york. it s also going to play city of god. you can t land in new york city without hearing new york, new york. it s the kind of welcome new york wants to give this pope. i think just the kind of welcome that fits him and fits his message and fits his profile during this trip. jim schutto in new york. you see people those are live images from new york city. people lining the streets in eager anticipation. the pope headed for st. patrick s cathedral. let s go to st. patrick s cathedral where the pope is headed. he s going to be joined there by the governor, mr. cuomo. wlook who s here erin burnett freshly back from maternity leave. you look great. set the scene from your vantage point. jake, it s a great day to be back. it s a gorgeous day and my baby girl will be baptized catholic. like many catholics i ve become warmer toward the church because of this pope. you re feeling that here on the streets. obviously this church right now,
[ cheers and applause ] a very warm welcome for pope francis here in new york city over the next two days. jim schutto is with us as well. he is now on the ground in new york city. this is his first trip ever to
they could move into the secure area which is closer to the route the pope will take. what we ve seen here with people without tickets they have seen the pope mobile put in place and now the iconic fiat which he s been making his tour of the u.s. in. alexandra, thanks very much. you know, anderson, this is what they call shepherd one. whatever plane the pope is on it s called shepherd one. this is an american airlines chartered jet that is bringing pope francis from washington, d.c. to new york city about to land at jfk airport. he ll have a little warm arrival ceremony there and then he ll be helicoptered here into manhattan. jim schutto is watching what s going on. you re a new yorker. jim, anderson s a new yorker, maybe both of you can give us some perspective how extraordinary is what s going on in new york city right now? well, i ll tell you, wolf, new york is a city of many races, many faiths as you know, many ethnicities, but there are a lot of catholics here. but also whe
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to focus on what the church is for rather than what it is against. focus on service. i ve been hearing that from a lot of catholics inspired by him. and frankly though, wolf, from non-catholics as well. jim, you see the pope there greeting some of the kids who have been hand picked to welcome him here. one of the children just a few seconds ago handed him a virtual bouquet. it s a bouquet of prayers of books of prayers of school kids from around brooklyn. i talked to two kids who actually on the tarmac in andrews air force base when the pope arrived in washington and asked them about what it was like a 6-year-old girl and 12-year-old girl. the 12-year-old had been selected because she had such good grades in her school. and they were just thrilled to beyond thrilled to have the opportunity to actually meet the pontiff. and, delia, they call him the people s pope. you notice he likes to actually shake hands with people.