Pope francis made history again wednesday, canonizing a saint for the first time on u. S. Soil. [ speaking Foreign Language ] the pope elevated missionary Junipero Serra to sainthood. And a mass celebrated in spanish at the National Shrine of the immaculate conception, 25,000 people gathered. His words, impacting many. Im not catholic but i do love the message of mercy. Reporter he is a christian minister and listening closely to the holy fathers every word. Hes someone that brings a fresh new perspective to something that was taught a long time ago. Reporter the pope, delighted crowds all day. My heart is still beating from seeing the pope. Reporter writing down constitution riding down constitution avenue while bodyguards lifted up children tubelessed. This little girl 5yearold sophie cruz handed the pope message about immigration. All immigrants just like my dad see this country. Reporter earlier at the called on catholics and the country to take care of the poor and the planet. Climate change is a problem. The pope heads to new york at 4 00 this afternoon but before then, a number of stops here in washington. Well have more on that in just a moment for you chris. That was an action packed first full day here in the u. S. For the pope yesterday. Mary thanks. But first weve got traffic and weather together on the 2s and for that over to john elliott. John its going to be great today for the popes arrival. A warm one. Yesterday, 80 degrees and were 80 to 82 today in the city and around the area definitely going to be on the warm side and should be mostly sunny as well. And the city right now it feels pretty good. 61 degrees. Clear skies. Winds are calm. A relative humidity is at 64 . Scanning the skies, well, youre not scanning much are you . I tell you what, dry conditions continue today and tomorrow. Definitely more clouds as we orange wow way into the weekend. Work our way into the weekend. Watching some showers well to the south but in our area mostly sunny and 81. Under that september sun. 4 33. Lets get you where you got to go right now with alex. In preparation of the popes arrival until later today. From now until 6 00 a. M. Fifth avenue is closed as well as the cross streets from 48th to 55th between 6th and madison avenue. Also at 6th some of the cross streets will thenal open but will then be one lane closing again at 10 00 until 9 00 this evening. Were going to update you on the changes throughout the morning and we are also posting them on our website as well as on the Facebook Page. But for now, if you are traveling in the bronx, we have the major deegan closed northbound at 19th street. We have an 149th street. We have an overturned vehicle. You still have to pay the meters. Remember be safe, dont text and drive, chris . And pope francis had a very busy day yesterday. It is an even busier day today in washington. Mary . Yeah, before the pope speaks before that joint session of congress, he has a number of other stops as well. He will also visit st. Patricks Catholic Church here in dc. Not to be confused with the cathedral if manhattan. Thats later on tonight and he will make history as he addresses congress today. He will then journey just a few blocks away to feed the homeless. He will be sitting down with men, women, and children for that event. And cbs2s weijia jiang joins me live here in washington with more on that story. Weijia . Reporter good morning mary, and good morning to everybody. We know that it is such a dear issue for the pope to find ways to care for the poor. And just a few blocks from the capitol, he is going to be saying grace at a special table with many people who are in need. Amen. God bless you all. Reporter everyone week the Catholic Charities of the archdiocese of washington receives up a hot meal to anyone in need and it come with extra helping. They feel really validated and appreciated and receive dignity. Reporter the line forms early. Tracy uses a walker to get here and knows all the staff. They good people. Reporter the Meals Program serves 300 to 500 people every wednesday. This week, theyre setting a special table for a visit from pope francis. The way that he takes his mission and lives it out is inspiring. Reporter cardinal whirl believes the blessing from the pope will boost homeless programs but even more than that, inspire real solutions. It begins with the change of human hearts. Thats where the pope will be at his best. Reporter those served here hope he comes back for more. Reporter officials at the Catholic Charities hope that pope francis visit will call attention to those living in the shadow of the capitol where congress can make a difference programs. Mary . Its been an issue hes addressed on day one. Weijia thank you very much. Well when the pope arrives in new york, he will be staying at a residence on the Upper East Side. The vaticans diplomatic residence and a live look right now to give you an idea of where he will be staying. We have a camera there right now. The media crews are being kept a good distance away from that. The five story townhouse is on east 72nd street. Thats less than block from central park. The residence is also home to the vaticans official observer to the United Nations. Francis will be the third pope to stay there. And as you know, a massive security operation sunday way in new york. We see the is underway in new york. We see the barricades and fencing and we see Police Officers throughout the area. Lets get to cbs2s Janelle Burrell as we continue our Team Coverage of the papal visit. She is live outside st. Patricks cathedral. Janelle, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you mary, st. Patricks as you know is the popes First Official stop in new york. Hell be having a Prayer Service later this evening and yes, security is already very tight morning. Then that this morning. Then that chain link fence that stretches from here at 56th street to 47th in front of st. Patricks cathedral. This in preparation for the popes arrival. Commissioner bill bratton himself doing a security sweep of st. Patricks cathedral ahead of the popes arrival. Even inspecting the altar. We have very good at planning but we also have to be adaptable with this pope. His penchant for spontaneity. Reporter a full day before the pope gets here, visitors were being carefully screened. Theyre checking anyone that has a large pouch or a backpack. Before they go into the church. Reporter Homeland Security now has the command center set up across from the cathedral where the pope will hold a Prayer Service this evening. His holiness will also speak before 170 World Leaders during the General Assembly at the United Nations. The nypd says they have more than 6,000 officers covering the pope and the u. N. Youve got 1,773 police cars. 818 tons of concrete block. 37 miles of barriers and fencing. Reporter over near central park, more than 20,000 feet of eight foot high feel mesh fencing lines the west side perimeter of where 80,000 ticketed spectators are expected friday for the popes procession along west drive. The morans who have tickets to stand along the popes welcome parade route on fifth avenue today and anticipating tight security and they plan to get here at 1 00 p. M. Well ahead of his arrival. Thats about six hours, seven hours away. To get the glimpse of the pope. But it could be worth it. Reporter now st. Patricks had been undergoing a 175 million renovation. That was originally scheduled to be finished in december. But they managed to get that wrapped upmost of it wrapped up just in time for the popes arrival today. Reporting life this morning from midtown, Janelle Burrell, cbs2 news. Okay thank you. Boy thats a lot of fencing thats been put up around the city. Thank you. Much more coverage on the popes visit throughout the morning and of course at cbsnewyork. Com. Well, the time is now 4 39. Still ahead here this morning, strike up the band. Well meet the teens who will greet the pope at jfk. Plus from the statue of liberty to shows on broadway, what new york sights would you want the pope this check out . Twitter versus instagram. Find out which came out on top. John . Going to be that cool today. The 80s return, low 80s but nice for the arrival of the pope and staying dry next few days too. You stay there. Traffic and weather together on and we welcome you back to cbs2 news this morning. A Beautiful Day on tap for the popes arrival later this afternoon. Its currently 4 42 and 61 degrees and you know what that means time now for traffic and weather together on the 2s. Good morning john. Good morning chris, hi everybody i hope you had a great day yesterday. Beautiful conditions yesterday. Today in so many ways will just be a repeat weather watchers up early. Watching some comfortable numbers. 56 for the north shore. 59 there in great neck and lets see whats going on in staten island. 62. And michael is up early always is, getting out early to till and cover the garden soil. Preparing for easy spring planting. Man, is this guy planning ahead. This is great. Hes out there and its going to be annoys warm day for you to do. That up to the north we still have some readings in the 40s which is pretty typical. You have that variety. That spread with clear skies. You have yeah comfortable in the city at 61. But quite a bit cooler north and west. You know that heat just escapes. Winds are calm and relative humidity is at 64 . Numbers around the area, yeah, it is chilly. 56 in white plains. But 46 in monticello and 47 in edison and 46 in the hamptons and good old guy from sparta, 45. Can you believe it . Hes freezing. 58 in groan itch though and 54 in belmar. Its refreshing out the door and actually one degree cooler in the city right now but this afternoon, we could actually be a degree or two warmer than we were yesterday. Billion numbers well above normal with numbers well above normal. 75 for lunchtime and then 81 as we get the day underway. Still very warm when the pope arrives from dc this afternoon and into the evening should be a comfortable evening as well. Dew points dont get wildly out of control and great fall weather to do. I mean i today. I mean i know we need the rain and we had a chance sunday but more of the model runs are keeping even sunday night dry as well. The next few hours and your futurecast is dry and fine. Just really comfortable for your thursday. There will be a few more clouds during the day on friday. And then by friday night, we see some clouds filling in as well. Theres that system to the low that should serve to usher in slightly cooler air and that mix of sun and clouds saturday. Plan on increasing clouds on sunday. Earlier in the week, model runs were bringing some rain in later on sunday. Theres a slight chance but the odds are actually getting lower. 81. Warm again today. Very comfortable pretty skies. Overnight tonight, quite nice. Pleasant and 63. Then into your friday, looking good for the pope and you. 76. We see numbers we will see numbers dial down a bit for the weekend. Still above normal a bit and then were right back to the old summer tricks monday into tuesday of next week. So yeah, warm is the word. Traffic is the word for alex. Sure john. If you are traveling this morning in preparation of the popes arrival later today from now until 6 00 this morning, fifth avenue is closed from 47th to 55th streets and as well as the cross streets from 48th to 55th between 6th and madison avenue. Now at 6th the cross streets will reopen helping you navigate for the morning commute but one lane so very heavy congestion expected in that area. Closed again at 10 00 a. M. Until 9 00 p. M. Well continue to update you on the changes and we have posted them on the Facebook Page as well as the website. Cbsnewyork. Com, check there both if you are trying to navigate the stay. In the bronx the major deegan is currently closed at 149th due to a overturned vehicle. Alternate side is in effect citywide suspended today for i delled a ha and remember to be safe and remember be safe, but now to mary in washington. Its a traffic is anything like it here in washington, d. C. , not going to be easy street closures and frozen zones everywhere you turn. Now a look at the stories making news this morning. All about the pope today. Philadelphia system making final preparation is making final preparations for the popes visit this weekend. On saturday pope francis will address crowds at Independence Hall and attend a festival of families event and on sunday he will celebrate mass to close the world meeting of families. Also happening today the union has pledged to deliver pledged to give an additional 1. 1 billion to help ref withdrew gees. They will use the money to provide food and shelter during the migration crisis. Another story we have for you, the u. S. Government says hackers stole 5. 6 million fingerprints of federal personnel. Thats higher than the 1. 1 million originally estimated and chris u. S. Intelligence director says china is the number one suspect here. On the money watch report this morning, stock futures down today after more losses on wall street on wednesday. More losses in china were blamed. The nasdaq composite dropped by 44. The s p 500 lost 4 points. Well, instagram hit a milestone this week. Logging more than 400 million monthly users. Thats solidly surpassing twitter oh, yeah sus. So far we jesus, sorry we had a light go. After facebook which now owns the service, instagram allows mobile users to easily post and shoot photos. Mary back to you. Glad everything is okay over there. We got a little nervous for you. Well, pope francis arrival in new york is just a few hours away. And we know the city is very excited about it and weve experienced that here in dc. But we want to ask the question, what do you think is a must see for the pope . We sent cbs2s emily smith to find out. Reporter when the pope comes to manhattan, hes got a tight schedule that includes st. Patricks cathedral. The u. N. , evening mass at Madison Square garden and we should take the thats a good idea. He would like that maybe. Yes, im sure because the best view of manhattan. Reporter thats right. New yorkers have itineraries of their own. Places they can only wish the pope could experience. I think he should check out the ifc theater near the west port street stop. Its really great. Popcorn in one arm and big soda. Got to see the highline. The pope would love the highline. Reporter hes planning a trip toal park. Thats Something Like pope ben district stops at benedict stops at. Holy father highlights. Big time yeah. Times square,. Reporter the pope in times square . That would be definitely interesting prospect to have. The pope in times square. Reporter are we thinking im thinking like like where the dropped ball is. Like that kind of times square. Taking a tour of new york harbor or Something Like that. Reporter how about the times square . He always has a reservation here. A table set up as a shrine to pope francis can believe reserved any can be reserved any time of year but they have high hopes the pope will do a driveby and stop in. We have a reserve spot for him downstairs. Reporter its unlikely hell just walk in for spaghetti but Timothy Cardinal dolan tells us he has a few beloved Tourist Attractions in mind. He wants to make sure he sees the statue of liberty. He obviously wanted to see st. Patricks, thats not as a tourist, as a man of prayer and he did want to see 9 11 not just again as a tourist, he actually wanted to go there to pray. Reporter but with this hope you never know where hell turn up. Emily smith, cbs2 news. Other ideas included a football game, a baseball game, sounds good to me. The most popular suggestion though chris, was central park. And of course we know hes going to be the leading a procession through the park tomorrow. Yes. 80,000 lucky ticketholders will be there as well. All right mary check back in . With you in just a minute. Time now 4 40. Coming up the items you cant bring with you if youre going to central park to see the pope. Also hear if the woman who pet from the woman who met Pope John Paul ii not once but twice and get this, he was a little girl. Tt0w tx ho 4 b34 tt0w tx ho el h4x tt0w tx ho ed n6< tt0w tx ho 8h. H tt0w tx ho kzh3< tt0w tx ho nhfn0 tt0w tx ho 0phx tt0w tx ho shh[h good morning, time now for traffic and weather together on the 2s, john . Good morning. A warm one day for the first full day of autumn. Still in good shape obviously for the duration of the popes visit. And then the mainly dry over the weekend is just going to be a little cooler. You can see bright and quiet conditions today. You got wet weather to the south. You got a front in the plains, theres some pretty significant rain flirting with florida. Unfortunately, no welcomed rain in california. Heat is on. Not only in new york, but down through dc, down into parts of the South Central states in the 90s. Upper 70s low 80s today. Closer to where we should be a little closer by the weekend. Are you too close to that late model buick in front of you . Whats going on alex . In preparation of the popes arrival later today, from now until 6 00 a. M. , we have some changes on fifth avenue. It is the currently closed from 47th to 55th streets as well as the cross streets from 48th to 55th between 6th and madison avenue. Now at 6 00 this morning, some of the cross streets are actually doing to reopen. But be reduced to only one lane. So we expect heavy congestion in that area and theyll close again at 10 00 and will be that way until 9 00. Well continue to update you on the changes with the papal visit throughout the morning. Now subway changes. Uptown c. Rains are local won from d. Trains are running local only. Alternate side of the Street Parking will be suspended today because of eid aladha, but you still have to pay the meters. And remember be safe, dont text and drive, back to you. Coming up on the eve of the popes visit. Cardinal dolan and mayor de blasio reveal a plan to help the citys homeless. Who would think theyd be able to see a pope twice in