pope francis uses his visit to cyprus to liken the fate of people fleeing war and poverty to slavery and torture. times have changed in new york, but queueing remains a constant. we speak to a businessman offering a way of avoiding them. we begin in the us state of michigan, where in a rare move, prosecutors have charged the parents of an alleged school shooter with involuntary manslaughter. this was the scene at oxford high school on tuesday. four people were killed and seven injured in the shooting. ethan crumbley was charged as an adult with one count of terrorism causing death and four counts of first—degree murder. authorities have now issued a fugitive warrant forjames and jennifer crumbley. but in a joint statement to the bbc, the family's lawyers said the crumbleys "are not fleeing from law enforcement" and had left town on the night of the shooting "for their own safety". here's the oakland county prosecutor announcing the charges a little earlier. it's imperative we prevent this from happening again. no other parent or community should have to live through this nightmare.

but this farmer and local politician is critical of pope francis. translation: he promised many things for our island, none of which happened. this island has suffered greatly from migration. tourism was hit hard. he should have helped and advocated for tourists to visit this island. the pope did refer to the struggles faced by local people on the eu's borders, but it was here among the thousands waiting to enter europe that his words had most force. i have no money, i have a very big problem, no passport. where are you going? what do you want? ijust want to be free. i just want freedom. i don't want anything, just freedom. there's unlikely to be a radical political shift on migration, but the pope has offered a robust defence of refugees, in a debate so often framed in fearful terms. fergal keane, bbc news, lesbos. at least 14 people have died and dozens have been injured on the indonesian island of java after an active volcano erupted for the second time in months. mount semeru has been in a state of near—constant eruption for decades. here's th

the professor's name was francis collins. "the new york times" account of his arrival ran 117 words. his mission at n.i.h. was to lead was we called then the human genome project, an international quest to discover genetic blueprint for human life. it was the scientific equivalent of the search for the holy grail. there were just as many skeptics as believers in that undertaking. but less than six years later, in june 2000, the first mapping of the human genome was complete. overnight that obscure professor from michigan, francis collins, became one of the most important scientists in the world. it was the achievement of an historic public-private partnership between the n.i.h.'s genome lab headed by dr. collins and a private firm, a rival turned partner founded by the genetic pioneer craig ventor. it involved hundreds of scientists from six nations. it involved one of the great -- remains one of the greatest advances in scientific knowledge in recorded history. in a white house ceremony, dr. collins said he was humbled and a

pope francis visits cyprus, preaching a message of unity for all christians. and how an interpreter who worked with british forces in afghanistan found new home in the u.k. for his family thanks to the kindness of strangers. ♪ hello and welcome if you are watching opbs in the u.s. or around the world. we start with the latest warning from the world health organization. its chief scientist says the new omicron variant could become dominant around the world, but that does not necessarily mean we will need to reformulate our vaccines. the number of countries detecting the variant is increasing every day, but the who says it is too soon to know whether it causes a more serious illness and people should not panic. the surge in south africa, where the variant was first identified, has accelerated further. more than 16,000 new cases announced friday, up from 11,500 the day before. doctors say there's a high admission rate of young children. and after germany announced new restrictions for the unvaccinated thursday, ireland has announced limits on the size of attend

i think that the countries are way francis prism the, as i said, the g 5 a now the g 4 was trying to stay the french help didn't need the funding. didn't need me another to 5 to get his grow. frogs can just get out just like that, if they could, dave who does the bulls because disfigure these intervention brings more problems than solutions and satisfaction. and we noted she to issue relies that it probably would like african countries to be able to contribute to govern the country. devote directly g g m s c. but when you see molly as a to cause in the last 2 years in august 2020 was 21 will be a demo, will be different, but the connections in february, next year, as dip promise, we don't know. the political and economic environment is so unstable that there's nothing to gain shorter. ready submissions, we'd have to come as we would agree from african population that governance providing ok. i want to ration if i can't because when the final 10 seconds a one word answer from you adama gate, if it time for funds to leave africa? asked mister luis and because for a gentleman, just just

what was the central message from pope francis that was different from pope francis that was different from what we might have heard in the past? he from what we might have heard in the ast? . , from what we might have heard in the ast? ., , ., ~' ., ., from what we might have heard in the ast? .,, ., ~ ., ., past? he was thanking all of those workin: in past? he was thanking all of those working in humanitarian _ past? he was thanking all of those working in humanitarian and - past? he was thanking all of those working in humanitarian and other| working in humanitarian and other settings. like the nhs in the uk, or the 5500 catholic apostles around the 5500 catholic apostles around the world. he was saying to all of us beyond that what has been missing this year that... what could be missing going forward is those who have suffered in very extreme positions and that we are missing their voice and their cry and that their voice and their cry and that the beauty of the arrival of this little baby this baby reaching out his hand saying please, guys, rebuild. �* ., _, ., his hand saying

and pope francis has visited cyprus. at a prayer service, he condemned what he said was slavery and torture being suffered by people fleeing war and poverty. at 10 o'clock, sophie raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, it's newscast.

in his christmas message, pope francis highlighted the tragedies in yemen and syria, which he said are being passed over in silence. the world's most powerful telescope has launched into space — to offer unprecedented images of the universe. and after 3 months of spewing lava and ash, the volcanic eruption on the spanish island of la palma, has finally come to an end. the queen has spoken movingly — in her christmas day message — about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was "one familiar laugh missing" — and expressed empathy with other families who'd lost loved ones this year. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. windsor castle christmas morning. the real standard signifying that the queen was in residence. the duchess of cornwalljoined the congregation at saint george's chapel for morning service. the queen did not attend as a precaution against covid—19 according to officials. from the very first moments of the queens broadcast, there was a keen sense of the loss she has felt over the death of prince philip last april after

all right francis. thanks to the east bay now where people in oakland would need to show proof of covid vaccination at restaurants bars gyms and other indoor public places under a new ordinance city council is expected to vote on the measure this tuesday if passed it would go into effect, february 1st. ordinance would apply to anyone 12 and older san francisco and contra costa county as well as the city of berkeley recently approved similar measures. the omicron variant has proven to be the most trans visible variant to date tonight experts are urging the public to get boosted as they detect more omicron cases in san francisco abc 7 news reporter luz pena is part of our vaccine team and spoke to experts who believe community spread is happening now. there's urgency coming out of the chen zuckerberg bayou hub. we know there's confirmed cases elsewhere in the city. the uptick is now i'm a crown is on the uptick. and people need to protect themselves nearly three weeks after the first omicron case in the u

but this farmer and local politician is critical of pope francis. translation: he promised many things for our island, none of which happened. this island has suffered greatly from migration. tourism was hit hard. he should have helped and advocated for tourists to visit this island. the pope did refer to the struggles faced by local people on the eu's borders, but it was here among the thousands waiting to enter europe that his words had most force. i have no money, i have a very big problem, no passport. where are you going? what do you want? ijust want to be free. i just want freedom. i don't want anything, just freedom. there's unlikely to be a radical political shift on migration, but the pope has offered a robust defence of refugees, in a debate so often framed in fearful terms. fergal keane, bbc news, lesbos. more on this story on our website, including how the pope's visit to greece links to the migrant crisis around the mediterranean. just log on to bbc.com/news or download the bbc app. at least 14 people have died and dozens have been inju

so a pipe francis has celebrated the annual christmas eve mass in st. peter's basilica . that's despite a shop rising cove. at 19 cases. the traditional midnight mass was actually held at the earlier time of 7 30 in the evening and focused on the plight of workers and the world's pool. ah, the choir echoes over a reduced crowd to the 2nd deer in a room. an estimated 2000 people attended the pope's traditional christmas eve mass compared to him, the 200 last year. the 85 year old pontiff focused his message on addressing global poverty, saying that people who are indifferent to the world's poor offend god include saying you that is the sign. a child, a baby lying in the dia, poverty of a manger. you never had just a poor child wrapped in swaddling clothes, with shepherds i standing by one day past 30. i thought that his way god is in little nosey. ah, francis also used his 9th address to remind people that serving others is more important than spending a lifetime in pursuit of success. but the corona virus pandemic still cast a shadow over the surface. ah, just minutes bef

in his christmas message, pope francis highlighted the tragedies in yemen and syria, which he said are being passed over in silence. and lift off! the world's most powerful telescope has blasted into space — soon to offer unprecedented images of the universe. # while we're here can we all spare a thought # for the ones who have gone #. and christmas with ed sheeran and elton — we find out how the stars spend the festive period. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the queen has spoken movingly in her christmas day message about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was "one familiar laugh missing", and expressed empathy with other families who'd lost loved ones this year. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. windsor castle on christmas morning. the royal standard signifying that the queen was in residence. merry christmas. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwalljoined the congregation at st george's chapel for morning service. the queen did not attend as a precaution against covid, according to official

on saturday, pope francis will travel to greece. thank you for watching. i will see you soon. hello. we have a rather cold and windy weekend to come. and there'll be some wet weather at times, especially on saturday, some showers or some showery rain and hill snow. drier for many on sunday. throughout the weekend, though, a chilly wind to contend with. what's going on? low pressure close to scotland as saturday begins will run south through the north sea as the weekend goes on. around it, showers or some longer spells of rain and hill snow, especially on saturday. and it's also dragging in another push of chilly air from the north—west. and it's not what those without power or working to restore power after storm arwen want to hear, but it is going to be a rather cold weekend ahead, with temperatures starting like this for saturday morning. just a few spots close to freezing, just a hint of frost here and there. there'll be early rain across eastern england clearing away to sunny spells, but then this curl of rain and hill snow through scotland, northern ireland, pushing int

the path of friendship one that pope francis hopes all on this scarred island may eventually take. mark lowen, bbc news. the actor sir antony sher has died aged 72. sir antony, who had cancer, was widely regarded as one of the country's finest contemporary classical actors, with a long association with the royal shakespeare company. david sillito looks back at his life. deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up. antony sher�*s richard iii, a scuttling, spidery malevolence. it went beyond mere good reviews to become the portrayal against which all others are measured. when they are gone, then i must count my gains. your hair's nice. howard kirk in the history man, the defining �*70s campus radical. perhaps we should just add his name... i think my biggest problem is being young and beautiful. it is my biggest problem, because i have never been young and beautiful. arnold, the drag queen in torch song trilogy, another olivier award—winning role. oh, i've been beautiful. antony sher was also an accomplished writer and painter, but t

well, he was fans trying to help if my point because you said you've got yourself, the francis. there's that, you know, these things don't work and yet they've been there for 8 years. who's trying find trying to help here. at 1st, the idea was to come to the rescue where they were asked for by the magic government of the time. you, brian, i'd be k data and it was to france, intervene as a result of the on demand. because if for debt the judge is group which had evaded, she had taken control of the nor we're moving towards by macro dead. the argument for continued french presence and an increase in the french presented the area was the fear that there will be some kind of side eastern endure region like up garrison with all the stories. brooks in the countries of side, which would in turn be dangerous for fraud, says received when you suddenly state to go over the iraq and syria led to, to reset tax in france. but a long shot you do come and go from there. so that was this fear, but of to now we haven't seen any attempts on european, all french, so emanating from groups present i

pope francis is celebrasting mass at the megaron concert hall in athens. as fergal was saying, as we see the pope celebrating mass, the first part of his trip was about migration. this part is about religion and in particularfor the pope this about reconciliation between the catholic church he leads and the orthodox church, the main denomination in the two countries he has been visiting, cyprus and greece. that reconciliation has been going on since the 1960s following a breach of about 900 years. we will continue to follow the progress of francis on his apostolic trip to greece. rescuers in indonesia are searching for survivors in villages buried by hot ash, after a volcano onjava island erupted on saturday. 14 people are known to have died and dozens were injured. more than a thousand people have been evacuated, but the process has been hampered by choking smoke, a power blackout, and rainstorms during the eruption which turned the debris into mud. the duke of cambridge has revealed how his mental health was affected while he was an air ambulance pilot.

francis caught in a trap door to get out of the situation with odyssey. ed, we know that this region is a part. okay. and it's the established group g distilleries. grouped even is distributed isaac, all the countries that return at trust is not a good place of this g, as many people say also showed this work and the previous or good even implants okay. at our mcgee, it's a d. how would you respond to that? because the vac no group and russia do you have they have been active in other countries in africa, and that's something which has arguably caused problems in some places. i'm thinking specifically of libya. do you think that that would be a helpful intervention in the south region? so inviting another, a foreign or army or, or foreign mercenaries from other countries? or is it simply time for the foreign countries to get aids of africa and for these nations to fix them, their problems themselves? that is the issue. actually, if you look at the history of interventions, they haven't been successful. the case in point could be a star where the soviet un

and that is christmas eve mass. pope francis urges everyone to look beyond the lights and decorations and remember the world's needs. ah, i'm jared braid, merry christmas. and welcome to the program. a surgeon cove at 19 cases, driven by the alma crohn variant, has been disrupting holiday travel plans all around the world. more than 2000 flights have been canceled globally because of the impact of the corona virus, on airline employees and on passengers. despite all these people are trying their best to maintain the christmas spirit. twas the night before christmas. but instead of the usual last minute christmas rush, the streets here in london have fallen silent. the u. k broke their record of coated cases for the 3rd day in a row, recording about 122000 infections. numbers have climbed so high that some estimates predict one in 10 londoners have the infection. the surgeon cases has dampened the christmas cheer and left many industries struggling with staff shortages as sick workers. a forced to isolate it's a problem that has hit airlines particularly hard some 2000 flights around t

how is italy handling this >> reporter: good morning, francis. well, italy has already some of the strictest anticovid measures in place it really tightened the screw on the unvaccinated by banning them from accessing public places like bars and restaurants. but when the government meets again on thursday, they may introduce even further measures. they may go even further by for instance reintroducing mandatory wearing of face masks outside or even requiring a negative test even to the unvaccinated when they get into public places where large events are being hosted well, now, let's move up north to france where paris cancelled the traditional and much-anticipated, of course, new year's celebration, that includes fireworks because the omicron and covid in general is spreading so fast. and in france on saturday, thousands of people protested in the streets not only in paris but also in the rest of the country because there are word there that the country may introduce a covid certificate to get into public places like we have already here in italy

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burden francis. thank you so much. sandra much rush as officially left the open skies treaty and agreement that allow states to conduct unarmed surveillance flights in each other's air space. the decision to withdraw came after the u. s. pulled out last year with more. his artistic is not withdraw by russia rather than being a beginning of something big. it is a logical and now in hindsight, a and inevitable conclusion to a process started by washington when last year accused moscow or violating the basic principles of this open skies agreement. and decided to unilaterally leave the deal this treaty, which was signed all the way back in 1992. it served as a very important confidence builder. basically, it allowed russia the u. s. and some, many nato member states to conduct anom surveillance flights over each other's military infrastructure. as long as there was a 72 hours heads up when washington decided to withdraw, russia found itself at a disadvantage. basically, neither russia nor washington cou

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francis. is there any hope out there? yeah, jr. you said we had five days of rain we have four days of rain, so it'll be nine days straight and i'll show you why we can look at live doppler 7 the satellite radar image looping. you just see more rain heading our way even some lightning strikes there off the coast and around the bay area we have conditions from light rain to some more moderate. in very cloudy conditions honor storm impact scale. it's going to be a one for tomorrow scattered showers throughout the day some brief periods of heavy rains snow and small hail is possible the rain does start to pick up into the afternoon hours and here's a forecast animation. so spotty showers throughout the morning and then notice by tomorrow evening. we'll start to see some of the more modern rain indicated by yellow there and the pink and white indicates the snow into monday morning all of your complete accuweather 7-day forecast with very chilly numbers ahead jr. thanks so much. well take a look at

on saturday, pope francis will travel to greece. religions are reinventing themselves on social media. from nunsjumping on the latest online trends, to imams and otherfaith leaders preaching on instagram. now research commissioned by the bbc shows that religious content, especially on tiktok, is growing faster than average. our global religion reporter sofia bettiza has the story. religion is adapting to new social media trends fast. short videos like this are becoming really popular. on tiktok this hashtag has nine billion use. the wily has over 2 billion. —— diwali. these nuns dedicate their life to jesus diwali. these nuns dedicate their life tojesus christ but after they finished but this is what they get up to. they're making a video on tiktok. don't you think that some people might not take you seriously? i think there's a lot of stereotypes about nuns out there. there is an idea that you lock yourself into an institution, all the rules, you are giving up. so when we share those videos, we really want to show that we are h

and it's hope francis, the champion of christmas as he's speaking out against those who are trying to official cancel, cancel the holiday. a story you will not want to miss at some say, the war on christmas is under way. plus of billions of dollars are going to be flying by you on saturday. if only could find a way to harness the i full sized asteroid such a past year, we will give you all the rocky details. i'm now using the stores and warranties news use right here on our t america. ah, the oh, thanks for joining us here with 3 long weeks ahead for the end of the year. 12 major us cities have seen a record number of homicides at the f. b. i reported back in september that the murder re jumped 30 percent nationwide and 2020, the largest single rise in the history of their measuring crime statistics. now of course, funding decline and arrest partly due to the code 1900 pair demick is being blamed for the avalanche of killing along with economic hardships, the loss of after school programs and problems filling positions in police departments all across the country. so what can american

bob: francis is right, terrific report. you married that with the ism services index that came out, and that showed respondents showing there is still a labor shortage, and business is as good as it's ever been. this is a very healthy economy. jonathan: i has them 69 handle. krishna, your reaction? krishna: both bob and francis are making the right point. the economy is in fantastic shape right now. the key word is right now. participation will be the critical thing, not just from an inflationary perspective but more importantly, from what the fed decides to do in terms of raising rates rather than just tapering. i think frances may be too early in terms of declaring victory with respect to the participation rate. with everything going on with the virus, looking at that one number and sing the issue has gone away, i think is a little premature. jonathan: frances donald, you can respond to that. frances: certainly not saying we are there, and i agree, what we are talking about is marked to market. a little bit of improvement

yeah, but when it comes to defending christmas, pope francis does not mixed words. last week in italian daily leaked an internal communication of the european commission, the 30 page document titled union of equality told member states to avoid assuming that everyone is christian, especially during the christmas holidays. the document also advised that members of the commission avoid using the word christmas and instead use holidays. it also went so far as to suggest against using names that are typically from one religion . substituting maria and john with malika and julio. when the pope got wind of the european commissions guidelines he didn't hold back the head of the catholic church lashed out against the document, comparing it to the actions of historic dictatorships breakfast, also warned against idea logical colonization. only addressing journalist mcclain returning to the vatican from a trip to recent cypress. earlier this week, the pope was quoted as saying in history many, many dictatorships of tried to do this kind of thing was think of napoleon, think of

in his christmas message, pope francis highlighted the tragedies in yemen and syria, which he said are being passed over in silence. and lift—off! the world's most powerful telescope has blasted into space, soon to offer unprecedented images of the universe. christmas day booster jabs in england — thousands of people are expected to be vaccinated today as the race to fight the surging omricon variant continues. the former england and yorkshire captain ray illingworth has died at the age of 89. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the queen has spoken movingly, in her christmas day message, about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip, who died in april. the monarch poignantly reflected on a year of personal grief, saying there was "one familiar laugh missing" amid the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. windsor castle on christmas morning. the royal standard signifying that the queen was in residence. men? the queen was in residence. merry christmas- — the queen was in resid

share on lesbos, pope francis made me a second visit to the island since 2016. he was very emphatic in his words and they were clearly delivered in front of refugees but aimed squarely at the european leaders. he spoke of the need not to allow the continuing deaths of people at sea. these mortars behind me he said had become a cemetery without tombstones. he said refugees should not be used as political propaganda, clear reference to the situation on the borders of poland and belarus. he also condemned the building of walls, he said people could not be indifferent to the plight of refugees. the question of courses whether european leaders will listen to that in an atmosphere thatis will listen to that in an atmosphere that is highly polarised, but at the very least, pope francis has injected a strong notes of compassion into a debate that is so often framed in fearful terms. thank ou, often framed in fearful terms. thank you. fergal- — it might be december, but the women�*s fa cup final kicks off in less than an hour. it�*s the culmination of last seasonï¿

why did he quote pope francis? again, a couple of things are going on here. why quote pope francis. thoughts? >> we see pope francis more one of the more progressive popes? and he chose pope francis because they are less conservative in their catholicism. -- >> that's right, pope francis [inaudible] he's from south america. we might talk about this another time. he is rare among pope that he has a scientific background. in this case he is talking about the marginalized. so, in doing an entirely different take on the christian message then are a lot of other politicians will make them. thatthe president here is talkg about his personal beliefs but he is casting them in ways that will be appealing to more progressive voters. so, this draws contrast between the way barack obama talks about religion and the way ronald reagan does. so, quite a contrast. i know talking to you before class, you were a bit surprised by the empire speech. what reaction did you have? >> i was expecting them to be focusing on the relationship for americans to have with [inaudible] but then all of a sudden [ina

francis is here, we are dreaming of a white christmas. francis: we are definitely going to get it, might even be a white christmas. showing you the increase cloud cover, even spotty showers that will continue to the next few hours, for christmas eve into tomorrow. current temperatures mostly in the low 50's, san francisco at 52, op p53, san jose, 54. -- oakland 53 2:00 this morning, we will start to see this line of heavy rain moving through ukiah. it is going to slide in the morning hours through the north bay. the areas of orange and red could be the brief, heavy downpours. the white and pink, that is no. we could get a bit of white christmas. notice how quickly the system moves through, by lunchtime, it slides towards the east bay and southbay. it tapers into showers, then turns into showers sunday, bringing more rain sunday evening in to the bay area. it is going to be a wet weekend. here are the rainfall amounts come up for tomorrow, expect anywhere from .3 inches to over one inch in napa, generally around .5 inches around the bay ar

francis collins, president of the national institutes of health. rita braver has his story. >> reporter: so this building on the left is our clinical center. >> see nih like i have never seen it before. >> reporter: for dr. frances collins, the adventure of owning a harley is nothing compared with the challenge of running the sprawling national institutes of health. >> so we have 27 institutes and centers. they range everything from institutes that are focused on a disease. the national cancer institute. to some that are focused on organ systems. the national eye institute or infectious disease, heart, lung, and blood. i had a pretty good time getting the best people in the world to come and lead those institutes. >> reporter: but after 12 years on the job, one of the longest runs in history, dr. collins will step down today. >> i have loved this role. but 12-plus years is a long time to have a single leader of this largest support ever of biomedical research in the world. it's good to have new vision. >> reporter: it was collins's own vision as on

ah, i've francis has celebrated the annual christmas eve mass. it's unpaid as the silica despite a shop rise in coven cases. the traditional midnight mass was held at the earlier time of 7 30 pm and focused on the plight of workers and the weld. cool. oh, the choir echoes over a reduced crowd to the 2nd year in a room. and estimated 2000 people attended the pope's traditional christmas eve mass compared to only 200 last year. the 85 year old pontiff focused his message on addressing global poverty, saying that people who indifferent to the world's poor offend god include saying you that is the sign. a child, a baby lying in the dia, poverty of a manger hewn and had just a poor child, wrapped in swaddling clothes. with shepherds standing by monday, by 30 i thought that his way god is in little noisy. ah, francis also used his 9th address to remind people that serving others is more important than spending a lifetime in pursuit of success. but the corona virus pandemic still cast a shadow over the service. ah, just minutes before the mass began wil

francis. >> kelly, thank you. >>> antonio brown is being sidelined with mike edwards and free agent john franklin brown suspended three games without pay for violating the league's covid-19 protocol as well as for what the league is calling misrepresenting vaccination status the tampa bay times alleged a chef said he got a fake vaccination card >>> the nba announced lakers forward lebron james has cleared health and safety protocols after missing one game this week james tested negative eight times since returning a positive test that led him to missing tuesday's game in sacramento the league now says the test was a false positive, and the initial sample returned inconclusive results when it was retested >>> actor alec baldwin is breaking his silence on the "rust" movie set the actor says there is only one unresolved question, where did the live round come from nbc's miguel almaguer has more >> reporter: though the official investigation into the deadly shooting on the set of "rust" is likely weeks from completion, alec baldwin with a surprising claim, speaking to abc news. >> well, the

pope francis causes a sensation. >> 2013 was a year of faith, and as part of an extra kind of reward for pilgrims who had come, pope francis displayed these nine bones, and he's essentially making the claim that he's holding right there, the bones of the person who founded the church in rome: st. peter. >> the revelation of st. peter's bones makes headlines around the world. >> this is something that has never happened before. the vatican, this morning, publicly displayed what's believed to be bone fragments from st. peter, an apostle of jesus christ, and the world's first pope. >> for most faithful catholics, they had no idea that such things existed. they'd never been made public, and they'd been kept inside in a private chapel for the pope and for his inner circle, so this is a very thrilling moment for -- for believing catholics all over the world. >> if these are the bones of peter, then they are one of the catholic church's most significant discoveries. >> it's very exciting, because it puts us into direct contact with the historical peter. >> peter was the most important disci

why did he quote pope francis? again, a couple of things are going on here. why quote pope francis? so thoughts. >> pope francis is one of the more aggressive popes that has come across in recent years, and i think the reason obama specifically chose pope francis because he's still appealing to very specific crowds at the same time his general basis which may not be as religious can better accept the pope's views if they're less conservative in catholicism. >> that's right. emphasizing inclusion. he's from south america. the -- and -- actually -- you know we might talk about this in another time. he's rare among popes. he has a scientific background. he worked as a chemist. but in this case he's talking about the marginalized, the leper. so doing an entirely different take of the christian message t will be appealing to more than a lot of other politicians will take. the president is talking about his personal believes, but he's casting them in ways that will be more appealing to progressive voters. and so this draws a contrast between the way barack obama talks about religion and t

ah, francis also used his night. the dress to remind people that serving others is more important than spending a lifetime in pursuit of success. but the corona virus pandemic still cast a shadow over the surface. ah, just minutes before the mass began in italy announced another reco daily talley of new coven. 19 infections, because despite the shop rise in cases, the faithful outside would just happy to be celebrating. again. this is the 1st time in the last 2 years that we've been able to gather both as a family and to attend mass because of that pandemic. so we're very excited and grateful. unlike last june, the pope will once again deliver his traditional irby at all the message from the balcony of saint peter's basilica on christmas day. ah! you're watching date. every news that take this hour, but don't go away. shift living in the digital age is up after a short break. we'll have more headlines for you at the top of the nice, but i was celebrating around the world merry christmas to you. i'm rebecca. it has in

francis slams the he, you for trying to enforce supposedly inclusive language, likening its actions to the quote nazi dictatorship ah, it's bright and early in the morning here in the russian capital and you're watching our t international. my name's donald quarter. welcome to the program. vladimir putin and joe biden have concluded a 2 hour video call, focusing on fears of a military escalation in ukraine. the kremlin and the white house have revealed the key talking points. here's our t solstio taylor with the details. there was a lot of hype around this cool, but at same time, very low expectations in any major breakthrough would happen. and not indeed seems to be the case here. after that phone call in which a number of issues was raised ranging from cyber warfare to strategic stability, to regional issues such as iran. both sides have come out with statements now and i will say it's very interesting to see how the 2 of them paint very different portraits of both the content and the tone of the phone call. i thought, said there are 3 points on which they do converge. the fust is no

francis collins. the outgoing director of the national institutes of health come on his departure and legacy. introductions underway. >> i want to talk to you about omicron. it is spreading like wildfire across the country with cases doubling every 2-4 days. what is your concern, going into the holidays? >> i am concerned, because this is a variant, omicron, that has more than 50 mutations, compared to the original virus, from wuhan. it makes it apparently very contagious, with this doubling time that you just mentioned, 2-4 days. that increases the numbers by a factor of two. we saw that in africa, the u.k., now we are seeing it in the u.s. that is much faster than delta, which we thought was already really bad. but this is going to be potentially the dominant viral strain in the u.s. in just two to three weeks, at the rate it is going. >> i guess we should add [indiscernible] what is your concern about these two things searching together? >> your right to mention delta, even though we have a lot of

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