declared him dead. what led to his capture? a minor traffic stop. deputies pulled price over because the tinting on his car windows was apparently too dark and they got him. police in northern california have named a supects in connection with the killing of a priest whose body was found yesterday inside of a church rectory. we know the news conference happened last hour. who is this suspect. police have made a lot of progress in 24 hours. the suspect is 43-year-old gary lee bullock. he s from humboldt county, the county where eureka, the city where this murder took place. they had this plan in custody until a few hours before the murder. let me backtrack a little bit. we re talking about the prooesh killed, his name is eric freed. he had been at the parish only two years, but he had become loved by many parishioners. he was found dead yesterday morning after he didn t show up for the 9:00 a.m. mass. one parishioner went next door
welcome back to the lead. i m jake tapper. some breaking news in a murder mystery involving a popular priest. police say they arrested the man wanted for killing reverend eric freed and leaving his body in the church rectory. gary lee bullock is in custody. we re not sure why freed was killed but police say bullock was spotted at the church hours before the body was found. those who knew the reverend are in shock, the mayor calling his death a loss for the entire community. he was known for sharing funny, inspirational stories with his congregation at st. bernard parish, and for his deep ties to a local university, where he taught for more than a decade. joining us live is police chief andy mills. thank you so much for being here. what can you tell us about this arrest? where was bullock found? gary bullock was arrested
it was parked across the street, which now you can see what it looks like now. so that s where she is just so lucky to be alive right now. and this is she was just getting ready to leave and get in her car and take off. yes. she told me she got very scared and she was about to walk out the door until this lady told her not to go outside. shes with going to go home, and a lady grabbed her and told her no. the tornado shredded the roof and walls of saint mary s catholic church in joplin. but it left the cross standing on top of the building. the priest survived by taking cover in a bathtub in the church rectory. and the mayor of joplin urged people to keep the faith. even using a bit of colorful language, probably not appropriate for the church. this is just not the type of community that s going to let a little f-4 tornado kick our ass. so we will rebuild, and we will recovery. this is what president obama will see when he travels to joplin on sunday.
to gather in n great anticipation of in great anticipation of this important speech. obviously you re looking at the leadership, democratic as well as republican leadership, beginning to gather. a lot of handshakes as they enter the chamber. and this is really a critical time for both president obama and the israeli prime minister because when we look at this, there are critical ties between the two countries. we are talking about political ties, religious ties, as well as real concerns, big questions about security. security in the region, in the middle east, among the dramatic changes that we have seen over just the last four or five months or so. and the question about whether or not middle east peace, israelis and palestinians, can actually achieve any kind of breakthrough through this administration. we have seen it time and time again from previous administrations, cannot be done, has not been done, can this president do a better job? and now we have the israeli prime
where church files have surfaced showing that before he became pope, then cardinal joseph ratzinger signed a letter resisting the defrocking of a california priest convicted of child sexual abuse. the ap obtained that letter. take a look. father steven keesley, a priest in oakland, california was sentenced to probation for tying up and molesting two young boys inside the church rectory in 1978. the local bishop wrote several letters to the vatican office headed by the then cardinal joseph ratzinger, now pope benedict, trying to remove kiesle. shows cardinal ratzinger turned down a request from oakland bishop john cummings to defrock. in latin, it was a case of grave significance, but declined to take action, worried he said about the impact on the good of the universal church. the ap says the vatican confirms