he enjoyed aretha franklin, he applauded her as she left. it's been a wonderful program. that. we're a little behind schedule. >> andrea bocelli was sound checking earlier today. you're definitely going to want to stick around for that. beautiful. even just the sound check. you can imagine the full performance. this is, of course, the festival of families. it is the culmination of the world meeting of families that's been going on right here in philadelphia, as you mentioned one of the first or the first us city to host the world meeting of families, which was started by pope john paul second. they had record attendance. this is people from all over the world come here to philadelphia to be together. this is about celebrating the family and the catholic church. that's why the people are here. that is the bulk of the crowd for the world meeting of families, but also to pope francis himself, drawing out people who aren't catholic, or maybe more people catholic who haven't been to church, all faiths who wanted to see pope francis as he has gone you around town, of course, gi

please, one more time for the great aretha franklin. here to share experiences as a jordanian christian family, ministering to others among serious poverty, religious persecution, and more. please welcome. [applause] >> holy father, we have come here today representing. jordan is a part of the middle east. with me or my wife and our two daughters. youould like to share with our experience as a jordanian christian family. the best way to describe it is christian families currently living in our homeland are our presence signing against the darkness of destruction, war, killing, and persecution. our family tries to live. the only true answer of the world's problems is jesus christ. the root of our christian -- [applause] >> the root of our christian communities dates back. since then there have been many periods of persecution. for spreading the word of jesus. as always, we rise together in support and love in our families and larger communities. we are minorities but we are like soil which is necessary for food. the conditions and hardsh

aretha franklin's grand finale brought the house down, and she was backed by the philadelphia orchestral choir. our coverage of day two of the papal visit is just getting started this morning. >> here is a live look at the ben franklin parkway as the stage has been transformed, getting ready for the outdoor mass on the parkway coming up in just hours. it'll be here before you know it. hello, halloween. it's the one night when everybody dresses up. and that includes dinner. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. this moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey...flaky...happy. toaster strudel. now with more icing. where the pope was skhraeping. >> really small. a small fire started at the seminary around 10:45 last night. the fire department said it started in an elevator and it was out before they could get there and nobody was hurt. >>> today, the pope's schedule was pretty packed. and touchdown to aretha franklin's late-night serenade. >> before he left the airport he told the driver to stop so he could meet a 10-year-old boy with saw racerebral palsy. then he took a bre

aretha franklin was up there. >> reporter: pope francis headlined the evening event, but most pilgrims couldn't get anywhere near the stage without a ticket. that didn't stop them from celebrating in the streets. the mood was a mix of excitement -- >> it's amazing. great for us. it was amazing. >> reporter: -- and peaceful solace, a night cap to a long day in a locked-down city. >> love. >> love, and peace, and really everyone's wonderful to each other. >> reporter: the festival capped off the pope's first day in philadelphia. many families spent the entire morning, afternoon and night here, sleeping on the ground, killing time, worth it, they say, to see the pontiff up close. >> i think he's revitalized the church, and brings unity to the catholic church. >> reporter: nbc 10 news. >> it really was a festive mood at the festival of families tonight. even the nuns were jamming out to "we are family" by sister sledge. >> lauren is live in center city. lauren, the show is over for this evening, but the excitement isn't. >> reporter: certainly true. we are at 12th and fillburt. this is whe

please, one more time for the great aretha franklin.re experiences as a jordanian christian family, ministering to others among serious poverty, religious persecution, and more. please welcome. [applause] >> holy father, we have come here today representing. jordan is a part of the middle east. with me or my wife and our two daughters. youould like to share with our experience as a jordanian christian family. the best way to describe it is christian families currently living in our homeland are our presence signing against the darkness of destruction, war, killing, and persecution. our family tries to live. the only true answer of the world's problems is jesus christ. the root of our christian -- [applause] >> the root of our christian communities dates back. since then there have been many periods of persecution. for spreading the word of jesus. as always, we rise together in support and love in our families and larger communities. we are minorities but we are like soil which is necessary for food. the conditions and hardships endured

please, one more time for the great aretha franklin. here to share experiences as a jordanian christian family, ministering to others among serious poverty, religious persecution, and more. please welcome. [applause] >> holy father, we have come here today representing. jordan is a part of the middle east. with me or my wife and our two daughters. youould like to share with our experience as a jordanian christian family. the best way to describe it is christian families currently living in our homeland are our presence signing against the darkness of destruction, war, killing, and persecution. our family tries to live. the only true answer of the world's problems is jesus christ. the root of our christian -- [applause] >> the root of our christian communities dates back. since then there have been many periods of persecution. for spreading the word of jesus. as always, we rise together in support and love in our families and larger communities. we are minorities but we are like soil which is necessary for food. the conditions and hardsh

hall, and now is coming to the festival of families to speak again and watch the performances of aretha franklinjonathan betz has more for us. >> yes, the energy is unlike anything we have seen before. a huge crowd erupted when the pope began his pilgrimage and parade down benjamin franklin boulevard. he's about to go around city hall and come back on our direction. people on in side of the park, with an excellent view of the pope. people have their phones out. they have been cheering. there's a lot of excitement here waiting for the holy father to come by. >> one of the things that is interesting about this, they started near the stage, then he'll go up and around and come back on the other side of the park way in order for the crowd on that side to get a chance to see him. he's making a u-turn and coming back now. >> we have seen the pope in the pope mobile during his time in the u.s. it has to be more than the mile that he was in central park, more than the 3 or 4 blocks that he was in the pope mobile in d.c. >> we saw the empty pope mobile flipping around the street. i guess they were sendin

and aretha franklin sang way off stage. then pope francis offered some homespun wisdom about family. >> translator: and sometimes plates can fly. and children bring headaches. i won't speak about mother-in-laws. >> reporter: that is pure francis, and it's that kind of down-to-earthness and his heartfelt agenda that's generated so much excitement. around this trip. people seem hungry for that kind of leadership as he heads back to rome. you know, his mission here was to forge a new bond, a new relationship between the vatican and the american people. it seems like, dan, it's been a smashing success. >> many people feel that way. terry moran leading us off. we thank you. >>> the archbishop here in philly, the city would gladly change its name to francisville and cecilia vega has been out on the streets with locals and people who have traveled great distances to be here. se similar cecilia, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning to you. it, right? what do you do when a million people descend on your city? let me s

aretha franklin. mark wahlberg. andrea bocelli.pe overnight. >> are you nervous to perform for the pope overnight? >> of course we're hon nervous but we're honored. it's exciting. it's great butterflies. ♪ we are family >> reporter: but perhaps the toughest job of the evening went to jim gaffigan doing standup at a religious event. >> for standup comedy it's about intimacy, better when it's at night and it's better when it's not outside. so, we'll see. it's better when you don't have the leader of your religion -- >> reporter: not to worry. he killed it. >> having a kid that's the pope is the ultimate bragging right. right. your son is a doctor? right, ours is pope. >> reporter: even more humor from mark wahlberg. ♪ after this young tenor performed, wahlberg gave him a hug and listen to what he said next. >> but then he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie "ted." i told him that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. then, the queen of soul aretha franklin receiving praise from the bishop of rome as she sang "amazing grac

the pope was serenaded by the queen aretha franklin who sanga macing grace.e bocelli and others wowed the crowd with their voices and talents too. among them two sisters, one who just saw the pope when he stopped in washington and another one here, who stopped to catch a glimpse. lets take a listen. >> i walk in the back door of our chapel out of his car into our chapel. we were all applauding. he just started spontaneously going from sister to sister shaking our hand and to speak with us. >> i saw the pope going down, you know, the roadway right here. >> reporter: what did you think? >> it was worth it. i just looked and i said i wanted to see a man with love in his eyes. i am will's about to celebrate my 50th anniversary of being a sister. i thought the the last pope i saw was pope john the 23rd when i was only 14 years old. >> reporter: looking now, live at crowds just off the the eakins oval. these are those that don't have tickets to sit here and watch him straight across from the stage. they will be here early watching on jumbo trons and other stops bef

. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> aretha franklin belting it out performing a stirring rendition of amazing race.en of soul then wanted to sing that song in particular because she find it universal, loved and a appreciated by those of all faiths, in a touching performance. >> ♪ we are family >> can you think of the better song, the a appropriate song from sister sledge, philadelphia native performed that 1979 song we all know the word to, we are family. just a perfect choice for world meeting of families to see this year is the family, alive. we loved watching the audience sing along with sister sledge. actor mark wahlberg was the mc last night for the ceremony. he says he credits his catholic faith for helping turn him around after a rough upbringing in boston. also performing comedian jim gafi the g thean. he talks about his family and catholic faith. you just know it was hilarious. >> you know, i heard it last night. i didn't realize he had had five children. >> oh, yeah. >> they were the butt of his jokes. he doesn't mess around, he is pretty funny. >> he pokes fun at himself. >> yes, very se

aretha franklin with "amazing grace." through city hall on down the parkway to right here. and we listen to this testimony and it's so important because the catholic church and the reason this was started, by john paul by the way back in 1992, was to strengthen the bonds of families around the globe. and so you have hundreds of thousands of people descending here for the world meeting of families to listen to testimony from people, to kind of light that fire within them, that you know what? it's tough. being a family unit is tough. if you look to your faith, these people believe it will propel you forward. >> and we've heard that tonight and i'm sure we'll hear more messages tonight of this. this year's theme by the way is love is our mission. the family full alive. and that certainly jibes with exactly what pope francis has been preaching over the last couple of years since he has been pope and it's been a mission of love and family and mercy. he talked about that in one of his speeches, that he's concerned about the bre

only aretha franklin, bringing the house down.all over and they have been filing out leaving those here in this area and on the parkway up ahead of me. but they left to those gorgeous strains of aretha franklin singing to them. these people got to sit up close to see the pontiff and listen to tonight's concert. they cheered. they loved the performance from the boy that sang tonight. when the pope spoke off the cuff, what time is mass tomorrow? then he told everybody that he will see them at 4:00 tomorrow. we talked to christian, she was here with her family from bucks county. she was exhilarated by the performance. they did everything they could to get these tickets. >> it's a once in a lifetime thing. growing up in a strong faith family, this was the epitome of having my family together and experiencing, i mean, it's been love and faith and everybody here has been so good to each other. all the frustration people talking about there was going to be, it was the opposite. everyone wants to be part of everything that the pope is tal

aretha franklin performed. let's take a look at the crowds, crowds lined up along the parkway, people from far and wide going wild as the pope arrived in his pope mobile. they couldn't reach out and touch the pontiff. there was lots of security. but they did cling to his every word as he spoke of the importance of family. we are back live again as they set up for day two of the festivities. we will bring it right to you. back to michelle and rob. >> thank you so much. >>> this is a live look at dozens of new jersey church goers board buses to head down to philadelphia. they have been up since early this morning. that is a cardboard cut out of the pontiff. hundreds of members of the diocese will celebrate masses with the pope with the world meetings of families. >> this has been in the work since april and they are beginning their journey to philly. i have seen so many of those pope cut outs. you can't get close enough but at least you got the cardboard. >> yelling at the wax one in the car. that was funny. >> f

much more to come we promise you that and there she is the queen of soul aretha franklin.d amazing grace earlier and this is her surprise song that she said she would have for everyone. let's listen in to the original re, re. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (applause). >> good night, everyone clap. >> how about? aretha franklin, she can do it all, soul, hiphop, the classics, you name it, ope opera, such a joy to have her and all of our guests in town tonight for the world meeting of families. >> that adorable little boy at the end. i don't know who that is. but he was very very cute. that came out to greet her as well. >> wonderfully done. wonderfully done. we still have many people both on the parkway and here. not as many as before because pope francis as you saw was headed back to saint charles borromeo to rest for the night and the 4:00 o'clock mass tomorrow here on the ben franklin parkway where once again the streets are expected to be filled with pilgrims and the faithful. >> that's right. he even had to ask when is the mass? >> 4:00 o'clock pope francis will be back. don't

pope francis will make an appearance tonight with an a-list of performers, aretha franklin and andre bocelli and the philadelphia orchestra. you can see thousands have gathered for the festival and get a glimpse of pope francis. it's been an eventfully for the pontiff in philadelphia and an eventful day for the city. just over an hour ago the pope gave a speech on immigration and religious freedom. among them walter perez, the pope spoke of compassion for immigrants. >> reporter: he did, jim, it was extraordinary how quiet the crowd got as the pope approached. feelings intensified, he talked about immigration, religious freedom and to tolerance. his main theme was protecting the poorest and the weakest among us. >> we remember the great struggles which led to the abolition of slavery, the extension of voting rights, the growth of the labor movement, and the gradual effort to eliminate every kind of racism and prejudice directed at the successive waves of new americans. and once again the strongest reactions he received from this deeply diverse crowd seemed to come when he discussed i

. ♪ >>> you know that voice, the queen of soul, aretha franklin will perform for the pope.he world meeting of families made that announcement today. franklin will be among the performers. organizers also revealed today that who you just saw there, actor mark wahlberg, will serve as the host for the festival of families. a live look now at the ben franklin parkway. the festival of families celebration will be held here, saturday, september 26th. >>> tonight there are also new signs of t s pope's arrival approaching. today the first of what will be hundreds of banners showing a smiling pontiff went up near the basilica of saints peter and paul. nbc 10's doug shimell has been looking at other changes in advance of the papal visit. what did you find? >> reporter: some of the changes and issues aren't as much fun as aretha franklin or mark wahlberg, in fact, they are not fun at all. popes wading into american crowds in an era of terrorism. >> law enforcement, investigative agencies are doing a lot of listening, watching the different threat channels and being hypervigilant, as t

it was aretha franklin, it was mark wahlberg all kinds of amazing things.azing and it is hard to sum it all up. this couple here, they were a brand new, they weren't even married yet, they were engaged. and they were saying we are inspired by you, pope francis. we know that we're going to make our marriage strong through our faith. >> let's get back to the studio now and join karen hepp who's got a look back at pope francis's day in philly. >> it was just so exciting. from the moment that he touched down all throughout the day one moment touching the next, kissing the babies, so exciting. he truly is the people's pope. >> nuns dancing to sister sledge. a perfect example of the mood on the parkway tonight. the holy father on stage getting into the spirit. a if he issive end to a day that began more than 14 hours ago in new york. landing in philadelphia, greeting dignitaries, a group hug and stopping a motorcade to bless a young boy. then it was on to the basilica of peter and paul for a private mass. >> during these days of the world meeting of families, i w

the pope is watching entertainment, including this performance by aretha franklin. [ aretha franklin singing ] and cbs reporter, marley hall is joining us live. what's the energy like out there? >> reporter: juliette, lots of excited and emotional people here in this crowd tonight. a short while ago, pope francis took this stage as he continues to reach out to the faithful here in philadelphia. pope francis arrived at philadelphia's independence hall to loud cheers. outside the building where america's founding father signed the decloration of independence, francis gave his message of religious freedom. >> it is a fundamental right. >> reporter: he spoke from the same lecturn abraham lincoln used to give the address. >> it is imperative that the followers of the various religions join their voices in calling for peace. >> reporter: pope francis traveled from new york to the city of brotherly love this morning. in the background, a marching band played the theme from the movie, "rocky." as he rode away from the plane, the pope had another of his impromptu moments. when he ordered his

include a visit to prison inmates, then to independence mall before an evening concert metering aretha franklin. pope francis arrived at the basilica less than an hour ago, he traveled by helicopter from manhattan to jfk international airport and then boarded a flight for the city of brother-in-law love. downtown philly is said to be empty of cars. lana zach has more. >> reporter: pope francis has arrived in philadelphia. greeting pope here the bowes family, richard a former policeman shot in the line of duty, bernadette who held her family together through his recovery and their three children. >> just meeting him is a blessing. >> them symbolic of the world meeting of families, the primary reason for for the pope's visit to the united states. on the pope's agenda today mass at the basilica of saints peter and paul, waving to the crowds on independence mall and tonight skon cert hosted by mark walberg. the events are expected to be the largest in philadelphia's history but the city management has been criticized for their hyper security. others are just happy to have the pope here. >> it's alm

many zoo looking forward to aretha franklin over the weekend.ear what she has for the pope. >> ♪ >> take a look at your winning lottery numbers. let's just listen to pink floyd there, dark side of the moon. sue, let's listen. >> i don't want to rush. >> rush? we can play rush. >> all right, that will be the next one. my new -- this might be my autobiography. the title of my life so i don't fall down. here is a look at high pressure in control to the north of us this weekend, low pressure to the south. this is the annoyance for our weekend forecast g, inbetween, here we are, in philadelphia, the delaware valley, gusty breezes for us saturday and on sunday. the question of course is does this high sneak up far enough to give us rain? best chance of rain is south and east of the city. that includes the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. keep that in mind if you are getting out of town and headed to the shore to spend the weekend there. we've heard plenty of people doing that, so, here are the weekend temperatures. we kind of top off in the 70s,

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

peters square for the poor and the indigent. >> the queen of soul, aretha franklin. we love you and we'll be looking forward to your performance. >> thank you, don. love you much. >> see you soon. >> when we come back, more highlights from the pope's day and what to watch for the rest of the events. plus what bill clinton said about hillary clinton's campaign. >> the other party doesn't want to run against her and if they do, they'd like her as mangled up as possible. the keys to this home belong to mark and alissa anderson. they bought the place four months ago on what was arguably the scariest day of their lives. neither has any idea what the future holds for them. but they bought into a 30-year mortgage anyway. that was bold. they must really believe in themselves. buy in. quickenloans/home buy. refi. power. so you're a small business expert from at&t? yeah, give me a problem and i've got the solution. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my drivers don't have time to fill out forms. tablets. keep it all

opera stay andre botcherily, a aretha franklin, the the fray, will perform before the pope says mass. mark wahlberg will host the festival of families. back out here live, preprogramming, rather, i want to mention, when the pope gets to new york just before he gets to philadelphia they are rolling out the red carpet as well. jennifer hudson and harry conn nick junior. >> i'm trying to remember their songs, the the fray. >> that song. >> winey song. >> we will play it for you. >> thanks, sabina. >>> 4:35. wendy williams went public with the big family problem. she said her teenage son was using synthetic marijuana. >> discovery of her show, yesterday morning. >> he was exposed by a loved one, who he looked up to. >> synthetic marijuana is a a drug that copies the effects of pot but dosage is uncontrolled leading to seizures, brain damage and death. parents should in the brush off any odd behavior, that they recognize. >> they might be drinking, might be depressed because you are starting cool and they are doing drugs. >> experts say talk tour kid early and often to avoid problems with

please welcome aretha franklin to the stage. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ amazing grace...rs and toils and snares. ♪ i have already come. i've already come. ♪ it was, did you know that it was, yeah, it was, it was grace that has brought me safe thus far. lord, that has brought me safe thus far. ♪ & brought me safe thus, it was wasn't money that brought me and kept me safe. ♪ it wasn't money that brought me to right here and now. ♪ and was grace, it was grace, that amazing grace will lead me home me safe thus far. ♪ amazing grace, it brought me safe, it brought me safe. guiding me all around the pit falls. and brought me, and brought me safe thus far. ♪ and amazing grace will lead me home. ♪ and grace,amazing grace. yes, it will. ♪ grace. will lead me home. will lead me home. yeah. [applause] >> there you have it a retha franklin who is by the way, the recipient of the usa highest civilian honor. ♪ one more time. oh, glory. oh, yeah. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> please, one more time for great aretha franklin. talk about an exit. she said in awe statement it is a blessing to sing in th

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>>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ahh, just an astounding night at festival of the families, a aretha franklin, andre bocelli philadelphia orchestra just some of the big names a appearing on that stage. we will have more on the performances and pontiff's message at last night's event. >>> meantime workers have been busy transforming stage in the alter to get ready for another historic event, a mass in front of the hundreds of thousands perhaps even millions, on the ben franklin parkway. it is all part of the day to second of what has been a busy schedule for the pope since a arriving in philadelphia over 20 hours ago. we hope he is getting those last bits of sleep before another jammed packed day of event. we are keeping him busy for sure. today is sunday september 27th, glad you are with us i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm quarter von tiehl. we are live at the ben franklin park because. you mentioned those crews transforming stage you can still them still at work doing a terrific job. ben franklin parkway i got to tell you, they have done a terrific job these sanitation crews cleaning the the street getting garbag

love him for he listen to the stirring voice of andrea bow chill toll the queen of soul herself, aretha franklin ♪ >> reporter: and the boy who brought down the house, little bobby hill from the keystone state boys choir singing a cappella for the pope. >> ♪ >> i spoke to bobby after his incredible performance. >> what was that moment like? >> it was amazing. >> when the producer said what do you got? i said, i got bobby. >> the best part bobby's choir director steve fisher says his star student had no idea he'd be popping without backup or even a keyboard for the leader of the catholic church. >> i feel i did okay. i thank you for saying i did a good job though. >> all day philadelphia was wowed awed by the presence and grace of pope francis. but tonight will go down as the night philadelphia wowed the pope. >> thank you. see you tomorrow. (applause). >> reporter: incredible end to an incredible u.s. trip here in the states and also visiting philadelphia and much more to come as mass starts tomorrow. we'll be here to bring it to you live. steve patterson live on the parkway, back to you guys. >

love him for he listen to the stirring voice of andrea bow chill toll the queen of soul herself, aretha franklin ♪ >> reporter: and the boy who brought down the house, little bobby hill from the keystone state boys choir singing a cappella for the pope. >> ♪ >> i spoke to bobby after his incredible performance. >> what was that moment like? >> it was amazing. >> when the producer said what do you got? i said, i got bobby. >> the best part bobby's choir director steve fisher says his star student had no idea he'd be popping without backup or even a keyboard for the leader of the catholic church. >> i feel i did okay. i thank you for saying i did a good job though. >> all day philadelphia was wowed awed by the presence and grace of pope francis. but tonight will go down as the night philadelphia wowed the pope. >> thank you. see you tomorrow. (applause). >> reporter: incredible end to an incredible u.s. trip here in the states and also visiting philadelphia and much more to come as mass starts tomorrow. we'll be here to bring it to you live. steve patterson live on the parkway, back to you guys. >

head lining act including bocelli, aretha franklin, marie miller, sister sledge, philadelphia group, all performing for the pope. we will be here to bring it the to you live, back to you, live. >> thanks, steve. 7,000 seats up there. it will be jamming. >> indeed. >> all right. pope is moving through at area. we want to go back out to rahel solomon live on city line avenue, rahel. >> reporter: jessica the pope is on the move. we have seen him new twice within the last hour and a half right now we are at 54th and city avenue where it appears he is making his way back to the seminary very quickly before he helped to the parkway tonight. it is a smaller crowd then we showed you today but for folks out here right now, no less exciting then it was the first time. heavy law enforcement right now making sure that the pope gets to where he is going safely. but as we were out here earlier when there were crowds, just swarms of people, they say they have been waiting since ten this morning. they say it was incredible, we actually encountered a woman who says she's not catholic and she was just

the legal battle that aretha franklin fought and won. >> your news, your neighborhood, live and interactive. this is fox 29 weekend. >>> good morning everyone thanks for starting this sunday september 6th with us on fox 29 weekend. this is not dave. i am not karen. we are bill and mike. we're holding it down for them g see you. >> yeah g to see you again. >> we have great day set up. >> yesterday the complaints down the shore water wind. the wind was a big deal down the shore we'll back down on the wind look at the shot in center city right now. great day set up. lots of sunshine, wall to wall sunshine today. twitter already active. people tweeting us away right now. hey, kids enjoying the weather, dogs enjoying the weather fake look that shot charlie, chris just sent this in a picture of charlie the dog enjoying labor day. i can't believe it's almost over. look at these temperatures this morning. 62 degrees in the poconos. 62 allentown this morning. very comfortable out there north and west. you get into millville, atlantic city, 62 degrees. so we're uniformly into the low 60s we get the s

incredible, american talent, come here and sing for him last night. >> interesting point about aretha franklinthe first time she us a actually sung for a pope. i think i had read it she had done it once before. but also, franklin has a great tie to philadelphia, because in the early part of her career, she actually sang in small clubs here. and so last night, one of many, i think, important and special events that occurred, and won, was this, incredible soul singer, hailing from detroit, michigan singing for the pope here in our wonderful sit. >> i some people on twitter thought it wasn't a good rendition. it is an aretha rendition. >> some people i got some tweets, i was tweet being the festival of families, and they were saying what song is this? >> i said oh, this is amazing grace. she is the queen of soul. so naturally she will put a little soul into it, her owner have sean of it. >> or a lot. >> or a lot. the thing is, too, some people were saying, well, this is little different. and i tweeted out about the fact that this takes us back to the traditional like african-american church, blac

he will introduce aretha franklin and andre bocelli, an all-star line up there.rews have been working 20 hour shifts, 20 hour shifts to make sure that stage is ready in time and everyone hoping for good weather for the pope's visit but also tonight for the concert but looking cloudy and breezy out there, kyla. >> you will want to have have a jacket out there, because the breeze will kick up. we will get to that in a moment. i want to say good morning to the eyewitness weather watchers, troops on the ground getting observation this is morning. we will start with this one david dutch, 63. and notice cloud cover that is showing up there we are seeing a lot of cloud this 157 degrees, good morning to bill, he is in cardington and bill is always taking his dog out for a walk. he says overcast, cool, dew point at 51 degrees, this morning. the lets go further north up to allentown and say good morning to julia. now julia is exception to the rule. she's seeing clearer skies, at 54. not everyone with the cloud but they are coming. hang in there. lets take a live look at ou

aretha franklin gave us a little quick step. very nice change of pace for the night. i think it is certainly keeping him energized sitting in there. i think he's seemed to come alive when he gets to interact with the families. >> absolutely. that's when he stands up and greets and kisses and blesses those most in need as we saw with that child from ukraine a moment ago. >> let's see who is coming up now. nadal and his wife along with their daughters. they are from jordan. >> your father, we have come here today in representing the continental of asia. i am here with my wife and our two daughters. we would like to share with you our experience as a jordanian family. christian families living in our homeland are shining against the darkness of destructions, wars, killings and persecution. our family tries to live as the people but for others, the only true answer of this world's problems, jesus christ. the root of our christian -- [ applause ] -- christian communities dates back 2,000 years. since then, there has been many a period of persecution as other attempts to si

aretha franklin is expected to serenade the pope., it's sponsored by the vatican. take a look around and especially notice all of the young women in attendance. you were talking about women in the church. and this is the big concern that the vatican has about catholics in america. especially catholic women in america. only 16% of women between 18 and 29 in this country identify themselves as catholic. for the first time in history, women, young women, are more disengaged than their male counterparts. and as one wise person told me, when you lose women, you lose the faith, because women bring their children to church, they teach their children to pray, catholics need women. come over here, i want to introduce you to a few people. all of these people are from a jesuits institution from emmettsburg. they hosted 16 people and i want to bend down here and talk to you. so the catholic church wants to attract young women back to the church. how can it do that? >> um, i think, just by having young women be kind of vibrant witnesses to the fa

mark wahlberg hosted the event gaffigan and the sinking of aretha franklin. the biggest star of all was pope francis. francis ditched most of his prepared remarks and spoke passionately about the need for families in today's society. >> let us look after the family, let us protect the family because it's in the family that our future is at play. >> but the pope did acknowledge he doesn't have a family of his own to have to deal with and he shied away from some of the more sensitive topics. >> i won't speak about mother- in-laws. >> earlier in the day pope francis went to independence hall where the colonials declared independence from britain and said the freedom declared in 1776 still attraction people to america this day back live you can see a live picture of dozens and dozens of police officers gathering here a few blocks away from the benjamin franklin parkway ahead of the big mass this afternoon. about a million people are expected to attend. as you can imagine, security is high. we should mention before the big mass outside. the pope will be making an

aretha franklin will hit the stage in philadelphia. opera singer and washington native denise grave also perform at the kennedy center in honor of pope francis. >>> as the pope visit gets closer, websites selling tickets to see the pope will now stop selling them. many of the 80,000 free tickets are available for sale by scalpers. free tickets for a religious service should not be used fror prof for profit. tickets are going for hundreds and thousands of dollars in some cases. tom, tell us about the weather. >> i'm now working on the extended outlook for next week for the papal visit. i'll show you that weather for the papal visit in the next few minutes. right now team 4 radar, dry from the rockies to the atlantic seaboard. no rain in our vicinity. team 4 radar all dry here now. afternoon planner, a warm summer-like afternoon. sunshine, temperatures by 1:00 should be in the low 80s. then by 4:00 should be in the mid 80s. by 7:00, great evening for a run. we'll be back down to the low 80s. low humidity throughout the day. >> thank you.

mark wahlberg hosted the event that included comedian jim gave take dan and the singing of aretha franklin the biggest star of all was pope francis. francis ditched most of his prepared remarks and spoke passionately about the need for families. >> let us look after families, let us protect the families because it's in the families that our future is at play. >> but the pope did acknowledge he doesn't have a family of his own to have to deal with and he shied away from some of the more sensitive topics. >> i won't speak about mother- in-laws. >> earlier in the day pope francis went to independence hall where the colonials britain and said the freedom declared in 1776 still attraction people to america this day. up to a million people could attend the outdoor mass that the pope is holding. there is so much excitement, people spend the night on the street trying to get a good spot. back to you. >> don, i believe it. thanks so much. >>> right after flying into philadelphia, pope francis asked his motorcade to stop after he spotted a 10-year old disabled boy in the crowd. francis got out, walk

. >> techno is coming up next, and we leave you now with aretha franklin's wonderful performance for the pope this evening. [singing] >> in june 2014, pope francis launched a passionate attack on an organization responsible for a century long trail of blood: the mafia.

organizers announced that aretha franklin will join the lineup, saturday, september 26th.hose aren't the only big names performing for the pope. the event includes the philadelphia orchestra. visit the nbc 10 app for the full papel itinerary. you'll find a list of things you're not allowed to bring. we have full rundown of the road closures and transportation changes. >>> a cool night in center city. nbc 10 in the square where long sleeves were required for walk around the fountain. will it feel like fall tomorrow? >> especially in the morning hours. if you're in lehigh valley temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. 62 northeast philly. already cooling down to 54 in millville. that will be one of the cooler spots by tomorrow morning. for bus stop time expect plenty of sunshine and dry air. philadelphia area low 60s and suburbs right around 57 degrees. the coolest spots by tomorrow morning should be up through the lehigh valley. allentown. 48 degrees quaker town. we're looking at 50 for cooks town. this is expected to be one of the coolest spots in the morning. coming up we h

aretha franklin, sister sledge. they will all be here. that is just the entertainment portion. the people are here to hear the pope's message. i spoke with donna. they had been planning the trip for two years. they blocked out the time, got their vacation approved. camilla, 7 years old, from washington state. i put a picture up of her holding a pope doll against the barricade. she is so excited to be here. she feels bad for all of our friends back at home, including best friend lily who couldn't be here. but she will go home and tell the story. and officer kathleen marie is here speaking about the message, she's waiting to hear, a message of mercy. she is taking the flat francis home for her first graders in tennessee. >> great stuff. mayor michael nutter just completing his remarks. a lot of blowback the last couple of weeks because of security issues here. they blocked off a five square mile under the secret service. a lot of people left town. from those who have come from around the world, this is the moment they have been waiting for. steven, tie in the significance of him

tonight we will be hearing from an incredible array with a festival of families, sister sledge, aretha franklin and more here on the stage behind me. we'll bring it to you here from this front row seat here in philadelphia. back to you. >> thank you very much. let's listen to this young lady sing. she's 15-year-old, jackie evancho. what an incredible voice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i love this song. >> i love it, too. it's a great song. she is an incredible talent. i tell you, america is so, so fortunate to be blessed with so much talent creatively and articly and politically. certainly spiritually because we have the pontiff visiting the united states of america descending on independence hall where it all began for this nation. >> absolutely. and the nation of immigrants and stressing those themes throughout this visit about immigrants and staying true to your religious beliefs and knowing that freedom means that you should still hold on to your religious identity, religious beliefs and go into public service and if you do, it's okay to maintain your religious identity. >> he's not afraid to talk about tha

aretha franklin was on stage. >> um-hmm. >> the queen of soul really did her thing. >> ♪ >> the queenerforming a stirring rendition of amazing grace. franklin said she wanted to sing that song because it's universal and that it's loved and appreciated by all of her fans. >>> ♪ >> come on pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, you know that, philadelphia's own sister sledge was another one of the big musical guests tonight perfor performing their legendary hit "we are family" with a fitting choice for the world meeting of families and the theme the family fully alive. >> you were dancing to that one. >> you were, too. come on. >> listen, we double teamed it. (laughter). >> tonight's festival was emceed by mark wahlberg he credits his kathy lick faith with helping him after a up bringing. and also comedian jim gaff if you began. the weather was absolutely perfect. a nip in the air. curious what it will be like tomorrow. right now it's comfortable but a tad cool. >> kate bilo nice fall night out here. >> not too bad. definitely have that little autumn nip in the air for sure. few goose bump

aretha franklin will be performing amazing grace. the ben franklin parkway. these are the vip seats. a lot of these people will arrive a little closer to showtime. the pope isn't set to arrive for another half hour, maybe 45 minutes. as far as the ben franklin parkway is concerned, about 7,000 people are expected today, and those are people that don't include philadelphia residents. that's the grand scope of this thing as we get closer and closer to pope francis arriving here on the altar behind me. >> thank you both to keith and george. >> reporter: let's look ahead at what's coming up later tonight on the agenda. he will live the seminary and go back to the ben franklin parkway for the festival of families. he'll take the stage and address the crowd there. before he takes the stage, i should mention the papal parade. it's the only chance those outside the ticketed area will get to see him up close. the parade takes place on the parkway around city hall. then he'll address the crowd starting at 8:00. >> just to wrap things up, the p

and aretha franklin singing. >> sometimes plates can fly. [ speaking foreign language ] >> and children bring headaches. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: classic pope francis. a pope full of surprises, and who clearly wants to shake things up in his church, in the united states, and around the world. david? >> terry, thank you for your incredible reporting all week long. in the city of brotherly love, electrified tonight. but as terry reported, much of the city on lockdown. we took note of the many nuns and priests going through the metal detectors. but once inside, a massive crowd that saw the pope right past them, so many could almost reach out and touch them. that's where we find cecelia vega on this final night. >> reporter: good evening to you. this crowd may not have been able to to get close. but one woman told me, just being here was enough. the city of brotherly love is in love with pope francis. thousands upon thousands of pilgrims packing here to bid him farewell. this is what philadelphia woke up to today. fences around the area. this is how you keep 1 million peop

and areth aretha franklin and aa bocelli will perform. and the city is preparing for 1 and a half million people to be? >> wait a minute, i have a credential, and aretha franklin and andrea bocelli on sunday. >> it's not too late! >> jennifer london for us in philadelphia. and let's take a look now, and the state dining room, do we have a shot -- here we go, the white house, president obama is hosting, as you know, a dinner for his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, and earlier today -- let's roll some of these pictures, and the two leaders agreed not to engage in cyber theft of business secrets. and here are the arrivals for the state dinner, and also in this visit, china unveiled a carbon cap and trade program. and that was big news last night. and that program is aimed at reducing emissions as you know. mike viqueira is in washington d.c., and if you would, set the scene. >> i'm just checking my notes from the white house press pool. and for you who are interested, michelle obama is wearing a vera wang gown tonight. but as far as the sub

the pope will attend the tonight featuring areal estate rooeth -- aretha franklin, the fray, and mark wahlberg making an appearance, basilica his first stop from the cathedral the next stop will be independence mall for a papal parade, he'll deliver an address on immigration and religious freedom and the final stop of the day, the benjamin franklin parkway for the big show which begins at 7:00. >> and back out here live a live look at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul, his first stop and this is where he will celebrate mass before a crowd of 2,000 people now, the pope has a very packed schedule tomorrow as well, he has a visit at fromhold correctional facility, visiting with families and officers, meeting with bishops at st. charles seminary, that by the way where he's staying and then finally, mass for the world meeting of families, 2015, bringing you all this live coverage, all thout the morning, the minute the pope gets here we are breaking it out to you, live in philadelphia, shirleen allicot, 7 eyewitness news. >>> we just watched pope francis take off in shepherd o

aretha franklin will sing amaz amazing grace.ere we said of course the pope will be coming to speak until around 4:45 but since around noon they've been having people perform because there are a of people outside there waiting for pope francis to come after he has little rest at the seminary. >> this is a good idea tom keep people entertained somewhat for the four or five or six hours that they've been out here. >> we saw people lining up earlier. right when we came on. they were already standing outside. >> when i walk in at 4:30 this morning, at fourth and market, there were people waiting in line to go to the screening stations. >> um-hmm. we see all of those chairs there. they're starring to get filled little bit. people are filing in. >> well, if you were worried about the weather, forget it. it's fantastic. >> it is. >> set our thermostats to 71, 72 degrees. >> exactly 71 degrees in the city of physical. >> jeff cole said there wasn't one on the ben franklin park with but here in old city there's a slight breeze much it's b