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>> i imagine that the night of good friday for peter was the dark night of peters soul. the man whom he had followed for many months, a man whom he probably thought was the redeemer of israel had just been crucified by the romans and to make matters worse, he had denied that redeemer in his final hour. >> according to the gospel of john, after christs crucifixion, peter leaves jerusalem and travels back to galilee. >> peter has not found himself again, so he returns to his former life as a fishe...

In the dome over st. peters. it is at the core of roman catholicism. >> did peter really travel to rome to lay the foundations for the catholic church? >> the new testament says nothing explicitly about peter coming to rome and i think a lot of people will be surprised to find this out. >> the apostle paul who we know lived in rome and whose letters make up half of the new testament doesnt refer to peter being in the city once. >> he doesnt seem to know of him. he doesnt mention any connection b...

Before the crucifixion, so he recommits his life to jesus three times after the resurrection, committing to feeding the flock of the disciples and ultimately being their leader. >> feed my sheep. >> feed my sheep. its a beautiful poignant moment of restoration. >> its the moment where peter is once again the rock. hes reestablished as the rock who will be key in the early christian movement. >> peter was convinced that jesus was the messiah and became resolute in spreading that message. >> peter...

National security strategy is a good one will help us focus better on threats that face our country. rob: i america has more confidence in its military and feels bolder than we have in the last week years but a lot of people feel we are sitting on a powder cake, so many different conflicts around the world. the decision we made recently moving the embassy into jerusalem has anchored a lot of muslims around the world, was that the right time, the right choice to make? >> time for america to reass...

He has a bit of a temper on him. hell say things which he then regrets and changes his mind about things. hes the most three-dimensional of the disciples. >> significantly, according to johns gospel, early on in his ministry, jesus renames peter. >> peters actual name is simon or siemian and he appears to have been renamed by jesus, peter or kifas and this is the word for rock and it seems to be that hes nicknamed rock because in spite of all peters failings, hes the one jesus trusts to be the r...

>> shepard: today prime minister benjamin netanyahu said intelligence cooperation between the united states and israel is "terrific." well have more on the russian investigation and the road block from answers from president trumps former national security adviser michael flynn. john roberts is on the road with the president in jerusalem. john, other sitting presidents have not been to the western wall. good reason for that. >> there is, shep. well explain that to you after we said that were not...

Issues that confront them and real psychological gaps as well that have to be overcome. >> shepard: does either side seem willing to budge on what you described as the core issues? >> at this point, i dont see any evidence of that. thats one of the reasons -- i dont think you start on the core issues. if you star there on jerusalem, refugees, borders, security, if you start on those issues, you drive each side to their maximal positions. if you want to get at the issues, first establish some fou...

Conservatives. theyre a little concerned about how conventional president trump is becoming. they dont use that term of intermec, but a derogatory term. they see conventional efforts has been a problem. many on the israeli right project talks that way to a two state solution. so there is a real after to try to get these two sides to talk. this is a typical path as you and everyone has covered the middle east to getting them to talk is just the first part of the equation. getting them to reach a ...

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Travels into jerusalem. he is at the helm here. what are your hopes for him? >> my hope is that he keeps a permissive the conversation in the middle east and secures partnership in the battle against the radical islamic terrorism. we need the funding and cooperation and not that im hoping to see him come away with this trip. elizabeth: he will be speaking on sunday, which really brings in the social media aspect of that. they contribute a lot of a lot of intelligence they have it. it is come to ...