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You can hear overhead now that is the sound of aircraft approaching because they think that isis bikes are now on the horizon. when we did arrive, the coast was clear. every building destroyed. massive craters from u.s. airstrikes every few hundred meters. there is no life here. over 15,000 coalition bombs were dropped on syria during this anti-isis campaign and you have to ask, have these towns been liberated, or eliminated? in the next town, life is creeping back. families try to rebuild what they once had. but this will take years. isis may be gone, but not much else is left either. when u.s. troops do go home, as president trump has promised, the so-called caliphate will have been defeated. but large parts of this country have been so badly destroyed, that the roots of extremism may easily take hold once again. tom? james, thank you. now to historic move by pope francis, defrocking former cardinal theodore mccarrick for sex crimes against minors and adults. even soliciting sex ....
all right, i have to leave it there, thank you so much for your perspective, thanks for being with us. thank you. thank you. eric. eric: pope francis taking action against one to have highest-ranking and noted catholic leaders, defrocking former u.s. cardinal, resided in washington, d.c. and was prominent voice this after vat attended official found guilty of multiple sex crimes against minors, seminaries and priests. bryan llenas with the details. decisive action bottles unpresented the unprecedented, marks the first time catholic church has expelled cardinal from priesthood for sexual abuse, most severe penalty the vatican can hand down on clergy and the action comes after vatican found guilty of abusing his power to commit unspecified of special abuse crimes against minors and ....
Aphobic. what will this mean for him when he s sent back to poland? what happens nec for him now? well, what s happened at the vatican is he s lost his job. he remains a priest. what has to happen is he goes back to poland with his bishop and discusses the procedure now for the defrocking where he is removed from the priestly state. he can ask for it himself, or the vatican together with the polish bishop can initiate a procedure to do that. all right. deliah reporting there live from rome. many thanks to you. we turn our attention now to u.s. politics. the race for the speaker of the house of representatives could turn into a big public fight within the republican party. a long shot representative jason chaffetz from utah has announced his plans to run for the post john boehner is leaving later this month. ....
Do you think congress has too often neglected its role when it comes to checking military options pushed by the executive branch? i do. i think congress has abdicated its responsibility too often and turned a blind eye to the implications of essentially getting involved in a militant conflict. the history of iraq, of afghanistan has not been a good one in terms of american foreign policy. i believe congress has a fundamental responsibility to make the decision yes or no when we re going to engage in military action on this scale. congressman peter welch of vermont, thank you for sharing your view. we appreciate it. that wraps up this hour of msnbc. i m betty nguyen. up next, news nation. craig melvin talks to a pastor who s defrocking was overturned. plus, world cup frenzy. a live report from brazil with the big game just an hour away. ....
Wonderful ministry. i appreciate that the surf will be up and i santa barbara is beautiful. but, i mean, wouldn t it have meant more for you if the methodist church said, you know what, reverend, we want you to be able to go home to your home church in pennsylvania and that be that. in an ideal world, that would have been perfect. because as you can imagine, this will be bittersweet, of course, because over 11 years you build a lot of friendships and relationships in the church. and it will be hard to say goodbye. but, you know, the church has to do what the church has to do. when i was terminated from my position after my defrocking at the iona church, that ministry had to go on, and so the church leadership had to appoint another pastor, an interim pastor, and now a new pastor, permanent pastor there. so no more room for me there. so that s the sad news. but the good news is that i will be going to into another ministry that is going to be ....