regardless of our religions and beliefseved, -- and our , we think he is an important man and we welcome him to our country and hope that he has a safe and joyous, educational time. host: is it impressive, do you think, for these heads of state? guest: i think very and present. they are welcomed in a lot of different countries. most countries put together a pretty good color guard, band, some of them are really good at ceremonies. but not -- none of them are as good as we are. marine them have our band, our armed forces color guard. we are the best. host: when you look at the pictures -- i mean you have been there in person, but when you look at the pictures there at the white house, as the former ambassador, what is the current ambassador thinking? what is going through your office in terms of trying to plan and prepare for this? becauseou are on edge there are a lot of moving parts. the security is overriding everything. timing is important. you have got to hurt a lot of herd a you have got to lot of cats and get everyone in this -- in the right place at the right time. there is a lot

regardless of our religions and beliefseved, -- and our , we think he is an important man and we welcome him to our country and hope that he has a safe and joyous, educational time. host: is it impressive, do you think, for these heads of state? guest: i think very and present. they are welcomed in a lot of different countries. most countries put together a pretty good color guard, band, some of them are really good at ceremonies. but not -- none of them are as good as we are. then of them >> at 4:00 p.m. eastern today live on c-span, the mope pope heads to catholic university of america in washington, d.c., for a mass. being held at the university's basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. and at the mass pope francis will name a new saint, spanish missionary, junipero certificateo, a theologian who spread catholicism in california. he marched with spanish cost keys at that dors in the 18th century and today a statue of him standards in statuary hall in the capitol. he's controversial among some for his treatment of native americans. thousands of whom died as he wor