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to tied u.n. committee grilled vatican officials over allegations they protected pedophile priests at the expense of victims they conceded the church needs to do more to deal with the scammeddal. but denied accusations i ve cover up. it s not a poll to encourage cover ups, but this goes against the truth. al jazerra simon mcgregor-wood has more on today s hearing in geneva. reporter: for many that was a chance for the vatican to display different attitude and was a very public form. the session opened from a statement from the vatican tell greg. the the actions taken by local churches presents a frame bourque that when properly applied will help eliminate the occurrence of child sexual beus by clergy and other church personnel. reporter: an attempt to reassure. but didn t convince many. the question came thick and fast. whawhat are you doing with remarked to 39 of or convention which refers to reparations both psychological and financial to children who are ....
of sexual abuse victims. vatican officials told a u.n. committee today that the church can do a better job dealing with the global priest sex abuse scandal but denied accusations of a cover up. al jazerra s same inning mcgregor-wood has more now from geneva. reporter: for many this was a chance to display a new at thate and it was a very public form em. it opened with a statement from the vatican delegation. the results of the combined action taken by local churches and by the holy see presents a framework that when properly applied, will help eliminate the occurrence of child sexual abuse by clergy and other church personnel. reporter: an attempt to reassure but didn t convince many. the questions came thick and fast. what is the holy see doing with regard to article 39 of our convention, which refers to reparations both psychological and financial to children who have been victims of sexual abuse? despite the extensive protests, what steps have been taken with ....
to materialize. i think that s what s behind many of the movements in today s terrific session. the s&p climbed and the nasdaq jumped up. let s start with the most salient positive that was a negative, the banks. here s a group that s a largest part of the s&p 500, the financials that is not supposed to be going higher. they always seem to have some number, statistics, some government investigation that just hammers the heck out of them, crushes them beyond recognition after they report and we end up resenting that we owned them. last week i highlighted bank of america as a potential breakout using the work from technician extraordinary tim collins. do you know what kind of flak i took for that? on twitter i think i caught holy hell for this. i have a whole chapter devoted to them in get rich carefully but i ve never seen such a negative response to my decision to highlight it. with all the talk of tapering and the chatter of the housing market it was natural to think t ....
problems implementing obamacare, there is a new budget deal coming, plus republican proposals to modify the earned income tax credit! so with that, this is the sport report. (cheers and applause) (laughter) stephen: first up, folks, baseball. nation, i m as mad as a man who s too angry to finish his similes. (laughter) because my favorite athlete has been dealt a gross miscarriage of sports justice. yankees third baseman a-rod. now, a-rod s a friend. we use the same artist to paint us as centaurs, google it. to me this guy is not just a-rod he s the-rod. and it makes my blood boil to see how he s beings per kated. stephen: a-rod has been shut out of major league baseball s entire 2014 season. 162 games. won t be eligible for any post-season games. new york yankees third baseman has been suspended for the entire 2014 season for using performance-enhancing drugs. stephen: what? that s insane! 162 games? hold on a second. multiplied by how long each baseball g ....
this is real money. that s our big concern. as i said, we continue to work with mr. emerson to see if we can find something that works for lenders like him but that don t fuel the increasing cost of title insurance which is too high for home buyers. recently i met with a group of missouri bankers who came to my office after they had been to visit some representatives over in their building and my bankers were talking about things that we re talking about this morning. qm rule. they were told by the representatives that they were the 41st group to meet with them and basically the gist of the conversation at the end of it was that thank you for coming. we know more about the effects of what s going to happen to the bo borrowers, lenders and market than you do. as a result of that, a number of my delegation members wrote to the director and he responded back to us and madame chair, i would like those two letters made as part of the record. without objection. in the l ....