and this morning we're hoping that the pope got a little extra shut eye this morning after a jammed pack day full of event giving a historic speech at independent mall and finishing with the inspirational night at the festival of families. quite a night there in center city. workers has been busy converting last night's concert stage in today's alter for the papal mass on the parkway another event sure to be a momentous occasion. today is sunday, september 27th, good morning, to you thanks so much for being here. we are so glad you are here as part of the coverage this weekend. i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm erika von tiehl. you mentioned those workers still out here this morning setting everything up making sure it is perfect for when pope francis celebrates mass today at 4:00 p.m. owe has a busy schedule ahead of him before that even happens. he is waking up at saint

charles borromeo, right now, with the other fathers and he will head to philadelphia's largest prison. that will be happening later on today at 11:00 o'clock. he will meet with a select group of inmate, staff, victims of crimes of the curran-fromhold correctional facility in northeast philadelphia pope francis is known to visit the prisons since he has bee conn the pope and security as you might imagine will be exception hi tight for this event. want to touch back on the festival of families, nicole mentioned this. you did say he was the easily the biggest star last night for the big blow out celebration. he was in some very good company though. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> aretha franklin belting it out performing a stirring rendition of amazing race. queen of soul then wanted to sing that song in particular because she find it universal, loved and a appreciated by those of all faiths, in a

touching performance. >> ♪ we are family >> can you think of the better song, the a appropriate song from sister sledge, philadelphia native performed that 1979 song we all know the word to, we are family. just a perfect choice for world meeting of families to see this year is the family, alive. we loved watching the audience sing along with sister sledge. actor mark wahlberg was the mc last night for the ceremony. he says he credits his catholic faith for helping turn him around after a rough upbringing in boston. also performing comedian jim gafi the g thean. he talks about his family and catholic faith. you just know it was hilarious. >> you know, i heard it last night. i didn't realize he had had five children. >> oh, yeah. >> they were the butt of his jokes. he doesn't mess around, he is pretty funny.

>> he pokes fun at himself. >> yes, very self deprecating. right now, we're keeping an eye on traffic and whither together. it is important on a weekend like this. lets start with meteorologist kyla grogan in the weather center and everything is looking good for the most part. >> normally it would be a cloudy, breezy day, fantastic, but today we will keep marky mark dry, all right, as he could be watching us right now. >> he could be. >> wouldn't that be something. >> yes. >> happy to have you here in philadelphia. happy to have so many of you in philadelphia, so cool to be here in philadelphia when this is happening. i'm happy to tell you weather is on our side. models looking good. cloudy and windy. we he have that to deal w stray sprinkle possible and we will stay dry today. monday look out for afternoon showers and for to it warm up. current temperatures in philadelphia 60 degrees right the now. forty-seven in chilly mount pocono. sixty-one down in atlantic city. live look at storm scan three shows you just how close that wet weather will be to us,

folks but it will stay pretty much away from philadelphia today. that means if you are heading out the this afternoon to the papal masses as so many will be, cool and breezy, watch out for that sprinkle and 73-degree temperature. so make sure you bun will will up and ready for it. it will feel chillier then that low 70's because wind will be with us. high of 75 in philadelphia, cloudy a as well for the shore and looking out for flooding because of the wind today. shore of a high of 73. poconos starting off with sun and included this afternoon and high of 65 degrees. we will talk about the the rest of the seven day forecast and little more in depth on our papal visit forecast. but for now lets head over to the lovely meisha, who has had her handful with this traffic business. >> i have, certainly. here's a live look at i-95 northbound ramp to the vine. thinks where it is closed, and, still drivable for most of us, but this is what we are used to. that visual just no vehicles on the the roadways, an erie thing. reminder of these road closures through monday. i have been tweeting them,

talking about them, putting them up for you. we are used to these even if you tried to drive them you now know they are closed but quick reminder, your new jersey closures until around noon time on monday, you can read through these as well. these are ones that i have been tweeting, talking about, putting up. you are familiar with these. i wanted to give you a quick glance at those again. also the pope, is at the seminary this a.m. meeting with bishops at saint martin's chapel at 9:30 a.m. because of that city avenue is closed between lancaster avenue and belmont a avenue until late afternoon for today. those wondering about city avenue. in the traffic box within this green line the red zone is where you have to go through metal detectors from the art museum area through 12th street, erika, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. it will be packed here on the parkway in, just a few short hours, we're wondering will we fit 1 million people here on the parkway for that papal mass? want to check with "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch who joins us from the parkway with more on how we are

converting this great papal stage in the alter and preparations, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. the the work on that stage continues right now, it has been going all night and finishing touches are falling into place for that mass this afternoon. lets take a closer look now, as of now, workers are taking stage smoothing out carpets, preparing alter and doing so much more in the audience, they are lighting up chairs in sharp straight line for perfect presentation. some 10,000 tickets have been handed out for a historic mass, all seats are expected to be taken. much different show from yesterday's festival of families concert. pope francis, watched famous names take the mike. he seemed thrilled by stories of families from around the world, each sharing how their family's faith, strength, brought them through personal challenges. the pope was serenaded by the queen, aretha franklin, whose rift on amazing grace had him clapping and smiling. andre bocelli and others

woeded crowd of thousands too. among them two sisters one who just met the pope when he stopped in washington and another who just wanted a glimpse of him, lets take a listen. >> so he just walk in the the back door of his chapel out of his car, into our chapel. we were all responding. he just started spontaneously going from sister to sister shaking one hand and to talk to us. >> i saw the pope going down this roadway right here. >> reporter: what did you think? >> it was worth it. i just loved him and i wanted to see a man with love in his eyes. i'm about to celebrate the my 60th anniversary of being a sister and i thought last pope i saw was pope john the 23rd when i was only 14 years old. >> reporter: she will than among the crowd at 4:00 when that mass begins this mass could draw a million people or more to the parkway, everyone

i'm sure, erika is praying it will in the rain. back over to you. >> i think we have good news from kyla, fingers are crossed. justin, thank you so much. before pope francis head over here to the parkway for that papal mass at 4:00 p.m. he will meet with bishops at saint charles seminary. reporters from iain bush from our kyw news radio 1060 joins us now. he joins us from the seminary in wynnewood with more on a exciting morning for them, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika. day has begun here for seminarians, a call to pray eras meditation ten minutes ago and some breakfast. after that it is anything but normal since the pope is here, by 8:30 those seminarians will line hallways human tunnel for their quarterback. he will walk down the hall, the logia and at the end of that he will meet the oldest priest in the philadelphia archdiocese monsignor charles manahan, he is the retired pastor at st. joes in

collindale and he will meet the new young seminarians. from there for the pope it is to saint martin's and several hundred cardinals and bishops are expect there. pope francis will sit at the head of the alter. chair he was in was last used by pope john paul the second in 1979. we expect to hear francis talk about the importance of the church being intentive to the needs of family and those struggling with economic, social issues and especially those in developing countries here. our iain bush reporting, thanks very much. talk about a once in a lifetime experience, thank you. now as we want to talk about there is a party at the parkway last night festival of the families. before that pope francis was at independent hall and he touched on hot button issues as he spoke there from racism to immigration. our charlotte huffman joins us from independent mall and she has more on that, charlotte, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is a a lot more quieter here now then it was 12 hours

ago when people, 40,000 actually filled these chairs to welcome pope francis to this historic landmark. the it started with the holy father a's parade around independent mall where a traditional pope francis style we saw the the peoples pope stop to kiss and bless children before finally arriving here at independent hall a place that became a symbol of our country. hundreds of years ago when declaration of independence and the constitution were a adopted and yesterday marked another chapter in the history books for independent mall. upon arriving the pontiff was presented with a 5-foot cross from the the hispanic community. it was fitting that the pope francis then addressed the crowd of dignitaries and ticketed faithful in spanish. speaking about immigration equality, and religious freedom. using the same lectern abraham lincoln used forget isberg addressee reminded people of all face to continue fighting for ideals establish here many

years ago. >> you remind american democracy of the ideals for which it was founded, and you remind that society is weakened whenever and where ever any in justice prevails. >> i could not stop crying. it is a big emotion. >> he addressed all these people. i'm not even catholic. >> we are traveling from mexico because we believe that this pope has grace in his heart and he has made a big difference. >> reporter: no matter what faith, people seem to leave here inspired with new thoughts on equality and justice. we are live at independent mall i'm charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> just an emotional couple daisy think for all of us, of every faith in the the city, thank you very much. once again we are live at ben franklin parkway. we have more coverage coming up. right now lets head back inside to our intrepid nicole

brewer. >> i keep having to smooth out those goose bumps, it that is kind of weekend. much more ahead on "eyewitness news" including a check of the forecast with kyla a lot of people outdoors for many hours, i will have your forecast coming up to get you ready for papal events, nicole. kyla, thanks. first another look the a the parkway where people are starting to gather for today's historic mass. already they are pilgrimming, as we go to break more sound from last night festival of families. >> ♪

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hill, a member of the keystone state boy choir. after meeting the pope he got a hug from mc mark wahlberg and funny moment here, bobby told wahlberg something that surprised the actor. >> that right there was truly the the voice of an angel. but then he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie ted. >> i told him, that was not appropriate the for a boy of his age. >> bobby also sat down with our ukee washington and jessica dean last night, we will have that interview, do not miss this one coming up in our next half an hour. nicole, kyla, meisha, this is one of those voices we just didn't see it coming. just a beautiful sound. >> it stops you in your tracks. >> yes. >> so cool. >> but, so many moments of people from philadelphia, popping forward to be part of all of this. >> yes. >> maybe you didn't even know

or hear it. >> yes, that is for sure. >> you can sing like an angel too in the studio, all morning >> yes. >> the thing about this weather too because we have some rain. >> yes, it is close, right. we will see sprinkles but it will not hold anything back from the ceremony being fantastic today. we will be seeing all these events. the lets look the at the forecast. it will be cool. at best we will see a high of 75 degrees. at 9:00 a.m. 67 degrees. seventy-two at 1:00 p.m. seventy-three at 4:00 p.m. we will have a breeze like yesterday and spotty sprinkle out there too. do not bundle up and be ready for a few sprinkles to come your way but we are looking good. taking a live look at storm scan three you can see what is going on here. we have cloud. you'll see that precipitation to the south and west of philadelphia but that looks like it will stay there and it will keep us relatively dry today. i'm so glad to be reporting. that what we have going on

right now is win will kick up again today. we have high and low pressure. sunday night for future weather. clockwise circulation around the high pressure, counterclockwise around low pressure. they squeeze together to get wind going. by 4:00 p.m. monday we have got some showers rolling in here and as we start to get into our tuesday windy conditions and looking out the for more widespread showers. not that we don't have rain yet the but we are getting a a reprieve and that is fantastic. current temperatures in philadelphia 60 degrees. we will see 54 in reading. sixty-one down in atlantic city. let's head down the shore and talk about that today because we have trouble brewing down there. sixty-seven in ocean city. sixty-six in stone harbor. lets talk about the win. we will see it pick up today. you can see where we are less than 10 miles an hour except for dover. but that wind will start to pile water up on the shore so it drives it in. we have a coastal flood advisory for areas in green and we could see minor flooding. just a heads up those living down there know you need to be on, alert for something like

this and we are looking at gusty wind up to 25 miles an hour, rough surf and minor coast aal flooding. with you today we are catching a break. seventy-five is our high. breezy, cloudy, we could see a few sprinkles out there. that northeast wind will be a problem today so just make sure you you are ready. mostly cloudy tonight, cool and a low of 60 degrees. that wind will relent a little bit tonight and giving us a break. seven day forecast shows a wild roller coaster ride of temperatures. by monday we are up to 79 degrees. tuesday 80. and then by friday we are seeing a high of 68. get your jack he it back out, meisha. it will be one of those do i bring the jacket? do i not the bring the jacket. you know, i'm starting to wear longer sleeves, as an indication it is getting cold for my minnesota bones. ben franklin bridge, it is closed, no vehicles, pedestrian can cross, and this will open tomorrow, at noon time. that is the good news. for those just ancy to get over that bridge again that will be opened, kind of a

nicer shot we were showing earlier the new jersey bridge just a beautiful shot. it is so opened. reminders for those taking septa 18 stations are open, services at center city started at 5:30 a.m. and goes until noon and out at 5:30 p.m. last one at 12:30 a.m. prohibited items you can see them on the trains, trolleys right down below. hard to see with the string going across the bottom here but no, bicycles, animals, service animals, only are allowed, items larger than your lap, also, and you must depart at the same station, you arrived at. also septa's airport line is running with powerly services. the septa's broad street line and market frankford line of expanded services between 5:30 . you can get on those lines from any of the opened station for those wandberg that, nicole, over to you. well, pope francis isn't the only visitor from the vatican or is he the first? still a head our pat ciarrocchi has a look back at the 1979 visit of pope john

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by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] welcome back. we are broadcasting live for you here from the ben franklin parkway, right just a few hours, this afternoon, pope francis will celebrate mass. pope francis is not first pope to gather this kind of a crowd here in philadelphia. the peoples pope, pope john paul, ii did the same back in 1979. our pat ciarrocchi and dick standish look back at that visit. >> there he is, right there.

>> reporter: after hours of waiting, the pope was on philadelphia soil. on broad street the faithful eager foreign a glimpse, crowded up to eight people deep. >> it was a big crowd, happy crowd. >> reporter: former "eyewitness news" reporter dick standish waited too, to witness history. >> we were looking down broad street. we're looking, looking, looking, all of a sudden, here comes the motor cade. is it up to city hall already. it felt like it was going 60. >> this excitement, this thrill, you could see it and the the huge crowds. >> reporter: with his close friend philadelphia's john cardinal krol, the pope passed in a flash. >> moving at a very good clip, faster then we had expected. >> reporter: john paul the second was captivating the the world elect just a year before, younger then any modern day pope, polish,

charismatic. >> ever think you would see a pope here in philadelphia. >> reporter: on october 3rd, 1979, the french family never expect such an encounter. they lived near the the cardinals resident very close to the seminary where pope francis will stay on this visit. herb is now 88, wondered would they see john paul. >> my wife, daughter and i, went out, and stood on the sidewalk the at the curb, waiting for him, to come by. there was a helicopter, and then there were motorcycles, and vehicles that obviously came from the city, police force and then the pope came riding by. >> first he stood up, and he was so handsome. >> as he rode by our house he turned to us and he blessed us. >> we looked at each other and we could not believe this, here was a nice jewish family and we were just blessed by the pope. he was such a presence, so close we could have touched

him. >> reporter: now nearly 36 years later, still a moment that can feel mystical. >> it was not just catholics, it spread to people of other religions, maybe even some people that didn't have a religion, you know, it was a big deal, a pope doesn't come to philadelphia a every year. >> reporter: pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". just love those stories. >> jewish family blessed by the the pope, it is what it is a all about. a as we go to break another look at what will be a very busy place, parkway later today as philadelphia region gets ready to celebrate a very special mass with pope francis, first we want to show you last night performance by andre bocelli in the festival of families, something to remember. we will be right back. >> ♪

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and, good morning to you so glad you are with us on this sunday morning i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm quarter von tiehl. we are broadcasting live from the ben franklin parkway where just last night thousands of people gathered for festival of the families. as soon as the crowd moved out, all of these workers moved in. they are converting the papal stage to an alter for mass later today at 4:00 p.m. celebrated by pope francis. he has a jammed packed schedule let me tell you before he takes off for rome later on tonight. 9:15 this morning pope francis meets with seminarians and bishops at saint charles seminary. at 11:00 he will visit curran-fromhold correctional facility. at 4:00 p.m. with what so many catholics have have been looking forward to pope francis celebrating mass right behind me at ben franklin parkway. then at 8:00 p.m. he wraps up this whirlwind tour of the

u.s. and then heads back to rome. the alter is just about set. these workers can take a break on the ben franklin parkway. crews have been working throughout the night to get this all set and perfect for mass later today. let's check with "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff where i know some people were sleeping out trying to get a good view of the pope later on today, good morning. >> reporter: including that alter work i don't know if there is a whole lot of sleep, that could be had with the commotion at this hour. there was some construction but look at this, sleeping bags, up and down these railings here way more than yesterday. i think people realize they really did want to get in on this and see pope francis front and center, for themselves. the last night there was such an overwhelming feeling of emotion, there was so much energy that was going on last night. i feel like that has transitioned to this calm, this calm, contemplation, might call it. just yesterday everybody

reflecting on so many, from the independent mall all the way backup here to the parkway to the music, performances and the finally with fire works and that was an overwhelming event. to be able to have that energy to come out today and it was really big but that stage that you have seen over and over again in that footage now transformed into a papal, it will be, you know, front and center area for this worship service, this mass at 4:00 a.m. this morning. that is what everyone is here for. that is setting the stage for today. that stage from last night is now an alter. that is presiding over hundreds of thousands here on the parkway later this have afternoon. once again, as we talk about people that come in with the intention of worshiping licensing side pope francis we have 13 year-old a alycia here. her family just got here. i thought maybe you slept here because you got here so early. tell me what you guys have just done. >> we have come from boston and traveled for seven hours to get here. we got here the at 4:00 a.m.

>> reporter: how are you going to keep energy up throughout the day. >> just the the thought of having him here, keeps me up, excited to be here. >> reporter: wow, 13 years old, you will have a life changing experience of seeing pope francis. how do you think this will be able to change your life? what does he mean to you? >> well, i think he is a really modern pope and he is changing peoples lives by acceptingtive rent people that are not really accepted in the church. i think that me seeing him, i will be able to tell the story to my kids and honestly just be part of my life. >> reporter: this is obviously life changing experience for all of us involved here, something we will talk about. that mass is at 4:00 p.m. many people eager for that to begin. reporting live from the ben franklin parkway, alexandria hoff, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". nicole, don't you a agree there is a terrific energy in

the air all weekend long, since we have been here, it just keeps you going. it doesn't matter how little sleep you got but you are so excited. >> the adrenaline nothing he is here, there is something about the hair in philadelphia you are absolutely right. how about that a 13 user old, yes. >> yes. >> we want to transition to your forecast though and see if we will keep dry for the pope's mass on the parkway, kyla grogan standing by with the check of the forecast, kyla. >> good morning. we are looking good today. we could see sprinkles out there and certainly some wind to contend with but rain will be holding off for us and i like the sound of that. lets start with a alive look at an hour neighborhood network. good morning for those in cut town. the beautiful. 50 degrees. the wind east at the 4 miles an hour. we have sunshine in philadelphia too. this is taking a look at the the center city area. 60 degrees currently and wind north east at 9 miles an hour. that wind can be a little bit of a hitch in the gid i up as i say, as we take a look at

this afternoon but you can see rain staying off to the south and west as we take a live look at storm scan three. that is good news. heading out to see papal mass, this afternoon about 4:00 o'clock. 73 degrees, cool, breezy but we do not have to worry about any major deluge have of rain. 7:00p in m it will be 66 degrees. it will be cool and we will cooler because we have that breeze to contend with. we will warm up monday and take umbrella with you. we have a high of 79, 80 on tuesday but don't get too used to it, because those temperatures are coming down. we are in our fall season have after all. lets head out the to the parkway and i'm curious, erika, how is weather looking at where you are right now. >> just fantastic. the little bit of the chill in the air but terrific watching the the sky light up behind us, behind the alter, it is a bought full morning here and we love it. hopefully that rain will stay south of us for mass at 4:00 p.m. pope francis, he is an early reiser often getting up at

4:00 a.m. that means he has been up at for hours at saint charles seminar any wynnewood. walt hunter is at the 54th and city avenue, good morning, walt. >> reporter: good morning. the the pope is an early reiser. early risers here, especially joggers on city avenue hoping they might get a glance of the pope. take a look behind me quite a police presence. you can see national guard members back there. city avenue as told in the traffic reports sealed off to traffic here just about half an hour ago. this is route to saint charles seminary about a mile down the roadway there is the seminary off to the side. if today holds true with yesterday, a lot of folks should be gathering along here hoping perhaps at some point to see the pope. he will be coming and going from the seminary heading up to the prison and back to the seminary. then a final trip from the seminary down in the parkway area, and a lot of folks along city avenue here obviously hoping they may get the a glimpse.

there is a heavy police presence here but very friendly and everybody outing in the morning, very excited, taking a glance down city avenue asking us is the pope will come by here today. got to tell you we don't know but there is hope we will. we will be standing here talking to the people looking for the pope and getting you latest information on traffic in the the city avenue corridor. for now live from the st. joes university campus i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> everyone just can't wait to get a glimpse of the pope francis, thanks very much. still to come right here on "eyewitness news" a young boy with the voice that really surprised so many. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> what a voice, so many comparing it to the voice of an angel, just beautiful. we have an interview with this young man bobby hill coming up

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curran-fromhold correctional facility in holmesberg. don champion is outside on the cbs-3 sky deck and has more on the pope's visit to the cities largest prison, don, good morning. >> reporter: yes, good morning, erika. prison ministry has been one of the pope francis priorities and i spoke to several inmates over at curran-fromhold who will be in the room today. they say they were just as shock as anyone that the pope wanted to come visit them. many visitors have passed through the the doors of the cure curran-fromhold correctional facility but no one like him. >> this had to be last thing you thought that would happen in here. >> definitely was. it is a opportunity. >> reporter: brandon hardtrophies one of 200 people who have been chosen, to meet with pope francis when he arrives. hardgrove has been here for 16 months awaiting trial, and says that while he is not catholic, faith has gotten him through it. >> just not giving up. i under the circumstances that i'm in jail, you know, just

keeping faith, and keeping hope alive. >> reporter: hardgrove, other inmates, helped build this chair that the pope will sit on during his visit. edward gillcrisis another inmate who will meet the pope. >> it picks me up. it lets me know that people, people didn't just, you know, clean their hands of you, and people still think about you. >> reporter: the inmates were chosen for, among other reasons, their good behavior, the pope's visit here will highlight his focus on social justice. earlier this year francis washed the feet of several prisoners in rome. >> people that make mistakes can, you know, they can bounce back and become part of a society again. >> reporter: it will be a meet ago this will change lives. outside from about 100 inmates will be in the room today we're told several dozen,

prison workers will be taking part in that event this morning. it should be very powerful, erika. >> don, any word what message he will focus on when he speaks there later on today. >> reporter: yeah, you know, some of the inmate in there are in there for things like robbery, and even drugs, and so we're told that the pope will be delivering to them a message of hope, forgiveness, redemption. as you heard in the package the the pope has been known to wash the feet of prisoners around the world and some workers at curran-fromhold said they will have a bucket on stand by in case he wants to do that here as well. >> he does like to go off script, don champion, thanks very much. back out here on the parkway i have to admit, little bit chilly but not raining and that is what is important. lets get the forecast, good morning. >> we can put a swelter on and deal with that. i want to say good morning to our eyewitness weather watchers all getting excited about the papal visit a as well. lets start with a look at the

observation and what people are seeing. phil is in philadelphia a. he has got 57 degrees where he is, and let's head further north and check this one out. 55 degrees where johnnies in perkasie. good morning to you, john. he has that cloud cover going on there too. let's head down south here just south of wilmington and say good morning to delores. 61 degrees. she is in newark. we have sun peeking out with some clouds. she says happy pope francis weekend, windy, cloudy, cool, hoping for no rain for the pope. we all are. we will do okay today. lets look live, outside, everybody and see how we are doing right now. everybody, of course, will be outside on the parkway today, enjoying papal festivities. we have a live look out there. yeah, here we go. taking a look at the parkway. we have some cloud cover. not a lot of people yet but you can bet it will be busy again. pope mobile was heading through town yesterday, wasn't that cool to see. so neat. i love watching babies get up and get their kiss. lets talk about what the

weather will be like, around 9:30 this morning we are looking at 67 degrees for bishop's meeting. that included cover will be out there. wind will be picking up. that will make you feel chilly. by 11:00 a.m. at correctional facility visit that we just talked about the in last report, 72 degrees. papal mass at 4:00, 73 degrees and windy. looking at storm can three that moisture is not too far from frustrates, everybody. we are really catching a break here, in the fact that we are not going to see any major rain, coming into the area. probably likely just some sprinkles. is there the le pressure system and you can see that it is, close by. lets look at, future weather at 5:00 p.m. this is when that papal mass will be going on. we have cloud cover. you do see moisture working its way in. we will keep them in there. you could see them this afternoon. 8:00 a.m. monday. cloudy. we have more moisture working our way toward us as we go throughout the week. so monday, showers around, 70's and we will see that wind, justin. low pressure system starts to track to the north.

by tuesday, temperatures warming up to 80-degree high but we have possible showers still out there on tuesday. umbrella damon and tuesday. take it with you. 60 degrees in philadelphia a. about 54 out in lancaster. sixty-one down in dover. if we look at atlantic city about 61 degrees for you. the let's zoom in, cooler in doylestown. good morning to you. fifty-one for you. fifty-five in mount holly. the wind will be a bit of the story to day. it is kicking up to 14 miles an hour in dover. we will see that increase as we go throughout our day to day. that does have a side effect of causing flood ago long the the shore communities because that wind drives the the water into the shore. under a coastal flood advisory until 1:00 a a.m. monday morning. throughout today in the early morning hours of tomorrow, and also, i want to mention, that we have a super moon tonight. now, we're going to have cloudy skies. you might not get a good view. if you do take a picture and send it to me because i want to see it. it is a lunar eclipse. super moon and eclipse. this mean that the full moon is at closest distance to the

earth, so 7 percent closestes which means 17 percent brighter. time for that 10:11 tonight if you want to check it out. i can't wait to see it. lets talk about today though. we are dodging a bullet with the rain. breezy today. we could see sprinkles. high of 75 degrees. that wind out of the north east. tonight mostly cloudy and cool and 60 degrees for your low. the as we wrap up our papal visit weekend we will head into monday with possibility of showers. look at that warm up 79 degrees. eighty rolling into tuesday. then we will see we will start to cool down and we are talking low, low temperatures there, high have of 69 on thursday. do you love watching weather? you could be featured in the newscast by becoming a weather watcher. come hang out with me. sign up at cbs philly.com/watchers. now lets head over to nicole. >> who want to hang with kyla. 7:48. on a night that included a aretha franklin and andre bocelli a a 14 year-old boy stole the show and he did it without music.

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> um, what a sound, what a voice. bobby hill he is a philadelphia based keystone boys choir. he received loud applause from that crowd. pope francis clearly like it as well. accepting a gift there from bobby. later bobby told eye witt the necessary news anchor ukee washington and jessica dean, that he didn't get a lot of notice that he was going to sing. >> bobby, say hi. >> hi. >> bobby hill right here. i think he just became a superstar a few minutes ago when you sang. >> no, no. >> yes you have, young man. tell everybody about the keystone state boys choir. >> keystone state boys choir

is comprised of about 200 boys. in 2009 we were the only choir and we brought back to give to someone special like the the president, or a pope, which we just gave it to him. i gave it to him on stage. >> is that what that was. >> yes. >> okay. >> you said you you are four. >> i'm 14. >> four. >> here's the crazy thing, bobby doesn't know he was going to sing until five minutes before. >> yes. >> wow. >> they had a set change after the the fray and they needed someone to fill the spot. >> you said i will do it. >> well, they talk to my choir director and he said bobby. >> gill fitzpatrick. >> no, steve fischer, but yeah. >> tell me what you sang, i didn't know the name of it, tell us, and you brought tears to my eyes young man.

>> thank you so much. >> what was the name. >> it was angela weber's set. >> there you are, right there singing. >> you could hear a pin tropical when you were singing, what was going through your mind and here you go to greet pope francis, what was going through your mind right there. >> well, it was definitely surreal. when i was singing, i have a sound for a group before and when i was singing, it echoed every note and it never stopped, every note and it was just an amazing experience. >> to do that acapella with that ring, absolutely amazing. i remember when i was with the philadelphia boys choir, we decided to get as many young people, african-american young men, what got you interested.

>> in second grade, i think, one of the music teachers told me that she recommended in me to the keystone state boys choir. >> what do you want to take that into how far. >> i might want to be an opera singer. >> you've got the voice. >> you have a ticket, young man. >> what did bocelli say to you. >> i sang for him, a part of the song, maybe a at like 4:00 . >> that has got to feel good. >> yes. >> have you traveled, with the keystone boys choir yet. >> not yet but i am this year. >> where do you expect to go. >> chile and peru. >> that is fantastic. >> yes. >> fantastic. i'm all about boys choir. as you said, he came in, the the the booth, and said i heard you were with that other boys choir. >> yes. >> but we're all friend. >> yes, we are. >> beautiful thing. >> i love to see young people involved in the arts. you continue to do what you do and tell everyone else involved to dot same thing. >> thank you very much. >> you made us all so proud

tonight when we celebrate with you. >> thank you. >> we wish you all the best, keep singing. >> all right. >> bobby, my man, that was absolutely fantastic. he came up, it is a all good. >> bobby hill has got a little swagger. i like that. remember that name. he will do something great. well, mark wahlberg he referenced it as well. he mced last nights festival and he said quote, that right there was truly the voice of an angel. i could not agree more. we will take a short break. we will be right back.

i think i speak for all bird fans when i say now is a time to put a win in the column. bird play the jets this afternoon in north jersey, and eagles coming in the game zero and two. of course, you know that already. they have never lost a regular season game to the jets so lets not start right now. sports anchor leslie van arsdal tell us how eagles plan to keep that streak alive. >> reporter: jets will be a tough test for the eagles. they are a team that forced a league high ten turnovers in two games and allowed a league low 17 points. going into sunday, what is the mind set. >> we cannot back down, we cannot lose confidence in what we are doing or what our system is. we believe in it. >> we are not doing nothing different. we are continuing to work. and, if we can, we will see football bounce our way. >> reporter: key to beating the jets this sunday blocking better in the running game and creating actual holes.

the the ground game has been bad the first two weeks of the season a total of 70-yard, the the worst in the league. >> yeah, you need to continue to kind of get a couple of first downs together to stay on the field. so when you do that, you know, that is a byproduct of getting a able to starting to fast. kind of like, you are in a car and you only can go so far because stop light 20-yard down the road. you cannot the stick your foot on the gas and go 60 miles an hour because you have to stop real quick. >> reporter: leslie van arsdal, "eyewitness sports". still ahead on "eyewitness news" crews worked to transform the stage from the festival of the families to the stage for setting of pope francis mass later today on the parkway. people are lining up to get a spot to see the pontiff. more on the excitement surrounding his big event, we will be right back.

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