so i have got edith's diner and and the blessed mosser and john paul ii. the great theologian of religious freedom who appears to be tilting a bit here. >> can i ask you about all these metals? >> well, some of these are words that i have been given. some of them are just decorative. this is, perhaps, of intereqt. this is called the glowing artist gold medal. the republic of poland for contributions to polish culture. i am very proud of the fact that i am one of two non-poles to have received that since it was created. i think this is justne of the great photographs of that time. prayer on the western wall of the temple. >> my theological library is a raised automatically by author. aquinas, balthazar except for an exception. and it just moves over year and laps abound. there is an enormous amount. much of which i had before, but since he was elecd pope there have been an extraordinary number of small books of his put out. predict the 16th. of remarkably small hand. that was his christmas present in the 1997. very concise handwriting. >> the bible. what ve

during that time he hosted both pope john paul ii and mother teresa at that home. >> what a move. >>> telling his side of the story, michael jackson's doctor the man at that time center of the pop star's death speaks out for the first time. what he wants everyone to hear. >>> police raid in the park. what investigators say a group of men were doing inside one state park. >>> shooting at the inner harbor. baltimore's police commissioner sounds off on criminals plaguing the city's biggest tourist attraction. >>> are more showers and storms headed our way? i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete forecast coming up next. >>> it is 75 degrees with light showers across central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up but first the doctor at the center of michael jackson's manslaughter investigation speaks for the first time since the pop star's death. in an on-line video dr. conrad murray thanked his supporters and reaffirmed his innocence. >> i have done all i could do. i told the truth, and i have faith the truth will prevail. god bless you, and thank you. >> police have ra

pope john paul ii visited there. ronald reagan got married there. 60,000 people got married there.quite an attraction. i'm sure people will look to find where michael jackson is buried. >>> up next, the danger of dna. forensic science put this guy behind bars even though he was apparently innocent. >>> we are live with dr. sanjay gupta with the behind the scenes look at the reality of csi. some people buy a car based on the deal they get. others by the car of their dreams. during the lexus golden opportunity sales event, you can do both. special lease offers now available on the 2009 es 350. >>> tonight a stunning new development in forensic science and it could be a major setback for prosecutors and police. researchers in israel said they could engineer dna and place the fake sample at a crime scene. if true, it could be a remarkable development. it is also a troubling one. dna has been used to exonerate hundreds of people wrongly convicted. we have a story of how it put an innocent man behind bars for decades and how a crime lab in texas was apparently responsible. >> reporter: t

the pope, of course -- pope john paul ii was really terrific.reagan had written a couple of radio commentaries when the pope had gone to poland in 1979 and so reagan was already familiar with some of his views and the fact that the pope was not only anti-nazi but also anticommunist. so reagan and the pope shared an antitotalitarian view of the world and a view that freedom to worship and to choose one's line of work and to travel and to have dignity, especially, religious freedom in the case of the pope, of course, but also for reagan were very important and they shared that. and they also -- the pope, i think, came t certainly understand reagan's view of what he had to do in order to bring this to t@e bargain table and ultimately achieve a reduction in the threat of nuclear war. >> tell them about t letter he gave them. >> reagan sent the pope a letter in january following the meeting in december that expressed the view that he had already taken steps to -- and viewed it as a first step in eliminating the threat of nuclear war and reducing nucl

pope john paul ii visited there. ronald reagan got married there. 60,000 people got married there.it is quite an attraction. i'm sure people will look to find where michael jackson is buried. >> randi, appreciate it. thanks. staying on. of it. >>> up next, the danger of dna. forensic science put this guy behind bars even though he was apparently innocent. how could it happen? we'll show you. >>> also live with dr. sanjay gupta. he takes us inside a crime lab for behind the scenes look of the reality of csi. we even bothe osteoporosis. but we're active. especially when we vacation. so when i heard about reclast, the only once-a-year iv osteoporosis treatment, i called joni. my doctor said reclast helps restrengthen our bones to help make them resistant to fracture. and reclast is approved to help protect from fracture in more places: hip, spine, even other bones. (announcer) you should never take reclast if you're on zometa, have low blood calcium, kidney problems. or you're pregnant, plan to become pregnant or nursing. take calcium and vitamin d daily. tell your doctor if you devel

even after the death of pope john paul roman numeral 2. -- pope john paul ii.e drynan spoke about it was when he was delivering a lecture at the university of the district of columbia law school. he spoke about his 10 years in congress and made reference to the papeal edict. he said he pondered what the pontiff would have done it the had known that i would be replaced in congress by barney frank. host: what has been openly gay done for his political career? guest: initially, there was a concern that it would hurt him significantly. when he came out in 1987, it did not. he has become a national gay icon, a leader. if you look at his career in the state legislature, which began three years after the stonewall riots in 1969, it parallels the growth of the gay-rights movement. host: our guest is the author of a biography on barney frank. you can ask questions about representative frank over the course of the 40 minutes or so by calling the numbers on your screen. first call for this segment is evansville, indiana, on our democrats lied. caller: good morning. i have

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john lennon and paul mccartney stleen in this photograph from 1968. will the pope achieve rock star status as his previous predecessor pope paul benedict ii did?we'll have to see. comes out at the end of october. and on that note that is "worldfocus" here in friday evening and this week. if you missed any of this week's programs, you can catch up with them again by going to our website, that's worldfocus.org. i am martin savidgk. as always, thank you very much for joining us. we'll look forward to seeing you back here on monday. until then, have a great weekend. >>> "worldfocus" is made possible, in part, by the >>> "worldfocus" is made possible, in part, by the following funders -- -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com