to thailand in 35 years as pope francis heads to the kingdom on wednesday. pointing out all the stops to welcome. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us now it may not look like it but hong kong is headed to elections the elections for no code district councils ordinarily aren't a centerpiece of the city's political fell into but this time around they being seen as a referendum on the protests it's also the only chance locals could have of being in the position to affect the election of the next chief executive correspondent phebe kong reports from hong kong. luncheon is getting ready to hit the campaign trail as a newcomer to politics the 27 year old is not taking the conventional race because i've always hated oh boy i organize weekly runs in my neighborhood so i hope we can keep everyone healthy because we need to be fit to be able to cope with the chaos here which is really set up lima's running for a district council cease together with other young protesters over half of the candidates from the opposition camp have no political experience t

pope francis has already —— a lwa ys there. pope francis has already —— always had a passion forjapan as a young gentleman. he wanted to be a missionary to the country but was told by the superior of hisjesuit order that he was unable to go because of health grounds. this is a dream he has long held. it is a personal significance for pope francis. he is only the second pope to visit there. tell us a little bit about japan when it to visit there. tell us a little bit aboutjapan when it comes to to visit there. tell us a little bit about japan when it comes to the catholic community, because the numbers are few. yes, there is about half a million catholics out of a population of 126 billion. it is really a mission territory for the pope and thejesuit order of which he isa pope and thejesuit order of which he is a mortar. japan are obviously very secularised. but there is also an appetite and a hunger for faith there. that is certainly in the view of the pope of pope francis and his advisers, and i think there is one thing tha

for analysis plus pope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons on just making a symbolic visit to japan but he calls upon the world's nuclear powers to scrap there are sometimes. i'm called aspen welcome to the program polls are now closed in hong kong's district council election and while we await results one thing is certain this vote was historic turnout hit nearly 70 percent that's higher than in any election in the territories history it's being seen as both a test of support for embattled chief executive kerry lamb and as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for close to 6 months now. the pro-democracy movement urged people to vote and they turned out in record numbers these elections are the closest thing hong kong ors have to direct representation and nearly half a year of unrest has left many feeling that enough is enough. people have been long long you know your current. prime cooperate. is worth of my mortal thank you. this and to do was to the people. hong kong's chief executive kerry lam also encouraged voters to turn out and appealed

to the laws of the buddhist country in nearly 4 decades francis from preside over a range of from a just set of remains and meet with members of thailand's small but significant kept the community when you have been prepping for the visit for weeks. your. own thailand's catholic community is abuzz with excitement the students are rehearsing for a performance at the national stadium in bangkok where pope francis is shitheel to hold a holy mass. news about the pope's arrival has made all of us feel very excited i've never seen him in person so i make stream me eager to show him how strong i believe i am in catholicism. at a convent in a different part of town seamstresses have been working overtime to ensure the pontiff and just entourage decked out in the country's finest threads. they've prepared more than 200 ceremony of robes and head with the papal visit. it's been so long since the pope travel to thailand that the video footage is grainy. john paul the 2nd was the last to include the buddhist majority country in a papal janie's that was in 1984. so the fact that the current pont

executive terry for a look see protesters want to send hot and to beijing a message also coming up pope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons makes a symbolic visit to nagasaki in japan when he calls upon the world's nuclear nations to scrap that off. to the people of getting this out choose a new leader horrible to visit the west african country where many hope today's election will close the book on a history of exhibit. 500 on free glad you could join me. rarely has a district council election been the focus of so much attention but in hong kong more people have already voted in today's poll than in any election in its history and polls well they haven't even closed yet the vote is seen as both a test of carried out as pro beijing and government and as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for months now . on conus are used to queuing for restrooms conventions but not for an election especially not on a sunday morning and even before the polling stations open. moments after the q. started to form came a familiar face pro-democracy leader aung he himself

executive caroline pro-democracy protesters want to send her and beijing a message also coming out pope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons as the pontiff makes a symbolic visit to not go back in japan where he calls upon the world's nuclear nations to scrap their off because. i have a whole free glad you could join me polls have closed in hong kong as district council election with turnout at nearly 70 percent higher than in any election in the territories history now the vote is seen as both a test of support for embattled chief executive kerry and as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for close to 6 months. the pro-democracy movement urged people to vote and they turned out in record numbers the selections are to closest thing hong kong hours have to direct representation a nearly half a year for unrest has left many feeling that enough is enough. people have been long thought a long. time. but time cooperate rowboat that mo this might mean it's worth of my mortal thank you. this and to do was to the people . hong kong's chief executive kerry lam al

pope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons the pontiff makes a symbolic visit to nagasaki in japan where he calls upon the world's nuclear nations to scrap their arsenals. for maybe a social democrat if your presidential hopes for an upset victory as she faces incumbent president close your highness in a runoff election. nick spicer welcome to the program. and we start in hong kong where record numbers of people are voting in a simple actions the vote is seen as both a test of kerry labs probe aging government and a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for months. on conus are used to queuing for restaurants conventions but not for an election especially not on a sunday morning and even before the polling stations open. moments after the queues started to form came a familiar face pro-democracy leader aung he himself was part from running. your action is that you action in more complicated base district constitution issue instead of overall hong kong political system reform but i still urge people both in the action to show i want this called head

executive carried out the pro-democracy protesters want to send her and to beijing a message also coming up francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons the pontiff makes us in baltic visits and nagasaki in japan where he calls upon the world's nuclear nations to scrap their hostels. and the vying for romania's presidency incumbent close your highness faces the country's 1st female prime minister the early could at chiller in a runoff election. i'm headed home for a black you could join me we start in hong kong where record numbers of people are voting in municipal elections the vote is seen as both a test of carried out as pro beijing government and as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocks the city for months now. on conus are used to queuing for restaurants conventions but not for an election especially not on a sunday morning and even before the polling stations open. moments after the queues started to form came a familiar face pro-democracy leader aung he himself. spot from running district house or your action is that you action in more coverage based on more district con

and pope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons the pontiff makes a symbolic visit to mecca saturday in japan where he calls on the world's nuclear nations to scrap their office. to. helen on free glad you could join me. ready has a district council election been the focus of so much attention in hong kong more people have already voted in today's poll than in any election in its history and polls haven't even closed yet the votes are seen as both a test of kerry lobs pro beijing government and as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for months. the pro-democracy movement urged hong kong people to vote and they turned out in force hours before polls closed numbers had already exceeded previous records on the surface of it the poll to choose council representatives and link community level concerns like garbage collection may not seem particularly exciting but these elections are the closest thing that hong kong has have to direct representation district councils have long been dominated by the pro beijing establishment and voters seeking change hope tha

so when pope francis, yesterday, makes -- puts -- urges the same goal on u.s. and all other countries, nuclear weapons states, it might seem redundant but it isn't. he is saying this should be taken seriously, and he could not be more right. of course, is a powerful voice in the world. he is undergone considerable education on this, as i have the people in plowshares movement. if he can pass that requirement on an insurgency, to the bishops, throughout ththe world, it will i am sure create conditions in which our own representatives will call on our executive branch at last to carry out what they are obliged to do in the treaty. what they have never done. and that is to negotiate seriously moving toward th elimination n nucle weapopons, verifiable nuclear elimination. amy: martha, "the new yorker" magazine wrote a piece with the headline "the pope and catholic radicals come together against nuclear weapons." >> pretty significant. i would like to believe that dorothy day herself, my grandmother, very much influenced u.s. catholic church in terms of holding on t

when you're watching t w news still to come and historic the papal visit to pope francis will be the 2nd pope to visit thailand in 35 years and the preparations as you see are in full swing that story coming up in just a moment just. for parents of some of those students inside the besieged hong kong university campus are appealing to authorities tonight to take a softer line most protesters left the polytechnic university in its buildings earlier on tuesday but authorities have labelled the remaining students rioters a term that carries a 10 year jail sentence the 3 day standoff has seen the university campus become the focus of the island's pro-democracy movement which opposes beijing's growing influence. after days under siege some of the last protest is finally leave defeated exhausted and in some cases in need of medical care. many cover their faces in the last attempt to avoid identification and punishment. but police are waiting for them when. they have threatened to charge those who occupied the campus quite rioting. with some demonstrators still barricaded inside that buildi

i mean, we need to have women in there and so i'm say that pope francis now pope francis can't turn a whole cruise boat around and in a catholic church but doing great stuff and he's setting directions that we're going need to follow getting back to gospel of jesus and not every human being has dignity and think of it. women are baptized into the faith just like men. we are all made in the image of christ, but yes when it comes to making the decisions, it can only be men at the highest level now what is that? that is the name of it is sexism. you know, it is disdiscrimination simply on the basis of sex that women cannot make these decisions of being leaders of prayer and priesthood. so -- you get the bubble is coming up. you speak your truth and you get it out. so appendix in this book is that letter to pope francis really to the whole church and for first time they define the catholic church not as hierarchy but as the the whole people of god. it is everybody called a holiness everybody called to -- called to live out the gospel of jesus which protestant knowing for a long to get cau

and pope francis arrives in thailand he said to celebrate mass there for some of the country's small catholic minority. and 30 years ago today nations around the world committed themselves to them proving the lives of children but despite the progress since then for millions of young people around the world live from aims a daily struggle. i brought in thomas great to have you with us and this the international saying that more than 100 people have been killed in a government crackdown on protests in iran the unrest erupting after hikes and fuel prices and authorities responded by shutting down the internet reigns supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has described the protests as a security matter. very little information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place is difficult to verify. videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that the government step down the protests were sparked by a drastic increase in the price of gasoline u.s. sanctions and

news still to come and historic people visit pope francis. second pope to visit thailand in 35 years and the preparations are as you see in full swing that story coming up in just a moment. swedish prosecutors are dropping their investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations against wiki leaks founder julian assange sweden's deputy director of public prosecutions eva marie paris and told reporters today that evidence against us on. is not strong enough. for me i'm waiting for the teleprompter maybe the teleprompter could go forward thank you thank you there you go a songe is serving a prison sentence in britain for jumping bail to avoid extradition to sweden in 2012 women accused as songs of rape and sexual assaults are the talk about today's decision we want to pull in moms on dana's he's a professor of law at the university of oslo in to toot of legal studies he has followed these on skis closely 'd he joins us i understand from the airport in frankfurt on his way back to australia it's good to have you on the program what do you ma

a message though it is one that will cut off the vote defiance breaks out again also coming up hope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons the pontiff makes a symbolic visit to nagasaki in japan where he calls upon the world's nuclear nations to scrap their arsenals. and bolivian lawmakers approve a bill paving the way for elections without former president evo morales the interim government hopes a new poll will end weeks of under arrest that have left dozens dead. i'm all me and use of welcome to the program we start in hong kong where people are voting in municipal elections the vote is seen as a test of kerry limbs probation government and a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for months a record number of residents have signed up to cast their ballots. hong kong is a used to queuing for restaurants conventions but not for an election especially not on a sunday morning and even before the polling stations open. moments after the queue started to form came a familiar face pro-democracy leader aung he himself was part from running district house for yo

faults francis has called upon world leaders to scrap their nuclear weapons the pontiff made the appeal during a symbolic visit to japan the only country to have suffered nuclear attacks. huge crowds turned out and braved the rain to catch a glimpse of the pope it's the 1st papal visit to japan for nearly 4 decades and not exactly the pontiff laid a wreath at a grain see room oriel for the 10s of thousands of people including $8000.00 catholics who perished in an atomic bombing in the final days of world war 2. francis told the crowds that he believes a world without nuclear weapons is both possible and necessary and the money spent on them could be put to better use. the inter-day as world where millions of children and families live in inhumane conditions. the money that is wondered and the fortunes made through the night a fracture upgrading maintenance and sale of even more destructive weapons we are now from crying out to heaven not even. here. the pontiff is also visiting her russia the site of the 1st atomic bombing in 1945 on monday pope francis will meet survivors of the 20 a l

francis told the crowds that he believes a world without nuclear weapons is both possible and necessary and the money spent on them could be put to better use. you know give me children in the days world where millions of children and families live in inhumane conditions. the money that is wondered and the fortunes made for the manufacture upgrading maintenance and sale of even more destructive weapons are not from crying out to heaven not. even a. few of. the pontiff is also visiting her the site of the 1st atomic bombing in 1945 on monday pope francis will meet survivors of the 2011th because she knew clear disaster he'll also meet japan's prime minister shinzo abbey and emperor neither he too and he will be hoping that they and other global leaders keep his calls for a nuclear free world. well some football news now and what does a good table top us policy mention travel to the german capital on saturday facing leaking you come as barely anyone have shocked a few big teams so far this season and once again aimed to cause an upset. which rukus fans in a tight knit squad. and is not an

record numbers of voters are turning out as authorities warn against violence also coming up the pope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons pontiff makes a symbolic visit to nagasaki in japan where he calls upon the world's nuclear nations to scrap their arsenals. and in the bundesliga a lot about face off against when you and barry lynn berliners have a reputation as being a giant slayer but can they take down the team at the top of the table. welcome to the program. i restarted hong kong where people are voting in unison elections the vote is seen as a both a test of kerry lab's probe aging government and as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for months voter participation is already at record levels. hung conus are used to queuing for restaurants conventions but not for an election especially not on a sunday morning and even before the polling stations open. moments after the queues started to form came a familiar face pro-democracy leader aung he himself was spot from running this recount that you action action in more community based more district

francis told the crowds that he believes a world without nuclear weapons is both possible and necessary and the money spent on them could be put to better use. give me a field in the inter days world where millions of children and families live in inhumane conditions. the money that is wanted and the fortunes made through the night a fracture upgrading maintenance and sale of even more destructive weapons we are now from crying out to heaven at. the. the pontiff is also visiting her russia the site of the 1st atomic bombing in 1945 on monday pope francis will meet survivors of the 20 a live in fukushima nuclear disaster he'll also meet japan's prime minister shinzo abbey and emperor not a hito and he will be hoping that they and other global leaders keep his calls for a nuclear free world. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you pro-democracy candidates have made massive gains in municipal elections and hong kong they have secured a majority with over 350 seats compared to just 45 seats for the probation camp election is seen as a chance for hong kong as to have a direct

we are seeing live pictures of pope francis at sophia university in japan live pictures of pope francis at sophia university injapan and the last visit of a catholic pope was 38 yea rs last visit of a catholic pope was 38 years ago and that was popejohn paul ii. how is the pope perceived ina paul ii. how is the pope perceived in a country where catholicism is a minority religion? if we look at the local reaction to his visit, even though as you said, christianity isn't a major religion in the country, he's been very much welcomed and he also raised other issues when he met with victims of the tsunami, he talked about nuclear energy, a controversial subject, and also highlighted the history of christianity and japan. then japanese government tried to the religion so he highlighted that visiting some of the museums in nagasaki. a lot on the blade for the pope. and he continues to break ground in many non— catholic countries. that was clear at the tokyo dome and 50,000 people attended that event, which was such attended that event, which was such a high turnover. where christianity isn't

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. >>> pope francis brings his message of peace to japan as he visits the citie suffered atomic attacks at the end of world war ii. >>> nfl week 12 highlights >>> "frozen 2" takes the world box office, earning $350 million, and taylor swift setting new records at the american music awards. it is monday, november 25th. "early today" starts now good monday lip anthe weather won't be making it easy. several major storms are in the forecast, and the first one has already brought heavy snow to parts of ohio. in pennsylvania and many others in the northeast, road conditions are already dangerous, and there are expectations the other big storms this week will be worse here's nbc's dave price. >> reporter: cars sliding off slick roads in massachusetts pennsylvania pounded with snow, making driving dangerous icy roads in ohio causing multiple accidents, sending four to the hospital. it's a race home and a race against mother nature. a wintry mix in the midwest and the northease 55 million people expected to travel this week high winds forced a ground stop at dulles international and delays at ne

during a visit to japan the final leg of his tour of asia francis visited nagasaki one of the 2 say cities devastated by an american nuclear bomb in the closing days of the 2nd world war he spoke of the suffering injured by the victims of that attack and he said nuclear weapons could never provide the world with security peace and stability. and to discuss it i'm joined by our religious affairs correspondent martin jacques this is the 1st papal visit in 38 years to japan and what do you think the significance is for the christians of japan well i think that this moment for them and other things because over the last sort of 10 years 2030 years they have lost 10 percent of the population been reduced by 500 from 500002 about 450 years so quite clearly there's a pattern that the church sees not only sort of in japan but around the world so i think one of the reasons why you the pope is there is to try to really train obviously this regional projection. particularly broken relationships china where the christian community got to the communities under quite a bit of pressure as it has i

pope francis has arrived in japan during his 4 day trip people visit mega saki and hiroshima where he is expected to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asian tour that began in thailand. in chile thousands of protesters have gathered in santiago for a 5th week of protests police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who have been protesting against social and economic inequality is the international has accused security forces of using excessive force. colombia's government has ordered a curfew in the capital bogota after widespread protests across the country against a planned pension and labor market reforms several people have been killed in clashes in the last 2 days now the country's president is calling for a national conversation in an attempt to calm things down. more clashes in bogota a 2nd day of widespread protests while police used tear gas in the alleyways thousands gathered in front of the national assembly before that protest was broken up to the demonstrations are hard to categorize as left wing or right wing people just

pope francis has arrived in japan during his 4 day trip he will visit next sacchi and hiroshima where he's expected to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand. well germany has just recently marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall and much of the war was destroyed in $989.00 that pieces of it and now being found all over the world including as far away as australia we take you down under now to a special unavailing at a park in sydney but the back story of this piece of war is quirky as it is mysterious here's more from sydney. you know how to cuff loosely translated everyone is powerful 30 years ago people power helped bring down the building wall and these piece of it ended up in sydney but said decades it sat forgotten in a warehouse the german businessmen who rented space for it here disappeared leaving his 3 ton memento behind warehouse manager raymond couldn't track him down all find anyone else who wanted to tank it. but you know i just had a very simple stipulation you can i would prefe

now pope francis has met with the victims of the fukushima nuclear disaster during his visit in japan the pope heard emotional testimony from survivors of the day on march 20th 11 when a powerful earthquake was followed by a tsunami and the meltdown of the nuclear power plant at fukushima he called for renewed efforts to help those affected noting concern over the continued use of nuclear power and injury in. to discuss the pope's visit i'm joined now here in the studio by his affairs correspondent martin gak so we have the 2nd day of francis is a visit to japan how has he been welcomed there been the reaction has been has been very strong of course i mean nothing circles and so one i mean obviously the sort of it's being compared to the john paul visit of $91.00 which was considerably more momentous because the world was. i mean the region was going to really more polarized the pope arrives at a time in which the guts of the community of japan is contracting i mean by about 10 percent in the last 20 years or so. is the pope in something that he's seen across the world and got to comm

where he's expected to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand. british comedian and actress sasha baron cohen has accused the facebook of spreading disinformation and amplifying hatred by running political advertising without fact checking it baron cohen said that if facebook had existed in the 1930 s. adult hitler would have been able to post anti semitic ads on the social media site of the. former u.s. national security advisor john bolton has accused the white house of blocking him from his own personal twitter account bolton has not posted anything on twitter since early september when he resigned from the role president donald trump has denied the accusation twitter for its part has declined to comment. colombia's government has ordered a curfew on the capital bogota to widespread protests across the country against planned pension and labor market reforms several people were killed in clashes over the last 2 days now the country's president event 2 k.'s calling for a national conversation and an effort to c

he's expected to warn all of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand . for what u.s. national security adviser john bolton has accused the white house of blocking him from his own personal twitter account bolton has not posted anything on twitter since early september when he left the role president donald trump to deny the accusation twitter well it declined to comment. colombia's government has ordered a curfew in the capital bogota to widespread protests across the country against planned pension and labor market reforms several people have been killed in clashes in the last 2 days and now the country's president even duke is calling for a national conversation in an effort to calm things down. more clashes in bogota a 2nd day of widespread protests while police used tear gas in the alleyway as thousands gathered in front of the national assembly before that protest was broken up to the demonstrations are hard to categorize as left wing or right wing people just seem fed up with the conservative government of preside

it is hard to believe that two years ago, francis reed was effectively crippled by arthritis. a constant pain was ended by a hip replacement operation. nhs targets men she should only have waited 80 weeks for surgery. instead her operation was delayed by six months. that really impacted on my help, my general health, my mobility. i was in a lot of pain and could barely get about. and it also impacted on my recovery time afterwards because i was so unfit by the time i had my surgery. for years, the nhs in england has struggled to meet key targets. the 18 week target for planned operations was last met more than three years ago. it has been over four years since the four hour waiting target was hit and nearly three quarters of services are failing to treat cancer patients quickly enough. these pictures paint a worrying pic. there are 4.5 million people on hospital waiting lists, hospitals, even before the winter pressure, are already full. so there are doubts that these patients will get access to care as quickly as they need it. france's's operation gave her a new lease on life

he's expected to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand. when hong kong authorities are threatening to call off municipal elections late of the sunday finance breaks out during pro-democracy protests the territories protest movement has called on people not to disrupt those district councils council elections in which those pro-democracy parties hope to send a message to the city's beijing backed government now the vote went fundamentally change hong kong's political system but it is seen as a test of kerry lamb's approach to beijing government. chris chan is back out on the street the pro-democracy campaigner hopes he can persuade people to give him their protest vote. well. after a massive moment i think an election can reflect public opinion to some extent another point is it's time for us to calm down and tell the government in a civilized way what we want to do. hong kong has been rocked by almost 6 months of under arrest some of it violent protesters have been calling on the pro beijing government for more

to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand. in paris people are joined in march to manning the french government take stronger action against deadly domestic violence with more than 130 women killed so far and 29000 by their partner france is one of the worst countries or deadly domestic violence in your. all victory for the head of germany's governing conservatives on the ground laid down the gauntlet at her party conference yesterday warning delegates that she would resign if she didn't get their full backing that earned her a 7 minute standing ovation car of our took over from chancellor angela merkel as c.d.u. leader last year but the party's popularity has continued to slide under her leadership . she now has time to catch your breath and calm cabin at a party conference the head of the cd you've managed to see off the rebellion against her leadership at least for now. i described here at the party conference where germany could look like and i asked the party whether they wanted to go down that road together

pope francis has arrived in japan during his 4 day trip he will visit nagasaki and hiroshima where he is expected to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand. incidents of far right violence in germany are on the rise and many journalists are reporting reporting on them are facing intimidation on saturday over 100 protesters from the far right n.p.v. party marched through the city of hanover to protest against the press advertise the march by posting a picture online of a journalist who had investigated the far right seen in germany of the protests was overshadowed by a counter demonstration of some 7000 people we met one of the journalist targeted by the n.p.t. at an undisclosed location for his safety and 3 out in is looking through his photos. he took this one at a far right extremist demonstration a neo nazi stares towards his camera and they very clear jester photojournalist out in is used to this. for good kind of i want to vent goes by in which we're not showing that they think we should be killed or injur

his resignation took place the following month, the day after pope francis addressed congress. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the united states house of representatives. speaker pelosi: good afternoon everyone. as speaker of the house, it is my official and personal honor to welcome friends of speaker john boehner to the u.s. capitol on this historic day. members and friends from both sides of the aisle is a signal -- a testament to the respect that all have a for john -- all have for john. speaker gingrich and speaker ryan are both here. [applause] and we warmly welcome and extend our gratitude to debbie, lindsay and tricia and the entire boehner family for sharing john with this congress and with our country. now it is my privilege to invite father conroy to deliver the invocation. >> ok. i am surrounded by quadrophonic speakers. [laughter] dear god, we give you thanks for the proceedings of this day. and for speaker john boehner and his place in history as the 53rd speaker of the people's house. we thank you for his many y

pope francis has arrived in japan during his 4 day trip people visit nagasaki and hiroshima where he is expected to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand. on colombia protests have resumed amid growing anger against president yvonne dougie's right wing government that comes as thousands hundreds of thousands of colombians took to the streets in bogota and other cities earlier this week to protest to case economic social and security policies as part of a nationwide general strike earlier today do pay promised social reforms here's a bit of what he had to say. by the putin approach you must amanda starting next week i will launch a national dialogue to strengthen the current social policy agenda. we will work to develop a medium to long term vision. that what hope is to deal with inequality in our society. are let's get more on that now i'm joined by in the studio by avia i gave us who's been reporting extensively from colombia i mean in fact you were recently in bogota you know colombian citizens in the stree

on the last day of his trip to japan pope francis has called on students to use technology to improve society speaking at a tokyo university the pontiff said the technological advances were worthless if they weren't used for good francis is the 1st pope to visit japan in nearly 40 years. the u.n. says the greenhouse gas levels in the earth's atmosphere hit a record high in 2018 carbon dioxide methane and nitrous oxide are the 3 main gases that tribute to global warming the u.n. is warning that the world is not on course to prevent catastrophic climate change. to albania now. where at least 6 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in decades the 6.4 magnitude quake struck 30 kilometers northwest of the capital causing buildings to collapse and sending panicked residents out onto the streets it is the 2nd earthquake to hit this country in 2 months. joining us now from tirana the capital there is journalist faces are like matt who is joining us so tell us this is the biggest earthquake to hit albania and decades what is the si

folks are able to take sir francis drake and counter commute. the bridge to richmond you have an issue. from richmond a nice backdrop as you look at the backup here. smooth flow of traffic toward richmond and the bay bridge, standard flow at the toll plaza with the sunrise. >> pretty sunrise this morning. right? >> nice way to ease back into the work week for a lot of people. >> it is back to work for a lot of people, kind of forget because it's like for us it's tuesday! >> we were here yesterday. >> we're going to have a nice one ahead, look at our highs for saturday reaching into the low to mid-70s from the bay to the inland valleys, and the coast is going to stay cool with some low 60s. on sunday expect another really nice day, as we reach up to about 66 along the coast, we'll see highs up to 76 degrees in the inland areas. this weekend we have the san mateo harvest festival happening at the event center, saturday and sunday. we do have some great weather for that even though you'll be inside as you're going in, you'll feel temperatures in th

to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asia tour that began in thailand. american led forces and their syrian kurdish allies have carried out a large joint operation capturing dozens of so-called militants operation took place while u.s. vice president mike pence was in iraq on a previously unannounced visit pense assured iraqi kurdish leaders that the u.s. would stand with its kurdish allies. now in the us you worship numbers for the impeachment hearings against president donald trump are out some 12000000 people per day in live to watch the proceedings on t.v. rivaling the audience for prime time n.f.l. football of course democrats were hoping for high levels of interest as they build their case for impeachment but t.v. ratings may not tell the full picture here to explain is ford or william know a good craft i mean look i guess in the days of twitter it's about more than just t.v. viewership online matters to churn these things are interrelated i mean t.v. viewership peaked at about 14000000 on the 1st day it declined steadily but not by mu

pope francis has arrived in japan during his 4 day trip he will visit nagasaki and hiroshima where he's expected to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons francis is on the 2nd and final leg of an asian tour that began in thailand. members of germany's ruling conservative c.d.u. party have rallied around their leader. power and ours had told delegates that she would quit if they didn't back her our took over from chancellor uncle americal as c.d.u. leader last year but the party's popularity has got fall under her leadership. well staying in germany neo nazis are engaged in a campaign to intimidate journalists the far right ultra nationalist party has targeted 3 reporters who are investigating the neo nazi scene more than 100 ultranationalist took their message of intimidating journalists to the streets of hung over on saturday the n.p.t. refers to journalists as quote enemies 7000 counter-demonstrators turned out to protest against them now we met one of the journalists who was being targeted by the n.p.t. we met him at a secret location for his safety. and reality and is looking throu