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And they say he recently bought a car from this woman. a big welcome, as we mentioned, for pope francis as thousands are on hand to see hum visit the capital manila. he celebrated mass at manilas cathedral. and earlier addressed filipino leaders and foreign diplomats at the presidential palace. we have this news breaking. 400 u.s. troops will deploy to train the moderate syrian opposition. defense officials confirm the train willing begin in early spring and will take place in saudi arabia t...

Gave sainthood to a 17th century missionary. st. joseph voss is credited for reestablishing catholicism in sri lanka. then a symbolic trip to the north, the heart of the civil war, meeting those who suffered most and calling for forgiveness. the war ended five years ago. but reconciliation has yet to happen. with this visit, many say the process of healing can perhaps finally begin. cnn, colombo. >> the pope is on his way to the philippines. that visit is likely going to cone side with a tropica...

You get instant credit alerts to keep you in sync. you can even lock and unlock your transunion credit report from your phone. and all that information feels pretty good. come to transunion.com and get in the know. in sri lanka, hundreds of thousands gathered to see pope francis give the country its first saint. >> thats right. joseph vases was an indian-born missionary in the 17th century who was captured as a suspected spy. he was canonized without the required second miracle. we have more f...

Example to say there should be no racial country. >> its a message the catholic community hopes pope francis will address, during his three-day visit to sri lanka. the vicious war between government forces and separatists ended in 2009 reconciliation has yet to happen. one of the main reasons, sri lankas archbishop invited the pope. >> we had a military victory five years back. but after that there is a victory of the hearts. we have to ask ourselves. >> about 6% of the countrys 21 million popul...

Prodress for the american people. >> reporter: still the senate is making progress on the floor bill. is so far some democrats seem to be going with delay tactics. >> we have a court out there that still hasnt decided on the rite of the route of the pipeline, so why with repushing this automatic deeming approval of these things with all these concerns out there? i really think it makes no sense. >> the president has failed his first big test when it comes to working with the congress. >> some ke...

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Issues, but i have been in so many debates for so many years i have the rhythm of it. there are a lot of things that come up where i am ambivalent and i can go either way, for instance the situation with cuba, the way it was carried south a problem but i try to express my ambivalence. >> television doesnt like ambivalence. >> i am what linda on the high wire. write is painful. television is fun. when you write as you know, you get to go over it and the way i do it i spend my time editing, first ...