57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Thanks for joining us. Im annemarie green. Pope francis arrives in the United States tomorrow, his first trip ever to the u. S. Today, he continues his trip in cuba with a mass in the eastern part of the island nation. Yesterday, he met with fidel castro and celebrated a mass urging cubans to care for one another out of a sense of service, not ideology. Adrienne diaz has more from havana. Reporter the popes historic trip to the u. S. U. S. Is capturing the attention of hundreds of thousands, both old and young. Despite rain, thousands of young people welcomed pope francis like a rock star. Some climbed trees to get a better look. He spoke off the cuff at an event for cubas youth. This 17yearold rodriguez was there. What did you think of the popes speech . I loved it, she said. It blew me away. I felt like it was my mom or dad speaking to me. It was the popes last public stop on his first full day in cuba. He shook hands and kissed babie
The big question how did t suspect eventually crashed e stolen cop car. And police made their arrest. But the big questio how did the suspect steal t cops car in the first place 8 15 this morning. In the marina. Police went to arrest a suspect wielding a knife so they tried. Instead. That suspect flipd the script. Stealing the officers squad car. Broadcastify i hear on chl six that the suspect has the keys to the car, but the a. S in the car. Locked. But i he the key. Bite chief hector sainez, acting chief, sfpde seen it in my career maybe happen once before, and ive been in Law Enforcement 27 s now. Acting chief hector sz says the officer tried preventing the carjacking. But the suspect took off. Broadcastify seen pd vehie seen toward Golden Gate Park swerving and speeding. Inside the squad car. The officers guns. Bite chief hector sainez, acting chief, sfpdbut those firearms a secured with secondary lockg systems, so unless you are g those weap chief hector says the officer tried pre
We thought this was going to be a big war week but it ends with a big surprise yesterday. Thats right. Surprise is right. Eric holder resigning after six years in one of the most controversial tenures in the Obama Administration. There he is yesterday in the east room next to the president of the United States. He called it quits. He didnt want to stick around much longer. He said our list of accomplishments is real. He said that the president the president at one point said eric holder approached him over the summer and said six years is a pretty good run. So the question is, why exactly is eric holder calling it quits right now . Part of the conventional wisdom is the president didnt want to go through the fact that if the republicans take the senate, then he would have tough instead brian terrys sister, brian terry was gunned down in the fast and furious scandal, she has a theory. I do not find it a coincidence that eric holder chose to resign now after judge baits decided to delay
Installations, a major source of this groups funding. This comes as president obama called on the Global Community to join the fight. The suspect in the disappearance of student Hannah Graham in custody. Theres a long road ahead of us. That long road includes finding Hannah Graham. Heavy downpours swamped much of northwest texas. Its been worse in florida where the wettest september is drowning daytona beach. Get out of the car. [ gunfire ] the former South Carolina state trooper is on the wrong side of the law after shooting an unarmed man. The victim did survive. Police in pennsylvania think they spotted eric frein. The trail of clues include cigarettes and soiled diapers. Were not going away. We will be here until we apprehend him. Sandwich king jimmy johns says its systems were hacked. A california woman was attacked by a massive black bear and lives to tell the story. Looking at him, i knew he could kill me. All that the western Title Division winners the los angeles dodgers. Ive
The big reveal. We will show you what it took to put together. Now hoda is shining a light on remarkable kids today, thursday, september 25th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer, and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im matt lauer with with hoda kotb. Natalie morales and al roker here as well. People have heard little portions of the song that youre putting together and have put together on the network overnight. Its been sneak iing on ther. Its all for pediatric cancer. What warmed my heart, i looked outside my heart today, its ra raining, icky outside. The plaza is packed with supporters supporting pediatric cancer, so thank you to everybody that came out to support it. Terrific. Maybe we can get it on itunes. That would be great. We will have the premiere of that video in a little while. Lets get to our top story, a busy morning for you, al, widespread flooding in the south and soaking ra