>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. the vatican is slammed for sex abuse. warnings were missedden and agencies failed to communicate properly. and collateral damage, why citizens refused to lay down their arms. >> for more than a decade it has been one of the biggest scandals to rock the vatican.

child sex abuse within the catholic church. shows how widespread the problem is worldwide coming out of separate u.n. report coming out tomorrow where vatican and officials sit down face to face. >> for mike was abus, abuse tria life of drink and drugs and early death. >> most survivors are not interested in compensation. they're interested in knowing that what happened to them is not going to happen for future generation mishaving said that compensation i think is entirely appropriate when it comes to people whose lives, whose childhoods have been stolen. >> reporter: the vatican has a

new pope. he's popular, and he has made big promises. pope francis wants openness and transparency even on this toxic issue. he set up a committee, and the extent they deal with the u.n. will be if he can deliver on the sexual abuse and allegations of cover up. reports talk about how widespread the abuse has been. >> we traced back over the last sort of two decades all the promises that they made versus what actually happened. and there have been many promises in the past with very little has happened concretely, and everything that has allegedly happened has happened in complete secrecy. >> in 2012 the u.s. asked the

vatican to respond to questions about child abuse and what it's doing about it. many questions remain unanswered. >> if the institution acknowledges it's many failings, then i like many others who have suffered at priests hands will have some form of closure and some means of perhaps moving on. >> the vatican is coming to geneva. it says it takes its treaty obligations very seriously although it's action and inaction against child because might suggest otherwise. this is a good opportunity for the church and pope francis to signal that they're going to do something about it. al jazeera, geneva. >> she survived a plane crash only to die on the runway. this video shows a 16-year-old girl that the coroner said was alive on the tarmac after the

plane wasn't down in san francisco last july. she was killed when she was run over by a fire truck. we're live in san francisco with more on what the video shows and what it could mean. >> reporter: well, del, what it will mean is more evidence in terms of the litigation in this case. so the attorneys are the ones who obtained this video from the san francisco fire department, and it does, as you say, show the moments before and after the fire truck ran over that 16-year-old girl as investigators have said. as you mentioned it is believed by coroner's reports that she may have been as investigators say, alive on the tarmac before that fire truck did run her over. the video was exclusively broadcast by cbs and taken from the helmet of a firefighter. it shows one firefighter noticing the body, and with urgency telling his league not

to advance. not to drive forward, and then there is so much going on at that scene. the firefighters arrive, and they're rushing to get onto the plane to reach the survivors. at some point then later on that fire truck does run over the 16-year-old girl. the francisco fire chief has said in the attempts to rescue those people, the crew was running to the scene trying to assess who was on that burning flame. there was still 304 people still on the plane. the firefighters had to quickly assess who could be saved on the ground and how they would continue and rescue. the rescuing and then treatment came later. >> lisa bernard joining us live from san francisco, thank you very much. today congress looking to

finalize the budget deal. instead they moved the approval deadline to saturday. libby casey on capitol hill. >> reporter: the senate voted this afternoon to give themselves three more days to work out this big $1.1 trillion spending bill. the deadline is saturday. the house is moving forward today on tackling that very large bill. this is how businesses is supposed to get conducted on capitol hill. it's 12 appropriation bills smooshed into one, and it's everything that is not mandatory, half of this is dedicated to defense spending, the other half rangin ranging fd start to the epa. even though it is expected to pass the house, not everyone is

happy about it. some are saying not only are they displaced about the cuts and choices, but some think that congress inside for time to pour through it. this is one of the concerns lodged, and now democrats are calling foul. they hammered out the details, and that's why it's expected to find passage this week. >> no word on the unemployment extensions. >> that's right. that really faltered yesterday. they couldn't move forward, and while the senate has a few more days left of work this week they don't expect to be in washington next week. if they can't move any future

efforts now, many will be left waiting to see what happens next. it comes down those who want to see how they'll play for those bills. >> libby casey on capitol hill. thank you very much. and from capitol hill we turn to the white house, president obama said he's not going to wait around for congress to get things done. making that clear when he spoke not long ago in raleigh, north carolina. he talked about boosting the rae manufacturing hub. mike viqueira is in washington and the president calling this the year ofove or work around se

gridlock that libby just described on capitol hill. he said he has a pen, this is what he said, the implication is that he has a pen, and he's not afraid to use it. this is part and parcel with last year, the promised zone and economically depressed areas around the country. these are the manufacturing sides, manufacturing hubs in raleigh north carolina of action washington one way or another. >> we've made progress.

the pieces are all there to bring back more of about their legislative and political strategy going in. >> mike, are we to assume that there may be politics at play on this tour by the president? he is at research triangle park in north carolina, a battleground state. i don't del, we might note that kay hagin, a freshman senator, she was not there in attention today, and some eyebrows were raised. the conjecture she didn't want

to be seen on the same stage as president obama who is incredibly unpopular.n the second term. >> thank you very much. secretary of state john kerry renewing a u.s. pledge to help syrians affected by the war there, kerry promising an additional $280 million in humanitarian aid. they say that bess $4 billion less than what it said it needed to help syrians in 2014.

a new report says that that attack on the u.s. consolate in bengahzi could have been prevented. there was i remembe initially a. u.s. ambassador to libya was one of four americans killed in that attack. no. one community in mexico there are concerns that the government is just as dangers as the violent drug gangs. >> still in shock this mother grieves for her son mario. some say he was killed by the military. among them, who said his brother-in-law was unarmed when soldiers open fired on him. >> when i got there he was already dead with a bullet in

his neck. >> mario and three other people were killed i, and they demanded the stolenners needed to return >> reporter: the government is sending reinforcements, but the people hearsay the community police are refusing to give up their arms until the government makes key arrests of the nights tem bar cartel. this community police leader said disarming his men won't improve security. >> we are just protecting the people and doing the work the government has failed to do for

the past 12 years. we're tired of kidnapping, extortion and scaring our lives. >> reporter: and more and more troops arrive they'll face a fight on two fronts. they'll have to confront the cartel and a population that no wrongelonger has police and wilt against crime. >> people turning out with extra security at polling situations. egypt's former leaders, the muslim brotherhood, recently labeled terrorists by the current rulers. outside of the country authorities are detaining several of our colleagues. producers mohamed fahmybadir mohammed, and peter greste have

been falsely arrested and accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera denies all the allegations and is demanding their immediate release. two other journalists are also in egyptian custody. they have been held for five months. coming up on al jazeera america, a buffer zone, a supreme court case that says who can talk to whom, and also looking outside of abortion clinics.

>> call it the right to speak versus the right to be heard that questions buffer zones outside of abortion clinics in massachusetts are illegal. patients and staff are protected as they go in and out of the clinics. in this case the protesters are kept back 45 feet demonstrators

claim that it is against their first amendment rights to speak to women who go into the clinic. clinics that provide abortions sometimes centers set up across the street. >> here is a pretty good illustration. this building behind me houses one of the few remaining abortion clinics in the state. if you recall in november when those new texas restrictions kicked in a third of clinics had to close. this is the housing, a crisis pregnancy center. this is a place that exists with the main purpose of diverting women who may be intending to go to the abortion clinic to walk through those doors instead and not have an abortion. another crisis pregnancy center had a sonogram truck parked

across the clinic offering pregnant tescy tests and son so. volunteers often give these pregnancy tests and sonograms. the medical association has been critical of some of the n distributed from some of these places regarding abortions calling it medical and accurate. last lie these centers are usually run by religious organizations that do not disclose to the women walking through their door that this is a faith-based group. the state has been in support of these pregnancy crisis centers giving them $4 million a year. the state said it has a right to protect life but abortion rights advocates say this blatant

favoritism is unconstitution, and the appeals court is deciding whether these new restrictions pass muster, and we could expect a decision from them any day. >> heidi, thank you very much. >> it is shaping up to be another big day on wall street. the dow up 117 points. investigator--investors seem toe encouraged from information from the new york area. and bank of america says things are looking forward going forward. but bank of america is spending $2.3 billion in settlements related to the sale of bad mortgage loans. a group of amazon employees voting on whether to accept an union. 30 mechanics and technicians in

delaware will decide if they should join the international association of machinests and arroarrowaerospace works. if it does it will be the first to join union at amazon. strong demand in the u.s. and china and the company will be spending $1 billion to shore up business in europe and other markets. the auto industry's come back means more money for detroit and elsewhere. canadian have been a major factor in the city's economic boom and bust. ali velshi explains just how. >> reporter: americans and canadiansing arely cross the international border to visit each other and to shop. >> commerce between the two is generous on both sides. we come here and we go there.

>> reporter: canadian visits through detroit where the weaker dollar. >> they come here and shop. >> but that will change. the canadian doctor ha--dollar s weakened, and american retailers could lose their competitive edge. >> the increases that have happened are somewhat endangered by a weaker canadian dollar because it's not going to go as far when you come to the u.s. to shop. it may cause a drop off with visitors. >> reporter: but more is at stake than just shoppers coming across the board to purchase things. a huge number of freights are routed from the united states

into canada. >> as you can see freights from u.s. into canada over this bridge. i'm in detroit, and across the river is windsor, canada. and they buy supplies for manufacturers on both sides of the river. but which country gains the most from this trade across the border often has to do with which country has the lower currency. >> if the canadian dollar continues to decline, it will reinvigorate interested and resourcing to dad because the enter buy will go further. >> suffering from a declining manufacturing base and the city's financial woes, but there is a real sense that detroit is turning a corner. >> this is our chance to rise

from the ashes and be stronger than ever. >> reporter: the weaker canadian dollar on the rise may mean that the city may lose out on trait, and many canadians going in to shop and do business. >> you can watch "real money" with ali velshi right here on www.aljazeera.coonal jazeera am. and letters to jackie kennedy since jfk's assassination.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines this hour. the vatican being forced to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church. the vatican is sitting down with the united nations to discuss the situation. today congress begins voting on that bipartisan budget deal announced last month. the 711 trillion-dollar measure

expected to pass the house later this afternoon. the senate is due to vote on the little barrett this week. president obama is in raleigh, north carolina, where not long ago he unveiled more of his plan to boost the economy. >> we're looking at blizzard conditions just the eastern side of the state and wind really starting to pick up. snow with gusting winds could reduce visibility. here comes this light snow, the wind picking up once the snow moves through, and that wind could easily gust to 75 mph. that's why there is a high wind warning. 10 in fargo, the wind chills down below zero.

52 in denver. eastern side of the rockies seeing warmer air as the wind goes down. now this is a weather pattern. high pressure in the western portion of the country really keeping the storms going to the north, not effecting southern california, extreme drought conditions as you're not getting the moyes that you need along with the snow that will eventually melt and feed into the streams and reservoirs. the storm tracks continuing to go up north and canada and moving south. that's why we're getting shots of cold air. we have low pressures developing, and then moving off to the northeast. where this weather pattern sets up looks like it will be just off the coast over the next 24 to 48 hours. it will be active, but the storms are passing just a litt

little, and in the storms they just stay off the coast. here is light snow with that area snow that is moving through the great lakes now. storms just off the coast not getting a lot of moisture to the mid-atlantic states it will get cooler with temperatures dropping in the 40's with the heavy rain and snow stays off the coast and we're watching another storm this weekend moves just a little too far to the east. >> the public getting look at thousands of jfk presidential library in boston. there are 2,020 letters in all. one from the mother of a little girl who died in the birmingham church bombing. we want to thank each and every one of you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters from new york.

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