i m anne thompson at the vatican. now back to you. thanks, anne, for that report. we have a note here on some of the other developments for cuba. the pope not expected the meet with dissidents. the pope is no stranger to controversy. recently guiding priests to forgive abortion and issues reforms to the annulment process and why many see him as a pioneering leader for the church and in the book the tweetible pope there s insights on man, the pontiff and a spiritual revolution under way examining the pope s daily tweets. how are you? good to be with you. michael, you are also national reporter for the crux, boston globe s publication of all things catholic. you look at this, the tweets, the new platforms he s using. talk to us about what he s up to here. old teachings, new ways of reaching people. absolutely. pope francis is someone who has
hollande issued the statement. time for an early start on your money. asian markets closed higher. more signs that china s economy is slowing down. trade figures show imports and exports fell sharply for august. the nikkei losing all of the gains for the year after the weak gdp japan report. markets will open here in the u.s. after the holiday and futures are pointing higher. a good sign after the rough week last week. earlier this year, they were at record highs. now the dow more than 12% from its high. the s&p is on the edge of correction territory. later today, pope francis is expected to announce revisions to the marriage annulment process. the church is not releasing details. the pope said he believes
top secret information. it was legal, but not right thing to do. everybody has been playing on donald trump s playground. i wish mr. trump would throw more heat hillary clinton s way. i m going to run part of this parade. thousands and thousands of refugees and migrants. britain should fulfill its moral responsibility. home as they knew it is gone. pope francis expected to announce changes to the marriage annulment process. the pope is expected to stream line the procedure. does he have the power to change church doctrine? announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. good morning. welcome to new day. it is tuesday, september 8th. here is a question for you. does the clinton e-mail scandal now have teeth? a new review is said to support
to do with not just streamlining this process. it thooz do with two things, one, the pope wants to bring people back in for the year of mercy. this annulment process starts on december 8. it s part of his plan. the second point is, it ties in with discussions that will happen in october here at the general where they will discuss the hot button issue of divorce and remarried catholics. one wants to give communement whether or not you have an annulment. this circumscribes that problem. they are made easier now, you can take communion and be in good standing with the church. very well laid out. you write it in latin.
is unique, historically and dangerously unique. the results could well be catastrophic. this just into our newsroom, the woman shot on live television alongside a reporter and a cameraman has left the hospital. vicki gardener who was being interviewed when the shooting happened is now recovering at home. as you know, both journalists were killed in that shooting. gardener underwent two surgeries after the bullets came within september me centimeters of killing her. the vatican announcing major reforms by the pope making it easier and cheaper for catholics to get a marriage annulments. the process is now free except for some small administrative fees and should only take about 45 days. the pope said last year he believed the annulment process