in speaking about how he actually practices his faith. so when he was asked the question about these moves to try to prevent him from receiving communion, the president taking a very private tone. that s a private matter and i don t think that s going to happen. thank you. reporter: this is not the first time that type of debate played out in the church. 2004 john kerry also catholic running for president and some officials were publicly saying he should not receive communion due to his support for abortion rights and president biden talked about abortion back in the 2012 vice presidential debate against paul ryan also a catholic. biden who is vice president at the time said while he supports the church s stance on abortion, he does not believe those views should be imposed on others who have other beliefs essentially laying out his pro-choice position, but this entire episode shows how frat religion
of continuity and very important policy issues, the jcpoa, are not set by the president or foreign minister. reporter: one thing moderates and conserves agree on is iran s struggling economy is the top issue. now ebrahim raisi will get his try to bring it back on track. international reaction ranged from congratulations to condemnations. two neighbors offered words of support. turkey s president sent a letter saying he wishes for the spirit of cooperation between our countries to continue to strengthen. iraqese leader said iraq truly looks forward to strengthening its relations with iran and looks for brotherly and friendly ties that link through their historical cultural and social bonds. amnesty international wants raisi investigated for crimes
aren t related to the man in red. you can see him running down the sidewalk before crashing into the children who weren t shot. the victim is in stable condition. the attack is also playing a role in the mayoral election with two candidates condemning the shooting on saturday. a survivor of one of america s deadliest school shootings is speaking out about the rise in gun violence. cameron survived marjory stoneman high school in 2018. he tells cnn the lack of progress is frustrating. listen to this. it big bad donald trump it s easy to get traction. a mass shooting happens, everybody wants to talk about how this is trump s america, this happens with donald trump in office but when joe biden is the president generally speaking the goal is not to show the flaws in america but to celebrate all the great things that are going on, so a lot of
of peaceful dissents and members of persecuted minority groups arbitrarily detained. israel is condemning raisi as iran s most extremist presidential figure yet and said his election makes clear iran s maligned intentions. tehran and washington are locked in negotiations over the u.s. rejoining the nuclear deal. other parties to the agreement, china, france, germany, russia, the uk and iran are set to resume talks today in vienna with an eye toward the u.s. possibly returning to the deal. tropical depression claudette is dremnching the u.s as we speak, after causing multiple tornadoes that ripped through a town in alabama saturday. three people were injured. the twister left three people injured, one survivor said she rode out the tornado by hunkering down at home. when she emerged, she was stunned by what she saw. listen to this.
people i know in the gun violence prevention community are very frustrated because the fact that we have not seen very much substantial gun reform from the biden administration. joe biden is only the second catholic u.s. president after john f. kennedy but his stance on abortion rights is bringing a new threat from a powerful group of bishops. cnn s arlette saenz is at the white house. reporter: president biden attended mass saturday one day after a group tried to make moves to prevent the president from receiving communion due to his support for abortion rites. the president and the first lady were seen greeting their parish priest outside of st. joseph an the brandywine, the par ush he attends when he s back home in delaware and while we see the president attending mass, nearly every weekend, and he quotes from scripture in his event the president is notoriously private