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 its 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 mid70s. 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 buzz. Yesterday he was a the the United Nations he was at the United Nations.
Pandemonium days away. Traffic will be a nightmare. The 411 you need to know about how to get around manhattan when pope francis is here at the end of the week. Good evening at 11 00. Im bill ritter. And im sade baderinwa. The pope arrives in the u. S. Tomorrow. Tonight hes missing with bishops in santiago, cuba and praying at the shrine of our lady of charity. Hell meet with families at the cathedral of our lady of the assumption. Then hell leave for washington, d. C. About 4 00 in the afternoon. The folks there tonight getting ready. Here in new york security preparations are in high gear, but for most of us our main worry, just how will we all get around . Eyewitness News Reporter josh einiger is at penn station with details. With difficulty is the basic answer. When the nypd takes the enormous cement blocks and shuts down vehicular traffic on 7th avenue. They tell us tonight for the first time theyre going to leave the entrance to penn station open, the main entrance there on 7th,
Is not limited service after 8 00 but that is not certain. This is a long 24 hours and a long night on the l. I. R. R. Tonight. Live tonight, n. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. N. J. , thank you. From long island to new jersey, fast action against the High School Football player seen on videotape bashing an opponent with a helmet. The player from linden lill permanently kicked off the high school permanently kicked off the team and suspended from school. Anthony johnson is the story for us. Reporter we are outside the imacculata football practice. They are just wrapping up the practice. We saw a number of the players including number 73. He is the one seen on the video that very disturbing video that many people across the country have now had an opportunity to see as you can see and they are now walking off the field. He has talked to a number of friends inside the school. They are playing a game against baskin ridge this weekend and he is ready to go. The imacculata spartans a
Fall begins next wednesday. We will talk about that in the accuweather sevenday forecast. How is it going . Not too long for Long Island Railroad commuters. Its 6 00 a. M. These changes are starting to take place. No Eastbound Service to ronkonkoma, huntington or Port Jefferson. That is starting now until 10 00 a. M. According to Long Island Railroad. Train service westbound is bypassing westbury, bypassing carle place. Take bus service to mineola to those stations and from there a train to mineola. Cancellations. New Jersey Transit trains on or close. All path trains are okay. No major problems there. An incident on the new england thruway north pelham parkway a disabled vehicle. I found an accident on the h. O. V. Lori, over to you. Lets get more on the commuter alert on the Long Island Railroad. Riders should expect delays and cancellations because of a Freight Train that derailed yesterday afternoon. Overnight the train car was removed from the tracks. Now there are concerns about
And it was really late. Then had to spend 25 minutes on a bus or so. Now i will be late for meetings so im trying to figure out what to do next. Reporter overnight rail workers removed the derailed freight care and spent the next 16 hours struggling repair the damage. It would not come soon enough to save the evening rush hour. Our track guys have been at it for many hours and they got a good look at the damage. I was told it was in excess of a thousand feet of track damaged, significantly damaged, third rail, regular rail, ties, all of that. Reporter with one of the two tracks out of service, the railroad canceled Westbound Service on the ronkonkoma and port jeff branches at 3 00 p. M. To make way for eastbound trains. The priority, to get commuters out of new york city. Most seemed resigned to the inconvenience. Sometimes things break and you got to adapt to it and do the best you can. How do you think they are doing the best they can . I think they are doing a good job. You can alwa