and david joins us live mr. logan circle. >>reporter:10 months from now it will be a,6qp sea of humanity. more than a million pack the parkway as they try to get a glimpse of the pope. this is big as mayor nutter said this morning. >> this is a massive undertaking, again, not because of the volume of people that we should anticipate but because of the participants. >> participants number one is the pope himself. last march they went to rome to meet with the pope and urging them to meet with the world meeting of families in philadelphia. he secretly told him that he would be here. they could not say anything until the announcement. that announcement came this morning. he sent a letter to be read at the news conference in philadelphia. >> this moment is a historic and exhilarating one for all of us to share. it's the answers to countless prayers of so many people that asked god to guide pope francis to philadelphia. >>reporter:they pack the parkway on two we coulds november 26t t. it's a challenge for the law enforcement agenci