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The plight of the people in the country beginning to cause increasing international concerns. 100,000 people forced from their homes from the fighting. more than 500 killed. 300 of them civilians. we have heard from the iranian president talking about what secretary kerry had to say. talking about the yemeni foreign minister had to say. the iranian president said there should be talks and an end to fighting to protect the citizens. however, what he also said is the future of the yemeni people sh...

People should get around the peace table and begin talks to protect and save the plight of yemenis. over 300 of the 500 civilians have been killed. what he is also saying and this is where it starts to get difficult. he is saying the future of yemen should be decided by the yemeni people. that is a clear strike of saudi arabia because saudi arabia is leading the coalition to rid the country of the houthis or bring them to the negotiating table. iran sees saudi arabia as meddling in yemen. saudi ...

Christians, i get concerned. but thats a topic for another day. >> one might assume the president was making a reference to the fight over indianas religious freedom law. but the white house later refused to comment on the presidents meaning. nevertheless, his remarks come as christians are increasingly being targeted by terrorists worldwide. remember, it was just last week that more than 140 people died at the hands of islamic terrorists at a university in kenya. witnesses say the killers speci...

Tahmooressi because she has proven influential. think about it her marine son was locked up in mexico in a hopeless situation and by her shear determination her influence, she got the attention of the entire world with. she got mexicos attention big time. she got the media she inspired me to go to the california and mexico border and reenact that accidental drive into mexico. she sat outside that prison in the hot sun. she never gave up. she got more than 100,000 people to sign a petition to the...

Room-to-room looking for those who are christians and killing them on the spot. we see the situation in iraq where thousands of christians who lived in that area since almost immediately after the birth of christianity feel that they now must leave. they are driven out of their homes and seeking refuge elsewhere given that isis is pushing them out of their hometown. very somber occasion this easter, given the plight of christians in so many parts of the world at the moment. isa? >> ben for us in...

Their faith before our eyes. not a day, necessarily of celebration, but contemplation about the plight of christians in africa and the middle east. isa? >> yeah, this is the holiest week for christians around the world. give us an idea a sense of what to expect for today. >> reporter: well, what we have at the moment, of course, in st. peters square is the mass thats going on. it will culminate with the address to the city and the world. traditional blessing that the pope gives on easter sunday....

From the dead three days after he was crucified. you are looking at live images there. we want to turn to ben. its incredible looking at the pictures. earlier, it was raining. now, it has stopped. people are waiting to hear the popes message today. >> reporter: thats right. this is one of the height of the christian calendar here in rome. of course, they are waiting for his address, thats the address to the city and the world. now, we understand that some of the themes hell be touching on, of co...

Recorder. first. a live look now. the colosseum in rome, where pope francis is leading the traditional friday way of the cross. a torchlight progression that recontracts the biblical march of jesus as he carried a cross to his own cruise -- crucifixion. today at the vatican the pope led a good friday service and listened while one priest spoke about the modern persecution of christians, all of this a day after investigators say terrorists massacred 147 people in kenya and singled out christians ...

Pray for ted kennedy. the point is we can fight on almost everything or we can come together on some things. and those some things can mean everything to a whole lot of people. those common ground that led ted and orrin to forge a compromise that covered millions of kids with health care. it is common ground rooted in the plight of loved ones that let ted and chuck glass lee cover kids with disability and fight for equal rights for americans with a mental illness. common ground. not rooted in ab...

The point is, we can fight on almost everything. but we can come together on some things. and those some things can mean everything to a whole lot of people. it was common ground that led ted and orrin to forge a compromise that covered millions of kids with health care. it was common ground rooted in the plight of loved ones that led ted and chuck grassley to cover kids with disabilities. it led ted and pete to fight for equal rights for americans with a mental illness. common ground. not roote...