it happens. >> the pope wrapped up his visit to washington earlier today with a historic speech before congress. the first time ever a pope has done this, the pontiff spread his message of peace and love and take on issue most important to him like immigration and the refugee crisis and then spent lunch with the homeless, chose to do this rather than have lunch with members of congress. >> i'm brian taff joined by sharrie williams, and continuing coverage of pope francis' visit to the united states. >> his six day journey began in washington, d.c. and ends here in philadelphia. we continue our team coverage, nydia han is live on the parkway where the pope wraps up his visit this weekend. lets go to eva pilgram in times square, where people are

bursting with excitement. >> reporter: brian and sharrie pope francis is expected here in new york city in a few minutes but the security for his visit is already in place, nypd has an extra 6,000 officers on the street and 3700 miles of barricades and 2500 feet of fence for a visit that is expected to last 39.5 hours. people are ready to see pope francis in new york city. the way it's set up it will be hard to see him. >> we hope to see him. i want to see him in person. >> streets were closed down causing major gridlock and the pope is expected to attend a prayer service at saint patrick cathedral, where tickets guests will file in to greet the pontiffs. in times square people can't help to share the excitement. >> it's like going to the movies, but a lot more electric. >> he wants the best for the

world, he is politically motivated. earlier pope francis spoke to politics, being the first pope in history to speak to a joint meeting of congress. >> i am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave. [ applause ] >> the pope did not hesitate to speak on controversial issues, the arms trade and a plea to get rid of the death penalty and reminding this crowd full of top leaders that immigration was a key part of the u.s.'s history and spirit. >> lets remember the golden rule. do unto others as -- [ applause ] as you will have them unto you.

>> the pope's visit tomorrow here in new york city will also mark a bit of history here, the largest street shut down ever that is 83 blocks, 10.3 miles of road will be closed here in manhattan, roads are expected to backup across the bridges and the tunnels as well. we are live in times square, eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> we want to take you live now to chopper 6 hd back here in philadelphia, the grand setup for pope francis really coming together tonight along the ben franklin parkway, lets go live on the ground, nydia han is live on the parkway tonight. >> we have a prime spot on the oval with a clear look at the stage where pope francis will be. we like that. >> we have a truly incredible screw of all the events that are happening here on the oval. you can see the beautiful art

erected for this occasion. they are checking the monitors that is part of this production and then the all important stage underneath, a platform that takes on such significance over this papal weekend and we got a chance to talk to the people that were building it. >> i feel great that i am having a part in this. i'm actually having a hand in the stage he will walk on. this is something else. >> as local workers build the main strange, the fact that it will be a world stage does not escape them. >> it's great to set things up for an important event, one the biggest this city has ever had, it's special. >> people are marveling at the parkway's transformation. >> i can't believe it, it looks so different, i don't see the streets anymore. it's kind of strange but

exciting. very exciting. >> beautiful for our city and beautiful for the world and world meeting of families, nothing better than to unite the family. >> many are deeply effected by the pope's impending arriveal. >> he says good things. and he wants us to do better and that is a good message. >> now back to the anchor booth on the parkway, take a look, we have an anchor desk like we do in the studio, and a work space everything we need to bring you live coverage, we'll be here around the clock for the historic papal weekend. i'm nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> non-stop coverage, the public can count on us. nydia thank you. >> the time is now to move your xreek if you live in and around the ben franklin parkway and independence mall. residents that purchased a

special placard have until 10:00 p.m. tonight to move their vehicle to a designated parking garage and fences go up at 10:00 tonight. pope francis stays in philadelphia, he has nice digs, st. charles seminary in wynnewood, the seminary is preparing all year for this one weekend, they beefed up security measures and planted flowers, cut the lawn and power washed the steps, to make sure the pope can use the seminary as a place of prayer, rest and relaxation. >> when the pope does finally arrive here, "action news" has you covered. jim gardner leading our team of more than two dozen anchors and reporters scattered in locations across the region to bring this history making visit and its impact on the delaware valley right home to you. and joining the team is former "action news" colleague, cathy gandolfo, she will return to the team to cover the papal visit,

cathy live all weekend at our studio on the parkway. can't wait. follow our special twitter handle at 6 abc pope on the papal visit. talk about a special delivery, a police escort led an ups truck this afternoon, inside a special creation, the 75 by 9 foot runner that pope francis will walk on when he steps on the plane in philadelphia. the weave team were honored to be part of making this history of course and she is the one help to bring this red carpet to our area. >> talk about a special delivery, a police escort led an ups truck from pendale inside was a special creation, a 7 by 9 foot runner that pope francis will walk on when he steps off the plane in philadelphia. >> i am honored to be part of making this history and part of

this historic moment. >> to know that we did this carpeting and he is walking on it, it's amazing. using 100 miles of wool yarn and a million stitches, the weave team at this family owned business spent three months making three rugs, the one he whacks on when he arrives and departs and two to be used at the basilica. they have experience weaving rugs for celebrities and even the white house, but they say making rugs for the pope is special. >> the fact that the pope is coming and walking on our carpet is exciting. the medallion seen on the rugs is based on a stained glass window design is seen at the basilica, and the weavers are sending a card with it wishing pope francis peace with each step of his journey. that will start and end on the

carpet they made. >> we want to let you know that the pope's plane has just touched down in new york city, we'll bring you there live in a moment but first lets get you caught up on the traffic report. lets go to matt pellman. >> we don't want the rug pulled out for under them this weekend, so we talk about the closures this weekend ark crash cleared out from the ramp on northbound 95 and i thought it was appropriate to talk about how these ramps connecting 95 to broad street will close this weekend as they will on washington avenue, the main lanes will stay open, a lot of these ramps on 95 will close like the entirety of the schuylkill and the expressway. the blue route 476, it's crowded in the afternoon, and plymouth meeting, the northeast extension is backing up in speeds in the 20s, because of a broken down

vehicle north of the landsdale interchange taking out one of the two lanes, from you getting out of done on the northeast extension, expect a slow go there. and in mercer wind, the ramp shut down from 130 westbound, on the mass transit front, detours are already in place on the ben franklin parkway and they have been for a while now, and starting at 10:00 tonight we lose some of our rail stations and suburban station and 15th street stations close tonight starting at 10:00 and tomorrow regional rails start tomorrow on a saturday schedule and the same situation for monday, we'll give you more details coming up in the next half hour. >> very good matt thank you. there is still more to come on "action news" at 5:00, the staff at one philadelphia hospital is getting ready to stay all weekend to treat patients during

the papal visit. ali gorman has the details in health check. dry and warm today, but right in time for papal weekend, more clouds and cooler conditions and the threat of rain, i have new information coming up. >> all right cecily and another live look at jfk in new york city where pope francis' plane just touched down and not quite to the gate yet but he is making his way into the city on route to philadelphia. we'll hat and more next at 5:00.

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we'll bring you back live for a look at jfk airport. pope francis on the ground in the big apple. you don't see his plane yet it's still taxiing to the gate. this is an american airlines jet that just touched down and as soon as we see pope francis at the top of those stairs we'll bring you back to new york city. on health check tonight, the planning is done and some local

hospitals moved into high gear for their preparations for the pope's arrival. one has a new app, allowing patients to make virtual doctors visits if they can't get this there in person. >> extra supplies are arriving for days and at pennsylvania hospital they inflated 500 air mattresses for workers staying over and for parents of infants in the neo nato care unit. the details are endless. >> when we started out we had a list of 187 tasks or issues we needed to address and we are now down to five, eight portable shower trailers are moved into the university of pennsylvania, and pen presbyterian hospital.

it's hospital has $1.25 million in extra medication, a four or five-day supply and they are offering language translation services. meanwhile at jefferson university hospital, they launched their new just connect app just in time for the pop's visit. jefferson is inside of the traffic zone and they explain if patients cannot get to them they can see patients via a mobile device, anybody can sign up and sign on for an emergency visit. the app is best for your urgent but not emergent. >> runny noses and cough, and some people have diarrhea or

uri urinary tract infections. >> the service is available in pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey, but you do not have to be a resident, that means that visitors can use the service, but it's for none emerge ent uses. we have more at 6abc.com. ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." >> we want to take you now live to jfk international airport, pope francis is now on the ground and this is his papal jet we'll call it, he is flying through american airlines for the rest of his journey here in the united states, we are told, as we watch here, his jet is approaching the landing area here and of course he is anticipated to be greeted by an eager crowd and it's a very busy day in washington, d.c., and now on the second leg of his journey, we expect for pope francis to be exiting off the plane any moment now, to greet

those that are there eagerly awaiting him and the u.s. and american flags and vatican flag there, as we await pope francis for him to come off of the plane, for us to see him arriving in new york today. of course we'll bring you this picture again as we continue to keep an eye on pope francis' ever move. ññ

the city of camden is now home to four more miles of bike trails, the city opened the new trails today, they connect camden to the ben franklin bridge and the cam ben waterfront and they hope it will encourage people to use alternative transportation. >> a trenton counseling center has more ways to help treat patients, the millville counseling center will open today and offer more outpatient and psychiatric services and programs to help at risk children and teenagers in the trenton area. we continue to track pope francis after his arrival. just a few minutes ago his plane

landed at jfk airport. we are awaiting pope francis to exit the plane and come into view for us, he had a busy day in washington, d.c. making the historic speech before joint congress today and now on his second leg, he is in new york city at this point. we expect him to emerge from those doors any second as soon as he does. you can expect live coverage here on "action news."

the bishop of brooklyn who will greet him at this leg of the stop as well as 200 so-called indigent persons, those that are poor and needy to whom the pope made some much of

his ministry, but don't get too used to this scene. the pope will not be on the ground much longer although he may get in the car, he is just making his way over to a helicopter for the short hop into manhattan for that leg of this historic journey and the mass at st. peters and st. patrick's in the heart of manhattan. the helicopter is the same helicopter marine one that the president used to fly back and forth from the white house and joint base andrews. >> as we look here again, it's the young children, the children have truly been a priority on the steps where he has landed. to be greeted, they are being sure to include young people and it appears from where we see the expression from pope francis, he has so much joy when he sees the

young people and vice versa, the young people are cheering him on and we are aware that a group of high school students are to sing a classic song from sinatra, new york, new york. we are anticipating that will happen at some point. not the kind of song you expect to hear in church but the song you expect to hear in streets of manhattan. this papal visit thus far the smiles and ear to over grins, many priests and bishops and religious lay people that are ecstatic and besides themselves to greet this man. that is the scene from earlier in washington, d.c., where there is division andderition in recent weeks and months, no matter the aisle, they were overjoyed to see this pope today and some of them were brought to

tears by his mere presence and his remarks that were not sheepish, for a lack of a better word, he ventured into some controversial areas here. we hear the cheers as he makes his way through the crowd that are eagerly awaiting him and many are waiving the vatican flags, there is the pope, he emerges himself into the crowd and doesn't hold back at all, if the camera was to give us the vision of him to the right, he instanley hugged the first person there, people gravitating to this pope without a doubt. >> everyone is trying to get the papal souvenir, the selfie with pope francis, we'll continue our live coverage now that the pope has arrived in new york city.

lets go back to a live picture of pope francis, he is on the ground in new york city, he has landed at jfk international and he is in a sea of people, they surrounding him, and greeting him a warm welcome on the second leg of his trip to america, he left washington, d.c. and now in new york, you can't get a good glimpse of him but you can definitely see the top of his head and he is

surrounded by people surrounding him. "action news" is following his every move on "action news" at 5:00 continues after that.

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meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> "action news" at 5:30 continues, we want to give you the live look back to pope francis at jfk international in new york city. this is a view of his plane that he came on and now here is our live picture thank you. this is pope francis now preparing to board on this helicopter where he will head to the wall street held aport from here. and he will head to downtown manhattan and then a motorcade, to get him over to st. patrick's cathedral, he spent most of his day in washington, d.c. where he gave a speech to a joint meeting of congress. >> the first pope to do that, lawmakers hanging on his every

word. >> i am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress. in the land of the free and the home of the brave. [ applause ] >> pope francis spoke in english for almost an hour an extraordinary feat for him. he called on action fork immigrants and the end of the death penalty and talked about making a real difference on climate change. he talked about his next stop in philadelphia and stressed the important role that families play across this country. >> a theme that pope francis will carry into his world meeting of families speech on saturday, that conference is in full swing and going rather well so far. vernon odom joins us live now. >> reporter: hello there brian, more smooth sailing and all smiles at the world meeting of

families, workshops and seminars and a lot of people touring our city, the pilgrims tell me they are having the time of their lives. >> the world meeting of familys in day three and moving along, catholic fellowship continues to thrive here among 18,000 delegates and their families, attending workshops and touring the host city, many travels from across the country to be here and they are not disappointed. >> this is a powerful wonderful profound event. and no place is too far to come to be gathered for people in support of the family. to hear what our holy father has to say in support of that. >> thousands of others have crossed an ocean to get to philadelphia for this historic week, the first time the triannual meeting of families is held in the usa. >> we are meeting the people from all over the world. we are looking forward to

meeting the father on sunday. >> these are local pilgrims looking forward to the pope's arrival. retired officer rick boes and his factually will represent the archdiocese families when he greets the pope when he steps off his plane, rick had to retire when he was wounded in '08 during a deadly confrontation. >> we ask more why us and not them, and we look at this and try to include everybody in our parish. >> and jerry sunoco and his family will provide gifts, he is a strong supporter of st. charles seminary. >> as a servant leader this man galvanized people and gives us hope. >> brian the pilgrims are ready for the pope's arrival here on saturday, live at the convention

center in center city. >> thanks vernon. >> some people are trying to get an aerial picture of pope francis, but the faa wants to remind everyone, drones are not allowed. the no drone zones are in effect here in philadelphia over the weekend, not just the parkway, they are banned from the entire city. the flight restrictions means you could land in trouble with the law and perpetrators could facesiveal or criminal charges. a mass was celebrated in saint augustine in center city. they welcomed a large concontinueient from pope francis' city, they were all here from argentina, and mass was delivered in spanish and everyone was invited to a luncheon afterward. merchants laid out a generous spread of food so

visiting journalists could taste the best our city has to offer. more than 200 journalists are expected to be in the city. it's something that merchants are preparing months for. >> we literally have refrigerated trailers outside and extra trash storage, you name it. >> being here is an awesome opportunity to see the beauty of how amazing philadelphia is hosting a great event like this, and you say the city of brotherly love, i definitely felt that. >> in reading terminal market will be open through the weekend from 8:00 in the morning until 7:00 at night and sunday the market shuts down at 3:00 in the afternoon, "action news" has complete team coverage of many the pope's visit, jim gardner leading the team of more than two dozen anchors and reporters. at locations across the region covering this historic visit and

the impact on all of us through the delaware valley, believe it, if you are away from a television, 6abc.com is your home for live video, we'll stream our "action news" coverage of every major event and live feeds, and watch our online only, digital updates, that gets you weather and traffic and the latest video coming in from our "action news" team. >> of course the roads will play a major factor in those trying to get in and get out of this historic week. lets check in with matt pellman. >> those two that looked familiar looked great, but this is not looking great this afternoon. a nasty overturned vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of 202, by route 29, the great valley interchange. they got the vehicle flipped over and it's now upright and tow trucks are on the scene and extra slowing from chester brook to this part of 29 to 202 southbound and slowing on the southbound side of 476 and the

blue route and northeast extension, people getting out of town and a broken down vehicle at the landsdowne interchange. the craft festival is going on tonight and glenside avenue is going on and madonna is here as well. at the wells fargo center, we wonder if she will do like a virgin. of course the parkway remains closed and the ramps off the vine street expressway shut down at 10:00 tonight as do several of our rail stations, suburban station, the city hall station and fifth street and 15th street stations all closed and remain closed for the duration of the weekend. back over to you. >> if i'm guessing, she will do it. >> definitely. "action news" continues to follow the pope's historic visit to the united states, a live look now from jfk.

there it is. the chopper is getting ready to take off. that is marine one, the same helicopter used by president obama between the white house and joint base andrews but this time it holds pope francis making its way to jfk to the heart of manhattan. adam? >> a summer-like afternoon with temperatures in the low 80s and rain and low pressure to the south that works to the north but how far does the rain get, i'll let you know in accuweather. >> and an update on demarco murray's hamstring injury, will he take the field against the jets this sunday. jaime apody has more coming up.

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meteorologist, adam joseph joining us now and of course we are looking a little bit ahead because of big weekend. >> the question is how far north does the rain get, is it north or does it make it into the

city? double scan live radar shows another beautiful fall day, feeling like summer and temperatures in the low 80s and no signs of any precipitation on double scan. 80s in philadelphia right now as well as allentown, upper 70s, lancaster, reading, wilmington and trenton and at the shore cooler with the wind off the atlantic, matching the ocean temperature of 71 degrees, high pressure is to the north and somewhat of a dirty high and typically high pressure is supplied, lots of sunshine. and clouds are busting in from the west and in from the south and in addition to that high to the north we have low pressure to the south spinning back moisture off the atlantic, and winds coming in out of the easterly direction. around this low, and between that low and the high it will send a wind off the water much of the weekend, that will cause beach erosion and coastal flooding, both saturday and sunday. inland though on future tracker

tomorrow, we'll see high cloud cover today in south philadelphia, and temperatures cooler mid to upper 70s and temperatures go even cooler on saturday afternoon, overall low 70s with the exception of philadelphia at 75 and saturday a dry day and clouds filtered so to speak with the cloud cover still trying to race in from the south. here is the question, and the uncertainly with sunday, where does this position and does it stay in control and keep the precipitation down to the south, it's a 50% chance. because the low as it p pulls off the coast and bumps into the high, we'll see the possible of light rain and more than likely light rain will break out in southern areas, the question is what about philadelphia for the mass on sunday? late after and and early evening, the euro has been dry for the get go and that is a

reliable model and the nam this morning had rain but the latest information is coming in dry so it keeps coming in back and forth so with the flip-flopping we have to continue to follow it and it's a fine line where that rain will be. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast filtered sun on friday of 77 and saturday is dry, mostly cloudy and pops of sun at 75 degrees, and both saturday and sunday, it's breezy if not windy both days and the rain chance coming in on sunday at 73, clouds linger on monday and upper 70s and summer like on tuesday before we back it off in the temperature department on wednesday and thursday. with sunshine taking control once again, and if you are not in the city, and down the shore, very windy and coastal erosion and beach flooding is possible. >> we can't be jealous of those folks. >> no.

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delaware valley, the italian cars are gaining popularity as people see pope francis riding around in his 500 l the action cam saw this pope cutout sitting in a car in newcastle, delaware. >> a gentlemen came in yesterday and saw the pope driving a fiat. he owned and sold fiats, and came in here and the next thing we know he is driving out with a new fiat. we love it, thank you pope. >> pope francis drives around in a fancy model but you can drive a base model for about $20,000. and now jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. and live coverage from the pope's next stop in new york city. and hear from francis himself from the joints address to congress this morning. and a wilmington family is calling for justice after an

officer involved fatal shooting. now for rick williams, cecily tynan, and brian taff. i'm sharrie williams, "action news" at 6:00 is up next. more kids are suffering from asthma and we still have no limits on carbon pollution which can lead to more asthma attacks in children but senator toomey has voted repeatedly to let polluters keep releasing unlimited carbon pollution into the air.

and took more than one million dollars from the polluters. tell senator toomey to vote for the clean power plan, because unlimited pollution shouldn't be a right. but playing outside should be. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. he has arrive i city, shepherd one touched down at jfk airport less than 45 minutes ago and the plane came to a stop. and the smiling pope francis

came down to greet the waiting and adoring crowd. this is the second leg of his journey, a journey that will bring him to philadelphia. it's thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the latest on the pope's journey to america, and before coming to new york pope francis did something in washington today that a few other people that have been able to do before him p he was able to tame congressional leaders, as he spoke to a joint meeting of congress, he gave both sides plenty to feel good about. the democrats appreciated his call to embrace the stranger in our midst, immigrants legal and illegal. >> we the people of this continent are not fearful of foreigners. because most of us were once