coming to us from central park. you can feel the energy. the excitement is building here in philadelphia. a major message on religious freedom at independence hall. if there is anything true about pope francis-se close to the people. more about the man, it s about the message. may god be with you. speaker boehner announced he will be resigning. i decided today is the day i m going to do it. as simple as that. i grew up with my bible. this female. became the biggest story in the world. this is new day. welcome to our viewerst in united states and around the world. this is new day. allison and mikaela are in new york. mickal and i are coming to you from philadelphia live. we may experience a different pope francis here the final stop of what had been a blow away visit by the pontiff t. holy
this clown, marco rubio i have been so nice to him. what explains donald trump? this is new day with chris cuomo, allison camrota and mikaela pereira. welcome to this new edition of new day. it s 6:00 in the east. allison and mik are if new york. you have me and the pontiff leads new york in a few hours. we are set up on the bengals man parkway. hundreds of thousands are expected to gather at the festival of families event. we will have to see what happens. the holy father will celebrate mass shortly after his arrival and deliver a major message at independence hall and end his day with a parade down this parkway, around city hall, before speaking at the festival of families. pope francis capped off his war
he s brought it up in all of his speeches. i know it will be different down there. there is no doubt that s where he stand on it. he said it before. i stand with the church on all the traditional teachings. when we talk about him being an innovator and his welcome to people. he doesn t want people to 2350e8 feel excluded. he feels people have looked at the teachings of the church and says that doesn t apply to me. i am not a check. he said you can come in. ten we can talk about it. first you change the attitudes. thin you can chaening the other structures. he s a huge celebrity. bicker than anyone anticipated. i was a kid when john paul ii came here. that was huge. it wasn t like this the conservative part of the catholic church. there is a lot going on, they have been waiting for this moment. they want to hear what he says here. we will take you through it. this is going to be great. let s get you back to allison and mikaela for a look at other big stories going on right now.