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And he was a peacemaker for new york. police officers are called peace officers. because that is what they do. they keep the peace. they help make a place that otherwise would be torn with strife a place of peace. officer ramos put his life on the line every day so other new yorkers could live in piece. so they could live in safety. that is what he believed in. his life was tragically cut short. but his memory will live on in the hearts of his family, his congregation. his brothers and sisters o...

Landmark trip to the middle east, touching a wall that divides israel and the palestinian territories. he played peacemaker in an historic deal between the u.s. and cuba. >> i want to thank the holy pope francis. >> reporter: last year he shook the church with a few simple words. who am i to judge when asked about gay priests. this year he hosted a church meeting to discuss more welcoming stance against gays and divorce. he thinks its a sign of the openness that can lead to making the right deci...

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Its a very big night for pope francis, topping i think what you could call an amazing year. thousands of people will gather at st. peters square in vatican ci city. the plan is they will hear the popes christmas message live right there with him in front of them. and this is a pope who both excited and shook up catholics all year long with some pretty bold and brave moves. he inserted himself into the palestinian/israeli conflict during a landmark trip to the middle east. he was a peacemaker bet...

Happens in small steps, but this year, francis has made some pretty bold moves. he inserted himself into the israeli-palestinian conflict during a landmark trip to the middle east, touching a wall that divides israel and the palestinian territories and bringing their leaders together for prayer back at the vatican. he played peacemaker in a historic deal to open relations between the u.s. and cuba. >> i want to thank his holiness francis whose moral example shows us pursuing the world as it shou...

>> have you spoken, talked to malachi about police before? >> no. but he sees what goes on in the media. and malachi, he says, when i ask him how he feels about his brothers death, he says it makes me hate police officers for what they did to my brother. >> i want you to listen to what commissioner bratton said after your son died. then well talk about it. >> okay. >> it appears that this may have in fact been an accidental discharge. the deceased was, if you will, not engaged in any activity ot...

Im too -- harassing me. it end today. >> the history of the officers. i dont know the history of the officers. that was his work location, so to speak. thats huh ow he made his livin. selling loose cigarettes. people can condemn that. a lot of people are forced to make a living on the underground economy. thats how he did it. he was married 27 years. he supports, supported a lot of children he has the grandchildren. he was you, know working hard at what he did. he was considered a -- a peacemake...

On sunday. the church is mobbed and he is considered by many a leader in the african-american community. >> but is he considered a peacemaker? >> hes a race baiter. you look at his history. you look atty what -- look at tijuana brawlly. you look at the fact that he owes millions on his taxes. >> how do you get away with that? i get a letter every week to pay $72. >> how do you get away with saying the fight is not over when youre in the white house, on the back of the president saying we should ...

Are dealt with, im not refuting that. i dont think we should take this economic issue -- the european shouldnt need this in order for their own self-interests to do this. this is part of the problem, by the way, some of the americans encourage the criticism by obama. western europe has hidden behind america and, to some extent, they want to eat it, too. they want obama to be the leader of the world but then get economic business to do that. they say were equal partners in this and you have as mu...

It wont stop. >> putin seeming less than contrite. he said that ukraine stoked the violence that led to the crash. "i would like to point out in this regard, this tragedy would not have occurred if there was peace in that land. hostilities have not resumed in the southeast of ukraine. a without question, the state over whose territory this took place, bears responsibility for this awful tragedy." >> do the people of russia agree with that statement? >> putin has been playing double games since t...