a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful >>> donald trump disputes that pope francis could hur his campaign. >> town hall meeting to connect with voters >>> history made with one tweet. president obama confirms he's going to cuba. he hopes the trip will help the island. >>> and app connection with a shooter in the san bernardino attack. >> pope francis stole the spotlight in the american presidential campaign, saying that donald trump'sed in of building a wall on the mexican boarder was not christian. that drew angry response and reactions from others. patricia sabga has more. >> reporter: criticism of the highest order, travelling home where he called for immigrants, pope francis took aim at the presidential hope: over the plan to build a wall to keep illegal immigrants out of the united states. >> this man is not a christian, if that is what he said. not known for turning the other cheek. trump pulled no punches with the pontiff. >> for a religious leader to question a push's faith is disgrace. if and when the vatican is attacked bid i.s.i.s., which everyone knows i

the pontiff told the person who told him, not to be selfish. >> reporter: and pope francis is now on his way to juarez on the border with the united states. for years the city was one of the most dangerous places on earth. as adam raney reports. >> reporter: this is how this father tries to lift the spirit of kids in this poor neighborhood. the daily workouts keep them off of the streets. and while the streets are somewhat safer than a few years ago, they still offer few opportunities. >> translator: these places are full of young people, young people that don't go to school, don't have a job, or work on the border factories for a low wage. i think we have a lot of work to do, neither the church, me includes, nor the government is doing enough for them. >> reporter: there is still much to be done, but for the police the first step was taking back control of the city. in 2010 more than 3,000 people were killed in juarez, last year, just over 300 were killed. the lowest number in a decade. in fact it is now safer than some american cities. the police chief says the key to this happenin

pope francis is on route to mexico city. he rearranged his schedule to come here to cuba. and cuba is neutral ground, if you will. it has nothing to do with the sort of difficult history between the two churches, and president raul castro did play a hand in making this happen. >> so an historic meeting. as you say there are some differences between the churches. there are divisions that remain. what are they? >> well, to go into recent history, the russian orthodox church has concerns that the roman catholic church is impeding on its fiefdom, process loaly advertising in its areas and these divisions still exist. they're not going to be ironed out immediately. but the focus is really on unity and working towards a common goal. the common goal here for both churches is to take a look at what is happening in the middle east as well as afte africa they believe in those two spots christians are at risk of being persecuted. that's why they come together in the spirit of collaboration to help christians in those areas. >> thanks so much. pope francis will continue his tour of la

pope francis has been to mexico's poorest city. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: pope francis's visit to the city of chappas was all about the indigenous community. they make up most the population here. he used the visit to side with them and denounce hundreds of years of exploitation. >> translation: on many occasions in a systematic and organized way your people have been misunderstood and excluded from society. some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior, others intoxicated by power, money and market trandz have stolen your lands or contaminated them >> reporter: few expect his visit alone to change things, but for one of the survivors of a massacre in which para military called 45 people, including six of his family, the fact that pope francis has come means something. >> translation: i feel this is the real pope in favor of the indigenous communities, marginalised and survivors. i'm very happy that he came. >> reporter: mexico's government may feel differently. chappas has been a problem for

pope francis visit to the south mexican state was about the indigenous community. the pontiff used the visit to side with them and denounce hundreds of years of exploitation. on many occasions, the people have been misunderstood and excluded from society. others intoxicated by power, stole lands and contaminated them. few expected the visit alone to change things. paramilitaries had killed 45 people, including six of his family. the propose weren't sis came meant something. >> i feel like this is the reel pope for the marginalized and survivors. particularly because i lost six of my family in the massacre. i'm happy that he came. mexico's government may feel differently. it is famous for an army of farmers who rose up against authorities in 19194 and is still active. >> pope francis prepared for the heartland. including some areas suffering from marginalisation, poverty and corruption, he's taking a different line. francis used the moment. it may slow down the rush of followers to other religions. and even islam. the state has the lowest personnel of catholics. thi

pope francis met with the head of the russian orthodox church. it is the first time the heads of the two churches have ever made. natasha ghoneim is in havana. >> the two men exchanged hugs and kisses. they called themselves brothers. but in a joint declaration issued after the almost three-hour meeting here in havana, the two leaders focused on the despair in the world. they talked about the need to have a common goal and work towards a solution that would combat the extermination of christians in the middle east and north africa. they sited iraq and syria specifically, and said the international community needed to do it part to bring an end to the quote, violence and terrorism. they said they also believed that the international community needs to give wide-scale humanitarian assistance to refugees. and they promoted this notion of interfaith dialogue. now this entire meeting has been framed as a way to unify the two sides, but critics have said what this really was was a shrewd geopolitical move on the part of russia. it is likely putin signe

pope francis is more conservative predecessors preferred to visit catholic heartlands, but choosing areas like this which suffers from poverty and corruption, he is taking a different line. he has used this visit to decree that indigenous languages can be used in mass. people sang and parade in prayed in their own languages. the state now has the lowest percentage of catholics in mexico. it has encouraged the faithful and those struggling in this poverty-stricken state >>> it appears some inmates at a mexican prison where a riot claimed at least 49 lives last week were living a somewhat luxurious life. authorities for the first time entered the prison. they found cells that were decked out with big beds, air conditioners, paintings and even an aquarium. >> reporter: authorities have been cleaning out tons of luxury items in a prison of north mexico that was the scene of a riot last thursday. 49 people were killed during a bloody battle. clearly there were a lot of luxury at stake because they have been removing televisions, digital cable, beds that are larger than the standard issue, many

. >>> and pope francis making a police statement with a visit to the u.s.-mexican border. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'll del walters. this morning a court order is sparking a fierce debate over privacy, security and government overreach. a judge ordering apple to help the fbi hack a phone used by one of the san bernardino, california shooters, but apple is saying no. >> reporter: in a letter to customers this morning, apple ceo time cook called the government's demands chilling. adding: the court is ordering apple to disable think pass word feature on this woman's iphone. the fbi hasn't been able to get into the phone for more than two months as it investigates the san bernardino shootings. he used the phone as an employee of the health department. disabling it would allow the fbi to try tens of millions of pass chord combinations without losing the information inside. >> our job is to look at a haystack the size of this country for needles that are increasingly invisible to us because of end to end encryption. >> reporter:

. >>> now, pope francis has visited a children's hospital in mexico city. he was accompanied by mexico's first lady angela rivera. earlier the pope held mass in front of millions of people in a notoriously violent and poor suburb of the capital. pope francis is now visiting the poorest state, the indigenous population has been marginalized there for years and has the lowest percentage of catholics in the country. >> the father looks more like a freedom fighter than a catholic priest. he is one of the movement of the clergy who say their place is outside of the church with the forgotten and desperate. >> now pope francis is visiting chappas paying attention to its three-quarters mostly indigenous population who live in poverty, and to priests like marcello rebelling against the conservative catholic hierarchy and local politician who is act more like feudal lords. >> corruption creates poverty and violence. because i expose it, they want to kill me. they put a price on my life. now it's 100 million pesos. >> he does not leave the church now without his bodyg

pope francis is a jesuit. father, thank you for joining us. >> good to see you again, jake. >> i want to make sure we get the translation right. is it that the pope said that donald trump, if he believes what he believes in terms of building a wall is not a christian or is not christian, because there is a difference there. >> i would say is not a christian. i think we need to look at the entire statement. you have to look at the question that was asked of pope francis and how he framed his response. so he was asked if he was being a political pawn, a political pawn of mexico. he said, well, as to the political question, and he became very philosophical, he said aristotle teaches this all human beings are political animals, so i suppose, yes, i'm human, therefore i'm political. as to whether i'm a pawn, let the people sdodecide that. but then he did something in logic which said the gospel teaches us that anyone who builds walls and not bridges is not a christian. therefore, if one, and i would say a person, n

. >>> pope francis is back in rome after his historic trip to mexico, taking part in a brief farewell ceremony before boarding his plane last night. it came hours after going to the u.s. mexico border in juarez. heidi zhou castro has more. >> the vatican down played the potential controversy of the pope's visit to the border by saying he cares for the welfare of migrants and refugees from around the world, not just here at the u.s.-mexican border. the pope's message was one of compassion, allowing your fellow man to seek a life of dignity and of peace. >> a historic image with his feet planted in mexico, pope francis issued his blessing across the border, over the u.s. border fence and into the immigrant community on the american side of the rio grande. the plight of the migrant was a centerpiece of the pope's mass. >> in this place, i want to implore divine mercy. i want to give the gift of tears, the gift of conversion. >> juarez is at the center of the human trafficking trade, a midway point for hundreds of thousand was central american migrants on their way to the united states. t

pope francis called into question the fate of republican presidential candidate donald trump. on a flight back to roam from mexico, he said that proposing a wall was not christian. he was asked because he is pope francis did not understand problems at the mexican border, and that preceded lis visit to the border. now we have the race to the white house, trump opponents arrived to responds. patricia sabga reports. >> travelling home from mexico, we call for compassion. pope francis took aim at republican hopeful donald trump, over the candidate's plan to build a wall to keep the legal immigrants out of the united states. the man is not a christian, if that is what he says. >> known for turning the other cheek, trump pulled no punches. for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgrace: i.s.i.s.'s ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed trump was president. with two days before the campaign. trump smack down with the holy seer left some bobbing and weaving. >> i love the pope. i don't think it's the whole quote. >> i'd like

pope francis wading into u.s. presidential politics, suggesting that donald trump's immigration plans are not those of a christian. the pope was taking questions from reporters on a flight to rome after his visit to the u.s./mexican border. he responded to trump's plan to build a wall along that border and trump's accusation of mexico using him as a political pawn. listen to this. >> translator: thank god, he said i was a politician. because aristotle defined the human person as that. at least i'm a person. as to whether i'm a pawn, well maybe. i don't know. i'll leave that up to your dutchmen and that of the people. and then a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be located, and not building bridges is not a christian. this is not in the gospel. as far as what you said about whether i would advise to vote or not vote, i am not going to get involved in that. i say only that this man is not a christian if he has said things like that. >> our correspondent, rosa flores, was on that flight w

pope francis met with patriarch karil. the first time the heads of the roman catholic and russian orthodox church have met. natasha guinane has more. >> in a joint declaration issue after the almost three hour meeting here at the international airports in havana, the two leaders focused on the despair in the world, the need to have a common goal and work towards a solution that would combat what they called the extermination of christians in the middle east and north africa. they cited iraq and syria spix anspecifically and said they needed to bring an end to the terrorism. the international community needed to give wide scale humanitarian aid to refugees. both leaders mentioned they had sympathy for other individuals who had been impacted by the region and they promoted the ideal of interfaith dialogue. to unify both sides. critics said what this really was a shrewd geopolitical move on the part of russia. slowsly aligned with vladimir putin, and likely, putin signed off on this meeting. russia is isolated from the west d

pope francis in voicing his values isn't running for president. donald trump in insisting on his right to push his hard line policies is certainly not running for pope. that's hardball for now. thanks for being with us. right now it's time for a special edition of the rachel maddow show with vice president joe biden. >>> you might notice we're up an hour early tonight. that's for two reasons. the first is what you see right here. one hour from now in what is usually my time slot, msnbc and telemundo will be hosting a critical and important town hall in nevada for hillary clinton and bernie sanders. it's going to be broadcast on telemundo in spanish and on msnbc in english. it could not come at a more critical time. the nevada caucuses are two days away. hillary clinton won iowa.

francis rode through the streets given a makeover by reformed criminals. more appropriate for the occasion. the pope portrayed in all kinds of ways, even as a graffiti artist. home to 1.6 million people, they have one of the highest murder and disappearance rates of women in mexico. but police have solved few of the cases. it's such a dangerous place, raina vasquez tells me mass is one of the rare times she can bring her children to a public event. under a strong sun more than 300,000 people filled the dusty field to hear the pope warn of the temptations of wealth, vanity, and crime. emphatically telling them there can be no dialogue with the devil. here evil can feel like a daily reality. for this nation, which polls show has little confidence in its government, francis is asking these people, many of them poor and powerless, to join the front lines of making mexico a land of opportunity. urging them to create a country where no one has to leave to find a better life. a challenge college student paolo rangel is ready to accept. >> so mexico can be the bet

and pope francis is on his way to cuba where he'll be meeting the head of the russian orthodoxsy. the first such meeting in almost a thousand years. ♪ the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they have to end. unless you have the comcast business voice mobile app. it lets you switch seamlessly from your desk phone to your mobile with no interruptions. i've never felt so alive. make your business phone mobile with voice mobility. comcast business. built for business. ♪ >>> the syrian president bashar al-assad has said he will retake its entire country. as world leaders agree to aim of a temporary halt in hostilities in syria within seven days. >>> thousands of egyptian doctors have been protesting in the heart of cairo in the wake of repeated attacks they say against medical staff. >>> there have been violent scenes in athens during an anti austerity protest. >>> an agreement signed a year ago was supposed to end fighting in ukraine. and orph

. >> pope francis and archbishop of the russian orthodox church. >> the conflict hasn't finished. i personally believe the ukrainian military are needed. >> a year afterward. the minsk ceasefire. >> and the riots in athens by bailout lenders. good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america cps international new'snews hour. tonight, we begin with bashar al-assad says he supports the effort to bring about a ceasefire in his country but he vows to retake all of his country no matter how hard it takes. >>> russia's prime minister offered some advice. dimitri medvedev warned about sending forces into syria, doing so i.t. could spark another world war. for now it's mainly syria's war backed up by grim numbers, more than 11% of the pre-war population has either been killed or wounded in the past five years. assad says the fighting could continue for a long time. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations, and in political action, since the beginning of this crisis. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean that we stop fighting terrorism. the two traction are inevit

pope francis and the leader of the russian orthodox church. >>> russian air viekrussian aire resumed in syria. speaking today in an interview with the agents trance press, syrian president bashar al-assad spoke. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations and in political action since the beginning of the crisis. however if we negotiate, it does not mean that we stop fight are terrorism. the two tracks are inevitable in syria first through negotiations and second through fighting terrorism. and the two tracks are separate from each other. >> and tonight there are many unanswered questions about the new deal that is supposed to put a stop to the fighting in syria. al jazeera's jamie mcintire reports. >> antonio, if you cut through all the diplo speak, the potential for a ceasefire in syria comes down to how the russians define a single word, terrorist. russia continues to pound targets in syria even hours after the diplomatic meeting was announced. air cover for forces loyal to yrntosyrian president bashar al-assad. air strikes will continue but some groups will no longer be

pope francis is on his way to mexico for a week-long tour. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: the sites and sounds of a russian orthodox service. in the great schism of 2054 political and theological differences split christianity in to what are now the eastern orthodox and roman catholic worlds. >> translator: the main topic is going to be defending christians in the middle east who are being destroyed. there have been loud voices, especially from the russians, calling for people to pay attention, unfortunately these voices haven't been heard. >> reporter: for some of russia's faithful, meeting is a welcome, if rather abstract event. >> translator: i think any negotiations are good. maybe they are going to discuss some issues or solve some problems. >> translator: we hope this meet willing be useful for people, for world, for everything. peace is the most important thing. >> reporter: though president putin doesn't among the priests waiving him off on wednesday, the kremlin has presumably given this trip its approval. the two men will s

well, we saw a rare shortage of grace from pope francis last night in mexico. someone pulled him on top of a young person in a wheelchair. watch this. the pope shouts, "don't be selfish." tonight, francis is jumping in to the fight over immigration as he celebrates mass just across the rio grande from texas, and manuel bojorquez is there. >> reporter: it was his strongest stand yet in solidarity with migrants. he is addressing their plight at this mass before 200,000 in niarez, calling it a humanitarian crisis. across the border in el paso, a crowd of 30,000 watched the mass, a symbolic event for two cities separated only by the rio grande. and connected here by a choir comprised of people from both sides. like americans flor and ana garcia from el paso. >> we feel part of both communities since we go back and forth so often. >> reporter: the mother and daughter have seen the ravages of violence in juarez, fueled by cartels and human smugglers, groubles pope francis is addressing head on. pl going to all the places where people are struggling and showing that h

of the majority indigenous population and we report from san cristobol. >> reporter: pope francis to the visit was about the indigenous community and makeup most of the population in mexico's poorest state and the pontiff used the visit to side with them and denounce hundreds of years of exploitation. >> translator: on many occasions in a systematic and organized way your people have been misunderstood and excluded from society. some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior, others intoxicated by power, money and market trends have stolen your lands or contaminated then. >> few expect his visit alone to change things but for mendez a survivor of a massacre where they killed 45 people including six of his family the fact pope francis has come means something. >> translator: i feel like this is the real pope in favor of the indigenous communities, the marginilized because i lost six of my family in the massacre. i'm very happy he came. >> reporter: mexico's government may feel differently and has long before a problem area for them especially famous for an arm

francis has used his visit to decree that indigenous languages can now be used in mass. it may help slow down the rush of followers here to other religions. the state now has the lowest percentage of catholics in mexico. this brief visit has at least encouraged the faithful, and those struggling in this poverty-stricken state. >>> sports news coming up on the news hour. we'll hear about the former top player who is looking in top form at the dubai tennis championships. details in a moment. ♪ >>> fighting has left afghanistan littered with decaying relics of war. now one artist are turning those machines of death into her canvas. >>> in afghanistan's former battlefields, now graveyards for tanks, rusted carcasses of war machines are getting flowery makeovers. she is the makeover artist. the 28-year-old iranian came to afghanistan on a visit last year, liked the people, and decided to stay. when you told your family, i'm going to afghanistan, what did they say? >> you are crazy. >> reporter: when starting an art magazine didn't pan out, she started her campaign. >> i enj

. >> hundreds of thousands gather to see pope francis on the mexican side of the border but u.s. worshipers are kept away. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america's international news hour. we begin tonight in ankara, the turkish capital was the scene of another deadly bombing on wednesday, at least 28 people are confirmed dead, 61 others were wounded. investigators say a car packed with explosives blew up next to a group of military buses. turkey's leaders have promised a forceful response. president recep tayyip erdogan said his country was more than ever entitled to use its self defense. a mini summit was cancelled. al jazeera's sonia gallego has more. >> the capital of turkey rocked by another explosion. the governor of ankara says this was caused buy car bomb to target a convoy of service vehicles, and the country's military headquarters. security officials say initial signs indicate that the kurdistan workers party the pkk may be behind the attack. >> translator: the purpose of this attack is to intimidate our country and to inflict fear in our citizen

. >> pope francis, trump. that's not hard call for me. not even close. >> vice president biden weighing in like kind of weighing with his hands, weighing trump versus pope. my god, this presidential race is so weird. yesterday, pope francis celebrated mass at the u.s. mexican border in mexico. he was about 300 feet from the rio river. more than 200,000 people gathered on the mexican side of the border for pope francis' visit. the pope has made migrants in their desperation and the plight of the poorest, he's made that the center piece of his ministry since he's been the leader of the catholic church. for us americans, of course, it resonates for us even more when it's our border that he's at praying at ramp overlooking the rio grand into texas. praying for people who have died trying to reach the united states. people who have died crossing the river and the boardrder. as the pope prayed, there was complete silence. the migrants stood about 300 feet from him in texas at that moment. just solemn. here in the united states this is an issue

but if you thought that pope poe francis's suggestion that contraception might be condoned during the zika virus outbreak, you might be wrong. >> translator: i was surprised the pope said this but i think it's a big victory because he governs the church. it is a big change and it will have an impact on the whole region. >> i think this method he talked about is good. it's the children that suffer because of there illness so this way women will take more care. >> but while it appear the pope's stance on birth control may be oftenning aside from the vanity can, little appears to have chain. father monzo nfenzon suggested t pope francis never changes his position on contraception but it may be an easier situation than abortion. >> translator: we are not in favor of abortion or contraception, the church is against this and the pope also knows this. >> reporter: inside this public health clirch clinic, haf guatemalaguatemalans. >> it's better to use contraception. >> an exception to the church's contraception ban due to the zika crisis could have enormous impact. for some of the church's f

antonio. >>> poacpope francis played andd mass in el punto. the focus of his homily. >> a step, a a path loaded with victims of violence, many of our brothers and sisters are the products of human trafficking. >> tens of thousands gathered oon both sides of the border to hear francis say mass. i'm antonio mora, thanks for joining us, for the latest news any time head over to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is up next with "inside story." have a great night. night. >> have you heard? there's a vacancy on the united states supreme court. the top court of appeals in the country. the constitution of the united states lays out the rules for filling that vacancy, but one of the power centers involved in that task has already declared, basically, we don't want to. make no mistake. it's a high wire act for everybody involved. the president who wants to shape the court, a senate determined to avoid just that, and it's filled with constitutional and political risk. rolling the dice, it's the "inside story".

pope francis will hold talks during the whistle stop tour to the country. he'll then head to mexico on friday. natasha ghoneim is in cuba's capitol. natasha why is this happening now and why in cuba? >> reporter: i'll explain in just a second, felicity. we haven't seen them together just yet, but take a look behind me, and the symbolism of the two planes side by side is a pretty powerful image. you talked about the fact that this has been an almost 1,000-year-old rift. it created an east-west christian europe, if you will. this meeting orchestrated by president castro, was always years in the making. preparations were underway since the '90s. plans dissipated over existing grievances, but when pope francis began his papalsy he made it clear that meeting the patriarch was a priority. what has happened is cuba became a neutral and a convenient country. the patriarch was already going to be here for an firm visit to latin america. pope francis was en route to mexico, and he rearranged his schedule so he could be here in havana to meet with the patriarch. both

pope francis has visited a children's hospital in mexico. he met the young patients. earlier on sunday pope francis held mass in front of millions of people in a notoriously violent and poor suburb of the capital. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people came out to celebrate mass on sunday in this area, many sleeping and camping out and they didn't care because they wanted to share his message of peace of love. a mexico that they don't have to worry about death. this really resonates with the people we have been speaking to who comes from some of these violent communities. >> translation: i hope the pope through god's word can guide the government, especially in my home state, which is totally corrupt and violent. >> translation: whether we're neighbors, friends or relatives, violence affects us all. we are expecting the pope to bring hope to all mexicans with his message. >> reporter: a mass here, this violent area, he is standing in sold arlt with them because he shows that he understands the problems they're going through. he said he will spread this message a

lady, earlier pope francis held mass in front of millions of people in a violent and poor suburb of the capitol and al jazeera's adam rainy was there. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people came out to celebrate mass with pope francis here on sunday in this community on the edge of mexico city, many sleeping here, camping out in freezing temperatures and said they didn't care because they wanted to share with him the message of peace and love. when he spoke during mass he spoke of trading a mexico of tune about a mexico they do not need to fear being exploded and a mexico where they do not have to fear being destroyed by dealers of death and the words his of course in reference to drug gangs and r cartels and resonates with the people we have been speaking to who come from some violent places. >> translator: i hope the words can guide the mexican government and the home state of vera cruz that is corrupt and violent. >> translator: whether we are neighbors, friends or relatives it affects us all and hope he brings peace to all mexicans with the message. >> reporter: the violen

. >>> and pope francis makes ocontroversial visit to mexico's indigenous community to bring attention to their plans. h >> haitian lawmakers have elected joselerme privert. as interim president. teresa vo reports from port-au-prince. >> it's been weeks of tension and protest in haiti but many hope that joselerme privert is the man that will take the country owl of the current political crisis. >> translator: these are extraordinary circumstances. we need to learn from this. the political crisis shows us the necessity to take advantage of this moment and we can show the world that we can do it. >> reporter: he's a man close to former president rey anyway are preval and close to jean bertrand ayer aristide. >> can make something into change the situation, the people live if now. >> privert was officially sworn in on sunday at haiti's national palace where he vowed to reinforce democracy in the westerwestern hemisphere's poort country. president privert is supposed to stay in office for 120 days, and in that time, he needs to guide the people to free and fair democracy. in fact many peop

pope francis has spoken out for migrants and suggested donald trump is not a christian. he criticized the republican presidential hopeful over his immigration policy. donald trump called the comments disgraceful. >> reporter: it is the latest twist in an election also stirred by donald trump's controversial rhetoric. pope francis had this to say about the wall to be build as proposed by donald trump. >> translation: a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not christian. >> reporter: donald trump seemed undaunted by the dressing down from the leader of catholics around the world >> the pope said something to the effect that maybe donald trump isn't christian. okay. he is questioning my faith. i was supplied to see it and i am a christian and i'm proud of it. >> reporter: he fired back as only donald trump can >> a religious leader to questions a person's faith is disgraceful >> reporter: it is a confrontation unlike any other in american political history. >> it pins the needle on unusual. it is as unusual as it gets

pope francis finished his visit to mexico with a mass just metres away from the u.s. he has long been a supporter of migrants and admonished rich countries to do more. >> translation: the human tragedy that has forced migration is a global phenomenon today. this crisis which could be measured in numbers and statistics, we want instead to measure with names, stories and families. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands attended the ceremony. thousands watched on cctv over the border. this was one the most violent city in mexico. people were touched by his visit here. >> translation: we're hurting as a city with so much violence, so much fallout from the violence, so many children and youth, so many who have lost their way and many families that fled. we're still here giving it our all. >> translation: we're hoping for peace to arrive because of all the violence we've had. we ask him to bless our city and the whole world, but especially here so there won't be so much violence. >> reporter: earlier in the day pope francis visited the prison that was once run by drug gangs and

on the newshour tonight: pontifical politics: pope francis sparks a firestorm, calling donald trump's immigration ideas not christian, as the republican frontrunner fires back. also ahead, president obama announces an historic trip to cuba next month, the first for a sitting president in almost 90 years. then, why you should look to the political betting markets for presidential predictions. >> polls show what people are thinking now, whereas the prediction markets are what people think will happen in the future. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of the

francis will make his way to this path, according to local church official, who tell me that francis will walk straight to the end of this route here, where a makeshift memorial to migrants will be set up that day. it is there he will pray for the people who made it across the border and those who did not. and that single symbolic moment expected to renew focus on the issue of immigration. something that's very important to the papacy of this pontiff. very important to mexico. and of course highly debated right next door. >> he is joining us now live from juarez. is this part of the visit being viewed differently on the opposite sides of the board, the u.s. and the mexican sides of the border? >> can you hear me, paolo? i don't thing he can hear me right now but we're going to try to reconnect with him. paolo is there in mexico. this is an historic visit by the pope to mexico. there has been some criticism, as i pointed out, donald trump, for example, who wants to build a wall between the united states and mexico and, as he often says, he wants mexico to pay for that wall. donald tru

. >>> poach francis is visiting the heart of mexico's drug country today. these are pictures of him live. the pope will meet with young people he says are the key to a better future. another focus of his trip has been making amends with mexico's indigenous people. >> pope francis' visit was all about the indigenous community. they make up most of population in mexico's poorest state. the people have been misunderstood and excluded from society. some of considered your values, cultures and traditions to be inferior. money and market trends have stolen your lands or contaminated them. >> few expect his visit alone to change things, but for manuel mendez, one of the survivors of a massacre in which paramilitary killed many people, including six of his family, the fact that the pope has come means something. >> i feel this is the real pope in favor of the indigenous communities, the marginalized and survivors. i lost six of my family in the massacre. i'm very happy that he came. >> mexico's government may feel differently. chapas is famous for an army of farmer

woodruff: that was donald trump in myrtle beach today, taking a softer line after his flare-up with pope francis. the pontiff had said trump is not a christian if he advocates building a wall along the mexican border. >> they had him convinced that illegal immigration was like a wonderful thing. not wonderful for us. it's wonderful for mexico. >> woodruff: in turn, the vatican said the pontiff's comments were "in no way a personal attack, nor an indication on how to vote." trump, though, faced continuing attacks from his republican rivals, while defending a lead that some polls suggest may be shrinking. texas senator ted cruz also campaigned in myrtle beach: >> it's easy to say "make america great again." you can even print that on a baseball cap. but the question to ask is, do you understand what made america great in the first place?

well, a war of words erupted between donald trump and pope francis. last week the pope does not understand immigration issues along the mexican border and on a flight back from mexico pope francis was asked about trump's immigration plan. >> translation: a person that thinks only about building walls wherever they may be is not christian. it's not in the goss >>> trump spoke about this in south carolina. >> if and when the vatican is attacked by i.s.i.s., everyone knows i.s.i.s.'s ultimate trophy. i promise you that the pope would have wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. >> donald trump said a religious leader questioning faith is disgraceful. moneying alistair is a political analyst. he joins us from pittsburgh. good to have you with us. what do you make. back and fourth between donald trump and the pope? >> nothing surprises me with donald trump, he's been doing different things that should have knocked them down. aside from coming in second place in iowa, he has been invincible with his base. he can say and do what he wan

at one point pope francis fell all the way down. when he got up he said in spanish, don't be selfish. this was the flash of any natural human emotion. it showed mexicans that they already knew, this pope is an emotional one who sometimes has passion about charity, and about mercy, but also expresses passions and fear and concern of his own well-being. it's a side of his humanity as he nearly fell down. >> thank you. >> now, apple says it will fight a court order to help the u.s. government crack the encrypted iphone of one of the san bernardino attackers. they shot and killed 14 people last year. he said that the breaking into this iphone would threaten the security of all of its users. here is tom ackerman. >> the legal fight of apple and the u.s. justice department came to a head at a second attack when two open fired at a christmas office party in san bernardino, california. he left behind a facebook entry pledging loyalty to isil. fbi investigators try to obtain evidence from the iphone farouk used for help and asked apple for h

after recent meetings it seems that putin views of o or gin tin vinnie frances as -- argentinian francis as less critical of russia than many western leaders. the services are held in polish, armenian, spanish english and russian. the father going on the trip to cuba has high hopes. >> when leaders come together and they show they are willingness to speak, to talk to each other, to overcome hostility, maybe not hostility, but suspicion towards each other, something is changing. >> reporter: as historic as this meeting is, it's not really about history. in the end, it will be judged on whether the meeting can, in any way, help with the problems of today. and whether it can open a new chapter, a new era of greater cooperation between the roman catholic and the russian orthodox worlds. rory challands, al jazeera, moscow. >>> a standoff between armed men who had been occupying a wildlife refuge and police in oregon has ended. the last remaining four protesters have now left the national wildlife refuge. they had been there for nearly a month, forcing their -- voicing their anger over the gov

this is nothing new and pope francis is set to visit a prison in the north of the country in six days at the tail end of his visit which begins on friday in mexico. one reason he is going to this prison is it has been greatly reformed but that prison is right on the border of the united states and was one of the most violent and corrupt in the country until it was taken under control by authorities. >> the latest from mexico city and adam thank you. staying in mexico a journalist there kidnapped earlier this week has been found dead. and she worked as a crime reporter for a local newspaper in vera cruz and armed men dragged her from her house on monday. her body was found on a highway a day later and a post mortem examination says she died of asphyxiation. tension when the koreas escalated when they ordered south koreans to leave the jointly run industrial park and ceased all the assets. it's called the south decisions to suspend operations there a quote declaration of war and harry faucet reports from seoul. >> reporter: on the southern side of the korean border the resent rocket lau

bush and pope francis. it's almost triple the media mentions for ted cruz who had nearly 5700. jeb bush with a little help from his family plus speculation about whether he was on his last legs rising here to more than 4100. not that it did him good. marco rubio more than 3600 and then a big drop-off. john kasich over 1,000 mentions and ben carson just over 800. not much difference in tone among the most covered candidates. negative in red, positive in green. trump, cruz, push, rubirubio, a r hovering around two-thirds negative. in our press picks this media fail, msnbc's chris hayes gave viewers the impression that bill clinton had take an hard shot at president obama-he. here is the clip he played. >> she's always making something good. a lot of people say, oh, well, you don't understand, it's different now. it's rigged. yeah, it's rigged because you don't have a president who is a changemaker. >> except it turns out that the msnbc program engaged in some deceptive ed ditting. her is the rest of what the former president said. >> yeah it's rigged because you don't have a pres

hope francis will sit down with the head of the russian orthodox church. they are expected to address the rifts between the western and eastern branches of christianity, and the persecution of christians in the middle east. after cuba brought the heads to mexico, to talk about the drug violence. >> reporter: the faithful pray for salvation, not just the spiritual kind, but to see mexico saved from the violence consuming so much of the country. pope francis wants to help them to chive that. >> translator: fight every day against corruption, against war, against division, against organized crime, against human smuggling. >> reporter: for tens of millions of people here there is excitement. for mexico's political leaders, though, there is discomfort, and pope francis is expected to point out some of their failings. >> translator: the term fear doesn't exist for the government. there's a great expectation that the pontiff's words will have an effect on mexico society and all three levels of government. >> reporter: the pope comes to mexico, which is in some pa

happening a day before pope francis is set to visit for the first time. adam raney reports. >> reporter: the fire and riot began after midnight thursday. dozens were killed before authorities took back control. it is the largest prison in the northern state, and it's known for being overcrowded. rescue workers evacuated victims, some with burns. the government spoke to the press. >> we ruled out that there were gaol breaks or escape attempts. a security perimeter was set up around the prisons. >> family members gathered outside the prison. several hours after authorities took control, family members were waiting for answers. >> i don't know. help us. the woman director, with all due report, come out and confront us. give us the names, that is it. where is she. >> in recent years. deadly riots are common. pope francis is set to rise, he's planning to visit a prison in the northern borders, that used to be controlled by joint drug cartels. >> president obama last met with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu three months ago. when the two leaders went

>> pope francis, trump. that's not hard call for me. not even close. >> an pampl not a hard call. the rest of that conversation is straight ahead. stay with us. the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they have to end. unless you have the comcast business voice mobile app. it lets you switch seamlessly from your desk phone to your mobile with no interruptions. i've never felt so alive. make your business phone mobile with voice mobility. comcast business. built for business. >>> pope francis did his big cross border mass yesterday. >> i love that guy. >> he is a worldwide figure in a way that the not all popes have been. on his way home from his six-day trip to mexico on his plane, he made remarks to reporters today, and he was specifically asked about donald trump. and he said anybody who is building walls instead of building bridges is not a christian. and mr. trump has reacted to this called it disgraceful. the pope's remarks and said that n

pope francis has arrived in war easjuarez. the latest stop on his trip through mexico. for years the city has been one of the most dangerous places on earth. and synonymous with mexico's drug war. adam raney has the story. >> this is how father munoz tries to lift the spirits of kids in this poor neighborhood. the daily workouts keep them off the streets. >> i think that we have a lot of work to do. neither the church, me included, or the government is doing enough for them. >> there is still much to be done. for the police the first step was taking back control of the city by one measure they have. in 2010 more than 3,000 people were killed in juarez. last year just over 300 were killed. the lowest number in a decade. in fact, it's now safer than some american cities. the police chief say the key to this happening is improved police and improved tactics. >> the visit from his holiness is important because it shows the world that this place has changed. >> by ending his trip here in juarez, pope francis is able to come right up to the u.s. border and be critical of immi

tomorrow pope francis travels to central mexico >>> the berlin film festival is an international affair. going on with entries to include a documentary about migrants grossing the mediterranean. and a saudi economy. and two iranian films are getting a lot of buzz. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: they are young and behind bars, and forgotten by society. the teenage girls getting this international premiere at the berlin film festival committed serious crimes. >> and the director says it's tragic that many would prefer to stay inside the correctional facilities than go back to their families. >> if you show their pain, their dreams, what they think, we can try to solve our problems. and our children. and they think we can live in a better world. another iranian production is fictional. and based in reality. it is the name of a street and a group carrying out kidnappings. it exposes them to social justices. the golden bear went to "taxi", an iranian film. this time there were four films. it's a sign of an industry growing in stature and diversity. this critic in berlin's top prize in 2011. a turning