room doesn't want you to hear. that's for our show today. news continues on al jazeera america, thank you for joining us. >> papal debut. pope francis mixes faith and politics wading into a depaid bathe on climate change and immigration. on day 1 of his visit. >> we declare and divine blessed

junipero serra to be a saint. >> the first canonization on u.s. soil elevates a missionary who is a hero to some and a villain to others. headed to the white house. china's president arrives in washington, d.c. tomorrow after meeting high tech ceos and cutting a huge deal with boeing. and surprise pardon. >> the whole nightmare is over, we can live like normal people and go back home. >> al jazeera journalists jailed are among those set free and the battle for journalistic predom. >> pope francis has another day in front of him where he'll make a first ever speech bia pontiff to congress. today francis was welcomed by president obama and tens of thousands who came to see him. even though it was his first full day in the u.s. the pope

didn't hesitate to speak out on high voltage issues. mike viqueria has more. >> pope francis spoke about immigration on his first speech ever in the united states. it is clear this is a pope that doesn't intend to back away from controversy. from the moment he left the vatican embassy in the morning until the indelible scene along his parade route, when pope francis saw a young girl held back by security and beckoned her to him, both style and substance he represents a change for the church. earlier there was the pomp and ceremony of a white house welcome. speaking publicly for first time in america, the pope repeated a stance that has brought him scorn from conservatives. the need to act on climate change. >> humanity has the ability to

work together in building our common home. us christians inspired by this sanctity we wish to commit ourselves to the conscious and responsible care of our common home. >> president obama spoke of their shared concerns including rights for migrants and refugees. and showered the pope with praise. >> you shake our conscience from slumber. you call on us to rejoice, in good news and give us confidence that we can come together in humility and service and pursue a world that is more loving, more just, and more free. >> the two leaders walked to the oval office, spending 40 minutes there, in what the white house described as a private meeting, offering no details. speaking to 300 american bishops

at st. matthew's cathedral, francis raised the constantly that has plagued the church worldwide, sexual abuse of priests. >> in the knowledge that in healing we too are healed. and to work to ensure that such crimes will never be repeated. >> later in the day an estimated 26,000 greeted the pope at the national shrine of the immaculate conception, in a ceremony with ancient roots, pope francis elevated junipero serra, credited with spreading christianity in california, to sainthood. in his homily. >> for the source of our joy is aan endless desire to show mercy. >> and pope francis begins this thursday in washington his final day in this city with a much

anticipated speech before the joint houses of congress. he'll return to st. patrick's to speak to the poor and homeless. back to you. >> pope francis formally declared 18th century monk junipero serra as a saint. melissa chan is in carmel, california where saint junipero serra was buried. melissa. >> well, antonio, in many ways the two sides i've been talking about this all day, have been talking past each other. look at junipero serra as somebody from the historic context, the impact his position had on the people.

but the vatican's perspective, they are looking at a theological perspective, very much a man of god. his call was to, quote, go to the far reaches. and on wednesday, pope francis set as example the 18th century spanish missionary who traveled to california, father junipero serra. >> translator: we declare and define blessed junipero serra to be a saint and we enroll him among the saints, decreeing that he is to be venerated as such by the whole church. in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. >> reporter: the canonization has come under some criticism by some californians but particularly by native americans. as part of european

colonization, his mission brought death, 5,000 were brought to baptism not all by choice. for native americans father junipero serra is not a saint but a sinner. at the same moment when pope francis canonized serra in washington, d.c. on wednesday, on the west coast native americans convened in quite quit vigil. >> as an american do we believe that people who commit crimes should be held responsible for them? yes. but the church doesn't believe that serra should be held responsible for the crimes against native people and that's what hurts. >> the vatican has acknowledged the problem brought to america, but he was a moderating aspect against the worst parts of spanish conquest.

perhaps as an olive branch the ceremony included a participation of the necessitate of indians and a reading in the language. not to neglect the rest of america's diverse catholics as part of mass the church also included readings in korean, vietnamese, tagalog and of course, spanish. father junipero serra is not just a saint but also a latino. a cause of great celebration for that community. just to add a little bit more information about that reading in the native language, that gentleman is vincent medina of northern california. we spoke to vincent medina, earlier in the spring, a gentleman against the sainthood

but he was asked to do and agreed to do that reading. antonio. libby casey reports on what we can expect. >> antonio, the address to joint meeting of congress is the first of its kind ever. house speaker john boehner has invited over 20 years through three different papacies but this is the first to accept. this is different than the san antonistate ofthe union address. there is going to be more of a decorum and less of the applauding and cheering when the pope says something you like or sitting sullenly when the pope says something you disagree with. despite this attempt to elevate

the spirit of the address tomorrow one congressman says he plans to sit it out, an arizona republican pall gother, is accusing the pope as acting like a leftist. house speaker john boehner is taking a different tone. all he knows of the speech is it will be in english, the pope doesn't plan to use a teleprompter, but that's all he needs to know. he's encouraging to put politics aside, listen and reflect on his example. antonio. >> libby casey in washington, thanks. the white house is preparing for another prominent guest, chinese president xi jinping will spend the day with obama tomorrow. xi visited the boeing facility in seattle and toured microsoft headquarters just outside the city.

publicly he said china will look to improve protection for intellectual property. allen schauffler is in seethe. >> antonio some major deals announced for microsoft and for boeing. for microsoft, the chinese tech company baidu will provide the search engine and web page for anybody in china using microsoft's new edge browser. in boeing, that company will sell a lot more airplanes and build a factory as well. president xi is talking big business in his northwest swing. at a round table discussion in seattle involving many of both country's best known ceos chinese president xi talk of opportunities and challenges.

>> china will open up still wider to the outside world. we will be firmly committed to the strategy of opening up and continue to draw strength from the world for development and bring more benefits to the world through our own development. >> reporter: after that morning meeting a trip north to a boeing manufacturing plant. the visit to the production line comes when china's news agency and boeing announce a huge deal, 300 planes going to chinese companies with the ch chicago-bd jet maker, would install a factary for interior and paint in the country. >> our relationship is creating jobs both in china and the u.s. >> president xi mingled with workers and gave a brief

address. >> for chinese market it's going to be a tremendous opportunity for international suppliers and manufacturers going forward and all of there will create enormous business opportunities for american corporations including boeing. >> the big deal is a hard sell among some work erst. boeing's local machinist union says it has grave concerns any plans to transfer aerospace jobs out of state. at a u.s. china internet industry forum. >> the tech industry wants to have continued access to the chinese market. the tech industry wants assurances that they're not going to lose their intellectual property, that it's going to be protected. >> a topic that will undoubtedly be on the table when president obama and president exiez meet in the other washington.

xi meet in the other washington. protests reported as well outside the microsoft campus in redmond, washington and the high school that president xi visited later this afternoon. everything peaceful, no major disruptions reported. china's president heads east tomorrow. toint. >> more than $1 billion in aid will go to those in the middle east who have been forced to leave conflict zones,alling for international efforts to end the war in syria. days before he's scheduled to speak at the united nations, president sisi pardoned al

jazeera journalists. now the ceo of volkswagen ss out of a joisout of a job but hl get a big payday.

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but martin winterkorn said he was not the individual who earlier we spoke to a scientist who conducted the study that exposed vw's cheating. >> we expected you know, very good performance, and we were very surprised when we saw the numbers we did. that made us kind of second guess ourselves and we double checked triple checked and then verified that our numbers were correct. >> daniel carter also says he does not think vw's scandal could extend to their gasoline engines, their exhaust system is different than diesel engines. al jazeera producer baher

mohamed photographer mohamed fahmy were freed, dozens other prisoners will also be freed. however, journalists sentenced in absentia have not been pardoned. john terret has the story. >> hey antonio good evening welcome from downtown toronto and the new tourist attraction that has just been installed for the pan american games. pardoned by the egyptian president sisi however there are still al jazeera journalists who were tried at the same time as our journalists, in absentia so it's been a mixed blessing. it's been a long time coming but

producer boax an baher mohamed d photographer mohamed fahmy. have been pardoned. al jazeera media said, we're delighted for them and their families. it is hard to celebrate because this whole episode should not have happened in the first place, arrested and sentenced at least 40th,000 people between july 2013 and july 2014. a report in june says egypt has the highest number of journalists behind bars since the group began keeping records. in june of last year a cairo

court sentenced the al jazeera team, to seven to ten years. then the court of castation released thank you, mayor. they which are unable to leave egypt, they said with their lives on hold they were still serving a kind of sentence. their plight splier inspired a l campaign of support. >> for al jazeera journalists in egypt we were clear publicly and privately that they should be released. >> retrial was supposed to give them and greste a second opportunities oclear their names. instead justice was denied. the arrest and detention of mohammed, fahmy and greste, was

justice denied. it may not be a coincidence that mohammed and fahmy were pardoned just a week before sisi's address to the u.n. but it may take fahmy a while to get home to canada. it is the start of the muslim hol did i daholiday of eade. >> we need to fly in and out of countries that have extradition treaties with egypt. without fearing we'll be put on a plane and flown back to egypt. a statement, they may not be behind bars but their families

and careers have been affected immeasurably. let them too get on with their lives. for now everyone at al jazeera is just happy to see the closure. >> mohamed fahmy has been pardoned! >> of one chapter of this long running saga. it is wonderful isn't it, peter is on his way to new york for united nations general assembly next week, and mohammed, whe isg al jazeera for alleged negligence however, antonio, that is another day down the road. we're delighted. >> thank you john. yogi berra was one of the best baseball players, and certainly

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of sacrifice. the volcano has been spewing hot ash into almost a mile into the sky. nearby villages have been evacuated. kalima is one of 14 volcanos in mexico. yogi berra has died. there was much more to yogi, he was a decorated sailor earning a purple heart in world war ii and there were his accomplishments on the field. john henry smith has more. >> he is a legend on the diamond. you about the he became an american icon because of the things he said. >> come to the fork in the road, take it.

>> his name was lawrence peter berra but the world knew him as yogi, one of the greatest catchers to ever play the game. third most valuable player and 14 time all star. >> he does a tremendous job. >> this image of yogi jumping into don larson's arms after larson pitched a perfect game in 1956 world series, is an iconic sports photos. the other thing, a way with words, the future ain't what it used to be, and two phrases, it ain't over till it's over and this one repeated by former president george h.w. bush. >> deja vu all over again. as yogi berra would say. >> i don't know what i say, i don't make 'em pickup.

>> when he claimed the yogi bear was defamiliar tri, he eventually tropped th dropped t. >> i hope you can accept my apology. >> it's over. >> and then this, a triumphant return to bir berra in 1999, to yankee stadium. >> let's welcome home, yogi berra, number 8. >> john henry smith, al jazeera. >> and a few more yogiisms, nobody goes there nirl, it's too crowded or baseball is 90% mental the other half is physical. and the one that might sum up berra's witberra's wit, i didn'y

everything i said. he'll be missed. >> head over to al jazeera.com for more. ray suarez is up next with "inside story." have a great night. >> it's a week of big visits. the leader of one fifth of the world's people, xi jinping has arrived on the world trade center, and the leader of one fifth of the world's people, pope francis, is on the east coast. we'll look west to east, and america's complicated relationship with an ambitious world power. it's the "inside story."