breaking news from the middle east this hour. france launched air strikes against isis targets inside syria. plus, the people's pope in the city of brotherly love. pope francis challenges americans to live up to their nation's ideals. and in the pacific, a monster typhoon is churning gaining strength and stoet make landfall in the coming hours. we'll have more information on the path of the storm. from cnn in atlanta, i am george howell. this is cnn newsroom. good day to you. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world.

we start this hour with breaking news. for the first time france has engaged in air strikes against isis targets inside syria. that report according to reuters news agency. the statement also said "we will strike each time our national security is at stake." until now, france has only taken part in strikes in iraq. just friday, iraq's foreign minister said he wanted coalition forces to hit more isis targets. france has also been speaking out against the seer yn president. french foreign minister saying he has no future role in the country, despite the fact that western officials have said that about bashar al assad. >> translator: there has been a lot of comment on the role of assad and when he should or can be a stabilizing in syria.

he's the main person guilty of the kay as. he's committed crimes against unity according to ban ki-moon and continues to be the origin of the tragedy. if we are to consider and say to the syrians that the future of their country lies with mr. bashar al assad, we will expose ourselves to failure. >> activists say a cease-fire in syria has been broken. according to the syrian observatory for human rights, they shelled a village idlib province. pope francis in the united states. resting up this hour for this final day of his six-day u.s. visit. he ended saturday with a

festival of the families. he joked about the tensions and conflict common among the loved ones. listen. >> translator: families have the difficulties. families quarrel. and sometimes plates can fly. and children bring headaches. i won't speak about mother-in-laws. [ laughter ] >> translator: but in families,

there is always light. >> and then there was this. another emotional highlight of the festival when the pope hugged and blessed the disabled man who came up on the stage with his mother. there was another moving moment of at that event. people from different countries shared stories of their struggles, that i triumphs and values and the role that family played in getting through those hardships. >> the marriage, we have blessed the -- holy father, we adored her. two weeks from our first baby, she took yil one evening and by the second day she was gone. we were heartbroken. [ inaudible ] we were confused.

but god in his faithfulness and love brought up so much goodness from this, this death gave us life. my husband and i went in search of our faith. we had to seek god for who he is, then we met a -- gradually, we put our faith into our life. then in this way we had a better understanding of one another and happiness gradually came into the relationship. today we have four children. >> a touching moment there. it's very clear to see that each play that the pope visited during his tour in the united

states, huge crowds were to follow. rosa flores was at that festival of families and has more on the people's reaction in the city of brotherly love. >> i got to tell you, one of my favorite moments is when pope francis popped jokes because that showed his character, his smile, his wit and everybody out here just really loved it. he said, you know, i'm seeing all of these beautiful things about families and you're probably thinking it's because i'm single and the crowd started laughing. he said, oh, i'm not going to go into the mother-in-law. it's just these tiny little moments. but he connects so well with people because he identifies with chat like that. everyone does. because we all have families and we all joke about our families and even poke a little bit about

mother-in-laws. but i to set the scene. all of these folks heading home. the last count we got, unofficial but from a police officer on scene. he says that maybe 250,000 to 300,000 people, we'll get the official numbers later, they're starting to disburse and head out. their hearts filled with emotion and faith as they saw the holy father on the pope-mobile and you saw the emotion and the electricity in the air as pope francis rode in his pope-mobile and waved and blessed everyone along this route looking at pope francis. then again, i talked to a lot of these folks and they were so excited. it was a moment of a lifetime. people came from all over the country and all over the world, quite frankly, because they couldn't wait to just set their

eyes on the holy father to be able to be in the same space with him, to share a little space and a little moment with the pope, a pope of the people, a pope of mercy. >> that was our rosa flores reporting there from philadelphia. iran's supreme leader is demanding an apology from saudi arabia for the deadly stampede. ayatollah khamenei said that saudi rulers need to "accept their responsibility" over the tragedy. saturday the iranian president rouhani addressed a summit in new york. >>. >> translator: i express my to -- to the families that are mourning the loss of their loved ones in this tragic event and emphasize the need for attention to the injured as well as investigating the causes of this

incident and similar incidents in this year's hajj pilgrimage. >> a saudi foreign minister met with u.s. secretary of state john kerry on saturday. he rejects iran's criticism of its handling of the pilgrimage and says it shouldn't be making politics of the tragedy. at least 769 died in the stampede and 136 of them were reported to be iranians. hundreds of people are still missing. powerful typhoon continues to strengthen approaching taiwan now and is predicted to reach land by monday. let's get information on this from our meteorologist derek van dam who is tracking the storm. >> this storm strengthened considerably, george. it's a formidable threat in the next 18 hours but northern sections of taiwan, including

taipei from 24 hours out to 48 hours out. we look towards southeast china, that's tuesday and wednesday. we'll time this out for everybody watching. here's the latest from the joint typhoon warning center. 230 kilometers per hour. that makes this 10 kilometers below super typhoon status. gus at 280 kilometers per hour. that's around the center of this particular storm. that's called the eyewall. speaking of that, we're starting to see nightfall overtake this part of the world at the moment. what you're looking at is also visible satellite imagery. this is a zoomed in version of the eyewall. as it goes black, that's the sun setting. let me show you a few things on this. look at the dark center of this storm. that is the eye of the typhoon. that particular area is where we

would typically find calm winds, even the sun comes out or in this case the moon comes out. it's the outer periphery of that eyewall where we find those 230 kilometer per hour wind gusts. let's time the storm going forward. the islands will start to feel the effects of typhoon force winds. that's 110 kilometers per hour or more roughly in the next 12 hours. that would be early monday morning. by late monday evening into early tuesday morning, we'll start to see the weather conditions deteriorate quickly across eastern sections of japan or rather taiwan first, then the western sections of taiwan and that includes taipei and then we start to focus our attention on the province across the taiwan straits. here's a look at the forecast for taipei. the wind gusts will exceed 100

kilometers per hour. it will only get worse from there. not only a wind maker, it's a rainmaker. over 300 mountains above 3,000 meters that will help squeeze out the available moisture and we could dump 250 millimeters of rain or more, by the way, george. that has the possibility of bringing landslides, mudslides, all kinds of problems associated with the strength of this type of a typhoon. something that residents in taiwan, the islands and southeast china need to hon. tore very closely and have final preparations under way. >> we talk about densely populated areas. >> especially on west side of taiwan. roughly 300 people per square kilometer. >> thank you very much. part of a campsite in queensland australia is underwater thanks to this massive sinkhole. it was opened off a busy beach

in the region. this video shows the severity around 140 people were evacuated as the sinkhole swallowed a car. a caravan of campers. no one is missing or injured at this point. >> this is a natural process of erosion. that's all it is. just a gradual removal of the bedrock underneath the ocean, that sandstone is the bedrock. ee vicinitily the groundwater -- eventually the groundwater, the sandstone particles, it gets carried away and forms a void and that eventually causes a sinkhole. it happens to be that this was sudden and it eroded across that region. every country in the world is susceptible to sinkholes. >> take a look at the video there from the sinkhole. when you see it there alongside

the beach. >> it's incredible. scientists need to go there and assess exactly what happened. more than likely, this is a process called execution -- it can be from lower of water tables and the natural water drainage patterns change along coastal areas like that. >> seen it happen on land. on a beach, first time i've seen it. >> seen it in florida. under way in cat loan i can't, it is the largest -- scene of the largest proxy vote for the secede in spain. it's to form its own government. cat lans began heading to the polls. what it could mean for its place in the european union. >> scenes of unity and defiance

in the streets of barcelona early this month. a human mosaic was formed pointing towards the new country they aspire to build. the independence further is expected to peak as catalans go to the polls. a proxy vote on independence. if a coalition of pro independence party even without a majority vote win at least 68 seat in the parliament, they hope to translate that win into forming an independent state. >> >> translator: we've done everything we could to change the status quo and leave cat loan i can't to real change. >> central government is not authorized a vote on the ground it is unconstitutional and they came to avoid a political crisis, that membership in that -- >> with the newly independent

region, it would by fact of its independence become a third country with respect to the union and may apply to become a member of the union. >> some argued that what catalonia is doing is -- that would be damaging to the country as well as the region. >> the country would be taken out of the european union. also, the -- the banks will lose access to the euro system. that will create problems. [ inaudible ] i think both spain and catalonia have a lot at stake. over 7.5 million people, it's been the industrial heartland of spain. it accounts for almost 20% and that's what the entire country's economic out pit. it's home to companies we know.

as well as the airlines. the gdp is roughly on paragraph with portugal. it's such a critical part of the country's economy that already the government is wanting banking restrictions like greece could be imposed. economic threats designed to change direction of the vote. cnn, london. you're watching cnn newsroom and still to come this hour, u.s. and iranian leaders meet for the first time since signing the nuclear deal. that story coming up.

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we are getting reports of clashes between israeli police and palestinians outside the mosque in jerusalem. it's one of the holiest sites for muslims and jews. it's sheen its share of violence in the recent weeks. let's go to jerusalem, orien lieberman standing by. there have been similar incident

in the past month at that very mosque. is there a sense that this could be related to the same group, the violence that we're seeing? >> no definitive answer on that yet, george. police say they were palestinian youths or arab youths. that's how they described the people a couple of weeks ago behind the clashes. it is possible but nothing definitive on the exact people here. what happened, according to israel police, this area, this holy site, the complex surrounding it was only open to muslim worshippers, no visitors because of the islam holiday. there were police standing outside of one of the gates and that's when they say there was stone throwing there and clashes that ended fairly quickly. this was on a much smaller scale than what we've seen over the past months. this ended fairly quickly with no injuries and no arrests. as for previous clashes that have tied into this tension surrounding this holy site, which is one of the holiest

sites for muslims in the noble sanctuary and the holiest site for jews known as the temple mount, a couple of weeks ago police say arab youths barricaded themselves inside and cleared out the arab youths and led to the tensions. they called it an attack on this muslim holy site and it's tied into the recent clashes. the tension and a lot of this anger going back and forth about one of the holiest sites in jerusalem. again, george, much smaller scale what we saw this morning but all tying into that same -- same complex situation and it's always a complex situation when it comes to the old city of jerusalem. >> a very similar storyline that we're sharing with viewers around the world from what we talked about oren, a couple of weeks ago. oren lieberman live from jerusalem. thank you for your reporting. iran's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state met

in new york. iran's foreign minister, mohammed zarif and secretary of state john kerry sat down in new york at the united nations to discuss the agreement as well as regional instability in syria and yemen and the status of detained u.s. citizens in iran. zarif wanted to focus primarily on the implementation of the nuclear deal. cuba's president raul castro was among the leaders president at the u.n. this weekend. castro addressed the changing relationship between the united states and cuba after restoring diplomatic ties and he said there is still work to be done. >> translator: the re-establishment of the diplomatic relations between cuba and the united states of america and the opening of embassies an the policy changes by president obama with regard to our country constitute a major project that -- however,

the economic commercial and financial blockade against cuba persists bringing damages and hardships on the cuban people and standing as the main obstacle to our country's economic development. >> also at the u.n., chinese president says it's the world's responsibility to help developing nations. he spoke saturday at the u.n. sustainability development summit in new york. mr. xi pledged $2 billion to help fight poverty. that will increase by the year 2030. >> translator: looking to the future, china will continue to take a right approach to justice and interests by putting justice before interests and join the other countries in their concerted efforts to realize the post 2015 development agenda. >> china has been under fire for

not doing enough for developing nations. critics argue that china can afford to do more since this is the world's second largest economy. you're watching cnn newsroom and still to come this hour, the pope shares a message of freedom, family and faith. a closer look at pope francis' speech at the festival of families as this broadcast continues around the world this hour on cnn international and cnn usa. oh, look. we have a bunch of...

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this hour. for the first time, the french military launched air strikes against isis targets inside syria. france said that the strikes were based on intelligence gathered from air surveillance operations they conducted over syria for the past two weeks. until now, that country has only taken part in strikes in iraq. powerful typhoon is headed towards taiwan. it is set to make landfall on monday. the joint typhoon warning center says that the storm will continue to intensify over the coming hours. the wind gusts have been up to 240 kilometers or 150 miles an hour. iran's supreme leader says that his country is owed an apology from saudi leaders for the deadly hajj stampede. they say saudi leaders are dodging responsibility. they're still investigating what caused that stampede. you'll remember that it killed some 769 pilgrims.

more than 130 from iran. live pictures from an important election in catalonia which could lead to the country becoming an independent country from spain. if it wins, a coalition party hopes to achieve independence with within 18 months. spain, however, says the vote is unconstitutional. more now on the pope's visit to the united states. in just a few hours, he will begin his final day of the trip. earlier, my colleague spoke with cnn vatican correspondent, delia gallagher about the pope's message at the festival of families in philadelphia. >> well, this was the reason that pope francis came to the united states in the first place to celebrate this world meeting of families and this was the event tonight. he electrified the crowd. he threw away his prepared remarks. he started in spanish with a

translator, telling them why the family is important, telling us he understands that children give them headaches and that the mother-in-law can also be a headache. but that the family is the cornerstone of society and the pope's whole message in this as he's speaking to an immigrant community, a latino community here and he's saying that immigration breaks up families. so that is one of the reasons why the theme of immigration, which the pope also spoke about earlier today, is so important right now for pope francis. we know in europe, of course, it's a very big issue. he reminded the american people that their country is a country founded by immigrants, he said a country that remembers its path, welcomes the immigrants and continues to assimilate them. he had both political message and a very personal message for the people here. i must tell you, natalie, they have just been thrilled by him. >> it seems every stop of the way, the american people have been -- i want to point out as

he was headed out of new york city en route to pennsylvania, he asked that his helicopter that was taking him to jfk airport circle the statue of liberty and ellis island. apparently, new york's cardinal dolan said you could see he was very moved. buenos aires was a city of immigrants too. we've all been wondering what does the pope think of us, think of the united states and that gave us a little bit of inkling about his interest in this country. >> well, i have to say, natalie, he has received a very warm welcome in washington, in new york and now in philadelphia. they have really pulled out all of the stops to make him feel what they really do feel, that he is a superstar for them. he's very, very welcome here. one of the things that we've noticed has been a very heavy security presence and so the pope hasn't been as free as he normally is, for example at the vatican or in other countries

where he could get off of his pope mobile and greet people. but at the airport today when he was getting into his car, he's driving a small fiat car here in the united states, that everybody is kind of amazed at the size of this tiny fiat car compared, of course, to the big gmc trucks that all the security people are driving. he's in his little fiat car, got off the helicopter, comes driving away and sees a small boy in a wheelchair, puts his hand out, stops the car and is able to get out and embrace the boy. he hasn't had a lot of opportunities to actually move away, get into the crowd. he was able to do that today at the airport and that moved quite a lot of people, natalie. >> i understand. thank you so much, julia gallagher there. he's got a final mass tomorrow. thank you so much. the pope plans to meet with american prisoners later today. he will be the first pope ever to do so. the holy father will tour the

fromm hold -- they sat down with several inmates preparing to meet the pope. >> it's a maximum security prison, housing 2800 inmates. some for the most brutal crimes you can imagine. others with long rap sheets, only too familiar with prison. >> you said to me, i'm guilty. >> guilty as charged. >> how has faith shaped your time here in prison? >> it's all i got really. >> it's all i got. >> it may be the last place you would expect to see a pope. >> they want to have hope and this pope brings hope. >> how did this happen? the pope is coming here? >> divine intervention. >> on sunday, pope francis will meet with some 100 inmates here at the correctional facility on the outskirts of philadelphia.

it is the first time a pope has ever visited a u.s. prison. >> you're the reason the pope is coming to this prison. >> it's a great honor and a great blessing. >> this father wrote a letter to the vatican asking for the pope to bless these prisoners, some of them here for serious, many would say unforgivable felonies. some still awaiting trial. >> how did you get him to come? >> i asked him to consider the people here who are the least of these that jesus talks about, the sort of little ones that he had a concern for. >> it gives them a sense of value, the fact that they're not forgotten, that there are individuals in the world that -- >> there are three inmates that meet the pontiff. >> i made a bad decision and i came here. >> i'm a strong believer that everything happens for a reason. me being here in some ways feels

like i'm supposed to be here. >> what about those who would say, shouldn't the pope be meeting with the victims of those in here who are guilty? >> if a house is on fire, yes, you want to help the people who are getting out of there, you want to get them out. you also want to put out the fire. if you're going to help change society, the change comes in the heart first. >> they're part of a team that built this chair for him as a gift. >> what's that experience like? >> once in a lifetime thing. our supervisors came to us with the idea that they wanted us to make the chair, we were all ecstatic and excited. >> it was a lot of work. from woodwork to the upholstery work. with us collaborating on the job, everything came together and it came together nice. >> we tried to make it as perfect as possible. >> you're going to be able to say for the rest of your life,

something i did is in the vatican. michelangelo and my work. >> pope francis made it abundantly clear, he's a pope of the periphery caring for those on the margin. he's washed and kissed the feet of prisoners in rome and visited the laerjs and most notorious prison in bolivia this year. >> what does it mean in your heart to know that he's coming to see you? >> means a lot. means he's stepping into a prison without passing judgment on anybody. that's hard for a lot of people to do. coming from him, it's peaceful and humbling. >> he's a man of faith and not above us. >> albert is a practicing muslim. >> he does not practice your religion, you do not practice his, but it doesn't matter to

you. >> it doesn't. at the end of the day, it's not about religion. it's all about the peace and everybody sticking together. >> 2.2 million americans are incarcerated according to the international center for prison studies, leaving the u.s. with close to 25% of the world's prisoners despite being home to just under 5% of the global population. >> we really have to rethink the way we address a fence and the way we consider a fence. i think we've gone too far in criminalization. >> we've gone too far in criminalization coming from the man who runs this prison? >> yeah. >> even if you're in here, you're going to be free because god made you free. i think a lot of the inmates have received a message so often that they're not worthwhile, that they're somehow less and that they're not fully human, not worth what everyone else is

worth. to have the pope come and visit them is to say yes, you really are create north dakota the image of god. you really have value. you are wonderfully made. i'm hoping that the pope's visit says to them, maybe i am something worthwhile. the pope came to visit me. the pope came to see where i was. >> the pope inspiring all people. that was cnn's poppy harlow reporting there. you're watching cnn newsroom. the swiss attorney general officially launched an investigation into fifa's president. the questionable contract that caught their attention. plus, it's a simple enough move there, but it's the value in the game of rugby that is immeasurable. the importance of kicking in rugby as the news continues. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen.man. when i first got on ancestry

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welcome back. the attorney general has officially launched an investigation against fifa president seth bladder. the swiss are examining a contract signed by with the caribbean football union and an alleged payment of $2 million to the head of the european football body uefa. alex thomas has the latest. >> the net is closing in on blatter who has not reached the tipping point. again, wants to stand in the next one scheduled for february. a statement an saturday appealed not to fans in the media but to the men on the executive commit eye. anyone on that committee, will they have the courage to oust him? after 40 years here at fifa and 18 years almost as president.

the favorite to succeed him, his stock has been damaged by his association with blatter's tarnished regime. there's no criminal investigation into it. but he has cooperated with swiss police answering questions, certainly with an investigation. the u.s. and one here in switzerland. what is certain is that there will be further developments. alex thomas, cnn, zurich, switzerland. barcelona's leonel messi is facing up to two months on the sidelines. the star forward twisted his knee during saturday's 2-1 victory over lass palm as. he suffered the injury in the first ten minutes of the match. barcelona says the torn ligament could force messi to miss the class coe against real madrid in november. two powerhouse faced off against the latest round of the rugby world cup with wales defeating the cross-border rival and

england in a thrilling come from behind victory. the 28-25 win, i should say, was an amazing fight for the welsh team. at one point they were losing 19-9. after 50 minutes of play and with several key players out with injuries in other rugby news, though, italy beat canada and south africa destroyed samoa. several celebrities took to twitter to express excitement including wales international star gareth bales. he's nursing a calf injury but tweeted this. what a game, come on #wales. wales will play fiji next. but the matchup versus uruguay. scotland versus the u.s. and ireland against romania are other matches. some terms are fundamental to the game of rugby and have one thing in common.

they're different forms of kicking. a simple but important aspect of the game. phil black reports. >> kicking is a fundamental part of rugby unit. it's crucial to controlling and winning games. place kicking usually takes two forms. penalties and convergence. penalties are awarded when the opposition commits an infringement. if the kicker is within range, he can try to kick it through the posts. this is worth three points. a team can choose to kick the ball after a penalty triggering an attacking lineup. conversions are attempted after a team scores a try. adding another two points to the scoreboard. the kick must be taken in line with the touchdown. so the nearer the post, the easier the kick.

there are several ways to kick the ball in play. the up and under is an attacking ploy where a ball is sent high into the air allowing others to chase and catch. even if the defending team claims the ball, they're often under immediate pressure from the chasing players. the up and under goes high, a grubber goes along the grouchbltd it's usually not much more than a nudge allowing players to continue the attack or score a try. variation on the grubber is the chip and chase. the ball is dinged over the first line of defenders into space. depending on the bounce of the ball, the outcome is unpredictable. kickers in rugby union always have the option of a drop goal. a quick shot at the post where

the kicker lets the ball bounce fractionally before it's kicked. it's a difficult skill to masser with you worth three points when successful. these are only basic forms of kicking. players use many variations to gain an advantage and control a game. >> great report there by phil black. takes a lot of skill in rugby. you're watching cnn newsroom. still to come, a rare event is headed to a sky near you this weekend. coming up, everything you need to know about the supermoon eclipse.

headed to a sky near you this if you look up in the sky this weekend, you could catch a very rare event. a perfect trifecta in the skies around the world. meteorologist derek van dam joins us now with more on the celestial event. derek? >> george, this is something that you and our viewers want to set their alarm clocks for. we've got the rare celestial event as you put it, the trifecta of celestial events. that would be a total lunar eclipse, coinciding with a

supermoon, coinciding with a blood moon. first, let's talk about where this will be visible. now, i'm talking about the total lunar eclipse. this will be visible across the eastern and central half of north america. from the great lakes to the new england coastline. of course, weather dependent. you can see the cloud cover blanketing the atlanta, georgia area. unfortunately, where cnn is located. i was hoping to get my telescope out. doesn't look like that will happen sunday evening. west africa, western europe and even into portions of south africa. take a look at this video. we can explain what's actually about to take place. we know what a lunar eclipse is, when the sun, the earth and the moon align. there's a shadow casted on the moon. this is happening tonight, sunday evening, the 27th beginning at 10:11 p.m. eastern standard time when the full eclipse begins.

ends at 11:23 p.m. it will coincide with the blood moon which is a red tint cast on the surface of the moon. that is because the earth's atmosphere actually bends and scatters the sunlight around the earth's atmosphere and leaves only the largest wave lights -- or the light waves which would be red to the visible eye and cast that red glow right on the moon. on top of that, there's the superman. we know that the moon revolves around the earth in an elliptical fashion. it makes its closest approach, well, this sunday evening and that is going to allow for the moon to appear about 14% larger than it typically would, george. and also about 30% brighter than it typically would. this is awesome. i mean, this is something that has only happened four times since the early 1900s and the reason why, george, that we need to set our alarm clocks is

because this won't happen again until 2033. who knows where we'll be by then. >> but we've got this pesky cloud cover in atlanta. i'm out of luck, huh? >> i'm just the messenger. i'll tell you about the triad, supermoon and total lunar eclipse. i don't do anything about the clouds. >> maybe our friends in one of the other bureaus could get a picture. >> we'll call up london. >> derek, thank you. we thank you for joining us this hour for cnn newsroom. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. i'll be back after the hour with another hour of news around the world. thanks for watching cnn, the world's news lieder. leader.

pope francis in philadelphia. the pope closes out his trip in the united states with a farewell mass at the world meeting of families. plus, violence at the mosque in jerusalem city. the latest on tensions between israeli police and palestinian youths. catalans go to the polls. why it could be crucial for the push for independence. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom. good day to you and welcome to oir viewers here in the united states and around the world. for the first time france launched air strikes against

isis targets inside syria. france said that these strikes were based on intelligence that it gathered from air surveillance operations over the past two weeks. until now, france has only conducted air strikes against isis targets in iraq. those started a year ago. just friday, iraq's foreign minister said he wanted coalition forces to hit more isis targets and to hit them more frequently. pope francis in the united states. just a few hours from now the pope will start his final day here in america. he plans to meet with area bishops and to visit a prison in philadelphia. the pope capped saturday with an event called the festival of families. he spoke with the sanctity and the importance of relatives, but in a lighthearted moment. he also joked about the tensions and the argue ums that are common among them.

listen. >> translator: some of you might say, of course, father, you speak like that because you're not married. [ laughter ] >> translator: families have the difficulties. families, we quarrel. and sometimes plates can fly. [ laughter ] >> translator: and children bring headaches. i won't speak about mother-in-laws. >> it's all very true. the spirited festival featured performances also from some big american stars. the queen of soul aretha

franklin delivered a stirring rendition of amazing grac but the main spotlight was indeed on the pope. in one poignant moment, the pope embraced a disabled man who was on the stage with his mother and gave him a commemorative token. the pope's final day in the u.s. will be a very busy one. he is set to meet with prison inmates expected to be an emotional meeting for the pope himself as well for the prisoners that he will meet. cnn's rosa flores has a look ahead at the pope's remaining time in the city of brotherly love. >> it is time to say adios to pope francis. today is his last full day in the united states after a two-country tour that included cuba. now, today is an action-packed day for him. in the morning, he visit hes with the bishops. he's gone off script before when he speaks to his brothers.

after that, he visits with inmates. now, that is expected to be an emotional encounter for the pope in bolivia, for example, he walked inside that prison and during his speech, he said i am here as a sinner. i am a man who has been forgiven. very touching for the inmates there. then the day wraps up with a giant mass here in philadelphia. this is expected to be the biggest mass in the united states because it's going to be at benjamin franklin park way, open air, tons of people. we don't have exact numbers yet, but it's expected to be the biggest mass in the united states. again, it's time to say adios to pope francis. he heads back to rome and, of course, we'll be following his every step. rosa flores, cnn, philadelphia.

>> for more now on the pope's u.s. visit and its significance for catholics, let's turn to paul valley. he's a journalist and author of pope francis, the struggle for the soul of catholicism. paul joins us from manchester, england. paul, thank you for being with us. let's talk big picture first. the pope put the topic of family first and environmental protection first and asked americans to honor the ideals on the topic of immigration. all of this broke through what has been a thick election cycle and april lot of rhetoric. what do you make of the spirit that the pope brought to the u.s.? >> well, he's trying to come to a society which he sees as polarized between liberals and conservatives and so we need to find a way forward and find common ground. so he's been -- he's spoken in the voice of someone who is a guest in someone else's house. he's not been finger wagging at

all. he's been fierce in global capitalism. in the states, he had had message that's soft but firm. he said to his bishops, i don't want you to speak in a harsh or divisive voice. put the culture wars behind you and he embodied that message. he tried to speak in that way, softly, gently, warmly embracing people but with a firm challenge. >> paul, you just returned to manchester from the united states. were there any moments about the pope's visit that stood out to you? >> there were a number of moments. i thought in philadelphia, when they played the fanfare for the common man, he's the pope for the common man. that was very, very moving. i thought when he began his speech to congress by saying, we, we americans north and south, that was a very stirring

moment because it was something that would be expected. it was embodying a type of brotherhood. forget the idea of north and south. we're all americans. i thought it was marvelous the way that he -- when he cited the four great americans in the past, lincoln, martin luther king, dorothy day and thomas mer ten, he was saying look, you've got this in your inheritance america. just live up to it and set aside this division and find common purpose. look for the common good. >> the pope, as you mentioned, walked a fine line when touching on those what are typically thorny issues in united states. but then we saw in philadelphia, this festival of families, a lighthearted moment and poignant in many ways. talk to us about that experience as so, so many people came together to hear what he had to say. >> well, there was a wonderful quote from one of the singers from sister sledge who said, this pope has got an ear for

ordinary people, an ear for the poor and he's got a heart, a kind heart, a warm heart. that is what people respond to. there's a kind of -- he feels like your uncle, your favorite uncle. something about him that touches you in an ordinary kind of way, in a way which previous popes who were philosophers and thee loejians. this man is a pastor. that's what the family is about, a place where people speak to one another from nair heart. not a place where the father stands up on a sunday and carves the chicken and said what are -- the market doesn't enter into the family. he's setting up a different, an alternative way of looking at the world. a way about kindness and compassion and mercy and thinking about what's best for all of us, not just what's best for me. >> kindness, compassion and humility, paul. let's talk about the pope driving around on the streets of

america in that fiat. >> really sent a message. >> yeah. he sent a message. he always does. his biggest messages are not in his words, they're in miss actions. living in a guest house. not in the papal palace. getting the bus with the cardinals, not in a limousine. here in the u.s., this little fiat. i made a joke out of that. in latin, there's a phrase fiat -- it means thy will be done. he was in the fiat doing god's will. am gestures are so important to him. he's going now to a prison. he thinks the prisoners are one of the constituencies in the modern world most neglected by us. it will be moving to see him there. he won't care what people have done. he just cares about how people are now and how they will try to make their life better going forward. >> paul, thank you for joining us from manchester england.

thank you so much for your instiet and again pointing out the pope will be visiting this prison. the first pope to ever do so. paul -- >> thank you very much. it's been a pleasure. >> the prison inmates that the pope is set to meet probably never expected to meet with the pope. cnn sat down with some of them for an interview and later in this hour we'll show you exactly what they had to say. iran's supreme leader is demanding an apology for saudi arabia for the deadly hajj stampede. speaking to a group of clerics on sunday, the ayatollah khamenei says the muslim world has many questions in this regard and saudi rulers instead of shunning responsibilities must accept their -- responsibility, rather. in this grave incident by apologizing to the muslim uma and ber get families.

i express my condolences to the many families who are mourning the loss of their loved ones in this tragic event and emphasize the need for attention to the injured as well as investigating the causes of this incident and other similar incidents in this year's fat pilgrima pilgrimage. >> the saudi foreign minister met with john kerry on saturday. he rejects the handling of the pilgrimage and says it shouldn't be making politics of this tragedy. nearly 800 pilgrims, you'll remember died in that sptampede. hundreds of people remain missing. saturday marked the final day of the hajj. we're getting reports of clashes between israeli police and palestinian youth outside the mosque in jerusalem. the mosque is one of the holiest

sites for both muslims and jews, but it has seen its share of violence in recent weeks. earlier, i spoke with oren lieberman about developments there. >> police say they were arab or palestinian youths. it's the same wording they used to describe the people behind the clashes a couple of weeks ago. there is the sense that it's possible but nothing definitive on the exact people here. what happened this morning, according to israel police, is that this holy spot was opened only to muslim worshippers of all ages. no visitors because of the muslim holiday. there were police standing outside of one of the gates and that's when they say there was stone throwing there and clashes that ended fairly quickly. this is on a much smaller scale than what we've seen the past couple of weeks and months. police say it ended fairly quickly with no injuries and no arrests. as for previous clashes that have all tied into this tension surrounding this holy site which

is one of the holiest sites for muslim and holiest site for jews known as the temple mound. a couple of weeks ago police say arab youths barricaded themselves inside. the police moved in to clear out the arab youth and that led to the clashes and the tension. they called it an attack on this muslim holy site. that's tied with the tension and the anger going back and forth about one of the holiest sites in jerusalem. >> oren lieberman reporting there. switching over to weather. a powerful typhoon approaching taiwan now. derek van dam trackingit. >> it's just now been upgraded to 230 kilometer per hour sustained wind. that's only ten kilometers shy of super typhoon status, george. this is a formidable threat. taiwan, the islands as well as

southeastern china needs to pay attention very closely to what i'm about to discuss. here's the latest from the warning center. there's the sustained winds. that's formed around the center of the storm. really, we've got in large diameter storm. basically the same length as the entire island of taiwan. that's why this is a threat to that particular region. wind gusts over 280 kilometers per hour. this is a visible satellite imagery of the eyewall. you can see how it's become. it's indicating that it's strengthening. there are intense winds. a quick fast fact about the powerful typhoons. at the center of these storms, the eye, that's where you tip clip would find calm winds and clear skies. but as soon as that eyewall passes over, that's when you start to feel the effects of the strongest part of the storm. by the way, the winds change directions depending on what side of the eyewall you happen to be located on. let's time this out. the ryuku islands, that's when

you feel typhoon force winds. look at that. the joint typhoon warning center upgrades this to super typhoon status as well. about 230 kilometer per hour wind gusts possible as it reaches the eastern shores of taiwan. it moves over this mountainous country and then moves across the taiwan straits wrapping in a significant amount of moisture. creates a storm surge rah long the coast of taiwan as well as the possibility of extreme wind gusts for taipei. the infrastructure within that city is prone to hold up against powerful typhoons just like this. one can only hope that does take place. here's the forecast for the southern ryuku islands. wind gusts in excess of 170 kilometers per hour over the next 12 hours. the rainfall totals will lead to the possibility of landslides and mudslides across much of

taiwan. george? a significant threat. >> we were talking about a densely populated area. >> especially on the western shores of taiwan. the east coast of taiwan, that is far more less populated than the taipei region. >> derek, thanks. stick around. i want to talk about this other story. take a look at this part of a site in queensland, australia. it's now underwater thanks to a massive sinkhole that opened off a beach there. about 140 people were evacuated as the sinkhole swallowed a car, a caravan and camping gear. no one is missing or injured. but derek, my goodness, never seen something like that along beach. >> that's right, george. sinkholes happen across the world, in fact, every country is susceptible to sinkholes. it has to do with natural erosion that happens. eventually, you get that gradual removal of the bedrock that holds up the ground above. in this particular case, that

would be sandstone along the coast there. but the groundwater gradually disofls. that carbonated -- it's carried away. all the remaining particles. eventually a void is formed and the sinkhole starts to form as well. we start to see the erosion like you saw there. by the way, this happens, in florida for instance we see it across the caribbean as well and noup in australia. nothing new. but certainly scary for the people in that area. derek, thank you so much. you're watching cnn newsroom and still to come, catalonia, spain, once again butts head. the two butthead. there's an election kicked off that they hope brings them to independence as spain stomps its feet in rejection. we reveal the winner in the surprising wales versus england rugby game. that's news across the world on cnn international and cnn usa.

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the 135-seat parliament. spain calls the vote unconstitutional. chinese president says it's the world's responsibility to help developing nations. he spoke saturday at the united nations sustainability summit in new york. mr. xi pledged $2 billion to help developing countries in order to fight poverty. that amount will increase to a total of $12 billion by the year 2030. >> translator: we chinese say, eat according to the size of one's stomach and dress according to the size of one's figure. it's necessary for them to formulate strategies that fit their endowment and national conditions. the international community has a duty to help developing countries with capacity building and provide them with support and assistance tailored to their

actual needs. looking to the future, china will continue to take a right approach to justice and interest by putting justice before interests and join the other countries in their concerted efforts to realize the post 2015 development agenda. >> china has been under fire for not doing enough for developing nations. critics argue that china can afford to do more since it is the world's second largest economy. iranian foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state john kerry metaphor the first time since signing the nuclear deal in new york. the pair sat down at the united nations to discuss the agreement as well as regional instability in syria and yemen and the status of detained u.s. citizens in iran. zarif said, however, that he wanted to focus primarily on the implementation of the nuclear deal. switching now to rugby. a thrilling victory in the 2015

rugby world cup as the welsh defeated their cross-border rivals and the world cup host england. the 28-25 win was an amazing fight back for the welsh team. at one point they were losing 19-9 after 50 minutes of play and with several key players out injured. wales will play fiji next. several celebrities took to twitter to express their excitement about the match. including wales international star gareth bales. he's nursing a calf injury but had enough strength to tweet this. what a game. come on. #wales. let's bring in peter fitzsimmons, writer with the sydney herald. he has more on the rugby world cup. peter, good to have you with us. a stunning victory for wales over the host england. what went wrong for england or maybe i should say what went right for wales? >> you'd have to be english to

say it went wrong. for the rest of us, it was a fabulous match. they were expected to win. england at home on their famous ground against wales. they're the hoegss, they're the superbly well prepared. wales had lots of injuries, hasn't had a great track record. of course, england was expected to win. but wales kept going and going and going. with two minutes to go, maybe five minutes to go, lloyd williams, the welsh winger burst down the left hand wing, gets through. suddenly three english man are on him. he does a kick for the ages. the welsh forward picks it up to score the try. it was a wonderful, wonderful try. it was a bit like last week, at the gichkt week, tiny little japan took on the mighty south africans and beat them. that was japan that hadn't had a world cup win in -- had one win

in 30 years up against south africa who were two-time world champions. and results like this of japan beating south africa and wales beating england bring the whole world cup alive. makes everybody interested. it's not just the result. it's the way the teams have played. it's wonderful rugby, great for the game, great for this world cup. everybody, i speak to you from sydney town. but all over the world on twitter, e-mails, phone calls, everybody is talking about the world cup at least in the world of rugby. >> that's awesome. look, england faces australia next weekend. it really is do or die, isn't it? are there hopes of getting out of the group stage slipping away. >> i happen to be the chair of the australian republican movement wanting australia to become a republic. even those not -- those that are monarchists. it's in our dna.

there's no nationwide on earth that we like beating more than england. the reckoning is after england having lost -- lost to wales this morning, they will be desperate to beat australia. but i must say, england to do them their due, they had aid chance this morning when they were playing wales with a minute to go, they had a chance for a penalty for a draw. in rugby it works out. down 28-25. had the chance for a penalty goal. that would have been three points. england to their credit said we want a win. they went for the win and didn't get there. even though they failed, they failed gloriously. last week, japan against south africa. japan, too had a chance against south africa to come away with an honorable draw. they said no, we don't want the draw. we want the win. they went for the win and they

got it. they're heroes. the wonderful thing about both of those matches and this world cup today, it has been played in that spirit of damn the torpedoes. full speed ahead. let's go for the victory. >> peter, you're right. this is the talk around the world. peter fitzsimmons thank you so much for taking time to give us your insights. today's big matchup is australia versus uruguay. other games include scotland versus the u.s. and ireland against row han i can't. you're watching cnn newsroom. still to come, prisoners prepare to meet the pope. some of the inmates sat down with cnn. ahead, we'll show you what they have to say. plus, protesters in mexico demand answers from mexican authorities in the disappearance of 43 male students now missing for a year. details on this protest demands and the clashes with police as the news continues on cnn newsroom. at&t and directv are now one.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the headlines we're following this hour. a critical election now under way in catalonia. which could lead for the region becoming an independent area from spain. live images here as people go to the polls. catalana at the polls in barcelona and across the region. if it wins, a coalition party hopes to achieve independence within 18 months. spain, however, says that this vote is unconstitutional. for the first time ever, the french military has launched air

strikes against isis targets inside syria. the french president's office says that they were based on intelligence gathered from air surveillance operations. until now, france has only conducted air strikes inside iraq. pope francis spoke about the importance of family at a festival saturday in philadelphia. the event called the festival of families capped off a very busy day that included a mass with about 2,000 people. in the coming hours, the pope will meet with area bishops. the pope also plans to meet with american prisoners later today. he will be the first pope to ever do so. the holy father will tour the curran fromm hold facility near philadelphia. poppy harlow sat down with several inmates preparing to meet the pope. >> it's a maximum security prison, housing 2800 inmates. some for the most brutal crimes you can imagine.

others with long rap sheets, only too familiar with prison. >> you said to me, i'm guilty. >> gaeltd as charged. >> how has faith changed your time here? prison? >> it's all i've got really. >> is faith. >> it's all i got. >> it may be the last place you would expect to see a pope. >> they want to have hope and this pope brings hope. >> how did this happen? that the pope is come here? >> divine intervention. >> on sunday, pope francis will meet with some 100 inmates here at the curran-fromhold facility here in philadelphia. it's the first time the pope has visit a u.s. prison. >> you're the reason the pope is coming to this prison. >> it's a great on or and blessing. >> this father wrot a letter to the vatican asking for the pope to bless these prisoners. some of them here for serious, many would say unforgivable

felonies. some still awaiting trial. >> how did you get him to come? >> i asked him to consider the people who are here the least of that jesus talks about. the sort of little ones that he had a concern for. >> a sense of value. the fact that they're not forgotten. that they -- they're individuals in the world that hope for their success. >> we met three inmates who will meet the pontiff. >> i made a bad decision. i came here. >> i'm a strong believer that everything happens for a reason. me being here in some ways it feels like i'm supposed to be here. >> what about those who would say shouldn't the pope be meeting with the victims of those in here who are guilty? >> if a house is on fire, yes, you want to help the people who are getting out of there, you want to get them out. but you also want to put out the

fire. if you're going to help change society, the change comes in the heart first. >> they are part of a team that built this dhar for him as a gift. >> what's that experience like? >> once in a lifetime thing. once our supervisors came to us with the idea that they wanted us to make the chair, we were all ecstatic and excited. >> it was a lot of work. from the woodwork to the upholstery work. with us clab raiting on a job, everything came together and it came together nicely. >> we try to make it as good as possible. something i did is in the vatican. michelangelo, and my work. pope francis made it abundantly clear, he's a pope of the periphery, caring for those on the margins. he's waurkd and kissed the feet

of prisoners in rome and visited the largest and most notorious prison in bolivia earlier this year. >> what does it mean in your heart that he's coming to see you. >> means a lot. he's stepping into a prison without passing judgment on anybody. that's hard for a lot of people to do. and coming from him, i mean, it's peaceful, it's humbling. >> he's a man of faith and he's not above us. >> i'm just a human being. >> albert is a practicing muslim. i represent peace. >> he does not practice your religion and vice versa, but it doesn't matter to you. >> it doesn't. at the end of the day, it's not about religion. it's about the peace and everybody sticking together. ♪ >> 2.2 million americans are ins cars rated according to the international center for prison

studies, leaving the u.s. with 25% of the world's prisoners. despite being home to just under 5% of the global population. >> we really have to rethink the way we address a fence and how we consider a fence. i think we've gone too far in criminalization. >> coming from the man who runs this prison. >> yes. >> even if you're in free, you'll be free because god made you free. i think a lot of the inmates received a message so often that they're not worthwhile, that they're somehow less, that they're not fully human, not worth what everyone else is worth. >> compared to the pope's this is to say, yes, you really are created in the image of god. you really have value. you are wonderfully made. i'm hoping that the pope's visit says to them, maybe i am something worthwhile.

the pope came to visit me. the pope came to see where i was. >> so many people inspired by pope francis. that was our poppy harlow reporting. stay with cnn as we follow the pope on his final day in the united states. coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. in the u.s. 7:00 p.m. in london. 8:00 p.m. in berlin right here on cnn worldwide. india's leader is looking to deepen ties with the tech industry. this year, he's taken his digital india drive to silicon valley. later today, he'll take part in a facebook question and answer session. the facebook page has more than 30 million likes. on saturday, he met with apple's chief tim cook. apple is reportedly looking to expand its stores in india. now to mexico city. tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets.

they are demanding justice and the truth about the disappearance of 43 young men. the protests that ended in violent clashes with police. saturday marked one year since these students, teacher trainees at a local college all went missing. the mexican government says they were abducted by corrupt police and then handed over it a drug gang. a gang who burned their bodies, believing that they were part of a rival gang. but a recent independent report contradicts those findings. cnn's rafael romo has more from saturday's protest. >> reporter: thousands upon thousands of people participating in this march. participants are calling it march of national indignation. they say that they can't believe that it's been a year since 43 students from a rural teacher's college disappeared and nobody

can give them a straight answer. they finally arrived to the main square here in mexico city known to the spanish. that's the cathedral within the one side and on the other side, the national palace. this is the location where they wanted to get. they say this is the best place to send a message to the mexican government. i wanted to show you what we found here at the main square. that is a banner that shows three victims, three fatal victims of that night, september 26th. the three faces in the middle are three students who were shot and killed. all of the faces that you see around are the faces of the 43 students who have been missing for a year now. the other phrase that we've been hearing repeatedly here, they were taken alive. we want them back alive.

♪ why did you write this song? >> this song, it was meant to inspire people about injustice happening in mexico, especially. it's not only about 43 missing. it's about so many injustices happening around here and we need to a voice. something else that has gotten our attention. a large number of modified mexican flags. normally the mexican flag is green, white and red. but people are carrying these flags where you can see black and white. >> i'm sure. because we're still seeking for justice and because we're mourning the disappearance of of course, three students. >> it's now been raining for several hours in mexico. city. as you can see, many people carrying umbrellas. that hasn't stopped these protesters from coming to the main square to make a point and the point is that they won't stop until they know the truth

about the 43. rafael romo, cnn, mexico city. you're watching cnn newsroom. a young shiite man is awaiting crucifixion for charges that he denies. coming up, human rights groups are pleading with south america america to spare the life of ali nun powell. ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi, and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. ♪

welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm george howell. the united nations experts there and human rights groups are all calling on saudi arabia to halt the execution and crucifixion of a young shiite man. he was arrested in 2012 for

crimes he reportedly committed as a teenager during arab spring protests. our becky anderson explains the case of ali alma miles an hour. >> friends and family describe this man as an optimistic and outgoing young man who loves photography, movies, cars and motorcycles. today he sits in a saudi prison condemned to death for the crimes he allegedly committed as a teenager. he was arrested in 2012. during pro-democracy protests inspired by the arab spring when he was just 17. convicted of charges, including belonging to a terror cell, attacking police with molotov kong tai cocktails. now, he is set to be executed, beheaded in this public square in rye add with the added

crucifixion. they're displaying it as a warning to others. a source close to the family tells cnn, although he took part in the protests, he is innocent of the charges and that his conviction and harsh sentence are "revenge against his uncle." the uncle, the protest leader was convicted by saudi authorities last year. he's also facing the death penalty. cnn has reach out to saudi officials for comment on the case. but there have been no response. previous attempts by cnn to contact officials for comment on the case of his uncle also went unanswered. human rights groups, journalists and politicians have expressed outrage over the case on social media. with many activists calling on saudi arabia's king to commute the young man's sentence. the london-based legal charity says much of his case has been

held in secret. his final appeal denied last week without the young man or his lawyer present. but with all legal options exhausted, it's feared that he could be executed and crucified any time. becky anderson, cnn, abu dhabi. you're watching cnn newsroom. still to come, plenty of high notes for pope francis in philadelphia. >> up next, we'll bring you extra special moments from his first day in the city of brotherly love. around here, i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. my bargain detergent, it couldn't keep up. it was mostly water. so i switched to tide pods.

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coined. the celestial trifecta. that's what it is. it's so rare, only happened four times since the early 1900s. the next time it's going to happen is in 2033. so set your alarm clocks, people. this is important. you want to see this. who knows where you'll be in, well, 15 or 18 years' time. we're talking about a total lunar eclipse coinciding with a supermoon and a blood moon. it's a mouthful. i'll try to describe it all to you. let me show you who is the lucky few to see it. say lucky many. the eastern and central half of all of north america. we've got the entire south america continent enjoying this celestial event. portions of south africa as well. let me explain what's about to happen. take a look at these vish us. you can see the solar eclipse taking place. the sun, earth and moon.

there's a shadow cast on the moon. this is happening tonight, the 27th. it's going to take place for a good hour or so beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern standard time. the blood moon occurs when the red tint is cast on the surface of the moon. that's because the earth's atmosphere actually bends and scatters the sunlight and by the way, george, the supermoon is all thanks to the moon's elliptical rotation around the earth. it will be its closest approach to the surface and that makes it 14% bigger in the sky, at least visibility-wise. amazing. >> derek, though, the problem for us here, though in atlanta, we've got this cloud cover so we -- >> somebody has been paying attention to my weather forecast. unfortunately, our telescopes won't be working for this event in atlanta. >> before we go, let's recap the

top story. in the coming hour, the pope is set to start his final day in philadelphia or maybe he's an early riser. maybe he's already awake. who knows? what thing is for sure, he brought a message of faithful and freedom. we'd like to bring you some of the best moments of the pope's visit to philadelphia. ♪ we are family ♪ ♪ i got all my sisters with me ♪ >> translator: families have the difficulties. sometimes plates can fly. [ laughter ] ♪

♪ >> there right there was truly the voice of an angel. but then he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie "ted." ♪ >> thank you, holy father. this mural will be a lasting testament to the world meeting of families and your visit. >> we end with that. we thank you for joining us this hour. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. for viewers in the u.s., new day is next. for other viewers around the world, best of quest is ahead. you're watching cnn, the world news leader.

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♪ pope francis ending a whirlwind trip to the united states. one more very packed day, including a meeting with prison inmates and celebrating mass in front of more than a million peop people. >> families have the difficulties. >> translator: sometimes plates can fly. >> yeah, the lighter side of the pope before he heads home. pope francis a little fun, we saw last nig