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To show up here at central park. throughout the day they have been lining up since early this morning tens of thousands of people waiting in line. and at this point when you take a look at central park west you still have thousands of people still trying to get through the security checkpoint to get in there around 5:00 or steve overmyer they can get their glimpse of the pope. the pope expected to take his tour through central park with the thousands of people waiting. that expected to take about 20 minutes. when that gets under way. the problem throughout the day, wolf, has been for all those people who were still waiting to get inside at this point thousands of people still lined up along central park west. we re now told that the line extends for about two to three city blocks. again, about ten people deep still waiting to get past the security checkpoint. still waiting to get their glimpse of the pope. i guess part of the problem was getting through that security checkpoint through ....
Few seconds, they will get an opportunity to be blessed by this pontiff. yeah. i think popes in general and this pope in particular is conscious for the people who turn out to see him in these occasions it may just be one minute out of his day, but to them this is something they will remember and cherish for the rest of their lives. he knows how special it is to them. that s why i think he puts so much energy even in these fleeting seconds to make eye contact, to wave, to reach out because he wants people to feel like it s as significant to him as it is to them. jim sciutto, look at the security surrounding the pope mobile, but also look at those crowds along both sides of central park as this road in central park as the pope moves slowly but surely doup from around we said 70th street all the way to the 60th street or so about ten blocks. that s right. you feel the energy of the crowd. and you feel his energy. i was thinking when he was interacting with those kids in harlem and ....
That partly explains the affection and the excitement about his coming to our country and the warmth with which he is received. this pope really wants to be close to the people. would you say he s more anxious to be closer to the people, to the crowds than earlier popes? yes, i think i could answer that on two levels. i mean, one is just the personal level. he s energized by people. it s a joyful moment for him. but the other thing i d say about it is that i was there the past few days, he was with the president, with congress, the most powerful people in the country, but in a way i think he most enjoys just ordinary folk. just simple people, children. he loves that. he s a pastor. you know what, reverend, i want to listen in a little bit. the crowds are so excited. let s just get a flavor of what s going on in central park. [ cheers and applause ] ....
Immigrant. and then talking about dreams, wolf. now, this is important because this is the same message, very similar message, that he gave to the children in cuba earlier in this visit. so very similar themes here speaking in his native spanish, going off the cuff and just glowing with emotion. wolf. you could see how excited the pontiff was and for good reason. rosa, thank you. tens of thousands of people meanwhile they re still waiting for pope francis in new york s central park. he s going to be driving through the park in an open motorcade on the way to mass at madison square garden. our national correspondent jason carroll is on the scene for us over there. jason, he hasn t yet started this motorcade, but it s about to begin. right, wolf. you can see the shot there as the pope mobile is set and ready to go. the pope is ready. the question is was the nypd ready for the thousands of people who had went through that lottery system and had tickets ....
Process went into this decision by the pontiff to go through central park. that s right, wolf. what will happen is the vatican won t officially announce that the pope is traveling some place until about a month out. but in truth the planning usually has been going on for about a year and a half. there s actually a vatican advance team that always makes four or five trips to proposed venues to go over almost minute by minute the tick tock of where the pope is going to be and what he s going to be doing. and try to flush out the logistics of it. so it s a mammoth enterprise. just to echo jim s point. last night when he did that vesper service in st. pat s that was in a way for the local catholic community. this morning at the u.n. was for the world. but this afternoon this is for new york. he went to that school in harlem for the poor immigrant kids in new york. and now he s going through central park for the whole city. this is the pope wrapping new york in a warm loving embrace. an ....