the debate over lawn chemicals is growing in montgomery county. scott broom tells us about the options residents could soon face of. >> reporter: there's been a strong move to water down a proposed ban on applying lawn chemicals in montgomery county. one family's beautiful lawn courtesy of chemicals. >> i can't really breathe well. >> reporter: but for kids like 12-year-old kate tan and her sister angela, one whiff of exposure is an asthma attack waiting to happen. mother lin tan said chemicals ought to be banned here in montgomery county. >> why is someone's lawn more important than the health of people, especially our kids? >> reporter: county council president george leventhal said the time has come to force homeowners to stop using pesticides and herbicides like these and ban commercial applications, too, with exceptions for golf courses and agriculture. >> prohibiting the use of toxic chemicals to maintain a green lawn is consistent with other efforts we've made in the past including banning smoking in public places. >> reporter: and now coun

chemicals on lawns and cancer is by no means certain.hat makes the health versus property value issue here not so clear cut, unlike the smoking debate and it makes this debate a very tough one as the county council moves forward. reporting live in montgomery county scott broom, wusa9. >> to be continued. scott, thanks a lot for that report. the council takes up debate on this issue early next month. >>> to prince george's county now and some potential good news for workers there, legislators are introducing a bill that would permit more than 130,000 employees to earn paid sick leave. now some of the impacted workers gathered in upper marlboro today to urge the county council to pass that bill. >> it is simply unacceptable and unexcusable in 2015 that any woman has to choose between their job and their sick child, their job and their ill parent or their job and their own well being and so what i want you to understand that i'm passionate about this legislation. >> the legislation would allow prince george's county residents to earn up to

if you can on the south lawn. that is where dignitaries and cardinals and 15,000 very lucky ticketed folks that is the view they are getting. that is the podium where the pope will be making one of his few speeches in english during this three city tour of the united states. that should be happening later this morning. the pope arriving any minute. gasia, back to you. >> caroline, thank you. later today pope francis will declare father junipero is serra a saint. serra founded nine of the spanish missions in california including mission dolores in san francisco. father junipero serra is buried until carinal. they will show a live broadcast of the pope's canonization mass. protestors are planning to show up at the mission as well. many people feel serra should not be honored because of the harsh treatment of native americans when the missions were being built. >> i think it's important to understand what being declared saint is. it doesn't mean someone was perfect. we know that the intention was there for blessed ju

michael: not on the south lawn but in the area. hundreds of people on the south lawn. congress is tomorrow and then he goes up to capitol hill -- from capitol hill he goes here to new york. tom: and then on to philadelphia. bloomberg television and bloomberg radio worldwide. stay with us. ♪ tom: good morning. we welcome all of you in new york. bloomberg 11 30. on television, worldwide. michael mckee and and tontine -- and tom keene. asia's dollar index, all of those nations without japan goes to new recent weakness moments ago. that is part of our forex brief brought to you by interactive brokers. are your returns tracked down by high transaction costs? your costs can help maximize your returns. kr.com -- visit ibkr.com. in washington, no one cares about the futures. michael: that is a fact. everybody in washington is focused on pope francis who is just about to arrive at the white house. it is a state visit because he is technically head of state but it is not the kind of state visit we are used to. it has got to be the toughest ticket in washington to be on the south

i'm on the south lawn of the white house. they are expecting between 15,000 and 20,000 people all on the president's lawn to hear the pope speak here. and pope francis already got a very special welcome from the president at joint base andrews outside of washington when he arrived yesterday for his five-day u.s. visit. now after this morning's ceremony here at the white house, we are going to see the pope ride in his popemobile through the streets of the capitol and we have our correspondents spread all over washington. jan crawford is along the parade route just south of the white house, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah. you can almost feel the excitement here. people have come from across the country just to be here. they started lining up yesterday afternoon. many of them camped out overnight just to try to get a good spot along the parade route and by the time it starts, this crowd is expected to grow by tens of thousands. there were cheers as pope francis stepped off the plane and taking off his hat in

>> it is silent on the lawn. the expectation is huge. >> and merging of two images. >> the president was happy greeting the pope and introducing him to his family including his mother-in-law. >> matthew, you have to be careful not to...not to crow about this or make too much of the similarities between the agenda of the president. agenda of the president. >> they are cog the white house. we will get closer to the arrival of the pope. we will hear him for the first time in the united states. this is as elaborate ceremony as you can have at the white house and you can feel the energy at the white house on the lawn and behind the scenes. everyone energized by this. everyone has a spring in their steps. so much anticipation. it is a big week for the white house, the pope is visiting and they will have president xi of china for a state visit. not often do you have two state visits of this magnitude in the same week. >> two leaders representing a billion people. >> i was at the white house when the first visit of the p

>> as the president said the lawn is normally not that crowds it is a very exciting day in washingtoneen lining up. they were supposed to on the gates at 5 o'clock a.m. for the public outside of the white house and they opened them at 4:00 a.m. some people have been there since 5:00 last night. spending the night there. there are crowds everywhere around washington, dc, with tremendous commitment. >> i was on the south lawn this morning and i have to say it was one of the most happy spirited crowds you could ever hope to see and father martin from "american magazine," is joining us, a perfect, perfect setting. >> this is the day the lore has made. it is a nice day for and non-catholics and the size of the crowd shows the personal charisma he has. >> crowds are gathering across washington, dc, and i noti parade route is on constitution avenue in washington and i know the crowds are very excited. >> george, you have no idea. this crowd is so excited. look at all these people. they are having so much fun spending the night out here. i talked to a girl who got here at midnight and she cou

he's going to deliver remarks here on the south lawn. and i spoke with father thomas reese, who said that what the pope is going to say here today, he will reference that he is a son of immigrants, so there will be a reference to immigration in a country of immigrants. and then a large section of his holiness' remarks will be about the environment. that he won't specifically reference climate change but our common home. those are the political under tones that this papal visit has under scored. certainly as those debates about climate change are front and center not only before congress but also in the presidential race. we can see sort of the diplomatic flourishes that are going on. charlie and gayle, i'll try to get you a program. >> thank you. >> this is how historic. really the president, mrs. obama welcomed his holiness, pope francis. one of the things in here other than the schedule of everything going on, they remind all of us that it's customary for all present to stand when honor rs rendered. just a reminder to everyone. this is

mike hydeck on the west lawn of the capitol. this is where one of the big events is going to take place today. every single member of congress was able to give 50 tickets to their constituents. they'll get to see the pope address the joint session of congress today. yesterday what an event. the parade on the ellipse, the pope leaving the white house going down 17th, constitution over to 15th and back to the white house, probably the moment so far of his visit was when alleges girl was able -- when a little girl was able to slip by security, get into the area where the pope mobile was traveling. police grabbed sophie cruz. the pope saw her, waved her over. she had a t-shirt and letter for the pope. he gave her a kiss. program the moment of the parade and even her parents thought so. >> pope francis, i want to tell you -- [indiscernible] i would like to ask you to speak with the president and the congress in legalizing my parents because every day i am scared that one day they will take them away from me. >> reporter: so-so sweet,

you can see a huge crowd gathered on the south lawn. what can you tell me about the welcoming committee and who will be greeting them? >> absolutely. we just saw vice president biden walking out. the vice president, of course, the highest ranking catholic in the united states at this moment, although of course, the speaker of the house is also catholic. nancy pelosi. >> isn't it like 30% of congress? >> it may be that high. six of the nine supreme court justice are catholic, which is a remarkable majority, unprecedented in america history. many of those people may be here. certainly the president's cabinet walked out a few moments ago. >> there's been some controversy about some invited. it is a huge crowd, but among them are leaders in the gay rights movement, among them are transgender leaders. there are nuns who deified the church's teachings when it comes to the order nation of priests. what statement does the president of this country make by inviting those people? >> i think it's a medal be of american democracy and catholicism. j

you are also at south lawn.t last meeting between pope francis and president obama led to real change, historic change, because it was this pope that bridged that divide between the united states and cuba. >> yes, as they say in diplomatic language, the good offices of the vatican and hope himself were used to bridge that divide and 50 years of broken diplomatic relations and a lot of acrimony. we didn't know it at the time. i traveled with the president's press corps to rome in march of laster. it was a rainy day, the two met, spoke privately for a very long time. it came a emerge later that in fact the vatican had played a key role in the momentous and historic event that culminated just a few months ago in july with the normalization of relations. obviously that's bog to be one thing they'll talk about, the pope having just arrived via his jet, shepherd one they call it, directly on a flight from havana where he spent three days meeting with the castro brothers and traveling the countryside, that a historic v

host: so you were on the south lawn at the white house this morning. what's it like there?et the scene a little bit, expecting a crowd of 15,000. capricia: i was impressed with the logistics, the manner in which all the people have been so graciously escorted on to the south lawn through the white house, and making sure that all security measures have been met. there were several check points to get through, but people are very happy, from senators, ambassadors from around the world, to other dignitaries, everyone is just really bubbling with excitement here on the south lawn. white house. we're waiting for the ceremony to begin. it's a glorious day here in washington. we're so happy to be greeting the pope with beautiful weather, and so there's excitement in the air, people awaiting for this ceremony to begin. host: what goes through planning and preparing for a visit from the pope to the white house for this welcoming ceremony? hat goes through this? capricia: i will tell with you all the variety details, secret service, the uniform division, everyone has been working aro

about 15,000 people we expect on the front lawn now -- on the south lawn. papal motorcade, he'll circle the ellipse. he'll then head to saint matthew's where he will have prayers with american bishops. hundreds of them gathered there as well as other dignitaries from our area. 4:00 this afternoon pope francis will cannonize a new saint during a ceremony at northeast d.c. deacon dave cahoon spent weeks building an altar. that's recycled wood bought from local vendors. the 450 pound altar will be at the center and at the top of the steps. after that the altar will be carried inside the sanctuary where it will be used for years to come, as a matter of fact. molette green is live for us at the basilica. the national shrine of the immaculate conception. molette, 25,000 people expected to hear mass today? >> reporter: absolutely. this east portico has been transformed, aaron. in about 15 minutes we're told the secret service should wrap up its sweeps of the grounds here and then the gates should open in about an hour or so for the folks to start going through the

we are awaiting his arrival on the south lawn. leavingd be leading -- the vatican embassy charlie and then making his way to the white house. he will arrive at the south portico. there is the embassy on your screen. we will see what happens here, if we are able to see him come out of those doors and come down to the white house. what was traffic like for you, getting here this morning? guest: we came early enough that it was not too bad. many in washington making their way around road closures all over the city, for security reasons obviously. marilyn in dallas, a democrat. hi marilyn. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a comment. i take issue with something that nicholson said about capitalism being for the people. i understand the pope advocates for the poor, and a lot of people do, that capitalism is not for the people. if it was, we would not have such a big gap economically between rich and poor. .apitalism is about profits advocating for the poor is about sharing, making sure that everybody in this country has an e

the south lawn. the ellipse near the washington monument. so we expect to see that live on c-span as well. later today, the mass held at the shrine of the emack late conception on the campus of catholic university, the basilica. that coming up at 4:00 p.m. eastern. that live as well. let's go to dallas, texas. robby on our democrats line. go ahead. caller: yes, i just wanted to comment this morning that i feel that the pope's visit has been absolutely breathtaking. just fantastic. and i really like his encouragement about climate control. that's what i wanted to say. host: the pope's comments were in english today. what we understand is the comments tomorrow at the joint meeting will be in spanish. that's tomorrow morning live here on c-span. eugene is in augusta, georgia. welcome. caller: yeah, welcome. well, i want to comment what the pope said about climate change. he said, i'm an independent. i'm for life, and if we talk about we for life we have to protect what the life -- i don't want people to see it as a politick. we have to embrace

greg: we will go to the white house right now, not the south lawn but the north lawn. are you there? >> reporter: i am here. pretty quiet expect when you hear protesters on the bull horn. we had some flashing lights going through but here on the north lawn is not where the action is unless you are talking about reporters but we're talking about what will be happening in the oval office and our from now. president obama and the pope will meet on a variety of issues including climate change and agree. we are unclear if they are taking things like abortion or gay marriage, issue is where the two leaders are definitely split. president obama gave pope francis a warm greeting as he touched down in the u.s.. ahead of their meeting this morning. his holiness will address a joint meeting of congress thursday but first pope ever to do so. some republicans are threatening not to continue the federal budget be on september 30th over the funding of planned parenthood. >> with a government shutdown looming senate republicans plan to use this week to continue their relentless attack

you don't have a lawn anymore. exactly, right, right. let's talk about how dry it has been because really for the month in the last part of august. remember the beautiful weekends in august? we are kind of paying the piper here. a quarter of an inch so far for the month. but we still have almost five inches in the bank to speak. you take it back further, only .85 inches of rain in the last 35 days. the grass and soil, they are getting dry. a live look outside at the weather cam, 83 right now. still good hair days with the dew point below 60 that you're okay. that is just a real treat for us. a bit warm on friday, but still nice. a little humid, but still pretty nice. weak cold front on saturday night. by morning some 50s again. the upper 60s are not quite as cold this morning. bowie about 57 and 56 in frederick. by 9:00 everybody is pretty much near 70 once again. humidity still in check and maybe 84 to 85 by 6:00. 83 in leesburg. 83 in frederick. still very nice. keep your plans tomorrow night, which is about perfect in terms of staying

catholic leader was welcomed on the south lawn with a 21-gun salute. the pope spoke to americans on this, his first trip to the u.s. he met with the president in the oval office and was welcomed where he kissed several babies in the crowd. mike, it has been a whirlwind of a day for the pope. >> and some political -- some politics in this address this morning, right? >> reporter: it's only half-over yet. some striking images, profound words on the part of the pope. the president obama and the pope singing on some of the major issues of the day. the pope arrived on the south lawn of the white house among ceremony, trumpets greeting him, as were the first lady and the president, president obama. the pope talked about the key issues these two have men have in common, immigration, religious rights and climate change. perhaps the biggest one of all. here's more of what the pope had to say. >> the son of an immigrant family, i'm happy to be a guest in this country, which was lastly built by such families. [applause] . >> reporter: now, afterward, the popes an

the president will greet the president on the south lawn. they both will speak and greet the entire crowd from that balcony of the white house before the pope heads back for a meeting with the president and then on to that big parade around the ellipse, cecilia vega right there on the parade route on constitution avenue. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. we are having so much fun out here. look at all these people. they are here and they are cheering for pope francis. they're cheering in spanish and singing. they have come from nicaragua, from michigan, from all over the place. this is what the crowd is hoping for this morning. glimpse of pope francis and hope that he might get out of that popemobile and actually come up close to them. george, they are ready. trust me, they are so excited out here. >> we know that is exactly what the pope loves to do. cannot wait for that. full day for the pope after that parade, he's going to go celebrate a mass with his bishops at st. matthew's cathedral downtown washington, d.c. and then a hu

water restrictions that could leave lawns brown. in mahwah county, it's gotten so bad they could face fines if necessity don't follow the rules. tracie strahan is there with what you need to know. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: darlene, good morning to you. the advisory warning residents about this can be summed up in this equation. hot weather plus little rainfall equals a taxed water system here in mahwah. they're imposing a mandatory restriction that goes into effect tomorrow. if you go around town, you can see the sprinklers on all over the place at any time of the day. they're trying to put the kibosh on that. officials are worried about water reserves and the high number of people watering lawns and gardens and washing cars could lead to a possible drought. mahwah officials will allow even numbered homes to water lawns only on monday, wednesday and friday. odd number homes on tuesday, thursday and saturday. nobody can do it on sundays and violators could face fines according to the town's mayor. [000:29:56;00]

not water the lawn.tead we have these mandates that come down and say that this is what you have to do. what that does is it takes away all of the choices that people can make. stossel: socialists complain that rich people have choices that poor people will not be able to afford water. >> if you really care about the human rights of water, look at developing countries where the local government cannot afford to provide municipal water or they are too corrupt to provide water for the poorest. so a funny thing happens in those instances. they get their water from private entrepreneurs who truck in water and bringing it to the poor or turn to bottled water. so it's really the market solving this problem. stossel: buying it that way is still pretty cheap, 8 cents a gallon when they bring those trucks and and poor people can afford 8 cents per gallon. and you can tell people, it's nothing like saying that you're paying for each gallon to make people think about it. in amsterdam people use one fifth as much wa

i want to go back out to the lawn right now. the guests who are gathering who don't have a ticket. >> reporter: good morning, george. these are the cheap seats outside the security barrier here but a -- no ticket required for entry and atmosphere of a church-y music festival groups drawn together by the pope's environmental message and excited about what he's had to say on immigration, on wealth and equality and other messages, even have bernie sanders for president, folks, handing out flyers so these people will be listening with interest. >> father marten here, this is so interesting. this pope has reached beyond the catholic community. >> well, he has. obviously many catholics, the majority love him but there is a sense that others outside the catholic community as you say but he is reaching out himself to people outside the catholic community tailoring his messages, for example, his environmental encyclical to all good people of the world. >> i want to go back inside. jon karl. >> yeah, it's fascinating here seeing two catho

>> 11,000 on the lawn. >> 11,000 on the lawn. >> that lawn is going to have to be resodded.ht have offended the vatican. >> here is the issue. of the white house invited a variety of activists who positions are at odds with traditional catholic doctrine. let's start with one of the most famous sister simone campbell. she is executive director of network, a catholic social group. she supported obamacare, defied the u.s. conference on bishops because of contraception abortion, drafted the nun's letter signed by nuns that went to congress to supporto bama care. also runs nuns on the bus which goes around opposing the ryan/romney budget. >> she is left wing sister. >> and there is a bunch of them. should that exclude her from the pope though even though she is left wing? she is not proabortion. >> no georgetown a bunch of these types. >> georgetown a bunch of he heathens. >> the vatican doesn't have any beef there. who else. >> robinson first openly gay episcopalian. he was there hard to believe that the pope would be concerned with one guy and a feisty nun. tweeted out a photo

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hugee west lawn they had a television set brought in. now everything is getting cleaned up hours ago the place was packed. 50,000 people either way into the gates. they got their tickets from their congressman. people outside the gates are watching as well is the pope made his historic address. it was a wonderful opportunity for the pope to get it -- people to get a chance to see pope francis. brad bell has more on what was said inside it so many people saying the pope really delivered some inspiration today. reporter: the pope isaac we says he is only talking about the gospel. but when the gospel guys human actions it becomes politics and he definitely does have an agenda and that was on display at the capital this morning. the pope arrived in met privately with house speaker john boehner who is been trying to get a pope to visit the capital for about 20 years. then it was into that joint session. the pope did not mince any words. he talked about the things that are important to him. dealingr, families, with religious extremism. he said

new wing of the white house, a bowling alley was made under the north lawn. when you stand on pennsylvania avenue looking into the white house and the fountain and the portico, there are things located under the north lawn. service areas. electrical facilities. the white house bowling alley. children at the white house often found ways to have recreation, including swing sets, pets, they could run out and play on the grounds. in the late 1960's, before leaving the white house, lady the johnson created children's garden, a small, secluded spot on the lawn joining the white house tennis courts. the garden honored all of the grandchildren of the president, starting with the johnsons. . it had wonderful rustic furniture made in a children's size. the main feature that she created was that she had her ,randchildren create handprints cast to look like stone. the walkway leading into their now has handprints for all of the grandchildren, from the johnsons to the president. if it was a child became and after their term of office, they were not included. are here in t

are booming, in some cases up to 70% of household water use goes toward outdoor use like the lawn.he grass, you know, a lot of people over water, there is certain fertilizers that get in the ground and it's powered by fossil fuel and that is a down side of a real lawn. artificial turf has less water but often made with petroleum and sometimes recycles tires and once it goes in a landfill it doesn't deteriorate and also doesn't hold surface water, it runs off and you are not getting the water in the ground like you need and this is one of the things that fascinated me, the temperatures it holes so if you have a day where the normal temperature is 94 degrees for example grass temperature runs 104, the asphalt and black top is 136, turf 165 and creates a heat island around your house and kids can't play on it when it gets hot and air conditioning bills to go up because the air is hot and you can't have the insect life and nesting for birds in the area and it causes that negative impact as well. so those kind of rock gardens they say that is really the best. >> or a cactus or a japanes

obama are coming onto the south lawn to greet the pope. think we should pause for a moment and watch this play out. >> right shoulder arms. >> this scene was taken moments ago, image from moments ago. we're back live again. and we were looking at a president whose own faith has been called into question this past week. a president who has declared time and time again that he is a christian and he believes in jesus christ as his savior. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> the pope is stepping out of the pope-mobile. a great scene. >> the image -- the image of him coming up in a small fiat is one unlike we've seen for this sort of greeting at the white house. >> president obama, michelle obama greeting the pope right now. about 22 minutes late. the ceremonies are about to begin. [ cheers and applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the holy sea, followed by the national anthem of the united states. >> present arms. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ playing the star-spangled banner ] ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> as we watch the president and the pope b

some of your lawns probably want it.umid today and 95 and 87 tomorrow and sticky but not as hot, a spotty storm here or there. and then the front is down to the south in time for the holiday weekend and it gets good on saturday. sunny and warmer and 84 degrees and and if you have tickets to temple and penn state, are you looking good. i'll go 88 on sunday and some think we may hit 90. still sunny and nice though. and by labor day we expect the low 90s and sunny and hot and pretty decent for a holiday weekend and more humid and hotter as we head into tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you david. >>> on our people scene, rockers avril leavine and chad kroger ae calling it quits. levine married the nickel back front man in july of 2013. >>> here at the big board now, a heads up for parents that use those internet connected baby monitors that live stream video to your tablet and cell phone, a company called rapid 7 find that some of the major brands have major security flaws that leave the door wide open to hackers, they put ni

you do need a ticket to get on the west lawn of the capitol. there'll be bag searches and screenings going into that ee haven't. despite all the security, people are excited to hear pope francis. >> i was thinking i will probably get here earlier so i will get to see him. he's very charismatic. i'll get to feel the energy, which is very cool. >> here are some of the things you cannot take onto the west lawn, weapons, strollers, metal containers, and large bags joochl nbc 4 is holding a special viewing of the pope's address this morning. we invite you do join us at the dupont festival. we'll have a jumbotron set up, it's free, and probably less crowded. >> that will be fun. >>> the name of the gop congressman who's boycotting the pope's speech is paul go tar. he said when the pope chooses to act and talk like a leftist politician, then he can be expected to be treated like one. go tar has been a representative of the house. >>> let's go to melissa for a closer look at the traffic on the roads. >> good morning. they've been shut down since 9:00 l

it was a political who's who on the south lawn to welcome pope francis. >> we got a chance to have a quick glimpse of the pope. that was a tremendous experience for me to represent my hometown on that occasion. he's going with with us tomorrow at catholic charities, and as you know catholic charities provides a lot of services to the poor in the district. i think the pope's pope calls on all of us to help those less fortunate than we to help them. >> reporter: she was able to bring her mother along with her. this was in the midday prayer service at the cathedral. this was with the bishop in northwest washington. >>> and after pope francis meets with members of congress, he'll have what may be the smallest and most intimate part of his trip. he'll visit catholic charities where he'll share lunch and meet with some of d.c.'s homeless. >> they're the smallest and maybe the most important because he actually gets to interact with people currently on the streets who are struggling. >> pope francis seems to live the message. he seems to want to be often in the company of those who are vuln

this is a crowd of about 50 people on the lawn of the mission here.ds a little bit farther back across the street. many of these folks have been screened. they were invited in here to this event. and they are seeing the pope emerge for first time as he prepares to enter the fiat and then he'll be led through the streets of embassy row on his way to the white house by a caravan of he chevy suvs with secret service agents around him. as we mentioned this is a complex security event, one designated by the department of homeland security to put it on level with a presidential inauguration and super bowl. so there's been a lot of thought, a lot of planning that's gone into the pope's visit. in fact the secret service some months ago sent a detail to the vatican to observe his moments. for moments like this where he is interacting with the crowds and we expect to see more of that today, as you know, after the white house he goes on to the parade, and there is a crowd there of about 200,000 people that they are expecting to line the parade route and we expec

this is a podium set up on the south lawn. an estimated 15,000 are expected to attend making that one of the largest events ever on the south lawn of the white house. and the preparations don't stop there. this is a look inside the cabinet room inside the white house where a vatican flag stands. officials are expected to meet with secretary of state john kerry. one of the marquee events will the basilica at catholic university. that event will draw about 25,000 people and the first mass celebrated by pope francis in the u.s. leaders like new york city mayor deblows is he i don't -- mayor de blasio on social justice. >> fighting inequality and creating a more just society is pope francis. >> reporter: the pope on his way from cuba to d.c. on his flight yesterday did take a few minutes to speak to reporters. because there is a political under current to this trip because it is d.c., the pope said, though, that he believes that he liens left or is inaccurate. it should be interesting to see how his message resonates in this deepl

notably fewer individuals on the south lawn for this ceremony.f course, it was packed by some 11,000 just the day before yesterday, but continuing with our conversations, as we get ready to hear from these two presidents, there will be opening remarks and then they will walk across and in front of the color guard and honor guard as they stand at attention. we'll see the colonial fife and drum corps, all part and parcel of this arrival ceremony. it's important to note there is a nicety or a ceremony and a ritual, if you will that is reserved only for the most important allies of the united states. i'm going to pauses here just a moment for the national anthem. ♪ >> a lot of people wanted the president to the cancel this visit, because it is afforded only to america's closest allies and its most important leaders from around the world. certainly president xi fits that category, representing the world's second largest economy enough, second only to the united states. its economy is certainly having problems right now, controversial devalue of the cu

was there too much made over who was invited to the south lawn?ery much agree with, that the white house is america's residence. and the pope is coming to the white house as a guest to encounter america in all its diversity, complexity and issues. and he's going to encounter that not only in the white house, but in all his churches. it's who we are. and to have these people there, yes, maybe there were some political point being made, but at the end of the day, that's who we are as americans. these are the issues that we deal with. and he's always been open to -- he appears to have been open since he became pope to encountering transgender people, atheists, those people who would have been outside of the catholic church or seen outside until recently. >> although, delia gallagher, critics of the president have said, you know, if the king of saudi arabia came, do they invite critics of the saudi regime to, you know, to a south lawn ceremony? >> well, i think, you know, the vatican is sensitive to the fact that somebody might try to use the pope. i

we've found plenty of people still watering their lawns, not having their lawns look like this. >> i really don't like the way it looks. >> reporter: david and other homeowners will have to learn to live with brown grass. >> i only water them once a day. >> reporter: united water says that's enough. the utility asking customers in northern new jersey for the next couple days. >> it may be restrictions if we see no rain. >> reporter: the reservoirs are at 45% of capacity, with barely 1.5 inch in august. one of the driest summer months on record. inside this laundry mat. >> i see a lot of people wasting water. >> reporter: united water says the biggest water wasters are lawn sprinkler systems. one can use as much water as five households. >> not just wasting it all the time. >> reporter: joe will keep watering the newly planted shrubs and grass until somebody tells him to stop. >> as soon as they they don't do it, but right now, nobody said anything. it's not like i'm out here three hours a day. i'm not using much. >> reporter: united water says they may have to start telling people to

i'm coming to you live from the north lawn but we have live pictures coming in from the south lawn at 15,000 people have packed into there. they are hoping to see one of the very few speeches the pope will give in his time here in english. that should be happening a couple hours from now. you can see the u.s. flags along with the pape flags. >> i was just about to ask you. i wondered if people gathered on the lawn of the white house and if you can talk about the security around the white house. what that feels like now. >> reporter: very tight even at 3:30 as we lined up for an hour to get our first glimpse in here. you can see buses of police officers coming in from some of the jurisdictions in virginia and elsewhere around here. secret service very tight on things. an interesting story that the head of the secret service told was that they actually went and studied at the vatican. they followed behind the pope mobile. he doesn't like to sit back and be sequestered from the people. people hand him things like it will birthday cakes and blow out the candle. they bring him tea. you can

it is a small, school included -- secluded spot on the south lawn.t is very close to the white house tennis court. they had rustic furniture made in children's size. it has a fish pond as well. the main feature was that she had her grandchildren create their handprints and they were cast to look like stone and used as pavers on the ground. the walkway on the grounds has such handprints for all of the grandchildren of the johnsons to president, grandchildren alive at the time they were president. if it was a grandchild it was born after their term in office, their hands were not included. the prints are seen here in the white house visitor center, including a hands-on spot for children to place their hands in the prints in a modern creation. probably everybody has heard about the blue room of the white house. the white house has three parlors named for colors, traditional colors that have been used for carpeting and textiles. it was not always the blue room, though. this chair was acquired by president james monroe in 1817 purchased from paris. it was

so we are awaiting the pope's arrival on the south lawn. he should be leaving the vatican's embassy shortly and making his way to the white house, and he'll arrive at the south portico. there's the embassy there on your screen. and we'll see what happens here in the moments that, if we're able to see him come out of those doors and get in the car and come down to the white house. what was traffic like for you getting in here this morning? >> i came in early enough that it wasn't too bad. >> making your way, many in washington making in way around road closures all over the city to, for security reasons, obviously, for the pope. maryland in dallas, a democrat, hi, maryland. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have a comment. i take issue with something mr. neck olson said about capitalism being for the people. i understand the pope advocates for the poor. and a lot of people do. but capitalism is not for the people. if it was, we would not have such a big gap economically because rich and poor. capitalism is about profit

were on the capitol lawn this is the sight see.ned by several thousand including two students joseph's central high school in massachusetts. we are talking to? theresa and olivia. to witness such a historic event and this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> yeah, same. i'm really excited to see the ope because he's such an influential political figure. he also influences government as well. ?> you're okay with that >> i think it's also important influence government because he's the leader of so many people. have something to do with their government and economy. >> what impresses you about pope francis? relatable. i feel comfortable. he tries to understand youth and that. >> this comes at a time where and e leaving the church faith overall. what do you think about that and what do you think about the pope's influence? >> i think he tries to welcome people back and make them feel good about themselves and not necessarily like beat them over the head with their sins or anything, but just know that the church is there if they're

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