As tragic as this. Its just something that happens in the blink of an eye. And the rest of us are left to deal with it. So yeah its going to be hard road. One of bakers friends talked to us while not showing his face. Kathie was a good person. She came to the lab about 15 years ago. Reporter the crash happened when the 80yearold driver was just trying to park her suv. She inadvertently hit the gas pedal instead of the break. Its called pedal confusion. She ran through the front doors of the gym through the entire gym 70 feet then she crashed into a classroom wall. Reporter kathie baker was chief financial at the national laboratory. Bakers friend also works at the lab. Very well liked by the people that work for above and below. Thats a rare commodity when you find somebody thats liked from all sides. Reporter you can see theres a crew boarding up those glass windows that were broken. Its unclear when the gym is going to be reopened. They did order the woman no longer to drive and they
Reporter some 11,000 guests packed the south lawn of the white house this morning to get a gyms of pope francis. He then met behind closed doors with president obama. In a ceremony fit for a pope, president obama joined by the first lady and members of his cabinet officially welcomed pope francis to the white house. In your humility, your embrace of simplicity and the gentleness of your words and the generosity of your spirit, we see a living example of jesuss teachings. Reporter while the president largely used his speech about compassion, he did touch on issues where the two leaders agree. Were grateful. Reporter for his part, Pope Franciss public remarks were limited to areas of agreement as follow. The public speeches were followed by a closeddoor oval office meeting. It seems clear to me also that Climate Change is a problem we can no locker be left we can no longer leave that to our future generation. L at the white house, fox news. Tara moriarty is in washington, d. C. For the p
Assignment. Pope francis is just charming crowds in washington, the first stop on his visit to the u. S. His trip culminates with a mass on the ben franklin parkway, right here in philadelphia, this sunday. Correspondent don champion joins us now live in washington, d. C. , been up since very early this morning with the story of francis first morning on us soil. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, erika, the ceremony on the white house, the south lawn of the white house, was meant to be a grand welcome for the pope, and boy, was it grand. The pope wasted no time weighing in on some very relevant and tough issues. A joyous crowd welcomed pope francis to the white house this morning, during his First Official visit to the u. S. Speaking in english, the argentinian born francis said he was grateful for the warm reception. Im happy to be a guest in this country which was vastly built of families. The popes remarks went beyond pleasantry, to address americas improving relations with cuba. He al
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House and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Well to a special splet edition of today on this very important wednesday morning. Im matt lauer here at the white house. Savannah is back at studio 1a. I have to tell you its excited to be here. Were on the south lawn. Quiet around here until 6 00 this morning and then we opened up the gates to the public and all those people who have been waiting at the ellipse overnight and they sprinted, a mad dash into this area to try to get to the front of the fencing to get a glimpse of the pope. Hes expected to get here at around 9 00. Hell be welcomed again by the president , along with thousands of invited guests. Thousands more, by the way, just beyond the white house gates hoping to get a glimpse of the honored guest, and we expect him to speak, the pope, that is, briefly in english this morning, but his major speech will come tomorrow. That will happen on capitol hill, savannah. Meantime, matt, as you k