he glows when he speaks to children. and also an area that s poverty stricken. and all of these groups very much important to pope francis, jake. rosa flores who is outside our lady queen of angel school in harlem. why don t we just take a minute and just listen to the crowd interacting with pope francis as he makes his way through the crowd. these images are coming in live. let s take a listen. [ cheers and applause ]
tickets, received tickets, just to stand in central park and watch the pope drive through as he goes on a tour of central park. let s go to rosa flores who is at our lady queen of angels school in harlem. rosa, tell us about this school, why this is a place where the pope is visiting, all the places he has picked so far in terms of these interactions with the public are specially selected. well, let me set the scene for you first. take a look because pope francis is interacting with the crowd right now. now, there s a lot of security, jake, i ve got to tell you from every imaginable agency here to make sure that pope francis can be safe while he s doing this. but look at him. he s moving very slowly, greeting the crowd, saying hello to all of these people. you can see them taking pictures and just embracing pope francis here in harlem.
as the pope makes his way throughout this school, our lady queen of angels school in east harlem, crowds are amassing in central park. there to watch the pope drive through on his tour through central park. security s very tight. let s bring in jim schutto to tell us more about this crowd while we keep an eye on what pope francis is doing on the right side of our screen. jim. jake, ill tell you, we ve been watching these crowds line up for hours now. about 100,000 expected in the park. as you noted these will be people who just get to see him go by really, catch a glimpse of him. but that for many is enough. he ll be driving through the park in his pope mobile. doesn t have the intimacy like we re seeing right now in east harlem where the pope is really in his element. i was thinking just then he couldn t be more in his element one, be with kids, two, be
will visit the children at our lady queen of angels school in harlem. he began speaking to the general assembly and visited the 9/11 memorial where there was an interfaith prayer service. the pope then walked the museum that is dedicated to september 11th. here are some highlights of the holy father s day so far. i have many different feelings by being here at ground zero where thousands of lives were taken in a a senseless act of violence and destruction.
holy father we love you! holy father we love you! holy father, we love you! holy father, we love you! holy father, we love you! holy father, we love you! so much joy, so much excitement these young people at our lady queen of angels school in harlem in manhattan. about 300 students attend that school, pre-k to eighth grade. about 70% are latino, 69% of the