Visited. His welcome in havana came with a military honor guard and a handshake from president raul castro. A group of children presented the pontiff flowers. He responded by touching their heads as he blessed them. Aaron katersky is in havana visit. Reporter pope francis landed in havana to begin the longett overseas journey of his papacy, a 10 day trip to cuba, and the united states, two places he has never been. Its not about privilege. We are the only its not about we are the only one here. Its about recognizing the role and condition of the church and the society. Reporter cuban president raul castro greeted the pope who has endeared communist rural with his critique of capitalism. He is supposed to push castro for religious freedom. They have been sprucing up, welcoming papa francisco, who brokered restored ties between cuba and united states. 90 of the population is willing to participate in this important event, this man said. It will have a crucial impact for the moment we are
Letting you get on to the new jersey turnpike. You are just going to come to a dead stop there. They have flipped the signs encouraging you over to the eastern spur. That is on the left side of your screen. You can see not really very much better, so if you can avoid the turnpike at all costs that would be your best bet. Even the southbound side eastern and western spur. As you said you can see the smoke for miles. It is jam packed beyond belief, and unfortunately its only going to get worse. We will keep you updated as we get more information on this. Back to you guys. What about injuries . Front is. You know, we have not heard anything about injuries yet, but i cant imagine this was a very good accident. Clearly this tanker truck caught fire. We do want to show you one other thing here short of as a side note, if you look a little further up the new jersey turnpike, weve got two civilian vehicles that are off to the shoulder as well. We believe that they were somehow involved in the
The winds are going to be big factor. Whitestone 54, 52 long island, 50 around bridgeport, 50 around white plains and up the Hudson River Valley. Flood advisory for this wind thats coming in out of the east, southeast at 25, 35 miles an hour, so a flood advisory for the afternoon, coastal sections, western long island sound, jersey shore. Here are the showers kind of scattered around monmouth and ocean county. They keep developing through the day, and the showers become heaviest this afternoon with the wind. Wind swept rain, it will be heavy for the afternoon and into the evening commute. Weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. Heather says shes got some great advice for you. I do. You want to use mass transit this morning so when youre leaving work this afternoon you event wont have to deal with the rain and flooding. In roxbury we have an accident, should be cleared shortly. 17 both ways between century road and midland avenue, that earlier construction is clearing. Subway stat
We were seeking him for, was the september 1st shooting. The citys Police Commissioner was visibly angry. He described Tyrone Howard as a violent 30yearold career criminal who had no business on the streets of east harlem. He would have been the last person in new york city i would have wanted to see in the Diversion Program. He has shown no propensity with the number of arrests over a period of time of changing his ways. Detectives say howard was running from a shootout with bicycle. When he came facetoface with plain clothes officers along the fdr drive last night. When housing officer randolph holder and his partner tried to stop him, investigators say howard opened fire. When tyrone approaches them on the bicycle, when he approaches them on the bicycle, he puts the bike down. He pulls out his weapon, and he officer in the front of the head. The nypds response was immediate and massive. They sealed off the fdr and cornered Tyrone Howard, who had a gun shot wound in his leg. , and th
In front of the psa station house. In just a few minutes, starting at the scene where he died, a march will begin. Thats a few blocks away from here. A march that will end up right here at psa 5. As they memorialize an officer gone far too soon. Reporter barely a day later and the blurry haze of last nights chaos is coming in to chilling focus. As new yorks finest started to mourn for their fourth brother cop murdered in the line of duty in less than a year i do know someone like this shouldnt have been on the streets. Reporter the mayor expressed anger at the alleged cop killer investigators say caused such pain. Last night just after dark the mayhem started in moments. Hispanic male, black coat, firing. Reporter two Police Officers found themselves on a roof in the East River Houses at 102nd and 1st, watching a it involved at least three gunmen in what Police Called an ongoing gun war. 50 shots fired. Reporter by now an armada of police were responding and the gunmen had scattered. O