jaime apody is live in south philadelphia, sweating it out with the eagles today. >> yes, that is for sure, the birds getting ready for monday night football and we'll hear from them. plus, one fearless prognosticator, who usually get its right predicts the birds will win the super bowl. adam it was hot out here today. >> and per your twitter, women only glisten. >> 90 monday, 94 yesterday and 93 today and a break is on the way. i'll have the details in accuweather. >>> new at 6:00 they have dug up an impressive chunk of history in burlington county, new jersey. nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: when construction crews in burlington city began digging next to memorial hall on high street, they did not expect to find this, four and a half foot long 1500 pound cannon. >> it will start to corrode over time. >> archeologists for historic preservation came to examine the cannon, they say it was probably on a water vessel. >> it's not unusual to finite manies that date back this far. >> it may have been a decorative cannon they had at one time and just covered it up. >> the city own

jaime apody has more. >> bradford did not see it coming. >> the coaches analyzed the game tape -- >> we didn't do anything well. >> the quarterback looks bewildered and the offensive line is pushed all over the place and now the line backers are all blank banged up but early in the season there is still a sense of urgency. you start to look the season wholistically and you don't start to panic, you don't want to start 0-2, though they beat andrew luck and the colts on the road, they are 2-0, is it daunting thinking about this game? and the possibility of going down 0-3. >> daunting? no, we are prepared to win. >> i don't care who we play i am not afraid of anybody in this league. >> they are a good team, but i don't think we look at it like that, for us it's the next one and we are all biting and scratching to get a win and winning solves everything. >> jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> better win. >>> finally tonight, back to baseball, it's tradition for veterans to take on the rookies, and they had to dress up for 80s style for their trip to miami, herrera posted this gem on

jaime apody has who. >> as a kid that grew up in philadelphia rooting for a team with a jersey he now wears, philly embraces their own. >> rasheed bailey, he can play. >> you get to see this city from a whole different aspect, growing up it was a tough environment, going to roxborough high school and the love is so unreal. it's like unconditional right now. >> the delaware valley product is feeling the love from chip kelly, he doesn't get the sense that he is giddy just being here. >> is he not overwhelmed or overcome, because is he playing in his home town or playing for his favorite team going up, he is focused on what he has to do and that is improve on a constant basis. >> what would it mean to make the roster? >> it would be a dream and my dream is to play in the nfl. he knows that thursday night means everything, a final chance to make the team and put great plays on film so another team can pick him up if he doesn't. >> this is my opportunity, every little kids dream is to play in the nfl, no time to get caught in my emotions or the moment, it's time to play football and i'm ex

and jaime apody has eagles and phillies and much more in sports. let's clear the air.there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. >>> support continues to pour in for a texas teenager arrested when police thought he built a fake bomb that turned out to be a clock. ahmed muhammad was arrested and since then a star on social media and was personally invited by president obama to come to the white house to show off his clock and got a tweet from a nasa space engineer, but the most exciting phone call he said was from mit. >> maybe he'll go there. >>> eagles preparing for the cowboys, jaime apody with the latest on that. >> is the pressure on? >> no, we feel good. >> you guys look nervous

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monicanews" at 5:00 continues now with more on the arrival of pope francis in the united states, an exciting day for most americans, i'm monica malpass along with rick williams here at the nation's capital. the pope arrived a little while ago at andrews base, and was greeted by the president and his family and others, the crowd cheer and now is he meditating and relaxing for a quiet evening at the vatican embassy. >> the excitement continues here at the national cathedral as preparations continue for the papal mass and canonization ceremony, they are hanging banners and signs for the pontiff as he arrives here, various choirs are rehearsing and it sounds down right lovely and heavenly throughout the day, the preparations continue through tomorrow and the pope has quite an itinerary before the papal mass, tomorrow afternoon he is expected to go to the white house for a welcome ceremony with president obama and meet with 400 bishops across the country at saint matthew's cathedral and the canon

jaime apody has more of that coming up in sports and cecily is in for adam tonight.i, cecily. >> hi, sharrie. the heat is on. the high today 90 degrees in philadelphia. burlington the hottest day so far this year, 94. we'll get that hot tomorrow. we'll talk about heat wave number six on the way in the accuweather forecast. >> okay, those stories and much more when "action news" continues in just a moment. the road to hell is paved with good intentions. mr. president, we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. so, what if you're wrong? and they can't be trusted? senator coons, don't trust iran. vote this down. >> two texas high school football players could face criminal charges for tackling a referee. they blind sided him during a game on friday hitting him twice actually. as you can see one of the john jay high school players hits him from behind taking him down. then the other dives into him. espn analysts say there's no question tha

jaime apody with details coming up. >>> in weather melissa magee in for adam. monica. temperatures up and down in the midatlantic. in the 60's and 70's a bit of a fall feel for the first day back to work. details we'll let you know how long the stretch is sticking around for the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues in a moment. let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. a wave of game-day excitement is rolling into dunkin'. taste the new tailgater breakfast sandwich, stacked with smoked sausage, fire-roasted peppers, and onions. america runs on dunkin'. >> police in new york city looking for this woman tonight caug

jaime apody with more on that in sports.a. >> monica, highs today once again in philadelphia in the 90's. but it looks like cooler air arrives just in time for the start of our labor day holiday weekend. we'll let you know how long that's sticking around with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" comes right back. ava and i needed a little vacay. but we needed to watch our spending. meaning i needed to watch nikki. she's the spender. i'm the saver. so, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track... for both of us. she was just browsing... we gotta go. i'm ava. i'm nikki. and we bank human at td bank. what? you'd do that for me? really? yeah i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm, at three in the morning? who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? uh, khakis. she sounds hideous. well, she's a guy so... another reason more people stay with state

for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams for the entire "action news" team, i'm monicanight. >> good night. more kids are suffering from asthma and we still have no limits on carbon pollution which can lead to more asthma attacks in children but senator toomey has voted repeatedly to let polluters keep releasing unlimited carbon pollution into the air. and took more than one million dollars from the polluters. tell senator toomey to vote for the clean power plan, because unlimited pollution shouldn't be a right. but playing outside should be. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> it is monday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the final week of preparations for pope francis. and while that may mean joy for many, it also means inconvenience for some. the first phase of a towing operation went into effect last night and the signs are out in force tonight. if you're in phase one, your car should be off the street unless you've purchased a placard from the

jaime apody has sports including the eagles taking on dallas this weekend. let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. >>> a north jersey football player that ripped off a players helmet was s&ped. it took place between arch rivals, lyndon and imaclata, the injured player needed 10 stitches to close a head wound and the school board is pursuing his own disciplinary measures. >>> jaime apody is here now with sports. >> what is the best way to move on after a loss. >> play the cowboys. >> eat a hoagie. >> it's cowboys week enough said, eagles got back on the field getting ready to face the team everyone around here loves to hate. couldn't possibly have a bigger game this ear

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. >>> jaime apody is getting ready for their final preseason game tonight. >> do you think we shouldatch? >> there is plenty to watch for. finally the finale, the eagles and jets kick off for the final preseason game, make or break for those that are not a lock to make this team. all eyes are on the two quarterbacks jeff competing for one job like the eagles version of bachelors, two guys one rose one stays and one goes. right? >> with a love affair with tim tebow continue for the eagles, he has not played in a regular season game since playing for the jets three years ago and today playing against the jets could be his last chance to make a team. look how relaxed tim tebow is going into the final preseason game, he runs out on his phone face timing on the iphone, before chip kelly calls tebow's number, matt barkley will make the start against new york and he is expected the play the first half as they battle for the third job neither guy has thrown a touch down in the preseason, like fans at home, the guys on the team are interested to see how this plays out. >> i'm interested in se

. >>> and jaime apody has eagles, phillies and college action news. >>> six construction workers werender a building when it collapsed. it happened outside of providence and men were working on different parts of the building when it collapsed. everyone is expected to be okay. the cause of collapse is under investigation tonight. a students is facing charges for pushing a girl off the roof of a house party. it happened at bridgewater state university. a 20-year-old woman was caught on camera, falling 10 feet into a landing below and police said the whole thing happened. and they arrested marquez. he is held on $5,000 bail. >>> los angeles is officially the u.s. bid city to host the 2024 olympics, the u.s. olympic committee made that official after the l.a. city council allowed the negotiations to start. the deal is still vague at this point, they hosted the 1924 and 82 olympics if selected they will be the first city to be chosen three times. >>> eagles are fine tuning before their final preseason match-up on thursday, jaime apody is here with more on the preseason. >> one more to go,

. >>> and last night's loss to the atlanta falcons, jaime apody breaks it down for us. >> we are justom the pope's visit to philadelphia. "action news" reporter john rawlins has the details. >> reporter: as of today about 115,000 people have tickets to ride septa trains during the papal weekend, standing by a wall display, ron hopkins from septa talks about the maps online. they are color coded. potential parking in blue with a p and the darker blue is drop-off zones. >> you can drop off there and have you a short walk to the train station and you see how close you are the staging zone. >> and riders will be taken as a group to the loading zone, 500 people per train and put them on the platform and get them ready, that way they are ready to board efficiently. soon maps of 30th street and jefferson will join them, getting everyone sorted out and on the right train post papal event, on 30th street thousands will converge looking to board septa rails and amtrak and the subway. septa has a small army of guides in place. people, signs and bull horns, a lot of information, color coded walkw

. >>> we'll have jaime apody live in south philadelphia where the eagles continue to prepare for their regular season opener against the falcons. >>> "action news" is following news surrounding this incident in texas. two high school football players tackled the referee, claiming he made a racial slur and now they requested whether the coaches could have done more. and if they have a history of unsportsman-like conduct. both students involved are suspended. >>> st. joe's university has settled hazing lawsuits that led the school to end the softball season back in may. two former players claimed the school and coach new older members of the team were bullying and hazing the younger ones, saying they were forced to drink alcohol and perform sexually demeaning acts and did nothing to stop it. >> turning to sports now the eagles are preparing for the first game of the season. getting closer, jaime apody is live outside of the nova care complex with more. >> hey there guys, 694 days that is how long it will be since sam bradford last played in a regular nfl game, when he takes the stage for

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sam bradford led the birds back from a deficit in the second half, jaime apody is here with more. >> it's ironic the eagles began last year by falling behind by 17 points only coming back to win by 17 points, but lightning does not strike twice, everybody is finding all sorts of things wrong with this team. chip kelly is not pushing the panic button and pointed to the penalties as the problem. the flags accounted for 98 yarded gained that were called back. forget about the run game and sloppy play, will get you beat. >> first and foremost penalties, grew out and you have 10 penalties against dallas, you'll probably end up on the wrong side of the stick, we did not do a good job from that standpoint and a turnover we created that we called back because of penalty on the defensive side of the ball. you look at that, we are shooting ourselves in the foot. >> and speaking of shooting yourselves in the foot, lets talk cody parky, now is not the time to push the panic button on the kicker, his 44 yard miss could have cost them the game. he has all the confidence in parky. more coming up. >

. >>> "action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hellogain here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. we are watching the weather for you looking live from sky 6 hd rain is starting to fall in the area, and it's the first day in a long stretch for some stormy skies, plus the trial begins for a man charged in connection with the death of six people in a 2013 building collapse in center city and pope francis tries to intervene in the case of a georgia woman condemned to death the letter he sent to try and spare her life. >> and now the details, it's a soggy week from here on out, a round of rain moving in and that is just the beginning, a tropical storm is on its heels, sky 6 hd over center city you can see gray, cloudy skies and adam joseph is at the big board. >> it's been weeks since we have seen measurable rain in philadelphia and we'll get plenty through the rest of the week, we had a batch of rain through philadelphia right around 2:00 this afternoon that has lifted north into the poconos and light showers through lancaster a

and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6, for cecily tynan, jaime apody, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> tonight, who won? after fight night, donald trump set to speak, and who was the real winner on that stage? some now pointing to the only woman running for the republican nomination and that one moment. >>> breaking developments. we are just learning, authorities say a man tried to steal a jet from a texas airport. senior justice correspondent pierre thomas standing by. >>> the deadly earthquake and tsunami advisories triggered for the american coastline. the sirens going off, the grocery store shelves tumbling down. the 8.3 quake, the biggest this year. >>> the major headline for american drivers tonight. one of the largest settlements ever from an american automaker after a deadly defect. >>> and elton john breaking his silence tonight after that radio prank. he thought it was president putin. he's sounding off tonight.

. >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monicass. >> hello he again. monica is is off. sharrie williams joining us tonight. here's what's happening on "action news" this evening. a violent home invasion leaves a man dead inside his montgomery county home. the latest on the investigation coming up. >>> also, major discovery boosting hopes of life on mars. scientists say it's their biggest breakthrough yet. >>> it was the moment that got a big chuckle from pope francis. hear from the parents of the baby who was dressed as the holy father himself. >> and now the details. a montgomeryy montgomery county man is shot and killed inside his own home during a home invasion. it all unfolded late last night in a quiet neighborhood in lower moreland. "action news" reporter nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: how many gun shots did you hear? what was it like. >> i would say at least 15, just a popping sound. that's way the neighbor who doesn't want to be identified describes the gunfire sunday night on the 2300 block of philmont avenue i

. >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica. >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. time is ticking down for center city drivers who use street parking to move their cars before they are towed ahead of the papal visit. we're live with the latest from the ppa. >>> a local fortune teller put in handcuffs after one of her clients went to police. we'll explain why she was arrest heed. >>> the house of representatives takes aim at planned parenthood. more on what happened today on capitol hill. >> as you know pope francis will be headed to philadelphia in just one week now. many restrictions will go into effect this weekend particularly ones that have to do with parking within the traffic box. thousands of folks who rely on street parking will now have to have a flan place. >> they need to pick up a philadelphia parking authority placard move their cars out of the zone or risk being towed. ppa officials addressed those options today. >> "action news" reporter vernon odom is live outside city hall in center

. >> those stories plus jaime apody with eagles and a major upset at the u.s.omes right back. hal mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there. >> ♪ >> we have breaking news tonight. the crowded republican field for president just got a little smaller. word just came in that former texas governor rick perry is dropping out of the race. he's the first major candidate in the 2016 race to bow out. perry's campaign has struggled with fundraising and gaining traction in polls. he made it official just minutes ago in saint louis. >>> meantime the new york police department has just released surveillance video showing the strong armed takedown of former tennis star james blake. happened wednesday night as blake was waiting outside of a luxury hotel for his ride to the u.s. open when all of a sudden a plain-clothes officer rushed up to him and tackled him right there. the officer then

kitchen appliance too heavy to carry. ñÑ >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apodyrick williams, and monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. with much of the east coast in its projected path, all eyes are on hurricane joaquin, adam joseph is here with the latest on that forecast, plus, a contractor on fire for his role in the deadly 2013 building collapse in philadelphia, we are live with an update on the case, and a new plan for schools, the upcoming change for students getting an excellent education. "action news" is closely watching hurricane joaquin churning in the atlantic, sky 6 hd taking a live look at a virtually empty beach in atlantic city. joaquin pose a threat to the east coast as well as the jersey shore. but it's too early to panic, adam joseph has the latest. >> right now hurricane joaquin, sustained at 85 miles per hour, continues to strengthen as a category one hurricane, here are the islands the bahamas and florida, it's moving to the south and west and it continues to drift southerly and not northerly bu

for adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. news" at 6:00 is coming up next. more kids are suffering from asthma and we still have no limits on carbon pollution which can lead to more asthma attacks in children but senator toomey has voted repeatedly to let polluters keep releasing unlimited carbon pollution into the air. and took more than one million dollars from the polluters. tell senator toomey to vote for the clean power plan, because unlimited pollution shouldn't be a right. but playing outside should be. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program, with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> the people's pope is on parade, on his first full day in america, we got a sense of what pope francis' visit to philadelphia will look like this the scene in washington, d.c., as crowds reach out their hand and pope francis returned the favor, it's wednesday night and jim is along at 11:00, i'm brian taff, today is the day that saw pope francis greet his fellow bishops and the president and gree

. >>> and the ruben amaro era is officially over for the phillies, jaime apody has the details in sports. >>> we have heavy rain moving through our region tonight and i'll have details on when we dry out and track more rain over the weekend in the accuweather forecast. >> all right we'll have those stories and more when okay coles right back. for life... (husband) hon! it's grover cleveland! (female announcer) ...when you play the new cash4life, from the pennsylvania lottery. (husband) let me get this. (female announcer) that means you too could experience the joy of winning. (wife) look who went shopping! (female announcer) every day... (grover) your chariot awaits! (announcer) ... for the rest of your life. (wife) jump on! (grover) nothing like a new mower. (wife) what? (grover) see you tomorrow! (female announcer) cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. play for fun. cash for life. >>> police in phoenix, arizona, are looking for the shooters on busy roads, totally 11 incidents in two weeks, most on i-10, a busy highway, they are asking people to be vigilant and look for signs of susp

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> looking live atranklin bridge on sky 6 hd, it's the calm before the storm at the delaware valley, looking live at double scan live radar seeing storm heading our way, it's expecting to soak our streets tonight. tuesday night rick is off, and the big story on "action news" is the rain bearing down on the tri-state area, cecily tynan is keeping a close eye on double scan live radar. >> hi rick and monica, you can feel the hoist your in the air and it feels like summer, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the rain that is falling right now is limited. we have a few showers in parts of western berks county and lancaster county and there is heavy rain moving through the northern lehigh valley right now, martins creeks you see how that is lifting up to the north away from us, that is the heavy rain that moved through philadelphia earlier this afternoon but the heavy rain is still out to the west, if you look at the big picture on live double scan live radar, there is this conveyer belt of moisture, tha

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> several vehiclesy vandals in south jersey, people woke up to find their window smashed and most of the victims are young people. the big tory on "action news" is a vandalism investigation in gloucester township. no arrests are made some far but chad pradelli is outside of the police station with the full story for us. >> reporter: monica, gloucester township police says all four vehicles were damaged and it happened between 1:00 a.m. and day break and the victims want to know why. >> the whole seat was covered. the other seat was covered all in here. >> steve got into his car this morning and found his passenger side window busted out with this rock. >> i didn't notice the glass at first and then all of a sudden i look to my right and the window is gone. >> what is what neighbor dan was thinking when leaving for work and found his daughter's car with a smashed out window, police say that the vandal hit three cars on this

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. pope francis is continuing to reshape how the catholic church does business, we'll have more on the announcements concerning marriage coming up and the search is on for the thief that targets chestnut hills businesses. >> and the made for america festival is in the record books. >> and now we have more today the vatican announced the plan to fast track marriage annulment, making it less costly for catholics to do so, one of a string of costly decisions signifying a shift in policy that has been part of the catholic church for years. vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: pope francis continues to shake things up today he issued a new law, overhauling three centuries of church practice. the pope visit draws fear and he remains busy before he comes to america, pope francis' move today to radically reform the church's process for nullifying marriages is popular here. >> the pope is saying there is lee

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> stray bullets haveeen hitting homes in north hampton county for months. now residents say the shots are coming from the firing range. monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us and the big story is the district attorney's probe into the stockard town firing range. walter perez is live with the story. >> reporter: hey guys, this is a followup to a story we did earlier this year, this has got enthe attention of the district attorney. the falls family home is just one in this community pock marked with bullets holes, emily says that one of the most terrifying situations unfolded months ago when the bulletses came through the backyard when she was there with her son and granddaughter. >> my son grabbed haley and myself and threw us behind a tree and was yelling stop, stop, but of course nobody can hear you. >> the northampton

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> thursday night and story on "action news" is the start of closures along the ben franklin parkway as the preparations for the visit of pope francis are now underway, chopper 6 hd is live on the parkway now where the inner drives are now closed. this is making a huge impact on the commute. they are closed from a akins oval to the inner drive, this gives them the space they need to set up for the papal events, matt pellman will have more in the traffic report in just a moment. >>> pope francis arrives next saturday and one concern that residents still have for the visit, city council talked about that today. vernon odom has more. >> reporter: good evening, rick and monica, a lot of city council members tell me now that their regular session is canceled for next week because of all of these security measures and so much city government will be shut down any way and a lot of constituents believe that the security measures close the line and are over the top. >> city council conducts business as usual, just

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> we begin tonight at 5:00 with breaking news off the coast of atlantic city where a single engine plane crashed into the ocean, it happened at 3:45, 20 miles southeast of atlantic city. the conditions down at the shore not very good, rain and fog are no doubt effecting efforts to send helicopters to the scene, it's described as a single engine mooney m 20, and took off from gaylord, michigan and was heading to atlantic city airport. now the coast guard has three vessels at the scene of the wreckage. >>> also, tonight at 5:00, we are tracking heavy rain in our region, causing flooding on streets in the region as we speak, this is the scene in the last couple of hours, the streets in the area of 32nd and girard under water completely and several drivers took the risk of driving through, meteorologist, cecily tynan, at the big board. >> hi monica, i always say turn around don't drown, fine another way, those floods can be dangerous, here is the reason why, d

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> before pope francisrrives, many folks are trying to get into town or looking for a way out. either way the roads are going to be clogged and folks are getting concerned. the latest on "action news" is the latest on road closures and restrictions as we get closer to the events. >> sara bloomquist is live now along the schuylkill with the details all drivers need to know. >> reporter: monica and rick, the weekend of the papal visit, this side of the schuylkill eastbound in this area will be closed to traffic. on the other side the westbound side will be open, it gets confusing, it's a good time to review and today we went back to penndot to get new information to help you plan ahead. penndot says it's a matter of public safety, starting friday september 25th, major highways are shutting down in and around philadelphia, state police and penndot will put up the barriers from i-76 to i-95 to route 1, i

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> in just a few weeks more than a million people are expected to be in philadelphia to get a glimpse of pope francis and they will all be using cell phones to share the special moments with the world but will the phones work. there are concerns about cell phone service the weekend the pope is here. and extra cell phones are in place and got tested during the made in america festival this past weekend. sara bloomquist is here with the full story. >> reporter: behind me this is one of the mobile cell towers. the system got a good test this past weekend and not everyone out here was impressed. the tens of thousands that attended this past weekend's made in america festival tested the cell phone coverage prior to the pope's visit. they voiced some complaints. nothing would load whether it was twitter, snap chat or the made in america app. no service day one, day two was a little better depending on how quick it was. and then conmake or receive calls, happened on the 4th

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> from our nation's to the big apple, pope francis is set to lan in new york city in the coming minutes, this is a live look at jfk national airport, one will wisk pope francis into the heart of manhattan, the pope will be greeted with a high school band and several parishioners as well. we'll bring you the arrival when it happens. >> the pope wrapped up his visit to washington earlier today with a historic speech before congress. the first time ever a pope has done this, the pontiff spread his message of peace and love and take on issue most important to him like immigration and the refugee crisis and then spent lunch with the homeless, chose to do this rather than have lunch with members of congress. >> i'm brian taff joined by sharrie williams, and continuing coverage of pope francis' visit to the united states. >> his six day journey began in washington, d.c. and ends here in philadelphia. we continue our team coverage, nydia han is live on the parkway where the pope wraps up his visit this weekend.

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> the pope lives upckname. the pope's first full day here in the united states brought a range of events and emotions beginning with a speech at the white house and then an intense and tender moment at the white house and then moments spent in spiritual reflection. >> i'm brian taff along with alicia vitarelli, monica and rick are in washington and we look at the papal mass happening now at the catholic university of america, we'll take you there live as we hear from various speakers as the mass gets underway for the canonization at the shrine of the immaculate conception. the first saint hood mass taking place on american soil, a man widely held in hispanic areas for spreading catholicism in the united states especially california. and it's not without controversy, many in the native american population are not fans, they blame him for destroying their traditions and ways of life and hailed by many for spreading catholicism in the united states and california. and the pope speaking at this

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> everywhere you lookan spot someone with an umbrella where people are preparing for heavy rain this week and we are tracking a hurricane off the coast that could impact the weekend, the big story is heavy rain followed by a hurricane, that is heading toward florida tonight, joaquin could effect our area this weekend, we have team coverage now, nora muchanic is live at the shore in ship bottom with how folks are preparing, but lets begin with cecily tynan with details on joaquin's path tonight. >> reporter: hi rick and monica, we have the latest on joaquin, if you look at this, this storm has intensified dramatically over the past 24 hours and there is an eye wall trying to form and maximum sustained winds at 85 miles per hour, the pressure has dropped since 2:00, that is another sign that it is strengthening and not heading towards florida, it's drifting towards the bahamas right now, however all the computer models show it making a sharp right turn over the weekend and if you look at these spaghetti plot

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> september startingheat wave, the fifth one this summer and the temperatures in the 90s stick around and it's a good idea to stay hydrated if you have to be outside. better yet just stay indoors, looking at sky 6 hd in atlantic city there is little relief on the ocean but warm on the beach so why not be there tonight. it's tuesday evening and the big story is the hot and dry conditions making it uncomfortable outside and prompted an ozone action day. >> melissa magee joins us outside with the latest from accuweather. the heat is on again. >> that is right monica and rick, we have the heat overhead and it's heat wave number five for philadelphia this year, it started out on sunday with a high of 91, yesterday's high was 90 and today climbing up to 94 degrees, average for us this time of year is 83, we are well above that this afternoon. number as long the 95 corridor are still in the lower 90s although 89 in trenton but you look at the numbers off the coast, beach haven 80 and 80 in cape may, a strong sea

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> good evening. out of chester where a police officer was struck by a vehicle and the driver kept going. happened just before 3:00 this afternoon when the officer was riding on his motorcycle and was struck at an intersection. >>> the search for the driver continues at this hour and officials have a description of the vehicle they are looking for. >> that's right. let's get the very latest from "action news" reporter jeff chirico live from the scene in chester. >> reporter: let's show the you the scene. you can see where this motorcycle ended up after it was hit by another car. police still on the scene here investigating just exactly how this crash happened. the good news, however, is the officer is going to be okay. he he just has some bumps and bruises but is talking to doctors. now, chopper six was over the scene shortly after the accident as rescue crews responded. they found the officer on his back. now, police tell me a driver of a burgundy pontiac tried to pass another vehicle to turn left fr

. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams andica malpass. >> ♪ >> good evening he again. "action news" continues for you now at 5:30. live from our special parkway studio and we are set up to cover pope francis' visit for you to philadelphia right here. >> a little hard to believe he will actually be here in 16 hours. first the pontiff has a busy evening ahead of him in new york city. that's where he is at this hour. let's go there live right now for another look at the pope's motorcade making its way through central park. i believe, okay maybe he's gotten into his italian fee fat heading to madison square garden for the mass that is expected to begin in just a few minutes from now but tens of thousands of people were packed inside central park waiting to see him and even more waiting to see him at madison square garden. the mass is expected to start we're told at about 6 o'clock. >> that's right. it will be very exciting. people in new york also hungry for a spiritual reawakening those are of the catholics and religious in the c

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams, and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> it may be hardy weekend is here and people are gathering down at the shore to soak up the surf and the sand one last time. while others will be dancing on the parkway in philadelphia for the annual made in america music festival. >>> it is friday night and the big story on "action news" is the many celebrations for the final summer holiday. >> there is plenty to do and as a bonus the weather looking great. we have team coverage for you tonight. matt pelman has your holiday weekend traffic report. eva pilgrim live in ocean city for us, chad pradelli is on the parkway. >> first we'll check in with meteorologist melissa magee who is outside with the very good news from accuweather. hi, melissa. >> hi, rick, hi monica. yes, things will be changing as we head into the rest of our holiday weekend but today the heat continued to pump across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. in fact, record tying heat today. in philadelphia, we climbed up to 93 degrees, tying the old record of 93 set back in 2008. so

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> the surf, the for a perfect end to the long labor day weekend o. >> it's monday night and the big story on "action news" is another summer season in the books. as is tradition many people made one final trip to the jersey shore to soak up the sun and what a great day to do it. >> uh-huh. >> "action news" new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in ocean city t hi, nora. >> hey, nora. >> reporter: hi there sharrie, rick. it's been a great day. it's a shame you are not here. it has been one absolutely fabulous day here at the shore. there are still people buzzing on the boardwalk right now. tomorrow it's back to work, back to school but for one last day folks are having a ball at the shore. >> not a lot of wind and the temperature is right. i think the ocean's good. so,. >> reporter: perfect day. >> perfect day. >> reporter: and what better way to end the summer of 2015. these fabulous conditions drew thousands to the beach today. they just don't want summer to end. >> came down yesterday. goin

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> it is the dayting for since, well, december of last year. in just two hours, the eagles hit the field in atlanta for prime time matchup as they he face the falcons in their season opener. >>> monday night and the big story on "action news" is high hopes for a successful season. >> and it all starts tonight. we have team coverage of the season open. "action news" reporter chad pradelli live at dillworth park with how psyched fans r we begin with jeff skversky live in atlanta where the birds are about to hit the field. hi, jeff. >.>> reporter: hey, guys we're live in atlanta, two hours before the eagles season opener here against the atlanta falcons. of course chip kelly this off season famously said they want to win a championship and he he will leave no stone unturned until they get that done. clip wasn't kidding. of course he completely turned over this roster, new starters at quarterback, running back, of course cornerback byron maxwell, their pricey new free agent corner six years, $63 million a

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> crews continue ben franklin parkway back to its normal state. streets department vehicles have been making the rounds to clear away the trash and debris. the papal crowds left behind. while many roads are reopened much of the parkway remains closed including eakins oval. monday night monica is off, sharrie williams joining us and the big story on "action news" is the day after the papal visit to the u.s. and a look back at its impact. >> pope francis' whirlwind weekend in our city took him to curran-fromhold correctional facility yesterday where he blessed 100 inmates. he then paraded along the ben franklin parkway where he greeted hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from his popemobile. the pontiff celebrate add mass. pope francis boarded his plane at philadelphia international airport. the leader of the philadelphia archdiocese archbishop charles chaput spoke today about the incredible impact the pontiff had on the people from our region. >> the thousands of people who came here from outside the cit

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> traffic is ato be hard to get used to. >> it's terrible. she's late for school. >> it's a mess. >> well, you heard them say it. traffic is a mess on the ben franklin parkway. closures are now in place for the upcoming papal visit. it is giving drivers a bit of a headache on the roads. >>> friday night, the big story on "action news" is the effects of the closures already along the parkway for construction of huge setup for pope francis. >> the inner lanes of the parkway are closed from eakins oval to 20th street. let's take a live look right now at the parkway, chopper 6hd is showing us the scene. there's a lot of work getting done on eakins oval. it will continues next week. >> jeff chirico live on the parkway with more. >> reporter: we're several blocks away from eakins oval. you can see behind me traffic is starting to slow down here. we're told as it gets closer to the oval, things really get hectic. now, as you pan to the left, you can see this is what's causing the delays, the center lanes h

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> pope francishistoric trip to cuba ahead of traveling to the united states. from washington, d.c. to new york then here to philadelphia, huge preparations continue before the pontiff arrives. >>> it's monday night and the big story on "action news" is the continuing effort to get ready for the pope. roads in philadelphia are being cleared and a massive stage is under construction on the park way. >> in the suburbs officials are telling folks who plan to come see the pope to give themselves a lot of extra travel time. let's go live to "action news" reporter john rawlins at the septa station in paoli chester county with that part of the story. hi, john. >> reporter: hi, guys. well, yeah, bookings are changing all the time as people buy their tickets but paoli will be one of the if not the busiest feeder stations for this weekend. radnor will also see big numbers. public safety officials are saying people need to be patient but they also need to be prepared. they need to check out where they're going.

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> pope francisyork city. it is day two of his visit there and he's had a full day from speaking at the united nations to visiting the 9/11 memorial. >> this is a live look the pope just concluded a visit at a school and catholic charitys in east harlem. he just got into his vehicle and he's headed to central park where he will of course meet with huge crowds waiting along the way. the crowds will be lined up for hours. the pope enjoying it and he really does love that warm one-on-one contact. >> he loves that italian fiat too. >> it is friday night. the big story our continuing coverage of the papal visit for you. pope francis will be in philadelphia as you know in less than 16 hours. we are just so excited. >> we are countering down and we're joining you here from the top floor of the embassy suites along the ben franklin parkway. this location gives us a perfect view of the entire parkway all the way down to the giant stage at eakins oval. >> that's right. we will be live at our parkway studios al