the united states, the first canonization on american soil, we look inside of the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception in washington, d.c. it's a busy day for pope francis, rick williams and monica malpass are there watching it right now and filed this report. >> this is the last public event for today for pope francis, he will go back to the vatican embassy and relax for the evening, tomorrow he will address a joints session of congress the first pontiff to ever do so and meet with homeless residents in the nation's capital. >> it's an exciting visit and a preview for what he is likely to do in philadelphia. the pope left the vatican embassy for the white house and immediately broke from the motorcade to greet people on the street. he arrived at the white house for the official state welcoming

ceremony and the president thanked the pope for his support in a new beginning with the cuban people. >> greater cooperation across our hemisphere and a greater life for the cuban people -- >> pope francis made a call to action for climate change. >> the sense of urgency, it seems clear to me that climate change is a problem, with can no longer be left to our future generation. >> the pope and the president then waived to the balcony, to the 20,000 people on the white house lawn before going behind white house doors before a private meeting in the oval office. the pope paraded on the national mall and stopped to kiss babies and give thumbs up and was energized by the large number of people lined up to meet him.

and it ended with a prayer service with bishops and cardinals around the country. this is the last event for the day, he will go back after the ceremony and relax for the evening. >> and tomorrow he will address the join session of congress and the first pontiff to do so by the way and meet with homeless residents here at the capital. this is an exciting event and a preview of what he is likely to do in philadelphia and how much energy he will gets from the people gathered in philadelphia to see him. that does it for rick williams and monica malpass reporting from washington, d.c. >> thank you. "action news" is following every step of the pope's historic trip from washington to new york and on to philadelphia, rick and monica continue their live reports from the nation's capital tonight on tomorrow, and eva pilgram and sara bloomquist are live in new york starting tomorrow evening. right now be take you to the ben franklin parkway, it looks a whole lot different than a week

ago. crews are hard at work adding new structures and layers of security, and they are trying to get it done before the papal mass this weekend. david henry is live now following the progress, how is it looking? >> it's completely unrecognizable from the parkway we know, it takes up three lanes of traffic and normally busy rush hour traffic rushing through and right here in the middle of the parkway the work continues on the stage and alter that is used by the pope during two appearances, the building of the stage continues and the excitement over this event continues to build. >> it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, my daughter goes to a catholic school and i wanted her to experience it. >> even if it's just a photo four days before the pope's event on the parkway, crowds walked the length just to get a snapshot of the stage and alter.

>> it's historical, my mother was catholic, god rest her soul and i am 53 and i don't think we'll see this again in my lifetime. >> they have miles of cables to string and dozens of structures to build, neighbors of the parkway are used to big events but nothing like this. >> you have seen welcome america and made in america, how does this compare. >> it's already a much bigger event than any of that, you knts drive across the city without having to go around something and it's still four days away. >> and as time winds down the scramble continues and soon the parkway will be completely off limits and security fences are going up and jersey barriers stand ready to block the roads, signs have gone up at security check points and air monitors like this are stationed around the perimeter and are sniffing the air for signs of radiation or chemicals and security is

tight with limited access but today folks were free to take it all in. >> a once in a lifetime event and i like what the pope's message has been so i want to come down and see the stage. >> are you coming down to see the pope? >> i'm watching on tv, whatever channel 6 is showing. >> this is channel 6 booth high above the festival stage, we have the best view of the house from up there and like everything else, it's still a work in progress. live on the parkway, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> i'll be on that stage and by the way we like that lady you interviewed right there. >> this is how it looks on independence mall, the sky 6 hd camera shows it's transformation taking place on the grown and the barricades are up and crews are busy wiring the sound systems for the pope's speech on saturday and notice the thousands of chairs they are

setting up on the lawn, they were provided by party rental limited of pennsauken. >> it's big for him to come and you know give his blessing to the city but it's great to even do this part, we probably won't be here for the actual event but cool to be a part of it. >> the holy father's trip include a tour of independence hall and has a personal guide in cynthia mccloud, the superintendant of the the national park. >> before the pope arrives, thousands of pilgrims are here in philadelphia taking part in the world meeting of families, the real reason for the pope's visit to the united states. now john rawlins is live with more on that. >> it's a busy place here, 18,000 people signed up and most of them are in the main hall at lunch time, they come from all

parts of the compass and share the passion for the family. >> the world meeting of families in full swing and thousands of participants, this is a convention of believers, in the hall rendering of the pope and health force that locked on to the painted image and dispenses a prayer. >> touch the virtual buttons and perhaps a blessing from the pope. >> it's the belief that a functioning society begins with god centered families. >> they have different sessions about families that pray together and the old cliche they stay together, it's true. >> and they say the biggest threat is selfish individualism. >> it will destroy family, cities, nations? an effort to help high schoolers focus on the family, this

service project packing meals for children in west africa. >> a gong struck by the mayor means one thousand more meals packed. >> i was once hungry before, i lived as an orphan and was a hungry child, and someone gave me the little food and that was the best gift i ever had. >> they have to ring the gong a number of times. the goal today was to pack 90,000 meals, and the goal for the entire meeting this week, 200,000 meals destined for west africa. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> an extraordinary effort thank you. today was the final phase of towing, all car as long the designated emergency routes had to be removed by 9:00 this morning, people that purchased a special yellow placard are

exempt until tomorrow evening. the city has listed several alternatives including six designated garages, even if your cars cannot be parked along the parkway they plan to park themselves there on the parkway, it's the center of the action and lots of people will spepd lots of time there, so what can you bring and what should you leave at home. nora muchanic runs down the list. >> i am excited, a once in a lifetime event. >> linda will attend sunday's papal mass on the parkway, she was one of many people scouting out the setup on the ben franklin parkway. >> it's logic is to get my bearings, i got my train ticket and i want to know where i'm going on sunday, lessen a little bit of the stress. >> if you go to the events, expect a heavy police presence, have you to go through a metal detector and have your bags

checked. backpacks can only be 10 by 13 inches. and folding chairs are not prohibited but the secret service could confiscate them at some check points. >> are you ready to stan on your feet for hours and hours. >> i'll regret it on monday but yes. >> you can bring snacks and drinks but a cooler has to be soft sided and not hard, they have banned 200 items, including selfie sticks and weapons of any kind. >> it's going to be outrageous, millions of people. >> it's recommended you give yourself plenty of time to get through security. >> be patient getting through the process make sure you come very early, so you can get through security and be on time for the mass. >> there are 3,000 port-a-potties in place and

verizon is offering charging stations and a day of long lines and big crowds but if you prepare you'll do just fine, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> and when the pope arrives in philadelphia on saturday, you can trust "action news" to have it covered. jim gardner leads the way and our team of two dozen anchors and reporters scattered across the city and region bringing you this history making visit. and the impact on the entire delaware valley. >> and clearing the air on campus, what appeared to be a hate crime in delaware turns out to be something different. and the officers on papal patrol, it's care packages they take with them when they hit the streets of philadelphia. >> live on our camera, it was a beautiful first day of fall, we'll talk about sliding numbers coming up in accuweather. >> plus an eagles starter

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university of delaware officials and students held an event to clear the air this afternoon and address what appeared to be a hate crime. students called university police after finding what looks like a noose in a tree on campus, it was found out side of a building where a black lives matters protest was held earlier in the week, they opened a hate crime investigation but they say the string came from inside of a paper lantern that was put up

earlier in the semester. >> we'll make sure the university is welcome to all and the university of delaware is no place for bigotry and prejudice. >> the university's acting president urged students to help change the climate after keeping the dialog open. and they have awarded the local police department as a body camera grant, after the police department is named the lead agency across bucks county, police chief, james donnelly, says that the body cameras will increase trance parentsy and keep the public safe. philadelphia police officers will be well stocked as they work the papal visit. they packed 4,000 food bags for the officers assigned for the papal detail. they are filled with granola

snacks and hand wipes and they had this offer for the pope. >> they can come here, stop in and grab a beer and get something to eat. come in and hang out with the cops, whoever is not working. >> this weekend pope francis will be considered an honorary member of the fop.

well we hoped had seen the end of negativive stories concerning the eagles, ducis rogers has the detail. we don't want to hear this. >> this may not be good, the eagles situation is bad and may get worse, demarco murray leaves practice early with a hamstring issue, he looked fine at the beginning of practice, there is no word on how severe the hamstring is or if he will be able to play sunday against the new york jets, jason kelly says if murray is out life will have to go on. >> we have two other great backs

to be able to get the job done. i mean, the bottom line is, whoever is carrying the ball behind us we have to do a better job up front. >> the eagles made mental mistakes, despite the 0-2 record, sam bradford says the team's confidence has not waivered. >> it has not done anything to our confidence, there is up's and down's in this league, do we want to start 2-0, absolutely. we can't lose confidence in what we are doing and what our system is, we all still believe in it. >> less than 2% of teams that start 2-0, to on to make the playoff sfwlz is this a must win for the philadelphia eagles, there are nine 0-2 teams, only

two of those teams the eagles and the saints are on the road, the eagles at the jets is a must win in so many ways but mathematically it's important. you don't want to go 0-3, since the nfl changed the scheduling format, there are have been 300, 0-3 teams and only 1% made the playoffs, and for chip kelly it's important too, he must lead this team back from the brink. baseball now, less than two weeks to go and 12 days to be exact and the phillies season will come to an end, they face the marlins in miami and three hits and two were solo home runs and helped to lead the phils to a 6- 2 win for the phils.

the new york yankees and baseball and frankly humanity, lost a person, yogi berra, died at 90, he died in northern new jersey at his home, he won a record 10 world series championships and his death comes 69 years to the day of his major league debut and was known for his saying, like it's deja vu all over again and one of my favorites, it sure gets late out here early. >> a memorable character. >> adam joseph has your accuweather forecast next.

adam joseph is back with the accuweather forecast. welcome to fall. >> my favorite time of year, apples pumpkins, and my birthday. >> you like gifts. >> like the sunshine today, looking at double scan live radar around the region, all is quiet this afternoon and this evening, really hardly a cloud in the sky and we'll mimic that tomorrow despite a few high clouds at times on thursday afternoon, 78 degrees right now in philadelphia, down from the high of 80 degrees, 5 degrees above normal. and 77 in wilmington and a bit cooler at the shore with the wind coming in off the northeasterly direction holding the numbers in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees, high pressure is anchored just to the west and that is ripping the clouds apart and sending the dry air in, you can see high clouds just south of washington and that is in

response to low pressure that continues to sit and really just drift barely to the north and east off the coast of florida and the carolinas and florida georgia and this me anders off the coast and fights high pressure over new england this upcoming weekend. right now the canadian high, is north and west of the great lakes and a weak high in western places in pennsylvania and as we go through the upcoming weekend saturday and sunday, the high will position itself just around boston and quebec canada and that drops the winds out of the northeasterly direction, and the lows you can see gaining strength to the south, over the weekend a lot of clouds saturday and especially on sunday, but the rain should be just to the south, but too close really nail biting here by sunday with the rain down the pike of 95 and windy as well over the weekend. so over the weekend the two big

events, the festival of families on the parkway over the weekend, mostly cloudy and breezy and chilly, dress warmly for the concert as well. temperatures dropping into the middle 60s. and then on sunday on the parkway it's packed with people from city hall right up to the art museum steps in the afternoon temperatures only top into the upper 70s and a lot of clouds as you filter down in the morning, only in the 60s so dress warmly. the exclusive accuweather forecast, warm tomorrow and 82 and we slip back into the 70s on friday with filtered sunshine and high clouds and the clouds try to win out here on saturday and especially sunday, breezy both days and on the cool side with highs in the low 70s but at this point for philadelphia, it looks to be dry but the rain is lurking just to the south the second half of the weekend and then on monday and beyond,

sunshine starts to return and temperatures bounce back to normal, into the upper 70s, the rain is as far south as baltimore, we need to watch that. i like that forecast the pope is blessing your forecast there. >> we have got to. abc world news tonight is next on channel 6, and i'll be back later on on "action news" at 10:00 with sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6, for cecily tynan, jim gardner and the entire "action news" team, i'm brian taff hope to see you tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. ññ

tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight." you can see the thousands gathered here right behind me, pope francis, here in america. his historic visit to the white house. meeting with the president. the enormous crowds lining the streets. the pope lifting a little girl along the wrote. stopping to bless babies. then, entering the basilica. as we heard from so many americans, what is it about this pope? also tonight, the other major headline today. the ceo of the largest automaker in the world resigning, after rigging cars to pass tests. what now for the value of your car? donald trump, firing back tonight. his new message to fox news. why is he so upset? and carly fiorina tonight on her empathy for hillary clinton. terror on the highway. the 911 calls, suspected snipers taking aim at drivers. >>