we have a chance now to talk one-on-one with the archbishop of the philadelphia diocese, charles chaput. it's a big victory,these musical acts. >> they're wonderful. i never knew you could refer to the philadelphia orchestra as a house band. that's really great. >> we'll talk about the music later. let's talk about your overarching mission here this week. we already know that pope francis is coming you guys took care of that last year when you came. what are you trying to accomplish? the big things you're trying to accomplish here this week? >> we're finalizing the plans. we're meeting with the pontifical committee. the pope's security office we're meeting with them tomorrow. we have business to finish and plans to finalize. additionally, we brought with us a number of benefactors for the event. they'll have the opportunity to meet the pope tomorrow. we want to express our gratitude for the support we've had and the finances, this is a pricey proposition when you bring 1.5 million people together in one place. we're very very grateful that people stepped up like they did to help us. >>

. >> plus archbishop charles chaput says he wasn't exactly thrilled to learn the pope is comeing to philadelphia. his one-on-one chat with our mike jerrick next.

lets go live to rome with my collogue jessica dean, there with more on what archbishop charles chaput had to say today, jessica? >> reporter: hi chris, good evening to you from rome, once again, archbishop chapu is one of the leaders of the delegation here to rome and today he was one of the key players at this official vatican press conference, about the world meeting of families and during this we have learned a lot about the numbers, they are expecting 15,000 people to come to the actual meeting part of the world meeting of families. they call it the congress. those are people that will be coming into philadelphia in the days ahead of the visit from pope francis. >> we all have a family and family vice important to each one of us. >> reporter: on thursday philadelphia archbishop charles chaput spoke to the heart of the world meeting of families. chaput gathered with other church officials to layout plans for a meeting aimed at strengthening and enriching families from around the world. philadelphia bishop john macintyre announced many of the speakers who will address the host of is

. >> ♪♪ >>> philadelphia mayor michael nutter and archbishop charles chaput are leading a delegationrome and they have a great deal to do to prepare for the papal visit in september. also in rome is "action news"'s brian taff and he brings us up to date. reporter: good evening, jim. you know, believe it or not pope francis' arrival in philadelphia is just about 95 days away now and while to the faithful and those who just want to bear eyewitness to this icon, this rock star in the world of religion and beyond that may seem like a long way off. trust me when i say that those planning for the event think it's coming up really fast and that is precisely why they arrived here in rome early this morning. >> i think a lot of the nuts and bolts really get tightened up in these last 100 days. >> reporter: donna farrell has a very full plate. as executive director of philadelphia's world meeting of families she is responsible for overseeing every facets papal planning from the logistics of getting pope francis around the city to ensuring that the city is ready to host him and with just three

officials from the world meeting of families including archbishop charles chaput announced the lineupperformers you'll be seeing here in philadelphia while the pope is visiting. "action news"'s brian taff is with the delegation and he has this report. >> reporter: hello and good morning from a sunny and beautiful rome today. as we are standing on the roof of the fica l roof and college. exciting new details about the exciting papal party on the parkway set for saturday september 26th. >> it gives me great pleasure to announce today that famed italian tenor andrea bocceli latin american superstar juana and the philadelphia orchestra will perform at the festival of families in philadelphia on september 26. (applause). >> reporter: we've got a jam packed day filled with announcements and conversations with all the members of the delegation including mayor michael nutter, the archbishop charles chaput. you'll hear all of that and so much more throughout the day and evening in our continued coverage from rome. for now in rome, brian taff, channel6 "action news." >> and stay with us for con

that's something we learned this morning when philadelphia archbishop charles chaput spoke one-on-one with nbc 10's chris cato. a meeting with the pope was not on the original agenda. chaput said the pope wants to express his gratitude for their support and hosting the festival of families in september. ♪ the italian tenor and world renowned recording artist andrea bocelli is one of the headlines headliners. also included is the latin pop star juanes. ♪ you're not familiar with those names? the philadelphia orchestra is also part of the lineup. >>> there's another event create a lot of buzz in the catholic community. here's a live look now from vatican city. right now a news conference is under way at the vatican about a big meeting in october. it will determine the church's -- this meeting will determine the church's direction on some controversial topics like gay catholics and divorced remarried catholics. today's newser is to release the document that reviews that meeting. chris cato is listening. he'll join us in a few minutes when it's over to tell us what happened there, earlier

like the philadelphia delegation may meet with pope francis some time tomorrow philadelphia archbishop charles chaput spoke with nbc10's chris cato earlier today. a meeting with the pope was not on the aagain da, but chaput says the pope wants to express his gratitude for support from the philadelphia community for hosting the world meeting of families. and the papal visit in september. nbc10 also learned which artist will be performing at the festival of families. ♪ >> the italian tenor and world renowned recording artist andrea bocelli is a headliner, also including latin pop star juanes. ♪ >> there will be some local acts as well as the philadelphia orchestra, also part of the lineup. the world meeting of families will start on tuesday, september 22nd. the pope will be here on the weekend, september 26th and 27th. of course you'll celebrate mass in the ben franklin parkway. we'll have you covered leading up to the visit, all while he's here. >>> nbc10 is in italy all week long with the delegation reporting on the planning being made for the pope's visit. our reports continue this afternoon on "nbc

archbishop charles chaput issued a statement the task for believers is to form our own families even more deeply in the love of god and rebuild a healthy marriage culture one marriage at a time from the debris of the decision. our coverage of the historic ruling is at 6abc.com, there you will find more details about the decision, swells reaction from across the country. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in and you say tree -- austria for talks about iran's nuclear program. iran britain germany russia and china are negotiating. the leader is resisting a long term hat in nuclear production. what the sanctions will be if that doesn't happen are being hammered out. >>> a new warning about skinny jeans, the popular pants landed a woman in the hospital. >>> plus, americans spend billions of dollars on pet care each year. but a few simple stems could save you big bucks. >> reporter: coming up in weather, if you're down the shore, periods of rain today heavy stuff moving in later this afternoon, i'll have the timing and the seven-day forecast when we come right back. two more people were

. >>> archbishop charles chaput issued a statement saying the court's decision is a mistake. the task now for believers is to form more families in the love of god and a marriage couple tour one marriage at a time in the debris of today's decision. >> we are following a developing story from overseas investigation are underway in europe and in africa after three separate terror attacks, one happened in france at a gas factory owned by an american company based in the lehigh valley, a man with islamic ties rammed a car into the building causing it to explode and a man was beheaded in that attack and in kuwait isis is claiming spotht for the explosion at a mosque that killed 16 people there and in tunisia a gunman opened fire at a popular beach. >>> and a report of a stabbing on a public bus just before 10:00 this morning chopper 6 hd found police officers surrounding the bus, two passengers on a route j bus were involved in an altercation one one stabbed the other the stabbing victim was taken to the hospital and it's unclear how badly they were injured. >>> president obama is

philadelphia archbishop charles chaput released this statement. the supreme court's 5-4 decision on marriage is not a surprise. the surprise will come as ordinary people begin to experience first hand and painfully the impact of today's action on everything they thought they knew about marriage, family life our laws and our social institutions. >>> this morning there is a new terror threat on american soil. why homeland security is issuing the warning. >>> plus power problems continue for thousands of people in our area. we'll have an update on the progress utility crews are making on this fourth day since the storms. >>> and a traffic update for people headed to the jersey shore that some have been waiting months to hear. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. it is a first alert weather day for us as we head into the afternoon and tonight. we expect to see heavy rain moving in. we've already seen rains that produced flooding earlier this morning and closer to midnight last night. so we'll see another round as we head into tonight. we

archbishop charles chaput spoke one-on-one with nbc 10's chris cato not too long ago about the effortfrom the philadelphia community, especially the business community to make the world meeting of families and the papal visit a success this september. >> brought with us a number of benefactors for the event. they're going to have the opportunity to meet the pope tomorrow, so the pope can express his gratitude from the wonderful support we've had from the broader philadelphia community, the finances because this is an expensive proposition when you bring 1.5 million people together in one place. we're so grateful that people stepped up like they did to help us. >> from rome this morning, we also learned that andrea bocelli will headline the festival of families on saturday september 26th. latin pop star juanes and the philadelphia orchestra are also set to perform. >>> just yesterday here in philly, the world meeting of families hunger and homelessness committee unveiled its new mercy and justice initiative teaming up with project home they laid out their plan to fight homelessness pov

philadelphia archbishop charles chaput tells "eyewitness news" that the delegation will meet with pope francis immediately following. our jessica keen is with the delegation right now in vatican city. she's there we will hear from her later on this morning. >>> now back home in the news police are investigating a fatal shooting in the fair hill neighborhood of philadelphia that happened in the hundred block of wishair street before 1:00 last night. police found a man with the gunshot wound to the chest. he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> a fire fighter is in the hospital after an overnight fire in elmwood. this had happened in the 6300 block of wood land avenue just before 12:30 this morning. there is no word on the severity of that fire fighters injuries. >>> a big reward is offered in connection with the recent shootings in philadelphia neighborhood. mayor's office is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and convictions of a gunman who opened fire in kensington on monday. seven people were injured on the 700 block of east hilton street. last

archbishop charles chaput said the mistakes of the court change nothing about the nature of men and women and the truth of god's word. the task now for believers is to form our own families even more deeply in the love of god and to rebuild a healthy marriage culture one marriage at a time from the debris of today's decision. >> this is like a heart attack on the family. to actually redefine it. >> reporter: a local human rights attorney said this. >> the same-sex marriage battle is over locked down finished. >> reporter: but some say not so fast. the group hopes to fight back by supporting presidential and congressional candidates who would back a constitutional amendment reversing what the court legalized today. >> it's going to be a vicious attack on religious and civil liberties which is going to take a lot of courage to resist. >> reporter: he says he wishes the church would take a harder stand on this issue but said he did approve of what the archbishop said. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> look at this map. the purple states on the map banned same-sex marriage in 2003, six years a

. >>> tonight, philadelphia archbishop charles chaput will reveal more about the planning for the worldting of families. archbishop and more than 100 young catholics are hosting a q&a session called "chat with chaput" just after 7:00 at the sports bar in center city. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well we basically haven't had any sunshine since just before the storms hit on monday and we're not expecting a whole lot of sunshine tomorrow, either. we've got that cloudy chill. showers returning, some of them tonight. a brighter weekend ahead. way brighter than what it's been. well phillies once again not going to have great weather. going to be cloudy going to be cool. it also may be a little bit damp. take the rain gear with you. will not be as dry as last night. dry now in philadelphia. 65 degrees. wind out of the east at 15 miles an hour. that certainly doesn't happen. it was 92 on sunday then only 58 tuesday and just barely to 70 wednesday and thursday. the average high is now up to 80. and we're nowhere near that are ar

mayor michael nutter and archbishop charles chaput traveling to roam to put finishing touches. we have video for you here from last year's visit. the two men and delegation will spend june 22nd through the 25th in various meetings, preparing for september's world meeting of families and the papal visit. no word yet if they will meet with the pope. >> and, "eyewitness news" anchor jessica don't, will be traveling with the delegation to the vatican look for her live reports starting on june 22nd on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". busy week for her coming up. >> absoluteliment just in time for the weekend erika, fans of popular net flick series get quite a surprise. >> get ready to bing watch. we'll tell you what show back. disturbing video from new jersey school appears to show a worker miss handling a two year old child. now city councilman whose child attends that school is getting involved. look at that, we'll be right back >> rough treatment after child at a new jersey school is sparking outrage. a teacher and teacher's aid have been discharged. >> happened at the hoboken month sorr

. >>> just a short time ago, archbishop charles chaput told nbc 10 the philadelphia delegation may meet with pope francis tomorrow. he is live in rome. nice job with the interview. he must like you because he was very open with you. >> we got along very well yes. he really vai, was very open about what they're doing. for the first time we broke the news that the delegation made up of several ceos of large cooperations that are supporting meeting of families, they may, we emphasize may, get the one-on-one with pope francis. that's what the archbishop is trying to make happen. we didn't know that was going to happen on this trip. before we get into the musical announcements for the world meeting of families i have a cool visual i want to show you guys back at home that shows a strong philadelphia connection to the vatican. all right. we're at the pontifical north american college. this is where the seminarians from north america come to study to become priests. many years ago, this beautiful sculpture, the ascension of mary. sculpture may not be the right term in art. but this was created

archbishop charles chaput, mayor nutter and local leaders will meet with vatican officials to iron outhe details for the event and pope francis' visit in september. they're scheduled to fly out of philadelphia international airport 6:30 this evening and will be overseas through friday. nbc 1010's chris cato is already in rome and he'll have live reports from there beginning tonight. >>> still ahead, fleeing firefly. nearly 100,000 people were forced to leave the music festival in dover when severe weather hit the area. we'll tell you what's planned for today there. >>> and a possible lead in the manhunt for those two escaped prisoners who have been on the run for two weeks now. we'll tell you where hundreds of officers have focused their search. >>> investigators believe a lightning strike caused this house fire in dover. the fire started at the home on cold spring place. firefighters had it under control in about an hour. no one was hurt. >>> also in dover, the fire flight music festival is set go on today after organizers were forced to clear the grounds last night. a fewer sent us t

. >>> archbishop charles chaput issued a statement calling theu.s. supreme court's decision a mistake. he added the task now for believer center city to form our own families even more deeply in the love of god ton rebuild a healthy marriage culture one marriage at a time from the debris of today's decision. >>> and our coverage of this historic ruling continues at 6abc.com. there you'll find more details about the decision as well as the reactions from across the country. it's all right there right now at 6abc.com. >>> "action news" is learning a deadly terrorist attack in france has ties to lehigh county. french authorities say a suspect rammed a vehicle here into a gas factory opened by air products which is based in trexlertown. now, investigators also found the severed head of the suspect's employer hanging at the factory entrance along with banners with arabic inscriptions. air products says it has now stepped up security worldwide. >>> and world news tonight with david muir will have new details about that terror attack plus more nationwide re

archbishop charles chaput issued a statement calling it a mistake. he added quote that the task new for believers is to form our own families, even more deeply in the love of god and to rebuild a healthy marriage culture one marriage at a time, from the debris, of today's decision. now, in the meantime, we also are hearing for now at least tuesday, louisiana and mississippi saying they will not issue these marriage licenses right away and monica it usually takes 25 days for a supreme court ruling to go in effect. we are live on independent mall sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >> thanks, sharrie. >>> an investigation is underway after several guard were injured at graterford prison in skippack township. authorities believe an inmate may have started a fire in his cell. six people were sent to the hospital, all to be check for smoke inhalation. department of corrections say fire was quickly put out. they have not said how the officers are doing just yet. >>> one of the escaped convicts from new york is dead the other is still on the run

. >>> mare michael nutter and archbishop charles chaput announced today they are heading back to rome to make final preparations for pope francis visit to philadelphia this is video from last years visit, the two and a delegation will spend june 22nd through 25th in various meetings, discussing september's world meeting of families and papal visit. in word yet if they will meet with the pope. i will be in rome as the philadelphia delegation meets with vatican officials. our live reports begin january between the second on cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> don't forget our coverage continues on line, for more information, go to cbs philly.com/papal visit. >>> still to come we will take etan for hope in the effort stretches all the way down the shore, kathy? >>> yes, chris we have alex's lemonade stan at ninth and the boardwalk teaming up with alex and also rita's water ice. thanks, girls for your donation. we are asking folks to stop down and make a donation and we will be here right throughout evening. also i will have the forecast from the city to the poconos to the shore for your weekend

. >> reporter: delegation in rome this week led beside nutter and archbishop charles chaput it includes representatives from the city the philadelphia art diocese philadelphia police department, top business leaders and others. world meeting of families executive director donna for roll says it was important for the coalition to visit the vatican to show it's ready for september's world meeting of families and visit from pope francis. >> the people we're here with, the delegation, these are some of the people who stepped up first and strongest to say we want to help. now those efforts are focused on making the dream of a papal visit a reality. >> we just want to make sure all of those things are in place that we feel good about it. and then, you know, for the next 90 days continue to fine tune and tweet and make changes as necessary again anticipating that there may be last minute changes because you know, the pope is the pope and gets to do whatever he wants to do. >> reporter: the mayor certainly right about that. up next for the delegation on tuesday we are expecting a very big annou

show you video from the audience just a few minutes ago, is there the pope, philadelphia archbishop charles chaput tells "eyewitness news" that the delegation will meet pop francis afterward. jessica dean is with the pope in vatican city. please stay tuned for that. >>> you can make your plans by going to cbs philly.com. just click on papal visit to see more about this historic philadelphia event. >>> new this morning a fire fighter is rush to the hospital after getting hurt battling an overnight fire in elmwood. "eyewitness news" on the scene of the 6300 block of wood land avenue, you can see that storm front is badly damaged after that fire. we're working to find out how the injured firefightser is doing. >>> the city of philadelphia is offering a huge reward in connection to recent violence resulting in a dozen people being shot. the mayor's office is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who opened fire in kensington on monday. seven people were injured in the 700 block of east hilton street. last saturday ten people were shot at a block p

. >> reporter: the philadelphia delegation was also there just outside the vatican as archbishop charles chaput announced totipotential press the update on the world meeting of families. >> we really want to make sure that everyone can come. >> to that and the world meeting of families has raised $30 million. 1.000000 of which will pay for scholarships to bring people to the event who otherwise wouldn't afford it. >> we hope that all people has to be one tally. >> reporter: that is mission accomplished for the philadelphia delegation on this trip to rome. they'll head back to philadelphia tomorrow morning. we'll be with them. they won't get a whole lot of rest when they get there. we have three months until all of this happens. so they've got to take what they got done here and put it into action when they get back to philadelphia. we'll see you back at home soon. in rome, jessica dean cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> well still to come here tonight is it special treatment? the i-team is on the case. >> this is not your typical suspected drunk driver. this is driver has a badge an gun. >> you are so

mayor michael nutter and archbishop charles chaput will lead a delegation that will stay in rome from june 22nd through the 25th. there they'll make final preparations for the pope's visit. the group will plan meetings and events related to the world meeting of families coming to philly in september. fox 29 will be in rome with the group bringing you reports on that final meeting. >>> a gaping hole in the sidewalk and street puts children at risk in a fishtown neighborhood. not to worry it's batman to the rescue. no, not the actual super hero. >> just a long time fishtown resident who cares about his neighbors. our bruce gordon visited fishtown to see about the hole and came back with an even more interesting tail. he joins us tonight in the newsroom bruce. >> reporter: i see this all the time in philadelphia. utility work on street or sidewalk is completed and a gaping hole is left behind. a dangerous eye sore but captured the eye of a neighborhood bricklayer. batman logo is just a t-shirt but to some folks around here, brandon bray berry could be considered a super hero. he and his

. >>> mayor michael nutter and archbishop charles chaput are headed back to rome to put finishing touches on pope francis' visit to philadelphia. the two men and a delegation will spend june 22nd through the 25th in various meetings. making final preparation for september's world meeting of families and the papal visit. no word if they will meet with the pope. i will be in rome as the philadelphia delegation meets with vatican officials. my life reports begin june 22nd right here on cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> tonight the wrestling world is mourning the loss of a legend inside the ring. >> that story ahead for you plus could officers with the philadelphia parking authority soon have even more authority? the new proposal that would have them doing more than just hanging out parking tickets. and cutting out of the office early? why women may be judged more harshly than men for doing just that. kathy? >> in weather we're talking about heat building up from the south. temperatures soaring. our first heat wave of the season. it will be getting even hotter as a heat advisory goes into effect. >

officials from the world meeting of families including archbishop charles chaput announced andrea boccelichestra will perform for the pope. grammy winning artist will also be performing. "action news"'s brian taff is with the delegation and he has this report. >> reporter: hi, guys and good morning from rome. we've gotten off to a gang busters start so far today. we've learned some of the names of the performers who will be gracing the stages of the world meeting of families during that week when pope francis of course is set to the a tend among them famed operatic singer andrea bocceli who will perform with the philadelphia orchestra. right now the delegates some 35 of them, are engaged in face to face meetings to hammer out all of the last minute logistics as we wind ever closer to that all important date just three months from now. we'll have much more for you as the planning continues this evening and all week long right here on "action news" but for now, in rome, brian taff, channel6 "action news." >> and stay with us for continuing coverage as brian will have reports from rome all w

. >> archbishop charles chaput i should a statement said the task now is for believer to form our ownove of god to build a marriage culture one marriage at a time from the debris of the decision. our coverage of the historic ruling is at 6abc.com, there you'll find details about the decision as well as reaction from across the country at 6abc.com. >>> the republicans are working through the weekend for a plan to boost spending $1 billion including more money for education, the funds would come from a tax surplus and privatizing state liquor stores. governor wolf will veto any gop plan that doesn't meet his priorities. >>> two new films in the movie we'll have a preview of mack and ted 2. >>> a farm table can run into the thousands of dollars we'll show you how to build your own for a fraction of the cost. chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues in just a moment. >> new this morning, camden police are searching for a gunman after a double shooting. this video is into the newsroom. the shooting happened in a home on the 1100 block of la

think kind after candid conversation, i got to take a little walk down the parkway with charles chaput, archbishophe really opened up about his true fells about having the pope come to our great city. >> good day everybody it is thursday, june the fourth already 2015. alex has the day off. hi lauren? hello. >> good to see you. nice to have you here. >> warm. >> are you able to do this on the opposite side of the table? >> i hope so. things get all turned around. >> street hine you now. >> i know. high bob? >> good morning, everybody that's it right there. here we go. >> somebody was paying attention to the forecast. it is chilly out there. expect not to get to 07 degrees. probably stay upper 60s. yesterday, we got couple of peaks of sunshine but not for very long, so we did make it to 70. but, we're going with six once again, just like we had yesterday. and, bus stop buddy very excited that phillies won again last night. but, he did not forget his umbrella. and he did not forget the sweatshirt. because how cool it is this morning. we are watching some showers in new castle county, delaware chester

archbishop. aid great afternoon with him. charles chaput. >> nicely done. >> love that. good sense of humor, right? >> he does. indeed he does. specially when it comes to his name. >> how do people mess up your name? people do all the time. >> i'm scared. >> it look like shaputment but think of the church. chaput is the way i say t so archbishop how do pete mess up your name? what's the worse way someone pronounced your last name? >> generally they call me shapoo. but the correct way is kaput. people call me kaput it is finished. >> you're done. >> we are kaput. >> thank you. >> archbishop thank you. >> oh we will run more clips of that interview. it was great. kaput. sue? >> imagine? i guess we've all heard it all with our names. cloudy out there. this weather system, noetic put, not yet. it is sticking around. stationary front, seeing waves of low pressure mover along the front high pressure trying to nudge in here. not quite taking over see showers spreading into the southern portion of our area, and the western portions, so we're talking about chester county all alon

archbishop charles chaput released this statement.he supreme court's 5-4 decision on marriage is not a surprise. the surprise will come when ordinary people feel the first hand impact on everything they thought they knew about marriage, family life our laws and our social institutions. local citizens are also reacting to the news. we have posted some of the comments on our website nbc10.com. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >>> in charleston, south carolina, president obama surprised mourners at the funeral of reverend clementa pinckney are a rendition of "amazing grace." the president delivered pinckney's eulogy. pinckney was one of the nine victims killed inside charleston emanuel ame church. the fallout from the church massacre continues across the country. in gettysburg some merchandise with the confederate flag was removed from the bookstore at the national park store. they were removed at the request of the national park service. but now the gettysburg foundation that runs the shop says it's going to put the removed items back on the shelves.

archbishop charles chaput mayor nutter and local leaders will meet with vatican officials to iron out the details for the event and pope francis' visit in september. they're scheduled to fly out of philadelphia international airport 6:30 this evening and will be overseas through friday. chris cato is also in rome and will have live reports from there beginning tonight. >>> forced to evacuate the firefly music festival. it gets shut down early as lightning lit up the night sky. will weather put a damper on today's fun? week by week gas tanks are training wallets a little more in the garden state. >>> the firefly music festival in dover is scheduled to go on as planned today after this severe weather forced organizers to clear the grounds last night. a viewer sent us this video which shows crowds streaming towards the exits. organizers urged people to take down any tents and canopies at their camp site and to take shelter in vehicles. again, today's shows are expected to go on as scheduled. brittany brittney, i'm sure they will deal with mud there. >> i want to show you on our ray radar

." >> in a statement philadelphia archbishop charles chaput said the surprise will come as ordinary people experience firsthand and painfully the impact on today's action, everything they thought they knew about marriage and family law and institutions. the mistakes of this court changes nothing about men and women and the truth of god's word the task is to form our own families in the love of god and rebuild a healthy marriage culture one marriage at a time from the debris of the decision. >> i think this is something that should be decided by the people. each state and not imposed upon them by a group of lawyers sitting in brac robes at the supreme court. >> governor christie said he will support the high court's ruling because it's job. he is expected to launch a presidential run on tuesday. the presidential campaign website went live this morning. >>> religious organizations are expert exempt from this ruling, they can make decisions about whether clergy about conduct same-sex marriages. there's more at 6abc.com there you will finds more about the decision and reaction from across the

peter's square including archbishop charles chaput and mayor michael nutter. making final preparations for the pontiff's visit to the world meeting of families in september. >> it's an unparalleled experience. i look at philadelphia as being the birthplace of the american family, but the entire world is now looking at philadelphia and with the papal visit, it's tremendously exciting. to have this kind of opportunity to represent the bank and philadelphia is unparallel. >> also on the agenda the delegation is attending a luncheon for international media. the goal to promote philadelphia as a tourist destination all over the world. of course you can count on nbc10 for the latest developments and plans for the world meeting of families in september. chris cato will be in italy all week long with the delegation, bringing us live reports. >>> meanwhile, back to the weather. right now this downed tree along city avenue is bringing traffic to a single lane at 71st street in philadelphia's overbrook section. traffic signal was brought to the ground after last night's

philadelphia archbishop charles chaput took sometime tonight to take part in the question/answer session with more than 100 young catholics. he did so, with a sports bar. the archbishop took questions at the field house in center city about his journey to the priesthood his personal interests and, of course, upcoming visit by pope francis. >>> the special olympics flames of hope made its way to philadelphia tonight. the flame is on a cross country tour headed for los angeles for this years games to be held. they hosted a celebration in south philadelphia tonight. the the relay resumes at 6:30 in the morning from the steps of the philadelphia museum of art. >>> rick williams helped present award tonight to deserving scholars at the pennsylvania convention center. this is the 25th anniversary for the philadelphia a few tours program, the sponsor a scholar program helps low income students get into and succeed in college. eighty-five of the high school seniors will attend college, this fall. >>> just an extraordinary, organization doing extraordinary work. >> congratulations to them. >> abs

. >> archbishop charles chaput also brutally honest when sharing his thoughts about pope francis coming to philadelphia. >> what are you nervous about? >> i'm nervous about the cost, projected to cost $45 million the archdioces of philadelphia, doesn't have any money any more. so we've had to beg that money from our community. >> and the community responded in a big way. >> people have been extraordinarily generous, business community and we've generosity from people who aren't catholics aren't christians but extraordinarily generous, because they think it is good for philadelphia, and they like the pope. >> so what else is thereto worry about? well security. the archbishop says that's high on his list. >> not only is security of the pope less about his security and the security of the crowd where we had the terrible experience in boston and that scared all of us in terms of protecting people who come to the event, as onlookers, really, so we have to as much worried about the people as about the pope. >> nearly 2 million people are expected on the parkway, first for the world meeting of

. >> reporter: philadelphia archdiocese agrees, archbishop charles chaput released this statement saying the mistakes of the court changed nothing about the nature of the men and women and truth of god's word. >> it doesn't affect any church anywhere in america but it effects every gay lesbian person in america. >> reporter: again, a rally is set to begin here shortly and just one side note, the national constitution center has an exhibit on the history of gay rights and officials have to make last minute additions with today's ruling. we are live at independent mall syma chowdhry cbs-3 "eyewitness news" good thank you very much. >>> keep it right here on "eyewitness news", we will have have continuing coverage of the high court's same sex marriage ruling, read that full opinion on line at cbs philly.com. >>> people all across our area continue cleaning up from tuesday's damaging storms. take a live look at sylvester street in philadelphia's frankford neighborhood. it continues to be littered with down trees and power lines there. crews did come by earlier in the day to install new power

. >> reporter: archbishop charles chaput also brutally honest when sharing his thoughts about pope franciseing to philadelphia. ♪ >> reporter: what are you nervous about. >> i'm nervous about the cops. it's projected to cost $45 million. the arch by cease of philadelphia doesn't have any money minor so we've had to beg that money from our community. >> reporter: and the community responded in a big way. >> people have been extraordinaryily generous. business community has been extraordinarily generous. we have jenn ross have the from people who aren't catholics or christians. they're extraordinarilily generous because they think it's good for philadelphia and they like the pope. ♪ >> reporter: so what else is there to worry about? well, security. the archbishop says, that's high on his list. >> not only security for the pope. less about his security and the security of the crowd. we had terrible experience in boston. >> reporter: i know. >> that scared all of us in terms of protecting people who come to events as on lookers really. so we have to be as much worried about the people as about

. >> i spoke with philadelphia's archbishop charles chaput at the airport on sunday.e's now in rome and yeah, ooh got butterflies in his stomach. this week's meetings are aimed at nailing down the most important details to ensure this papal visit come september is both safe and successful. at the vatican i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> back here at home, leaders with the world meeting of families launch agnew initiative today aimed at helping the poor in our area. officials holding a news conference today in center city to announce they formed a hunger and homelessness commit team organizers say the new committee is in response to pope francis' appeal for society to reach out on the suffering. they say it's not just for catholics or those attending the world meeting meeting of families. >> today we're announcing some good news. we're announcing people from all walks of life, from all faith from business fresh private citizens f religious communities, people who experience homelessness and hunger. we're all coming together to launch this initiative in honor of pope fr

the mayor, archbishop charles chaput and other leaders will go over the details of the pope's visit in september. the mayor will meet with his italian counterpart, the mayor of rome along with vatican city officials. the main focus is keeping the pope, who loves to mingle with the people, safe the entire time. while in rome mayor nutter is taking time to drum up support for tourism here in philadelphia. the mayor talked to a father and son who were visiting italy from france. the mayor told them about philadelphia and invited them for a visit. on wednesday, mayor nutter and the rest of the delegation will attend a special lunch designed to promote philadelphia as a destination globally. nbc 10's chris cato is at the vatican. look for his reports all week long. we will have an update coming up at 6:00. you can watch chris' reports on your smartphone or tablet by tapping on the nbc 10 news app. >>> in the meantime there are new leads in the manhunt for the two escaped prisoners. we will tell you how dna is providing clues about their movement. >>> plus new calls for the confederate flag

philadelphia's highest ranking cat link church official archbishop charles chaput is the un official host of the massive event. he says the city of brotherly love is on pace to raise the $45 million needed to make this happen. >> real happy we've been able to raise the money. >> the archbishop says so far the city has raided nearly 40 million, keeping philly only $5 million from it goal. >> 5 million to go, bob kelly just might give it to the city by himself. >> writing a check out right now. >> interesting. >> well, if you got it like that. >> how high will that bounce? 6:39. >> we have the storms out of here, are there any more on the way? we'll let you know, give that you radar, the rest of the forecast coming up. >> this one from cheryle power line on the railroad tracks woodbury, new jersey, that's not good. >> bob, did you see that, over in wood burry? >> then this one here in depford, new jersey being look at that, another tree down, after the storm. sends us your pictures on facebook, stain gram twitter. use the #fox29goodday. new jersey's supreme court has spoken but teacher

archbishop charles chaput and mayor michael nutter will be among the business and civic leaders traveling to rome monday for final prep meetings ahead of the world meeting of families. nbc 10 will be with the delegation every step of the way. nbc 10's chris cato is on his way to the vatican right now. his live reports begin this weekend only here on nbc 10 news. >>> today nbc 10 is there as one of the newest nerve centers for amazon was unveiled. the sprawling new facility is located in robbinsville mercer county and has more than a million square feet. it has thousands of local people on the payroll. nbc 10's keith jones is live with more on the innovative technologies that are being put to use in the new facility. >> reporter: there are hundreds of robots some able to lift twice their weight but the biggest impact of this center, thousands of new jobs. thousands of products down 14 miles of conveyor zooming around 1.2 million square feet. sorted step by step job after job. >> when you push the buy button our systems know exactly which item to pick and how quickly to get it to you. >> re

philadelphia's highest ranking catholic church official the unofficial host of this massive event archbishop charles chapute're going to have the resources to pull it off haven't a wonderful celebration people of philadelphia will be very proud of. >> reporter: local delegation was treated tuesday morning to tour of the pontifical north american college a training ground for young priests with stunning views of rome. they have earned the honor. archbishop chaput says fundraising for the world meeting is on pace to cover the eventsevents estimated $45 million price tag. >> confident that that goal will be met. >> we've reached nearly the $40,000,000.. of raising real money. so we're -- i think we'll make it without difficulty. that certainly has calmed me down. this isn't supposed to cost the philadelphia of anything or the state of pennsylvania anything. we're just -- we're happy we've been able to raise the money. >> reporter: the crowds that flood rome each year to see the vatican and if lucky catch a glimpse of the pope himself only hint at the throng that is will descend on philadelphia in late septemb

peters square the pope greeted archbishop charles chaput who led his holiness to the delegation. independent blue cross ceo dan hill forty. >> being raise add i catholic being from the philadelphia area and to have an opportunity to come with the delegation from the philadelphia area, just a very emotional exciting time. >> reporter: for this delegation, being here at the vatican, sitting front row for the weekly papal audience was uncomparable. >> this is a high point. rome is not a bad day to spend a few days but high point is attending the papal audience, being in the presence of pope francis and to be part of the great delegation. >> reporter: i'm joined with father kevin gallagher who is from philadelphia you were here on vacation, leading a whole group of people but you were here today and you got to experience you actual met pope francis as well for people at home, what is that like. >> it is a beautiful experience. of course, i had my own father with me and i was able to greet the holy father and present my own father and it was beautiful, and in a very short time we were

. >> reporter: i spoke with philadelphia's archbishop charles chaput at the airport on sunday.e's now in rome and yeah he's got butterflies in his stomach. this week's meetings are aim at nailing down the most important details to ensure this papal visit comes september is both safe and accident occur successful. at the van can bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> cell phone video shows a train slam into a car on the tracks in delaware. the driver saved just seconds before the crash. how two officers happened to be in the perfect place at just the right time. >> and teacher in tears fighting for her job. she's accuse of stuffing a student with autism in a trash can. why she's defending her actions. >>> plus honoring joe pa with a new brew. a local company raising a glass to the late football coach with a special beer. who is not happy about the honor? >> more and more parents are raising their children assever gans. but is it healthy? the one thing experts say it does teach your children. >> plus fighting back. her neighbor called her yard quote relentlessly gay. now she's taking a st

archbishop charles chaput saying the states of the court change nothing about men and women and the truth of god's word. same sex couples are celebrating after decades of passionate activism. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has that part of the story from independence mall. >> from the steps of the supreme court, to independence mall, old city, the magnitude of friday's decision was clear. >> while we're really excited it is also a bit kind of overwhelming, and i think many of us just never thought that this day would come. >> but the day did come, with a five to four vote, that established marriage equality in all 50 state. legality prompted emotion among the hundreds that gathered for late afternoon rally, to celebrate the decision, meet brett and husband can he begin very emotional. i sat at home watching the news, and called him. he was on the subway. and we couldn't really talk. i was crying. >> beyond cheering for what they would call the shear morality of the today's decision, practical implications, as well. same sex marriage became legal here in pennsylvania last year, but

archbishop charles chaput said the court's decision is not a surprise. he said "the surprise will come as ordinary people begin to experience firsthand and painfully the impact of today's action on everything they thought they knew about marriage, family life, our laws and our social institutions. the task now for believers is to form our own families even more deeply in the love of god and to rebuild a healthy marriage culture one marriage at a time from the debris of today's decision ." >>> our coverage of this historic ruling continues at 6abc.com. there you'll find more details about the decision as well as reaction from across the country. it's all right there right now at 6abc.com. >> it's been very violent day across the globe. investigations under way in europe and africa after three separate terror attacks. and we've learned that one of them has ties to our region. that one happened in france at an american gas factory based in lehigh county. a man with suspected ties to islam particular radicals rammed a car into the building triggering an expl