[ applause ] the leader of the holy sea just greeted a sea of cheering people in the nations capital, the massive crowd caught a glimpse of pope francis after he became the first pontiff to speak to u. S. Lawmakers at capitol hill. Rick and sara are off and im matt odonnell. The big story is pope francis unprecedented speech to congress, one thing he said to congress, was let us remember the golden rule. Here is the highlights. Reporter good afternoon, a warm reception here for pope francis at the capital. He spoke of great leaders such as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king jr. And called on congress to follow their example. On the way to make history, pope francis stops for handshakes and hugs before riding over to his little fiat to the stately u. S. Capital. Brief meetings with house speaker, john boehner and other leaders then. The holy leader he made his way down the aisle to address the join session of congress. The free of the home and the brave [ applause ] 50,000 watch on
I think you got high marks from a lot of people from all walks of life. We did not hear anyone saying, i disagreed. Leon we are watching as the pontiff is making his weight to the bottom of the staircase making his way to the bottom of the staircase. He is still meeting people. The man who speaks for the United States around the globe speaking to the man who speaks for 1. 2 billion catholics. The pontiff about to take the stairs and head on to new york. Alison jonathan talked about the address to congress. The moment he stepped out on the balcony and addressed the thousands of people was remarkable at how humble he was. He asked those people to pray for him. And he is also inclusive. And he said if youre not catholic or believer, sending good thoughts. Leon im sure you are not surprised. Reporter he was everyone to know he is the peoples pope and that means all people. Catholics, but also christians, people of other faiths, and even people of no faith at all. People find it hard to bel
Security threats, will be deported. Response tot those that accuse him of overreaching. The actions taken by every single republican and democratic president for the past halfcentury. Of congressbers that . Authority to make our immigration system work better, or arch and the wisdom of me acting where congress has failed, i have one answer. Pass a bill. Republican say they will use that power they had to stop the president but they do not say what they will do. Here is john boehner. The president said before he is not king and he is not an emperor, but he is sure acting like it, and he is doing it at a the American People want nothing more than for us to Work Together. Turning to china, surprise move by the countrys central bank to boost the economy. China has cut Interest Rates for the First Time Since 2012. The benchmark lending rate was cut to 5. 6 . China is on track for its slowest growth in two decades. Has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In june, the Supreme Court ag
Republicans, 2027480008001. Send us a tweet, or go to facebook. Com cspan. You can also send an email. We will get your thoughts in a minute, but we want to show you what the majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, had to say yesterday when he went to the cameras after meeting with his conference behind closed doors and talked about this strategy. As all of you know, i put on the calendar last night what we called the collins bill, which would, if enacted prevent the president s executive actions from last november from going into effect. Procedurally the vote on that will occur friday. It will be cloture on the motion to proceed with that bill. In the meantime, i have indicated to the democratic leader that i would be happy to have his cooperation to advance a consideration of a clean dhhs bill, which would carry us through until september 30. Host lauren fox is joining us on the phone. Where did this all come from . How did this come about. Guest Mitch Mcconnell has been in a bind the last
Hometown. And on world stage, we will see how the Chinese Government is pledging to join the fight. First, the israeli Prime Minister has warned the u. S. Congress that against a possible nuclear deal with iran in a controversial address, netanyahu criticized current negotiations between u. S. And iranian officials in switzerland. He says the proposal does not prevent tehran from building atomic weapons and it would threaten the security of his country. Netanyahu compares iran to the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. So when it comes to iran and isis the enemy of youren my is your enemy. The difference is that isis is armed with bumper knives and youtube. Whereas iran can be armed with missiles and nuclear bombs. We must always remember, i mr. Say it one more time, the greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant islam with Nuclear Weapons. To defeat isis, and let Iran Get Nuclear Weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war. We cant let that happen. Is there