what s transcendental in this moment of change is the spirit of the cuban people. i hope the change will be as kind to cuba as they have been to me. patrick altman, cnn, havana. that does it for krns newsronew cnn newsroom. thanks for joining us. stay with us on cnn. the beautiful sound of customers
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lead a mass at a shrine near santiago, cuba, before heading to the u.s. the pope has been warmly received during his four-day visit to the island nation. the vatican says 200,000 people attended his mass in havana. president obama and the first lady will greet the pope when he lands later tuesday near washington. the u.s. is accusing volkswagen of cheating on air standard tests. the environmental protection agency says the automaker installed of the r software on about 500,000 diesel cars that lowered emissions during testing. the e p,a says the vehicles emitted up to 40 times the legal levels of nitrous oxide when the software switched off. u.s. presidential candidate ben cash son is trying to clarify his remarks he would not support a muslim candidate for the white house. carson now says he could support a muslim if they renounced sharia law which is a key tenet of islam. scott walker is ending his u.s. presidential pabid. he is the second republican to
pope francis. reporter: conservatives have dubbed it the obama fication of pope francis and gop presidential candidates have had enough. i just think the pope was wrong. the fact is that his infallibility is on religious matters. not on political ones. reporter: it s not the first time a pope and u.s. president have joined forces. ronald reagan and pope john paul ii were close allies in the fight against communism during the cold war. when john paul ii went against polish communism and aligned himself with the solidarity movement i didn t hear a lot of uproar. he was lauded for that kind of advancement. and so i just think it s interesting that this pope, when he kind of wades into the waters gets criticized to stay out of politics. reporter: mike huckabee dubbed that a new low for an administration that will go down as the most anti-christian in american history. the white house insists the pope
pope francis has a full schedule planned during his six-day visit to the united states. hours from now he will fly to andrews air force base near washington. his visit there includes a speech before a joint session of the u.s. congress. and from thursday through sunday he ll visit new york city and philadelphia where he has numerous stops scheduled including a speech at the u.n. and a mass at madison square garden. the pope will complete his 2015 worldwide travels when he visits the african nations of kenya, uganda, and the central african republic in november. now to more news following for you. chinese president xi jinping is on his way to the u.s. and what s shaping up to be a controversial visit. before he dropped out of the presidential race scott walker said mr. xi s visit should be canceled over accusations that china has been sponsoring cyber espionage. a u.s. natural security