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You will have a ball and a spiritual blessing in philadelphia. >> it is so exciting to even anticipate it. you are going to have a rare opportunity, obviously, as the host mayor. what would you like to speak to pope francis about? >> well, i have more than a few things on my mind. fortunately, i feel very, very blessed in this regard, i have now met pope francis twice, once last year and once this year, both times in rome, but to have him in our hometown, my hometown, is an incredible feeling and so what i would talk with him about if i had a few minutes, certainly much of his ministry, the po...

That's all it took for 10,000 tickets to see pope francis to get scooped up. later this month the pope arrives in the united states for an historic visit. the tickets, which were free, were made available online last night and they were first come first served. if you weren't one of the lucky ones and are still trying to get a ticket, buyer beware. there are reports of bogus tickets popping up online. and they're going for hundreds of dollars. so, yes, go pope francis, right? the pope will visit three great american cities when he comes to the united states. he's expected to talk about immigra...

Them. >> when the pope criticizes capitalism, what is he doing? >> he's raising our awareness of what happens in our world when the rich continue to get richer and we have this growing gap between those that are very wealthy and those who are living at the bottom. and how do we -- and he's raising our awareness to say how do we start to work with that? it's a complex issue for sure. >> and we all have to work together to find answers. you can learn more about the end 45 initiative by visiting catholic charities website at cathol catholiccharities.org. coming up, the warning from secretary of...

When the president took office. why is that? surely that's the failure of the president's policy. what about obama phones? why is it that we're giving away 13 million obama phones after six years of recovery? why are we doing that. the earned income tax credit. we're looking at the program that delivers millions of checks every year as a tax refund to people who never paid a dime of tax in their lives. why are we doing this? we're questionings why we're at this point. six years into the recovery. >> if we had these type of attitudes and it's your fault, it's your fault. we never would have had...

Victims of drug dealers who are often allied with the powers who ought to defend peace and harmony in the human family. and we ask peace for this world, subjected to arms dealers who -- who earn a profit on the blood of men and women to the marginalized, to the imprisoned, the poor, and the migrants who are often rejected, maltreated and discarded. the sick and the suffering,