pope francis gets ready to face congress on his final day in washington, coming up, some issues the pope is expect to discuss in his historic address. and just two days until the pope arrives here in our city and workers are setting up a perimeter around the parkway. around the clock preparation really kick nothing to high gear, as we get in the the city each day gets more and more senting. >> each day is a a little bit longer. it is thursday september 24th i'm quarter von tiehl. >> i'm nicole brewer. the lets start with weather and traffic. >> good morning, everybody. >> yes. and we're looking good. we are preparing for pope to arrive so a lot of road

closures. we have an accident on the 42 freeway but first how is it looking outside. >> it is a gorgeous day. if this is how fall is going to be i say okay i hope winter reflects this same pattern. the lets take a live look at our neighborhood network to see some temperatures. new castle 55. forty-nine as we take a look at millville. chilly there. fifty-three doylestown and bensalem at 54. philadelphia at 60-degree mark. you can see wide, varied temperatures taking a look. we will see a few 40's. i haven't seen those since i have been here in philadelphia live look at storm scan three shows we are doing well with our skies, a few cloud out there but it will will be a beautiful day today. we work our way up to 81 degrees. we will go back to the 07's on friday, cloud coming in and disturbance to the south of us will make it breezy and cloudy on our at day for our papal vice witt a high of 74. what worries me is weekend

rain threat and that is on sunday. we have a nice warm fall day here for day number two and fall i am concerned about our papal event forecast. we will talk about that rain threat that could have a big problem for events outside, on sunday, we will get into that, but for now, lets head over to meisha. >> focus on those 80's. >> yesterday i opened up my screen door and bam, all this warm air came in. beautiful. good morning, everyone. still very early and dark outside. we have an accident 42 freeway north bound at creek road for those coming from new jersey approaching 295, just notice this is blocking the far right lane, shoulder as well as that center lane. primarily you can see flashing lights and it is in the center lane. the drivers trying to go by but already, at 4:30 in the morning we can see how much volleys on 42, already. we're not in the 5:00 o'clock hour. that could be an indication things could get busy. i-95 southbound at girard all week long is where we see

volume and we will start, even in the 5:00 o'clock hour. 4:30 this is what you are looking a at i-95 south at girard 422 eastbound at pennsylvania turnpike looking good, erika, over to you. pope francis makes history this morning when he becomes first leader of the catholic church to address a joint meeting of congress. >> he is likely to repeat where he stand on climate change and immigration a long the the route security got its first test here five-year old girl made her way through a barrier and a on to the pope's route. pope says, bring her over. >> what did you give him. >> a shirt. >> in a letter a daughter of undocumented immigrants pleaded with the pope to talk to lawmakers about immigration reform. pope made history when he elevated an 18th century spanish missionary to sainthood. it is the the first canonization on american soil. pope francis will arrive in new york city later today. final security preparations are underway for his visits.

nypd commissioner bill brat on is touring venues mope francis will visit in the next few days. nypd says they have 6,000 office's signed to the pope and u.n. not to mention other resources. making the security plan even more complicated, the pope is going to be in the big apple at the same time as 170 head of state. they are gathering for u.n. general assembly. they don't have have enough on their plate right now. >> yes. >> throw another one on the pile. 4:34n preparations for the pope continue in our area. >> crews are working around the clock at independent hall and ben franklin parkway and every where else it seems. >> justin finch joins us on the parkway with more, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. work has been going on around the clock non-stop it seems to get the city ready for the pope. maybe you can see, the jumbo josh here, all the way down to independence hall and all this is happening to get our city ready for perhaps millions to

come here to see the pope. biggest make over happening right here on the parkway. all day, and night it seems workers have a job to do. some are installing guardrails a along city streets and outer lanes of the ben franklin parkway which is now closed from the art museum to 20th street n that space workers are building tents, raising press risers, bleachers, jumbo trons and two stages and all eyes will be on one of the main stage at the base of the art museum steps which will transform into the papal stage for that sunday mass. organizers, are bracing for as many a as 1 million attende toss flock to the parkway a cross town another big set up, at independent hall, as a similar around the clock preparations are happening there as are here on the parkway. chopper three with the bird eye view of the build up, seating and staging are already in place and there is still more work to be done. this will be the site of the papal speech sat the day where the pope is set to touch on

topics which include immigration, and faith. now you are looking at one of those large jumbo tron is here on the parkway here, if you are wondering when the the break down will happen in this area, we will be told it will be soon after sunday's festivity and art museum and 20th street and parkway area should reopen by next thursday and at 5:00 a.m. we will take another look at papal prep plus a look at what you can and cannot bring and ahead for you leave yourselfe sticks and all that kind of stuff at home, they will not aloud. live on the parkway i'm's justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> nicole is disappoint about the selfie stick but thank you. >> erika about the drones. >> what will we do. as we get closer to the pope's visit more and more people seeking spiritual peace at basilica of saints peter a and paul. here at grotto several people prayed in the early hours of the morning. this he were there to write down their intentions on a piece of paper. >> just an experience to see the the potential,

opportunity. >> it is beautiful. i love all of the ribbons on the the prayers and welcoming the pope. >> reporter: creators hope the holy father will stop by to bless it. it will be up through the the end of the papal visit. meantime world meeting of families is entering its third day here. on wednesday mayor michael nutter participated in a for one other mayors as part of the conference at lasalle university. they spoke about the will challenges representing the the communities and importance of families. earlier in the day thousands packed the convention center for meeting's keynote address by new gunie cardinal robert farrah. those who took part says it was just inspiring. >> we look around here and you have 17,000 of your closest friend and neighbors from 150 countries who have come here to philadelphia a. >> reporter: theme of the world meeting of families is love is our mission, the the family, fully alive. one of the word seems to be very interested in pope fran is is, google says most

searches about the holy father came from bala cynwyd on wednesday. it is possible many searches on the pope are just outside of bala akin wood. student at st. joes university says he is certain his classmates have been googling about the pope on both side of city line avenue. >> it makes me proud, to go to st. joes right here in the neighborhood and i googled the pope coming. pretty excited bit. >> maybe were you in the google search list. >> for sure. >> reporter: pope is spending the weekend at saint charles seminar any wynnewood. we are told he goes to sleep at 10:00 o'clock at night and early reiser, so if he is watching right now, on a off chance, main streaming, cbs philly.com good morning to you. septa is helping pilgrims deal with the expected conquest at the regional rail stations. estimated 20,000 people will board trains, at the paoli station in chester county in route to philadelphia for the papal visit but keep in mind there are only 600 parking

spaces. septa is encouraging pilgrims to get a ride to the station. employees will be giving out water and snacks to those standing in what is expect to be very long lines. >> looking at approximately turnaround every half an hour we will be moving about a thousand people, give or take. >> it seems like a big catholic block party. we are all in the same boat, maybe some extra blessings will be sent our way, send them to paoli, we could use it. >> now if you drive don't park at nearby businesses, warning your car will be towed. if you are on top of any traffic issues the the city of philadelphia has unveiled a text alert system for use during the world meeting of families and, papal visit. all you have to do is text papal visit all one word to 888777, you'll get information on the weather, as well as any possibly mergecy information too, nicole. erika, the pope is bringing a lot of a list celebrities here to philadelphia. actor mark wahlberg was

spotted yesterday working out at philadelphia sporting club at the bellevue. wahlberg hosting the world meeting of families festival on the the parkway. according to the philly gossip guy the actor is staying at rittenhouse motel with most of the or performers and vip guests, all madonna. >> she went to book a room at the the rittenhouse and it was full so now she's staying at loews. >> if you spot a celebrity or on the parkway or at home watching history unfold, we want to hear from you, tweet us at cbs philly/hashtag cbs philly pope. tune in tonight to cbs-3 for special half an hour papal special. jessica dean and ukee washington will be live on the ben franklin parkway as city enter in the final phase of fanfare before the pope's arrival. our own pat ciarrocchi will explore the pope's history and hear from those who know him well. it all starts tonight at 7:00 p.m. right here on cbs 36789. count on "eyewitness news"

for complete coverage of the papal visit, look for live reports from our david spunt starting tonight up in new york city. of course, we will bring you live coverage of every event during the pope's stay in philadelphia, this weekend, we've got you covered. >> we certainly do. >> 4:41. more bad news for the bird. >> yes. >> how much more can eagles nation take. >> one of the teams star players had to leave practice early. we will tell you who, coming up, we are back

new this morning an argument between two moan in west oak lane land them both in the hospital. investigators tell us they got in the altercation near 67th and ogontz around 1:00 a.m. one man pick up a two-by-four hitting another man. when that man pull out a knife stabbing the the other four times. stabbing victim is in extremely critical condition. victim with the head jurist now stable. there is no word right now if police plan to file any charges. the the papal visit has

really put a twist on plans for 24th annual irish festival in north wildwood. >> it the gets underway and runs through the weekend. due to mandatory overtime many nurses, police officers and fire fighters in the philadelphia area who usually a ten won't be able to make it. fail police and fire pipes and drums had to cancel a performance but organizers say the event will march on, big crowds are still expected. hopefully they have a nice day because you hate to see something like that, go by the way side. >> yes. >> nice alternative if you did want to to get out of the town and avoid everyone coming to town. >> that is right. >> because do you feel for the people because it is exciting but it will put a kink in places. >> little inconvenient. >> rain on sunday. >> yes, that is a problem. we have a disturbance to the south. lets talk about where we are today, we have terrific news today. >> okay. >> lets do that first. we have had a wonderful start to fall, everybody will continue that today with sunshine and a high of 81 degrees. check it out. >> yeah.

>> do you like that ladies. >> beautiful. >> looking at our forecast you will see that sunshine today and well above average temperatures, i think this is a nice way to head toward the the weekend at least. if you look at what we're expecting plenty of sunshine, those highs near 81 degrees and a nice clear night. very comfortable. temperatures in philadelphia 60 degrees. fifty-two in reading. fifty-seven in wildwood where that irish festival will be this weekend. then we will get to the shore and we're in the 50's and 60's. sixty-one at barnegat light. fifty-four down at cape may. i want to mention there is a a high rip current risk yet again, please be mindful, we have some wind rolling in the northeast that is helping to push that water on shore, live look, shows our skies are quite nice we have a few high clouds right there and this is our problem. the disturbance to the south, that is expected to travel, a little will bit up the coast and that is why we could potentially see some showers as we get into sunday. i'm's hoping it stays to the south but this is what is happening. high pressure in control now,

we will get moved out of the way. cloudy a and breezy on saturday. sunday we will see disturbance tracking from the south, and that is why we have a shower chance in there. saturday cloudy and breezy but sunday low 70's and a chance of showers. today we are looking on it for a high of 81. mostly sunny skies. the nice abe comfortable. we have a low of 59, and a quick look at your seven day forecast shows we will see those temperatures get back to fall like in the 07's with you next week i see another 80, ladies. >> wow, we will take it. >> let's put them in while we can. in sports, eagles running back demarco murray is listed as questionable for sunday's game with the jets at meadow land. murray will be evaluated after leaving yesterday's practice with the the ham strict injury. the team canceled its scheduled meeting with the press, after the injury. the the murray led the nfl in rushing last season with the cowboys but just 11-yard in the first two games with the bird. not such a hot start. eagles are facing questions about their

struggling offense, after sunday's game with the cowboys wide receiver josh hoff said he thought the cowboys knew their plays but jed coach kelly said, he spoke to hoff and kelly a says that is not the case. >> i think we have been varied in our two games and we do different job changing formations and things like that. when you are not the successful i think guys are grasping. >> chip kelly keeping it real. >> we will have nfl action tonight on cbs-3. we have a big nfc east match up between redskins and giants. that begins with pregame activities at 7:30. again, thursday night football on cbs-3. talking baseball phillies and marlins back at it again tonight in south florida. last night extra innings between two teams, displaying out the string. phillies and marlins played until the 11th inning, and degordon ended it with the base hit to the right. marlins had a four-three

victory. tonight is alan asher for philadelphia is begins former phillies farm hand, pitcher. that is report, we will be right back.

time for a check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange and jill, volkswagen's board is expected to meet to discuss replacement for ceo. we got the text alert that he stepped down what do you know, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the martin took full responsibility for emissions rigging scandal but he says he didn't know bit. the ought other maker admitted to breaking 11 million vehicles. volkswagen shares jumped 6 percent. the is there still 25 percent below closing price. last friday. and this friday, the nicole and erika said the board is expected to meet to figure out who will replace him. we will see. >> on a sweeter note star

bucks we hear welcoming colder weather with the first new fall drink in four years. this is pretty exciting, jill, i know. >> reporter: exciting for me, anyway. toasted graham lattes is what they are rolling out. wafers of graham and sweet cream and graham crumble. it is designed to taste like that left overseer qualifications milk, slightly fewer calories and sugar than pumpkin spies zoo latte. >> very interesting. >> that remind me after that big bowl of cinnamon toast crunch cinnamon in there, left overs. >> yes. >> reporter: that is exactly what star bucks mentioned in their press release. yes. >> i know. >> yes. >> coming up after the break we will get another check of weather and traffic. >> we will be right back.

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>> good morning erika. good morning to all of you at home. we do have an accident for those in new jersey, on the 42 freeway north bound at creek road. you can see them pulled off to the right shoulder block ago this right lane as well. use caution around here. not causing too many slow downs but volume levels on 42, are creeping up this morning, early in the 4:00 o'clock hour. here's the schuylkill eastbound past girard, looking good here, levels are remaining steady. that is what we want to see at 5:00. ninety-five north at 322. we have not much to see. a a few headlights, taillights approaching commodore barry bridge. then tonight man done ace coming to the wells fargo center at 8:00 p.m. how awesome is that, kyla. >> would i love to see her in concert. >> me too. >> that would be fun. >> imagine is still kicking it. >> still kicking it. the she's looking great. the i think we should be going to that if we didn't to have wake up a at 3:00 o'clock in the morning. well, for madonna we have lovely weather today to tell

you that much. we are looking good for our forecast today. we are taking a live look at center city and you can see what i'm talking about 59 degreesment skies are relatively clear. we will see a little bit of the chill in the air, saying in allentown at 48. millville 49. so you are starting off the day cooler but storm scan three shows we will have nice clear skies, lots of sunshine, it will be a beautiful day with a high of 81 degrees. philadelphia down the shore 76 and little breezy down there in the poconos at 74 degrees but loss of sunshine. we have a big game tonight, if anybody might want to think about watching this, redskins taking on the giants. 69 degrees, partly cloudy skies. that is great football weather, ladies. we will talk about the papal weekend forecast. that is where we have a bit of the problem, folks. we could see rain on sunday. i will be back with the seven day forecast and let's head over to nicole. >> kyla, thanks. lets get a check of the stories our sister station kyw news radio 060 is following.

philadelphia's contract with the world meeting of families prompts suburban leaders to ask for reimbursement. big wireless companies working to make sure cell service and battery life stays juiced up this weekend. heavenly deserving for a pope, ice cream shop in olde city will be serving pope francis while in town. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060. how we are helping red cross during the papal visit. we will have a live report. also a ahead a car slams in the store but it the noise accident, more of the surveillance video and plus what those thieves got away with. an update on the two high school football players a accused of intentionally targeting a referee, we will be back at the top of the hour.

pope francis heads to the capitol today to address congress. we are live in washington with the preview of his remarks. plus here at home preparations continue on the parkway overnight we're just two days a away from pope francis visit to philadelphia. a live look at storm scab three do you see that system down to the south? it could bring rain this weekend, last thing you want to hear, kyla has your papal forecast, hopefully it stays down to the south. >> that is what we are hoping fingers crossed say your prayers if you are coming to see the pope. we will have more on the forecast in a moment. >> we will have more, it is september between the fourth, i'm quarter von tiehl. >> i'm nicole brewer. kyla and meisha are keeping an eye on things for us this

morning. kyla, we are hoping this rain gets out of here. >> it is all up to you, in your hand. >> no pressure at all. >> last night i was watching as they lit up the stage. i live right next to where this a all happened. they lit up the stage and playing sound, testing the sound system. they were playing michael jackson. >> man done ace coming to town if you just missed that, we were talking about madonna coming to town. >> yeah, man. >> good stuff. >> take ate way, girl. >> lets talk weather. it is a beautiful day to day. we have some trouble this weekend. we are looking good. exactly, lets look at our temperatures. we are at 60 in philadelphia. forty-eight in allentown and mount pocono. forty-nine in millville. fifty-five in wildwood. fifty-three at atlantic city. wind is nice and calm out of the north/north east this morning. the wind will not be a problem today. we will look live at storm scan three. this is where we have the problem. we are clear where we are. looking to the south we see this disturbance off the carolina coastline and that is slowly but surely going to be trucking toward the