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Tim Constantine reports on the latest from the investigation in Hillary Clinton's emails, and the arrival of Pope Francis.

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In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, children greet Pope Francis with flowers upon his arrival at Santiago de Cuba's airport, Cuba. Pope Francis began a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge forward their historic rapprochement. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

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In this photo taken on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, Pope Francis salutes priests as he visits the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Ignatius of Loyola, in Havana, Cuba. Pope Francis began a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge forward their historic rapprochement. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

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Director Joseph Clancy (right) and other members of the Secret Service visit the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington as preparations are finalized for Pope Francis to lead a canonization Mass. (AP Photo)

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Perimeters have been draw to manage access for pedestrians and vehicles during Pope Francis' visit in Philadelphia on Sept. 26-27.

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Pope Francis asks how parents can educate children in Christian life "if we keep them at a distance as if they were excommunicated." (Associated Press)

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Pope Francis greets newlyweds during the general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Pope Francis says divorced Catholics who remarry and their children deserve better treatment from the Catholic church. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis delivers his speech in the Synod Hall during a conference on Modern Slavery and Climate Change at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Dozens of environmentally friendly mayors from around the world are meeting at the Vatican this week to bask in the star power of eco-Pope Francis and commit to reducing global warming and helping the urban poor deal with its effects. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis delivers a blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he delivered from his studio's window, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis is presented with a gift of a crucifix carved into a wooden hammer and sickle, the Communist symbol uniting labor and peasants, by Bolivian President Evo Morales in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

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Pope Francis adjusts his skull cap as he celebrates Mass at Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Pope Francis used his final Mass in Ecuador to issue an appeal for the missionary church that he has championed. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican in this June 24, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

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Pope Francis caresses a baby as he celebrates a mass where he bestowed the Pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing their bond to the pope, to new Metropolitan Archbishops, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis salutes the faithful gathered outside the hospital Cottolengo of Turin, northern Italy. Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Colombian pop singer Juanes and the Philadelphia Orchestra are among the musical acts organizers say will perform for Pope Francis during his visits to the city this fall. World Meeting of Families organizers say Tuesday the singers and symphony orchestra will appear at the Festival of Families celebration Sept. 26 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia. FILE photo June 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Massimo Pinca, File)

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Pope Francis wrote an encyclical this week saying that the use of fossil fuels is leading to an increase in worldwide global warming, which came as welcome news for President Obama and the environmental movement, however, Catholic politicians, especially Democrats, are left to walk a tight line on how to reconcile the pontiff's proclamations with voters. (associated press)

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Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis delivers his message on the occasion of an audience with participants of Rome's diocese convention in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis blesses the faithful as he arrives on the occasion of an audience with participants of Rome's diocese convention in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Shafts of sunlight filter though clouds onto the mountains in Coroico, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, where nuns of the Order of Saint Clare amass hostias in preparation for the July visit of Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)