The back while pumping gas. We find no other motivation other than the fact he was wearing a uniform. This morning, new information about the suspects Mental Health history. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin with a groundbreaking announcement by the Catholic Church. Just days before an historic visit to the United States, pope francis has announced women who have had an abortion and have been excommunicated can be forgiven. Not only that, that forgiveness can be granted by a womens parrish priest. Thats not to say the church no longer considered abortion a moral sin, but pope francis has met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision. All of this as the pope holds a rare Virtual Meeting with americans. It was an extraordinary spectacle as the pope asked a young girl with a skin condition to sing for him. I would like to hear you singing. May i ask you to sing a song for me . Be courageous. [ applause ] [ singing in spanish ] thank you very much. So kind of you. That brought the audience to ti tears. I want to bring in vatican correspondent live in rome. Reporter this is a significant change for pope francis with regard particularly to an issue that has been really a stalwart issue in the last few decades in the Catholic Church. In particular, what the pope is saying is this, a woman who has had an abortion, according to the Catholic Church, receives an automatic excommunication. She doesnt have to have a l letter from the vatican. It is automatically assumed. To lift that excommunication, previously you needed to go to a bishop and have the bishops permission to lift the ban of excommunication. What pope francis has said is any priest can lift the ban in the confessional. The priest can absolve her of her sin and effectively lift that excommunication so she is back in the church. Its important to say and you said it in the intro. Theres been no change to the Actual Church teaching on abortion. Its still considered a grave evil, a sin. And it still carries with it this ban of excommunication. But the pope has made it easier today for a woman in the Catholic Church to be brought back into the church. This is precisely the theme for pope francis this year, to bring back those people who have felt alienated. The big news today is hes doing it even on abortion, which has been one of the main fundamental topics for the Catholic Church. I must say i was rather stunned as a catholic. Onto american politics now. Move over donald trump or at least get ready to share the political wealth. Theres now a little competition for the hearts and minds of republican voters. His name is ben carson. A new poll of likely Republican Caucus goers in iowa show carson tied with trump for first place. Carly fiorina comes in third. Cnns senior political reporter is here to break down the numbers. Good morning. Good morning, carol. A good morning for ben carson who is on vacation now. When he returns to the stump next week, he will find a different landscape. When you look at the rest of the field, what you see is the folks who were supposed to do well in iowa, people like scott walker, people like Mike Huckabee, not doing as well as ben carson. And you also see that if you turn back the block a couple of months ago, he doesnt doing as well. He was at 8 earlier in the summer. Hes obviously at 23 now. Hes sort of mounted this quiet ground game in iowa and as a result has been able to catch up with donald trump and take the wind out of the sales ilsails o like scott walker. Ben carson isnt the only one showing a steep reversal in support either, right . If you look at their numbers, theyre almost in reverse. In july walker was at 22 . Now hes at 7 . A lot of that support may be going to carson. It was huckabee before. It was santorum as well who was able to galvanize evangelicals. That looks like what carson is able to do at this point. If youre scott walker, youve got to be worried. That was supposed to be his ticket. Iowa. Hes obviously from a neighboring state, gave some real barn burner speeches earlier this year and was an early favorite. Hes got some trouble in iowa and should be looking closely at folks like ben carson. Some carson supporters say a lot of his appeal is his demeanor, along with a seeming unwillingness to attack his rivals. Words that drew praise from the pundits. Im the only one that separates sigh please siamese twins. The only one to operate twon tws in their mothers womab. Freedom is not free. We must fight for it every day. Were fighting for our children and the next generation. Carsons stotone in stark contrast from donald trump. When i look at jeb raising hundreds of millions of dollars, which is honestly the only thing he has. Who would you rather have negotiate with iran, trump or jeb . Trump or hillary . I couldnt care less about lindsey graham. Rand paul calls me up a year ago. He wants to play golf. I said, who is he . Rick perry from texas i posted a picture of him shaking my hand and looking for money and support. Hypocrite. Here to talk about this iowa state representative and cochair for carson for america and alice henikan. Welcome to both of you. Im glad youre here. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you for being here. Rob, whats ben carsons appeal in the eyes of iowa kau caucus goers . Being real, answering peoples questions directly. That appeals to the electorate hes approachable. As i said last night on another program, hes genuinely a nice guy, a nice man. Its interesting, though, ron. He hasnt outlined really any of his policy positions. Does that matter to iowa caucus goers . I think if youve been a part of some of our rallies here in iowa, he actually has outlined many of his stances. If you go to Carson America or ben carson. Com, theyre all laid out. Theyre straightforward. Theyre matter of fact. And theyre real. So i think he has laid out a very good strategy and an effective strategy. His strategy against isis, for example, what is it . I mean, we need to eliminate isis. I mean, bottom line. Well, yeah, but how . Well, where were at right now is a very weak military. He wants to embrace the military. He wants to build the military up. He knows that isis needs to be destroyed and we need to work with our allies to do so. So ill move onto you. Some pundits say that what people like about ben carson is a nice guy. And everybody else is caustic. He has a nice personality. But i think it may be more important what hes not. What hes not is a politician. Look at all the folks in that poll doing well. Its all the one who is do not hold normal political office. I think right now there are game show hosts and professional wrestlers and taxi drives kicking themselves, saying, i should have run for president this year. People do not like politicians. Thats the message. Wouldnt matter if it was ben carson or donald trump . It could be anyone whos not part of the establishment and they would be leading the polls in iowa . There are a diversity of people who are not politicians. And trump has the bombastic ones. And ben carson has a more brainy kinds of approach. Maybe if you include ted cruz, who although a politician, is kind of the antipolitician who thumbs his nose at the washington establishment. There may be room for all of those. But the thing they have in common is theyre not a senator, a governor, a congressman and they never were. Another part of ben carsons appeal is that republicans are looking for a viable black candidate because theyre kind of tired of being called racist. Well, i dont think it has to do with black, white, purple, green yellow. I think theyre looking for a real candidate, one that stands up for real issues and is a real candidate. I dont think by dr. Carson being black, i dont think that has anything to do with why hes a viable and good candidate. Hes a neurosurgeon. As you saw in the last debate, when hes operating on the most complex machine in the world, the human brain, he doesnt look at color when hes looking in terms of human brains. I dont think he looks through the purview of black versus white. Im just quoting from this Christian Science monitor article. It says republicans consider carson a more authentic africanamerican because president obama was raise inside hawaii by white parents. Ben carson was raised in detroit by a single mother. Hes got a nice story. Clearly theres again a diversity of people who have the africanamerican experience. Im not sure how we would say one is more authentic than another. It is worth remembering, though, he holds political views that are unusual in the black community, the vast majority of africanamericans are still democrats, still tend to be more liberal. You have to look far and wide to find ben carsons in there. Maybe thats what appeals to the republican electorate this year. Well see if the numbers hold. Its such a strange political season. You just never know whats going to happen next. Still to come in the newsroom, a disturbing history of violence, new details about the man who allegedly shot and killed a tax deputy. And were about 15 minutes away from the hoping bell in wall street. And the futures are pointing down by about 400 points. We take you live to the New York Stock Exchange in minutes. I found her wandering miles from home. When the phone rang at 5am, i knew it was about mom. I see how hard its been on her at work and i want to help. For the 5 million americans living with alzheimers, and millions more who feel its effects. 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In other news, that murdered texas Deputy Darren goforth will be laid to rest on friday. President obama called his widow yesterday to express his condolences. Now were learning disturbing new details about the alleged gunman. He shot goforth 15 times even as the deputy laid on the ground. He once spent six months in a Mental Hospital following a violent assault against a homeless man. Tell us more, rosa. Reporter good morning. Were also learning that the d. A. Has requested all of the Health Records for shannon miles, for that man charged with capitol murder. All this as were learni ining about his criminal past and his history with mental illness. This morning, new insight into the mind of alleged cop killer shannon miles. Miles appearing in a houston courtroom monday. The clanking of his shackles the only thing breaking the silence as dozens of deputies stared him down. He unloaded the entire weapon into Deputy Goforth. Reporter prosecutors say the 30yearold ambushed Deputy Goforth at a gas station. The suspect shooting him executionstyle, a total of 15 times. The motive, prosecutors say, is still unclear. Lets hope that it wasnt because of a uniform. Lets hope it wasnt race related. Reporter now cnn has learned the suspect was previously ruled mentally incompetent back in 2012. Miles was charged with aggravated assault against a homeless man. Miles, also homeless at the time, was sent to a Mental Institution for six months. Then ruled competent, but the case never went to trial. Even given the suspects Mental Health history, one texas sheriff suggests the killing could have some relation to the black lives Matter Movement and ongoing uprising against police brutality. It isnt a far stretch to believe that that kind of rhetoric could influence someone. Reporter leaders of the movement say calls for Police Reform cannot be blamed for this senseless murder. Our mission is to end violence against black people and the fact that every 28 hours a black body is killed. Reporter president obama called goforths widow monday to give his condolences, saying he will continue to stand up for the safety of Police Officers wherever they serve. This crime is not divide us. This crime is going to unite us. Reporter i want you to take a moment to notice something. Pump number eight is the scene of the crime. Now it is a memorial for this deputy. But take a look beyond the pump, beyond the greenery that you see back there. This is a residential area, carol. You can see theres a window there. There are homes. So these 15 shots that weve been talking about, these homeowners probably listened to those shots. They probably heard these shots. A lot of these people from this community are coming together. You see them at a table. Theyve been here since very early this morning, collecting donations for this deputys family. 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