Never sat down for an extended, wideranging interview with an American Broadcast Network until now. [bell tolls] [whispers] wow. Buongiorno, your holiness. Tonight, our global exclusive with pope francis. He may be the 266th pope, but he is a man of firsts. Are we okay to start . Pope francis [speaking spanish] si si, como no . We have a new pontiff. Norah elected to the papacy in 2013. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in argentina, hes the first pope to hail from the americas and from the Southern Hemisphere. This is incredible, to hear the crowd there that has jammed into st. Peters square. The 87yearold is the first pope to choose the name francis, after Saint Francis of assisi, known for his simplicity and humility. Hes the first jesuit pope. The pope of the holy see. Norah and the first pope to address the u. S. Congress. Pope Francis America continues to be, for many, a land of dreams. [applause] norah pope francis took charge of the Roman Catholic church at a crossroads. Between the c
Year after strikes, a blunt assessment from the general. Hes one of the strongest leaders. Chinese president xi jinping arrives in the u. S. , meeting with leaders in the west who are wary about chinese commercial hacking. Canvas masters. Such an exhibition is fascinating, you can experience things by looking, and you can learn a lot. Vincent van go, a 19th century painting, never crossing paths in life, but how an exhibition explores their shared visions. Good evening, im antonio mora, this is Al Jazeera America. We begin with the arrive of pope francis in the capital. The pope touches down at st andrews this afternoon to be greeted by president obama and the first family. Joe biden, and u. S. Bishops. On thursday hell address a joint session of congress. Hell meet with the president at the white house tomorrow, before a prayer. Hell end the day by holding the first canonization mass on u. S. Soil in front of 25,000. Mike viqueira joins us at the white house. What was the atmosphere l
This is a mass scandal that not only cheated consumers but harmed the environment. Volkswagen admitted to cheating on emissions test in millions more cars. The cost in billions could put vws future at risk. Tonight pope francis is in america. Washington, d. C. Just a few hours ago he was ready to join the president and his family. It was the popes first visit, and expectations are high. Along the way, francis is expected to focus on significant issues like caring for the poor and the planet. Hes also expected to ruffle some feathers. Eric pitzi reports. There was a roar from the crowd as his plane shepherd one landed outside of washington. The cheers grew even louder as the man known as the peoples pope emerged. Poised to greetet pope the moment he stepped on u. S. Soil for the first time was president obama, the first family. His church officials. The pope was all smiles showing little sign of fatigue having just wrapped up a fourday visit to cuba where he urged continued reconciliati
Witness this today, stephanie. Libby casey anticipating events there, our coverage of pope francis first visit to america continues and the pontiff reaction to the Church Sex Abuse scandal and some praise him for it and some say its not enough. We do have i believe more live pictures coming out of washington right now, do we have images of the parade route and in just moments the pope will be getting back into the pope mobile at which point it will be a relatively short parade around the lifts. This is a live look at the residence where the pope is staying and i believe this is Patrick Horn Beck help me out, is in the cathedral. Inside space he will pray before going back outside to celebrate mass. Okay, and from here patrick let us just pause for a moment and talk about the popularity of this pope among ordinary americans because there are 70 million catholics in the country. Absolutely. His message resinating to people beyond that . Absolutely, this pope has managed to attract people
We go forward pope francis speaks to congress with a message of homelessness, immigration and working for the common good indicted. Translation there needs to bejustice. Its a story we have brought you. A Border Control guard shot a mexican teen dead, that was charged with murder. Holy roller. From true horsepower to the 4wheel kind. A brief and enlightening history of the pope mobile tragedy on one of the hole yesterdays in islam. Over 700 crushed to death in saudi arabia, mina. It was a stampede during hajj. Hundreds injured. King salman has promise said a swift investigation. This was the deadliest accident during the hajj in two decades. Omar al saleh reports. Reporter a second tragedy within weeks. Saudi authorities see a surge among pilgrims. Hundreds died. Many more injured. On the way back i met my husband. The pilgrims pushed each other, pushing people to the ground. I was about to die. Reporter the pilgrims were making their way to the stoning of the wall ritual, part of the