and he invited them in giving them an opportunity to see him, to be blessed by him. and later we were told he asked these families and children to pray for him. the similar message that he offered people at madison square garden tonight. so he ended his day much the way he began his day. here are the motorcycles i told you about that often are the real signal that the pope is right behind them. and now we re about to see the vehicles with the suvs. rehema, what quu tecan you t about the vatican residence, for those people who are familiar and not familiar with new york city? this is a residence here in a very upscale part of new york. madison avenue on the east side. 72nd street. it is a five-story building. and i m told that they did an update on the wiring and the plumbing. they spruced it up a little bit, even more than it already was. but this building was
jason, right now, you re outside the residence. has the pope arrived yet? reporter: not yet but in anticipation of the pope s arrival, we just heard from nypd as they have cleared the area and have put it under a security freeze. some of those folks, anderson, that came out wanting to get a glimpse of the pope we re told right here on 72nd street, address of the residence and told they had to be a block in either direction. they moved those people to 71st street in one direction, 73rd street in the other direction. when i was out here one woman said what will happen once he gets inside? the guy next to her said hopefully he ll be able to get some rest, and i think, you know, after this pope is given so much to this city to so many people over, what, the past few days and d.c. before that and cuba before that and tomorrow when he does it all over again in philadelphia, i think the hope is is that tonight he ll
flashing that came down 72nd street passing the residence. this was the prelude, if you will, to the pope s arrival. we saw this earlier in the day when he came from the united nations. first we see the police cars and then we will see about 12 to 14 motorcycles just before you see the suvs and then you see that tiny little fiat that the pope is riding in. so i suspect that he will be here at any minute, where he will spend the night after a very busy day. his schedule is rigorous. i ve said before that it would be daunting for a person half his age. and yet this pope, 78 years old, he starts very early in the morning and he s going now into the evening. he had guests here at 6:00 this morning who had an opportunity to see him, to be blessed by him, and then as you know very busy schedule, now with the mass, and even when he came here for lunch this afternoon, which i m told was just fish and rice
again, this is a gesture the pope has made. is this the car he went out and bought? because he went out and bought a used car there was a car he drove around when he was the cardinal in argentina in buenos aires which was also famously something of a beater. this a brand new fiat i should note that the pope has been transporting in. he is now making his way north on 5th avenue. we should note of course 5th avenue goes south in manhattan. this is all being rerouted and redirected for the benefit of the pope. this is, as ron mentioned earlier, the arrival was in the open popemobile sort of more ceremonial motorcade in which people could see him. this is him basically retiring for the night as he heads up to 72nd street, where he will bring a close to a very, very busy day. a day that began in washington, d.c. with the first ever joint speech to congress. charlie, your thoughts on that
they have called this a national security exercise, the largest security event in the history of the largest city in america, and that s saying something because this city has hosted all kinds of mainly events major events over the many years but this is the biggest security event in the history of new york city. listen. well, they have killed the mike. my guess is the guy who kept talking, they pulled the plug on him. i don t know that for sure, but it would certainly stand to reason. i mention there on west drive, which begins at west 72nd street right on central park west, right at the entrance to the park at 72nd street, they will make their way to central park south after driving along central park s west drive. for now, the mikes are back. let s listen.