Some bus routes as well as provide extra lirr and metro north trains but the agency is also giving several tips. One, buy roundtrip tickets ahead of time. Two, possibly stagger your work hours to avoid main travel times. Three, dont come to any pope events unless you have a ticket. Four, go to mta. Info to get incidents travel alerts. Most importantly if you dont have to come into manhattan that day, dont. Reporter we talked to several commuters who know full will friday will be a mix of heavenly words but a hellish ride home. Supposed to be pretty crazy. I would definitely avoid coming into the city on friday. Im not worried about the commute. I think its a good thing and people have to embrace it. Reporter for each one of the popes high profile stops, there is a long list of street closures as well, only adding to the mayhem and Business Concerns about empty streets. I think theres a little bit of a mixed feeling. People are very excited that its a big deal but ive heard some busines
They had explosives. I have children. So that was my main concern. Safety. Its part of life. They are accessible. So this is weird. Its just really weird. Reporter the white family is relieved that everyone is safe. But they also seem resigned to the fact that drones are likely here to stay. Mark morgan, cbs 2 news. Police in linden looking for the operator of the drone who called them admitting his drone crashed into the house. Subway riders on the west side the good news is the mta is repairing the 1 train but it means a weekend shutdown north entire line from one end to the other. Cbs 2s Steve Overmyer life at south ferry subway station why. So from 11 am 30 of 30 tonight to 5 a. M. The mta needs to do repair work on the subway line badly. Reporter as a lone workman toils on the platform of the decrepit 168th street station in washington heights, the enormity of the task is clear. They dont need a weekend to fix subway stations like this. They may need a year. I think the whole syst
Likely chance hell meet putin when he comes to new york for the united nations. And a friend of dylan rough has been arrested by the fbi. We dont know the exact charges just yet but he was apparently under investigation for lying to investigators and failing to report a crime. Afterwards, he said he and the shooter had been friends in middle school and that he and rough recently made contact. Nine people were killed at the Emmanuel Church in charleston. Rough faces the death penalty. More than 20 students were suspended thursday for wearing clothingess ess clothes with the confederate flags. Students say the policy is a violation of their First Amendment right to free speech. The ban was put in place to ease racial tensions after several racially motivated fights in 2001 and 2. They need maintain a orderly and safe environment for all students. And just days before pope francis arrives. But before, hes in cuba he had quote geez jesus loves you var ery much. And over at the the emaculat
For their children. School board says children can be legally excused for religious purposes. All right. 5 04 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Good morning, chris. Good morning. In pretty good shape again as we finish up the workweek, which has been a beautiful weather week, certainly if you like summertime weather. Its a comfortable, beautiful start this morning. Temperatures generally in the locations. Were back to the mid and upper 80s. Yesterday, 89. I think today, 87 should do it. Night. 69 degrees right now. A beautiful morning. Weve got clear sky, lots of sunshine will greet us. Sun down. Degrees. In for lauren scala this morning, heres emily west. Those downtown subway delays on the 6 train. Just be aware of that as you head out. Also, some bus detours. Q46, qm6, s74, s76. Everything else looks fine. Commuter checklist is okay. We got a report of an accident off to the side the l. I. E. Doesnt seem to be a delay right now. Alternate side, meter rules in effect
Back down the temperatures. Really not that bad. Were talking about 70s, which is where its supposed to be for this time of year. We lost our perspective a little bit. Another comfortable, beautiful morning out there. Warm temperatures with sunshine continues this afternoon. Highs back into the mid and row. And a really fantastic friday evening with temperatures mostly clear sky. Right now in the city, were holding on to that 70degree mark. Most folks in the 60s and 50s, but its a beautiful start to the day. Look at those sun symbols. Out there again in full force. 87 by 3 00. That should be the High Temperature for the day. Well talk about that cooling trend in a bit. Heres emily west. Lets talk subways. Downtown delays on the 6 train. Thats due to signal problems this morning. Also for fast track, that should wrap up soon, but no f trains briarwood. Also, overnight track work with these lines. Suspensions on the 5, a, and l this morning. Okay. Everything is on schedule. Alternate sid