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WPVI Good Morning America September 24, 2015

Room and a new poll shows his competition gaining ground. And wrong turn. Take a look at this. A small plane zipping through a busy intersection stunning commuters. What sent it flying through the danger zone. And we do say good morning, america. The Nations Capital buzzing again this morning. Pope francis exciting so many people, hundreds of thousands coming out to see him and, george, youre in the center of it all again this morning. Right here in the capital and all of us here at the capitol just treated to the most gorgeous sunrise over the library of congress and Supreme Court. Thousands gathering already. 50,000 tickets given out to see the pope today. They are on the south lawn of the capitol. The pope will come out with the speaker and greet them after he makes history. Becoming the first pope ever to address a joint meeting of congress and, robin, hell be speaking as a head of state, the head of state of the holy see. As you know, george, there have already been so many memorable moments. There will be more today but yesterday, the pope inside the white house also met the first dogs, sunny and bo. He signed the guest book here kissing a baby on the parade route and what so many people are talking about when that 5yearold girl broke through the barriers, was blessed by the pope and delivered that letter, george. Boy, she may be the most famous 5yearold in the world right now, robin. Well have full Team Coverage of everything happening today from the time the pope comes to the capitol all the way to his appearance at st. Patricks cathedral tonight. Abcs terry moran who has been traveling with the pope starts us off right now. Terry. Reporter good morning, george. What a day it was covering the pope around washington, d. C. , something was happening, you could tell it in the faces of the people in his face on his first trip to the United States, it seems hes really forging a special relationship with the American People as his spokesman told us last night, the pope is happy. Sheer joy in the streets of washington. And pope francis was nearly mobbed as he entered of the basilica of the National Shrine of the immaculate conception. 25,000 people there to hear the pope celebrate mass and canonize california missionary junipero serra. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter lets keep moving forward, he proclaimed. That is certainly what francis did all day. There he was on the streets of washington in his open popemobile greeting massive crowds and blessing children, including 5yearold sophie cruz, daughter of undocumented immigrants, she tried to reach francis, was blocked by security and then the pope called her over. Papal hug and sophie gave him a letter. She wants help to keep her parents from being deported. It says, my friends and i love each other. No matter the color of our skin. At the white house, earlier, francis pulled up in that little fiat, joined president obama in a grand ceremony and pushed for action on Climate Change declaring that the earth itself cries out to heaven. Reporter then a meeting in the oval office and an introduction to the obama dogs and everywhere he went the simple man in white made the same request. I will. Reporter then in the evening one final surprise, pope francis visited the Little Sisters of the poor who are fighting obamacares contraception mandate in the Supreme Court, a powerful gesture of his support for their fight. And a final note, sophie cruz that 5yearold girl will be here at the capitol today. Shes been invited to hear the pope speak. She will be here at the capitol behind the pope today will be the Vice President , catholic, also the speaker of the house john boehner, a catholic, interesting though, three of the six catholic members of the Supreme Court will not be there. Its very striking and those three are the most conservative, justices scalia, alito and thomas have all decided not to come. They didnt say why but its Pretty Amazing really. It is but Justice Roberts and kennedy will be and Justice Ginsburg will be there. I know youll be there for all of it, as well, terry, thanks. To cecilia vega now. 50,000 people as we said expected on the south side of the capitol. Youre right in the middle of it. Reporter oh, george, 50,000 of me and my closest friends hanging out. Good morning to you. Take a look at this. Theyre out there. Theyre ready to go. That balcony right there is where the pope will come out. I can tell you if yesterday was any indication this crowd is going to go nuts. Many have been hanging out all morning long, all night long actually just to see the pope. This is the ticket. You got to have one of these to get in here. You had to get it from a congressional representative. As you said, 50,000 people came from all over the country. They got their blankets out, you know theyre hanging out. Tminus three hours or so until they finally lay eyes on the pope, george. Ill take it from here, cecilia, thank you. Security for the visit is unprecedented. Were going to take a live look at st. Patricks cathedral right here in new york city. Ready for the popes next stop later today. He arrives this evening. The secret service is heading up the massive operation to keep him safe and abcs Pierre Thomas has exclusive access inside one of their command centers for us this morning. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. Were at a secure location outside of washington, so sensitive were not allowed to tell you where we are. The men and women here behind me at the Multiagency Communications Center led by the secret service are waging an allout effort to keep the pope safe. Holy holy reporter as the pope makes his way through washington today his every move is closely watched from this secret facility. More than 30 agencies on 24 7 alert at this nerve center controlling an army of police and federal agents securing the pontiff. Attractive potential target he is for terrorists or others who want to do us harm. Reporter the secret service overseeing layers of security much of it not seen. Tactical teams and snipers on standby. Undercover officers milling through the crowds. Additional surveillance cameras deployed throughout the city as the pope makes his way to congress and later this afternoon pope francis depart force new york where the security challenges get even more complicated with the u. N. General assembly convening and a mass at Madison Square garden. The preparations have been extraordinary. Were ready to keep everyone who comes here safe and ready to keep the pope safe. Reporter for now agents in this secret location are hunting for any hint of a credible threat. So far, none, but we have ways to go, george. Well, thank goodness its okay so far. Pierre, thanks very much. Im joined by our colleague. Matthew dowd. In new york the vatican spokesman greg burke. Thanks for joining us. The pope is happy. George, definitely the pope is happy. A little tired coming back from cuba. Cuba was three days and quite hot but he looked a little tired in the morning but definitely happy. And he does seem to be energized by the crowds and, matthew, so fascinating to watch what the pope said and did yesterday and the strategy behind it. Well, he comes here as weve talked about in a very polarized environment where theres divisions in the country, divisions in the church, divisions in congress and divisions on the Supreme Court. I think hes going to have to continue to emulate the moves another argentinean superstar lionel messi and how he gets through this. Great analogy. One area that caused controversy when the pope was speaking to his bishops he encouraged them and said they showed courage on the issue of sexual abuse but some of the victims groups said this was a slap in the face. Any reaction to that . I think, george, we have weigh seen that often. Theres not enough anybody who has been abused, theres not enough that the pope or the church can do or can say so i think thats a natural reaction. The pope, however, used very strong words and above all hes been using strong action. Hes the first one to remove bishops and i think thats what you have to look at. You have to look at the record there. And what do you expect to hear from the pope today and what is he trying to accomplish with the speech to the congress . I think pick up on something matt said which is interesting. The culture of encounter in these polarized times, a couple themes the pope has which he keeps going back, the culture encounter, with your neighbors, with countries, trying to understand people who think differently from yourself and trying to get it together. Mother is the throwaway cull you are too. The pope says a society thats worth the way it treats the most vulnerable and that goes from the unborn to the elderly to those without work to immigrants. That is the throwaway culture. He keeps going back to that and different ramifications and i think youll see. Matthew, its going to be such a fascinating feeling in that hall today. Youve got as i said the speaker of the house, Vice President , members of the Supreme Court, president ial candidates, as well, so interesting to see what the ripple effects from the popes speech are. I think the greatest thing youll see is sitting behind him will be the speaker who is a devout catholic and joe biden who is a devout catholic who share faith but not politics and how the pope will thread the needle facing the divisions. Watch who is smiling and nodding when. Thanks. Well cover it all all day long right here on abc. For now lets go back to robin. Than you, greg, for joining us in the studio. The race for president now. Your voice, your vote and donald trump is back on the attack this morning. Going after his rivals and fox news. As new polls this morning show Trump Holding his lead even at some of his rivals gaining ground. Abcs tom llamas is following the campaign. Good morning. Good morning to you. Lets take a look at one of these new polls out. Quinnipiac university taken after the second debate and here are the top five. You see donald trump still far ahead but his lead has shrunk because both fiorina and carson are gaining ground and bush and rubio seeing minor gains, as well. At the top of the polls but fighting for respect, donald trump back on offense. The press is very dishonest. Reporter boycotting fox news after the Cable Network canceled his up coming interview on the oreilly factor. Polls came out the other day. They were outstanding, fox didnt put them up. I didnt feel i was being treated fairly. Reporter trump claiming bias treatment but fox has had enough pulling the interview after trump ridiculed its political coverage and its anchor megyn kelly yet again calling her a lightweight on twitter tuesday. Trump also on a tear with his rivals describing jeb bush and senator marco rubio as frenemies. They hate each other but they cant say it. Reporter with Hillary Clinton shes become shrill. Reporter and slamming Carly Fiorina who is rising in the gop polls. Shes fighting to raise money and her Business Career was a disaster. Reporter fiorina who took him on in the debate taking him on out on the trail. Leadership is not about your title, your position, the size of your office, the size of your airplane, the size of your helicopter or the size of your ego. Leadership is about service. Reporter also on wednesday, a rare scene for trump, the republican frontrunner speaking to a half filled room. The campaign claiming it was just a speaking engagement, not like trumps event late their night that attracted more than 2,000 people. Now, theres also a bloomberg and fox news poll out trump still on top but carson, rubio and fiorina all making gains, robin, the headline here really is that trumps lead is not shrinking but others are definitely gaining ground. Robin. A way of looking at it. Thank you. Powerful storms in the heartland causing flooding, closing schools and ginger, more rain is in the forecast. Yes, raining this morning, really in parts of east of omaha and thats where were looking. Council bluff, iowa, up to 8 inches already falling. Look at these pictures and know why schools and roads are closed all throughout your wednesday. What well see today is that rainfall moving through, not as heavy but still a Flash Flood Watch in effect all the way up through almost sioux falls and dries out slightly as it goes into southern minnesota and Northern Iowa and also watching another low pressure system bringing some rain to coastal north and South Carolina even parts of georgia, thats going to move in. You could see 4 plus inches and you know whats blogging it from getting up here, the popes High Pressure system. We put a little halo over the high, robin. Always can count on you, ginger. Thank you very much. Amy has the mornings other top stories starting with a major disaster, unfortunately, overseas. A tragedy at one of the holiest events of the year for muslims called the hajj. The annual muslims pill garageage to saudi arabia. More than 300 have been killed in a stampede near that holy city. All religious muslims are obligated to make the pilgrimage once in their lives. Before the hajj began more than 100 people died in a crane collapse at a mosque. Well, this morning volkswagens stock is starting to bounce back now that the ceo has stepped down. But more resignations are expected in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal. Dealers are now stuck with inventory they cannot sell. Well, president obama has reportedly decided to meet with russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss the growing crisis in syria. This comes as russia considers launching air strikes now against isis. Meanwhile, european leaders are giving an extra 1 billion in aid to help syrian refugeeses who continue to pour into greece and other european nations. A potential danger for planes flying into the San Francisco bay area. Some pilots say they are being blinded by the lights at the 49ers new stadium near san joses airport. At least six have reportedly filed complaints. Check out this small plane zooming through a busy intersection in Southern California during rush hour. Engine trouble forced that student pilot and instructor to make an emergency landing. They managed to stay clear of all those cars. Incredible. And speaking of incredible, a powerful moment that brought tears to my eyes this morning. Take a look at a University Professor in nashville teaching while holding a child. But, see, thats not his son. Thats his students little boy. Single mom amanda osbon had to swallow her pride and bring her son to class because she couldnt find a babysitter and because she treats school like a job she didnt want to miss a day. During class xavier held his hands up to be picked up. Instead of being upset by the disruption, the teacher swept him up and kept teaching without skipping a beat. Mom was moved to tears. Her classmates hugged her in support and professor bunkowske says osbon is a 4. 0 student and nothing should stand in the way of getting an education. Thats great. And said were all in this together. I love that. Brought tears to my eyes too. I was like, thats just we need more of that in the world. We do. Thanks for sharing, amy. A massive blast destroying homes in a maryland neighborhood. That story for you in just 30 seconds. At least five homes destroyed are badly damaged by that home explosion in maryland. Two injured in the blast. Abcs david kerley has the story. Callers saying houses are on fire. Reporter a suspected gas explosion tearing through this maryland neighborhood sparking a threealarm blaze. Be advised you have a fully involved house fire with collapse. Reporter just after 7 00 at tight as the smell of natural gas, a leak, was being investigated. That pg e guy said to get your guests out of the house and the house next door exploded. Reporter one town home leveled, set ablaze. There is an entire section completely gone. All on fire. Reporter debris and broken glass sent flying. Window frames are all bent upstairs. The things knocked off the shelves in the house. Reporter five homes smoldering. Residents describing their neighborhood as a war zone. Well, its very dramatic as you can see. I was one of the most dramatic things ive ever seen. Reporter arriving on the scene fire and ems crews find two people injured, a resident and a gas worker on the scene at the time of the blast. Their injuries minor. At this time we believe that everyone is accounted for. Reporter were so thank if ullr to know nobody was seriously injured. Were very fortunate nobody was home in the house. Reporter this morning investigators will start digging through the debris to pinpoint the exact cause of that suspected gas leak. As residents wait for the allclear to return home. So this morning firefighters are worried that house could fall down. This is the one thats completely lost and as you can see, the blast affected other homes, as well. The investigation really starting now with light coming. Robin. All right, david, thank you. More ahead this morning. A new twist in that Sexual Assault case involving a stanley cup winner, was evidence tampered with . The mysterious bag left outside the accusers mothers door. The new technology that may protect your credit cards from fraud. Well have more on that coming up. And once again george has gone to d. C. Thats the latest. Right here in the capitol, robin. The pope will be here in just a couple of hours. 50,000 people on hand. Well have complete live coverage. T and directv are now which means you can watch movies while youre on the move. Sitcoms, while you sit on those. And even fargo, in fargo binge, while you lose weight and enjoy a good cliffhanger while you hang from a. Why am i yelling . 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