meant the roman kingdom. it meant the roman empire. when you talked about the kingdom of god and were somehow setting it up in some tension with the roman empire, you were making a very caustic criticism of the roman empire, and you were saying that its system was not the system of god. >> the jewish historian josephus tells us a number of stories about characters whose career could be crudely summarized as following: some guy wakes up in the morning and he thinks he's the messiah or something, or he's a prophet. and he says... he gets a group of people to follow him. he says, "we're going to go out in the desert and we're going to wait for god to do something for us." so a whole bunch of people may go with him-- maybe thousands-- go with him out to this deserted, unsecured place, and they wait for what josephus calls "the tokens of their deliverance." and the romans send a vicious police action out there and kill everybody. when that kind of police action is perpetrated against what we might consider harmless fanatics, the romans are

the romans created an army of martyrs. >> the roman policy was a big mistake. they should have tried persecuting the rank and file and let the leaders wither on the vine, so to speak. i can't remember a single great christian leader who aposticized under torture and who denounced jesus christ instead of being put to the sword. >> we find people mocking it. we find people saying they go to their deaths because they believe that there's life after death and mocking that. but it does seem to have been a driving force that attracted people. >> life after death, a driving force, despite the romans' brutal oppression. but christianity was also addressing the needs of this life. >> some people have thought that the christians' attention to social needs is what attracted people to this faith. here was a community of people that saw one another as brothers and sisters, that gathered together weekly for worship, that took care of the needs of one another, that collected alms for the poor. >> late in the 2nd century, when plague wiped out millions, a third of the roman em

and then under the romans. people asking the question when is our god actually going to do what he said he was going to do. when is he going to act to transform our situation and bring justice and peace to the world. >> regardless of the facts and fiction and faith, the nativity stories become much more meaningful when we know the history of the first century in the holy land. >> most christians today think of christmas as a cute family festival with presents and christmas trees and so on. it's actually the most powerful and subversive thing that we could be celebrating. it's about the entire overthrow of the way the world is and it's replacement with a different sort of world all together. instead of power being about the big boys bullying everybody into submission, this is as jesus himself said about someone who didn't come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. that is spiritually powerful. it is also politically dynamite. >> we'll return to bethlehem for a tour of the church of

it was front to the roman rulers. >> you have to realize the romans were ruling all of these different native people. if they allowed the jews to rebel successfully and gain independence what would have happened? their empire would have fallen apart because of all of these other people would have said the jews did it we can do it, too. we have a town frozen in time in the year 67 a.d. the moment it was destroyed by the romans. that's what makes it so special. >> at least 5,000 jews died at gama others may have escaped. it was abandoned for 2,000 years. the ruins and artifacts found here tell us how people lived in the first century. >> life was much like village life through out the rest of the roman empire by our modern standards it was dirty it was not high genic or sanitary but those were the conditions people lived in normally as the course of everyday life 2,000 years ago. >> what was life like for a little boy growing up in nazareth? >> you have to go out and work in the field or help your father with whatever his craft was. >> what is this? >> we are in the room of a first centu

and the romans had slavery and it was cheap. so the romans were able to have this sort of social media ecosystem where they passed messages to each other, sometimes several times a day, and looks verse familiar to people -- very familiar to people who use twitter and facebook. >> host: what are the wax tablets? >> guest: the romans had devices which are extraordinary, like modern ipads or smartphones. if you were sending a message within the city of rome, then rather than using a piece of pa pie russ, you might use a wax tablet, which is reusable. so it was wooden and had wax in the middle and you would scratch your message log -- using a sty russ, and it would be sent across the city and the recipient would write and then it was brach to you. sort of roman texting, and also used as a note pad and people learned to write using these things. so they look really astonishingly like ipads. they're the exact same size and shape and a one-inch wide frame around the outside, and quite a lot of examples of roman murals where people are

that wall was an afront to their roman rulers. >> you have to realize that the r romans were ruling all of these different native peoples. if they allowed the jews to gain independence, their empire would have fallen apart, because all of these other peoples would have said, the jews did it, we can do it too. here we have a town frozen in town in 67 a.d., the moment it was destroyed by the romans. >> at least 5,000 jews died here. others may have escaped. and it was abandoned for 2,000 years. these rouen ue -- ruins and the artifacts tell us how people lived here. >> it was life throughout the rest of the mediterranean world. by our modern standards, it was dirty, it was not sanitary. but those were the conditions that people lived in normally as a matter of course of everyday life 2,000 years ago. >> what was life like for a little boy growing up in first century nazareth? >> from a very early age, you have to work in the fields or help your father with whatever his craft was. >> with is this? >> we're in a room of a first century house and we have a grinding stone for grinding grain.

♪ >>> nearly 2,000 years ago, historians tell us, in a remote outpost of the roman empire, three men were crucified on a hill. two of the men were thieves. the third man's crime was mocked by the sign nailed to his cross. jesus of nazareth, king of the jews. jesus himself insisted his throne was in heaven, not of this world. but that didn't matter. the romans saw him as a political nuisance. to his fellow jews he was just another failed messiah. no one even thought to record his death. the story of jesus has transcended generations and cultures. the tail of a routine execution that gave birth to a new religion. yet today 2 billion people believe jesus was the son of god. even as people pledge themselves to follow jesus' teachings we know almost nothing about jesus the man. no other great religious figure, from moses to the bhudda to the prophet mohammed is so shrouded in mystery. >> it's very difficult to classify jesus within a single category, whether he was a sage or a healer or a teacher or a charismatic figure. and i suspect the most accurate response to the question "who was je

there is a concern for roman occupation. pilate has brought his troops into the city of anybody who talks about the kingdom of god and even more, anybody about whom the word goes out, this is a new king, is clearly a political liability. >> not just a liability to the romans but to the jewish hierarchy led by the high priest caiphus. one of the most vivid messages of the gospels, a furious jesus enters the temple to cleanse it of the money changers he finds there. >> overturning the temple tables, the money changers, it was the necessary business of temple work. was it a direct prophetic assault on the religious institution. in a way, he was saying that a new era was beginning. this was about as much as the religious authorities could take. and they put together a plot to turn him over to the romans. >> but first, jesus would fulfill the ritual duties of his religion and eat the passover seder with his friends. a meal known today as the last supper. >> according to our earliest accounts, he knew he was in trouble and likely

he also wrote a history of florence, starting with roman times. and in this great work, he put historical writing onto a new footing, both in terms of its literary content and its scholarly underpinning. and there he lies, his history on his breast, surrounded by wealth of classical detail, his bier supported by the roman eagles and his hope of heaven in the roundel of the virgin and child above his head. this monument in itself is a wordless combination of the christian and the classical. this is the pantheon, the most perfectly preserved temple of ancient rome. scholars like bruni and the artists of renaissance florence had a passionate love affair with antiquity. the humanists recovered and translated the texts, the artists studied the statues and the frescoes. but they were not simply copying the achievements of the ancient world-- they were transforming them. this renaissance design for an ideal city uses classical architecture to create a perfect environment based upon reason and order. and in perhaps the most famous image of man by a renais

the romans saw him as a political nuisance. to his fellow jews, he was just another failed messiah. no one even thought to record his death. the story has transcended generations and cultures. the tale of a routine -- yet from that unlikely beginning a great faith was born. and today, some 2 billion people believe jesus was the son of god. >>> but even as billions of people pledged to follow jesus, we have known not much about jesus the man. no other is so shrouded in mystery. >> it's difficult to classify jesus within a single category, whether he was a sage or a healer or a teacher. and i suspect the most accurate response would be a mix ter of all of these different yitd indications. >> the startling discover of jesus' brother james re-opened the biggest detective story of all-time. the mystery of jesus the man. this is inscribed with a tan that liesing blue. james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. the public was enthralled. from people who flocked to see it on display to biblical scholars around the world. could this be the first physical evidence that jesus walked the earth? so

roman atwood is here. roman atwood a popular prankster. batali a popular prankster. >> i'm in batali's room now. thanks to his mother i'm here a day early. >> watch out. >> that's roman in bed with batali's mom. >> that's his mom? >> yeah. batali's mom. >> she's beautiful. >> she says this is revenge for that april fool's prank that he pulled on me. >> get out. >> so here's the deal. batali had been out partying all night according to roman and was coming home with a lady friend, too. >> your mom? >> batali, a man who gets down to business right away. >> he doesn't know. >> he's watching. here is the moment when he walks in the room. >> [ bleep ]. batali, what are you doing? >> oh! >> now batali, pretty savvy prankster. at first he reads it like, no. >> a prank? >> prank, you guys, this is too far. >> it's not a prank. >> he flips the covers up, then he loses his mind. >> get out! >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> get out. >> oh. >> he's connecting on him. >> [ bleep ]. >> they're trying to tell him it's a joke. she's trying to intervene and

another roman touch was la rue de rivoli. they prepared designs for linking the tuileries gardens with the louvre and started on the interior of the museum itself, where their inventive details can be admired today. the newly constituted louvre became napoleon's domain. he commissioned france's finest artists to glorify his deeds. the most celebrated was jacques louis david. disappointed with the aftermath of the revolution, david had sworn never to trust in men again-- only in ideas, yet he was fascinated by napoleon and quickly succumbed to his spell. when he first met the young general, he said, "oh, my friends, "what a beautiful head he has. "it is pure. it is great. "it is as beautiful as the antique. yes. bonaparte is my hero." decades before the revolution, the encyclopedist diderot had suggested the louvre be used for the public display of the royal collections. afterwards, in 1793, it opened as the museum central des arts. then came the brief but dazzling era of the musee napoleon, filled with loot of his campaigns.

it stands as a symbol of roman ingen eenious. this was one mapped by british archeologists, thomas ashby, who drew the map of the waterways in the 1920s. a starting point for today's archeologists. >> translation: ashby travelled on foot all over, asking locals and farmers for signs. aqueducts. we are continuing his work with the help of modern technology, tracking back 2,000 years of history. >> a history that runs through the backbones of the roman empire. fight. >> our digital producer is here. wa j.

he wasn't roman. he was venetian. he'd come to rome at 19. he climbed over the ruins. he 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

on the other hand, you know, the romans had over 80,000 miles of paved roads in the roman empire. >> but nazareth didn't get one of those? >> nazareth never had one probably until centuries and centuries later. >> life in the first century obviously wasn't easy. today the trip from nazareth to bethlehem takes just a few hours by car. mary and joseph would have needed a week or more on the road. coming up, a very special tour of bethlehem. plus you'll be amazed at some of the archaeological finds and faiths we dig up and why a best-selling book has religious leaders worried. but first the latest headlines from the fox news desk. more shopping. more dining out. and alo with it, more identity theft. by the time this holiday season is over, more than a million identities may be stolen. every time you pull out your wallet, shop online, or hit the road, you give thieves a chance to ruin your holiday. by the time you're done watching this, as many as 35 more identities may be stolen. you can't be on the lookout 24/7 but lifelock can. they're relentless about protecting your identity every m

the people living in darkness without roman culture, roman civilization or law and order. hitler, right? nazi germany published a book of all of hitler's speeches from 1933, very interesting book. the title of the book is the new germany desires work and peace, and they're all peace speeches. if you look at hitler's speeches from 1939 about why he invaded poeland -- and some of his speeches hitler talks about the reason he has to attack poland is poland attacked germany first, and germany has to respond out of self-deespecially. and the polish government is killing innocent german people on german territory, and the germans don't believe in killing innocent women and children. now, if you read "mein kampf" or if you read much about hitler, you know what much of what he was saying isn't what he really believed. he had destructive, devious intentions. but if you want to get the majority of the german population on your side, what's a better argument, fighting for peace and freedom and self-defense, or what he really thought? he could have gotten a percentage of the german po

. >> roman atwood is avi tally's house. apparently they were working on something together. >> i am in tally's bedroom right now. he thinks i'm flying out about for eileen for our april break. so, yeah, that's girlman in. >> she said this is revenge for the april 3rd joke. >> so here's the deal. vitale has been partying all night and is come homg with a lady friend, too. he's a man that gets done to business right away. >> what? >> here is the moment when he walks in the room. >> [ bleep ]. at first he reached and then was like, no. >> he flips the covers up. then he loses his mind. >> oh! >> they're trying to tell him it's a joke. she's trying to intervene and get him to stop. that's not working until eventually he realizes, oh, wait a second. >> does roman get hurt? >> it looks like he got a little banged up. when they start going at each other there -- >> roman better watch out. >> hey, hey. >> that's it for rtm. we'll see you next time. >>> hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. we have all the great videos you've been looki

and author of a staggering number of books, he taught english literature at iona college, roman history at city college in brooklyn college, government and politics at st. john's university, and medieval culture at columbia university. he was also a key figure in and a candidate for the conservative party of new york. he passed away in 1999. henry's wife, and intellectual partner of more than 50 years, was trying to commend her career was no less a lustrous. she was an internationally acclaimed scholar in multi-compared to the livery studies as well as an award-winning playwright, poet and fiction writer. her most enduring critical contributions were seminal works on the playwright edward albee. in addition to leading the council on national literatures for 30 years, she served on the national council for the humanities and is a trustee and chairman of the board of trustees at the city university of new york. she passed away in 2012. it was trying to became the isi in the early 2000s because she recognized isi as a conservative institution with an enduring commitment to culture and to t

now, if the founding fathers had been battling the roman empire i can assure you that the romans to matter how many battlefield deaths they would have -- the fact that this did not happen is because of what happened in the institution that the romans did not have to worry about at least not after the rise of the empire. the was the house of commons parliament. in 1782, a year after, the year after the battle of yorktown there was a close vote in the house of commons to discontinue offensive operations in north america. the vote was 234-215. it was a nail biter but because lord north who was the hard-line prime minister who wanted to prosecute the war against the american rebels he lost that vote and therefore he had to resign office. lord rocking him and his whigs who work committed to a policy of conciliation with their american brothers took office. that i would submit to you was truly where the american revolution was won in something the founding fathers were very well aware of. they tried hard to influence public opinion not only in the american colonies but also in great britain. whe

but initially what he does looks quite roman. so luther is a tee low january -- theologian, and he thinks that the catholic church has going to wrong on the doctrine of indulgences. the church is essentially selling these bits of paper that get you out of purgatory earlier than you otherwise have to after you die, and they're selling these things to fund construction of st. peter's basilica in rome. luther thinks this is fleecing the poor of their savings in order to build this great big testifying of a church. so he draws up a list of reasons why he disagrees with it, 95 of them, in latin, and he says let's have a debate about this, here are the things i think we should debate. and he pins this to the door, and that's how the church door was the university notice board, and people would go, wow, this is hot stuff. so they'd start copying them down and sending them to their friends and discussing them and so far so roman, this is the sort of thing, it's manuscript transmission of latin text, but since the roman period, ambiguitie

the people living in darkness without roman culture, roman civilization or law and order. hitler, right? nazi germany published a book of all of hitler's speeches from the bookynteresng boo the tight of the book is "new germany desires work and peace" and th and they're -- if you look at hitler's speeches from 1939, why he invaded pollpd land.is and in some of the features he talks about the reason hehe re is poks poll land is because fit, andd attacked germany first. h ane pormany has to respond. and the polish government is killing innocent german people. he talked about how the polish kill innocent women andnd children. now ifno you read much about hitler, you know what he was knh saying isn't what he believed.st he had very instructive devious but if you. but, if you want to get thethe m majority of the german s population on your etter argumenr peace and freedom and selfefense he rlly side d not have been as big a group. if you look at the nazis who turned on him and tried to assassinate him when they found out about the holocaust, he was able to get the largest group

. >> all i can say is, when in rome, do as the romans do. >> so, wait a minute, what you're advising is that i pillage, plunder and take over all people of color? >> no, what is meant by that phrase is when you visit another place. >> act as they do. >> exactly. exactly. so when in arizona, support the cardinals, the phoenix suns, the coyotes, arizona state university sun devils, if you have to, the wildcats and lumberjacks. that's what you've got. being from detroit i respect that. >> that's right. >> but in arizona incarceration, we do try to indoctrinate you into our philosophy of arizona sports. >> i shall amalgamate these feelings, these thoughts and, please pause while i vomit. >> but harrington has taken some matters into his own hands.

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city officials even tried to wall off the roman settlement. but international outcry forced them to show the plans. he went on to resign to this high rise apartment block. more and more roma families are moving out of the ghetto. and their new neighbors often react with hostility. both in their early twenties. you know in august to live with their parents. zero shares a sixty five square meter apartment with his mother father and one of the sisters. none of them have a steady job though. the moment niro has an income. black market work case two euro is fifty an hour. the bill if i try to find a normal job when i finished school he said. he would do the job center was built in applications. i wanted to become a chef. i never found more than part time or something the hero's mother tells me the job center always says there's nothing available. it's because of our dark skinned be unfair but in saying there's never worked for as roma and two. under the table he rolls a joint. i think memories linger of the hate campaign against the roma late this

arguably the most intact remains of a roman city in the world. it's worth noting that the emperor of rome was himself libyan. that's pretty amazing. born right here. someone chipped off all of the d--s, not that i was looking. anywhere else in the world is overrun with tourists, but, look, no one. you're free to wander as you wish. quite a backdrop, you know, seeing a little dinner theater production of "our town" a couple thousand years ago. not bad. the only other visitors today are a troupe of libyan boy scouts. bizarrely enough, gadhafi himself was once a scout and this is one of the only organizations allowed to remain independent of the government. maybe i ought to go down there and introduce myself to the former comrades and exchange some boy scout lore. yes, yes, i was once a boy scout, too. hello. drilled into their heads is something that was long ago drilled into mine. i promise to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. [ speaking foreign language ] >> you know

only nine percent of roman and bulgaria has a secondary school education. while success stories but in the community that is mariana are motivating parents to place more importance on education the cost of schooling still leaves an unreachable for most in turn may resort to dig into dumpsters or stealing to get by. further fueling negative perceptions of the community well for now because the school bought the government doesn't do us money for them. it is tough moment. no summons a steal and we can hear the band many initiatives by the bulgarian government and the european union to better integrate the roma community into bulgarian society. however those programs haven't really done much in two thousand and five year called for a decade of roma inclusion doesn't intend to improve the socio economic status means that we lugged fifty k didn't happen because i wasn't that bad and that was that he got to the dk turned out to be a stay at for my back now the main bar area. in other countries as well. i suppose that it tastes good. in two thousand and twelve the

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the catholic pontiff according to the managing editor the pope change the tone and perceptions of the roman catholic church this may be so but francis also be showing himself to be critical of the global economic order and capitalism is there hope for the church or is francis merely a p.r. product. to cross out pope francis i'm joined by my guest jamila bey in washington she's a journalist and public speaker also in washington we have a one hundred chef when he is the president of the at was economic research foundation and in madison we cross to scott rickard he is an expert on catholicism as well as the executive editor of chronicles a magazine of american culture all right crosstalk rules and in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage encourage it one hundred in washington per person of the year well deserved yes for sure few people have such respect as the pope. the catholic church still has so much kristie just so much influence around and around the globe so i'm a middle aged ok jamil are you elated that pope francis is time magazine's person of the

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. >>> now an unlikely to ask what did the romans ever do for us? a huge draw for tourist. it's what is happening in the ancient water ways beneath the streets that are intriguing archaeologists. we delve into the depth of rome to find out more. >> a downward spiral into rome where history meets 21st century technology. this group of archaeologists is busy mapping one of the 11 underground aqua ducts built during ancient roman times. they hope to shed light on the obscure network of these underground auto ways. >> the path of many aqueducts are still not known. they were building to prevent enemies from cutting their water supplies. >> while most aqua ducts did not survive the best of times, the water still flows nicely next to these steps. more than 2,000 later it's still in use, why the it's path and structure remain a bit of a mystery. this is where the water flow into some of rome's most famous fountains. a celebration of waters that allow imperial rome to prosper and conquer the world. a few miles from the center of rome the aqua duct still stands as a symbol of roman

meets 21st century and they are busy mapping one of the under ground acducts built during and sent roman times and using technology like 3d scanners and remote control and laser beams they want to see the under groundwater ways. >> translator: and the path of many acducts is not known and the reason is the ancient romans wanted to protect waterways by building these under ground to prevent enemies from cutting their water supplies. >> reporter: most did not survive the test of time but water flows nicely right next to the spanish steps and they were build in 19 before christ and supplying rome with water and it's kilometers away and 2000 years later it's still in use and yet the path and structure remain a bit of a mystery. this is where the water flows into. some of rome's most famous found tans, a celebration of the water that allowed rome to prosper and conquer the world. a few miles away the aquaduct cloud still stands. this was one of the aquaduct mapped by an archeologist who drew a map of this in the 1920s, a starting point for today's archeologist. >> translator: we traveled all

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so he picks the perfect location, picks miami, florida. >> amanda roman. >> are you serious? >> i love you so much. and it would honor me so much if you would marry me. >> incredibly romantic. but, as you so. see,a a to keep this moving along. she's like, what? this is the biggest moment of our lives. why are you rushing? >> because he had the wedding planned. >> she gets her perfect makeup, perfect hair, perfect dress ready for the wedding. >> it tell us how this all happened we have amanda and ryan via skype "right this minute." first, with you, how did you have the courage to do this? >> when you love somebody, you're willing to do anything for them. amanda could have said she wanted anything. it didn't matter what she said, i knew i would put all of my being into trying to make that happen. love motivates you. >> you may kiss your bride. >> pulling this off, were you nervous she didn't like something or maybe you did something wrong? >> absolutely. i love my wife but she's still a female which means she's entitled to change her mind at a moment's notice. i'm thinking to m

some were carved by roman engineers over 2 years ago. claudio lavanga gives us an inside look >> reporter: a downward spiral into ancient rome where history meets 21st century technology. this group of archeologists is busy mapping one of the 11 underground aqua ducts built during ancient roman times using state of t state-of-the-art technology like three d scanners, and laser beams, they hope to shed light on the network of these underground waterways. >> there is a path of aqua ducts that are not known. the ancient romans wanted to protect these waterways to prevent enemies from cutting their water supplies. >> while most ancient act quaducts didn't survive the test of time. water still flows nicely right next to the spanish steps. >> this taaquaduct supplied wat and more than 2,000 years later, it's still in use. it's path and structure remain a bit of a mystery >> reporter: this is where the water flows into, some of rome's most famous fountains, a celebration of the abundanswers of water that allowed imperil rome to conquer the worl

cicero refers to this as roman texting. it was a note pad as well and people used them to learn to write. they are the same size as the i-pad. and dollar there was a lot of examples of people depicted holding what looked like smart phones or smart phones that use styluses to write on. and they are using them as notebooks. so it is another unexpected way to do things today. >> you talked about the romans having their own lol. >> they used abbreviations. by and large it was easier to use one so there was a premium on space. spd was send greetings to. and another meant i am well, i hope you are and if you are that makes me happy and you would say that in four or five letters. it is similar to the way we use abbreviations in tweets and text today. >> martin luther -- you write he reveal the revealed the power of a decentralized media center whose people took part of a distribution center. >> he is 15 centuries after cicero but what he does looked roman. he thinks the catholic church is wrong. and the church is failing these bit

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i'm christine romans, this is your money. on wednesday, the fed announced they will pull back on the stimulus. only a little bit, a teeny bit. 10 million dlar$10 million a mo. for investors, it's the best of both worlds. still, plenty of stimulus in the system. that means short term you could see stocks still run. what else can we expect? the fed indicated they are in no hurry. the same for car loans. greg is a chief political strategist. you said the fed's decision means the recovery is real. we saw economic growth in the third quarter. tell me the long, national nightmare is over. >> i think so, christine. happy holidays. everything looks good. there are still people that need unemployment insurance in january, but i think that the level of acrimony on the budget has diminished. the fed can start taking the punch bowl away a little bit. you have to conclude, this economy is gaining momentum now. >> it's not gaining for everyone. that's a sticking point. we have a national conversation about a living wage and the conversatio

but it is the roman winter solstice, it's the last day of a month-long festivity that the romans celebrated in honor of the god of wine and revelry. >> so celebrating the birth of jesus on christmas is a misconception. what is the biggest misconception about jesus, and what is your favorite misconception to disprove? >> i would say the most common is that he was founding a new religion. it is true that his teachings and his actions did ultimately launch the largest religion in the world, but if you really want to understand the christ and jesus of history, was the korea sis of history was a jew preaching to other jews. my favorite is much more sinister and that is the question about jesuses birth but jesuses death. and a lot of misconception people have is the jews killed jesus. it was the romans who killed jesus not the jews. this has been the most unhistorical aspect of the gas sell story and one that has had a devastating consequence. >> have you considered criticism on christians who have considered this heresy. >> sure there are a lot of christians who have a problem about thinking eve

this ancient romans wanted to protect their waterways, by building these underground, preventing enemies from cutting their water supply. >> water in the aqua vigo still flows niezly near the spanish steps. supply ancient rome with water, source 20 kilometers away. more than 2,000 years later it's still in use and yet it's path and structure remain a bit of a mystery. this is where the water flows into some of rome's most famous fountains. a celebration of the abundance of water that allowed imperial rome to prosper and conquer the world. a few miles from the center of rome, the aqueduct still stands, this was one of the ak we deducts mapped by british archaeologist, who drew the only map in the 1920s. a starting point for today's archaeologists. >> translator: traveled all over, asks locals and farmers for signs of the aqueducts. we're now continuing his work with help of modern technology to track back 2,000 years of history. >> the history that still runs through the back bones of the roman empire. al jazeera, rome. >> i'm meteorologist dave warren. southern plains, oklahoma city, den

now, if the founding fathers had been battling the roman empire i can assure you that the romans to matter how many battlefield deaths they would have -- the fact that this did not happen is because of what happened in the institution that the romans did not have to worry about at least not after the rise of the empire. the was the house of commons parliament. in 1782, a year after, the year after the battle of yorktown there was a close vote in the house of commons to discontinue offensive operations in north america. the vote was 234-215. it was a nail biter but because lord north who was the hard-line prime minister who wanted to prosecute the war against the american rebels he lost that vote and therefore he had to resign office. lord rocking him and his whigs who work committed to a policy of conciliation with their american brothers took office. that i would submit to you was truly where the american revolution was won in something the founding fathers were very well aware of. they tried hard to influence public opinion not only in the american colonies but also in great britain. whe

i'm christine romans. the rollout of healthcare.gov is a fiasco, but this week a federal judge ruled the nsa's bulk collection of phone records is unconstitutional. is the program essential to security or abuse of power? let's look at this from the perspective of the nsa director. general keith alexander says the nsa intelligence program has prevented 54 terror attacks. now put on your google glasses. google says the company has overstepped. the nsa is tapping into links connected to the company's data centers giving the government access to users information. the nsa denying those claims. tech companies are worried this could damage businesses. cloud computing companies could lose a quarter of their businesses. companies have filed against nsa. this week, they took the case to the white house. we have john with us and shivane mcdermott with us as well. she says people should be afraid of google spying on them and not the government. this brings us to the meeting this week and the tech executives at the wh

the asyrians, the romans, the greeks and going right up to the turks, the british and now the israelis. so in every way it's a fascinating place, it's a fascinating gateway, if you like, to see the history of the world. >> host: is jerusalem strategically located? how did it become so vital? >> guest: absolutely not. absolutely not. it's not strategically valuable at all. it became strategically valuable when it became a great city and a great fortress. but actually, it's far there the trade routes. when armies are invading up and down, are invading egypt or from egypt invading in towards syria, they march up the coast as napoleon did too. there's another one i didn't mention. and they don't go anywhere near jerusalem. so jerusalem is irrelevant. jerusalem is all about holiness. its value comes completely from the, it's a temple city. and its prestige as a capital and as a name in history really comes from that, for that reason, from its sanctity that's all about religion. >> host: when did it begin? as a city? >> guest: well, it began, you know, it began in sort of probably the second