elected me, a simple, humble worker in god s vineyards. for decades cardinal row joseph ratsinger, he battled relativism, what s true for one person might not be true for someone else. happy birthday to you pope benedict s 2008 visit to the united states would be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and mass at yankee stadium, but also in the way in which he addressed the sex abuse crisis so directly. from the sacred ministry, this is absolutely who is guilty cannot be priest. the sex abuse would haunt his papacy as the scandal unfolded in europe and charged that benedict s record on abuse was mixed and there were other problems as well. benedict offended muslims with a speech suggesting islam could be a violent religion and sparked a global uproar when he lifted the excommunication for four bishops and one of them turned out to be a holocaust denier. a priest having discovered both vocations while growing up
i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. a short time ago we heard from an emotional and increasingly frustrated president biden. after all it was vice president biden nearly a decade ago who had the distinct responsibility to formulating the government s response to the tragedy at sandy hook. tonight he delivered his first prime time address to the nation on gun violence and the epidemic that has become in america. you may have noticed the 56 candles burning behind him. they re meant to represent shooting victims from all u.s. states and territories. and it came amid cries of enough. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time, that can t be true. this time, we must actually do something. this isn t about taking away anyone s rights. it s about protecting children. it s about protecting families. for god sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innoce
good afternoon. for the first time, there is a global climate agreement which calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. delegates at the un climate summit in dubai reached the deal after negotiating through the night. the president of cop28 said it s an agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a stronger form form of words that called for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. the latest now from our climate editorjustin rowlatt who s in dubai. justin. well, yes, this is the, some people are disappointed this is a compromise, i have to say these deals always are. we have 198 countries trying to agree on an issue which touches almost every aspect of their society. every country has a different perspective and we are looking for a compromise that charts a course through it. the overall reaction here is that this is an ambitious deal, this deal does make progress, it has got that commitment to transitioning away from fossil fu