. this incident brought out the best of the neighborhood. >> we are sad extremists would take matters into their hands and encouraged by the sympathy of neighbors and people of good will, which i believe are the majority. >> we'll get a lot of support, even my friend, barry, jewish, he came with his rabbi to the synagogue in arnona. they were quite disgusted. they wanted to call the mayor's religious affairs. >> police investigated whether it is connected to an attack on a mosque. dr. mortkia zachen. >> i think i present overwhelming majority of israeli citizens. >> he said this kind of incident wouldn't have had this press coverage 10 years ago. >> israeli society is progressing, showily but surely. >> julie stall, cbn news, jerusalem. >>> coming up, freedom sunday. how churches around the world are fighting back against sex trafficking. >> 4600 churches around the world have committed to observe freedom sunday this w

correspondent leland vittert is live in jerusalem.announcement shook up the oil markets today. >> exactly. good evening. this is like iran saying if you are not playing by my rules i'll take my marbles and go home. in summer, iran was banned from experting to any of the country -- exports to any of the countries due to sanctions but now iran is making good on a threat to use economic war fair if the west keeps up pressure on the nuclear program. it wasn't until late they're the oil minister walked that threat back a little bit. saying iran only wanted to meet about the issue. this is on a day that iran made two major announcements about the nuclear program. >> live on state television, iran announced it has the ability to manufacturer its own nuclear materials. >> praise to god and the prophet muhammad said scientists when they presented a gift wrapped box complete with a yellow bow to ahmadinejad. the achievement nullifies international sanctions designed at keeping iran from importing nuclear material. as the new fuel rod slipped to

in a cause and the mayor of jerusalem running in the race and nancy brinker as well.o there is a vibrant community here, and the social network media certainly proved that that is instantaneous. it's passionate. and one of the reasons it's so passionate, as senator boxer could tell you, when you run in one of these races and thinking about people you've lost. now i'm thinking about myself but more about the community and about children and others that you see -- >> my friend, you've been through this. you are allowed to have emotion. your last thought on this, barbara boxer. is this going to be okay for the race for the cure, which we're watching a picture of right now? >> i think everyone is going to come together after this. it was a lesson for everyone, and we have to take politics and take it out of this. because, you know, republicans and democrats and independents, every one of us, whether we vote, we don't vote, whether we're pro-choice or not, we know someone who's been touched deeply by this. i sit here and i think about andrea and i think about the wife of m

during the course of it, our host gave us tours of israel and jerusalem. one day we walked to the top of temple mount, holy site for all three major religions of the crossroads of middle east and israel, judaism, christianity and islam. joe and i were wearing bermuda shorts on that rather hot day. when we got to the top we were required to cover our legs. so we had to rent skirts as a consequence there were several photographs. joe and i think that probably this will be on the jacket of our next book. let me take this opportunity to thank all members of the panel who have been friends of mine as well as in some cases former students for many years, even decades. i am most appreciative of the work they have done to put together the volume, the struggle for equality for essays in my other than but also to organize this conference. especially i'm grateful to vernon who i think almost single handedly with many hours of effort put together the pieces of the conference and pieces of the book. also jerry sitting here in the front row who was an essential part of

david mckenzie there live from jerusalem. nina? >>> coming up next on "world business today," japanese seniors prove they're down with the kids. we'll tell you why it's not unusual inform see japan's older generation in video ar kads and how the owners are cashing in. 'ñ so what do you think? basic. at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> gold hasn't lost its shine. it's continuing to climb, up more than 11% so far already. one troy ounce is trading at a value of $1,746.90. that's up nearly $2 on the ounce. welcome back. live from cnn hong kong in london, this is "world business today." >>> now, nina, everyone out there, there is, of course, a saying that youth is wasted on the young. not in japan, where senior citizens are taking over video game arcades. so much so that some arcade owners are marketing special senior days and offering low tech games for them to play. cnn's kyung lah has this report. >> reporter: in the hyperanimated shoot 'em world of japan's video arc

let's go to our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem.ou think these elections will take place? >> we have been told here some time ago that the elections might be scheduled in may. however, it is expected that they will be delayed. it will very much in demand on the forming of this new unity government that should prepare parliamentary and presidential elections. but that needs to be formally announced, of course. >> this appears to be a major breakthrough after years of in- fighting. what were the points of contention in the run-up to this deal? >> one of the main issues, as we understand, was to find the right candidate as the current prime minister was rejected by hamas. they cannot come up with a more independent figure, and now president abbas will occupy those two posts for an interim government. but there are many other reasons. this has been going on for a very long time. some experts talk about a lack of trust and a lack of political will. but also issues like how to deal with the two separate security forces. one in gaza, one i

if you're sitting in jerusalem, you look at egypt and you see what is basically the rise of the muslim brotherhood. an organization that is not by any shape or form likely to be friendly towards israel. israel has had a cold peace with egypt, but that cold peace with egypt not only ensured that it could shape a certain kind of posture in terms of its military, its doctrine, it budget, it could count on what was a stable, secure border. and so now suddenly it looks at an egypt where the sanide looks like a no man's land. the muslim brotherhood from their standpoint, israeli standpoint, very little stake in controlling what goes on in regard to what goes on at gaza. the first point of reference is look at how things are changing in terms of egypt, and it's a threat. it looks to its north and it sees 45,000 to 50,000 rockets that hezbollah has in lebanon. it looks farther to the north and east and it sees syria, where in the best of cases it sees enormous unknowns. it can't really know -- even if it assumes as many now do that the assad regime is doomed and is not going to survive, it doe

be surprised if we see this come to an end in the near future all right yeah a reporter for the jerusalem post thanks for your insight. syrian opposition has accused the government of stepping up attacks on a rebel held areas with the city of daraa the latest target meanwhile a high ranking religious leader was assassinated in the capital damascus reportedly for his political stance this after the president's announcement of a referendum on a new constitution which could create a multi-party system in the country the proposal low doesn't seem to help curb violence there is archy's worry if an ocean or reports from damascus. is akin to moscow's histones it within you so this is a nation the shake of one of the most may done one of the districts of the capital was killed as far as local me days reported he was short and dad was five scholz this area may dawn is known to be very conservative people even here supporting a very much pro-government prose president but at the same time there's been many offices people living in this neighborhood as well and tensions between these two sides have

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this video by israeli defense forces comes as the jerusalem post reports the military is preparing for, quote, a near shutdown in two months. in a standoff over budget cuts. israel has ordered 20 lockheed martins, but those planes are so delayed. some israelis wonder if that purchase was a mistake. it could buy more boeing f-15s to fill the gap. bill sweetman says it is way too early to see what kind of impact any war could have on defense companies. >> the conflict itself, i think most people would expect it to be fairly short. so the ability to produce weapons, the ability to resupply weapons, probably wouldn't affect the outcome very much. so it would be very much a come as you are war. the lessons you're likely to learn, usually are the ones you don't expect. because wars never go the way you expect them to. >> sweetman points the conflict in libya, which he says surprised analysts because the drones were not as effective as elsewhere, and quote, they needed more and smaller weapons. a quick look at how the top companies performed today. maybe the sector which will be impacted soon

and the mayor of jerusalem running in the race. there's a vibrant community here.media certainly proved that that is instand tanous and passionate. one of the reasons it's so passionate. when you run in one of these races and thinking about people you lost, now i'm thinking about myself, but more about the community and about children. >> you're allowed to have emotion. >> is this going to be okay for the race for the cure? >> i think everyone is going to come together after this. it was a lesson for everyone. and we have to take politics and take it out of this. because, you know, republicans and democrats and independents, every one of us whether we vote or don't vote, pro-choice or not, we know someone who has been touched deeply by this. i sit here and i think about andrea, and i think about the wife of my friend harry reid who is going through this now. and i can say, we have to work together. period. and i think what happened with this apology was a recognition that we won't find a cure if we start fighting over things. let's just work together. let's get thi

more recently the professor of humanity david schulman in jerusalem wrote there's nothing more precious than an enemy, especially one who you largely created by your own hand and plays a necessary role in the inner drama of your soul. what is the american soul? what in opposition the finds it? emptiness at the center makes our quest for identity acute and politics are especially violent in case you hadn't noticed. policies always want a scorched earth and in the fullness of time let's face it. it is we who prove to be the savages and all of this without much awareness for conscious reflection. it is interesting that the the theme of paul ostrich's novels that you can pick and the fiction section, that american society is incoherent and lacks true identity and is nothing but a hall of mirrors. by and large americans don't know who he is and don't read him. on the other hand he is tremendously popular in europe and then translated in 20 languages and foreign editions -- criticism is not possible in a manichean world in the u.s. is good at marginalizing those who depict the country in a fu

professors of humanity at hoover university in jerusalem wrote there's nothing more preshesz an an enemy, especially one whom you've largely created by your own acts and placed some necessary role in the inner dram ma of your -- drama of your soul. he pegged that right. what is the american soul? do we have one? what defines it? this emptiness at the center makes our quest for identity cute and policies violent. it's one of scorched earth and shock and awe. it's we who prove to be the sage advantages and this -- savages. it's interesting that the theme of paul's novels, pick them up in the fiction section, the theme is there are societies that are incoherent, lacks identity, and nothing more than a hall of mirrors. he's been saying that for years, and by and large, americans don't even know who he is, and they don't read him. on the other hand, he's tremendously popular in europe, translated into 20 # languages and four editions constitute of bulk of his sales. criticism is not possible in this world, of course, and the u.s. is good at marginalizing writer attempting to critique the coun

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thank you for the birthday money." ( laughter ) next year in jerusalem. now, newt might have had the wind knocked out of him in florida, but luckily he is self-inflating. >> to the same people who said i was dead in june and july and said i was gone after iowa, who seemed totally quiet the night of the south carolina victory, and now going to be back saying, "what's he going to do? what's he going to do? what's he going to do?" i just want to reassure them tonight. we are going to contest every place, and we will win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> stephen: yes! he is not going anywhere! he is using all the stick-to-it-iveness he did not waste on his marriages. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheers ) to drive home his commitment, newt's campaign printed out these 46 states to go posters. of course, since newt's not even on the ballot in virginia and missouri, those 46 states may actually refer to the many states of his campaign including denial, anger, acoustic, cubist, depression, emo, bargaining, trekkie, and finally, acceptance. ( lau

and is jerusalem the capital city of palestine? this is the consensus of the u.n. secretary, resolution, consensus of all of us. two-state, then they must come to the table, instead of building new settlements in the palestinians' zone, according to the 1967 borders. if they say that there will be no state, then they have to say this openly. so that we will know who want peace and who do not want to have peace. this new regional environment create as new hope for a middle eastern peace process. i hope everybody will understand this new logic of history, flow of history, and act accordingly for having a two-state solution where palestinians and israelis live together side -- with mutual respect but full independence and sovereignty of palestinian state. >> i think we may have time for only one more question. can i ask you to stand up, please. >> -- >> we have a microphone. >> over here. >> [ inaudible ] from the -- mr. minister, you have had a lot of dealing with the iranian government. what is your take on the iranian attitude? how seriously do they take the possib

although he is moving to jerusalem, he tells me he will maintain a residence here in baltimore. rod daniels, wbal-tv 11 news. >> wbal is the only television station -- for his elevation. live coverage of the elevation ceremony begins this saturday morning at 4:30 p.m. coming up, sealing the deal. an agreement with legislators that will save millions from shrinking paychecks. taking a stand -- as the same- sex marriage bill tends to an important vote, one delegate -- delicate finally picks a side. >> the debate continues in annapolis today over the governor's same-sex marriage bill. supporters are still looking for the 71 votes required. frederick county republican delegate patrick cogan says he will not support the legislation. he had been on the fence. a final vote could be taken tomorrow. done deal -- congressional negotiators signed off on a measure to keep your paycheck from shrinking. the $150 billion measure will extend the payroll tax holiday through the end of the year and renew long term unemployment benefits. >> 160 million americans are now going to maintain their pay

in a cause and the mayor of jerusalem running in the race and nancy brinker as well.a vibrant community here, and the social network media certainly proved that that is instantaneous. it's passionate. and one of the reasons it's so passionate, as senator boxer could tell you, when you run in one of these races and thinking about people you've lost. now i'm thinking about myself and the community. >> my friend, you've been through this. you are allowed to have emotion. your last thought on this, barbara boxer. will this be okay for the race for the cure which we're watching a picture of right now? >> i think everyone is going to come together after this. it was a lesson for everyone, and we have to take politics and take it out of this. because, you know, republicans and democrats and independents, every one of us, whether we vote, we don't vote, whether we're pro choice or not, we know someone who has been touched deeply by this. i sit here and i think about andrea and i think about the wife of my friend harry reid who is going through this now and i can say we have t

back to you. >> leland vitter in jerusalem. leland, thanks. >> turning now to the race for the white house. some brand new endorsements for mitt romney ahead of critical primaries in arizona and in his home state. the latest real clear politics average of michigan state polls showing romney with a slight reid lead over rick santorum. steve is live for us and the campaign trail. >> the endorsement announcement really involves the other race more than the michigan race and that would be the endorsement coming from arizona governor jan brewer. today on "meet the press" she announced she was endorsing romney and said that rick santorum will not be the nominee and then went towards the cameras to explain why she believes mitt romney the will be. >> his political experience and put both of those together i think he is the right man for the right time. the country is in a terrible shape. it is upside down and we need a leaderrion somebody that can go out there and make a difference and lead the people and work with governors. >> now,

he is like moses and he will establish the new jerusalem. >> luff quickly becomes convinced that lungren be the choice seer predicted in mormon's scripture, that this man may be holding the answers that he's been seeking for most of his life. >> this is when i began to realize that maybe there's something unique about this guy. >> how many months before you became convinced he was? >> oh, it wasn't probably about six or eight weeks. >> in six or eight weeks you're convinced after moving there he has the answer, that he is, in fact, a prophet, is what you're saying? >> sure. by this time i was convinced he was the prophet. >> as luff quickly immerses himself into the group, he begins to lose touch with the outside world. his days are dedicated to lundgren's teachings and his thoughts are fueled by lundgren's words. >> it's not overnight but over time, i recall it might be like a group thing where the thoughts and behavior are continuously on a daily basis reenforced by their fellow congregants or group members. it becomes difficult after a while for any independent thinking or judgmental

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although he will be moving to jerusalem, he tells me he will maintain a residence here in baltimore. >> 11 news is the only local television station in rome for the elevation of cardinal o'brien. our live coverage of the elevation ceremony itself is begins this saturday morning at 4:30. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> warmer than normal mid february temperatures, there is nothing in the rain gauge and no snow on the ground. temperatures running about 10 degrees above normal. it was 77 degrees on february 15 back in 1949. 6 degrees was the record low. temperatures are still above freezing in most areas around baltimore, 45 in downtown baltimore and even western belt -- even western maryland is above freezing. a little bit of cloud cover is starting to come in from the west. the blanket of cloudiness will hold in the heat and it will be a mild warning, close to 40 downtown. sunrise on thursday morning at 6:58. there are a couple of storm systems to watch in the region, one of them just getting into the lower part of the mississippi river

sign an executive order that will instructed the state department that day to open the embassy in jerusalemognize israel. [applause] [chanting] >> newt! >> let me give you two more examples. i will sell that been executive order reinstating rodriguez mexico city policy. no u.s. money will go -- reinstating ronald reagan's mexico city policy. no u.s. money will go to pay for abortion. many of you may have noticed that the obama administration has declared war on the catholic church and other religious institutions. i want you to know that on the very first day i will sign an executive order repealing every anti-religious act of the obama administration as of that moment. [applause] the reason i am comfortable telling you all this is that i have been studying what america needs to do since the fall of 1958 when my dad was stationed in europe in the army. i have been working on what we need to do. as congressman, speaker of the house, and the private sector. i believe it is possible to get this country back on track. my commitment is to unleash the spirit of the american people, to find new an