benefit from his replacement pope francis. ed henry is in rome. what did they talk about during this first meeting? reporter: perhaps the president is trying to get some of that popularity to wear off on him. pope francis captured the affection of millions with his direct approach reaching out to people. the president has sharp differences with the pope on social issues. but when you meet with him in public it s all pomp and circumstance and the suisse guard. they also exchanged gifts. they exchanged a book that has his reflection on the gospel.
but one evangelical said this quote, the man needs to read his bible. i m pretty sure he s got a copy already. well, what about, what are they really angry about? reporter: today it s the pope s words making headlines. we cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. ding, ding, ding. we have the answer, folks. the gop s further right than the pope on social issues. i guess could you say boy, your ideology is ridge id and outdated when the head of the organization that just got around to apoll jieding to galileo shows more flexibility than you. but, look, you re both god s messengers. who s to say one of you s right
controver controversies, on social issues, cardinal b cardinal was humble. many considered he s too close to the argentine dictatorship. many mothers killed, disappeared, tortured come to march. they won t be pleased with this appointment because they feel he enabled some of these things or didn t stand up to stop them. although, in the very short term what we do expect is pure enthusiasm over this first latin american pope. shasta, thank you. one high-profile republican left off a big ballot for 2016, jeb bush s name not on the straw poll as folks are gathering there in maryland for the annual
but we talk about can t talk about the iraq war. no, we can t talk about that. fist fight on the front lawn. seriously. my mother got us sick one day. but that s a different story. you know what? there ve been some really to have the boys and my dad stirring the pot and my mom the artist and me. it s why i do this show right now. literally. i am the family diplomat. i am made to do the morning joe show every morning because of what my family put me through. because they fought. my parents celebrated fighting it out over ideological differences, differences on foreign policy, on world view, on social issues. my dad would put something on the table, red meat, and we d all go after it. it started like at age 5. we d be asked about, you know, the economy, and i d be like, well well first of all, could you tell me what that is? i m 5. but they wanted us to think, and they wanted us to put ourselves out there and expose ourselves, and learn what it s like to
i ve always said their biggest blind spot s on social issues. they just can t understand why a woman who believes that her kids would have a better shot at a good education because she would have a better job would be stupid enough to vote for mitt romney instead of barack obama. and that person making that vote s not the stupid person. it s the one that s seeing it through this ideological lens because when americans vote, they re practical. you re frustrated, though and i think you should explain why you re frustrated. you ve worked, obviously, with the white house on some women s issues. you re frustrated, obviously, when you see these polls that show the gap s closing, and you do want to know because you are close to it. and it s been in the press that you ve worked on the white house council for women. i ve also written a book on concern about equal pay. you can mention i ve worked with the white house a few times. it means a know a lot about what the white house has done and