>> good morning, pope francis will begin his day at the saint charles borromeo seminary. we saw him yesterday when he came in, they sang an adaptation of a song. they broke into happy birthday for charles chaput. pope francis will spend time with them and talk about their mission. >> let's look at the stage at eakens oval in front of the art museum that hosted last night's celebration and serve as the

pontiff's sacred alter. 1 million people are expected to witness the papal mass this afternoon. >> good morning, it is 7:00 a.m., i'm tamala edwards along with matt o'donnell. this is special coverage on "action news" sunday morning. >> "action news" has reporters fanned out across the area starting at the seminary where pope francis will wake up to meet with bishops to the parkway where the this afternoon's mass will takes place. >> let's take about road closures and restrictions, david murphy is outside and karen rogers has what to expect in you're heading to the parkway. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, we are starting out cool and breezy across the region. i'll tell you what, as you glance toward the east, we'll get more sunshine than yesterday with a fair amount of blue showing through. if you look at satellite there's breaks in the clouds, the clouds will get thicker later on. we'll get clouds and sunny breaks, the rain is tracking into central pennsylvania, but doesn't look like it wants to

make a run at us. 55 in trenton. 61 in wilmington, 67 in sea isle city. the breeze about the same as this time yesterday. nine miles per hour, we've seen it higher than that, overall a breezy day with breezes between 15 and 20 miles per hour at times. here's how the temperatures will roll it's going to get nice, noon, 73. 3:00 p.m., 76 that's the high by 6:00 p.m., 71 clouds and sunny breaks, breezy, very little chance of rain, i want to cover the coastal situation as we have a coastal flood advisory at high tide this morning, this evening, it's not the tidal areas of the delaware river, just the bay and back bays. karen rogers we're hoping everyone is used to the traffic patterns and no new headaches this morning. >> reporter: i think for the most part it is the case, for people who hit these points you may be thrown off.

they had an accident at a closure point. this is the blue route going to the schuylkill expressway eastbound shut down eastbound and westbound to route 1. at that closure point we had an accident, they just towed away the vehicle. i'm not sure if the reason was because he suddenly came upon the closure. we've seen light volume that's the way it's been the past few days, the ben franklin bridge it's for pedestrians only continuing until noon on monday. most of the closures saying at at some point they will reopen monday morning, that's why we're coming on early monday morning. we have emergency vehicles here, not a lot of people just yet. we've been watching people walk across the. if you take the buses we have 28 different buses suspended because of the all the closures in center city. but other buses are running frequently trying to get you to the rail. i talked to the septa officials

this morning so far so good things are going well with the rails. don't forget they are making frequent service, but they are making less stops. you have to have the papal pass and use it in advance and it is only inbound service until 12:30. it's starting at 12:30 going into the city bringing people into the big mass. >> pope francis will be super bestowed. listen to this which he would. it begins at 9:15. bishops and 150 seminarians will greet pope francis at saint charles he'll go to the correctional facility to visit with the inmates. he heads back to the parkway for a second papal parade scheduled to start at 3:25. pope francis will spend time to thank volunteers for the world meeting of families before departing for rome at #-- 8:00 p.m. nydia han joins us with more on last night's celebration and

what to expect today. good morning, nydia. >> reporter: good morning, matt, the stage is set for the papal mass that was transformed overnight. let's talk about the festival of families. it was a fabulous and fun celebration, there was music and humor and personal stories and energic remarks from the pope. sister sledge, aretha franklin and mark walhberg hosted and said he attributed his success to his catholic faith. a special impromptu performance of a 13-year-old. animal -- the best part was the holy father who went off script and gave an i i i am impromptu . >> let's us protect the family,

our future is at play. >> reporter: the pope cast a side about the need of government support for family, instead gave 25 minutes of this spontaneous remarks it was wonderful. again, this morning we are looking for forward to the papal mass. take a look at the transformation of the stage. when we arrived at 4:00 a.m., there were a number of stage hands working fever issuely to set the -- feverishly to set the alter, the pontiff's chair and crucifix. they just need to take the plastic off the piano. one of the major challenges for the extravaganza has been to transformation of the stage. we talked to an excess excessive producer -- executive producer about that. of the. >> the changeover has as much or shells strayings of the

actual festival of the families. maybe more. >> reporter: the stage will undergo many changes. >> that structure is the same structure on saturday will have a lanolium surface that is perfect for dance and music, on sunday it will have carpet andn. >> reporter: while thousands will work to change the nuts and bolts and the setting, the church that will make it a holy place. >> we'll hand it over to the liturgical folks and at that time it will become truly a holy place. >> reporter: pope francis said i'll see you tomorrow at the mass, he joked what time is that

again? i can tell you will it begins at 4:00 p.m., the world will be watching and we will, as well to bring it to you live. >> let's hope he has a papal watch. the festival of family witnessed by pope francis featured star power, aretha franklin and andre' bocelli and mark walhberg. >> but it was a philadelphia boy who stole the show with his beautiful voice. ♪ >> 14-year-old bobby hill of andora sang for the pope. he proved to be extremely versatile it was his first acapella performance. >> he got five minutes notice that he would be performing.

he is part of the keystone boys choir. >> we went to antarctic we brought back a rock that we were saving for someone special. tonight we brought it to the pope. i had the gifts for the holy father, i had them to give them to them if he were to call me over. he gave me this rosery back. mark walhberg said said he has the voice of an angle, we debris. >> katherine scott we'll expect to see many, many more people. >> reporter: the crowd is building, some people slept here, they want to make sure they are here and in good position to see the pope when it comes to the parkway later on

today. when you take a look you can see a lot of people set up near the fences that are set up along the parkway. a lot of happy faces, people are waving and bundled up, they don't mind waiting they know it will be worth it later on today. today is mass on the parkway, where we're standing now, you don't need tickets. those who have tickets animal showing up this morning may have been taken up to a different area straight ahead. if you look up the parkway you can see the art museum and see the alter. if you're unable to see the pope don't worry there's jumbotrons so you can see what's happening as the pope celebrates mass. up to a million people are expected later on today. last night when the pope came down the parkway in the popemobile, the people roared there were flash after flash of cameras. people were waiting for hours, some seen him briefly when he walked boot basilica yesterday

morning, but they stuck around all day long lined up to see him come by in the popemobile. he passed in a matter of moments, but it was these moments people were waiting for. they were waiting again today to come by in the pope mobile before he celebrates mass at the art museum. we talked to two people who have been here since midnight. they wanted to see the pope. they came here. >> i told them, we're going together all the way there, maybe we'll see him. [laughter]. >> reporter: and back here live along the parkway we're starting to hear singing from some of the pilgrims here there's a man over there playing the guitar, people are passing the time together, it's a peaceful atmosphere here, people are so excited to see the pope later on today. and they say they want to see

the pope in person, even if it is just a glimpse to see him and of course to be here and feel the energy later on as he celebrates mass. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> boy, you have company. thanks, katherine. the pope coverage continues the check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and traffic. start with karen. >> reporter: we're looking at the vine street expressway, of course it's closed, i'm seeing people walking around as katherine said. we'll talk about the closures. >> reporter: we have temperatures in the 60s and 50s, the afternoon call of the final day of the papal visit coming up.

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message. many people waited hours to see the pope and they tell us the experience was incredible. >> a lot of people will be making their way through various venues and roads. some of the roads are closures, let's go over to karen. >> reporter: people are worried not only built closures, but driving on other roads. i was in salem county and an emergency worker said it took 7 hours to get from woodstown to haddonfield. we haven't seen that. today we expect more people. 42 is wide open. we expect it to be crowded with so many buses and people coming in so they can park outside and walk across the ben franklin bridge. we expect that later, but not seeing it just yet. looking good, i want to show you the waze app. we can look at the closures in new jersey. 42 to 676 is shut down except for registered vehicles from exit 3 up to the ben franklin bridge.

airport circle is shut up to the ben franklin bridge. the ben franklin bridge is shut down. we have all the closures in the city itself, as well as the vine street expressway, and then we get to the closures of the schuylkill expressway, schuylkill expressway eastbound is shut down between the blue route and i-95 westbound from i-95 to route 1. city avenue, starts at 7:00 p.m., 16 minutes ago, at times no cross traffic allowed. city northbound between route 30 and the schuylkill. i think you were out there when somebody tried to cross when they were not supposed to to. of the that did not go well. listen to the security officers out there, because they are serious. >> david remember back on monday, i think all of us were worried. >> reporter: i was. you know whenever the models are in great disagreement which they often are in front of a big event. you're a little worried. but they did come together in the last 24 hours.

storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry, as we look to the west, there's rain by gettysburg, not sure most of the stuff is hitting the grounds. if we see anything today it's going to be scattered spotty, light and brief. as we take a look at the current numbers we are looking at 60 degrees in philadelphia. similar to yesterday morning at this time, it is cool, a little bit breezy. 55 degrees in trenton. 52 in allentown. 61 in wilmington. 67 in cape may, new jersey. satellite and radar showing you what the models have been showing us the last couple of days, especially yesterday when they started to kick in. the most of the north riding rain is coming up to an area of high pressure too strong and too close to affect us. it will be spotty and sparse. future tracker 6 has been on board with this, at times we have a sprinkle or light brief shower that might pull toward

philadelphia. looks like we have a good chance of staying mainly dry. in the lehigh valley mostly cloudy, but having sailed there could periods of the day where we have sunshine and breezy conditions and 73. down the shore overall a little cloudier there and windier along the close. because of the onshore flow we have a chance of tidal flooding during morning high tide and evening high tide. beach erosion wouldn't be out of the question, as well. at times there could sun breaking through, breezy conscious, but mild, 73 by noon, 76 degrees by 3:00 p.m. probably close to that for the start of the papal mass, nice conditions for the papal parade. you want to jacket in the morning with temperatures in the 60s and maybe again as you leave the parkway when the temperatures are starting to drop. tomorrow, things change we have

a better chance of a light or pronounced shower or sprinkle coming through at times in the afternoon or evening. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, saying so long to pope francis in grands style with the mass and parade. he has other functions and "action news" will be covering it all the way today. cloudy and 76 degrees, sunny breaks, not a bad way to end the weekend. tomorrow, warm and muggy, 83 the high. tuesday, some of the models are suggesting the rain arriving in the afternoon. and going into the evening, it could be pronounced 80 degrees is the high. seasonable on wednesday not as warm. we're hoping for dry conditions for the union's u.s. championship cup match at ppl park, i'll be there dooping, yes, i will. we're back in the 60s thursday, friday and saturday. the last of the rain will be getting out of here. >> pope francis had special

worlds on immigration and religious freedom. he told the immigrants community they should not be discouraged by hardship and responsible citizens. he delivered a speech to 40,000 people at independence hall and he implored immigrants in the crowd to be proud of their heritage. >> alicia vitarelli is in the crowd looking at the people preparing for the papal mass. >> reporter: they are transforming a concert stage into an alter this morning. it was on this stage last night that pope francis reminded us that family is the most beautiful thing that god made. >> let's protect the family, because it is in the family that our future is at play. >> reporter: protecting honoring and respecting the family unit. the pope urges all married couples to remember the wedding vows for better or worse. >> husband and wifes quarrel it

can end up badly, separated. never let the day end without making peace. >> reporter: pope francis stressing that at the end of the day despite life's stresses love is about joy and moving forward. he is compassionate and carrying, but who knew he was a comedian. >> families quarrel. sometimes plates can fly. [laughter]. and children bring headaches. [laughter]. i won't speak about mother-in-laws. >> reporter: the archdiocese chose a family to represent new families at the papal mass at the cathedral basilica at st.

peter's and paul. >> i was crying in the front row, it was like whew. it was the kind of of thing that's a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: a memory these new parents will make sure lives inside young luke. >> we'll have to tell him the story over and over until he feels he was there. the unfortunately he won't remember. >> reporter: were you good for the pope? he wants to tell me. >> he was very good. >> reporter: what a little cute yeses, a special experience for them, look at this gorgeous shot you can see past the alter, peeking through the art museum, what a vista we'll have, as, of course, roughly a million people come to witness the outdoor mass at 4:00 p.m. and the lucky ten thousand people who have a ticketed seat. we'll be here for all the action

and look for another beautiful mass from pope francis in philadelphia as he close out his tour. >> what a gorgeous little boy, we keep hearing about the beautiful feeling among the people and we look forward to that community this afternoon. you can send your own message to pope francis send it to #6abc messages, it will be scrolling live during the pope's visit, we'll be right back. >> good morning everyone, and

we are checking out what's going on with mobile 6. looks like we're following a police vehicle that is traveling on ridge avenue in north philadelphia which is open to traffic right now, but a lot of other closures this morning as people make their way to the benjamin franklin parkway for the papal mass this afternoon. >> a lot of people wandering when do things change, when do things get busy. >> reporter: it's nice that it work out.

for the past few days, people are staying home, for those who are coming into the city have more room on the roads. the regional rails and subways, the buses we have 28 different buses suspended, city and suburban suburban bus routes. subways only running from 5:30 to 1:00 a.m., the overnight hours not running. 5th 15th, city hall stations all closed david. >> reporter: all right, karen, still cool on the big board. 53 in pottstown, 51 in quakertown. 53 in saints david. up to 61 in center city. across the river in south jersey, 58 in buena, 56 in hammonton. 57 in cinnaminson 50 degrees from hockessin to dover,

delaware. if you're heading to the parkway, bring a jacket early breezy, temperatures around 60 by 8:00. noon you could put the jacket over your shoulder. 70 degrees there, 76 is the high at 3:00 p.m. it will be breezy on average about an 18 to 16-mile an hour breeze. mild in the afternoon, i could see sunny breaks, as for rain doesn't look like we'll get anything more than a scattered sprinkle in the region. the chances are good that the parkway stays dry. that will be good. while the pope's arrival has brought people into philadelphia. that is not translating into good business for downtown establishments. one normally packed dining room was not needed last night. >> i think we're doing a little bit better than other restaurants around here, because of the location, but we're not getting the business that we were supposed to get. >> the melting pot restaurant

didn't open at all, a clerk at a jewelry store on 13th street said business was slow. one of the few places doing well was an art gallery across the street from the jewelry store was cashing in an pope art. >> the eagles are hoping that pope francis brings the blessings to the eagles at 0-2 the eagles need it. last night mark walhberg a patriots fan managed to send out a little luck to the birds. >> go eagles! >> walhberg was not 100% enthusiastic, but he did get a cheer from the crowd. the eagles take on the jets, 1:00 p.m., met life stadium, perhaps another miracle of the meadowlands. >> philadelphia did pretty well nobody yelled out cheaters to the patriots. 7:28 a.m. coverage of poem -- pope francis

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>> taking a live look at storm tracker 6 live. it looks like there's not going to be much of a threat of rain today. could see cloud cover for the papal mass, david murphy is following it in accuweather. >> there's been a lot of prayer around that topic, what would the weather be like as we got to the weekend.

good morning to you out there, it is 7:30, i'm tamala edwards along with matt o'donnell. you're joining us with special coverage on sunday morning with the papal weekend. >> "action news" has reporters fanned out starting with the seminary where pope francis meets with bishops and semi -- memorandum -- let's go over to david murphy. we have papal coverage this morning. starting out with bright sunshine coming off the horizon. most of the clouds are high and thin enough to give us a fairly bright start. as we go through the day, the clouds could thicken up a bit. you can see that down to the south and west. i'll allow for sunny breaks at any time. the rain is off in central pennsylvania and out by pittsburgh, doesn't look like we'll get much of that around

here. 60 degrees is the current temperature. 52 in allentown. 65 in wilmington. the winds are a factor, similar to yesterday, 9 miles per hour in the city, a little breezy and cool to start out. 62 by 9:00 a.m. 73 by noon, any jackets you have on this morning you may be able to lose at the start of the papal mass. 3:00 p.m., 76 degrees, sunny breaks, 71 degrees by 6:00 p.m. coastal flood advisory for minor flooding at times of high tide in the areas marked. one of the high tide periods is right now. karen rogers you've been tracking roads for us, all the special circumstances across the region, everything is still looking a-okay. >> reporter: tracking lots of closures, like the schuylkill expressway. looking live on the schuylkill expressway near belmont. we're looking at westbound traffic, you can drive westbound. what's shut down is eastbound from the blue route to i-95 the

eastbound lanes we have been seeing buses. the some of the registered vehicles or emergency vehicles are coming out. we have lots of shots we can't show you, the secret service said they are shutting down the penndot service of the cameras that are showing the closer. let's look at the ben franklin bridge for pedestrian traffic only. most of the highways, the schuylkill expressway the vine expected to reopen monday morning, they are not being specific. the ben is not expected to reopen until noon on monday. it will be a fluid situation depending on how quickly they clear everything out. we've seen people walking about, there's a couple of emergency vehicles allowed to travel. we're seeing the ben packed with people with the other bridges open. jill said to me, traffic on 422 eastbound for a commute to work is just fine. the other highways are already, don't forget to tweet it to me so i can share it. >> john rawlins is live at the

paoli station in chester county, more pilgrims are heading to philadelphia. >> reporter: yes, they are they are heading from paoli. septa gearing up for day two. the check sayings is for a bigger day, some of the pilgrims are lined up here, the focus is on the papal mass. it's a specific draw. yesterday, lower numbers that i think some folks expected, reserved ticket sales for the system was 55,000 to move. only 28,000 boarded the trains, those who did found the system that was easy to use. the trains ran, as they will today to 5:30 a.m. to last train out of the 30th street station until after midnight that's when we ran into christine who came back as an exhausted pril --

pilgrim, but elated pilgrim. we are drained but very filled up. we with a lotted there for 8 hours, while we were there we met so many people from so many different places. >> reporter: exhaustion and elation together. folks gathering at this point we have a train coming in it should be a train for the paoli crowd. looks like it is stopping. these pilgrims will be taking the train. train number 5. they boarded 595 people from paoli from center city that compares to 580 yesterday. john rawlins back to you all. >> all aboard number five. pope francis will be super bestowed. he will, his day gets started at

9:15. he will spend time with bishops and 150 seminarians at saint charles and goes to the correctional facility to spend time with with the inmates. >> pope francis will be back here for the peam parade and the -- papal parade and the mass on the parkway before he departs at 8:00 p.m. for rome. >> he has been a trainer of priests get out there in the world, be a field hospital doctor out among the people who need you. he loves them spending time with young priests and inspiring them. i loved when they arrived yesterday, they began to sing to him, beautiful voices. >> it's a beautiful chapel i had a chance to see it recently. it's going to be a wonderful

ceremony there. let's switch live to nydia han for the papal mass. >> reporter: hey matt we arrived early and we have seen a transformation of the stage takes place. crews worked overnight into the wee hours of the morning to make this happen. take a look in the light of day the result is stunning. white carpet has replaced the lanolium flooring and you can see the crucifix and the the alter. now the philadelphia museum of art in all its beauty and glory serves as a gorgeous backdrop. last night there were all kinds of musical acts including sister sledge, the fray and aretha franklin. it was a 13-year-old boy who stole the spotlight. bobby hill shined last night a

member of the keystone state boy's choir he was chosen to perform for pope francis five minutes before taking the stage. >> they had a set change and they needed someone to perform while the set change was going. >> reporter: he performed acapella something he had never done before. it was pope francis who got house of laughter, joking about the problems families face even though he is is single man. >> families we quarrel and sometimes plates with fly. laughter. >> and children bring headaches. [laughter]. on a serious note, the pontiff stressed the important role each

generation of the family played and the importance of the institution of family brings. >> but i have to say that the family is like a factory of hope. it's a factory of resurrection. >> reporter: and again, today, we are so looking forward to the papal mass. the climax of the pope's visit to philadelphia. so many pilgrims are starting to gather. you'll hear from them in the next half-hour. live on eakens oval, nydia han. >> we'll see you in a bit. our pope coverage continues and a check of the accuweather forecast. starting with karen. >> reporter: we're looking live at the vine stret expressway, i saw a 0 motorcade coming through. you can see how busy it is getting with the people walking about. >> reporter: dress in jackets and sweatshirt that's what i am

recommending as you head to philadelphia. with temperatures in the 60s, this afternoon you can go lighter on the gear, i'll have the afternoon call coming up from accuweather.

you're taking a live look at st. manners --tin's chapel at

saint charles borromeo. they will relive a picture the seminarians took back with pope john paul ii back in 1979. it will be interesting to see what the picture looks like. >> let's look at traffic with karen rogers. >> reporter: i-95 a quiet scene a lot of people out and about. here's the closure point, as you try to get off at the vine street expressway. you can't do that. nye noi open no problems there. -- i-95 is open, no problems there. the registered buses are out on the road. they get special permission. on the waze app it's a good way to see the closures around center city. we have the closures of the vine street expresses way, the ben franklin bridge, the benjamin franklin parkway closures, as well. look at the schuylkill expressway closures you can

widen out and see that, it's not often we see that. the schuylkill expressway closed eastbound from the blue route to i-95 and westbound it's closed from i-95 to route 1. that means you can get on route 1 and travel route 1 northbound, take the boulevard to the schuylkill expressway westbound. that partly is open. we've been helping you through the closures around the clock. it's a lot to remember. matt, tam and dave. >> a lot of people parades for good weather for the afternoon mass and it looks like they are getting what they wanted. >> reporter: you might see sunny breaks through the afternoon, we'll see about that. storm tracker 6 live double scan is showing we're basically dry. as i go in closer you can see there's a shower down by baltimore creeping up the chesapeake bay. there's the movement inching up the i-95 corridor. a question is whether it survives into wilmington and philadelphia. the piece of energy by gettysburg not robust and not moving that well and scooting

toward harrisburg away from us. as we look at currents conditions, it's similar to yesterday. the temperature 60 degrees, dewpoint 51, the winds out of the northeast at 9 miles per hour. here's the wide view on satellite. as the models began to show us yesterday, the pinwheeling nature of the precipitation is pushing us into western pennsylvania. not so much here. even though we get a sprinkle or shower we cloud up and stay dry with a slight chance of a hint of a sprinkle or shower coming out of south jersey. the chances are you're dry for the papal parade and mass. in philadelphia as we roll through the day, in the 60s by 10:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m., 75. we'll get a high of 76 around 3:00 p.m. back to 74 at 4:00 p.m. 68 by 7:00 p.m. dry and breezy and sunny breaks,

there could be times during the day we could have more sunshine than i'm indicating with the icons. as you dress for the event a jacket is required, it's cool and breeziy, but not all that bad. for the afternoon mass you could opt between short and long sleeves. this evening, you could add the jacket back if you're in philadelphia after 6:00 p.m. or so, as the sun will be dropping so will the numbers. low 70s, allentown and trenton. milled 70s in millville. high 70s around 74 degrees down the shore. we have the supermoon/lunar eclipse that begins at 9:07. the total eclipse begins at 10:11. there could be areas where the clouds are breaking, you could see the red color on the moon

and the lunar eclipse. sunny and breeze, and dry for the all the festivities. monday, warm and muggy, feeling like summer with a spotty shower. on tuesday afternoon and evening we could get a nice round of rain. high of 80. a front comes through not as warm an wednesday, 74. still a linking shower around, hopefully dry for the union's cup game, i hope they win it this year. >> yesterday when the pope arrived at the basilica for mass, we saw people smiling with tears of joys. we hope to see that when people come out for the papal malice. let's go over to alicia vitarelli -- papal mass. the let's go over to alicia vitarelli. >> reporter: good morning, matt an tam. i never heard the parkway that

quiet before, there was a certain level of calm and peace and respect that was happening there. and i can only imagine inl as we magazine -- magnify it while we have a million people on the parkway. what that will feel like. eakens oval the stage from last night transformed into an alter, ready for the holy father to deliver his mass at 4:00 p.m. we've seen some dignitaries arrive here. we know there are people from around the world and across the area who have been lined up for a seat or spot. there are ten thousand chairs for people with tickets, members of the clergy, the law faithful in the area, there are tern thousand of them. some seem to be arriving today. there will be 150000 -- 1500 ceo

celebrants. five hundred people in the papal choir for those folks to come out. they have prepared communion for 100,000 people. what a scene that will be along the parkway as people come up to receive the eucharist here at what is now a papal stage on eakens over with a george towels spot with the gorgeous spot with the art museum behind them. our city in splendid glory. >> don't forget to check out the digital updates every half-hour at 6abc.com and 6abc news app.

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live look here, the view into the chapel there at the saint

charles borromeo seminary. a few minutes ago we looked into this room now it is filling up. we just saw the bishops filing in with their red hats and sashes as they make their way to their seats. we have 300 bishops who have come from around the world to take part in the world meeting of families and 150 seminarians whole join in the proceedings. the pope will join them and give them a speech in spanish and spend time with them. >> i hope he slept well. >> reporter: he is so busy, it's hard to imagine he is doing all this we are so excited to see it. we're looking live at state street and linden avenue. you can see that state road is blocked off. with the police on the scene. one person checked in they went through, secure vehicles allowed. they are turning someone else

away. you need to watch the closures around the area. the boulevard, you seep the signs the black signs warning you that yes, you can going to happen from the boulevard westbound but not eastbound it's shut down in that area. it is sunday morning, i guess there's not a whole lot of traffic. storm tracker 6 live 6 shows we have sun and sunny breaks throughout the day. 62 degrees by 9:00 a.m. if you're heading to the city a jacket is a good idea early on. noon, 73 degrees, the high 76 with a about an 8 to 16-mile an hour breeze so a little breezy, sunny breaks, probably dry, 71 by 6:00 p.m., not too shabby there. if you're traveling in and out of the airport. we have no major delays, although there is rain in atlanta at this hour. the supermoon and lunar eclipse is tonight between 9:15 or

10:30. >> katherine scott is live on the benjamin franklin parkway, did you meet any new friends today? >> reporter: i've mate lots of new friends -- i've made lots of new friends, matt. the excitement is building this morning as more and more people show up making sure they have a good spot for the afternoon mass. some people slept here overnight they camped out with their sleeping bags and bundled up and stayed warm. they say it is all worth it because they want to he sue the pope. look at everybody along the parkway, waiting for later. everybody is happy. lots of smiling faces along the parkway. even though the mass is not for hours. you don't need tickets to stands where we are standings now. but you need to go through security check points. the alter is right up the parkway. isn't that a gorgeous shot up the benjamin franklin parkway toward the art museum. if you can't see the pope, not

to worry there are jumbotrons posted around the parkway so people can follow along with the mass. people i've been speaking to are so excited to not just see the pope, but feel the energy from the crowd. when the popemobile came past, the crowd was roaring. you will see the same energy when he comes along the parkway when he celebrates mass. people say even a glimpse will be worth it, even a flips will be powerful. -- even a glimpse will be powerful. what will it mean for you to see him. >> we will be blessed. >> reporter: back here live there's a woman playing ga -- guitar. the people's pope is so loved.

we've heard time and time again this is a once in a lifetime experience this pope and his message is a breath of fresh air for catholics around the world. they don't mind getting here early and they want to be part of the historic mass taking part on the parkway this afternoon. >> pope francis is familiarizing himself which includes rocky balance balboa. he pointed in the direction of the rocky statue, he said something to the security guard, a few seconds later, he looks like else shadow boxing, pope francis has the eye of the tiger. >> everybody has seen that movie. >> we'll leave you with the view of the parkway, of course they are getting everything ready for this afternoon's mass. we'll be right back. good morning, now on "action

news," pope francis' day will begin at saint charles borromeo semi near departing wisdom so crowning priests. you're looking at the chapel at the seminary. bishops and seminarians have gathered they will greet the holy father around 9:15. looking at the parkway, the papal stage will become the papal art. last night's celebration served as a lace for concert and fun and music. a million people are expected to witness the papal mass which

takes place this afternoon. >> good morning, it is 8:00 a.m., i'm tamala edwards along with matt o'donnell. this is a special edition of "action news" sunday morning. >> "action news" has live team coverage leading up to the main attraction, the papal mass on the parkway. >> first up let's get you going with the weather and traffic and what to expect today. some restrictions out there, let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers. good morning. . clouds over the terrace. it is cool and comfortable assuming you have a jacket or suit coat on for that matter. looking at satellite you can see the clouds are a part of the package. the rain looks like it wants to shoot up into central pennsylvania, not so much here. 61 in philadelphia. 62 in wilmington. in the 50s from reading to the lehigh valley to trenton. 67 in sea isle city. like yesterday there's a bit of a breeze blowing. it picked up in the last half, 15 miles per hour that jacket or