the vatican signed on to it in 1990. it has to be clear what the committee can do and what the vatican is asked to say. the vatican is being asked to say in the vatican territory, "what are you going to respect the rights of the child?" secondly it's asked to say worldwide, you are the catholic church, you have priests, nuns, religious working in different countries with children. what are these people doing to protect children in the different countries. >> hasn't the vatican said that its only responsible for what goes on in vatican city and has said to the committee it has know responsibilities for the action of priests or nuns elsewhere. that will be unwelcome news for the victims and human rights organizations and we were hoping for something more. >> there are two things. any country, the head of any state like cattar, he surely cannot be responsible for what one of his cattary people does in a lot of country. from the vatican's point of view. he's issued instructions. the vatican has given clear instructions that a

the global priest sex abuse crisis. to tied u.n. committee grilled vaticanicials over allegations they protected pedophile priests at the expense of victims they conceded the church needs to do more to deal with the scammeddal. but denied accusations i've cover up. >> it's not a poll to encourage cover ups, but this goes against the truth. >> al jazerra simon mcgregor-wood has more on today's hearing in geneva. >> reporter: for many that was a chance for the vatican to display different attitude and was a very public form. the session opened from a statement from the vatican tell greg. >> the the actions taken by local churches presents a frame bourque that when properly applied will help eliminate the occurrence of child sexual beus by clergy and other church personnel. >> reporter: an attempt to reassure. but didn't convince many. the question came thick and fast. >> whawhat are you doing with remarked to 39 of or convention which refers to reparations both psychological and financial to children who are have been victims of six uma beus. despite the excep

. >>> and an unprecedented story coming out of the vatican. officials under fire by the un over its record on sex abuse. >>> and the syrian government saying it is going to send a delegation to the peace talks in geneva, but expressing deep e-reservatio e-reservations. ♪ >>> and one of the stories that we have been following involves breaking news coming out of georgia. the u.s. military reporting that one person has been killed two others injured at an airfield in savanna. it was an army helicopter that was forced to make a hard land. one death, two injuries being reported. we'll bring you more as details develop. >>> and the president and the first lady meeting trying to make sure that low-income young people have a chance to go to college. mike viqueira is at the white house. mike the president telling those gathered that he has three years now to get things done. >> that's absolutely right and the president is trying to put his foot on the gas by doing as much as he can by executive order, but on this issue of college, dell, it's no secret

what do you and other survivors want from the vatican? i think what we want is what we have wanted for the last decade, that basically on the one hand transparency, they have to be open about it. one of the members said the vatican was a big black box. and i think it's the end of impunity, child sex abuse, child rape is a crime, and it has to be dealt by authorities. the vatican representative recognized that only in 2011 it was official policy to report child rape to the authorities. and another thing is accountability, bishops who cover up for child rapists have to be [ inaudible ]. and today pope benedict had a meeting with the former bishop of los angeles who has been proved that he protected pedophiles and obstructed justice, and there is a paper trail of that. >> francis, i think you meant. >> yes. >> pope francis has received so much good press in his commitment to produce a more humble papacy, and i think many people here feel it won't necessarily reach down into this particularly murky and damaging part of the vatican's recent hi

the vatican being forced to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church this week.eport out today shows just how widespread the problem is worldwide. tomorrow the vatican sits down with the united nations to discuss the situation. >>> today the house sits down to discuss the budget bill. >>> it's all about the numbers, president obama in north carolina to promote his plan for economic recovery. >>> it is called pet-coke. it is dirty, smells bad, and people say they want something to be done. now the state of illinois stays it is going to change the way it is handled and stored. and that storing is in debate with business groups and residents. >> reporter: these piles of crumbly black powder are a biproduct of crude oil refinement called petroleum coke, or pet-coke. >> go home! go home! >> reporter: this week a small but fired up group from chicago's southeast side came out to voice their concerns about storage of pet-coke near their homes. >> this is not your dumping ground. it is a vibrant community with families and children. >> reporter: residents have complained

the vatican being forced to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church. the vatican is sitting down with the united nations to discuss the situation. >>> today congress begins voting on that bipartisan budget deal announced last month. the 711 trillion-dollar measure expected to pass the house later this afternoon. the senate is due to vote on the little barrett this week. >>> president obama is in raleigh, north carolina, where not long ago he unveiled more of his plan to boost the economy. >> we're looking at blizzard conditions just the eastern side of the state and wind really starting to pick up. snow with gusting winds could reduce visibility. here comes this light snow, the wind picking up once the snow moves through, and that wind could easily gust to 75 mph. that's why there is a high wind warning. 10 in fargo, the wind chills down below zero. 52 in denver. eastern side of the rockies seeing warmer air as the wind goes down. now this is a weather pattern. high pressure in the western portion of the country really keeping the storms going to the n

the vatican admits that there can be "no accuse for exiled abuse" as its guilt by the u.n. or its record on sex abuse. >> the cult offering hope for people born with an incurable form of blindness. >> aljazeera obtained a leaked document which could have a serious impact on the upcoming geneva peace talks on syria, a letter from the foreign minister to the secretary general of the united nations accepting in a invitation to accept those talks. that it should be noted that we do not agree with certain points mentioned in the letter of invitation, simply for the reason that they are in conflict with the legal and political condition of syria. he goes on: >> i will speak to our correspondent rosalyn jordan in washington, d.c. in a molt, but first let's go to our diplomatic journalist at the hague. how important is this letter no. >> i think the letter is very important, because it's a reply to the official invitations to all of those supposed to attend the syria peace talks, supposed to start in switzerland next wednesday. this is the formal reply from the syrian government co

about extraditioning him to put a request it or putting a request in to the vatican and the vatican g we won't do it and that's angering pimas well. you look at the public today and measure with the real actions going on and some people say there is a great difference. >> and there were questions asked today and the response was something in the order of we'll get back to you as to whether or not we can answer on that. >> exactly. and the attempt at humor went down very badly as well. >> poorly. j.t. appreciate. john terret for us. >>> new information from the guardian says the n.s.a. collected up to 200 million text messages per day. that's according to documents provided by wills blower edward snow en these details comes as president obama is set to detail new guidelines tomorrow. the new rules have been in the works since snowden first revealed the extent of the spying bun b done by the nt s*fa but critics say it doesn't go far enough. david shuster is here. >> civil libertarians and privacy advocates has had a lot of anticipation. according to officials the president will announc

the vatican is undercut scrutiny by the u.n. on the children's rights. the catholic church has been slammed over allegations of child sex abuse by priests and an inadequate response from church officials. protest over high-cost redevelopment plans for city in northern spain spread to madrid. oulsons in the street call it a waste of money for the cash- strapped country that it can afford. -- thousands in the street call it a waste of money for the cash-strapped country that it can't afford. coming up this hour, but he waved its the australian open hard with some players and spectators passing out from the heat. steamy details coming up in sports. and then on hand to give us the details of his recent coverage of the ongoing conflict in central african republic. story in the hague for war the trial is on for four members of hezbollah accused of assassinating former lebanese minister. his death nine years ago sent shockwaves throughout the region. he was killed in a massive car bombing, which many of his supporters blamed on the syrian regime. anyscus has al

the vatican signed up for it in 19 that it be. they have no choice but to attend, they're part of the convention and have to attend, so that's what they're doing. whether the committee has any backbone or not is an entirely different matter. according to the conference of catholic bishops, something like 6,900 accused priests stretching back to 1950, and that's out of 110,000 catholic priests in this country who have been active in that past 60 years. there are approaching 17,000 victims. david lorenz represents snap, the survivors organization and speaks for them in the state of maryland. we spoke to him about his views on this meeting taking plagues at the moment. as you'll see, he thinks it's good that it's taking place, but that the meeting itself really lacked backbone. >> there's no force behind this committee. they'll ask them some questions and expose them and they can embarrass them, but they can't really force them to do anything, but they certainly can expose the truth, and i think when people tart to see that the vatica

the vatican has disputed the numbers but confirms the story is true. i'm joined by alan johnston in rome. what is your analysis of these figures? abuse ofe talk of the children by priests, we are talking of a scandal that has rocked the catholic church to its very core for more than a decade. there is hardly anything more beious that has had to confronted in recent years. the sheds light on what has been going on in the vatican trying to tackle this. agencyociated press news went through a wealth of data managing to establish between 2011 and 2012, during the time of pope an addict, nearly 400 priests were defrocked. that would be nearly double the number who lost their jobs in a previous two-year. period. the vatican is trying to get the word out that it gets it, that it is determined to root out the pedophile clerics in its ranks. those who defend the vatican will say these numbers show it is succeeding to an extent, that it is finding more criminal priests and dealing with them, expelling them from the church. >> do we know if any of the priests who

for example, you had november the vatican refusing to give the u.n.ls about its own investigations into those alleged sexual abuse cases of children. and you've got these reports this month saying the vatican refused an extradition request from poland for an archbishop being accused. is he any different this pope from his predecessors? >> francis clearly profiles as a performer on many fronts and he says he wants to be a reformer on this sex abuse issue as well. he tightened laws in july. he's created a new commission to promote best practices on detecting and preventing abuse. there was a news flash out of today's hearing. it was that one of the vatican officials confirmed that in the case of po lish archbishop you mentioned, the papal democrat -- not in the position of defracking him but also subjecting him to a criminal procedure that could end up with him spending time behind bars in a vatican jail, a little like the papal butler you may remember accused of stealing papers off pope benedict's desk. you're quite right, critics have raised the quest

and everything that has happened happened in complete secrecy. >> reporter: the un asked the vatican respond to questions about child abuse and what has been done about it. >> in the institution acknowledges its many failings then i like many who suffered at its hands will, as you say, have some form of closure and some means of moving on. >> reporter: the vatican is coming to geneva because it signed the un's treaty on the rights of the child. this is a good opportunity for the church and for pope francis to finally signal they are going to do something about it. simon mcgregor-wood all jazz, geneva. >>> call it the right to speak versus the right to be heard. the supreme court set to hear a case that questions the legality of buffer zones outside of abortion clinics. eleanor is a grandmother from the anti-abortion group, and claim that those barriers infringe on her first amendment right to talk to women as they enter the clinics. >>> a man want his right to be taken off of life support. thomas drayton reports. >> reporter: as she lies in a hospital bed on life support, her husband

the catholic church sex abuse scandal in the spotlight - the vatican to be grilled by a committee about cover ups. >> drilling for oil may be causing quakes. how is texas town is dealing with the issue. >> and a place where kids with dreams of gold can train to become future olympic champs. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. we begin this morning with a senate report suggesting a deadly aattack on the u.s. consulate could have been prevented. the state department and american intelligence agencies did not do enough to boost security despite warnings that the threat level was increasing. it's the first report criticising ambassador chris sevens directly. it raises questions about his judgments and actions in the weeks before his death. stevens and three other were killed on the attacks, taking place september 11th, 2002. >> there's a new wave of violence in iraq. six car bombs exploded in and around baghdad. 75 were killed, dozens injured. the blasts occurred in the mostly shia neighbourhoods. senator mccain has been an outspokener critic and spoke with j

a contentious meeting with the catholic church as the vatican is publicly questioned about the child sex abuse scandal for the first time. and whohas made a list has not. we look at this years oscar nominees and some surprising absences. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. the taliban and claimed they are winning the war in afghanistan and will seize power again when international forces leave at the end of this year according to comments made by a taliban spokesman that has talked exclusively to the bbc ahead of important elections in the country and as u.s. combat troops prepare to withdraw. our editor has this report. >> this is the year that will decide afghanistan's future. most people remember when the taliban had it from 1996 to 2001. the economy collapsed and ferocious punishments were inflicted daily. we wanted to question them and it is difficult to get their spokesman in person. that he agreed to speak to us by phone. the first question is about afghanistan's security. american forces on the ground have kept them pinned down. t

. >> hello there, the latest in europe including the vatican face as u.n. review on child sex abuse. and they are still not doing enough to address the issue. >>> plus inside british's dron e hq. >> in the face of this, this, and this, all over this country iraq's prime minister is been calling for international help in his fight against armed sunni muslim troops. nouri al-maliki warned of a long fight ahead. 75 people killed in a series of attacks in baghdad, more than 500 people have been killed already in iraq this year. we have more. >> reporter: once again the twisted melt from a bomb blast is spread across a baghdad neighborhood. it's something that we see time and time again in busy markets residential neighborhoods, car bombs go off and brood spills. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but the attacks follow a familiar pattern. they want to keep tension boiling. prime minister al maliki said there is a war on terror and those responsible will be funned. >> they have possibly been taken over by al-qaeda and used as bases, and the hous

a contentious meeting with the catholic church as the vatican is publicly questioned about the child sex abuse scandal for the first time. and whohas made a list has not. we look at this years oscar nominees and some surprising absences. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. the taliban and claimed they are winning the war in afghanistan and will seize power again when international forces leave at the end of this year according to comments made by a taliban spokesman that has talked exclusively to the bbc ahead of important elections in the country and as u.s. combat troops prepare to withdraw. our editor has this report. >> this is the year that will decide afghanistan's future. most people remember when the taliban had it from 1996 to 2001. the economy collapsed and ferocious punishments were inflicted daily. we wanted to question them and it is difficult to get their spokesman in person. that he agreed to speak to us by phone. the first question is about afghanistan's security. american forces on the ground have kept them pinned down. t

for more on the vatican's response we'll joined by michael welsh, a papal historian. why do you think these numbers seemed to spike in 2011 an and 2012. what is the reason for those rise. >> well, i have no idea, and the vatican has no idea. they don't know why it has spiked. i hope spiked is the word. i hope this is the largest number, but the likelihood is that it will go down from now on. but we have to be careful with these figures. i think it's 384 to be precise, priests have returned to the lay status or defrocked as the term is, some did so voluntarily. the va vatican has to give permission for this to happen, half were dismissed by the vatican from their posts. >> you say defrocked. for those who are not catholic, that means losing your job. once defrocked, does it mean there could be legal implications. could action could be taken once they're defrocked. >> no, the church has no jurisdiction in the civil courts and what may be considered a crime may be sin which the church believes they have authority over, but they also have committed a crime, and bishops are

this giant mural appeared oa >>> most graffiti isn't usually welcomed but there's one mural near the vaticanwing a crowd. pope francis at the center of the painting. this giant mural appeared on a wall near the vatican and now it's being called superpope. pope francis is likened to superman in flight with his rosary and cape in tow. the vatican seems to approve. it's already tweeted a picture of the artwork. so if they say it's okay, i guess. >> comical. >> i don't see the pope in that light. >> i like that. he's a great pope. >> like the great karnow. >> yes. >> might be a little greater than me. >> only you would put those two together. >> we are going to get rain. >> yeah. a few showers. enjoy. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> hope: cocktails and camping. who knew? >> wyatt: mm-hmm. did you notice? >> hope: mm? >> wyatt: the drinks -- emerald drinks, emerald bay. >> hope: [ laughs ] >> wyatt: get it? >> hope: i get it. >> wyatt: [ chuckles ] [ chuckles ] >> charlie: emerald bay. that's a surfing spot, isn't it? >> liam: yeah. yeah. south of here on pch. >> cha

the vatican embassy today he announces that it's at this realtor yet to get the very least it's its own priests event. it's very unusual for a diplomatic mission to the polls and as you say two nephews made it to be reopened payment you more insists he wasn't under any political pressure. it is no doubt that over that period behind the scenes there being a great deal of activity involving people i care the people most human senior charles brown is in the u turn. the opposition say this it certainly looks like a bowl with the government insist is just a response to the new priorities of the new papacy is according to stresses will try and do we always had diplomatic relations with the vatican sweat the sky agency of the known resident of boston are of course no we will have a full president diplomatic mission involving a middle ranking as diplomats i will not be ok to do well at the wall some initially told that it might be ok to be touched by that which is for the vatican embassy used to be the irish embassy to roll was there though and the government says that most impractical and intr

. >> hello there, i'm in london with the latest from europe, including as the vatican faces the un reviewn child sex abuse, they claim they are still not doing enough to address the issue. ♪ >>> at least 60 people have been killed in the series of attacks in iraq. the bombings targeted the app call of bagdad and the a city. more than 90 were injured. security officials say over500 people have been killed in iraq this year. imran khan has more. >>> the twisted metal from a bomb blast is once again spread across a neighborhood. parked car bombs go off and blood spills. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. but the attacks follow a familiar pattern. al da linked groups want to keep tensions boiling. the prime minister is calling this a war on terror. >> translator: we'll distinguish between houses that were forcibly taken over by al-qaeda and used as bases, and houses who's residence were incorporated with them. the houses that were the force of rebel forces will be targeted. >> reporter: elsewhere, the m mun -- funeral, car bombs brought more misery. more than 500 people have

embassy at the vatican. oh, the outrage! the conservative washington times newspaper was on it. to close vatican embassy is slap in the face to roman catholics. world net daily accused president obama of insulting catholics with this embassy shutdown. the story made it all the way from the fringe to what is supposed to be the center of the republican mainstream when jeb bush decided to join in the frenzy tweeting, quote, hopefully it is not retribution for catholic organizations opposing obamacare. of course, like all ping-pong balls, this story was mostly air and easily destroyed under the weight of even minute further inspection. president obama was not trying to close the embassy to the vatican. he was trying to move it closer to the vatican. to the same compound that houses our much larger embassy to italy. and whether or not jeb bush was aware of this fact, the embassy >> idea that was first introduced by the bush administration in 2008. the state department says the move would not only improve security, it would also save us more than $1 million a year. and in part because

committee members criticized the vatican has failed to provide figures on the scale of the abuse. but there is acknowledgment footsteps the church has taken such as making it easier to suspend priests and making bishops more accountable. the committee will have its report sentenced next month recommendations will not be legally binding but they will increase the moral pressure on the church to act. to some business news now and inflation in the eurozone is as low as it has been in years. in december it fell to zero point nine percent down from two point two percent a year earlier thanks to falling prices for fuel and heating oil. in contrast to the prices went up and alcohol and tobacco vocals to become more expensive economists point about potential inflationary pressures during the year of crisis. now inflation is full blown their projections. it was a downbeat day on mock exam and at the frankfurt stock exchange conrad gleeson said has this report the consumer goods maker biased off at the retailer's haul it from the netherlands and come forth from france have a lot in common t

the vatican liked the idea, too.nd fiscally conservative like that into the conservative media machine, it naturally comes out as satanic volcano sacrifice to the atheistic idols of communism or whatever. the story was a fantasy from the start. it was easily debunked with about 20 seconds of googling as long as you were willing to read google search results from outside the conservative media. it was a completely made-up fake scandal. and now it's in the budget. what? republicans have put their collectively ill informed foot down now and they have banned the embassy move from happening. seriously. tucked into the $1.1 trillion spending sbil a provision that bans anything from happening to the vatican embassy. it stays as is. it also bans the anti-poverty activist group a.c.o.r.n. the new budget includes four separate provisions blocking any funding to a.c.o.r.n. if you're keeping score at home, a.c.o.r.n. has not existed for four years now. but it will not get any federal funding. suffice to say, the new spending bil

there will be five very senior members of the vatican there tomorrow. we thought we would look at the statistics around the abuse of children by priest in the catholic church here in the united states. according to the u.s. conference of catholic bishops plus independent studies commissioned by the bishops, 6500 catholic priests have been accused of abuse. that's approximately 5% of all the nearly 110,000 u.s. priest who is have been active in this country over the past 0 60 year. 16,463 alleged victims have been identified to date although there is no national david beckham available. and the catholic church has spent $2.5 billion, that's billion with a "b" in settlements. in fact, it's much more than that. that's the latest figure i could find. they've spent it on settlements, therapy bills, attorneys fees and costs for the care of priests who have been pulled out of their ministries between 2004 and 2011. now www www.bishopaccountability.org say 3,000 lawsuit have been filed, and they say as a result of that 37 suits have come to trial. meanwhile, the

netherlands and former lebanese prime minister every recess assassination in two thousand fine the vatican faces a grilling at the un as it has to defend his record as of the local priest abuse scandal. us nuclear weapons offices but down from the village gta for allegations of cheating in proficiency test. egyptian voters in a referendum held this week have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution according to interior ministry official the results could pave the way for army chief gen out till fall to lcc to announce his candidacy for president. ten eyes may have exceeded fifty five percent on the approval of the constitution is perhaps more than ninety five percent according to the official the result comes as no surprise there was little or no trace of accompanying against the new constitution it was supported by egyptians who also supported the army overthrew of islam as president muhammad mostly in july. the muslim brotherhood calls for a boycott of the folks that go on. the us congress has to be during egypt's constitutional referendum with krugman's take nice. all the founding on

welcome to the program. a vatican spokesman initially dismissed the number of 400, and said there was a misreading of data. what has come of that, and the grilling of vatican officials. >> reporter: for the first time the vatican has been put on the spot. they have to answer to the u.n. and they have to answer to the public. i think they aren't used to doing that. the numbers of priests defrocked are only numbers. this does nothing to protect kids. where are these priests? are they being protected, kept in a safe place away from kids? defrocking a priest does little to protect kids. what it does is it releases them from the duty of the church. they're put out on the street. they could be your neighbor and youwould not even know. we need to know the location of these priests, and the vatican needs to turn over their document on this. also the number of 400 defrocked priests is a drop in the bucket to the number of priest who is have sexually abused kids throughout the world. >> judy, will these defrocked priests ever f

the vatican seems to approve and tweeted a pic of the artwork that was signed 2014. and back at saint peter's crowds cheered the real life pope who lent his finger to a bird called amore. and after the green bird back, it repeated the crowd's chants of pa past alfonso van mar -- papa. alfonso van marsh, cbs news. >>> and one of the most reverent comedians in washington politics and now he has "my righting wrong" my political journey in black and white. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> how long have you been working on the book? >> my whole life. this is a culmination of some of the best columns of the past 10 years. it is a work in progress. all along. and people kept asking me, where they can get a compilation of my columns, so someone suggested that a book is in order and there you have it. >> there is the title, and we're not talking about the political right, but it is a little different. and a compilation of the blogs. one of them i referred in the e- mail was titled president obama has destroyed our values. and specifically, you say he has

oh, wait, you didn't hear about the plot to kill the vatican embassy? well, remember this? was literally a one-day story ginned up by the right wing that the obama administration was going to kill the vatican embassy. does that sound implausible? that's because it was implausible. again, it was a bush administration initiative to save costs by consolidating the separate building that now houses the vatican chancery into the embassy complex that's rather large in rome out of which would operate the italian embassy and separate building for the vatican embassy. language barring the obama administration from closing down the chancery and saving taxpayers' money by consolidating two buildings. congratulations, "drudge report" this budget delivered for you. joining me, republican congressman tim huelskamp. explain to me the light bulb thing. >> that's not a major issue in the bill. i'm still going through that. conservatives can agree with folks like yourself, folks should know what's in a bill. 1,582 pages and a little something about light bulbs and something about the embassy

. >>> secretary of state john kerry at the vatican this morning, but he is not seeing pope francis. he is meeting with his diplomatic counterpart, the secretary of state for the holy see to talk about humanitarian issues, including peace in the middle east and an end to the conflict in syria. >>> stock futures higher this morning after the biggest sell-off on the dow since mid-september. the dow falling nearly 180 points yesterday. that's a little more than 1%. the s&p and nasdaq down more than a percentage point, too. the dow is now down six of eight trading sessions in 2014. ouch! as for stocks in europe, they're lower right now. london, frankfurt, paris markets right now falling, likely continuing what happened in the u.s. in tokyo overnight, another decline. the nikkei, yeah, down more than 3%. i want to look here at shares of google. they're rising in the u.s. right now. google making another play that reaches right into your house. google will buy smart thermostat maker nest. have you heard of this company, nest? $3.2 billion. it would give google an important link to a new mar

and the french president meets [ inaudible ] to the vatican. >>> another day of violence in egypt. three bomb explosions. at least five people have died. 80 others are injured. the attacks came on the eve of the third anniversary of the revolution which toppled the government. shortly after a bomb was thrown at a police station in a district of giza. then there was a third explosion near a police station in giza. >> reporter: explosions at the heart of cairo in the morning. this is the f -- aftermath of the largest one. the nearby buildings were damaged including the famous museum of it -- islamic art. then a third smaller blast [ technical difficulties ] >> we'll kin with our road map as we are, they are vanish soon and this operation is the last chance before they vanish. >> reporter: soon after the explosions took place, supporters of againal sisi turned out. while in alexandria and other parts of the country security personnel clashed with protesters. [ technical difficulties ] >> is not keeping with the standards of international behavior that we would expect. >> well, our prod

and now the vatican has released the numbers to prove it.according to the church's count, pope francis has more than tripled the attendance at the major papal appearances compared to his predecessor. more than six and a half million people came out to see him at church functions since his election last march, the vatican says. not all of them, presumably, expecting a personal phone call. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> axelrod: don everly said today, "i loved my brother very much". phil everly, the younger of the two brothers who helped create modern rock and roll, died last night at the age of 74. while the ever;y brothers didn't always get along so well their musical harmony was undeniable. here is anthony mason. phil everly was a teenager when he and his older brother don made their network television debut. the everly brothers had 35 hits at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's and early 1960's. their exquisite harmonies influenced the biggest names in rock music including the beatles, bob dylan, the beach boys and linda

the vatican is forced to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church. a report out today shows how widespread the problem is, and the vatican sits down with with the united nations to discuss the situation. >>> today congress will be voting on the budget deal announced last month. the spending measure is expected to pass the house later this afternoon. the senate is due to vote on the bill later on this week. president obama is in raleigh, north carolina, where he unveiled his plan to boost the economy. the president named raleigh one of the newest high tech manufacturing hubs in the country. the attack on th bengahzi could have been avoided. the u.s. ambassador to libya was one of four americans killed in the attack, and the united states is anewing an additional pledge to the humanitarian aid tfor those effected by the syrin war. talk to al jazeera is next on al jazeera america. >> everything that we thought about the messiah was wrong. >> america attacked canada and canada chose to fight a guerilla war in response, you should put your money on canada

. >> reporter: the vatican has a new pope. pope francis was openness and transparency even on this toxic issue. issue. he set up a new committee of his own to look into it. thursday appearance with the u.n. is overdue, the extent to which they work with the u.n. will be a test of his papacy, and whether they can deliver on the issue of sexual abuse and allegation of cover up. a new report details how widespread the abuse has been. the authors have little optimism that the church. >> there have been many promises in the past. very little has happened concretely, and everything that has allegedly happened has happened in complete secrecy. >> reporter: in 2012 the u.n.or asked to response to questions. many questions remain unanswered. >> if the institution acknowledges it's many failings, then i like many other people who have suffered at its hands i think will have some form of closure and some means of perhaps moving on. >> reporter: the vatican is coming to geneva because it signed the u.n.'s convention on the rights of the ch

arrived the vatican to respond to questions about child abuse and what it is doing about it. many questions remain unanswered. >> if the institution acknowledges its many failings, then i, like many other people who suffered at its hands, i think, will, as you say have some form of closure and some means of moving on. >> the vatican is coming to geneva, because it signed the u.n.'s scroens on the rights of the child and it takes its treaty obligations seriously, although its action or inaction over the issue of child abuse might suggest otherwise. this is a good opportunity for the church and the pope to signal they'll do something about it. >> coming up, taking on the n.f.l. chris kluwe says he was fired because he supported gay rights. tonight his new charges. plus, why the v? the answer to the formation may just have been solved check ... places the military in a position where they decide their own budget, they decide who the secretary, the minister of defence will be. they are basically an autonomous organization within egypt. that is not a real democracy as you know. sec

tavis: printed at the vatican. , youbook is so massive cannot lift it up. e only place in the world a can actually print it was on the vatican printing press. it is amazing. >> it talks about how he would like to be remembered. we digress. this is not a false sense of modesty. when i conduct these conversations, i am not doing it myself, number one. i start with something. you just created something out of the ether. >> i was going with what you said. songs,u are writing script writing and stuff like , it is usually based on their own life like woody allen interpreting things in his own life and putting them in a different context. in some ways it is the same, but it can be a real pain. you are having a martini, having a great time, but suddenly someone says something, and you write that line, and you socket bits of paper with lines on it, -- you wake up and you have you pocket bits of paper with lines on it, and you wake up and have them. >> a song like "sweet dreams" comes from where? >> after we met with the bank manager and got the equipment, one thing w

the vatican is forced to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church.t out today shows how widespread the problem is, and the vatican sits down with with the united nations to discuss the situation. >>> today congress will be voting on the budget deal announced last month. the spending measure is expected to pass the house later this afternoon. the senate is due to vote on the bill later on this week. president obama is in raleigh, north carolina, where he unveiled his plan to boost the economy. the president named raleigh one of the newest high tech manufacturing hubs in the country. the attack on

a at a hearing the vatican is confronted over the sexual abuse of children by the clergy. the vatican's former sex crimes prosecutor acknowledged the holy see has been slow to face the crisis but it's now committed to doing so. >> a teen recovering from serious burns after his clothes caught fire in concord overnight. a 15-year-old got gasoline on his shirt while helping a man fix his car. the man lit a cigarette. he was air lifted to the medical center in san jose. >> a fire in the angeles national forest action live pictures, you can see how close the flames are to homes happening about 25 miles east of do downtown l.a. you can see how massive it is. it's burning for just over an hour. >> thanks for joining us. >>> good morning. stunning scandal. 34 nuclear missile launch officers stripped of their security clearances for cheating on performance exams. did their actions put lives in danger? >>> breaking overnight, tragedy in indiana. three people dead following a late-night shooting inside a grocery store. >>> the nominees are -- "american hustle" leads this morning's os

superman francis turned up on a mural near the vatican today, the latest incarnation of a pope nearing status. what other people could make the cover of "rolling stone". even on rainy days like this one he pulls the crowds to his weekly audiences. more than six million have turned up in st. peter's square in the ten months since francis became pope. it will take more than homespun and inclusive style to bring about real reform, but the pope's massive popularity helps when it comes to the tough issues like the scandal over priest abuse in the view of religious writer father thomas reese. >> the most difficult thing there that the church still hasn't grappled with is how to deal with bishops that simply aren't on board, aren't reporting these crimes or aren't dismissing these priests from ministry those bishops have to be held accountable. >> reporter: one of pope francis' biggest challenges will be reforming the curia, the church government. as one veteran vatican watcher put it, he's got to change it from being like something out of the middle ages into a modern civil service. francis

he met with the pope, pope francis at the vatican. it was a private meeting, so we don't really know what they talked about or hollande's alleged affair with a french actress came up in their conversation. but the allegations have left in doubt the status of the president's long-time partner. now, her lawyer told a french newspaper that the two are working to clarify the status of their relationship. they're supposed to make a state visit to washington next month, but not clear if she is going to make the trip. >>> deadly violence in egypt today from a series of bombings, including one outside police headquarters in cairo. we've got a live report, up next. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a hear

the vatican is rejecting the thought that he will accept same-sex marriage for couples. he was quoted as saying on an educational level gay unions raise challenges for us today which for us are sometimes difficult to understand. i remember a case though where a sat little girl said my mother's friend doesn't love me. the vatican said pope francis's words were manipulated. >>> let's turn to the debate over the nsa. rand paul will file a class action lawsuit against the obama administration over the agency's spy program. paul is questioning the right to collect data for millions of americans from one single warrant. congressman peter king disagrees. >> rand paul does not know what he's talking about. rand paul is spreading fear among the american people. to me either he's totally uninformed or he's part of that hate america crowd that i thought left us in the 1960s. in any event, he doesn't deserve to be in the united states from spreading that misperception and absolute lies. >> it bothers me that as we look at rand paul, americans could die. the azzazi attempted subway a

in written testimony submitted last month, the vatican argued it is not responsible for the individual actions of every priest around the world. >>> egypt this morning appears on its way to a new constitution. voing is now over and it appears most egyptians said yes to a new charter and a new start for the country's experiment with democracy. reza sayah's live in cairo with the latest. what can you tell us, reza? >> reporter: christine, the official vote count not in yet, but according to state media, 98% of egyptians voted yes on the constitution, 2% voted no, and that's really no surprise. even before this referendum, it was widely believed that this charter was going to pass. the bigger question, voter turnout, state media also reporting that was impressive. 55% voter turnout, which is somewhat of a surprise based on the relatively short lines we saw at a lot of polling stations throughout the past couple of days. the big question now, what does this mean for egypt's military-backed government? it means they'll probably use this to bolster their credibility. it could set the stage f

meantime the vatican denounced the portrayal of pope benedict.the vatican not too happy with the fact he's on the cover, either. >>> a very controversial issue with our military dress code. chief military chaplains testifying today discussing religious freedom for those who serve our country. particularly members of sikh community. many feel new laws easing restrictions on dress code don't go far enough. some are worried about succumbing to political correctness. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live for us from the pentagon. the hearing was supposed to be about religious accommodation and comes on the heels of the decision by the pentagon last week to loosen restrictions on beards and turbans. what actually happened? >> well, gretchen, the congressmen today wanted to make sure that in essence the new regulations to accommodate minority religions in the military, to allow beards and turbans, that in doing so the department of defense is not forgetting to accommodate those who believe in christianity. >> it seems that in the milita

about a police. >> reporter: stories like these have struck worldwide outrage and why members of the vatican were called to testify in geneva. >> there is no excuse for any form of violence of abuse of children. >> reporter: they were forced to turn overthousands of documents revealing sex abuse to attorneys. the documents show the arch diocese sometimes relocated priests after the abuse was cf1 o >> there was no intention of covering up, it's just they didn't realize it was such a terrible thing. so i think they did relocate people, but it was not intended as a way of covering up things. >> reporter: while victim advocates say they is an effort to be more transparent, but they think there is still stone walling all the up to the pope. >> he is a monarch, and has not yet disciplined one bishop or cardinal for the part they played in this cover up. >> reporter: this victim won a lawsuit. he and his family, like many other victims worldwide want the vatican to acknowledge itself mistakes. >> they just need toment come clean. it was a very bad thing to have happened. >> reporter: he says only t

to have an ambassador to the vatican? >> that's one of the main points of the book is to hopefully make the argument that it's very important. the soft power of the oecg perhaps the only sovereign in the world that has the soft power that they have without having the hegemonic agenda or territory can add great value to a country like the united states which is so aligned with their fundamental principles inalienable rights of man and religious freedom. we are natural partners. >> decides united states to other countries work closely with the vatican? >> yes, peter. 179 countries have diplomatic relations and 30 of them are islamic countries. >> what kind of work today due? >> well the islamic countries any of them are trying to work with the oecg promote interreligious dialogue and find solutions to radical islam. many of the secular european countries are historic monarchies and have had relationship with the holy c or centuries. the latin america, a strong number of catholics in america and the intense social issues in t

president obama is planning a trip to meet the pope at the vatican in march. >> the u.s.tal service is raising the price of stamps i three cents. -- by three cents the getting sunday. it is the large -- largest increase in more than a decade. days usericans these snail mail to pay bills and keep in touch. >> it might be handy to have some to throw in the fireplace. ?> what is the latest >> another cold night out there. temperatures starting to fall rapidly. 21, arlington. this one is from frederick county, oakdale high school. a high of 19. , a little melting in some areas from direct sunlight. 19 degrees right now at dulles international. 24, quantico. .t is cold everywhere increasingloudiness will be the next order of business. 9-16 degrees. wind chills at or below zero. tomorrow will be a cloudy day, a breezy day. cold, but the as winds will make it feel much colder. we have a clipper coming through with areas of light snow. futurecast model gives you an idea of the timing, moving through midday and then moving off to the east. we are not expecting a lot. some snow sho