would the vatican, if i am trying to view this from the vatican's perspective and this may not be thet pertinent question of bow would they open itself up to more litigation if it were as open and transparent as you think the vatican should be about the scandal? >> well, look, i mean, clearly continuing to cover up for sexual predators is just wrong. >> yes. >> and it's a public nuisance, it's -- and they haven't be permitted to get away with it. >> but is that an incentive to not nell teel the truth? >> the majority of us who were raped and sodomized. >> is that an incentive in your mind? >> we were taught at victim to his keep secrets. >> yeah. >> i mean, basically they are don't want the truth to come o out. then they should just admit it and not keep claiming they are being transparent because they are clearly not. if pope francis was sincere he would turnover his records to the tottenham police and fu punishing the bishops that cover up the sex crimes. >> they have so much barbara. she is the me let of the networf those abused by priests in geneva gentleman neave is also where wo

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 any priest that abuses people or children is reviewed -- >> the accusation is that the church is doing these things with an air of secrecy, that it's not open. >> it's not true. >> this

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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

vatican officials told a u.n.ee today that the church can do a better job dealing with the global priest sex abuse scandal but denied accusations of a cover up. al jazerra's same inning mcgregor-wood has more now from geneva. >> reporter: for many this was a chance to display a new at thate and it was a very public form em. it opened with a statement from the vatican delegation. >> the results of the combined action taken by local churches and by the holy see presents a framework that when properly applied, will help eliminate the occurrence of child sexual abuse by clergy and other church personnel. >> reporter: an attempt to reassure but didn't convince many. the questions came thick and fast. >> what is the holy see doing with regard to article 39 of our convention, which refers to reparations both psychological and financial to children who have been victims of sexual abuse? despite the extensive protests, what steps have been taken with regard to sakes an spankses and punishments for clerics who have engaged

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 h

has the vatican delivered? >> i'm not sure that it has. this is as you say correctly long overdo and keenly anticipated appearance by a delegation from the vatican before this u.n. committee on that the rights of a child. there should have been several times before, before they signed this convention but they have stoodously avoided coming before this committee. they south to make reassurances about how they are trying to get their house in order, after that, which you just heard, they were asaled by a for rent of questions from members of the committee. the common denominator being everyone wants more information, more detailed revelations. they want to hear more disclosure about what the vatican is doing, about specific guidelines it is issuing to diocese all across the world. finally here, i guess, a greater sense that the vatican is taking responsibility. they've been evoiding that whole issue, and at the back of the room during this very detailed, long exhaustive session, there were victims. they tend to prefer to call themselves surv

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

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

the vatican's are presented seemed contrite. is no excuse for any form of violence or exploitation of children. such crimes can never be justified. whether committed in the home, at school, and community, at sports programs or religious organizations. >> they added that the holy see was only legally responsible for abuse in five vatican cities. a provision long criticized by campaigners. >> if only they had jurisdiction over 30 children. hasously, the church followers and has influenced a lot more children's lives than the 30 they mentioned. fight hardhas had to for justice, claimed to have been abused by a teenager by an italian priest. the think it is time for church to stop this secrecy. putsieve the church themselves before the victims and the pain and abuse that we carry. >> there have been mounting evidence of abuse. sexual and psychological abuse was found to be endemic in irish catholic run schools and orphanages. a bishop resigned after admitting he had sexually abused a boy for years. admitted toriest 280 counts of sex

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's are presented seemed contrite. is no excuse for any form of violence or exploitation of children. such crimes can never be justified. whether committed in the home, at school, and community, at sports programs or religious organizations. >> they added that the holy see was only legally responsible for abuse in five vatican cities. a provision long criticized by campaigners. >> if only they had jurisdiction over 30 children. hasously, the church followers and has influenced a lot more children's lives than the 30 they mentioned. fight hardhas had to for justice, claimed to have been abused by a teenager by an italian priest. the think it is time for church to stop this secrecy. putsieve the church themselves before the victims and the pain and abuse that we carry. >> there have been mounting evidence of abuse. sexual and psychological abuse was found to be endemic in irish catholic run schools and orphanages. a bishop resigned after admitting he had sexually abused a boy for years. admitted toriest 280 counts of sex

the vatican has a new pope. he is popular and made promises, pope francis wants openness and a new transparency on this toxic issue. he set up a new committee of his own to look into it. thursday's appearance is overdue. the extent to which they engage with the u.n. will be a test of france sis's papacy and whether he can deliver on the issue of sexual abuse and cover up. >> a new report details how widespread it has been. the authors have little optimism that the church will change its approach. >> we traced back over the last two decades all the promises that have been made and what happened. there have been many promises in the past. everything that has happened happened in se cesse. >> in do 12 the u.n. asked the vatican to respond to questions about child abuse and what assist doing about it. many questions are unanswered. >> if the institution acknowledges failings, i, like many others and suffered at its hand will have some form of closure and some means of moving on. >> the u.n. committee meeting with th

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

. >> reporter: the vatican has a new pope. he's popular and he has made some big promises.e wants openness and a new transparency even on this toxic issue. he set up a new committee of its own to look into it. thursday's appearance before the un is overdue, the extent to which they engage seriously with the un will be a test of francis's papacy and whether he can deliver on the issue of sexual abuse and allegations of cover up. a new report details how widespread the abuse has been. the authors have little optimism the church will change its approach. >> we have traced back over the last two decades all of the promises they made versus what actually happened. and there have been promises in the past, but very little has happened concretely. and everything that has happened happened in complete secrecy. >> reporter: the un asked the vatican to 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 movin

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

. >> 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 hou

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 quite clear if priests have abused children, then what they've done is a crime, and it has to be reported to the prison. that this has not been always the case but it has been for the last 20 years or so. >> i asked you whether or not you thought the figures might have spiked. one of the reasons for the rise could well be the actions taken by pope benedict. >> well, that's true. >> do we know what the attitude of pope francis is? >> pope francis is equally fierce, as you said in your introduction. he has just spoken out, and he has set up a group of people. they have jurisdicti

what will be important will be who the vatican appoints to that commission. it will be lay people. it will be experts as well as people from the church. i would like to think that the voice of victims and survivors will be represented on that commission. and the work of the commission must be open and transparent and deal with the criticisms, many of them justified that the church has received. >>> a new report has painted a comprehensive picture of how well people eat across the world. the best countries in terms of food security are found in western europe, and the worst is in the sub saharan desert. >> reporter: when it comes to eating well, people in chad have it as bad as anyone on the planet, according to a wide-ranging report which looked at conditions in 125 countries. they asked do people have enough to eat? can people afford to eat comparing food prices to other goods and how stable those prices are. is food of good quality, including access to clean water? and how far is people's diet creating unhealthy outcomes. diabetes and obesity. the best coun

vatican liked the idea, too.u put something apolitical, bipartisan, noncontroversial and 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 bill 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

the vatican seems to approve. it's already tweeted a picture of the artwork.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. >> charlie: hey, hey, hey. maybe that's it.

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 face trial in the criminal justice system? will they ever be investigated by the police? >> they should be. the church officials should be helping to get laws changed especially here in the u.s. vi

the first news of superpope came on the vatican's twitter feed.zey, cbs news, vatican city. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie macdonald fierce debate. san francisco challenging the findings of the coroner. tonight, >>> the death of a 16-year-old student in the asiana airlines disaster is now a point of fierce debate san francisco challenging the findings of the coroner. tonight the coroner answers back. there is a significant difference of opinion tonight over what really happened to one of the young victims of the asiana crash. our phil matier on the new report from the city that challenges everything we thought we knew. >> it's not surprising they put out a report like that. we see that when we have cases, somebody will get an expert and have their opinion and another side will have their expert. >> reporter: that was the san mateo coroner reacting to a report by san francisco officials that concluded that 16-year-old ye meng yaun of china was i

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

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

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 hea

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, th

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

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

. >>> 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 ma

the fact that the vatican was going to act. the catholic church has explained himself.he impression that it is on going. our problems are behind us. i'm concerned about feeding a stereotype. one vatican official ensured the panel that the issue is a priority pope francis told a senior official that the due proceedi proceedings feel guilty since march. >> coming up, actor author activist and social media s sensation talk about their newest project. stick around. ♪ humans -- even when we cross our "t's" and dot our "i's," we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you qualify, your rates won't go up due to your first accident. because making mistakes is only human, and so are we. we also offer new car replacement, so if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call liberty mutual insurance at... and ask us all about our auto features, like guaranteed repairs, where if you get into an accident and use one of our certified repair shops, your repairs are guaranteed for life. so ca

oh, wait, you didn't hear about the plot to kill the vatican embassy? well, remember this?s 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 embass

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

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. se

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 pro

. >> 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 c

. >>> vatican officials for the first time are being questioned at length today about child sex abuse in the church. the united committee in geneva will meet with the top sex crimes prosecutor to determine what the church did and did not do when officials became aware of so-called pedophile priests. 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

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vatican officials have being asked very tough questions about abuse in the catholic church. a committee on children's rights. it's the first time that the vatican has had to address its handling of pedophile priests. >>> college leaders today are watching the scene at the white house right now, waiting for the president and the first lady to come out and speak. they're trying to make it easier to succeed in college once they get there. >> >> and talks on syria. russia is hosting the leaders of syria and iran today. they are the main allies and they hope to bring the sides together for the first face-to-face meetings in the geneva 2 talks this week. and the president is set to meet with the titans of academia any moment now. and mike, i might have minute, t trip from the drive to the west wing. they will take the stage, there will be 1200 colleges and universities represented there in that auditorium, along with 40 other stakeholders there. whether they be college admissions boards and sat and down the line. what the president and the first lady are going to try to address, n

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

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

. >>> for the first time ever vatican officials are being grilled about child abuse inside the catholic church. today representatives testifying before a un committee in geneva investigating allegations that the vatican allowed abuse to happen and even protected pedophile priests. >> there is no excuse for violence or exploitation of children. such crimes can never be justified. >> victims groups say t the -- catholic church must be held accountable. much more to get you caught up >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. it is oscar time. nominations announced earlier this morning. topping the list for best picture, american hustle. and the best actress category, merl streep picking up her 18th nomination. and perhaps the biggest snub, the butler, no nods. several films that were nominated, focusing on the real lives of real people. brian are we of the biggest sources of all is real life. >> i will not fall into despair! >> reporter: this year art didn't so much imitate art as copy it. 12 years of slave, it says right there on screen. this is based on a true story. captain phillips, base

meanwhile, questions have clouded his trips to the netherlands and vatican.travels to turkey and his first visit to the white house days away. >> before arriving in washington, you kind of have to have your personal life sorted out, or you will run the risk of getting eaten alive by the american media. >> hollande is expected to arrive at the white house for a state dinner. this is february 11th. and we know that trierweiler is not going to be with him. we're not exactly sure if he is bringing a date. a lot of people are wondering here. >> we guess no. >> we don't think so. we don't think the actress will show up. >> it remains to be seen, but i don't think he'll go that far. a lot of analysts say julie gayet would not be there. >> maybe he should just go as a bachelor. >> i think it's a good idea. >>> edward snowden making new accusations against the nsa, this time for the former nsa contractor has now told the german public broadcaster, ard, the nsa's spying also included industrial espionage. >> he says that companies were targeted, even if there was no th

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

some victims say the vatican still needs to do much more. diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: this northern illinois parish is where an 8 year old boy says he was first abused at his first confession 30 years ago. he tried to tell his family about the abuse later, but was >> i was reprimanded for that, because you don't say a those kind of things, you know, 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 t