Sistine chapel. Shortly will head to a palace for a meeting with italian president , before later meeting with the Prime Minister. In a couple of hours, the president will tdepart for the g7 summit tomorrow. The president and pope at times had a contentious relationship particularly over rhetoric and Climate Change and immigration. Before the meeting pope francis dialogue allows us to plan for a future in common. Through dialogue we build peace taking care of everyone. With all of that as ts background, joining us hallie jackson. Good to have you with us. This had the possibility of being one of the more awkward stops on the trip. I believe it is day five now. How did it go. Whats your take on how it played out . Reporter i couldnt tell you what day it , it has been a whirlwind week as you might imagine. As far as how it went, listen, i think about as choreographed and scripted as it might go. Theres nothing overly unusual about this. Both men did their part, played their part. Saw Pre
Because, dont forget, they had a feud over the border wall where the pope suggested you couldnt be a christian and want to build walls instead of building bridges to which the president said such talk was disgraceful that no leader, particularly a religious leader should question anybodys faith. There was a time where the pope paying own hotel bill and the president didnt like it because he didnt think it was pope like. After 30 minutes together, the ice seemed to melt between the two men. The pope was willing to give it a chance. Because he tweeted out yesterday that dialogue can solve a lot of problems and bring together people in common cause. When he met the Broader Group of people including melania, jared trump, h. R. Mcmaster the National Security advisor, and others, there were warm hand shakes and smiles all around. At one point, you mentioned this, steve, the pope talked with Melania Trump about food. Listen here. Difficult to hear over all the snaps of the shutters he was tal
Yes. Donald trump went behind closed doors with pope francis for their first one on one meeting. We were expecting it to end maybe around now. Maybe a little sooner. But it is continuing, as we are being told by delia and ben, there is no real set schedule here. The meeting will go for as long as the pope sees fit. I guess we are now waiting for the two men to emerge and have this he can change of gifts. Of course it is a very significant meeting for donald trump, a man who criticized pope francis during the campaign. Pope francis criticized donald trump during last years president ial campaign as well. Its worth reminding our viewers this is not a meeting that was originally on the president s schedule as it was put out that he was going on this foreign tour. He wasnt set to meet the pope. It seems to be pulled together at the last minute, which has made the timing of this meeting somewhat unusual. Maybe a little awkward. Awkward. Set to meet around 8 30 a. M. There on a wednesday in
Not believe it is likely the bomber acted alone. Take a look. New details emerging about suspected manchester bomber salman abedi. British officials telling reporters it seems likely abedi did not act alone and he was known to intelligence services. Im sure we will find out more which level they knew about him in due course. Reporter the 22yearold, bone in britain, to libyan parents, recently returned to the uk from libya according to british officials. He was a student at the university of salford, but stopped attending classes. He was a lonely child and recently becoming more devout. Growing a beard andr dressing ad long robes. This comes among high alert in britain raising the threat level to critical. A further attack may be imminent. Reporter experts noting the sophistication of the bomb and its target could indicate influence from a larger terror cell. Oh, my gosh. Reporter isis taking responsibility, but so far british authorities have no evidence supporting that claim. You cann
Severe to critical. There is clearly concerned there could be a follow on attack which is awful news for the residents of the United Kingdom and certainly they have a Million People who live in manchester. A horrific attack nearly 23 hours ago. This scene is different here. Police are still here, the road is still close but no screams, no sirens. The train station, victoria station, also closed. Its connected directly to the manchester arena, largest indoor concert venue in the u. K. Its believed the bomber blew himself up between the train station and the concert venue in a public area. Just as 21,000 people began streaming for the exits. Those people were mostly teens and preteens who had just enjoyed a Ariana Grande concert and were headed for the exits when the suspect blew himself up with an improvised explosive device that included nuts and bolts to maximize the cartage. Victims included 18yearold georgina colander. She was a student who loved pop music and Ariana Grande. Had met