reporter: for the first time in a year, hold of the microph an ailment kept him from speaking to the congregation what does it mean to have a voice? to hold up for a year without speaking to our people was an incredible kind of thing. i know have an opportunity to say some things that i needed to say and i m going to say them. reporter: he spoke of a freedom that comes with love. it s a way of life. reporter: it s what makes glide a destination for many every year. any denomination, any an atheist, wicken, catholic, jewish, muslim, so we re very inclusive here and i think people really feel the joy of being able to embrace our differences. reporter: to love who you are, to know another s story, to celebrate what makes us all different, are not only messages at christmas but lessons in freedom. yes. and people come from all over the world on this day to attend glide s services. reporter: we have people from chicago, dallas. so it really is a huge sense of com
an event that has been stable for a long time. thousands of people descended on the annual christmas tradition known as christmas in the park. this year christmas day is the last day for the spectacle because it will have to make way for the festivities around the college football national championship. jesse gary is live. reporter: just two hours before christmas in the park closes and will open again next season. before that, two major sporting events coming to downtown san jose will sign a national spotlight on the area. first timers and ng in san jose, christmas day concludes with the closing of a decades-old favorite. was in the park. it wows people from all over the bay area. we celebrate christmas in china. i haven t seen anything like this. it is our first christmas since we got married. we decided since we are local, but we come out he met reporter: the spectacle features decorated trees and light. it shows the lights and food. reporter: over 60 musical a
fastest developing refugee emergency and a human rights nightmare. more than 500,000 rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. around 90% of the population of myanmar is buddhist but a million rohingya muslims, who are denied citizenship, live in rakhine state. the latest violence broke out in august, when rohingya militants launched attacks on security forces. the bbc‘sjonah fisher has seen internal un documents outlining concerns about the way the conflict and the crisis have been handled. in the months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response, delivering aid and making robust statements condemning the burmese authorities. the situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. but could and should the un have done more before the killing and burning started? really disturbing to think that some of this could have been prevented. caroline vandenabeele is a lawyer and aid worker a
this closure, of course, has put a lot of students in a very tough spot. we talked with one man a short time ago who told us he was very close to getting his degree. now he s trying to figure out what to do. it s like nightmare for me because i spent like more than four years on that campus, and about to complete my bachelor s in two quarters, so i put a lot of effort and everything. totally surprised. reporter: syad says he has been attending classes at itt tech for the past four years, and was two quarters away from getting his degree in cyber security. he told me when i asked how much money he spent on trying to get that degree, he told me a a lot. and he is one of about 45,000 students across the country who are in trouble as itt tech has shut down all of its 130 campuses. this move comes after the government banned the for profit chain from enrolling students who used federal loans to pay for classes. that happened a little over a week ago, and itt tech was also orde