chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." jim? >> thank you, chad. take another look live on stage on the benjamin franklin parkway. this is the center of activity tonight. this is the focus of our attention tonight, this is the festival of families! and "action news" continues in just a moment. >> in the view from sky6 live hd from our new parkway studio overlooking the parkway and beyond to eakens oval. the parkway was pattern was designed after the shawnt -- chant in paris. let's go live to david henry. you've been keeping track of the biggest security event in history of the city. in 12 1/2 hours, the ts agents have nothing to do. they have shut down this checkpoint at broad and chestnut. it was the busiest throughout the day. 20,000 people, plus, passing through here. we have video to show you earlier. is they decided to shut this checkpoint town early because the crush of human was so great there was a danger of filling the entire street between the checkpoint and city hall. people were starting to pile up and back up at city hall. they had now

chad perdelli has the exclusive story. >> reporter: only "action news" was there as the philadelphia police major crimes auto squad took down an international car theft ring. police had the three sus under sure surveillance and watched them load three stolen vehicles into a shipping container bound for west africa. >> these vehicles are more valuable in other countries. >> reporter: the ring was under investigation for several months after a 2015 range rover similar to this was stolen from a rental company in west palm beach, florida. what the alleged car thieves didn't know the suv had a tracking device. gay gay the lie -- lib the ring leader. they stole vehicles valued at $500,000. they would steal them from rental companies by using bogus identification. in one crime, sources say 2015, 911 porsche was stolen from a home. police suspect a key may have been made for the porsche by an employee of a local dealership. the vehicles would be placed in shipping containers at the warehouse on oregon avenue and trucked to the important of elizabeth near newark, new jersey, the main shipping

chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." rick? >> streets are beginning to open up after the pope's visit put the city on lockdown over the weekend. karen rogers joins us with an update on the traffic situation. hi, karen. >> reporter: hi, risk it was a history-making weekend with pope francis in town. today we're making history, too, we haven't had a traffic jam in the city since last thursday. people have stayed off the roads. we have crews cleaning up. the you can see the police cars and the infrastructure that chad was talking about. we're watching for restrictions on broad and spring garden. this is the vine street expressway. they opened earlier than expected, but we saw the ramps shut down, now the traffic is moving on the side streets and the ramps. they have gone through and reopened most of the roads in the area. the main issue is the benjamin franklin parkway. even that, some of the outer lanes in parts of the parkway they are allowing traffic get through, it's a process, so we've seen it move quickly. the ben franklin

outside of police headquarters, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >> a young woman is fighting for her life after being hit by a car in north philadelphia. police say this car hit her shortly after 9:00 p.m. on germantown avenue. the driver stopped and talked to police, the 29-year-old woman was taken to temple university hospital in extremely critical condition. >>> philadelphia police are investigating a case of workplace violence at the potato chip factor. the driver and the assistant were returning to the factor when the assistants pulled the knife and stabbed the driver several times. the driver is in critical condition. the assistant is under arrest. >>> the state senate has approved a stopgap budget bill that is expected to die on the governor's desk. democrats including the governor opposed the bill saying it keeps in place funding cuts to school and social services. the republicans say it keeps the government open during budget talks. >>> batter blatteen is buying the showboat casino for $22 million. stockton had plans to turn it into a satellite campus, those plans fell t