People came together today in martinez for a peaceful black lives matter protest. Thanks for being with us at 9 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the rally and march coming after a series of hate crimes in that city martinez. Was thrust into the National Spotlight just last week when the defacing of a black lives matter mural was caught on camera tonight activists wanted their voices to be heard kron fours dan thorn was at the protest late today, he joins us live tonight in martinez with more on what happened and. Grant vicki there was a lot of anticipation that was leading up to todays demonstration businesses were boarded up streets were closed off. But as police stood by and watched what was happening protesters remained peaceful. Hundreds of people make their way down court street waving signs and chanting for racial equality, the demonstration taking place where a man and woman recently defaced a black lives matter mural thats the disgraced that were fighting
, hello, dear tv viewers, on this holy, quiet, gracious and mysterious night, i cordially greet you all from the cathedral cathedral of christ the savior in the city of moscow, nikolai at the microphone. Derzhaven, you are watching a live broadcast of the Christmas Service, which will be performed by his holiness, Patriarch Kirill of moscow of all russia, in this main church of the Russian Orthodox church. He will be concelebrated by suffragan bishops and clergy. Cathedral of christ the savior. Every year, at this time , orthodox people gather. Temples in order to glorify the savior of the world who came to earth, to offer joint prayers and share the joy of the holiday with each other. Let us remember the words of the lord, captured in the gospel. Where two or three are gathered in my name, there i am in the midst of them. The centuriesold experience of the church testifies that this is truly so. The service will begin in just a few seconds, now according to established tradition, from
Also coming up. Hundreds of christians attend the first Christmas Eve mass in mosul sent islamic extremists word grif driven out almost six months ago theyre hoping Christian Life can thrive again in the city. And kremlin critic alex i know danny has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next years election hes considered the strongest potential challenger to president Vladimir Putin but a Court Conviction bars him from running. Plus david and goliath out in nature conservationists in south africa are turning to one of the worlds tiniest creatures in their effort to contain damage caused by one of the biggest. High my actuator welcome to the program. And we start in the vatican where pope francis has celebrated the traditional Christmas Eve Midnight Mass in the splendor of st peters basilica and remarks earlier the pope compared mary and joseph journey to bethlehem to the mass mass migration being seen in the world today pope francis told the faithful that the birth of j
Their homes just like joseph and mary had to do before the birth of jesus christ also coming up. Hundreds of christians attend the first Christmas Eve mass in mosul sense islamic extremists were grip driven out almost six months ago theyre hoping Christian Life can thrive again in the city. And kremlin critic alex i know danny has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next years election hes considered the strongest potential challenger to president Vladimir Putin but a Court Conviction bars him from running. Plus david and goliath out in nature conservationists in south africa are turning to one of the worlds tiniest creatures in their effort to contain damage caused by one of the biggest. High maya schwager welcome to the program. And we start in the vatican where pope francis has celebrated the traditional Christmas Eve Midnight Mass in the splendor of st peters basilica and remarks earlier the pope compared mary and joseph journey to bethlehem to the mass mass migrat
Representative in the holy land calls jerusalem a city of peace and inclusion this is tension seumas over the controversial u. S. Decision to recognize the city as israels capital. And russian Opposition Leader alexei enough has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next years election hes considered the strongest potential challenger to president putin but a cold conviction may bought him from running. Hello and welcome on ems crews to his brigade thanks for joining us in Rome Pope Francis has used his Christmas Eve mass to issue a Strong Defense of immigrants saying that religious faith obliges believe is to welcome my currents addressing a huge audience at some pages basilica he described the desperation felt by those who flee that homeland and compared their plight to that of the biblical figures of mary and joseph. Was already known as an outspoken reformer the pope had a clear message he compared mary and joseph journey to bethlehem with the mass migration seen tod