when he became the first pope to resign and almost 600 years. he cited a quote, lack of strength of mind and body as his reason for stepping down. benedict was born in germany and grew up as the regime was gaining power. after the war. he turned to theological studies and eventually became a professor in 1951. he was ordained as a priest. as work in theology attracted the attention of the archbishop. who asked him to serve his expert assistance at the second vatican council in the sixties , and then in 1977, he was appointed archbishop of munich . three months later, he became cardinal benedict. the 16th was elected pope in 2005 following the death of his close friend, pope john paul, the second at age 78. he became the oldest newly elected pope since 1970. pope benedict the 16th dedicated his entire adult life to the church from 1951 when he was ordained a priest until resigning his pope in 2013, greg palkot, takes a look at his life and legacy. when john paul. the second di
well, would you look at that, that s an attack on democracy with echos, of course, of january 6th. good morning, everyone. what you ve been looking at are protesters in brazil storming three seats of power, the presidential palace, congress and the supreme court, over election conspiracies. familiar, right? yes. and those questions about not just familiarity but the connection between the two. so what sparked these riots we ll tell you all about it in a little bit here. and president biden visited the southern border for the first time since taking office but did not meet with any migrants there on the ground. how the white house is explaining that. also this. do you speak to william now? do you text? currently, no. yeah. a really, revealing interview, prince harry opening up about his brother, his late mother, all of the royal leaks to the media. why he accuses the queen consort of being, in his words, quote, dangerous. we ll begin with what s called brazil s
establishment wing. balking over finalizing the very rules mccarthy conceded last week to hard liners to become the house speaker. is this normal? plus, president biden s upcoming meeting with the president of mexico after visiting the border. where critics say the true scope of the humanitarian crisis was hidden from his view. and prince harry dropping bombs, accusing his stepmother of leaking stories to help her image. what does the royal family have to say about all of this? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in our politics lead with the first test of newly elected speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. in just a few hours, the house is going to vote on its new rules package. this will include one of the biggest concessions mccarthy made to the hard line rebels to get the gavel. that one-person motion to vacate rule. this means just one member of congress can now force to remove mccarthy as speaker. he also made other concessions including allowing more fre
Direction i need him to run. Ill never forget that grip. He says, senator, were in danger, you have to come with me. And because of leader schumers position, he needed to go to different locations than Everybody Else did. We are walking briskly through a hall. And there are two gentlemen right by the stairwell. One baldheaded gentleman. Another one, long, black hair with a punisher shirt. We immediately aboutface. I grab the leader. We run out the door at full speed. I was within 20 feet of these insurrectionists. I heard second hand that someone pointed at me and said, theres the big jew, lets get him. We had a plan set. I ran to the elevator, i hit the button. We get up there, we pop out the door, boom, theres our vehicle, cars running. Heres our avenue out of here, we have made it. We start making our way to the secure location. I ask my colleagues to rejection this objection, to respect the will of the voters in the state of arizona the debate continues. Then i start noticing some
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