avenue trying to catch a glimpse of the pope as he made the way for the prayer service and riding along fifth avenue. so many who turned out to see him will follow him through the city. the day starts with the address in english to the u.n. then on to ground zero. after that, the pope stops at a school in harlem. from there, a procession through central park. before he makes his way to madison square garden for a mass before thousands. many of them waiting to see the pope in person. many of them wanting to hear pope francis as he addresses them. the next trip is to philadelphia for the pope. christine and john. thank you. the evening prayer service at st. patrick s cathedral. beautifully restored. the pope led the prayers in
had to evangelize and talk about 2,000 years of church teaching on issues such as life, marriage and family and religious liberty which i think was about the first issue he brought up with the president. all right. congressman tim huelskamp, republican from kansas, was at that speech today. thank you very much. on your screen right now you see the enormous nypd and security presence that is outside the vatican s diplomatic residence. that will be where pope francis will be spending this evening. he is up 5th avenue from st. patrick s cathedral where he just conclude aid vespers service, an evening prayer service. there was not a mass. there was no eucharist at that service. it was a prayer service. the pope did speak briefly. a beautiful choir sang. the attendees bursting out into applause at several points. i want to also bring in senator chris murphy of connecticut who was inside the house chamber for the pope s speech. senator, your reaction to what the pope the first ever in th
in new york city. he rode right down 5th avenue to st. patrick s cathedral for an evening prayer service. welcome to st. patrick s k cathedr cathedra cathedral. the pope sharing that special moment with that little girl in a wheelchair. he placed his hands on her face as he blessed her as a proud of faithful followers burst into applause. good morning. welcome to fox & friends first . it is half past the top of the hour on this friday. the pontiff has a very big day in the big apple in just a few hours the pope heads oh out for his first full day in new york city. it promises to be one for the history books. lauren green is outside the pope s temporary resident on the upper east side with what is ahead for today s schedule. a lot of stuff is on the
richy and also, of course, city dig tarries here, glove nqueue moe and the first thing he s going to do is pray by the shrine of the first native born american saint and he will go and say a prayer at her shrine right here at st. patrick s cathedral and will begin the vesper service, evening prayer, not a mass, vesper evening prayer service. as we see the motorcade get ready, i got to tell you, anderson, i ve seen a lot of motorcades of covering politics and foreign leaders coming to the united states, i don t remember a shawl little car like that in the middle of a huge motorcade. that was an extraordinary scene yesterday as he approached the white house, this huge elaborate official state welcome for the pontiff as big a welcome
there. men a mass at madison square garden. behind me is the first chance new yorkers will get to see pope francis. he will chopper from jfk here to manhattan. he will drive nearby and get in the pope mobile and drive through this ten-block area right here where people are already lined up five or six deep here. behind me is st. patrick s cathedr cathedral, which has been getting ready for this for the last three years. $177 million renovation on this cathedral, 18,000 fixes here. if you have been to new york in the last 40 years or lived here for 20 years like i have, you have never seen it looking so beautiful. it s absolutely a different color. almost glowing right now. . the pope will come here at 6:45 tonight and do an evening prayer service. some 3,000 people, most of them cl