but the vatican the city. and about schmidt and did what the above. but the trend is keen to build a good time as all get on the bus eleven you can find it for themselves and the muscles it's a thirty minute walk to the training ground. press members look like the are marching as they walk single file across a snowy field with us tomorrow. call me don't feel unwelcome well it was a good mood. there's nothing but would later call and the press members arrived at their first scene. to keep the little man thought it looked untouchable to profit from your point with the biblical teaching. who had been listens carefully so that he does not miss a single thing. then they saw as the home and auto that up until a little muddy mess onto them up on monday will attend in only one of them was evil. that was the government. the wind the motion of the hat on and on. the special forces are dressed in white camouflage outfits as the operation is done in this now. chem been in the staff members get busy as a training will soon begin most of whom were up to all of milk

it's prime minister has predicted that 20-14 will be the year spain's recovery takes hold. if tourism to vatican city is any indication, pope francis is one popular pope. in the last nine and a half months, the number of tourists visiting vatican city topped six million, triple the number of visitors for all of 20-12.pope francis, from argentina, is the first pope from the americas.named time's man of the year in 20- 13, pope francis has spoken openly about income inequality, capitalism and homosexuality.tourism accounts for a little more than 10% of italy's g-d-p. demand for beef is dropping ...and beefing up cattle prices. the us-da is expecting beef output for 2014 to be the lowest since 1993. meanwhile, cattle prices are on the rise, and top beef processors will pay record amounts per pound for cash cattle in all of the major feeding regions. in chicago, prices for live cattle for february delivery reached a record dollar-36 a pound on friday. scott shellady of trean says bitter cold weather in parts of the u.s. is having a major impact on prices in the short term. but eventually, high prices wil

the pope called for constructively dialogue in ukraine and two more sea gulls in vatican city. >> as winter olympics near, more have been concerned with the security than what put the city in the international spotlight. they arrive and receive training on how to accommodate americans in particular. recent numbers may be lower number of tourists from the u.s. at the games than in years past. we have more from sochi. >> i'm standing in front of the picturesque mountains that surround sochi. here we can hear music playing as they prepare for the celebrations that launch the games, but with the concerns surrounding them, u.s. preparations say fewer americans are booking to come to the games than for the last 20 years. high above the olympic park a security blimp keeps watch this morning. volunteers are picking up uniforms. many more arrive today, bringing enthusiasm and even excitement. are. >> i'm having fun. i'm very proud of my country being the host of the games. >> among a double suicide bombing that killed at least 34 people, more threats. over the weekend ai new internet message f

the vatican's twitter feed. allen pizzey, cbs news, vatican city. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.f us at cbs news all >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie macdonald fierce debate. san francisco challenging the findings of the coroner. tonight, >>> the death of a 16-year-old student in the asiana airlines disaster is now a point of fierce debate san francisco challenging the findings of the coroner. tonight the coroner answers back. there is a significant difference of opinion tonight over what really happened to one of the young victims of the asiana crash. our phil matier on the new report from the city that challenges everything we thought we knew. >> it's not surprising they put out a report like that. we see that when we have cases, somebody will get an expert and have their opinion and another side will have their expert. >> reporter: that was the san mateo coroner reacting to a report by san francisco officials that concluded that 16-year-old ye meng yaun of china was in fact dead before she was covered in foam and apparently run over by a rescue fire truck after

the sistine chapel. during a ceremony in vatican city yesterday, the pope baptize 32 babies and told their mothers withouthey were hungry because they are the most important people here. the pope even baptized the baby of parents who were not married and a church but only in a civil ceremony. we'll be right back as the good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need some pudding. yeah, there's one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. with u-verse high speed internet. so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can and may be cold in southwest china but that's a good thing. otherwise

he has become somewhat of a super hero in this graffiti art near the vatican city. >>> rock fall has caused thousands of dollars in italy. the rock falling and stopping just short of the house. it hurdled down the cliff. no one, amazingly, was hurt. that is all the news from europe. it's back to steven. >> thank you. the u.s. government said the senior al-qaeda financeer is on the loose and has expanded into syria. >> according to the u.s. government, thi this is one of al-qaeda's top financeers based in iran. he has been wanted since 2011 for allegedly moving money and alqaida operators from pakistan, afghanistan, and the west. now officials say he has added his homeland to his operations. an u.s. state department official tells al jazeera. >> as head al-qaeda facilitat facilitator, organizing and maintaining roots by which new recruits can travel by way of turkey. >> he reportedly has been living and working in iran since at least 2005 with that government's consent. u.s. officials would not offer an explanation why iran, a majority shia country, would offer help to am quite. but it

the government's way of doing economic and all attacks. >> now to rome, where pope francis has celebrated a new year's mass in st. peter's basilica in vatican city >> for the catholic church, january 1 is dedicated to promoting world peace. in his homily, the pope said there was a hunger and search for justice, peace and god. he has called for a poor church that cares. that agenda has captured many people's imagination grade believers and nonbelievers alike. since he took over last march, francis has made it clear he intends to change the catholic church, perhaps quite profoundly. >> to do so, he has appointed eight cardinals to develop a set of reforms. our next report on the faces of the new year, you will meet one of those men, the archbishop of munich in southern germany. >> the cardinal is deeply concerned about the fate of refugees around the world. and the german catholic church has called for germany to take in more people fleeing the war in syria. here, in an unused church building, they're turning it into a hostel for young refugees. >> you cannot spread the gospel by teaching catechism alone. you have to spread it by attending to peop

news comes as the white house releases the president's upcoming travel schedule in addition to the vatican citydent will visit the netherlands and belgium as well. those are our top headlines this morning. >> the duke is back. the late john wayne icon of american westerns as a new bourbon scheduled to hit the youves in a few months, and think about this for a moment and wonder, how is it a deceased hollywood star can actually break into the intensely competitive alcohol market? i tell you what, we're joined by the executive editor at food and wine magazine. when i first heard about this, i thought it was a joke. they are totally serious. >> it is impressive. it is a team of between the wayne family and jason woodbridge, a top-level napa valley winemaker and also a huge john wayne fan. it is going to be good stuff. wayne is to one of the most popular movie stars in america. every year on the pole, he doesn't ever leave. >> millenials like him. >> he is a worldwide brand. interestings an play and good bourbon. it is not out yet. they're launching it in a month or so. space ine craft distilleries

>> new this morning, we are learning they are meeting with white house officials and the two will meet in vatican city. chris christie will be planned with which is now a day of celebration of his administration. >>> and first the members of his staff ordered traffic tie- ups as political distribution and they are saying they are threatening to withhold super super storm relief funds favored by the governor. >> any suggestion that it was tied to any project in new jersey is completely false. >> now in an interview with yahoo news, he said he will learn things from this whole experience which he described as awful. he is still considering the run for the white house and he is readier now than he was years ago when he refused to run despite upset from republican parties. >>> and the 78-year-old petaluma woman asked her to turn on the faucet because of a problem with a water line in the neighborhood. in the meantime, they stole thousands of dollars in gold jewelry and some. stolen items had very special meaning. >> i had it in the family for over 50 years, and it's gone. i am very upset over that. >> bef

city hall. thanks, amy. >> the white house has released daylights of president obama's upcoming visit with pope francis. the president will meet the pontiff in vaticanlowing a trip to the netherlands, belgium and italy. the white house says the president plans on discussing the fight on poverty and growing inequality with the pope. >> we are lending the massive target data breach could have been prevented through a program the retailer dropped. the "wall street journal" reports that 10 years ago the current c.e.o. pulled the plug on a pilot program to use smart chips embedded in the credit cards worrying that it would slow the check out speeds. experts say the recent thefts of 70 million target customers' information may force the retail wees and banks to invest in chip technology which is popular in europe and canada. >> trading is underway in "wall street journal" and now a look at at the big board. the dow is up 18 points. >> the new ipad sold very well in the first few months after they were launched in november according to a research survey and accounted for 57 percent of all ipad sales during the final quarter of 2013 although the devices wer

. >> hasn't the vatican said that its only responsible for what goes on in vatican city and has said to the committee it has know responsibilities for the action of priests or nuns elsewhere. that will be unwelcome news for the victims and human rights organizations and we were hoping for something more. >> there are two things. any country, the head of any state like cattar, he surely cannot be responsible for what one of his cattary people does in a lot of country. from the vatican's point of view. he's issued instructions. the vatican has given clear instructions that any priest that abuses people or children is reviewed -- >> the accusation is that the church is doing these things with an air of secrecy, that it's not open. >> it's not true. >> this is not true. for example, yesterday or today, in chicago, they released 60,000 pages of documents on the abuse of children. in some cases the local state, judiciary forced the disclosure. pope francis has given a clear instruction, that the church in every country has to cooperate with the civil justice system. it has to immediately de

faraway places such as the root, the south pacific and the wild in the vatican willard garvey did his most influential work in the city along the kansas river. where you are is all you count, you can also problems that are in the vicinity where you're not. if you will solve the problems we are, each person will help their neighbors all the problems are he is, all problems disappear because they are solved. a lot of what you guys try to do. willard was known for his antigovernment stances and he said someone asked about how was going to feel to look down on city hall from the ethics and and he said i could look down at city hall from the sidewalk. [laughter] that's good. good job. but he also offered solutions. something we don't see today i think the here's a guy, he was dissatisfied but he came up with an alternative, and he didn't want a bond issue to bill for the new jail in 1986 because he thought the proposal was too expensive and urge voters to turn down because he said he could build a different design for much less. do hear of many people, this is people take it time to that kind of thing in their communities

pope francis made the comments during a mass in vatican city brating the fact -- a catholic feast day from china and japan are feuding over a world war ii shine and now they are using references from harry potter to prove their points. china says the shrine in tokyo honors the people killed in world war ii glorifies japan's military past. china's ambassador to britain says milterrization. to baltimore. by letting loose the evil of an arms race and an escalation of tension. >>> dennis rodman is on his way to north korea for an exhibition game. he has rounded up a squad of a dozen former nba players including vin baker, kenny anderson, cliff robinson and charles smith. rodman says he wants to show the world that korea is not that bad a place. the u.s., though, remains at odds with north korea over their nuclear weapons program. >> i'm not a president. i'm not a politician. i'm not an ambassador. i'm an athlete who wants to go over there. >> the u.s. players will compete against the north korean team on wednesday as part of a celebration for kim jung un's birthday. >>> the northeast and

. >> they added that the holy see was only legally responsible for abuse in five vatican cities. a provision long criticized by campaigners. >> if only they had jurisdiction over 30 children. hasously, the church followers and has influenced a lot more children's lives than the 30 they mentioned. fight hardhas had to for justice, claimed to have been abused by a teenager by an italian priest. the think it is time for church to stop this secrecy. putsieve the church themselves before the victims and the pain and abuse that we carry. >> there have been mounting evidence of abuse. sexual and psychological abuse was found to be endemic in irish catholic run schools and orphanages. a bishop resigned after admitting he had sexually abused a boy for years. admitted toriest 280 counts of sexual abuse involving three boys. strengthenedhas laws and promised help for victims. >> a scandal with many victims around the world. for these students in south sudan, taking exams has an extra challenge. they are trying to do it a miss violence that is tearing their young nation apart. >> the notoriou

plus, the pope makes a big announcement from vatican city. >>> secretary of state john kerry and other top diplomats are saying the only way to achieve a political solution in syria is through the geneva peace talks. and they want the rebels to attend. the leaders are putting pressure on syria's main opposition group. and so far syria's civil war has killed 130,000 people. phil joins us live from paris. has anything come out of today's meeting thus far? >> well, morgan, there have been a couple of things that have come out from today's meetings. nothing earth shattering, but certainly it does look as though the main opposition group here, the syrian national coalition is making some progress with the friends of syria, that is a primarily western and arab group of nations that support those opposition groups. it looks like they are coming a little bit closer together. it does look as though there is dialogue. of course the friends of syria would like to see the national coalition go to switzerland later this month because there is a widespread -- widely held opinion that the only real s

. >> they added that the holy see was only legally responsible for abuse in five vatican cities. a provision long criticized by campaigners. >> if only they had jurisdiction over 30 children. hasously, the church followers and has influenced a lot more children's lives than the 30 they mentioned. fight hardhas had to for justice, claimed to have been abused by a teenager by an italian priest. the think it is time for church to stop this secrecy. putsieve the church themselves before the victims and the pain and abuse that we carry. >> there have been mounting evidence of abuse. sexual and psychological abuse was found to be endemic in irish catholic run schools and orphanages. a bishop resigned after admitting he had sexually abused a boy for years. admitted toriest 280 counts of sexual abuse involving three boys. strengthenedhas laws and promised help for victims. >> a scandal with many victims around the world. for these students in south sudan, taking exams has an extra challenge. they are trying to do it a miss violence that is tearing their young nation apart. >> the notoriou

any the catholic church have been building since the 1950s and the city of boston has been central to many allegations, in 1990, the vaticand the international convention on the rights of the child. now that's the convention that is being discussed in geneva today. but it waited something like 20 years until 2012 just last year, in fact, to issue any progress report on priestly sexual abuse. now, the issue of child abuse within the catholic church, flowedded onto the national stage here in the u.s. in 2002, you may remember that was the year the vatican issued guys lines for dealing with allegations of child sex abuse by priests. calling for cases to be reported to rome but not to local authorities. also in 2002, the same year the archdiocese of boston paid around $10 million to set think lawsuits with victims and in december of that year, cardinal bernard law fled boston to rome and that was on the day that everybody thinks he was due to be subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury to discuss the abuse allegations going on within the boston church community and cardinal law has not been back to boston since then, he's stil

the scenes at aljazeera.com/techknow. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. here a look at today's top stories. the vaticaned to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church. a report out today shows how widespread the problem is, and the vatican sits down with with the united nations to discuss the situation. >>> today congress will be voting on the budget deal announced last month. the spending measure is expected to pass the house later this afternoon. the senate is due to vote on the bill later on this week. president obama is in raleigh, north carolina, where he unveiled his plan to boost the economy. the president named raleigh one of the newest high tech manufacturing hubs in the country. the attack on

the vatican in march. it will be his first meeting with pope francis. the stop in vatican cityur. the president will also visit the netherlands, belgium and other parts of italy. those are your headlines. back to ashley and tracy. tracy: lauren green, thank you very much. >> sure. tracy: so it is polar vortex part two. like a movie. 10 states have a winter storm watch in effect as frigid temperatures and know move across the eastern seaboard. already over 3100 flights have been canceled. we're looking at misery map for those in front after tv. lots of pain in chicago, new york and of course the nation's capitol. for the latest on this path and accumulation is janice dean the weather machine in the fox weather studio. what the heck is going on. >> i feel like groundhog day. every other week i'm telling you about this. d.c., this is the difference between this storm and last one, d.c. will get some measurable snowfall. you haven't seen this much snow in three years. that is why the city is shut down. up toward philadelphia and new york reporting heavy snow this area. there is our

the vatican in march. the white house announcing the details today. it will be the obama is's first meeting with pope francis, the stock in vatican city is part of largers, belgium and other parts of italy. nfl commissioner roger goodell may abolish the 1 point fuhrer goal kicked for a touchdown. he says one proposed system would award teams 7 points for a touchdown. teams could attend the two point conversion for eight points for eight point but that attempt failed will be worth six points. those are your headlines. back to dennis and cheryl. cheryl: interesting change. dennis: time to make money and as we dig deeper into earning season charles payne joins us with the user guide to buying or holding before the report. charles: one thing we noticed, today almost every company beat big teams, top and bottom line. household names from halliburton and all of them. they are all pulling back all under pressure but last week we saw when you missed what happened, absolute devastation. three things people should be looking at. one thing is poor execution, management's inability to meet the numbers and a lot of sites you can go to and see what the last four qua

administration's decision to move the american spweu out of the holy -- embassy out of the holy sea, out of vatican cityn u.s. vatican relations. joining us right now is one of those former officials critical of the move, jim nicholson. what is the problem with this? >> it is not in our national interest at all. when was the last time the united states merged into one location two important embassies? the answer, i think, is never. it allows one to only conclude that they do not consider the ambassadorship mission to the holy sea to be very important because they're putting it inside the compound to the embassy to italy. in fact, in surplus office space in an office building that they bought that's adjacent to the main embassy building. so it's a real diminishment in real and perceived importance of that relationship that we have with the holy sea, with the pope, who is probably the most ascendant figure today on the american stage. in fact, just yesterday the american secretary of state kerry went to the vatican and visited the secretary of state of the holy sea. so it just doesn't square. and the only

. >> catherine: president obama will be meeting the pope at vatican city in march. trip that will take the president to the netherlands, belgium and italy. >> catherine: the white house says he's looking forward to talking to pope francis about a shared commitment to fighting poverty. as for the pope - he has said that he intends to visit the united states next year - for a major meeting of the catholic church. >> jacqueline: high cloud coverage now up and to the north today. we will not see any mainly to see high cloud coverage the blocking will remain in place. here is what you expect to knight, mostly clear skies in chile. this week we will have the high clouds streaming in and however, when it. calmer winds >> jacqueline: of the door tomorrow and will be chilly next week we could be seen rain. south bay 37 in sunnyvale by the afternoon we will see more 70 degree temperatures 70 in santa clara 72 in cupertino and 71 and pleasanton and walnut creek. at the cost it will be slightly warmer to smile as well. seabury's influence with a glut to put a fault. we are not

the cariben. things didn't go as planned today in vatican city. what swooped in to ruin pope francis symbol for peace. >>> in a few minutes, three redskins team up on an island. reality show? no. the pro bowl finds a way to be interesting. sean mcveigh at the round table and what rg needs to work on the most. >>> plus, she has every honor on her basketball resume except one. all that and more coming up on sports final right after the >>> would you look at this, spectacular flames could be seen in canada after a natural gas pipeline explosion. this happened near winnipeg. the fire raged for hours until crews turned off the gas and the fire just burned out. >> no idea what that is. >> the explosion is affecting the gas supply across minnesota. people there are being asked to conserve because several main pipelines to minnesota come from canada. >>> u.s. health officials spent the day on board a royal caribbean cruise ship where a virus is spreading. passengers and crew members have fallen ill so far. the ship made an emergency stop in the u.s. virgin

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city. here a look at today's top stories. the vatican is forced to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church. a report out today shows how widespread the problem is, and the vatican sits down with with the united nations to discuss the situation. >>> today congress will be voting on the budget deal announced last month. the spending measure is expected to pass the house later this afternoon. the senate is due to vote on the bill later on this week. president obama is in raleigh, north carolina, where he unveiled his plan to boost the economy. the president named raleigh one of the newest high tech manufacturing hubs in the country. the attack on th bengahzi could have been avoided. the u.s. ambassador to libya was one of four americans killed in the attack, and the united states is anewing an additional pledge to the humanitarian aid tfor those effected by the syrin war. talk to al jazeera is next on al jazeera america. >> everything that we thought about the messiah was wrong. >> america attacked canada and canada chose to fight

the catholic church, building as far as back as the 1950s with the city of boston at the sent every ocenter ofmany of the allegatio0 the vaticanified the international convention on the rights of the child. that's the convention which they are discussing in geneva today. but it waited something like 20 years until only last year, 2012 to issue any progress reports on priestly sexual abuse. the issue of child abuse within the catholic church absolutely exploded onto the national scene here in 2002. that year, the vatican issued guidelines for dealing with allegations of sexual abuse by a priest within the church. it called for cases to be reported to rome, but not to local authorities. which even today really angers victims. and also in 2002, the archdiocese of boston paid about $10 million to settle lawsuits with victims and in december of that year, cardinal bernard law, who is the archbishop of the diocese, fled to rome and he did it on the day that he was due to be subbed to appear before a grange jury to discuss abuse and he has not been back to boston since then. he is still in rome. now, according to the conference of ca

stories of francis sneaking out of vatican city to minister to the homeless and gifts of internationaly could reconnect with their namelies for the holidays have made him a rock star. more than 6.6 million people have attended events with this pope at the vatican since his election in march. all most three times the number who came to hear pope benedict in all 2012. what pope francis has done most of all its refocus the church's emphasis towards caring for the poor and addressing growing inquality. and the pontiff has backup. for the poor will never cease from the land, therefore i command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother. to your poor. and your needy in your land. first john, 3:17. but who ever has the world's goods and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him. how does the love of god abide in him. not clear whether the bible speaks specifically as to whether giving to the poor depend on how much love the giver receives in return from the church. but don't tell that to billionaire, ken langone, who expressed, critiques will turn off rich don

the vatican today. the president will make his trip to the holy city. with the pope to discuss the obama agenda for the visit. kerry saying he was pleased to know the pope will continue to speak out about peace in the most middle east. >>> today's pick, back at haters after sunday's golden globes. critics started writing nasty tweets about her appearance and gabby spoke out, i'm mostly definitely cried about it on that private jet on the way to my dream job last nigh night, #justkidding. you can check out more of her red carpet pictures. there's a link on my facebook page. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you're watching one of the biggest financial services companies in the country at work. hey. thanks for coming over. hey. [ male announcer ] how did it come to be? yours? ah. not anymore. it's a very short story. come on in. [ male announcer ] by meeting you more than halfway. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. here goes. yep. [ crunching ] oh! cheddar, sour cream & onion, and salt & vinegar. wow! wow! how did you do that?! i can see through the bli

it's estimated that the fighting in syria has killed more than 130,000 people. >>> on to vatican cityy one as their parents held them. the sistine chapel is where pope francis was elected as the first latin american pope. >>> the city of san francisco has earned a title, best city to have a baby according to what to expect, san francisco has topnotch hospitals, an abundance of mid wives and some of the best playgrounds for kids. in addition san francisco focuses on healthy eating and living compared to other places in that poll. >>> well, the love of the alabama crimson tide football team runs deep in this family, the steele family. so deep that the name their -- they named their newborn son crimson tide. the couple says they thought of the name as soon as they found out they were having a boy. they received final approval from crimson's older brothers, named trenton and dawson. didn't take long before the name choice was the hot topic on social media, also appeared on websites and news stories across the country. crimson's parents have tried to brush off the talk. >> a lot of people

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the products are safe. >>> looking for a new motorcycle in there is one for sale but you have to go to vatican city. pope francis added his signature to his harley and put it up for auction in paris next month with pres to the catholic church. the pope was given this as a gift, and he is auctioning off the leather motorcycle jacket. he drive as ford focus in favor of the popemobile. >> san francisco police procedures are unscrutiny this morning after an explosive device left the small store damaged. next at 5:00, why police say they did not do anything wrong. >> governor brown will issue an emergency declaration to deal with the looming drought. >> a major milestone for caltrain and a big thank you to to thsuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. [ man ] yo buzz! drop that beat! remix! ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ ♪ you got that medley crun

. >>> >> pope francis held the first mass of 2014 a few hours ago at st. peter's in vatican city. he spoke of strength, courage, and hope and says there is hunger and thirst for justice, peace, and god in the world. the catholic church usually promotes world peace on january 1. >> >> north korean leader kim jong-un is publicly addressing for the first time the execution of his once power will uncle and mentor. the north korean leader made the comments today in the annual message from pyongyang boasting of a new internal strength for 2014 because of the elimination of "factionalist filth." he had his uncle executed and warned to war broke out it could end in a nuclear confrontation. >> >> foam first lady barbara bush is going the if you year in a hospital after coming down with a respiratory illness. the office of her husband, former president george bush said she is in great spirits and getting fantastic care. that statement also section that mrs. bush has been visited by her husband and family at a hospital in houston. >>> the new year is bringing minimum wage workers in two bay a

the city coffers are in do. we can't cope with these costs. they should wait for better times for the economy. >> spain's economic crisis has left one in four people out of work. the vatican is under tough scrutiny by u.n. committee on children's rights. the catholic church has been slammed over allegations of child sex abuse by priests and inadequate response from church officials. pope francis has said dealing with abuse is vital for the church's credibility, the members of the holy see cap diplomatic entity beans as the cases of the responsibility of the country's where the abuse takes place. more on that story. has promised to tackle child sex abuse within the catholic church had on. now the vatican is gearing up for a grilling. for the first time, answering to the u.n. committee on the rights of the child. the holy see delegation is in geneva to defend itself against allegations the church enable the rate of thousands of children by protecting pedophile priests. news that was welcomed by abuse victims. >> i think it is time for the church to stop this secrecy. the church puts its reputation before the victims, the pain of the abuse that we carry. that is why was so e

. >> sharon died saturday at the age of 85 after being in a coma for eight years. >>> today in vatican citype francis delivered his first state of the world address. he mostly talked about the middle east, calling for an end to the conflict in syria and for the first time publicly he sternly spoke out against abortion. the romeable catholic church has criticized the church in recent months for not forcefully addressing the issue in some of his past interviews. >>> today, survivors of the costa concordia are marcking the second -- marking the second anniversary of the deadly grounding. the crew capsized after hitting a reef killing 32 people on board. the ship's captain is facing manslaughter charges accused of causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship before everyone was evacuated. this morning in the courtroom, survivors and judges marked the day with a moment of silence. in june, the wrecked ship is expected to be removed from the port. >>> four years after a devastating earthquake in haiti, haiti says it's making a comeback. the magnitude 7.0 quake hit followed by aftershocks. there was

the white house announced a trip, the president will be traveling to europe in march where he will meet with pope francis in vatican citysex abuse files on 30 chicago priests were released today by lawyers for some of the victims. the lawyers say the documents show the archdiocese in chicago covered up abuse for decades. they have acknowledged the documents and apologized to victims saying none of the priests currently serving have been involved in any of these cases. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the allstate safe driving bonus check. rock beats scissors! [ chuckles ] wife beats rock. and with two checks a year, everyone wins. [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-906-8500 now. [ dennis ] zach really loves his new camera. problem is...this isn't zach. it's a friend of a friend who was at zach's party and stole his camera. but zach's got it covered... with allstate renters insurance. [ female announcer ] protect your valuables for as low as $4 a month when you add renters insurance to your allstate auto policy

city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. vatican officials faced questions from a un committee over how the catholic church has handled clergy who abuse children. they denied allegations that the church protected pedophile priests. >>> the syrian coalition has released a statement saying they find it, quoted, impossible to participate in the peace talks scheduled next weeks geneva. >>> tomorrow president obama will unveil new guidelines for federal agencies involved in intelligence gathering. the new rules have been in the works since ed begley jr. first began leaking details of the nsa spying. three men have been charged with starting the fire outside of los angeles. the campfire sparked the flame. and destroyed at least two homes. >>> president obama met with dozens of college leaders today trying to make sure that low-income students have an equal shot on makes it through college once they get there. "real money" is next. >>> hard times for some of the biggest names in retail casting some doubt on america's economic recovery, i'll tell you why you may be the most important piece of this puzzle. plus the best companies in

city takes the day off to go fly a kite. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines today. the vaticaneing forced to deal with the issue of child sex abuse in the catholic church this week. the report shows how widespread the problem is worldwide. tomorrow the vatican sits down with the united nations to discussion the situation. >>> tomorrow the senate is expected to vote on the bill by the end of the week. >>> there is a burst of color in the skies over india today. the festival attracts people from all over the world. >> reporter: the night before the big day, it's a festive atmosphere, for this festival the kite market is open all day and all night long. by morning it's easy to see why. most households stop work to celebrate the kite-flying tradition. >> translator: i have quality today and i woke up a need to fly kites all day. it's a lot of fun. >> translator: compared to the past, we now have music systems and better kites and strings. so it's more fun. we bring snacks and fly kites all day. >> reporter: they fill the sky. it seems the whole city lives on the roof tops today. it

the vatican. >> i'm morgan radford live from new york city. ahead - why one u.s. city is struggling with homelessness despite an economic comeback. first a look at temperatures across the nation. surprisingly enough, we'll see warming temperatures moving up the east coastline. a cold front slicing through the country and behind the front it's colder, single digits. ahead of it 50 degrees. 34 in atlanta. with the warmer air we'll see rain instead of snow in places like new york city. let's go to st. louis. it's been on the lighter side for the last few hours, but we upped the amounts here. now we see more than a foot in places. any plans on getting out early, watch out the snow flakes are flying. it looks nice. visibility on the low side. >> temperatures at seven. 28 in new york. expect 40s to show up. it looks like we'll keep it warm in the southern areas of florida in the south-east. >> the number of homeless families in cities across the u.s. is on the rise. that's according to a new study. topping the list, nashville tennessee. nashville's jonathan martin takes

the vatican. pope francis a auctioning off two harley davidsons for charity. the pontiff was given motorcycle's last year when the company celebrated its anniversary by sending a gang of hell's angels to the holy city. pope francis gladly accepted them at the time along with a leather biker jacket of course. now he is signing and selling them all to help a local soup kitchen, each bike is valued at 20,000 bucks. what. >>> over to nambia where right to hunt endangered black rhino was auctioned off for $350,000? the shoot to kill permit allows a visitor to kill and hunt down a old non-breeding rhine know. this is fiercely criticized by animal rights groups. i bet. the money will be used to save conservation of species home to the a third of the world's black rhinos. 3 of only 5,000 left in the wild. >>> landing in china a local company wants to help future parents take the em-- pick the embryos of their children by picking once that would be most successful in life. a chinese firm says most of what determines i.q. could be inherited. they're trying to isolate the jean that makes -- gene that makes children smarter than average. they have thousands of dna samples from adults hoping for a clever kid. g

. >> the city of san francisco and its fire department have declined comment citing pending litigation, but at the time of the crash, the fire chief apologized for the accident. >>> vatican officials for the first time are being questioned at length today about child sex abuse in the church. the united committee in geneva will meet with the top sex crimes prosecutor to determine what the church did and did not do when officials became aware of so-called pedophile priests. in written testimony submitted last month, the vatican argued it is not responsible for the individual actions of every priest around the world. >>> egypt this morning appears on its way to a new constitution. voing is now over and it appears most egyptians said yes to a new charter and a new start for the country's experiment with democracy. reza sayah's live in cairo with the latest. what can you tell us, reza? >> reporter: christine, the official vote count not in yet, but according to state media, 98% of egyptians voted yes on the constitution, 2% voted no, and that's really no surprise. even before this referendum, it was widely believed that this charter was going to pass. the bigger question, vot

the vatican. coming on the heels of his love scandal. the french press does not hold back. >> good morning and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, live from new york cityup next - the french president makes a special trip to the vatican. first, the cold weather continues to hang around. our meteorologist eboni deon is here to tell us about it. >> we have a little bit of a break from the snow. it looks like we are going to see the next clipper system move in, as it does, it will bring the snow back into the north-east along with very gusty winds and that is going to plo the snow around. that's what we are dealing with in places such as buffalo and new york. travel will be difficult, especially early on across our interior sections of new york. that is where the snow is coming down. we have a number of advisories in place. a winter storm warning. watch out for the snow. it will be heavy at times. with the wind blowing and whipping it around, it will drive visibility down further. that's clipper system number one, snow showers into the dakotas. back into the chicago area. at least close by. that's what we could see. >> all right this morning winds have be

the vatican today. the pope delivered a message of world peace. he is urging catholics to follow an itinerary of faith. >>> for the first time in 12 years new york city has a new mayor. bill deblasio was sworn in after midnight as new york city's 109th mayor. he suceeds michael bloomberg. the ceremony will take place today administered by bill clinton. >>> now taking a look at the forecast and frigid weather continues here in the country. highs are 25 to 35 degrees below normal. wind chills may drop to 10 below or 30 degrees below zero in some areas. a clipper system will bring showers to the midwest. now, here's your forecast. >>> good wednesday morning. take a look at this sky. not a bad way to kick off 2014. we're looking really good for temperatures to climb into the 60s and even some 70s in the east bay. 67 in the south bay. san francisco, 66. although it is a spare the air day, you can still hit the beach comfortably. want to remind you, if you want to jump in the water, polar bear starts at 10:00 a.m. it is going to be cold out there at aquatic park. >>> it is 7:06. let's send it back to matt. >> all right, peter, thank you very much. now a lo

city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. president obama announced changes to the nation's security programs. but it may not be enough. >>> information from the vatican thavatican. and we have a shooting in pennsylvania. we'll have the latest on the gunmen and the victims. >> changes are come together national security agency and the

city politics and money made. >> two retailers will be licensed. they don't know if they'll get a licence and fhe business. >> now to the vatican. how is this for a pope mobile. it is pope francises custom maid harley davidson super glide bicycle. it was given as a gift. it will go to the highest bidder. the pope will auction the harley off next month, with the proceeds going to charity. >> the price tag for the bike is 20,000. the pope put his signature on the bike tank. >> coming up - almost extinct and now a rare lily may be lost forever. plus, to jackie. the condolence letters after the death of president kennedy. 50 years later they are being released. >> in indonesia more than 25,000 fled their homes following a series of violent volcano eruptions. mount sinabung has been dormant but is now at the highest level of alert. indonesia lies with 130 active volcanos. a rare plant may be closer to extinction. a miniature water lily has been stolen from a botanic garden in london. it has no common name, but the garden staff call it the pig ni rwandan lily. it's half an inch and the flower is barely larger than a fingernail. london

new york city i am tony harris with a look at today's top stories, more criticism for the catholic church over its handling of the priest sex abuse crisis. today a u.n. committee grilled vaticanicials over allegations these protected pedophile priests at the expense of victims. and they conceded the church needs to do more to deal with the scandal but denied accusations of a cover up. secretary of state john kerry your honors the syrian opposition today to join next week's peace conference in geneva. this after al jazerra obtained a leaked letter that says the syrian government has agreed to attend the upcoming talks. the goal is to install a transitional government to help end the country's war. president obama is meeting with more than 100 college university presidents today trying to make sure that low income students have an equal shot at getting for nba to college and succeeding once they get there. and police in california have charged three men with setting off a massive wildfire near los angeles. take a look at these live pictures. you can see the smoke there. this is the wildfire that's happening right now in glendora, california. investigators believe it started whe

the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare. >>> happy new year. here is what is happening in vatican city.ds gathered for pope francis telling followers that share a common destiny and urged followers ever were to search for peace. >>> james avery, best known for his role as uncle phil on fresh prince of bel air passed away following complications of open heart surgery. he was 68. now it's back to lock up. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> for some inmates at san antonio's bexar county jail, one day can roll into the next with very little change. but today in one of the low security dormitory units, the monotony will be broken. the special emergency response team floods in the door and orders all inmates to their bunks. >> all inmates facing the back wall. hands behind your back. bunks 41 to 48. get up and go out to the brickyard. single file. >> we search for contraband, drugs, weapons, anything that has been altered from its original form. anything that, they're not supposed to have in their possession. the inmates are directed to sit down in the dorm's

america live in new york city president obama announces changes to the nation's secret surveillance programs, but it may not be enough to please critics. new information from the vatican that pope benedict, xvi defrocked. 400 priests for molesting children. the family of an ohio inmate whose execution took an unusual long time, they say the procedure was cruel and unusual. >>> a drought emergency heightening fire dangers that are already forcing people to evacuate their homes. >>> as we begin this hour with breaking news, reports of a shooting at or near a school in north philadelphia. we are hearing that this happened at the delaware valley charter school, that apparently two people have been shot we will get additional information on this of course and update you as soon as we get that information. >>> president obama is ordering the national security agency to make changes to the electronic surveillance programs. speaking at the justice department, the president said he will emmed the massive phone records collection program as it currently exists. he also ordered the nsa to stop spying on friendly world leaders but the president didn't scrap the system entirely. w

city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. president obama announced changes to the nation's security programs. but it may not be enough. >>> information from the vatican thavatican. and we have a shooting in pennsylvania. we'll have the latest on the gunmen and the victims. >> changes are come together national security agency and the electronic surveillance progra programs. >> the changes come after a barrage of criticism followed months of revelations about the nsa's activities. >> we have a responsibility to our constitution, and while i was confident in the integrity of those who lead our security, it was apparent to me that there need to be changes to the safeguards currently in place. >> i got to tell you talking to people on the earlier program today that it's clear what the president announced today is not going to be enough to silence his critics. >> reporter: i think the one weathers are charitable reacting to it, including allies on capitol hill say it's a good first step. the president wants to complect that meta-data that has been so controversial. he just doesn't want the government to collect it or store it. he's suggesting a third part