crowd at every step along the visit so far in washington. tomorrow, just steps from here he ll become the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress. day two of visit already full of firsts, jim sciutto with how day one unfolded. reporter: he arrived at the white house in his iconic and under stated fiat hatch back. holy father, on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. reporter: the president, vice president, secretary of state and 11,000 invited guests forming his first wrapped american audience. i hope to listen to and share many of the hopes and dreams of the american people. reporter: the pope, mild mannered but politically deaf
and then it will be on ward to a meeting at a seminary with a number of new students. i want to get to jim sciutto. jim, you ve been following the day s events. it s been a spectacular day here in washington. no question. one more day, a first visit to the white house and first public address to the american people and the first canonizations on u.s. soil. on each stop pope francis making history here. he arrived at the white house in his now iconic and under stated fiat hatch back but received an outsided official welcome for a leader. holy father, on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. reporter: the president, vice president, secretary of state and 11,000 invited guests forming his first wrapped
american audience. i hope to listen to and share many of the hopes and dreams of the american people. reporter: the pope, mild mannered by political deafed addressed issues at the center of the u.s. political debate, religious freedom, immigrations. as the son of an immigrant family, i m happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families. reporter: later climate change. it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem with can no longer be left to our future generation. reporter: after a final blessing for the american people. god bless america.