that they have said -- mayor nutter said, before the event began, be prepared to walk miles and miles. i think people were scared because of that. there was a small piece about some business owners. >> here are people waiting outside the basilica. obviously, incredible excitement there. our carol costello is down in that area, i believe. let's just check in with her. carol, i imagine people have been gathering there from early this morning. >> yes, and i'm here with the garan family. they have been here since about 7:30 this morning on benjamin franklin parkway. the pope's motorcade isn't supposed to pass by here until much later tonight. the garan family has been here since what, 7:30. you can see there are lots of members of the garan family. there is a jumbotron set urp over there where they can watch what's going on early. they watched the pope get off his plane and get into his fiat