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South american style. peru is calling on its young to serve in the armed forces, but most are in the heeding the call. military service should be something you have a calling for. i don't believe i have that calling. >> reporter: plans are under way to reinstate the draft by may, for the first time in a decade. draft has been controversial enough without another aspect of the heated debate, paying to avoid serving. those called up and do not want to serve can pay a fine of about $715. the president, a former military officer, is strongly backing the plan. but critics say, this essentially ams ...

>> life after death, a driving force, despite the romans' brutal oppression. but christianity was also addressing the needs of this life. >> some people have thought that the christians' attention to social needs is what attracted people to this faith. here was a community of people that saw one another as brothers and sisters, that gathered together weekly for worship, that took care of the needs of one another, that collected alms for the poor. >> late in the 2nd century, when plague wiped out millions, a third of the roman empire, christians turned their faith into action. >> christians sta...

We find people saying they go to their deaths because they believe that there's life after death and mocking that. but it does seem to have been a driving force that attracted people. >> life after death, a driving force, despite the romans' brutal oppression. but christianity was also addressing the needs of this life. >> some people have thought that the christians' attention to social needs is what attracted people to this faith. here was a community of people that saw one another as brothers and sisters, that gathered together weekly for worship, that took care of the needs of one another,...

>> and skepticism on that, of course, i'm sure that the president and his team are discussing it on air force one overnight. i wonder if we'll hear a statement from him this morning. thank you. it is 6 minutes past the hour. we mentioned the white house is keeping a close eye on the situation in syria. chief of staff dennis mcdonagh told jake tapper that the president takes the reports "very seriously." >> we are going to be very clear to the syrian regime as we have been throughout and to all the syrian supporters throughout the world and then obviously to our partners in the region. if thi...

Of snowfall. and the same for parts of the midwest. starting thursday morning, through friday, and the southern parts of missouri, into arkansas, yeah it's going to be snowy there. we're talking 9 inches potentially. of course this is going to lead to some travel problems. yes it's spring. but it doesn't feel like it. we have a freed warning in place for alabama, all the way up towards north carolina. that is until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. so if you go out and plant some of those vegetables over the weekend because it was warm, hopefully you kept them in a pot. here's a look at some of your high t...