the pontiff wanted to go to mosul, the recently liberated capital of the so-called islamic state. >> go, go, go. >> but he was alerted to two assassination plots by vatican security. after a tip off from british intelligence, a woman stuffed with explosives, a young suicide bomber was on her way to mosul to blow herself up, he writes, and a van had also left at full speed with the same intent. despite the extreme danger, francis bravely went to mosul, releasing a dove for peace, later holding open air mass in nearby erbil. we were there. there are incredible scenes here, incredible for christians, yazidis, arabs and kurds in a country devastated by war and terror. the pope is here on a pilgrimage of peace the following day, asking vatican security what happened to the two bombers? the commander replied laconically, they're no longer there. the iraqi police had intercepted them and detonated them. pope francis turned 88. in his new book, he reveals that, frankly, he's lucky to be alive, and the title of that book, hope. ian pannell abc news in london. >> all right, ian, thank you. wel

captain, where you with general petraeus in mosul. >> i i was not.i can have chances are under hi him. >> i was there with the one at first drink that time in mosul and alabama national guard attached to it at that time. but you talked about the backdoor, , having heat or maybe captain youngblood having to dine in the kitchen, not set up front. do you think just from your yale, you are harvard, your notre dame. do you feel that that policy, setting aside the impact them a pat on, sent a message of some kind to veterans and to the recruiters who made themselves who come off the battlefield who came on the campus? what was at message. >> that message very clear is your service to the country is not valued by these institutions. >> it was not a message of support. i know she met with veterans on veterans day. she honored that the public occasions. that's appreciated by veterans. we learned that lesson from vietnam vets who did not honor but it's a whole nother thing when you take action on their behalf to practically given access, elevate their service

the attacks were planned in 2021 during his visit to mosul, where iraqi christians had been killed ora woman carrying explosives was intending to blow herself up during the papal visit and a truck was also on its way with the same intent. the pope said he was told of the planned attacks as soon as he flew into iraq to start his visit, but it went ahead anyway. father benedict kiely is the founder of nasarean.org — he's a catholic priest who has worked in and visited iraq several times. excerpts from pope francis 5 autobiography say british intelligence and iraqi police foiled two suicide bomb plots during the visit in 2021. we understand, you were in iraq that time. what a brave move it was on the part of pope francis. he what a brave move it was on the part of pope francis.— part of pope francis. he knew from the _ part of pope francis. he knew from the beginning _ part of pope francis. he knew from the beginning that - part of pope francis. he knew from the beginning that he i part of pope francis. he knew. from the beginning that he was going to a very dangerous place and we know t

now, of course, mosul, iraq's second largest city, was under the control of islamic state from 2014 to 2017. in his autobiography, the pope says he was advised strongly against visiting iraq due to the security risk and the covid 19 pandemic, but the pope said he was determined to make the trip to a country that is rich in biblical history. and, of course, is home to one of the world's oldest christian communities that has faced extensive persecution in recent years whilst in iraq. the pope was also able to have an historic meeting with the grand ayatollah al-sistani, a leading shia authority in islam. the news of the assassination attempts against the pope came as francis marked his 88th birthday, making him one of the oldest popes in the church's history. however, the pope shows no sign of slowing down, and he's a busy schedule ahead of services during the christmas period. christopher lam, cnn, london. >> in the south pacific, at least 14 people are reported dead in vanuatu after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the islands on tuesday. officials say at least 200 people have been treat

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so back when, when mosul was taken, had fallen into the hands of the regime, and we were leaving, mye. was killed as he was just right behind me, right next to me. so i saw him, you know, falling dead. my father also died a week before. and my uncle, the same was while transporting the injured. so this is the kind of when, when people are reacting and they seeing the change, the huge changes and the difference between how these rebel groups, not only hts but also others, how they reacting, how they treating people who are different from them, different religiously different political views. they are hopeful. they are optimistic. there are concerns i acknowledge, given the history of hts and the role they are playing in this, given the violations that they've committed in the past. however, people are also thinking and also hoping that this, that they also they, they will stick to their promises and they will, you know, change their ways sort of trying to rebrand themselves, haven't they? they've been trying to reach out to minorities and saying, we're going to treat you well. and, yo

less than a minute, the best story i give is i remember being with secretary robert gaetz outside of mosulpacts of these he said i think it is a good idea you pay the guys with the bullets first. it's serious and there are national security waivers a. and even if the cr isn't funded, the military still functions. you be. more than a tsa agent selling video games. there are benefits that don't get paid, housing, families get frozen and everything has to pause. >> luckily we won't have to go through that this christmas time. but buckle up for march. we'll have more in a moment. house minority leader hakeem jeffries will be a guest on inside with jen psaki tomorrow at noon. but up next, more after the break. next, more after the break. how common is it? who can i talk to? can this be treated? stop typing. start talking to a specialized urologist. because it could be peyronie's disease, or pd. it's a medical condition where there is a curve in the erection, caused by a formation of scar tissue. and an estimated 1 in 10 men may have it. but pd can be treated even without surgery. say goodbye to

that's what they want, but what is the western page the say wanted, wanted isis gone from mosul and rock com? now the students are, is of israel's, or not. and reason. okay, the, what about those who say this is part where the pressure on homeless attack on the husband was the concerted policy of destroying garza's health system. do not agree with that. are they, are they truly just targeting it because they believe that at what they turned into our mass times along with what is the lp the in the health care system? no, i don't think that's an alternate. their ultimate aim and i can't say there's enough times to get the hostages and to remove a moss from the but they have it on about it. i believe in ways they're highly problematic and in some cases potentially potentially morally wrong. and not that essential, but by their goals are to get back the hostages on to remove from us. i know is if i were these really good friends, i would have done much more degrading. there is a what is enabled more of the world to back my, my strategy. and that would have included clearly stating that the p

if you saw americans in afghanistan, saw americans in mosul, raqaa, the numbers are even higher. go back to your numbers and check them again. but i will not avoid answering your question. the people to blame about the number of casualties are the leadership of hamas. they choose to locate their command posts, shelters, observation posts, rockets launching, not in the battlefield. unrwa sites, schools, hospitals. they are using their own citizens to put israel in the wrong place that israel is. they are using them as a human shield. they are using them as material for tiktok. you have to blame sinwar from a if you were in iraq you know the americans have zero, one, two, three, five collateral damage. five is you want to kill five innocent people. our rules of engagement are lower than that, unless hamas is doing what they are doing. so blame hamas from a to z. blame hamas for the nine months of war because he could stop the war after two weeks if he put the hostages on a truck and take to the egyptians, so they are to blame and i won't take any of the blame. let me finish with yo

we know this turkey was consulted before isis went into mosul ten years ago. erdogan knew about it. he knew it was happening. and so. and turkey's always wanted idlib back. so there may be a territorial swap deal here in play. and turkey is happy to keep russia there because it's a it's a trade off for russia plus a turkey that has influence over russia. so you can't take the state actors out of the equation here. but at the bottom you still have this. what was al nusra and a terrorist organization. and julani is boy, he sure sounds good, but the taliban didn't sound that bad. after the fall of afghanistan either. and step by step, they put all the repressive measures back in. so we just don't know where this is going, brianna. and that that really is the question we want to make sure wherever it goes, they don't have access to the chem and bio. >> yeah. and then finally, just one question. as you have trump coming into power with a message of sort of isolationism, stay out of syria. and we saw what he did, pulling out some american troops who had long been supportive of longtime ku

captain, where you with general petraeus in mosul. >> i i was not.i can have chances are under hi him. >> i was there with the one at first drink that time in mosul and alabama national guard attached to it at that time. but you talked about the backdoor, , having heat or maybe captain youngblood having to dine in the kitchen, not set up front. do you think just from your yale, you are harvard, your notre dame. do you feel that that policy, setting aside the impact them a pat on, sent a message of some kind to veterans and to the recruiters who made themselves who come off the battlefield who came on the campus? what was at message. >> that message very clear is your service to the country is not valued by these institutions. >> it was not a message of support. i know she met with veterans on veterans day. she honored that the public occasions. that's appreciated by veterans. we learned that lesson from vietnam vets who did not honor but it's a whole nother thing when you take action on their behalf to practically given access, elevate their service

what we're 62 in mosul drop in those temps happening there and towards the latter portion a week.ast here, some of the scattered clouds made note most of which build late in the day but clears on out for your sunday afternoon. so not too bad on the timing. it looks like trying to favor the overnight. here's work with us a little bit here that meanwhile, the longer range forecast this is we have yet south. we go back in the sunny mode. not too bad for your monday tuesday. some scattered clouds, not much moisture until thursday, but you can see that's relatively modest. get some plume of moisture from the south. there we go. now we cook and that will be into saturday a little bit into sunday as well. so next weekend looks to be more unsettled. make a note of that, though. we're still working out the details and timing it all about lower 60's. cover us for san francisco. but along the coast, you can see where 60 ish with some upper 50's little bit chilly there. burlingame. 61 foster city looking at 62 with palo alto at 64. but look at this in the south bay. this is squadron is little

inmate and american jet had to abort at after return of mosul because a small plane was on a final approach intersecting runway. in september and alaska air 1737 aborted takeoff in nashville to avoid a southwest 737s that was about to cross the same runway. alaska plane breaks or its tires blew out reportedly. there is a growing consensus across a wide range of aviation stakeholders that congress needs to address this issue. we need modern systemic air-traffic control systems to keep the flying public safe and up forward to hearing from her witnesses about a best we can achieve that. since ranking member starter for statement of the recognized our chairwoman cantwell for her opening statement. oh, senator cruze? senator cruze. >> thank you, madam chair. before i begin i want to, on the announcement this morning that michael whitaker will resign on january 20. i want to thank him for his service picky was confirmed without a single no vote, testament to his experience, his judgment and is a political nature. when he took the job i asked him to focus on keeping the flying public safe and to s