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Insurance companies for abuses of consumers. here the case is clearly, you know between the governor and i, as you know she is the former attorney general with my immediate predecessor. we view this differently from our approach to constitutional law. for me, and for the lawyers im joined me, it is pretty clear that this is a dramatic reach, dramatic overstep compared to what congress has done before. >> greta: now, you are running for governor in a highly contested race. you are about to hop on...

>> the obama administration is committing a lot of abuses with the public money . this is just one example. >> professor is the answer to cut all of these government salaries now? >> i think the answer is to tabe performance expectations that are more consistent with the private sector and have them work the same others can work . bring compensation in line. secretaris and plumbers and things like there is a trade off between job security and pay. some of them dont earn as much as the private se...

The strident words stood out from the mae culpas across europe. a special prayer was made for abuse victims. in vatican city faithful waited in long lines to attend a service but even--long catholics express frustration for the pope. >> i think the pope could be more reactive and send a stronger message about how the church can make retributions for the abuses that happened. ♪ >> reporter: outside of washington, d.c.s cathedral, a small group of protesters kept what they called a vigil of sorr...

It wastes money and paying $400 for a toilet seat. 1.1 trillion went toward the pay and benefits to pay these public government workers because their benefits packages are very sweet. >> they have health care most of us would envy and many of them retire in the 50s and it is a sweet there. it is the booty system. win a election and a great government job. worst abuses are at the top. folks who work in a campaign and get one of these positions that are not quite politicalal but a layer below. sin...

Frustrations with pope. >> i think the pope could be more proactive and send a stronger message about how the church can make retribution for the abuses that have happened. ♪ >> reporter: outside washington, d.c.s cathedral a small group of protestors kept what they called a vigil of sorrows. >> we thank you, jesus. >> reporter: the burden of the scandal carried by rank and file priests. >> the worst crisis -- >> reporter: the father writing a book in rome says the crisis takes a serious toll ...

Iceberg. so, two more quick questions. any critics out there to this hotline? anyone think this is a bad idea? >> there are a lot of people that think this is a bad idea. a lot of people are saying that people should not call this hotline. one of those organizations is called snap, a victims rights organization from the u.s. thats even issued a press statement urging people not to call this hotline. they believe that what the church is trying to do with this hotline is trying to cover up the abu...

Blaming the messenger for "the new york times" reporting on the vatican and sex scandal. the vatican said its distinguish sent by any reasonable standards of fairness and praising pope benedicts investigation of the abuses. the cardinal took particular offense about an article about a wisconsin priest who abused 200 deaf boys sexually, including in the confessional. the wisconsin case, also the subject of a disturbing comment by bill donohue, head of the catholic league for religious and civil r...

Hotline itself. it is anonymous, to basically report themselves and say that they have things like pedophiliac thoughts. apparently, there have been a flood of calls. the church says that they were going to get about 160 to 200 calls for all of germany. they say, so far, they have gotten more than 4,000 calls to that hotline. they say the hotline is swamped. they say they cant keep up. at some stages, the hotline broke down and they said that people were reporting alleged abuses that hadnt been ...

Cardinal ratzinger and -- a couple of prior jobs, he was overseeing the wisconsin diocese where the abuses were taking place. but whether he knew direct will he -- thats open for debate. >> it really isnt unless we take the assumption the "new york times" is engaging in a coverup with the vatican. if the "new york times" doesnt have evidence, as they freely admit now, that cardinal ratzinger, now the pope, even knew about the cases in wisconsin and if the guy who was the judge for the thomas bru...

Have you believe that anyone who has any question about some of the proposals they have and wants to make them work better is opposed to reform. and thats really taking this debate and shading it in a direction that is not going to get something done. if the obama administration is serious about getting it done, they should take some of the legitimate criticism about the proposal they put up last year and work with republicans and others to come up with a bipartisan solution that will really wor...