Of the cathedral. The popes plane is scheduled to depart santiago, cuba, for washington at about 12 30 this afternoon. Pope francis celebrated mass in cubas holiest shrine earlier this morning. President raul castro received the holy father at the basilica of the virgin of charity of pauvre. It was the latest in a series of carefully worded critiques during his fourday trip there. Later today, president obama will greet the pope as he arrives on american soil for the first time. Youre looking at the two leaders meeting at the vatican in march of last year. The president will greet the pope at the airport today and then there will be a special ceremony at the white house tomorrow morning. And heres the popes schedule this week. He arrives in washington around 4 00 this afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon pope francis will celebrate mass in d. C. On thursday hell address a joint session of congress before traveling to new york city. On friday the pope will address the u. N. General assembly, v
Celebrations like this one. We were able to seat fireworks over the bay bridge lining up the San Francisco skylines. Gorgeous. No major problem reported by the police and every Available Police officer was out there patrolling the streets. This was another day at New York Times square. An estimated Million Party goers, celebrating, kissing, watching the countdown and the ball drop. The huge crowd was surrounded by extremely tight security. Thousands of Police Officers, uniform and under cove out there keeping every one safe and happy. Streets were also filled with lots of confetti. More than a ton of it was dropped to celebrate new years day and the performers out there included big names like Carrie Underwood and demi lovato. And other celebrations that we want to show you. On the left side of the screen, thats the celebration in Old Sacramento 9 00 is when they celebrated. They celebrated with the ball drop in new york city and in the middle of your screen, las vegas, thousands of pe
As the City of Flagstaff continues to grapple with potential water rate increases, last week the Flagstaff City Council directed staff to look at lessening rate increases by reducing the