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 the latest on trump's clash with the pope. major, good morning. it's still even difficult to >> 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 defied political conventions and manner since entering this presidential campaign. many remember his wildly condemned insult of mexicans when he announced for the presidency on june 16th and the u.s./mexican border is a popular theme for trump and when asked about this, pope francis says generally speaking, the building

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, because i saw his statement somewhat later. but this morning, he was so nice and i really appreciated it. >> reporter: we also asked about trump's frequent claim he 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 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,

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. >>> during this week's visit to mexico, pope francis urged young people to resist the lure of easy money from drug dealers. he spoke during a mass in part of the country ravaged by cartel violence. matthew embedded in a vigilante group to stop a murderous drug cartel in mexico. >> his movie "cartel land" is nominated for an oscar and just refed a prestigious award for documentary film. the director joins us now. matt, good morning. i don't want to say unprecedented access. you had scary access. how did you get in so close? >> so much coverage of the drug world and media and glorified in tv shows and movies. i wanted to put a human face on that subject and not talk about it from the outside but in the middle of the action. so, you know, i reach out to the leaders of these two vigilante groups and gained thank you trust -- thank you trust and spent live time down there. >> your initial plan was just be quick and get in and do this and get out. >> i thought i would be down there one or two weeks and it turned into nine months. at first, i thought a simple story of good versus evil of

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