of that crowd right now. but these are very excited new yorkers. the well of sound that is coming to us from central park right now you can feel the excitement and energy. and we watched the pope is just about to pass us here in the southwest corner of the park. you can see we hope to be able to see him through the trees, but we watched all the crowds of people who are outside the cordoned here as he was coming closer as they heard the cheers, they all ran up as close as they could get. again, they re going to be watching it through the security cordoned through some of the trees but just to catch a glimpse. i think we re going to see him just now through the trees here some of the police escorting him as he makes his way through. yeah, they re right below us, john allen. you can see the motorcade and all the lights flashing. you can see the security. we really do have a fabulous view from up here. yeah, it s magical. you know, what i m thinking about, wolf, is in the run u7 to t
immigrant. and then talking about dreams, wolf. now, this is important because this is the same message, very similar message, that he gave to the children in cuba earlier in this visit. so very similar themes here speaking in his native spanish, going off the cuff and just glowing with emotion. wolf. you could see how excited the pontiff was and for good reason. rosa, thank you. tens of thousands of people meanwhile they re still waiting for pope francis in new york s central park. he s going to be driving through the park in an open motorcade on the way to mass at madison square garden. our national correspondent jason carroll is on the scene for us over there. jason, he hasn t yet started this motorcade, but it s about to begin. right, wolf. you can see the shot there as the pope mobile is set and ready to go. the pope is ready. the question is was the nypd ready for the thousands of people who had went through that lottery system and had tickets
trees right behind us. and just outside you see all these people. they re not going to get inside central park, john, but they re going to try to get at least a little glimpse of what s going on. a moment they will always cherish. that s absolutely right. it s worth remembering that for them this isn t just tourism. this isn t just the equivalent of taking in a broadway show. for most of the people down there this has deep religious and spiritual significance. i mean, as you said, in many ways for new yorkers central park is already holy ground. but in a very literal sense for that crowd here tonight because the holy father just moved through it this has become sacred space. take a look, jim sciutto, you see now the motorcade has come to a halt and the pontiff is getting out of that pope mobile. and he s going to begin continue this journey down to madison square garden where he ll be celebrating mass with about 20,000 people. those are how did those 20,000 get selected, john?
with the pope will be spending this weekend. it s an amazing moment right now. and i want you, delia, to talk a little bit about what we anticipate as we await the start of this motorcade. the pope will be in that pope mobile as it s called. tens of thousands of new yorkers getting ready to see the pope to try to get a glimpse of the pope as he goes by. but this world meeting of families in philadelphia this weekend it could set the stage for what a million people gathering in philadelphia? yep. they re expecting upwards of a million people here. they are getting ready. i have to tell you it s a really festive atmosphere here in philadelphia for the final leg of pope francis trip. let s just connect the dots for a minute, wolf. the pope has just met with immigrant families, poor families in harlem. we know immigration is one of his top themes. he will go to madison square garden where the mass tonight is on the topic of peace and justice. that is the theme that he has carried throug
maybe the pope s anticapitalist rhetoric wouldn t play so well in the states, his english wasn t very good, he d never been here before, listen i think the response of this crowd this afternoon is the definitive response to that. this man is playing extraordinarily well on the new york stage. and jim sciutto you re a new yorker. if there s a parade for the new york yankees if they win the world series, i m not sure they re going to get a response like this. or the new york mets to be fair. but no, it s hard to imagine. i ve got to tell you, i mean, it is very personal. this is a pope who knows the personal, right? and each one of these stops has a personal element and a personal meeting. i just as i said earlier, central park was my backyard. this is new york s backyard. he s there now. 9/11, the ties of that horrible day and emotion there, harlem school and now madison square garden. i want to show our viewers we re standing right above central park above columbus circle. if w