it s a dangerous, tumultuous time in the roman empire. nowhere more so than in the province of judea on the far edge of the mediterranean. its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region
jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy
in blockbuster movies and in best-selling books. and this, despite the fact that they have both been dead for nearly 2,000 years. one is venerated as the mother of jesus, the good virgin mary who said yes to god s request and who reigns from heaven crowned with stars. in a sense, you could say that christianity began the moment mary gave birth. in fact, you could say the whole modern world begins the moment mary gave birth. it s the way we make dates, ount our age, our anniversaries and so on, from the moment mary gave birth. the other mary, called magdalene, is the bad mary. who was seized by demons. in ancient times, scholars say, her flaming red hair was a sign that she was touched by satan. until she found jesus. and her conversion at his hands made her christianity s original hooker with a heart of gold. i think i learned what most people did, which is that mary magdalene was a repentant prostitute. she was a follower of jesus, but she was the woman caught in adu
the most nou notorious sex crimes in manhattan. plus, should the world be worried about iran s nukes? we talk about the nuclear program. and is this any way to win a presidential election. i don t care what the rest of the country feels, that s not important. i do care what the people of new hampshire think. is he just too honest for his own good? or perhaps he s too moderate? and can a man whose daughters do this in a campaign ad really make it to the white house? i ll ask jon huntsman and his daughters tonight, who just might be his secret weapon. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we start with breaking news in it the penn state scandal. no police have any record of a report by assistant coach mike mcqueary. in an e-mail he reportedly said he talked with police about an alleged sexual assault by jerry sandusky. in the meantime, the charity that places kids with other homes now say the sandusky may have hosted six children back to the 60s. the authorit
is jon huntsman just too honest for his own good? or perhaps he s too moderate? and can a man whose daughters do this in a campaign ad really make it to the white house? tonight i ll ask candidate huntsman and the girls who may well be his secret weapon. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we start with breaking news in the penn state sex scandal tonight. no police have any record of a report filed by assistant coach mike mcqueary. in an e-mail he reportedly said he talked with police about an alleged sexual assault by jerry sandusky. meanwhile, new york s fresh ash fund, a charity that places inner city children with host families for summer vacations now says the sandusky family may have hosted up to six children as far back as the 70s. the charity has informed authorities in pennsylvania and new york and a new judge has been assigned to jerry sandusky s preliminary hearing, scheduled for december the 7th. the original judge turned out to have ties to sandusk