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south lawn. he met privately with the president at the oval office. the remarks at the white house include mentions that would delight and concern liberals and conservatives. within opening moments, the pope brought up immigration and climate change and income inequity and later it was abortion. let's get the latest on the trip from cnn's rosa flores. >> reporter: john and christine, pope francis not holding back during the first full day in the united states. tackling immigration, climb change and religious freedom. even canonizing the first american saint at the basilica behind me. he starts off today with a much anticipated speech before congress. there, of course, we are wondering how democrats and republicans are going to react to what he says. especially after he has made

some critical comments about capitalism. saying it is the mark of the devil. we know francis is not comfortable in stuffy situations. he prefers to be with the regular man. what will he do? in very much francis fashion, he meets with the homeless at catholic charities and he will speak with the united nations. he has been very critical of christians. we are expecting that perhaps he will make some comments there that could put countries in the hot seat asking them to do more to help the refugees in iraq, syria and afghanistan. of course, we don't know what pope francis will say because no one really knows. that's exactly who he is. we do know if he speaks off the cuff, he could have these countries experience a coming to jesus moment.

>> rosa, thank you. after the meeting with the pope on wednesday, he spoke to 300 bishops at cathedral. he praised courage as they bring healing to victims of sexual abuse by priests. that drew outrage. they say bishops have shown callousness. he met with people on the university of washington campus. he was there to canonize an american saint. junipero serra. some see serra as a symbol of the mission of the ancestors. from there, the pope made an unscheduled visit designed to make a statement with nuns from the little sisters of the poor.

they have been fighting a provision of the obamacare. the vatican officials say the pope did not bring up the lawsuit, but focused on the organization. a statement was released that the pope spoke to all of us. we were deeply moved by his encouraging words. >> the pope will be greeted at jfk airport by bill de blasio and timothy dolan. he will go to the cathedral for a prayer service. the police say there are no known threats to the pope, but threat assessment shows groups express support for an attack on the pope like lone wolf attackeattacke attackers or even the mafia. >> it is a long list of nut

jobs, basically, crazy people. the concern is that some of them have the capability to carry out a threat. isis has shown remarkable validity to inspire people and engage in action. we treat all of this seriously. we watch it. we monitor it and all of our security is to prevent and prepare to respond. >> this visit is thrilling to see. stay with cnn all day for continuing coverage. we will cover the pope's speech to congress. we have some disturbing breaking news now. officials in saudi arabia say the death toll in the stampede at the hajj in mecca has killed 220 people and now 400 injured. i want to bring in cnn's becky anderson live in abu dhabi.

just a tragedy there. >> reporter: that's right. this is the latest we are getting in to cnn now. hearing from the saudi civil defense that the number of dead is indeed 250 and as many as 450 wounded. saudi authorities telling us the stampede happened in the city of mena. a huge settlement of tents which is the area for visiting pilg m pilgrims. at least 2 million people were expected to attend this year. that doubles the population of mecca. in the past, hajj has been blighted by stampedes and cru crushes. the worst in 1990 when people died in a tunnel leading to mena. this particular day has seen several tragedies in the past.

today's ritual is the stoning of the devil symbolizing their rejection of evil. in 1994 and 1998 and in 2004, hundreds of pilgrims were skillkilled in stampedes after event. after 2004, officials installed safety barriers to prevent such accidents in the future. the latest hajj stampede, 350 people were killed on a bridge notorious for bottlenecks in 2006. that prompted a security update. the massive safety concerns that saudi authorities deal with every year as these millions descend on mecca. and remember a construction crane crashed through the roof of the grand mosque there

killing 107 and injuring nearly 400 weeks ago. the latest, we are hearing from saudi civil defense at this point is 220 people dead and 450 wounded. christine. >> certainly a tragedy there. thank you so much for that, becky. we have breaking news out of yemen. at least 29 people dead in a bomb attack in a mosque. this happened as worshippers were attending prayer service. the officials say the death toll there could rise. at this point, no group has come forward claiming responsibility. a number of attacks on mosques. the defense department denying reports that rebels in syria have defected to al qaeda. earlier this week, 71 rebels returned to syria after the training course in turkey. one of the rebel commanders distanced himself from the pentagon claiming the group will fight as an independent faction. those rebels have surrendered

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in just hours, the pope will speak before u.s. lawmakers. the first time a pope has ever addressed congress. what will he say? we have breaking news this morning. hundreds killed in a stampede near mecca. tragedy at the hajj. we are live. new details. welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. what a day for pope francis and his visit to the united states. the first hope to address the u.s. congress at the capitol. he spoke to 11,000 people on the south lawn. he met privately with the president in the oval office.

his remarks could delight liberals and conservatives. the pope brought up immigration and climate change and income inequality and religious liberty. let's get more from our rosa flores. >> reporter: john and christine, pope francis not holding back tackling immigration, climate change and religious freedom and canonizing the first american saint behind me at the basilica. he starts off today with a much anticipated speech before congress. there, of course, we are wondering how democrats and republicans are going to react to what he says. especially after he has made some critical comments about capitalism. saying it is the mark of the devil.

we know francis is not comfortable in stuffy situations. he prefers to be with the regular man. so what will he do? in very much francis fashion, he meets with the homeless at catholic charities and he heads to new york where he speaks before the united nations. another anticipated speech. he has been critical of christians. we are expecting that perhaps he will make some comments to put countries in the hot seat asking them perhaps to do a little more to help the refugees in iraq, syria and afghanistan. we don't know, of course, what francis will say. no one knows that. that is exactly who he is. we know if he speaks off the cuff, he could have these countries experience a coming to jesus moment. john. >> so after the meeting with the president, the pope spoke to bishops at st. matthew's

cathedral. he praised the bishops courage as they bring healing to the victims of sexual abuse from priests. last night, the pope was met by adoring crowds at the basilica at the campus of catholic university in washington. he was there to canonize junipero serra. this is another source of controversy. a lot of native americans see serra as a symbol of the mission systems oppression of the native-americans. from there, the pope made an unscheduled visit. clearly designed to make a statement with nuns from the little sisters of the poor. the group has been fighting obamacare over health plan

coverage of birth control. he did not bring up the lawsuit. the spokesperson said the holy father spoke to each of us individually and he spoke to all of us about the importance of our ministry to the elderly. we were deeply moved by his encouraging words. after the pope's speech to congress, he will fly to new york and welcomed by bill de blasio and cardinal timothy dolan. he will arrive for a prayer service at the cathedral. the police department says there are no known threats to pope francis, but there are several groups that have expressed support for an attack on the pope. including isis inspired lone wolf attacks. don lemon asked bill bratton about the threats.

>> a long list of nut jobs. crazy people. the concern is that some of them have the capability to carry out a threat. isis has shown remarkable validity to inspire people to engage in action, lone wolf-type of action. we treat this seriously. we watch it and monitor it. >> stay with cnn all day long for continuing coverage of the pope's visit. we will be live as the holy father addresses congress and heads to new york city. we have breaking news out of yemen. at least 29 people are dead at a bomb attack at a mosque there. this happened as worshippers were attending morning prayer service. dozens of others injured. the death toll is expected to rise. at this point, no group has come forward claiming responsibility. hacker whose stole security files got away with 5.6 million

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or the latest dead. more than 100,000 tents. temporary an accommodation for visiting pilgrims. a reminder of the enormous number of people involved. christine, at least 2 million people involved. that doubles the population of mecca. in the past, the hajj has been hit with stampedes. in 1990, 1,000 people died in a crush in the tunnel. today is the ritual of the stoning of the devil. people throw stones at a wall. the most recent tragedy was a decade ago. that was some 350 people killed on a bridge notorious for bottlenecks back in 2006. that did prompt tightening security. of course, massive logistical

safety concerns for the saudi arabians who host the mecca. now 4,000 rescue personnel have been deployed along with 220 ambulances to help. we are getting reports of dozens of ambulances bringing the injured to hospital in the region. authorities well too aware that the pilgrimage is a target for terrorist groups as it has been in the past. the security this year for the hajj is particularly intense. we have been told they have 100,000 troops and counterterrorism units deployed. as we know, at present, a huge tragedy. the saudi civil defense confirming 220 people dead at least and 450 have been injured. back to you. >> thanks for that, becky. a new barrage of attacks from donald trump at an event in south carolina. he targeted most of his candidates. he speculated carly fiorina is broke and called hillary clinton

shrill. a remark on chris christie sweating during the cnn debate. now despite this, trump remains on top of the latest poll. fox news has him at 26%. ben carson is eight points behind him. carly fiorina on the rise right there. let's get the latest on the trump remarks from sara murray. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump rallying voters as he fielded questions in a serious forum in columbia, south carolina. giving a hint of what middle class voters expect from him. >> i will put a tax plan in next ek that will be long on policy and a major reduction in taxes for the middle class. that's what we have to do. >> reporter: an aide to the trump campaign says we can expect the tax policy next week. trump seemed to get his groove

back after the shaky debate performance. he came out swinging against his rivals. the newest target is marco rubio. trump called the senator a lightweight. and took issue over him saying if trump is ready to be commander in chief. >> rubio has the worst attendance record. >> reporter: donald trump saying he is now boycotting fox news after they quote treated him very unfairly. back to you, john and christine. >> he is not boycotting cnn. donald trump will be on cnn in a few hours during the 7:00 hour of "new day." hillary clinton insists there is no way she started the birther movement. the former secretary of state in an interview with don lemon. calling the rumors about the

president obama citizenship untrue. she brushed off allegations that she is responsible for starting them. >> care to respond. did you or your campaign start the birther thing and did you have -- >> that is so -- no. that is so ludicrous, don. honestly, i just believe, first of all, it is totally untrue and secondly, the president and i never had any kind of confrontation like that. this is such a bad example of what's wrong with instantaneous reactions and people feeding off the rhetoric of donald trump. obviously we all have to stand against it. i have been blamed for nearly everything. that was a new one to me. >> take a look at the fox news

poll. voters asked regardless of how you will vote, who will be the next president? hillary clinton on top at 28%. donald trump in second at 20%. dos santos sanders is third at 5%. bernie sanders is third at 5%. and traveling man, chris cuomo, good morning. you have been busy. >> john and christine. the pope will say global warming is real and hillary clinton did it. i love that conversation she had with don lemon. what an interesting thing in the political process. what great time for pope francis to be here. about the confluence of a man and moment and a message. he will be the first pope ever to address a joint session of congress. everybody wants to know what he's going to say. what will he not say. most importantly, how is he going to say it? we heard global warming at the top of his agenda.

we will take you through our guesses at what it could be and once the pope is going to give his speech, you get full and an analysis all morning long. you will hearabout the attacks on rival candidates. is this a strategy that can take donald trump to the presidency? john and christine. >> we saw you get a wave from the pope yesterday, chris. >> i was blessed. see what happens in the next quiz show. >> you need all the help you can get. >> that's for sure. >> religious intervention to win the quiz show. >> all right. all right. china's president meeting with president obama tonight. cyber attacks and hack attacks. we are live after the break.

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what a week in washington. chinese president xi jinping arrives there today. he will have a private dinner with the president. the two presidents have a complicated relationship with the countries dealing with military, economic and human rights disagreements. let's go right to andrew stevens in hong kong. cyber security and hacking at the top of the list, andrew.

>> reporter: that is right. it is said they have a good personal relationship. mr. obama and mr. xi may have to dial up that side. they have a lot of differences to deal with. cyber security, as you say, hacking, right up there. xi jinping has been in seattle and he has heard the same story over and over again over the past 24 hours about the concerns the real concerns that american business have to protect businesses and getting into the chinese markets and getting in safely. two key meetings today that xi had. one was a forum by former secretary hank paulson. that represented the cream of the tech industry in the u.s. tim cook of apple and jeff bezos of amazon. and the big players were there as were the big leaders of the chinese companies.

alibaba and others. the key topic here, john, the u.s. complaining through the commerce secretary, who was also at the meetings, complaining about lack of access and intellectual property rights and pirating and allowing u.s. companies to compete on a level playing field. president xi did hear a lot of this. he did say he wanted to ease restrictions for u.s. companies moving into china. he did say a lot of the right sounding words, but the proof of the pudding is in people looking forward. and remember, at the meeting in washington, there are sanctions on the table from the u.s. to impose against chinese companies who are hacking. >> the tone and some whispering will be interesting to see. andrew stevens, thank you. >> that is a $1 trillion who's who in seattle. you look at the value of the

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i'm christine romans. let's get an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures down say bit after yesterday's lost for the dow. struggling because of the federal reserve warning about global growth. will janet yellen repeat that warning? volkswagen ceo is out. vw admits it cheats on emissions tests. allowing diesel cars to run clean only when testing. the ceo martin winterkorn is not aware of any wrongdoing on my part.

the company has lost a third of the value in a few days. hillary clinton has a plan to lower the rising cost of health care. under the proposal, insurers would cover three visits to the doctor a year. if they are out of pocket costs are more than 5% of the income. premiums are rising faster than wages. nearly 1/3 have to pay $1,000 before the insurance kicks in. a very big day ahead. the pope speaks before congress in a few hours. donald trump on "new day" in one hour. "new day" starts now. >> good morning. >> pope francis set to speak before congress in hours. >> papa francisco. >> some on the right will like what he says. >> i'm concerned that the religious leader, the head of a church is recognized as a head

of state. 818 tons of concrete block. >> security for the pope's visit is a top concern. >> 37 miles of barriers and fencing. >> in addition to protecting the pope, we are protecting the crowds. people fall out of love with me. >> i think this is a momentary separation. >> i'm so tired of the politically good morning. welcome to your "new day." it's thursday, september 24th. 6:00 in the east. alisyn and mik are in new york. pope francis once again to make history. he will be the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of congress. one congressman calls it the big one.

comments about the white house, immigrant, climate change, specifically, global warming, poverty are any indication, it may leave some republicans squirming, but his words may also put democrats in an awkward position. here's the big question will someone come back at the pope? let's bring our comprehensive coverage with cnn's chief national correspondent jim sciutto joining me now. good morning, jim. >> good morning, chris. we talked about the pope, mild mannered, humble. today is the day he takes the gloves off, at least rhetorically. he's deiving into issues, immigration, abortion, religious freedom. we talked about how a third of the members are catholic. and really a message for all americans and delivered crucially in english. >> reporter: this morning, pope francis making another historic stop on his whirlwind u.s. tour, this time