Park will allow tens of thousands of new yorkers to see him face to face, perhaps interact with him on some level. The pope said he is thrilled. He doesnt want to spend his time giving big talks, driving around in a car. He wants to spend as much time as possible with people and this is going to allow that to happen. For more information about the lottery, you can go to our website, cbsnewyork. Com. And remember, you have to be a resident of new york state and the tickets are nontransferrable. Live in central park, marcia kramer, cbs 2 news. Cbs 2 your source for the papal visit. The holy father arrives september 24th and leaves the 26th. Look for live coverage here on cbs 2. And streaming live on cbsnewyork. Com. Pope francis made a landmark move ahead of his u. S. Visit. The pontiff issuing a letter to priests around the world allowing them to forgive women who have had abortions, a grave sin in the catholic church. The directive goes in to effect at the beginning of the year of merc
This is ignacio, a category three storm. It will stay well north of hawaii but Hurricane Hunters have pictures from the center of the storm. We had some of those eye wall pictures of the storm. They were incredible. That storm will weaken. Here they are. This is right in the center. This is the eye where you can see the sky and the eye wall with the intense winds. Incredible stuff from the Hurricane Hunters. This is no threat to land. If anything well see 20foothigh seas in hawaii. Great for surfers but no wind or heavy rain. Just Tropical Stormlike rainshowers. In the rest of the country from the plains to the midwest, over to the east, we have a big area of high pressure, the ridge in the jet stream. Temperatures 5 to 20 above average. Upper 80s, low 90s. Today through wednesday in the northeast through possibly the middle of next week. Its muggy already. Thanks, dylan. Now to the president ial race and an eye opening poll in iowa. Donald trumps favorability is soaring while Bernie S
School. Reporter this is where the and thursday . We cant comment. Reporter he and parents of other special needs children, he says, have a right to protest. We plan on you a peering on opening day with aiden and supporters. Functioning kids. They want kids who are able to deal with the core curriculum. Reporter some in the community have been banding together ever since they received statistics from the state on taxpayer costs to bus out special needs students. It comes out to about 4 million a year that they are busing out these 43 kids that we do have available to create a program in our community in West Hampton Beach school district. Reporter they say their discrimination bat sideline emotional. Their son deserves equal treatment. The judges ruling is expected later this week. From West Hampton Beach, jennifer mclogan, cbs2 news. This just in. Thesix of the seven teenagers have been given probation and 50 hours of community service. They will not have to register as sex offenders.
Honoring Long Island Railroad fares for the 7 train and e train. In other traffic, we have a situation with the Staten Island expressway getting into bradley avenue, 440 you will find two lanes closed down. Expect a lot of delays through that spot. The hutch going north at king street, tractor trailer is being offloaded off on the shoulder. We will deal with that for some time. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Amy freeze is in for bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Hot today, amy . It was officially a heat wave yesterday. As we begin today, grab your shades eating out the door. Sunny and hot temperatures. Going for 90. Kick off temperature 74 in central park. It wont take any time at all to get the numbers up. Official sunrise 6 23 this morning. Monticello at 59. Everybody else in the low to mid60s. In the bos, in boroughs, in the mid70s. Planning forecast into the mid 80s by noon. Into the early afternoon, a high of 90. By sunset tonight, temperatures will be sliding back i
It happen at midnight at 245 jolle. By the time firefighters got here, the conditions were too dangerous to go inside. They couldnt make their way past the smoke and fire, and they tried their hardest to try to get up to the second floor where they thought there were some people, but they couldnt get there until the fire trucks got on scene, and they put the fire out as quickly as they could. Reporter we can confirm at least one person is dead and we are hearing there may be multiple victims. We will bring you the latest as we get it from long branch, new jersey, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. We will continue to follow this story all morning long here on cbs 2. John, good morning to you. We did to it. Yesterday in the park for a minute and a half, the change in the park will keep us as warm today. In the city, looking pretty, doesnt feel that bad. Winds are calm. High pressure is still in control, and it is going to be yet another hot one today. Relief coming possibly late thursday into