Energized by this, by the feeling he gets from the crowd, he had as much in arch diocese as cardinal there, hes been sort of reborn in terms of his public appearances. Very much so. And he is a true extrovert, you know, i think that we talk about his health and we talk about his age, but hes he draws energy. Theres the fiat, right now as it pulls up, and as you watch this, as the pope arrives here and you see the massive security undertaking, also have to remember that the pope is here, along with about 170 other heads of states, all here for the u. N. General assembly tomorrow, who are also being heavily guarded as well. Obviously, most of the resources, many of the resources going to pope francis as he gets out of his car and there he is. 6,000 nypd officers dedicated solely to the security of the pope, and that is bill bratton going up and meeting the pope. And you can hear the crowd. [ cheers and applause ] and it was mr. Bratten, the biggest security endeavor in the history of new
Maybe a peak of sun, 74, normal this last day of summer. We will head over to queens and talk about Jackie Robinson parkway. Its closed on the westbound side from kew gardens to forest park drive because of construction running late. Long Island Railroad, metro north, new Jersey Transit trains path trains subways are on or close to schedule. Cross bronx west from the sheraton to webster, that earlier construction picked up and put away. Everything has been reopened. Going into pound ridge at old stone hill road and accident being cleared away. Injuries were involved. Minor delays George Washington bridge, lincoln and holland tunnels. They are doing fine. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Ken and lori, over to you. Thank you. Pope francis will wake up in cuba for the last day of his historic visit to the americas. He played a large role in between the island nation and the United States. He visited the shrine of cubas patron st. And today will bring another m
The pope. Providing music for his arrival, the High School Jazz ban playing new york, new york. This pope is scheduled arrive any minute now and after a brief meeting here, he will fly on the helicopters beyond the stairs to manhattan where he will begin his official greeting and his whirlwind tour of new york. I want to mention the crowd had to assemble so early because of security issues. What did they do with the hour plus time they had out here in the baking sun . They have been praying and skinning, preparing their hearts to meet the pontiff. Live at j. F. K. Airport, lucy yang for channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you, lucy. The pope may be in the air but his ride is here. A popemobile and other vehicles arrived at the town house on 72nd street. Thats where the pope is staying. That is an open air popemobile and actually touch folks who are along the parade route. The residence of the nun see ya is where the popes nuncio is where the popes representative lives. Pope francis first
In a different way. Not only carrying the pope, but well also carry the message hes bringing to the city of new york. Reporter the Port Authority bus terminal will also be coordinated here at central command. For the Port Authority, a massive undertaking and the mission of a lifetime. It was a great opportunity, a great achievement. But were not there yet. Weve got to get him in and out safely and successfullyt reporter in t command center, mark santia, new york. Follow mark on twitter for all the details. Count on us for everything you need to know about the papal visit. Find out what you can and cant bring to the popes events around new york city from selfie its all on nbc4. Com pope. And we tangle the problem of homelessness in one city neighborhood. Who governor Chris Christie is telling to slim down or else. Lester holt is in washington with a look at what hes working on for 6 30. On nbc nightly news, well talk about the popes first visit to america. And well talk to ann toch son
Prevent things from happening so you dont have to. They put the fencing up. Do you remember the test, how many miles . It was 39 miles of fencing. 39 miles. Around the city to protect the pope. And so if you can screen people and make sure that nobody is bringing anything in that could in any way possibly harm the pope, then your job is easier once youre here with this pope flanked by these trucks and cars and all of the security personnel. Theyre taking absolutely no chances, no chances. How careful they are. Were on the other side of the security barrier. Were right across from st. Patricks cathedral and we were not allowed to bring anything noo here that could be used as a projectile. We couldnt bring any round fruit, oranges or apples to eat while were waiting on the pope. Anything thats projectile. But they did let us bring our iphones in. You know, i want to bring david ushery, he was in d. C. For the popes arrival there. And his procession. And with the pope mobile. David tell u