religious background is if they believe in our american values, i would support him. >> and they're calling for carson to drop out. jeb bush was interrupted by a group of young protesters yesterday. protesters were demanding immigration reform. chanting no hope without an hour vote. bush stopped them to remind that he supports the pathway to citizenship. carly fiorina sat down with jimmy fallon last night and at one point the two discussed vladimir putin. she compared him to another republican we all know. >> vladimir putin is saying he wants to meet with trump. you've met putin?

lot in common actually, but we'll leave it at that. on the democratic side, today hillary clinton will avail her plan to reign in prescription drug costs. she criticized bobby gendal for not expanding medicare under the act. >> because of your governor's decision, more than 190,000 people in louisiana are left with no health insurance, unable to qualify for medicaid er or get the subsudees. this morning there is growing out rage to a response for a price increase for a drug some people desperately need. daraprim is used to treat a common parasite for people with

they raised the price by 5,000% and now costs $750 a tag blet. he argus the proceeds will go to research to make the drug better. >> there have been much larger drug price increases by larger companies and who don't necessarily need do that. this is a new company and we're not a profitable company. so, for us to try exist and maintain a prophet, i think it's reasonable. >> doctors and patients groups saying they can't access this drug. are you going to changing the price? >> no. >> you heard it there. it could cost some people over $100,000 a year. it was one of the largest food recalls in american history, now the man at the

outbreak is sentenced to 28 years in prison. the companies tainted products are blamed for nine deaths. he was convicted a year ago for illegally shipping peanut butter from a plant they knew was contaminated. safety inspectors also found a leaky roof, insects and signs of roadants at a plant. retired general and former cia director, general petraeus is set to appear before the senate arms committee and will be asked about strategies for defending isis. this will mark a return to the spot flight petraeuss . he was fined for sharing classified information with his mistress.

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today's the day pope francis arrives here in the united states. what you need to know about the final preparations for his historic visit. plus, breaking news. a new jersey flames shooting through the roof of a home. live update from the scene. new this morning, out of control. a driver in a maserati takes out two stores. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everybody. 4:30 on this tuesday. i'm michael gargiulo. >> kerey barrett, darlene on assignment in cuba. >> we'll hear from her in a half an hour. chris cimino, chris, as you give your formal nbc news special farewell to summer 2015. >> this is going to be a day to

represent what the summer was like, above normal and dry. cool side. 63. suburbs, upper 50s. we're not seeing 40s this morning. cloud cover tends to keep the temperatures up overnight. that's what happened. a few sprinkles north and west. plenty of clouds today really throughout the day. breezy, noon. getting close to 70 degrees at that point. a high of 74 degrees. 4:31. first check on a tuesday morning commute. >> good morning, chris and everyone. fast track is out there on the f train. no f trains between jamaica 179th street and briarwood. you can take shuttle buses that they have in place out there until 5:00 a.md overnight track work on the 4, a, e, f of course. expect delays and service. zbla lauren, thank you very much. pope francis just hours away from arriving into the united

afternoon en route to washington, d.c. katherine creag is on the upper seat side where the pope will be staying. kat, you might say the wholly city is preparing for the pope's arrival. >> to say that commuting will be tough is an understatement. you see the huge barricades. there are no parking signs on fifth avenue. no parking restrictions around. if you look down here on central park going into the park on east 72nd street there are workers here at this early hour setting up even more blue nypd barriers. they are seating up generators preparing for the pope's presession presession. lower manhattan by the u.n. and by madison square garden expect closures. buses will be running.

expect to take a different route than normal. m to m 15. the mta says taking the subways might be best. no one is sugar coating how difficult it will be for people getting around by car, even by foot. the mayor said this. >> i think we can handle a day of inconvenience to when the leader of a global religion with us preaching. we can handle it. >> take a look at this map of central park. a huge portion of it closed off for the procession of pope francis. that will be on friday. michael, we're already hearing from businesses that might curtail or even limit deliveries on friday. ups, for example, if you're expecting a package on friday, it might not be there. we'll talk about that in the next half hour. >> the impact of all of the security around this trip, kat. >> closing schools in