And intense Security Operations in american history. Those safeguards are evident getting security equaling or exceeding that of the president. The barricades are everywhere. A lot more cops on the street than normal. Pope franciss agenda including meeting with president obama, a speech to congress, a parade near the white house and celebrating mass at the basilica of the immaculate shrine at catholic university. A welcome banner adorns the school and the stage has been set. The holy father coming to our country is exciting. Pope francis has put the bow on top and made it understandable and made it something that everybody can receive with love. Beyond the fanfare, the popes visit today triggers a massive security operation. Authorities say there is no specific or credible threat but the pope does remain a prime target, not just of terrorists even the italian may have fee i cant. Now you are looking at a live picture from cuba where we understand the pope boarded the plane on his way to d. C. After spending several days in that country. There was a small ceremony in the airport. The pope has boarded the plane and now on his way here to america for the first time expected to land at a Andrews Air Force base about 4 00 p. M. This afternoon. One more note about the security effort, a massive operation. Part of the concern stems from the fact that his schedule has been public since june. For weeks and weeks its been known where he will be and when. That is adding to concerns about the security in addition to the popes penchant, lets say, to get out to the crowd and mingle. When he gets in america, the cops, local Law Enforcement at al levels will have their and at all levels will have their hands full. Channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, rob. After the two days in washington, the pope will fly to new york city on thursday evening. The extra security measures are going into effect. The short time ago the nypd park west. One of the biggest events and security challenges will be in central park on friday. 80,000 people will line west drive for the popes 12 block processional. Jim hoffer is live there with more. Jim . Well, already, thousands of these barricades are lining west drive in both directions as far as the eye can see. A little more than 48 hours until the pope arrives in new york city. Already the security noose around manhattan is tightening. While the city slept, utility workers sealed Manhole Covers overnight around Madison Square garden where the pope will hold a friday evening mass. Lampposts have been sealed so no explosives or weapons can be hidden inside. At the brooklyn arm terminal, row after row of police advance, cars and trucks are ready to be deployed. Hundreds of vehicles that will provide the most extensive security amazed in the amassed in the city. All of our events here in new york are ticketed events so we have the ability to screen everybody coming in to the physical environment that he will be in. That is a big help to us. Reporter the secret service has been conducting trials including this one in which a motorcade comes under attack. They are the lead agency in providing protection for the pontiff and 170 World Leaders will be here for the u. N. General assembly. They have formed a security plan with 50 other agencies and they are ready to go. I am so confident with that structure that we have been able to leverage that i have very little concern. We are built to succeed. Reporter the nypd along with police and philadelphia and d. C. Has issued a joint intelligence bulletin that concludes there is no specific threat against the pope. It states that while the pope will be well protected, large crowds gathered outside Event Locations and on Public Transportation can be attractive targets for individuals and groups looking to carry out attacks. A concern touched upon late this morning by the nypds head of intelligence and counterterrorism. We are looking in the Boston Marathon example for where is the potential Terror Threat not to the pro tech tea protectee but the crowd. We have layers behind that. Reporter we are learned interesting security details from commissioner bratton. There will be 6,000 Additional Police officers on duty during the pope visit. Just think about that. That is larger than most citys entire police department. The metal bar years that we spoke barriers, that we spoke of, get used to them. There will be 39 miles along city streets in manhattan. Jim hoffer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, jim. As the mta prepares for the popes visit, planners figured out 25 bus lines may need to be rerouted. It will be in manhattan on thursday and friday mainly related to the road closures announced by the nypd. It will involve buses near st. Patricks cathedral, united nations, central park. The mta is encouraging riders to consider using the subway because officials expect delays caused by congestion. Once the pope arrives in washington this afternoon, he will rest and prepare for another busy day tomorrow. With a white house welcoming ceremony and personal meeting with president obama. Then at 11 30 a. M. The pope will lead a prayer with bishops at st. Matthews cathedral. At 4 15 he will celebrate mass at the basilica at the National Shrine of the immaculate conception. Another look at the scene in cuba. The pope boarded the plane and is on his way to the united states. He is scheduled to arrive at 4 00 p. M. In washington. We will bring you his arrival ceremony live as you saw rob nelson is there live on the scene. Stay with Eyewitness News and abc news for coverage of the popes visit. You can find his schedule and details about road closures and mass transit changes on our web site, abc7ny. Com pope. A guilty plea from a Police Officer charged with opening fire during a drunken rampage. Other ben din krohn none will get 9 nears in prison and off duty when he shot and wounded joseph feliz and Robert Pelham in 2014 oomps. Now to shocking video of students brawling outside the Barclay Center. A 16yearold was stabbed in the stomach as others watched. Three people face charges. Darla miles is in fort Greene Brooklyn with more on what police know about the incident. Darla . Reporter well, david, this was a series of incidents that took place before the cell phone video was recording including the stabbing. A number of assaults at the Barclay Center then ending at a massive savage beat down that you see in the video on flatbush avenue. A lot of different high schools congregate after dismissal. Reporter what is seen in this cell phone video goes beyond a simple after school sir mish. Its an all out brawl. Another beaten with a cane and an nypd officer maced. We have staggered dismissals to try to stop it. Unfortunately these young people get together and there is trouble. Reporter it started on flatbush near the barclay near the Barclay Center. Newscopter 7 was over the scene as police tried to disburse the massive crowd. The officers were in that direction then they started coming back this way afterwards. Reporter three people were arrested. Community activist tony herbert says the teens were from three different brooklyn high schools. He plans to work with those principals to help students wise up. The overall arcing factor is that these kids are sitting dormant doing nothing but getting into mischief. This is turning violent and creating an atmosphere that is criminal that they dont understand there are consequences behind it. Reporter now, even though there were three arrests, the incident is under investigation including any social media posts which may have instigated the fight. Reporting live in fort greene, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Darla, thank you. Police have released video showing a suspect in that gruesome murder of a cab driver in the bronx. Investigators say the gunman wore a red hooded sweater with lightcolored shorts. Around 1 30 yesterday Morning Police say he shot cabbie barry momadue in a dispute over the fare. He was the father of three children with a fourth on the way. In new jersey crews are investigating an overnight house fire that happened in kearny. There were no other injuries. Firefighters got the upper hand before flames could spread to other houses. The cause is under investigation. A former Staten Island congressman michael grimm, reporting to a federal prison at this hour. Grimm is scheduled to surrender to u. S. Marshals at noon. The former representative will serve an 8month sentence for tax fraud. He pled guilty for hiding sales from his restaurant to avoid paying taxes. Yom kippur begins at sundown, the jewish day of atonement marked by prayer, facing. Many spend it at the synagogue and many fast for a full 26 hours. Wishing all an easy fast. A Police Officer on the other side of the law under arrest for a hit and run crash that critically injured a motorcyclist. New developments in the volkswagen scandal. What the ceo now admits. Hear from the kentucky clerk marriage battle. This is a live picture the airport where the pope boarded his plane and will depart for washington, d. C. He is due to arrive in washington at 4 00 this afternoon. 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Regulators reveal that volkswagen cheated in emissions tests on half a million diesel vehicles. Now the automaker admits that up to 11 million cars have the software that allows them to get around epa pollution standards. Lets be clear about this. Our company was dishonest with the epa and the California Air resources board. And in my german words we have totally screwed up. Volkswagen halted all u. S. Sales of the diesel cars and pledged to cooperate with the Justice Department investigators. We want to take you back to cuba where pope francis is wrapping up his cuba part of the visit. He will be heading to Maryland Air Force base arriving around 4 00. This is a historic visit in cuba. The first time meeting with fidel castro and a lot is planned for his trip when he gets to washington, d. C. Where he will be met by the president and the first lady in a ceremony where there will not be comments at the time. Then a full day on the day after that where he will be speaking with the president again and meeting with members of congress and many other activities. We will stay on this, the very latest and bring you the latest information as it happens when looks like wheels up pretty soon. Cant wait for him to get stateside. Celebrity chef sandra lee shares her story sitting down to talk about the cancer diagnosis that rocked her world. A 12yearold boy in the hospital after surviving a shark attack. Are you new to medicare . Thinking about retiring . Do you have the coverage you need . With Unitedhealthcare Medicare solutions. Call today to learn about the kinds of coverage we offer, including aarp medicarecomplete plans insured through unitedhealthcare. These Medicare Advantage plans can combine parts a and b, your hospital and doctor coverage. With part d Prescription Drug coverage, and extra benefits. All in one complete plan. 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I dont know. I would say its a bittersweet day. We had a fantastic summer. One of the best summers we had. Rain during the week, weekends were great. Temperatures were great. We had some nine, ten over 90degree days. All good things must come to an end. Last noon shot before the summer of 2015. There we see down the east river there the seastreak. A lot of boat traffic. A pumper coming up, a barge. We have clouds and breaks of sun. To the west we have a few showers at noontime. Temperature 69 degrees. Wind northeast at 6. Pressure continues to hang around, 30. 28 which is fair weather. Strong High Pressure is being under cut by the low with clouds. A few minutes before 7 00 we have sunset. It feels like fall today. As summer ends it will feel like summer tomorrow as fall begins then we watch a system that might bring us rain on sunday coming up for the weekend. We will keep an eye on that. The pollen count is the focus. Air quality is fine. It is ragweed season. 61 to 71 around the five boroughs. 57 monticello. Northeast wind. So, that will keep it cloudy with intervals of clouds and sun. Cool breeze around 74. A few showers in northeast new jersey. Clear and comfy. 60 around the five boroughs. Tomorrow, first day of our autumn and the autumnnal equinox at 4 20 in the morning and 80 digest. Then thursday 80 and we cool down for the weekend. We will keep sunday open but there may be a shower on sunday. Jeff smith will be here later today. I will let him handle it. Let him talk about the bad news, you can handle the good news. I like that. A nice start to fall, lets focus on that. I know when to lay low. Thanks, bill. The kentucky clerk at the center of a marriage license story. Kim davis opens up in an about ne caring about the things that make each of our clients unique. A 12yearold boy attacked by a shark in from is talking about his fight for survival. Josh bitner was in the water sunday when a 4foot shark latched on to him. He said his instincts kicked in and he turned around and punched it. The shark let go and he yelled for help. He dragged himself to Shallow Water where he got the attention of other people on the beach. A texas teenager has withdrawn from the school where his science project was mistaken for a bomb. Said he pulled all his children from the schools in the dallas suburb after that incident. Teachers confused a homemade clock for a bomb. His family will be in new york city this week to meet with dignitaries from the united nations. We will have much more ahead in the next half hour. A Police Officer on long island charged in a hit and run that hospital. More details in a live report. Brandnew Surveillance Video coming in of a luxury car slamming into two stores overnight. Plus, kim davis opens up about the gay marriage license our big story this afternoon, pope francis is on his way to the united states. The pontiff is boarding a plane in cuba a few minutes ago. The president and first lady will greet him at Andrews Air Force base this afternoon. He is expected to arrive at 4 00 p. M. In his final mass, pope francis called for a new revolution of tenderness and joy. Millions are waiting for his arrival in the u. S. His first stop, washington, d. C. Before coming to new york on thursday and philadelphia on saturday. The nypd is closing off streets and putting extra you can find the closures on our web site, abc7ny. Com. In a few minutes we will look back at Pope Franciss life a