it's the secret vatican archives.storical research centers in the world. its history dates back to the beginning of the roman church. today the entire collection of documents sits on 52 miles of book shelves, covers 800 years of religious history. highlights include letters from michelangelo, document outlining napoleon's coronation ceremony, and even henry the eighth's request for an annulment of marriage. more than 1,000 scholars actually take a look from 50 countries every year. as you check it out, jacksonvi florida, is today's pick city. sunny, hot. s 94 degrees. and for today in the radar satellite, you can see we've got a risk of strong storms stretching from the mid mississippi river valley into the central plains. rain in the pacific northwest. much cooler in the northeast after that frontal system went through and closed those tornadoes. we've got, again, the risk of storms in the southeast. >>> well, most of the bay area is going to get a pretty nice dry break heading throughout this afternoon. maybe a few

and the vatican takes another leap into the 21st century. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus jennifer aniston gets inked for the first time. whose name is she sporting now? >> also, doc holliday is a perfect ten. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the u.s. military says two american service members were killed in iraq sunday but gave no further details on their deaths. so far 11 u.s. troops have died this month, making june the deadliest for american combat forces in two years. >>> venezuelan officials are dismissing reports that president hugo chavez is sicker than the government has admitted. chavez hasn't spoken publicly since june 12th. few details have been given about his health other than he's recovering from surgery he had in cuba over two weeks ago. >>> authorities say a nevada trucking company involved in a fiery crash friday had multiple safety citations. six people died when a semi trailer slammed into an amtrak

what must it be like to be the vatican's i.t. guy? the text of his first-ever tweet read in part -- dear friends, i just launched news dot va. praise be the lord with my prayers and blessings. that means i'll have to find something else for my first tweet. by the way, there an estimated 200 million twitter users worldwide. >>> a lot of talk here in new york among the yankees' fans. what to do when it's time for mo to go? when mariano rivera retires? consensus hall of famer and greatest closer of all time. the rumor on the sports wire says the yankees are talking to this guy. this was before a padres game. they asked members of the cirque du soleil troupe from vegas to show off their stuff on the mound. scouting report on this guy is better than average delivery, needs to work on his cutter. >>> a little bit of legitimate news value but not much. we wanted to show you the pictures of the new baby koala boonda, born at the park. a second generation urban koala, the first baby born to a mother koala born in captivity. population of koala

the vatican has been using social media for quite some time. today marked the first time the pope himself tweeted. the pope used th vatican's twitter account to announce a new web site that's up and running. the tweet said "dear friends, i just launched news.va, praise be our lord jesus christ, exclamation point, with my prayers and blessings, benedictus xvi." you could have written 16th but d u saved characters co>>> it ngmiup, >>> coming up, what happens when acrobats outshine professional athletes on the field. w >>> presidents is tried it, so have celebrities. it's hard to execute a perfect first pitch. after last night there's going to be even more pressure. [ applause ] >> take that, timmy. that was performer from cirque du soleil getting the job done with flair in san diego last night. check it out. he start with a 360-degree backflip, lands it, then throws a perfect strike right down the middle. did all that in that freaky costume. this is the first-ever performance from the las vegas act out on the field. >> i don't think timmy would l

we'll show you the secret archives at the vatican that go back centuries. and i will get to talk with the swiss guard. i don't think i can put on the uniform, but it's a special, elite force that guards the pope. >> by the way, highly trained. during the audience with the pope it was about 85 degrees here in st. peter's square. members of the swiss guard stood at attention, the staff they carry, for an hour and 35 minutes, never flinching a muscle. we were dying. and they were making it worse. we have a great show in store for you tomorrow morning on "today." back to you guys in new york. >> matt, before i let you go, can you tell us what the gift was or do we have to wait even longer for that? >> i can tell you what it was. we heard this pope has a love for cats. so what was in the box was a beautiful crystal cat that, who knows, could be on his table. he seemed to accept it and like it. we wanted to offer a gift to show our appreciation for the time and attention he showed us. >> thank you, guys. >> good for you guys. >> now on a different note, here at h

. >>> vice-president joe biden is in the vatican in rome. he met with pope benedict. it was an unannounced meeting. the vice-president is a practicing catholic who also supports abortion rights. now the pope has long insisted that catholic politicians follow the church's teaching on quote, nonnegotiable issues like abortion, which the vatican strongly opposes. >>> concerns are growing around the world about a strain of e. coli in europe that chinese researchers are calling a super toxic strain. three people who recently traveled to germany are infected with it. in europe 18 people have died so far. more than 2,000 are infected. some governments are limiting imports on vegetables from spain, germany and the netherlands but they have not been able to pinpoint the exact source of it. >>> we're learning the horrifying details of jaycee dugard's 18 years of captivity. yesterday the judge released the transcript hours after sentencing her two kidnappers. dugard said she was walking to the bus stop when a man known as phillip garrido grabbed her and zapped her with a stun gu

then you go on tv two days later and you're wearing something that makes you look like you robbed a vatican or about to marry jesus in las vegas. then you insist that you insist that you meant to say you were right and you were the victim of some awareness. >> in a shout-out gotcha type of question that was asked of me i answered candidly. i know my american history. >> jon: it was a gotcha question. what was the question again? >> i'm going to repeat the gotcha question. what have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit? >> jon: here's a tip. it doesn't make it a gotcha question, it doesn't make you a gotcha question just because it got-ya. by the way i thought you said that you were right. so it's a gotcha question. meanwhile the bus tour rolls on. john oliver has this report. >> reporter: last week sarah palin's non-seeking americana vacation tour hit the most historic sights on the east coast. but the media missed the biggest story of all. the bus itself. this 46-feet flag dipped liberty coach took our greatest treasures and put them in a space normally

pope benedict used an ipad to tweet about the launch of the vatican's new information portal. >>> andhe latest "newsweek" cover is generating a lot of buzz. it shows a computer-generated digitally aged princess diana walking with the daughter-in-law she never know catherine, duchess of cambridge. the controversial cover marks what would have been the late princess' 50th birthday this friday. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,188 after gaining 145 points yesterday. the s&p was up 16 points. the nasdaq rose 41. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei grew 148 points, while in hong kong the hang seng was up a fraction. >>> stocks surged higher tuesday on optimism that greek leaders will pass an unpopular austerity plan needed to keep the country afloat. in athens yesterday police fired tear gas on angry protesters demanding the government vote down the harsh measure designed to show its european lenders greece is serious about getting its finances in order. parliament is expected to pass the drastic cuts

this case began in october 2009 in sedona, arizona, sometimes called the new age vatican, where ray heldhat he called the spiritual warrior retreat. participants paid nearly ten grand for five days of breathing exercises, journal entries and elaborate games where ray played the role of god. the culminating event was a sweat lodge ceremony inside this low-slung wooden hut. >> did you have a sense at all that it would be dangerous? >> yeah, for me, you know, he said, you know, you may feel like you're going to die, but you're not. that's just your body reacting. i trusted him 100%. >> reporter: more than 50 people were jammed inside. there were blazing hot rocks in the middle, and water was poured on top of them. when did you realize that something was going wrong in there? >> after the first round, when the door opened and people came out, i was shocked. i was shocked at the condition of the people that came out. >> reporter: in a story she first told right here on "nightline," and then repeated on the stand at trial, former james ray staffer melinda martin, who was stationed right outsid

. >> they were over in the vatican what do they say when the pope comes, is that what people say when>> you have a great staff there? >> small stuff great people. >> let's talk about father george you are a vallejo dominican. >> yes, i wear that honor proudly. we have -- for over 100 years the parish was dominican and there was dominican sisters in the elementary school, the high school, and at one point when i graduated from high school, 50 years ago, there were 10 members of my class who entered religious life. >> wow. >> the parish there and the high school really fostered vocations. but for year after year, there were -- there was almost always one young man who entered the fryers so i can look back over father patrick la bell, martin walsh, raymond finnerty myself, one after another from that parish we got the nickname the vallejo dominicans and we wear that proudly. >> how do you feel today about guiding people through the spiritual gift of a retreat? how do you feel about being the former of that work? >> it is a wonderful job. it really is. i don't actually lead a lot of the r

encyclical on the moral teaching of the roman catholic church has been officially published by the vatican. veritatis splendor, which had been widely leaked, argues for absbsute standards and against more liberal moral views. italy is the physical center of the catholic church, which condemns contraception and abortion. how, then, can italians equate a low birth rate with religious practice? [bonoli speaking italian] [translator] yes, i think that catholic couples and even young italian catholics have for some time now made a distinction between their religious conscience and what might be considered as a dictate from the church. therefore, they don't feel bound within their conscience to take notice of the rules which they probably don't agree with, but this doesn't mean that they feel any less catholic. [speaking italian] [translator] i believe, and i'm a catholic, et cetera, but life has to be practical. you have to try and act according to your various needs, according to your personal problems, the type of family, and the type of work you do. don mario picchi lives in rome and has bee

a point of the blame for the vatican yet it would have got to start its products at producing a huge amount of drugs and exporting it to the to the word but can you want just from your point of view what they would think i mean how to what tackle these problems never thought of that first i welcome you to afghanistan there's no doubt that the area of gun taste and so on with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started on afghanistan i believe the war was the root cause that forced afghan people to turn to poppy growing this is the source of knowledge problems our countdown faces today the afghan government has pledged to put an end to all be in production in the country if we study the history of drug production how it spread in afghanistan or to agree it has reached you will learn a little two hundred fifteen heck there is a prominent contain poppy crops thanks to the efforts of the democratic afghan government which i consider to be quite successful we've managed to cut the area to one hundred thirty hector's this year the government intends to further reduce th

vatican city consists of just over 108 acres.e of those covered by gardens that supply the pope's kitchen. though for centuries, tradition dictated that the pope eat alone, benedict is occasionally joined by a guest and he always dines with his personal secretaries. having grown up in the mountain villages of bavaria, the holy father is a walker, a rooftop stroll through his sanctuary is later followed by a walk three the vatican gardens, an opportunity for exercise and the rosary. from the privacy of his living quarters, he travels by somewhat modern convenience to the formal rooms of the apostolic palace. here surrounded by the art of his faith, benedict meets with the dignitaries, both spiritual and political. like many of us, the pope ends his day with the push of a button, a nightly italian news program fills the hour from 8:00 until 9:00 before the pope retires to his rooms. it's an ordinary moment in the life of an extraordinary man, one whose quiet devotion has delivered him to the forefront of a passionate movement. movi

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pope benedict xvi launched the vatican's new web portal.e tweeted, dear friends i just launched news.va. he just learned how to publish messages on the site. the injured to reach out to the faithful with modernday forms of communication like online videos. >>> well, if you are heading out the door, conditions right now, we are still seeing some clouds, the center of the low right over us. we are looking at low 50s to high 50s. a cloudy start, some sprinkles. but overall we are definitely seeing an improvement in the weather. this afternoon mid-50s to high 70s, sun and clouds for the inland areas. a 20% chance of showers and a very slight chance of thunderstorms. i did want to add that into the forecast because we do have that instability overhead. partly cloudy skies for the bay and sun and clouds, cool for the coast. some breezy conditions there. here's a look at what we have going on. there is the center of the low that's making its way towards the east. it will dry out, will pave the way for a warmer weekend. here's that high pressure sy

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vatican city vogel school any need just days after the g eight summit wrapped up in france so course the focus was mainly on the grants already achieved between the leaders like a common stance on the north africa and the middle east conflicts uprising again dmitri medvedev reiterated today russia's position russia supports a peaceful resolution of the conflicts in league and considers it the country's internal affairs also invited for talks today in rome was us vice president joe biden apart from libya and the middle east conflict they discussed the u.s. plans to deploy and to me sell system in europe you know russia expects more transparency more cooperation from the u.s. on that as this system is to be deployed so kudos to russia's borders from joe biden and to meet their presence in rome today were presided daves from some eighty countries as eataly held a major military parade in the center of rome today and these years parade is special because twenty eleven marks one hundred fifty years since each city was unique by as a country from a patchwork of city states so it was very s

this meeting took place at the vatican. it was private.ing catholic supports abortion rights. some think the vatican strongly >> vice-president of candidate john edwards has been indicted. he is being accused of misusing campaign funds to hide his extramarital affair. >> he is quick to be in the courthouse facing those charges today, indicted by a federal grand jury. it is standing outside waiting for him to show up. it should be an interesting day in north carolina in across the nation. throughout the morning we will update. >> and the couple who kidnapped, tortured and rick jaycee lee dugard were handed their senses. phillip garrido will serve a life in prison, his wife was sentenced to 36 years-life. the mother of jaycee dugard read a statement from her daughter, terisa estacio reports what it said. >> jaycee began the statement by saying, i refuse to waste and other second of my life in your presence. i have chosen to have my mother read this for me. what you and nancy did was reprehensible. both of you can save your apologies and empt

the world court all of these groups are kangaroo joke courts like the vatican six hundred years ago you know ordering that different canings in england places be arrested and it's a bunch of criminals basically legitimizing their genocide wars and their neo colonial invasions because they issue arrest warrants for people they want to rob all right let me get here alex i don't think i've ever heard you agree with the us government on anything i think this might be a first here on this event on r.t. so why then are we hearing nato members and western mainstream media come out and champion this as kind of a good thing as a success they welcomed it the report from voice of america for example are the libyan rebel leaders are you know excited and welcome these charges so why is that reaction if the u.s. dismisses this court entirely. because the united states knows this violates sovereignty and criminals in our government know that they could be charged for war crimes by the kangaroo court and they also we have large constituencies like ron paul and others that understand we have our supreme

. >>> pope benedict gave an ipad holy tap launching papal news and information site to help the vaticans sent his very first tweet. >> guests were around the world are gathering around monica for the wedding of prince albert ii and charlene whitstock. the prince is son of grace kelly. the three-day affair kicks off tomorrow night. i'm sure it could be quite a show. >> he's been a latch lohr for a very long time but no longer. >>> for some of you local news is next. >> is there such a thing as at the leptllepathy between twins? of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol, stop. along with diet lipitor has been shown to lower bad cholesterol 39 to 60 p pcent. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. [ female announcer ] lipitor is not for everyone including people with liver problems and women who are nursing pregnant or m

in iraq, our presence is bigger than at the vatican. we are going to argue the case hit the scenes, we have to protect our oil. what are our enemies doing? vietnam as well as china. china has become -- the manufacturer of the world selling us goods. we borrow money. we are the greatest debtor in the world and the chinese have 3 trillion in the bank. are they going around invading the country. no. they are making money and buying up oil interest. they are making deals. our foreign policy has driven so many countries into the hands of the chinese. it has gotten to be india, russia and iran. iraq is turned over to the shiites. our policies have totally backfired on us. we need to change the foreign policy. we need a pro-american foreign policy. [applause] here at home, we are stedly losing our liberties. we don't own our own property. we can't use our own property unless we pay our taxes and file regulations. from the un coming down on us and telling us what we can do with our land. it's a good reason to support our bill that would get us

the vatican is taking a gianan leap into the world of social media.ent his first tweet and at the vatican he says he typed it out himself on an ipad. very modern. what did he say in this tweet? he announced the launch of a snazzy new web portal called www.news.va. the leader of the world's catholics already has over 1 billion followers, that is in real life. as for the digital world, within three hours he had 15,000 followers on twitter. in real life, that is. >> exactly. all the catholics out there, about 1 billion of them, already 15,000 on twitter, potential for more. >> very modern, has the ipad, the whole thing, e-mails. >> you can hear when he looked at the ipad he went, "ooh!" very impressed. >>> a massachusetts teenager admits being drunk when he took this rather terrifying spill down an escalator. >> can't look. >> the jaw-dropping 20-foot fall was caught on surveillance tape. don't drink and g gon an escalator. >> believe it or not sean o'mally suffered just a fractured elbow. also a bruised ego as you might imagine, no doubt. the 18-year-ol

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the vatican going green. the reports are the next generation pope mobile will be a hybrid. the pope wanted a solar powered vehicle but that might have taken a modern-day miracle given all of the bullet proof glass. it's supposed to run up to 16 miles on electric power. the most important thing, it's at parade speeds, got to keep those speeds down to get that fuel efficiency for it to work. >> well, not too bad. i can see the solar panels. not too bad. >> if any one can pull out magical fuel efficiency it would be the pope. >> have a blessed day yourself, brian. thank you. it's 5:18 now. the forecast in the bay area going to be very nice in time for the weekend. >> it will be. i'd like to see 20-inch spinners. we're looking good, nice and clear as we head throughout the day today it's going to be probably the coolest day of the week. it will be the coolest day of the week. 52 in livermore, 54 in concord. we have 40 this is morning which we have not had all week long. as a result because we're starting out cooler, we have a deep formation of that marine layer, it's going to b

miss first tweet yesterday to announce the launch of a new website that will bring together all the vatican place. it coincides with today's 60th anniversary of the pontiff's ordinary nation as a priest of 24 years old. i can't really read the tweet on the screen, but i will bring it to you later on. i guess not much point putting it on the screen if we can't see it. >> it says something along the lines of he's launching the new aggregate website and he says may the lord bless you. along those lines. so the pope is getting social there. and his twitter handle is not @pope. it's actually @news underscore vian. he likes writing in longhand. >> if you had to put a blessing at the he said of your tweets, it eats up a lot of your oofl content space. >> well, he is the pope, so -- >> i suppose. all right. i guess he has to do that, right? all right. later we'll talk about that underwear survey when everybody's had their coffee. >> okay. >>> republican presidential candidate herman cain plans to unveil his jobs plan today. eliot spitzer sat down with the tea party favorite hoping to find out more

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with a touch of his ipad, pope benedict started up the vatican new online venture. he launched papal news and information site to help them communicate with the outside world. the pope sent his first tweet. those are the tech bites. >>> 6:23 now. a person familiar with the major league baseball plan and the dodgers say they will probably try to seize the cash-strapped team. i would allow commissioner selig to take control of the team seeking chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. they must file a motion seeking termination of the franchise. the source says it is likely to happen but there is no timetable for the filing. yesterday the judge authorized them to enter into financing arrangement. >>> the san francisco giants will try to improve on a season high seven-game win streak when they meet the cubs in chicago tonight. pitcher barry zito made a successful return to the line-up. he held them to two runs, over seven innings. ankle injury kept him on the sideline for two months. the second game they won 6-3. they won the opener 13-7. >> shaved a mustache and get a win. >>

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all great bud zblees we understand the vatican is going green. had been a hybrid pope podium. >> yeah. you know how the pope travels with a white car that she has, mercedes, bulletproof. elevated there in the front with a couple of passengers that can travel at the back. yeah. you know, how about a green one of these? there are reports that mercedes-benz is doing this whole big study of -- whether they can get together and build a hybrid and energy saving pope mobile that can replace this one that he is famous for. the pope is environmentally conscious, guys. he even has solar panels on a roof of the papal audience, vatican. he's into sustainable energy. we may see it soon. >> if he does do that, they need to get his entire motorcade green, too. there are more cars on the project and back that seems to be using gas rather -- >> yeah. >> all right. >> that's right. >> thanks so much. >> y >>> us airways drawing a lot of attention for allowing a male passenger to board a flight wearing nothing but women's underwear. a fellow passenger took this pic

the vatican says the pope enjoyed himself and is in awe of this new technology. you know, he tweeted, dear friend, i just launched news.vatican. news.va. it's a new information website. but now you have the pope. >> absolutely. i'm sure he will have a lot of friends out there. >> i think so. >> twitter nation is very happy about that. >>> let's check in with sal. >> tori, you are on twitter? >> yes. >> and so is steve paulson, we don't have any -- have as many followers than the pope but who does? maybe lebron james or justin bieber. let's take a look at the now -- my maps are kind of malfunctioning. okay. there they are. westbound 92 foster city boulevard, the accident has been cleared. highway 101, san mateo, that traffic is busy from burlingame on south. 280 is your better bet there. across the bay we have a lot of slow traffic. southbound 880 at thornton. the traffic was very slow from a street on down to fremont. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up for about a ten-minute wait. this morning's commute in san francisco along northbo

pope benedict xvi announced a new website for news from the vatican.as a priest. he admit that is the twitter post was prepared for him, but the pope clicked it to send it. i know you do your own sending and writing. >> pontiff tweets f. he hits the button, she tweeting. good for him. i have an important note for all of the viewers here in the united states. tomorrow i will be anchoring "the situation room" from chicago. we have the former british prime minister tony blair who will be joining me as the new mayor of chicago. on thursday with former president clinton who is hosting the global initiative in chicago, all that coming up tomorrow and thursday. special guests here in "the situation room". >> in the afghan capital, what she saw live in kabul. passions flair over the government's plans to slash the muj et. she got caught up in the streets of athens it was lugly. when a politician visits iowa, we often say those of us who cover politics, it's no accident. there was plenty of buzz when the president and one of his old adversaries found them in th

the embassy in iraq is bigger than the vatican. do you think we are going to leave and leave all of those bases? no. we are there because we are going to argue the case, at least behind the scenes, that we have to protect our oil. what are our political enemies of recent years doing? the vietnam -- the vietnamese as well as china? china has become the manufacturer of the world, selling of students, and we borrow the money -- selling us goods, and we borrow the money. the chinese and money in the bank. or the invading countries and having their people get killed? no, they are making money. they are buying up oil interests. they are making deals. unfortunately, our foreign policy has driven so many countries into the hands of the chinese, the coalition has gotten to be india, russia, china, and iran. to is the close but the knell of iran? iraq. we toured iraq over to the shiites. our policies, no matter what the argument may have been, have totally backfired on us. we need to change the foreign- policy. we need a pro-american foreign

off the cuff jumble and then you go on tv wearing a jumbo cross and you look like you robbed the vatican or you're about to marry jesus in vegas. >> in a shout-out gotcha type of question that was asked of me i answered candidly. i know my american history. >> oh, i didn't -- it was a gotcha question. what was the question again? >> a gotcha question. i'm going to repeat it. what have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit. >> here's the thing. it doesn't make it a gotcha question. it doesn't make it a gotcha question just because it got ya. >> wow. >> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, june 7th. look at that shot of the morning in new york city. with us on set, national affairs national new york magazine john heilman and former chairman of the republican national committee and now an msnbc political analyst, michael steele. >> really, guys? >> willie and joe. it's every headline. >> stewart and colbert were on last night. i challenge anyone that table to keep it together. >> whoa. >> obviously on the front page of the papers today, it's huge news. >

space walks are very hard and they were vatican arm operations our pilot greg johnson here is probably one of the most experienced robotic arm operators the space station has now. even though he has not done a long duration flight from his two missions. this stuff is really really difficult and to do it with a group of people that are just so accomplished and so experienced and you know it makes it very easy for me. it makes my job a lot easier to have guys like this on this crew. so i will remember them more than anything. >> todd helgerson of florida today. i guess for mark kelly. i think you came in to the core in the mid-1990s and it is kind of fascinating to me to see how the content in these missions has grown and complexity over the years and i'm wondering if you could comment on what your perception is on how much more complex these missions have become and whether or not it is possible, humanly possible to squeeze any more into a mission then you guys have done this time around? >> well, it is a good question. they have become more complex and you know, a lot of times you hear

the embassy in iraq is bigger than the vatican. do you think we are going to leave and leave all of those bases? no. we are there because we are going to argue the case, at least behind the scenes, that we have to protect our oil. what are our political enemies of recent years doing? the vietnam -- the vietnamese as well as china? china has become the manufacturer of the world, selling of students, and we borrow the money -- selling us goods, and we borrow the money. the chinese and money in the bank. or the invading countries and having their people get killed? no, they are making money. they are buying up oil interests. they are making deals. unfortunately, our foreign policy has driven so many countries into the hands of the chinese, the coalition has gotten to be india, russia, china, and iran. to is the close but the knell of iran? iraq. we toured iraq over to the shiites. our policies, no matter what the argument may have been, have totally backfired on us. we need to change the foreign- policy. we need a pro-american foreign

>>> today we have a very special group in our studio all the way from the vatican, the choir for popeor the beatification ceremony. ♪ [ singing in italian ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ singing in italian ] ♪ ♪