christians to seek a simpler less materialistic life and condemn the growing gap between the rich and the poor he says. as francis celebrated christmas eve mass in st peter s basilica he said that the food of life is not material riches but love. in afghanistan at least twenty nine people were killed when gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed a government building in kabul officials say the attackers were killed during the eight hour long assault the gunmen detonated a car bomb before storming the government compound. oscar winning us actor kevin spacey has been charged in connection with sexually assaulting an eighteen year old man at a bar in massachusetts in two thousand and sixteen he is doing court january seventh on the resort arlindo nantucket on a charge of indecent assault and battery. for.
years. that is where the christian resides. thank you very much, merry christmas to you. merry christmas to you. the biblical city of bethlehem is brimming with festivities as christmas around the world, christians around th world celebrate christmas day. mary chrisman from vatican city to bethlehem and thousands of cities in between. people kicked off christmas wit religious traditions and celebrations on monday night pope francis led the traditiona christmas eve mass at st. peter s basilica. the pope focusing his on wester consumerism asking how much of the material they buy is actually needed while they condemn the growing gap between the rich and the board. the pope addressed a crowd of more than 1,000 people from the balcony of st. peter s basilica.
on it if pot is, indeed, a gateway drug it. could result in another tax on the system. yeah. we traditionally see that i think for me i m always for voters making the decision in terms of the marijuana issue. brian: put it on the ballot first, right? that s exactly right. so voters are making a decision. president trump has said that he would be open to having that discussion because we know there is a number of states that are receiving revenue and they can t put the money people providing or selling it can t put it in banks because it s against federal law. voters making the decisions i m okay with that and other proposals which we have seen push by this mayor, they have been nothing but complete failures. brian bine we keep hearing now california is so desperate for revenue talking about taxes text messages. this is not your idea i m asking you to analyze it do you have a better idea to close this growing gap. i can t speak for california and texting
the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi to mbs, the leader of saudi arabia that donald trump is so reflexively loyal to and defending. in his public statements. so the new york times has released photos of the suspects. they, obviously, worked in proximity to mbs. they traveled together. they released passport photos of the alleged hit squad. they know exactly who was there. now i m old enough to remember when the united states intelligence agencies would have that information, too. michael crowley, do you think there s a growing gap between what the u.s. intelligence agencies know and what they re telling the president and what he is saying? well, you know, i think that it s not possible that u.s. intelligence agencies are telling the president that things he s saying in public.
our system and the problem with the concept of democracy why. well they feel left behind it s the same phenomenon that you see in the united states where a lot of people millions of people in the same big democracy also feel that way and there is a growing gap between the so-called elite ruling classes the way they see it and the people in east germany you find that also in west germany but very much less so and this seems to explain partly what is happening there and of course on top of this you have to refugee crisis and people traditionally and use germany and not used to have. among themselves the huge battle cry in the peaceful revolution in one thousand eight hundred nine was we are the people and no the right people say we are the people and meaning the