His wife and a group of kids who will give him flowers. There will be a series of small meetings, an exchange of gifts before pope francis holds a town hall meeting with about 400 staffers. The final session will be in front of the general assembly. This is the fifth pope to visit the u. N. The holy father will address the United Nations in spanish. He feels much at ease with it. The mastery of the language would have an impact on how he would deliver his speech. Reporter also spanish is one of the six official languages of the u. N. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 5 00, more on all the details that extraordinary mass thats going the take place at Madison Square garden and again security. Today mayor bill de blasio laid it all out. Well have more at 5 00, live on the upper east side, kimberly richardson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. The popes visit is a big security challenge and a logistical nightmare for planners. At one point, 83 blocks in this week. In all it adds up to 10. 3 miles c
As they approach the stairs leading up to the American Airlines plane that is now being called shepherd 1 by the faa. Papal seal affixed to its side. As soon as it takes off, it will head to new york city. Joining us right now, monsignor from Catholic Charities. Tomorrow will be a busy day for you guys. I know you are hosting one of the events in east harlem. It will be a busier day for the pope when he comes to new york. But isnt that a typical new york day. We like people in new york to be busy. What does it mean for you and the Catholic Charities to have him come to your place and to see it and to be able to talk to the people there. I think its phenomenal. Tonight, actually, i am going up there to meet some of the people who will be participating in the event, some of the immigrants, the refugees that will have a little speaking part tomorrow with pope francis and they will there we see a live shot of pope francis waving to the crowd. Its interesting to see the reaction he has gott
Right now at 5 00, pope francis getting ready to land in new york city as he continues making history with his first u. S. Visit. This is a live look right now at the tarmac at Jfk International airport where pope francis is about to arrive. He took off about 4 25 this evening. The flights about an hour long. Were expecting him about 5 30ish. Well bring it live to you when it happens. And you saw it, a grand sendoff for the holy father from washington, d. C. He left about 40 minutes ago after a busy day in the capital. He offered a message of unity to a divided nation. He also today addressed a joint session of congress where he made history being the first pope to do that. He told lawmakers its time to Work Together to solve the worlds problems. Now hes arriving in new york nipss is a live picture here of st. Patricks cathedral. This will be his very first stop in the big apple. Hell be part of the evening prayers at the cathedral. You can see the many people lining up. Right now the
This is at busy day for pope francis, where he continues to be bottlenecked. All of them holding their camera phones out. Generations. That bottleneck wont last very long, because most of those roads have been cleared. As he continues this historic tour of the united states, from the halls of power at the United Nations to the classroom in east harlem, a live look at pope francis as you saw, as he was just leaving in his fiat. Zero. He paid tribute to the victims of 9 11. He paid tribute with a prayer service, a busy day in new york, that will end before a crowd of thousands at Madison Square garden. And tomorrow, it is philadelphias turn to receive the pontiff. Heres a live look at the ben franklin parkway. Its expected to be jammed with the faithful as the pope brings his message to the city of brotherly love. One thing is for certain there, you might be able to tell if you look down at that image, the barricades are up. The final stage needs some finishing touches. Take a look at th
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