just recently from the vatican in rome, this news release was given from the official vatican newspaper, and i'm quoting that update may 19, 1960. the roman catholic hierarchy had the right to duty to intervention in the political field to guide its flock. they rejected the absurd split of conscious between the believer and the citizen. however, it was made clear that its stern pronouncement was valid for roman catholic laymen everywhere, it deplored the great confusion of ideas that is spreading especially between catholic doctrine and social and political activities and between the hierarchy and the lay faithful in the civil field. pope john xxiii recently gave this statement, date of december 12th, 1958, quote, catholics may unit their strength toward the common aid and the catholic hierarchy has the right and duty of guiding them. question, sir, do you subscribe to the doctrine of mental reservation which i have quoted from the catholic authorities? do you submit to the authority of the present pope which i have quoted from in these quotations? >> let me say in the first place, i've

a long—awaited vatican report finds two popes, and other officials, ignored allegations of sex abusest a former us cardinal. russian peacekeeping forces begin deploying in nagorno—karabakh, the peace deal has prompted celebrations in azerbaijan and angry scenes in armenia. and tributes are paid to the veteran palestinian peace negotiator, saeb erekat, who has died after contracting coronavirus. joe biden, the man elected to be the next president of the united states, has said nothing can stop the transfer of power. a week after americans voted, mr biden has been continuing to build his administration despite president trump's refusal to concede defeat. mr biden said that was an embarrassment that would reflect poorly on mr trump's legacy. our north america correspondent, ben wright, has been looking at the current state of the transition process. this time four years ago, donald trump was meeting president obama at the white house for initial discussions on beginning that process of cooperating to ease the transition. none of that, of course, is happening, certainly not at that level

of state mike pompeo said today about the transition that's raising eyebrows >>> the explosive new vaticaneport on sexual abuse allegations against a former top cardinal in the u.s. what did pope john paul ii know and when? >>> just before thanksgiving, the major recall just announced about romaine lettuce. >>> and those who serve. the 99-year-old world war ii vet still flying high. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone with the worst days of the pandemic believed to be ahead of us, americans are facing some tough decisions in the coming weeks about travel and family gatherings. no one giving it more thought than dr. anthony fauci, who opened up to us today about his own tough choices as well as his desire to remain on the job after running afoul of the president. in his one-on-one interview with andrea mitchell the nation's best-known infectious disease doctor also offered what may be his most upbeat assessment about a covid vaccine. here is andrea's report >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci says data on the pfizer vaccine are impressive and the

>> it has exposed the litany of coverups and failures at the heart of the vatican.has been remarkably forthright in its criticism of popes, john, who was made a saint in 2014 and benedict the 16th. to find that both popes ignored warningshey were given about mccarrick. in john paul ii's case, he chose to trust bishops who hid mccarrick's crimes. and mccarrick himself, who denied it, over the victims testimonies is damaging for the legacies of both of those popes. pope francis comes out rather unscathed, although it ised that he was told about his past proclivities and it was only in 2017 when what was deemed to be concrete proof of mccarrick's pedophilia emerged that the pope took decisive action. katty: is the feeling in rome that this report puts a spotlight uniquely on the catholic church here in the united states or is it broader than that? >> the sex abuse scandal is far broader than that. this report is about mccarrick himself and it is the first internal vatican inquiry of sex abuse that has been made publi pope francis is the pope that ordered it. it is very

a long—awaited vatican report finds two popes, and other officials, ignored allegations of sex abuseinst a former us cardinal. russian peacekeeping forces begin deploying in nagorno—karabakh, the peace deal has prompted celebrations in azerbaijan and angry scenes in armenia. and tributes are paid to the veteran palestinian peace negotiator, saeb erekat, who has died after contracting coronavirus. joe biden, the man elected to be the next president of the united states, has said nothing can stop the transfer of power. a week after americans voted, mr biden has been continuing to build his administration despite president trump's refusal to concede defeat. mr biden said that was an embarrassment that would reflect poorly on mr trump's legacy. let's speak to our north america correspondent ben wright who is in washington. so, the transition goes ahead. mrtrump is not so, the transition goes ahead. mr trump is not conceding, but also the general services administration is not helping with the transition and that really makes a difference. yes, it does. the general services administration

the vatican says it wants to repair the damage done.cant steps forward to ensure greater attention to the protection of minors and more effective interventions to avoid a repetition of the errors of the past. but following the shocking indictment of a culture of cover—ups, victims‘ groups are calling for a lot more to be done for any meaningful change. russia is deploying hundreds of peacekeeping troops to nagorno—kara bakh and surrounding territories, after it brokered a peace deal between armenia and azerbaijan. over the last six weeks, more than a thousand people have been killed — most of them were ethnic armenian fighters. more than 100,000 have been displaced. the region is internationally recognised as azerbaijan's, but it has been run by ethnic armenians since 1994. the deal triggered celebrations in azerbaijan, and angry scenes in armenia, where protesters called for the resignation of the prime minister. our international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the azerbaijani capital baku. a nation buoyed up by victory. no s

what the report reveals about pope john paul ii and what the vatican says he knew. here's our senior foreign correspondent tonight ian pannell. >> reporter: tonight, an explosive vatican report revealing pope john paul ii knew about extensive sexual abuse allegations regarding adults and minors against theodore mccarrick, but still promoted him to archbishop and then cardinal. mccarrick, at one time one of the most powerful catholics in america, directed millions of dollars to the church, even as tall games as rumors surfaced for decades. the 400-page report lays most of the blame on john paul ii, now a saint, whose friendship with mccarrick dated back to the 1970s. in 2000, he appointed mccarrick to the helm of the church in washington d.c. despite knowing of reports that he'd shared a bed with seminarians at a beach house. the report concludes that pope john paul ii ultimately chose to believe mccarrick's denial of those allegations. james grein claims mccarrick abused him for two decades starting as a child in the 1960s. >> while the report itself is powerful, th

what the report reveals about pope john paul ii and what the vatican says he knew. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we have several developing stories just before we come on the air tonight. president trump and three more top officials are now out at the pentagon. we'll get to martha raddatz in just a moment. but we're going to begin here with these new and alarming numbers just in tonight on the coronavirus. just weeks now before thanksgiving, now rising in all 50 states and a record number of new cases tonight. more than 165,000 cases in just the past 24 hours. 10.2 million cases in this country since the outbreak began and some have now warned we could be at 20 million by christmas if we don't take this seriously. more than 239,000 lives have been lost. 1,400 more americans lost since just yesterday. state officials, governors taking action to stop the spread from new jersey to iowa, from utah to california. hospitals pushed to the limit in so many states. el paso, texas, among the hardest hit. they've already broug

the vatican says it wants to repair the damage done.and more effective interventions to avoid a repetition of the errors of the past. but following the shocking indictment of a culture of cover—ups, victims groups are calling for a lot more to be done for any meaningful change. clashes have broken out in the peruvian capital lima between the security forces and protesters angry at the impeachment of president martin vizcarra. police fired tear gas to keep hundreds of protesters back from the congress building where the speaker manuel merino was sworn in as interim president. mr vizcarra, a centrist, was ousted by the chamber on monday on corruption charges he strongly denies. aru na iyengar reports. running battles on the streets of lima as protesters clash with police. police fire tear gas, demonstrators make their voices heard. peruvians are angry. president vizcarra was impeached, but is popular. many say vizcarra should have finished his term. there is the coronavirus still raging, a crippling recession and financial markets nervous

a new vatican report reveals more about abuse allegations against a former u.s. cardinal. the report says knew about the allegations for decades and did nothing. ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. >>bombshell report against a former u.s. cardinal alleging he slept with seminarians blames many but spares pope francis, a vatican investigation of former cardinal theodore mccarrick has found the bishops cardinals and even pope's downplayed or dismissed the report and that pope francis merely continued his predecessor's handling of the predator the report says that this went on until a former altar boy came forward and alleged abuse the vatican taking extraordinary steps to publish it. 400 plus page report to try to restore credibility after mccarrick's scandal. >>we probably should that report the which for the wounds said that the mott to the victims. the families. the in the united states and the universal church. the trust that of many 50 pe

wilton gregory was confirmed by the pope at a ceremony in the vatican.journalist tracy wilkinson was the paper's rome correspondent for six years. she says wilton gregory has been described as being diplomatic, but has also taken some courageous stands in the past. he's often described as being sort of middle—of—the—road, very diplomatic, but in fact, as you mentioned, he's taken some very strong, even courageous stands in the past over the years, including as you also mentioned, the sexual abuse scandal long before anybody else, he was talking about zero tolerance, meaning if a priest abuses, he must be punished or removed from the priesthood, even criminally prosecuted, which back then, as you recall in the ‘90s, the vatican still preferred to handle these matters internally by transferring priests, counselling them and not necessarily defrocking them. so gregory was really ahead of the curve in that, and his very first assignment as bishop in the 90s was in rural illinois diocese that had terrible sexual abuse problems by priests. several priests were

this just a day after the vatican published a report into the catholic church's cover-up of the sexual misconduct of a former american cardinal theodore mccarrick, who was defrocked last year after another vatican probe. reporter: as the catholic church once again it deals with the fallout from sexual misconduct claims, pope francis makes a solemn vow to end clerical sexual abuse. reporter: the pope's remarks come on the heels of a damning 450-page report into ex-u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick. he was defrocked in 2019 after being found guilty of abusing a teenager in the 1970's. evidence also pointing to years of sexual misconduct. the report accused the vatican of mishandling the abuse came's against mccarrick. >> the mccarrick report is remarkable because it points to failings by a succession of popes, particularly john paul ii and benedict xvi, who allowed mccarrick along with vatican officials to rise through the ranks of the church in the united states, despite the fact that they were consistent rumors that he had practiced sexual misconduct with adult seminarians. reporter: vi

the vatican also issued a report on the catholic church an -- in england and wales. inquiry examined more than 3000 accusations and found the church turned a blind eye to sexual predators. it said this man, cardinal vincent nichols, cared more about the impact of the abuse on the church reputation then on the victims. the head of the catholic church and wales has offered to resign. in a few minutes on "outside source," we will talk about joe biden, who says it has been embarrassing donald trump hasn't conceded the election. ♪ ros: let's turn to u.s. politics. world leaders have been congratulating joe biden. president macron of france had a phone call with the president-elect, so to boris johnson. the bbc' as vicki young has more. vicki: unlike donald trump, joe biden is no fan of brexit and made it clear the good friday agreement must be upheld, particularly if there is to be a trade deal the u.s. we are told the phone call lasted about 20 minutes. i think we can see pictures of boris johnson speaking to joe biden. it was described as warm. they focused on what they

still to come: a long—awaited vatican report finds two popes and other officials ignored allegationsestablishment outsider donald trump has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and, with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause forso, long has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcome. this is bbc news, the latest headlines...

vatican officials say they found popesjohn paul the second and benedict xvi had been told of mccarrickcorrespondent, mark lowen. and interviewed 90 witnesses. some of them in interviews up to 30 hours. and it really is a damning litany of cover—ups, complicity, and errors not just by litany of cover—ups, complicity, and errors notjust by individuals, but of the entire culture within the catholic church that allowed cardinal mccarrick to rise to the top echelons of the church in spite of serial allegations of abuse over the decades. in terms of the implications for pope john the decades. in terms of the implications for popejohn paul ii, now a saint, he was declared a saint in 2014, he was said in the report to have been warned and told of mccarrick‘s crimes. and yet he chose to believe three american bishops who concealed his crimes instead. mccarrick himself wrote a letter to the then popejohn paul ii denying all the allegations against him, moving on to benedict 16 as pope, who was also informed of his crimes against adults and minors. but he instead simply asked him to lead a lower

. >>> well, now to an explosive report out of the vatican. despite a number of sexual abuse allegations against him. fox news' marian ryan 30 has more. >> reporter: another chapter in the catholic church's ongoing sexual abuse scandal. on tuesday, the vatican released a long-awaited 450 page report, detailing the rise and fall of theodore mccarrick. the disgraced former cardinal, who was one of the most powerful figures in the u.s. catholic church, he was expelled from the priesthood last year after a vatican investigation confirmed allegations of repeated sexual abuse towards children and adults. >> voting for the man you think -- that is a very emotional time and a very deep moment when you try to read the mind of god. >> the vatican's report largely absolves the current pope francis of wrongdoing. instead, it places blame on his deceased predecessor, saint john paul the second, along with other vatican officials and senior u.s. clerics. they were warned about decades of accusations against mccarrick, yet still chose to appoint him archbish

the cardinal was expelled last year from the vatican because he was found guilty of sex crimes against minors and adults and abuse of power. the vatican had reports dating back to 1999 that his behavior was problematic, yet he continued to rise in power. >>> new at 11:00 for you. the european union filing antitrust charges against amazon. rrtin regulators are accusing the company of obtaining data that was unfair. its focus has been on amazon's dual role as a marketplace and a retailer. in addition to selling its own products the company allows third-party retailers so sell their own goods throughout the site. last year half of the items sold on amazon worldwide was from the outside merchants. amazon faces up to a penalty of 10% of its worldwide revenue and amazon rejects those accusations. >>> take a look at the big board. the dow is up 158 points right now. it actually rose points today as the nasdaq falls as the big market rotation continues. >>> happening today. cta leaders take the first step in the decision that in all likelihood will lead to deep service cuts. they are facing a

the vatican is asking to explain how this could have happened. >>> 4:56.here on "today in the bay," our washington insider breaks down what is expected during president-elect joe biden's meeting today with two top lawmakers. >>> plus, the covid curfew. the breakdown of the new stay-at-home order. we'll tell you all about it in a live report. what does it mean for you? will it make a difference? we'll be right back. >>> i think it's ridiculous, honestly. i don't think that the virus stops spreading after 10:00 p.m. >>> another setback for struggling businesses as the clock ticks down to widespread covid curfews. just ahead a live report on how the new curfew will be enforced. >>> meeting with top lawmakers, our washington insider looks ahead to a power lunch and then some involving president-elect biden and house speaker pelosi as president trump focuses on another state he lost on election day. >>> and a letdown for those struggling to make it in the bay. the shocking amount of affordable housing money california leaders let slip away. "today in the bay" c

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a vatican investigation has found that sexual abuse by ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick was whitewashedroman catholic church leaders for years. a report released today found that pope john paul ii and other high officials turned a blind eye to mccarrick's behavior. >> we publish the report with sorrow for the wounds that the matter has caused to the victims, their families, the church in united states and the universal church. the trust of many faithful people in the church has been damaged. >> woodruff: mccarrick is now 90 years old. he was defrocked last year. we will discuss the report in detail, later in the program. the vatican's former ambassador to france, archbishop luigi ventura, went on trial in paris today on five counts of sexual assault. he declined to attend, saying that it was too dangerous for him to travel from rome to paris amid the covid pandemic. his alleged victims accuse ventura of groping and inappropriate touching. russian peacekeepers began deploying to nagorno-karabakh today, after azerbaijan and armenia agreed to a cease-fire brokered by moscow. azerbaijani fo

the ceremony took place at the vatican today. two new cardinals didn't make the trip because of travel restrictions. cardinals who did attend wore masks during the unusually quick socially distanced service. most of the cardinals took their masks off when they went up to the pope. pope francis to receive their red hats. though the pope did not wear a mask. >>> coming up, san jose state football not hitting the gridiron today, but it had nothing to do with santa clara county's new covid rules. we'll explain, next. >>> for the second week in a row, the san jose state spartans aren't playing football today. today's game against boise state was canceled because of the covid outbreak on the boise state team. there is no plan to reschedule that game. as we reported, because san jose state is in santa clara county, the school won't be able to play games here through at least december 21st. sjsu says they're trying to figure out how and where the two remaining games of the season will be played. the spartans are undefeated so far this se

. >>> leading the news, the vatican has released a bombshell report it reveals that at least two popesenior church officials were aware of sexual misconduct information on cardinal mccarrick the vatican said it received critical evidence in 2017 that he abused minors in the '70s, but before then were only aware of rumors, which mccarrick denied. >>> president-elect joe biden's inauguration is scheduled in less than 70 days. hotels are already selling out all were booked or have two budget operations outside the city. >>> health officials in philadelphia and los angeles are recommending that those who took part in postelection protests or celebrations should quarantine for 14 days. both cities' departments of public health issued those warnings they warn that people should stay away from others not in their household, and if they absolutely have to be around others, they should social distance and wear a mask when we return, veterans day deals for our heros. >>> and the best kind of american made. the new watoy support small veteran owned businesses you've been missing. the small ones y

he wouldn't meet with mike pompeo the secretary of state, but he did meet with nba players at the vaticanay to discuss social and economic injustice. >> we have a book we put together that display what players have done to use our voice and to fight for equality and unity and justice. >> laura, first of all i want to point out despite a huge second wave in adelaide, no one in the meeting had a mask on. and this is rather extraordinary. a few weeks ago, the former archbishop of hong kong wanted to meet with the pope to warn him about this china deal with the vatican and how they are persecuting the chinese faithful. the pope would not meet with him. instead, he had to leave a letter at the door. but he has time to fraternize and get golden basketballs from these nba players. i guess china was okay with this. >> laura: i don't think any hong kong independence activists are going to be stopping by to see the vatican any time soon. i can't believe cardinal only got to leave a letter. and it was open door for the nba. do that the pope is going to wear that jersey, the nba jersey? >> they also

a long—awaited vatican report has found that popesjohn paul ii and benedict the sixteenth ignored allegationsf serial sex abuse against the now disgraced us cardinal, theodore mccarrick. the report found that both pontiffs had been told of mccarrick‘s assaults but chose to believe his denials. russia has been deploying troops in nagorno karabakh after armenia and azerbaijan signed a deal to end the military conflict in the disputed region. fighting there since september has left several thousand people dead. the peace deal has prompted celebrations in azerbaijan, and angry scenes in armenia. now on bbc news: catch her if you can. mariam mola is a self—made businesswoman — and a career con artist. in this game of cat—and—mouse, she is exposed by her victims as the fraudster she really is. i'm just going to make you a bit uncomfortable. when i was 16 years old, i was very ambitious and i... i'm from the mcdonald's generation, we want everything so fast, we want to be on social media, we want everybody to like us on instagram, we want to be on twitter, we want to just do everything so quick. i w

laura: i don't think any hong kong independence activists are going to be stopping by to see the vatican time soon. i can't believe cardinal only got to leave a letter. and it was open door for the nba. is the pope is going to wear that jersey, the nba jersey? >> they also gave him a black lives matter t-shirt. >> laura: why am i not surprised. thank you so much, raymond. have a great thanksgiving. and it's still ahead, the incredible study the media will not tell you about. why? because it undermines the entire rationale behind mask mandates. we will break it all down, next. rationale behind mask mandates. we will if you have medicare, listen up. the medicare enrollment deadline is only days away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? having the wrong plan may cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket. and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. with healthmarkets' fitscore, they compare thousands of plans from national insurance companies to find the right medicare plan that fits you. call or visit healthmarkets to find your fitsc

. >>> the vatican is investigating a san jose bishop for his handling of sex abuse allegations in his previous diocese. bishop oscar kantu served in the diocese of las cruces, new mexico, from 2013 to 2018. the specifics about the investigation have not been released, but snap believes the investigation is likely related to hiding information about clergy abusers from the public. the vatican official stressed to the catholic news agency the investigation is preliminary and no formal charges have been brought. it's part of a zero tolerance policy implemented by pope francis. in a statement, bishop kantu said he supports the protocols to, quote, ensure the accountability of witch shops and to bring justice and healing to victims, survivors. he says he intends to cooperate fully with any inquiry. >>> police are investigating an armed robbery at a cupertino hotel. they were called just before 7:30 this morning. the victim told police a person with a taser and pepper spray took at least $3,000 in cash from them and then drove away from the hotel in a gold chevy suburban. >>> we are learnin

the vatican is breaking its commenton pope francis' on gay civil unions.an says the remarks were taken out of context and the documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview but the vatican does confirm francis believes --e-sex couples should have david: president trump says he will fight court decisions that at this point allow pennsylvania and north carolina to count absentee ballots received after but postmarked before november 3. we welcome a leading expert on election law, richard burr fault of columbia law. give us a sense of what is going on in pennsylvania and north carolina and what the legal challenge could be. good to be here. in both of those states, state decision-makers, the supreme court, with the chief elections officer, and in north carolina, the north carolina board of elections working with the court, agreed to extend the deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots, so the ballots could come in after election day, provided they were postmarked before, relying on the double whammy of the covid pandemic which has led to huge n

. >>> next a racy like has the vatican claiming that the pope's instagram account has been hacked. >>count liked a picture of a scantily dressed brazilian model and the vatican is asking instagram how this could have happened. >> meanwhile the model's managers are celebrating the holy publicity. >>> and finally, happy anniversary to queen elizabeth and prince philip. >> they were married 73 years ago today. a photo of the happy couple was just released showing them reading a card from their great grandkids. >> the queen is 94. philip is 99. the kids haven't been able to see their grandparents. >> two more years, that diamond anniversary. >> that's right. we'll check the top headlines next. if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what is that? xiidra, noooo! it can provide la

scathing vatican report: an internal investigation reveals the late pope john paul ii knew for decadesut sexual abuse allegations against american cardinal theodore mccarrick, but still promoted him. hole in one: the incredible shot tonight at augusta, skipping across the pond. and we end tonight with the extraordinary story of extraordinary story of 21-year- old chris nikic, his motto for life that can inspire us all. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news. tonight, a new wave of coronavirus cases is now crashing across the country, taxing intensive care units and threatening to roll back months of progress in the fight against covid-19. as we come on the air, more than 60,000 americans are now hospitalized with the virus, an alarming new high. the death toll is climbing, too. the c.d.c. is now bracing for as many as 20,000 more americans to die in just the next three weeks alone. the country's top infectious

newt gingrich, to be ambassador to the vatican. president obama gave japan to caroline kennedy. richard nixon sent shirley temple to guyana and a local real estate magnate and former providence, rhode island, mayor joey pale. leno got them all to giggle. let's ask a 6 minute civics lesson of a long time united states foreign service officer jim jotter us about what happens when a new administration shuffles the diplomatic deck. jim embassador serve at the pleasure of the president. how common is it for an ambassador appointed by the other party to stay on when the white house changes hands? will it depends. the large majority of embarrass yours are actually career foreign service officers, and very often they stray over. let's recall for example, maria johann, of the true test of our duty in ukraine hearing, who was obama's when brasher in kiev. and obviously was not anybody who was at all on trump's team. and even though she was technically the personal representative president. so i, yeah, we do, i think we have a great deal of continuity in most countries. now you do have cas

a long—awaited vatican report has found that popesjohn paul ii and benedict the sixteenth ignored allegationsf serial sex abuse against the now disgraced us cardinal, theodore mccarrick. the report found that both pontiffs had been told of mccarrick‘s assaults but chose to believe his denials. russia has been deploying troops in nagorno karabakh after armenia and azerbaijan signed a deal to end the military conflict in the disputed region. fighting there since september has left several thousand people dead. the peace deal has prompted celebrations in azerbaijan, and angry scenes in armenia. now on bbc news...hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. donald trump cannot and will not bring himself to concede that he lost the presidential election. gone but not forgotten. his legacy can be seen in a divided body of international alliances and deep uncertainty about america's to political ambition. my guest today hr mcmaster served as his adviser until he was fired in 2018. in terms of america's word in the world, will the trump years be seen as an operation or a marker of underlying ch

demis lane salue is reporting from outside the vatican theater in paris. thank you. all right, let's turn to some other stories making headlines around the world. french forces in mali have reportedly killed a senior jihad is later linked to numerous attacks. the french defense minister hailed the operation against the military leader of al qaeda north africa wing france has deployed thousands of troops in mali and across the region to counter islamist militants. police in the philippines say the death toll from typhoon vanco has risen to at least 26 as floodwaters recede and the cleanup gets underway. a massive storm. the 3rd in as many weeks brought some of the worst flooding in years to the capital. manila and nearby provinces crews interim president is calling for calm as protest, escalate over the abrupt ouster of the country's former leader. and while marino took office on tuesday after congress voted to remove martin visit cowra of a bribery allegations, merino has since sworn in his new cabinet, filling most positions with technocrats. the u.s. department of

the report blames former pope john paul ii and other vatican officials and u.s. of washington. >> one of the big problems in this church is no one wants to believe anybody who accuses a bishop. >> lawyers for several accusers are calling for another investigation into why the vatican's cover up was allowed to exist for decades. >> well, despite warning ws, more than half of americans are planning to travel for the holidays. coming up, how experts say you can keep yourself healthy if you plan on traveling. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> and recalls gerd and agriculture officials have investigated a nest of murder hornets found there last month. the washington state department said the discovery of that nest led to 500 verizon it's in stages of their life cyc

a vatican report has revealed failures to stop the rise of a disgraced cardinal including by pope john paul the 2nd 3rd or mccarrick a former archbishop of washington was one of the catholic church's most prominent u.s. cardinals before being expelled from the priesthood 2 years ago it been promoted despite being found guilty by the church of abuse of minors along with other allegations the church of knowledged the former pope knew about the allegations but doesn't accuse the president wanted of trying to protect him. and a british inquiry into abuse in the catholic church there has found the institution prioritised its own reputation over the welfare of sexually abused children the independent investigation says the church repeatedly failed to support survivors while taking action to protect alleged perpetrators this includes moving them to different parishes the report also describes the profound and lifelong impact on the abused children it criticised britain's top cardinal of failing to take responsibility the vatican refused to cooperate with the inquiry. so to come this half hour

the slowness of the vatican has aroused some pretty human. activity on twitter and other social media lots of pictures of sleeping kittens and slow moving puppies and snails and things like that probably not that much appreciated by the vote counters and the officials in nevada but at least someone is showing a little bit of levity the nevada secretary of state says there are $190000.00 ballots remaining to be counted the vast majority of those 90 percent of them in fact are from clark county that's the county where las vegas the biggest city in the by far in nevada is located the clark county registrar says that he believes the bulk of the remaining ballots will be counted and released to public consumption on saturday or sunday the trump campaign has filed the suit as it has in other states in the vatican to stop the count alleging without providing much evidence that there are some serious irregularities including ballots that were cast by people who no longer live in nevada or who are no longer living period the clark county registrar reg

the latest from the vatican. the new report from vatican city shows that former pope john paul the second, new about assault accusations against former cardinal theodore mccarrick years before he promoted him to the rank of cardinal now the report says the pope francis did not know about the accusations when he took over and that he thought all the accused priests in the vatican had already been dealt with. once he did find out about it. he different the 90 year-old last year. >>a 26 and still ahead the supreme court begins hearing arguments today about the future of the affordable care act will be back with more. >>8.29 and today, the fate of health care for millions of americans is the hands of the u.s. supreme court. that's the 9 justices are at this very moment hearing oral arguments in that case which ultimately could overturn the affordable care act. we have washington dc correspondent jessi turnure with the very latest. >>come to order from congress democrats want to distract. >>to the presidential campaig

wilton gregory was confirmed by the pope at a ceremony in the vatican.andals. christopher white, national correspondent for the national catholic reporter, explained why wilton gregory's appointment is significant. well, wilton gregory was tapped in 2019 to come to washington, dc, at a time when it was really ground zero for the sex abuse crisis, you know, here there had just been two archbishops of washington that had been implicated in a cover—up and the abuse itself, and he came in with a mandate for healing, he has been a long—time leader for catholic bishops, he was president of the bishops conference in 2002, during the first wave of the abuse crisis. and in the final act of his life he's once more tasked with cleaning up house. let's look at this latest set of cardinals more generally. the pope once said to the clergy that he wanted shepherds who smelled of sheep. do these cardinals pass the smell test? cardinals come from all over the world, pope francis has made it clear that just because you come from a traditional location where there has been

wilton gregory was confirmed by the pope at a ceremony in the vatican. many issues, including sex abuse scandals. christopher white is national correspondent for the national catholic reporter. he joins us from new york. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you so much forjoining us. the catholic church in america has been hit by a scandal in recent years. what is the significance of wilton gregory's appointment as cardinal? well, wilton gregory was tapped in 2019 to come to washington, dc at a time when it was really ground zero for the sex abuse crisis, you know, but here they had just been to archbishops of washington that have been implicated in a cover—up of the abuse itself, and he came in with a mandate for healing, he has been a long—time leaderfor for healing, he has been a long—time leader for catholic bishops, he was president of the bishops conference in 2002, during the first wave of the abuse crisis. and in the final act of his life he is once more tasked with cleaning up house. let's look at this latest set of cardinals more generally. t

a long—awaited vatican report has found that popesjohn paul ii and benedict the sixteenth ignored allegationsf serial sex abuse against the now disgraced us cardinal, theodore mccarrick. the report found that both pontiffs had been told of mccarrick‘s assaults but chose to believe his denials. russia has been deploying troops in nagorno karabakh after armenia and azerbaijan signed a deal to end the military conflict in the disputed region. fighting there since september has left several thousand people dead. the peace deal has prompted celebrations in azerbaijan, and angry scenes in armenia. hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. coming up in the next half hour, the health secretary says he's asked the nhs to be ready to roll out the new coronavirus vaccine from next month. i know that they will rise to this challenge. of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. questions for ministers about the appointment of costly public relations consultants by the head of the vaccine task force, kate bingham. there something we are not being told and

now an investigation by the vatican has revealed that pope john paul the 2nd failed to stop the rise of a disgraced cardinal despite having knowledge of his sexual misconduct theodore mccarrick was allowed to rise through the catholic church's ranks despite a long history of abuse allegations against adults and minors the report does not accuse the current pontiff pope francis of trying to protect the u.s. cardinal to milan and is president of the survivors network of those abused by priests also known as the s. n. pe joins me now live from tucson arizona via skype thanks for joining us mr landon on the program what wonders whether or can a 449 page report absolve the catholic church and its leaders of the sins carried out on innocent followers of the faith. well i think one of the big takeaways of the report was that. it demonstrated that there was reports to the church going back to 1906 and factors of priests that went to pope john paul the 2nd in 1088 complaining of sexual abuse and the church did nothing the church settled 2 cases with 4 different summon ariens in 2006 and then

now the vatican has found a number of figures in the catholic church downplayed reports of sexual misconduct by a prominent u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick rose through the organizations ranks despite a long history of sexual misconduct allegations against adults and minors the vatican's report acknowledges that pope john paul the 2nd appointed mccarrick despite knowledge of those claims. still ahead here on out as they are rethinking border why european leaders are calling for a new way to approach the block's border. and the peruvian government has sworn in and. find out why congress decided to impeach the president. we've got the weather quieting down nicely now across japan lights away and less in the way of clouds and rain we have got to watch the weather in the process of pulling away the still a few showers some of the wintry over the high ground the northern hotshot hokkaido pushing up into parts of honshu bryce a dry weather as we go on through wednesday then and that fine weather stretches across the korean peninsula across a good part of northern china for the time being this clo