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Agree to do it was perhaps him. bill: i will ask him that. he's what he's saying, you guys are guilty of morale cowardice, a simple majority would have gotten this through, you didn't have to go for the two-thirds vote. i come back to the fundamental question, do you think people like peter king are against those who still suffer, who went to ground zero, the morning of 9/11, they stayed there day after day and week after week and are living with those consequences for a lifetime? >> well, i have to tell you this, peter's is a sponsor of the bill but if he had done this differently rather than...

>> reporter: yeah, you know, the rain didn't really make a difference. it was pouring rain both during the mass and after the mass at noon local time when the pope gives his easter greetings, and his blessing, and i think, you know, if you had the time to count, it probably would have been a little more than 100,000 umbrellas out there because they come all the same, you know. a lot of people are here this week because they're on vacation for holy week, and obviously as you say, st. peter's is a main part of it. a lot of people came precisely to see the pope. >> he always delivers. a great exp...

Also talking about the persecution of christians and singled out pakistan saying people suffering for their faith and even dying for their faith. now, there were well over 100,000 tourists and pilgrims who came into st. peter's square in and around it because it really was overflowing all the way down the main street out of st. peter's. just about all of them with umbrellas as there was a steady rain for a part of the mass and certainly all of the time when the pope was giving his easter greetings in more than 60 different languages and finally, shannon, the vatican seems to be split in terms ...

He has not this week so far. >> and what is on the pope's schedule for the next couple of days? >> reporter: well, it's a very busy week always, and these are sort of the last three big days. the two events today and then tomorrow night there is the easter vigil which is sort of like an early easter sunday mass. again on sunday morning the easter sunday mass as well as st. peter's, and then something everybody's waiting for because the pope does it in so many languages, he gives his easter greetings in about 60 different languages each year, and also normally a little appeal for peace, a littl...

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