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Americas future. >> reporter: but a key moderate democratic is urging his party not to rush it through. >> hit the pause button. lets sit back. lets see what happens. >> reporter: and this jobs report comes as federal unemployment benefits for about 7.5 million americans are set to expire next week. the president is pushing for an extension, but today called on states to do whatever they can to help those out of work. norah. >> odonnell: ed okeefe, thank you. well, a former catholic archbishop o...

Bishops took on the issue of cut accountability. chicagos archbishop outlined the principles of how the church should hose abusers responsible first and foremost, the church should be a loving and caring mother. in the end, he admitted rules are only words on paper if they are not taken seriously. >> sadly many of our people, not just those abused or parents of those abused, but the faithful at large, are wondering if we can with the leaders of the church, fully understand the sacred bond. >> at...

>> we cannot pretend were all in a calm dialogue when the church and the world are, in fact, in a crisis at the moment. >> reporter: the crisis began in august with the pennsylvania grand jury report revealing 300 predator priests and over 1,000 victims. then the scandal as ex-cardinal theodore mccaric with a long history of abusing seminarians and at least one minor, and alleging the pope knew about mccarricks abuses. many say the sex abuse crisis will be the elephant in the room of every meeti...

Abuse perpetrated by ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick and several states now launching investigations. the bishops did not speak to the press afterwards but dinardo issued a statement saying in part, we shared with pope francis our situation in the united states and how the body of christ is lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse. not connected to the meeting today, the pope accepted the resignation of bishop michael brassfield of west virginia who was now under investigation on allegations of a lo...

Maria vigano sent 11 page letter accusing pope francis of not only turning a blind eye to sexual abuse allegations against the ex-cardinal but also rehabilitating him from sanctions that pope benedict had imposed for the pope said he would not confirm or deny the accusations. a response that some believe is lackluster. >> i think the pope made a mistake. i think he was correct in telling the reporters, look at the document, analyze it. try to fact check it. because frankie, if the document had b...

And its going to be all right. >> reporter: amid the tragedy, theres also stories of heroes. about a block away, where some firefighters who were doing a routine practice on what happens when people get stuck in an elevator. they didnt get any calls on their radio. they didnt get any 911 calls. they simply heard the commotion, ran over, no bulletproof vests, no protection. they went in as people were streaming out and immediately started working on the wounded. one of the witnesses said he saw s...

Top vatican official, calling on the pope to step down. he alleges the pope knew for years about sex abuse allegations against his ex-cardinal but covered it up. in a letter, the archbishop said, corruption has reached the top of the hierarchy. rewrites, its not dissimilar from the one that prevails in the mafia is prevalent. asking the pope to set a good example and resign. bill neely is joining me from vatican city. the pope not saying much about this, right? >> reporter: absolutely not, halli...