prior year also increased the percentage of fafsa filers who are pell eligible adding over 58,000 pell fafsa filers. simplification matters. the december passage of the future act will reduce up to 22 questions on the fafsa by allowing for data sharing between the u.s. department of education and the internal revenue service. while we celebrate the passage of this legislation, it's important to note that it faces a more complicated than anticipated road to implementation which is not expected until the $2324 fafsa. we're at point to think about what's left to fix the fafsa. three key steps remaining. remove unnecessary questions, simply fi the pell grant eligibility formula, for students receiving means tested benefits and streamline verification. expand on these in my written testimony and would be happy to discuss more in the question and answer period. first, we have long advocated to remove unnecessary questions. 25% of the questions on today's fafsa are answered by less than 1% of applicants. in our 2017 research, half the fafsa, we developed a user tested streamlined fafsa with f

now for more on this major decision in the long running case against george pell i'm joined now by. joel don't write joel what did the judges have to say about this decision there was so it was a unanimous decision by the 7 high court judges they found that the original jury which it convicted george pell in 2018 had urged because it had not given enough consideration to witnesses who had spoken in support of george pell and his claims of innocence now the lower courts had ignored court the reasonable possibility that the offending had not taken place the high court overturned the conviction and george pell has since been released from prison he served over 400 days behind bars now this is the culmination of a very long and painful process you take us back to where it all began yes it's been a very long running process over 5 years since allegations were 1st raised against cardinal pell they were brought by 2 men who claimed that they were abused as choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in a 990 s. now an original jury failed to reach a verdict a 2nd jury did convict though and he was

higher pell grants and higher thresholds for that pell grant and maybe this decoupling of the pell grant eligibility from our complicated eoc formula gives us a chance to address that issue and we need to make sure as i said earlier, that whatever we do to simplify those formulas for the index isn't so simple that schools like ours decide that students need to fill out the ccs profile or other forms, which are even more complicated than the fafsa today. >> thank you. you know, while it's critical we know the form is just the front end of the process that students go through to get the help they need. there's a lot more we can do to make sure our students have the support they need for food and housing and child care and it's the economic devastation of this pandemic is continuing, many students and families, particularly students and families of color, are now experiencing unemployment and are really struggling to make ends meet. and those financial pressures threaten to xas e er bait disparities so, to any witnesses who would like to answer, let me start with miss cook then miss feldman

we support a fast track to full pell grant eligibility to those money.ng at its peak, the maximum pell grant covered more than 3/4 of the average cost of attendance for a four-year public university. today, it covers less than 30%. the long-term investment proposal calls for a pell grant that covers 50% of the cost of attendance for a four-year university. our third and final component to fick fafsa is to crease verification rates. the student fafsa is not complete until this auto like process is resolved often causing missed deadlines or missed opportunities for first come first served. we worked with the office of federal student data to find that slightly more than 70% of students who completed verification experienced no change in their pell grant award. and that 93% of applicants with an auto zero efp retained that award during verification. this raised the questions of verification and how implementations could knock down this barrier. in closing we thank you for having this important discussion today. mr. chairman, if you retire from the senate, please let me take this opportuni

for one year since a jury found cardinal george pell guilty and one year since he was placed in jail he will be walking free 7 justices of a strictly as highest court ruled that tells child sex abuse convictions should be quashed and that he should be immediately released from victoria's barwon prison now because of coronavirus social distancing measures there was only a handful of people in court to hear this ruling it was posted online afterwards and the reasoning the court to gave was that the jury as well as the victorian court of appeal should have given more weight to the alibi evidence of witnesses who said that there wouldn't have been enough time for george pell abuse these 2 choir boys that he would have been other people with other people at the time that the prosecution alleges that these offenses took place and that should have planted a seed of reasonable doubt in the jury in the victorian court of appeal as to whether george pell was guilty or not now since this ruling has come down cardinal george pell has released a statement he said that he didn't want his case to b

other alibi witnesses and people who said that there wasn't enough time for george pell to have in fact committed these offenses in the time frame that the prosecution said that they had happened so now in the eyes of the law george pell is not guilty the question now is what the public will think of this and how it will react to george pell has had many supporters who are extremely happy today with this result but for the many sexual abuse victims across the world they are devastated believing that he is still guilty since this ruling was handed down george pell has released a statement saying that he doesn't want his case to be seen as a referendum on the. and that he hopes his acquittal doesn't cause any further hurt or business to any sex abuse victims around the world now there are many questions about what will happen next of course george pell is still a carbonneau will we see him back at the vatican or will that have to be another internal church process over these allegations he's also facing further allegations so now he is a free man not guilty in the eyes of the law we'll ju

this now means the pells career in the church well pelle is one of the highest ranking catholics not just in australia but worldwide he was elevated to the position of treasury of the vatican and was a close confidant of several pope's his career was put on hold when he had to return to australia to face these charges what happens now is unclear because his former position in the vatican has been filled by somebody else now he also faces several civil cases in australia by people who either directly abuse him of a key accuse him of abuse or say that he covered up abuse of other priests but for today george pell has been declared an innocent man is no longer a criminal he is no longer a prisoner ok thanks very for to go right. german champions by in munich have returned to training for the 1st time since the league was suspended because of the pandemic but the players had to practice in pads or small groups of 5 and keep a safe distance from each other to prevent the corona virus from spreading by and one of several clubs to resume training the bundesliga has been suspended until at l

many more to receive the maximum pell grant. an additional 420,000 students would qualify for pell grants each year if this bill passed according to the congressional budget office. an additional 1.6 million students would qualify to receive the maximum pell grant each year. students from single-parent families would benefit more from pell grants because the formula would account for the greatest needs of these families. in addition to senator murray, much of his work has been done by senator bennett, senator jones, a member of this committee and others who have worked including senator booker, senator burr of this committee senator collins of this committee, senator king and former senator isakson. during these last several years we have worked carefully with various organizations to make sure our proposals don't cause any unexpected problems and as result we have the support of the national association for student aid administrators, the national college payment network the state higher education executive officers organizatio

make of the gauge with that update on cardinal george pell from sydney thank you nic we want to justhave a look back now at the life of this 78 year old cardinal george pell ordained back in 1966 and made a cardinal of the catholic church in 2003 promoted by pope francis in 2014 to bask in treasure it was in 2017 though that he was actually charged with the child sex abuse of 213 year old boys acts that were alleged to have taken place when paul was the archbishop of melbourne in the late 1990 s. his 1st trial ended in a hung jury but he was convicted in a 2nd trial in 2018 is always the appeals to a straight as high court that all 5 counts have now been quashed hell will walk free after just a year behind bars will get him both as a barrister professor of law at la trobe university in melbourne new told us he expects there will be a machinable assessment of appellate courts after this ruling. it's one of the most significant legal decisions in a criminal case in this country. it will be viewed in 2 very different wise will be viewed by some as being an expression of the value import

left prison today a free man australia's high court has thrown out the conviction of cardinal george pell 1st child sex abuse. i would like to pray for all those who suffer unjust sentences and resulting from persecution. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with americans asking what is the coronavirus doing to our democracy it is a valid question especially today especially in the state of wisconsin residents there have been told by their governor to stay at home in order to slow the spread of the virus but at the same time they are being asked to go to the polling places and cast their vote wisconsin's presidential primary is taking place today the governor postponed the election yesterday but the u.s. supreme court ruled against him wisconsin is now the 1st u.s. state to hold a presidential primary since the stay at home orders were issued for much of america. tests are critically important for we cannot start provides you instead of campaign rallies the 2 remaining candidates are pegged to their living rooms bernie sander

well after spending one year behind bars cardinal pell will walk free from prison a free man so it was only a short time ago that the high court of the strong ruled that the sexual abuse convictions of george pell should be overturned and that he should be immediately released from victoria's barwon prison now because of coronavirus social distancing measures there was only a handful of people in the course but the ruling by the 7 justices was unanimous in a posting on one a lengthy justice a lengthy. process i should say it said that the jury and the victorian court of appeal should have entertained doubt that these offenses ever occurred the reason why is because they say that. there was too much white placed on the evidence of the form a choir boy that these offenses did take place and not enough on alibi evidence from people who say that they wouldn't have been enough time for this to happen that other people would have been with george pell at the time that the prosecution said that these abuses took place and that should have raised some reasonable doubt as to whether george pell

now george pell is a free man after seven judges in the country's highest court ruled that a jury wasthe police, cardinal pell had always maintained his innocence. what a load of absolutely disgraceful rubbish. completely false. madness. in 2018, a jury found george pell guilty of abusing two choirboys at melbourne's st patrick's cathedral in the late 90s, whilst serving as archbishop. he was convicted of five counts of sexual abuse including rape. after losing an appeal, his lawyers came to australia's high court, arguing that the verdict relied too much on the testimony of the alleged victim and ignored other evidence. the judges agreed, saying that the jury should have had some reasonable doubt. cardinal pell said the decision remedied a serious injustice but that he held no ill will to his accuser. he added that the trial was not a referendum on the catholic church, or on the way its officials dealt with the crime of paedophilia. at the time of his arrest, cardinal pell was in charge of the vatican's finances and one of the pope's closest advisers. now his future is unclear. well,

court has overturned the senior catholic cardinals conviction for child sex abuse cardinal george pell is been freed from jail he was convicted in 2018 of abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. the high court ruled there was evidence from several witnesses in the trial that should have raised reasonable doubts about pell's guilt it was the most senior catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse nicola gage is in sydney and has more on his release from jail. well this has been one of the most high profile cases in australia's history and it's ended with a unanimous ruling by a strangely is highest court of the full bench of 7 justices they acquitted george pell of all of his convictions of the shops the sexual abuse of 2 choir boys in the late ninety's so after spending one year in prison george pell is now a free man shortly after the high court made this ruling he left victoria's barwon prison now because of coronavirus social distancing measures there were only a handful of people in the court to hear this ruling it was posted online afterwards and the judgement was really base

. -- george pell has walked free from a prison outside melbourne. -- pell said a serious injustice has been remedied. >> my trial was not a referendum on the catholic church. the point was whether i had committed these awful crimes and i did not. ♪ prosecution relied heavily on the testimony of the one surviving accuser who said pell sexually assaulted him and another boy in a melbourne cathedral whilile he was archbishop there. the judges found a lower court failed to consider whether the offenses had not taken place. a support group said the decision would be crushing for abuse survivors. freedom andhas his many abuse victims have never been free, trapped in the crimes that ruined their lives. >> once regarded as the vatican's third-highest ranking official, he -- pell still faces other potential lawsuits. concludes our coverage. please stay with us. ♪ >> part of his flock did not survive. winter -- nobefore luck. i only have 400. worstis every nomad's nightmare -- a glacial winter. the ground freezes, stopping the grass from growing. animals are too weak to survive. a disaster for h

the sexual abuse of 2 choir boys in the late ninety's so after spending one year in prison george pell is now a free man shortly after the high court made this ruling he left victoria's barwon prison now because of coronavirus social distancing measures there were only a handful of people in the court to hear this ruling it was posted online afterwards and the judgement was really based around the fact that the high court believed that the jury and the victorian court of appeal should have entertained doubt as to whether these offenses could have ever happened at all really it was in the late ninety's that these offenses were alleged to have taken place and the court said that there was not enough weight placed around. other alibi witnesses and people who said that there wasn't enough time for george pell to have in fact committed these offenses in the timeframe that the prosecution said that they had happened so now in the eyes of the law george pell is not guilty india is to partially lift a ban on exports of an anti malaria drug that's being tested as a possible treatment for covert

, not the trial of george pell, not the trial of the catholic church.will bring you any reaction from the vatican as we get it. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: with millions in lockdown and now using zoom to stay in touch — we'll find out if fears about its cyber security are well founded. 25 years of hatred and rage, as theyjump up on the statue... this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power. the power to influence. today is about the promise of a bright future. a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picasso's works were beautiful. they were intelligent and it's a sad loss to everybody who loves art. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: britain's prime minister boris johnson, who has coronavirus , has been moved to an intensive care unit in a central london hospital after his symptoms worsened. political leaders in the uk and around the world have sent their best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery. more than 10,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the us, as the country is brace

george pell might get another job back and cardinal george pell might get anotherjob back and realmmething like that third morris dominic most senior person in the vatican. i think that is unlikely because he is 78 years old and he told friends he wants to stay in australia. interestingly the president of the bishops conference in australia, has knowledge that deep divisions that still exist in his country. he said this in a statement today, today's outcome will be welcomed by many but will be devastating for others. there is very little triumph within the church and australia and i think that it church and australia and i think thatitis church and australia and i think that it is most likely that cardinal george pell will see out the rest of his days in australia. though it is worth keeping in mind that because he never had to hand in his right hand, he remains a cardinal and therefore if a papal conclave is called between now and his 80th birthday next year, he could elect the next pope. fascinating. thank you for putting that into contacts as well. thank you so much. turning back

the vatican has been fairly quiet on the case, saying simply that cardinal pell had the right to alla and has deeply embarrassed the catholic church. two extremely rare white giraffes have been killed by poachers in north—eastern kenya. rangers found the bodies of the female and her calf in a village in garisa county. a third white jarrah for still alive. conservationists believe it is now the only one in the world. —— giraffe. russia's president has endorsed a plan which could see him in the topjob for life a plan which could see him in the top job for life if it gets final approval. the proposal, introduced apartment by an mp he was a close ally, is part of sweeping changes to the kremlin, and that keeping mr putin in power. in two years time, vladimir putin should be walking out of parliament. instead he is backing a constitutional amendment which should see him stay well past his 202014. in principle, this option would be possible, but on one condition. if the constitutional court gives unofficial ruling that such an amendment would not contradict the principles and main of the c

cardinal pell was jailed for six years, with a non—parole period of three years and eight months.

the pell grant program .> as usual when you ask a democrat how they're going to pay for everything they do everything but. they're going to tax you and attack you at a rate we've never seen before and here's why. t that little thing they're talking about is part of the green new deal. the green new deal is supposed to be this great thing about climate change 65 and only 20 percent has anything to do with climate change. this is in there and the green new deal would cost every american family $65,000 . they have no way to pay for that. you can't tax enough to do that yet this is the dream of aoc and hillary and the democratic side of the party that takes us down. we got to get serious about our debt. we can talk about that in another question but this is the road you cannot go down. >> senator perdue, mister ossoff. >> what i'm talking aboutis expanding the pell grant program you want to abolish. the pell grant program . do you know how many families in this state rely upon the pell grant program to affordng h

and the disgraced cardinal george pell tries to overturn his child sex abuse conviction the latest from the court in canberra. joe biden has cemented his frontrunner status in the democratic race for the u.s. presidency he's won the big prize of michigan and the latest primaries build a super tuesday to the home of vice president also took mississippi and missouri 3 more states are being counted it's opposed to biden who's extended his lead of of the month senator bernie sanders is only speak to you from philadelphia where we announced turkey in p. at the front we didn't find. all those who have been knocked down all those have been counted let's be sure this is your campaign just over a week ago many of the pundits declared that too this can be seized. now we're very much in line. i was on a has more now from detroit michigan black voters here in the state of michigan came out in overwhelming support for joe biden that was very clear he also based on exit polls seem to want a lot of working class white voters in michigan as well which is pretty cool if you add all of that up and that's

and it's the final appeal for disgraced cardinal george pell the highest ranking catholic church figure to be convicted of child sex abuse . britain's prime minister barak's johnson is in hospital with symptoms 10 days after he tested positive for covert 90 a spokesperson said it was a precautionary measure johnson would continue to lead the government earlier queen elizabeth made a rare televised address to the nation she urged the british people to remain united. and resolute to overcome the outbreak numbers released from spain meanwhile show the daily death toll there is continuing to fall 637 people died there in the last 24 hours that nearly 40 from the previous day and japanese prime minister shinzo are begun steps towards declaring a state of emergency is in factions surge of crossed major cities jonah begins our coverage 2 weeks into the u.k.'s lockdown and deserted city scenes are testament to a new way of life most people staying home for as long as science and the government decide they must also on lockdown in windsor castle her residence outside london the queen 93 years ol

here is paula pell in "mapleworth murders. >> what a beautiful polyester get-up. >> what lovely colorless neck balls. >> nice wig. >> i'm heidi i'm a niece. >> cute. i'd leave the party but i'm doing a story on juliet. >> i'm sure it will be interesting. she writes nonfiction. >> it's better than a book full of naughty made-up word garbage. >> my god, what is that smell? it's act crad. >> making my eyes water. >> paige who raised you >> i didn't do it. >> jimmy: come on. and this is released every monday >> every monday, three episodes, which is a whole story in itself so you watch in three. it's so fun. >> jimmy: it is great. paula pell, what a pleasure and an honor i'm so happy you came on that just made my whole year it's so funny. >> i love you to death. >> jimmy: me too. >> keep doing what you're doing. >> jimmy: thank you, buddy we'll be right back with a performance from jessie reyez, everybody. stick around ♪ ♪ the luck of the draw baru asc. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months o

the pell grant program.o you know how many families in the state rely upon the pell grant program to afford higher education? you have got these dark conspiracies about this agenda, which is about expanding opportunity by expanding the pell grant program. you supported abolishing the department of education and you will not own up to it just like you still refuse to acknowledge that even in the middle of this pandemic you are working to rip health care away from the very people you represent by repealing protections for pre-existing conditions. another opportunity to own your record on health care if you are willing. moderator: senator perdue? sen. purdue: he projects a reader what he will be doing. i went to public high school and my boys went to public high school. this is a serious issue we have got to deal with, and who will determine who gets a debt free and who does not? at the kid working their way through college versus the one who has got a new bmw? i do not want democrats making those decisions. we

innocence images that spark a vindication or hopelessness after 405 days in custody cardinal george pell walks free from an australian prison into a monastery a decision felt acutely by sexual abuse survivors. i'm just now. in any earth. it's it's huge. it was a year ago that the cardinal was convicted of sexually assaulting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. making it the most high profile case of alleged historical sex abuse to rock the roman catholic church the cardinal has always maintained his innocence the whole idea of sexual abuse is a horror to me in a statement he says he holds no ill will to his accuser stressing that he does not want his acquittal to add to the hurt and bitterness so many feel his supporters in the church say they've always believed in his innocence. my own sense was. an understanding of the man. used when he said using the simple accepted that but also accepted the prices of the courts and that has come to its conclusion. the decision came from a strongly as highest court marking the end of a complex 3 year legal battle there were no celebrations from the vatican b

the vaticanecas welcomed aion by australia's high court to squash the conviction of cardinal george pell child sex abuse. the cardinal was released from prison and made his way to a the 78-year-old spent more than 478 days behinbars after being nvicted of sexually assaulting two choirboys in the 1990's. but seven high court judges unanimously agreed the jury ought to have entertained a doubt about his guilt. in a statement, cardal powell said i hold no ill will toward my accuser. i don't want my acquittal to add to the hurt and bitterness that so many feel. he is the most senis figure who en accused in the global scandal of historical sex abuse that has rocked the roman catholic church. in a statement, the holy see said they prve always sed confidence in the australian judicial authority and ts commitment t preventing and pursuing all cases of abuse against minors. just hours after the news broke, pope francis himself offered his morning mass for all those who suffered from unjust sentences, persecution of jesus.e this is rather ae eparture from eme of masses in recent weeks. they have b

high court has overturned a senior catholic koppel's conviction for child sex abuse copple george pellwill now walk free he was convicted in 2018 of abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. this was his final appeal is the most senior catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse let's go live now to sydney just give us nicola gage can tell us more what is the court says set about why it has overturned this conviction. well this is quite an extraordinary day for a straggly as label system 7 justices of the high court have decided to overturn george post conviction for child sex abuse says because of corona virus and shut social distancing measures there was actually only 3 people in the courtroom so the media and everyone who have been following this case has had to go to twitter and social media platforms to find out what the course was rolling and it's actually been quite hard on the victorian court of appeal so it was 5 years ago or the form a choir boy told police that george pell had abused him and a friend of his in the lot late ninety's in a cathedral when george pell was caug

here is paula pell in "mapleworth murders.er hole. paige! >> mapleworth. >> oh, what a beautiful polyester get-up >> what lovely colorless neck balls. >> nice wig. >> i'm heidi i'm her niece. >> cute. i'd leave this dumb party, but i'm doing a story on julia swiift's roll out of her new rose >> oh, i'm sure it will be interesting. she writes nonfiction. [ snoring >> well, it's better than a book full of snotty made-up word garbage >> my god, what is that smell? it's just acrid. >> it's making my eyes water >> paige who raised you >> i didn't do it. >> jimmy: come on. and this is released every monday, right? three episodes every monday. >> every monday, three episodes, which is a whole story in itself. so you watch in three. it's so fun. >> jimmy: it is great. paula pell, what a pleasure and an honor i'm so happy you came on that just made my whole year it was so funny. >> i love you to death >> jimmy: me too >> and just keep doing what you're doing >> jimmy: thank you, buddy i love you we'll be right back with a a performance

cardinal george pell is now a freeman.l was leased from prison after the court's unanimous ruling to overturn his conviction. he has maintained his innocence throughout the legal process and cnn's anna koran joins me now from hong kong. anna, of course you've been following this from the very beginning. talk to us about what the legal argument was behind this decision to free cardinal pell. >> reporter: it's a stunning turn of events, rosemary. this drama has dragged out over years. a jury found him guilty. the majority of the appeals court found him guilty yet it got all the way to the high court, the highest court in the land. just 26 days to decide unanim s unanimously that there was reason to doubt the evidence and they could not support a guilty verdict. people certainly stunned back in australia. the feeling was that the cardinal was guilty of crimes but as we hear from the high court there was not enough evidence if you like beyond reasonable doubt. so cardinal pell at the age of 78 having spent 405 days behind bars

george pell is currently serving a six year prison sentence after a jury unanimously found him guilty on saint patrick's cathedral when he was archbishop of melbourne back in 1996. the case should australia but it also rattled the catholic church, mainly because of how prominent george pell is. not only was he the vatican's treasurer, he was one of the pope's closest advisers, though he has since been demoted from the pontiff's in a circle. for survivors of sexual abuse, the conviction was celebrated because one of the catholic churches most senior officials was held to account. but it did spark a big backlash from the supporters of george pell, not just conservative groups but also high—profile personalities, for example, former prime ministerjohn howard and tony abbott, have both publicly supported him. tell‘s defence team will argue thejudges were wrong tell‘s defence team will argue the judges were wrong to uphold his conviction, but the jury's verdict was unreasonable, relying heavily on the testimony of one victim and ignoring the evidence of what could not have happened in the

in other words, australia's highest court has agreed with cardinal pell, whom you can see there. for six years with a non—parole period of three years. his decision that this decision, the appeal, was unanimous among the high court's sevenjudges. was unanimous among the high court's seven judges. the ca rdinal‘s court's seven judges. the cardinal's lawyers had argued swathes of evidence made it difficult for the crown to prove that pell defended as alleged, and clearly the court has agreed with that. they said it was not open to the jury to be satisfied there was no reasonable possibility of cardinal pell‘s innocence. we will bring your mind a story as it develops. the latest official figures on those affected by coronavirus across the uk were released a little earlier. they show that in total, 5,373 people have died in hospitalfrom the effects of covid—i9. that's a rise of a39 on sunday's figure. although they do not account for people who have died in the community, or in a care home. as intensive care units in hospitals across the uk come under increasing pressure, including s

the final step in a long court process that's been followed closely across the world george pell the most prominent catholic figure to be convicted of child abuse wasn't in court he his final bid for freedom but some of his supporters and opponents were. right emotions were running high and opinions divided and here. today the voice of . george pell in the catholic church i hope approach the acquittal the fact an acquittal of a man of innocent man in late 2818 poll was found guilty of sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the 1990s he served one year of a 6 year prison term and has continued to maintain his innocence. lost in appeal last year to or the turn his conviction over the next for days there arguing to the high court that that ruling was unreasonable his team is focused its argument on the credibility of a witness and the timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents abuse victims is concerned that if the high court overturns his conviction it might stop other abuse victims speaking out. many survivors and victims. really people could come. despite being a convicted se

australia's high court has delayed a final verdict on an appeal by roman catholic cardinal george pell who is fighting to overturn his conviction for sexual abuse the 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 quiet boys in the $990.00 s. pal is the highest ranking catholic church official ever convicted of child sex crimes but like age joins us for more on this from outside the court and can. the court has delayed a final verdict what more can you tell us. yeah that's right it's been a very long day another very long day of arguments here in australia and it's all been based around the prosecution so the courts lawyers have been trying to convince 7 justices here that this appeal should not be considered and that george pell should remain behind bars the prosecution does believe and has been urging the orse that post conviction should die as it is and that. these fiction should remain full of sexually abusing to live boys in the 1990s in a mill been cathedral now all of the arguments today have really been based around of course seeing

the straightest high court delays a decision on cardinal pell's last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. it is the world's biggest health crisis of the decade the corona virus outbreak has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe countries around the world are working to limit the further spread including the u.s. which is imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month president onil trunk blamed the e.u. for the situation and downplayed warnings of a potential recession. taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in erupt. the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clusters in the united states were seeded by travelers from europe india has also taken a drastic step suspending almost all visas to the country there are $62.00 confirmed cases there it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries there are now more than 12

church of all of that to be changed to the point so it has not just gone it's the issue of george pell and he said we need to let the legal courts run toward and exhaust all appeal options before a decision is made and we're nearly there i mean a decision won't be made or that the next 2 days of the hearing will it's unlikely that that will happen it could take months. leader of one of the many armed groups fighting for independence and camera road is claiming responsibility for attacks there security checkpoints were fired at home tuesday following a bomb blast on sunday separatists an english speaking regions began their fight to break away from the french speaking majority 3 years ago and create their own country called amazonia the leader of the embers only in defense force has given an exclusive interview to our reporter nicholas huck. the moment just before sunday's attack. prison guards from the women's jail where armed separatists are locked up are marching to governor takes to the podium praising cameron's government and then this. panic as an improvised explosive device deton

australia's high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants to overturn his child sex abuse conviction how does the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story you can also check out our web site so al-jazeera dot com has more to come stay with us americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting in trouble here there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong on the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world. could the rivalry between afghanistan's leaders do rail peace efforts ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah both say they are the president with peace with the taliban on the line come they settle their differences this is inside story. hello there is many were hailing a new beginning for afghanistan less than a for

first the second chance pell. i think one of the high points of congress working with the administration has been to look at prison reform and to help those who have been in prison come back into the community and contribute. and i wondered if you could talk a little bit about your plans going forward. i know there's interest in community colleges in my area in participating in this. but if you could talk briefly about the second chance pell program. >> thank you congressman. i think there is an area where there is actually broad spread support and a lot of great evidence. i've had opportunity to visit three different prisons and see students that have -- i visited tulsa community college in prison in oklahoma last summer and was just thrilled to see all of these mostly young men graduating with associate's degrees, with certificate program recognition, some of them completing their high school requirements. but it was a thrill to be there. and i think there's so much promise with making a second chance pell progr

in australia the high court will hear an appeal a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants to overturn his child sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former treasurer to the vatican was jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing 2 teenage choir boys in the 1990 s. pal is the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children he maintains his innocence and speak to nick in a gauge in camera forest so tell us about what's happening in court today exactly nicola and what the high court will be looking at. well the courtroom is definitely full here it's just started here in the high court this is an arguably one of the moist highly anticipated court hearings in australia's history that's because cardinal george pell was the strelley as moist senior ranking catholic in the church and this is his final chance to try and clear his name it was in light 28 chain that it surely found him guilty of sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the late $99.00 cheese and he was sentenced to 6 years in prison now pelle has continued to protest his innocence since

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strelley is high court delays a decision on cardinal pell's last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. it is without question the world's biggest health crisis corona virus has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe and all nations are working to limit the further spread that includes the united states which has imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month president donald trump in fact blaming the e.u. for some of that situation but he downplayed warnings of a potential recession in india there has been addressed a step taken the suspension of almost all visas to the country's $62.00 confirmed cases in india it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries so let's have a look at the global picture you're familiar with this i'm sure from johns hopkins university the best snapshot we have at any one given time of 126000 just over 126000 confirmed cases with over 4600 deaths but always make sure of that green number if you can see it in the top right hand corner of 68000 which is the numb

one of the pell trash cans we have piloting right now in the u.n. plaza have the solar plaza ripped out and that's different than replacing a lock on it and more involved. and other cities that have done city-wide roll-outs of smart cans and more complicated cans have seen, like, really bad issues with maintenance because the city is just not able to keep up with keeping them all in functional order. i think philadelphia is an example that we saw where the -- they had big bellies, not pell cans, that were just trashed for lack of a better word. and so it has to be a balance, i think. >> so you mentioned philadelphia and supervisor hainey mentioned cities where there's many more trash cans and i was just in new york and i had the same experience and obviously i didn't count them. but how do we compare to other cities? have we looked at that? >> i haven't been able to find anything concrete. i know as supervisor haney eluded to, in 2008 or '09, the mayor removed a lot of the city's trash cans and there was an analysis that shows the city had two or th