catholics and wanted to restrict the rights of roman catholics. our system of government governs best from the center, from moderation. if you look at all of the legislation we have had in our history, civil rights they have been results of compromise, of moderation. moderation was much less possible in an environment when your opponent was the devil and you were the saint. religion was brought into politics before the civil war. in fact, it was building to a climax he for the civil war as early as the 1830's. the evangelical movement, known as the great awakening, started to intrude in the process. i open my book with the disappearance of a nun. viewers may ask what in the world are disappearing none has to do with the civil war. the outcome of that disappearing un was the burning to the ground of a convent in in 1854.etts and fomenting that argument was the father of. beecher stowe, who said that roman catholics were the that they had no place in america, that they were a foreign power and should be dealt with as such . that led to the burning o

south korea has one of the fastest growing roman catholic communities. it is still just 10% of the 50 million population. on his arrival, the pub called for peace between the two koreas. >> it is my hope that korean democracy will continue to be strengthened and that the nation will grow to be a leader in the globalization of solidarity which is so necessary today. one that looks to the integral development of our human family. >> with us now in studio is a special advisor to the archbishop in paris. thank you for taking time out of your holiday to talk to us here on france 24. south korea has one of the fastest growing roman catholic communities. why>? >> the reason, perhaps christianity has been making progress in korea for over a century now. in recent years, there have been more and more conversions to roman catholicism. the reason, perhaps, is that catholics and south korea have insisted much on social justice. it has been growing fast. people working a lot, it has been something of a rat race. it seems that the catholic church, in the sense of just

take it on the horse and it was a protest yes so that's carried through us i'll tell you when the romans first invited to things we buy she pointed also of blue to might you think it was colder here than it actually was and almost certainly so mean the bad back saw it two thousand years of proud but i said before the romans it was just purely a druid culture you know druid worshipping at stonehenge which is that type of thing mushroom worshippers raincloud worshippers and the roman showed up late and i've got naked on a horse and the entire culture decided that yeah we want to be likely to get i want to be like romans we want to protest by getting naked and having mayor johnson take a water carrier up our strength trying to get us a clonic that is probably the most concise history of british politics and society little that anyone could ever give marx well they were on a roll here now you being on the fringe festival this year and by the way i should mention that you can be seen the last two weeks you've got a show which is very exciting to look that up on online but i want to ask you be

on a horse and the entire culture decided that yeah we want to be likely to get i want to be like romans we want to protest by getting naked and having mayor johnson take a water carrier up our strength trying to get us a clonic that is probably the most concise history of british politics and society little that anyone could ever give marx they were on a roll here don't you being on the fringe festival this year and by the way i should mention that you can be seen the last two weeks you've got a show which is very exciting to look that up on online but i want to ask you before we go talking about comedians. and the credit crisis that you documented in your book does i think bankers frank skinner came out of retirement a famous comedian after bankers lost his entire pension fund and you never run into frank on the circuit is he crying what he got destroyed by bankers i would think he would be particularly you know incensed by the presence of bankers i do want to know from gays a lot for a lot for madoff not discussed his own personal i could only could just freeze all the broader because

a military strategy in the 1700s being guided by a roman who lived well, well in the ancient past.oundersxzx vz incredibly important, i mean, to the founders the ancients were incredibly important. that's one way we're different. i think el can read anch -- how many of you have been forced during your education to read plato or cise rachlt o or any number of people. did you find there was benefit in there? to the zg that we're opened and with we believe that perhaps, certain short of things are natural laws and that they recur, anyway, to that degree, i t benefit in the past. in any case, the founders dud and a lot of their advice really sounds like the advice of ancie ancients. but not all of it. a lot of it is incredibly personal. one of my absolutely favorite lettertion is a short one written by jon jay to his son in which he sends him a few seeds and tells him to plant these seeds at his uncle's estate. and then he says, you know, whenever i walk around my place, i'm sensible of the fact that i'm walking under trees that my father planted. something as simple as planting trees,

. >> good morning, i'm christine romans. it's thursday, august 28, 4:00 a.m. in the east. a mother's desperate plea to the leader of isis to release her son. she asks the head of the terrorist group to send her son, stephen, whose been helds for a year home. >> i was always learned you can grant amnesty. i ask you to please release my child. >> stephen sotloff was captured. when they executed foley, they said sotloff would be next. karl penhaul is live. karl? >> this statement is important. it's an excellent strategy. what he says the statement is doing is really focusing on sotloff as a human being. they are looking at him as an individual and moving away from the idea he has an influence over what the u.s. government does. now, what this kidnapping expert said was this plea, yes, it is a desperate plea by a distraught mother, but it's a way of opening up lines of communication establishing some dialogue with the kidnappers, with isis in this case that could perhaps lead to some form of negotiation. the kidnap and ransom experts say the nightmare scenario in any kidnappin

of war, which is again a violation of every known rule of war at the time and is a throwback to the roman empire. and in fact if you add to this jubal early's incursions twice into pennsylvania where he spends his time hunting down blacks to bring them back to the south, the confederate army starts to look like some weird mars -- modern version of the roman empire going to hunt slaves in gaul or among the germanic tribes. or even more weirdly, it looks like a precursor of the nazis, who spend their time hunting juice and ukraine and russia, rather than fighting the russian army -- hunting jews in ukraine and russia, rather than fighting the russian army. so, i think the question of war crimes and the question of henry wirz is not does henry wirz richly deserve to be hanged? i am against capital punishment, but i am a twin he first century person, not a mid-19th-century person. had i been a mid-19th-century person, i probably would not have been against capital punishment, certainly not for war criminals like wirz. if you believe in capital punishment, there are very few people in american

cincinnatus, of course, was this great roman general.e remember him because he was at that point in history the only one who having put together this big army and oneness major campaign left it and went home and became a farmer again. of course, washington is often considered to be like cincinnatus. lot of parallels made to cincinnatus, more than to fabius. but he very consciously did what cincinnatus had done. he probably could have taken over this country, if that had been something he wanted to do. the army loved him. he was off-limits politically. one of the reasons hamil ton was hammered when he was the secretary of treasury was because you could not attack george washington. he was off-limits. even if you did not like them, you cannot say anything negative, because he was the symbol of america, the noble, virtuous person who does what is best for all of the people. so society of cincinnatus is one of those examples. there is a nice, long biography of him in plutarch. >> the society of cincinnati. there are like three missions in it

paralyzed by a broken neck sustained don talked about roman and christopher reeve.he listened hard and said whatever christopher needs i will make happen. >> robin williams talked to me and made me laugh. >> williams made involved with the paralysis foundation, helping pass roman's law, the california stem cell program. >> batman and robin, superman and robin. he had his friend, his friend had his back. >> but the reid's can't overlook another similarity. on screen, patch adams checks into the hospital. >> let's draw awareness to depression and suicide prevention. >> in fremont, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >> so much to robin williams legacy. now, it's coming out in a pro found way. >> he did so much g let's update the forecast? >> right. spencer is off. sandhya patel is here with the latest. >> looking at live doppler 7 hd, we're watching fog near the coast here. and highs along the coastline, into the 60s with lingering fog. livermore, mid-80s. 77 palo alto. going to concert tomorrow night, it's paul mccartney farewell to candle stick and breezy. shirt, and enjoy t

. >> i'm christine romans. we welcome our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. hollywood coming to grips that robin williams is gone. >> the oscar winning actor, the hilarious comedian committed suicide on monday. a spokesman says he had been battling severe depression. now, this man who made us laugh for so long left us all shaking our heads, wondserring how and why this happened. our coverage of the life and death of robin williams begins with richard. thank you so much for being with us. we look back on the decades robin williams gave us. he was so funny. i mean the humor was so extraordinary, yet he was also a very, very good actor. >> yes, you are absolutely right to mention the two aspects. first, you have this dazzling imagination and the ability to improvise, the whit, the stand-up comedian who it was almost impossible to follow on the stage, like topping the civil war, then you have a serious, dramatic actor. we saw it in "dead poet's society." >> unbelievable, his range of talent. you know, when he was on the stage or watching his friends on the stage,

first stations and trying to figure out where to cut hubt i publicity and services i want to thank dan roman field in 149 we passed two year bushlt. >> hydrahave a healthy budget due to our budget wizards i want to congratulate us was likely the easily budget to move forward because our economy is healthier but we're working together to fourth our top priorities and what we're going to invest in i want this thank obviously there's a tremendous amount of work that happens at the board of supervisors i want to thank the staff and the budget committee their hard work led lbe their fear also leaders supervisor farrell and he can go home earlier to spend time with his kids in the evening supervisor farrell. >> (clapping) >> thank you president chiu and mayor ed lee it's maiming two years in a row we've passed this out of the committee and the board of supervisors. when we started this process i think mayor ed lee and i had a commitment to have an open and transparent process that did as is mayor ed lee respect to every be district to meet with the committee heads and we had a town hall online mee

a military strategy in the 1700s being guided by a roman who lived well, well in the ancient past. the founders were incredibly important. again, to the founders, the ancients were incredibly important. that's one way we're different. i think you could read ancient writer to your benefit. how many of you have been forced during your education to read plato or cicero or any number of people? did you find there was benefit in there? to the degree that we're open and that we believe perhaps that certain, certain sort of things are natural laws and that they recur, to that degree, i think we can find great benefit in the past. in any case, the founders did. a lot of their advice sounds like the advice of ancients, but not all of it. a lot of it is personal. one of my favorite letters is a short one written by john jay. to his son. in which he gave a few seeds and told him to plant these seeds in his uncle's estate. and then says you know, when i walk around my place, i'm sensible to the fact i've -- and i derived a wonderful feeling from that. soim simple as planning trees. that's the

i'm christine romans. >> i'm victor blackwell in for john berman. the hour now, we welcome our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. slowly but surely returning to ferguson, missouri, it was another night of mostly peaceful protests in this town of 21,000. rain kept crowds down and tempers cooled. earlier in the day, attorney general, eric holder met with leaders and the family of michael brown. he's the teenager whose death touched off nearly two weeks of violence now. >> hopefully have a calming influence on the area. people know that federal, thorough investigation is being done. >> meanwhile, prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to determine whether the officer who shot and killed michael brown should be criminally charged. stephanie elam is live for us. stephanie, what the are officials contributing the calm. is it the weather or folks are tired? >> reporter: i think it's both, victor. if you look, less people showed up here last night. we did see they sort of came in waves and groups. at one point, a group was out marching in th

. >> i'm christine romans. it is tus, august 12th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. let's begin with americans waking up with heavy hearts, trying to cope and come to grips with the stunning death of oscar winning actor and comedian, robin williams. >> he apparently committed suicide in his home on monday. the spokesman says he has been battling severe depression. he made us laugh for decades and left so many of us wondering how and why this happens. our coverage of the life and death of robin williams begins with holland reid live from atlanta. let's start with the good, first, holland. this career was extraordinary. robin williams was a man who could make everyone, i mean everyone laugh. >> absolutely. he was a genius. he was a comedic genius. he could do all of these characters, all of these voices. he could em body everything efs given. you wade for what was next. it hit so many people in the gut when they heard this news. there is no what's next anymore. that made us want to continue to watch him no matter what project he was given. >> he was so funny and an ama

paralyzed by a broken neck sustained don talked about roman and christopher reeve.d said whatever christopher needs i will make happen. >> robin williams talked to me and made me laugh. >> williams made involved with the paralysis foundation, helping pass roman's law, the california stem cell program. >> batman and robin, superman and robin. he had his friend, his friend had his back. >> but the reid's can't overlook another similarity. on screen, patch adams checks into the hospital. >> let's draw awareness to depression and suicide prevention. >> in fremont, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >> so much to robin williams legacy. now, it's coming out in a pro found way. >> he did so much g let's update the forecast? >> right. spencer is off. sandhya patel is here with the latest. >> looking at live doppler 7 hd, we're watching fog near the coast here. and highs along the coastline, into the 60s with lingering fog. livermore, mid-80s. 77 palo alto. going to concert tomorrow night, it's paul mccartney farewell to candle stick and breezy. i'd take a jacket, a sweat shirt, and

. >> i'm christine romans. 4:00 a.m. in the east. very, very busy news day. >>> reports of imminent air strikes against isis targets in syria. they are premature. president obama says there's no military strategy there, yet, in syria. he is under pressure to punish isis terrorists inside syria. he made it clear, he is not ready to take that step. doing that needs to be a regional effort. >> as i have said, ruling out a cancer like isil will not be quick or easy. i'm confident we can and we will working closely with allies and partners. it will be important for congress to weigh in. our conversations develop so the american people are part of the debate. i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy, yet. >> the president says he is meeting with top advisers on the isis threat in syria and iraq and sending secretary of state, john kerry to the region to build support. isis militants claim to have carried out a mass execution of syrian soldiers. anna is live in erbil. the pictures are grizzly. >> reporter: abs

this was a roman catholic priest, cosby, by the way, was a baptist. that is chaplain named joseph p. o'connell. and i have a world war ii museum in my home, it's about 700 square feet of temperature and humidity controlled museum and among the chaplains' things i have, by the grace of god, a wonderful collection of chaplains' things from world war ii and i have the uniform and the papers of father joseph p. o'connell. he was with the headquarters battery, 451st anti-aircraft artillery battalion. and in august, 1944, farther down around the south and the west on the coast of france, around from where the normandy invasion had taken place, he's farther down with patton's guys coming in at that point, let me read to you what he received. he received what's called the award of soldiers medal. the soldiers medal was for somebody that was not a combatant but had done heroic things in combat. there aren't in of these that were given. and, by the way, let me add parenthetically -- and this might -- when i first encountered this data i didn't believe it. but f

the more the definitions right into the roman empire come into the diaz prayer, the more non-jews sounded appealing. the son of god would have been unusual was not that unusual is not that weird of a notion. so very, very soon after jesus' death, within two or three generations, the non-jewish converts far outweighed the non-jewish ones and christianity began to divorce his cell from its jewish parent and becomes sent a new cumbersome and wholly independent as it is today. >> host: reza aslan company probably rocks the world comes the christian world with "zealot: the life and times of jesus of nazareth." but you do right this in your book. he said the most obvious reason not to dismiss the disciples resurrection experiences out of hand at the cell messiahs before and after them. it was precisely the fervor with which the followers believed in the resurrection that performed this time is that into the largest religion. while the resurrection itself is an ahistorical phenomenon. another was something historians have no business talking about one way or another. the claim to the resurrectio

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.see you today, it's friday, august 1st, 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first, is there silence in gaza? we are four hours into a humanitarian cease-fire brokered by the united nations and the united states. a much needed pause, supposed to be, after the 24-hour israeli offensive against hamas and the rockets going into israel. we are going to saima mohsin. what is the situation? >> reporter: so far, we understand it is quiet. people are slowly, but surely coming out with trepidation. people who have been trapped in shelters, unable to get home. people who haven't seen their loved ones. as secretary of state, john kerry has been spearheading the efforts to get to this point, to get a cease-fire, he says, you know, they simply need to get back to the vital functions of life. let's not forget the people caught up in the cross fire of this fighting between the two sides. simply haven't been able to get food, water or medical attention. they say their first priority is getting people injured who

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it's 30 minutes past the hour.nt in the battle against isis militants. president obama signing off on flights over syria, concerned about the threat of isis. it could be a prelude to isis targets inside syria. it comes as the militants seized a keierre base in the country. the government says it is ready to accept support from the u.s. and others to fight them. nick paton walsh is live in london. good morning, nick. >> reporter: christine, that decision by the united states to authorize drones, may put the fear into isis. they haven't had to deal with much of an air force in the past. many militants experienced in iraq during the american military presence there, perhaps knowing how to hide among the population. it will put greater pressure upon them. it's no easy task. spies like human intelligence on the ground to back up what eyes in the skies are showing them. local populations can turn against the drones in the sky. complex task ahead. in u.s. official believes you can properly attack isis. it's a threat to th

a demented as soon as roar jie or even the actions of a jealous husband, roman polanski? >> people needed evil. they needed the victims to be evil because this didn't happen to normal god-fearing people. >> after rushing back to the states on august 19, 1969, at the beverly wilshire hotel, a dazed and grieving polanski faced the press. >> all of you know how beautiful she was. and very often i read and heard statements that she was one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful woman of the world. but only few of you know how good she was. >> police had no idea who killed sharon tate and the others and answers were slow to come. >> two separate teams of detectives who worked in the same room were doing the investigations. they didn't get along. they weren't cooperating. if only they had talked to each other, they could have put everything together. >> turns out, the police had the killers under surveillance, yet didn't realize it. >> police said they were a pseudoreligious cult. people who worked on the ranch said they were heavy users of drugs. >> just weeks after

augustine at the time the roman empire was collapsing and the church was seen as though one safe place and a sense fed job of the human being was to understand to not be invested in the world around them. and augustine's specifically refers that we don't need to ask the questions like the greek would ask the source of the storm or why do we have the tide. there was a sense of 22 get away from the out worldliness from their spiritual world. >> host: roughly what timeframe are we talking about? >> this curiosity starts in the fourth century and continues all the way through even the religious people recognize the do something bold this is natural to human beings says to the forces to the 16th century. >> host: who was alexander humboldt? >> a fascinating man. he is a german who becomes financially independent when his mother dies and then it is like now like to be as curious as i want it to spend five years most and northern south america and it is fascinating by nature and by climate in the of magnetism coming down with the equipment all these things as which he can measure the tide the

i'm christine romans. john berman has the day off.t is tuesday, august 19th, 5:00 a.m., exactly in the east. up first, a tense night in ferguson, missouri. police in riot gear fire iing -1 arrests made. some from as far away as california and new york. two people reported shot, not by police, but shot in the crowd. four officers injured last night. this is the first time the curfew was lifted and national guard troops were patrolling the streets. eric holder will arrive there tomorrow to get an update on the federal in

>> guest: i think it was probably the other worldliness at the time the roman empire was collapsing and the church was seen as the one safe place and there is a sense that the job of the human being was to understand what god wanted and not to be invested in the world around them. there was also this sense and refers to the greeks that we don't need to ask these questions that the greeks ask and why do we have waves and i think there is a sense of wanted to get people away from ms. and really concentrate on their well-being. >> host: roughly what timeframe are we talking about when it comes to your book? >> guest: when i'm talking about the curiosity, that starts in the first century and it continues all the way through. even religious people who go recognize that they are doing something bold, but they are not trying to say this curiosity is natural to human beings. so it is really from the fourth century to the 16th century. >> host: who is alexander humboldt? >> guest: alexander humboldt is a fascinating man. he is a german who becomes financially independent when his mother dies, gi

. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 in the east. it is tuesday. it is tuesday. all right. we welcome all our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. the u.s. weighing military action against isis inside syria. president obama authorize zed reconnaissance flights. the first could happen at anytime. the syrian government said it's ready offer support to fight the islamic terrorists. as for a possible attack here, the white house says there's no evidence of a current plot, but they are concerned about the potential threat. cnns nick paton walsh is live in london. good morning, nick. >> reporter: christine, that authorization by the white house does take u.s. military involvement against isis to a different level, one that u.s. officials say is absolutely necessary. you can't hit them hard in iraq and not in syria, the original stronghold. it's not an easy task. a reconnaissance backed up with spies on the ground, tough to get them into isis controlled areas. they are so ruthless in maintaining their own secrecy. hard, as journalists, to get cameras on the ground. the h

i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour.welcome all the viewers here and around the world. after ten days of unrest, protesters remained mostly peaceful last night. this small town, though, still seething over the shooting death of an unarmed teen by police. attorney general eric holder heading to ferguson today to oversee the investigation of michael brown. as local prosecutors prepare evidence for a grand jury. i want to bring in stephanie elam live from ferguson. stephanie, was there something different in police tactics or in crowd tactics, that it was tense, but overall no violence. >> reporter: yeah, christine, i think there was a little bit of both on both sides. i think there was a change in tactic. for one thing, most of the evening we did see that the police did engage with people. talking to people, just asking them to move out there. maybe in bulletproof vests but without their helmets on, without baton drawn. but calmly asking people to work. that seemed to work we saw people would disperse or move on as that ha

and there was a huge marketplace here under roman rule. we'll continue on towards the heart of the jewish quarter. there's a myth -- >> yeah. >> among many people that the jews. asked people, when was there a jewish majority in jerusalem? i lectured and most people say oh, jewish majority, 1967, or no, 1948. >> yeah. by the way, '48, '67 is the war. the '73 war. that's the borders changed in '67. >> this area was controlled by the kingdom of jordan. >> right. >> which did not allow jews to live here. >> right. >> they first of all, ethnically cleansed this city of all the jews who had been here for cities, cleansed them out, pushed them out of the old city walls. it's invaded by lebanon, syria, transjordan. an expeditionary force -- >> when the first prime minister reaches out his hand to all his neighbors. he used the term good neighborliness. >> in our declaration of independence. you want peace. >> yeah. >> we were invaded by these armies, supported by european powers, by the way. >> right. >> we had a complete arms embargo against the

paul was an educated, urbanized cosmopolitan roman citizen or one of the wealthiest port cities in therseness. he wrote everything down. everything he believed he wrote down. and so, with the destruction of listen, the death of both men and the transformation of judea and to no longer a distinctly jewish tradition, one that is preached in debt to roman, what that generation of christians discover is a dozen or so letters from paul outlining this vision for a universal version of christianity as opposed to the more at no nationalistic person of christianity preached by jean. and a man who was derided in this regard newness of life time becomes in many ways the creator of what we now know as christianity. look at the new testament. we have one letter by james. it wasn't written by james. it was written by his followers. one letter by james, the undisputed leader of this movement, the brother of jesus is of. we have two letters from peter. the first of the apostles, the rock upon which jesus built his church. we have three letters from john, the beloved disciple, one of the triumvirate th

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and one a key example of that was the fact that russian stock markets grew right after his speech roman cost of the some of the main points again just recap briefly the president stressed russia should not it is really friends itself in or sever itself from its partners but it shouldn't either allow them to patronize it but in a pretty putin also called on russian society to unite that this be done not for conflict sake and you know to moscow reserves the right to pull out of international treaties if doing so serves its interests. russia's demanding answers over the fate of missing russian photographer understanding how moscow says it will raise the issue at the u.n. and with the o. s. c.e. unless kiev reveals his whereabouts contact with him he was working in the east of ukraine was last more than a week ago now ukrainian interior ministry official told sterling's employer in august of that he could only assume that the reported being detained by the security services the thirty three year old disappearance has sparked an outcry among international rights groups are calling for his re

. >>> hundreds of thousands of worshipers turn out in south korea as the roman catholic pope holds ann air mass in seoul. and using otters to catch fish, now this crucial fishing partner is facing a bleak future in bangladesh. >>> there seems to be no end to the fight ago cross parts of northern iraq. the u.s. is helping the iraqi government and kurdish fighters drive out islamic state group. it's taken over large areas in the north of the country. the group wants to establish an islamic state in the region and has driven more than a million civilians from their homes. refugees are still hiding in the sinjar mountains as the u.s. continues its bombing campaign in the area. the u.s. targeted four sites, controlled by rebel fighters. reports suggest it's the heaviest bombing since the u.s. started air strikes last week. gunmen from is let's i can state group have killed at least 80 members of the yazidi community in a village about 45-kilometers south of the sinjar mountains. dozens of women and children were abducted. the rebels entered the town on friday and told the men to convert to

christine romans is live with more for you. hi, christine. >> at this point it is an investigation, the fbi looking into a data breach at jpmorgan and other big banks. we'll talk about the timing and the suspicions among the cyber espionage community, right after the break. [rob] so we've had a tempur-pedic for awhile, but now that we have the adjustable base, it's even better. [evie] i go up...heeeeyyy... [announcer] discover how tempur-pedic can move you. and now through september 7th,save up to $500 on a tempur-pedic mattress and adjustable base. >>> the fbi and the secret service are investigating whether russian hackers stole information from customers and ta t might affect more banks than just jpmorgan. the fbi considers this hay major breach and national security matter because we don't have a clue what the hackers are doing with the information they stole from customers. christine romans is here with more on this. this is scary. >> this is an investigation at this point, we should be clear that fbi official telling cnn