pope francis. [applause] >> viva papa! singleea but handedly responsible for the cross over success of opera, and he attributes this to his catholic faith. is committed to empowering people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, illness, and social exclusion. him here tome perform the lord's prayer with .he philadelphia orchestra ♪ [choir sings] ♪ father which art in heaven. hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come, done, l be , as it is in heaven. ♪ give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. temptation,not into but deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom and the .ower and the glory for thine is the kingdom and the ,glory for ever forever. amen ♪ [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] ♪ [speaking in spanish] ♪ pope francis: we will now receive the blessing. we will see each other again tomorrow at mass. [applause] what time is mass tomorrow? at 4:00? at 4:00. before the final blessing, let's y and al

let's show you the scene in washington today pope francis working the crowd, he loves to meet people, to reach out and give a blessing, a comforting touch. even a hug or a kiss. for many, the chance to be close to the pope gives him peace, gives him hope, and maybe a feeling that everything will be okay. >> when the pope first arrives he'll celebrate mass right down the street from here, at the cathedral of saints peter and paul. >> in the congregation will be a little boy, i had the chance to meet, named eddie. and he struggles and copes with a serious disability. his family hopes that if they can just be in the presence of pope francis, a miracle could happen. >> the good news came as quite a surprise to cindy, and her family. >> i got an e-mail from the families inviting me to this mass. i'm like oh, my gosh, i'm so excited, then my pastor telling me do you have call me. >> after month of waiting and asking, it was confirmed, she and her son, eddie, would be there with pope francis, as he celebrates mass at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul in philadelphia on saturday

the anticipation grows and minutes later pope francis arrives in that small black fiat. washington's archbishop cardinal donald wuerl greets francis with a huge smile, a shout from a fellow hispanic in the press corps catching the pope's attention and a wave. >> for me it's very emotional. >> reporter: pope francis is head into st. matthews, the mother church for washington's catholics, to lead a midday prayer for hundreds of catholics. >> it was spectacular. it was really great. >> reporter: just as midday prayer begins protesters a block away just outside the extremely tight security zone blocked connecticut avenue. they want to see the church allow women priests. >> we are here to deliver a message to pope francis about the equality of women and to recognize that he has left women out of all of his conversations. >> reporter: when they refused to move and police begin arresting and moving them, spectators cheer. their issue was not mentioned by the pope in his remarks today, but another even more sensitive issue was. >> and when we bring sacor, then the victims have he

. >> i'm brian taff joined by sharrie williams, and continuing coverage of pope francis' visit to the united states. >> his six day journey began in washington, d.c. and ends here in philadelphia. we continue our team coverage, nydia han is live on the parkway where the pope wraps up his visit this weekend. lets go to eva pilgram in times square, where people are bursting with excitement. >> reporter: brian and sharrie pope francis is expected here in new york city in a few minutes but the security for his visit is already in place, nypd has an extra 6,000 officers on the street and 3700 miles of barricades and 2500 feet of fence for a visit that is expected to last 39.5 hours. people are ready to see pope francis in new york city. the way it's set up it will be hard to see him. >> we hope to see him. i want to see him in person. >> streets were closed down causing major gridlock and the pope is expected to attend a prayer service at saint patrick cathedral, where tickets guests will file in to greet the pontiffs. in times square people can't help to share the excitement. >> it's like

it is ready for pope francis and so is our city. ent all around town. >> after months of preparation the pope will be here in just hours. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in fairmount tonight. shawnette, excitement is at an all-time high. >> reporter: out in fairmount it's mostlily the neighborhood crowd out here. we've talked to people determined not to let this barricade them inside their homes a lot of people are out tonight trying to get every second this papal visit has to offer. the pope is here the pope is here! well, almost. but on the eve of certainly looks and feels like it. >> wow, the energy is just unbelievable. >> reporter: all around the city people who stayed are getting into the action. >> we took advantage and stayed to enjoy it. >> reporter: witness city shut down roads block and high security on every corner -- >> every corner has military, swat, police. >> i feel very safe walking around. >> reporter: this group of friends in fairmount aren't hunkering down at home. they are out and about. >> calm right now but

in might be the chopper with pope francis on board. >> either that or a pilot who is in a lot of troubleetting that close to the pope's vehicle. >> it's that's the case, it's about to be wheeled down. this heli pad is near wall street and from here the pope will hop into the papal fiat, get into a motorcade formation and the grand man in the small car will head over to st. patrick's cathedral. >> where a lot of people who are lucky enough, i think about 500 of them, will attend a prayer service tonight with the pope. >> big day for new york where there's a vespers ceremony and the pope will have a small meeting with staffers before he shuts his eyes tonight and wakes up bright and early tomorrow to start it all over again. he will address the u.n. he'll go to ground zero. he'll have a multi-faith gathering. he'll stop at a school in harlem to meet with some kids and finally after all of that he will go to madison square garden. looks like the delegation is coming off the chopper now. we'll try to go back as soon as there's something else to bring you. >> you know what i'm thinking? who i

another, pope francis outside the cathedral. take a look at this. , they could almost get a selfie in with him. and, speaking of that, connor quinn has some pope specials for all of us this weekend. cbs philly pope specials this weekend, at kettle half-town. wet toll kettle's, he's got the vatican omlet, maple pancakes, pope francis flat bread, italian antipas that, and saint or sinner burger. i like that one. and, another writing in from down the shore at cbs philly the pope made a pit stop in ocean city new jersey for some relaxing and some coffee. we know he's needed some relaxing. such a busy schedule. she has the coffee there, and even a pope. audrey, sends us a pope selfie. we would love to see it. so that is what we have been monitoring, over the last couple of hours, we would like to see your tweets. keep sending them n we want to see your philadelphia photos this weekend. and when you post them on social media, make sure you use the hashtag cbs pope in philly. we mace use them on tv. ukee, jest, a i know both of you have been tweeting as wel

pope francis is about to come to the u.s. we asked americans across this country if they ever met the pope, what would they ask? >> if i met pope francis, i would ask him how does he give hope to the hopeless? >> i would ask the pope how can i help those in need when i am in need? >> i would buy him a beer and ask him, you know, what's the secret to life? >> if i met the pope i would ask how to be a more impactful youth. >> reporter: all questions if they ever met him. all drawn in by his common touch. outspoken on the poor, immigration, climate change. and famously saying if someone is gay, and searches for the lord, who am i to judge? >> he wants to be the church to be a place of comfort for people, rather than a place of judgment. >> reporter: and back inside the vatican where i've been waiting. the door suddenly opens. the door closes, and pope francis is standing right there. a simple request -- he wanted to meet me before the cameras. the pope emerges. our walk to the room in the vatican where he will now take questions

where does pope francis sleep while he's here? e of the most important catholic institutions in the country. saint charles borromeo seminary in lower merion. it will not be the first visit by a pontiff. pope john paul ii also visited the seminary back in 1979. this weekend pope francis will meet with bishops visiting for the world meeting of families and lead them in a mass. >> the leader of the catholic church we look at pope francis. his incredible journey. that's inspiring people around the globe. do we have anymore chips? [off screen] fellas? uh, sorry. we were day dreaming. about that vip tailgate and game tickets? uh yeah! and that pre-game sideline experience... exactly. or even eagle season tickets! [shouting over crowd] how do you know? you both have the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yeah, the eagles instant game with top prizes of $50,000. and second chance prizes, including season tickets. [both sigh] the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. ♪ >>> parts of the city shut down ahead of pope's

no sign of pope francis.e's inside in the upper sacristy where he'll canonize father junipero serra. the pontiff's six, seven minutes behind schedule. 25,000 ticket holders celebrate the mass with him. turn to nbc 10's roer mary conners outside the basilica. >> tell us what it's like out there. >> reporter: joyous. it's just an energy like no other that we've experienced up to this point in terms of the pope's arrive until washington. right now on the rooftop of one of the campus buildings here at catholic university where the basilica's located. just behind me, beneath me, 25,000 people who came here to see the pope, to be close to the pope and present for the historic canonization mass. 15,000 people have tickets, 10,000 to be seated, 10,000 ticket standing. quite a few had been here since 4:00, 5:00, some with small children. hoping to get as close to the gates as possible to be closest to the pope when his popemobile came around the campus, around the basilica. many hoping the pope would bless them, pray

of pope francis.this. just because you are on the sidelines, on the streets, next to pope francis, you are in the shadow of peter, meaning that you are getting his blessing. so here's what's going to happen. we'll see pope francis come through this row. he's going to come up to the altar. he's going to go up to the altar and celebrate mass. this is going to be the biggest event in the united states only because this is the only open-air mass in the u.s. in the states. so we're expecting, you know, record numbers of people. but, again, we're going to see pope francis coming through this road here momentarily. and we're going to bring you those live pictures. >> father martin, interesting to watch you watching. you have this incredible smile on your face. what's this like for you? >> it's amazing. i never get tired of it. i was thinking he just passed a column that i was standing by in 1979 where i stood to see john paul ii. and, you know, i was talking to my cousins last night who were at independence

pope francis is connecting deeply to people outside the faith. ave more on how this pope has captured the imagination of the public. >> i love pope francis. i would love to meet him. he's one of my heroes. >> reporter: but lance weitzel wasn't in love with the church for years before pope francis became the pope. he found it tough to relate to the church in his life. >> i didn't understand the mass. i went to the mass and i felt that people were just blindly reciting phrases that they didn't understand themselves and i didn't understand what was going on and i had questions that weren't getting answered. i had problems with the social teachings of the church or what i perceived to be the social teachings of the church. >> reporter: archdiocese say they see evidence of people coming back to the church who have fallen away after years. they say this pope they can relate to more than any before. >> it's not just his authenticity but the compassion with which he announces all of the challenges of the gospel. he's so inviting. >> cardinal wurl told me

president obama and the first lady welcomed pope francis. they emerged on the balcony of the white house and had a crowd greet them. the popular pontiff received a huge applause. afterwards the president and pope held a private meeting in the oval office. after leaving the white house, francis delighted the account with his popemobile through the streets. as he's known to do the pope paused twice to have babies brought to him and kissed them on the head. a huge thumbs-up to well wishers who began gathering at the route around 4:00 a.m. two services, a smaller with one bishops at the cathedral and a larger at basilica national shrine. at the basilica he canonized junipero serra and made him a saint. the first canonization in the u.s. a lot of people outside the shrine hoping to get a glimpse of pope francis. >> live in washington, d.c., rosemary, what was it like among those crowds today? >> it was joyful. it was really a special occasion here. i have to say in terms of how the event played out, it was smooth. it was seamless, no small task ma

, officers pope and francis. those are all of the photos we have for you right now. we're watching these closely as they come in. maybe one of the pope selfies you guys were talking about. >> we'll try. we'll try our best. >> that's prototy funny, the officers pope and francis. >> we have all of the security around us, there's cars and then we also have patrol cars, nypd all over. we have been following the security effort here during francis's visit. we've got a cthrespondent in central park. >> some 80,000 souls will be gathered here in central park all waiting to catch a glimpse of the holy father, pope francis. now this 8-foot tall fence that you see here that run from 59th street all the way down to 81st are part of a multilevel apparatus designed to protect the pope. nowamne of the challenges that new york police and the secret service wrestled with early on was how to secure the pope. and at the same time allow for him to have contact with the public as we have seen in washington, d.c. his holiness seeks in

and pope francis is coming. any other popes coming? there's only one pope?pe -- do you think when pope francis was a little kid he fantasized about eventually becoming pope? was 93 his backyard in argentina like how we might about being a professional athlete, was he like, there he is, the leader of all the catholics? 'cause having a kid that's pope that would be the ultimate bragging rights, right. it's like oh your son's a doctor. yeah ours is pope. oh, your son has his own house. yeah, ours has his own city. it's in europe. but pope francis. >> only one pope and one jim gaffigan no doubt about it. his wife's name is jeannie. when he's on tore he likes to take his entire family. >> they all go he. >> i'm sure they are definitely here. jim gaffigan on stage here in center city. >> we're going to break away from him for just a moment and check in with our david spunt who is live along the parkway as people are gathered around a lot of these jumbotrons to check it out. david. >.>> reporter: that's just a cardboard cutout we've seen a lot of those in the crowd

saying i did a good job though. >> all day philadelphia was wowed awed by the presence and grace of pope francisnight will go down as the night philadelphia wowed the pope. >> thank you. see you tomorrow. (applause). >> reporter: incredible end to an incredible u.s. trip here in the states and also visiting philadelphia and much more to come as mass starts tomorrow. we'll be here to bring it to you live. steve patterson live on the parkway, back to you guys. >> all right, steve, thank you so much. >>> thousands of people phil the parkway. there were people in front of the stage and all down the parkway people gathered in to watch on the jumbotrons out there. >> many of the faithful out there came from a very long way away. some open hitchhike as we heard earlier. came from very long way away. our greg car goes standing by with more on that. greg? >> reporter: ukee, jessica, good evening. what a historic day this has been for our city just about an hour and a half ago we had hundreds of thousands of people packing the parkway here. the pope himself sitting on the stage right behind me and people

if you had a chance to hand pope francis a gift, what would it be? >> a brooklyn teacher got that chance. take a look. she had a pope doll with her. when she got close to the holy father, i think he enjoyed it, right? she lifted it up for him to see. he's holding up the little doll there. >> when i held it up, the holy father lit up. and he took it with him. so we're very proud that st. joseph catholic academy in brooklyn, the pope has our doll. >> he certainly does. the doll had been sent to schools by the catholic television network. the principal gave her permission to take the doll to the airport. certainly worked out. >> how cool was that? he got a kick out of it. >> i think he did. >> all right. it's 5:21. just ahead, definitely had some people doing double takes. >> this is pope francis' or a pope francis like figure trip to time square. >>> welcome back. 66 degrees. it is 5:23en on a friday morning. looking at times square. if you didn't get a chance to snap a picture with the pope, you can pose with the pope sort of, kind of. >> he rolled up

pope francis blessing a boy in a wheelchair there. other family benefited from the pope's compassion in a moment that touched hearts around the world. ♪ with the card most accepted in the philadelphia region, you have the compassion and security of blue cross. giving you the power to do more. independence blue cross. live fearless. ♪ >>> that youngster with the beautiful angelic voice serenading pope francis, a member of the keystone state boy choir, based out of the first presbyterian church in germantown. other visitors crossed oceans to get here. >> nbc 10's george spencer is live in center city with that part of the story. people coming from far and wide. >> reporter: jim, today, i talked to people from as far away as kazakhstan and mozambique and as nearby as south philadelphia. this spot where i'm standing is right in the middle of the papal parade. it's virtually a ghost town now. a few lingering pilgrims making their way home. after philadelphia today in the international spotlight. gliding down the parkway at sunset, draped in

saying i did a good job though. >> all day philadelphia was wowed awed by the presence and grace of pope francisnight will go down as the night philadelphia wowed the pope. >> thank you. see you tomorrow. (applause). >> reporter: incredible end to an incredible u.s. trip here in the states and also visiting philadelphia and much more to come as mass starts tomorrow. we'll be here to bring it to you live. steve patterson live on the parkway, back to you guys. >> all right, steve, thank you so much. >>> thousands of people phil the parkway. there were people in front of the stage and all down the parkway people gathered in to watch on the jumbotrons out there. >> many of the faithful out there came from a very long way away. some open hitchhike as we heard earlier. came from very long way away. our greg car goes standing by with more on that. greg? >> reporter: ukee, jessica, good evening. what a historic day this has been for our city just about an hour and a half ago we had hundreds of thousands of people packing the parkway here. the pope himself sitting on the stage right behind me and people

we were privileged enough to be along west drive when pope francis proceeded county to 60th street. some of the folks who were excited to see the pope are right here right now. susan, what was your view like and what was going ou tlu your mind? >> we were standing up op a hill, so we were able to see the popemobile come through. it was maybe a minute of viewing that we had and it was probably one of the greatest minutes of my life. the crowd was amaze, but just the positive energy, it was amazing. wonderful. it was overwhelming, the crowd was. braet taking and overwhelming. awesome. >> also, we have ladies, you've got your new york city loves pope francis button. >> this is a photo of my cousin, royce. he has syndrome. and that was my motive to come here so that i get a miracle from pope francis and my little cousin gets saved. >> what did you feel as you saw the pope coming around that bend? >> i still feel the tearing coming out of my eyes. so emotional. totally blessed. a one-time experience. i'm so thankful that i was so close to him. >> now, who else was in? we've got a huge cro

pope francis is here.nklin parkway and you can see all of these jumbotron monitors and all the people lined up to soak in what we're hearing right now which is the philadelphia orchestra. >> uh-huh. beautiful. let's take a look earlier. this was such a historic day and a memorable day. let's take a look at earlier today when people were trying to see the pope. these are priests in olde city and they were actually singing on their way and they're clapping here very animated and exuberant. >> it's so true. i ran into a bunch of seminarians from connecticut that were the same way. they had a pope francis cutout they were taking pictures with they were so excited. we go from the priests to the nuns and you know, the nuns have been eating up all the things that pope francis has been saying about them and we he went into some nuns at independence mall from kenya and jen fred talked with them. >> reporter: the men and women that were here at independence mall waiting to hear the holy father speak loved what he ha

you always see him nestled very closely to pope francis, whether it's between pope francis and president obama. he has the difficult job of translating not just the words but the expression, the emotion and also not being obtrusive and stepping back and not interfering with the contact pope francis has but relaying the words for those who don't speak his language. >> and so fast with it, alternating what he knows are prepared remarks and the times when pope francis decides to be spontaneous. >> which we've seen quite a bit of. >> yes. >> we get the transcripts. we have them in advance. we no what pope francis is scheduled to say and more often than not he does stray from that and becomes very animated when he does. and it's beautiful to see when that passion arises in him when he's speaking off the cuff. >> we just saw another passionate moment where someone obviously asked him to bless them. he really paused, closed his eyes and again entered into that moment of human connection. also with monsignor miles, when the pope smiles, he smiles. he delivers the message with a smile as well. >>

classic pope francis.e if not more are gathering in central park waiting to catch a glimpse of the pope. carol kos tell l-- is among the masses. carol, some i would imagine have been waiting for hours and hours. >> hours and hours. but you won't believe this, jake. because nobody believed it. but there is a rainbow that suddenly appeared in the sky. no one knows why. the camera probably wouldn't be able to pick it up, but just moments ago all of these people were looking up into the sky to take pictures of the rainbow. and of course they attributed it to pope francis. as you said tens of thousands of people have been waiting in line just at this location. you're seeing the tail end of the line right now. but those people still have to go through security to get into central park to see pope francis. they're hoping they can. a lot of people simply gave up and they were very angry. they said the city didn't organize this very well. but other people standing in line said, you know what, if we don't get in, it

>>> pope francis is in cuba. he just landed in havana, he came from above, but now he's on the ground with the rest of us. we've been showing you the plane just finished taxiing. our rosa flores was onboard. the pilots put flags out the windows, one of the signature vatican flag and one of the flag of cuba announcing the arrival of what is certainly not just a visit, but a mission of pope francis. what was it like onboard? >> reporter: you know, like you just mentioned, the plane just stopped at the airport here in havana. the pope is in the front of the plane, chris, i'm in the back with probably 70-plus journalists, and we're going to see pope francis walk off of this plane here pretty soon and, of course, you're going to see a rush of photographers. i'm standing right by them. outside to take all of those pictures and also to have the video of his landing to cuba. let's keep in mind this is his first visit to cuba. there's huge expectation. he has big speeches coming up, as you know, and from here we head over

pope francis begins his visit to the united states here in the nation's capital. he's delivered surprises to the capital. what is the most surprising thing that the pope said or done. sheila macvicar begins the social coverage of the pope's visit. also, a look ahead at california's saint to be, and why many americans knew him as a sinner. >> you could be flogged for a bad attitude. a lot of people died. >> what kind of saint would allow that. >> i think he was guilty of excesses of punishment >>> "america tonight"s michael oku with a mixed blessing. i'm joie chen. st. patrick's church, washington d.c. may seem like an obvious place for the papal visit. it's the oldest parish in the capitol hill and president's and other a list guests. when pope francis visits, it will be a first, even for this church. that might not be surprising when you consider that pope francis, in his short tenure as leader of 1.2 billion catholics has been a ground breaker. a game changer for the church. in our special week of coverage "america tonight" seeks to find out who pope francis is,

pope francis wraps up his address on immigration and we are their life. >> pope of the people, francis made his first appearance in the pope mobile traveling down market street in olde city and as he is known to do he stopped along the way blessing babies and onlookers. >> next up tonight the festival of families concert right here the on the ben franklin parkway and yet another appearance, bow the holy father. you're looking at, a live picture, of the crowd, that jumbo tron, a very special moment, in our city's history. >> how many times do you see a pope driving through your neighborhood. >> i'm's at 54th street, no, i was shocked. >> as you heard neighbors nears saint charles seminary, shocked seeing the pontiff driving through their streets. you know, they were. >> hi, good afternoon everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> aim jessica dean. hello from the ben franklin parkway. who would have thought that a pope and a fiat, a 78 year-old man could bring so many energy to the city of philadelphia. it is quite remarkable. >> no doubt bit. the 266th pope of the catholic church is in our town

download it today. >>> pope francis is scheduled to head to philadelphia about 8:45 this morning. cbs 2 janelle ber rel live at the brooklyn heights prom nad where you can see the pope's helicopter across the river at the helio-port. a janelle, good morning. >> reporter: we are here on the brooklyn promenade this morning where we are hoping to get a glimpse of the pope as the motorcade passes along the fdr drive across the east river. we have seen a number of police security police boats in the water. and take a look at this. we wanted to show you what it looked like on thursday when the pope was making the reverse trip uptown here in the city. watch this motorcade, the pope in his black fiat as he was making the trip up the fdr drive and today reverse trip down to the helio-port where the pope will board a helicopter, identical to marine one which the president uses when in town. the pope and vatican officials will get on town for a slight trip to jfk airport where he will take off later this morning. headed for philadelphia. we are expecting or hoping to see when his cars pass by

pope francis would at mercy. compare this with the mosaic law required forgiveness of debts on a regular basis. the biggest problem is still interest versus the universal destination of good. self-interest is of course a sin and it can't be wiggled into a virtue by reference to social and creative consequences. as david schindler has pointed out christians mean something different from creativity for what capitalist's mean. pope francis when he deals with these issues, schindler -- the overlap is obvious. a primary foundational belief of social teaching is the universal destination of goods which means all the goods of the world are to be distributed so that everyone has enough to live and participate in society. this claim is prior to property rights, classic domestic theory holds private property rights can be recognized but only as a consequence of the fall, though of original sin. another point of divergence obviously it comes out all the time is free-market ideologue always seem to have it in for organized l

the crowd erupted when pope francis appeared on the balcony. this happened just a short time ago. d just after he made history by being the first pope to ever speak before congress. and pope francis isn't the only big name visiting the u.s. this week. the president of china is expected to arrive in d.c. later today. he has already spent several days in seattle and is expected to attend a private dinner tonight with president obama. several items are on their agenda, including cyber attacks and climate change. >>> meanwhile, hundreds of people are dead after a stampede during the hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia. authorities say more than 700 were killed and that number has grown throughout the morning. hundreds more are injured. the crush happened in mina, a valley on the outskirts of the holy city of mecca. mina is where pilgrims carry out a symbolic stoning of the bevel by throwing pebbles against three stone columns. roughly with the two million people are taking part in this year's hajj which began tuesday. it's an annual islamic pilgrimage through the holy cities of mecca and m

this is the white house periscoping pope francis's arrival from the tarmac. people watched this calling it pope scope. it earned nearly 10,000 followers in the process. i'm sure it will gain many, many more. >> oh, yeah. well, it is a busy day ahead for pope francis as he begins his first full day in washington. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist live outside the vatican where the mopope is waking up in washington. you can see crowds gathering there outside the white house for the event which starts later this morning. the security is in place. plus, what you need to know to get around all the events and the road closures, that's next >>> the excitement is building as pope francis wakes up in our city with a busy day on tap. the first full day of his busy visit. the crews are out around town to bring you the latest on all the excite am. this is the scene at the ellipse where crews have been gathering for hours to catch a glimpse of the pope. however, up to 20,000 people are expected to hear the pope say mass outside the basilica late

at 4:00 this afternoon pope francis will cannonize a new saint. so a very full day today for the pope, eun, and all along his travels today you can expect that there will be huge, massive crowds gathered to see the pope wherever and whenever they can see him across the city. >> thank you, aaron. >>> the pope's visit could impact how you get to work this morning. melissa mollet is tracking traffic problems. what are you seeing? >> good morning. we have a brand-new closure that actually just popped up. connecticut avenue and 17th. this started at 6:00 a.m. in addition, we have all of the parade route closures. 17th street between lincoln avenue. constitution between 12th and 23rd there and then 15th street between h street and maine avenue as well. a couple of closures here happening for you right now this morning. also green line delays, i should say, to branch avenue and 3rd street the off ramp to massachusetts avenue has all lanes blocked there as well. chuck? >> all right. outside on a wednesday morning in the nation's capitol. mostly clear sky.

view, the roar of the crowd overcame the roar of the jet engines with people shouting "hey, hey, pope francis, we love you." there were thousands to see him. the pope is 78 years old and tired after a long trip. he bounded down the jet ramp anyway. he came down and saw the president, the first lady, the vice president. usually the president doesn't come out to visit foreign dignitaries to greet them at andrews but this is a measure of how the pope transcends those kinds of boundaries that he was here. he will be pushing, pushing the only super power left in the world to do more to take care of the poor and the disenfranchised and the marginalized. he was greeted by school children who gave him flowers. he went and spent a few minutes with the president in a lounge and then he came back and perhaps one of the most symbolic things he could do, he climbed into a little sub compact fiat. this big man, world recognized, in a little fiat with the motorcade back to dc. >> bruce, thanks a lot for that. i thought you said he was going to fly american airlines commercial but you did say charter flight

of course the great story that pope francis reaches out and touches and blesses a lot of kids. t this he actually blessed a kid here today who has a miter on. is that a miter. >> it is a pope's hat. it's a miter exactly. >> this little kid was kind of dressed up in papal costume and has the miter on. >> you never know. it could be a pope of the future. >> you never know. >> for more great moment like this and from all of today's act head to our website fox29.com we've got it all there for you on the web. there are links through on the the website. >> for as many memories we've made here a couple you might want to forget bike laughing b box. mayor nutter says traffic box is starting to lift, three quarters of it open and you're on the ben franklin all the time. >> that will open at 4:00 a.m. originally it was schedule not to open until noon but now they'll open the ben franklin bridge at 4:00 a.m. we're back with more from the ben franklin parkway right aft this. ♪ royal caribbean's wow sale is back. buy one get one half off. plus free upgrades and up to $200 onboard spending mon

and as a matter of fact amazon's best selling bobble head is pope francis, who but. estaurant and bars in the area are commemorating the pope. mcgillian's old ale house is hoping a popetini for the weekend. there is plenty of way to remember pope francis in philadelphia so many ways to do so. >>> did you know what the pope's visit is costing the city of philadelphia? about 12 million-dollar? however the world meeting of families will reimburse city for all of those costs but 12 million-dollar, how about that. >>> lets give you a i live picture of the ben franklin bridge shut down no cars right now, to thousands of the faithful can make that pilgrimage we told but from camden to philadelphia, definitely an exciting time in our area skies lighting up out there don't go anywhere we will check on the nicole and parkway after this break. welcome back, what an honor it is to be part of such a historic president, here in philadelphia a, a big moment for our city a as we prior to take our place on the world stage. you are looking live at the papal stage, right here, it is set

pope benedict the 16th, pope francis is immediate necessity that this way. before he was pope, when he was head of the doctrine of faith, he was talking about morality and economics and how he thought these things should interact. as, yes, catholic teaching is not a third way. it is not a fully filled out system, but neither is it adverse to rhetorical. , a morality that believes it self able to dispense with the technical knowledge of economics laws is but economists him. what we need is a maximum of economic and a maximum of moral reflection, so when these things come together i hold it much greater than the sum of its parts. , for the faithful catholic who is a faithful son or daughter of the church was also appreciative of the good that economic freedom brings to human beings. that would -- i would say, ought to be our goal. it would not to sort of separate these things. not say that catholic teaching is one thing but economics just involves is sort of impurecal questions. it's rather is this. it's distinguishing the economic ideologies that pope francis

they are getting set up for pope francis' peach on immigration. -- speech on immigration, it will take place at 5:00 p.m. >> we've been marking on the pope's vigor almost 80 years old. we'll see a schedule where he goes all day. he'll arrive at philadelphia international airport at 9:30 and go straight to saints peter and paul to celebrate mass at 10:30. you'll see him with the speech on immigration and religious freedom that will be followed by papal parades at 6:45 and the festival of families at i am many years younger, and would be tired, he has done it with grace. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we have no precipitation out there as expected to start out. as we look outside, we have sky6 live hd temple university sky 6 camera looking south on broad street. city hall. there are a few more clouds, but overall similar temperature profile and comfortable conditions as you step outside. 64. dewpoint 52. the air is dry. not humid today. the winds out of the northeast at 9 miles per hour. they will pick up a little bit once we get past sunrise. i love this picture, we

i said "i'm not interviewing pope francis!" everybody wants to meet pope francis, everybody wants to touch him. >> he generates a sense of warmth that's often missing in the world today and i think that's what people understand. >> peter alexander, let's go back to you on the parade route. >> matt, the pope is a mail mhay pass away from us. as he has moved through this crowd, the crowd has followed. many people holding their positions along the fence. but those in the back have literally chased him over the course of this nearly mile-long ellipse. they're running around screaming, trying to get an opportunity to take a photo, to capture any moment. something to remember this day and as you talk about how many americans will really get to put their eyes on pope francis, how many americans will put their eyes on pope francis through social media, literally every single arm in this crowd is holding up a phone or a camera tweeting, using facebook so this is a photo, an imimagine the could be catapulted around this country and aroun

there they are live to get a glimpse of pope francis on his first full day in the u.s. a welcoming ceremony will be taking place in 45 minutes. the pope is expected to address the crowds in english. later, the pope mobile will parade through the streets of d.c. his holiness arrived after a trib to cuba. president obama, the first family, vice president biden and his wife greeted the pontiff when he got off the plane. we are along the parade group with the masses, but let's begin on the south lawn of the white house. i can see the crowds gathered behind you. let's talk about this meeting we're expecting in the oval office today. this is not the first time the pope has met with president obama, but they are pull out all of the stops for the pontiff this morning. >> they certainly are. the white house characterized this as reciprocity, because these two individuals, president obama and pope francis have met before face-to-face, one-on-one. it was march of last year at the vatican, a lot on the table and of course the white house is stressing all the things they share in com

[applause] pope francis:[speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] mr.ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your kind words. once again, following a tradition by which i feel honored, the secretary general of the united nations has invited the pope to address this distinguished assembly of nations. in my own name, and that of the [speaking spanish] mr. president, ladies and [speaking spanish] apparently to overcome all natural limits to the exercise of power. an essential response in this much technological power in the hands of nationalistic or falsely universalist ideologies is capable of perpetrating tremendous atrocities. i can only reiterate the appreciation expressed by my predecessors, in reaffirming the importance which the catholic church attaches to this institution and the hope which she places in its activities. the history of this organized community of states, represented by the united nations which is presently celebrating its 70th anniversary, is one of important common achievement. over a period of unusually fast-paced changes. without cla

st be if we replace the word carthage with free market ideology, you can imagine pope francis using this most famous line. usually post do not use such language as the verb to destroy. perhaps you could say that the pope would say that free market ideology needs to be repealed or replaced, but in any event, we do not have to speculate about what he has said, and we can look at what he has said. i'm borrowing some of the same quotes that is a guarded. this economy kills. some people continue to defend thatle-down theory it will in a globally succeed in bringing about better justice and inclusiveness in the world. this opinion which has never been confirmed by the facts in those naive trust wielding economic power and in the second was working of the economic system. he has repeatedly condemned the idolatry of the market and has said in a speech to its present harvey referred to in bolivia, when capital becomes an idol, you get pain, death, and a structured and the stench of the dung of the devil. words, perhapsg a strong as carthage must be destroyed. his ideology is traditional, systemic

how will the pope's focus shift on this part of the trip? francis mania. already forming here in new york city waiting to catch a glimpse of the pope tonight. he has major events scheduled tomorrow all across town. is new york city ready for this logistical nightmare? and lecturing lawmakers, the pope touches on controversial issues in his unprecedented address to congress taking positions popar

the plane carrying pope francis is still at john f. kennedy airport in new york city. ieve that is the pope's window on this american airline's shepard one. if you have been watching papal coverage over the past couple of days you know that the vatican doesn't own a plane, it makes use of charter planes from national airlines where the pope happens to be. this is an american airlines. as we have seen the last couple of days, the pilot puts in the flag of the vatican and the flag of the united states before taking off and after landing at the destination airport. as we have told you, the pope is just a little bit late taking off, so we are waiting for his departure from j.f.k. airport. and when he gets to philadelphia, it will be a joyous welcome for him. we have waited for so long for this day. number one, we waited very long since the announcement of the world meeting of families. and then last november it was pope francis himself who made the announcement that he would be coming to philadelphia. and the city's infrastructure and its political infrastructure burst into

president. >> we love you pope francis. eers and applause] hotehote the welcoming remony for host: just a quick headline from this speech by the pope this morning on the white house lawn. here's "national journal." immigration, refugees and climate change on the top of his agenda. our coverage this afternoon, :00 p.m., the mass for the founder of california missions. looking at matt flemming who tweets, catholic university waiting out of room waiting for the pope to arrive. photo of members of congress, u.s. capitol police motor cade with senators to see the pope and the mass coming up in 45 minutes. sean zeller of the number of catholics in congress. one in three and in the senate, 144 in the house and 26 members in the senate. and back to this morning's visit of the pope. pomp and circumstance and 21-gun salute. and why no 21 gun salute for the pope at the white house ceremony? the white house decided it against based on consultations with the vatican. josh earnest was asked about it at today's white house briefing. porter

pope francis has arrived in the united states after four days in cuba. president raul castro was on hand to say farewell to the pope today. the cuban government has been generallily hostile to religion since the revolution, but more than 60% of the island's residents identify as roman catholics. the vatican hopes the papal visit will help to end the u.s. embargo and lead to more freedom for all cubans. here in the united states of catholic church is struggling, and the vet vatican hopes his popularity will reverse the trends. let's go to mike viqueira at the white house with more on that. mike. >> there's no question that the catholic church is in some trouble around the world and particularly here in the united states. an amazing statistic and work done by the pew forum that studied catholicism in the united states. if you take every former catholic, someone that identifies as a former catholic that walked way from the church for one reason or another, that would be 41 million americans. 13% of the population. if those 41 million form their own religious

so many people across the area had these memorable face-to-face encounters were i pope francis over the last two days, one of them democratic brendan boyle. >> happened while the pope was at curran, fromhold. and the congressman was there nurseing a broken leg in a wheelchair. >> some italian security guard saw the wheelchair i have a football injury, so grabbed me over and i thought it was to get a picture. i was shaking hands with the pope. very exciting. >> the congressman broke his leg three weeks ago while playing on the congressal football team. he's now wondering if today will speed up the process. >> maybe. >> we got through the weekend. we got through the weekend without any precipitation. >> meteorologist standing by with a look ahead. also, too, kate, way to go, you guys nailed the forecast. >> thank you, jessica be ukee, love it when a plan comes together. we were hoping the rain would move away. give a little credit to pope francis. that storm pushed to the south and fell apart. much as we were hoping it would and maybe he had a little bit little bit of say in in. we do hav

that's how pope francis became the new pope.cis didn't have the same feelings about cardinal burke. he demoted him, he yanked him off the supreme court and gave him basically a ceremonial job where no one would ever hear from him again. the highest ranking american official in the vatican under the old pope was sent to a desk job by pope francis. he made the whole scandal, the whole mystery of this pope who quit, the second pope, this pope emeris, he made that whole scandal and story disappear. that was a world shakingly bizarre and inexplicable scandal when the previous pope stepped down and nobody knew why. one of the most miraculous things about pope francis is that his participatecy has been so consequential and such a big deal, it eclipsed the scandal that opened up the position for him in the first place. but he could not be more different than the man who so mysteriously quit and he replaced. the archbishop waging war on john kerry, he promoted that archbishop above anyone in the american church. francis undid that and ma

send your message to pope francis using #6abc messages be we'll be putting your comments on the screeno the pope during his live coverage of the visit to philadelphia. we'll have more coverage of the pope's day today when "action news" continues. >> just a majestic shot of the benjamin franklin parkway with the philadelphia museum in the background and you can see the papal stage and alter. this is where we'll have the festival of families tonight. and there's some performing going on right now on the stage, let's listen for a moment. ♪ >> this gentleman's name is matt marr. it 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 s