." >>> sex abuse charges hit a high ranking vatican official. now the accused cardinal i speaking out. >>> and president trump's travel ban takes effect today. details on the restrictions. >>> plus, new safety rules are being rolled out at airports across the u.s. the changes you'll notice the next time you fly the friendly skies. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at studio head quarts here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a top vatican adviser, the chief's financial adviser, he's the most senior catholic and the highest ranking vatican official ever charged in the church's sexual abuse scandal. earlier this morning he addressed the allegations. >> i'm looking forward finally to having my day in court. i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. >> australian officials say there are multiple complaints against pell. seth doane is in rome. good morning, seth. >> reporter: good morning. this very elite group of leaders in the catholic church. cardinal pell is a

australian police charge the vatican's third ranking official with historical sex offenses. he denies the charges. china's president makes his first visit to hong kong to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the former british colonies returned to china. government asy's mps vote on the conservative leaders legislative plans outlined in the queen's speech. primus or theresa may's government will vote on the conservative leaders legislative plans outlined in the queen's speech. it comes three weeks after a damaging election that raised questions over mays authority and her brexit strategy. after forming a deal with northern ireland democratic whose 10 mps will vote with 317 conservatives. theresa may's personal standing as prime minister is being tested in all of this today. >> indeed. it's her very authority personally as a politician, as a prime minister. it's a key test for her government, minority conservative government which far from getting the increased majority theresa may had hoped to get in calling that early general election some three weeks ago today on the eighth o

. >> top vatican official says he's innocent. pope francis' chief financial adviser. he's the highest ranking vatican official. >> as of friday students in kentucky will be legally allowed to learn about reading writing and revelations. kentucky governor matt bev vin signed a bill into law which allows public schools to teach courses on the bible. the bill allows high school systems to include a bible literacy class as part their the course would be an elective for students. the aclu raised concerns about how the law might be used in school and whether or not it will lead to bible study and preaching in public schools. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm maureen umeh. >> and i'm holly morris today. is thursday july 29. >> mike thomas on deck with our weather headline and erin como has our traffic headline. what's it looking like. >> a pretty good summer day today. temperatures headed back up to closer to where they should be even a little bit above that into the 90's later this afternoon. that high pressure brait us that

highs: 89-93 winds: sw 5-15 mph a top vatican official- speaking out hours after he muliple counts ofult. just a few hours ago-- cardinal george pell addressed the media, saying that he will take a leave of absence but he will not resign as the vatican's chief financial adviser. cardinal pell says he will return to australia to fight the charges against him. it's unclear what the announced charegs relate to, but australian news outlets say two men have accused pell of touching them inappropriately when they were children in the 1970s. the 76-year-old cardinal denies any wrongdoing. in maryland-- the n-double-a-c-p is voicing new opposition to prince kevin maxwell. the civil rights group wants maxwell's contract renewal, stopped. it's citing allegations of grade tampering. maxwell denies the allegations. the group also suggested maxwell be placed on "administrative leave"... until the investigation is done. a word of warning for people hitting the beach this summer. people aren't the only ones swimming in the surf. in fact-- great white sharks are becoming a common sight off the coast

he is one of the vatican's top officials and taking a leave of absence following the accusations. molly hunter has the latest. >> reporter: today shock waves through the church after decades of claims that the cardinal is the highest ranking vatican official ever to be charged with sexual abuse. >> i am looking forward to finally having my day in court. i am innocent of these charges they are false. >> reporter: a massive blow to pope francis who declared declared a zero tolerance policy for se x abuse. and now the man in charge of the vatican's finances, one of his closest advisors in the inner circle, considered the third highest ranking official , is headed to court. >> he is facing multiple charges of sexual offenses and multiple compliance to the charges. >> reporter: police gave no other details of the allegations. his career first dogged by flames that he covered up sexual abuse by other priests including moving one priest from parish to parish instead of removing him. and there were accusations he himself was an abuser. >> there have been hundreds of investigations, and no

. >>> a top vatican official will face charges of sexual assault.is morning meese defending himself before facing a judge. >>> health care is working along very well. we could have a big surprise with a great health care package. >> president trump sending a message of sorts on health care. will it be enough to get republican senators on the same page? a big surprise, something just around the corner. >> teasing the next episode. >> that's right. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. great to have you back. >> it's nice to be back. vacation is always nice. anything happen while i was gone? >> no, nothing. we missed you. >>> june 29th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. new rules for implementing president trump's travel ban that takes effect tonight at 8:00 p.m. that's the word from a senior administration official. we're also getting specific on who will be allowed into the u.s. from the six muslim-majority nations and who will be kept out. >> the supreme court laid out a general guideline that those with a "credible

a vatican official charged. the sex scandal that reached the pope's inner circle.ations and the new response from a top cardinal this morning. >>> profiling controversy. you may have seen the picture of teens handcuffed for selling bottled water on the national mall. now, there's a new call for the next couple of days. if you're going to be outside around here today and the next few days, baseball, perfect weather for baseball tonight. golf, no problem there. the pool today, spf 30 or higher and eating dinner on the sidewalk cafes, be a little hot before 7:00. maybe 7:00, 7:30 sit-downtime. we have your ten-day forecast and the forecast for the fourth all coming up. >>> taking a look at the bay bridge. looking quite good here. chopper 4 showing you inbound, outbound. new problem inner loop before gallows road. crash blocking the left lane. we'll look at the roadways and travel times and metro issues coming up. >>> amazon is pulling out all the stops. the reason you're about to see a flurry of deals. >>> deadly amtrak accident. why workers were on the tracks and the

nancy: cardinal george pell is highest ranking vatican official ever to be charged. police are not providing details in the allegation but pell has previously been accused of covering up sex abuse cases for over priests. this is the fist time he is facing charges himself. >> these matters are under >> he is scheduled to be in court july 18. jonathan: now a montgomery county firefighter heading to court after a prostitution sting. the 33-year-old exchanged text messages with an undercover police officer. they discussed everything from prices to a place to meet. once he got there he wasn't arrested. but the officers did get his information. he is expected to appear in court on july 13. consumer alert before the fourth of july holiday. thousands of fireworks taken off the mark. 36,000 of the tnt red white and blue smoke fireworks being recalled due to some of them exploding when they are lit. they are not supposed to explode. they are supposed to emit colorful smoke. sold at wal-mart and kroger in illinois, ohio, vermont, wisconsin. nancy: c in five "star wars" films so

. >> also breaking overnight one of pope francis' top advisers now the highest ranking vatican official ever to be charged with saint barnabas. a response from the vatican and the cardinal involved. >> first though a live look outside on this thursday morning. it's june 29th. get ready for a heat wave to settle in today. weather and traffic on the 5s at 6:05. good morning, i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. by heat wave you mean back to normal. >> back to what it was, yeah. >> it is almost july. welcome to fox5 news morning, first up developing overnight in the district one man dead following a shooting. this is the 800 block of 46th street. no word on who the victim is. police have a lookout for the suspect but the description pretty vague. prince george's county police investigating a deadly shooting that happened in forestville so far no suspects or motive there either. >> to northern virginia now and vre has resumed normal service on the manassas line this morning. this after a 13-year-old girl was tragically hit and killed. that teen who attended lake braddock secondar

. >>> the highest ranking vatican official ever to be accused in the church's sex abuse scandal is vowingght back. cardinal george pell, who is the pope's chief financial adviser says he'll return to australia to clear his name. it dates back to decades ago. two men now in their 40s say the cardinal touched them inappropriately at a swimming pool back in the 1970's. >> clean up is underway after more than two-dozen tornados ripped through the midwest. the strong winds pulled roofs out of of homes and scattered debris. in iowa a tornado shredded part of a roof in a home and tossed it on top of cars. >>> you might be able to to tell someone has live here by testing their knowledge of one >> derecho, a widespread and severe windstorm that moves rapidly along a fairly straight path and is associated with bands of rapidly moving thunderstorms. otherwise known as that thing that got all the trees down and made a mess of things. this happened five years ago today. >> topper shutt live to talk more about that. >> yeah we were actually covering that at bethesda and i had never seen the atmosphere

he's the top financial adviser to pope francis, and the highest-ranking vatican official implicated in long-running scandal of clergymen abusing children. jonathan miller of independent television news has our report. >> reporter: cardinal pell is fieght murlt pell charges, sexual offenses and there are multiple complain ants relating to those charges. >> reporter: last year the former archbishop of melbourne and sydney who is now one of the pope's top advisors testified to a royal commission investigating child sex abuse. the commission found shocking levels of abuse by the clergy over decades. pell supported by bishops as a man of integrity completed institutional errors but denied any sexual offenses himself. news from australia reached the vit can overnight, and before dawn on the fifth day of st. peters and paul, cardinal pell released his first statement saying he would return home next month to clear his name. then early this morning he spoke to the press. >> i am looking forward finally to having my day in court. i am innocent of these charges. they are false. the bhol idea of-

he's also the highest ranking vatican official to ever n charged in the church's long-running sexual abuse scandal. australian police have not released details about the charges against pell. the pope has given minimum a leave of absence to clear his name. >>> a dramatic video from maryland shows police caught in a gunfight with an armed robbery suspect earlier this month. and the whole exchange was caught on camera. >> show us your hands. >> this happened on june 7th. police say this man blaine robert herb robbed two people in a nearby shopping center. two officers stopped the bus to talk to him and that's when he opened fire for about a minute and a hfl. he shot at police from inside that butts eventually drawing a second gun. >> drop the gun. [ gunshots ]. >> herb tried to run from the bus but then was shot and injured by officers. police say he didn't listen to them when they asked him to stop and drop his weapons so then they shot and killed him. >>> also new this morning we are just now learning about a shooting in the east bay that sent one man to the hospital. this happened a

but one of his most trusted officials, effectively the head of the vatican's vast property portfolio press after becoming the highest ranking vatican official to be charged with child sexual abuse. the alleged offences relate to an ongoing inquiry back in cardinal pell‘s native australia into instances of historical child sexual abuse. i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. cardinal pell had been archbishop of melbourne during the 1990s, where hundreds of individuals claimed to have been abused by priests. he was interviewed by the inquiry last year via video link. several survivors travelled from melbourne to witness his testimony. then, in the early hours of this morning, came this. cardinal pell is facing multiple charges in respect of historic sexual offences, and there are multiple complainants relating to those charges. pope francis has prioritised the issue of child sexual abuse, setting up a commission for the protection of children. but one member who resigned earlier this year says the institution itself is reluctan

. >>> well, highest ranking vatican official ever charged in the catholic church's sex abuse scandal says he will take a leave of absence and return to his native australia to defend himself against accusations. cardinal george pull is pope francis chief financial advisor and australian senior catholic official. two men claimed he abused him in melbourne in the late 70's. he is due in court next month. 's travel ban goes into effect after the administration issued new visa criteria for six muslim nations. under the new guidelines visa applicants and refugees must prove a close, family or business tie to someone here in the u.s. close relatives, including parents, siblings and children this comes after the supreme court partially restored president trump's executive order, and that order was, widely criticized as a ban on muslims. >>> well, senate republicans are pushing to have a new version of the g.o.p. health care bill ready by tomorrow. they want the non-partisan congressional budget office to review the new bill next week and then they will vote on it after returning from july 4

he's the highest ranking vatican official to ever n charged in the church's long-running sexual abuse scannedndal. they have not released information about the charges against pell but they have given him a leave of absense to clear his name. >>> we are following a developing story this morning, fire crews battling a brush fire at camp pendleton that started just before 7:00 last night. it's already spread to 100 acres. that happened within the first hour. they're now calling this fire the christian neat toes fire. they've mostly stopped its progress but they are reporting at this point zero containment. so far it's burned at least 400 acres. >>> elsewhere in southern california, firefighters now mostly contained a fire in burbank that prompted evacuations for about 50 homes. they managed to hold it to about ten acres preventing it from spreading to a nearby neighborhood. also those evaks evacuations have now been listed. firefighters say the fire is about 75% contained. >>> coming up next, digging in for a fight over a local landmark. the reason the city of san jose and the state of

cardinal george pell, the third highest ranking vatican official, was charged with child sex abuse todays home country, australia. the alleged assaults happened decades ago. seth doane is following this. >> i am looking forward, finally, to having my day in court. >> reporter: this morning, cardinal george pell was defiant as he faced reporters. >> i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. >> reporter: australian police ifd not provide specifics, only cferring to the charges as "historical sexual assault offenses." in the past, pell was criticized for not doing more to stop clergy sex abuse in his native australia and was questioned via video link in rome in 2016. >> with the experience of 40 years later, certainly, i would agree that i should have-- should have done more. >> why do you need the experience of 40 years later? wasn't it a serious matter then? >> yes, but people had a different attitude then. >> reporter: you covered the vatican. what do charges like this do to this institution? >> well, i think it's very serious. >> r

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this, by the way, means that he's the highest ranking vatican official to be charged in the long running sexual abuse scandal. >>> a look at the thursday weather forecast. >> good morning, more fire danger, elevated fire danger for today over the southwest. notice how all the wet weather, all the thunderstorms stay off to the east. humidity values are going to be low and there will be a breeze in place. this is going to continue right into the upcoming weekend. severe threat for today continues over the upper midwest and the midwest where tornadoes, damaging winds and hail along with flooding downpours will be a concern. i'm justin povick with your accuweather forecast. >> still ahead right here, the new flu vaccine that is pain-free. >>> new this morning an explosion destroys a college dorm. see what investigators think caused it. >>> plus, caught on camera, a u-haul truck slams into a bar nearly hitting a person inside. why the driver is now under arrest. i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. try digestive advantage. it's tougher than your stomach's har

some breaking news this hour: police in australia say a senior vatican official, cardinal george pell abusing children. he's accused of multiple child sex offences. cardinal pell is australia's most senior roman catholic and is also in charge of the vatican's finances. pell has been ordered to appear before a melbourne court onjuly the 18th. he is 76 years old. he was a priest in the town of ballarat before he was appointed archbishop of melbourne. he denies all offences. it's important to note that none of the allegations that have been made against cardinal pell have obviously been tested in any court yet. cardinal pell, like any other defendant, has a right to due process , defendant, has a right to due process, and therefore, it is important that the process is allowed to run its national calls —— natural. preserving the integrity of that process is essential to all of us. it is important that it is allowed to go through unhindered, and allowed to see naturaljustice, including cardinal pell and the complainants in this matter. here in the uk, it's been announced that nearly 30 yea

. >> breaking overnight one of pope francis' top advisers now the highest ranking vatican official ever to be charged with sexual abuse. coming up a response from the vatican and the cardinal involved. >> i'm allison seymour. >> i'm steve chenevey. >> if you're just waking up this morning here's your first real pretty out there though the heat is going to make a comeback today. >> coming back in a little b bit. let's get that quick check on weather and traffic from tucker and erin. >> more heat and humidity. should be a nice afternoon. still expecting to be dry. all the details on your holiday weekend weather as well. >> 66 eastbound by nutley street. fire department out there. huge delays as we look at metro we have silver line and red line delays this morning. we'll have a full look at >> near bull run. sources tell fox5 the cousin was able to jump to an opposite track but that girl was too scared to make a run. >> ntsb trying to piece together what led to an accident that left 2csx workers dead. the workers stepped off a csx train near union station to fix a problem with the wheel. f

. >>> one of the highest vatican officials. cardinal georgetown. police charged him with multiple sex -- today he insisted he's innocent. >>> new information. >> fire and rescue teams found the body of kojo june 17th after searching the lake in davis burke. he's only 14. the search began nearby. >> check out this video. >> they were shocked when they came back and found out their car was gone. >> it was swallowed it's broken for some time. and it's on the ground here. >>> what's next on the investigation and, we'll talk about tracee about that next. >> lawmakers caught off guard bassett is unique in regards to that customability. you've got a thousand different fabrics to pick from. very customizable. you can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. we couldn't be any happier. >>> more calls for action today regarding the allegations of corruption the prince georges county public schools. this all started when four members of the board wrote a letter to the governor stating that whistleblowers had evidence that they were cha

the highest ranking vatican official to face these accusations now firing back this morning. >>> thekinging as republican senators work on the health care bill. >> one of president trump's closest aides get d

." >>> sex abuse charges hit a high ranking vatican official.now the accused cardinal is speaking out. >>> and president trump's travel ban takes effect today. details on the restrictions. >>> plus, new safety rules are also being rolled out at airports across the u.s. the changes you'll notice the next time you fly the friendly skies. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news

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turmoil at the vatican this morning -- where a top catholic church official is taking a >>> good morning43. welcome to your thursday. our live weather camera and the coast is not clear. we have gray skies at the beaches this morning through the bay marching locally inland a good 40, 45 miles. this morning, there is not as deep as yesterday roughly about 1100 feet but it will make an impact on your temperatures today and also over the weekend and into the holiday. we have the full traffic and weather report coming up now at 5:48. >>> turmoil at the vatican this morning where a top official is taking a leave of absence after australian police charged him multiple counts of historical sexual assaults. cardinal george pell serves as the pope's chief financial adviser. police didn't go into detail but two men now in their 40s said pell touched them inappropriately at a swimming pool back in the 70s. support groups are applauding the decision while cardinal pell has vowed to return to australia to fight the charges. >> there's been relentless character assassination, i'm not looking forward fi

." >>> cardinal george pell, the third highest-ranking vatican official, was charged with child sex abuse today in his home country, australia. the alleged assaults happened decades ago. seth doane is following this. >> i'm looking forward finally to having my day in court. >> reporter: this morning cardinal george pell was defiant as he faced reporters. >> i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. >> reporter: australian police did not provide specifics, only referring to the charges as historical sexual assau offenses. in the past pell was criticized for not doing more to stop clergy sex abuse in his native australia and was questioned via video link from rome in 2016. >> with the experience of 40 years later, certainly, i would agree that i should have -- should have done more. >> why do you need the experience of 40 years later? wasn't it a serious matter then? >> yes, but people had a different attitude then. >> reporter: you covered the vatican. what do charges like this do to this institution? >> well, i think it's very seriou

. >> a hi ranking vatican official, cardinal george powell, is facing several sexual abuse charges inlia. he denies the allegations. he is she a top adviser to the pope. he is the highest ranking catholic church official to be charged with a sexual offense. powell has said he would leave the vatican and return to australia to feist the charges. he is scheduled to appear in court in melbourne on july 1th. >>> pope plan six said suicide attacks are not an act of martyrdom. he said that idea during his general -- to the general audience at the vatican. pope francis said suicide bombers cannot be considered martyrs, because they hurt others. he said a mart sir a follower of christ, and that disciples of jesus don't fight violence with violence. >>> a new federal report says most of hate crimes in the u.s. are never reported to the police. that report says a quarter million hate crimes occur every year between 2004 and 2015, but fewer than half of the victims ever went to the police. many victims told researchers they found another way to dewitt the went but some victims say they didn't fi

abuse is abhorrent to me. >> the vatican has granted cardinal pell a leave of absence to deal with the allegations. we should note that he is the third highest ranking officialthe vatican. and the perjury charge against an officer involved in the controversial death of sandra bland has been dropped. the state trooper claimed bland acted combative after her routine traffic stop. dashcam footage showed the officer aggressively removed his gun when she refused to get out of her car. bland died in a jail cell three days after her arrest, sparking protests around the country. >>> the trump administration is stanning by its plan to repeal and replace obamacare despite the setback in the senate. >> repealing obamacare matters and having health care coverage for american citizens matters. how we get there, we're willing to be flexible on how we get there, but we know that obamacare doesn't work so we have to repeal that. >> ath kathleen sebelius, secretary of health and human services under president obama, and charged with the implementation of the affordable care act. thanks for joining us. gary cohn saying that obamacare just doesn't work. >> hi, katy. >> it has

truck is the highest-ranking vatican official to face these charges. many believe this case could be a blow to pope francis who has suffered setbacks in his attempt to clear up this matter. >> pope francis has said zero tolerance. at the same time, there have been cases where he has been accused of taking not strung up action. >> reporter: the clergy are keeping their faith as they believe the holy father will see the church through this matter. >> i think the holy father is determined to do justice because sensitivity. we always put ourselves in the hand of the holy father who took the matter to heart. he will know the truth. we trust him.>> reporter: he is scheduled to appear in court. >>> protesters are gathering at airports around the country around the hour including sfo as the revised travel ban goes into effect. >> and at cracking down on illegal immigration. both with major implications in the bay area. >>> good evening, everyone. >> happening now. the restrictive version of the travel ban is taking effect. on monday, the supreme court upheld p

the cardinal is the highest ranking vatican official to be charged in the church's long-running abusendal. australian officials announced charges for multiple counts of what they term historical -- he denies them. moon jae-in is on a four-day visit to the u.s. he will have dinner with the president and first lady and topping the agenda, the ongoing nuclear threat posed by north korea. nuclear issues will not be the only thing they talk about. activists are hoping the plight of the north korean people will get attention. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has spent north korea and has a look at their side of the story. >> during our visits to him north korea, the challenges are evident. we witnessed parades. presenting overall, kim jong-un. north korean people with not much control over what they are free to do. thousands of citizens coming out in a well organized orchestrated event. well practice lines. >> translator: the u.s. and north korea are at work. >> hints at the oppression of north koreans by the regime. lack of a variety of freedoms and worse. according to expe

sex assault charges filed against highest ranking vatican official ever, a cardinal and member of theope's circle. >> relentless character assassination. >> this morning why he claims he is a victim and what the pope is saying about the accusations. >>> central park mystery. nearly a year after a teenager lost his leg when he fell on a bag of

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molly: today, shockwaves as the highest ranking vatican official charged with sexual abuse. >> i am looking forward finally to have manage day in court. i'm innocent of the charges. a massive blow for pope francis who has zero tallrance for sexual abuse. now one of the closest advisors in the inner circle considered to be the third highly ranking official is heading to court. >> cardinal pel is facing multi-approximately charges in respect to historic sexual offenses and there are multiple complainants related to the charges. >> they gave no other detail on the allegation. he was accused of moving pedophile priest from parish to parish and not reporting them. then it's claimed he was an abuser and he has strongly denied the allegations. >> this has been under investigation now for two years. there has been relentless character assassination. >> on thursday's mass, cardinal pel was absent. the court will decide whether to release the details of the multiple charges but all eyes on july 18 where he will be in australia in the courtroom. molly hunter, abc news, london. nancy: the cost of borro

fotro >>> the vatican is dealing with a sex abuse charges against the highe highest ranking vatican official. nbc's bill neely reports. >> reporter: never before has a cardinal been charged with sexual abuse. at the vatican this morning, cardinal george pell insisted he's innocent. >> i'm looking forward finally to having my day in court. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent >> reporter: he's been the victim, he said, of relentless character assassination. australian police have a different view. >> cardinal pell is facing multiple charges in respect to historic sexual offenses, and there are multiple complainants relating to those charges. >> reporter: this morning, pope francis said mass and the vatican said he regretted the news of charges against his cardinal for decades-old actions. pell wasn't among the cardinals he greeted today. last year, pell was accused at an australian inquiry of mishandling sexual abuse claims against priests and he admitted mistakes. now, he is accused directly. >> it's going to be very difficult to untangle this because it becomes, as you know, his word

cardinal george pell, the highest ranked vatican official ever to face these accusations. reign correspondent james longman has that story for us. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yes, a stunning development overnight. the man considered the third highest ranking official in the catholic church is charged with multiple counts of sexual assault. george pell is a senior cardinal from australia and is in charge of vatican finances which makes him a close adviser to the pope. we don't have much detail yet of the allegations but they do go back to his time as a young priest. cardinal pell firing back this morning, criticizing what he calls a relentless character assassination adding the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. now, in his official statement he says he's looking forward to his day in court and will defend the charges vigorously. police have instructed him to appear in court on july 19th. as a member of the pope's inner circle this is potentially the biggest scandal to face the current papacy but pope francis has indicated his support a

the highest ranking vatican official ever implicated in a scandal.t happened years ago and announced the charges today. he is denying it's charges, a north carolina wal-mart customer caught the thief red hands and did not let him go easily. she ran him down with her car and he is okay today. the man was allegedly going through the belongings in christine's red ford explorer and she came out of the store and confronted him and she took off with her purse. >> i took off after him and 5 months pregnant. i came back and got in the car and ran him over it's not right and not fair. >> he messed with the wrong lady they took him to the hospital and is now facing theft charges and she is under arrest for assault with a deadly weapon charges. >>> an enormous sinkhole swallowed a car after ale inch water main break. before starting street repairs and the crane had a hard time reaching the car to hoist it out. finally they got the car out as you see and nobody was injured and traffic experts says it will take weeks to repair this part of sixth street. >> it's t

of the highest ranking vatican official to be charged in in te churches long-running sexual abuse scandalons. i am marianne rafferty, now back to "hannity" ." ♪ >> sean: welcome back to "hannity," safe to say that cnn is having a credibility crisis. rush limbaugh is asking if president trump could be the end of the premier fake news network. watch list. >> could donald trump be the end of cnn? what a legacy that would be. here is jim acosta, cnn, he lost his cookies yesterday with a press briefing when the cameras were not turned on. tell you, we have the audio coming up. i tell you what he reminds me of. if you ever had aha cad, and one of those red laser pointers, and you point it at the floor, and a cat tries to catch it, and the cat runs into the sofa. that's what the trump administration is doing too many of the media. >> sean: here with reaction, kaya jones and host of "the five" ," kimberly guilfoyl. donald trump is saying fake news, fake news, fake news, falling into the trap, i think he is right. >> he has 100% right. it is messing up actual factual input of what is going on in t

cardinal george pell who is pope francis' chief financial advisor is the highest ranking vatican official to ever be charged in the catholic church long-running sex abuse scandal. australian prosecutors say the cardinal will face historical sex assault charges incollating the alleged crimes occurred years ago. pell denied allegations. >>> a vote by the city san jose counsel to allow churches to host homeless people year round. they can provide temporary housing for 50 people year round so long as they house them 150 feet from homes. the church can only use half of the facility for housing. the church has been doing for years. hosting homeless families in the parking lot. san jose's mayor and city counsel getting raises but not as much as they wanted. they are getting a 3% raise this year and next year and pushed for a 10% raise. members are looking to change how they manage their salaries. the mayor, vice mayor and two counsel members asked for a way that doesn't involve the city counsel itself. >> a perk for drivers may put more electric cars on the road a. rebate for electric vehicle dr

the highest ranking vatican official to face these accusations now firing back this morning. >>> thecking as republican senators race to draft a new health care bill by tomorrow. the president makes a promise. >> we could have a great health care package. >> as one of president trump's closest aides gets drawn into the russia investigation.