A nice start to the day with some of those outdoor cirrus clouds. 48 kingston and poughkeepsie. A nice fallfeel. Above i84 in the upper 40s to mid50s around 287, down into central jersey. 54 white plains and 60 around the five boroughs. A lot of sunshine mixed with clouds. It will be at 73 which is normal for this time of the year. It will be breezy. It will feel like summer to start fall on wednesday. Were going to talk about that next in your accuweather seven day forecast. Weather then heather every 7 minutes. At 6 00 this is when it usually starts up. Lets go to our maps and a few disabled vehicles as well. Staten island expressway eastbound near clove road we have an accident, two lanes are closed. The delay begins near 440, takes you all the way in to clove road. Then we have a problem over here as you travel on the westbound side of the l. I. E. Thats a disabled tractor trailer. Check out that delay before you get into the van wyck expressway making your way into that scene. We have an accident closing down montauk highway. As you travel in both directions. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Thank you. Were going to start now with breaking news in a weekend of deadly gun violence across the five boroughs leaving another victim this morning. A driver of an attleboro taxi shot and killed in his own vehicle. It happened at east 189th street and beaumont the belmont section. Kala rama was first on the scene with this breaking news and spoke with the victims family. Such a sad story. Reporter it is such a sad story. This family tells me that their cousin, this taxi driver moved from west africa here to the states to provide for his family doing a job that he loved but that he also knew was dangerous. Here the family comes there as scene after crashing into several other cars. Weve learned that this cab driver has been driving for more than 12 years and always talked about how dangerous the job was. Now his family says his worst fear at work has happened. Earlier this morning his family gave me this picture of 35year old mamadou berry. He was killed shot in the back of his head the driver cease seat. He made a phone call moments before his death saying the guy i picked up has a gun. Berry leaves behind three kids and a pregnant wife. His family is now calling for action hoping the mayor makes some changes including bringing backstop and frisk. The law dont allow cops now to stop us and check the customers we have behind us, and obviously if the mayor can understand us, he need to change that law back. We have dont trust our person not to pick him up. Thats the only thing we can do. At this point crime scene investigators are still here on scene. They will remain for the next few hours. No arrests have been made. They also dont have a motive at this point. Theyre still trying to piece together how this all happened earlier this morning again, no arrests have been made. Witnesses say they saw a man running from the scene wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans. Were live in the bronx, kala rama channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Just a couple hours earlier, a 7yearold girl was injured in a shooting in the south bronx. Were told the bullet only grazed her ankle. She was treated at a hospital and released overnight. Police have not released any information about suspects in this case. Time now 6 04. Pope francis begins day two of his trip to cuba in few hours. He leaves savannah for the eastern city of orlean. The Evening Service included controversy. Human disdents say they were supposed to attend but they were kept away. Some disdents were invited. Day one included a meeting that stunned the region. He sat down with fidel castro at the former cuban leaders home in havana. The vatican says the pair discussed the pontiffs recenter to bishops concerning the environment and the world economy. The meetings described as informal. The popes final stop on the north american leg of his trip is philadelphia. The city of brotherly love is already preparing its streets for the pontiffs arrival. Phase 1 of a towing operation began last night. Some people have chosen to move their vehicles to the suburbs until the pope leaves town. Lets take a live look in our area outside st. Patricks cathedral how majestic and peaceful it looks. Pope francis is scheduled to visit thursday. Streets around the cathedral are scheduled to officially be closed off that same day. Towing in the area capitalled to begin sooner as you can imagine. Stay with Eyewitness News for complete coverage of the papal visit to america from washington to philadelphia and of course here in new york city we will have reporters along every step of the way to find out more about the popes busy itinerary head to abc7ny. Com pope. 6 06. And turning now to politics and a sea of change in support among the top tier republican candidates a new poll following last weeks cnn debate has front runner. 24 among republican voters. Former ceo Carly Fiorina has risen to 15 followed by retired surgeon ben carson at 14 . Senator marco rubio has jumped ahead of jeb bush to round out and the nations largest Muslim Advocacy Group is denouncing republican president ial candidate ben carsons comments that the islamic faith is inconsistent with the constitution and that he would not agree with a muslim being elected president. Carson is a devout christian. He says a president s faith should matter to voters if it runs counter to americas values. Nearly 50 Top Democratic Party fundraisers and activists are circulating a letter urging joe biden to jump into the 2016 race. Now the Draft Biden Movement is picking up steam that dr. Jill biden now says shes on board. The Vice President has said hes still weighing whether he feels up to campaigning following the death of his son beau. Time is 6 07. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Beautiful sunrise this morning looking from our camera across to the east side. Our camera on the roof, kind of moving around a bit. Some high thin cirrus clouds, a little alto cumulus. Its going to be a nice morning. Some of these clouds are sheered up a by a storm to our south. It makes for a great day. A beautiful sunrise as we look at our camera. 60 degrees, partly cloudy, winds out there from 8 to 12 miles per hour. Mostly out of the northeast. A mixture of sun and clouds, wind out of the northeast makes it feel real cool and crisp. 8 00 temperatures 60. That means 48 to 50 north and west. In the suburbs by moon time were looking at 68 to 70 degrees and 73 this afternoon. Kids at the bus stop on this sweater. Youll need that and later on this afternoon it will feel great, around 73 degrees, a nice fall day on these last two days of summer. Were going to talk about fall Staten Island shes coming your way. Listen up Staten Island we have news copter 7 up above. You may hear the helicopter above you. John del giorno is over an accident on the Staten Island expressway. How is it looking john . Good morning heather. Unfortunately the folks that can hear the helicopter, were over the Staten Island expressway. This is about as good as things have looked here in the last half hour or so. Were on the eastbound side of the Staten Island expressway at clove road. This was an accident involving that tractortrailer and you sigh that small gray car out there. There was an injury and that gray vehicle was out in the third lane. They had to get that person mansion. Just loaded into an ambulance and taken away. Doesnt look like there were serious injuries but few wasnt until that happened they could get the accident vehicles off to the right shoulder. For a while there was only one lane open. As a result these delays already all the way back to the west shore expressway. You can see the activity cleared to the right shoulder. All lanes are reopened. Very heavy leftover delays. We are going to head to our maps and talk about montauk highway closed both ways at north ocean avenue because of an accident being cleared away. Now as you go over on to the l. I. E. Westbound right near exit 19, disabled tractortrailer blocks at least one lane. You have delays almost back to the cross island parkway. Side of the l. I. E. F trains, signal problems at kings highway. You can expect uptown delays as a result. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Thank you heather. 6 10 right now we have more breaking news just coming in, a fire on Staten Island. One person has been found dead inside a home. Well have the latest coming up. And also ahead, two students from our area have died in a Small Plane Crash upstate. How their friends and classmates are remembering them. New details on what will mauled a zoo keeper to were here in the streets of new york, spreading the news about the real possibilities aarp is creating across the five boroughs. Because if you dont think real possibilities in new york city when you think aarp, then you dont know aarp. Were working with you to make new york city a better place to live, work, and play. Fighting for you by taking on the issues that matter and rediscovering the city with you at discounted events all around town. 6 13, breaking news now on Staten Island where an Early Morning fire has killed a 54 yearold man. Police say his body was discovered after firefighters rose bank place around 2 30 in the morning. The victim pronounced dead at Staten IslandUniversity North hospital. There were no other injuries. Theres no explanation yet for students from Colgate University were killed when their plane crashed. The single engine plane went down in morrisville. Katherine depew and ryan adams. The federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash. Officials at a new zealand suh say they will not euthanize an endangered tiger that mauled a zoo keeper to get. The male attacked a 43yearold woman yesterday morning inside its enclosure at the hamilton zoo. Line with the tigers natural instinct the. Less than 400sumatran tigers exist in the wild. 6 15 is the time. Time to check the accuWeather Forecast. How fresh is it bill . Its fresh. It really is nice out here. Its nice and comfy. Its perfect weather for the suits and all that stuff. It is a little on the chilly side. Grab a pullover, sweater. Youre going to be outside waiting for the bus or getting to the subway, get yourself dress up with warm stuff today. A gorgeous sunrise. 51 is the humidity. Temperatures 60 degrees. Were looking at a northeast wind of 8. Look at that pressure up above 30. 00 and 30. 17. Makes for a great day. Yesterday was gorgeous, it was 79. Normal High Temperature this time of the year is 73. Suns up at 6 42. The Daylight Hours are getting shorter. The next couple of days like fall. The summer days return for the beginning of fall which is wednesday, 4 21 in the morning is the autumnal equinox. Wednesday and thursday are going to feel like summer. We dont have a shot at rain this weekend. Highs will end in the 70s. Were looking at a good air quality, uv index is 5 today. A few hours to get a sunburn. The sun gets a little weaker this time of the year. The rack weed is going to be on the high side. 58 from north port to mac ever massapequa some cool numbers this morning, 40s north and west. Got a northeast wind. That makes it feel cool and crisp. Our setup today is High Pressure in canada, a northeast wind. Theres a low to the south. Lows move counterclockwise and that keeps a northeast flow coming in. Happens to make it drier across a few clouds from that storm system to the south. Its giving West Virginia and virginia some rain. Thats it. After school at 73, it feels great. Great for after school sports, getting outside, nice fall weather today. If youre going to go to the beach today watch out for the rip current risk. Thats going to be very high with the northeast wind cranking the waves. 73 today, 75 tomorrow, mixture of sun and clouds and then its going to warm up as we start fall on wednesday. Well have a nice day with that northeasterly wind. 61 in the city. 51 to 48 north and west. 75 tomorrow with a mixture of sun and clouds and mice sunshine. Then fall begins on wednesday. We have 80 degrees and 80 on thursday and then we cool back down for the weekend. As you see its a dry week unfortunately we are short rainfall but september october you just have to be aware of that. Otherwise some beautiful fall weather today, summer weather by midweek and back to fall by the end of the week. Its kind of up ask down these next three or four weeks. Well ride the roller coaster. You guys have a great day. Thank you bill. Commute. Lets show you the l. I. E. We had an earlier disabled vehicle and the disabled vehicle was right near exit 19 which is woodhaven boulevard. Check out this delay getting right around the van expressway making your way over into the van wyck. Right over here you can see some lights going on right here. Police activity off on the side of the road. Well tell you what else is happening as you travel on to the Staten Island expressway, eastbound at clove road. Accident has been pushed off to the shoulder. We do have delays all the way back to 440 getting into that spot. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Thank you. Apple warning customers about a major hack on the app store. In todays tech the boys the first major attack on apples mobile app store. Hackers were able to put malicious code into dozens of apps. Chinese users are the most seriously affected. Is the sony play station getting a price cut this holiday season. Microsoft thinks so. The head of its Xbox Division told a gaming website that based on past history he anticipates a play station price drop coming soon. And a new 3d app can help you get the perfect manurer. Sally hansons manny match allows users to try out various shades by scanning their hand with their smartphone and it will even suggest the perfect shades for your skin tone. I either go super super bright or natural. I usually just bite my nails. Those are your tech bytes. Have a great day. Im not even going to answer you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News, former tennis toe meeting with new york citys mayor and top arre and off you go, and off you go, and off you go, for every step, every stride, every start, begin strong with the Lasting Energy of 100 whole grain quaker oats. Ix on the money this morning, wall street begins the week lower as the dust settles from last weeks fed decision to keep Interest Rates at historic lows. The dow jones starts 16384, and the dow nasdaq and the s p 500 all finish lower on friday. Right now futures point to a higher open. Overseas, chinas shanghai composite jumped 2 . Hong kongs hang seng lost about 1 . Stock price for volkswagen, looks like a flat tire this morning, it is down almost 16 in early trading. Volkswagens ceo says the company is for allowed its cars to produce 40 times more pollution than allowed. Theyve been ordered to recall the corrupted cars. If you need a repair in the City Housing Authority building theres an app for that. Nigh jaw is launching its new free mobile app. Its designed to help residents make repair requests and provide alerts about outages. The emmy goes to viola davis. How to get away with murder. Big win for abc and even bigger win for viola davis. The star of how to get away with murder made history becoming the first African American to win an emmy for best drama series. Davis won for her role as professor and defense attorney anaalise. She said hollywood does still have a lot of works to improve diversity on screen. Separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. On the mans side jon hamm finally captured an emmy for his portrayal of don draper for madmen. He had been nominated seven times without a win. Hbo came out the overall win. The network won 14 awards including best drama series in game of thrones, best comedy for veep, and best mini series as well. One of the most moving moments o. Night, when tracy morgan took the stage. The comedian was nearly killed on a crash on the new jersey turnpike. Morgan thanked the crowd and his wife for their support. Tv chef sandra lee, the girlfriend of governor andrew cuomo. Lee has not had Reconstructive Surgery but she is hopeful and the dress makes that statement. The awards show is not complete without a look at all the fashion on display. So join us today for red carpet recap live chat this morning at 10 with in style magazine. We are closing in on 6 30. A city cab driver shot and killed by someone he had just picked up for a fare. Police begin their investigation. A Police Officer from new jersey will be on the other side of the law answering to charges in connection with a deadly crash on Staten Island. Im sigourney weaver, and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. Like our state parks. The adirondacks are my favorite. For hiking, fishing, camping, you name it. Niagara falls is the oldest state park, but visiting it never gets old. The readers of a National Newspaper voted letchworth the 1 state park in america. Watkins glen, 3. New york state parks are a gift. Plan your vacation at iloveny. Com. Theres something for everyone. Now new yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News this morning. And we have a live look here at a Murder Investigation underway in the bronx. A husband and father shot and killed in his livery cab just moments after telling his wife he was in danger. This latest shooting capping off a violent weekend in the people killed. The new clues as Police Search murder. And preparing for pope francis means a monumental security challenge for the nypd. Were taking you inside the preparation the for the pontiffs arrival. Im ken rosato. Im lori stokes. Thanks for starting your morning with us. Its monday september 21st. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. A beautiful morning outside, sunrise in progress is stunning on this monday. Its cool, its crisp. Its 57 riverdale. 58 in newark up ander 40s to low 40s well north and west. Sunshine today, a nice fall day on these last two days of summer 2015. Its 68 by noontime, 73 this afternoon. Fall starts off as summer. Summer ends as fall. I cant explain that. It sounds good to me. Lets go right up to news copter. 7 we have john del giorno over this mess on the l. I. E. This is all residual delay. L. I. E. Going westbound near exit 19. Trailer. I watched them push him off the side of the roadway. Now you can just see here we are left over with these delays on the l. I. E. Going back before the van wyck expressway. Now lets head over to our maps and tell you what else is going on. Northbound l. I. E. There. Through queens. Jam packed on the Staten Island expressway, accident pushed to the shoulder. Thank you very much. 6 31 updating breaking fuzz in the bronx. We had it on our Eyewitness News app as well. A veteran cabbie shot in the head as his family grievous Police Searching for yet morning. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama has been working this scene all morning long, and she is live in the belmont section with the latest. Good morning. Reporter we have a better view of how this can ended up. It went around the corner after the cab driver who was driving this the was shot, and it crashed into a few cars and ended up here. Cab on scene. Weve talked to this cab drivers family and they say he years and always talked about the dangers of the job. Now his family says his worst fear at work has happened and earlier this morning, his family gave me this picture of 39yearold mamadou berry. He was killed in his cab shot in the back of the head in driver seat of that green lincoln town car. He made a phone call moments before his death saying the guy berry leaves behind three kids and a pregnant wife. His family is now calling for action. Has he ever talked to you about the job being dangerous . We always talk about it, the danger of this. Obviously that stop and frisk is not good for us as cab drivers because now its getting dangerous and its getting even more dangerous because we dont know who were picking up, if people can be with a gun also. We dont know. Reporter you can imagine his family is very stressed over there, very emotional scene just about a block away as theyre being held there. They want to know exactly what happened here. Police have not released a motive yet. Investigators will be here for the next few hours. Theyve already spent most of their morning here. No arrests have been made but witnesses have told police that they saw a man running from the scene as soon as gunshots rang out wearing a red hooded live in the bronx, kala rama channel7 Eyewitness News. That cabbies death caps a city. Killings since saturday. Even had 7yearold grazed by a bullet in the bronx and shes been treated and sent home. Police have released Surveillance Video showing a suspect for a triple killing in a housing complex in brooklyn. Police say the suspect shot two men, 39 and 43 years of age in the head. Then he shot a 76yearold man in the stomach. It is in the best interests of our community that those who anything step forward. The individuals were sitting outside, all of a sudden he stood up and started blasting. The ingersoll houses had been one of the most violent public housing. But the city invested millions of dollars in making the complex safer. Until the triple killing they 2013. 6 34. Pope francis wakes up in cuba, day two of his visit to the island nation this morning, and hell board a plane to head east for a holy mass. An estimated crowd of 300,000 people celebrated mass in the capitol of havana on sunday. Officials there had security challenges of their own just as the nypd prepares for the pontiffs arrival later this week. Eyewitness News Reporter dray clark is live outside st. Patricks cathedral. Reporter good morning lori. Pope francis is said to be a simple and easy going man, but the plan to protect him while hes here in new york city will be anything but low key and laid back. It will be very widespread, intense and very visible. When the pope arrives here in new york city on thursday, st. Patricks cathedral will be his First Official visit. Security around the cathedral no doubt will be very tight as it will be in every other place the pope plans to visit. The nypd who gave us a glimpse inside their comprehensive plan to protect the pope, this command center will allow Law Enforcement and other essential personnel to monitor 8,000 cameras in realtime that are positioned throughout the city. Making sure the pope is protected and secure is the very challenging job for Law Enforcement. The nypd, the secret service and the fbi are all working to the. It will be a massive show of force, and its all being done to ensure the safety and well being of the pope as well as the other World Leaders who will be here in the city for the u. N. s 70th anniversary. Any entity in the Public Safety sphere that has anything to do with u. N. Or popes visit, they will have a representative or multiple representatives in this room. So we have facetoface collaboration but also as you might appreciate the Computer Systems that run all of this are pretty immense in their own right. Its a job that Law Enforcement is taking very seriously. We should mention now that according to Law Enforcement there are no known direct threats against pope francis at this time, but they are very concerned about those socalled lone wolf attacks. Meanwhile as you guys know because the security plan is so very extensive, a number of streets will have to be closed down. Those street closures will start to happen on thursday at midnight. Were live in midtown, dray clark channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. And if youre traveling to see the pope during his u. S. Visit, wed like you to share your stories and photos with us. Use the hashtag abc7 abc7ny. A Police Officer from linden new jersey will be facing justice today in a new york city courtroom. Officer pedro abad will be arraigned on dui and manslaughter charges for a deadly wrongway crash last march on the Staten Island expressway. Investigators say that abad had been partying and was off duty when he crashed head on into tractortrailer killing a fellow linden officer and another man. Nypds public case of mistaken identity is the subject of a high profile private meeting today. Theyve learned former tennis star james blake is sitting down with mayor bill de blasio and Police Commissioner william bratton. An officer tackled blake earlier this month thinking blake was a fraud suspect. Blake has said the officer should be fired. 6 38. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans and forecast. Stop in the name of sunrise. Take a look outside. Heres our camera at 4 times square looking south. Its gorgeous this morning, a beautiful sunrise in progress. Going to be a great day. Suns up in about 7 minutes from right now. Reflacketting. Heres a look at our roof camera over towards Long Island Sound out way out east. Its a beautiful morning, temperatures 60 degrees. A northeast wind that makes it feel like the 50s. So weve got a few clouds from this low pressure system to the south, but weve got a big ridge of High Pressure that will work with that low, keeps the wind blowing in out of the northeast, makes it cool, and crisp and chilly. Temperatures this afternoon 73, which is normal for this time of the year. Were going to start off fall with a high of 80 degrees. We talk about that next on your accuweather sevenday forecast. Heathers looking at your commute. I was actually the Staten Island accident has been pushed off to the shoulder. Thats good news. I was actually telling you about an accident on the cross island parkway. John del giorno is here with more information. Good morning john. Good morning heather. It was very easy. We were right up the road on the long island expressway. As great as bills Weather Forecast is, the traffic situation this morning not so good. Weve got a lot of delays, Nassau County trying to get into queens, that seems to be where a lot of our volume is. This is part of the problem, the accident that heather mentioned northbound cross island parkway right at the merge with the long island expressway. You see all that rubbernecking volume. This is normally a very heavy area as it is. You can see bump tore bumper volume north cross island. Comes up through bell boulevard. The long island expressway, also heavy handed westbound. Thats an earlier disabled truck thats been cleared today shoulder. Weve got solid volume in through the fairgrounds. We are live over queens. John del giorno. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, wildfire devastation, one of the world california claiming more lives. And a Marriage Proposal that left a happy couple all wet. How their pending nuptials got the east river. We thought wed be ready. But demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didnt need a loan. We needed shortterm funding. Fast. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. You cant predict it, but you can be ready. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself. Realize your buying power at open. Com. [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging, do Business Travel on your terms. One person has been killed in a wildfire that broke out in california this weekend. The blaze in Carmel Valley has charred about 1200 acres since it started saturday. Sunday the Monterey CountySheriffs Office said it is investigating a body found in the burn zone. Two communities are under evacuation orders. Fire north of San Francisco destroyed another 162 homes raising the number of homes destroyed to more than 1,000 making it the third worst wildfire in the states history. Also happening today a major update to the new jersey fire code will take effect, but it will not include the changes that firefighters and other Safety Advocates recommended after januarys massive fire in edgewater. That fire consumed much of the Avalon Apartment complex displacing more than a thousand residents. The new code ignores calls for new restrictions opt use of lightweight construction materials. Those materials were blamed for allowing the fire to grow and spread so quickly. Time is 6 44. 19 people are okay after finding themselves stranded in the east river. This happening yesterday when a competitive paddling teams boat capsized near the white osteopathy bridge. Everybody was wearing life jackets. They opted to wait for the fdny rescue teams instead of trying to swim to shore. The sunken feeling put a damper on a Marriage Proposal among the folks there delivered just before the boat went down. So you said yes right . Yes. It was really hard not to. I would say yes anyway. Im more in shock over the ring than i am in going under. That was our new reporter question. The boat was at the bottom of the river but the ring managed to stay afloat. Thats a good thing. Yes, Good Morning America is coming up next. Robin roberts standing by looking fabulously beautiful this morning. Im channeling you. I think they live in my apartment building. Really . You recognize them. Im going to have to ask. I do believe. Small world. Only in new york baby. Only in new york. Right, im serious about that. Okay coming up on gma the the the leading republican candidates under fire about comments about muslims in america. A new poll chose Carly Fiorina on the rise after the last debate. Also ahead, pope francis historic visit. We cant wait. Its already drawing enormous crowds in cuba. Hundreds of thousands of people expected to greet the pope in washington, here in new york city and philadelphia this week. Abcs tara moran is in havana and will have all the latest on the popes upcoming visit here to the u. S. And a nasty dispute between neighbors. One california couple is being sued by neighbors who say their son who has autism is a public nuisance. Ben abrams is here to weigh in. Im sure a lot of people are going to want to see that. Youll see it here on gma. Very interesting. Okay. Thank you. You got it. It is 6 46. And time to check the accuWeather Forecast. And check in with bill. Its a nice morning out here. Its cool, its crisp. Its breezy. Now you get outside, its a little chilly. Grab a jacket. Even in manhattan this morning you need a jacket or coat. Were looking at 60 to start, a little breezy out here. If youre making your commute this morning, johnny d. Up in news copter 7 with a great look at gotham this morning as he looks over from the throgs neck the brooklyn bridge. John del giorno has everything in high definition. A beautiful sunrise this morning, its absolutely gorgeous. High thin cirrus clouds, alto cumulus clouds, all that points to the upper level wind shearing clouds off some rain. Were going to be looking at low humidity, a temperature of 60. A wind northeast at 8. This points to a great day. Sunset at 6 56. The Daylight Hours are getting shorter. Were looking like fall days today. Were looking like summer the first two days of fall. Its kind of ironic. Then well see the temperatures falling back into the 70s. Good air quality. Uv index at 5. The ragweed is up, and thats because its ragweed season. 54 up towards white plains, to rocklin county, 56 coastal connecticut. 61 to 57 down the shore. A northeast wind today keeps a nice cool fall feel. A mix of sun and clouds. You see the High Pressure ridge starts to warm us up on wednesday as we go into the first day of fall. So you see that satellite and radar pictures, clouds, rain to our south. That will be today and tomorrow. We remain dry. Well have more sunshine and warmer air coming on wednesday and that makes for some great weather. Looking at 73. I give it a c. Its a nice afternoon and after school its great for after school sports, drink a lot of water. Hour. Were looking at a high risk of rip currents at the beaches. This northeasterly wind is at about 25 miles per hour. The water. Tomorrow around 75. A couple of really nice days to end the summer of 2015. Were looking at 73 today, to want were looking at 61 in the city to about 51 to 48 north and west. Tomorrow at 75 with clouds and sun and then wednesday is the autumnal equinox when its 80 degrees and 80 on thursday but we cool back down to the mid 70s by the weekend. Grab a jacket or a sweater. Have a great day. All right. You too bill. Another look at the commute. We had a couple of subway issues that have been taken care of. Map. With the f trains, also earlier problems with the 2 trains, and Police Activity has been taken care of. Long Island Railroad doing okay. Metro north is on time. But you do have delays with path trains between hoboken and the World Trade Center and newark and the World Trade Center because of signal problems. Cross island parkway north at the l. I. E. An accident and look at that l. I. E. Youre jam packed into the bqe. We have our street cleaning rules in effect. Thank you. Up next, security scare, what forced rockers u2 to call off a concert in europe. And it seemed like the perfect crime, a jewelry heist jantel . Abc7 and your Tristate Ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. Welcome back, its 5 2. Diamond thieves in ohio appear to have it harder than most. Thats the way they run in ohio i guess. Two suspects were arrested this video has one thief slashing his leg while he was kicking in the glass door of the store. The two ran downstairs and didnt go to the garage where their car was parked. When they jumped on an elevator it took them to the garage but suspects until police arrived. Planning is everything. Yes it is. A Security Breach and a concert for rock of roll hall starts. Fans streamed out of an arena in stockholm sweden last night. The building was evacuated due to concerns about a weapon. 6 53 is our time. Were following breaking news. A bronx cabbie killed on the job crashing his cab after hes apparently shot behind the wheel. Kala rama live in the bronx with that story. Reporter let me show you where that green cab came to a crashing stop. It smashed into a few cars and came to a stop there when that man behind the wheel was shot. Thats 39yearold mamadou berry. Police say he was killed in that green cab, shot in the back of the head of the drivers seat of that lincoln town car. Berry has been driving for more than 12 years and has always talked about the dangers of the he leaves behind three kids and a pregnant wife. At this point police havent made in arrests. They havent released what the motive could be. Witnesses say they saw a man running from the scene wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans. Live in the bronx, kala rama channel 7 Eyewitness News. 6 57. Pope francis waking up in cuba. Dray clark is live at st. Patricks cathedral. Reporter its an extensive plan. On thursday when the pope arrives that plan will kick into high gear. Pope francis first visit will be here at st. Patricks cathedral bind me here. The nypd gave us a glimpse into their comprehensive security plan from inside of this command center Law Enforcement can monitor 8,000 plus cameras in realtime that are positioned throughout the city making sure and challenging job, so the nypd, the secret service and the fbi are all working together. It will be a very massive show of force to make sure, again, the pope is safe and is doing well. Now right now Law Enforcement says there are no known threats directly against the pope but they are still very much concerned about the possibility of those socalled lone wolf attacks. As you guys know, a number of streets will have to be closed because of this very extensive security plan, and those closures will happen beginnings thursday at midnight. Live in midtown, dray clark channel 7 Eyewitness News. Dray thank you. Heather. Its been a busy morning although today is going to be the best day of the week as far as commuting is concerned. Lets take a look at a picture here. I want to show you the George Washington bridge, lower level we have some activity going on. As wed head to our maps i can tell you what that is. We have an accident on the lower level of the George Washington bridge right at mid as you try to come inbound, its 20 minutes youre on or close to schedule long Island Railroad, metro north. Path trains we are dealing with delays between hoboken and the World Trade Center and the cross island parkway north near the l. I. E. We have that accident being cleared away. And yes you have to move your car. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Pretty day. Look outside, the sunrise been absolutely gorgeous this morning. Clouds and sun, going to be a pretty morning. A 59 as your temperature for 7 00. 58 ridge wood queens, murray hill to sunset park to oakwood on Staten Island, were looking at 57. Long island to 47 north and west. Going to be a pretty day with a lot of sunshine. 73 this afternoon will be our high. 68 at noon. Tomorrow were at 75. Its going to be warm to start fall on wednesday. Well cool back down by the end of the week. Thank you bill. That is the news for now. Im ken rosato. And im lori stokes. Thanks for starting your morning with us