in eakens oval, channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" is back on the benjamin franklin parkway forassive cleanup. crews got to work taking down the stage and picking up the trash. we'll have more in the next half-hour. >>> when the parkway fireworks ended, they had to close off south street to allow people to move through, no serious problems were reported. >>> we have a dropping story out of the hunting park section of philadelphia. police are looking for for the killer who stabbed a teenage girl. a pedestrian found the girl at around 3:45. she was lying in the passion of the walgreens farm city -- she was lying in the parking lot of the walgreens pharmacy she had a stab wound to the neck. the pedestrian flagged down a patrol car. she rushed her to sign -- einstein shop where she was pronounced dead. >>> action cam was at the scene of the 5100 block of north front street. crews found a dead man in the front seat of the car shot three times. a second man was lying on the ground he had a bullet wound to the leg. that victim is in the hospital in stable condition. police are question

in eakens oval, channel 6 "action news." >> and "action news" is back on the benjamin franklin parkway the massive cleanup. crews got to work taking you on the stage fencing a lot of trash. we'll have more on the fabulous fourth in the next half-hour. >>> video here when the parkway fireworks ended police were on south street and local barred to allow -- people to move through. >>> police are looking for the killer who stabbed a teenage girl. a pedestrian found the girl at around 3:45 a.m. she was lying in the parking lot of the wall greenls pharmacy in the -- walgreens pharmacy with a stab wound in the neck. officers rushed the 17-year-old to einstein where she was pronounced dead. >>> a double shooting in the olney section of philadelphia has left one man dead. the action cam was at the of the 5100 block of north front street. police found a dead man in the back seat of the car shot several times. a second man was lying on the ground on the corner of master street. that victim is in stable can condition. police are questioning him to try to figure out who fired the shots and by. >>>

"action news" was there on the benjamin franklin parkway as crews got to work for the massive cleanup time taking down the stage and fencing and clearing out the trash. the benjamin franklin parkway is open for traffic. >> fourthful july was celebrated across the delaware and lehigh valleys with spectacular fireworks displays. this is the annual celebration in dewey beach delaware, the colorful display was i will illuminated in the ocean water below. >> the action cam was in strathmere, cape may county for the annual fourth of july parade. there are kids on red blit why -- red white and blue bikes. the statue of liberty took part in the parade, as well. the fire truck belongs to the strathmere volunteer fire company. >> the band played for those lining the streets in norristown, montgomery county. some of them dressed in pay patriotic outfits. 6abc.com is a great resource throughout the holiday weekend. check out the storm tracker 6 live and hourly forecast, plus, before you head home check out real time traffic conditions on the local roads. you'll finds wawa welcome festivities and

now live from the benjamin franklin parkway in philadelphia, rick williams and cecily tynan. >> hi, everyonekway. >> and we are getting ready for the largest free concert in america! it's the "wawa welcome america! philly 4th of july jam." >> we'll be bringing the entire concert to you live followed by the fireworks at 11:00

inner drive of the benjamin franklin parkway closed at 9:30.saturday to a three day weekend. we have sun and this afternoon 83 degrees, tomorrow, cloudy skies for the most part. 75 is the high, there's a chance of showers at times particularly through the southern half of the region. we're hoping we're dry in time for fireworks at night. sunday looks good, 83 degrees under partly sunny skies there. >> we'll be live in fairmont park where crews are bringing in heavy artillery all the fireworks for the wawa america celebration. "live" with kelly and michael is next. josh grogin will be there. have a great friday and great holiday weekend! announcer: the fourth of july is almost here, so get ready for kelly and michael's "stars & stripes celebration"! today, all-american superstar recording artist josh groban plus "live's search for america's new grill star" continues with a military mom from richmond, texas, and all through the show, members of our studio audience will compete for cash in "live's stars & stripes celebration games"! all next on "l

inner drive of the benjamin franklin parkway will be blocked at 9:30, expect closures around independence hall and mall because of the block party around 9:30 a.m. had the issue with the police activity along route 1 the super highway by highland avenue there goes the ambulance being towed away. all the lanes are reopened. there's a crash in worcester at stump hall road. and collegeville a water main break at park avenue and west third avenue. >> new this morning james holmes iq could play a role in the defense. the doctors noted his iq dropped while in jail. the changes are abnormal and could be caused by schizophrenia which could make the defense that holmes was insane while he acted. homers is charge with killing 12 people and injuring dozens more inside a parked midnight movie. >> a georgia dentist is defending a way he handles young patients. he uses a pappoose board. many parents are voicing concerns. >> she didn't want to cooperate. she also only five years old. >>> the american academy of pediatric dentistry papoose boards may lead to psychologic harm. >>> a driver in california s

benjamin franklin parkway chestnut 67th and independence hall. we have water main break at park avenue at west third avenue in collegeville. mercers county, the overturned truck from the overnight hours cleared everything we opened from the ramp 195 eastbound to hamilton square road. in absecon there's a downed traffic signal blocking the westbound lanes at an seek conboulevard that's -- absecon boulevard. that's 30. mass transit is on a holiday schedule. in most cases that means a saturday schedule. >>> breaking overnight, a robber picked the wrong people to hold up in the nicetown tioga section. gunfire wad exchanged two people including the robber are dead. katherine scott joins us from the scene with the full story. >> reporter: matt, that's right, police believe it started is a robbery, four people were shot, two died including the alleged robber who has a ski mask on. detectives and the crime scene unit remain on the scene. look at the evidence markers, a lot of bullets fired marking off all kinds of evidence, bullet fragments. bullets hit

of benjamin franklin parkway starts to close at 9:30, they will open the out bound inner drive for the afternoon commute. they will open that outbound inner drive and close it after the rush. we'll have closures by independence hall because of the block party today and festivities tomorrow as well. swarthmore they have the independence day 8k run. absecon boulevard at illinois avenue downed pole is blocking the westbound lane. if you're trying to get between sea isle and avalon they reopen the townsend inlet bridge. that's good news for you on this holiday weekend. >> a colorful scene of soaring hot air balloons taking part in indpoans day -- independence day festival tack a tragic turn. the fly pig was hit by another balloon, the balloon was ripped on impact, and started falling from the sky. the pilot made a safe landing and suffered minor injuries. >>> a man is caught stealing air bags from a cars parked in feltonville on east wyoming avenue. he have breaks windows to get at the air bags. theives are stealing them because the demand is high. >> we worked harold to get everything --

we are having a event on the benjamin franklin parkway between 21st street tomorrow between 12 and 6:00 p.m. if you are in the air eighth is in conjunction with the welcome home america event and festival tomorrow. we will there been at exhibits other olympians my gold medal taking pictures and signing autographs and all type of cool stuff. >> this will be fantastic. we appreciate your time. i took wrestling in seventh grade. >> how did you do. >> how did do i you are tall for a wrestler. >> how difficult do? stand up, young man. stan up. >> you are extremely tall for a restless what weight class. >> i can't answer that. i can't answer. that but first check out the road to rio tour tomorrow on the parkway, we have more information on our web site at cbs philly.com. are you ready for this. >> yes sir. >> wait, wow commercial, you are a lucky dude, we have to go to the commercial. you are so lucky. we will be right back. you are a lucky dude. >> you are the man. for everybody here thanks for joining us. after great weekend and happy fourth. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 and we are

area all is okay quiet on this thursday nights and let's heads back to oval looking down benjamin franklin parkway where the action cam was earlier this evening you can see folks out there chesting out the new festive i activities and really clear sky with new moon. as we look at the high temperature in philadelphia today, we only hit 8 degrees khxt is low the average by about 5 degrees and typical for earl september for high temperature 82 with break in humidity and of course with higher sun angle this time of year that 8 felt hotter than it would during the month of september. >> 64 allentown and 67 trenton and you can see warm are along the shore because of window the atlantic keeping those temperatures a little higher than inland locations where lancaster now is beautiful 64. high pressure to the north right now. winds high and clock wide and filtering in out of earl easterly direction. high clouds pushing into eastern great lakes and they will arrive here tomorrow afternoon from west to east and that high will fade off to our east while a new high really a massive high pressure in deep south

nbc 10's katy zachry is live on the benjamin franklin parkway with the details we need to know.a lot of information coming out today on this. >> reporter: a lot of information that's important for people who plan to come down to the parkway during the world meeting of families. chris, where i'm standing is a prime spot for when pope francis will be here addressing the crowd on the art museum steps. that happens in a little over two months from now. it may be a ways off but septa says plan early. they are. beginning at 9:00 this morning, septa will sell special regional rail passes for the weekend of the pope's visit. available online only. 175,000 passes will be sold each day and you'll have to have a separate pass for travel saturday and sunday. they are $10 apiece. you'll get the actual pass in the mail once you make the purchase. a spokeswoman-for-septa says plan early be and be prepared to wait in long lines this weekend. >> when you get to your train station, try to get there early, have somebody drop you off if at all possible. you'll have to wait in long lines to get on y

expect to talk immigration and religious freedom at independent mall before heading to the benjamin franklin parkway where he will take part in the massive world meeting of families. that will begin at 7:30 saturday evening. sunday morning pope francis will meet with bishops. >> from there we will go to curran-fromhold prison where he will meet with prisoners have a chance to greet some of their families. >> reporter: by 4:00 p.m. sunday it is back to the parkway for a conclusion mass. pope francis will depart for rome by eight. it is a kind of schedule that will overwhelmed a rock star so for the holy father, scheduled breaks are an important part of the agenda. >> he is a very energetic person but everybody need a break from time to time, even the pope. >> reporter: while in town pope francis will be taking up temporary residents at saint charles seminar any lower merion. reporting from the steps of the art museum, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> he will be busy. >> yes indeed. >> get some rest. >> for everything you need to know about the papal visit we have it at cbs philly.com,

franklin parkway where crews are ready for concert and fire works to come, diana. >> reporter: jessica, tomorrow hundreds of thousands of people are expect here on the benjamin franklin parkway set up is still underway tonight but today the welcome america party has already started. let freedom ring from the liberty bell to the parkway. >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: birthplace of american indies celebrating its 239th year with the bash like no other. >> oh, it is great just such a great feeling being here with freedom and it is wonderful. >> right where it all started right, the independent. >> yeah. >> reporter: many of comb from near and far and after months of preparation days offset up festivity are underway. >> we have been on tour for seven days now. we are doing a nine day historical tour. >> reporter: kerry alvarez came with 60 others all the way from miami. >> like always it is the place to be. >> reporter: welcome america event kick off with the liberty block party on independent mall, there was lots of music food trucks and stand with foods like this red, white and blue pound cake. >> beautiful day it is not as humid, and tasting all of the food. >

so we'll be on benjamin franklin parkway on saturday from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. with other olympians there as well. just basically getting people excited about the game. we're about a year out from rio. it seems like just yesterday we were preparing for london coming back with this olympic gold medal. now we get to compete for another. it's exciting. >> you brought the gold medal. i took a selfie with it in london when i was there. >> it seems as though we competed to make the electric team and then months of training went into it and it's a lifetime of work. being labeled as one of the best athletes in the world. fortunately we have partners like liberty mutual who guarantee that after the next olympics we could actually insure our medal. i'm happy to be back on the east coast. >> you mentioned the next olympics in rio. that's part of the reasons for this tour. you live in nebraska now. >> yes. lincoln, nebraska. >> tell me what that's like and what it's like to be back home. we met in your parents' home before london. tell me what it's like to come back. >> the

aiken's oval on the benjamin franklin parkway is being transformed.et's give you a live look from our camera on top of the comcast center. it's been painted to look like a seidelic mural. they say this year's theme is kaleidoscope featuring a 20,000 square foot. >>> they say this is a way to build community. the horticulture society has been developing green spaces from the delaware river to various neighborhoods. we're told there will be six weeks of activities with a opening party featuring a deejay. >>> and happening now, we are waiting for new jersey governor and republican presidential candidate chris christie to deliver a speech on criminal justice reform. we're looking live at the area in camden where he'll give that speech. it's expected he'll talk about bail reform and reforming the criminal justice system in a way that helps nonviolent offenders find their way back into society. >>> imagine not being able to see or hear. well that's the reality for people living with a condition called usher syndrome. there's an event happening this weekend

if you are downtown benjamin franklin parkway tomorrow from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. we will be there.ill have this medal with me. come down and meet me. >> yes, for sure. >> i think this is a tangible piece of the olympics in london. i would love to give people an opportunity to hold medal and to get a piece of history and hopefully have that experience as well. >> they can lift it. >> it is so heavy. >> real quickly, because we mentioned thaw grew up in this area sicklerville. when you come back to philadelphia what do you like to do. >> cheese steaks. but it is not a part of my diet. >> it all depend on where i'm at. i walk around, 173-pound , walk and rest will at 163. >> yes. >> it is a cutie need to make. >> he has been talking trash all morning long. >> yes good i will take mine off. >> i will leave mine on. >> why are you taking your mike off so you cannot hear me grunting. >> i will teach you basics of wrestling. >> he already necessary what he is doing. >> yes. >> i like to teach people a wrestling stance. we want to set you up in a perfect stance. it is good positioning. whe