i'm amy goodman. pope francis has left the united states after a historic six-day visit. during his trip, pope francis addressed congress and the united nations general assembly, fed homeless people in washington, d.c. and met with , immigrant families and people who survived child sex abuse by clergy. the pope said "god weeps" over the sexual abuse of children, although critics and some survivors of clergy abuse said the pope's meeting was not enough and pushed for more accountability among the clergy. pope francis also visited the curran-fromhold correctional facility on the outskirts of philadelphia. it is painful and we see prison systems which are not concerned to care for wounds, to soothe pain, to offer new possibilities. amy: republican house speaker john boehner has announced he is resounding not only a speaker of the house, but from congress. he has served in congress for 25 years, and as speaker of the house since 2011. during his tenure, boehner has faced intense pressure from the far righ

i'm amy goodman. hungary has declared a state of emergency in two regions along its southern border with serbia as hungarian authorities arrest more than 60 people under new laws criminalizing border crossing. a group of refugees have to curb hunger strike at the border, demand passage. the rising tensions come as european union officials meeting in brussels monday failed to agree on a plan to resettle 120,000 asylum seekers. outside the meeting, the aunt of the 3-year-old syrian toddler aylan kurdi, whose lifeless body was photographed on a turkish shore after his boat sank in the mediterranean, demanded the european union take action to help refugees. >> please, say the refugees. do something. put hands together. find a solution. make it happen. people should open their hearts and help those refugees. amy: in california, at least one -- major wildfires continue to burn out of control despite nearly 9000 firefighters efforts. three massive fires have burned more than 250,000 acres across central and

i'm amy goodman. federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal investigation into general motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. under the deal general motors , agreed to pay $900 million as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, but no gm executives will be prosecuted for covering up the deadly defect. we'll speak with ralph nadar and the mother of a crash victim caused by the faulty ignition switch after headlines. in news from europe, croatia has closed the majority of its border crossings with serbia following the influx of more than 13,000 refugees this week. this comes after hungary's violent crackdown at its border. the european union commissioner for migration condemned the continent's borders crackdown thursday. >> there is no wall you would not climb, no sea you wouldn't cross if you are fleeing violence and terror. i believe we have a moral duty to offer them protection. inscribed in international and your p and laws. amy: donald trump is fa

i'm amy goodman. president obama has challenged world leaders to act urgently on climate change or "condemn our children to a world they will no longer have the capacity to repair." on monday, president obama opened an international conference on the arctic being held in alaska by emphasizing the u.s. role in creating the climate crisis. >> the fact is, climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it. that, ladies and german, must change. we are not acting fast enough. i have come here today is a leader of the world's largest economy in the second largest emitter, to say the united states recognizes our role in creating this problem and we embrace our responsibility to help solve it. amy: president obama's remarks come just weeks after his administration granted permission to shell to drill for oil in the arctic. a move critics saymeanwhile, obo expected to propose the u.s. coast guard acquire and build new icebreaking ships that can operate in the arctic in efforts to keep pace with russia

i'm amy goodman. two more democratic senators have backed the iran nuclear deal, meaning the agreement is all but certain to gain passage through congress. on tuesday, pennsylvania senator bob casey and delaware senator chris coons came out in support of the historic accord between iran and six world powers. obama has said he will veto any resolution by congress to block the deal. the white house is now only one vote short of the 34 required to uphold the veto. in a major victory for prisoners' rights, california is expected to dramatically reduce the number of prisoners held in solitary confinement after it reached a landmark legal settlement with a group of prisoners at the pelican bay state prison on tuesday. we'll go to california for more after headlines. we will speak with the mother of a prisoner in solitary confinement for more than 14 years. president obama continues his trip to the arctic just weeks after his administration permitted oil giant shell to begin oil drilling in the remote arctic

none at all. >> amy's my middle child. amy had not been a depressed child or a depressed teenager. i think her depression actually visibly started after she divorced her first husband, michael. didn't want to go to work. didn't want to do anything. >> she expected things to be, go a certain way. and when it derailed from that in any small portion, it would set her off. >> she told me that she had gone to a party and she met this guy who was an engineer and she just really liked him and he was really delightful. >> we dated long distance for a year or so. amy revealed a few things about her history with her depression. i figured that eventually amy would get off the medication and deal with her issues and we could move on with our lives together. early spring 2003 i get a phone call from the hospital saying that amy's in the hospital in cedar rapids. amy had gone to backbone state park. she had taken some pills, i guess. and sitting on the edge of a cliff and supposedly passed out and fell off the cliff. >> i knew that was a suicide attempt. she didn't have to tell me. i just knew.

i'm amy goodman. japanese lawmakers have voted into law new measures to allow japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since the end of world war ii. the vote came after days of protests which brought tens of thousands to the streets to defend japan's pacificist constitution. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has pushed to weaken the pacificist provisions as part of a broader strategy of militarization. opposition parties had sought to block the pro-military measures which were opposed by a majority of the public. protesters vowed to continue fighting. >> it doesn't mean we should let it pass. we can't just develop because it pass. after all, it was passed in the most regular way. celebratedrancis mass in front of hundreds of thousands in revolution square. born in argentina, he is the first latin american pope. he was widely praised in cuba for helping to broker secrets talks with washington that resulted in a further normalization of u.s. cuban relations. after arriving in cuba saturday,

i'm amy goodman. in japan, helicopter teams are rushing to rescue people from their rooftops as his stork -- historic flooding has forced more than 90,000 people from their homes. at least 12 people have been injured and one person is missing. homes and cars have been swept away by the torrents of water. researchers at the university of tokyo have linked increased flooding to climate change, particularly in asia. meanwhile, california state assembly has stripped a key provision from governor jerry brown's climate change legislation. the measure had sought to set targets to reduce gasoline use. it had been the subject of fierce opposition from the oil and gas industry, which had launched a statewide advertising blitz against the legislation. the university of california has announced it has sold off more than $200 million worth of investments in coal and tar sands companies. university officials say the move was prompted by concerns over environmental sustainability as well as the increasing riskiness

i'm amy goodman. in a major foreign policy victory for president obama, republicans in the senate failed to secure enough votes thursday to derail the iran nuclear agreement. the senate voted against clearing the way for a debate of the bill in a 58 to 42 vote, less than the 60 votes needed to advance a resolution of disapproval. four democrats voted against the deal -- new york senator charles schumer, maryland senator benjamin cardin, new jersey senator robert menendez, and west virginia senator joe manchin. after the vote, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell vowed to continue to fight against the deal, a move some say is a futile act of political posturing. we'll have more on the iran nuclear deal after headlines. the obama administration has agreed to accept at least 10,000 syrian refugees over the next year, an increase that falls far short of figures called for by lawmakers and international aid organizations. the united states has resettled fewer than 1500 syrians since the conflict began.

i'm amy goodman. pope francis has arrived in new york where he will speak today at the united nations general assembly. on thursday, he became the first pope to ever address a joint session of congress, where he discussed poverty, hunger, climate change, refugees, the death penalty immigration, , the arms trade and u.s.-cuba , relations. after the congressional speech, pope francis skipped an offer to dine with lawmakers in order to eat with homeless residents of washington, d.c. speaking at st. patrick parish, -- speaking at st. patrick's cathedral, pope francis spoke about the immorality of lack of housing. , we want to be very clear can find no social or moral justification, no justification whatsoever for the lack of housing. there are many unjust situations, but we know that god is suffering with us, experiencing them on our side. he does not abandon us. amy: he was speaking up st. patrick's parish and washington, d.c. enter, he would speak at state patrick's cathedral in new york. throughout his

i'm amy goodman. attorneys for death row prisoner richard glossip have made a last-minute bid to save his life, saying the state of oklahoma may be about to execute an innocent man. glossip is scheduled to die at 3:00 p.m. central time today. on tuesday, oklahoma governor mary fallin denied him a stay of execution. despite mounting calls from supporters to spare his life. working asossip was a manager at the best budget in an obama city when his boss was murdered. a minutes worker, justin sneed, admitted he beat the man to bat.h with a baseball deat the case rested almost solely on sneed's claim. no physical evidence tied glossip to the crime. glossip's attorneys say sneed implicated their client in exchange for a deal to save himself from the death penalty. on tuesday, glossip's attorneys asked the oklahoma court of criminal appeals to halt the execution saying new evidence further supports his innocence. we will have more on the case activisting anti-death sister helen prejean after the headlines. t

i'm amy goodman. president obama and russian president vladimir putin held their first formal meeting in two years last night in new york. during the 90-minute meeting, the presidents agreed that their armed forces should hold talks to avoid coming into conflict in syria where fighting has killed over 200,000 people and displaced millions. in recent weeks russia has , reached a new intelligence-sharing agreement with iraq, iran and syria in the , fight against isil and built up forces inside syria to support president bashar al-assad. the united states, meanwhile, has called for the ouster of syrian president bashar al-assad. we'll have more on the meeting with professor and author vijay prashad. president obama and cuban president raÚl castro are slated to meet today for their first formal meeting since the u.s. and cuba began to restore diplomatic relations this summer. this comes after castro addressed the u.n. general assembly monday, calling for an end to u.s. embargo and a return of guantanamo

i'm amy goodman. attorneys for death row prisoner richard glossip have made a last-minute bid to save his life, saying the state of oklahoma may be about to execute an innocent man. glossip is scheduled to die at 3:00 p.m. central time today. on tuesday, oklahoma governor mary fallin denied him a stay of execution. despite mounting calls from supporters to spare his life. working asossip was a manager at the best budget in an obama city when his boss was murdered. a minutes worker, justin sneed, admitted he beat the man to bat.h with a baseball deat the case rested almost solely on sneed's claim. no physical evidence tied glossip to the crime. glossip's attorneys say sneed implicated their client in exchange for a deal to save himself from the death penalty. on tuesday, glossip's attorneys asked the oklahoma court of criminal appeals to halt the execution saying new evidence further supports his innocence. we will have more on the case activisting anti-death sister helen prejean after the headlines. t

i'm amy goodman. in afghanistan, the u.s. military has carried out two airstrikes in efforts to bolster the afghan government's attempts to retake the northern city of kunduz. it became the first major city to be taken over by taliban forces since 2001 on monday. the afghan government counter-offensive appears to be faltering. the u.s. strikes come despite president obama's declaration of an official end to the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan. president obama and cuban president raÚl castro met tuesday, marking the first time a u.s. president has met with a cuban president on u.s. soil in more than 60 years. the meeting came one day after castro called for an end to the u.s. embargo and a return of guantanamo in an address to the un general assembly. cuban foreign minister bruno rodriguez said castro reiterated the calls in tuesday's meeting. , that foran president cuba and the united states to be ,ble to have normal relations the embargo that has caused damages and hardships to the cuban people a

i'm amy goodman. pope francis continues his first ever trip to the united states by heading to capitol hill today to become the first pope ever to address congress. he spoke at the white house wednesday about immigration, poverty and climate change. alsot seems clear to me is a problemchange we can no longer be left to future generations. [applause] when it comes to our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history. amy: on wednesday, pope francis also canonized the 18th century spanish missionary junÍpero serra. the move has drawn strong protest from many indigenous groups. serra founded nine of the 21 missions in california. hundreds of thousands of people died after the missionaries arrived. seven activists have been arrested in a civil disobedience and washington, d.c. to call for , the pope to recognize the rights of women to be ordained. we will be joined later in the broadcast by one of the female priests who was arrested wednesday during the protest. meanwhile, a video of a littl

i'm amy goodman. pope francis has kicked off his historic u.s. tour. you will share his message of compassion and simplicity with the world's richest country. president obama and vice president joe biden greeted him on the tarmac on tuesday with their families after his plane landed at joint base andrews near the capital. the first time the argentina native has ever set foot on u.s. oil. we will have more on his visit after headlines. in egypt, the president has pardoned 100 prisoners including an al jazeera journalist. he and his colleagues were sentenced to three years in prison for spreading false news. he was tried in absent shia. stia.en fami is a canadian citizen and the only one of the three to be pardoned. bahir mohammed remains in prison. hillary clinton has come out against the keystone xl oil pipeline. she had repeatedly refused to take a stance, citing her former role as secretary of a and the state department's key role of reviewing the pipeline. bernie sanders and martin o'malley of both

i'm amy goodman. european union officials are holding emergency meetings on the influx of refugees following germany's unprecedented decision to institute temporary controls on its border with austria sunday. germany shut down trains between germany and austria and instituted a spot check on cars after as many as 20,000 people fleeing violence in their home countries arrived in munich over the weekend. other countries have also taken steps, including austria, which has announced it is dispatching more than 2000 troops to its borders in hungary which is expedite criminalizing that the border crossing. german interior minister thomas de maiziere spoke about the temporary border controls sunday. >> this step became necessary. the great willingness to help the germany has shown in recent weeks by full-time employees, especially, by the many thousands of volunteers, must not be overstrained. the measures taken are also a signal to europe -- germany is taking on its you monetary and responsibility, but the

i'm amy goodman. after a massive public uprising, guatemalan president otto perez molina has resigned following the attorney general's arrest one for him. this follows congruous -- commerce surprising strip of immunity from immunity. prosecutors said perez molina will be charged with illicit association, taking bribes and customs fraud. he is also being investigated for money laundering. we will go to guatemala city to speak with allan nairn after headlines. the obama administration has secured enough votes to ensure the future of the nuclear deal with iran. on wednesday, maryland senator barbara mikulski became the 34th senator to support the agreement. that means even if opponents in congress pass a resolution to undermine the nuclear deal, obama has enough votes to sustain his veto and uphold the iran agreement. the victory comes nearly two months after iran, the united states, and five other world powers reach the historic deal to curb iran's nuclear activities. in maryland, a judge has ruled six

i'm amy goodman. the united nations is now estimating at least 850,000 people are expected to cross the mediterranean this year and next seeking refuge in europe to , escape violence and unrest in syria, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, sub-saharan africa, and other regions. 366,000 have already arrived in europe this year. earlier today, the president of the european commission called on european union member states to accept a total of 160,000 asylum-seekers from war-torn countries. this comes as venezuelan president nicolÁs maduro has announced venezuela will take in 20,000 syrian refugees while brazilian president dilma rousseff says brazil will welcome refugees with "open arms." chile's president michelle bachelet says chile will also accept more refugees. the united states, meanwhile, is reportedly considering taking in more syrian refugees as it faces increasing domestic and international pressure. white house spokesperson josh earnest spoke out about the crisis. >> we continue to be concerned pos