Catholic priest sex abuse, the future of 24-hour news and U.S. exporting global warming

The U.N.Com­mit­tee on the Rights of the Child announced its findings from a report on Vat­ic­an policies to­ward child sexu­al ab­use. The report declared that the Vatican should take steps to "immediately remove" clergy who are proven to be or suspected as child abusers. Doug Cassel from the University of Notre Dame Law School will tell us how he thinks the report will impact Vatican policies, if at all. Barbara Blaine, the founder and president of the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) explains why victims of sexual abuse felt it was necessary to bring their case to the United Nations.

In a recent article in the Guardian, Richard Sambrook writes, "around the world hundreds of millions of dollars continue to be invested each year in news networks." He poses this question "Is this money well spent? Or has the time come to rethink the TV news business? Sambrook, a professor of journalism at Cardiff University and former director of BBC Global News, believes the answer is yes. He'll tell why he thinks the 24-hour television news channels need to change.

Plus, as the U.S. makes historic strides towards green energy normalization, it’s exporting less desirable and dirtier fossil fuels to the rest of the world, at great profit for U.S. multinational corporations. But the gains come at great financial and health costs to the rest of the planet. That's according to a new Rolling Stone article by Tom Dickinson. He joins us to discuss the president's energy policies. (AP PhotoAlessandra Tarantino)