the philippines is a reminder that climate change affects the poor first and the most.hat is something he recognizes and is so important. this is not a boutique issue. this is not a luxury. this is something that is affecting the most vulnerable people on the planet first. i think that is what the pope is really trying to emphasize and what the people of the philippines are so eager to show the world. >> nathan, you have written in the lead up to this encyclical that he is announcing of the concept of the comments in the church teaching from the medieval times in the christian church. could you expound on that? >> absolutely. this is a different way of thinking about economics that is a part of have a tradition. pope francis talking about the environment, about creation, is not an innovation. it is a response to contemporary crisis, but it goes way back. it goes back to the scriptures to genesis, to god's enjoyment of stewardship over the years. and in the middle ages, a concept was integrally part of catholic legal tradition that all things are common and that all thin

the job took him to sari-sari stores around the philippines. that's when he realized their potential. >> there are so many of these very small stores and if you connect them and made the network out of all the small stores, they could be as big or even bigger than the large supermarket. that's where i'm really coming from. i mean, i taught a business course then worked for company, so my orientation is business, but i guess what i really want to do differently is that it's a business that helps people. >> in 2007, mark left the company and found ed microventures. he named the organization the happen hapinoy program by combining the word, happy, with pinoy, which filipino in -- over the past seven years, the program moved into ten different provinces and worked with 4,000 stores. the staff traveled around the country to teach retailing skills to local store owners, including those on the island of ladi, southeast of manila. classes have been held here since may 2014. around 100 sari-sari store owners have gathered at the local church. they come

of course that was when people john paul ii was in the philippines.hilippines being a hugely roman catholic population, about 80% of the population are believed to be catholic. our correspondent watching the event and having followed the pope's tour of the country is harry fawcett he's watching these events with us, so this is the culmination harry of the pope's six-day tour of asia? >> reporter: that's right. this is the last event and by far and away the biggest. despite the pretty unpleasant weather that there has been here in manila throughout sunday as a result of tropical storm getting this -- kept this capital city well and truly wet. and those out in the streets waiting for the pope for many, many hours since the small hours of this morning in many cases some even camped out overnight. it really hasn't dampened the at miss fear at all. when pope francis arrived about 20 minutes ago, there was a repeated chant of papa francisco, which means pope francis love from the philippines, they were led the crowd in that chant. and then there were a few

homosexuality is taboo in the philippines. pope's five-day visit there is one built of mercy and compassion. some filipinos hope his more open minded views are usher in change. >> reporter: under giant cedars in california a union takes place in front of family and friends. this is a marriage between two women isa and liza. >> lisa do you take iza to be your lawfully wedded spouse? >> i do. >> good answer. >> reporter: well same-sex marriage is legal in parts of the united states in their home country of the philippines with a powerful catholic church influences every aspect of life this couple is going to hell. >> growing up i thought if you were gay or lesbian, you are going to hell. i had to question myself. i feel how can loving someone be wrong? >> a child star now famous singer 31-year-old iza was one of the first openly gay celebrities in the philippines. ♪ >> reporter: a challenge in a country with the third largest catholic population in the world governed by a church considered more conservative than the vatican. whi

. >>> and a stressful day in the philippines. pope francis has called on political leaders to show more honesty and integrity in an effort to end widespread poverty and corruption. >>> and a warm welcome to the program. in the past hour authorities in belgium have confirmed that islamist militants targeted in a major terrorist operation have been planning to kill policeman. 13 people were arrested and two others detained in france. there's no apparent link to last week's islamist attacks in paris. the identities of the two gunman killed during one of the raids in the eastern town of verde have yet to be confirmed. guns and explosives have been recovered, along with police uniforms. >> this operation was meant to dismantle a terrorist cell but also the logistic network behind it. this identification for the time being has shown that these people had intention to kill several policemen in the street and at a police conference. the identification of the two suspects deceased last evening is still going on. >> well let's get more fro

the people in the philippines continue to show up in droves.e want to turn now to other news. >>> president obama says to give more to the middle class, you have to tax the wealthiest americans. that's part of a tax plan the u.s. president will propose tuesday at the annual state of address. mr. obama will recommend increasing taxes on the investment income of the wealthiest americans. that pays for tax credits aimed at the middle class. they are not feeling the effects of the economic recovery. it will be an up hill fight for mr. obama. it will have to be approved by a republican congress before becoming law. >>> a man getting 1,000 lashes is causing rage. america remains a close ally with that country. we take a closer look at the long standing and strong relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia. >> reporter: the man in the white shirt, a saudi arabian citizen sentences to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes. the crime, starting this blog called free saudi liberals. >> every lash killed me. >> reporter: his wife and three kids fearing

in october 2013 an earthquake shook central philippines. in november when haiyan hit central philippines and the province it was a mystery for people that least expect the typhoon of this magnitude. we had over 7,000 dead, 1,000 missing. >> the pontiff is expected to draw crowds in their millions rivalling the 5 million greeting the pipe in 1995. if know you say you have seen a number of visits. this is your fourth. how do people feel towards this pope particularly pope francis. what is the feeling? >> most philippinos look upon him because he's more a preacher that's what he preaches. he talks about sympathy. this is what inspires him. you must remember that we still have about 26% of our population below of the poverty line and the visit would give us happy because he inspires people to move on to do what is expected of them. and i believe that such a visit will convey the message for millions of filipino catholics, to go on, persevere and do what is expected of them. of course that occurs because of their faith. >> it was interesting to

perhaps the biggest trip happened on board the plane to the philippines. the pope said freedom of expression and freedom of religion were basic fundamental rights and he unequivocally stated there's no justification for religious violence but he also cautioned against ridiculing other religions. he referred to the comments in "charlie hebdo" and said you cannot provoke, you cannot insult or make fun of the faith of others. to illustrate this point the pope pointed to a vatican official standing next to him and he said if a dear friend said a swear word against my mother, that's normal he said, throwing a mock punch at the official. the vatican issued a declaration later that day that said the pope's remarks should not be distorted or manipulated. lauren? >> all right. in just looking at what's going on with the visit in the philippines, we do know that a mavis crowd is expected sunday when he holds mass in manila. what can you tell us about that. >> caller: that's correct lauren. many millions of people are expected to attend a mass in manila on sunday. no

they are all ranked individually. >> what could be improved in the philippines to help the philippines? what do you imagine the government doing? >> the government can spend more in infrastructure and started earlier so the industry -- start it earlier so the industry will benefit from it. i, j is -- >> how much is required? >> they have their budget. if they spend what they have planned, i think they have good planning. it's a matter of implementation and also timing so if they spent most of it our economy can continue to grow at a fast pace. >> with regards to the philippines, how do you see it progressing? are you encouraged? >> i think the philippines has not worked, but to be part of the region. we were very happy with ourselves. we do a lot of things on our own , but right now we have to be part of it and benefit from it in terms of the trade and in terms of labor mobility, which i hope will happen. >> we have growing in china. >> we are planning nine at this point. >> with regards to china you are clearly building. you're not really seeing evidence of a significant slowdown. >>

this is the first time in 20 years that a pope has visited the philippines and the philippines has thest population of catholics in asia. there have been national holidays to that have been set up to coincide with pope francis' visit there. he will be there until monday meeting with survivors from the typhoon that devastated several villages in 2013. he's just coming off two days in sri lanka where he met with people t i haveliving through civiwar. a lot of excitement and enthusiasm for pope francis and his arrival here. there is also some security concerns because of course pope francis is known on get in with the crowd, to shake a lot of hands. so that is of course an issue that police will have to do deal. but you see the excitement that is building. the plane has just touched down. we expect him on deplane shortly and once that happens we will turn that video around for you. that's the latest there the live desk. >>> education, transportation and economic development, expect to see virginia's governor spend a lot of time on those issues. mary mcaulif delivered his state of the comm

and the national day of mourning observed in the philippines for 44 police officers. killed fighting separatists on sunday. the families of those killed say the government failed to protect them and demanding answers. from the capitol manila we report. >> reporter: a somber farewell to heros is what philippine president called the 44 police officers who were killed last sunday in a fire fight in the southern philippines. >> translator: this symbolizes that they lived and died not for themselves but for the sake of the philippine people and we recognize the heroism and their sacrifices and offer our condolence to the family and relatives who lost their loved ones. >> reporter: his words offered little consolation to newly-married rachel whose husband is now among those honored. like many philippines she wonders why this happened as it did. >> translator: we were left on our own and i could tell he didn't want to go on this operation but there was nothing they could do about it because the order came from above. i'm not sure from who exactly. >> reporter: the police wer

this is the philippine government.well with this pope who is a pope of the people, he has talked about protecting the poor the young, the indigent. this seems to fly perfectly in the face of everything that he stands for. >> yes, of course we have been challenging the local church here in the philippines also to get active in this and to protect children's rights and come out strongly and confront the government about this terrible human rights abuse of children here in the philippines. much as we are rescuing about 120 children we can get out and save them, unfortunately there's thousands more in jails all over metro manila and all other parts of the country. we've been campaigning on this for the last 20 years. with the foundation and others doing their part. >> father -- >> they're ignoring this terrible situation. >> father please don't give up your important vital work to save these children and to work to improve the conditions for them. we here at cnn reached out to the philippine's social welfare department for

the philippine church said the visit and presence will be awake-up call.ke english with people in and out of the cathedral to fight inequality and poverty and this is the theme of the first day proper of his visit, that and the sheer crush of people in the streets trying to catch a glimpse. later for families much more than a glimpse he emphasized the importance of family in a nation where so many are divided by the need for one or more parents to travel abroad to work. and that event is still going on in that huge indoor arena. these are live pictures you are looking at and pope has been hearing temperature from philippine families and one i was talking about in the package has been divided by the need for one parent to go work abroad while the other stays home with children. that is something the pope has been making a point about during his time here already. >> reporter: all right, that was harry faucet reporting live for us and the pope there on the second leg of his ashun tower right now. there is an event going on a number of spiritual religious fig

a highly anticipated visit by the pope to the philippines. we're live in manila. >>> we begin this hour with a new threat from isis. the terror group has posted a new video online warning that more attacks are planned across europe and in the united states. cnn cannot independently verify this video's authenticity. a western intelligence source tells cnn the ongoing terror threat stretches across europe and involves as many as 20 sleeper cells with up to 180 people. the source says the cells are ready to strike in france germany, the netherlands, and belgium, that's where authorities say they have foiled imminent terror attacks. police staged raids in several cities including this one in verviers. here's eyewitness frederick houseman. >> i heard first two big detonations, really big ones. after that i look out the window and i see policemen on the street level, and with assault rifles. after that they put another grenade, very big explosion, smoke or something like that. >> investigators are looking into how belgian terror cells may be connec

the bulk of what has gone into southeast asia into the philippines, apart from the philippines it's maybere. the philippines you have half a billion there in the first three weeks of january. everything else, indonesia, thailand and malaysia which is oil exporter has seen net out flows. record high on friday. we are down a little right now but it's out performing. longer term it's still the investment theme is in tact. you had good demographics and now it's benign inflation. short term it's looking a little expensive compared to its neighbors and that's one of the reasons we may see a rotation outside the philippines. the fundamental reason of the economy is that as they look add cross 45 countries and they are saying if oil stays or trades at about $40 and we're $5 above that. if it trades at $40 for the next two years. philippine growth will average 7.6% growth. that's something a lot of countries would absolutely kill for. that's a big gift. $40. we don't know where oil prices will be. >> it could rise, never know. >> thank you. >> oil may slip further but will bounce back. thank you s

where around 3 million people have gathered to celebrate the pope's final mass on his tour of the philippines> but first isil has released more than 200 captives from the minority yazidi community in northern iraq. they were transport to kurdish-held territory. it's not yet clear why they were leased. the yazidi captors many of who were were elderly were take to hospital for check up. thousands were believed to be killed or kidnapped by isil after its advance across large parts of northern iraq. mohamed adow is our correspondent there. >> reporter: this is an incidents or development that raises more questions than answers. they say most of these people have been held by isil in mosul. they are believed to have been transported through the town before being released at this frontline. it's very unclear why they were released. it's very unclear what we know thousands of i can't yazidis mainly girls continues to are he main in the hands of isil fighters. >>> police in greece have arrested four people they believe have link to his a terrorist cell in bell yum. belgium police saying there no, sir

20 years or so, that was when pope john paul ii visit tell the philippines.so concludes the pope's 6-day tour of asia. ♪ ♪ >>> now, let's go to some other news. the united states has freed a prisoner held as an enemy combatant for 13 years he has flown back to qatar he admitted one count of conspiracy to provide material support to al qaeda. his lawyer says he only needed guilty to be able to return home home. >>> libya's triply had of based self declared government is meet to go decide whether or whether to send representatives the u.n. backed peace talks in geneva libyan factions including the elected government in have agreed to attended talks next week aimed at forming a unity government and at putting an end to violence between rival militias. >>> government forces in northeastern syria have launched a new assault occur dish-held territory fighting broke out where government forces are trying to set up new checkpoints. kurdish forces have controlled mush of the region since the syrian army withdraw three years ago. five civilians were reportedly killed i

an exciting time in the philippines. >> most definitely.oining us live from manila in anticipation of the visit from the pope, of course next hour. many thanks to you. >>> we want to get you to a live event as we alluded to earlier. german chancellor angela merkel addressing parliament in the wake of last week's terror attacks in parisment let's listen in. unfortunately dweerngts unfortunately, we don't have translation at this moment. an important moment for merkel. we had the anti-muslim rallies that were -- these were larger more powerful. in a nation like germany with its history, it's concerning to see what some call hate speech being so public. the crowds in the tens of thousands, angela merkel speaking after we believe there was a moment of silence, as well held a short time ago. we'll keep listening in. if there are major news developments we'll bring it to you later this hour. >>> we'll take a short break now. an ohio man is accused of plotting an attack on the u.s. capitol. just ahead, hear what his parents have to say about the c

he's in the philippines right now. anne thompson is live in manila with live on what is happening and what pope francis will do on this historic visit. >> reporter: good morning. the pope arrived here about two hours ago. and he motorcaded from the airport into the heart of manila and there were thousands of people who were lined up to greet him. this country is 80% catholic. and so the enthusiasm here is just absolutely over the top. and that is creating security ck this 1995 the last time a pope visited the philippines, that wasy surged his popemobile. filipino officials want to make sure that doesn't happen again and takes matter of national honor that the filipino people behave orderly during pope francis' visit. he will spend five days here, all five days have been declared a national holiday in an effort to try to control some of those crowds. and the big event will come on sunday when he celebrates mass here in manila and 5 million people are expected to attend that event. >> anne thompson live for us in the phi

a large population of catholics in the philippines, of course. some 80 million in all. >>> i think we can speak now to our correspondent, rupert winfield hayes, who's in manilla. having witnessed already the welcome for the pope it's going to be a busy few days. >> judging by what we've seen here this evening, it's going to be a very few busy days for the pope. the pope went right past me a few minutes ago in his popemobile and the crowds were ecstatic. and there was a huge smile on the pope's face as he waved from his popemobile to the crowd, watching enormous crowds here. i mean lining the streets, all the way from the airport, all the way to the middle of manilla. 20 deep on either side of the road. how many people turned out to watch the pope coming to town i'm not sure but it is probably in the hundreds of thousands. that's just from the drive in from the airport. so that gives you an idea of what sort of crowds will be turning out to see him in the next few days. >> we've got a line running on the screen rupert saying high security for the

want to take you to the maps and show the philippines.f course the big talk in recent days in the world of weather has been the pope visiting the philippines and the pesky storm system that was in place. that storm has fallen apart. fortunately it's on the move and certainly going quiet down with conditions across the region. the image coming out of seattle, washington. not tacloban in the philippines. significant rainfall that we'll touch on shortly. look at what happened in the philippines. a quarter meter of rainfall. millions still making their ways across the region to see the pope. the storm system literally as pesky as they come. makes landfall at the islands and meanders around the coast. follow it up toward luzan and pulls away. never directly impacts, but the indirect impact plenty when it comes to rainfall in and around manila in recent days across the region. so that is the scene out of that portion of the world. the other area i want to take you is toward washington state. of course we had the nfc championship game. my hometo

>> you look across to the philippines has attracted the most.only one of part from singapore which has attracted net flow. indonesia, thailand malaysia for example, have seen up because one of the reasons is because of the oil price. a study that put the results last month -- >> malaysia is the big loser being can oil exporter. >> certainly. in the philippines case, it exports most if not all of its oil needs. in the case of how it benefits the economy, the oxford economics said earlier in their study was you look across 45 countries and they are saying if oil stays at about $40, we will benefit. looking at an average of 7.6% gdp growth putting the philippines of a change basis. the biggest beneficiary globally for consumer oil prices. hence, record highs for the philippines composite. it is getting a bit expensive. across asia next to indonesia is the philippines that is the second-highest. the rest of asia below. >> that is looking well. pretty expensive by every gauge. >> fairly costly. >> there we have it. corporate stories. let's do that wi

the highlight of the mass today was church in philippines.he typhoon which devastated the country in 2013. and he had this special message for the youth of the philippines. >> we need to care for our young people not allowing them to be living their lives on the streets. >> pope francis heads back to rome monday morning local time. back to you. >> david live in bangkok thailand. if you like at the popemobile it's one of the first few times we've seen it. he didn't want to be cordoned off behind the glass. being able to shake hands with the people. having babies -- he reached up and able to kiss the babies and be among the people. >> absolutely. >> he's the pope for famous wading into the crowd. the most shared photograph of him hugging the man badly deformed. >>> one of the most touching moments from the ceremony in particular was when a 12-year-old girl who was homeless. here heshe is. she said many of them have been abandoned and bad things have happened to them. >> does god allow it to happen even if the children are not at fault. she aske

it is the first visit to the philippines by a pontiff in 20 years. the stop is part of his trip to asia. outside the airport, crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of him. security for his visit is tight, as you can imagine. nearly 40,000 police and soldiers are being used. some have even been ordered to wear diapers during their long shift wearing crowd control. the concern, no time for bathroom breaks. sunday 16,000 people expected to attend a mass led by the pope. >>> linked to a man inspired by character in the movie "wolf of wall street". and they were reportedly removing boxes of files. no official word yet on why but they are accused in a pending lawsuit having to do with medicare fraud. the company's executive vice president is danny porsche portrayed by jonah hill in the movie "the wolf of wall street." >>> in texas, mangled wreckage here is all that's left. two corrections officers and eight prisoners are dead. their bus slipped off an icy pass and veered off an over pass and collided with a moving train. another officer and four pris

the pope visits a scene of last year's devastating typhoon in the philippines but cuts short his stayause of bad weather. >>> the united states says the international criminal courts probe in to possible war crimes in the occupied palestinian territories is, quote a tragic irony. the i.c.c. preliminary investigation will look there nba to israel's assault in july and august and could result in charges on either the it really or palestinian side. more now from our diplomatic editor james bays. >> reporter: over 2,100 dead, almost 500 of them children. the war in gaza made 2014 the deadliest year for palestinians since 1967. now the very first stage of a legal process that could see war crimes charges launched. when the palestinian president mahmoud abbas signed the rome statue the treaty that governors the international criminal court on the last day of last year, he also signed a declaration giving the court jurisdiction from the 13th of june 2014. the chief prosecutor of the court has now launched a preliminary examination in to events from that date. in effect initial i choir i to s

we have two massive gathering taking place in the philippines.n sunday as the pope hosts mass. and we do have an oncoming tropical storm. this is it actually. we stopped our forecast radar at the local time within the philippines. t in tropical storm winds. quite a feat if you ask me. you can see the winds that we are anticipating across the region at the time of mass on saturday morning. it will be a significantly weaker storm as it impacts land across the region. this is the region. we already have the other rain bands down. it's only going deteriorate from here. right through the mass as well. that is taking place at 10:00 local time. then we start to focus our attention on southern area. i hop that everybody can stay safe. >> just quickly do you think this storm has the potential to derail some of the pope's travel plans. have enough money to live life on your terms? i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. now you and your am

many shops sell goods for workers from the philippines.is bustling with filipino women. women wait in line to transfer money overseas. it's said about half of the family households in singapore have maids. as many as 80,000 filipino maids are working in the country. >> are you from philippines? >> yes, ma'am. >> what are you doing in singapore? >> as a maid. i am a maid. it's a very hard to find a job in my country. >> yeah. i miss my country. ♪ ♪ >> chen himself also was brought up by a filipino maid. the film "ilo ilo" is named after her hometown. ♪ one place that still remains in his memory is located within the housing complex. ♪ the hakker centers serve as a kitchen for ordinary people. chen says his maid often took him there. >> what i'm saying is you've got mothers here who have to get help to mother their kids because they have to work in an office, and then in the philippines and indonesia, you have a lot of people who have to abandon their children and their children might not have a mother for years and years because they are tr

>> reporter: look, the philippine has a huge young population.a theme throughout this entire visit about nurturing the young and making sure they reach their full potential. 20 prs of the population here lives in poverty on less than $2 a day. while this country is going through incredible economic growth, the fruits are not trickling down to the poor. so he had strong messages if are the government, the leadership of not just the government but also of the church to end corruption and make sure that the poor are also included, that they're lifted up as this country prospers. but certainly the message of inclusiveness just reaching out to everybody here reassuring them that they too belong. >> anna coren, reso appreciate you giving us a sense of what's going on there. thank you so much. victor? >>> this morning europe is on high alert. how the troops are working side by side with the local police and why more could be on the way. >>> breaking news out of iraq. isis has freed hundreds of people held captive for six months. we've got new images com

that is part of the idea of why we see portfolio inflow into the philippine., where we can get data from, half a billion net inflows into the philippines. on the other side is malaysia. other side of the spectrum. consumer exporter. the budget took a hit. they also revise their growth outlook last week. it also helps the index as well. the stocks have exposure to consumer-related activities. 70% of the economy comes from consumption. so over the past three years, 64% gain for the philippines. a lot of these markets have done well. in indonesia, thailand. but it is the investment stories. it used to be the demographic tweets spot. they have an english speaking population and good governance. but add low-inflation. it is still continuing. short-term, there may be some headwind or rotation outside. it is expanding right now. 7500 friday. 21.6.t price on >> thank you, david. coming up, president obama in delhi. we will be joined by someone who spent a decade at the indian ministry of finance. and a look at the numbers. ♪ >> president obama's visit to india comes w

. >>> pope francis called on leaders in the philippines for corruption and he made comments in manilais a visit to the mainly catholic nation in 20 years and harry faucet reports from manila. >> reporter: pope francis wasted no time tackling politics on the first day of the visit to philippines and said the country leaders needed to get serious about corruption poverty and what he called inequality. >> it is now more than ever necessary that political leaders be outstanding for the integrity and a commitment to the common world. >> reporter: the philippine president has waged an anticorruption drive but one which critics say dis disproportionate lyly has leaders and they are at the cathedral for the visit and the sight of the man himself. >> pope francis is actually here. i want to be enlightened and want to be inspired and all the things he suggests are very doable and people can follow him, his example. >> reporter: new waves of excitement and expressions of love. but in the cathedral where he began the sermon quoting jesus words from the gospel. >> love for me and thank you very mu

the visit came at a delicate time for the catholic church in the philippines.e say its influence has been waning as the economy grows and society's values change. a controversial reproductive health law permitting the use of contraceptives was passed into law in december 2012 under the government of president benino aquino. pope francis emphasized importance the church places on traditional family values. >> we know how difficult it is for all democracies today to preserve and defend such basic human values as respect for the inviolable dignity of each human person. respect for the inalienable right to life beginning with that of the unborn. ♪ >> reporter: the catholic church has been a cornerstone of life on these islands since the time of spanish rule. the church seemed to grant want to use the pope's visit to underline the durability of the institution and the faith in an era of changes and challenges for the philippines. charmaine deogracias nhk world manila. >>> the woman at the center of the nut rage case has appeared in court for the first time. the form

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. >> philippine president aquino addressed the nation in the wake of a deadly police raid that killed up to 44 officers. heavy fighting broke out in the southern province sunday. the president is under pressure to maintain a peace deal. >> the philippine president defended the police action and explained to the public as best he could, he said before getting the formal findings from an inquiry. he reprimanded people who were spreading rumors or listening to hearsay, saying it was not constructive to the peace situation in the southern philippines. a formal peace was just signed with a rebel group after two decades of negotiations. he is trying very hard to make sure that this peace pros is not derailed. as it is, many legislators and other politicians are already withdrawing support from this peace deal, questioning the intentions of the muslim fighters the rebel group saying that if it was in deed a mistaken encounter between two force that is should have been friendly meaning the government police forces and the rebel fighters that signed a peace deal with the government, then why d

a third of the country is now a disaster area. >> the philippines a plane carrying philippine government officials overshooting a runway. it hit gras and breaking the front landing gear. luckily no one on board was hurt. that is a wrap on the fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. i am jowly bandaras and it is the bottom of the hour and sea streets of dc as hundreds of people marched in support of law enforcement officers across the country and peter doocey is in washington tonight. what motivated the organizers to put the march together. >> reporter: the whole point is to remind people police work i is dangerous and remind law enforcement officers that not everyone who protest is against law enforcement. >> the media puts the message that everything is negative that the cops do and the the people pick up on that and they start telling the officers everything you do is negative that's hard because they are doing their best to protect us and keep us safn and be there in our worst moments to help make it not so bad. >> several hundred people made the trip to dc on a chilly day for this e

so, we actually have now entered into a sister port arrangement with the philippine port authority. they sent quite a delegation over here and one of the advantages of having the sister port relationship is it creates additional opportunities for trade, for setting up technical working groups to look at best practices, policies, management operations within the industry, training programs will explore some logistics, some cruise tourism activities and we'll continue to monitor and report back on what has transpired as a result of our sister port arrangement. but it really is an opportunity to look at best practice and establishes relationships with other ports. and they sent quite a delegation. commissioner adams and commissioner murphy were here for the initial signing ceremony. commissioner wu ho joined us later. you missed quite an event. they sent over their general manager, ron sadana, they had several member of their board. they had the president of philippine harbor authority [speaker not understood] council general, henry bensorto, deputy [speaker not understood], representa

crowds are excited to greet the pope there in the philippines.tory we're following this morning. >>> here's new video of a confrontation between a texas woman and a stranger she said groped her in the store. >> you better not you better not. >> reporter: the cell phone video was taken outside a houston big lots on tuesday. the woman said the man groped her twice in different parts of the store. she followed the man out with the cell phone camera recording. the man is charged with criminal mischief and robbery with bodily injured. >>> a bus filled with prisons skidded off a hey and collided with a freight train in odessa. the prisoners who were not wearing seat belts were handcuffed together in pairs. >>> a car crashed into a macy store in san francisco lercht. the car traveled 50 feet inside the store before it stopped and four people were hurt. >> hollywood's biggest night a more than a month away and we'll learn which stars has a chance to take away an oscar statue in a few hours. it will be announced live during "good morning america" at 8:30.

and pope francis sends shockwaves through the philippines. we'll tell you what he had to say next. >> back to the news this hour. the u.s. scored will died whether same-sex marriage should be legal nationwide. we're getting last-minute information. >> that is breaking news. >> so request now? >> well, the supreme court it has to have specific reason. there has to be, for example a disagreement amongst the lower courts, and now they have one. think back to the last set of cases that we had about gay marriage and think about the pace of change. this is 2012, nine states had same-sex marriage. now since the court ruled in the defense of marriage act that there could not be a denial of benefits based on same-sex marriage. you could not discriminate in that way under federal law there are now 36 states in which judges state courts or federal courts based on that supreme court finding have allowed same sex marriage. the court did not make it a fertile proclamation, and they're relying on that. but in the third circuit they left it to state voters a

is on interpol's wanted list. [ singing ] >>> and 6 million in manila - a record crowd fills the philippine capital on the last day of the pope's trip to asia. [ cheering and applause ] >>> hello. i.s.i.l. released 250 captives from the minority yazidi community in northern iraq. transported to kurdish held territory - it's not why they were released. the yazidi captives many who are elderly, were taken to hospital for checkouts. thousands of yazidi are believed kill or kidnapped by i.s.i.l. after its advance across large parts of the north. mohammed adow is in erbil. >> reporter: most of the yazidi released by i.s.i.l. are said to be elderly or people with medical problems or infants. a commander for peshmerga forces were taken 8km away from kirkuk to the city of mosul, an i.s.i.l. strong hold. we are not far away from the response line before they were released. if i.s.i.s. wanted them to take them out of their territory, and bring them into the hunt for the peshmerga, taking them to a medical facility on the road where they are receiving medical treatment. a campaigner for the yazidi rig

. >>> millions attend the papal mass in the philippines. >> i.s.i.l. has released more than 200 captives from the minority yazidi community in northern iraq. they were transported from one province to kurdish held territory. it's not clear why they were released. the yazidi captives were taken to hospital. thousands had been killed in i.s.i.l. mohammed adow is in iraq's kurdish capital, erbil. >> reporter: most of the yazidi released are said to be elderly or people with medical problems. a commander eight kilometres tells us that he believes they were brought from mosul driven through the towns before they were released near the front line. i.s.i.l. fighters took them out of the territory and bringing them into the heart of the peshmerga. he says they have taken them to medical facilities on the road between erbil and kirkuk where they are receiving medical treatment. a campaigner for yazidi rights believes that the people were released because of their medical condition, and i.s.i.l. did not want to continue to keep them. we know that there are thous

he called on the philippine people to unite and tackle the challenges they face. the service took place at manila cathedral friday. the pope said the catholic church has a responsibility to heal social divisions. >> the church in the philippines is called to act and combat the cause of the inequality and injustice which mar the face of filipino society. >> the economy has been performing well yet one-fifth of the 100 million people there live in poverty. speaking earlier at the presidential palace pope francis delivered his message of social justice to the country's political leaders. >> the duty to hear the voice of the poor. the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to the scandal of social inequalities. >> the president has stepped up efforts to eradicate corruption since he took office in 2010. the philippines came 85th in a corruption index compiled by an ngo last year an improvement from 94th the year before. the survey looks at the ethics of politicians. on saturday the pope will visit an island which was devastated by a super typhoon in novembe

let's cross to the philippines capital. this was the biggest single day loss of life for security for years in the philippines, what did the president or are the police saying about it? >> indeed it was. as you can imagine the response amongst the public has not been good at all. in his address to the nation many questions were asked as to why has it taken three days to address this publicly. what he did do was end the police action. he could, he said come out of an inquiry. he asked that those that spread rumours stop from doing that saying it could contribute to the situation, and asked the government to stand with him and the government to formalise a separate muslim entity in the southern philippines. he doesn't want the violence to escalate and spread to other portions of the island and will contain it in a way to get questions answered. >> number one how is it possible that friendly forces government forces and a rebel group signed a pass deal with the government managed to get into a gun battle to begin with. if it's

may the santo nino bless the philippines.e. god bless you. [ applause ] >> moment of silent reflection. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i believe to god. [ speaking foreign language ] >> for the community and for the world, let us pray to jesus christ. not only for ourselves and our needs, but for the entire people. ♪ glory ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] >> let us pray to the lord. ♪ >> let us pray to the lord. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] let us pray to the lord. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] let us pray to the lord. [ speaking foreign language ] let us pray to the lord. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] let us pray to the lord. >> we ask o lord, listen to the supplyications of those called on you. our lord. >> amen. ♪ [ choir singing ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ choir singing ] ♪ >> brothers and sisters, we sacrifice. hear my father. let the grace and glory of this for the good and all this church. >> blessed. to accept our in the name of jesus, for we are that which we ask song's name. as himself with such from for ever and ever.

on his way to the philippines he said quote, one cannot kill in the name of god.ne cannot insult other people's faiths. the pope is getting a tremendous welcome in manila the capital of the philippines. our senior vatican analyst john allen is there. what else did the pope say, john? >> reporter: the pope had a lot to say actually. this was a 50-minute inflight press conference. this is one of the unique features of this papacy. we didn't use to get this kind of access to a pontiff. these used to be carefully choreographed and very carefully scripted affairs. france is a more let it all hang out pope. he came back and spent almost an hour with us. we heard from him in the "charlie hebdo" attacks in paris where he said nothing can justify violence. at the same time he said there are limits to free speech and if you deliberately insult the religious convictions of somebody else you shouldn't necessarily be surprised if they lash out. he used this home-spun analogy, carol. he said i don't care if the guy is my best friend if he insults my mom, i'm going to punch him

as the rain fell more heavily, a final chance for the pope to say goodbye to the philippines and philippines to him. >> pope francis wraps up his week in asian, one marked by extraordinarily devotional crowds here in the philippines but by somewhat of a controversy about limits to free speech in relation to the "charlie hebdo" stapingz and scolding of local politicians about description and e equality this is the landmark personal moment one to remember for a lifetime. harry fawcett, al jazeera, manila sdmrfrp 50 years since the mars in the u.s. that led to the voting rights act. the protest is seen as a pristal moment for african-americans and the subject of a new hollywood film. andy gallacher reports from selma, alabama. >> these days 71-year-old annie pearl avery enjoys a quiet stroll across the edmond pettus brimming in selma. when she set off on a peaceful march here back in 1965, it was a starkly different scene. protesters fighting for the right to vote were met by armed police. dozens were badly 30 and annie, not for the first time, was arrested. >> our real heroes are the people wh

pope francis visited philippine.in the threat of a storm force the pope to cut his visit short. >> drenched by rain, a devout crowd welcomed the pope to tacloban. this was a visit of significance on a person, religious and political level. pope francis' visit to a people who have suffered through intense and frequent storms was part of of a hope to push leaders to an agreement on climate change. there he is, pope francis delivering a message of compassion to the typhoon victims here in the philippines and delivering a message to the world about the devastating effects of climate change. changing weather patterns are part of the reason why life continues to be difficult in see side communities here. these women survived typhoon haiyan in 2013, and formed an association to try to help themselves. >> they look forward to the pope's visit, and hopefully the pope will put sense to how people understand poverty and the effects of climate change on poverty and how it really promotes poverty in lives of people like these wom