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Astonished by how stark everything is. we were welcomed by father justin, a greek orthodox priest and a texan by birth. he is the caretaker of the monastery. you must have had so many pilgrims visiting here. what is it you think they take away? they become aware that you have to be away from the distractions and the routines of modern life to really become aware of god s presence. according to the bible and the koran, which names him the prophet mussa, this is where moses married a local girl, had a few children, and became a shepherd, a seemingly pl existence for the man who would go on to lead the exodus. but as the bible tells it, his time as a shepherd was the perfect preparation for what was to come. every prophet was a shepherd at one point. being a shepherd softens the heart of the prophet, prepares him for being a shepherd of a community, not only shepherd of ....
House as people will be gathering. they ll be here for the next couple of hours. we will keep you posted with live reports as we see what they are saying about syria. all right. emily sha mchmidschmidt, thanks. as congress makes up its mind on whether to take action against syria, anti-war groups are getting ready to stage protests in times square in new york today, and even many syrian-americans are against a military action. our rosa flores has more. reporter: the unrest in syria is thousands of miles away, but the fear of war is felt right here in the u.s. by syrian-americans like dr. mussa. he skypes with his family in syria every day. she s a physician in a hospital in damascus. reporter: and says american military action in syria is personal. i feel that every second of ....
reporter: dr. mussa is on the board of the syrian-american forum, a group 2,000 strong. when president obama started talking involvement in syria, they started speaking against it. we re not there to cause any trouble. we re just going to say firmly and peacefully what s our position and where are we going. reporter: their biggest national event is a march on washington. they re busing thousands of syrian-american families from states as far as florida and michigan. 7:30, 8:00 at night. i m guessing it s like that. i know by car it s like seven to eight-hour drive. reporter: other groups are joining in, too, like the international action center. they re making signs to gear up. when i hold up a sign, the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my government, hands off syria, i think i will be reflecting the popular will of this country. reporter: they say thousands of groups from around the country are uniting with one common message. ....
People and the american media and president also, we are not terrorists. we re not those who attacked your embassy in cairo. we hate it so much. thanks for helping us removing mubarak, but please, don t stop on this step. try to remove muslim brotherhood out of the way. they re not [inaudible] you re making new iran out of egypt now. listen to the police departments in dubai. we trust them. our greatest aim now is that the army will listen to us and our take over for a period of time of. make a new contribution and let the new president, these guys do us a favor. transfer your negotiations from muslim brotherhood in egypt to others. we have mussa. mr. baradei. these people are trustworthy. negotiate with them. stop supporting muslim brotherhood. you re killing us. we re dying here. jenna: ash, we appreciate your perspective. do i have five seconds? ....
susan candiotti is outside of the courthouse. susan, bring us up to date. reporter: fredricka, the latest information we have on the suspect in this case, pedro hernandez, is that he is not being held in jail at this time. instead, he is at bellevue hospital in new york, which is a very highly regarded public hospital, which has an equally highly regarded psychiatric unit as well. we are told that he is being evaluated. he is not under a suicide watch, according to police officials, at this time. so right now at the courthouse, we are waiting to find out when a hearing might be scheduled. this would be the first appearance for mr. hernandez at which time we expect that prosecutors will be announcing exactly what he will be charged with. now, it was flagged yesterday by police that they expected the charge to be second degree murder. but it will be the first opportunity we have to see him in court if in fact this appearance does come today as expected. fredricka? sus ....