Trade. In his speech before the u. S. Congress, the first ever by a pope, he also addressed Climate Change, poverty and migrants. And call for the global abolition of the Death Penalty. Plus, pope francis highlights the work of a catholic radical. Two catholic radicals. In these times when social , byerns are so important dorothy day. Amy we will look at the lives of dorothy day and the trappist monk Thomas Merton. Pope francis described the two of them as great americans along with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Pope francis has arrived in new york where he will speak today at the United Nations general assembly. On thursday, he became the first pope to ever address a joint session of congress, where he discussed poverty, hunger, Climate Change, refugees, the Death Penalty immigration, the arms trade and u. S. Cuba , relations. After the congressional speech,
Assembly and then he heads to the 9 11 memorial and museum. After break for lunch he will then ride up to harlem and he will visit our lady queen of Angels School in east harlem. And from there, it gzwill be central park. Hell have a special procession. The day is zlw going to culminate tomorrow evening with his mass at Madison Square garden and of course we will bring you live coverage of each of the events on the air right here on cbs2 and on cbsnewyork. Com. We havews blessed and so fortunate to have some of the best vkseats in f the house. Here we q sit across 7 lovely, the beautifully spectacularly refurbished st. Patricks cathedral. And on cue the church bells [ bell dinging ] 5 00. 5 00. In the evening and ,cuv e 5 01 to be exact. But after three years and 177 million, they have restored this place to absolute auh splendor. And beauty. It was completed in 1878. And Cardinal Dolan decided hgin three years ago in 2012 that e 1 this place needs get cleaned and to get cleaned up and
Place. No major issues around town. An earlier issue on the bw parkway is all clear. I want people to be mind mindful of when the pope travels around town there will be intermittent closures in place. I got caught up in one yesterday. It only lasted about 10, 15 minutes at best. You wont have too much of any problems there. Again we do have road closures near the capitol and mass avenue. The northbound side closed. Southbound open near Observatory Circle as well as close to waterside drive. For commuters out in that area, youll need to be mindful of that this morning. Heres a live look from our trafficland cam. This is Eastern Market at kenilworth avenue or Eastern Avenue rather at kenilworth avenue. No issues either inbound or outbound. If you travel toward the 11th street bridge, all lanes of traffic are open. Traffic is still fairly light so no issues there. A live look at the beltway, light on beau the inner and outer loop. Were expecting a little more volume than yesterday. Yester
Seventyfour right now, maybe 60s in the surrounding suburbs, and except for dover, Atlantic City, both at 70. Patchy fog this morning, these are the visibilities, above a mile, in the north and western suburbs, but here, patchy fog that will be burning off this morning, but it is out there now. So if you are on the roadways, could see the visibility drop quickly, as youre working your way around the roads in south jersey. Seventyfive to 80. You got muggy. It is muggy out there. It will be a hot and humid day again today. So, dress cool. You want to stay cool. I should say. Because the temperatures will continue to climb to the 90s. No showers or storms, they are in the forecast, but not dealing with them today. Ninetyfour in center city. Cool they are afternoon. That cooler breeze, develops, so it is a nice day down the shore, Lehigh Valley up to 90. Maybe not quite as hot as center city. Sews these are the numbers now. We check your roadways therefore that, we go over to bob kill. Goo
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