here in the u.k., the archbishop of canterbury was due to deliver his christmas homily today, but after a ctic year of traveling worldwide, the palace said he was suffering from a nasty cold meaning he couldn't preach this morning. so this christmas service for the faithful was celibated instead by the dean of canterbury who said the thoughts of all today were with those suffering from disease. >> where people are threatened, where children are killed for their faith and where people are terrified of disease, so terrified that they aren't allowed to touch one another, which is the basic human gesture of love, care, and affection. >> at westminster cathedral last night, catholics were called to helped the most vulnerable, the lonely and persecuted. >> here in the u.k., queen elizabeth has spoken of the importance of reconciliation both at home and abroad in her traditional christmas message. she also praised those who treated the victims of ebola saying that their work had left those detached. >> morning service, no sign of prince george and a rapid exit by the queen in her limousine aft

thousand british soldiers, the first of the regiments, in fact it was the iii rentment, the buffs from canterbury confronted john wool, a imagine in the united states army had brought 200 of his troops and attempted to stop the british advance while also gaining information as to what in the world we were facing at this point. the battle broke out here, and quite a bit of fighting took place. a number of casualties here, but the british were not halted at all. they just charged the americans here at the top of the rise at culver hill. the americans had to withdraw, and withdraw, and withdraw, and for the rest of the day of the 6th of september, they would withdraw steadily back into the city. as the british column came down this road, the farmers here along the road were surprised to see at the end of the column at the end of the day the women and children of the british infantry regimen regiments. before the british regiment left to go to com pat bat the night before. there was a lottery held. at wives put their naps in a hat. one out of ten was selected to travel, and they brought their childre

unions said it was time to meet with elected officials, leading to -- enough is enough, said chuck canterbury . there is nothing wrong with the way cops do their jobs. take a more civil tone, in particular. one of the best things would be if al sharpton would be quiet and let people heal, said ari fleischer, who served as white house president -- white house press secretary to george w. bush. caller: one of the reasons i believe it is going to their worst is because of the stored. ferguson is not what this conversation should be like. [inaudible] host: why do you think it is going to get worse instead of better. not doing it for the right reason.

. >> but one of the signatories is the archbishop of canterbury, leader of the anglican church and amer businessman. he thinks with the help of big business, it can be achieved. >> it would affect over 30 million people who are currently being trafficked or involved in slavery. well over half of them are women and the biggest single contributor is the sex trade. so you would see a massive esc on the victimization on the most vulnerable people being held and used for sexual purposes with i am mention -- immense cruelty. >> the meeting set a new nigh cooperation between religions. some of those present believe it could offer a blueprint for future discussions on world issues. >> the purpose of the event was to address the problem, the great evil of slavery. but the conference achieved a great deal more. i think one of the biggest achievements, what really made this a historic day was the fact that, for instance, for the first time in 2000 years, a catholic pope met with a supreme religious leader from the muslim shia faith. >> whathome follows are more ethical business supply chains an

i was told point blank as i sat across from former dean canterbury that i could not have possibly beenthough i was bloodied and bruised and had incredible sex with a young man and i didn't want my parents to think that i was not a good girl. >> and did the university ever address it after that, liz? >> no, they didn't, because it became part and parcel of the shart loathes -- charlottesville police department. >> and emily or alexandria? who wanted to the jump if in? >> i think both of us. >> i think thatly first say that one of the things that is detrimental that has come out of the article in one way is that the dean is being criticized for doing what is quite frankly the first page of the advocacy handbook of giving people options and not coercing in any shape or form, and we can frankly have a conversation of the dean s and other officials n that how they want to the p be advocates, or contract out, but she did best practices with the best outcomes which is to respect victim autonomy, and she respected jackie's choices whether sheing ing agreed with not, and we should discuss wheth

chuck canterbury is president of the national fraternal order of police. chuck, good to see you tonight. did the police, were they too disrespectful to the mayor? >> well, megyn, first of all, respect is earned. and i believe in this particular case after the assassination of two of their comrades in arms, emotions led to their belief that they could not look at mayor de blasio with any kind of a respect. and i believe they made that decision individually they made that decision. and i have to standby that decision because in the position they're in losing a fellow comrade or comrades they did what they felt they had to do. >> is this about blaming the mayor for those deaths? or is it about a general aggravation and disdain for him and his rhetoric as of late? >> well, megyn, this mayor ran on a campaign of police reform. >> he's out there a bunch of racial profilers based on stop and frisk. he suggested that many times. >> well, he's absolutely wrong. racial profiling's been against the law in this country for years. no police department in the united sta

cyrus vance juni, the manhattan district attorney, michael nutter, mayor of philadelphia, chuck canterburysey. let me start with you. your mandate from the president, what do you believe you have to accomplish to show that one of these task forces can be more than just talk? >> well, first let me say that the president is very serious about this issue. that's why he put together the task force as a part of our initiatives that he has going on right now. we have 90 days to come up with some concrete recommendations to the president on how we can have change, positive change in policing starting with establishing trust. i was listening to comments earlier in your program. it's very troubling that people do not believe there's fairness in a way in which we police, a way in which cases are reviewed by prosecutors on and on and on. we have to change that dynamic. we have to take a look at our training, and more importantly the education that we provide to officers so they better understand the role of police in a democratic society. those are the kinds of things we will focus on as well as use

encyclical on new things which was precisely in indictment of the way in which industrialization and canterburycapitalism had divided the world into the haves and have-nots left the port the mercy of the rich. pope francis, even though will be greeted as a great novelty and speaking out of a radical prophetic tradition which has been consistent in the church throughout the popes of the 20 century since the late 19th century, but doing so is what he sees as the contemporary equivalent now of the debate about industrialization and the market in the 19th century. the same kind of moral critique. look at the devastation and the impact the economic model is having. if we have an economic system which produces tremendous wealth, treatment is growth in many parts of the world, but produces poverty, chronic long-term unemployment in other parts of the world and results in devastation of the environment, he is going to say this is not a system that works. we need a system where the human beings come first. rather than making human beings particularly the poor, instruments of a machine which benefits the

signatories include pope francis and the anglican arch bishop of canterbury. some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> washington journal continues. host: we want to welcome back jim mcdermott. i want to begin with immigration, because that is where we left off. was it a mistake for president obama to make this movie you have got republicans upset about not wanting to work with him in a new congress? the president was the most patient president i've ever seen, including the republicans, every opportunity to do with this issue. when he did not, he did the right thing. he reacted and i think you did the right thing. host: what about the budget deadline? nine days for lawmakers to come together for a bill to keep the government running? will the democrats support short form -- short-term resolutions? guest: we don't run this congress and we will have to support whatever they do. they're making business go along one month at a time. there is no business in this country that plans a month ahead, but this congress is forcing the entire economy, by playing gam