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laanheua, sbryhu a crude term.o tpoisayde the thol chuh's le i covering up child sexual abuse by priests. it marked his first personal acssnsylni letter to all cathol, onle chu on, "actd s edck a attack at the u.mbsyn to firing at tcar this morning. collusion/criminal conspiracyg e
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suis o s xui nton thbuer s controlling law. and it is not a cakeve walr n.atigve er prthe you reallany d wat toid be priv the investigation whenthcup we.ineili nk te lplaetwagr isn't inquit.e as strong as she suggests but really there hasn't beenf ot a olitigation on itcklo what we know, katherine
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emhamlerred, from what y know, what do you gles po awell, let me say, just basedw wonlly much of ythat hg.asth come out of the s' couninvestigation haso nt voacts themselves. it's largely come rough, you know, witnesses or other people r o rtip hesoryon of f the puer scialion talking bu ing counsefod and i just think we r weave-- we don't havon.e any herewans abyo he milulty atbeeds ein hvadesti. >> woodruff: solim weisenberg,
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ry ton khodoouienk outsta veing. kingi guarantee that you 50 to ono dwe kn'tn people in the truca and he ucueed g be edseesssena ocso obctioca a paperseller is keepinghticalll it's ctement of facts or a factual bas eisal. i think meurler calls it statement of the offense, the hoseon talks about what he or kt documents with respect toes, you don't see an obstruction
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narrative there. so i do think we caake intelligent guesses. >> woodruff: 15eon erinruler,doyou e it the sy bi obstruction stats, i'm i thi they would post date those prior plea agreements. so i'm not sure how much we can wegl karl ofee it. letherine reur,mm wi ssenberg, we thank you h.ts,u t >> woodruff: as we reportedier,l ea thad llad str fheindielngeas so ndthous olhe w tpoepe, worrote othf what hd saidd " an:
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now, as john yang tells us, mani >> yang: judy, in his letter to the faithful, pope francis sai thhag ch md involve "the active he said: "no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent possilof tirng covered up and perpetuated." educators and lay leaders ll for a dramatic first step: the resignation of all u.s. bishops. s douglaser now has more than kmiec, a law professor at ond foe erversy ofmerica are ai. sprows cummings, historian of catholicism who teaches at the university of no.datrme mr. kmiec, i wou,d like it to start with
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with that leealkedboutcatastrope historic magni. why k ah.tuef des. bthus abhops ir submit th ed tofrancis. n this, john,asha itane e that in there are three levels tohe prie the abuse occurs. one is th episcopal level, the s and cardinals. and there is the highest level of all, the pope in ths hatoe vn e addrenlingbut ciserrce ownsd blem o beithng a systemic,
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blltural pro w traditions. and that requires the gnt ging t holy fathy the opportun keep those who hav but into e excle th not. >> how likely do you think that ,ris. mtheris a precedent for. this thselftan end andn heiguleh went to t enorhseatthil hh cluse st ne ngurch. en he brond adiserho d anxanati nan shtd no, this is raomesy hngete wve ri uth evibeen adence forure hole
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rather than responding toa call from the leity. more than that, though. i think that if the bishops were to resign and several or all ofg those retions were with other bishops. they would be replaced with priests who will be order 8ingered bishops who are k07 out of the same culture that i think this most recent report ltureade clear is the cu that is sponl, not only for the abuse but for the many years of coverup. and i think prepare pran sis also ak njed that in hite pterom really identified the root of the cries nis a clerical culture. >> so how do you go about tha go about changing thatulture? >> to run with the image of the table ch have-- many catholics have grown up with the assumption and bisho p who always atreha
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church as well. and as popeerin hisf god,th finding ways tanc nisoti jusngr way e table icos n setry,f oveis run by laypeople that don't havn order to give it credibility i wo tliulkeplut growing upn i ach father or monsignor or bishop . complicit orisn
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towa misundelrstood something. so on the parish level we have the tope mrson wsuho has been a en helped. so that the investigation thatrs reprsponded to. te cren at the largest lvel at ely t nkth being the future of the to wt s iht em rel cated tgr real mesthood in theext ofhuh.fn questions, tnse casesintla wteo.
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asdevi ich h sshose t ois woouff: we tu now tort neda, a a ra race could spell trouble f coofe atchg mindofy vors athey head to the ballot box. yamiche alcindor traveled to the "sstate" and b ter,reriort.rishs >>
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t'tale carke don't thinsek thatis's gy"kn"mim ooy, hmeindo inro>> a >> the president ulgimvuantsroml salvador and some afriarse ee ) holes. myca cnountry, cuba, is a ( ble) hole.ar and for me to not be able to admit that my m. believes asylum-seekers and children who enter the u.s. illegally should be detained separately from their parents. came to the united states
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fleeing violence, fleeing communism from cuba. do you think you should have arat sep >>yo yes. i would have been fine hangingue wit.ha >> ado ne ha,deevntinasand repn tspemp i ar h t immigratblion policies. >> i do believe that we ought to keep these families together. but to say i c't support the um onpolicy that has been reversed is a pretty ridiculous question. i will support reasonable immigration reform polics threat than 30 year
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nce da bei cloe. to ump iselic heatitur g e baot forublil, a fayoreas n ls the race.ns it could cost him >> alcinr: that's what rosen is hoping. she tied heller to trump on immigration. >> i want to work on comprehensive bipartisan solutions that move our country ouecard, tprot rbo , rder s thtoizip dean heller is only going to do. spth.eipocalege.weh ke their cas >> i can't bcaegin to tell you what i feel every time i go to vo. g
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the special e disem krats are nor open borders. democrats aren't doing enough ao keeppeople likethe esint hims-sa lot about that today when he had a ceremony at the white house with ice agents saying that us people who are saying things itms ie, gineople, mak me, you, they have no idea whats strengthit is rea thuths or something like that. so they will makt an issue. i don't know what democrats are going to do on immigration.gh i looked thrt the report, we looked through all the ads moat have been run from jauary e tthfhis primary talked overwhelmingly about health care, very little about immigration. republicans talked a lot about immigration, very little about health care. so iony are going to make the se'tp kaarthie e be a issue. i don't know if emu as ththey wae health care a priority in themak
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pure anti-trump platform and we the party.nghat, that is plnty >> i fctorgns sayg ifdis.va eythd e aniable conservati.. both sides are now oui wt oses,wier nomination oraye butr nagh t u couesertain torep b
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hcretts kplecostidnwianvhnd waen ssi tell joe donnelly hiuc kanagh is s e onpoers ofaankamrr s speaking of archgo are not is retiblnge su re a mid tem whe thben ography is throwing tremendoupfo omocrats to vote in kavanagh'se
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fa btevoe haanred i think the other c an outrage a dayge, something fr them to get really excited andie energy identabout, that is the president. e in the kamevagh i dn oesrt be ncoae hwho he iembe4t i thin wthill give wd ome indicatn utthcohe orerth thy e heenwe liberals more of an opportu .y e >> right. >> politics monday, amy wlter, eliana johnson, thank you both. >> you're welcome. >> we will be back shortly with f: and we'll be back shortly with a view on why we should embrace changing culture. but first, take a moment to heab from your locastation.
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