no mention of europe in mr. trump s list. he uses the term poisoning the blood of our country. if you were to open up a copy of hitler s mein kampf, you would find the leader mixing non-germans with germans as poisoning. the jew, hitler wrote, poisons the blood of others. this, according to hitler, posed an existential threat to germany because according to him, the race died out from blood poisoning. unquote. there s no other way to say it. donald trump s language mirrors this directly. this wasn t a one-off. trump then went to nevada on sunday and used the same scare tactic with zero evidence that migrants are largely coming to the united states from prisons and from mental institutions. he made the campaign promise to begin the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in american history. we must use any and all resources needed to stop the invasion of our country including moving thousands of troops currently stationed overseas in countries that don t like us
yet. that is it for me. the lead with jake tapper starts now. kevin mccarthy playing an intense version of let s make a deal. the lead starts right now. promises and concessions as kevin mccarthy s bid to become house speaker comes down to the wire in a group of republican hard liners continue to push their demands. plus, those tragic idaho college murders. how police tracked down a suspected killer through dna evidence, the web, and his hyundai elantra. and air pressure. passengers still trying to get their bags back. how easy is it to get a refund if you were a stranded passenger? the points guy is here with answers. we begin today in our politics lead. time is running out for kevin mccarthy and his dreams of wielding the speaker s gavel, making the possibility of a real floor fight increasingly likely. that s something that has not happened in the united states since 1923. right now, he is in deal making mode. working the phones, trying to win overholdouts, including adw
in our faith lead now, remembering pope benedict. today began three days of lying in state inside st. peter s basilica following his death on saturday. our vatican correspondent reports on the mix of people in rome now to pay their respects. [ bells tolling ] reporter: at 7:00 a.m., they were here in the hundreds, but each hour to visit the body inside grew. by 7:00 p.m., closing time, some 65,000 had passed through according to vatican police. some despite not agreeing with everything benedict did, came anyway. in reality, i thought he could have continued longer, but he chose to abandon, but we
to a damning report that found he and pope benedict xvi mishandled sex abuse cases in the diocese. cardinal mark said he s ashamed, and he admits he should have been more engaged in that matter. an investigation found that benedict knew about priests abusing children decades ago when he was archbishop of munich but did nothing about it. our vatican correspondent is in rome. what else did cardinal marks say? reporter: well, alisyn, first let me tell you what he didn t say. he didn t address the findings that he, himself, had mishandled two cases of sexual abuse. instead he spoke more generally about his response to the report. let s take a listen to some of what he said. translator: after having read the report, i am repeatedly shocked about the harm and suffering of the affected persons and also what the perpetrators have done and how those responsible have behaved. what is clear here in the expert
memorial honoring those killed when the united states dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki ending the war. earlier he led a mass where he condemned nuclear weapons offering a false sense of security and investment in the global arms race he says is a waste of resources. for more about his trip and what this means, our vatican correspondent delia gallagher live from rome. he is speaking right now, delia. reporter: that s right, natalie. a very moving speech. before he began speaking, he heard harrowing testimony from the survivors of the august 6th, 1945 bombing. the pope said he felt it was his duty to come to hiroshima, his duty to be a voice for the voiceless. dz the use of atomic weapons is a crime and immoral.