[ technical difficulty ] and good morning. We begin this half hour with the popes ten day trip that will take him from cuba to the United States attracting a crowd in havana 300,000 strong. It was a huge and massive crowd there. Pope francis told catholics that they must serve others if they want to be great. And in a subtle jab to communism, he said service is not ideology. But he refrained from any direct criticism of the cuban government. The pope met with the president raul castro and also visited fidel castro at his home where they exchanged gifts. The pope has given to fidel castro some books. Books about the gospel, about humor in religion. Three protesters identified as members of the political opposition were detained after trying to approach the popemobile. The pope touching one of them on his hand and head. Before he was pulled away by security. The pope is expected to arrive in the u. S. Tomorrow afternoon greeted by president obama. As he touches down at Andrews Air Force
The United Auto Workers and General Motors have reached a tentative contract agreement moments before a strike deadline. The contract covers about 53,000 gm workers. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 26th. From abc news, this is world news now. We say good morning to you. Were going to get started this half hour with the rain that is still pounding the gulf coast states this morning. Finally moving away from texas. Take a look. Heres what it looked like in louisiana overnight. Low visibility on the slick roads. Radar shows the gulf region still getting drenched an at this hour. The heaviest downpours will stretch all the way to the florida panhandle. Rob marciano tracking it all. Reporter texas under water. Parts of the state getting more than 20 inches of rain. Reporter this neighborhood submerged. Emergency crews using buses, boats, even humvees to help residents evacuate. Driving is treacherous more than 70 rescues south of dallas including this man and his d
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And with fuel prices down, the Airlines Starting to pass on some of the savings to passengers. Fares last month were 18 cheaper than a year ago. Analysts expect that trend to continue. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, columbus day, october 12th. From abc news, this is world news now. And we do say good morning to you everyone. Were going to get started on a serious note with the that deadly terror attack in turkey. Nearly 100 People Killed as bombs exploded during a peace rally. Mourners are angry with the government. The Turkish Air Force is attacking kurdish militants. Abcs Alex Marquardt is there. Reporter youthful singing and joined hands under a clear blue sky. The peace this rally called for shattered by two blasts. Many fled as fast as they could. Others stayed to help the wounded. The deadliest terror attack in turkish history. Almost 100 killed. Today, the site was cordoned off by police. Forensics teams combing it for clues. This is as close as we can get to