balcony overlooking st. peter s square. before he administered the traditional blessing on the crowd, he asked them to pray for him. and then a moment of silence he knelt on the balcony and waited for the crowd to bless him before he then rose and blessed them. it was the whole spirit of his papacy in miniature. and you saw it again today with these kids. exactly. classic pope francis. huge crowds up to 100,000 people if not more are gathering in central park waiting to catch a glimpse of the pope. carol kos tell l is among the masses. carol, some i would imagine have been waiting for hours and hours. hours and hours. but you won t believe this, jake. because nobody believed it. but there is a rainbow that suddenly appeared in the sky. no one knows why. the camera probably wouldn t be able to pick it up, but just moments ago all of these people
were looking up into the sky to take pictures of the rainbow. and of course they attributed it to pope francis. as you said tens of thousands of people have been waiting in line just at this location. you re seeing the tail end of the line right now. but those people still have to go through security to get into central park to see pope francis. they re hoping they can. a lot of people simply gave up and they were very angry. they said the city didn t organize this very well. but other people standing in line said, you know what, if we don t get in, it s okay. it s a beautiful day. we came here out of love and it doesn t really matter to us. so i guess you could call it the pope francis effect, right? i guess so. carol, stay with us. we re going to take a very quick break. right back with more coverage live of pope francis in new york city. stay with us.
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of newsroom. two major stories unfolding this hour. mitt romney locks down the republican nomination, but this morning all the buzz is about who really stole the show. but first, hurricane isaac unloads its fury. floodwaters are rising, and rescues are lagging far behind. so let s quickly bring you up to speed on isaac and the conditions that are living up to some of the worst fears. a levee in plaquemines parish is overtopped. that is as serious as a breach which is a structural failure, but it can undermine the strength of the levee. the overtopping is occurring in an 18-mile stretch, and emergency officials are warning of significant deep flooding. that is already happening. parish president says some homes are under as much as 14 feet of water. also this morning, we re hearing from one family who did not heed the warnings to evacuate that parish. the floodwaters have chased them to the attic where they are stranded with their baby. listen to this heart-wrenching phone
morning all the buzz is about who really stole the show. but first, hurricane isaac unloads its fury. floodwaters are rising,nd rescues are lagging far behind. so let s quickly bring you up to speed on isaac and the conditions that are living up to some of the worst fears. a levee in plaquemines parish is overtopped. that is as serious as a breach which is a structural failure, but it can undermine the strength of the levee. the overtopping is occurring in an 18-mile stretch, and emergency officials are warning of significant deep flooding. that is already happening. parish president says some homes are under as much as 14 feet of water. also this morning, we re hearing from one family who did not heed the warnings to evacuate that parish. the floodwaters have chased them to the attic where they are stranded with their baby. listen to this heart-wrenching phone conversation with cnn affiliate wwl. right now, i m in my attic with my wife and my year and a half old baby. th