states and all around the world. i m paula newton ahead right here on cnn newsroom hope francis is presiding over easter mass. at the vatican, where thousands have gathered for celebration. but in the middle east religious events this weekend are being marred by ongoing violence. we are alive in jerusalem and beirut for the latest, and we ll take a closer look. at that abortion drug that s at the center of two opposing court rulings in the united states. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with paula neeson. but first it is easter sunday, the holiest day of the christian calendar. celebrating with the bible says was the resurrection of jesus. thousands of the faithful have converged on st peter s square for easter mass. currently underway. you see it there. francis is presiding over the service. now he did not walk in the traditional procession, but instead arrived in a wheelchair . you will soon deliver his traditional easter blessing. the 86 year old pontiff has been
viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton and you are watching cnn newsroom and we want to go back to our top story. thousands of worshippers had gathered in st peter s square as pope francis presides over easter mass. soon deliver his traditional blessing, and you can hear the cheers from the crowd there for more, we go to cnn s delia gallagher. who is in rome for us daily. i have to tell you, i m admiring these camera angles. we really get to see um what the pope is looking at right now. glorious day he looks healthy. and yet as you ve chronicled his his health has been an issue. yeah absolutely. paula. i mean, it s wonderful to see him here. he s out amongst the crowd it masses finished. obviously he had a chance to chat with some of the cardinals shake their hands. he was in a wheelchair as they pushed him around to greet the cardinals as well. but certainly good spirits, which suggests that it was a good thing that he skipped
for all those, i think the city will lose. it explained the way the court and the country has tried to walk the line on this government messaging here. quickly, you can pull back? give us the why it matters piece here, if you don t live in boston and see this flag pole, explain the implications for this case and why it s so important. it masses for two reasons, one is other cities may want to do what boston does and allow flag poles to be used for other groups. the second is this continuing discussion about when is it a public forum, when isn t it? when is it a government endorsement? when isn t it? you see the court s decisions are something of a muddle. you can t have the ten commandments in the courthouse. you can have them in a public park, if there are other monuments. whatever goes on the license plate is government speech. the government s endorsement or approval on the trademark is not. so you can have offensive trademarks. it is a bet of a muddle. maybe we ll get more clar
and cnn commentator and sirius xm host i said it with a pause also because i know it masses. so look if you will push this story early, everybody wants to get in. everybody wants to start di finding themself, the number is important. this is a stack of only in. what do you see in the numbers that jumps out on you? this is the vice president. look it s a reality check hillary s lead here. there is nothing like it in recorded political history that s not associated with an incumbent president. it is what it is. it s like an incumbent presidency s numbers except without all the damage done in the first-year mistakes and wounds from the act. it s unprecedented. it s kind of stunning. why didn t every other democrat mount a challenge? she has a wlok on it? you never 93 it. laura o malley you over in know
hasn t. reporter: they called us back and said we were tracking the wrong plane. they were tracking the wrong plane. how many planes up there with blown tires? we don t know. the faa says the plane should land sometime in the next few minutes. this is a 737-800. it masses a blown tire. it was blown on takeoff. memphis turned the plane around and said go back to atlanta hartsfield and land there. the plane has been burning off fuel the last hour because it took offloaded to fly to portland, oregon. we still don t know nor dots faa know nor does the faa know exactly which tire was blown. if it is one of the side tires you are talking about four on each side. but there is only two tires in the front.