he'll then move on to st. matthew's cathedral, where he'll have midday prayer with about 300 of the u.s. bishops. we know many of them don't necessarily agree with some of the things that francis has said. then he'll move on, have a little bit of down time. he'll meet some seminarians. later in the afternoon, the big mass. this mass of canonization for a 17th century franciscan priest known for creating the mission system in california. there's been some controversy. native americans say he was brutal or protected the spaniards and their brutal methods, but it's expected to be a rich celebration of the canonization, the first, by the way, on u.s. soil. so quite a day on tap later today for the pope. >> all right. looking forward to seeing david again throughout our morning. >> of course, the nypd has a team in washington right now tomorrow the pope arrives here. his biggest event takes place in central park. katherine creag is on the upper west side with a look at the preps for the pope's arrival. >> reporter: and this is really something to see. something that went up overnight. this is new, and a lot of the people around here have never seen anything like this. it's an eight-foot fence now surrounding the west side of central park. we're waiting to find out if it's also on the east side of central park. you see these workers here in their fluorescent vests and hard hats. they've been putting up this eight-foot fence all around the perimeter of central park south of 81st street. we're on 66th street on central park west. this is another element of security to keep the pope safe. on thursday and friday when he's here, pope francis will be visiting midtown, downtown, and east harlem just to name a few. very steel an concrete barricades in those places. already there's a steel fence and barricades around the park. police officers have been on patrol around here for days now at specifically assigned spots. at least 25 bus lines will be affected. many acknowledge it will be an inconvenience but say the pope's visit will be well worth it. >> for him to come to spanish harlem is definitely a blessing. we need something like this around here. >> reporter: the pope will visit with school children at our lady queen of angels. we've seen a lot of orange cones around there. expect steel barricades and concrete barricades. as for the pope's procession here at central park, we've mentioned it before, you need a ticket to get in. people will go through security machines, their bags, anything on them will be x-rayed as well. >> it is no joke. that's for sure. thank you, kat. our coverage of the pope's trip continues on nbcnewyork.com/pope. there you'll find the items you cannot bring to any of the papal events. a slide show of the pope's journey and a list of his full itn inerary. and we know many of you have questions about how the pope's visit will impact getting around. later today, lauren will be hosting a facebook chat to answer everything you need to know. and that's a lot. that's straight ahead at 12:30 today. head to the nbc new york facebook page. 4:38. new this morning, police are hoping this surveillance video will lead them to the two men who robbed a deli in brooklyn. they're asking you to take a good look. police say the men entered the cosmic newsstand in flatbush monday night. they took off with $1500 from the cash register. nobody was injured. also new this morning, an investigation under way after several nooses were found hanging from a tree at the university of delaware. they were found last night in the same area where students held a black lives matter demonstration just the night before. police say they're investigating this case as a hate crime. students plan to hold another rally this afternoon. a new jersey doctor is now behind bars accused of sexually assaulting one of his pa tients. he's now facing criminal sexual conduct charges. police say the 61-year-old neevurologisngimproperly touched a 37-year-old woman during examinations in his office. the victim says this happened at least two times. bail right now set at $100,000. the mother of a rutgers football player now facing charges for the same fight that got him suspended from the team. rutgers university police have arrested the mother of the star wide out carroo. she was charged for the on-campus incident that happened earlier this month. also charged, 20-year-old maria vega and 50-year-old juan vega. maria was involved romantically with carroo and the altercation woman. fbi says they have the e-mails that hillary clinton said she deleted. bloomberg neve first reported the agents recovered personal and state correspondence from that private server. right now the fbi is investigating why classified information got into the server. just yesterday a federal judge ordered the state department to speed up its review of those e-mails. chinese president xi jinping is in seattle today where he's talking about cyber crime. he says he's ready to open high-level talks with the united states to fight hackers. he claims that the chinese government never broke into computers to steal corporate sec ets. xi goes to washington tomorrow to meet with president obama. they may announce an agreement not to wage cyber warfare during peacetime. 4:40 right now. ahead this morning, breaking news if you're just waking up. overnight we learned yankee legend yogi berra has died at the age of 90, and the memories are pouring in this morning. do stay with us for extended coverage. plus this moring, a lot of peoppe calling their insurance companies. a rash of crimes police are investigating. and the weather headlines, autumn off to a good rtart. looks good weather-wise forouhe pope. maybe a few showers by the latter half of the weekend. we'll talk about this and more straight ahead. right now an accident on the garden state parkway southbound in the local lsnes before exit 109. [excited yelling] you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. so why should we get it all the same way? call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. are you guys texting each other? whether it's 3 megs or 300 megs, yeah. for the right price. from $14.99 everyday low price internet, nd to 300 meg ultra-fast internet, we have you covered. even with wifi at home and on the go. plans start at $14.99 per month. call 1-855-want twc 4:43 right now on this wednesday morning. here's four things to know this morning. there's been breaking news overnight, sad news. yogi berra has died. at the age of 90. yogi berra a hall of famer who became known as one of the sporting world's biggest characters, of course. many of his so-called yogi-isms. he-o was alse a true american hero iny world war ii. stay with us all this morning. we'll have lots of reaction to this sad news. also, pope francis heading to the white house today before traveling through the treets of washington. thousands already lining up to get a glimpse. still ahead, much more on what the pope is doing today. now, you may see foam containers returning to a coffee shop or ta -out food store. a judge on tuesday overturned mayor de blasio's ban on that. the judge ruled the foam containers can be recycled and that the city has overlooked recycling offers. if you have a desk job, listen to this. a he new stuty of 35,000 women finds sitting for long periods of time has no impact on your health if you fidgeted in your seat. so you've got to like, you know, tap your foot and all thm oe ther stuff. researchers say it's still be oftter to get up and get moving, but at least moving in your chair may help you. that's so ridiculous. >> somebody studied fidgeting. >> fidget, the thing your parents constantly scolded you for is now a good thing. >> makes sense. somebody got paid to study people fidgeting. >> it's really a definitive report though, chris. >> i didn't take that class, dgeting 101. >> i got an "a " in that. >> i'm sure you did. all right. let's get to the weather picture thanis morning. officially starting a new ason, but it's going to fee moreftike summer this afternoon. it's cool this morning. starting out in the low 60s in town with a clear sky. suburbs are quite a bit chillier. clear sky and sunshine heading our way. we're expecting maybe 80 degrees within reach again before the day is through. we're starting out 40s in some suburbs. 50s in most of them. afternoon highs getting to rmound 80. a gorgeous evening as temperatures setting back down. normal high is 72. 80 the expected high this afternoon. this has been a month that's featured temseperatures well andve rm pr 59 this hour in chelsea. staten island, 60. 48 in morristown. 46 in sussex. a cool 48 in poughkeepsie. so suburbs, it's sweaters and jackets this morning. not much going on again throughout the northeast. in fact, the eastern half of the country still very quiet. most of the clouds pushing away from us. we expect more sunshine for today. as we head into tomorrowhen idthe pope leaves d.c. and heads our direction, more nice weather. we're looking at sunshine. touchdown time, 5:00 at jfk. 77 degrees. conditions should be fine. as we heads on over towards st. patrick's, about 74 degrees. very pleasant, low humidity, and a nice thursday for the papal visit. looks like friday is going to be just as nice. beautiful first day of fall. degrees this afternoon. clear skies tonight. 'm and comfortable agatn. low 60s in midtown. 50s in some suburbs. during the day tomorrow, we anticipate a good deal of sulinshine. another warm one. maybe 81. we'llmer in a few high clouds at times. a quiet pattern shaping up towards the end of the week iday. however, a little more onshore flow may bring in a few more clouds and the temperandres down a little. weeken papicture still leaning towards keeping the bulk of the rain south and easev we'll watch it. coacmputer models keepatluctuating back and forth. the possibility, if we're going to get any rain this weekend, would be on sunday. i thtnk saturday is a dry, breezy day at 74. low 70s with more clouds sunday. that shower threat late. back to the mid and upper 70s next week with sunshine. pretty good looking seven-day forecast. let's find out how the commute >> if you're on the buses, a few detours. then if you're getting on the subways, we have fast track maintenance on the f. some overnight track work on the 1, 4, 7, a, and l as well. expeho delays and service anges. major commuter lines right now, they look good ydu're getting on the roads, we hsve one accident on the garden state parkway southbound in the local lanes before exit 109. still moving nicely through the area. plenty of roadwork out there, but no major slowdowns yet. alternate siat of lde street parking rules are suspended, but you still need to pay the meter. 4:48 now. in new jersey, some passaic residents are demanding ana officer be fired afterife allegedly made racist remarks that were capturedpob video. >> i'm going to knock ondthee door and check your mom and oudad'a i.d. and all your [ n ap ] cousins. i'm going to have immigration pick everybody up so they can cross back to the [ bleep ] border. >> jasmine vidal and her boyfriend say they were sitting on their porch withha friend in february when the officer approached them and began making threats. they then recorded and posted that video on facebook. last nights hundreds of people rallied outside passaic city hall, calling for tough disciplinary action against that officer. >> they were telling him they were going to call immigration hisow family, to unlock his phone. they don't have reason to do that to us. we know our rights. >> the mayor of passaic is asking for calm and restraint while the city investigates. a former nypd officer now admitting to randomly firing shots at a car after a night of drinking. bran con cronin pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges. he says he downed ten alcoholic drinks while t dy and opened fire on pellham street. he's expected to be sentenced to nine years behind bars. we're expecting an announcement from mayor de blasio and cardinal dolan when they go to a homeless shelter in the bronx. they're going to patrol 125th street. that area has a methadone clinic. homeless people on the street and easy access to the dangerous synthetic drug knowndes k-2. >>5"heue's a lot of it being distributed out of bodegas. that was a significant factorattractiveness. >> the 38 officers assigned to a harlem patrol will get special training on peddler enforcement and crisis interven yon. moving to connecticut right now, police releasing surveillance video of one of the men wanted in a string of car break-ins. stanford police say the thieves hit about 20 cars, and that was just last weekend. more than 200 since august. they steal from one car, quickly move on to another, as you can see here. last weekend, these thieves hit cars on grove street near the high grove apartments. so far, police have caught just one of them. and in rockland county now, somebody's going on a shooting spree with a bb gun. clarks town police say a dozen cars in valley cottage were damaged on monday. some of them had their windows shattered. investigators are poring over home surveillance videos in the homes of spotting a suspect. they're asking everyone to keep an eye out for suspicious or unusual activity. a brooknen community is calling for an end to violence after a massive street fight. it happened across from the barclays center. two teens seen being pummelled on the ground. two teenagers have been arrested so far. community advocates are calling for parents to turn in anyone else who was involved. >> bring your child forward bauds if because if you don't, you're sendin the wrong message that what they did is okay. >> there were two brawls that was at a nearby mcdonald's. missay police say they're monitoring social media. it is 4:51 right now. still to come this morning, the fast food chain that is hoping alcohol will help boost sales. and we have some important news for your health about the blood supply in our country. a live look at the alexander hamilton bridge. moving nicely on this wednesday morning. the great weather continues. the holy father about to come from washington to new york tomorrow. >> thursday, friday the big days. the good weather holds. temperatures cool down a little bit, which i think would be a good thing for most folks packed in like that. meantime today, we're warming it up. first day of autumn gets a little warmer. plenty of sunshine heads our way. it's a comfortable 80 degrees. tonight, clear sky, low 60s in town, 50s in the suburbs. we'll have the details on the forecast for the pope's visit and even into the weekend coming up. >> all right. very good. lauren? >> well, we have fast track maintenance out there as a reminder for people taking the f. no f trains between jamaica 179th street and briarwood, but shuttle bus service is in place. just a reminder that alternate side of the street parking rules are suspended today, which is nice, because they're going to be restricted for the next few days. >> all right, lauren. thank you. in news for your health, you could get a new virus the next time you get a blood transfusion. that's not good news. scientists recently discovered this virus in the blood supply, and it can be transmitted from one person to the next. the virus resembles dangerous hepatitis c and the harmless pega virus. for now, doctors do not believe the new virus will make you sick. a new report claims that nearly every american seeking health care help will be misdiagnosed at least once in their life. about half of those misdiagnoses could lead to death. that's what happened to a 12-year-old boy from queens. he cut his arm in gym class one day. that led to a blood infection that his parents say was caught too late. >> our son died, and our son died despite us raising our concerns that there was something wrong. we were told over and over again that this was a stomach virus. >> so scary. the report from the institute of medicine recommends improving communication between doctors, nurses, and lab workers, and stick to your guns. if you feel like something is wrong, push. it also urges patients to ask more questions about your tests and your diagnoses. a drug company executive accused of price gouging is now lowering the cost of an important medication. he's 32 years old. he came under fire after raising the price of daraprim overnight by 5,000%. $750. this is him on cnbc. the drug fights infections in a.i.d.s. and cancer patients. at first he refused to drop the price. he later gave in. now to another disturbing incident on the high school football field. a student in los angeles accused of smearing icy hot or some sort of similar heat rub in the face of one of his opponents. it happened in a game earlier this month. the player wearing the blue rub on the other player's face. look at him. he had to go to the sideline. >> i saw him hunched over walking to the sidelines, and i knew that something malicious had just happened. >> it looked as if it was gobbed into his glove. the gloves disappeared as soon as that play was over. >> honestly, what is wrong? the player decided not to press charges. it's disgraceful. the school's athletic director said the player apologized for the incident and he's sat out for at least one game. no word on whether he'll face any additional punishment. although, he should. >> you cannot be doing that. coming up on 5:00 a.m. if you're about to head out the door, take us with you. >> keep watching news 4 on your mobile device. our next hour starts right now. this morning we are remembering a yankee great. a baseball legend who will be remembered for much more than the sport. yogi berra passed away at the age of 90. sad news. good morning, everybody. coming up on 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday, september 23rd. i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm kerry barrett. the sad reaction to that news is pouring in. we're going to share some memories and actually going live to his museum in a couple minutes. we're also following another big store. team coverage of the pope's visit to the united states. first, we want to check in with chris and the forecast. >> it's autumn officially now. temperatures feel very autumnal this morning. city holding at 60. we may slip into the upper 50s before the morning is through. a lot of 40s in northern new jersey. low 60s down the jersey shore. the sky is nice and clear. stays that way for the most part today. nothing more than a cloud here or there mixing in. 74 and forecasting a high today of around 80. the rest of your forecast on the 4s. right now, early check on the commute from lauren. >> overall, the roads look good. we're going to look at some of our area crossings starting with the brooklyn bridge. heading into the tolls here, no delays, no roadwork getting in your way. just keep in mind that you're going to need your easy pass if you're headed to the lower level or using the palisades approach. lincoln tunnel and holland tunnel, in for a nice ride. brooklyn bridge, roadwork shutting down the manhattan side of the span. things still moving along smoothly through this area. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up. now we do want to get to that sad breaking news we have learned about just overnight. the death of yogi berra. overnight his museum confirmed that yg died at the age of 90. this morning condolences and memories with being shared online. michael george is in little falls, new jersey. this is the site of the yogi berra museum. michael, as you've been rting, this happened just hours ago, but already there's been a huge reaction, a huge outpouring of love for yogi berra. >> reporter: absolutely, michael. no doubt he was one of the greatest to ever wear yankees pinstripes, but yogi berra was more than that. he was one of the most beloved athletes of all time. all morning we've been hearing from his fellow yankees. berra died of natural causes at his home in west caldwell, new jersey, at the age of 90. he got his start in yankees pinstripes in 1946. he was one of the greatest clutch hitters of all time. he was a 15-time all star, brought home ten world championships. he was a three-time mvp and hall of famer. but he was enormously popular off the field as well. he stormed the beaches of normandy on d-day. and his quotes are legendary. he was called the philosopher king of baseball. tim russert once asked him about it on "meet the press." >> when you come to a fork in the road -- >> take it. we got a street back home that wen th have one. >> half the things i said, i never said. >> oh, boy. tell you the truth, tim, i don't even know i say these things. i really don't. >> and this morning the yankees organization tweeted, we are deeply saddened by the loss of a yankees legend and american hero yogi berra. and dave winfield tweeted, say it ain't so. and his work didn't finish with he took off his uniform. he became an advocate for gay and transgender athletes. back to you. >> so much more to come. michael, thank you so much. we'll have more on the passing of the great yogi berra online. head to nbcnewyork.com for a look back at yogi's life. see how people are remembering him. we've also posted a photo gallery of yogi berra through the years. >> he was an amazing man in so many respects. 5:02 now. this morning the papal flag flying outside of the vatican embassy. in just a little while the pope will head to the white house before riding through the streets of washington, d.c. thousands are lining up already, getting ready for that amazing sight tomorrow. pope france is is traveling here to new york, his biggest event taking place in central park where 80,000 people are gathering hopefully just to get a glimpse of the holy father. katherine creag is live with a look at the preparations. >> reporter: you've never seen so much activity here at 5:00 in the morning. we have new video just in to our newsroom. what we've been seeing out here, construction workers, dozens of them. what they did overnight, really just a few hours ago, they put up an eight-foot-tall fence that surrounds this side, from what we can see. central park west south of 81st street. but it's also on the other side of the park along 5th avenue. eight feet tall.