Heather, today is the first day of autumn t. I thought i would let you know that. I know that. Feels like june. I know you like that. Im happy it feels like june but the fact that winter is closer, not happy about that. Anyway, lets show you how things are looking traveling on to the George Washington bridge, something you could be happy about. No major problems inbound. The upper level is slower than the lower level. Inbound side is moving left to right. Mass transit is doing great Long Island Railroad, new Jersey Transit trains subways moving with no major problems at all. We showed you the George Washington bridge how nicely it was moving. Lincoln is okay. Holland tunnel is doing just fine. Alternate sides are suspended. Good advice. Thank you. Breaking news. The loss of yogi berra passed away overnight at the age of 90. During his 18 years in the bronx he helped the yankees reach 14 world series capturing a record 10 titles. Some of his greatest talents came off the field with countless yogiisms that have endured. Career. Reporter we have been talking about the yogisms. My photographer loves a nickel aint worth a dime any more. Its things like that that make the legend so important to us. Now his legacy lives on. Reporter Lawrence Peter yogi berra was one of the most be loved figures and catchers to play the game. Three times most valuable player, 15 holder of seven world series records. Playing 17 years with the yankees, 14 world series and won ten of them. Reporter the most memorable moment, yogi jumping into the arms of don larson after the perfect game in the 56 series. Opponents knew him as a pierce competitor. Did a tremendous job. Reporter going givesms the man with the 8th grade education wound up being quoted by a president. Deja vu all over again. Where did these things come from. I dont know. I dont know i say them myself. Reporter as a manager, yogi is one of a select view to win pennants in the american and National Leagues taking the mets to within one win of a World Championship in 1973. He bass incensed he was incensed steinbrenner fired him. The two didnt patch things up for nearly 14 years. I hope you can except my apology. Its over. Behind us. Then a few months later. Lets welcome home number 8 yogi berra, number 8. Reporter my favorite quote is love is the most important thing in the world but baseball is pretty good, too. He was a romantic. Carmen, his wife, passed away last may. They were married for 65 years. His children released a statement saying they are happy they are together now. Live outside yankee stadium, kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Quite a life. Thank you. One of berras last public appearances 90th Birthday Celebration in may. On Montclair University in new jersey. This is a live look outside the museum in little falls. Later this morning, the museums interim ceo will address the media on the loss of the yankee legend. We posted the news on his passing on our Facebook Page overnight and received dozens of comments from fans. Abc7ny. Now to the papal visit as pope francis wakes up in the United States for the first time in his life today. President obama has planned an elaborate welcome ceremony for the holy father this morning just outside the white house. His visit to america, the first by a pope in nearly a decade pope francis arrived at the vaticans ambassador residence last night. Security tight on every leg of his journey. Tall fences line the perimeter of central park to keep him safe during the procession later this week. Eyewitness News Reporter rob nelson joins us live with more on the popes day ahead. Reporter good morning. The pope had a quiet night staying at the Vatican Embassy in town. Today brings a packed and public schedule expected to draw tens of thousands of people. Reporter president obama calls pope francis a transformative leader and the pope transformed his arrival motorcade into a statement opting to arrive in a small fiat. The pope has more to say to americans today starting with president obama. Their meeting starts at 9 15 this morning. 15,000 guests are expected for the official welcome on the white house lawn followed by prayer at st. Matthews cathedral. And there will be a papal parade in Downtown Washington leading up to the 4 15 mass at the basilica at the national shrine. Preparations at the basilica are intense. The security measures seem modest compared to what new york has in store. The pope is expected to use this u. S. Visit to raise questions about equality, the environment and the risks of unfettered capitalism. He is a ground breaker, a different kind of pope, the peoples pope. Reporter because this is d. C. There will be a political under current to his visit. He will meet with president obama. They are expected to address several hot button issues, gay marriage, abortion, immigration to name a few. Close attention will be paid to what the pope says during two other events when he addresses a group of 500 bishops in town and on thursday morning when the pope will address a joint meeting of congress. Reporting live in d. C. , rob nelson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. The popes arrival in washington matches up with the start of the Catholic Churchs world meetings of families in philadelphia. 18,000 pilgrims from around the gathering. The mayor and archbishop opening. The meeting will conclude francis. You can find complete details about the new york leg of his trip at abc7ny. Com pope. Republican president ial candidate donald trump befriended stephen colbert. I want to thank you for not only being here but running for president. I will not say this stuff writes itself but you certainly do deliver it on time every day. Well, after thanking trump for daily material, the pair played a game where they guessed who made certain out landish remarks in the past, colbert or trump. Im just reading off the screen here some of the lines. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Well, this morning, we have skies that are clear. We will have a beautiful sunrise here. We are at dawn. Temperature 60 degrees. We have a light north to northeast wind and these clear skies are back to the ohio valley, the central plains, mid Mississippi Valley and up to northern minnesota. 65 at 8 00 to 9 00. 77 around 1 00. 80 this afternoon. It will feel great because the humidity will be low and it will be nice and warm. The kids this morning, cool, grab a jacket or sweater then later on you wont need that. It will be a nice afternoon, especially for Afternoon School sports. Weather then heather every seven minutes. Are we looking good. We are. Let me show you how things are looking. This is the l. I. E. Westbound traffic moving away from us near marathon parkway. Not a bad ride at all. Into queens you will find a delay as you get into the area of maurice avenue. Lets go to the maps. I can tell you there is a delay exit 24 to 19 on the l. I. E. Van wyck north is sluggish exit 6 to 8. Harlem river southbound delays. Alternate sides are suspended. Metered are in effect. Ken and lori, over to you. Thank you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, a break in the case. New information on a hit and run in the bronx that left a young woman dead. New details, a 25yearold deadly hit and run in the bronx. She was riding her bike home from work at the time. Police say Surveillance Video from the scene shows morenos white hyundai driving off. Police in california say the driver in a deadly crash mixed up the brake with a gas pedal before plowing in a gym yesterday morning. A 49yearold woman was killed when a car slammed through the front of the gym into a workout class. Five other people were hurt. The 80yearold driver is not facing charges. Time to check the accuweather forecast. Lets step outside with meteorologist bill evans. Bill . This morning its cool, crisp. Grab a jacket. Its cool. Light wind, clear sky, nice morning. The real feel kind of cool and crisp. We are talking about a warm day for autumn. It feels like autumn. Northeast wind of 5. Pressure of 30. 28 strong High Pressure over us. Yesterdays high 72. 73 is normal. 58 the normal low. We will be warmer than that the next couple of days. Pretty sunrise. Its been a nice summer for autumns arrival. Warmer tomorrow. The humidities will remain low. We have a cool down this weekend. We will watch if there is rain sunday into monday. Now clear skies from really the cape all the way back to the ohio valley, the great lakes and to the northern plains. With that High Pressure in place, we have great weather. Sunshine today, great weather. Might be warm. Drink a lot of water, sports later on today. Normal high is 73. We are above that. Tomorrow is warmer. With the northeast wind out there, its about 10, 15 over the waters of the atlantic, the harbor, right around long island sound, 5 to 10. A little bit of waves. Rip current risk dropped to moderate. Returning warmer to start autumn. We have the autumnnal equinox at 4 21. Tomorrow is warmer, 82. You see the front on the animation dropping south and kind of slowly fading away. It will be colder, cooler drier air blending in from the north friday, saturday and sunday. Today 80. Nice and warm. 62. 50s in the suburbs. 50 degrees in the coldest spots north and west for the catskills and northwest new jersey. Tomorrow sunny and a couple of degrees warmer with a high of 82. The accuweather sevenday forecast, a little cooler friday. Its breezy and a little cooler saturday. Clouds and cool on sunday. You see we cool down to more normal levels into the end of the week and the weekend. So, there you go. Not a bad start to fall at all. A great summer. Summer of 2015 is one of the best i can remember. Great weekends every weekend. We could use a little rain. Short of rain by 7 inches you guys. Okay. Very good. The thank you. Back to you guys. Thats a hint. You guys. Over to heather with the commute. We take a look at webcams. We have delays out there. The l. I. E. But its volume related. This is near queens boulevard into maurice avenue. You can see that delay. Taking the throgs neck bridge into queens a good ride. Heading to the maps, not only is the throgs neck doing okay in both directions, whitestone, rfk, no major problems. L. I. E. Westbound you can see the delay from 24 into 19 then the delay i was showing you into the area then on the harlem river drive delays 132nd into the willis avenue bridge. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended today. But the metered rules are in effect. Lori and ken, over to you. Thank you, heather. Amazon has a gift for tv fans in honor of its emmy win. A big milestone for instagram. In techbytes, the one day deal from amazon. On friday it will slash the price for amazon prime. It is only good on friday. Instagram hit a major users. They are sharing 80 million follow toss a day. Instagram owned by facebook is enjoying global appeal. 75 of the users live outside the u. S. The promotional push ahead of the Peanuts Movie is underway. It includes a chance to pee that tests yourself peanutize yourself. Looks like us. I love it. Cant wait to put it on my instagram mexican charlie brown. I go to check that out. Little boy takes a long ride to nowhere. A mom outraged after her son got lost on a bus. If you are feeling the end of summer blues, a few choice a million bucks. Working on my feet all day gave me pain here. In my knees. But now, i step on this machine and get my number which matches my dr. Scholls custom fit orthotic inserts. Now i get immediate relief from my foot pain. My knee pain. Stocks took a dive following a global sell off. We may be in for a rebound. Stock futures are edging higher shanghai and hong kong hang seng index lost 2 overnight. Also there is word of a crisis meeting today for members of the board of volkswagen. This comes as a scandal over cheating on emissions testing cost vw in market value. It admits that 11 million of its diesel vehicles have software that tricks test ting equipment. It took at the effect july 1st but a new York Supreme Court judge overturned new york city ban on plastic foam containers. They are used for such thing as to go and egg cartoons. The judge ordered that it was arbitrary and capricious. The city could save 400,000 by recycling the wasted plastic foam. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill. Its dawn. Cool, crisp morning. Grab a jacket. 60. High today of 80. We have clear skies all the way back to the great lakes. We will have a lot of sunshine today and tomorrow. 45 at morristown. 58 at newark and elizabeth and Staten Island. Looking at a northerly northeast wind out there. Humidity around the 70 to 80 range at the coastal cities. It will drop off with a northerly wind. Great ride on the Staten Island ferry over from jersey city. A beautiful ride across long island sounds. Sunshine, noon temperature 74. 80 later on. I got great news on this first day of autumn. What do you have, heather. A delay. Path trains, it looks like between newark and World Trade Center you will find delays on path trains. New Jersey Transit okay. Long Island Railroad, metro north subways are doing fine. Looks like there is a missing school bus but we will talk to you about the Sawmill River parkway. Construction. You can find delays both ways but no delays at the upper east river crossings. Minor delays there. L. I. E. Westbound it slows down at 24 to 19. Van wyck north is sluggish 6 to 8. Street cleaning rules are suspended. Lori, over to you. Thank you. A mother on Staten Island is demanding answers after a three mile trip home from school turned into a fourhour journey for her son who has autism. 5yearold aiden was taking the School Bus Home for the First Time Ever last friday. He attends ps 60, three miles from his house. When his mother noticed that he was already two hours late, she called the department of education. She says she was told over and over that her son would be home in 20 minutes. But officials didnt know where the bus was. I kept saying i dont want a time. I want to know where my chill is. I dont want to hear 20 minutes, 30 minutes. I want to know where he is. The 5yearold finally arrived home after 6 00 at night hours after he left school. The only explanation given to his mother is that the bus driver got lost. That is not enough. 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You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. Well, check out this beautiful sunrise as we look from our camera across the park to flushing bay, Laguardia Airport and out to queens. Full day of autumn features 60 degrees. Brick, new jersey, sayreville 67. Long branch 61. Above i80, 48 andover. To poughkeepsie and up to kingston its 46 degrees. Grab a jacket. You will need it. 76 by noontime. 80 later on. I dont think you need the jacket when its 80 on the first day of autumn. It will be 82 tomorrow. We will talk about that in the summit. Ems activity at 23rd street. If you want to use path trains, newark to World Trade Center, hoboken to World Trade Center delays. New Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad on or close to schedule. Sawmill River Parkway both ways between lawrence and cliff street you do have that construction. That is causing delays in both directions. As you go to the