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Of shock and tragedy to ask. pope francis has addressed thousands of roman catholic worshippers at a football stadium in the cypriot city of nicosia. its the second day of the popes trip to the divided island. his visit has focused heavily on the plight of migrants. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen reports. to the worlds last divided capital came a preacher of unity. pope francis on the 35th trip of his papacy held mass in the cypriate capital split between its turkish and greek community for a...

Offshore on a cargo ship couldnt get it onto the mainland. had you to give me one. harris, is there anything less reassuring than postponing a speech that was supposed to reassure the american people? and the president has a real problem here when it comes to his handling of the economy. as you said, the poll numbers are horrible. but bigger than the polls is the indifference they are showing to the plight of every day americans. if you remember back the fourth of july jen psaki said you are in ...

Nationals that did end up drowning in that horrific incident that cyril was just reporting on, it really is about the economy. but that can seem like a fairly desensitizing way to put it when we talk about the economic plight of a population. to further sort of explain it, what this actually means is that families that used to be able to feed, clothe, educate their children can no longer do so in iraqi kurdistan. and remember, this is a part of iraq that was thriving. it used to be promoted as t...

Theyre just -- the migrants know that this is a route that is successful, so they will send many boats at the same time in the knowledge that some will be prevented from leaving by law enforcement, but others will make it across, and thus the trade continues. >> try and try again. all right, cyril vanier, thank you so much for showing us whats happening near calais. all this hardship for men, women and children mostly kurds trying to flee northern iraq, many of these desperate migrants originate...

Them off. the smugglers, by the way, they dont risk their lives. they just send the migrants. thats the story. thats what we know. and this is whats happening right along this 200 kilometer stretch of french coast line. >> cyril, amazing. thank you for that reporting. you say we wouldnt put our children on that boat. imagine the desperation what youre leaving and what youre trying to get to to actually take that risk to put your family on one of those boats. just remarkable about the plight of s...

Tomorrow and this pandemic. most of us werent aware of where it was or how big it was going to be as it was developing in china, i got my booster yesterday. i feel good this morning. we got boosters available. the booster is wherever you want to get it. there is a pill on the horizon, perhaps. public health experts, doctors, hospital administrators, how are they feeling about where we are right now? >> im concerned. we lock to be going into yet another surge. ive been thinking a lot about the pl...

Of us thought this person coming in was a clown. then preserve our sanity, just as you said, we retreated. we stopped reading the news. it was just too depressing. then when we looked up again, it was too late to affect any change. that could be true of any country that slides towards illiberalism, when those who are the most progressive just, again, throw up their arms and say, its just a mess. im not going to stay engaged because it is too depressing. >> after the 2016 election, a turkish jour...

Attention to our plight related to protecting voting rights, and im someone who really cares. now, again, questions will be asked, well, arent you concerned about your health? about yourself? and ill tell you what my response to that is. i have four children, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild. i am more concerned about whats going to happen to them and our country. and this is not business as usual. it simply is not business as usual. >> joe madison, again, giant of modern american ta...

Claire lee. ? claire lee. earlier this hour we showed yalda hakims report on the plight of afghans struggling with what she described as a humanitarian catastrophe. all day we are bring special coverage from afghanistan marking the one hundredth day since the taliban swept to power there. in her earlier report we saw some of yaldas interview with the talibans spokesman, suhail shaheen. well listen now to some more of that interview where yalda asks when it will be that all women and girls will b...

As well as limiting girls�* education, the plight of working women has also been an issue. this is the experience of a female university teacher — who is remaining anonymous for her own safety. ifi if i compare my life, it is not only a comparison of my life but of the entire _ a comparison of my life but of the entire society in afghanistan in this current regime is obviously a catastrophic situation, and a condition— catastrophic situation, and a condition that no one had ever even dream...