Famously asking who am i to judge about gay priests. Now he wants the church to extend that mercy to catholic women whove had abortions, writing that for the year of mercy starting in december any woman with a contrite heart can go to confession and be forgiven for an abortion by any priest. And those priests must do so by expressing words of genuine welcome to the women while reflecting on the gravity on the sin. What does this mean for catholic women . I thought it was very important that today he talked about the circumstances that women find themselves in in these situations, and that is so characteristic of him. Reporter the letter comes three weeks before franciss visit to this country, where abortion remains a divisive issue in and outside the church. At least one theologian sees in the timing a message directed at the u. S. Hes saying abortion is still wrong but we need to be more welcoming and we need to ratchet back the language of damnation and condemnation. Reporter a change in tone welcomed by many of the faithful. I think whatever can propel the Catholic Church into contemporary times is worth applause. Its only for one year. Come on. What about the people next year . What about the year after that . I think thats great. Why not . Everyone can be forgiven. Reporter francis, using his popularity and power to make sure his vision of compassion travels from inside the vatican all the way to local parishes around the world. Anne thompson, nbc news, new york. We want to tell you now about a big fight playing out in the state of kentucky, where a county clerk is standing defiant months after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. She is refusing to issue marriage licenses to any couples, gay or straight, citing her religious objection to gay marriage. She says by issuing licenses to no one shes not discriminating against anyone. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams reports. Reporter couples seeking marriage licenses in morehead, kentucky were told again today that the county clerk, kim davis, would not issue any. The federal courts have refused to back her, but she says shes answering to a higher law. Why are you not issuing marriage licenses today . Because im not. Why . Under authority. Under Whose Authority . Under gods authority. Did god tell you to do this . Did god tell you to treat us like this . Ive asked you all to leave. I pay you to discriminate against me right now. Thats what im paying for. Reporter most local governments have abided by the u. S. Supreme courts ruling that gay couples have a right to get married. Do your job you should be ashamed of yourself. Everyone in this office should be ashamed of themselves davis has become a hero to opponents. Her lawyer says she refuses to issue licenses that conflict with gods definition of marriage. You dont lose your conscience rights or religious freedom rights because you accept public employments. You still have those rights. Reporter two federal courts have ruled against her ordering her to do the job. And last night the u. S. Supreme court with no noted dissent refused to block those orders. I dont see this as being a religious issue at this point. This is a law issue and this is about it seems like its not personal but this is a small community. It is personal. Reporter a federal judge has ordered her to appear thursday to explain why she should not be held in contempt of court and fined. Though the issue is gay marriage, the clerk stopped issuing all licenses, saying she doesnt want to discriminate. Because she was elected, she cannot be fired, only removed by impeachment. And thats not likely. Pete williams, nbc news at the Supreme Court. Another brutal day on wall street as the dow plunged 469 points today. Nearly 3 . The nasdaq and s p took hits as well. Just when analysts had hoped the markets have stabilized, after last weeks roller coaster, more weak Economic News from china and further uncertainty about whether the fed will raise Interest Rates later this month. Now to the new revelations from the latest avalanche of Hillary Clinton emails released by the state department and what nbc news has learned about what the controversy might mean for a potential joe biden president ial bid. We get the details from nbcs andrea mitchell. Reporter Hillary Clinton under a barrage of emails she never thought would see the light of day. Under a court order 7100 more pages, including 125 newly classified confidential. Others are gossipy. Dinner Party Chatter in 2010 that general david pet rae u. , then at the height of his power, was thinking of running for president. Clinton says the private system was convenient, but the emails show it was anything but. In exchange with close aide houma abedin reveals even the state Department Help desk didnt recognize clintons private email address. In august 2010 abedin writes clinton they had no idea it was you, just some random address, so they emailed. Sorry about that. Why use a private unsecure email system in the first place . Observers say it was all about privacy. This was an act of defensiveness to try and protect some bit of their terrain from enemies that i think they feel were embedded all around them. Reporter the email releases, which will continue through january, have taken a political toll. Challenger Bernie Sanders is now within seven points in iowa. Joe biden, still undecided, is already at 14 . As clinton looks vulnerable, people close to biden tell nbc news he is recalculating the odds. Encouraged by fundraisers and potential staff and told if he wants to wait he has time. I would support joe biden as a candidate for president. Reporter aides have checked the november filing deadlines for the big march primaries and caucuses. Supporters say people know biden. He has Foreign Policy experience. The highest favorable ratings of any of the candidates in either party. And is seen as authentic although sometimes accidentprone. This is a big [ muted ] deal. Reporter biden is meeting with Top Democrats who support his needs, including the head of aflcio. He would be a good candidate. He would be a good president. Reporter biden is Still Deciding whether he has the heart for a tough contest after losing his son. But hes touching all bases, meeting with jewish leaders on iran, celebrating labor day in pittsburgh with labor leaders, and appearing on Stephen Colberts new show next week. Lester . Andrea mitchell tonight. Thank you. A dangerous journey came to an abrupt halt today for hundreds of migrants in europe. The scene erupting into chaos as Police Barred them from boarding trains. The crisis pitting people in search of a safe home against a system completely overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. Nbcs bill neely has our report from budapest, hungary. Reporter theyve escaped isis, war, and syria, but today they couldnt escape hungary and they were furious. Shame on you shame on you reporter whole families desperate to reach western europe. 9yearold farrah from syria aiming for germany. Thats where they want to go. But this was the end of the line. Police closing the railway station. Some had spent all the money they had left on tickets to germany. We are human we are human reporter we are human, they chant. And they are all ages. Dozens of children and babies now trapped by hungarys crackdown on refugees. It has taken a hard line. Building a razor wire fence along its southern border to try to keep refugees out. The desperate find a way through, but it is becoming harder. Hungary says europe has failed to control immigration. Senior politicians claiming these muslims are a threat, that europe risks losing its christian character. Europe is struggling with the waves of refugees. Its rules to protect them have collapsed. Its open borders have shot. Its seen a third of a million refugees land on its shores, thousands drown, and more than 70 die in one sealed truck. Europe is buckling as the tide of suffering and desperation flooding across it grows every day. Well, these refugees say they wont give up, theyll try again tomorrow to board trains for germany, which is promising to take in hundreds of thousands. Europe promised open borders, but tonight its principles and those borders are under severe strain. Lester . Bill neely in budapest tonight. Thank you. Late images this evening of president obama hiking along alaskas famed exit glacier, which has seen significant melting. Second day of his threeday trip is pushing for more action on Climate Change, but he also wants to protect u. S. 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We visit a pair of villages this evening on the eve of the president s village to the one furthest north. Two towns facing the same fate, a very real threat of a climatecaused american refugee crisis. Nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden takes us there. Reporter theres no better way to see whats happening in the arctic than to arrive by vote in kotzebue, alaska. When mr. Obam bama arrives here hell become the first president to visit the american arctic. Theyve all flown by. Reporter the towns former mayor. What would you like to say to the president when he gets here . [ speaking Foreign Language ]. Reporter which means . Welcome to our land. Reporter but his land is changing fast as temperatures warm twice as rapidly here as the rest of the planet. Nbc news has spent the past four months reporting throughout americas vast arctic. A place of tradition and dramatic change. Nowhere are the problems for urgent than in sheshmaruf which Scientists Say is just one storm away from being wiped off the map. The ice that once protected their shoreline from big fall storms is melting and now theyre losing as much as 20 feet a year to erosion. The ocean comes in pretty good. The water comes up pretty high. Reporter and because theyre so isolated here its not just home but 600 lives that are at stake. What are we going major flood . I say we have to move. People are about to become some of americas first Climate Change refugees. Gone. Theyre telling their older children they dont want them to go hunting on the dangerous and they dont want to lose reporter cheryl rosa is here to listen to them and report back to the white house. A decade ago the locals voted to move to this higher ground. 12 miles away. But discovered that like the ice the permafrost, that is, the ground, is melting too. Its not easy to move a village. Reporter its not cheap either. 180 million according to the army core of engineers. Thats 300,000 per person. And moving even a few miles means cutting ties with Ancestral Lands that have sustained them and kept their traditions alive for centuries. Clifford wiwana says even if they have the money to move he worries his people cannot survive anywhere else. Got to have access to the ocean. Reporter he and his family rely on the caribou, wall rus walrus, and especially the bearded seal. Theyre about 700 pounds. We try to get at least two apiece. Thatll be just enough for our families and relatives. Reporter cash is hard to come by, and in the Grocery Store cereal is over six bucks. Sugar costs 9. Three times what most of us pay. But thats nothing compared to the human cost of staying. They have to move. Its bad enough in new york when you have a super storm or new orleans. But at least help is right there. Up in the arctic help is hundreds, hundreds of miles away. And if they get trapped in a terrible storm they could all perish. Reporter 30 other alaskan villages face shishmaref. 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Reporter in the spring of 1945 two special trains were said to have been brought here to this nazi hideout. Despite attempts by the allies to prevent german looting documented in the film the monuments men. The nazis are taking everything with them. So we have to get as close to the front as we can. What is all this . Peoples lives. Reporter their artifacts were taken, including the amber room from st. Petersburg. The room was reconstructed in 2003. One group still searching for the real one down forgotten german bunkers. Smells bad. Narrow. Dirty. Reporter but so far no luck. Even the way it was transported is a mystery. Perhaps by road. Most likely by train. Reporter part of the secret railroad runs under this castle castle. Its said the Treasure Hunters were led here by a deathbed confession, the end perhaps of a decadesold mystery. Then again, that may be just another rumor. Keir simmons, nbc news, london. That will do it for us on a tuesday night. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. Rhianna speaks out about kanyes show stopping vma rant. Now on extra. Rhianna rates kanye. What do you think about kanye running for president . A. J. s new interview with rhianna today from her sexy Summer Vacation to the rumors about her new man. Miley explodes. Her back stage tirade after nicki minaj blasted her at the vmas. Taylors terror. Scary moments as a crazed fan charges her stage. What we learned about his past. Democrats for the donald. When i see someone like trump i go good for him. Alec baldwin, martha stewart, the stars take sides. New video. Cameron diaz and benji madden talking about pregnancy rumors. Then were in hawaii. Virgin maitais. How caitlyns son is coping with her new dating life. And ken jeong going from real hell. Studios hollywood the entertainment capital of l. A. Welcome to extra. Im mario lopez. Coming up, a. J. s got rhianna on her thoughts on kanye and all the nicki minaj controversy. Also coming up, the all new Fashion Police im with melissa, julianna and brad. Which of the hosts are already feuding. First today taylor swift had a big scare on stage in san diego and it was all caught on video. Heres jerry. A crazed fan. Accused of felony assault. A Second Security scare in a month for the worlds highest paid pop star. Taylor swift performing style at san diegos petco park. When this 26yearold man rushes the stage and brawls with four security guards. The bizarre incident playing out in front of stunned fans in the tmz video. Incredibly she kept performing as the assault went down. Extra with the suspects booking sheet. One of the guards suffered a broken rib. He has an outstanding theft warrant in florida. Taylors security still on high alert after this attack just weeks ago during a performance of bad blood in canada. New fall out from the nicki
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