mark gord op, a spiritual outdoorsman introduced to the breathtaking 40-mile jesus trail which windstern israel, drawing about 3,000 hikers annually. >> basically the trail is meant to connection sites relevant to jordan. >> reporter: gordon works for abraham tours which seeks interest from a range of visitors. ♪ >> we have religious people. for them it's a pilgrimage, a spiritual journey, and also we have hikers that just like to come and see the nature and see this land and this country. >> reporter: dan dragland from sacramento is traversing israel partly on the jesus trail. >> it's a good mixture of terrain, so there's flats and some peaks. >> reporter: you've hiked a lot. is there something different about the jesus trail? >> there's a lot more history on the jesus trail on average in the trek. most places it's just the vistas. with the jesus trail it's both the views and the historical sites. >> 500 bc at least. >> reporter: mark gordon took us to some of those sights, including the millenial old ruins of the synagogue. >> dating back to the time of jesus. >> reporter: unlike a

and as an outdoorsman, we have seen pictures today of the summer solstice. we had concern from the community about the winter solstice and standard time. this project, due to its location and the location of the sun will have -- impact on the park during the wintertimes of the year. once again, this project casts a shadow and provides housing for san francisco than we desperately, desperately need. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello. i have been a resident of san francisco for approximately 12 years as well. i am not filipino. i have used this park on a number of occasions. for morning coffee, having a sandwich and hanging out during the day and having time to myself. and for me, the additional shadow here would really impact me minimally. so i just want to let you know that. and i reiterate what the gentleman said. there are standards for a reason. it is less than 1% additional shadow. this is .34. there is no reason for you guys to deny the additional housing that would be added to this location. further, on

. ♪ >> final countdown to christmas and we have the best gift ideas for the outdoorsman or woman in yourgood morning, merry christmas from all of us. we have some incredible gifts for anybody that loves the great outdoors. the first thing i want to show you is this head lamp. it has 52 hours of battery life. and it is 300 -- i love these. if i have a long busy day working friday and show up at the campground i can put this on, unhitched the rv and grill dinner on the picnic table. i use it to read at night and it is $40. jillian: this food dehydrator. >> this is a 5 tier food dehydrator. you can get this at the harvester, it is great if you want to know what is your food. a lot of people don't want to buy the dry fruits and vegetables because it has preservatives in it. that is why you do it yourself, great for making snacks, under $60. rob: great for spying on your neighbors. they might be watching. >> these are the intensity binoculars, we own this parent i keep these in our pickup truck at all times. they are very lightweight, weatherproof and the thing i love about them is they are a

a heretofore unencountered hybrid of rugged outdoorsman, veteran chef with many years of fine diningst influential chefs in north america. he is also a proud québécois. and perhaps he, more than anyone else, has defined for a new generation of americans and canadians what that means. he is an unlikely ambassador for his country and his province. but maybe not so unlikely. i mean, look at him. out for a day, trapping beaver with local trapper carl. >> carl: no. >> martin: no? >> anthony: so the bait is wood? >> martin: yeah. they just eat the -- the bark. >> anthony: they eat the bark? >> martin: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> anthony: now i understand in pioneer days, beaver was the financial engine of canada. >> martin: yeah. >> anthony: empires were built on it. every hat practically in the world was a -- was made of a beaver pelt. >> martin: that's why today it's the, uh, icon of canada. >> anthony: to a lesser extent, the tradition continues today. carl continues to trap, usually called on by provincial officials to trap beaver and clear away dams and control what can become a destructivel

he was an avid outdoorsman, the president fishing in texas, that was just one of h hobbies, joining me now chuck, former assistant to george h.w. bush, what an honor of a job you had, i can't even imagine. anita, thank you for joining us here on this day. we, of course, it's a day to chuckle because you have fond memories of president bush. i want to talk about your thoughts on the passing of george h.w. bush, first memories that flooded your mind when you heard the news. >> well, of course, it hurts, but it was a bit expected, of course, we saw the challenges in his health over the last few years but we rallied, he was so strong, fortitude, the first thought what a life well lived and what all of us want to leave this world, love from all over the world not just family and friends but from the whole country but i also thought about the example that he left to a lot of people like me who were young pups that came to the white house in early 80's and he was vice president and ronald reagan was president and many of us met and married, those marriage that is came out of those 12 years, m

and so putin has this interpreter that's kind of, you know, didn't look like much of an outdoorsman. man opens that thing up full blast and this guy, i'm standing to this interpreter, he's like white knuckles, you know, hanging on to the boat, wondering if he's going to live. and he's cutting through these waves, it's just classic george bush. >> o'donnell: what was putin doing? >> george w. bush: he loved it. you know, putin's kind of one of these macho dudes that-- salt spray coming across, you know, and he thought it was wonderful. it's the interpreter was nerve- racked. ( laughs ) >> o'donnell: george h.w. bush also shared lighthearted moments with two other men who came after him as president. >> obama: he was a good reminder that as fiercely as we may fight on policy and on issues, that ultimately we're americans first. and that kind of attitude is something that i think a lot of people miss. >> bill clinton: i think that history will be quite kind to him in his presidency. >> i, william jefferson clinton... >> o'donnell: former president bill clinton says he learned a lot abou

putin has interpreter, doesn't look like much of an outdoorsman.ve. cutting through the waves. classic george bush. >> what was putin doing? >> putin loved it. he was one of those macho dudes, he saw the salt spray. it was wonderful. the interpreter was nerve-wracking. ainsley: you saw the picture of president 41 next to putin, 41 driving the boat. steve: putin had a big smile. the interpreter somewhere hanging on for dear life. ainsley: that is cute story. >>> we'll have more stories throughout the week. ainsley: he lived a full life. >> we begin with a scary story. three people charged in an alleged plot to steel from the pentagon. abdul farouki, a former defense contractor at annum, two others pleaded not guilt to federal fraud charges. they're accused of overbilling the pentagon 4 1/2 billion dollars. stars and stripes reports that they were contracted to build warehouses at bagram air filed but only put up single concrete slab. >>> a legal gun owner evicted for exercising her second amendment lights. the harvard student was told to move out of

he's great outdoorsman, a greater leader for the national parks in many areas. but there is a look camp ground that is been closed for many years. the problem with it is the roof leaks and the pathrooms don't work so it is closed. we were going to fix it, but that is -- we're going to fix it, but that is true all over the country. so i guess the logical question is, then why don't we go ahead and pass it? welling, the problem is the way we -- well, the problem is the way we pay for it. senator port man is a former budget director and senator king discussed the funding of the issue. we pay for it with something we call mandatory funding. it is not the type of funding we usually worry about in the senate. that's when we borrow money and use it to pay for other entitlements and that's running our debt way up. all of us are worried about that. this is different in three ways. the senator from maine talked about it. this is really debt that we're reducing -- deferred maintenance is debt. this is the backlog we intend to fix. the second is we're using real money. we'r