this was in bethlehem just before midnight. no bon waone was hurt, but both vehicles were seriously damaged. >>> and frank gillam junior will take the oath of office at noon. before this, the 47-year-old was a member of city council. >>> vacation adventure to costa rica ends in tragedy for a new york family. a mother, father and three sons are among 12 people killed in this plane crash. 10 americans died as well as two local crew members. the steinberg faechlg scarmily scarsdale was headed to costa rica for their last stop on their trip when the plane crashed into a mountain. the cause of the crash is not yet known. >>> strange popping sounds and small explosions at this fire brought a big response from emergency crews. the fire was at an outbuilding at the summerville farm yesterday afternoon. the building had various equipment and make shift office. the farmer was inside and suffered minor injuries. the investigators say it pairs the fire was accidental. >>> the eagles ended their regular season with an ugly loss to dallas. c

officials had to flee an event in the city of bethlehem after angry protesters stormed the building they were in. no no no no no. no no no no. call that had been a business meeting at the bethlehem chamber of commerce and industry protesters arrived with a bather condemning donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital after a minor trashes the meeting was cut short but before leaving the building the americans were given a clear message. that you should. go. and the story did not end there palestinian protesters then ran out of the building and threw tomatoes at the diplomatic cars that were trying to flee the scene. and there are scrapes wasn't that easy either as you can see from this video palestinians trying to gain entry to the vehicles artie's paulus lear has more of what sparked all the trouble. but this is just the latest incident in a string of protests that have been taking place on the palestinian street ever since the american president donald trump made an announcement back in the beginning of december saying that he recognized jerusalem as israel's cap

bethlehem, 32. new holland, 29. fortescue, 32. cinnaminson, 36 degrees. satellite and radar we're seeing mainly clear conditions right now. a couple of clouds to the north, most of the activity should stay to the north, north of interstate 80. there's the forecast, today, sunny skies, just a few clouds and a high of 56 degrees absolutely balmy for this time of year. as a matter of fact we have foyer of these in a row coming up. not just today, it's tomorrow, monday abbey -- and tuesday. i'll be back along and let you know when the spell comes to an end. we'll run that down for you and eagles game coming up. >> we're talking game time for the eagles championship, you can feel the excitement in the air, fans are aching for a victory and the birds are gearing up to bring home the trophy. doug peterson said the team is ready for the big game. the birds were at the linc yesterday where they were preparing to face the minnesota vikings sunday night in the off-season coach peterson said he felt his team had super bowl talent. we're just one win away from the gam

saturday marks christmas eve for many orthodox christians but the mood has been far from festive in bethlehem story and more right up to. express your true self and america. is being counted out to fit the nations left behind but as history shows or just a few years ago the man who said to have created the cyber currency reportedly holds around seventeen billion dollars worth but needless to say it's not been plain sailing for everyone here's some examples one man accidentally threw away thousands of bitcoin when his hard drive broke and twenty thirteen famously a hungry customer paid twenty thousand bitcoin for two pizzas a year few years ago which is a hundred and sixty million dollars today ten million a slice and this person was jailed for money laundering after he sold his coin to someone involved in illegal narcotics for more on the pros and cons we heard from some financial commentators. i am sure that it is our level in fact is probably the biggest bubble i've ever seen in my career as an investor and i've seen quite a few bubbles and i'm familiar with the psychology that surrounds th

bethlehem is included in a winter weather advisory. as there could be some freezing rain overnight, and into early tomorrow morning. no winter weather advisory for rehobeth beach. it is foggy and damp. see how wet the boardwalk s see the fog shrouding the lights as the system finally starts to wind down just a bit but still have several hours to go with it. this is a very large storm. you can see this area of rain, very heavy, lifting through portions of northern virginia, that's still yet to come through. then snow is breaking out on the back side of this storm. so right now there is a little bit after break in the action. steady rain moved through around 9:00 or so. now, little bit after break. then another round of it, comes through about 2:00 a.m. temperatures now see the cold air just poised to move in. still warm. sixty-two in the city. sixty-two in trenton. 59 degrees down in mill individual. we zoom out, look at all of this cold air waiting in the wings. it is in the 20's in atlanta. birmingham, nashville, 20 in columbus, and l

bethlehem is the home of the little marshmallow candy known across the country. and it lights up, too. >>> new this morning, president donald trump sounded an upbeat tone as he prepared to ring in the new year yesterday. the president and first lady arrived with their son barron at the new year's eve gala at mar-a-lago. the president offered optimistic words. he said the year is already off to a great start with the new tax bill specifically because of the corporate tax cuts and getting rid of the individual health care mandate. he also expects to see big gains in the stock market. >>> kim jong-un sent a new year's message to the united states. he said the u.s. must know that his country see nuclear forces are now a reality, but not a threat. he said north korea had achieved the historic feat of completing its nuclear forces in 2017 and that all of the u.s. is within the range of north korea's weapons. >>> new this morning, if your new year's resolution is to improve your financial situation, you are not alone. one in four americans make resolutions every year. a

london with the world's economic forum. >> live look at the lehigh valley from high atop the hotel bethlehem. we're in for a weaken warm up. but there is cents a catch. today is friday, january the 26th, good morning, i'm jim donovan, rahel solomon is off. katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things, this morning , holding down the

there are people in bethlehem who record donald trump as a pariah. this woman is worried about the president's temperament.” don't think he has a real grasp on any kind of reality in a way. you know, in a theatrical reality his great. but as far as leading our country, i think he has no clue what he is doing. i don't think he realises the seriousness of it. people in the communities are not consumed by the fire and fury gossip from the white house. they're not following every twist and tweet. maybejudge his president with following every twist and tweet. maybe judge his president with an economic yard stick and many feel better off than they did this time last year. for all the chaos in washington there is a sense of resurgence in the rust belt. david, despite that report, with the protests a nd david, despite that report, with the protests and the shut down, this is not the sort of weekend the president would have really liked to have had one year on from his inauguration. not exactly. the president was due to be guest of honour at a fund—raisin

we're definitely still feeling the chill for sure, when we look at main street here in bethlehem from hotel bethlehem we're facing south visibility is totally clear but when we see that sheen on the road you need to just assume it could be slick. i will bet money that main street in fact got treated but key here is don't assume anything because you know, with the temperatures still below freezing regional wide we have to expect it could be slick. as we go next to a different shot we will go up to the poconos where it does not peer as though they are making their own snow right now. one issue that comes our way in the days ahead is warming trend certainly when it comes to the snow, melt for places like this you don't want that to happen but with the rain that comes our way i have a feeling we could have flash flooding by weeks end as we are looking ahead to the rainfall totals we may be facing. all of that rain is in tandem with snow melt could pose some problems. for now at least things are very quiet, we will look at storm scan at a wide zoom and no more than a few cloud on the satel

saturday marks christmas eve for many orthodox christians but the mood has been far from festive in bethlehem the story and plenty more right after this. but politicians do you suppose you think. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so. you want to be president and she. wanted us. to go right for us this is what the full story of the more people are. interested in the waters of. the roller coaster ride for a bit coin seems to be on the way all again after near forty percent slump recently it is currently just below the seventeen thousand dollars mark after hitting highs i can't even reach a twenty thousand k. last year here's a quick reminder of the journey so far. bitcoin has hit a financial milestone not reached in almost four centuries it's taken over the title of biggest bubble in history for what was known as chile mania in the netherlands. value has surged by around sixty times in the last three years that's considerably faster than shoot bulbs in the seventeenth century which were at one point worth ten years of a skilled craftsman. back then prices were driven

bet bethlehem 23. midnight was our high today and we fell temperaturewise. b bedminster 23. malvern, 21. unionville, 21 degrees. let's make one more stop. we head right into philadelphia and check out the temperatures. 26 at the airport. park side 24. port richmond at 27 degrees. summerton, 25. chestnut hill at 24. and bustleton at 27 degrees. so no giant warm-up today. in fact, the temperatures will trend down. here's our trend this evening. upper teens and low 20s across most of the area when you wake up under clear skies. after that, we are going to launch with a beautiful weekend ahead. we'll talk about that when i come back in a few minutes. >>> helping south jersey students beyond the classroom. today big brothers/big sisters kicks off the first beyond school walls workplace mentoring program. the organization is teaming up with the municipality to offer students a unique experience. >> kids will get a chance to learn what goes on behind the scenes in government. look at how the sausage is being made. but they spend a lot of time with their mentor n with an adult who i

in northampton county on main street in be bethlehem school district lucky for you if you you didn't get homework done we have a sno day. not ideal conditions but there are a few folks trying to make the trek here. looking at s scan three we have snow currently working its way through obviously but note it is very much location basedorecast. would i say 23rd are seeing snow whether it is light to moderate in everyone is included in the winter weather advisory. you need to think about where you are located and how this forecast will be impacting you i should say of the snow accumulation will happen in the areas and pink shaded where it is winter storm warning up until 11:00 this morning for fically. if you have plans to go skiing today, fantastic news for you trying to get up to the slopes but currently we are in the mid to upper 30's, that is why we have mixing taking place it is cold enough though in philadelphia that we have seen some snow, it is a light accumulation that we're anticipating at this point probably on the lower even of the one to 3-inch range that we have in place bu

it has been a god send for me. >> that is why he plans on being the first customers in bethlehem. the first marijuana dispensary in pennsylvania and officially opened today. dr. rachel lav was there for the ribbon cutting and says that this facility will stand as an important part of governor wolf's legacy. he worked in a bipartisan fashion with the legislature to have excellent legislation and our team at the department of health is working day and night to get medical marijuana into the hands of people that need it. >> not everybody is celebrating. people that live father by saying that local officials did a poor job of notifying them selling it >> i was never contacted i am . prettyneig shbhoe i'm concerned. rom the dispensary say that it will not take long for t community to realize this is no different than opening a pharmacy or tice. >> take the opportunity to educate yourself of what exists currently. the literature and evidence overwhelmingly. cannibis marijuana is medicine. >> if you want to find out more which disorders qualify or how to get a marijuana i.d. card. a link

still to come: from moscow to bethlehem and beyond, orthodox christians are beginning their celebrations of the eastern christmas. an ambulance service has apologised to the family of a pensioner who died after waiting nearly four hours for help to arrive. the 81—year—old woman had rung 999 complaining of chest pain. the east of england service said it was stretched, and had warned of the pressures its staff and the nhs were facing. our correspondent, sarah campbell, reports from clacton in essex. we don't know the name of the woman who died, but we do know some of the details of her tragic death. she rang 999 on tuesday evening, and waited and waited. after around an hour and a half, the ambulance service did ring her, but it wasn't for a further two hours before a crew finally arrived. they had to break into her house. they found her unconscious, not breathing, and she couldn't be saved. the paramedics who found her are said be devastated. sirens. the period over new year was, according to the local ambulance service here in essex, the busiest ever. on the day in question, they rec

that had been in business meeting at the bethlehem chamber of commerce and then this. protesters arrived with a banner condemning donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital of the minor clashes the meeting was cut short but before leaving the building the americans were given a very clear message. that you should be. the. story did not and that palestinian protesters then run out of the building and throw tomatoes at the diplomatic. wasn't so easy for the delegates to flee the scene either was palestinians trying to gain entry to the vehicles to get more on what sparked all the anger let's course live to artie's told us live now. paula what exactly happened what caused the fuss. well this is just the latest incident in a string of protests that have been happening on the palestinian street in east jerusalem and indeed in the broader middle east ever since the american president donald trump back in january that washington recognizes jerusalem as israel's capital or so on tuesday afternoon there was a protest in the palestinian city of ramalla

. >>> welcome back, everyone as we take a live look from high atop hotel bethlehem lehigh campus, hundred tane in the distance more van in the fore ground very quiet beginning to the day, a chill in the air though, however, it is a cold day coming up here. that is the main weather head line regional wide but we have been seeing over my shoulder here a couple of stray flurries flying through not finding anything yet but it is something you might net is in south jersey at this point. look at this all the way up to the northern terrain here higher terrain up outside pleasant valley middle and high school at broadheadville, 20 degrees cold start but if you go near delaware we have a flood watch posted until this afternoon for yet another ice jam working its way down the delaware river. at this point watch extend to northampton county and across border into new jersey, obviously strictly an issue at the river but bethlehem is included, easton is included, so is stroudberg so as of now that is in effect something to worth mention if that does move south i'll let you know. is there full screen a

business delegations visit to the city of bethlehem. nobody. took place at a meeting of the bethlehem chamber of commerce and industry protesters arrived with a van condemning donald trump after minor scuffles the meeting was cut short the team's policy has more on the anger caused by the ongoing jerusalem controversy. well this is just the latest incident in a string of protests that has been taking place on the palestinian street there were protests in front of the palestinian prime minister's office in the west bank city of ramallah now there they were protesting against of induction of services being offered by the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees the protests and go on the palestinian street have gone as far as to enter the israeli. elemental the israeli knesset where just last week the american vice president mike pence was visiting as he stood up to speak a group of arab lawmakers who constitute the third largest faction in the israeli parliament started shouting and holding up banners with anti american me

now, this is main street up in historic bethlehem. but i would dare to guess some of the side streets within the more avenue jane campus for example and certainly since very hilly area, you're trying to get to class at lehigh maybe, this could definitely be attributing i commute for you, whether you are you can walking or just trying to drive in. so it is not just here. it is everywhere. the temperatures do really need some time before they're going to have the opportunity to rebound any further than just at or below freezing, so that's basically what's being reflected among the eyewitness weather watch they are morning , we've got you in the 20's, for the most part, across the board, couple of outline ers where it is even miler or colder, but we zoom in on one or two of these 20 degrees, at john jenkins house, so definitely still cold enough to keep the ice on the ground, and, you know, channel little vanilla ice in his comment here. ice, ice, baby, adding extra ice in there. let's go to one more for you, into new jersey, go on, to o

saturday marks christmas eve for many orthodox christians but the mood has been far from festive in bethlehem that story on plenty more right after this. little walk so you on the idea of dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that. you talk to try to tell you that because of the public eye fell. off the bad guys and tell you you are not cool enough to buy their product. these are the hawks that we along the border will walk. be in debt is to express your true self as an american and part of the western. culture card debt is by definition your identity your credit score is who you are and you can buy social media as are doing in china any time you step out a line if you spit on the subway your social media index is degraded and your cost of funds goes higher and you get deeper into the casino goulet. a low again the rumor coaster ride for a big corn seems to be on the way up again after a near forty percent slump recently it's currently hovering around the seventeen thousand dollar mark after hitting highs of that figure a way up there or twenty k.

bethlehem is included in a winter weather advisory. as there could be some freezing rain overnight, and into early tomorrow morng beach. it is foggy and damp. see how wet the boardwalk s see the fog shrouding the lights as the system finally starts to wind down just a bit but still have several hours to go with it. this is a very large storm. you can see this area of rain, very heavy, lifting through portions of northern virginia, that's still yet to come through. then snow is breaking out on the back se of this storm. so right now there is a little bit after break in the action. steady rain moved through around 9:00 or so. now, little bit after break. then another round of it, comes through about 2:00 a.m. temperatures now see the cold air just poised to move in. still warm. sixty-two in the city. sixty-two in trenton. 59 degrees down in mill individual. we zoom out, look at all of this cold air waiting in the wings. it is in the 20's in atlanta. birmingham, nashville, 20 in columbus, and look at this cold, below zero right now in min

snow that's falling and in fact, the farther east you move through the lehigh valley, especially into bethlehem and then easton, the higher the snowfall amounts wind up being and in a moment we'll talk more about where we think we're going to wind up more or less at the end of all of this. won't be that much accumulation in philadelphia but the farther you step up to the northern and western suburbs we expect this to get more significant. this is going to be out of here a little bit after the rush hour this morning. as we take a lookhave a wet phia international airport and maybe a little bit icy here or there where they haven't treated but anything that has been treated should be doing pretty well officially at the airport the temperature is still above freezing. in fact here it is. we have slipped from 35 to 34 and we do expect the numbers to drop a little bit as we go through the morning and then hold closer to the freezing mark later today. but for now we're still at 34. winds 10 miles per hour. a wind chill currently making it feel like it's 26. current temperatures across the region, thou

have appeared after the bright kids the eve of orthodox christmas but still no peace in bethlehem we'll tell you why. what the politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to be preached. to the right to be press it's like before you know more people are. interested always in the water. there should. here's what people have been saying about redacted and. the show i go out of my way to. really pack them. all over a party americans do the same. apparently better than. i see heard of. jack tonight president of the world bank. sent us an email. into twenty eighteen some stories not change the course like bit coy and now the roller coaster ride for it seems to be on the way up again after that near forty percent recently currently it's around the sixteen thousand dollars those big highs a twenty last year is a quick reminder of his journey so far. bitcoin has hit a financial milestone not reached in almost four centuries it's taken over the title of biggest bubble in history for what was known as mania in

and in bethlehem, orthodox christians have been attending midnight mass at the church of the nativity in the town. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, was among the congregation. and now for some history from the bbc witness team. we're going back to 1967 and to one of the great land and speed record holders of the 20th century. donald campbell was attempting his latest record at lake coniston in the north of england when things went badly wrong. witness has spoken to gina campbell about her father. my my dad was donald campbell, and in the 1930s, my dad was donald campbell, and in the 19305, 19405, 19505 and 19605, my father and my grandfather were both the most prolific land and water speed record ra kers both the most prolific land and water speed record rakers of the year. —— breakers. they were pioneers. when you thought better car back and could maximum speed of 50 miles an hour, and somebody pushesit 50 miles an hour, and somebody pushes it over 100, then to 200, then to 300. i think it is a rollercoaster, you know? you break a record and everybody comes gushing up re

that's not too far away from allentown and bethlehem but i think you've got more accumulation to go. having said that this is going to be pushing over to the east fairly quickly this morning and i think by about 8 o'clock to maybe 9 o'clock, we're going to see this really shoot over to the east and start to dry out. philadelphia could be out from that under this as soon as 9 o'clock, maybe as soon as 8 o'clock up in allentown and out in reading and lancaster. we'll continue to monitor this. as we take a look outside we have sky6, the airport looking mainly wet even though we have changed over to snow at the airport. it's not looking like we'll get much accumulation out of this in and around philadelphia. the better accumulations are in the northern and western suburbs and even then it's only a few inches. 34 degrees currently in philadelphia but down to 33 in wilmington, 34 in trenton. keep in mind that these are numbers that we get updated the at the top of the hour from the national weather service so it's possible in 15 minutes we'll get a lower number. 28 in lancaster. anywhere i

and in bethlehem, 0rthodox christians have been attending midnight mass at the church of the nativity in the town. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, was among the congregation. hello there. sunday is set to be another very cold day. we have clear skies which is set to bring us a good deal of sunshine by day, but dawn could well look something like this. a lot of sharp frost around, the potential for temperatures close to —15 degrees across the sheltered glens of scotland. so a very cold start with some icy stretches to watch out for as well. a lot of sunshine on offer, though, as we move through the day on sunday. let's look at the morning. it's across the rural glens of scotland that we will have the coldest temperatures, as i say, potentially close to —15. around about —8 eight by 9am. a few showers for the northern isles of scotland. down across northern ireland and northern england, lots of sparkling sunshine, frosty — watch out for some icy stretches, particularly where we have had some showers. there could still be a few showers across the north—east of england

i mean right now is a broken bethlehem off to palestinian part. testers try to block the convoy of the local patriarca greek orthodoxy that he's facing recent backlash from palestinians for allegedly selling property in jerusalem for the jewish community tomorrow meantime of course marks christmas day in the orthodox calendar. i i. i i. i. i. i. i i celebrations and services usually take place on orthodox christmas eve which this saturday these pictures from celebration in turkey. will bring special coverage of the celebrations here in russia to a little bit later on this saturday evening few hours so maybe stay with us for that. now in theory you're meant to be fighting fit if you're in the army aren't you but these soldiers i'm a shoulder here from spain the worry is not seems they're fighting fat they've been put in a crash diet in fact after the military feared they damage the units reputation of being just a tad too portly. who . has ended up in a situation that requires a series of measures to reduce excess weight among its personnel. just a

looking live at bethlehem northampton county where the snow is, coming down, there. this is one spot that could get 3 inches before the storm wraps up tomorrow. >> and the philadelphia streets department says it is ready for another round, "eyewitness news" was there as plow trucks loaded up with the salt, streets department had 70 trucks and 40,000 tons of salt available. a salting is the number one priority with this storm, however, crews will be prepared to plow, if necessary >>> and it is not just philadelphia road crews all across the region are getting ready for this latest blast. >> alycia nieves is in camden county tonight, alycia. >> reporter: ukee and jessica from here and new jersey parts of the delaware to all over pennsylvania, and crews have been out all day preparing some, since last night, now this salt barn just behind me here there were a line of salt trucks a few hours ago those trucks have moved on, they are outside on the roadway pretreating them all over camden county. snow preparations are underway , all over the region, in norristown this penn

we are live on the scene of breaking news in bethlehem township. police are dealing with a barricaded suspect that already fired gunshots early this morning. this area as you can see has forced a shelter in place order for residents. they can't go outside, stay away from windows and doors. they need the neighborhood's cooperation as they negotiate with the suspect. we will continue to update on the air and on the nbc10 app. >>> four minutes before 9:00. let's update the forecast with firth alert meteorologist bill henley. >> we started with rain and snow at the shores in ocean city. starting to dry out there. clouds are building. waiting for the snow to move in. already arriving in wilmington. this is the view from the stadium. you see light snowflakes. only light snow through the day. you see it in newark and westchester. the first band moves in, stays with us much of the morning. very light accumulation. likely sticking to the grass rather than roadways. tracy. >>> speaking of roadways, let's check the roads with jessica boyington. >> this is mov

officials had to flee an event in the west bank city of bethlehem after angry protesters stormed the building. without it being a business meeting at the bethlehem chamber of commerce and industry protestors arrived with a banner that condemned donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as these really capital the money clashes the meeting was cut short before leaving the building the americans were given a clear message. and the story didn't end there palestinian protesters then ran out of the building and throw tomatoes at diplomatic cars as they tried to flee the scene. and there was great wasn't easy either as you see from our video palestinians tried to gain entry to the vehicles all this lee has more now on what sparked the commotion. but this is just the latest incident in a string of protests that have been taking place on the palestinian street ever since the american president donald trump made an announcement back in the beginning of december saying that he recognized jerusalem as israel's capital also on tuesday there were protests in front of the palestinian prime mi

and in bethlehem, orthodox christians have been attending midnight mass at the church of the nativity in the town. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among the congregation. and egyptian coptic christians have celebrated the start of their christmas. president sisi joined the head of the church pope tawadros the second as he led midnight mass at a cathedral east of cairo. police have increased security at the country's churches after fears of possible attacks. a gunman killed at least 11 people last week in attacks on a coptic church and a christian—owned shop near cairo. it was the latest in several attacks on the minority in recent years. much more on our website. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm at bbc reged ahmad. see you soon. hello there. sunday is set to be another very cold day, we have clear skies which is set to bring a good deal of sunshine by day but will look something like this, a lot of sharp frost around, potential that averages close to —15 degrees across the sheltered lens of scotland. so a very cold start w

do absolutely nothing they don't want him here he doesn't plan to come here he should have gone to bethlehem to meet christian leaders in the first attempted visit but christian leaders many of them don't want to see him either this is a going to be a particularly prickly affair the only thing that will go well is his meeting with israeli politicians all right andrea thank you very much for that for now that anderson is joining us live from ramallah thank you still ahead on the button. that go shading with this white house is like negotiating with jell-o. deep political divisions in the u.s. where stalemate between republicans and democrats has forced a government shutdown and a child health crisis why military paramedics are being deployed to indonesia's remote popular region. welcome back now a look at the weather conditions across asia and in northeastern areas and behind this frontal system we've got some cold air now there's going to be a frontal wave developing which will push up across parts of japan it's twenty four hours so things are going to turn much much colder with the high ris

of that had been a business meeting at the bethlehem chamber of commerce and industry protesters arrive for the banner condemning donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital after minor clashes the meeting was cut short but before leaving the building the americans were given a clear message. saying you know you. used. to. run a story didn't end there palestinian protesters then ran after the building and threw tomatoes at the diplomatic cars that were trying to flee the scene. i. had their escape wasn't that easy either as you can see from this video palestinians trying to get into their vehicles artie's post here has more of what sparked all the trouble. with us is just the latest incident in a string of protests that have been taking place on the palestinian street ever since the american president donald trump made an announcement back in the beginning of december saying that he recognizes jerusalem as israel's capital also on choose stay there were protests in front of the palestinian prime minister's office in the west bank city of ramallah now there they we

officials had to flee an event in the city of bethlehem off to angry protesters stormed the building they were in lucknow. the. one that had been a business meeting actually bethlehem chamber of commerce and industry protesters arrive for the banner condemning donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital after mine attractions the meeting was cut short but before leaving the building the americans were given a clear message. and the story did not send their palestinian protesters then ran out of the building and threw tomatoes at the diplomatic cars that were trying to flee the scene. and they're escaping wasn't that easy either as you can see from this video palestinians trying to gain entry into the vehicles are to support a slayer has more on what sparked all the trouble. but this is just the latest incident in a string of protests that have been taking place on the palestinian street ever since the american president donald trump made an announcement back in the beginning of december saying that he recognized jerusalem as israel's capital also on tuesday the

palestinians have boycotted pence's as it anderson is reports from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. there may be some expression of mood here as mike pence is hosted by the israelis less than five kilometers from the other side of the separation but right across the occupied west bank the anger is subdued this is the same district that all too frequently sees confrontation between protesters and israeli forces in a rehabilitation hospital a short distance away lies a teenager who has nothing to do with the protests but just in the wrong place at the wrong time just over a fortnight ago. i am not with the but the line with us and all i wanted to do was go to school to take an exam and i was shot says has some miss her who is power lies from the waist down. he says he was about to get on a school bus and shooting broke out as israeli forces on a raid withdrew they'd met resistance some distance away from where he stood he's depressed and doesn't want to talk about mike pence and he says protesting against the visit won't have any effect right now the biggest activity in manger square

officials had to flee an event in the west bank city of bethlehem and the angry protesters stormed the building they were in. god. now that it's been a business meeting at the bethlehem chamber of commerce and industry protesters the right of the banner condemning donald trump's decision to recognize to receive them at the capital of israel the money clashes the meeting was cut short before leaving the building the americans were given a clear message. of the. mood of the. on the story didn't end there palestinian protesters then ran out of the building and threw tomatoes at the diplomatic cars as they were trying to flee the scene. the escape wasn't easy either as you can see here from this video palestinians tried to gain entry to the vehicles has more now on what sparked all the commotion . but this is just the latest incident in a string of protests that has been taking place on the palestinian street ever since the american president donald trump made an announcement back in the beginning of december saying that he recognized jerusalem as israel's capital also on tuesday there wer

officials had to flee an event in the west bank city of bethlehem after an angry protesters stormed the building by when. the the. the name. of the. let's not get more details on the story from paulus point out what exactly happened because the folks. oh as you saw there a group of angry palestinian protesters stormed a business meeting that was happening in the palestinian city of bethlehem meeting with representatives of the. chamber of commerce and industry and a group of americans now the protesters hold up a banner condemning the recent announcement by the american president donald trump to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital they shall to americans out and they threw tomatoes at the american delegation now the delegation itself managed to escape in vehicles that had diplomatic license plates but it's still not immediately clear who they are or who they were but there are no reports of injuries now the u.s. state department has issued a statement in which it has condemned the violence it talks about intimidation and protest is and says that this meeting was part of the long ter

officials had to flee an event in the city of bethlehem after angry protesters stormed the building they were in lucknow. the. call that had been a business meeting at the bethlehem chamber of commerce and industry protesters arrived with a banner condemning donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital after my natasha's the meeting was cut short before leaving the building the americans were given a clear message. and the story didn't end there palestinian protesters then ran out of the building and threw tomatoes at the diplomatic cars that were trying to flee the scene. i. their escape wasn't that easy either as you can see from this video palestinians trying to get into their vehicles artie's posterior has more of what sparked all the trouble. but this is just the latest incident in a string of protests that have been taking place on the palestinian street ever since the american president donald trump made an announcement back in the beginning of december saying that he recognized jerusalem as israel's capital also on choose day there were protests in front of

on his tour of asia, and reported on the archbishop of canterbury's christmas day message, and from bethlehem on the preparations for christmas there. it is in this place, where borders and walls fortify a sense of identity and religious separation, that the christian church is seeking to spread its message of peace and goodwill at christmas. merry christmas! at canterbury cathedral, archbishop justin welby said that although christ was born without any political leverage, he provides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders. pope francis praised the united nations, but he did not refer to the un's accusation that myanmar had been involved in ethnic cleansing. and while he said the future of this nation must include all races and religions, he did not use the word rohingya. well, martin bashir is with me now. welcome to the programme. the status of religion in news coverage has clearly gone up, as you are now editor and not just a clearly gone up, as you are now editor and notjust a correspondent. in admission perhaps that the bbc hasn't been doing enough on it? we h

he is a conservative christian he wants to go to bethlehem but sticking with jordan jordan feels left out seventy percent of of jordan's jordanians are in fact palestinian in terms of their origins and they were really factored in in the approach from the u.s. when it hit hard with that december the six announcement from trump that in fact the u.s. would recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel so what is ensued is a real pressure on the jordanian u.s. connection that was a long long time that you look back over this friendly relations between jordan and the u.s. they are really at stake now you've heard that diplomatic approach hard to hear approach from parents around the round table saying all the usual things two state solution a boundary will be respected well that's not really on the cards it's not what. we've been hearing from the u.s. president and there is an anger building up the mood has been described like this by a former foreign minister in jordan where this is being it's the to do officially as a business trip and therefore jordan is going to be more than keen to he

and the feast of the epiphany january six is said to be the day on which the three kings arrived in bethlehem but it's also the date on which john the baptist baptized jesus christ which is why christians in some countries marked the day with watery events sells and stuck to the chilly waters across bulgaria in a traditional epiphany ritual the priest throws a cross into the water to symbolize the baptism of christ but retrieving the cross brings this woman good luck for the year ahead. of the christian faiths observe appear to need to recall the legend of the three wise men who followed us to find the infant jesus in germany children dressed as the three kings of orient and go door to door singing collecting money for charity not even germany's president could escape. the feast of the appear fanie falls on the same day as the start of the orthodox christmas at the vatican pope francis marked the catholic festival and also reached out to orthodox christians. some eastern churches catholic and orthodox are celebrating christmas today. may this glorious celebration be a source of new spiritual

. >> and news of a deadly blaze in bethlehem. adam? >> temperatures right now are in the 30s, not that bad across the area. we'll talk about the january thaw for an extended period of time. >> in health check, researchers are excited about a cancer screening test. ducis rodgers back with more on the eagles getting ready for the championship game when "action news" continues. >> a raging house fire has claimed the home of a family in lehigh valley. there was no word on the identity of the victim who was inside the home. tonight the enormous sinkhole that opened in the fish town section of philadelphia is keeping crews busy and preventing water service to the entire block of tag gart street off of norris. the 30-foot by 30-foot chasm opened just before noon forcing the evacuation of six homes. no word on what caused the sinkhole or how long it will take to fix. >> the family of tom petty are confirming suspicions about his death. the coroner's office confirmed he died of a drug overdose. he was taking medications for emphysema, a fractur

scuffles broke out in bethlehem as the greek orthodox patriarch for the holy land arrived to celebrate orthodox christmas protesters clashed with police and churchgoers as the lot the awfulness the third made his way to the church of the nativity palestinians accuse the group patriarch of selling land to israelis in favorable deals. bitter winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking lows parts of the u.s. and canada are seeing wind chills at around minus thirty degrees celsius in massachusetts city streets are turning into frozen fields of ice and snow. the biggest storm surges in massachusetts and three decades and that minus twenty nine degrees celsius water is literally freezing in the streets here. traffic is frozen to those hoping to get into their cars will just have to wait until the ice falls. we're keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants to question global warming just to see what a flood flood zones are those loans didn't flood thirty years ago weather agencies are calling it a

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orthodox christians in the west bank turned out to attend christmas eve mass and bethlehem's church of the nativity the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem the office the third presided over midnight mass palestinian president mahmoud abbas also attended the service. in egypt president. made a symbolic appearance at an orthodox christmas mass amidst high security to protect egypt's minority christians from possible attacks by is the most militants cc's visit was seen as a show of solidarity. with two men who are our family you are part of us they are all one christians and muslims yes and no one can ever divide us. in moscow russian patriarch kirill held christmas mass in the city's opulent christ the savior cathedral in a ceremony rich in song. like the other orthodox christian denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january six. key talks are getting underway here in germany on possibly forming a new government a