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Historic day in the making as pope francis gets ready to elevate not just one but two popes into sainthood. How that canonization will be different than any other coming up. And president obama visits a country tormented by a missing plane but russia is becoming a major distraction for the president. What the president is saying about all of it. Lets begin in washington. President obama is out of town on his fourcountry tour of asia. But the crisis in ukraine is moving very quickly. And were lea...

To see an up close look at the effort to defend the city of baghdad from heavily armed militants going by the name isis who have been grabbing up a lot of real estate while approaching the capital city. Richard engel embedded with an Iraqi Military unit. Part of this effort to tighten down the defenses around baghdad as more u. S. Military advisers arrived just today. And as so much of that nation has already crumbled. Richard is back inside baghdad to start us off. Richard, good evening. Good e...

Never forget. Mad as hell, that is a direct quote from Eric Shinseki testifying on capitol hill in a hearing still going on right now. The allegation, that veterans died while waiting for care at va hospitals. Others faced massive wait times, up to 20 days in some cases. Secretary shinseki any allegation any adverse incident like this makes me as makes me mad as hell. I could use stronger language but in deference to the committee i wont. If any of the allegations are true, they are completely u...

Lies. Tonig tonight, were keeping them honest, we begin with the new discoveries, possible with the growing questions in the search for flight 370, the discovery, the metallic object that washed to shore on australia, there is word on that. And the bluefin has less than 10 ocean bottom to cover in the search area. It may take far longer to do that than we have been previously told. Several weeks instead of a couple of days. Deepening questions about the search and why we havent yet seen a sign f...

Why the answer still eludes us. A coverup beyond the one you already know about and stranger than any you could imagine, bringing dead people on paper at least back to life. Were keeping them honest tonight. Also ahead, breaking news and trouble. Fighters believed to be isis retaking a keyrefinery in the north largest in the north in iraq. Is there a way in iraq for 300 american advisors, a few shaky allies and one secretary of state to take on the extremists . Some new ideas tonight. Later Hill...

Just 24 hours ago we heard from the secretary of foreign affairs, Eric Shinseki there are calls for him to resign. Hes trying to hang on and keep his job while the va has a very big problem. Charges of a shameful record of medical care for some of our returning vets including neglect and mistreatment and in some cases veterans have died as a result. The families want answers, so do investigators. Today subpoenas were issued for emails and correspondence surrounding the phoenix va hospital. There...

Winning. My opponent is in this race because barack obama and harry reid want her to be in this race. A vote for my opponent is a vote for obamacare. And president who sold it to us on a mountain of lies. Together we will take this fight to Mitch Mcconnell and hold him accountable for his 30 years of failed leadership. The far right also coming up short in the deep south. Cnn projects businessman david purdue and congressman Jack Kingston is heading to a july runoff for a Senate Nomination in ge...

It should not be democratic or republican. It should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the attorney general or the fbi to use the criminal Justice System as a cajole to punish our political opponents. [ applause ] or to explicitly call on the attorney general to protect members of our own party from prosecution because an election happens to be coming up. Im not making that up. Thats not hypothetical. It shouldnt be democratic or republican to say that we dont threaten the f...

Or to explicitly call on the attorney general to protect members of our own party from prosecution because an election happens to be coming up. Im not making that up. Thats not hypothetical. It shouldnt be democratic or republican to say that we dont threaten the freedom of the press because they say things or publish stories we dont like. [ applause ] i complained plenty about fox news. [ laughter ] but you never heard me threaten to shut them down. Or call them enemies of the people. It should...

Paranoia saying the vision of the Republican Party these days is radical and not normal. And circling roger stone. Robert muellers team draws closer to longtime Trump Confidant Roger Stone who boasted of wikileaks links. Now one stone associate appears before the mueller grand jury and another gives a voluntary interview. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. The first sentence is handed down for a former Trump Campaign aide. George papadopoulos given two weeks in prison a...