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We are live here at the Woodrow Wilson center in washington, d. C. Today, look at the popes visit to the u. S. This september. Pope francis we stopping in washington, new york city and philadelphia. A National Press foundation bring together reporters who cover religion and they will talk about ideas for coverage of pope francis first trip to the United States. Some issues expect to be discussed today and some issues expect the pope to address while in the u. S. Poverty hunger, immigration, the environment and more. Live coverage here on cspan2. Id like to take just a minute to thank the spons...

Or private sector alternative Medicare Advantage. Yes, the woman is correct you give up some choice to get more benefits. But it is a much better economic deal if you are feeling pinched and that is why many of the people who have chosen medicine cache advantage are Medicare Advantage are low low income not qualified to get medicaid but not able to buy their own medigap. They get to make it every year. So that they dont need to make the decision once and feel like they are locked in as bob said, the question about how other countries do it is a big topic and either at the end of this session o...

Its will on a minority group. So there are all kinds of reasons for violence. But one of the phenomenon that we are now seeing is he very specific promotion of violent extremism that oftentimes is twisting and distorting. And i think ultimately defying the hedicts of one of the worlds great religions, islam, and groups like al shabab and isil and boko haram. And the question is how do we fight back against those ideologies that allows us still to be true to the values of peace and tolerance and due process and rule of law. So the United States is obviously committed to this fight against terro...

And with that i will turn it over to linda. Thank you, sandy. We will move right into logistics. Im going to in this helen osman, secretary of communications for the u. S. Catholic conference of bishops, court in getting Media Coverage next month which, of course, is why we are all the. Shes been with usccb since 2007 and has been a major player in bringing the church into the digital and social media age. In 2012 the Catholic Press association honored her with the st. Francis award for personal achievement and were happy to have her with us today. Thank you, linda. I appreciate evolving willi...

Good afternoon im rick williams, along with Monica Malpass we are live for the first time in our special parkway studio, well bring you all the action during the papal visit this weekend, as we just saw pope francis is continuing his three city tour with the 9 11 memorial in manhattan right now and he just met with 9 11 victim as long with First Responders, they met at the pools at the memorial. Afterward the pope went below ground to the museum for an Inter Faith Service, that is where he is right now. Earlier today the pope addressed the United Nations and sara bloomquist has more on his mes...