Pope francis seems entirely comfortable navigating the streets of washington. Even pausing now and then to kiss a child along the way and wave at his faithful. Just seeing him that close, you can see i feel his presence. I mean, who does not want to see the pope . Reporter the pope had just come from the white house, where he emerged from a tiny fiat to greet president obama and speak to a crowd of more than 10,000 people. At times, he touched on political themes where he and the president share Common Ground like immigration and climate change. Climate change is a problem we can no longer be left to our future generation. Reporter will he bring that kind of message to capitol hill today . Or will he make additional waves and address more conservative aspects . He may stick to broader cultural themes. The culture of disposing of things, this culture of ours, that would have us dispose of things very easily, but also dispose of people. The globalization of an difference as he is calling
Than 24 hours ago. System coming out of the gulf of alaska eventually cools us down saturday and extends into sunday, monday. Today partly cloudy. Mostly sunny. If the higher clouds stick around, maybe a little cooler, if they dont, 90s interior, 70s, 80s, by the bay. 4 31. Lets hope its quiet, sal. I think that was very quiet. Brian and you are are very healthy, so no pressure. When i see pam, its going to be like, hey, pam, how are you . Traffic report is coming from here. Got a go. Thanks for your support. Good morning, everyone. Lets go out and do a traffic report now. Start off with the bay bridge toll plaza and youll see traffic that is there but its not really. In that left lane, thats the cash lane. There are people lining up. But the rest of the lanes are actually doing very well. Looking at the san mateo bridge, the traffic there looks good heading to the highrise. No problems there or on the bridge getting over to the peninsula. If youre driving on the south bay commute, 280
First lady greeted the pope as he arrived. He is the leader of the Roman Catholic church with an estimated 69 million followers right here in the United States. Good evening everyone im heather holmes. And im frank somerville. Pope francis has a packed schedule in the United States. They say he immediately rolled down the windows so that those in the crowd could easily see him. The pope is in the United States until sunday. We begin his historic visit with rich edson. Good evening from poverty to Climate Change and religious freedom, pope francis is bringing his message to dc and the United States. Hes only been here a few hours though hes already seen large crowd. Hes here. For the first time pope francis is in the United States. Landing this afternoon at joint base andrus near washington, d. C. Where the president greeted him. Hes very happy to be here now. And he received a very good welcome from the president and the president ial family. Reporter now after the welcome, 18 addresse
He struggled with the decision to canonize father Junipero Serra. For his cousin it was something that he prayed for and worked hard for for 37 years. To become a saint you need to perform two miracles. He only had one. Her sisters at the church prayed to father Junipero Serra and in two weeks she was healed. She taught children and was just a simple soul. Never wanted to be in the lime light. I know her spirit is here today. Reporter she was flown to rome where she was poke for days till they found no trace of the disease. Many people bought rosaries and the pope blessed them. So they be taken the memory of today and a piece of pope francis that they will have forever and i am one of those people. I bought these, i dont know if we can show these, these are the bracelets i bought today and these are the rosary beads they have for sale here and they were made in italy. What is unique about this one, it has a picture of pope francis on it. It is a great momento. So mom and grandmother if
Reporter some 11,000 guests packed the south lawn of the white house this morning to get a gyms of pope francis. He then met behind closed doors with president obama. In a ceremony fit for a pope, president obama joined by the first lady and members of his cabinet officially welcomed pope francis to the white house. In your humility, your embrace of simplicity and the gentleness of your words and the generosity of your spirit, we see a living example of jesuss teachings. Reporter while the president largely used his speech about compassion, he did touch on issues where the two leaders agree. Were grateful. Reporter for his part, Pope Franciss public remarks were limited to areas of agreement as follow. The public speeches were followed by a closeddoor oval office meeting. It seems clear to me also that Climate Change is a problem we can no locker be left we can no longer leave that to our future generation. L at the white house, fox news. Tara moriarty is in washington, d. C. For the p