Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Highlighting his favorite thing about America, Pope Leo quickly turned to the country’s historic “principles” of standing for freedom, opportunity and inviting immigrants. “My grandparents were immigrants,” Pope Leo told NBC’s “Nightly News” Wednesday evening, his first interview with a national U.S. broadcaster. Later in a brief interview with Noticias Telemundo, Pope Leo gave a message to migrants. “Have hope,” Pope Leo said in Spanish.