views were. the united states of america is the most critical part of this entire agenda. reporter: and in one of the most emotional moments since taking office, the president reflecting on his relationship with pope francis, america s second catholic president at the center of a raging debate back home over his support of abortion rights. conservative u.s. catholic bishops efforting a move to deny politicians like him communion. the president telling reporters that in his closed door meeting the pope told him he was a good catholic and should continue to receive the sacrament. what did it mean for you to hear pope francis in the wake of this in the middle of this debate call you a good catholic, and did what he tell you, should put this debate to rest? look i m not going to a lot of this is just personal. always been this debate in the catholic church. when i lost my son beau, it had such a cathartic impact on my wife and our family. and cecilia vega joins us now live from r
of you know catholic bish on, some of them back here in the united states say mr. biden should be denied communion because he supports abortion rights. the president said abortion didn t come up at all with the meeting with the pope. the two focused instead on shared goals like fighting poverty, the climate crisis and getting covid vaccines and other relief to corners of the globe that are often forgotten. let s discuss with jonathan marritt who joins us now. grateful for your time. let s start with the personal. america s second catholic president. we see joe biden go to church every weekend. there has been that dustup about should he receive communion? conservative u.s. bishops essentially want to call him out on that. listen to what the president s take on what the pope told him about that. mr. president, did the issue of abortion come up at all? no, it didn t. he talked about the fact that i was a good catholic. he said you re receiving
president biden overseas in rome. america s second catholic president meeting with pope francis this morning. then turned to diplomacy meeting with various world leaders ahead of the g20 and u.n. climate summits this week. president biden looking to show the world america is back on the international stage and ared to meet the 21st century issues the world faces despite failing to get to agreement on some of his signature spending agendas back home. he met with the president of france and. in their meeting today the president acknowledged the u.s. could have done a better job communicating with our oldest ally over a submarine deal with australia. h australia.
november 14, a major royal event on the royal calendar. we are told tonight, the queen remains in good spirits. she recorded a video message for that climate summit and this is just a sensible precaution from her medical team. norah. o donnell: charlie d agata, thank you very much. history was made today at the vatican for just the second time, a catholic u.s. president met the pope. j.f.k. met pope paul in 1963, and today, president biden visited with pope francis. the president later tried to patch things up with america s oldest ally, and cbs nancy cordes reports tonight from rome. reporter: america s second catholic president made his first stop today at the vatican to reconnect with pope francis. you are the most significant warrior for peace i ve ever met. reporter: even the cardinals expressed surprise when a private conversation between the two men lasted 75 minutes. president biden s prochoice stance and his support for
and this young mother, this dp, was killed on a movie set because of money. and that s really what it boils down to. and that s the sad part about this. stu, you raise a lot very important concerns and questions that i think have to be answered if you want to make sure this doesn t happen again in the future. we appreciate you speaking with us, stu brumbaugh, thanks. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world and in the metaverse. it is friday, october 29th. i m john berman alongside brianna keilar. chris cuomo is standing by in rome, because president biden has just wrapped up a meeting with pope francis. america s second catholic