local tradition held this as jesus birthplace and so in 326a.d., the mother of the emperor build the first church of the nativity here that was restored by justinian later. and the idea was to make people bow. to be humble. once inside the building visitors see a different sight from the humble stable of the bible, the greek orthodox main altar. ornate with the choir stalls and this is where they sing the bible. original church was built over the cave, eight sides.
palestinian officials and reportedly president abbas scoffed at these measures, saying they are not that seriou serious. there is again kind of the weariness from both sides, it is going to be very hard to get back to negotiating, however in public, president abbas, and of course it s president netanyahu have said they are all for it. we will see what it comes down to. we are looking at the presidential palace in bethlehem, president trump arrived there just a short time ago. the ceremony, marching band played the national anthem. we saw a delegation from the greek orthodox church and the roman catholic church. the church of nativity is in bethlehem, you are going to have that religious contingent. also bethlehem s mayor was there as well and other officials,