Their cheek. The look on his face, he has such a joy when you see him interacting. Thats where you see the broad smile enter his face. When we were in argentina, those who had worked with him told us that when he was archbishop, he was known to be very solemn and then they saw him become pope and they saw these kinds of images. The smile on his face. And they asked him, what is that about . And he told his former colleagues, its just something i feel now that has come to me as pope. So there you see it leave on your screen in east harlem. He just seems to relish these moments with the youngest. Now, we can tell you that he is going to meet with the children here at the school, our lady queen of angels. And he is also going to go to the gym and meet with immigrants who have been assisted by the services of the Catholic Charities of the arch diocese. That Perish School is surrounded by housing projects and it still operates being a shuttered church. And on the doors apparently outside that sanctuary, there are signs in english and spanish. Signs that read, welcome to east harlem, pope francis, please open our church. And he will no doubt see that sign on the front door. And theyre hoping that it will make a difference. As he walks down this line of smiling faces, you see them with their cell phones, and he occasionally touches one of their heads. He shakes their hand. You hear some screams from those hopeful to be able to be one of those lucky ones to maybe touch the pope. Absolutely. And you know, they have been out here for hours, not knowing exactly how close they would get to him and really, how far down the line he would move. Yesterday, when we saw in d. C. , it seemed as though he was looking at his watch at one point, and talking to the secret service, wondering, may i stay a little bit longer and chat with these children a little longer. Do we have time or do i have to leave right now. Trying to stretch that time out to relish these moment t in the united states, his first trip to this country. Hes going to be meeting, as you mentioned, jackie, with some teenage soccer players who are migrant teens in a Youth Soccer Program cosponsored by new yorks Catholic Charities, many who fled south america and in fact entered this country illegally. And the subject of immigration, something near and dear to the popes heart. He is, of course, the son of italian immigrants. Some of these kids are living with other relatives or sponsors, as they await Immigration Court hearing. Hes going to meet with some of those teenagers from that soccer team. Soccer also one of his passions, as we know. Yes, we do know that. He loves the soccer team in tarnlg t argentina, right . And even though he doesnt watch television, he makes it a point to stay up to speed on the sport, the soccer team, and since he has been there and blessed that team, theyve done very well, right. They had somewhat of a tu turnaround. One of the players told us that since he had become pope, his team has done quite well. Were hearing some of these kids chanting as well now. Lets listen in for a bit. Theyre getting a lot of selfies. Theres the photo to cherish forever. They have their rosary beads theyre holding. And i saw him yesterday, he was blessing many of the rosary beads. Sometimes you would see him lay a hand on the childrens forehead and bless them that way. Some would hold out their rosary beads and he would bless those beads. Everyone trying to get that touch, that blessing. Hes outside one of sixth catholic Elementary Schools in harlem. This is one of the lucky ones today, of course, where the pope visits. But one of six schools in harlem, where hes going to meet with a couple of dozen students. A mix of third and fourth grade students. And thats the age the children start with this school. Our lady queen of Angels School. But in all, there will be some 250 students from that school as well as some of the other schools, Catholic Schools in the city of new york. And of course, he is continuing his journey in new york city. To give you an idea of just how many people pope francis travels, 7,000 not necessarily that he travels, but in new york city, 7,000 Uniformed Police officers are on the streets in new york protecting this pontiff, in addition to several thousand undercover officers. 30 people rolling in the popes entourage, including a police chief and two swiss guards. So he definitely has a lot of company, whether its the people who are there to protect him, or the people there clamoring to see him. As these crudes are here in east harlem, there are also crowds awaiting him in central park. Some 80,000 Ticket Holders who are in the park. Hes going to proceed through central park after this event, on his way to Madison Square garden. And at this hour, at 4 00 this afternoon, there are thousands of people in Madison Square garden, awaiting the beginning of mass tonight with the pope there. And ahead of that, because its such a long wait, since this afternoon, theyve had entertainment scheduled with a lot of stars who are performing for the crowd, including Harry Connick jr. , gloria stephen, martin sheen, and others to try to keep that crowd entertained as they await the pope during what is a very, very busy day in new york city. Earlier today we saw him at ground zero. A very moving service that he took part in, in the Ground Zero Museum itself. And also at the united nations. Thats how he began his day, with remarks before the general assembly. There his with ban kimoon. As he entered the united nations, he in fact became the fourth pope to address the u. N. General assembly. And he praised members for their efforts to really serve mankind. He also addressed the subject of the environment, saying that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of gods creation, as he put it. He also gave praise to the iran nuclear deal, dacalling it proo of goodwill. Translator i pray to almighty god that this will be the case, and i assure you of my support and my prayers and the support and prayers of all the faithful of the Catholic Church that this institution, all its member states, and each of its officials will always render an Effective Service to mankind. The pope also warned that the ambitions of wealth and power can cause mismanaged economies. And pope francis continued his day, as we mention, at ground zero as well. And he spent time in reflection before meeting with families of fallen first responders. The pontiff paused at the reflecting pool to say a prayer and a lay a white rose. He also met briefly with some of the current and former mayors of the city, including mayor rudy giuliani, who was in office on 9 11. Later, pope francis attended a Service Inside the 9 11 memorial museum, where leaders of several states prayed for peace. Many leaders spoke, including the pope, who offered a prayer in english and delivered remarks in spanish. Translator i propose a moment of silence and prayer. Let us ask that the lord give the gift of peace. The pope also said a prayer asking god to strengthen leaders in hope and give wisdom and courage to walk tirelessly with true peace. The pope also spent some time touring the exhibits at the museum, which honored the nearly 3,000 victims of the attacks on the world trade center. It houses many artifacts from the buildings. The pontiff stopped to look at open bible, discovered by a new york firefighter, following the attacks. And here is another live picture from east harlem in new york, where pope francis is being greeted by those children and the teachers. He is visiting a classroom at our lady queen of Angels School in harlem. He is meeting with third and fourth grade students from the four Catholic Schools that are in harlem. Lets listen in, because i believe theyre also singing prayer for st. Francis right now. The pope there asking them to boost their voices, boost the volume a little bit. Can you imagine how nervous they are to be singing for the holy father. But they sound like angels. They do. They sound beautiful. Beautiful. Theyll also be taking part in some prayer here in the classroom. Theyll be receiving sacraments. And hes going to interact with the classroom in session here at our lady queen of angels. And pope francis has had such an exhausting oh, the prayer. Pray for us, now and in the hour of our death, amen. Pope francis has such an exhausting, exhausting three days already in his tour of the states. The three cities, the sixday tour. Just unbelievable when you look at how grueling his schedule is. And whenever you look at him and he seems slightly fatigued, wherever hes in front of the children, he seems to brighten right up and that gives him instant energy. They have builtin times of rest, but not a lot of them when you look at his schedule for this visit. Not at all. And hes going to be heading from this school to central park for a procession through the park. And thats where we find Checkey Beckford and about 80,000 people waiting to see the pope. What is it like there, checkey . Reporter it is very, very crowded. Were outside the park right now on the southwest side. And you can see the tent. Thats where theyre letting 80,000 lottery winners lucky enough to win a ticket to see the pope inside central park. But weve heard from some people theyre waiting in line for three hours, and theyre getting out of the line, despite winning those tickets, because they say they cant wait any longer. But there are people outside the park here in columbus circle, you can see people lining the fountain area. Hoping for a glimpse of the pope. Many people tell us that they know it probably wont happen because were so far away. And of course, theres that black desk around the west side of the park. Still, we talked to one man from puerto rico who told us to make his day. Again, lots and lots of people. We thank thousands of people outside of the park, on top of 80,000, that have been allowed to go inside the park to watch the pope. A lot of people hoping to spot him. All right, checkey. People waiting hours there, in and around central park to see him pass through on his way to Madison Square garden. Live look once again at his visit to east harlem and a classroom there. And well continue to follow this as his busy day in new york city continues. Later going to central park. The papal procession around central park. And later a mass at Madison Square garden. Thats his last event in new york. That mass at the garden tonight. And then rest up for a busy weekend here in philadelphia. The much anticipated and the final preparations are underway. Crews certainly arent fighting any crowds. It appears companies in center city and even the suburbs, they just took the day off. Richard panic shot this video of a barren parking lot at the norwood septa station on his way to work today in delaware county. A lot of other places will be barren in a few hours. Tonight, a lot of main arteries close. Including the ben franklin bridge. It will be turned into a pedestrian walkway overnight. Also shutting down, interstate 76 eastbound from the blue route in Montgomery County to i95 in south philadelphia. Also, westbound from 95 to route 1 in east falls. Vine street expressway will close from 76 to 95. Interstate 95 will stay open the entire weekend, but certain ramps do close at 10 00 to prevent traffic from coming into center city. Weve been warning you about this for a while. You can find all the closures on the nbc 10 news app. And if you live or work in the city, youve noticed, it is a virtual ghost town. Did you notice that i was actually on time to work today because there was no traffic. No traffic. Usually both of us are scrambling to get in, but no traffic at all today. People, obviously, a lot of people have either gone out of town or theyre just not driving, period, in center city, because they know its going to be tough with all these closures in the next few days. Walking outside my build, it was like ft. Knox with the security and the 8foothigh fences and security barriers and the metal detectors. But in terms of the people on the streets in center city, there really just werent many. A lot of people, like you said, headed out of town to avoid all of this. Notice some tourists in town, who dont know their way around just yet. Nbcs George Spencer is live in center city right now. George, this must be the calm before the storm, right . Jim, thats obviously what a lot of people are hoping. I think as you and jackie alluded to, just not a typical friday here in center city. Where im standing in the middle of the papal events zone. Weve been watching the preparation for the festival tonight, and then the papal mass coming up on sunday. And two or three blocks north of where we are, it was a different story. Take a look at some of the video our crews gathered today in the fairmount video, normally packed tight with parked cars, things really strangely quiet. Maybe not completely a ghost town, but really not far from it. I did speak to a couple of the papal pilgrims in the residential neighborhoods up there. One group from chicago, a family from south america, but mostly it seemed that it was just a reduced number of rsesident who is stayed in town. People grabbing groceries, walking their dogs, really an unexpectedly quiet day for this day before a major event. Its so crazy. Its a little weird. Too quiet, huh . A little too quiet. But its kind of nice. Do yoga, walk in the middle of the street. Kind of nice. Reporter not exactly complaining about it i. A lot of that could change or grow more pronounced as the traffic boxes come into effect later on tonight, preventing people from even driving into the core of center city. Those boxes really stretch river to river. Its going to be even greater traffic restrictions than were already seeing. So if you felt like it was quiet in the neighborhoods today, could perhaps be growing even more quiet with the possibility, though, that some pedestrians could be added into the mix. That is the latest, though, live right now in the papal parkway zone. Im George Spencer, nbc 10 news. In the papal parkway zone. We learned today that camden isnt expecting as many as people as first thought. In fact, thousands of Parking Spaces remain along the waterfront and officials are making it easier for people to get there. Well have that story from the other side of the river. Thats coming up at 4 30. And it does look like the weather is going to be cooperating for this weekend. We have a lot of high clouds around, even up towards the pocono mountains, lake wallenpaupack, and those high clouds will be around for much of the weekend. Now, the one weather issue we have, this onshore wind creating coastal flooding, Coastal Flood Advisory for much of the area from new jersey and delaware, including delaware bay. That goes until sunday, noon. Some of the higher tides coming saturday night and sunday morning. You can see these high clouds coming across the area, but as far as the rain is concerned, the closest rain is pretty much southern virginia and some really heavy rain in north carolina. Theres the rain. You can see its having a real hard time trying to come up to the north. Theres High Pressure up there. Very dry air around our region. And so, the computer models again with the trend of keeping this moisture down to the south of us. The clouds continue, but the rain continues to stay south, as weve been saying for quite a while. Theres sunday even into monday with very little in any kind of rain, anywhere near us. This is the storm down off the southeast coast. This is the same model that has been suggesting that the rain stays to the south. Its been saying this for a weak. We get the breezy onshore winds, but the storm stays well to the south of the area. The breezes, though, continue through the weekend. So it will be kind of breezy. Partly sunny on sunday, through the high clouds, and then cloudy and breezy on sunday. And as we go through that period of time, were going to go from partly sunny to mostly cloudy at times. Now, for the eagles, theyre playing a little bit farther to the north, up in north jersey, its going to be at least partly sunny, 71 degrees. Just beautiful football weather on sunday for that. For tonight, were going to be seeing pearl cloudy skies, 62 for a low in philadelphia. 52, north and west. Tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds. A breezy day, highs in the mid70s. And the sevenday forecast, another day in the mid70s sunday if clouds around, just chance of some showers later on monday, as we start getting warmer and the real significant chance of rain comes later in the week, and we really need some by then. Glen, well, we continue to follow the popes journey through new york today. Heres a live look from east harlem, new york, where pope francis is continuing his visit with the schoolchildren there. The classroom at our lady queen of Angels School in east harlem, meeting third and fourth grade students who delighted him with song and they did a very good job. Yes, they did. Well be right back. As we continue to look at a live picture from east harlem, new york, and pope francis visiting with some schoolchildren there. This school, our lady, queen of angels, it is adjacent to a shuttered church. And the children as well as some of the teachers are hoping that pope francis arrival will bring some light to that church and hopefully this will allow the door to open. Thats mayor de blasio there with the schoolchildren. And it does appear pope francis has moved on to his other events in the gymnasium at this school. Well continue to watch these live moments as they happen and bring them to you live here on nbc 10. And from new york to philadelphia, up in the air, for a look at center city and the preparations for the popes visit to philadelphia. Nbc 10s mitch blocker is live onboard today. What do you see from your vantage point, mitch . Reporter jim, as were hovering high above center city, one of the things thats striking is what we are seeing and what were not seeing. One of the things we are seeing is a serious security presence. You can see this is the u. S. Coast guard. Secret service has really quarterbacked most of the security prepa