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>> judas crime is so easy to understand and at the same time so terrible. he betrayed his friend. >> along comes a bombshell, a newly translated ancient manuscript. >> just 25 tattered sheets of papyrus written in the ancient coptic language, the lost gospel of judas. it challenges our contempt for judas character, but now will missing fragments of text complete the gospel and force us to reconsider judas role in the story of jesus? >> the story of jesus, the story of the crucifixion is not so m...

>> herod antipas was absolutely the worst kind of leader that you could hope for. he really needed to prove himself to rome, and because of that, he was a little bit overzealous, lets say. >> with the protection of rome, herod antipas rules galilee with all the contempt of an autocrat. but herod has made his first serious miscalculation. hes turned his back on jewish law by marrying his brothers wife, herodias. >> this was in violation of a law in leviticus which says that a man must not uncover...

Sides in both parties. they dont necessarily hold any administration to account necessarily. they do forward a narrative that helps with, you know, making the case against whether or not a president is conducting himself inappropriately in office or one of the agencies is doing something inappropriate as the -- as in, you know, eric holder being, you know, brought before congress and ultimately, you know, censured and held in contempt. but to this day, do you think very many americans even know ...

General mattis understand the same thing. but in donald trump we have somebody who is avers to studying history, who has contempt for those who know about anything that go before them. we heard the "washington post" quote, he gets angry when people tell him that certain things he wants to do are against the law. this is a rogue president and the question is at this point what in the world can congress do, should congress do? >> i think its up to congress. i also think its up to all of us because...

>> he was a rehnquist clerk, he served throughout the bush administration, he was a lifelong republican, he is not an obama appointee. >> did he take that position under the obama administration. >> he was held over from the bush administration. this is not a democrat, sir. >> im certain he is well known in the folks who follow this topic. the fact that the president of the united states doesnt know him i dont think should cause anybody any concern. >> wow. i dont know what to say. forget about ...

Thats what were struggling with here. >> so that makes it a little bit harder for you, jessica, because youll have to pick up the pieces and try to explain to us, two things. justice roberts issued a stay in this case. is that generally a normal move, and can you flesh out what comes next? >> yes, exactly. lets talk about what we do know which pete said is very little. i think we should be careful to read too many tea leaves about chief justice john roberts saying were going to stay this order, ...

This is an appeal from the district court in d.c. these go to chief justice john roberts. the one normal thing he says well push pause while we wait for the government to respond. in terms of what happens next, well, the federal government will respond on new years eve at noon and then it will be up to either chief justice john roberts or he will refer it to the full supreme court to rule on this issue. this isnt a full appeal of was it proper for the grand jury to ask for a subpoena for the jud...

United states as a danger to the national security of the united states and mattis issued a warning, a shot across the bow that this can no longer be tolerated having a president who does business in this way, trashes our alliances and allows vladimir putin to be the king of the world by destabilizing the united states of america. >> but if republicans are saying it privately, very few of them are saying it publicly. do you believe that will change? >> i think that its starting to change already...

Together has whats got folks scared. on policy, yes, they do part ways. its not just that. he did it impulsively, without looping in the joint chiefs of staff. he ignored all of his civilian advisers in making this decision on syria. and talking to folks in the capitol at the end of the week, i cant recall a time where there was that much open contempt for this president and his conduct. and not just among folks like senator corker, who has obviously been a critic on and off for a while now but ...

Weekend, loss of support for the president. how do you expect these connect these fights? >> you just said it right, its all one big story and that store is about the fitness or unfitness of donald trump to be president of the united states. what the mattis letter has done in monumental way is to push republicans into making some real judgments, theyre talking to each other, there is coming to be a much greater consensus that he is unfit to be the president of the united states if you talk to re...