>> happening right now on "action news," take a look, the stage is set for the francis

festival to begin, thousands will flock to center city to just catch a flips of pope francis. >> we have a live picture from philadelphia international airport where they have the stairs set up for shepherd 1. the holy father will be landing in philadelphia soon, the pope is coming. "action news" has all angles covered. >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards along with matt o'donnell all this waiting, it's finally upon us. this is a special edition of "action news" saturday morning as we get going for the papal weekend. >> "action news" has reporters fanned out across the area from the parkway to the basilica to the airport, and we're riding the regional rails along with you. >> you have confess about weather and traffic -- questions about weather and traffic, david murphy and karen rogers are here to help you out this morning. >> reporter: rolling out the red carpet for pope francis at philadelphia airport. as we look toward east.

we have high, thin clouds, this is not a bad day building. take a look at satellite. we have cloud cover in place, there will be sun breaking through at times today. i love the way the rain trying to push north encountering dry air holding it's grounds south of washington and the state of delaware. temperatures are okay, 63 a little cool. obviously similar numbers to what we've had the last couple of mornings. 59 in trenton. 57 in you're heading out the door early in wilmington. 68 in sea isle city. the winds are not that strong. down the shore 17 miles per hour sea isle city. philadelphia up to 10. we could go as high as 20 with slightly higher gusts as we roll through the day. by 8:00 a.m., 62 breezy. noon, breezy, but up to 71. 3:00 p.m., 75 degrees that will be your high. not too bad. windy and dry today. karen rogers will have the

latest of what's looking to be a diminishing chance of rain tomorrow that's ahead in the accuweather seven day. >> let's hit the roads right now we're wide open on the schuylkill expressway because it is shut down. we see no traffic. kind of an eerie shot. we only see this in snow coverage, nobody on the roads. it is shut down from the schuylkill expressway eastbound to the blue route westbound i-95 to route 1. schuylkill expressway looking live at montgomery drive nothing happening. closed at 10:00 p.m. last night stays closed as is the ben franklin bridge. we can see pedestrians walking about. no major problems going to out on the roads. you see that areas are closed, but seems like people have programmed for that. we were not seeing traffic yesterday. one thing i wanted to point out, the i-95 is open, the other highways and bridges are open. i-95 at cottman very light volume. the closures on i-95 are around

the pedestrian areas that are closed in the city. you're closed from washington to broad street in these areas. >> "action news" reporter, nydia han is live at eakens oval to start the coverage with a unique look at the papal stage. good morning, nydia. >> reporter: good morning, we certainly do have an extraordinary view on eakens oval. we know so many viewers have been anticipating the visit and we've been planning for this joyous occasion. now that the sun is up, take a look at at the stage here. members of the media and security folks and the faithful are arriving. i want to give you a behind the scenes prospective what it's like to cover such an extraordinary event in philadelphia's history. it is 2:00 a.m., our alarms went off at 12:45 a.m. this is the meade transportation center from -- media

transportation center from here we'll be wanded for security. we wanted to make sure that we would make the 4:00 a.m. bus in plenty of time to broadcast at 5:30 a.m. we're first in line, so we'll be on that. 3:05 a.m. i want through the metal detecter and from here we'll board the media buses. 4:15 we're on the bus for the parkway. take a look outside this has to be the safest most secure place in america. erin o'hern is here. we're rolling right now heading to the parkway. you can see the streets are clear, we have a police escort. we pass a number of jumbotrons along the way. there are 40 of them set up along the parkway so people can get a clear view of what's happening.

we should be at the parkway in no time. this is our 6abc booth there are 5,000 journalists in philadelphia they will be working out of the center on the parkway. come inside this is james editing for us this morning. we have the ability to see video from here and look at the walkie-talkies so we can be in constant communication with each other. it is almost show time. >> it is show time, indeed. take a look at the satellite trucks out there. the process for the press overnight went smoothly, it was faster than anticipated. certainly we hope the same holds true for the faithful and the people of goodwill heading here today. live on eakens oval, nydia han channel 6 "action news." >> that was a neat look at what's going on this morning. pope francis is expected to take off from jfk international and we'll be live when that

happens. >> reporter: the pope is is expected to arrive at 9:30 and go to saints peter and paul for a mass. >> this afternoon he'll deliver a speech on immigration from independence hall and the papal parade on the parkway followed by the festival of families at eakens oval. >> pilgrims who have been waiting to see the pope camping out in south philadelphia. these parishners are from the archdiocese of newark, new jersey. they stayed in tents. others stayed inside the church on the 2300 block of south 18th street. they will get up and get going and make their way over to where katherine scott is, live in logan square with a firsthand look at security and anticipated crowds there. >> reporter: it's early but people are here along the parkway. some were curious, others are

here because they want to get a good spot for when the pope arrives. some are here for the festival of families and others are waiting outside the basilica. they want to catch a glimpse of pope francis when he arrives to celebrate mass this morning at the basilica. there are concession stands and benches in the area. this is a popular spot to grab breakfast, you might see seem clumping their coffee it's a similar spot for people to hang out and congregate as they wait for the pope's arrival. look at the view, you can see this beautiful shot of city hall and the pilgrims making their way up the parkway. this will be a long day for some of these pilgrims. they walked here to go through security and making sure sure they have a prime spot to see the pope.

i've heard people talking about the energy in the city. the thousands who are here during the world meeting of family and those who stayed the weekend to hear the pope's message in person, even if they have to stand far away they say they want to be here and their families to be here to experience the moments with the other families from around the world. you can see people on the parkway this morning. it's going to be a long day, we've seen people bring chairs with them to make the wait a little more comfortable. but people are excited to see the pope this morning to celebrate mass, they are waiting aby the basilica. they are gathering. thanks, katherine. >> thousands plan to make their way to at this time on septa's regional rails. our john rawlins is among them,es live at the paoli train station, good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, this is the paoli train station, you're right, thousands are

expected to use the septa rails. thousands will be using the train system to get into philadelphia. the busiest station will be here at paoli. it's been a slow start. we have still pictures from earlier today before the sun came up. the first three trains went off with 150 people each. it's been a slow start. the last train departed with 200 people. we'll have a big build as the morning goes on. let me scene set to your right my left is the train platform. the fourth train left five minutes ago, septa personnel is here ready for the next crowd to build. this is the staging area. if you're familiar with the train station you know this is the parking lot. no cars here today. the pill gramtion -- pilgrims will come to assembly. this square will hold 900

people. that is the capacity of one of the trains. the last train departed. we're seeing pilgrims come in. i would like to call folks in here from west chester. i'm john rawlins, nice to met you. what's your plan today? >> we're going to have a chance to see the pope, the musicians and participate in the activities. >> reporter: take in all the festivities. >> we're curious to see the spectacle. >> you're an early arrival. why go this early. >> make it easier to get in. >> reporter: it's not been a busy morning so far. thank you so much, enjoy your day, that's the situation right now. things are starting to build here, plenty of infrastructure is in place so when the big crowds arrive in the next hour

or two, they will be ready. >> you'll be making a lot of new friends, thanks john. >> let's continue our papal coverage david and karen. >> reporter: looking live at vine and 8th street. the vine is shut down. that's the beginning of the closures we have, david. >> reporter: that's surreal shot. the other thing we don't have is rain. it is suppressed down to the south. will it stay away for the weekend? i'll have that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we stop arthritis pain,

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covering this. we mehon "action news" is everywhere. that means dann cuellar is at the airport waiting on shepherd one for touchdown, he joins us with the latest from philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: good morning, tamala, it is t-minus 2 hours 15 minutes. they have set up the mobile

stairway. the red carpet has been rolled out for his arrival at 9:30 a.m. over here 40 yards to my left you see a group of people who have gathered for the pope's arrival. these are family members of the band the shanahan high school band that will be performing for pope francis from doylestown. there are 100 band members that will be performing for the pope. the delegation that is greeting the pope will be led by archbishop archbishop chaput. governor tom wolf and frances wolf and mayor nutter and lisa nutter will be here. one family was chosen to be here for the pope's arrival that is richard boyles who was shot in the line of duty 2008 in a north philadelphia shootout that killed his partner, 30-year-old

patrick mcdonald. boyles and his family will present the pope with the mountain laurel flowers, the official flower flower of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. pope francis addressed the work of police officers and firefighters and offered his supportive prayers for the work that they do. this is expected at the airport. again, less on this two hours and 15 minutes away for his arrival we're live at atlantic aviation, we'll be back later, we'll see you then. back to you guys. >> another thing to look out for is the motorcade when pope francis arrives from the airport. >> reporter: i'm so excited. one of the things we're watching early on as many people. i know my church has buses coming. the buses are lined up getting ready to go. this is the vine street expressway which is closed in both directions. at this early hour we see more

people moving around, we see buses lined up and ready to go. the vine expressway closed in both directions, buses getting ready and we're getting excited. the schuylkill expressway eastbound is shut down, happened 10:00 p.m. last night still shut down between the blue route and i-95. westbound between i-95 and route 1. the that means you can take the boulevard to the schuylkill expressway westbound. city avenue, 10:00 p.m., closed southbound between bell month and route 30. we talked about the vine express way being closed. the ben franklin bridge is shut down except for pedestrians. the admiral wilson boulevard leading to the ben. 676 northbound leading to the ben. we'll see all the people walking around instead of the cars. matt and tam. >> speaking of walking around, how should they dress if thisser walking around.

>> reporter: i have people on twitter asking if they should wear shorts. maybe later on. it is a little cool to start out, 63 degrees in philadelphia. allentown, 54. down the shore, 67 in cape may. a little bit of a breeze blowing that will get stronger the higher the sun gets up over the horizon. once again satellite showing you cloud cover locally. there will be sunny breaks, but the rains suppressed to the south. high pressure over here dishing the dry air in place, you can see how the rain won't make it north of washington, d.c. that's where it will stay today. in the lehigh valley farther north clouds and sun, breezy, 74, a very nice afternoon allentown, bethlehem, easton. at the shore, clouds, windier 74 degrees, that will make for heavy surf and pushing the water up into the delaware bay. we have a coastal flood advisory

kicking in especially during times of high tide overnight tonight all the way up into philadelphia along the tidal waterways. beach erosion a possibility. inland the winds will not be as bad. 75 in philadelphia. cloudy, breezy, sunny breaks, can't be ruled out. the winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. shorts might be a little bit light for you early in the morning, 62 degrees there, but if you're coming into the city later on in the morning, 69 degrees by 11:00 a.m. 74 by 2:00 p.m. high of 75 at #-- 3:00 p.m. we have the papal speech this afternoon, temperatures in the 70s. for the festival tonight, 73 by 6:00 p.m. 678 by 8:00 p.m. 64 by 10:00 p.m. we'll have a cool breeze whipping around. this would be an area if you wore long pants you'll be happy to have them on later on tonight

and add a jacket to that, too. most of the keeping us dry perhaps a sprinkle, we are trending in the right direction for tomorrow. for the papal parade and mass, it does look like we very likely will be dry, it will be cloudy, 60s in the morning, 70s in the afternoon. we're going for a high of 76. 7:00 p.m., 70 degrees, hopefully staying dry. maybe you get a pocket poncho just in case. 74, breezy and dry. spotty sprinkle possible sunday, 76 and mainly cloudy. monday, cloudy, 79 degrees, tuesday, warmer, 81 degrees, 76 for wednesday with clouds giving way to sun and looks good for the union game. next chance of rain will be

thursday night. on some long range models it could be a significant rain which we could use. >> let's take a live look at independence hall when pope john paul ii never went here, this will be the first time a pope will visit the place where our country began. it is set up for the pope's speech which is later on this morning. >> let's go over to erin o'hern, this pope is a he wants to be out among the people. what will he see? >> reporter: you can get a view of the papal stage. the parkway feels like its on little city inside our great city. you can see members of the secret service checking everything out. before the pope celebrates mass you talked about the speech on

independence hall. a lot of people looking forward to what's going to see. the he is not afraid to get political or touch on sensitive subjects. >> catholics can't think about the differences in marriage. >> reporter: the church can rule a marriage was never valid from the begin which is an annulment. >> person or couple seeking an annulment draining. >> it was a very difficult process and it seemed obscure and too long. >> reporter: in some cases it would be impossible to get a

church court to hear a case, after hearing catholics express their frustration to start the process, frances formed a group last year to see how it could be stream lined. >> francis said we're not going to change it but we'll allow it to be more accessible. >> reporter: he changed cannon law, but george majorris, said the couple needs to approve there was a genuine effort. >> he wants whatever is a burden to try to remove. >> reporter: the doubts outlined specific situations in which the shorter process can be used. among those include the brevity of the marriage, infidelity and physical violence. >> the idea was to help them to listen to where they are and to see again, how can i respond to

them, by being still true to the message. gospel. often times let's walk together on the journey. >> so, again, pope francis, the people's pope has reiterated messages of empathy and mercy, that's what attracted people of all faith to him that's what you'll see in the crowd today and here and independence hall. we're looking forward to it hours away from his arrival. erin o'hern channel 6 "action news." tam and matt. >> watch our papal coverage wherever you go with digital updates we'll have papal news and weather and traffic starting 9:00 a.m. today and tomorrow. you can watch the live digital papal updates at 6abc.com and 6abc news app. >> our alicia vitarelli is live outside the basilica good

morning, alicia. >> reporter: go togood morning,t and tam, speaking of bishops, archbishops and cardinal's are arriving at the basilica of saints peter and paul. the crowd is slowly building there's a lot of excitement people have slept here on the the grounds in front of the basilica overnight just to get a glimpse of the pope as he comes in. they are coming from countries all over the world. about two thousand people will get a seat, two thousand lucky people will get a seat inside the basilica for the mass, they include people of faith across the region along with families, newlyweds this being the world meeting of families, some of them will be celebrating 50 years of marriage. that's a beautiful thing. we've been showing you this beautiful art installation outside the cathedral basilica. it's called the knotted grotto.

they are writing down their intentions and wishes and struggles placing them out here with the pope to bless, the favorite painting mary undoer of knots. he will bless that and say hello to to the crowds and we'll bring you that including the scenes inside going on here back to you guys in the studio. >> you may not be able to see pope francis but you can send him messages, send to our #6abc messages on twitter. >> we'll show you our live report of atlantic aviation, they are waiting for shepherd 1 to be arrive. he'll be wearing black or the

peedic -- orthopedic shoes and plastic watch. >> it would be interesting if he wore a pedometer. >> reporter: i'm getting butterflies, i want to be a part of it. let's talk about mass transit. although there are bus routes suspended including the route 10 trolley. regional rails are running frequent service, there are less stops, but they are running service. you have to have the papal pass to get there. check the schedule at 6abc.com. regional rails a good way to go, david. >> reporter: on the big board it's a typical autumn day for day one of the papal visit. cool in the morning, warmer in the afternoon. today's high, 75 degrees. we're in the 60s here, low to

mid 70s in the middle of day and 72 by 6:00 p.m. if you're going to the speech at independence hall. short to long sleeves is an option. the temperatures will be in the 70s. of for the concert bring ajacket to add on. after we get past the dinner hours the temperatures will dip into the 60s with a strong 10 to 20-mile an hour breeze. sunday, optional jacket and maybe a poncho in case we get a sprinkle. doesn't look like the rain will be a major player matt an tam. >> we'll be back with live team coverage. papal weekend. >> happening now on "action

news," this is the helicopter that will transport pope francis from the wall street area of manhattan over to jfk airport where he will board an american airlines jet and make his short journey to philadelphia. >> once he is on that plane, shepherd one and comes here. you see the stage that's been set up on eakens oval outside the art museum right there. tonight it will be the site of

prayer, song and the celebration of the family and tomorrow a mass he will celebrate on the parkway. >> good morning, it is just after 7:30 a.m. this is a special edition of "action news" saturday morning. pope francis arrives in about two hours. >> and, of course, we've got live team coverage. historic occasion from security to the celebrations later today. we've got a number of reporters fanned out to bring you the latest. >> first we'll start with karen rogers and david murphy. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, it's a cool start, take a look at satellite there's a fair amount of cloud cover around, sunny breaks are possible. the best news of all, dry air is knocking out the rain. it doesn't seem to advance at all north of washington, d.c. staying to the south of the nation's capitol. 63 degrees in philadelphia.

54 in allentown. some of the suburbs in the 50s. there's a bit of a breeze blowing we expect it to get stronger as we go through the day. it will be stronger down the shore, that's what you're seeing right now. in philadelphia, a 10 to 20-mile an hour breeze is not out of the question. 8:00 a.m., 62. noon, 71. by 3:00 p.m. breezy, clouds, sunny breaks, but a high of 75 degrees which is seasonable and not bad. 6:00 p.m., 70. if you're going to the concert organ the parkway it will be in the 60s, to probably bringing along a jacket to add on and keep on early this morning is a good idea. karen rogers check out the potential for rain tomorrow in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: all right, david i'm looking live at the ramp from the spring garden to the schuylkill expressway. never seen anything like this. they have a security checkpoint complete with the tents. they are ready for anything. they have the security guards. you can see the concrete

barriers on the edge. i was watching live as someone drove up, they got their security clearance and drove through, the schuylkill expressway is wide open for only emergency vehicles, it shut down from the blue route to i-95 westbound from i-95 to route 1. we're seeing the barricades and tents in place. the ben franklin bridge was closed at 10:00 p.m. last night doesn't open again until monday at noon. we're watching people get out and walking about. pedestrians only on ben franklin bridge. people are saying can i take the walt? yes, everything else is open. of course we have so many closures around the city. refusing -- reviewing that from south street to girard and delaware river to 38th street. this affect also mass transit -- affects mass transit, as well.

we'll talk about that coming up. >> one place the pope will spend a lot of time is eakens oval erin o'hern is there looking at the last preparations on what to expect today. >> reporter: the excitement is buildings. there's a lot more light than there was at 4:15 a.m. you can see secret service and security and the stage i'm going to step aside so you can get a better view. thousands of chairs are in place for the lucky people who have tickets to the festival of families. the secret service is here, as we said they are inside the secure perimeter. i can tell you it feels very secure. as i mentioned before it feels like a city within a city. it's isolated yet intimate at the same time. it's a little bit of an anomaly. take a look at the beautiful stage that will be home to the concert and pope francis will

celebrate mastectomy afternoon. celebrate mass tomorrow afternoon. within a few hours this will be packed with the faithful. pope francis is expected to arrive around 7:00 p.m. for the festival and parade down the parkway around city hall in the famous popemobile i'm going to step up here, i'm on the shorter side, i have to step on a riser so you can see me. he likes to keep the popemobile open so he can see the people. i'll head over to katherine scott she is in logan square people are gathering there, katherine. >> reporter: they are, the pope's arrival is several hours away, but people have been coming here for hours, some people never left, they wanted to be here overnight they wanted to see the pope today.

as you look at the basilica there there's a group that's gathering hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope as he enters the basilica. there's been spontaneous singing, we've heard clapping, swell. people are here feeding off the energy of each other in logan square. people em who don't have -- people who don't have tickets are hoping to see him. i spoke to one woman from mount laurel. her mother is here from brazil. she said this visit so special and what it means to as many people. >> it's a dream to see the pope, because my mom come from brazil for this movement. we come very early get the train to be here, to see like 15

seconds is great. >> reporter: and back here live in logan square we're looking down the parkway toward city hall. there's security and i felt people lining the parkway, as well. definitely seeing more and more people as its gotten later here, it's going to be a long day, some of them brought chairs to make the wait more comfortable. some of them walked more than an hour to get here. we'll see people walk from new jersey from all around the city. they will be here to see pope francis in person, it's going to be a long, but exciting day for the pill gramtion. pilgrims and of course the pope's arrival. >> so touching to hear the women say just to see him for 1r50 -- 15 seconds would be the world to them. behind katherine people are

starting to gather. we'll see pilgrims congregating to sing and pray an continue on toward the parkway and independence mall that's the look live on mobile 6. >> looks like we went through a yellow light. don't tell anyone. pope francis is expected to take off from jfk at 8:45 we'll go live what that happens. >> the pope is scheduled to arrive at 9:30. heading to the airport to saints peter and paul for mass. >> at 4:30 he'll deliver a speech on immigration at independence hall and parade down the parkway at eakens oval. >> dann cuellar is awaiting for the sight of shepherd one with the landing gear down heading into philadelphia international airport. that's where he joins us live. >> boy i'll tell you what the

excitement continues to grow at atlantic aviation as we get closer to the pope's arrival an hour and 45 minutes away. behind me, the stairway is set up, shepherd one will taxi up to that at 9:30. to my left you'll see a crowd that has begun to gather. these are family members of the shanahan high school band from doylestown that will be performing for the pope upon his arrival. the mayor will be here, the governor, a police family, an officer who was shot and wounded in the line of service back in 2008. he will be greeting the pope and handing flowers to the pope with his family. all in all, they are expecting an joyous occasion before he finally departs about 15 minutes later to the basilica saints

peter and paul for a mass there later this morning. that's the scene right now, guys, the excitement is building here, we'll throw it back to you. >> reporter: thank you for that, dan. our papal coverage continues with a check of traffic and accuweather. >> reporter: looking live on the vine street expressway, it's shut down, but we're seeing more and more people walking around. we'll help you get around with the roads and the rails coming up dave. >> reporter: cool and breezy, if you're dressing the kids and bringing the family down to see the pontiff of we have jackets on them early, stirlts -- t-shirts, as we warm up. we'll have the afternoon call and we'll squeeze sunday into it to that's coming up. for life...

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the process of making their way to center city on septa's regional rails. >> our john rawlins is among them at the paoli train station. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, tam, some of the pilgrims behind me are coming through the security and getting ready to board what will be train number five to depart this morning from paoli. we have a slow start as i said about a half-hour ago. some of the trains only had 100, 150 people. the crowds are starting to build. this train will go off 350 to 400 when it departs. so people are starting to roll in here. so still not quite the numbers we anticipated.

i think there are about 7,000 reservations from out of paoli today. we'll see bigger numbers as the morning goes on. we spoke erl -- earlier with a number of pilgrims, one of them from grand rapids, michigan. >> it's a historic moment something we always wanted to do in our life. we didn't get a chance to see pope john last time he came to the united states. my mom saw him in puerto rico. so we have time to get over here and hopefully we can see him. >> reporter: they should have a good chance of seeing him. they have tickets i believe that will get them into the red zone they will be there early that's for sure. folks are building up, they are getting ready to depart the one train in a minute or two. these are happy pilgrims on

their way stepping on to an express train that should be in philadelphia in 40 minutes. live in paoli, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." back to you all. >> let's turn to karen rogers when was the last time you saw the ben franklin bridge look like that. >> reporter: look at these people, they are moving along, it will be so cool and walking across the ben franklin bridge. we saw emergency vehicles driving where they have a barricaded area where they can do that. only pedestrian on the ben until noon on monday. we've been talking about mass transit. suburban and city buses are spend -- suspended. others are running on a weekday schedule. regional rails are running frequent service making less stops use your papal pass for all the regional rails to come

into the city. >> john rawlins is among the pilgrims they look happy. pope francis says they should be happy greet the world that way. will they be happy with the weather. >> reporter: i think they will be. storm tracker 6 live showing we're starting out dry. there's a fair amount of cloud cover, sky6 live hd showing you that. every now have and then there's sky6 live hd breaking through, we're not going to do sky6 live hd that was my bad. as we go through the day, clouds and sunny breaks, 63 degrees, dewpoint, 54. winds out of the northeast 10 miles per hour. it's cool and breezy, but not bad. best of all, that rain encountering dry air south of washington. high pressure off to the north. injecting that drier aloft air right into the face of this rain. it's just running into that high pressure and just topping. of course we have an easterly flow that's giving us the cloud cover, but the rain staying to

the south. 62 by 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. it will feel warmer even though we have the ten to 20-mile an hour breeze blowing. 2:00 p.m. 74. 75 is the high around # p.m. 74 in allentown, 71 in cape may. everyone else in the mid 70s. 71 by noon, 72 by 2, 73 by 4. the shaddows may overtake you during the pope's speech we'll feel cooler, keep the jacket handy. that's the same advice tonight. on the parkway, 8:00 p.m., 68 eastern breezy, 64 by 10:00 p.m. tomorrow we're looking at the area of low pressure. it's looking likely that the rain for the most part will stay south of philadelphia. there's only one model bringing

it to the north. the only thing we get is a sprinkle or brief shower. 74 today, 76 tomorrow, brief shower mainly on the dry side. monday, cloudy a shower there 79 degrees. tuesday, warmer, 81. wednesday, 76 degrees, cooler thursday and friday. if you're worried about the rain go to any drugstore or walmart or kmart or target and for about a buck to three dollars you can get a pocket emergency poncho slip it in your pocket. if it rains you put it on, if you don't need it, save it for next. >> very simple solution. the thanks, david. >> let's head over to reporter, nydia han she's been up since early morning getting to the location and is excited to tell you what to anticipate on eakens oval, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam, we are excited indeed more than

a million pilgrims expected to descend on the parkway. people hoping to be inspired and energized by the pope's message. anytime you have huge crowds with an international dig tear at at the center. there's huge security effort in place. there are 24 security check points to enter the secure area. the secret service warnings it could take up to three hours to get through the checkpoints. every person will be warm front front -- will be wandeded it's all hands on deck for philadelphia police officers. pope francis is known for his

pro propensity to stray off route and press the flesh with the people. while the people love that, the security officials do not. when pope john paul was in philadelphia in 1979 he had a moment of respondent the crowds tossing things to him. yet another special security challenge. now at the vatican it tends to be soccer jersey and scarves in he can -- in ecuador it's flower pedals. the expectation it will be an orderly and respectful crowd.

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>> welcome back you're taking a live look here, the scene in new york city, jfk airport. texttext technically that says american, but it's shepherd one to us. we are seeing various people on the tarmac looking for him, will probably get on a plane following them, the international press core. >> the pope flies american, very impressive. >> reporter: let's take a look

at something you don't see everyday. we'll look live outside, the schuylkill expressway has been shut down. here you can see no traffic out there. this is the schuylkill expressway of course it is shut down eastbound happened 10:00 p.m. last night from the blue route to i-95. westbound from i-95 to ruth one there's no traffic on the schuylkill expressway a sight you don't see too often. ac rail line compressxpress only, but running. take patco and walk across the ben franklin bridge, dave. >> reporter: we're not dressing the kids for school, but going to center city. sneakers a good idea, a jacket

not a bad idea. on the parkway after sundown, breezy and cooler. on the parkway this afternoon, lighter gear will work out. noon, 71. 73 degrees by 3:00 p.m. 70 by 6:00 p.m. this is the high today 75 degrees, we'll have a ten to 20-mile an hour wind blowing pretty much all day long. do prepare for that, it will make things cooler at times. 75 is the afternoon high for the papal day in philadelphia. >> parishners from kentucky ae in town for the papal mass are calling a delaware county synagogue their home away from home. 50 weary, but excited travelers arrived in broomall. they belong to the catholic church in bowling green. the world meeting of families gave them tickets to the 8th

row for the papal mass on sunday on the parkway. >> when we heard the news, a lot of people in the room started crying, it was so amazing. >> the folks will participate in an inter faith service and other activities at the synagogue today. >> if you're looking for ways to participate send your message to pope francis tweet uses the #6abc message, they will be scrolling during the pope's visit to philadelphia. >> we'll be back with more coverage of the pope was a visit. he'll be at philadelphia international airport in about an hour and a half.

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a live look as we get win the last minutes before pope francis arrives at the helipad from new york city jfk airport he will take it to shepherd one and make his way to the city of brotherly love. >> we have live pictures including the benjamin franklin parkway where the sage is set for the festival of families today at 8:00 a.m. >> good morning i'm tamala edwards along with matt o'donnell. we're be heading to jfk when the

pope takes off to philadelphia. >> we're live with several reporters attickens over, the basilica, airport, train stations and riding the rails with you so you can see how the special morning is unfolding. >> pope francis said he has come to be among us his flock, flock is a good way, a lot of people out there want to know what to expect when it comes to weather and traffic. >> reporter: we're off to a good start is if you're marching across the ben franklin bridge or making your way through security channels in center city. you'll want a jacket early we're in the 60s it's a bit breezy. there's a bit of cloud cover, but having said that i'm looking at sun trying to barrel through the clouds there. look at the how the rain has stopped south of washington, d.c. and the state of delaware because temperatures are dry at the surface. 56 in allentown.