all the major highways leading to the ben franklin bridge are open. officials said they planned to open the bridge always quickly as possible after the pope's visit. as for septa, regional rails are operating on a saturday schedule, keep that in mind you want to check that. patco is using a special schedule. if you use the ben or any major bridges they are open this morning. live on the ben franklin bridge, trish hartman. >> now, pope francis has landed in rome, when he left the parkway yesterday his motorcade made a stop in the place that was close to his heart. he stopped at the knot the grotto people tied more than 100 thousands strips of paper to the grotto that bear the troubles for those who wrote them. they are requests for help from the virgin mary the undoer of knots. >> he asked us to pray for him, and, of course, we asked him to pray for us and bless the knots. >> an excited group of volunteers and joseph university watched the pope and eager to show us all the cell phone pictures they took of him. head to 6abc.com for a complete wrap up of

the ben franklin bridge is on some of the off ramps closed. the ben franklin bridge is on the part of admiral wilson boulevard. i was out on spring garden, some of the priests pull me in with all the dancing going on. i wanted to be part of the mass like everybody else. on my facebook page i talked about the fact that police were so helpful and so kind. they were that way to me. not just that, on my facebook page people were commenting some of the police officers were escorting toddlers quicker to the port-a potty. we all felt the love. pope francis was talking about family, it felt like a big family here. the crews were working through the night and opening the roadways goodwill keeps on coming. >> the pope touched on clergy sex abuse, he met with five abuse victims yesterday and talked about the subject with hundreds of seminarians priests and bishops at saint charles seminary. he holds in his heart the suffering of child sex abuse victims and ordered a careful oversight process to insure that young people are protected and all responsible wi

but the ben franklin bridge will be full of pilgrims coming to see the pope. ght now you can't drive across the bridge. the schuylkill expressway eastbound shut down between the blue route and i-95. city avenue southbound shutting down at 10:00 a.m. between belmont and route 30. northbound between route 30 and the schuylkill. we have the ben franklin bridge shut down admiral wilson boulevard. 676 shut down. vine street expressway shut in both directions. big things going on. we'll talk more about it matt and tam. >> as we look at the papal clock, 3 hours, 26 minutes and a few seconds. this historic event has been anticipated for months and people have been preparing for it. it's happening this weekend. >> it's exciting to see him in cuba and new york and here at 9:30 we'll see him step off shepherd one and be at philadelphia international airport. he'll be met at atlantic aviation, he won't walk through the terminal and get a cup of coffee. he'll be greeted by a local high school band and dignitaries. >> dan -- darn dan is live he -- dann cuellar is live at the

we're looking at the ben franklin bridge, the good word on the ben they will get the bridge operational in the wee hours of the morning and looks like a regular commute over that span. 66 degrees, the dewpoint has crept up. as we roll through the day it will be more humid than the last several. winds out of the east/northeast at 8 miles per hour. future tracker 6, mostly cloudy with sunny breaks, 3:00 p.m. you'll see brief showers around not very impactful rain. it is going to be warm and muggy. 63 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 74 by 11:00 a.m. if you want to get some workouts done i would do them in the morning. 2:00 p.m., 82 and high of 83 with humidity building it will be sweatier on the jogging path. 80 degrees by 5:00 p.m. low 80s in reading and trenton and wilmington. 81 in millville. down the shore, 77 in ac, and cape may. there's an onshore flow that's producing a rip current risk. if you have an idea of doing off season swimming not a good idea getting too deep into the water. tomorrow we have a cold front coming in from the west. through the arch and into the evening commute there's a

exit 6 up to the ben franklin bridge. so if you're on the vine street expressway you can take exit 6 to get to the bridge so far for the morning. as for this traffic box no real word when the box will completely be lifted. it's a gradual process as cleanup is under way. i spoke with matt delucia, he actually confirmed for me some barricades are removed but police are patrolling so we do not want to say any of the box on the outside is open yet. good news at 3:00, the city has provided taxi stands in the box to move people around. the parking restrictions remain in effect until the areas are cleared so look for signs. you don't want to get your car towed. >> let's check in with meteorologist brittney shipp. we saw that fog in those cameras a few moments ago. going to clear soon? >> we're going to see patchy fog for the next few hours. it will clear up. 59 in the poconos, 63 allentown, low 60s in pottstown, 66 right now in philadelphia, 64 in wilmington. it's a little bit warmer for us in the poconos, up 13, allenton a warme

a lot of the roads around this area, ben franklin bridge, 76, have reopened. and so there is an effort to get these opened earlier than expected. we'll keep an eye on the conditions, show you around the ben franklin parkway throughout the morning. live in center city, matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> hey, in case you haven't picked it up here is the front page of "the philadelphia inquirer." the headline reads "an epic show of faith." it shows pope francis with the people before the mass on the parkway. memories to last a lifetime and beyond. that's what many took away from the papal mass yesterday. it was the final public event for pope francis in philadelphia and in the united states. ♪ the holy father took the altar at eakins oval with over 800,000 attending the mass. the excitement and energy was palpable. >> his word has been very inspiring to me. >> i've seen people from other religions, it's so culturally diverse. >> to be at a mass by the holy father is amazing. >> others told us that the papal mass felt very intimate even though it drew so many. all of

the ben franklin bridge pedestrian only. that's the only traffic. you need to take the walt, the betsy ross bridge, the tacony-palmyra no problems, dave. >> reporter: on the big board. temperatures cool to start out, 5 degrees in pottstown. 54 in kennett square, 62 in center city. across south jersey in case you're getting into the car to get up closer to walk over into the city, at in buena, 58 in glassboro. 57 in hammonton. avalon 68 degrees. the day planner, 60 degrees by 8:00 a.m. noon, 73. 3:00 p.m., 76 degrees, looks like it's going to be mild with clouds and maybe some sunny breaks, a little bit breezy for the papal mass this afternoon. and 6:00 p.m. down to 71 and shooting back into the 60s pretty quick after that. the bishop shanahan marching band played rocky theme as the pope arrived in philadelphia. he went past the museum of art and pointed something there, he said look this, he is shadow boxing, don't you think so, or maybe running, going to town some meat hanging up. it did not give him the urge to ascend the steps, rocky balboa style.

here is a live look at the ben franklin bridge, that is now open. ahead, the traffic changes that happened overnight. >> while you were sleeping an army of cleanup crews working hard to reopen the ben franklin parkway. we'll show you their progress. >>> work week will be off to a warm start with temperatures at about 80

you can get to the ben franklin bridge from the vine street expressway exit 6 and the ben franklin bridge now open to vehicular traffic. >>> there is a foggy start to the morning, you can see it there on the skyline. we'll see warmer temperatures today heading into the 80s today, tomorrow, but a chance of showers moves in tuesday, wednesday and once again on saturday. wednesday looks like an all day soaker. we'll keep you updated on that. a cold front moves through wednesday that will drop our temperatures down to the 60s this week. >> not looking forward to that rain on saturday, brit. >> just a slight chance. we have wedding plans. i'll try to get rid of that. i got to work on that. >> a few days. >> the "today" show is next. >> good morning. icebreaker. president obama set to meet with russian president vladimir putin today, a meeting two years in the making as putin announce adds new plan to fight isis that catches even the white house by surprise. we're live at the u.n. >>> back home, the pope returns to the vaticanovernight after wrapping up his historic trip with an outdoor mass at

the i-95, ben franklin bridge, burlington bristol bridge remaining open. the schuylkill expressway eastbound 10:00 p.m. will shut down it went blue route and i-95. westbound shut down between i-95 and route 1. through the weekend starting saturday morning, southbound between bell month and lancaster avenue will be shut down northbound between route 30 and the schuylkill expressway. in new jersey, the admiral wilson boulevard will be shut down leading to the ben franklin bridge. 676 and morgan boulevard shut down and vine street expressway shut down at 10:00 p.m. tonight. lots of closures coming into place, we're seeing more and more, but the main highways remain open. the weather is milder than yesterday, yesterday we were in the 40s, 55 in quake -- quakertown. cinnaminson and glassboro, 62. 79 is the is the high, partly sunny skies and a little bit of a breeze. >>> the ducks of seattle have been taken off the roads after the duck boat lost control and slammed into a bus killing four foreign exchange students on board. ntsb has taken over investigation. >>

the ben franklin bridge will be closed altogether, besides other than for the walkers. for the pedestrians. here's a look at the vine, you can see, you are closed at the ben franklin parkway, that off ramp to the ben franklin parkway is closed what you will be looking at. let me just back all the way out of the way here, vine expressway ramp closures, these are in effect right now. the closures that are starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight, to monday, are right here, the vine street expressway, east and westbound, the schuylkill the eastbound direction from the blue route to 95, the schuylkill, roosevelt boulevard, ben franklin bridge, martin luther king drive, the vine, and admiral wilson. now i'll have more about mass transit coming up in about 15 minute, so stay right where you are. so ladies, it will be casino of like i can tell you weather, weather, just skip over you, let me keep talking. >> weather is okay this morning, we're going to look at the weekend. but this morning we're doing okay, just deep breaths, everybody, deep breaths. it is okay. it will be a fun event. w

on the ben franklin bridge it was an unusual sight to see so many people walking across the ben. even in the overnight hours, it doesn't open until noon on monday, looking at the ben franklin bridge we can see emergency vehicles they are separated they have the pedestrians and the barricades that's where the emergency vehicles go, no drivers on the ben. the schuylkill expressway is shut down from the blue route to i-95 and westbound to route 1. that means you can take the boulevard to the schuylkill westbound. no problems if you want to get on i-95. we have the ramps closed that leads to areas prohibited by the vehicles. from the area to the broad street those areas are shut down. the action cam was at the paoli strain -- train station. nuns from saint is is a celia's parish said the experience was incredible. >> i think it was some of the nuns that were dancing, it was great. >> let's go over to nydia han live in eakens oval. today we're in for a different kind of celebration, good morning. that's right, good morning, tam, crews are working on the eakens oval platform to transfor

vine street expressway and admiral wilson boulevard from ben franklin bridge and ben franklin brenidge closed to vehicular traffic. it is a pedestrian bridge between cam dozden and old city. if you are in the philadelphia suburbs and you're taking septa, you will need a very important papal purchase that you had to have purchased a while back. >> you'll need to have them, you should already have them. if you're using them, you just complaint show up expecting to buy one these because they're not for sale any more. this morning nbc 10's deanna durante is live for us at the fort washington state which is one of the septa stations bringing people to center city to see the pope taoday. people have been coming and going throughout the morning. >> reporter: they have. as early as 5:30 this morning. actually 5:29 this morning is when 29 people boarded that first train for center city. take a look. you said that you can't get on the train. you can't get into the septa station here without that papal pass. people are lining up here in the parking lot. you see the volunteers milling around with

, 30 westbound from airport circle to the ben franklin bridge, so they are closed because the ben franklin bridge is closed. it will be strictly a pedestrian bridge by 10:00 p.m. tonight. you can expect delays on 295, 42 and all of the areas and highways small roads as well around the philadelphia area in new jersey as well as what's going to go on with those construction projects. the new jersey department of transportation is halting all lane restrictions until monday the 28th at 9:00 p.m. that doesn't mean crews won't be working in the area. they are only permitted to work outside of the cement barriers. for mass transit the river line limited stops, atlantic city rail line is nonstop and patco having limited station stops. more in the center city area and the closures when i come back in the next ten. >> 4:55. the pope's visit to philadelphia is having an impact on everyone including chip kelly and his eagles. maybe the pope will bless the eagles. in a rare move the team left two days early for the game against the jets just to get out of philly before the crowds move in. that's a chan

the ben franklin bridge will be transformed into a pedestrian bridge. you do see activity here outside the magnetometers, so everyone is getting ready for what they expect to be a rush of people approaching this area to then proceed on to ben franklin parkway. that's all for now. monique braxton, "nbc 10 news." >> it will be a one-in-a-lifetime scene in philadelphia tomorrow. you can bet on that. before he comes to philadelphia pope francis has a busy day ahead in new york city. he'll begin his day at the united nations where he will address general assembly. at 8:30 this morning, now many expect the pope to talk about climate change and other issues that impact world poverty. after his speech the pope will visit the 9/11 memorial, he will pray at one of the reflecting pools and participate in a multifaith ceremony. family members of the victims of 9/11 will attend. his last stop of the day, mass at madison square garden at 6:00 p.m. the pontiff will of use a golf cart to circle the arena before mass. prior to the pope's arrival the audience will see per

ben franklin parkway. this is open both directions, the ben franklin, looking good, the ben franklin bridge, looking -- ben franklin parkway closed, ben franklin bridge what you are looking at. this is open both directions. this is really going to help a the low of the morning commuters, a lot of people have been asking this, this opened earlier than what was expected so good news for a loft you traveling both from new jersey, to philly, obviously in the morning, where we get the predominantly most of the rush. but then also, from philly to new jersey, so looking good on the ben franklin bridge, and then, spring garden between the schuylkill and ben franklin parkway, you can see, still closed on spring garden and the ben franklin park wake like i said, hopefully big update where that is open. here is a lock at the spring garden and broad streets. you can see, still looking very, very quai net this stretch right here. also, just reminder and kind of some updates. might be new information for some of you. roads now open, take a quick peak, vine street expressway, the schuylkill eastbound, both directions eas

that accelerated opening allowed for a normal commute who use the ben franklin bridge to get to work. they planned to open the bridge as quickly as possible after the pope's visit. as for septa we saw folks flooding the septa stations we saw jubilant riders heading to their cars parked at the stadium lot after pope francis celebrate mass on the parkway. folks were in great mood after taking part in the mass. people dancing and playing music. people say despite the wait to get to and from the mass they had an unforgettable experience. >> it was amazing. so uplifting and seeing the procession of the eucharist coming out for the priests to give communion was unbelievable. i can't say it in words. >> a lot of people were inspired by the weekend events. back to the morning commute, septa regional rails are operating on a saturday schedule and septa transit buses are taking detours in the area that katherine was talking about. patco is using a special schedule, as well. if you're using the major bridges they are open this morning. trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> for a complete wra

everything over the weekend, everything basically closed down as we know, here's a look at the ben franklin bridge, as erika said. now open for traffic. this is in both directions, on the ben franklin bridge, that's great news for many of you. also another opening, the vine open, but the exit ramps are still closed make note. that will see movement now, like i said, the vine is open, just exit ramps. as soon as those open i'll have updates for you. now here is a look at the track box. still closed in west philly now all of those are still open in west philly. but, we still are closed for 30th street. and also, roads are slowly starting to open right here, in this red zone center, art museum, slowly but surely all starting to unwind. west philly like i said, i have listed except for 30th street, make note for. that will quick look, the roads, closures have now lifted, these are the ones still closed. still closed the vine street expressway, off-ramps, the schuylkill eastbound at spring garden a and 30th. ramps at call owe i have, lifted: vine and broad off 95 but callowhill still closed. martin lut

in new jersey 676 northbound, which was closed, is now open, now toward the ben franklin bridge at mlk boulevard. you can see, just few travelers out, there but just know 676 northbound in jersey now open. and the ben franklin bridge, speaking of being open, wide open both directions right now, looking very beautiful. in fact, the shotty just have to show it to you, i'll keep telling you that, open as well for those of you taking it but just gorgeous shot as well on this early busy monday morning. and your mass transit update, patco speed line all stations are back open. but they're running on special schedule. the new jersey access link is suspended. everything else, running back to normal. also, some other update for you. here are some road closures, ones still closed, you look down here, ben franklin parkway still closed. schuylkill eastbound off ramp, to spring garden, 95 southbound, off ram topical owe hill, we bounce back up here, the vine and the broad street, are now open. those exits, off of 95, callowhill, is still closed. also, take a peak at this, for the regional rails, sa

chad pradelli is on the ben franklin bridge close todd traffic while matt pellman has details of the highway closures. sharrie williams shows us final preparations on the ben franklin parkway. eva pilgrim walks us through the pope's day in new york city. trish hartman brings us the the story of the synagogue hosting catholic visitors from out of town. but first lets go to jeff chirico in olde city tonight. jeff, describe the situation there. report report jim, it is quite an unusual sight. take a a look behind me. this is chess nut street. it is vacant. you can see law enforcement officers down there. the secure vehicle perimeter is going around us, right now, all in preparation for the pope's speech here at independent hall tomorrow after noon. >> we have walk all the way from 13th street, nobody. >> reporter: barely a koran market street at din are time, olde city which bustles on friday night looked desserted in spots, but perhaps, has never been safer, thanks to the massive law enforcement presence in place. >> i know for sure it will get insane tomorrow, and sunday. >> reporter:

. >> you and i talk about this, we predict that the ben franklin bridge would be closed the minute holy father took off and just after midnight, bob kelly, it opened. >> let's do it. >> there we go. we got a live look at ben franklin bridge, opened for business this morning, to vehicle traffic for gang coming in and out of the city. no problems whatsoever. i think we will be in good shape as well, on all of our major roadways roadways this morning but folks took the day off, a lot of the schools are still closed and we're still in clean up mode, and it will take a while, barriers and staging, and take weeks to put up will take american a couple hours to come down. art museum area remains closed, ben franklin parkway, is closed, and ramps from the kelly drive and martin luther kipping drive, they are still block. and, and, and, find out around independent hall, all of those cement barriers, have to be lifted up one by one and put back on to the flatbeds. all they did last night was push everything they could over to the side and open up as many streets as they could to get going. one by

the ben franklin bridge was closed at 10:00 p.m. st night doesn't open again until monday at noon. we're watching people get out and walking about. pedestrians only on ben franklin bridge. people are saying can i take the walt? yes, everything else is open. of course we have so many closures around the city. refusing -- reviewing that from south street to girard and delaware river to 38th street. this affect also mass transit -- affects mass transit, as well. we'll talk about that coming up. >> one place the pope will spend a lot of time is eakens oval erin o'hern is there looking at the last preparations on what to expect today. >> reporter: the excitement is buildings. there's a lot more light than there was at 4:15 a.m. you can see secret service and security and the stage i'm going to step aside so you can get a better view. thousands of chairs are in place for the lucky people who have tickets to the festival of families. the secret service is here, as we said they are inside the secure perimeter. i can tell you it feels very se

here is a live look at the ben franklin bridge, that is now open. ahead, the traffic changes that happened overnight. >> while you were sleeping an army of cleanup crews working hard to reopen the ben franklin parkway. we'll show you their progress. >>> work week will be off to a warm start with temperatures at about 80 degrees. the first alert weather team is tracking the threat of showers today and a little later on this week. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. there are plenty of traffic changes happening overnight now that pope francis has left philadelphia and i am happy to report that he has landed in rome safely. we do want to check traffic with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> the news getting better. as we continue on after the weekend of festivities we have a lot of changes going on. major highways that were all closed for the weekend including the ben franklin bridge have reopened. right now the ben franklin bridge is open, for all of the roads leading up to it, all of the access open as well

and that's when the ben franklin bridge closes as well.have westbound traffic coming into the city. we have light volume no problems, if you're worried about coming to work today you can use the ben and the schuylkill expressway that doesn't close until tonight at 10:00 p.m. looking at the schuylkill expressway montgomery drive traffic moving just fine. no issues, we have light volume the schuylkill expressway closes tonight at 10:00 p.m. we'll talk about the closures more and more coming in. >> crews are working around the clock to make sure the city is ready for pope francis. security fences are going up and new rules to get around are about to go into into effect. >> katherine scott is live in center city it's more difficult to get into today than yesterday. >> reporter: that's true, there's a lot of excitement about the pope's arrival, but there's challenges, as well, when it comes to in in navigatie city. we're at broad and vine. broad is closed at vine. vine is closed going west. this is the edge of the secure vehicle perimeter which

something most of could you say never have imagined an international worship service on the ben franklin bridge we love him. and he's promoting peace, mercy. >> reporter: it's called the gateway to the pope and all officials estimate that about 15,000 people took patco another 2,000 or more walk across the bridge saturday. they anticipate even more on sunday. in cam, cleve bryan cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> throughout this very special day, we have seen so so many heart warming and very special stories. >> yes, we have. we want to take you back inside the basilica for one of those special moments. zune after pope fran enter the the bass beas he gave a blessing to a family member of our cbs3 family. you can see the pope walking through the church blessing connell harvey he balanced leukemia and beat the odds. that sweet sweet face there. >> this day did have a particular impact on first responders and people that had to navigate the travel restrictions interpret dealing with life-saving organ transplants. >> right now stephanie stahl shows how they work around the extensive travel restrictions. th

admiral wilson boulevard is closed leading to the ben franklin bridge because the ben franklin bridge is closed. 676 northbound is closed leading to the bridge because the bridge is closed. a lot of people wanting to take mass transit. atlantic city rail line express only. patco is express but limited service, new jersey transit ends in camden that's where people are walking across the bridge. we have service from 5:30 to 1:00 a.m. you can take the broad street line, richboro, market frankford line, closures at 5th, 15th and city hall. the regional rails are running but making less symptoms. >> in broomall delaware valley, the host family turns out to be a synagogue. >> it's reaching across the religious divide. trish hartman has that story. >> reporter: the weary, but excited travelers meet in broomall after an 800-mile bulls ride after a spiritual weekend with new friends and pope francis. >> the synagogue opened their heart and building and everything to us. we're so excited. >> 50 parishners from holy spirit catholic church wanted to see pope francis in philadelphia, but needed a

airport circle is shut up to the ben franklin bridge. the ben franklin bridge is shut down.ll the closures in the city itself, as well as the vine street expressway, and then we get to the closures of the schuylkill expressway, schuylkill expressway eastbound is shut down between the blue route and i-95 westbound from i-95 to route 1. city avenue, starts at 7:00 p.m., 16 minutes ago, at times no cross traffic allowed. city northbound between route 30 and the schuylkill. i think you were out there when somebody tried to cross when they were not supposed to to. of the that did not go well. listen to the security officers out there, because they are serious. >> david remember back on monday, i think all of us were worried. >> reporter: i was. you know whenever the models are in great disagreement which they often are in front of a big event. you're a little worried. but they did come together in the last 24 hours. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry, as we look to the west, there's rain by gettysburg, not sure most of the stuff is hitting the grounds. if we see any

them coming across the bridge this morning, and you will see them make their way across the ben franklin bridge, which is closed to cars. jesse, are there more walkers coming this morning? >> reporter: you are seeing an increase in foot traffic, not car traffic, because as you mentioned the bridge is closed to vehicler traffic. we ran into joanne goode and her son up early before the crack of dawn to make the pilgrimages to see the pope, and in '79, when the pope was here, she went to school instead of seeing the pope and did not want to repeat the mistake. >> we were not sure what to expect with the crowds, just wanted to navigate our way towards the site and just see what, you know -- we were willing to wait, we just didn't want to be too far back in the crowd. >> reporter: those crowds are estimated to be about a million people, so a lot of people we're talk to this morning want to get an early start and get their spot and pick it out and sit there. they are bringing their chairs and ipads and computers and phones and blankets and et cetera, and they want to get into position so they don't m

and for people bumm out about not be able to drive across the ben franklin bridge during the papal visit, there is another way to get into the citiment don't have to walk. >> first on three, january, good morning. >> good morning, we are talking about the ferry, which is docked just behind me here tickets to cross the river now on sale, web side, actually, just went live overnight. let me tell you, we had chance to ride the ferry across the delaware yesterday. it is a beautiful way into the city. penn's landing, and the river font view, about to change. river link ferry that travels between the two banks is now preparing to shuttle thousands of people across the delaware river, pilgrims, forced to finds another way into philadelphia once the ben franklin bridge closes to traffic for the pope's advice. >> i beautiful boat, really very lovely to way to see the city and to approach the sit. >> i river link ferry just the latest travel option details france's visit at the end of the month. service will run from friday, september 25th, through monday, the 28th. >> we have very long extended h

. >> we'll go to chad cad live on the ben franklin bridge -- chad perdelli, live on the ben franklin . a number of people in the audience walking back to new jersey. >> reporter: yes, they are making the trek back into camden. this is the scene we've seen all day. light crowds, a few people trickling to the pennsylvania side. for the most part we have not seen large crowds. we've seen groups of two, three hundred people singing and chanting making their way to philadelphia getting to see the pope. it was light security as they checked baggage. officials said 2 to 3,000 people made the two mile walk, talking with people they said it's a small price to pay to get a chance to see pope francis. >> it's exciting, it's once in a lifetime, i assume. it was 36 years ago i wasn't alive. we're here for the whole event of it. >> looking forward to the energy and excitement that will be around with the holy father being here, he inspires a lot of people. >> reporter: and jim, you can see on this side it is shut down to pedestrian traffic. that's just for emergency vehicles. this side of the bridg

. >>> now, the ben franklin bridge is open after being only a pedestrian walkway all weekend for the pilgrims coming back and forth to see pope francis. >> trish hartman is live at the base of the bridge on the philadelphia side, how are things looking right now, trish? >> reporter: matt, they are looking good, vehicular traffic is opened both ways on the bridge. carl's coming across the bridge from new jersey, volume is picking up. we initially heard the bridge was going to open at 4:00 a.m. officers say it opened at 2:00 a.m., a couple of hours ahead of schedule. every now and then we see one or two cars hesitate and pull over saying is it open? officers are trying to keep the traffic moving, yes, it's open. this is a different scene from last night folks all weekend were making the mile and a half walk over the bridge. officials say the accelerated opening should allow for a normal commute for those trying to get to work. as for septa, the regional rails are opening on a saturday schedule today. some septa transit bus detours are in effect as the cleanup continues. patco is using

the ben franklin bridge, the ben franklin bridge closes tonight at 10:00 p.m. now the far right lane is completely shutdown. not causing too many slow downs right now, just make note of it because it certainly will february have i -- specially pushing, and mass transit and suspensions coming up in about 15 minutes. >> meisha has been talking about it all morning long, road closures in center city in effect ahead of schedule and ahead of the papal advice. >> i barricades went up ahead of schedule. catching a loft us by surprise, including everyone in the billing. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins just center sit which more on the traffic tie ups. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, nicole, at broad and vine right now. what we're seeing is a very abnormal day here on broad. take a look up the street here. hardly any cars going or coming, that is because there are several blockages in the area, we want to take you back down south here, as you can see, there is a blockage here, right at broad and vine going south toward city hall, down that way, y

. >>> chopper six is above the ben franklin bridge right now which is still opened to traffic but only for the next four hours. it will be shut down at 10:00 tonight and remain closed until monday at noon. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live in camden tonight. chad, new jersey is definitely playing a role in all of this. >> reporter: yes, jim, there it is, the be benny, the ben franklin bridge will be shut down in a couple hours. tomorrow scores of pilgrim will be walking across it and they'll be walking recover 2 miles each way but of course they have other options. the patco line will be running across the ben franklin bridge and officials here in camden tell us plenty of tickets are available. also, there are plenty of parking spots. initially these were reserved for tour buses. that didn't materialize and now they're opened to the public. this is the operations command center here in camden. a conglomerate of law enforcement agencies working to keep the pilgrims safe for the papal visit. the mantra here, camden is the gateway to the pope. outside camden city hall a field h

in a few hours thousand of pilgrims will be making it across the ben franklin bridge behind me. though making their way in through a different bridge. let's go to some video right now. 150 pilgrims from gary, indiana are among those making a journey after traveling 800 miles by bus. now they left around 7:00 a.m. yesterday from gary, indiana and got into our area around 1:00 this morning and, yes, of course they're tired but they say they are naturally excited to see pope francis. they were welcomed by members of the saint peter roman catholic church in merchantville where an energizing mass was celebrated and you can bet they are jazzed for saturday and sunday. >> he's such a wonderful role model for us. and i just love the message that he is giving. >> i'm already on catholic high. 36 hours lack of sleep but it's been a lot of fun and it's only going to get better i'm real excite. >> what you see is was get. kind of surreal. you're as close as we are right now he just kind of talks to you and it's over before you realize it. >> reporter: they did not get a lot of sleep there. b

also, here's a live picture of ben franklin bridge closed to cars. s shut down traffic last night, closed to cars, but now it's a pedestrian bridge so people can walk from camden to see the pope. now people can walk over. we have live team coverage of the pope's visit to philadelphia, and if you're in the suburb, you're going to need one of these. very important. >> yes. this belongs to a producer, and she said, give it back to me, i need it to get back and forth. you need this, you should have them. you can't just show up at a station today expecting to get one of these for a train. this morning, nbc 10 is live in the fort washington station, a station bringing people into center city to see the pope today. what's it looking like out there? >> reporter: well, last count, this was the most ticketed station of all 18 septa stations bringing people in. we can tell you, two trains have departed for center city a little less than 100 people. you talked about the pay poll passes. take a look. if you know the train station, this is a huge parking lot. you c

airport circle to the ben franklin bridge. the ben franklin bridge will be closing later on at about 10 p.m. as well as construction. there will be added volume in the area if there are road closures. new jersey department of transportation is halting lane restrictions for construction. those projects will still be activity but employees will only be allowed to work beyond the concrete barriers. for mass transit the river line will have limited station stops, atlantic city rail nonstop ac to philly and patco limited stops as well. when i come back there is a traffic box. i'll tell you about it when i come back. >> we're preparing for the pope with team coverage of the papal visit. everything from heightened zurt road closures and the pope's journey to philadelphia. let's start with jesse gary live in sky force 10. >> good morning to you and to everyone else. we are above the ben franklin parkway. we'll take a look right at vine street, 20th and the parkway. if we zoom in, they are using the back of the area as a staging area. t

from indiana. >> reporter: lucy, thousands of pilgrims will be making their way across the ben franklin bridges weekend's papal festivities in a group from gary, indiana they're taking a different bridge but, of course, their destination is the same. ♪ >> reporter: friday afternoon mass for spiritual renewal at saint peter roman catholic church in cher chantville, new jersey. but these pilgrims are guests of the church having just traveled 800 miles by bus from gary, indiana to see pope francis this weekend. >> feeling very excited, ecstatic could be a good word for it. >> blessed. blessed that we have this opportunity. >> this is a man of peace a a man of mercy. >> my name is frances. so -- and frances of a sis sis is my patron saint. >> a couple of reasons why francis could not resist that is once in a lifetime opportunity. >> he is just such a wonderful role model for us and i just love the message that he's giving. report roar message of love and hope coming to the 150 brave pilgrims in this diverse group which includes a large spanish speaking population and young catholics proving spirit

ben franklin bridge under construction, far right lane moving in the westbound direction, that's now o you're enjoying one more lane on the ben franklin bridge. so, make note of that. also, because that far patco is running back to normal, both directions, with a new schedule, also new septa schedule as well. check your local listings on all of that. and we had water main break yesterday in new jersey, route 130 southbound before route 90, the right lane is still block. back to you. >> michigan woman who went to asia to help in the aftermath of an earthquake was beaten to death by a man she met on line. police say that dall ya met brutal end when volunteering to help victims of nepal's catostrophic earthquake in april. investigators in nepal are searching the mountains for her body now. police say was beaten to death by man she net on a website that connect travelers to host. investigators have made an arrest. >> four mexican prison officials have been charged in connection with the escape of drug lord guzman, two of those charged are members of the intelligence service who worked at

many are on foot, like here on the ben franklin bridge tonight, headed to new jersey. by the the way, ben franklin bridge is set to reopen at 4:00 a.m., reopen, to vehicular traffic. >>> that scene is being repeated in and around center city philadelphia tonight as people try to make their way home, "action news" reporter wendy saltzman has that part of the story. >> reporter: moments after the end of the mass, masses started to clear out. people who bode for papal prayers are praying they can get home without too much wait. that job sits on the shoulders of the septa deputy general manager jeff. >> and people can expect, on average, maybe an hour wait, maybe a little bit longer. some will do better. but it is just going to take sometime and patients, but, you know, i think it has been great for the city and we will work hard to get people home. >> reporter: passengers started to file into lines before the the pope had a chance to leave the parkway. lanes were set up aboveground at septa's main station to funnel people down to the platform, the second trains arrived. >>

as far as trying in the city again, ben franklin bridge has reopen. we knew mayor nutter's goal was to have the bridge back opened by 4:00 a.m. and that has happened. it is expected that new jersey transit buses will resume their services. you might want to check individual web sites and social media pages for up to date travel information but a live look right here we have septa bus passing us by right now here at the corner obviate and market street, lauren and chris. >>> all right, jennifer, thank you. >>> scoring a ticket to see the pope was not easy. >> even those who had one said didn't mean they were worried free. some got downtown early, pick their spot in hopes of the seeing pope mobile drive by. fox 29 said they ran into people who said they waited in security lines for four hours before they could see the pope or at least get close enough to view jumbo trons. >> three hours to move a block and a half. then they said they weren't letting anybody else on the parkway. i missed the whole thing. i missed everything. >> others say even though they

yes, ben franklin bridge is up and running, forecaster and trucks.. >>> and mass transit, pretty much up and running as well, we are close to getting back to normal, if normal will ever happen again. >> thank you very much for your participation and for your love for the families and i ask you to pray for me, don't forget. >> weekend none of us will ever forget, hundreds of thousands of people lined ben franklin parkway to hear pope francis celebrate mass, what people say they felt as they watched the holy father. >>> and is your faith restored for our eagles? after a huge win over the jets yesterday afternoon. are you back on board? good day, everybody, it is monday september the 28th, 2015. everybody go like this ahh. >> we did it. >> we did do it. >> yes. >> i think we're very prosecuted of what we did. >> i'm also proud that we spent going on eigh

in a few hours thousand of pilgrims will be making it across the ben franklin bridge behind me. ing about another group though making their way in through a different bridge. let's go to some video right now. 150 pilgrims from gary, indiana are among those making a journey after traveling 800 miles by bus. now they left around 7:00 a.m. yesterday from gary, indiana and got into our area around 1:00 this morning and, yes, of course they're tired but they say they are naturally excited to see pope francis. they were welcomed by members of the saint peter roman catholic church in merchantville where an energizing mass was celebrated and you can bet they are jazzed for saturday and sunday. >> he's such a wonderful role model for us. and i just love the message that he is giving. >> i'm already on catholic high. 36 hours lack of sleep but it's been a lot of fun and it's only going to get better i'm real excite. >> what you see is was get. kind of surreal. you're as close as we are right now he just kind of talks to you and it's over before you realize it. >> reporter: they did not get

will get through it and find a spot, i promise. >>> a lot of folks have been walking across ben franklin bridgeutting down ben franklin bridge to vehicle traffic. our cleve bryan has the the story of some folks making that incredible journey. >> ♪ >> reporter: pilgrims, passing through camden traveling from places near. >> just right down the road here. >> reporter: and far. >> i came over from qualm. >> in the name of my country is right here, a small, beautiful country, and they love the pope. >> reporter: checking in at the base of the now closed ben franklin bridge they were greeted with bottles of water, t-shirts and gospel tracks to ponder. >> great opportunity, it is a mile and a half to get on the other side of the bridge, give them something to read, they can learn what they say the pope. >> reporter: for this woman it is a walk of confirming things. >> my family tells me, i will meet jesus. >> reporter: others wondering if the spiritual experience awaits. >> that is what we're here to find out. i hear a lot about the buzz. >> i'm not a spiritual personally haven't been to church in a

. >> 15,000 people so far, crossing using patco and several thousand people, walking across ben franklin bridge. thinks called the gay way to the the pope here in camden and here is the stairway to heaven, if you will, that incline up ben franklin bridge. we saw groups, two or 300 people, and we spoke to many about this incredible journey. >> ♪ >> reporter: pilgrims passing through camden traveling from places near. >> right down the road. >> reporter: and far. >> came all the way from qualm. >> my country is right here, a small beautiful country, and the love of god. >> reporter: checking in the the base of the now closed ben franklin bridge they were greeted with bottles of water, t-shirts and gospel track toss ponder. >> it is a great opportunity. it is a mile and a half to get on the other side of the bridge, give them something to read, they can read what the scripture says. >> reporter: for this woman it is a walk of confirming face. >> my body tells me to go. i go to meet jesus. >> reporter: others wondering if the spiritual experience awaits. >> that is what we're here to find out. i he

at this, visibility issues for some you, look at the fog, a lot of fog out there shot of the ben franklin bridge, we can hardly tell what we're looking at right now, good thing, volume levels looking good specially here on ben franklin bridge. when we look at other parts like the blue route, approaching route one, volume levels are steadily picking up. when i look at the schuylkill, or the roosevelt, all heating up now, starting to see levels build like we would have somebody yesterday around the 6:00 hour. getting all of that today. >> aa lot of people took the day off. construction woodhaven eastbound off ramp to roosevelt, right lane block for those of you in and around the area also springfield township, few blocks from cheltenham avenue, where we have an accident, had your vine lane at laurel lane. another place, kind of some clean up still going on the ben franklin parkway closed between 16th and kelly drive, that clean up, erika, over to you. >> thank you. developing now, temple university student on alert after reported sexual assault near campus. jan carabeo joined us now at the scene,

let's take you back to the ben franklin bridge, and it has been converted into a foot bridge, no vehicularody walking across so they can be part of the excitement today. our coverage continues in a minute. >>> you think the powerful don't get into car problems? guess what, they do. steven foulk of the daily news of mayor nutter's car, and it broke down on the way to the seminary, but he got it checked out and everything worked out okay. let's check in with brittney shipp for a look at your papal forecast for the day. >> we will see temperatures similar to what we saw yesterday, so in the mid-70s, we will stay dry once again, so not a bad way to end the weekend. here's a closer look at your current temperatures. 60 degrees in philadelphia, if you are waking up in chester springs, 53, and 55 degrees in mi wilmington, and 63 in atlantic city, and 61 in dover. a closer look at your papal weekend as you go into the rest of the weekend, breezy conditions expected, and wind gusts close to 20 miles per hour, and you will notice the breezy conditions will relax a little bit, and we will see wind sp

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taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge now, we now know there's an alternative to making that g walk across the bridge during the papal visit. this is just one of the major developments we've learned about the pope's visit in the past 24 hours. nbc 10's vai sikahema jones joi now in the digital operations center. >> the ferry will run from saturday, september 26th through monday, september 28th. that includes extended hours on saturday and sunday. officials are preselling tickets online. the world meeting of families will feature an international mayor's forum for the very first time. yesterday, mayor michael nutter of philadelphia announced the new forum will take place during a week of seminars and events right before the pope's visit and la salle university will have the honor of hosting the event on wednesday, september 23rd. it will include a panel discussion focusing on urban family issues. city leaders say they do not think the pope's stop in new york city will take away from his trip to philadelphia. pope francis will greet thousands of peopleç in a procession through