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Know, and in a way, almost a part from the office that he holds, i mean, sure, hes the pope and that carry asserten authority. the thing about this man is he walks his talk and you know, when he talks about simplicity and humility and importance of ordinary people, he demonstrates that in his conduct. today, for example, i think it was abundantly obvious if you watch the way this pope c comported himself, while the speech to congress, all of us in the media focused on as the key point because th...

Electric. the crowd had been so quiet and there was a really gleeful expression as he passed, with the window down and waving to the crowd as he wants to do, erin. >> and you do, you hear the roar. you can tell when hes getting closer. we saw that last night outside st. patricks and today at central park. delia gallagher, our vatican correspondent, as we wait for the pope to come out, were going to hear that roar again and you hear the cheering, the joy inside madison square garden. he is a man....

>> you know, mike, i struggle with english every morning but it doesnt have the same effect as the pope struggling with english yesterday. i was moved by something that you said, mike, last hour when you talked about being a catholic going to one mass after another seeing dust build up on the pews, seeing more and more young people leave and going through scandals. its been a hard long slog for a lot of practicing catholics but you talk about the spiritual pay off youre getting now. this was wor...

Can possibly get. we have not actually seen him enter the residence yet. i should point that out. that is where hes going to be staying, which is not too far from here and he has been going up there, as you seen in that fiat, the vehicle he drove into the city sometime earlier. i want to welcome our guest, senator charles schumer just come out of st. patricks. how was it inside? >> incredible. i saw the holy path father in washington and here in new york. his soft voice and powerful presence and...

In the morning in the senate rotunda waiting for, working with the news networks and many of the lay people, lay workers, the camera operators, the people that were there as the car pulled up, he got out and gave a marvelous talk. many women there and men were crying and one of them came over to me and said hey, father, is this normal? i said its absolutely normal. people with not much religion, people have been away and asked them, what about him gets you? the authenticity, humanity and smile. ...

>> i want to go to nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk, who is outside st. patricks cathedral, where a crowd has assembled. stephanie, whats the scene like out there? >> reporter: well, chris, its really remarkable. weve been hearing a lot this week about the unprecedented levels of security and the fences and the barricades. but what you saw here on fifth avenue when the pope came down today was really a joyous crowd. and despite all of that security they were able to see him, get a sense of ...

See, you mentioned this. thats what i adpree with. they are going to taste. john boehner considers himself a devout catholic and so does nancy pelosi. they will walk away from that address with different conclusions. i hope it was one of those moments where all of them hear a call to be bigger than themselves. thats something i hope everyone can walk away with and work with a little bit less animosity in the future. >> what about regular folks who are out there watching this. as i watch him ente...

Special for john kerry to stand on a tarmac to see them off. much of the crowd is still here, none have left yet, still waving out the window to the pope. a lot of military service families as well as catholic schoolchildren. no one leaving to get on the buses to go away until this plane pulls out. as far as what well see, kate, one hour, thats the time it takes to get to new york city. obviously, the reception for the pope was magnanimous in washington. i can only imagine in new york, just list...

To meet the pope or see the pope in person. >> yes. and they are, jake, as i said its a palpable feeling of joy and enthusiasm. its rare you feel that in new york. >> yeah, absolutely. >> i thought this is the first time i felt it so universally. >> especially when theres so much traffic because theyve shut down all the streets. but ive only seen smiles. >> its true. they are lining the streets and central park is almost completely shut. they have eight-foot barriers everywhere, jake. and yet in...

>> about two dozen nypd motorcycles passing by st. patricks cathedral and is gradually slowly moving down fifth avenue as you can probably hear also the bells of st. patricks cathedral will ringing out to welcome this pontiff for his first visit to this shrine. >> anderson, you can only imagine how many videos and pictures will be posted on social media. >> they are so deep on faith avenue, some people in the back probably cant see the pontiff but holding up cameras hoping they will get somethin...