. ♪ >> this gentleman's name is matt marr.has to be a thrill for him to be on the stage for the festival of families. ♪ >> of course the philadelphia orchestra is going to perform tonight and the play list is something of a mystery, but they said we know the pope loves mozart and there will be mozart. [cheers and applause]. >> pope francis' historic visit to philadelphia began this morning at 9:42 when shepherd one touched down. "action news" reporter, dann cuellar was there and he has this report. >> reporter: it was a historic moment as pope francis stepped off the plane for the first time in philadelphia just before 9:45. the bishop shanahan high school band played rocky as the pope made his way down the steps. there to greet him, archbishop chaput, tom wolf and lisa nutter and the world meeting of families. one family was chosen to be on hand to greet the pope. the retired police officer richard bows who was shot in 2008 this a north philadelphia shootout that killed his partner patrick mcdonald. there were no speeches. he

right now we have contemporary christian artist matt marr sinking.he moments that just captured us happened just a little bit ago during the papal procession when little boy was handed up to him by his father. >> exactly. incredible story. our steve keeley actually caught up with that father and the young by was blessed. let's listen to that right now. >> okay. so -- we don't have that right now. let's talk about the back story of this. >> oh, my goodness, iain, i tell was, this little boy has been fighting cancer for years. >> um-hmm. >> for years. you see all the barricades up. i mean how to you get across a barricade. >> his daddy said we'll trying anything. we're grasping for anything right now. did he not give up. he went to police officer after police officer, went right up the chain of command and said this is what's going on. this is what's happening with my child. we're desperate. please, you know what the police officer did our fine philly police officers they said, you know what, okay, come right in and those police officers said if you st