necessarily i mean i think that these medicaid cuts are very severe and going to be big problems for states. i think senator warner is right in saying we should be hearing from governors about this because, you know, obamacare expanded medicaid greatly. at least allowed states to choose it. but when you are trying to rile up, as democrats, a big proportion of the people arguing that this hurts poor people isn t necessarily congruent with the message you are trying to get out. i get what you re saying, you know, to say, oh, look, another tax cut for the rich is very politically potent, but the idea of people who are suffering and sometimes suffering the most in their personal lives, it is such a human message to say, you re going to be, i know, basically screwed even more because of these guys. that s why nancy pelosi was so forward leaning in her political speech, 100% political stevpeecn
controversial issues within the church, whether he s speaking about immigration, he talks about fighting against the globalization of indifference, being united and connected and engaged and putting the work into bring the world together, over and over that s the message. that is not a particularly religious message. that is a human message. yes. i think the distinction is felt by people, i think that s why the crowds have been so in religious parlance ecumenical, it s been universal, no matter what denomination, whether an agnostic or believe in things that are nonspiritual in nature. helping each other, interconnectedness, int interdependence, those aren t religious words. he s taken advantage of the backdrop at independence hall, speaking about refugees, the crisis going on now, so many syrian refugees, refugees from africa trying to get into europe and within moments of starting spoke of gradual effort to
staged by us. reporter: even concerns over radiation spikes and fresh toxic water leaks at the fukushima nuclear power plant could not derail this bid. i was supporting the country s people. i i think japan is dangerous but i m japs soanese, so i just bel. reporter: celebrations played on across the city sunday, including a human message to the olympic committee. not everyone is delighted, though. some question the wisdom of injecting billions of dollars into tokyo when the northeastern part of the country ravaged by that tsunami in 2011 still needs rebuilding. after that, the ongoing nuclear crisis and critics say that this money earmarked for the summer games could be far better spent elsewhere. paula hancocks, cnn, tokyo. 19 minutes after the hour.
world that was torn apart by greed and by trafficking and by human trafficking. so, it was a very human message that he had today. as he went through the crowd today. one of the things that were interesting and he, once again, in his open pope mobile. he stopped to kiss babies and at one point to pick up a handicapped child and bless the handicapped child. jim bitterman, thank you very much. the pope also said he hopes there could be reconcilization in the cprince. now the north has seemed to have turned down the rhetoric. jim clancy is in seoul, south korea, this morning. could north korea be toning down its threats? well, it would seem that way, at least for one day. let s be cautious here because a day does not any policy make. we know so little of what goes on inside north korea.
releasing fewer tapes, i think, partly because they are concerned about their own security, maybe the drone attacks in the area where they are presumed to be living are interrupting their operations. but for them getting a tape out around the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is important. we saw a tape a few days after the attack and now bin laden with two. it s just a reminder that they are still alive and that they are, you know, they want to show they are still in the game. what do you make, peter, of the message, human message of sorts? not entirely surprising because bin laden in more recent videotapes and audiotapes has been positions himself as more of an elder statesman, talk about climate change, talk being about offering truces to countries that are not attacking