it helps replenish good bacteria. get four-in-one symptom defense. shannon: finally tonight redemption and the rose garden, had it not been for billy graham s radio broadcast, john pond or may have never made it to today is national of prayer ceremony. that s because he was doing time in federal prison for bank robbery. today he runs hope for prisoners a program that helps ex-felons turn their life around. you are a living testament to the power of prayer. your story reminds us that prayer or change prayer changes hearts and transforms lives. it uplifts the soul, inspires action and unites us all. shannon: sitting next to john ponder s richard beasley, that is the fbi special agent who actually put him in prison. redemption and forgiveness, here on display in the rose garden.
brought up before these 300 bishops. as the prayer ceremony gets under way in earnest, and for the pope s own words, we have the pope s own words from the white house. he gave a shorter a ddress and y many accounts, is it is not as forceful as what you will hear in the next hour here at st. matthews, but he did address some political issues. he addressed climate change which is a big tenet of where he stands right now, and what he feels with regard to how humanity is treating this earth, and he invoked martin luther king, and i want to play that while we await the words at st. matthews, we can hear what he said earlier at the white house. mr. president, i am finding
down with america and death to israel during annual pro palestinian rallies across iran today, and peeking at a prayer ceremony, a top iranian leader threatened it would be a strategic mistake for the u.s. not so much for iran if we walk away now. translator: if a deal is not reached, it will not be the end of the world. we have been under sanctions for 36 years. and for the past 36 years with god s grace we have been standing straight. well, today a state department spokesman said it is not unusual to hear this kind of antiamerican rhetoric during iranian demonstrations, but he said that the u.s. will not be swayed by this and will not be deterred by it. leah, thank you very much. let s bring in jd gordon, a former defense department spokesperson and retired u.s. navy commander. j.d., thank you for joining us today. thanks. why are we still at the
separatist region to a malaysian delegation. it took more than four days to get the separatists to admit that they were actually in possession of these black boxes and you are also seeing footage of a prayer ceremony, a memorial hailed by orthodox christians near the scene of the crash site in honor of these 298 civilians, more than 80 children, who died in that wheat field last thursday. it s kind of strange that there was a ceremony to hand over these black boxes. what was the reason behind that? reporter: well, clearly this was a negotiated deal of some sort. the malaysian prime minister pointed out, you know, he was angry, he was filled with grief, but he felt that he had to operate more quietly to get this solution. this was a moment for the self-declared prime minister of
mh-370, many are still, if you can believe it, holding out hope of one day seeing their loved ones again even though it s been 40 days since that plane disappeared. this morning, the spouses of some of the missing chinese nationals organized a highly emotional prayer ceremony. they had initially planned to do it at a park close to beijing s ledo hotel which has been really where many of the relatives have been accommodated by malaysian airlines and where also most of the meetings have been taking place. apparently chinese authorities did not allow that prayer meeting to take place in the park. instead, it was held in the conference room where daily briefings are taking place, including one taking place now. though i m hearing that a malaysian diplomat, a diplomat from the malaysian embassy, again is not meeting with the