America. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Pope francis is hours away from arriving in america. Hes wrapping up his trib to cuba this morning with a mass next hour at the countrys holy shrine. This afternoon, he lands outside washington, d. C. For the first leg of his six day visit to the u. S. On monday, the pope closed out the day praying at a shrine to cubas patron saint. The pope placed a bouquet of flowers at the foot of the 403yearold statue. An unprecedented show of security will greatly the popes arrival in america. His six day visit takes him to washington, then new york and philadelphia, prompting what has been called the largest coordinated security efforts in u. S. History. Paul beban reports. This is what makes protecting pope francis such a challenge. His habit of breaking away from his security detail to be with the people. On his visit to the u. S. , the sat can Security Force will be beefed up by a battery of u. S. A
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A short time before emerging again to the public mass here. We should know those paying close attention to papal transportation, feet yachtiat p. This was recently introduced, one in each city, multiple, located not only here but the other parts of his trip, philadelphia and new york. John paul ii really kind of made the popemobile in fashion. There have been, were told, a number of manufacturers. Everything from fiat, cadillac, land rover, mercedes. But right now, the Jeep Wrangler and the bulletproof glass in the front but open to sides and occasion lil peopally people co leave gifts. Were told what happens to gifts if theyre perishable, given to the poor. Others end up vatican storage, if you will. Lester, i think another interesting point about father serra is that, as george was saying, that he left a life behind. He went out of his comfort zone to try to bring faith to people. Thats a message the peep wants to get across. Exactly right. Thats what he spoke about in cuba. He spoke
Will be made. Right now on fox 29, final security measures for the popes visit to philadelphia are in place. Skyfox live over the ben franklin bridge this is now closed to vehicles until monday. Thousands of visitors will walk across it tomorrow to papal events. Looking live outside our studios in at fourth and market in old city. The fences are up, security perimeter in place around Independence Mall area and of course a huge security net crisscrosses the ben franklin parkway tonight and the setup looks amazing. It is just a massive undertaki undertaking. Philadelphias ready for the arrival of pope francis first thing in the morning. You can feel the excitement tonight. Good evening to you, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Its incredible time to be in philadelphia after months of preparation. Its time to welcome pope francis. Yes, but everybody wants to know what the weather will be like a little fly in the ointment fox 29s chief meteorologist Scott Williams here. How is it looking, scot
In santiago. He boards a plane. He leaves cuba and he heads to washington, d. C. Reporting live from havana, Darlene Rodriguez. Today in new york. Michael, back to you. Well see you again at 6 00. We look forward to that. Thanks again. 5 04. Today we expect to learn more specifics about how the popes visit will disrupt traffic around the city. Barricades are up. Theyve been up for a while. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag on the Upper East Side. Thats where the pope will be staying. Kat . For two nights down the street on east 72nd. More concrete barriers. Were seek parking restrictions. For example, these no parking signs have been placed. They dont allow parking starting overnight until saturday, 8 00 in the evening during the popes visit drivers should expect dozens of street closures on the Upper East Side, Lower Manhattan, mid town, east and west side. Bus lines will be rerouted like the m 72 and m 15. Taking the sunday ways might be the best. The postal service, ups, other Deli