isning us onset this morning jim nicholson, the former u.s. ambassador to the holy see. just talk for a moment about u.s. vatican relations. what is the state of them right now? guest: they are good. i think there is a good chemistry in a lot of the interactions going on between the united states and the vatican and the two heads of state. being paid a state visit by the sovereign head of the the see, so at the surface relationship is good. i think below that there is some pretty serious, important issues about which we differ. host: and they are? guest: issues of faith and morals, and religious liberty. is a strongtration proponent of abortion, supporting planned parenthood, who has apparently sold the body parts of aborted fetuses. that is not something that the vatican or this pope condones. the don't condone imperatives of providing contraceptives to employees. they don't condone gay marriage. this pope has been pretty orthodox on these fundamental values that the catholic church stands for and has for centuries. on the other hand, he is showing a great deal of openn

jim nicholson sat with house speaker boehner. he was the u.s. ambassador to the holy see from 2001 to 2005 and is the former chairman of the republican national committee. sister simone campbell led four cross-country trips of "nuns on the bus", which focused on economic justice and immigration, among other things. she's the executive director of a catholic lobbying group, "network." and john carr, who's been working with the catholic bishops conference of washington d.c. he's the director of the initiative on catholic social thought and public life at georgetown university. we welcome all three of you to the program. >> thank you. >> woodruff: so john carr, to all of you, i thought it was a remarkable speech. john carr, you pay close attention to everything this pope says. what stood out particularly for you today? >> well, it was such a different day on capitol hill. he talked about people. he talked about their stories. he talked about faces. i watched vice president biden and speaker boehner, two catholic kids from ohio and pennsylvania. the

joinining s jim nicholson, the former u.s. ambassador to the holy see.ust talk for a moment about u.s. vatican relations. what is the state of them right now? guest: they are good. i think there is a good chemistry in a lot of the interactions going on between the united states and the vatican and the two heads of state. being paid a state visit by the sovereign head of the the see, so at the surface relationship is good. i think below that there is some pretty serious, important issues about which we differ. host: and they are? guest: issues of faith and morals, and religious liberty. is a strongtration proponent of abortion, supporting planned parenthood, who has apparently sold the body parts of aborted fetuses. that is not something that the vatican or this pope condones. the don't condone imperatives of providing contraceptives to employees. they don't condone gay marriage. this pope has been pretty orthodox on these fundamental values that the catholic church stands for and has for centuries. on the other hand, he is showing a great deal of opennes

jim nicholson, former ambassador.s is going to be huge, but before he gets here, there is going to be quite a dramatic moment. we're going to take it for you live. he's going to go to the unone of the holiest spots in cuba, and if we get those cameras up, you will definitely see that. we also need to tell you that four john jenkins is a guest on "after the bell," talking about his perception is of the pope. it's a huge event. new york, d.c., philadelphia, cuba, the whole nation watching. >>> another manic monday. the health care sector is today's big loser, weighed down by biotech and pharmaceutical stocks. why? well, hillary clinton came out and criticized price gouging among the group saying she will lay out a plan to fight it tropical tomorrow. investors or are not waiting for the details, they don't care. they immediately sent the spider etf down 6%, right now it's down 4.75%, the largest drop since april. and then we got comments out of the atlanta fed president dennis lockhart, lot of fedheads speaking over the

ambassador jim nicholson, sister simone campbell, i want to thank you guys very much.reat day today. we will be right back with some exciting local news. ♪ >> a friendly bloomberg politics fyi, the pope is in new york. he was already in your town or he is coming soon. anticipation, america's finest, tv news anchors, were all over the story. >> hope and ammonium. -- hope pandemonium. >> hope mania. we're shutting down the ramps. >> papal gridlock. >> there is no way around it. >> this is the calm before the storm. >> the pope picked a good one. >> with the secret service only today about umbrellas. can you bring them through the perimeter? >> he is shaking folks in front of me. i'm going to get a selfie. check it out. where is the pope? >> friday is a day when the should remember that patience is a virtue. on friday, pope francis will celebrate mass with nearly 20,000 people at madison square garden. >> the garden. >> it will be fun here. >> it sits on top of an station. >> how are you going to move? >> i don't think anybody should be allowed in new york city. >> i swor

our guest is jim nicholson, former ambassador to the bush administration who will talk about u.s. and vatican relations and look ahead to the pope's visit to the white house and the speech before congress. "washington journal" is live everyday at 7:00 o'clock a.m. eastern. you can join with calls and comments on facebook and twitter . >> senate democrats today block a republican bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of dignity. the measure failed to advance in a 54-42 vote on short of the 60 votes needed. before the vote dick durbin andt others spoke about the bill.o v this is 25 minutes. we're gng tv >> we have another vote fors one abortion later on planneds. parenthood. and then we are going to have to try to figure ou ht a way to fun the government. this responsibility is on the republicans that control theo house and the senate and it's the not our responsibility. we help in anyway that wede can. we have not held up anything i'm procedurally and we do not intend to do that. we want to avoid a government b fund. but we are at a crossroads and ha i'm not sure that w

. >> ambassador jim nicholson, sister simone campbell, i want to thank you guys very much.reat day today. we will be right back with some exciting local news. ♪ >> a friendly bloomberg politics fyi, the pope is in new york. depending on where you live, he was already in your town or he is coming soon. in anticipation, america's finest, tv news anchors, were all over the story. pope pandemonium. >> pope mania. we're shutting down the ramps. >> papal gridlock. >> people gridlock. this is the calm before a different kind of storm. >> the pope picked a good one. what the secret service told me about umbrellas. can you bring them with through the perimeter? >> i am reminding myself to get a picture. i have to get a selfie. >> friday is the day where you should remember patience is a virtue. the rest of us sit in traffic. >> on friday, pope francis will celebrate mass with nearly 20,000 people at madison square garden. >> the garden. >> it will be fun here. which sits conveniently on top of 10 station. >> how are you going to move? >> i don't think anybody should be allowed in ne

joining me now is jim nicholson, former ambassador to the u.s. to the vatican, former rnc chair.r being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> as we watched the plane go from washington, to new york, and reflect back on the past 48 hours in your city, in washington, d.c., what do you think the trip has meant for the nation's capital, for the politicians who work there? >> u think it was a real big spiritual uplift. it went off very smoothly. everybody did a terrific job in washington. they're breathing a deep, deserved sigh of relief as i saw that plane take off. but i think it was, you know, capped today by his speech to the joint session of a congress which was -- which was a very high tonal spiritual talk. and the thing i like so much was that he -- he complimented america, complimented the united states and affirmed our value system. land of the free, home of the brave. people who look after their own and enhance dignity and create opportunities and freedom. so he was -- he was affirming our value system. he was just telling us to keep with it, do better, do more, because more

our guest is jim nicholson, former u.s. ambassador to the holy see for the bush administration. he will talk about u.s.-vatican relations, the pope's visit to the white house and his speech before congress. ♪ host: pope francis arrived on u.s. soil yesterday, becoming only the fourth pope to visit the united states and the third to come to washington. he was greeted by the president, the first lady, their children, the vice president and his wife, dr. jill biden. he kicked off the six-day visit here to the united states, the hole father will speak before the joint meeting of congress in washington tomorrow, address the united nations in new york on friday, then head to philadelphia later in the week. before all of those events, the pope this morning will arrive

jim nicholson former ambassador to the holy see in washington d.c.nk you. martha: let's bring in father jonathan morris, author of the light in the darkness. fox news religion cntributor. your thoughts on what we heard at the white house? >> i thought it was remarkable. you know, people are going to parse pope francis's speech, say, why didn't he also talk about abortion? why didn't he talk about gay marriage? but pope prance sis has decided to look for points of encounter. points of communion. points of agreement. doesn't mean that he doesn't believe in those things, rather what can we do together? and i think we saw from the president's speech, i criticized the president plenty on other things. i thought it was very, a classy speech in which he looked for points of encounter with pope francis. martha: that's a very good point. let's talk about some of the things that president obama said. he talked about the situation in the middle east. he said the faithful are in prison and our churches are destroyed. he said people everywhere must be able to liv

we're discussing diplomatic relations with jim nicholson who served as the ambassador to the holy see from 2001 to five, before that republican national committee chair. he's taking your questions and your thoughts on this. we'll go to maryland, a democrat, marilyn, good morning to you. >> caller: i'd like to put my two cents in. i'm from philadelphia, right outside of philadelphia and we're looking forward to welcoming the pope. i think we'll listen carefully to what he said. it was mayor nutter of philadelphia who, in concert with the world, family meeting that first invited the pope to the united states. open so he's going to have a lot to say about families as well. i think from listening to him i think he's a nice mix of the conservative and the change oriented. and i think he's swell. >> okay, marilyn. let's take that point. nice mix of the conservative and change. what do you think of that? >> of the pope? a mix in the pope? >> yeah >> i think that's accurate. he's been very orthodox on the major contemporary discussions about value, about abortion, about marriage and about con

jim nicholson is with us, former u.s.ans affairs. he has been very patient with us, watching all of this and taking in this pope's visit to the united states. mr. secretary, i haven't heard you out on this yet, but what do you make of what you've heard so far from the holy father? >> well, there's a lot of deja vu going on today. i was also chairman of the republican national committee when speaker newt gingrich abruptly resigned on me one day. but the thing i have been thinking about as i have been sitting here watching the ceremonies at ground zero, brian, is another thing that occurred to me. i presented my credentials to pope john paul ii on 9-13-01 at his summer palace and we had these formal briefings, we were going to exchange, and we put those aside. the first thing we did was to say a prayer for the victims, a hail mary, and then he said to me, he said ambassador, we have to stop these people who kill in the name of god. he said religion is not a zero sum game. i couldn't help but thinking of that during that int

ambassador to the holy sea jim nicholson.id petraeus testifies about the middle east and the militant group isis. >>> the c-span networks feature weekends full of politics, books, and american history. the pope's visit to the u.s. continues saturday as he travels from new york to philadelphia. live coverage starts at 4:45 p.m. eastern as pope francis speaks at independence hall. then at 7:30 p.m. the pontiff attends the festival of families, which is part of the world meeting of families. moving to our road to the white house coverage, join us sunday evening at 6:35 eastern as harvard professor and presidential candidate lawrence lessig talks about his decision to run for president. saturday night at 10:00 p.m., fox news host bill o'reilly speaks with babe buchanan on his latest book

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this is 35 minutes. >> joining us on the set is jim nicholson, the former u.s. ambassador to the holy see. ambassador, just talk right now about u.s.-vatican relations. what's the state of them right now. >> u.s.-vatican relations with good. i think there's a good chemistry and a lot of interaction going on between the united states and the vatican and the two heads of state. we're being paid a state visit by the sovereign head of the holy see right now. and so at the surface the relationship is good. i think below that there's some pretty serious important issues about which we differ. >> and they are? >> well they are issues of faith and morals and religious liberty. this administration is a strong advocate proponent of abortion. they're supporting planned

jim nicholson, former ambassador to the vatican. your assessed and so far , the pope's visit electrifying comic standing. he's even moved up his resignation date. the overall impact it will have on america. >> in short it has been phenomenal. one priest from argentina when you think about it who has come here and the nation's capitol shut down for two days. he could've thrown a grenade and not hit anybody on when day. there is something going on it really needs to be fully comprehended by people in this country and the world. i think it is a yearning for spiritual leadership and clarity in pope francis seems to be filling the void in people's lives are people of all stripes. i am in a law hundred some people and all religion and they are just focused and every television in our country. that is not in it can be discounted and is a very positive phenomenon, but when you start looking beyond it and start talking about these things about his view of capitalism which has made our country so great and its emphasis on the individual and t

jim nicholson was the ambassador 2001 to 2005 and has met pope francis.rica, ambassador? >> i think there are a lot of things about america that he could still learn. i mean, it's a big day for us here in the united states and a big day for the pope because he's 78 years old, he's the head of state, the head of the catholic church and this will be the first time that he's put a foot down in our country. this country, which is the greatest experiment in self-government and free market that's ever existed in the world. i think that there are a lot of things that hopefully the holy father can and will learn while he's here for a short time. >> he's obviously an extraordinary man to get to the place he is. however, we know that in reading his book, he talks about the horror of capitalism. he's anti-trickle down economics. supports the iranian deal and pushed for better relations with cuba. he's pro global warming and wants us to do more. essentially, talking about the greed of america. but does he understand what the capital of america has done for charitable

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. >> former head of the gop, former ambassador to the holy see, former veteran secretary, jim nicholson, good to talk to you again. thank you very much for being patient with us and listening to and watching all these developments today. >> good to be with you. >>> which brings us to andrea mitchell at the united nations. here in the studio, a veteran political reporter and contributor around here at msnbc. andrea, to you first. before we hear from speaker boehner, how do you put the state of things at that building behind you today? >> well, the state of things very much in confusion and disorder. you have 170 leaders converging on this place. the pope set the tone but then on monday, you are going to have president obama, president rouhani from iran, raul castro speaking for the first time at the united nations and vladimir putin. putin trying to set the stage with sort of a charm offensive. he even called elton john after there was a prank caller to elton john claiming to be vladimir putin to discuss their differences over gay rights. when that came out and elton john was fooled by i

we want to cover the markets at some point, but right now i have jim nicholson with me, the former ambassadorador, during the second bush period, is that correct, sir? >> i was there the first term, 2001-2005. stuart: okay. now, did you know the pope before he became pope? did you ever meet him, any contact with him? >> i did not know him. i have since met him but i really don't know him. my pope was john paul ii. stuart: okay. a lot of us are saying, what's going on here? the holy father makes an opening statement in america which is all about climate change. we were not expecting that, maybe tomorrow when he addresses congress, but not today. what do you make of it? >> i think it's unfortunate. the pope is being very heavily influenced by the pontifical science. >> when galileo said that the earth revolves around the sun and he said, no, the sun revolves around the earth and advised on matters scientific and technical and it's by noble lawy lawyer-- laureates. and i think he's fallen into their sway and is being very one dimensional about it. stuart: mr. ambassador, he's gone straight into

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ambassador to the holy sea jim nicholson.david petraeus testifies about the middle east and the militant group isis. >>> the c-span networks feature weekends full of politics, books, and american history. the pope's visit to the u.s. continues saturday as he travels from new york to philadelphia. live coverag starts at 4:45 p.m. eastern as pope francis speaks at independence hall. then at 7:30 p.m. the pontiff attends the festival of families, which is part of the world meeting of families. moving to our road to the white house coverage, join us sunday evening at 6:35 eastern as harvard professor and presidential candidate lawrence lessig talks about his decision to run for president. saturday night at 10:00 p.m., fox news host bill o'reilly speaks with babe buchanan on his latest book "killing abraham lincoln." on american history tv on c-span 3 saturday evening starting at 7:00 eastern, we're live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on