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>> heather: thank you, father. he canonized 482 people, beatified 1338, and meant a lot to americans, who visited our -- he visited our country, 7 times, not just new york and wash, but, also to des moines, he was in south carolina, and denver. and monsignor, americans really took him to our hearts and he to us. >> he did. it helped a lot, he had the facility with languages to speak to people around the world. what i like about pope benedict xvi is he has not tried to match pope john paul ii in terms of being the great pilgrim and i think one of the great things pope benedict xvi does is to wr...

John paul is being officially recognized for a miraculous healing, that of a french nun who suffered from parkinson's disease just like the pope. the vatican accepts that sister marie simon-pierre was cured overnight in june 2005 after imploring john paul's intercession. beatification is the halfway point to sainthood, and the latest milestone for a pope who really broke the mold. john paul ii was the first non-italian pope in 455 years. in his 26 1/2 years as leader of the roman catholic church, he visited 129 countries. and he himself canonized 482 saints, more than all of his predecessors c...

They say we need our viagra, you don't buy that? >> no, i really don't. there's so many other things in life besides viagra and erectile dysfunction and everything, that could be set off for a later date when you do have the funds and the means. >> well, the union, the district gave layoff notices to 482 teachers in june. many of those jobs could have been saved instead of going after the little blue pill, am i wrong? >> no. >> i'm not wrong. thank you very much. joining us from chicago, good luck to you in your career as a teacher and hopefully you'll be able to stand up for and ask for what'...

Back five centuries, a time when humanity was mostly forgotten. >> this is one of the people in cash crop. >> reporter: about a year ago 27-year-old steven hayes was looking for inspiration. he came across documents about the brooks slaveship. the documents laid out a plan, to back in as many slaves as possible to transport them to the new world. hayes was horrified. >> i was thinking about, you know, when i was in high school and like i didn't learn anything about the trans atlantic slave trade. i just learned that we picked up slaves here. brought them to america. and then we have the civil ...

>> reporter: about a year ago, 27-year-old steven hayes was looking for inspiration. he came across documents about the brooks slave ship. they laid out a plan to pack in as many slaves as possible in a ship to transport from africa to the new world. hayes was horrified. >> i was thinking about back when i was in high school. i didn't learn anything about the transatlantic slave trade. i learned that we picked up slaves and brought them to america and the civil rights and these wars. it didn't say anything about how the slaves got here. >> reporter: hayes felt he need to tell this story that a...