. >> pope benedict is on a trip to germany. tens of thousands of catholics came to the city's olympic stadium. >> the pontiff was given a welcome as the zero arrived at the olympic stadium. tens of thousands of people came to celebrate mass with the pope, among them germany's leading political figures. one intend are about catholics, everyone was pleased with the reception. -- one in 10 are avowed catholics.s. many attribute great hopes to this visit. there are those that hope that pope benedict can bring more catholics to his homeland. >> when this is coupled with the unhappy experience that there are good and bad fish in the church, the individuals focus is fixed solely are not the negative, then the grand beautiful mystery of the church is not within their grasp. >> at no time did he address the difficulties plaguing the church in germany, but the problems are there. more than 181,000 catholics have left the church. >> earlier this afternoon, pope benedict addressed the german parliament. in his 30 minute address, he talked

i hope they give the pope the respect he calls for in these situations. >> the pope's other planned appearances are less controversial. 70,000 people are expected to turn up for mass in the olympic stadium. >> we will be back after a short break with the in depth look at the palestinian bid for statehood. don't go away. >> welcome back. we are taking a look at the palestinians' desire for statehood, what it means for the region and the world in general. despite opposition, president abbas is pushing forward for recognition that the win. he plans on submitting its application starting on friday. back in the palestinian territory, many ordinary palestinians are hoping for measures, even small, that will help improve their lives. >> all letters bound for the west bank and appear in the central sorting office. for five years, they have been delivering them. every morning, he sort of the letters and parcels ready for the round. >> we prepare everything in the mornings, and each person sorts his own mail. >> despite the backlog, there is no guarantee that palestinians can either send or receive mail.

usually popes would pass off their children as nephews. >> did he have children when he was pope? >> no. he was an older man by then but he had children when he was cardinal. and he was very open he had mistresses. he and his son participateds in murders in the vatican. it was sort of like rome under nearo. of course his most infamous son was cesare borgea and there was a mysterious borgea as well. >> you said that his son had siffluss? >> yeah. it was going around. it had been brought in. people speculated it had come over with columbus' ships. and when the french armies invided, the italians assumed they brought it with them. i don't know if it's fair but seemed to coin side with the french invasion a year or two after it becomes a serious problem in italy and around the rest of europe and the italians called it the french pox. >> you said that pope alexander's the son committed the deadly sins of greed, wrath, lust, gluttony and pride? >> hum hmm. >> and he was not -- one of the refreshing things is that even more of his predecessors were equally corrupt he didn't care who knew

there are preparations for a visit by the pope but not everyone will be welcoming the pontiff. the man in charge of the afghan government's peace talks with the taliban have been assassinated. president burhanuddin rabbani was a former president in the 1990's. he was asked to head the peace council. he was killed in a bomb attack at his home. >> it is the most high-profile political assassination in afghanistan since the u.s.-led invasion began. the suicide bomber was part of a two-man delegation infighting into rabbani's home. they came saying that they had special messages from the taliban. >> the attacker placed explosives in his turban. he placed his head on rabbani's chest and detonated. >> rabbani was afghan president from 1992 until 1996, before the taliban took power. he was looking to strike a peace deal. afghan politicians are vowing to continue his work. >> we are suffering. we are fed up. we deserve peace. we don't want our children to see these pictures on the tv. we don't want to panic the whole peace process. we have to continue. >> the attack has raised fresh qu

usually popes passed off their children as nerve fuste. host: did he have children while he was pope? guest: no, he was an older man. but when he was cardinal, certainly -- and he was very open about his mistresses. he had his favorites mistresses. there are stories of orangies in the vatican, which -- or jeese in the vatican, murders in the vatican. it was sort of like rome under nero. pretty much -- of course, his most infamous child was a borgia, and the famously beautiful and mysterious lukretia borgia, as well. host: you say that his son had syphilis. guest: yes. people had speculated it came over with columbus' ship and had spread. when the french armies invaded in 1494, the italians assumed they brought it with them. i don't know if that's fair, but it certainly seemed to coincide with the french invasion a year or two after syphilis becomes a serious problem in italy and around the rest of europe. and the italians called it the french pox. host: you say that rodrigo borgia, who was hope alexander vi, born in spain, that he committe

and now for the pope's visit to germany. he met with victims' of sexual abuse by priests, expressing regret for their suffering. the abuse scandal shook the catholic church in germany and has been largely responsible for dwindling membership. but in third-base relations was the focus of day two of the pope's visit. he held talks with lutheran leaders earlier in the day, walked in martin luther's footsteps, and then conducted mass for tens of thousands of faithful. >> the turnout was much bigger than expected, and 90,000 people. that was a far greater number than went to see pope benedict celebrate mass at the olympic stadium in berlin on thursday. they came to attend a vespers service, benedict's last act in public for friday. hours earlier, benedick visited the augustinian priory where martin luther lived 500 years ago. in germany, where the reformation started, there is widespread support for more ecumenicism. benedict was here to support a joyous service with representatives from the lutheran church. >> faith is not somet

bears were also made when benedict became pope and for his first visit to germany as pope in 2006 and for his 80th birthday. i wonder if there's a significance to the bear? >> i don't quite get it. cute and papal bear. whatever makes you float, folks. >> we'll be back with more "world news now." ♪ your little teddy bear ♪ put a chain around my neck and leave me ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. we turn now to some medical news this morning. the critical connection between having cancer and dying of a heart attack. that's exactly what happened to kara kennedy, the daughter of late senator ted kennedy. >> so what can cancer survivors learn from her death? here's abc news medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: kara kennedy, the picture of an active cancer survivor. 51 years old, mother of two, film maker and tv producer. she had been healthy for nine years after surviving surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for her lung cancer. then at her gym last week, as she did her regular exercise, her family said her heart gave out. perhaps because of the very cancer treatments that saved her

more than 1 million pilgrims from nearly 200 countries gathering to see and pray with the pope. during the main mass, pope benedict urging the crowd to become missionaries and resist spe secularism. pope john paul started world youth day to reinvigorate and spread the faith among young people. it's held every three years at different locations. for "teen kids news," fox news channel in the classroom. >>> this is israel, a small nation in the middle east about the size of new jersey. the country grew out of the turmoil of the world war ii when jews across europe faced terrible persecution by the nazis. it's remembered in history as the holocaust. many jews came here to build a new future. back then, a school for orphans of the holocaust opened, called havat hanoar. today the school is still helping orphans, welcoming refugees from all backgrounds and from all over the world. like the country, itself, this school is very diverse. >> i think that the jewish people must do it because of the history of the jewish people. >> danny chaim is sharing a special sabbath dinner with teenage

host: why did the pope prohibit the book to be read by catholics? guest: in 1559 was the counter reformation, the reaction to and the response to martin luther and the reformation and the church was trying to reform its ways and to combat the growing threat of protestantism by reviving the church and sort of fighting back and one of the things they wanted to do was crack down on dissent to come up with a unified line and machiavelli had written terrible things about the church. he had pretty much raked them over the coals, particularly in the discourse where is he blames the church for having made -- basically having destroyed italy. he said the church was too strong to allow a proper government to form in italy but not strong enough to unify it. they were continually inviting in foreigners to sort of save their bacon. they invited in the french or the spanish or the austrians whenever they were threatened, thereby stirring the pot or making it impossible for italy to develop a unified government so machiavelli was very tough on him. host: was he re

but in third-be laonwa the focus of day two of the pope's visit. leaders earlier in the walked in martinlue's footsteps, and then conducted faithful. >> the turnout was much bigger than people. that was a far greater number than went to see pope benedicttc stadium in berlin on thursday. thca t attend a vespers service, benedict's last act in public for friday. ur earlier, benedick visited the augustinianriy er martin luther lived 500 years ago. in germany, where the reformation started, there is widespread spo for more ecumenicis joyous service th representatives from the lutheran church. >>ai i not something we think of ourselves and then it is the foundation of our lives. unity es not come fromaing pr a cs. it comes from immersion in and living out our faith. >> lhen lde we hoping for more specific signs of reconciliation. >> i trust that it will be sslen e arute for us to share a more open kind of fellowship, a morop kdof shared life, alive shared in the eucharist. >> rum remains adantha ly roman catholic priests m ge mmunion to the faithful. th

the pope is a head of state.lomatic relations with 179 countries and so they have been able to use that if you like as a shield. so none of these cases have ever gone beyond the jurisdictional stage of what the courts can even hear them. if the icc were to open a case for the first time, the vatican could be compelled on the merits and that would certainly be a new development. >> john, is there any way this could be a good thing? like sunny mentioned, it might bring it more to the forefront again? >> i think it's unquestionably a good thing for the victims and their advocates. this has already accomplished part of their agenda in keeping the issue alive. of course, it is particularly well timed because benedict the 16th, is going home next week, making his third visit to germany but first official state visit and delivering an address to the national parliament. clearly this creates a kind of subtext to the visit that will keep the spotlight on the sex abuse crisis alive. whether or not it's a good thing for the

no one shot at the pope.'s four-day trip to him home country. >>> bad week for stocks. the worst week in three years. the dow mored than 700 points. the s&p and the nasdaq also took some pretty big losses. it can be blamed on greece's financial problems and fears over a possible new global recession. >>> meanwhile, toys "r" us is hiring in a big way this season. expected to add about 40,000 jobs for the holiday season. they're hiring people to work in their stores and in their distribution centers. last year 10% of those temporary jobs became permanent positions after the holidays. >>> well, at 11 minutes past the hour. stick around for a story you quite frankly will not believe. ben & jerry's, yes, the ice cream makers have just come up with what some are calling the world's first r-rated ice cream. it doesn't matter what it tastes like. some still are saying it is in extremely poor taste. looking at the ice cream but i'm going to hold off on saying the name of it until we get back. ." what if we designed an

in germany, the pope conducted mass today.firing an air gun at two security guards. neither guard hit. german government officials say the pope was mefr in any danger. here at home, the fbi is writing checks just over $2 million in reward money. they have now sent out to the people po who helped capture james whitey bulger, the alleged mobster and his long time companion were caught in california in june after 16 years on the run. bulger is wanted in connected with more than a dozen murders. >>> but again, here we are at the top of the hour on this saturday mornings. we were telling you to watch out for the past several days or at least nasa was telling us all to watch out because that dead satellite was going to come crashing back to earth. we're told now that it did come crashing back. you're seeing some video possibly of it, maybe, maybe not. a couple of dots in the air there. not exactly sure what it is. but this was over texas. let me bring in reynolds wolf as well as john zarrella who was telling us for the past several

lethal injection tonight now this despite a number of appeals calls from amnesty international the pope former president jimmy carter and in davis' case there was no physical evidence that he committed the crime no d.n.a. evidence seven of the nine witnesses in the case recanted five say they were coerced and many of his supporters feel the case of troy davis showcases the unfair justice system in the united states. there's ever to be a first because. they are very. risky. now that was in washington d.c. right now you're looking at live pictures outside of the prison in georgia where troy davis is scheduled to be executed reportedly there are about one hundred fifty people right outside the prison and then across the street reports on the ground thousands more are out there so far from what we're hearing there is no word on from the supreme court yet on the final. the final plea for davis to not be executed now we will go back to these pictures and we will have more on this we're going to be speaking with the league is evolution of oz of the new black panther party to look at whether th

told you earlier tonight this despite a number of appeals calls from amnesty international and the pope former president jimmy carter because there's a few things wrong here there's no physical evidence in davis' case that he committed the crime no d.n.a. evidence and seven of the nine witnesses in the case have recanted five say they were coerced into their testimony originally now many of his supporters feel the case of troy davis showcases the unfair justice system in the united states as ever . because. they are there is ok. are being executed are being imprisoned now there are a number of arrests at that protest today as all of these people lobby to save troy davis who this case has been going on for decades he is then on death row for twenty years he's had a number of appeals he's exhausted them but yet there are still doubts about his case. this is his fourth scheduled execution tonight that was scheduled just an hour ago that are now earlier i spoke with chairman of the new black panther party and attorney dr in the league solution because he has a situation for me as we were ge

pop benedict lebron-- pope bene -- pope benedict warned catholics not to sacrifice at 64 power. at the united nations, world leaders continue to address the general assembly. among them was mahmoud ahmadinejad. he said the 9/11 attacks were used as a pretext by the u.s. delegation and other western diplomat. it was the controversial bid by palestine for membership in the u.n. that continues to dominate. the u.n. special representative for the middle east peace process is here. the u.k. prime minister, david cameron, echoed president obama today saying palestinian membership could not replace a peace agreement. isn't this a sign that the palestinians have given up on the peace process? >> i hope not. this is not what we are hearing from president abbas. he has told the secretary general back negotiations remain his priority. -- that negotiations remain his priority. this could be a reflection of their frustration of making one peace process after another. now they are seeking to advance in the united nations. i understand that president abbas tomorrow will come to the office of t

to kiss the pope's ring. and he's still virulently anti-catholic but he goes and meets the pope and within a month of meeting with the pope he accepts the nomination to be the presidential candidate of the no-nothing party and the no-nothing party is the most powerful and successful anti-catholic party in america, one of the planks of his presidential platform of the no-nothing platform is that no catholic should ever hold public office in the united states. no immigrant can become a citizen unless they have lived here for 21 consecutive years. it is deeply hostile to catholics, deeply hostile to immigrants and he comes and runs nothing on the ticket. and he comes back to buffalo and spends the next five years being a spectacularly good citizen for buffalo. he is still chancellor of buffalo university. he helps organize the historical society. he helps organize other civic activities and he is a very good citizen. in 1860, with his friend -- because he knew lincoln in congress, with his friend lincoln running

the pope praised catholics over what he called the acid rain effect. and in the florida strait, swimmer diana nyad is about a third of a way to her 103-mile swim from cuba to the united states. the 62-year-old swimmer endured a night of painful jellyfish stings. she was forced to abandon a similar swim last month after suffering an asthma attack. and after several practice flights, darting around the sky, in the mountains of china, american jeb corliss, wearing a wing suit was ready for the main event. jumping from a helicopter, corliss glided down into a valley and right through a hollow cave. corliss said it was a spectacular experience. ahead, as a high-level assassination doomed afghan peace hopes? >> mitchell: three days of mourning for former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani ended today with a memorial in kabul. he was murdered earlier this week by a suicide bomber with explosives hidden in his turban at a meeting for peace talks with the taliban. mandy clark is in kabul. mandy, let me ask you first of all, what has the murder of rabbani done

pope benedict has celebrated mass on his first state visit to his homeland since becoming pope. he addressed parliamentarians, warning them not to sacrifice ethics for power. while some members boycotted the speech, must give him polite applause. scientists at the world's largest physics lab say they have tracked subatomic particles traveling faster than light, which would break a fundamental pillar of science. this has astonished researchers at cern. they are asking others to independently verify the measurements before climbing an actual discovery. in libya, rebel forces say they have taken control of the town of sabha. the military spokesman for the transitional council told a news conference that several key supporters of gaddafi have fled to niger. he says the town, 750 kilometers south of tripoli, was under the complete control of revolutionary forces. a brief time ago, i spoke to a bbc correspondent in sabha. >> what you are hearing from the military spokesman in tripoli is exactly what the fighters on the ground here are saying, where i am standing. this was the citadel,

it included former president jimmy carter and the pope. >>> after more than two years in jail in iran, shane bauer and josh fattal are say voaring the -- savoring the sweet taste of freedom. after bounding down the stairs on a plane they headed straight into the arms of their loved ones. they were released from an iranian prison today. their million dollar bail was paid. >> we are so happy we are free, and we are so relieved we are free. our deepest gratitude goes toward his magesty from eye -- iman for obtaining our release. >> two years is too long. we hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in iran. >> sarah shourd was arrested with the men, but freed last year. they are expected to say in iman before flying back to the u.s. they spent 781 days in iran's most notorious prison with one month on a hunger strike protesting. they had a total of 15 minutes in phone calls home and one face-to-face visit with family in iran. they mediated the release and paid the $1 million in bail. >> -- >>> a tearful murder suspect did not enter a plea in s

in death, he has been fast tracked toward sainthood, but in the italian capital, pope john paul ii isemembered by this. the five meterronze statue was unveieiddnayay.. it had itsts critics and even a newspaper linked to the catholic church says it has to change. here is the artist behind the work. he laughs off the criticism. >> not even the sis teen chapel was well received at first. >> the sculpture says he'll make minor adjustments, not a new statue. people who knew the pope says the current sculpture isn't close enough to the original plans. >> a commission made up of art experts at the vatican suggested that the artist should be given the time and the means to complete the work and make it as similar as possible to the original. >> designing a statue that doesn't look out of place in rome will always be hard, but when a man has a saintly reputation, it's important that after death, his statue does him justice. >> now if you want to donate to good causes and remain anonymous, what about doing it this way, an unknown person in japan has left the equivalent of $130,000 in a plastic

chief ex-president jimmy carter and pope benedict the sixteenth and misty international declared georgia has discredited the justice system and will end the life of an innocent man journalist and human rights activist deborah do pray says that the execution that will be a crime in itself. this is unconscionable that the georgia board of pardons and paroles has denied relief to troy davis that sending a man to death under such doubt about his guilt is just an out ready just and it puts every american at risk if this can happen to troy davis it could happen to anybody and the fact that he's been tortured for twenty years and that's what being in solitary confinement is just another violation that the united states is committing we have one hundred thousand people on death row that's big business for the prison industry one hundred thousand people are being tortured daily by being in solitary confinement and then the final execution it is just an atrocity that this country should be leading the world in showing that we do not do this. there are plenty more stories for you on our website at

that prides itself on free press truth as the post so when over propaganda a watchdog press is the pope to hold government accountable for abuses of power that happen at home last week two american hikers were released from an iranian jail a story that continues to make headlines here in the us the headline screamed abuse and iran but silences seems when it comes to abuses of power right here on u.s. soil the want to come sobrang the watchdog who back it says the u.s. press truly has artie's on a stuffy a churkin reports. the mainstream media watchdog over pleased to power days here you was going trick stories how most of these americans coming back after being held in prison stories ruined izing government crowded in going to be fully comprehend the threat that iran poses. well apparently we don't well america's own skeletons are shoved into the closet and seen a financial crisis happen at the meteor missed we see and you know a deep economic distress in this country that no one predicted we'd seen two wars go on despite projections that they were about to be and we see a basic attitud

definitely how much would you spend so have dinner with the pope and spend thirty five posing for the pope as long as you give it to charity do you think it would guarantee us didn't happen well yeah yeah i think he's got a good call with god yes i think politics and government has reached such levels of this and it's partly due to all of the money that's involved with it that no i don't think i would spend money on that i don't think that's i'd rather somebody spend thirty five thousand dollars on edge. cation or some direct way of actually helping people instead of just getting in with the lobbyists no matter how much money you spend to have dinner with a world leader let's just hope that at the end of it they'd pick up the check. russian politics is coming to life ahead of december's parliamentary elections the ruling united russia party had a prime minister was a republican is holding its annual congress around ten thousand participants. looks into what has been the main intrigue of the meeting. let's be called the election season and of course all eyes are on these congress it's

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to life in prison so too have numerous other public figures including former president jimmy carter pope benedict and archbishop desmond tutu so now it's up to the state parole board and republican governor nathan deal to determine whether or not they will put a man to death who has serious questions surrounding his guilt for more on this as well as the broader implications of the death penalty in america i'm joined by larry cox executive director at amnesty international usa larry welcome thank you for having me thank you for joining us i gave a brief summary of the troy davies davis case you want to fill this and a little bit who are the people who recanted their testimony who are the people who have come forward and and said no he didn't do it and who are they saying to do it . well you you feel that in very well. the even at the time of the trial and initially before it when it was being investigated so best recalls was thought possibly to be the man who committed these crimes he himself went to the police and implicated troy davis and he's one of the two people who have not changed

because the pope says they'll be too since with what it was the us is trying to secure agreements with the countries where the missile shield is to be placed turkey romania and poland but they haste with which they're trying to seal these deals can mean they want to create a new reality with certain european states before the rest of europe has made clear its stance on the shield then they'll clean western europe down to the fact of its existence i think our western partners are trying to get ahead of themselves they aren't providing any legal guarantees concerning their missile defense they are constantly asking questions about our so-called tactical nuclear weapons we will discuss their technical potential before the us pulls back there is from european countries we keep our weapons within our national territory why do they deploy theirs outside their borders the west must take the first step in the matter before we may agree to talk further. toward i wasn't all that long ago the al-jazeera news network was considered quote evil by washington but the white house has certainly changed

first time he's been there to his home country as pope for several years. a bit of a kurt scare. two private security woshlgers were shot at with an air rifle. the pope, we're told, was nowhere near that area where those shots were fired. and again, the security guards not hurt, but still, a bit of a scare. >>> also, that satellite we've been telling you about and nasa has been telling us all about that was going to come crashing back to earth, we're told it's here, but we don't know where it is. this is video out of san antonio, texas. what could or could not be parts of it come down. we had veryo from the likes of hawaii want philippines, netherlands, nasa confirming that it has come back to earth, but not exactly sure of its location. >>> a government shutdown is looming. yes, folks, you've heard this several times already this year, but here we go again. the government will possibly shut down because the government will run out of money in one week from today if congress does not act. right now, it's held up because they are disagree b over how much dis

benedict the pope benedict the sixteenth to former president jimmy carter reverend jessie j. jackson plied davis's case here in the big picture for example last night. this is just reasonable doubt this is substantial doubt there is no hog physically but that's no little blood little fingerprints no no go. at this it was at night as it were. i would miss which is the weakest form of evidence we even those birth those so if they had known then within those they would put it that way so what we're looking. the possibility of a river in a group is killing by the state which weakens the state's moral authority that takes away the life of troy that was at the very last possible moment tonight the united states supreme court delayed the execution as they prepared to rule on the case ed tweeted about all of this to say should murderers suffer the maximum the law allows speak out mr harben please well in any republic that strives to maintain the rule of law criminals must be held accountable for their actions but the eye for an eye rationale of the death penalty should have ended two

pope as long as he was a child to you think that would guarantee us he'd have been well yeah yeah but he got the call with. is it politics and government has reached such levels of b.s. and it's partly due to all of the money that's involved with it that no i don't think i would spend money on that i don't think that's i'd rather somebody spend thirty five thousand dollars on education or some direct way of actually helping people instead of just getting in good with a lobbyist no matter how much money you'd spend to have dinner with a world leader let's just hope that at the end of it they'd pick up the sack. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world india and sri lanka have finished their biggest joy naval exercises in the indian ocean the vessel the first modern world frigate with stealth features built in india drew most attention during the event the maneuvers which started on monday also involved indian helicopters and other aircraft the two navies worked closely in two thousand and eight when she landed a feed of the separatist tunnel tigers. for the pre

who aren't against capital punishment the death penalty for instance you had desmond tutu and the pope speaking out against the execution of troy davis but you also have someone like the former director of the f.b.i. you have bob barr who was the congressman of georgia who's a republican he himself works on legislation making it harder to overturn the death penalty and he sees this as a really unfair and not definitive. example of guilt i mean he said he himself someone who's such an advocate of the death penalty that he works on making it harder to overturn. penalty sentences he realizes that troy davis is either in a sense or he's certainly not guilty beyond reasonable doubt and there's someone out there who probably did do it and more people have come forward and said that someone else a man named phil bester calls has done it and people have said troy davis has done it and you know we like to talk about how much respect we have for life and some people especially on the right talk about erring on the side of life why would we want to err on the side of life when it comes to literal

he later make another attempt on the pope's life in 1998. the pope and the president are ongoing targets for ksm and al qaeda. these attacks failed. the philippine police stumble onto a burning bomb parts in the kitchen sink of an apartment building in manila. he has to flee. his cell numbers are captured and ultimately ramzi yousef is captured in 1995 in islamabad, pakistan. the idea that the moms are killed in pakistan is not strange when you consider two thirds of senior operatives killed or captured anywhere in the world two surge were captured or killed in pakistan. that is more than iraq or afghanistan combined. to a certain extent we could think of al qaeda as predominately a pakistani organization. sayre lead in its location used as safe house to secure communications and as a place to coordinate fund-raising and training pakistan and other debates. but by 1996 or early 1997 khalid shaikh mohammed has run out of money. is best friend, ramzi yousef, his three years younger nephew. they grew up together. one day in high school they --

president jimmy carter, pope benedict, desmond tutu are among the figures calling for clemency for troy davis, but the georgia board of pardons and paroles the do kle declined the stay of clemency and the georgia supreme court denied. troy davis is still alive. his execution on a temporary hold while the united states supreme court decides whether or not to consider the request for a stay of execution. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thanks very much for joining us tonight. what can you tell us about what is expected from the supreme court? >> well, what's expected is an answer to the question, will you grant the stay or not? it's a simple question and it will get a very simple response whenever the court is ready to do it. it's been about three hours now since the lawyers for troy davis filed their emergency request with the supreme court asking for a stay of execution. what this basically means is the lawyers are telling the supreme or the, look, we intend to appeal the case, but until we do, would you please put a hold on the execution while all

the pope isn't a letter to the archbishop of new york and in it he wrote that he will be praying fornocent victims of the attack. he also hopes their families will be able to find peace. the pope says the events of 9/11 were made worse by the attackers' claims they were acting in the name of god. he says no circumstances can justify terrorism. >>> a san leandro student arrested after found on campus with a loaded hands gunn. police say the student became agitated when she was asked to turn over his cell phone. campus security searched him after noticing he was wearing what looked to be a possibly a knife clip. they found the gun and a small amount of what appeared also to be marijuana. police say the student was taken to the alameda county juvenile hall. >>> today a funeral is being held for a councilman jerry mello who was shot and killed after discovering a marijuana growing operation. the suspect is considered arm and dangerous. the funeral is healed held at the for the bragg stadium. >>> police say the woman accused of murdering michelle le is kept in seclusion because of the att

has an audience with the pope which he is reluctant to have because he is afraid he has to kiss the pope's ring and he is fiercely anti catholic. within a month of meeting the pope he accepts the nomination to be presidential candidate on the know nothing party which is the most powerful and successful anti catholic party in america. one of the planks of his presidential platform is no catholic should never hold public office in the united states. no immigrant can become a citizen unless they have lived here for 21 consecutive years. it is deeply hostile to catholics and emigrants. he runs on the know nothing ticket and carries maryland but no other state. and comes back to buffalo and spends the next five years being a spectacularly good citizen for buffalo. he is still chancellor of buffalo university and organizes the historical society and other civic activities and is a very good citizen. in 1860 with his friend because he knew lincoln in congress and almost all the old wigs are republicans fillmore vote for the constitutional union party. another party you never heard of. lincoln spe

the police don't see a link to the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks or the upcoming visit of the pope in germany. what they were planning would be the police investigation. >> muammar gaddafi has denied reports that he has escaped libya. he vowed to continue the fight against his enemies. loyalist fired rockets on one of the last remaining stronghold of bani walid which rebels have surrounded. >> the fighters have advantages kilometers of bani walid. gaddafi's supporters have been given until friday to lay down their weapons. >> we ask that there be no more bodies. we ask that the group believes the town for two years. >> it remains unclear whether the leader is hiding in bani walid. two of his sons at least are tied up there. gaddafi said that he fled. he said that young people in that it -- young people were ready to eliminate the mercenaries. many residents have dismissed the threats. >> what does he have? every libyan is against him. >> the head of the interim leadership is against too much optimism. he says the oil is what to be vanquished, then the much harder task of rebuilding

galileo believed the earth revolved around the sun, but respected scientists like the pope and his inquisitors challenged that with their theory that hot irons would burn out his eyes. [ laughter ] and perry is such a badass that his biggest applause line of the night didn't even come from something he said. brian williams, let's make some people smile. >> governor perry, a question about texas. your state has executed 234 death row inmates, more than any other governor in modern times. have you-- [applause] >> stephen: woooo!!!!! woooo! waaaa! lethal cocktail all over my desk. i say we barbecue them sons of bitches like texas toast!! this is great moment for perry. but let's face it, mentioning executions is a surefire applause line for conservatives. it's like saying "pot" to the audience of "the daily show." [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] you people, too, evidently. but the thing that really sealed my man's victory was when he was the only one to man up and take on the 800-pound gorilla in the room, being stomped on by the elephant in the room, being ridden by the emperor who has no clo

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the pope has been making a point, to try to connect with different religions.e met with convicts of sexual abuse by priests. many have been leaving the church recently. >>> in london, the future finally arrived in the form of laser guided pods. they take passengers from terminals to the parking lot and eliminate the need for gas powered buses and vans. the invention was first dreamed of back in the 50s and now a reality. they run on tracks and the average weight is 34 seconds. isn't that interesting? >> yeah. yeah. my kids would want to ride on it. ? picking your pumpkin. the problem that have this year's patch holding surprises. >> first developing news th state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ cryin

like to share with you this morning the beautiful prayer that was composed for the holy father the popet when he visited the site in new york on 9/11. and so in this prayer, we are asked also to look at ourselves and the way in which we treat this tragic situation. i was very much impressed by one of the firefighters who said about her colleagues that she had a hole in her heart, but that it was important for her to fill that with all of the great memories of the wonderful people who served with her and also the sacrifice that they made. the holy father in going to 9/11 came with this prayer. we can all join in it. we have to use our imagination a little bit because i am going to mention places where the tragedy took place. god of peace, bring your peace to the vile world, the hearts of men and women, and to all nations. god of love, compassion, and healing, look upon us who gather here today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. we ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who have died, the first responders, the firefighters, the police officer