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Fought for his freedom. >> its unacceptable for an american to be thrown in prison for preaching his christian faith. >> statements calling for his release have come from secretary of state john kerry and the white house says president obama even took up the case in a phone call with the iranian president rouhani earlier this fall. but instead of progress, the pastors plight seems to be getting worse. earlier this month, the family learned he has been transferred to a notorious prison where they...

Kidnapped in a city controlled by jihadists. hasnt been heard from since. >> that is on the agenda to talk about the plight of christians in the middle east in general. an overwhelming number of americans still like president obama, but many dont trust him much anymore. thats what our new survey shows. >> the poll was released this morning, and the president has a lot of ground to make up in some critical areas. the good news for the white house and mr. obama, 71% say hes likable. 60% believe ...

Anyone where there is a point of specific shared concern to try and achieve mutual benefit. regardless of the broad broader state of the relationship. so while russia and the vats can have not historically been close because of russias obvious connections to the russian orthodox church, when it comes to syria, the russian position has received this very valuable support as ben mentioned from pope francis. russia has been under great pressure internationally for a couple of years now because its ...

About the situation in syria. about the plight of christians, not only in syria, but throughout the middle east. christians who increasingly are finding life very difficult in that very troubled area. both these men have expressed over the last few months and certainly pope francis just last week, their concern about the situation of the christians. but the precise details of that meeting have yet to come out. brooke. >> they may be united in several different basic beliefs, but when you think a...

Is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. you just ate dallas! a nuclear deal with iran. does it make the u.s. and the world a safer place? not everyone is sold, but why? plus, its a deadly blast of wintry weather. where is it now, and how will it affect your holiday travel plans? >> a new study on the plight of those living in poverty. the findings might make you look at people differently. hello, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." just ...

Of a priority, that they would singly focus on the iranian nuclear situation and they were going to ignore the plight of americans held captive by the people were negotiating with. >> well, you mentioned the statement that we got from the administration. this comes to us when our white house correspondent, radio white house correspondent, asked specifically did this issue come up, was told the talks focused exclusively on nuclear issues, but the statements goes on to say the president has brough...

Care law. >> president obamas so-called apology was as phony as his fraudulent marketing of obama care. he seemed to be saying he was sorry americans actually believed him but took no responsibility for their plight. >> invitation for tomorrows event says its been a while since president obama has within able to do something like this. it will all begin at 8:15 p.m. >> campaigning? >> exactly. thanks, peter. live for us in d.c. this morning. now to the rest of your sunday morning news headline...

>> editor bob cusack joins us. >> hi, greta. >> that was rough. i mean, the president says he needs to win back his credibility. secretary sebelius says doesnt. maybe she is being plight or maybe he is being plight. i dont know, not good. they should be on the same page, at least. >> its tough for the white house this is an old play in the playbook to go after the insurance companies. we saw that during the bills passage in 2009 to 2010. the insurance companies were the villains. immoral villain...

Facing the fallout from obama care. more than 5 million people across the country are getting cancellation notices and that number may grow. throw in the problems with the website itself, skyrocketing premiums, lost jobs, some democrats up for re-election are getting really nervous. even as the president workins t prop up the affordable care act. >> because of the problems with the website, you know, some folks have been blocked from seeing the well-priced, you know, benefits that are available ...

Todays society. >> i think thats true. were more and more connected and less and less involved with each other. if weve gotten to that point where human conversation is in danger of extinction, were probably doing something really wrong. i think thats why people feel disconnected. >> they certainly do feel close to the heart of the subjects you talk about and the storieses you tell. we celebrate you and celebrate your writing. thank you so much for joining us today. >> my pleasure, thank you for...