Absolutely not. I just hope that you will stay on this because, as you know, better than any of us, if you dont have good intelligence, youre not only going into the battle blind, if its cooked intelligence, youre going into the battle with one hand tied behind your back. So i just am extremely concerned about this issue. This is a question for the record. You use the term progress in your statement a number of times, progress here and progress there. Not now but for the record i would like a very specific list of what you consider progress, where we are where we are succeeding because generally it doesnt look like that. It looks more like a stalemate. I would like a onepager on where you think progress has been made. Id be happy to provide that, sir. Well get that to you right away. Thank you. I think from a broad question of policy and this comes off of a lot of the other discussion weve had, assad and isis are evil twins. Isis largely came into existing in reaction to assad. And in
Pilgrims and tourists descended on the vatican, filling the square to capacity and packing into nearby streets to witness the historic moment. translated i cannot explain it. This is tremendous. This is the first time i am in rome and to have an argentinan pope, its tremendous. translated we are very happy as argentinians, i think he is a very well prepared person and we need to pray for the holy spirit and jesus christ to give him the strength to lead the Catholic Church. Ifill Italian Military bands and the swiss guard also marched through the square. But the new popes identity wasnt officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. Peters basilica. The chosen one Cardinal Jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first noneuropean in more than a millennium. The 76yearold chose the name pope francis the first. He delivered his first public address to the cheering cr
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill white smoke spewed from the vatican chimney today and the newly elected pope francis, greeted tens of thousands from the papal balcony. Hes the first leader of the worlds catholics to hail from the americas. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the 76year old argentine pontiff and what his selection means for the church. Ifill then, as the budget battles rage on in washington, we examine the quest for bipartisan solutions. Woodruff in the first of two stories about toxic Drinking Water in the United States, miles obrien reports on the company and the regulators charged with the cleanup. Reporter did you ever think you would ever have to deal with chromium 6 or p. G. E. Again . Absolutely not. Absolutely not. In front of god and the world, they said they were going to clean it up. Ifill and we close with stories of Sexual Assault in the military recounted today a
Pilgrims and tourists descended on the vatican, filling the square to capacity and packing into nearby streets to witness the historic moment. translated i cannot explain it. This is tremendous. This is the first time i am in rome and to have an argentinan pope, its tremendous. translated we are very happy as argentinians, i think he is a very well prepared person and we need to pray for the holy spirit and jesus christ to give him the strength to lead the Catholic Church. Ifill Italian Military bands and the swiss guard also marched through the square. But the new popes identity wasnt officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. Peters basilica. The chosen one Cardinal Jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first noneuropean in more than a millennium. The 76yearold chose the name pope francis the first. He delivered his first public address to the cheering cr
With him. And progressive catholics the world over are swooning. Plus, pull up a seat and get your popcorn, rand paul versus Chris Christie has turned into a fullon battle royale, complete with congressional flunkies choosing sides and jumping into the ring. We begin tonight in North Carolina where Republican Governor Pat Mccrory made history a few hours ago. Mccrory just signed an antiabortion bill designed to severely restrict access to Reproductive Services in the state. He signed that bill despite making this Campaign Pledge at a 2012 gubernatorial debate. If youre elected governor, what further restrictions on abortion would you agree to sign . Start with you, mr. Mccrory. None. All right. Ha. In case you forgot, the bill the governor just signed, despite making that Crystal Clear promise, less than a year ago, was originally attached to an antisharia law bill, and it was finally jammed through by being attached to a Motorcycle Safety bill. The governor is also poised to make good