Extreme poverty around the world. joining us now the founder and ceo. jake harrison. he a special operations marine who served four tours including two combat tours in iraq. when he left the marine corps he enrolled in the stanford business college. after graduating he launched the non-profit. so great to have you with us. you also received the bronze star for your service in iraq. you come at this poverty question from a fascinating point of view. you were on the ground fighting and thought, let s fight terrorism by getting to the root problem, which is terrorism? when i was on the ground in combat we began to see a market gap. a new way was needed to do development. it started out of a traumatic experience i had during the invasion. southern iraq at the time was a very poor place, no access to health care. very little food, no education
Well, the church doctrine. but the tone and the approach of it all with this pope. he is entering from the crowds screaming and wanting to just get a glimpse to a more subdued meeting with the u.s. bishops here. there s been a great as you point out, the word debate which is an interesting word when you talk about the church as it relates to the truth and the facts of the doctrine. but an interesting conversation on the acceptance of his message even within the higher ranks of the church. yeah. there is division, there s no question about it. there will be differences of opinion. not about the substance necessarily. i know most of these cardinals. some who are termed on the left and some that are termed on the right. but fundamentally when they come together, they all agree in the substance of the issues. they don t believe any kind of dramatic change in life or
Would have a more aggressive tone in one conversation versus the other, a more specific tone in one versus the other. what are the key differences just alone. tone and ideas that we might hear from the pope? well, i think in new york at the u.n., the issue of the ecological environmental question is very rel havenevant the poverty question. the think the idea that the world needs to look at more seriously how they can collaborate on dealing with the environment is rooted in the judeo christian tradition that appeals to many, many leaders i think around the world. and i think you can hear him trying to press that at the u.n. also the issue of poverty i think and refugees i think will also come up as a major issue that the governments of the world need to address.
White house is rooted in deep catholic social teaching. everything he said. and he drew on that in a way that when john paul ii said catholic social teaching is not left or right, it addresses the whole spectrum of the political world in a sense of both democrats and republicans in the united states. i think he had an example this morning in the white house of that in itself. when you re talking about racism or poverty, the idea that you need to address it is very clear from catholic social teaching. but how you address it is another question. what are the policies that you address poverty? how do you address poverty? that s left up to the politicians to decide on the policy. but the idea of making it a priority, the poor, is very
All ages and all wealth levels. you leave 16 million children in poverty out of the ladder, and remember, he was standing in chicago about this poverty question in part around gun violence. he saying that economic opportunity is part of what keeps us safe in a community. and for example, what did the president do for the education in the first term? race to the top. how successful has it been? i have angst with race to the top and no child left behind and we are waiting to have the education conversation, but he has done as much as any president. i think it is interesting that the republicans talk about that, because the presidents are against federal intervention as they see as a locally-based issue, but that said, you are fun. thank you to father jim martin and also to kayton dawson and the other two sticking around. up next, what i do for fun on the road in memphis, tennessee.