 DC's transportation authorities are gearing up for Pope Francis' historic U.S. visit. His events expecting to attract about one million people to the DC area. We're here than other dignitaries, it'll be hairy for a couple of days but then it'll go back. Perhaps the best chance for spectators to get a peep at the Pope is during the parade in the morning of the 23rd. And here at the Ellipse Park, barricades like these right behind me are set up to protect the upwards of 14,000 people expected to attend Pope Francis' parade. But don't worry, Metro officials tell me that the Metro is quite ready. We are not going to stay all day Thursday. Metro is used to handling all of these types of large scale events, not only from the last people visit, but we handle inaugurations every four years, we handle large scale concerts like the concert for Valor, so we are more than ready and able to handle these types of large scale events. We are working with all of our partner agencies at the federal and at the local level to make sure this is a safe event for all of our riders. And this is just the calm before the storm. Over the next few days, Monday through Thursday, this area is going to be filled to the brim. In Washington, I'm Justin Soto.