you are at seton hall university.ou are the head of the school of diplomacy and international relations, the dean of seton hall in east orange, new jersey. your response to governor christie? >> the governor is right, the pope is infallible only on matters of faith. and when he speaks -- that point is very clear. the question is, should we keep yearsies frozen in 50 relationship that doesn't go anywhere? the fugitive that governor christie mentioned is not in new jersey. and he is not one to be a new jersey anytime soon. it is the policy of the u.s. -- if the policy of the u.s. remains the same. the result of that policy is that justice, according to new jersey law, was definitely not served. to have a chance at justice will be served if there is an agreement between the u.s. and cuba? is silly muchat higher. in the world of probability, i was a the pope is right in a sense that even the justice the governor christie is claiming will actually be probably better served by a collaboration between the government of cuba

rob judge is executive director of the basilica of the national shrine of saint elizabeth ann seton. emmitsburg is where she founded the first gocongregation. mother seton became the first person born in the united states to be canonized a saint. >> that legacy of charity that's come from this town is really something that people in the area are very proud of. >> reporter: emeim etemmitsburg home to mt. st. mary's. >> there's a chapel in my dorm. what more could i ask for? >> reporter: it's the national shrine grotto of our lady of lourdes, which attracts students of many faiths. >> people are looking for places where you can meet god, the biblical imagery of going up on a mountain, set aside technology, and hear god speak. >> reporter: father nolan is the director of campus ministries. he's traveling with students to philadelphia to celebrate mass with pope francis. >> i feel very close to him. i have a great love for social work and welfare. to see his great love for those things that i hold dear just makes it all the more special for me. >> i'm hoping he gives an awesome homily th

i think, for example, of saint elizabeth ann see seton who found the first free catholic school for girlsn you in prayer. that our vocations as priests will continue to build up the great edifice of god's kingdom in this country i know that as the presbyterianin the midst of god's people you recently have suffered greatly in the not distant past by having to bear the shame of some of your brothers. brothers who have harmed and scandalized the church in the most vulnerable of her members. in the words of the book of revelation, i know well that you have come forth from the great tribulation and i accompany you at this time of pain and difficulty. and i thank god for your faithful service to his people. doing so in the hope of helping you to preserve on the path of fidelity to jesus christ. and i would like to offer two brief reflections. the first concern is of the spirit of gratitude. the joy of men and women who love god, attracts others to him. priests and religious are called to find and radiate lasting satisfaction in their vocation. joy springs from a grateful heart truly we have rec

american-born canonized same and there are statues of elizabeth ann seton as well as francis cabriniin the hall of the basilica. >> professor, others have said that's close to embarrassment at the regal parts of his role, that he -- he -- he is not at all a regal man. he is a very, very modest man. and but as pope as the living figure, there is a lot of ceremony that he is -- >> he understands that. it may not be what he prefers to do, but he also understands the power of his office, the role he represents and that ceremony is important. that's an understatement when it comes to the catholic church. and what's happening now is very symbolic, it's a part of what it means to be catholic and so, yes, he can be ceremonial when he needs to be ceremonial. >>? a giant, sprawling structure in northeast washington. as you come in by plane, it's just about the highest point you can see in the district of columbia. very much well worth a visit, as is the entire campus of the catholic university of america. trinity college across the street, kind of an academic and religious row in that part of

he also gave the pope a key to the maryland home of elizabeth ann seton, the first native born american to be declared a saint. at the white house andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> reporter: wish we could tell you how all these people were at the basilica got here and how they're going home. metro this morning was saying ridership was down 14%. that means a lot of federal and local government workers stayed home, did a lot of telecommuting and it also means a lot of people walked to this event in northeast. you saw a lot of people on the sidewalks. lesli, jan, back to you. >> looks like a lot of people have started to clear out already now that the mass is over. bruce may be there by himself for a little while. thank you. of course, pope francis wraps up his d.c. visit tomorrow. we'll start with a historic speech to a joint session of congress. then thousands of people are expected to gather outside the capitol to watch it live on jumbotrons. they might also catch a glimpse of francis when he makes a quick appearance on the west steps of the capitol. then it's over to st. patrick's catholic ch

i think, for example, of saint elizabeth ann seton, who founded the first free catholic school for girls this country. this evening, my brothers and sisters, i have come to join you in prayer that our vocations as priests will continue to build up the great edifice of god's kingdom in this country. i know that, as a the presbyterate in the midst of god's people, you recently have suffered greatly in the not distant past by having to bear the shame of some of your brothers, brothers who have harmed and scandalized the church in the most vulnerable of her members. in the words of the book of revelation, i know well that you have comfort from the great tribulation and i accompany you at this time of pain and difficulty. and i thank god for your faithful service to his people, doing so in helping you to preserve on the path of fidelity to jesus christ. and i would like to offer two brief reflections. the first concern is of the spirit of gratitude. the joy of men and women who love god attracts others to him. priests and religious are called to find and radiate lasting satisfaction in their

joining me now, let's talk about the subject, is a professor from seton hall university. thank you for being here. we know this is an historic humanitarian disaster. the magnitude is just incredible. >> ernie, the world is literally on the move now. in 2014, there were 60 million individuals that were displaced forcibly. this is the 24th largest country in the world. ernie: how do you think the world is handling the crisis? >> the world is doing as much as i think more can be done because this is a humanitarian disaster of huge significance. it's tied to national peace and security and security of nations. i think we can do a lot more. only now the syrian issue has brought this to the forefront. otherwise, this has been continuing for a long time. in 2014, 14 million people were displaced. ernie: incredible numbers. >> unprecedented. ernie: doctor, you know, the united states, we'll be taking in we say 100,000 now of migrants. what do you think of that? they've given a billion in aid already. >> yeah. the original number was 17 million. now we have 30,000 only. from 70,00

and also a key from the home of the first american-born saint, elizabeth ann seton known as mother setono symbols there for the pope. and that's kind of along the lines of generally, you know, the sorts of meaningful gifts that world leaders try to present to him. so what we're waiting for is really more detail and maybe some other topics that came up during that meeting. what the white house puts out is general, but it's later that you really get the detail. like we got from president obama the last time. he described the pope the last time they met as really operating on a different plane. and it's not always what you would expect. i think one of the best examples of that is, you know, you look at the issues of the day, and you think the pope is going to specifically respond to each one. but when he was asked not long ago by a reporter, for example, what are the biggest problems facing the catholic church today? did he mention abortion? no. the crisis among priests and sex abuse? none of that. and nothing that you would expect. what he said are the biggest problems are loneliness among

so, that's the current plans for seton. average california. you may hurt has increased their rates by 4%. interestingly enough, the medicare trustees report, which referred to earlier, is saying that medicare policy are going up 4.2%. that's the range were looking at. last week, for the third time since the passage of the affordable care act, the cms-the federal government produced their readmission penalties and that's one of the key indicators of quality care. one of the things we monitor in our organizations. among hospitals that were find include sutter, oscillates, summit. summers seep into the centerrenzo. kaiser south of san francisco. st. francis usf el camino and johnny are good i went to the listenable to where we had patients. no one is perfect. that's how cms is funding things. i know additional items other than i will be out of the country the next two weeks. mitchell, who will hopefully be back tomorrow, will be in charge. april financial officer will be in charge of all things finance. i'm fairly confident over that amount >> th

elizabeth ann seton. the first person born in the united states who was canonized a saint.ization. but that took place in rome. pope paul vi was pope at the time. >> let us pray. [pope speaking spanish] >>> it is my great honor and privilege to welcome you to the united states of america. >> the building of society. >> the holy father is the vicker of christ. >> he came here today. common person like we are. >> i asked him if i could get a hug and he said only if you pray a rosary for it. i said of course. ♪ ♪ leon: right in out at 5:00 d right now at 5:00, history being made at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. pope is canonization junipero serra. a wonderful ceremony which just completed. alison: that is right. abc7 has team coverage of the historic moment. the pope's first full day here in washington. a busy, busy day it has been. jonathan elias is leading our coverage atop the theological college watching this unfold as we are. jonathan? jonathan: everything about today has been history in the making and picturesque. perfect weather. so m

china setoned before, the prices for most russian commodities in export. and economic in china, a slowdown in economic growth in china might affect russia but because of our international exports. generally i think the key issue for russia is dependence on oil prices and other commodity prices. that's the target we set but it is easier to fulfill because of investment to these. the relationship with china will partially because of the political situation but mainly because we have seen benefits from working with china as one of the leading economies. scarlet: i want you to put on your ceo hat. is there still a dollar quiddity crunch along russian comedies -- liquidity crunch along russian companies? andrey: we are using our dependence on international borrowing partially because of sanctions. if last year, russian companies billion, owe $700 now it is 550 billion. it would affect our ability to go to the international capital market and raise new capital. that is unfortunate. the problem of privatization. we very much believe sooner or later we will be abl

opponent of the iran nuclear agreement and i have said before and on the senate floor and a speech at seton hall me reasons why but i'm also an opponent to the mcconnell amendment that would support the deal if iran recognizes israel and releases american hostages. now i have said on this floor and will say again that i have a problem with the underlying nuclear agreement and as much as i would like to see the hostages released and have voted on a resolution the senate passed calling or iran to do so and have them come home to their families and as much as i would like israel to be recognized by iran as a sovereign and independent nation, i am not certain that i would want to give my premature to the agreement even under those conditions which this amendment would do. this in essence makes his adopted come a conditional. we in the senate would be voting for saying the agreement can move forward if the hostages are released and if iran recognizes the state of israel as a sovereign and independent state. now i must say i want the hostages back as does everyone in this chamber. i want israel t

incorporates original material from the statue of liberty and the key from the home of elizabeth ann seton, the first native born american to become a saint. if you want to pick up perhaps a souvenir gift of the pope's visit to america there are plenty. we saw everything from pope francis key chains to baseball caps to t-shirts on sale in time's square. there are vatican flags to wave if you are attending any of the papal events and all of this papal paraphernalia has not been sanctioned by the catholic church. it is from entrepreneurs looking to cash in on pope mania. you can follow in at abc7ny and we posted the road closures and public transportation changes for you. >>> turning to other news, to the drought situation and the watch in new jersey where residents in 12 counties are being asked to conserve water. new jersey toni yates has the story. >> reporter: we didn't have many rain washouts this summer, good when you talk about enjoying the outdoors, critical when you talk about our water supply. >> i have noticed. i mean, the grass is noticeably broken and it has been patches of dry,

. >> reporter: stephanie has been living at the elizabeth seton pediatric center since october. she hopes this blessing will help her heal and go back to her home in white plains. >> if you could say something to him now after that blessing, what would it be? >> i would say [ speaking spanish ] thank you. >> reporter: she's confident this blessing will make a difference. in yonkers, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >>> up next, 194 days, 13 countries, and one van. a family travels from argentina to philadelphia to see the pope. their story doesn't stop there. hear what happened when the pope found out about the adventure. >> a child finds $8,000 on the playground. for his honesty. this bale of hay cannot be controlled. when a wildfire raged through elkhorn ranch, the sudden loss of pasture became a serious problem for a family business. faced with horses that needed feeding and a texas drought that sent hay prices soaring, the owners had to act fast. thankfully, mary miller banks with chase for business. and with greater financial clarity and a relationship built for the unexpected, she

presented the pope with a sculpture of an ascending dove and the key to the home of elizabeth ann setonthe first nativ native-born american to be declared a saint. the pope gave president obama a plaque from the world meeting of families in philadelphia, where he will celebrate mass on sunday. >>> tomorrow morning the pope will head from the vatican embassy for his final day of events here in dc. the day will begin on capitol hill where the pope will deliver a speak to a joint session of congress. very with partnered with the dupont festival so you will be able to watch that speech. there will be a jumbotron in dupont circle so you can hear, as well as on news4. >>> people started getting in line to see the pope today at about 4:00 this morning. security was tight even then. tisha thompson spent the day outside the security gates at 18th and constitution. she shows us now what did and didn't get through today. >> reporter: they may have been here for the pope. but everyone wanted a photo with these two angels from vienna, virginia. why this outfit? >> we're credo catholics. >> reporter:

brother, that mary is our mother, that saints like jesuit north american martyrs, saint elizabeth ann setonry ann colt, st. patrick are our relatives. [ applause ] it is so dazzlingly evident this evening that the church is our family and you, our holy father, thanks for visiting us, your family. [ applause ] the lord be with you. >> and with your spirit. >> our heart is in the name of the lord. may god bless you in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. >> amen. >> go in peace. glorify the lord by your life. >> thanks be to god. >> and police i ask you don't forget to pray for me. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> don't forget to pray for me. i think americans love that. >> you know, it's interesting when you remember the words that the holy father concluded at the u.n. he asked, he promised the prayers of the church for peace and then tonight he asked for us to pray for him. it reminds me of the first moment he came out in st. peter's square, his first public act as pope he prayed for his predecessor, pope benedict xvi and then asked people to pray for him. i know people who we

. >> andre cox >> frederick john cox >> james raymond coyle >> michelle coyle-eulau >> christopher seton cramer >> denise elizabeth crant >> james leslie crawford jr. >> robert james crawford >> tara kathleen creamer >> joanne mary cregan >> lucy crifasi >> john a. crisci >> daniel hal crisman >> dennis cross >> kevin raymond crotty >> thomas g. crotty >> john crowe >> welles remy crowther >> robert l. cruikshank >> john robert cruz >> grace yu cua >> kenneth john cubas >> francisco cruz cubero >> thelma cuccinello >> richard j. cudina >> neil james cudmore >> thomas patrick cullen iii >> joyce cummings >> brian thomas cummins >> michael joseph cunningham >> robert curatolo >> laurence damian curia >> paul dario curioli >> patrick joseph currivan >> beverly curry >> andrew peter charles curry green >> michael sean curtin >> patricia curtain. >> and my uncles we will always love you and remember you. [ speaking foreign language ] >> and my nephew, jonathan capello. jonathan, you are sorry missed by your parents and your two brothers and extended family. since you were taken from us 14 yea

i think for example of saint elizabeth ann seton, who founded the first free catholic school for girls in the united states, or in saint john neumann, the founder of the first system of catholic education in this country. this evening, my brothers and sisters, i have come to join you in prayer that our vocations as priests will continue to build up the great edifice of god's kingdom in this country. i know that, as a presbyterate in the midst of god's people, you recently have suffered greatly in the not distant past by having to bear the shame of some of your brothers, brothers who have harmed and scandalized the church in the most in the words of the book of revelation, i know well that you have come forth from the great tribulation. i accompany you at this time of pain and difficulty, and i thank god for your faithful service to his people. in the hope of helping you to persevere on the path of fidelity to jesus christ, i would like to offer two brief reflections. the first concern is of the the joy of men and women who love god attracts others to him, priests and religious are call

governor of new jersey to hire his friend to be the monitors and some have engineered a contribution to seton hall law school as to these agreements and was hauled up on a hearing what he was doing these bizarre things and he ended up walking of the hearing. i anticipate as his campaign goes on and some of these shenanigans will come up again and that is a good thing because he is an example of how they can be done not just the choice of the deferred prosecution agreement which is a terrible choice but also with the implementation there could be a lot of corruption and just to say the successor of massey energy got to one of these al and they send the reports back another reason why i am critical or a fan of the u.s. attorney when they sent the reports and he would not release them to the public so very often they are put under of monitor but we cannot see what they have done because they're not public so yet that is another aspect that needs to be pushed. >> we tried do get those reports under the freedom of information act and we failed to succeed. there is little or no value. one of the bo

religious women have been an enormous factor in the life of the catholic church since elizabeth ann seton, whom he cited at the very beginning of his remarks tonight. this really beautiful service i think caps a day that has called everyone to think again. i said earlier to brian williams, 31 years in washington, i haven't heard anyone speak as eloquently about politics as a vocation, not just a career, and a vocation capable of nobility the way pope francis did today. and we have to hope that that has, you know, a healing effect in our politics. i think it's important to recognize that this is a man who's not reluctant to make judgments. we sometimes say he's not judgmental. well, he's making lots of judgments. he made judgments about religious freedom in washington by visiting the little sisters of the poor last night, who were of course in a contest with the obama administration over the hhs contraceptive mandate. he's making recommendations over the quality of our lives. he talked about in his homily tonight. so there's edge here. this is not just simply warm fuzzies. this is a man of

he also somehow engineered a contribution to seton hall law school as part of one of these agreementsnd ended up getting a hauled up on the hill for a hearing to ask him why he was doing all these bizarre things. he ended up walking out of the hearing. so i actually anticipate that if his, as his presidential campaign goes on, some of these shenanigans will come up again and that's a good thing because he is an example of how they can be done, you know, it is not just the choice to do a deferred prosecution agreement. for hsbc. which is a terrible choice as rob explained. it is also in the implementation. there can be a lot of corruption. and, just to say that the alpha national resources which was successor of massey energy got one of these, and when they sent their reports back, this is one of the very few reasons why i'm critical of -- the only reason i'm really generally a great fan of the west virginia u.s. attorney, when they sent their reports in, he wouldn't release them to the public. so very often they're put under a monitor, they're required to do all these things but we ca

dove with original bar from the statue of liberty, and key from the maryland hope of elizabeth ann seton in the maryland mountains, the number of embitsburg, maryland. next up here on c-span, we'll show you this morning's ceremony on the south lawn of the white house, including the welcoming comments of president obama and comments, too, from pope francis. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. ["hail to the chief" playing] ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the holy see, followed by the national anthem f the united states. >> present arms. flags, present. ♪ [applause] present. present. >> mr. president, this concludes the honor. order. order. march.

. >> seton, it sounds like she would like to see a list of the employers who are paying less than $15ple on welfare. >> once again let's shame the people who are creating jobs rather than shaming the people who are sitting on welfare. of course she's got half the table right on raising the minimum wage. of course, the number of people on assistance will explode because of all the jobs that will be killed by a resulting, as a result of the raising of the minimum wage. the problem is, a family of three is not supposed to be living on a minimum wage. if you are making minimum wage you shouldn't be having children and being on, and trying to raise a family on it. >> rebecca, i'll give you the final word. >> the fact is we've got research finding that the cost of low wages in this country is $152 billion per year, that's taxpayers' subsidizing low wages in the form of government assistance that people have to turn to. that's the real problem here, let's raise the minimum wage. >> we've had seven years of the obama economy, i guess that ultimately is the reason people aren't making that muc

after college, he graduated from seton hall school of law in 1987 and joined a private from where hewas elected as a freeholder, similar to a county commissioner in morris county and served as director of the board there. he was named u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey in 2002. was sworn in as governor of new jersey in t10 and was reelected to a second term. as president, he wants to perform that reform social security, medicare and medicaid and the criminal justice system. it would like to create a new tax system and make college more accessible for everyone. he is often joined of the campaign trail by his wife mary at and i have four children. >> is that close enough? >> that was right on. >> let me start with the expectations or maybe the burden of expectations. in 2012, you were the republican savior for this party and a you are stuck in a crowded field. what happened? >> first off, i decided not to run. i was comfortable with that decision and was comfortable to support mitt romney. you never know what will happen in politics and now we have 17 people in the field and

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i think, for example, of saint elizabeth ann seton who founded the first free catholic school for girlsou in prayer that our vocations as priests will continue to build up the great edifice of god's kingdom in this country. i know that as the presbyteriat you have suffered greatly in the not distant past of having to bear the shame of some of your brothers, brothers who have harmed and scandalized the church in the most vulnerable of her members. in the words of the book of revelation, i know well that you have come forth from the great tribulation. and i accompany you at this time of pain and difficulty and i thank god for your faithful service to his people. doing so in the hope of helping you to preserve on the path of fidelity to jesus christ. and i would like to offer two brief reflections. the first concern is of the spirit of gratitude, the joy of men and women who love god attracts others to him. priests and religious are called to find and radiate the lasting satisfaction in their vocation. joy springs from a grateful heart. truly we have received much, so many graces, so many

there was a key from the maryland home of elizabeth anne seton. she was the first native born american to be named a saint. so two gifts for the pope. we are waiting to hear if something was rerip wrociprocat the president. >> thank you, chris. now we are joined by a spiritual advisor to the president. josh, thank you for being with me. we heard just a snip-it of what the president said about pope francis moments ago. i want to play for the audience a little more of what he said. take a listen. >> your humility, your embrace of simplicity and the gentleness of your words and the generosity of your spirit, we see a living example of jesus' teachings. a leader whose moral authority comes not just through words but also through deeds. >> joshua, as someone whose christianity has been questioned repeatedly during his time in office, what do you think this visit means to president obama? >> well, it means a tremendous amount. first off, i was there this morning, and the pure joy on the president's face was just evident to everyone. you know, he's not a

elizabeth ann seton founder of the first catholic girls school in the ucks or in the homily this morningkatharine drexel when there's so many other great -- great holy men and women in philadelphia that could be picked out to pick out that one and someone who reached out to native americans and reached out to african-americans and who gave up a huge inheritance st. katharine drexel he goes straight to the heart of that woman, st. katharine drexel. >> you make a good point there as i'm sure you do with your students, thank you so much, michael pepper. >> happy to be here. >>> changing the world in 140 characters. he's the tweetable pope, how the pontiff changed social mead and what effect it's had on spreading the word. invest with those who see the world as unstoppable. who have the curiosity to look beyond the expected and the conviction to be in it for the long term. oppenheimerfunds believes that's the right way to invest... ...in this big, bold, beautiful world. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this p

saint elizabeth ann see seton. saint francis saber.s and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> the lord be with you. >> and with you. >> blessed be the name of the lord. name of the lord. >> god with you, the father, and the son and the holy spirit. >> amen. >> go in peace. glorify the lord by your life. >> thanks be to god. >> and, please, i ask you don't forget to pray for me. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> the pageantry, the pomp, the circumstance of a very special mass at madison square garden in front of some 20,000 people there in new york city as you see pope francis after a long day celebrating the preservation of peace and justice mass as his eminence cardinal timothy dollan of new york said i pray for you at every mass and now you are here. you saw the thunderous applause and standing ovation from those 200,000 in madison square garden. a very special night in new york. let's get more now on the ground from senior correspondent rick leventhal who is at the garden. good evening, rick. you

interesting artifacts, an autographed letter from the first canonized american saint, elizabeth ann setonand thinking the schedule is going to be interesting for the next six days because he's -- he's off schedule already. >> are we on pope time already? >> i think we're on pope time. >> we're already behind schedule and he won't be at the white house at the time that they said he would be here. we should also mention, maria, there's a little bit of a comment going on over the last couple of days about the -- about the portion of america on this, his very first trip to this country that he'll be seeing. it's really a sliver of the northeastern portion of this nation. he will not have the opportunity, at least during this visit, we hope there will be future visits, to see the breadth of this country. just real washington, new york and philadelphia. >> that's correct, and i had read that he had been thinking at one point of coming in through mexico, and this was a trip, you know, that was pre-planned while benedict was still the pope, and people say that had he real he his druthers it proba

iran nuclear agreement, and i have set forth at length both on the senate floor and in a speech at seton hall university school of diplomacy my reasons why, but i am also an opponent to the mcconnell amendment that would support the deal if iran recognizes israel and releases american hostages. now, i have said on this floor and will say again that i have a problem with the underlying nuclear agreement, and as much as i would like to see the hostages released and have voted in a resolution of the senate past calling for iran to do so and have them come home to their families, and as much as i would like israel to be recognized as -- by iran as a sovereign independent nation, i am not certain that i would want to give my imprimatur to the agreement, even under those conditions which this amendment would do. this in essence makes the -- if adopted, a conditional agreement. we in the senate would be voting for to say the agreement can move forward if the hostages are released and if the -- if iran recognizes the state of israel as a sovereign and independent state. i must say i want the hos