At lowes. Good afternoon. We are hours away from a historic meeting in cuba. Right now pope francis is on his wayhere to meet with the leader of the russianrthodox church. Constance the meeting could unite the catholic and Russian Orthodox church in more than 40 years. Hatzel vela has traveled tocuba and joins us live this midhay. Hatzel. Reporter kristi, constance, i can show the plane behind me is the exact same plane that brought the Russian Orthodox we arrive for the wait for the arrival of pope fran shows is expected to arrive at Jose Marti International airport around 2 00 this afternoon. He is right on time, but first show you a full day that the patriarch has had since his arrival starting at 8 00 this morning. An Early Morning for the head of the Russian Orthodox church. [drumming] reporter here he is laying a wreath at Jose Marti National Monument att revolution plaza. Reporte the patriarch inside the monument saying a few words. Praising cuba for preserving the memorythe mem
Above 44. Jobless claims, below 300,000. Yellen expected to make her first public speech after that big september fed meeting. Continuing of that major shakeup at volkswagen as martin winterman resigns. Microsoft with a big deal and a 38 billion commitment with boeing. Pope francis has departed for the u. S. Capital where the pontiff is scheduled to address a joint meeting of congress in about an hour. Pope francis expected to speak on a number of topics during yesterdays remarks at the white house. He spoke about Climate Change, im immigration and ledgeus liberty. He will be the first pope to address congress in this fashion. Boy, is he different. I have had the privilege of having an audience with the pope two weeks ago in the vatican s he is revolutionary in his own, quiet, reserved way. The one thing i would point out about this pope was that i was at rome. He went to go buy eyeglasses by himself. He has made the vatican accessible to everyone. This immigration is going to be front
[inaudible conversations] every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan2. Keep watching for more television for serious readers. Next to mark the papal visit to the United States we bring a program from march on the future of the Catholic Church. Historian gary wills questioned whether pope francis is capable of producing significant change within the Catholic Church. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good evening, everyone. The queue for coming out tonight. What an outstanding crowd. I am not surprised. You tricked a very good event to come to. Diane lissa muscatine, one of the coowners of politics and prose. My staff and co owner and husband bob grant and i welcome you to this event. Most of you know the drill but just in case you are new to our events, gary wills will speak for a bit and is happy to take questions. We have a microphone up here and do we the dyke if you could make it to the mic if you have questions. We videotaped these events a
Trouble hovering for the hottest gift this holiday season. The battle brewing over the hoverboard. Could this shark be standing in the way of you getting back to the future . And we do say good morning, america and from here in new york we can feel the excitement in the air in washington. Big crowds out to see the pope this morning, and, george, youre smack dab in the middle of it all. Right here on the south lawn. The kr0uds have been gathering for hours. Everyone excited, everyone smiling. Ready to greet pope francis. About 20,000 will be here when president obama greets him in about two hours from now and already there have been such memorable images on this trip. Yesterday the pope touching down around 4 00 p. M. On shepherd one, his plane and going down those steps to set foot on u. S. Soil for the first time in his life. The popes never been to america before. He was greeted, of course, by president obama who brought the whole family with him to Andrews Air Force base and four Yo
Good evening everyone. Thank you all so much for coming out tonight. What an outstanding crowd. Im not surprised. You have picked a very good event to come to. I am with some muscatine one of the coowners of politics and prose and politics and prose and our staff and my coowner and husband brad graham and i welcome all of you to this evenings event. I think less of you know the drill but just in case you are new to our events, professor wills will speak for a bit and is happy to take questions. We have a microphone appear and we really would like it if he could make it to the mic if you have questions. We videotaped these offense and we also have cspan here tonight so its really helpful if the various audiences can hear what you have is a question. We will and in about an hour. If you dont have a copy of the book and would like one we have plenty upfront. Professor wills will be happy to sign at the end. He asks given the magnitude of this crowd if you could limit your requests for sig