I am being generous to say Aaron Brown had all of eight minutes of visual exposure on his own program. The Bigots of NewsNight did not exhibit NOT ONE skin color other than caucasian for the entire hour. The program was loaded with Christian Bigotry. Analysis to follow. 

This entire mess is unbelievable.

Sharon "The Anti-Semite and racist" von Zwieten is clearly exposed AGAIN as a woman of hatred. She clearly is trying to RID the program of a Jew who is an anchor and has been from it's inception. At one point Erica Hill 'master's' the program to introduce a commercial segment rather than returning the program to Aaron Brown. They are doing their best to eliminate Aaron from the position he has done well for years as they also interjected throughout the hour "Aaron" and "Brown" in an attempt at subliminal messaging that would project a human personality into the news segments rather than onto the PERSONALITY it belongs. I think Aaron has legal recourse.

9:59

AARON BROWN, HOST: Well, we've got to leave some for tomorrow's program. But, yes, it's your city, your credit card -- I'll see you in about 15 minutes, after we're done here. Thank you, sir, very much.

Good evening, again, everyone. It's good to be back in Los Angeles. Good to be here tonight.

Pope Benedict celebrated his first mass today as pope at the Vatican. It's going to get some getting used to, isn't it? That name, the first of his papacy -- he sent a message today of reconciliation to other religions and other branches of Christianity. As he did, we began learning the details of the ancient process, and some old-fashioned campaigning by which Cardinal Ratzinger became the new pope, details that come, despite their vows of secrecy, from the men who were there, the cardinals inside the conclave. And so, with that, we begin with CNN's Jim Bittermann.

10:00

The segment that followed was regarding the election of the new Pope and how Ratzinger impressed his colleagues. The segment was by Jim Bitterman.

Only caucasian faces are noted.

10:04

BROWN: At first reading, there's a line in the new pope's resume that raises eyebrows. As a young man he was a member of the Nazi Youth and also served in the German army during World War II. But a resume line is just that. It has no context and without context, it has no real meaning. So, some context tonight from CNN's Walter Rodgers.

10:04

The segment that follows is regarding Joseph Ratzinger, the man, and his history growing up in Nazi Germany including his participation at a paramilitary organization in 1941. The segment is done by Walter Rodgers.

Only caucasian faces are noted.

10:07

BROWN: In the half century since the young priest, Joseph Ratzinger, said that first mass, his church was transformed by Vatican II, only to begin moving back toward bedrock traditional church doctrine. As the world waits to see what type of mark Benedict XVI will make on the papacy, we turn now to the book that has caused a stir among some Catholics, many Catholics, "The Da Vinci Code." It's been a best-seller for more than two years. It's fair to say the novel presents an unorthodox version of church history, but just how far does the author, Dan

Brown,

go? .

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

10:07

The next segment is about placing 'False Gods Before You' in the book "The Da Vinci Code." It's Hocus Pocus and already stated by the Vatican as same. Either you accept the Bible as the authority in your life or you don't. The thing about it is that Da Vinci portrays a 'subject' view of the relationship of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. No doubt there was a relationship but that is simply 'spice' of Da Vinci's message in "The Last Supper." The Christian segment as if we needed another one was 'jumped into' rather than presented by the narrator of the expertise of the segment. There is no journalist involved with this segment which brings to mind licensing issues. Hm? There goes the professionalism of the program as well as wholesome content except for that of Jew Hating White Supremist. As noted above the USE of "Brown" is interjected here for projection of Aaron's presence.

PROF. HAROLD ATTRIDGE, YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL:

"...Basically

Brown

claims there was a sexual relationship between Jesus and Mary…."

"...The most relevant text for his plot is the painting by Da Vinci of "The Last Supper." And what

Brown

finds in that painting is first of all, the series of symbols, the way figures are arranged suggest to him a grand M, as in Mary Magdalene. And there's a gap between Jesus and one of the key figures among his disciples. And that gap suggests a V and the V is the symbol of the cup.
Now, the key thing that

Brown

alleges is that figure is not the beloved disciple John, the son of Zebede (ph), but rather it's the portrait of a woman. So this is Mary Magdalene.

Brown

claims that what Da Vinci was doing was encoding into his painting of "The Last Supper" his understanding that Mary was there and was a consort of Jesus…."

Only caucasian faces are noted.

10:11

BROWN: In a moment, Oklahoma City and bad guys who dream of doing it again. First, we go to Atlanta and some of the other news of the day. Erica Hill joins us. Erica, it's good to see you tonight.

10:11

The news segment with no depth of investigation to the issue but only SIMPLY as in SIMPLETON reported by ERICA HILL, CNN HEADLINE NEWS:

Hi, Aaron....

...Aaron, back to you.

10:13

BROWN: Good. We'll see you. Thank you. We'll see you again in about half an hour.
We have much more ahead on NEWSNIGHT tonight, starting with a life and death question. Ten years after the Oklahoma City bombing changed the way how we think about terrorism, how greater danger do homegrown terrorists pose today?

10:13

This is an astounding segment. It condemns White Supremist even citing McVeigh, Rudolph and Matt Hail the leader of the Church of the Creator. This was another 'jumped into' segment but eventually there is a journalist, Frank Buckley, sitting in the interviewer's chair. Considering this program has a very strong affinity for portraying caucasian as a dominate race the segment was disturbing from the point of view of justification. In other words, so long as those that are racists are non-violent it's all okay.

Some of the statements.

AUGUST KREIS, ARYAN NATION: If we're fighting for our right to govern ourselves, to have no strangers over us or amongst us, that's a war. The war is on. That's what we call it. Aryan Jihad.

10:13

BROWN (voice-over): He says he's waging a holy war against the American government. And no one knows how many potential terrorists may be listening to him.

10:13

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think the important thing to remember is it only takes one Tim McVeigh. It only takes one Eric Rudolph to carry out one of these actions.

10:13

BROWN: How much danger are we in? How worried should we be? The image that defined all that was lost in Oklahoma City.

Then there was a segment however fleeting of the picture of the dead baby in the firefighter's arms.

10:14

BROWN: What if it meant also saving the life of a loved one? A revolutionary idea to help find the right match without the red tape.
From Los Angeles, and around the world, this is NEWSNIGHT.

10:14

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

10:17

BROWN: We come to you tonight from Los Angeles, but in many respects our heart remains in Oklahoma City.

!0 years ago yesterday Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols perpetrated the worst terrorist attack on Americans by Americans in the country's history.
We intended to be in Oklahoma City last night with a program devoted entirely to that, to lives lost, lives altered, to stories not just of survival, but we think, stories of triumph. And to questions as well. Is the next Timothy McVeigh among us?

Instead, the news from Rome trumped everything out. So tonight and for the rest of the week, we'll try to bring you in pieces what we couldn't bring you in full last night, starting with the threat still out there.

10:18

The segment regarding the White Supremist that are enabled by programs like this was presented by Frank Buckley.

KREIS: Yes. Anything. Anything necessary to gain freedom for the white race again.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Violence is a positive thing. War is a positive thing.

THE CHRONIC PORTRAYAL OF TERROR in the programming put forth in this hour is loved as well. Repeated and loved. Neocons love war.

POTOK: And although that may sound reassuring on the face of it, the reality is that as extreme as their ideology is, the leaders of these groups very often, act essentially as kind of breaks on their the members. You know, essentially what their saying to their members is saying yes, yes we'll kill the Jews, but that's next week, boys. For now keep your guns in your holsters.

ISN'T THAT what the tone of this program is all about? Yes, yes we will rid the world of anything but Christians but keep your guns in your holsters for now. This caucasian, christian, bigoted, anti-Semitic and racist dominated programming is PROOF of same. Let's look at that set of statements again.

POTOK: And although that may sound reassuring on the face of it, the reality is that as extreme as their ideology is, the leaders of these groups very often, act essentially as kind of breaks on their the members. You know, essentially what their saying to their members is saying yes, yes we'll kill the Jews, but that's next week, boys. For now keep your guns in your holsters.

So at least in my opinion, I think there's a very real danger now of people acting out because they don't have their leaders holding them back in any sense.

POTOK: Exactly how active the entire radical right is doesn't really tell you much about how many people are going to die at the hands of a radical right. I mean, I think the important thing to remember is it only takes one Tim McVeigh, it only takes one Eric Rudolph to carry out one of these actions.

BUCKLEY: One person full of hate. Frank Buckley, CNN, Montgomery, Alabama.

Only caucasian faces are noted.

OR ONE Executive Producer full of hate !! Aaron Brown is under attack for being less than what this programming wants in it's exposure through these actions by me in detecting it's horribly dominating hate of anything other than caucasian and christian. And I mean hate !!

10:22

BROWN: Then later in the program, we'll return to that day in Oklahoma City. A moment in the day, a moment captured in a still photo seen around the world. That moment as remembered by the people in the picture. That's later. (Ah, a Bethie story how sweet, Aaron, knob polishers every one I am sure. In the ghetto we call it 'shining 'im on.)

It is a terrific and powerful story. And so is this. Imagine not being able to save a loved one even though you're willing to risk your own life to do so. Your son or daughter, husband or wife, sister or brother, desperately needs an organ transplant, but you can't help, because you're not the right match.
In the world of organ transplants, finding the right match is everything. Donors are scarce compared with the need, waiting lists, notoriously long and wrapped in red tape.

More than 61,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant right now which brings us to a remarkable and we think, remarkably simple idea that might possibly ease the backlog. It's about fair trade, helping someone
else in return for the same favor. Here's CNN's Jonathan Freed.

10:23

The majority of the program surrounds a subject that addresses a unique opportunity for families with members needs transplants. It was a very good segment whereby there were only caucasian faces noted.

10:36

BROWN: I want to point out how rare it is for hospitals to allow kidney transplant patients to meet before surgery, because there is always a risk that something could happen to cause one or the other to back out. And we obviously want to thank the staff of both the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo and Christ Hospital in Cincinnati for their help. They gave us extraordinary access to the patients in this story and to the surgeons and to the surgery. That was amazing.
Ahead on the program, the photograph that captured the horror of Oklahoma City. And why a mother still fights to protect her child whose image is frozen in time. From Los Angeles tonight, this is NEWSNIGHT.

10:36

Commercials

10:39

BROWN: We're sometimes taken a back at how gentle people become during the most horrible moments imaginable. Perhaps, we shouldn't be so surprised if there's hope for the human race, you can find it in the fields of Aceh or at a church near ground zero, or in a moment captured in the rubble of Oklahoma City a decade ago.

Here's NEWSNIGHT'S Beth Nissen.

10:39 - Bethie specializes in 'heart rendering' pieces as a co-dependant female. I don't think she is up to anything else. I'd really like to hear her heart rending voice tear into a completely unethical administration that rapes the poor of this country of their much needed benefits. That will never happen.

This was the segment where only caucasian faces were noted regarding the dead baby in the arms of a fireman. You know when one learns social skills children and animals are easy, right? During this segment "Aaron" was again laced through the reporting to present Aaron Brown's presence.

NISSEN: At that moment, Charles Porter (ph) who worked in a bank nearby took the photograph that would, within hours, be distributed by the Associated Press around the world.

Aaron

Almond (ph) didn't see it until the next day on the front page of the newspaper.

NISSEN: At

Aaron's

requestion, Chris Fields and Sergeant Avery both went to Bailey's funeral, helped lay her to rest, but the photograph had taken on a life of its own.

NISSEN: And

Aaron

Almond (ph) -- she is married with a young daughter and son. She keeps mementos of Bailey on display, including a painting of the famous image, which she sees differently now after 10 years.

10:44

BROWN: Just ahead tonight, some of the days other news, morning paper's still to come. We'll take a break first. We're in Los Angeles and this is NEWSNIGHT.

10:44

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

10:47

BROWN: In just a moment, the story of a young man who survived the Columbine massacre -- we're on that anniversary, too, but lost his sister that day. How the experience has changed his life.

But right now, as we head to the top of the hour Erica Hill joins us again in Atlanta with some of the day's other headlines -- Erica.

10:47

This is interesting. Aaron introduces Erica Hill a pretty white woman who needs protection from every man that isn't same I am sure, but, at any rate, Aaron never comes back at the end of the 'newsy' segment.

HILL: Hello again to you, Aaron.

...NEWSNIGHT continues in a moment, but first as part of CNN's anniversary series, "Then and Now," how one Columbine survivor used his experience to help others.

Aaron is completely circumvented into a Columbine survivor. A causcasian only.

:50

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

:53

It was after the commercial break do we finally see THE ANCHOR to the news hour, a complete five minutes later.

BROWN: Oke dokie (ph).

"Washington Post"
"International Herald Tribune,"
"Washington Times,"
"The Detroit News"
"The Des Moines Register"
"The Chicago Sun Times"

We'll wrap it up from the city of angels in just a moment upon.

:55

How deep does the hatred of a Jew go?

For years Aaron Brown and I have shared communication of one type or another around the near daily activity called NewsNight. At the top of my hours worth of notes was always the title "Aaron Brown's NewsNight." At the conclusion of the program I would e-mail with a "Word" attachment the unedited and candid notes of the program.

A time back I purchased a program called "One Note" from "Microsoft." There is a separate space for the title to the program that does not accompany the notes which I send no longer as an attachment but only as a cut and paste to an e-mail. When I switched to "One Note" the notes no longer featured a title.

I was preceiving a change in the expertise and quality of NewsNight as of late and felt it needed to be addressed and as a consequence I was communicating same. I thought perhaps including the Title of the notes with the e-mail would spawn something. I was hoping a return to things as expert as they used to be.

Well. What resulted was more ego driven hatred that I never expected from the Executive Producer that drives this blog. So for the people that ever thought (and at times that included me) that Aaron Brown was the issue in regard to the hatred and racism exhibited by this program let that 'doubt' be put to rest. The bigotry and racism is proudly owned by Sharon "The Religious Bigot and Racist" von Zwieten. (I could never remember if Zwieten was spelled with an 'ie' or 'ei' and neither do I care.)

Previous to any program I usually react to the e-page of NewsNight and subsequent e-mail. Last night when I noted the e-page of NewsNight stated STILL ANOTHER 'Special Editon' I wrote to the bigot she should balance her desire to dominate women's uterus's by balancing the program equally with the other 149 dead adults as well as infants and children. THAT explains CLEARLY the 'script' Aaron was to read at the beginning of the program:

"We come to you from the memorial in Oklahoma City this evening. Ten years ago tonight parents in and around Oklahoma City were putting their children to bed about this time. No doubt, a few were reading a final bedtime story. Those who worked in the Murrah Federal Building could not possibly imagine what the next day would bring when they dropped their child off at the daycare center on the second floor, a daycare center that was so convenient, so close."

That aside the bigotry and hatred leveled at me and I do believe Aaron last night was significant. The program was an hour or so in length and Aaron's participation was all of approximately 3 minutes. Below was his only PART in it.

AARON BROWN, HOST (voice-over): April 19th, 1995.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've got a critical.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People running past us had blood all over them. I have never seen so much glass.

BROWN: Domestic terrorism strikes in the heartland of America. The rescue.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was falling three floors, still in my chair but upside down.

BROWN: The arrest.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He said "My weapon is loaded." and I said "Well, so is mine."

BROWN: The emotions.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was as though we entered the gates of hell.

BROWN: April 19th, 10 years later, in their own words, those who lived it then and now.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BROWN: Before September 11th and Osama bin Laden, there was Oklahoma City. And there was Timothy McVeigh. Welcome to our special coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing on NEWSNIGHT.

We come to you from the memorial in Oklahoma City this evening. Ten years ago tonight parents in and around Oklahoma City were putting their children to bed about this time. No doubt, a few were reading a final bedtime story. Those who worked in the Murrah Federal Building could not possibly imagine what the next day would bring when they dropped their child off at the daycare center on the second floor, a daycare center that was so convenient, so close.

On April 19th, 1995, a truck bomb exploded. It demolished the building, 168 people would die, men, women and children. And many hundreds more were injured in what was the worst terrorist attack in our country to that point. A decade later, the people who were there, the survivors of the attack, the rescue workers, the people who lost loved ones that day and the reporters and the photographers who covered it remember a day that changed the country.

Then at 10:30 PM

BROWN: Ten years ago tonight nobody knew the name Timothy McVeigh or the shadowy world in which he lived. That would change very soon. On April 19th, 1995, McVeigh blew up the Murrah Federal Building here in Oklahoma City. That attack killed 168 people, men, women and children. It was, at that time, the worst act of terrorism ever committed on American soil.

THAT WAS TO PROVE to someone how POWERFUL the idiot 'von zweiten or von zwieten or von zwhiten' actually is you see. It could never be "Aaron Brown's NewsNight" after all because she is the only dominating factor to the news hour. All possible exists because Sharon has psycotic and narcisstic control over every aspect of thought and reason of a nation falling at her feet.

Amazing.

At any rate, the intentions of Bubba von Zwieten is to cause again 'fear' rather than 'confidence' in the American public putting forward an agenda of equating 9/11 to Oklahoma City. That is pure nonsense. I wrote to Aaron 'as always' after the program stating I noted the hostile work environment he must conduct himself and also noted the program and the American Public would have been best served to come to understand how McVeigh could exist without the FBI knowing before the plot was carried out that it actually would be carried out. I felt the entire hour, although a respect at some level to the people who suffered losses, certainly was a waste of time to the cause of public safety in regard to HOME GROWN terrorists and killers.

Timothy McVeigh, Eric Rudolph are a sad reality The Religious Right has spawned in Red States where young men and young women are under valued except for the 'ROLES' they can play in the 'Mind Set' scheme of things dictated by dysfunctional evangelical faith issues such as unrealistic control over women's lives and options to live them. Red States with poorly performing primary and secondary schools as well as high joblessness or at the very least low status employment without health issues while social issues such as drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse are common place.

Timothy McVeigh was a caucasian Christian who felt strongly about his actions being correct. A caucasian and former soldier. A soldier who never stopped being one for lack of a different identity.

The Religious Bigotry of CNN's NewsNight "Morning Papers"

The Moscow Times

Christian Science Monitor

The Washington Times
The Washington Post
The what?
Philadelphia Inquirer
Rocky Mountain News
Chicago Sun Times

Ethnoreligious Based Hatred and Bigotry

Morning Papers

Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-When-Due"

"Oak-He-Doe-$he"

First up the News Rag that espounds unconstitutional directives, mistrust, destruction and hatred. Not patriotism, tolerance, trust and preservation. Greed over longevity.

In contrast according to CNN's Bigoted "Morning Papers"

..."The Christian Science Monitor." Not really -- it's kind of a fun paper....

The Christian Science Monitor - The 'WHITE MAN'S' Neocon News Rag

Task ahead: how to be a spy czar

Negroponte's confirmation hearing hints at strategies.
By Peter Grier and Faye Bowers Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON – Experts to John Negroponte: If confirmed by the Senate, you'll be the first true czar of US intelligence. Make sure you act the part. Redirect a spy satellite. Change some figures in a budget. Fire somebody. Or promote them.
Don't pick a fight for a fight's sake, but throw your weight around at the first good opportunity - and make sure the White House goes along.

Bringing the case against judges

Are 'activist judges' ruining America? That's the fear of a newly formed coalition of religious conservatives who are urging Congress to push back.
By Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON – 'Activist judges" are out of control and waging a war on faith, religious conservatives are charging. That's why - even as the United States Senate prepares for a battle over the president's judicial nominations - a conservative coalition is working to broaden the fight to the federal judiciary as a whole. Its ultimate goal is to force Congress to rein in the judges.

Drilling where antelope play

Even as natural-gas wellheads proliferate, new strategies aim to lessen environmental impact
By Todd Wilkinson Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor PINEDALE, WYO. – On a windswept butte in the upper Green River valley, biologist Steve Belinda watches a herd of pronghorn antelope as a line of red Halliburton trucks rumble down a dusty road below.
In front of him is an intersection of sprouting gas derricks, nomadic wildlife, and, on the horizon, the serrated caps of the Wind River mountain range. The convergence of the three is creating a clash here in western Wyoming as part of one of the largest energy booms in United States history.

Chronically EXCLUDED from CNN's "Morning Papers" Segment is any and all Jewish Newspapers

This is Haaretz this morning...


FM Shalom presents Mubarak with peace plan with Arab states
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Staff
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak early Tuesday afternoon ended a Cairo meeting during which Shalom presented Israel's "road map" to peace with Arab and Muslim states.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/563714.html

Analysis: Instead of friendship - disagreements
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent
CRAWFORD, Texas - The news conference George Bush and Ariel Sharon held at the U.S. president's ranch felt like there was something a little off. Instead of conveying friendship and partnership, the two leaders exposed their disagreements. The tremendous effort invested in flying the prime minister here, in staging a fabulous photo op, and in tedious preparatory talks by aides, was overshadowed by arguments over construction in the settlements and the way to get the peace process moving after the withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=563713&contrassID=2&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0

THE 'TAG TEAM' OF CHENEY/BUSH - The Old Routine of 'Good Cop, Bad Cop'

PM arrives in Washington to meet with Cheney
By Aluf Benn and Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrived in Washington Tuesday to meet with U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney as part of an ongoing visit to the United States, Israel Radio said.
Sharon and U.S. President George W. Bush remained at odds over the issue of construction in the settlements, after their meeting Monday at the president's ranch in Crawford.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=563773&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0

PM arrives in Washington to meet with Cheney
By Aluf Benn and Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrived in Washington Tuesday to meet with U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney as part of an ongoing visit to the United States, Israel Radio said.
Sharon and U.S. President George W. Bush remained at odds over the issue of construction in the settlements, after their meeting Monday at the president's ranch in Crawford.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/563773.html

Arafat's feminist legacy
By Amira Hass
It could be that if the late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat were still alive, the demonstration that is planned for one of the next few days would not have to be held. It could be that Arafat would have made some members of the Palestinian Legislative Council change their minds and vote in favor of the provision in the Elections Law that is clearly aimed at creating more cracks in the patriarchal social tradition. But in the absence of the father figure, whose wish was his command, the snail's pace of the hard work that a coalition of feminist and pro-feminist organizations has been investing to advance women's participation in political life is even more evident.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=563770&contrassID=2&subContrassID=14&sbSubContrassID=0

PM: If pullout coordinated with PA, homes to remain
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted Wednesaday as having told administration officials that Israel would refrain from destroying the homes of settlers in the Gaza Strip if the disengagement plan is coordinated with Palestinian officials.
"The homes of settlers in Gush Katif will not be destroyed after the evacuation if the disengagement plan will be carried out in coordination with the Palestinians," Army Radio quoted Sharon as saying at the close of his talks with senior U.S. officials.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564243.html

In surprise win, Fatah beats Hamas at Bir Zeit University elections
By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent
Fatah defeated Hamas in a surprise victory in elections for the student council of Bir Zeit University in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The voting at the university is thought to be representative of the power struggle between the two organizations, as the campaigns for Palestinian Authority local elections set for May 5 swing into their final phase.
The Bir Zeit student council, which had always been led by Hamas activists, was handed over to Fatah, which won 23 seats on the council, versus 22 for Hamas.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564182.html

Thousands attending funeral of lyricist Ehud Manor
By Haaretz Staff and Reuters
Thousands of people turned out Wednesday afternoon for the funeral of Israel Prize laureate Ehud Manor, who died Tuesday.
Manor, one of Israel's most prolific and best-loved songwriters, passed away early Tuesday morning in his Tel Aviv apartment at the age of 64. His widow said he collapsed early Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.
Some of Israel's most famous singers were to perform at the funeral, which began at 2 P.M. in Manor's birthplace of Binyamina. Those set to sing included Matti Caspi, Hanan Yuval and Gali Atari.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564039.html

Jaljulya man latest in series of rape arrests
By Roni Singer, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
A resident of Jaljulya aged 39 was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of raping a 20-year-old woman he had held for two days against her will in an abandoned house in Tel Aviv.
The suspect was arrested in Tel Aviv after detectives from the Yarkon region spotted him entering the building on Yehuda Halevi Street. The police officers followed him inside, where they discovered the woman.
She told them that the suspect, with whom she had previously had an acquaintance, had taken her there early in the week, locked her up and raped her. The suspect will be brought for an extension of his remand Wednesday.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564638.html

The borders were marked in Texas
In Texas on Monday, George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon marked out the furthest borders that any Israeli prime minister can dream of: at most - and even that is not without conditions and not necessarily so - they will be the eastern line around the major Israeli population centers (settlement blocs) in the territories, including - by implication - the post-1967 Jerusalem neighborhoods.
It's doubtful Israel will ever find a friendlier president than Bush, and one more combative toward its enemies. If he drew that line, for his guest Sharon and the world watching them, it means that any campaign to save dozens of settlements and tens of thousands of settlers who are outside that line is doomed from the start. Many Israelis, who have long hoped for a compromise based on the 1967 lines, won't regard that as a defeat, but just the opposite. But others, including those who have been in power for years or on the rightist flanks that made things difficult for governments, play with the delusion of holding onto all the settlements of the West Bank.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564240.html

Bush is from Mars, Sharon is from Venus
By Aluf Benn
WASHINGTON - It is difficult to describe a pair more different from one another than George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon. The physical differences are obvious. One is from a tiny village in mandate-era Palestine, the other the son of patrician Americans. One is an eternal opposition figure who barely made it to the top, and the other is a president son of a president. One is a warrior and general and the other a rear guard pilot whose national service is a matter of controversy. At least their farms are about the same size.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564221.html

OIL AND WATER. Literally. The Christian Science Monitor advocates the drilling for and use of oil with complete disregard to the well being of populous all over Earth and the destruction of biota leading to extinctional Climate Change.

I wonder why ANY OTHER Ethnoreligious paper doesn't appear on this segment? Could it be they all have agendas of peace rather than war? Yeah. I think so.

What Sharon forgot to tell the Jews
By Nathan Guttman
WASHINGTON - When aides to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began planning his trip to the United States, they included a visit to Los Angeles, where Sharon was supposed to spend time with the city's large Jewish community. But by the time the plan got to the execution stage, it was decided to forgo Los Angeles, for lack of sufficient time. The American Jewish community will have to make do with a meeting between Sharon and several leaders of major organizations at his hotel in Washington.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564220.html

The Religious Bigorty of CNN NewsNight "Morning Papers"

The Washington Times

The Christian Science Monitor

The Oregonian
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Richmond Times Dispatch
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Racism

Noted that since the 'Rome' thing started. The Neocons of CNN has eliminated minorities from it's agenda.

I mean, nowhere. There is nothing but caucasian anchors and reporters.

Nowhere.

For over 168 hours there has been ONLY minorities in commercials. There might have been a commentary here and there over the weekend. I think an oriential girl, but, I could be wrong about that. But, the 'USUAL' people of color on this news agency are completely ABSENT.

It's a strategy. They OVERLOADED the senses with 'Holy, Holy' to allow the change in bigotry to occur. Of course, a news agency so entrenched with being pious could never be bad.

"W"rong !!

Very, very "W"rong.

Don't you feel sorry for them flying all the way from Rome First Class. Just the time in Rome. Please !!

This is the e-mail from tonight. Is there something missing? Was there an event today that affected the Jewish community? Yes? Prime Minister Sharon was in the USA to speak with Walker Bush. Did Prime Minister Sharon get recognized? No. Did we get enlightened to the content of the meeting with a CNN Interview by someone, possibly Prime Minister Sharon? No. Did anyone consider this visit which is covered by most major news services as important matter? No. I mean CNN prides itself on being "The Best Name in News." I don't think so. They are bigoted and they cannot deny it now ! To be far. NONE OF THE PROGRAMMING OF CNN involved a discussion of the meeting today in Crawford. At least their religious bigotry is consistent.

NewsNight with Aaron BrownMonday, April 11, 2005

Good Evening,

Jet lagged and weary it is still good to be home and back at my desk. The week in Rome was an incredibly rich experience, a story of importance that was a privilege to cover. In some respects it goes on. When Cardinal Bernard Law celebrated a mass today as part of the nine days of mourning, old wounds and considerable anger were opened up in Boston. The Cardinal became the poster boy of how church officials covered up sex abuse by priests. So, we look at all of that tonight including what, if anything, the decision to have him celebrate this mass says about how the Church sees the scandal.

But, right now I don't think we will start there. I am inclined to lead with the year anniversary of the disappearance of Matt Maupin, a young American soldier kidnapped in Iraq. A lot has happened in Iraq since Maupin disappeared, elections held, a government formed. He remains missing, maybe alive, maybe not. His family talks with us tonight. They hold out hope, it is all they have. One reason to lead this way is that another American contractor is reported missing and kidnapped in Iraq tonight.

In a month consumed with issues of life and death, from Terri Schiavo to the Pope, we look again at an assisted suicide case in New England. Here, a man was accused of helping, albeit only barely, his terminally ill friend kill himself. Our story looks at the two men and the outcome of the case. It is a very good story on a very rich issue.

We have a couple of other possibilities that we are working. There is a Tom DeLay story we need to get at though I'm not sure the story is "soup" yet. So, if not tonight then soon. The other story that looks possible involves the war in Vietnam and the children, now grown of that war. It is quite a good piece and also a long piece, and it is not clear if we can fit it in with the other matters of the day. So, we are back working scripts, drinking coffee, fighting jet lag and looking forward to being back in more comfortable surroundings so we can do Morning Papers properly.

Hope you'll join us tonight at 10pm Eastern.

Aaron

Thousands of Mourners Come to Say Good-bye to Pope

Aired April 5, 2005 - 22:00 ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

AARON BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening again everyone at 4:00 in the morning here in Rome.There are really two Romes here today. There's the Rome we walked around this afternoon. The shops are open. People go about their business. The tourists are here. There is that Rome.And then there is the Rome behind me, a city literally within a city. It is there that people stand in line waiting patiently. We learned today of some new details of Pope John Paul's life and of his death. But in the main, the story remains the power, the power of the people who have come all day, all night to say their goodbye.

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BROWN (voice-over): Today, as yesterday, they inched their way through St. Peter's Basilica by the tens of thousands waiting hours to pay their respects. A line that stretched for miles at daylight grew longer throughout the day.Inside the Vatican, the cardinals held their third congregation this time to discuss the funeral for John Paul now just two days away. By day's end we learned that the pope's body will be buried in the ground at the Vatican in the former grave of Pope John XXIII.We learned this as well. John Paul left nothing in this papal transition to chance. He spelled out exactly how it should unfold in two books kept secret since 1998, copies of each sent to bookstores immediately after his death.The liturgy and the chant said by the cardinals at his bedside, the prayers at the moment of his death, the pope chose them all. We will see more of what John Paul planned in the days ahead. Some 200 world leaders are expected to attend his funeral on Friday.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It will be my honor to represent our country.BROWN: President Bush and former Presidents Bush and Clinton among them, First Lady Laura Bush and the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will complete the official U.S. delegation. Fourteen U.S. Senators will travel to Rome separately.The deputy mayor of Rome said today that so many high level visitors, each requiring intense security, will be a huge problem for the city, a city already filled with pilgrims, filled with mourners.

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BROWN: A quick overview of the day.The Vatican it seems to us is a combination of change, it has a Web site after all, and ancient reality. The funeral on Friday will be seen by more people than have ever seen a single event on television in history, a modern reality, but the service itself will be age old.It is detailed, as you just heard briefly, in two books that John Paul wrote and left behind, the details of those from CNN's Jim Bittermann.

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JIM BITTERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Litany of the Saints, the prayer said at John Paul's bedside when he died, all was spelled out in two books kept secret since 1998.The red and green volumes were outlined by the pope and printed in advance but kept under wraps ready for delivery to bookstores immediately after the pope's death. They reveal his minute attention to the prayers and songs that will go along with him to the grave and, with his cardinals, through the selection of his successor, the pope's detailed wishes that carry beyond his death.

DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN ANALYST: For example, when the coffin will be closed they have to place a white silk veil over the face of the pope. That will be placed by the master of ceremonies and the pope's private secretary.

BITTERMANN: The books along with a set of rules made public in 1996 spell out everything from how the College of Cardinals should dress to where they should sleep during the papal transition.The existence of the two new books only came to light at a news conference where the Vatican spokesman made it clear the pope's body will be buried at the Vatican and not be sent to Poland as some had suggested.

JOAQUIN NAVARRO-VALLS, VATICAN SPOKESMAN (through translator): Regarding the burial, I can confirm it will be in the same crypt as the one John the XXIII was buried in. John Paul II will be buried under the ground and that's the end of that.

BITTERMANN: Nonetheless, according to the papal spokesman, three days after the pope's death the cardinals, who now run the church, still have not been read his will. Back in his homeland there is the hope that the will will dictate that even if his body remains at the Vatican his heart will be sent back to Poland.More likely though is that his final testament will be more spiritual in nature, an indication of his desires for the future of the church and perhaps a final attempt to influence the cardinals who will choose his successor. Jim Bittermann, CNN, Vatican City.

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BROWN: The two books we learned about today were without question well kept secrets by the Vatican. The Vatican is good at that. But it turns out they are not the only secrets of John Paul II.A few years back, John Paul set in motion a mystery, a mystery that remains tonight.

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BROWN (voice-over): Pope John Paul announced the appointment of 31 new cardinals in 2003 but he publicly named only 30. At a papal ceremony that year only 30 were there to receive the cardinal's red hat. The identity of the 31st new cardinal remains a mystery to this day. This is not the first time a pope has secretly elevated a cardinal.

THOMAS GROOME, PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY, BOSTON COLLEGE: A mystery cardinal technically it's called a cardinal in pectore. It means literally in the breast or in the heart, and it's when the pope appoints a cardinal but for political reasons, for certain sensitivities that it's wiser not to reveal who that cardinal might be.

BROWN: Pope John Paul had named other cardinals this way before. Marian Jaworski, an archbishop from Ukraine, Archbishop Janis Putjats of Latvia were elevated in 1999 but their names were not revealed, experts say, because of the delicacy of relations with the orthodox church in the former Soviet Union.

GROOME: My suspicion is that whoever the secret cardinal is that it's probably some leader within the Chinese church, at least that's one possibility. It could also be within the Russian church because some relations with the Russian Orthodox tradition are rather sensitive and so the pope might not have wanted to exacerbate tensions by naming somebody to this public function of being a cardinal at the Catholic Church.

BROWN: Vatican analysts have several theories on who the mystery cardinal could be. One is Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, John Paul's personal secretary, who caught the pope in his arms when he was shot and was at the pope's bedside when he died.

GROOME: Some of the sensitivities there were with the Greek Orthodox tradition and the Roman rite church not wanting to seem to be proselytizing within the Ukraine or promoting itself within the Ukraine.

BROWN: Now Vatican watchers still wonder whether the identity of the mystery cardinal will ever be revealed.

DR. ROBERT MOYNIHAN, EDITOR, "INSIDE THE VATICAN": Normal logic is when the pope dies that cardinal disappears; however, there's two possibilities, one that he left written instructions saying "After my death, this should be revealed and this man should be included in the list of cardinals."Or, this could be in his testament and the fact that the testament hasn't yet been opened and read, the pope was an artist and a poet and he did unexpected things throughout his pontificate and I think he's going to do some unexpected things even now.

BROWN: But there is another option.

GROOME: It's possible that this mystery cardinal will never know that he was a cardinal. Isn't that something? Of course in eternity, I suppose, when they gather at the river the Holy Father will tell him "By the way, you were a cardinal in my heart" and he may well say "Too bad you didn't make it known." But there we are. It's gone into eternity with Pope John Paul II.

BROWN: One of the mysteries of John Paul II yet to be revealed.As we said at the beginning of the program, the city is crowded with visitors, with pilgrims who have come, mourners who have come from literally all corners of the globe and they're streaming in.In some respects, each day we could feel the city getting a little bit smaller as the security cordon grows a little bit larger. It's a little harder to get around and it will get harder still.CNN's Anderson Cooper is down by the square and he joins us tonight. Anderson, it's good to see you.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Good to see you, Aaron.The St. Peter's Basilica opens again in a little bit less than an hour. It's been closed really for the last two hours. That has not stopped the crowds from continuing to gather or anyone really from leaving.There are people as far as the eye can see all around me here in St. Peter's Square just waiting. The crowd who was here have been here for 11 hours many of them and still they have at least another hour, perhaps even two, before they're able to see Pope John Paul II. As far as the eye can see are people.

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COOPER (voice-over): It's a seemingly endless stream of people as the faithful file past the body of Pope John Paul II, outside a sea of humanity stretching more than a mile down the road that leads to the Vatican.They wait sometimes for more than eight hours, often breaking into song or shouting the pope's name and applauding. According to the Vatican, 18,000 people pass through the doors of St. Peter's every hour. More than a million will have seen the pope lying in state by the end of viewing tonight. The crowds have been calm but they keep coming and their sheer numbers have already presented logistical problems for the city of Rome.

LUCA ODEVAINE, DEPUTY MAYOR OF ROME: The biggest problem we have is transports because people are coming in Rome and we have to get them to the Vatican, so public transport is absolutely (UNINTELLIGIBLE) now. It was, you know, people -- 500,000 people came in the morning and the underground and busses are full of people coming.

COOPER: But Friday's funeral will present an even bigger challenge, how to protect the more than two million mourners and 200 dignitaries. President Bush will attend. So will former President Clinton and Prince Charles.

GEORGE BAURIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP: The problem is that there are so many people in such a small area that basically time and distance are your best friends in these kinds of events.

COOPER: Not surprisingly, the Vatican, a sovereign nation, has its own security force starting with the Swiss Guard. They may look like they're in place just for show but the 100-strong military force is sworn to defend the pope to the death and, in the past, they have. There is another 200 person security detail comprised of bodyguards and a special corps from the Italian police. Vatican security, however, doesn't stop there.

BAURIES: The dignitaries will not be exposed to any potential person coming in from the crowd. There's going to be a buffer zone or a protective area but you need to allow planes or, you know, rockets or anything like that from coming into the area and that's where there will be coordination with security services as well as military components.

COOPER: Metal detectors surround St. Peter's Square and the carabinieri, paramilitary police, patrol the streets outside the Vatican. By Friday a more obvious security presence will also be in place. More than 6,000 extra Italian police, including snipers, bomb disposal experts and motorcycle escorts will be put on patrol.Fifteen hundred officers will watch over the dignitaries and the Italian Interior Ministry says it will provide armored cars for all of them. Then there's the security we don't see.

BAURIES: The Vatican has its own intelligence capability. It's a small service, not well know, but they have the internal capability to monitor intelligence issues, which to their benefit allows them to basically function the same way the Secret Service is a lead agency when the president comes.

COOPER: For now the crowds keep coming filled not with fear but with grief, less concerned with security than with saying goodbye to the much loved church leader.

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COOPER: And this is the scene right now with less than an hour to go before St. Peter's Basilica reopens, people literally just camping out. Police officials have handed out some blankets to the crowd for free. They are giving out free water but people are just exhausted. These people have been here for some 11 hours. They have at least another hour to go.And I mean this is the scene right here. It stretches for blocks and blocks and blocks, one million people in the last 22 hour period or so. It's anticipated, Aaron, another 600,000 at least tomorrow.

BROWN: Anderson, thank you.It is for their benefit at least a little bit warmer tonight than it has been here in Rome the last couple of nights. I'm not sure 11 hours later two or three degrees makes much difference.Ahead on the program, Pope John Paul may not always have agreed but even when he didn't he listened.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought he was going to say "Get another job," you know, and he said to me before he left me he said, "You found good words" and gave me a big smile.

BROWN (voice-over): An American priest who challenged the pope on issues that divide Catholics.

AARON KILLIPS, SAVANNAH, G.A., SEMINARY STUDENT: I'm excited about the possibility of change in the church in that I'm excited to see where this new leader is going to take the church.

BROWN: The influence John Paul has had on the future leaders of the church in America.Vatican City, a glorious Renaissance monument to art and architecture at home to a library filled with priceless manuscripts. How much is it all worth?

JOHN ALLEN, VATICAN ANALYST: Then personally the Vatican lists all of that stuff on its books at one Euro in terms of value and that's because from their point of view it can never be sold and can never be borrowed against and therefore it produces no revenue for them.

BROWN: And through the lens of still photography, the experiences that shaped the young man from Poland who grew up to be John Paul II.From Rome and around the world this is NEWSNIGHT.

(END VIDEOTAPE)(COMMERCIAL BREAK)BROWN: A couple moments ago we heard from the square down below us applause coming. It makes us believe they may be opening the gates a little bit early. They did that yesterday morning as well. It's now about 4:15 here in Rome.In a moment we'll look at the fascination people have with the assets of the Vatican. But first there are some other stories that made news today. We should check those too. Erica Hill joins us again tonight from Atlanta and it's nice to see you.

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BROWN: That is the strangest story. Erica, thank you very much.It is, if you sit here as we have now for four days, it's hard to overlook the remarkable majesty, the buildings behind us, St. Peter's the second largest Catholic Church in the world. It's just one part of the Vatican palace that has more than 1,000 rooms, including the Sistine Chapel.Everyone knows that the Vatican is the spiritual and administrative center of the church but no one really knows how much it is all worth and there has long been a fascination, good and bad we guess, with that. So what is it worth?Here's CNN's Rudi Bakhtiar.

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RUDI BAKHTIAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's less than half a square mile and yet it's a nation unto itself, the Vatican rich in centuries of priceless art and architecture; the Sistine Chapel, its domed ceiling painted by Michelangelo; St. Peter's Basilica, with the tomb of Christ's Apostle Peter below the papal altar, the Pieta; the Vatican library, one of the world's richest repositories of ancient manuscripts. Put your arms around these priceless treasures and guess, what's the Vatican really worth?

ALLEN: People have these notions that there are sort of vast islands of wealth here. I mean the truth is the Vatican is a pretty lean and mean operation.

BAKHTIAR: Let's take a look at some of the numbers, the annual operating budget for the Vatican $260 million, property holdings of the Holy See about $770 million. Add to that 18,000 pieces of art by the likes of Michelangelo, Raphael, Dante, Homer. So what's the grand total? A whole lot less than you'd expect.Yes, say the experts, the Vatican does have tremendous artistic wealth but the Vatican insists the precious artwork and real estate it possesses are held in trust for humanity. What does that mean? St. Peter's Basilica is valued at slightly more than $1.

ALLEN: But personally the Vatican lists all of that stuff on its books at one Euro in terms of value and that's because from their point of view it can never be sold. It can never be borrowed against and therefore it produces no revenue for them.

BAKHTIAR: We tried contacting Christie's and Sotheby's to inquire hypothetically about the fair market value of some of the Vatican's treasures but we didn't have much luck, nor did CNN's Vatican Analyst John Allen when he tried to attach a price tag to some of these assets.

ALLEN: I once interviewed an Italian contractor to ask him if he were to build St. Peter's Basilica today how much would it cost you to put together? And he started trying to do the research to answer my question and called me back and said, "Can't be done. Nobody would build this building. By today's standards the cost would be so astronomic that it's simply impossible to calculate."

BAKHTIAR: At various times the Vatican has reportedly faced calls that it sell off its treasures to finance its operations or help the poor but according to Allen it's the Vatican's fundamental law that these precious assets can never be sold.Rudi Bakhtiar, CNN, New York.

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BROWN: Well, selling some of that is unimaginable, isn't it?If the cardinals who are gathering here in Rome tonight are the princes of the church, the priests are the foot soldiers and the American Roman Catholic Church, those churches in the United States, have a problem, not enough boots on the ground if you will.It's not true everywhere. There are plenty of priests in Latin America, Africa too but in the United States recruiting priests is a problem, which is not to say there aren't young priests in training from America and we found them here in Rome.

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BROWN (voice-over): In the tranquility of this special place you can still find young Americans who yearn to become priests.

BRYAN BABICK, CHARLESTON, S.C., SEMINARY STUDENT: To be able to act in the person of Christ will be for the faithful and their good something that I think I will treasure my entire life, God please, as a priest.BROWN: They are among a group of 150 Americans who will spend four years studying here before their ordination. And they are well aware of the difficulties they face in an American Catholic Church that has been rocked by scandal.

PETER PURPORA, BROOKLYN, N.Y., SEMINARY STUDENT: In a lot of these issues, yes, they're present for our church. They're an issue that we have to deal with but it also gives us the opportunity to respond to them and, you know, they can stay the way they are or a new guy is going to come along and through their work and through their ministry make a difference.

BROWN: And, if they are the future of the Catholic Church in America, many began that journey they say directly because of Pope John Paul II.

PURPORA: In 1995, he came to New York City. I was a freshman in high school and I attended that audience at Aqueduct Race Track and I remember his helicopter flying over the stadium and it was like someone flipped a switch and the electricity came on. In myself, you know, I felt that presence and among the crowd. It was like electricity.

BROWN: But they know as well that the new pope is crucial to where the church is headed.

KILLIPS: There's a possibility for great change but I think it's also an exciting time for the church because John Paul called it this era that we're going through now the new springtime of Christianity.And, you know, when I think of spring, you think of change. You think of, you know, the death now coming to life. And so, I'm excited about the possibility of change in the church in that I'm excited to see where this new leader is going to take the church because ultimately I have the utmost faith that it's going to be the direction that God wants it to go.

BROWN: On one level there is no more uncertain time to enter the priesthood but these young seminarians seem to be on firm foundation today in these days of sorrow. For the future, they say, is something to relish.

PURPORA: Already after two years, I'm very much looking forward to getting back to a parish because I really see the parish as the place where my vocation was formed initially so that's where I relate to my vocation. That's where I relate to my understanding of the priesthood. So, getting back to that will be tremendous.

KILLIPS: I know I'm not perfect. Peter wasn't perfect and yet he's one of our greatest saints and so it tells me that, you know, in spite of my human weakness I have with God's help the ability to become a great saint and that's what I'm called to be. That's what you're called to be. That's what we're all called to be are these great saints.

BABICK: I can't tell you how much I'm excited to do that, to be able to share the sacraments of the church with the faithful, who have a faith that sometimes is weaker than that of others and can be taught the message of salvation. That's an awesome responsibility.

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BROWN: Well, we spent a lot of time talking about the problems of the church and we'll talk about some of the problems of the church. It's nice to hear the perspective of these young men as they embrace a life, not an always easy life, for them in the years ahead.

Coming up on this edition of NEWSNIGHT from Rome, we meet a New Jersey priest who challenged the church's orthodoxy two decades ago now. He's ready to challenge John Paul's successor, if given the chance and the need.

We'll take a break first.From Rome, the Garden State, and around the world this is NEWSNIGHT.

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BROWN: Well, they're getting ready to open up the basilica again. You can see in the foreground there one of the cleaning trucks working through. They shut it down for a couple of hours but that two hour period is about a half hour away from ending.Just think about what it is like for a minute. You came here maybe at about ten o'clock at night. It's now 4:30 in the morning. It's probably about 40, 45 degrees, maybe a tad warmer than that. You've been standing there waiting patiently or sitting waiting patiently. You're a half hour away.Anderson Cooper is down in it and nobody complains. You described yesterday, I thought it was a lovely choice of words too, was a sense of community that forms.

COOPER: That's really true. You know earlier in the program we showed you people who were sort of sleeping down here wrapped in blankets. They're no longer sleeping there because the crowd saw what you were just talking about, some activity up at the front.And even though the basilica is not open yet, everyone got up and sort of broke through the lines and everyone is standing around. We're actually kind of swamped now with people, that -- there's not as many police around as there were.But, as you say, it is still a sense of community. People are sort of smiling as they get sort of tousled about. There is not a sense of pushing or shoving. It is still very respectful, even though, as you said, they've been waiting 11, 12 hours in some cases. Earlier this evening, I spent some time in the crowd, spent about an hour and a half just with a home video camera, because, from far away, it is hard to get a sense of what it really feels like in the crowd. So I went out with a small little camera and talked to people. And this is what I saw.

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COOPER (voice-over): In the dead of night, they wait on a line that seems to have no end. Many will wait six hours or more. The police hold their lines, so no one breaks through. (on camera): This group here has been waiting for about 20 minutes in this one spot. The police are about to let them go through. And they'll run all the way over to that spot. Here they go. Then, once the group gets to the barricades, they have to stop again. You're sort of just stuck here. And you can tell it is pretty close quarters. Everyone is sort of stuck right now to each other. You see scenes like this a lot. People are standing around for so long, some of them actually pass out. They faint, because -- either from the pressure of the crowd or lack of food or water because they've been standing in line so long. The paramedics are on the scene here. The crowd parts and the crowd calls over the medical technicians to come. And now they're going to bring this person out. (voice-over): Children sit exhausted. So do adults. Those stuck standing watch what's happening inside. Everywhere, there is music, giant speakers on every block. Finally, after hours of waiting, the crowds enter St. Peter's Square. (on camera): When the crowds finally arrive here, at the heart of St. Peter's Square, within sight of St. Peter's Basilica, these people know that soon they will be able to say goodbye one last time to Pope John Paul II. (voice-over): Tom Moscher an Ben Keeley are Catholic priests from Vermont. They feel lucky to be here.

BEN KEELEY, CATHOLIC PRIEST: The whole mass of humanity is swarming around this place. And, for a brief moment, the whole world is focusing on Rome. And we could be here in the -- I mean, we have cameras and we have microphones, but we could be in the 14th century.

TOM MOSCHER, CATHOLIC PRIEST: It is timeless, absolutely timeless.

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COOPER: It is certainly timeless and it feels very...

BROWN: Anderson, thank you. I think it is clear to everyone at this point that, for all the wonderment that we have witnessed over the last couple of days, there is also within the Catholic Church considerable disagreement. People who believe deeply in Catholicism still find that they disagree on some of the core values of the church. And it's a complicated problem. And it's an appropriate time, we think, to start examining that aspect of this story now. It is one thing, I think, to disagree in a kind of philosophical way from afar. It is another thing to stand before a microphone and disagree right in front of the pope. But that's exactly what a young priest did nearly two decades ago, and his reflections now.Here is CNN's Jason Carroll.

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REV. FRANK MCNULTY, ST. TERESA OF AVILA, NEW JERSEY: The lord be with you.

JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is where Father Frank McNulty usually finds himself, conducting mass at St. Teresa of Avila in northern New Jersey. But, 18 years ago, he spoke in front of the most important congregation ever before him, Pope John Paul II.

MCNULTY: It was very unusual, and also unusual for an ordinary priest to get a chance to stand up and talk to him for some 30 minutes. And it was quite a moment.

CARROLL: That moment, Miami, 1987. American Catholic priests chose Father McNulty to address the visiting pope. He represented more than 50,000 of them.

MCNULTY: When I embraced him, one thing that stunned me a bit was that he had a bulletproof vest on under the white vestment. And took me back a bit.

CARROLL: McNulty checked his nerves and did what few in his position had done before, publicly, but respectfully, challenge the church on controversial issues, such as ordaining women, the declining number of priests and requiring them to be celibate.

MCNULTY: The celibacy question, as you so well know, continues to surface. Its value has eroded and continues to erode in the minds of many. He really looked at me. And he didn't look anywhere else. He looked at me right when I was speaking.

CARROLL: What followed, a rare occurrence. The pope responded.

POPE JOHN PAUL II: Our love for Christ, the kind that, frequently in prayer, is -- are the foundation of our commitment to celibacy.

CARROLL: Pope John Paul II did not embrace McNulty's opinions, but did embrace him for his courage to speak from the heart.

MCNULTY: I thought he was going to say, get another job. But he said to me -- before he left me, he said, you found good words and gave me a big smile.

CARROLL: Father McNulty says, if he has an opportunity to speak to the next pope, he would raise his same old concerns.

MCNULTY: If somebody said, do you think we should ordain women? Tell us right now. I don't know, but we should look at it.

CARROLL: For now, his thoughts are with John Paul II, a pope who listened and inspired. Jason Carroll, CNN, Summit, New Jersey.

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BROWN: John Allen is with us. He's helped guide us through these days. I sometimes think I'm hearing almost a contradictory description of the pope, who, on the one hand, as we saw there, was willing to listen to questions of faith coming from -- difficult questions, too. On the other hand, he's often criticized behind those walls as not being willing to engage in dialogue. Which was he, or both?

JOHN ALLEN, CNN VATICAN ANALYST: Well, I think he's a both and, rather than an either/or pope. The truth is, this is a pope who had sort of an unlimited set of ambitions. And in that unlimited set of ambitions, there were two things he wanted to accomplish. One was the reaffirmation of a very rock solid traditional sense of Christian identity.

After a period of time in the Catholic Church, following Second Vatican Council, I think he and many of his advisers felt there had been an unacceptable degree of confusion about some of these points, you know, the idea that perhaps the ordination of women might be up for grabs, that the church's position on birth control might be negotiable.

And I think he wanted to put a halt to that. At the same time, he also wanted to reach out and he wanted to talk. He reached out to the other religions of the world. He reached out to other Christian churches. And so, this was a pope who never saw a contradiction between being in dialogue and being crystal clear about who you are. Quite the contrary. He thought that that crystal clarity was the premise of an effective dialogue. Obviously, not everyone found that it worked.

BROWN: Do we know how he thought about what someone up here described as cafeteria Catholics, people who kind of drive down the aisle picking and choosing those core beliefs they wish to accept?

ALLEN: Yes. I didn't think he -- I think it would be fair to say he didn't think very much of them. I mean, you have to understand that this was a pope whose formative experience, his religious imagination, was shaped in the context of the Polish struggle against communism. And I think he felt that what enabled the Polish church to withstand the ideological onslaught of the communists was the fact that it was absolutely anchored in a very traditional conception of what Catholicism meant, integral Catholicism. That is from A to Z, no compromise in between.

BROWN: So, this notion that "I am a Catholic, but" would in no sense sat well with him. Did he consider those people Catholics? Would John Paul have thought a Catholic woman in New Jersey on birth control pills was Catholic?

ALLEN: Well, I think he would have regarded her as Catholic, but a Catholic who need to work on her Catholicism. I mean, in other words, the point is this, that I think John Paul, by instinct and by his pastoral formation, was a very generous pastor.

BROWN: Yes.

ALLEN: I don't think he wanted to kick anyone out.

BROWN: Out.

ALLEN: But, at the same time, I think he also wanted to challenge them. The point is, you have been baptized. And that baptism carries not only privileges, but obligations. And he wanted to challenge people to meet up to what he saw to be the requirements of that challenge.

BROWN: Good to see you. Thanks for staying up late or getting up early, whichever it is, John Allen. This problem is not simply a problem of the American church. It is a problem for the church in Europe, even in Italy. Christiane Amanpour takes a look at that after the break. This is a special NEWSNIGHT coming to you from Rome.

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BROWN: One of the things that this week allows us to do is not simply examine the life of pope John Paul and what he accomplished, but also take a look at the challenges that face one of the world's great religions. And there are plenty. We talked about the notion of cafeteria Catholics in the United States. Is it not just in the United States. It is right here, right in the shadow of St. Peter's. It is a struggle that goes on. Here is CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

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CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions wait to say goodbye to the pope. Many more are shopping, sitting in bars and chatting at cafes. This traditionally Roman Catholic country is acting like the rest of Western Europe. Divorce and abortion are legal here since the '70s. Where big families were once the norm, there is now nearly zero population growth. And Catholics in Italy are growing ever more secular, like 64-year-old Manlio Giammona, a former fighter pilot and commercial airline captain. His home overlooks St. Peter's Basilica, and he did admire the pope.

MANLIO GIAMMONA, RETIRED PILOT: I think the pope has been a great man. The history will tell better than I. He has been a man of great faith.

AMANPOUR: But, like many, Manlio, who was baptized, raised and married in the church, could not sustain his Catholic faith.

GIAMMONA: I was attending a Sunday mass in a church. And after 10 or 15 minutes, suddenly, I said to myself that, what am I doing here?

AMANPOUR: That was 40 years ago. He left the church, but only after much religious study. Later, Pope John Paul II's teachings only reinforced his decision.

GIAMMONA: The negative part for me is that his conservative way of acting about religious dogma, about the...

AMANPOUR (on camera): Birth control.

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GIAMMONA: Birth control, a continuous control on your life from the birth to the death. And it is something I think the people don't accept anymore.

AMANPOUR (voice-over): And, in Western Europe, at least, he's right. During John Paul II's 26-year reign, the number of Catholics has dropped. The number of Catholics around the world has stayed the same over the last decade, despite growth in Africa and Latin America. The new pope's challenge, says Manlio, will be to make the church relevant for today's Catholics. He will at least start with this advantage.

GIAMMONA: Religion is a deep need, a deep necessity of human being.

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AMANPOUR: The bottom line, people say, is that they want the church out of their bedroom. You know, it's very similar to what a lot of reformist Muslims say, too. They do not want the mullahs in their bedrooms. And it does come down to that. And quite a few of these issues are not about church doctrine. They're about tradition that have been created over the years, for instance, celibacy, for instance, artificial birth control. And those are the ones you hear about most.

BROWN: And those are the challenges that face the man who will be elected pope in the coming weeks. Thank you, Christiane Amanpour. When we come back, the man who would be pope as seen through an American institution, the lenses of the photographers of the extraordinary "LIFE" magazine, a NEWSNIGHT moment from Rome.

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HILL: Just past quarter until to the hour now. I'm Erica hill in Atlanta with the latest news from Headline News.

We begin with this story. Veteran Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani is expected to be named Iraq's new president at a National Assembly meeting tomorrow. And, on Thursday, a Shiite leader is expected to be chosen as prime minister of Iraq.

Saddam Hussein, meantime, and his top leaders will actually get to watch a video feed of tomorrow's meeting. They're all in prison facing war crimes. They've not been allowed to watch the news until now.

More than a dozen provisions of the Patriot Act will expire in December unless they are renewed by Congress. And President Bush's top enforces don't want that to happen, some of them, that is. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI head Robert Mueller say those laws are needed to fight terrorism. Gonzales acknowledged, though, that some lawmakers have expressed concern the law tramples on civil liberties. And he has said he's open to changes.

And, no, the pictures here are not fish. At closer look, you can see they are thousands of sharks swimming at South Florida's Juno Beach. That beach remains closed. Marine biologists say this kind of behavior, though, is actually not that odd for this time of year. And that's a quick look at the stories making news right now.

I'm Erica Hill from Headline News -- Aaron, now, back to you in Rome.

BROWN: Erica, thank you.

Before Pope John Paul was an icon, he was a cardinal. Before that, he was a bishop. And before that, he was a young boy in small- town Poland experiencing those things which would allow him to become the man that's being celebrated this week in Rome.

This week, Life Books reissued or re-released a book it first published back in 1999, some pictures of the pope through his time, many of them rarely seen. So here is a look.

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ROBERT SULLIVAN, DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR, "LIFE": What was a joy finding out in doing this book was about the young man in Poland. John Paul II was born in Wadowice, Poland. Growing up, he was shaped by his parents, who were extremely devout.

He was always at the church.

But it's interesting.

With his Jewish friends, he visited the synagogue. All this would inform the way he would behave as pope. His outreach to Judaism and other world religions was certainly more pronounced than any other pope's.

It's rather odd to perhaps put the term Bohemian with one who would become the pope eventually. But there are pictures in the book that show him to be quite a hipster in university. He was in drama, theatricals. I think his earlier love of the arts absolutely translated into his ability to communicate. And, certainly, that informed why they chose him as pope.

He was in Poland when the Nazis were the totalitarian regime. I just can't imagine anything informed his lust for life and also for protecting life more than seeing Jewish associates and friends disappear in Nazi Poland. It is nothing else than life taken away for religious reasons. This was not only a large life, but an intrepid life throughout. He was in Poland when the communists were the suppressing regime.

At that time, he was an intellectual young priest. He would take the youth groups into the woods. And he lectured to them about communism and what was wrong with it. And this was true of other like-thinking priests at the time. We were able to obtain some pictures of his priest friends in this period.

Somewhere, they're meeting around a dining room table. Basically, what that table represents is the intelligentsia. It is not anything but a direct line from that dining room table to the Solidarity movement and everything the pope wound up doing to help undermine communism.

I think that, probably more than any pope, John Paul II experienced life. And how that informed every single thing he did during his 26-year tenure is just fascinating.

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BROWN: As many of you have heard by now, ABC's Peter Jennings will begin treatment for lung cancer soon. This is how Peter told his audience about it tonight.

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PETER JENNINGS, HOST: Finally this evening, a brief note about change.

Some of you have noticed in the last several days that I was not covering the pope. While my colleagues at ABC did a superb job, I did think a few times I was missing out.

However, as some of you now know, I have learned in the last couple of days that I have lung cancer. Yes, I was a smoker until about 20 years ago. And I was weak and I smoked over 9/11. But, whatever the reason, the news does slow you down a bit.

I've been reminding my colleagues today, who have all been incredibly supportive, that almost 10 million Americans are already living with cancer, and I have a lot to learn from them. And living is the key word. The National Cancer Institute says that we are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

I will continue to do the broadcast on good days. My voice will not always be like this. Certainly, it has been a long time. And I hope it goes without saying that a journalist who doesn't value deeply the audience's loyalty should be in another line of work.

To be perfectly honest, I'm a little surprised at the kindness today from so many people. That's not intended as false modesty, but even I was taken aback by how far and how fast news travels.

Finally, I wonder if other men and women ask their doctors right away, OK, Doc, when does the hair go? At any rate, that's it for now on "World News Tonight." Have a good evening. I'm Peter Jennings. Thanks and good night.

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BROWN: Well, the truth is, Peter is going to be angry with me for about what I'm about to do. But I worked for him and with him for almost a decade. And the truth is, I wouldn't be sitting here doing this job if it weren't for what he taught me. Peter is my friend and Peter is my mentor. And it is particularly in these moments, these special moments, these "I remember where I was when I heard" moments, the moments like 9/11, that Peter is the best. Had he been in Rome this week, he would have lapped the field. Lung cancer is tough, but, Peter, if you're watching tonight, if you are half as tough with that cancer as you were with me all those years, it doesn't stand a chance. We're thinking about you and we send our prayers. We'll wrap it up in a moment.

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BROWN: That's it for us tonight. Right at the moment, the gates of St. Peter have opened again and the crowd has started to file in. It's the end of another remarkable day. And we turn now to a recap of the last 24 hours. For the next hour, you'll see the sights and the sounds of this day here in Rome. And we'll see you tomorrow.

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