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Scandal, then came pope francis. he's been in charge for fewer than ten months now. already, many catholics see him as a breath of fresh air. unafraid to shake up the church and very different from his pred assessor, benedict xvi. here to talk more is a professor of religion and theology at emery university and ordained minister as well. thank you so much for being here, first of all. we have so many memorable moments, i think, that really when you talk about rattling the catholic church. what moment has impacted you the most? >> well, there's so many. he's had a great year, right? there's two...

Chats. it includes an effort to sweep up file transfers and log-in information. the so-called prism program collects records from the largest internet companies from microsoft, yahoo! google and facebook. they collect information from the three largest phone companies with hundreds of millions of phone customers. that data includes a record of the location, the number called, the time of the call and the length of the conversation. officials say the effort does not monitor the content of the e-mails or phone calls but looks for larger trends of communication. the obama administration's embrace...

Shortest state of the union? >> carter? >> nope. earlier. here is the hint. the president has no pred assessor to learn from. >> george washington. >> there you go. a nerdland sticker. george washington. his state of the union was 1,089 words long. it's basically the length of the columns i have to give richard. >> 89 words longer than i give richard. on the other hand, who gave the longest state of the union? [ inaudible ] >> you got it. who else but our friend bill clinton. in 2000, his state of the union was 1:28:49. he loves to talk. it's true. >> he is slower, too.

Poverty, frustrations and now everyone is seeing what happened in tunisia, taking look at what's happening in egypt. it could be an effect on what's happening in the whole middle east. what's happening is going to be an indicator of a domino effect that's very uncertain now. >> elise, mubarak, the face of a u.s. ally who supports the peace process. supports peace with israel. in fact, he didn't sign it, but his pred assessor before he was assassinated signed it. what does this upheaval have on the u.s. sponsored middle east peace, the palestinians, the israel israelis. >> that's the major thin...