here we go. cb cotton is live with the very latest. reporter: this is how you would expect to see times square, tourists shopping, out to eat but at some point this area became a crime scene during a botched robbery next to me. jesus alejandra figaro is being taken into custody 20 miles north of new york city friday afternoon. you can hear her mother sobbing in the background, facing multiple charges to include 2 counts of attempted murder and two because of criminal possession of a weapon. the teen came from venezuela six months ago and saying a migrant shelter when he robbed the sporting goods store thursday evening and fired at a security guard and police officers who tried to stop him. a pause around the city. no regard for uniformed police or anyone in the area. reporter: and two weeks, new york city has seen two high profile incidents involving migrants and the police. a total of seven migrant men were indicted for their alleged roles during the assault on two n
Air, that s for sure. one of the things, i lived in new york about 15 years ago and you quickly learn that when you spot a celebrity out and about in town, you don t make a big deal about it. new yorkers will make an exception to that rule today for this pontiff. he is going to be greeted with a crush of people. it s all about crowd control in a couple hours. this is still pretty much the regular new york city crowd along fifth avenue. you got tourists shopping, you have workers going and coming back from lunch, but in a couple hours this is all going to change. we are expecting this to be very crowded. here s a lot of thing that people are expecting to see. they would love to see the pope get out of the popemobile and walk. we are at 58th street. that would be a long walk for a 20-year-old, much less a 78-year-old man who has been on a schedule of schedules the past few days. the cathedral is seven blocks that way. we don t think the pope will get out and walk from this point but mayb