Remarks here at the white house and want to go to abcs terry moran who was there. Reporter george, what a glorious morning it has been cloudless blue sky and the majesty of a state visit for pope francis which he brought his own accent to riding up in front of this historic building, this iconic building in his iconic fiat 500 unpacking himself from the backseat being greeted by the president of the United States. That image of the first africanamerican president of the United States and first latinamerican pope. Historic, the crowd, 11,000 ticket, they say, were distributed. Really still in the moments before the popes arrival and then throughout cheering both speakers. It may be a partisan crowd but i doubt it. I think its much more of a proud crowd. Diverse and all the diversity of catholicism in america and of america in america. Though, the president welcoming a man that hes clearly, clearly close to. Standing beyond the white house all across constitution avenue, the pope will be on a parade later this morning after meeting privately with the president , there you see him and as he left the apostolic nunciature earlier, decided to greet the crowd gathered for him before getting into the car running a little bit late this morning but the pope taking his time, wanted to say hello to those children waiting for hour, even took a selfie with one young man who got up pretty close, seemed to make the secret service nervous but he didnt mind at all, the pope made his way down to the white house where so many have gathered, many more gathering right now, cecilia vega is on the parade route on constitution avenue. Hey, george, good morning to you. Thats right. This is the route where the pope will be coming. Everybody here has been waiting, some people waiting all night long. I think you can see them behind me pouring in, thousands of people. If you can see back down this way, this is 15th street. This sea of people stretches all the way down here but constitution avenue as far as the eye can see people. We talked to people who got here at midnight and talking to people who are going to see a glimpse of the pope. One woman told me today, this is a pope that gave them their we had a little trouble with cecilia vega. The excitement of the crowds there in washington, d. C. The pope will be out in his popemobile about an hour from now. Right now hell meet privately with the president in the oval office. Father martin, anything surprise you about the popes remarks this morning . Honestly that his english was so good. I agree with matt that, you know, sort of solemnness and slowness of the talk i think added to it. It was in a sense prayerful. You could follow it easily but how quickly he got to his issues, i thought would be more pro forma but got into Climate Change and immigrants and as you said identified himself powerfully as a son of immigrant setting out the tone. Cokie, youre listening this to as a catholic and been around politics for a long time. Well, i also think that the president s message was very interesting in that regard because i think the people who are there are mainly activists rather than religious people of one kind or another and they clearly were very, very receptive to the president s message about immigrants, particularly. Thats where he got a cheer, was when he talked about people coming in search of a better life and i suspect some of that was the people out in the crowd, as well, because we know that hispanic families were called to participate this morning in this in the popemobile trip but it is fascinating to see somebody who has watched politics for a long time to see this particular image of this president and this pope in this country that is now accepting so much of catholicism. You have both an american an america that is changing so quickly, matthew dowd and a Catholic Church that is changing so quickly. Im struck by that. Were in a new america. Demography has changed and people are struggling with it. Many are struggling with the vast changes but also moving into a 21st Century Church and both are moving into a new place with a whole new Different Church than existed 50 years ago. The church is in some ways ahead of the the people are ahead. The people are ahead. Because the immigrant church has always been true in america. Its just a Different Group of immigrants and the church understands that one of its roles has been to welcome the immigrant and help them transition into American Society. And i think that theyve been very active on that. Father, talk about the particular challenge that the pope is presenting to the American Church right now and particular mission for this church. Well, its a very difficult challenge, i think, it is once again refocusing us on the needs of the poor and asking us to be more merciful and compassionate which a lot havent associated with the Catholic Church. One thing he said very strongly the other day was if a priest cant be merciful he should get a desk job which is very blunt way of saying this is number one priority for me. Okay, the pope is now meeting with the president in the oval office. After he finishes that meeting hell come back for that parade down constitution avenue. Were going to be back on the full network for a special report when the pope begins that parade but for right now we want to return to regular programming. For many of you, thats Good Morning America. Announcer this has been a spec this has been a good morning, america. And we welcome all of our viewers on the west coast watching history unfold this morning right along with pope francis at the white house where he continues to be right now. See him on the balcony with the president just moments ago. The two leaders talking about issues important to both of them on this trip. Religious liberty, poverty, Climate Change. Be president and mrs. Obama greeting the pope on the south lawn shortly after 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. 20,000 people or so last count were there as well. And george of course was among them. Quite a morning george. What a morning, robin. Yes. I was out there on the south lawn. You could tell it was going to be just a perfect day. The sun was shining. A lot of people have been through there through the evening hours as well as the morning. The president and pope came out. Just a magnificent greeting and powerful words from both the president and the pope. The president welcoming the pope. Honoring the profound moral examples he says the pope has set and then the pope speaking to the president and the crowd. The cro hitting the theme of religious liberty and Climate Change. These are very close to the popes heart and part of the challenge hes presenting to america. As well. And its just so much feeling on that south lawn this morning and i know, terry, you could feel it there. Reporter you certainly could george. You could feel a festive air on the south lawn but a tremendous sense of pride here. A pride among this very diverse crowd, all kinds of people, young and old. All the representative peoples of the pride in america and these historic pictures of the first pope from the america and the first africanamerican president who have so much in common. You know, there was a lot of question, how far would the pope go really in planting his flag for Climate Change and against inequality, economic inequality . What we found out in paragraph number 3 he decided to Start Talking about these issues. Hes not bashful. Hes very direct. You know exactly what this man is saying. And it chimes, it connects with the agenda of this president and the white house knows it. Make no mistake the white house is hoping that this visit, these pictures, this historic day will boost the president s agenda. The president waving goodbye. Many crowds gathered out there on constitution avenue. The popes parade will begin in the next hour. The crowd has been gathering longer than that. Thousands of people out here that have been here since midnight. You can see them behind me along with the crowds come this bank of Police Officers that just line constitution avenue right now. Theyre all waiting for the pope. That message that the pope just said as being a son of immigrants resonates with this community. I spoke with so many latino families today. Some from mexico, argentina who tell me this is a hope who has given the church back to them. Given them something to be proud of out here today. Theyre chanting in spanish. He is a celebrity to them but their spiritual leader. He is that pope of surprises, too, who gets out of that pope mobile and theyre hoping he walks up and shakes hatheir han. We shall see soon. We will be watching that. And father jim martin has been covering this with us. The pope didnt waste any time getting clearly to the message. That is the team as well. He feels he has limited time but also like a good pastor he gets to the point. One of the lessons we leaed be brief, clear and be gone. He certainly did that. The first of many messages. Well hear from him. A lot of a lot he dropped in to the american debate. It was unbelievable. When you watched the picture of the pope coming to the white house, two Iconic Images known worldwide and its a picture, george, that we have never seen ten years ago. He comes in where the politics is so divisive. He has said healthy politics is sorely needed and thats something he is clearly going to try to heal a little bit. Hes talked a lot about healing and the church is a medic essentially. I think thats something hell be talking about. Hell be reenforcing those themes with the things he does as well reaching out and meeting with immigrant families, meeting with prisoners and with the poor. Also, two very important words, encounter, meeting people one on one and saying dialogue. I think those are two important things. And something i think he could bring to the political discourse if you will. Encountering people as they are and speaking to people across the aisle. We will be back. Lets go back up to robin. Were going to turn now to other top stories. Deadly flash flooding overnight. Powerful storms sweeping through the southwest and ginger i know you have your eye on that. This monsoon got going in new mexico. Pictures coming in just like this. 1. 62 inches of rain. A couple more just outside. But it was deadly flash flooding as one person was found in one of the washes. Now the moisture has pulled up along a different system and Flash Flood Watches in nebraska and south dakota. And will see throughout the rest of the day. Up through minneapolis with the swath of rain. We have got more coming up in a bit robin. We go to the scandal rocking volkswagen admitting it rigged cars to beat emissions tests. The ceo is under fire and the Company Facing countless lawsuits with angry customers. Abc has that story for us. With the vp Board Holding emergency meetings its ceo apologizing again. [ speaking Foreign Language ] its stock plummeting. Value down 35 . As authorities consider criminal charges with vw now admitting 11 million diesel cars were built to cheat testing. Here at the emissions stations. Pass, pass, pass, everything. Starting in 2009 models vw inserted software sensed when its hooked up for a check and the controls limiting emissions switch on and after the test the controls switched off meaning the car would perform better but would emit illegal levels of pollutant, up to 40 times higher than allowed. Already some customers are suing. Ari levin bought a jetta in 2009 thinking he was being environmentally friendly and now feels guilty about driving his car. Every reason that i bought the car was based on a lie that volkswagen created and advertised. Reporter that one of several class action lawsuits already filed. California and epa officials discovered the cheat. It seems remarkable that a company this big would take this kind of a risk. It is completely incomprehensible to me. Reporter the epa continues to investigate and the department of justice has criminal investigators looking at this case. That big Board Meeting of vw set for friday morning. Dont be surprised if something happens beforehand too, robin. Probably so, david. Thank you. An emotional reunion. For a former american hostage. That story in just 30 seconds. Ail my now you have that emotional reunion for us. Thats right, robin. A michigan Security Consultant held captive in yemen for six months finally returned home overnight. Sam farran says he paced back and forth in his cell for ten hours every day thinking about his family. But his hope and faith kept him going. Well, a scare in washington, d. C. Subway. Hundreds of passengers were stranded underground for more than an hour because of a power failure. They eventually had to walk a quarter mile through a dark tunnel while being guided by rescuers. Service is now restored. And chinas president is pledging to cooperate with the United States to fight cybercrime. Hes in Washington State today where hell be touring the Head Quarters of boeing and microsoft and a state visit with president obama. Los angeles has declared a state of emergency because of the dramatic increase in the Homeless Population there. Its up 12 in just the last two years. City leaders are looking to spend 100 million to address the crisis. Part of that money would pay for affordable housing. And we learned overnight sadly that yogi berra has passed away at the age of 90. We remember him not just for his hall of fame career with the yankees but also his respected view on life and his world famous sayings known as yogiisms. A towering figure at only 57 he was one of the sports most beloved icons on and off the field. Yogi berra runs out there. Reporter a fierce competitor. The legendary yankees catcher a threetime mvp, 15time allstar and holder of seven world series records. And playing 17 years with the yankees being in 14 world series we won 10 of them. But he was just as famous for his colorful off the field observation, his yogiisms. If you come to a fork in the road, take it. Classic quotes like it aint over till its over and the future aint what it used to be to be repeated for years to come. Deja vu all over again as yogi berra would say. Where do these things come from, yogi. I dont even know. I dont even know i say them myself. I dont make them up. He died of Natural Causes at his home in new jersey and is survived by three sons and 11 grandchildren but his legacy will live on and on. He had such wise sayings. So many young people use his yogiisms. And probably dont know what a phenomenal athlete he was. What did we say 17 years as a yankee. 14 times world series. He is an icon. A lot more head this morning. Shawn penn taking on lee daniels. What daniels said about him that has the oscar winner firing back and george is still there in washington with the latest on the papal visit. George. So much more to come, robin, from here. We just saw the president and the pope at the white house greeting the crowd from the balcony. Huge crowd at the white house. Huge crowds also waiting for the pope on that parade down constitution a. Back with that and all the days events. Our pope coverage continues. Sir, can you hear me . Two, three. Just hold the bag. We need a portable xray, please [ nurse ] im a nurse. I believe in the power of science and medicine. But im also human. And i believe in stacking the deck. [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson johnson. [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, how to find your true calling i hear its better to do most of your planting in the fall. What are you, a plant whisperer . whispering maybe. 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