who have lost family and friends and those who were left homeless. may they receive consolation from god and assistance from the family of nations. on this day, lord, we entrust to you the city of jerusalem, the first witness of your resurrection. may there be a resumption of dialogue and a climate of trust and reciprocal respect between israelis and palestinians so that peace may rein in the holy city and in the entire region. lord, aid lebanon which still seeks stability and unity so that divisions may be overcome and all citizens cooperate for the common good of the country.
the blessing itself. studio: the cheering throughout st peter s square where tens of thousands of catholic worshippers have gathered to see that pressing, receive the blessing from pope francis and listening intently to his blessing to the city and the world. he talked a lot about the conflicts going on around the world, called for an end to all conflict and talked about many countries in his address, offering prayers up for victims of the earthquake in turkey and syria, called for dialogue between israelis and palestinian son. he talked about tunisia, haiti,
weapons, he said this would be good for the security of belarus and produce proceeded to accuse the west of planning an invasion through poland without of course, presenting evidence of that. so that is where we are. as of now, this meeting will be extremely closely scrutinized for clues as to how that particular situation will develop. omar sebastian. thank you so much as always. and israel clashes erupting for a second time between israeli forces and worshippers at jerusalem s al aqsa mosque overnight. this follows of violent raid less than 24 hours earlier that drew widespread condemnation from the arab and muslim world. israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets, arresting more than 300 palestinians. cnn s had asked. gold has more. the holy sites of the old city of jerusalem that you can see behind me are often the site of tensions, and there were expectations that something could happen once again this ramadan, especially as it once again overlaps with passover, but i t
have to get at the root causes of crime. and johnson lives in the neighborhood on the west side of chicago, one clue to how he may have gotten to this point was that they beat out mayor lori lightfoot. to get to this point. lightfoot had taken a good portion of the black vote on the south and west sides of the city. well this time around, even with votes still coming in, johnson swept every single warder area that lightfoot took . and so that likely propelled him into this position. now comes the hard part. you actually have to govern and top of that list is public safety. he doesn t have the police. unit on his side, and that will likely be one of the more difficult relationships and manage at least to start his tenure as mayor. a lot of challenges had there for the new mayor omar jimenez. thank you very much for that report. now, let s get reaction from our political experts. jeff zeleny. i want to go to you. first. you were just in wisconsin covering this supreme court race. what is
in a much more nuanced way than perhaps the politicians might expect, where some of the progressives like karen bass withing in los angeles and now brandon johnson in chicago. i think it s signals that there s room for democrats to create a nuanced position in response to crime attacks, but they have to really work at it. you see how expensive a lot of these races have been. it s a very, very tough road because republicans are putting a lot of money behind it. without question. the defund police message, which was once a message for brandon johnson is no longer he was moving away from that, but we should also want every city is not the same. so there s nuance and all of this, but the reason he won in chicago was a coalition of black and brown voters as well, not just the white liberals. so there are some lessons in all of these no doubt, but each election, as we know is a different one. we have to learn lessons going forward, not necessarily backwards results certainly going to be a di