private audience with pope francis. touching on that and what you said, kristen, and how much they will delve into climate change and immigration even into this 20, 25 minute meeting. there is also the difference in their issues when it comes to the fight on terror, how that has been addressed with isis. donald trump referring to the mother of all bombs. and he said how can that be mother of all bombs? we have that symbolizing death. and how much will that clash come to play in the private meeting and especially in light of the manchester attacks as well as we know from donald trump and referring to those behind him, now that we know the suspect behind him has been named as evil losers. how much can we expect for the two to devil losers. >> you referred to the president's trip so far with pope francis, he spoke about it in riyaad, for everybody to be called upon to fight terrorism. and it was at the front when he spoke in jerusalem and bethle m bethlehem. it was really the plank of this trip, one of the main focuses of

pope francis likes a challenge. so ioubthat he's going to just spend 20 minutes congratulating president trump for his outspoken reaction to persecution of christians in the middle east, for instance, or congratulating on his conservative take on pro-life issues. i think that he really wants to leave a mark. and i personally think, knowing pope francis, that he will definitely raise the issue of climate change because he knows that he can leave a real mark on that because president trump is about to make a decision on whether o'pull out -- yes. >> excuse me for interrupting. >> i see them coming out. >> that private audience now concluding. and as we can see, first lady melania trump and pope francis exchanging -- shaking hands there and exchanging their pleasantries after this meeting. big smiles there from pope francis and a little bit more laughs and smiles of course from donald trump. any indication, claudio, that -- you can see the pope there blessing something of melania's. is this where we can expect to see t

pope francis if he is pressed will say of course, pope francis knows that illegal immigration is actually very bad for the immigrants. very bad for the refugees. what he is pushing countries to do is get it right, get the legal stuff right and make sure we are welcoming those who are fleeing, especially from imminent danger. at the same time, protecting the state that has a right to regulate immigration levels. >> julie: what's interesting is when he made that speech in saudi arabia, he talked specifically about the islamic state. they worship death. that is a very interesting point. he goes to meet with the pope, religion is obviously at the forefront. how much do you believe that they will talk about religion and how to defeat the islamic state and how you must try to separate the two because you cannot possibly reason with the murderers who use god as an excuse to kill. >> both of them recognize that you don't need religion to say that killing innocent children is evil. another thing, it is fascinatin fascinating, what they have in common with this particular issue. pope francis was ac

pope francis welcomed him at the vatican. they ahad a brief meeting at th papal library. he will go to the sistine chapel and leave for brussels for the g7 summit. despite not officially meeting before, the pope and president trump had a contentious relationship considering his rhetoric and climate change. pope francis treated dialogue allows us to plan for a future in common. through dialogue, we build peace taking care of everyone. >> we have chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. this had a chance of being an awkward stop on the tour given the fact there has been through social media an exchange of the views on the pope and things he said at press conferences on the campaign trail. how did it go? how diit play out? >> reporter: as scripted i think is a fair characterization at this point. we know this is a carefully choreographed exchange. it was. the president with a lot of pomp and circumstance coming in to the papal residence and going to the papal library and court yard. meeting pope francis for the first time

you see rex tillerson meeting pope francis, it is tough to get the audio in here. they don't have boom microphones out there. father jonathan pointed out there was some type of religious object given to the first lady, that the pope blessed. very interesting note, from john roberts who is talking about exactly what has been going on here, there is talk in the vatican, we don't know for sure yet, the pope could give the president and all of the branch as opposed to the peach e medallion that we talked about earlier which would set a tone for this meeting. we don't know what happened inside the meeting, we haven't gotten a read-out from anyone. this is just the view of the two men here. this is just the president introducing to the pope is traveling staff that of come with. see there, ivanka trump, jared there as well, omnipresent on this trip. anything we can read from the body language? >> it was very sweet how melania received some religious object, not sure what it was. she stepped away and came back to the holy father and it seems like she said "would you please

when pope francis came out on the balcony at st. peter's asks asked the people to bliss hem before he blessed them that caught me offguard. the fact he was a jesuit and i was educate by the jesuits in high school and college and the first jesuit ever elected pope, and as you know, dan, the jesuits take vow not to aspire to higher office so terrify they are trying to become a bishop or a cardinal, much less pope, the other jesuits are supposed to report them and the that gets enemy hot water. so there's the built-in sense of humility in that order. so this was -- took my be surprise and his gestures, the first day, paying his hotel bill, betting on the bus with the cardinals to back to the vatican, washing the feed of young juvenile delinquences and i walked with delinquent for a number of years and when i was 25 i wouldn't have gotten on my knees and wash the feet and kiss the feet of juvenile delinquents m. maryland we call them training schools but they're really jail. this pope is on the ground doing that with young men and young

we have seen that with pope francis.piritual leader but a political voice in today's world. that's really the significance of this meeting i think is for the pope to meet this other major political player and say to him, look, there are consequences to your decisions and you are now on the world stage. let's think about the larger picture and the larger consequences on climate change and so on. without getting into too many differences but probably those moral issues the pope is uniquely in place to make. >>> as we look outside the room, was there an air of excitement at the vatican about the meeting of these two world leaders? we have explained this was a meeting jammed into the pope's schedule. was there excitement there? >> the whole back story is interesting on this. up until three weeks ago it wasn't clear that the white house was even going to ask for the meeting. every day we were here asking the vatican, have they called yet, have they called yet. it didn't seem clear that the meeting with the pope was a priority

pope francis welcomed him at the vatican. they had a brief private meeting in the papal library, exchanged customary gifts. the president and first lady are taking part in a private tour of sistine chapel. shortly will head to a palace for a meeting with italian president, before later meeting with the prime minister. in a couple of hours, the president will tdepart for the g-7 summit tomorrow. the president and pope at times had a contentious relationship particularly over rhetoric and climate change and immigration. before the meeting pope francis dialogue allows us to plan for a future in common. through dialogue we build peace taking care of everyone. >> with all of that as ts background, joining us hallie jackson. good to have you with us. this had the possibility of being one of the more awkward stops on the trip. i believe it is day five now. how did it go. what's your take on how it played out? >> reporter: i couldn't tell you what day it , it has been a whirlwind week as you might imagine. as far as how it went, list

but pope francis said very clearly that he wanted a sincere conversation. the pope is a straight talker. and he wanted to be able to say a couple of things to the president. but mostly to just kind of figure out where is the president going on some of the issues which are close to the pope's heart. so from those i've spoegan to at the vatican, it really is just this niche meeting to get to know the president and try to understand what he's thinking and where he wants to go. if there's any kind of influence to be had on the part of the vatican i think it's just in the more general sense of reminding president trump that he is now a world leader, responsible not only for americans, but that there are consequences to many of his political decision for people in the rest of the world, especially for the poor who are a priority for pope francis. >> so, ben, to you, as we await the presidential motorcade, i guess, to leave the vatican. and we know that this is a very brief stop for the president. from here he heads off to that nato meeting. which one could imagin

and those are significant because pope francis quoted martin luther king jr. in some of his most poignant parts of his speech. very beautiful procession through the apostolic palace this morning that got underway and there was the private meeting between pope francis and donald trump. great smiles and finally an expanded audience with members of the first family and also members of donald trump's staff. rob: interesting to watch this go down. a lot of people nervous how that meeting would go between the pope and the president after back and forth each year during the campaign, the pope said anyone who would want to build a wall instead of a bridge is not christian in his opinion and candidate trump firing back on that. good to see them embrace and have a warm interaction. heather: a lot of people talking about the body language between the two. we don't know what they spoke about. they spent 30 minutes together and the first lady was there along with ivanka and jared kushner. as they have for this entire trip they look spectacular. >> an important one for the

clearly pope francis left an impression. as popes often do when they meet presidents >> whether you meet them or see them from afar. i remember his visit to washington a few years ago, he certainly left an impression. matthew bunson senior editor. thanks for coming in. >>> there was a lot of talk about the photos that made the rounds with the pope and president trump side by side. at least in one of the ones we've seen, the president is smiling but the pope really isn't showing much emotion. we're showing you the video but social media erupted with memes poking fun and suggesting the pope was not happy to meet the president. we asked one expert his take on the pope's facial expression. memes >>> >> the pope tends to be more serious especially if he's meeting someone for the first time, pictures of a gregarious happy pope in the square and the audience, it's celebratory. when he meets someone for the first time, it's a warm exchange but i think some of the serious ness is to signify the solemnity pand the serious ness. >> cer

pope francis stands with the poor and the marginalized. i would hope americans would see that pope francis is holding up a moral vision we can all get behind, and that is very important. by the way, the fact that latino catholics voted overwhelmingly against donald trump is not insignificant. that's the growing edge of the catholic church. also, they are hearing this attack on them, as far as immigration very personally. let's not forget where pope francis is from. argentina. he is a latino himself. latino catholic community is very much with pope francis on this. >> right. >> the white catholic community seems to be aligning with president trump. >> i just want to let the viewers know, we apologize, the graphic we put up is wrong. latino catholics voted against donald trump, not in favor of, as the graphic indicated. reverend, thank you. maureen ferguson, thank you for being with us. >>> let's move to washington and the search for a new fbi director. it appears former democratic vice presidential nominee joe lieberman may no longer be at

francis rooney was once a top ambassador. he will tell us whether the pope well have any influence on how the trump administration conducts business. he handed him a book about something we will take but that's what that's all about. the global manhunt for accomplices zeros and on libya and the bombers family. the attacker's attackers father and brother have been arrested. there is a library port on who they're looking for next. two or three or ten points depending on which you're looking at tapping 21,000. and now slightly below it. they're focusing in on yet another record close as a federal services it might be prudent to wait to see if that slower first-quarter data is just a one on. will start the countdown. the federal reserve agrees to weigh on data before raising rates for the as it focuses on drying down its 4 trillionollar balance sheet. the latest notes out of the central bank less than an hour ago showed that it remained in a holding pattern and what they're doing is a want to make sure the evidence of recent sign

friday night.and the biggest concentration of smoke was coming from áthis window, where 13-year-old francisfinau was trapped.the fire separated the boy with autismfrom his other family members."i tried to enter the kitchen but then the heat was too strong and it started burning my hair and my beard." so 18-year-old petelo acted quickly.he jumped from his own window upstairsthen in a parkour-style leap, grabbed onto the sill of francis' window."he was too scared to jump out the window so i was trying to yank him out of the window but he was crying - he was just too scared. so he closed the window on me."as neighbors started to gather below, petelo waited for some help.finally someone brought a chair to stand on, which was followed by a ladder.but it had been almost a full minute since francis closed the window."and at that point, i thought i lost him. i thought i lost him right there." finally, francis opened it back up.it took several tugs and yanks, and the help of another man, but petelo finally got his brother down safely.their uncle made it out on his own, and a family friend helped lea

was -- or the pope before pope francis got in.n becomes, do you have to gain some ground on this? and i talked about building relationships, but doesn't pope francis want to gain a little bit of ground with president trump? he may only have four years. >> the vatican and the pope take the long term of things. i think that relationships begin with the encounter with the person. i think that's what the pope is looking for. he wants encounter the man. he walked up behind him and it trump and maybe some of the bad blood. kind of look forward to see how they can each in their respective responsibilities build a better world. >> trace: monsignor, we have been talking the whole show about this attack in manchester. it does this come up in the conversation? does pope francis respond? >> i think it has to. the fact of the matter is, they have done a very poor job of the integration of refugees, especially refugees that are coming from war-torn nations. that is not the case in the united states. the united states has done an outstanding job

>>> just moments ago, president trump meeting pope francis at the vatican, the start of a busy day for the president overseas. we're live in rome with more. >>> a stunner from the former head of the cia, john brennan goes public. says the russians did, in fact, make contact with the trump campaign. >>> manchester. remembering the 22 victims who lost their lives at a concert bombing. also learning more about the attacker and what police are looking for now. >>> some concerns that there could be a risk of another attack potentially. >> raising the terror threat level there in the uk. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start". i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it's wednesday, may 24th, 2017. president trump and pope francis face to face shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries. the two leaders meeting in private seeming to put their differences aside after disagreeing on several important issues during the campaign. >> the latest stop for the president on his foreign trip that will take him to brussels later today. sara murray is live in rome with more on trump's visit and

pope francis and president trump putting a war of words behind them inside of the vatican.t today in a private 30-minute session and reports are that the mood was kind of tense in the beginning but when it was over, here's what happened. >> thank you very much. i won't forget what you said. good luck. >> that's pretty good, right? the relationship has not always been this cordial. pretty contentious, in fact, during the election like this. >> translator: a person who thinks about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not a christian. >> if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, which, as everyone knows, is isis' ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been present for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> what a difference an election makes. joining me is tara palmieri and also joining us on the phone, john allen, editor of "the crux" and author of "the francis miracle." thanks to both of you for being here. there are reports that the pontiff lef

pope francis greet before they wept into private section. as air force one landed in rome protests were brew in the streets. president trump policies on immigration one of the main points ever contention has been an issue between trump and pope francis. the pope criticized the plan for a mexican border wall saying anyone who wants to build walls is not christian and the president called the pope disgraceful for doubting faith. for this private meeting he said he would not jm trulp before listening to him. his trip included visit with pal type, israel and saudi arabia. the last two stops opt nine day trip the name owe leader summit in brussels belgium and g 7 in sicily. manchester bombing expected to afengt the top and his fak ticks to fight terrorism >> the latest fol a deadly terror attack at ariana grande concert in england. they're at the the highest threat level. >> and france looking to extend state of emergency which was in place since 2015 paris terror attack. mean whilz tenses of thousands gaermed for a vigil and show of solid arty.

pope francis personally took in 12 muslims who had washed up on greek shores to rome on his papal plane. when asked about their upcoming meeting, pope francis said, quote, i never made a judgment about a person without listening to them. after today's 30-minute meeting the pope appeared to give a gentle nudge to change the president's mind on climate change. which mr. trump has previously called a hoax. presenting him with three books including one he described as focusing on care of our common home the environment. mr. trump gave to him a custom bound set of the writings of martin luther king, jr. on his way out, president trump told the pope that he would never forget what he said, then the president and the first lady went on a private tour of the sistine chapel. margaret brennan, cbs news the vatican. >>> still ahead, giving former inmates a fresh start. >> contra costa county is working hard to convince businesses to avoid formerly jailed individuals. i'm jessica flores with details coming up. >> plus thousands of car seats recalled. the danger parents need to know about >> you kno

he met with pope francis earlier, one of his highest profile critics. margaret brennan reports from the vatican. >> reporter: swiss guards saluted presiden first lady as they arrived for a meeting with pope francis at the apostolic palace. president donald trump introduced his sizable entourage including daughter of anke and son-in-law, jared kushner. the polite people encounter is a sharp contrast to their flashes during the campaign. >> the religious leader, to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> reporter: when asked about the border wall proposal, pope francis said it's not christian to build walls instead of bridges and mr. trump fired back. >> i don't like fighting back with the probe -- with the pope. >> reporter: they have diametrically opposed views on many issues. >> we will suspend the syrian refugee program. [ cheering ] president donald trump tried to ban syrian refugees and pope francis personally took in 12 muslims who had washed up on greek shores to rome. when asked about the upcoming meeting, pope francis said, quote, >> transl

president called honor avenue lifetime to meet with pope francis and added he leaves the vatican more determined than ever to pursue peace in our world. correspondent margaret brennan reports that the two leaders seemed to put their previous clashes aside during their meeting. >> reporter: swiss guards saluted president trump and the fir lady as they arrived for a face to face meeting with pope francis at the app pastel lick palace. mr. trauma many introduced his entourage daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner. the polite papal encounter was a shore contrast to their clashes during the campaign. >> religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> reporter: when asked about the border wall proposal, pope francis said it is not christian to build walls instead of bridges. mr. trump fired back. >> i don't like fighting with the pope. [ laughter ] >> i don't think it's a fight. >> reporter: two leaders also have diametrically advice views on many issues. >> we will suspend the syrian refugee program. >> reporter: president trump tried to ban syrian refugees while po

today, pope francis and trumpeted 28 meeting at the vatican.ill be in italy less than 24 hours. next up, brussels. charlie gasparino reporting president trump has hired his longtime attorney to represent him in the investigation. robert mueller looking into claims that there was collusion between the trunk campaign in russian operative during the 2016 election season. in the market, showing resiliency to tear up yesterday. dow futures up again by four points. s&p just turn negative just slightly. that's a check on what is happening now. nicole: president trumps to the vatican to attend to the homes of three major religions. joining us now, gop strategist fort o'connell. the senior policy analyst at independent women. thank you for being here. president donald trump made stops in saudi arabia and israel. what is the significance of trunk going to all of these very important religious locations, some of which no president has ever been. >> i think it sends a message around the world can never particularly particularly re in the united state. let'

. >>> face-to-face at the vatican president trump meets with pope francis midway through his first overseas trip. >>> and remembering the victims of the concert terror attack in manchester, england as british prime minister raises terror threat level from severe to critical. >> this means that their assessment is not only an attack remains highly likely but that the attack may be imminent. >>> an airport emergency in newark, new jersey passengers evacuate a plane after an engine goes up in flames. >> odd to do show like house of card that does not seem as crazy as reality anymore. >> as christopher walken might say, it is crazy. >> all right. kevin spacey on life imitating art. >> well, katie, rain chances continue today. >> they do indeed, thankfully do i not need my umbrella out here but there are many that are waking up, walking out the door to showers that are somewhat steady. that is true for parts of the west and northern most suburbs outside of philadelphia but there are showers working through new jersey, delaware as well. we will go to the maps. we will show you where things are ac

john francis, welcome to our program. >> thank you, maria. >> hinojosa: good to have you here. so you are the author of the book planetwalker: 17 years of silence, 22 years of walking. >> yes, i am. >> hinojosa: and so it really was. people, i'm sure they're like, "really? he stopped talking for 17 years?" >> right, i did, actually. >> hinojosa: and you walked for 22. >> for 22 years, without motorized vehicles, yeah. >> hinojosa: and throughout all of that, an essential part is your friend here, the banjo. >> my friend the banjo. >> hinojosa: does banjo have a name? >> well, it's american princess. american princess. it's an old banjo. it's over 100 years old, and was built in philadelphia. >> hinojosa: so the banjo became a central part of you as a persona in these years where you were walking and you were not talking. >> yeah, it did. >> hinojosa: but let's go back for... and you play it normally. >> i do, all the time. so you might hear it as we're talking. >> hinojosa: it's an extension of... >> yeah, it is. >> hinojosa: but let's talk about how it all started. it started

here's also what pope francis said in part. listen.talian] >> translator: i never make a judgment about a person without listening to them. i don't think i should do that. during our talks, things will come out. i will say what i think, and he will say what he thinks. but i have never, never wanted to judge a person before hearing what they have to say. >> reporter: now, the pope's comments came after a big day in portugal where half a million people attended the canonization of two shepherd children who say that they saw visions of the virgin mary a hundred years ago. hah sin toe was 7, francisco was 9 at the time, they say they saw the apparition six times between may 13th 1917 and october 13th, 1917, along with their older cousin lucia. now, they died in 1918 but were cannonnized for a her cl that was attributed to them. pope francis also spent time with a palestinian-iraqi family in fatima. this is the second time that family has met with the pope, and their grandmother told pope francis that they hoped to see him again at some poi

julie: pope francis naming two new saints to the catholic church. saints are two children who 100 years ago said the virgin mary appeared to them in the town fatima in portugal. john is live in jerusalem with the story. reporter: what a celebration this was. half a million people attended pope francis open air mass and canonization celebration in portugal. this is a town of about 11600 people, half a million people descended from all over the world for the canonization. imagine how many packed it was. for good reason, as mentioned, pope francis was there to canonize the two young shepherd children who said that they saw visions of the virgin mary a hundred years ago in fatima. they were seven and nine at the time and they say they saw the aberrations six times between may 13th 1970 and october 13 th, 1917 along with her older cousin luciana who, by the way, was on the way to statement. they died in 1918 were canonized for a miracle attributed to them listen to this, a little boy named lucas who fell out of a window in 2013 in brazil wasn't expected

earlier, he met with pope francis at the vatican.ears the pope is trying to send a message to the president. he gave mr. trump a copy of his book on the importance of protecting the environment. later this week, president trump is heading to a meeting of world leaders who will pledge to honor the u.s. commitment on climate change. the manchester police chief says authorities believe the network was responsible for a suicide bombing. the british government has raised the terror threat level from severe to critical for the first time in a decade. that means another attack may be imminent, and prime minister theresa may is taking unprecedented security. the british government is urging social media companies such as afterok and twitter to go their sites. after the -- after the manchester attack, the head of the islamic state posted messages boasting about it. if the congressional budget office says the bill misses required targets, republicans and has to be forced into an embarrassing do over on the measure they barely passed last month

francis in turn gave the president an olive branch medallion symbolizing peace. a nudge from the climate change advocate and from the vatican's top diplomat, a more explicit push to convince the president to stay in the landmark paris climate agreement. a decision president trump will make after this week's g7 summit in sicily. but before sicily, a stop here in brussels for a nato summit and even though the president recently flip-flopped his position on the defense alliance saying it's no longer obsolete, eastern nato nations feeling threatened by russia will want reassurance from the president he really means what he says. lester? >> hallie jackson in brussels tonight, thanks. >>> the family of a murdered employee of a democratic national committee is speaking out against conspiracy theories surfacing regarding his death. fox news has now disavowed its role but in spreading those feelings. still they are feeling the fallout. some companies have began pulling ads. pete williams has more. >> reporter: the conspiracy theories began after 27-year-old seth rich was

pope francis has made environmental protection a key part of his papacy. it was a brief, private meeting. only about 30 minutes in length between the pope and president. the two exchanged gifts. pope francis gave the president copies of his three main teaching documents, and the president said he was delivering books from martin luther king. the pope also greeted the first lady along with president trump's oldest daughter, ivanka, and other members of the u.s. delegation over at the vatican earlier this morning. the president said he would read the documents given to him, also telling the peep, "i won't -- the people, "i won't forget what you said." matt delucia, nbc10 news. >> thank you. >>> president trump is expected to retain a private attorney on matters related to the russia investigation. that's what sources are telling nbc news. the lawyer has represented the president in the past. mr. trump has denied any collusion with russia in the country's interference with last year's election. last week the president said he was the target of a "witch hunt."

president trump meeting with pope francis overnight. roughly 2:45 a.m.y's president just moments ago on route to see the prime minister. steve: charter. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us live from saint peter's square. when they went in, they seem kind of icy. they came out. there were smiles. then the pope made a slovenian pastry joke. i know you are going to summarize right now. >> we will get it all in there. there is no question about that. going into this, there was so much anticipation as to what the relationship would be like betw

francis is all about finding common ground.lthough they've had conflicts, they agree on the issue of abortion, religious liberty. pope francis will let his writing speak for him. the key is to get to the president. copies of his three major writings. the joy of the gospel about the core of christianity come about faith. and then the joy of love. this is about the family, sexual behaviors, divorce and communion. and finally, care about common home. this is a big on the environmen environment. this comes as the vatican is urging the president to remain in the climate change agreement. a lot of the diplomacy that took place at the vatican -- cordial discussions, talking about a joint commitment. issues the catholic church is very concerned about. >> leland: a lot more on this with a former ambassador. lauren, thank you. >> jenna: a scary incident on a new jersey runway. we'll show you the pictures and just a moment and it is apparently -- you don't see much there. >> leland: that looks pretty normal. >> jenna: been there, done tha

president trump in rome this morning for an audience with one of his most high profiled critics, pope francis. details on the man suspected offy carrying out the bombing in manchester and alleged ties to al qaeda. president trump retains a private attorney in the russia investigation while subpoenas are issued for companies owned by mike flynn. a mud slide buries a stretch of california's drives. and remembering roger moore, a look back at the life of a beloved james bond. "early today" starts right now. good morning. great being with you. i'm frances rivera. president trump is on the and this morning he met with pope francis for the first time in person. the two leaders went behind closed doors for a private conversation. claudia is in rome this morning and very stark differences between the two, but the goal is to find common ground. >> reporter: yes, while this may have been the easiest meeting he was scheduled to have throughout his foreign trip on paper at least because he was going to be cordial, a courtesy visit t pope had to get out you can hear him he had to get out to deliver his we

new details about a one-on-one meeting between president trump and pope francis. critical. britain, warning of another possible attack, as the co

last time pope francis was in jerusalem was back in 2014. met with palestinian authority president at the vatican this past january. well, president trump will be here in jerusalem and also israel later this month. and after here, he'll meet with pope francis on may 24th at the vatican. both leaders have had a relationship contrasting views. but pope francis told reuters he won't try to soften president trump's views on -- policies on immigration or the environment. but instead, look for things in common. and when asked what the world can expect from the meeting, the pope had one word. peace. julie. julie: john, thank you. federal prosecutors now ordered to pursue the most serious charges against all suspects. that's the word from attorney general jeff sessions. but critics of the policies say it is unfair to lower level offenders. we're going to explain what that means. next. plus, president trump goes back to school, offering his advice to the class of 2017. trump: following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from

steve: francis. >> francis. you got that brian, francis. i know you love the guy. brian: listen.big critic of america. >> absolutely. pope francis was saying to the world, use force if necessary that was to the ambassador of the united nations. why is nobody doing anything in iraq? isis is destroying killing all these christians? brian: should have called president obama great friends and president obama is the one that let everything become the wild west in the middle east. >> thank god soon of a president obama did start getting more active against isis. unfortunately it was too slow. brian: syria was pulverized by that time and we put advisors into iraq. that's hardly the big action that pope francis wanted. >> they also agreed that the united states should not be involved -- i'm not saying just meeting but just generally the west should not be involved in nation building all over the world. steve: sure. >> both of them agree with that there is a lot of agreement. brian: protocol life. >> they did talk about that in the release today. steve: talking about how some in the itali

pope francis warned against walls that divide.uary 2016 he said a bern that thinks only about building walls and not building bridges is not a christian. then candidate donald trump responded if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, i can tell you the pope will wish and prayed that donald trump would have been president. ben noted there were some tweets after this. these two men together have 40 million follows between them. very, very popular. joining us now from rome, john allen. john, thanks so much for being with us. take us inside these meetings with the pope. what goes on when a world leader, particularly one who may have had some pickly history with the pope, what happens when they are in a room together? >> first of all, the situation this morning was to some extent unprecedented, which is a hard word to use when you are covering an institution that has more than 2,000 years of history behind it. but in this case it was the first time the pope called out an american presidential candidate on the campaign trail, calling

tonight, the president is in rome, where tomorrow he is to meet pope francis. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> sreenivasan: as john just reported, the president landed this evening in rome, ahead of an audience tomorrow morning with pope francis. though it is the first meeting between the leaders, they are quite familiar with each other's opposing views on some major, global issues. special correspondent malcolm brabant is in rome for us, and sent us this preview. >> reporter: after the manchester bomb attack, italy's security status remains the same-- on high alert. the vatican is always well protected, but it's locked down tighter than usual for the duration of president trump's meeting with the leader of the world's 1.2 billion catholics. despite the gulf separating them in terms of personality and policies, pope francis insists he has an open mind. >> ( translated ): i never make a judgement about a person without listening to them. i don't think i should do that. >> reporter: massimo franco, a vatican expert with italy's most respected newspaper, sa

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pope francis has an entirely different view. the events of yesterday heighten this conversation even more, but i do think president trump has more clout at this point. people are more scared at this moment. when you're talking about surveillance and things like that, if you watch the documentary which i really think everyone should, it brings things -- a different perspective when it comes to musical concerts. the lead singer said i don't think this would have happened had there been more people armed inside in my concert venue. this isn't just about surveillance, this is about keeping people safe and keeping guards armed and now it seems that concert venues, especially large ones will be targeted. >> andrew: there is no disarmed country and western europe more than great britain. >> lisa: we can also talk about protecting these different places and a better way which i agreed to. you can also look at nice, france, . >> harris: the london bridge. it wasn't that long ago when someone drove across and killed people. >> lisa: look

. >>> president trump and pope e francis greeted each other before sitting down together this morningthe vatican. the two men shaking hands and posing for pictures before their private sit-down. >> the president also brought his family along for the trip. first lady melania and daughter ivanka as well as his son-in-law and adviser jared kushner. the president brought a gift wrapped in a big blue box and told the pope it was books written by martin luther king. >> it wasn't tiffany's. >> no, even though it came in a blue box. do you think the pope was disappointed. >> i'm sure he loved it. >>> the discussion between the president and pontiff marked their first face-to-face since, of course, they clashed long distance during the campaign. >> they went back and forth over immigration and climate change. today they had the chance to seek some sort of common ground. abc's kenneth moton has details for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. incredible images coming out of the vatican this morning. president trump and pope francis sat down for that private meeting that lasted for about

very-- it's going to be difficult for francis. what you're about to see.applause ) ( applause ). >> stephen: do you ever get to do the asides to camera, like francis does? >> this is-- this is like-- what was that "name that tune?" i can't say anything. so-- you give me clues. >> stephen: you can't say something exwg. >> because we haven't released it yet. >> stephen: okay, all right. how about this? are you-- are you a different writing challenge for the writers than kevin spacy is? like, your characters are so different. >> so different, right. >> stephen: yeah, he is-- >> he was here last night. was he talking about our collaboration and stuff. >> stephen: he doesn't talk about your collaboration. he did say when he does those asides he's talking to donald trump. but donald trump doesn't seemed to be listen, unfortunately. yeah. >> i don't think he understands him. ( laughter ) he can't compute-- well, he doesn'toon yeah. kevin's character, to me, it's-- he's like a jackson pollock painting. he's just always-- he's an orator, right. always talking. >> s

because pope francis is just a dynamic warm person. him myself. i'd love to. but he certainly is a transformative figure. so who knows. trump is a presbyterian by denomination but you're right, he doesn't regularly go to church as far as anybody knows. it's not clear how important that faith tradition is to him. so it's possible that francis will encourage him to look into that in greater depth and perhaps have christianity have some meaning in his life and decision. if that even started to happen, it would be a major improvement. >> daryl scott, maureen, sister fiedler, thank you for walking through this segment with us. >> god bless. >> coming up, he is probably the only member of the trump administration that is not in saudi arabia. the vice president head to his home state today. but he may not get the warmest of welcomes. we will go live to notre dame university where dozens of students plan to protest his graduation speech this morning. >>> how much do you know about muslim communities in america? tonight, we travel to a mecca ou

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what pope francis is concerned with every day is major global issues of war and peace.t's what he's going to talk about with president trump who has said over and over again that one of his priorities is peace not only in the middle east, but peace in the world. greg: i think the pope -- oh, i'm going to get in trouble for this, i think the pope is kind of naive about the world. do you agree with me? >> it's not bad to have an innocent person as pope, okay? that's not a bad thing. greg: that is true. [laughter] i mean, he believes you can only have peace, but it's, you know, sometimes -- >> what else would you want? we want a pope who's not interested in peace. greg: yes. [laughter] >> we want a pope who is not innocent. greg: good point, good point. you're good. you're right. father jonathan, you win that round. >> okay. [laughter] greg: imam ali, he's going to saudi arabia. i imagine he's going to talk about radical islam, moderation, need for temperance and allç that kind of stuff.e and allç what do you expect? what do you hope to see? >> truly, i look for many t

this comes as the president prepares for an audience with pope francis on wednesday.hance at a triple crown this year. cloud computing winning the running of the preakness, coming in as a 13-1 long shot besting always dreaming. now back to the greg gutfeld show. ♪ ♪ greg: is he answering the call to unite them all? in his first foreign trip beginning this weekend, the president will travel to saudi arabia, israel and then the vatican for a meeting with pope francis. that's where he lives. national security adviser h.r. mcmaster says the trip's unprecedented. >> this tripp is truly historic. no president has ever visited the homelands -- [audio difficulty] all on one trip. and what president trump is seeking is to unite peoples of all faiths around a common vision of peace, progress and prosperity. greg: so that's three stops at the center of three of the world's largest religions. it reminds me of a joke. a priest, a rabbi and an imam -- [laughter] joining me to discuss the president's trip, we've got father jonathan morris, rabbi -- [cheers and applause] and imam --