The hall of famer whose home plate heroics an home spun wisdom made him a legend. Nightly news begins right now. Pope francis in america. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from washington. Good evening. For pope francis a day that began at the white house ended at the alter, behind us the shrine of the Immaculate Conception where behind us pope has concluded a mass in front of an estimated 23,000 people. A moment wrapped in joy and controversial as we explain in a few minutes. But we see at infection and adoring crowds and an equally adoring pope. All swept up in a sea of excitement along the streets of washington. Babies held high and children blessed. The lighter moments of a day that brought together two of the most powerful men on earth. Who also happen to share a similar agenda. We begin our coverage of nbcs Anne Thompson ann . Reporter lester, today the humility of pope francis intersected with the seat of american political power. His compassion winnin
And you saw it in the crowds and we saw it from in the streets. He came facetoface with people all over the country who came to see him and meet him and if they were lucky to be blessed by him. Many with stories rooted in faith and hope. And what they discovered was a pope who seemed just as eager to meet them. Tom costello spent his day in the crowds. Reporter on a perfect sundrenched day, pope francis emerged from the papal tour to the cheers of the faithful and the delight of Catholic School kids. It was really cool. Yeah, we got to touch him and stuff and. And shake his hand. It was awesome. Reporter to those who had revenue early for this day it was awesome. He blessed the crowd and stopped to take selfies. This 16yearold selfie quickly went viral. It was a once in a lifetime experience. It felt great. It was amazing. Reporter but the request. Pray for me. I will. I promise. Every day. Reporter tens of thousands poured on to the streets of washington. Francis riding down constitut
In turmoil after several of its top executives are charged with corruption. And a sinner, or saint . We talk about serra in the negative. Theres nobody who talks about serra in the positive. The outrage over the popes plan to make the spanish missionary to california a saint. Good evening im antonio mora. This is al jazeera america. The pentagon says more than 20 personnel may have been exposed to live anthrax at a u. S. Air force base in korea. After a military base in utah definitelily shopped the live an travel to labs. Given preventive treatment and so far none are showing any sign of illness. Officials also insist there is no Public Health risk. Jamie mcintire reports from the pentagon on how this happened. The pentagon says it is cooperating in an investigation by the centers for Disease Control and prevention into how the u. S. Military mistakenly shipped life anthrax spors spores to a laboratory on monday. It reported last week that some of its samples were live. That sparked a
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This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Lab workers are getting ready to receive preventative treatment for exposure to anthrax. More than two dozen were exposed when live samples were accidentally shipped. It went to labs in as many as nine states and the u. S. Air base in south korea. John henry smith is here with more. This is trouble. It is so troubling because it can be fatal. The centers for Disease Control estimates inhaled anthrax leads to death in 85 of cases if not treated immediately and aggressively. Authorities are not taking chances with the people who came in contact with the cargo. A frightening mistake was made at doug way proving ground in utah when anthrax samples were supposed to be rendered inactive before sent to academic and research labs. Some of them were live. By that time, a sample had already been sent to a research lab in maryland and the maryland lab in turn sent parts that have sample to labs in eight other s