Lets look at live pictures now of pope francis at st. Patricks cathedral in new york city. The pope will lead an Evening Prayer Service there and give remarks in spanish. We will continue to monitor the service and bring you complete coverage rear view the popes historic visit in just a moment. But first, taj is a struck on the one of the holiest days in is lament. Over 700 people crushed to death in saudi arabia in a stampede during the annual hajj. Hundreds more were injured. Saudi Arabias King Salman has promised a swift investigation in to one of the deadliest accidents during the hajj in two decades. Omar al saleh reports now from mean a. Reporter a second tragedy within weeks, saudi Authorities Say a sudden surge among the huge crowd of pilgrims led to a deadly stampede. Hundreds of people died, many more were injured. Translator we were coming back and on the way back i met my husband, the pilgrims began pushing each other and pushed people to the ground. I was about to die. Rep
Witness this today, stephanie. Libby casey anticipating events there, our coverage of pope francis first visit to america continues and the pontiff reaction to the Church Sex Abuse scandal and some praise him for it and some say its not enough. We do have i believe more live pictures coming out of washington right now, do we have images of the parade route and in just moments the pope will be getting back into the pope mobile at which point it will be a relatively short parade around the lifts. This is a live look at the residence where the pope is staying and i believe this is Patrick Horn Beck help me out, is in the cathedral. Inside space he will pray before going back outside to celebrate mass. Okay, and from here patrick let us just pause for a moment and talk about the popularity of this pope among ordinary americans because there are 70 million catholics in the country. Absolutely. His message resinating to people beyond that . Absolutely, this pope has managed to attract people
Have to say one of the most memorable is him getting out of that fiatt in front of this elaborate ceremony. A perfect symbol stephanie for the way this pope approached his office, to set aside some trappings of power and to be humble and to be authentic and not stand on airs of any sort. You can tell when he was listening to president obama speak he was paying very, very careful attention. During the ceremonial parts he seemed a little bit more tired and seemed like he wanted to get to the main meat of the matter to bring the message about justice, religious liberty and Climate Change and the trip shows up a little more in the address than we will see in some more religious ceremony like the masses and prayer services. What will happen from here is he will sign the guest book that mike was talking about and a sort of exchange of gifts. Is that usually a symbolic gift . Its a tricky one. If you are the president of the United States what do you give the pope . That is a difficult one fo
Easing of chinas onechild policy is affecting their families. Good morning, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. President obamas European Tour is in its fourth day and he is in vatican city for his first meeting with the pontiff. Mike viqueira is travelling with the president in vatican city. Good morning. The president and pope francis expected to meet for a short time. What is happening right now at the vatican . Yes. Well, im just going to turn my head for a second. The president s motorcade is across st. Peterss square. The president arrived as you might imagine. There were many onlookers lining the way, taking pictures. The president turns out. Italians and others are interested. The president shook the hand of the pontiff and said, im a great reminder. He has a full slate of activities in rome, including sightseeing at the colosseum. Pope francis is expected to give the potential to the Affordable Care act, which is employers providing some cover. Any word about that
Bethlehem and holds mass for the faithful. There would have been further loss of life and further injury, especially when we determined that the suspect had over400 remaining rounds of ammunition a college town rocked by a killing spree. Good morning, im John Henry Smith, we begin with the deadly rampage in california. As you heard Santa Barbara sheriff bill brown says as bad as the scene was, it could have been worse. It happened near the campus of u. C. Santa barbara, with 22yearold Elliot Rodger murdered six, and injured 13 more before taking his life. Brian rooney has the story. Reporter it started when three young men were stabbed to death in an apartment. 23yearold Elliot Rodger tried to get into a Sorority House. Within minutes there were two exchanges of gunfire with police in as many as nine elections where shots were fired. Rodgers came to a stop and found dead of a gunshot. 20yearold Christopher Martinez was one of those killed, his father spoke to reporters. You dont thing