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H him, and he never lets it happen. he did that again in the united states. before he came, people tried to put him in a liberal or conse e conservative camp. democrat or republican. he avoids all those labels. he is first and forecast a priest, and he looks at the world much differently than our politicians do. he will agree with some -- with democrats on some issues and democrats on others. >> anne thompson on the plane, as it looks like you are starting to taxi. youre there with the pope. im ...

Of his address. and it was written so carefully. simply in many ways, but threaded the needle so carefully everyone could find something to like in there. when i was standing just outside the capital and to see the lineup of senators and representatives sort of sending him off as he was waving out the window of his fiat was something. hundreds of hill staffers cheering and some of the very people who didnt agree with all his message were cheering him as well. it would be foolish for us to say th...

Quick to say shes one of mine, after the popes thoughts about her. and thomas merton, people who have been through addiction problems and looking for spirituality. a friend of mine finds him an important part of his recovery effort. im going to read the book. i was taken with the fact that the pope recommends the book. hes going to do a blush frb fo book, im going to read it. >> chris matthews. as you can see, that on final approach is the american airlines 777 carrying the pope from washington ...

777. lets chat about the popes visit and this leg, the washington, d.c. leg. here with me cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny and father timothy kesicki. father, ive been in this town for a few decades, i dont think ive ever seen anybody carry their own bag as they board a plane in a farewell ceremony such as this. but this is pope francis. >> its very characteristic of his style. he carries his own bag. we saw him pay his own hotel bill right after he was elected pope. he likes to t...

Boeing 777. its taxiing ramp 19. the pope to be greeted by bishop demarzzio. theres no remarks planned. think earlier today there were no remarks planned when he came to the speakers window at the capitol, but the vice president suggested to the pope, would you like to bless the people? and he did. and the vice president said we love you. we all love you. the pope went about his way and greeted people on the roof line. its possible well hear from him now. theres no way to know for sure as the se...

States. she was there in cuba with the pontiff. now she is on frontier one which is the name of the boeing 777, the american airlines charter that pope francis is taking from andrews air base, joint base andrews to jfk airport in new york city. let me bring jeff zeleny back to finish the question i had asked, which jeff, the pope as we were talking about in his address to congress had some rather clear positions to take even if he took them in a rather nice way. for instance in referencing i was...

Cleanest, most modern and up to date 777 they have available to them for this very special job. and as you know, when the pope travels from country to country, it is tradition that he uses one of that countrys airliners to then ferry him to the next stop. so this makes perfect sense that american will now take him up to jfk. >> i guess i just meant its not air force one. its not retrofitted with bedrooms and beds on board, right? >> its not. but i will say this. hess will be afforded, in terms o...

Well continue to go back there for now, were keeping an eye on the plane. the american airline 777 jet that will be carrying pope francis from washington up here to new york city, where he continues the rest of his really large trip to the united states, you know, lots of filled, packed days, in terms of the schedule. ron allen is joining us now. can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, how are you? >> im doing well how are you? >> reporter: im doing just fine. up here on the upper east side, its -- i...

Lester, thanks for being with us from your perch over 5th avenue, all of the reporting on the days events in washington and new york tonight on nbc "nightly news." while lester was talking about, we saw pictures of the taxiing, american airlines 777, the captains at the end of the landing procedure, right before they make the turn on to the taxiway, are able to open the cockpit windows and put the vatican and american flags up on stanchions which makes for a great sight as the plane comes in to ...

Airlines 777, taxiing for take-off. we mentioned there was a brief delay held them up a little because the manifest, list of passengers didnt match up with all of the people who had gotten on board the plane. of course secret service taking this trip incredibly seriously. wanted to make sure they had their is dotted and ts crossed before take-off. on the phone, former mayor of new york city, rudy giuliani. mayor? >> how are you? >> hi, im very well, thank you. were taking a look, right now live ...