bicycles surround a woman and they were harassing her and making her terrified and one point she may have been slapped on the backside and that led to other joggers reporting similar incidents and police are investigating and urging joggers to be vigilant. the schuylkill river banks are bustling with joggers during it's year and crimes are rare. but there is a group of teens harassing people of late. lynn works at boathouse row and runs along the river every day, they will do a wheelie straight at you and try to force you off the trail. >> i usually ride pretty fast, they try to play chicken with me and they end up swerving. >> she has not been harassed. but other women say they have not had a problem.

>> i never go out in the evening, only when it's light. >> john runs the nonprofit schuylkill river corporation. >> we got an email saying there were adolescence boys on the trail harassing women on the trail. >> and they say that officers are aware of it, they saw similar incidents over the spring and summer, witnesses or victims should call 911 immediately and get a good trips of the perpetrators. >> i don't think it's a terribly serious problem now but not something we want to get worse. we would like to nip this in the bud. >> right now police have no suspects, they are increasing patrols up and down the schuylkill trail. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. federal investigators now

say that an arsonist sparked the flames at a center city restaurant in philadelphia, it caused $1 million in damage to three buildings, authorities released new images today of a person they want to identify in connection with this case, anybody with information that leads to an it rest, could be eligible for a $5,000 reward. the city has begun to limit vehicular traffic on the ben franklin parkway, police have shut down the inner drives of the parkway from oval to 20th street. they remain shut down until tuesday the 29th and the outer lanes are open and authorities have not disclosed when they will be closed. lets go live to the parkway and eva pilgram. that part of the city is transforming before our very eyes. >> jim right now you can see the changes happening, the pope

doesn't come to town for a little more than eight days, look behind me traffic is already backed up with the inner lanes closed, they are closed so crews can prepare for the mass over the weekend that the pope is in town. people will be coming here with the hope to see the pope. pope francis will be here in about a week. >> want to see the human person. >> we all hope we get to see him, i don't know. >> seeing the pope at the alter will be hard, we put our camera here for what people will be able to see. this life size pope cutout is barely visible. but there are 40 jumbotrons throughout the city most of which will be on the parkway. there is a way to connect with the pope, a prayer grotto is next to the basilica, and people

are tying ribbons of concerns and leaving them here. >> we hope that the pope comes and blesses the grotto and everybody's knots and struggles and prayers. >> you will not find them on stubhub. >> he has seventh row tickets to the mass at the cathedral, he is excited to take his 7-year-old daughter. >> we are excited for saturday. >> tickets or no tickets everybody is making the journey here, they hope to be touched by the pope even if they dope get to see him. >> i think that the pope is a sign of peace and hope and love. >> i'm sure the vibe will drift away, but something will last. >> reporter: and just so you know, what our cardboard pope looks like, the pope is 5'9" and the cutout cardboard is 5'9",

this is a real life cutout. i have good info, if you don't have a ticket. the best place to see the pope, is around city hall during the parade saturday night and right here behind me on logan circle around the parade after the mass. i'm eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you eva, our coverage of the upcoming papal visit continues at 6abc.com/pope, we have a closer look at the highway and bridge closures while the pontiff is in town and get an early look at how the ben franklin parkway is being transformed to welcome pope francis. dozens of city workers were senhome after a bed bug was found inside of city hall. it was found in the 311 call center, they are handling citizens concerns for the papal

visit, exterminators were called in so the office could hope tomorrow. 311 staff used email and social media to provide services. attorney general, kathleen kane is back in the headlines, montgomery county detectives issued a new search warrant in harrisburg, they have not said what they are looking for, kane is charged with perjury and obstruction. a 42-year-old philadelphia woman is accused of killing her husband, philadelphia police found a 46-year-old man stabbed to death this morning at a home on the 1900 block in frankford. the man's wife was taken into custody a short time later and detectives who searched the area are now working to figure out the motive.

a septa bus ended up on a front lawn today after it collided with a private ambulance, it happened at 5:00, it stopped just short of hitting a house, the driver and one passenger was hurt along with two people from the ambulance. >> this is newly release surveillance video of two bandits wanted for nine burglaries, police say they broke into businesses in west and north philadelphia, they got away with more than 5,0$5,000 i the past two months and in one case they stole a loaded gun and the most recent happened just this past monday, police say that both burglars may be wearing guyses. in trenton a thief has written a note of apology while returning his ill gotten gain, this does not happen every day, nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: last week a man came into butch's welding on

court land street but walked away with more than a quote, the man checks to see no one is looking and swipes a cell phone sitting on the desk in the office. >> it's money out of my pocket and i have christmas coming up and i didn't want to pay for a new phone already. >> lawrence's sister posted the video on her facebook page. >> everybody shared it and watched it and liked it and somebody has to know this guy. >> the word got to the thief and he had a change of heart because to days later, they found this box tossed off the fence, in it the stolen phone and this note apologizing. >> the thief says he stole the phone on impulse to sell the phone for many and sometimes desperate people do desperate things. >> butch says the first reaction

was to offer the thief a job, the note proves he has a conscious and he does have remorse. and everybody deserves a second chance. >> trenton police are investigating the theft and butch says he would like to meet the thief and hear his apology in person and maybe they can talk about giving him some work. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> the national constitution center in philadelphia, celebrated two big events today, 50 immigrants from around the world took their only of allegiance to become citizens, the event is held as the constitution celebration in addition to taking the only each person received a lifetime membership to the constitution center. a new housing complex opened today in burlington city, 65 partmentses occupied five newly constructed building in a vacant space on mitchell avenue, it has

energy efficient appliances and coming up on "action news" tonight, bargain hunters may want to venture into delaware county. where to fine discounts on bran name items. our sunny, warm streak continues, today's high is 86, 8 degrees above normal but i'm tracking a return to cooler unsettled weather. the centers for medicare and medicaid services

recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern.

as we have been reporting for months they are expecting millions on the parkway for the papal visit and many of are you watching from home. >> pope francis arrives at philadelphia international airport on saturday morning, this will be the first of his appearances in philadelphia and "action news" will be there and on the air bringing it to you live on 6 abc. >> our live coverage continues throughout the weekend but you don't have to be in front of a television to see it, make sure you have the 6 abc news app, because that is where we'll be streaming every event as they take place. >> it's important to be live and present, this is one of the biggest stories this see will see in a decade. >> the large of the crowds turn out saturday and sunday on the parkway, we have it covered. monica malpass, rick williams and cecily tynan will be in a special studio overlooking the

action, and brian taff and sharrie williams will be on the parkway closer to the stage and alter. and "action news" reporters will be on the ground with the faithful, all of us will share our experiences on social media with twitter and facebook and instagram. send us your pictures and videos, tell us what you are seeing and experiencing, use #6abcaction or email us at jointheaction@6abc.com. this is going to be a big weekend for you and for us and we look forward to experiencing it together. and make sure to follow our special twitter account, at 6 abc pope, that is one of the first places we'll inform you about papal news and all the photographs as soon as we get them. a giant consignment sale kicks off in delaware county, thousands of shoppers are expected to attend is the just

between friends sale in glen mills, shoppers can fine just about anything in brand names, it runs through sunday.

so lets get serious here for a second. chip kelly has lost four out of his last five games and the one he won was not serious and they thought he should have last that one on purpose. >> you are saying chip kelly should be feeling the pressure now. >> yes. >> enough said. falling down one game and there is plenty on the line in this one. the eagles have not beaten the cowboys at home so they have never done it under chip kelly, what is the trouble at the linc

against thee guys. >> i don't know but we'll figure it out. we are not worried about that, we are worried about this sunday. >> every game is a must win, it's not added motivation, we are at home, no we have to go out and play a good dallas team. >> the performances had little -- byron maxwell admits he quote, didn't play well, his technique was bad and he can fix it. malcolm jenkins -- the captain thinks the d will be a-okay. >> we are not really panicking, the small things to correct, staying on top of a route here and communicating and not getting the penalties, we look forward to cleaning those little

mistakes up and we have all the confidence in the guy out there and we are looking forward to dominating this week. >> the birds have few faces this week, they understand how big this rivalry is. the cowboys too are ready for the rivalry. they took care of the giants barely in week one but the eagles are a different bird and they are all excited for this one. >> we know what we are going into and we know the type of fans they got up there, and you know just going into the stadium how it is. you know it's going to be fun and this is what we live for. >> i feel like it's something i knew about before i got here. and being here and able to experience it is a different atmosphere. brandon graham will join ducis

in the studio after "action news" at 11:00. and it's rough after home these days, former phil says of the sparse crowd i didn't know the seats were blue, that is sad really. 22-year-old bryce harper five home runs in the last series and he is running away with the mvp award. they got a shellacking last night. i hope that jayson werth is happy with the collapse of his washington nationals they did a swan dive in august. sorry jason. >> philadelphia flyers are drumming up excitement for their upcoming season, players on the team surprised temple students, the tickets are for games again the rangers, islanders and new jersey devils, single game regular season tickets are on

sale now.

another gorgeous day, lets get the word from accuweather. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing not a drop of rain out there and very few clouds and the action cam taking a look at the blue skies, jim do you know who that is? that is the german writer philosopher, johan wolfgang von ghost, you know what he is thinking next week? where did all the sunshine ghost? because the clouds are rolling in that is my attempt at humor,

kind of lame. temperatures on the warm side, 84 degrees and high is 86, 8 degrees above normal and allentown 80 and the sea breeze is kicking up 76 degrees and trenton 83 and wilmington 82, satellite 6 along with action radar showing a few high thin clouds in south jersey have moved on and that will provide another clear and comfortable night, another great night for sleeping, 64 in philadelphia and millville, wilmington reading toms river, all dropping down into the 50s, a little bit of patchy fog developing shouldn't be anything widespread, go ahead and call in sick, allergies are acting up. 87 degrees and loads of sunshine and on saturday, the temperature is about the same and ahead of this cold front we'll get winds

from the southwest and a little more humid, a few high, thin clouds moving in in the afternoon and that front moves through dry and behind it, it opens a door for the wave of low pressure, to meander up the eastern seaboard, it keeps us in an unsettled weather pattern, lots of clouds be showers, in the meantime, at the shore the ocean temperature 74 degrees and sunny and 83 and sunny again at 78 degrees, and partly sunny with a high of 78 degrees, on sunday we have a little football game at it's linc, the eagles taking on the cowboys and the weather looks really nice, 78 degrees at kickoff and fourth quarter, 72 and a mix of clouds and sunshine and winds light, and the weekend is looking nice. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, you like the summer warmth, we have it for two more days, 87 degrees

tomorrow and loads of sunshine and almost a carbon copy of today and slightly more humid and 87 degrees, a few more thin clouds and on sunday the cold front moves through and comes through dry and a little bit of cloud cover and knocks the temperature down 83 degrees and that is still above average though and early next week through much of the week, we have the low pressure just cut off and me andering, that brings us mostly cloudy on monday and 74 degrees and tuesday more clouds and showers and 75 degrees and yom kippur begins on sun down on tuesday, and wednesday a lot of clouds and 75 degrees and thursday clouds and showers, 78 degrees, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, unsettled. no day looks like a washout but every day a chance of showers and temperatures back in the 70s. abc world news is next on channel 6, and "action news"

continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6, for cecily tynan, jaime apody, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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