juliet: got that shiny new subway station smell. >> ben: how long is it going toe stay that way. juliet: problem ably a week. what it has to offer and who is upset about it too. ben: a woman accused of punching a boy in the bronx. do you recognize her. juliet: the tickets to see the pope are being scalped for big bucks online, he's not happy about it and the city is not happy about it.

what is happening to stop it? ben: well it is capitalism. juliet: welcome to america. ben: good morning. monday morning. juliet: thank you very much. going to mike. hello michael. nice hair cut. ben: yes, short. mike: yes. [laughter] it grows back in a day. good morning, it is cool outside. relatively speaking to what we have had over the summer and first few weeks of september. the temperatures came down a good amount. 49 degrees is the actual temperature. 59 central park. not at the low temp for the morning.

65 montauk. it is cooling down for everyone. 12 degrees cooler at central park. 10 degrees cooler in us up will. it is on the breezy side too. the winds coming in from the west 5-12 miles per hour. the wet weather that we had coming through yesterday, well, it is moving on a the showers are cruising into the new england. temperatures are actually back to where they should be for this time of the year. the high up to 72 degrees. windy too. the temperatures are going up to the mid 80s in a couple of days, but for today it is feeling like it should actually. christina is in from ines. christina: good morning. mike.

not much going on early this morning. we are looking at the maps. new jersey 3, turnpike for the most part not looking so bad. everything is running up to speed for you. if you are travelling on to the staten island expressway, so far so good. belt parkway everything is moving fine for you there also. now outside to 495, this is the lincoln tunnel as you make your way into town looking good. if you are travelling to holland or the gwb, the inbound approaches are doing fine. back to you. ben: thank you. after 8 years of construction, the new 7 train on the west side is ready for the first rush hour commute. juliet: robert moses is showing the state of the art facility. >> no. 7 is open for business.

>> reporter: any workweek, new subway station, the 469th to be exact. the $2.4 billion extension runs a mile and a half. the trip takes 6 minutes but the journey from the start to the completion took nearly 8 years. >> just like in the 20th sen century, this extension creates a new neighborhood in manhattan. >> reporter: the station is light and airy. it is free of the gunk and the crime. it boosts new incline elevators that delayed the completion of the project. on the first day of opening,

there was a stampede to ride it and for the mta hearing only grumbling and complaints we are hearing on satisfied customers. >> unbelievable. it is a historic moment. >> i made a detour just to ride this. thank you, new york. juliet: he came to new york to ride the subway. ben: okay. juliet: in the bronx a woman got into an argument with a ten-year-old boy and punched in the face and now the cops want your help. ben: this was back on august 19th, the woman so confronting the boy and she thought the boy was being rude

to the cashier and the father's boy owns the store. >> big concerns for the pope's vief. juliet: the pope is riding through central park and it is a big security headache. this weekend the homeland security said that the officials thwarted an attack. >> we are monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes into the united states. we have disrupted one particular case. juliet: another problem, scalpers are selling tickets online to the pope's event even though they were given away for free. mayor deblasio's office is

working to crack down on the online sales. teresa priolo has more in a live report in the next half hour. >> in northern california, terrible situation, a person is dead, 400 homes are destroyed and a lot more, massive wild fires are raging there. ben: businesses burned with thousands ov structures. two separate fires are the fast fastest burning seen in decades. one in 20 miles from napa valley. the other fires to southeast and burning since wednesday. juliet: napa valley is home to many, many wineries. >> tens thousands of rouges are pouring into europe.

12,000 arrived to munick. the europe nation is asking for other nations to help out. greek authorities say 28 people drowned off the coast yesterday and half were children, including four infants under the age of two. the greek coast guard rescuing 68 people. ben: the kentucky clerk that refuses to issue marriage licenses is returning to work today. kim davis spent five days in jail for refusing to issue the licenses, and she's required by law to provide them but it is violating her faith and if she renewses to allow the deputies to issue the licenses she could end up back in court and to jail. the fact that you can't sell your daughter for three goats

and a cow mean we have refined language. >> members of the jewish faith here and around the world are celebrating the jewish new year. rabbi welcomed the jewish new year in midtown. it is the first of the jewish high holy days. it ends at night fall tomorrow. >> mike has a check on the forecast. it is chilly outside. ben: it is not sweater weather though? juliet: yes it is. are you kidding. sweater weather? christina: for sure. ben: here she is in a moment. the new miss america has been crowned. he'll show you more and the big apoll jie to vanessa williams.

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[ cheers and applause ] a wave of game-day excitement is rolling into dunkin'. taste the new tailgater breakfast sandwich, stacked with smoked sausage, fire-roasted peppers, and onions. america runs on dunkin'. mike: welcome back. we are off to a cooler start and the temperatures are coming bhak to where we should be for this time of the year. yeah, we had a rock and roll yesterday with the wet weather and now gone.

54 belmar. 59 central park. 58 bridgeport. 65 montauk. they are milder with the mild water around. as far as the temps go, dropped off for most of us 10-15 degrees. 10 degrees cooler in islip. 12 degrees cooler in central park. a little drop in the temperatures. you are feeling it this morning and breezy, winds coming in from the west 5-12 miles per hour. winds are going to hang tight today. in fact, in the neighbor hooted 7-17 miles per hour, and gusting a little higher. the low pressure is exiting the northeast and clearing skies for us here and a few clouds up to the northwest and showers up state new york and that is not coming to us here. just the clouds early on and then breaking up. for the day today, until the area of low pressure is out of

the area and high pressure building in, bringing in the clearer skies and for today and tomorrow is clearing for you and going on and on throughout the workweek here a lot of sunshine here. today up high of 76. it is going to be windy out there. tomorrow winds down and high temps low to mid 80s through the majority of the workweek here. all right, we are bringing in christina stoffo and she's in for ines this morning. we are talking about the cool weather. christina: i like it. you can definitely put on hoody on.

juliet: i wore the uggs for the weekend. christina: we are starting in manhattan, there is a stall. two lanes are blocked off and the northbound side blocked with emergency activity. you are seeing slow moving traffic. if you are travelling in new jersey, exit 11 an accident on the shoulder and we have emergency activity clearing that up. now, let's go outside and i will bring you to rfk bridge, not looking bad for you. the spans in decent shape. the grand central parkway by la guardia things are looking good. parking rules are suspended. meters are in effect. juliet: thank you, from miss new york to miss america. dramatic end do the pageant. ben: was it?

juliet: well, that is what the writer wrote. ben: miss georgia beat out the other 51 contestants. she was asked about deflate gate and she said he definitely cheated and should have been suspended. juliet: the whole thing was strange. you have to listen to it. ben: all though we liked her answer. the big night almost upstaged by va ness williams. >> i want to apologize to you and to your mother miss helen

williams. i want to apologize for anything that was said or done that made you feel any less the miss america that you are and always will be. juliet: so if a miss america of current times was found to have had naked pictures would she be okay? she wouldn't be kicked out? ben: that is an interesting question. juliet: i like vanessa williams. ben: that is an interesting question. we'll ask curtis sliwa. >> yes, the spread was gorgeous. the ebony princess from syracuse university and how could they

deny her the queen of miss u.s.a. or america. ben: america. >> you were probably watching with diva girl. i was playing with me g.i.joe doll. how many years later? ben: 31. juliet: yes, 1981. you were sitting here. >> i didn't know they have the contest in atlantic city. there's nothing there left. at atlantic city that is the only contest going there. well maybe miss america will get a boost because people are staying away from the miss

u.s.a. pageant because of trump. i was watching football, right. i take the kids to the park later on today. juliet: you are? >> of course, it is a holiday. rosh hashanah. juliet: let's talk about the tickets given away for free to see the pope and now being scalped. but ben made the point, it is capitalism. >> hey, in philadelphia you have to trek five miles and over the franklin bridge and huge area, mass is free. no tickets. ben: there are tickets up for the closer up view. and they are free. >> well, you can just show up.

no, in new york, we have issue tickets for central park. i never heard of such a thing. ben: it is a crowd control thing. >> the pope wants to be among the peeps. show the peeps show up and provide the security. juliet: you have to get through a certain area of security to get close. >> i don't understand this. this is crazy. of course, these vultures and buzzards outside of madison square guard and and yankees field. ben: i hope you have an excellent week. monday through friday, 770. juliet: zip it. spilling the beans on the upcoming season of empire. he's actually listening.

mike: good morning, welcome back. to what we have as you step out the door this monday morning 59 in central park. we had a front coming through and now the wests 5-12 miles per hour. the winds are going and the temperatures are cooler, but the temperatures are actually back to normal. the low pressure is pulling away and the high pressure will be building in and the winds coming in from the west and northwest. at least it is sunny and cool and comfortable. the temperatures throughout the week, warming up a decent amount. up to 85 midweek. that is midsummer temperatures here. ben: it is. thank you, sir. season two of the empire, back on tv in ten days. juliet: the cast of the fox drama had a big event to hype up season two and empire is number

one drama and spawned a couple of hit records as well, and making cookie a house hold name. >> aren't all families like that? do families honestly get along. anna: you get along? >> yes, we do. juliet: season two is premiering on fox september 23rd. and by the way, later this morning, jones will be here and we have other empire stars coming up this week as well. bep ben: i have to catch up on that show. now to sports. juliet: the first week of the nfl season is in the books. yesterday. the giants opened on the road

facing the dallas cowboys. ben: this is the play everyone is talking about. they decided to throw it. that stopped the clock. they should have run it. they settled for the field goal and too much time is left. plenty of time for dallas to come back. tony romo hitting for the score, the cowboys win it. 27-27 was the final. that is the end of the game right here. juliet: the jets opened the season at home to the cleveland browns. it is a great day for the first year quarterback. 21-10 jets. they win it 31-10. ben: tennis now, us open,

federer and novak and novak controlled the first set. a nice winner there at the net. he wins the set 6-4. federer comes back in the second. took the second set 7-5 and joker takes the next two sets. federer hits the return long and novak wins it. it is his third grand slam title this year. >> mets beat the braves. they have won 7 straight and nine and a half games ahead of washington. the yankees won 5-0 at the stadium. three and a half games behind. we are taking a break. back for top of the 5:00. ben: stay with us.

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