today is the day the world turns its eyes to philadelphia. the world meetings of families including a visit from the pope. and pope francis is a man on the move. he arrived in the united states today. we'll break down his itinerary. and sweater weather. we're waking up to a fall chill in the air. the last official day of summer. it is 4:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist brittney shipp with her first alert forecast, talk about the chill in the air. >> there is a chill in the air. we're tracking a few showers mainly through allentown and into the poconos, so really depends where you are. not everyone is seeing this light rainfall. keep your umbrella handy.

we'll see light showers the next few hours so if you are an early riser and heading out the door soon, that's something you'll need. you won't need your umbrella later. by 8:00, 9:00, all of these showers should be done. we're going to see a few clouds lingering, a mix of sun and clouds for fill as we get toward the afternoon. looks like we'll see mostly cloudy skies remaining closer to south jersey and along the shore. a closer look at our current temperatures show we're on the mild side at 65 degrees, it's a cool start to the morning in chester springs at 56. 58 pottstown, 58 in reading, in the low 50s in the poconos, 59 degrees in allentown and as we take a closer look along the shoreline, 61 in woodbine, 62 at the atlantic city airport. so for today our temperatures range between 72 and 75. showers to the north of the city expected at least through 8:00, 9:00, and cooler conditions in store. i'm tracking what's in store for

the first day of fall, that will be tomorrow. that's coming up in my full forecast. now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. good morning. >> good morning. we're on the schuylkill expressway right now. from our cameras around spring garden street, you can see we have police activity in here. it's road work so that's over into the right-hand shoulder, part of that right-hand lane blocked. traffic moves through the area on the westbound side. watch out for that. we're going to talk about pope closures now. kelly drive, closed until tuesday, the 29th after the papal visit and the ben franklin parkway was closed to art museum circle to logan circle, no parking around that area between about 12th and 25th. so north and south, there will be signs posted. we'll go over the parking restrictions when i come back. >> a global audience is waking up in philadelphia the world meeting of families begins.

tens of thousands are here for the largest catholic family gathering. matt delucia is live with a look at what's happening. walk us through what's going to happen. >> reporter: events are here at the convention center. more than 17,000 people, pilgrims from around the world are attending the world meeting of families and coming from more than 100 countries. the goal of this is to celebrate family, love and life. here is a look at some of the preparations yesterday at the convention center. the stage is set to welcome the world. today there is a news conference with the archbishop and the opening ceremony at 1:00 inside the grand hall that will feature performances, and set a world record for the most contributions to a mural painting where pilgrims grab a paint brush and at 4:30 a mass to begin the week, a week which will wend a much larger mass on

the ben franklin parkway this sunday that will be led by pope francis. this is the first time the world meeting of families is being held in the u.s., and the expectation is that a record setting crowd will be here for the event we'll hear from some of the folks who came to town for this in the next half hour. live outside the convention center, matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >> meantime, pope francis will be on the move. he will depart cuba for the u.s. a trip that will bring him here to philadelphia this weekend. vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center. vai, talk about when the pope is expected to leave cuba and head to the u.s. >> the pope is spending his final hours in cuba and the papal flight from havana to the washington, d.c. area is expected to take off by early this afternoon, it is due to arrive at joint base andrews in maryland at about 4:00 this afternoon. president obama will greet the pope as he arrives on american soil for the first time, and you're looking at the two

meeting at the vatican march of last year. an official welcoming ceremony at the white house is set for tomorrow morning. here is a look at the pope's schedule. he arrives in washington later today, tomorrow he will celebrate mass in d.c., then on thursday address a joint session of congress before traveling to new york city. on friday the pope will address the u.n. general assembly, visit the world trade center and offer mass there, then on saturday morning the pontiff will arrive in philadelphia for his two-day visit. the pope's final full day in cuba started, he celebrated mass and gave a special blessing there. the pope ended in santiago where he met with local bishops, cubans and cuban americans hope the attention he has brought will linger. >> cuban people need help. they need relinen, they need love, peace. >> we've already seen it. cuba will open to the world and

the world will open to cuba. >> many hope the visit will spark change in the country after decades of limited progress. of course you can count on nbc 10 for coverage of the pope's visit to the u.s. rosemary connors and matt delucia will be reporting from washington, d.c. starting tomorrow and then our coverage from new york on thursday. we'll have you along every step of the way. i'm vai sikahema, "nbc 10 news." >> 4:06. we're learning more about a security threat hanging over the pope's visit. a copy of a memo sent to be clear, it is not specific to the papal visit but it warns about terrorists impersonating first responders. the police superintendent says police will keep a close eye out to spot anyone in a fake uniform. >> officers in today's era are

trained not to just look at a uniform and badge and be fooled toty that person is a bona fide law enforcement agent because that's not true. >> police will keep a close watch at philly international. if the you suspect someone is impersonating a police officer, firefighter or paramedic call police. >> today is the last day of class this week for students in the philadelphia school district. here is why. students are off tomorrow for yom kippur and thursday and friday for the papal visit, now the superintendent announced that schools will remain closed on monday after the pope returns to rome. meantime, the pope is attracting huge crowds where he goes, so how popular is he? ahead, new information about how american catholics feel about the pontiff and why. tap the nbc 10 app for everything you need to know about the papal visit. you'll find the itinerary and list of all of the parking restrictions and mass transit changes. the app is a free download for

smart phones and tablets. about 4:08. 64 degrees. a firefighter suffered a minor injury responding to a fire at this apartment near chestnut and jenkins avenue. everyone in made it out safely. investigators are looking into what caused the fire. it is a midair mystery. aviation officials now say they don't know what caused the emergency aboard a flight that got diverted to philadelphia. american airlines plane head from charlotte to hartford made an emergency landing. sky force 10 was over when it landed. no one was hurt. american airlines put the passengers on another plane. last night officials said a bird struck the windshield but then they said that was not the case. today is no national voter registration kay. the library system is helping voters get to the ballot box. four branches of the library offer personal help how to

properly complete and mail in the form. they are joining other county offices to encourage more residents to register. in montgomery county officials will sign a pledge to end veterans homelessness. the county commissioners will join veterans advocates to try to reduce the number of veterans who are homeless. the signing ceremony is scheduled for the v.a. vet center in norristown. yom kippur is the holiest day on the jewish calendar begins tonight. a day of atonement, a time for jews to confess sins to god and ask forgiveness. fasting is part of the observance. yom kippur concludes the high holy days that began with rosh hashanah. good morning. as we head into the rest of today more of the same in terms of a cool start and close to average temperatures so a fall chill is in the air for us.

53 degrees now in the poconos, 59 in allentown, waking up in pottstown it's 58, mid-60s in philadelphia, 63 in northeast philly, 62 in millville where it's 63 in wildwood and 62 at the atlantic city airport. here is a closer look at your bus stop forecast. by 7:00 a.m. temperatures in our suburbs in the north and west closer to 54 degrees, 2:00 p.m. when you pick the kids up around 70 degrees for philadelphia, 61 more on the mild side, 73 by 2:00 and for the suburbs 62. not too bad toward the afternoon but a light jacket will probably be needed this morning right around 7:00 a.m. satellite/radar shows mostly cloudy skies, we're dealing with scattered showers moving up from the southwest. that's affecting parts of lancaster county, berks county into the lehigh valley area and a few isolated showers near the poconos. that should clear up as we get into the late morning hours so at least by 10:00 a.m.

everything should be dry. closer look, warmer midweek, our average is 76, as we head into the rest of today 74. wednesday we go back above average but we don't stay there, we're going up and down with our temperatures but staying close to average. i'll show you your seven-day forecast coming up in about 10 minutes. 11 minutes past 4:00. let's check traffic the papal parking restrictions as a lot of people realize they have to move their car, can't get around a certain way. jessica boyington is watching that. >> cars are starting to be towed all over the place. this is something you want to pay attention to. the papal parking restrictions, in the yellow, pretty much around the ben franklin park way where we have road closures as it is. several blocks north and south of that where we have those parking restrictions in effect. now, the area in the turquoise is no parking starting today at 6:00 p.m. there is going to be more added. by wednesday, by 9:00 a.m. there

will be additional streets added, so random streets up and down around the area, you do want to pay attention to signs if you see them posted. and if your car is towed or has been towed, 591-3636 is what you want to call and they will get that sorted out for you. as we look at the rest of our area roadways, yesterday afternoon for the drive home the vine street expressway is where we saw all of the overflow from the closures. you can see now no problems around 24th street westbound, the drive time of three minutes toward the schuylkill expressway. for months people across the area have been preparing for the pope which includes preparing the communion for the masses. katy is live with that story. >> reporter: it sounds like an incredible feat, giving communion to hundreds of thousands of people at the same time. this morning i'm learning more how that's going to be done. >> trouble in paradise. watch as a day at the beach

becomes a crime scene caught on tape.

we're following breaking news out of delaware county where firefighters are battling a fire. this is a live picture. it started in the past hour on chester avenue. we're working to find out how it started and if there are injuries. jesse gary is on the way to the scene. it's 4:15. 64 degrees. the world meeting of families begins today in preparation for the pope's visit continue around the clock. if you live or drive in center city expect more parking changes today. katy zachry is live on top of the art museum steps with more on that. >> reporter: look behind me, you

can see preparations for the papal visit have reached the cathedral basilica, much of the parkway is closed to traffic and tonight at 6:00 p.m., a new round of parking restrictions begins. now, unless you have this placard which you had to buy before now, you have to move your car if it's in the restricted area. and new no parking rules go into effect tonight at 6:00. for old city, market east and the independence hall area. that placard allows drivers to keep their car in the restricted area until thursday night. then it has to be moved. now, back out live, where i'm standing between the cathedral and the philadelphia museum of art, you cannot park here. this, however, is where upwards of one million people are expected for the papal mass this coming weekend. and for 5:00 i'm working on a story about how they are going to serve communion to all of those people. they really have a plan on how they are going to get it done.

that's at 5:00. reporting live along the parkway, katy zachry, "nbc 10 news." >> retired general david petraeus is street appear before the senate armed services committee to talk about u.s. policy in the middle east. officials say lawmakers will likely ask petraeus about his views on how to defeat isis. the hearing marks the return to the spotlight for the disgraced former cia director sentenced and fined earlier this year for sharing classified information with his mistress. we now have video showing the moment a florida school bus driver crashed into a pond last week. this camera shows the bus speeding toward the guard gate before narrowly missing it, then a splash. no children were hurt. a number of factors could have led to the crash including speed. this is what it looked like after. investigators still working to determine a cause. the driver is now suspended with pay pending the results of the investigation. chaos on the shores of rio

de janeiro at a beach there, a spike in robberies causing panic among tourists. a television station's camera captured this robbery in the middle of a crowded beach. investigators say groups of young people are grabbing phones, jewelry and other valuables before taking off in the crowd. the police department is increasing the number of officers and helicopters patrolling the beaches. good morning. temperatures today expected to stay a little below average once again so the fall-like chill continues. fall officially starts toxt we're going to continue to see dry conditions and also a little warmer over the next couple of days. plus, i'll have a closer look at your pope forecast as we push closer to the weekend. right now a live look outside for philadelphia where it's 65 degrees. under mostly clear skies. a few clouds toward the philadelphia area. our humidity at 63%, wind speeds

out of the northwest or northeast i should say, right around 7 miles per hour. across the rest of the region we're at 58 in pottstown, 67 in georgetown, so quite a big temperature difference about 10 degrees between the suburbs and the shore. a closer look for the poconos at 53, 62 in dover, 62 degrees in wilmington and wildwood right now at 63 degrees. our satellite/radar shot shows we'll see mainly dry conditions but we're tracking a few little scattered showers moving up through washington, d.c., baltimore, pushing into parts of the lehigh valley and also into the poconos. this should start to break down and go away closer to 9, 10:00 in the morning. i'll show you on our future cast. you can see this model suggests that over the next few hours deal with be with showers but closer to 9:00 a.m., that should be clearing out. we'll see a lot of sunshine for this part of town. mount pocono into allentown and reading by 5:00 p.m. we're

seeing the clouds clearing up, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds from philadelphia but mostly cloudy skies expected for atlantic city, and south jersey and then as we push into tuesday, wednesday, or wednesday i should say, we stay dry. highs 867 degrees in the poconos, 74 in allentown, at 73 in quakertown, closer to doylestown 72 degrees today. along the shoreline in the low to mid 70s. and then for philadelphia we're calling for a high of 74 degrees. the seven-day forecast shows that we warm up a little as we head into tomorrow and also thursday, we drop back down in the 70s friday. let's check the ride to work including 295. heading out the door early this morning. what are you seeing? >> we're watching construction on 295 around the black horse pike, something we're used to but sometimes this is active. right now very active scene. we have one lane funneled through the area. actually in either direction,

the camera has moved to a point you can't see it on the other side. pretty much the same story here. the southbound drive times i put that up because if you are headed to philadelphia or up toward the 42 freeway, that's what you're going to face. we have no problems with that 12-minute drive time. watch out on this exit ramp. traffic has to move off around the black horse pike. more construction on route 30 in south jersey between airport circle and pennsauken and 130 and collingswood watch for a traffic switch. thanks. 4:21. the nbc 10 investigators have a warning for people going to see the pope. you are a target. to get tips how to protect yourself, the investigators enlisted the help of a former pick pocket. >> is that the kind of crowd pick pochters go for? >> yes. yes. big events like that. >> with possibly one million or

more people coming to see the pope thieves will be out looking for an easy score. >> you distract one of them, once you distract them you go for the kill. >> the investigators go along with a former criminal to pick up tips how to make sure you're not a victim. >> oh, dear. and it's not like i haven't been coming here for 20 years and i shouldn't know that. >> today at 4:00 only on nbc 10, for the investigators, harry hairston, "nbc 10 news." >> follow breaking news out of delaware county firefighters on the scene of a fire in yaden on chester avenue. here is a live picture. jesse gary is on his way. as soon as he gets there and establishes a signal we'll have a live report. three casinos shell out thousands of dollars. next we'll tell you why the three are being forced to pay new jersey gaming officials.

a legal loss for pennsylvania's attorney general. why it's about to become more difficult to do her job. ever wonder what happens behind the scenes here? see for yourself. there are people in our paris scope room. it's a free download. our address nbc philadelphia. then join the conversation and see fg that goes on behind the scenes during the commercials.

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vote. >> if you plan to travel to philadelphia to see pope francis aaa has advice before you start out. the auto club held a papal show and tell session yesterday to urge you to know the security restrictions before you go. carry your i.d., money and valuables in a travel wallet close to your body. remember when it comes to how to carry that wallet and other items it really is a game of inches. >> back packs or a woman's purse or tote bag, they must meet the 18 inches by 13 inches by 7 inches. >> those dimensions are smaller than a typical back pack that a student would take so really note that. also only soft sided coolers, aaa reminds you wear comfortable shoes. three atlantic city casinos have to shell out more than $14,000 in fines. gaming officials charged resorts, borgata and tropicana

letting addicted gamblers place bets. the other two casinos forfeited the money made from gamblers under 21. i'm tracking scattered showers this morning. we'll see mainly dry conditions and a fall chill settled in for our area. i'll let you know what to expect coming up in my full forecast. >> traffic tickets, how police in one montgomery suburb are going cyber.

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