because the cuban government positive approach to cuba with cuba's relation with the vatican.hat has been in preparation. and for the mentality, i believe the cubans always prepared for a new relation in these parts. charlie: it must feel good to you -- the archbishop of havana, to see this, because you have played a role in it. you have been the indispensable link to pope francis. cardinal: no. perhaps we have created before the possibility of the links of the secretary of state and pope francis. it was created, a climate of confidence and possibility, to resolve conflicts. i'm sure the government of cuba has asked to the secretary of state of the vatican to say something to the pope for presenting to president obama's problem of the embargo. because the cuban government was sure positive approach to cuba with cuba's relation with the vatican. they have been developed in these years before. that facilitates this contact we have now in this moment. it seems to me you have asked me about the holy father and his role and if it was necessary. i believe pope john paul ii lived in

he celebrates mass in the chapel, not in any of the big altars in the vatican. he has to use reception areas in the papal palace for some functions, but he's a visitor there just like the people he is receiving. it's not an expression of his normal living space. there are deep meanings to that

awaiting the vatican's answer. >> neither the french foreign ministry nor the vatican will comment. but both have a diplomatic interest in settling the row. as for the pope himself, not everyone here was willing to blame him directly for the foot dragging at the vatican especially in light of what he said in 2013 about homosexuals in the church. >> translator: if a person is gay, and accepts the lord, and has good will, who am i to judge them? >> reporter: given those words, the stefanini affair could become a test to see if the pope's words are carried out into actions. jim bittermann, cnn, paris. >>> next on "cnn newsroom," as the bullets fly in ramadi, we're looking at where the isis terror group gets the money to launch attacks in iraq and other parts of the middle east. and the death sentence for a former egyptian president is not sitting well with some in the international community. ♪ ♪ at chase, we celebrate small businesses every day through programs like mission main street grants. last years' grant recipients are achieving amazing things. carving a name for myself and cre

in the real life and the real story of the relationship tween cuba and the vatican, the three popes have played a role. at the moment -- the moment has come for this last pontificate of pope francis with his own quality to play in this role at this moment because the histories like that, the moment and the pope for the present time. >> rose: we conclude with james taylor, his new album is called "before this world." >> there is a period of song writing where ideas emerge and sometimes, if you're lucky that will be an entire song in one initial event but usually you end up with bits and pieces and fits and starts and you need to get alone with them, spend empty time working on them, court the muse, whatever that means, and finish them up. >> rose: cardinal ortega and james taylor next. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: cardinal jai

the vatican rks the recognizes the state of palestine. what it will bring to the holy land. >> i think this is going to be a rebuilding that goes on for a very long time. >> susan sarandon and her mission to help the people of nepal. considering how fast the amtrak train was going. in excess of 100 miles an hour, more than twice the speed limit. it's remarkable that the death toll from last night's derailment is not higher. tonight it stands at seven with hundreds of passengers injured when the train jumped the tracks in philadelphia. already focusing on several factors in the investigation. jonathan betz is still on the scene. jonathan. >> this is still an active scene as investigators try to piece together how this quiet train ride could suddenly become so chaotic. >> someone told me i had been delirious and that they had carried me off. my shoes not my shoes. somewhere i lost my shoes. and a lady gave me her shoes. >> reporter: passengers were suddenly thrown from their seats. >> tumbling, not sure what's up, what's down. you could jus

charlie: we are now looking most recently a visit by raul castro to the vatican where he said maybe he's coming back to the church raul castro? he in panama met with the president obama, and the pope is coming to cuba. how did it start? you played a role. cardinal: there are some previous contacts that speak to the possibility of the dialogue between the holy father and president obama. charlie: that is where it started. cardinal: in april or may of last year 2014 because it was a good guy with obama, the holy father has told me -- a good dialogue with obama, the holy father has told me it was a good moment. they were very conscious of each other, of the role of the holy father as pastor of the church and president obama is president of the most important country in the world. and the holy father has mentioned cuba to the president. the president, he has mentioned the embargo. and president obama told him something like this kind of laws were taken before -- charlie: my presidency. cardinal: yes. not before my presidency, but before i was born. charlie: yes, exactly. cardinal: yeah, exac

keeping secrets is what we do as senior vatican official said. and the nature of the cuban system means they're good at it too. equally remarkable the vatican said took no credit beyond expressing satisfaction that a deal was done. and a quiet hint from insiders that it won't be the last time francis calms troubled waters. allen pizzey cbs news vatican city. >> a family says it was kicked off their flight because their daughter is autistic. the airline responds. >> and the great white shark approaches the great white way when the "cbs evening news" continues. don't have to. defy gravity with juvÉderm voluma®. the first and only injectable gel approved by the fda to instantly add volume to your cheek area. as you age, it's not just about lines and wrinkles. your cheeks lose volume and can sag. voluma instantly adds volume to create contour and lift to the apples of your cheeks for a more youthful profile for up to 2 years. temporary side effects include tenderness, swelling, firmness lumps, bumps, bruising pain, redness, discoloration and itching.

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>> i don't know anything about the vatican. i'm an athiest and the whole religion thing is bizarre to me. >> first, we ask if the u.s. is a super power in decline. this is third rail. >>> is america in retreat? many say yes. >> a red line for us is we start to say chemical weapons. >> once you draw that line the credibility of the united states is on the line. >> the united states is now number two. the chinese economy just overtook the u.s. >> that's going to be the sun setting on the american century. >> there is no alternative. >> there's no question it's a much worse world order if nobody is providing that leadership and the americans are best situated to do so. >> tonight we have ambassador robert hunter and michael pillsbury. >>> thanks for joining us. ambassador robert hunter is the united states a superpower in decline? >> of course not. >> why not? >> we have the greatest amount of military power. we're easily number one economically. we have a democracy that works. we have an amazing people in this country. entreprene

he celebrates mass in the chapel, not in any of the big altars in the vatican. he has to use reception areas in the papal palace for some functions, but he's a visitor there just like the people he is receiving. it's not an expression of his normal living space. there are deep meanings to that arrangement. before when people went to the pope's residence, it was like a goal of pilgrimage to the suspect of e ecclesiastical grandeur. in the casa santa marta the pope is a traveler living with his fellow pilgrims. third, what he wears. as a palace sets a man apart, so do ceremonial clothes. jesus wore no ecclesiastical garments. neither did priests or bishops for a long time. even as late at the fifth century. but when my great hero, st. augustine, was the bishop of hippo. now whenever he's painted, sculpted whatever, he wears all the finely of a bishop that was in the muddle ages, the ring, the robe, the slippers. he wore street clothes in the fifth century up to that point. we were still not clothing our priests and bishops as rule ors. now, francis has to wear som

i think there is a difference between the pope and the vatican. i think the pope can have a person belief and speak on those. and the vatican - the pope can speak about personal beliefs and have an agenda. i can imagine that happening. >> i doubt that this pope is in favour of same-sex marriage >>> you can see the debate on sunday at the "third rail." airing at 6 eastern. >> for years in the united states, book stores have been under siege. online retailers and electronic books too much for chains like borders and barnes&nobodile. but it created a new opening for the corner book store. this report from chicago. >> reports of the death of the independent book store have been greatly exaggerated. >> it's small, friendly you get one on one service. you can peruse the bookshelf without feeling like anyone was going to bother you. the membership moved in an unexpected direction. up. and the number of locations jumped from 2094 and 1051 in 2009. chicago's women and children travelled. it's heartening to see. our numbers dropped in the 1990s, and early 2

you are looking at pictures from the vatican, where you see pope francis there >>> crossing to the vatican correspondent for the irish times, paddy ag u, joining us from rome to tell us what the canonization means for the region. >> good day for you. the canonization comes at the end of an important week it's the third event this week concerning relations when the holy seer and the state of palestine palestine. wednesday, the bit lateral agreements between holy seer special, and yesterday pope francis received mahmoud abbas, the leader of the palestinian authority, if you will. he received him in a private audience, during which, as they exchanged gifts. the understanding, he said you know, the gift he is giving the angel of peace who destroys the evil spirits of war. you were the angel of peace. then we have two 19th century nuns canonized. all in all, it's an indication of good relations between the holy seer and palestine. to a certain extent to the annoyance of israel. >> these three events that you have listed that we have seen in the past few days is it anything other than a message

the vatican confirmed cuban president raul castro will meet with pope francis this sunday. castro's already thanked the pope for helping to mend the relationship between cuba and the united states. the pope will also pay a visit to cuba during his travels in september. he'll stop there first before heading to washington, d.c., new york, and then philadelphia. >>> we have new information tonight on a fire that killed three family members in chester county. investigators have now figured out what sparked those flames. nbc 10's deanna durante live tonight. deanna? >> police say it was the disposal of smoking materials, they say the lit cigarette or cigar thrown near a pile of trash made that building go up very quickly. >> and that thing was long gone before the fire companies got here. >> it was more police fire and ems than they'd ever seen. >> i saw the smoke, fire engines coming up. excuse me, and police and everything. they had the road blocked off. i couldn't get up there. >> the fire started when smoking materials were discarded near trash and recycle bins. the plastic

he moves around europe for a while before he gets a job as a guard for the pope in the vatican. he is a guard. here he is in papal uniform. guarding the pope. a friend of his turns him in. he is arrested by u.s. consular

. >>> the pope met raul castro at the vatican this morning.tell you about their conversations and why this is such an important meeting. >>> plus, we are continuing to follow breaking news out of mississippi. two police officers shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. coming up, we are going to be hearing from the town's mayor who vows the killers will face justice. if you can't put a feeling into words, why try? at 62,000 brush movements per minute, philips sonicare leaves your mouth with a level of clean like you've never felt before. innovation and you. philips sonicare. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. >>> 22 minutes after the hour now. >>> this morning, an important meeting in rome. cuban president ra

. >>> the pope hosting castro at the vatican. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we start this hour with the super typhoon hitting the north eastern part of the philippines. the storm is making landfall in a sparsely populated and it's bringing strong winds and heavy rains with it. authorities evacuated more than 1200 people ahead of the storm. they're concerned about flooding, high tides. let's hear from the storm chaser had to say in the middle of the storm. >> deteriorated quite rapidly now. it's only a couple of hours away at most now. heavy rain, torren rain. the wind is picking up. it's only going to get worse over the next couple of hours. >> and what sort of precautions have people there taken? >> well, people here seem to be taking the storm extremely seriously. the philippine government rated the storm the highest. the hotel i'm staying in has boarded up all of its windows. they're evacuating guests from the beach front area to more secure

. ♪ raul castro and pope francis had a private conversation at the vatican. >> obviously this comes at time of dramatically improving relations. >> what did they discuss? newsroom starts now. >>> good afternoon thanks for joining me i'm ana cabrera in for fredricka whitfield. happy mother's day. >>> cuban president, raul castro is publicly thanking pope francis today in his role in improving u.s./cuban relation. they met privately at the vatican earlier today and this is their first face-to-face meeting it comes on the heels of a surprise diplomatic breakthrough between washington and havana, which was, in part facilitated by pope francis. joining me now is cnn religion commentator, father edward beck. father thanks for joining us again. happy mother's day to you and your loved ones. >> thank you to you, to. >> was this a big deal in your mind? >> it really was a big deal ana. you have to remember this is a country that for over 50 years, since 18959 with the revolution, was seen as an atheistic country. fidel castro espoused a marxist-lennonist philosophy that says that religion it is

from the vatican, what's being said about palestine aft >>> two big stories out of of the vatican today. we learned vatican officials will now recognize the state of palestine in a new treaty signed today. the news comes as a major security test is under way at the vatican. the pope called for a special jubilee year this december. it only happens once every 25 years or so. police are expecting big crowds for that. amelia? >> it's chilly temperatures in the 50s and 60s, big temperature drop yesterday thanks to a cold front. 63 in annapolis and only 56 in martinsburg where there's plenty of cloudiness there. overall today, it stays breezy highs only in the upper 60s and low 70s with a mix of clouds and sunshine. tomorrow it will be more comfortable, we lose the winds, we have more sun, highs once again in the low 70s, so comfortably cool very spring like. on friday clouds increase a high of 73. for the weekend, saturday and sunday, the chance of storms during the afternoon and evening, mainly well west of washington barbara. >> thank you, amelia. breaking news. more from those who survive

plus pope francis makes history at the vatican. the first two arabic speaking saints after the break. [beeping] ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] ♪little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. ♪i see you are feeling blue ♪come on over to my place ♪hey girl ♪we're having a party happy birthday, grandma! ♪we'll be swinging ♪dancing and singing ♪baby come on over tonight [baseball crowd noise] ♪ ♪ [x1 chime] ♪ ♪ [crowd cheers] oh! i can't believe it! [cheering] hi, grandma! ♪ . >> emergency crews in north texas staged rescues after flash flooding. nine rescues were conducted for residents trapped in their homes. four people were stranded in their vehicles. workers used a drone to drop a rescue line to a family whose house was surrounded by water. the national guard brought the family to safety in a helicopter. kevin corriveau is here with a closer look at the storms. >> we talked a lot of the severe weather, but not too much about the rain and flooding going on for many places. that's a good image. y

. >> pope francis is leading a ceremony at the vatican to connonize two nuns. they are the first palestinians to become saints in modern times, the decision is viewed as an attempt to support christians in the middle east. you are look at picture from the vatican. >> here is what is coming up on al jazeera. putting pressure on their president. people in guatemala city call on their leader to step down. thousands from china takes to the streets in protest. >> tuesday. >> i thought we were doing something good. >> bodies donated for science... >> how much regulation exists? >> very little. >> a shocking look inside the world of body brokers. >> got a call from the fbi saying we have your husband's remains. >> an america tonight exclusive investigation. tuesday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> hello again. a reminder of the headlines on al jazeera regional political leaders are meeting in the saudi capital, riyadh, to try to end the crisis in yemen. houthi rebels are not attending. at least 10 were killed in battles, despite a humanitarian truce due

peter's square at the vatican.nd two thousand christian pilgrims were at the vatican. the ceremony comes a few days after the vatican formally recognized palestinian state hood in the treaty. >>> annual 11-year-old girl wrote to president obama and his words inspired him and got her a face-to-face meeting with the approximated president. >> a tribute to jazz plaster charlie -- jazz master charlie park he were. >>> the girls and boy's club gets a makeover. >> chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast that's next. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children. d whether time for accuweather it's going -- time now for accuweather it's going to be a dreary day. >> reporter: it's going to be soupy out there and there could a thunderstorm. sky 6, th

the ceremony follows the statements by the vatican saying it would recognize the palestinian estate. prayers in honor of gattaz and boadi. she says their legacies are inspiring. >> they are incredible the faithful what they did. >>> the decision to pope francis to bestow sainthood to the two palestinian nuns, gives hope after years of war and attempt to refocus attention on their plight. ster hortense shows me where her remains are kept. naclan who is also palestinian will attend the canonization ceremony. >> socially, economically intellectually religiously. they need someone to lift them up. >> reporter: pope francis is widely seen as sympathetic to the palestinian cause. he offered prayers at israel's separation wall and at his easter address this year, he called for both sides to roferl resolve their differences. palestinian president mahmoud abbas will visit the vatican in the coming week. >>> city's port to show their anger at royalty dutch shell. the oil giant has an oil rig docked in that harbor. a second one is due to arrive in a few days. >>> oil spills and overfishing are

it comes days after the vatican recognized palestinian statehood and the day after the pope met withalestinian leader mahmoud abbas. >> we want to talk about this with john allen. he is the author of "the francis miracle." john, we know during their meeting, pope francis called mahmoud abbas as we just said, an angel of piece. kind of wondering what the reaction has been to that comment. >> good morning. happy sunday to you. predictably, the reaction on the israeli side and among israeli supporters and other parts of the world, has not been particularly good. they, of course would no look on president abbas as an angel of peace. instead, they would see him as someone who is part of a system among the palestinians that continues to create tensions with israeli and continues to violate security agreements and so on. this is part of a bigger picture, of course. the vatican recognized palestinian statehood actually in november of 2012 this week under the pope benedict xvith. this has not gone down well with the israelis. now, look. the applications in the middle east if something helps t

. >> the vatican has officially recognized the palestinian state state. begins official diplomatic recognition, palestinian authority's mahmoud abbas is set to visit the vatican. >>> the world health organization says an extra 10 million people could die in the next 35 years. health experts are trying to convince drug companies to invest in developing more effective medications. nadim baba splaifns. explains. >> a in superstrain is spreading throughout the world as more and more strains become drug resistant it's worrying experts. we're heading to what we call a postantibiotic era they have lisa starkalso raised the prospect of tuberculosis becoming a danger once again. now a u.k. initiative wants drug companies to invest $2 billion in more effective medicines. money would come from governments worldwide costing up to $3 billion over -- 37 billion over ten years. the man heading the project insists that ignoring the problem will be more expensive. >> if we're not going to invest in these issues, it's going to cause world gdp to be 100 trillion trillion, l

thousands of palestinian faithful will travel to the vatican for the canyonization and for one momente to forget about the difficulties in the middle east and remember thousands of years of religious history. cnn, jerusalem. >>> imagine meeting the mother you never knew you had. >> oh my gosh! oh my gosh! >> an emotional story with a happy ending that took nearly 50 years. still ahead on "cnn newsroom." yg more than clean. your touch stimulates her senses and nurtures her mind. and the johnson's® scent, lather and bubbles help enhance the experience. so why just clean your baby when you can give her so much more™? turn to roc® retinol correxion®. one week, fine lines appear to fade. one month, deep wrinkles look smoother. after one year, skin looks ageless. high performance skincare™ only from roc®. >>> thoerts in st. louis will cooperate from an alleged baby ring 50 years ago. gary tuchman has the story. >> reporter: for almost a half century zella jackson price has mourned a baby girl who a nurse told her died hours after she gave birth to her. >> diane was born november the 21st, 1

the landmark day at the event -- vatican. newly canonized saints and why they are getting so much attention. first, a worrying move from isil >> you are watching abc seven news at 6:30 -- on your side. kellye: members of iraq's military are fleeing the city of ramadi. the government says it has been completely taken by the islamic state. isis made the same claim in a message on the militant groups website, saying it controls the entire city. that includes an army base as well as tanks and a missile launchers. officials are concerned that this could give the militants the football that they need to begin assaulting the entire region. a potential new candidate for the 2016 election -- a source close to ohio governor john kasich said the republican is very likely to run for president, but the source cautions that a decision would likely be a few weeks away. he recently ramped up his activities, making media appearances, spending time in south carolina and new hampshire, and establishing a political committee. pope francis canoni

the ceremony also took place days after the vatican recognized theitate of palestine in a treaty. --e state of palestine in a treaty. both exchanged gifts. israeli officials say the recognition of the palestinian sates was disa-- saints was disappointing and pope francis encouraged both sides, the israelis and palestinians to sit down and renew the peace talks. >>> a father with a baby on the way, a female combat photographer and helicopter character crew chem killed in a u.s. military helicopter crash in nepal. six americans and two nepali soldiers were board the u.s. military helicopter supporting earthquake relief efforts there. >>> a call for more help today from nepal's prime minister. 8500 people were killed in two massive earthquakes. the united nations says 14% of aid sought for relief efforts has been met. $59million pledged so far when 443 million was requested. a half million people are without homes. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in south korea to talk about securityish laws to. he arrive -- security issues there. he arrived today to assure u.s. support. that is mo

the decision by pope francis to bestow sainthood to the two palestinian nuns is an attempt by the vaticangive hope after years of war and to refocus attention on their plight. sister hortense shows me where her remains are kept. she is also palestinian, she tells me all palestinians regardless of their faith should find comfort in the sainthood of these nuns. >> palestinians are frustrated on all fronts. they need someone to lift them up. >> pope francis is widely seen as sympathetic to the palestinian cause. on his first visit to the occupied west bank as pontiff he offered prayers at israeli separation wall, he called for the peace process between the two sides to be resumed. palestinian president mahmoud abbas attended at a canonization ceremony among 1500 palestinians belonging to the catholic church. imtiaz tyab, west jerusalem. >> remember can you get all the news at aljazeera.com. >>> i'm "ali velshi on target". what if everything you have been told about the killing of osama bin laden was a lie. i'll have answers from the former intelligence agency. broken windows, and broken trus

the vatican and it's new era of pope francis. one of it's missions brings the church closer to the people part of that, the cannonnization he would be the first latino state in the united states. here is a kind of evangelizer he hopes we can all be. put our lives o. line he brought christianity to california's shores, setting off system of missions along the coast spreading the gospel, in this distant outpost of the spanish empire. two or 300 years later many remain active. the missions fatherhood established were just beautiful places, but for some native americans these were prisons essentially forced to work in the missions forced to stay in the missions and forced into christianity. >> whether by does or the baseball of a gun, best estimates say some 100,000 died in the decades following the establishment. for indians the impending cannonnization is an affront. >> we talks about in the negative there's nobody who talks about him in the positive. they are tribes vastly down sized gathering like this allow american indians to c

. >>> a special meeting at the vatican. cuban leader raul castro offering thanks to pope francis for the key role he played in the u.s. and cuba relations. we have more details with ben wedeman. >> reporter: good morning, christine. that was the purpose of the visit that raul castro was to make to thank the pope for his role with the deadlock in the united states and cuba. the big surprise was when afterwards during the press conference with the italian prime minister raul castro came out and said the following, i told the prime minister the italian prime minister if the pope continues to speak like this sooner or later, i will start praying again and i will return to the catholic church. i'm not saying this jokingly. i'm a communist of the cuban communist party. we know that karl marx described religion. and perhaps raul castro took a few tokes of the opium himself. perhaps this was the most important meeting of his entire life. it is not clear when he returns to cuba he will put words into practice. these remarks returnin

. >>> the vatican says it will soon officially recognize palestine as a state. a treaty formalled by pope francis, a major push for palestinian statehood. palestinian authority mahmoud abbas is set to visit the vatican on saturday. >>> the military in burundi has taken control but the president says he's still in power. the closing arguments are over, and its now up to the jury to decide if dzhokhartsarnaev livers or dies. >> the same jury that found dzhokhartsarnaev guilty in the first phase of the boston marathon bombing trial penalty phase ended today jurors are now deciding whether he deserves the death penalty or life in prison. >>> a military coup is now underway in burundi. a senior military officer says he is taking over, release placing pierre nkurunziza. his opponents say that would violate term limits in both the constitution and a 2005 peace deal that ended burundi's civil war. al jazeera's malcolm webb reports from the capital bujumbura. >> the protest against pierre nkurunziza's possible third term in pow has been growing. on wednesday afternoon wh

else expected to thank the vatican for playing a key role in brokering ties between the u.s. and cuba. >> prince is calling the mother's day rally for peace it will call for justice and peace in the wake of the protests over freddie gray's death. yesterday prince unveiled his new song called baltimore. the concert will tames at the royal farms arena. >>> a girl shot in the head in the possible road rage incident in west philadelphia has been released from the hospital. it happened on the 5400 block of haverford avenue. the bullet was shot in the window and was lodged in her skull. a ten thousand reward is posted leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter. >>> formally conjoined twin girl separated in texas is home just in time for mother's day. she left the hospital after she was declared healthy enough to leave. natalee and her sister adeline were separated in houston. adeline will go home sometime this summer. >> mothers across the country are being treated by queens. it's to recognize all the hard work they do in and out of the home. >> send us your pictures of yo

a decision by pope francis to bestow sainthood to the two nuns is seen as an attempt by the vatican to give hope after years of war and as part of attempts to refocus tanks on their flights. this sister runs one of the convents and shows where remains are kept. also palestinian, she'll attend the canonization ceremony in vatican city and tells me all palestinians should find comfort in their same time hood. >> the palestinian people are frustrated on all fronts. socially economically religiously, internationally. no matter where you turn people are frustrated. they need someone to lift them up. >> pope francis is seen as sympathetic to the palestinian cause. on his first visit to the occupied west bank he offered prayers at israel's separation wall and called for the peace process between the two sides to be resumed. palestinian president will attend the canonization ceremony and 1500 palestinians belonging to the catholic church. many of whom will pray for a better future. >>> hundreds of activists in seattle have taken to the water to protest against oil exploration in the arctic. th

he lowed the vatican to be used for a secret meeting.he pope is planning to visit cuba in september on his away to the u.s.. >>> relief on jam packed trains. >> and mississippi's governor says the -- in 15mys what led up to the violent confrontation and what is happening today to show support for the police. >> and we're looking at the east bay commute. it looks like highway 4 is doing very well. we'll tell you a little bit more about the morning commute. >> it's a cool pattern in place. it may be a very cool and possibly wet pattern in the next 5-7 days. we'll talk about what looks to be a series of lows moving in. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> the san mateo bridge back in business this morning. all the lanes reopened in the last hour after a weekend long closure for road work. we'll tell you about the improvements that were made and how the closure impacted traffic around the bay area. >> starbucks is taking a stand w

plus cuban leader raul castro is in the vatican to met pope francis. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >>>welcome back you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of the headlines now. yemen's houthi rebels cautiously welcomed a humanitarian ceasefire for five days to allow aid into the country. the pause in fighting is starting tuesday. two boats carrying 500 washed assure believed to be rohingya >>> the pakistan taliban claims to have shot down a helicopter on friday. there were two among those killed in the crash. the video shows fighters firing a missile. protesters are celebrating after the vice president stepped down. they quit over a corruption scandal. the resignation is not enough. cullen mercer reports from guatemala city >>> thousands were back on the streets of guatemala city a day after the country's vice president stepped down. roxana baldetti's resignation was the cul

a controversial move by the vatican spois israel. disappoints israel. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news how churches and mosques are working together to combat the ebola crisis in west africa. but first a look at the news in our american minute. a train derailed in philadelphia, engineer refused to give a statement. the same injury that found dzhokhartsarnaev guilty in the boston marathon bombing is now deciding his punishment. closing arguments ended today. jurors are deliberating whether he should receive the death pent or receive life in prison. >>> congress has taken a major step towards ending the nsa's bulk data program. the house voted 338 to 88 to pass the u.s.a. freedom act it would require phone and internet companies to retain thain taken their customers data. the bill has to be approved by the senate. >>> today, the british navy rescued mieg migrants from the mediterranean. quotas are already proving to be highly divisive, with the u.k. one of the fi

. ♪ >>> the vatican secretary of state is calling this weekend's vote to allow same-sex marriage a defeatity. he was personally saddened by the decision. more than 62% of the voters in ireland said yes in the referendum. the archbishop said it means it is time for a reality check in the church. >>> native american groups are angry at the vatican, they say the church should not be con non-izing one friar. >> reporter: this father is a spanish missionary that britished a string of missions along the state's coast. and for his work pope francis has decided to declare him a saint later this year but there is another side to his story, the fact that the missions did force the conversion of native americans and enslaved native americans and a lot of the descendants are unhappy with the church's decision. >> he didn't make the world better for us. he made it worse for us. he suppressed our language our culture, he -- you know we had our population drop by at least a hundred thousand people. people enslaved and starving. >> we'll go into more detail in our full report later this evening. but ther

for your help with the united states - cuba's president raul castro is meeting pope francis at the vatican. >>> hello, yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh has, for the first time, pledged his allegiance to houthi rebels. it comes after his house was targeted by the saudi-led coalition in the capital saana. >>> it's the first time the saudi-led targeted former president ali abdullah saleh, he was unharmed and remains defiant. >> translation: you should continue carrying your arms, willing to sacrifice your lives in the face of these belligerent attacks. i can describe this aggression as an act of cowardice, if you are brave enough, face us on the battlefield. shelling by rockets and jets cannot enable you to achieve your goals. >> reporter: this is the moment the international airport in sanaa was struck by coalition jets. houthi fighters say the attack was to present the landing of aircraft carrying aid. the saudi-led coalition intensified campaigns, targetting sadr province in northern aden, yemen and other provinces. saudi army commanders say it was an ammunition depot that houth

the vatican looking to recognize the state of palestine.olitics overshadowed the religious aspect? >> reporter: you know, in many ways they have to a certain extent. everyone outside st. peter's square and everyone watching the event. wednesday, the vatican signed a treaty recognizing the palestinian state. this was done, the groundwork was done at the time benedict xvi. this is not a pope francis initiative. pope francis had a peace summit last year with the leaders of israel. the authority here in rome. his efforts have been focused on peace in the middle east. he's traveling to the holy land as well. he met yesterday with the palestinian dignitaries as well. he's doing work on both sides. it shouldn't be seen as a controversial situation. he's focused on peace in general, not just picking sides or by focusing on making it, recognizing the palestinian state. this is very classic of pope francis to, you know, really focus on the lives of these holy women as he's doing today. >> by focusing on the lives of these two palestinian nuns, does i

. >>> a divisive step announced by the vatican today. it will formally recognize palestinian statehood. it is a move pope francis has been hinting at for some time. the u.s. and u.s. oppose recognizing palestinian. the foreign ministry calls it a disappointing move by the vatican and says it does not promote the peace process. we will back with more from philadelphia, including some of the heroes here. >>> as we look at some of the tattered carriages from the derailment, we want to take a look at some of the heros who emerged from the chaos of the train crash. with get more on that from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: harry cranes and his 16-year-old son chris were on their way home from the grocery store just blocks away. what did you hear and what did you see that made you come to the crash site? >> flash of light and a lot of noise. >> reporter: like nothing you'd seen before? >> no. i never heard anything like the noise. >> reporter: and when you got to the crash site, chris, what were the sounds you were hearing on-site? >> people

as muslims, they say it's a special honor for the vatican to given them the assignment. >> i'm proud to be muslim, but i work for all. i think people should believe in whom and what they want. >> he continues working while his father leaves to meet a priest. bosnia is still a divided country after years of bloody war, which pitted religious factions against one another. before that, christians and muslims had lived side-by-side. >> at first, i was certainly surprised by the muslims bid. but i thought it was a great idea, especially for bosnia. i passed the first draft of the vatican, and everyone found the design very beautiful. >> the artisans have plenty of creative freedom and creating and designing -- and designing and building the chair. they sometimes get help with christian symbolism. on the way home, he stops for supplies. he selects warmer would with an experienced eye. making the chair is a new experience but he has already proved his adaptability. during the war, he carved prostheses for those who have lost limbs. >> i drive 30 kilometers to buy my would -- my wood. i thin

cuban president raul castro is at the vatican meeting with pope francis. this is four months before the pope's scheduled trip to the caribbean island. his first visit as head of the catholic church. very important visit. castro has publicly thanked the pope for helping to mend relations between the u.s. and cuba. i'm joined by our senior international correspondent ben weidman who is live in rome. good day to you. an important meeting. i imagine the pope would press to have the political prisoners released, many of whom are catholic. this is an important meeting and a surprise, george. it was just this past tuesday that the vatican announced that raul castro would be coming to rome. the cuban leader is on his way back from commemorations in moscow. at the end of fighting in europe in the second world war. clearly the question of those political prisoners is going to be high on the agenda. obviously the continuing process of improving diplomatic relations between cuba and the united states, which of course pope francis played a huge role in, is going to be

they have a number of issues >>> the vatican has officially recognised the state of palestine in a treaty. it's the first legal document between the catholic church and the palestinian state, signalling the beginning of diplomatic recognition, and comes three days before the palestinian authority is due to visit pope francis at the vatican >>> health experts say super strains of diseases are making current antibiotics useless. the world health organisation says 10 million people could die in the next 35 years. health experts are trying to convince drug companies to invest in more effective medications. >> reporter: a typhoid clinic in zimbabwe, these pictures were filmed during a 2012 outbreak affecting 1500. typhoid, spread in contaminated water or food can be treated with antibiotics. a superstrain is spreading around the world, and as more infections are drug resistant. it's worrying health experts. the world health organisation warned that we are heading towards what we call a post antibiotic era meaning much of modern medicine could become impossible. they have raised the prospect of

he met with pope francis at the vatican yesterday. he wanted to thank the pope personally for the vatican's role in reestablishing diplomatic relations between the united states and cuba. allen pizzey shows us the church's role in the talks. >> reporter: it wasn't water into wine but pope francis may have turned cuban president raul castro back into a believer. speaking after their meeting at the vatican, the communist leader said "if the pope continue this is way, i will go back to praying and go back to the church." adding "and i'm not joking." but it may have been this hand shake that won the cuban leader over, the end of 50 years of isolation between washington and havana was engineered by the vatican. the key building block was exchanging five cuban spies imprisoned in the u.s. for american contractor alan gross who was being held in a cuban jail. pope francis told president obama that improving relations with cuba would have broad benefits for washington throughout latin america. and dispatched cuban cardinal jaime ortega to sou

it follows an announcement by the vatican it would soon sign its first treaty with the state of palestine legal weight to recognition it extended more than two years ago. alazani alves traveled from brazil to take part in prayers in honor of them. she says the lives of both nuns and their legacies are inspiring. >> they are incredible like the faithful what they did. >> a sentiment shared by many here. >> the decision by pope francis to bestow saint hughedhood to the two nuns is seen as an attempt by the vatican to give hope to the middle east christians after years of war and as part of attempts to re-focus attention on their plights. >> sister hotenz runs the von vent and shows me where her remains are kept. nakla who is palestinian attended the canonization ceremony and tells me all palestinians should find comfort in the sainthood of them. >> the palestinian people are frustrated on all fronts: socially, national liftcally. no matter where you turn people need someone to lift them up. >> pope francis is widely seen as sympathetic to the palestinian cause. on his first visit to the wes

. >> the vatican has officially recognised the state of palestine in a treaty. it's the first legal document between the catholic church and the palestinian state, and is the first signal of recognition. it comes days before mahmoud abbas is due to visit pope francis at the vatican >>> movies and money are mixing again in the south of france. the cannes film festival begun. movie makers hope to attract millions in industry money. charlie angela is there >>> flash bulbs, film stars and magic. this is what cannes does best. this year's jury led by the cowan brothers they lined up. excitement reached fever pitch. the stars walking up the red carpet will sit to different films, what usually opens the film festival. it will be a gritty french drama, where normally it's a hollywood blockbuster. >> standing tool is the story of a troubled boy. as the first female film-maker to open the festival they were quick to deny it's tokenism. >> it happens that i'm a woman, i'm honoured by the selection of the film and not the fact that i was given a fist that is normally given

castro meeting the pope at the vatican to thank the catholic church for helping to mend the u.s.ope francis will visit cuba, becoming the third consecutive pope to do so. >>> and michelle obama gave a speech on the trials she faced as the first african-american first lady, saying she was held to a different standard than other candidate's wives in the campaign because of her race. listen to this. >> while we have come so far, the truth is that those age-old problems are stubborn, and they have not fully gone away, so there will be times just like for those airmen, when you feel like folks look right past you, or they see just a fraction of who you really are. the world won't always see you in these caps and gowns. >> mrs. obama added that she has since learned to focus on her own truth and suggested the graduates from the historically black university will have to do the same in life. >>> prince's song dedicated to baltimore is out and he talks about freddie gray who died in police custody last month and michael brown who was shot by a police officer last year. ♪ does anybody hea