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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST (voice-over): The present crisis can't be resolved by a few hours of discussion. Those are the words of the French
president after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart. We'll be live in Kyiv and in Moscow for you.
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MELISSA BELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ukrainian forces run drills in what remains a radiation exclusion zone, free of any inhabitants.
They're practicing urban combat.
ANDERSON (voice-over): Despite the dialogue, war preparations continue. CNN has a special report.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): And Eileen Gu goes for gold and social media goes wild. We're live at the Winter Olympics this hour.
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ANDERSON: I'm Becky Anderson. Hello and welcome to CONNECT THE WORLD, live from our Middle East programming hub here in Abu Dhabi. The time is 7:00 in
the evening.
"The path forward is before us," those words from Emmanuel Macron after talks with the president of Ukraine.
However, the French president warned the standoff with Russia at the Ukrainian border will not be resolved overnight. This comes a day after Mr.
Macron met with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin now says it will pull its troops from Belarus after upcoming military drills there. Satellite pictures show some of these forces are
within 50 kilometers of the Ukrainian border. Ukraine's president thanked France for its support.
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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): We stand for the deoccupation of our territory. Today, support for Ukraine from our
partners, in terms of strengthening our defense capability, is a win-win for the whole region and very important for all countries of the European
Union.
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ANDERSON: Macron on the move: next stop is Germany, which has an awful lot at stake in this crisis. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen is in Berlin for you;
Melissa Bell following Mr. Macron's visit in Kyiv and Nic Robertson in Moscow.
I want to start with you, Melissa. You were at that press conference with the two presidents. You have just come away from that.
What did we get which was new and substantive at this point?
BELL: We got, first of all, the thanks for Emmanuel Macron from the Ukrainian president. All eyes have very much been on him after the harsh
words Vladimir Putin had for him yesterday.
He thanked Emmanuel Macron for his efforts and then we heard clarification from the French president about what exactly he believed he had obtained
from those more than five hours of talks with the Russian president.
Bear in mind, there were more than five hours of talks, a long press conference and then the two men had another 20 minutes together. So the
world wanted to know more about what exactly he felt he had obtained. He explained it was twofold.
First of all, the idea that Russia would not be behind any further escalation and that it would withdraw, once its joint military exercises in
Belarus had finished. Now Emmanuel Macron believes that's the beginning of progress. He says he thinks the continuation of the Normandy format talks
will continue this weekend in Berlin and is an important part.
But perhaps more importantly he thinks that what has been achieved here is the beginning of a dialogue on one of Moscow's key concerns the last few
weeks. It asked that NATO come back on its open doors policy with regard to Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron standing with other NATO leaders, firmly saying no
to that.
But he also believed, over the course of the last 30 years, misunderstandings had happened on either side between Russia and the West;
there had been incomprehensions (sic) and traumatisms and that it was time to look once again at the treaties that govern security in Europe, to look
again at the guarantees that Russia and the West can give each other when it comes to European security guarantees.
What he's been doing is trying to bring this back to the European continent. I think that probably gave some room for maneuver, the Russian
president saying that, though it was early days, he believed there was some possibility for some steps to be taken, looking forward, on the basis of
what Emmanuel Macron had proposed.
Again, Emmanuel Macron saying there is going to be no solution to this overnight. But the fact there is a beginning of a conversation -- he's due
to talk to his Russian counterparts again in the next few days.
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BELL: He believes it's the beginning of some kind of progress, Becky.
ANDERSON: Let me come back to you in a moment. I want to get to Berlin at this point, because Macron has done Moscow and Kyiv; he's now on his way to
Berlin.
Just explain to us what the sort of current state of play is, as far as we understand it, and what role Germany is likely to take going forward.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think that it is a very important role. And it is so interesting to see that
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, coming here to Berlin as we speak, just as Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, has returned from Washington to
speak with U.S. President Joe Biden.
And I think one of the big messages that Olaf Scholz wanted to send yesterday in his talks with President Biden and certainly at his press
conference afterward and then in that interview with our own Jake Tapper afterwards as well, is that the message that Germany is sending is one of
unity.
And he also said that, when Western leaders speak to Vladimir Putin, they will all come with the same message, whether it's Emmanuel Macron, whether
it is Olaf Scholz or President Biden, that there is going to be a unified response.
But the reason why Germany is so key in all of this is, of course, its close economic ties with Russia and especially the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
And that certainly was a big topic also yesterday at the press conference with President Biden and in the interview with Jake Tapper as well, where
President Biden unequivocally said the pipeline will not happen if there is a further invasion.
Olaf Scholz not willing to go that far. I want to listen to some interesting parts of what he said yesterday.
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QUESTION: Will you commit today to turning off and pulling the plug on Nord Stream 2?
You didn't mention it.
You haven't mentioned it.
OLAF SCHOLZ, GERMAN CHANCELLOR: As I already said, we are acting together. We are absolutely united.
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JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: Why won't you explicitly say, Russia, if you invade Ukraine, we're canceling the pipeline?
SCHOLZ: We're doing much more as one step. We are -- and all the steps we will take, we will do together.
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PLEITGEN: So all the steps they will do, they will do together. And it really seems as though the U.S. and Germany really trying to enforce each
other's messages, if you will. And I think there is a lot more clarity in that, if there is a further invasion of Ukraine, as far as the U.S.,
Germany and others are concerned, that pipeline will not go forward.
Olaf Scholz didn't say that; he didn't use the words Nord Stream 2. But it is clear from the American point of view that pipeline will not happen and
the Germans are saying they will be in lockstep with their allies.
It is very difficult for Olaf Scholz to say that or to have said that. So while the messaging is one that still has some ambiguity in it, there
certainly does appear to be a lot more clarity, that there is unity as far as Nord Stream 2 is concerned and quite frankly as far as sanctions against
Russia are concerned, if there is a further invasion of Ukraine, Becky.
ANDERSON: Nic, we have then heard from the Germans and the very latest out of Washington and, indeed, we've heard the French president in Ukraine,
which leaves the Kremlin and specifically Vladimir Putin at this point.
Is it clear what the Russians are thinking at this point?
After all, Vladimir Putin holds most, if not all of the cards at this point, doesn't he?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: He does. And he chooses to play them how he will. And he has not yet said what his response
is going to be to the United States and NATO's letters to him. So he has not sort of played those cards, if you will, has not said what he's going
to do. He got involved in these diplomatic conversations with president Macron, to put forward some views but not to give anything away about what
his moves are going to be.
When the Kremlin was asked today about what president Macron believed had got in terms of commitment from Russia to send its troops back to base from
Belarus, not the other areas around Ukraine, from Belarus after the joint exercises there, you know, the Kremlin confirmed that.
But then they made clear that there was no deadline for this to happen. So they sort of committed to a noncommittal really, so sort of status quo.
When the Kremlin was asked about this idea that President Putin had given an understanding to president Macron that there would be no further
escalation, the Kremlin spokesman said, you know, I can't comment on that because I'm not really sure what the French are saying there.
So in terms of the troop, Russian troop deployments, it doesn't appear as if the Kremlin --
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ROBERTSON: -- is making clear that there is a firm commitment there at all. And that seems to be Putin's position. He'll just continue, where he's
at right now. And indeed, his narrative has continued visibly toward NATO. Just listen to what he said yesterday, that NATO is the threat, not Russia.
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VLADIMIR PUTIN, PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA (through translator): We are categorically against the expansion of NATO through new members in the east
because this poses a broad threat to us. To say that Russia is acting aggressively at the very least does not correspond to sound logic.
Did we approach a border somewhere over there?
NATO infrastructure has approached us.
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ROBERTSON: But I think the very clearest insight into President Putin's tone and his attitude to Ukraine when this comes, as Melissa was saying,
President Macron has an understanding, he says, from both President Zelensky and Ukraine and President Putin here in Russia that they will
observe the Minsk agreements for de-escalation of conflict around the Donbas region, in the east of Ukraine, where the pro-Russian separatists
are.
Putin, when talking about what he expected from Ukraine and President Zelensky on the Minsk agreement, he said, whether you like it or not,
you're going to have to roll over and take it, my beauty. That was, in essence, his words.
Now President Zelensky was asked about that, because there are unpleasant overtones there. And this is perhaps an insight into the way President
Putin likes to do business and President Zelensky was asked about that today.
He said, well, let me respond here in Russian, essentially, so President Putin can understand. Yes, I agree, Ukraine, he said, is a beautiful
country. But he said I have to reject that idea that it is my beauty; i.e. that President Putin's claim that it is his beauty -- we are Ukrainians.
And yes, we will essentially be patient and resilient. That's the way forward. So I think that gives a clear insight into the way that President
Putin expects Ukraine to respond, the way he wants it to go. And with really, in essentially quite pejorative terms, though the Kremlin would
deny that was the intent in those words.
ANDERSON: I just want to bring in now Melissa again.
Much of this coming out of the news conference that has just wound up between president Emmanuel Macron and the Ukrainian president. I just want
our viewers to hear this from Zelensky. You will have heard this. Let's just get our viewers up to speed.
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ZELENSKY (through translator): President Macron and I have a very common position on the security threats for Ukraine and all of Europe and the
whole world. They need new positions, new approaches from the European leadership.
We stand for the deoccupation of our territory.
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ANDERSON: "New approaches from the European leadership," ultimately is that what Emmanuel Macron is delivering here, a new approach?
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ANDERSON: This is a man who gets -- certainly likes to get very involved in foreign files. He's had a go at a number of different issues over the
past couple of years. He's got an election coming up. I just wonder how you read Emmanuel Macron's strategy at this point.
BELL: I think it was probably a high risk one here. He was wading into something that looked absolutely intractable, where there had been so much
heat over the last couple of weeks, coming both from NATO and the United States in terms of its threats.
And from Moscow in terms of what he was demanding, in terms of security guarantees, it's very difficult to see what headway he might make. But I
think what we just heard from President Zelensky sums it up.
When you listen to Ukrainian officials, they have been warning against that heat; they have been warning against too much of the threats; they have
been warning about their strident assessments. They've been saying, look, we're used to Russia being threatening. We're used to listening to those
kind of threats. We're used to the kind of military buildups. We need to tone it down.
I think that's why he is so supportive of Emmanuel Macron's initiative. It may not have gotten as far as people would have liked. It may be just the
beginning. There may be questions about how far it will go.
But as far as the Ukrainian leadership goes, they agree with Macron, that some discussion is better than none.
And with 130,000 troops on their doorstep, can you blame them?
ANDERSON: Yes. Absolutely. Melissa, thank you.
Melissa in Kyiv. And Nic in Russia for you.
Russia also front and center in the resumption of the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna. The State Department tells CNN a U.S. delegation is also there to
participate indirectly, of course. It is the eighth round of talks trying to salvage the nuclear deal.
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ANDERSON: You'll know from watching this program Iran's president was in Moscow last month, where he and Vladimir Putin exchanged views about the
ongoing talks. That's according to Iran's state-run news media.
I want to bring in Vali Nasr, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, as well as a foreign policy adviser and the
author of "The Dispensable Nation," also a regular guest and friend on and off this show.
Vali, good to have you. It is an important day. Let's be quite clear here.
As negotiators return to Vienna, what is at stake?
VALI NASR, AUTHOR AND DEAN OF JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: Well, what is at stake is another major crisis in
the Middle East, which the administration in Washington cannot afford, given what it has to deal with in Ukraine.
And also for Iran it might mean an escalation of sanctions and tensions in the region as well. And for the rest of the region, it is about stability.
We saw last month the attack on Abu Dhabi by Houthis. We fear what might come in Iraq. So the stakes are high for the region and for the United
States.
ANDERSON: Let's just discuss where we think we are at, because you hear some sense of optimism, certainly from the U.S. delegation, more optimism
than we certainly had heard before Christmas, when we were told on this show by Rob Malley that the Iranians basically had weeks, things didn't
look good.
That was certainly their positioning at that point. So here we are, beginning of February, a year into a new Biden administration.
And how optimistic are you that we are close to something substantive at this point?
NASR: I am optimistic, largely because I think both sides need a deal. Iran ultimately needs sanctions relief; it's trying to use its nuclear
program as leverage to get sanctions relief and it now has a good hand.
And the United States does not want to have another major crisis in the Middle East. It doesn't want to go to war with Iran. It has to focus on
Russia, it has to focus on China and it wants to lower the temperature in the region. So both sides want to deal.
The problem is how do they get there?
I think the United States has come to a realization that, in the best of circumstances, a deal with Iran will fall short of the deal that president
Trump came out of. And that makes it very difficult to sell it in Washington, to the very people who objected to a better deal in 2015.
And the Iranians, on the other hand, are not willing to cut a deal unless they have some guarantees that the U.S. will actually lift sanctions and
keep them lifted. So I think that's where we stand. The deal is possible. But these kinds of deals could fall apart at the last minute.
ANDERSON: Yes, and this is important because Joe Biden, of course, has to take any deal that his negotiators make in Vienna back to Washington. And
he needs to sell it to Congress.
You've said that that could be difficult. But you maintain, at the same time, that the Biden administration should have an easier time of selling a
nuclear deal with Iran at home at this time around.
What is your thinking on that?
NASR: It is easier but it is not easy. I think even senators and congressmen, who objected to the previous deal, now understand that it was
a mistake, that after maximum pressure and all that we have been through, Iran actually has a bigger nuclear program.
And so on the other hand, you know the administration constantly said that the -- it is Iran that has to make the tough decisions. And it is up to
Iran to make the decision. It is actually the opposite. It is up to the United States to decide that, whether or not is willing and capable of
signing a deal and making it stick -- because a deal can be signed in Vienna and it will collapse in Washington if the opposition is too strong
and the sanctions don't get lifted.
ANDERSON: You've tweeted that there will not be a plan B.
You are saying, are you not, that failure at this point is not an option?
NASR: Failure can happen but it would be catastrophic for the region. It will be catastrophic for Iran. And it will be catastrophic for the United
States because option B might mean that either war, which nobody wants in the region -- and nor does the United States, which has just withdrawn from
Afghanistan -- or more sanctions on Iran, which is going to invite Iranian retaliation of the kinds that we have seen previously.
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NASR: In Saudi Arabia, in UAE, on the tankers in Iraq and all of that, you know, gets us in a very bad place. So nobody wants to think about that plan
B.
ANDERSON: Ironically, Russia front and center at these talks as a member of the -- a permanent member of the Security Council, along with China,
they have a big stake in what happens here.
And to a certain extent, as we can tell, as we talk to our sources, they really are, you know, dealmakers here.
At a time when Washington is pitted against the Kremlin, how do you read that?
NASR: I think it suggests the complexity of the world we live in today as opposed to during the Cold War, that the United States is pressuring Russia
when it comes to Ukraine, but in the same vein is asking Russia to help with the nuclear deal.
I don't think in the long run it is good for the United States or even for the Middle East for the Russians to play this role, because they have their
own vested interest -- like one of the issues that the Russians are really keen on is Iran does not sell gas to Europe.
And that relations -- you know, Russians don't want a war in the Middle East but they don't -- they don't want good relations between Iran and the
West, either. And right now they're going to try to leverage their role in Vienna against the issues in Ukraine.
And I'm sure that has come up, even in the meetings in Kremlin between President Macron and the Russian president, because right now, for the
West, the single -- the first crisis is Ukraine; right after it is Iran. And the Russians are good guys in one and bad guys in the other. And the
West doesn't have a real game plan about how to manage that.
ANDERSON: These are serious times. Vali, it is always good to have you, your analysis and your insight for our viewers is so important. We will get
back to you as this round of talks gets going.
Coming up in the next hour, I'll take a closer look at the issue of dual nationals imprisoned in Iran and how their fate might be linked to these
nuclear talks in Vienna.
Still to come, he has never won an Olympic gold medal. But American figure skater Nathan Chen is already making history as he inches closer to the top
prize.
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ANDERSON: Well, teenage skiing sensation Eileen Gu has topped all the pregame hype, winning her first gold medal for China at the Winter
Olympics. Now this is a fantastic story. The American-born freestyle skier took the top spot at the women's big air competition.
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ANDERSON: Within minutes, her fans crashed the Chinese social media platform, Weibo. Also watching from the stands was Chinese tennis star Peng
Shuai, alongside IOC president Thomas Bach.
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ANDERSON: Despite all the restrictions in Beijing, the Olympic athletes are freely going after their dreams, of course. And we're tracking it all
at cnn.com for more about the top athletes to watch and their hard fought journeys to get their due. Take a look at what's there on the site.
Still ahead on CONNECT THE WORLD, a gathering of opposing forces on both sides of the Russian-Ukrainian border.
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BELL (voice-over): These, just some of the 30,000 Russian combat troops that NATO has warned are on their way, welcomed with bread and salt and
open arms.
ANDERSON (voice-over): We'll hear from the Ukrainian, now training in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): And Pope Benedict sends a heartfelt letter, asking for forgiveness.
Why?
We will look at the controversy surrounding the retired pope -- after this.
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ANDERSON: You're back with us with CONNECT THE WORLD. I'm Becky Anderson. Half past 7:00 in Abu Dhabi.
A concrete, practical path forward, words of optimism from France's president after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv. Their talks
coming a day after Emmanuel Macron met with Russia's president in Moscow.
All of this, of course, is aimed at defusing the crisis along the Russian- Ukrainian border. Mr. Macron saying both leaders promised to respect what is known as the Minsk agreement, brokered to bring peace to the Donbas
region of Eastern Ukraine while cautioning that resolving the crisis will not happen quickly.
With all of this diplomacy, war preparations continue. The Ukrainian forces are holding drills in the Chernobyl explosion zone decades after the
world's worst nuclear disaster. Melissa Bell looks at how this crisis is impacting life in and around Chernobyl.
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BELL (voice-over): Through the forests of Northern Ukraine, it appears, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, a monument to humanity's ability to unleash
uncontrollable forces.
Suddenly, the apparent calm left behind by the 1986 Soviet era accident is broken. Ukrainian forces run drills in what remains a radiation exclusion
zone, free of any inhabitants. They're practicing urban combat.
Of course, this is also an information and propaganda war. Everyone waits for Russian president Vladimir Putin to decide, even as Ukraine questions
an earlier U.S. assessment of just how imminent a potential invasion is.
OLEKSIY REZNIKOV, UKRAINIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: So we have the same facts but the different perception or different estimation.
BELL: The difference is on the question of intention. You don't believe they intend to invade.
REZNIKOV: I hope that in Kremlin they didn't make their decision still.
BELL (voice-over): But Chernobyl is only 10 miles from the border with Belarus, where Russia has been holding joint military exercises. These,
just some of the 30,000 Russian combat troops that NATO has warned are on their way, welcomed with bread and salt and open arms.
BELL: To the east of Chernobyl, lies this neutral zone between Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. It is known as the Three Sisters Crossing, in memory of
a time when the three countries were all Soviet republics.
But more than 30 years on from the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus is a staunch ally of Russia, while Ukraine fears an invasion.
BELL (voice-over): Barely visible through the freezing mist, across the border in Belarus, a Soviet-era monument to the sister nations. And at the
Three Sisters Cafe on the Ukrainian side, there is more nostalgia for that past than there is worry about war.
Masha, a 64-year-old great grandmother works here to supplement her state pension --
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BELL (voice-over): -- worth the equivalent of just $77 a month, she says.
MASHA, GREAT GRANDMOTHER (through translator): Will Putin go to war with civilians?
He won't do that. I have brothers and sisters living in Russia, in Belarus. I would dissolve the parliament in Kyiv, take them out of parliament, every
last one of them. They should give the people proper pensions so that people won't be beggars.
BELL (voice-over): The nearby village of Sankivka (ph) is only a three- hour drive from Kyiv but feels much further.
This man won't tell us his name for fear of being labeled a separatist. He, too, misses the unity of the past and certainly doesn't appreciate visits
to Kyiv from the likes of the British prime minister.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Boris the uncombed comes here, only whipping the tensions up. Only a fool would start a war.
BELL (voice-over): Nobody will come out a winner, he says, nobody -- Melissa Bell, CNN, Sankivka (ph), Ukraine.
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ANDERSON: Pope Benedict XVI is asking for forgiveness. In a letter released earlier on Tuesday, the retired pope writes he's in good cheer as
he faces what he calls the final judge of his life.
He admits being at a 1918 meeting about an abusive priest while he was the archbishop of Munich. But according to investigators working for Benedict,
the meeting was about getting the priest therapy, not the reason why.
Let's dig deep nearer into these allegations, Pope Benedict responding to these today. Vatican correspondent Delia Gallagher joins us now from Rome.
Delia, he's 94 years old.
At this stage, does he face any consequences for these accusations?
DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT: Well, at this stage, no. Of course, in order to face consequences, he would have to establish exactly
what the wrongdoing was and he has denied any wrongdoing.
So we're at a bit of a stalemate here because, in the Munich report, what they say is that it is probable that Benedict, when he was archbishop of
Munich, knew about this case of an abusive priest. You referenced it there, this 1980 meeting that had allegations of sexual abuse against him.
Benedict denies that. And so it can't really go anywhere from that. Remember that the Munich report was not a criminal investigation; it was a
historical look at 70 years of documents and archives in the archdiocese of Munich.
So this is Benedict's response, saying that the accusation that he mishandled cases of sexual abuse are wrong. So any kind of consequences for
the pope emeritus at this point, unless some other compelling evidence were to come out of this report, looks likely to be, Becky, a stain on his
legacy.
Because even this suspicion of mishandling abuse, of course, could do that. But really couldn't reach, at this point anyway, kind of legal
consequences, it seems -- Becky.
ANDERSON: What more do we know about the meeting in 1980?
GALLAGHER: So the most egregious allegation hinges on this meeting in 1980, in which a priest from outside the diocese of Munich, who had
allegations of sexual abuse against him, requested to be transferred into the diocese of Munich, where the pope emeritus was archbishop, to receive
therapy.
So at this 1980 meeting, what was discussed is whether they would accept this priest and provide him accommodation in Munich while he received
therapy.
Now Benedict's contention and the -- in agreement with the Munich report, this is what is a bit strange, is that what was discussed at that meeting
was indeed only giving accommodation to a priest to receive therapy. It was not discussed what the therapy was for, was not discussed putting him back
into ministry.
He was successively put back into ministry and then he was condemned in 1986 for sexual abuse. So actually the report and Pope Benedict agreed that
the only thing discussed at that meeting was therapy for a priest from outside Munich.
The problem is that the Munich report says it is likely that Pope Benedict knew the reason for that therapy, that Benedict knew that there were
allegations against this priest; that is what Benedict denies -- Becky.
ANDERSON: Thank you, Delia.
We're taking a very short break. Back after this.
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ANDERSON: Hollywood got up early for one of the film industry's biggest days of the year.
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LESLIE JORDAN, ACTOR: Hearing your name announced this morning is a moment each nominee will never forget, not that I would know what a Oscar
nomination is like. But a boy can dream.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, ACTOR: Oh, Leslie, and a girl can dream too.
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ANDERSON: Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross announcing the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards. There are 10 films up for Best Picture including
"Belfast," "West Side Story" and "Licorice Pizza."
The Academy Awards will be given out on March 27th.
Talk about a fantastic homecoming and look no further than Senegal.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): The national football team treated like heroes and rightly so after their performance in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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