you saw mark wahlberg as he was back in the day. but mark wahlberg is here as the mc, and just beautiful performances. celebrating the family that got a lot of different families from around the world speaking. >> a couple of stroll alley. >> in addition to the performances. >> in doubt about that. i'm watching a lot of faces, there's just engaged about what is going on that on this stage here in the ben franklin parkway. it's just unbelievable to see. here's a wide shot of the parkway now, people lining the parkway, for all those not near us, by the stage in the seven how to some seats behind us, up and down the parkway, largeing the large jumbo trons. that are spaced apart strategically enough where everyone has a great seat. not bad seat in the house, we are so glad you're watching with us on cbs3. >> if you chose to stay at home, you're here with us, you got a great seat. we're glad to have you with us. i believe there's 40 jumbo trons so people can watch. you see the holy father there on your right. of course the philadelphia o

cheering]and [bells ringing] actor mark wahlberg. [applause] [applause] ♪ [cheering] [whistling] [applause] [rhythmic applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [cheering] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [cheering] [applause] [applause] [chanting] [applause] [cheering] [cheering] [indiscernible] [cheering] [indiscernible] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [laughter] [applause] ♪ [clicking cameras] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [cheering] [cheering] [applause] >> and good evening and welcome to philadelphia, the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. we are here to celebrate the family with pope francis and obviously quite a few of his friends showed up. thank you. all of you have traveled and sacrificed to be here. holy fatherr the shows to the whole world the joy at the heart of the gospel. we call the pope holy father for a reason. it is because the church is a family of families from every corner of the world and like a good father, the pope leaves us with wisdom and mercy. most of all, he treats us -- he shows us the happiness at being alive as ch

mark wahlberg was seen working around town today.eath is a franklin's bus pulled in this morning and many more or the way. as fence goss up and barricades take that are place, a celebrity cast is moving in days before the holy father's arrival. wednesday mark wahlberg was spotted working out at the philadelphia sporting club at the bellevue. >> first he's on the treadmill my source told and then he was working out and shortly after that, ed ren dull started working out next to him. but the person toll me that they didn't see them interact. >> reporter: paul wahlberg is hosting the world feeing of families festival on the parkway and according to the philly gossip by rumored to be staying at the rittenhouse hotel with most of the other event performers and vip guests. all except madonna. >> i had heard a couple months ago she went to book a room at the written house and it was full so now she's staying at the lose. >> opera singer on dre ya bocelli and the queen of soul and respect diva herself aretha franklin arrived by bus wednesday

[applause] mark wahlberg: our second family are here from the ukraine. they have a lot to share about the joys and struggles of raising children in differing contexts and ability levels. please welcome them. [applause] >> i am so happy to introduce my family today. sons. two we originally came from the ukraine but we now live here in the united states. we do not have much but we are by god'sessed greatness and the protection of the mother of god, the virgin mary. we enjoyed being together as a close-knit ukrainian family and i am so happy to have my boys in my life. i have received so many blessings from god through my sons especially boris who is afflicted with cerebral palsy. but i am not sure where to begin. i will say this. boris is a blessing. he has this innate ability to let others see that rather than being sick he is happy with the challenges he faces. us --oid university tells july in adversity fills us with happiness -- -- joy in adversity fills us with happiness. he acted as a translator between me and his medical team. they were amazed at hi

[applause] mark wahlberg: the queen of soul aretha franklin started her career singing gospel. "amazing grace" was the best-selling gospel album at the time. she is the first female singer to be inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame and in 2012 he joined the gospel hall of fame. please welcome the legendary aretha franklin to the stage. [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound meetch like lost, you know i was lost hallelujah, right now i have been found blind, lord i was blind , lord i, i see through many dangers, toils, and snares i have already, do you come?hat i have already it was, do you know that it was, i will tell you it was grace that brought us safe thius far it was not money that kept me safe that brought me from 2010 to right now it was grace it was grace that amazing grace far brought me safe thus ♪ that brought me so safe brought me ♪ >> ♪ safe >> ♪ guided me around the pitfalls that brought me, that brought me, that brought me safe pray that we shall homeme i know you will pray ♪ >> ♪pray >> ♪ pray, yes it will homemake meill home ♪ [appl

>> reporter: even more humor from mark wahlberg. after this young tenor performed, wahlberg gave him a hug and listen to what he said next. >> he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie "ted." i told him that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. >> reporter: then, the queen of soul, aretha franklin sang "amazing grace." amazing grace >> it was tremendous. absolutely tremendous. he was so, so gracious. so very gracious. >> reporter: but perhaps the emotional highlight of the night when the italian singer andrea bocelli performed "the lord's prayer," bringing the crowd, including the pope himself, to their feet. performances. but guys, i was particularly impressed by jim gaffigan, can you imagine doing comedy at a religious event? not dodge he successfully crack a few pope jokes, he made a few jokes about his wife and five children. he has trouble remembering all of his kids' names and he said, quote, if you want to know what it's like to be a father of five children, just imagine drowning and then somebody hands you a baby. >

mark wahlberg. andrea bocelli.pe overnight. >> are you nervous to perform for the pope overnight? >> of course we're hon nervous but we're honored. it's exciting. it's great butterflies. ♪ we are family >> reporter: but perhaps the toughest job of the evening went to jim gaffigan doing standup at a religious event. >> for standup comedy it's about intimacy, better when it's at night and it's better when it's not outside. so, we'll see. it's better when you don't have the leader of your religion -- >> reporter: not to worry. he killed it. >> having a kid that's the pope is the ultimate bragging right. right. your son is a doctor? right, ours is pope. >> reporter: even more humor from mark wahlberg. ♪ after this young tenor performed, wahlberg gave him a hug and listen to what he said next. >> but then he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie "ted." i told him that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. then, the queen of soul aretha franklin receiving praise from the bishop of rome as she sang "amazing grac

[applause] [applause] [applause] mark wahlberg: the queen of soul, aretha franklin, started her careersinging gospel. her album "amazing grace" was the best-selling gospel album at the time. she is the first female singer to be inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame and in 2012, she joined the gospel hall of fame. please welcome the legendary aretha franklin to the stage. [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound meetch like lost, you know i was lost hallelujah, right now i have been found blind, lord i was blind , lord i, i see through many dangers, toils, and snares i have already, do you come?hat i have already it was, do you know that it was, i will tell you it was grace that brought us safe thius far it was not money that kept me safe that brought me from 2010 to right now it was grace it was grace that amazing grace far brought me safe thus ♪ that brought me so safe brought me ♪ >> ♪ safe >> ♪ guided me around the pitfalls that brought me, that brought me, that brought me safe pray that we shall homeme i know you will pray ♪ >> ♪pray >> ♪ pray, yes it will

we listen to mark wahlberg. >> grandparents of 12 children.ren and now spending time with the young ones has been a great responsibility as well as a wonderful joy. rudy and i grew up in a period of time of trying times, wort, d war ii. rudy was raised a city boy while i was raised on an indian nation. as children, we did not know that we were financially poor. we both had a roof over our heads and the constant love and encouragement of terrific parents. and between the two of us, we only knew one grandparents. and i wonder in what ways would life have been different if we had the older generation to help us grow p. rudy and i were blessed to become parents, to have the opportunity to guide our children and now our grandchildren. even when it is challenging as parents and grandparents, we acquire a great many responsibilities, most welcome, some not. but one aspect we feel very strongly about is as grandparents, we can help support parents by countering some of the destructive influences out in society. we can help teach the next generation wh

. >>> mark wahlberg is part of the master of ceremonies here. the gospel of luke 2. >> he's committing himself to those being affected by poverty. now herb will be reading from luke 15 to share with us the story of the prodigal sun. go eagles. >> my brothers and sisters in the lord, listen to the words of the holy gospel according to st. john. and he said, a man had two sons. the younger son said to his father's father, give me my share of your estate, that it should come to me. so the father divided the property between them. after a few days, the younger son collected all of his belongings and set off for a distant country where he squandered his inherentance on a life of disipation. when he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country and he found himself in dire need. so he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. and he loaned to eat his food from the paths on which the swines did feed. and no one gave him a thing. coming to his senses, he thought, how many of my father's

mark wahlberg asked forgiveness from the pope, and said that the movie "ted" was not appropriate for bobby's age. i bet you $1,000 that the pope hasn't soon it. >> i betou $1,000 the pope wouldn't be happy that you're betting on it. >>> if you're betting on good weather, we have changes in the forecast. let's walk over to the weather wall. a chilly evening in store for us. look at the numbers right now. the clouds have rolled in. 64 degrees the current conditions out there. headlines, chilly night ahead. obvious. and clouds again that have already made their presence known. what about the rain? monday, tuesday, it's a real possibility now. temperatures around the area are pretty much in the 60s and 50s, wherever you go. a couple of cool spots to the north and west. the island holding steady in the upper 50s. 60 degrees as you head into queens. 54 551 in washington. and the cool spot, hunter right now. the radar picture shows dry skies. that's how it will be for the next 24 hours or so. then the possibility of some showers. first a blast from the atlantic. then another batch tuesday f

>> reporter: some of the changes and issues aren't as much fun as aretha franklin or mark wahlberg, inact, they are not fun at all. popes wading into american crowds in an era of terrorism. >> law enforcement, investigative agencies are doing a lot of listening, watching the different threat channels and being hypervigilant, as they should be. it seems to be something you can kind of expect. >> do you feel secure about the pope coming into america? >> reporter: it was on a sunday morning talk show the chairman of the house homeland security committee said there had been a plot against the pope. >> we are monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes into the united states. >> reporter: a source tells nbc news a man was detained after saying he would do things to the pope, but investigators apparently found no credible plot or plan. >> that's probably privileged information, and quite honestly, i think it needs to stay that way so that we don't betray ourselves of what systems we have to thwart additional threats that might be out there. >> reporter: it's in part why mail

it was aretha franklin, it was mark wahlberg all kinds of amazing things.azing and it is hard to sum it all up. this couple here, they were a brand new, they weren't even married yet, they were engaged. and they were saying we are inspired by you, pope francis. we know that we're going to make our marriage strong through our faith. >> let's get back to the studio now and join karen hepp who's got a look back at pope francis's day in philly. >> it was just so exciting. from the moment that he touched down all throughout the day one moment touching the next, kissing the babies, so exciting. he truly is the people's pope. >> nuns dancing to sister sledge. a perfect example of the mood on the parkway tonight. the holy father on stage getting into the spirit. a if he issive end to a day that began more than 14 hours ago in new york. landing in philadelphia, greeting dignitaries, a group hug and stopping a motorcade to bless a young boy. then it was on to the basilica of peter and paul for a private mass. >> during these days of the world meeting of families, i w

after mark wahlberg will host the festival of families. the 44 year old has credited his catholic faith and parish priests for his success after rough up brinking in boston. joining wahlberg at the festival of families, comedian jim, singer aretha franklin, the fray, sister sledge, andrea bocelli, world renouned philadelphia orchestra will also be performing. quite the line up. just 11 days away. >> and again, little bit cool they are morning, you wake up, get outside the door, the first whisper every fall. >> mid september, you get the cool mornings. still the warm afternoons. little something for everyone. humidity stays low. it will be real comfortable. that's really the trend through the rest of the week. a lot of sunshine, cool mornings, warm afternoons. we check it out again waking up, maybe the jacket, depending where you are. at least the breeze has died down. doesn't feel as cold as it did yesterday morning. but there you go. we head into delaware, south jersey, looking at mainly mid and up 50's, along the coast, 56, wildwood. harr

[cheers and applause] >>> my name is mark wahlberg and i'm so proud to be a part of this awe inspiringfavorite cities in the world. father, isn't this a great crowd? [cheers and applause] >>> listen i have been very fortunate and haven't done too bad for myself in the film industry as a actor and produce are but i feel most blessed today being on the stage with the holy father and my fellow christians. >>> i truly feel like today i could do anything and i attribute all of my success to my catholic faith. [cheers and applause] >>> my faith has given me the ability to be a good father, a good husband and most importantly a good person. faith brings great joy to my life and my life brings me closer to my faith. tonight we come together from across the world to celebrate our faith, families and community. the following ceremony will feature impressive musical and visual arts performances as well as personal stories of joy and challenge from six families who have traveled here from different continents. so let's start this thing offer with a beautiful collaboration between christian chart t

the world meeting of families announced mark wahlberg will host the festival saturday september 26th.in. the fray also part of the lineup. singers andrea bocceli jua nes and the philadelphia orchestra. >> banners feature his picture and inspirational quotes. 550 of these banners will go up in that center city over the next week and a half. >>> as more information about the papal visit is revealed be sure to stick with 6abc.com/pope. our posts include the list of highway and road closures, items that will be prohibited from the francis festival grounds and more on how you can see the pope during his two scheduled parades. >> ♪ >> authorities in west goshen township chester county need your help identifying two armed robbers. take a look. these two men walked into the micro tell inn along willow brook lane in west chester yesterday morning. they got away with an undetermined amount of cash. nobody was hurt but detectives want these men caught before they get a chance to strike again. >> a district attorney in western pennsylvania will not retry a man who was freed due to new dna evidenc

this kid has the voice of an angel, mark wahlberg's words, he was on the "today" show talking about it. make sure you're with us at 5:30 to hear about this. this kid is going to be big, big. >> can't get enough of him. all right, tim. >>> much has been said about pope francis' weekend in philadelphia, but can it be summed up in just one word? >> that's the question we posed to you at home on our social networks. vince? >> we posed that question last night and already received more than 1,000 responses. and what you see right here, individualization of those answers. they've overwhelmingly were positive. the biggest words here, amazing and inspiring. also beautiful, inspirational, awesome, majestic, and, of course, big word here, love. there were some negative thoughts from some people who thought it was overhyped, which is right there, and also misguided we have right here, and wasteful. but, again, the thoughts were overwhelmingly positive here from this word cloud. you saw the opportunity to get your responses into the word cloud right now on our facebook page and if you'd like to ta

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my name is mark wahlberg. and i'm so proud to be part of this awe-inspiring event.hiladelphia. [ applause ]. this is the city of brotherly love. one of my favorite cities in the world. father, isn't this a great crowd? [ applause ]. so, listen, i've been very fortunate i haven't done too bad for myself as an actor and a producer. but i feel most blessed today being on the stage with the holy father and here with all of my fellow christians. i truly feel like today i can do anything. and i attribute all my success to my catholic faith. [ applause ]. my faith has given me the ability to be a good father, a good husband. and most importantly, a good person. faith brings great joy to my life, and my life brings me closer to my faith. tonight we come together from across the world to celebrate our faith, families, and community. the following ceremony will feature a musical and visual arts performances as well as personal stories of joy and challenge from six families who have traveled here from different continents. so let's start this thing off with a beautiful collabo

ted is the reason that mark wahlberg had to confess.g a speech right before mark went on. a choir kid said he loved this guy, the naughty drunken teddy bear so mark wahlberg had to respond. >> that right there was truly the voice of an angel. [ applause ] >> but then he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie "ted." [ laughter ] >> i told him that was not moment for a boy of his age. polyfather, please for-- holy father, please forgive me. i always hoped the good lord has a sense of humor when it comes and pertains to many of the movies i have made. >> as the pope makes his way out of the united states, descend us a tweet of inspiration hashtagging god bless america. in the 94.7 fresh fm studios, i'm tommy mcfly. back to you guys. >> the pope is probably wondering ted? who is that? >>> metro announces plans to change the rush hour schedule of a ski station in our region. >> the change is likely going to impact thousands of riders. what you need to know about it when we return. he has no idea what's coming. my taste - so huge, yet so

you have artists like mark wahlberg. coming out here to perform.assive groups moved quickly. >> all right. thank you ashar quraishi. we are losing the signal with ashar quraishi. i understand sister sledge is from philadelphia, but it's a big apart, and it's on stage behind me. there are special seats behind me, in front of the stage. a lot of them are not filled. behind the barriers there are thousands and thousands and thousands of people. jonathan betts is also on benjamin franklin parkway. what are you seeing? >> yes, we are in the middle of that party. the anticipation is building. in a few moments we expect the holy father to come down here, benjamin franklin parkway, and they are lined up from up to a million people expected to be here, just for a glimpse of the pontiff that comes by. the pond sieve has been here. this moment is special. it's the first time people of the general public, without picking, can see the pope up close. the other event, where 80,000 people are waiting, you have to have a ticket for that. here, you don't. among the

well, mark wahlberg he referenced it as well.he said quote, that right there was truly the voice of an angel. i could not agree more. we will take a short break. we will be right back. >>> i think i speak for all bird fans when i say now is a time to put a win in the column. bird play the jets this afternoon in north jersey, and eagles coming in the game zero and two. of course, you know that already. they have never lost a regular season game to the jets so lets not start right now. sports anchor leslie van arsdal tell us how eagles plan to keep that streak alive. >> reporter: jets will be a tough test for the eagles. they are a team that forced a league high ten turnovers in two games and allowed a league low 17 points. going into sunday, what is the mind set. >> we cannot back down, we cannot lose confidence in what we are doing or what our system is. we believe in it. >> we are not doing nothing different. we are continuing to work. and, if we can, we will see football bounce our way. >> reporter: key to beating the jets this

"eyewitness news", spotted mark wahlberg rehearsing during today's events.ctor will mc festival of families later on tonight. stage crews have been working 20 hour shift getting everything ready. once the event end tonight, they will have ten hours to change it over for sunday's mass. >> on sunday all this goes away, and we have a completely different set up to put up overnight for the mass on sunday good they have their work cut out for them. crews say recent stretch of good weather allowed them to stay ahead of schedule. great to hear. >>> the the philadelphia orchestra is tuning up for the papal visit. >> ♪ >> the talented musicians will perform for the pope during festival of the families on the parkway today. they rehearsed at the kimmel center yesterday afternoon. star studded line up includes aretha franklin and andre bocelli. >>> wait is almost over, just hours away, pope arrives, in about three hours, just over, final stop for his first ever visit to the united states. >>> and final preparations are underway on the ben franklin parkway right now, lo

. >>> stage is set for tonight the's festival of the families, mark wahlberg hosts and a receipt the a franklin sings, philadelphia's finest will will be on patrol. our coverage of the pope in philadelphia continues right now with "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff live on the ben franklin parkway and empty now but just you wait, good morning. >> reporter: i want to say what an honor to be out here. this is a moment to remember. and, where it is jump will bow tron after jumbo tron all leading up to that papal stage. just in a few hours, this area will look completely different, it will be filled with those waiting the arrival of the pope to the basilica and then later to independent hall, and from there he will join a parade. later this evening as we mentioned the festival of the families will begin with the free concert hosted by mark wahlberg and featuring andre bocelli, a aretha franklin, the the fray and many more. for security this has within quite the the under taking as we all well know. as we enter through general admittens so what we just can will be exactly what any

. >> don't forget mark wahlberg will be here later on this evening no doubt about that.e's going to host the event for everyone including pope francis. >> that's right. well, a massive crowd has been forming all along the parkway all day long. we have slowly and steadily seen it increase and more people showing up. greg argos has been with the crowd all day long meeting all kinds of people from all over the world. greg. >> hey, greg. >> reporter: and guys, you know, it really is incredible here. we have tens of thousands of people in fact you might be able to see those buses that just came by. those are the cardinals and bishops that are arriving if the festival of families on the ben franklin parkway. i want to show you some other thing. the life entertainment is happening as we speak here. live live on the stage on the jumbotrons, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people gathered but i really want to show you what everyone's attention is focused on. you'll notice the center part of the parkway pretty much empty. everyone is lined up against both sides o

mark wahlberg hosted the event gaffigan and the sinking of aretha franklin. the biggest star of all was pope francis. francis ditched most of his prepared remarks and spoke passionately about the need for families in today's society. >> let us look after the family, let us protect the family because it's in the family that our future is at play. >> but the pope did acknowledge he doesn't have a family of his own to have to deal with and he shied away from some of the more sensitive topics. >> i won't speak about mother- in-laws. >> earlier in the day pope francis went to independence hall where the colonials declared independence from britain and said the freedom declared in 1776 still attraction people to america this day back live you can see a live picture of dozens and dozens of police officers gathering here a few blocks away from the benjamin franklin parkway ahead of the big mass this afternoon. about a million people are expected to attend. as you can imagine, security is high. we should mention before the big mass outside. the pope will be making an

being hosted by mark wahlberg. >> why mark wahlberg of all people? >> he is catholic. >> apparently he goes to church every day. >> i think he's a great choice. he visits for good day philadelphia all the time. wonderful family. >> amazing story where his own family. he was a tough kid, local parish priest really helped him kind of save him from the streets, really from jail. >> we believe the pope should be -- they're on the vine street expressway, i was thinking maybe they would go over on 20th and make the loop around the transport. >> speech at the independence mall it was ticketed sections, this is a big crowd we're expecting for tonight to see the festival of families. . >> some folks didn't think they could take all that, so they went to parks around the city where jumbo trons are set up, 40 jumbo trons. one of those is franklin square. not far from where we are, and the pope just passed by franklin square, that's where dave kinchen is, dave? >> reporter: that's right, mike, seeing the pope pass by on his way in and then on his way out to give

mark wahlberg hosted the event that included comedian jim gave take dan and the singing of aretha franklin the biggest star of all was pope francis. francis ditched most of his prepared remarks and spoke passionately about the need for families. >> let us look after families, let us protect the families because it's in the families that our future is at play. >> but the pope did acknowledge he doesn't have a family of his own to have to deal with and he shied away from some of the more sensitive topics. >> i won't speak about mother- in-laws. >> earlier in the day pope francis went to independence hall where the colonials britain and said the freedom declared in 1776 still attraction people to america this day. up to a million people could attend the outdoor mass that the pope is holding. there is so much excitement, people spend the night on the street trying to get a good spot. back to you. >> don, i believe it. thanks so much. >>> right after flying into philadelphia, pope francis asked his motorcade to stop after he spotted a 10-year old disabled boy in the crowd. francis got out, walk

after mark wahlberg and amazing then pope francis offered some home spun wisdom about family life. >> and sometimes plates can fly. [ laughter ]. >> ... and children bring headaches. [ laughter ]. i won't speak about mother-in-laws. [ laughter ]. >> he has a sense of humor. >> sorry about the mother if law thing, very funny. we've been talking about how he went off script and rob read that to us earlier the transcript. it's so good to hear him say it. thank you so much. that was terry moran from abc news. >>> boweses loaded in new jersey are headed to philadelphia to attend the huge open air mass which includes the world meeting of families on thruway. we're live with more. >> reporter: good morning. well, they are officially on their way. close to 1,000 people from the matouchon diocese. four buses brought people here and then there were eight buses in other places throughout the diocese but the excitement here this morning was just so palpable. this is the headquarters here. this trip nearly six months in the planning. what's special for this group is they have the coveted red zone

he's surrounded boy so many american celebrities and mark wahlberg is host of this.erious? >> at lost that's his habit which issa traditional habit. >> and i am sorry, ambassador. >> i am sorry, father. i was his mayor and i anyhow his mother and family and this is true. the family had challenges to be honest with you. and look at them now. it is not where you've been but where you are going that is important in god's eyes. and mark wahlberg credits the success to his faith and it is it an honor to welcome pope francis to philadelphia. and so far he's doing an excellent job. and laura ingle is there in the festival of the families and she's watching it live. and how many people are attending this. i know they have many tickets and there are always more demands and supply at an event like this. >> the parkway is packed and we are told to expect 500000 people at tonight's event. 1.5 million tomorrow in all of philadelphia for the mass. that happens tomorrow. and for tonight, the festival of families, julia. and the people have been standing since yesterday and waiting

he performed an opera solo and he told mark wahlberg he liked his performance in the movie "ted." ♪ > voice of an angel. but then he whispered in my ear that i loves the movie "ted." i told him that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. holy father, please forgive me. i've always hoped that the good lord has a sense of humor. >> very clever, and so the pope had a wonderful time, too, at that performance. >> 14 years old. >> he's unbelievable. >> as the father of two daughters, i have three women telling me i don't understand things, and the latest internet sensation, little jo-jo, watch her explain to her father about weddings. >> and dad, you can't call my name when i'm going to be walking down the aisle. >> what if i just yell "princess"! >> no, dad. there's going to be a bunch of people sitting there and they're going to hear. they're going to be like, why is he doing that? that was a dumb thing. you do not understand. >> you do not understand. >> i'm making a list of people. >> check out this picture of warren buffett. he's wearing these pants and that's in support of indomica

the pope will attend the tonight featuring areal estate rooeth -- aretha franklin, the fray, and mark wahlberg making an appearance, basilica his first stop from the cathedral the next stop will be independence mall for a papal parade, he'll deliver an address on immigration and religious freedom and the final stop of the day, the benjamin franklin parkway for the big show which begins at 7:00. >> and back out here live a live look at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul, his first stop and this is where he will celebrate mass before a crowd of 2,000 people now, the pope has a very packed schedule tomorrow as well, he has a visit at fromhold correctional facility, visiting with families and officers, meeting with bishops at st. charles seminary, that by the way where he's staying and then finally, mass for the world meeting of families, 2015, bringing you all this live coverage, all thout the morning, the minute the pope gets here we are breaking it out to you, live in philadelphia, shirleen allicot, 7 eyewitness news. >>> we just watched pope francis take off in shepherd one see th

this is mark wahlberg. >> they're here to talk about their need for families and extended families to trust in god's pref dense in the face of any challenge. please welcome. [ applause ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> my name is mario and i'm pleased to introduce you to my wife of 60 years, rosa. rosa and i were married on september 17, 1955, in argentina. as we exchanged our vows inside a catholic church, the world we knew outside the church's walls was being destroyed in a military coup. during the ceremony, we could hear chaos on the streets and immediately following the ceremony, my new wife and i and our terrified guests fled to our homes on that day, as we have done every day in the 60 years since we placed our trust in god. and somehow we knew then, as we know now, that god would guide us to safety. five years later, we, along with our young children, maria and alberto, left the community that we loved so much in buenos aires and emigrated to montreal, quebec in canada in search of a better life. the move presented many challenges. my wife and i did not speak english or frenc

festival setup, arenal afranklin will perform for the pope on this stage on september 26th, and mark wahlberg is slated to host of the as more information is revealed, stick with 6abc.c 6abc.com/pope for all the details, a list of road closures and items prohibited from the grounds and more on how to see the pope during his two scheduled parades. >> investigators are on the scene of a fire that sparked in a restaurant in center city. roads were closed and apartments were evacuated. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is there all morning and joins us live with an update. >> reporter: sara that is right, several buildings were evacuated this morning and some reads are allowed back inside but many still wait. the fire started at that construction site right over there were a restaurant is being built and firefighters were concerned about the safety of people in hundreds of nearby apartments and called in extra units as the flames blazed. >> they blew the windows out and flames blew out nathan's window, this is video he shot, the fire was called in at 4:30 at a construction site at chance lo

. >> tonight's festival was emceed by mark wahlberg he credits his kathy lick faith with helping himging. and also comedian jim gaff if you began. the weather was absolutely perfect. a nip in the air. curious what it will be like tomorrow. right now it's comfortable but a tad cool. >> kate bilo nice fall night out here. >> not too bad. definitely have that little autumn nip in the air for sure. few goose bumps 28 floors up high above the parkway some of the best views tonight fireworks and of course we saw the pope come around logan circle in the pope mobile we were watching from above very very cool night. just pack with people on the parkway. everyone had sweaters and jackets but they didn't have their umbrellas today. they listen you didn't need them today it look like you probably won't need them tomorrow either. let's take look what's going on take you first and for most to scan three showing that coastal low. yesterday it look threaten dag in the so much. just a few showers rotating around the back edge of that low. mainly well off to the south and to the west right now. so in

the host of this whole thing is a hollywood actor. >> yep, mark wahlberg.end of show local violin player melony hill has been on good day several times. >> yes, i love her. >> i just want god's will to be done on that day and i really am looking forward to really blessing the ears of every single body that is going to be there on sunday. >> she's excited. >> archdiocese released rendering of the stage set up, along the parkway, look at that, for francis festival that runs saturday and sunday september 26th and 27th. >> that is gorgeous. >> beautiful stage. >> we have to get a camera over there, they are starting to build that. >> it looks like that will take a while. >> that is not a lego thing. >> really. >> that is beautiful. i'm impressed. >> hopefully it will look like that. >> will you go. >> yes, i will be going and i'll be covering it for you for like 24 hours. >> we will be working here. >> running over there before they block it all off. >> today, 100 women will be backing from the york county detention center in pennsylvania, to washington d.c., t

mark wahlberg will host the festival of families. back out here live, preprogramming, rather, i want to mention, when the pope gets to new york just before he gets to philadelphia they are rolling out the red carpet as well. jennifer hudson and harry conn nick junior. >> i'm trying to remember their songs, the the fray. >> that song. >> winey song. >> we will play it for you. >> thanks, sabina. >>> 4:35. wendy williams went public with the big family problem. she said her teenage son was using synthetic marijuana. >> discovery of her show, yesterday morning. >> he was exposed by a loved one, who he looked up to. >> synthetic marijuana is a a drug that copies the effects of pot but dosage is uncontrolled leading to seizures, brain damage and death. parents should in the brush off any odd behavior, that they recognize. >> they might be drinking, might be depressed because you are starting cool and they are doing drugs. >> experts say talk tour kid early and often to avoid problems with drug use. williams says her son got treatment and

but the weekend's funniest moment came saturday night when actor mark wahlberg spoke to the person on stage. >> he whispered in my ear that he loves the movie "ted" and i told him, that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. me. >> all right. 860,000 people. >> yeah, at the very least. the next cleanup does continue as you talk about. pope francis gone, memories and impact of this historic six-day u.s. tour will likely alonger for a long time here. the images are just like the moment, overwhelming. down comes philadelphia for the evening, converted into a cathedral. >> it's amazing that the love and the closeness is unbelievable how inspiring. >> more than 800,000 celebrating mass with the holy father. >> he's a wonderful person bringing a beautiful message. >> pope francis began his six-day tour in the nation's capital, addressing a joint session of congress, the first pontiff ever reported that honor. he continued to successfully navigate the tight rope between politics an religion as he traveled to new york, speaking before the united nations's general assembly. francis addressi

[applause] mark wahlberg: our second family are here from the ukraine.ve a lot to share about the joys and struggles of raising children in differing contexts and ability levels. please welcome them. [applause] >> i am so happy to introduce my family today. sons. two we originally came from the ukraine but we now live here in the united states. we do not have much but we are by god'sessed greatness and the protection of the mother of god, the virgin mary. we enjoyed being together as a close-knit ukrainian family and i am so happy to have my boys in my life. i have received so many blessings from god through my sons especially boris who is afflicted with cerebral palsy. but i am not sure where to begin. i will say this. boris is a blessing. he has this innate ability to let others see that rather than being sick he is happy with the challenges he faces. us --oid university tells july in adversity fills us with happiness -- -- joy in adversity fills us with happiness. he acted as a translator between me and his medical team. they were amazed at his happin

master of ceremonies actor mark wahlberg, more famous for his edgey rolls, wahlberg also toll the popence he is also a believer in family and faith. >> i feel most blessed today being on stage today with the holy father and here with my fellow christians. i truly feel like today i can do anything. i attribute all of my success to my catholic faith. >> reporter: looking now over that stage, the the carpet appears to be going down. that mass starts at 4:00 o'clock on the parkway to get a seat there you will need a very hot ticket here in philadelphia a a to have a seat to be close to the pope because we know there will be overflow along the the parkway, the city now bracing for upward of a million people, erika, back over to you. >>> all been looking forward to, thanks very much. >>> i know you were out and about in center city, and what is so neat we are meeting great folks from different parts of the u.s. who gathered here to philadelphia to see pope francis. "eyewitness news" met up with great people with interesting stories. corky will alexander he hitchhike all the way from washingt

. >> even mark wahlberg in front of the pope on the parkway rooting for the eagles.k, they may need to prayer to score on the jets tomorrow. >> we can't back down, lose confidence in what we are doing. i think we all still believe in it. >> we just want to get started. for us. we want to get our first "w" and get it going. >> college football, penn state loses a player to an ankle injury. fourth quarter, penn state, swinging away, a 6 point lead. loose ball. johnson, 323. scoops it up and scores. 71 yards. penn state wins 37-21. it is their third straight, but the phillys losing in extra innings, three away from 100 losses. >> people have been getting into the spirit of the fun with this papal visit. we caught up with a family from chicago today. they dressed their little girl as the pope. her family tells us that her grandmother made this outfit for danielle. castle is next. action news continues at 6:00 a.m. and please join us tomorrow for the second day of our coverage of the papal visit to pill delve y for the entire action news team, i'm jim gordon. we're gettin

the funniest night was when mark wahlberg spoke to the soloist on stage. >> that right there was truly the voice of an angel. but then he whispers in my ear that he loved the movie "ted." and i told him, that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. holy father, please, forgive me. >> nbc reports from philadelphia. >> reporter: the images are just like the moment. overwhelming. downtown philadelphia for the evening converted into a cathedral. >> it's amazing, the love and the closeness, it's unbelievable, how inspiring. >> reporter: more than 800,000 celebrating mass with the holy father. >> he's a wonderful person, bringing a beautiful message. >> reporter: pope francis began his six-day american tour in the nation's capital, meeting with president obama, then addressing a joint session of congress. the first pontiff ever afforded that honor. he continued to navigate the rope between politics and religion, as he traveled to new york, speaking before the united nations general assembly. pope francis addressing the most powerful leaders in the world. still, taking time for the most vul

. >> on saturday, the pope leaves new york where mark wahlberg hosts him at the festival of families.i believe in god and i don't iver from that. >> he credits a parish priest helping him turning his life around. >> people say god will not give you more than can you handle. but sometimes i feel the pressure. >> marky mark y mark with the faith. >> all the roadblocks make it tough to get around manhattan. that's not what got in kerry washington's way. police pulled away a woman who ambushed kerry this morng outside the gma studio. but the star wasn't phased one bit and gave a hot shot in that sexy little red dress as she lefd. a lesson from brooklyn watching j-lo on the new cop drama, don't make her wait. look at her waiting, it totally over e waiting, still waiting to get this moment. and there. back in in manhattan, sophia vergara d her fiance were doing some wedding errands. they stopped at the ron bellies is cake shop in midtown where the elaborate cakes start at $1500 a pop. just uptown, ivanka trump gave a cute overload with this pregnancy announcement. >> baby, two baby three. >

mark wahlberg had a little bit of controversy.ritics are saying he's raising eyebrows, he's someone who supports gay marriage, the catholic church opposes it. he played a porn star in boogie nights and a star in ted. if you saw that movie, it was centered around a pot smoking teddy bear. he did actually serve time as a teen. he assaulted a convenience store owner back in 1988. critics say, they're raising eyebrows if he was the best person to emcee this event. >> the pope also, of course, appeared with president obama, the contest who -- mark wahlberg or president obama. i don't think it's a close contest. i'm offended by most hollywood actors. i think they're annoying. mark wahlberg strikes me as more real than most. he's a daily mass goer to. >> down to earth and of course, when he was in the american sniper, is that the name of the film? lone survivor. that's the name of the film. he said when he first started that film, he was being criticized by them. he's like, look, they're make fun of me i'm a hollywood actor. he's right.

. >> the event was hosted by mark wahlberg and featured soul, a i rethat franklin who boceli. this was truly an extraordinary moment for the city, something i am so glad that i got to witness. aretha franklin even came back for an encore performance. day one down, day two to go, a 4:00 mass of epic proportions right here on the parkway and we will bring it right to you. >> philly threw a party. all right. thank you. >>> take a look at this. a lot of excitement in philly as you can tell. look at this man who had a picture of the pope buzzed into his hair. the portrait was done by a barber who says even though he is not catholic he wanted to pope francis' visit to philadelphia. that is art. >> that's one word. >> it is a work of art. >> well here in our area buses will be loaded from new jersey heading to philadelphia to attend the huge open air mass concluding the world meeting of families on benjamin franklin parkway. kristin thorne is live as the faithful gear up. >> reporter: good morning. of course everyone wants to be part of this momentous occasion. we expect to see membe

mark wahlberg hosting. should be on stage in a bit. head lining act including bocelli, aretha franklin, marie miller, sister sledge, philadelphia group, all performing for the pope. we will be here to bring it the to you live, back to you, live. >> thanks, steve. 7,000 seats up there. it will be jamming. >> indeed. >> all right. pope is moving through at area. we want to go back out to rahel solomon live on city line avenue, rahel. >> reporter: jessica the pope is on the move. we have seen him new twice within the last hour and a half right now we are at 54th and city avenue where it appears he is making his way back to the seminary very quickly before he helped to the parkway tonight. it is a smaller crowd then we showed you today but for folks out here right now, no less exciting then it was the first time. heavy law enforcement right now making sure that the pope gets to where he is going safely. but as we were out here earlier when there were crowds, just swarms of people, they say they have been waiting since ten this morning. the

mark wahlberg led the event with the singing of aretha franklin.st star of all was pope francis. >> francis dished most of his remarks and smoke passionately about the need of families in today's society. >> we need -- let us look at families. let's protect the family, each family that our future is at [indiscernible]. >> the pope did acknowledge he doesn't have a family of his own to have to deal with, and he shied away from some of the more sensitive topics. >> i won't speak about mines though. >> earlier in the day, pope francis went to independence hall where the colonials declared independence from britain. and the freedom attracts people to america this day. >> dawn champion reports. the pope is heading back to the vatican at 8:00 tonight. >>> police in fairfax is investigating a use of force -- an officer using a taser on a suspect. police tells us the man was arrested on a larceny charge, and that he refused medical treatment after being tased. the department is investigating the officer's use of the taser. >>> prince william county say tha