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Were witnessing a once in a thousand-year crisis that seemed a total elimination from some of the ancient christian populations in the middle east, christian populations who got the gospel first from the apostles themselves. there is no time left. we have to rush, we have to do it quickly, we have to rescue these people and stop it from continuing. >> and there are millions of refugees who are flooding now into surrounding countries. that is enormously taxing on their region, their governments. ...

Liked and visited. why are they doing this? others say that isis has done worse. >> i felt bad but not like when i saw our families leaving their houses and properties and given it to isis. it hurt me more than seeing the crosses falling from the churches and throwing our culture or our history. we can rebuild history. it is difficult to rebuild the human. >> reporter: forcing christians out of their homes was not enough. isis seems determined to wipe every trains trace of christianity in the la...

Isis has smashed precious price less ancient statues in mosul, dynamited centuries-old churches and mosques and shrines. isis militants destroying crosses in the province. even the tomb of saddam hussein isnt safe. over control of tikrit, it was squashed to rubble though its not clear which side did it. so far, the ancient city of babylon has been out of their grasp. heres correspondent ben wedeman with more on that. >> the city of babylon has seen empires come and empires go.

>> one of the difficulties with imagining crucifixion is that weve had 2,000 years of christian tradition which sanitizes the cross and we put jesus in nice church buildings, and have crosses made of gold and it prevents us of thinking through what crucifixion actually involved. when we pause and look at the historical nature of the crucifixion and remember what the romans were trying to do by humiliating and torturing people, for a moment, we see it as something quite difficult. something appal...

They dont know how to define it? they dont know that, you know uttering a few words can be just as harmful potentially as, you know carrying out an act? >> i think they clearly dont know what it means, but any time we think about a word that ends in those letters, isms, not just ideologies were talking about systems of inequity capitalism socialism, racism as well its not just individual prejudice, its systemic inequality and as long as we continue to perform acts of individual racism that maint...

New mexico. they use the three crosses to display their gang symbols. >> to validate is essential in maintaining the safety of the facility. >> i found that hanging here on his vent. >> once hes validated, a member will never be able to go to a level-b facility. so it has a lot of bearing on an inmates future once he gets validated. >> you can take that and ill write him up for possession of gang paraphernalia. >> hell be documented as a potential street gang member and well start a file on him ...

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...

>> one of the difficulties with imagining crucifixion is that weve had 2,000 years of christian tradition which sanitizes the crucifixion and of putting jesus in nice church buildings, having crosses made of gold and it prevents us of thinking through what crucifixion actually involved. when we pause and look at the historical nature of the crucifixion and remember what the romans were trying to do by humiliating and torturing people, for a moment, we see it as something quite difficult. somethi...

More than 260 christians now held hostage by isis after fighters swept through their villages, according to an activist network. women, children and the elderly among them. >> at 4:00 in the morning they attacked them. >> reporter: california residents got a terrifying message about some of their 12 family members. >> what we have heard, it was like a sea of black uniforms marching through all the villages burning down the churches desecrating the crosses and wreaking havoc. >> reporter: the coa...

Aircraft requested an unusual route before losing contact with ground control. certainly interesting in light of the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 earlier this year. well keep you updated on this story throughout the night. tho of christian massacred in the middle east, as well as the burning of churches some turned into mosques with loud speakers after all crosses are removed. and the sell of destruction of priceless relics, never to be seen again. this christmas in the holy lan...