the catholic church has change. i'm going to make my views independent of what anybody and rome has to know me. i believe very clear. then the kicker for them was if there's ever a conflict between my faith at my politics in terms of my conscious, i will resign the office of the presidency. it was bishop john wright, the catholic adviser who told them to use that line to show that after she was about his faith and has said he was about avoiding some kind of conflict. so he says all that together in a speech and in the question and answer session. the ministers had very specific follow-up questions for him. does a great question. i go into it pretty fine detail on the houston speech. i devote a whole chapter two because it was such a pivotal, pivotal moment. the ministers wanted and they gave him an ovation in several points along what he really did delay their fears. >> would you talk about the discoveries that you made that other people hadn't used before, the resources? >> yes. two things, bishop john wright did a

he was talking to catholic leaders. they weren't telling him what to do, they were giving him advice, and in many cases he didn't take it. his primary political mentor within the catholic church was bishop john wright of the pittsburgh diocese. he had gotten to know john kennedy immediately after world war ii. wright's career takes off within the church, kennedy's takes off within politics, and eventually wright became the highest-ranking american in the vatican. he was named a cardinal and brought to rome, but they maintained a relationship where wright was offering him advice on how to run as a catholic for the presidency. and in the book i discovered archival material no one else has found that goes into great detail about the kind of advice that kennedy had. so kennedy applied what i call a kind of technical rationality to this problem. he didn't fully understand why his catholicism was a problem. he employed the resources he could find to understand it and then he tried to address the issues that got identified as

but oxfam was very anti-catholic. and kennedy reached out -- he did a listening to her of leading protestant in the country and that was a one-on-one. and he met with oxman on a couple of times in washington d.c. he became a supporter. so they did reach out to some of the liberal leaders. you think you'd be democrat, but turned out not to be because they were still wary about the catholic church. so the answer is yes, there were some very prominent folks. they worked in their circle and i were trying to persuade people to join them. but people like the christian century which is one of the leading liberal christian magazines to the date was anti-kennedy and there were a lot of liberal protestants who are deeply troubled by kennedy. some of those people moved to kennedy by the end of the election. they try to persuade them to stay in the democratic party. so i could go into detail on that. very interesting. well, thank you very much. i appreciate your questions, time, and attention. [applause] did you know you can view

. >> in your book the making of a catholic president to say the liability to be catholic in 1960. why? >> conventional wisdom was catholic could not be elected because of what happened in 1928 when herbert hoover destroyed his opponent and it was widely believed because al smith lost so badly even in 1968 catholic could not be elected. but think about it today. i guess atheist get elected or could african-american and getting elected? we do stills think of those labels. >> host: did herbert hoover exploit the consolidation catholicism? >> not really. scholars and political people argued over why he loss. he was a new york democrat which did not play well so there may have been many reasons why he lost prepped i cannot see that he exploited that. >> host: how did the kennedy campaign turned catholicism into an asset? >> guest: they were panicked for most of the campaign by labor day they had a pollster who gave the poll for free showing 23 percent of labor day was undecided. when you drove down among the undecided voters, the perception he may be a victim of the anti-catholic bigot

describe themselves as being former catholics. that is really astounding, given the hispanic migration to the united states. they should be bolstering the number of people in the pews. this does not mean though that we are not a religious country. overwhelming numbers of american side, i believe in god. 82% say a person can be a good christian or without going to church. 56% say it's important to follow one's conscience. even if that meant going across what churches say or synagogues say and do. 53% say it's not necessary to strengthen religion to strengthen one's moral values. that's an interesting line. while mainline churches, whether it be roman catholic or mainline protestant churches are losing people. the mega- churches are packing them in. 10,000, 12,000, 20,000. either way, why are they doing that? it that they market themselves so well. they are a one-stop shop, not just to go to church, but to have their child care, to go shopping, to network. and the pastors of these very successful churches are very much aware of how

. >>> the catholic church is throwing itself in the battle over health care reform. it's been a key player behind tightening restrictions on any federal funding for abortion in a health care bill. as briana kieler reports, church is turning up the heat on lawmakers. >> reporter: in rhode island, a high-profile feud between the bishop of providence and patrick kennedy. he's called the son of the late health care champion ted kennedy a disappointment for the support of abortion rights. >> if you freely choose to be a catholic. it means you believe certain things, you do certain things. if you cannot do all of that in conscience, then you should perhaps feel free to go somewhere else. >> the clash happening as the catholic church flexes its muscle over debate in health care reform. to get the needed support for democrats, speaker pelosi was forced to allow a vote on tougher abortion restrictions in the bill and at one point found herself negotiating directly with representatives of the catholic church. >> a lot of members have a lot of faith of what the catholic bish bi

kennedy challenged carter in the primaries it allowed the culturally conservative voters, especially catholics, to think twice about supporting the president's. indeed, they in the fall election voted for ronald reagan. but he thinks because kennedy's challenge allowed them to be pulled away that it opened up the opportunity for reagan to move in after kennedy had conceded in august 1980.

. >>> the catholic church is throwing itself in the battle over health care reform. it's been behind tighting restrictions on abortion. >> reporter: in rhode island, a high profile feud between the bishop of providence. he has called the champion of ted kennedy, a disappointment -- the clash happening as the catholic church flexes its muscle in the debate over health care reform. to get the needed support of conservative democrats, speaker pelosi was forced to allow the vote on tougher abortion rules in the bill. >> a lot of members had a lot of faith and in what the catholic bishops view of this was. they wanted some kind of blessing by the bishops. >> reporter: abortion rights democrats bristoled at the thought. >> that such an extraordinary effort was launched by church, pushing an idea that many americans probably the majority of americans really don't agree with. >> reporter: the health care debate moves now to the senate, where a quarter of the chamber is catholic and where the church will again exert its influence. >> and i think it is very, very likely that t

colleagues and some of his catholic colleagues are very devout. because he enjoyed it, and he enjoyed a group like lawyers, who sought divine guidance, who didn't think they were operating in abstract without divine guidance and he took great pleasure in going to the red mass and it's not a requirement at all. i will add, in the interest of separation of church and state, although it's conducted for judges and lawyers, they're very fast stayedous about not saying it's a command performance for anybody in the judiciary, because that might breach some serious -- the church-state separation. but nobody urged him to go. he loved to go. he thought this was terribly important that the judges and lawyers the day before the -- the sunday before the supreme court opened, had a special service in which they wanted guidance. and we talked about religion a lot. i talk about that. we talked about media a lot. it's one of the areas we didn't quite agree on. i have some strong feelings that -- about cameras in courtrooms and he has equally strong feelings on the

the catholic church teaches in the catechism and i'm not officially catholic. when you are 58 years old and you don't know if you are a man or a woman you are screwed up inside of yourself psychologically and emotionally and everything else. it really screwed up my life in terms of my weaknesses and all that kind of stuff. are you going to make the bible illegal in the united states in terms of we are no longer allowed to criticize people, as soon as you criticize a gay man you are bigoted and prejudiced and all that kind of stuff? >> host: you spoke in salt lake about religion and your views on it. >> guest: everyone no matter their sexual orientation has the right to worship no matter what. whether they can or cannot worship gay or straight. my understanding of the bible is you are supposed to love your fellow man. i am not a scholar nor am i a particularly religious person. i am more spiritual. i am happy for people who

as many of you might know, we now have six catholics on this nine-member court. there are six, different kinds, and that is a big deal. and the questions about regional diversity, this idea we should have a couple from arizona and california, we do not anymore. i think there should be diversity and i also think in terms of faith. there should not be just one religion. that was not was asked of her. but sotomayor is the sixth catholic on the court, and that was in the background of her thinking. >> she is a protestant. there is only one protestant on the court. justice stevens. >> two happen to be jewish. that is a different course than what we distort we had. so that was a, and -- comment, and where it emerges is in our most recent abortion case, five roman catholics voted against abortion rights, and there was a lot of criticism related to that and religion at that time. >> i think that we have the time we wanted for questions. >> i appreciate you sharing your comments about the current justices, and i would welcome your comments about clarence thomas. i heard o

. >> catholic? i don't know what they are politically -- >> well, catholics are christian. >> yes, but they're not all predominantly catholic any more. latinos, i would say historically, they have been. but now things are changing. they're the fastest-growing segment of who is actually producing in our society. >> are you trying to keep up with them? >> no, not necessarily. but i do believe that christian influence will gain more power as we have more children. but i wouldn't say -- she said it's not really the motivation. we're more just doing it because we know it's something god wants us to do. if we change society, great. it would be great. there are things in our society, our country needs an answer right now and family's answer really is. there's nothing greater than a family. i believe it's the answer for our world. >> it's a very expensive thing. >> absolutely. >> to have all the children in this culture is very, very expensive ,to say the least. what does your husband -- do you work? >> yes

but i'm totally with the catholics on this. they should not have to pay for things they are morally opposed to. it's a very important issue. >> you know what, penn, you want to stick your two cents into government, then pay taxes. that's my point. >> you talking about tax the churches? i'm with you. >> tax the churches. if they want to get involved in politics, they should be paying taxes. >> i don't think -- i don't know how i'm suddenly in this position, but i think if you're a person of faith, you should have a voice in the public square. it's not that. so the separation of church and state doesn't mean you're not allowed to express yourself. the question is it's been so perverted. this is what you're saying, penn. there is 10% of the people in america identify themselves as atheists. one member of congress. do the math, one member of congress. you can't get elected unless you're wearing religiousity on your sleeve. >> the majority in this country are pro choice and yet the house of representatives is pro life. >> the scary

but i'm totally with the catholics on this.s they are morally opposed to. it's a very important issue. >> you know what, penn, you want to stick your two cents into government, then pay taxes. that's my point. >> you talking about tax the churches? i'm with you. >> tax the churches. if they want to get involved in politics, they should be paying taxes. >> i don't think -- i don't know how i'm suddenly in this position, but i think if you're a person of faith, you should have a voice in the public square. it's not that. so the separation of church and state doesn't mean you're not allowed to express yourself. the question is it's been so perverted. this is what you're saying, penn. there is 10% of the people in america identify themselves as atheists. one member of congress. do the math, one member of congress. you can't get elected unless you're wearing religiousity on your sleeve. >> the majority in this country are pro choice and yet the house of representatives is pro life. >> the scary thing about this amendment that you're

i just -- >> because it offends the catholic sensibility. >> it does. with my mom, who is 78 years old. totally -- i mean, she could be the pope, you know, if she wanted to be. that's how strict she is. >> i don't think technically she could be the pope. >> i agree. i'm not familiar with all the rules, but i think there are some problems -- >> she could be in our family. i mean, her sisters are the same way. so -- >> is it common to have jesus in the bathroom? this is my question. i would feel more uncomfortable having a hot dude in a beard watch me pee than getting my waste on him. he's a handsome guy, joy. >> jesus? >> a very good-looking guy. >> well, in that rendition. we don't really know what he looks like. do they make up the way he looks? nobody knows what he looks like really. >> i would be heartbroken if -- >> if i found that out i'd be heartbroken, too. no hunchback. >> no hunchback jesus for me. >> he looks like willem dafoe. as far as i know. >> i could never worship a man who looked like that. i'll be honest with you. >> speaking of leakin

caller: good morning, first, i am a roman catholic republican. i hope you will let me comment on what you just read. we see that as catholics we have laws we have to follow. abortion is one that goes against them. anyone who does not follow those laws we consider heretics and they are outside the church. nancy pelosi, john kerry, ted kennedy or another -- they are basically heretics and outside the church. i'm not sure why the church is just now saying this after years and years. on what the lobbyists say, they have to be more powerful than constituents because there are 40,000 of them. they are in washington, d.c. every day. take someone like me who has never been to d.c. we hear about the billions they donate to politicians. when you just read about max baucus, how is it that on this crucial healthcare debate he can be having all these fund- raisers? the politicians are worse than the lobbyists because they are taking money from both sides. i do not know if you see that as corruption, but during the healthcare debate their meeting with lobbyist

the united states conference of catholic bishops has weighed in. they said this one is the worst bill so far on this issue. "the conference believes the bill violates the longstanding federal policy against the use of federal funds for elective abortions in health plans that include such abortions. a policy upheld in all health programs covered by the high demand. the federal employee benefit program and now in the house passed a portable america act. we believe legislation that violates this moral principle is not true health care reform and must be amended to reflect it. if that fails, the current legislation should be opposed." the family research council says this. described the legislation as a direct attack on the principles set forth in the hyde amendment over 30 years ago. this bill is one only an abortionist could love. concerned women for america said the following in a dramatic departure from current policy. "the patient protection and for all care act will provide government funding for elective abortions. overall, this bill raises seri

she's not catholic. she's raised by a very strange group of people from texas. >> so she figured that that would be the way to do it, huh? >> yes, that's one of her ideas. >> let's talk about your stepmother, elizabeth taylor for a second. what was she like? >> i didn't get to know her until much later, but i think she's terrific. >> everyone loves elizabeth taylor. >> she's lovely. >> she did steal your father away from your mother. >> i once gave her an award and thanked her for getting daddy out of the house. the thing is, i did say to her once, did you love my father? and she said, we kept mike todd alive. >> oh, it was really on the heels of his death. >> he was best friends with mike todd. i said -- mike todd was fantastic. >> he was like sort of a surrogate mike todd. that was weird. your father, was he in love with her? >> i'm sure he was. look at the woman. and she's fun. she's a lot of fun. >> she's a lot of fun. so is your mother. they're both fun broads. >> they did very well. >> in a certain

that's how the catholic bishops apparently feel about this.finally, americans should know that this bill doesn't have the commonsense reforms that they have been asking for all along. nothing in this massive bill about getting rid of junk lawsuits against doctors and hospitals that c.b.o. said costs us $54 billion over a period of time. nothing in the bill about leveling the playing field when it comes to health care taxes. mr. president, what the american people would like for us to do is to step by step address the cost issue to them. this bill doesn't do that in any way. americans would like to have health care reform, but higher premiums, higher taxes and cuts to medicare to produce more government isn't reform, yet that's precisely what we would get were we to pass this 2,074-page bill sitting here beside my desk. mr. brown: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, and i appreciate following senator bingaman. senator bingaman perhaps knows more about this issue than anybody in the senate. he was t

already. >> the catholic league really sit down and watch larry's show every week?yes. there's a guy over there, i won't mention his name. he is paid a lot of money to watch the shows. >> to monitor. >> calls you out on it. calls you anti-catholic and other nonsense he comes up with. >> right. >> larry david offends all religions. he doesn't just do ka tholtism. >> he's a car accident waiting to happen. he does it with you in life, too. you've hung with him, i'm sure. it's a scary thing to go out to dinner with him. >> he is. he's not loud about it, but he -- >> larry david in martha's vineyard in a nice little quiet restaurant, blue haired people, comes late to a dinner with myself and several other people. his back is to the entire restaurant and he -- thinking he's whispering, tells us why he's late using the "f" word over and over again and we watched the restaurant start to clear behind him. we're having to go, you know, sorry, sorry. as he walks out he says, nice restaurant. little too quiet for jews though. and walks out. >> does he really? >> yes. that's tru

already. >> the catholic league really sit down and watch larry's show every week?yes. there's a guy over there, i won't mention his name. he is paid a lot of money to do exactly that. to monitor. >> calls you out on it. calls you anti-catholic and other nonsense he comes up with. >> right. >> larry david offends all religions. he doesn't just do catholicism. >> he's a car accident waiting to happen. he does it with you in life, too. you've hung with him, i'm sure. it's a scary thing to go out to dinner with him. >> he is. he's not loud about it, but he -- >> larry david in martha's vineyard in a nice little quiet restaurant, blue-haired people, comes late to a dinner with mary and myself and several other people. his back is to the entire restaurant and he -- thinking he's whispering, tells us why he's late using the "f" word over and over again and we watched the restaurant start to clear behind him. we're having to go, you know, sorry, sorry. as he walks out he says, nice restaurant. little too quiet for jews though. and walks out. >> does he really? >> yes. that

has run for the american president and of course john kennedy becoming the first and only roman catholicpresident is an interesting story in and of itself. secondly it was an extraordinarily close election. kennedy won the election by a tick or two over 100,000 votes out of the tens of millions cast so it was extraordinarily close. it was also i argue the first modern campaign when you think about pollsters, you think about use of media, you think of mass buying of advertising and when you think about religion as a political force you have those together in many things which we take for granted in our presidential races today in many ways began in that election so i think it is the beginning of modern political presidential campaigns. but it was also what i call the larva stage of the religious right in the united states. if you look at is some ofhe

born in 1964 and our political beliefs are pretty much fiscal conservatives, she's christian, i'm catholic and she is for strong defense, so i think reagan really played a big part in both of our upbringing in the formation of our belief as we grow up. >> what does conservative mean to you? >> there are many strains of conservative. i tend to gravitate most work would be edmund burke or russell kirk, what i call kirk and burke conservatism which tends to be leading in moral order and prudence. i recommend if you want to know more about eckert and burke conservatism blogging edmund burke or russell kirk. if i could recommend one book would be russell kirk a conservative mind which came out i believe in the 50's or 60's but that was a kind of movement book. >> if you look of yondah political leaders right now who is closest to kirk and burke? >> i would say right now has to be sarah palin. she has three things going for her. she has convictions. she's got the charisma and most important she's got the courage. the country right now is heading vary collectively and we see economically we are h

1964 and our political beliefs are the same with fiscal conservatism and social conservatism i am catholic and she is christian and evangelical also for a strong defense. i think reagan played a big party and our a preens in the formation of our beliefs as we grew up. >> what does conservative mean to you? >> there are many strains. i tend to gravitate most to edmund. or russell kirk which tends to be in during order worthy virtue of prudence and i would recommend if you want to know about that conservative is some i would recommend blocking the the books of the conservative mind that i believe cannot in the '50s or '60s but that was a movement >> if you look at political leaders right now who is closest to kirk and burke? >> sarah palin she has the convictions and the charisma and most importantly she has the courage. the country right now is headed very collectivist and we see economics was a slowing economy and growing government that is really getting out of various of the constitution. i think sarah palin is a champion of the libertarians and conservative movement -- conservative move

the catholic church wants to know. the vatican called in several extra terrestrial experts. church. the group discussed the orgins of life and if it existed in the cosmos. >> just kind of pan left to our sports department, yeah, i'd say there's something else out there. no offense. >> i think some find it surprising that it was the catholic church doing this. >>> six minutes after the hour. so far in the skies today, all we have are a bunch of clouds and rain. good morning. >> i'm going to start to the west coast because the clouds are continuing to come in. we're following two storms moving in over the next few days. one is occurring now. it's a cold front dropping down into a stationary front in nevada. but the clouds there california, nevada, lower parts of oregon and idaho. there's another storm towards the north dropping in by tomorrow afternoon. the rain is in blue, the white is snow cover. i think we're going to start seeing this mount up, especially northern parts of oregon and parts of montana as well. the purple areas, that's about a foot of snow. mainly above 5,00

vote for obama was 33 points higher than the protestant vote for him, and 24 points higher than the catholic vote he got. only with blacks who gave him 95 percent of their votes did obama do better than he did with the jews. and so it continues to go with the liberal agenda. on the old economic and political issues like government spending, benefits for the poor and organized labor, as well as on the newer issues that form the battlefield of the culture war, abortion, gay marriage, school prayer, assisted suicide, gun control and so on, the polls consistently showed huge gaps in support, huge gaps between jews and all other americans, including conservative americans. which brings me finally -- excusing, including other nonliberal jewish americans. which brings the funny to the question i wrote my book to answer, why are jews so stubbornly committed to whatever happens to be on the liberal agenda at any given moment, and why have they continued voting for democrats in spite of the changes that have taken place since 1967, both in their socioeconomic position and in the democratic party itsel

but the catholic church wants to know the answer to those. the vatican called in several extraterrestrial experts to discuss the possibility of other life forms in the universe. the group discussed astro biology, which discusses the origin of life and if it els in the cosmos. >>> an army reservist says some muggers returned his wallet when they saw he was in the military. he was walking home when four men forced him to lay down, put a gun to his neck. but when they saw his military i.d., they apologized and thanked him for his service. >>> on this veterans day, we're taking time now to honor the men and women who serve in the in the u.s. military. in this leaders with heart, our own robin meade tells us about a woman who honors wounded troops every day. >> your letters, yeah. >> peggy baker is the founder of operation first response, a volunteer organization that helps wounded u.s. soldiers and their families. >> some of the serious injuries they have and they are still smiling, working hard to continue. >> the group assists with everything f

. >> catholic? i would say historically they have been.hey're the fastest growing segment of who is actually producing in our society. >> are you trying to keep up with them? >> uh, no, not necessarily. i believe christian influence will gain more power as we have more children. that's not the motivation. we're doing it because it's something god wants us to do. our country needs an answer right now. family is the answer. there's nothing greater than a family. i believe it's the answer for our world. >> it's an expensive thing that you're doing. to have all those children in this culture is expensive. what does your husband do? do you work? >> i work part time. my husband is a construction executive. for us, we live in an affluent area but it has not always been that way. we have paid our dues. >> when we come back, i want to hear more about the physiological part of this. i was not thrilled with one pregnancy, much less 8 or 18. stick around. there could be more babies when we get back. >> i believe conceiving children and giving birth is

she's not catholic. she's raised by a very strange group of people from texas. >> so she figured that that would be the way to do it, huh? >> yes, that's one of her ideas. >> let's talk about your stepmother, elizabeth taylor for a second. what was she like? >> i didn't get to know her until much later. i think she's terrific. >> everyone loves elizabeth taylor. >> she's lovely. >> she did steal your father away from your mother. >> i once gave her an award and thanked her for getting eddie out of the house. the thing is, i did say to her once, did you love my father? she said, we kept mike todd alive. >> oh, it was really on the heels of his -- >> he was best friends with mike todd. i said -- mike todd was fantastic. >> so he was, like, sort of a surrogate mike todd? that was weird. your father, was he in love with her? >> i'm sure he was. look at the woman. she's, you know, she's fun. >> she's a lot of fun. so is your mother. they're both fun broad. you really had a great -- in a certain way you had a

distinguished cell and conservative thought of the heritage foundation, an adjunct professor at the catholicuniversity of america and chairman of the victims of memorial foundation dedicated to the victims of comment is a memorial in 2007. he is the author of 20 books including biographies of ronald reagan, barry goldwater, edward nease, histories of the american conservative movement and the heritage foundation. his works have been translated into chinese, japanese, swedish and french. he was a founding director at georgetown university and a fellow at the institute of politics at the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard. he is a past president of the philadelphia society and an

to our own culture gets to be too much like what graham green said with his relationship with the catholic church, will end up with -- he talks about being a member of a foreign legion who fights around for a city of which he's no longer a citizen. to be full citizens of our civilization, we need to read deeply into its great literature. the kind of education that i think you need and i wish your professors would help you with it more but i'm afraid they're not going to is not a purely factual or merely intellectual education. it is both those things. it's true if you read the classics, you're going to come across fascinating information, ideas that you might not hear in school. this can be a dramatic effect. the intellectual outlook of the typical english professor, for example, and i correspond with some of these folks and, you know, read their writings. i would characterize their intellectual outlook as one of extreme poverty. they're interested in essentially one kind of intellectual idea. they're interested in injustice. but they're not even interested in every kind, they're intereste

. >> catholic? i would say historically they have been. they're the fastest growing segment of who is actually producing in our society. >> are you trying to keep up with them? >> uh, no, not necessarily. i believe christian influence will gain more power as we have more children. that's not the motivation. we're doing it because it's something god wants us to do. our country needs an answer right now. family is the answer. there's nothing greater than a family. i believe it's the answer for our world. >> it's an expensive thing that you're doing. to have all those children in this culture is expensive. what does your husband do? >> i work part time. my husband is a construction executive. we've paid our deuce and that sort of thing. >> when we come back, i want to hear more about the physiological part of this. i was not thrilled with one pregnancy, much less 8 or 18. stick around. >> i believe conceiving children and giving birth is an act of worship. i believe you're submitting to god's goal for the planet and god's goal for you as a wo

she's not catholic. she's raised by a very strange group of people from texas. >> so she figured that that would be the way to do it, huh? >> yes, that's one of her ideas. >> let's talk about your stepmother, elizabeth taylor for a second. what was she like? >> i didn't get to know her until much later. i think she's terrific. >> everyone loves elizabeth taylor. >> she's lovely. >> she did tale yosteal your fa away from your mother. >> i once gave her an award and thanked her for getting eddie out of the house. the thing is, i did say to her once, did you love my father? she said, we kept mike todd alive. >> oh, it was really on the heels of his -- >> he was best friends with mike todd. i said -- mike todd was fantastic. >> so he was, like, sort of a surrogate mike todd? that was weird. your father, was he in love with her? >> i'm sure he was. look at the woman. she's, you know, she's fun. >> she's a lot of fun. so is your mother. they're both fun broad. you really had a great -- in a certain way you had

chancellor in march talked out my private members bill which would end the discrimination against catholics in the role of secession and women in the line of succession. the government recognized this discrimination should end. can the prime minister confirm that he is as the lord chancellor said is ready to consult the relevant commonwealth heads of government this week and can he say that he's confident that we can then sort this out so that the -- >> prime minister? >> mr. speaker, the act of succession is outdated. i think most people recognize the need for change. change can only be brought about by not just the united kingdom but all realms where her majesty is queen and making the decision to change. that is why it is important to discuss this with all members of the commonwealth with all countries such as australia and canada and that is the process that will be undertaken in due course. >> thank you, mr. speaker. is my right honorable friend aware of the growing evidence in the north hamton families and the recession. as a result of the recession women are doing more of the bred-wi

southern festival of books, christian ethics professor shaun casey discusses his book, the making of a catholic president: kennedy v. nixon 1960. this event is 45 minutes. >> i want to talk about why we should care about the 1960 election, what was so special about that one. secondly, i want to tell you about the major lessons i learned in my research that you can find in the book if you take the time to read it, thirdly, i want to walk you through pivotal en

and a matter fact, they are catholic and want to know what advice you can give me. and i said, son, really do need to go to the guidance council but he said no, i know you're a religious man. you are christian and you want to give advice. i said okay. i said i will tell you three things that i believe in. i said number one, i believe that nature has a way of teaching every living creature of what it's supposed to do. i mean, the birds know what to do and so does all of the things that go transferred some seed to seed. then i said history has a way of repeating, telling you over and over what is the best thing for all living life. every civilization has that it, the further civilizations ahead for what they're supposed to be doing in life. but the most important thing you have to teach you is the bible, son. the bible over and over tells you what god's word is and it tells you the truth. you live by that word. you die by that word. you judge by that word. and the final analysis, if you don't do what the word tells you, son, you are going to a devils held that and of

the catholic church has called for this for many, many years, dissidents such as [inaudible] , sanchez, the leading human rights monitor in the country, a catholic activist, vladimir, the of all called for the and to travel restrictions and every time i have seen again everybody is mentioning sanchez, the blogger detained recently and beaten. every time she has addressed the issue she said we should allow unrestricted travel and she's against the whole embargo itself. so what it boils down to, mr. chairman is a question of confidence, a question of whether we are confident saw how the regime sanctions we have maintained all these years will have an impact or whether something else might work and whether we might have greater confidence in the ability of americans to carry the american idea to keep the and represent the system of government exchange information, bring resources to cubans, help cubin civil society grow. secretary shultz wrote to you, secretary george shultz and he pointed out he thinks the sanctions in general are ridiculous. he thinks there is some kind of transition an

chancellor in march talked out my private members bill which would end the discrimination against catholics in the role of secession and women in the line of succession. the government recognized this discrimination should end. can the prime minister confirm that he is as the lord chancellor said is ready to consult the relevant commonwealth heads of government this week and can he say that he's confident that we can then sort this out so that the -- >> prime minister? >> mr. speaker, the act of succession is outdated. i think most people recognize the need for change. change can only be brought about by not just the united kingdom but all realms where her majesty is queen and making the decision to change. that is why it is important to discuss this with all members of the commonwealth with all countries such as australia and canada and that is the process that will be undertaken in due course. >> thank you, mr. speaker. is my right honorable friend aware of the growing evidence in the north hamton families and the recession. as a result of the recession women are doing more of the bred-wi

eddy stanley fled civil war, his brother saw his father and brother decapitated, was taken in by a catholicchurch in new jersey, so there's no one family or no 10 families that tell he the whole story, but i tried to get a sense of the broader picture. and the title comes from barack obama's inaugural address, where he said, america is enriched every day by people from every end of this earth, and i agree with him. i believe it. >> how long did you follow these folks? >> well, i interviewed each one at great length. several of them actually were students of mine at george washington university, who wrote about their families in a writing class of mine. i operate on the rule of ruthlessly exploiting my students at every possible opportunity and so, several of the stories come from my students in several cases, i had students who acted as scouts, i had a student who was a high school teacher in philadelphia, sent me one family, another was a waitress in a salvadoran restaurant sent me another. in fact, the book is dedicated to my students, because they were such an important part of shaping i

he was taken in as a catholic surge in new jersey.o there's no one family or no ten families to tell the whole story, but i tried to get a sense of the broader picture. and the title comes from barack obama's inaugural address. .. >> yes and no. the biggest and notion of immigration is one of the most dramatic and compelling of all human stories that never change. i knew from my own family history, i knew there story of their lives and grew up in the immigrant community in new jersey where everybody i knew was from the immigrant family. that sense of what it takes takes, resilience, the tenacity does not change. but understanding the new patterns of immigration. people can use technology to stay in touch. my grandfather was out of touch with his own family for 50 years. today i have a student from brazil whose brother was marrying a brazilian if a grant and her family could not come to the wedding. semis did it took a laptop and a digital camera and did he realtime slideshow for the bride's family and brazil. that is there a different

i am looking forward to the campaign when i can say that the ama and the aarp and wal-mart, the catholic bishops. and then on an island on the republicans with the insurance industry. >> this may not be the campaign that you run. the deals that were put in place, to have what you are describing, my very far away away. the other thing that i am is saying is that in the short term, in 2010, that is how this is looking. my former wife said that my worst habit was quoting myself from television appearances. but she is gone. let me quote myself. the health care bill has both parties believing that this will be to their political benefit. >> you may be right in the long term, i believe that the political success may be a liability. it will be so knew going into that time. >> i will go back to that. you have a lot of friends in the white house, and you have their analysis about why you see the level of polarization in congress and the public opinion polling. it is so difficult to get republican votes and maintain any kind of approval rating among the republican partisans. >> they will not be in

the catholic church has called for it for many years.issidents like the leading human rights monitor in the country, and a lay catholic activist have all called for an end to travel restrictions and every time i have seen -- everybody is mentioning the blogger who is detained -- who was detained recently. every time she has address the issue, she says we should allow unrestricted travel and is against the embargo itself. what it boils down to is a question of confidence. what we are confident the regime of sanctions will have an impact or whether something else might work and whether we might have greater confidence in the ability of americans to carry the american idea to cuba and to represent our system of government, exchange information, bring resources to cubans, helped cuban civil society grow, secretary george shultz wrote to you and said he thinks are sanctions in general are ridiculous. he thinks there is a transition of some kind going on and is much more likely we would get a constructive outcome if there is a lot of interact

there's so much going on today, including a story about a terminally ill young man and his father, the catholicest? richard lui is following that. >> yeah. the young man's mother kept the lover's'd they secret for years and then find out why she decided to go public with the story and what could be her son's final days. >>> balloon boy's parents expected to be in the court in the next hour. we'll go in the courtroom if we can. they could face jail time for the hoax. remember that balloon. >>> plusf you want -- had gone to the emergency room or you have to, with a serious injury, any idea how long to take before you saw a doctor? might surprise you. those stories and more coming up in the next hour of "morning express." rob snn. >> i heard it depends on how hurt the others are with you. >> triage. >> thank you. >> sure. >> the head of an ethics program at harvard is defending the decision to let eliot spitzer lecture there. you may remember he resigned after court documents showed she was client 9 far high-priced call girl. huh oh. a harvard professor said that spitzer, quote, the most important

at noon eastern, orthodox catholic and evangelical christian leaders will release a document endorsingil disobedience. they say they will not cooperate with laws that would force them to take part in abortions or recognize same-sex couples. >>> also at noon, the cdc will hold a news conference to update you on the h1n1 flu. at 3:00 p.m., the department of health and human services will host an adoption ceremony. >>> you can just hear the jokes about ruffling the feathers at city hall. somebody in a chicken costume crashed a meeting of the durango, colorado, city council. members were voting on an ordinance allowing people to keep fowl in their backyards. i just want to hear their reaction. the person walked around, flapped his or her wings, and even laid an egg. council members thought it was hysterical. no one else was in the chambers apparently. a very crowded audience there. they were just thrilled to have anybody. >> classic. >> hey, travelers, getaway day friday. here's bob. >> thought i was watching an episode of "the view" right there. >> oh, no! >> now she gets it. first delay

with some folks from snap, a support group that primarily dealt with the sexual abuse case in the catholic church. they said it's not at all unusual for people to wait until they're even senior citizens to report these kinds of things. and usually, it will be something in their adulthood that triggers this trauma that brings it all back. >> you know, i understand that. but what i'm trying to figure out is, why -- what was the trigger now? we don't know it. but i have to ask you this question, don clark. according to the police reports, one of the victims said that she became pregnant, and was made to have an abortion at age 11 1/2. so if that's true, the first thing you think of is who performed an abortion? if a doctor was called to perform an abortion on an 1 11 1/2-year-old, that doctor would call cops. so that raises the question, did they do some kind of horrific home-made abortion, and if so, are they looking for fetuses possibly when they're digging up these ground? >> yeah, you know, jane, i think they're going to look for all of that. and they certainly are going to be looking to