. >> reporter: this was a victory for georgetown and fordham, too. >> we kind of stressed the principles have something we're educated on and knowledgeable about to have the leader of our catholic church. >> reporter: one more first, his name. the tip of the hat to the humble saint from assisi. patron of the poor. the fact that he chose to be called francis was a definite crowd pleaser. >> what does it say about him right away? >> i say simplicity, purity, honesty, a simpler way of life. that the church should be simple. and i think, you know, he goes to work, i understand. >> reporter: all of it signaling the chart of a new chapter for the catholic church. >> hope to another country. >> reporter: like winning the world cup. >> right. >> reporter: as first impressions go, not bad at all. i'm david wright for "nightline" in rome. >> a great day for argentina, no doubt about it. thanks for that. and now for more reaction from the americas. my co-anchor cynthia mcfadden is at the anchor desk in new york. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. reactions here in the u.s. came from all over, in

first, i want to give a few banks. , directorthank susan of the center on national security here at fordham for her work in putting together this conference with me. it is god'sine work, so we have done that as well as everything else. today we are looking at 21st century warfare law, the enemy, and the battlefield. andthe work of the center fort the other national security center law school, basically this is what we have been looking at for 12 years. legale been looking at a paradigms', the legal authorizations and space between law and war. i thought it was time to have a conversation that we probably should have been having all along. what is the future of warfare for the united states? where is the law involved and not involve? who is the enemy? who is the enemy going to be five, 10 years from now? where is the battlefield beginning and ending? it is a clue about where we i think we are all going in where we will be a year from now we have our next conference. one thing to point out today at the outset is that lawyers have been unusually involved in the war on terror. if it was the cas

. >> we have homes over on fordham way which is suffering pretty severe erosion as well.ions that have been lost. the dune is way back, there's already been a deck with a big barrier wall that's crashed, caved in. >> reporter: the storm left thousands of people without power and caused many schools to close across new england. some districts, however, including boston, were criticized for remaining open. and the snowfall has caused many towns to see red, that's red as in deficit. many snow removal budgets are depleted and others say easy winter last year resulted in a carryover surplus that will ease the pain. for those who are keeping count, 11 days now before the beginning of spring. kelly. >> kelly: david, thank you. a lot of people really wreaking from the havoc going on there, thank you. >> jamie: some new numbers at the end of the week showing a drop in the nation's unemployment, but is the job market really rebounding? what does it mean for the millions who are still be looking for work? [ loud party sounds ] hi, i'm ensure clear... clear, huh? i'm not juice or fan

he is the president of fordham university. father walter modrys, he was pastor of st. ignatius loyola patience in new york city for 19 years. john degioia, he is the president of georgetown university and in nashville, jon meacham. he is the author of "thomas jefferson: the art of power. " i'm pleased to have them. father mcshane, were you watching to see who would come out and were you surprised at who stepped up? >> i was i was in my office with my staff, i was walking across campus a little while before. heard the church bells rings which had been silent since benedict stepped down. we all crowded in and watched and i was stunned. we didn't believe it was possible. first jesuit. >> bruni: you heard his name mentioned before though, right? >> he was mentioned prominently in the last conclave but not all that prominently this time around. which was giving outlines and thumbnail stretchs for the last several weeks. so it was stunning. >> bruni: president degioia, as surprising to you as father mcshane? >> it was, this combination is truly extraordinary and poses a uniq

now, a different report by the fordham foundation, which i would call a center-right foundation, came to a similar conclusion and it summed up its findings by saying, "all of these problems have a common root: today money doesn't follow children to the schools they attend according to their needs. instead, money flows on the basis of factors that have little to do with the needs of students. the resources required to educate them successfully or the educational preferences of their parents." so we have scholars from the center for american progress and fordham foundation coming to the same conclusion. largely because the title 1 money is districted based on teacher salaries and because very often the wealthier school districts pay teachers more, we have significance -- significantly more title 1 money in a school with wealthier children than with poor children, even though the purpose of the $14.5 billion is to help those 11 million low-income children move from the back to the front of the line. now, this is a lot of money, mr. president. this is $1,300 per child. so if you have a sc

christiane a pepper, assistant professor of theology in the department of theology at fordham universityne. thank you all for being here at my table this morning. >> thank you for having us. >> let's start, how do we take our faith and apply it to our works in a collective way without becoming religious talk people in the public sector? >> melissa, that's a great question. i think that part of the enthusiasm over -- pardon me, over the ascendance i of pope francis to the papacy, is the packet that he's walking the walk along with the talk that has come from generations of predecessors. he seems to be at this point, early on as suggested, living it in a new way. the dual emphasis on poverty and the environment are very exciting. because there's a lot of richness within the body of catholic social teaching that is essentially a reflection on how to love god and love the neighbor. the two cannot be torn a sun der in catholicism. a lot of that is the pope will continue to bear witness to these issues of global concern and they're the kinds of issues that no one of us, despite our best most c

he's also a fellow at the center for national security at the fordham university school of law in newk city. mr. vladek has co-authored multiple legal textbooks and has served as a law clerk of appellate judges in both florida and california. he earned his bachelor's degree in history and mathematics from amherst college and his jd from yale where he served as executive editor of the yale law journal. we are pleased to have him with us today. we thank all of you for joining us and, mr. bellinger, we'll start with you. each witness has written statements that will be made a part of the record in their entirety. i ask that each witness summarize his or her testimony in five minutes or less. to help you stay within that time, there's a timing light on your table. when the light switches from green to yellow, you will have one minute to conclude your testimony. when the light turns red, it signals that the witness' fiven minutes have expired. mr. bellinger, welcome. >> there we go. thanks very much, mr. chairman and members of the committee, for coming for this important hearing today. i