he shared his memories with the al jazeera on john allen. i met desmond tutu as a reporter nearly 40 years ago. i went on later to become his pre secretary. and i've since written a biography of him called rabble rouser for peace. what really drove him to public prominence was his absolutely uncompromising, angry outspokenness against a party. at a time when most black south africans, especially lex, of africans, depended as a people he did. will he jobs or what employers couldn't voice the feelings to to voice the feelings for them? oh no. 7 1 in this country, he expressed people's anger the killing of school children. but at the same time, he did this in such a compassionate and powerful way that he, that he calmed very angry and contested and over all the situation clearly unfinished business for him, it has been twofold. one is the enormous disparities the, the obscene disparities in this country and wealth which hostile arch la on racial lines. i think the 2nd and finished business would be the failure of whitefield african, the not all

that african writer, john allen 1st met the late archbishop during the party era. the 2 men became close friends and collaborators. one of the people who knew desmond to best he shed his memories with al jazeera and john allen. i met this one to 2 as a reporter. nearly 40 years ago, i went on later to become his press secretary. and i've since written a bug raphielle his home, him called rabble rouser for peace. what really drove him to public prominence was his absolutely uncompromising, angry outspokenness against a potted at a time when most black. so africans, especially lexical africans depended as a people he did for the jobs on white employers. couldn't voice the feelings to, to voice the feelings for them. oh, no one in this country is great screaming. he expressed people's anger the killing of school children. but at the same time, he did this in such a compassionate and powerful way that he, that he calmed very angry and contested and over all the situation clearly unfinished business for him, it has been twofold. the one is the enormous disparities the o

as early as i was recently, 67 months ago, the official policy from john allen and others was that the economy was suffering from deflation. and we said that was actually a very so fast way to look at it. that was a manipulation of words. the problem was insidious and incipient and growing inflationary pressures, as evidenced by the blows in an asset price. as we said, this was all basically lying on behalf of the federal government. then we entered into the transitory inflation phase that we're, we're exiting now, but this was very predictably coming after the lies about inflation, didn't work anymore. and the real inflation hit. now, or at another juncture, where they're saying that it's really now entering a secular inflationary period. a semi permanent and inflationary period, exactly. as we predicted for a very simple reason. when you print 40 or 50 percent of the nation's, my supply within the preceding 12 months, you get inflation. and i mean it's like 2 plus 2 equals 4. john, y'all and blaming consumers for buying stuff is the kind of a height of hypocrisy. and it's the height

john allen has more. >> reporter: hi, there, jessica, and a very merry christmas to you from the eternale francis i think we heard from this morning. the pope celebrates his big public mass for christmas the night before on christmas eve. at noon today he delivered his annual message to the city and the world. in it, he stressed his repeated calls for justice and global access to the vaccines, but beyond that, expressed deep aalarm over the social impact of everything that's going on. so women trapped am home who are suffering additional abuse, children who are being bullied, elderly people who are isolated, alone and afraid . in response, he called for a culture of dialogue and encounter that is reaching out to meet people and engaging them in dialogue, finding out what's on their hearts and minds and trying to be present to them. so all in all, a very pastoral but very, jessica, very topical message from the pope during this unfortunately covid-encumbered christmas. >> all right, john allen for us. thanks so much. >>> now to an incredible story of a tsa officer saving a baby's life. ta

john allen explains pope francis reflected on the impact of the pandemic. >> it was a clearly sombern it is usually a review of the global situation. today, the pope concentrated in a particular way on the coronavirus pandemic chlts not only repeating frequent calls for global justice and access to vaccines, expressing concern for social impact of the pandemic that's women being abused because they're trapped at home, children being bullied, elderly people who were isolated alone and afraid. in response, the pope called for culture of dialogue and encounter that is reaching out to people, listening to what's on their hearts and minds, trying to be present to them. the pope insisted if you do that even in the era of omicron, there's still hope. for cnn, john allen in rome. >> thanks, john. >>> the white house is lifting travel restrictions on eight south african countries put in place last month after the omicron variant was first identified there. it comes as the number of new cases in south africa are falling rapidly. a top expert says the country has passed the peak of the omicron

as, as early as i was recently, 67 months ago, the official policy from john allen and others was that the economy was suffering from deflation. and we said that was actually a very so fast way to look at it. that was a manipulation of words. the problem was insidious and incipient and growing inflationary pressures, as evidenced by the blows in an asset price. as we said, this was all basically lying on behalf of the federal government. then we entered into the transitory inflation phase that we're, we're exiting now, but this was very predictably coming after the lies about inflation, didn't work anymore. and the real inflation hit. now, or at another juncture, where they're saying that it's really now entering a secular inflationary period. a semi permanent and inflationary period, exactly. as we predicted for a very simple reason. when you print 40 or 50 percent of the nation's, my supply within the preceding 12 months, you get inflation. and i mean it's like 2 plus 2 equals 4. john, y'all and blaming consumers for buying stuff is the kind of a height of hypocrisy. and it's the hei

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john allen isn't assistant professor of meteorology at central michigan university and joins us from mount pleasant in the state of michigan goods. happy with us professor on the program. a you can't say your surprise. you've seen tornadoes, i think as part of your career. but are you surprised about the, the volume and the roster t with which this group of tornadoes has hit this particular part of the us it's certainly going to go down to one of the bigger events in history. particularly for december. i wouldn't say that it's totally unprecedented. we have had long tracked off the united states. the record is held by tri state, tornado 1925, which had a 219 mile off link. certainly not going to fall into the largest number of tornadoes. we've seen in a single day that goes back to april 27, 2011. but for the fact that occurred in a region where the housing quality can be an issue, we've got relatively dense population. and that you have a very long track and very strong tornado in the knocked knock turn allows. that's always going to result in a large number of fatalities, and certa

we hear from the late desmond tutu biographer, john allen, as he shares his memories and, and sport england continue to struggle in the ashes against australia. peter will have all the details later in the news, our ah, are there hope your weekends off to a good start? good to see. we've got more rounds of rain for iberia. and this is concerning because it's falling in northern spain, or earlier this month we had been dealing with some extreme flooding after northwestern europe. right now, some blow in snow across scotland. there are weather alerts in play for this. we've got that wind off the north sea. edinburgh has a high of 4 degrees. truth be told, temperature is not that bad here, but just wait a bit. things are about to get a whole lot better. so we paint the colors on the dark of the orange, the higher the temperature. widespread double digits here on wednesday, london, 15 and paris. 16 degrees. not bad for the lead. up to 2022. ok. back to the here and now some thunderstorms in the forecasts for rome, 14 degrees that energy is going to hobb over the a g and play the eastern shores

well, john allen is an assistant professor meteorology at central michigan university. he says, communities have been entirely destroyed over a wide area. what you see with one of these events, you has stubbing a branches, the trees, but look like they've been denuded of all boxes. the branches have stopped. what was a home? it's no longer there. the debris is scattered over maybe the course of a mile or more. and so you might just see a slab of warehouse was in this case, we're seeing that type of damage. the debris can be transported enormous def, distances events like this. we've seen the very transported hundreds of miles downstream. people's photograph checks, landing in people's backyards well and truly away from the event. and in having been relatively close to tornadoes like joplin, missouri, and 2011. the sense of just lost within the community the us to which direction to turn. i think it's one of the, the serious issues here. you know, if the emergency responders in this situation are going to be overwhelmed with already had months, is the pandemic and other

john allen is an assistant professor of meteorology at the central michigan university in the united states. says it's hard to imagine how devastating this type of event can be for a community. what was the hell is no longer there, the debris is scattered over may be the course of a mile more. and so you might just see a slab of warehouse balls and in this case we're seeing that type of damage. the debris can be transported enormous stiff distances in events like this, with st, very transported hundreds of miles downstream. people's photograph checks, landing in people's back yards well and truly away for the event. and having been relatively close to tornadoes like joplin, missouri in 2011. the sense of just loss within the community, the us which direction to turn. i think it's one of the, the serious issues here, emergency responders in this situation. i'm going to be overwhelmed by with already had months of the pandemic and other elements related issues causing it, causing people challenges. and now we've got this event where basically every way you turn those damaged well isn't

. >> and vatican analyst john allen is in rome with more for us. crowd size for his services today. >> reporter: yeah, hi there, jessica. very merry christmas to you. hope that you are with your loved ones. here in rome, my wife and i are celebrating with some of our closest friends and it is a glorious thing. yes, so the crowd size was less than -- well, less than would be normal in the pre-covid era in st. peter's square. the vatican has had to make accommodations to try to make sure that these big papal events don't become superspreader events. last night there were just about 2,000 people whereas the ordinary capacity would be 20,000. that said the pope certainly took stock today in his message to the city and the world that we are facing fairly dire circumstances. he talked not merely about the health impact of the pandemic, but also its social costs. he talked about women who were more exposed to violence and abuse because they are trapped at home, children being bullied, elderly people who feel isolated, abandoned and alone. and in response,

cnn's senior vatican analyst john allen is in rome. >> reporter: it was a somber yet still hopeful popeelebrated christmas in the vatican under a rainy, gray roman sky. the pontiff delivered his annual urbe message to the city and the world, usually a 180-degree review of the global situation. of course the pope concentrated in a particular way on the coronavirus pandemic. not only repeating his frequent calls for global suls advertise and access to vaccines, but also expressing concern for the social impact of the pandemic. that is, women who were being abused because they're trapped at home. children being bullied. elderly people who were isolated, alone, and afraid. in response, the pope called for a cull tour of dialogue and encounter that is reaching out to people and listening to what's on their hearts and minds, trying to be present to them. the hope insisted if you do that, even in the era of omicron, there is still hope. >> that question of hope was absolutely the story of this tsa officer saving a baby's life. if you've already seen it, you'll want to see it again. if you have

. >> reporter: this is john allen in rome.resign after a media expose suggested he carried on an affair with an adult woman. the now former archbishop of paris denied there was anything sexual but conceded the relationship was inappropriate. speaking money, pope francis said that the bishop had been the target of malicious gossip in the press and added that the sins of the flesh are not the most serious. now, speaking privately, vatican officials have insisted this was not pope francis signing off on extramarital sex but rather denouncing what he considers the more serious sin of character assassination. >> can we talk about finland for a second? >> i have so many things to talk about on all of these stories. >> i don't want to diminish. the important part is you have a leader not practicing what she preaches there. she should be taking covid seriously. the less serious part that i can't get over, you have the head of government out clubbing. you don't think of that. can you imagine president biden, president trump out clubbin

. >> reporter: i'm john allen in rome. pope francis will lead a sub dued christmas eve inside st.an required all to have a green pass. employees without one may face loss of pay. also this week, the vatican repeating strong moral support for vaccination campaigns with pope francis calling, getting the jab an act of love. >> reporter: i'm scott maclean in london where omicron variant continues to surge. thursday was another record high of new covid infections in the uk. british prime minister boris johnson used his christmas message to appeal to people to get racks nated for the sake of others, saying that is the teaching of jesus christ. he got an early christmas present from researchers saying you are less than half likely to be hospitalized reaffirming his decision note to put new restrictions in place ahead of the holiday. >> reporter: china's government has punished 26 officials for their handling of the city's covid-19 outbreak. xian has recorded 200 covid cases since december 9th and put its 13 million residents under strict lockdown. authorities punished 10 officials for th

was it woodrow wilson, franklin d roosevelt, john quincy adams or woody allen?ybe fdr? kennedy: you are right. fdr. omg. all three of our players are on the board. let's go with round number two. which of these presidents changed the name of fdr's presidential from shangri-la to camp david? ronald reagan, right d eisenhower, jimmy carter or abraham lincoln? >> i do not but i'm going to guess eisenhower. kennedy: you guessed correctly. excellent work. you are not in the lead with two kevin, which of these presidents once proclaimed and looked on a lot of women with lust, i committed adultery in my heart many times, this is something god recognizes i will do and have done it and god forgives me broke. who said that? bill clinton, james madison, jimmy carter or donald j trump? >> that would be jimmy carter in the playboy magazine. kennedy: absolutely right and the pages were stuck together. you, brad. [laughter] i know, that's gross. which vomited on a japanese prime minister? four, jimmy carter, bush or hambly complex. >> george h.w.? kennedy: that's right. our pa

john madden. good evening. i am amanda starrantino. >>> and i am allen martin. we begin with more on that breaking news. the passing of legendary broadcaster and head coach john madden. >>> right at the top, a tribute to coach madden. he is being remembered by people across the bay area and nation. >> reporter: a lifelong love of the game. that is what made john man in a football icon. in 10 season as head coach of the oakland raiders, he won more than 100 games, seven division titles, and a lombardi trophy in super bowl xi. >>> the raiders have won. >> reporter: he walked away from the sidelines in 1978, but he did not go far am i taking the next act of the football story into the broadcast booth. >>> we have been with the teams all week. are back's first 15 years on television took place at cvs, where his partnership with pat summerall formed one of the most celebrated announcing teams of all time. >> it scares me when i understand it completely. >> reporter: he spent 30 years in broadcasting with four different networks, working 11 superballs, and winning 16 emmy awards. >> the ball is there between t

john madden. good evening. i am amanda starrantino. >>> and i am allen martin. we begin with more on that breaking news. of legendary broadcaster and head coach john madden. >>> right at the top, a tribute to coach madden. he is being remembered by people across the bay area and nation.

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was held with president lyndon johnson and john connolly, robert wagner, here you see robert kennedy as father rose and wife ethel and the hoover family, and allen and their wives market and margaret, and with saint bartholomew and personal friend of the hoover family conducted the funeral service. saint bartholomew reopened to the public at 5:00 pm through 9:00 pm and there you see lady rector. the people lined up around the block at the church which is located at 50 1 and park avenue in new york city, mister hoover's casket. between the 21st, and 20 second, some 22,000 people paid their respects at saint bartholomew's church, the church was open from 9:00 to 3:00 on the 20 second and 3 and 5 and then 9. the next morning, october 2, '02, family and friends arrived at the church, the us military academy along with the company of cadets from west point were on hand and hundreds watched from across the street. giant service honor guard lined the church steps. at the top of the steps leading from the church on park avenue, the band played ruffles and flourishes and hail to the chief. when the band began the hymn lord, thou hast been our dwelling pl

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