To new york citys st. Patrick cathedral. Speaking at a packed service the pontiff gave thanks to the nones and religious women of the u. S. Translator to you, religious women. Sisters and mothers of this people, i wish to say thank you. [ applause ] Nbcs Jay Gray is in manhattan where the pope will address the u. N. General assembly this morning. Good morning jay, a very busy day for the pope. Hey there. Good morning. Always good to talk to you. Look, the pope from yesterday evening until this evening will spend about 30 hours here in the city but hell spend a lot of that time doing what he seems to enjoy the most. And thats greeting the faithful face to face. As they have on each stop on this historic tour. Thousands greeted pope francis as he arrived yesterday afternoon. Lining the roadways in manhattan, waving flags and banners, raising their cell phones for a picture. Many waiting hours just for a glimpse of the holy father. His first and only stop late thursday where he took part
Their stories juts opened. They held a moment of silence and marked the exact moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center 14 years ago. Ash carter a breatwreath was in honor of the event. For me, its a piece of the pentagon that sits on my desk. Collected from the rubble then a passed down by each of the people who have served since that day. 184 lives were lost there at the pentagon. And that morning, Megan Mcgrath saw the fire ball rise into the sky after the crash. Meghan joins us now live. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You can see over my shoulder the large flag thats been unfurled from the roof of the pentagon. Thats become an annual tradition here on 9 11. And lives were changed that day. The victims, their families, the survivors. You can also see the impact 9 11 has had on young adults. They were just kids when it happened, but the attack helped shape them as adults. Just after sun up, a giant American Flag was unfurled from the roof of the pentagon. Just as it was
The president is cagey as world crisis escalate in syria, a dozen americans fighting for isis. Inside ukraine, the draft is back as russia amps up the invasion. Tra tra tracie potts is in washington. Reporter we has to decide what to do and when. Isis in syria is very dangerous. Experts have said this is bad news. But president obama says the u. S. Is not ready to act, not yet. I dont want to put the cart before the horse. We dont have a strategy yet. Reporter the u. S. Has hit more than a hundred isis targets in iraq, people there, military within diplomats. And in syria, president obama says its too soon to order air strikes. Hes asking for options and sending secretary of state john kerry back to the middle east to get other countries on board. Right now those structures are not in place. Reporter with Congress Still out of the town, some lawmakers feared that president obama would order air strikes in syria without congressional approval. Thats not going to happen. It may cost some
0 good morning again, i m richard lui. there are new college basketball champs. louisville taking home the title, beating michigan 82-76, all game long the teams kept trading the lead, but the cardinals peyton siva dropped it in and put the cardinals up by five. luke hancock was the leading scorer for louisville and couldn t sink the last-chance shot. louisville s win makes rick pitino, the only coach ever to win two national titles with two different teams and he ll follow through on a promise he made to his players. all these guys, if they say hello, they get a tattoo. they said if you win the national championship, coach, you re getting a tattoo. where will it be and what will it be? after the game, the backboard was lowered so kevin ware who broke his leg in their win over duke could cut down the basketball net as a token of the team s victory. what a game that was. this morning north korea is warning foreigners in south korea to leave the peninsula as tensions continue to es
are you a brand new multimillionaire? the powerball jackpot was $253 million tonight and the numbers are coming up. it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. mitt romney names his number two. good evening, i m jim rosenfield. tonight the romney campaign is praising ryan s credentials and the obama camp is on the attack. paul ryan is a 42-year-old congressman from wisconsin first elected in 1998. he s chairman of the house budget committee and a member of the ways and means committee. he s the architect of the g.o.p. budget proposal with a plan to balance the budget by revamping medicare and slashing entitlement programs. as julie carey reports, he and romney focused on the economy as they rallied together in manassas. reporter: thousand also waved signs and flags as the team arrived in manassas. the excitement of the pick drew a crowd that overwhelmed the pavilion. this is a terrific welcome and a clear indi