Gathering of World Leaders. Decision, speaker of the house john boehner announces hes leaving capitol hill. Dinner and diplomacy. After a day of tense meetings and negotiations, president obama hosts a lavish state dinner for the president of china. Good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. We begin with a historic visit of the peoples pope to new yo york. Pope francis celebrated mass at Madison Square garden reminding successful city dwellers to care for the homeless, the elderly, immigrants and the poor. Earlier he delivered a speech to the united nations. Bisi onileere joins us on the popes day and a busy day it was. It certainly was, a whirlwind tour taking him to capitol hill and the white house. But a more subdued audience awaited him in Downtown Manhattan friday morning. At ground zero the site of the 9 11 attacks the pope met with families of the victims and prayed at the reflection pools where the twin towers once stood. A scene of unspeakable violence. Bless
A smoking revelation. A hospital was mistakenly attacked. New revelations and a conversation with the u. S. Executive director will he or wont he the talk of a president ial campaign swirling around Vice President joe biden good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. We begin in the stormsoaked southeastern united states. In the carolinas, the death toll stands at 17. The rain has stopped. In parts of south carolina, the rivers have not crested. The water rises. The tragedy has been compounded by the failure of 11 dams. Floodwaters are threatening to overrun dozens more. Paul beban is in south carolina, and the worst may not be over in some areas . Thats right, and the answer depend on where you are in south carolina. So here in columbia, the state capital, it was the first sunny day, blue skies in almost two weeks, and that, of course was a Welcome Change from the unending rain. The crest of the flooding passed here. The big wall of water is moving east to the coast now
Billion euros. I do not know where the figure came from, but they will be readjusting. Do i understand that i cannot buy a diesel vw in america right now . They basically shut it down. Vonnie yes. They have recalled diesel cars. The funny thing is the north american head was speaking last night. Clarification, i learned to etle, my a vw be father had a vw rabbit. There is our clarification on vw. A busy morning. Here are top headlines. Here is vonnie quinn. Vonnie chinas president , jinping arrives in washington. He has defended the way he has handled the chinese economy. He said the Government Intervention was needed to deal with systemic risk. More problems for volkswagen. And face billions in fines repair costs for cheating on federal air pollution tests. The Justice Department is investigating vw for possible criminal violations. That could lead to charges against the company or its employees. The head of vws operations in the u. S. Admits the company screwed up. Ande must fix thos
Specifically to its next meeting, the last one of 2015. Stocks pulled back initially only to take off, rising more than 1 by the close. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 198 points to close at 17,779. The nasdaq rose 65. The s p 500 notched a 24point gain. And the yield on the tenyear treasury rose. Steve liesman has more on the feds assessment of the economy and what it might do next. Reporter some big changes in the feds october statement that suggest a possible rate hike in december. The fed left Interest Rates unchanged, but it downgraded its concerns over Global Economic and financial development. Its now monitoring those issues, rather than saying its worried about their effects on the u. S. Economy and inflation. Second, the fed downgraded the job market, saying it slowed, even while it upgraded the consumer and business spending, saying theyre growing at a solid rate. But heres the big one, the fed put a december rate hike back in play. The new statement says, in determin
Specifically to its next meeting, the last one of 2015. Stocks pulled back initially only to take off, rising more than 1 by the close. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 198 points to close at 17,779. The nasdaq rose 65. The s p 500 notched a 24point gain. And the yield on the tenyear treasury rose. Steve liesman has more on the feds assessment of the economy and what it might do next. Reporter some big changes in the feds october statement that suggest a possible rate hike in december. The fed left Interest Rates unchanged, but it downgraded its concerns over Global Economic and financial development. Its now monitoring those issues, rather than saying its worried about their effects on the u. S. Economy and inflation. Second, the fed downgraded the job market, saying it slowed, even while it upgraded the consumer and business spending, saying theyre growing at a solid rate. But heres the big one, the fed put a december rate hike back in play. The new statement says, in determin