that face. trump renewing his war against fox news on twitter, tweeting, i am having a really hard time watching fox news. after seeing his poll numbers slide, following last week s debate, trump telling new york magazine i wasn t treated farley by cnn and it shouldn t have been three hours long. it was too long. departure from what trump initially said following the debate. very professional the way they handled. cnn did a very good job. reporter: and the fiorina superpac is touting the night of the debate 112% up tick in views on the fiorina website and a significant increase in donations and in volunteers signing up for the campaign but, wolf, the campaign did not provide hard numbers to back up either of those claims. thank you. joinings now, cnn political commentator, s.e. cupp, jeff zell lany, ryan lizza,
homeless. he addresses a joint meeting of the u.s. congress on thursday morning. tomorrow morning, the pope visits the white house for important discussions with the president. we ll speak live with the white house press secretary josh earnest in just a few minutes. our correspondents, analysts and guests, they have full coverage of the day s top stories. let s gone with cnn s jim chu sciut sciutto. tell us about the arrival, jim. reporter: wolf, this was an arrive, a visit by a world leader unlike one we ve ever seen before. we can say that without exaggeration. a first to have a president and vice president greet the world leader here at joint base andrews here in the u.s. that is a first. unprecedented security for this visit, a cast of thousands, tens of thousands behind the scenes to keep this pope safe on his first visit ever to the u.s. but also touches and scenes and
will be tight in the air, on the rooftops, waterways, the city streets all eyes zeroed in on pope francis. the implied threat is significant. nobody wants to have go down on their watch. reporter: the united states secret service is coordinating 50 agencies in a massive security operation. for a two-day period from thursday night through early saturday, pope francis will visit six locations, all of which will be swept, secured, and locked down, long before he arrives. like a military operation, post this up with agents is officers, kick everybody out and sweep it for security threats. reporter: bill gauge, a former secret service agent who protected pope benedict on his 2008 u.s. tour. you ve still got balconies, rooftops, trees. what s not to say somebody can hide in those areas and wait? each of the building someone
shooting him at least twice. they ve done their homework on this pope s patterns and observed how the swiss guards have protected him. they watch very closely all of his appearances around the world. how he interacts with the crowds. reporter: widmer and secret service agents say there will be agents blending in, watching for strange body language and facial gestures. the popemobile is armored although much is open air leaving him exposed. d does the pope wear a bulletproof vest? they would not wear it on in an interior site but most likely at an outside venue. reporter: we asked widmer as a guard can you tell a pope who likes to go off script to hold back? no, you don t. and you try to work with the pope and see what he wants to do, and then adapt and provide the best security that there is. the security is not what leads the pope. it s the pope that leads the security. the pope is doing his ministry
thursday. biden will be in attendance for that the president will not. the president and pope are allies on climate change, income inequality, iran nuclear deal, the white house is not saying they won t reveal what these two men will discuss, perhaps that s because this pope can be full of surprises. after their last meeting in rome, we asked the president whether any hot button social issues were raised and president obama told me, at that news conference, the pope unexpectedly brought up immigration reform. the pope can be full of surprises and white house senior adviser valerie jared told me they have more to tackle. they re on the same page on a whole slew. tell us about the diversity of the invitees coming to the white house tomorrow to welcome the pope. reporter: that s right. with 15,000 people, the white house says there are people coming from all parts of the world, all shapes and sizes, from all political stripes, and