preparing for the pope. right now at 11:00, with just 12 dies go before pope francis arrives in philadelphia, the new sign showing that the pope's visit is really fast approaching. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. happening right now the archdiocese of philadelphia unveils a new look to welcome the pontiff during his visit. the world meeting of families starts a week from today and shortly there after, pope francis arrives. his presence has already raised safety concerns. nbc 10 he's jessica aguirre is live for us outside the basilica of peter and paul in center city tell us about the ceremony and

the wrapped up security. >> reporter: that ceremony you mentioned just getting under way behind me here outside the basilica, the archdiocese displaying ban whirls draw on the pope's message of unity, hope and love for the family. first banners will be hung outside the basilica, another 550 on display throughout philadelphia, making this the largest installation of banners since the republican national convention back in 2000. something else is going up around the city this morning, papal parking tollway signs from the police department. this is a map of the overall area that will be impacted but enforcement of the restrictions doesn't start until next wednesday. the spots closest to the art museum and ben franklin parkway will be first and then gradually spreading out to other parts of the city. if your vehicle is parked in this area on the map, it's got to be moved or it will be towed. police commanders say this is needed to construct the secure perimeter and fencing. the security is on the minds of many here in philadelphia and in washington, d.c. the chairman of the house homeland security committee says

the secret service recently disrupted a credible plot against pope francis. texas congressman mike mccall, republican, says federal and local law agencies will be very vigilant to protect him, meaning the pope, as he comes into the united states. part of that protection is the fencing that's going up around center city. part of the welcoming, the banners going up a couple minutes from now. coming up in the next hour, some other things being done in center city part of the welcome to the pope and some suggestions, if you park in the so-called security box, where can you move your car? i will have that coming up for you at 11:30. live in center city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. unholy act, tens of thousands of tickets to see the pope are supposed to be free but some people are selling them online. 1591:30, hear what lawmakers want do to scalpers. we are bait weighting to get more information on the person who was hit and killed by an yak

track train in prospect park in delaware county this morning. amtrak officials tell us the acela train was heading from washington to new york when it hit the person at 7:30 this morning. skyforce10 over the scene, passengers transferred to a different train to continue their commute. a philadelphia police officer fired two shots this morning while searching for a robbery suspect. this happened around 6 a.m. near 15th and lehigh streets in north philadelphia. investigators tell us no one was hurt. officers did take one person into custody. and it is a picture-perfect monday, all throughout the area. a live look at citizens bank park, the phillies will begin a three-game series tonight against the visiting washington nationals. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist brittney shipp here with the forecast. >> great conditions today, nice and dry, lots of sunshine. our temperatures are starting off a bit cooler this morning but we are starting to push into the high 60s, 67 degrees in

philadelphia, up to 70 in wilmington. 64, chester springs. still in the 50s in the poconos. 66 currently in allentown. temperatures right along the shoreline starting to move into the mid to high 60s as well. millville, 69, 68, do every. we do have high pressure in control, this stretches all the way back past st. louis with these dry conditions. no weather disturbances making their move into the area, the next couple of days, it is going to stay nice and dry, lots of sunshine, but after today, we will start to warm things up. head back into the 80s. our time in the 70s is short live bud get one more day city planner shows us by 1 p.m., 70 degrees. 4 p.m., 75, temperatures, 7 p.m., 72 degrees. tracking how long the dry conditions will stick around plus how long we will senate 70s and when we will warm things up. vai? >> all right, thank you, brittney. north philadelphia, city workers will assess the damage left behind by a massive water main break over the weekend.

15 million gallons of water gushed onto westmoreland street late saturday night, floodinging the area. it took crews nearly 24 hours to clean up the damage and reopen the surrounding roads. officials tell us flooding caused damage to a nearby business as well. happening today, outraged funeral directors speaking out about recent cases they are calling disgusting disrespect for the diseased. the quaker state funeral directors association is a group of licensed funeral directors in the if i recall area. today, they are calling for the nnos

erving, remembers his friend and teammate fondly. >> when he came into basketball at age 19, i welcomed him to the aba and said, you know, you getting into the deep water now, it's not high school. are you ready to swim? and he said i will do all right. did he more than all right. not only a great champion but, you know, great co-leader, and he always said, you know this is doc's show here in philly but maybe me here, it will be a better show. >> i feel like i lost a son, a brother, a dear friend, someone i could count on. it's been a rough day. >> indeed has.

charles barkley released the following statement on malone's passing -- >> i feel like i lost a son, it is the night the eagles fans have been waiting for and we are just hours away now from kickoff. tonight, the birds are in atlanta to take on the falcons for week one of the regular season. chip kelly is 2-0 in his first two seasons -- season openers as eagles head coach and fans are hoping he will increase that number to three wins tonight. there are nine new starters for this year's season debut. players say they are ready to see all the pieces in place for tonight's opener. >> some great guys on defense

and i'm excited to just put it all together to play four quarters. >> we all rex sided. out here, just on the bus, everybody is talking about the game, just can't wait to get out there and, you know, just get it started. >> meanwhile, no word on whether tight end zach ertz or smith will play in tonight's game. both will likely be game time decision. kickoff is at 7:10 this evening. remember, nbc 10 is your official eagles station. we have extensive pregame and postgame coverage, plus exclusive interviews with the players and head coach, chip kelly. you can count on nbc 10. up in flames. new information on the deadly wildfires out west that are growing and forcing thousands to flee their homes. i never thought this would happen. never. >> in over her head. for the first time, hear from the woman who ho pleaded guilty helping two inmates escape from a new york prison. why joyce mitchell says she did

it and why she says she is not the monster people say she is. and we will see one more day with fall-like conditions before warming right back into the mid-80s. i will let you know what to expect for the rest of your workweek. that's coming up in my full forecast.

an update to a story we brought you as breaking news this morning a man accused of shooting and killing a kentucky state trooper is now dead. police found him hiding in the

woods near a home. police say he had a gun he refused to put down so they shot him, he died at the hospital a few hours ago. late last night, he killed trooper joseph cameron ponder after a traffic stop. >> we are just very thankful for the support that we have had from our local community, from our fellow law enforcement officers, madisonville and postville sent troopers here as well. i would say we are a very close tight-knit group and we are all brothers and sisters. >> trooper ponder had only been on the force since january. a series of wildfires has destroyed hundreds of homes and hundreds of thousands of acres near sacramento. as nbc's miguel almaguer shows us, the 50,000-acre fire is still spreading. >> reporter: it moved at speeds few have ever seen before. a wicked wall of flames turning

a town to rubble. in hours, the valley fire becoming the most destructive blaze in california this year, 400 structures believed to be gone. >> this fire just moved like a runaway train. ran right over everybody. >> reporter: most only had minutes to evacuate, a race to get away, a stram bell to stay alive. >> people abandoning cars on the sides of the road, running out of fuel, running -- getting out -- it was like a bomb went off. >> reporter: the heat, the flames, the explosions so intense, even firefighters retreated. >> it's not worth it. let's go. >> reporter: there was nothing they do do. and you see homes and buildings that are igniting on fire and you know you're powerless to try to save them all. it's a very hard thing to feel. >> reporter: california is in the middle of a firestorm. 13 wildfires are raging across the state. more than half a million acres

up in smoke. an epic fire season heating up and now, exploding out of control. >> that was nbc's miguel almaguer reporting and four firefighters are hurt already from this fire. zero percent contained and now the national guard is coming in to help. meanwhile, these pictures from arizona where powerful winds stirred up a major dust storm. the thick dust caused the national weather service to issue a blowing dust advisory yesterday evening. the storm was followed by a powerful lightning storm that knocked out power to some homes. and back to work, but still refusing to issue marriage licenses. we are talking about kim davis. she is the kentucky county clerk who was recently jamesed. davis stopped issuing licensing after the supreme court legalized gay marriage. the judge held her in contempt and ordered her to jail. while she was in jail, deputy clerks issued at least seven licenses to gay couples. some say they will continue to do that even though their boss,

davis, is back at work. >> make no mistake about it that if my deputy clerks who do not have my authorization or the authority, they don't have my authority to issue any license whatsoever. >> the governor, the attorney general and the county attorney have said the licenses issued by the deputies are valid. davis and her attorneys claim otherwise. for the first time ever, we are hearing exclusively from the former prison worker who admitted to helping two inmates escape from an upstate new york prison earlier this year. joyce mitchell was at the center of manhunt for prisoners, richard matt and david sweat. she is a former worker at the clinton correctional facility and admits to giving matt and sweat the tools that they needed to escape. the today show's matt lauer sat down with mitchell for an exclusive interview that aired earlier this morning. >> i'm not the monster that everybody thinks i am.

i'm really not. i'm just somebody that got caught up in something that she couldn't get out of. >> that's just a portion of what mitchell reveals during the interview. mitchell spoke about everything from how she developed a relationship with the inmates to how she said she got in over her head. matt lauer will have the second part of his report friday morning on "today" followed by a "dateline" special friday night at 10 only on nbc 10. good morning. gearing up for another fall-like day. also going to see conditions staying dry for the rest of the week and warming back up. so, summer-like conditions right around the corner for us. you will notice a big:difference as we head until tomorrow. barely any clouds, mostly sunny skies over philadelphia and really over most of our area, 67

degrees right now, our wind speeds breezy out of the northwest at 16 miles per hour. humidity's at 44%. so a comfortable day across the rest of the region, allentown, 66, 68 degrees in sunny skies and cape may. a nice day if you have it off or live down the shore, you can head out. going to be pretty down there current temperatures, 59 in the poconos, 67, mount hollis, 69 degrees in himville. already at 70 in wilmington, 68 at the atlantic city airport, same thing in wildwood. satellite radar shot shows we have high pressure in control. you will notice it's quiet back through cincinnati, touching back to st. louis, only a few scatter showers to the south of witch touch a we plan to stay dry not only today but tomorrow and most of the workweek. so our futurecast shows us that we will see lots of sunshine, barely even any clouds to talk about, heading into the rest of today, tuesday, wednesday, by thursday, we will start to see a little bit more cloudiness filing in, but other than that it's going to be really

fantastic, a coastal look at your shore and beach forecast, expect temperatures today in the mid-70s, 76 degrees, by tuesday, 81, both days expected to stay sunny, our water temperature at 73 degrees. highs around the region today, mainly in the 70s, low 70s, pottstown, 72 in allentown, 66 in the poconos and we will see temperatures close to the mid-70s for atlantic city now, as we head into tomorrow, we will warm things up even more, you will see more 80s on the map, head back to 83 for philadelphia, which is above our average of 79. 82 will be the my wilmington and 81 in dover. 7-day forecast shows fall-like conditions today, warming up by tomorrow. then take a look at what we have in store for the rest of the week. lots of sunshine, warmer temperatures here to stay, at least for the next five days or so. and as we head into sunday, we drop back down to the low 80s. all right, thank you, brittney. a bucks county shah ripe is paying homage to a saint from our area.

inside, honoring the m memory of st. gianna. find out how her life and death will play a role at the world meeting of families. and later, anything but child's play t. the study that shows how dangerous a child's tricycle can be.

pope is going to be here in less than two weeks, his trip coincides with the meeting of families in philadelphia. while he is a worldwide icon, few know of the patron saint of the world meeting of families. tracy davidson takes us to one parish hoping more families get introduced to st. gianna. >> god has given us this great saint to show us the path to sanctity and how to get our families right. >> reporter: bob white's mission is to tell people about the love of st. gianna honored by this shrine in nativity of our lord church in warminster. a pediatrician from milan, mother of four who is best known for her selfless love as a mother, when she was pregnant with her fourth child and a uterine tumor threatened her life and the life of the baby. >> before she went in to deliver that child, she told the surgeon, the doctor and her husband, if there's a choice between me and that child, i demand it, you save that child's life. >> reporter: a week after the giving birth to a healthy baby, gianna died but sin she was

canonized in 2004, people have plan been praying for her interception for healthy babies and lining up to touch her gloves, the relics of a saint which white takes to churches around the country. like little claire, very sick 4-year-old from bucks county with a suppressed immune system who dropped the gloves. >> her mother was horrified. claire, why did you drop that glove? mommy, that glove's too hot to touch. >> reporter: weeks later, claire who is now 16, a checkup with a doctor who had this news. >> no medical explanation for this but your daughter's blood work came back fine. there's nothing wrong with her. >> reporter: white says he could go on and on with prayers answered stories about st. xbreeian nah, hoping as parted of the world meeting of families, people pray for her intercession to strengthen her families, families he sees as broken. >> i feel drawn through god and st. gianna just to bring this message, hey that god is here, he does love us. >> reporter: st. gianna's son will be traveling from italy to be here for the world meeting of

families and speaking at the nativity of our lord church. we should also mention that st. john paul ii is the other patron saint of the world meeting of families which he founded in 1994. tracy davidson, nbc 10 news. >> tap the nbc 10 app for everything you need to know about the papal visit. you will find the pope's itinerary there street closures, mass transit information for getting around that weekend. you will also find the list of things you're not allowed to bring if you're coming to see the pope. thou shall not scalp, we continue our coverage preparing for the pope and the actions so many are condemn ahead of the holy father's visit to the united states. and new details about the migrant crisis overseas and the staggering number of people fleeing war-torn lands for other countries just hours before tougher security measures take affect in parts of europe.

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