mr tom francis. welcome. >> thank you president and commissioners. my name is tom francis. i am the water resources manager to begin with, bosco represents the interests of 26 water agencies that purchased two thirds for the water produced by san francisco regional water system. i serve as a water resources manager but i want to mention that there's 20 different elected officials here today or a water management reps along with two of my staff. we are filling the back of the room. we support the alternative river management plan developed by the s.f. p.u.c. and irrigation districts. we also support the recent decision to delay action on the plan. it is our belief that the delay will give time for parties to start discussion of a voluntary negotiated settlement. i spent a lot of time between -- there's not a lot of time between now and november but we need to take advantage of it. we believe we can do that. we will take advantage. the plan would seriously reduce water supply during the drought for our 1.8 million residents, 40,000 businesses and community agencies and in ala

chairman tom perez says these changes will show democratic voters especially young voters that, quote, we listened and we acted. jon? jon: molly henneberg in washington. thanks, molly. >>> pope francishis trip to ireland at mass in dublin this morning addressing a crowd of 100,000 people and issuing a sweeping apology for the church's handling of past crimes of sexual abuse. >> translator: we ask for forgiveness for those members of the church hierarchy who have not taken on responsibility for this painful situation and have maintained silence. we ask forgiveness. >> kitty logan has more for us now from london. >> hi, jon. during this visit, the pope has had to face up to ireland's difficult history of abuses within the church. on sunday, he apologized for those abuses during a mass in dublin. the pope's visit to ireland has been overshadowed by the abuse scandal. before he left, he issued an apology during an open air mass in dublin. the pontiff addressed a crowd of around 100,000, fewer than anticipated, speaking about the historical abuses in ireland, he said the church hadn't responded well in the past. he promised justice for those who had been affected. >> translator: we ask f

tom reed, a pleasure to have you on the show. appreciate it. >> always a pleasure, stuart. stuart: next case, pope francis one of the catholic church's teachings. what's the change. liz: no to the death penalty, no to capital punishment. it is inadmissible, it is wrong because the inherent dignity of all human beings. prior to this the catholic church said the death penalty in certain cases is admissible because society has right for self-defense, common good, if there is terrible, terrible evil person out there, capital punishment is right. pope is seeing rise of death penalty. turkey is trying to reinstate it. u.s. has it, africa, middle east. he is saying every human being has inearned dignity, the work of the church the possibility of redemption for all. ashley: this current pope is a strong opponent of the death penalty. kind of getting his way. stuart: now church teaching is being shifted, that is more profound change. liz: that's correct. stuart: that is interesting. for the second day in a row the eiffel tower is closed to tourists because workers are on strike. they say a new ticketing policy cau