Inaudible] delivering the firstever papal address to a joint meeting of congress, pope francis urged compassion for the poor, immigrants, and refugees. Washington, d. C. Was the first stop on his threecity tour of the United States. Sergeant at arms mr. Speaker, he pope of the holy see. The speaker members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, pope francis of the holy see. [applause] pope francis mr. Vice president , mr. Speaker, all the members of congress, dear friends. I am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave. [applause] i would like to think that the reason for this is that i too am a son of this great continent, from which we have ll received so much and toward which we share a common responsibility. Ach son or daughter of a given country has a mission, a personal and social responsibility. Your own responsibility as members of congress is to enable t
Pope francis has left washington and traveled to new york city. Tomorrow he will address the United Nations general assembly. Following his u. N. Speech he will attend a religious service at the 9 11 memorial museum. It begins at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 3. The cspan Networks Feature weekends full of politics, nonfiction books and American History. The popes visit to the United States continues saturday as he travels from new york to philadelphia. Live coverage starts at 4 30 p. M. Eastern as pope francis speaks at independence hall. Then at 7 30 p. M. The pontiff attends the festival of families, part of the world meeting of families. Join us sunday evening at 6 35 eastern as harvard professor and president ial connecticut Lawrence Lessig talks about his decision to run for president and changing political system. And on cspan 2s book tv saturday night at 10 00 p. M. Fox news Host Bill Oreilly speaks with Babe Buchanan on his latest ook killing reagan. On sunday afternoon at 1 00,
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
We do know that this was not an airplane. paul joncich tedd florendo was out doing a live shot for us and saw it unfold live. Check out his reaction from our 6 00 newscast tedd florendo before we get to the house behind me, we want to talk about a we had an impressive light display in the sky that looked like a meteor and thats no joke. Were getting multiple calls in our newsroom, we saw it out here, we took pictures of it. If you know anyone who saw it or has pictures of it, please share your pictures, because as a meteorologist, that was an amazing sight. It was to the south sky, so hopefully you have some video of it and let us know in our newsroom today. Denise Valdez and many of you have been sending us your videos. This is video from michael dyer. One of the first videos posted on our Facebook Page. paul joncich the fireball was a spectacle. And folks flooded our newsroom with calls wanting to know the same question we had what the heck was it . Lets bring in tedd now. paul jonci
And dug into what can be done to possibly prevent further tragedy. We have live team coverage. paul joncich karen castro has been looking into Safety Measures along las vegas boulevard. Denise Valdez but first we start with 8 news now reporter Mauricio Marin. He has more about whats next for holloway. And spoke to one eyewitness who is still in shock. One man who says he saw Lakeisha Holloway car jump the curb and hit dozens of people sunday night is still dealing with it all. He saw people bleeding and grabbing their legs, head or even backs. Dazed after being hit by holloways vehicle. And says one person even got dragged under the car. Thats when he sprang into action. Mauricio Marin terrifying moments sunday when metro police say Lakeisha Holloway mowed down dozens of people on the strip. Antonio nassar saw it all unfold. He cant get the chaos of that night out of his mind. Antonio Nassar strip crash witness she hit these people head on. Like i said she was accelerating. She must ha