others. students and their families attending an evening prayer service shared their disbelief at what happened. he s calling me, and he said, mom, i had to run. i m running because there s a shooter. investigators still do not have a motive for that attack. with just days away from execution, rodney reed s scheduled death sentence was put on hold friday. the texas court ordered the delay demanding new evidence including claims of false testimony in the 1996 murder and rape of a 19-year-old woman be heard. reed had been scheduled to be executed on wednesday. and take a look at this, a bizarre crash leaves two planes entangled at a san antonio, texas, airport friday. the plane landing from san jose collided onto a parked plane while taxiing on the runway. the pilot reported a fuel leak but have yet to determine the
touch. he, like, encourages us all, like, rich and poor and everyone, just to be together as brothers and sisters. we re following the pope through philadelphia to independence hall. hello and welcome our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i m fredricka whitfield. today the city of brotherly love welcomes the pope, from mass this morning at the basilica, his speech on immigration, later on today at independence hall, to his evening prayer service. all of this expected to draw more than 1 million people. cnn is covering his visit like no other network. our anderson cooper and christiane amanpour are in philadelphia for the final leg of the pope s historic visit. anderson, christiane and company, hello to you. good afternoon, fredricka. what a day here in philadelphia. pope francis spending his final full day on american soil in philadelphia, the city where american democracy and independence, of course, were
lincoln. incredible touch stone of history. it s on to a spectacular outdoor evening prayer service. actually, it s a celebration, basically right behind where we are. that s the main stage there. more than 1 million people are expected to attend. but really, tonight, tomorrow, all throughout this weekend and all they think about 1 million people will have come to see the pope in philadelphia. it is the world meeting of the families. it s an international gathering of the faithful, and it s an event that happens every three years. it was started by pope john paul ii back in 1994. and to say that security is tight is an understatement, i ve never seen a city kind of locked down as extensively as it is as philadelphia. i came in at 1:00 a.m. last night, and ended up having to get an escort from the national guard just by chance because they sort of took pity on me. it s impossible to get anywhere and it s only gotten tighter since then. i want to check in with our carol costello alon