looking live at cottman, that's your southbound traffic headed towards center city. y to cottman and again from allegheny to girard. a 25 minute ride coming on i-95 southbound into the city as you look from woodhaven to the vine. northbound we had a disabled vehicle. that's cleared and a big problem this morning in center city with this multi alarm fire right on 13th street. lots of closures. we've got portions of 13th, juniper, walnut, locust, all closed through the area. you can stick to 11th or broad to avoid the delay on juniper. you can also stick to 12th and market and spruce streets to avoid the problem with locust and walnut being blocked at this point. also septa detours nine, 12, 21, 42, those bus routes are being detoured through the area because you can't get by on 13th street right now, tam. >> okay, karen, let's stick with. that we've been talking about this breaking news. the firefighters have recently just gotten the upper handled on that three alarm blaze there in center city in that spot that karen just showed you. katherine scott has been on this st

you can see it in a live view from center city.ew of the comcast tower starting to look a little bit murky this morning. low clouds and fog. the clouds, fog won't last. 69 degrees right now in philadelphia. 87% humidity. and clear at the shore and we are clear for another beautiful day right along the coast. it will be lower 80s at the shore today. inland, the fog thick in coatesville, down to half a mile in doylestown and three-quarter mile visibility for blue bell. having an issue this morning in the mountains, nice and clear there. you'll see plenty of sunshine. the fog in mt. holly will be disappearing. northeast philadelphia will see the fog ease. good visibility in dover, light fog in the millville area. temperature right now 67 degrees in northeast philadelphia. wilmington is 64. looking at lots of 50s in the area. camden is at 66 degrees and haddonfield, 63. 65 in glendora. stand by with your sunglasses, bright sunshine and no sign of any rain until we get to later in the week. that's when we'll finally get showers and thun

this side of center city. i can tell you that. a calm serenity you see the fences up around the pope zone if you will here at eakins oval. a flurry of activity during the day time to get all of this area set up. it really has been a transformation down here in center city. we can see designated parkway location signs, turning the area into a grid of sorts. no stopping signs have also gone up in the area. and the protection comes down to the mail boxes which have been tagged for removal ahead of this visit. protection is a major concern. over the weekend the chair of the congressional homeland security committee said there was one thwarted security concern. yesterday we spoke with congressman scott perry who said every precaution is being taken. >> you can never be 100% sure. we have an expectation of 100% and it only takes one of them to slip through. >> reporter: once again another new addition, banners welcoming pope francis and the world meeting of families. a lot of stuff going on in this area now. really

this is train number three headed into center city.two ceo press trains that have not stopped here, but take a look, we have 200 to 250 people who so far departed from here alone, here in fort washington, montgomery county, this trags station is the most ticketed train station of the 18 regional rail stations that are taking people into center city this morning. this train just arriving here getting ready to depart. the way they do it is people line up here and the other side of the train station, come underground up on the platform, and when the train gets here, they board waiting until everyone on the platform is on the train. if the train is full, people have to wait for the next one. so far good news that's not happened yet this morning. people have got on the trains. once it moves out, you see the other side of the train station, but, first, listen to what some of the people had to say just before they boarded this train. we told you minutes ago, tracy, they are very excited, and many have tickets to get very close to the pope. >>

obviously we have issues in center city. this is near city hall around the site of that fire. >> especially when jesse gary says they are pushing us back further to bring more equipment in. jessica boyington is watching all of the roads. >> so safe to say we don't exactly know what to expect as the morning progresses in this fire scene is actively out there you can see, we saw jesse get pushed back from the scene. these closures are going to be pretty much rolling all morning. that fire at 13th and chancellor. i had some of them that are for sure. locust street eastbound between broad street and 15 county, walnut westbound around broad, south penn square, but there will be several more closures and probably are some becoming active right now that we'll go over as soon as that information is presented to us. for the vinyl street expressway, around the center city area on the majors no problem. two minutes westbound from 95 up to the schuylkill expressway. mass transit we'll end on a good note. running on time now with no delay

at chancellor in center city. the building is a two story restaurant which is under construction. [inaudible] >> all right, seems like we're having a little technical difficulty with katherine. again let's give you the update. about 4:30 this morning news comes in that there's a fire at 13th and chancellor, very busy area both residential and commercial. this is a building under construction. a two-story restaurant here seems to have caught fire. by the time firefighters get to the scene this quickly goes to three alarms. the latest update coming in about 10 minutes ago, partial collapse of the roof, a number of evacuations there in the neighborhood but they're close to getting it under control. so far no reports of injuries but of course we've got a crew there. as soon as we get any more updates, any more pictures, we'll bring those to you but let's go he to this now. we have new information this morning on the alleged hazing death in the poconos that happened back in 2013. members of a new york fraternity now fa

so listen closely, the main note, avoid center city if at all possible. the reason is there is going to be a lot of detours, road closures, ramps on the vine today, some starting right now, some are in effect, some start tonight at 10:00 p.m. here's a look at the schuylkill at spring garden, leaving from the schuylkill to the parkway, you can see, good visual of what you are going to be seeing a lot of these streets that are closed. this is the barricade that will be in place on a lot of the areas, including the one i just showed you, the ben franklin bridge closing tonight at 10:00 p.m. and right now the far right lane moving into philly is already closed because they are setting up chain link fence for pedestrians, to be able to cross this bridge. so tonight there is will be closing, at 10:00 p.m., looking good right now. now for checklist for you, let me back out of the way here, septa regional rails uprighting on saturday schedule, today, septa buses, several detours, and suspensions, so make sure to check your schedule, patco speed line, special sche

nbc 10 in center city this morning. at the video where some of the barricades were being placed. restricting certain areas and roads and making sure that vehicles could not get into these restricted areas as well. and we went through the security checkpoints, the metal detectors. i'll tell you, they're very detailed as they check the bags, inside the bags and purse, and also they were asking for people's wallets to be open as they took a good look at those as well. working these checkpoints, u.s. kuscustoms and tsa officials as well. all doing a good job. and if you're bringing a cell phone, ipad, any type of electronic device, security officials are asking for you to make sure these are turned on so they're exactly what they appear to be and that's a working cell phone or ipad or tablet, whichever you happen to have. some other interesting photos i want to bring to your attention. there have been several calls. i'm told have been going to the police department about bags being left behind or some kind of suspicious-loo

the normally bustling canyons of center city, more resembled the december lacing of the grand canyon on this morning. no cars, no buses, and few people, as a security net of screening stations, sprung up on streets from city had hall to the art museum. fences and barricades a along every street and sidewalk. >> this is a different version of a walkable city. you don't see something like this a at any point in time. >> reporter: as everyone entering the area was carefully searched, the mayor, greeted those who had made their way on foot, and while there were a a lot of inconveniences, we heard, few complaints. >> how are you. >> then we woke up this morning with them lifting the concrete barriers at 6:00 o'clock. but we found our way through the checkpoint over there and now we are trying to get the the heck out. >> it is not really an inconvenience when you think of all of the things that have happened in the past when large masses of people gather. i like the fact that philadelphia is keeping us as safe as possible and even and the pope as well. >> reporter: now trust me i'm born and

you're taking a live look here from sky6 into center city. flashing lights that you see are coming from 13th and chancellor streets just south of city hall there. a building under construction is on fire. it's already gone to three alarms. we've got a crew headed to the scene and we'll get you a live report as soon as they get there but we've already seen viewer video that shows huge flames coming out of that building so we're keeping an eye on this one. >> okay. and karen rogers also looking at the traffic around there. >> yeah, we have more on the closures in area in center city. thirteenth street is blocked between walnut and locust. you can use 11th or broad. we're also now seeing closures on walnut itself. between 12th and broad. juniper is blocked between 12th and broad as well. you can use market or spruce as your alternate for that. those closures on 13th, walnut and juniper and we're also going to be dealing with that, you know, as this blast during the morning rush when it picks up a little bit you know what kind of problems that's g

live in center city.sse gary, "nbc 10 news." >> the papal mass was a moment philadelphia will never forget. and hundreds of thousands of people waited for hours to celebrate with francis, but said it was well worth it. the holy father's message focused on the importance of the family. while the mass was filled with peace there were some tense moments ahead on the parkway. take a listen. they were chants "move that tent." a big tent went up blocking the view of spectators. the tent prevented them from getting a good look at the who lay father. the crews immediately sprang into action to prevent the situation from escalating. from my understanding a lot of people tweeted about it and that's how they got word it was blocking the view. the tent came down before the mass, providing a clear line of sight to pope francis. in case you haven't picked it up. the front page of "the philadelphia inquirer." it reads "an epic show of faith." the photo showed pope francis with the people before yesterday's historic mass

killed two people in center city. we're live with the details. >> the search is on for a man who randomly shot a woman on kelly drive this morning. >> tens of thousands music fans hit the benjamin franklin parkway for the made in america festival, now it's time to clean up. it is time for the accuweather forecast and traffic with karen and david. >> reporter: i have a sliver of moon over there, we'll have sunshine up over the horizon. a couple of clouds well to the south of philadelphia. those are thinning out, it looks like another mostly sunny day, 70 in philadelphia. 65 in wilmington. 62 in trenton. we're at the 6:00 a.m. hour holding on to the 50s in reading and lancaster. cool and comfortable in a lot of area just a little bit humid here and there. generally speaking comfortable. as we go through the day, 68 degrees by 8:00 a.m. noon, 83 and by 3:00 p.m. we'll get a high of 9 on the that's two degrees better than yesterday's high of 88. it will be on the hot side sunny, you'll need the cool drinks and the shady b

a group of families delivered a report on the situation to the department of human services in center city. they say children as young as two weeks old are held at the facility near reading. they called the center a prison, claim the facility is violating its license and even say a teenager was raped there. >> labeler violations where they pay women a dollar a day to clean. and we've also seen medical neglect of women and children. >> a representative for the detention center says the employee accused of sexual assault is on add mip straytive leave and the center is working with local police in the investigation. they say they take the welfare of the family very serious. >> closed and crumble, it still commands a presence. >> we're talking about the devine lorraine hotel, it's become a magnate for squatters. it's about to get a second lease on life. >> let's take you back to the breaking news we mentioned in center city philadelphia. one of our cameras picked this up. we have more on this. this is a fire burning at a building that is currently under construction. the building located at 13

so more closures add on, avoid center city. if can you avoid center city you certainly want to.d closures, detours onramp, on and off to the vine. speaking of the vine, this is look at the vine street expressway, moving in the eastbound direction. do you have ramp on to the ben franklin parkway, see the flashing light, what we will be looking at, very good visual to what we will be seeing when we do have the onramp off ramp closures, what it will look like, speaking of all of this, so if you can avoid center city you certainly want tonight another thing you don't want to forget to do, check your mass transit schedules. we have an accident 95 southbound, before broad street, the left lanas you can see is completely blocked. sorry about the wigly camera, it can make some people dizzy, i'll move that's it, but because it is one of the busier stretches you certainly want to give yourself couple of extra moment, especially trying to exit off of 95 because weaver some closures coming in that direction, as well. the ben franklin bridge closing tonight at 10:00 p.m. coming into philly l

a group of families delivered a report on the situation to the department of human services in center city. they say children as young as two weeks old be held at the facility near reading, calling the detention center a prison and claim that the facility is violating its license and say that even a teenager was raped there. >> labor violations where they pay women a dollar a day to clean. we've also seen medical neglect of women and children. >> a spokesperson for the detention center there in berks county says the employee accused of the sexual assault is on administrative leave and the center is working with local police in their investigation. they say they take the welfare of families there very seriously. >>> 5:36, we launched sky force 10 to get you a better view of this fire we're following in center city philadelphia. 13th and chancellor. two buildings are on fire. the fire started jesse gary found out from officials in the middle of chancellor street, spread to two buildings, and you can see they are trying to get water on both of the buildings there. we have numerous angles cove

to traffic, i was looking at some of my cameras, cars are moving through but the exit ramps from center city don't provide access. for the traffic box, slowly being picked up right now so no real word whether or not it's completely open to traffic. but by 3:00 this morning the city provided taxi stands inside so that's at least was hopeful thinking there. we're starting to see improvement inside the box. parking restrictions, remember, will remain until the areas are cleared at some point today. so if you do still see signs and parking restrictions do not park there. you will get towed. >> thank you. while the papal mass appears to be a success, there was some jeering before the crowd was cheering. next, the reason why some pilgrims were upset about what they were and were not seeing. put one in the win columns. the eagles notch a victory. hear from the coach and players. >>> the papal mass was filled with peace, there were some tense moments ahead of the pope's arrival on the parkway. as you can hear there was booing and chanting near the stage as a big tent went up blocking the view of hun

i can tell you when we come into center city just beware of where you are parking. watch for those signs. they are posted. like right out here at fourth and market you are good to go until 9:00 this morning and then at 9:00 o'clock the next phase of those parking restrictions go into play. the chris, back over to you. >> thanks for the heads up. we will need it the all week long. 4:33 is the time. that all said if you park in center city take a good look around before you leave your car as bob warned you. no parking zones are taking effect ahead of the papal visit. tow trucks have been out since last night, areas around city hall and ben franklin parkway are off limits and no parking zone will continue to grow through wednesday. the information has been posted on line. the residents were informed, and those signs were put up but some drivers were down right confused contradictory signs were posted on some streets. are you surprised? other designated tow zones had no signs at all. >> we were going to go eat at restaurant, they will not know so they will be towed. >>

taking a live look at center city on top of the aramark building. proceedsy conditions.n weather headlines are, cooler temperatures is what we're tracking for the papal visit heading into the weekend and then a chance of showers. but a look outside right now for philadelphia. 60 degrees, just a few clouds. the air is calm. the humidity is at a comfortable letter 50 degrees in allentown. a little warmer here in philadelphia. we have quite a spread. our krchs are a lot cooler. take a look at potts town at 48 degrees. 55 if wilmington 56 in dover. 55 if wildwood. a closer look at our temperature change map we are 9 degrees colder in atlantic city. it will be a cold start to the morning t. good. is, as we head into the afternoon, we once again head into friday we drop closer to average. >> that will set us up for a pe low average weekend only creating few clouds for us so that's great. we will watch this system off the coast of the carolinas. we'll see the system shift a little bit more to the north. it will bring us a bright chance of showers t. mid-els show this will stay

center city, just clouds over us, not seeing any fog, right in center city but there are some areas of dense fog, really depends where you are in the delaware valley. morning pretty much stays dry. afternoon, see chance for few scattered showers, casino every easing you into it, then more steady rain later tonightment look at that, upper 60s to low 70s for the temperatures, this morning, so warm start to the tuesday. zooming in, few of the suburbs, palmyra, new jersey, also at 07 degrees, mt. holly, at 67. that dew point temperature really tells the story. the higher this number; the more humid it is, and this is pretty high. over the weekend, right around 50 degrees, that's why it was dry, coo

avenue knew may be one of the big drags through midtown machine hat on but we're on the main drag in center city philadelphia broad sleet which looks different then it ever has before and a few hours, lauren you will not be able to get through here at all. the right now it is tough getting through, you can see concrete barricades up. i don't know if you and greg have had trouble today, but it could be trouble for anybody who doesn't realize that things have changed a whole lot this morning. >> reporter: yes, things have changed. we had a tough time getting to 24th and pennsylvania but we made it, a lot of the the streets are blocked off and there are a lot of police officers manning their corners throughout center city as people from all over the world has arrived here in philadelphia we will introduce to you some of them coming up. >> do you know who arrived from just all over the world, lauren dawn johnson welcome back. thanks so much for remembering us and being back in our lives. >> stop. >> we miss you. >> jenny joyce just said my flight yesterday back to philadelphia full of people coming

they are in center city right between broad and 12th.ad between south street and fair mount, sansom, south 12th and 17th. 17th between sansom and chestnut. 19th between the ben franklin parkway and callowhill. over into camden, new jersey on the admiral wilson boulevard, currently open so you can access the ben franklin bridge. later on this afternoon we'll have a closure from airport circle westbound on the boulevard up to the ben franklin bridge. the ben franklin bridge will close at 10 p.m. vile more coming up. >> thanks. the eagles have flown the coop. they don't play until sunday but the birds have taken off for the road game. the reason, pope francis of course. next at 5:00, hear what the players think about the pontiff's impact on their travel. >> reporter: i'm jesse gary live in sky force 10 above the ben franklin parkway and logan circle. there is no traffic except for police activity due to the pope's visit coming up, you'll hear how to get around and how it can impact your weekend. >>> the papal visit is having an impact even

you will not i have place to park your car if you live here and work here and used to parking on center citytreets. even the legal meter spots are no parking zones. not i good time to have a car when are a driver, commuting in the city or driver, car owner and live in the city. look at what we have here. we have construction equipment on center city sidewalk that air monk busiest in town because this pope is coming to the busiest spots. >> that is exactly right. >> we will keep checking back with you. >>> pope fran cyst has a special message for hundreds of thousands expected to flock here to philadelphia this week. here it is. >> i will be there because you will be there. see you in philadelphia. >> i'm be there is for world meeting of families. the the organization hopes pope francis message will get people excited for his trip to philadelphia a archbishop charles chaput calls the message beautiful and hum blink. >> he looks like he is excited to come here. >> that is right. >> he was also at the the game yesterday. i don't know if you notice that had or not. >> pope at the link yesterday.

come to town today. >> this devastating center city for was no accident. see the man investigators believe set that fire on purpose. >> today is friday, september 18th, good morning to you, thanks so much for being with us, i'm nicole brewer. erika has the day off. but kyla, meisha, here with us this morning, keeping an eye out. good morning, ladies? happy friday. >> yes, happy friday. tgif to all of you at home. it is looking good on the roadways, just dealing with construction as we typically are, kai l i know when i walked out the door this morning, it felt nice, crisp almost. >> yes, it is. you know, lovely out this time of day, just beautiful when looking at warm day ahead. we talk about crisp air. let's look where the temperatures should be this time of year. by september 23rd, our average 75 degrees. re amp down there going into november, 61 degrees. but today looking out for some very warm temperatures, and already, looking at 64 in philadelphia, 57 atlantic city. taking a look at storm scan3, it is nice and clear, going to see the blue skies again

today is the day when under five square miles of center city and west philadelphia or university city will be off limits to vehicular traffic. so by 10:00 tonight secure perimeters around independence mall, and university city will also take effect. throughout the morning we're going to be monitoring all of the security activity as well as sek lar traffic. live for now, monique braxton. >> another busy day ahead. he will begin at the united nations where he will address the general assembly in spanish and english at 8:30 this morning. then expect the pope to address climate change and other issues that impact world poverty. after the speech the pope will visit ground zero, he will pray at one of the pools and take part in a ceremony where family of the victims will attend. his last stop of the day, mass at madison square guard tchblt pontiff will ditch his pope mobile and use a golf cart. prior to his arrival the audience treated to performances from harry connick jr. and jennifer hudson. >> katy zachry was in the big apple. she joins us with what it was like. >> you can probably feel

once they get in center city philadelphia they will see increased staff at restaurants, businesses, especiallynear the convention center or in walking distance of that. we spoke with one restaurant manager who says they have more employees working this week and the upcoming weekend and also more deliveries coming in, a hotel concierge says she has been working for months to secure reservations so they will have a spot to eat this week and for the weekend. coming up in the next hour, i'm working on a story about why the airport has such a stake in how many septa riders there will be starting today. i'll explain coming up at 5:00. reporting live in southwest philadelphia at the airport, katy zachry, "nbc 10 news." >>> we had really comfortable weather move in later yesterday, and that is setting us up for cooler weather during the week. especially the next couple of days. we somewhere a chance of some showers today, even into tomorrow. but nothing really big. we'll have the forecast that goes into that all important weekend. right now we have high clouds out there. not capable of producing rain,

when you watch the national news coverage, no one reports that center city, philadelphia, is a stop onrican journey. the reports say the city of philadelphia is the host city for the world meeting of families and the final stop of pope francis's time in america. people from every religious persuasion as well as those with no particular affiliation should certainly feel invested in the arrival of this world leader to our great city. this is really about civic pride, about using this historic opportunity to essentially tell our story to the world about our unique history, our exceptional people who call the philadelphia region home. i've spent my career in public service touting the attributes of our great city. it's my hometown, i love philadelphia and all it represents, our opportunities and our challenges. and for the last eight years as the mayor of this great city certainly one of the roles and responsibilities in this work is to be the cheerleader in chief. that's what mayors do and i'm proud to do it. mayors all across the country do the same for their cities. i'm asking people wh

. >> it it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is breaking news from center citydelphia. police are evacuating a wide area because of a suspicious object which is on a bench at 11 and locust and the concern here well police state concern is that it is a pressure cooker bomb. lawmen are evacuating businesses between 12 and locust and 10 and walnut. others are being told toll shelter in place. septa is also rerouting bus routes from the area as well. obviously this is a very fluid situation and we will update you as soon as we can. >> and tonight the search continues for driver of a burgandy pontiac. police say that is the kind of car that hit a police officer on a motorcycle today in the city of chester. the cop is okay and the driver of the car is a hit-and-run fell felon and lawmakers want to bring him to justice. >> jeff chirico what is the latest. >> hey, jim, sources tell "action news" the name of that injured officer is daniel hoffman. he's veteran of this force. he was pretty banged up in today's crash and is expected to make a full recovery meanwhile as you

citizens and businesses aren't the only ones making plans on how to get around in center city. arities like m.a.n.a. still have to make arrangements to get food around the city. >> chris, they are up to that challenge. fortunately businesses and charities in our area have had a little bit of time to prepare for the papal visit. i spoke with the folks at m.a.n.a. earlier this week, they said they have to deliver tens of thousands of meals throughout this region. their headquarters is in center city. they are within the restricted area and won't be able to get deliveries out. since not making deliveries is not an option, they are trying to get all the food out monday to wednesday instead of monday to friday. that means more of an effort to volunteers, cooks, drivers, everyone working behind the scenes to get the food out and on the table for those who need it. >> i love that we're going to get to show off the city of philadelphia off with visitors coming. but we have to prepare months ahead of time. >> reporter: no one, not even charities are exempt from the traffic restreks that

skeptical public through media that there's nothing to worry about for those considering a trip down to center cityext weekend to see pope francis. >>> news outlets were directed not to reveal the location of the communications center where more than 50 agencies will receive video, phone and radioing in on the movement of pope francis and those massive crowds expected for his visit. but they wanted those outlets to spread the word. they are ready for francis. homeland security secretary jay johnson. >> we've worked hard to achieve what we believe will be a safe and successful event and visit by the holy father. >> reporter: with the stage literally being set for the pontiff's visit, security officials report there have been no specific credible threats made against his satisfy tee. but they are defensing tight security that has severely restricted vehicular and pedestrian movement in a wide swath of center city. >> if you don't have structure, you have mayhem. and you have to have routes available so if there is an incident, we can certainly get the holy father out of the city. and also that we can

we're on 15th street on cherry looking toward center city and city hall right there and a lot of the city has been transformed. if you left work friday you will notice a vast difference on monday. if we're able to, go back to that picture that bob kelly showed of that jumbo tron out. there is 40 jumbo trons throughout the city and one thing i spotted on that one it blocked the sidewalk completely right on a corner at the parkway there. the road is still opened. the city is still opened for business. still a lot of traffic. when all these barricades up. the these barricade have cut down to zero visibility. same with that jumbo tron. you can sea around it. you will have people walking in the street because they cannot walk on the sidewalk if it is block by a big jumbo tron or steel barricades and then you have cars not seeing people in the street if they are taking these corners awfully fast. it will be a danger zone in the city. if you are walking, biking, driving be extra safe. now lets get to the other issue. we saw a parking authority tow truck long before 9:00 slowing down because

been keeping an eye on a multicar crash. >> we are watching the scene in center city. multivehicle accident on 10th and south street involving three cars with people inside and four parked cars. seven cars in total, just an accident investigation scene now. police on the scene right there. not dealing with a lot of traffic around the incident. that's a good thing. as for 422 around trooper road, montgomery county, an eight-minute trip, headed eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill expressway. with no cars on the roadways, hard to see because there's no light surrounding the area. good news there as well. also watching out for an accident in wynnefield, conshohocken curve. and pennsauken township, a water main break. we'll check in with the cleanup around that made in america concert, coming up. vai? >>> saving lives, the new program to stop drunk driving. where it's happening and why leaders say it's working so well. >>> as we head to break, here's a look at a free event happening this labor day. ballet on the boardwalk in atlantic city. >>> 4:43 this monday morning. we'r

new road closures in the heart of philadelphia go in effect this morning and towing in center city will start tomorrow. details are ahead in a live report. the pope is already on his way. within the past hour, francis boarded a flight for cuba, the first stop before he comes to the u.s. how his message of peace has truly resinated with both countries. >>> we'll get one more day of summer-like weather before conditions begin to cool off. what we can expect when fall makes its debut coming up in the first alert forecast. >>> good morning, welcome back to nbc 10 news today, i'm rosemary connors, it's 5:30 on this saturday, and brittney shipp is tracking the weather. >> today is going to be hot and sticky because our humidity is going up. the flag is barely moving, but throughout today, light wind speeds, more moisture from the southwest, and our current temperature in philadelphia at 67 degrees, and the wind direction right now on the screen, and it's 67 in wilmington, and 65 degrees in allentown. atlantic city at 61. a closer look at the radar show shows quiet conditions over philadelphia

have to get a little settled with all of the closures, 56 degrees currently taking a live look at center city, wind out of the northeast, start to see wind ramp up today. current temperatures, 55 mount pocono, 58 atlantic city, about 60 in wilmington, live look at storm scan3, shows some of the clouds moving in right now, to the south, that's a big concern, will bring weather our way, could be problem for the weekend. all take about that when we come back in just a few moments. >> coming up in the next hour, health scare on stage for federal reserve chair, janet yelin. then as we've been telling you all morning long, traffic already a mess in philadelphia. another live look from mobile three, roadblock set up ahead of schedule again, if you thought it would be easy to get into the city, we have what you need to know next. >> think again. also before the pope arrives here, he'll spend a day in new york, live report in the big apple. back again at the top of the hour. >> good morning, just waking up and planning to come into philadelphia today, oh, get ready for some traffic tie ups. road closu

live in center city, matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >> blasphemy, one center is calling the sale of free pope tickets on line. free tickets to events in philadelphia and new york were given away in minutes but those same tickets started popping up on places like ebay and craigslist. new york senator chuck schumer called it mercenary. >> i will ask any one who received the tickets in the lotteries not to sell them online, i would ask those who want to see the pope not to purchase tickets online. because in a certain sense it blasphemes a beautiful and holy event. >> we checked with ebay, they pulled the tickets from its website. who is selling in the area. to find out if it's legal, you can see that report this afternoon on "nbc 10 news" at 4:00. >>> the family from northeast philadelphia got a big surprise during sunday mass at their church. >> the archdiocese of philadelphia chose them to welcome pope francis when he arrives at the airport september 26. the diocese says the bowe family was selected because they have shown great faith through hard times. their father was a police officer

also, do have reports of building fire in center city. thirteenth street and chancellor, between walnut and locust, you can look for some lane closures in and around this area, make note of this, i'll have update as you get them for those of you in the center city area or moving toward that area. also downed wires, carney's point township new jersey all lanes are blocked, route 40 westbound at route 628 for those of in you and around that area. and, also, some construction on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound, willow grove, to delaware valley, the left lane blocked for those of you in and around that area. >> out west in utah, flashfloods tore through a small town in southern utah mob day night. heavy rains, pummeled canyons north of the sister towns every hill dale, utah, colorado city arizona hill dale, massive wave of water, smashed into two vehicles, with 16 women, and children inside. those cars and occupant were taken downstream. hill day, colorado city home base of the secretary run by warren jeff. both towns 300 miles south of s

a three alarm fire on busy street in center city.r in regulars dent forced out of their apartment overnight, when that fire broke out. >> also, a philadelphia police lieutenant takes to twitter after he says temple university student shined a laid near a police helicopter. >> and, eagles fans, not too hand think morning, just tough loss, blakeing it down for you this morning, and looking forward to that cowboys game. >> we'll check in with justin, meisha, a tough lost for the birds, but at least our forecast, the roads aren't looking bad. silver lining? >> have to on tuesday, monday and tuesday, look for the silver lining, otherwise, the week, good morning, everyone, justin, beautiful wealther. >> it is, yes. i got you covered this week. no problems as far as the weather goes. outdoor plans, loving the forecast today, really over the next several days, if you can't get outside to the weekend don't worry, we have you covered, as women. another cool start. we have the hint of fall going on. that's typical, here you are, the middle of t

now, bear in mind, we had several thousand people getting about center city on foot, 24/7. so by the weekends, a lot of waste was left in their wake. but that does not mean anything compared to the huge honor of hosting history many say. the eyes of the world were on philadelphia, and sunday's papal mass, which packed the parkway from eakin's oval to near city hall. some were close up with tickets, others felt close watching on jumbro-trons nearby which many stayed behind to view to follow the holy father's motorcade to the airport and departure for rome, man who traveled from new york tells us he watched from the jumbo tron, and he says it was well worth it, and woe do it all again. take a listen. >> because i believe that the pope brought the holy spirit with him. it was worth it. >> so erika, for the next few days, again, you might see some water bottles or trash, or full trash can like this one, and other for seen hassles. again, what does that mean in comparison to what we felt yesterday and have seen over the past week? we are live at the art museum, justin finch, cbs

like a rock star, he made his way through center city. finishing up the night, being serenaded by a variety of artists, including the queen of soul, aretha franklin. and what a show. now, after all the shows, pope francis made his way back to the seminary. time to get to bed. he has another early day starting bright and early at 9:00 tomorrow morning. reporting live on the parkway, harry hairston, nbc 10 news. >> the world just needs more love, and a chorus of children. >> the festival of families was billed as a party, and that description was certainly accurate. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal continues our team coverage. randy? >> reporter: in the minutes after the papal parade on the parkway, the massive crowds began to move. headed down toward the art museum for the final act of the night, the festival of families, featuring all-star performers, like aretha franklin. >> really good performers. aretha franklin was up there. >> reporter: pope francis headlined the evening event, but most pilgrims couldn't get anywhere near the stage without

lots of closures to talk about and center city so much going on there, as well. we'll have more on that coming up, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> tomorrow is a big day, the pope will arrive in the city of brotherly love. let's take a live look from our sky 6 camera atop the dow building pointing at independence hall. now, saturday afternoon pope francis will be in this spot to deliver a speech on immigration and religious freedom of freedo. >> more street closures go into place as we await francis' arrival tomorrow morning. >> let's go over to katherine scott, katherine you've been in center city all week long, but today you've been moved back as the restrictions go in place. >> reporter: it was difficult to get here this morning, a lot of closures in effect. we're at broad and vine. you can see broad street by vine is closed. pedestrians have been able to get through on the sidewalks, but no unauthorized cars allowed. we are on the edge. secure vehicle perimeter. within the vehicle perimeter there's a more restricted perimeter. last night only residents and people

just under 200 people, i need to correct myself from last time, boarded the trains already for center city. a woman was almost in tears, she was on excited to head into the city. you will hear from her in just a little bit. she's from the ambler area. and she's attending the papal mass at the cathedral. but first i want to introduce you to the kings. you're waiting to board the train. how long have you been awaiting? >> maybe about ten minutes. they're moving fine. park was great. great support from the police and septa people. it's terrific. from are y from. >> are you excited? >> excited beyond belief. >> we've never seen the pope before. this is the first for us. >> and what made you decide to go down today and what events are you hoping to go to? >> well, today we're going to the family festival and we have tickets tomorrow for the papal mass. and what made us decide to go is because we love this pope. just love him. and we are pretty devout catholics and it seems like the right thing to do. >> and this is one of the biggest trains for ticketing. >> we live less than five hi minutes aw

we are two days away from the first phase creating a vehicle free zone in parts of center city. come sunday night at 6 o'clock, vehicles parked in the designated security zones will be towed unless they have a special city-issued pass. that first phase stretches from the art museum southwest to beyond city hall. let's go live to "action news" reporter john rawlins in center city. john, two words we will hear the pope say repeatedly when he's here are mercy and compassion. two other words we'll hear a lot of from other people, security and communications. >> reporter: that's true. two top federal officials in town today, jim. their take on the rather complex and to some controversial steps that have been taken and announced for security is that they strike the right balance between safety for the pope and for impact on the citizens of the city. as for any specific threats at this point in time... >> we know of no specific credible threat directed at the pope's visit here to this city and so we fully anticipate a successful and safe visit for the pope and for the public. >> reporte

we're under clear skies in center city.s a live view looking across the delaware from the adventure aquarium. 70 humidity, 87%. winds out of the south/southwest at 5 miles an hour. we're running 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. we will see sunny skies from the shore to the city to the mountains today. with warmer weather to come, in fact, hotter weather to come. this morning, though, pretty nice. 70 in philadelphia. most of the rest of the area is cooler. 62 in kennett square, horsham is 63 degrees. 61 in wrightstown. there are 50s north and west for quakertown, 55 and 54 in coatesville and sunshine will be nice and bright with temperatures climbing from the 60s at the shore into the 90s inland. just the very low 90s today. radar is in the clear. you can see no activity this morning and none expected. the forecast is calling for sunny skies. it will be a hot one. upper 80s and low 90s this afternoon with southwesterly winds below 10 miles an hour. tomorrow 94 and more humid tomorrow. sunshine will be right for tuesday. come

yesterday someone found just one bedbug and it was dead but the city closed the office and did a complete search of the call center. the exterminator did not find an infestation. the city sent employees out of the office but they still took 311 questions through e-mail and social media. the eagles are gearing up for their matchup with the cowboys sunday afternoon at lincoln financial field and here's the link. and here's a closer look at the link inside from our eagles nest camera. nbc 10 is your official television station of the philadelphia eagles. join us before and after the game. watch game day kickoff this sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. you'll hear from the tight end, zach ertz and one of the eagles famous fans, soccer star carly lloyd. and then join us sunday night for the game day final where we'll feature post-game interviews with chip kelly, malcolm jenkins plus full highlights and locker room reaction. >>> happening today, a new extension of the pennypack trail will open in montgomery county. a ribbon cutting ceremony begins at 2:00 in huntington valley. runners, walkers and bicyclists can enjoy two and

no problems west chester, or coming up through malvern, if you are coming into center city, you know the drill by now, or at least you should. no parking here, in the zones, old city, city hall area, all the way up the parkway, security presence overnight, fencing up, a loft construction as well constructing that fence throughout the day. questions for the madonna fans tonight. yes, you will be able to get there. you will be able to get home tonight 8:00 in south philadelphia. the one closure that does go into effect tonight are the off-ramps from the vine street expressway into center city. so the ramps to eighth, broad, 23rd and the parkway, all will be closed tonight, 10:00ment coming home into center city, come up broad street. do not use 95 or the vine street expressway, you'll not be able to get off into center city here tonight after 10:00. mass transit normal thursday day. no problems at all, septa new jersey transit patco and amtrak, all aboard and all running with no delays. back to you. >> address comes one day after his whirlwind tour around the nation's capitol. pope fran

center city, expect slow, fencing going up f you are coming no the city today, be prepared to park inage. you ready for the first clear shnewer. >> let's go. >> tonight, 10:00, the vine expressway ramps to center city, you will not be able to exit the vine expressway coming into center city beginning tonight, at 10:00. keep that in mine, on your way home, singing in the car from the madonna concert, madonna in town tonight, but, on the way home don't want to use the vine expressway, if i live in center city right up broad street. back to you. >> i think yesterday and yesterday evening i saw things i have never seen, security crews working around the clock to make sure all of russ safe over the weekend, man, security, fences sharpshooters, you name it. >> more fences, more barriers, they went up. and bomb sniffing dogs, came out, now, tent for spotters and sharpshooters started appearing on rooftops along the parkway, also here in old city many leaving nothing to chance. every measure being taken to ensure the safety of the pope, and also, those coming to see him. today in washington,

so 12 minutes into the center city area from the blue route up to the vine street expressway. d what you need to know in philadelphia, a lot of changes from the weekend. again, we looked at the schuylkill. that's open, city avenue is open, 95 is open. the exit ramp at callowhill is blocked off. full access on the ben franklin bridge, no longer just a pedestrian bridge. the roads in new jersey up to that point are open. the vine street expressway is also open with all of the exits in the center city area closed. mass transit, normal service for new jersey transit and amtrak, patco on a saturday schedule. the rails on a saturday schedule. the trolleys, trains and bus on normal service. >>> well, he went off script again, not surprisingly. pope francis made a surprise -- tens of thousands in fact. we'll explain why francis blessed this sculpture. >> all passengers going to jefferson station, please proceed up 12th street. >> after the papal mass the exit. making their way home from center city yesterday. we called septa wanting to get information about numbers. the transit agency

we have documented issues in wynnefield heights in center city.check in to south jersey. >> jessica boyington is keeping an eye on the traffic cameras. >> right now if you're heading home from the shore or heading to the shore, you want to get yourself a little extra time, you're going to do just fine right here. route 55 around 49. this is actually around millville. this is typically another road, another route actually if you want to get down the shore, get home from the shore, all lanes open, no problems, no traffic, no volume. good news there. if you're heading out the door also around the center city area, there's still that made in america concert cleanup. watch out on the ben franklin parkway still closed between 8th through 25th street. watch out for that. watch out for that accident in wynnefield heights, conshohocken avenue and falls road with yew till po -- utility poles and lines down. >>> retailers are getting ready for the next big thing in fraud prevention. we'll explain how it will help protect your personal information. >> i'm mat

into the center city area now from the blue route to the vine street expressway we have a 12-minute trip. from new jersey no problems, watch out for the one lane lost headed west into the city from the ben franklin bridge. >> breaking news now from vornight. police in mississippi confirm that the man suspected of murdering a college professor is now dead. nbc 10's tracy davidson is monitoring the developments in our operations center. and tracy, this man was wanted for two killings, right? >> right. the man suspected of shooting his live-in girlfriend and a university professor is dead. police say the suspect, shannon lamb, shot and killed himself after a police chase. this all started with a deadly shooting on the campus of delta state university in cleveland, mississippi. police believe lamb shot and killed a history professor there monday morning. overnight police gave us this update. >> the crisis is over. this campus is safe again and our lockdown has been dismissed. >> we are really saddened by the loss we suffered but delta state's a strong institution and we're going to stand str

how's it looking out there. >> reporter: jim, definitely one of the strangest days i've seen around center city. you have that heavy preparation, lots of law enforcement, just not a lot of people around. that's different, where i'm standing. here at eakins oval, which is going to be the center of all of the activity this weekend. we want to show you what's been going on here the preparations have been underway for hours now, obviously, out here. and towards the front in the white seats, right now you can see some of the young school kissed who apparently will be singing front of the pope and in front of a national audience when this gets underway out here, the festival tomorrow night. up on the main stage, those young kids will be in the company of some big name musical acts. the vgifray, aretha franklin, andreas bo chellie. the same is not true of how busy this is two or three blocks north. those neighborhoods north of the parkway, it was a pedestrian and bikers' paradise. the cars largely removed, but still the feel of it was just odd lly empty. most of the residents who did stay and law enfo