Talks at the vatican led to this. Embassies open and americans visiting in increasing numbers. And the people are so happy because they know that pope francis in some way intervened in this process. So i think the people are grateful and well have the opportunity of expressing this gratitude to the holy father in his visit. Reporter preps are already under way here for the popes visit where more than a million cubans are expected to attend pope francis mass under the watchful eye of che guevara a Freedom Fighter and atheist. Reporter more than half of cubans are catholic but during the cold war reg was all but illegal. Now new churches are being built for the first time in decades. With parishes seeing higher participation and more community outreach. But restrictions remain. That it was in the past is better moment now. Reporter cuba is releasing more than 3,000 prisoners in on the popes agenda, a possible meeting with fidel castro and current president raul castro who was raised cath
Iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias a Campus Stabbing tops your National Headlines this morning. Elias the campus of university of california merced went on lockdownwn wednesday when a man stabbed five students. Two of the victims were airlifted to a hospital. The others treated on campus. The suspect was shot and killed. Officials havent released a motive, and its not known what relationship, if any, existed between the attacker and the victims. Elias and shocking news over the death of an Illinois Police officer. Investigators say the death of lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz has been ruled a suicide. Abcs alex perez is in fox lake, illinois with the latest from standup officer to lying thief . This morning new details about the death of lieutenant Charles Joseph gliniewicz . Authorities saying he was not killed in the line of duty as initially believed but that he instead took his own life sot chief george filenko, commander, L
Homemade clock to class mistaken for a bomb. Was he racially profiled . Speaking out only on gma this morning. And get ready to go above and beyond this morning. We showed you this marvelous moment on the beach. Now were topping it with an epic event for one very deserving man who has no idea its about to happen. We are blasting off with our biggest live event ever only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Big night at the reagan library, biggest debate field ever. There you see the 11 candidates walking onto the stage, the 11 who made the cut. Frontrunner donald trump in the middle of it all. He was taking heat from all sides last night including Carly Fiorina, another breakthrough performance from her and she is here this morning. We have our Political Team standing by to break it all down for think morning. Well begin with abcs tom llamas who was there for, well, all the fireworks. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning to you. What a night. Many candidates showe
The. Announcer its 10 00 p. M. You know where your children are . Now onright fox 5 news. The pope comes from out of the u. S. Do steve he will visit the shrine of the patron saint before heading to washington tomorrow. The nations capitaland bracing today, thousands are expected to see the pope visited while people that live and work in and around washington dc are being told to be aware of extra security and stick to mass transit. If it sounds one of familiar it have been talking about this for weeks. Schmidt has more on what we can expect. That is right, you can expect a lot of traffic. You know, the saint cathedral is going to be the first stop after the pope arrives in new york reader in the week hearing as for security, the Police Commissioner has already said that this is the biggest security challenge in the citys history, but both he and the mayor say that the city and the nypd are wellprepared. I think that we are absolutely ready. Pope francis arrived on thursday. Visit coin
September 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin with the republican pac hitting the road and the talk show circuit fresh from the combative debate last night. The primetime showdown drew some 23 Million Viewers making it the most watched program in cnn history. Now the 11 candidates are hoping to capitalize on their strongest moments of the night. More on your voice, your vote from abcs kenneth moton. Reporter good morning, kendis and reena. No surprise donald trump thinks he won that second debate. It will be weeks before we get another stage fight. And that republican field could be a little smaller. Gop candidates back on the campaign trail looking for some post debate momentum. Donald trump was on the ground in New Hampshire. We had a little thing call add he debate be at the reagan library. And it was it was sort of an amazing thing. Carly fiorina told George Steven pop loss on thursday shes satisfied with her standout performance showing off her know