, that is us. >> as a synagogue we ran with it. we thought it was just a wonderful opportunity for on you reach in the community to learn about how important it is to help others. >> reporter: and the hospitality didn't stop just there. the travelers from kentucky, many of them teens, had in guarantee that they would see pope francis except maybe on a big screen. the folks here in broomall said they contacted the world meeting of families to see if they could help and ended up securing eight row seats for sunday's papal mass. >> you are right, i have heard so many positive things, about pope francis, and you cannot help but warm up and pitch in and do your share. >> my gosh, when we heard the news, a lot of people in the room there with us started crying. the it was just so amazing because we thought we would be miles away. >> reporter: not miles away but feet away. parishioners from kentucky will participate in the interstate service and other activities at the synagogue on saturday before heading to the papal mass on sunday n bro

and it is the one day of the year that almost all jews are in synagogue. >> butkovitz fired off thisongly worded letter to mayor nutter on friday voicing concerns from philadelphia's jewish community with the city announcing together enforcement beginning on september 20th inside the traffic box. butkovitz is concerned that congregants won't be able to park at synagogues within restricted areas. >> number one because it will be eliminating on street parking and, number two, it will be forcing neighborhood residents to fill up all the available parking lots. so the plans that congregants may have about how they'll get to synagogue are totally disrupted. >> reporter: mayor nutter has announced that residents within the secure zones will need to move their vehicles or face together. most vehicles will need to be moved by sunday september 20th but if you have a $20 placard to park in a ppa garage you'll have until until september 24th to move your vehicle. still many in the jewish community are hoping the parking restrictions can be deferred in light of the jewish holiday. >> the only so

. >>> will see on long island, should a synagogue housed in a residential neighborhood be services? it is a touchy subject going on in lawrence right now. cbs 2's jennifer mclogan with this. >> reporter: it's a delicate rights of homeowners, freedom of religion. character of the neighborhood? >> reporter: one synagogue in the quite lawrence neighborhood on the water is making waves. >> i believe it's stepping on religious freedoms. they are narrow streets. there is usually no parking on the streets. >> reporter: for 10 years, a covenant was placed on this temple limiting its operations its in the middle of a small upscale neighborhood with no sidewalks and parking. congregants walk to the building. there was a heated hearing at this nearby club that lasted past midnight and won the right to a trial one year expansion opening its doors 7 days a week. that provoked a neighborhood lawsuit. >> the rights of people to enjoy the ambience, the character of the neighborhood that they moved into. >> reporter: their lawyer says his plaintiffs are in an awkward position. many of them attend th

from the park east synagogue. rosanna: welcome, sir. this is the 4th pope you are going to meet. >> paul is sixth. not the pias. >> that is impressive. you are a jew, how do you pull this off? >> i am very committed to religious freedom and cooperation and human rights and so the first mission of the appeal of conscious foundation, which i founded 50 years ago, we went first to rome before going to moscow in order to obtain religious freedom and also for catholics, of course. so this has started a relationship with the vatican. between the catholics and jewish people, how do you describe it? >> it has evolved. the vatican council two in 1965 chienged the guidelines of the relationship between, because unfortunately it was a tragic history in the past, you know, persecution, you name it, but then that was a turning point and the relationship has evolved and every, even pope francis, he will clearly reaffirm that guideline of as far as he's concerned, the cooperation between the all faiths, that is his mission, his outreach. met the holy

back to the united states in 1977 and by sheer luck i managed to find my first job ever in reform synagogue singing in the coral quartet. i was hooked after that. the congregation encouraged me to enter cantor cool so i did. it was not the path i choose for myself, it was sort of chosen for me and it worked out. you know, i was 4 years into college and it was an eye opening experience. i really found it to be the path that i think was right for me all along, to be in this position of not only dealing with the musical aspect of worship and of life in general but also having an effect on people's lives because you are so involved in every aspect of people's life when you're in the synagogue. >> it sounds like the way you've talked so beautifully about this journey that for you music was a core part of your personal spiritual nourishment. >> absolutely. >> and it is a nit to the deeper part of your own spiritual development. >> well, i have always found that music for me brought me to a much higher place and connected me in some way to -- connected me in every way to the life of the spirit. wh

the numbers fell over the years, iran's capital city has 13 synagogues where they can worship. >> they travel the world, meet the jews, they look at you and say why are you in iran. >> of course, we play. we love and obey our culture and it is similar to other iranian people. >> nevertheless, the number of iranian jews living inside iran has dwindled because of immigration. especially since the islamic revolution of 1979. most of them moved to the united states or israel. >> let me ask you this, before the revolution there were 100,000 juice and now there's 30,000. 70,000 didn't like what happened. >> most of them during the early days. >> and because of that iranians who could regulate for better conditions. most of them have strike with iran. >> does the vehemence, the energy spent in iran criticising israel. are you worried it goes on to the jewish people. >> there's a distinction of separation. >> are you okay with that separation. >> yes. >> you feel that. >> of course. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad hosted a conference questioning the deliberate killing of european jews

right now he's at a synagogue in atlanta, georgia. after making public appearances biden didn't address 2016 speculation but it has reached a fevered pitch so even donald trump was asked to weigh in. >> i think maybe he's inclined not to. i think it will depend what happens with hillary clinton. a lot of people think she will not be able to make it legally from a criminal standpoint to the starting gate. i don't know that to be true. it depends on what happens with her. i think if she gets out he will get in. if she stays in he might not. who knows? >> i'm no fortune teller but hillary clinton is not going to get out. joining me now joy reed. we have a strange situation. sanders has this momentum. that's a guy that's been campaigning all day. [ cheers and applause ] >> this campaign is about bringing people together. it's about telling the 60% of americans who did not vote last november that by not voting they are dishonoring their own kids and their own parents. >> you can hear the hoarseness in his voice. he's got on the stump. the

. >> in broomall delaware valley, the host family turns out to be a synagogue. >> it's reaching across the religious divide. trish hartman has that story. >> reporter: the weary, but excited travelers meet in broomall after an 800-mile bulls ride after a spiritual weekend with new friends and pope francis. >> the synagogue opened their heart and building and everything to us. we're so excited. >> 50 parishners from holy spirit catholic church wanted to see pope francis in philadelphia, but needed a low-cost place to his. a friend's sister is the kentucky connection. >> she called me and say can you think of any ymca or school. i said school, that's us. >> we ran with it we thought was an wonderful opportunity to learn about how important it is to help others. >> reporter: the travelers from kentucky many teens had no guarantee that they would see pope francis except maybe on a big screen. so folks contacted the world meeting of families and see if he could if they could help and ended up scoring 8th row seats for the papal mass. >> i'm not catholic, but i've heard so many positive thin

or not go to synagogue.e live in a secular western world in which people should be free to have strong religious beliefs but not to be bigoted about their religions. >> we succeed so well in american for one reason that is we embrace in a lot of ways our pluralism. our american society flawed, but coming together stronger together than individually. why doesn't that work into religion, into religion and politics? >> it does except when leaders pander. whether leaders pander and say, i'm more religious than you are, we didn't hear that from john kennedy when he was running for president but we hear it from santorum and other candidates who proclaim, we hear it from justice scalia on the supreme court, who says that his catholicism transcends his institutionalism. if he would have to choose he would have to choose catholicism. >> president kennedy did in fact say he would be guided in his faith by, his catholic faith by the pope not in his governmental decision. that was a bigger concern probably today than it

or not go to synagogue.e live in a secular western world in which people should be free to have strong religious beliefs but not to be bigoted about their religions. >> we succeed so well in american for one reason that is we embrace in a lot of ways our pluralism. our american society flawed, but coming together stronger together than individually. why doesn't that work into religion, into religion and politics? >> it does except when leaders pander. whether leaders pander and say, i'm more religious than you are, we didn't hear that from john kennedy when he was running for president but we hear it from santorum and other candidates who proclaim, we hear it from justice scalia on the supreme court, who says that his catholicism transcends his institutionalism. if he would have to choose he would have to choose catholicism. >> president kennedy did in fact say he would be guided in his faith by, his catholic faith by the pope not in his governmental decision. that was a bigger concern probably today than it

services begin at sundown at synagogues around the world, including central synagogue on the east side. yom kippur is a day of atonement. a time for observers to fast and reflect. it ends at sundown tomorrow. >>> and we have jeff smith in for lee goldberg tonight who was attending service. tell us looking pretty good? >> fall is five or so hours away from now. you won't know it because we're looking at temperatures around 80. so 10 degrees warmer than it was today. we head outside right now. skies are starting to clear out in and around new york city. 67. now that wind is still coming in from the east at 5, and that helped to keep temperatures cool today. it only got up to 71 after a morning low of 62. the average high this time of year is 73. so for a change, and we haven't seen this, the high temperature today was below average. the sunsetting these days at 6:54. right now in and around new york city, temperatures generally in the upper 60s, but watch what happens when you head outside of the city, well north and west. we're down to 51 at sues serks 4 at monticello. upper level distu

new this morning, police are searching for the man who stole from a synagogue in queens. surveillance pictures showing the suspect accused of stealing a collection box with about $300 from the synagogue in forest hills. it happened monday during the period between rosh hashanah and yom kippur, known as the 10 days of repentence. give police a call if you recognize the suspects. >>> a cheap shot on a high school referee. an assistant coach for the two players involved now admitted he ordered them to slam into the referee, claiming the referee made bad calls and used racial slurs. the coach has been suspended. meantime, the players are ordered to remain at alternative school until mid- january. >>> 6:14. this morning, we'll hear from yogi berra's family following a day filled with tributes of the beloved hall of famer. >> berra died yesterday at the anniversary of his debut in the major leagues. last night, the empire state building was lit in yankee pin stripes to remember the 10-time world champion. mayor de blasio ordered flags at city hall to half staff in berra's honor

he did dedications of synagogues and before long he won himself a pulpit in albany new york. that is where he was in 1848 until he came to cincinnati in the 1854. by the time he gets to cincinnati has been americanized, he can speak pretty well in english. he had big dreams and cincinnati ohio as he is arriving and approaching the high point of its growth and expansion, he is writing this wave of enthusiasm and he sees for jewish life in cincinnati just what is going on in the general community. >> .. are young and aspiring and are passed into a fixed. i shall go to cincinnati and in and powerful impetus and a live-in choice of for the good of humanity for the religious bigots. i don't think anybody questioned the fact widely met with president of the united states he had a personal meeting with lincoln and about whom he could be very critical during this presidency but after he joined with so many others idolizing lincoln and in a eulogy that was published in cincinnati isaac says that he spoke to the president personally and he always be beefed -- that reason to this day th

my brother's keepers reaching out to churches and synagogues and mosques to try to figure out how do we reach young boys and young men in a serious way. but the one thing i want to say is that, when i think about my own christian faith and my obligations, it is important for me to do what i can myself, individually, mentoring young people or making donations. in some ways, impacting whatever circles of influence i have. i also think it is important to have a voice in the larger debate. and i think it would be powerful for our faith-based organizations to speak out on this in a more forceful fashion. this may sound self-interested, because there have been -- these are areas where i agree with faith-based groups and issues where we have had disagreements around reproductive issues or same-sex marriage or what have you. maybe it appears advantageous for me to focus on these issues of poverty and not as much on other issues. first of all, i will not be part of the election next year. this is more of a broader reflection of someone who has worked with churches and in communities. there is

the suspect is accused of stealing a collection box from beth gabriel synagogue. it happened during the ten days of repentance. if you recognize the suspect, >>> new at noon, after getting pranked the first time, vladimir putin following up with a real call to singer elton john. the kremlin confirms that he called sir elton john today. he apologized for the russian comedians that impersonated him in an earlier call saying they were harmless fellows. the frank pretended that putin wasn't to discuss gay rights. today he told john he is willing to meet and discuss any topic. >>> in the race for president, donald trump says he is done with fox news. no more interviews, no more talk shows. trump is boycotting box because it is unfair and unbalanced. >> trump turned his anger on carly fiorina. >> she is fighting to raise money and her business career was a disaster and nobody wants to say it. they say you can't say that because it's sexist. >> leadership is not about how big your office is, how big your title is, how big your airplane or helicopter or ego is. leadership

like french men have blown up the synagogues to create a wave of anti-semitism. it was discovered by the senior commanders and they had him sent back to berlin. back to sent knochen paris. during the weeks that heydrich spends in paris, meeting various , they talked about what they would do in france. the plan was that the ss would take complete control of france. becausedrich was killed of the shuffling that went on with a revolving door of the senior command of the gestapo, knochen becomes head of the gestapo in paris, the most powerful man in paris in the most powerful man within the gestapo -- the german secret police. under the control of ss general karl oberg. hospital, sumner jackson has been waging his own war against the nazis. he fortified -- he fortified several documents for pows so they did not have to return to prison camps, they went elsewhere. he became involved in a state line belonging to the liberation movement. document -- it is the escape and invasion report from a 19-year-old gunner who flew on one of those up there. magnificent, magnificent

they have not been to the east coast, even less a synagogue or the opportunity to see pope francis. >e world meeting of families, families, the world meeting of families, they donated those tickets, very nice. >> make sure you download the nbc 10 app right now. has everything to get ready for the papal visit, and also, if you're just trying to get around it, maybe you work today, all the mass transit changes are listed there, plus, if you plan to go to the parkway with the family, there's a list of things you cannot take because you don't want to be stopped by security. >> our coverage of the pope in philadelphia is just getting started. >> all weekend long, we'll bring you everything you need to know about the papal visit. here's a live look outside right now. ben frapg lin bridge, we told you earlier, it is closed to traffic right now so that people can park on the camden side and walk across to the festivities in the francis festival grounds. we have live continuing coverage coming up. >>> you're watching nbc 10's continues coverage of the pope in philadelphia, brought to you by th

or not go to synagogue.live in a secular western world in which people should be free to have strong religious beliefs but not to be bigoted about their religions. >> we succeed so well in american for one reason that is we embrace in a lot of ways our pluralism. our american society flawed, but coming together stronger together than individually. why doesn't that work into religion, into religion and politics? >> it does except when leaders pander. whether leaders pander and say, i'm more religious than you are, we didn't hear that from john kennedy when he was running for president but we hear it from santorum and other candidates who proclaim, we hear it from justice scalia on the supreme court, who says that his catholicism transcends his institutionalism. if he would have to choose he would have to choose catholicism. >> president kennedy did in fact say he would be guided in his faith by, his catholic faith by the pope not in his governmental decision. that was a bigger concern probably today than it w

look synagogue was a kind of a somber setting. march in labor day parade, it is different than people cheering for you. there was a bit of a trial balloon the biden people put out. i think this monmouth poll is consistent with other polls. running high teens and low 20s. not cutting that much into hillary still in the 40s. that said, i don't think there is a single democrat who will begrudge joe biden getting into this race. they want to give him time and space. whether he can get money together, whether field organizers, that is a big question. he knows that. he has been around politics long enough. i still think very much an open ground. dagen: mark, hillary will be running with humor and heart. thats with the story in the "new york times," that the people who work on her campaign feel so compelled that they want to communicate this message, here is real hillary clinton. you don't see her on the campaign trail but this is what she is running, this is how we teller had to run. i want to read this david axelrod tweet he wrote. if

down behind me is the synagogue and jewish schools and there is also an excellent kosher restaurant.erves wonderful kebabs. i haven't met a lot of iranians named david schumer. you're the first one. do they know when they say your name is daod? >> i say i'm jewish. >> any problems? >> no no no not at all. >> why did so many leave? >> i think it's their mistake. >> you do? >> yes. >> some have roots that go back 3,000 years. the question some observers are asking, how much staying power in the years to come? ali velshi, al jazeera, tehran. >> thank you for joining us. i'm del walters in new york. the news continues from lon. remember check us out at our website, aljazeera.com. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello there i'm barbara serra. you're watching the newshour live on al jazeera. coming up on the program. closing border, hungarian police close the border with serbia. stopping refugees from crossing. >>> tony abbott deposed, australia's prime ministe is pushed out of his job from a challenge from his own

. >> parishners from kentucky ae in town for the papal mass are calling a delaware county synagogue theirome away from home. 50 weary, but excited travelers arrived in broomall. they belong to the catholic church in bowling green. the world meeting of families gave them tickets to the 8th row for the papal mass on sunday on the parkway. >> when we heard the news, a lot of people in the room started crying, it was so amazing. >> the folks will participate in an inter faith service and other activities at the synagogue today. >> if you're looking for ways to participate send your message to pope francis tweet uses the #6abc message, they will be scrolling during the pope's visit to philadelphia. >> we'll be back with more coverage of the pope was a visit. he'll be at philadelphia international airport in about an hour and a half. j good morning, you are taking a live look as we get win the last minutes before pope francis arrives at the helipad from new york city jfk airport he will take it to shepherd one and make his way to the city of brotherly love. >> we have live pictures including th

we build a synagogue and a mosque and a church. we have a great muslim community in texas. businessmen and women who are friends and supporters and a substantial number whether the large pakistan me population to build our state with you are a democrat or independent or republican but the future of our country clearly lies to find the things that bring us together to not separator cells by a culture or religion to recognize clearly those that would use the religion as a radical islamist who could use that and they are the enemy of all. >> the two-party from the republican and tsunami, how do you see that movement? how will they work with the republican party between the two blocks? >> we give the two-party great credit. there has been more people that have been read the constitution in the last 18 months they and the last 50 years and i absolutely give that credit to the two-party if for no other reason, their engagement has been a positive impact on our country. politically, i saw the teapartier and went to many of their defense and focused on conservatism and small govern

he talked in front of a crowded synagogue last night.retty directly. >> the factor is, can i do it? can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment that i would be proud to undertake under ordinary circumstances? the honest to god answer is i just don't know. and i know from previous experience, after my wife and daughter, there is no way to put a timetable on that. if i could reach that conclusion that we can do it in a fashion that would still make it viable, i would not hesitate to do it. but i have to be honest with you and everyone who has come to me. i can't look you straight in the eye and say now i know i can do that. this is as honest as i can be. >> the vice president last night. >>> and new this morning, hillary clinton is on her way to puerto rico as one of her top aides faces a house committee on the benghazi attacks in 2012 and on clinton's use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. nbc's kristen welker is live this morning. what's clinton's goal there? >> reporter: jose, good morning. well, one

could be there are two houses of worship right there on lombard street, mother bethel ame and a synagogue. that could be part of the reason they are being cautious with this. nothing has been confirmed. this is just a package that the police department is checking out. they have to be very cautious in situations like this, even though usually it turn out to be absolutely harmless. but as we pan off there, you'll see one of the houses of worship there again, mother bethel ame and a synagogue right next door. this is on lombard between 5th and 6th. be advised if this part of society hill, if you live and drive through this area, you'll encounter these road closures here. we'll keep an eye on it and let you know when the situation has cleared up. live in our breaking news center, chris cato, nbc 10. >>> new car seat rules go into effect for drivers in new jersey today. they affect kids up to 8 years old. matt delucia joins us live with changes that parents need to know about. matt? >> reporter: an updated law and tougher fines, all for the goal of keeping your kids safe. keep this in mine. k

an older guy around the synagogue and had a lot of jokes and a lot of them were about pirates.gogue told these jokes to me and told them to me free of charge and now "newshour" is paying me to tell them to you. how do i justify this? do i owe herman pollack or his heirs a per sedges of what i'm earning? a few years off heard the jokes is when i went online for the first time, 1994. this was the first time online for a lot of people. in many ways, mine was a test generation. everything was free for us or felt free. we wanted music, we downloaded it. we wanted to print a photo and hang it on the wall, so what. we downloaded books or ebooks with a single click. woe downloaded games. it all seemed like a game. there was so much to hear and see and read. we played around in the imagination of strangers. or whoever it was who produced all this stuff, they weren't even strangers, they weren't even human. culture came out of the void. i remember clicking on a site full of jokes and some of the jokes in the site i already knew and i remember that feeling, none of this was created by any

down behind me is a synagogue, and three schools, there's an excellent restaurant. >> this is a jewish name. >> yes. >> schumer is jewish. >> i have not met a lot of iranians called david schumer. do they know when you say your time. -- name. i'm i say i'm jewish. >> why did so many leave. many of them - i think it is. >> you do. you leave the tehran and iran. it's something else. many come to iran for a visit. >> iran's jews have roots going back 3,000 years. the question everyone is asking, have. >> i'm impressed that once you have a state in iran, it's their home. or do believe that they want to stay there long term, or continue the community. >> coming up, we talk to an iranian jew who left the country and said the jews that remain there are persecuted, but can't >> saturdays on al jazeera america. >> a team of scientists are taking their inspiration from nature. >> technology... it's a vital part of who we are - >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... >> transcranial direct stimulation... don't try this at home! >> techknow's team of experts show you how the

they comments came last night in a synagogue in atlanta. andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: the vice president spoke late last night at a lecture in an atlanta synagogue. it was during a question and answer period that he offered the most revealing insight to date on pursuing the presidency for a third time. >> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. >> reporter: after weeks of speculation, joe biden speaking at length for the first time about a possible 2016 presidential run. >> unless i could go to my party and the american people and say that i am able to devote my whole heart and my whole soul to this endeavor, it would not be appropriate. >> reporter: it was already a tough decision for biden who has lost two previous bids for the white house and is barely three months removed from the death of his son beau. >> the other people in the race, and whether i can raise the money, and whether i can put together an organization, that's not the factor. the factor is, can i do it?

biden speaking in atlanta at a synagogue. he has to be confident to build a strong campaign to raise enough money and he has to be sure he and his family are up to it. >> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. unless i can go to my party and the american people and say that i am able to devote my whole heart and my whole soul to this endeavor, it would not be appropriate. >>> hillary clinton's former deputy chief of staff at the state department set to face the house select committee on benghazi today. jake sullivan is expected to be questioned about the 2012 attacks on the u.s. mission in libya and the use of the private server. on thursday, cheryl mills said no work related e-mails have been destroyed to keep them from the public eye. marco rubio and hillary clinton will campaign in puerto rico today. whoever wins its primary is likely to gain support among puerto rico voters in florida and new york. >>> some candidates are rallying behind jailed kentucky clerk k

most of them in tehran, down behind me is a synagogue, and three jewish parochial schools, there is an excellent kosher restaurant. the tapir restaurant serves excellent kebabs. i haven't met a lot of iranians named david schumer. you are the first one. do they know whether they say your name is daod? >> i say i'm jewish. >> any problems? >> no no, not at all. >> why did so many leave? >> many of them i think they're mystic. >> you do? >> yes. >> iran's jews say they have roots in the country that go back 3,000 years. the question many observers are asking how much staying power does the community have to persist in iran in the years to come? ali velshi, al jazeera, tehran. >>> spacex has officially failed in its designs to bring satellites, to bring wifi to spaces of earth. other companies including one led by virgin and qualcomm are pushing similar plans. >>> that's news, i'm randall pinkston. the news is next live from london. >> border closed. hungarian police shut the bother to serbia stopping thousands from entering. hello there i'm barbara serra, you're watching al jazeera live

they still have some schools and synagogues. a few kosher restaurants but maybe not enough to sustain so the question now the rate of jewish emigration has become zero meaning no more are leaving. i don't know what that means. certainly none are coming. so i will say that if any jews want to immigrate to iran i'll give them a recommendation for a good kosher restaurant. >>> i studied religion. this is what i did for a degree so when i actually see people being pious in their environment i'm taken. you see pictures of the two ayatollahs. the first and present one. you see those pictures everywhere in every kind of government official office. both of those men will have their pictures framed. it felt like a cult of personality more than a religion. people had shrines in their homes. religion seemed to be substantially more personal in iran than i expected it to be. i didn't go to the big friday prayers in tehran. the sermon was partially religious and partially political and there were references to america and there were referenc

. >> reporter: while touring a third century reconstructed synagogue, abdul kareem tells us his mission political, despite working for the assad regime. >> your message is, we're trying to protect the world's heritage? >> exactly. it's not just syrian heritage. it's your heritage. you cannot disappear all civilization, jewish, christian, muslim. we have one humanity, civilization for all the people. it's our duty to preserve this together. >> reporter: sharing in that duty, even those who oppose the assad regime. >> both sides of the divide, they go out there and risk their lives. this link is going to be what we need once this conflict is over. >> reporter: from ohio, professor amaer al azzam helps oversee a team of monuments men, volunteers working on the other side of the front lines, even undercover in isis-held territory. but 92 matter how hard they work to protect and track these items the global trade in looted antiquities is booming, fueled by demand from buyers abroad, as far away as london. >> everyone here is probably going to be affluent and purchasing expensive things -- >>

the man that tends this synagogue says it looks to be senseless teenage vandalism. >> it had to be a number of them, they are hard to push over, you can't lean on them and they fall over, they don't go down by themselves and they don't go down easily. >> some of the stones are here for more than 100 years, newcastle police spent time at the scene looking for fingerprints and other evidence, and hopes that someone in the neighborhood has surveillance. young people are often back here hanging out and they may not know who is buried here but they are upset with the level of disrespect on display here. >> i don't know these people. it's a good thing i don't. because i would be crying right now. >> neighbors say it's especially sad to see this happening at the time the pope was here visiting over the weekend and newcastle police hope that someone will help them out and know someone that might be responsible for this. live in minquadale, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> prosecutor says that a former new york firefighter committed a security breach at jfk pair port th

the synagogue has grown to more than 1,000 members who observe the jewish custom of not driving on holy days. so temple members walk to services and many have no choice but to cross new bridge road through this crosswalk and you can see the drivers aren't stopping for me either. >> i cross the street with all my kids together at least once a week. and more often than not we have to wait at least five minutes to get all the cars to stop and even then there are still cars that try to go around you around the crosswalk. it's steamily ly extremely dangerous. >> this is a disaster waiting to happen. >> reporter: they said a prayer for joanne during the services. she had a head injury but has been upgraded to fair condition family. jen maxfield, news 4 new york. >>> in california, those devastating wildfires are still burning out of control. two fires have already burned through more than 200 square miles. and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes. one person died and thousands are still evacuees. today firefighters finally gained ground on the fire, cooler weather and sporadic rain helped their effor

he was asked about the possibility last night, after a speech at a synagogue in atlanta. >> the mostt factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. the factor is, can i do it? can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment that would be proud to undertake under ordinary circumstances? but the honest to god answer is i just don't know. >> woodruff: and on the republican side, donald trump struggled thursday with questions from radio host hugh hewitt about the leaders of terror groups. >> now i don't believe in gotcha questions. and i'm not trying to quiz you on who the worst guy in the world is. >> well, that is a gotcha question, though. i mean, you know, when you're asking me about who's running this, this, this, that's not, that is not, i will be so good at the military, your head will spin. but obviously, i'm not meeting these people. i'm not seeing these people. >> woodruff: on a different subject, trump repeated today he'll seek to re-negotiate, but not repudiate the iran nuclear deal. that's the cue to turn to the analysis of shields

. >> reporter: biden was somber at a synagogue in atlanta last night. >> the honest to god answer is i just don't know. >> reporter: because he says he just lost his son, beau. >> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. >> reporter: in the oval office today, biden wore a smile. he says he does not know when he will decide. but he says clinton's struggles are not a factor. but she is at a place where even a light question on personal preference is touchy. >> text or e-mail. not sure that's appropriate. we asked that question, we're asking you. >> e-mail. >> reporter: in a new gal up lup poll, 74% of democrats have a positive opinion of hillary clinton, but her lowest number of. live from washington, steve handelsman, news 4 new york. >>> republican front runner donald trump says if there is anyone who can improve the proposed nuclear deal with iran, it's him. >> we have an agreement. it's a horrible agreement. i will make that agreement so tough and if they break it, they will have hell to pay. >> calling into msnbc's "morni

in our area, the pope's visit will not leave synagogues unprotected. observance ends tomorrow night. >>> still ahead on news4 at 5:00. >> the piano and the pope? kind of. how billy joel is helping the pontiff in one landmark. >>> coming up at 6:00 -- this new york city church has been feeding the homeless since the great depression. what this unique fellowship has >>> all eyes will be on the pope when he hosts madison square garden, an arena that has hosted legendary shows for different musicians. piano man billy joel didn't mind, moving his performance when the archdiocese asked. the light designer offered to build lighting for the pope's friday mass. >> this pope has lots of humility. there will be not a lot of flash during the production. >> joel was so happy to help out. he's making all his equipment and crew available to make the environment for the mass. >>> she asked and she prayed and now her bucket list is about to feel a whole lot lighter. 88-year-old sister noel define ivine wants nothing more than to meet the pope. sister noel has been invi

the nypd promises the pope's visit will not leave synagogues unprotected the unprotected. the observance ends tomorrow night. >>> they are calling for an end to this teen violence after this video shows an after-school fight that many say is a recurring problem in prospect heights. michael george is there for us. michael? >> reporter: as school got out today, there was a larger than usual police presence, trying to keep fights from breaking out. this is after about a dozen teens all caught on tape. bunch of teens ganging up on one victim, kicking him while he's on the ground. and nobody seemed to want to help. >> in this age we live in, nobody wants to get involved. they would rather stand, videotape. >> reporter: police say it happened monday afternoon in front of the atlantic terminal mall, right across the street from the barclays center. one slashed in the face with a box cutter. and this isn't the first time. it's a repeat problem. four months ago teens brawled inside a nearby mcdonald's and beat a man who tried to help. >> you're talking about at least a hundred kids

parishioners from a catholic church in bowling green are here after securing a donated bus and a synagogueered them a place to stay. they thought they would watch the events on a jumbotron. but tonight they learned that they each have a ticket to attend sunday's papal mass >> many in the group haven't done anything like that, haven't been to the east coast, much less come to a sin gol. >> the world meeting of families donated the tickets. >>> some papal pilgrims from new jersey have some unique sleeping quarters. they're spending the night in the cemetery. there's not enough room for everyone in the church, so the cemetery outside is home for the rest of them this weekend. they realize it's not the most conventional place to camp. >> this place might not be the best place to camp. we know we're sharing this earth with those who preceded us. >> the visitors of the church are from the arch diocese of newark. >> if you have to be out there, quite a night to be sleeping under the stars. they won't have to deal with any rain at least, will they, glen? >> the pope has had some really great weath