♪ it is friday, september 25th, coming up on "early today," pope francis takes new york city by storm following a whirlwind tour of our nation's capital as he prepares to take the world stage that u.n. a charter school bus collides with a duck tour vehicle. and president obama gets ready for an all important one on one with russia's vladimir putin. and the donald sets his sites on his newest target, marco rubio. "early today" starts right now. thanks for joining us today. pope francis has taken the big apple by storm. last night thousands chee s che he waved from his pope mobile.

speaking at packed evening prayer service, the pontiff gave thanks to the nones and religious women of the u.s. >> translator: to you, religious women, sisters and mothers of the world, i wish to say thank you. >> nbc's jay gray is live in manhattan where pope francis will address the u.n. general assembly and later lead a mass at madison square garden. >> reporter: good morning,'re a. a rousing applause after the comments he made about women and nunz in the back row who seemed to be pleased. and much of that 30 hours spent doing what he seems to enjoy best, greeting the faithful face

to face. as they have at each stop on this historic tour, thousands greeted pope francis as he arrived in new york yesterday afternoon, waving flags and banners raising their cell phones for a picture. some waiting hours just for a glimp glimpse@holy fire. his stop at st. patrick's cathedral. >> thanks for stopping by. come back soon. >> reporter: beginning with an address at the united nations where he's expected to touch on the environment, and an open dialogue among leaders. next he will visit the 9/11 memorial and world trade center site for a multidenomnational service. >> he's the one that said i want time to go to an innercity

catholic school. >> reporter: he will do that at our lady school in east harlem. they practiced hymns that they will recite for the pope later today. and he will finish with a mass at madison square garden. the iconic arena seats about 19,000 but surely there will be people spilling out on to the sidewalk and street. this will be his final stop in new york. he then makes his trip to philadelphia, the final stop on his tour. >> some just want a little glimpse of the pope while he's here. mayor de blasio has been calling the pope's visit the biggest

security. 409 pieces of concrete block weighing a total of 818 tons, 1200 traffic cones and 43 sand trucks and 19 barrier trucks p. and just a reminder. we'll have live coverage of the pope's events throughout the day. it was a chaotic scene at the holy site of mecca, leaving at least 800 injured. it happened just miles from mecca's grand mosque. >> from our perspective, crowd control wassall most nonexistent. nobody was telling us anything. >> this is the latest in a string of tragedies at the hajj. it's a pilgrimage muslims are expected to take at least once

in a lifetime. let's take you to seattle now p. yesterday, a deadly collision between a charter bus and a popular tourist ride known as duck boats. nbc's morgan reports. >> reporter: just before noon, a chart tour bus filled with students collided with the popular duck vehicle crowd would tourists. they rushed to reach the horrific scene. a triage was set up to rescue the trap and treat the injured. at least 50 people were evaluated. it shattering windows, ripping off panels and reducing it to a twisted chunk of metal. >> at full speed hit the side of the bus and people in the bus flew through the front of the wind shield. sfwlrks t >> reporter: the company

expressed condolences but says the cause is not known. many people international students getting ready to start the school year. >> we've had a terrible tragedy and there's been a terrible loss of life and injuries. our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone. >> reporter: the boat is designed to travel on the roads as well as water so the hull is actually stronger than most buses but without seatbelts and this isn't the first time this happened. a duck boat accident in philadelphia sent people into the water. over the next few days, president obama will be meeting with the leaders of superpower rivals, china and russia. the president of china will be welcomed at the white house this morning, then on monday, president obama is scheduled to meet russian president vladimir putin that general assembly in

new york. >> reporter: let's start with china because he's got a pretty full agenda starting with this morning. meetings with president obama and president of china. and not everyone thinks we should be rolling out the red carpet with china. their record of human rights abuses and more recently suspected of hack nothing to state department computers. they are often discussed behind closed doors. we're expecting a joint news conference later today. president g is just coming back from the west coast meeting with business leaders there. they're hoping to open their doors and expand trade between the two countries. however, there are still areas where the united states and the china disagree. the other big thing is the environment. they're expected today to

announce a more formal agreement to curb emissions between the two countries . and russia, at the u.n. meets with vladimir putin. slo putin asked for this meeting. donald trump seems to have a new feud brewing, this time with fellow candidate, marco rubio. on the morning joe, he made a comment about him being sweaty. >> i'm looking at people with marco rubio who has the worst voting record in the senate and he sweats more than any young person i've seen in my life. i've never seen a guy down water like he downs water. >> well, later in the day, rubio sat down with an interview with kentucky sports radio and at one

point called trump a very touchy and instecure guy. and trump, just watched marco rubio on television just another all talk no action guy. this isn't the first time they've gotten into an extended back and forth but seems like nothing new from the donald. he will meet with fox news chairman and they'll discuss their differences of opinion regarding trump's presidential run. and host chuck tod will have an exclusive with hillary clinton and meet with the only other woman running for the white house, that's carly fiorina. and you don't want to miss this, weather coming the weekend. overnight, we had a tornado that moved through areas near jones island right around midnight, there's been damage to

siding. does not appear to be a strong tornado but a tornado in the middle of the night scary nonetheless. it's shifted all the way back to alabama, northern georgia and the heavy stuff is concentrated on north carolina and southern virginia the next couple of days. flooding shouldn't be too much of a problem. been very dry the past couple of months in north carolina and virginia. your weekend forecast and watch ow warm we are in the west. 94 in montana at the end of a september is ridiculous. in saturday, we're watching the heavy rain into northern virginia. should stay south of washington d.c. and on sunday, that storm system begins to fall apart as we continue to watch summer holding on, even though we're right now into fall. that's your national weather, now a closer look at your day

ahead. well, you can see all that warmth from texas remains. temperatures remaining in the 90s. and we still have a weak storm in nebraska, that's why temperatures there are going to be a little bit cooler. and as a reminder, betty, we have the big lunar eclipse happening sunday night. should be peeking sometime between 10:00 and midnight. >> thank you. all right, so heads are going to roll at volkswagen as it tries to dig out from their massive cover up. plus, it could be the deal of the day, amazon prime's one day sale. we have those details next. not good enough. eucerin intensive repair... ...doesn't just moisturize dry skin, it repairs it... ...with a unique triple action formula... ...that gently exfoliates, hydrates for 24 hours... ...and fortifies skin... ...leaving it looking healthy and radiant. so don't just moisturize dry skin. repair it.

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♪ this morning on "today," a look at the pontiff's personal

behind the scene moments and how he's been enjoying his trip and his stand out moments. >> "early today" is brought to you by just for men mustache and beard. all right, so for many people seeing pope francis they have come from near and far to be in new york for his first visit. it's a trip that's taken many across several states and even countries. a journey that's more than about just getting here, it's about being in the moment. >> reporter: they have come from around the world. the young and old, catholics and the curious. the pilgrimage is personal. salcame from denver with a dream. >> i was standing there hoping somebody might sell me a ticket or something and just gave it to me. >> and god tell me, no, no, give it to him. >> reporter: the walker family is driven by their faith. >> this is the patron of argentina. >> reporter: they cram their

four children into the van way back in argentina. >> we have a very common family and we live our faith very naturally. we think riit's about being betr people. >> the pilgrimage took 14,000 miles three 13 different countries. surviving four break downs on the side of it, this has been a life lesson in family and faith. and yasmin was blessed by the pope when she was a baby. >> what a trip, well, all right. reporting that story for you and just ahead, the duggars are back, well, some of them. and michelle obama gets animated. we have those details as show s said.

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mcstuffens. >> and new at the movies this weekend, "the intern" follows. i can't wait to see it. hotel transal veinia two, it features a hotel run by drakula and a place where monsters can take a break from us humans p. and "the green inferno" is going to help a tribe only to be captured by them. and a sponge bob square pants episode that will air sometime next year. i'm betty nguyen. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day. too weak. just a moisturizer. not good enough. eucerin intensive repair... ...doesn't just moisturize dry skin, it repairs it...

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city where he's been greeting the faithful. he has an historic day ahead. >> then of course it's on to philadelphia after months of anticipation and planning the city will welcome the pope tomorrow morning. new road restrictions and closures take effect this morning and tonight as the city tightens security to a historic level. >> it looks like the weather will cooperate for the pope's visit. cooler and breezy starting today but it may stay dry through the weekend. it's 64 degrees, just about 4:30. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today."

>> we're always eager to see the weekend forecast. seems like this weekend for some reason more people than ever are checking to see if it may rain in philadelphia. let's hope not. let's get to sheena parveen in with early morning duty. >> we're talking about comfortable temperatures for the morning hours. we're sitting on the cool side and notice some changes into the weekend. we are mostly in the mid-60s around philadelphia, upper 50s north and west, mid-50s for allentown so cool if you wake up in allentown at 56, 63 in millville. as we go through the day more clouds moving in. new jersey and delaware by 8:00 should be around the mid-60s. by noon 73. philadelphia area, temperatures by 8:00 a.m., mid-60s, noon low 70s with more clouds. areas north and west we're looking at around 57 degrees by 8:00 and by noon near 70

degrees. of course the weekend forecast very important for the papal visit and we are looking at changes as well. i'll show you those coming up. >> 29 hours pope francis is scheduled to land in philadelphia. that of course means more road closures today and traffic boxes that go into effect. the secure vehicle perimeter is officially in place now, and beginning at 6:00 p.m. no vehicles will be allowed to enter that perimeter. vehicles inside the box can travel and can leave but cannot re-enter until monday. if you plan to take the train into town be aware several septa stations are closed including suburban station, the fifth and 15th street stops on the market frankford line, and the 50 street trolley stop. if you take the vine street expressway, several exits will remain closed throughout the weekend. >> let's get you details now. jessica boyington has more on