those words changed the world. >> poland is predominantly roman catholic. 90%. here at home, roman catholics constitute 24% of the population. 68 million people. and in presidential elections the candidate, republican or democrat, who gets the catholic vote, wins the election. eg, in 2008, candidate barack president today. the catholic >> question. will mitt romney's trip to poland and his trip tribute to pope john paul ii help him win u.s. catholic votes. patted buick? >> it will john but there has been a change since we took the northern catholiceth knicks and the coalition carried 49 states. now a significant slice of the american catholic community is hispanic if it within for hispanics we'd be down to about 18% of the population. it will help him here in michigan, western pennsylvania all parts of pennsylvania, in ohio those swing states. mainly though, it is the irish catholics, italian catholics, polish catholics, german catholics, they were a shrink and go dying share of the catholic population. but this will help mitt significantly. his polish part of t

i think he picked ryan partly because he was roman catholic and he felt he needed a catholic on the ticket to help him with the republican base. but this is the first ticket, presidential and vice presidential ticket that any party in the history of the country has not had a protestant on the ticket. >> obama is a protestant. the first republican? >> the first republican ticket that didn't include one protestant. the "new york times" pointed out sunday and so did some others, it's also true that neither of the candidates in the republican ticket have any military service, nor do they have any foreign policy background. again, it may not matter as the campaign unfolds, but it's something to keep in mind as it goes down. and allow me to say that we're talking about the vice president, these are the dog political days of summer, what else are we going to talk about? and it's well and good that we talk about the economy and the future fiscal health of the country, but we still have a war in afghanistan, which rarely gets mentioned by either one of the candidates, either one of the campaigns. a

we are here today with the bishop of the roman catholic diocese of oakland and wellcome could you tell us about this though no >>> this is the fault of the mausoleum below our news cathedral of christ the light edges ticket you're going this time and below is this mausoleum where people can in to the loved ones is an aging tradition in the church to enter the loved ones and a church facility because it is a sacred space. will make this available for the people letter diocese. >>> and this is especially meant was an they're moving of the cast casket of the first bishop of oakland >>> and there's a section in the mausoleum for the bishops of the diocese to be interest so his remains were transferred into that's correct. >>> you're beginning to oakland how has it been in just a few months there now. >>> i officially took over in may 5th so it's been about for five months now. >>> what inspires him but the people of oakland? >>> they're very alive and very committed to to putting their faith into action. and working for the common good and social justice and a sense a lot of energy in the

with the roman catholic understanding of sex and marriage was the small step. >> understanding that? >> not so much that guide teaches may but to my first dot book nobody should have to read it. [laughter] i was a acs to then it went back to the church event late twenties it was the only institution that it would capture. my faith has progressed but i was raising a son. you don't pass on moral understanding alone but if community. but to think it is only religious people that stand at this point* not because they are theologically rooted they're not angels dancing on a pin but with the enormous amount of criticism if you oppose same-sex marriage with those of a stronger motivation it is why the public opposition is shrinking in narrowed to those in have a strong motivation those born male and female. >> there are married couples that cannot create new life. and elderly couple both widowed married in their seventies. what is the function then? from a legal standpoint everyone and it is the public purpose of marriage which tried to push each other if the book because they really union

ryan is a roman catholic, and with vice president joe biden on the democratic side, this is the first time that both parties have catholics on the ticket. ryan agrees with his church's opposition to abortion and gay marriage, but he has generated debate in some catholic circles for his economic views. as chief author of the republican budget plan, ryan supports funding cuts for many social programs. some catholics, including bishops, argued that would hurt the poor. ryan's response -- >> as a catholic in public life, my own personal thinking on these issues has been guided by my understanding of the church's social teaching. simply put, i do not believe that the preferential option for the poor means a preferential option for big government. >> joining me with moron this is kevin eckstrom, editor-in-chief of "religion news service." kevin, a lot of catholics disagreed with how paul ryan applied his catholic faith to his budget plan. >> right, and what's interesting is paul ryan has been on the catholic radar screen for a long time and you know when the nuns on the bus went out this su

the only comes out after he has been mollified and the roman catholic church basically left the field of politics in 1968 and has not been effectively energized in politics for 40 years. they are now back and led by cardinal timothy bowlen. bishops and down this country, villages up and down this country who believe the obama administration has leveled a direct attack on their ability to be catholic. that is not going to pass unnoticed in states like ohio, michigan and pennsylvania where the catholic vote is huge and motivated and not happy with president obama. secondly the chick fil-a story. this has just begun to roll out when i give this lector but everyone knows about it. i was at the napa institute gathering public intellectuals and very strong supporters of the church in america and giving a talk on this book and how people do politics the right way so i asked -- if three seminars and a speech have you heard of you did and build that. 50% had heard that and everyone but up their hands. have had heard of it. i asked if they had about mitt romney's 0 lead screw up in london. the

. >> growing up in a predominantly roman catholic neighborhood in massachusetts, levine had the impression that the christianity of her friends was just a different form of her family's judaism. and then she heard otherwise. >> when i was in second grade, a little girl accused me of having killed her lord because she had been taught that the jews were responsible for the death of jesus. and i couldn't fathom how this religion that had such beautiful attributes and a jewish man named jesus and the same bible was saying horrible things about jews. so i started asking questions. >> she says her lifelong study has shown her how embedded jesus was in the jewish tradition. >> he teaches like a jew. he talks in parables. and jews then knew that parables were not simple banal little stories. they were designed to shake us up, to get us to see the world in a new way, to challenge us. and jesus is just a fabulous jewish storyteller. >> she says his teachings, such as in the famous sermon on the mount, are expansions of teachings in the torah. >> he's going to the law and bringing out the heart of it

the oakland diocese leaves more than a half-million of the roman catholic church. the san francisco diocese almost 2 million. he does have a court date set in october. in addition, he has been in the news in the past for his pro-life police and his beliefs against same-sex marriage. >>pam: crews are still searching for answers into what caused the chevron refinery fire in richmond earlier this month. investigators have determined that a religious-was responsible for sending that mass of the the dark cloud across the state. this is video from the incident vehicle earlier today, some residents filled richmond city council chambers cd concede this meeting in the video, they are looking for answers surrounding the investigation in the final including what caused the pipe to feel for. haaziq madyun tells you what happened at the meeting. >> this is something that happens what over and over again. >>haaziq: a team of state, local and federal investigators are looking into diseases chevron refinery fire in richmond. they got an earful of this public meeting from frustrate

a roman catholic priest leads parishioners on a 100-mile walk from hancock, maryland to baltimore...o protest the president's health care plan. protesters departed from saint peter's catholic church last sunday... and ended at the baltimore basilica. protesters say they disagree with the obama administration policy... requiring health insurance plans to cover contraception. religious leaders say no one should be forced to violate any of their religious beliefs. "for all americans to express our faith or people of no faith that they don't deserve government under health care packages that include sterilization or contraception's so we're marching for everybody." everybody."walkers called the march a "pilgrimage of religious freedom." at the same time the unemployment rate is ticking up to 8.3 percent... one profession continues to need tens of thousands of new employees. why isn't there more interest? interest? joel d. smith is live in dundalk to show us himself why truck driving might be the job of the future. good morning joel d. 3 3 why use a knife... when you can use playing cards

the orthodox roman catholic and the jewish vote and the social issues are much overlooked right now. but in fact, i don't recall time since the early '0eus when the even gal call community and the orthodox jewish community has been as motivate as a it is right now i say it because the hhs regulations and the chick-fil-a story is going leave a mark. when the hhs when the health and human service came out that every catholic college, organization and hospital that was not itself a specifically organized church, had to provide birth control sterilization and the morning after pills to the all of the employees, they stepped on a fundamental rights to worship as they see fit, organize and be left alone by the government as they identify as religion believers. on friday, july 27th a district court in denver, colorado struck down the hhs regulations as applied to a private firm made up of roman catholics that provide great health benefits to the employees. they are not provide birth control sterilization in and the morning after pull because they consider to be an assault on the religion. a

. >> the man who will be san francisco's roman catholic archbishop has a date with a judge less than a week before he is to be sworn in. he was arrested at his dui check point saturday night in san diego. he was driving with his mother when he was pulled over. he is currently the bishop of oakland and appointed by pope benedict to be archbishop of san francisco. he released a statement apologizing and expressing shame. he is scheduled to be sworn in as archbishop of san francisco on october 4. >> 6:34 a. judge is barring oakland's police union from participating in meetings related to the probe of the police department. the squ says theianion has no right to participate in the proceedings regarding court ordered reforms. the union's attorney says officers want a lois in the reforms. if it fails to fully implement the reforms which were supposed to be completed four years ago. >> former oakland police chief anthony bass is getting a new job in baltimore. our nbc station in baltimore confirms bass will be named the new police commissioner. he left last fall after major cuts to the poli

a roman catholic priest is leading parishioners on a 100-mile walk from hancock, maryland to baltimore to protest a health care plan. protesters departed from saint peters catholic church last sunday and ended at the baltimore basilica. protesters say they disagree with an obama administration policy requiring health insurance plans to cover contraception. religious leaders say this weeks walk was held so that no one is forced tt violate their religious beliefs. "for all americans to express our faith or people of no faith that they don't deserve to be cohersed by the government under health care packages that include sterilization or contraception's so we're marching for everybody." everybody."walkers called the march a pilgrimage of religious freedom. legislators will be returning to annapolis thursday for a second special session that many harford politicians are against. governor martin o'malley called for the session late last week asking legislators to vote on a proposal that could allow a casino to e built in prince george's county. o'malley says the measure would bring in an ad

. >> let's talk about clause i sacred usage your age about roman catholic. >> not that much credit. [laughter] orthodox people assume your argument is that god and says no. you do not think that but could you talk about how your religious and abuse explain what you do? >> it works in reverse. i became catholic with a certain understanding of life, sex and marriage. i came to believe in has to be wrong to link aid to a sexually cash -- relationship with a child with a mother and father. is not okay to have sex if you're not married. but that the was not prominent. that comes from my belief life in the bloom is life. i have never heard a good argument of their rise. with the roman catholic understanding of sex and marriage it was a small step. >> the understanding? >> not so much guide teaches me. of the sexual revolution i was an atheist when i wrote to that. then it went back to a church in my late 20s and is the only institution left standing although my faith has progressed but i was raising a son and you don't pass on moral understanding alone. you do it through community. but on

congressman from wisconsin, a roman catholic, he and his wife are the parents of three children. he advocates major cuts in federal spending and changes to medicare, making him a high profile target for democrats. ryan hits the campaign trail as polls show president obama opening a lead over mitt romney. in 2012, when the president met with'mans, it was ryan who called him out. >> he also said you want to take a scalpel to the budget and go it line-by-line. we want to give you that school pep. >> now we see if ryan moves the speed-o-meter on the republican vehicle. >> we'll unite america. >> the obama campaign wasted no time criticizing ryan-saying his budget plan is radical and places a bigger burden on middle class and seniors. >> california's g.o.p. leaders praised romney's choice. in a statement the party chair says, paul ryan has been a leader in the fight against president obama's failed policies in washington, dc, and i'm excited to see him continue that fight as the vice-presidential nominee. democratic leader nancy pelosi said, quote, congressman paul ryan led house repu

it also gets to keep its married priests, father mark lewis, who was exempt from the roman catholic vowslibacy. father lewis, an episcopal church for ten years, and his wife vickie, have two children. their grandson, sherman, is an altar server. >> we left the 50epies could pal church. not because we were running away from the issues of the episcopal church. we left the episcopal church because we were running to the catholic church p. we came to a place where we realize the theology of the episcopal church is lacking. the unity of rome and and of the holy sea and bishops, that was appealing to us. >> former episcopal priest also found the move to catholicism se seamless. he was overdaned in 2000 and acted as chaplin here while father lewis waited to be overdaned. >> there is a real hunger among some episcopalians and anglicans for authority. it was the question of where can true christian authority be found that was a key element in this community's journey. >> it wasn't just the need for authority, say other former epips could palians. they were also uncomfortable wauz the episcopal ch

the car he was driving is registered to the roman catholic diocese. it is now parked at his mother's house in san diego. he's scheduled to appear in court october 9th. more in a live report from terry mcsweeney coming up in our next half hour. >>> fire damaged chevron refinery is still leaking hydro carbons at illegal levels. the fire sent a plume of toxic smoke over the bay area. yesterday an investigators said the hydrocarbon leak has been isolated and will stop as soon as today. 18,000 residents filed health claims with chevron, 3,000 have signed up to file legal claims. chevron faces daily fines of up to $25,000 for violating air quality standards. >>> this morning park rangers at yosemite are trying to track down visitors who may have been exposed to the rare hantavirus, a second person has now died, two others sick. all four stayed in separate tent cabins at curry village within 100 feast each other in mid june the cabins have all been sanitized but the virus can air after a cabin is cleaned. symptoms mirror the flu and can take weeks to develop

as a devout and conservative roman catholic paul ryan is stanchly opposed to abortion.s tried to make some forms of control birth and invitro fertilization illegal. paul ryan is not just a member of the gop's war on women, he is a full blown cultural warrior, he voted twice against a law against hate crime. oh, and he also received an a from the national rifle system. for for more let's bring in bill press. them" as well as host of "full court press," which airs every morning here on current starting at 6:00 am eastern. boy, you are up late tonight, you got to do a 6:00 am show eastern time. boy, thank you for staying up with us. >> hey, elliot it's good to join you tonight. thank you. >> let's begin with women's issues. we have been talk about a gender gap, and gender died and mitt romney puts on the ticket somebody who is as staunchly pro-life as you can get. how does that make sense? >> it doesn't make sense to me. we were been talking so much about the paul ryan bunt, and people will soon realize he is every bit as extreme right on the social issues as well. anti-ab

it's registered to the roman catholic diocese. police say the bishop appeared drunk when they pulled him over at d. i checkpoint at the intersection near san diego state university early saturday morning. >> are just shows that drunk driving touches anyone and it is non-discrimination and 100 percent preventible. >>reporter: he was a backer of prop 8 the initiative that banned same sex marriage. he's bishop of oakland for three years and just last month was named to become the new archbishop of san francisco in october. l it's unclear whether dui will affect promotion or current position. any discipline will come from the vatican. his mother who was in the car occurring the arrest spoke to the a san diego tv station. >> i hope he will be okay. i pray for him every day. very embarrassed. >>reporter: in a written statement he says i poll jays for my error in judgment and feel shame for the disgrace i have brought upon the church and myself. catholic we took are quick to for give. >> i think the catholic church has a lot mr. to worry

paul ryan is a roman catholic. he is married to janna little. and has three children. mrs. ryan is a lawyer. their home is in wisconsin. where ryan is a sportsman. he likes to hunt. he likes to fish. he likes to snowmobile. when congress is in session, congressman ryan stays in washington, and often sleeps in his capitol hill office. when his work piles up, paul with his in bethesda, maryland, just outside dc. question, how much of a boost does ryan give to the g.o.p. ticket? >> pat buchanan? >> he gave it a real boost, john. i think r-mitt romney was in a slew of derespond, if you will. he was dropping in the polls. he bringing youth. he bridges energy. he brings exciple. he energizes the conservative base of the party. he is a likeable young fellow. he is 30 years younger you got to realize than go biden the vice president for the incumbent president of the united states and what he brings of course is a tremendous knowledge of the budget and all the rest of it. but there is a down side here, john. jack kemp, who is his mentor of sorts, was a supply sider. we just cut tax

. >>> the man who will be san francisco's roman catholic archbishop has a date with a judge less than a week after he's due to be sworn in. archbishop salvador corleone was arrested at a dui checkpoint late saturday night in san diego. he was driving with his mother when he was pulled over. he is currently the bishop of oakland. he was appointed by pope benedict to be archbishop of san francisco. father jay matthews of oakland says the soon-to-be archbishop needs support. >> this is a moment of understanding and a moment of compassion, you know, and i think that it would certainly give, you know, the archbishop the benefit of the doubt. >> late yesterday, the bishop released a statement apologizing for his nair judgment. he also expressed shame. he is scheduled to be sworn in as archbishop of san francisco on october 4th and will be in court october 9th. >>> a judge is barring oakland's police union from participating in meetings related to the federal probe of the city's police department. the judge says the union has no right to participate in the proceedings regarding court-ordered

it's registered the roman catholic diocese. police say the bishop appeared drunk when they pulled him over at d. i checkpoint at the intersection near san diego state university early saturday morning. >> are just shows that drunk driving touches anyone and it is non-discrimination and 100 percent preventible. >>reporter: he was a backer of prop 8 the initiative that banned same sex marriage. he's bishop of oakland for three years and just last month was named to become the new archbishop of san francisco in october. l it's unclear whether dui will affect promotion or current position. any discipline will come from the vatican. his mother who was in the car occurring the arrest spoke to the a san diego tv station. >> i hope he will be okay. i pray for him every day. very embarrassed. >>reporter: in a written statement he says i poll jays for my error in judgment and feel shame for the disgrace i have brought upon the church and myself. catholic we took are quick to for give. >> i think the catholic church has a lot mr. to worry

it's registered to the roman catholic diocese. appeared drunk when they pulled him over at d. i checkpoint at the intersection near san diego state university early saturday morning. >> are just shows that drunk driving touches anyone and it is non-discrimination and 100 percent preventible. >>reporter: he was a backer of prop 8 the initiative that banned same sex marriage. he's bishop of oakland for three years and just last month was named to become the new archbishop of san francisco in october. l it's unclear whether dui will affect promotion or current position. any discipline will come from the vatican. his mother who was in the car occurring the arrest spoke to the a san diego tv station. >> i hope he will be okay. i pray for him every day. very embarrassed. >>reporter: in a written statement he says i poll jays for my error in judgment and feel shame for the disgrace i have brought upon the church and myself. catholic we took are quick to for give. >> i think the catholic church has a lot mr. to worry about than dui from a

destroy the system of higher education is it true and why why they do you know it's a bit like the roman catholic church and their argument with galileo knowledge is bad for those who greedily want to hang on to power you know there's one man on earth now nelson mandela extraordinary he spent years and years in prison being deeply deeply persecuted he comes free he develops a situation where he becomes president of south africa then after his term is up he relinquishes power it's impossible isn't it almost now in the world. we think you know countries in south america as well as russia for people to be able to be profound enough to be mature enough to give up power. a maybe that's way we ought to organize if we are going to continue notions of democracy to try and proselytize that essential truth so when somebody says power to the people he should meet education i think the you know it's an old old argument and it was talked about by rousseau and pascal you know before the french revolution but again you know you got to have to find out because in a sense that all maybe education is subjective an

so what happened was the roman catholic church said no way, no how. administration said okay. churches, houses of worship are exempt, but not hospitals, not universities, not related charities. they got to comply within one year's time. the obama administration then went one step further and they said okay. you don't have to pay for this coverage. you, hospitals and universitiese cost of birth control. >> ali: we know there is this one company, hercules, in colorado, that won this preliminary injunction or lawsuit. so that's a precedent. >> that's right. this is the first court ruling of its kind. hercules makes air conditioners and heating systems and run by a roman catholic family. they said this is morally objectionable to us. this violates our religious liberties. so they won a preliminary injunction. now, this is a really interesting part. basically this is a company that sits in colorado. colorado is one of the 26 states that says look, insurers, you got to provide this coverage. you got it cover birth control. the obama administration went into

in the roman catholic church in the in the vatican what and they've given this verdict with the worldbeing still reacting this way would they be say old look at they tell us what's going on there i mean it's kind of like they're poking a little bit at russia. i think that i think you're looking at this too narrowly you're looking at this purely through a russian a when when in fact the big church in the world today is television that's the church that everybody worships in and you know we saw in the olympics the lead song in the olympics was london calling which was a punk song by the clash years ago when it came out the clash were denounced by many people in the establishment now their song became an anthem of the olympics pussy riot will now get prominence worldwide because young people are very dissatisfied with the way things are around the world not just in their own countries and they will support the rights of this band even if they don't know exactly what the band stands for the thing is that the then has been courageous in doing their thing whether it was a cathedral or in th

. >> a roman catholic priest who exposed himself at a bookstore in january has been sentenced to three years in probation. the court suspended until term. he was ordered to complete the rehabilitation program and has been fined $250. if he completes the program, the conviction could be cleared from his record. >> people are member and where they were on the state last year when the earth literally began to move beneath us. the unexpected jolt hit at 1:51 p.m. it was centered in rural virginia and measured 5.8. will felt it. some of the hardest hit areas included highland town and west baltimore. a historic home collapsed. >> right now can i use my cell phone. >> i was driving past john hopkins when it happened. i've seen all the construction workers run out. >> all the nine police districts were fully staffed. workers assessed widespread impact on vacant homes and older bridges but no major damage was reported. the baltimore basilica was left with more than 50 cracks. int. at the highest po repairs should be finished by next easter. tremors were felt from georgia all the way to new eng

lifelong roman catholic. >> where did jesus say anything about gay people?s saying being gay is a sin is it? and how do you feel about men who marry women and hide their gayness and still go out on the side? >> caller: it's dead wrong. >> but why shouldn't people be the way god made them. >> caller: i really don't think that god people made them -- >> the vatican and jesus are against death penalty. are you against death penalty? >> caller: absolutely. >> stephanie: bob why did you vote -- why did you vote for obama, then? >> caller: because number one the workplace fairness act. i'm for justice in the workplace, and number 2, i thought he was going to come up -- and he didn't in a couple of respects with justice under health care for all. >> but he improved it. didn't he? we're closer to having medicare for all because of what he has done. >> caller: he took some good steps in the right direction, but -- >> stephanie: bob how do you feel about the catholic church condemning paul ryan's budget? are you going to vote for romney and ryan? >> caller: i don't kn

the 75 year-old roman catholic cardinal announced his diagnosis on friday---after doctors found liver. cardinal george sucessfully fought a rare type of bladder cancer six years ago. archdiocese officials are planning a course of treatment for him. the cardinal has been resting at home since friday. his staff has not yet commented on any kind of leadership change. a weekend of good weather helped bring huge crowds to the air and water show. an estimated two million people came to the lakefront to see all the high speed stunts. some people set up on the beach as early as 5:00 am. but they were soon surrounded by others who came to see the u-s navy blue angels vintage next - the federal investigation after a member of congress goes skinny dipping at a holy site overseas. and a politician apologizes for controversial comments. the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down ... what missouri congressman todd akin is now saying about rape and abortion. also ahead, wiki-leaks founder julian assange comes out of hiding with a message for president obama. tht them speaking out

there is a deepening christian and roman catholic tradition a sense of forgiveness knox one comes to leadership position with a perfect slate. >> he was already a controversial pick for san francisco. he is known as conservative on social issues and was a backer of prop 8. last month, he reiterated his position. >> and we need to do everything we can. >> police say he is due in court to face charges on october 9th just five days after he is scheduled to be installed as archbishop. and this professor says the vatican can make what he call as justment autos so the

dolan is a friend of mitt's running mate, paul ryan who is, of course, roman catholic. they are from ryan's home parish of milwaukee from 2002 to 2009. and remember mitt's big trip overseas, he made a big show of stopping in catholic. >> here in poland, in 1979, a son of poland, pope john paul ii spoke words that would bring down an empire and bring freedom to millions of who lived in bondage. be not afraid. those words changed the world. >> but poleland is as catholic as saudi arabia is muslim. and he attacked obama for a war of religion. why? here are the numbers, 96% of the polish citizens are catholic. and here in the united states, catholics can make a difference in swing states. we actually took a look at this. we were amazed how powerful catholics are. in paul ryan's state, catholics make up one-third of the vote. obama won their support by a six-point margin. in florida, catholics, 28% of the vote. obama won by just one point. and then new hampshire, nearly 40% of the voters there were catholic. joining us, a guest from catholic network. james carville is with me

ryan is 42 years old, married, three kids, a roman catholic. his political background is extensive but elected background goes back to 1998. interesting story how people tried to talk him out of running for congress. we asked a local republican chair how he will do. he said he'll do just fine. >> he'll handle it very well. small a very logical centered person. he has got a great family foundation. he is active in his church. he is able to approach his political life with a very balanced approach. i think he'll do very well at it. i think he'll be a great vice president. >> it will be interesting over the next 94 days how many workouts he can work into his schedule because he is described as a gym rat, somebody who is follower of the p-90 x system and very finance icky what he eats. paul ryan was the studios for a fox news sunday taping and it was his birthday and ryan declined. he gave up sweets a long time ago. we talked to a woman that works at restaurant, its turkey burger and fruit. he is watching his health. that is due to the fact, yes, h

sitting on the fact that here we have a mormon candidate and his vice president happens to be a roman catholicul ryan, there is a bitter battle in the evangelical community between the democrats, who are trying to keep these people home so they will not vote for mitt romney, and the republicans who are trying to convince evangelical pastors that a non-vote isn't especially essentially a vote for obama. [talking over each other] lou: it's meant to be extraordinary. that would be the last, i would think, the less gas from the obama campaign where they could do that. >> there is a debate about that question, whether if they do it, won't there be a terrible backlash about you can do this about religion, it is really dirty, it is underhanded,. it is bigotry. they are seriously considering doing this. lou: amongst the thing that we are considering on the part of the president, now there is this great dissension, apparently, according to the latest writing by glenn thrush in obama's last stand, talking about what seems to be unsustainable campaign efforts, so long as stephanie cutter and david axelro

the car he was driving is registered to the roman catholic diocese now parked at his mother's house inan diego. he's scheduled to appear in court on october 29th. more from terry mcsweeney coming up in our next half hour. >>> the fire damaged chevron refinery in richmond still leaking smog producing hydrocarbons at illegal levels authorities hope to have it stopped today the chemicals caught fire august 6th sending a plume of toxic smoke over the bay area. yesterday an official say the hydrocarbon leak has been isolated and will stop as soon as today. some 18,000 residents filed health claims with chevron and another 3,000 have reportedly signed up to file legal claims. chevron faces daily fines of up to $25,000 for violating air quality standards. >>> this morning park rangers at yosemite trying to track down visitors who may have been exposed to the rare hantavirus, a second person has now died. two other people have become sick. all four stayed in except rent tent cap bins at curry village in mid june the cabins have been sanitized the virus can remain in the air even after a cabin