it's forest near a city. with the fire on the east side, you may remember that and affected the bay bridge traffic a couple of years ago and pretty significant and as i mentioned mclaren park can get going pretty well. the last slide is from 2015 same call types, the imagines are in the same. >> engines are in the same place but our objective is protect lives and civilian and department and members and protect the structures and mitigate the situation and i am proud of our teams and they have done a really good job. these fire conditions are -- [inaudible] members haven't seen. they're creating their own weather systems and imimpressive of the job and i am proud of them. if you have any questions i am glad to answer them. >> you talk about other areas of mutual aid and i assume it's reciprocated also if we ever needed help? >> that's correct. >> okay. which i guess county that would be -- >> we're in region two. there are six regions in the state. we're in the 1/2 of the region two and it's made up of 90 coun

you see city hall in the distance. only thing brightest the the clock and clock is going to get closer to the pope's visit here, plus to the stuff all shutting down at 6:00. 8:00 a.m. things change and then at ten. we will talk about the towing, parking and all this other stuff but you can see streets are a whole lot different. look at broad street. look at these concrete barricading into effect straight ahead. they will move all those and completely block this off, real soon. only vehicles going through there now emergency vehicles and law enforcement. chris and lauren, we will update you throughout the morning and things are changing and looking different by the minute. >> yes, they are, all right, steve keeley. people from all over the world packing into philadelphia for the largest world meeting of families ever. >> so jenny joyce live along the ben franklin parkway for us where it will all happen, hi there, jen. >> reporter: good morning, chris and lauren. that as peck of the story is incredibly exciting but befor

what else can the city be doing here, jan? >> what else can the city be doing? >> there's a list, but start with your favorite two. >> well, this is a tough one. i think the police department is a good place to start. and i think we need to change this rule of two. part of the problem is in the civil service, that we have this rule of two that you can only select from the top two scorers on the civil service exam. that could be expanded a little bit. if you made it a rule of four, if you made it a rule of five -- >> it's a leftover from the 1970s. >> it would give you more choices in terms of hiring. it would give the city more flexibility, i think. >> but, you know, monica, as sam has so brilliantly shown in his documentary series on the city, we've had a 200-year history of racism. not just in philadelphia, but in the nation. and yes, things have gotten better. things have gotten vastly better than they were 50 years ago. but that legacy is still there, and it still has an effect, in my opinion. and things like jan's talking about, trying to be more aggressive

city are echoing those sentiments.let's begin with atlantic city where there was a campaign to attract visitors for reasons other than gambling and the ac boardwalk did boast strong numbers this weekend we saw. the weather only helped that, not just here in ac but at businesses throughout the shore. >> it's a beautiful day. this is september. there's an embarrassment of riches, of weather, the water is warm. it's a great time to be in wildwood. >> reporter: and speaking of wildwood, there are big events for the labor day holiday happening today in wildwood, there will be a mural unveiling around 11:00 this morning and then in ocean city, there's a mayor's run. a lot is happening at2all the shore towns along where we are. coming up in the next 25 minutes we'll take you to one shore town who has a creative approach for keeping beachgoers safe when so many of their lifeguards have gone back to school. reporting live in ventnor, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> workers take part in labor day festivities in philadelphia. ♪ the

the basilica in center city philadelphia, and we've got sky force 10 hovering over the city and willand about throughout the day. there are one, two, three, four, five of the busses right there in center city, and it doesn't look to be a lot of traffic out there. >> and i don't know -- i hate to interrupt you, but i don't know if they're the busses from villanova university, but we had women lined up, nuns, religious leaders, who had the tickets gathered at villanova university very early in morning, lined up, and they were all taking busses in, so these could be some of those busses. >> yeah. and they are getting police escorts there in front and back, tracy, so it may very well be those busses that headed from villanova university. >>> now, if you are headed to the ben franklin parkway or independence hall to see pope francis, here's a list of things the u.s. secret service says you cannot bring inside, weapons, explosives, and ammunition. they are a given, but banned are things like bicycles and drone, and animals, other than your service or guide animals will not be allowed. larg

what does the city get out of you guys hiring felons? >> the city gets a number of things. one, it creates way more jobs. these are people that otherwise may not be working and we pay them a living wage with benefits. with the city awarding us the contract it's putting the jobs back in the community. >> johnny washington said he spent years looking for work, held back by two stints in prison racked up by years of dealing drugs. >> what happened when you applied? >> my background, my felonies on my record. >> did they call you back, do you not hear anything? >> i don't hear anything at all. they call me back and they tell me my background didn't go through. >> how do you think that's impacting their record, the fact that they don't find jobs, how does that affect folks? >> they go back out on the streets and do what they have to do to feed their family. >> johnny has worked his way up to crew leader. he recently completed work on this site, tearing down ten row houses on bradford street just a few blocks from where he said he used to sell heroin. >> do these house he you tea

it is so quiet around center city. as busy as things have been with the preparations on the parkway, it is very quiet in terms of people there and quiet in neighborhoods just a couple of blocks north of the main stage. nbc 10 was in fairmount today and found things unusually quiet. the normally tightly packed neighborhood was nearly empty. parked cars, gone. roads closed to traffic. most people were pleasantly surprised. >> creepy. a little weird. >> too quiet, huh? >> a little too quiet. streets blocked off although it's kind of nice. went to yoga, could walk in the middle of the street. it's kind of nice. people riding bikes. >> despite today's calm, business owners in the fairmount area are prepared for major crowds. the old philly ale house is stocked up on all of its popular brews hoping that the papal pilgrims will be eager for a drink, a beverage after a long day on the parkway. security procedures will be intense for anyone trying to get close to the pope's event. >> we have been talking about those procedures

i'm pleased to have the city leaders success the city pays for the administration of the program weave a great kc staff manage an incredible program with an incredibly small amount of people but have great partners the city's cost is $650,000 a year to fund the kc program we add to this private money some donations in city bank to make the program a reality it is every income kindergarten in the security guard that's correct. >> from the stand point sorry. >> (inaudible). >> yeah. >> well, i wanted to go to the point you asked on the back end the college end our focus on making college more affordable the initiative to contain the cost of college education while we put more money out there we don't want it to be used for other purposes more opportunities available for that young people that's why we're fighting the fight when we put u cut the pell grant and increase the interest you see initiatives to under those there the pell grants but also to incentivizes states to do more important higher education and when federal money comes along not to underwrite but to do more important th

city clerk: special orders. [public hearing - appeal of tentative map - 40 bernal heights boulevard] hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of public works dated august 24, 2015, approving a proposed four-lot subdivision located at 40 bernal heights boulevard, assessor's block no. 5640, lot no. 010; and making environmental findings under the california environmental quality act. (district 9) (appellant: betsy brown and chris witteman, on behalf of bernal/powhattan neighbors) (filed september 3, 2015). (clerk of the board)1234 >>supervisor john avalos: thank you. i would like to continue this item and hope to resolve the appeal that is before us. the mediation is scheduled for october 13th so there can be a resolution, i hereby move these items to october 20, 2015. >>supervisor london breed: supervisor avalos has moved to move these items to october 20th. are there any members of the public who would like to provide public comment on the continuance. seeing none, public comment is closed.

a city art project is transforming neighborhoods with the largest public art exhibition in city history. we'll meet a few of the artists making these murals happen. but first the philadelphia eagles are reaching a whole new audience. we'll introduce the man behind the mic of their spanish play-by-play that's next on visions 2015. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to buy a house. i know how it feels to be stressed about money. i understand what a scary word "retirement" is, and i can help. because i'm not just a fellow dad, fellow mom, fellow saver, i'm a fellow citizen. who gets up every day and tries her best. just like you. sincerely, elizabeth trackler samantha parke robert kennedy deanna morrison jared duemling alex payne our elebration of hispanic heritage month. i'm walter perez. and i'm ilia garcia. pope francis's visit to philadelphia has certainly grabbed the attention of the city but nothng overshadows the philadelphia eagles in this town it is football season and hopes are high for chip kelly's revamped squad in 2015 and while the fan base has always been strong. it

new york city marathon.ts set for his busiest day yet, the u.n., ground zero, harlem, central park, madison square garden all on the schedule. [ cheers and applause ] last night an unforgettable welcome at st. patrick's thedral. >> papa francisco, welcome to st. patrick's cathedral. >> and a moment savannah and i will never forget today, friday, september 25th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," pope francis in america, with the matt lauer and savannah guthrie live

cities get together.y spent the afternoon talking about vision zero and in the grounding of vision zero there is we have realized there is an opportunity to advance this at the state level for a policy agenda. that's included in your action strategy and includes things such as advancing automated speed enforcement which san jose has told us it's on their policy for sacramento and what opportunities my exist for that policy change at the state level. in addition to that, i think we have a good opportunity for our partnership with the california state transportation agency all the way from secretary kelly and some of his deputies, secretary kate white who have proven to be great partners for us towards the state's zero death policy for the city's who have adopted vision zero policy and improvements to project delivery and funding eligibility and timelines for investments. the last thing in terms of what we are doing in terms of spreading the word for collaboration is really through a peer exchange at the na

unprecedented city shut down for the largest planned event the city has ever seen.t street turned into massive security checkpoint. police on every corner and some parts of the town eerily quite. >> how exciting is it. >> it's so exciting. i feel like crying. >> reporter: if you think you're excited to see pope francis, imagine how jim avenue lock is feeling. he's not only seeing the holy father tomorrow, he's performing for him as part of the arch diocesan choir. >> we're doing it for philadelphia, too. you know, i mean, i want to obviously do it for the pope but it's for the city. i'll really proud of the city being able to do this and sing this great mewing is. >> reporter: thousand of visitors flock to philly it's easy to see they cannot contain their excitement. >> i'm very -- >> reporter: excited. >> excited to see the papa. >> reporter: this group of pilgrims from florida can't say enough about the city and how they've been welcomed. >> someone that has never seen us, doesn't know us, took us in into their home. warn us not to eat out tonight because they wil

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advancing the efforts of the city?lso support your work and school district as well? >> i work across all school platforms and desires, quality living, quality jobs, quality training, working with the other 10 members of the committee we can sit down and look strategically at what has occurred, what has worked and come up with a plan for how we can address these to make them better. >> supervisor avalos: are you a parent of a child in the city? or have you been the parent of a child in the city? >> i am a grandmother. i know i look younger. (laughter) (unintelligible)-- i was a foster mom but they call me a mom because i claim all the kids at admission. >> supervisor avalos: thank you for your service and for wanting to be in the committee. >> i have some people that have come in to speak. >> will open it up for public comment, no need for speaker cards. >> any additional questions? >> it's good to see you. many people whom i respect have called me a written me a letter with high recommendations for your candidacy. i w

both sfusd and the city. i think housing is certainly one of them, whether it's housing our family and youth, that are in stable housing or lives on our streets or shelters and also if it means housing the very staff members on the frontlines that are educating them or working in our schools, our teachers, our nurses, our counselors and our paraprofessionals and frontline staff. it's essential for the system to work that our employees can afford to live in the city or near the city in order to be able to continue to serve the many families and students in sfusd. and so i appreciate that the school district and the mayor's office of housing really it's been an unprecedented partnership. i certainly didn't see it during my time on the board, but have been meeting regularly. i know the planning department is now involved as well to figure how to plan for the population growth, as well as growing sfusd's enrollment and facilities. i think it's incredibly important for both partners to be at the table to figure ou

sanctuary cities exist i think we're damning sanctuary cities. >> sabrina, hold on. we have -- sabrina, we have federal laws about immigration. those federal laws are being flouted by the sanctuary cities. that has to stop. i sympathize with what mark was satisfying earlier and that i agree that a lot of the sanctuary satisfies cities and immigration gets wrapped up with some very uncomfortable rhetoric that certainly makes me worry. i think as we've said before on this show, we want to change the immigration laws and not sort of point fingers at immigrants, per se. >> i don't have to abide by this law. it's simply the way it is. >> rich, the point is this is not about immigrants. this is about criminals, and criminals are getting away with murder. >> yes, but it's also about sanctuary cities. it does have the power. even if you take the most minimalist constitution interpretation of what the federal government should do, you know, protecting the sovereignty of the country is one of the things it should do. if you have paning wear cities, you can flout the law in any

tonight while he's in new york city. now, the 118-year-old church is in the heart of new york city. people have been lined up for hours now around st. patrick's cathedral. secret service agents and new york city police officers are on guard around the church's perimeter. 5 million people attend st. patrick's every year. it holds mass seven times a day. nbc 10's cydney long is live in new york today above st. patricks. >> a lot of gridlock in new york, i imagine, right? >> reporter: absolutely. we are feeling and seeing the excitement and the anticipation of pope francis' arrival here in the big apple. this moment in time, this hour, we're now down to the hour of when he will arrive in new york city. finally here. and to give you an idea where we're coming from. i'm looking at radio music city hall in this direction, but this is the spot here behind us, one city block right here, st. patrick's cathedral. one city block from the sixth floor here at 30 rock. it is a breathtaking view and it is a beautiful warm day and breezy here in new york. we saw people holding signs down on the str

the city is beautiful.irst time in philadelphia. and we are very excited. the city is beautiful. everything is prepared for the pope. >> couple has been taking part in series of events at world meeting of families at the convention center. >> how proud will you be when you see pope francis here in philadelphia? >> ki imagine i don't even want to think because it's so emotional sfwll very nice, very emotional for us. >> you may also remember cuban american george fernandez we told you about the cuban exi'll as he went to cuba to see pope francis last week. >> there's so much face in the hope of diplomatic relations and the holy father there to seal the deal is fabulous. >> it was fernandez third trip top see the pope in cuba. the air was electrifying. >> you put in a lot of miles was it worth it. >> i would do it all over again ten times. >>. >> back live on the parkway you see a group of federal agents there convene here alongside. they continue to pour in tonight. the excitement beginning to grow here with

a city art project is transforming neighborhoods with the largest public art exhibition in city history. we'll meet a few of the artists making these murals happen. but first the philadelphia eagles are reaching a whole new audience. we'll introduce the man behind the mic of their spanish play-by-play that's next on visions 2015. our elebration of hispanic heritage month. i'm walter perez. and i'm ilia garcia. pope francis's visit to philadelphia has certainly grabbed the attention of the city but nothng overshadows the philadelphia eagles in this town it is football season and hopes are high for chip kelly's revamped squad in 2015 and while the fan base has always been strong. it has grown more diverse over the last few years touchdown mark sanchez that's the voice of the philadelphia eagles en espanol, rickie ricardo, who calls the plays every game for the bird's spanish speaking audience. ricky has been in the game for over 30 years and seen the nfl's fan base spread into hispanic culture. the love for nfl football has been growing around south and central america for years. and now

the analysts in washington doesn't know the city. but our accounts on the street nor the city. and one of the excuses i was given was we don't share information like this with local law enforcement because local law enforcement leaks. to which -- even though it was shortly after september 11, i just laughed and said you're talking to somebody who was a federal prosecutor for 17 years and don't tell me the fbi doesn't leak. ha. so my department doesn't leak any more than the fbi. and we're not going to leak this information because we know how critical it is. and we don't have time to worry about leaks because if you give it to me now, it can be actionable information. otherwise, i'm going to read about it four days later in the in, times, anyway, so you might as well give it to me. and your committee can perform a very useful function in breaking down that barrier. the protection against these cockroaches are our local police. but they need to get information in order to know what to look for, not just give information. they need to get information. and these joint terrorism ta

it is a great view of the city. you can see as if on cue those cloud we have been talking about they have arrived. we have started the day with sunshine. looking at the parkway the flags are flying, nice day, breezy day, but clouds have rolled in, storm scan three shows that again, cloud drifting from the south as the system a a approaches. the lets zoom out and take a look what that system look like off to the south. it is producing rain just off to the south here over portions of the carolinas and coastal virginia. good news is heavier rain is off the coast, but as this storm lifts up, some of that rain could rotate a little bit further to the west, and impact us by late on sunday. right now temperatures only in the 07's, we are very cool, comfortable, nice day to be walking around the city. we are at 72 in philadelphia. sixty-nine in atlantic city airport. we have gusty breeze from the east and north east, wind about 15 to 20 miles an hour at the moment what to expect through the the weekend? gusty northeast wind

the cities also have a significant amount of challenge. look at city governments today. aging infrastructure. many cities that are small and trying to keep up new transformation technologies and try to retrofit solutions. there is a lot of challenges. we have a vast number of employees in city government that are looking at retiring. this has been nicknamed the silver tsunami. we have a good portion of retirees are looking at the work. 75% of the global work wforce -- how do we recruit them and get them to stay in government? these are all present challenges. there is no money in government, especially at the local level. many cities are still trying to recover. look at the recent stats we have pulled. that is pretty astonishing. we have a growing population base. we're coming on to all kinds of new people in our country. we have no basis or economics to be able to support them. this creates all kinds of new challenges. we had uber a new business models coming in. airbnb, we have these same challenges. everybody could share their access capacity. you can also rent drones

city is changing. it's growing at a rate not seen since world war ii. the population growth, the visitor growth and job growth are growing at unprecedented levels of the last century. the abag projections had us growing between 2010 and 2040 by 100,000 new households or 200,000 people and 160,000 new jobs. what is interesting the last five years has seen a lot of that growth already happen so we have seen about 10,000 people per year in terms of population. the city has grown by 50,000 people in the last five years. that is 20% of the projected growth. more significantly we seen half of the job projection occur within five years of the 30 years period. we have seen 90,000 jobs in the last five years in the city. that is more than 47 out of the 50 states. san francisco unemployment rate is down to 3.6% which is essentially full employment and i thank the director for bringing this up and the city is seeing approximately 30 million visitors a year creating huge demand for the waterfront and other public

cities get together. they spent the afternoon talking about vision zero and in the grounding of vision zero there is we have realized there is an opportunity to advance this at the state level for a policy agenda. that's included in your action strategy and includes things such as advancing automated speed enforcement which san jose has told us it's on their policy for sacramento and what opportunities my exist for that policy change at the state level. in addition to that, i think we have a good opportunity for our partnership with the california state transportation agency all the way from secretary kelly and some of his deputies, secretary kate white who have proven to be great partners for us towards the state's zero death policy for the city's who have adopted vision zero policy and improvements to project delivery and funding eligibility and timelines for investments. the last thing in terms of what we are doing in terms of spreading the word for collaboration is really through a peer exchange at th

you're right this is an incredible city and mr.uperintendent when the that whole business of the willie brown dream school i don't know where you were at a time the dream school concept they took the old police academy no one else's wanted and tried to make it into a quality school and drew you took photographs you owned your first camera for that occasion he has broken it since then but groovy to come out here and do we we tried to do obviously that dream school and work suddenly the board of education of san francisco decided something differently should happen with the sites the voters we're sold mr. mayor, mr. superintendent, school members and x members on the idea of doing something differently here and different is what you've heard about i can't imagine how anyone can con conceive many years ago what in physical structure would be like i i have to tell you people who i met for the first time that the architect and the construction folk mr. superintendent whom you put together they're all here celebrating and put a merit on

we'll follow him around the city. the pope will be able to move about manhattan in a way that no manhattanite can. they'll interrupt subway lines. traffic will be changed at 72nd side. traffic will be intermittingly shut off and he'll be in the five-story residence at 72nd and fifth avenue. it will be fantastic. and away he goes. i don't want to take too much time away "the five." eric at the church. the pontiff is in town. >> amen. every day except saturday five days week here and sunday. >> football? >> no. >> why is shep getting out the pope's address? it was written here on the sheet of paper. >> i think that's very, very dangerous. >> it will be well protected, i think. >> i hope so. for your sake. [ laughter ] >> that's my fault. >> i know, right? >> all right. we'll take it from there, shepard. thank you very much. we cut you off. >> oh, i just wanted to ask you, father, if you think the pope is modernizing catholicism. some of the things refraining from harsh language. i went to catholic school. there was hars

it's the city is down. i'd like the health to get better. >> i'm working, surviving without being to be street. >> deconstructing. >> we're giving individuals reasons not to commit this act. >> since april 22nd, took the opportunity to show the bad side. but the young people that i'm seeing they want a chance to turn that around. >> baltimore is my adopted home. i moved here more than a decade ago, i quickly fell in love with its neighborhoods and its rich history. i'm adam may. as a reporter that covered the death of freddy gray, the rioting that broke out afterwards and the bloodshed and murder it struck me that too many stories are going untold. stories of people trying to solve root problems, problems like poverty, joblessness and drug addiction. tonight we highlight the inspiring stories, the innovative ideas of those who are trying to save baltimore. >> i love it, it was challenging, something i had never done. >> bernadette buxon celebrated her first anniversary working in deconstruction. tearing dow

city. this fails to meet planning code section which are required for the zoning administrator to grant variance. when there are no exceptional or circumstances applied to those involve apply to the properties in the neighborhood and the provisions of this code would not result for the hardship of the applicant. this variance is not necessary for the substantial prooits of subject property: the granting of the variance would be detriment to the public welfare and adversely affect the san francisco's general plan because of the reduction in the rear yard requirement does not provide adequate open space for the neighborhood and the city. i along with my neighbors or immediate plans with the project currently oppose the project as proposed. we request that you eliminate one floor and the zoning administrator deny the rear yard variance request. >> good evening, commissioners. i have lived in this city for many years. i'm a district attorney in another county t project sponsor's bare the burden

city's contracting process. the measure requires council approval of professional services contracts totaling more than $40,000. the city's managing director tells us the mayor will sign it. he and reading mayor vaughn spencer are both under investigation for how contractors were hired. in july, fbi agents raided both allentown and reading city halls, seizing computers, cell phones, and other devices. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with another defeat of the so-called borgata babes, policy of regulating how much its cocktail waitresses can actually weigh. the policy prohibits servers from gaining or losing more than 7% of their body weight and in the ruling the court said the casino's personal appearance standards are legal and part of a lawsuit brought by 21 servers should be sent to a lower court to determine if the women were subjected to a hostile work environment when it came to how casino managers enforced those standards. we want you to chime in about this story on our facebook page. what do you

i'm proud of what the city is doing. let's keep doing it and let's keep having an attitude of always been prepared. that is how less fear and more about the engagement that we have in front of us is going to be the standard always to be working with our communities. i know there is a lot more things that people want us to do, whether it's potable water on the west side, whether it's more paramedics to make sure ambulance responses are there, whether it's ongoing investments like we have done with hiring more firefighters, paramedics and 911 callers and more equipment and more police officers, i think we have those resources. we have demonstrated in the budget this year with the no-cuts budget for the city that queer we're willing to invest in all these things to make our city. nowhere else do i think it's adequately prepared dem, and i know we'll be on display for fleet week as we emphasize well-beyond the celebration of our military is the practice of a number of things that i have already seen the scheduled for and i'm

what does the city get out of you guys hiring felons? >> the city gets a number of things. one, it creates way more jobs. these are people that otherwise may not be working and we pay them a living wage with benefits. with the city awarding us the contract it's putting the jobs back in the community. >> johnny washington said he spent years looking for work, held back by two stints in prison racked up by years of dealing drugs. >> what happened when you applied? >> my background, my felonies on my record. >> did they call you back, do you not hear anything? >> i don't hear anything at all. they call me back and they tell me my background didn't go through. >> how do you think that's impacting their record, the fact that they don't find jobs, how does that affect folks? >> they go back out on the streets and do what they have to do to feed their family. >> johnny has worked his way up to crew leader. he recently completed work on this site, tearing down ten row houses on bradford street just a few blocks from where he said he used to sell heroin. >> do these house he you tea

york city. pope francis has arrived for a mass his final event in new york before he gets a good night's sleep and moves on to philadelphia tomorrow. 20,000 pilgrims have assembled at madison square garden. it has been another extraordinary day for the pontiff as new yorkers have gone gaga over pope francis. >>> it is friday night. and big story on "action news" tonight is next stop philadelphia. and that means final security and traffic measures have just gone into effect. as of one minute ago, if you drive out of the francis festival grounds, the area shaded in light green, you cannot drive back until monday. "action news" reporter david henry is live in center city tonight. david, it is the final countdown. >> reporter: yeah, jim, the security noose is getting tighter by the hour. it is an eerie sight out here. center city is looking like a ghost town with major thorough fares like market street shut off. it's one long cattle chute leading up to a security check point near city hall. we've ne

we're looking for city. and on the police force. >> reporter: on september 9th, blake was forcefully arrested and handcuffed by a veteran nypd officer who was acting on a tip about some stolen credit cards phones. blake, a wealthy retired tennis player, was not involved in the crime and neither was the person the person mistook blake for. blake requested today's meeting. >> the general theme was accountability, making sure we focused on that with the police officers. i feel like we made a lot of progress and we're all presently surprised. >> very positive meeting. >> reporter: the mayor did not elaborate but the city council is considering a proposal to create an early intervention system that will track officers who demonstrate a tendency toward excessive force. let's monitor it and make sure the nypd has a plan to address it, a statement from the council said. blake said the world might not know about his case if he wasn't in the public eye. >> i don't know if i would have had the same voice. i don't know

the city of philadelphia is a major city. american history is rooted in philadelphia.s what drives a lot of our tourism. but the fact that we're only getting reimbursed for police, we're only getting reimbursed for emergency medical services and other city services is not enough. i mean, we need to stop giving away the store and we need to start acting like who we are. philadelphia is a major city, we need to act like it and make sure we get paid when things like this happen. >> always a pleasure to have you here. i don't want to negadelphia. let us know what you think, excited about made in america or should the city have made a better deal? we'll get back to some of those comments after we see what jen fred has this week in momalogue. >> hey, everybody. some super special guest stars. we've been hanging out with chef brian duffy trying out fancy brek fasts but these ladies are going to tell us what they hate that moms put in their lunch? too much meat on my sand wish. >> apple sauce and an apple. >> it's the same thing and you don't want both. >> i don't like when my

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. >> reporter: the homeland security chief in town today to meet with his troops and help roll out the feds new papal visit communication center tied to the growing network of cameras blanketing the city. at three square miles in terms of sheer geography philadelphia's restricted traffic box is th

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cathedral in new york city. last night an enthusiastic crowd welcomed the pope at the apostolic anunciar where he spent the night. now pope francis didn't disappoint the crowd either, of course, hugging people there, stopping to say hello before turn income for the night. ♪ and this was the scene earlier at the white house, rolling out the red carpet for the pope. he addressed 10,000 people. he spoke in english, touching on poverty and climate change. today's address to congress will also be in dplimpblt his mass tomorrow at madison square garden and on the parkway if philadelphia will be in spanish, the pope's native language, of course. and after leaving the white house, francis went on parade. a huge crowd there. he did stop a number of times, though, to kiss panes as you see there, waving and giving the crowd a thumb's up. we can expect something similar with each planned in philadelphia this weekend. >>> you know a lot of us have taken pictures with those quote cardboard cutouts, you probably seen those, th

it's forest near a city.ith the fire on the east side, you may remember that and affected the bay bridge traffic a couple of years ago and pretty significant and as i mentioned mclaren park can get going pretty well. the last slide is from 2015 same call types, the imagines are in the same. >> engines are in the same place but our objective is protect lives and civilian and department and members and protect the structures and mitigate the situation and i am proud of our teams and they have done a really good job. these fire conditions are -- [inaudible] members haven't seen. they're creating their own weather systems and imimpressive of the job and i am proud of them. if you have any questions i am glad to answer them. >> you talk about other areas of mutual aid and i assume it's reciprocated also if we ever needed help? >> that's correct. >> okay. which i guess county that would be -- >> we're in region two. there are six regions in the state. we're in the 1/2 of the region two and it's made up of 90 counti

our city, it's their city -- they're treated if it's the city for city hall and frankly tourism and middle class black and white people. that's the way they feel if you are poor and black in baltimore city you don't feel it's your city, you're the troublesome presence. >> keep them corralled for lack of a better word? >> out of sight out of mind. the only place they are welcomed the their own homes and the baltimore city detention center, that's the truth. >> the lack of fair opportunities, one of the key complaints protesters want their political leaders to address in a city that remains on edge. as six officers prepare for trial and the rest of the police force walks a fine line. >> "america tonight's" adam may joins us tonight from baltimore. adam you mentioned the two decisions earlier that had a positive effect for prosecution but there was a late decision that seems to favor the defense. >> right, the charges will not be thrown out and the state's attorney does not have to recuse herself. but later this afternoon the judge ruled in another pretrial motion that these six defendants wi

people are ready to see pope francis in new york city. the way it's set up it will be hard to see him. >> we hope to see him. i want to see him in person. >> streets were closed down causing major gridlock and the pope is expected to attend a prayer service at saint patrick cathedral, where tickets guests will file in to greet the pontiffs. in times square people can't help to share the excitement. >> it's like going to the movies, but a lot more electric. >> he wants the best for the world, he is politically motivated. earlier pope francis spoke to politics, being the first pope in history to speak to a joint meeting of congress. >> i am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave. [ applause ] >> the pope did not hesitate to speak on controversial issues, the arms trade and a plea to get rid of the death penalty and reminding this crowd full of top leaders that immigration was a key part of the u.s.'s history and spirit. >> lets remember the golden rule. d

there's a live look, center city, one of the cameras in the city, and it's totally fogged over, be careful, especially if you drive on the shoreline. there's foggy conditions, mostly cloudies, humidity at 90%, winds at southwest at 6 miles per hour. visibility for philadelphia down to 5 miles, this is something we are watching over the next few hours. we should start to see the fog burn off, but definitely a foggy start. current temperatures at 67 degrees in wilmington, 65 in pottstown, and temperatures in the ppoconos at 63. this is changing the weather tomorrow. no rain associated with this cold front, but what we'll see is an area of high pressure shifting offshore for a clockwise rotation pulling in moisture. more humidity for today that continues to move offshore, and the cold front comes in behind it bringing us cooler air from the north, cooler, breezy conditions, setting us up for cooler temperatures headed into the eagles game. if you plan on tailgatie ining tomorrow, you'll love the forecast. game kicks off at 4:25, and at the time, temperatures 7 7 degrees, breezy, mix of sun, c

after day, build the city.ing our contribution in here in the united states. thank you very much. i'm going to give you a hug. this hug is on behalf of everybody here, the day workers. >> our stories are diverse. our wishes are for a better life in the united states. -- with the common good for our neighbor. please accept this book of our diverse stories. more than a thousand people have offered wishes to welcome you in new york and on behalf of us, please accept these greetings as our gift. thank you. >> translator: this book belongs to you. it's from the indigenous from honduras. this is my daughter, she's 4 years old. what's her name? >> fernanda. >> can i give you a kiss? >> translator: hello, pope francis. we're a group of mothers that got together to exchange ideas and support each other and this is our present. it is a table cloth. it's a replica of the table cloths that are going to be used today at mass. so it's a table cloth for the mass. welcome. >> translator: i would like for you to bless this brac

i'm proud of what the city is doing.doing it and let's keep having an attitude of always been prepared. that is how less fear and more about the engagement that we have in front of us is going to be the standard always to be working with our communities. i know there is a lot more things that people want us to do, whether it's potable water on the west side, whether it's more paramedics to make sure ambulance responses are there, whether it's ongoing investments like we have done with hiring more firefighters, paramedics and 911 callers and more equipment and more police officers, i think we have those resources. we have demonstrated in the budget this year with the no-cuts budget for the city that queer we're willing to invest in all these things to make our city. nowhere else do i think it's adequately prepared dem, and i know we'll be on display for fleet week as we emphasize well-beyond the celebration of our military is the practice of a number of things that i have already seen the scheduled for and i'm excited to

but i feel like you sees these in center city like old city occasionally. >> i think you need more than like out of my way. that just seems like -- >> interesting concept. >> accident wait to go happen. but drinking while biking. maybe not the best idea. >> not recollected hey, we do have exciting news for you. you know i'll appreciate this. a.m. sell about to introduce a bunch. new emojis. >> you love those. >> i have an emoji for everything. but we'll show you what's being planned. >> just in time for your weekends, meisha taking us for dream drive. >> thank goodness, not a dream dive. >> thank goodness. don't want to go on one of those. >> she's headed to the shore, she lets you know about the hot spots that you might not even know about. >> and the weather should be perfect for a nice drive? >> yes there is afternoon is looking gorgeous, so happy to bring everybody bad news, i can't wait to see meisha's little drive. i look forward to. that will you want to know what's happening for the weekend? i have your answers, little complicated this weekend. stay with us, everybody, stay with

center city is locked down.etal detectors are up at the most secure perimeters and barricades are blocking vehicle traffic. out of towners are pouring in and ready for the pontiff's visit. this group of more than 100 came all the way from phoenix. >> really excited. really exciting for me 'cause i visited the pope a couple times already. >> reporter: national guards men at their post at nearly every corner with tighter security here than new york and d.c. we asked the governor if the extensive measures will be keeping away the faithful. >> the other cities didn't have the open events that we have here. that's a balancing act. you can't just throw things open and hopes it work out. you've got to do some planning. >> reporter: the governor will greet the pope when he plans saturday and attendance at his masses. >> the proof's in the pudding but we've done everything we can to make this safe visit but pleasant one for the people here. >> reporter: volunteers an inform comings and nora mull vain knee say the measure

the city's been looking into practices since the deadly center city building collapse in 2013. six people died during a botched demolition of 22nd and market streets. city controller will release his latest findings and announce an action plan over concerns over public safety. happening today, shine the light on the progress in the city of camden. the ribbon will be cut welcoming a new upgraded charter school. matt? >> reporter: kids are back in the classroom for the new school year. with camden being one of the four cities in the state a lot believe that the kids here don't have the greatest learning opportunities. pleem academy here has been trying to change that mind-set for nearly 20 years. the ribbon cutting is for a new school. administration wanted inning to give these kids a better way to learn. it's about science, technology, engineering, arts and math. recently sending graduates to ivy league schools. >> leap academy, without an institution of higher learning here in the city, a lot of these kids will be dropping out going into schools that are not the most fitted for

tonight the city is collecting and the city is thanking the i-team. chris is here now with more. >> these environmental fines are for things like sanitation violations and unsafe sidewalk conditions. they average just a few hundred dollars. when we asked why global financial titans have ignored them, the city says the banks started to pay attention. >> we expect everyone to pay. >> reporter: jeff is new york city's deputy finance commissioner. since our i-team report, he says banks have started settling their debts. >> that's why we appreciate your bringing this to our attention and we really thank nbc for letting us know. >> reporter: he's talking about our discovery that some of the nation's wealthiest banks have ignored new york city environmental fines for years. three months after we found more than $3 million in unpaid fines, the city says banks have paid half of what they owe. $1.5 million. including 14 violations at this hsbc branch, now satisfied. 12 violations at this one. paid up. in all, hsbc told us the bank has resolved 92% of about $800

city. this fails to meet planning code section which are required for the zoning administrator to grant variance. when there are no exceptional or circumstances applied to those involve apply to the properties in the neighborhood and the provisions of this code would not result for the hardship of the applicant. this variance is not necessary for the substantial prooits of subject property: the granting of the variance would be detriment to the public welfare and adversely affect the san francisco's general plan because of the reduction in the rear yard requirement does not provide adequate open space for the neighborhood and the city. i along with my neighbors or immediate plans with the project currently oppose the project as proposed. we request that you eliminate one floor and the zoning administrator deny the rear yard variance request. >> good evening, commissioners. i have lived in this city for many years. i'm a district attorney in another county t project sponsor's bare the burden