pope benedict's office. the vatican knows what impact the scandal could have, and its spokesman is holding international press conferences almost daily, but few facts have emerged, and so far, the investigation is not public. so speculation continues to grow about cronyism and power struggles. >> of course, there are always conflicts. that is clear. i do not know if they are objective or personal, but certainly, there are conflicts, and letters are written and receive. the worst thing is that this exchange is being undermined. one can no longer talk confidently about things because you do not know whether it will be in the papers the next morning. >> this man is at the center of the fuehrer. cardinal secretary of state and the pope's #two. he has repeatedly come under fire for a lack of diplomatic experience, speaking to view foreign languages, and for his authoritarian style -- speaking to few for -. >> one of the main culprits responsible for the disaster in which the roman curia finds itself. as carter an

one diocese official says if the pope can't be seen he will be felt.ut on cue as the pope's plane lands at monterey effort the fog begins rolling away. the weather still causes enough concern to cancel the pope's helicopter ride to will recollect aguna seca he arrives by pope mobile. >> and all the work of agricultural in which men of few are engaged is to be carried out by the service of men and for the glory of god. >> reporter: is a reverent crowd that endures a hot sun is a crowd estimated at 72,000 smaller than hoped for but still those who are here are glad they came. many leaving with one of the red petunias that made up the mile long river of red. in the end a bad transportation system of low buses made it a day of endurance for thousands. but still a day that many will always remember and cherish. >> finally tonight, you know every so often for every reporter, something out of the ordinary can happen even with the most ordinary of stories. back in 1984 lloyd wanted to demonstrate the kinds of gravitational forces that space shuttle astronauts

stanton's remarks made it clear to pope that the shenandoah valley debacle was, quoting pope, really a campaign conducted from washington by the president and the secretary of war in which the generals played no part except to obey orders. the generals, pope concluded, were entirely innocent of any responsibility for those operations, unquote. stanton never publicly confessed his or president lincoln's role in the union defeat, and history really has chosen to blame rather than them, to blame the three generals who in a sense dangled from strings that were pulled in washington. major generals nathaniel p. banks, john c. free month, irwin mcdowell. but while all of these generals committed errors, and i could spend the next hour talking about errors they committed, the larger responsibility for the union defeat rests with lincoln and stanton. let's look at the mistakes that lincoln made. his first mistake occurred before the valley campaign began in march, 1862, and it stemmed from his frustration with major general george b. mcclellan. lincoln gave him permission to move the water bo

you know, the pope early on, after the crackdown on the solidarity movement in poland, the pope established ties to the labor movement in poland and secretly was lending his support to -- to the clerg hiy who forma kind of alliance with the workers against the communist government. so i think the pope also as a -- as a sort of spokesperson and a moral example to those living in the, behind the iron curtain, i think, was hugely important. and reagan before he went to berlin appropriately enough, met with the pope in rome, and discussed his dealings with gorbachev and the pope was on his way to make another trip to poland, and actually, you asked about kohl's involvement in the speech that shortly after reagan gave the speech, he and kohl met together right before reagan left for, to come back to washington, and they were at an airport waiting lounge, and kohl brought up the pope's visit to poland, and he said, you know, ronnie, he had a million people come out to see him, and reagan said, if i could get crowds like that, i never would have left hollywood. [ laughter ] so -- yes? >> [ inaudib

pope benedict led thousands of war pressure -- worshipers in an open-air mass. back at home in the vatican, more trouble is brewing as the scandal continues to escalate. despite the rest of the key suspect in the case, the pope's former butler, more documents have surfaced. letters apparently bearing the signature of the pope's private secretary were published by la republica newspaper, reported late implicating him. lombardi said he was neither surprised nor concerned by the documents released. >> the pope has not been weakened by the difficulties he is facing. he is trying to deal with them with serenity. dozens of documents have revealed power struggles, corruption, and intrigue at the highest levels of the catholic church. they paint a picture of the church hierarchy in disarray. a journalist, who broke the story, said the leaks come from a number of stores. a note included with the latest documents appeared to confirm that. it warned of many more revelations to come. >> we will be going live to the queen's diamond jubilee celebrations in london in a moment.

assassination plans against the pope and yet plans to kidnap the pope and kill the pope and the catholic church because it stood as a resistance? i'm very proud of the record. when the final vatican archives come out from our site will be vindicated. those people who make the arguments against this priest and john cornwell among johnat a cromwell, in this and that, trying to smear the pastth and discredit the voice of the catholic church come if from if you look at what the jewish community said about pius 12, -- now, if you think that is anan 0 exaggeration comes to, summoning you to explain to me why did 800,000 trees in israel in southeast israel in the 1940s, one for every jew that was saved by the catholic church? they did not deny it. you have to read through the stuff and take a look, not at just pius 12, gorbachev and himself said [inaudible]iets an ronald reagan was key.urch ron the people in the soviet union j who were resistant wiki. john paul to, he set the record straight. he knew what everyone was talking about. what just listen to the way that they speak. t this message wa

according to one estimate the pope was credited with saving 860,000 jews. why did they plan to 800,000 trees in israel in the 1940's one do that was saved by the catholic church? gorbachev's said you would never bring down the soviets and without the catholic church ronald reagan and margaret thatcher but john paul ii u.n. to poland set the record straight. talking about religious liberty the soviets knew this was of threat to some people think you get a package in the overnight mail from the pope telling them what to do but he did what he could not the time by the way the men about the crusade in the spanish inquisition i take them on head on. the acquisition was conducted by authorities by people like the king that they may not be loyal to the ground. they were a defensive reaction the muslim did not use the word crusade it was just a skirmish. want to set the record straight. on marriage, family, sexuality, restraint, i believe in the sociology of the biggest morrow social problem is the runaway idea of radical autonomy. i doubt need any extra authority

not because of pope's singing, but because of his story.y it did not happen and contacted mark seavy with the american legion,ho hunts down false military claims. >> it was absolutely unbelievable from the first second i saw it. >> reporter: he investigated, and the national guard confirmed that sergeant poe's military record did not show he was injured by a grenade in afghanistan, where he served for just one month from july to august of 2009. today, poe released a military document showing he suffers from an injury or disease received in the line of duty. but there was nothing specific about the cause. seavy also noticed this photo used in sergeant pope's story wasn't actually a picture of poe. but of another soldier. army staff sergeant norman bone. we spoke to sergeant bone earlier tonight. >> if somebody is going to lie about what they have done in the military, that disrespects anybody and everybody who has ever put a uniform on to defend our country. ♪ gonna be enough to last last free mantle media, who produces "america's got talent

speaking of big guys and funny hats let's talk about the pope the pope and j.p. morgan are in a bit of a street brawl in that j.p. morgan has closed down the account with the vatican what's going on there pierre yeah this is this was the weirdest wire of sins of so far in the in the g.p. morgan made the statement public statement. that there are asking the vatican to leave the bank you know technically they give them like thirty days to leave the bank because of this since it is lack of transparency you know this is real so j.p. morgan is accusing the pope of lack of transparency you know but we're going to add something regarding the vatican because this is absolutely as i said previously it's not normal so. as we can see what's happening right now for instance this morning the cops went you know down to the to the house of the previous head of the vatican bank mr to desk you know and through you know to take i refrain. maybe would they would take him in custody i don't know yet but the point is that the vatican bank is in trouble this is what it means and it wo

. >> they'll only listen to the pope. >> that they'll only listen to the pope, that they're loyal to the pope before and instead of being loyal to the united states, and you can't be a good citizen, particularly if you're overly obedient to the pope and the clergy you can't be independent citizen required in the american public so this is a way of saying, hey, we're being good citizens and participating in the war effort even as we are still overtly practicing our catholicism. more of these kinds of expressions of dual identities. fast forward after the civil war a little bit. this is a famous st. patrick's day parade, again in new york city, in 1871. where else have we seen a picture of st. patrick's day before? anyone remember? >> the nast cartoon. >> the day we celebrate. a lot different, right? that was a picture of a drunken riot. this is the opposite. it is orderly, calm, peaceful. and that's not a coincidence. the irish are very conscious in the public displays as anyone involved and sending a message about who they are and the details here are pretty interesting. up front hav

the pope's butler, paolo gabriele, was formally questioned this week. under vatican law, he faces up to six years in prison on charges of aggravated theft of the documents. but after gabriele's arrest, more documents were leaked, along with an anonymous note threatening still more unless certain church officials resign, including cardinal tarcisio bertone, the vatican secretary of state. bertone, who's been targeted in many of the leaks, companied pope benedict the sixteenth to milan last weekend for a huge event-the world meeting of families. an estimated one million people attended a special mass there. benedict announced the next world meeting of families will be in philadelphia, in 2015. he said he looks forward to taking part, "god willing." he'll then be 88 years old. amid all of this, the u.s. catholic bishops will be holding their semiannual meeting this coming week in atlanta. joining me now are kevin eckstrom, editor in chief of religion news service and patricia zapor, staff writer of catholic news service. welcome to both of you. on their pu

that can as a pope customers. they say to customers' accounts are overdue and threatened to shut out utilities and requesting credit card information. officials say they've never asked for credit numbers consumer experts say never give your credit card number out over the phone. asian markets up monday after elections in greece eased fears of financial turmoil. the new democracy party favors keeping the euro and won enough seats to form a new government the left-wing party was anti bail out and favored grease leave the euros zone. >>> europe trying to create a united states of europe, if they want to do that they have to look at the poor states like greece like new york looks at virginia. >>> a long time before greece stores to see relief, two years of austerity measures left the nation's economy in tatters. he jabs muslim brotherhood clams victory for its candidate in that country's first free presidential election, the results will be available later in the week. >>> which should be the culmination of a revoluti

the pope and the vatican have said knock it off with the social liberalism. you're not socially conservative enough. you'll admit that. >> well, actually what i will admit is that we are faithful to the gospel. we work every day to live as jesus did in relationship with people at the margins of our society. that's all we do. >> okay. that's a cheap applause line, jesus. you can throw jesus in to anything and seem people are going applaud. >> well, you've got a buck tour coming up. >> yeah, we do. >> starting thursday. you guys, you and some other nuns. >> correct. >> a bunch of nuns are getting on the busment that's a movie right there. nuns on a busment and you guys are requesting to go to nine different states. >> nine states. >> to different places where nuns are doing. >> doing great work and we're going to lift up their work but we're also stopping at congress offices, connal offices especially of congress people who voted for the house budget proposed by congressman ryan. and that budget undermines the whole fabric of our society. and people don't know

he is set to receive a light best man to that is blessed by the pope. it will be presented at st. peter's basilica. also addressing the first ever the observatory on religious freedom. a group formed to address religious freedom around the world. >> more on the breaking news we brought you the top of the hour. for the first time in american history, a sitting cabinet member has been found in contempt of congress. the house found u.s. attorney to be ineric holder i contempt. dozens of democrats walked out of the chamber in protest and did not participate in a politically charged vote. holder issued a statement calling the vote it regrettable culmination of a misguided politically motivated investigation. the brother of bernie madoff is expected to plead guilty. peter madoff will admit guilt in conspiracy to commit securities fraud and other charges including falsifying records. the charge carries a 10-year prison sentence. his wife ruth and sons mark and andrew worked at the firm. mark committed suicide two years after turning in his father. say aboutger has to our home turf. [inau

the popes were fighting with the emperors. the emperors with the nobility and what that meant is that there started to be political space in europe for some new actors, and that new actor was the nation's bourgeoisie, the nation's middle class that moved out from the feudal territories, moved out from fiefdom and begin to build small towns, principally in germany and the netherlands, in england and began to sell things and build things and over time, i 14 or 1500 he began to see the world's first bourgeoisie. scientists of sorts, lawyers of sorts, bankers of swords. europe was the only place in the world that began to develop instruments of debt and contracts so you need a professional class. and what you began to see is that this professional class started to ally with itself and that gave him new power. some of you may know the group that was called the homes he added people. one of the most important commercial leagues in modern history but what was that lee? it was a leak of different commercial cities from belgium, the ne

pope benedict gave all the new archbishops at a mass in rome earlier this morning. that is a light vestment. it's made from a wool shorn from lamb and blessed by the pope, given to the new archbishop as part of an annual service. we're going to hear from arch bishop lori on 11 news and on line at wbaltv.com. >> in today's educaon alert, a new student grading rule is now in effect in anne arundel county. that new regulation will affect how teachers grade all students in the county. official says the change is designed to help students and staff. the teachers association of anne arundel county have a hand in drawing up those final regulations. >> what the difference is how many retakes the children are going to be able to takers when the materials are going to be able to turned in and you're going to have probably a much more feeling that they have actually mastered the material that they're supposed to master. >> and you can read a copy of the new grading regulations. you can find it on wbaltv.com. just click on education alert. coming up on 11 news at noon, wildfire

we knew this would be the capstone of the g-7 summit and the visit to the pope which was significant in itself. where was the major news it would have to be in the berlin wall speech? you usually go through two or three drafts, with you they fought it to the very end because they thought it would be provocative, too provocative and would undermine gorbachev's efforts at glasnost and perestroika. as history proved it enhanced the glasnost andpayer strikea, rather than taking away from that. >> what was the political environment at home at the time? were there motivations to get the president to berlin on the domestic front? were there other things broiling, or was this just a long thought-out strategy of his overall foreign policy and outreach. >> when howard baker and i came to the white house, i came back. he came. president reagan was at 37% in the polls. it was the depths of iran-contra. people were saying of ronald reagan that he was not just a lame duck, he was a dead duck with two years to go in his administration. one of the key strategies that president reagan laid down was t

this week pledged to restore trust amid a scandal over leaked documents that led to the arrest of pope benedict the xvi's butler. paolo gabriele was benedict's private assistant who was often seen riding in the front of the popemobile. he was arrested last week after holy see police found confidential papal documents at his home in the vatican city state. gabriele is being detained in the holy see while vatican investigators determine whether he periodically leaked private documents, including some to an italian journalist, who used them in a book. there has been intense speculation over who else may be involved in the so-called "vatileaks" scandal, including possibly high-ranking church officials. on wednesday, benedict said the events have brought sadness to his heart, adding that he was grateful to those who serve him loyally. he also criticized the media for spreading what he called "exaggerated" and "gratuitous" rumors. >>> here in the u.s., leaders of the umbrella group for the majority of american nuns issued a sharp pushback to a vatican rebuke against them. after a closed-door

the pope's butler was arrested for leaking documents.w there's speculation he wasn't working alone, or simply a pawn in a struggle for power. >>> the man who brought kissing to "the family feud" has died. richard dawson was wise-cracking host of the hit tv show and he died from cancer on saturday in los angeles. he was 79. lee kau cowan made two little w into a catch-phrase. >> reporter: for those who joke about a live as a tv game show host, not richard dawson. he loved it. >> survey says! -- >> reporter: for most of the late '70s and early '80s, he watched "family feud" for fun. a role that earned him an emmy. that was his second act. the first had him in a war of a different story as a corporal, peter newkirk in "hoggan's heroes." born in england, many thought his accent would stand in the way of success. it did just the opposite. his off the cuff sense of humor made him a regular panelist on another game show, "match game". >> i swear on my life, eight was my answer. >> reporter: it was his real life role but it became a motion pictu

pope benedict xvi said those responsible must stop shedding the blood of innocent people. >>> the pope also called for an end to the fighting in syria and urged the delivery of humanitarian aid. the international committee of the red cross has been trying to evacuate sick and wounded people in the heavily shelled city of homs. meanwhile, the syrian government expelled an italian jesuit priest for protesting against the assad regime. reverend paolo dall'oglio was head of a prominent syrian monastery known for its interfaith work. he left the country last weekend. >>> it's estimated that one american in ten will suffer severe mental illness at some point in their lives. often, such people are shunned. but we have a report today from deborah potter about churches that have learned how to minister to those almost everyone else rejects. >> reporter: on tuesdays and thursdays, the vans from holy comforter episcopal church make the rounds in southeast atlanta. >> today we'll pick up between 60 and 70 people. >> reporter: the church provides a day center for people with mental illness and othe