Its something of a command performance. They are going to visit their boss. The pope will be meeting with the bishops at st. Matthews tomorrow. Hes been stern at times with his priests and bishops. He has. His christmas message at the vatican curate he talked about the different ills that affected the bishops and cardinals, clericalism, what he called spiritual alzheimers. People are expecting the u. S. Congress message to be strongest, but i imagine the message to the bishops will be the most blunt. I want to go to pierre thomas. Extraordinary security precautions being taken. Reporter yes. Security will be unprecedented. Think inauguration scale security playing out four days in three cities. 50 different agencies, thousands of police and federal agencies. The biggest challenge this popes unpredictability, he is prone to stopping his motorcade for a few days the security will rival the president of the United States. They call him the pope of surprises. That is true. He is not afraid
Angels, says he doesnt mind. I can say i saw the pope. Reporter meanwhile in parts of central park north and east of the security perimeter, life went on as normal even as word spread those selfie sticks that more and more people use to hold their phones are banned for those catching a glimpse of the pope. Theyre banning these for people who are behind the barricades to see the pope. If theyre not banning the phones, then whats the difference . Reporter back live now, the selfie sticks one of many security precautions that Security Officials are taking in advance of the papal visit. Coming up at 6 00, well hear from Police Commissioner bill brat bratton. Well also hear from new yorkers who plan to skip town because they think all of this is just too much. Were coming up live at 6 00 as well. So we want to talk about security again, security being a large concern in the days ahead. We want to bring in chief reporter Jonathan Dietz to bring us up on this. Jonathan, youve been checking th