the dome is like the domes of papal rome.owers at the ends of the building suggest an imperial fortress. begun in 1716, the charles church is the work of fischer von erlach, who studied works of bernini and borromini in rome. it's dedicated to charles borromeo, one of the great counter reformation saints. it's not a coincidence that the austrian emperor at the time was also named charles. for in the lands where absolute monarchs ruled, architecture was part of the vocabulary of royal power. the belvedere palace in vienna was built in 1721 for prince eugene of savoy, the general who led the austrians to their victory over the turks. the architect was lucas von hildebrandt. the belvedere actually consists of two palaces set at opposite ends of an enormous formal garden in which nature has been completely subdued. the design is based on a simple program. the two palaces and the garden present the visitor with an allegory of life's journey. at one end, where prince eugene lived, is the lower belvedere and its gardens representing

rome.evers in jesus also provided answers to the central mystery of life. >> the questions pagans were asking were, "what was going to happen to me when i die? how do i get forgiveness from sin?" the christian church said, "we can provide you those answers." >> believe in the resurrected jesus and win eternal life. that was the message that had appealed across the roman empire. a message that first spread throughout the huge jewish community outside israel. >> over a million jews in egypt and alexandria, jews in damascus, jews in antioch, jews in athens, certainly jews in rome. and for the early christians, these early followers of jesus, some of these jews would have provided missionaries a home, missionaries a base by which they could reach other jews as well as gentiles. >> the romans had provided roads throughout the entire empire. they had gotten rid of many of the pirates that were on the seas. there was a common currency throughout the empire. travel was both possible and feasible, a

he'd come to rome at 19. he climbed over the ruins.e excavated and recorded the past in over 1,000 views, not only the past, but the present of rome, too. copper was very expensive. he put his wife's dowry into an investment into these great plates, so he was very worried. he thought the french might go to athens. although he had french friends amongst these critics and architects in rome, he attacked them. he ridiculed greek architecture. but then, just before he died in 1778, he himself went south to pestum, and in 15 or 16 wonderful drawings, he conjured up the magic of greek architecture as never before. he showed that the column, that the french had thought of as a structural element which they wanted to express honestly, was really a piece of sculpture, a piece of beautiful sculpture. after that, with the discovery of pestum and greek architecture itself, the aesthetic vision of europe changed. so, as often in the history of western art, changes in ways of seeing coincide with and even anticipate social change. so it was in the b

. >> it is being reported that the mayor of rome is saying the shooting is not an act of terrorism, not terrorism- related, but he has also made reference to the recent political, and the country. -- the recent political climate in the country. >> the last two months have been political paralysis in italy. there has been no move at all newrming -- in forming a government until the middle out letta waswhen enrico given a mandate to try and come up with a government comprising of the centerleft parties and the center-right parties who are diametrically opposed to each other, to come up with some sort of formula that could see a government being sworn in, and he managed to do this. it has been very tense. unemployment running at about 35% amongst young people. the new government's first priority when it is sworn in tomorrow will obviously be to take moves on the political crisis. i think it will come as some relief to people when they hear the news that the police don't believe this is terror-inspired. >> tanks very much, peter ,harpe -- thanks very much peter sharpe, live for us in rome.

facing criticism not only in rome and athens but also paris and even in brussels, but the chancellor is maintaining a stoic, and termination, perhaps not least because we are now entering the hotter phase of the pre-election campaign. >> melinda, thank you so very much. >> are the domestic front in germany, germans are getting nervous about the austerity measures implemented in other parts of europe according to the gfk consumer research company says that the passion for saving is taking a hit. >> the type book -- take away from the cyprus bailout and the bank levy is to spend cash now 1 hardt i suspect -- on hard assets and precedent has been set for confiscation. >> german's postal workers are set to get a 5.7% pay raise.

that's ancient rome. and the countries that further progress along this review sums it all the things pushed further. i don't think gay marriage will end the debate about homosexuality, although it will continue in turn and other things. >> host: you brought up gay marriage and the supreme court just last week heard two cases, you know, what role our current events playing or in your thinking in the urgency of your writing of this book? >> guest: certainly that, and i knew that was on the borders when i was writing the book. and actually it was right there when the book came out, supreme court was hearing these two cases. here's the thing that people don't get about the whole gay marriage thing. first of all, heterosexuals have pretty much destroyed marriage by this time. there's not much left of it. so there's kind of an internal self-destruction going on. and because of that there isn't that much left of heterosexual marriage anyway. it's moved so far away from what i would call radical monogamy that in

but what set rome apart was the extraordinary wealth of its elite.drill: what we have here is a really magnificent house, built in a prime position over the city walls, looking out over the bay of naples, and built on three levels, almost tumbling over the walls. it's obviously the house of an extremely wealthy person. keach: as in teotihuacan, the elite of ancient rome paraded their wealth on the walls of their homes. wallace-hadrill: framed by this sort of confectionery of columns, you have a great panel picture of three gods, suitable company for the great master. we've got a backdrop. and the function of the backdrop is to set the scene and to create a suitable stage on which the owner can perform. the owner may be sitting here holding court -- that could be helping his clients, helping his friends and dependents. it might also be actually judging cases, literally holding court. right next to the big room with the bay window is this much smaller room. and its shape and its decoration tell you a lot about how it could be used. the shape provides j

that's ancient rome. that isn't any different. so in the countries that are further progressed along in this road, you simply see all the things pushed further. i don't think gay marriage will end the debate about homosexuality, it'll just, it'll continue and turn into other things. >> host: you brought up gay marriage, and the supreme court just last week heard two cases, you know, what role are current events playing sort of in your thinking in the urgency of your writing of this book in. >> guest: well, certainly that. and that, you know, i knew that was on the borders when i was writing the book. and, actually, it was right there when the book came out. you know, supreme court was hearing these two cases. if, here's the thing that people don't get about the whole gay marriage thing. first of all, heterosexuals have pretty much destroyed marriage by this time. there's not much left of it. so there's kind of an internal self-destruction going on. and because of that there isn't that much left of heterosexual marriage myway. it's

think of rome. he got married to two men and another boy. so of the marriage in ancient rome and isn't anything new, neither is how much sexuality or pedophilia. they are just things we -- you really only find animosity where you have a connection in the tradition and that's how you no one is giving away to another one so i think it's best to see in that big shift a big cultural historical ethical shift that's where it is situated and i have no reason to believe that it won't stop and i don't know what will become of the marriage itself because right now they are hankering after a more elevated view of marriage and sexual to the to heterosexual. they are really disjointed so to speak in that sense. >> host: so you see the idea of christian marriage being weak in the society apart from the movement? >> guest: they have done the work on themselves. that is the good thing about the doctrine of send is why we messed things up so badly. christians have done a bad job of it. what they have left of marriage in the society itself. it's been under at

in rome. beibiotics could soon practically useless. s, not quite leak the grand opening brazil was hoping for. the pakistan political campaigning is under way. the violent campaign, it would appear, is also increasing. in fact, the pakistani taliban is predicting even more bloodshed. two people killed in a party rally. islamabadreport from on the violent acts to disrupt it. was planted outside the campaign office in a northwest city. the target, an independent candidate running for election before the polls. people were killed, many others wounded in the attack. shortly afterwards, another bombing, also targeting an independent candidate, killing several and injuring many more. the taliban has claimed responsibility for both attacks. there were looking at three political parties, the national and thenother movement, ruling pakistan people's party. all three are perceived as secular and liberal. seems to be the the taliban are talking, to bring in any pakistan which is conservative, more religious. completely wiped out secularism. betwe

hodges era, in rome. is about to get a new government. the independent and progressive governments -- parties are in talks to form a government. led iceland to their banking crash in 2008. >> the political horizon has changed in iceland. a more distant relationship with europe is now in view. there is a promise of less austerity. can the victorious center-right parties deliver? >> the progressive and independence parties have returned to power on a wave of commitments, adding taxes and mortgage payments, perhaps even halting unpopular moves to join the european union. as results came in, they celebrated overwhelming assault -- the social democrats, who were praised by the imf for dragging ice and back -- iceland back to economic viability. many blame the parties back in power for helping to create the economic disaster in the first place. >> i think it will be very complicated, all of it. people's hopes have been raised. they are hoping for improvement it was the same thing four years ago. four years ago, people's hopes were raised. they

. >> to get the latest from rome, joined from the tal jan capital by john hooper. john, this is a coalition that abrings together unlikely bedfellows. can it hold? can it sphere italy into calmer waters? >> in the short-term, i think it can. its life speck tansy -- expeck tansy will determine whether the two parties can work together. the first is the center-left democratic party. in the short term, they won't have any progress in bringing down one of their number. but in the longer term, there is a problem. this party is very disunited. it has been tearing itself to pieces in recent weeks, particularly over the presidential election. the other party is silvio berlusconi's freedom movement. how long is he prepared to go on supporting this government before creating a new union. >> and how much influence will ber scopey have on this new government? >> i think the two things are very much connected. if the prime minister tries to keep him out of the decision making too much, he might well pull the plug. i think if he has a situation, too are, in which he has a lot of

. >> what does that mean, every flight, you're flying united to london, to rome, every flight will now be checked before those planes take off? >> i'm not sure what degree of checking they want to do. the flight manifests are already checked. you have a great deal of intelligence work done on international flights coming or leaving the united states, so in terms of that, what we're talking about here would be a higher elevation of maybe hand searching every single person getting on a plane to a greater degree that's going on now. but again, i think it's going to require a little more lead information to warrant that, because there's just thousands of -- you would stop aviation if you start taking that to an extreme. that's more than an abundance of caution. >> they would have to really believe there was a foreign terrorist who got into the united states and now was trying to escape if they were going to undertake a massive operation like that. >> they'd have to know what they were looking for and who they were looking for. >> hold on for a moment. hold on for a moment if you're just jo

. >> pope frances formally installed as bishop of rome today. the evening installation ceremony was important for the church, saying the pope is the bishop of rome and not advice versus. the leader donned the tall bishop hat and sat in the basilica chair known as the can cathedra armana. he was handed the pastoral staph which signifies a bishop and his flock. . >>> a solemn day when many jewish communities hold ceremonies to honor the memory of the 6 million who parished during the holocaust. today they explored motivation and why people reacted in varying ways. >> the holocaust did not have to occur. the holocaust occurred because of action and inaction by people throughout europe and around the world. things that people did and things that people failed to do. >> today's panel included historians and holocaust survivor. the overreaching message assuring any event of this nature never happens again. >>> still to come at 5:00, buying a round of drinks without ever talking to a bartender. a new app that cuts down on your wait at the bar. next. >>

. >> the vote is going on at this hour in rome. we will also be going live to rum and our correspondent there, philip. voting under way right now. how do you think it will go? >> there is no doubt that he will have a comfortable majority. his deal with burlesconi means he should be very solid in parliament. as a question of how long things will last that way. >> what the people of italy want to see at this point from a future government? will he be able to deliver? >> difficult to say. he has been clever in presenting himself to parliament. he has tried to turn his weakness into strength. he mentioned the emergency situation with regards to the economy, the very low esteem in which the political class is held, the fact that reforms are really desperately urgent, and threatening to stand down in 18 months time if his colleagues do not forge ahead on reforms. it does enable him to have kind of a blackmail over his colleagues and it would be very interesting to see how things turn out. he has started off this new government in a very

rome. some international news in five people have been killed in a bus crash near the building city of antelope among the fatalities was one russian teenager two adults and two polish drivers the bus was carrying dozens of russian news on a european tour and was reportedly traveling one hundred kilometers an hour when it smashed through the elevated highways guardrails and plunged over the side. before telling journalists held captive in syria have been released and flown home group working for to the state television network were abducted when filming in northern syria and the town serving as a base for the al nusra front to rebel forces linked to al qaeda a journalist said it turned out to be a mis understanding kidnappings whether to demand ransom or for religious or political reasons and become increasingly common in the chaos of the syrian conflict. well we've got more on the situation in and around syria in our special interview with president assad's advisor that is coming up in a fe

rome so i presume plans well to twenty three billion euros after a new round of talks between the e.u financial heads this last friday the country's already landed the ten billion euro deal with international creditors and got away with contributing less than a quarter of it this time around cyprus will pay the biggest share and that means more spending cuts tax increases and selling off gold reserves while living losses on cypriot banks that will see the accounts of service savers i should say raided at the banks being targeted pressure political economy. there is concern others might follow the example. what you're going to see is a severe depression in cyprus as government raises taxes cut spending sells off assets but i'm not even on the private side you're going to see it and we're already seeing major money hoard demand for cash balances money velocities. and as they get their money out there you're going to see capital flight so the situation in cyprus is going to get much worse you're going to have to a bell and even more people of those over one hundred hundred thousand euros

rome. and to some international news and bring of this hour some two thousand people have marched through this central glasgow scotland second city calling for money spent on britain's nuclear defense arsenal to be spent on public services the so-called squat trident coalition joined at the rally by politicians and trade unions says the funding should be diverted to haue of welfare and education submarines that hold the nuclear weapons are kept at a naval base just outside glasgow. boss and has plummeted down over a van in the north of piru leaving at least thirty three people dead it was travelling west from a small town nestled in the andes mountains to the regional capital so it's not yet clear what caused the crash the heavy rains have lashed the area in recent days. and four italian journalists who've been held captive in syria have been released and flown home the group working for italy's state television network were abducted one filming in northern syria in a town serving as a base

in rome, they prayed. in dublin, they sang. chugged super sized mountain dews, you know? the big -- [ laughter ] actually, it's pretty exciting. it was a great ceremony. the pope went out on the balcony, and beyonce lip-synched the vatican anthem. did you see that, when she lip -- [ laughter ] thought that was fantastic. oh, boy. [ cheers and applause ] and man, all those -- did you see all the followers at st. peter's square? i haven't seen that many people praying together since that carnival cruise. [ laughter ] my god. you know, i was surprised at how media savvy this new pope is. he immediately changed his facebook status to "your holiness." did you notice that? [ laughter ] just minutes afterwards, he did that. after the election was completed, they unlocked the doors and released the cardinals -- although -- [ laughter ] although some of the cardinals probably should remain locked up. [ coughs ] mahoney, mahoney. i'm sorry, i have a cold. i have a cold. [ audience boos ] but their job is not done yet. the 115 cardinals a

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this is the house of italy's modern day fascists an imposing building in rome it stood empty until ten years ago members of the ca's a pound movement barged through the doors put up their flag and became squatters after a decade of fruitless attempts neither the police nor the country's judicial system have managed to push the fascist movement out if anything members of cars abound say they are growing ever stronger. when fascism is mentioned and stirs memory and conjures images of a bleak past dissociation that comes to mind is mostly me world war two but one of the fascists initially refused to have any association with the macabre past. she's more foremost fascism is a way to govern the economy and the country so we cannot be responsible for what was happening some seventy years ago i can't judge events of the past since i wasn't alive back then so i can't be judged for things that happened that far back . recent research by the open society foundation looked more closely at members of cars abound their results showed that unlike similar going to zation zones where in europe most su

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. >>> traces of ancient rome found in london.nd leather boots and a possible piece from a charriot. it has been dubbed the pompeii of the north and opens a window of what it was like for romans in london. >>> a teacher is on leave after this video surfaced of her action in the classroom and the behavior being called into question tonight at six. $4 doesn't really buy you much these days, huh? unless you're at denny's. where there are always great choices for four dollars on the 2$4$6$8 value menu ®. >>> good evening a brawl on a bart train was broken up by a by-stander who used a stun gun on one of the men. rob myth smith is live. >> reporter: it happened here and a female passenger broke it up when she zapped the person who started it with a stun gun. it started at about 7:30 when a man was spread across two seats and a man asked him to make room so he could sit down and the man became aggressive. >> he received a call of someone with another person in a head lock on one of our trains at the pleasant hill station. >> reporter: a

this committee if you will, comes from everywhere from rome. two from europe and one from latin america and asia and australia and africa and one from united states. shais cardinal omauly who is the leader in the catholic american church . last time he had a public move like you would have to go back to 1960s and pope paul vi who under took major reforms in the bureaucracy of the vatican. this news breaks on precisely one month anniversary since francis elected pope. >> it is clear that he is serious about familiaring through on the commitments and bring about reform. >> it would appear. iment to stress the word advisoryings. he is the pope . the pope can make his own choices in the very end of this. butine for the vatican, i think the idea itself as one official described is innovative and the idea came to benedict prior to the conclave with the card nams gather to talk about how the church tablingings the next step forward . that's where he got the idea. >> uma: what are you doing in rome? >> good question. i am here moderating a fascinating

i think particularly about ancient rome. very powerful. no one could even challenge them mill fairly. but what happened to them? they destroyed themselves from within. moral decay. fiscaler responsibility. they destroyed themselves. and if you don't this that can happen to america, you get out your books and you start reading. >> we are going to have much more of the doctor's speech as we continue tonight. but whenever someone has the courage to speak truth to power, particularly when it involves the president, he or she quickly becomes a bit of a political lightning rod. that happened in the aftermath of dr. carson's comments as some describing his comments as disrespectful. he will have an opportunity to respond to those critics tonight. whether he also hear him about turning around the economy, and restoring credibility to the healthcare system. we are with a group of voters tonight that dayaled his speech and do they think he might have a spot sometime in the future at the white house? that lies ahead. with we welcome the author of "am

nowhere was this more apparent than in ancient rome. by a.d. 200, the roman dominion had expanded through force of arms to include almost the entire mediterranean and most of the known world. the result was a vast influx of tribute to rome -- money, goods and slaves to propel the development of one of the most complex societies in the ancient world. but warfare is not the only way that human societies expand. in the tehuacan valley, archaeologists have made a startling discovery. near where scotty macneish excavated the caves, a river that flows only in the wet season has cut through what appears to be a natural hill. in the cut, archaeologists have discerned walls of large rocks, evidence that the hill was actually man-made, an ancient dam of massive proportions. the extent of the dam and the reservoir it created can be seen from a nearby hillside. archaeologist charles spencer. this sea of mesquite and cactus that you see below here was once the reservoir impounded by the dam that stretched nearly half a kilometer from that cliff face

this he prefers the title of bishop of rome simpler and less majestic than pope or his holiness. >> jonplease his holiness lives in florida. [ laughter ] basically everything pope francis does is a standing reproach to the more flashy style of predecessor. i'm not saying pope benedict did it but every time he went to mexico kids hit him with sticks hoping jewels would pour out. what is the most unbenedict-like thing pope francis could do? >> instead of washing the feet of 12 priests on holy thursday he disregarded the cut of yom and washed the feet of 12 prisoners including a muslim woman. >> jon: i don't see anybody's religion, just 24 really dirty feet or 120 very dirty toes. let's do this again. this little piggy went to confession. this little piggy went to prison. you are not a good piggy. i love this guy. he is giving prisoners manny-popis. we should call him pope raymond because everybody loves him. it's only the second week on the job how do you top this? >> he is marking the weekend with many firsts. on italian television today he did something popes rarely do. >> jon: let lion

napolitano to get the country to .ome together amid all this uncertainty we are joined on the line from rome. hasident giorgio napolitano been returned to office, but italy remains in a state of crisis. what can he be expected to achieve? >> he will be expected to try thatesolve the deadlock has followed the february election. there are a number of possibilities. he most likely one is that will first and foremost be reluctant to use his powers to .issolve parliament grea the sameikely to get deadlock. he was try to put together some of centerleft government that will have one or two , not quite figures along the line of the german grand coalition, but that type of government. indication of the last few days are such that it would not be easy to put that together. >> what all that means is that there's a political deadlock. we have got your's -- europe's third-biggest economy facing problems. what is the likelihood that things will get worse still? >> it is tangible tonight if you are standing outside the parliamentary building. there are thousands gathered in protest. ofs is a country in the

jim bittermann, cnn, rome. >> all right, jim. >>> google copping some heat for its doodle. big holiday and special occasion google chooses a theme for its home page. well, this is the one google picked for easter sunday, a portrait of the late labor organizer and latino civil rights organizer cesar chavez. it's his birthday. folks on twitter are not happy with the choice, angry with google on taking a pass on the religious holiday. this is one of the tweets. damn google. its home page today is dedicated to cesar chavez's birthday. no easter wishes from those atheists. >>> the final four is now set, but that's not what everyone is talking about right now. a louisville player suffers a disturbing and gruesome injury. we'll tell you more about it next. . for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to

abc's alex perez is in rome. >> reporter: proving again his papacy will be different and personal, pope francis joined the crowd at st. peter's square easter sunday smiling, embracing the faithful. at one point accepting a soccer jersey of a popular team in his native argentina. and stopping for poignant moments like this one when he embraced and kissed a disabled child. a massive estimated crowd of 250,000 packed the square. a sign experts say of this pope's appeal. >> you have to really go back to the funeral of john paul ii, 2005, or maybe beatification to find a crowd similar to this. >> reporter: many arrived before sunrise to see francis celebrate his first easter mass as pope. in the three weeks since he was appointed the 76-year-old has angered some conservatives in the church. who argue he should act more like predecessors. for many his style is a step in the right direction. >> i just think people are ready for change. i do. they're hoping he brings some change. >> reporter: that renewed support is the shot in the arm new york's cardinal timothy dolan believes the church despe

jim bitterman, cnn, rome. >> all right, jim. >>> google copping some heat for its doodle. every big holiday and special occasion google chooses a theme for its home page. well, this is one google picked for easter sunday, a portrait of the late labor organizer and latino civil rights organizer cesar chavs chavez. it's his birthday. folks on twitter not happy with the choice, angry on taking a pass on the religious holiday. this is one of the tweets. damn google:its home page today is dedicated to cesar chavez's birthday. no easter wishes for those-at-ists. >>> the final four is now set, but that's not what everyone is talking about right now. a louisville player suffers a disturbing and gruesome injury. we'll tell you more about it next. , lesser-known counterpart. conquer them with the exhilarating is 250. get great values on your favorite lexus models during the command performance sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. ...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke.

. >> stephen: sure, sure that was rome though. are you saying americans are romans?no, i'm saying we have the wrong attitude towards incarcerated people. i would suggest if 70% of the people behind bars are addicts we would do far better off for treating them for addiction when which is the cause of criminal behavior as opposed to allowing them to languish behind bars streench three strike your out. don't listen to this. [cheers and applause] , many of these people are addicts in the audience. you were tough on crime. >> that was me. and now, hopefully i'm educated by virtue of having worked with these women and realize that they started from a very different place than i did. >> stephen: did you think about guys like david vitter. >> yes. >> stephen: or bill clinton. >> yes. >> stephen: who had heterosexual scandals and maintained their political career and yet you had a homosexual and couldn't maintain your career. is the new gay rights struggle the right to have a gay scandal and remain in politics? >> i think that's probably on the edge of the civil rights -- i d

and there is recognition that berlin is looking increasingly isolated facing criticism not only in rome and athens but also paris and even in brussels, but the chancellor is maintaining a stoic, and termination, perhaps not least because we are now entering the hotter phase of the pre-election campaign. >> melinda, thank you so very much. >> are the domestic front in germany, germans are getting nervous about the austerity measures implemented in other parts of europe according to the gfk consumer research company says that the passion for saving is taking a hit. >> the type book -- take away from the cyprus bailout and the bank levy is to spend cash now 1 hardt i suspect -- on hard assets and precedent has been set for confiscation. >> german's postal workers are set to get a 5.7% pay raise. increased wages mean consumer spending remains brisk in germany. pay hikes are generally higher than the inflation rate of 1.2%, said the gains are real. germans would rather spend than wait around for the state to come and take a cut. >> the willingness to save is at a historic low. the events in