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Transform the landscape. with the backi of her son emperor constantine, she will transform the landscape. she builds churches on the site of christs birth in bethlehem. and one to commemorate his last moments on earth. >> constantine made it legal to practice christianity. helena gave christians places to practice christianity. before her arrival, there were no christian buildings in this land. christians met here on the mount of olives to commemorate jesuss ascension, but they met secretly, wer...

>> workers struggled to stay ahead of the late winter noreaster blanketing main street in bethlehem, pennsylvania, where the snow started monday and didnt stop for most of the day, creating treacherous driving conditions. during the heart of the blizzard, snow fell at two to 4 inches an hour across several states including new jersey, connecticut, massachusetts, vermont and maine. nearly 200,000 lost power and air travelers were stranded. >> i was headed to kentucky to see my son and my new gran...

>> workers struggled to stay ahead of the late winter noreaster blanketing main street in bethlehem, pennsylvania, where the snow started monday and didnt stop for most of the day, creating treacherous driving conditions. during the heart of the blizzard, snow fell at two to 4 inches an hour across several states including new jersey, connecticut, massachusetts, vermont and maine. nearly 200,000 lost power and air travelers were stranded. >> i was headed to kentucky to see my son and my new gran...

Ireland, helena will continue her tour of the holy land. and with the backing, she will transform the landscape. with the backing of her son emperor constantine, she will transform the landscape. she builds churches on the site of christs birth in bethlehem. and one to commemorate his last moments on earth. >> constantine made it legal to practice christianity. helena gave christians places to practice christianity. before her arrival, there were no christian buildings in this land. christians m...

Eight centuries before the waterford cross arrived in ireland, helena will continue her tour of the holy land. and with the backing, she will transform the landscape. with the backing of her son emperor constantine, she will transform the landscape. she builds churches on the site of christs birth in bethlehem. and one to commemorate his last moments on earth. >> constantine made it legal to practice christianity. helena gave christians places to practice christianity. before her arrival, there ...

Wood. >> could that mean anything to do with its age? >> i mean, it actually looks old. it looks aged. so far, so good. >> tom is satisfied with his sample. now they can head back to the lab to test for the first time this piece of the true cross. eighth century before the waterford cross arrived in ireland, helena will continue her tour of the holy land. and with the backing, she will transform the landscape. with the backing of her son emperor constantine, she will transform the landscape. she...

On issues thats almost drowning out the person who is still president. >> the uproar over the administrations abstaining vote in the u.n. has reached such a high level that lindsey graham is threatening to pull all funding for the united nations unless the u.n. security council appeal the resolution that it just passed, condemning israels west bank settlements. now to the celebrations across the country and the world this christmas. while vacationing in hawaii, president obama and the first la...

Her tour of the holy land. and with the backing, she will transform the landscape. with the backing of her son emperor constantine, she will transform the landscape. she builds churches on the site of christs birth in bethlehem. and one to commemorate his last moments on earth. >> constantine made it legal to practice christianity. helena gave christians places to practice christianity. before her arrival, there were no christian buildings in this land. christians met here on the mount of olives...

Drinkers. >> cheers. >> reporter: ian lee, cnn in bethlehem. >> all right. thanks very much. thanks for watching, happy hanukkah starts tonight and m merry christmas. "cnn newsroom" with erica hill starts after a quick break. merry christmas. looking for balance in your digestive system?

Its ability 8:15 p.m. in bethlehem. theyll announce the birth of jesus in about three hours and 45 minutes from now at the holy christmas eve mass. christians in iraq are celebrating their first christmas mass since the city was liberated from isis. bartel la was once home from thousands of christians, many forced to flee when the city fell to isis in 2014. the terror group took down crosses and defaced statues of saints at all the churches. to make this special mass, a new cross has been rais...