Intersection. And we say good thursday morning to you and, of course, well start with pope francis. A busy day ahead. Traveling here to new york from the nations capital. His first full day in the u. S. Was filled with excitement and emotion, you can see it here as francis made his way to the altar of the nations largest cathedral, the faithful reaching out to touch him. Security guards trying to keep them out of the way. Some images from behind the scenes. Take a look. Pope francis and the president on the white house colonnade and the pope, president and first lady waving to the crowd from the blue room balcony and also inside take a look at this, the pope officially meeting the entire obama family greeted here by first dogs bo and sunny, these images posted by the white house official photographer. And we want to give you a live picture now of the Capitol Building where this morning francis will become the first pope to ever address a joint meeting of congress. Lots of excitement in
That generated as much heat and animus as this topic did. Please help me welcome a man who stood up to argue and to defend what our nations highest court has now recognized as a constitutional right, professor geoffrey stone. [applause] thank you. Im delighted to be here. My talk this afternoon derives from a book that i am currently finishing titled sex and the constitution. Although the book addresses such issues as obscenity, contraception, homosexuality generally, abortion and so on, i decided to focus specifically this afternoon on the issue of samesex marriage, an issue that cuts to the very heart of the meaning of equal citizenship. In august of 1982, an Atlanta Police officer went to the home of Michael Hardwick to serve an arrest warrant for public drinking. Upon entering the home, he observed hardwick and another man engaged in oral sex. The officer placed both men under arrest for the crime of sodomy. In the case decided in 1986, the Supreme Court held that the homosexual so
The declaration tells us that rights come from god, not government. [ applause ] the constitution has a framework thats set up not as some kind of result of bureaucratic haggling, but as something is designed to protect, promote freedom. And the president is right. In many way, we are a shining city on a hill. But the hard truth is that not everyone is sharing in this citys slender and glory. A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the port ko of the white house and the ver randa of thiz ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But theres another city. Another part to the shining city. The part where some people cant pay their mortgages. And most young people cant afford one. Where students cant afford the education they need and middle class parents watch the dreams they hold for their children evaporate. In this part of the city, there are more poor than ever. More families in trouble. More and more people who need help, but cant find it. Even worse. There are elde
A yogi berra. We remember an american original. Good evening on this historic night from washington. Pope francis greeted by tens of thousands of americans here in our nations capital. Stopping the pope mobile, lifting children to bless them. Speaking english on the south lawn of the white house, calling america a nation of immigrants, founded on religious freedom. Quoting Martin Luther king jr. , issuing a call to action on climate change. Then uttering those three words god bless america. The images of this day. President obama, the first lady with the pope, waving from that balcony. Later, walking the path along the rose garden. Faking to the streets in the pope mobile. That jeep wrangler. And just a short time ago, making history here. The pope and the saint, canonized right here in the u. S. We have Team Coverage of every moment, every step tonight. Abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran, traveling with the pope and leading us off. Reporter on a glorious sundappled morning a
Shot. And yogi berra. We remember an american original. Good evening on this historic night from washington. Pope francis greeted by tens of thousands of americans here in our nations capital. Stopping the pope mobile, lifting children to bless them. Speaking english on the south lawn of the white house, calling america a nation of immigrants, founded on religious freedom. Quoting Martin Luther king jr. , issuing a call to action on climate change. Then uttering those three words god bless america. The images of this day. President obama, the first lady with the pope, waving from that balcony. Later, walking the path along the rose garden. Faking to the streets in the pope mobile. That jeep wrangler. And just a short time ago, making history here. The pope and the saint, canonized right here in the u. S. We have Team Coverage of every moment, every step tonight. Abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran, traveling with the pope and leading us off. Reporter on a glorious sundappled m