drivers it's a case of you can't get there from here. david henry is live at city hall no doubt the city will seem like a secure no traffic zone and that is exactly what officials want. >> a lot of places will be off limits jim. the city is looking upwards of a million visitors while the pope is here so in the interest of public safety, people that live and work in center city and parts of university city are looking at major disruptions. >> private vehicles will really not be a viable option on the weekend in center city. all of center city and parts of philadelphia will be closed off to vehicular traffic. the northern boundary of spring garden street to girard to schuylkill river to south street and south to the delaware river the closures begin at 6:00 p.m. friday and then at 10:00 university city will be closed

to traffic from pelham avenue down to universe and grays ferry, anyone that has a vehicle within the boxes can drive out but you won't be able to get back in until monday morning. however, you will be able to drive anywhere within the box, septa trolleys and buss will not operate in the boxes and highway traffic is restricted. the schuylkill will be close eastbound from the blue route to i-95, and westbound 76 will be closed from i-95 to route 1. the vine expressway, 676 will be closed in both directions river to river. and the ben franklin bridge will be closed until noon monday. in addition route 1, city avenue will be closed from lancaster avenue and belmont avenue because the pope is saying at saints charles seminary in that area. mayor nutter says it may be

inconvenient for a lot of people but urges everyone to keep the big picture in mind. >> i would like to encourage and ask all of us to take a collective moment of reflection and pride. we as a city, we the people, were chosen for this event. >> bicycles and pedestrians will be able to move around anywhere within the boxes and issues remain to be resolved whether or not taxis will be able to move around within the boxes and whether or not a fence will be rerected around parts of center city. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in fairmount one of the neighborhoods impacted by the pope's visit. what are they saying about these new plans. >> reporter: well, they listened to what the mayor said today and the big announcement he did say we are opening up the city to

the world with that comes restrictions but he is hoping that by making the announcement today it will give people in this neighborhood and other neighborhoods time to plan and hopefully they will embrace them. residents are learning more about where they can and cannot go come the papal weekend when 1.5 million people are expected. we showed art museum read the closures that go into effect for the papal weekend. >> that changes my plans. >> he is effected by some of penndot's major closures of i-76, and route 1 but especially affected by the closing of the ben franklin bridge. >> i commute to south jersey a 30 minute commute but coming to the city or leaving the city will be hectic. >> it's hard for people that live and work in the city i understand you have to do things for the city but you have to think of the residents too.

>> the traffic box will effect aaron birch he has a 24/7 business and needs to get in and out of box. >> do you think your employer will have leniency. >> think so we have had meetings about it. >> pedestrians and bikes are encouraged throughout the weekend, good news for jacqueline, a waitress that bikes any way. >> you can travel the special septa line but one request. >> take care of our neighborhood and respect it and have a good time. >> the mayor also said that he continues to have conversations with businesses around the area to see what they need in order to operate while the pope is here. reporting live in fairmount annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have put all the details from today's news conference right now on 6abc.com you'll find

information on all the highway closings along with center city and west center city traffic restrictions and see the item itinerary for pope's weekend. you can follow our dedicated twitter account at 6 abc pope. we have breaking news "action news" has confirmed that the criminal charges will be lonled against pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, a grand jury has recommended perjury and obstruction of justice but it was up to d.a. to levy the charges and that will happen tomorrow. it could be as soon as tomorrow kane allegedly leaked secret

information to embarrass a former aide. >> she has no plans to resign. 11-year-old laquan lattimore was last seen on monand chad pradelli is live now at the fire department police discovered a body what are the details? >> the body was found in prospect creek but no positive identification was made and the up clear howl that will take but it's a sad turn in this missing person's case. >> marine units found the body at 2:30 this afternoon at pennsylvania avenue and darby crescent road at prospect park. laquan lattimore disappeared monday afternoon last seen riding his bike, his cousin who is his guardian reported him

missing last night. and they started an all out search for him. they started check points and put out flyers as friends and relatives hope for the best. >> we are hurt and aching and we don't know what is going on. we hope he is scared to come home because he stayed out late. >> sources say the victim was wearing nike athletic shorts similar to those worn by lattimore. the family will make a final identification. >> authorities continue to search the area looking for the bicycle and possibly the backpack that laquan had when he was last seen to see if they with make the positive identification, but as you can imagine this investigation is still on going. i'm live in fullcroft, chad

pradelli, channel 6 "action news." from our delaware newsroom a child is in critical condition after being rescued from a backyard pool in newark, paramedics responded at 8:30 this morning officials say the child believed to be 4 years old did not have a pulse first responders performed cpr and transported the child to the hospital. the case against chaka fattah was in court this afternoon bail was set for $400,000 for herbert viederman. >> vernon odom spoke to chaka fattah. >> reporter: for congressman fattah, no hiding in the wake of the mammoth racketeering charges

against him and four long time allies. he when to national night out events in his district. after more than 20 years in congress -- >> i want for people that support me and believe in the work i have done, they will have an opportunity to vote for me in the upcoming election next year. >> prosecutors claim that fattah was a king pin in the endless string of schemes to funnel money to his family and members of his inner circle. congressman fattah says this whole thing is a culmination of an eight-year-old witch hundred to bring him down. >> i am not going to quit my job and i don't like the attacks on my family. >> he is eluding to federal charges against his son chaka

fattah jr. charges of bank and tax freud and then the matter of his wife a local tv anchor person listed in the indictment but not charged. >> there is no one that knows more about my activities than me and i am completely innocent and will prove it. >> congressman fattah's court appearance in this case is set for august 18th. at the federal courthouse in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> former bucks county congressman, patrick murphy has a new post in the obama administration and this afternoon many the president nominated murphy for the undersent of the army, the first veteran of the iraq war to be nominated for the house of representatives. he represented the 8th congressional district coming up on "action news" tonight a new apartment building is about to go up in old city, we'll show you the plans and the phillies

are enjoying their best record since the all-star break. ducis rogers with their keys to success. >> temperatures are back in the 80s today and low humidity but we are backtracking wet weather in the midwest and we'll let you know who can see the rain in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

it happened this afternoon in bordentown, burlington county. it happened with two school buses, shortly after 3:00

fortunately no children were on board either bus police say the smaller bus slammed into the other bus stopped at a traffic signal and the driver of the striking bus suffered serious injuries and her bus aide had minor injuries. they broke ground this morning on a new high-rise apartment building in old city philadelphia it's called bridge. the 17 story building going up on bridge street, it will have 246 rental units and ground retail space and bicycle parking and the building is one of the first to include 20% mixed income affordable housing on the zoning code. officers from the wilmington police department took on a different role today they took time to read to children at the

public library, the books were all super hero stories and today's event the last of the library's summer reading program. the children come from a variety of camps and day care providers as well as area residents. a group of inspiring teenagers were honored today for making a positive change in their communities this is the 15th annual young student awards, each students saw something lacking in their neighborhood and did something about it. the awards and nominations these were the 14 winners this year.

jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours.

phillies are back against the dodgers. >> there is no hotter team in baseball than the last place phillies, it doesn't have to make sense it's fact. the phillies are 13-3 since the all-star break and a lot has to

do to peter mccann ons he has a feel for his players. >> he is easy to play for and keeps things loose and walks into the clubhouse and jokes around with us it's very relaxing. >> want the players to respect me but i want them to like me and i know it's against old school manageal techniques. i know that if they respect and like me i want to do everything to return the respect to him. >> make a lot of sense. >> jimmy rollins got a hero's welcome, he got a standing ovation for his first at bat, miguel franco he belted a grand slam to break a one run tie. rollins came up again in the only inning as the tying run and

ken jyles sat him down. three days of eagles camp in the book, the eagles are enjoying their first day off. >> sam bradford told me he was surprised that chip kelly without any warning put him in the first team offense without warning during training camp and it was the best way to handle it. he was ready and now they monitor the left knee and make sure there is no swelling after each practice they look at it with the trainers and the doctor to make sure there is no repeat of last summer where he lasted only 37 preseason snaps sfwli was skeptical of the eagles secondary with brandonboyton.

now a rookie a sixth round pick out of kansas and as much as the coaches like shepherd putsing a rookie in that spot is dangerous. one thing i want you to watch as training camp progresses, as we get closer to the preseason game is brandon graham he has never played on first and second down, as much as he will be called upon to do it this year. trent cole trent cole had most of the snaps and now cole will be called on for the run on first and second down and be ready and fresh to rush the passer on third down. something he has never done in his short career. >> graham had 5.5 sacks last seasoncks look for that total to be increased this year. a buck county commune has

gathered together to cheer on their world series contenders, the softball squad is in delaware for the championship game and the borough pub is streaming the game. this is the first time since 1980 that the senior softball team made it to the big game.

so the heat wave was over, .6 of 1 degree from being a heat wave. >> you can say it was still hot but we were not at the official

90 degrees today. as we take a look at double scan live radar around the region all is quiet and just a few clouds sharing the sky with the sunshine and temperatures will go below normal as we get into thursday and into the end of the week, here are your highlights relief is here and also we are talking about friday with rain versus clouds depending on your location yes, officially the heat wave ends today after eight straight days of temperatures in the 90s, in philadelphia we just missed it at 89 degrees, speaking of rain versus clouds a snapshot of future tracker 6 early friday morning a storm pushes just to the south and the question is just how far north does this go it will scrape the southern areas with rain but if you live north of philadelphia that is where you'll see just some cloud cover and peeks of sun in the lehigh valley and

poconos. lancaster low 80s and 70s in the poconos but to the south upper 80s from avalon to dover, and it's equally as warm and on the verge of hot at the shore today. satellite and radar, the low right now spinning each of wichita kansas in st. louis missouri pushing into the ohio valley not a lot of rain now but as it moves east it taps into the moisture and expands the real estate of rain, 57 in allentown and 62 in millville and low 60s at the shore this evening, the low marches in late tomorrow and we go from sun to clouds to 84 degrees and below average for this time of year and that low is moving directly east not to the north as high pressure is trying to push the low to the south and that means just clouds north of town and rain to the south and 82 degrees

at the end of the week. tomorrow another day with wind comes from the land and the ocean chilly at 64 and morning sun and a lot of clouds building in the afternoon and 81 for cape may county and the beaches of rehobothth bethany 81 degrees, high clouds are building in and taking over tomorrow afternoon and part of your friday rain to the south and clouds to the south 84 and saturday that system looks to kick out of here so sunny here and 84 degrees we'll continue that beautiful stretch through the second half of the weekend, same thing for monday and low 80s tuesday and wednesday, late tuesday into wednesday our next opportunity of some downpours or thunderstorms, but heat wave is over and it doesn't look like the 90s will return over the next seven days. >> that is okay. >> it is okay. >> thank you adam, a group of camden students have transformed tupperware containers in

functioning machines water bottics is a team of building underwater robots it's made possible in part by the boys and girls clubs of new jersey and the stevens ss institute of technology that i believe is in hoboken. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, adam joseph, and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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breaking developments tonight. yet another movie theater attack. this time, the gunman wearing a surgical mask, armed with a hatchet. then opening fire. after dousing moviegoers with pepper spray. several injuries. late details coming in from the scene. also, a major development in the mystery of flight 370. authorities just today revealing what they now know about that piece of wing. the first big debate. donald trump center stage. and tonight, we learn of a phone call between trump and former president bill clinton. what they talked about. the giant storm swirling toward one of the tallest buildings in the world at this hour. already hitting an island with tens of thousands of americans. and, the mystery of the champion diver. she could hold her breath for nine minutes. diving deeper than the statue of liberty. tonight, missing in the water.