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Theres just no justice in that. Viewpoint. Carl rove said today that mitt romney is a lock to win next pope. Hes garunteeing it. Joy behar say anything. Is the bottom line then that no white person should ever, ever, ever use the n word . Yes only on current tv. Bill hillary and joe sit down for breakfast this morning. Wonder what theyre going to be talking about. Good morning, everybody. What do you say . I would love to be a fly on the wall there. For that little meeting. Great to see you today. Its tuesday. Tuesday, july 30. Here we go. Up on the full court press this Tuesday Morning. Coming to you from our Nations Capital. Thats where we start out this morning. Well cover a lot more than that. We will tell you whats going on here in our Nations Capital. And then all across this great country of ours. And take a hopscotch around the globe as well. 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The president had a lot going on, meeting with the secretary of state, welcoming the San Francisco world series winners to the white house. But the big event was lunch with Hillary Clinton. Former secretary of state. Who stopped by and all the buzz at the briefing yesterday was whats this lunch all about . What are they talking about . Is this where shes going to tell him shes running in 2016. Jay carney had the day off take his son to camp. Deputy press secretary said relax. It is just two friends. It is not a working lunch. It is an opportunity for the two who saw each other on a pretty frequent basis over the course of the last four years to get a chance to catch up. Bill there was a little news made that the lunch was originally scheduled for the private dining room just outside the oval office. Instead, it was a nice day. So they went outside on the patio. It was a nice day yesterday. Bill not too hot. Went outside on the patio to relax and then the big news, josh was ready to tell us, what they had for lunch. The white house whipped up some grilled chicken, some pasta jambalaya and pasta for them to enjoy. I havent had lunch myself so it sounds pretty good. Bill there it is. Jambalaya. It doesnt sound all that good. Bill pasta jambalaya . Jambalaya with pasta in it. I hope they dont put rice and pasta together. It doesnt sound very good. It sounds like something you would get at a t. G. I. Fridays. You have pasta or jambalaya, you dont have both. It might be jambalaya, the same recipe but they use pasta instead of rice. Yeah, but thats not jambalaya. It is pasta jambalaya. You dont even know what pasta jambalaya is. Bill let me resolve this. Talk to the white house chef, okay . Dont talk to me dont complain to me about it. [ laughter ] bill give hillary a call. She if she liked it. Coming up, it is tuesday. Tuesday with igor. From think progress will be along. Congresswoman marcia fudge, head of the Congressional Black Caucus will be joining us later as well and the reverend jim wallis, head of sojourners to talk about poverty and immigration and the pope making a lot of news on his way back to rome. But first. Announcer this is the full court press. Other headlines making news on this tuesday. The San Francisco giants visited the white house for the second time in three years yesterday. President honoring the Baseball Team for winning the 2012 world series last fall over the detroit tigers. The hill reports the season Ticket HolderHouse Minority leader nancy pelosi was there along with San Francisco mayor ed lee plus halloffamer willie mays who made for the giants from the 50s to the 70s. Viewers of nbcs today show got quite the surprise yesterday when they saw who was sitting in with matt lauer alongside al and savannah. Carson daley who hosts the voice. Industry insiders suspect it was a way for the nbc show to get buzz over abcs good morning america. Daley didnt do a lot of talking. He stayed away from the serious news segments. Im okay with him not doing a lot of talking. Bill i dont really know him. Hes a douche. Hes an entertainment hes like a ryan seacrest. Like i said, hes a douche. Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps who is now trying his hand at become being a professional golfer, got injured playing golf over the weekend. He fractured his foot. Washington post reporting he somehow hit his foot in his house and after four Straight Days of golf which equates to 20 miles of walking, he ended up with a stress fracture. Hes now in a walking cast. Bill thats why they have golf carts. Here we go. Yes, indeed. Pope francis, he is making i have to say, making quite an impact worldwide. And showed a lot of what hes become already famous for in his weeklong trip to brazil. Of course, this is a pope who has adopted a much more downtoearth style than any of his predecessors. We know some of the signs of that. He refuses to wear the red shoes. Thats red pradas. Bill the red prated das. He refuses to live in the papal apartments because he doesnt like being alone. He likes being around people. So hes still living in this guesthouse where, inside the vatican, where he checked in when he came in then as a cardinal to vote for the next pope. He doesnt like the big limo and instead just likes to ride in the backseat of a regular car. That got him in trouble down in brazil. And of course, not just his personal style, also his emphasis on the poor. He talks about that, getting back to what the mission of the church should really be all about. Our concern for the poor and certainly showed that in brazil by going into one of those the famous flavelle las there. He really displayed his you know, hes comfortable in his own skin, just by being who he is. He showed that on the flight back from brazil to rome when he walked in no pope has ever done anything like this. And most president s dont do anything like this. He walked into the back of the plane where the press was gathered. And very friendly, said hello to all of them. Said he would be glad to take their questions and he did so for an hour and 20 minutes. Imagine. Obama does do that once in awhile. It is a gaggle, right . Bill the gaggle is when the press secretary does it. The president will go back and informal remarks for 10 or 15 minutes from what ive been in, from my friends in the White House Press corps who have traveled on air force i with him. But for the pope, it is an hour and 20 minutes, the previous pope, you had to write down your questions and submit them in writing and then one of the popes handlers would decide which questions the pope would answer. This pope, pope francis, he just stood there and took questions, any question was welcome. People throw the questions right to the pope and he unscripted just gave his answers. And it was he made a lot of news, at least on a couple of points. Here, for example, is the pope on the first question about women priests. [ speaking Foreign Language ] well, that clears it up. Bill actually, i was wrong. There he was talking about the gay lobby priests and the gay lobby. He was saying you have to distinguish you didnt understand that . [ laughter ] you could have told me he was talking about the San Francisco giants being at the white house yesterday and i would have believed you. Bill i do not speak italian. He said you have to distinguish between the priests the fact that theyre gay and the fact that theyre lobbyists. I love his italian. Sure. Very nice. Bill the first thing he did make news on is women priests and he said ah, women priests, no, the church has already spoken on that. Slammed the door to that. So, you know, hes not modern on every issue. Hes got a ways to go on that issue. On the issue of gay priests, however, the pope did make some news and he said look, who am i if a person im paraphrasing but if a person is willing to accept the lord and they happen to be gay, then he said who am i to judge. Which is certainly different from the previous pope who said the gays it was morally reprehensible and unacceptable and just, you know, like cant even be considered or tolerated. The previous pope. But the pope how are we supposed to function without some religious figurehead judging us . This is such a bizarre thing. I dont understand. Bill it really is. He said who am i to judge heres the exact quote. Who am toy judge if they are seeking the lord in good faith. They should not be marlin nallized. The tendency to homosexuality is not the problem. They are our brothers. So said pope francis which has gotten a lot of positive comments, rightfully so around the world. Although it is important to point out as several have, that while the pope is taking i dont mean to be too critical here. Look, this is very, very welcome change. And change comes about in the Catholic Church like glacially. It takes a long, long time. But for the pope not to condemn the members of the Lgbt Community, just to say that we have to accept them as our brothers and sisters is a big step forward. It is a big advance. It really does represent progress. So his reaching out and his tolerance, if you will, but its important to point out that the churchs official doctrine hasnt changed and several members of the vatican were quick to point that out. The church has always said, im quoting here, that people with deepseated homosexuality tendencies must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. At the same time, the church still teaches that homosexuality is a sin, that gays are welcome in the church as long as they are not practicing their sexuality. And of course, it still holds that among straight people, any sex outside of marriage is a sin and inside of marriage, it is only for the purpose of procreation. So while the official doctrine hasnt changed, what has changed is this acceptance, this openness, if you will, to members of the Lgbt Community. Mary ann duddy brook who is a spokesperson for dignity u. S. A. Pointed out hey, welcome but this really doesnt go far enough. Theres nothing to be forgiven about being gay or lesbian. It is who god made us. It is a great blessing. Bill and she just says now that the pope has spoken out, i hope that American Catholic bishops were listening. Church management looks to the pope for some indication about where these conversations should go. And if pope francis indicates a more willingness to openness or to mediate his statements, on lgbt people in the same way he has shifted the focus on the poor, that is going to have an impact. Bill yes. Lets just hope the catholic bishops were listening. What do you think about this pope in general . 186655press. What do you think about pope francis saying who am i to judge . And who am i to judge members of the Lgbt Community . Thats a far cry from the condemnation we heard from the previous pope and previous popes and certainly from the catholic bishops which we hear all the time. 186655press. Lets talk about it on the full court press. Announcer this is the bill press show. Real Immigration Reform . With a distinctly satirical point of view. If you believe in states rights but still believe in the drug war, you must be high. Only on current tv. vo current tv is the place for compelling true stories. kaj jack, how old are you . Nine. adam this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. vo with Award Winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. 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As we do every Tuesday Morning, coming to you live from our Nations Capital, talking about the pope who is really making a lot of friends around the world with his new style, his openness and, as demonstrated in his comments on the way back from brazil, a great openness to the Lgbt Community that we have not seen from any other pope. Still got a long ways to go in terms of the Catholic Church on this issue. But you know, some significant progress. Peter . Let us know how you feel about that story on twitter at bpshow. Were reading your comments all throughout the show. A quick followup because friday morning we woke up to find out there was some vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial. Somebody put green paint on the statue of lincoln. Bill not only the Lincoln Memorial it turns out. Four different places around washington, statue of joseph henry outside the smithsonian, luther place memorial church, thomas circle. Then the national cathedral, someone went in and splattered green paint. Good news is bill on the organ. On the organ. The good news is, an arrest has been made. Jamie teahen, 50 years old. She was arrested yesterday afternoon. And so hopefully thats the end of this. Bill she did all of this by herself . Thats what it looks like. Bill what was the thing with green paint . Shes only charged with the cathedral one. They dont know about the others. But one would have to assume. Bill or copycat. Yeah. Bill back to the pope and eric from atlanta, georgia, what do you think about it, eric . Caller thank you, bill. What people need to realize, you need to go back to the history of the roman Catholic Church during the time the roman empire, homosexuality was common. The romans to have sex with. It has been in the history of the Catholic Church. They also have been involved in laundering money for drugs. If you