to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of city hall, the city arts commission picked artist jeremy fish to mark the occasion in art. >> we invited him to come and think about what it would be like to do a series of 100 drawings for the 100th anniversary of city hall. >> this is physically just about the things that make this building remarkable. >> so jeremy is the first official san francisco arts commissioned city hall artisan resident. >> reporter: fish already left his thumbprint around his beloved san francisco. it seemed only natural he'd train his brushes on the city's most stately building. >> i think san francisco city hall is one of the landmarks in this town that for whatever reason gets overlooked. look at that thing, it's bigger than the capitol building in d.c. >> reporter: since trfs no precedent, there was no official place for an artist in residence to work. >> i was like can i have an office? >> we asked city hall if he could have an office. >> this was one of the options, the phone room. but i would have a phone just in case i needed to make some calls. >> reporter: i

. >> those remarkable things happening inside a storage closet at san francisco city hall. we'll show you what's so remarkable. talk about a bad day. a tree fell right into a redwood city home earlier today. it happened in the area of >>> talk about a bad day. that's right. it's a tree fell right into a redwood city home earlier today. you can see the roof pretty smashed up because that's a big tree. we're told the tree stood in the yard of a nearby apartment complex and it fell while some work was being done on it. >>> we have an unlikely visitor. he's taking up residence at san francisco's city hall inside of a storage closet. >> the city is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the building in all sorts of ways. >> the massive city hall is impressive. >> reporter: it's impossible to imagine all the things a 1 100-year-old building has witnessed. in this long time temple of the people's business the work happening in this room is a first. to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of city hall jeremy was picked to mark the occasion. >> we invited him to come and think about wh

. >> those remarkable things happening inside a storage closet at san francisco's city hall.e'll show you what's going on. >>> good morning, there's lots to do today in the bay. i'll be hosting a food fundraiser for injapanese cultural community center. i'll be eating. this event, the sumo championships that's today in front of the pagoda in japan town. the sumo will explain a bit about their sport display their power. there's a free meet and greet for the kids today at 5:00 and more live matches tomorrow. check out the sand covers rink on the sidewalk of the plaza. that's in san francisco. further south in san jose sidewalks are covered with chalk but beautifully covered. the chalk art festival in san jose. this attracts 6,000 artist as they work to create over 150 works of art along the park's pathways. classical re-creations to 3 d cartoons abstract and whatever else they can think of. there's live musicing and dance and food trucks. maybe you want to swap the art for chalk for art and wine. the 35th annual santa clara art and wine festival. over 170 booths are sharing spa

. >> seeking justice for kate on the front steps of city hall, the family announcing the legal claim against the sheriff and two federal agents. >> bob rudell is live at city hall, where a news conference started moments ago. >> there are claims against three government agencies, the family attorney for the steinle family, you can see behind me, the steinle family standing with them on the steps of city hall. the last words kate steinle said to her father as she lay dying were help me. obviously the father couldn't do anything at the time, it was too late, the family believes those words still resonate with them. they want to help her, assure that something like this never happens again. the family, you can see jim and liz steinle. her brother is behind the family attorney. and right now they are announcing they are filing claims against three government agencies, namely the sheriff of san francisco, immigration customs and enforcement agency, and then the bureau of land management since it was their gun that killed kate. the family wants those agencies to be held accountable for the

and no estimates coming out yet and we contacted city hall and the world meeting of family fz they would release numbers soon. so far nothing. maybe something in the next day or two. hopefully. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> john, thank you. >>> jury selection begins today in the trial of a demolition contractor chashlged in the center city building collapse. griffin campbell faces six counts of third degree murder. prosecutors say he left a towering brick wall unstable before it toppled on to a salvation army store, before it collapsed and killed six people. the excavator operator sean benschop already has plead guilty. >>> in philadelphia authorities are looking into what caused a septa bus to crash in a traffic light. septa says that ten passengers and the driver suffered minor injuries. >>> the five candidates for philadelphia's mayoral race faces off for the first time. the debate is set for 7:00 p.m. on broad street. two democrats and two independents and one from the socialist party. tamala edwards will moderate. the general election is november 3rd. >>> still to come t

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

city hall station, 5th street station, 15th street station closed as well.> reporter: on the big board we're dressing the kids in the jacket. quickly we'll transition to weather that's suitable for shorts and ts. 63 degrees by 9:00 a.m. it will be cool there, if you're running early errands no problems. later on this afternoon, we'll get a high of 82. mostly sunny skies and low humidity and light winds today. matt and tam. >> new this morning, federal education officials have cleared princeton university on claims it discriminates against asian applicants. two applicants claimed princeton rejected them because they were asian. princeton accepts 10% of it's undergraduate applications. >>> on the people scene chris brown will not be welcome in december for a tour. officials have refused his visa on character grounds because of his attack on then girlfriend rihanna back in 2009. britain and canada have refused brown. do we have anymore chips? [off screen] fellas? uh, sorry. we were day dreaming. about that vip tailgate and game tickets? uh yeah! and that pre-ga

basically you want to avoid that city hall area if you can possibly.to the schuylkill expressway right around montgomery drive and is there smooth sailing along the schuylkill this morning for your holiday and made in america concert is over but clean up continues, but inner drive, ben franklin parkway are still closed and two lanes of the art museum circle closed as that clean up mike and alex, continues. >>> it will be a little bit the to clean that up. >> oh, yeah. >> crazy weekend. >>> well, johnny dep's wife could be facing james time because she smuggled the couple's two dogs in australia. >> throw her in jail. >> they have two dogs. one is name, they are terriers, one is boo and the other is crystal, and they are at a center of the media storm now because whole country knows. authority say dep's wife, her name is amber, illegally snuck these two pooch necessary australia while they were filming his latest pirates of the caribbean movie. haven't we seen enough of those movies. >>> parentally not. >> australia has strict laws about which animals c

street from city hall shut down today.f you are an employee here which many people will still work because it is a friday and they didn't get the day off, if you show id you can get through here. if you are a resident, living in the writ carlton residents behind the hotel that are block right now those high rises up there, you have to have prove you live there and you can still come and go out of there but otherwise you you are not going to get around once they see all this stuff up. there is look we have been warning about. it is finally here, it is friday. i cannot imagine anybody being that happy at ten when having just seals uptight for the big weekend. chris and lauren. >> man. >> a lot going on, steve keeley, thanks. >>> the history making play for one fan during last night padres/giants game. you won't want to miss what happens to him. >>> coach chip kelly thought he could easily replace evan mathis but that clearly not the the the case. why one eagles player says they have to take a look back now to win the upcomin

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

ktvu's azenith smith is live in san jose city hall where the city counsel looking to tighten rent increases. >> reporter: frag, the city of san jose has -- frank, the city of san jose has a history of being the most expensive to live in san francisco. >> we have everything labeled. organized. >> reporter: walking into the apartment gives you an idea on what it is like renting in san jose. a three bedroom apartment shared by 7 people. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: one lives here in the living room. >> we feel trapped. i feel like really trapped knowing even after i graduate we will have to live like this. >> reporter: she lives pay check to pay check. she received a letter from the property manager saying rent is going up 8%. her story is similar to dozens of people who packed city hall tuesday. >> the reality that we face. that is commonly known. that is across the gamut. >> reporter: back in 2010 the average part rent was $1,400 a month. now in 2000 again it is $2,200 -- 2015, it is $2,200 a month. the city is looking to adjust the rent ordinance from 1979. provisions, include lower the m

something he was hoping to discuss with those city officials today at city hall. but it was not a subject, those officials wanted to discuss publicly, with us. >> try to make some progress. >> i'm not going to speak to that at all. i'll be making that final determination, i'm not going to speak to that at all. he had not gone through the most recent training. the three-day in-service training that we have been providing. that's correct. the process of putting those last, approximately 13,000 officers through that training. >> i'm certainly going to let him know how much we are making fundamental reforms in the relationship between police and community. that we are retraining our entire patrol force, which has never been done before. >> and several city council members, as you mentioned, david, announced today that they'll propose legislation that they say would do a better job than the police department does now of flagging and potentially abusive or problematic officers early on. blake arrived here at city hall 90 minutes ago and he's still inside and that meetin

darla miles has more from city hall. >> feel good. feel like we're make ing ing -- make progress gresz -- making progress. >> that's all james blake would say as he entered city hall monday afternoon. he made it clear he wants the nypd officer seen taken him down taken off the police force. >> i'm not going to speak to that at all. i'll be making that final determination. >> that officer has been on modified duty for almost two weeks now every since he mistook the former tennis pro for an identity theft suspect at the grand hyatt many midtown. >> he's a prominent person and this was a particular incident. the bottom line is the changes were already moving and that's what i want to explain to him and all new yorkers. >> this was a meeting requested by mr. blake through his attorneys. >> what's on mayor de blasio's mind is letting blake know how the department has already made progress, retraining the 35,000 officers in the department. >> that's been underway for the past year. i'm very partly -- proud of the chains we're making. >> tra

reporter: and, since that press conference this morning at the convention center we've since moved to city hall. moved here because happening right now there is a press conference inside with the city of philadelphia, and the mayor. they're going to be talking about their reaction toss this weekend. we have a camera crew inside. we'll bring you that part of the story coming up tonight beginning at 5:00. reporting live at city hall, rahel solomon, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> what the archbishop was responding to, rahel, thank you very much. archbishop was responding to at that point was about holy father's comments about sex abuse and also what he said on the plane going back. i'll have more for you on that later today on "eyewitness news". meantime, mayor michael nutter and the world meeting of families families agreed the event was a big sung zest. >> spoke just few moments ago. >> that everything worked well, the answer is yes. did people have a good time? yes. did people come out? yes. were people safe, secure? the answer again is yes. that's the measure of success for an event. >> much more

it's one long cattle chute leading up to a security check point near city hall. we've never seen anything like it before and may never again. >> this is a different version of a walkable city. you don't see something like this at any point in time. >> reporter: it's the most extraordinary security undertaking the city has ever seen. major intersections are now barricaded with more to come. security check points have been in operation since 6:00 this morning. we got plenty of advance warning across all media but some were still caught by surprise. >> i think it's a real big inconvenience. i'm trying to get all around just to try to find a way to get to work. if i don't make it to work i'm looking at getting fired. i'm going in through and out and i still can't even find my bus. >> reporter: septa had warned that buses would not be running normally with much of center city divided by barricades. if it's any comfort, even archbishop chaput shares your pain. >> as you see it's a very complicated process even getting around. i was late getting to mass this morning beca

special placed in my heart you heard earlier from the buena vista tom honoring this was at temporary city hall into the city and county of san francisco working for former mayor willie brown this was the place i met ed lee and first met intern london breed and then architect he edgar lopez and the first place i met my future husband harlan kelly (clapping.) this also is this building holds a special place i chair the capital improvement program the veterans is a critical achievement to the capital improvement program as one the capital improvement program top appraise i'll happening happen to see see long term and small financial planning is louse us to support this veterans building the war memorial building hfa happens to be designed by the same architect arborist brown as city hall as mentions heeler this is especially we slshlt to citizen technology of this milestone across the street i sit new office across the street on the van ness on the for the last go years the honor of literally overseeing the project with that, i'll to take the opportunity to thank you. the mohammed nuru and archit

his preliminary hearing and if there is enough evidence for him to go to trial. >> live outside city hall in the city. >> with us now is matthew davis, the attorney. ramos was convicted of the killings. he is an undocumented immigrant and known gang member that mistook one of the sons for a rival gang member. >> the family lost in court regarding the sanctuary city policy. i want to go to today, matt. the claim against the bureau of land management. what are your thoughts about that, that they did not have that gun stored away properly? >> first of all, let me just say the family did an excellent job in terms of selecting their lawyers. they got a high-powered lawyer that has a great reputation with the courts. if anyone can help them prevail, they will do a good job. nevertheless, there are going to be some questions that the court is going to have. mostly, is it too attenuated between this blms agent's carelessness with his gun and the later murder of the daughter. were there too many intervening steps that took place so it would be unfair to hold the bureau responsible for her death. >

together the family stood on the steps of san francisco city hall and hand in hand as they announced plans to file a lawsuit against who they believe is responsible for the death of kate steinle. that includes san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. the bureau of land management, her brother brad said he and his family felt that the system had failed his sister. and that no one has taken responsibility. >> we're here to make sure that a change is made so nobody has to endure pain that my mom and dad and i go through on a daily basis. because this system failed our sister. and at this point, nobody has taken responsibility. accountability, and nothing has changed. >> reporter: kate was shot and killed july 1st walking down pier 14 with her father. undocumented immigrant francisco sanchez was behind the trigger. the family was up here and kept stressing they were tired of everyone pointing fingers at one another and it's about time that someone took responsibility. reporting live from san francisco's city hall,carecare, kpix 5 -- cate cauguiran, kpix 5. >> thank you for that and so far n

greg argos joins us at camden city hall with the impact of the outages. greg, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, yes, really is impacting folks, impacting them this morning, and it is actually going to continue impacting them all afternoon because the power is starting to come back on, on some of the thee affected building. remaining closed for the rest of the day. now, told this all started right here around clock 15 this morning, city hall, one of the buildings affected. if you take a look at video, we shot from just little while ago, you can see, person after person arriving with appointment, one supposed to be getting married, all because every these pour outages, cancel. spoke with the spokesperson of the city of camden, they say around 7:15 a.m., that's when the heavy rain created a small fire in one of the transformers, and that transformer lost power. and then, this downtown area, lost power. take a look, listen, what some of the folks affected had to say. >> what were you here today? >> to have sir ill service. >> get married? >> yes. >

strict parking regulations will be in place from the art museum past city hall. residents in the area do have options to park in city garages or on certain streets with the city-issued pass. "action news" reporter vern odom will have details on the options coming up in a live report at 5:30. >>> and our coverage of the upcoming papal visit continues on high pressure. there we have a closer look at the highway and bridge closures while the pontiff is in town. you can get a look at how the ben franklin parkway is slowly but surely being transformed to welcome pope francis to town. >> in other news the search continues for the person who set a philadelphia restaurant under construction on fire. it happened earlier this week in center city and federal officials are now offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim live at the scene at 13th and chancellor streets with more. eva. >> reporter: monica, investigators say this fire that destroyed the building was the work of an arsonist. they're asking for your help to find th

he'll come around city hall and eventually end up back over here. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter saysmore than a million people may come to see the pope during his three outdoor events in the city. how do you sleep comfortably at night knowing that hey, we have accounted for everyone that's coming in? >> good screening, good intelligence gathering and really paying attention to what's going on. >> reporter: security will also be tight during the pope's three-day visit to washington. scott, he will deliver his first outdoor mass here at the national basilica on wednesday in front of an expected crowd of about 25,000 people. >> pelley: an exciting time. jeff pegues for us tonight. jeff, thanks. this evening wisconsin governor scott walker dropped out of the race for the republican nomination. former texas governor rick perry left ten days ago. walker was a rising star, but he barely registered in the polls after weak performances in the first two debates. here was walker this evening. >> i will suspend my campaign immediately. i encourage other republican presidential candidates to cons

and we do have nbc 10's lauren make who is down with the crowd at city hall. lauren whashgs is it like there? >> reporter: chris and denise, you certainly did not have to be on the parkway to be part of this here today. just take a look behind me. folks are clearing out now, but this has been just a sea of people. where we are right now is on jfk between 15th and broad street, right in front of city hall. and this was just block after block of people standing together watching this mass. and now as we sort of swing around, let me show you what is actually happening out here right now. we have sort of an impromptu concert and celebration happening out here right now with -- i'm not sure whether all of these folks know each other. it looks like they might not. they're just joining in to be all part of this here together. that's part of what this is about. it was about the mass, but it's also about things like this. it's also about these moments they are not going to forget. i was able to talk to some of the folks who made the trip in for the mass today to hear w

city hall, back to eakins oval.he second parade will take place the next day on the parkway as well. the details of the exact route are still being finalized. organizers say you will be able to get a firsthand look at the pope from as far away as city hall. >>> new information for anyone looking to take the river link ferry from camden to philadelphia for the papal visit, this is a live look at the ben franklin bridge where that ferry will cross the delaware parallel to the bridge. the question, though, is, with limited parking, how do you get to the ferry? officials say they hope to have an answer to that question by next week. the river link ferry is running from saturday, september 25th through monday -- that should be saturday, september 26th through monday, september 28th with extended hours on saturday and sunday. people can buy tickets for $7 online. >>> you know, preparing for the pope also means planning for an emergency. we'll show you what officials are doing now to make sure they have plenty of food, wat

four years i cover city hall and city politics you can see the nonsense but the wonderful things that happen the third wednesday of june? day mtm of the entire plaza at the flags, bagpipes flags, bagpipes, everybody shows up in the address blue uniforms with white gloves and all the family shows up and it is a marvelous and wonderful location. they gather together to honor all of acts of true bravery by firefighters and emergency service responders. they go through one by one but i would get the pitchers and it struck me again that this is the model of a proud said vacation for those who risk their lives to go into burning buildings to help us. and i looked at the pitchers differently this time thinking about this event even though it is a wonderful occasion, the crowd does not look like most of new york. part of new york bight i've lived in brooklyn it doesn't look the part that we are in right here. it is a different city. how did that happen? it is an enduring mystery as to how it could be to have a wonderful organization and get for so long when people were so conscious of civil r

for years i covered city hall and city politics, you see a lot of nonsense that goes on around town.one of the wonderful things that happen every year is the first wednesday of june, they empty out the entire plaza in front of city hall, flakes, buntings, bagpipers, bagpipers, everybody shows up in their dress uniforms. the chiefs and their big white hats and white gloves, family show up, up, it's a really marvelous, wonderful occasion. they gather together to honor all of the acts of true bravery by firefighters in emergency service. they go through one by one, i wasn't there this year but i looked at the pictures. it struck me again as it had the first time i thought that this is the model of what a proud civic occasion a city would have. let's honor the the people who risk their lives to go into building burning buildings to help us when something happens. i looked at the picture differently this time because i was thinking of this event and i thought about how even though it is this wonderful occasion the crowd there doesn't look like most of new york still. it looks like part of

remember, the shaded areas here, the no parking zones, in old city, around city hall, and all the wayhe parkway, remain, and a lot of this area here is where they're putting up all of the hi, 10-foot fencing, just like right outside our studios here at fourth and market. the only closure today, same deal as the last couple of days, both of the drives are closed to vehicle traffic, but tonight the first closure goes into effect at around 10:00 o'clock, and that's the ramps exiting the vine street expressway to eighth street, broad, 23rd and the parkway. so you'll be able to cross town, you just won't be able to exit the vine street expressway and come above into the area where we're going to see the papal activities and on the parkway. keep that in mind if you are going down to the madonna concert. it could be little trick of tricky tonight. >> republican presidential candidate, donald trump stops by geared by african-american business owners in south carolina took the stage to cheerful crowd. spoke to 500 supporters, gave short speech, pointed out he led in the polls and said the coun

on the front steps of city hall her family will announce they're filing a legal claim against service sheriff and two federal agencies. "today in the bay" bob redell joins us live in our san francisco newsroom this morning. we understand the family wants accountability for kate's death. >> reporter: the spinal family believes that the system failed them and their daughter kate. that's why in three and a half hours on the steps of city hall her parents, brother and along with their lawyers will announce they are filing a claim against three government agencies, namely the sheriff's office of san francisco, i.c.e., immigration custom enforcement and the bureau of land management since it was their agents's stolen gun that was used to kill kate steinle this past july as she walked with her father down pier 14 in san francisco. the steinle family wants to hold those agencies accountable for their daughter's death. >>> >> the basis of the steinle claim is that the federal government, the state government and the federal agent whose gun was used in killing kate steinle all dropped the ball

dari: the coalition for the homeless gathered on the steps of city hall today to highlight the importance of curbing the sale of synthetic marijuana, also known as k-2. the group is applauding the city for its plan for harsher punishment for those who sell k2, but punishing against the criminalization of users. they want the city to set up treatment options. steve: syrian arrived in austria today. more than 9 million have been displaced by the war. germany expects 800,000 migrants this year. to help out, the u.s. is upping the number it will take in over two years. secretary of state john kerry says national security is still a top concern. >> we cannot cut corners with respect to those security requirements. but this step that i am announcing today i believe is in of america as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope. steve: arthur chi'en whether have more on the nation's response coming up on the fox 5 news at 6:00. dari: a long island school official is learning a hard lesson. steve: her 15 minutes of fame could cost her job after appearing in an explicit music video. jodi goldbe

special placed in my heart you heard earlier from the buena vista tom honoring this was at temporary city hall into the city and county of san francisco working for former mayor willie brown this was the place i met ed lee and first met intern london breed and then architect he edgar lopez and the first place i met my future husband harlan kelly (clapping.) this also is this building holds a special place i chair the capital improvement program the veterans is a critical achievement to the capital improvement program as one the capital improvement program top appraise i'll happening happen to see see long term and small financial planning is louse us to support this veterans building the war memorial building hfa happens to be designed by the same architect arborist brown as city hall as mentions heeler this is especially we slshlt to citizen technology of this milestone across the street i sit new office across the street on the van ness on the for the last go years the honor of literally overseeing the project with that, i'll to take the opportunity to thank you. the mohammed nuru and archit

passing old city hall right now. there you see on that wide shot. >> more the detail coming through. everybody waiting the see the pope. here he comes into view, into independence hall, and you can hear some of the cheering as people recognize that jeep wrangler that's coming into view. here it goes. here are the cheers. [ cheers and applause ] >> another baby, another kiss. >> the joy on his face ever present. >> wearing that smile he's known for. >> the chief security around him, he knows what he wants. he's telling them now. oh, look. >> in terms of security, the speed of the popemobile also was discussed, how quickly or how slowly it should move for security, also in terms of what the pontiff requests. >> the dignitaries on stage awaiting him. >> the cheers getting louder. >> just a reminder that this is his first trip to the united states, his first time in philadelphia. he gets to take in this historic sight. >> i know father gallagher, you're saying he's not one that loves to travel, but he's taking a lot in in

a few other things to keep in mind city hall will be closed starting today, septa is closing stations beginning at 10:00 p.m. tonight for preparations including suburban station on the regional rail and the city hall station on the broad street line. the rest of the stuffer coming up at 5:00. live along the parkway katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> now, pope francis will be going to new york city later today before that he will make history on capitol hill becoming the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress. abc stephanie romos reports. >> reporter: tribune another day of firsts for the pope. amid the fanfare the pope injects humility pulling up to his first visit to the white house in a tiny fiat and giving his first speech to the american people in english. >> as the son of an immigrant family i'm happy to be in your country which was built by those families. >> reporter: the holy father called for tolerance and action on climate change before heading into the oval office to meet with president obama. the pontiff boards the popemobile greeting thousands lined up

right now we have broad street restricted in front of city hall. they have staging there. and the benjamin franklin parkway we have restrictions there, they have started to open the outer drive, inner drive in some of those areas. i talked to the police a little bit ago. they told me most of the area is all opened up back now, the main issues remain on the benjamin franklin parkway. the changes with mass trans i want will be more regular starting tomorrow morning. >> meantime the pontiff left philadelphia last night. "action news" was there for a final wave goodbye before he boarded shepherd one. he told reporters the united states surprised him, especially the warmth of the of people. he is back at the vatican hopefully getting much-needed rest after an historic 6 day three-city tour. >>> the world meeting of families was the original reason for the pope's visit. organizers thought it would generate sales of $390 million. some philadelphia business owners say they did not reap the benefits. mark vetri said he was thrilled about the pope's visit, but he was not happy that

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

thank you again president breed and supervisors and guests to our city hall. supervisors welcome back from your recess. i know you're all eager to get to work. i like to use my time to talk about how we are working everyday to keep our city more affordable. that's our laser focus on housing, housing that's affordable to low and middle income families. we are using this time of prosperity in our city to make sure every resident benefits. we have already together, raised the minimum wage for our city. we've made muny free for low income kids for seniors and people with disabilities. we've invested in our public schools, the great equalizer to make sure our kids succeed. by providing affordable housing to low income families is an essential part of our affordability challenge that we must solve. even though we have a housing crisis that's decades in the making, we must act decisively together now to make sure that families stay in their homes and get access to an affordable one. that's why last year, 2014, i announced a pretty aggressive housing plan. build and re

we're right at the base of the parkway near city hall.e's now -- understand he's now approaching the art museum. he will get in his pope mobile make his way down the parkway and here to the throngs of people. he will make his way around city hall once and then right back down to the parkway. i want to introduce to you someone who, talk about commit many, talk about faith. this is jacqueline -- >> gonzales. >> and arabella. >> gonzales. >> and tell me first of all, what time did you get out here this morning? >> 9:30 in the morning. >> what does it mean to you to be here? >> oh, my god. it's just a privilege to be here with the whole community of the christians and the catholic church. just to stand out here and just support a leader in our church. it's a blessing just to be here with all these people surrounded here to have the same beliefs system that we have and share it with my little three-year-old born on christmas day. she's a blessing i prayed for five years. >> all right. chris o'connell, live on the parkway. right now, right here

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 francis started off his day with visit to the white house finish by cannonize agnew saint. during his remarks yesterday, he urged leaders to promote

all of those off ramps bring you up above into what is now the security zone which stretches from city hall the way up to the parkway. you are a able to walk around. you are able to go through checkpoints. septa stations within that security zone the trains are not stopping this morning. this is a at new information, this is game is game plan and in effect for market frankford, subway, trolleys and regional rail lines all not stopping within that security zone this morning. mike and alex, back to you. >>> we have pope francis up in new york city. lets get there right now. >> lets get to caroline live in insuring with the preview of the pope's big day in the big apple. >> reporter: big day in the big apple up deed starting off this morning addressing u.n. general assembly. that speech will be in spanish. it won't shy away from the big political topics that we have heard from pope francis over his six day visit. he will talk about the iran nuclear dealing offering praise on. that he will condemn isis. he will talk about climate change and poverty. from there midday he will have a prayer servi

week, police say there are no incidents reported here related to the world meeting of families, city hall is shut down today and will not reopen until tuesday. live at the convention center, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> on the ben franklin parkway organizers are hard at work making sure everything is ready, stages and structures are being built and crews have to be ready to transform the oval from a stage to an alter on sunday, at one point 3,000 people will be working simultaneously on the stage area over the weekend. if the pope was coming today conditions would be perfect for an outdoor mass, sky 6 hd looking at independence mall from our dow building camera where another outdoor event will take place, the weekend is a bit complicated. david murphy joins us with an accuweather preview. >> the bottom line is if we get rain it's likely sunday and not saturday. we start with a local view of satellite, you are right, the biggest issue now would be the building temperature and the need for sunscreen, most of our clouds are high and thin, we are still watching the area of low

0,000 in ticketed area in red and another 150 to 200,000 in on access purple area south of 20 to city hall and meeting many people without tickets may not get anywhere near the parkway. that does not phase michelle brigand. >> i do not have tickets but i might just walk up and just see and feel and watch it on one of the large tvs. i'm very excited for the city. and top have the pope here it's an honor. >> unlike major concerts like live aid in july 2005 area for spectators will be narrow. lanes of parkway will be off limits to the public for security reasons and secret service warns it could take two to three hours for people to get through security checkpoints and these catholics say that might scare away some and not them. >> no he's world leader and he is most powerful man in world. >> people who have decided they're coming will get here. >> and world meeting of family officials say they will turn no one away. there will be tvs strategically placed through the city that you can watch the mass on. officials say it's all part of the experience and being together hole ingdz hands singing

the second round of protest is expected to pick up around the corner behind city hall at the court house. we will keep an eye on it for 7:00 and throughout the rest of the night. reporting live in baltimore, garrett haake, wusa 9. >> organizers are not planning to protest through the trials they said but a decision to move them out of baltimore could change that. >>> developing story out of northern illinois, police in fox lake have widened their search for the 3 men who murdered one of their fellow officers. at least 100 cops are on the hunt for leads, some going door to door, police can see the killer may no longer be around that area. they have no detailed description, the lieutenant was shot to death yesterday chasing the men on foot and after 3 decades on the force, he was set to retire at the end of this month. >>> in texas, the sheriff is asking the public for patience as her department investigates the deady shooting of a man who appeared to have his hands up. deputies trying to take 41-year-old gilbert flores into custody over domestic violence complaint. a video shows he appare

nbc10's jesse gary just got all the details from a city hall news conference in center city. the mayor's forum will be on the la salle campus. how are people supposed to get there with a crush of traffic in the city that week? >> the mayor and executive director of the world meeting of families said people rely on septa's bus routes and the broad street subway, both of which will be open on september 23rd, the date of the mayor's forum on la salle's campus. the idea for this came last year when mayor nutter was in rome, petitioning the pope to come to philadelphia. during that trip he met with head of pontiffical council on families. they led to the announcement about an hour ago that the first international mayor's forum will be held during the world meeting of families. >> the international forum provides an incredible opportunity to engage around the impact of urbanization and the importance of the family unit to grow and develop future leaders. >> reporter: the mayors of philadelphia, rome, pueblo, new mexico, will participate in this 90-minute forum on la salle campus. w

deadly accident in city hall two. people hit by a cab.hey both died around city hall. >>> plus, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship. a relationship. how scientists chance even counter with a polar bear is bringing a serious issue to light. >>> exactly 7:30. two people, were killed this morning. they were police officers assaying they were hit by a cab. this is about over what, three hours ago. >> um-hmm. >> two and a half hours ago. >> broad and arch. >> apparently they were walking across broad street ape got hit by a cab. >> we know there was a young man and young woman. jenny joyce is at the scene. >> yes, we are hearing a young man and a young woman. woman was 24 years old a according to police, male was 25 years old. male died at the hospital. he was trans port todd hahnemann a couple blocks away have the. north and south bun lanes of broad street have reopen. now police still trying to figure out exactly what happened here, earlier this morning. we did see, accident reconstruction crews on the scene, trying to piece ev

>> on election day the rather sedata city hall cafe is a beehive of the activity teams work to settle issues that may arise in the field. >> this is the election center and wall the election center essentially a bank we i put together and on election day the poll workers call in on a procedure or parolee issues and the calls or the polling place is locked often enough the polling place are late. >> the poll dispatch team comprised of 60 to 80 employers are ready to be snatched to any polling place with missing or possible sick workers and there are procedural issues how to complete the roster or a machine jammed it said interand it will reject it; right? >> you call them and a representative on the other ends what's the issue take down our issue and get people to help you with the issues they resolve and one of the issue is recognized into the database it routes the issue to the phone bank and list on the jeep in the category. >> the phone bank swings into the action and the steps to deal with the issue until it's resolved. >> it is a transparent process the public looked at the issue

vernon odom was at today's meeting and he joins us live now from city hall with the story. >> good afternoon sara, right now for all city council members, most of them running for election it's a game of wait and see, they are low keying it now to see how it goes city council going about its regular business a week away from the papal visit, just days away from the massive security measures are imposed for the pontiff's 36 miles per hour visit to philadelphia, their ears are burning with constituent complaintses on the parking and

it runs from the art museum south east to beyond city hall. >> i just wake up and move that and hopefully get a spot, but, keeping your fingers crossed. >> reporter: if you do not have any city issued passes you will be subject to towing. >> it is unfair, complete respect to everybody's religion but i'm in the catholic and in the whole city will be shut down. >> it is the pope. once in the lifetime thing. we have to deal witt. >> reporter: remember first phase of towing begins sunday at 6:00 p.m. so be sure to move your car, so you don't get caught. in center city i'm nora muchanic for channel six "action news". >>> six abc.com is your home for live coverage of the papal visit. we will stream "action news" coverage of every major event and we will have have live feeds from cameras across the area you'll be able to watch or own line only ding tall updates. check out six abc.com for road closure and towing updates. >>> there is a pretty big, football game, on tap today in south philadelphia. the eagles taking on the dallas cowboys 4:59:25. in love lost there, right. and, adding fuel to the

"action news" reporter, david henry is live at city hall, david no question the city seems to be serious about creating a vehicle free zone on the street. >> no doubt about that jim but they are making it a little bit easier for the residents, but the city announced a month ago, that the cars have to be out of the security zone and now we know when they will begin towing them. they will start at 6:00 sunday evening september 20th, in the meantime, the city and event organizers are doing everything they can to encourage people to come down for the event. >> everyone is invited to come in and join this historic global event. >> and best of all it will be surprisingly easy to get here to enjoy it. >> instead of walking miles, visitors can take septa to within one mile of the venues, the secret service produced this video of what they can encounter at the grounds, mostly barricades on the streets and the tickets areas will have higher fences and multiple electronic screening stations, vehicles within the safety zones have to move their cars or be towed starting at 6:00 p.m. >> prior to the b