Another Beautiful Day on tap for the final full day of summer. Good morning, im lori stokes. Man up. I get emotional. Thank you for joining us, im ken rosato. When you get old you lose it. Its tuesday, september 22nd. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Well, its the last day of summer, 2015. Lets take a the temperature is 63 degrees. We will look at clouds and sprinkles. Hopatcong 67. Bridgewater to long island and coastal connecticut. A couple of spring also around sussex and warren county, ulster, sullivan county, west of the hudson river. That will continue today. A cloudy day, breaks of sun. It will feel like the last day of summer should easing into fall. Clouds and breezy, very fall like. However, tomorrow, heather, is the first day of you a temperature and it will feel like summer. I love that. That is the best news i heard all day and i have been up an hour and a halfment lets go to the maps. We have issues with the a trains suspended between euclid and lefferts avenue. That should be taken care of by 5 00 a. M. Long island railroad, metro north, new Jersey Transit are on or close. Closure 80 near exit 4. The accident has been cleared and all lanes are reopened. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Lori, over to you. Thank you. We are less than 12 hours away from pope francis arrival in the United States. He met with bishops in santiago, cuba. He prayed at the shrine of our lady of charity. In a few hours from now he will finish up the visit in cuba. Pope francis is expected to land in our nations capitol around 4 00 this afternoon. In d. C. , preparations are well underway at the basilica of the National Shrine where pope francis will celebrate mass tomorrow afternoon. The excitement continues to grow at home along with boris on how who with worries on how to navigate the pontiffs stave. Some commuters are hoping for define intervention. Good morning, dray. Reporter good morning, guys. Im sure a lot of people will be calling on the lords name the next couple of days with the challenges we have to deal with. On thursday, where i am, this will perhaps be the most secure block in new york city, east 72nd between 5th and madison avenues. Behind me is where pope francis will be staying on east 22nd. These concrete barriers will provide a baton rouge year for the block as well as Armored Vehicles and other police cars will be here in protection of providing security for the pope is perhaps the biggest challenge the nypd has ever faced. Nonetheless, they are ready and as are the other enforcement agencies. Overnight Eyewitness News was there as manholes were secured and sealed in areas where security will be very tight. Also light fixtures were inspected and the base which have a compartment that can be opened were also sealed tightly. As of 1 00 this morning, the parking restrictions we have been telling you about are in effect. Many people have already moved their cars. The nypd is prepared to tow any vehicles that may be parked in those restricted areas. We know providing security for pope francis is a tremendous challenge for everyone involved with his care and safety but mayor de blasio says they are prepared and they will approach the challenge with a great deal of confidence. No one is nervous. They have the resources they need. They have the equipment, the personnel. Its a great deal of confidence. No one is underestimate going this is something we havent experienced before. There is a tremendous can do attitude and we are confident. Reporter here is a look at a map which those areas in pink are the areas where the parking restrictions are in place and certainly where it will be tough to navigate the next couple of days when the pope arrives thursday. City officials are begging individuals that live in those areas are work in those areas for their patience as they do their best to provide security here for the pope. Back live on the upper east side, the pope will be in new york city for roughly 48 hours but, again, it will be a very big job of providing security for him. Another aspect of that as well, we know that the pope likes to as we expect he will do here. Security Officials Say they will allow that to happen. They are being vigilant at the same time in making sure that he remains safe and at the same time that people get to enjoy the experience of the encounter with pope francis. Dray clark, channel 7 dray, thank you. You can find everything you need to know about the popes schedule and street closures on our web site, abc7ny. Com pope. After 5 00 a. M. , rob nelson will bring you a live report from washington, d. C. New this morning, this is have of an expensive car crash. A mass ser rat di lost control slamming into a bagel shop and into afraid chicken restaurant. The crash damaged a supporting the driver is recovering in the hospital. No charges have been filed. We are seeing video of a melee outside the barkley center. Several teens are under arrest. Kala rama is live in downtown brooklyn with the story. Good morning, kala. Reporter ken, good morning to you. Hundreds of those kids after school gathered in the area of atlantic mall by the barclays center. What they did was watched another kid get beat up. They didnt do a thing. But someone grabbed the cell phone, tamed the hole thing and now this graphic and disturbing video has gone viral. Take a look. You can see ten to 20 teens begin to pummel, stomp and assault another teen with what looks like a cane. That 16yearold student from South Shore High School wag stabbed in the stomach by another teen from jon jay high school. The teen has nonlife threatening injuries and is in the hospital. Three teens were taken into what is just as disturbing is how many people are standing around watching without doing a thing. Now log activists are calling for action urging the victims of these after school beat downs to press charges formally. We should mention that the cops did respond and when officers were here, one of those officers were sprayed in the face with mayes. They will be okay. But more charges are pending. Live in brooklyn, kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, kala. Police have released new video showing a suspect in a gruesome murder of a cab driver in the bronx. Investigators say that the gunman was wearing a red hooded sweater with lightcolored shorts. This is about 1 30 yesterday morning. Police say he shot cab by barry momadu. He was the father of three children with a fourth on the way. Retired dennis star james blake is determined to use his officer as a force for lasting change. Blake met with met two hours yesterday with the mayor and Police Commissioner. Blake is foaming over an undercover officer forcefully arresting him on 42nd street back on september 8th. They assured blake that they are going to take this false arrest case very seriously. The general theme of accountability making sure that we focus on that with the Police Officers. I feel like we made a lot of progress and we are pleasantly surprised. Blake will meet again with the mayor and Police Commissioner. Blake says he is content to led the administrative process deal with any action of the officer that through him to the ground. Michael grimm heads to federal prison. He is scheduled to begin an 8 month sentence at a medium security prison in pennsylvania. He resigned last year after pleading guilty to filing a falls tax return. Yom kippur begins at sun dawn. It was preceded by a raw custody protest over chickens. Police in Crown Heights tried to separate demonstrators and the orthodox jews. Protestors say its inhumane to sleigh and slaughter chickens in the days before yom kippur. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans with the accuweather forecast. We take a live look from our camera here at 4 times square looking south. You can see that we have clouds above the top of the em spire state building. It hasnt obscured the visibility. You can see one world trade in the distance. Here is our view from brooklyn it will be a cool start to the day. Comfy, breezy, cloudy. 63 degrees. Normal low is about 59. To our west there is a couple of showers and sprinkles that will ride to our west. More of this sunshine is on the way with clearing skies tonight. Cloudy skies this morning. About 68 to 70 by lunchtime. 73, 74 agrees this afternoon. Cloudy skies. Temperatures at normal for this time of year. Summer ends as it should. But autumn begins like summer. We will talk about that next. I want to go to a webcam and show you the Grand Central parkway near ditmars boulevard. We have construction set up. They are in the process of clearing it away. You can see the construction truck backing up, picking up cones. Not causing a tremendous amount of delays. Lets go to the maps and talk about ocean county in Berkeley Township, route 9 closed at mill creek road because of an accident. Subway status, a trains are suspended between euclid and lefferts boulevard. F trains suspended between 179th and brier wood. Other mass transit is on or close to schedule. Alternate sides are in effect and so are the major parking changes. We have dray clark that will give us more information about that. No joke about that. Therma jour. Thank you, heather they are mayor. Thank you, heather. The pope was visit to america generating a buzz in more than one way with unique honors on tap. A thief caught stealing packages from the front steps of a home in queens. The details coming up. Close call with a shark. Baby i love that were spending the weekend together. Oh i know hey, why dont you turn off your phone and all your stuff. Good idea. Its off. Mom . Oh my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. Did you like want to do something . I am doing something. Leave slow downloads behind. Its good to be back. The 100 Fiber Optics Network gives you the Fastest Internet available for all your devices. Get this, beer drinkers laying hands on papal inspired bruce. Bars in the nations capitol and baltimore do you know where that is . I do. Near catholic university, i think they tip back a few. I had a few friends that went there. Magic bishop and sweet baby jesus. One is serving resurrection ale. You have to have the angels in the background going awe. Meteorologist bill evans joins us with the forecast. Midtown manhattan, its comfy. There are sprinkles to the western suburbs. A day of clouds and then brightening skies and this will be a normal day where summer is ending. Here is the current temperature, 63 degrees. Humidity dry at 45 . Lot how high the pressure is at 30. 24. Yesterdays high was 73. Did we forecast a high of 73 yesterday . I believe so. Feeling like summer. It will feel like a falllike feel for summers end today. Kind of an ironic play in the weather. A close call this weekend with a storm system to the south. It stays to our south in the carolinas. We get clouds off of that for the weekend. We should have dry weather right on through. We will talk about that. Murray hill 63. Whitestone 62 to 63 down to Cambria Heights. 63 belmar and 50s to the north and west. Northeast wind 7, 8, 10 miles this morning. Keeps it cool. With a northerly wind in here, its kind of dry. That is most of these showers are drying out around sussex and warren county, ulster, sullivan and orange county. Back to the west more of this highpressure ridge which has clear skies. That will influence our weather into tomorrow and into the weekend and as we see the weekend coming, we will cool back down. Today 74 because of the clouds. Tomorrow this highpressure ridge slides eastward and it gets warmer. Autumn arrives at 4 21 in the morning. By afternoon its 80 degrees. Clouds and sun, i will call it cloudy, breaks of sun, cloudy skies. Showers to the north and west will go away. Then clearing and comfortable tonight. 50s in the suburbs. 60s in the five boroughs of long island. Sunny and warmer with a high of 80. Accuweather sevenday forecast, 80 on thursday. Then friday we are at 76. We will have clouds and sun on saturday and sunday. I think the storm system we are talking about around the carolinas will stay around the carolinas. We will get some clouds off of that. 80 tomorrow on wednesday and 80 thursday. Wow. Spectacular. Could that just continue for another five months . Consider this a gift. Embrace the moment. Taking that gift and i will cherish it. Lets go to a map and talk about my gift to you. Mass transits gift to you. If you norm apparently use it, long island railroad, metro north, new Jersey Transit on or close. A trains suspended between euclid and lefferts. F suspended between 179th and brier wood for traffic work. It should be cleared by 5 00 a. M. Brooklyn bridge is closed inbound until 6 00 a. M. Hope to the man hop to the Manhattan Bridge instead. George Washington Bridge construction. Lincoln and holland, they have construction. Everything is running fine. No major problems as far as delays inbound at the tolls and you have route 9 closed in Berkeley Township, mill creek road with an accident. Street cleaning rules are in effect today. Ken, over to you. Thank you. Two boys in florida are very lucky to have survived separate shark attacks over the weekend. Joshua bitner was bitten by a shark as he swam in waist deep water. He said it wrapped around his leg turning him around and around until he punched his way free. He was actually in the water taking pictures of fish when the shark grabbed his arm. He made it to shower but the attack wont keep shore but the attack wont keep him out of the water. I learned my lesson. I wouldnt go out early in the morning or dusk time and i wont go out without a friend. If i do go back in the water, i will have a knife on me. A knife. All right, joshua. Joshua says that the shark that bit him appeared to be about 4 feet long. Brave boys. Well, later this morning, celebrity chef sandra lee will talk to Good Morning America about her physical and emotional struggle following her Breast Cancer diagnosis. On her Facebook Page yesterday, she said with her supporters, she is going into fall stronger, wiser and better. Lee, who is governor cuomos partner made her first public appearance from her double mastectomy at the emmys sunday night. Good morning america after 7 00 a. M. Todd bowles first prime time game. Ryan fitzpatrick tossed two touchdown passes. New york jets beat indianapolis 207 on monday night football. The jets are 20 into next sundays home game against philadelphia. The islanders take to the ice for the first time at the teens new teams new home in brooklyn. They tweeted out photos. Fans were eager to break in the new digs at the preseason opener against the philadelphia flyers. New york city known by some forgy ant pizza and giant rats. Put them together, you got one giant internet sensation. This video lighting up our web site and social media. More than a million views on our Facebook Page. The teenage Ninja Turtles take a slice down the stairs in the east village. He dropped it before he got in the hole. That is one of my cousins geno. He folds his slice like that. Now he will call me up. Coming up, special delivery. A thief is caught in the acetaminophen swiping a package from a home in queens. The details are coming up. Flames engulf a home in new jersey with a person inside. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Im meteorologist bill evans. We have cloudy skies. 63 degrees right now. We are going to a high today 62. That will tap out at the 5 00 a. M. Temperature. Temperatures are going down. High today around 74. A couple of showers up the Hudson River Valley to the west of the hudson river and across to essex. A couple of drizzles to be ware of. Temperatures are cool at islip. 61 bridgeport. Some wind out there about 7 to 14 Miles Per Hour. Weather then heather, how is it going . Not well through ocean county. We have an accident on route 9 in Berkeley Township. Route 9 closed north at mill creek road. Keep that in mind. Long island railroad, metro north p new Jersey Transit trainson or close to schedule. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect for today. We have very, very major parking restrictions going on in the city. Leave that car at home if you can. Ken, over to you. Heather, thank you. Police in queens hope you can deliver them a thief that stole packages from the victims door steps. The crime in astoria. You can see the man walking to the door of the house. He sees two packages that were dropped off, stuffs them in a bag then calmly walks away. One neighbor said she saw the man a short time before the crime. I saw him this morning when i was walking my dog actually. I was that way and i saw him coming up the block. I turned around and loaned looked at him and he went back. Another neighbor said she has seen the man wondering the neighborhood every day for the past four months. Anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers. We are following a developing story in new jersey. Towering flames rip through a home in the middle of the night. 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