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People were familiar with the horrors of roman crucifixion. >> the cross is an instrument of capital punishment. and its quite amazing. its one of the big stories of early christianity that the instrument of the execution and torture of jesus christ, over time, becomes the primary symbol of jesus christ. >> one of the key factors in the change is helenas pilgrimage to find the true cross. it changes the cross to something that actually becomes something tangible that people want to think about a...

Together, they would fill a ship. >> yet scripture says that just one man, jesus, was able to carry it on his shoulders. >> there were a lot of people who were speaking out about the devotion of relics as something which is absurd and disgusting. and that really thought that people had lost touch with the true faith. >> the true cross had the power to divide christianity. and the question remained, could the legend be real? high in the cantabrian mountains of spain. there lies this monastery. it...

Great to see you. merry christmas if i dont see you before. >> merry christmas to you. >> leland. >> three victims of the san bernardino terror attacks were remembered by family and friends yesterday in southern california. in a service for sierra claiborne, relatives recalled her bright smile and demeanor. nick was remembered for his devotion to his faith and to his wife. and michael russells funeral, family spoke about the love he had for his six children. the services were the final public me...

Back with an ability to hack. unlike the fictional character, her story is real. >> this is before all the books came out. it was my first tattoo, i was proud of it. im not so proud of it now. my story was similar to the girl in the dragon tattoo, she hacks people, socially and technology-wise. she has a hell of a pass. >> at 3, her mom joined a religious group outside of austin, texas. there was beauty and belief and devotion to a leader. it was all a cover for horrific abuse. >> he began sexua...

>> a lot of people are saying there is a lot of catch up going on but you can no longer talk about in ground troops because there are ground troops. spent a special expedition reforce and havent all got there but that debate is being taken over by reality. you got the majority of the american people for the first time in a cnn poll saying send group troops and leaders in paris for instance who i have spoken to saying count terrorism officials and deradicalization experts saying the most powerful...

Directed by isis, but again, you know, every day we hear something new and something that was reported yesterday is wrong so i dont want to get too far ahead of the fact. >> what do you make of the fact that the woman in this case tashfeen malik, she is so quiet, so humble, just a quiet housewife yet she is putting out facebook postings in the very moment of the crisis when she is involved in shooting those people. 35 people. that she manages at that time to take the time to put up a posting of ...

In shooting all of the people, 35 people, that she manages at that time to take the time to put up a posting of herself and her devotion to the head of isis, and what do you make of that? >> well, if that is what happen and what has been reported, it makes sense. because you want to attribute your terror to what group they were supporting. it does not always happen like in the boston bombing. but more common to indicate a bread crumbs of why you are doing what you are doing. >> and shane, there ...

Concern, thats then completely taking out of context what the hajj means and what every muslim person is driven to perform the hajj. because the overwhelming people who are performing the hajj have no affiliation with terrorism. but the way that is perceived all of a sudden is a key piece of the evidence. its not to rule it out. its not to say nothing happened in that process. but its being able to take it and put it in the right context among all of the other characteristics. you know, wearing ...

And i think in this particular case its very difficult because you have evidence that is emerging from the fbi about the background of these individuals but when theres a focus, for example, on oh, a young muslim american went to perform the hajj and suddenly thats suddenly a major cause of concern, thats then completely taking out of context what the hajj means and what every muslim person is driven to perform the hajj. because the overwhelming people who are performing the hajj have no affilia...

Its just a sign of devotion no different than individuals, you know, in other faiths practicing their religion in different ways. its just a characteristic of that faith. so i think again, when you put that with the headlines of things like muslim killers, those headlines become extremely dangerous given some of the islamophobia were seeing in the country. and i would be cautious of that for all journalists not to take things out of context. >> all right. ayman molheydin. haider mullick, profess...