meeting with communist nation's president and leading a mass in revolution plaza. and the bird battle the boys, eagles and cowboys clash this afternoon in south philadelphia. tailgating weather today. lets go outside to meteorologist chris sowers and accu weather for more. >> it should be perfect football wet they are afternoon. cold is in the process of pushing through now. wind have pick up. i can feel humidity easing now. it looks like things should be nice out there. 65 degrees in slating ton. fleet wood 65. pottstown 67. saint david 65. center city checking in at seven two. levittown 68. glassboro shows seven 16789 same number for againdy's beach. avalon 07 degrees. here's satellite six with action radar. this is 7:00 yesterday evening, the the front was off to the northwest. you can see we had good activity associated with it, is there heavy showers and thunderstorms that push through pittsburgh and buffalo but as anticipated watch what happens when we set it in

motion. front is coming through dry. that moisture evaporated and new all we have is increase in clouds and wind and that should be about it. so forecast for today, the clouds will eventually decrease and then by afternoon it looks really nice. 70 degrees by 9:00. lunchtime we are a at 74. 3:00 he clock 78. then by 6:00, 75, increase in sunshine. also an increase in the the wind. we are seeing that now. sunsets the at seven credit 02 forecasting a high of 78. lowering humidity levels. speaking of lower humidity levels, look at this, all week long dew points in the lower 50's or 40's which is off the scale. that will feel like a breath of fresh air. it is feeling like fall. we have temperatures that will be staying in the 70's the the entire seven day forecast. that is first time in a very long time that i have been able to say that. when i come back in a few minutes we will see how long that cooler weather sticks around and if there is any chance of rain. guys, back inside to you. chris, thank you.

pope francis arrives in philadelphia this week, and overnight the pontiff sends this message to the city of philadelphia a. >> i >> beginning his journey in philadelphia with a speech, this morning, the pope will address, and, also meet to see the president, raul castro, and, former cuban leader fidel castro. pope's visit comes a amid warmer cuba/u.s. relations in which pontiff helped broker. we will have a live report from cube at in ex-half an hour. action cam is taking a live look at eakins oval where crews had monumental task of

getting the stage set for world meeting of families festival as well as papal mass on the ben franklin parkway. so many people eagerly await the pontiff ease visit. trish hartman will have what it will take to transform stage from saturday into sunday. it will be a quick turnaround to switch concert stage into an alter. while there is so much excitement and anticipation ahead of the pope's visit there are inconveniences for people living in philadelphia towing starts tonight as city ramps up preparation for the the pope's arrival. >> road must be cleared and closed that is causing commuter chaos. it will only get tougher to make a short trip. nora muchanic has more on the closures and the towing being faced in. >> reporter: drivers are having a tough time getting around. ben franklin parkway is closed from end to end and that is creating big backups. >> it is crazy we have to go all over the city, detours every where. >> reporter: this was scene at 22nd and ben franklin parkway where traffic is tied up around the art museum due to

pope preparations and cars coming to a stop while equipment is moved past cross streets drivers say it is frustrating trying to get around the city. >> like art museum area and i cannot even get there. taking me 15 or 20 minutes and it should only take me five. >> this is our first time coming through the area, so it is very frustrating. >> reporter: no better saturday afternoon on pennsylvania avenue where traffic was bumper to bumper. >> i was just trying to get to 30th street station, to west river drive is closed, i came down east drive. i get here and i can't go around the art museum. >> reporter: tow trucks are ready to roll when they will begin moving cars out of the secured zone. the light green area you see on this map. it runs from the art museum south east to beyond city hall. >> i just wake up and move that and hopefully get a spot, but, keeping your fingers crossed. >> reporter: if you do not have any city issued passes

you will be subject to towing. >> it is unfair, complete respect to everybody's religion but i'm in the catholic and in the whole city will be shut down. >> it is the pope. once in the lifetime thing. we have to deal witt. >> reporter: remember first phase of towing begins sunday at 6:00 p.m. so be sure to move your car, so you don't get caught. in center city i'm nora muchanic for channel six "action news". six abc.com is your home for live coverage of the papal visit. we will stream "action news" coverage of every major event and we will have have live feeds from cameras across the area you'll be able to watch or own line only ding tall updates. check out six abc.com for road closure and towing updates. there is a pretty big, football game, on tap today in south philadelphia. the eagles taking on the dallas cowboys 4:59:25. in love lost there, right. and, adding fuel to the fire eagles lost their opener in

atlanta and bird fans would like to forget eagles loss to the cowboys late last season. the part of the collapse that cost them a playoff birth. cowboys won't have dez bryant, out with the injury but the eagles say they are still dangerous and they must move past the let down in atlanta. >> i think one of tone owe romo's favorite target. we had last few drives, dez wasn't out there and they were still able to go up and down the field. >> i think i'm learning quickly there is not a lot of love lost between the the two sides, first or second practice, they had banner flying over the stadium. we know this is a big game. >> hear from former cowboys star now eagle demarco murray head in sports in 15 minutes. tonight at 11:35 it is "action news" sports sunday. accounts news sports team and eagles linebacker brandon graham break down key plays from the the bird/bird showdown all after "action news" at 11:00.

septa is offering a gift for fans going to the game, free rides will be available on the broad street line from 1:00 this afternoon until 9:00 . that is the sports express train like. kick off is at 4:25, miller light is sponsoring the the free ride. company says that the program is designed to discourage people from driving drunk. 7:07. a fire severely damaged a delaware county home. it started around 9:30 in the 400 block of ohio avenue in follow come. flames, shot from the second floor. everyone is okay, the the cause of the blaze is under investigation this morning. philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting in west oak lane. investigators say two men were shot in the 1700 block of louise street at 7:30 last night. those were taken to einstein medical center in stable condition. no arrests have been made. republican presidential candidates donald trump took to the stage in iowa, responding to the current fire storm surrounding him. it all began when a man said to trump that president obama

is a muslim and not american. trump who caught flack for not pointing out that the president is american and is not muslim. yesterday, before conservative crowd trump quoted his own tweets. >> i'm morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? i don't think so. >> would i consider putting a muslim american in my cabinet? absolutely no problem with that. >> trump says he would have faced criticism if he had jumped and then correct the man said the president is muslim. donald trump and fellow presidential candidate marco rubio will be guest on this week with george steponapolus at 10:30 this morning right here on six abc. 7:08. best selling author has died and leaves behind a sister who is famous for her acting, that is next on "action news" sunday morning. man charged with the freeway shootings lays out his case, hear from him and why police say he is the the

shooter. new video shows a bus pack with school children running off the road and crashing in the pond. and there is annex stream make over about to happen in front of the art museum workers are building the stage for festival of the families and then they have another big job to pull off, chris. here's a look at your headlines this morning. we will have the all important eagles game day forecast. for those of you wanting some cooler temperatures your wish is coming true. we will full like numbers in the seven day forecast, details straight ahead. together. toe toe. welcome back at 7:11.

71 degrees. sky 6hd taking a live look at center city. it is game day. eagles home opener with the cowboys and we have awesome weather for it. >> it is still too early to be playing the cowboys, already. >> yeah. >> it is getting real fast.

>> let's show you what is going on, we are down in cape may. a gorgeous shot here. sun starting to shine through. we have a little bit of cloud cover and some of these coastal areas will be socked in good with patchy fog but as you can see cape may is cleared. wildwood doing all right. avalon, stone harbor, sea isle city but north of atlantic city business where that fog settles in. seventy-one in philadelphia dew .64. it is a muggy morning out there. the wind are out of the north at 18 miles an hour. that is front sliding through dropping the numbers down. reading 65. allentown six . poconos cooler 56. i don't know how long you can take this out here. do you see light shades of blue. that represents temperatures in the 40's. that is leading edge of the cooler air driving south and east. zero seven in dover. seventy foresee aisle city. cooler dew points to the northwest, dryer, we are in the 50's, front has cross that had region. allentown 54. lancaster 58.

we are still in the soup across south jersey and delaware. seventy in dover. sixty-five in millville. sixty-nine in cape may. sixty-six in atlantic city. the as we set this in motion, by lunchtime the entire area down in the 50's. forty's up north and west. wye game time most of the region at this point in the 40's and lower 50's. the it will be feeling great. monday morning look at this i. seen dew point this is low in a long time at least not in this part of the country. 6:30 tomorrow morning whole area in the 30's just about. that will feel very dry and of course with the wind still blowing it will feel somewhat chilly out there first thing tomorrow morning waiting for that school bus. make sure you wear something with sleeves. satellite six, cold front slipping through, try, energy up here across new england and that is where your shower threat will stay, but we are watching this guy right here north of dallas. is there a developing area of low pressure that is supposed to arrive due east and pushing off coast of carolinas by tomorrow afternoon but we will

wait and see what he wants to do but modeling has brought him further north then what it did yesterday at this time. so again we will see where it will go. we are expecting nothing more than just a cloudy day for tomorrow and tuesday, mess of the rain should stay well to the south. temperatures cooling off, 51 in chicago, bismarck 46. all that is sliding into our neck of the wood. looking at surface maps high pressure in control, wind shifting north/northwest cooler day to day. here's monday we will keep that low to the south, increase clouds but we should stay dry. forecast for this afternoon will be 78 degrees coming off yesterday's 85. increasing sunshine cooler, wind north at ten to 20 miles an hour and overnight tonight partly cloudy and cool, 46 degrees. fifty-eight for center city. wind shifting out of the north east at five to 15 miles an hour and those wind will pick up into monday, zero to 25 miles an hour, game day forecast looks great. 4:25 start time eagles taking on the cowboys.

expect mostly sunny skies and breezy conditions. 77 degrees by 4:30. by fourth quarter temperatures dropping down in the lower 70's. exclusive accu weather seven day forecast looking like fall, cloud, sunshine for tomorrow. 74 degreesment breezy once again. tuesday cloudy still breezy at seven 56789 wednesday sun and cloud 79. thursday partly sunny, 78, still dry for friday, pleasant, sunshine 77. look at saturday a's high only 70 degrees in the city. sixty's for surrounding suburbs turning cooler. pretty nice stuff. >> as people wait on the parkway to bring their pope it looks like they need a jacket. >> something light with sleeves. well, jackie collins is being remembered after losing her battle with breast cancer. she wrote hollywood wife's and other claim novels, tails of sex, glamour, power and more. they sold 500 million copies around the world. collins wasn't the only famous member of her family her sister is actress joan collins. collins was mother of three

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say terrorized drivers in phoenix remains behind bars on one million-dollar bail. and, he is laying out his defense. twenty-one year-old leslie allen more it, junior is a accused of shooting at four cars in late august on interstate ten in phoenix. police say they have forensic evidence that links merit to the shooting n court, merit denied the charges against him. >> i just to have say i'm the wrong guy. i tried telling the detectives. that my gun has been in the pawn shop last two months i haven't had access to the weapon. >> police say guns found in the pawn shop matched make, caliber used in the shootings and the gun was link back to merit. he is charged with 28 felony charges. during pope francis flight

to cuba he renewed his call for world to reach out to the thousands of migrants fleeing europe. those, refugees are seeking peace as they try to escape war and death in search of life. francis told report their before he left for cube's met with one of the two syrian refugee families hosted by the vatican. pope has called on catholic parishes a across europe to house migrants and expected to make immigration one of the major themes to the trip to the you had this week. >> this is surveillance video just moments before a school bus full of elementary school children plunged in the pond in florida on thursday. it shows the bus screen toward a gate and hit a tree before splashing into the pond. passers by jumped into help the kid off the the the bus, through a back door that had popped open in the crash. amazingly, no one was hurt. the cause of the crash is still under investigation tonight. lcome back, 7:22.

just a heads up if this is your vacation week and heading down the shore be careful heading in the water. it will be rough over next couple days. we have a developing storm system right here, and what will happies this will generate huge waves coming out from the center on have that storm. as it pulls to the north east these wind will batter beaches. the in the only will it increase surf but it will increase risk for rip currents. cold front will be swinging through that will eventually cool temperatures down and once it pushes through the wind start to pick up. forecast for today look for a combination of the sun and cloud, more clouds, some sunshine by afternoon, breezy, 77 in ocean city. seventy-eight in cape may. eighty for rehoboth and bethenny beaches. ocean temperature 73. on the water there is a small craft advisory.

if you are boating, seas building, four to 6 feet, windy as well. wind north east at 15 to 25 miles an hour. choppy waters today, watch what happens tomorrow. we will call it rought seas. waves building five to 8 feet. the maryland rate risk will be windy once again. wind north east at 20 to 30 miles an hour. just use caution, it is on the waters, guys. sports now, temple fat ball team remains undefeated and this most recent win could put them in the rare spot for the program. jeff skversky has more on that and eagles preparing for the home opener against the cowboys. eagles trying to avoid their first zero and two start in eight years. they have a big one later today, hated dallas cowboys here at 4:25 in the early season game that will help decide this division. here's tony romo and cowboys arriving in enemy territory last night where they have won three straight at the link. of course demarco murray their

former star running back is on the other end of the rivalry. murray a says this will be like any other game. yeah, right. he also says he will let his legs do the talking and in the his mouth. >> you go too fast to worry about guys talking trash and worry about that. i have never been one to go back and forth and waste my energy talking trash and talking. i think game is between the lines. >> this is a in division game. it is really going to be with a team that will be down to the wire with us for the division title. >> that is more on the game later tonight on "action news" sports sunday. how about temple, they beat penn state, then cincinnati, and yesterday u-mass goes down. temple football making a major u turn and later today they could be rang in the top 25, for the first time in 36 years. what a finish last night, final minutes, u-mass touchdown puts temple down three. but the the owls, flopped their extra point. would have made it a four-point game.

instead, marshals tossed it up. tossed to it will heyes. the accounts for two points. temple down one, a minute to go against minutemen, temple drives down field, bj walk tore john christopher out of bound with 12 seconds left. the austin jones comes on for a 32-yard, game winning field goal. got it. temple, winning, 25-23, and three-o for the first time since 2010. how about the the blue and white, stripe out in state college, over 103,000 on hand for penn state and rutgers. it is a party in penn state end zone. second quarter they score three times. barkley the freshman with the 195 on the ground. minute and change left in the half, where is everyone. where is rutgers d. lynch 75 yards for the score. they rack up 329 on the ground. more than rutgers had total. penn state won 28-three. man, man, losses just keep piling up for the phillies. they look like they are

heading toia hundred losses for first time since 1961. phillies have to win seven of their final 13 games, to avoid it, good luck. phillies, another ugly finish in atlanta, eighth inning up one, jerome williams in relief, blows it. freddie freeman keep to left, darnell sweeney, can't get it. two runs score. braves take a one run lead. they will take williams out before he records an out in the inning. so, in the ninth, tying run 90 , herrera, good night, bad baseball. phillies lost two-one. it is their 93rd loss. hopefully aaron nola can stop the bleeding later today. that is sports. i'm jeff skversky. have a good day. a local non-profit hosted a fundraiser for fox chase cancer center. they took over the the park with plenty of food.

the foundation which organizes the the event is run by organizers dedicated to improve the lives of breast cancer patients. 7:27. we have more "action news" just ahead. >> we will be right back. ♪

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set to deliver a address this morning in revolution plaza. at home the stage is almost finished for world meeting festival of the families with the pope visiting philadelphia. plus eagles home opener with the cowboys, later this afternoon and we have great game day weather outside. meteorologist chris sowers for more. >> yes, it is is feeling like football weather for a change. cooler numbers starting to roll in here, due points dropped off, humidity continues to lower, and it just feels nice right now. the pottstown 66 degrees with the nice breeze out of the north/northwest at 15 miles per hour, and saint david 65. center city checking in at 71. levittown 67. glassboro 70. cinnaminson, 69. woodbine 64. smyrna and a dover is 68. satellite six with action radar we have a frontal system

pushing through right now. this ace a game changer. we have had warm days over past couple weeks as we have had a ridge or huge area of high pressure from the desert southwest of all areas pushing over atlantic and north east and park itself for two, two and a half weeks now. well, this front will change the weather pattern and once it completely pushes through we will consistently see canadian air, sweep through here and numbers will respond nicely in the seven day forecast. we will see that in 15 minutes. cloud giving way to sunshine this afternoon, breezy and cooler. 78 degrees. forecast ted high. day planner looks like this increasing sunshine as day wears on and lowering humidity levels. lunchtime 74. by 3:00, 78 degrees and then by 6:75 and by that point it is wall to wall blue skies, ton of sunshine. eagles game looks good we will be breezy though we will see how that impacts the game. we could have a few impacts on the kicking game. wind will be again 15 to 20 miles an hour. your chance have of rain over

next several days right now we don't have any. we are watching a system monday night into tuesday but most of the modeling runs it off the coast of the carolinas and virginia. if it stays that way the the week will be dry. decide to pull farther north then we could see wet weather monday into tuesday. it looks good. perfect finish to the weekend feeling like football, anticipating a great game this afternoon. weather certainly cooperating. when i come back we will take a look at those numbers in the seven day forecast, guys. >> chris, thank you. this time next week pope francis will be in philadelphia, getting set to deliver his homely on the pen franklin parkway. >> another major part of the preparation will go in effect at 6:00 tonight towing will begin inside the secured vehicle zone. first phase of towing stretches in the light green area around a ben franklin parkway from the art museum extending east to 12th street. several other towing stations will roll out in the coming days. we have listed those locations, parking options and

information on required plaquard for vehicles in towing zones, on six abc.com. action cam is looking live at ben franklin parkway from the art museum, all of these will be here next week even. construction continues on the, stage for world meeting festival of the families. the parkway is now off limit to drivers from city hall to the art museum, as we await this extraordinary moment in philadelphia's history. and the festival of the families will get underway on the parkway by mid week, and begin the big finally will be pontiff's mass on the parkway exactly one week from today. "action news" reporter trish hartman looks closer at massive construction job going on to make it all happen. >> reporter: with one week to go until the festival of families brings pope francis to the ben franklin parkway event planners say hundreds of workers will stay busy around the the clock. >> right now it is all about building the nuts and bolts, putting the construction pieces in place, and we meet

twice a day to check on progress and to make sure that we are where we should be. >> reporter: things are right on schedule, according to esn productions president scott. he said arch covering papal stage in front of the art museum is 100 feet wide and 85 . stage sets constructed this weekend will be converted from a festival stage saturday night to the alter for papal mass on sunday. he says that this area in front of the oval will be filled with 8,000 seats and he expects those seats to arrive on thursday. also, on thursday, he hopes that stage will be ready for lighting, camera and sound checks. >> it is a big musical performance, much like a variety show so there are lots of stage moves to rehearse and movement, audio, sound, lighting to rehearse and make sure we have that right. >> reporter: local union workers were busy building press risers, running cables, installing dozens of giant screens for one of the biggest and most notable jobs they have ever done.

>> once we hit ground, the the energy level is there. it is increasing as we get closer to the show. we will see workers themselves are just very excited about being involved in an event like this. >> reporter: in center city trish hartman for channel six "action news". preparing for the papal visit is a monumental effort. more than 11,000 volunteers, are giving their time to the world meeting of families and 4,000 volunteers pick up their official uniforms. colorful easy to identify t-shirts, jackets and hats and we spoke with them to talk about helping the thousands of expected guests then it is about seeing the pope. >> it is to be a part of the world meeting of families, it is so inspiring, so when people come from all over the world to share their great catholic faith and we have tremendous speakers this week. it is the whole thing. >> when there are not concerns about how or if various groups, serve the home less when pope comes to town. volunteers from the chosen 300

ministries dished out hot meals from their usual spot at 16th and parkway. organizers say they certainly intend to be out there next weekend but they are still not sure if they will be allowed to be there, because of security restrictions. the papal visit will interrupt package deliver toys philadelphia, ups says because of the security measures being in place there is a contingency plan. that means no pick up or deliveries this coming friday or saturday, the the restrictions are also going to be in place in washington and new york city when the pope visits there. pope francis is already in cuba, the the first leg of his pilgrimage. pope will preside over mass in revolution plaza a long time heartbeat of the communist nation. pablo sandoval is there this morning. >> good morning, the stage is set here in cuba's revolutionary plaza you won't just find faithful catholics in this packed crowd but also the hopeful. there are people brought here by promise of change to their island nation. from the moment he steps off the plane pope francis made

history becoming the first latin american pontiff to visit cuba. the the pontiff spoke to president raul castro and rest of the cuban people in the first public speech of his nine day trip to cuba and the united states. >> mr. president, i would also like to ask you to convey my sentiments of respect, to your brother, fidel. i would also like my greeting to embraces specially all of those who for various reasons i will not be able to meet and to cubans all throughout the world. >> the the pope will spent four days on the island nation before heading to the u.s. this morning he holds mass in havana plaza of the revolution the country that welcome pope francis is much different from the one visited by pope bendik in 2012. francis was a key player in the negotiations that led to

the restoration of diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba. >> it goodies for everybody, for the public. >> reporter: as for the the people, on this small island 90 miles off the coast of florida, they already feel positive impact of pope francis and they are hopeful for the future. >> we need change for the good. we have been fighting a long time. we need help from everybody. >> reporter: this is just one of the many cubans waiting to hear pope's message of faith and hope. as we anxiously await the arrival of the pope francis here in havana a one of the key things to look out for in the next coming days and that is will his visit have a permanent impact on the catholic church here in cuba catholicism struggled to survive following the cuban revolution. decade later a huge mask held in one of the most important spots in havana and in the crowd cuban's president raul castro. reporting from had van, pablo sandoval. six abc.com is your home for live coverage of the papal

visit. we will stream "action news" coverage of the every major event, and we will have live feeds from cameras across the area. you will also be able to watch our on line only digital updates. 7:38. in other news an apparent murder/suicide has rocked a bucks county community. police in warrington township say they have found a man and woman dead inside a home. this is in the 2400 block of north green ward road. a woman was found shot in the back inside a bathroom. they say a man died of self inflict gunshot wound. their dogs were also shot and killed. police responded to the home after one of the women's friend became worried when she didn't hear from the couple for a few days. two hand grenades were discovered inside a plastic bag in the kensington thrift store. grenades were not live but in fact were hallow but they did cause concern yesterday this was sent to "action news" when the viewer sent it. this happened before 9:00 yesterday morning. an employee called 911 to tell police what she had found. when they arrived several roadways were shut down as a

precaution. all clear was given a short time later. the eagles face a big test today in their home opener, they will go autopsy begins tony romo and dallas cowboys, kick off at 4:25 this afternoon. the the eagles will try to avoid starting the season with two straight losses. they have in the dropped first few games of the season in eight years. the bird are hoping that they will play their entire game today, the way they played the second half of their monday night game against the the atlanta falcons when they looked virtually unstoppable. i'm sure fans are hoping for that start. >> saying the same thing, absolutely. 7:39. still much more to come this sunday. >> would man living the high life but with a serious secret her story of love and tragedy ahead in six abc loves the the arts. sky 6hd taking a live look at cape may new jersey, meteorologist chris sowers is back with the exclusive accu weather forecast, we are getting chillier.

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california did more damage then previously thought. fire destroyed more than a thousand homes, and thousands of other structures are still threatened by flames. the fires also claimed five lives. fire crews are hoping that rising heat doesn't undue progress they have made. 7:43 now. cool here for us this morning. >> yes, speaking of cool i think a lot in the next few morning will wake up and say wow, what is going on out there lets get you outside and show you what is going on as we look live in city hall from the temple university camera. we have cooler air filter its way in and over next few morning temperatures will drop down in the 40's, cross the suburbs. that will be some cool stuff, if we have cloud cover overhead right now with the frontal system passing through, later this afternoon we will see increase in sunshine with lowering humidity levels. seventy-one in philadelphia still sticky out there. sixty-four south jersey and delaware still reporting fairly high dew points but give it another hour or two and they will drop off. wind north at 18 miles an hour.

pressure reading holding steady. trenton 68 degrees, philadelphia 71. wilmington 68. mid 60's north and west. upper 60's, lower 07's south and east. is there your front right there. you see that strip of blue, where wind are picking up, that is where cold front sits at this hour. 18 miles an hour in philadelphia, out to the north. ten in wilmington. four in trenton. thirteen for poconos. later this afternoon it will be breeze friday time-to-time. wind out of the north anywhere from let's say ten to 15 miles an hour occasionally see a gust up to 20 miles an hour. game time 4:30 still seeing that northerly breeze at 15 miles per hour and overnight tonight into tomorrow the wind really will pick up out of the north east as they continue to shift this time five to 25 miles an hour and those coastal area will see gusts as high as 30 miles an hour by tomorrow afternoon. we will be breezy over next 48 hours. it will feel fantastic out there, not just today but most of the upcoming week. it should stay nice and

comfortable with dew points remaining well below 60. we could have a couple days where dew points are in the 30's and 40's. give you perspective, it is comparable to what is going on across the desert southwest. they will talk about that dry heat. the that is similar. a air mass pushing through. temperatures today 4:30, 76. seventy-seven for a high. cooler, much cooler north and west. lower 70's. sixty's for the poconos. million willville 76. wildwood 72. that is dropping down. but we will top out at 78 or 79. watch what happens here tomorrow morning, we will get into the low 50's, upper 40's north and west. you can see this blue here, 58 for philadelphia millville 57. by tomorrow afternoon with the increase in clouds, high temperatures only topping out at 73 or 74. that is the the first in the series of days where we see temperatures below average for a change. it will be feeling like fall, over the the next three to five days. cloud, sun breezy and cooler, 77 degrees in reading. seventy-eight in philadelphia

78 for wilmington. trenton 77. millville 78. cape may 78. very uniform numbers out there eagles game, it looks okay, union, playing this evening at ppl park. that looks all right as well. mainly clear, pleasant. 72 degrees. by 90th minute they are down to 69. maybe bring along something light with sleeves because it will be breezy at times. and then exclusive accu weather seven day forecast shows combination of sun and included for monday, seven 46789 we will cloud up late in the day. the it is looks dry at this point but we are watching that system to the south. cloudy, breezy seven 56789 wednesday sun and cloud at 79. thursday still nice, partly sunny, pleasant. seventy-eight. friday, some sunshine, 77. and then turning cooler. the as we get into next week even. seventy for saturday. sunday looks nice with temperatures again around 70 degrees. >> terrific. >> thanks, chris. dances all around the puerto rican award held at sheraton society hill recognize hispanic heritage

month. familiar six abc facees were there in the crowd. "action news" cam found diego and photo journalist olga dejesus, and as well as niki hawkins. it was a celebration of the asian heritage in the streets of the chinatown this parade wound up from tenth and arch through race up winter and on to cherry street. event was sponsored by asian american united.

philadelphia is coming to the academy of music with the story of love, tragedy in three acts. karen rog arers has more in this weeks six abc loves the arts. >> reporter: it is a classic but opera philadelphia is staging u.s. premiere of the whole new production of the show that debuted in last year. it is italian for fallen woman and it is tragic story of violet a young actress fame

news paris high society. >> she lived a very extravagant lifestyle. she had many lovers who provided her with, richest and possessions and gold, jewels but for the price of her being a veilable a for them. >> while violet is living the high life she is seek restly suffering from tuberculosis. she find love but then her family disapproves of the match. >> thinks great first time opera. i'm sure they dated a guy parents didn't want them to be with. >> reporter: it is a mix of modern, traditional with huge high and lows. >> is there story, dancing, laughing, singing and there is a person on a death bed who is bleeding, you know, coughing up blood. >> when i was working on this i could in the get through it, without just balling. >> reporter: throughout the show it asks theater goers some deep questions: >> can a person who is in love, be truly free. >> ♪ >> do you also have some sort

of an answer to all of life? that is that it is a big mystery. that is the answer. it is a mystery. >> reporter: it opens up at academy of music october 2nd and runs through 11th. for tickets and show times go to the arts in philly.org or visit six abc.com/love the arts, for other area event. for six abc loves the arts i'm karen rodgers. if you have ever wanted to be on the wheel of fortune or just see how game show works head to atlantic city. wheel mobile is partnering from the claridge motel today. they have a chance to take a spin to see how the game is played. there are tryouts for people vying to be a contestant. saying earlier i would rather be a van a white. >> yes. >> stay with us, we will be right back.

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can get any size dark roast coffee for 99 cents. ddperks. that's loyalty. america runs on dunkin'. look at ben franklin parkway at the art museum, the construction continues on the stage for this weeks world meeting festival of families, because of all of this, parkway is off limits, to drivers, from city hall to the art museum. just a reminder if you are parked inside the center city area of that art museum area make sure your car is not in the towing zone because they will starting to those cars at 6:00 o'clock. >> a lot of inconvenience and a lot of excitement. >> especially, speaking of the football weather here talking about excitement. how about cowboys coming to town. division rival eagles/cowboys 4:25 at the link. mostly sunny, breezy, 77 degrees by kick off and then by fourth quarter we are down to 72. it should be interesting to go

see how wind will impact kicking game. wind out of the north at five to 15 miles an hour with gusts as high as 20 miles an hour. we will see what happens here, 74 degrees for tomorrow. rest of the exclusive seven day forecast showing a system passing by to the south. monday night into tuesday for now we will stay dry. we will post dry weather and cloudy conditions. seventy-five for tuesday but again we have to watch that system closely and see what it wants to do. seventy-nine for wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday all look great. highs in the 07's with low humidity. >> very fall like for pope's arrival. >> it is now 7:55. we are a few minutes away from saying good morning to good morning america. >> good morning to philadelphia coming up on gm a, the pope finally touches down in cuba marking beginning of his historic trip. meanwhile americans await the the pontiff's first ever trip to the united states. which will bring him to washington, philadelphia and new york. the the pope expressed his excitement releasing a video message in english, stay tuned for more details on the pope's

visit. we are live from havana. latest in arizona investigators linked suspect's gun to four of the shootings that took place on a stretch of i10 in phoenix. the suspect appeared in court yesterday claiming authorities have the wrong guy. the suspect's father also comes out to defend his son calling anyone who believes his sonnies guilty is a quote more on. did police catch the man terrorizing drivers on i10. plus trump is back on the campaign trail in iowa attending a high school's home coming. even giving students some word of advice. meanwhile hillary clinton continues to stay positive despite falling behind in the polls. she tells abc that she doesn't feel that far behind. that is all coming up next, on gm a we will see you then. >> good morning america weekend is next on channel six. "action news" continues later this morning. >> here are stories we are working on for you, move it or lose it, towing go in effect as philadelphia prepares for the pope's visit. we are live with what you need to know.

plus, the muppets returned to tv right here on six abc, we will have a preview, i love beeker my favorite character. >> i think kermit and miss piggy work it out. >> that love an affair. >> he had that other woman there for a while. >> we will have more on the exclusive accu weather forecast. for eva pilgrim, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. have a great sunday. we will see you at the 9:00 a.m. >> ♪

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good morning, america. happening now -- historic visit. pope francis in cuba. greeted by cheering crowd. abc's terry moran getting the handshake, as we're live in havana this morning for the big mass. plus, the pope's message to americans ahead of his u.s. visit. >> see you in philadelphia! telling it to the judge. the man accused of terrifying motorists as the phoenix freeway suspect speaks out in court. >> i didn't have access to a weapon. >> will his alibi stick? no apology, donald trump defending himself this morning over how he handled a supporter. >> am i morally obligated to defend the president? i don't think so.