there s still a lot people don t know. i m surprised people think she was born in the white house. she needs to reconnect with her authentic roots, like this trip on the van. this is how she wanted to run for president. in 07 she was thinking about running for president, i had dinner with her. she didn t know anything about iowa. i talked about how grassroots is, she said to me then, if i had my drudgers i would rent a car and drive across the state. and yet in that 08 campaign, she flew in on a helicopter like the queen of sheba. that was annethetical to her ideals. i m happy as a friend of hers. do you believe she can reintroduce herself as somebody, you know, kind of just a regular lady from the midwest? i m not even sure she s going to tint deuce herself, one of the things we saw very little of
instead of killing his enemies, solomon, we re told, married many of them, including a pharaoh s daughter. in other instances he disarmed them with his wit and his wisdom. like the famously beautiful ethiopian queen of sheba. the queen of sheba went to see the prophet solomon. reporter: in the bible the queen of sheba is drawn to jerusalem for an audience with solomon after hearing of his great wisdom. he treated her as an equal and as an equal politician. he was not surprised by the fact that she was a queen and she rules a nation. according to ethiopian tradition, during their meeting solomon and sheba became lovers. and the ethiopian royal family descends from their union. when the koran gives you this example of such a powerful female ruler, this inspires me. this tells me i have a place in the world of politics. reporter: and while it s possible that solomon s wisdom
before he was assassinated. like anybody, i would like to live a long life. martin luther king saying that just before he died as if it was a premonition. i mean, you must have thought of that a lot. well, of course i ve thought of that a lot. i thought that he understood that his transition was at hand. he understood that it might even be a violent transition. and i ve seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land! next from jericho to jerusalem, david and goliath, king solomon and the queen of sheba, what happened to the ark of the covenant? and is this the staging ground for the armies of the apocalypse? when back to the beginning with christiane amanpour continues.
the church of the holy sepulcher, the place christians believe jesus was crucified. hello. very nice to see you in this beautiful, beautiful spot. we met an ethiopian orthodox priest named abasamuel, who surprisingly told us that he knows exactly where the ark is. his evidence goes back to that affair between king solomon and the queen of sheba. queen of sheba s son with king solomon. yes. took the ark of the covenant, moses commandments. yes. and so where do you think they are? city of axum. in your country of ethiopia. yes. do you think it s there really? yes. he s positive it s inside this chapel in the heart of axum in ethiopia. although he s never seen it and no one s allowed inside. except for one monk known as the guardian, who s entrusted with the lifelong duty of safeguarding the ark.
powerful kingdom. solomon seemed determined not to repeat the mistakes of his father, king david, and his brothers, whose lust and pride wreaked havoc on their kingdom. solomon becomes the greatest king because he s of the davidic dynasty and yet he has none of the faults, none of the sins of david. solomon is known as the man of peace. reporter: and a man of wisdom. instead of killing his enemies, solomon, we re told, married many of them, including a pharaoh s daughter. in other instances he disarmed them with his wit and his wisdom. like the famously beautiful ethiopian queen of sheba. the queen of sheba went to see the prophet solomon. reporter: in the bible the queen of sheba is drawn to jerusalem for an audience with solomon after hearing of his great wisdom. he treated her as an equal and as an equal politician. he was not surprised by the fact that she was a queen and she rules a nation.