if he were to come out and lay out all the evidence. the fact is, at least at this point there doesn t seem to be any evidence to this, so you have his aids so far going out and trying to defend this. and donald trump essentially hiding behind twitter. i mean, remember, when he tweeted that out in the morning, 6 or 7 tweets about this, his final tweet was about arnold schwarzenegger ratings in the apprentice. that in some ways suggests the level of seriousness in terms of his approach to this, on the seriousness of the evidence behind this is very much lacking, and i again, i think we had the conspiracy theorists candidate and now we have a conspiracy theorist president in many ways, someone who gets some of his information from breitbart, from conservative talk radio, and doesn t use the power of the white house, where he can summon any and everyone to ask questions, he doesn t do that. he just reads and he tweets
fiat, the carmaker tweeted, his holiness knows how to make an entrance. someone else referred to it as heavenly product placement: all that free press. this is pure francis. that car. reporter: can t you imagine the new ads for the fiat 500l? pure francis. reporter: who knew a hatchback would hatch a pope? jeanne moos, cnn, new york. some fans of the pope are having fun with his visit by dressing their pets in his honor. look at that. like this owners are using the hash tag #-popetag on instagram. doesn t look like a rough assignment there. i said the word rough. it was a joke, not funny, i guess. thank you for joining us. i m george howell at the centre in atlanta. for viewers around the world, amanpour starts in a moment. you re watching cnn, the world s news leader. (dog) mmm, this beneful healthy weight is so good.
and it remains to be seen what s going to happen. it s an unusual election. you know, there s doesn t seem to be much interest yet on their side. i think there is our side because both hillary and senator sanders have laid out pretty detailed, positive policy positions, talked about what they would cost, and you know, you can actually have a debate there where you could discuss the relative merits of their positions on health care or generating jobs or lifting incomes or whatever. but over there, it seems to be more about resentment and one liners. i don t know. it s interesting. could trump be the nominee? i think so. wow. how do i know? i don t understand i don t understand any of it very well. look, i ve been out of politics a long time. i haven t run for office in 20 years. and also, i m not mad at
month. he said it was his encounter with pope francis thursday that helped him decide that it was time to go. you see him here get choked up during the pope s visit to washington. cnn s dana bash says the race is on now for boehner s successor. it looks as though the man who is now his number two in the house republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, relatively new to congress given how far he s come. he was elected in 2006. he is hasn t officially put his hat in the ring. it looks like he s going to. at this point there doesn t seem to be anybody who looks like they can beat him. i think the conservative movement, those out there, the people who are fueling the anti-washington, anti-politician fervor in the presidential race and, of course, in congress, as well, i don t know that they re going to be so thrilled with kevin mccarthy because he has
tell him i m extremely honored that he s calling me, and that i m speaking to him. it s a great privilege to be able to speak to one of the most influential people in the whole world. it s amazing. reporter: okay, this time the kremlin said it took a bit of convincing to get elton john to take the call. he was understandably suspicious. i know that you are have been played by pranksters, president putin told the singer according to the kremlin. they intended no harm. that, of course, doesn t excuse them, he said. of course, gay rights are a very serious issue in russia where laws have been introduced to restrict a public discussion of homosexuality. activists say they face discrimination. elton john, for his part, brushed off the prank call saying that his offer to talk with president putin still stands. and he seems now to be a small step closer to that actually happening. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. you re watching cnn newsroom. when we come back, the little