. >>> the vatican takes new steps to go after childhood sexual abuse. the and critics say he hasn't gone enough. >>> if he wanted to he could have sacked them at any time. >> and what investigators are saying about last month's deadly amtrak crash and the engineer's cell phone. cell phone. >> be the ntsb nowthe ntsb 90 session now says the engineer was not using his cell phone. it is still unclear why the train was going twice the speed limit when it approached a curve. investigators say their work is far from over. >> there was no talking texting or data usage involved. however as you're aware there are 400,000 pieces of data involved in the analysis. and because of the extent of that, things like use of an app or other use of the phone has not been determined. >> the train was traveling 106 miles an hour when it derailed 50 miles above the speed limit. expert witnesses told senators today the accident could have been avoided if a speed control system had been in place. >>> the environmental protection agency is moving forward with plans to curb greenh

look at the view we have of vatican city. we are looking directly into vatican city where this delegation of philadelphia is en route now. they are en route from the airport to this hotel where they are staying. they will spend the next four days wrapped up in planning final details for world meeting of families in september. an event held every three years first held her at the vatican city 20 years ago. this delegation is made up of 30 people. mayor michael nutter archbishop charles shapugh. >> it's really important we go to the vatican and rome, to talk about low gistjift logistics and various plans. they've come to us as well. it has been critical for us to go this one final time. >> what will they be doing during their time in vatican city? they'll get hard data on what we can expect. they will get a total number of people, catholics registered for the week-long event and which countries those people are coming from. they'll get those details. a big focus of this mission is to talk about keeping the pope safe, security t

this report from the vatican. vatican. >> reporter: it's judgment day on the causes of climate change. the vatican released a long letter called an encyclical written by pope francis with his views on ecology and environment, embracing the theory that global warming is mainly caused by human activity. in the 184-paged document published in eight languages pope francis called for changes with what he calls: accusing governments of not doing enough to tackle the problem. the pope's unprecedented stance is an answer to prayers from environmentalists. >> translation: it's important that the pope says climate change carries an ethical and moral burden. we agree it is an ethical issue, it affects the poor and those that bear less responsibility. the pope's message has an impact on catholics around the world and we hope it pushes politicians to act. >> reporter: pope francis based conclusions on global warming on the findings of the international scientific community, the vatican claims it was among the first institution

but this latest move is the biggest step taken by the vatican aimed at holding bishops accountable.stebrook has the story. >> reporter: these are photos of us at the age we were when the priests sexually violate the us. bar brain blaine points out members of her survivors network that she says still suffer emotions cars for the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of the priests. she was one of those kids, she says if the vatican serious about rooting out abusive priests it doesn't need a special tribunal. >> we know that pope francis has complete authority to take whatever action he wants. if he wanted to, he could have sacked any bishop at any time. and he is the boss. >> reporter: bow to criticism from victims and advocacy groups the vatican says its knew tribunal will examine complaints of bishops covering up sexual beus and adjudicate them. it will layout a formal although cesc by which the vatican can deal withish about ups negligent in handling abuse cases in their district. but blaine is demanding more transparently from the pope and resources from outside the vatican as

>> 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. entrepre

and the vatican indites another >>> i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera. severe weather is heading for flood-ravaged texas. in just the last hour, a system churning turned into a tropical storm named bill. it could bring rain to areas trying to recover from flooding. meteorologist kevin corriveau has been tracking bill and joins us with the last thing that texas needs. >> that's what this storm will bring, rain. this is the storm system here it has increased in intensity. it will be a tropical storm when it makes landfall. here to the south of houston, along the coast, we'll see 7-8am landfall there. now, with this system. we may not see the system getting weaker because of what's called the ground ocean effect. it is so saturated to keep the storm sustained to keep it sustained as a storm. look at this to the south-west of dallas we are looking at a tropical depression expected in the region. the rain will be incredible out of the storm. we will not see the wind but will see precipitation. locally, rain down in houston, and to the south of dallas. we'll b

we are looking into the eternal city vatican city.this is the hotel where the delegation will be staying for the next five days as they attend various meet innings the vatican. the delegation as you've mentioned they already touched down at the airport. it takes a while to get through security there. this is a large group of 30 people. the group is a group of city leaders, officials with the archdiocese and some ceos of several companies, independence blue cross, wawa companies like that that are supporting the world meeting of families. they'll spend the next four days in various meetings buttoning up final details for the global event in september. one of main folk cushions of the trip keeping the pope safe in philly. philadelphia has had vips in town before but never one like francis. >> we're good at this. this is a different kind of event with quite frankly, a very different kind of person who, you know pope francis requires a significant amount of access to the people. that's who he is. that's what it's about. it's our job to ma

of course the group from philly will visit various parts of the vatican.y will attend wednesday's morning mass here in st. peter's square. not on their agenda is a face-to-face meeting with the pope. if he requests they'll drop everything they're doing to make that happen. tonight at 11:00, the last royal meeting of families three years ago was hosted 300 miles from here in milan, italy. we found out that in fact philadelphia has learned a lot from that trip. we'll tell you about that tonight at 11:00. chris cato, "nbc 10 news." >>> last night, we were dealing with the heavy rains. tonight, we are looking at high temperatures near 90 degrees in philadelphia. we hit 91 degrees, and that heat is going to stay for a few days. the weather headlines on your sunday evening, we are officially in the summer season. it arrived at 12:38 this afternoon. 91 degrees, that was the official high. we are looking at the potential for the next heat wave. hot today and tomorrow and hotter on tuesday. a stormy end to your tuesday night, bringing us relief in terms of the heat

there you have it right here from philadelphia to the vatican. all right. now, the big announcement this morning that we saw here at the north american college was the announcement about the musical acts for the festival of families at the end of the world meeting of families. we now know italian tenor andrea bocelli will be performing for the pope and the hundreds of thousandses of people on parkway along with latin music sensation juanes and the philadelphia orchestra. performing as the house band essentially playing music, backing up bocelli. the orchestra will also be performing the music for the pope's mass on the parkway on sunday. we spoke with the ceo of the orchestra about what a tremendous honor this is. >> to play for his holiness pope francis and in service to the events celebrating his generous visit to the city is a high honor for everyone associated with the orchestra. i know it's the same i'm sure for our colleagues superstars andrea bocelli and juanes who we have been with as has been mentioned, at the saturday concert in september. >> arch

they're going to get to see amazing sights here in rome and vatican city. the leader today, they'll get a private tour of the vatican gardens where popes francis and benedict often come to meditate, pause for reflection have some quiet time. photo journalist jason ryan took these photos during a private tour nbc 10 received last year. it's going to be a busy day in rome where it's already 5:00 a.m. we have that big news conference coming up the north american college. we'll be bringing you that live on nbc 10 news today at 4:00 a.m. form for you guys starting at 4:00 a.m. we're hitting the ground running here. a big day ahead for this delegation. we'll be following their every move. >> remember yuck also see chris'. thes from rome on your smartphone or tablet. tap on the nbc 10 news app. >>> new at 11:00 concerns at a public pool in montgomery county after several parents reported their children were injured while swimming. tonight the township leaders are taking action. this is happening in the baby pool at the glenside swimming pool in glenside. a viewer

he's the highest-ranking vatican official to stand trial for sex abuse.ccepted the resignations of minneapolis archbishop john ninestead as well as his top deputy following the conviction of a local priest convicted of sexually abusing minors. joining me is a survivor of priest sexual abuse, you are the washington, d.c. director of snap survivors network of those abused by priests. you see what's happening with the former vatican ambassador. what's your reaction? >> i'm angry for the victims. they have the right for him to be tried in the dominican republic. instead they whisked him away to the vatican where they can control everything. instead of letting those victims, their families, the people in the drugominican republic seeing justice dean there. >> so you feel that he's getting protection within the justice system? >> well, they can control the publicity. they can control what information is out because the vatican isn't known for holding trials and giving all the information out whereas if it was done in the dominican republic those victims could b

he's live from vatican city. and the world meeting of families starts on september 22nd in philadelphia. the pope will be here on september 26th and 27th. that's a saturday and sunday. we'll have you covered leading up to the visit and while the pope is here. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. before dress up, turns to make-up. and tag becomes, hashtag. it's time to celebrate our 35th birthday, with our new neighborhood birthday party parade. come to the only place that makes little hearts race. get unlimited visits with a season pass for 6 payments as low as $18.50. sesame place ♪ go before they grow. ♪ >>> i'm matt delucia live in middletown township delaware county. storm is over. now the cleanup begins. we'll show you the damage, next. >>> i'm katy zachry live in haddonfield at the patco station that's closed this morning. because of the storms that rolled through overnight. service is suspended, coming up i'll have a way for you to get around this disruption. >

nic robertson is at the vatican with more.o we know what the pope is likely to ask or talk to vladimir putin about, nic? >> reporter: we understand that ukraine is likely to be on the agenda and the plight of christians in the middle east. the pope looks to president putin to help secure and aid in helping the christians of the middle east so that will be an important part of this. the pope is so far, refrained from criticizing president putin and rusch over what is happening in kraen ukraine. the pope is trying to be a part of the peace making process and trying to bring an end to the conflict there. that is the pope. undoubtedly that is part of the discussion as well. certainly a lot of people looking at at the situation right now. putin not attended the g-7 and excluded from that and looking for a place in the world stage and is meeting today with the italian prime minister. when he comes to meet the pope that elevates president putin on the world stage. this makes him look back home as if he is doing well but also the pope

nermeen: we turn now to the vatican where pope francis has called for swift action to save the planetrom environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear "the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor." earlier today, the vatican published the pope's long awaited encyclical on the environment and climate change. pope francis called for a change of lifestyle in rich countries steeped in "throwaway consumer culture" and an end to obstructionist attitude is that sometimes put profit before the common good. >> our house is going to ruin and that harms everyone, especially the poorest. mine is an appeal for responsibility raised on the past that god has given to man in creation, till and keep the garden in which he was placed. i invite everyone to accept with open hearts this document which follows the church's social doctrine. amy: pope francis at protecting the planet is a moral and ethical imperative for believers and nonbelievers alike, that should supersede political and economic interests. he also dismissed those who argue that technology will solve all environment of problems in the

the vatican has published pope francis' letters on the environment. now the head of the church is taking the view that humans are behind climate change and government should do more. reports from the value can on how the prayers of environmentalists have been answered. pope francis called for dramatic changes in lifestyle, and consumption to prevent what he called the urn precedenteddy traction of the ecosystem. and accusing governments of not doing enough to tackle the problem. the pope's unprecedented stance is announced as prayers to environmentalists. >> it is important that the pope says climate change carries an ethical and moral burden. we agree, it is an ethical issue because it effects the poor, who are also those that bear less responsibility, the pope's call for action will have an impact on the 1.2 billion catholics around the world, but we also hope that it will push politician to act while pope francis based the conclusions by the finding of the international community, the vatican claims it was among the first to belief that global warm

he's on the ground here at the vatican involved in the planning very heavily of the world meeting of families. this group as i mentioned they have a lot of grounded to cover this weekend. here are some of the highlights of their official itinerary. it begins with a visit to the u.s. ambassador. they'll have a dinner with him at his home. then a news conference coming up on tuesday announcing the performers for the festival of families, a big party on the parkway on september 26th. they have a luncheon at the u.s. embassy on wednesday to promote international tourism to the philadelphia area. that's a great opportunity for philadelphia as a whole to really shine and market itself as a tourist destination to other parts of the world. there will be media from all every the world at that news conference. on thursday, a very important meeting with the mayor of rome and also the general who's in charge of security for vatican city as these leaders discuss security plans for keeping the pope and all those people safe in september. this is what they told us before they left philadelphia last

resources from outside the vatican as well. he should open up the files and turn over all information that he has about sex crimes to police and prosecutors. there shouldn't be investigations within the church. we're talking about criminal action here. >> reporter: the pope answer answer actions -- the pope's action he come more than a year, requiring rules thousands of pages of secret documents alleging abuse by dozens of priests against 350 children dating back to the 1950s. it's paid out more than $130 million to settle claims by abuse victims. the most recent coming a month ago for more than $1.2 million. blayne says her organization gets more than 6,000 calms a year from victims in nearly 80 countries. while she's skeptical about the try boounl she hopes it willtribunal she's hopefully it would do some good. >> it's nice if someone would hold them accountable. >> diane eastabrook, al jazeera. >>> western city of sirte fighters link to i.s.i.l. are consolidating their control. >>> talks have wrapped up with no agreement bet

. >>> a delegation from philadelphia leaves for a visit to the vatican today.y'll be participating in planning meetings for pope francis' trip to philadelphia coming up in september. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live at philadelphia international airport. he's got the latest. steve. >> reporter: natasha, the mayor made it perfectly clear this afternoon, the planning for the pope's visit in september is absolutely enormous. the mayor's flight left just about 10 minutes ago. we caught up with mayor michael nutter about why this last trip and final planning session is so important to the city of philadelphia. >> i believe some of the most intense 48 hours that this city has experienced in awhile. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter says when you're planning one of the largest events in the history of philadelphia, you may want to take a few meetings face to face. >> this is a huge event for the city of philadelphia. we will get it right. we want it to be virtually perfect and that's our focus. >> reporter: the mayor city officials religious leaders

if the vatican is serious about rooting out abuse it doesn't need a special tribunal. >> we know that pope francis has complete authority to take whatever action he wants. if he wanted to, he could have sacked any bishop at any time. and he is the boss. >> reporter: bowing to criticism from victims and advocacy groups, the vatican says its new tribunal will examine and lay out a formal process by which the vatican can deal with bishops negligent in handling abuse cases in their districts. but blayne is demanding more transparency from the pope and resources from outside the vatican as well. >> he should open up the files and turn over all information that he has about sex crimes to police and prosecutors. there shouldn't be investigations within the church. we're talking about criminal action here. >> the pope answer actions come more than -- the pope's actions come more than a year after the situation, enforcing rules requiring local church leaders to report abuse to authorities. also last year the chicago archdiocese released thousands of pages of documents alleging abuse by dozens

not to say the vatican is being a popey-come-lately to this. they recognized climate change for a long time. >> the vatican claims it was among the first institutions to believe that global warming is caused by human activity. the vatican's pontifical academy of sciences was the first exclusive scientific academy in the world. among its first members was galileo galilei. ( laughter ) >> jon: i don't know if you really want to list galileo as one of your references. ( laughter ) the catholic church? yeah i remember-- they were lovely people convicted me of heresy, and sentenced me to house arrest for the last nine years of my life. otherwise very forward thinking. tell me more about this magic hand i'm talking into it. here in the america, the republican party has traditionally been pretty pope-pope. ( laughter ) pretty pro-pope. sharing as they do a yearning for the simpler morality of 15th century. but now that the pope has gone rogue, how they gonna handle it? >> joe barton, the senior republican on the energy and commerce committee, says he

it's a big step taken by the vatican. for years the church has been criticized for failing to take action. diane eastabrook has this report. >> these are photos of us at the age we were when the police sexually violated us. >> reporter: barbara points out members of her survivor network, still pointing to emotional scars at the hand of priests. she was one of those kids. she said if the vatican is serious about rooting out abusive priests it doesn't need a special tribunal. >> we know that pope francis has complete authority to take whatever action he wants. if he wanted to, he could have sacked any bishop at any time. he is the boss. bowing to criticism to victims and advocacy groups the new tribunal will examine complaints of covering up sexual abecause, and will aviewed kate them weigh -- adjudicate them weighing up the cases in their districts. blaine is demanding more transparency, and resources from outside the vatican as well. >> he should open up the files, turn over all information that he has about sex crimes to

she said if the vatican is serious about rooting out abusive priests it doesn't need a special tribunal. >> we know that pope francis has complete authority to take whatever action he wants. if he wanted to, he could have sacked any bishop at any time. he is the boss. bowing to criticism from victims and advocacy groups, the new tribunal will examine complaints of covering up sexual abuse, and will adjudicate them, laying out a formal process in which the vatican can deal with priests in their districts. blaine is demanding more transparency, and resources from outside the vatican as well. >> he should open up the files, turn over all information that he has about sex crimes to police and prosecutors. there shouldn't be investigations within the church. we are talking about criminal action here. >> reporter: the pope's actions comes more than a year after the united nations issued a scathing report calling on the vatican to end a code of silence on sex abuse cases, and enforcing rules requiring church leaders to report abuse to the authorities. also last year, the chicago arch diocese r

. >> jenny gist live from vatican city. oh no but bruce gordon is there.eah. >> he a had a problem with a pothole in vatican city so, we sent bruce there. >> we will have to pave those over soon. >>> u.s. supreme court is set to rule on state authority to ban gay marriage? fourteen states currently ban same sex weddings. >> we will tell what you officialness new orleans say this man did that led to the death of a police officers. >>> i see your dad running for the plane alex. >> he shouldn't be running. >> no. >> no. >> he is running away from me. >> he is going to fly american. >> yeah. >> of course, her mom works for american airlines. >>> how about this. >> smoke inside a plane's cabin forced a flight to return to los angeles airport on sunday. >> they were good, alex. >> no, never good. >> flight 6:01 was bound through lax returned to a california airport after smoke was spotted. 247 pass eveningers were on plane at the time. according to officials a defective food warmer in the gallery was a source of the smoke. and investigators say no one was hurt b

that is why mayor and other civic leaders are visiting the vatican tonight. they landed in rome this morning and so did "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean and she joins us live from outside the holy sea with more, jessica? >> reporter: well, good evening from rome, chris. it is a lovely night here, it is just after midnight here in rome. we are operating six hours ahead of you guys back home in philadelphia so very quiet out here. we are outside st. peters square and vatican where it is really peaceful. i must say quite beautiful tonight. we did land with the delegation early this morning here in rome. so we have had a full day. i did get the opportunity, as some of the delegation was resting up adjusting to the time change we have talk with the mayor and also talk with the executive director of the world meeting of families about how important the next few days are the sun and flooded square on this hot june day. few miles away philadelphia delegation prepared for five days of action. philadelphia's mayor michael nutter told me this trip is about meeting

. >>> a delegation from philadelphia heads to the vatican next week, to finalize plans for pope francis' visit to philadelphia in september. sources tell "eyewitness news", officials from the vatican were in town yesterday, they were going over preparations for the world meeting of families. meanwhile the drpa announced patco express trains will run only from five stations during the pope's visit to help control crowds. the stations are in lindenwald westwood crest, ferry avenue, broadway, and ninth and locust. >> head to the vatican next week, "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean will be there with them, look for her report from the vatican starting monday on "eyewitness news". in this morning's health watch, a diet could help slow the aging process. california researchers are promoting the health benefits of fasting diet. now, doctors report, periodic low calory fat lasting four days, helps slow the aging process in mice. it also reduces cancer and other medical problems. so, i don't like the sound that far. >> i don't like the idea -- i like the idea of slowing the aging process, bu

cnn's vatican correspondent joining us there live from rome. many thanks to you. >>> in eastern ukraine fighting rages between the government and pro-russian separatists despite a cease-fire in place since february. >> earlier ukraine's prime mnister spoke with cnn's wolf blitzer. he praised the u.s.'s efforts to end the fighting and demanded stepped up effort to oust russian forces from his country. take a listen. >> i want to be very clear. more than 10,000 russian military boots are on the ukrainian soil and in addition about 30,000 of russian-led terrorists trained by russian army. >> president putin is placing growing pressure from world leaders to pull out of ukraine. >> as jim sciutto reports there is fears that ukraine is just the beginning of russia's expansion. >> reporter: these are the front lines of the war in ukraine today. ukrainian troops locked in battle with russian-backed rebels. the four--month-old cease-fire looks meaningless. president obama is placing the blame firmly on russian president vladimir putin. >> does he contin

our correspondent reports from the vatican on how the prayers of environmentalists have been answered>> reporter: it's judgment day on the causes of climate change. the vatican released a long letter with his views on the environment, embracing the theory that global warming is mainly caused by human activity. pope francis calls for dramatic changes in lifestyle, production,: the pope's unprecedented stance is an answer to prayers from environmentalists. >> translator: it's important that the pope says climate change carries an ethical and moral burden. we agree, it is an ethical issue because it affects the poor who are also those who bareless responsibility. it will have an impact on the 1.2 billion catholics around the world, and we hope it will push politicians to act. >> reporter: while he based his conclusions on global warming on the findings by the international scientific community, the vatican claims it was among the first to agree that global warming is caused by human activities. among the first members of this community, was later tried for heresy. >> translator: they say

in vatican city, chris cato, nbc 10 news. >>> trouble's coming for those with holes in their homes. i'm tracking rain for parts of south jersey and delaware. how long it's going to last and your rainy weekend is straight ahead. >>> also the calm after the storm. the crackdown at this quarry that landed swimmers in serious trouble. >>> a high-ranking member of the air force from south jersey faces child porn charges this evening. police arrested gerard cameron of burlington city yesterday. investigators say cameron downloaded images on his home computer and shared them on the internet. he is a master sergeant in the u.s. air force. >>> it's a big risk. thrill seekers who sometimes jump into quarries to cool off. >> the dangerous dive is illegal in most cases and police are now cracking down. in fact, police arrested more than ten people for jumping into seven hills quarry on main street in northampton county. nbc 10's doug shimell has more. >> reporter: you're taking your own life in your hands coming back here. we don't want to find you dead. enough people have died or been badly in

two vatican academy of sciences was the fist scientific academy in the world.ng the first members later tried for hearsesy. but his director said the catholic church has full faith in science they say we follow what the american scientists are saying but it was us, who first claimed in the 1990's that the use of fossil fuel caused climate change and global warming. >> the vatican is trying to set an example by aiming at becoming the world's first carbon neutral state. not impossible for the smallest stake in the world. ironically, it puts out the most on the day a new poll is elected. >> in it the pope fights big oil and gas corporations. now, the real pope has been urged to use the power of persuasion to make the world a cleaner place. >> al jazeera, vatican city. >> possibility tises in hong kong have rejected a reform bill. from hong kong adrian brown reports. >> after two days of intense and impassioned debate, it all ended very quickly and chaotically. the government supporters in the legislature voted with their feet and walked out ensuring a comfort majo

david. >> the vatican has been criticized for not policing itself. what are some of the victims you've been talking about think about the latest efforts by the vatican to essentially provide both the judge and the jury? >> well you're right about that. we've talked so some victims, and they say they question whether the vatican can police itself. they think some of these accusations and some of these files should be turned over to police and prosecutors. >> all right. apparently we don't have a sound bite there, but we thank you. die anya reports from chicago. thank you. tim lennon is a sexual abuse survivor and joins us live from san francisco. what's your reaction to pope francis putting up this commission that's supposed to be independent to investigate archbishops that may have been involved in a cover-up? >> well i think it's a positive step. the real issue is the pope the supreme leader of an institution, a worldwide institution. he has the power to remove bishops anytime he wants. no pope previous to him has removed a bishop for covering up or

built in 1603 the vatican pontifical academy of sciences was the first in the world. among the first members was galileo galilea was along the first members, tried for heresy. the catholic church these days has full faith in science. >> they say we follow what the american scientists say. it's us through academy members paul and mario, who first claimed in the 1990s, that the disproportionate use of fossil fuel caused climate change and global warming. >> reporter: the vatican is trying to set an example by aiming to become the world's first carbon neutral state. not impossible for the smallest state in the world with no industries. ironically it pollutes the most on the day a new pope is elected. >> time to take out the trash. >> reporter: the encyclical became a blockbuster for environmental groups around the world. a non profit organisation in brazil released a hollywood-style trailer has been released in relation to it. the real pope is asked to use his power of persuasion to make the world a cleaner place >>> bob is a former congressman representing south carolin

business leaders will be meeting with their vatican counterparts. the world meeting of family starts september 22. the pope arrives in philadelphia on the 25th. "action news" anchor brian taff will be arriving in rome ahead of the papal visit. his live reports start on "action news" through thursday, you can follow brian's trip and get the latest yup dates by following @ pope on twitter. >>> police are searching the pennsylvania area for two escaped convicts, two men were spot the along a railroad line. the focus of the search will remain on the area around the prison near the canadian border. the two convicted murderers used power tools to escape the prison on june 6. >>> police in pennsauken, new jersey are investigating a tragedy. a 65-year-old man was struck and killed on route 130. the driver stopped at the scene. police are piecing together exactly what caused the tragedy. >>> charleston, south carolina is calling for palace in the aftermath of heartbreaker. that massacre of nine people inside a church. the funeral start later this week. forme

this is the biggest move the vatican has taken to hold bishops accountable.ffect brook has the story. >> these are photos of us at the age we were when the priests sexually violated us. >> reporter: barbara blaine points of members of her network. they still have scars from what they suffered at the hand of priests, she was one of those kids, blaine says if the vatican is serious about rooting out abusive priests it doesn't need a special tribunal. >> we know that pope francis has complete authority to take whatever action he wants. if he wanted to, he could have sacked any bishop at any typed. and he is the boss. >> reporter: bowing to criticism to victim its and advocacy group they say the knew tribunal will examine claims of covering up. they can deal with the negligent handling abuse cases in their districts. but blaine is demanding mayor transparency from the pope and resources from outside the vatican as well. >> he should open up the files and turnover all information that would he has about sex crimes to police and prosecutors. there shouldn't be inve

putin is scheduled to meet with pope francis at the vatican wednesday.tween the two since francis became pope. concern over the conflict in ukraine is expected to be a key topic of conversation. let's talk more about this with john allen. he is our senior vatican analyst and author of the book "the francis miracle." joining us via skype. cynthia hoover from the college of the holy cross. there is obviously a fair bit of pressure on pope francis to get his message across to vladimir putin. john who knew vladimir putin is a man of faith. is that what this is about? how did this second meeting come about? >> the truth is that pope francis and vladimir putin are a geopolitical odd couple. francis is all about compassion and tenderness and so on. putin, on the other hand is a rough and tumble figure. yet these two men have found common cause on a variety of issues. two years ago pope francis took the lead role opposing the idea of western strikes against the western regime in syria, a position vladimir putin supported. they agree on the protection of christia

the first thing i did was to go to the vatican and the museum of the vatican. i saw a piece of sculpture -- if you ever go to the vatican, go see that museum. there is a sculpture of just the breast. no heads, norms, no legs. -- no arms, no legs. he did the beautiful woman by the greek -- what was it called? >> venus? tony: yes, venus. the sculptor was the same sculptor who did venus. this was in the vatican museum. i have seven days to wait for my passport in rome. the first thing was to go to the museum. and i see this, and i wanted to become a sculptor. so, i go to knew her shell, i go to school, and one day, the teacher -- bertram lewis -- i will never forget this name. because he created my world. i tell him that i wanted to become a sculptor, and i did some sculpture -- very, very good. i still have some. i sculpted washington. but mr. lewis said, sculpture is not for you, tony. [laughter] tony: i have been watching your photographty, and he said, you are a born photographer. photography is not entered my mind yet. but mr. lewis lectured me and i realized

has been at odds with the vatican over some issues. how does the pope address that? there are climate change skeptics who say the science is still shaky. so there is a bit of controversy going in here and people will be watching closely what the pope says about it. >> if you think back to what the pope has said and done already he feels it is a moral issue. it is not political or to pick a side it's something that is good for all of us. delia gallagher at the scenic st. peter's square this morning. thanks for your time. >>> we want to recap our top story breaking from charleston, south carolina. police say nine people are dead after a white gunman opened fire at a predominantly black church. this happened just a few hours ago. one other person was injured and is now in the hospital. officials have not yet released the names of the victims. police chief greg mullens says he believes this was a hate crime. authorities are searching for a white man in his early 20s. the emanuel african methodist episcopal church is the oldest ame church in the southern united states. sl

this was the philadelphia delegation's final day here in rome at the vatican. they took care of several issues one of them being security several meetings about that. and also a big announcement for the world meeting of families. as pope who loves to be close to people pope francis can create a unique security challenge. >> there's a schedule, there's a script then there's pope francis. >> reporter: on thursday the philadelphia delegation met with rome mayor and former philly resident marino no learn how rome helps protect pope francis. >> he can change information. we will provide them with book of things that we prepared and we are at disposal of philadelphia. >> reporter: the group also met with the head of vatican security general dom knee company jianne knee. philadelphia police inspector joe sullivan said they had wealth of advice. >> our plans have to be very flexible very fluid and give us the ability to be change on a dime. when the pope moves, we move. >> reporter: the philadelphia delegation was also there just outside the vatican as archbishop charl

the first thing i did was to go to the vatican and the museum of the vatican. i saw a piece of sculpture -- if you ever go to the vatican, go see that museum. there is a sculpture of just the breast. no heads, norms, no legs. -- no arms, no legs. he did the beautiful woman by the greek -- what was it called? >> venus? tony: yes, venus. the sculptor was the same sculptor who did venus. this was in the vatican museum. i have seven days to wait for my passport in rome. the first thing was to go to the museum. and i see this, and i wanted to become a sculptor. so, i go to knew her shell, i go to school, and one day, the teacher -- bertram lewis -- i will never forget this name. because he created my world. i tell him that i wanted to become a sculptor, and i did some sculpture -- very, very good. i still have some. i sculpted washington. but mr. lewis said, sculpture is not for you, tony. [laughter] tony: i have been watching your photography, and he said, you are a born photographer. photography is not entered my mind yet. but mr. lewis lectured me and i realized.

. >>> pope francis and russian president vladimir putin met wednesday at the vatican.heir first meeting since 2013. they talked for nearly an hour about the crisis in ukraine and persecution of christians. a key goal was to promote unity and peace. cnn's nic robertson reports. >> reporter: this was always going to be a finely balanced meeting. pope francis, a man of peace. president putin, increasingly isolated amidst accusations of isolation and aggressive in ukraine. the last time the pope described ukraine he described the conflict there as fratricide drawing criticism from the catholics who felt let down by the pontiff. outside the vatican ukrainians came to press the pope for condemnation of russia. >> to proclaim every time the truth and have to no the truth. >> reporter: what they got was this. a vatican statement saying there must be a commitment to a sincere and great effort to achieve peace and they agree the importance of building a climate of dialogue and that all parties commit themselves to implement the minsk accords. the deep subtext of this meeting, th

vatican city this week preparing for pope 's visit during world meeting of families in september. we will tell you what is on their agenda and their event. >>> just a few short months away. >>> lets get ready for another steamy day ahead summer officially arrived yesterday. >> and it will feel like it today. >> yes. >> i wore this shirt thinking it is summery, bright floral. >> what? >> can i ask you a question about that. >> yes. >> my wife says it is not a shirt, it is a blouse. >> it is a blouse. >> she's probably right. >> i call everything shirt, pants, and your wife is just a classy lady. >> well as are you and sue. good morning sue. >> it is a little blousey. >> yes. >> top bottom. that is me. seven out of ten is your weather by the numbers for today because it will be so hot. bus stop buddy for him school is fin ish. he will be in the backyard with his sun screen. we will apply and reapply throughout the day-to-day. we are off to a mild start. we are expecting sunshine and included today. we are off to a start in the 70's right now. nothing to show you at the moment on ult