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♪ >> there were pranks. there were these incredible friendships. and it was our -- our senses of humor and our personalities that made it all, you know, nice. >> illegal bugging apparently was one aim of a team which broke into the democratic national headquarters in washington during the weekend, and the political backgrounds of the men charged in the case have kicked up a storm. barry serafin has the story. >> the watergate apartment hotel office complex in washington has a fortress-like app...

National headquarters in washington during the weekend, and the political backgrounds of the men charged in the case have kicked up a storm. barry serafin has the story. >> the watergate apartment hotel office complex in washington has a fortress-like appearance that is noted for its security. but the burglars penetrated that security to break into the sixth floor offices of the democratic national committee. material from files there was found in their possession. democratic spokesman called th...

Diverse. >> i think its clear the police department should reflect the community. in new york, new york has a minority majority police department in a city thats only two-thirds minority. in los angeles, the police department almost to a percentage reflected the population in that city. thats important because the minority community feel their interest, their concerns, their backgrounds, their cultures, their customs are appreciated and understood by the police department and if a proportional n...

Hear that sort of thing. being a lot more open and accepting. of people of all different backgrounds. i am definitely open to it. >> the book says it is an abomination. >> reporter: the pope also extending his hand to divorced catholics saying they can receive sacraments. and women saying theyre more important than bishops and priests. and for a church long beset by scandal, the tone of humility from pope francis is the latest sign that a new age may be dawning for the catholic church, an attemp...

In this church. >> reporter: pope francis opened a new era of compassion towards gays on monday saying priests shouldnt be judged or marginalized for their sexual orientation. as he flew back to rome after celebrating world youth day in brazil, the popes words in italian rippled around the world. [ speaking foreign language ] if someone is gay and he searches for the lord and has good will, whom am i to judge? those comments didnt change catholic doctrine but signaled an olive branch from the pe...

Too much. people rallied outside of speaker of the house john boehners house yesterday calling on him to pass comprehensive immigration reform to allow a path to citizenship. and now joining me is the congresswom congresswoman. 73% of the democrats said that the president is unlikely to pass it, and among republicans 69% said it is unlikely, and so do you think that the house is capable of passing a bill? >> the nation is changing and the world is changing. we are looking to the world in a pri...

Spotlight? >> yeah. >> when you look at her career a lot of her big deals she was dropped from a lot of her big deals. not all of them but a lot of them. what do you see in terms of career comeback? because there is that theory that some people really like a comeback story. >> she is going to come back because she has a value with the networks and i believe, i want to say one of the networks, maybe the food network, dont quote me, is already thinking about renewing her contract and bringing her ...

Its 50/50 on this time, michael, as you report this story for "time," im wondering, it seems like this guy has all kinds of problems. but new yorks got a problem. they dont have a great list of candidates. hes probably on par with some of the other candidates as far as backgrounds, but at least a sixth of new yorkers, as of late last night, theyre saying they can live with this guys. like joan, im not ready to write him off completely. if nothing else comes out, you only need to get 20%, 25% to ...

>> reporter: well, brooke, he led mass this morning. he really had a very positive message for young people. he told them, listen, catholics have to be optimistic. we are the face of the church. when people see us, they have to see what an optimistic church it is. but things could get a little more interesting now. hell be coming back to rio de janeiro this evening. hes going to a hospital for recovering drug addicts. and these are -- these are people who are down and out. these are going to be ...

By a broken marriage. william will be looking at his childhood and kate will be looking at her childhood, and you have two very different backgrounds coming together and its going to be a very interesting mix. >> he picked the quiet place of anglesey. hes fought against the media. they seem to be doing things differently here. this could be a different lifestyle because of the early influence, is that what youre saying? >> yes, i think its exactly right. the barriers have already been not necess...