october thirty first twenty ten a terrorist group claiming all kind of affiliation occupied the catholic cathedral in baghdad. five suicide bombers activated their explosive belts fifty eight people were killed. in nine years of occupation of civil and religious wars and attacks of cosmoline one hundred ten thousand victims essentially civilian. syria khaldiyeh an orthodox and armenian churches have become choice targets. al qaeda assassins and sunni and shia fanatics agree on nothing except on evicting the christians they accuse of being western crusaders. baghdad is a raising its illustrates christian past. checkpoints abound every hundred meters crossing baghdad is a permanent obstacle course. but i think iraq is a battlefield for a ray of foreign forces. iran supports the shia brothers while saudi arabia age there is the sunnis. and as for the month i live in. a sunny district. in two thousand and six i was all for. it was subjected to rocket fire at least fifty rockets falling on us every day it never stopped. me the streets were filled with corpses and there was fighting everywhere to show.

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catholic's cathedral. >>> in the bay area, yes, plenty of rain on easter day. on easter bonnets as well, looking from the roof of kpix 5 towards the bay bridge. with a look at the rainfall totals and what you can expect this week. >> it was taped earlier in the day. >>> and now because we do have things that are clearing up over the bay area, but we still stand a chance of a sprinkle or two tonight. in fact it is running a bit. earlier today just south of the city between yuba city and sacramento, look at what they spotted. if that doesn't stay unstable weather, creating mid-like conditions here. the best we did or the worse we did in the bay area was some thunderstorms and some hail. but man to get funnel clouds around here, is it somewhat of a rare occurrence and you can see from that, they did get them in the sacramento valley. for us the latest on the doppler weather radar is showing that we've got the widely scattered showers around the bay area. and it did not amount to too much. they were not more than half an inch in the bay area. and a little bit up th

october thirty first twenty ten a terrorist group claiming all kind of affiliations occupied the catholic cathedral in baghdad. five suicide bombers activated their explosive belts fifty eight people were killed. in nine years of occupation of civil and religious wars and attacks of cosmoline one hundred ten thousand victims a century civilian. syriac khaldiyeh an orthodox and armenian churches have become choice targets. al qaeda assassins and sunni and shia fanatics agree on nothing except only fixing the christians they accuse of being western crusaders. baghdad is a raising it's a lustrous christian past. checkpoints abound every hundred meters crossing bag. it is a permanent obstacle course. but i think iraq is a battlefield for an array of foreign forces. iran supports the shia brothers while saudi arabia age there is the sunnis. and as for the month i live in. a sunny district. in two thousand and six it was all full of. it was subjected to rocket fire at least fifty rockets falling on us every day it never stopped. you know me the streets were filled with corpses and there was fighting ever

lined up before dawn this morning, hoping to secure one of the 2,000 seats in boston's roman catholic cathedralthe holy cross. tight security blanketed the area and many were turned away. >> we have to live, we have to go on with our lives. we don't know why things happen and it could be any on eof us and i know we just pray and we just stay strong with each other. >> when i see stories, i get really sad, really sad. it bothers me on so many levels, but boston is tough. this city is tough, we'll get through it. >> brown: inside, prominent politicians, including massachusetts senators elizabeth warren and mo cowan and former governor and presidential candidate mitt romney, joined in honoring the bombing victims. mayor thomas menino, who missed the marathon because of a broken leg, praised boston for its strength in the face of the tragedy. >> nothing can defeat the heart of this city. nothing. nothing will take us down because we take care of one another. even with the smell of the smoke in air and blood on the streets, tears in our eyes, we triumphed over that hateful act on monday afternoon. b

service for the victims of the marathon bombings, an interfaith service will take place at the catholic cathedralf the holy cross. live coverage on c-span radio at 11:00 eastern time. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. is the most expensive weapon system in the history of mankind quite frankly. it is in advanced warplane, fighter jet, that is to be used by the air force, navy, and marine corps. it is the replacement for the f- 16, air force, marines and navy. it is supposed to be the new, advanced, all-purpose fighter jet. it was a plane that was supposed to be in the skies fighting now. still in development. an incredibly troubled program. a program that has gone tens of thousands of billion dollars over budget. program asinto this a way to write about the overall challenges of trimming the defense budget, because this program is in some ways it singular and hunt -- in terms of the cost overruns, delays, and the way it has been structured to, as i write in the peace, the most effective defense of attribute may not be all of its radars and sensors and missiles and stealth tec

fear no evil for thou art with me ♪ >> law enforcement officials taking part in the catholic mass at the same cathedralheld the memorial service for the marathon bombing victims on thursday, the one where president obama had to be once again the nation's consoler in chief. >> and on the streets of boston sunday night, cnn's don lemon found sadness and determination. >> so this is the corner of boylston and berkeley. down there is actually the bombing site. this makeshift memorial was set up in the middle of the street but they're going to start opening the street soon. now they've moved it here to this corner. come see it. come check it out. it was a lot smaller than this and it's grown really exponentially. look at all the flowers, the t-shirts, even sneakers, running shoes. american flags, teddy bears. all being put here. then of course people coming really to look at this and to pay their respects. we talked to some of them. >> we just came down to see the memorial. just to see, you know, all the people down here. little guy wanted to see everything going on too. >> what do you think when you see al

material remains of three successive civilizations -- the great temple of the aztecs, the cathedral, a symbol of catholic spain, and, in the distance, the torre latino, which is a symbol of modern industrial mexico. prior to the aztecs, we have evidence of two earlier civilizations in the same valley. so we have successive civilizations, one replacing the other, for 2,000 years. and this is the normal pattern that archaeologists and historians find when they study a region of the world. what changes are the elite levels of culture -- the political institutions of power and the religious ideology that validates that power. but there is also a continuity. the fact that we have a city here through three successive civilizations is an example of that. and that continuity exists because the changes only occur at the top. the bottom level, the working class, persists and provides the labor and the goods to support the system. keach: with stones from their own temples, aztec laborers were forced to build the spanish cathedral. a new religion replaced the old. but the cathedral is also a symbol of continuity in

this is the cathedral of the holy cross, obviously a catholic -- a catholic church. s, they will have prominent roles here, includiing protestants, jews, muslim. others will be here as well. >> just to get some background on the cathedral, it's the mother church of the roman catholic archdiocese of boston. it's in the south end neighborhood of the city. it was designed by the 19th century irish-american, patrick keeley. and the reason it is where it is, in 1860 bishop john fitzpatrick realized boston had outgrown the cathedral on franklin street, so they moved it. about 2,000 people can sit in this cathedral. >> they're just beginning. chris cuomo is over there. chris, cardinal shawn o'malley will also address this group. his remarks are called reflection. >> yes. the cardinal will be here. he's going to give the blegsz at the end of the service here. that's going to be big for the community. obviously the cardinal beloved here and made a great name for himself in rome where as a franciscan in his brown habit he was walking around and was part of the discussion of the

. >> my dear brothers and sisters, tear friends, on behalf of our catholic community, i wish to welcome all of you here to the cathedralr president, our governor, and our mayor here with us this morning. we're so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this ecumenical prayer service. we're delighted that metropolitan methodius and reverend liz walker and all of the many leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us here today. our holy father, pope francis, asked me to communicate to you his sentiments of love and support. the holy father invokes god's peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering, and god's strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response. the holy father prays that we will be united in the resolve, not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good. working together to build an evermore just, free and secure society for generations to come. this year's patriots day celebrations were marred by an act of senseless violence that's caused all of us great shock and pain. it has made us relive the horror of september 11th. and is a stark

on behalf of our catholic community i wish to welcome all of you here to the cathedral of the holy crossour mayor here with us this morning. we're so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this ecumenical prayer service. we're delighted that metropolitan methodeus and reverend liz walker and all the many leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us here today. our holy father, pope francis, asked me to communicate to you his sentiments of love and support. the hole father invokes god's peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering and god's strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response. the holy father prays that we will be united in the resolve, not on overcome by evil but to combat evil with good, working together to build an ever more just, free and secure society for generations to come. this year's patriots day celebrations were marred by an act of senseless violence that's caused all of us great shock and pain. it has made us relive the horror of september the 11th, and as a stark reminder of the darkness that can

cathedral of the holy cross. >> my dear brothers and sisters, dear friend, on behalf of all our catholic community i wish to welcome all of you here to the cathedral of the holy cross. it's an honor to have our president, our governor and our mayor with us here this morning. we're so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this prayer service. we're delighted that metropolitan theodus and reverend liz walker and many leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us here today. our holy father pope francis asked me to communicate to you his sentments of love and support. the holy father invokes god's peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering, and god's strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response. the holy father prays that we will be united in the resolve not to be overcome by evil but to combat evil with good. working together to build an ever more just, free and secure society for generations to come. this year's patriots' day celebrations were marched by an act of senseless violence that's caused all of us great shock and pain. it is made us rel

. >> cardinal schoenborn o'malley here in his own church, the cathedral of the holy cross. >> on behalf of our catholicwish to welcome all of you here to the cathedral of the holy cross. it is an honor to have our president, our governor, and our mayor here with us this morning. we are so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this ecumenical prayer service. we are delighted that reverend liz walker and all art many leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us here today. our holy father from france has asked me to communicate to you his sentiments of love and support. the holy father invokes god's peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering, and god's strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response. the holy father prays that we will be united in the resolve oo workingrcome evil, but together to build an ever more just, free,nd secure society for generations to come. year's patriots day celebrations were maed by an act of senseless vio of us greak and pain. it has made us relive the horror of september 11 and is a stark reminder of th

catholic mass, is it? >> no, it's not, not as far as i know. it's going to be at the cathedral cross in the south end of boston. cardinal o'malley, the archbishop will be there, but, no, this is an interfaither is vicious and i think that's very appropriate, to minister to all the people of boston, not just simply the catholics. >> well, what do you make of interfaith services as such? how do they -- how do they work? mean, different beliefs, different confessional groups, different denominations? today we're going to have roman catholic, protestant, jewish and also islamic all together is this under the abrahamic god, the god of abraham that unites us all in this case? >> i think that's right. i think, you know, in these kinds of services, you know, rather than looking at what divides us, we look at what unites us. we are all faithful to god. we all believe in god in these services, and i think it's particularly important at this time when the people in boston and people in the united states need to pull together so i think the service itself can be a symbol of unity in a very

and see the true spirit of america. >> cardina o'lley he in his own church, the cathedral holy s. >> on behalf of our catholicwelcome all of y herheal of the holy cross. it is an honor to have our president, our governor, and our mayor here with us this morning. we are so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this ecumenical prayer service. we are delighted that reverend liz walker and all art many leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us here today. our holy father from france has asked me to communicate to you his sentiments of love and support. the holy father invokes god's peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering, and god's strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response. the holy father prays that we will be united in the resolve not to overcome evil, but to combat evil with good, working together to build an ever more just, free, and secure society for generations to come. this year's patriots day act ofless violencat s ca a of us great shock and pain it has made relive the horror of september 11 and is a stark reminder of the d

catholic church this morning. reflecting on the violence in boston that began nearly a week ago. ♪ members of law enforcement took part in the service at the cathedralthe holy cross. four large photos of people who were killed were prominently displayed behind four lit candles. cardinal o'malley said, in the midst of the darkness of this tragedy, we turn to the light of jesus christ. ♪ ♪ >> elsewhere, a group of christian, jewish and muslim leaders gathered near the marathon finish line in a show of support. the area remains a barricaded crime scene right now. as police closed in on 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev late friday night, a suburban boston street became a war zone. reporter adam williams with our affiliate whdh was so close he could smell the gun powder. here's some of his report now. >> i'm behind the car. i'm hearing multiple gunshots. we're with police right now, and we're -- we're trying to stay back right now, but we are surrounded by police and guns are drawn and we have heard multiple gunshots. i'm actually standing behind the car right now. it's not a good position to be in. officers are putting on bulletproof vests. we have police

england's largest roman catholic church this morning reflecting on the violence in boston that began nearly a week ago. ♪ members of law enforcement took part in the service at the cathedralf the holy cross. four large photos of the people killed were prominently displayed behind four lit candles. cardinal o'malley shared a message of healing saying in the midst of the darkness of this tragedy we turn to the light of jesus christ. ♪ let peace begin with me ♪ let this be the moment now ♪ with every step i take let this be my solemn vow ♪ >> elsewhere, a group of christian, vush and muslim leaders gathered near the marathon finish line. in a show of support the area remained a barricaded crime scene. dzhokhar tsarnaev faced federal or state charges or a combination of both. we're going to talk about it next, and the boston marathon bombing drawing comparisons to the oklahoma city bombings back in 1995. we're going to talk to the attorney for timothy mcveigh and the man who prosecuted him about that crime, and this one. oud pl. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all good? [ chirp ] getty up. seriously, this is really happening! [ cellphone rings ]

>>> my dear brothers and sisters, dear friends, on behalf of our catholic community, i wish to welcome all of you here to the cathedralre with us this morning. we're so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this ecumenical prayer service. we're delighted that metropolitan authorities and reverend liz walker and all of the leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us today. our holy father, pope francis asked me to communicate to you his sentiments of love and support. the holy father invokes peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering and god's strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response. the holy father prays that we will be united in the resolve not to be overcome by evil but to combat evil with good, working together to build an ever more just, free and secure society for generations to come. this year's patriots' day celebrations were marred by an act of senseless violence that's caused all of us great shock and pain. it is made us relive the horror of september the 11th. and it's a stark reminder of the darkness that can lurk in the human he

in the cathedral, the archbishop of boston, president barack obama, governor deval patrick, mayor thomas menino, and alsoh als, and ers of committ is around stonrea. networrkand thent of catholic us with this special presentation, "healing our city." , d interfaith prayer service boston prays together. the opening hymn for today's service, "praise to the lord, the almighty," based on a german chorale, published in 1680, a magnificent hymn of praise to god. ♪ the music of today's service is pred by e cathedral, joined from a number of choirs from around the boston area, as well as the boston children's chorus, and a musical selection by yo-yo ma. the service today will be read by a former anchor of a tv station in boston. ♪ >> you may be seated. there are age-old questions that rise up far too often these days, questions we all ask no matter what our fate condition or our station in life. --no matter what ouraithra tion tion in life. how can a good god allow bad things to happen? where was god when evil slithered in and planted the horror that exploded our innocence? someone this morning may have answers -- i do not -- but this is what i know -- god is here in the midst of this