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>> kindly be seated. >> dear friends, excuse myself for speaking english, i cannot. >> translator: many different emotions standing here at ground zero.

taken in a senseless act of destruction. >> here grief is palpable. the water we see flowing running to the empty center reminds us of the lives that left under the power of those who believed in destruction is the only way to solve conflicts. that silent cry of those who suffered in their own skin, violence, hate, revenge, the logic that could only cause pain and suffering, destruction and

water falling symbolizes our tears. the tears shed for destruction of yesterday who are joined by so much destruction today. this is the place where we cry. we cry the pain that the powerlessness makes us feel injustice. the inability to solve our differences, to in this place, we cry the unjust because of the innocent,

because we were not able to find solutions for the common good. it is water that reminds us yesterday's tears and today's tears a few minutes ago, i met some families of the first response dance that fell when performing their service. in this meeting, i once again was able to see how destruction is never impersonal, it's never abstract, it's not about things. above all destruction has a face and a history, it is

the family members show us the face of pain that leaves us speechless but that screams to heaven. but at the same time i have been able to see the other phase of this attack, the other side of the pain. the power of love and remembrance. the memory that does not leave us empty on behalf of so many loved ones. these names are written here in the faces of the towers so we can see them and touch them, we

around this pain we can also feel the capacity of heroic goodness that the human being is also capable of, the hidden force that will last always. times of greatest pain and suffering, you were witness of the greatest acts of giving of themselves, yourselves and a stretched out hand, lives given, this met trop po last -- met trop pay last, people were able to show the powerful solely dart of mutual health of

love and self sacrifice. at that time it wasn't about blood, origin or political views. it was a matter of solidarity, emergency brotherhood, it was a matter of humanity. new york firemen and when men came in to the towers that were crumbling without much thinking about their own lives, many fell with their duty and sacrifice they allowed for so many others to sure strive.

transformed in a place for life saved lives of some that leads us to affirm that life will always triumph over the prophets of destruction of death and good will always win over bad, reconciliation and immunity will prevail over hate and division. in this place of pain and remembrance, i am full of hope because of the opportunity of turning the leaders representing so traditions that enrich the life

i hope our presence here sends a powerful sign to share and reaffirm the way to be there for self reconciliation, forces of peace, of justice and this community and throughout the whole world. differences and discrepancies, it is possible to live in a world of peace. in the face of any attempt to make us all similar, it's possible and it is necessary to meet together with our different tongues, different cultures, religious. raise our voice against anyone

because together today we have been invited to say no to any attempt to make us all the same and to say yes to our differences accepting counsel los angeles. for these who need to -- throw way these feelings of hate and revenge and ranker. this is only possible through a gift of heaven here in this place of remember brans. i propose a moment of silence

let us ask the lord the gift of peace, peace in our homes, in our families, in our schools, in our communities, peace in all the places in which war seems to be endless. peace in the faces of the people who have only seen pain. peace in this wide world that god has given us as our home, a home for us all and for all.

let us pray in silence. in this way the life of love will not forgotten but it will be

the prophets of construction and reconciliation, the prophets of peace. let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me let there be peace on earth the

with god our creator, let us walk with each other, in perfect harmony. let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now with every step i take, let

each moment and live each moment in peace eternally, let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me peace on earth. >> let it begin with me, peace on earth, let it begin. take each moment and live each

there be peace on earth and let it begin with me [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you young people's chorus of new york city. you are an icon of what this sacred sight reminds us. my -- site reminds us. my brothers and sisters, in this sacred spot in york/?txu,

[ applause ] [ applause ] >> you have just witnessed what peace. a multireligious gathering. pope francis just wrapping up peace. quite a historical moment in

interfaith with hindu and muslims and jewish, those of the jewish faith all coming together speaking, singing, reflecting, trying to move on together as one in the face of so much tragedy. the pope always saying from tragedy can come good things, can come resilience and a unity that has been what he has tried to strive for particularly on this sacred ground here where we had so much tragedy on september 11th. you see him leaving as always stopping to greet younger people. he was flock i by a chorus group of young people, their smiles and mutual admiration taking his time as he leaves foundation hall, the bed rom of that ground where the twin towers once stood. he is making his way through

the rest of the museum where he will take his time and observe before he moves out of this site, have lunch then heading up to harlem to go to a catholic school there. i have with me austin ivory, an author of a book called the great reformer, francis and the making of a radical. thank you for being with us. >> nice to be with you. >> when you use the word radical, it's in a good way? >> it's really saying that he belongs to radical reform essentials. that is the argument of the book. he is not a liberal on corser virginiative. he is an old-fashioned kind of reformer. what he does say brilliantly is focused directly on what needs to be focused on. we have seen him here today doing this. he is never greater than when

>> hi hallmark in his home millis. >> people would say if capture -- if you can capture the man as a pastor, he is never greater than with those who are in pain. he says cry. the tears shed here symbolized by the water on the site. first of all, we need to cry because there is no explanation. things can come out that you can find god in those moments in people's heroin goodness, the way they stand together. he described how new york was transformed that day. he remind me of a moment when he was archbishop and there was a fire where 600 people were killed. everybody remembers the homily he gave, we have to learn to cry first of all before we can deal with all of this. >> he just addressed it

talking about those who died during mecca and addressing the loss of life there as well. when you talk about kind of being able to play both sides with his heart, not a matter of politics but even when he was speaking between the joint meeting of congress, he was the political aisle. you think about 9/11, the memorial and museum and the loss of life and it was so multicultural, that's what we saw today during this prayer service as well, bringing together all individuals, leaders from all walks of life. of life. >> this is an important theme in his own life, in his own ministry. as archbishop, he took the initiative in creating what is considered to be one of the most remarkable interfaith initiatives in the whole catholic world. he gave jewish leaders and

christians and others a platform -- in public life. argentina is a catholic church. for many it was the first time they were given the platform. after 2001, that is when he brought them together first and he built they deep interfaith relationships. he is a master builder much relationships. people comment on this, he quickly achieves of kind of depth and truss with people. there is a building of trust that he is convinced god uses. he brought together ten religious leaders. they were brought together and together praying, saying peace together and that in itself is a powerful witness. >> we can see here that cardinal dolan is walking along with former mayor michael bloomberg with the my coanchor ken rosato is in the studio listening to this. ken? >> it's amazing to see, as the pontiff comes in with the cardinal and with the former

mayor and he sees some of the relics, if you will, these are the relics of ground zero. you see the crosses and the stars of david and other symbols of other religions made from the steel, from the beams of the original world trade center towers in the museum. tim fleischer had a report earlier of the actual ironworkers that created the symbols from the steel beams shortly after 9/11 occurred and how that brought comfort to the family members and world leaders around the world got some of those symbols to have some peace of the 9/11 -- from ground zero, full, so that people from their countries who per reached at the world trade center could be in essence, >> right. so many things simply evaporated on that day that

this to be able to see in the museum,ing something tangible, something visible, you are right in that it gives you some comfort of some -- some measure of comfort and peace to be able to see that which was really the cornerstone of today, to be it. >> yeah. so many people have passed through this very place since the opening of the memorial and it hasn't been that long clearly since this has opened but of thousands have passed through and for the pope to come through and pray in silence as he has with so many people around the world to spend time in silent prayer at this beautiful, beautiful >> it really was. >> how amazing -- ahead. >> go ahead, shirleen. >> i was looking at the room

and thinking about the pope, one man that could bring together so many different leaders from so many different faiths and denominations and truly under scoring what he is trying to send out, that message of unity, that everybody is one i. doesn't matter what religion you are, what race you are, he is very inclusive and tolerant. >> one thing to point out, when you have the youth choir there, to think of so many of those children. those children in many cases weren't alive when 9/11 happened. >> absolutely. >> and what a horror may have happened, in a sense it's good that they don't know what a horrible day that was but the inspiring words of the pope to pray and to think forward of the positive. he talked about peace, referenced peace about 10, 12 times i counted. he kept saying peace over and over again. peace, peace, peace. they sang let their be peace on

>> so touching all the moments. so truthful. back here with austin ivory, in your back, you talk about a friend once described the pope as a normal guy, happy in life and he certainly has -- people said he was an introvert but during the time in america, whether it was here at the 9/11 memorial or down 5th avenue, st. patrick's, anything but normal. >> a lot of people don't realize this but he is. most of his life he avoided the limelight, hated publicity and he loves -- he loved one to one contact rather than big events. but at each stage of his life he is being given as we catholics say the grace to fulfill his mission. you can see him growing into this new role. he has done this as pope. i describe in the book how the night of his election, he felt overwhelmed by the burden of

the office and quite grim as he did in buenos aires as well. he went inside the chapel and prayed and we see this radiant smile that is on him that never left him. that is true of the man. he takes on what is needed. he has certainly always been very warm. people describe his amazing warmth. he makes you the most important person. he is really a pastor above all. at moments like this,ing he is really unequaled. he is never greater than at moments like this morning. >> he talks about the people and the people has a di fiore niche shon, talking about intellectual, a politician, clerical. >> important word for him, he believes in the ordinary people and the power of ordinary people to change things. he said at the u.n. this morning, we must -- the poor can only be the agents of their own destiny. we can't impose progressive

he has great faith in the power of ordinary people to rise up and change their situation with, of course, the help of god and really this is what he is doing today but he starts off -- he is very, very clear. the people, not an abstract idea. pain always has a face. suffering is concrete. he talked about the names inscribed here on the basis of the twin towers. each of those names, each of those faces, each of those have a story that we have to listen to. he said today, he talked about historical -- memories, through love and memory we can recover something. this is the way god works. concrete reality that god makes himself known. >> austin, thank you for your perspective. we appreciate it. from here, from lower manhattan as we wait for the pope to come out of this museum, we will continue our coverage here. in the meantime, back to you,

>> lori, thank you for that coverage. good afternoon and welcome to "eyewitness news at noon." i'm shirleen allicot. >> i'm ken rosato in for david novarro. it has been a busy day for pope francis and he still has a lot of ground to cover. the pontiff started off the day taking a motorcade to the united nations. after that he talked to the u.n. a bit, a little bit before he addressed the united nations general assembly, then headed to ground zero and lower manhattan, stopped at the 9/11 memorial where he was spending a moment of silence as he prayed. >> yes, right now we are waiting for him to leave the 9/11 memorial then he is supposed to tampa bay heading to the papal nuncio's residence on the upper east side. we hope he gets much needed rest for a couple of hours. he has a big day ahead of him. at 4:00 p.m. he heads to our lady queen of

angels school then at 5:00 p.m. a motorcade through central park then at 6:30 the big mass at madison square garden. >> that's right. we have a big team of reporters covering the pope's visit. they are spread throughout manhattan right now as people prepare for more papal events today. we want to go back to eyewitness news anchor lori stokes at the 9/11 memorial. lori? >> ken, you were with me and shirleen as we listened and watched what evolved here at ground zero, at the 9/11 memorial and museum with the pontiff coming here after he addressed the u.n. general assembly. we have video of when he first came here to the memorial to show you walking over to the various pools first, the north pool where he had a moment of silence and prayer and then

laying a white rose along with cardinal dolan laying a white rose over those indescribed names of those who perished on that day. then took a moment to talk to various dignitaries, former mayor michael bloomberg, rudy giuliani. others were here, governor cuomo. he went to the other pool, said another prayer. took the time to speak with family members who had lost their loved ones on 9/11 that were chosen through a lottery, those rare individuals, about 200 of them were here on this sacred ground. they had a chance to hold the pontiff's hands, to speak to him and tell their story of the one they lost. then moving inside the museum, which kiss where the event took place today, a witness to peace, a multireligious gathering where the pope took his time with various leaders in the name of unity, bringing

through the continuity of faith and from different faiths that everyone can come together for one common goal. this is for remembering so many of the dead and for the pope his heart was overwhelmed. >> >> translator: i have many different feelings. i am moved by being here at ground zero where thousands of lives were taken in a senseless act of violence and destruction. you can feel the pain here. it's palpable. the water that we see running toward the empty center reminds us of all these lives who left under the power of those who

believed in december trucks. >> quite powerful listening to the pope talk about peace but also talking about confronting the fear of death head on, realizing that from death can actually composetivity and goodness among mankind. the pope after he spoke then went looking at live pictures for you -- after giving his speech and making his way through -- this happened at the foundation hall, they went in another room of the museum at that point to look at the various artifacts, a cross, a bible, peaces left amongst the rubble and debris, pieces of lives lost. we are waiting for the pope to emerge from the museum. he will then visit harlem, a catholic school there and spend time with third and fourth graders.

pope to come out of the museum. quite a somber and moving morning for him. >> lori, we understand he just got in his fiat and heading to the home of the -- >> you are right. >> nuncio in a few minutes. >> waiting for the motorcade to start moving. >> the famous fiat. >> the pham most fiat -- famous fiat. >> a grueling schedule. no the nuncio's home, a quick lunch, a little rest. >> relax a few hours. >> then off to central park -- there we go. now the motorcade-- >> you can hear the sirens. they are moving now. you are right. the cue was the sirens, ken and shirleen, as they are moving out. he will take a moment and take a rest before he continues with a very, very busy schedule on this friday. >> you figure maybe he will get

rest before he has to head back out. all right, thank you. >> thank you, lori. >> all right. thank you. before pope francis' trip to ground zero, we did hear him speak at the u.n. what a profound speech that was. >> he covered the refugee crisis to poverty and got a round of applause calling for a world free of nuclear weapons. eyewitness news reporter n.j. burkett is live outside the united nations with that. >> reporter: truly historic speech, a speech that might be remembered as one of the most important speeches given at the united nations, not simply because of who gave the speech or what he said in the speech but because of the times in which he gave the speech. all three of those factors coming together to make this a landmark address. it was not a stern speech but the pope cast the world in stark engrave terms.

used over and over again in his speech. he is concerned. among human rights is an environmental right. human life is sacred but all life is sacred he said. he condemned what he called a culture of waste, destruction of the environment poses a grave risk to he called for nuclear disarmament quoting pope paul the 6th saying mankind has the means to save the world and destroy it. he expressed support for the iranian nuclear agreement in the hope that it paves the way to greater stability in the middle east. one of his most important themes was economic and social justice, that government has a responsibility to ensure all of that. francis got a warm reception from the audience, his supporters will both love the speech, his critics not so much. among the people in the

gates as well as the pakistani education crusader that was shot by the taliban and survived. a landmark address at the united nations by pope francis. back to you. >> n.j., i was touched by that moment when the pope condemned exclusion of girls from education in some countries then you saw her show up in the camera. it was a historic moment as nj described it. this is a live picture at lower manhattan. looks like the there. >> that is the west side highway. that is the motorcade. it just passed by a moment ago. this is, at some point -- various points today, 80 blocks of manhattan will be closed down. 10 miles of manhattan streets will be closed to traffic today. things look like they are running smoothly throughout the city. new yorkers are happy to have this pope in this city on this day. >> we have seen several police

-- members of the nypd outside of our windows here on columbus avenue. just look at all the security, highway patrol, you got lots of police and secret service. you see the guys with the wires in their ear. you can tell they are official. they are all walking around the city making sure that this goes without a hitch. >> now, over the next three hours, pope francis will be at the papal nuncio's home on the upper east side. he will be eating lunch then a little bit of a rest before he heads to the next point today. >> eyewitness news reporter jim hoffer is there at the scene. >> we will go to him in a bit about what is happening there. jim? >> reporter: well, you know, we are expecting the motorcade and the pope to arrive momentarily as you mentioned as he comes up from downtown. what is really interesting is he will spend a few hours in what is easily the most protected residence on earth right now.

i kid you not. probably more protected than the white house. there is layer after layer of security in place here. what you got is virtually an armed military encampment in the middle of manhattan. nypd counterterrorism units heavily armed with machine guns, every security vehicle imaginable in this square block and on some of the rooftops there are nypd with bin knack cue lars and high-powered rifles. it is impressive. [ inaudible ]. >> jim, we are having trouble with your sound. it keeps going in and out. he said there is security top to bottom. rooftops, on the ground, they have got this covered. >> this is the planning that has gone into this. this is months and months of planning between the nypd,

this is one of the largest planning events ever according to william bratton. they put in the time and clearly succeeded in their plans doing a wonderful job putting this together. let's go to marcus solis in east harlem, our lady queen of angels school where they are preparing for the pontiff to come by. marcus? >> marcus, can you hear us. >> reporter: ken, we are on third avenue. they are lining up for hours even though it will be over three hours until the pope's motorcade comes by. we will see -- we can see people lined up with flags. they are also waving flags, signs, they are very excited. they have been here for hours

bit of time until the pope comes here. as we mentioned throughout, the pope has a busy schedule. if there is a highlight, it might be this appearance at our lady queen of angel's school. it is something that he requested specifically, to meet with young children at a catholic school, an inner city school with immigrant children attending. there are children, 24, two dozen selected from four schools throughout harlem representative group. they will be in there singing the peace prayer of saint they will present little projects they worked on of issues relating to what pope francis has been speaking about, environment, service to others. they will give a presentation and get to meet with him. they will sing in english and in spanish. children. then he walks to another event in the school, not with the

building, in the gymnasium and meet with catholic charities and other people benefited with the services that the catholic charities provide. a short time ago we saw kids from saint paul's school, one of the schools in harlem. they walked right through. person buttoned up, in uniforms, name tags and they were very excited. the crowd here is excited as well. they have been camped out here for some time getting ready, hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope's motorcade even though he won't be in the popemobile but they are excited nonetheless. >> they have been waiting for weeks for the pontiff. he will be there shortly. we appreciate that. after the visit to our lady of angels, he heads to central park. i think commissioner bratton said it poses the greatest security challenge. >> let's go to kemberly richardson down by columbus circle, the lowest part of the park there by 59th street. kemberly?

>> reporter: you mentioned that security, that is what is happening behind me. come over here. this is columbus circle. this is, again, one of the main entry points. all these folks you are looking at, these are some of the 80,000 folks that won a lottery. they won tickets to go inside central park. they will be there as the pope's motorcade goes by. this is the security. they are going through the metal detectors here, searching bags. you have to have one of these tickets. let me see your ticket. >> there it is, green zone. that is to get in here at columbus circle. many folks started lining up to be first in line at 10:00 last night. i asked a woman why would you do that, she told me why not, it's the pope. i want to see him. i need a blessing. she wants peace for the world. that is central park west. they are walking on the back side of the park then going in here on columbus circle. come back here. this is some of the security

that is the nypd. there are secret service inside. see the folks over here, these folks are folks that don't have the golden tickets to get in central park. they have been out here. they started showing up about 11:00 this morning. they said they know they won't be able to get in the park. they won't be able to even get a glimpse of the pope. that is okay, though, they are willing to stop and see. let's jump over here. traffic is coming through here. this is columbus circle. but most of central park south is closed to traffic. what is up, guys. >> kemberly, can we ask you a quick question. >> let me ask you a quick question, you have been out here, what does this mean to you? you won't be in the park with the pope but you want to be here? >> we just want to feel the -- the excitement, the heartbeat. that's why we are here.

represent the nursing school we are from. >> yeah nurses. >> we are nurses. >> southern class a 1 philippines. >> you are going to stay here. the pope isn't going to come through until 5:00, 5:30. >> we are patient. we are persistent. >> so excited. thank you very much. okay, guys. the folks on this side, these folks hoping to get a glimpse of him. down there where the flags are, that is 7th avenue, that's where they will exit the park. they are not too far, they will hear clears but it sounds like that is enough. >> the motorcade is on the west side highway. this advertise like the one opportunity where people are really hoping to touch the pope, meet the pope. we know he can be unpredictable. >> yes. >> this is that opportunity. that's why it poses a security risk.

>> reporter: right. the reality is this is one layer of security here. back through the trees you will go across green. back through the trees, that is where the actually motorcade is. we love that he is spontaneous but for him to come all the way out here, it isn't realistic. but these folks don't care. they want to be here and be part of the process. >> reporter: when you get in the park, it's like a 20 block stretch or so they will take him up. >> yes. >> like 12 to 13, yes. >> when you get in the park, how deep where people can stand? ten people deep or so? >> that is one of the amazing things with the planning in here and the same situation yesterday in front of st. patrick's cathedral. the amount of ticketholders, the folks that go in there and the distance of the motorcade

and yesterday on 5th avenue, it's not that deep. it's not ten deep. it may be four deep. that is great. you really feel up close with the pope. you are not far back. you can almost touch him. who knows he will jump off the popemobile and you are there. >> great stuff. >> thank you, kemberly. >> we will send it to -- >> anthony johnson. >> he is in madison square garden where people are lining up, anthony? >> reporter: hey, guys, we are outside madison square garden. you can hear cheering and chanting that is taking place for quite a while now. people are already starting to gather at 33rd street and 7th avenue outside of square garden. security is tight, a portion of 7th is shut down. these two folks, they are here already.

maria, why did you get here so early? >> this is a historic event. pi planned my trip to new york specifically to see pope francis. >> reporter: where are you from? >> houston, texas. >> reporter: you got out here early to get this great spot. >> absolutely. secured the best place i can take a good view of him and take a picture. i am here with my cousin. >> reporter: look all the people out here. you can see behind me they have their signs. these folks out here have been singing songs and, of course, the mass is expected to start at 6:00, a journey of faith ke place at madison square garden. we anticipate that the pope will be coming down somewhere in the area around 5:30 and they have shut down a large portion of the entire block. security around this entire area, it is really already shut down. you cannot drive around this area. the stay away from 7th avenue if you can.

we have to tell you there is a lot of police activity down here. this does not happen until later on this evening. so,ing all this activity taking place, these people are obviously going to tampa bay out here for a while. i hope you folks have a great time. enjoy new york city. thank you for coming out here. get your great spot again. >> thank you very much. >> look, everybody wants to come up here and say their piece about the pope. this has a tremendous amount of energy around madison square garden. >> so much excitement. >> reporter: that's the latest live from madison square garden, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> it's hard to hear. if you have a question, go ahead. >> how hard is it to get to where you are right now? >> you don't want to drive. you have to walk. everybody has to walk around here. they started putting up the barricades when we first got out here

morning, 7th avenue was wide open. half hour after we arrived, they shut down a portion of 7th avenue. so, really the western side of the block is closed off. people trying to drive toward madison square garden should stay out of this area. everybody is walking by. a lot of them are stopping by trying to get their position, where the perfect place is located to wave and hopefully some of these people i'm sure anticipate the pope will get out of his car, maybe walk a few feet as he heads into madison square garden. they hope, anticipating and praying that he will do that. >> all right, thank you, anthony. >> wear comfortable shoes. you will be walking. that is the best option for you. you don't want to drive in that area. heather said that all morning long. >> absolutely. >> mass transit is the move. >> all right. it's a nice day out there. meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> yeah, beautiful day outside.

for not only today but the rest of the afternoon, here is our accuweather seven-day forecast. we look at temperatures right around 76 degrees today. 74 saturday. looking at clouds on sunday. about 72 degrees and we will look at beautiful weather. we will look at temperatures tuesday. a shot at a shower as we go into monday. letter we look at very nice weather as we go through the area today, this afternoon, for the rest of the afternoon and evening, gorgeous weather into tonight. temperature around 60. then breezy and cooler tomorrow with sun and cirrus clouds and great weather sunday. cloudy sunday with temperature around 72. warm sunshine as we go into -- tuesday around 80. we are looking at nice weather as we go through the rest of the afternoon and this evening and for the rest of everything going on for the afternoon. >> you couldn't ask for a better day to be outdoors. you saw those people, six hours before that mass and people are standing out there.

careless if it was pouring on their heads. >> they don't mind. >> what a blessing, full, of a day. >> cherry on a sundae. >> it's amazing to see is outside the residence of the papal nuncio. when do you see new york at 1:00 in the afternoon, what would normally be a busy street, madison, not a car on it but a police car. shut down. i think we are still waiting for the motorcade to arrive. we saw it on the west side highway. it's working its way to this area and hopefully -- hoping that the pope will get an opportunity for much needed rest for a few hours before he heads to east harlem and before he heads to central park. >> that's right. once again the pope will go to the home of the papal nuncio, a bite to eat -- there is the motorcade. he will make his way to madison, go to the home of

papal nuncio, bite to eat, rest, go to the school in east harlem, visit the schoolchildren then through central park then the huge mass that takes place at madison square garden for tens of thousands of people and then finally much needed rest tonight. >> look at the crowds standing out there watching as this motorcade goes by trying to get a photo of this moment right now, this historic moment for our city. >> it is an amazing day. letter it has been so far. >> it has. >> it will continue to be an amazing day. channel 7 eyewitness news will be home for all of it. make sure you stay right where you are. we will cover it live at channel 7 and we stream it at abc7ny and you can get updates on facebook and twitter. that will do it for this edition of "eyewitness news at noon." i'm shirleen allicot. >> i'm ken rosato. up next abc news brings you a report on the stunning resignation of john boehner. have a wonderful afternoon.