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The difficult is that even the word rohingya is not accepted by the government and military of myanmar, so many people are looking at this trip to see how firmly he will come out in favor, even in his language, for the plight of these refugees. now, he is having an important meeting tomorrow with awning un suu kyi. to that end, the pope has scheduled a meeting with the senior general of the myanmar military which the vatican has told us has been moved up to today about an hour and a half from no...

Dignity and their rights by the burmese army. and they fled en masse into bangladesh. its time now for the international community to recognize that these people deserve priority attention. theyve suffered far too long. and i think that if the pope would meet with them in bangladesh, that would be a good first step to bringing the recognition of the plight of the rohingya really into the forefront of international community concerns. >> and how significant is this papal visit to myanmar for that...

And delia, this is the thing, isnt it? so the papal visit to myanmar, of course, has brought all global attention to the situation and the plight of the rohingya people. the big question now is how likely is it that the pope will actually use the word rohingya, and will he apiece the military and the government there in myanmar. >> thats right, rosemary. as you said, its a bit complicated for the pope. hes coming into a situation where all eyes are on whats happening in myanmar. he has already u...

>> all right. cnns delia gallagher traveling with the pope there on his visit to myanmar. the first papal visit to that country. many thanks to you, delia. well, with me now from bangkok in thailand. she is the legal director at fortify rights. thank you so much for joining us. given the leader aung san suu kyi has been reduction important to talk about the plight of the rohingya people, why do you think she invited the pope to the country and how big a gamble this could be for her? >> thank y...

Referred to the plight of his brothers and sisters. the vatican has not commented on what language the pope will use on this visit. only to say that rohinga is not a forbidden word. he arrived in burma this morning in intense heat. his decision to travel to burma and bangladesh was made before the crisis start evidence in august. he wanted to visit the small catholic minorities in these countries. they are really happy to have him. catholics in burma make up just 1% of the population. the pope h...

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Kneeling for the anthem and now you cant celebrate thanksgiving? you celebrate unthanksgiving instead? >> songs, getting rid of statues. i think collin kaepernick is all over the place. i think this is mainly because he doesnt have a job. so now he is becoming this social justice warrior. i think this is a part of larger problem with liberals today is that they want to erase everything. have they forgot the true message about thanksgiving? >> trish: to give thanks. to give thanks. thank you very...