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17, i was sexually molested by a choir teacher at my catholic high school. and by the end of two years i was pregnant and had an std. the worst part was school officials knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it. they knew he was abusing other girls and did nothing to stop it. and like many survivors from very conservativive catholic backgrounds, everyone blamed me. i must have done something and i was at fault. so in 2003 i was able to use californias civil window to civilly sue the dioce...

And they were saying a catholic president would try to sneak the pope into the united states. sure enough there you saw the doors open and to see the pope come in with the white vestments and walk down the center aisle of congress and people of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds standing up, applauding him. basically, he was speaking universal truths. speaking as the leader of the catholic church. really, espousing truths and beliefs and principles that should be shared by everyone. its just a ve...

And men in consecrated life and the faithful around the archdiocese and across the country i greet you in the love and peace of our lord jesus christ. your pastoral visit to the church in the united states, as our beloved chief shepard is a blessing for all of us. the church that welcomes your holiness embraces people from every continent and numerous ethnic and cultural backgrounds. we gather in worship and seek your call to become missionary disciples. you can see this church shows

Brings that from the smallest to the largest pieces of the world we live in, its all connected and you see him working the crowds like a happy politician whether children or elderly people. hes really a populist in style. >> i can tell you theyre absolutely loving him. shannon bream is with us from six feet away because thats what the technology allows and, shannon, its been such a joy to watch all day, hasnt it? >> it has and really seeing all week the anticipation building up here in washingto...

>> stay with me, lord stay close to me and a lot of hymns before mass, all are diverse and so many chapels inside there representing mary and all different cultural -- each -- many nations have nations have given cultures in the united states have contributed to the chapel. so grew go around theres argentina, chile, canada, all over the place, europe. you go around you really feel -- one thing thats great about today. i think pope francis will be the most comfortable in our country because its t...

The faithful from this archdiocese and across the country, i greet you in the love and peace of our lord jesus christ. your pastor visit to the church in the united states as our beloved chief sheppard is a blessing for all of us. [ applause ] >> the church that welcomes your holliness embraces people from every continent and numerous ethnic and cultural backgrounds. we gather in worship and seek to reflect your call to be missionary mission narcotic -- missionary desafe

Christianity. you have to go down past atheist to muslim. 40%. conservatives, the heart of the republican party, down to 30%. >> robert, which raises the question, are the other campa n campaigns happy we are having this conversation or saying we dont know how to handle this one? i mean, this is tricky, tricky stuff for a campaign. >> we saw the republican party after the 2012 election, the republican national committee put out an autopsy report saying that the party needs to do more to reach ou...

I would say theres this contest right now in the conservative movement and republican party as to what kind of a party does the republican party want to be? does it want to be identity politics for white people or stand for the principle of individual liberty is something that will make life better for people of all backgrounds and all income levels. the people making that latter case will attract not only my support but the support of most americans. >> and who are those candidates you saw that...

Im a storyteller, entertainer. she has these incredibly diverse casts is about good story and the characters when they are black allowed to own their blackness but arent solely defined by that. the fact there are so many people from different backgrounds means no one of themp has to stand in as the representation. you can have olivia be this complex and her father are a supervillain and cookie dress the way she does but also be the heroine of the show. you can do all of that when you have divers...

And out ssider like you. he and carly fiorina going back and forth on their business experience, does that matter? >> no, it does not. that was how cnn was sort of orchestrating it. people can read about their backgrounds by going to their websi websites. i would have preferred more questions about what would you replace the tax code with? how would you get control of our spiralling national debt. how much would you rebuild our military? substantive things. too much of it was spent, with that ma...