kids and i couldn t. i couldn t protect him. ainsley: michael s family is waiting on autopsy report to determine his exact cause of death. terrifying moments on board a flight when passengers are told to duck for cover and brace for landing. grab your ankles: teach your heads down. ainsley: flight attendants making the announcement moments before touching down in dallas. some people were doing the sign of the cross as smoke came from the cockpit it turned out to be from a broken fan. no one was hurt. that s a look at your headlines though. guys, when you experience something like that, i can t imagine, that must be so frightening. steve: no kidding. hard to pull over. brian: i can t imagine grabbing your ankles would save you ains. brian: weird time to stretch out your ham strings. ainsley: lots of prayers u. steve: coming up on this thursday, mercedes schlapp on that looming government shut down what she predicts
wolf, that would depend on the host country. for catholics, father beck watching along fifth avenue on both sides crowded in. this is a moment they will always remember. they will cherish this moment because how rare it is anyone gets to see a pope and yet come here to the united states. we think of other popes that have been here. i was thinking as i look at this pope mobile, it s in recent times we have any kind of protective covering because john paul ii, attempt on his life twice and after that they used this enclosure. benedict had a full enclosure, this pope wants a half enclosure. for all people of faith this is a moment. they will want to be blessed by this pope, as well, and the pope when he raises his hand, he s blessing all those people. that is right. he ll make the sign of the cross and bless them by the extension of his hand, it is indeed a blessing, we have all these motorcycles behind us.
of this and the just the scope director clancy came from the protection side of the secret service so this is his this is his occupation. you see the nuns who make up the staff there at again what is the nunciature or in effect the vatican s embassy in washington, d.c. kate snow is remaining here with us in the studio. kate, you and i have been watching the images for 24 hours. we have to remember that people have camped outside. people have flown for hours to be there. people have driven. people have walked. look at the little baby. they bring the smallest of children to be blessed. i don t know if you saw it talking but he did make the sign of the cross and bless the crowd very briefly. but that s important to catholics. that s something that i was at the vatican this summer and my mother-in-law when s catholic asked me to bring something with me to bless for her.
handles. according to the book, the tweetable pope, spanish and english have the largest following. some other interesting pope twitter tidbits. it has a half dozen people contributing to the one account. even though francis doesn t tweet himself, he does pick the theme often reenforcing his sermons and major addresses. he hasn t tweeted since arriving in the united states but earlier this month he tweeted this. do we say thank you to god every day? also this. every time we make the sign of the cross, we draw closer to the great mystery of the trinity. taking politics out of mix for just a bit. that s the real meaning of the pope s visit bringing peace and a message of hope and faith to millions. you can always get my take on my facebook page and at fox news.com. let s go back to politics
waiting for just a glimpse, just a wave. as kate snow pointed out, his hand moving in the sign of the cross is like a blessing conferred on the crowd. and it has a real powerful effect. yeah, again, i m not catholic, so maybe we should bring kathleen in who knows better, but i know the significance of that. and just to just to see, most of those people are never going to be even close enough to get a full view, but i don t think it matters to them. it doesn t matter. kathleen, before you answer, we should tell our viewers the home who have not seen you yet, we are looking at the motorcade pictures, if you were with us yesterday, you met kathleen spruce cummings, associate professor of american studies at, of all places, notre dame. and has appeared for us as an expert on this subject and has written a great amount on this subject. now, kathleen, talk about the power of a glimpse, the power of a blessing, the power of a