as the pope waves good-bye and gives his blessing, and look at the signal to the right there, and alitalia flight to cuba that he flew as well, but when he gets to america, he is going to use american ar looinirlines. he has a journey of firsts for the pontiff and the church and the united states as well. at age 78, this pope has never set foot in the united states. so this is historic in so many ways. it all will change at 4:00 p.m. eastern time when he is due to arrive at joint base andrews, and make his way to the apostolic vatican embassy in northwest washington. at andrews, another first, he is going to be greeted by president obama and mrs. obama and vice president biden and dr. biden, his wife, and that, too, a first for a visiting leader. tomorrow, pope francis will visit the white house, andf that, he is going to meet with american bishops at st. matthews cathedral and then it is off for the outdoor mass where he is going to canonize a saint, and another first. there are american saints, but none have been canonized here. on thursday, the pope will be the first pope to address a j

but we fly alitalia into the country and the flight is always called alitalia 4000 and then when we get to the u.s., we will switch to american airlines and he will fly that to new york, philadelphia and then back to rome. >> and when he arrives in andrews air force base, as you know, the president, vice president, michelle obama, dr. jill biden are going to be greeting him. this is a rare gesture of respect. the president going out to andrews to have this arrival ceremony. >> reporter: i think, you know, i was thinking about it today, and one of the themes for pope francis on this trip is family. he is obviously going to the world meeting of families in philadelphia which is a catholic celebration of the family, and today he ended his trip in cuba with a meeting of families here, and he talked about how families are the domestic church. and i was thinking, i don't know if the obamas and bidens are bringing their children but again, when he makes his first step into the united states, he will be meeting families i's a very important social structure for the catholic church. it's a very

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santiago de cuba hacia washington, es el Último vuelo que hacemos los periodistas en el pastor 1 con alitaliaser ellos quienes transporten al papa francisco. en este caso, serÁ nueva york, filadelfia, washington y el vaticano. asÍ que nosotros estaremos transmitiendo desde el cobre. veremos el cobre maÑana y desde allÍ a washington. desde santiago de cuba, muy buenas noches. vamos contigo. ilia: aquÍ te esperamos en washington dc. >> un grupo de madres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos en mÉxico recibiÓ una visa humanitaria para venir a los estados unidos. llegan con el propÓsito de buscar que el papa los reciba para pedirle que ore por sus hijos pero tambiÉn para que pida explicaciones al gobierno mexicano sobre el secuestro de sus hijos. alejandro roldÁn tiene la informaciÓn. >> hilda vargas es mamÁ de uno de los 43 normalistas desaparecidos desde setiembre de 2014. ella junto a otras cuatro mamÁs viajÓ a filadelfia, estados unidos, para buscar la posibilidad de que el papa francisco las pueda escuchar y orar para poder encontrarlos. >> pues que interceda por nosotros. que hable o mande a

. >>> y bien, el papa llegarÁ a la habana maÑana en vuelo especial de alitalia, procedentes de roma entrera-tag mora-tagle. adelante rogelio. >>> efectivamente, bueno, ya aquÍ en roma ya estamos en sÁbado 19 de septiembre, papa descansa para emprender su gira pastoral y r. sin duda emociÓn particular la que embarga a todos los que lo acompaÑamos a los que por primera r vez podremos conocer a francisco en una circunstancia como esta, francisco tiene cercanÍa con los periodistas como lo tiene con la gente, es un papa cÁlido y que recibe cartas de los familiares o amigos de los periodistas que bendice objetos y que tiene detalles que en realidad particulares, pero quien imaginarÍa que seria aigs como es ahora, porque cuando era arzobispo, no era asÍ segÚn nos dice subiÓ grave, vamos a escuchar lo que nos dijo... >>> Él era reÁcio a contacto con la prensa, decÍa que no, que no era bueno para las entrevistas, hablaba con la gente mÁs sencilla, y la mas poderosa, pero le escapaba un poco bastante a los periodistas, casi no dio notas como arzobispo de buenos aires. >>> increÍble porque ahora no

a surprise resignation of the time -- the italian airline alitalia.e chief executive is bowing out after less than a year. he is leaving for personal reasons, without specifying further. the resignation comes as the carrier is undergoing an overhaul after years of losses. they lost a 49% stake lastÑ÷p÷9ç 09/18/15 09/18/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> we are the people left behind when a loved one got into what was supposed to be a safe car, but gm car, a car that gm knew for years was dangerous and defective. our daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, wives and husbands are gone because they were the cost of doing business gm-style.

it is a standard alitalia airbus 330. has not been retrofitted with anything special for this trip, though the pope and his personal aides occupy, for the purposes of this trip, the front first class section. there is a business class section and then there is a coach section. the pope will be flying american airlines, we're told, on subsequent wings of his trip while he is traveling within the united states. what we're waiting for is nbc's ann thompson to make communications with us from on board the taxiing airplane and ann can report on what we think was a rather lengthy visit between the pope and the journalists on board on the return flight. they're going to taxi around -- this is kind of a well-used -- that's one ever to andrews air force base 737s that has been used as air force two in the past but there's a lot of aircraft out there, not all of them active. but they've put the papal and american flags out on the stanchions outside the windshield of the alitalia flight and i'm told we have communications with ann t

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country invoking blessings in the air space and then, of course, the food is pretty good, it's an alitalia is all italian wines. the bottom line is, he doesn't like all that pomp and circumstance. you can tell that. he sent us back the dish of argentina so that we felt closer to him. he's an interesting man, this's for sure. >> i would hope he keeps you safe, terry, and we have high confidence in your travels. terry moran live from cuba, thank you. >> what an extraordinary opportunity for terry. how can you not feel safe while you're traveling with the pope. >>> and we turn now to arizona where police have a suspect in custody in connection with the phoenix freeway shootings. but they're still shooting for a motive. leslie allen merritt jr. was arrested in those shootings. appearing in court, telling the judge they got, quote, the wrong guy. we get more from abc's kanya whitworth. >> reporter: good morning to you. investigators are describing it as limited. saying, this investigation is still very much ongoing. even though they have their prime suspect of four of these shootings in jail. h

so whenever the pope travels outside of rome initially it's an alitalia flight from rome to whateverry he's traveling to. now it's switched over to an american airlines flight. now, for us to board the plane just to give you a little color, we went through a serious security with the secret service. you can imagine boarding a plane with pope francis. we were all sweeped before coming to the back of the plane boarding. and then of course we all tried to get a glimpse of pope francis sitting on the front of the plane. but there are some curtains. we can barely see pope francis hop in and of course settle in. jake, i know you're probably wondering this because you're an awesome journalist, what does pope francis carry in his carry-on bag? you know what we journalists carry, we carry a computer and everything we need to do our jobs. pope francis i'm told carries an electric razor, a prayer book, a novel, a rosary and a toothbrush. now, while he's on the plane i've learned from the holy see he enjoys reading, reflecting, praying, preparing for the places he'll be visiting. also visiting w

italian pope came in alitalia, they put him in a fiat. >> isn't that incredible? that picture is it in a nutshell. what the pope is all about. he doesn't want to make a big scene. he's making a big scene anyway, but in a small little way. >> it's interesting, though, this must be giving nightmares to his security detail. so typical of this pope. i know we have friends working with the pope now who used to work for fox news, greg burke working for the secretary of state at the vatican. trying to be a man of the people gives nightmares to the security forces over there, and i'm sure our secret service over here, look at that. obviously, those windows are not the kind of secured windows we're used to seeing on limousines carrying world leaders. >> i'd love to see how much leg room there is. doesn't seem like a whole lot. >> you have to have faith in the fiat. you have to have faith in the italian cars! >> and the crowd is going wild. i wish we had tom ruskin to talk about the security, that is one of the biggest security concerns. >> it is. this is a guy who loves to

he began his six-day three-city tour this afternoon landing in a white alitalia jet a joint base andrews outside washington, d.c. where he was given a jubilant red carpet welcome and greeted by president obama and the first family, a gesture so rare, mr. obama has only done it on one other occasion. the nation's first catholic vice presidentio biden was in attendance to welcome pope francis along with some members of his family. also on hand to greet the pope, four catholic school children from the area selected by the vatican offering the 78-year-old pontiff flowers. an honor guard part of the occasion as well as a high school band performing pharrel williams song "happy." the crowds shouting at times francisco. no speeches were given and francis departed the scene in a hatchback fiat and driven to what serves as the vatican's embassy. today was a rather modest kickoff to a whirlwind highly choreographed trip that has triggered an unprecedented security effort across three cities including new york and philadelphia. francis will preside over the first canonization on american soil, meet

and so his alitalia jet touched down today at andrews air base. president obama was there to greet him in person along with the first lady and their daughters sasha and malia obama also their grandmother, the first lady's mother was there in person. the whole family was there along with the honor guard and lots of vatican officials and lots of american officials and a few very excited, a few hundred very excited people who got special tickets to be there from what effectively is the vatican's embassy in washington where the pope will be spending the night tonight. the few hundred people at andrews were shouting for him, francisco, francisco. they shouted for him several different chants in spanish welcoming him to the united states. this pope's first language, of course, is spanish. but then the crowd at andrews today, this is very sober occasion, this very statesman-like occasion. then there's this crowd. at one point, the crowd got to the point of the american football style chants. i'm going to quote directly here, the crowd at one point shouti

the pope's chartered flight on alitalia had to circle around in north carolina waiting for the firstamily to arrive at joint base andrews. when the pope arrived, the president actually had to be held in a hangar waiting for the pope's plane to touch down, so there was a little bit of coordination in trying to get all parties on the same page at the same time. the pope came down the steps of the plane. he was greeted by president obama and the first lady along with sasha and malia obama. vice president biden and his family was there as well as well as some local dignitaries. d.c. mayor muriel bowser, maryland governor larry hogan and of course, virginia governor terry mcauliffe. from here, after a very brief meeting with president obama in a private lounge, the pope then went through d.c. and ended at the vatican embassy on massachusetts avenue. and i can tell you, we have had reporters all along the route, jackie bensen, shomari stone, tracee wilkins, chronicling this route. when he got to the vatican embassy, people were ecstatic, waving argentinian flags, cheering for the pope's ar

or the excitement from the people here who all had their necks turned like i do now to watch this alitalialight come closer and closer to the spot where he will meet president obama, vice president and a bunch of other local dignitaries. leaders from throughout the american catholic church. >> the flags flying out the front windows there. the vatican flag and united states flag obviously. an official state visit with an official state dinner, then a trip to new york city, address of the joint congress which no pope has ever done, come to new york which will grind to a complete halt, and address the united nations, the general assembly of course is under way. it's a one-two punch for new york city, a place most of the locals are trying to escape if at all possible. then a trip down to philadelphia before an exit and a return and a historic event it will be. there is controversy as there is any time with a papal visit. of course, this time it is the right that is up in arms. we will see how that plays over the next few days. the security challenge, no doubt, john busy from the "wall street j

so they really try to show up the service alitalia the same thing when we went to cuba and now to the u.s. it's american. >> as you've been covering this trip, tell me your impressions so far. as a journalist on every leg of this, we're just a third of the way through, right? washington, still new york and more events today and philadelphia. what are your impressions so far? >> right, well, you're only a third of the way through. we're just at the halfway point because cuba -- it's hard to thing of this trip really without cuba. the holy father was very intentional about arriving in the united states from cuba. so he's thinking about this in a comprehensive way. i was in the gallery at congress today and basically with him at every event so far. fascinating to watch him encounter the people of the united states for the first time in his life. as you watch them meet him, you know, we've seen this scene around the world. you know, there were 3 million people on the beaches to meet him in rio and 6 million in other places. so the crowds that have turned out here are pretty big. and they'

the papal plane on rome to the united states was alitalia. here in the u.s.lane. again, pope francis francis flies in a regular commercial plane. and here is just an american airline plane. just now they passed out menus for our short flight to new york. and it has the feel of pope francis, pope francis code of arms. a pretty detail. you know, a lot of journalists here in back we have a lot of carry-on bags, brooke. with our gear, with our cameras, everything's -- i asked because i'm nosey and very curious. >> you're a journalist and that's why you're asking. good girl. what did he say? >> he told me he carries an electric razor, a prayer book, a novel, a rosary and a toothbrush. i don't know what novel he carries. wouldn't we want to know? i don't know exactly what he does. but when he gets on the plane, i'm told he likes reading, reflecting, praying while he travels. and of course visiting with journalists. you know he comes to the back of the plane and chats with us sometimes. but he's not here yet, brooke. we're waiting for him. and as soon as i know more

i think the protocol is alitalia always delivers the holy father to whatever soil he is flying >> let'se a second. >> members of the shanahan marching band. >> louder, louder. >> they sound good. 50 members. wonderful moment. >> monique told us they were hoping for this. >> yes. >> that's sister patricia, bishop shanahan. it's a little dna. it's hard not to cry. the mother. >> totally unscripted. he demanded that that car stop. >> the interpreter leans in, just in case there's something he wants interpreted. >> what an incredible moment. >> that was a powerful moment. >> when he says stop, they do. but another example of how many lives were affected right there. >> you're right. you're right. >> terry, like you said, you don't have to be a religious person for that to be a significant, historic moment. ♪ >> and the band starts to play again. >> i like this band. >> he's the people's pope. ♪ >> this has been a lot of work and a lot of people with the world meeting of families organization. >> the pope is making that gesture. maybe he knew that they were circling philadelphia. >> i do won

he lands, of course, with an alitalia plane from rome, but then when he started in his motorcade he didn'tv or a cadillac limousine. he had a fiat, a simple car, part of his gesture of a simple pope, one that wants to reach out not to luminaries first and foremost but to average people. that is really what he hopes to define this trip is less the big meetings, more the meetings with americans of every stripe and, of course, the first one for him. and then after that motorcade took him to downtown d.c., spending the night tonight in the residence of the vatican emissary to the u.s., the vatican ambassador, who happens to be right across the street from the vice president's house. and in another gesture from this pope because this is the start of the jewish holiday of rom kip you are, we're told no public events tonight in respect of that. he'll have a very quiet first night here in the u.s. even as we saw those cheers greeting him there at the vatican ambassador's residence. he'll be quiet tonight, but i'll tell you tomorrow he's going to start a busy few days in the u.s. unprecedented, wol

he comes down from the plane, alitalia, so you you think they'll go over to like big presidential limousine> he does get into the fiat. okay, so we will take quick break, we'll come back, and make sure we see pope francis. >> we will cut off the of the commercial know comes out. promise. selling 18 homes? easy. building them all in four and a half months? now that was a leap. i was calling in every favor i could, to track down enough lumber to get the job done. and i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. there are always going to be unknowns. you just have to be ready for them. another step on the journey... will you be ready when growth presents itself? realize your buying power at open.com find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! >> dick neotears on the lift, see vice president biden, his wife, doctor biden. >> then on the right we have a look at the vatican embassy as they're waiting for pope francis to come out. >> my goodness, i see ethel kennedy the

maceo", donde converso brevemente con el gobernante cubano raul castro antes de abordar el avion de alitaliae lo trasladaria a estados unidos. francisco se convierte asi en el tercer jefe de estado del vaticano que visita la casa blanca y una vez concluido su encuentro con el presidente obama, se unira en oracion con los obispos en la catedral de san mateo. tambien hoy presidira la ceremonia de canonizacion del fraile espaqol junipero serra. esa sera la cuarta misa de su actual gira y la primera que efectua en territorio norteamericano. el lider de la iglesia catolica viajara maqana jueves a la ciudad de nueva york, donde se espera su intervencion ante la asamblea general de las naciones unidas. su tercera escala sera en philadelphia, con motivo del septimo encuentro mundial de familias, el que debera clausurar el domingo y que constituye el verdadero motivo de su viaje a estados unidos. este evento en el jardin sur de la casa blanca comenzo temprano con una preceremonia que incluyo un concierto de musica espiritual para los 15 mil invitados a la mansion presidencial.mientras el papa salia d

andlew in on alitalia flew in american jetliner up to new york. guest: i cannot answer that.e did not consult me on his child-centered [laughter] s travel plans. [laughter] rebounded -- in rhode island to caller. caller: even talking about this pope. the first commandment is -- i'm not serve a god before me. the catholics have 50 denominations. you got hebrew and all these religions and one religion. that is not what god said. he said that shall not serve no god before me. you're talking about abortion. kill people when they were 12 or 14 years old. he put the plate on people. he killed almost every catholic person interrupted -- in the world. how can you all say you are a real religion and serve god? host: any response for that caller? guest: i'm not quite clear on catholicismnding of being a whole, nation of religions. -- combination of religions. reading a that he is new testament that i've not been counted. i'm mystified at it. host: this is adrian via text message. in his speech, the pope shows flawed catholics as great individuals. dorothy and burton. do you think this