mass at the fame as you reen a it is his final event, before he makes his way to philadelphia, tomorrow morning. >> and from an address -- at the u.n. to an emotional visit to ground zero pope francis made several stops in the big apple, it was an extraordinary day for him and new yorkers. good evening i'm pat ciarrocchi. >>> i'm jessica dean. welcome to our special, studio here on ben franklin parkway. we will go out live to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt live in new york right now, david? >> reporter: jessica and pat a full schedule for pope francis all week that schedule will continue in the weekend. he is getting ready to celebrate mass with 20,000 at madison square garden but it seems the event he enjoyed the most was greeting catholic school children in harlem pope francis was all smiles as he made his way down the line to greet students at our lady queen of angels elementary school in harlem. he posed for pictures before walking inn side. earlier in the day the pope paid tribute to the victims listed at 9/11 memorial in lower manhattan. following the tribute he

, philadelphia. ♪ >>> mass in front of thousands at madison square garden this evening as the pope's visit to new york nears an end. >> now all eyes turn to philly. security like the city has never seen before. >> these are -- things are in place. most of it's in place. we're ready to go. >> in less than 12 hours history will be made. ♪ >> right now on fox 29, final security measures for the pope's visit to philadelphia are in place. skyfox live over the ben franklin bridge this is now closed to vehicles until monday. thousands of visitors will walk across it tomorrow to papal events. >> looking live outside our studios in at fourth and market in old city. the fences are up, security perimeter in place around independence mall area and of course a huge security net criss-crosses the ben franklin parkway tonight and the setup looks amazing. it is just a massive undertaki undertaking. philadelphia's ready for the arrival of pope francis first thing in the morning. you can feel the excitement tonight. good evening to you, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. it's incredible time to be in philadelphi

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 leader, and he's touched the

>>> good morning, stages set for pope francis in philadelphia, you're looking live right now at that stage. we are just hours away from the pontiff a's arrival. security as you can imagine is tight throughout the city and especially a along ben franklin parkway, that is where holy father will celebrate mass on sunday, calm right now, but just you wait, huge crowd are expected. the pope is coming from new york where he just had a historic mass with a mass at madison square garden. we will recap that in a moment. >>> it is saturday, september 26th, i'm erika von tiehl. >> i'm nicole brewer. we are broadcasting live from the ben franklin parkway, such an exciting day, erika, good morning to you, getting set to be part of the historic visit the by pope francis. it certainly is on honor to becoming to you live this morning. i have to say as philadelphia prepares for the world stage you can see the stage is already set, the the papal stage in all of its magnificence. we have a great view here. we know pope francis will take that stage as part of the festival of families later on today

andre bocelli and the philadelphia orchestra. you can see thousands have gathered for the festival and get a glimpse of pope francis. it's been an eventfully for the pontiff in philadelphia and an eventful day for the city. just over an hour ago the pope gave a speech on immigration and religious freedom. among them walter perez, the pope spoke of compassion for immigrants. >> reporter: he did, jim, it was extraordinary how quiet the crowd got as the pope approached. feelings intensified, he talked about immigration, religious freedom and to tolerance. his main theme was protecting the poorest and the weakest among us. >> we remember the great struggles which led to the abolition of slavery, the extension of voting rights, the growth of the labor movement, and the gradual effort to eliminate every kind of racism and prejudice directed at the successive waves of new americans. and once again the strongest reactions he received from this deeply diverse crowd seemed to come when he discussed immigration. among those in the crowd was philadelphia managing director richard negren who is

morning, the temperatures in the upper 70s in philadelphia. 78 in 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 conditioning in in

's coverage of the pope in philadelphia. ♪ >> god bless america. >> his first trip to america, pope francis blessing our nation, embracing all who come to see him from washington to new york city, and today he arrives in philadelphia. good morning, and welcome to nbc 10 news today, i'm tracy davidson. >> the wait almost over, three and a half hours from the pope touching down in phillie. people are so excited. a crowded tra eed train pulled the fort washington train station with the next headed out at 6:20. of course; people are trying to get to where they need to be so that they can see pope francis a little bit later today. >>> we have you covered. here's a live picture from the art museum. the stage is set up, security is set for the world meeting of family's concert. the festival of families on the parkway, that's tonight. >> this is a live look at eighth and markets streets in philadelphia. in a few hours, the streetings will be packed with pilgrims making their way to see the pope. right now, empty, as you see. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittn

that type of weather coming in. 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 stre

waiting for his departure from j.f.k. airport. and when he gets to philadelphia, it will be a joyous welcome for him. we have waited for so long for this day. number one, we waited very long since the announcement of the world meeting of families. and then last november it was pope francis himself who made the announcement that he would be coming to philadelphia. and the city's infrastructure and its political infrastructure burst into action very quickly to prepare for this very moment. some irony perhaps that the plane is a little bit late in taking off after we have waited for these many months for this moment, but he'll get here. and when he does, it will shall the beginning of a two-day experience that catholics in the philadelphia archdiocese and the surrounding diocese, and people of all faiths in this region will never forget. it is one of the markers of the francis papacy at this point, that he has reached across religious divides. he has reached out to other religions. number one, the eastern church, of course, but also judaism, islam, he wanted to bring everybody into the

in philadelphia. ♪ >> a live look now at ben franklin parkway. this was the place to be just a few moments ago. all day long but now, it's clearing out. as the first day of the pope in philadelphia goes in to the history books. hi, good evening, everyone, welcome back. i'm ukee washington. >> hi, everyone, i'm jessica dean. >>> we are broadcasting to you from the ben franklin parkway tonight right hyped us the stage where the festival of families took place tonight and where the papal mass will be celebrated tomorrow. >> you can certainly feel the excitement it's all about families and it was all about hope. no doubt about that. >> no doubt about that. somebody who had front row seat to all our own steve patterson who's been out with so many people today taking it all in. steve? how are you? >> reporter: i'm still talking it all in, guys. jessica, ukee washington more can you say about moment in history? we've been trying to fine the words all night and somehow we have been, but truly compared to what we have seen and heard tonight, it's almost unbelievable. i mean, from the moment

>>> right now, center city philadelphia is a secure zone in preparation for the pope. we are down to the final count down, before pope francis arrives here in philadelphia a. >>> and happening right now, a moving moment a as the pope is visiting ground zero, we are looking live at a multi faith services that he is participating in right now, that is a jewish cantor who is singing at the scene, we're live and we will listen live to the pope's message, also from this historic speech at the united nations. i'm pat ciarrocchi. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. we are in the final count down less than 22 hours until pope francis arrives here in philadelphia. >> and in fact this time tomorrow, what you are going to see will be a sea of people, beginning to flood into ben franklin parkway, everyone, eager to see the pope. >> as we look over our shoulders you can see people are gathering right the now, setting up chairs, media is arriving in town, lots of people getting those final touches on the area. >> this is very exciting. we have a spectacular day to be able to a share with everyone today bu

to philadelphia fast approaches. workers towed cars overnight to clear certain areas. good morning, i'm vai sikahema. we are less than five days away now from pope francis' arrival and drivers are already feeling the effects. the no parking zone expanded about two hours ago. people parked in the areas see here shaded in yellow. had to move their cars a couple hours ago, by 9 a.m. nbc 10 cameras caught some cameras being towed away last night. 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 b

all who stop to listen before he makes his way to the faithful right here in philadelphia. >> you are watching special coverage of pope francis visit to america. good evening, i'm keith jones. >> i'm jacqueline london. the pope has had a busy day in washington, d.c. moments ago he left basilica of the shrine where he had mass for those of people. he's in the fiat he drove from joint air force base andrews. right now headed back to apostolic nunciature. this is the crowd that awaits his arrival. we'll be following you movements and bring live video or pictures as they come in. this is pope francis first visit to the united states. >> what better symbol than white house where pope francis started his day. president obama and the first lady welcomed pope francis. they emerged on the balcony of the white house and had a crowd greet them. the popular pontiff received a huge applause. afterwards the president and pope held a private meeting in the oval office. after leaving the white house, francis delighted the account with his popemobile through the streets. as he's known to do the po

pennsylvania, not so much here. 61 in philadelphia. 62 in wilmington. in the 50s from reading to the lehigh valley to trenton. 67 in sea isle city. like yesterday there's a bit of a breeze blowing. it picked up in the last half, 15 miles per hour that jacket or a hood really a good idea early. as we get into the afternoon it's going to be mild again. noon, 73. by 3:00 p.m., the high of 76 cloud cover giving way to sun breaks, breezy and by 6:00 p.m., 71 degrees, likely dry today and not all that uncomfortable just keep that jacket handy for early in the day and maybe this evening, if you're still hanging around center city at that point. when i stepped inside we'll take a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. getting ready for the workweek, one of those is coming. that's just ahead. we're watching a shift of police officers coming into the city. there are a lot of them i've been watching them for several minutes. this is looks like the tail end. this is the schuylkill expressway near the curve. we have eastbound traffic shut off except for emergency personnel and registered

pope visits philadelphia. we take a look at his impact. (singing) from a congregation of followers to a center city kitchen with big plans. nat empinadas "culture" is a big word around the philadelphia eagles. see how the hispanic culture is influencing the eagles locker room. touchdown eagles plus the largest public arts exhibition in philadelphia history takes on some important issues. it's a special visions 2015 celebrating hispanic heritage month. hello and welcome to visions m walter perez. and i'm ilia garcia you usually see ilia on our sister station, univision. we're happy to have her join us for tonight's show. i'm happy to be here with you, walter, celebrating hispanic heritage. we are at the church of st. patrick in norristown, pennsylvania. a parish that is nearly 200 years old. they are one of many congregations in the philadelphia area eagerly anticipating the arrival of pope francis. but this parish has a special connection to the pontiff. i think it's wonderful that he's coming especially for this community (singing) the church of st. patrick in norristown has always bee

>>> right now at 11:00, a philadelphia elementary school becomes a crime scene after a woman tells police she was attacked early this morning in the schoolyard. good morning, i'm vai sikahema, right now students are inside the school for a regular day of classes. monique braxton is live for us. monique, tell us the condition of the victim if you know. >> reporter: we're hearing the victim is in stable condition and momentarily she will be interviewed by detectives from the special victims unit. i can tell you, though, here in frankford, vai, the scene has been released back to the school which means kids can come outside and once again play here. detectives just left but it was a much different scenario as the sun was rising here over frankford. look at our video know. investigators tell us just before 6:00 a woman told them she was wiffle whpistol whipped purse taken during an apparent sexual assault. police who responded described the schoolyard where the victim was dragged as blood-splattered. our camera was rolling when police blocked off public access to the schoolyard which w

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. >> and here is a live look at the ben franklin bridge as i don't see any peo

>>> see you in philadelphia. >> right now on nbc "nbc10 news today," pope francis is reaching out and encouraging everybody to join him here next weekend and you will hear his special message coming up. >>> the boys are back in town. you will hear from the eagles as they get ready for their showdown with dallas at the lynn bg. it's 6:00 on this sunday. let's get to the forecast with first alert meteorologist, brittney shipp. we'll take a dip in the temperatures, right? >> yeah, we will stay in the high 70s, closer to our average. it's hard to beat combinations like this, the combination of sunshine and lower temperatures and low humidity, and it will be a little breezy so a bit of a mixed bag. we'll take a look at cape may. you want to be careful driving in those areas this morning until the patchy fog clears up. right now the temperatures in philadelphia, 72 degrees and wind speeds out of the northwest at 6 miles per hour, and our humidity at 84%, and a closer look at your sunday forecast, 74 to 77 will be our range today. we will see a few more clouds and things will become sunn

head to philadelphia for his final two days in america. a live picture from the wall street heliport where he'll take that chopper -- to jfk shortly and fly into philly. >> pope francis used his trip to new york to touch the lives of tens of thousands. it started with an appeal to the united nations to protect the planet. at ground zero, the pope call on the world to build unity from its differences. 80,000 people lined central park, hoping for a glimpse of the pope mobile as it made its way through. he capped the night off with this, a beautiful mass at madison square garden. >>> and pope's u.s. trip has been packed full of events. the final two days are expected to draw some of the biggest crowds yet. >> that's right. eun yang joins us live from philadelphia this morning. what a great vantage point where the pope will be celebrating mass. good morning, eun. >> reporter: good morning to you, david and angie. we're in the heart of philadelphia where the pope is expected to arrive in just a couple of hours. and david, you mentioned, this is a great vantage point. to give you

right now for philadelphia, 63 under clear skies, the air is calm. we'll see lots of sunshine heading into the rest of today. our satellite/radar shows us the area of high pressure you can see any weather disturbances far away from us. not going to affect us not today, not tomorrow. a few changes sunday but we expect to stay dry. the changes are we are cooling things down. our temperatures across the region at 50 degrees, and the poconos, 59 in trenton, 61 in wilmington. if the you're waking up in atlantic city in the mid-50s as well. your planner shows by 8:00 a.m. 66 degrees, really we're planning on seeing plenty of sunshine today. it by 11:00 a.m., 78, 2:00 p.m., 84, well above our average. our high expected to reach 86 degrees. those mid 80s stick around tomorrow. i'll let you know what to expect coming up in my next forecast. right now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >>> and we're on the admiral wilson boulevard right now out in camden, new jersey. they turned the camera, right around 676. so all of these cars in here actually wrapping

something like this could happen. >> co-workers after an off-duty philadelphia police officer killed in the crash over the weekend, speak out. hear their touching word as they remember veteran officer lemar poole. >>> jennaphr, good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. funeral director is charged after decomposing bodies were found in his unlicensed funeral parlor, second time in less than a week that officials discovered decomposing bodies related to funeral homes in the city, lauren. >>> disturbing, thank you. an accused armed robber walks in the who will corner store but dent have a gun. how this startling crime played out. bruce gordon, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, yeah, religious mystery showing up in mailboxes all over philadelphia, coming up straight a ahead i will follow the mystery. lauren and chris. >>> good day, it is tuesday, it is first day of september, 2015, the the summer is gone. >> oh, someone was down south partying i can hear tonight your voice. >> the the mini get around cigarette and cigar smoke it does me in. >> i can't take it. >> i ant eith

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 up quickly. lots of suns

prisoners in philadelphia and that is a key part of his ministry. >> the business the pope is here for is that church conference in philadelphia. >> it's the world meeting of families in philadelphia and something that pope benefit was invited to, and he is following up on what benedict has done. and he added new york and washington, and the united nations up to a million people expected in philadelphia for that conference. this is his long of the trip, ten days overall, including the time in cuba. i don't know if terry is still with us on the plane? you saw him walk from andrews air force base. privately speaking with the president. he is making his way to the live camera and we'll find out more about that trip into the united states right now. of course father martin, the pope coming out of that visit in cuba where he met the leaders there as well. and did his best not to shake things up there. he was trying to provide a gentle message and gentle encouragement. one thing yesterday was saying he was calling for a different kind of revolution, the revolution of tenderness, one sight for m

the world meeting of families begins in philadelphia. more than a million visitors expected to flock to the city. events are planned all week long starting at the pennsylvania convention center. the archbishop hold as conference followed by the opening ceremony. and the week ends with the papal visit and mass on the parkway. as we prepare for the pope another round of parking restrictions and towing begins today. beginning at 6:00 tonight no cars allowed to park in old city, independence mall and market east. they will also be road closures in those areas. nbc 10's katy zachry is live along the ben franklin parkway where crews are working around the clock to get ready for francis' grounds to get ready for the pope. tell us what people need to know. >> reporter: vai, you touched on it. new restrictions at 6:00 in old city, independence hall and the market east area. where i'm standing now just in front of the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul in the logan section of philadelphia, no parking is allowed or has been for several days, and this is where hundreds of thousands of p

investigation into a violent shootout on a busy philadelphia street last night. nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside presbyterian hospital where another shooting victim is being treated. matt? >> and chris, there was a crowded intersection. police say they're still look for the people involved in all this. there is surveillance video that shows bystanders running away at the time the gunshots were fired. take a look at video from the scene, this was shortly after 10:30 last night. you can see the evidence markers on the ground with shell casings were found. nbc 10 was there as investigators were doing their work. this, again, happened at 10:30 last night, 62nd and mark net west philadelphia. officers go the to the scene, found a 25-year-old man shot in the chest. they rushed him here to presbyterian hospital where he later died. during the investigation, the police learned about a second victim who was taken to mercy hospital. someone drove him there. he had been shot in the hip. he was later transferred to presbyterian and is stable right now mpl fortunately the intersection of 62nd an

>> >> breaking news in northeast philadelphia. police say three men broke into a house threw a woman to the ground and ransacked the place while children slept. we're live on the scene of that home invasion. >>> with eight days until pope francis arrives in philadelphia, the focus today is on security. a top federal official will be in town today to get a good look at what's being done to insure safety. a live look outside, t"the star-spangled banner" not moving much. 65 degrees and we'll warm up nicely again today but there is a change in time for sunday's all-important home opener against those hate it cowboys that will be in town to hopefully lose to the eagles. friday morning, we're ready for football. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm chris cato. let's get to meteorologist brittney shipp. it's a nice start out to the morning. >> it is. we are going to see temperatures warming above average again. if you look at philadelphia, 66 degrees, humidity at 84%, the air is calm so another nice start to the morning. on the mild side which is great. satellite/radar shot

francis is set to arrive in philadelphia in just about four and a half hours. >>> meantime stage is set for this historic event, looking right now at the pop's chair that chair that pope francis will wear for events on the ben franklin parkway. >>> meantime the holy father is likely resting after a full day of events yesterday in new york city ending his day by celebrating mass at thousands of madison square garden. packed schedule. >>> it is the saturday, september 26th i'm's quarter von tiehl. our nicole brewer will be live from the ben franklin parkway for special coverage of the pope's visit. she will join news our next hours. lets bring you up to date with traffic and weather. lots to talk about in both departments kyla and meisha. >> good morning. >> where do i even begin in the world of traffic with all of the closures. the it is feeling weird. it is like sunnies setting. >> yes; it is kind of fun seeing you my friend. now kyla, it sound like it will be fairly nice outside, right. >> we will deal with clouds. today will be the wind. it will start picking up. you will feel it walk

dozen shots were fired along a busy west philadelphia street. one person is dead, another wounded in overnight violence. >> plenty of excitement but also some concern as we prepare for the pope's arrival. today we are expected to learn what economic impacts could be in store for philadelphia hotels and businesses. >> we're off to a foggy start but temperatures once again will be warming into the 90s today. we still haven't seen the highest heat and humidity just yet. >> oh, boy, something to look forward to. >> i guess. 73 degrees already at 4:30. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. it's wednesday already. how about that? >> halfway there. meteorologist bill henley is standing by. we're not halfway through the humidity this week. >> no, not even halfway through the day. the temperatures are falling. that's giving us fog. these numbers change minute to minute. zero visibility in mound holly and toms river and thick fog and millville in atlantic city. not everybody seeing it, dover, georgetown, wildwood are in the clear when it comes to fog. clear skies ov

philadelphia. look at theç 70s across delawa, south jersey, it's just dropped to 68 degrees. in allentown, upper 60s and pottstown under clear skies there. low clouds over center city, those will break for some sunshine and another hot and humid day. afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be spotty today but heavier rain is due in tomorrow. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. we'll take a look at the heat today. first, jessica boyington has first alert traffic. jessica? >> we're looking live on 95 around girard avenue. still no problems. though this is typically where we see the jams first. still a little early for that. 13-minute drive time from woodhaven road up to the vine street expressway. average speed, 63 miles per hour there. we at least can see they're moving. if you're heading out the door on the blue route, no problems there either. doing okay from the schuylkill to 95, we have a 15-minute trip. if you're still down the shore somehow and we have an accident on the atlantic city brigantine connector, southbound around the convention ce

running a little bit behind schedule, 8:50, it is a short flight to philadelphia and i'm sure everything will run on time after that, but the crowd here, holding the papal flags, waving, being led on by one of the bishops here and it's bittersweet, i'm sure, because it was such a brief visit, memorable but for the crowd here, personally, they get the reading with pope francis that others were lucky to have. >> all right, marcus, stay put there for a second, we'll come back to you in a minute, those of you just tuning in this morning, thank you for being with us on saturday morning obviously we're following the pope's imminent departure from new york city, the plane taking off any minute now, we'll stay on top of that and grif bring -- bring you the latest but i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm michelle charlesworth, taking half an hour to get up in the air and touch down in philadelphia, in an hour and a half he will be celebrating mass in philadelphia. >> and he has a packed schedule, you have to imagine from cuba to dc it new york, and now philly, let's not forget philly was the mai

impact of the papal visit outside philadelphia. we're live to break down the information you need to plan ahead. >>> plus, hot and humid, we will clip into theç 90s again today and some schools across our area are already taking precautions because of those warmer temperatures. it's already 74 degrees at 5:30. good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. >> let's run down the list of schools closing early because of the heat. here are the ones we know about at this point, trenton public schools, trenton catholic academy, hamilton township schools in mercer county and the keystone academy charter school in philadelphia also letting out early. we're checking on other schools throughout the morning for you. just how hot will it get today? let's go to first alert meteorologist bill henley and his forecast. >> it is a warmer morning this morning with high humidity. 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 nor

>>> today is the day the world turns its eyes to philadelphia. the world meetings of families including a visit from the pope. and pope francis is a man on the move. he arrived in the united states today. we'll break down his itinerary. and sweater weather. we're waking up to a fall chill in the air. the last official day of summer. it is 4:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist brittney shipp with her first alert forecast, talk about the chill in the air. >> there is a chill in the air. we're tracking a few showers mainly through allentown and into the poconos, so really depends where you are. not everyone is seeing this light rainfall. keep your umbrella handy. we'll see light showers the next few hours so if you are an early riser and heading out the door soon, that's something you'll need. you won't need your umbrella later. by 8:00, 9:00, all of these showers should be done. we're going to see a few clouds lingering, a mix of sun and clouds for fill as we get toward the afternoon. looks like we'll see mostly cloud

robbing the the place at gunpoint. we have talk to the owner of the philadelphia salon about these frightening moments. >>> downpours, in new jersey, pop up storms sweep across the region and it is just a preview of what is to come. in center city philadelphia today people were happy to have umbrellas handy a as they stayed dry when those drops started falling there. >>> and there is no relief in sight, here's storm scan three where we have a lot of green, heading our way, and it will be messy out there, no doubt. good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm yes, sir contact dean. we will want to get over to meteorologist kate bilo keeping an eye on the rain heading our way. >> showers and storms we have seen so far is appetizer, pop up storms out ahead of the main push of rain here tonight. what we are looking at off west is heavy rain south and west of washington d.c. but this will be lifting up toward our area during overnight hours and the heaviest will be in our north and western suburbs. a as we zoom in, we will see a few pop up showers have start add cross camden, gloucester c

. the record in philadelphia was set in 1884. some places are about to get rained on, this may be one of them. cape may, you can see how cloudy it is right now. there's a shower very very close. and the temperatures got close to records in much of the area. allentown set a record, it's 90 degrees now, they got up to 95, 92 in philadelphia at the moment, close to 80 at the shore. we've had now 37 days of 90 plus in philadelphia. that's the 12th most on record. we're not even close to the record. that's 55 days. never going to get there this year. still feels like it's 97 degrees out there. we have some showers around right now, especially near cape may, a lot more on the way tomorrow, the timing on that in the seven-day. >> hot tickets, it took only a few minutes for the online lottery to run out of the allotted 10,000 free tickets at the festival of families later this month. keith jones was one of the thousands who couldn't get a pass. he's joining us now. >> i tried, had no luck. tickets sold out in two minutes according to the website. the lottery went on line two hours ago for

. >> saying good-bye to a philadelphia police officer who lost his life off duty. ahead, how family and friends will remember lamar poole who died in a hit and run crash. >>> back in the 90s again. that would mean another heat wave. there is relief on the way and it arrives this afternoon. right now it's 74 degrees at 4:30. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. it was toasty out there yesterday afternoon, wasn't it. >> sure it was. >> beyond toasty, perhaps, some might call it hot. meteorologist bill henley has the for first alert forecast. it's going to be another hot one today. >> another hot summer day. back into the 90s. the humidity is higher and the temperatures warmer. 76 at philadelphia international. warmer in northeast philadelphia, wilmington in the middle 70s, roxborough at 75 degrees and the temperatures will be climbing back into the 90s this afternoon. but today we'll see more cloud cover. there's a chance of a later day shower. this morning we will be dry. the south, southwesterly wind at 6 miles an hour, that's at 9:00 and 88 de

philadelphia 50's in some spots. millville 54. reading at 58. we are going up to 86 today. calling it steamy september. eighty-one at the shore. beautiful at the shore. poconos 79. it will be a warm one yet again. we will talk about how long this warmth will last, it will not be forever. we will cool down but are we heating up on the roads because of construction, meisha is that what you are telling me. >> good news it is so early, kyla, volleys looking good. we have construction out there and construction project, go by the time we get in the 5:00 . the that is when we see hang ups. so far so good. we have construction both directions east and westbound atwood haven road at million brook between thornton and i-95. the right lane is blocked in both directions but again everyone traveling around at posted speed at this early a.m. this is one of the areas where we certainly start to see volume heat up early. this is i-95 northbound at the blue route. and construction i-95 northbound past bridge street the right lane is also closed, there. now we also have some emergency road work, const

franklin parkway for our special look at the pope in philadelphia as we celebrate the world meeting of families here tonight in front of you. many people have left. many people have left. the world renowned director of the orchestra. many people have left but some are still here enjoying the moment they are in the moment. that's the celebration continu continues. >> when andrea bocelli is singing it's hard not to enjoy the moment. >> that's so true. >> pretty amazing and picturesque and now we've got the wonderful philadelphia orchestra playing. they were very excited to be a part of this. they have to go home and guest some rest because they'll be providing the music tomorrow for the papal mass. >> indeed. >> right here the parkway. >> speaking of the parkway. let's check in with david spunt down with the faithful with the pilgrims as they have been enjoying the program as well. david? all yours. >> reporter: oh, what a concert i can tell that you right now. things have started to clear out where we are. we're on a platform right now and everybody is kind of hanging out there's may

this leg of his journey and up next new york city and then on to philadelphia, for now we send things to eva pilgram live in new york to kick off our team coverage this afternoon. hi eva. >> reporter: hi brian and sharrie, pope francis is now on his way to new york city and the big apple is ready for him, but before he left d.c., he made history being the first pontiff to ever address a joint meeting of congress. >> i am most grateful for the invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people poured on to the capital grounds to see the pope speak today and called on the u.s. to heal the open wounds of the world. >> the challenges facing us today call for a renewal of god speed of corporation -- which has accomplished so much good -- to have the history of the united states. >> pope francis did not hesitate to speak on controversial issues, condemning the arms trade and endorsing environmental legislation and reminding this crowd that immigration was a key part of the u.s.'s history. >>

among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >> right now at 11:00 o'clock a historic celebration of family and faith. poaches he pope francis joins a cheering crowd along the ben franklin parkway. >> after the papal parade, the holy father heard from families from all around the world. he was also treated to some major star power during an inspirational night. >> the faithful came in thousands in hopes of just catching a glimpse of the pontiff. the pope did not disappoint. like he does often the pope broke away from script to connect with the people and touch so many lives. >> you're watching cbs3 witness news special coverage the pope in philadelphia. ♪ >> a live look now at ben franklin parkway. this was the place to be just a few moments ago. all day long but now, it's clearing out. as the first day of the pope in philadelphia goes in to the history books. hi, good evening, everyone, welcome back. i'm ukee washington. >> hi, everyone, i'm jessica dean. >>> we are broadcasting to you from the ben franklin parkway tonight r

american soil for the very first time. and today is a day we've been waiting for. >> philadelphia the big city for big events. and we could not be more excited. >> philadelphia, the global stage for a vital time in american history. >> well, welcome to a very special edition of good day philadelphia. and historic edition of good day philadelphia. >> that's true. hello, mike, good to see you. we are here and really philadelphia is the finale. this is the grand finale. >> this is it. well you save the best for last, don't you? do you like what i've done with the set? i -- i love what you did. >> the mums ... by the way if you are thinking if you should come, and you should, because isn't it great that we get to be a part of this moment. if you change your mind, i want to go now, let me tell you what happened over a night. there was a lot of security fencing put up. i mean a l my apartment is over couple of blocks from here. here's what i heard all night, beep, beep, beep. >> that's true. >> little bobcats putting up fencing, all of that, even our location right here, look, at fourth and

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, i tell you it is building. this town is absolutely electr electric. and it's been that way and it's building with

>>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> more chances to see francis. when the pope comes to philadelphia later this month, we will run down the release of more free tickets and the announcement of two papal praise through the crowds. > [ screaming ] >>> a mother and daughter's terror caught on camera as masked gunmen burst into their home for a second time. >>> a look at center city philadelphia. a muggy morning out there. we're watching for fog but it won't get as hot as it's been the past couple of days. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'm chris cato. sounds like we have a lot on tap for this friday. let's get start where had meteorologist bill henley and his first alert forecast. bill's, how's it looking out there? >> the temperatures are in the 70s in philadelphia. just shy of the 80 degree mark at 79 degrees. most of the rest of the area cooler at the airport, wilmington at 73,ç trenton 70 millville and 70 in pottstown. the temperatures will be climbing but we will not see the 90s this afternoon. 76 degrees at 6:00. partly sunny skies at 9:00. we'll be up to 80 and 85 at

philadelphia. we're going to see changes as we go into the weekend too. now, we are looking at cool temperatures across the area. if you are in the lehigh valley you might need a light jacket. 57 now in reading, 66 in philadelphia, 62 millville, 65 degrees in dover and we're seeing the cloud cover too so it is going to stay mostly cloudy. by 8:00 this morning temperatures about the mid-60s. it will stay breezy, too, it's breezy outside right now. by 10:00 this morning near 70 degrees, cloudy and breezy and by noon in the low 70s. we'll see cloudy conditions and the breezy winds will continue. nouf, for the papal weekend in philadelphia the clouds increasing through the weekend. cool morning, cool afternoons, it will stay breezy with some rain just to our south so we'll be watching all of this as we go into the weekend. i'll have the forecast for the rest of the weekend coming up. let's look at the roadways this morning. hey, jessica. >> what we want to teach you here is not just what's going on in center city, in philadelphia and the surrounding areas but what's going to happen if y

there are news rooms that are scramble to cover what happened here in philadelphia. by the script that i have in my hand the first five minutes were unscripted and the first thing that he did was address the alleged errors. >> let's go back to the seminary. >> translator: the cuban bishops a few days ago gave me an image of the version -- the version of charity. i was supposed to give it to a community, a cuban community in the united states on the bishops behalf. now i am not going to get into this difficult situation, you will decide which cuban community needs this the most. so senior you're going to have to get into that external discussion. >> he just reviewed this to ash ch bishop of louisville of pennsylvania. the diocee ses downtown. [ applause ] >> he is acompanyicompanying th father as the president of the united states of catholic conservation bishops. >> translator: that's all i wanted to share. [ applause ] the holy father prevented and this is for yesterday for the a cathedral. >> you can see the father. [ applause ] >> he was there to talk about the issues but not reluct

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 archbishop charles chaput and michael nutter and his wife and the wor

sg going up in philadelphia as we pave the way for pope france. >> a brutal brawl broke out and a household appliance may have been used in the attack. >> let's go over to david murphy with the latest on what to expect and karen rogers is watching the roads, good morning. >> reporter: let's get you out the door this morning, it's cool like yesterday, looks like we'll have a fair amount of sunshine later on, just a bit of cloud cover from philadelphia south. this is thin enough where it should evaporate quickly and allow sunshine through. starting out 60 degrees if in philadelphia. 54 in trenton, 50 in reading. 52 in wilmington and 58 in sea isle city. the winds are not that strong, but if you feel a breeze it will have an aeffect with the cool numbers. 58 degrees by 8:00 a.m. the farther south you are, the better chance you have of seeing the cloud cover. this will turn around for the better just like yesterday. 82 degrees by 3:00 p.m. that will be the high around # p.m. when the -- 3:00 p.m. when the kids are coming home from school. the weekend call including the latest on the s

>>> welcoming the world. happening today philadelphia hosts thousands of pilgrims in town for the biggest gathering of catholic families. >> special invitation. this teacher fired because of a same-sex marriage, now has a meeting with the pope. >> cool and crisp. it will feel like fall when you step out your door on the way to work or school. it's 4:30. 64 degrees outside. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. i'm going to enjoy our last day of summer. right to meteorologist brittney shipp with a first look forecast. good morning. >> it's a fall-like last day of summer. so our temperatures will stay below average, plus we're seeing cloudy skies and a little bit of shower activity moving in from lancaster all the way up to the lehigh valley and parts of the poconos as well. so a light jacket, maybe umbrella, at least a jacket with a hood if you live in these areas. later on once we get through the morning hours we'll mainly stay dry through the entire area and see enjoyable conditions with temperatures in the 70s. but for this morning we're at 65 deg

. >>> 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 the son. >> a son, a friend. a dear friend. a

we begin with katy zachry live at carver high school in north philadelphia. katie? >> chris, the alarms are going off in just a couple hours if not earlier for so many students across the district. in philadelphia, more than 200 schools will be opening their doors in about an hour and a half. very similar to carver high school behind me in north philadelphia. now leading up to today, parents and students have been back to school shopping, getting all the item they need for their desks and classrooms. because spending cuts in the past mshgs philadelphia schools have come to rely on students to bring things like hand sanitizer and paper towels in on first day. in philadelphia, 140,000 kids return to the classroom today. and it's a bittersweet time for families. now here at carver high school, philadelphia school superintendent and mayor michael nutter will be here for a bell ringing sayer moany. then they'll have lunch at a middle school in elmwood and finish the day touring south philadelphia high school in south philly. they have a pretty packed day. this is exciting for the city