contain the papal alter for sunday's giant mass, on the pash way is david henry. bring us up to date on the papal preparation. >> the work you just mentioned is still underway on the parkway, the super structure and the pope's alter is still underway, millions of people are expected to be out here for the two events, but what happens when people use their phones to make calls and send their pictures out on social media. >> this is an unheard of type of event and a once in a lifetime events and people want to share their moment with the world, that is why technicians turn it's parkway into a giant hot spot, 37 n-descript notes.

they got their first test over the weekend during the made in america festival, many that attended complained of poor cell service, crown castle identified and replaced some underperforming nodes. >> that bad an opportunities to test the performance and then there are all kinds of tweaks and adjustments made right up until the last minute. >> there are not many minutes left with the pope's arrival just ten days away. mayor nutter urged people to make their final preparations now. >> the incredible moment in history is upon us. >> they urge people to put their misgivings hinz them and get excited that it's time for residents to take pride in their city and let it shine on the international stage. cranes have lifted the super structure into place and the venue will be ready on time. and mayor nutter is urging

residents and visitors to do the same. get your septa passes and tokens and make the plans with your family what you will attend and decide on your favorite selfie pose. >> and of course i have so many selfie poses it will be difficult to pick just one, and remember you can't bring the selfie sticks in here, that is one of the prohibited items. live on the parkway, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david, there is a new parking option for those of you coming to the papal visit from new jersey, the city of camden is opening up a huge lots along the waterfront that is originally going to be used for bus parking and there is space for 8,000 cars, the drivers must preregister and the cost is $43 a day. pilgrims have three options to get to philadelphia, patco, the river ferry and walk over the

ben franklin bridge, for those riding the river line, new jersey transit says that customers must still buy tickets prior to the weekend. >> please look ahead, think about it, those tickets will not be on sale over the that weekend, you need to make your plans and buy your tickets today. >> patco is no longer selling tickets online, instead tickets will be sold at stations and be available during the papal weekend. lets continue with "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist along the schuylkill expressway, how about an update on what roads are open and what are closed throughout the weekend. >> reporter: okay jim, for example this side of the schuylkill expressway eastbound will be shut down the papal weekend, that side, the westbound side will be open, at least here where i am, beyond the roosevelt boulevard, it's complicated and confusing and it

will take planning to get around and that is what penndot wants you to do now before the pope arrives. >> i live in king of prussia and work in philadelphia well see what happens. >> it doesn't impact me, that is the main road i use to get around, it's a mess. >> he is talking i-96 shut down i-476 to i-95 and i-76 westbound is closed from i-95 to u.s. route 1, and the schuylkill is open westbound from the roosevelt boulevard on ward towards the blue route, i-76 closes in both directions and u.s. route 1 closes in both directions from belmont avenue to the blue route. and barricades go up on friday september 25th. and you wonder why so many highways for such long stretches. >> public safety first and

foremost but to allow the emergency vehicles and security details and law enforcement to be able to move through the event area very effectively. >> charter buses will be traveling the highways to move pilgrims around, and signs across the mid-atlantic region will alert travelers to times and how to avoid it all together. >> from baltimore to scranton and new jersey and new york. >> and the new jersey turnpike launched a website, papal511. and they hope to have highways open monmorning but when exactly depends on factors. >> how fast barriers are removed at locations of inchanges. and pedestrians, it's about public safety. >> remember the ben franklin bridge also closed friday

september 25th at 10:00 p.m., it's expected to reopen on monday at noon and finally you'll want to remember to have enough food, fuel and water, you will never know how long you'll sit in traffic not just on the highways, area roads are expected to be congested. live along the schuylkill expressway, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. ten center city parking garages and lots owned by members of the philadelphia park ago association will offer a 50% discount off their 24 hour parking rates, you can find a list at 6abc.com/pope, we also have a closer look at the highway and bridge closures while the pontiff is in town. and get a look at how the ben franklin parkway will be transformed to welcome pope francis. >> in other news, the death of a temple university student this past august first appeared to be a suicide and now police say she

was the victim of a crime. 29-year-old brandon mead is charged with killing his girlfriend, 21-year-old agatha hall. police thought she shot herself but new autopsies show it was impossible to take her own life, given the circumstances, mead was arrested yesterday. it's one of the most historic ed fices in philadelphia. it's about to be reborn, the divine laverne hotel got transformation today. vernon odom was there. >> can you call this ground breaking ceremony a divine moment, the official kickoff of the redevelopment of the historic divine lorraine hotel, abandoned since 1999, it's an eye sore and they see the

potential for a new lease on life, they are getting $40 million in state and local funding to make the deal. >> it has a mystique and spirit unlike any other project i have ever seen. >> the lorraine hotel was completed in the 1884 and after world war ii it was purchased by father divine, he declared himself god all mighty right here on earth. the mandates made it good for working class folks, the mayor says that the new divine lorraine will feature more than 100 high end partmentses and 24,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. a dramatic rebirth cht board street corridor. >> a tipping points of north broad street and here in north philadelphia with street improvements and the additional developments to follow, north

broad will rival south broad. >> this building is an organism and alive and has a heartbeat and maybe it was hibernating for 15 years but we'll turn the lights on. >> the complete convenientvation of the hotel is expected to take two years. on north broad street, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." there is word tonight that congressman, john carnie will campaign for a new job. the delaware representative announced today his attention to run for governor in 2016 rosemont college on the main line made a surprise announcement, it is slashing tuition and it is going to go down, the tuition will go down

43% from $32,000 from $18,500 for next year. rosemont will drop room and board by $1900, the school's president said she wants to help family that thought college was out of their price range and financial aid will also go down to help pay for the lower tuition. coming up on "action news," a new facility aimed at serving homelessness opened in mercer county and the eagles get to work to prepare for division rival dallas cowboys. the 80s continue east of the rockies and summer is holding on strong and there are signs of fall jim in the accuweather forecast. >> i know cecily is coming back from the zoo. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

new at 6:00 tonight, more than 20 years ago an organization called home front began the battle of homelessness inmerser county, they cut the ribbon on a brand new shelter in ewing, nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: they have opened the door at home front's bran new campus in ewing turning this former marine building into a one stop center for families. >> families that are trying to claw their way out of poverty have all the resources and

support. >> you think shelter it's dirty and dark and terrible food, it's actually the complete opposite. homeless families will have access to not just a clean, safe place to sleep but child care services and ged services and job training. it includes this bran new kitchen where clients learn how to cook and prepare nutritious meals within their budget. >> we want to take the welfare moms and dads and take them off welfare forever and back into the job marquetkemarket. >> she stayed at the shelter for three months, now has a place of her own and finished her ged and is about to start trade school and looking for a job. >> i am here only 19, they taught me how to juggle my responsibilities and my hoog, it was paid for by over 1,000

don'ters including former clients. >> hour mission is to help people. that resonates with everyone. they taught me to keep going. >> from a spacious modern facility to help homeless escape poverty and create better lives. i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." at a time when arts are being cut in my schools a local scoot district is getting support for theirs. ♪ the violins and the chorus the trenton school celebrated their partnership with the kennedy center for performing arts. the any given child program is to make art a priority in schools and trenton is the first new jersey district to be part of this program.

we have breaking news tonight over the tacony palmyra bridge, a car fire shut down the bridge in broth directions, we don't know if anybody inside of that car was hurt, clearly it looks like the fire was substantial. it's on the new jersey side of the tacony palmyra and the bridge is closed in both directions. that is what we have for you from that location. lets go to ducis rogers and the latest on the eagles, it seems unlikely to say something like this, but second game of the season it's almost a must win game. >> you took the words out of my mouth but i'll go with it. the eagles cannot afford to fall 2-0 with the next two games on the road and nobody wants to lose to the dallas cowboys. >> a little cowboy week karma?

>> whoa. not top ten. >> a banner blunder for the guy that had a banner year for dallas last season, demarco murray goes against the team that let him walk last season. murray swears it's no big deal, this is a true business and i'm very emotionless when it comes to a lot of things, i feel like you know i'm here and this is where i want to be, and this is the team. >> we have people on the team, he has some emotions he does not show you guys but i'm sure he will be fired up to play this game. >> so good sam bradford, his first taste of the eagles dallas rivalry. >> i'm learning quick there is not a lot of love lost between these two guys.

this is an important game. >> he did not feel he played well and this is a game on many different levels and the cowboys week is a week to make it happen. >> win or lose the next opponent is coming quick, we need the game plan and know what we are doing against dallas. as you probably know by now the cowboys come in shorthanded. no dez bryant. they are coming in from a last second victory over the giant. as for this game, it sounds like romo will look hard at the eagles secondary. >> really it's just about assessing what we think they are going to do and going out and attacking them where we think they are vulnerable. when you do that you give yourself a chance. baseball now phils and nats again tonight and asher the

starter from the cole hamels trade. the era is above 10, they can't wait for bryce harper and the nats to leave town, the phillies loss 4-0. get him out of here. a philly killer. >> grim stuff. adam joseph has the accuweather forecast.

does the gorgeous weather continue? lets go to adam joseph and accuweather. >> it does through the weekend but changes into next week, as we take a look at double scan

live radar not even a cloud in the sky, we'll skip past double scan and get to your highlights, the september warmth is going to continue into the rest of the week and into the weekend, however the only fly in the ointment is that the ozone increases a little bit tomorrow however we go above normal since monday, monday 77 degrees and the normal is 78 degrees this time of year and we jumped above that at 83 and today's official high temperature 87 degrees and 9 degrees above the norm. tomorrow abundant sunshine and a calm wind, we see an ozone issue and have an ozone action day in place for thursday, if you have respiratory issues you may want to limit your outdoor activities. 83 allentown and reading and wilmington 82 and 81 in millville and with the wind coming in off the water we cooled it down at the shore, 76

in cape may and 78 in beach haven. high pressure is in control and you can see a void of the cloud cover very similar satellite from the last couple of days and it looks like this for the next two days as well. a lot of clouds from the hudson bay and that is what we call the jet stream and a few high clouds from the south and they fall apart before they reach the mid-atlantic region, clear and comfy and 53 in philadelphia and 53 in millville, we have the crisp feeling to start thursday morning and then we kick it back up to 87 degrees with the summer feeling tomorrow and friday and saturday. the difference with saturday we could have a little more humidity than the last few days, no signs of fall whatsoever, despite fall officially begins a week from today, over the next three days, 87 degrees, compared

to normal, this is more typical of july and early august and the difference is lower sun angle, so the sun is not as brutal as it hits you and you don't have the extreme humidity, 87 for the next three days, low humidity thursday and friday, and a touch more humid on saturday and then a cold front arrives from the north and because it's coming from the north, no moisture with it, 81 for your high and the big game at the linc and eagles are back in town, against the cowboys, 80 for kickoff and fourth quarter 72 degrees, monday mostly cloudy an easterly wind develops and 76 degrees and limited sun on tuesday and wednesday and the easterly wind locks in the cloud cover and temperatures back closer to normal in the mid-70s, there are signs of fall in the seven day but as i mentioned, no signs of

fall here, a hear a sigh over here, is that a good thing or bad thing? >> i want more sun. >> you'll get it for the next three years. abc world news is next on channel 6, and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams and adam joseph, and join us here on channel 6 at 11:00. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00. let's clear the air.

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