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In my life, i was in hungary, see chaplains "the dictator." >> democracy is fragrant. >> liberty stunk. >> liberty is odious. >> freedom of speech is objectionable. >> chaplain did such a great job, you know. >> some films, of course, resonated more than others. the power of the visual image intensified maybe by what was going on outside that dark room. films could be inspiring, but they could be dangerous. >> it was so magical, to go to a film, especially a dangerous one, one that was just the ...

And now theyve just handed down a ruling on his request to be married at the prison. >> they denied getting married at this time due to conduct history. >> how can they deny me? >> its just what they did. all im doing is just relaying the message. i dont know the reason. he wrote down here that safety and security of the facility. you got caught with a cell phone. >> i got caught with a charger. >> i was told that you had a lot of conduct reports. close to 70 last year? >> hell no. i aint had th...

Thats a massive cube-shaped place where millions of worshippers come during the year. most of them come during the annual pilgrimage to mecca which is later this month. this expansion was going to accommodate up to 400,000 square meters and hold up to 2 million people at once. multiple cranes were in the area because of the expansion project. and earlier my colleague linda kinkade spoke to the chaplain who has been to that mosque before. >> my understanding is that the expansion on the mosque is...

At his testimony, you dont know where he is coming from. but at the death house at huntsville, where all texas executions take place, preparations for rubens execution proceeded. >> the execution was at midnight in those days. >> reverend carroll picket was chaplain at the huntsville prison for 16 years. >> ruben had been visiting with his family most of that day. >> you have different rooms and in each room they have phones. so all of us be on the phone with ruben. he was in a single cell acros...

>> there was guards on the towers, guards all over the place. finally, the chaplain said that he had been killed, that he was dead. the lights came on, the cameras came on and it is like they just won a super bowl over there. and my mom and sister were bawling and crying. my aunts. cameras everywhere. my mom had sent ruben a necklace with a cross. the chaplain came back and he handed it to my mom. that was it. [ speaking in spanish ] >> she says he is now resting. he is not in jail. at least he ...

Everybody. its all voluntary. they come if they want to. and at that service, moore, was our speaker, the chaplain, and at the end of the service, we gave an invitation for people to give their lives to christ and we literally had 50 people come forward and out of that 50, one of them was a high school football coach and actually our defensive coordinator. and he requested later on that evening or the next morning, he requested to be baptized on the field, if it was possible and so we look under...

Application from the marriage policy. do you want me to explain the process to you? >> yes. >> okay. 60 days, they normally require 60 days from the date that you submit the application until the date of the marriage. the marriage done at level five and level six is done by proxy, you would be on one end of the phone. your fiance would be on the other end of the phone with somebody that has the authority to marry you. the case worker signs this. the religious coordinator signs it. deputy warden ...

As a forward observer, one of the most dangerous jobs in the army. he received two bronze stars. jake parker served with hood in afghanistan. ar putting your life on the line on a regular basis was not orything new for hoodie. >> reporter: hoods dream was to be a golden knight. he didnt make the team on his first try, but his persistence and personality paid off. d a veterans day celebration last year, hood said he was proud to serve. >> its such an honor. its very humbling. i probably never wou...

Chaplain at the huntsville prison for 16 years. >> he was with his family most of that day. you have different rooms and in each room, they have phones. >> so all of us be on the phone with ruben. he was in a single cell across from where he was sitting was the death chamber. he said that once that medicine ran through his veins and he shut his eyes, that thats when he was going to grab gods hand and god was going to take him. then, i hear noise in the background and i ask him. he says, they are...

You are just helpless, powerless. but i told him he put his head back and tried to get all the air out of your lungs, because it makes it go quicker. he had one small grunt and he didnt make a sound. he didnt move. he went ahead and went to heaven. >> there was guards on the towers, guards all over the place. finally, the chaplain said that he had been killed, that he was dead. the lights came on, the cameras came on and it is like they just won a super bowl over there. my mom, my sister were ba...