all right. congressman tim huelskamp, republican from kansas, was at that speech today. thank you very much. on your screen right now you see the enormous nypd and security presence that is outside the vatican s diplomatic residence. that will be where pope francis will be spending this evening. he is up 5th avenue from st. patrick s cathedral where he just conclude aid vespers service, an evening prayer service. there was not a mass. there was no eucharist at that service. it was a prayer service. the pope did speak briefly. a beautiful choir sang. the attendees bursting out into applause at several points. i want to also bring in senator chris murphy of connecticut who was inside the house chamber for the pope s speech. senator, your reaction to what the pope the first ever in the history of this nation, papal address to a joint session of congress that you were able to attend today. it was an amazing moment. and i frankly agree with tim that i think there were a lot of people
i think he s been misinterpret considerably. i think the pope even said that on his first day, that he s been made out to be something he s not. but i think the history of the church, the church lays foundational principles. in this case the fundamental value of every human life. and then builds off of that. but everything he said was consistent with church doctrine. some folks thought he might have said more. others thought he might have said less about particular topics. but most of the folks i talked to if not all were very comfortable and very inspired. particularly the non-catholics. this is a pope that has achieved very quickly celebrity status, particularly among non-catholics. you know, as a catholic i appreciated the opportunity he had to evangelize and talk about 2,000 years of church teaching on issues such as life, marriage and family and religious liberty which i think was about the first issue he brought up with the president. all right. congressman tim huelskamp, repub
had to evangelize and talk about 2,000 years of church teaching on issues such as life, marriage and family and religious liberty which i think was about the first issue he brought up with the president. all right. congressman tim huelskamp, republican from kansas, was at that speech today. thank you very much. on your screen right now you see the enormous nypd and security presence that is outside the vatican s diplomatic residence. that will be where pope francis will be spending this evening. he is up 5th avenue from st. patrick s cathedral where he just conclude aid vespers service, an evening prayer service. there was not a mass. there was no eucharist at that service. it was a prayer service. the pope did speak briefly. a beautiful choir sang. the attendees bursting out into applause at several points. i want to also bring in senator chris murphy of connecticut who was inside the house chamber for the pope s speech. senator, your reaction to what the pope the first ever in th