emphasize the personal power of this pope and what it means to all the people who have gathered excitedly in washington, d.c. where i see the weather has cleared up nicely and they'll get to see something. tom kcostello there. chuck todd, this is your adopted town we're talking about and all the things people say about washington, all the jokes about politics and it might be true that this could do something to the discourse, to the mood. >> even if just for two weeks, it feels like a palate cleanser. i don't want to say this is more exceptional than others but we have gotten in a negative place. look at the conversation going on about islam and all this. this feels like a pallet cleanser.