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Keep it from falling. imagine what thats like. >> one of the difficulties with imagining crucifixion is that weve had 2,000 years of christian tradition which sanitizes the cross. we put jesus in nice church buildings and we have crosses made of gold. and it prevents us from really thinking through what crucifixion actually involved. but when we actually pause and actually look at the historical nature of the crucifixion and remember what the romans were trying to do by humiliating and torturing...

In 1498, the portuguese arrived in india with a different christianity. >> initially, they were fascinated by the fact that there were christians here. but then slowly they realized, these christians worship in a different language. >> they seemed to have believed in astrology and reincarnation. they had carvings of elephants and dancing girls on their crosses. this didnt seem like christianity at all. t >> the problem with them is they werent catholics and they didnt look proper to the portugue...

Internment camps in china. one facility, they are forced to make clothing that despite being a violation of u.s. law has made its way to american sportswear supplier. and its christmas season. i ask you to remember whats happening to chinas estimated 100 million christians. house church pastors and underground bishops are arreste arrested. churches are bulldozed. crosses ripped off steeples. parishioners are forced to celebrate in secret. and there are reports that the regime has objected long g...

One facility, they are forced to make clothing that despite being a violation of u.s. law has made its way to an american sportswear supplier. and this christmas season, i ask you to remember whats happening to chinas estimated 100 million christians. house church pastors and underground bishops are arrested. churches are bulldozed. crosses ripped off steeples. parishioners are forced to celebrate in secret. and there are reports that the regime has subjected falun gong members to forced organ h...

>> its a lot like the storeny daniels and -- >> right. >> and the other womans name. >> karen mcdougal. >> yes, excuse me. while the stakes are not as high, were kind of looking at the same pattern of activity. >> yeah, what you get in both the cohen case and what you get here is just lines crosses, total impropriety, self-dealing and total conflicts. theres no compliance officer running around there to make sure theyre not tripping over these lines. >> the board apparently did not meet at any d...

Have a veterans fundraiser and he handed out a jumbo check that said "make america great again" on the bottom. >> there it is. >> the new york attorney general says this was an illegal campaign donation. remind you of anything else thats in the news lately? >> right. >> its a lot like the storeny daniels and -- >> right. >> and the other womans name. >> karen mcdougal. >> yes, excuse me. while the stakes are not as high, were kind of looking at the same pattern of activity. >> yeah, what you get...

This story. alexandra, what more can you tell us about what compelled the chinese government to take this action on this group? >> reporter: well, wong yee is a 45-year-old pastor, george, of an underground church, but hes got hundreds of congregants. and hes very outspoken. and his writing is speaking is very public in china despite the fact this is an underground church. hes been a vocal critic of the communist party, of the government, of president xi jinping in china himself, and increasingl...

You anian poet of the milosz describe the emotions these people experienced as they filed past rooms of crosses. over to it. but the dead are not as dead as i am. many families wanted to remove the bodies of their loved ones from mass graves so that they could be given a proper burial. the remains were often excused by military personnel. the bodies of an estimated two hundred thirty thousand victims were recovered in this way and return to their relatives. nearly one point eight million soldier...

Weak that we failed to tell the truth. mbs murdered or contributed to murdering someone abroad. and it is not strength to sort of mumble past that peer strength is telling the truth, even when it is hard. fortunately, we have u.s. intelligence community that is really good. ceand a lot of us in the first branch of government, the article 1 branch, congress have heard from the intelligence community and ill get another classified briefing on tuesday about this. i would intelligence community is r...

As crosses there is inspired designs i believe this is versace here is madonna this is t10 am bag that is biblically inspired a beautiful cross made into a necklace also the crystal and the crown. >> t10. >> very religious. >> can we take these for tonight quick. >> i will try. >> here we are outside the gallery working on creating the bible in art form. . >> this is oh re- creation >> g.