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The story of the james ossuary, the caskets that may have held the bones of james, the forgotten brother of jesus starts with one of the world's greatest antiquities collectors. >> oded golan is one of the great experts on archaeological artifacts. >> i have actually the biggest private collection of ossuaries in israel, probably in the world. >> most of his collection tells the story of the development of the civilizations here and that includes the biblical era. his collection must be worth millions and millions of dollars. >> according to golan, in the early 1907s, he bought an empty, first...

♪ welcome to new york. happy new year's eve everyone. welcome to the fox news countdown to 2015. i'm anna kooiman. >> and i'm jesse watters. it's time to start the party. >> yes, we're honored everyone is welcoming us into their homes tonight. >> yes, we have one of the best views of times square. in the shadow of the famous waterford crystal new year's eve ball. >> let's give everybody perspective, jesse. because right behind us, this is insane, this tradition has been going on in new york city since 1904 the people have been gathering into times square. the first ball dropped in 1907. it...

At 11:59 eastern time tonight it will be making its way down the pole to ring in 2015. the first ball drop was in 1907. this one behind me is a 7th generation ball. we have seen a number of them through out many, many years. it does have over 2600 dry angles in the ball here i am not sure if you can really see on hold. but these are unique waterford crystals they are all around the ball. this is going to be helping ring in the new year at 2015 coming up later tonight. it does have 3200 led lights in red, blue, green and also in white. the weather conditions that is a big concern. we have very ...

Teddy roosevelt through obama, and that's from before the federal reserve was created, after the panic that the big craziness of new york in 1907 when bankers came in to save the day, and align very personally with teddy roosevelt, that through the years, those personal relationships have changed a little bit to more functional ones in terms of millions of lobbyists and lawyers and between the presidents and the bankers. but politics and money are the same thing. wealth and power are what's preserved on both sides. and is there a tremendous sim bow owesis, between the individuals, not just the...

Which has a very dubious history in terms of race relations in the 1907s corridor of bussing between irish americans and african-americans, what do you make of that happening? >> i think that what we are trying to do is personalize the issue and have people understand that it really is about the youth and it is about including people and not being discriminating against. not discriminating against a group of people. i think that when you look at our history in america as -- in terms of discrimination, we are -- the tide is changing and it is time to change with it. i think that new york and bo...