in those 14 years, the new york city police department has changed dramatically. its traditional realm of municipal policing and eventual crime disorder and public approval was expanded to include keeping the city and its people safe from terrorism. this morning, i'll provide a brief overview of the current terrorism threat and describe some of the nypd's counterterrorism measures that are constantly evolving and expanding. and provided more extensive written testimony to the committee, as well. in many respects, we currently face a greater likelihood of attack than we have seen in years. new york city, with regard to the current terrorism threat environment, we now face multiple hazards. lone wolfs, as my deputy commissioner of intelligence says, al qaeda, particularly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap which operates primarily out of yemen, it remains a distinct threat. they are believed to be the primary driver of the attack in paris on ""charlie hebdo." isil, isis, and ebb establishing a pseudo state between iraq and syria, isil lass fundamentally destab

>>> taking a look at freedom tower, in lower manhattan, new york city. e pope francis is headed. right now he's in the air. st. patrick's cathedral where he'll be presiding over catholic mass. this city is ready. you know, in a week of incredible images already, one image that really stands out was for pope francis earlier today on the balcony of the capitol, u.s. capitol, in front of 50,000 people waving and cheering. an emotional john boehner to the right of him and vice president biden clapping along. in that sea of people out there, two students who were invited by speaker boehner and saw the pope's blessing with us now. ma lady, bilingual fourth grade student in northwest washington, d.c., and samuel merga, 11th grader archbishop carol until northeast d.c. welcome to you both. thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> kind of a big day for you. what was it like to be out there. i imagine you had to skip school to be there. must have been something else. look at you. >> yeah. it was so fun. >> can you describe for me what it felt like, samuel, to be t

. >>> 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

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

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

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

still think we'll run a risk of showers, sunday night to a portion of monday, true south of new york city, but. more sunday now should be more of a nicer day. all right 101 las vegas to phoenix, 91 in l.a., 80 in kansas city, and 90s in texas. we'll be in mid 70s here. low 60 out the door in town, high clouds filtering the sun's little bit. sirve at lunchtime issue a high of 75, tomorrow afternoon, there is a sim to the south, here comes that high from north. fight its off for saturday, sunshine, a few high clouds, more cloud cover for sunday. we'll see who winning the battle sunday night to monday. 62 in town tonight, preliminary -- tomorrow 75 is the high. perfect for the pope's visit. 80 for tuesday dhow, near that on wednesday, cooling down thursday. nice days coming up next week. steve: beautiful, the pope's visit was the bilge part that is great. >> reporter: terrific. >> family of yogi berra speaking about his passing we have that >> i am ines rosales with toyota traffic tracker. right lane will be closed tomorrow for construction from 10 to 2. street cleaning rules are suspended f

quote, everybody came by and when the street cross would pass, look over there at new york city's first colored policemen. they would announce lively to the people. here is new york's first colored policemen, he remembered. then the colored fellows that drove with people on sightseeing tours were bringing particularly from harlem and charged them a dollar each to take them to see this colored policeman. scheduled first reserve duty from midnight to 8:00 after he started patrol. reserved duty in those days there were no police cars. they had wagons. if there was an emergency, they would have to call out a lot of cops, so several nights a week they had to sleep in the station houses. something like what happens in the fire department but continues to sleep in station houses. finishing a night shift, he was to sleep in an event of an emergency. a couple dozen bunks and overworked men, discarded shoes, tobacco smoke. the officers of the 68th street station, that this was a white's only domain. without complaint, battle went up to the flag loft, several times a captain name thomas palmer ask

>> 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

we collect things from businesses and individuals in new york city and the surrounding area of things that people don't want anymore. reusable materials. and we bring them to this 35,000 square footwearhouse in long island sky, and -- long island city, and twice a week we're or open to our members, public teachers and service social organizations like after school programs, the y, the boys and arts program. and they're able to come in, and they're able to shop. we call it shopping, but >> tell us the fashion week connection, because that's quite interesting. >> right. so what happens is that all year long we're getting donations, and the fashion be business in new york city, the designers that are still in new york city, are very, very generous to donate. they have fabric, and they have trim and buttons. >> okay. >> but during fashion week, you know, they're setting up beautiful displays and runway shows. what happens to a lot of that stuff when -- >> it's over, right. >> and we want to prevent that stuff from going in the landfill. so we always encourage the fashion designers to make

>> 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. >

because if you don't think real possibilities in new york city 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. >>> new surveillance video from the nypd tonight. police are looking for two suspects in a string of armed robberies across southeast brooklyn in the past five weeks. they say the two men have stolen cell phones and electronic devices from five at&t and t-mobile stores. no one has been hurt. >>> a veteran georgia police officer is recovering at home tonight after getting shot following a car chase. dashcam video shows the end of that chase at gas station near atlanta yesterday. police say they had following were suspected of illegal gun sales. when gunfire broke out a 20 year veteran officer was hit in the shoulder. the suspects were taken into custody? the suspect in the shootings in phoenix claims authorities have the wrong guy. police say leslie merit jr. shot at cars in phoenix. investigators say they have foren

with an aerial view of new york city new york city, in midtown manhattan come you see police officers and others with sniper scope or that is the protection he's getting in here. almost more than head of state because of the attention he grabs at all the different people who have either positive or negative views of what he's talking about. >> father gabriel, touching on the editorial aspect of this trip, he was so kind and gracious today in applauding the american spirit in a speech in front of congress. a very respectful speech to the american people from one who had never been in the united states before. i am wondering what the editorial tone of the speech to the united nations will be. different because he's speaking to a world body, whether we'll have the same conciliatory feel to it or what. >> you nailed it with the word vocation. he spoke to the entrepreneurs of this country during congress top about the creation of jobs. just been a notch for newer, but a vocation, a way of the american dream. a couple of conservative catholics who are on at st. patrick's cathedral as campbe

we await takeoff in new york city.as the rotors get going. >> he'll be heading just a short distance away to get to his next destination which will be the wall street helipad in lower manhattan. from there he will then get into this motorcade as he so often does. and he will proceed down 5th street to greet all the folks that have waited for him. i'm sure the window wlb down, his hands out waving. >> there's no question. we constantly want to prepare for him making up time on this schedule right now. but with him going out on these processio processions, these motorcades, of course they're going to be to backed up a bit. the next commitment he has is at 6:30 or 6:45. we expect that to be a little bit later as the rotors there are kicking into gear as they prepare to whisk him away to lower manhattan. i checked google maps. it's about a 55 minute ride. we're not certainly going to have that long of a wait to see him on the ground in the streets of manhattan. we talked to cydney long before who's at 30 rockefeller plaza

here in new york city, planned parenthood supporters rallied in foley square today. the group says it provides health services for 50,000 people in the city each year. >>> the university of connecticut community mourning it's the fourth student who has died in two months. business school undergrad robert keirs died at the hospital yesterday morning. police responded to medical call at his home in willington. police don't suspect foul play. two sophomore students died in a crash in columbia earlier this month and another student in an accident in east hartford in audiotape. >>> also new at 4:00, a drug bust at a house led to the seizure of 200 marijuana plants. the clarkston police department said an investigation revealed an empty home on thomas court in valley college was being used as a pot growing facility. officers wearing special respiratory gear executed a warrant at 5:00 this morning. police say they found hundreds of pot plants and more than 35- gallon buckets with marijuana growing seeds. >>> well, first lady michelle obama is calling on girls to turn their e

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

bratten, the biggest security endeavor in the history of new york city. bill bratton, shake hands with the pope. >> and father malone, i mean, you have to marvel, you know, talking about the pope's ageing, he's ageing, his health, he has a sciatic problem he deals with, but you also have to marvel at the incredible energy that he has, i would think any 30-year-old would have a tough time sustaining the day he had. >> i'm actually having a hard time keeping up with it, i understand that concern entirely, if he were an introverted person and encounters with a lot of people drew energy out of him, it really would be a problem, but he's just the opposite. >> you had mentioned, it someone told you, you're going to be, father, giving a speech to congress, you wouldn't have that kind of energy, let's lins in -- listen to that crowd, pope francis, first visit for him to st. patty's. [ cheers and applause ] >> he's up the way. that is the secret service agent on the bottom right, see that little girl, yesterday brought her to greet the pope and he kissed her, and

. >>> 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

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

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 disturbance moving through causing some cloud cover especially from the city, points south and east. but that's quickly moving off to the east. we're going to be giving way to sunny skies. turning warmer, too, the high getting up to around 80. how about another 80-degree day for the pope's arrival in new york city on thursday, sunny to partly skies. a weak front pressing in from the north will cool us off just a touch on friday for all those big papal events in new york city. a mix of clouds and sun, the high on friday around 76 degrees in central park. and then for the weekend, a few bumps in the road possible here. high pressure building over new england. that's a pretty strong area of high pressure. at the same time there is going to be a coastal system trying to work its way north from the north carolina coast. now, it is going to be camp tigs between these two weath

he's getting ready to head north to new york city.he spoke to a joint meeting of congress. first time ever for a pope and greeting the adorning crowd. it was quite a moment. this is the real story today. the pope touching on climate change, immigration, the death penalty and the family. >> i'mgrateful for invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> pope is scheduled to

new york city are just one of several that have aligned with the president's initiative. y had tremendous success helping people transform their lives and their communities. >> the fact that a city of new york has things and programs like this to offer and i can take advantage of it. everyone's been really supportive. i can't help but be excited i am part f on the tech world now. >> reporter: joining me now is new york city's chief technology officer, also megan smith, the chief technology officer for the united states. welcome here as we are all growing hope here. we just heard sound there how lives are transformed when it comes to crossing over into that tech world. and she did it in just a few months. talk a little bit how that can happen and both agencies are working to see more stories like hers. >> you mentioned the president's tech hire initiative. using code boot camps and short courses, three-month training opportunities, to help everyone move into these jobs. we have so many jobs open. they're fun and exciting. look at these kids. we want more americans to come i

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

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 a politician and has thought deeply about politics and something came

. >> reporter: the new york city city department of transportation was out here and said the sidewalk will be cleared away, but they are investigating to see what can be done about the wile of junk on the other side of the fence. tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> that's a lot of stuff, huh? >> that's for sure. >>> coming up, what donald trump said that had stephen colbert reaching in for a glass of milk and oreos. >> we will check the traffic and weather when we come back. tt2watx#`o4 p bt@q>v8 tt2watx#`o4 p "a@q.z\ tt2watx#`o4 p bm@q%qp tt4watx#`o4 r dztq yah tt4watx#`o4 r entq )e( tt4watx#`o4 r gzt& 0bp >>> >>> first day of school for kids in new york city. we asked you to post your photos, and good luck to you girls. >> they are ready to go. looking good. >>> tough images for a toddler recovering from a home run ball the 2-year-old suffered black eye. his dad was holding rowand's 7- month-old sister, and the ball was coming right at the little boy. dad deflected it, but it still hit the little boy. the paramedics took him to the hospital, and the doctors expect him to make a full rec

since we're here in new york city, let's look at the great socialist culture that emerged in new york city in world war i era. centered in german and particular jewish immigrants, immigrants from the czarist empire who came in larger numbers in the 1890's and early 20th century. the foundation of jewish socialism was the super exploitation other jewish working class. the garment workers, women workers in factories in the sweatshops. the leaders were professional people like louie boudein, writers. the leaders were quite familiar with marx and studied him and interpret him to mean a revolution does not just come about but a slow process. and at goal is to propagate socialist ideas and run socialist candidates for office isn't the way you educate people. run candidates for office. a wonderful cartoon from a yiddish newspaper of that time. here is karl marx kind of as moses, right? leading the children of israel into the promised land with socialism. you are absorbing marx into this jewish heritage, right? somewhat brought over from russia in hebrew. you know, in the yiddish language. th

. >> here he is again pope francis in new york city down to st. patrick's cathedral for an evening prayer service. >> welcome to st. patrick's cathedral. >> a moment with a wheelchair bound teenager as well. he placed his hands on her face as he blessed her as the followers burst into applause. >> good morning to you. thank you so much for waking up this early with us. the pontiff has a big day, a huge one. in a few hours the pope heads out for his first full day in new york city, and it promises to be one for the record book. >> our chief religion correspondent is outside of the pope taefrps rare reresidents with details for us. good morning, lauren. >> a big change from last night. here on the upper east side the pope is staying with the papal's -- the vatican ambassador's to the u.n. last night was a big night. what you are looking at again is the welcome down iconic's 5th avenue as tens of thousands waved and shouted. he was greeted by governor mario cuomo and bill deblasio. during the prayer service with 2400 priests and by the clergy the hol

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 str

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

in those 14 years, the new york city police department has changed dramatically. the traditional municipal policing, intervention of crime and disorder, and the fostering of public approval was expanded to include keeping the city and its people safe from terrorism. this morning i'll provide a brief overview of the current terrorism threat and describe some of the nypd's counterterrorism measures that are constantly evolving and expanding. i've provided more written testimony to the committee as well. in many respects we currently face a greater likelihood of attack than we have seen in years. with regard to crime, the safest summer in 25 years, but with regard to the counterterrorism and threat environment we now face multiple hazards. lone wolves as my director, al qaeda, particularly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap which operates out of yemen. it remains a distinct threat. they are believed to be the primary driver of the attack in paris at "charlie hebdo." we've also seen isil or isis or the islamic state of iraq and iran. by establishing a pseudo sta

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

tomorrow morning andyhis wry aval in new york city tomorrow evening. our coverage will be on nbc 4 and we'll stream it all live on nbcnewyork.com. >>> another big story tonight. sports legend yogi berra has died at the age of 90. >> he was one of the best in the game of baseball known for his love of the game, love of his family and of course those catchy one liners repeated by fans of all ages. >> news 4's john chandler is at yankee stadium with a look at yogi's life and legacy. >> reporter: all-time great quote and one of baseball's greatest catchers. today, yankees' owner hal steinbrenner remembering yogi as a national treasure. a world war ii veteran. if he loved anything more than baseball, it was his late wife of 60-plus years. he was born lawrence peter barrett in 1925. but he was simply known as yogi by the time he signed with the yankees. a st. louis boy with an eighth grade education and a genuine way about him. fans appreciated his humble attitude. he just as quickly charmed his way into the heart of a waitress in st. louis. her name was car

and we protect the city of new york by doing a number of things. the most important is that we help supply vaccines to a large percentage of the pediatric offices in the city. we know the most vulnerable population are children under the age of 5. and getting high rates of vaccinations in young kids not only helps those kids make it through the flu season without illness. it also can protect the rest of the community. >> let's talk briefly about legionnaires'. your office got all the paperwork on it and had to deal with it. 12 people died, more than 100 people sickened. are you worried about potential outbreaks in the future? did we handle it as well? what did you learn from it? what's the future hold? >> yeah, this is a very challenging disease because legionella, this bacteria, lives with us in the environment. you know, we live around bacteria all the time, and that's one of the reasons we don't worry so much about babies getting vaccines because, you know, babies are exposed to bacteria all the time and their immune systems fight it off. with le

a new york city police officer being convicted of that? highly irregular. >> reporter: but there he stood brendan cronin pleading guilty. a plea deal that will send him to prison for nine years. not enough say his victims. >> i'm sure if i opened -- fired a weapon into a police car i would be doing much more than nine years. >> reporter: last april cronin was off duty and drunk when he opened fire on a car in pelham for no reason. the passenger was shot six times. robert borrelli was behind the wheel and was not hurt and drove his friend to the hospital. both men are recovering physically and emotionally. >> i experienced something that is totally awful. >> i feel guilty for having done nothing more than stopped at a light that was yellow turning red. i have to live with that. >> reporter: cronin who was suspended will be fired from the nypd. victims are moving forward with a 90 million civil suit claiming the city and police failed to eliminate drunk cops who kill, shoot and maim people in their drunken states. >> cronin will turn himself

people are ready to see pope francis in new york city. the way it's set up it will be hard to see him. >> we hope to see him. i want to see him in person. >> streets were closed down causing major gridlock and the pope is expected to attend a prayer service at saint patrick cathedral, where tickets guests will file in to greet the pontiffs. in times square people can't help to share the excitement. >> it's like going to the movies, but a lot more electric. >> he wants the best for the world, he is politically motivated. earlier pope francis spoke to politics, being the first pope in history to speak to a joint meeting of congress. >> i am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave. [ applause ] >> the pope did not hesitate to speak on controversial issues, the arms trade and a plea to get rid of the death penalty and reminding this crowd full of top leaders that immigration was a key part of the u.s.'s history and spirit. >> lets remember the golden rule. d

new york city. so far they have been thwarted i the efforts of the nypd and our local and federal partners. that partnership is stronger than ever. and theoner john miller army investigative reporter who was one of the first to interview osama bin laden, the fbi, the lapd's counterterrorism now my and counterterrorism threat intelligence director, we have a wide variety of agencies with which we work every day. together we keep the city safe. we have done so well of holding the constitutional rights of those who live, work, and visit new york city. it is our freedom that makes us a target for those who hate us. more detailed version of this testimony has been submitted. i would like to thank you for inviting me to testify. i would be happy to answer any questions the committee and its members may have. rep. mccaul: thank you, commissioner. the chair recognizes commissioner nigro. : thank your nigro for having me. fdny, it hasd the changed. the primary mission has always been to protect life and prop

pope francis making his way to philadelphia after a historic trip to new york city.ssage, that story coming up today. coming

mayor giuliani: first of all, new york city is very fortunate in that it really isn't a city. it's a confederation of counties. we are five counties in the .tate of new york , for example in miami or los angeles, the city is an entity within a much larger county, or let's take boston. so, when i had to deal with september 11 or the 30 or 40 other crises i had to deal with of a lesser scale, but because we have so many crises, our police or fire are emergency people are used to crisis. .e have one entity in boston, the report that you are dealing with, having to coordinate 7, 8, 9, 10 12 different police departments, as fire departments, some of which are volunteer fire departments, maybe an emergency services unit, maybe not. coordination is new york isbecause so big and it is one entity. that does not mean we did not have tremendous problems of coordination. youyou can imagine, if multiply those by 10 or 20, governor pataki and i made a decision shortly after the attack. say 40 minutes -- i was trapped in the building for 20 minutes. when i got out, we made a .ecision on bp th

. >> this is where the pope is preparing to leave new york city and bestow his blessing on the city of brotherly love, philadelphia. good morning, it's saturday, in new york city. >> we are tired. how does he feel? >> 78, going strong and inspiring many. >> what kind of a day lays ahead. amy freeze, 63 degrees right now. >> reporter: it's on the cool side, and we are transitioning into the 70s later. i think next weekend we will have the fall feel and a transitional weekend. we have 40s in the northern counties. look at monticello and sussex. a lot of 50s through white plains. 57degrees, and the suburbs are cooler than the city right now once we get to the afternoon, 10 degrees cooler. some areas will get into the low to mid-70s. thin clouds. sun moving n and it boosts our temperatures into the seasonal range. this is what could be affecting us for the second half of the weekend, and this is where the pope is. planning for new york city, temperatures low 70s with the high of 73 degrees, and the accuweather forecast is coming up. michelle? >>> new york city is cooling off from the pope

university here in the city said catholics needed to have a place of worship worthy of the name and began the project of constructing st. patricks cathedral not funded by wealthy catholic new yorkamilies but by individual donations of a penny or a dollar from individual catholics. at the time the space between 50th and 51st streets was way north of the city. people said archbishop why are you building there? the city will catch up with us. you asked about controversy. in the last couple years st. patricks had to be significantly redone, a significant cost. some people asked in the era of pope francis shouldn't that $177 million be better spent on something else especially at a time when as you know there are still the remnants of the clergy sex abuse crisis in the national church. >> that is right and jonathan let me come back to you, were are just moments away from seeing the pope here, and i'm wondering you talked about the people who are there on the steps of st. patricks but i want to know how many people, how many deep are round you there? >> i'll show you, tony. first off there is a major media contention here and pan to the side to show how many people are here and furth

al jazeera america ♪ here we go, live pictures right now from the downtown heliport downtown new york citynd arrived in manhattan for the first visit, the second leg of his trip to the united states and welcome to al jazeera america special live coverage of pope francis and i'm tony harris in new york city and continues his visit to the united states in the big apple and he is making his way shortly to st. patricks cathedral and earlier today the pontiff addressed the joint meeting of congress then met with homeless people, being assisted by catholic charities and had lunch with them. we are going to get back to the pope's story in america in just a moment but there is another huge story we are following as well. tragedy on one of the holiest days in islam, over 700 people were crushed to death in a stampede during the annual hodge in saudi arabia. hundreds more were injured as many as 800 more injured. saudi arabia's king solomon promised a swift investigation into the worst disaster in two decades, we will have much more tonight in our 7:00 eastern hour. let's get to libby casey now live

we saw current new york city and mr.berg walking in the crowd with 3,000 people dying in the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon and aboard unite flight 93 which crashed in southwestern pennsylvania. that flight was bound for van. >> a large american flag there. it hangs from the pentagon in virginia this morning. the military will hold a sermon today honoring the 184 live lost when americans airline flight 77 slammed into the building. also, today, president obama will meet with united states service men and women at fort meade outside washington, dc. >> land terms shined at dusk in shanksville, pennsylvania to honor the passengers and crew of the flight holded to san francisco international airport. a group of passengers led by bay area residents stormed the congress pill surprising the hijackers moments before 9 jet crashed. it is believes the hijackers wanted to fly the jet into the united states capitol. a new visitors center opened at the flight 93 memorial. >> in an hour and 15 minutes, san francisc

. >>> a new warning is about to be posted on menus at some new york city restaurants. the target this time, salt. what you're going to see, and where. michael. >> reporter: chuck, we're outside america's largest tgi fridays, and they'll need to reprint the mens after today. restaurants in new york are being told they need to warn customers which items on the menu have high salt or face a fine. pretty soon, you'll see this little salt shaker icon on restaurant menus. it's a warning letting you know the food you're about to order is high in salt. >> this is a great day for new york, and a real step forward for public health. >> reporter: new york city is the first city in the nation to require restaurants to post sodium warning labels. >> all in favor -- aye. any opposed? it passes unanimously. >> reporter: the board of health passed the rules today. it takes effect in december, and only applies to chain restaurants. any food with more than 2300 milligrams of sodium gets a salt shaker icon next to it on the menu. health experts say samt lt is the biggest contributor to h

an all new live >>> conventional wisdom is that there's one rat for every person in new york city. 8 million stories of the city, tonight the story of one rat and one slice of pizza. this video lighting up our website and social media. 1.3 million views on our facebook page. a rat last night hauling a slice down the stairs station. >>> in tonight's health alert, e-cigarettes, are they less harmful or just as bad as smoking tobacco? surgeon general says there's not enough evidence to conclude they're a healthy alternative, nor is there evidence to confirm they can help kick the habit. the health risks of e-cigarettes are completely unclear. >>> tomorrow governor cuomo's girlfriend sandra lee talking to good morning america about her physical and emotional struggle after breast cancer. on her facebook page today she said with her supporters she's going in to fall stronger, wiser, and better. first public appearance since her double mastectomy, last night at the emmys. you can see it at 7 a.m. here on channel 7. >>> rob powers up next with sports. >> that time of the year where the sport