this is hannah bardell‘s report: i am hannah bardell, the snp mp for livingston.ly and friends just after, and publicly last year after taking part in this historic photo of lg bt parliamentarians. and since the 2017 general election, there are now a record 45 of us in westminster. i am on a mission to meet colleagues who have paved the way for people like me, to look at other politicians' experiences of coming out, the criticism levied against them, and how things have changed for lgbt politicians since the first mp came out over 30 years ago. over the last 30 years we have seen huge steps forward in gay rights. the age of consent was lowered to 16. we have rights to adopt and to marry, but many politicians who have come out in that time have faced hostility. sir alan duncan is a foreign office minister and was the first conservative mp to publicly come out in 2002. when he came out he was greeted with a mixed reaction, including one article which headlined, "i'm sorry, mr duncan, if you're gay, you are not a tory." he also said he was turned down for a job in go

she said she is grateful to her snp collea g u es said she is grateful to her snp colleagues in westminstery the snp's national executive. and she thanks police scotland, the crown office and she does say for the time being, she is going to be taking time to reflect a nd she is going to be taking time to reflect and consider her next steps. thank you. now the weather. some of us thank you. now the weather. some of us enjoying some lovely sunshine this afternoon. particularly along the south coast. but elsewhere there isa the south coast. but elsewhere there is a lot of cloud, showers and thunder storms. very wet around the humberarea. thunder storms. very wet around the humber area. you see the sunshine in the south. but towards the humber we have had some thunder storms and down pours. things are improving in the next two hours. but we start to look to the south and west for the next area of rain to spread in. turning wet in the south west and windy too. rain in wales and northern ireland. by the end of the night 15 degrees in the north—west. a bit chilly for some. the rain in the south we

the snp on public the nasdaq. -- the snp on top of the nasdaq.a perhaps easing a with tensions, although we had a fresh salvo from the u.s. this morning. the federal reserve signaling that the central bank is looking this year saying quantitative perhaps the unwinding of the balance sheet will take place next month. we've got alibaba and tencent reporting this week. that will be important for the tech space. the rba in australia meeting shortly. haidi: we are not expecting any rba, but wer the have some polls taking a look. we have the rba saying the housingsuggest household balance sheets need careful monitoring. also noting consumption growth forecast could be curved by wages. if i can get a little more. the aussie dollar rising. this: when it comes to inflation, and the risk of low information -- inflation clearly works with the record low wage growth. paul: and the rba noting inflation is still expected to increase gradually as the economy strengthens. they are still optimistic. wage growth remains low. the rba is still expecting to increase

the snp lost one tenth of a percent, so the snp lost one tenth of a percent, so not major downgrades,beginning to put a bit of money into gold, the swiss franc, investments that often they think of as safe havens. it's worth pointing out that we are coming off the back of a period where we have seen wall street eating fish record highs, so that may explain some of the declines. —— we have seen wall street eating fresh record highs. i have a question about disney. it is massive and buying theme parks, blockbusters like frozen, star wars and the marvel series but the entertainment giant is struggling to be profitable in the face of lina competition, as we found out today. it is axing a deal with netflix and apparently it will stream its own content. tell us more. it has been an interesting couple of days hearing from media companies here in the us. disney is the one that has drawn a lot of attention, because it is saying it is going to pull its offerings away from netflix, when that contract ends. the will start its own streaming service is literally trying to give its offerings direct

now, currently, the japanese stock—market is in negative territory, together with australia and the snpd trump suggested that he could shut down the us. congress is a border war with mexico was not built. thank you for in investing your time with us. have a great day. the top stories this hour. there have been more questions about us naval operations in the pacific after the commander of the seventh fleet was sacked following a series of accidents. 0n terror alert in rotterdam — a rock concert is cancelled, police seize a van containing gas canisters near the venue. a cyclist accused of knocking over and killing a mother of two as she crossed a street in east london has been convicted of "wanton and furious driving". charlie alliston was found not guilty of manslaughter but the judge said she was considering a jail sentence. alliston, who was 18 at the time, was riding on a bike with no front brakes when he crashed into 44—year—old kim briggs. dan johnson reports. it was a split—second encounter with a bike that ended kim briggs' life. she was crossing a busy london street in her lunch

the snp as 200 is also in negative territory. wall street down heavily overnight as you can see.rt. thanks were investing your time with us thanks were investing your time with us and have a happy friday! goodbye for now. the top stories this hour: three days of mourning have been declared after a van deliberately ploughed into a crowd in the centre of barcelona, killing 13 people. as the security operation gathers pace, for people described as terrorists have been killed in cabril, south of barcelona. a leading geologist has suggested that the uk's rock formations are unlikely to hold large supplies of shale gas. professorjohn underhill says the shale rock deposits were formed 55 million years too late to trap substantial amounts of gas and that the future role of fracking in this country has therefore been exaggerated. the shale gas revolution in the usa. energy prices there tumbled after engineers discovered how to crack shale rocks to release gas trapped inside. the central part of the usa has a vast amounts of shale gas. in the uk, firms have started seeking gas in shale roc

we had ruth davidson the leader of the scottish tories, the snp leader, they tease on twitter.scotland had a much better expected result in the general election and came back from nowhere to get 11, or 12, seats and are they could be on their way to another bounce back? you could say kezia dugdale surely has had a success at some supporters ofjeremy corbyn have said, you are incredibly critical ofjeremy corbyn and that election result we had injune, that was down to jeremy corbyn and not you. do you think that is what this is about, a falling out, or is it more subtle? i think there is interesting politics going on, there is an assumption that maybe her successor will be neil finn lay, who is more on the left, although allan smith won the labour leadership contest in scotland againstjeremy corbyn. kezia dugdale recently announced she is in a relationship with an snp msp and that was greeted as a wonderful story. they have been on a trip to the united states and they fell in love and it was really touching. but there has been under the scenes criticism at holyrood from labour ms

and the snp urged the government to rub out its red line on the ecj completely.revealing too that most pro—brexit tory mps seem pretty comfortable with the direction the government is going on this and it's a fact that once britain leave the eu, judgements by the european court of justice will no longer be binding on uk courts. one of the big questions for the negotiations, though, is the extent britain chooses to follow eu law and judgements in return for close corporation on trade, security and more. so what happens next? the chief negotiators from britain and the eu will resume their talks in brussels next week and there have already been disagreements between the two sides on the role the ecj should have in the future. today's paperfrom should have in the future. today's paper from the uk should have in the future. today's paperfrom the uk may smooth should have in the future. today's paper from the uk may smooth things over a bit. it shows they are except when there are trade—offs to be made and the fact they are now saying if they want accept the direct eff

made some decent games, winning seats backin some decent games, winning seats back in glasgow from the snp. so i did not see that coming. still an underwhelming performance. did not see that coming. still an underwhelming performancem did not see that coming. still an underwhelming performance. it was, and there is a lot of ground to make up, but she is a charismatic and young leader and i'm surprised and she will be difficult to replace. 0k. kate... talking about charismatic leaders, president ron. he is in texas —— president trump. he is in texas —— president trump. he is in texas —— president trump. he is being credited with handling the crisis pretty well so far. he's very keen in making sure that this is not his george w bush katrina comparison and he wants to look like he has a handle on the situation, dealing with it. he hopes he comes across statesman—like, but that is betrayed by what he has put out on twitter. he almost has a childlike excitement when the storm was coming in, peppered with exclamation marks, and he used the word wow which seems and he used the word wow which seem

made some decent games, winning seats backin some decent games, winning seats back in glasgow from the snpstill an underwhelming performancem did not see that coming. still an underwhelming performance. it was, and there is a lot of ground to make up, but she is a charismatic and young leader and i'm surprised and she will be difficult to

snp. how does labour distinguish itself in scotland now?is about radical change in society and that socialist message which was very successful during the general election. for me moving forward, the emphasis on picking a new leader isn't necessarily their character and background but will be about who is the best person to take forward that message. and the national message about hope and optimism, demanding more from our society and moving away from tory austerity. that is what scottish labour has to offer and it's about who's going to ta ke offer and it's about who's going to take that forward. david, why is it that labour's fortunes have changed so dramatically in scotland? they haven't changed that dramatically. they did well in the recent election but their share of the vote only we nt but their share of the vote only went up by 2.5%. it's all relative, the result two years ago was pretty devastating. there is a sense that they are making more progress. i think partly because the unionist nationalist dynamic, the constitutional debate

snp down. nasdaq is down the most, 1/10 of 1%.t look at the nasdaq performance relative to the snp and dow. 17.tv 82 massive run-up here into the early months of june. a little bit of a drop off. little gains here. look at august. a lot of clustering. not a whole lot going on. put some -- could put some of his money back to work. some of the drivers being mastec lower today. i will focus on amazon, down quite a bit. almost down to 1% today. julia chatterley in the last five minutes -- looked at it cutting prices. approved the merger, amazon buying whole foods for $13.7 billion. quickly you see where they and the shares -- fall target rises. down quite almost -- a bit. earners, this company up 18%. top and bottom line. they're forecasting full-year sales ahead for the rest of the year that beat analyst estimates. good news here from guest. lia: investors remain on at as donald trump to negotiate policy. as looking up a congressional requested mitch and paul. for the legislation to be popular, that the bill, for easy approval. they

the snp five hundred still hanging on with in one point five percent of a record high it hit earlier this month. it was down point one five percent a short while ago. investors are now looking towards a meeting between central bank governor set to begin in jackson wyoming later today. but janet yellin and mario draghi are expected to spea. our next story revisits volkswagen's emissions scandal. here in france nine hundred and fifty thousand vehicles were recalled by volkswagen. after the company was cut installing cheat devices to pass emissions tests. an increasing number of french drivers who have since received new cars from the company. are reporting mechanical problems volkswagen denies the issues are related to the new mission software installed. non medicare has this report with our sister channel post war. after it was forced to recall around eleven million vehicles worldwide. volkswagen could have been forgiven for thinking the diesel gates storm had passed. but an increasing amount of users now say their cars have been acting up. since the german constructor upgraded their

united healthcare's helping push the snp five hundred up nearly six tenths of a percent with the dow up around three tents and the nasdaq up around nine tenth. european indexes also up french retailer car for losing thirteen percent on slowing sales but gains at week and pernod ricard help offset that. the cat carol here in paris closing up nearly six tenths of a percent. chosen lufthansa up over three percent that help the frankfurt dax along. onions with one hundred closing up nearly nine tenths of a percent. let's take a look at some of today's top business headlines. india's economy grew at its slowest pace since twenty fourteen for the three months ending in june. the country posted five point seven percent growth for the quarter that's down from six point one percent for the previous quarter. it's the fourth straight sets period of slowing growth. manufacturing seeing the sharpest deceleration analysts point to last year's can japan and. acts as possible factors. alors lafayette planned. wire locked a dude ba connick french department store has announced it will buy a fifty one

in afternoon trading dow jones and the snp five hundred both comfortably trading up with the nasdaq just slightly above flat on. the retail sector was the biggest loser here. as a grocery store stocks continue to deck around the world after amazon's monday announcement that it was slashing whole foods prices starting time. monday. turning now to argentina where president marie still mochrie is moving ahead with a series of measures to try and modernize the country's economy. his efforts have recently been met with resistance from the country's labor unions in the capital of oneness iris. but it's in the distance southern region of terada flaco where the country's manufacturing sector is being hit the hardest. julia can reports. it's been called the end of the world. yet the mountainous region of theater that waco was once home to a booming manufacturing hub. it produced ninety percent of some electronics in argentina. benefiting from protectionist policies put in place by the populace fo. for the one hundred and fifty thousand residents of t. edited quaker. those days have come to an end

tech heavy nasdaq has dropped sharply there one one point seven percent this hour of the snp five hundred also sliding just over one percent. little less than an hour's up trading if you don't have the rise in julye an agreement to cut production. the cartel also said it expects global demand to rise over the next year. it lifted its forecast by about a hundred thousand barrels per day. it's thursday was the last day for to shiva to report its results to avoid being pulled from the tokyo stock exchange. the company confirmed losses of around seven and a half billion euros for the financial year to the end of march. sheba is one of japan's biggest companies it's been dogged by a series of financial difficulties. rebecca rosman explains. nnsl. in the nick of time link. after months of delays auditor signed off on toshiba's earnings on thursday. barely saving the japanese like. giant from being de. dead from the if you're stuck strange. while the company reported some growth in its first quarter earnings for the good news stops a player. for awhile executives announced a record eight point e

reports, the results come at a time when critics say educational standards have suffered under the snpl their hard work, the wait is over for these students at eastbank academy, in the east end of glasgow. i got an a in classics. how did that happen? i got the results i needed, so that's really good. yeah, so how are you feeling? really, really happy. i got one a, two bs and a c. i lost my maths, but that what i was expecting, so i'm happy with that and i come back and take maths next year if i want. i failed maths, but i was kind of expecting that, so, i'm 0k. across scotland, pass rates remained at a high—level and results in the higher exams, sat by 16 and 17—year—old, were broadly in line with last year, but more widely the scottish education system is facing challenges. exam results don't themselves tell us anything very much about the standards of scottish education as a whole, yet international comparisons suggest that scotland's standards are declining, that scotland is not as a good as it used to be. it's about average, it's not disastrous, but it used to be well above average

tech heavy nasdaq outperforming up just under one in the third there this hour the snp five hundred up about one percen. vic's ear index which had last week jumped the most since twenty fifteen on growing rhetoric between the us and north korea. pays back down now about twenty percent this monday. moving on some of the day's other business headlines chief executive of merck pharmaceuticals has resigned from donald trump's manufacturing advisory council. kenneth frazier indicated he was disappointed by the president's response to this weekend's violence in charlottesville. saying he felt a personal responsibility to quote to take a stand against intolerance and stream ism. president trump blasted the decision on twitter calling on him to focus on lowering drug prices. meanwhile two website domain provider's have blocked a neo* website over its coverage of the charlottesville violence. google said it would not host the daily stormer just twenty four hours after godaddy cancelled its domai. registration. both firms said the blog had violated their terms of service. by publishing hateful c

let‘s speak to the snp's may cabinet. let‘s speak to the snp‘s europe spokesman stephen gethin is. now an apparent coming together and in agreement there should be a transition period, do you welcome that? i think one thing thatis you welcome that? i think one thing that is abundantly clear, deep divisions that exist within the government is still there and this is papering over the cracks, in the papers today, isn‘t cutting it. one thing that is abundantly clear from the election, the government no longer... loss of sound... therefore it‘s in our interests to work together... loss of sound... it‘s not a great line but i will ask you a couple more questions. the idea of a couple more questions. the idea of a transition period. if that is what it is to be, would you like that to be as long as possible? we have heard areas permutations, the chancellor talking about three yea rs, chancellor talking about three years, other people saying maybe one or two. it depends on a transition to fort. loss of sound we don‘t know what‘s at the end of that period and thatis what‘s at the end of tha

us stocks recovering from the sell—off last week, the snp by the hundred, the biggest single day percentageechnology shares including apple giving the index its biggest boost. that positive sentiment has been setting the tone for the european markets. perhaps not a stronger performance in london, certainly on the continent, frankfurt as well reacting to the german growth figures out. let's take a look at what wall street has in store. here's michelle fleury. a lot of attention on tuesday like many days of the week will be paid to the retail sector. the big economic data of the day as the retail sales report from the department of commerce, it will measure the overall sector's performance for july and it is expected to show sales grew by 0.4% compared with last, that would be a distinct improvement on the zero growth shown injune. if improvement on the zero growth shown in june. if numbers improvement on the zero growth shown injune. if numbers come in lower than that it may prompt some more worries about the health of us retail. but investors will have earnings from one of the nation's the

and the snp urged the government to rub out its red line on the ec] completely.ealing too that most pro—brexit tory mps seem pretty comfortable with the direction the government is going on this. and it is the fact once britain leaves the european union, judgments about the european court ofjustice will no longer be binding on uk courts. one of the big questions for negotiations is the extent britain chooses to follow eu law and judgments in return for close cooperation on trade, security and more. so what happens next? the chief negotiators from britain and the eu will resume the talks in brussels next week and there have already been disagreements between the two sides on the role the ec] should have in the future. today's paperfrom the uk may smooth things over a bit. it shows they are accepting there are painful trade—offs to be made and the fact they are now saying that they will not accept the direct effects of the european court ofjustice, they will just accept it indirectly affecting the uk post brexit, is quite constructive from an eu point of view. cent

and the snp urged the government to rub out its red line on the ec] completely., that most pro—brexit tory mps seem pretty comfortable with the direction the government's going on this. and it's a fact that once britain leaves the european union, judgments by the european court ofjustice will no longer be binding on uk courts. one of the big questions for the negotiations, though, is the extent britain chooses to follow eu law and judgments in return for close co—operation on trade, security and more. so, what happens next? the chief negotiators from britain and the eu will resume their talks in brussels next week, and there have already been disagreements between the two sides on the role the ec] should have in the future. today's paperfrom the uk may smooth things over a bit. it shows that they are accepting there are painful trade—offs to be made, and the fact that they are now saying that if they won't accept the direct effect of the court ofjustice, they could accept it indirectly affecting the uk post—brexit is quite constructive from an eu point of view. c

the nasdaq lost seven points and snp lost one point.ail sales posted the biggest increases with more discretionary spending. >>> a new instant pickup in berkeley, the service enables ordering certain items with the mobile application, and it is limited to snacks, drinks and phone charges. the service is currently available in four cities nationwide. amazon plans to expand the service by the end of the year. >>> cosco has been ordered to pay more than $19 million after tiffany's stole - - they sold thousands of diamond rings advertise as tiffany products. cosco plans to appeal. >>> broken glass in a bar parking lot, why the agency is challenged in dealing with the problem. >> rosemarie will show us when we will break out of the cold spell. people love my breakfast burritos. and my french fries. wait! what if i put them together?! a burrito stuffed with scrambled eggs, creamy guacamole, bacon and crispy french fries. i'll call it the california breakfast burrito! boom. someone got that, right? scrambled eggs. guacamole. bacon. french frie

the nasdaq added 84, snp saw a 24 point gain. >>> another story you'll see only on abc 7 news tonight. >> yes, the master plan for san francisco parking and why it requires you to. >>> thing to park in san francisco isn't what it used to be. >> if it sounds like a contradiction, abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman can shed light on that for you. >> time for our question of the day outicide the city owned peer street garage in san francisco's marina district. >> do you know your license plate? >> by memory, no, i don't. >> i have to stop and think. i know the first few digits but not all. >> reporter: so she trudged back up the stairs and took a picture with with her license plate and with help from an attendant entered those numbers in new machines. and they now sell space based on tra transactions. minimum purchase time is one hour. license plates guarantee no one can use a space, even if time remains when empty. >> double dipping, isn't it? >> i'm doing one 10-minute errand myself and i have to pay for an hour's parking. >> reporter: according to the city this is all part of a master

what about the snp? the snp? what if they wind all the seats in scotland ?u can always vote for the lib dems. good one, dad! mark nelson joins us now. mark nelsonjoins us now. to have the reverse on the programme. you must be proud of. extremely proud. it is really good fun. fun. and you are and conversations that have kind of happened over playtime? have kind of happened over playtime? it is pretty much all me writing it. facebook think, that i was coming up with a lot of the stuff herself. with a lot of the stuff herself. —— that isla was coming up. that isla was coming up. but lots of it comes up when we are doing it. it comes up when we are doing it. away, and lots of it comes out of that. that. so it is mostly me, but some of it is improvised. of it is improvised. does the filming process work with isla? does the filming process work with isla ? does the filming process work with isla? isla? you obviously have to get her in the mood. in the mood. are doing the writing, she is the star. yes, it is a process. the process of bribery, in a way. process of b

ma nifesto. also the labour party and the snp's manifesto.king about a narrow thing which only covers 2 million people. there are 17 million households on these rip—off standard variable tariffs. they will be hit ha rd est variable tariffs. they will be hit hardest at the cap needs to protect them in the short term so we don't all suffer and get ripped off. why wasn't this in the queen's speech? it doesn't have to be in the queen's speech. you don't need more legislation. ofgem already have the powers to do this, it's tricky for them to do it, but they have the necessary powers so you don't need to legislate again to give the more powers. they have got the power was already. the question is making sure they have the courage and the backbone to applied properly to all 17 million of us who need protection, not just 2 17 million of us who need protection, notjust 2 million and leaving 50 million others to swing in the wind. that will puzzle people who watch the campaign, watching your party and other saying let's introduce a price cap to suggest

i would say the market is not screaming or fearing what happened in 2011 when snp give us a downgrade. it is definitely on the radar, it will get worse and worse if some situation doesn't happen. bloomberg's was mccormick. ormick.mcc next, the ceo of michelin. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> it is time for our stock of the hour. we are looking at cvs. oliver renick joins us to discuss this further. what are we looking at? oliver: we are looking at the effects of every quarter. this will be an important moment. today, the stock is up a little bit. they have done pretty well. however, there is also a little bit of news today in terms of at&t reaching a deal to include cbs programming. directv andnto online streaming service. that is the piece of news today. it is all about earnings tomorrow. there will be stuck to look at. >> how did they differentiate themselves? oliver: i think there is this believed that they will differentiate themselves. we had semi-numbers come through from some of their peers. we had outlooks moved down from time warner, sinclair drug test. the numbers w

reports, the results come at a time when critics say educational standards have suffered under the snpard work, the wait is over for these students at eastbank academy, in the east end of glasgow. i got an a in classics. how did that happen? i got the results i needed, so that's really good. yeah, so how are you feeling? really, really happy. i got one a, two bs and a c. i lost my maths, but that what i was expecting, so i'm happy with that and i come back and take maths next year if i want. i failed maths, but i was kind of expecting that, so, i'm 0k. across scotland, pass rates remained at a high—level and results in the higher exams, sat by 16 and 17—year—old, were broadly in line with last year, but more widely the scottish education system is facing challenges. exam results don't themselves tell us anything very much about the standards of scottish education as a whole, yet international comparisons suggest that scotland's standards are declining, that scotland is not as a good as it used to be. it's about average, it's not disastrous, but it used to be well above average and that

striking reaction from the government ‘s political opponents, you just heard nicola sturgeon of the snpment is effectively having its cake and eating it, why notjust stay in the customs union. the liberal democrats who want the uk to stay in the eu say the same, this should be about pushing for staying in the customs union, and the single market, not seeking alternatives. labour have also been critical of the government ‘s approach. they say labour is just —— they say the government is trying to paper over cracks in the cabinet because we know that have been divided views among senior ministers of the approach the government should take. when you talk to senior tories, even the most ardent brexiteers, those who have wanted the uk to leave the eu for a long time are broadly accepting of the need for a transition period. see that as a pragmatic approach. that may go some way towards appeasing those in the cabinet and elsewhere in the tory party who are worried about the government taking a hard—line to brexit. government may have done is give its own party happy, it certainly has not sati

--s&p,this is the snp urijah a function.ers, but you are surprised by the lack of umpf in reaction. nandini: -- lucy: we have seen negative skew to these earnings ratings. sales and earnings, both by the upside accepted oil and gas and discretionary, structural issues within the ongoingector, that is a structural issue. the negative skew and the reaction would suggest there is probably a lot of these good news was priced in already. theave seen stocks making numbers and may be going up a little bit, stocks not making them really making it badly. manus: the other store we have been running the past couple of days is about looking at the s&p and perhaps a more normalized seemsn of the s&p, there to be concerned about the breadth of the recovery. at the top andp the normalized s&p underneath. america has been generous to you, where are you? are we at ipods and re-think exposures to u.s., europe, china? in terms of allocation? had a decent year because of the starting point of relative valuation and earnings potential. that went

i think people are beginning to tire of is snp. and also the fact is it is much harder for scotland to be independent when britain is outside the european union. if we were both inside the european union, it would have been very much easier for scotland, i think. the costs, economic and otherwise, rise really quite dramatically. so i don't expect there to be a sec referendum anytime soon -- a second referendum anytime soon. >> [inaudible] >> you said following england has never really been an irish goal. [laughter] >> one reason -- yeah, right after euro. >> an island decided to yet out of the bed entirely rather than risk being squashed by the big english bear. and a lot of irish commentators sort of complain about the, you know, the kind of irresponsible way in which the, you know, the english or the anglo-welsh have kind of, are now jeopardizing, possibly jeopardizing the good friday agreement and the open border between northern ireland and southern ireland. i mean, you know, but i think it's pretty unrealistic to expect englis

another man was arrested in ohio friday snp. >>> a defamation lawsuit filed by former vice presidential candidate sarah palin against "the new york times" has been dismissed. a judge ruled that palin failed to show that statements in a "times" tutorial were made and they were quickly corrected. it drew a line between palin's ad in a political action committee and the massacre in arizona that injured then congresswoman gabby gifert. >>> former white house press secretary sean spicer can now say he's met pope francis. you may recall, spicer was left off the list of officials who received an audience with the pope when president trump visited the vatican in may. well, spicer was one of about 250 people greeted personally by the pontiff. you see the photo there. he was at the vatican as part of the annual meeting of the international catholic legislators just a couple of days ago. it is so sad. it is so spicy. but before the may visit, he told reporters that he actually had a rosary bead that he wanted the pope to bless, and then he was not on the list of people to see the pope. >> what? it