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Pope Francis arrives for an interreligious meeting on the plain of Ur near Nasiriyah, Iraq, March 6. (CNS/Paul Haring) UR, IRAQ — Invoking the shared origins of Christians, Muslims and Jews steps from the Ziggurat ruins of the ancient city that the Prophet Abraham once called home, Pope Francis March 6 called on Iraq's religious leaders to help the country heal and rebuild following decades of violence. In a potent address only about a month after the country's capital suffered its first suicide bombing in two years, the pontiff urged faith leaders to affirm that violence...

Who is the associate director for national security programs to the deputy secretary of defense, sends this e-mail. quote, given the sensitive nature of the request i appreciate you keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute direction. he knew that something was amiss and people shouldn't talk about it but he was going to have to execute this order. fast forward to september 11th, i guess however, 55 days or whatever it was later, they decide to release it after they know that congress is investigating. >> the whistleblower has come forward. >> should we do a dr...

With trying to freeze this aid, he's the society director of national security programs. he says, given the sensitive nature of the request, i appreciate your keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute direction. in other words, he knows that the idea that his freezing these aid that was congressionally approved and signed off on by the sick tear of state and secretary of defense, he knows this is trouble. >> oh, absolutely. and listen. look, first of all, credit where it's due. the senate for public integrity that asked for these documents and kind of went to c...

You've seen this letter sent today from senator chuck schumer to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. what and who is he asking for? >> reporter: much of the conversation in washington around impeachment these days has been around senate republicans coalescing around this idea of a shorter trial with no witnesses as they move forward with impeachment. but now we're hearing from the top democrat chuck schumer, and he is offering his pitch for how the senate trial should be run, and it runs counter to everything senate republicans have been coalescing around particularly on this issue of witn...

The white house have started coalescing around this notion of a shorter trial that would have no witnesses. but just as that is happening, we've now heard from the senate minority leader, the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, and he is making his pitch for what he would like to see in a senate trial. and it involves witnesses. it involves subpoenaing documents. four key witnesses that senate democrats want senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the republicans to agree to bring forward and subpoena in a senate trial. they are the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, his senio...