And knows all the volunteers and staff. St. Maria meals programs served hundreds of meals every wednesday. This week they are setting a special table on thursday for a visit from pope francis [ indiscernible ] reporter Cardinal Wuerl believes it will inspiring real solutions. It begins with changes of hearts. Reporter those served here hope he comes back for more. Come around here more often maybe we get more help. Reporter its the final official stop for francis in the nations capital. And it has all the ingredients to be the most satisfying. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington. Officials at the Catholic Charities believe the pope will call attention to the needs of the poor, living in the shadow of the capital. They Hope Congress will be inspired to approve more money for programs reaching out to those in need. Thanks to a disaster declaration signed by president obama, help is on the way for victims of the valley fire. It frees up federal money that can now be used to aid in recovery. Fire victims can get grants for temporary housing and home repairs and for those without insurance, they can get low cost loans to cover property losses. Petaluma residents are doing their part for valsvik tips. Tonight at zodiacs for just 20 you can take part in a fundraiser. 100 of ticket sales and money will go to charity and they have a bin to donate items. It starts at 6 p. M. A small quake struck near the valley fire area last night a 2. 5 quake hit west of cobb about 8 p. M. No reports of damage or injuries or for that matter anybody feeling it. 2. 5 you dont really feel too much. Roberta couldnt sleep last night. I have bigger burps than that okay . We dont want to hear it. [ laughter ] oh, wow. Good information. [ laughter ] good morning. It was better sleeping weather for a lot of people outside. Not you. I couldnt sleep. I threw open the windows and couldnt sleep. Still warm last night. Out the door this morning we have temperatures in the 40s in napa all the way back to sonoma mid50s in san jose. It is now 60 degrees in oakland. Hey, for the first day of autumn, its going to pan out to be warmer than last day of summer. 70s will be common across the beaches today. Up to 90 degrees in brentwood. I got your full forecast coming up but right now lets bring in the very lovely liza battalones. All right. Good morning, everybody. We are going to talk about this 101 commute. This is for commuters leaving menlo park bound for redwood city. There is an accident in the clearing stages. Two left lanes shut down north 101 just before woodside road. So you may see just a brief delay getting through there. Also an accident in the clearing stages out in the tracy area at the 2055 interchange. Details in the next traffic report. It is a green light for a traffic plan years in the making. The idea is to take out two lanes on El Camino Real between san jose and palo alto and make them high speed bus lanes. Kpix 5s keit do is live in sunnyvale to explain how it could affect the commute. Reporter good morning. This independent audit is done and its findings are surprising and counterintuitive. The results say that by cutting down the lanes near el camino down to 2 it wont delay drivers on El Camino Real itself. They released this computer animation years ago. It shows what the stretch of 17 miles from palo alto to san jose would look like. There would be bus lanes down the middle of the road. Passengers would board on medians and bike lanes would be added in each direction. Now, planners say it could cut bus travel time in half thereby encouraging more people to ride it. The audit found about 900 vehicles per lane would find somewhere else to go. Mostly diverting on to page mill road at oregon expressway, alma avenue in palo alto and san tomas expressway in santa clara. Yes, traffic will get worse in those areas. But the report said people will adapt by traveling at less congested hours or maybe even ride a bike or take the bus. The study now advances to a policy advisory group. If it wins approval there it could be voted on by the vta board in january. Live in sunnyvale, kiet do, kpix 5. Some neighbors in hayward woke up to the smell of smoke when a home caught fire this morning. Firefighters responded to the scene about 3 30 a. M. Near a street. The front of the home was damaged by flames. But nobody was hurt. Police in the north bay are searching for an armed intruder. They got a call about a Home Invasion about 7 00 last night in sausalito at central and san carlos. Kpix 5s cate caugiran joins us live from sausalito with the latest. Reporter good morning. Right now police just have a vague description. They are trying to figure out who this suspect is. They did say they are reviewing Surveillance Video from homes nearby but lets give you a rundown of what happened. Last night, police say an armed man got into a multimillion dollar home on central avenue. The suspect came in through an unlocked side door and a woman was home alone at the time and somehow must have heard or saw the suspect because she yelled at him to leave and he fled. Police said he had something over his face at the time. They searched the neighborhood and all of sausalito using k 9s for more than two hours. The dogs eventually lost the suspects scent and a search was called off. The good news is that the woman inside the home was not hurt and the suspect took nothing. We know a similar incident happened in tiburon just a couple of days ago. No word if police they are connected. Cate caugiran, kpix 5. Hillary clinton has broken her silence and come out against the keystone pipeline. But clintons emails are once again overshadowing her president ial campaign. The fbi has recovered all the deleted files from the former secretary of states private server. Meanwhile, republican front runner donald trump was asked by cbs news anchor scott pelley why he didnt correct the man at a campaign event. He said muslim people are a problem in america. We can say there are no problems with the muslims. Theres no problems. Theres no terrorism. Theres no anything. They didnt knock down the World Trade Center. To the best of my knowledge, the people that knocked down the World Trade Center you know where they didnt fly back to sweden. You can watch all of Scott Pelleys interview with donald trump on the season premiere of 60 minutes this sunday here on kpix 5. The Justice Department is launching a criminal investigation into volkswagen over its smog test scandal. The automaker admits it affects up to 11 million cars and the ceo apologized again yesterday. And in my german words, we told tally screwed up. Our totally screwed up. Our company was dishonest with the epa and the California Air resources board. This involves diesel variations of five popular models. They were built between 2009 and 2015. They have Software Design to get around u. S. Emissions testing. Volkswagen says its going to find a fix. Its facing up to 18 in fines. Time now 5 08. Wells fargo is being sued by the city of oakland. Details on what the bank is accused of doing to minority customers. And from the kpix 5 weather center, good morning, everybody. On this first day of autumn its going to pan out to be hotter than the last day of summer. And an accident still blocking lanes in the menlo park redwood city area, north 101 near marsh road this is just before woodside, ill have details on this and a complete look at , good morning. Its 5 11 on this wednesday. A few clouds out the door. We have fog limiting visibility in santa rosa. We have a warmer day on tap for this first day of autumn. And i have the full forecast coming up in four minutes. Its been 10 years since one of the deadliest transportation accidents ever in texas. On september 23, 2005, as hurricane rita approached the texas gulf coast, a bus carrying elderly nursing home patients to safety caught fire and exploded between houston and dallas. 23 of the 44 people on board died. A 78yearold man is recovering after he was attacked while working at a costco store. It happened in burbank as he was offering samples of nutella waffles. He said told a man in his 20s that he had taken too many samples. [ indiscernible he catch my handy say what you doing he hit [ indiscernible ] blood started to terrible. The Stores Security personnel caught the suspect who was later arrested by police. The city of oakland is suing wells fargo bank. As Christin Ayers reports, the city claims the Bank Targeted minorities for predatory lending practices. Reporter rachel but the slower a loyal wells fargo customer. But even she was not surprised to hear that the city of oakland is suing the bank alleging it targeted minorities with expensive subprime loans. Its america. Still racism. Its still discrimination all over. Doesnt surprise me. Reporter the city of oakland lawsuit says wells has systematically engage in a continuous pattern and practice of steering minority borrowers in oakland into Mortgage Loans with predatory terms when they were qualified for traditional loans. They say several anonymous former Bank Employees at this fruitvale District Branch in oakland came forward accusing the bang of giving black and latino customers subprime loans and failing to explain the risk. Its shocking in 2015 still facing this kind of activity. Reporter oaklands City Attorney says those subprime loans turned into foreclosures and those foreclosures didnt just affect borrowers. The city suffers devastating losses as a result of these predatory loans. Reporter losses when Property Values declined and more losses in Police Overtime as instances of blight and crime cropped up. In a statement wells fargo said the City Attorneys accusations do not reflect how we operate in the communities where we do business. But rachel says the allegations have her considering her options. In oakland, Christin Ayers, kpix 5. The City Attorney says wells fargo owes oakland millions. She is also asking that the courts order the bank to stop discriminatory practices. Its going to be tough for landlords to raise rents and evict tenants in San Francisco. Yesterday, supervisors passed new protections for tenants. The bill makes it harder for landlords to evict tenants for minor violations without giving them a chance to correct the violations. It also limits the ability of landlords to raise rents on units after no fault evictions. It is 5 14 right now. Lets check the roads with liza. Good morning. In redwood city the chp is clearing up this accident that happened northbound 101 just beyond woodside road. Two lanes of traffic are shut down. Two lanes of traffic are shut down due to the accident traffic sluggish from marsh. The Altamont Pass commute is already delayed it usually is at this hour of the morning with the backups extending now beyond the 205 interchange approaching vasco in the livermore area. You can see right here our sensors are picking up light traffic at the dublin interchange. The bridge commutes are Holding Steady still no big delays for highway 92. Its moving well approaching the toll plaza all the way across the span into foster city. A 12minute drive time between 880 and 101. The bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are off. Still early yet. No backups. So no reason to rush out the door just yet if you need to make this commute its wide open traffic flowing well across the noon is San Francisco. The golden gate commute is looking good. Southbound traffic has been fine. All the roadwork we had overnight in central san rafael has been picked up. And southbound traffic is looking good now leaving southern marin approaching San Francisco. Its also a nice ride for local transit. No delays so far for bart, the ace train or caltrain. Thats a look at your wednesday drive. Heres roberta with the forecast. I have a yogiism for you today. You go first. If you dont know where youre going, you might end up someplace else. Mine is, its deja vu all over again. Wahoo all right. Good morning, everyone. Lets take a look at our weather watcher and see what they are reporting this morning. Cool temperature of 45 degrees. A hint of fog in santa rosa. Levis stadium it is 54 degrees. Humidity 86 . Temperatures in the 50s and 60s out the door. We had rain north and south of us and a cooler day on tap. 5 to 15mileperhour winds. It will continue to stay with us today but we are under the influence of High Pressure thats kind of like flexing its ridge and therefore temperatures today are going to warm in comparison to yesterday when we had a good 20 to 25 degree cooloff on the last day of summer. So on this first day of autumn we are starting off at the Freezing Point in truckee going to 79 degrees there today. 92 in fresno. 74 degrees in monterey bay. Our numbers stacking up into the 60s and 70s around the seashore to the 70s and nearly 80 around the central bay. 80s common around the peninsula and up to 90 degrees east of the bay in brentwood. Here is the extended forecast. It does call for additional warming to take place. Oh, yeah. Were talking about nearly trip the digits again on friday. And so it is the first day of autumn but we have the boys of summer still playing ball 69 degrees. Go as. Thank you. Tradition in tahoe has come to an end. The ironman race will no longer be held at lake tahoe after eight year organizers made the announcement on their website yesterday just a few days after ironman brought hines of people to lake tahoe for the race last weekend. Hundreds of people to lake tahoe for the race last weekend. The next one will be in maryland next month. The happy birthday song now belongs to everybody. Warner chapel music had been collecting royalties on the song for years but yesterday, a federal judge in Southern California ruled the Music Company never held a valid copyright claim. It is 5 18. Somethings missing from the raiders home turf. No super bowl gold. The snub it team dealt to its crosstown rivals. And im dennis odonnell. A baseball legend dies and the giants are still alive in the race against the dodgers. The story straight ahead. In todays jobs report Jill Schlesinger looks at which careers are seeing a jump in starting salaries. Reporter theres good news some workers. As competition heats up to lure talent, starting salaries in professional occupations are expected to increase an average of 4. 1 in 2016. According to staffing consultancy robert haas, the Technology Sector is projected to see the greatest pay gains next year with base salaries rising an average of 5. 3 . And the positions seeing the highest increase is Wireless Networking engineers. Researchers project their starting salaries to rise 9. 7 in the coming year. And thats a big jump considering that here in the bay area, the broader category of Network Critical thinking and problem tickets earned and mean annual wage of more than 127,000 last year. Unlike many other high paying technical jobs, those Computer Network architects require just a bachelors degree in a computerrelated field. Im Jill Schlesinger for kpix 5. ,,,,,,,,,, the raiders are snubbing the nfl. This is what the nfl wants the 50yard managing to look like this season. Markings this season. There was no rainbow over davis because there were no golden numbers at the end. Its not clear whether or not the team will be forced to make the changes in the future. Good morning, everyone. We have some sad news to report this morning. Yogi berra baseball legend, longtime catcher for the new york yankees, died at the age of 90. It was yogi berra who famously said, it aint over till its over. He might have been talking about the San Francisco giants. Tim hudson relaxed in san diego before his huge start on saturday against barry zito. Top 5 no score, giants trevor brown subbing for buster posey. Look there. His First Major League hit. Giants 10. 7th inning now 21 and here goes angel pagan, thats gone. The giants win 42. Okay, they are now 6 games back of the dodgers with 12 games left to play. It aint over yet. Barry zito is going to start on saturday. Oakland top of the 6th as leading the rangers 53. Mitch more land tied with a tworun jack. Texas won 86 to extend their American League west lead now to 2 games. It may not be donald trump, but steph curry was on the late show with stephen colbert. Now, colbert asked the mvp about curry and his dad losing a golf match to president obama and ray allen but was it stephs most embarrassing loss of the summer . In china, you were recently over there on a world tour and you played a 12yearold girl and you lost. Correct. Okay. [ laughter ] whats more humiliating, losing to the president or a 12 yearold chinese girl . Got to go with the 12year old. [ laughter ] that 12yearold chinese girl might be on the lpga tour in a couple of years. So the giants are still alive, folks. Stay tuned. Well have more on that tonight at 6 00. Im dennis odonnell, have a great day. Play from international soccer. Heres munichs robert levindoski. Off the goalpost, he got the goooooooaaaaal. And went on to score five goals in nine minutes amazing. And a dazzling play of the day. What did he get . I dont know. The goooooooaaaaal 5 25 right now. Still to come, we are in washington, d. C. This is a live look where crowds of people are preparing to greet pope francis for his first full day in the u. S. Reporter and a man with a handgun breaks into a sausalito house with a woman still inside. You fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance. Uld save yeah, Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast . You got to know when to holdem. Know when to fold em. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money, when youre sitting at the ta. What . You get it . I get the gist, yeah. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent thats a fact. But this whole blondes have more fun thing. Standing by for fun. Your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. Pope francis with his historic visit to the u. S. We are live with the details on the welcoming ceremony. Im kiet do live in sunnyvale. A controversial plan to cut down El Camino Real from three lanes to two moves forward. We have a live report straight ahead. And traffic is beginning to slow down at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are still off. Ill have more kcbs traffic still ahead. And on this first day of autumn its going to be warmer today than the last day of summer. Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, september 23, im michelle griego. Im Brian Hackney in for frank mallicoat. Here is a live look now from washington, dc where pope francis and president obama will get together again shortly. Its a day full of activities for the pope. And for a rundown of todays activities, lets go live to washington and cbs news weijia jang. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you and good morning to everybody. The pope had a quiet night but certainly not today. It is going to be a packed schedule. He woke up at the Vatican Embassy where he is staying in washington and after that unforgettable welcome to our country, today we have a chance to hear what he has to say to the american people. People began lining the streets along the ellipse to the National Mall before the sun came up hoping to catch a glimpse of pope francis as he rides by during a parade later today. Francis kicks off his first full day on u. S. Soil with a grand arrival ceremony on the white house lawn followed by a private meeting with president obama. This is not a meeting between politicians but rather it is an opportunity for two respected World Leaders with significant influence around the globe to spend some time talking about the values that they hold in common. Emily will get to see the pope up close. The 23yearold soprano is one of 90 choir members tapped to sing for pope francis when he says mass at the the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception this afternoon. We have to be in control and remember everything i learned in all my schooling to try to do my absolute best. Reporter conductors chose singers to reflect the diversity of the Catholic Church in the u. S. Mass will be said outside for a crowd of 25,000 people who got a ticket. Pope francis is expected to arrive at the white house in less than halfhour. We will not only hear from him, but from the president and tomorrow he will deliver the firstever papal address to a joint session of congress. This wont be their first meeting. What do you know about their relationship . Reporter the white house tells us that these two men have a great rapport. They met in march 2014 and talked for about an hour in vatican city. A lot about immigration which we expect will come up again today and even though they have a lot of similar ideas, they dont agree on everything but the president has been so vocal about his respect for the pope. Weijia jang live in washington, dc, thank you. When the Pope Addresses Congress tomorrow, then he will go to the capital to say grace at a special table with hundreds of homeless men, women and children. Its a weekly hot meal provided to the homeless by the Catholic Churches of the archdiocese of washington. Officials believe the pope will call attention to the needs of the poor living in the shadow of the capital. 5 32. Lets check our weather here in the bay area. A little refreshing out the door this morning. We have temperatures that have tumbled into the 40s in napa and sonoma. Otherwise 50s and 60s. It is 54 in san jose going up to a high today of 83. Well be warmer today than yesterday. 60s, 70s common with the sunshine at the beaches. 70s and 80s around the peninsula. Up to 87 degrees in morgan hill. Then east of the bay we go climbing to 90 in brentwood. High 80s throughout the tri valley. West wind at 15 at Stinson Beach with the clear skies. 65. Through the 70s in mill valley to the 80s in sonoma. 87 degrees in lakeport. Full forecast in just a matter of minutes. Roberta, we have better news for the redwood city commute. An earlier accident we had on north 101 near woodside road has been cleared from lanes. All lanes are open. Its flowing well leaving menlo park bound for redwood city. At the san mateo bridge its more good news for you. Westbound moving well leaving hayward bound for peninsula. Take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. The metering lights are now on. Traffic is backed up from the 880 overcrossing really the only commute with major delays this morning. Also, some brief delays now leaving the Altamont Pass. A traffic plan in the works since 2011 getting the goahead to finally move forward. It would take out two lanes on El Camino Real between san jose and palo alto and make them high speed bus lanes. Kiet do reports from sunnyvale. Reporter this controversial plan to reduce El Camino Real down from three lanes to two has cleared a major hurdle. An audit is done and it says surprisingly doing so will not delay drivers on El Camino Real itself. The vta has some computer animation that it released a couple of years showing what the 17mile stretch would look like from palo alto to san jose. They would install dedicated express bus lanes going right down the middle of the road. Passengers would board on medians and bike lanes would be added in each direction. Now, planners say it could cut bus travel time in half thereby encouraging more people to ride it. The audit found about 900 vehicles per lane would find somewhere else to go. Mostly diverting on to page mill road at oregon expressway, alma avenue in palo alto and san tomas expressway in santa clara. Yes, traffic will get worse in those areas. But the report said people will adapt by traveling at less congested hours or maybe even ride a bike or take the bus. The study now advances to a policy advisory group. If it wins approval there it could be voted on by the vta board in january. Live in sunnyvale, kiet do, kpix 5. No charges filed after this deadly accident in livermore. The woman inside was killed when the mercedes crashed through the front of the gym. Five others in the exercise class at lifestyle fitness were hurt along with the driver. Police say the 80yearold driver mistook the gas for the brake. The woman killed is 49yearold kathy baker. She was the cfo at the Lawrence Livermore lab. The labs director says kathy was a very special person and a valued member of the laboratory. She was always proud of the accomplishments of her team. Its hard to put into words how much she will be missed. Sausalito police are trying to track down an armed intruder. They received a call about a Home Invasion at 7 p. M. At central and san carlos. Kpix 5s cate caugiran is live in sausalito with the latest. Reporter michelle, this is certainly going to rattle neighbors here in the Small Community of sausalito this morning. We also know a similar incident happened in tiburon just a couple of days ago. No word yet if police think the two are connected. But lets tell you what happened. Sometime just after 7 00, police say an armed man got into a multimillion dollar home on central avenue. He got in through an unlocked side door and a woman was home alone at the time. And somehow, she heard or saw the suspect. She yelled at him to get out and he ran away of police say he had something over his face at the time. The good news is that she was not hurt. Police did search the neighborhood and all of sausalito using k9s for more than two hours and the dogs eventually lost the suspects scent and the search was called of. The good news is the woman inside the home was not hurt and the suspect didnt get away with anything. Police are trying to identify the person or get a description of who it is. They say they are reviewing Surveillance Video from homes in the nearby area. Reporting live in sausalito, cate caugiran, kpix 5. All right. Cocacola, amazon and taco bell are all making business headlines today. Here with the latest is Hannah Daniels of cbsmoneywatch. Com. Reporter good morning. Cocacola said it has spent more than 118 million on Health Research and partnerships over the past five years. The worlds biggest beverage maker vowed last month to be more transparent after New York Times story showed they had funded a group that downplayed the role of sugary drinks in the obesity epidemic. Global Energy Balance network promoted the idea that people worried too much about calories and not enough about exercise. Amazon is offering a one day deal on its prime membership. On friday, amazon is cutting the price of its 99 annual prime Membership Program to 67. The price cut is for new members and amazon says its making the offer to celebrate its original series, transparent, winning five emmys on sunday. Brian and michelle . We hear taco bell is following in the footsteps of chipotle serving alcohol. Reporter thats right. Taco bell lovers in chicago can now have beer with their burritos. The chain opened its first test location. It serves wine, beer, sangria and frozen mixed drinks. A similar location will open in San Francisco later this month. Cant wait. Cant wait. All ,,,,,,, it was just an ordinary night. Until he showed upwith a hungry look in his eyes. And then, he made the shot. And when jaws dropped. He had something for that, too. The new spicy nacho chicken sandwich. With two tacos, halfsies, and a drink for 6 bucks. All in a munchie meal. Good morning. 5 41. Were looking towards the south bay where currently we have a temperature in san jose at 54 going up to 83. Warmer today, 60s and 70s with the sunshine at the beaches. 70s bayside and peninsula. All the way up to 90 degrees in your inland areas. Good morning, san jose. We have slow traffic for your compute along northbound 101 heavy now approaching and passing the 280 680 interchange. And the bay bridge toll plaza now slow from beyond the 880 overcrossing with those metering lights on. Traffic does flow well across the span into San Francisco. Pope francis is scheduled to arrive at the white house any minute now. Lets take a live look out at washington, d. C. We know that, um, this is right in front of the white house. And we know that a lot of people out there, theyve been waiting until before dawn. Many of them making pilgrimages from other parts of the country to come out to washington to greet the pope at the white house. Many of them are waiting. We are going to, uhm, check in with washington, dc in just a little bit but first well check in here in the bay area with our weather and traffic. Roberta. Thank you very much, michelle. Good morning, everyone. Stepping out the door its a little bit of a cooler start to your day on this very first day of autumn. Its going to pan out to be a warmer day than the last day of summer. 47 in napa. Otherwise 50s and 60s. Heres how im stacking up your numbers today. Pretty seasonal for this first day of fall. 60s and 70s around the beaches. Sunny skiles 70s and 80s around the peninsula today up to 87 degrees in morgan hill. Good morning trivalley. Your temperatures up to 88. 90 in brentwood. Stinson beach you will have a west wind 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour clear skies in the mid60s through the 70s in mill valley. 80s in sonoma. And topping off at 88 in cloverdale. Make it a great day. And we have reports now of a new accident in San Francisco. Northbound 280 approaching alemany. An accident in San Francisco also slow traffic in san jose. Northbound one slow approaching and passing the 280 680 interchange. Heavy at the bay bridge toll plaza. We want to take you back out live to washington, dc where again, many people are waiting for the popes arrival. There is the armed forces waiting there with the flag. [ music ] in just a bit we are going to go to norah zucchetto. Rah this is a cbs news special report. Pope francis visit to america. Im charlie rose with gayle king in new york. The pope is about to make the first speech of his historic visit to the United States. President obama is holding a white house ceremony for the pope in a few minutes. They will both address a crowd of more than 15,000 people. A welcoming ceremony is the very first stop in a very busy day for the pope. Norah odonnell is on the south lawn where the crowd gathered early this morning. Reporter it is a spectacular morning here at the white house. The sun is shining, and as you mentioned there are tens of thousands of people on what essentially is the president s front lawn to see pope francis. Hes only the third pope to visit the white house. He spent the night at the Vatican Office in washington and thats where we find jeff. Jeff . Reporter ill echo what you said. Beautiful day here. Nice and cool. In front of the mission there is a crowd of local students. They are enthusiastically awaiting for the pope to emerge from the mission where he spent the night. They are waiting for him to emerge from the doors that are underneath the vatican flag. The motorcade is in place ready to go as you mentioned hes heading over to the white house for the start of what will be a very busy day for him and there are the concerns, of course, about security. There is this large Security Apparatus in place. But, again, as weve been told over the last several days there are no known Credible Threats to the popes visit. The secret service says it is prepared. Reporter all right, jeff, thank you very much. A bit of a delay here. After the white house ceremony, francis will go out into his popemobile to visit the people of washington. Thousands are already lined up waiting. Jan crawford is along the parade route south of the white house. Jan, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah. Excitement is building. This crowd has been gathering p. M. Many of these people overnight all hoping to get a glimpse of the pope. Some people came from across the country including at the resanta maria at the nez. I under youre from orlando, florida. Yes, i flew in at 11 00 p. M. Last night. Reporter you camped out ive been here since midnight. Reporter why did you go through so much trouble flying up from orlando . Its a chance of a lifetime. See him here or in rome. This is a lot closer. I hope to shake his hand. Tell him we love him. Reporter what would you say if you could say anything to the pope . We love you. Thats what we would say. I love you pope francis. Reporter this is an exciting moment. Hours waiting in line. Many people camping out overnight. He should be here in another hour or so, nor swra. Reporter looks very exciting there. We should note before the pope leaves the White House Well meet with president obama. They will sit down together in an oval office for a meeting thats expected to be 45 minutes long. Two men have met face to face before. Major garrett is at the white house with me but on the other side, major, good morning. Reporter good morning. When the president met pope francis at the vatican in 2014 they talked about a lot of issues, social issues. But the president and the pope talked about some big global concerns, climate change, income inequality, immigration and they also laid the foundation at that meeting for what became a historic change in policy between the ud states and cuba. And its expected pope francis will at least make some indirect comments here at the white house about that normalization of relations between the United States and cuba something the vatican played a secret but pivotal role in as a negotiating partner and someone encouraging the cubans and americans to reconcile. Something tells two leaders discussed. The president talked to the pope about what he felt in his presidency the weight of celebrity, sometimes out sized expectations about what could be done. He saw that in his campaign he saw a lot of hope and enthusiasm and also saw during his presidency saw that hope turn to disillusionment and indifference. He told the pope i hope it doesnt happen to you during your papacy. The pope said he would turn to the poor for spiritual sustenance. You may say that displayed on the south lawn and during their private meeting here at the white house. Reporter i just spoke with father thomas reese who has seen his holiness remarks and its interesting because well hear pope francis speak in english which, of course, is not his native tongue and he has difficulty speaking in english. Charlie and gayle im told hell talk about being a son of immigrants. Hes also going to talk about the environment. Hes going to make a reference to cuba. While this is largely a pass toral visit the vatican keeps saying here to the United States there are certainly a lot of political overtones which will align him very closely with president obamas own agenda before he heads up to capitol hill tomorrow before a republican controlled congress. We will watch and wait for the pope come out and well follow him through the white house. With us here a theology professor of notre dame and cbs news papal news contributor the spiritual director of the north American College of rome. Were pleased to have both of them. Here we have this pope. Im impressed with one his energy. Im impressed with his devotion to humility. Im impressed with the idea of how people are so responding to him. What is at the essence of this man that leads the church and so many people, catholics admire him so much . I really believe pope francis knows god has put him in this position, charlie. We know he could be pope last time around. But being elected Second Time Around he knows that he has a certain amount of time to accomplish a mission. Hes a man with a mission, with a certain amount of time to achieve great changes to take place in the church. What makes him so attractive is that hes very authentic. I think that comes from his background. He is the son of immigrants. They came, fled mussolinis regime in italy. Coming from that sort of family he has a love for immigrants, that plight. Secondly hes a very normal man. And he was bouncer at a nightclub. He used to clean floors at a disco. He fell in love. He fell in love even at the seminary. He talks about a time where he was in the seminary and he was in the chapel thinking always of a beautiful young lady. Were in washington right now. They want to give an update. The fiat has pulled up to pick up the pontiff. Youre not surprised hes arriving in a fiat. Its just pulled up to take him to the white house where hes getting ready to address the crowd there. You always say he makes a heart to heart connection to people. He does. He seeks people out. He can be in huge crowds but his eyes will always fall upon someone who is suffering, in need. Again that comes from his history. Remember at the age of 21 he suffered from a lung disease. He almost died. That led to the removal of a great part of his lung. So he knows what suffering is. He knows the effects it can have on a persons life and he knows what struggle is. I think that endears him to those who are suffering. Hes a very contemporary man. The issues that concern him are important issues of our time and thats part of his agenda when he meets with the president. Yeah, i think when he meets with the president hell talk about things like poverty and the environment, things that they share but hell try to push him on obamacare, perhaps. On issues relating to abortion and contraception. I think francis appeal comes from the fact he feels really human and feels authentic when he goes off script and that builds trust and thats something lacking in the american church. Lets go back to the white house. Norah odonnell is there. We see the dignitaries are taking their seats. Reporter Vice President joe biden and his wife have gathered. They are sitting there as well as the secretary of state john kerry and all of the vip guests sitting right here behind me where the president and the pope will speak later. Were also going to hear shortly the ruffles and flourishes from the herald trumpets on the blue room balcony which is just right above the diplomatic door room right there. Well see also the pope, his holiness and president obama up there as well. Remarks from both of them. So president obama will speak. Hell welcome the pope here. Then well hear from his holiness and then well have his holiness will get in his popemobile to greet many of the people. Ive covered the white house, as you know, different administrations. Identify never seen anything like this before. Its packed. There are just people as far as the eye can see all the way on the south lawn of the white house, all the way extending into the ellipse. It couldnt be a more beautiful morning for this occasion. Nice and cool and the sun is shining. It actually everybody is quiet right now. In expectation of seeing his holiness. I same secretary of state john kerry and Ethel Kennedy next him to. Three is, pope francis comes out. Going to his fiat for the ride where he will make this very important address. He will speak in english and he will talk to those people who come there, some 15,000 to hear him talk about his visit to america. What he wants to do and perhaps talk a bit about himself, who he is and what has shaped him on the way to becoming the head of the church. Charlie, he goes straight to the crowd. He doesnt get in the car. Youre not surprised to see that. He goes right to the crowd, immediately shaking hands. Can you imagine what it means to those people who can reach out and touch the pope or kiss him. Monsignor you said hes been taking english lessons. I was with the holy father last december, and he told me how excited and honored he felt to come to the United States and how much he needs to prepare for this visit. He certainly isnt a man who expected to be the pope. Look at the smile on his face. Invigorating. Jeff is there where the pope has just arrived and has stopped to talk to the pope. Jeff, what can you tell us . Reporter well, he is meeting right now with catholic students from the region, and as you might imagine this is a moment that they will remember for the rest of their lives. They have been out here for the last couple of hours cheering, waiting for the pope to emerge and now they are seeing him right in front of them. He is shaking their hands and you can see that his security is standing back. As you know, theres been a lot of discussion about how this pope likes to mingle with the crowds and hes doing that now. This is a crowd of about 50 people on the lawn of the mission here. There are bigger crowds a little bit farther back across the street. Many of these folks have been screened. They were invited in here to this event. And they are seeing the pope emerge for first time as he prepares to enter the fiat and then hell be led through the streets of embassy row on his way to the white house by a caravan of he chevy suvs with secret Service Agents around him. As we mentioned this is a complex security event, one designated by the department of Homeland Security to put it on level with a president ial inauguration and super bowl. So theres been a lot of thought, a lot of planning thats gone into the popes visit. In fact the secret service some months ago sent a detail to the vatican to observe his moments. For moments like this where he is interacting with the crowds and we expect to see more of that today, as you know, after the white house he goes on to the parade, and there is a crowd there of about 200,000 people that they are expecting to line the parade route and we expect that there may be more moments like this when we see the popemobile for the first time. But look at these students enjoying this moment with pope francis who so enjoys the personal contact and thats what these students have been waiting for. Charlie . Thank you so much. It is an extraordinary sight to see this pope. Tell us about the garmentes he has on. The Traditional Garments of any pontiff has been used for many centuries to distinguish him from a priest. Notice that very simple garments, the cross he wears the cross he wore as archbishop of b uenos aires. He doesnt wear the red shoes he wears trousers underneath. He is the holy father but more importantly he wants to remain very normal and simple in his dress. You see the crowd trying to get selfies. This is one moment you dont want the cell phone to die. Do you bother his safety . We do. We do not want to lose him. As hes quick, god has put me here so god will have to take care of me. God is his guardian angel. God is his guardian angel. Thats why i think hes loved so much. For us as catholics as christians he follows what christ did, hes going to the crowds. Do you believe all those cardinals who knows him are even themselves surprised by the pope he has become . Oh, i have spoken to many, many cardinals, and when he was elected we were there together, charlie. And they were surprised he was elected. It must have come from the holy spirit. But hes just blossomed. And he was very shy man, really shy, even before he was pope. Extremely shy. Look at him now. Hes invigorated by the crowds. He leaves his notes and he speaks with general owe o. I cant imagine what thats like. What does he call you to discuss . What can you share with us . Its completely out of the blue. Last time he called me was in july. I was in sienna, the city of sienna. I was in the middle of the cathedral. He called out of the blue. The number comes up as private. He said solo francisco. What an untimely moment to call me. I understand who he is and wants to talk about different issues. My mother is not well. The one thing that strikes me. He always says, how is your mother and giv