crowd. stopping to kiss several babies as he made his way up the benjamin franklin parkway. thousands of people took part in the mass. >> a family that shows that the spirit is alive andality work will encounter our gratitude and appreciation. whatever the family, people, region or religion to which they belong. >> 3,000 priests celebrated the mass with the pope. at the airport vice president joe biden and his wife dr. jill biden came to say goodbye to the pontiff. >> i ask you to please bear, god bless america. >> jonathan martin, al jazeera, philadelphia. >> presidential candidate donald trump is set this morning to unveil his tax plan. the wall street journal said it will raise taxes on the wealthy and reduce taxes on the poor. and he said that his plan will grow the economy. >> our middle class got decimated. it will be a cooperate reduction and great incentive for corporations. >> who are you going to raise taxes on? >> some very wealthy are going to be raised. some people who have unfair reductions will be raised. it will be an incentive to grow the economy. and we'll take the same

to kiss several babies, he made his way up the benjamin franklin parkway. it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people participated in this outdoor mass, which is part of the world meeting of falies. >> a family that shows that the spirit is alive and at work will encounter our gratitude and appreciation. whatever the family, people, region or religion to which they belong. >> thee thousand priests also celebrate the mass, along with the pope. this mass culminates the end of the pope's historic six day visit to the u.s. >> i will pray for you and four families. >> at the airport, vice president joe biden and his wife dr. jill biden cames to goodbye to the pontiff. >> i ask you please to pray for me. bless you all. god bless america. >> jonathan martin, al jazeera, philadelphia. >> in jerusalem, clashes broke out. police fired tear gas and stun grenades at hgrenades at al aqse compound. >> protests in iran against saudi arabia over last week's stampede which killed pilgrims. iran blames saudi arabia for poor management at the annual pilgrimage. three are still unaccounte

spoke on benjamin franklin parkway. there were people who were just happy to be here and see the pope and hear his message. on sunday, pontiff had a somber message for u.s. bishops. he told them he just met privately with a number of victims of clergy sexual abuse. >> translator: god weeps for the sexual abuse of children. these cannot be maintained in secret. i contended that all responsible will be held accountable. >> the vatican says that pope met and prayed with the victims. including three women and two men. prisoners and their families at the current fronholz correctional facility. pope francis gave a hands up to the walnut chair the inmates made for him. pope francis encouraged the inmates to get their lives back on track. >> translator: this time in your life can only have one purpose. to give you a hand on the right road. to give you a hand to help you rejoin society. >> reporter: afterward, the pope walked through gym of the world's largest jail. he also took the time to thank inmates for the hand made chair. >> the chair is beautiful, thank you very much for the hard

been a million or more. i can tell from where the pope spoke, across benjamin franklin parkway, a lot did not care they were far away from where the pope was spoking, they still felt connected to the pontiff and his message. >> reporter: as pope francis wraps up his tour of the u.s., he has a sombre message for the bishops, saying he met privately with victims of clergy sexual abuse. >> translation: god weeps for the sexual abuse of children. these cannot be maintained in secret. i commit to a careful oversight to ensure youth are protected and all responsible will be held accountable. >> reporter: the vatican says pope francis met and prayed with the victims, including three women and two men, and continuing with his expression of concern for those in prison, he met with prisoners and families at the front hold correctional facility. as he entered the hall he gave a thumbs up to the hand carved walnut share that inmates made for him. the pope told the prisoners all of us need to be cleansed. >> translation: it's painful when we see prison systems concerned to care for those. >> repor

along benjamin franklin parkway in philadelphia, talk to me, halfway around the world in istanbul, about whether or not the pope's message backs up what the president said about poverty and wondhunger. >> i watched the pope's presentation at the united nations on the same subject: this new agenda, under 2030 for sustainable development. i was deeply impressed by the sensitivity he showed, the old fashion church not that much in evidence except on some issues but what he was doing was speaking on a level of what he perceived as humankind's moral responsibility to care for the other. you know, the parable of the good samaritan, however you want to put it. he emphasized strongly that we are on planet earth together and have a moral responsibility. the president is a politician speaking about official government policy. saying the same thing, purely self interest objectives is over. it has to be replaced by a whole new measure and degree of cooperation oil we will not have a continuation of development, unacceptable levels of discrimination and the word sustainable comes in, unaccepta

and his final mass here at the benjamin franklin parkway at the base of the art center here, and as we watch this crowd gather, maybe as many as a million people expected here today. another big event going on new york at the united nations, the global summit on sustainable development. the president of the united states is expected to speak there. we are covering both of these stories and we will get a chance to listen to the president. standing by at the u.n. to give us a preview. >> reporter: this is the third day of the u.n. sustainable development summit. the real focus are the 17 sustainable development goals that have been adopted, target, if you will, to hit by 2013. utopian in nature and very broad in scope. but these 17 goals are aimed at eradicating hunger and poverty, tackling chooiment change, tackling inequality including income inequality and empowering women and girls and promoting gender e quality. as i said, very, very broad in scope. from president obama, we are clooirl to hear a emphasis on gender equality. and the price tag for implementing these goals is estima

benjamin franklin parkway at the base of the art center here, and as we watch this crowd gather, maybe as many as a million people expected here today. another big event going on new york at the united nations, the global

estimating. >> it's three hours until the mass begins. this is benjamin franklin parkway leading up to the art musek. many people will know from the "rocky" movie. that's one of the famous landmarks throughout the world in philadelphia. they are estimating there is somewhere in the region of one million people going to come. them expected a huge crowd yesterday. it wasn't nearly as big on saturday as they said. so will they get to the million? perhaps not. perhaps people have been put off because of the issues that we are hearing about, transport, about security. it was taking people around an hour to negotiate security checkpoints in the outer area of the city on saturday. so they may just be thinking, i would rather watch this at home on television than risk going in, but there are people who have been here since 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 o'clock in the morning, staked out their place, decided they were going to be there for the entire time and they really just want to catch a glimpse of the pope. >> thank you very much, alan fisher. >>> iran's supreme leader is demanding that saudi arabia

franklin parkway is filling up. they expect somewhere in the region of a million. i think they will far fall short of that the numbers were down. we are some four hours away from the beginning of the mass the pope will celebrate still a lot of spaces to be found so distance away from the state. so he wants to leave here with a smile on his face with people having warm feelings about him and about the catholic church. so he had to address the issue of child sexual abuse at some point. he did it first thing on sunday after a meeting with survivors. the church still has a lot of work to do to reclaim its credibility when handling with this issue. i can't the pope understands that. >> thank you. thank you very much indeed. >> voting is taking place in elections that could lead to catalonia breaking away from spain. catalans proceed independence party say vict rein regional elections would give them a man date to declare independence. but the government in madrid said it would regard such a move as illegal. jonah hull reports from barcelona. >> it could we will be a good day for independence

. he'll be celebrating a mass here on benjamin franklin parkway through the center of philadelphia. the catholic church estimates 1 million people will be here. he wanted to make sure that he could address the child sex abuse issue, because it has been a shadow over his visit to the united states and he really wants to leave here with warm memories and people having warm memories of him and the catholic church. >> many thanks. >> here with the news hour on al jazeera, still to come, in hungary refugees are closely monitored by police and even soldiers. we report on the government's tough tactics. >> desperate for help, the countries overwhelmed, somalia struggles to refugees arriving from yemen. >> we'll tell you why lewis hamilton's win in japan puts him on par with one of the greatest drivers in formula one history. >> voting well underway in elections that could lead to catalonia breaking away from spain. catalan's pro independence party eight victory in region ales would give them a mandate to declare independence. the government in madrid will reward that move as illegal. jona

families day in downed philadelphia. the show stopper was earlier this evening when benjamin franklin parkway was lined by tens of thousands of people, who waited all day for the opportunity to glimpse the holy father. when the pope in his popemobile made the three mile loop through downtown philadelphia, tens of thousands, estimates up to a million people had been waiting all day, standing along the barricades for that chance to capture an image of him. and when that moment came, people stood up on their tiptoes, cell phones in their hands, and in some cases, tears began to fall. >> it was like crazy seeing himmen otv, ten feet away, waiting six hours, it was worth it those. >> the energy everyone is bringing it's just aplaysing. i really feel his spirit here, him coming it was amazing. >> there was a feeling many will not forget. it was an especially significant moment because this was the first time on the pope's historic trip that the people could see the holy father. on the other events people had to have tickets but not this one. they had to go through an incredible amount of security, wait

down on benjamin franklin parkway with the crowd. what is it like there sfl? >> right here where we are, it gives you a scale of the massive security. here is the barrier. behind the barriers are people who are getting in line, who will go through the magna tom eters, through the security, into the perimeter, where they'll view the festival of families, getting under way now. let's go down, it stops here, and beyond that people are really happy. if you keep looking, there are bigger crowds waiting in line to get to this point. let's turn all the way around and we have hundreds of people streaming in from this side, from the unsecured perimeter to come around and get in line. all with a pig show that is coming up. you have artists like mark wahlberg. coming out here to perform. massive groups moved quickly. >> all right. thank you ashar quraishi. we are losing the signal with ashar quraishi. i understand sister sledge is from philadelphia, but it's a big apart, and it's on stage behind me. there are special seats behind me, in front of the stage. a lot of them are not filled. behind

all along here, this is benjamin franklin parkway, which is the major route that the pope will be at. thousands have been lined up here all morning, all afternoon for the chance to see the pontiff, including my new friend ignacio, who came all the way from chile in south america for this opportunity. and why did you come for this? >> my life has been-illuminated by him. >> how has your life changed? >> i think my life has been -- i want to put my life in the hands of god. and i think god speaks by the pope. so when he comes -- when i come here with my family, my son, to hear his voice >> reporter: this is a long journey and you've better than waiting out here for hours. do you think that it's going to be worth it when he comes by? even a few seconds? >> absolutely. it's traveling by car, by the plane, that's work. >> reporter: wonderful, and good luck to you, ignacio, i appreciate it. and one of the stories that we're hearing, i talked to one person who walked six miles to get here, because as you mentioned, john, cars can't get here. the entire philadelphia is shut down, so peopl

? >> reporter: very warm here in philadelphia. you can see that benjamin franklin parkway is now filling up. this is from the papal motorcade that will make its way around here in an hour or so as he heads to the meeting of the world gathering of families. there was probably a lot less people here when he was in the church nier hereby to deliver the service there. it is taking people about an hour to get through security. it is that tight. there are definitely tens of thousands of people in the center of philadelphia right now. this area is expected to be packed this evening for a an concert. the archway in the distance next to the museum which is perhaps famous world wide because those are the steps rocky ran up in the very first movie. the concert has aretha franklin and andrea bow chel lee and the present is mark wahlberg, the moouch vee star. the pope will give an important speech at independence hall, which is where the constitution of the united states was signed in 1776. he's going to talk there about immigration and religious freedom. it's his comments on immigration people are wait

franklin parkway, the grand boulevard of philadelphia, which, of course, was the place where the u.s. declaration of independence and constitution were adopted more than 200 years ago. he'll be speaking from a electric lectern, a simple wooden used by benjamin franklin used years ago to deliver his speech gettysburg that has reference to religion and god and peace. we'll hear all the themes that the pope has touched upon in the course of these several days in the united states. once again, summing it up in that last speech at independence hall. david. >> thank you. >>> china's president xi jinping promised $2 billion for a development fund to invest in poor countries and help to fight global poverty. xi made the announce during his first ever address to the united nations and said beijing would step up investment in the countries by as much as $12 billion by the year 2030. >> translator: looking for the future, china will continue to take a right approach to justice and interests by putting justice before interests and joining other countries in the concerted efforts to realize the p

day for the pope. he's going to be speaking at benjamin franklin parkway. >> this is benjamin franklin parkway right here. at the other end is independence hall where the declaration of independence was signed more than 200 years ago, and the u.s. constitution was put together. the events this evening, this will be a really festive occasion. that's where you see the huge crowds with a concert highlighted by the italian tenor. also the colombian rock star juanez. the pope will be ready to enjoy that event as well. >> yes, going out on a high note. thank you very much, tom ackerman watching events with pope francis in philadelphia. thank you. well, still to come on the program, why iraq's while defeating isil is stalling. plus a symbol of identity. displaying interests of a boat that will take the region a step closer to splitting from spain. >> the top stories on al jazeera. saudi arabia said that the death toll from the stampede at hajj has raise on it 7 of the. another 934 were injured. officials are still trying to identify all of the nationalities of those who were killed.

authorities are expecting in the region of 1.5 million people to be on benjamin franklin parkway when he holds an open air mass. security in the city is unprecedented. there's a secure area. getting in and out is difficult. security services, secret service, the local and state police, border patrol is here, making sure 1.5 get to see the pope. it is 20 minutes from the city of brotherly love. what are we expecting to hear him say in philadelphia. >> the speech is on independence. that's why it was signed in 1776. it is also going to speak about immigration. that is something he touched on when he spoke to congress. he'll go into detail. he said that he is the child of immigrants that america was built on immigration. he'll point to the fact that many of those that signed immigration. this is a theme that he'll return to, and will make the point that there should be a considered view of how they deal with the immigration question. undoubtedly upsetting more. >> thank you very much. >> stay with us. still to come on the programme. volkswagen is banned. plus the u.n. says it wants to aboli