where do things stand between you and pope francis? >> i heard he made the nicest comment this morning and i was honored by it and i think he is a terrific person. it's about illegal immigration. if we don't have a border, we have no country. >> reporter: trump no longer refers to the holy father -- lacked christian charity. >> i think he was in a severe as the media let it be known, somewhat later. but this morning, he was so nice and i really appreciated it. >> reporter: we also asked about opposed the iraq war before it started. all publicly available comments sew show that didn't happen until the invasion began. karl rove called that a fabrication. >> i don't think karl rove has said anything about me. he is an incompetent person. >> reporter: the rest of the gop field is scrambling and bashing the front-runner. >> donald trump has shown no interest in anybody other than himself. >> it's easy to say you want to make america great again. you can even put that on a baseball cap. >> reporter: marco rubio, trailing trump and cruz, camp

the republican front-runner lashed out at pope francis on thursday in south carolina. earlier, the pope described trump's plan for a wall along the mexican border as not christian. the candidate quickly accused francis of questioning his faith but last night at a televised town hall, trump,began to soften his criticism. >> a new poll out this morning showing trump's lead is narrowing in south carolina ahead of tomorrow's primary. he is now just five points ahead of ted cruz. major garrett is in columbia, south carolina, with h e latest on trump's clash with the pope. major, good morning. it's still even difficult to say. >> you can tell -- >> yes, it is. >> reporter: it is difficult to say. difficult to wrap your mind around. as we all know, donald trump has manner since entering this presidential campaign. many remember his wildly condemned insult of mexicans when he announced for the presidency on june 16th and since then building a wall on the u.s./mexican border is a popular theme for trump and when asked about this, pope francis says generally speaking, the buildi

>>> pope francis is wrapping up his nearly week-long visit to mexico. this morning francis travels to juarezezust across the rio grande from el paso. he spent tuesday meeting with young people in a state that is a hot bed of mexico's drug trade. messages is directt the more than 400,000 priests nationwide and asking them to be more active in bringing the people back to the church. david begnaud met a priest in louisiana whoos offering confessions on the go in cajun country. >> when the father hits the road this is how he lls. >> such a need to go to our brothers and sisters and bring them the gospel and mercy the church extends. >> what the father calls his spspitual care units a converted ambulance. >> where we go with this, baby, you need this. >> reporter: with it he searches for catholics who wandered away from the church. a place to confess sins and forgiveness. >> they can kneel here and make confession or sit on the corner and we can visit face-to-face. >> reporter: this holy rolling reconciliation reconciliation. what did people think when you f

this morning francis travels to juarez just across the rio grande from el paso. he spent tuesday meeting with young people in a state that is a hot bed of mexico's drug trade. one of the pope's loudest messages is direct at the more than 400,000 priests nationwide and asking them to be more active in bringing the people back to the church. david begnaud met a priest in louisiana who is offering

>> pope francis says to go to bed tired, dead tired. but a happy tired. happy tired is how i go to bed at night, you know? and it's great. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," david begnaud, lafayette, louisiana. >> a great idea. >> what a terrific story. >> who is calling you, charlie? tell them you're busy! >> i'm busy! >> put that phone down. let me see! >> kate is calling? answer it! >> i'm not answering any quote/unquote. hello, hello. i apologize to all of you hello it's me live broadcast? hello it's me >> i want to know who is calling you. clearly not somebody close to you because they wouldn't call you between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. "cbs this morning." >>> this is about as far from baywatch as you can get. police on a beach in chile chasing a suspect into the water but the officers didn't want to get wet so they called for reinforcement while the suspect had a nice splashy pooh. 45 minutes later the maritime police arrived and ready to jump in. they surrounded the man and took him into custody. >> he is having a lot of -- change does not roll in

. >> pope francis celebrated mass yesterday in the country's poor evident straight. he said the is exploitation of mexico's native people must end. during a ceremony he left the altar to bless a child lifted up in a wheelchair. >>> and the"the guardian" focused woman. it's an intense and intimate bond that's lasted more than three decades. mark phillips looks at it. good morning. >> good morning. between the vatican's paper and the tmz, you might get something different. it's a story of their love and affection.n. there's plenty of argument for both. in the beginning he was a dynamic polish preefts.s. she was a pole live immigrant living in the u.s. and married. yet when they met to collaborate on an english version of a book he'd written something on other level clicked. they began an exchange of letters that continued for the rest of his life and her letter to him seemed to make him uncomfortable. you write aboutut being torn apart but i could find no answer for these words. particularly the words i belong to you. as he rose up the hihiarchy, they continued to corr

before a sea of believers on sunday, pope francis looked right at home. >> just to see him, we are more than happy. >> reporter: the 79-year-old pontiff stayed true to himself, again, criticizing his host country. he condemned a society of the few and for the few and offered up words for the drug cartels and labeling them as dealers of death. departing from his prepared remarks, the pope urged the crowd not to be seduced by the drug trade warning them not to negotiate with the devil because he always win. approximately 100,000 mexicans have decide over the last decade in this mexico city suburb of 1.6 million, extortion and a drug island especially against women are a daily part of life. 10,000 on mexican authorities were on hand sunday protecting the pope and the people. >> we came in groups. we are taking care of each other. >> reporter: the faithful happily slept outside in the cold and endured the thick air pollution to a chance to see their pope. at least 30000,000 followers attended the mass and hundred thousands more lined the street as the popemobile passed. to be in front of th

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nationwide is on your side >>> pope francis takes on drug lords in mexico ahead. where a hundred thousand people >>>. >> bernie is an outsider who has only been in congress for, like, 30 years! i can't make you love me if you don't i can't make your heart >> like her. in these final hours i will lay down my heart and i feel the power >> oh, boy. hey, guess what. i'm not even playing this thing! i can't let you love me if you don't >> that is kate mckinnan on "saturday night live." "snl" strikes again there. they are very good. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." this half hour, a crude moment from peyton manning's past is back in the spotlight. newly released documents unveil details about a sexual assault about 20 years ago. ahead why the quarterback once described the event as harmless. >>> dealers of death. we are in mexico with the pope's tough words on drug cartels in a place that sees some of that country's worse violence. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> investigation by "usa today" tracking features who have h

. >>> pope francis is in mexico city on a five day trip. >> in minutes he was wearing a sombrero. >> so cold outside! >> mother nature is giving the northeast the cold shoulder. >> record low temperatures are likely. >> bone chilling, teeth chattering, describe it however you want. >> what do you think about outside? >> cold. >> moment of impact. a person struck bay vehicle after she was in a crash. woman suffered minor injuries. >>> there is anger on the streets of greek capital. protesters gathered outside parliament and clashing with riot police. >>> in california the world's best surfers went to the bay area to take on the mavericks. 24 of them taking on waves rising between 20 and 40 feet. >> all that. >> check out this little polar first time at the toronto zo. >> speed. moves in. shoot. scores! tanner pierson wins the game in overtime! >> on "cbs this morning: saturday." >>> valentine's day around the corner. everybody in the mood. >> roses are red, violets are blue. >> i love you so much. i obamacare about you more than you know. that's right, obamacare. >>> welcome to the we

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meanwhile, a group called catholics for choice is asking pope francis not to condemn contraception or abortion in an attempt to help women protect themselves from the virus. >> grave concern for a lot o o >>> we trust them to keep us safe in the air. tsa officers take an explosive course. we will take you inside the new training academy trying to make up for somomsecurity blunders. >>> it will be a sunny, but cold day today. nine this morning, a degrees by lunch time, 15 and 20 this afafrnoon. ouds will build and as we havevehad through the afternoon. our seven-day picture announcer: this portion of "cbs every kiss begins with kay. >>> he was a man of the clothe and now a former priest is under arrest. >>> ahead, "48 hours" of a beauty queen's death 22 years after richard schlesinger confronted the priest. >> do you know who killed? >> no. >> they say you killed him. [ bleep ]. >> you won't tell me anything? >> get lost, brother! with new details. >>> the ns is back this morning." announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored byby walgreens. it's at the corner of happy and h

this is -- this is rosary beads from pope francis. >> i'll take this. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> we're going to leave because i know you have to go to the super bowl. one more question. one more. you're going through major stress in terms of what people think of stress. job change, moving, first daughter going to college. >> yes. >> which is most stressful? >> not even close. malia going off. that will make me tear up. we're not going to talk about that on camera. >> we're not going to tear up. thanks so much. >> he's like, get out of here. >> the crack ling you can hear, we were standing by the fireplace. by the fifth minute you get real i knew if i said can we move, we went about 15. i said can we do one more? >> what's interesting, two more, one is the list. i'd love to see the list and secondly lyly he said i hope to contribute after he leaves. i wonder how he hopes to contribute. >> they have some ideas but they're not sharing aet this time. they have some ideas. >> it was a good question about those mementos he's carried in his pocket. he's

>> recently the visit with pope francis. >> of course. >> where we had a chance to share thoughts and prayer. you know, he's something who is it. think he deeply cares about people, about the most vulnerable. >> you know, one of my favorites, there's a picture of a little black boy rubbing your hair and i think it's ella rhodes. you're litting her. >> i love getting on the ground with babies in the oval office and they're unrestrained so they'll run around, they'll take out all the apples out of the bowl and set them in various places and then put them back. they're out of control. >> some of them don't know you're the president which is always nice. not many can say that. >> lots of people want your job. >> yeah. >> if we said a year ago the people leading in new hampshire are bernie sanders and donald trump, what would you have said a year ago when you heard that? >> look. there's dmout i would have been surprised and yet i always have to remind people that this is really early in the process. early on oftentimes voters want to just vent and vote their passions. as the process goes