officers say a man and woman were riding bikes on the ben franklin parkway around 12:30 a.m. when the car hit the woman at the intersection of 2 stree street. so far it's unclear who had the rite of way. cyclists on kelly drive told us riding at night comes with risks. >> fists of all i don't ride at fight. second of all if sming somebody has to go, go, i'll pull over it's not that serious. >> one case of aggression was recently captured on camera this past thursday the bicycle coalition of philadelphia posted go pro video from helmet of philadelphia cyclists. she was biking with two children ages 5 and 7 in a cargo bike south 11 when sheen countrd a vehicle in the bike laichbility a man pulled up know. to her and used obscene language and guests tours. >> you have two kids and pulled out without looking? >> the coalition is helping to curb crash rates and to promote acceptance. >> we need to be just exhibit each other is on the road and be respectful and follow rules of the road. >> cyclists say it should be a group effort. >> education on both sides. bicyclists have to be a

the officers say a man and woman were riding bikes on the ben franklin parkway around 12:30 a.m. when the the car hit the woman at the intersection of the 22nd street. so far it is unclear who had the right of way. cyclist on kelly drive told us that riding at night comes with risks. >> i don't ride at night f somebody is there i just go. it is not that serious. >> reporter: one case of aggression was recently captured on camera, just this past thursday, the bicycle coalition of greater philadelphia a posted this go pro video from the helmet of the philadelphia cyclist. would the man said she was biking with her two children age five and seven in a cargo bike on south 11th street, when she encountered the vehicle blocking the bike lanes. after checking behind her and passing the vehicle, a man pulled up next to her and yells at the her using obscene language and guess tour. >> unaudible. >> reporter: coalition is working not only to reduce philadelphia's crash right involving bikes, but they have crept up in recent years but also to promote acceptance. >> we need to be, you know,

reporting live tonight from ben franklin parkway, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> steve, let's remind everyone that scott pelley and "cbs evening news" will have complete coverage of the historic flag raising right after this broadcast at 6:30. >>> well, special event in philadelphia to help veterans transition back to civilian life. the solder ride was hosted by wounded warrior project for veterans, missing limbs, and invisible once like ptsd. it will be packed with events for the veterans full of things, full of comradery, healing, through help and wellness activities. >>> small earthquake rumbled through parts of the north jersey. officials say it measured 2.7 on the magnitude scale and epicenter was 2 miles north of bernardsville somerset county. it struck three and a half miles below earth's surface. >>> many people in the surrounding area felt it when it hit at 3:41 this morning there were no injuries or damage some hems lost power but residents are so glad it was not worse. >> you know, that felt like an earthquake. >> we thought bed was going through the th

some of them, we learned, are going to be staying with coworkers but you're looking at the ben franklin parkway right now. very simplempty. a month from today is september 27th when the pope will be making his mass out here on the ben franklin parkway so you got to figure this is going to be very crowded out here and those businesses are hopefully, going to be banking on a lot of that visitor money that is coming in here. remember that hotline that the city set up to help worried business owners? we will check in on how that is going when we see you next hour. matt delucia, nbc10 news. >>> you can prepare for the papal visit by visiting our nbc10 news app. find transportation and security information, plus a full papal itinerary. a free download on nbcphiladelphia.com. >>> president obama is headed to new orleans today. >> we will take a look at exactly what the president will be doing to mark the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina. >>> remembering justin wilson. we will preview a tribute to the indy car driver who died during a race earlier this week. >>> 22 minutes before 5:00. we have go

this area along the ben franklin parkway, this will be heavily restricted as you mightç imagi.the mayor's office yesterday unveiled more of the city's plan to prepare for the papal visit. essentially these security perimeters will go into effect the night of thursday, september 24th. we did learn there will be a fence with entry points where people will have to walk through a metal detector and there will be no vehicles allowed inside that zone. the second, wider perimeter will be in place to protect the fence. vehicles will have to be removed and any vehicle that wants to go back in will have to be screened. as far as city government, thursday 24th through monday 28th. the city will operate essential services only. if you have any critical business or you have to pick up groceries or prescriptions, anything like that, get all of that done before that weekend. the city says the primary goal is to allow the 1.5 million or so people the ability to walk. where we are at the art museum, it's about five miles away from camden and new jersey has been putting together their own pope p

on ben franklin parkway, down market street, and around independent mall. fences will be in place, in the black area, car access will be forbidden starting friday night, in the red area, people access by metal detectors saturday morning. for businesses near papal zone a hot line license activated next week regarding deliveries and trash pick up. in the meantime they are planning. >> we're actually going to

nbc 10's matt delucia is live on the ben franklin parkway.matt, it's not going to be easy to get around, get where you're going. >> reporter: not easy at all. might be a good idea to stay put if you can or just watch it on tv. that might be a better option altogether. now, yesterday the mayor's office did release more detailed plans of the areas that will be closed off. of course you have this area here where we are right now by the art museum, the ben franklin parkway here. this is going to be heavily restricted as you might imagine. now, part of this will involve a fence. first we heard about the traffic box. now we'll have two security zones which will offer very limited access during the papal visit. these security perimeters will go into effect the night of thursday, september 24th. we did learn this fence will have entry points where people will walk through a metal detector and there will be no zone. the second and wider perimeter will be in place to protect the fence zone. vehicles will have to be removed in any vehicle that needs to

one near the ben franklin parkway. one of them here at independence mall.the pope has public events. now, there's a secure vehicle perimeter. that's the area inside the black line. no vehicles will be allowed inside this area. you are being told to remove your cars from this area from the -- for the and tire weekend.

here's a look at the radius for from you the other side of the ben franklin to the parkway. it's a 5-mile trek and obviously it gets longer the farther you are from the bridge. today "eyewitness news" and other members of the media joined transportation officials for a papal visit preview walk. our pat chiarocchi walked side by side with a pair of new jerseyans who will cross the bridge to see the pope when he arrives in late september. they say the pilgrimage to seat pontiff will for sure be worth it. >> one of the sacrifices will be to walk and be bearing that special mass and just offer this sacrifice for our families and i think this is the best time to do it have pope francis close to and ask for that miracle for heaven. >> you are going walk the ben franklin bridge, just a heads up. please, please make sure to wear comfortable footwear. >>> now 44 days from the pope's arrival for a closer look at the security perimeter in the city and traffic closures throughout the region head to cbsphilly.com and click on the papal visit. >>> breaking news now. a pickup truck slams i

>>> from the airport to the ben franklin parkway, only nbc 10 is giving you a driving tour of the placescis will stop when he visits philadelphia next month. >>> and bye-bye briere. this time, the long-time flyers final words to his philly fans. >>> search crews in indonesia found the bodies of all 54 passengers on board that plane that crashed in a remote mountain area of that country. crews found the wreckage and the black box after struggling through the forest yesterday. >>> in thailand, crews begin searching through debris outside a shrine where 20 people were killed during a deadly bombing yesterday. that attack happened at a busy intersection, surrounded by five-star hotels and upscale shopping malls. police say it's too early to say who is behind the bombings. >>> in china, rescue and recovery crews are still working at the scene of last week's massive kblaft that killed more than 100 people. authorities confirm there were several hundred tons of toxic sodium cyanide on the industrial side at the time of the explosions. right now, 70 people are still missing including 64 firefigh

at&t and verizon have invested 45 million-dollar to add cell services infrastructure along ben franklin parkway. each company says the upgrades will quadruple capacity. at&t is also bringing in what they call cows, short for cell on wheels, cow, they will handle some increased traffic. some of the infrastructure boosting capacity will stay in place after the pope leaves philadelphia. >>> right now 5:37. time to check on your business news and target, they are paying up after that massive data breach. money watch's hanna daniels joins us from the insuring stock exchange and also some, information on another embarrassing hack, lot to talk about hanna, good morning have the. >> reporter: a lot to talk about, this morning, erika, good morning. target has reportedly agreed to pay up to 67 million-dollar to visa after a massive data breach to years ago. hackers stole credit card information from millions of customers and credit card issuers were forced to replace those affect cars. hackers have followed through on a threat to release customer information but cheating spouses web site ashley pennsylva

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live along the ben franklin parkway with more on this. diana? >> reporter: and jessica, by now septa and city hotels thought they would would be fully book but that is clearly not the case. so as the city is trying to finalize its plans for the papal weekend, it's hoping people planning on making the trip here will do the same. one month from the pope's visit and the city still has plenty of room for visitors making the pilgrimage much. >> it's not going to be the, you know, long weights or long walks that had previously been reported. >> septa is the only transportation into center city that weekend and they still have 200,000 papal passes for sale. which is more than half of the 350,000 available. >> i don't know the reason why we haven't sold out. it might be apprehension seive. i know there's a lot of vacancies in hotels downtown. >> reporter: trains will be shut link visitors directly from the airport to center city, and now that includes those who live locally and want to drive and park. at an air bnb meeting thursday there were ple

this morning, we are getting a look at the path they will have to follow to the ben franklin parkway. nbc10's matt delucia has been making that trek all morning for us. he started after 4:00 a.m. in camden. matt, where are you now and how is it going? >> reporter: right now, we are by the fountains at logan circle. we are getting a little bit more daylight out here. we started the journey at 4:30 and went over the ben franklin bridge and started our walk from the base of the bridge to where we are right now. it's been an hour and a half of walking and quite a bit of walking and a little more than a mile, i would say. you can see we are in the view of the basilica where pope francis will be giving mass on saturday, 26th. over here now we can finally see the art museum by eakins oval and where the pope will give his mass on the 27th. things we hope will never happen, the worst case scenarios. lease these public safety agencies have been making those plans from the very beginning once pope francis announced he was coming here. i asked the camden county sheriff's office if people need to

>> okay. >> full circle to the the pope's visit, you have to go across ben franklin bridge to the get to the ben franklin parkwaye. >> we will never toss that segway, we should cancel the the show right now. we should all go home. >> bye, guys. >>> ariana grande, you know i like her. i like that song. we have played it once already today. fans of ariana are calling for wendy williams, her show, to be canceled. i think that is over doing it. all because wendy says, in a rerun yesterday, that the 21 year-old singer ariana grande looks 12 years old. >> so this one aired yesterday morning and here's what she said. >> she's 21. she will forever look 12. you know, and i don't mean that in a good way, i mean that in a, you know, it is nice to look younger then you are but when you look too young and then you are short, she's only 4 feet 11. i don't look at her as a woman. >> so ariana's fans got on twitter to protest, using the hashtag cancel wendy williams show. now again, that was a rerun. i don't remember her being in trouble when it first aired. >> we should support each other, as woman. saying someone looks 12 and

you need to know your limitations and be prepared to at least 4 miles from the ben franklin bridge, to the ben franklin parkway. in case haven't heard the pope is coming to philadelphia september 26th and 27th. we are gearing up for that visit but again, in the press conference yesterday with new jersey transit officials, it was announce that had roughly 37 percent of the more than 1 million visitors will be gaining entry to the city from new jersey. although that number may decrease when we hear these details as previously announced, ben franklin bridge will be close todd private vehicles. if they have to walk across the bridge which has a 135-foot incline as you near mid span and then you have to walk to the parkway. the entire trek at least 4 miles. if you were planning to leave your car in camden to drop it off before you start your walk you can't. there will be no parking in camden except for buses which have already been registered to the host organization the world meeting of families. >> there are not enough parking spots in camden city in, camden county or in the region to accommodate the people that

from the other side of the ben franklin bridge, to the parkway, it is about 5 miles. so, kind after long walk there. >> 6:06 right now. happening today, re-opening of the american embassy in cuba. secretary of state, john kerry, will raise the stars and stripes at a ceremony later this morning. hena daniels, tells us the visit to laivan a the first by of the s secretary of state in 07 years. >>> -- 70 years. >>> in just few hours, the american flag will fly over the us embassy in havana, for the first time in 54 years. took part in rehearsal ceremony, as members of the community look on change something this 31 year old cuba woman is looking forwards to. >> whether it comes to politics she said she doesn't care, not what positive things can happen for cubans, young and old. still other like american lois remain skeptical. her farm seized by fidel's regime, and her family fled the country. >> in a newspaper column published on its 89th birthday yesterday fidel castro repute, caused by long standing trade embargo, now that both sides have taken steps to re-establish dip

here is look at the radius, from the other side of the ben franklin to the parkway, 5-mile trek, get longer the further you are from the bridge. >>> 4:37. happening today, the re-opening of the american embasy cuba. secretary of state, john kerry, will raise the stars and stripes at the ceremony this morning. kerry's visit to havana the first by us secretary of state in 70 years. diplomatic relations were restored last month, but fidel castro says the us owes cuba millions for damages caused by the embargo which still remains in effect. >> pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, is once again calling on attorney general kathleen kane to resign. the governor says, the attorney general's press conference did not change his viewpoint. >> while she is defending herself, i am not sure how this top law enforcement person in pennsylvania could do her job, and enforcing the law. so that was my concern before yesterday. it was my concern yesterday. it's my concern today. i think she should resign. >> on wednesday, kane blamed her legal troubles on enemies trying to conceal their involvement in porno

things are still dry on the ben franklin bridge, ben franklin parkway and every where else, but dry is a relative term. if you have been outside for the last couple of days it has been so steamy, and muggy and it will stay that way yet again today but looking across that bridge into center city things are quiet. clearly that is in the the case further west you go. this is a cold front that crosses it, leading edge of it anyway. in the meantime all that moisture is building up. you'll keep that souther willly component to the wind flow to usher in the warmth and moisture and still see there is somewhat of an organization to this storm system, not as well defined as yesterday but as this crosses, if we will get any sunlight out there today, sunshine here at the surface it will produce instability. we have to worry about stronger thunderstorms firing up but let me walk you through future weather. it looks like for the most part from the city on west for the first half of the day that any showers and storms. shore points you will get some sunshine but it won't be the picturesque or best be

reporting live from ben franklin parkway, a aka the box, chris murphy, fox 29 news, mike and alex. >>r keeping an eye on that box. >> i know, i have the worst stigh in my eye. >> did you point it out. >> i didn't, nobody would have ever known. >>> 6:36. >>> faithful are certainly eager for pope to come here. >> they sure are, camden diocese is launching a count down campaign, aimed at getting parishioners to follow the pontiff's path the in their own community. >> kind of cool. >> bishop dennis sullivan of the camden hopes what he calls 40 days of francis. to help people prepare for pope's arrival by learning more about the services to help fellow residents in atlantic, cape may, cumberland, gloucester and salem counties. he wants followers to to as pope francis did and answer the call of the poor. >> forty days of francis. >> forty days of france cyst. >> interesting. >> it has a nice ring. >> i wish there was 40 days of mike sometimes. >> doesn't sound the same. >> about 40 minutes. >> 6:37. >>> lehigh county medical examiner will conduct an autopsy today to figure out how a woman f

the final staff on day one will be right here at ben franklin parkway, the art museums right across the way there will be a prayer vigil with the world meeting of families and also and it should be pretty awesome and there'll be a lot of people >> how do you feel about the pope coming to philadelphia? , i'm a catholic and i'm actually looking for to it. >> i run a dairy in philadelphia ever tried to get tickets for the pope's math on set timber 26 and give the tickets to the homeless. i'd. >> i it would be a wonderful thing if the homeless could take it and. >> basically he's going to have three events, to a benjamin franklin hawk parkway, there's a security line through the entire benjamin parkway that will be completely bock blocked off anybody coming in will have to go through a magnetometers the metal detectors to get aside there. >> i work in a hospital so it's not possible for me there. >> check this out, look at these road closures in new jersey. there's the turnpike, everything within 60 miles will be affected leading to the ben franklin bridge will will be closed onto pedestria

ben franklin bridge. then you will have to climb the bridge, walk across and then it's about four and a half miles to the ben franklin parkwaynine kids are still recovering after their bus crash this morning. this happened in irvington, essex county, new jersey. the bus was heading to school when it was hit by an suv and went into a building. the driver said the brakes gave out. the kids were all taken to the hospital. the injuries are not serious. >>> if you use citizens bank you could be getting some cash back. federal regulators say the bank short-changed customers on deposit slip mistakes. the bank according to the feds kept the difference when more money than the slip indicated was actually deposited. citizens bank must refund customers and pay more than $20 million in penalties. the bank says it has fixed the system. >>> it is back to school season. millions of kids ready for another year of hitting the books. >> are they hitting them a little too hard, that's the question. a new study is putting the spotlight on what can only be called homework overload. the study published in the american journal of family therapy sa

you will to have walk upward of 4 miles to get to the ben franklin parkway, over ben franklin bridge. as somebody from new jersey, i have ridden path the co several times. i have been there i have seen the parking lots. the parking lots, there are not enough spaces for hundreds of thousands of people. as we know, ben franklin bridge will be closed, to all private vehicles, and you'll going to have to walk. it has a 135-foot incline as you near mid span and then you have to walk to the parkway. again, if you plan to leave your car in camden you will to have find an alternate place to drop off your car. only people allowed to park in camden will be private buses and those buses will have already had to get permission and sign up through the the world meeting of families. >> all of the people here as part of the transportation and law enforcement teams have been working very hard to create a safe, efficient, environment but you need one thing. it need cooperation and understanding of our customers during this time. your patients is truly a virtue and patients will be needed. >> there wil

the ben franklin parkway, this is where the pope will be next month.first it was that traffic box, now the security zones offering limited access. the security perimeters, they will go into effect the night of thursday, september 24th. we did learn that there will be that fence with entry points, where people will have to walk through a metal detector. there will be no vehicles allowed inside that zone. the second or wider perimeter, that yellow area i showed you a moment ago will be in place to protect the fenced in zone. vehicles will have to be removed and any vehicle that needs to go back in will have to be screened. as far as city government is concerned, the 24th through the 28, the city will be operating essential services only. the mayor saying if you have critical business to take care of, picking up groceries or prescriptions, get that done before that weekend. we spoke with a couple of folks about this new plan. here's what they had to say. >> i guess philadelphia doesn't see this a whole lot. i don't know that it's an overreaction for two d

this is called the box, it is right here along ben franklin parkway and other parts. we will get to the perimeter in a minute but later this morning city is set to release phone numbers for business owners to call so they can get their many questions answered. the question are a lot as there is just 39 days away. information will be posted on the city web side and will be searchable with the hashtag pope in philly. in the meantime business owners we talk to are making their own plans. >> it is a busy week, you know, that is a lot of money right there i can't lose that. >> i will probably be closed. it ties hard to get in and out of the city. the supplies would be a problem for to us get the truck in and out. it is better to watch it on tv. >> most of my staff lives nearby a lot of people are on bicycles. the people that aren't going to be able to get in through the zone, we are going to, you know, i live right around the corner. we will set up shop at my house. make sure everybody can grab a shower every day, sleep very nicely. >> reporter: so, the so-called traffic b

a live look at the ben franklin parkway. edestrians will be able to cross the ben franklin bridge to get over to this side. keep in mind it's aboutç a five-mile walk from the base of the bridge in camden up to where we are at the art museum. the word from transportation agencies is to be ready to walk. you can say it enough. might want to try out the treadmill and get those walking shoes ready. you'll be having to do a lot of that walking if you want to come up here to see the pope next month. live at the art museum, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> from south jersey to center city out to the suburbs, there are a ton of traffic changes for the weekend of the papal visit. use the nbc 10 news app to see the long list of rules and restrictions that you'll need to remember. all the road closures and everything, too. preparing for the pope, our special section, has it all laid out there. >>> 5:36. in camden, someone shot a man in the back of the head killing him on south sixth street and shelton avenue. no arrests yet. >>> sign, sea

both the ben franklin parkway and at independence mall. we have reporters on both sides of the river getting new information about the impact of today's announcements. nbc 10's deanna durante begins our coverage at philadelphia city hall. a lot of new information today. >> reporter: yes, including those who want to try and get up close and personal to the event as well as the papal mass will need to go through security checkpoints. they will need to be examined before they can get to the parkway. >> part of the personal planning that has to go into this for how any individual is going to experience the world meeting of families. >> reporter: a new enhanced map of security is unveiled by officials and the u.s. secret service. we learned city traffic will begin to shut down in some

"nbc 10" was on the street at 22nd street and ben franklin parkway in center city where the accident happened around 12:30 this morning. medics took the bike rider to hahnemann hospital. the driver did stay at the scene and was not arrested. >>> in gloucester county police are after a man whom they say tried to lure a young girl through a bedroom window. police and neighbors in washington township are on edge while neighbors at the washington way apartments are concerned about the suspect. he scared a little girl and her mother. the man depicted here acted out a parent's worst nightmare. police say he pushed open the 6-year-old's bedroom window and began talking to her. police believe the suspect may have even snapped a photo of the girl. he allegedly introduced himself as joe, told her he was a doctor and a friend of her father's and made a promise that disturbed the child's mother. >> i'm just trying to make her understand, hey, i'm just a friend. he said that, you know, as long as you don't tell i can come back every night. >> the mother asked us to protect her identity. she says

. >> this plan includes metal detectors, metal fencing, one of the zones lines the ben franklin parkway, that's where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us. good to get more information, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, as we learn more about all of this, it may sound overwhelming, as many as an extra million people are rising to philadelphia to see the pope. we have traffic boxes. the secret service on high alert. the city says this is not excessive, but necessity to protect our city. protecting it the pope, pedestrians, and philadelphia is a big job. >> this huge event has, in fact, been classified, as a national special security event by the secretary of the department of homeland security. >> flanked by city and secret service officials, mayor nutter discussed in deeper detail how this so-called traffic box will work, and why it is happening. >> quite frankly, it is not real a issue related to protecting pope francis. in reality, it is primarily to protect the millions of people who will be walking on our wonderful but narrow city streets. >> the secure pe

justin finch is live for us along the ben franklin parkway, with details on that, justin?so far man has not been quite as hi, as first hype. now, month out, from the pope's visit and also presence here on the parkway, many are hoping for a second wind in sales. if you are still making up your minds about seeing the pontiff in person, as many as 1.5 million could arrive to philly, the weekend of september 26th, just to see him, and you can still be one of them. there is still time to book rooms and travel ticket. yesterday, philadelphians look to go rent out rooms in their homes, papal visitors came together, they all use on line booking service called air b and b. and last night, they learned more about how their guest last get around secure parameters, and many were bracing for high demand, and maybe cashing in on top dollar reservations. but, over the past several month, book action have been lower than first thought, that has led some home owners to recalculate their rates. >> i felt bad, but it is a business, so did i lower the price because i had it on therefore coupl

thousands of cars will have to be moved off the streets and a fence will be erected around the ben franklin parkway. david henry is live with that part of the story. >> reporter: good afternoon, the philadelphian here is one of several large apartment buildings that will be affected. most residents park in the streets and even those that park in the garage will be impacted. >> i feel like a prisoner in my home. >> the philadelphian is in the no vehicle zone than means all vehicles must be off the streets thursday night. residents can leave their cars in parking garages. >> it won't be good but we have a parking spot in the garage. >> you won't be able to leave the garage. >> i'll be leaving on thursday. >> many plan to get out of tounl on thursday, others will stay and make the best of it, they won't be able to get around on the shuttle bus or transportation. >> i can't leave the garage, and if i leave before i can't come back, i can't bring the car back, how would i return if there is no transportation, so it's a problem. >> it's a problem for townhome residents like michael lieberman, fairmount w

beefing up cell phone service ahead of the pope's visit they are looking to bring it up on the ben franklin parkway for the last year and a half. millions of people are expected to attend. the cell towers will remain through next july when the democratic convention comes to town. as we gather more details on the papal visit and the impact on our region we are posting it for you on 6abc.com right now you can review the traffic boxes and the bridge and highway closures and the pope's public itinerary for the end of september. >> musikfest kicks off tonight in the lehigh valley grammy winning duran duran rocked the steel stage last night during a preview of the big festival. the fun gets underway and the flaming lips are the headliners for this evening, musikfest runs through august 16th and 6 abc is proud to be a media sponsor for the 10th straight year, look for so many members of 6 abc team. we are out meeting and greeting the fans. >>> still to come on "action news" at noon a new lead in an unsolved crime what the fbi revealed about the biggest art theft of all times and a mystery gravestone shows

"action news" reporter katherine scott, is live on the ben franklin parkway with new reaction. >> reporter: sara, a lot of businesses knew they were going to be challenges and now that the plan is released. they have more concrete details to work with. some hired planners and have multiple locations within the zone and others tell us they are taking the weekend off. >> we'll have limited staff coming but we'll be open. >> planning is long underway at is the reading terminal market. a popular attraction for visitors but within the restricted traffic box. >> we are expecting the same type of flow like the flower show maybe doubling. >> can you be sure they will be stocked up but it's tricky with no incoming deliveries allowed. a three square mile traffic zone in center city and west philadelphia will ban cars, 27 miles of highway will be shut down and the ben franklin bridge will be shut down. >> i understand the reading terminal market is making provision for us to have extra store able so we can get all of our product in. >> but smaller entities the challenges are too big to overcome, stre

two secure perimeters will be stabbed accomplished around independence mall and the ben franklin parkwayre the pope is expected to appear on saturday of his visit on the last weekend of september. now outside of that, you'll see two black lines on the map. those are considered secure vehicle perimeters and no vehicles will be allowed in those areas. a montgomery county judge called out by attorney general kathleen kane wednesday is responding by questioning her understanding of the grand jury process. kane demanded the judge william carpenter allow her to release explicit e-mails that she found on state computers. she claims the e-mails are at the root of the criminal charges she's facing. carpenter in response said kane has taken no legal action to make that happen. he also wrote the e-mails were never put into evidence in the case he's supervising. kane's office says her lawyers will file a motion next week. now a look at your forecast. here's chief meteorologist, scott williams. >> hi there, iain. yes, it's been beautiful weather over the last couple of days. low humidity, temperature

street expressway you too have some heavy traffic now on the westbound side stacked up from the ben franklin parkway to the schuylkill. it's jut normal morning volume as you head towards 30th street. on the big picture and the schuylkill itself speeds in the 40's and 50's. no big complaints with that. we're watching that fire location in camden along sheridan street. it's near warsaw street just to the west of mount ephraim avenue. carl miller boulevard a possible local alternate. on the pennsylvania turnpike overnight construction has cleared out. we only had one east-west zone near fort washington and that's gone and so much better news than last night. everything is opened in the eastbound lanes between willow grove and bensalem. speeds in the 50's and 60's so go ahead and use it on this wednesday morning. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> developing this morning, 11 families and at least 31 people have been displaced after an overnight fire burned through an apartment building in cumru township berks county overnighter. broke out around 1:30 on community drive. firefighters do now have that bla

that crash that i showed you during the last half hour on the vine westbound by the ben franklin parkwayuch completely off to the side so no need to really worry about that one anymore. just off the schuylkill in fairmount park along montgomery drive watch out for an accident. let's talk about 95. we had that wreck on the southbound side by broad street. that's gone but the one on the northbound side by cottman is still out there on the shoulder and look at this slow moving line of traffic. basically approaching the vine up to that scene at cottman. in many stretches the speeds just in the single digits at 8 miles per hour. in towamencin township right off the northeast extension's lansdale interchange watch out for a crash along sumneytown pike. traveling through christiana on highway one southbound watch out for a wreck. a water main break in went deptford blocking northbound lanes of route 45. stick with glassboro road 553 to get around that. we'll check it again brian and erin coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> thank you my friend. >>> want to show you something else lots of people

one month from today, pope francis will be there on the ben franklin parkway with more than a millioneople expected to hear his message. right now, very different scene than what we are expecting one month from today but, again, a lot more preparation still under way. live in center city this morning, i'm matt delucia, nbc10 news. >>> in the meantime, we have learned montgomery county will activate its emergency operation center during the weekend of the pope's visit. the pope is staying in lower merion. the county sought request for help with the emergency management agency and wants 600 national guard personnel for traffic and crowd control. the county is increasing staffing at 911 center and activating its backup center. we are helping you prepare for the papal visit with our news app. find transportation and security information and papal itinerary. free download at nbcphiladelphia.com. >>> students and faculty at a westchester university are almost done with their first week of classes. the school wants to assure everyone that it's safe even though more legionnaire's bacteria har

live on the ben franklin parkway, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >>> if you stepped outside this evening, so far you will notice it feels cool outside. we have clear skies and nice conditions through the day today. leading us to a nice day tomorrow. you will notice it will be warmer than it was today. we do have a heat wave in the forecast, even hotter over the weekend and to start next week and several dry days, too. we're talking about the heat along with dry weather. we could be at 62 in allentown. low temperatures around sunrise. those should be in the 50s. a cool start. 65 for 8:00 a.m. pottstown. 80 for philadelphia. suburbs in south jersey, upper 60s. 72 in cape may. plenty of sunshine to go around. that's good news, too. today we hit 84. the average high is 86. tomorrow we shoot up to 87. over the weekend, we're going to be around 90. that could be the start of our next heat wave in the forecast. in the meantime, for the rest of tonight, if you missed the meteor shower last night, the skies are clear tonight. you can still see it now through 5:00 in the morning. look straight up.

buses loaded within the half hour at the united way along the ben franklin parkway. demonstrators want $410 million in new education funding fly strapped school district cannot get state aid without the budget first in place. >> coming up this noon, museum mishap. tell you about the 350 year old pricy piece of art that was damaged, and, we'll tell how has to pay to fix it now. also ahead just in time for bag to school, talking with style expert about fashion trends, that will make any student go from the hallway to the runway. justin? >> all right, the sunshine is out. humidity is going away. we are setting out for pleasant stretch of weather. check out the forecast when "eyewitness news" returns. >>> back to school time meaning shops and shopping for book supplies, also for clothes. here to show us some celebrity inspired looks, for the new school season, iaian michael crumb, lead philadelphia style expert. today representing simon's oxford valley mall, iaian, great to have you with us. >> great to see you, pat. >> tell me this, can you take a celebrity inspired loo

there's going to be more than -- cramming into the ben franklin parkway when pope francis celebrate massember. a lot of them will probably be capturing the event on their cell phones. cell phone companies are planning for the huge surge in wireless use during the papal visit. they're making big gruppupgrades to make the challenge. we were there as crews were putting the finishing touches on it. mini cell towers have been built to blanket the area with as much coverage as possible to attendees can send millions of nexts and tweets and make calls. >> we're giving this challenge everything eve got. >> we used past models like super bowl events throughout the country or events at the washington mall like the presidential inauguration. things like that we use or new york city times square for new year's eve celebration. those are all good starting points to give us a sense of what's going on. >> tap on the nbc 10 app to find a list of upgrades. find it only on the nbc 10 news app and nbc10.com. >> tracy, we're tracking showers and thunderstorms this morning. the threat of storms will be with

nbc 10's drew smith is live on the ben franklin parkway with more. drew? >> reporter: it was back at the beginning of the year when a lot of people started putting rooms online hoping to cash in on the pope's popularity and the fact he would be here in philadelphia. it hasn't wosrked out for a lot of people. there are still thousands of unrented rooms posted online. several web sites are listing a ton of places at all different prices for the papal visit. everything from sharing a spare room in fairmount to even this main line mansion. a lot of people wanted a piece of the action. >> i think this is a great location and that's why a lot of people in this area are renting out their places. >> reporter: we called around and talked to some people who rented out their home for $7,000 in queen village. another couple got $5,000 for their place in rittenhouse. but those success stories are the exception, not the norm. >> perhaps there has been maybe too much hype and too much talk of security and i think maybe a lot of people who would have come are not going to

going tamaybe pack a couple bottles of water and some things and then walk from camden to ben franklin parkway. >> just as excited, but not making the five-mile trek to the parkway is tracy burns. she says her papal transit pass will take her to camden. once there, she'll hop on papco. >> i'll be part of guest services. >> no walking for you. >> no walking, if i can avoid it. >> reporter: the ac rail line tickets are $30 per person for the round trip. also a minimum of four, maximum of four per person, i should say. i just spoke with new jersey transit and they tell us that many of the 23,000 tickets available for both the ac rail line and the new jersey river line are still up for grabs. of course, we'll be keeping in touch with them to let you know what happens between now and september 25th when they sell out. live now from camden, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >>> and there is a long list of transportation changes for the papal visit. you can tap on nbc 10s news app to see all of them. our special section, preparing for the pope really has everything you need to know for the papal visit, i

impact on this momentous event on people in our great city and people that live closer to the ben franklin parkwayd for most, we host many big events in center city year round, from the mummers parade to the 4th of july and the philadelphia marathon and the thanksgiving day parade, our city plans for special events that can disrupt daily life. and residents that live near these areas, where they occur whether it's fairmount or old city neighborhood, and they know how to plan for these events, that they know will interrupt their daily lives, they move their cars off broad street and we thank all the great folks for that and pick up supplies and other needs a few days in advance and a host of other actions that people can take depending on their personal situations that said there are key differences between the world meeting of families and the papal visit, than any other event in our city. we expect more attendees than the city has welcomed in recent history and this is an nsse, a national special security event. and it's the first nsse in the city's history. that means of course there is extra se

matt delucia is taking that live walk for us along the ben franklin parkway. >> steamy out there. >>pretty warm out there for matt, but hopefully no rain on them this morning. our meteorologist bill henley is standing by. >> it's a leisurely walk and how long is he going to be out there? rain will eventually get him. clouds are already here and extend to the pocono mountains this morning. a view from the french manor. a mostly cloudy day. we saw some of this yesterday but it's more widespread and heavier rainfall to the west this morning. the first showers of the day, well, they are popping up in lancaster county and barely coming down. the heavier rain will wait until late this morning and into this afternoon. the clouds are streaming into the area. low clouds like the last few mornings and very warm muggy conditions. a warm afternoon. showers and thorls. the first showers, later this morning. thunderstorms likely in the afternoon and evening hours. your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. >> jessica boyington is her

we'll get to a to sit down with city leaders, jan carabeo joins us overlooking the ben franklin parkway, where the pope will celebrate mass. >> reporter: good morning. you would think that center city businesses would be clam erring to capitalize on pope's visit. he's expected to bring more than a million people to the parkway in that last week of is he not. many businesses have many concerns. many security and safety concerns. how they're even just going to get their employees to work on that very busy weekend. "eyewitness news" has learn that city officials plan on meeting with these business owners to address some of these issues. >> juice bar in center city has a prime location for pope francis's visit in september, just blocks away from the art museum. these seats are poison poiseed to be packed, many who work here would rather see the doors closed during the much anticipated papal visit. >> too much for our customers to come in and get the deliveries out, and it's going to be too high security for. >> reporter: road closures have plots concerned. last week, philadelphia announced

>> >>> as you know there's beginning to be more than 1.5 million people crammed under the ben franklin parkway when pope francis celebrates mass in september. and lots of them are probably beginning to be chronicling the entire event with a cell phone. cell companies are planning for a huge surge in wireless use along the parks during the papal visit. and they're making some big upgrades to meet the demand. a supercharged cell network is being installed. mini cell towers like these have been built to blanket the area with as much coverage as possible meaning you can tweet text and talk to your heart's delight. >> we're giving this challenge everything we've got. we're meeting it head on. >> we used past models like super bowl events throughout the country or events at the washington mall for the presidential inauguration things like that or new york city times square for new year's eve celebration. those are all good starting points on what we need to do for capacity of something this size. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> tracking storms with heavy do

both the ben franklin parkway and at independence mall. we have reporters on both sides of the river getting new information about the impact of today's announcements. nbc 10's deanna durante begins our coverage at philadelphia city hall. a lot of new information today. >> reporter: yes, including those who want to try and get up close and personal to the event as well as the papal mass will need to go through security checkpoints. they will need to be examined before they can get to the parkway. >> part of the personal planning that has to go into this for how any individual is going to experience the world meeting of families. >> reporter: a new enhanced map of security is unveiled by officials and the u.s. secret service. we learned city traffic will begin to shut down in some areas, mainly the parkway, thursday night at 10:00 p.m. those secure areas will mean once the papal events begin, only those who go through security clearance areas can get beyond that red zone. city officials say starting thursday, september 24th, security sweeps

one near the ben franklin parkway. one of them here at independence mall. both areas where the pope has public events. now, there's a secure vehicle perimeter. that's the area inside the black line. no vehicles will be allowed inside this area. you are being told to remove your cars from this area from the -- for the and tire weekend. now, mayor michael nutter says he understands this will have enormous impact on the city, but says this is once in a lifetime plan for once in a lifetime event. >> as the saying goes, of all the cities and all the countries around the world the vatican chose philadelphia. we should be excited as we can be about that. and really take it as a badge of honor and civic pride and what it says about our great city and who we are as a people. >> reporter: want to let you know about other details being release dad. for the philadelphia school district. schools will now be closed wednesday september 23rd to friday september 25th and make up day has now been scheduled for friday october 9th and kindergarten will now start on thursday se