Good morning. Before that, the pope spent part of the morning at the white house. This ceremony on the south lawn was reserved for visitors but clouds were lined up leading to the white house. The pope gets a version of the ceremony in every country he visits. Frin s the pope was greeted by president obama and the first lady. Then the leader of the Catholic Church walked to the podium. The president officially welcomed the pope who addressed 2 crowd in english, one of the few times he will do so during this trip to the u. S. Your holiness, your words and dee deeds, you set a profound moral example and in these gentle but firm reminders of our obligations to god and to one another, you are shaking us out of our complacency. American catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities and to reject every form of injustice and discrimination. [ applause ] pope francis also said addressing Climate Change can no longer be left to a future generation. This afternoon, the pontiff will celebrate a mass to canonize 18th century missionary Junipero Serra at the shrine of the immaculate conception. This video is just in to nbc 10 of pope francis and president Obama Meeting inside the white house. You can see the two talking and smiling before the dozens of photographers and members of the press gathered around them. Nbc 10s matt delucia is in washington, d. C. This morning. He talked to a few people from our area who are there to see the pope. Reporter a lot of the focus of attention is in this area here by the National Mall a couple miles from the capital is the Catholic University of america. Next that is the basilica of the national shrine. That is where a mass will be held later this afternoon in front of 25,000 people. Those are the sights and sounds from last work as the work was being done to get everything ready for the big mass. A few folks from our area are here for that. Giovanna coya is a senior at catholic new jersey and shes from new jersey. A once in a lifetime chance. I feel so fortunate as well as everyone else who goes here. Its amazing. Reporter you cant forget family members, Janet Schultz drove yesterday just to be here with her daughter. This is a pope who exemplifies unity for our catholic faith. This is a pope who wants to draw everyone together. This is a pope who exemplifies love of everyone. Its fantastic. Its something Everyone Needs to be a part of. Interestingly, a lot of pilgrims are staying here and going to philadelphia for the weekend. Theyre following pope francis pretty much everywhere he goes. Were at the Capitol Building right now. Were going to try to go inside and give you a look because pope francis will be here tomorrow. Well try to get a sneak peek for you in the next three minutes. For now, im in washington, d. C. , matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Today is the second day of the world meeting of families at the Pennsylvania Convention center and nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live in center city. Monique, youve been following the events all morning long. Thats right, denice, you can see that there are a few people here outside the convention center. Now, the morning mass has just concluded. Thousands were inside for the daily mass and communion. I was moved by the reverenced of the church and display of family values evident throughout. A humble serenity swept the room, a quietness of like minds and souls. Our camera was also rolling outside when a group of pilgrims arrived from georgia led by a nun from philadelphia. Im very happy to be able to have the friends from the diocese of savannah, georgia, meet some of my friends from philadelphia, the priests and sisters i have that ministered with through the years so this is like coming home for me and a gathering of family. Coming up at 11 30, well look at an issue that is divisive among women. Should women be ordained priests . Thats coming your way in about 30 minutes. Live in center city, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. We found a lot of activity on lancaster avenue in wynnewood Montgomery County as crews installed barriers around st. Charles Borromeo Seminary where pope francis will stay when hes in philadelphia. Im first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. The parking restrictions and road closures are in full effect. We have a map plotted in the Center City Area in blue right here. Well give you an idea of what youre looking at. This is stretching down the ben franklin parkway to the art museum and around city hall. Everything in blue right here is already the no parking zone. So outside of these areas as you can see there are little blue lines. These lines are emergency routes. So garden street is a main one, we have lombard street, stretching from center city all the way to parts of University City and 34th street. For the full list, map, and detashlgs you can go to nbc10. Com. And the nbc 10 app has everything you need to get ready for the papal visit. Youll find pictures and videos from the popes arrival in washington, d. C. And youll also find a list of noparking areas, road closures and mass transit changes. Tonight at 7 00 p. M. Here on nbc 10, be sure to watch pope in america. Its a detailed look at everything that happens today in washington as well as whats ahead for the rest of the papal weekend. Today the first day of fall and its a warm start to the season as we take a live look now at center city, philadelphia. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here with the forecast. Brittney, nice start to fall. Really nice start. It was a cooler start to the morning but as we push into the afternoon well see above average temperatures. So if youre not ready for the cool weather, well get another round of warm conditions. 71 already for philadelphia, 64 in chester springs, 65, close to 70 degrees in quakertown and allentown, 68 in coatesville. Along the shoreline were pushing into the 70s here. 71 in millville, well see lots of sunshine today, a few passing clouds into your 1 00 hour, 74 degrees, by 4 00 p. M. 78, tonight 75 degrees by 7 00 p. M. For today our highs around the region in the low 70s in the poconos. 79 in allentown. 78 in quakertown. Close to 80 degrees in norristown and in trenton. Were right along the shore. Well be in the mid70s as we push into the afternoon. Then for today for philadelphia, a high of 80 degrees. Five degrees above our average. So here are your headlines. I am tracking a warm start to our fall season. Cooler weather as we approach the weekend. Then ill take a closer look at your papal Weather Forecast in just a bet. Police are trying to figure out who opened fire on a crowded Basketball Court in the Strawberry Mansion section. Bullets hit two men around 8 00 last night at 27 and clearfield street. Both are expected to survive. Police are still working on what led to the shooting. The clock is kicking for Pennsylvania Attorney general kathleen cane. The Supreme Court notified cane yesterday the suspension of her law license will take effect october 21. Even though shell lose her ability to practice law, she can make administrative decisions and last months authorities charged kane with leaking secret grand jury information and lying about it. Also yesterday, kanes office indicated she will release thousands of pornographic emails she says were exchanged by people in government. She says two former prosecutors cooked up the criminal case against her because she was threatening to reveal them if the pornography information. Remembering one of baseballs greate eest catchersd characters. A look back at the life, the wit, and the wisdom of Baseball Hall of famer yogi berra. And taking a live look from washington, d. C. As we continue our coverage of Pope Franciss visit to america. Warm today and tomorrow but cooler weather as we get closer to the weekend. Ill let you know whats in store. Thats coming up. To see him before making a short drive to the white house. That drive was a bit delayed. He got to the white house about 15 minutes after he was supposed to get here. There he was welcomed by the president and 11,000 invited guests and some 4 or 5,000 others who simply waited throughout most of the night to be allowed onto the grounds of the white house. Maria shriver nbc special anchor is with me here at the white house along with george weigle, our vatican senior analyst. Good morning to both of you. Good morning. What were going to see now is a different event. This is an event where the pope is going to get into a popemobile. Kind of a new version of what weve seen over the years. Hes going to be driven around the ellipse. This is the moment, george clancy, head of the secret service has been staying up nights worrying about here in washington for a long time. Theres been a real tugofwar between the vatican and secret service over this entire trip. It really has to do with the new popemobile. Had pope francis agreed to use that pububble top his predecess used, things could have been done different. They could have traveled the streets like he did. But hes determined to use the fiat, Jeep Wrangler and that from the secret Service Point of view puts a whole new dimension of concern on this. You have these enclosed drive arons, the ellipse and central park. It is a tugofwar, maria, because on the one hand you have to do everything humanly possible to protect this pope while hes on this tour of the ellipse. On the other hand, this is the best chance for the majority of the people in this area to get a glimpse of the pope. Some are hoping to reach out and touch him. Weve seen a glimpse where people have given him a pizza, gone up to the popemobile, touched him or put their baby up there. I think they are hoping it will be much less security focused and they will have an opportunity to touch him, to have him bless them, to have him kiss their baby. Kind of human encounte people are waiting if for only chance in washington if you dont a ticket to see pope francis. This one young woman said to me a short time ago just being here i feel like im in heaven. So many families, certainly families bringing all sorts of items theyd like to have blessed by the pope. One family came with their 18yearold son. They said they woke him up way too early, well before any normal family would do it but on a day like this they wanted to bring his baptismal cross to bring their young man troy in hopes that he would have a chance to be a part of this historic moment, recognize that this distance hell travel is less than a mile. Just four fifths of a mile in total. They say its like a mini inauguration. The atmosphere has been remarkable. Ive been struck by how many people are not just from the u. S. , many of them spanish speakers from around latin america, argentina represented, venezuela, costa rica, el salvador. There are young children, there are the elderly, many people in wheelchairs lining the route as well. They were wheeled in earlier this morning, matt, in hopes of being able to hear a blessing from pope francis. You talk about it being less than a mile route and like weve come to see in inaugural parades, peerkts i wouparade parades, peter, i would imagine they say if the holy father is going to get out of the popemobile and be spontaneous, there are probably places that are better than others to do that. That would be reasonable . Lets give you a sense around, aaron behind the camera, lets pan this. This is 15th. We are on the east side of the white house here. Here only one side has a crowd on it. The other side is empty. You dont have to watch both sides quite as i dont know, without as much urgency as if you were this direction over here as we show you down constitution again. They are literally 20 people deep on both sides matt, to be clear, weve spoken to Law Enforcement officers, federal officials saying this is the biggest operation theyve been a part of. They have counterterrorism officials, agents in these crowds right now. For all the people you see in their uniforms, there are other people not keeping a close eye on this crowd not just for the popes safety but for the safety of so many people here. Joseph clancey, the head of the secret service said this operation, this security operation is in place today and while the pope is in this country the secret Service Takes the lead in this. Theyll be aided by many other Law Enforcement agencies as well. Lets look at the vehicle he will be traveling in. This new popemobile. This has been retrofitted just for this trip. Its likely, george, people will be throwing gifts at this vehicle as it passes by their location and you know of course he uses a ford focus in rome. This trip is a challenge for vatican security people. The vatican security remembers may 13, 1981 when pope francis was shot he had just handed a small child back to his mother. So theres nervousness to that free wheeling papacy. But both of those men insisted upon it. Thats part of the risk of the job. You talked earlier, george, you said he seems to be so open, so willing to reach out and touch people and you said thats nothing something thats just come about in the two and a half years of his papacy, its been part of the vatican and popes for the last 30 years. Its the transformation of this office over the past three and a half decades. Were starting to see some of the security vehicles now leaving the white house grounds and in any i guess at any moment we should get our first glimpse of what we call the popemobile. There it is behind that Police Officer on a bicycle. You can see the pope in that Jeep Wrangler thats benefitted for this occasion. He will make a turn in just a second and come into full view not only of our cameras but soon after of hundreds of thousands of people gathered along the ellipse. This is a moment people will never forget. Or that he will never forget. This is his first trip to the United States. Never been to washington, d. C. Before so hell get a sense of what america looks like and what it feels like and hell see perhaps some of the monuments, some of the history of washington, d. C. And hell get a glimpse of who we are and he has talked about wanting to meet the american people, see the american people, listen to the american people. And learn from them. Here comes the popemobile and pope francis on a glorious day. You talk about seeing monuments, washington, d. C. Is such a beautiful and picturesque city as he leaves the gates of the white house right now. Hes going to get just a small taste than that in a less than onemile route but he is seeing it on the best possible day. We dont have audio, obviously, that we can eavesdrop on what is happening now. Now we have more of the sound of what is happening as the people see the pope for the first time. People in buenos aires a few years ago would have been utterly astonished by this. This was the man who road the bus to work, who was not a largescale public personality, who lived on his own, cooked on his own. And here is this dynamic public personality. This is something utterly unexpected by his closest friends back in his native city and i think we talked about this a bit earlier. Its the sense that hes a pastor and the people want a pastor, need a pastor, whether they know it or not. Whether they would even put in the those terms or not they want someone to affirm their striving to be noble human beings. Here we have someone bringing a small child out to the pope. He kissed that child. Again, a dream come true for that person, whoever he or she may be who brought that child. With who waited hours. And encouraging other families to do the same. You notice the agent run up to block any more of that. They are nervous. These people have gone through secret Service Screening points since about 4 00 this morning so this isnt like the popemobile traveling through the streets of any city. This is a much more controlled environment. This pope, matt, has talked a lot about suffering, about struggle and about everyday people and i think thats why you have these kinds of crowds. Pete williams, our justice correspondent, is joining us this morning as well and, pete, we spoke just a second ago before you joined us about just what a logistical nightmare this is for Law Enforcement and security, what went into the planning of this . Well, everything about this is planned, matt, right down to the speed of the popemobile and the motorcade. But its all a compromise because its not exactly the way the secret service would want it to unfold. They have to accommodate the popes wishes, stopping to bring a small child up to the pope and hoping that the security people give the child back to the right parent. Thats the kind of adlibbing that they have to do. The secret service sent people to rome. They watched videos of how the pope has interacted with crowds in the past. They wanted to learn more about how the pope wants things to unfold. They wanted the vatican to learn more about how they want to control security. But theyre well aware of all the lingering threats that are out there, terrorists t, the ma, white supremacists, antichristian activists. There have been threats against this pope since the beginning of his papacy. They have looked at the threats that emerged. Theyve checked people out in the last few days, theyve been running down leads. All of them they say have washed out so far but this is among the most difficult of the scenarios because its open to the public. They have to be screened. And many of the other events, thats a ticketed event so theres more control over the crowds but its a compromise. Its also very thoroughly planne planned. Pete, you talk about it being a compromise between the vatican and u. S. Security and the secret service, was there anything either side put out as a deal breaker . Well, what they basically there were no deal breakers, no, because ultimately the pope will do what the pope wants t