let s do this? get up! get up! get up! get up! loop me! bring back the awesome yeah! yeah! yeah! with the great taste of kellogg s froot loops. follow your nose! welcome back to msnbc live. i m kate snow. we re on top of a rooftop here at rockefeller center overlooking beautiful st. patrick s cathedral behind me. on the other than side of your screen is the scene at joint base andrews where the pope should be arriving any minute now. that s in washington just outside of washington, d.c. you see there secretary of state john kerry, an american airlines plane, a 777 known as shepherd one, awaiting the arrival of pope francis. the flight from there to here will be just about an hour, and on the ground there my colleague luke russert waiting with the
welcome back to the lead. just moments ago this was the scene at joint base andrews with the pope s plane, shepherd one, taking off. his holiness destined for new york city. before jetting out of town the pontiff had quite a lot to say here in washington, d.c. we know he s going to be headed towards st. patrick s cathedral when he arrives in new york, new york. let s go to cnn chief political correspondent dana bash to get some temperature taking on the response to what the pope had to say here in washington, d.c. dana, the pope touched on many issues in his address to congress this morning. many of them issues democrats disagreed with him on, republicans disagreed with him on. how well do you think the pope did in melting away the natural
grandmother. by the way, jake, his grandmother has a beautiful name, her name is rosa. from everything i ve read she is a special figure in his life. always carries guidance from her. and we ve also learned how pope francis speaks about women and women in the church and how important he says the world of women is in the church. but again, we re on the papal s plane. at this point in time it s an american airlines plane. it s a commercial flight. there s nothing special about this plane other than pope francis is taking it from d.c. to new york to commute the three-city tour in the united states. rosa, give us an idea of what it s like traveling on shepherd
changes we ll continue to see this. this talk about fair share, i m a big believer if somebody earns money somebody doesn t, who fair share is it? capitalism takes care of the poor. can everything be done better? absolutely. but i think we have been fighting it for 50 years and throwing money at and it look where we are right now, gentlemen, i want to thank you both. i i think the pope would by impressed by your comments. i can t guarantee that. among the other remarks that got very little coverage today, the pope was worried i asked about this plane. it is not the same thing as shepherd one that came here. that s waiting in philadelphia in the united states he is taking american airlines which is great publicity for american airlines. having said that, i ve got lieutenant tony sheafer with us. one thing the pope outlined his concern with the religious extremism gripping the world.
really warm contact right there with the people and it was just an amazing beautiful gesture. well, you are humble yourself. but let me just brag on you. you ve been working and doing this sort of work for 30 years. i know you say it s radically changed you and it s so important to you and obviously so important to the man in the center of this screen. sister scullion, thank you so much there. the founder of project home. and in my waning moments with you here live on cnn let s just watch pope francis embark on shepherd one, it s an american airlines plane, before he heads to new york. [ cheers and applause ]