and the president and the first lady will meet him on the south portico and make their way to the stage that is before the crowd there, and they will be listening to the marine band play and they both will give brief remarks. we'll have live coverage. we'll go to ted next in upper darby, pennsylvania. a republican. hi, ted. >> caller: good morning, c-span, i watch you all the time. i keep hearing about people talking about for god and talking about abortions. my question is on the flip side of the abortions. what's god think of the in vitro fertilization where babies are created outside of the body. when we go back to the original sin of disobedience, when eve ate from the tree of knowledge, and after that happened, god said now that man has become like us we have to put death into man. what, what's the difference? >> well, i am not a three logen. i'm a layman, and i think there's a great deal of theology involved in your question, but i think what we're talking about here is, is life. and the importance and the sanctity of a human life. and you think of the miracle of how that is, come

we are looking at a view of the white house and the south portico door where the president will exit to meet the pope. i think we're less than a minute away from the motorcade arriving. 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 state

he was still in washington in 1823 when he had the south portico added. portico, and north it was completed in 1830, and then he passed away. he is very important to the original house, it's rebuilding, and the addition of the s on the north and south side. the basic form is late 18th century federal style furniture with the taper glaze. there is a decorative element across the bottom. it is a foldout writing board. there are little slides to support it. also has a hidden section behind the top there. it can be locked. this desk would have been a little bit bigger. this one was a small and desk.vely comfortable it is not as fancifully made as a high style in new york or philadelphia. this james hoban desk of 1800 to look at furniture from the later periods of white house history. in this case, we are looking at a couple of objects related to the president use of the house as and office. this is a side chair. it is in the gothic style. it was made in 1845, probably. it wasn't specially made for the white house. this style of chair was made by furniture mak

he was still in washington in 1823 when he added to the white -- the south portico when he started addingt and in 1829 when he added the north portico. it was completed in 1830 before he passed away, so he left an enormous architectural footprint in the original building and addition of the two porches on the north and south side. the basic form is late 18th century federal style furniture with simple tapered legs. bottom, aoss the foldout writing board and little slides to support it. it also has a hidden section behind the top that can be locked. in many cases, a desk would have been a little bit bigger and would have had bookshelves above it but this was a small yet piece.vely comfortable [ not a typical, just not just as elaborate as others would have been. we will leave the desk and take a look at some furniture that dates to a later time in white house history. in this case we are looking at a couple of objects that relate to the president's use of the house as his office. this is a side chair in a gothic style. it was made in 1845 probably. it was purchased in 1845. it was not spec

the president and the first lady will be making their way to the south orrico to meet and greet to meet and portico greet pope francis. we will bring you now live coverage of the south lawn. we want to thank ambassador nicholson for his time this morning. we appreciate it. now live coverage of the white house. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪

in just a few minutes we expect the president and the pope will appear on that balcony on the south porticoside, i want to go to terry moran there at the white house. how did it feel? >> reporter: what a morning, george. i mean, it's just incredible. all the grandeur, all the pageantry of a state visit to the united states for this man who has come to this country and countries around the world reaching out with that trademark simplicity of his and the crowd here, 11,000 tickets, i look out among them, sailors and nuns and parents with their kids and an incredibly diverse crowd, someone with a notre dame sweatshirt, go, irish, i guess, one of enormous pride, as well, pride in their catholicism and americanism and president obama greeting this man who is on the same wavelength on so many issues and you can tell in their body language and how they address each other they speak of the same language of politics socially, of social action in the world from different motivations, this is a very important relationship in the world right now and the people here amid all this grandeur certainly felt

just about an hour, the president will be escorting the pope out through the south portico door, butt has been so citing, exciting day far. to answer your question, it's very significant when the president travels to andrews air force base. accompanied by mrs. obama and their daughters. the vice president was there with dr. biden and with a few granddaughters, and, of course, an array of other dignitaries there to welcome the pope to the united states. i think it was an historic moment and certainly a moment i t i personally am sad that missed experiencing firsthand. host: so you were on the south lawn at the white house this morning. what's it like there? set 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 j

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 equal share, or at least an opportunity to do better. host: all right. ambassador? guest: i would beg to differ, obviously. there is no model in the world where socialism

bay area news station,kron 4 morning news starts now in just about an hour he will arrive at the south portico of the white house were president obama and the force would will greet him. >>mark: is and is without the people are expected to climb on the white house south lawn to witness the arrival ceremony president obama will deliver remarks and reduced the pope who will then speak in english to the american people. >>darya: in the 6:00 hour the president and first lady as well as president of ivanhoe's catholic they're all there to greet the pope when his plane touched down and join the boys and choose yesterday you consider and shaking hands there. >>mark: pope france's will address congress the nation's capital they will address congress as well. >>polo sandoval: 15 cause of uber are expected to cram onto the south lawn of the white house to hear him address the american people he will be will president obama 1 all one what judge translators in the room he would then ride to washington and the pope mobile with thousands lining the street the style is in contrast to the way dignitary's use

then they will emerge out the south portico. there were descriptions saying people have been in line since 4:00 a.m. trying to get through security and get to the curbside to get a glimpse of pope francis this morning. martha: i think of the images where the pope has embraced a quadraplegic, people with ailments where he has spoken to them and held their hands. and people in some cases with tears streaming down their faces at the joy of being able to have a moment with the pope. so now he will have an american version of that, whatever that turns out to be. >> it's interesting. i talked to jess with it friends of his who say this was a serious, somber man, always the burden of office on his shoulders. something has happened since he was elected to the papacy. there is a natural joy. you may note story he's grght vatican to an italian parish. he's in a slum largely populated by l -- by latinos largely doing the work others don't want to do. this is a sign of what's in his man's heart. i said sometimes in my own parish. take a loo

the pope is going to wave from the south portico balcony to the 11,000 people who are on the south lawnp of the hour, the pope and the president after addressing on the south lawn of the white house now waving to the people. and it is the top of the hour. you're watching live coverage here on msnbc of the historic visit by pope francis to the white house, to washington, d.c. and his first visit to the united states of america. this is the fourth time a pope has visited the united states. the third time a pope has come to the white house and this pope electrifying the world with his life by example and some of the messages that the president chrissalized today in terms of the symbolism this pope carries and the pope's words themself going right there to some serious issues that pertain to our political system. >> and as we said before, giving something to both democrats and republicans and apolitical people who actually believe that the bible is probably more important than reading opinion pages. the president welcomed this pope on behalf of 70 million u.s. catholics. mike, i love how ba

they're going to make brief remarks and probably wave from the south portico to the crowd expected to is going to proceed with a parade on the ellipse in washington and he'll stop at st. matthews before coming here to catholic university to celebrate mass at this basilica and bring the pope-mobile through the crowd before that begins, go through the basilica behind me and anticipating that jeb bush, the presidential candidate and his wife will be in attendance at the mass. from there, he's going to continue; of course, on thursday, to the capitol and give a first joint address to congress. members are warned not to clap too much in the address. there are a little bit concerned about what it might look like if half the chamber is clapping and half isn't. the first language is spanish but he'll addressing the congress in english. >> was that a choir practicing? rfb there's a choir, an orchestra practicing. they're rehearsing for all the festives here tomorrow. we have seen getting built up over the course of the day. yesterday, 25,000 of these folding chairs and how many people they're

the sun is coming up over the old executive office, we have the south portico, the stage is set.e who came in an hour ago, rushing up to the line, thousands who want to be able to see the pope, even in this controlled audience. they're waving their vatican flag and their american flag. the question is, how will those two meet in the suits of power between the pope and the president? here's one thing we know, michelle kosinski, is that what this pope says in public is often different than what he says in private, at least with world leaders. we know that was the case in cuba. what will happen when he meets with the president in private this morning? >> reporter: right, absolutely. so many questions surrounding that. what exactly will go on in that room between the two leaders? it will be just the two of them in the oval office. they'll be talking for 45 minutes to an hour, only translators with them, if needed. the white house expects this to be in english, they expect it to be a friendly, warm conversation. the topics that they see as the big ones are climate change, poverty and

first the president and first lady are going to greet him at the south portico.y brief remarks from each. we're not to expect either leader to say anything too political. francis is the 266th pope in church history but just the third to visit the white house. when the pope is done on pennsylvania avenue his specially outfitted jeep pope mobile is going to drive down 15th street, make a turn near the world war ii memorial near the washington monument and another turn at 15th and pennsylvania toward treasury and that's the whole show. as the pope gets closer and closer to heading to this part of town, you can tell that security is getting tighter and tighter in the last hour or so. helicopters have started hovering, but still nobody in the crowd seems too concerned. there is a lot of smiling, singing, chanting. and energy and just energy. in the crowd behind us they're still going to let people in for another hour and a half. but in the turn here at 15th and constitution, as far as we can see, it's about five people deep. in every single place alone the fenceline.

south lawn, and i've never seen an event of this size, 11,000-plus people. you have the marine band. you have the color guard. you have the beautiful sort portico a great stage of america's democracy. i think on this day also a great altar for the pope to deliver his first welcoming message to the people of the united states. there is a lot of politics and policy to chew over, but i just think the scene here today is something that i just find remarkable. >> and can i just chime in on what you mentioned, christiane, about the focus on the hispanic community? you know, today a majority of hispanic adults identify as catholic. and the majority of those speak spanish. so the pride among hispanic catholics but frankly the latino population as a whole today, i think they could not be prouder. the other point i would make is his focus on immigration. one of the greatest speeches that he has made or at least that was so compelling to everybody who's been fighting for imbrace was this speech that he made at the island which is south -- an island that is south of italy when there was the issue of all of these migrants from africa. and he talked about ho