wom woman, and there are often gifts givetone the pope, and not only that, but she has brought some of his favorite tea from south africa, and she is going to offer it to him, and he has taken it from crowds, but that is the warm welcome literally and figuratively here at joint base andrews. >> historic indeed. jim, we will get back to you, and the pope is riding a wave of popularity between catholic, and non-catholics which is unpresented. the cnn/orc pope shows that 63% of americans view the pope as favorable. and that popularity did not happen overnight. a cnn special report tells that story. >> reporter: he is a pope, like no other. >> tens of thousands of fans coming out to see the pope.