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Chanting We love Francis a crowd of young people cheer as the Pope's plane lands at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington DC. This is the pontiff's first trip to the US and one that's been highly anticipated. President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their wives are on hand to receive the Pope. He'll spend six days in the US. NPR's TJ says this Pope has raised expectations across the political spectrum and with Catholics and non-Catholics alike. The US population has rarely been so divided politically added to that a Pope who is not afraid to make waves and you have a story that's surely to be closely followed. The Pope's first stop is the White House. Administration officials are already highlighting areas where Francis and president Obama see eye to eye, on climate change issues for example and the need to address income inequality. Tomorrow he'll preside at the first Canonization of a Latino Catholic. That Mass will reenforce the Pope's bond with his fellow Latinos. In his address Thursday before a joint meeting with Congress, the first ever * Pope, Francis will have Republicans and Democrats hoping him to agree with their positions on some issues but prepared for him to challenge them on others. TJ, NPR news, Washington. The majority of top EU officers are endorsing a plan to resettle 120,000 refugees across the EU bloc. The dissenting votes of today's meeting of interior ministers came from four eastern European nations who've been enforcing stricter anti-immigration policies to head off the influx. Luxembourg Minister JA warns those EU members have no choice but to respect the wishes of the majority. Nobody has the right not to agree. Nobody has the right not to agree if the decision is taken, if it was taken by qualified majority. But EU leaders meeting tomorrow in emergency summit still need to address means of accommodating hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is attempting to clarify his remarks about Muslims and the presidency. NPR's AM reports that Carson is placing blame on what he calls a politically correct culture in this country. Over the weekend, Carson said he would not support a Muslim in the White House and he has repeatedly questioned whether Muslims can separate faith and politics. But at a campaign stop in Ohio, Carson suggested those comments were taken out of context. 'Anybody, regardless of their religion or affiliation, if they embrace American values and they place the constitution at the top level, then I'm supporter of them.'He is trying to shift the conversation saying that a Muslim president is hypothetical and he'd rather talk about real issues. AM, NPR news. This is NPR news.
Hillary Clinton is making the high price of prescription drugs a campaign issue. This place out of made news of bio companies' decisions to drastically increase the price of drug. It's been around for decades. During an appearance in Iowa today, the Democratic presidential candidate says she wants to curb what she calls excessive profiteering. Clinton is proposing a 250 dollars monthly cap on prescription drug. She's among multiple candidates seeking * during pharmaceuticals which recently acquires * for treatment of parasitic infection. It's now increasing the price of pill from 13.50 to 750 dollars. A report from an influential panel of experts has found that almost every American will experience a errant diagnoses at some points in life. NPR's MD reports the panel is calling for significant changes in the way doctors diagnose diseases. Physicians at the institute of medicine in Washington have found that incorrect diagnoses or delayed ones account for at least 10 percent of patients' death each year. The panel couldn't estimate the full extent of the problem because most errors aren't reported. Sometimes the patients doesn't even find out. To reduce the diagnostic errors, the panel says doctors need to work more in teams. They need to include input from nurses, pharmacists, specialists and the patients. The committee says parents should question doctors' decision. Doctors should welcome this input and take it more seriously.MD, NPR news.
Before the close, all major market indexes were down more than one percent. I'm LS, NPR news, Washington.
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