bruce gordon will be there. the pope has a busy schedule there tomorrow in new york and then of course he'll arrive here in philadelphia. >> you know, even tonight he's got a busy schedule, and the thing, he's going to to saint patrick's cathedral in new york city. and this thing when i was in new york city it was gray. it is now like a sparkling gleaming white because it's been refurbished and spruced up in part for this very big visit. almost wheels down touching down on the tarmac now. we in fact have bruce gordon live at the scene. we'll be checking in with him in just moments it's very interesting what's going on with this airplane. i have to tell you john paul and pope benedict they both would fly on these types of planes and american airlines even italia would outfit these planes there was like this big suite in the front, you know, what pope francis does. he does fly in first class but just regular seats. he said i don't need the special stuff. >> that would be pope francis. >> exactly right. >> humility

. >> pope francis will be touching down in our city in less than 12 hours didn't night our bruce gordonooks ahead to what we can expect from the holy father this weekend. >> reporter: spending this past week covering pope francis' travels to washington and here to new york has at least i hope given me some sense of to look forward to when the holy father finally arrives in philadelphia. it's fair to assume the pope's add major address in philadelphia saturday at independence hall delivered mostly in spanish will amount to a call to support immigrants to the u.s. both legal and otherwise. he did offer a preview in his thursday address to congress. >> let us extent the same possibilities which we seek for ourselves. >> reporter: it's easy to assume the pontiff will at every opportunity praise the family as the building block for healthy society. he has repeatedly referenced the family as the reason for his trip to philadelphia. again, from his talk at congre congress. >> i cannot hide my concerns for the family which is threatened perhaps -- it's likely philadelphians bite thousands will

bruce gordon shows us tonight the holy father was met with fanfare in new york city. >> reporter: weevery reason to believe that pope francis is at this point hour fast asleep at the papal nuncio here in new york city and why not? it has been a very busy day. (applause). >> reporter: francis gaunted jam pack day at the united nations calling on the world community to assure its citizens the basics of human dignity. >> this absolute minimum has three names. lodging, labor and land. and one spiritual name, spiritual freedom. >> reporter: from there it was on to ground zero for emotional visit with the families of several 9/11 victims. the pontiff toured the 9/11 museum filled with reminders of a mind set he said that knows only violence, hatred and revenge and he joined an inter faith prayer service in which he called for all of the world to reject such resent manies. >> let us ask the lord the gift of returning the case of peace. ♪ >> reporter: the pope spent his afternoon doing what always seem to bring him the greatest joy, minute link with children at a catholic school in east harl

bruce gordon is, investigating for us this morning. so, i guess it is inspiring, if nothing else, right? >> reporter: inspiring, to some, confuse to go others. let's face it, these days most of us do not receive unsolicited books in the mail free of charge much less books that discuss the end of the world. well, if the distributors of this particular book were hoping to drum up some conversation, well, mission accomplished. >> i thought it was kind of odd to get the a book in the mail. >> reporter: george jackyl was sure he didn't ask for the book that landed in his mailbox but, there it was. >> but what the heck. i figured would i give it a shot. >> reporter: it is called the great controversy. >> it is like a lot of bible quotations and captions in there. >> reporter: 700,000 copies of the book landed in mailboxes all over philadelphia these days, each with the big question mark. >> i don't know where it came from. >> reporter: it turns out a a book written by co founder of the protestant denomination of the seventh day church in the

dave schratwieser is looking at the last minute security preps but we begin with our bruce gordon whoseive in new york city tonight. >> bruce -- >> reporter: lucy,. >> every leg of his trip. sorry, bruce, go ahead. >> reporter:. no i was going to say i've been with the pope and you were about to say i've been witness pope right from the start on this journey. it's been a fascinating experience. on this his only full day in new york city. pope francis used the full weight of his papacy the full weight of his moral authority to you were the world community to live in peace. then spent time ministering to families torn apart by an act of war. the pontiff began his day at the united nations posing dutifully for photos with secretary general ban ki-moon. smile crossing the pontiff's face only when children were brought into the picture. his speech before representatives of roughly 170 nations touched on fundamental themes of fairness and justice. the basic human rights of lodging, labor and land. the pope lamented religious persecution against christians and others and asked for an end to nu

bruce gordon with everything we've need to know. everything we need to know. >> you don't want to know, believe me. we are at 22nd and the parkway. we are surrounded quite literally by some of the early preparations for this weekend's multi stage concert event made in america. it gives you just tiny hint as to what is in store, in terms of hoopla come september 26th and 27th, and as we show you pope francis in action, we will give you sense of what we are talking about, tickets are what we are talking b you are going to need ticket, they are free, but you are going to need particular net orders to get the best seat for the big event that weekend. three major public event that saturday, sunday. saturday afternoon the pope speaks on immigration and religious freedom at independence hall, 30,000 free tickets are to be distributed, 25,000 already spoken for, by various groups, but 5,000 will be made available to the general public on line beginning next tuesday. so, again, 5,000 free tickets made available for the independence hall even

bruce gordon, thank you so much. >> reporter: my pleasure. >> always appreciate bruce's insight and of way down near independence mall he gave a speech that was very touching and was very humble and let's look back at some of those moments from earlier today. >> i take this opportunity to thank all those who whatever their religion have sought to serve god, have sought to serve the god of peace by building cities of brotherly love, by caring for neighbors in need, by defending the dignity of -- the dignity of god's gift of life in all its stages. by defending the cause of the poor and the immigrant. too often those most in need everywhere are unable to be heard. you are their voice, and many of you, men and women, religious have made their cry heard with its witness which frequently encounters powerful resistance you remind american democracy of ideals from which it was founded and you remind us that society is weakened whenever and wherever any injustice prevails. many of have you immigrated to this country at great personal costs but in the hope of building a new life. do not be disc

bruce gordon live at city had hall to explain this for us, hi bruce. >> reporter: another day, another tweak to the plans on this big papal visit. bottom line is folks have been complaining and world meeting of family organizers heard them. as we give you a close-up look at pope francis we will tell you how to get a real in person look at the pope. adding to the festivity the weekend of the 26th and 272nd different parade. first late saturday afternoon preceding the festival of the families, the second, preceding the big papal mass late sunday afternoon. that saturday parade will begin at eakins oval, and head down parkway to and around city hall, the idea for world meeting of family perspective no matter where you are along that route or on the parkway you will get a december even look at pope francis. the here's donna ferrell from the world meeting of families. >> everybody who gathers on the ben franklin park will have an opportunity to see a pope francis. it doesn't matter if you are standing in between the second street, logan square, or city hall, you can see pope francis. full d

(laughter). >> let's bring in bruce gordon again. bruce? front door is closed on that boeing 777. marching band continues to play. as we tilt left and back a little ways from the red carpet, there's congressman bob brady with his hands up to his -- hands up to his face there looking into a bank of lights over in our direction. congressman brady part of the crowd of dignitaries sending off the pope in style. you've got to think that there's at least to a certain extent among some of these officials certainly the police among them a sigh of relief that this event has gone off largely without a hitch. again, some technical issues here and there. we'll tilt to the right now and show you archbishop chaput who is walking a he way from the airplane at this point. folks waving to the church officials and other dignitaries. you have to believe that among others the police are relieved that this went off largely without a hitch. the specifically from a security standpoint. what way to celebrate your birthday which was saturday for him, you know, what

fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from independence mall, bruce, you actually showed the mayor just how much the free tickets are now going for. >> reporter: yeah, lucy. these tickets were somewhat controversial in the first pla place. the vast majority of them having been set aside for local parishes and other select groups to get the close up views of the pope during his many public events here in philadelphia. well, today the first batch of free to the general public passes was made available on the world meeting of families website saying you guessed it the scalpers quickly took over. the hottest ticket of the papal weekend has mayor nutter hot under the collar. tuesday at noon the world meeting of families made 10,000 free ticks to the pope's independence hall event available on their website. the ticks would offer a relati relatively up close view of pope francis as he speaks on immigration and religious freedom. the passes were gobbled up in less than two minutes time. short time later, some were already for sale on sites like e-bay for hundreds of dollars piece. we told mayo

our bruce gordon went to check it out. for a short time it looked like he stumbled upon a very serious crime scene. bruce shows us what happened. >> reporter: most folks had the did he zen see that set their trash out on the curb at appropriate day to be hauled away properly professionally on the 2300 block of mary street, illegal dumpers have been trashing this secluded stretch for years. and neighbors like this one are tired of it. >> we have everything from couches, we have pallets, dressers, we have rugs over here from somebody looks like their apparently pulled up some carpet. >> reporter: latest mess, a dozen or so mattresses and box springs toed right in the middle of the street. probably overnight often from vehicles bearing new jersey or delaware license plates. >> usually it's done with pickup truck or something. somebody will back the pickup truck in and have somebody unload it and it's get out of here as fast as possible. >> reporter: just peel out. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: leave the mess behind? >>> the city

fox 29's bruce gordon live along independence mall tonight to tell us why. bruce?> reporter: well, it depends on who you talk to really, chr chris. hotel set their prices too high did city officials scare off would be customers? i can tell you this. any candid answer i get comes off camera. bottom line there is at this late hour still room at the inn. it shouldn't have taken a mayoral pep recall toll sell 2,000 empty hotel rooms just two weeks before the pope's big visit to philadelphia. but there they were city officials and hotel execs pleading for business. >> will you be there? >> yes, we will be there. >> book a hotel and stay overnight. there's still rooms available easily the most comfortable and convenient way to experience all of the papal event. >> and most hotels do not require a minimum night stay. >> behind the scenes some are blaming the hotels themselves for soft sales on the papal weekend. it's true prices were jacked. we checked five big philly hotels members of major chains with availability both on saturday the 19t 19th and satury the 26th. avera

. >> you know what, our bruce gordon was there.when this happened and bruce gordon actually had the opportunity to speak to a nun who was there who got to greet pope francis. >> reporter: on a u.s. visit that was otherwise timed to the minute pope francis was actually running late when he arrived by helicopter at j.f.k. airport this morning. it would be no time to greet and mingle with hundreds of invited guests mostly parishioners from brooklyn and queens who had arrived before dawn dealt with heavy security for the privilege of seeing the pontiff off. but one group would not be denied, nuns from the precious blood monastery in brooklyn bearing gifts a book filled with images of painterrings of the local church, homemade argentinian cookies and a bouquet of white roses born by sister marry of the redeemer. >> i was kind of frozen and then i approached, i speak but just a few words came out of my mouth. >> reporter: the interaction was brief but says sister mary profound. the pontiff's message to the nuns. >> he said pray for me an

next up our bruce gordon takes a look back at moments that change the country forever. >>> just three weeks until pope francis makes history with his visit to philadelphia and perhaps the most widely anticipated event, during the upcoming papal weekend in philadelphia is a pontiff speech at independent hall, and bruce gordon says pope francis will add to a rich tradition of people on the world stage, taking the stage, at the place for where our nation was born. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident. >> reporter: each fourth of july thousands of tourist flocked to independent hall. >> town by creator with certain unalienable rights. >> reporter: they are treated to the reinact. of the first important public address on these hallowed grounds. july 8th, 1776, a reading of the declaration of the independence. >> and invest he had with power to legislate for us. >> reporter: it would not be the last time great themes of the american history would be presented here on the nation's great leaders, fitting says national park service ranger bill mclaughlin. >> this is birthplace of the uni

. >> fox 29 bruce gordon live in washington, d.c., a big day, bruce. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, all those months of planning and preparations, security, all of it taking place behind the scenes and some of it as philadelphians know right out in the open and now we are all set, hope francis is indeed on u.s. soil. let's take to you some of the video tape this all happened just within the last hour or so. as you say the holy father arriving at joint base andrews just before 4:00 o'clock this afternoon stepping off an italia jetliner following a whirlwind four day visit to cuba welcoming party led by president barack obama, first lady michelle, their daughter sasha and malia, vice-president joe biden was there, of course, with his wife dr. jill biden and two granddaughters this of course the first visit to the us by pope francis washington the first of three cities including new york and of course, philadelphia. his itinerary includes speeches to congress and to the united nations of course capping off the world meeting of familiar unless philadelphia this weekend with big events both saturd

why our bruce gordon thought he stumbled on to a crime scene. >>> and the the bird, win the opener, the the home opener, it is the wrong bird. falcons edged the eagles, our bird still had a chance to win it at the end, the good, the bad from the atl. our hometown guy with the nice pass. matty ice. >>> tuesday, september 1,520th, 15. it its 9/15/15. >> that is right. >> there you go. >> is what the number of the day. >> what do you think? >> a ten. >> yes, you are right. we will be in double digits today and great weather day once again with bus stop buddy wearing long sleeves this morning, many of our temperatures are in the 50's, it is definitely a day where we need the sweater in the morning but it will be mild in the afternoon, so keep that in mind, with calm wind, relative humidity at 59 percent. sunrise at 6:42 as these days get noticeably shorter. only 59 degrees in the city a as we said. fifty-three in allentown and mount pocono. we will go down to the south at 55, mid 50's in wilmington, delaware as well. hardly a cloud in the sky. so peck the blue sky and not as windy as yester

we will have much more with bruce gordon in a minute. >> pope francis license here in philadelphia. >> officials inact the final phase of their plans. steve keeley live with the very latest on this, hi there, steve. >> reporter: as bad as things are right now when we change anchors at 6:00 things will change even worse at 6:00 a.m. and then again the at 8:00 a.m. it is really bad now if you think you have to make a delivery or get to work or drop people off, think again. all right. the let me tell you how many police officers are working. you heard commissioner ramsey say they are on this special shift. do you see this police officer here. he is in his personal car. every police car, patrol car, unit is being used. they have got guys on duty in their own cars. you can see, he is manning the shift here, at broad and vine street which is shut off. so they have got the cones, and the steel barricade here and then further up you see a mark car at an intersection, getting ready to seal that off but you can see 15th street traffic still going through here. we will walk unon the sidewalk and

fox 29's bruce gordon is in d.c. basically a buzz over the pope's visit. bruce? >> reporter: lucy it has been a wonderful trip so far. the weather has been cooperative. the crowds have been enthusiastic an pope known for mixing it up with his fans and speaking his mind has done both. the pontiff emerged from his temporary residence at the vatican embassy and immediately broke with the schedule offering greet to go catholic school students who can come hoping to catch a glimpse of the man known by many as it's people's pope. but it was off to the white house where the pontiff was greeted by president obama and first lady michelle. francis just a third sitting pope in history to pay courtesy call to the white house. the president was clearly moved by his visitor.

our bruce gordon just back from city hall joining us in the studio bruce with the latest. >> reporter: mayor nutter and world meeting every families officials are doing what they can to lee energy a city turned off some degree by fears of crowds and chaos on the big papal weekend on this day they turn to visual aids a dvd put together by the us secret service giving a sense of the bike rack type fencing to be used throughout much of the francis festival grounds and more importantly the site lines along the parkway for the big saturday night and is you day afternoon events. jumbotrons will be set up along the inner lanes of the parkway to give a up view of the pontiff and 16 separate security checkpoints each with multiple metal defectors will surround the parkway. the mayor says the secret service assures them there will be enough checkpoints to get folks on to the parkway in an orderly fashion. >> they've gone through that process and they know again based on their experience how many people can be screened per hour, per screening station -- per individual screening station and then

bruce gordon is live on independence mall where the big event will be taking place in 18 days. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, dawn it may be the hottest ticket of the big papal weekend. passes for relatively up close view of pope francis as he speaks in front of independence hall saturday afternoon the 26th and so maybe today's event should not have surprised us. it is after all what happens when catholicism heads wrong long into capitalism. free tickets to the pope's big event at independence hall on the last saturday of september posted for sale online for hundreds of dollars a peace? we broke the news to mayor nutter. >> your thoughts? >> um, i think that's pretty ignorant. to be honest. >> reporter: world meeting of families made 10,000 free tickets to the pontiff's highly anticipated speech on immigration and religious freedom available to the public through its website tuesday at noon. the tickets which allow for a closer view of the event were gobbled up in less than two minutes. but just moments later, some began showing up on resale sites like e-bay for hundreds of dollars a

. >>> bruce gordon, good morning to you. >> good morning, lauren. mailbox mystery solved, where did all of those religious books come from who sent them and why? we will have answers straight ahead, lauren and chris. >>> good day, it is tuesday, first day of september, 2015. >> do you know whose birthday it is to day. >> who? >> doctor phil, 65 years old. >> he still looks good. >> look at that mustache. >> yes. >> what do you think about a man with the stash. >> i think he is hiding behind it. >> like he has an ugly lip or amole is trying to hide. >> not necessarily that but just something behind him, hiding behind something. >> is he hiding behind those eyes, like tell me your secrets i'm an analyst. >> i'm not feeling the the stash. fit is goat tea, okay but mustache by itself is creepy to me. >> did you ever date a guy with the mustache. >> not that i can remember. >> all right, dave warren, you used to have a goat tea. you went clean for us. >> yeah. >> i took it off, slowly. i didn't want to hide behind anything. leave it out there in the open

bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> what a journey. >>> afraid of heights? happens here would terrify you. what this tightrope walker is doing is amazing enough but what you don't yet know makes this more spectacular. >> coming up at 61 jersey high school football player hits another with his helmet. he's off the team tonight but his punishment may not end the there. >>> two robbers target a local business kicking their way in. roughing up employees. then something surprised them and sent those two same guys running from the store. >> fox 29 news in hd brought to you by x finity the future of awesome. ♪ >>> look at the toll from the california wildfires. something we don't often get to see. a team of fire volunteers just rescued this little mountain lion cub. little paws scorched so so bad. one team member spotted the little guy obviously injured. no word on where his mom or any sub links might be. the volunteers scooped up the cub and took him to vet who is now looking after him. >>> it wasn't easy but tightrope walker cane peterson made history finish the

our bruce gordon of course from harrisburg. the presence lottery!rter: raises a billion dollars a year for programs that help seniors. while paying out nearly 2.5 billion annually to winners. lottery executive director drew -- >> we are a form of entertainment with a good cause behind it. that pageant into the room. >> reporter: it's late on tuesday afternoon and we're about to meet the stars of the show. lower machines and numbered ball sets that will if everything lines up just right make some lottery player very very wealthy. supporting cast moves in to a heavily secured and surveillance camera equipped room in the bows of harrisburg's public tv stations. lottery officials led by quentin are joined by a certified public accountant. that's paul akroid in the black suit and by a pair of volunteer witnesses that's george and eileen from lingers town, pa. they will be asked to choose from among cards featuring the names of the lottery machines. that's right. they're named vince, eric, johnny and turtle from a numbered set of lottery balls to determin

. >> absolutely speaking of let's bring in bruce gordon. bruce's mike is open.we're seeing. >> speaking of babies, bruce gordon, wait a minute. i'm not sure i like that. >> i didn't mean that. >> fascinating to me you see archbishop chaput there seated just behind the pope. as you watch this, it's just fascinating to see the level of fame. the level of renowned, the level of adoration, i believe it was in new york the cities frankly begin to run together over a week i overheard a fellow say i believe this was in new york he look at some of these scenes of these papal parades and he said, man, oman, it's like the guy is michael jackson or something. (laughter). >> the context was little bizarre. but the idea was this is someone who -- who's every step, every movement, every utterance is watched with incredible scruti scrutiny, and his words obviously are parsed down to the last sill labelle. what is he saying? how is he saying it? it was noteworthy in some of these speeches especially say to congress, for example, they weren't lectures. they weren't horangs and i

at the airport, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> just a mirror few hours ago there were so many peoplerounding iain and i right here on the parkway. >> we'll take live look and show it to you. you know behind us was pope francis wearing i have to say what look like to be eagles green but those were the vestments that he was supposed to be wearing as he celebrated mass. >> exactly. eagles won today. second biggest story in the city today. they were zero-two got their first wip. shawnette will on is live now with eagles fans who shawnette have turned their season around after da-da's big win. >> reporter: pretty funny by the way, lucy. fans say when you combine football and faith you get a win and they're calling this one a holy one. signs of the pope are everywhe everywhere. and sports bars showing the eagles game today are no exception. let me correct that. the eagles winning game that is. >> i think the pope is a blessing eagles are one-two. >> the pope. >> we thank the pope. >> reporter: fans are calling the eagles first win of the season a holy one. chickie's and pete's in south phi

hey, bruce gordon, what's your vantage point? what's it look like?> beautiful down here as you just mentioned, i wanted to bring up point that i think gets overlook by those of us who are so enthrawled by and excited with the papal visit. you saw him just moment ago interacting with the school children outside the apostolic nunciature, we love the interaction, but for secret service folks it drives them crazy. they know it is part of the deal with this pope, that he likes to get out, mingle with the crowd, interact with people, but from security stand point dicey proposition as you might imagine. when we were in rome on two occasions for the wednesday papal audiences, he rides through the crowds in the pope mobile if you will, often leans out, it err act with people, touches people, babies are handed across the crowd for him to bless, and to kiss the foreheads, so for the. so a the love touching, real personal interaction, what he wants to do, what he likes to do, i talk to rocco pal ma, the papal chronic letter in some of the preparation stories we

. >> first though let's head back to new york city that is where we find our bruce gordon. bruce, the pope is in the middle of another whirlwind of a day making stops throughout the ci city. >> reporter: absolutely, lucy. hard to keep up with this 78-year-old pontiff. frankly, hard to believe he had 1 foot into retirement when he was elected 266th bishop of rome. this day was filled with powerful words to the world community and powerful emotions at the scene of terrible violence. it was an event filled with emotions. pope francis solemnly taking in the enormity of ground zero where 14 years ago, nearly 3,000 men, women and children were killed in the nation's worst ever terrorist attack. francis met with family members of several 9/11 victims. ♪ >> reporter: following an inter faith prayer service pontiff apologized for delivering remarks in his native spanish but translation did nothing to dim the impact of his message to victims. >> the family members show the face of pain, pain that leaves us speechless but that screams to heaven. ♪ >> reporter: francis toured the 9/11 m

. >>> first up, i'm standing with veteran reporter bruce gordon. e, allow are you. >> i'm doing well. >> you have built a reputation recently in the city for helping people with certain kinds of reports that you get. >> i try. >> you get things resolved. >> drug addictions were coming through going in my jar. >> i'm short and she's tall. i can't really lift her any mo more. >> keisha washington can hardly believe what she found on her free lifeline cell phone. >> bruce we recently got a letter from a viewer that i think to put it mildly this letter speaking about some of the reporting you've done is effective. >> one of the sill lee eighty three ones i've seen. >> ronald wrote how come your station only helps black people. never see a white person helped by bruce gordon. you've got the floor, my friend. real simple, i have two criteria for doing getting results pieces. number one do i think i can help? do i think i have the answer the questions to get the job done? number two, do i think the story and the issue is broad enough and interesting enough

. >>> bruce gordon is in center city with a strange book people have seen in their mailboxes, bruce. >> what? >> reporter: did you get this in your mail. you are not alone. we will tell how sent it, why and how much money they spend to make sure this got in your hand, i'll have answers coming up ahead so stick around. second philadelphia funeral home, has stashed bodies, and then this. >> he is coming closer. >> now, some heart stopping moment for a couple of children home alone, when somebody breaks into their house, what one young girl, did that probably saved her life. and her brother's life. >>> if you live in philly, you got book in the mail. what is this all about a lot of people got this book unsolicited, in the mail. we will explain what it is about. >>> good day, tuesday, september 1st, 2015. >> she will have to go to school. >> okay. >> if you would like to use that hashtag fox 29 good day, check our facebook, instagram, twitter, make sure we see that. >> i love to see them. >> can't get enough of those. >> you have no life then. >> i have facebook and i look at it and they

bruce gordon wept to check it out and for a short time it looked like he had stumbled across a tragic scene. well bruce shows us what happened. >> reporter: most folks have the decency to set their trash out at the curb on the appropriate day. pay for it to be hauled away properly, professionally. but on the 2300 block of mary street, illegal dumpers have been trashing this secluded stretch for years. neighbors like did he say mon morrell are tired of it. >> we have everything from couches, we have pallets, dressers, we have rugs over here from somebody looks like they apparently pulled up some carpet. >> reporter: latest mess, a dozen or so mattresses and box springs. tossed right in the middle of the street probably overnight often from vehicles bearing new jersey or delaware license plates. >> usually it's done with a pickup truck or something. somebody will back the pickup truck in and they'll have somebody uncloud it and then get out of here as fast as possible. >> reporter: peel out? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: leave the mess behind. >> yes. >> reporter: neighbor say the chi cit

in washington, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> she died a tragic death at age ledge.hen became the youngest saint ever in the history of the catholic church. now saint maria goretti's body is here in philadelphia. tomorrow and friday the faithful can see her body at saint john the evangelist church. you're invited to touch her glass casket which holds her wax statue with her skeletal remains inside. >> make sure you're ready are to the big pope visit on fox29.com. we'll post all of our stories with everything else you need to know right there on the hoach page. >> like our weather forecast. a chance of rain when the pope is here kathy. >>> unbelievable lucy. we're watching this so closely hour by hour as we time the pope's visit. getting even closer obviously every hour. right now in philadelphia 67. dew point at 50. that is very dry reading. wind is calm a beautiful evening with temperatures mainly in the 60s. but as you see to the north and west, some 50s. 57 in pottstown and 59 in the pocono mountains. on ultimate doppler here it is. we're tracking this area of low

in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> it is official.ck stop university selling the showboat hotel and casino in atlantic city. the board of trustees pass add resolution authorizing the sale with an undisclosed buyer. stockton wanted to convert the failed casino into a satellite campus but the plans fell through because of restrictions only allowing the use of the building as gaming facility. >>> lawyers for state attorney general kathleen kane were in court today battling a philadelphia newspaper. the two sides are fighting over the release of more pornographic e-mails from kane's office. kane' attorneys argued only e-mails relating to government business have to be released under the state's right to know law. lawyers for the inquirer argued those are public record because in part it shows how employees use state time and resources. the release of some of these e-mails resulted in a wave of resignations and firings. the court released more last month. >>> a shocking find for one house hunter. six-year-old girl wandering the streets alo

. >> bruce gordon on this one, breaking down rosemont college's big decision. >> the announcement froml president, doctor sharon hertz, caught student by surprise. >> starting next school year, we are reducing tuition by 43%. (cheers). >> before you get too excited, a little context. until now, rosemont, like most us colleges, advertised a hefty sticker price for tuition and room and board around $46,000 a year. but few student actually paid that amount, the vast majority got grants, and scholarships, that dramatically lowered the price n effect, said herb? >> the price the college advertised as their tuition price is not a real price. it is an artificial sticker price. >> so why ties the price of your figure? because colleges don't want to appear to be a discount operation. damages their prestige in the marketplace. so rosemont is basically saying it will no longer play the game. tuition and room and board will be cut, so, too, will student aid. the net effect, average student lent see their bill drop by about 800 bucks a year. >> i was really shocked and really excited. i also was re

in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> i wonder what he was thinking. clearly he just wasn't. all right. take look at this tweet from the pope's official twitter account early this morning "with my heartfelt thanks, may the love of christ always guide the american people! hash tag god bless america". like that hash tag. folks retweeted and favorited this tens of thousands of time. looter another live look at the parkway as the cleanup continues from the papal parades to the inspiring speeches the mass and every special moment in between. you can find it all on fox29.c fox29.com. >>> developing news tonight out of wilmington, delaware. councilman for the city is calling on the department of justice and the fbi to intervene in the investigation of a police involved shooting that left a man in a wheelchair dead. council jp street wants those agencies to look into the deadly force used by wilmington police against jeremy mcdole. police claim he was armed hadn't self inn flinted wound when derived on the scene back on september we should. cell phone videos s

guys, not like what it was when iowas in school. >> what an advantage these kids have. >> bruce gordon. >> yeah. >> could you get, bring up my head shot on one of the computers. i want one of those jim kenney heads, they can spit that out. >> jim kenney head is pretty creepy they have not been able to give it to him. he paid a visit but left before he could get his own head hand todd him, so to speak. that probably didn't sound right either. his model is right there in the hallway greeting people as they come in and frightening children i suppose. >> good to have a mike version. >> yes. >> at least bring me back a bust. >> that is all we need. >> jim kenney is a a nice guy but that was a creepy head. >> fashion police, on e entertainment television. >> they made a return last night. >> yes. >> they have new hosts, melissa rivers, joanna ransic and brad. >> yes, brad he was on there last night. >> but here's the thing, there was a guest host. you know margaret cho, it is cho, yeah, cho. >> yes, not chow. >> yes. she likes to eat but her name is margaret cho, she's a stand up comedian fo

in old city, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> and the philadelphia parking authority making arrangementsity residents to park their cars during the world meeting of families. the ppa announce it will open designated garages for residents to park their cars from thursday the 24th until monday the 28th. the cost is 20 bucks but if you have a valid reasonable parking permit the ppa will wave that fee. >>> a fox 29 investigation had prosecutors look nothing a troubled philadelphia furniture store and today word of a settlement that will go a long way toward helping consumers get what they paid for. pennsylvania's attorney general sued furniture sir plus in you'll claiming it took money but didn't deliver on weight promised. out of report documented the complaintcomplaints of customero spent thousands of dollars but never got their furniture today. kathleen kane announce a deal with the owners of that retail store. they will put $75,000 into a fund to pay back consumers who were left just holding the bag. customers have 60 days to file a complaint with the attorney general. if they have not a

fox 29's bruce gordon staying on top of the investigation tonig tonight. >> reporter: this stretch oflisle street is a neighborhood on the rise. with modern student apartments and many more on the way. temple kids and there are lots of them on this block love the location. >> that's one of the reasons we move here and we were hope it would be safer just because we're only one street off broad. >> and now this happens. >> exactly. >> reporter: police say around 11:15 monday night, a 20-year-old female temple student was jumped from behind on the 1400 block of carlisle. the victim reports a dark skinned african-american man in his mid 20s with a goatee struck her in the arm with a small silver happened gun. shoved her against a wall and sexually assaulted her. the attacker ran off northbound up carlisle street toward oxford. that might have taken him right towards surveillance cameras set up by owner and landlord temple nest apartments. >> you got security cams up and down this block. >> i 15 cameras on 15th and carlisle street. >> may they show something. >> i pray to god they do. >> r

security situation, matter of fact, our bruce gordon was at his camera position in manhattan. then security came over, and they're doing a sweep of the entire press corps area. so, bruce, what happened, where are you? >> we are right now, mike, preparing to head back to our camera position at jfk airport. we were able to get our gear in place, set up, and this is all very standard procedure. once we get our equipment in place, security folks come in, and sweep the area, and we are then removed from that area. we are about to head back there now. so i will talk to you on the phone now. but i hope to be on tv-tv by about 6:30. let's talk a little bit about that, amazing day on friday. it was of course highlighted as you said, emotionally, by that visit to ground zero, pope francis stopping bias he enters the site to greet a first respond near wheelchair, pontiff leida white rose at the site, there he prayed, meditate dollars for awhile, kind of took in the sites and the sounds, and then met with several families of 9/11. >> look like we can't hear him at this point. >> interested

fox 29's bruce gordon on top of the investigation tonight. joins us live in north philadelphia. just outside temple . bruce? >> i do. i have seen cameras i was round my property on 15th and carlisle streets. >> maybe they saw something. >> i bray to got they do. >> reporter: police detectives scowered the block looking for clues and digging through trash and checking the sewer for evidence that might have been left behind by the attacker. female students around here are on edge. they thought carlisle's proximity to busy broad street would make this neighborhood a safe bet for off campus housing. >> you're from -- >> canada. >> from canada. >> from like calgary. >> now you're wondering about the neighborhood you moved into? >> yeah. i mean people already warned me i have pepper spray. so like i'm prepared. >> reporter: police apparently have some surveillance video in hand looking for more. they can confirm the victim in this case was walking alone at the time of the attack. as per her condition she was described simply as being visibly shaken. there was another incident little ea

let's get right to bruce gordon live on the parkway. eighbors who just saw all the crowds at the concert. they'll be right in the middle of all when pope francis comes to town of course. >> reporter: yeah, they sure will. look, when you live along the parkway, being hip deep in pub public events is part and parcel of what's all about around here. it's the place for the big events the city hosts and of course depending on the event that can be bad news or good news. well made in america festivities are getting as you said high marks real praise for the folks who live around here. that has them all little more positive about the papal visit come s

bruce gordon looking into there is live along the parkway, which will be packed in a couple of weeks friends now, hey, bruce? >> good morning, ers first we are hearing about ticket, free of charge, tickets nonetheless. let me set the stage for you here quite literally, we are at 22nd and the parkway surrounded by preparations for this weekend's made in america concert, the multi stage event, taking place every labor day. give you tiny bit of the sense of the hoopla going on around this stretch of roadway when late september rolls around and pope francis arrives in town, as we show you the pope in action, let me explain to you what we're talking about with regard to tickets. three major public events for pope francis, the first will be late saturday afternoon, speech on immigration, and religious freedom, at independence hall, 30,000 tickets will be distributed again free tickets, but particular edge nonetheless. 25,000 of the 30,000 already distributed to various groups, who have special interests in the subject matter of the speech, 5,000 will be made available to general public on f

. >> our bruce gordon says francis will add to a rich tradition of important people saying important place where democracy was born. >> we hold these truths to be self evident. >> reporter: each fourth of july thousands of tourists flock to independence hall. >> that they are endowed by the creator with certain unalienable rights. >> reporter: treatmented to a reenactment of the first public address on these hallowed grounds. july 8th, 1776 a reading of the declaration of independence. >> declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us. >> reporter: would not be the last time great themes of american history would be presented here by the nation's great leaders. that's fitting says national park service ranger bill could have principle. >> it's the first birthdays of the united states. where our first documents were debated and sign much documents that embody the ideals of freedom, of equality. >> reporter: on august nopeth, 1884 frederick douglas 26-year-old former slave spoke here mocking the peculiar institution in a speech titled the slave holder's sermon. no text re

bruce gordon, good morning to you. >>> good morning, lauren. a murder mystery solved.be the autobiography of a pro wrestling legend that did him in. i'm have the story straight ahead. morning, jenny. >> and bruce, would you go to work if you knew that your employer didn't have the funds to pay you? well, teachers in the chester upland school district will be here, for the first day of school, paycheck or not, chris. >> all right, jen. plus, protesters interrupt a speaking engagement for philly top cop. the hot button issue ended the public event in a real commotion. good day everyone, it is wednesday, we're halfway through the week. >> september 2nd, 2015. dave warren, wednesday weather is what everybody wants to know when they are waking up at 5:00. >> 5:00 in the morning, go outside, like this feels like 5:00 in the afternoon here. summertime weather continues. heat, plus humidity, it is here. stepping outside, we give it seven today. not all that great. but not bad. it is dry, but it is just hot and humid. weather continues, we're used to it but hey dealing with it

fox 29's bruce gordon joins us from our newsroom.to some of the key players in the big event at least one of them got a little tess tee over the questions he faced. >> that's right, lucy. there were log jams at security checkpoints that caused some folks to miss the mass sunday and some local businesses did very little business because of security fencing and road closures but by and large the big event was big success. so why the tension? well -- >> all thing considered the big papal weekend went about as well as anyone could have prayed for. big well behaved crowds, cooperative weather, and in pope francis a guest of honor who ex sueded charm and grace and humility. >> i think for him this visit was probably taxing and tiring but also joyful and philadelphia greeted him in just the most warm wonderful marne possible. >> reporter: the hope in the aftermath of the world meeting of families is that the pontiff' message of peace, love and reconciliation lasts well beyond the weekend. that words become deeds. the church's priest sex abu

in harrisburg, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> very cool.e of the children at children's hospital of philadelphia. some of the eagles players made a surprise visit to help cheer up the youngsters today. the children not only got to spend time with the players but they also got eagles hats, super cool and even though the eagles had a tough loss last night, that didn't stop them from putting smiles on all these fa faces. >> when you look at stuff like this it makes football seem really small. he's kids go through a lot more we will on a sunday or monday. >> so true. today's part of the team's program called eagles care community monday initiative and the guys love making regular visits to chop as part of it. >> a man gets a craving for wings but gets a lot more than he expected. he orders from domino's. why he got a bock full of cash instead. >> coming up all new at six even if you're not plan to go tum come into the city to see the pope you'll probably want to do a few things now to get ready. the very specific things authorities say you shal

as bruce gordon reports big problems remain unsolved. >> reporter: it wasn't the end of the day thatad teachers and staff at chester upland schools cheering, but the beginning. for veterans like marquis is a bell -- >> great news. >> reporter: 200 teachers voted last week to begin the school years despite uncertainty over this cash strapped district could pay them. wednesday morning checks were waiting when they arrived for work. >> yes! i can pay my bills. i'm excited. report. >> we made the decision to show up, um, not knowing when we will get paid but when we wake up pay day and it's there, of course, everyone is excited and relieved. >> reporter: this water second time in four years teachers in the district went to school unsure of whether they'd be paid. now, as in 2012, a last minute reprieve put paychecks in hasn't. >> the teacher we have definitely veteran teachers and they've been hanging in there since the state has been running this district. so i commend them. >> reporter: district officials spent the morning in a media courtroom squabble link with the state department of