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

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

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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 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 pope francis and an american woman. it's an intense and intimate bond that's lasted more than three decades. mark phillips looks at it. good morning. >> good morning. if you look at the difference between the vatican's paper and the tmz, you might get something different. it's a story of their love and affection. there's plenty of argument for both. dynamic polish preefts. 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 another 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 about being torn apart but i could find no answer for these words. particularly the words i belong to you. as he rose up the hier

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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

than in 2012. 3 3 pope francis travels to mexico southern border later today. he had a jam-packed sunday that included an outdoor mass. adriana diaz has the latest from mexico city. 3 3 concerned about the zika virus, mexican officials started aerial anti-mosquito spraying and house-to-house fumigation to protect the pope from the disease 3 3 the senate gets back to work bill. those talks started thursday. department of transportation secretary christy hall has given senators many options for the bill.they could agree to spend 65 million dollars extra a year to repair interstates but do no bridge work or expansion. another option would include 800 million dollars to fix bridges and widen major highways.debates on the bill continue this week. 3 imagine celebrating a milestone -- only to have everything you've worked for... ripped away... just days later. that's what one columbia bakery says happened... but they didn't let it keep them down.news19's colby gallagher has their story... of how they're rising above all the obstacles october's flood placed in their wa

. >>> 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 of these athletes. >> indeed. >>> we trust them to keep us safe in the air. tsa officers take an explosive course. training academy trying to make announcer: this portion of "cbs every kiss begins with kay. >>> he was a man of the clothe and now a former prieses 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! >> richard schlesinger joins us with new details. >>> the news is back this morning right here on "cbs this morning." announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by walgreens. it's at the corner of happy and medicare part d prescriptions, walgreens says, carpe med diem. seize the day to get more out of life and medicare part d. just switch to walgreens for savings that'll b

her husband...forme r president bill clinton will hold a campaign rally this saturday at francis marion university in florence. 3 to help you keep track of all the candidates stops in the midlands you can head to our website w-l-t-x dot com where you can find everything related to the primaries. this saturday night the republican candidates will meet in greeville for a presidential debate.the 90 minute debate will feature only 5 candidates....marco rubio...ted cruz...john kasich...jeb bush and donald trump.you can watch that entire debate right here on news19.and leading up to the debate we will have a political special previewing the event which airs from 7 to 3 3 a hearing is scheduled in charleston today for dylann roof. police say roof confessed to killing 9 people attending a bible study at mother emanuel ame church back in june of last year. back in decemeber a federal judge delayed his trial after his attorney's said they still needed more time to review evidence in the case. roof will not appear in court for today's hearingmeanwhile...the state's case against roof continues.that

>> 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