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Chaplain. patrick conroy has been the chambers prayer leader and spirit cual counselor for some years now. he doesnt know why hes being fired. has he addressed this? >> reporter: he has, john, and he had to really defend himself over that controversial decision to fire the house chaplain. two sources tell me during a closed door meeting with the caucus this morning, paul ryan was directly confronted by two republicans in that meeting asking why it happened, asking for a full explanation of why h...

You know he would inspire your congregation, which gives you a sense, i think, of the importance of sermons and ministry -- in the ministry of ministers across the world. and i sometimes -- it sometimes occurs to me his ministry and his success might be a lesson to countless ministers who may be so busy with their pastoral duties sometimes they dont have enough time and energy to spend on their sermons. he preached great sermons and made a difference to so many people. >> sandra: some things tha...

Mentioned. lying in state is offered for the political individuals who have been treated with this honor. billy graham is a private citizen. >> sandra: after the ceremony members of the public will be able to file through the capitol visitors center to pay their respects to graham. that will be happening in the afternoon and into the early evening. about the ceremony that is about to take place, it will feature a military and uscp honor guard. theyll be on hand and are inside the capitol. how ch...

Effort, especially with leadership like yours, bob. a senate leader needs all the tools. effective law making methodical or painstaking process. you have to be a father, a confessor, all of those. bob, youre every one of those. as a leader, you were a catalyst, a straight talker. he had one of the best senses of humor of any senator ive served with. like pat, i could probably not repeat some of the comments he had. i remember when he and george mitchell, the democratic leader met every day to ch...

Make america great again. he told his followers all we have to do is make him president and he has been right in that all he has to do to make america great again is to simply start calling america great again. america has been the greatest country on earth by any measure that donald trump and his followers care about but donald trump refused to call it great. now he is in charge of fixing the things he says are wrong with america, you can be sure he will start to call america great again, espec...

And hes been right about that in that all he has to do to make america great again in the eyes of his followers is to simply start calling america great again. america has been the greatest country on earth by every measure that donald trump and his followers actually care about. but donald trump has simply refused to call it great. now that donald trump is in charge of fixing all the things that he says are wrong with america you can be sure that he will soon start calling america great again. ...

Wants to offer. >> all right. father, well take a short break here. ill ask you not to go too far away and well speak with you again. which i look forward to. poverty is a major concern of pope francis but how can his plea for help make a difference? >> god is living in our cities. the church is living in our cities. this bale of hay cannot be controlled. when a wildfire raged through elkhorn ranch, the sudden loss of pasture became a serious problem for a family business. faced with horses th...

A catholics worldwide addresses the joint session of the u.s. congress. >> mr. speaker! the pope of the holy see. >> joining me now is father patrick conroy, chaplain of the u.s. house of representatives. welcome, father, nice to have you here. im very curious what thursdays address meant to you personally. not only are you the house cap chaplain, but a fellow jesuit and an american citizen. what did this mean to you? >> well, thats a big question. one of things that so great i think about the u...

Heart. so anyway, wonderful to speak with you, father patrick conroy. >> thank you. lets get some more on the popes overall visit. we bring in father kevin obrien, the chaplain resident at georgetown university. welcome to you. what have your impressions been of the visit? >> yeah, good morning, alex. i have been struck how this visit has affected so many people. i have been here in d.c. and then i was in new york the last couple of days as well, and everyone seems to be talking about the pope...

Struck me in the speech he gave to the u.n. yesterday is that he used the word exclusion over ten times and the negative exclusion. the idea of negative. the one thing he wants no one to feel is excluded, so i think in his schedule he keeps trying to build time to make people feel included. >> joining us also from washington, again, from georgetown university, father kevin obrien. hes the chaplain in residence there. father obrien, to elizabeths point there, this pope must be very aware of his s...