i'm john burke, a student at the school. do you believe that iraq right now is in a similar position to bahrain where it is susceptible to iranian influence in the wake of the arab spring? thank you. >> translator: the present government of iraq, yes. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: but not the kurds. [speaking in native tongue] speaking -- [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i'll give you an example of the government, the mek, who are in the base in iraq revealed the fact that there is a plant in iran that is building nuclear equipment, 36 hours later, they were attacked by the iraqi forces and a number of key people were killed. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: is that not questionable to you, the two incidents being this close? [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: therefore iraq has close relationships with iran, but the situation is different with syria. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: because

john paul ii. and, specifically as it relates to this sunday called divine mercy sunday as greg burke aptly describedg principle, but we remember him is a pope of unbelievable compassion an mercy. that is a trick, so to speak, hard to do, to be so strong, so strong on principle, so strong on teaching, and, yet, at the same time to communicate that with love. and, that is what john paul ii did in such an incredible way, so i think we are going to see pope benedict xvi talk about what it means to live a holy life and how we saw that in the life of john paul ii, and as it is related to the gospel and to the scripture, the universal call to holiness, that we all receive, and, especially, in the divine mercy sunday. the mercy of god, who looks upon us in our weakness and im perfect and sin and says, i'm with you, don't worry, you are not alone and john paul ii told us that as a nation, as a world. >> jamie: and we won't miss a moment of it when he begins, but, quickly, if you can, the young nun we heard from, from australia, had the honor of participating today. what does it take to be a part of this? >>

burke mentioned. >> you know, the pontiff benedict in his homily this morning talked about a variety of issues about how pope johnd political systems, fogs, and dealt with marxism. father jonathan, you met pope john paul ii and you have that chalice and the meaning to your life and others, can you describe that. >> sure. well, a lot has been said about the whole dealing with the sex abuse scandal in the church and how the priests have gone through so much over these last years, especially since 2002, still under the watch of john paul ii, and there is something to be said about whether or not the administration of the church was handled properly in that case. that's something that we should examine. what we know now, there was no willingful-- based on the investigation, no willingful cooperation in the investigation and handling of it. on similar level, positive light what it meant for me. not just whether he he was a good administrative, but looking at this guy and saying, you know, i could do that. i could, i could dedicate my life to god. you know what, he looks like he's doing it and happy doing it. i think t

people played for pope john paul ii in his final days, immediately after he died, they prayed to the pope asking his help in obtaining favor and miracles from god. >> that was greg burkeexcellent coverage from rome. >> and the first step toward sainthood they have to attribute another year to them. >> and could be years according to father john. and putting on a ceremony like that, takes a lot of wrangling. father john later in the program. now to the growing disaster in the south. and volunteers pitching in to help those hit by the worst disaster since 1925. and one of them, the city's seeing widespread disaster is tuscaloosa. >> and rick reichmuth is with us. good morning. >> you said it, widespread. most of the town, certainly the center of town completely destroyed and death toll in alabama alone 250 now and the mayor last night saying that the number of missing in tuscaloosa at 434 and he he expects that the death toll here is going to rise and here is the sun is rising for the fourth day and picked a new location almost anywhere you go, guys, this kind of stuff. take a look at the tree, the bark ripped off and the trees snapped off and a very nice neighborhood h