in all their faces, you can see relief >>> "america tonight" sheila macvicar back with us. the family obviously are among the lucky ones right now. >> they are among the lucky ones, they found a place, a country, they'll get permanent residency. they'll have a place for all their challenges that are safe. there are many hundreds of thousands of others who do not have that. there is some indication that europe is opening up to the idea of accepting more. >> they are in no way dealing with the reality of the numbers. so today the european union president said okay europe should take 160,000 over the next year, and distribute it through the countries in europe. >> that sounds like progress. the german chancellor should take 500,000, even better. here is the reality. since the begin of august. 120,000 refugees passed through the munich train station. since friday, at the munich train station, 25,000 refugees. it's like a small city. >> it's a small city. it's a massive wave of people moving, continually moving. on the greek islands there are 30,000 people waiting to begin their

"america tonight's" sheila macvicar. >> it was opicture with a purpose. the pope's vehicle of choice that dinky fiat dwarfed by the suvs of the secret service, sending a message loud and clear that this is a pontiff more at home with the powerless than with the corridors of power. >> we think we're the center of the world. we're not the center of pope francis's world. >> john carr is director of the initiative of catholic social thought and public life at georgetown university. >> the message is we're going to appeal to people's people's consciences, not their interests. he's not playing politics the way washington plays politics but is he dealing with political matters and his call is to see those through lens of the person, not the political. and that's revolutionary in washington. >> the pope of the holy see! >> reporter: the pope's speech to congress defied usual capital calculus of left or right, democrat or republican, blue or red. >> i am most grateful for the invitation. >> even though he addressed many of the most politically charged issues of th

"america tonight"s sheila macvicar >>> next - police report. second look at what might have made a difference in ferguson. could the flashpoint have been stamped out before it exploded. later a hidden danger in hospitals. mercer, bacteria that is killing patients. can a search and destroy mission save them. hot on the website. baltimore's sum ever, the most >>> we fast-forward with a look at what went wrong in ferguson. a new report shows police were haphazard, inappropriate use of key tools from officers involved. military-agreed weapons and canines. lori jane gliha had a view from the front lines. >> reporter: the shouting and chanting in ferguson quietened down. the lines of armed officers like these have gone away. and the roads are clean and clear. but the physical reminders of the clash that littered the streets are front and center in a debate about police strategy and equipment. >> okay. we have been fighting all shorts of things. a cannister here in the field. this one here is day to day. smoke, projectile that came out of here. >> the

visa, no good way forward to america >>> "america tonight"s sheila macvicar back with us. explain how this happened. the people had expectations that they were going to find a safe haven, that they'd make it to the united states. what happened. >> well, based on previous experience, they had reason to believe they as cuban officials working under the conditions would be granted a visa to come to the united states. what happened? we know the cubans think this has to do with the negotiations and dealings between cuba and the united states. the beginning of normalization of relations. >> that there might be a side deal here? >> it's striking that at the point in time when these discussions were most intense between the u.s. and cuba, that's when the visas stopped. the state department is on record saying "no, no, no connection, no connection, no connection." >>> just a coincidence. >> backlog, unexplained. they have not said the programme is over. they have not said the programme is on. they have not explained why there was a backlog and they have not explained what they'll d

sheila macvicar begins the social coverage of the pope's visit. also, a look ahead at california's saint to be, and why many americans knew him as a sinner. >> you could be flogged for a bad attitude. a lot of people died. >> what kind of saint would allow that. >> i think he was guilty of excesses of punishment >>> "america tonight"s michael oku with a mixed blessing. i'm joie chen. st. patrick's church, washington d.c. may seem like an obvious place for the papal visit. it's the oldest parish in the capitol hill and president's and other a list guests. when pope francis visits, it will be a first, even for this church. that might not be surprising when you consider that pope francis, in his short tenure as leader of 1.2 billion catholics has been a ground breaker. a game changer for the church. in our special week of coverage "america tonight" seeks to find out who pope francis is, and will look at the changes that he's made in the church. we begin with "america tonight"s sheila macvicar. >> father matthew, like pope francis is a jesuit. he's a

sheila macvicar looked below the in. >> do you have a map? >> yes. okay. >> reporter: this is a dive master on the island of majero, located in the vast pacific ocean between australia and hawaii. it's the most populous of dozens of atolls that make up the marshall islands in. the waiter takes a living by taking tourists scuba diving here. among them a spectacular coral reef in the world. last year, the waiter was shocked at what he saw when he returned it. >> i saw bleaching coral, october last year. >> reporter: and what happened. >> white. very white. >> reporter: normally it should be full of colour. >> green, purple, red. one, two, three... >> reporter: as we descend blow the waves and explore the reef, there's none of the telltale patches of pure white that signify the stretch, but live coral that was awaiting last october. >> it is disspeakersed between -- dispersed between colourful corals. many coloured with a thick layer of algae. others have begun to collapse and crumble to the sea floor >>> fast-forward to a warning. the world wildlife fu

the steady flow of refugees onto european shores, "america tonight's" sheila macvicar found that so far, little has worked. >> i remember the first time i got an sos at sea. >> in sicily and een a even at , migrants know the name of noelle sufi's name. >> translator: last august there were 17 boats at sea and eight were calling my mobile. eight boats and each were calling 20 or 30 times until they were all rescued. >> reporter: an arabic speaking italian, twirk-year-old noelleed the caitnoelle dedicato those seeking asylum in europe. >> it's not easy. many times i don't sleep for days but my life compared to the lives of thousands of people is simply nothing. it is something i have to be doing. i cannot stop. >> reporter: she is there to greet them when they arrive at the local train station, intercepting refugees before they are preyed upon again by human traffickers. >> reporter: each one of these refugees have paid thousands of dollars just to make it this far. the going rate is about $2,000 a head, regardless of age. and there are smugglers lurking here now. looking for more refugee

"america tonight"s sheila macvicar met them there. >> in this cramped apartment, a cuban doctor nurse and pharmacist await word from the u.s. embassy. they are among more than 700 cuban medical personnel who fled to the columbian capital, seeking special visas to come to the united states. visas that thought was promised under a state department programme designed to undermine the castro regime. with the two countries normalizing relations, whether they'll make it to the u.s. is uncertain. the doctor has been waiting more than four months. >> if they did break their promise that they made to us. they want to be free. >> reporter: cubans here are in limbo. they are in columbia illegally. unable to get to the u.s. they risked deportation and returning to cuba is not an option. there they would face certain punishment >>> could you go back to cuba saying i made a mistake, i want to be with my family, go back and have all this go away. >> i won't return to cuba, people will hate us, be spied on, accused as counterrevolutionaries. >> the doctor and other cubans were part of castro governme

sheila macvicar begins the social coverage of the pope's visit.lso, a look ahead at california's saint to be, and why many americans knew him as a sinner.

sheila macvicar begins the social coverage of the pope's visit. also, a look ahead at california's saint to be, and why many americans knew him as a sinner. >> you coulde

sheila macvicar begins the social coveragee pope's visit. also, a look ahead at california's saint to be, and why many aca