face down in her bathtub. last night we were treated to what s called a super blood moon. that is when the earth and the sun and the moon all line up earth s shadow. the moon s reddish color happens because the sun s light is earth s atmosphere. stories on this monday, september 28th. from abc news, this is world all right. we re going to test you on that coming up on what you learned just now. why was it red. exactly. but we re going to begin this half hour with the end to the pope s historic trip to america marked by his advocacy for immigrants, the poor as well as the environment. and after touching the hearts of millions of people, pope francis was clearly moved as well. his parting words his heart was full of gratitude and hope. abc s marci gonzales has more from philadelphia this morning. reporter: hi, guys. good morning. the crowds weren t quite as big as expected but it was still a huge showing for the pope s last event before heading back to the vatica
congress be doing about immigration? as always, you can join in on the conversation to social media, send us a tweet at http://twitter.com/cspanwj, send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org , or join us on facebook. we will focus on immigration this morning. profiles in caution is a cover story on cq weekly. what does it mean into the future of any bipartisan deal this year in congress? insight on the issue of immigration. there is this jane te last year, john boehner addressed the , talking about taking a piecemeal rather than comprehensive. [video clip] the american people are skeptical of comprehensive bills, frankly, they should be. the only way to make sure that these work this time is to address these complicated issues one step at a time. by doing so we give the american people confidence that we are dealing with these issues in a thoughtful way and a deliberative way. makeconfident that we can progress on this important issue. that was the speaker of the house, lat
lines everywhere. already this morning, several videos popping up online, allegedly showing chaos in the aisles, as customers battle to save a few bucks. the international council of shopping centers estimates black friday is now such an event in our country, four out of ten american shoppers do their holiday buying today. the question that s on a lot of consumer s minds is do you actually go out and buy today or do you maybe play the waiting game. the answer s both. you probably do a little bit of shopping today. and then you supplement that in subsequent days. retailers hope this year s falling gas prices will help accelerate sales it it s estimated for every one penny drop in the price of gas at the pump, consumers have an additional $1 billion in congressional spending money. the outlook for holiday spending is good. stronger than what we ve seen in a number of years. many folks are forecatting we ll see holiday sales grow overall more than 4% which is quite stron
stepping into the lion s den on capitol hill. he is sure to face pretty tough questioning from republican members of the homeland security committee on the directive that we ll shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation. this is just one of two immigration hearings. and they come as speaker john boehner huddles behind closed doors with republicans. in about an hour, we re expected to hear how the gop will respond to the president s immigration move. kelly o donnell is following the developments from capitol hill, and here from miami, i m joined by usa today immigration reporter. kelly, let s start with you. this is the first hearing on capitol hill since the president s executive action. what are we expecting today? well this has been a buildup from the moment it was widely rumored and expected the president would take action to the point he announced it publicly, the gears were rolling for this hearing. expect tough questioning of jeh johnson, who has been really a
enhance america s national security? president obama, how is that bipartis bipartisanship thing working out for you? not too good. let s bring in mike viqueira. he s live at the white house. mike, look, as you can tell from my intro, i m not buying it from the republicans. i gather. let s talk about why they might have delayed this treaty. is it to get bigger numbers so they can negotiate better next year or do they just not want to do it? there are billions of the table that the white house has said that they will devote towards modernizing the remaining nuclear stockpile. jon kyl wants to look at it longer. jon kyl, the influential member on these issues that the republicans are looking to for leadership here. today, not withstanding jon kyl and influence he has on conservatives in the senate who have 41 members at this moment, come january 5th, they ll have many more. so the margins will be narrowed. but the white house insists all is not lost. quite the opposite. a