We go forward pope francis speaks to congress with a message of homelessness, immigration and working for the common good indicted. Translation there needs to bejustice. Its a story we have brought you. A Border Control guard shot a mexican teen dead, that was charged with murder. Holy roller. From true horsepower to the 4wheel kind. A brief and enlightening history of the pope mobile tragedy on one of the hole yesterdays in islam. Over 700 crushed to death in saudi arabia, mina. It was a stampede during hajj. Hundreds injured. King salman has promise said a swift investigation. This was the deadliest accident during the hajj in two decades. Omar al saleh reports. Reporter a second tragedy within weeks. Saudi authorities see a surge among pilgrims. Hundreds died. Many more injured. On the way back i met my husband. The pilgrims pushed each other, pushing people to the ground. I was about to die. Reporter the pilgrims were making their way to the stoning of the wall ritual, part of the
Gathering of World Leaders. Decision, speaker of the house john boehner announces hes leaving capitol hill. Dinner and diplomacy. After a day of tense meetings and negotiations, president obama hosts a lavish state dinner for the president of china. Good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. We begin with a historic visit of the peoples pope to new yo york. Pope francis celebrated mass at Madison Square garden reminding successful city dwellers to care for the homeless, the elderly, immigrants and the poor. Earlier he delivered a speech to the united nations. Bisi onileere joins us on the popes day and a busy day it was. It certainly was, a whirlwind tour taking him to capitol hill and the white house. But a more subdued audience awaited him in Downtown Manhattan friday morning. At ground zero the site of the 9 11 attacks the pope met with families of the victims and prayed at the reflection pools where the twin towers once stood. A scene of unspeakable violence. Bless
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Pope francis will make history once again this morning on his first visit to the u. S. He is becoming the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of congress. Thousands will watch the historic address inside and outside the capital. The popes first day in the u. S. Was a whirlwind. He visited the white house and met privately with president obama, then he thrilled huge crowds during a parade along d. C. Streets before a special mass to canonize the saint. You are taking a live look at the National Mall where some 30,000 people are expected to gather. Del walters is there, too, where he will hear the popes address. Del, tell us whats going to happen outside the capital building. What you are hearing is the National Anthem as a climate day rally is kicking off, co in crieding with the papal address that will take place inside congress at 9 20 this morning. There are expect to go 40,000 people on the m
Goal has been to consistently engage with china in a way that is constructive, to manage our differences and to maximize opportunities for cooperation. And i have repeatedly said that i believe it is in the interests of the United States to see china grow, to pull people out of poverty, to expand its markets because a successful and stable and peaceful china can then serve as an effective partner with us on a range of international challenges. Last night during our discussions, i mentioned to president xi that as powerful as the United States is, the nature of the Biggest Challenges we face, things like Climate Change or terrorism or pandemic or refugees, those are not issues that any one nation alone can solve, and we recognize because of our strength and the size of our economy and the excellence of our military that we can play a special role and carry a larger burden, but we cant do it alone. China, despite its size, still has Development Challenges of its own, so it cant solve the
He also referenced Abraham Lincoln, what Martin Luther king, and dorothy day. Democrats, call 202 7488000, republicans, call 202 7488001 , independents, call 202 7488002. cspanwj is our twitter handle, join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan, or send an email to journal cspan. Org. Front top half of usa today, is this photograph by a New York Times, photographer. In this case, he was the pool photographer because they want to cut down on the number of people. This appears on the front page of usa today. This is the pope out on the speakers balcony. The crowd on the mall in washington. You can see Vice President biden here, majority leader senator Mitch Mcconnell here, Speaker John Boehner im sorry, this is kevin mccarthy, the majority leader. Ande is Speaker Boehner, nancy pelosi is standing right here. Mrs. Policy and mr. Weiner are boehner and mr. Well noncatholics. Wellknown catholics. His address was clearly calibrated for his audience which welcomed him with an excitement and