Never sat down for an extended, wideranging interview with an American Broadcast Network until now. [bell tolls] [whispers] wow. Buongiorno, your holiness. Tonight, our global exclusive with pope francis. He may be the 266th pope, but he is a man of firsts. Are we okay to start . Pope francis [speaking spanish] si si, como no . We have a new pontiff. Norah elected to the papacy in 2013. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in argentina, hes the first pope to hail from the americas and from the Southern Hemisphere. This is incredible, to hear the crowd there that has jammed into st. Peters square. The 87yearold is the first pope to choose the name francis, after Saint Francis of assisi, known for his simplicity and humility. Hes the first jesuit pope. The pope of the holy see. Norah and the first pope to address the u. S. Congress. Pope Francis America continues to be, for many, a land of dreams. [applause] norah pope francis took charge of the Roman Catholic church at a crossroads. Between the c
Episcopal community were going to hear about. Youre not from here. Im interested how you got from the deep south to bay area. Please introduce yourself and welcome. Thank you so much its a great pleasure to be with you. Well, you know, when i speak to groups here in the bay area, sometimes i ask how many are born here like you. Or even right here in San Francisco. Theres usually two or three people in the room. Then i go on to make the point, everybody including the ones born here have chosen to stay here or come here. This is a place people very deliberately choose. For big, big reasons that have to do with aspirations of freedom, ability to innovate and bring all their powers of creativity to bear. So i think thats important as we think about who we are and why were doing what were doing here in the bay area. Sheila and i, my wife and i, came from alabama. I was the bishop like the Lieutenant Governor of diocese of alabama which is most the state of alabama. I was elected. We elect a
Over sight that you have with the a miss camacho pole community, but youre not here from. I find that interesting. Youre from a long place from here and im interested in how you got from the deep south to the bay area. Please introduce yourself and welcome. Thank you so much. Its a great pleasure to be with you. Well, when i speak with groups in the bay area, sometimes i ask how many are were born here like you, and or even right here in San Francisco. And theres usually two or three people in the room, but then i go onto make the point that everybody including the ones like you who were born here have chosen to stay here. Or to come here. This is a place that people very deliberately choose, and for big, big reasons, perhaps to do with aspirations of freedom and ability to innovate and to bring all their powers of creativity to bear so i think thats important as we think about who we are and why were doing what were doing here in the bay area. Sheila my wife and i came from alabama. I
Host you can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social media pages a very good sunday morning to you. Isrges Guns Everywhere law what we will be talking about in the first 45 minutes this morning. A few headlines in the past week from around the country in georgia, headline sweeping new gun law takes effect. ,rom Al Jazeera America georgia now has Guns Everywhere. One of the headlines from the Atlanta Journalconstitution, see if itke months to is a tempest in a teapot or an actual storm. For a breakdown of what the new law entails we turn to the Associated Press and their wrapup of the bill, noting that the georgia safe carry protection act criticized by one group as the Guns Everywhere bill expands where license carriers can take their weapons and affects the rules including bars, churches, schools, law that wes the will be talking about for the next 45 minutes or so. We are waiting for your phone calls and comments, but as we do we will give you an update on what is coming
Two big developing stories. Overseas where overnight israel launched air strikes against targets in gaza amid fallout from a series of killings of israeli and palestinian teenagers. Many fears this morning that the region could be plunged into war. Well get to that in a moment but first to the southern border where that Immigration Crisis is deepening, and this weekend, more arrests in marietta, california, where protesters from both sides of the debate continue to clash over buses carrying undocumented migrants to new detention facilities. And this week, a special congressional hearing held near the texas mexico border on that surge of immigrants streaming in from Central America. Well speak with two of the witnesses who testified there including Texas Governor rick perry, but first heres abcs jim avila. Turn around and go back. Reporter the humanitarian crisis on the border now ripping at the fabric of american society. Flash point, marietta, southern california, where the demonstrat