To devise a plan to deal with the refugee crisis. Well, it was a momentous first day in the u. S. For pope francis. President obama and it first lady, michelle obama, greeted the pontiff at the white house this morning. The president and the pope took part in a welcoming ceremony on the south lawn before meeting privately in the oval office, and later, thousands cheered for pope francis in a parade before he ended the day with the canonization of a new saint. Mike viqueira joins us, and the pontiff didnt seem to shy away in addressing major issues facing the United States and the church today. He addressed in the first speech that he made as pope in his entire life. This is the first visit he has had here. What the pope saw on television and the thousands who lined the street and thronged the pope in jubilation as he made his way across town in a parade is a pope thats not going to shy away from controversy. From the moment he left the Vatican Embassy in the morning, to the indelible s
Catholic leader was welcomed on the south lawn with a 21gun salute. The pope spoke to americans on this, his first trip to the u. S. He met with the president in the oval office and was welcomed where he kissed several babies in the crowd. Mike, it has been a whirlwind of a day for the pope. And some political some politics in this address this morning, right . Reporter its only halfover yet. Some striking images, profound words on the part of the pope. The president obama and the pope singing on some of the major issues of the day. The pope arrived on the south lawn of the white house among ceremony, trumpets greeting him, as were the first lady and the president , president obama. The pope talked about the key issues these two have men have in common, immigration, religious rights and climate change. Perhaps the biggest one of all. Heres more of what the pope had to say. The son of an immigrant family, im happy to be a guest in this country, which was lastly built by such families. [
More on that story in a moment. But we begin tonight with a decline in the biotech sector. The decline in that sector, its worst of the year, was fueled not by a failed drug trial but by president ial hopeful Hillary Clinton. The nasdaq biotech index fell about 4 1 2 after clinton said in a tweet that as president shed crack down on what she sees as price gouging in the pharmaceutical industry. She promised more details tomorrow. Now, those comments were in response to a report in the New York Times of a 5,000 price increase, virtually overnight, in a 62yearold specialty drug. Now, weve talked a lot about the high cost of breakthrough new drugs coming to market. But as meg tirrell reports, older drugs arent immune. Reporter for a Small Company its making big waves for the drug industry. Turing pharmaceuticals, a private Company Founded by a former hedge fund manager, is the target of outrage over the price of its drug deraprin. The medicine cost 13. 50 a tablet before turing acquired t
More on that story in a moment. But we begin tonight with a decline in the biotech sector. The decline in that sector, its worst of the year, was fueled not by a failed drug trial but by president ial hopeful Hillary Clinton. The nasdaq biotech index fell about 4 1 2 after clinton said in a tweet that as president shed crack down on what she sees as price gouging in the pharmaceutical industry. She promised more details tomorrow. Now, those comments were in response to a report in the New York Times of a 5,000 price increase, virtually overnight, in a 62yearold specialty drug. Now, weve talked a lot about the high cost of breakthrough new drugs coming to market. But as meg tirrell reports, older drugs arent immune. Reporter for a Small Company its making big waves for the drug industry. Turing pharmaceuticals, a private Company Founded by a former hedge fund manager, is the target of outrage over the price of its drug deraprin. The medicine cost 13. 50 a tablet before turing acquired t
Are out there. And Melissa Mollet and chuck are here with details. We want to begin where the pope is beginning his morning. Hes at the Vatican Embassy. Looks like some people behind you, aaron. Absolutely, eun. It takes a special person to have people up before 5 00 a. M. To stand on a sidewalk and wait. That is what weve seen in the last half an hour. It started out with just two people and now there are entire families. Weve seen children in strollers and folks with a few more years under their belts as well here just for the possibility that they might be able to see pope francis when he is up and leaving the embassy this morning. We expect that thats going to happen sometime in the 8 00 hour. In the meantime, these folks are hoping that theyre able to catch a glimpse of him while hes moving around in this area. We talked to some of the folks who work at the paraguy embassy. A lot of people that weve seen show up are of latin american heritage. There are more than 200,000 hispanic