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Of greeting at the white house. >> president obama, michelle obama greeting the pope right now. about 22 minutes late. the ceremonies are about to begin. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the holy sea, followed by the national anthem of the united states. >> present arms.

To the white house and the president is the one giving you the tour, the presidents the one showing you around saying now over here youre going to see this, over here youre going to say that. i cant help but think hes completely overwhelmed. >> as remarkable of a moment as that is, talk about that greeting in south america. can you imagine, hundreds of thousands -- i mean for perspective here, yes, it is an incredible honor, the president of the united states. but he is the pope of the people. d...

Continue a tradition in the jet age that was started by president bush greeting pope benedict. president and first lady will come out and be the first line of greeting that the holy father will see before making his way to what is in effect the vaticans embassy in washington. air force is coming up from cuba after a successful visit there which core spents report that the highlight of seeing raul castro at the side of the pope and smiling and clearly getting a lot of the visit throughout. of cou...

After washington, the trip takes him to new york city and then to philadelphia. as you can imagine, security preparations in those cities unprecedented. the operations so vast the secret service is in charge, coordinating dozens of agencies and operation a year in the making. >> likes to see babies and go up to handicapped individuals and we had a good sense of his movements. people get very excited and went to touch and be around the pope but we have to be concerned that we can get out of any e...

Happen. >> they have to be ready to call audibles. well get into choreographing that event here shortly. jim a kcosta to you at the whit house. from that greeting there, the big oval office meeting will take place tomorrow and then well get. on to the pope addressing congress on thursday. but talk to e me about what sorts of topics should be expected between president obama and pope francis? >> that is the question, brooke. we were just peppering white house press secretary josh ernest. i did an...

Youre going to see this in your frame soon, a string of religious leaders in their purple sashes and black robes coming out among the party greeting -- >> jim sciutto. >> reporter: -- at front of the line the archbishop. >> stand by. i want to bring in the english language media attache for the vatican. father, thank you so much for joining me you know this pope very, very well as he steps foot on american soil for the first time, only the fourth pope to do this. what do you think is going throu...

Reporters sitting in the back. he often walks the aisles, greeting everybody else on his flight. its going to be really a sight to see today. well see pope francis on some red carpet that they just laid out behind us, taking his first ever steps on u.s. soil and getting quite a greeting from president obama and vice president biden. >> its amazing to remember hes never been here before. that in and of itself is fascinating and remarkable. so how often does president obama go to greet world leade...

Out an see military members starting the line up there for the greeting of the pope once he lands roughly around 4:00 p.m. the president and first lady on the tarmac. kate childs graham, thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thank you. now to the political showdown on capitol hill. democrats blocked a gop bill banning late-term abortions. todays vote comes less than 48 hours ahead of the address of the pope to the congress and amid a broader debate of whether or not to strip planned pa...

Kosinski, kicking off our coverage live from the white house. it would be a different day if the pope were not popular among catholics. he says a lot of popular things. whats the position of the white house and what it means when he comes? >> the white house will be loving that agreement. well see a greeting that is afforded to no other leader. the president, vice president and their wives will be here as he arrives to andrews air force base. the president and the pope, tomorrow, will have a vis...

For any pope but for francis it is much larger, the first latin pope to deliver whomly to cubans in his native spanish and he received a warm greeting from fidel castro, one of the last of the revolutionary communist leaders, just as the cold war between the u.s. and cuba begins to thaw out, much with his help. cuba is the beginning. on wednesday, pope francis will meet with president obama in the white house and then he begins a whirlwind tour of the east coast of america, parades in washington...