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What is the expectation from what his message might be this year? >> first of all, happy christmas to you. since the precedent has been set let me send a shout out to my wife. merry christmas to you, sweetheart. i think the story of christmas from the pope's point of view is the story of a poor child born to a refugee family in bethlehem. i think the expectation is that pope francis will connect the story of the christ child to all the contemporary displaced and refugee families of the world. pope francis typically is not the sort of up with people pope

Christmas your thoughts what we need to focus on. >> i was in egypt around jordan. asking pray for us. this is a remarkable time for them. i was speakin speaking with an b christian pastor in bethlehem. pastor of first baptist church in bethlehem. that's a good deal being the pastor of first baptist in bethlehem. they are under intense pressure, majority arab muslim culture. and they are saying pray for us. pray that we can be you light and truth in this culture because we are seeing a lot of muslims come to christ. and they are saying pray for us that we will be bold and courageous. >> martha...

Faith people don't like. seasons greetings and happy holidays. seasons greetings from the white house it doesn't mean anything to anyone. there was also a ceremony for hanukkah, a menorah ceremony for hanukkah at the white house as well. i think you want to recognize the richness of the different religions and the faiths that people practice in the country. not diminish them by making them something generic. >> right. nine out of 10 americans according to pew research celebrate christmas. two thirds of those recognize and believe the biblical story of christmas that christ was born as a child ...

Jordan said the jerusalem declaration threatened the peace process. iran's president said the u.s. does not respect the legitimate demands of palestinians. and again today, sandra, palestinian protestors clashed with israeli troops in bethlehem, ramallah but the significance of the violence is less than one week ago. palestinian officials are now coming that abbas is not going to meet with the u.s. vice president mike pence. the vice president is expected to arrive here this weekend. the two had initially planned a meeting in bethlehem. that meeting has been canceled because of the u.s. positi...

Making that declaration, the u.s. has not only completely eliminated, eradicated the palestinian dream of also having east jerusalem as the capital of their future palestinian state, but that it is also sending a broader message to muslims across the world that they are no longer welcome in jerusalem. now throughout the morning here so far, there have been small clashes. groups of youth are gathered around us. you see in the background, this road, again, that the demonstrators are meant to be marching toward the wall. >> the shot in bethlehem. we're losing the signal a bit. sorry, continue. we...