And the pulling out the stops here, and the intelligence and the lead with security, wolf, the sense of anticipation here with the group greegt him here and the president and the family will get a special private meeting with the pope when he arrives at the terminal here, and they will get to meet with him by themselves and the president s children, and the first lady and a whole host of o others to greet him, the governor of virginia and the mayor of washington and the archbishop of washington, d. C. As well, and the sense of the warm welcome and the warm embrace that the capital city certainly but the country will give the pope as he visits the u. S. For the first time. It is extraordinary for the president and the Vice President and for the first lady dr. Jill biden all of them to go to joint base andrews to receive the International Leader like the pope. It does not happen all of the time, does it . No, it does not, and you mentioned the Vice President as well. And this is a true r
as well, and the sense of the warm welcome and the warm embrace that the capital city certainly but the country will give the pope as he visits the u.s. for the first time. it is extraordinary for the president and the vice president and for the first lady dr. jill biden all of them to go to joint base andrews to receive the international leader like the pope. it does not happen all of the time, does it? no, it does not, and you mentioned the vice president as well. and this is a true red carpet welcome. and think of this, and you know, the u.s. is the world s fourth largest catholic community here, and also a catholic community that is in something of a crisis, and you have many people leaving the church a and this pope seen not just as a religious leader, but world leader to inspire others to come back and not just catholics, but non-catholics as well to look at the church differently, and he has a message of openness to people of all kinds, and so folks are going to be listening
wom woman, and there are often gifts givetone the pope, and not only that, but she has brought some of his favorite tea from south africa, and she is going to offer it to him, and he has taken it from crowds, but that is the warm welcome literally and figuratively here at joint base andrews. historic indeed. jim, we will get back to you, and the pope is riding a wave of popularity between catholic, and non-catholics which is unpresented. the cnn/orc pope shows that 63% of americans view the pope as favorable. and that popularity did not happen overnight. a cnn special report tells that story. reporter: he is a pope, like no other. tens of thousands of fans coming out to see the pope.
to him in a way that they have not listened to past popes coming to the u.s. he has a enormous bully pulpit as you say to speak as he comes here to joint sessions is of congress, and also to the general assembly to not just address leaders here, but around the world, and it begins in three hour, and it is going to be a great welcome and historic, as well, wolf. and thank you, jim. standby, aband i want jim fay rick to come in, and tell us more about the security, but listen to what the mayor of new york bill de blasio said about the security. we work very closely with the fbi and the secret service, and so we will have extensive and careful security, but we have to recognize that if his holiness wants to stop to greet people,
in a little bit more than two hours from now, the plane carrying pope francis scheduled to touchdown at joint base andrews outside of washington, d.c., and that is where our correspondent jim sciutto is right now. and jim, set the scene for us. who is going to be greeting the pope when he lands? well, let me give you the range of the people greeting the pope. arriving now is the high school band from dematha high school, and he is going to meet about 300 of the children there, and the pope is very interest ed to meeting the young people, and right next to them you will have the president and the vice president and the daughters and granddaughters to greet the pope. and this is the first time that the president and the vice president have ever come here to meet a world leader here to give