. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're plantin

the things i think pope francis has done correctly it is sort of widen the spread of cardinals. benedict and johnl before him did that, too. italian influence has diminished somewhat over the last few generations. but clearly, francis has made an effort to appoint cardinals were -- who are not just from outside italy, but for more peripheral countries. so instead of making the archbish of the biggest city everywhere ae and cardinal, he has chosen more minor figures from small caribbean islands and places like that. the general intention is to address exactly that sort of disproportionate thing. it is a hard thing to change. you had that quote from francis where he is sort of criticizing [indiscernible] -- the fascinating thing about his pontificate is that it is consumed more by these issues i am writing about in the book, these moral and theological controversies, than by the clinic every organization of the church's governance, which is -- francis was elected byted. mostly non-italian cardinals who looked at how the church was run under benedict at 16th and how rome was run and decided we can d

. >> reporter: john, that's right. pope francisas taken the opportunity to speak out against several of the trump administration's policies. the first being separating can children from their families. pope francis is behind 100% his u.s. catholic bishops. they have called it immoral. he said he supports them in that position. he also criticized the trump administration pulling out the paris agreement, something pope francis caused him some pain because the future of humanity is at stake, he said. and on the question of cuba, the trump administration rolling back some of the obama administration deal to open trade and travel to cuba, partially brokered by the vatican. pope francis said he was saddened because he felt that was a good step forward. also john and alisyn, the pope said he's not even thinking about resigning. alisyn? >> delia, thank you very much for that update from rome. yes, john. >> translator: pope just tweeted on this. he said a person's dignity does not fend on them being a citizen, refugee or migrant. >> so ever

francis is similar to john paul, as sort of this globetrotting media presence, even though his theological perspective is different from john paul in many ways. has beenf the papacy -- the crude way to look at it is that pious the 12th was a more conservative figure and and benedict, who had been sort of liberals in the context of the 1960's said, well, things have gotten too far and we need to reinforce catholic orthodoxy. thathen francis sees reinforcement as having gone too far and wants to swing things back in the other direction. thereh political figures, is a pendulum miniature that swings from one hope to another. ian: what grade would you give the catholic church in the way it handled the sex crisis and what impact that has had on its membership. ross: f-. there are two defenses you can offer the church. since the worst of the revelations that came out in the early 2000's, the church in the u.s., where things were a public scandal, they have done a good job instituting protections and removing abusive priests. you start the clock. but the clock does not store in 2005 the way the ch

a g seven joint communique which found to come trade barriers francis warned that fits of anger cannot dictate international corporation john hendren reports from quebec city. the g. seven summit in canada began in crisis in ended in conflict u.s. president donald trump came late left early and ceded no ground is united states has been taken advantage of for decades and decades and we can't do that anymore i can gradually the leaders of other countries for so. crazily being able to make these trade deals that was so good for their country and so bad for the united states neither did the six other world leaders at the g. seven summit they were united in opposing trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum a move they say is likely to spark a trade war after the host of this summit canadian prime minister justin trudeau fired back i highlighted directly to the president that canadians did not take it lightly that the united states has moved forward with significant tariffs on our steel and aluminum industry particularly did not take lightly the fact that it's based on a national security reason that its kind of insulting but we als

francis. california jungle primary yielding surprising results in thes race. democratic lieutenant governor gavin newsom won by republican john cox finished a strong second. cox seeming to benefit from president trump's endorsement. >> this debate is going to set up a clear choice between venezuela which is what gavin newsom wants california to look like and the california dream restored, which is what i'm aiming to do. >> melissa: peter doocy i live in del mar, california. always the tough assignments, peter. >> melissa, republican lawmakers in california have been trying to do something to keep voters interested in them come november. now they have another way to do it. there will be a republican on the governor's ballot who the democratic candidate gavin newsom is already trying to tie to trump. >> it look like voters will have a real choice this november between a governor who is going to stand up to donald trump and a foot soldier in his war on california. mark my words. i've never backed down from a fight. and neith you. >> reporter: but the trump endorsed john cox is already trying fact-check newsom by clarifying the o

francis. ed henry is in for dana on "the daily briefing" which starts now. >> ed: this is a fox news alert. ted cruz and johnornyn are expected to host a news conference any minute now. i'm ed henry for dana perino, this is "the daily briefing." also on tap, we're going live to the white house where president trump will speak with citizens of violent crimes coming at the hands of illegal immigrants. steve harrigan is live in texas. steve, sounds like some vips to get a handle on what's really happening there on the ground. >> that's right, ed. a big media

francis. ed henry is in for dana on "the daily briefing" which starts now. >> ed: this is a fox news alert. ted cruz and john cornyn are expected to host a news conference any minute now. i'm ed henry for dana perino, this is "the daily briefing." also on tap, we're going live to the white house where president trump will speak with citizens of violent crimes coming at the hands of illegal immigrants. steve harrigan is live in texas. steve, sounds like some vips to get a handle on what's really happening there on the ground. >> that's right, ed. a big media crowd here waiting the two texas senators. ted cruz and john cornyn. they toured a detention center doing what many politicians doing across the country. trying to get a first hand look at what exactly is going on with this problem, which has gotten the nation's full attention. we expect them to make their remarks. their visit to the rio grande valley comes on the heels of melania trump visiting a shelter. some of the children were apprehended on their own, others forcibly separated from their parents. she offered any help she could to reunite the childre

francis. california jungle primary yielding surprising results in the governor's race. democratic lieutenant governor gavin newsom won by republican johntrong second. cox seeming to benefit from president trump's endorsement. >> this debate is going to set up a clear choice between venezuela which is what gavin newsom wants california to look like and the

now this -- pope francis meeting with some of the world's leading oil company executives -- talking about the dangers of climate change. johnmer president of shell oil -- did you ever meet with the pope when you ran shell may i ask? >> no i did not stuart, i missed that opportunity. >> okay. are we going to see the oil company executives cave to any demands made by the pope? >> well i think it's a good opportunity for his holiness to learn how many billions of people have been taking out of poverty and countries done well because of energy investment and energy development. i don't think the holy father understands fully that the reason that world has achieved such a level of wealth and creative opportunity is because of energy. and there's still two billion people in the world that have almost zero access to energy as we know it. so yes climate change is an issue, and the energy companies will hear wholly father view that's fine but i think the holy father and his associates need also to learn about the scale, scope, and importance of energy poor people all over the world. >> tough to talk back to the holy father, though,