francis as he approaches the staircase of this jet that will take him from washington, d.c., to new york city. we're only halfway through the day here. he comes to new york, lands at jfk, heads straight to st. patrick's cathedral, after being on a helicopter for a time. he'll be at st. patrick's delivering mass. >> that's what's interesting about his need for solitude and reflection, too getting up at 4:30 in the morning so he has couple of hours of prayer. think again about our current leaders today. they need time for reflection and so often don't get it in our 24/7. there's bells, that's reflective. >> we are sitting right in front of st. patrick's. you hear bells toll for 4:00 eastern time right now, as pope francis walk up the stairs and into the plane that will carry him to new york city. it's an american airlines jet. they always use american, the carrier of the country that they're in. >> i think, too, he believes in symbolism as a part of leadership. so that small car that he first came in the popemobile, now the not very fancy plane, you embody the things you believe in the ways you

the fact is, under mayor bloomberg, 16 plots against new york city in 12 years were stopped. and what happens over the fourth of july with bill bratton did as far as stopping the threats against new york, the arrests were made here in new york were just -- again, if they had not been made, sweld va whole different client today. we came close to being attacked over the fourth of july by isis. rudy, you and i went to many funerals after 9/11, too many. and we saw all of the cops killed, the firefighters were killed, port authority cops were killed. but people are still dying. cops and firefighters are still dying as a result of the illnesses that they incurred. i think the fire department alone lost like 111 firefighters have died since 9/11 from 9/11 related health illnesses. so i would ask you, again, as a former mayor who did a phenomenal job, on september 11th and those weeks afterwards where you basically held the entire country together, the important, if you can speak of extending, the fundinging will end next year and there are thousands and thousands of people from all

patrick's cathedral here in new york city behind me. even before the pope arrived here in new york, he made history today. his speech before congress, an historic first for a pope. at times pastoral, but also political. and in that chamber, the applause at times very divided. the pope speaking in english for nearly an hour, tackling immigration, abortion, climate change and the death penalty. along with members of congress, presidential hopefuls and only four supreme court justices. five chosing not to attend. three of them are catholics. the crowd asked to hold their applause until the end, but 34 times we could count, breaking the rule. at first, when the pope said this. >> in the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> to thunderous applause, but there were at times half the chamber applauding, the other half silent. and abc's terry moran, traveling with the pope, explains why. >> reporter: the halls of congress had never heard anything like this. >> "mr speaker. the pope of the holy see." >> reporter: as pope francis made his

. >>> it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." you're looking live at new york's jfk airport where pope francis is about to touch down for a second leg of a three-city tour. he'll make the way to saint patrick's cathedral. the pontiff made history today becoming the first pope to address congress. he covered issues from immigration to poverty to marriage. he didn't mention abortion by name, but he touched on the issue of protecting human right rights. >> also reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development. >> the pope released earlier this year on climate change. here's what he said earlier toda today. >> the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and each human concern and effect. i have no doubt that the united states and this congress has an important role to play. be. >> for more we're joined by father jonathan morris. you were anticipating it. now you heard it. your thoughts? >> i was impressed by the tone and the respect of a message to the united states congress. he st

>> well, first of all, new york city is very fortunate in that it really isn't a city, it's a confederation of counties. we're five counties in the state of new york. in most cases, for example in miami, or in los angeles, the city is an entity within a much larger county. or let's take boston. so when i have a deal with september 11th or the 30 or 40 other crises i had to deal with of a lesser scale, but since we have so many crises, the police and the firefighters, the emergency people, are used to crisis. we have one entity. in boston, the report that you're dealing with, is talking about having to coordinate seven, eight, nine, ten, 12, 15 different police departments. as many different fire departments, some are volunteer fire departments. maybe an emergency services unit, maybe not. so the -- the job of coordination is much harder outside of new york. because new york is so big, and because it is one entity. that doesn't mean we didn't have tremendous problems of coordination. but you can imagine, you mult my -- mult my those problems by 10 or 20 when it is seven or eight departments

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from the appalachians into central new york: on the southern or southeastern side of some of the heaviest rainfall. the heaviest rainfall north and west of new york city. right now it's actually a couple of downpours over new jersey and hunterton county and somerset going to morris and warren county. a couple of drops in new york city and lower hudson valley and long island right now but the evening commute not too bad. the heavy rain to the south. right now it's headed to the north and staying away from us, it's going to bend to the east later on and after midnight our rain will get heavier especially from the soy on north and west. so -- city on north and west. then you have another wave of rain and that's going to come the potential there is for thursday afternoon and night into the day on friday. then the third threat, that comes from interaction with tropical storm what keen. big differences with the storm track forecast today. winds of 45 miles an hour and tropical storm. but look at the new storm track. captured and hovering afford the atlantic for several days look at that sunday 8:00 a.m. time frame. yesterday the track forecast had that very

. >> and what a way to see new york city for the first time, it's his first trip to the united states and his first trip to new york city, and interesting to see the juxtaposition of the pope, helping the poor and the downtrodden and the immigrants come here and they are tonight, the streets of, what is arguably, i think in argument, actually, the ritziest commercial street in all of manhattan we're told the doors of st. patrick's have opened, the pope will be the last to enter, that means people are starting to go in in anticipation of the pope's speaking and offering prayers at the vespers, the evening service. you're watching, continuing coverage of eyewitness news special coverage as we cover pope francis's visit and the first hour and a half he's been on new york city land. no small shortage of security. >> and you can see them slowly start moving now. >> i don't think they're going to be jogging. >> they may just be doing a slow walk. >> slow go. >> pope francis taking it all in. nypd and the secret service say that they have planned for every single contingency that they that t

new york. it's all over this country. and i'm curious about what your assessment is. we know how prepared the city of new york through local, state and federal cooperation is to deal and prevent these threats. 16 in the last several years. what is your assessment of how other places around the country are prepared to prevent those threats? >> first of all, may i say that september 11 brought us together much closer than a country has ever been for about two or three months, no democrats, no republicans, no liberals, no conservatives, just americans working together. but i can tell you in new york, opposing counsel would never be able to drive in the same car to brownsville, texas, without beating the heck out of each other. >> well, we did drive separately. >> oh, okay. now i got it. lawyers aren't affected by any of this. but may i just interrupt for one second to suggest to you that one of the funding things you should consider is funding this as a national museum. there's a bill pending to do that. and this should be a national museum. because it affected the whole nation. and i would just like

it turned out in 2009 new york city named 135th street samuel battle. the daily news, for which i've worked since 1973, wrote a story about it. they called him the jackie robinson of new york city police department. it struck me that at that point having covered new york city, including the police, for more than three decades, i never thought about who the first black man on the force had been and how it had taken place. i set out to find out thinking it would be a great story there. newspapers of the day had written about him but had the 25 stories about samuel battle getting on the force, having difficulties being promoted, being involved in a case here and there. i asked the police department who had shown up at the sign posting thinking that whoever was there may have had an interest in him and may know something. that led me to sam battle's grandson who lives in california. his name is tony sharome. he lived with battle until he was about ten year's old. he had little boy memories of his grand-imposing grandfather that he adored, that was helpful. t

well the pope has not tweeted anything about new york city yet, he has been very busy, last tweet was about his visit to cuba. it would be cool to get a shout out to new york city before he lives. steve: interesting, maybe you will see them, that is the goal, nice run down. we appreciate it. >> love spartacus. steve: meet the nuns who have spent most of their adult walls -- monastery in wow, time warner cable really upgraded their network. 300 meg internet, clearer picture. movies and shows on demand. our new dvr records six shows at once. why didn't we switch sooner? right? everything's better. [bad violin playing] well, almost everything. we're making things better. enhanced dvr, nearly 20,000 on demand titles, and up to 300 meg internet. including free wifi at home and on the go. switch today and ask how you could get a $300 reward card. time warner cable. racing heritage. all of our pioneering four wheel drive experience. come together in one amazing new vehicle. this is the all-new gle coupe. a mercedes-benz suv with the heart and soul of a race car. dari: just about an hour and

and later materials for the arts, how fashion week is helping students in new york city public schools. but first, in case you did not know, september is national preparedness month. new york city emergency management, together with fema and the ad council, have launched a new series of public service announcements to encourage families to the adopt an emergency plan before a disaster occurs. >> don't wait, communicate. make your emergency plan today. >> to talk a little bit more about this, christina farrell's the deputy commissioner for external affairs at new york city emergency management. hello and good morning to you. >> good morning. >> first of all, the purpose behind the psas. how'd it come about? >> we've actually been doing this since 2009 with fema and the ad council, and we work with them as an ad agency to create ads that will run in spanish and english on tv, radio, billboards, the internet. and it's really to have new yorkers take a second while they're watching tv or listening to the radio and remember that preparedness is important. we focus on families, on them commu

it's the first day back to school for 1 million students in new york city. >> and janelle burrell is in the st. george section of staten island where mayor de blasio is kicking off his first day of school five-borough tour. >> reporter: good morning to you. new york city public school students probably the last wave of students headed back to school today, and it will all start right here at ps59, where the mayor will be here at the harper view school to read to parents and students as they head to the classroom. >> reporter: mayor de blasio's office releasing this video of the mayor jokingly prepping a city classroom at the first day of class for the public school students. >> all yours! >> reporter: teachers across the five boroughs returning to the classroom to welcome 1.1 million children back from summer break. >> everything in new york city that comes to the schools, i take personally. >> reporter: the school chancellor says the main goal for the year is preparation. >> i believe we say every child should be ready to go to college. you can't say one part of the city will ace the

for us, this morning, we're trip to new york city. [ cheering ] his trip to new york city relatively short, less than 40 hours, but packing in a whole lot and coming in contact with so many new yorkers. the pope arriving at jfk thursday night. once in midtown, a ride in the popemobile. up close with the crowds who he likes to be close to. he didn't want that eight-foot wall the secret service and nypd insisted be installed. his first stop -- st. patrick's, where they worked overtime to complete the $177 million renovation just in time for the papal visit. >> papa francesco, welcome to st. patrick's cathedral. [ cheers and applause ] >> the pope at the packed cathedral for an evening prayer service. >> [ speaking spanish ] [ applause ] >> he then began a busy friday morning taking the world stage at the u.n., addressing his concerns to world leaders gathered for the general assembly. >> [ speaking spanish ] >> interpreter: any harm done to harm to humanity. [ choir singing ] >> from the united nations, a somber visit to the 9/11 memorial, a multi-religious service for victims in the w

clearing out west and north of new york city as high pressure slides in from the great lakes. this will be in control through the end of the week and the papal visit in new york city. this low pressure system area off the carolina coast moving offshore for the time being. another area of low pressure will form over the weekend. that may create bumps in the road. 44 sussex and monticello. down to about 60 here in midtown. even the places in the 40s overnight get up to the 80s. summer-like temperatures during the day. turning warmer tomorrow, 80. a weak front fizzling out by the time it gets here during the day on thursday. still 80 for the popes arrival. the big events friday, sun and clouds. to the weekend, there will be an area of low pressure off the north carolina coast. it will try to make a move to the north. this area will try to block it. a competition between two weather systems. we have to see which wins out in the end. tonight clearing and comfortable. 40s in the coolest spots. mostly sunny, warmer tomorrow. up to 80. mainly clear tomorrow night, back to the low 60s.

coming after new york city's top cop was forced to apologize. and gio benitez, leading us off. >> reporter: james blake, standing outside his new york city hotel when a plain clothes officer rushes up to him and tackles him. the nypd releasing this video tonight, showing the officer kneeling on top of him as he handcuffs him. people walking by. after about 40 seconds, he's led away. blake, once one of the world's top tennis players, telling our robin roberts about that incident. >> picked me up, body slammed me. put me on the ground, told me to turn over, shut my mouth, and put the cuffs on me. >> reporter: that officer, james frascatore. abc news learning that he's had four misconduct complaints. but an official says, only one was partially substantiated. >> i said, i'm scared. if i say something wrong, i'm sorry. but i think you have the wrong person. >> reporter: the nypd said it stems from a case of mistaken identity. in a credit card fraud investigation. police say blake looked like this man, seen on tmz sports. that man also turned out to b

we're working with you to make new york city a better place to live, work, and play. fighting for you by taking on the issues that matter and rediscovering the city with you at discounted events all around town. that's a big bull. i think that's old cyrus. 1800 pounds of do whatever the heck i want. take the long way, huh? thank you cyrus. lease an mkc for $299 a month >>> welcome back to "eyewitness news first at 4:00." after making history on capitol hill, the pope is on his way to new york city. >> pope francis is set to arrive at kennedy airport a little less than a half hour from now, around 5:00 for a brisk two-day visit to the city. minutes ago he departed joint base andrews after a very busy morning addressing congress and to cheering crowds he greeted outside of the capitol today. >> mayor de blasio says he is absolutely confident new york is prepared to protect pope francis and the scores of states men gathering in manhattan for the 70th u.n. general assembly. lucy yang is live at j.f.k. we are waiting for the pope to arrive. >> reporter: the excitement is bu

it takes on him is probably just as strenuous up in new york city and then to wrap up over the weekendiladelphia, the world meeting of families and again, just to reiterate our own jim handly is up in new york right now so he is standing by waiting as the pope touches down there in new york city. of course, he's going to land at j fsh jfk and take a chopper into manhattan and that evening prayer vigil at st. patrick's cathedral and it's coming up not long from now and scheduled to start at 6:30. the pope touches down, gets on a chopper and he's in manhattan and right to the cathedral to start his next leg in new york city. >> and he even carries some of his own bags as further proof of his humble spirit and his modest lifestyle, rejecting the trappings of his office, but relishing in the joy of just meeting everyday people and especially the children. he has a special love for the young people. you can see how his face lights up and how theirs will light up when they got a chance to meet him. >> they're saying good-bye. >> as we see the catholic, a lot of the school kids from catholic

new york city's tech e crow system almost employs 300,000 people. s 7% of 4.2 million working new yorkers. they far outpace any other kind of job in the city. look at the job distribution. 77% of the tech jobs are in manhattan and only 3% are in the bronx. joining me now to change that, three gentlemen who want to push that number even higher. new york state assemblyman michael blake. and a broad bronx native. and joining us from capitol hill, van jones, president of rebuild the dream and one of the founders of the code. we see here with us too, some of the kids very active in the programs that they support. how excite ready you guys to be here today? >> i'm very excited. >> reporter: i don't believe you. how excited are you guys to be here today? >> very excited! >> reporter: i believe you. i'm sure there's a lot of excitement there. let's get started here. when you have the challenges, the skill set still needed, getting affordable accessible internet throughout the city of new york. you see these faces, you see the promise that the tech world can

it was just staff, but it was pretty rough. >> reporter: about one-third of new york city schools have no air conditioning. in connecticut, some schools are opting for early dismissal. but in new york city, classes will end on time this week. >> the reality is, if the world doesn't have air conditioning and they survive -- >> we're always sensitive to weather dynamics, and we take precautions. always making sure kids are

alison: looking live at new york city and pope francis has arrived in new york. he just left d.c. a little over an hour ago and is now preparing for quite a few events in new york city. suzanne kennedy is live there and we will check in with her in just a little while. back at home some other news of the day. investigators in maryland are sifting to rubble to find out why a house exploded. abc 7 was first on the scene after a blast on sleep before slain in columbia. it happened -- sleepy horse lane. an inspector got everyone out of the home and when he was walking back to his car a fiery blast corrupted. >> it shook the whole house. we ran to the front door. we saw flames coming out of the bottom floor. the house was gone and minutes. alison: the fire and blast impacted all six homes in the row. two people suffered nonlife threatening injuries. leon: a former falls church democratic leader -- marker gardener made it plea while on try for the sexual abuse of a female family number in 2009. he also waited guilty to the listing girls at his daughter summer party in 2011. the plea deal

his holiness destined for new york city. jetting out of town the pontiff had quite a lot to say here in washington, d.c. we know he's going to be headed towards st. patrick's cathedral when he arrives in new york, new york. let's go to cnn chief political correspondent dana bash to get some temperature taking on the response to what the pope had to say here in washington, d.c. dana, the pope touched on many issues in his address to congress this morning. many of them issues democrats disagreed with him on, republicans disagreed with him on. how well do you think the pope did in melting away the natural cynicism of politicians and even some washington reporters up there on capitol hill? >> surprisingly well. all of the above, jake. the pope really had an uncanny ability to turn his phrases in such a way that it allowed people to think that he was speaking to them and about their causes even in many instances when they disagreed. >> mr. speaker, the pope of the holy see. >> words never before uttered in history to introduce a

his visit is the biggest security operation ever in new york city. are outside madison square gardens with more on how the pope is being received in new york, first let's go to the united nations. john with, what is happening there right now? >> we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of pope francis now. he's on his way, scheduled to get here at 8:30 this morning eastern time. he'll be greeted by the secretary general ban ki-moon and his wife. they will have one-on-one meetings, then the pope will come to the ground floor and have a little town hall meeting with members of staff and the members of the u.n. staff have been queuing for hours to be there to have a chance to greet pope francis. he will address the general assembly at 10:20 and we expect him to speak for about a half hour. >> there are a lot of firsts for pope francis this week, the first time addressing the u.n. general assembly, the vatican flag flying at the united nations for the first time as an observer nation. what topics do we expect the pope to address? >> we have a pretty good

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and it was 97 degrees yesterday, warmest september temperature in new york city since the early 1980s. a very significant record there. and 98 in newark. i know, albany, new york had a record high too. that's going to come to an end. very slowly, a cold front is moving across the country. and toward memphis and this rain will eventually push to the east, slowly though. and this is the rainfall forecast. we've been very dry over the last two months. we could really use this one to three inches of rain from d.c. up through possibly areas of boston. if you get those thunderstorms, you have a really good chance. and today's forecast, we're way above average. temperatures ahead of the front for one more day. this should be it. it should be it. that's your national weather, now here's a closer look at the day ahead. and we'll jump those temperatures into the 90s. into the southeast, scattered showers and storms ahead of that front, humid too, with temperatures in the 80s and 90s. so, for you heat lover, betty, this is it for you. this is the last 90 until the summer. >>> all right. it is th

here in the streets of new york, spreading the news about the real possibilities aarp is creating across the five boroughs. because if you don't think real possibilities in new york city when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp". we're working with you to make new york city a better place to live, work, and play. fighting for you by taking on the issues that matter and rediscovering the city with you at discounted events all around town. >>> a little bit of a bittersweet weekend, we would say. >> last one of the summer right? >> yeah but as we begin fall it becomes more summer like again. if that makes any sense. >> okay. we like that. >> we'll listen further. >> the only thing we're debating is which days will be cloudier than others? a really nice week coming up for the pope's visit. we head outside right now and the empire state building lit up in the pinstripes and the met's still going on at this hour. we're looking to the south and the temperature 37 degrees and humidity at 42%. the wind gusting up to 17 miles per hour. it has been breezy at times during the day today and the northerly and northeasterly breeze brought in a less humid air mass. much less th

patrick's cathedral in new york city. pope francis praying before this evening's prayer service begins at that grand seat of the archdiocese of new york. this has historically been an immigrant church and it was only when immigration went way down and it was the children and grandchildren of catholic immigrants who came to prominence in the united states, probably like you, that that taint came off of cliquism and conflicts wericatholics were ser americans. >> they did not want to talk about their heritage back then. here is what the pope said today that i was just so taken with. he uses american rhetoric to address thing immigration issue, we the people are not afraid of foreigners. i love that part. it took we the peach from our founding fathers and said we are not afraid of the other. and he also said all of us have come from somewhere else. and he acknowledged the nation of immigrants. he rooted himself in the americas. i love that his opening line, i am a son of this continent which meant that you can't cut off the pe

in new york city today it was the awesome new york city variant on the municipal snow plow. in new york city what they've got is giant trucks which double as both heavyweight snow plows and also dump trucks. plow in the front, dump in the back. trash trucks were repurposed all over new york city today as basically movable fortresses to take up space, to close off roads, to be big bulky un-get-around-able metal barriers between pope francis and anybody who might wish to do him harm. after pope francis wrapped up his unprecented address to a joint meeting of congress today, the next thing he did right after that is is he came out onto the speaker's balcony at the u.s. capitol. i have never wanted to be speaker of the house before. until i realized today that if you can speaker of the house you get to control that balcony, which is sweet. i mean, look at that view. that balcony. that is better than anything at the white house. i mean, they don't even let him use the front doors at the supreme court anymore. if you're talking about branches of government and controlling something

geographically and spiritually we are here in the heart of new york city. ve come to pray with you and for you. [speaking spanish] [ applause ] >> now, for the past three years, we have all worked very hard to repair and renew and restore our beloved saint patrick's cathedral. thanks to the workers whom you saw outside and to the extraordinary generosity and leadership of so many people here. we have seen this repair and restoration as an invitation from jesus to the spiritual renewal of ourselves and his church as you have asked. your presence this happy evening renews all of us and provides a special blessing for all our work for this cathedral we so love. and now we ask you, holy father, at the end of this vets vespers to bless our repaired cathedral. thank you for stopping by. come back soon. [ laughter ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> lord, bless this church which we have been to build with your hand. may all who are here in faith listen to your word and celebrate your sack sacraments, experience the presence of god, be with those with the lives and reign

>> out to the streets of new york city to find out. >> new york city cab drivers don't have it easy these days. >> sometimes i don't have a customer and i'm available and there is no customer. >> app services have decimated their business, but mike wants to change that. >> we hope that this will bring the business back to yellow. >> one of several so-called e hail apps, which allow you to order up your yellow or green cab by tapping a finger instead of raising a hand. >> it will be faster and more convenient than somebody here doing the same thing. >> there's a lot of cabs around here. >> on this beautiful summer night with dozens and dozens of empty taxis trolling for business. >> sorry. sorry. >> we gave it a try. once the cabbie accepts the ride, then you wait. >> i don't have to stand here with my hand up, i can be inside in the office still doing work and i can watch him coming. so that way i can come when he's here. i can be upstairs like, you know, doing something. >> we're waiting for a yellow cab. yeah, are you an uber driver? >> uber has become a dominant force. >> that's him. >

. >>> and joe biden, at a new york city firehouse. what he's now saying about a run for president. >> and the first big republican to drop out. >>> and the young woman charged with murder after her fiancee drowns on a kayak trip. >>> and the serena stunner, and the unknown that won. her surprising words afterwards. >>> good evening. great to ve you with us an a friday as we remember 9/11. the american workers that helped to rebuild, that's a bit later. >>> but the police takedown, the moment of mistaken identity. the sports star, slammed to a ground. police say it was all a mistake. and gio benitez, leading us off. >> reporter: james blake, standing outside his new york city hotel when an officer rushes up and tackles him. and then kneeling on top of him as he handcuffs him. people walking by. after about 40 seconds, he's led away. blake, telling robin roberts about the incident. >> picked me up, body slammed me, put the cuffs on me. >> reporter: that officer, abc news learning he's had four misconduct complaints. >> i said, i'm scare

and in minute now to new york city. wolf. >>> happening now, breaking news. pope in new york. pope francis starting a second leg of his historic trip to the united states. arriving shortly in the city home to one of the country's largest catholic populations. how will the pope's focus shift on this part of the trip? francis mania. huge crowds already forming here in new york city waiting to catch a glimpse of the pope tonight. he has major events scheduled tomorrow all across town. is new york city ready for this logistical nightmare? and lecturing lawmakers, the pope touches on controversial issues in his unprecedented address to congress taking positions popular on both sides of the aisle. will the pope's speech have any impact on congressional gridlock? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer live outside st. patrick's cathedral in new york. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following the breaking news. the arrival of pope francis here in new york city. anderson cooper is joining us

in new york city, "the jewish daily forward" in new york, a yiddish magazine had 150,000 readers. another had 150,000 readers. socialism -- so, the socialist party was not only concentrated among workers but as i say, small farmers, small towns. a few ethnic groups. not all, by any means. even a few millionaires joined the socialist party. most prominently gaylord wilshire who after home wilshire boulevard in l.a. is named. the socialist party attracted intellectuals like upton sinclair and jack london. many women suffrage activists. -- advocates are connected with socialism. socialism is coming says "the appeal to reason," in 1912. socialism is coming. it is coming like a prairie fire. nothing can stop it. the next three years will give the nation to the socialist party. this optimism. if you look more closely in 1912, you would see real serious weaknesses. the socialist party was not attracting the new immigrant working-class. the factory workers. the people who were transforming once again the nature of american work and working-class life. the working class is being remade by

centered in new york, they devote their lives to service overseas. >> our first mission was new york city, china town. >> sister rose marie has been a nun for 56 years. >> after that, i went to kennon. they sent me up to canada where i worked for people protecting land rights. and then, from there, i went to the congo. >> sister ro, as she is known, is on a break before she returns to her greatest mission, kurdistan in northern iraq. >> i really admire the sisters. they go places people don't want to go. and they do incredible things. >> the newest sister is mau maura rutton. she made her first vows just last month. they work with refugees, handicapped, the poorest of the poor. and, for me, it was just that's what i wanted to do. i wanted to be with her at my side. >> the problem with maura is a rarity whose average age is in the 80s. >> does it bother you that the average age of the marinol sisters is in the 80 it's a lot than it was in the 1950s. no order will continue, will we get new sisters. that's a lot to think about. >> the current president is antoinette. she joined marinol in 19

homeless and because of that tradition new york city has the largest public shelter system in the unitedtates. homeless. >> the cost of shelter is exorbitant and spends a million in shelter and emergency services for homeless people. >> new york operates 250 homeless shelters but still half of the families who apply for shelter are rejected. >> the city has put in place these kind of bureaucratic barriers that wrongfully and unlawfully deny shelter to many needy families. >> come in and help me with your brother. >> reporter: we met melissa who is 25 and has three kids. >> i go there every single day and i come home. come here. come sit by mommy. my minimi me and she looks just like me. >> these kids mean everything to you, huh? >> yes, they are my life. i love them dearly. my babies. >> reporter: melissa has been homeless for three years and she and her kids now sleep in the living room of her grandmother's public housing unit. >> i have this couch and bring it together with that one and put the blankets on there. >> you all sleep right here. >> me and my two daughters and my son right

in just a little more than a week and then he will come to new york with events planned throughout the city including central park. security is going to be tight like we haven't seen before. >> officials just revealed details today about their plans. eyewitness news reporter jim hoffer joins us live with what we can all expect. jim. >> reporter: yeah, you know, a week from this friday the pope mobile with pope francis will go right by this west drive area here in central park. you know, it's one of many stops that he's going to make during his short 40 hour visit, although a brief visit, it is going to robust security that this city has ever seen and today some 50 agencies from the coast guard to con ed came together to drills. with the mayor and police commissioner present, nypd, secret service, office of emergency management, atf and numerous other agencies practiced possible emergency scenarios that could disrupt the pope's visit. >> another ied explosion, 1592 broadway. >> reporter: today's tabletop scenarios covered everything from backpack explosions to active shooters to a collapsed

in a study, new york city ranked second. the top tourist hating city was arlington, texas. >> really? >> chicago was the most welcoming. researchers compiled data from geotaged tweets across the u.s. a little surprising there. >> when an entire family walks hand-in-hand down the sidewalk at 1 mile per hour. that's when i'm like, you've got to get out of wait. >> done. i don't blame you. >> done. >> tonight on news 4 new york at 5:00, we're keep our crew on the scene of the car jacking we brought you at the top of the program. >> and remember these checker cabs on the streets of new york city. tonight, we look back at the taxis of yesteryear on a day that the taxi of tomorrow becomes the taxi of today. all that. >> breaking news anytime, go to nbcnewyork.com nbcnewyork.com. >>> hey, everyone. welcome to new york live. happy tuesday. isn't it a great tuesday? >> it is. >> it's september already. >> i told you. >> i can't believe it. >> almost fall. we have a fantastic show to kick off the month, including something for shoe lov

going to deliver a new public service announcement to the citizens of new york. >> announcer: and now a message from new york citytalk to the citizens of new york about some of the great strides we've made as a city. we're pursuing the boldest affordable housing plan ever. our universal pre-kindergarten program is strengthening the city's educational system, and just last week we announced that this was the safest summer in 20 years as we work every day to make our streets even safer. but one message i would like to impress upon all new yorkers is this -- look up from your damn phones! [ laughter ] seriously! what the hell are you doing? [ cheers and applause ] this isn't downtown wichita. it's new york city! people need to get where they're going. the last thing they want is some oblivious ding dong standing at the top of the subway stairs watching "transformers 3" on their cell phone! hey, moron! i got one word for you -- move! [ laughter ] speaking of the subway, new york city averages 5.6 million subway passengers each and every day. it's an essential means of transportation. so don't be the guy that keeps th

is making its way to joint base andrews where there's the meet-and-greet before the flight to new york city, and that's shepherd one. and from jfk by helicopter to new york city. and austin ivory wrote a book called "the great reformer." we talked nobody thought this guy would be elected and i read these controversies about the 1970s and who is this? >> that was all there was about him that night, all the old allegations which he had never bothered to contradict. >> human rights stuff. >> yes, groom the 1970s e. because there was no other narrative about him because he never gave interview. so he was an unknown inch latin america he was extremely well known and would regarded as the leader of the latin american church, and cardinals had been looking at him in 2005 he attracted many votes and could have stopped ratzinger from being -- he was very well known but he was under the radar as far as the world's media, that's been true thought his -- throughout his life. a lot of people have seen his quality. he is a superb governor, a superb lead, he was torn an teenager between being a priest and

new york city remains in the cross hairs of global terrorism. there have been more than 20 plots against new york city including those discussed above. they've been thwarted by the nypd and our local and federal partners. that partnership is stronger than it ever has been. under jon miller, john was one of the first to interview osama bin laden when he gone to make threats against the united states and a veteran of the fbi the lapd's counterterrorism bureau and the office of intelligence and my intelligence director. we have entities and services with which we work every day. we have continued to keep the city safe. we've done so while upholding the constitutional rights according to those who live, work, and visit new york city. protecting civil liberties is as important as protecting our city. mindful of the more detailed vision of the testimony submitted, i'd like to thank you for inviting me to testify, and i will be happy to answer any questions that the committee and its members may have. >> thank you, commissioner bratton. >> thank you. go

pope francis is now in new york city. but not before making history on capitol hill. use) for the second day in a row thousands gathering to catch a glimpse of pope francis. >> later on pope francis landing in new york city. he rode right down 5th avenue to st. patrick's cathedral for an evening prayer service. >> welcome to st. patrick's k cathedr cathedra cathedral. >> the pope sharing that special moment with that little girl in a wheelchair. he placed his hands on her face as he blessed her as a proud of faithful followers burst into applause. >> good morning. welcome to "fox & friends first". it is half past the top of the hour on this friday. the pontiff has a very big day in the big apple in just a few hours the pope heads oh out for his first full day in new york city. it promises to be one for the history books. >> lauren green is outside the pope's temporary resident on the upper east side with what is ahead for today's schedule. >> a lot of stuff is on the schedule. it is jam packed. it is the upper east side. the pope is probably sleeping it i hour. there's

tonight while he's in new york city. now, the 118-year-old church is in the heart of new york city. people have been lined up for hours now around st. patrick's cathedral. secret service agents and new york city police officers are on guard around the church's perimeter. 5 million people attend st. patrick's every year. it holds mass seven times a day. nbc 10's cydney long is live in new york today above st. patricks. >> a lot of gridlock in new york, i imagine, right? >> reporter: absolutely. we are feeling and seeing the excitement and the anticipation of pope francis' arrival here in the big apple. this moment in time, this hour, we're now down to the hour of when he will arrive in new york city. finally here. and to give you an idea where we're coming from. i'm looking at radio music city hall in this direction, but this is the spot here behind us, one city block right here, st. patrick's cathedral. one city block from the sixth floor here at 30 rock. it is a breathtaking view and it is a beautiful warm day and breezy here in new york. we saw people holding signs down on the stre

but a few of them survive the trip especially north of new york city. by 7:00 in the morning, maybe a sprinkle or two down the jersey shore onto parts of long island so mainly south and east of the city and then we clear things out with a northerly wind developing during the day and ushering in that drier air mass. lows tonight down to about 67 in the park, we are down to 58 in sussex, 53 highs tomorrow back into the upper 70s so a little bit cooler than today but still above normal nonetheless so a breezy beauty tomorrow after a sprinkle or two south and east of the city. early 79 as we head into monday, clouds and sun and you see some clouds meandering offshore. these will move in our direction during the day on tuesday. accuweather forecast for tonight, partly cloudy, again a shower in spots after midnight, we are down to 67, sun and patchy clouds tomorrow, breezy, less humid, we are up to about 79, mainly clear tomorrow night, how about upper 50s even here in new york city. that is refreshing. 74 on monday under clouds and ironically fall begins on

thousands, in fact, lining the streets of new york city along the pope's route. security is unprecedented tonight, and for the next 24 hours with the pope in new york. and it comes after history was made in our nation's capital today. the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress. applause there as he entered the chamber. but something was very clear, lawmakers were told to refrain from reaching out to him, unlike what we always see during the president's state of the union. blessing the crowds from the balcony, vice president biden there, and speaker boehner, clearly emotional there. and, of course, the faithful, filling the national mall. and tonight, right here, much of new york city on lockdown. he will visit ground zero, central park, as well. abc's cecilia vega in the thick of the action, just up fifth avenue from me with the crowds. cecilia, good evening. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. those crowds stretch up and down fifth avenue. what a warm welcome for pope francis it was. you know, he's not going to have a very long trip here, just 39

tens of thousands of people have filed through the national september 11th memorial and museum in new york city. they are mourning the nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost 14 years ago but they say at the same time today they are also inspired by the resilience of the city and this entire country. >> it's a tribute to looking forward to the hope of the future and to all good things. but it's really a fist bump about we're back. >> construction also continues 14 years later at ground zero. three world trade center is a skyscraper currently being built and expected to open in 2018. it will stand more than 80 stories tall and offer nearly 3 million square feet of office space. >>> we'll show you this view that new yorkers were treated to to yesterday. ben sterner took this photo. the rainbow appears to be emerging and you can see there, it appears to be emerging from the world trade center. now this photo and other similar photos spread across social media and elicit many emotional responses. >>> president obama also took part in a somber ceremony at the white house south lawn to commemorate the 9/11

patrick's cathedral on fifth avenue in new york city. this is where the pope will be at 6:45 this evening. he will come here from this location, the papal nunzio, the papal residence in new york city. it's on the upper east side. he will be there for about an hour before he arrives down here in his fiat. 3400 people will attend the service in the church. the crowd will be comprised of about 1000 priests and bishops and about 2400 invited yes -- guests. there will be no communion. it's just an evening prayer service. it will only last about one hour and in the pope will head back to rest up for a very busy day tomorrow. he will start the day of united nations and he will go to ground zero and into harlem will he will visit a school. then he will wrap up his day and time in new york city so running mass at madison square garden. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. back to you. jonathan: thank you very much. we are here at the capitol this morning which is where the pope made his first visit. this is the first time a pope is ever addressed congress