through his optimism and his goodwill, shimon peres always placed peace within our grasp. he world, for everything he's accomplished throughout his distinguished life. president peres, israel, the middle east, the world are all better because of your optimism and your decency. it's an honor for me to participate in this ceremony today, as united states congress bestows upon you its highest honor, the congressional gold medal. we honor you today, the father of your country, at least one of the fathers of your country, and in so many different ways congratulate you for being the man that you are. this medal epitomizes all that you've meant to the congress, the people of the united states, and the world. mr. president, you have worked tirelessly to make the world a better place for all of god's children. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [ applause ] >> it is now time for the presentation of the gold medal. and i would ask my colleagues on stage to join me for the presentation. [ applaus

the first one said, do you know shimon peres has only three or four weeks left to go in his presidencythe response was, yes, but they are peres weeks. [laughter] those weeks have gone on for a long time. you are absolutely relentless. you have been minister, prime minister, you have occupied every office there is to occupy. around the world, i have been to so many conferences and other parts of the world with president peres, you're a force of nature, mr. president. every once in a while, people produce someone who is beyond their office. a force of nature. i have watched you in switzerland, in germany, and england. i have watched you in the middle east. in so many places where i have been present while you have spoken. there is never a place i have been -- i have known you since i was 30 years old. there has never been a place i have been where this man stands up -- everybody listens. no matter what the atmosphere before he approached the podium. you are a national treasure to israel. i would also respectfully suggest that you have been a national treasure to the united states of amer

it is sort of the yin and yang of shimon peres.as always done what had to be done for his country at the time and had to be done. he has always known what had to be done. and almost every instance i am aware of -- he has almost always been handed a curve. that was what was needed for his people. jewish state. a homeland for jewish people. ion where twoolut people with side-by-side. enjoyinians self-determination and mutual recognition of peace. when you think about israel today, at least i do -- i have been traveling to israel since 1972. i was raised at a table by what -- shimon peres may not remember. him.ther got to meet what you call a righteous christian. we had conversations, incidentally, eight. my father was one of those he couldfter the war, not understand why there was disagreement about establishing the state of israel. why was this the case? why was there any problem? in hindsight, today, i think most of us look at my children are grown men and women -- they look back and say, this was all inevitable. there was an inevi

to honor shimon peres, the ninth president of israel.nored by his presence and his long life of service to his own nation, and as a friend and ally two hours. honored 20 years ago as a nobel laureate, shimon peres has been a man of these in a region known .or its lack thereof mader own time now, perennial enemies are just made perennial enemies around the world be inspired by his recent abbas and pope francis, praying for peace in our world. lord, grant that his efforts might issue into a future proclaimed the profits isaiah, , when the time of judgment comes, may all our swords be beaten into plowshares , our spears into pruning hooks, may know nation continue to lift up sword against another, and may we no longer learn more. war. bless our world with peace, , and god bless united states of america, amen. >> please be seated. ladies, united states representative from the fourth to stricter massachusetts, the ii. rable joseph kennedy i >> good morning, everyone. mr. vice president, members of the congressional leadership, it is an honor

outgoing israeli president shimon peres is awarded the congressional gold medal. then the supreme court oral argument on the constitutionality of warrantless cell phone searches. book tv set down with hillary clinton in little rock to discuss her newest book "hard choices." i've learned before, but certainly a secretary of state, to expect the unexpected. nobody expected the so-called arab spring until it was upon us. we have to learn to be agile and whilefor the unexpected we try to build the world we want, especially for our children, and now for my future grandchild, but we've got to be aware of the fact that all of these other countries, all of these billions of people, they are making hard choices of recycled a. we have to be ready for that. that welutely convinced have to continue to lead the world into the kind of future that we want. we can't sit on the sidelines. we can't retreat. we are going to have setbacks. we are going to have disappointments, but over time, our story has become the dominant story. it represents the hopes and aspirations of people ev

lord of all, we praise and honor you for using president shimon peres as an instrument of your peace.continue to bless this leader and patriot who believes that security can be found through shimon. may his exemplary life of courage, optimism, patients, steadiness and perseverance inspire us to maximize our possibilities for doing good in your world. bless and keep us. make your face shine upon a and be gracious to us. lift the light of your countenance upon us and give us your shalom. amen. >> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated for the departure of the official party and until your bro was invited to depart by a visitor services representatives. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the communist party u.s.a. recently held its 95th annual in chicago. party chairman said web delivered the keynote address. the event also included a number of speeches on issues like climate change, the minimum wage, iraq and the midterm elections. watch the entire convention saturday evening starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> 1971, august the 15th was very much

we see israeli president shimon peres has arrived at the vatican city. he is meeting the pope right now. >> i think he is the first leader slated to arrive and the schedule says 15 minutes later, the mac mood abbas will be arriving and be received by the pope. it's symbolic as you are saying and just symbolic. the pope believes prayer is powerful as he tweeted in the run-up to this meeting. it all began when he was visiting the holy land, went to bethlehem, touched the separation barrier and apparently on the spur of the moment just decided to invite leaders from israel and from palestine to come and pray with him he recognizes the peace process as it's called is broken. spokesmen say this is not a series of negotiations. they are not going to get into the political nitty gritty. this is just a chance to give peace a chance full. >> nick, what about the order of events? we know they will come together in a united press but what happens after that there will be statements by leaders after the reading of relimingous text first by a rabbi, after, by a chris

to honor shimon peres the ninth presidents of israel.e of service as the nation and as a friend and ally towers. on her 20 years ago as a nobel laureate, shimon peres has been a man of peace in the region known for its lack thereof. and in our own time now, made her an evil enemies around the world be inspired by his recent meeting with pope francis praying for peace and grant that his efforts would be a future proclaimed by the prophet isaiah and joel. when the time of judgment comes be beaten into plowshares, our spears into pruning hooks may no nation continue to live up to ward or against another and made a note longer learn more. bless our world with peace, bless israel, and god bless the united states of america. amen. >> please be seated. >> ladies and gentlemen the representative from the fourth district of massachusetts the honorable joseph kennedy iii. members of the congressional leadership that is an honor for me to join you this morning on the stage. thank you all for the work that you did to make this moment possible. i wou

pope francis incited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to -- ib vited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to pray. nick spicer has this report. >> reporter: you can no longer say peace in the holy land hasn't a prayer. pope francis welcomed israeli and palestinian presidents in a meeting to put politics aside and to prove their prayer is powerful. >> translation: jewish, christian and muslim leaders head pass ims from the sacred text. reading the ceremony to show there is always reason to hope. face making calls for courage. it says yes to encounter, no to conflict. yes to dialogue, no to violence. yes to negotiations, no to hostilities, all of this takes courage, strength and tenacity. >> oh, lord bring comprehensive and just peace. and the region to the people and the middle east will enjoy the fruit of peace, stability and coe existence. never would i forget the bereaveded families. all my life i shall never stop for peace, for generations to come. >> reporter: the israeli prime minister is not here. binyamin netanyahu is the real israeli decision-maker but refuses to rz the new unit -- r

awarding the congressional gold medal to shimon peres will put him in a distinguished category of onlynine individuals who have ever been awarded both the congressional gold medal and the president's medal of freedom. which president obama awarded peres in 2012. of the dual medalists, four are nobel peace prize laureates, an honor bestowed on president peres. the resolution before us today is timely as president peres is scheduled to visit us next week. congress will be able to hold a commemoration ceremony with him in attendance. i'd like to take this moment, mr. speaker, to thank the folks at the u.s. mint who have been working round the clock to make sure the medal is on time and lso the staff of the house and the senate as well as their staff for their support. mr. speaker, i urge all members to support the resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. need to ask if the gentleman is prepared to close. mr. kennedy: i am, sir. mr. harper: i reserve. the speaker p

will take place. >> if i can jump in there, greg, because you're talking about israeli president shimon peres president mahmoud abbas both going to be there and each having private meetings with the pope, but as the pope calls for prayers for peace, peres and abbas, i understand they are expected to discuss political developments when they will meet in private after the prayer so what do you think the two leaders hope to walk away with, greg? >> reporter: well, i think they hope to walk away with goodwill. i mean, it's basically they will have to speak for themselves, but at least from the franciscan prayer, this is a prayer break what, we hope is a start for hope, okay. nobody thinks that peace is going to break out because of one day of prayer, but this will get people praying. it will perhaps instill, give some sense of home. we certainly get that idea from the pope, you know, that we need -- we need to do something different from just what we've done up until now because it hasn't worked. >> yeah. you can't get to peace in the middle east without hope to start with, and hope starts with p

and the white house received a special visitor today israeli president shimon peres met with president obama in the oval office what's on the agenda find out later in the show. it's wednesday june twenty fifth five pm in washington d.c. i'm in the area david in you're watching r.t. america we begin today with the young going battle over water in detroit earlier this year the detroit water and sewage department announced it would begin shutting off water services to fifteen hundred to three thousand customers every week if their water bills were not paid and just last week the city approved an increase in the price residents would have to pay for water now a coalition of activists is pushing back by appealing to the u.n. high commission for human rights to intervene on behalf of the bankrupt city's most vulnerable citizens to break all of this down earlier i spoke with artie's make a lopez who is on the ground in detroit i first asked her why residents are having such a hard time paying for these bills. when you're really depends on who you ask if you ask the folks at the detroit water

but the most significant guests were is really president shimon peres and palestinian leader margaret abbas. mahmoud abbas. instead of political speeches, there was music. prayers were read by religious leaders from all three main religions. pope francis has said in the past that he believes in the power of prayer to change everything, including the situation in the middle east. invitation to religious leaders to join him in prayer at the vatican came as a surprise during his visit to the region two weeks ago. that trip was full of symbolism. francis pradip western wall in jerusalem. at the western wall in jerusalem and at the barrier between territories. many believers in rome say they hope the popes concern to heal the wounds on both sides and his believe in reconciliation despite the problems of the past will give a boost to the stalled peace process. >> there is so much hate but i believe francis can find a new approach. >> francis is not the first pope to get involved in the middle east conflict. but his simple, humble style might help him gain success. is due to hold talks with

we just heard the israeli president shimon peres giving his prayer of the pope. and the pope was urging courage for peace, this hugely symbolic event, an encouragement atmosphere to restart peace in the middle east between the two sides. let's bring in our correspondent nick spicer. he's not at the service, but he is in the vatican. nick, i would imagine there is quite an atmosphere there. one of participation. if not excitement. give us an idea of what you're feelin feel--of what you're seeing. >> well, the pope is really talking about the situation in the middle east, and even though the event here is about bringing together the president of israel, and inter faith dialogue. it's about sending a message of hope to the people of the holy land. that's why the pope called on israel and palestinian leadership to engage in what he called an undaunted dialogue for peoples who were yearning for peace. earlier when there were more people in st. peter's square speaking at the

the 74-year-old will replace the nine-year-old shimon peres, whose term ends in july. it is here what benjamin netanyahu had to say about the victory. >> i know you will do your utmost as president to meet the twofold mission of unifying the in theand showing unity face of external challenges. , as a prime minister from a similar background, to work through. >> a global summit on stopping rape. the four-day event is the first such international meeting to tackle the issue. the interndrive national standards on investigating international standards in conflicts. >> 20 years ago, as serbian shells rained down on syria will, another weapon of war was less visible. 20,000 women were raped during the conflicts. most were afraid to report out of here and the shame it would bring them. >> i just wished he would kill me. i wish he had just killed me, instead of what he did to me. he raped me in front of all the people in the house. >> ngos are trying to teach a new generation of young man that violence will not make them a man. bosnia, along with congo and south sudan, will be

he would take over for shimon peres, who is due to leave office in july. u.s.erecans in the left reeling on wednesday after house majority leader eric cantor faced a shock defeat in the republican primary in virginia. cantor said he would resign. >> while i intend to serve out my term as a member of congress in the seventh district of urging you, effective july 40 -- july 31, i will be stepping down as majority leader. it is with great humility i do so, knowing the tremendous honor it has been to hold this position. >> and this is the man who defeated him, david bratt, a little-known member of the republican party's right-wing tea party movement. >> i owe it to all of you in this room, number one. give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] >> observers say many conservatives sought cancer too soft on immigration -- saw cancer as too soft on immigration issues and too close to washington establishment. >> according to a new government report that came out on wednesday, last year's arms .2es were valued at eight billion euros. the german government has signa

peaceful negotiated solution, two-state solution, but there are issues with abbas and hamas, and shimon peresright wingers, it is not going to go anywhere soon. >> and you bring up an interesting point of whether or not peres is undermining netanyahu, and so, weighing in on that, do you believe that peres is undermining netanyahu by at the ending the meeting yesterday? >> well, i believe that when pope francis invited them both, he was not doing politics, but prayer. he understands that religion above all is what is most important, and if religion is part of the problem, religion can be part of the solution in the middle east. so i don't think that pope francis is the guy who pretens s to know the answers to the all of these questions, and in fact, the word humility always comes up with him, because he is humble enough to admit that i don't know how the fix this, but not surprisingly, he believes in praye prayer, and he says that if we can get together, and first just pray. and if you can pray first together, maybe that is the next step towards real peace which is what everybody says they wan

pope francis invited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to pray. al jazeera's nick spicer has this report from the vatican. >>> you can no longer say peace in the holy land hasn't a prayer. pope francis welcomed the israeli and palestinian presidents for a prayer. prayer is powerful, as the pope tweeted. [ singing ] >> reporter:. >> reporter: jewish, christian and muslim religious leaders read passages from the sacred text. pope francis meant the ceremony to show there was hope. peace making called for courage. it calls for the courage to say yes to encounter and no to conflict. yes to dialogue, and no to violence. yes to negotiation, and no to hostilities. all of this takes courage, strength and tenacity. oh, lord, bring comprehension and just peace to our country, our people and those of the middle east will number the peace, stability and coexistence. >> never will i forget the bereaved families who paid the cost of war. all my life i should never stop to act for peace, for generations to come. >> the israeli prime minister is not here. binyamin

congress has given one of its highest honours to israel's outgoing presidents shimon peres, reversing the gold medal in recognition -- receiving the gold medal in recognition of his time serving. he steps down from the presidency next month. >> this medal says to our young people, and yours, never get sip abbingle, never give in to ex-peed yepsy, and know that america will -- ex-peed yepsy, and though that america will stand with israel and all men and women of peace. >> my friends today, and together, we must tackle two monumental challenges we face - terrorism and poverty. terror knows no borders and the base no rules. it kills hundreds of thousands. and it pounds millions into averages. you she it in iran, in iraq, and syria and lebanon, in syria, in sudan, and gaza and elsewhere. >>> now to brazil - algeria is going to where it's infer gone before, making it to the knockout stages of the world cup for the first time ever. >> reporter: the last two games of the world cup saw group h in action, with algeria looking to create history. they failed to beat belgium, going through to the

an historic summit at the vatican, where pope francis leads shimon peres and mahmoud abbas in a peaceer. they are insisting there's no political agenda behind the invitation. >>> army sergeant bowe bergdahl reportedly says he was tortured after being captured in afghanistan. he was released by the taliban in exchange for five taliban detainees held at guantanamo bay. >> most realtors say the american housing market is on the mend. at least one demographic might disagree. we have a report on why millennials are falling short of the american dream. >> reporter: hand in hand markus and his wife enjoy strolls in the neighbourhood. this 4-bedroom residence in bedford, texas is their dream home. this one-bed room apartment across the street is their reality. >> if we could afford to move to the house tomorrow i would. >> markus doesn't see how he and his family can move past apartment living. student loans, not stellar credit and tight standards are factor which he says are keeping him from achieving the american dream. >> we have to re-evaluate and see how we'll pay for it, the house and t

pope francis invited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to pray in a bid to revive hopes for peace in the middle east. >>> up to 125,000 people died from snake bites around the world each year. many more are saved by an injection of antivenom. that is available in hospitals. researchers in calvia are working to -- california are working to change that. jacob ward reports. >> the west enjoys privileges, none so extreme as its insulation from the danger of death by snake bite. >> we don't have a lot of venomous snakes that we are concerned about. the most potent example is my son has a pet snake. this is our pet copying snake. if you saw the snake in india you would be scared, or anywhere in south-east asia or anywhere in the world. >> in northern california, the worst snake i will encounter is the only indigenous ven mouse species. i'm within moments of hospitals, any one of which could deal with the situation. there are only a couple of fatalities from snake bites in a couple of years. in the rest of the world it's a death sentence. the world health organisation statements 2 billion snake

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. >>> pope francis has joined israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbas to pray for peace in the middle east. it's unusual for the pope to invite political leaders from areas of conflict to the vatican. ♪ the pope welcomed peres and abbas to a session of christian, jewish and muslim prayers on sunday. >> translator: peacemaking calls for courage. much more so than warfare. it calls for the courage to say, yes, to encounter, and no to conflict. >> peace seems distant, we must pursue to bring it closer, and if we pursue peace with determinati determination -- >> oh, lord bring comprehensive and just peace to our country and region so that our people and the peoples of the middle east and the whole world will enjoy the fruits of peace, stability, and coexistence. >> a vatican official says the pope is not seeking to get politically involved in the middle east peace process. but he showed concern over the situation during his trip to the region last month. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing to take part in further peace talks. he strongly i

the middle east, as he hosts palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas and israeli president shimon peres special vatican prayer meeting. francis says he believes prayer is a key element in the peace process. earlier in the week, he renewed calls for peace in syria and criticized what he called a "globalization of indifference" which has numbed people to the ongoing violence and humanitarian devastation caused by that conflict. >>> meanwhile, francis raised eyebrows with some comments about families. he blamed a "culture of well-being and comfort" for convincing some married people not to have children. he lamented that some people think it's easier "to have a puppy or two cats" rather than children. instead, francis said, "fruitfulness" should be a pillar of christian marriage. >>> prayers and remembrances were held around the world this week to mark the 70th anniversary of d-day in world war ii. on june 6, 1944, allied forces invaded the french coast of normandy, an event that ultimately led to the defeat of nazi germany. thousands of allied troops died in what was the largest seaborne

it began with a warm embrace between israeli president shimon peres and mahmoud abbas, the presidentf the palestinian authority. then with the pope and the leader of the orthodox christian church bartholomew, they went to a carefully choreographed service in the garden where they heard prayers from the jewish, muslim and christian faiths. each leader spoke, the pope saying peace calls for more courage than war. peres told the group even when peace seems distant, we must choose to bring it closer. and abbas parade for safety and stability in the region. then they all exchanged a sign of peace. this was broadcast live all around the world because the pope hopes it is these pictures that will push the people of the holy land to ask their leaders to end this conflict. lester? >> anne thompson in rome for us tonight, thank you. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this sunday, inside the courtroom of a tough-talking judge whose hard-nosed approach often keeps people out of prison. >>> and later, tom brokaw's one-on-one with one american's return to normandy for the first time in 70 ye

israeli president shimon peres and mahmoud abbas were seen joking. >>> hundreds of children are crossed into the country illegally hasn't spent the weekend sleeping on plastic boards, mostly from honduras were flown in from south texas sleeping under foil blankets while waiting for medical checkups. the influx overwhelmed border patrol. they will be transferred to other states eventually. >>> hillary clinton's new book comes out tomorrow called "hard choices" a prelude to a possible run for the white house and comes as an abc news poll reveals strong support for clinton as a candidate. seven in sen testimonies say they'd back clinton if she runs for president in 2016 and 67% of americans polled see her as a strong leader. diane diasawyer sat down with h to ask when is she going to make a decision about running? >> i just want to kind of get through this year, sign book, help in the midtemperature election in the fall and take a deep breath and go through my pluses and minuses about what i will and will not be thinking about as a make the decision. i will be on the way to making a decisi

the pope brought together israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbas, the first time the two leaders have met in public in more than a year. pope francis urging both men to respond to calls for peace and there may be signs that tensions could be found between them both with both agreeing that peace and stability was needed in the region. the meeting comes despite the recent collapse of u.s. backed middle east peace talks between the two sides. >>> a fourth degree black belt battling her way to the crown at this year's miss usa pageant. >> and miss usa 2014 is miss nevada. >> miss nevada. nia sanchez winning the coveted title of miss usa. she said in the interview portion, women can empower themselves by learning self-defense. she edged out first runner-up miss north dakota. country stars florida georgia line teamed up with nelly to add some southern swagger to the swimsuit competition. the pageant owner donald trump took the show in. sanchez will represent the u.s. at the miss universe contest. bill karins joins us now. >> she's got quite the -- her resume,

and the congressional gold medal ceremony for israeli president shimon peres. p.m.an watch that at 9:35 eastern here on c-span. >> author daniel shulman on the koch brothers, their rise to theircal power, and decades long -- there was bill and frederick and other shareholders of coke industries. of this culminates in a boardroom showdown charles ends -- fording.s bill and others were essentially trying to expand the board. this would have ended up deposing charles is chairman. they would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company. >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers. and there is a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. wichita" author daniel shulman sunday night on q and a. communicators"he with gordon smith, talking about the future of television. then supreme court oral argument in a case dealing with streaming video and copyright law. then the communist party usa convention in chicago. >> c-span -- created by america's cable co

israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbas were even spotted joking and embracing. francis presided over an invocation of jewish, christian and muslim prayers. >>> hundreds of children who crossed into the country illegally spent the weekend sleeping on plastic boards at a holding center in arizona. the minors, mostly from honduras, el salvador and guatemala, were flown in from south texas. some of them were sleeping under foil blankets while waiting for medical checkups. the influx has overwhelmed border patrol. the kids eventually will be transferred to other states. >>> hillary clinton's new book comes out tomorrow. it's called "hard choices," and it's a prelude to a possible run for the white house. it comes as an abc news poll reveals strong support for clinton as a candidate. seven in ten democrats say they'd back clinton if she runs for president in 2016, and 67% of americans polled see her as a strong leader. diane sawyer sat down with clinton to ask point-blank when is she going to make a decision about running? >> i just want to kind of get through this y

israeli president shimon peres and his palestinian counterpart mahmoud abbas hammered out the first real israeli-palestinian peace accord as negotiators 20 years ago. >> with the blessing shalom. >> peres calls himself an old man who had seen war and tasted peace. and said leaders owed their children a better future. >> abbas prayed to god to bring comprehensive and just peace to our country an region. waiting for that has left people tired and disillusioned, israeli foreign policy advisor nadav tamir says. >> we have to do something about the lack of trust and sinmism. we believe that when the three leaders will send this message it can have an affect on public opinion. >> francis publicly issued the invitation to pray together at the his trip to the holy land but set it up in advance using a back channel. spanish speaking journalist henrique cymerman. >> he's very creative. he knows that the bureaucrat, the bureaucracies, the government, the diplomats, he knows it's very heavy, it takes time. >> henrique recorded this personal request to the pope who called in a tax ni rome to set up t

>> guest: shimon peres is from poland. still has a polish accent on his hebrew that is often the butt of humor in israel. >> guest: persky. (laughter) >> guest: it's a good thing i remember these things, as a good israeli should. c-span: yeah, you're doing good here. ok, some of the -- we're leading up to 1967. >> guest: yeah. c-span: by the way, did israel win '56? >> guest: israel won the '56 militarily. there is a pattern always in israeli military, diplomatic history that israel wins wars militarily but cannot necessarily win them diplomatically, politically, all right? certainly, this was the case in 1948. in 1948, israel won an overwhelming victory over the arabs, and yet it didn't secure the one thing that most victorious countries achieve in war. it didn't achieve peace. didn't end the state of war. in 1956, israel decimated the egyptian army, decimated the egyptian air force, and yet did not achieve peace again. in '67, one of the great military victories in all history, all right, in terms of the amount of materi

on the white house received a special visitor today israeli president shimon peres met with president obama in the oval office what's on the agenda find out later in the show.

he hosted a prayer summit with israeli president shimon peres and mahmoud abbas.reporter: the unprecedented ceremony of three religions praying inside the headquarters of the world's 1.2 billion roman catholics was billed as a pause for peace. with no expectations that it would have any immediate effect. >> i'm glad to see you. >> i'm glad to see you too. >> reporter: coming just weeks after the u.s. effort to kick the peace process along failed the meeting was seen as a bold step into the fray by pope francis. peace making calls for courage, francis told his guests. courage to say yes to dialogue and no to violence. yes to negotiations and no to hostilities. israeli president shimon peres and his palestinian counterpart, mahmoud abbas, know about that. they worked out and signed the peace deal between the israelis and palestinians known as the oslo accords in 1993. >> peace does not come easy. >> reporter: in his invocation peres said parents owe their children a better future. aboss said to bring comprehensive and just peace to our region. progress has been incr

. >>> israeli president shimon peres and palestine president mahmoud abbas arrived hours ago to pray at the residence of pope francis. they were at the service at the invitation of the roman catholic pope. it comes after the collapse of the peace process talks. >> reporter: you can no hoppinger say peace in the holy -- longer say peace in the holy land hasn't a prayer. pope francis invited them proving that prayer is powerful. [ speaking foreign language ] . >> translation:. >> translation: almighty god and father, we gather here together. we, your children. >> translation: jewish, christian and muslim religious leaders read passages. pope francis meant the ceremony to show there was reason always to hope. >> reporter: the israeli prime minister is not here. binyamin netanyahu is the real israeli decision-maker when it comes to peace talks he refuses to recognise the unity government formed by fatah and hamas. earlier in the day the pope thanked people around the world for prayers for peace. people came to listen at st. peter's square. >> i'm happy for the meeting and praying for the

pope francis invited shimon peres, and mahmoud abbas to the service in a bid to revive hopes for peace in the middle east. nick spicer reports. >> reporter: you can no longer say peace in the molery land hasn't a prayer. they meet the presidents for a meeting and prove as the pope treated that prayer is powerful. >> translation: almighty god and father, we gather here together. we, your children. >> reporter: jewish, christian and muslim leaders read passages from their saked text. pope francis meant the ceremony to though that there was hope. >> the israeli prime minister is not here and binyamin netanyahu is the real israeli decision-maker when it comes to peace talks he refuses to recognise the unity government formedly hamas. earlier palestinians came to listen at st. peter's square. ahead of the encounter. >> i'm happy to have heard this meeting and heard the pray for the peace in the middle east, and for the peace for my people, palestine people suffering for 66 years. it is enough. >> reporter: it all ended with a handshake and the planting of an olive tree as a symbol of hope i

the israeli leader the pope chose was israeli president shimon peres, not the prime minister, benjaminu. peres has no authority really to negotiate any peace situation whatsoever. nonetheless, it was a symbolic picture. my question is, do you think the pop would take more concrete steps going forward, move perhaps beyond just symbolism? >> well, first of all, the vatican does have a vested interest in this particular issue, ie, the holy land. many sacred places there for christianity. they do have continual diplomatic relations with israel on the issues that concern the catholic church. so i do believe we will see some continued diplomacy between the vatican and israelis in the future. john. >> all right, delia gallagher for us at the vatican, thank you. remarkable images. >> the symbolism is important. let's see what happens now. >>> straight ahead, a bit of a different story here. batter up. yes, her swing, where, at fenway park. and she's going to tell us the story. how she helped fallen heroes on the field. >> it was so wonderful. co: sometimes you don't know you need a hotel room

pope francis hosted israel's president shimon peres and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbasay prayer session. they shared prayers in arabic, hebrew and italian... and both men committed themselves to the pursuit of peace. but they didn't engage in any negotiations. >> for peace at all costs. patients if necessary. moving forward day after day. risen to eternal life. >>after a ceremony in the gardens of the vatican, the two leaders met together privately with the pope a set of rare twins photographed holding hands when they were born are home from the hospital. jenna and jillian thistlethwaite were born one month ago today in ohio. they are called mono-mono twins because they shared a single amniotic sac and placenta. the twins were released from the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit on saturday. their mom says she is excited to have everyone under the same roof, as is her 15-month-old son jaxson, who is ready to be a big brother. i think i accidently saidw woof instead of roof...each baby will sport either pink or purple nail polish to tell them apart. high gas prices

. >>> the pope is hosting a unique prayer meeting at the vatican today where shimon peres and mahmoudn olive tree in the garden. they were invited by the pontiff during his last visit to the holy land. >>> a truck driver charged in the crash that critically hurt comedian tracy morgan turned himself in. kevin roper of georgia was driving the tractor-trailer that hit the limo bus. comedian james mcnair who goes by jimmy mac was killed. there are others in critical condition today. >>> state of the union with candy crowley starts right now. >>> saving sergeant bergdahl, the fallout. >>> today, two exclusives. u.s. secretary of state john kerry talks for the first time about the five taliban prisoners released from gitmo to qatar. >> not telling you they don't have the ability at some point to go back and get involved. but they also have an ability to get killed doing that. >> and the response from senator john mccain. >> the exchange for five hardest of the hard core al

wednesday, the president will have lunch with israeli president shimon peres at the white house. after, he will welcome jimmie johnson to honor him for his 2013 nascar sprint cup series championship. dallas cowboys fans will have to wait another day for that. on thursday, the president will travel to minneapolis. the white house chief of staff is very excited about that trip. on friday, we will have more detail about the schedule on friday later. we are still working out details on friday. >> [indiscernible] >> that is still the plan. all right? that is still the plan. thanks, everybody. have a great weekend. we will see you monday. >> irs commissioner testified before the house ways and means committee today about the investigation into the irs alleged targeting of political groups. arms of the committee asked about the missing e-mails of lois lerner, who headed the irs office on tax-exempt groups. the hearing is tonight at 8:00 eastern tonight on c-span. right now, an exchange between the commissioner and a republican congressman. >> why did you tell, why did the irs and form t

. >>> well, earlier today at the white house, outgoing israeli president shimon peres received the congressionalhe highest civilian honor the u.s. congress can bestow. the vice president and leaders of the senate and house were on hand for today's ceremony. peres is the latest -- last surviving member of israel's founding generation. >> you are a force of nature, mr. president. you are a force of nature. every once in a while, a people produce someone who is beyond their office. they are a force of nature. okay ladies, whenever you're ready. i got this. no, i'll get it! let me get it. ah uh, i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? here's one...get an allstate agent. nice! switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-788-0900 now. hold on man, is that a leak up there? that's a drip. now that's a leak. that is a leak! and if you don't have allstate renters insurance... game over. protect your valuables

mahmoud abbas and shimon peres met with the pope to pray, and the pope said he hoped that it would start to unite the things that can overcome the things that divide. >>> it is cheaper to own a piece of apple this morning. smidgeon. bertha coombs is weighing it out for us, and moving your money. bertha for the first time in five years the cost of apple stock is behilo $100/a share, and we know why here. it is that split, right? >> right. essentially apple shares had been trading at about $650 last week. they had announced a while back they would split the shares 7-4-1 and so you are getting the same amount of apple, but more shares. the reason they do it is because more individual investors would feel better of buying it at that price rather than shelling out $650 for one share of apple. so they are hoping to see a sort of better investor base and make it more possible for apple to go into the dow jones industrial average, because at $650, it would have skewed the dow. so this might help the inclusion there. >> and this is as the dow is up, and we are getting close to the magic 17,000, a

shimon peres -- mr. shimkus: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, headline today in one of the papers was "oil prices to rise as high as $120 per barrel due to the iraqi crisis." headline a couple days ago, "oil at a three-month high on iraq anxiety." this brings me back to an issue that i have spoken of many times throughout the years as a member of congress that this nation needs to have a national energy policy. and just like you would on a good investment portfolio, a diversified energy portfolio. now, in the energy arena we really -- i really break it into two areas. electricity generation and transportation fuels. in electrician generation, we need to have the full range of competitive fuel and technologies to have enough electricity at low prices to fuel and run our economy. it's hot in washington, d.c., today. a lot of air-conditioners are on, and we want to be able to cool our homes at low prices. that means having a diversified energy portfolio. n

. >> wednesday, outgoing israeli president shimon peres met with president obama at the white house.rwards he spoke to reporters about iran's nuclear program and violence in iraq. here's look. >> actually we've had conversations with the president of the community. the two teams, the team of the president and my team and it was. all those meetings overriding, i'm not used to and all these meetings from my sentiment were superb, agreeable. i told the president that that i'm dullest man, that i met 10 presidents of the united states. the first i met was president kennedy. at that time, the united states wouldn't agree to supply us arms. i came to president that answers really fully all the security needs of israel and we are grateful for it. about iran, i told him that if iran will continue to build a bomb be the result will be the middle east will become nuclear. then iran can not be an exception either. we must think about it. and the best way to reach an agreement is to follow the example of syria. send out dangerous weapons of the land -- and if this will be done, i think it will b

president obama is hosting israeli president shimon peres at the white house today.nt peres will head to capitol hill to receive the gold medal in the capitol rotunda. several notable results in yesterday's primary elections. mississippi senator thad cochran narrowly held off a challenge ever state senator chris mcdaniel after coming in second in the june third primary. the six-term senator holds 6,000 vote lead with 99% of the precincts accounted according to the associated press. latest numbers out of new york's harlem and manhattan district show 22-term congressman charlie rangel holding a slight lead over the his democratic challenger. that is still too close to call with number of absentee ballots. we'll update results after the day progresses. live to the u.s. senate. members working on a federal jobs training bill, series of votes including final passage scheduled for 2:30 eastern this afternoon. live to the floor of the senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer.

wednesday, the president will have lunch with israeli president shimon peres at the white house. after, he will welcome jimmie johnson to honor him for his 2013 nascar sprint cup series championship. dallas cowboys fans will have to wait another day for that. on thursday, the president will travel to minneapolis. the white house chief of staff is very excited about that trip. on friday, we will have more detail about the schedule on friday later. we are still working out details on friday. >> [indiscernible] >> that is still the plan. all right? that is still the plan. thanks, everybody. have a great weekend. we will see you monday. firsts is josh earnest's news conference as press secretary. he was asked a number of the irss about commissioner who testified before the house ways and means committee about the investigation into the alleged irs targeting of political groups. members asked him about the missing e-mails of lois lerner who headed the irs office on tax-exempt groups. we will be able to show you that hearing again tonight at 8:00 eastern. on facebook, we are asking for

years, president shimon peres has been a selfless servant of his beloved country during times of war and peace, providing a steady hand. he has been a constant and passionate voice for peace, but most of all, not only is he a great statesman and leader, he is a man who has a pure heart, and the depth of his love for all of humanity has made him a drum major for justice, not just in israel but throughout the world. as for america, we have never had a better friend who understands who we are and what we stand for. as president peres said last night at the israeli embassy, we are an exceptional nation whose people give rather than take. president, is our way of saying to you, thank you, and to recognize that you truly are an exceptional man who has made israel and the world a better place. thank you, mr. president. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states army chorus. [chorus sings] ♪