let's compare john paul ii with francis. john fault paul the second grew up in poland under communism. he knew what that system could do and he wrote some of the encyclicals and writings that of our greatest support the church is ever given to the free market economy and he sees it as a way that can allow for what we talked about. on the other hand francis grew up in argentina which he's very colored by the argentine society in which he grew up. i think when he hears the word capitalism he thinks argentine capitalism. which many of us would call crony capitalism. the way to succeed is to have friends in the government. it's not that competitive that most of us think of. there's a good chapter in the book that draws out that they make great detail showing exactly how pope francis agencies capitalism different than the economists writing it. we are in agreement with him that crony capitalism is not good. it drops argentina from the top ranks of the developed societies. that's not what we want at all. >> host: the pope has talke

. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're plantin

my dad is pat francis o'rourke, son of john francis o'rourke. rfo.ufo, u lis sies frab sis o'rourke. i was nick named beto. if you're named robert, albert, your nickname is beto. i was beto from day one. >> i want to ask you something about your opponent in this race and the president. president trump has called, let me get this straight because i've written this down, he's called ted cruz a maniac, unstable and a liar, okay? senator cruz has called president trump a sniveling coward and a braggadocios buffoon. where are you? >> that's colorful language. >> you don't have an opinion? >> no. from the beginning we decided we wouldn't run against anybody or anything. we wanted to run for the future. >> trump is running against you and he calls you a total lightweight and you will never be allowed to turn texas into venezuela. i know that was on your plan. >> there goes that plan, yeah. >> what do you make of a president of the united states who stoops low enough to go after a senate candidate, he's called other people low i.q., lying ted, low energy jeb

about my name, i was born robert francis o'rourke, son of pat francis o'rourke who was the son of john francis o'rourke, father to ulysses francis o'rourke who will go as ufo for much of his life. and from day one, in el paso, and you know this in mcallen, if you are born robert or albert or gilbert or humberto, your folks, your friends, your community calls you beto. that's my nickname that i've gone by for my entire life. born and raised in fourth generation in el paso in a community that is more than 80% mexican-american. as i said earlier, conjoined with ciudad juarez, 3 million people forming one of the largest binational communities in the world, so this is part of who i am and where i'm from and the pride that i feel in representing that community in congress and telling our story from the perspective of a community that was all too often forgotten, no one ever showed up and asked us about border security or immigration or the bilateral relationship with mexico. though we are living it every single day as you are here in mcallen. so, it's very much a part of who i am. ulysses and molly

we've had pope john paul and pope benedict and now we have pope francis why has it taken so long for this apparent hero in el salvador to be canonized now was he so politically unpopular within the church what was what was the reason for the canonization now. well first of all we need to remember that for the people he has always been a saint it is only them bad again now with his catching up to the world people so far as the people are concerned here where he was a sect but the reason why it has been delayed so long is because he had been characterized as a marxist as a communist as a leftist while in fact all he was was a person who was following the gospels and the teachings of jesus christ but whenever you go ahead and stand with your crass government and political powers dismissed you as a communist and therefore you become dangerous in the last two popes let us not forget were very conservatives so the fact of bringing him up or canonization had to be delayed well for the moment we will have to leave it there is certainly been ever meant to stay for perhaps everybody in el salv

pope francis has accepted the resignation of one of the most prominent cardinals in the united states. cardinal wuerl has been under intense scrutiny for a sexual abuse case. what do you know, john what we know is that pope francis, after three months of speculation, since the pennsylvania grand jury report appeared in mid august raising serious questions about the cardinal's handling of sexual abuse cases when he was the bishop of pittsburgh. pope francis yesterday accepted his resignation. two notes of interests. one, he asked cardinal wuerl to remain on as the interim manager until his successor is named. secondly, pope francis release add letter, and this is highly unusual for a pope today when he accepts a resignation, the letter thanked him for his service and saying he is proud of him. what that would indicate, alisyn, although cardinal wuerl as of today is no longer the archbishop of washington, he does not appear to be out of favor with the boss. >> thank you for that report. as you get more details, we will continue to follow it this morning. >> we have been following the aftermath of hurricane michael in florida. these are the images we have seen, little left behind.

roman catholic church a special message from north korea's leader then met pope francis and the vatican he relayed that can john had invited the pontiff to visit. reports from seoul. as he delivers the invitation to the vatican president mungy end of south korea once more finds himself playing the role of mediator. and if pope francis agrees to the visit it will be one of north korea's biggest diplomatic achievements yet in breaking out of international isolation. the pope visited south korea in twenty fourteen when he was greeted by a million people on the streets of seoul that visit was evidence of the south's vibrant religious life. contrast that with the north where christian worship is officially restricted to just four churches in pyongyang one of them a catholic cathedral. but critics say it's just for show and that in reality kristin's routinely face persecution for their beliefs even death north korea's persecution of christians has no rival on the earth it is unforgiving systematic unyielding and often fatal it's a view supported by many organizations including the un in a country so dominated by the

john torres, nbc news. >>> an alarming story we'll continue to follow. >>> pope francis accepted the resignation tord of cardinal wuerl, the archbishop of washington, d.c. a bombshell grand jury report accused wuerl of covering up child sex abuse by predator priests back when he was the bishop of pittsburgh. but the pope also sparked outrage of advocacy groups today with a letter praising wuerl's, quote, nobility. >>> now to the latest moment in american politics that has people asking, whatever happened to civility in takes a lot these days to say something that stuns anymore and just 25 days until the midterms and gop candidate for governor did just that. here's nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: pennsylvania's republican gubernatorial candidate scott wagner endorsed by the president -- >> he's tough. he's smart. scott wagner! >> reporter: threatening physical violence in a facebook video against the democratic incumbent, governor tom wolff. >> you better put a catcher's mask on your face. i'll stomp all over spikes because i'm going to win this for the state of pennsylvania. >> reporter: the campaign called w

john yang explores the latest with pope francis accepting the resignation of cardinal wuerl, archbishopwashington, d.c. >> yang: judy, there had been pressure on wuerl to step down since august, when a pennsylvania grand jury report implicated him in covering up sexual abuse by priests during his 18-year tenure as head of the diocese of pittsburgh. in a statement today, wuerl said, "once again, for any pasts ern judgement, i apologize and ask for pardon." the pope's action wasnme enough for urvivors of clerical sexual abuse. david clohessy, a formerr national direc "survivors network for those abused by priests," said, "wuerl is guilty of serious wrongdoing. the simple fact is that he endangerr children." re on all this, we are joined by john carr. he heads the initiat catholic social thought and public life at georgetown university, and previously worked for the u.s. conference of catholic bishop aon human righ social justice issues. s for joining us. glad to be here, john. we should say you worked with dardinal wuerl in the past very closely but you also said he had go in this episode

francis to visit north korea. however, north korea is officially atheist and strictly controls religious activity. pope john paul ii was invited in 2000 but never went. the vatican insists that the pope would only visit if catholic priests were accepted in the country. more news right after this break. >>> we could see some lively public comment today when local lawmakers meet in communities around the bay area. we checked our local government agenda for you. santa clara county supervisor also take up the stanford expansion issue and the potential impact on affordable housing. the los altos city council will consider increasing its affordable housing requirement for builders from 10% to 15% with developments of five or more units. county advisers will consider parking changes including belmont, redwood city and half moon bay. contra costa supervisors are taking up four school speed zones in kensington. >>> nbc bay area is still orth victims one year after the fire storm destroyed so many homes. >> consumer investigator chris chmura says they are frustrated with the process of getting rebuilding money from i

john allen has details for us. >> the vatican on saturday indicated that pope francis has ordered what is described as a thoroughvetting and records related to the case of former cardinal mccarrick in the united states. cardinal mccarrick earlier this subject was accused of sexual abuse of a minor, an altar boy at the time. archdiocese in new york found that accusation to be credible. on the strength of that that accusation in the finding. propo pope francis accepted that nomination. since then, questions have mounted about how mccarrick was able to rise through the ecclesiastical ranks from the '90s and 2000s. earlier, one month ago, pope francis himself was accused by a former papal ambassador in the united states of being in on the cover-up. the vatican did not indicate on saturday when the results of this study would be released, saying only they would be made available until due course. the statement, however, did say that a double standard in which abuse and cover-up by a bishop is taken as seriously as abuse and cover-up by other members of the clergy, is unacceptable and pope francis is committed to root

francis to visit north korea. however, north korea is officially atheist andreligious. pope john paul iis with invited in 2000 but never went. the vatican insists the pope would only visit if catholic priests were accepted in the country. more news for you right after the break. even when mike is )nt- he )s working hard. follow him on twitter at "mikey no way" to ge >>> welcome back everyone. 5:55. even when mike is not on the air he is working hard. follow him on twitter to get traffic alerts on your twitter feed. >>> we'll say name different company in the east bay feeling the harsh backlash from the horrif horrific limousine crash from new york. she thinks the cancellations are linked to the tragedy unfolding. >> even though we try to tell them we are not part of that limousine company but a lot of people are hesitant. >> in new york, thousands of people remembered those killed saturday. that crash happened about 40 miles west of albany. two of the men killed work at the new york office of santa clara-based global founderies. the limo driver did not have the proper driver's li

francis to visit north korea. however, north korea is officially atheist and strictly controls religious activity. pope johnl ii was invited back in 2000 but never went. the vatican insists that the pope would only visit if catholic priests were accepted in that country. more news right after this break. way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, enhanced coverage, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. here are the top stories on today in the bay-- >>> welcome back. before you head out the door the time is 6:55. here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> dmv is blaming a processing error for a mistake leading to hundreds of people being improperly registered to vote. between april and september, about 1500 people were improperly registered. after the state's new motor voter law took effect. none of the people are here illegally. all are documente

francis has accepted the resignation of washington dc's cardinal wuerl. he was facing intense screwutin for his handling of the sexual abuse cases. people were wondering, john, when this would happen and it's this morning. >> yeah, that's right, alisyn. this ends three months of speculation since the pennsylvania grand jury report appeared in mid august, august 14th, in which cardinal wuerl figured prominently for at least three cases of sexual abuse when he was in pittsburgh, and over the last few months there has been steady calls for his resignation, and today pope francis did accept his resignation, as expected, although two interesting notes there, alisyn, one, and this is unusual, he asked cardinal wuerl to stay on as the interim administrator until a successor is named, and the other is that pope francis issued a personal letter to cardinal wuerl praising him for the nobility of the way he has handled this situation in saying he is proud of him, and all of that, alisyn, would indicate while cardinal wuerl may no longer be the cardinal, he still has pope francis' praise. >> yeah, thank you very much for bringing that to us. >> a big deal in washington