tom fox from "the national catholic reporter." in los angeles, a group of inner-city clergy, many of them inspired by veterans of the civil rights movement, are taking their ministries out of the pulpit and into the streets. instead of only preaching to save souls, they are returning to activism: confronting homelessness, unemployment and violence. lucky severson reports. >> it's time to break the silence. it's time to draw a line saying "this far and no farther." >> reporter: this is the bryant temple african methodist episcopal church in south central los angeles. the music will move you, but this is not a celebration. it's a service dedicated to bringing an end to the needless deaths of all the boys who will never become men. >> our young people have been dying in the streets day and night where we have hidden our light under a bushel. >> reporter: how many kids have been killed, say, in the last year? >> about a hundred. >> reporter: pastor eugene williams managed to survive his inner-city childhood, but the odds are worse tod

tom foxrom "the national cathol reporter." inlos angeles, a group of inner-ci clergy, many of them inspired byeterans of the civil rights movement, are king their ministries out of the pulpit and intohe streets. instead of only preaching save souls, they e returning to actism: confronting homelessness, unemploment and olence. lucky sevson reports. >> it's time tbreak the ilence. 's time to draw a line sayin this far and no farther." >> reporter:his is the bryant temple rican methodist episcopal church in soh central los anges. the usic will move you, but this is not a celebratn. it's a serve dedicated to brging an end to the needless deaths of all the boywho will never become men. >> our young people have been dying in the streets y and night where we have hidden o light undea bushel. >reporter: how many kids have been kille say, in the last year? >> about aundred. >> reporter: pastor ugene williams managed survive his inner-city childhd, but the odds are worstoday. he says is partly because too manafrican-american churches ha

the lawsuit was filed july 14th by two parkville residents and two catholic -- towson catholic parents. the lawsuit stated that the school and archdiocese broke promises to students by deciding to close. that is when a baltimore law firm filed a motion to dismiss saying there's no contractual or other arrangement between the parties binding towson catholic to stay open. the archdiocese says the school is closing because of dwindling funds and low enrollment. that hearing is scheduled to start at 9:30 this morning. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 6:52. how about the putty hill panthers? they hope to bring a victory home this week after working hard and winning big all year long. the baseball team is flying to puerto rico for the world series tournament. the 12 and 13-year-olds are on one of six u.s. teams to compete in the world series for club level teams. first game tomorrow night. they are leaving from laguardia in a few hours. >>> lifeguards across the state will be converging on one beach to show what they've got. showing off their life saving talents at t

. >> i am an american and a catholic.e my country and treasure my faith, but i do not assume that my conception of patriotism or policy is invariably correct or that my convictions of religion should command any greater respect than any other faith in this pluralistic society. i believe there surely is such a thing as truth, but who among us can claim a monopoly on it? >> i believe we have reverend jim wallace with us tonight. reverend, nice to have you on the program remembering ted kennedy. >> good to be back with you. >> tell us about that speech that he gave at liberty university in 1983. senator kennedy and how that all came about. >> well, he surprised a lot of liberals by going to liberty and to being with jerry falwell, and i think he really spoke to both sides. he criticized how sometimes a harvard audience had booed and hissed jerry falwell. he was critical of that and then he criticized those on the other side who questioned the patriotism of americans who questioned american foreign policy. he was saying we ha

in this part of belfast, protestants and catholics still cannot live together.t is why there is this huge wall to keep them apart. in northern ireland, the wound of sectarianism is slow to appeal. -- is slow to aheal. >>> we have breaking news. there are reports of an earthquake in japan. it has been measured preliminarily at 6.6 on the richter scale. a tsunami warning has been issued for the outlying islands. there are suggestions that the wave could be quite small. we will bring you more details here and online. >> dozens more have been killed in east asia. some areas have seen the worst weather in half a century. there are concerns the death toll could grow hugely. our reporter in taiwan has told us that rescuers are battling to reach hundreds cut off by mud slides. thank you for being with us. bbc.com/news >> funding for this presentation was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation,the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial st

the lawsuit was filed july 14th by two parkville residents and two towson catholic parents. their lawsuit stated that the school and archdiocese broke promises to students by deciding to close. that's when a baltimore law firm filed a motion to dismiss saying there is no contractual or other arrangement between the parties binding towson catholic to remain open. the archdiocese says the school is closing because of dwindling funds and low enrollment. that hearing is expected to begin at 9:30 this morning. live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:17. look at yesterday's high. it was hot but we did not hit the 90-degree mark. stuck at 88 degrees. high humidity making it feel like the 90s though. it hit 93 in richmond. so far today we're dipping back, not even close to normal standards. we should be at 65. still in the low 70s in many spots. temperature should normally reach 87 in the afternoon. the record on this date back in 1930, a little heat wave, second day in a row with the record mark at 104. 6:11 when the sun comes up. 71 degrees already with fog already formi

it was mainly catholics who were attacked by protestants.ut there were sectarian attacks on both sides. catholics believed they were being treated as second-class citizens in ireland. protestants were afraid that they were facing an armed revolt. the result was mayhem. >> i went out the back door of my church last night and saw my sunday school making petrol bombs on the back steps of the church. ucb effect upon people, the scars, wounds, their lives are wrecked. their minds are warped and twisted for life. >> 40 years on, he recalls how some of the teenagers he tried to turn away from violence ended up in jail. >> i remember two of them saying to me that they wished to god that they had listened to me. they said that they thought i might actually get medals because they were fighting for god and ulster. instead, they got life imprisonment. >> in the wake of the violence of august 1969, the modern ira was formed. belfast was more divided than ever. >> on the other side of the street. >> he was 20 at the time. he is now 60. he well remembers

making sure that he got all the catholic votes and had a minimum reverse effect among non-catholic votersmy wife and i prepare for a new administration and for a new baby. thank you. >> the kennedys had played politics perfectly, and their tough tactics continued as juk picked his cabinet, listening to husband father's advice, that he needed to keep bobby close at hand. >> i am pleased to accept the position of the attorney generalship of the united states. >> with jack now in the white house and brother bobby as justice, the stage was set for the era of kennedy. ñ ♪ ♪ i got troubles, oh ♪ but not today ♪ 'cause they're gonna wash away ♪ ♪ this old heart ♪ gonna take them away [ quacks ] but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. (announcer) sign up toy and get a netbook for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. with built-in access to the nation's fastest 3g ne

making sure that he got all the catholic votes and had a minimum reverse effect among non-catholic voters my wife and i prepare for a new administration and a new baby. thank you. >> the kennedys had played politics perfectly and their tough tactics continue as jack picks his cabinet. listening to his father's advice that he needed to keep bobby close at hand. >> i am pleased to accept the position of the attorney generalship of the united states. >> with jack now in the white house and brother bobby as justice, the stage was set for the era of kennedys. he ran off with his secretary! she's 23 years old! - oh, come on. - enough! you get half and you get half. ( chirp ) team three, boathouse? ( chirp ) oh yeah-- his and hers. - ( crowd gasping ) - ( chirp ) van gogh? ( chirp ) even steven. - ( chirp ) mansion - ( chirp ) good to go. ( grunts ) timber! ( chirp ) boss? what do we do with the shih-tzu? - ( crowd gasps ) - ( chirp ) joint custody. - phew! - announcer: get work done now. communicate in less than a second with nextel direct connect. only on the now network. deaf, hard of hearing

one more shot for towson catholic. abc2 sherrie johnson live as supporters try one more time to keep their school from closing. >> reporter: good morning. yes, a hearing is scheduled right here at baltimore county circuit court to try to keep towson catholic high school open. the archdiocese of baltimore and other defendants have filed a motion for dismissal against a lawsuit aiming to force towson catholic to stay open for the coming school year. the lawsuit was filed july 14th by two parkville residents and two towson catholic parents. their lawsuit stated that the school and archdiocese broke promises to students by deciding to close. that's when a baltimore law firm filed a motion to dismiss saying there's no contractual or other arrangement between the parties binding towson catholic to remain open. the archdiocese says the school is closing because of dwindling funds and low enrollment. that hearing starts at 9:0 this morning -- 9:30 this morning. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:44. let's bring you up to date o

catholic church are not observing church teaching on issues like consequent septiotr. there's a lot of cafeteria thinking. >> i think picking and choosing a good way to put it. i think there is a satisfy tiara mentality. that can apply to even religious beliefs. you think that religion is in the climb in the united states. >> no, i don't. i've vested a intt i teach at religion at boston college. it's not a commercial anything. religion is powerful. there's people i don't think it's true that we're in the middle of another great awa awakening. >> let me grijalva you some statistics. look at marriage. in 19 snrirtss. the number of unwed couples shot up 1 50%. >> marriage ins decline. i think that's true. i think that's true. maybe paul and i agree on there is a battle going on here between these two ways of thinking about the world. one more can you have n nent. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as ovenant. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as we that this force is irresistible sooner or later we're

it was mainly catholics who were attacked by protestan.ut there were sectarian attack on both sides. cholicsbelieved they were being treated as second-class citizens in ireland. protestants re afraidhat they were facg an armed volt. the result wamayhem. >> i went out the back door of my chuh last night and saw my sunday school making petrol bombs on the back steps of the urch. ucb effect upon people, e scars, wounds, tir lives are wrecked. the minds are warped and twisted for life. >> 4 years on, he recalls how some of the teenagers he trd to turn away from violencended up in jail >> i remembetwo of them saying to mehat they wisd to god that they had listened to . they said that theyhought i might tually get medal because they were fighting for god and ulster. instea they got life imprisonment. >>n the wake of the violence of augus 69, the modern ira waformed. belfast was mo divided than ev. >> on the oth side of the street. >> he wa 20 at the ti. he is now 60. he well rememrseing a yng belfast catholic who w willing to fig. >> i could say

that alone is enough. >> in those big states, many of the voters were catholic.nedy had turned an historic negative into an electoral positive. >> kennedy played the catholic issue extremely well, making sure that he got all the catholic votes and had a minimum reverse effect among noncatholic voters. >> so now my wife and i prepare for a new administration and for a new baby. thank you. >> the kennedys had played politics perfectly and their tough tactics continued as jack picked his cabinet, listening to his father's advice that he needed to keep bobby close at hand. >> i am pleased to accept the position of the attorney generalship of the united states. >> with jack in the white house and brother bob eight justice the stage was set for the era of kennedys. , and guess what... i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. anything before takeoff mr. kurtis? prime rib, medium rare. i'm bill kurtis, and i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the

catholic school. let's do the next expedient thing and strip it of its religion and make it a charter school so that it is easier politically. that makes no sense to me. if you talk to paren whoend their kids to a catholic school, and in the effort to convert to a charter, you may get some surprising opinions about the. theyave very strong opinions about the council they want to send it to you to pick up a charter school is not the same thing as a catholic school. period. >> when the conversion happen here in d.c., there were about six or seven catholic schools thatonvert to charter status. my understanding is they lost out half of the student population. some of those kids lived outside the district, so they couldn't atte the public school in d.c. but then again a hold of the wave of kids, different group, who arnow very excited to get to go to these great schools for free pic but it was a very different mixture of kids. from the outside might look the same. of course the crosses are now off the wall

, if you were a cradle catholic. and, it was a singly person, the laboring in peas, which i am. he distrusted the government tremendously, and he eventually went to the execution, which i hope i don't do, because he would not succumb to the chief politics of his time. so, he is my idol, my patron, my hero and i try to think, i am sure that he wouldn't approve of a lot of the journalism that we have today, but i try to think of something that would not embarrass him when i write something. >> of your previous books, which was your favorite? >> the political biography of lyndon johnson, lyndon b. johnson, the exercise of power which was printed in 1967, was the best thing i ever did. it was a joint project with deroy evans and is a kind of a book that i was then 36 years old and it is kind of a book i couldn't right now. it is really an excellent book. >> why couldn't you write now? >> i had over 200 interviews. roy and i had 200 interviews and there's so much detail and so much work that went into it. beyond the inter

only 33 were catholic so there's the whole number of those schools that aren't catholic, jewish, muslimrotestant. we forget about those folks and these are the ones we see a growing population because mike said the catholic schools, timbers said of the kids are scholarship and the protestant schools that is 100% so you open up a brand-new market for people who are waiting to enroll in if you like it urban school districts their population is going down where the applications for vouchers is going up every year. >> okay, let's get another question. i see one right here. tell us your name, where you are from. >> dill mcdonald, national caplet association. in this discussion and elsewhere when accountability comes up the presumptions as the private school has to do the same thing as the public school to be accountable, and my question is, will differentiated measures that respect the independence, the difference in curriculum and standards in the private school ever be a viable option? >> to translate, let's say the public-school people have to take the state test, would you allow for acco

i have always tried to be a faithful catholic, your holiness.ort through human failings i have never failed to believe and respect the fundamental temperaturings of my -- teach g teachings of my faith. i at this point to pray for g god's blessing and would be most thankful for your prayers for me." two weeks later the reply came back from the vatican. in part it read as follows. the holy father has read your alert that you entrusted to president obama. he was saddened to know of your ill and asked me to assure you of his concern and his spiritual closeness. he is particularly grateful to your promise of prayers for him and for the needs of our universal church. his holiness prays that in the days ahead you may be sustained in faith and hope and granted the precious grace of joyful surrender to the will of god our merciful father. he invokes upon you the consolation and peace promised by the risen savior to all who share in his sufferings and trust in his promises of eternal life. commending you and your family the holy father imparts his blessin

. >>> school supposed to start in a few weeks but the doors of towson catholic remain shut. sherrie johnson live with one more chance to turn the doornob in their favor. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, it's been a tough emotional battle trying to keep towson catholic high school open and now there's one more effort going on. later this morning there is a hearing scheduled for baltimore county circuit court. the archdiocese of baltimore and other defendants have filed a motion for dismissal against a lawsuit aiming to force towson catholic high school to remain open for the coming school year. the lawsuit was filed july 14th by two parkville residents and two towson parents. they said the school and archdiocese broke their promise by deciding to close. that's when a baltimore law firm filed a motion to dismiss saying there's no contractual or other arrangement between the parties binding towson catholic to stay open. as the archdiocese says the school is closing because of dwindling funds and low enrollment. that hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 this mornin

to practicing catholics, abortion is a very important issue. >> also important issue for catholics health care reform, the poor and the meek and those who don't have it. >> they can do any number of things. they can pass it without this. and then they can have a separate vote on this. i mean, it doesn't have to be inclusive. if this becomes such a problem that it's going to prevent passage, now, the problem they run into is maybe if they don't have a public option, if they don't have this, then they start losing some people on the left. i mean, this is the sausage factory that we call the congress. >> you believe that senator kennedy's death is going to help the president get health care reform enacted this year? >> you know, i think there's a lot of democrats who would like to memorialize him because of all the things that he's done and all the activity. but i think at the end of the day, we're going to be two or three more months in this battle and by then it's whether you have the votes or don't have the votes. i think in the heat of his death and a lot of people caring very much about

this was the jackie robinson moment for american catholics. >> so help me god. irh-catholic homes. he was one of them. at other times, it's been jewish americans. that a lawyer named louis bran dice was named to the superior court a generation ago. when most jews couldn't break through the law firm. that was a moment. and then there was michael dukakis. did anybody but greek americans know how much that meant to greek americans? today we asked somebody who should know. >> there was something that trumps the partisanship. i knew a lot of republican greeks who were supporting a democrat for first time because he was one of them. >> then of course the biggest jackie robinson moment of them all. election night 2008. some african-american students watching the returns and then it happened. and though it came 62 years after that break into the major leagues, this moment also says something about america. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> that he could not have made it without millionof white americans voting for him. justice kennedy couldn't without the votes

catholics know how to die. you have something to read to us about how catholics have been doing this for 2,000 years. >> this is a remarkable passage from a book called "the shape of the lit your ji" by dom gregory dicks who simply says reflects ones on the reflection on the room in jerusalem around 33 a.d. which we will see again and again here, why something that started with jesus of nazareth and that band of his followers becomes something that you and i are talking about right now and that the kennedy family will be experiencing shortly. this is from the scholar. whenever another command so obeyed for century after century, spreading slowly to every continent and country and among every race on earth, this action has been done and every conceivable human circumstance, for every conceivable human need, from infancy and before it, to extreme old age, and after it. from the pinnacle of earthly greatness to the refuge of fugitives and the caves and dens of the earth. men have found no better thing than this. t

schools in washington, d.c., inner city catholic schools. >>> again, locally and east jenkins a long time and fierce advocate for d.c. states hood said kennedy reit rateded his strong support for self-determination. >> ted kennedy is a tremendous loss for d.c. he supported d.c. statehood from the very beginning. and he believed in us. he said that d.c. should not be the nation's last colony. >> current d.c. voting rights bill remains stuck on capitol hill. dispute over gun rights in the city is holding up that bill. wendy, jim. >> thanks, tom. >>> ted kennedy's also being remembered for special relationship he had with students from american university in north west d.c. kennedy was a guest speaker on the campus and dozens of times over the years. more than 100 a.u. students served as interns and staff members for the senator. the campus also was the centerpiece of kennedy's endorsement of president barack obama. in last year's election. >> we have people in the line for three blocks trying to get into the auditorium that couldn't get in. and it was a wonderful day for american unive

wade came, and the catholic church kind of turned out on the street at 100 miles an hour.d got mobilized and got other people doing it, too. >> bonnie: abortion has been something of a minor issue within the population stabilization movement -- considered a fail-safe for the campaign to reach replacement-level fertility rates. as it turned out, america reached population stabilization the year before the supreme court legalized abortion on a national scale. but church and antiabortion rights leaders nonetheless viewed legalized abortion and population stabilization as being inextricably linked. >> the opponents to family planning did a very divisive tactic by saying essentially promoting family planning would lead to genocide. it was a whole strategy. i always see as one of the major opponents to family planning is the hierarchy of the roman catholic church. and there just became this whole thing that was family planning, advocating it for the developing world, was anti-people of color. >> bonnie: there was even a b movie released in 1971 called zpg for zero population gro

the legal battle to keep towson catholic high open. this comes -- it's over. this comes after parent as agreed to drop the lawsuit against the diocese. gee gentlemen barnett spoke with one of the parents who filed the lawsuit. >> i tell my husband, i need to talk to somebody because they've shaken my faith, my religion. >> reporter: low lois wanted the high school to remain open. her 16-year-old daughter elisa will be a graduating senior next year. >> this was her fun year, her last year. >> reporter: days after the archdiocese of baltimore said it was forced to close the school because of deep debt and low attendance, parents and students took to the school's campus to protest. they scurried to find alternatives weeks before the new school year and scrambled to start fnd raisers to save towson catholic. it was then windsor decided to take legal action. it was a battle she thought they could win. >> we were suing the archdiocese. they're big and strong. >> reporter: windsor and another parent filed two lawsuits. one to block the school's closing and another to

the home of the catholic church for the -- right from the leaders on down. so within catholicism, if society in a catholic country said you couldn't get a divorce, the world around was to commit adultery. he, usually it's he, sometimes the wife will have a person on the side, now we know, if we know our bible that adultery is one of the -- it's one of the ten commandments. that you shouldn't commit adultery. but yet within a catholic country that's the normal work around when society does not allow you to get a divorce. so while i'm going to bring up some of these work arounds. it's not as if we don't have these in our own countries. italy is a perfect example. now divorced is allowed. it's where the catholic church is where the work around is the most famous. in france, it was the same way. whenever his president would die his wife and mistress was there. we have these work around. other cultures that we are looking at, really aren't that different. that is really what i want to kind of say before i dive into the book just to kind of give you some backgroun

he did not die within the catholic church. if you support these, then you are not catholic. really feel sorry for him because these are eugenics programs they are pushing. the saddest part about his passing is that he obviously did not repent. host: this is from "the boston globe" -- it says it would be premature declare and end to that tradition, speculation is rampant that the senator's nephew or widow would run for his seat. some observers predict a quiet transformation in the family's identity. to a large extent the pack is already being touted by many of his two dozen plus nieces and nephews. they have been out across the non-profit, charitable, or private sectors. rory kennedy is a respected documentary filmmaker. her sister kathleen kennedy townsend who served as lieutenant governor of maryland teaches at georgetown university school of public policy. their brother robert kennedy, jr. is an environmental lawyer, author, and ready of us. anthony, the son of sargent shriver and eunice kennedy runs best buddies, a nonprofit for developmentally disabled people. pennsylvan

catholic schools. with little fanfare but a big impact. >> it was sort of a unique relationship because both congressman boehner and senator kennedy represent strongly different sides of the political respect frum but were able to come together and support the catholic schools in washington, d.c. inner city catholic schools. >> reporter: blessedincipal sai principal said kennedy resigned from fund-raising

catholics, the family has historically been extremely anti-catholic. doug coe said thinks like he hates -- >> what's doyle and stupak doing there? >> they're attracted to the god of american power. these guys like the access. they like the influence. >> some working class irish catholic from pittsburgh, where do you put him into the leadership clack? >> the family, look, senator coburn in fact told james dobson's magazine, citizen several years ago he went out looking for some democrats. the family has always been like 90% republicans. >> are you sure this isn't like me staying at the y, it's cheap? you get -- it used to be six bucks a night in d.c. that's one reason to stay there. >> when you're at the y, do you try and facilitate arms deals with the setup of foreign policy? >> no, what i'm saying, is it a cheap place to stay? >> maybe mike doyle is, but why are they being dishonest about it? congressman bart stupak, conservative democrats, been there for seven year, getting subsidized rent. in 2002 told "the l.a. times" we don't talk to the press abo

in my weekly catholic prass column i am writing for particularly catholic audience in have very short 700 word format. when i read at thousand page biography of john paul the second i am writing for the world, literally. and i think you just have to kind of keep that in the back of your mind when you are doing it. it is interesting to me that there have been inquiries about faith, reason, and the war against the jihadism which i wrote as an explicitly american book. i had no interest or desire having this book appear abroad. i wanted to talk to my fellow americans about a certain set of problems. yet by the time it's through that book will probably be in three or four different languages. >> finally you said in napping. what other ways to you recharge your batteries are unwind? >> to quote m friend joe epstei the great essayist, i have the disease. the disease is sports. i spend an awful lot of time watching primarily men throw, kick, catch, hit objects in the fall. so that is, you know, one of my interests. but i must say, my life has fallen out in such a way that what i do professio

and i think in that sense it was partly his fate, irish background, catholic faith. he was a -- from that part of catholic teaching that talks about using the common good to help all. and that's what he did. that's what he stood for and should be remembered for. >> i remember being at church one time with senator kennedy as a church goer. the catholic church in washington. and you forget sometimes who you're dealing with. yitzhak rabin was just assassinated and the priest never mentioned the fact. he didn't know what happened that afternoon. you know, it's amazing, you walked with history. you rubbed shoulders with ted den i can. tonight is a day of history. >> it's incredible. ted kennedy would have been in the senate for more than four decades. and he never, ever sought the leadership position in that house. he made it clear from the time that he gave that great speech in new york vofrg mr. carter that he was going to be an incredible servant in the u.s. senate. and he achieved that goal. today, health care would not be in trouble if ted kennedy was the architect t

. >> i'm a catholic. >> i know you are a catholic and catholic's social teach about the common good. >> health and healing are fundamental principles. tonight, evangelicals, catholics, jews, muslims, we are saying this is not just a partisan issue. anybody can join the call. just sojo.net/healthcare. it is an open call to join. >> by the way, that's not to say that people who have serious concern about this and are saying, look, i'm all for health care. god, please don't jack up my prices, my taxes anymore. i can't afford to pay the taxes i have now. so let's just be balanced about this as much as we possibly can. >> indeed. as you know, rick, this is complicated. the health care system is so complicated. the principles we are looking for is making sure everybody, all of god's children get covered. those who have insurance but can't afford what they have, we take care of them too and the thing must the be built on a solid financial foundation. all of those are valid concerns. let's have a sane, civil, listening conversation. let's get rid of the shouting and the hate and, my goodness

and both of my parents, particularly my mother, kept our catholic faith at the center of our lives. that gift of faith has sustained and nurtured and provide solace to me in the darkest hours. i know that i have been an imperfect human being, but with the help of my faith, i have tried to write my path. i want you to know, your holiness, that in my nearly 50 years of elective office, i've done my best to champion the rights of the poor and open doors of economic opportunity. i have worked to welcome the immigrant, to fight discrimination and expand access to health care and education. i have opposed the death penalty and fought to end war. those are the issues that have motivated me and have been the focus of my work as a united states senator. i also want you to know that even though i am ill, i am committed to do everything i can to achieve access to healthcare for everyone in my country. this has been the political cause of my life heard i believe in a conscious protection for catholics in the health field and i will continue to advocate for it. as my colleagues in the senate and

catholic open for next year. a group said they did not want to leave the students' fate in limbo. and a recession one organization is providing students money to go to college. 200 students now have the funds to make their dreams come true. students have pretty special donors to thank. >> there were plenty of reasons to celebrate at a luncheon thursday afternoon. the students are splitting $1 million in grants and loans banks to the bureau. >> if that word not before organizations like this, i would not be able to go. >> his parents have been working double shifts, and thanks to his grants, he will be able to graduate. >> it has paid for my school. >> others were awarded what they needed. >> i was lucky enough to get the opportunity to get this. >> the bureau began in 1924 and runs on donations. requirements include at least a 3.0 gpa. students may go to any accredited college in the united states. the story is amazing considering the economy. the bulk of the donations came before the economy a slide and now more

. >> he s the yngest ofthe kennedy clan, aich catholic clan that became a political nasty. he was in t shadow of his glamous old brothers -- first jfkho wa assassinated, and bobby w murdered, too. the last survivingrother spoke at the funeral. >> he was a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw sufferinand tried healt, saw war, tried to stop it. >> there arelready questions -- he wasuspendedfrom harvard focheating. then came chappaquick. he drove off a bridge after a late-night party, leaving his passenger, a young woman, to own in his car. he d not report e cident for nine hours. >> i regarde as inexcusab the fact that i did not repo the accident tohe police immediately. >> his presidential hopes were intatters, tales of drinking and womanizing following him for years. he did oppose jimmy carter for the democrat nomination in 1980, but he ended up pushing not always last of beral causes through the sate. he is a fabulous uned states senator. when he is ainst you, iis tough. when he with yo it is a great exrience. [laughter] >> in britainand he was susp

vmp an irish catholic wake. friend, former democratic national committee chairman, a man who many might know involved in the presidential debate commission. he'll serve essentially as master of ceremonies and also speak of his memories of his good friend, a man he served as an aide to senator kennedy and then of course went on to be a very close friend of senator kennedy. also speaking already caroline kennedy, the daughter of president john kennedy. she'll speak at tomorrow night's service. joe kennedy, the former congressman, the son of form er senator bobby kennedy. his republican friend, john mccain. combatants on some issues, partners on others issues. senator john kerry who is the democratic nominee for president and senator kennedy's junior colleague for so many years. he will speak tomorrow night. as will joe biden. those are among the speakers. noteworthy, we are told that might not be a final list, but noteworthy none of senator kennedy's children or his widow are on this list, at least the public list

the declaration recognized by the catholic church, bishops talking about his arrogance behavior. it she says her husband is a leader in danger of leaving and shameful legacy. the statement contains a kernel of truth many italians will recognize. bbc news, rome. >> do not try this at home. this is the kind of stunt that will make your head hurt. here is a kung fu expert telling these vehicles. she managed to drag this 30 feet. do not expect any more. she has shaved off her hair so she can be officially recognized. just a reminder of our main story -- tributes from across the united states and the world for edward kennedy. he has died from brain cancer, aged 77. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. the newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> i'm julia stiles. >> i'm kevin bacon. >> i'm kim cattrall. >> hi, i'm ken burn

the catholic barrier in american politics. so the obama team is believed with the closest they've developed with the kennedys, that virtual endorsement during the primaries, that they have a responsibility to that next great thing in american politics. it's a tough thing to live up too. the president is discovering just how tough it is right now in the rigors of the white house and his healthcare fight, but they believe in some small way ted kennedy was saying there may not be an immediate replacement for this kennedy but that nothing in american politics could quite possibly be entered his mind was brought obama, and that's a burden that the president is not having to carry and live up too. and it's not a small one. >> chris: major garrett, thank you. i want make sure i have it straight. you talk about this new rising star we're talking about senator kennedy's grandson? >> yes, that's what howard penn said. >> chris: i'm going to put an early warning that on teddy the third. i don't know what election that will be. probably 2

paul of minnesota, a catholic town-- and went to a mass in the middle of the week. and afterwards, i-- you know-- we all know about his father saying you have the obligation-- we all know that the secular call to service. but i asked him where does this rabid concern about poverty come from? and he looked at me like i was from mars. and he said, "have you never read the new testament?" laugh ( laughter ) and that was behind so much of his politics. but he was the kind of politician who would not bring it up. there was nothing evangelical about his political behavior. >> woodruff: about his own faith. >> it was there, and now i think people-- it's easier to feel free talking about it--. >> woodruff: father creedon, i keep coming back to this question of so much disappointment. he wanted to be president. he didn't make it. two brothers assassinated. so much tragedy in his own family. what was it about him that pushed through that and gave him that spirit that john lewis-- >> i summarize it by the word "generosity." i remember celebrating mass in his home while he was

in the catholic tradition, the mass of christian burial weaves together memory and hope.precisely between a past we referentially remember and a future in which we firmly believe. we gather today as a community drawn from across the nation to entrust the life of senator edward kennedy into the hands of god and to provide you consolation and support. we bring with us treasured memories of ted kennedy. memories not only of a national leader and a master legislator but of a beloved husband, a great father, a terrific grandfather, a sweet uncle, a dear friend, a trusted colleague, a wise mentor. we enter this church with these memories acutely alive for each of us. we gather to treasure the memory and to share our sense of loss. the liturgy of the mass, its scripture, its music and ritual are designed to acknowledge these memories to provide a context of prayerful and communal reflection in which they can be held as deeply personal and sacred. but the liturgy does not leave us in the past alone. it points us in christian hope to the future. our prayer expressed in confidence

. >> in those big states, many of the voters were catholic.y had turned a historic negative into an electoral positive. >> kennedy played the catholic issue extremely well making sure that he got all the catholic votes and had a minimum reverse effect among non-catholic voters. >> "the kennedy brothers" airs this thursday and friday, but debuts on thursday at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> up next, the stock market is up, the housing market is bouncing back, and there are signs this recession is ending. so why isn't president obama getting any respect? "the politics fix" is coming up next. this is "hardball" only on msnbc. um bill-- why is dick butkus here? i hired him to speak. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him. but-- i'm your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers. we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. fedex

. >> in those big states, many of the voters were catholic.n electoral positive. >> kennedy played the catholic issue extremely well making sure that he got all the catholic votes and had a minimum reverse effect among non-catholic voters. >> "the kennedy brothers" airs this thursday and friday, but debuts on thursday at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> up next, the stock market is up, the housing market is bouncing back, and there are signs this recession is ending. so why isn't president obama getting any respect? "the politics fix" is coming up next. this is "hardball" only on msnbc. the world is full of priceless things and amazing deals. find them, share them with mastercard's priceless picks app. download it now. the rest of the body is a no brainer. doesn't your whole body deserve excedrin strength relief? excedrin back & body. excedrin. what ache? >>> coming up, will rudolph giuliani be the next governor of new york? "hardball" returns with "the politics fix" next. ntene smooth. experts at good housekeeping agree. they gave i

in terms of theology, kosciuszko was born a catholic but later on was more upset with the catholics becauseolic church also owned serfs and for him that was unconscionable. he died in exile in switzer land and there was a point where there was a protestant minister who was aging and for his retirement they decided they were going to give him a fancy parish in a fancy town and this protestant minister decided, no, he's happy where he is. giving masses to the poor peasants of switzerland in the mountains. when kosciuszko heard this, he jumped on his horse and he raised to that minister first thing in the morning and this poor minister was shaving and kosciuszko burst in and gave him a hug. finally, a cleric whom i can identify with. and i look forward to your email. [laughter] >> i was curious about that fortress that you showed before he started building them. it had kind of a star structure and it reminded -- >> in the drawing you mean? >> well, the drawing from above. that looked like the star, a pattern of voban who was the great builder of fortresses. i'm just curious, did you find any c

ted kennedy was a lifelong catholic often attending the 10:15 mass in chevy chase at blessed sax ram. >> every year, he would dean aspect one of his -- [ indiscernible ] donate one that was generous and usually brought in eye bit of monthy. >> reporter: he raised big money for inner-city catholic schools in d.c. with the help of john boehner. >> senator kennedy and representative boehner reached across the aisle and joined hands to put together this dinner n. five years, they raised over $5 million to support the schools. >> reporter: i have one more ted kennedy story for you. the one that i saw and he saw -- in recent months and years, on a lawn like this one in the late afternoon, ted kennedy would take his dogs out for a walk and he would bring tennis balls out. rather than strain, he would bring a tennis racket and whack them a huge distance from the ball, the dogs would run and retrieve the balls. he would black them out again o. capitol hill, the senator from massachusetts in the late afternoon was not ted kennedy national figure but another dog lover like you and me. >> he will

he was catholic. not all catholics were christian but he was a christian in the true sense of the word, and i don't mean it in the kind of fundamentalist kind of thing. >> you see him as having qualities different from his brothers that you just outlined. >> because he had to overcome the legend, the mystery, the charisma of three brothers ahead of him, and all of a sudden he becomes the patriarch of this kennedy family and as his mother said, luke, to which much is given, much is expected. >> i want to thank you very much. it's been a pleasure. >> thank you very much. it's great to be here. >> thank you, malachy mccourt. >>> it's fallen out of the headlines in this country, we wanted to devote some time tonight to an important issue affecting many countries around the world, immigration, much of it illegal. just this week britain and pakistan reached an agreement that could result in the return of thousands of pakistanis living illegally in the united kingdom. the pakistani government will issue sspo