catholics around the world celebrated francis's approval of sainthood for pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii. john paul ii, who died in 2005, will have become a saint in record time, eight years. and, for john the xxiii, francis waived the requirement of a second miracle. >>> one of the great dilemmas for some religious people can occur when doctrine seems to prevent care. for instance, when a jehovah's witness refuses surgery because his or her beliefs prohibit blood transfusions. but there may be a way through that problem. betty rollin reports on a hospital where nearly all the operations are preformed without the need for transfusions. the technique is called bloodless surgery, and doctors performing it say it is simply good medicine. >> the kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses in cumming, georgia. ♪ justine and gary laclair are among the congregants. and they are among the 1.2 million jehovah's witnesses in the united states. the organization of jehovah's witnesses was begun in the late 19th century by a small group of bible students in pennsylvania. >> we believe from the bible that god

liberals love pope john paul xxiii. at pope francis is saying, let's honor and revere both men. >> reporter: a chance to unite the catholic church. shaken during john paul's reign and ever since by sex abuse and corruption scandals. corruption scandals. today at st. patrick's cathedral, john paul's impending canonization was welcome news. >> if there's anybody that kind of brought people together, it was pope john paul ii. >> exciting to have a saint that we knew. that we live through. >> reporter: the people's pope, now soon to become the people's saint. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> here in new york, the medical examiner identified the remains of a victim of the 9/11 attacks, almost 12 years later. jeffrey wahls, a new york fire department lieutenant from staten island. he was 37 when he died, leaving a wife and young son. his sister said the family thought about his death every day, and is taking the identity of his remains as a sign that he is okay. >>> up next, an honor for a brave man in boston. >>> fin

the lesser-known john xxiii, which if you follow vatican history, you know quite well was the architect of progressivism on the vatican council. second, this is clearly a conciliatory message coming out of the vatican, these two being -- these two people being pushed for canonization at the same time. >> what were the main points? >> it was essentially a philosophical essay, a theological essay with a very strong philosophical component. it's very clear that the person who stands behind the writing, the author is someone with great academic training. we know that francis put his name on it, but most likely this is a benedict document. it mainly deals with faith, not just as a religious element but as an element for political participation. >> that said, with benedict having had so much input here, how much input is francis having so far in his papacy? >> the very fact that we find the willingness of the current hope to share authorship and the fact that we have such a strong commitment to the idea of trade clearly shows there is a franciscan behind this at the helm, but it remains to be

the lesser-known john xxiii, which if you follow vatican history, you know quite well was the architect of progressivism on the vatican council. second, this is clearly a conciliatory message coming out of the vatican, these two being -- these two people being pushed for canonization at the same time. >> what were the main points? >> it was essentially a philosophical essay, a theological essay with a very strong philosophical component. it's very clear that the person who stands behind the writing, the author is someone with great academic training. we know that francis put his name on it, but most likely this is a benedict document. it mainly deals with faith, not just as a religious element but as an element for political participation. >> that said, with benedict having had so much input here, how much input is francis having so far in his papacy? >> the very fact that we find the willingness of the current hope to share authorship and the fact that we have such a strong commitment to the idea of trade clearly shows there is a franciscan behind this at the helm, but it remains to be

he will also cannonnize another pope, pope john xxiii.eremonies are expected by the end of the year. >>> the june's jobs report is out. we'll check in with wall street to see how that looks. >>> the june's jobs report confirning the economic recovery. employers added 1 the 5,000 jobs last month -- added 195,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate stayed at 7.6% because more people started to look for work. here's a look at the big board. the dow is up 89 points. s&p up 10. nasdaq is up 24 points. looks like traders are happen pip with the news. >>> two vegetation fires in contra costa county are out. want to show you video. fire officials say two acres burned. the cause is unknown. but neighbors say they had been hearing fireworks. crews responded to a vegetation fire in el sobrante that briefly threatened homes near appian way. one acre burned. no homes were damaged. >>> firefighters scrambled to put out two homes that broke out two blocks from one another. this is cell phone video. the fire destroyed a home on sidney. firefighters fo

pope francis is approving the late pope john xxiii for sainthood as well. pontiff from 1958 until his death in 1963. >>> and then there were three. lieutenant governor gavin newsom announcing you the birth of a baby girl via twitter. newsome posted this message, "today we welcomed the latest addition to our family, very healthy baby girl, brooklynn newsom." he wrote to his wife, you are amazing t is the couple's second daughter. >>> in england, the wait is on for the royal family. reporters and cameras from around the world have already set up camp around the london hospital where kate middleton will give birth. as many as 60 lad verders have set up in the press area. the baby is due some time the middle of the month. officials say the couple doesn't note sex of the baby and that william could be on duty as a search and rescue pilot in north wales when kate goes into labor. he better be there >> you and i talked about it. the kid's got a little bit of juice, maybe he can work to make sure wes the momma. >> absolutely. >>> still ahead, going tovdm te you abo

reo miracles are required for sainthood but francis also approved the canonization of pope john xxiiigh only one d tocle is attributed to him. john reigned from 1958 to '63 and convened the second vatican council which reformed the church. his body is on display in st. peter's basilica. djoint canonization for john silii and john paul ii is expected later this year. ae of mexico's most active volcanoes erupted again this week sending ash and rock a mile into the air. the plume drifted over mexico city about 40 miles away. u.s. airlines canceled dozens of flights in and out of the capital yesterday and today the tah the damage jet engines. in the pacific northwest something happens everyday that brings an entire neighborhood to a stop. "on the road" with steve hartman is next. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and thei

pope john xxiii will also be canonized. >>> this man perform thousands of marriages.se of same-sex marriage now being legal in california. they got married on the 26th anniversary of the day they met. >> we are actually going to get married because of the supreme court ruling and it's a great day. i'm excited. >> the ceremony took place in the main rotunda of san francisco city hall. >>> after five years of silence, the streets of hollister rumbling again with the sounds of motorcycles. tens of thousands of them. kpix 5's len ramirez spent the day running with the pack to see why the community now embraces the rally that has a rowdy past. >>> reporter: once again, the bikers have taken over the town of hollister. >> a lot of good people, man, a lot of beautiful bikes. >> reporter: the color, the chrome and the rumble of the engines. >> a lot of pipes. >> it's all part of the attraction. >> everybody gets together for a good time. >> reporter: thousands of riders from all over the west came to see and be seen. it's now the biggest motorcycle rally in northern californi

pope john xxiii. >>> students and professors at city college of san francisco are hoping to save their school from closing. on wednesday a national accrediting commission announced that city college failed to meet standards and it will lose its accreditation next july. a coalition of students and professors will hold a meeting in its plans to keep the doors open. >>> new reports say the bolt problem on the new bay bridge may not be as serious as first thought. officials say hundreds of bolts made from the same steal as anchor rods that broke in march have been tested and so far there are no signs of failure. high levels of hydrogen reportedly caught 32 steal bolts on the bridge. test results will be officially announced next week. >>> time now 6:19. sal, you taking care of the toll plaza? >> yes. but it doesn't need a lot of taking care of dave and claudine. let's go out and show you this picture. the traffic at the toll plaza looks good. you can see that it's moving like a weekend. kind of looks like a weekend commute. because it is a weekend for a lot of people that are taking the da

john paul less than a year after his death, canonized along with pope john xxiii. eems that john paul ii was really on the fast track to sainthood. >> right, john, the fastest track to sainthood in the modern age. one said the vatican wanted to capitalize on the john paul magic, his huge popularity as pope, but his canonization is certainly not without controversy. at his funeral, thousands chanted "santo subito," sainthood now, a tribute to john paul ii, maybe the most popular pope in the modern history of the catholic church. it's now eight years later, and the vatican's just announced it will declare john paul a saint. >> for an institution that typically thinks in centuries, this is remarkably quick. >> reporter: cnn vatican analyst john allen says according to vatican insiders, sainthood has been approved because a second miracle has been performed by john paul posthumously. >> in this case, the vatican is saying there is a report of a miraculous healing of a woman in costa rica. >> reporter: allen says, according to the report, the woman recovered from a sever

and he decided to make john xxiii a saint despite the absence of a confirmed second miracle. >>> it isetting bloody in egypt. we'll talk abo dad. how did you get here? i don't know. [ speaking in russian ] look, look, look... you probably want to get away as much as we do. with priceline express deals, you can get a fabulous think of the rubles you'll save. with one touch, fun in the sun. i like fun. well, that went exactly as i planned.. really? now save up to 60% during summer hotel sale. use code "summer" on priceline's. >>> they will not leave the place, the republican guards have just fired shots in the air trying to scare them off. the crowd tells us, it was peaceful, it will always remain peaceful but we will not leave the streets. there will be -- back in office. >> the muslim brotherhood are going -- to attack the army. we. okay? we defend the army with our soul. >> hearing from both sides there in egypt as violence does spark up today despite calls for peace. let's talk about this with our panel. jonah goldberg at-large editor of national review online. charles lane, opinion

. >> pope john xxiii. they're going to be made saints.own from pope francis from the vatican. this is very important moment, obviously, for the catholics. >> he was a good dude that guy. >> thanks for watching. we hope you have a great holiday weekend. thanks. >> bye-bye. >>> the once bloodless coup turned bloody in egypt. this is "special report." good evening, i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. what had been calm turned into violence. there was blood shed elsewhere, as well. it came as supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi engaged in what they called a friday of rejection. we have fox team coverage. jennifer griffin at the pentagon is monitoring u.s. reaction. but we begin with senior foreign affairs correspondent greg in a ve

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. >>> and the late pope john paul ii along with pope john xxiii will become saints.ope francis has approvedje c cannonization. >>> protesters are filling egypt's capital for today's friday of rage is what they're calling it. ousted president morsi's muslim brotherhood has called for a wave of protests. the brotherhood says it will not work with the new leadership but is urging followers to keep today's protests peaceful. egypt's military says it supports the right to peaceful protest but it's warning that violence and civil disobedience will harm civic peace. they have started arresting senior figures of the party, including morsi, who they flew from a seaside villa to a detention center in the capital of cairo. >>> in bolivia, protesters smearing red paint on the walls of the u.s. consulate and now president morales threatening to throws that u.s. embassy altogether. morales says the u.s. pressured several european countries to deny airspace to its plane. that plane was grounded in austria back on tuesday following rumors that nsa secret leaker edward snowden was in

he also decided to canonize pope john xxiii.s are expected by the end of the year. >>> there's new hope in england that a young girl who has been missing for six years is still alive. her name is madeleine mccann. she was 3 when she vanished during a family vacation in portugal. the scotland yard announced it's launching another full- blown investigation. dearthives have new leads and witnesses that have led to 38 persons of interest in the case. investigators say there's no evidence that madeline was killed. police officers will go to portugal in the next couple of weeks. back here at home. a fremont man is accused of an auto repair scam. police say the unidentified man targeted drivers in the washington, d.c. plaza parking lot in san leandro. police say a man disabled the victims' cars and then offered to fix the cars for about $75. police arrested the 54-year-old suspect on wednesday. now they are asking any other possible victims to call the police. >>> several u.s. airlines temporarily suspended to and from mexico city beca

the vatican says pope john xxiii would be made a saint. on tape injured at least 28 people last night in simi valley, california. most of those injuries were minor, but four victims did suffer moderate to severe injuries including burns and cuts. witnesses say just seconds into the celebration some of the fireworks appeared to launch horizontally towards the crowd instead of soaring into the sky. >>> the annual fireworks display in prescott, ars, began with a tribute to 19 firefighters who died last weekend battling a wildfire. each man's name was read aloud accompanied by a single star burst. >>> we turn to the turmoil in egypt. the country's army announcing a state of emergency in parts of that country. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in cairo. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. there is still a great deal of tension in this country following the army's move to take power, a move the muslim brotherhood is still describes as coup. that state of emergency declared today by egyptian army, in both su

he'll be canonized with john xxiii. fireworks gone wild in simi valley, california.t into the crowd last night. witnesses say terrified onlookers started running. 20 people in total hurt there. in colorado conditions so dry that fireworks sparked several small fires. you can see the flames in the back round of some images. they were able to put the fires out quickly. >>> new york, six people hurt at airborne speedway on wednesday when a shell's remnants exploded near a viewing stand. >>> a escaped captive recaptured. the workers knew the man was convicted sexual predator james meyers instantly because they had a picture near the register. the customer did, too. they kept their cool. the customer came from behind and tackled meyers. he's back in custody. >> 8-year-old joshua garcia doing his best superman impersonation, saving his father's life after the car crashed into massachusetts. dad was trapped but joshua got out, swam to shore, ran a mile hope to get help. there's a dark side to the story. a state agency's taken temporary custody of joshua, alleging neglect. i