speaking spanish female translator he also has a dark past, and he will have to answer for that at the end of the world. narrator who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio . How did the man who was loved and loathed by his fellow jesuits in argentina become pope . And can he revolutionize the Roman Catholic church . male 3 Francis Bergoglio says, the church is falling down. God is sending me to repair the church. male 4 there has been just a growing confusion about what the church really teaches. female 3 the big issue, the one that hes not really got a handle on yet, and that is the issue of women in the church. male 5 his head is like game of thrones, in a good way. speaking in Foreign Language cheering narrator from the moment he stepped out on the balcony of st. Peters, pope francis set a very different tone for his papacy. In just two years, he has put catholicism back on the map as a faith that has something to offer a troubled world. Hes tackling big issues head on, accountability at the vat
Nightly news from copacabana beach be begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from copacabana beach, the picturesque ocean front skyline ablaze in lights as this city, this country this, continent are tonight lighting the olympic cauldron for the first time ever, ashe games beginning. It hasnt been an easy road, a lot has happened in this country, from political upheaval to a disease pandemic since rio was awarded these games in 2009. It starts just a few miles in from us, at the maracana stadium where the olympic opening ceremonies for the 2016 summer olympics are taking stephanie gosk, good evening. Reporter im standing in front of the United States teammates that are among the more than 11,000 athletes from 207 countries that are getting ready to march into maracana stadium. Tonight it will be on display like never before. For rio, it all comes down to this. Nearly seven years after w
We learned a short time ago that she died from her injuries. Police are looking for a newer model black nissan ultima with tinted windows. A second hit and run, this one in fairfax county. Police said a toyota camry was rearended on i495 buy a nissan maxima. It swung the camry into the jersey wall, killing a woman and seriously injuring two other four other occupants. The driver was found hours later in annandale and taken into custody. We will go to back to school. Hundreds of thousands of students around the region are returning to class, including headstart students in Prince Georges County. This comes after funding questions put the program in serious jeopardy. Sam sweeney has that story. Learned that Prince Georges County Headstart Program will soon be under the control of a denverbased company. This comes after the federal government pulled a 6. 4 million grant, largely due to the incompetence of district employees. Today a county executive welcome students back to their first da
There are truths and those truths live and hes only telling what has happened reporter back in 2011, San Francisco supervisor jane kim received both hate mail and praise because she would not recite the pledge of allegiance until thelma, the federal antisamesex marriage law was declared unconstitutional. If not for protest like this, we have been able to achieve a lot of things that have made this country great. Reporter kaepernick said his protest is just beginning. Ill continue to sit. Im going to continue to stand with the people. Reporter and kaepernick is expected at the teams regular press conference tomorrow. So we may hear more from him then. And coming up at 6 00, i spoke with oscar grants uncle about this issue and youll hear from him. In the newsroom, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. Thank you. Donald trump is also weighing in. The republican president ial nominee said, what kaepernick did is a terrible thing and maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Trumps wor
This leak happened just after 6 this evening. On 25th street between macdonald avenue and bissell avenue. Officials tell kron 4. A carport mysteriously collapsed. Damaging a gas meter, which caused the leak. People were forced from the homes and businesses in the area. As the gas flowed freely. About 45 minutes ago. Pg and e told us. The leak has been capped. There are no reports of any injuries. These helicopter images, courtesy of our partnership with abc 7. A stunned community. Silent as the body of a beloved Richmond Police officer is carried away. Veteran officer gus vegas was shot and killed at his home early this morning. Tonight a suspect is behind bars. Grant lodes joins us now with more on this tragedy. Grant grant police say 58yearold officer gus vegas was shot and killed by the father of his 6yearold grandson early this morning. It happened inside his home in vallejo in the glen cove neighborhood. Investigators say there was some kind of fight between the 2 men. And then gu