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A human rights campaigner, he says chinas human rights crack down is worse under the current president. >> there are many law-abiding citizens fighting for authorities. the authorities are afraid of more people like that coming out and taking a stand against the government. >> reporter: thats what rights groups say happened in july when police arrested or detained nearly 150 lawyers, activists then a their families. why? >> because lawyers are doing more to defend peeps rights, a lot of victims ...

Conflicts ive witnessed where u.n. officials have been there. particularly in iraq. sergio -- one of the most brilliant of u.n. officials who was killed by al qaeda terrorists who blew up a mission. and he said we worry about the future of our planet and what kind of world were going to leave behind. >> that will be a huge part of the speech before the assembly. delia gallagher is with us. this is only the fifth time a pope has addressed the united nations. one pope did it twice. in 70 years. th...

Nobody ever heard of. victims, 49 people shot, eight died. and the president, his own hometown. not a peep. why? >> sean, the numbers are staggering if you think about it. violence in the city of chicago is an epidemic. if eight people died and 46 were injured when a tornado would sweep through, a state of emergency would be declared and the national guard called out for this. in this instance, all we get from rahm emmanuel is a shoulder shrug. and from the president of the united states, the sa...

Nobody ever heard of. victims, 49 people shot, eight died. and the president, his own hometown. not a peep. why? >> sean, the numbers are staggering if you think about it. violence in the city of chicago is an epidemic. if eight people died and 46 were injured when a tornado would sweep through, a state of emergency would be declared and the national guard called out for this. in this instance, all we get from rahm emmanuel is a shoulder shrug. and from the president of the united states, the sa...

Calling in this life. you see now the motorcade is slowly approaching. the crowd is getting more and more excited. there are, i would venture to say, a few hundred that have lined up on the fence. we are -- do not know whether or not pope francis will in fact get out and greet these individuals on the fence. but i would suspect, if its any indication of what hes done at the vatican embassy and done this entire trip, hes the peeps poem but he will say hello, especially because so many of the kids...

Decision. but ted cruz loved that decision. ted cruz was working for the bush campaign in 2000 when the supreme court in effect decided who would be the next president of the united states. not a peep out of ted cruz then about that decision being issued by five unelected lawyers, including ted cruzs former boss, who then, of course, had the honor of swearing in the new president. >> i george walker bush do solemnly swear. >> i, george walker bush, do solemn my swear. >> that i will faithfully e...

Crew ever allowed inside. >> upon entering the facility, what i noted most was the fact that i could not see any inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window. even in the super maxes. they have these little peep holes the officers will look in before they opened up. that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the door, there were bars. it was a two-tiered system that i hadnt seen before. the security door unlocked and then you have to unlock the bars themselves, as we...

Justice. the other part is when there are cases that actually make it under the statute of limitations, hes actually permitting them to engage in hard ball tactics. invoking every religious theory that was ever concocted to avoid having to participate in a lawsuit. >> do you think that comes from the vatican? >> im not sure that the vatican is fully aware of it. i think it came from pope benedict. but pope francis has not changed at all the way the bishops operate. i havent seen an iota of chang...

>> i want to give you a chance to respond. >> jeffrey sonnenfeld is a well-known clintonite and honestly had it out for me from the moment i arrived at hewlett-packard. >> small fact check. before i welcome that well-known clintonite. jeffrey sonnenfeld is not the head of yale business school. at least not yet. hes senior dean at the school of management. he did write the article calling carly fiorina as a boss the disappointing truth. joining me from connecticut. professor sonnenfeld, lets deal...

But pope francis has not changed at all wait in which these bishops operate. i havent seen an iota of change in the united states. >> are there any plans, as far as you know now for pope francis to sit down with victims of abuse while in the united states this coming week? >> not a peep. no one has heard anything. he is meeting with the family of a fallen police officer which is a wonderful thing for them but for the victims, so far, they feel as though theyre being completely ignored. >> marcy,...