john paul ii and john paul xxiii. >> chris leifert and his wife attended world day in 1993.o, you have had the opportunity to be up close and personal with 500 other people. >> that's right. >> and we woke up the day of the mass in denver, colorado and long story short, my wife was quote asked by the ap and it went everywhere. >> hey, what are you doing there, any way. >> more importantly, what i want to talk about. we were two young adults taking the bus to go to candlestick park for the sermon on the mound or the papal mass with john paul the great, i like to call him. it was a beautiful experience and the way i look back on that. and this city, has still been raping the graces from the -- reaping the graces and blessing and blessing the children and people who have aids and during the mass, when our family mass started, michael pritchard got up to do the emceeing. and the moment that happened and the holy father came through the tunnel in the pope mobile. it was as if we are family. it was not that big. >> it wasn't 70,000 people. it was simply a gathering at the local pa

try to wrap this idea of the feminine genius that john paul ii talked about so much. >> john paul ii did speak a lot about women. he wrote so many wonderful documents directed for women and what is endow actually standing for e.n.d.o.w.? >> educating on the dignity of women. think of it as face for women. >> tell me about the genesis, where it started. >> i believe in denver, colorado, by some women and it received the protoform. it's in about 100 diocese in the united states and also in australia and new zealand and maybe a few other countries. >> both of you ladies attended a local university, a program of advanced studies. and you have had a sense of faith, i'm sure, that going through that university experience undergirded your faith but really and truly, what is it about the catholic faith that would inspire you at this point to live the kind of life that you live which is one of outreach and evangelization. >> it was centered on learning the faith and learning history, reading the classics and i was catholic all my life but i came to know jesus deeply through that program and t

>> it is being cared to rise to -- characterized that john paul is more conservative. hn xxiii more liberal. >> what is there is the continuity. the call that we take a fresh look at how the gospel is being presented. it was always the same. you can have a relationship with god, and outcomes francis who smiles like john xxiii but who has a message of peace, we need to find dialogue and communication. and what captures it all for me is francis is simply saying here's how you do it. >> he seems to be a man who comes to the papacy with a sense of urgency. he is 76, 78. comes with a sense of urgency and secondly comes with a sense of being unafraid to challenge the church where he thinks it needs to be challenged. >> i think that is absolutely true. how he is able to do that is he is deeply rooted spiritually and deeply immersed in the tradition of the church. he has a 2000 year tradition out of which he speaks. he seems to be serenely comfortable in that tradition. and has a freedom that only comes when interiorly you are at peace with god and yourself. >> the church is in

and you know we cannot sell john paul ii.e think of john paul and his last 11 years when he was fragile. he was star of the world when he started this. when he was meeting people all over the place and he traveled the globe. into the the office ceo of the world. delete graham said he is the world's pastor. francis is recovering that. >> with this growing sense of him at the center of world conversation, with income inequality and tolerance for people of different opinions and all of that, there is the question of the pope as a explainer of value who paul at pope john all -- -- >> the church played a role. nothe pope's coinage, he has currency to float, no borders to protect. his coinage is simply values, truth, beauty, and goodness. this pope while he does everything to try to diminish you might call the cloud of the papacy has skyrocketed under him. he is returning to what the church does best. values, human dignity. the sacredness of human life, the defense of the voiceless. he is returning to that. his stock does weigh up

listen to their pain. >> you mentioned meeting john paul, pope john paul. he was just made a saint. any feelings about that? any feelings about the catholic church under pope francis? >> i have a special relationship. historically the catholic church was the enemy of the jewish people. then came two popes recently made saints. somebody asked me how do you feel? to me, they were saints way before the pope decided to make them saints. jenning 23rd and john paul have a very special relation and history of the jewish people. they change christian thinking, catholic theology which basically said god's promise to jesus over -- superseded god's promise to abraham and therefore, jews are nothing. then came these two popes who said, no. jews are our older brothers. we are a continuation. god's promise to the jews was not superseded. when john paul went to the synagogue, it was a magnificent statement to the christian world. the jews have a viability. jews have a message of spiritual revival and so, yeah, to us, to me, listen, you know, i owe part of my life to the catholic church. >> just ah

francis and his predecessor benedict xvi at the ceremony this morning were two giants of the church, john paul ii and john xxiii were declared saints. >> it is an event that may well never happen again. in effect four popes in the same place at the same time. >> stephen: that's right there were so many popes you could not swing a dead pope without hitting one. now know surprise these guys were saint. john xxiii's modernized the church, second vatican council and john paul ii fought against communism but more importantly was an honorary harlem globetrotter. (applause) >> and i believe-- i believe-- i believe that they're undefeated record is the real miracle. (laughter) >> and folks, when you are be there, it is hard to explain, but it felt as if these departed popes were in st. peter's square with you because parts of them were. >> pope francis relic from each of the pontiffs. >> the re8ic of john xxiii is a piece of his skin. and the relic of john paul ii is his blood in a vial. >> stephen: skin and blood, why would the vatican want-- they're building a franken-pope! (applause) (laughter) fol

. >> pope francis grants sainthood to popes john paul ii and john xxiii. it's the first time in history two pontiffs are canonized at the same time. at least 800,000 people gather in the vatican's st. peter's square at a mass for the sanctification. some calling it "four popes day," with the presence of pope francis, emeritus pope benedict, and relics of john paul ii and john xxiii. john xxiii moved the church forward by convening the second vatican council to modernize the faith, while john paul ii implemented the changes during his 26 years as pope. john paul ii's canonization is the fastest in modern time. pope francis also made an exception for john xxiii, making him a saint with only one miracle instead of the normal two required. documentary filmmakers dig up hundreds of old atari "e.t." game cartridges buried in a new mexico landfill. critics call the 1982 video game based on the film "e.t. the extra-terrestrial" one of the worst video games ever made. the unwanted copies ended up buried in alamogordo, new mexico. now more than 30 years later, a gam

justice stevens, if you would join us at the table. >> justice john paul stevens is a retired justice of the united states supreme court, was appointed to the court in 1975 by president gerald ford, i think the third longest sitting justice of the supreme court. justice stevens, i knew that you were a distinguished jurist. my eye was caught by a headline in the paper over the weekend that says, a pope to move john paul for sainthood. i realized later it was not the same john paul, but in any case we are delighted to have you here today. thank you very much for joining as, justice. >> thank you very much, senator. >> center, chairman, ranking member, distinguished members of this committee, i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the important issue of campaign finance. when i last appeared before this body in december of 1975 might confirmation hearings stretched over three days. today i shall spend only a few minutes making five brief points. first, campaign finance is not a partisan issue. for years the court campaign finance jurisprudence has been inco

this week justice john paul stevens and his latest book six amendments how and why we should change the constitution. the supreme court justice

john paul and john xxiii were given sainthood because they played a significant role in the outreach of the catholic church, prarl to judiaism and islam. i have the privilege of welco welcoming pope benedict in my synagogue in new york. the first papal visit in a synagogue in the united states. i have stood near the president, welcoming him, in jerusalem. >>> i want to talk about the belief of the people and the population as we give our reviewers a better understanding. less than 3% of the holy land's population calls it home. it's more than 10% of the population. 2014 christians live in the west bank. 8% of the population. most are members of the greek orthodox church. 12,000 christians reside in the church. jordan is home to 174,000 christians, only 2% of the population, or half are eastern orthodox while roman catholics make up 45%. pope francis will visit an area that has seen a decline in christianity. muslims make up about two-thirds of the population. what challenges will the pope faes. >> well, the pope is going there for a number of reasons. one is what you are talking abou

john paul. >> i think the message john paul always brings is the same, be not afraid.e been shot, be not afraid. even if you're scared and don't know what's coming, be not afraid. >> reporter: deperro is filmmaker and publicist. he says after witnessing the shooting his faith became much more real. for him the shooting was in very odd way actually a blessing. bill? bill: lauren, thank you for sharing that. lauren green here in new york. martha: a terrifying scene caught on camera. a huge home explosion and a police officer shot and killed. so what was going on in that house and what sparked that? martha: daring rescue in a swift river. a man boating with his dog in oregon when the dog jumps out and got swept away of the dog managed to swim to base of a cliff. but couldn't reach him because of strong currents and he called for help. the dog is doing just fine. like a relief when stories end well. yay for mazy. bill: well done. we got a run. martha: see you tomorrow, everybody. have a great day. "happening now" starts right now. >> fox news alert and don't hold your brea

and i realized later it wasn't the same john paul. but in any case, we are delighted to have you here today. >> senator king, chairman schumer, ranking member roberts, and distinguished members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the important issue of campaign finance. when i last appeared before this body in december 1975 my confirmation hearing stretched over three days. today i shall spend only a few minutes making five brief points: first, campaign finance is not a partisan issue. for years the court's campaign finance jurisprudence has been incorrectly predicated on the assumption that avoiding corruption or the appearance of corruption is the only justification for regulating campaign speech and the financing of political campaigns. that is quite wrong. we can safely assume that all of our candidates for public office are law abiding citizens and that our laws against bribery provide an adequate protection against misconduct in office. it is fundamentally wrong to assume that p

this week justice john paul stevens and his latest book six amendments how and why you should change the constitution. a retired justice targets gun violence, poverty, gerrymandering and campaign finance and amendment of the leaves would better protect and empower citizens. the program is about one hour. >> welcome justice stevens on behalf of the constitution center it is great eu. we were honored a few weeks ago by visiting us and the constitution center is the only institution in america that has a charter to disseminate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis and i can't think of a better book to discuss in connection with the commission and a wonderful new book. he proposed the amendments on the topics ranging from campaign finance and a sovereign inanity and gerrymandering to the gun control and the death penalty into the anti, during principle. these are cases where the court ruled that differently and you dissented. tell me why you decided to put these amendments. >> guest: the immediate cause was the killing of schoolchildren in connecticut and about the fa

i gather this is the first major john paul got ta -- john paul gauthier exhibition.n so long? >> it is a fantastic exhibition. 2011 and hasved in been on this international world tour. this is the eighth venue and the largest presentation. theave 165 garments from 1970's to now. we have a wealth of fashion and art photography. sketches. it is a wider rave -- it is a wide array of sumptuous clothing. it is not chronological. it is designed in somatic sections. -- the mattock sections. >> he has a special place in his heart for london. >> he does. he used to go to all of the underground clubs. he was obsessed by the rocky horror show. when he went to the theater, there was an usher who put a torch under her face. he did not find that in france. london was the and duration. >> we will listen to a sound bite. he shows his lovely sense of had slightse he reservations about staging an event like this. >> to be something like a funeral. museum, itbe in a should be like -- i am still alive. >> he is very much alive. i do love his sense of humor. ask he was very concerned abo

ronald reagan worked a lot with pope john paul to search is very close to and john paul to make a statement that ronald reagan could have made freedom without faith can become confused, perverse and can even lead to the destruction of freedom for others and you can think of examples of that. so john paul the second successor pope benedict the 16th said the west suffers from a confused ideology of freedom. so we've got freedom on. we don't totally understand. and because of that confused ideology we are suffering from a dictatorship of relativism. the scriptural verse says do not use your freedom as opportunities for the flash. but rather use freedom to what? serve your neighbor, love your neighbor as yourself. russell kirk to a mentioned before as 1974 classic the roots of american order talked about order to liberty. you have to have an inner order obefore the country can have an outer order from an external order. george washington talked about self-governing one's self before the nation could self govern. you have to have a nation of self-governing self-controlled people before you could

you know, i attended with john paul ii, assisi. i attended with pope benedict, assisi. think that's my conviction, his conviction, every conflict comes to an end. 100 years war, world war i, world war go, every war comes to an end. he's a messenger of peace and social justice. >> i want to ask you the same question father, how would you measure his success? >> if they get out of there without a disaster, they consider it a success. i think we have more hope for pope francis hscantily aplayses us. but i agree with rabbi, we can point people in the right direction. try to inspire reconciliation. but it is going to take the people in the middle east to work together, to put a side just like catholics and jews have, put aside the past and move forward into the future together. because it --fully other direction is just disastrous for us. and i think that's a message that he can bring. a efnlg in of hope a -- a message of hope, a message of reconciliation. he's not a miracle worker, it's not going to suddenly be solved. but he request push people forward and remind people th

the second to saying the same in two sense to say the pope john and pope john paul two well they need some good publicity you know after the and i said yes larry with a little boy you think those well i mean that kind of fast tracked john paul i mean he you know he got it you need to him you know you need to confirm miracles to be a saint and he got his two in five years which is you know i'm just saying the man works quickly after he's dead because that's very quick i mean others say it's taken hundreds of years but john paul the second he just rolled up his sleeves and got those miracles like harvey and we know that there is no afterlife i mean i know it does no one knows you know in those words intentionally added i've never said i was one hundred percent sure we don't know what happens but. you know what i'm pretty sure of is that it's not the myths that were described thousands of years ago by people who knew nothing of science and which people still to their intellectual embarrassment still cleave to today i doubt it's that god had a son. you know he's this orb of perfect e

tell you with certainty that pope francis opposes that form of tyranny as much as the polish pope john paul did. >> stephen: okay, papa bear knows what's in pope-a bear's heart. no redistribution, no socialism. >> breaking news, pope francis called for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor. if you're saying take it from here, give it to there, expropriate, i don't know what that is but socialism. >> stephen: son of a bishop! the pope is a socialist! i mean, in retrospect, i should have known. he lives in europe and he gives his employees a one-day work week. ( cheers and applause ). he can't do this. because either the pope is wrong or god's a commie. ( laughter ) wait a second-- come to think of it, he does look an awful lot like karl marx. plus, jesus was a carpenter. that's why he's hold a hammer, but, jimmy, what's in his other hand? a sickle! no! ( applause ) no, no, no. i refuse. this cannot be right. i mean, where is it written they can't love both god and money? i mean besides in matthew where geezus says you captain serve god and money. ( laughter ) i guess i'm going to ha

keep in mind both benedict watched john paul ii become ill and suffer with parkinson's.opens this door theologically within the catholic church to say, yeah, it's okay for a pope who gets ill to step aside like we saw with benedict. i don't think francis is going to hang it up tomorrow. he has a lot of work to do. certainly he's opening the door to do this down the line. >> he is such a busy, busy pope, as we've been watching him now. in the presser today, he clarified the invitation to leaders in the middle east, the palestinian authority and of israel. he said it would be a meeting of prayer. so what do we take that to mean? but also i mean, that doesn't diminish how significant this is, right? >> no, it certainly doesn't diminish the significance. what it does mean is don't look for pope francis to bring a pencil and map to this meeting and start drawing lines. he wants this to be a meeting of prayer as a way to continue the dialogue to keep things moving along. he said some comments of what he might think could happen in the middle east but deferred and said, no, thi

john paul stevens says it's time we all learn who's paying for these candidates campaigns. he wants full disclosure by the kochs, et cetera. >>> plus, a big victory of opponents for voter i.d. laws, the decision in wisconsin followed similar decisions in pennsylvania and arkansas that tie, this is good news for progressives, may be turning against those republican attempts to keep democrats from voting. >>> and let me finish tonight with this brave new world, where even in private, what you say can be used against you. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. koch . female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event ends sunday. it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort; even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event, ends sunday. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ democrats have made raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour a top priority in this tough elect

john paul stevenss testifying in favor of this amendment. what does he want to do? is advised that the senate take up an amendment to the constitution to change the first amendment for reasonable regulation of candidates and supporters. this could include the media, independent speech and the like. this is something we've heard for years and years and years and goes back to the founding of our country, the idea that you can impose reasonable regulation on politics. it been tried before. hasn't worked. unconstitutional and countered at the system of government. >> the democrats lost a couple big court opinions, those what favor limit on campaign spending and another decision this year that really opened the flood gates to more spending in certain ways and this is their answer to that to say well, if the constitution allows that, we'll pass a constitutional amendment that will disappoint low that. what are their chances? >> it's an election year. the democrats are getting desperate. much of the policies failed and i think this is a desperate times calls for desperate

henry ford, john paul getty, bill gates, steve jobs. my gosh, the amount of millionaires that bill bill gates created in microsoft, they built whole industries and build millions of people. these protesters sreut all wrong, and they don't understand economics or are looking at something like cuba, which is rampant in unemployment. >> in the end there were -- at the end of the day there were masked ones and i am not sure what they were there for. the unions gathered to protest immigration and deportations going on, and they have been doing it on may 1st, 2006. >> should they be thanking capitalism or bash it? >> you know, definitely i think they should be, you know, thanking capitalism in the sense the basis is a strong capitalist cast. i certainly don't know any teachers or bus drivers or plumbers or folks that belong to unions that fit into the bill of people who bash the capitalist economy. >> they do ask for higher wages, jonas, and you are a little worried that without those wages these few rogues could turn into a few threats to fo

in 1964 pope john paul the 6th visited and in 2000 pope john paul ii made his own. the last was from penn debt -- pope benedict xvi and pope francis's visit that got under way an hour ago. coming up at 7:30 we'll take a closer look. luke sweeney will join us to look at the expectations for the trip and the balance of separating religion and politics. >>> breaking news out of somalia. there has been an attack on the parliament building in mogadishu. six fighters are dead after a car bomb exploded. al-shabab is claiming responsibility for the attack. we'll have more details as they become available. >>> well, ukrainians head to the polls on sunday to pick the next president. the vote could be a crucial step towards resolving the crisis. separatists in the east threaten to block the vote. dana lewis joins us from the capital kiev. it's been a violent run-up to tomorrow's elections. what is the security situation like where you are now, and to what degree is the government stepping up efforts to ensure peace of elections? >> reporter: well, good morning. they say that t

. >> a miss to retired supreme court justice john paul stevens who think week lectured that politicaltice steven's problem is that the supreme court says it is. he was never able to marshall an argument to get the court to change its mind. now he's back under a second branch of government to crack down on the first amendment. he would be better off paying some deaf. >> senate democrats wanted to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. senator republicans blocked it this week. so it's a hit for senate republicans because they stoop up for people who want to work. >> especially at the poorest end of the labor scale. matt? >> paul, here's a hick to my name sake, but no relation, unfortunately. frank comiskey, who's a star ú basketball team who's announcing that he's staying an extra year in college and will not be a top nba dpraft pick. comiskey says that that the northbound is flat out boring. he wants to stay in college, unlike a lot of star college players. >> and remember if you have your own hit or miss, sent it to jer@foxnews.com. that's it for this week's show

pope john paul was there in 2000. the last trip was years ago.e made a stop at the separation wall dividing israel and the occupied territories. it was a gesture. the pope invited the palestinian and israeli presidents. we have followed the pope's progress. what are the pope's plans for today? >> hi there. well, the pope already has gone meet with the grand mufti of jerusalem. he is inside. he is visiting with the muslim leaders before he goes on to the western wall. from there he will go to the grave site of theodore herzl, the father of zionism. from there he'll go on to meet with president shimon peres, and the prime minister at the notre dame center. jerusalem, the vatican's res conditions in jerusalem. later he'll hold a mass. this is a room in jerusalem where it's believed that the last summer took place. do be expect today's visit to be as politically charged as yesterday's was? >> it's going to be interesting to see. we did see a lot of politics played into the visit after we heard that the pope had first and foremost was coming as a chri

then at 10:00 former supreme court justice john paul stevens said down with jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center , and we conclude our prime-time programming at 11:00 p.m. eastern. mr. perry describes the life of douglas macarthur. that all happens next on c-span2 book tv. >> sat down with book tv to talk about the function and value of international election observers. this interview as part of book tv college series and it is about 20 minutes. >> duke professor ken judith kelley, the author of "monitoring democracy: when international election observation works, and why it often fails". professor, when did international election monitoring come in to vote? >> this started ticking off in the late 80's, beginning 90's. i think, you know, there had been election monitoring under un regimes in different ways, but this is a new flavor of it. outsiders going in the sovereign state some of turner elections. and the way it came and, the way it rose is very important for understanding how works today. initially we had all lot of governments toward the end of the cold war that had no

>> yeah, i think it is almost as important as the gesture that pope john paul ii made when he had hiserreligious prayer for peace in a city. he didn't go to roam but went to asisi. and his name francis shows he has this relationship with the franc franciscan order, with the idea of simpleness and peace and that you see again with the approach of going back to visit in the following of jesus in the country where he lived. he wants to go back to the simple begins, pray for peace and make clear that this idea of going back to a more simple style a very important to him. and i guess he will show this in the holy land as well. >> religion and cultural professor, thank you for being with us today. the memorial day weekend is upon us. dave warren has the forecast. and the surprising reason why you will be paying more at the pump if you decide to hit the road. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. these are your headlines at this hour. ukrainians preparing to vote in their federal elections this sunday. vladimir putin says he will respect the vote. but three peop

he declared two rebate popes including john paul ii saints. >>> i think one of the big things where we have to recognize that we are complicit. i am only talking about the negatives here because i think we have far too comfort addicted >> his perform applications on screen have made him one of hollywood's most respected act orders. oscar freedom? >> i think the press needs to have absolutely freedom. the whole culture needs to respect itself >> we will discuss his roles as an actor, activist and his controversial relationship with hugo chavez? >> he was an electric personal thety. he was a great friend of mine. >> that's a personal note. he was significantly important and necessary in venzuela >> penn is not afraid of controversy and of questioning those in power >> we put $11,000,000,000 into pakistan. pakistan is not our friend. >> he knows his position in popular culture is based on what he believes in including haiti and pakistan. after he presented an international human rights award to a women's group in dublin >> how do you prefer to be known these days? as an actor or an activi

he declared two rebate popes including john paul ii saints. >>> i think one of the big things where we have to recognize that we are complicit. i am only talking about the negatives here because i think we have far too comfort addicted >> his perform applications on screen have made him one of hollywood's most respected act orders. oscar freedom? >> i think the press needs to have absolutely do

and has the support of at least one former justice, john paul stevens.l street journal editorial page writer, colin levi, joins us with more. so collin, what does chuck schumer -- what's his problem with the first amendment? >> yeah. i think that's the question that everyone is asking, paul. i mean, this was essentially a declaration of war by schumer and udall on the supreme court, saying, look, the supreme court has been finding that the first amendment protects political speech, and we're not going to allow them to continue to knock down our efforts to regulate that kind of speech. this is incredible. i mean, this really would create an unlimited ability for -- unlimited authority for congress to regulate whatever political activism of private citizens. >> is basically redefine the first amendment, political speech, to say that it does not include money that you spend to try to amplify speech. so the states and the federal government could say you can speak all you want if you're on a street corner, but if you want to buy advertising or spend somehow

dome has hosted major events from the 49ers first super bowl victory, of course, to a visit by pope john pauli. auction starts this wednesday. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" a mother arrested for reportedly defending her child. what she is charged with doing to her daughter's alleged bully at school. >>> california braces for what could be the worst fire season ever. we will have team coverage after the break. >>> live look outside from the south bay this morning and nice clear days to start our day. we'll check in with christina. it's 4:56. >>> the battle over a beach heating up in a bay area courtroom. >>> we'll get breezy to windy conditions to kick off your monday morning commute. but the big story in the weather department is the chance for thunderstorms today. we'll tell you where and when in your full forecast. >>> those breezes might be an issue over the bridge and chp gives you a ltle warning. i'll let you know ebecause they have a number of them coming up. >>> taking a look outside. city by the bay. that's the embarcadero on this monday, may 19th and this is "today in the bay

the news coming two weeks after the ceremony to declare pope john paul ii and john xxiii as saints. >elly wright, now, back to "cavuto & business." you are watching the most powerful name in news, fox news channel. >>> that's right. anyway. it is now going global food workers in america and several countries overseas are planning to strike for higher pay beginning next week. this coming with a new study that shows u.s. companies are collapsing faster than they are being created. charles payne, something's not right here. >> this is really shocking. the entrepreneurship small businesses and more dying than are being born, the most frightening stat i've seen in a long time and it's been happening for a long time. the last three or four years has been a death spiral and it's not going to get better and far worse as we talk about forcing higher minimum wage. $26 an hour in california. >> it's not going anywhere. but it is, i think when you say a figure like that, they say, geez, $10, $11. >> all under the fairness argument, but the real irony of it is the more you hike this, the less fair

. >>> on this day in 1981, pope john paul ii was shot and seriously wounded in st.kish assailant . it happened while the pope was entering the square for his weekly general audience. >>> happy birthday to robert pattinson, 28. tv host stephen colbert, 50. and stevie wonder, 64. i'm betty nguyen. thank you for watching "early today." we hope you have a good one. >>> well, good morning, everybody. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. city of dublin, one of many across the bay area opening up cooling stations. the city library one of the places people can go to stay indoors as today's temperatures could reach record levels. for exactly how hot it will be, let's turn to meteorologist christina loren. >> it will be a scorching, a spring scorcher. we are still a month away from the official kickoff of summertime. temperatures this morning are very mild, we're mostly in the upper tos. just one degree away from 60. in concord, mountain view and

this week justice john paul stevens and his latest book, "six amendments: how and why we should change the constitution." the retired u.s. supreme court justice targets gun violence, the death penalty, gerrymandering and campaign finance in amendments he believes would better protect and empower citizens. the program is about an hour. >> host: welcome, justice stevens. on behalf of the national constitution center, it's so great to see you. you honored the national constitution center a few weeks ago by visiting us. the constitution center, as you know, is the only institution in america that has a congressional charter to disseminate information about theing constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and i can't think of a better i book to discuss in connection with that mission than your wonderful new book, "six amendments: how and why wets" should change the constitution." you've proposed six constitutional amendments on topics ranging from campaign finance and sovereign immunityfa and political gerrymandering to gun control and the death penalty and the aco

justice john paul stevens is a retired justice of the united states supreme court. he was appointed in 1975 by president gerald ford. third longest sitting justice of the supreme court. justice stevens, i knew that you were a distinguished purist. my eye was caught by a headline in the paper of the weekend. move to nominate you for sainthood. i realized it was not the same john paul. in any case, we are delighted to have you here today. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, senator. chairman, ranking member roberts, and distinguished members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the important issue of campaign finance. when i last appeared before this body in december 1975, my confirmation hearing stretched over 3 days. today, i shall spend only a few minutes making five brief points. first, campaign finance is not a partisan issue. four years, campaign finance juris prudence has been incorrectly predicated on the assumption that avoiding the appearance of corruption is the only justification for regulating campaign

. >> a miss to retired supreme court justice, john paul stevens, which this week lectured at a senate political money is not speech. just as stevens' problem is that the supreme court says it is, and that in all his decades on the bench, he was never able to marshal an argument good enough to get the court to change its mind. now he's back in front of a separate branch of government to crack down on the first amendment. he would be better off paying some deference to the framers of the constitution. >> okay. mary. >> this is a hit for republicans. senate democrats wanted to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. the congressional budget office said it could cost 500,000 jobs. senate republicans blocked it this week. and so it's a hit for senate republicans, because they stood up for people who want to work. >> especially at the poorest end of the labor scale. matt? >> paul, here's a hit to my name sake, but no relation, unfortunately. frank kaminski, star senator on the university of wisconsin basketball team announced this week he's staying for his senior year o

in the early john paul years, john paul ii would come back to the press compartment of the papal planed he would move around by language experts. he would do a few minutes with the italians and a few minutes with the english speakers and a few minutes with the french and so on. but i will tell you, that in recent experience, because, of course, as john paul got old, that was no longer possible. during the benedict years, he would do brief encounters with the press, but they were often choreographed affairs. but with the pope addressing the entire press corps, and taking any question under the sun, that is unprecedented. when you cover the vatican you lay awake at night dreaming of these moments where you'll have these no-holds barred of completely unfiltered and unscripted moments with the pope, to talk about what's on his mind. with pope francis we've gotten them. all i can say, is god bless him for doing it for us. >> john allen, you have an amazing beat, especially with this pope right now. thank you for joining me from rome. i truly appreciate it tonight. >>> president obama gets r

and this weekend on "after words," former supreme court justice john paul stevens talks about his book, "six amendments," which details ways to amend the constitution. tonight senator elizabeth warren talks about her book, "a fighting chance." throughout the weekend booktv visits mobile, alabama, to talk with local authors. and tomorrow night steven pressman recounts a jewish-american couple who rescued 50 children from nazi-controlled vienna in the 19 30s. you can visit us online for this weekend's schedule. >> christopher hewitt discussed domestic terrorism and the united states and its perpetrators. he argues that terrorism has occurred in a series of waves. according to hewitt, terrorism is almost always linked to

this week justice john paul stevenstevens in his latest boox amendments how and why we should change the constitution. the u.s. supreme court justice targets gun violence, the death penalty, gerrymandering and campaign finance and amendments that he leaves with better protect and empower citizens. the program is about an hour. >>> welcome, justice stevens. on behalf of the constitution center integrates to see you. you honor the constitution center a few weeks ago by visiting us at the constitution center as you know it's the only institution in america that has a charter to disseminate information about the constitution on the nonpartisan basis. and i can't think of a better book to discuss in connection with the commission then your wonderful new book, six amendments how and why we should change the constitution. you propose constitutional amendments on the topics ranging from campaign finance and suffered in the unity and political gerrymandering to the gun control and the death penalty and anti-commandeering principle. all of these are cases where the supreme court ruled differen

. >> european leaders have aclined john paul younger quick endorsement as the next european commissione most election seats in the election for european parliament. the call for a more centralized european union has called detractors when the anti-eu parties are showing gains. ukraine's government says it will press on with military operations against pro-russian rebel fighters after a day of significant casualties. forces fought double -- dozens of rebels in donetsk. it may be internationally recognized that part of ukraine, but crimea post annexation starting to feel very russian. ryan chilcote reports. >> the trouble with crimea starts with getting their. at its narrowest point, the two mile body of water separated from russia. the roads that go through ukraine are all but close. theonly way to get from ukrainian mainland -- the russian mainland to crimea is to take this boat across the strait. aat is until russia builds bridge to span the difference. these russians are legally entering ukraine. no need for a passport. as far as they car concerned, this is a domestic crossing. thiss

a large majority of the hole stood behind me, paul, john, peter nor jesus ever did it. the followers of jesus ran away from him but the latter day saints never ran away from me yet. huge personality, you can say, at the very least. joseph kept a diary which is a big deal, and it is an invaluable source of information about his life, this is an excerpt from his diary in 1843, he spent the morning shopping would, chopping wood with the brethren who are retiring their services to him. he devotes two hours to reciting in german before he oversaw court proceedings in the upstairs office of his red brick store. joseph was mayor and justice, there was a lawsuit to adjudicate that day and the theft, supervising the court joseph looked out the window and spotted two boys fighting with clubs in front of a nearby tavern, quote, his journal, his own diary refers to himself in the third person, the mayor side and ran over and immediately. restocked the other, he tried standards for not breaking out the fight and walks back to his store. his final message to the three and miscreance,