let's go back to vatican city, pope benedict. >> the redeemer of men, inspire for the fullness in your life at easter, to-- women and child are he respected and promoted. and these prayers i call upon you and your families the pea peace. >> and now in the german language. . [speaking german] >> the father asked that we may live the words of the gospel demonstrating to the world the mercy of god and the love of christ. now in the spanish language. keep in mind of course the youth world day this august will be in madrid, spain. many of here are present for that great event this year. the holy father is calling to mind john paul visits to america and places known trusted god and their love for mary. and their affection for the successor of st. peter. [applaus [applause] >> and now in the portugese language. language. >> . >> asking us to entrust ourselves to the intersession of john paul ii and cling to his words do not be afraid, open wide the doors to christ. [applaus [applause] >> and now in the polish language, of course, great cheers of the many poles who have come down for the servi

one and half million people flooded vatican city to watch john paul's beatification. thousands in st. peter's basilica applaused as pope benedict xvi said john paul was blessed. he needs another miracle atransacted to him before he will be declared a saint. reports of inexplicable cures are pouring n and one quick note. brothers and sisters will air immediately following the newscast. and we'll talk to shoe now, the sharks are progressing along. for the first family cup. >>> and the sharks aring and two scores against the red wings came from unsources. we'll have the highlights and reactions next in sports. >> all new. president barack obama and first lady, michelle obama. oprah: what do you know for sure about marriage? >> a landmark hour. whoa, i should get mom a samsung fascinate. bright, colorful screen, high-speed downloads, hd video. she'll want videos of grandkids. i'm not ready for kids. what would i name it ? brian's good. a brian will make eye contact, work with his hands, return e-mails. okay, mom's getting a phone. get mom a new samsung fascinate for $99.9

. >> vatican city, the world's smallest country and on to the planet's shortest national railway. for the first time, the train and a train station have been opened to the fare paying public. the vatican instituted the railway in 1923. subsequent popes only occasionally. great steel doors are built to separate it from the italian network. already to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the catholic charity that once distributed aid by railway. gosh [inaudible] >> there is also that human endeavor to go out and respond. >> the line only stretches 300 meters before it joins the network. >> at the station and trained only rarely used. they only use them on one or two occasions in the past. not only is it a special day for the charity, it is a very rich experience. dr. it is wonderful, isn't it. >> irresistible step back into history, the charitable lines. on board the pope's train. >> that does it for tonight's program. all of the day's news online bbc.com/news. you can see our facebook page and if you're still interested, you can follow me on twitter. i am matt fry. thank you for watchin

ann thompson, nbc news, vatican city. >> york 11 insta-weather + forecast with chief meteorologist tomasselmyer. >> in little bit of rain to contend with as we wrap up the weekend on a cool, wet note. reports of the upper part of the day and the eastern shore, this is drying out. back in the ohio river valley and pennsylvania, this will come our way. the total amount of it so far has been fairly light. .003 at bwi. typical high on the first day of name commits a day in baltimore, highs in the 60's. only in the low 60's on the interior shore. just to the southwest, developing and head of a warm front and a pretty close to 70 degrees in central ohio. richmond had 68. the warm front of the getting closer as the day goes on. we will even the sound of 48-55 degrees. the showers should move out earlier tonight followed by mostly cloudy skies with a live southeastern wind. we will see a lot of clouds and the temperature will come up. there are some big storms rumbling right into northeast texas. the same scenario from last week just not with the power or energy associated with last week's sto

. >> a preview of tomorrow's event in vatican city. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 on your side. >>> maryland state police are investigating the death of a man. they believe he died from an explosion inside his home. he suffered a trauma to his arm and leg. metal shrapnel was down to the scene. neighbors reported hearing an explosion. police say they have ruled out homicide. his body was found yesterday after a neighbor called 911. >>> a judge plans to review hundreds of emails and documents from a community college the tucson shooting suspect attended. the college says the release would violate privacy laws. the judge has given the college until tuesday to turn over the documents. he will then decide whether to make them public. >>> here is the latest on endeavour's final mission into space. nasa has scheduled a press conference. engineers are trying to fix the problem with the heating system. nasa is hoping to launch on monday. if the problem is not fixed, there could be at least a week's delay. >>> we are just hours away from the beatification of pope john paul ii. thous

more than a million people gathered in vatican city yesterday for john paul's beautification he is creditedh one miracle certified with the catholic church one more official miracle is required for saint hood >> i pray that he will be kainitessed soon -- kay nonniesed soon i also tell my friends about his holeness. >>> in the u.s. some victims of sexual abuse by priests protested saying john paul presided over a mass cover up of the scandal. >>> it is 4:48 a.m. president obama signed a disaster declaration to help the south recover from all those deadly tornadoes last week the twisters killed at least 342 people making it the deadliest natural disaster since hurricane katrina. his signature paves the way for tennessee to get federal disaster assistance. janet napolitano visited over the weekend. >>> state department of water resources will conduct its fifth and final survey of the snow this season. it determines how much water will be delivered to farms and cities throughout the rest of the year. a month ago it found it was 165% of normal enough for governor brown to declare the grout offic

the celebrations and vatican city went on for hours. >> dino was there and she joins us now live tonight from rome with our top story. >> it w w an amazing event you can see saint peter's dome behind me there. it is not new to religious celebrations filled with circumstance but this day was it different, pope john paul the second walked the earth and touched so many lives physically and spiritually. they were amazed that a man they knew is now one step closer to becoming a seat. saint. the threat of rain did not keep some from staying on the streets all night. as the sun rose over rome the square quickly filled. hearing the holy father tell them john paul walks with jesus. celebrating with the cardinal wearing the mitre john paul or in his final years. the new image of blessed john paul. a photo taken in 1995. sister marie was cured of parkinson's after talking to john paul. typically in landis service today rainout in polish and english peppered with french and english to russian and german and spanish. >>the man who lost his own mother had just nine years old became pope for the youth.

. >>> now to vatican city today. a mass attended by more than a million people and the groundwork laid for the making of a new saint. >> now the long four day has come. it came quickly because this is what was pleasing to the lord. john paul ii is blessed. >> and with that announcement, pope john paul ii was beatified this morning in front of a million faithful, many of whom were moved to tears. my colleague chris jansing is live in rome. a very good sunday morning. i know the emotions are running very high. at one point the crowd was maintained to maintain the climate of silence and prayer, right? >> reporter: it's unbelievable what happens here. you have people screaming and yelling and waving flags and cheering and, of course, when they unveiled the tapestry, i think it's fair to say they went wild. but when they called for moments of silence, here you have at least probably 300,000 people immediately in the square, and then more than a million throughout the city and you could almost hear a pin drop. and then aga

allen pizzey, cbs news, vatican city. >> mitchell: and now let's turn to the aftermath of those tornadoes in the deep south. the cleanup and rescue and recovery efforts continued today. the death toll for the 7 states affected is now 344. and nearly 125,000 remain without power. dean reynolds reports tonight from pratt city, alabama. >> reporter: they went to church in alabama today, or they tried to. on the remaining foundation of one, in a football field at another. and in a sports arena, that was the temporary home of birmingham's bethel missionary baptist church. >> the bass player would sit right here. >> reporter: on wednesday the actual $7 million house of worship was destroyed in seconds. but its spirit clearly lives on in its members, including deirdre, who surveyed the ruins this afternoon. earlier she was at the keyboard on sunday as she has been for years but was dealing with the emotions that overcame so many members as they contemplated the damage done and the road ahead. >> the keyboard that i play every sunday, it had scars on it. it had scratches. it had knicks. but it st

shot of it, people, many of them coming from his native poland made the trip down to rome and vatican city a part of this. the vatican he's most one step closer to sainthood. we keep this picture up, but i'll bring in nadia bilchik. the vatican waived the five-year waiting process, part of that was he was so beloved. >> absolutely at his funeral they said santo subico, "sainthood now" they wanted it quicker. there is a process that needs to take place. one understands there is a congregation for the causes of saints so an entire congregation that gets together to decide first of all there's an investigation, then there's an acceptance or a veneration, and beautification, and only with the second miracle is canonization. >> we talked to john allen, vatican analyst, earlier. people have to pray to john paul ii and then we have to wait for a second miracle and historically, this has taken a long time for that second miracle. >> reporter: exactly, except with padre pio, one of the most famous catholic priests and he had many, many miracles that were approved and one of them being an 18-month-o

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million workers in rome this is live pictures from st peter's basilica there in the valley in vatican cityit means that the pontiff who was in charge of the roman catholic church for twenty seven years is now regarded as blessed and one step away from sainthood the ceremony was led by current pope benedict the sixteenth who succeeded john paul six years ago. ten policemen have been injured in clashes with far left demonstrators in germany protesters set up car and waste on containers on fire i threw stones and paved bombs at police using water cannons authorities of stepped up security across the country in order to prevent further violence that traditionally a complex companies may day celebrations. traditional made a show of solidarity has been a little quieter here in russia a country has a long lasting tradition of rallies used to use to show social and political affiliation on labor day or he's catarina zoravar joining the crowds a very rare occasion that central moscow is completely empty and this of course is done for these people as twenty five thousand members help treaty and who

about a million excited believers and these are the live pictures from st peter's square from vatican city where you can see many of them you see the ending in the crowds of the ninety heads of state are also attending the event including the president of the deceased pope's native land poland the late pontiff is said to have performed miracles which is necessary for a bad if occasion these in the final today will be forcing those fears as intensely . turning to germany where leftist demonstrators have clashed with police leaving ten officers injured protesters torched a car and rubbish bins and threw stones and paint bomb security has been stepped up across the country to prevent more street violence may first often known as international workers day has been accompanied by protests for decades. labor day has also come to russia with yet another official holiday offering a chance to relax right many take it as an opportunity to escape the city hustle and bustle others use the time to convey political or social messages through demonstrations artie's caterina's are reports from the heart o

. >>> in vatican city catholics gathers for tomorrows ceremony for pope john paul the second. the pope has waived the normal waiting period which is the final step before declaring somebody a saint. a day long mass and prayers will be held beside the former pope's coffin. >> hundreds of employees hit the streets of washington to highlight the millions of people around the world who struggle to get access to clean water. lack of access to clean water leads to the death of four thousand children a day. many place around the world it falls to women to walk hours a day to bring water to their homes. yesterday they held a walk to raise awareness about this problem. >> there are almost a billion people that lack access to water and 1.7 billion that lack sanitation facilities, that have no toilet, no way to wash their hands. >> according to the world health organization 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. >>> if you are one of those eyeing the dress kate wore as she married the prince you are in luck. designers around the world are working to get copies

. ♪ ♪ ♪ serving it is an inspiring morning in vatican city, as we continue with the process.lauren, what is it like to be among basically a million people, who are there witnessing this? >> as you can imagine, it is -- it is not hard to fill the square with a million people but they are spilling into the city of e rome, many people slept overnight in the streets with sleeping bags and, thank goodness it wasn't raining last year, but they are blocks an blocks and blocks from st. peter's square, because they shuts the gates very early this morning and there is an intense atmosphere in rome, because, the minute you enter the city you see the posters and the banners, proclaiming the blessed john paul ii. the city is filled with his spirit. he taught an entire generation to see their faith in a certain way, a different way, a man of god who lived out his faith and who taught a generation of catholics to do the same and the difference is, in many of society, the belief system does not operate at a living level and it is very easy to sort of have lost the ideas about god, about fait

. >>> right now, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in vatican city are filing past pope john paul ii.d to see you this sunday. can you tell us why the pope is being moved? >> reporter: well, there are about 140 popes that have been buried in st. peters and usually placed downstairs in the crypt, but pilgrims and faithful, when they want to visit, they move them up in the upstairs part of the church. and john paul ii is certainly somebody people want to come and see. >> there is so much about the pope, elizabeth, that people truly found they could relate to. can you tell me more about his background, his days as a struggling actor? >> reporter: i think -- one of the things about john paul ii that makes him so universally attractive is he started out thinking he was going to be an actor. he was tremendously attracted to the stage and dreamed of becoming an actor, and wrote plays and in doing so he began to conceive of people, a way of making people see themselves as stars. he could adapt himself to every single situation, but at the same time he encouraged people to star in their own li

. >>> pictures right now of vatican city, rome where people are filing past the casket of pope john paul ii. the catholic church declared him blessed today, one step below sainthood. and half a world away, a family in chicago is convinced that he deserves sainthood. they believe the pope performed a miracle just for them. cnn's elizabeth tumarak has their story. >> i was on my way to hospital. i begged him to efface this vision and that's what happened. >> she believes divine intervention from pope john paul ii healed her son, christopher. in 2007 he suffered a serious eye injury after a freak accident building shelves. >> three days he was bleeding from the eye so bad, and any specialist cannot tell what happened. they say they cannot see it, if he lost vision or not. >> dr. kirk paco examined christopher in chicago. he said christopher was a hair close to being blind in that eye. the eye was hit hard enough to damage the microoptic fibers but not hard enough to go blind. he got lucky. joanna grew up near john paul's home town near poland and said it's her strong connection to the ponti

peter's basilica in vatican city. than four hours after the pope's beatification, the late pope is called blessed, the designation right before potential sainthood. professor of faith and culture in a seminary near chicago. a final good morning to you, sir, in his homily, pope benedict says his predecessor restored christianity, a true face of hope. how did the image change during his watch? >> it was a very important -- he was singh the eastern bloc countries were offering a vision of hope. in the west you had sort of a myth of progress. we'll make social/political progress and that will give us hope. what he saw was neither grounds was -- the only hope we have is in the grace and mercy of god. so he focused the church in a new way to be the bearer of this hope. think of his book called crossing the threshold of hope. he saw that as the mission of the church. >> this is also a pope -- he visited 129 countries in 27 years, more than any other pope. he was the first non-italian pope in more than 400 years. how did pope

. >>> and then a live look at vatican city where the crowds of the faithful continue to lineup.e pope was beatified before many this morning. father robert barron is the founder of "word on fire," and george waggle, nbc analysts. father, tell me the name where you are because i know i just misspoke. >> it was an extraordinary moment with the declaration of beatification was made and the wave of joe swept through the enormous crowd. you could not help but be moved by that. it was unforgettable. what struck me was it was much than a celebration of a great life, but also a celebration that we have a heavenly friend and predecessor, and it was the meeting between heaven and earth that struck me at that moment. >> george, you knew the pope well. what went through your mind when the tapestry baring his portrait was revealed. i will remind folks that i could hear a lot of emotion in your voice. >> it was a remarkable moment, alex, in several respect. first of all, to see him in that picture, young and vibrant again, with the sprinkle in his eye, and you caught a sense of the rich human

. >>> more than a million catholic faithful poured into vatican city to see pope john paul ii become late pope is now one step closer to sainthood with a confirmed miracle under his name. the vatican is now investigating more than 100 claims of a second miracle, which is the final step needed for john paul to be declared a saint. >>> for the past several days we have seen image after image of unbelievable tornado damage all across the south. but what's next for the survivors? it is overwhelming just to think about it. cnn meteorologist rob marciano is in alabama for us. rob, it has been four days, i guess it is four days too early to ask if things are getting back to normal? >> reporter: well, they are trying. we have a huge influx of people from really all over the country here that have come down here unsolicited just to volunteer and help. we are in the community of hope just north and east of tuscaloosa, a very hard-hit area. you can see that from the devastation behind me all across the valley, but peek over here. this is just one of the many kind of depots of supplies or victim

pope john paul ii is one step away from saint hood more than a million people gathered in the vatican cityesterday for john paul's beautification, he is credited with one miracle certified by the catholic church one more official miracle is required for saint hood >> i pray he will be con non- ized soon. i also tell my friends about his holeness. >> here in the united states, some victims of sexual abuse by priest protest saying that he presided over the mass cover ups of that scandal. >> we continue team coverage on osama bin laden's death all coming up. pgh >>> >> the world's most notorious terrorist is dead we have the latest details on the u.s. mission that killed osama bin laden forces kil pgh >>> >> local areas boosting security after the death of osama bin laden, that is coming up. pgh >>> >> reaction to the big news from the united flight 93 memorial in union city. i am kit doe with a live report coming up ,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus holds its value better than any other luxury brand. ♪ intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any

. >>> let's go to vatican city today, where a mass attended by more than 1.5 million people were attended. >> and now the long day has come. it came quickly, because this was pleasing to the lord. john paul ii is blessed. >> with that pronouncement pope john paul ii was beatified this morning, where literally millions were moved to tears. chris jansing is covering this story from rome. >> when i look at what you have done, you were at the late pope's funeral. you heard the firsthand chants, so can you describe the emotion of the crowd today? >> reporter: you think it's safe to say, alex, the million and a half people who descended on this city absolutely went wild. when that picture that you saw, a photograph that was made into a tapestry was unveiled, and they knew at that moment it was official, pope john paul ii was beatified, one step away from canonization or sainthood, it was a tremendously well-behaved crowd. there were times when they asked for moments of silence, and almost you could hear a pin drop. there were moments of cheers, an the flags were waving, but clearly there were p

vatican city hundreds of thousands of catholics packed st.ters square for the ceremony the mass celebrated by pope benedict as he declares his predeuces sore among the blessed in heaven. >> we don't have saints to be like oh, that guy is really awesome, it is so we can aspire to live life like them. >> some say he doesn't deserve the honor because of the clerical sex abuse scandal happening under his watch. >> meanwhile back here in california, governor gerry brown cancelled his speech schedule today. this morning he is recovering from a bit of minor surgery. doctors removed evidence of some cell carcinoma from his nose friday and followed it up with reconstructive surgery and the governor was scheduled to address party delegates in sacramento but his office released a statement saying he would not attend any public events until his stitches are removed. >>> a 19-year-old man was shot and killed on taper avenue about 3:00 a.m. just before that shooting, police think the victim may have exchanged words with the suspects at a nearby gas station

to the world's catholics, the late hope was beautified in a ceremony today in vatican city. that means he is one step closer to sainthood. >>> may day. they also call it labor day in the uk. about 10,000 people marched through london. union workers, human rights activists and protesters angry at government spending cuts and job losses in britain. >>> and just walking outside is tough in parts of china this weekend. just take a look at this. a sand storm turning the sky pretty weird colors right there. nearly blinding motorists. the visibility is less than 300 feet in some areas. >>> a day after libyan authorities reported a nato air strike killed one of moammar gadha gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren. we talk more about libya as well as talking more about something very interesting taking place in iran. but first let's talk about libya and this claim by the gadhafi troop that his son and grandchildren were killed. and it was intentional. >> that's right. we don't have independent confirmati confirmation. nato says that it does not target individuals, that this wa

peters square in vatican city yesterday for the beatification of pope john paul ii. six years after his death, a ceremony puts the late pope one step closer to saint hood. >> we'll have more on osama bin laden's death just ahead. also in this hour, we start our countdown to the komen global race for the cure with a special buddy check 9 at 5:56. >> the cats find themselves in an 0-2 hole despite forcing game two to overtime. angie has your forecast for the entire week. keep it here. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> anny hong is going to tell us this day is going to start off better than yesterday. belated happy birthday to my baby, andrew. his baby was yesterday. >> i think we're going to eventually see warmer conditions today compared to yesterday. we're starting out though cloudy. areas of fog on this monday morning. grab a light jacket. may see some little sprinkles out there toward the west of us. along the ridge and the potomac highlands. here around d.c., cloudy skies right now. here is a look at your bus stop foreca

get this, you could fit churchill downs, yankee stadium, the rose bowl, roman coliseum and vatican cityrack and come race day this will be the mecca of speed. >> the 500-mile race is so important to so many people, when the people come it's sort of like a pilgrimage. i would say if somebody comes up and says i've gone 40 years in a row, that's probably about average. >> add to go a rich history, the sport's future like sylvestro, one of four women on the circ t circuit. >> it's something special because not many other races have women trying to qualify for a race. >> fast and fearless, this is the crash she walked away from less than two hours after we spoke to her. recovering from burns but undeterred she still is looking to compete here next week. after all, she took rookie of the year honors last year against the field's much older and much more male. >> if you're slow, everybody is going to be like, oh, she's a girl and things like that. if you're competitive, they consider you a race car driver. when we wear our helmets, we all look the same out there. we're all race car drivers. >

also heading to vatican city over the weekend, theologians, health officials, and researchers for a meeting about the treatment of h.i.v. and aids. the church is one of the biggest providers of h.i.v./aids care in the world with more than 117,000 health facilities worldwide. the conference was convened amidst ongoing controversy about the catholic church's opposition to using condoms to control the spread of aids. aids groups around the world, had hoped the church would use the conference to announce a major reversal of its position. the answer turned out to be a resounding no. over the past two years, pope benedict the sixteenth has issued statements open to conflicting interpretation that encouraged some to think the church was taking a more nuanced position on condom use in h.i.v./prevention. >> i don't think there was any confusion about what he meant. >> reporter: but father michael czerny, a key health official for the church, says the pope continues to believe that condoms don't help prevent aids. >> he mentioned one of the solutions that people tend to line up behind. or they tend t

for sunday morning, this is alan pizzey in vatican city. >> osgood: a washington tradition: the whitese correspondents' dinner was held last night. a glittering black tie event where everyone pokes fun. even the president among last night's guests was donald trump. >> say what you will about mr. trump. he certainly would bring some change to the white house. see what we've got up there. >> osgood: here's today's weather. sunny and warm along both coasts rainy and much cooler in the interior. may gets off to a soggy start this week with thunderstorms and showers expected all around except for the sunny southwest. >> he that shall see this day.... >> osgood: coming up from stage to screen. a talk with director kenneth branoff. but just ahead,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: the tornadoes that ripped through seven states on wednesday make it the deadliest single day for tornado deaths in the united states since 1925. there were deaths in the hundreds. thousands of homes destroyed millions of dollars in damages. dean reynolds in tuscaloosa alabama surveys the aftermath. >> reporter: as the mo

for sunday morning, this is alan pizzey in vatican city. >> osgood: a washington tradition: the whitese correspondents' dinner was held last night. a glittering black tie event where everyone pokes fun. even the president among last night's guests was donald trump. >> say what you will about mr. trump. he certainly would bring some change to the white house. see what we've got up there. >> osgood: here's today's weather. sunny and warm along both coasts rainy and much cooler in the interior. may gets off to a soggy start this week with thunderstorms and showers expected all around except for the sunny southwest. >> he that shall see this day.... >> osgood: coming up from stage to screen. a talk with director kenneth branoff. but just ahead to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. we can rid the world of this terrible disease... so that no mother... g

we'll be live from vatican city.al home to the world's 1 billion catholics and home to some of the greatest art and architecture in the worl as well. we'll show you around, find out what the pope's life is like and examine some of the issues currently facing the catholic church. then i will have the honor of having an audience with pope benedict xvi. that's "today at the vatican" thursday, only on "today." let us begin with new developments at the trial of casey anthony. kerry sanders is in orlando. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. casey anthony's father, george anthony, is in an awkward position. his love for his daughter, he would like casey to walk away but her defense relies on the allegation that he sexually molested her for much of her childhood and helped orchestrate a hoax to cover up the alleged accidental drowning of his granddaughter caylee. 25-year-old casey anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. after three days in the courtroom it would seem casey's father george

live in foster city, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the vatican took another step today toal with the sex abuse scandal that has plagued the catholic church for years. the pope told the vatican they are to cooperate with the investigation. >>> 35-year-old james dunbar of berkeley was found friday afternoon near the upper yosemite fall trail. it appears dunbar tripped and hit his head on a rock. also on friday, professor from austin texas slipped on the missed trail and fell into the merced river where he drowned. >>> it was too close to comfort today as flamed moved toward the la canada flintridge. >>> >>> the federal government announced today it is awarding the district a $6.5 billion grant that will allow the county to keep 25 firefighters on the job and keep two stations open for two more years. the decline in housing market has reduced property taxes used to fund the contra costa fire department. >>> welcome back, live storm tracker 2 has been lit up all night with scattered showers. heaviest rain moving toward concord and vallejo. but we do have a cell coming off the

while they are holding the convention in philadelphia, the so-called city of brotherly love, millard fillmore is in the vatican meeting the pope. nobody knew that. it was not a problem. he comes back. the campaign runs. they do very well. they get 22% of the vote. one of the highest percentages in american history. what they wanted was their platform was to extend the citizenship for 25 years. at that point it was five years and if you intend to become a citizen you could vote. they want to extend this period to 25 years and take a franchise away from these immigrants. they don't become the major second party because in 1854-1855 the republican party is formed. they run for the first time in eighteen 66. john fremont is their candidate. he gets 35% of the vote. republicans in that election become the second party and the american party, skyrockets them. they fade away because the issue becomes slavery. war is approaching. there's tension between the north and south and they feel they didn't accomplish anything. how is it relevant to today? we have issues with muslims and mexicans and the 18th-century, and euro

live in foster city, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the vatican took another step today toabuse scandal that has plagued the catholic church for years. the pope told the vatican they are to cooperate with the investigation. >>> 35-year-old james dunbar of berkeley was found friday afternoon near the upper yosemite fall trail. it appears dunbar tripped and hit his head on a rock. also on friday, professor from austin texas slipped on the missed trail and fell into the merced river where he drowned. >>> it was too close to comfort today as flamed moved toward the la canada flintridge. >>> >>> the federal government announced today it is awarding the district a $6.5 billion grant that will allow the county to keep 25 firefighters on the job and keep two stations open for two more years. the decline in housing market has reduced property taxes used to fund the contra costa fire department. >>> welcome back, live storm tracker 2 has been lit up all night with scattered showers. heaviest rain moving toward concord and vallejo. but we do have a cell coming off the coastal range ou

vatican them. the route has taken over a year to finalized and will cover a thousand miles stopping off in all of the major cities and towns but it will also go to some of the more remote parts of the nation with london 2012 promising that 95% of the country will at some point only be an hour away from the torch. a world champion gymnast was in the today to try to ignite a bit of local enthusiasm for the torch relay. >> a lot of people have said, this is london, london people, or as having it come to liverpool, manchester, the north west in general, it allows them to be inspired by the olympics and feel they are part of it. >> the hard work of preparing for next summer's games is well underway. these gymnasts are dreaming of getting old. organizers would like a torch relay to be about the unsung heroes. >> you put that extra effort in and put something really into our country and our sport. >> london 2012 is bring in the olympic torch to cities like this one to testify the billions of pounds that by the whole country. with three-quarters of the places on the relay allocated to sponsors, have organizers put commer

city. he was pulled off a paris-bound jet and charged with sexual assault. >>> the vatican has new guidelinesx abuse by priests. the rules tells bishops they should cooperate with police. >>> and "endeavour" is on it way to the international space station for the its final mission. left the launch pad about 30 minutes ago. congresswoman gabrielle giffords made the trip to see her husband off. he is leaving the mission. >>> one of the biggest rivalries in sports. the red sox and yankees going to war in yankees stadium last night. the red sox david ortiz sends the ball to right field and that broke a tie in the fifth inning. besides this home run, the big papi had a single and double. the winning run for the sox comes in the seventh inning on an error by rodriguez. goes under a-rod's glove and pedroia scores. red sox win 7-5 and sweep the series. >>> the bulls shut down the heat in the opening game of their playoff series. more sports in 20 minutes. >>> good news for a change about the american job market. >> the amount of jobs is going to bring in. the potential for growth, it's an incredible

city have been closed to traffic. >>> police say they have not decided whether the country esoterism threat level will be increased. >>> the vaticants catholic bishops all over the world to create new rules for preventing sexual abuse by priests. they've given them a one year deadline to do it. -- an instructed bishop to cooperate with police reporting of police reporting priests who actually rape and molest children, however the suggestions of the letter are nonbinding. they come short of borrowing a credibly accused priest from the ministry while this case is investigating. >>> the head of the international monetary fund is due in court today charged with sexually assaulting a new york hotel meat. new video from over night shows him in handcuffs as -- as police took him to court to await arraignmentment the alleged attack happened on saturday at manhattan hotel. the attorney denies the claim and says his wife says that she does not believe the accusations. the ims has announced and acting replacement, though, has been considered a leading candidate for the french president. >>> time now 5:47. california lawmakers are trying now

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