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These evening prayers it will be a short procession along fifth avenue getting up to st. patrick's cathedral, anderson. the excitement clearly building. those u.s. marine corps helicopters getting ready to take off from jfk to bring the pontiff to manhattan. let's bring in our chief political correspondent dana bash, manu raju and jeff zeleny for analysis of what's going on. dana, you were there in the house of representatives when the president delivered his address before a joint meeting of congress. give us an idea of the energy surrounding this pope. >> it's really like nothing that i have...

Check schumer is here and the cardinal here in new york city. they are all getting ready to go inside for evening prayers. a huge crowd here, anderson, i must say, i haven't seen you this excited in a long time. >> it's cool. it's cool. i mean -- [ laughter ] >> it's the pope. you don't get to see the pope every day. >> that is true. >> awesome. i was in st. peters when he came out on that balcony and, you know, that was an extraordinary moment. >> because it seems more normal -- >> it does. to see him in new york -- >> on fifth avenue. >> in the pope mobile, which is such a cool vehicle. >> a...

There. you see the fiat that will take the pope from lower manhattan up through manhattan here to st. patrick's cathedral for evening prayers. anderson cooper is with us. an exciting moment, clearly, anderson. we did see them bringing the pope's staff, officials, media from jfk. u.s. marine corps but now waiting for the pope's helicopter to land. >> yeah, they are a little faster than the actual helicopter itself and rare to see it in new york when we saw them practicing, people were startled and pausing to take photographs and you also see the coast guard cutter there. they have basically shu...

According to the country's civil defense directory. happened during the annual hajj pilgrimage. millions of muslims from around the world attend the sacred gathering every year. at this point the number of injuries is rising as emergency crews continue operations. this is a developing story. we'll have more information as this comes in. a day after pope francis came face-to-face with americans from the leader of the free world to normal regular folks on the street, today the pontiff prepares for an historic address. there have been 266 popes in world history. just 17 popes since the united s...

In less than 48 hours he'll land on american soil. you're looking at live pictures of the pope in cuba. he arrived at a cuban cathedral where he will deliver evening prayers. later he is expected to go outside and bless the people outside. on tuesday he will arrive at our nation's capital. he'll meet with president obama and others at the white house. he will deliver a speech to a joint session of congress. the first pope to do that on thursday. then he heads to new york. he will speak to the united nations and the travels to philadelphia for a weekend of festivities. we'll be there live in ph...