making news in america this morning -- heading home. pope francis arriving in rome this morning after his historic trip to america. the final moments before departing. and the wave from his plane. we're live with the details. >> good morning, it is 4:00 a.m., monday, september 28. the ben franklin bridge reopened 15 minutes before they said it would. we have other spots to tell you about. >> one is the benjamin franklin parkway for a massive clean up a after the parade and mass, we'll have live team coverage. >> the eagles won, fans are breathing easy after aevaluating the jets for an 0-3 start.

>> reporter: satellite shows you there will be sunshine early and clouds will probably move in, overall we're going clouds and sunny breaks while there's a slight chance of a sprinkle or shower, most of that like yesterday is tracking well to the west. not a wet one. 66 degrees in philadelphia. 63 in millville. 64 in allentown. fierl -- fairly dmrvel -- comfortable with lights winds. a lot of kids getting back on the school bus this morning it should be decent weather for that. winds turn out of the south, 63 by 8:00 a.m. noon, 78. 3:00 p.m. we'll get a high of 83 degrees, plus the humidity will start coming back, it will feel mug character and later tonight showers and tomorrow the chance of steadier rain arriving

eventually. i'll have that coming up, karen. >> reporter: it's nice to talk about roads and bridges, looking live at the schuylkill expressway. it has reopened, it reopened last night. this is the ramp to the vine which is open at this point. the vine street expressway open and looking good. we see flashing lights off to the side, some of the ramp also closed. the vine street express way opened, the ben franklin bridge open, the schuylkill expressway open, the vine open, the ben franklin bridge open. we have regional rails running on saturday schedules, the regional rails you can take them today, but they are on a saturday schedule. all the stations have reopened in the area, they are make lg all the regular symptoms. there's a lot going on with traffic we'll walk you through it one step at a time.

in center city we have a quarter of the squalled traffic box that is closed, we'll talk about that coming up you can matt and tam. >> we have not heard if pope francis landed back in rome yet. he left philadelphia at 8:00 p.m. having completed a successful trip to the united states. all those who built the stage, about 1 million people went to mass with the pope, that stage has to come down, now. >> katherine scott is on the parkway, but let's get started with trish hartman. >> reporter: good morning, tam and matt, now that the pope has gone back to rome you're probably wondering how am i going to get to work this morning, we're at the ben franklin bridge with vehicular traffic, sphrms -- officers say the bridge opened at 2:00 a.m.,

last night we found many folks walking across the ben when it was still closed as we did throughout the papal weekend, many heading back to their cars parked in new jersey after attending the papal malice. officials say the accelerated opening of the ben franklin bridge should allow for a normal commute of the bridge, they planned to open the bridge as quickly as possible after the pope's visit. the september tap is operating on a saturday schedule keep that in mind as you head out the door. we found plenty of riders exiting the broad and pattern street station after pope francis celebrated mass on the benjamin franklin parkway. septa officials estimated 40,000 passengers were brought into the city yesterday. with a lot times were estimated about an hour getting on the subway. about 700 volunteers helped to

guide people to their trains which helped tremendously. worshipers say despite the wait to get home they had an unforgettable experience. >> mass was incredible, i'm getting goose bump also talking about it right now. it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> it was one of the best experiences i ever had in my life. i'm glad i drove 6 hours 0 to get here and see the holy father have mass. again, septa regional rails are operating on a saturday schedule, patco is using a special schedule today and if you use the ben it's opened to vehicular traffic. >> thank you for that. with so many people in town for the papal visit, philadelphia international airport is feeling the rush. the lines going through security were longer than usual.

travelers were asked to arrive 3 hours before international departures and 2 hours before domestic departures. katherine scott is on theted she now? >> reporter: if you take a look at the parkway, you can see it's pretty empty. there are crews breaking down all the structures that have been up. we have seen the occasional car come through, coming by slowly. there's work being done here, mainly the vehicles we're seeing along the parkway are fork lifts. there's water pallets on the side of the road. crews were bracing down the seating. thousands of chairs set up for

people with tickets. many thousands more stood, but they are making progress. while work is being done, roads are opening up, as well. penndot opened 76, vine street expressway is opened, but there are ramps closed. crews are taking out all the barriers from the weekend. as that happens we'll see more and more roads open back up. some are open, but there's a lot of ground to cover. a lot of trash to clean up along the parkway. they are waiting for the sanitation trucks to get that done. pleasant of work left to do. by way of traffic we're mainly see forklifts, every now and then we'll be seeing cars come through, if you come through use caution because there's a lot of work being done. live along him parkway, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> now, pope francis left

behind so many memories for so many people who florkd to -- flocked to the parkway. he rode in his pope mobile before his final parade before the mass. the mass capped speaking to sex abuse victims. the 78-year-old pontiff is the first jesuit pope. the mass was the centerpiece hearing the words of the pope his scripture and homily was special. >> i enjoyed when the pope asked for people to pray for him. it's humbling and shows the type of person he is. >> pope francis is an amazing man, he is so humble. the way he lights up when he see children. it is wonderful experience. >> france spent ten days in the western hemisphere visiting cuba, washington, d.c., new york

city and philadelphia. >> not long after the mass, the pope made his way to philadelphia international airport. vice president joe biden left the send off delegation, before he boarded the plan he said a heartfelt farewell. it was -- it is hard to leave, pray for me, i pray for you, too. >> here's what it sounded like from the cockpit of the plane, shepherd one. >> thank you for everything. we're waiting for when prayer force one will be back from rome.

>> i'm guessing he is back, it's hard to believe it is all come and gone, we were waiting for so long and what a weekend. >> well, it can rain now. we want it to rain. >> reporter: it looks like we may actually get not a whole lot today, but by later tonight and tomorrow we've got a chance of rain. we'll show you that on storm tracker 6 live double scan, storm tracker 6 live is showing you we're dry for the monday morning commute we'll get the closed roads and bridge also back, as we look outside we'll have sky6 live hd. we're looking at the ben franklin bridge, the good word on the ben they will get the bridge operational in the wee hours of the morning and looks like a regular commute over that span. 66 degrees, the dewpoint has crept up. as we roll through the day it will be more humid than the last several. winds out of the east/northeast at 8 miles per hour. future tracker 6, mostly cloudy

with sunny breaks, 3:00 p.m. you'll see brief showers around not very impactful rain. it is going to be warm and muggy. 63 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 74 by 11:00 a.m. if you want to get some workouts done i would do them in the morning. 2:00 p.m., 82 and high of 83 with humidity building it will be sweatier on the jogging path. 80 degrees by 5:00 p.m. low 80s in reading and trenton and wilmington. 81 in millville. down the shore, 77 in ac, and cape may. there's an onshore flow that's producing a rip current risk. if you have an idea of doing off season swimming not a good idea getting too deep into the water. tomorrow we have a cold front coming in from the west. through the arch and into the

evening commute there's a chance of additional showers wanting to build. this doesn't look roar historic in time daytime area -- horrific in the daytime areas, it is wednesday in the morning period we expect the rain to come down steadier. we could get one to of -- to two inches before the day is done. 83 is the high, warm and muggy, mainly dry. tomorrow, 83 is the high, there can be a spotty shower around at times as you saw on future tracker. tuesday into wednesday it's cloudy and rainy, one to two inches of rain possible. hopefully this becomes less intense because we have the union game at night with the u.s. cup match. thursday, cool, 63. friday, nuisance showers, 63.

friday, cloudy and 66. definitely cooler air coming, saturday there could be a leftover shower and rumble of thunder. finally we hit on the other side of that choppy weather for sunday. just in time for the phillies fan appreciation day, just another contest i'm planning on attending. >> breaking news, just learned from abc news, the pope has arrived 15 minutes ago. that was the longest trip of his papacy. 4:13, we have developing news, one person was shot in montgomery and intruders are still on the run. we return to our papal visit coverage, pope francis takes on the sex abuse scandal, vernon odem will have that. >> reporter: we're live on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound/westbound it's open. did you see the penndot truck,

the off ramp to spring garden is still shut down. the on-ramps are open. it's a process we're in the middle of it. a 13,000-mile journey ends with pope francis meeting the family face-to-face. that story when we come right back. more kids are suffering from asthma

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with him. someone we were going to walk with and get your good morninn rogers is here trying to get us through this monday morning, it's going to be stuff still,

right. >> reporter: in in some spots in center city we've been talking to police there, we have three-quarters of the so-called traffic box reopened. benjamin franklin parkway, katherine scott has been talking about that, that is still shut down him we're looking live at the ben franklin bridge, the ben is reopened, even earlier than we thought. people are trying to help us get off to a great start to the day. they have been working hard all through the night, you have to give it to them. the vine street express way is open, the ramps are not. they don't want people coming off the ramps, because the is sanitation crews are working very hard. the off ramps are shut down even though the schuylkill expressway is open. the ben is open, the vine is open, the schuylkill expressway is open. they have made great progress they have been working hard, it is the ramps that are closed and

quarter of the area that is shut down in the traffic box. that means for the buses, the buses are traveling through, you're going to have detours. i want to travel out in toms river, .3 in toms river and poconos. 61234 quakertown, 63 in warring ton. 66 in center city. 63 in dover, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. developing overnight, police in montgomery county are looking for suspects who carried out what looks like a home invasion and shooting. the action cam was at the scene late last night the 2300 block of philmont avenue and lower moreland township. one person is in the hospital in critical condition with the gunshot wound. investigators are looking for three to four masked men who drove off in a dark colored car.

>> the eagles are no longer winless knocking off the jets 24-17. darren sproles step up returning a punt for 89-yard touchdown. the defense for the purposessed four jets -- forced four jets turnovers. >> the pope made an unscheduled stop before leaving philadelphia. only "action news" was there as he stopped by the saint joseph's university campus, more on the significance, david. >> reporter: the kids might want a jacket this morning, but we're heading for shorts and ts after school. we have the round of rain ahead in the seven day.

may cause low blood sugar. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take would you like to try to get to work? >> we're already here. >> reporter: it's easy for you, sometimes it's harder, this is i-95 the split for the vine you can see how that is shut down. looking at this guy driving i-95 and making a uturn. we're watching, penndot is watching you, don't make you turns because you see police, when you see police don't make a uturn on the highway. lots of things you should not do as we watch live this morning.

i-95 the split to the vine, the ramp to the vine street expressway, still closed. the vine itself is still open. i talked to state police, it's a process, the vine is in the process of reopening these ramps. you got to be careful did you see that guy. >> reporter: stop at stop signs, don't try to rob a bank, there's a lot of things you should not do. 64 in philadelphia, 61 in quakertown. we're milder, south jersey, low 60s. same thing in the state of delaware. if you're running errands, early is the time to do it. as we get to noon we'll be up to 78 and the high is 83 and it will be muggy and slight chance of a spotty shower. >> only "action news" was there

as pope francis paid a visit to the st. joe's university. he blessed a sculpture with holy water that celebrates the relationship between the catholic and jewish faith. >> how excited with as the campus, the pope took time to meet with students and fellow jesuits. he said he will pray for them and asks everyone to pray for him. trish hartman will have more at 6abc.com. hand-crafted...layer by layer. the new macchiato from dunkin' donuts. experience the flavor of fall with a new hot or iced pumpkin macchiato.

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>> reporter: the pope met with five local victims of abuse and their families. bishop edward burns said it was an highly emotional encounter, the victims three women and two men. the pope promised them those responsible will be punished. >> you've have seen how moved he was having the meeting with the victims and he spoke and he said that god weeps for them. it is a powerful and poignant moment. >> reporter: the vatican's official spokesman said the new commission the pope created is designed to close the door of sexual abuse of children worldwide. >> the new commission that the pope has built is not only to take care of the victims of survivors from abuse from

clergy, but in general. >> reporter: the pope has left the u.s.a. having faced the issue head on as he tries to rebuild the church's image in the wake of that devastating scandal. vernon odem channel 6 "action news."

and good monday morning,