you were trying to think of the person who could be like jesus on earth today and come up with pope francis. you say is he hot? in a word, no. no. i love pope francis for very different reasons than his physicality. he is awesome. is he not? cnn.com. carol, thank you. and tonight, get ready for an all new cnn film and the oscar goes to. a back stage look at the biggest night here on cnn. hey guys! sorry we re late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life.
reporter: hey there, everybody, i am nischelle turner. i am going to give you a back stage look at what it takes to put this cnn heroes award show together. you ready for this? this is going to be cool. come with me. this year we re back in new york, baby, at the american museum of natural history where the very first cnn heroes took place seven years ago. i can t believe it has been that long, we re thrilled to be back here, it is iconic and beautiful. reporter: the first stop of the night for the everyday heroes and celebrities? the red carpet. wow. look at it in here. look at all of these lights. work like this takes hundreds of people to set up, working around the clock. then the centerpiece of the evening. this year s cnn heroes will be honored here in the whale room where one of the museum s biggest treasures will be watching over us all night, talking about this lady here. but that s not all that has to be done to get ready for this