were mary and joseph turned away from an inn in bethlehem 2,000 years ago? and the miracle of the virgin birth. is that intended as the literal truth in matthew and luke? the gospels give us one description of the birth of jesus. do archaeology and history give us another? joining us to answer these questions areu.s. open, the aute brand new "jesus of nazareth cunning of the and jeffrey sheler author of the brand new "is the bible truth?" >>> tell us what you think happened at bethlehem, jeffrey she'ller. >> well when we read two gospels, only two of the four gospels even talk about the birth of jesus and when we read matthew and luke, those two gospels, we are certainly presented with different details surrounding the story of the birth but despite the differences there are several things that clearly come through and those are the important aspects of the story. one, that jesus was born in bethlehem. to a virgin named mary. whose husband, joseph, was of the lineage of david. and this according to the writers of those two gospels was in fulfillment of the h

mary's county. a mix of sun and clouds today with a chance for some spotty showers this afternoon here in the metro. mid-80s by noon with highs about 87. 88. best chance of thunderstorms is going to be south of town, maybe fredricksburg to richmond over to southern maryland. seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. right now here's monika with time saver traffic. >>> here on the northbound side of i-95 in newington, lanes are open. no delays yet to springfield and 395, but southbound 95 in richmond, south of chamberlain road, watch out for accident cleanup. i'll have more coming up at 5:17. >>> making news now coming up on 5:10, in iran this morning, united nations special envoy kofi annan says the plan to bring peace to syria will be carried out. syrian president bashar al- assad says he will remain in power despite calls for him to step aside. pro-democracy forces blame assad for killing 17,000 people since the uprising started last year. >>> the l.a. county coroner is changing the death cer

mary?ler, the federal regulator in charge of the commodities commission of the they missed a billion dollar fraud at mf global, or we think it is a fraud, and now they are missing another one at paragrin financial. it is a good reminder that the u.s. doesn't need more regulation. it needs smarter, more accountable regulators and even then they are not going to catch every crime. >> thanks. dan? >> a big miss to all of us subject of a medical study this week that said people who sit for three hours a week are cutting two years off their lives. i mean, just two years for sitting? this is horrifying. i am not sure i believe it. i think we need to verify it. i think we should transfer some of the money in global warming studies to get to the bottom of this study. >> mary? >> this is a miss for harry reid who this week said we should burn the olympic -- the u.s. olympic iewn rms to. uniforms because they were made in china. okay, news flash for harry reid, economics is the allocation of scarce r

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mary city. there's the ridge as well. this is southern st. mary's county. all of this drifting slowly to the east. now, a front is in the faked. kind of -- in the neighborhood. kind of tough to pick out. we have low level moisture. you're looking at the dew point temperatures, how much moisture is in the way a truer way to categorize it. when you see 60s and 70s, this is sticky tropical stuff. north and west the air is drier, especially in western maryland where the dew points drop into the 50s. actual air temperatures out in western maryland in the lower 60s where we're still hanging on to mid, even upper 70s south of us with 69 in baltimore. 70 in easton and here in town on our michael & son weather camera, we've got some sunshine. high clouds as well. temperatures 76 with the humidity 79%. that wind east, northeast at 6. that wind out of the east may be the ong thing to keep -- the only thing to keep us from 90ish or so the next couple of days as temperatures will be in the upper 80s with a spotty shower this afternoon. 60s and low 70s tonight. can't rul

mary's. no one anticipated it. they promised they would keep our rates flat so we would have no increase, which was a short- term savings. the health service board said we want to competing ones, come back next year. they wanted to make sure the employees could still go to st. francis and go to st. mary's. i think it was clear the goal was to increase market share and challenge smaller hospitals. we are talking about the whole health system in this agreement. it is not just st. luke's, it's all providers in san francisco and the board felt our members should not be forced into kaiser alone and not be forced into sutter alone and we should keep competition in the marketplace. supervisor chiu: so you are saying that a couple of weeks ago, blue shield proposed a narrow network to essentially drive out their competitors? is that a fair characterization? >> that is one way of saying it. i think it was a brilliant business strategy. the idea is to increase your market share so that you can determine the price point. as t

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thank you, mary. quite an accomplishment, baltimore and wjz congratulate michael phelps and his teammate. >>> well, meantime, more excitement, a 17-year-old colorado girl is also making her mark in the olympic swimming pool. monica villamizar reports for wjz from london. >> reporter: missy franklin couldn't hide her excitement after she shot past the competition to win the 100- meter back stroke. her parents cheered as their daughter finished first, just 14 minutes after swimming a qualifying race. the teenager from colorado says she's dedicating all of her races to aurora, after the deadly theater shooting. franklin's teammate made it a sweep for the u.s. in the back stroke. the family rushed to congratulate him. >> oh, man. >> mom couldn't keep her hands off the gold medal. families of america's swimmers say being at the games is almost overwhelming. >> should i turn on the tears now? because i've just been a basket case of tears for days over this. it's great. >> reporter: fans who didn't get ticke

of course not. >> last word for mary, still ahead. a mediocre jobs report and manufacturing drop off and a service sector slump. the numbers are in and june was a cruel, cruel month. will july be any better or are we on the brink of anot okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! >> the june numbers are in and they spelled more bad news. friday's jobs report unemployment at 8.2% and only 80,000 new jobs added. earlier this week, economist reported manufacturing shrank in june for the first time in nearly three years in the service sector, during the slowest pace in nearly two and a half years, so

i love you mary kay and i truly consider you one of my best friends. you and your family are always in my prayers. >> this has been a really difficult month, really difficult month. i'm so used to celebrating my birthday, i call it my birthday month. yeah. i would start with, you know, dinner dates with my girlfriends, taking the kids out for crepes and ice cream, just like last year, you know, this year's different. for the rest of my life, i don't ever want to celebrate my birthday again. i've told everyone that. because they were planning on something but i said, no, i don't want to. it's not that important any more to me. it's just getting older. >>> coming up -- >> becky didn't have that spirit. she didn't take care of numero uno mentality. she had never leave a fallen comrade, even if it cost you your life, which it did. >> clarence butterfield has an emotional moment and mary kay concepcion writes to her deceased son. >> the last time i talked to him and said good night, i never said good-bye to yesterday's long past. i would have marked the mom

by the way, where is mary poppins? where was the private sector mary pop tins ? >> wasn't she there? >> yes, mary poppins was there. the only thing missing was a woman named fan knee wearing a moo-moo. >> and smoking a cigar and having a scotch. >> i don't like to correct nicky, i do, but mash -- make a wish never includes the athletes. >> it it doesn't? >> no, it is not a wide receiver. what are you, a pole vaulter? wearing a leotard? >> you are not asking for a synchronized swimmer. >> nobody is asking for a n athlete that is making less than them. >> i am just glad there was no artistic interpret tigs of their dental system. that is what we should be grateful for. >> was that a fair jab? >> that was a pretty fair jab. >> they were happy with it. they thought it was fantastic. >> they loved it. i actually enjoyed it because i couldn't tell if they were making fun of themselves or they were saluting it. that means they succeeded because they confused the hell out of me. >> free kishly. >> gigantic baby and a nanny on a flying umbrella. you have a meme rum to a h

of course not. >> last word for mary, still ahead. mediocre jobs report and manufacturing drop off and a service sector slump. the numbers are in and june was a cruel, cruel month. will july be any better or are we on the brink of anot [ male announcer ] away... [ children laughing ] ♪ ...is the smell of salt in the air. ♪ it's the sound a seashell makes. [ seagulls calling ] away...is a place that's beyond your imagination, yet well within your means. find your away. for a dealer and the rv that's right for you, visit gorving.com. >> the june numbers are in and they spelled more bad news. friday's jobs report unemployment at 8.2% and only 80,000 new jobs added. earlier this week, economist reported manufacturing shrank in june for the first time in nearly three years in the service sector, during the slowest pace in nearly two and a half years, so, mary, you had the two pillars of the economy, manufacturing and service both of which are floundering. are we headed for another recession? >> well, whether we go to a recession or we just

oshe lives next door to mary.ce their bond, they are an example that forgiveness is indeed possible. i'm joined from minneapolis by mary johnson and oshe israel. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you for having us. >> mary, you talk about this as a faith journey. tell me your reason. >> well, i am a christian woman, and my word tells me in order to be forgive that you must forgive. and it is faith. this is what has gotten me to the place where i'm at today, to be able to sit next to oshea and for us to go all over the world sharing our story. >> you know, i have to say when i first heard the story, i had so many mixed emotions, but oshea, i wondered if you feel a sense of responsibility now in how you live your life because the life that you took is that of mary johnson's son. do you have a responsibility to live a good life in his place? >> i wouldn't necessarily say in his place because i can never fill his shoes, but at the same time i do have a responsibility to myself, to make sur

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joining us from washington to analyze mary katharine ham and juan williams.s' new book mustled now out in paperback. >> is that a good thing. >> i don't think there is any question. little bit of surprise to me. if you just look at the reality is nobody has any doubt if israel went after iran the u.s. would, of course, back israel. >> i don't know about that juan. barack obama has never said that and netanyahu doesn't like obama. >> that's a fact. >> he doesn't give him that kind of hey, if you go, we will be right there with you. >> well, in fact, there was a report this weekend in an israeli paperback and forth. but basically the u.s. was even briefing israel saying this is what we would do in terms of what we have planned. in terms of attacks iran. so, while the obama administration has focused on sanctions, nobody is taken military action off the table. this is an attempt by mitt romney to make obama's differences with. >> went a lot further. >> somehow obama hates israel. that's just crazy. >> i don't think romney was implying that obama hates israel. bu

we're looking for mary alice. i don't know where she is. you know? i even made a pretense of anything i can do to help, let's do flyers, let's do this, let's do that. >> clapsy's offer to help, however, fooled no one. four days later he and his roommate were arrested. both confessed. >> i usually review inmates' records. i realized during the interview that i was actually talking to him on the anniversary date of the murder. and he had been so unemotional and almost cavalier in his telling of his crime, so i decided to ask him what day he committed the murder. >> august 4th, 2001. >> you know what today is? >> yeah, i know what today is. >> what happens to you on august 4th? >> well, now that you've brought it up, something is probably going to happen to me that i get to deal with all by myself, but usually nothing. it's not an anniversary i celebrate or don't celebrate. i can't posture and say, you know, i think about her all the time. i don't. she's dead. now, how i feel about what i did is a different story. i feel horrible. i mean, i can't believ

>> thank you, mary. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. >>> of we're live with drought watch coverage with more on the -- >>> we're live with more on the drought conditions. here's mere with monique griego. >> reporter: smoke filled the air over the eastern shore after a massive brush fire ignited. flames threat everyoned homes -- threatened homes. >> we've been setting a lot of records. the rest of the state was doing okay. they were still dry. wendy says the eastern shore are the areas hardest hit by drought conditions. the lack of rainfall only made worse by extremely high temperatures. the ground and the plants are dry. >> reporter: nearly a month after the fire started, it's contained. with the threat of brush fires, that's not the only problem. and right now mcpherson says agriculture is what's being affected the most. >> even around june 25th, we probably had as much potential as we ever had for a big crop. >> i would imagine the water is gonna evaporate because it's been so hot

mary cheh introduced his requires pepco to bury more lines. pepco has said the project would be extremely expensive. council is considering two bills, one to determine feasibility. >> pepco says it's one part of its plan to make service more reliability. the region's president answered questions on the radio. he said the utility company has invested hundreds of millions in improvements, including underground lines. >> it's about a $910 million invest to improve service for our customers. part of that included collective undergrounding. there are other components, you know, replacement of underground capable. we've replaced several hundred miles of capable. we've trimmed 4,000 miles of tree lines. we've identified a couple locations in maryland, also a couple in the district. >> he says it would cost almost $6 billion for installed underground lines in the district, and that's smaller that the territory in maryland. >>> the house voted to repeal the health care law. political analysts saying the vote changes nothing, but keeps the issue alive.

we talked with mary katharine and juan about speaker boehner. we want to be respectful to the speaker. he didn't look strong in his presentation about why the g.o.p.'s vision is better than obama care. or am i wrong? >> well, consider the premise of the question, bill, reflected in sunday talk shows across the various networks which is that the republics resisting obama for a comprehensive approach that even rahm emanuel, his sown senior advisor advised against should now come forward with a comprehensive plan that does everything all at once of their own. their view is no, let's take this step-by-step and put things in place, see what they do and move on from there because trying to do it all at once doesn't work. hillary care's failure proved that and the failure of this plan which was enacted proves that as well. that's their argument it's not unreasonable argument. >> let me challenge the argument. number one, the reason that rahm emanuel said that is because he wanted the president to concentrate on the economy and not get sidetracked into

mary joins us with more. mary? >> michael phelps said it will be his last olympics, but have to face against ryan locdi. he hopes to add to the collection at the london olympics and finds himself against fellow american ryan. they are fierce rivals in the pool but also friends. >> we have a great relationship. we have a great rivalry and a great friendship. >> reporter: he could break a world record with the most decorated olympian. to think it started here. but locketee is also hungry for more. luke phillipkowski is rooting for his brother. they're in tennessee. >> it's cool to hear guys cheering us on. >> the crowds are larger and louder when they face off in london. right now, the most decorated is a russian gymnast from the 1950s that earned 18 medals, denise. 19. >> 19 more? >> no, three more. 19 total. >> there's no question, the record will be broken. i think. thank you, michael said he'll retire after the games. >> i think he'll find something to do. >> i think so. >>> amazing. down to 76 degrees. humidity

. >> and i'm mary mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> temperatures left more than a dozen dead in maryland. and with storms, knocked out power to more than 6,000 customers. mike hellgren has more on the aftermath. >> reporter: it certainly feels a lot better out here. but bge crews were once again back at work, trying to restore power. most of the outages were in baltimore city and baltimore county. >> reporter: finally, relief from the heat, after more than a week of sweltering temperatures that killed at least 13 people in maryland and more than 45 nationwide. it buckled train tracks and roads. even softened pavement enough to get this jet stuck. >> does she wear glasses or contacts? >> and there could be more deaths, as final numbers are tallied and official reports are coming in from the medical examiner. the hot air fueled storms that left more than 7,000 people without power last week. and more storms last night, knocked out power again to hundreds after bge just finished restoration efforts

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mary. >> bernadette, thank you. stay with wjz for forwarning weather coverage. log on to wjz.com. >>> it appears hot weather played a part in a frantic rescue effort. tonight one man is presumed dead. wjz is live. alex demetrick talks to though who saw this unfold. >> reporter: it appears like two friends who were boating in the bush river were trying to stay cool by jumping in the river, that swim turned deadly. crews using sonar and dogs searched the river looking for 35-year-old hanavar who slipped under the water. he was with 34-year-old sunny sing at the tail end of a hot day. >> two guys were out on a boat, they decided to cool off. they jumped overboard. one of them got away from the boat, the other tried to help him. >> he watched them then realized that the man was in distress and needed help. >> reporter: those calls for help brought two neighbors out in boats and they rescued the man still struggling to stay afloat. >> it was really hard to get the guy on the boat because he was just so panicky. >>> miche

joining the panel, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henneger and dan mcgern and mary. what does the news tell you about where we are reit now in terms of the economy? >> i think the most disturbing thing is the trend. the fourth quarter number was better than 4%. the first quarter has been revised upward to 2% and now we are at 1.5%. and i think the risk there is that, you know, consumers as you pointed out consumer spending took a hit. and the economic agents both the employers and consumers are really losing confidence and that is what is bringing us into this stall. by the way, paul, i think that the administration is going want to blame europend it is interesting to note that exports were up 5.3% which suggests that, you know, it is not really the problem coming from the global economy. >> it is really domestic growth and demand and incentives that are hurting us here, dan. third year in a row where it looked like we were coming out with a little better growth and then back down again in 2010 and 2011 and now 2012 again. what does this tell you about how you well

mary? >> thank you, the search for two missing cousins in iowa reached the sixth day. tracking dogs did pick up the cent of 8-year-old elizabeth cole religious collins and lyric cook. she believes the evidence points to an abduction. >> i feel like maybe they were taken. i'll be more comfortable once they drain the lake and we find nothing there. i'm glad they're draining it. >> investigators are also searching a landfill for clues. one local company made bumper stickers with the girl's pictures hoping someone whose seen them will come forward. >>> a decision on whether the statue of the late joe paterno statue will stay made in the next week with the university. it says, take the statue down or we will. it became a major point of controversy after an investigation concluded paterno helped conceal allegations in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. >>> the crisis in syria continues to escalation. randall pinkston reports for wjz. the u.s. vote on syria has been put off. >> reporter: syrian co

so i got happier. >> marie will be released in less than a week. she will be sentenced to a court-ordered independent living program. >> they teach you how to be independent. like you get your own place. you work your way up. you get your job. you go to school. you earn money. you get allowance. you just learn how to be like an adult. the main thing that i'm after is getting my education. and i don't really have, like, what i need to go there. you know. like i don't have a family to support me. i don't have any money. i don't know what to do. i don't know how to get there. all i know is i can get my high school diploma. so like four more days. >> though marie doesn't know what she'll do with her life yet, she does have one wish. >> perfect situation for me finally meeting my dad. he always left letters for me for when i grew up when i was a baby. so i've read those. he sounds like a nice guy. sounds like he cares about me. i'll probably try to find him when i'm 18. >> for marie, turning 18 means freedom. but for aaron, becoming an adult could mean