>> four philadelphia police officers risk their lives to put out a fire at this germantown home but couldn't a man. >> live, and how the offers remembers doing this morning. >> also, more breaking news, confirms he is coming to philadelphia. >> the leered of the catholic church made the announcement overnight, will be in town next fall for the world meeting of families. jan carabeo is at the archdioces offices in center city, to tell you more about it. jan, good morning. >> ukee, erika, good morning, reaction pouring into "eyewitness news", about this painful visit, some -- papal visit, some saying he's looking to him as a rock star, looking forward to the world meeting of families september of 2015. plans aren't finalized just yet but his advice lit likely include two events, huge events, on the ben franklin parkway now, this has long been rumored, but confirmation

from the man himself, in rome this morning, about this papal visit, and now archbishop charles chaput was in rome along with the philadelphia delegation of the world meeting of families for this announcement. you see some of them here in rome earlier this year when the delegation requesting formal presence. details of the papal visit will be in least dollars in the spring and summer of next year, but announced likely the pope will par taste path in an event called the festival of families on saturday, september 26th, and a papal mass on sunday, the 27th. both events are open to the public, and both will be held on the ben franklin parkway in the heart of philadelphia this will be a huge event, you may remember, a visit by pope john paul ii in 1979 drew more than 1 million people to the parkway. he of course was very popular, sews are pope francis, people here looking forward to his visit. take a listen. >> i love philadelphia. i have lived the way. i have come back. and the fact that this will be

here in the cradle of liberty, the city of brotherly love, and sisterly a faction; wonderful. >> again, these people calling him a rock star. can't wait to be in his presence. of course this is a huge undertaking, goes ton say if anyone can do it folks here in philadelphia can. much more on the story throughout the morning, for now liver in center city, jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> once again as jan said, pope visit will visit philadelphia for the world meeting of families, his target date friday, september 25th. on saturday, september 26th, the pope is holding a celebration of family life, then on sunday, september 27th, a papal mass. both events will be held on the ben franklin parkway, the public is welcome, and close to million people are expected to attend. >> and now updating our other breaking news story, four philadelphia police office remembers hospitalized following a deadly house fire in germantown overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch at the scene for us right now with the latest

on the investigation, and how those officers are doing. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee, those officers are expected to recover this morning, meantime, fire officials are trying to figure out what caused a fire here on chelten avenue, that did leave one man dead. the fire breaking out sunday night, about 11:00, 12:00, 8:35 chelten avenue. we know concentrated on the second floor that far building. we also noah larges did sounds getting three people out of that home, safely. now, those four police officers were the first to respond late sunday night, trying to extinguish those flames, themselves, they did suffer, we're told, smoke inhalation as a result. they were all taken to einstein medical center and again are expected to be okay this morning. now, back out live here, we have no name for that victim at this time. l & i did re pond to the scene, trying to figure out if this residence is indeed an illegal boarding residence,

and properly permit today have people living in it as it d live in germantown, justin finch, "eyewitness news". >> all right, justin, thank you. just past 5:33, we want to get over to katie with the latest on the forecast. we saw justin, everyone, needs an umbrella. >> any kind of rain gear you have at your disposal, have it ready today, even though expect to go see perhaps little lull in the rain, by mid-morning, for many of you. it doesn't mean that we're completely out of the woods just yet. and we are going to be dealing i think with heaviest rain toward the afternoon. so rough go for both the morning and afternoon and evening drive. let me take you out there. we start things off with a view of "skycam 3", you should be able to see some skyscrapers in the distance, but it is a sign low clouds have really settled in here, that you can't see anything beyond the for grounds, the sheen on the road surface indicating we still got some rainout, there humidity hi, of course, you need that hi, and in order to produce the rain. but, it is currently 41 degrees, so just rain. now, what you notice, maybe, in the last couple of hours

here, zoom it out one time off across the pocono region, we towelly had little sleet and even freezing rain mixing in up that way. here's that little lull i mentioned moment ago. so while you may walk out the door, not actually feel anything falling from the sky, just keep in mind, it has been raining most of the night here. so definitely going to be driving along the roadway and dealing with perhaps spray coming off the vehicles. meanwhile, future rain amounts i think, tell good story here. this is not a major, you know, rain event for us. we are expecting up to an inch perhaps little bit more of these values might change with the model, as it updates itself. but this is the general idea, through this evening, perhaps up to an inch of rain in total, so that's an entire days worth of rain. only looking at an inch t could be absolutely so much worse. and as we go through the day here, yes, chilly outside, shooting for 57 degrees, but, it is strictly a rain making system for our area. and then it clears out of here, and it looks as though the coal air will start to rush n but it rushes in by the time the wet weather is ending. so, no snow this time around.

meanwhile, with the rain in the forecast today, you want to make sure your cbs philly weather app is on your support phone, check it around the club, up load pictures, got a loft great features, download it for free right now on itunes and in google play. jess, we send it over to you. >> thunk, katie, good morning, guys, we have a lot to talk becomes messy messy monday morning, only 5:36. relatively early start to all of the mess. we go outside and check out a car fire where you can see, the separation between the clean up and the police activity and the actual car fire. they are zooming in on that right you there, so that's up ahead here. blue route off ramp coming off 95 northbound. access at the northbound side. take mcdade to go around it. see completely close that ramp. police activity there, car fire up straight ahead, a huge mess back up behind that being created as they're keeping commuters separate from this incident so far. over on the schuylkill expressway, at montgomery, you can see an accident over here to the right hands shoulder,

partially taking out that right-hand lane. as everybody heads westbound toward the king every prussia area. no real volume accommodating toward that point. over in new jersey, 259 southbound at rancocas woods, accident with crews on the scene trying to get that cleaned up, as well, partially blocking off the off ramp there, headed southbound, main street at six street an accident there in montgomery county just use some caution. ukee, erika, over to you. >> right now 5:37. and in business news this morning, how much thanksgiving continue kerr cost you. >> and new developments in the general motors recall jill wagner joins us up at the stock he can changes in new york. >> general motors is extending the deadline an extra month for victims of faulty ignition switches to file for competent sayings. kenneth fine berg overseas the funds says it is out after bun dance of caution. now, auto maker just came under new scrutiny, didn't

tell it was linked to the switch, until last week. new deadline january 31, 2015. here on wall street, all eyes could be on asia today, japan unexpectedly said its economy split into recession in the thirds quarter. japan is the world's third biggest economy after the us and china. >> on friday, the markets ended mixed here on wall street, the dow dropped 18 points, the nasdaq gained eight. and there is a new trends when it comes to worker pay. young low and middle wage workers are seeing their paychecks get bigger, faster than older and higher paid workers. this is actually the opposite of what we saw early in the economic recovery. >> and, that turkey dinner could cost you more this thanksgiving. turkey production is at its lowest level in nearly three decades. whole sale turkey prices are at an all time high. so, customers real coy wind up paying more if super markets pason the higher costs to

shoppers, and i know mine probably will. ukee, erika? >> that's what you go to somebody's house for thanksgiving, i've learned. >> for sure you. >> bring the wine or the pie. >> hello. thanks, jill, appreciate it. >> i'll bring an apple pie and done. >> there you go. sounds good. thanks, jill. we are updating our breaking news this morning, including the latest on the pope's plan to visit philadelphia. >> also, the show goes on for bill cosby, the philly comedian responds with more accusations of sexual abuse come out. >> bono just cannot catch a break. we have the words on how the rock star got banged up just days after escaping a scare in the air. first they, here's one of the stories we're working on tonight for "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> we got to stop her. i'm convinced she'll do it again. >> i'm jim donovan, "3 on your side" first expose add local woman accused of ac con artist. >> she is absolutely positively doing this to other people. >> she is wanted by police, and according to new victims, up to her same old scams.

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>> pope francis is officially coming to the city. the pope will visit next september worlds meeting of families, celebrate mass on

the parkway. >> breaking this morning, deadly fire in germantown. man was kill when fire swept through a billing on the 800 block of chelten avenue. four philadelphia police officers were injured, they're being treated now for smoke inhalation, and there is no word on a cause of that fire. this morning, bill cosby finally breaks his silence after weeks of renewed scrutiny over past sexual assault allegations. the accusations have returned to the media spotlight after comedian called cosby a rapinis his stand up routine last month. as don champion reports, despite the growing fire storm, cosby maintains his innocence. >> reporter: comedian bill cosby got plenty of lawyers during the show in erie pennsylvania sunday night. the 77 year old took the stage a mid growing pressure to answer allegations of sexual assault. fans were cautious about passing judgement. >> innocent until proven guilty as far as i under stands in this county of hopefully it doesn't come to

pry eggs. 's pretty large icon. >> allegations that cosby assaulted several women decades ago have gotten renewed attention in recent weeks. he was asked about it during a interview with national public radio on saturday. >> i'm in the news business. i have to ask the question. do you have any response to these charges? shaking your head no. >> the allegations date back to 2005 civil lawsuit that claimed cosby drugged and raped a woman in his home, more than dozen other women with similar stories were prepared to testify, but cosby settled the case. in a statement sunday his attorney discredited the allegations saying, quote, the fact that they're being repeated does not make them true. cosby, has never been charged with sexual assault. don champion, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". now, cosby was supposed to be a guest on the laid show with david letterman this week, but that appearance has been canceled. right now, 5:43, we want traffic and weather g. you got a lot of rain out there, katie, good morning.

>> so we want to check right in, in fact, with the weather watcher, we start things off, just came in with some rain and the, around the region, generally thus far, only been cup he of tents of an inch, in any given location anything from .2 of an inch in chester county to right outside of philly, across the river toward willingboro, almost half inch thus far, here in those areas. we take a look at some of the temperatures that have come, in we will sort them for you here. out in gilbertsville, eileen murray sent in pictures, in tuckerton, 42 degrees from tim mitchell, 39 in chadsford, as well as riverside, those coming in from mark and rhawn respectively. we'll show up one more list here if we can. there go. let it come up. computer is sinking, chalfont, and the list goes on, generally into the mid or upper 30's, so, it is just warm enough, that it is a chilly rain, nothing more. now, that said, this is a very

large system. we go next to storm scan3, and taking a look at the system in its entirety, and it is upright broad system, got a lot of moisture to work with, down toward the deep south, may be severe weather potential later on today, here for northern florida for example. there could even be isolated tornado down that way, obviously, quite a bit of snow and some mixing, on the northwest branch of this. but as for us, we're kind of just stuck in the middle here, where we end up more than anything with just straight up rain. now, there will likely be rain off and on any time today. but there is indication in the computer model we may get little break, little lull in the action. between the hours of 7:00 and 11:00. not everyone getting a break for the entire time, not everyone getting a break at all, but, that said, it does look like there is a little easing up before the next round comes through, few showers then between 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., by that point basically done with. >> this once done with the

rain temperatures plummet, don't break out of the lower 30's tomorrow. that said, factoring in a win, pretty persistent westerly wind no less. what it will do is knock your feels-like values back. so it probably, tomorrow, feels no better than the teens >> today shock to the system today, soggy. >> sog n and cold, not a fan. 5:46. we go outside on the actual blue route off ramp. this is the off ramp, car fire, almost not even see what's going on here because of all of the smoke, crews on the scene trying to get it cleaned up, out of the way. they have completely closed, so traffic is really stacked up, behind this point. trying to keep those cars a significant distance away from the actual scene. alternates for the the time being, if you want to access the off ramp, northbound, take

mcdade boulevard, instead. now, over on the schuylkill expressway, an accident, actually just cleared up, just seconds ago, here on the westbound lanes, but this is at montgomery, so headed westbound looking good see brake lights as they rounds the corner right over here, and eastbound toward center city still moving along great so far. now an accident out in delaware, 495 southbound, just near route 13, taking out the right hand lane there, be prepared to squeeze on by to the left-hand side. >> you can download the app for iphone, and android devices by going to cbsphilly.com/your driver. >> ♪ >> the word is pain. u2 front man bono fell off his by riding around central park. we are told he hurt his arm so badly he had to have surgery. now they have to cancel, news of the fall comes days after the rear hatch flew off an aircraft taking the singer

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region as a whole here today, seasonable day, but chilly and obviously quite soggy with this latest storm. >> from 959 northbound, to access the blue route northbound, you're not going to be able to right now, see this completely closed off fire activity, on the scene right here, and completely closed it off for the commuters really back up fiffifteen percent or moreon c. everybody knows that.

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>> first, official word from the vatican overnight, pope francis is coming next year. that sparks world meeting of families. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo at the archdioces offices in center sit which more breaking details, jan, good morning. >> just able to speak with member on the board every trustees for the world meeting of families, and he tells me, that it is no telling where this pope might show up when he is in philadelphia. he is a pope of the people. he likes to keep his own schedule. so you just never know. rally start ramming up the planning for this because the pope bridges huge crowds where ever he goes goes, they'll try to figure out where he will stay, what exactly he will do while in philadelphia. we do know it is likely he'll partake in the clothing events in 2015, in september, during this world meeting of family