agency film depicting events in vatican city, russia, vietnam, the united states and germany. narrated by actor charlton heston, this portion of the documentary shows scenes of the berlin wall and president kennedy's june 26, 1963 ich bin ein berliner speech before thousands of germans in west berlin. >> on the other side of this wall, millions of people not going anywhere anyway. the communist government they live under will not let them out. for centuries, walls have been built to keep out invading armies, but this was the first wall in all recorded history to keep an entire country from fleeing. fleeing into west berlin, as 3 1/2 million did before the wall was erected. if the guards with their guns were unsuccessful in keeping people fleeing, there was a barbed wire. if they crossed that, there was the wall. if they reached the top, there was the broken glass. over 100 have been killed trying to cross. in june, 96 succeeded, three were killed. all escape routes were reinforced reinforced. the eastern guards had ordered to shoot at each other if one tried to escape. in area

anna matranga, cbs news, vatican city. >>> there is new fallout this morning over the killing of another black teenager by a white police officer near st. louis. dozens of protester clashed with police for the second night at the scene of the shooting of 18-year-old antonio martin. police used pepper spray to break up the demonstrations. as omar villafranca reports, the young man who died took his gun out first. >> reporter: three surveillance videos from a gas station show the moments before and after an officer shot and killed 18-year-old antonio martin. >> the individual produced a pistol with his arms straight out, pointing at the officer from kind of across the hood of the police car. at that point the officer produced his service weapon and fired what we think at this point is three shots. >> reporter: a 9 millimeter handgun was found at the scene. police say the officer was investigating a theft in berkeley, missouri, last night when he approached martin and his friend. the shooting sparked violent protests. police say several officers were hurt. a woman who identified herself as

and we rejoin now the christmas eve service, the mass that the pope is celebrating right now in vatican cityis is st. peter's basilica in the vatty van and -- vatican and moments ago we were listening and have father morris sitting by and talking about the homily in terms that message the pope might have. father jonathan, you're still with us. >> i am, thank you, harris. >> absolutely. joining us by phone, we appreciate that. we've seen this pope do all sorts of things that perhaps people might not have anticipated in terms of broadening his message. here recently he wrote an open letter about protecting christians around the world. >> the one thing that we can always expect of pope francis is the unexpected. and pope francis has chosen to go off script to speak directly from the heart and to write his own speeches, many of them at least, and he is bypassing some of the ordinary steps of review of the text, and he's chosen just to do this in order to try to reach people where they're at by speaking to them in very, very plain language. yes, it's always interesting to be waiting on pope franc

we begin with events in vatican city, where pope francis is due to deliver his annual christmas day message very shortly. we can show you now the scene live at st. peters square, where i understand hundreds of thousands of people have gathered. you can see them there. it's the pope's second christmas as pontiff. and his second message to the city and to the world. i think we can go live to our correspondent in rome, james reynolds. james, his speech is expected to continue the theme of empathy for refugees, which the pope highlighted in his midnight mass hominy, isn't he? >> yes. the pope every year at this time, no matter which pope, essentially delivers a state of the world address. so a talk about five minutes long. but we would expect pope francis to touch on many of the world's most troubling conflicts, and to call for peace in those conflicts, and we would expect a catholic pope to weave in a christian message with that. i've just come back from those crowds in st. peter's square. they were all taking pictures of those marching bands and they're all looking up towards that balcony to

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peter's square in vatican city this christmas to hear pope francis's blessing.has used his influence as the spiritual leader of all catholics around the world to affectsome political outcomes this year. most recently, he played a major role in a deal to normalize relations between the u-s and cuba. his mission - to bring hope to people suffering around the world. >>: i ask this figure to look upon our brothers and six sisters who have suffered the effects of ongoing conflict. >>ryan nobles:closer to home. new york's archbishop addressed the ongoing protests in the city as he delivered the midnight mass at saint patrick's cathedral. >>: as we face tensions and divisions in our beloved city. as so many leaders do their best to help us listen and to work together, >>ryan nobles:and in d-c, the president echoed his calls for cooperation. >>: will celebrate the birth of jesus and not only the birth of a major but the message that change the world to go to the hungry and that trouble and the homeless ryan nobles reporting. >>jacqueline bennett: the temperatures were m

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pope francis is tells thousands of workers in vatican city that the world needs god's tenderness. >>>ony's controversial comedy "the interview" is officially out just days after it was put on the shelves. it's available online and hundreds of theaters will show it later today. >>> windy and wet weather is causing last-minute holiday troubles for travelers. more than 300 flights were canceled or delayed wednesday. craig boswell reports from reagan airport near washington. >> reporter: millions of americans are hoping the weather doesn't ruin their travel plans. >> it should be okay. it's snowmaggedon or something. >> reporter: it's one of the busiest days of the year. many are taking flight delays in stride. >> i'd like to say it's not stressful but we're going to go with the flow. we've lower ourd expectations exponentially. >> reporter: cancellations here at reagan have been light so far wheel chicago's o'hare has take an bigger hit. >> you have to make the best out of bad situation. >> reporter: by wednesday afternoon 100 flights in and out of o'hare had been canceled but most ameri

. >> pope francis has delivered his christmas day address in vatican city.ens of thousands gathered on st. peter's square to hear his message and blessing. he condemned the killings of minorities in iraq and syria by isil fighters and appealed for an end to conflict in africa. he urged dialogue between israelis and palestinians and condemned last week's attack by the taliban that killed 130 students in pakistan. >> 1.2 plan roman catholics of celebrating christmas around the world. it may not be the leading religion in communist china, but that's not to say it is christian holy day isn't cell braided. we report from beijing. >> christmas mass is the most popular service in this thee hundred-year-old church. third and fourth generation catholics make it a point to come back here on this special day. >> we usually you fast on christmas eve and then after midnight all get together. the whole family has a big meal to celebrate the birth of jesus. >> christianity may not be the dominant religion in this country but is the fastest growing. >> it's not just christi

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in vatican city pope francis delivered his annual christmas message and blessing focusing on those caught in conflicts. president obama spending the holiday with his familiar until hawaii asking american tousle brought and honor u.s. troops, veterans and their families. >> in just a few days our combat mission in afghanistan will be over. our longest war will come to responsible end. >> afghanistan american soldiers are looking forward to homecoming. fox's legal land vittert has that story. >> pretty important mission here. so to honored to be a part of that. at the same time, it's a little bit difficult being away from home. >> reporter: american and nato troops are celebrating christmas with dinner at the international securities assistant forces headquarters in afghanistan. this is expected to be the last time most of them spend the holiday in the country. many are expected to leave afghanistan by december 31st. in cuba catholic are not only celebrated the birth of jesus christ they're also celebrating the news that the united states and cuba will resume diplomatic ties. >> now we can

secretary of state john kerry made that request while visit is vatican city and reiterated presidentmitment to closing the controversial prison camp. >>> in the u.s., police have surrounded a second house searching for a man accused of killing his former wife and five of her family members. the suspect is a 35-year-old iraq war veteran. his killing spree crossed three towns early on monday morning. >>> at least two dozen people have been arrested at a protest against police brutality in the u.s. city of oakland. dozens of protesters were arrested there after chaining themselves to police headquarters. protests have continued across the u.s. after two recent grand jury decisions not to indict white officers who killed unarmedded black men in ferguson, missouri and new york. >>> in indonesia the death toll from the landslide last week has now risen to 56, that was triggered by heavy rains on friday. more rain has held off the search for dozens of people still missing. step reports from the district where hundreds of rescue workers are searching for survivors. >> reporter: it used to be

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where christians believe jesus was born tourists from around the globe gathered for mouse and in vatican cityope francis delivered his annual christmas message and blessing focusing on those caught in conflicts. president obama spending the holiday with his family in hawaii. asking americans to celebrate and honor u.s. troops veterans and families. >> in just a few days our combat mission in afghanistan will be over. our longest war will come to a responsible end. >> afghanistan american soldiers are looking forward to homecoming. fox's leland vittert reports. >> pretty important mission he here. so to an honor to be part of that. but at the same time it's a little bit difficult being away from home. >> reporter: american 90 tow troops are celebrating christmas with dinner at the international security assistance forces headquarters in afghanistan. this is expected to be the last time most of them spend the holiday in the country. many are expected to leave afghanistan by december 31st. in cuba catholics are not only celebrating the birth of jesus christ they're also celebrating the news that

peter's square in vatican city this christmas to hear pope francis's blessing. pontiffhas used his influence as the spiritual leader of all catholics around the world to affectsome political outcomes this year. most recently, he played a major role in a deal to normalize relations between the u-s and cuba. his mission - to bring hope to people suffering around the world. >>: i ask the savior to look upon our brothers and sisters and i wrapped and syria who for such a long time have suffered from the effects of ongoing conflict >>ryan nobles:closer to home. new york's archbishop addressed the ongoing protests in the city as he delivered the midnight mass at saint patrick's cathedral. >>: as reface tensions and divisions in our beloved city, as so many other leaders try to create a dialogue to invite us to listen and dialogue to work together instead of accusing >>ryan nobles:and in d-c, the president echoed his calls for cooperation. >>: will celebrate the birth of jesus and not only the birth in the manger but the message recapped reach out to the sick and hungr

. >> especially in vatican city, a special look at christmas in the vatican. >> also some more tune suggestionsut up and dance. thank you for sending that one . >>> these tweets are in response to the fraternity boys. get over it. it's a bunch of guys being stupid. we're good at that. >> maybe the guy likes black girls and his frat brothers got him a blow-up doll. >> also in the news, hundreds of people have turned out for a rally in support of the philadelphia police. people held signs and cheered, they say to honor police who put their lives in danger every day and protect and serve. >> another rally last night in new york city. protesting eric garner and michael brown. both cases the officers involved were not indicted for their role sparking outrage across the country. >> there are so many people that will be skiing this weekend, going to hanukkah festivities this weekend. and there's a look at the airport, sure to be busy over the next couple of days. >> it really will be. travel is ramping up as we head towards the holiday. closing in on five days now. let us know what you're up to this w

. ♪ >> pope francis celebrated mass in vatican city earlier tonight.his evening's mass kicks off busy week for the pope that will include his traditional christmas speech. new year's eve sunset service and 2015 greetings meantime closer to home many filled the lutheran church of our save your tonight much this was the 8:30 mass at haddonfield, new jersey. there's another service that starts at 11:00. we are following a developing story this christmas eve. a deadly hit-and-run in philadelphia's holmesburg section tonight we know the name of the woman killed. she's 33-year-old theresa pozzi. shawnette wilson spoke with the victim's sister tonight. >> tell my mother that her daughter was killed on state road by a hit-and-run. >> reporter: carol is over overcome with grief at the death of her 33-year-old sister theresa pozzi. >> i identified her body this afternoon. and whoever that person is, it's cruel and heartless. >> reporter: police say someone driving a truck hit theresa tuesday evening around 5:30 and kept going. it happened while she was crossing

pilgrims from around the globe in bethlehem to celebrate at the birthplace of jesus christ, and vatican city st. peters square to listen as pope singled out refugees, hostages and others suffering in the middle east africa in the ukraine. he said there are truly so many tears this christmas and back here at home pope francis will not be visiting philadelphia until september of 2015 but planning here in the city is already underway. organizers say they are buying and storing millions of mass booklets and communion wafers and also planning for all of the housing answer transporting of more than 1 million expected visitors. folks around hearsay they cannot wait for the the highly anticipated visit. of course, people packed cathedral of the basilica of saints peter and paul at midnight for midnight mass and there will be more on the schedule at the cathedral during the day-to-day, happening now many people heading to the movies to see the interview, of course, that is after much confusion, backlash and threats sabina kuriakose is live from the river front the closest place we can find that is sh

. >> a man put himself open a narrow ledge in vatican city and refuses to leavech the manziel he will not leave until italian leaders agree to meet with him. this is actually the fiveth time this many ludeed vatican security to mount a demonstration against government reform he says cost him business. he remains sitting above the spot where pope francis will give a christmas blessing. >> meteorologist melissa magee. >> hi there, sarah, walter. we have changes up ahead this week. christmas is this week, four days away. aed ha of christmas we are tracking wet weather moving on it in. we'll talk more about that in a moment. philadelphia coming in at 40. that's three shy of average. 39 in wrightstown and 35 pots up to and only 27 for the high temperature in the poconos. the winds are light and variousial. not much of a wind chill to talk about. it feels like 34 in philadelphia and current air temperature in allentown, lehigh valley, 26, 3 along the coast in sea isle city and 27 in dover. here's satellite 6 along with action radar we have partly cloudy sky overhead and high pressure to the

landing in vatican city.said that the vatican was suffering from spiritual on on alzheimer's. russian economic crisis putting vladimir putin on the road. forcing a bailout of the sector. suffering from the perfect storm. steve moore. chief economist. also a fox news contributor. steve, how far is this from russia? expanding. santa claus is not going to be going to moscow this year. that is the root cause of the meltdown. this was an economy that was not saving for a rainy day in russia. holding up the entire russian economy. this is very important. it could be totally independent for our oil and natural gas. when that didn't happen to economies, bad things happen very fast. that is what you are seeing in russia. >> they made a huge economic bailout. how dangerous, though, is vladimir putin when backed into a corner? >> when you have a meltdown of your economy and people do not have food in the stores, it is incredible instability. i still think he is much weaker now than he was a teen months ago. the money wa

. >>> right now live pictures from vatican city pope francis is delivering christmas eve mass to 8,000 pilgrims in st. peter's basilica at the vatican. the service ends a busy year for pope francis in which he pushed for a more inclusive church, and it comes just days after the pontiff criticized of hypocrisy and demanded reform. >>> no. iraq home to some of the earliest christian communities the year is ending with a grim holiday season for many. many christians have been displaced because of fighting. >> for children here the joy of christmas comes in small packages. these children are from ancient christian town in north of iraq. the ornaments are donated by a local charity. since the rampage began in june more than half of iraq's 300,000 christians have been forced from their homes. the leader of the world's catholics worry they won't be going back. >> we're not supporting or encouraging people to leave, also i think the situation has changed when there is a decisi decision, a personal decision, if i made a decision to leave, we have to respect and we don't have any right to tell t

town where christians believe jesus was born, tourist from around the globe traveled for mass and vatican city pope francis delivered his christmas message and blessing for those caught in conflict. >>> president obama spending the holiday with his family in hawaii and asked americans to celebrate and honor u.s. troops, veterans and their families. >>> in just a few days our combat mission in afghanistan will be over. our longest war will come to a responsible end. >> in afghanistan american soldiers are looking forward to a home coming of course but they still got to celebrate christmas, even if it was from very far away. fox's leland vetter reports. >> pretty important mission here. it is an honor to be part of that but at the same time it is difficult. >> reporter: american and nato troops are celebrating christmas at the international security assistance forces headquarters in afghanistan. this is expected to be the the last time, most of them spend the holiday in the country. many of them are expect to leave afghanistan by december 31st. in cuba, catholics are not only celebrating the bir

live pictures here in the evening hour. 9:17 vatican city time. a sort of midnight mass.e'll talk about the holiday and a look back at this huge year for pope francis. stay with me. you're watching cnn. >>> this story is an eye opener. imagine you're on a flight just above you in the overhead compartment is a loaded ak-47 in a duffel bag. that's one of 18 guns transported illegally from hasn atlanta to new york. two former employees shuttled 153 guns from atlanta to new york over the last eight months. a baggage handler is accused of using his airport security badge to handoff guns to this smuggler, mark henry, in an airport bathroom. harvey is charged with entering an airport area in violation of security requirements. henry is charged with felony crimes of criminal possession of weapons and criminal sale of firearms. this is what we have from atlanta hartsfield jackson international airport where this began. as part of the tsa and airport approved multilayered security plan, all employees must pass extensive criminal history record checks, security threat assessments, a

. >> reporter: in vatican city pope francis delivering his annual christmas message and blessing focusingon those caught in conflict. >> open heart trust and may he bestow his belief upon belief beginning with the land bless by his birth. >> reporter: in bethlehem the the the site where christians believe jesus was born tourist from around the world gathered for mass at church of the nativity. >> we have been honored to be here all the way from the outside of the world. >> there is a very special feeling to be here in bethlehem today and to see all of the things that for many years we have read of. >> reporter: president obama spending the holiday with his family in hawaii releasing his weekly address a few days earlier. >> merry christmas, everybody. >> reporter: the the president and first lady asking americans to celebrate and honor u.s. troops, veterans and their families. >> in just a few days our combat mission in have again stan will be over. our longest war will come to than a end. >> reporter: assuring them u.s. support will continue. >> i believe that we are now in a time where

in vatican city, the pope delivered his traditional christmas blessing.ncis talked about the state of the world today. he denounced what he called the brutal persecution of people in iraq and syria and the pope also used his message to bring attention to displaced children and adults around the middle east. >>> that's it for me. for our international viewers, "heroes" is next and for our united states viewers, "newsroom" with pamela brown starts after a quick break. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. hey guys...guys! pillsbury cinnamon rolls, with cinnabon cinnamon, are an irresistable sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. make breakfast pop! >>> hello. i'm pamela brown filling in for brooke baldwin on this christmas day. great to have you along with us on this holiday. >>> despite the threats of violence, despite cyberattacks and despite

cnn's senior vatican analyst john allen with more from vatican city. >> reporter: hi there, ashleigh.. pope francis today delivered his traditional christmas day message what's known as the urbi et orbi message to the city and the world, and it was clearly a somewhat somber and preoccupied pope about the state of the world we heard from today. he began by denouncing what he called a brutal persecution directed against the people of iraq and syria. he did not mention isis by name, but it was clear the reference was the rise of the islamic state. he called on the international community to mobilize so that the refugees in that part of the world could make it through a harsh winter. the pope became visibly emotional talking about the suffering of children around the world. he said far too many children are abused and exploited. he mentioned both victims of abortion and children caught up in conflict situations who are forcibly enrolled as child soldiers who were dying under bombardment, he said this year, there are so many tears at christmastime, that join the tear of the -- tears of the

we're going to leave you now, back at vatican city, with the pope francis leading the christmas eve mass. god bless you this holiday. ♪ >>> welcome everyone i'm neil cavuto. i hope it's a very happy and wonderful holiday for you. if you think about it, this time of year when we were putting to the this special we thought well we could talk about a lot of dry business stuff, you know, do a lot of politics. but we thought it might be a better idea to get to the reason for the season. something better than us. big irthan us. maybe a little bit holier than us. the inner good in us. i addressed that issue with none other than dr. alita king, the niece of one martin luther king, a woman who has seen the flip side of racial prejudice, and triumphed over it. she says by trusting a higher source, a better source. and believing in the inner goodness in all of us. >> my uncle dr. martin luther king jr., my father reverend alfred daniel williams king they would often say we don't have to drag people to the altar but we don't deny our faith. and my daddy would say, you know what? you don't have to ac

in fact, you guys were talking about pope francis in vatican city. of northern iraq last night wishing them a merry christmas and also comparing them to jesus in that they have to continue to flee their homes amid the violence and the persecution by isis militants while calling for peace in the region as well. that really is the sentiment here as i was saying earlier. there is the hope and the prayers for peace and the hope that those prayers will be answered. merry christmas, guys. back to you. >> merry christmas, john. thank you so much. we had cardinal dolan on the program yesterday and he had a similar message about bringing lightness out of the darkness and all that. but you talk about these christmas eve services and people often go once a year just christmas eve or just on easter. but the idea of bringing everybody and trying to welcome them in rather than shunning them for only coming once or twice a year -- >> what's interesting, so often there are studies done about how happy people are if they attend religious services. there is another st

pope frances stuns in vatican city as he delivers a most unusual christmas message to the cardinals. art of communication from an american treasure. and finally, remembering joe cocker, a voice like no other. >> ifill: the murder of two new york city police officers ignites a volley of blame between the police department and the mayors office and exposes the deep rifts dividing a city in mourning. new yorkers stopped all day, to place flowers at the site in brooklyn, where two policemen were killed on saturday. and the murders dominated the day for new york mayor bill deblasio, including at a luncheon for the city's police athletic league. >> we have to understand an attack on them was an attack on all of us. it was an attack on our democracy, it was an attack on our values, it was an attack on every single new yorker and we have to see it as such. put aside political debates, put aside all the things we will talk about in due time. >> ifill: the two officers, rafael ramos and wenjian liu were shot as they sat in their cruiser on saturday. their killer, 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley,

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flew in to that can city -- vatican city to see the pope. he did the full world, and then came back on christmas eve. and that was really wonderful. and we came back from the honeymoon, so we could all be together for that christmas. that's when you see these pictures of lucinda and me. and it was wonderful. and then all of the sitting upstairs on the -- in the family quarters. here we go. and >> was that your family christmas picture you guys would take every year? >> we always did have to do a family horror show picture. i do not know about y'all, but it is one of the least fund thing -- fun things we do. everybody smiling. the two lyndons both smiling. we have a two month old baby. we have a dog. trying to get everybody. but that is upstairs in the family quarters, and that is the tree there, which was wonderful. and lucinda insisted i bring this. i will. yes. you notice? linda bird on it? everybody. very special bag. now, this is where i wish we had a picture. i do not think you have a picture of the upstairs other than this one. but we

gold and it was striking when he installed showers for homeless people to clean themselves in vatican cityng. and reaching out across the world. and we we see more from the pope in 2014, yes. time magazine was right to pick him last year. charles: facing a republican majority, at this moment not only is he a lame duck but irrelevant in his final two years in office. julie woods in ski has gone -- and he just went and did it. it is a lame duck session, killed of the majority, and continue to do this. he looks a little liberated. now no longer has to worry about running for reelection carrying congress. charles: to your point he is doing a lot of things but ultimately run into serious opposition. won't get everything he wants of any of these things he is pushing through against the will of the law, the will of the people, for me i thought he was a lame duck a long time ago to be quite frank with you, what did he get through other than his signature achievement which is falling apart at the seams. liz: you can't say he is governing like an emperor and then say -- charles: how many executives

i'm calling for a trade embargo on vatican city. americans will have to live without their major export, harlequin pantaloons. the minami show ends i'm on a plane to havana to investigate this travesty. i'll scout every rum distillery and i don't care how many 1957 chevys i have to buy for $250 until the job is done i will not rest except in a hammock. >> good morning, everybody, it's thursday, december 18th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle, the president on council of foreign affairs richard haas and thomas roberts from "way too early." we'll get to the big story about cuba in a moment. we have the president of the american conservative union joining us. he was born in cuba. he'll be joining us from miami in a few minutes. a lot to get to. we'll begin with sony, which has cancelled plans to release "the interview" on christmas day. there's no plans to release the video on demand or on dvd. the controversial movie is now nowhere to be found on sony pictures website. the announcement c

for those of you in the vatican city, read carefully -- who is on your naughty or nice list?d with all due respect to the president in honolulu, we don't get time off for the holidays. stock" is next. merry christmas, and happy honda cut, and of course, sayonara. >> why did you do that, bloomberg? why did you turn tom keene is his anti-? now i have stand that santa?into now i have that. thank you for ruining my childhood. we have a christmas miracle. it turns out julie hyman is with us. and it turns out you can get a christmas present, order it and get it within an hour. six -- quest that is right. at 6:16 a.m. -- >> that is right. at 6:16 a.m. the phone call was made. an hour later, the bike messenger was there. yes and working as a bike messenger for a few years. he has a pack on his back that carries about 40 pounds maximum. >> has he been busy? >> he said he has been busy. a lot of people order toiletries. they say it is quicker to get the stuff from amazon. >> how lazy are we? guy with a plain brown pack. he doesn't actually say "amazon" on in anywhere. of you on radio,

another thing happening right now, we want to take you to, a live picture out of vatican city.different tone than what we just heard. this is new year's eve in rome. pope francis is leading prayers of thanksgiving for the past year and also looking ahead to the new year. it's been a pretty good year for pope francis. he kind of helps, you know, kind of create the situation with cuba. >> with cuba and the u.s. >> he's spoken out and has become a pivotal figure in many world issues. fascinating to see what 2015 may lead to. >> he will makes his first trip to the u.s. >> and he's going to philadelphia. >> that's right. >> kind of a night -- nice picture. >>> we're still counting down to 2015. coming up, the elaborate extravagant celebrations planned in san francisco and what's being done to make sure you're safe. >>> kim kardashian tried but she could not break the internet in 2014 or even come in first among google celebrities. >> the reigning queen and a look at the other top searches for 2014 coming up. >>> clear and cold. elevation, 11,000 feet. they had wind gusts to 180 mile

peter's square in vatican ci city.t of them. and this is a pope who both excited and shook up catholics all year long with some pretty bold and brave moves. he inserted himself into the palestinian/israeli conflict during a landmark trip to the middle east. he was a peacemaker between the u.s. and cuba. and he hosted a major church meeting about accepting gays. joining me is the reverend. merry christmas, sir. >> merry christmas, ashleigh. >> all these things the pope's been doing, seems the reverberations are very, very positive. but does it mean what he's doing is working and how do you measure that? >> well, it certainly seems to be working in that people are talking about it and there's a whole different perception about the papacy and about the church. just to know we celebrate the prince of peace with christmas that this pope has certainly been a man of peace, all those things you mentioned, the israeli/palestinian conflict, the united states and cuba. he intervened with syria, he wrote a letter to president puti

celebrations both large and small are taking place including at the vatican and in the palestinian city of bethlehem. nbc's jim maceda has our report. >> reporter: at the vatican, a solemn midnight mass. pope francis ushering in the holiday that marks the birth of christ for more than 2 billion worshippers worldwide. many in conflict zones. u.s. troops in afghanistan singing by candlelight, and pilgrims to christ's birthplace, bethlehem in the west bank. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: american david bogery came from iowa. >> to proclaim the name of jesus, not to talk politics. >> reporter: but there are tensions here even at christmas. palestinians in santa costumes protested israeli occupation and scuffled with police. elsewhere, santas were making friends and spreading joy. >> we brought a little bit of christmas to thailand. >> reporter: in bagdad, bringing presents to christian children who fled isis with their families. in france, scene of recent attacks by suspected islamist militants, police tightened security. so has the vatican. at christmas time there is perhaps no more symb

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reporting enough center city, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thank you, crowd packs the vatican where pope francis is celebrating christmas day mass at saint peters square. catholics gathered to celebrate the birth of jesus jes christ. the pope is delivering his christmas day message to the city and to the world. >> hours earlier at christmas eve mass, the holy father placed his own stamp on the christmas tradition, unveiling the baby jesus. said the birth every jesus showed the patience, closeness, and the tenderness of god. >> how much the worlds needs tender necessary today. life must be mets goodness, with meekness. when we realize god is in love with our smallness, to better encounter us. >> earlier the pope made a phonecall to iraqi christian refugees forced from that home by militants. compared that to the plight of infant jesus. >> ♪ >> in bethlehem, christ's birth place, christians gathered for midnight mass at the church of the nativity. the central manger square is decked out in white and yellow lights, you see on the screen, also a towering christmas tree. bands from

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volunteers were providing mood, clothing and thelter and city officials were determining if the homes were safe to return to. >>> at the vatican today pope gran sis delivered traditional christmas message to a big trout in st. peter's square. >> he remembered those around the world with little cause for joy including abused children. refugees, hoingt tam, ans and others suffering from violent. >> i asked him the savior to look upon the brother anticipates sisters in iraq and. >> the pope also mentioned last week terrorist attack on a school in pakistan and he had ar harsh words n for some in aflew enters naiptions. he said we're immessed in worldlyness.he faithful and in e philadelphia archdioceses marked a mass of st. peter an paul today. there were several services throughout the day with a solemn path. >> at the he miss could poll theater worships gather around reverend philip bennett for holy eucharist service. the theme what child is this focusing on many ways the birth of jesus transformed humans worldwide and they joined hands top demonstrate extend family of the church. >> kids all over the area woke this christmas mor