in a sense, even though the american bishops have expressed their opposition to such matters, here in italy for instance, the national health service provides free abortions and free contraception. so this goes on in the pope's front yard. so there's not an awful lot he can do except voice his objections harding what goes on across the atlantic in the united states. >> all right. thanks so much for being with us. it was a very interesting picture to say the least. i also wonder if they talked about twitter. could have been made a big immakt on social media today. want to go to washington state now. they have reduced the number of people missing in the huge mudslide north of seattle. they reduced it now to 90. that's nearly half of what it was. as many as 24 people have died.