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after a fire breaks out at an elementary school. appear is taking action after a major security breach involving hundreds of apps. the big story on "action news" is the latest on the papal visit. pope francis will be here in just, as we take a look at the clock. 4 days, 21 hours, 13 minutes and counting. and philadelphia is not the only one preparing. cities and towns around the area are getting ready for big crowds and extra traffic. john rawlins is live in paoli, chester county with more on the papal preps. john. >> reporter: rick is expected at least 135,000 people will be using septa's trains to get to center city. if you're one of them now is the time to start paying attention and figure out how you're getting to the station that you will be departing from. the roads around the stations will be stressed some of them will be closed there will be limited parking that's the case
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at paoli, they are planning for very big crowds this weekend. >> saturday we're looking at somewhere in excess of 6500 folks. for sunday we're above 8,000. >> reporter: normally paoli boards 100 passengers a day. the papal weekend 6 times that number are holding tickets. to make it work as the map indicates the emphasis will be on people dropping off pilgrims not parking an riding. >> we're hoping folks from eastbound and westbound route 30 will travel up north valley road and use paoli plaza. think about how you drop off and pick up someone from the airport. pilgrims will walk the short distance to the paoli station. >> they will come across to the train station safely and be placed in waiting areas prior to
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getting on the train. the waiting area is the main parking lot that will empty of cars this weekend. instead it will be where people will line up waiting for the trains. >> so there will be no parking in the main parking lot. there will be about room for 600 cars in a north parking lot north of the station. it is expected that will fill up particularly if you have 6500 to 8,000 people coming in. the next designated parking lot will be at station one mile down the line. it is expected to park there and walk lancaster avenue or route 30 and come up to the paoli station. if you want to take a look at the map go to our website 6abc.com/pope. live in paoli, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. vehicles left in restricted areas for the upcoming papal
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visit are being towed as we speak. in the first few hours, 40 vehicles were taken away. last night the towing began around the benjamin franklin parkway and the art museum around 6:00 p.m. the focus is organ areas north an -- on areas north an south of the parkway. residents who purchased a placard can stay on the roads until thursday and then park in the designated garages. walter perez is live in the next half-hour with the many papal parking restrictions. meanwhile, the pope's journey to cuba continues. this is a live look at the papal mass being held in the third largest city on the island. thousands of people are gathered in the city's plaza. this is revolution square they got here hours before the pontiff arrived. of course pope francis held a mass in had a havana in fronts n
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estimated # hundred thousand people. this is the final full day in cuba before heading to the u.s. tomorrow. we're looking live at a papal mass in cuba. the entire u.s. journey from washington to new york and philadelphia we've got it covered at 6abc.com. monica malpass and i will be reporting live starting tomorrow when the pope arrives. eva pilgrim and sarah bloomquist will be live starting tuesday stay tuned to 6abc live for the papal visit and follow the axe online at 6abc.com. a family is crediting their dog saving them from a violent home invasion. an 1 #-year-old pitbull tried to
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protect its other owner and wast by the suspect. it died from its wounds. from our delaware newsroom, authorities are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a wilmington school. the blaze started after 8:00 a.m. this morning. the sprinkler system kicked in and left a large amount of water on the second floor. there were no students or staff inside at the time. the students were forced to wait outside once they arrived. they were relocated to howard high school. turning to accuweather now, it's a breezy and cooler start to the workweek. as we look live from sky6 live hd at the ben franklin bridge. a pretty picture, but again cooler temperatures, let's get a look from david murphy. fall almost here. >> reporter: almost, it's starting to feel like it today. we have cooler temperatures and a breeze blowing. the clouds are gradually overtaking the region, with the
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sunshine through the high clouds, there's a little bit more of that, but we'll transition to cloudy skies through the afternoon and evening. there are showers to the west, they are largely missing us to the west. the best chance is this evening, and it is a very brief, spotty shower. 70 in philadelphia. 68 in wilmington. 65 in allentown. notice how the winds have shifted out of the northeast. we got up to 8 yesterday, today we'll see a high of 74 which is closer to average, in fact a couple of degrees below. 62 is the low tonight and that's above the average. we'll see the temperatures pop up a little bit. looking ahead toward the weekend with the pope coming, a lot of people interested in what's going on weather wise. i'll give you a preview of what we think will be going on along the east coast. there's a wave of low pressure
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down to our south which should migrate up to the north, and perhaps flow a shower into the philadelphia region. but there's an area of high pressure that will do battle with the low and most of the models have suggested that the high will win this ballots and any rain is centered in richmond, virginia and washington not so much here. the other issue we have is temperatures, i'll talk about that and a more complete look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> we'll check in later, thank you. in the boston the mother of the little girl known as baby doe appeared in court for an emotional charged arraignment. >> reporter: the mother and boyfriend are charged in the toddler's death pleading not guilty to the disturbing accusations. the horrific details of bella bonds death laid out in court.
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an emotional outburst as bella's mother rachel bond stood wining behind the glass, her brother charged with first degree murder. mcca are. t had. y punched her in the stomach and called her a demon saying it was her time today. >> her head was swollen and her face was gray. she knew she was dead. >> reporter: the 2-year-old's body was put into a plastic bag and left in the family refrigerator for days until they dumped the body at the south boston seaport. the body washed up in june with investigators trying to identify baby doe. this computer generated image viewed 50 million times before prosecutors say a friend
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realized the couple's claim that bella wasn't with them because she was taken by the department of children and families was a lie. >> bond broke down crying saying i'll never see my daughter again. >> bond has a long history with dcf and drug and prosecution charges. she also being held on a million dollars bail while the judge would not set bond for mccarthy. marcyzalez. back to you. police are looking for a man that held up the yum yum deli. he approached the employee and put a gun to her waste. he forced the woman and another, woulder to the back of the store and took off on a bike. a contractor charged in
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connection with the deadly building clams on market street -- collapse on market street rejected a plea deal. he will pursue a jury trial instead. 6 people were killed and more than a dozen injured when a wall gave way falling on top of the salvation army store back in 2013. the excavator operator pleaded guilty to multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter. another presidential hopeful is coming under fire for controversial comments this time it's ben carson. a couple in calf -- california are being sued by their neighbors because of their autistic son who they want declared a public nuisance. we'll be right back. what do a nascar® driver...
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against his former team. >> ink chip gets a small -- i think chip gets a small portion of the blame, sam bradford gets the blame and offensive liner gets the blame. it was horrible. >> linebacker michael kendrick left the game with an injury. meantime, tony romo was out with a broken left collarbone. politics, now, our coverage of vote 2016. controversial comments from republican candidate ben carson who said he would not support a muslim for president. he made his comments on sunday morning's meet the press, he said his faith should be consistent with the values and principles of america and islam is not. he said he open to voting for a
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muslim for congress. parents of a young boy with autism are being sued by their former neighbors who say the boy was a danger to their community and children. two families filed the civil lawsuit they say say the boy attacked their children including kicking and biting them. they are suing and seeking unspecified damages for the boy's bad behavior and an injunction that would provide the parents to prevent future incidents. >> my son was riding his bike, the child threw him to the ground and grabbed him with his hair and shook him violently. >> i hope the court doesn't rule against the family, because that creates another barrier that's not the solution. >> the family at the center of the lawsuit released a statement saying the allegations are false. the lawsuit is a quote modern day witch hunt against a small
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disabled child and his family. a man accused of shooting his girlfriend and infant son and pastor at an alabama church is behind bars this noon. james minter opened fire in a church in east selma. he was upset about a recent break up. police hailed the parishners as heros for wresting the gun away from the shooter. big name companies are taking time to mark the international day of peace. plus, volkswagen shares plunge after the company is skewed of rigging -- accused of rigging the emissions test for half a million cars. >> volkswagen has taken a huge
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hit after revelations that the german car maker rigged us emissions test after the epa announced they skirted clean air rules. it has ordered volkswagen to fix the cars at its own and he knows. the company could be find $18 billion. a number of big companies are taking apartment in the international day of peace. mcdonald's is among those seeking donations for the united
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nations world food program. it will help those affect by the refugee crisis in the middle east. google and facebook are getting involved. turning to "healthcheck" at noon, good news for coffee drinkers, despite what some may think, experts say the morning cup does not raise your risk for hypertension. coffee only jolts it for a few hours after you drink it even then it's only in people who rarely drink it. the "action news" team is out working on news stories at 4:00 p.m. like this story, most of us jump when we see a spider, that's what a mother did leading to an accident. even worse she was not alone. many families in the area want to see the eagles play when you add up the tickets and the food and the parking, game day gets appliesy, that's why we're sharing secrets saving big at
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>> meteorologist david murphy is back with a closer look at today's back to reality forecast. >> reporter: everybody is complairning about the football -- is complaining about the football game this weekend, i thought temple played a great game they won. that was the game to watch, unfortunately. storm tracker 6 live double scan we have a lack of precipitation in the immediate region. figure in closer to areas out to the west, there's a shower pushing north toward gettysburg and sliding toward harrisburg not heading to our neck of the woods. some of this may pop through later on in the evening hours. as we look outside, for now
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we're looking at gathering clouds. you can really see that a little earlier on the action cam as we take a look at the heavens with the flowers in the foreground. very pretty out there with the flowers, obviously getting more and more overcast as we move through the afternoon. 72 degrees, dewpoint, 52. we have a breeze 9 miles per hour out of the east/northeast in philadelphia. that could go as high as 15, 20 miles per hour in the afternoon. that's about anywhere across the region. 65 in allen to un. allentown. reading, 73 in millville. we have eclipsed the 70-degree mark in cape may and atlantic city. we have the showers, the leading edge of them starting to push up toward gettysburg and harrisburg, but most of the stuff is farther out to the west. again we may get a sprinkle or spotty shower later in the afternoon, but especially later tonight. it's cloud and sun in the lehigh
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valley. the farther north you go through the region, the better chance you have of holding on to the sunny breaks. 72 is the high there. pleasant overall. down the shore, 72 up and down the boards, increasing clouds and breezy not a bad day overall. in philadelphia we'll go for a high of 74. we got up to 80. 74 that's a change, with the increasing clouds it won't feel as warm. another factory, of course it's a bit breezy out there. refreshing enough. there's the northeast windy running 10 to 20 miles per hour through the afternoon. mostly cloudy overnight tonight 62 and late tonight there could spotty showers around a lot of you won't see that. for the evening commute. looks like it will be a mainly cloudy one, breezy, 74 by 4:00 p.m. 71 by 5:30. 61 degrees by 7:00 p.m. many have been communicating how it feels like autumn today, sure
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enough. tuesday, 76 which is the average for the high. but there will be a northeast breeze coming through the region. this time we have an area of low pressure to the south of us that could push a shower or two along the coast. doesn't look like that will make it to philadelphia tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 74 is today's high, increasing clouds, a couple of sprinkles and showers later today and toant. mostly cloudy -- tonight, mostly cloudy on tuesday, rain or shower down the shore, 76 the high there. autumn arrivals before down on wednesday morning before 4:00 the 1. in the afternoon it will be sunny and 80. the early word for the papal visit is good conditions. looks like we'll cool down to 70 for saturday. sun and clouds, sunday partly sunny and 73. that will be great for the masses and other activities. there's a fly in the ointment that's an area of low pressure to the south in the virginias.
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looks like it will stay down there, we'll keep watching it. >> some incredible picture also out of texas where a neighborhood was devastated by an explosion we'll tell you what happened. she keeps 6abc viewers on the edge of their seats, now viola davis makes tv history in hollywood. we'll have those stories and much more when we come right back owe right back. in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. i tried warfarin before, but the blood testing routine and dietary restrictions had me off my game. not this time. not with xarelto®. i'll have another arnold palmer. make mine a kevin nealon. really, brian? hey, safety first. like all blood thinners, don't stop taking xarelto®
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without talking to your doctor, as this may increase your risk of a blood clot or stroke. while taking, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. xarelto® may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. xarelto® can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. if you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto®, watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. xarelto® has been prescribed more than 11 million times in the u.s. and that number's growing. like your guys' scores. with xarelto® there is no regular blood monitoring, and no known dietary restrictions. treatment with xarelto® was the right move for us. ask your doctor about xarelto®.
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>> hello, again, sarah is off, here's some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30. pope francis is in eastern cuba at this hour on the third day of his visit to the island and on to the united states. the round the clock job of towing cars to get ready for his visit continues in the fairmont section. hackers have gotten through to apple security. we'll tell you what was affected. now the details, pope francis is in the eastern part of the island nation of cuba. thousands camped out to be part of the crowd. cuban president raul castro traveled from havana to see the mass.
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