Of his hands. What we have seen over the course of the last five or ten years, more and more youre seeing this Prescription Medication abuse. Its becoming more and more common, oxycodone, methadone. A lot of your prescription based drugs were seeing abused. Reporter pharmacy robberies are on the rise. Last year there were 829 nationwide. Thats a 16 increase from 2013 and more of them happen in california than in any other state, 94 last year. That is a 56 increase from 2013. The most common meds stolen prescription painkillers and antidepressants. Chuck, thank you. If you want to get a better look at the is yosurveillance video the walgreens in san mateo you can see it there on our website on our front page at nbcbayarea. Com. Two teens are recovering tonight after getting caught in a rip tide and nearly drowning. The rescue happened some three hours ago at ocean beach. A girl and a boy were out in the water with friends when the current started to pull them under. They got all the way
Lets take a live look from washington, d. C. Pope francis will arrive on capitol hill this morning the first pope to address a joint session of congress. Weijia jang has a preview. Reporter pope francis will take his message to a divided capitol hill today in the first ever papal address before a joint meeting of congress. I hope to offer words of encouragement to those called to guide the nations political future. Reporter while the vatican has kept a tight lid on what he will say, the holy father is expected to talk about immigration. A hot button issue he urged bishops to fight during his first full day in washington, d. C. Fiveyearold sophie cruz handed a letter to pope francis wednesday hoping francis delivers her plea to lawmakers today. Our immigrants like my dad feed this country. They deserve to live with dignity. Reporter on wednesday, francis made an unplanned visit to the Little Sisters of the poor, a religious order suing the federal government over the Birth Control manda
Has nbc bay areas tracie potts. Shes live outside capitol hill with a recap of the historic speech this morning. Good morning, tracie. Reporter good afternoon everyone. We are learning after a grand welcome the pope will get a grand farewell from military families, School Children and secretary of state john kerry when he leaves in about two hours headed for new york. Now, he was here earlier this morning at the capitol giving an historic speech that some described as inspirational. Others said it was a slight rebuke of congress. After greeting excited children outside his embassy with a sea of followers waiting at the capitol, pope francis arrived. And delivered a simple message to congress, get along. He mentioned dr. Martin luther king and got the first of several standing ovations. Continues to inspire us all. Reporter this muchanticipated message the first ever by a pope condemned religious extremists and the death penalty, urged compassion for immigrants and took a hard line on p
On the oost coast. When saint serra was announced for the first time. Many people say thats a mistake and theyre even calling on the pope to apologize. It was the first ever canonization on u. S. Soil. He was the embodiment of a church which goes forth. Today, pope francis named father serra a saint in front of thousands in washington, d. C. Lets keep moving forward. Hundreds watching the mass on a big screen at the caramel mission applauded the historic move. The pope credits the saint for spreading catholicism in the new world and he said he distended native americans against the abuse of colonizers. Defend the dignity of the native community, to protect it from those who have mistreated and abused it. Many catholic believe serra was a compassionate leader, but for dozens of demonstrators outside the mission in San Francisco, he was anything but a saint. When the church condonees this behavior, it makes a momry of sainthood all together. Critics say he didnt do enough to stop the gen
Spotted several times in the east bay and they are warning families to be aware. The van was spotted last week near ruby bridges in alameda and twice near berkeley where some say the driver tried to take them. Pete is live where the van was first spotted. Reporter this is still under investigation by Alameda Police. They are trying to connect the dots as to whether or not these incidents are connected. I spoke to folks who take their kids to a nearby park and they tell me they are concerned. Families bring their kids to this alameda park for one reason . Pretty safe area . Yeah. A safer neighbor, yes. Reporter but Alameda Police want to know if a suspicious green van that was drive around a nearby Elementary School just last week is the same van that attempted to kidnap students near a middle school in berke y berkeley. On september 18th Alameda Police say around 8 00 a. M. A suspicious green van drove around ruby bridges elementary as kids were arriving. 20 minutes later police get tw