ben: she said sorry. juliet: the day before she said -- hash tag saree not sorry if i have never seen one. ben: later she reiterated the transparency message, quote, that is what i provided all of my work e-mails to the government to be released to the public and i will be testifying in front of the benghazi committee later next month. she did an appearance on the ellen show which is set to air tomorrow. juliet: i am sure curtis has comments. jeb bush tried to show his funny side during anna period and steven colbert's first night ethos of the late show. the former governor repeated jokes he is on the campaign trail to explain and defend his candidacy. however he did lose and appointing to joking about his campaign poster. >> your campaign poster is just jab with the j and exclamation mark. >> i have been using jeb since 1994. it connotes excitement. >> how many of us when we get excited just go jab! >> in florida they do when they see me out of happiness or d ben: a little humor. juliet: jeb is not exact

ben: okay. juliet: in the bronx a woman got into an argument with a ten-year-old boy and punched in the face and now the cops want your help. ben: this was back on august 19th, the woman so confronting the boy and she thought the boy was being rude to the cashier and the father's boy owns the store. >> big concerns for the pope's vief. juliet: the pope is riding through central park and it is a big security headache. this weekend the homeland security said that the officials thwarted an attack. >> we are monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes into the united states. we have disrupted one particular case. juliet: another problem, scalpers are selling tickets online to the pope's event even though they were given away for free. mayor deblasio's office is working to crack down on the online sales. teresa priolo has more in a live report in the next half hour. >> in northern california, terrible situation, a person is dead, 400 homes are destroyed and a lot more, massive wild f

ben: your shirt has changed. theresa: i am teresa priolo. ben: i am ben simmoneau. is there is a morning, thank you for being with us. mike woods is here, checking the forecast, pretty warm again. i am not complaining. theresa: you couldn't complain yesterday. what happened yesterday was fantastic. >> meteorologist: either we are toughening up around here, or embracing everything, we know it is about to fairway. 91 was your high temperature, from par, newark, 92 in allentown, belmar 84 degrees, 88 in bridgeport, 86 in islip, here is where we stand similar to yesterday, 76 central park, bridgeport 70, 73 in montauk, 61 in sussex, monticello with mainly clear skies. keeping an eye out for fog, reports of fog in eastern long island, right now doesn't look so bad. list visibility numbers we see our monticello and 6 with two miles, not that big a deal. high pressure in control, backdoor cold front right here, it will try to work its way through the tristate region into tomorrow morning bringing more clouds and a small chance of showers. unexpected get much out of it. 86

ben: will play. juliet: looks a little tom brady like. ines: ben: barakat. robert moses, thank you very much. we thank mrs. moses in princeton for delivering this early in the morning. thank you, robert. problems on long island, drivers, the largest school bus companies on the island could go on strike tomorrow leaving parents scrambling for ways to get their kids to school but 1200's robbers went better working conditions and the pay hike. if a strike it would affect a dozen school district's most of them in suffolk county, both sides will reportedly need a federal mediator this afternoon but if nothing comes of that they could strike as soon as tomorrow. >> the ceo has set down of united airlines with his resignation is linked to investigation into his company's dealings with the port authority and former chairman david samson. this is interesting. the u.s. attorney's office in new jersey is said to be risking at san synapses the 9 united project in newark liberty airport. around the same time united resumes flights from newark to columbia, south carolina

there have been some great beautiful. >> ben: it's beautiful there. >> ben: pres. obama will order a new executive order. it will require federal contractors to provide seven days of paid sick leave a year. it will not take effect immediately because there needs to be a public comment period. instead it will apply to new federal contracts that begin in 2017. after the president leaves office. he will make the announcement today where he will call on congress to pass legislation requiring paid sick, and family leave for the iva sector. >> juliet): time warmer cable is dedicating an entire channel to the pope visit channel. it will launch on september 20 and follow the pope till he returns to the vatican on september 26. his public appearances in new york will be shown live, along with the college show and a nightly recap of events. >> ben: sounds very interesting. >> juliet): it's going to be a 24 hour channel, it's all day. the company says the channel will have a more secular perspective. >> ben: okay. >> juliet): it is 5:26 am. >> ben: top stories, weather and tr

ben carson. >> careful going on the attack is not something donald trump has been known for but it haesnt seemed to hurt him to this point. s.e., i want to follow up on this exact conversation on faith and questioning and taking on each other's faith in this presidential race. jeffrey lord, he brought up in the last block, in our last segment, he said it was a mistake for ben carson to attack donald trump and to question his faith in the first place. do you think it was a mistake? is it a mistake to take that issue on? >> well, only because it's not provable. it's sort of a losing argument because regardless of the way that ben carson tries to present donald trump as lacking humility, which is probably fair, it's just not a provable line of attack. so i don't think it was wise when democrats wondered if john f. kennedy would be beholden to the pope as the first catholic president or whether, you know, catholics wondered if john kerry was catholic enough because he didn't go to mass enough. i don'

>> ben: thank you lauren. you can find fox business on foxbusiness.com/channel finer. >> mike: good morning. 69 is your is your temp in central park. ridge port is 64 degrees. clear skies around the tri-state region. there's an area of low pressure to the south. maybe a few clouds in the coastal areas. we are looking at mainly sunny skies, tgif lots of sunshine. looking good for saturday. sunday more clouds coming through temps cooler, high may be in the mid to upper 70s. today 86 , it degrees, it will be toasty for this time of year. let's bring in ines right now. >> good morning. something to watch out for the east by exit 11 for an accident. in new jersey 287, exit 37 there's an accident there. trains are great this morning no problems with long island railroad. >> ben: there'll be a big change for women wanting to serve combat in the military. >> juliet: will tell you abo selling 18 homes? easy. building them all in four and a half months? now that was a leap. i was calling in every favor i could, to track

ben and juliet. ben: duke is out of the u.s. open plus the latest entertainment news could david beck l no he can't act, can he? juliet: never seen him act. who knows. ben: anna gilligan has [ cheers and applause ] a wave of game-day excitement is rolling into dunkin'. taste the new tailgater breakfast sandwich, stacked with smoked sausage, fire-roasted peppers, and onions. america runs on dunkin'. ben: 6:44 labor day morning checking the headlines for you preparties for west indian parade marred by violence and a double stabbing in brooklyn glieferght near grand army plaza and eastern parkway what is left one person dead. >> police need your help they're searching for hit-and-run driver accused ever killing a woman in brooklyn yesterday. this is a video they released shows a white van driving away from the scene in borough park killing a 59-year-old woman. terrible. ben: public jees gesture rudy giuliani blasted de blasio. poirm mayor writes city of homeless on the streets is a city that has no love of his people. >> a texas sc

unless you are ben. no sweater or jacket for ben. satellite is showing clouds moving into the tri-state area. it is making for a nice sunrise across the area. of a system and unfortunately the rain will remain offshore. we will still have clouds across the area throughout the next two days. today highs in the low 70s, mid- 70s tomorrow. wednesday will have 78 degrees for the first day of fall. the end of the week we will have sunshine and temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. a comfortable week ahead. let's take a look at the roads. >> a few things going on. queens long island expressway there is an accident. it blocks the center lane for about 45 minutes there. traffic is backed up almost to cross island parkway. northbound there is an accident blocking the lane. there is a crash by exit 151, that was cleared away. there is an accident blocking two lanes which is off to the shoulder now. it's now just normal delays by bradley avenue. let's talk about the trains. expect delays. they didn't specify a number number but you have dela

. >> ben: this time it is ben carson and it involves religion. >> good morning to you, ben carson is now a softs spoken, person. says to draw so much scrutiny but this comment certainly has. i knew poll conducted before this, found his support is waning in support for carly fiorini is surging. >> good evening. >> a new poll shows wednesday was a good evening for carly fiorini. trump has support of 24%, the arena rocketed into second place with 15%, and carson with 14%. it shows how strong the arena is and how hungry voters are for an outsider as that neither of have been elected to office. during a town hall meeting a day after, of man talked about president obama being muslim and trump failed to correct him. >> that, led to a debate on talk shows whether a muslim should ever be president. >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation, i would disagree with that. congress is a different story it >> upon hearing the comment he was called to pull out of the race. >> would i be comfortable we would have to address it, i think it is something that could happen. >>

ben? ben: after being pretty noncommittal about the pitching status, matt harvey is saying he's going to be available for the mets playoff run should it happen. the players tribune in part saying quote i once the risks and full away of the opportunity that the mets have and winning the division and getting to the playoffs is the goal, once in, i will be there. speaking of theette manies they are in washington today. juliet: yes, in miami yesterday matts came back. they couldn't hold the lead in the 8th. here he gives up a home run to pinch hitter to right field and tying up the game at three and moving to the 9th. prado lined one. and allowing the winning run to store and the mets losing this 3-1 and the met's lead is down >> the yankees at home against tampa bay a. 3-run home run. the next batter a-rod and followed that with a home run of his own and this time to right. his 28th of the year. the yankees win it 6-4. the jays won and they are a game and a half out of first place and playing

ben and juliet. ben: sources say police questioning a man in connection with two hotel murders. >> joseph dan clair, sources confirm he is in police custody and detectives are interviewing him at the precinct, he is being questioned about two murders, one on july 23rd, a 34-year-old woman, they found her body fair and a murder on september 8th at the broadway hotel in midtown, all women 43 years old this time, this man was seen on video going into the hotel with the women and leaving without from. his fingerprints were found that one of the scenes. they are investigating whether he may have ripped two other women. ben: new data shows the homeless population in new york has risen since bill deblasio came into office, a 57,002 and the 6 people housing shelters this week according to data the city put out. a spike of 4,000 people from mayor bloomberg's final months in office, 53,000 december of 2013. what is more, people staying in shelters are staying longer. averaged a 534 days compared to the previou

>> ben: maybe oatmeal. she could find a thing print here he did on his birthdats a >> juliet: rather than spending it partying in vegas, he was on a bypass celebrating the anniversary of the battle o` co` britain. instead of flying and in the spotlight, he left his seat open for the oldest surviving m by ber. spee2 he stepped back and did nothing. >> mike: here is what we have this morning as you step out. sunk y skies coming to you this morning. sunny and dry as the kids go to the bus stop. a morning of 65 , nice and sunk y, clear, cool, sunny, clear, cool, and dry throughout the day. warm throughout the dats a 64 degrees in newark, and d6 in mont/ >> ben: wednesday morning, september september 16. checking the hot headlines. you can expect delays after freight train derailment yesterday. crews have been working through the night to make repairs. >> juliet: please have identified a person of interest and connection of murders of two women in two different hotels. they are looking for 36-year-old joseph van

ben: nice weekend though. mike: yes and now the temperatures are on the cooler side from what we had for the past couple of days. here is for the high temps yesterday. 71 degrees at central park. 72 sussex. a lot of clouds in the afternoon. tried to rain here and there. this morning starting off mild, not bad, we have mostly cloudy skies here. now to the winds coming in from the northeast. causing problems in some of the coastal waters with the rip currents and things of that sort, but things are going to settle down as far as that is concerned here. but we are going to keep the clouds in the region and not completely cloudy. a mix of the sun and clouds and we are going to deal with the rain as well. about right now the rain is down to south and cold front to the northwest. we have a shot of rain midweek. today mostly cloudy. tomorrow shower chance picking up. tuesday, wednesday storms in the area and highs around 72. drying out at the end of the week. but the u.n. is here. ines: the commute from new jersey is

to you ben and see if you can catch it. >> can we throw something to you ben and see if you can catch it. >> can we throw something to you ben and see if you can catch it. i'm with you there. >> we have the rain, it did come through and a lot of folks slept through it. now look look what's happened. the heavy stuff into new england and always is scattered showers. this is not a day where you are locked in with solid rain all day long. there will be patchy showers that come and go throughout the day. be ready for that. here's what we have, a cold front pressing in an tropical moisture stepping up. low pressure is set up and we have another interesting thing last few days, that is walking. walking is a tropical storm and forecast to become a hurricane, it is just a little below that status right now. but it could be, hurricane over the next few days. it will swing to the north and the northwest. it is is a category one storm. early next week, windsor 80 miles per hour and that could very well affect us. beyond that it could become next to us. let's look at future cas. keeps a showers ro

ben: a little on leverage of complaining. ben: i am allowed to now. it was warm for september. i won't complain. cool off. i think women all over this country heard what mr. trump said. beautiful face and is a beautiful woman. ben: you could say carly fiorina gets in donald trump's fix during the republican presidential debate. we will show you more of the fireworks that went on. juliet: thus search is on for a kidnapped child. we show you where the 10-year-old was last seen a damaging day. ben: a teenager brings a homemade clock to class, teachers thought it was a bomb. a reaction from some very famous people and he may get a very nice trip actually all this. 5:01. i am ben simmoneau. juliet: i am juliet huddy. it is september 17th. ben: it is constitution day. heather: mike is joining us to celebrate constitution day. we ratify things. >> meteorologist: it is an important day in the history of our country as far as the with juliet: no he didn't. >> meteorologist: we should have the day off. ben: federal servants, not like they shut things down. >> meteorologist: parking rules

back to you. >> ben: thank you mode r, orert. there's a temporary spending bill that will head off shutdown. >> they gop opposes it because it does not address planned parenthood. it is quite the only viable waste board in the short term. it would keepddress planned parenthood. it is quite the only viable waste board in the short term. it would keep the government open through december 11. >> ben: a former firefighter armed with the hunting knife breach security in it and attempt to meet the pope. on saturday night, chris drove his black suv onto the tarmac at the airport and he didn't real not e that the pope left from philadelphia hours before. they found some bullets then marijuana. they said the the client did not want to hit hurt the pope he just wanted his blessing. >> my clients had a very tragic loss with a niece who died in the form of cancer. liked a special prayer for her from the pope. >> ben: according to papers he was trying to give the pope's asiness business card and wants to talk with world leaders to effectuate

ben: i am ben simmoneau. it is friday morning september 18th, thank you for being with us, good morning. juliet: you are looking pliant today. ben: we know what is going on here? this is the day she was not going to mosque. i think you should have to do it in all fairness. >> meteorologist: wait a minute, how did i get caught up in this? juliet: i am not allowed to mock you but i can lock you. and ines. i will probably eat unleash can't you. >> meteorologist: i went to a book for yesterday afternoon. it was a lot of fun. juliet: should have invited me. ben: picked up a book on chemistry. ben: juliet: that of chemistry when iowa's in high school. ben: that is shocking. peek at what happened yesterday. i love it on a friday. we have 49 degrees, 89 degrees was your high temperature yesterday in central park, almost made it up to 90, same at newark, 86 in allentown, 79 in monticello, looks like this morning starting like what we had yesterday, generally speaking temperatures should be coming down, yesterday they

ben: we are couple minutes from >> juliet: good morning everybody, 6:00 a.m. >> ben: looks nice outside. >> juliet: we could get close to 82 gay. michael have today. >> the world series champion was 90 years old . >> juliet: pope francis will start his tour today. they were chanting his name. listen to that crowd. he has a white house visit today. tomorrow he will address congress and then we'll head to new york city. >> ben: speaking of new york ahead judge turned over a ban on styrofoam containers. they are reviewing options to fight that decision in city hall. it is wednesday, september 23. it is it is the first day of fall. we have a lot to get to. >> juliet: hunt day as well. it is the first day of fall. cool outside. sixty at central park, newark at 44. mainly clear sky. i'll cover yesterday and now shifting out to the atlantic waters and high pressure takes over. warmer with high temps at 79 degrees in the city. clear and cool tonight. there's your five day forecast. high of of 79 degrees two days in a row. that the lower 70s through the let's bring in ines and look at the commut

ben: yids, kind of just hung around. gliewnt went to the clubs. ben: no. i ordered the new iphone, though. exciting. trying to get rid of this old iphone 5. mike: going to get the big one too aren't you? juliet: yeah. ben: what was that -- [laughter] mike: anyway. mike: what happening with the weather. 59 degrees nice and cool. 59d central park. 57 newark. 52 degrees in sussex as well as monticello. and our temperatures compared from 24 hours ago, it has come down a decent amount ppg 9 degrees cooler in monticello. 11 in central park and 12 degrees cooler in sussex. gradual clearing taking place for us here. yeah there's clouds especially in northern teerl of the tristates. clouds around that area of high pressure that is making fits exit but we're going to see a clear sky, coming to you later this afternoon a. 76 for a high temp later on today an wednesday did i out there. keep that in mind as well. let's bring in christina stoffo and check out our road conditions. hello. christina: around town starting see some things pop up. so dealing with rfd southbou

ben: www. donald trump on foreign policy questions on his radio show, trump called those questions got the questions. hewitt said he would try to avoid such queries tonight. there will be an earlier debate with other candidates for the back in the polls. and bobby jindal, former new york governor george pataki and senator lindsey graham. i will be watching. ben: i may watch some of it but not all three hours and 11:00. juliet: we would get the clips tomorrow morning. ben: flying high but not your usual plane. she saw this inaction yesterday. juliet: we will tell you about it coming -- michael watching the forecast. >> meteorologist: looks gorgeous, sunny, beautiful, nice and warm, start up temperatures 67 degrees, a high in the upper 80s. we will do it. average high 75 but we have the myfoxny.com weather apps with headlines and alerts. if there's any severe weather in the area we will have it, download it for free at the we will be oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on

ben: pump it up. kerry: ben is singing the harmony. ben: this is looking like a summer friday. mike: it is not done yet. ben: we are spoiled in september, with the crisp and clear 75, 80 degree days and not so far this year. mike: yes, all 90 degree days so far. ben: i bet that is rare. mike: usually one. we have had three. we are not getting there today. kerry: so the temperatures are dropping for the weekend. the sun will be out. mike: does that one at least shut up after a while? don't touch him. ben: we love these. mike: may the 4th be with you. ben: we need to organize a trip. mike: do they give you a list? any way. holiday, it is here and we are going to have great weather coming up for us. the sunny skies are here. the haze should be going away throughout the day and saturday, sunday and monday looking fantastic for you. i told you, that guy is not going to quit. here is what we have for the weather headlines. again, we have a good looking day coming to us. the sun is returning. the haze will be going away. temperatures today. we are expecting the cooler air to take back

ben: dating down? juliet: don't know, very hot. ben: good morning, ben simmoneau, juliet huddy. maybe she was modeled after you. juliet: don't do that. >> meteorologist: where i'd go i was going to call her a little charge tart . 59 in monticello, we don't have big with the challenges unless you are on the road in long island, visibility numbers coming down. we have visibility down 2.5 miles in islip, haiti dense fog takes you to one quarter of a mile or less, statement has been made. perhaps low clouds in the tristate region, clear skies, high pressure in control, lots of sunshine, almost a repeat of yesterday, southwesterly flow and we will see another warm and sticky when, patchy fog in long island, temperatures at 34 degrees, 85 by noon and a high of 91 today, 89 for the ride home, it is very warm and sticky, storms not a problem, you see a high of 92, shower chance comes through late thursday into early friday, cooler temperatures coming along with that. if you need a break from the heat is coming that you. let's bring in ines rosales and see what we have on the commute sca

i think we lost ben this morning. ben has taken off. ben, what are you riding there? >> the self-balancing scooters. i'm going to fall off. it is cool. we are going to talk to one of the folks promoting these and they are kwiepd ind of the new hot mode of transportation. i'm going very slowly. kerry: yes, you are being careful. don't make a wrong turn. we have a great show coming up. ben: yes, these and r marcos taylor. kerry: there you go. good job. no falls. ben: he's in the movie straight outta compton. kerry: number one at the box office. we are celebrating the west indian day parade is coming up and we have a celebration in the studio. >> ben: the parade is monday in brooklyn. we talk about the song of the summer. we have performance of cheerleader, which may be the front runner. maybe walk the moon ut shut up and dance. >> and, it is the 4th day of september, may the 4th be with you and force friday because of the star wars toys. kerry: the movie is coming out in december, but the toys coming out last night and the fans are going crazy. ben: yes, juliet huddy is

ben: a tough act to follow. we worked for fox the across-the-board we get high marks for how they handled the first debate, the big stage and a lot of people juggle, we will see what happens. juliet: policy from each candidate and now we will hear more of the fighting i think. ben: i am ben simmoneau. juliet: i am juliet huddy. juliet: i woke up and it is only wednesday. juliet: it is wednesday already. >> meteorologist: i am like you. it is clipping along for me. a little extra energy. i went to take a nap at 1:30, woke up 4:30, straight through. i needed that. >> meteorologist: ben is like -- all right. here is what we have. it got warm again. 84 was your high temperature at central park, 83 in newark, 77 in monticello, temperatures were above normal by tended trees, but we certainly could use the rain fall but does not look like anything coming at us for quite awhile, 67 at central park, 61 in islip, 69 in montauk, 48 in monticello, almost a repeat of yesterday with mainly clear skies, a few clouds, anything

. >> ben: mike is here, thank goodness you are back. they were all complaining about how it was sweater weather yesterday. >> mike: you needed a little back up here. it was cooler than what we are i wouldn't wear sweater. >> juliet: yes you where three layers, a shirt, a jacket, a tie. >> mike: the difference between men and women. it is cooler outside than what we have seen so far throughout the summer. it was the last full day of summer and our temps are reflective of what we should see 62 in degrees in central park. 61 degrees in islip. sixty-four in montauk, year temps are little warmer today. temps will go upward over the next few days. was earlier. the winds are making it a little cooler start to the day. here is the radar right now, some some showers over the extreme northwestern sections. mainly out toward poconos, and pennsylvania. some light showers on the radar but it looks like just a few sprinkles in the area. mostly cloudy skies is what we will see for the majority of folks in the tri-state today. mostly cloudy skies, not

. >> ben: to lunch. good day new york is cap >> from fox 5 news, this is good day new york. >> all right. good day, new york. thursday, september 17th. i'm rosanna scotto. kelly. it's going to be unseasonably warm today. ten degrees warmer than usual as we look at that big line in front of the library. a little dragging last nierkts because i foolishly watched the entire debate. >> the whole thing? tree hours? >> three plus hours. >> i watched about an hour and a half, and then -- [laughter] >> they were all picking on donald trump. >> that i saw. >> it's debatable, how he did in the debate. i'll tell you -- well, here's a little sample. >> excuse me, one second. >> no. the simple fact is -- >> more energy tonight, i like that. first of all, rand paul shouldn't even be on this stage. he's number 11. he's got 1% in the polls. >> they were picking on donald trump, but donald trump was picking on them.

that's the latest. >> ben: okay thank you. investigation is underway this morning into possible campaign violation by mayor diblasio campaign committee. >> juliet: they got documents documenting the issues. the issue is whether they coordinated issues with the board said on paid cord mating campaign violates regulations because it circa beds spending. it was not in any way coordinated by the underlined virtually all of the union activity and they were not correlated with the mayor's campaign. >> ben: this morning will unveil the chair that the pope will used in madison square garden this month. spee1 the city announced new details on how new yorkers can see the pope during his visit. fox five robert has a more. >> reporter: good morning to you, most new yorkers will not have tickets to see the pope either here at saint pats or downtown at madison square arden. there is a chance they can see him as he winds his way through central park. anticipation is building as the pope's trip is a a little more than three weeks away. >> nev

. >> ben: sorry not sorry. last night interview with abc she said she could have done a better job answering questions earlier. >> in retrospect, certainly as i look back back at it now, even though it was allowed i should have used two accounts. one for for personal, one for work related e-mails. that was a mistake, i am sorry about that and i take responsibility. i am trying to be as transparent as it possibly can. >> juliet: later on the day on facebook she said quotes that's why provide all my work emails to be released to the public and why i will be testifying in public in front of them back as a committee a. >> ben: and a new poll joe biden is moving up to second place to become president, he's not even officially in the race. clinton is down while joe biden got 22%. he has done nothing to actually run and he is at ten points from last month. bernie sanders is in third place. spee1 is that reflective of the countries on happiness with hillary clinton? >> ben: we will see. >> juliet: coming up, a death-de

ben: 5:56. anna: a new report out that there could be romance between when stephanie and blake sheldon or is this an orchestrated pr move to promote the show? the chemistry between them is quote back off the charts. ben: wasn't he married? anna: very public splits recently after being married longer than him they became single at the same time, working together, she has been married 13 years. miranda lambert four years, no comment from either of them. this is a perfect pr stunt to promote the show. ben: i don't know anything. juliet: jimmy fallon and justin timberlake at it. juliet: they are like brothers separated at first. anna: they brought back the history of rack for its sixth edition. in a six minute segment, rate of, the beasty millets, a hit as always. rhonda has landed a big movie deal, she will star in the remake of the movie roadhouse play and not bouncer a role made famous by patrick swayze. she got his widow's okay, she has appeared in other movies, a it's intelligent enough to warn

back to you. >> ben: the traffic continues. mayor diblasio is stepping up his fight to prevent homelessness. he will announce a plan to reduce homelessness. he will hire more lawyers to help families fight eviction. it's cost-effective to keep people in their homes instead of in shelters the. >> community colleges could be free of governor, had his way. stalking to the white house about providing free tuition. new york has the highest tuition in the nation. president obama announced the plan to give free tuition but states have to pick up 25% of the cost. , wants to offer an additional $500 million. >> ben: pope francis arrived he spent a few days in new york city. >> he touched many people here including our very own robert moses. robert i'm glad i saw you this morning what a story you have to tell. >> reporter: very lucky. first of all, st. patrick's is still going this morning from the pope's visit. many people who came to church yesterday say they felt and bigger rated by the pope's visit. the holy father had a busy last da

ben: i am ben simmoneau. it is tuesday morning september 22nd, thanks for being with us, day two of pope week, not a lot of pope activity get. juliet: welcome back. >> meteorologist: it is all good, engaged again and this is where the week picks up. juliet: are we looking at nice packagers? i have a friday night event. >> meteorologist: you got the big one. the weather looks to be pretty quiet, call like and since we in are just one day away at the countdown to fall in starts at 4:21, less than 24 hours until we are officially at that autumnal equinoxes and we will be in the fall. feels like fall again, 62 at central park, n.y. 53 in belmar, 61 in islip, 65 in montauk, 54 in monticello, still more to least wind, not as high as it was yesterday but coming from the northeast at 3 to 14 miles an hour, pretty consistent, kept temperatures down a little bit here but high pressure in control, keep the rate of fired up today, most of the showers back over pennsylvania and the northwest want ulster and sullivan count

ben: thank you very much. juliet: someone who got to know yogi berra is duke castiglione, having a rough morning. >> reporter: i interviewed him at the age of 26, just remember interviewing him at yankee stadium. he was one of my dad's favorite players can you hear legends about yogi berra, you knew all of the phrases as a kid and what an american hero, he was off the coast of normandy on d-day and rocket boat firing guns, german defenses, won several accommodations for bravery as well. being around the yankees was amazing derek jeter and the younger players as well as the old players, reggie jackson, they would come around, everyone loved talking to him. reaction coming in by twitter this morning, former yankee dave winfield said he is ain't so, he was my manager and friend arrest in peace, yogi berra. and one of baseball's grades, hash tag yogi berra. samuel l. jackson had great times and laughs with yogi berra the one of a kind arrest in peace and get to know everybody. he was in a ton of commercials, gener

even though they were given out for free. >> ben: the morning i am ben. spee1 i i am juliet, it is september 14. it is chilly outside. >> ben: would you say it's chilly? >> mike: it is cooler than what we are use to. it is back to what is normal this time of years. a little low normal this morning. average low is 62 degrees. we dropped out to 59 degrees. the high today should be where we should be. i mainly clear sky and wind coming through makes it feel a little cooler. we have winds coming in the west and southwest from five to 12 miles per hour. keeps temperatures a little cooler this morning. we are going to see clearing skies, some clouds in the northwestern regions. 76 is your high today. it will be a little windy outside today, 82 outside today, 82 degrees tomorrow, 83 degrees on wednesday, 84 degrees on thursday. let's look at your commute. >> christina: it's not looking so bad right now. good morning everyone. we had a few incidents this morning but they are clear now. we had some overnight paving going on but it is clear now. if you are travelin

ines: put ben there. he won the be bet. ben: capitulating. mike: let's see what's going on in terms of the commute. that's already happened. ines: no need to forecast that because that's going on right now on the bruckner avoid this because traffic look at this delay here from the bronx river parkway to 138th street jammed smengt truck flipped over at least one lane closed all lanes are subject to closure. on northbound side you have the left lane closed with emergency personnel. if you're traveling on hutch southbound before cross county parkway watch out for an accident blocking the lane. cameras take a look at staten island expressway by richmond avenue. traffic on westbound side moving fine on eastbound side you have delay it is due to construction going on there. the fdr drive moving better than before. construction cleared away. all lanes open here in the 70s no delays to worry about on southbound side. george washington bridge from 80 welcome 95 express left with a 15 minute delay because of construction. other approaches doing fine. y

ben: i am ben simmoneau. juliet: i am juliet huddy. ben: thank you for finally engaging. juliet: sometimes you are busy, have to catch up with things. every second. ben: probably two mornings out of the five of the week, feverishly texting. who are you texting at 4:30 in the morning? juliet: un saltus all the people who are up at 4:30. juliet: why would you think i'm talking about you? >> meteorologist: temperatures in the 70s in the northeast and new england and the mid-atlantic. more for everyone and pretty much been too, lorayne picked up by radar, that will keep it nice and dry, a couple high clouds out there, high-pressure the dominant weather feature on the eastern seaboard, watching the cold front to the west. that will make its approach and probably affect the starting tomorrow afternoon with a chance of precipitation. sunglasses handy, know -- temperatures soaring in the 90s in many locations when you factor in the humidity. a high of 92 in central park, the record on the stay is 93, and we tie it? 89, 86 thursday, you will need your umbrella handy and that will

ben: i am ben simmoneau. juliet: i am juliet huddy. it is wednesday september second, 4:31. ben: mike woods is here, we were just discussing the loss of daylight. >> days are getting shorter. even those of us -- definitely on the downside. it is meteorological fall which started 90. we have a heat wave, a couple more days where we may hit 90, close to it. at newark, 90 in allentown, a '86 was your high-temperature, bridgeport, 88 in poughkeepsie, where are we not? similar to yesterday, 74 newark, 68 in belmar, 61 in monticello, looks pretty good with satellite radar, a "good day" with lots of sunshine, high aperture in control, he and humidity in the tristate region, a the willmore so overs annex couple days, high temperature pumping up a bit. looks like another hot one coming to you as well. here is a forecast for the next five days, 91 today, looks like a shower chance coming at you as we head into tomorrow evening, tomorrow night. let's get over to ines rosales. >> construction going on for the staten island expressway, delays approaching victory boulevard, one lane close

ben: thank you. campaign underway to designate the stonewall inn as a national landmark honoring lgbt history. it was a major movement in the gay rights movement. to declare the stonewall a national monument. a vote would have to come later. juliet: joining us now the curtis sliwa. good morning, curtis. >> yes, victory, that's right. you mets fans, you park your cars in the demolition field. sweep, sweep. the only broom is the one you float on. ben: i'm surprised they let you in there. >> they took harvey out after 77 pitches in the 5th and in the 6th inning the tsinami comes up. >> no, nose bleed seats. mets fans, we remember waneright snapped the curve, oofa. ben: the last i checked, the mets are in first place t yankees not so much. >> they were outstanding. belltran smashed him. the ace the dark one. can't throw more than 77 pitches harvey. my arm might fall off. how is this guy getting you through the playoffs. ben: he had tommy john surgery. i don't hold him as an example after on excellent sea

ben: thank you very much. a woman accused of tossing her newborn baby out of a bronx window is behind bars. birth and her boyfriend's university apartments and threw the baby out a seven story window. officers found a newborn girl dead, the umbilical boards attached. barry's boyfriend told investigators he was not in the room and had no idea she was even pregnant. barry was arrested on murder and manslaughter charges. the kentucky court kim davis who was jailed for refusing to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples got to meet the pope during his u.s. visit at least returnees says that is the case. he says davis and her husband met with the pontiff last thursday afternoon at the vatican embassy in washington d.c.. the meeting lasted less than 15 minutes, the lawyer says the vatican reached out to davis. so far vatican has not responded to requests for comment. davis spent five days in jail for defying a federal court order to issue a marriage licenses to same-sex couples. they wanted to keep that meeting s

ben: mike woods is here. if there was a day we needed nice weather all year this is a lot of these events, tens of thousands of people throughout the city. >> meteorologist: it is going to be, looks pretty good, not as nice as the last couple days in terms of sunshine but it actually will be very comfortable because temperatures are warmer than normal and the sun won't be as intense. here is what is out there now, the sun doesn't come up until 6:35, 66 degrees, mostly cloudy at central park high clouds we have any area not a big deal at all, 67 and newark, 61 in bridgeport, 55 in poughkeepsie, temperature changes everyone is warmer, 1 degree warmer in montauk and 11 degrees warmer than it was 21 hours ago in newark, 4 degrees at central park, here you see on their radar satellite over the northeast region clouds coming in to town, high clouds primarily here but anything that produces rain is way to the south over virginia into the tristate, we will be dry again, high clouds in the area but temperatures ramp u

ben: i have a list going. juliet: doesn't surprise me. 13% of american's plan to start shopping earlier than last year. like we are going to go to the gym after new year's eve. at least for me. 23% of shoppers expect to be done shopping by november, 2% say they have already finished. in the 2% of already finished the 2 out of 100 people in this country have finished their holiday shopping. juliet: people are very organized. ben: forbes, the most valuable sports teams, giants came in fourth among nfl teams with estimated value of $2.8 billion this year, the jets in sixth place, 2.6 billion, both behind the dallas cowboys which rank as the world's most valuable team worth $4 billion, ahead of everybody, the yankees, manchester united's, patriots in second followed by if this makes any sense to anybody please explain it to me, the washington redskins. a team that has not had success in 20 years. i don't get that. a bunch of friends raised money to have their favorite musician play in their living rooms. juliet: t

ben: unusual for the mets inside the park home run. liz: "good day early call" [excited yelling] ah, yes! you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. so why should we get it all the same way? call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. are you guys texting each other? whether it's 3 megs or 300 megs. yeah. for the right price. from $14.99 everyday low price internet, to 300 meg ultra-fast internet, we have you covered. even with wifi at home and on the go. plans start at $14.99 per month. ben: holiday weekend. it does look pretty spectacular. what is going to happen tomorrow? >> meteorologist: back door quote for coming in to town. a big game changer but not a big rain maker. the heat and humidity, all the stuff we have been enduring, it is about to go away, 77 degrees your temperature in central park with clear skies, dewpoint and humidity very height this morning but we have a cooler air to the north which will work its wa

ben: i was as -- ben: i didn't want to mispronounce anything. ben: she was checking. what? ben: she just called you old. there are a lot of shows i watched in reruns, i missed that one. kerry: ben: you were 40 when the facts of life. ben: i watched some older shows. ben: i can identify with your generation. the original run. 80s. >> meteorologist: i like the way ben shows how he stands with his sister when it came on. i get the picture. some showers out there up the lower hudson valley, we are going to see the rain pick up in intensity, it will be coming down, they have a flash flood watch in the tristate in the northern tier. temperatures of the wise 64 monticello, 72 at central park, a lot of clouds outside and less sunshine than we saw yesterday, rainfall coming at you. high temperature make up to 80 degrees but the rain will come down this evening into tonight, tomorrow is a washout. let's bring in ines. use of a fact of life. do not embarrass yourself. blair, i don't remember. ines: the other show. different strokes on the same -- let's talk about the commute, problems

. >> ben, there's robert moses just walking in. you're right with that. >> ben: yes nice guy. >> juliet): your air conditioner people can get a workout today. it will be hot and rather humid. audrey is getting details for is that she on. >> ben: in critical condition today it after being shot yesterday at the west indian day prayer. he believed the victim was hit by a straight bullet. >> juliet): some nypd misconduct being card on video. overall complaints against may. >> ben: you may need a little extra time, about a third of commuters are changing as an effort to cut down on delays and overcrowding. >> juliet): i would like to say hello to someone very special. her name is amy. she is one of the coolest people i have ever met in my life and she is watching her show today. >> ben: good morning everybody. >> juliet): good morning. >> good morning and especially to the little ones who are getting up to head to school. make sure every one dresses in shorts and t-shirts this morning. temperatures will be in the 70s, temperatures this

i hardly know ben carson. when he questions my faith, and i'm a believer, big league in god and the bible, and he questions my faith and he doesn't know me? and you say i'm not supposed to hit back. i will hit back on that. >> no, i don't say you're not supposed to hit back. >> he doesn't understand me. first of all, they know i'm going to run the country properly and won't let everybody rip us off and take our money. and that's very important to the evangelical. they are very smart people. and also know i'm a man of faith. i don't want ben carson criticizing my faith. certainly when he doesn't know me he can't do that. >> i understand that and that's a legitimate position to have. i think the carly fiorina situation is something to happen in a different way. i don't get the personna reference. i think that's more about her face. you have to figure out how to put yourself out to the voters. let me ask you about issues very relevant to you if you're president of the united states. the kentucky clerk situation.

ben: we are back. juliet: reading some salacious stuff in the new york post about mickey midnight she -- duke: she is little feisty. ben: juliet is not a fan of kerri are read. what is going on? >> meteorologist: hot and humid, hazy, same old thing, getting down the road is pretty much what we are doing, a little more sunshine, a steamy start to september. welcome to september. we have high temperatures near 90 for the next few days and it will be hot and humid through thursday but by the weekend it is cooler and drier, storm chances over the next two days we could use that greene but still not happening, 77 and newark, 78 central park, bridgeport 74, same thing in montauk, monticello northwest gets a decent amount cooler, dew points are pretty high, 65 n. central park, 69 and newark, 70 degree dewpoint in islip, lot of water content but we have mainly clear sky, lots of sunshine, yesterday a lot of moisture, some coming for what was left over from erika. now we have mainly clear sky in the tristate, l

ben carson just made a blunder. but you don't want to demonize one group of americans or act like any american isn't good enough to be president of this land. so i think it's the low moment of carson's campaign thus far, even though there's many fine qualities about him. this wasn't helpful to our country to say that. >> representative henderson, hillary clinton tweeted this. can a muslim be president of the united states of america? in a word, yes. now let's move on. and then she, you know, puts the constitution up there. does carly agree with that? >> look, i don't want to put words in carly's mouth. there's going to be always a lot of back and forth in campaigns and what we're focused on is carlie is getting ready to come to this state tomorrow with a three-day trip through. for her to be laser focused on the message that she wants to bring to people about how she's going to articulate -- >> as cochair of her campaign, you have not spoken to her about this issue? because every single candidate has weighed in on t

you can get to the ben franklin bridge from the vine street expressway exit 6 and the ben franklin bridge is now open to vehicular traffic. >>> there is a foggy start to the morning, you can see it there on the skyline. we'll see warmer temperatures today heading into the 80s today, tomorrow, but a chance of showers moves in tuesday, wednesday and once again on saturday. wednesday looks like an all day soaker. we'll keep you updated on that. a cold front moves through wednesday that will drop our temperatures down to the 60s this week. >> not looking forward to that rain on saturday, brit. >> just a slight chance. we have wedding plans. i'll try to get rid of that. i got to work on that. >> a few days. >> the "today" show is next. >> good morning. icebreaker. president obama set to meet with russian president vladimir putin today, a meeting two years in the making as putin announce adds new plan to fight isis that catches even the white house by surprise. we're live at the u.n. >>> back home, the pope returns to the vaticanovernight after wrapping up his historic trip with an outdoor mass

ben: interesting. a lot of birthdays. juliet: yeah. happy birthday. ben: 6:01. she has props for the weather. mike: the weather -- ben: that's what she said. mike: eek. a surprise to ben and i. ben: had no choice it was in the city. mike: flood advisoryies back to us here in the city. coming an going as the rain has come an gone here. the main focus of the flood advisory is for u suffolk county. pockets of heavier rain that includes nassau county here. but yeah it has been pretty wet out there. keep that in mind this morning. flood advisory will be popping up back, as that intense rainfall kind of comes and goes. this is first round of showers that came through. about mid-way through long island right now. but there are some real heavy pockets out there along parts of the barrier island there fire island some showers on north fork in particular. also quite a bit of rain in central section of new jersey. heavy stuff out there too. again welcome these things are putting down a lot of rain in a short period of time as folks in the city has seen already all an inch

ben: i am ben simmoneau. is september 24th, thank you for being with us. forget about it, not that bad. is it pretty bad? >> like eating pizza with a fork. >> got to give it a little more. >> you are pretty good at impressions actually. >> everyone's a while. >> good morning, everyone. will be a big day out there especially later on, things are picking up energy, i can feel it already. here is what we had with a weather yesterday, temperatures definitely got into a warm range, 77 in sussex, 80 at newark and central park, 81 in allentown, pretty decent numbers for this time of year. if you like it sunny and warm, some folks do not. most folks enjoyed yesterday, 74 your high temperature in bridgeport, 79 in poughkeepsie so where do we start this morning approximately where we were yesterday. 62 is your current temperature, isn't for par, 56 in newark, 55 in islip, bridgeport checked in with mainly clear skies, 58 degrees, mainly clear sky, very light when did you have anything, general coming from the north northeast at 3 to 9 m.p.h. but most locations are r