we re just waiting to see if the vice president will walk on to the stage to say a few remarks. we don t know that it will. it doesn t appear that he will. but after the pope leaves this hangar after he leaves this hangar, we expect him to get on board his plane. it s an american airlines plane named shepherd one. i love that name. i love that, too. rosa flores, a correspondent, will be on that plane as he traveled back to rome. she ll be off on the plane tomorrow morning on new day. the last time she got on the papal plane, she got blessed. how can you top that on the trip back? i m poppy harlow in philadelphia, if you re just joining us, wrapping up a historic and incredibly successful trip to the united states. three cities.
world. he spoke to us very clearly about the moral responsibility that we have on that particular issue. congressman, we appreciate your time. it s been an extraordinary day in washington. now the focus turns to here in new york. as our viewers can see the door of what is being called shepherd one will open shortly. pope francis will make his first visit here to new york city. i m joined by wolf blitzer. also joining us father beck and vatican correspondent delia gallagher. this is a city which has really now been preparing for this arrival for months working in conjunction with the secret service, the nypd, the fbi. a huge number of local, federal and state law enforcement agencies. the task is enormous given that it s not just the pope s arri l arrival, it is also the u.n. general assembly. there s going to be a visit by president obama, there s a big concert in central park over the weekend. it is a huge security
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
brooklyn from the diocese schools and a lot of people dressed in ethnic garb based on where they re originally from. a message we heard once again an importance of immigration, a message this pope gave to a joint meeting of congress earlier today. the pope really went out of his way to make the point that almost everyone in america except for native americans are children of immigrants and we re all immigrants for all practical purposes. that s a major theme that the pope has delivered ever since arriving here in the united states. his first visit ever, by the way anderson, to the united states. i want to just point out this american airlines charter, when he s in the united states they always will charter an american airlines plane, when he s in other countries they charter different planes but it s typically called shepherd one as opposed to air force one. as we continue to look at these live images from the airport, i want to bring in our cnn vatican correspondent delia gallaghe
flores. she is on shepherd one. rosa, has the pope settled in? give us an idea of what it s like in there? yeah, well, all of the journalists are in the back. pope francis and his entourage are in the front of the aircraft. this papal plane is an american airlines commercial plane. so there is no official shepherd one if you will because the vatican doesn t own any plane. so whenever the pope travels outside of rome initially it s an alitalia flight from rome to whatever country he s traveling to. now it s switched over to an american airlines flight. now, for us to board the plane just to give you a little color, we went through a serious security with the secret service. you can imagine boarding a plane with pope francis. we were all sweeped before coming to the back of the plane boarding. and then of course we all tried