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24 minutes after the hour. it was a flight one american airlines crew will not soon forget. fly pope francis around the united states and back to rome late last month. >> now the crew is opening up for the first time about the sacred journey they shared with the pontiff. joining us now george griffin who was captain of the plane. which they called shepherd 1. and tim howard the dispatcher who spent more than a year planning the trip. good morning, great to have you here. especially on a sunday m...

Gets ready to meet the people. just before 4:00 p.m. this afternoon the boeing 777 carrying pope francis, a plane dubbed "shepherd 1" touched down in america. hundreds were on hand at andrews air for base including a high school band to welcome the holy father. ♪ ♪ >> finally, the pontiff, who has never been to the united states in all of his 78 years, emerged. [ cheers and applause ] as he made his way down the steps, the moment that millions of catholics in the u.s. and people of all faith...

Safe as the man called the peoples pope gets ready to meet the people. just before 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, the boeing 777 carries pope francis, plane dubbed shepherd 1, touched down in america. hundreds were on hand at andrews air force base including a high school band to welcome the holy father. ♪ finally, the pontiff whos never been to the united states in all of his 78 years emerged. as he made his way down the steps, the moment that millions of catholics in the u.s. and people of all fa...