on sunday it might come up closer to philadelphia. overall this weekend we're looking at lots of clouds, rain at least to the south of philadelphia. and there will be a cool breeze blowing. the chance of rain in the city. not a lot today and tomorrow, in fact none. saturday only 10%. i think it's basically going to be a dry and cloudy and breezy day. sunday is the if factor. there's a possibility that some of the rain bands sweep into the city. we are hoping they stay to the south. if you're planning on heading out to the festival of family saturday evening look for cloudy and breezy conditions. it will be mild by 4:00 we'll see the temperatures dip into the mid 60s. treat it like a phillies game bring along extra layers to add as the temperatures dip. sunday, the papal parade and the mass. looks like it will be a warm day in the afternoon or at least somewhat mild for most of the time cloudy breezy and another day plan on bringing layers depending on how things evolve. we'll get into the low 70s by 4:00 p.m. there's a 30% chance of s

coverage of the pope in philadelphia. this live picture of manhattan's wall street heliport in new york city. pope francis will be boarding the marine one helicopter, then he will board that american airlines plane from jfk to atlantic aviation. quick plane ride. good morning. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. we're seen him in cuba, d.c., new york city, now our turn. he will arrive at the international airport in philadelphia. we're now about 90 minutes from the pope touching down. >> so it's 9:30 this morning when the pope's plane is expected to touch down as we've been saying at atlantic aviation. >> an hour and a half away the red carpet is going to be rolled out for the pope. he is not flying in like you and i. he is flying into a separate terminal shall l terminal. all of the philadelphia major sports teams fly at this terminal. the terminal is also used by the president of the united states when he flies in to philly for visits. and when the pope's plane lands here this morning he will be greeted by archbish

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on its way to philadelphia. the vatican flag now being tossed and buffetted by the breeze and pulled into the cockpit along with the american flag on the other side. he is late, but he is coming. >>> i wonder if we have audio from this feed. do we? right now we are listening to a silent feed, but it would be fun to hear. there we go. we don't know why shepherd one is late in taking off, but not very consequential in the scheme of things. he is still scheduled to land in philadelphia at 9:30. so they anticipate picking up time once the plane is airborne. and we see that happening all the time nowadays when planes are a tad late taking off and somehow they still land on time. and perhaps a dirty little secret of airlines today where they pad in a little time so there aren't late arrivals. there is the archbishop dolan talking to members of his flock as members of the crowd are saying good-bye to the pope singing "we are family." and today, members of the catholic community across the united states very much feel l

coverage of the pope in philadelphia. >> god bless america. >> his first trip to america. pope francis embracing all who come to see him from washington, new york city and today he arrives in philadelphia. in less than three hours. good morning, welcome to nbc news 10. >> the wait is almost over. it's been unbearable. we're now just about 3 1/2 hours away from the pope touching down. actually 2 1/2 hours now from the pope touching down in philadelphia. here is a look at sky force 10 overlooking the vine street expressway. you see the school buses, they have a police escort in front of them. those buses no doubt are headed over towards the basilica that will be filled to capacity in about three hours. probably less than that because these folks will all be gathered the there, the matter of time that it takes them to get over this bridge and into the parkway. >> now let's show you a live picture above the art museum. the stage is up, security set for the world meeting of families concert on the parkway later this evening. >

the archbishop of philadelphia there in philadelphia, to greet the pope. and of course monsignor mark miles behind the pope, his translator, every leg of the trip and handled it with the crisp british accent there, to do all of the translating. the important translating for the pope. during the three legs of this u.s. tour. and you can see, once again, the wide smile, the pope now extremely thrilled to be in the next location, the third leg of the u.s. tour and there he is, we have been mentioning all morning long, no rest for the weary, hopefully the pope got a good night sleep last night as he meets with the commissioner of the philadelphia police department. and this again, going to be another vane, another day of full events. >> and windy conditions for the pope again as he is getting off the plane. down now, he is taking it off as he gets down the plane. >> and let's look at the weather in our neighborhood and see what is going on, any blue skies throughout the weekend? >> possibly some showers tomorrow. but today it is looking lovely. mid-70s. partly

at philadelphia international airport. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> and let's go live to "action news" reports -- reporter, jeff chirico who is at 7th and market street east. you're watching people moving toward the parkway for the festives, looks like the crowds dwindled in your area. >> reporter: we got a sense of the passion and the love that the people have for pope francis. let me explain why, we've been here on market street, because of the security these barriers were placed up. we were told the pope was not coming down this route with the motorcade, yet they stayed. let me show it what it look lood like. thousands of people lined up, even though we told them they were not coming. the closest among them got to see pope francis a block away. he came in his popemobile and came the opposite way. despite this, folks we spoke with not disappointed by that very little glimpse they got. >> he is very inspiring. he is a champion, you see through all his messages, it is all about the poor and helping the poor. >>

of philadelphia are on lock down right now. you're looking at the parkway independence mall and the ben franklin bridge all now closed to all cars. the last security measures now in place. after months of planning, the city is ready to welcome pope francis. good evening to you, thank you for joining us for this special the holy father in philadelphia. >> good evening, i'm iain page. you can feel the excitement is about to boil over in the city. fox 29's chris o'connell is live in old city tonight. chris? >> reporter: excitement is putting it lightly, iain. it is building with every hour as we go to pope francis' arrival here to philadelphia. i've been all over this city in the center city area over the past week, i tell you it is building. this town is absolutely electr electric. and it's been that way and it's building with more people coming to about a half hour ago the steer secure vehicle area is now in effect. the hard work is over now, folks. time to have some fun. one of the final steps of this massive security effort th

he is in philadelphia also seeing that, cloud cover, brisk and damp for pope's first day in philadelphia. it is unfortunately we are going to have a brisk feeling as well with the wind today. lets look at where we can expect for the day-to-day. we have mostly cloudy skies, cool and breezy. the those temperatures not getting out of the mid 70's. so it means if you are heading outside today definitely take a sweater, jacket, something that you can maybe ward off the the breeze. the it will pick up today. sunday cool and breezy. we have a scant chance of the afternoon shower in there. temperatures just in the lower 70's, even cooler then saturday. storm scan three shows cloud cover that has been moving in that will stick here throughout the day-to-day. here's our low pressure system to the south. the rain is trying to make its way in but we are getting good news. this is a pretty high resolution model i'm showing you right now. by saturday night we are looking good here but this is what happens as we get into our sunday. bit of the easterly flow trying to bring just a little spotty shower t

in philadelphia, more clouds so that is going to be one of the changes you'll notice. 65 degrees in philadelphia, winds are sustained at 7 miles an hour but they are going to be breezy through the day today. winds gusting a little higher and it will stay breezy through the weekend. especially if you're along the shore you can expect about 25-mile-an-hour winds with coastal flood advisory. here you see the clouds moving in, not as much sunshine today as we had yesterday. temperatures are comfortable. 65 now again, 59 in pottstown, 58 in allentown, 65 right now in dover, 62 millville, 70 degrees in wildwood. now today we will get into the mid to upper 70s, and a cool weekend forecast especially for the the papal visit in philadelphia, i'll show you all of those numbers coming up. >> thanks for that. let's talk traffic. what you need to know. if you take the vine street expressway, it's open but keep in mind several exits are closed and will remain closed throughout the weekend. those exits are 23rd street, ben franklin parkway, broad street and eighth street closed. jessica has been telling us. if

among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >>> ten minutes to 7, and the regional trail lines are headed into center city this morning. the fire department posted this photo to instagram showing the first train leeing the station. this was about an hour ago. the department says everything is running smoothly, and let's give you a live look at the ben franklin bridge. spans across the delaware, not a lot of traffic because there is no traffic. no auto traffic, that is. there will be foot traffic throughout the day as loads of people are parked on the camden, new jersey side, and crossing by foot. expecting thousands to do that throughout the day. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> that's right. speaking of which, a live picture now of vine street expressway at eighth street, not one car out there. this is closed for the entire weekend, and another live look a

we're in the 70s right now in philadelphia. those temperatures will climb right back into the 90s today. 69 in pottstown, 786 for millville. wilmington is holding at 75 degrees. 78 in northeast philadelphia with elevated humidity. low clouds to start with. we're not seeing widespread fog. we'll start off cloudy, 76 degrees at 7:00. we get sunshine. into the 80s by 10:00. there it is, 90 degrees by 1:00 this afternoon. later this afternoon, some areas will likely see scattered showers and thunderstorms. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're starting off with good news in atlantic city. an earlier accident scene at the atlantic city brigantine connector southbound, near the convention center. that accident has cleared up and out of the way right now. no problems down the shore. but if you are a little further up towards the city in pennsauken township, there is still a water main break at route 130 southbound at route 90 th

>> philadelphia. we love the way he says philadelphia. and all of the other trips they were just added on. so this is the main reason. this is the focus. that's why we're so excited that this is the grand finale. >> i can't believe i'm at fourth and market after all of these yearsment look at all of these people. what time is it in 6:08. wow. >> the ceremony at the independence mall, that's not going to be until 4:00 p.m. these people are out here early, they want to make sure they get a good spot. >> we got a note from the vatican. they say pope francis is quite tired. suffers from dealing with -- he's dealing with sciatica. so he has very busy schedule today. let's hope he can get through it. >> i mean not to mention he is 78 years old, going non-step since he first stepped foot on american soil. very long days, long mourns. >> he lands at at particular aviation, 9:30, saint pete and and paul mass at 10:30. visit independence mall at 4:45. >> then the festival of families, talking about the huge stage on the ben franklin parkway. that w

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the holy father in philadelphia. stay with us. ♪ the pope is coming to philadelphia. ♪ the countdown is almost over. here's live look from the parkway tonight set for history to be made this weekend. in less than 12 hours, the pontiff's plane will touchdown at philadelphia international airport. >> parts of philadelphia are on lock down right now. you're looking at the parkway independence mall and the ben franklin bridge all now closed to all cars. the last security measures now in place. after months of planning, the city is ready to welcome pope francis. good evening to you, thank you for joining us for this special the holy father in philadelphia. >> good evening, i'm iain page. you can feel the excitement is about to boil over in the city. fox 29's chris o'connell is live in old city tonight. chris? >> reporter: excitement is putting it lightly, iain. it is building with every hour as we go to pope francis' arrival here to philadelphia. i've been all over this city in the center city area over the past week,

about 9 miles per hour in philadelphia. keep in mine those are sustained winds so the gusts are higher and when those gusts really pick up that's when you feel the chill. this is all being caused by what we've been talking about all week a pressure different shall high pressure to the north, low to the south and that brings that on shore flow also why we have coastal flooding going on. but notice what's happening. sunday 7:00 p.m. not much happening into monday a few showers start to lift up across the region and there is a chance there could even be a period of enhance the rainfall later monday evening into monday night. most of the daylight hours again seeing a few of those showers lingering through the course of the day. during the overnight hours tonight it's mostly cloudy it's cool. it's breezy. 59 degrees will be the low but when you factor that northeast wind at 10 to 15 it's going to feel more like the mid to low 50s. for your sunday, again the forecast gets better and better. clouds some sunshine with just a chance

a live look outside for philadelphia. we're at 65 degrees, a few clouds in philadelphia. we're at 63%, our humidity wind out of the northeast at 7 miles per hour, so cooler air making its way in. allentown starting to see light showers, temperatures at 59 degrees, from philadelphia, mid-60s and atlantic city dry and 62. so not everyone is seeing the rainfall. i'll show you what that looks like on the radar shot. we're at 53 in the poconos, 59 in allentown. 62 in wilmington and in dover. temperatures in wildwood at 63, and closer to the atlantic city airport 62. you have a few showers moving up from the southwest so that's bringing rainfall to parts of allentown, berks county, lancaster county, into the poconos. this will continue according to our future models at least through 8:00, 9:00, possibly lingering longer than that around 10:00. you should see more clearing, the clouds start to clear, allentown, down into reading. more of a mix of sun and clouds from philadelphia and mostly cloudy skies will remain closer to the shore and parts of south jersey. nice and dry as we

then as the philadelphia orchestra the world renowned philadelphia orchestra played, the pontiff stepped on to the stage at the festival of families. he delivered a message of brotherly love and sisterly affection to wrap up a historic night in the city of philadelphia. wow. what day. what a day. thank you so much for being with us tonight. it's been something special. i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. thank you for being with us this evening. we've been thrilled to be with you all afternoon and evening long and we're glad to still have you with us tonight we're wrapping up emotional day for lot of people a fun day for lot of people. big day i think you can sum it up in that way certainly the religious highlight for so many people was the mass that was celebrated this morning. it was the first big thing the pope did when he got here at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. >> the pope had a taylor made message for the city of philadelphia and our pat chiarocchi has that story. >> reporter: cheers could be heard for blocks outside the cathedral basilica of saints peter

philadelphia parking authority just told us they towed 67 cars last night. drivers do have the option of buying a $20 placard that will let them leave their car on the street until thursday and then move it to a parking garage. with that, let's check in how the road closures are affecting traffic at this hour. get right over to jessica with the problems this morning. hey, jessica. >> hey, vai. dealing with a lot of road closures and dealing with no-parking zones. kelly drive eastbound between fairmount avenue and aikens oval is closed now until tuesday the 29th. now, we are talking about preparing for the pope and those no-parking areas. the ben franklin parkway is now currently closed at the art museum circle up to logan circle. so in this stretch right in here there are no parking in areas around the ben franklin parkway, pretty much two blocks north or south of the parkway, in between 12 and 25th. we highlighted a map here for you to show you exactly what we are talking about these yellow spots right in here are the no-parking zones already. the turquoise

and then he'll fly to philadelphia. it's in philadelphia today that he has another busy schedule. he's not slowed down. he'll have mass this morning, celebrating that at the cathedral basilica of saint peter and paul. he'll have a mall address where 40,000 people are expected to attend. big crowds are waiting. >> he'll visit some inmates as well. that will be an emotional part of his trip as he gets ready to wrap up his first u.s. visit. i think the one thing a lot of people have been talking about, i've been talking with them about pope coverage is the stamina of this pope. >> right. >> he's been nonstop. >> we're told he hasn't been feeling 100% but he's still making the effort to get through. we'll be checking in on these live pictures and with eun yang throughout the broadcast. >>> happening today as well, the inaugural landmark music festival kicking off at west potomac park. >> news 4's derrick ward live there this morning. >> have you seen drake yet? where's drake? >> reporter: i thought i saw him come by here in a car. i could be wrong. somebody was saying something from s

right now 70s for philadelphia. 77 degrees. wilmington and trenton and very low 70s and 60s for the suburbs. the warmer air preventing fog from forming. very light fog in the pocono mountains in hazleton. yesterday down to zero visibility for hours in mt. holly and for a visibility at four miles and light fog in wildwood and nothing to be concerned about. less humid. a warm start. and another hot afternoon. hazy sunshine. the sun is just coming up right now. we will see the temperatures quickly climb. 77 degrees at 8:00. by 11:00, 88 and in the 90s, 93 at 2:00. the numbers will go higher than that. i'll show you how warm it's going to get in your neighborhood when i'm back in &háhp &hc% >>> jessica boyington is watching your thursday morning traffic. >> nothing short of a mess on 95. cameras right now live around girard avenue. southbound delay in here headed toward center city area, 39 minute total drive time and adding at least a half an hour to your morning commute so far. that is just because of an accident scene that has

you you are from philadelphia you are a catholic here in philadelphia. this is a pride full thing too i'm sure. >> yes, it is very pride full and i'm very proud of the city of philadelphia for to go well and happy to see the pope here today. >> reporter: cheryl, you were saying your choir will perform for the pope. >> that is correct, we will perform at 1:30 today. we sang twice, so this is very, very exciting for all of us. >> reporter: and now just a waiting game to get a glimpse of his holiness. as you can see guys, back in the studio, you have so many folks here. everyone is camping out. around 7:30 tonight that is when festival of the families will begin and papal parade will circle the parkway a lot of excitement. crowd getting thicker and thicker by the minute. we will be here all afternoon. right now just a waiting game to see his holiness, folks from philadelphia, folks from all over the world gathered together singing, praying, just a great time here on the parkway. >> greg, thank you so much. that is great, so greg will continue to meet up wit

we have cloud cover south of philadelphia. doesn't look like it's enough to block out the sun. 52 in wilmington. 54 in trenton. 58 in sea isle city. heading out the door to

for philadelphia's finest it is all hand on deck. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff joins us on the parkway where stage is set and in the just for the pope either, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. we are at 20th near logan square where even though the sun has not come up, it is still active out here. they are dressing up the visuals on the jumbo tron it is row after row of these screens leading up to that papal stage where after pope francis arrives and head to the basilica and then to independent mall there will be that free concert hosted by mark wahlberg, feature andre bocelli, aretha frankly, the fray, and many more. you mentioned security. if you have been anywhere around the city there have been patrol on every corner. we have national guard, police officers, it has been very, very large under taking. we entered through a jena mything security checkpoint. anyone without a ticket will be doing. it is a a thorough search, it is home land security, secret service, tsa agents. didn't take up a a lot of time b

it's a beautiful way to engage the city of philadelphia. and while these professional artists are painting the town a local group is using the art of music to reach at risk youth in the latin american community. amla is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote, increase, and develop the understanding of latin american culture through music education. amla sees itself both as a preserver of culture and a supporter of youth. they provide opportunities to learn all kinds of instruments that range from your typical guitar and piano, to the congas and timbales instead of spending or i should say wasting their time on the streets running around doing negative things, theyre here in the school practicing . we encourage them, whatever lessons we use here in the school of music, can be applied to other classes as well since opening the school in 2006, they have educated hundreds of students of all ages we don't expect everyone going to be a professional musician because were a community school um and in this neighborhood uh having an alter

philadelphia would host the world meeting of families. back then you remember pope benedict was the pope. he stepped down and came the election of pope francis who came in second in the election. a lot of people don't know that. the helicopter will taxi over to the american airlines flight a lot of people will be saying goodbye to him in new york city, so we can say hello to him in philadelphia. >> we'll see that beautiful smile we expect to see him. a lot of people think he is very serious very dour, he said at the moment when he realized he became pope a happiness infused into his soul. that has carried fourth as he has gone out and greeted people. he said to a friend being pope is very entertaining. you would imagine he sees quite a few things as he goes through his day. matt you and i and i have done expensive reading on him from the beginning. his call to help those in need. if you see somebody in a wheelchair or visibly sick, he makes his way out, that's what christ would do, he would find the leper and kiss the wounds stop ignoring

john newman, bishop of philadelphia. holy father distributes communion to the deacons who are participating in the mass at the altar. ♪ ♪ >> a very well organized celebration of mass, communion. ♪ being distributed today by those in attendance. but in anticipation of tomorrow, tomorrow's mass on the ben franklin parkway, i spoke with monsignor joseph mclaren who is in charge of that responsibility. nearly 800 people -- 800 ministers, priests and deacons to distribute communion to all the people who will attend mass tomorrow. cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul where the distribution of communion is going on now. just a reminder that there's a chapel next to the cathedral filled with people participating in the mass, receiving communion as well. it's being projected on a large screen television. a priest of philadelphia and other priests receiving holy communion. ♪ he has shown great strength ♪ he has put down the mighty from their throne and exult exulted -- ♪ ♪ >> what a privilege it must be for he

then as the philadelphia orchestra the world renowned philadelphia orchestra played, the pontiff stepped on to the stage at the festival of families. he delivered a message of brotherly love and sisterly affection to wrap up a historic night in the city of philadelphia. wow. what day. what a day. thank you so much for being with us tonight. it's been something special. i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. thank you for being with us this evening. we've been thrilled to be with you all afternoon and evening long and we're glad to still have you with us tonight we're wrapping up emotional day for lot of people a fun day for lot of people. big day i think you can sum it up in that way certainly the religious highlight for so many people was the mass that was celebrated this morning. it was the first big thing the pope did when he got here at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. >> the pope had a taylor made message for the city of philadelphia and our pat chiarocchi has that story. >> reporter: cheers could be heard for blocks outside the cathedral basilica of saints peter

the philadelphia orchestra has taken the stage along with the philadelphia heritage choir. having some problem with the voc als, i don't know grou can hear it, a violin playing. about 30, 40 yards away is where the pope will take the stage. that's after processing and doubling back, coming back to the stage you or looking at now. if we can push in to the right, you can see gymnasts getting ready, also members of the philadelphia orchestra performing. they were doing pretty impre impressive dances before, maybe they're just interpretive dancers. nonetheless, very talented. if you zoom out, i'll show you a little bit of this vip seating. this is a poor indicator of how packed this ben franklin mark way is. these are the ticketed vip members, slowly but surely taking their seats. we're still three, four hours from the maniac shun here when when the fray will perform and pope francis takes the stage. i'll tell you a little more about what the energy feels like here. there are tens of thousands of people on the parkway. it's difficult to show you from this vantage point. you'll

northeast philadelphia. wilmington not much cooler at 76 degrees. even farther north and west where we normally see cooler temperatures, allentown at 74, 73 in reading and middle 70s in delaware and south jersey. it's a warm start all around. it will be another hot and humid day today with the temperatures taking off. 75 degrees at 6:00 but we'll be close to 80 degrees at 9:00 and there will be more clouds around today as we go into the noontime hour, 87 degrees with a southwesterly wind bringing in additional humidity. dry this morning. we'll be watching for showers this afternoon. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten. chris? >>> the new school year was just getting warmed up when the weather warmed up. today's heat means a half day for some schools in this area. we learned schools in new jersey are closing early. >> reporter: we'll get to the list in just a moment. when you have the hot temperatures, a lot these buildings are older and they have units that don't have air conditio

philadelphia next weekend. >> a good good deed ends tragical tragically. we'll explain why more than 100 people rallied to remember a good samaritan. >> we'll warm into mid-80s above average for this time of year. when it will finally start feeling more like fall. it's 4:30. good morning. welcome back. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. enjoy the summer. we have a week left. right to meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. this is a nice way to end our finlt week of summer with temperatures that make it feel like summer as we head into next week we'll drop back closer to the 70s, closer to average. 49 to start in the poconos, 55 in allentown, 53 in pottstown. a mild start if the you're in philadelphia at 64 degrees, 62 at the atlantic city airport and temperatures in wildwood at 59 degrees. over to the satellite/radar shot to show you we're going to see lots of sunshine as we head into the rest of today. similar to what you saw yesterday. a few degrees warmer. by 6:00 a.m. temperatures at 62 degrees, by 9:00 a.m. 69 then we're warming things u

mayor michael nutter wants philadelphia to get excited. he says it is not just about the pope but also about civic pride. >>> hawaii and parts of the california coast are under a tsunami advisory. 8.3 magnitude quake killed five people and caused buildings to sway in the santiago. >>> eleven republican presidential candidates took to the stage for second prime time debate, three hour face off featured discussions on immigration, same sex marriage, for's fares among other things. >>> stockton university has approved the sale of the former show boat casino in atlantic city. the the youth has not identified the sales price or the buyer who is completing due diligence investigation. stockton bought the casino last december in the hopes of the converting tonight to a satellite campus but competing legal restrictions on how the the property can be used stopped that plan. >>> as college costs continue to rise, one local institution is reverse ago this trend. rosemont college in bryn mawr is slashing tuition by 43 percent to make it more affordabl

he heads to new york city on friday, then arrives in philadelphia saturday morning. we are tracking the pope's u.s. visit on the ground and in the air with new information on security from the secret service and how one piece of history is repeating itself. nbc 10's rosemary connors begins our coverage live in washington. >> reporter: jacqueline, it was a warm welcome to say the least for pope francis, a joyous event for washington. he will rest this evening before a very busy day tomorrow. welcomed by a cheering crowd and throng of dignitaries, pope francis stepped on u.s. soil for the first time after 4:00 this afternoon. president obama and his family greeted the holy father first. the vice president and his wife, along with their granddaughters followed. the cardinal of the washington archdiocese was among the many religious on the runway eager to greet the pontiff and share in this journey. with the symbol of american freedom waving in the wind, the moment seemed to capture the historic significance of this visit. >> pope francis is a transformational, global le

philadelphia schools started yesterday. philadelphia schools are scheduled for regular school day here. i made a call out to the school district a few minutes ago and so far i've in the heard back on any word if there is going to be an early dismissal or anything of that sort. let's get to the school list that's closing early here. trenton public schools and the trenton catholic academy, hamilton township schools in new jersey also on an early miss dissal. the keys to an academy charter school in philadelphia, also closing early. philadelphia public schools are not closing early as of right now. if that changes, we'll let you know. >>> yesterday bill said it would be well into the 90s and it was. it looks like more of the same today. >> bill, give us the details. >> a warm start and a muggy one, too. we are heading into one more hot and humid afternoon. day three, a heat wave, yes but it's not going to last. temperatures come down with heavy rainfall due in tomorrow and that cooler weather that will be returning into the ar

and we are just days away from the papal visit to philadelphia. it is tuesday night and jim is off and i'm brian taff and the big story on "action news" tonight is the pope's journey to america, he is resting now at the vatican embassy, arriving this past hour. the pressure is on for the crews in philadelphia that have just three days to finish building and get that papal stage set. we have team coverage of the papal visit tonight and you'll hear from all of our reports, first we hear from anchors rick williams and monica malpass in washington to kick off our coverage. >> hi brian, thank you. that is right preparations continue at catholic university also home to the national cathedral, preparing for tomorrow's big papal mass, of course the pontiff will preside over it and there is a canonization

mostly cloudy around the philadelphia area. upper 60s by noon low 70s, areas north and west through the lehigh valley by 10:00 mid-60s by noon closer to 70 degrees. coming up a closer look at the papal weekend forecast and the rest of the area too that's straight ahead. >> pope francis wilk coming to philadelphia that means more road closures in advance of the pope's visit. the secure vehicle perimeter traffic box is officially in effect. you must move your car in the city garages or out of the area altogether. if you plan to take the train in to town, several septa stations are closed including suburban station, the fifth and 15th street stops on the market frankford line, city hall on the broad street line, and the 15th street trolley stop. if you take the vine street expressway look at this video from sky force. several section its are closed and will remain closed through the weekend. >> the exits are closed but the vine street expressway is open but there are a lot of other road closures. >> yes. so we're going over some o

and all of philadelphia. look at what we accomplished with no help from anyone tonight. >> make up for the horrendous sound that comes out of her mouth. hash tag british accent. >>> a lot of fans probably put a w next to the jets on the schedule when the schedule came out, but i don't know. >> the way this season is going, it seems like everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. antacid consumption in our area increasing, and not due to closed highways. and demarco murray left practice with a hamstring issue. and the part we were allowed to record he looked fine, and there is no word from the team on the extent ever the injury and if he can go against the jets. murray is out and he will be missed. >> he is the leader of the team, probably the biggest leader on the team. a lot of guys look to him for the leadership role. i don't know anything more than you do, i will not comment on that. >> and demarco is a great player but we have two other great backs to get the job done. the bottom line is whoever is carr

she's with the school district of philadelphia. the office of family and community engagement many how did this event come about, karen? >> the event came about as we knew that we had to tress in our partnership with the philadelphia police department our community partners and all of our faith based partners to show solidarity around educati education. >> and why school supplies in particular? >> that's just one barrier or blocker we wanted to take off the families if they had bringing their children to school on time. it's just to support and get them encouraged around coming back. >> what else do you hope to chief not only with school supplies but with this event? >> we hope to chief that our families stay engaged with us through the entire educational process. so this is just a one-day event. but we look forward to our families staying with us from pre k to college. >> and this is not just for the 16th district area. all are welcomed to come out and get supplies, right? >> open to the public while supplies last. >> we're talkin

in philadelphia war looking at an inch or so overnight. less than a inch down into new jersey and delaware. so then we focus in on more rain heading our way by end of the week. since july 1st in philadelphia we have 2.4 3 inches below average since july 1st. in the next five days up to 6 inches of rain is possible and a lot of it is partially because of this storm. this is tropical storm joaquin down here near bohamas. it is strengthening. latest update kept it with wind at 65, gusts to 75. moving slowly to the west/southwest at 5 miles per hour. it will me ander toward bohamas. there are ocean water temperatures down here in the mid 80's. definitely enough warmth for this storm to continue to strengthen. national hurricane center does expect it will be a category one before it makes pretty much a sharp north turn and that is thanks to the deep trough coming through tonight, cold front with the low pressure that will pick this storm up and kick it out into the the open atlantic. the problem is there ace chance once we get to this position

then of course to philadelphia this weekend. people here don't want to miss a minute of his historic visit. >> nbc 10, how local students feeling the hype. >> what country did his parents come from? start the countdown. >> italy. >> that would be the correct answer. >> how many brothers and sisters did pope francis have? >> four. but not every class at the catholic high school in redding got that one right in pope trivia. >> i knew a pretty good amount. when he was being elected we had to watch it on tv. >> that's where the pope was born. the faculty knows it's been a while since there's been a pope kids want to learn about. >> as a young person myself i remember in '78 i was on my dad's shoulder in washington, d.c. at the papal mass. so it's an amazing time for them. >> pope francis had several jobs as a college student. name one of them. >> a nightclub bouncer. >> i thought it was cool he had a motorcycle that he auctioned off. you don't hear a lot of popes having motorcycles. >> with each child that was brought up, they were

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and no doubt cities of new york and philadelphia as well. our coverage continues after this. "action news" will be right back. ♪ it's the final countdown! ♪ ♪ the final countdown! if you're the band europe, you love a final countdown. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. >>> feeling a lot more seasonable out there as we approach the first day of fall. a check of the accuweather forecast. let head over to melissa magee in for adam joseph. >> hi sharrie and brian. we have changes on the way as we get closer to fall, autumnal equinox, looking at the ben franklin bridge on this tuesday afternoon, a mostly cloudy thanks to the constant northeasterly wind and with that some cooler air arriving as well today. 72 in philadelphia, and just 68 for reading and also lancaster 70 and along the coast in cape may, lower 70s and 72 as well in beach haven. here is satellite 6 along with action radar still a fair amount of cloud cover across the region, we are tracking the disturbance that continues to ride

you can't make that out. 67 degrees in philadelphia. winds west, southwest at 3 miles per hour, and visibility throughout the region down to 1 mile in philadelphia, .25 in wilmington, .50 in dover, and for today, temperatures are warm, humidity, sticky and warm for us. temperatures ranging between 84-87 degrees. coming up, tracking your eagles' forecast and how long we'll be warm and how long humanity sticks around, and what's in store sunday. >> thank you. >> center city traffic is partially detoured any moment now, and crews are preparing for the pope, and hundreds of thousands of people fill the parkway in the fenced in area for the world meeting of families, and, of course, for the people visiting the events. we are live with jesse gary, and you said the roads are not shut down yet? >> not yet, still open, as a matter of fact, no photographic now, but when it starts moving after the light is green, traffic can get buy on the outer lanes. as a matter of fact, there have been vehicles going to the inner lanes, apparently they do not r

philadelphia has waited a long time for this moment, and by philadelphia, i mean not just catholics, but christians from every tradition, a vibrant jewish community, our mayor, governor and business leaders who have given us wonderful support and people of good will from every walk of life. this is a city that would change its name to francisville today. [ applause ] >> we would do that if we could do it without inconveniencing the rest of north america. so we welcome you with all our hearts and a huge amount of enthusiasm and joy you're holding us. this cathedral of st. peter and paul is the home of a church in philadelphia, the church that produced two of my country's greatest saints, saint katharine drexel and st. newman. philadelphia gave birth to the first pair of parrish schools in the united states and service in catholic education. the priests, deacons, men and women of religious and lay faithful here at the church in philadelphia continue that great work with the witness of their lives. holy father, thank you for celebrating the eucharist with us. thank you for showing us yo

noç problems there heading int philadelphia or towards 295. we take a look at the rest of the area bridges. we looked at the walt whitman, no problems on the ben and the tacony palmyra is clear so far this morning. cars are green through delaware on 95. moving northbound or southbound, no problems. >>> coming up at 4:30 we'll check in with mass transit. chris? >>> can an iphone save your life? we'll tell you how a well placed phone saved a college student when a robber shot at him during a home invasion. look at this. >>> and curb your excitement. find out where there may be a problem with mcdonald's plan of selling breakfast all day. oh, no, i was afraid of them. >>> maybe you want to chat with us or pass on fashion advise to us. you can do that through the eyes of periscope. >> they do do that, aren't they? >> they're very helpful. >> our address is nbc philadelphia. i'll see you there. good intentions. is paved with mr. president, we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terr

. >>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> right now on "eyewitness news" a philadelphia legend remembers, sixers great moses malone has passed away. >>> good evening, i'm natasha natasha brown, thank you for joining us, had a loan died in a motel room in norfolk virginia. he was there for a celebrity golf tournament no. cause of death released just yet but foul may not suspected. let's turn to sports director in the cbs3 three sports center with with a look back. >> reporter: it's been a rough two and a half weeks, you dalkins passes away and now moses malone. he goes down as one of the great of it big men in the history of nba, he was absolutely dominant when he played in philly. overall, he was a three-time nvp and 12-time all star, he and dr. j led the team to a title during the 82 and 83 season. >> moses coming to the after six years, we had been knock out of the finals three different times. we were second best team in the world. he was the catalyst, the one they don't who got us over

one of the busiest roads in philadelphia, clear. thousands of chairs, empty, but tomorrow that will all change. >> big time party we got all this cleaning up to do we have stuff every whereas can sianni what we're doing right now is we are getting ready for pope. >> reporter: as crews beautify the area around the papal stage. >> it is all about the pope. >> we took an exclusive look at the last minute work, live nation is doing on it to prepare this stage. >> we're actually on the pope tomorrow during the festival will be, sitting, exactly where i'm standing right here and take a look, this will be his view, right down to the ben franklin parkway. >> the final touches on saturday set upright now and we have completely set up for sunday. >> reporter: john stevenson say turnaround for sunday's mass is very quick. >> change over from saturday night into sunday will be about a ten hour change. >> reporter: so right when it is over saturday you can start working. >> that second we will start right away. >> reporter: back here live you he

he will be touching down here in philadelphia around 9:30 in the morning. people are gathering at philadelphia international airport and that is where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live. >> hey justin how are you doing this morning. >> jim, pat, good morning. it is anticipation that is certainly building here. there is more than just media and a security here at phl. we have onlookers and well connect people who got themselves access to this historic moment. i will step out and show you, your eyes are trained on the staircase where pope francis will disembark about 9:45 this morning. the planes should land, around 9:30 here the atlantic aviation. he is a arriving from new york city have after a whirlwind two days and when he descend that staircase, he will be greet by esteemed dignitaries, including governor tom wolf and his wife francis, mayor michael nutter and his wife lease, world meeting of families staff, arch wish on charles chaput, retired philadelphia police officer richard bowes and his family. he, of course, was wounded in the line o

philadelphia's 311 information center is reopening today. a day after someone found a bed bug there forcing a shutdown. it was one, and it was dead. the city closed the office and did a search of the center, the exterminator did not find infestation. the city sent employees out but they were still able to take 311 questions through e-mail and social media. >>> today stockton university will reveal who will by the show boat casino. the university and gallery township bought it in december for $18 million. the school wanted to convert it into a sat at college campus. but restrictions on how the property can be used changed the deal. in atlantic city a new conference center at the casino hotel. the facility cost nearly $126 million to build. they say it's the largest hotel conference facility between baltimore and boston. >>> a friend of charleston church shooting suspect is under arrest, so far authorities have not disclosed the specific charges against joseph meek. he was friends with roof, the man charged with the shooting and killing of nin