david, mayor michael nutter met the media today. what did he have to say. >> reporter: not surprisingly jim he declared it a success. the city is now coming back to normal but still basking in the glow of a remarkable and historic weekend that for some on one hand this was a very uplifting treasured experience but for others on the other hand maybe frustrating and disappointing for some. >> it was not the same. we did less business than a normal weekend. >> reporter: all along the 13th street restaurant district there is disappointment. many reporting sales off by 50 percent or more. although he some did pick up new customers. >> all new customers, yeah, we definitely did not see a lot of regulars. it did seem that most of the city kind of had cleared out. >> reporter: and it appears most who came to see the pope brought their own food. >> we ate what we had with us. we shared, a lot of people talked, a lot of people had brought food so it was really kind of like large family meal. the million plus crowds never materialized. many re

. >>> the pope's arrival in philadelphia is now nine days and just over 21 hours away, mayor michael nutter gave us an update on the plans early this morning and is urging philadelphians to take part in the fest visits, david murphy is live at city hall with more on that. >> hey rick, no major announcements with this, just keeping odds and ends of things, this took on something of a pep rally for mayor nutter as he urged everyone to get excited. we heard a lot about the inconvenience of the staging of this major effort. but the mayor is urging everybody to roll with it and enjoy this unprecedented event. >> i am asking philadelphians that are not joyfully anticipating the arrival of pope francis, there are people all over the world that may never have the opportunity we will have to welcome a leader of international performance to their home town let alone see him in person. we have the opportunity, lets make the most of it. >> mayor nutter reminds everyone we are just ten days away from the pope's visit and now is the time to start making final preparation, he says that philadelphia is on

. >> and mayor michael nutter and others played out new plans for the papal visit and a stabbing visit is name aid hero, the delaware man that gave his own life to protect a mother and her baby. >>> and it's a major sign of revival on broad street in philadelphia, the divine lorraine hotel, the first racially integrated hotel and has fallen into disrepair until now. vernon odom is live now with more. >> reporter: rick, you can call this a divine day, a divine milestone, if you will, a ground breaking ceremony for the redevelopment, for the divine lorraine hotel, at north and ridge heading north into philadelphia. the divine lorraine hotel completed in 1984 one of philadelphia's first high rises it has fallen into a state of deck a, calling it a graffiti ridden decay and blight. at the turn of the century, the home of the nouveau rich during the industrial bloom, but known as philadelphia's first integrated hotel. done by father divine, who called himself god all mighty here on earth. now it gets a new lease on life, born again, by an ambitious developer that is getting a lot of local a

in philadelphia, mayor michael nutter, and superintendant william hite went back to school and toured the tillman middle cool school in philadelphia, they joined eighth grade students for lunch today. the first day of school is one of excitement and nervousness in thousands of homes, we hope this is a great school year for everybody in the tri-state area. katherine scott focused on one family today. >> reporter: whether ceremonial or otherwise, the bells rang in the next year in the philadelphia school district, at gw carver school of engineering and science in philadelphia, students filed in for the first day greeted by the mayor and superintendant. for the week siblings they talked to "action news" about the year ahead. >> i am hoping to get in the computer science and i wants to start coding. >> and he will this year because carver add the 7th and 8th grade classrooms. zion joins her sister starting her junior year, like any big sister has no problem doling out advice. >> make sure they know are you a good student, don't be the class clown, better to be the student quiet and listen

. >> reporter: philadelphia's mayor michael nutter went stat by stat to explain how many people rode road september, book hotel rooms but how many people actually showed up, he said he could not say. >> i don't have a number. >> reporter: at a press conference monday philadelphia mayor michael nutter said it was clear, a lot of people showed up. but when asked, how many exactly. >> it is not necessarily the most pressing thing on my mind, to try to figure out how many people were there. >> reporter: despite not having a estimate mayor says weekend's events were a success for hundreds of thousands hossa tended. more definite numbers were, however a available for other areas, according to the city about 28,000 people rode septa's regional rail saturday, about 34,000 on sunday. patco saw nearly 26,000 passengers this weekend, and about 90 percent of area hotel rooms were booked. security was also tight, and, 71 agencies involved, and checkpoint lines, at times, were long. even archbishop charles chaput said some of his friend had issues. >> some of my friend, who tried to come, were sti

our mayor michael nutter says that all the time. this is our chance to do that and a chance to shine with one of the most revered and well respected leaders on the world stage. >> you are doing a great job. thanks for everything and after this is over you want you to get a long nap. >> looking forward to it. >> reporter: back to you. >> he and everyone at the archdiocese working hard for a long time. we showed you the pope taking off from the helipad in manhattan. now they are waiting for him to arrive here at jfk. he will board that american airlines plane, and will head to atlantic aviation at philly international. that's going to happen in the next hour. >> google mapped that flight from wall street to jfk. it's about 19-mile drive, so should be minutes there. this is now we're looking at the atlantic aviation where the pope is expected to land. and john butterworth at gm, he told me thursday he's going to -- invoked privilege as the general manager, he is going to drive that cart out to meet the pope when he arrives. good mornin

. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter also down played the restrictions and naysayers who predict pilgrims arriving by mass transit would face barriers, pedestrian cattle chutes and gridlock. >> obviously there will be a police presence but there will also be kind of almost i think a pilgrim welcoming squad from the thousands of volunteers that are going to be out on the street as well. so, i mean, this will be a very, you know, well coming, warm, happy environment. >> reporter: you're looking at a live picture right now of the enclosure canopy at eakins oval part of a complex that's grown up in the last day or two. it's grown quite quickly. the mayor also made the point today as he has many times before folks are coming down for the papal visit weekend, they need to be prepared. they need to plan ahead. they need to know of the restrictions and other factors that have been put into this situation here. they need to bring water and to in fact be prepared for being in a large crowd. live above the parkway, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." jim. >> john, thank you. >>> 6abc.com will be y

>> reporter: long lines spotted at every septa station including jefferson in the city, mayor michael nutter briefed reporters on this traffic box that once closed off the city. >> three-quarters of the traffic box is gone. west philadelphia is still in effect that portion right now, and what we referred to by sectors as logan which is right where the heart of the activity is on the ben franklin parkway. >> reporter: people patient, reflecting on what happened this weekend. >> it has been awesome, and it has been a lot of pleasure. >> reporter: patricia made the trip from nigeria. >> reporter: do you want the to come back to philadelphia. >> any time. >> reporter: lines filled up for hour, people didn't seem to mine. in some cases they found other people to keep them entertained. from nigeria to china philadelphia saw faces never seen around town before, "eyewitness news" met a couple who lived in philadelphia their entire lives, they say this weekend changed their perception of philadelphia. >> we were crying, laughing, hugging. hair was standing on the back of our necks. >> we're glad thes

mayor michael nutter shook hands near carveer high school. this is a stem magnet school that added 7th and 8th graders for the first time. >>> nba jason thompson greeted students outside their school this morning. he now plays for the golden state warriors and today he delivered backpacks and school supplies to students showing up to start the new year. >>> tomorrow is the second day of school, but some students will get out early because of the heat. they include students in trenton public schools. let's go to sheena parveen. sheena, how hot will it get tomorrow? >> we expect temperatures around 90 degrees again tomorrow, so it's going to be another hot day. the humidity will make it feel even hotter. as far back as yesterday, really, we hit 90 degrees. even sunday we were close to 90, but three days in a row at 90 degrees is a heat wave. tomorrow if we hit 90 degrees, and we could be very close, that would be heat wave number 6. this is well above normal, the high is 81, but we break out of the heat. highs may be in the low 80s with some ra

>> reporter: long lines spotted at every septa station including jefferson in the city, mayor michael nutter briefed reporters on this traffic box that once closed off the city. >> three-quarters of the traffic box is gone. west philadelphia is still in effect that portion right now, and what we referred to by sectors as logan which is right where the heart of the activity is on the ben franklin parkway. >> reporter: people patient, reflecting on what happened this weekend. >> it has been awesome, and it has been a lot of pleasure. >> reporter: patricia made the trip from nigeria. >> reporter: do you want the to come back to philadelphia. >> any time. >> reporter: lines filled up for hour, people didn't seem to mine. in some cases they found other people to keep them entertained. from nigeria to china philadelphia saw faces never seen around town before, "eyewitness news" met a couple who lived in philadelphia their entire lives, they say this weekend changed their perception of philadelphia. >> we were crying, laughing, hugging. hair was standing on the back of our necks. >> we're glad thes

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mayor michael nutter says this event was a successment our jan carabeo joins just center sit which more on that part of the story. jen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, coming to you liver on south broad street this morning, just outside of city hall where you can also see crews here doing a lot of work, breaking down equipment, and removing those metal barriers. and also happening around 10:00 o'clock this morning, the archdioces of philadelphia will hold one more media briefing to reflect on the world meeting of families congress, and the papal visit. as you mentioned, by mother account, last week was a success. it seems even this morning the holy father's spirit is still strong in a hundreds every thousands every people who heard his message over the weekend. now despite some long line at security check point, especially for those main events on the ben franklin parkway, most visitors we spoke to say the city of brotherly love earned its title. and just anecdotally people were in a great mood, i'm sure as you can feel, while it is still unclear, just how many people came to a

and mayor michael nutter who worked so hard to make this day a reality. isa nutter. >> there is jim and franny mcguire. they have been very, very helpful in archbishop chaput's desire for coming up with some money for all of this. >> they had to raise about $40 million. >> yeah. >> for this event. and they raised almost all of it. but it has been a very, very difficult road financially. and logistically to make this scene, what you're looking at right now, a reality. dann cuellar. >> yes, sir. as you see the pope is making his way to the little fiat brought into here to philadelphia. that's the car he has been riding in and all of his tour here in the united states of america and in washington, new york and now here in philadelphia. the little fiat will whisk him away to the basilica of saints peter and paul where he will celebrate mass this morning at 10:30. what a wonderful day it is in philadelphia, jim, that's all i have to say. >> the gentlemen, the young man behind the pope is mark miles. he is the pope's translator and become something of a celebrit

mayor michael nutter couldn't put a time on it but said crews are working around the clock to make it happen. >> as i'm sure all of you saw or experienced there was a lot of infrastructure out along the ben franklin parkway. it does take some time to get all of that back in its place and get it cleaned up. >> reporter: and if you're going to be heading down here the parkway basically is shut down from 21st to eakins oval. again, when the parkway will reopen is unclear at this time. i'm live along the ben franklin parkway, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> all right, they're getting there, chad. thanks very much. >>> now a live look at independence mall where crews also are busy cleaning up today but what a different scene there. you can hardly see any signs of yesterday's papal mass on independence mall. >>> meanwhile the archdiocese of philadelphia is reacting to and reflecting on this past weekend. archbishop charles chaput and others held a news conference this afternoon. vernon odom was there. he's live at the archdiocesan headquarters in center city. vernon i imagine they

secretary of homeland security will be here to review security with michael nutter. a look at the parkway. close closures are in place. next weekend more than a million people are expected to be packed right there on the park way to see the hope. tell us about the early traffic and more on that security meeting. katy. >> reporter: there's a lot to talk about this morning but 1 clear sign that the papal vsz is on us, part of the drive has been closed. that extends from aiken's oval to 20th street. that will remainp closed as we head closer. the pope is expected to attract over a million people. the secretary will meet with michael today and the head of social informs vis. he is a delaware county navy the tells us a lone woofl or group attack his biggest kefrn. >> we reached out to our partners to assure that we have enough personnel for our facilities and each of the jins. >> expect to see police sealing off manhole covers and well as removing trash krans as well as at independence hall. >> of course all eyes will be watching what happens. yesterday got to tour of the

. >>> mayor michael nutter and other officials were there to officially open a new center here at 2838 woodhaven road, a state of the art facility for classes and learning, officials say it's a much needed place for training officers and keeping them up to date on policing efforts. >>> now a look at the traffic report thursday night. lets go to autumn marisa with the latest. >> hi rick and monica, it depends on which roadway are you on, 202 the rain is coming down and the wipers are going and the water coming up from the tires and flooding on the northbound lanes, this is route at route 30, as you make your way from westchester to malvern it's causing a slow down, lets go to 95 right through cotman avenue and the construction is nice and dry out there right now, earlier this afternoon we had flooding on 95, since that receded we look nice and clear and you can see the travel times reflecting that on the big picture, schuylkill expressway looking normal this afternoon and slower as i said on 202 and 422, and the king of prussia area on the turnpike, a few places we are experiencing floo

governor wolfe and mayor michael nutter and lisa nutter, ar archbish archbishop, we've seen him throughout quite a bit of this as he's hosting pope francis. yesterday was his birthday which i couldn't think of a better birthday gift for him. executive director of the world meeting of families who mentioned that she could not think of a better place to have the world meeting of families and for people to see pope francis than right there on the ben franklin parkway. >> and the president of the world meeting of families will also be there. these are people who have been just totally immersed in preparing for this week of events for over a year's time obviously. so much work went into this. and they're all no doubt breathing a large sigh of relief. ed archbishop not long ago said his biggest concern was making sure he got the holy father from here to there to there. there's been a lot of that here to there to there just here in philadelphia, let alone before he arrived here in philadelphia in the other major cities that he visited, new york and washington, d.c. it's been a nonstop week for th

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

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today mayor michael nutter will announce updates on the city's plans.ne street expressway. the work on several bridges stopped today. crews will also begin removing construction equipment in preparation for the pope's visit. there will be no construction on i-95 on the days leading up to and throughout the world meeting of families. all work resumes october 1st. >>> philadelphia eagles' odds of winning a championship have just improved. vegas insider eagles have now 10-1 favorites to win the super bowl. only the sea hawks, the green bay packers and the indianapolis colts have better odds. >>> and just a reminder, nbc10 is your official eagles station. you can catch the final preseason game right here on nbc10 thursday night. it is the eagles against the jets. kickoff set for 7:00 p.m. our pregame coverage begins at 6:30. then they will make the final cuts to the 53-man roster by saturday. we'll have a full hour of news coming up in 30 minutes. you can get the latest news and weather at the nbc10 app. >>> before the break we give you this riddle to think

. >>> mayor michael nutter joined a group of dads that walked their kids to school this morning part of the million fathers march, a show of support for boys and girls as they start the new school year, it ended with an affirmation at the blue bird charter school. >> now fathers and more than 800 american cities held similar marches today and today meant back to school for students across the delaware valley and the action cam was there as children filed into the school this morning. the principal along with teachers and staff greeted the kindergartners along with eighth graders, and parents got the family calendar to stay on top of dates for this year. >>> back to school, back to work that cannot be good for the traffic report. lets go to autumn marisa. >> we are back to normal on the roads this afternoon, 95 an accident, this is northbound at island avenue, what i do want to show you the delay here, ridley park taking you 28 minutes to go from the blue route now to the vine street expressway, a nice long line on 95 northbound, taking a look at the speeds in the region in the big pi

we're keeping an eye on that for you but look at philadelphia all lit up tonight mayor michael nuttern saying this is going to put philadelphia on the world stage. eyes will be on philadelphia tonight and you know i think it certainly has turned up for the energy for the occasion and it certainly looks the part tonight. >> it definitely does. look at the philadelphia museum of art behind it all aglow heavenly, if you will. just a beautiful night here on so many levels and we're so happy to be here. we're so glad you're joining us with our coverage of the pope in philadelphia and we have a long way to go. we will hear from pope francis in just a few moments. >> that's right. i'm jessica dean along with ukee washington. we've been on the air here on cbs3 all day long from 9 o'clock this morning until right now sharing all of the moments with you. you can also stream us at cbsphilly.com. just keep there in mind if you step away, you got to go out to dinner take a break and you want to check in take us along with you as you go. we'll be happy to keep you company he throughout the night. >

meanwhile, philadelphia mayor michael nutter is expected to update us on the planning for next week's world meeting of families and the papal visit. we'll bring that briefing live to you when it happens. >>> right now, communications companies are offering a closer look at the upgraded wireless system that will be in place for the pope's visit to philadelphia. a high capacity distributed antenna system is set up along the ben franklin parkway. he'll help the crowd stay connected during the pope's outdoor mass and other papal activities. and now the time to download the nbc app, we have a rundown of the road closures and transportation changes that will be in effect during the pope's visit. >>> another spectacular day all across our area. we've been enjoying a wonderful week of weather and here's a live look at the jersey shore atop the marquee delafayette hotel in cape may, new jersey. brittney shipp is here. brittney, it's a perfect day to be at the beach. there's a warm end. we're going to see great conditions, humidity will stay down 48%, temperatures at 79. the air is calm or a li

. >>> happening right now, philadelphia mayor michael nutter is holding a news conference to recap theope's visit and the world meeting of families. let's listen in. >> -- the president of the pontifical council for the family. police commissioner ramsey is here, fire commissioner sawyer, and most of the members of the pope five, deputy mayor for public safety could not be with us for this morning. also with us our main partner for the event, special agent this charge for the united states secret service dave beach and many members of his team and in particular also want to thank and recognize from the u.s. secret service mike breslin. we had yesterday, i want to again thank him publicly, the u.s. secret service director joe clancy was in philadelphia yesterday observing events and activities at a personal level. i want to thank him and also the secretary of the department of homeland security, who many of you met or saw somewhere i guess about ten days or so ago, jay johnson. also with us today is, of course, the current general manager of septa, joe casey, and his colleague, jeff knu

the secretary of homeland security will meet with mayor michael nutter today and the mayor will also meet with the head of u.s. secret service joseph clancey. nbc 10 spoke exclusively with joseph clancey ahead of today's security meeting. he is a delaware county native and says a lone wolf or group attack is his biggest concern. >> making sure we have enough personnel, we've reached out to our partners to ensure we have enough personnel to the screening facilities. >> reporter: in the coming days, police tell us expect to see officers sealing manhole covers and removing trash cans from the parkway as well as the independence hall area. reporting from center city, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> with millions of people coming to philadelphia, they're going to get hungry. now there's a new wawa that opened up this morning. the new store is at broad and walnut streets right in the heart of center city. nbc 10's monique brach on the was there. monique, it included local leaders, members of the philadelphia orchestra and eagles cheerleaders, right? >> reporter: a little bit of everybody was

. >> and here at carver high school, superintendent william height and mayor michael nutter will be here in an hour and a half to take part in a traditional bell ringing ceremony. later in the day, they'll visit a middle school and then end the day at a high school in south philadelphia. they have a busy day packed. this is a big day for so many families throughout the city. reporting live in north philadelphia, katy zachery, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. since it is the first day of school for many students in the area, dads both here and around the country are being asked to take part in a million father march this morning. it is a nationwide campaign to get dads more involved in their children's education. >> pennsylvania's budget battle is having an infect on school districts around the state. the chester oakland school district in delaware county has been hit particularly hard. that cash strapped district doesn't have money for this week's round of paychecks. teachers, bus drivers and secretaries return to school last week and they voted to keep working without pay. pennsylvania has be

mayor michael nutter touched on that in his opening remarks here at independent mall. >> now also there on stage with him keep an eye out for archbishop gomez, archbishop of the los angeles die zest the largest catholic archdiocese. he has been active in immigration. he is originally from mexico and he has played a really big role, in immigration, policy, for the the catholic church, where, and how they see it and how they approach it through the spectrum of the catholic church. he will be up there. also maybe abraham, a sudan woman who was there when we touchdown here in philadelphia she was sentenced to death the for being a christian. >> mayor nutter met her. >> that is light, remember? she refused to renounce her faith and she was able because of the world outcry to get out of there, flew to rome, had a private audience with the pope, and then flew her to philadelphia she will be there, again if you want to talk about that, it goes through this whole thing about religious freedom about immigration, about finding a new life and building the best life for yourself. >> mayor nutter kne

mayor michael nutter wants you to get excited about the pope coming to town. he also wants you to be ready. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live on the parkway where crews setting up the stage, justin, good morning. >> reporter: nicole good morning. staging up behind us here. mayor nutter believes for many years to come we will talk about the pope's mass there and also ace visit to philadelphia with history happening in our hometown he does not want a single citizens to miss out on a chance to get involved. >> i'm asking philadelphians who are in the already joyously anticipating the arrival of the pope francis to get excited. >> reporter: mayor nutter striking an enthusiastic tone at philadelphia as they continue the the count down to the pope's arrival. count down now is at nine days. early next week the world meeting of families expects to welcome roughly 17,000 people. >> residents, if you haven't done it the already make sure you get your septa passes and tokens. make plans for your family and friend about which events you are a attending and d

. >>> mayor michael nutter spoke at a housing facility in center city, the next phase of the you city square building it calls for a farmers market and an outdoorent tamt area. >>> ducis here with sports, last night's game did not go the way we hoped. >> we had a lot of questions for chip kelly today and he had answers. the run game was not effected by atlanta and chip made a decision that has divided our newsroom. >> ryan matthews and not demarco murray is in there and he goes nowhere. it's fourth and less than a yard, they decide to kick a 44 yard field goal to take the lead, he misses it and the eagles lose 26-24, parky is making no excuses. >> great snap and great hold, it's my fault, got to do better. >> he is a pro bowl kicker and he is an outstanding kicker and has the confidence of everybody in this organization. >> the eagles face the cowboys on sunday and they are focusing on that contest. >> one thing you take away from a loss is you are more critical on film, you don't learn as much from winning, to take this this early, i think it will give us a bit of humble pie that eve

. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter took heat on social media from high profile restauranteers that withweekend was a bust. he said they read too much into it. >> there could be a million to million and a half people here. i don't know the spending habits of pilgrims. >> reporter: london bar and grill says the liquor won't be bad. >> everybody experiences what they came to experience. they can't come to experience our store. they did come to experience what was going on in the parkway. >> reporter: because the businesses know that a visit of pope is so one of a kind that they only have to write off this kind of loss once. the i'm doug shimell. >>> the city is calling it a success. more than 800,000 people packed the parkway with no major issues. police only had to arrest three people. one person who tried getting a large amount of drugs past security check point. one for dui and another for probation violation. ♪ >> i hate to talk over it. it's such a pretty sound. 14-year-old bobby hill wowed the crowd and the world. it all started inside the home of the keystone choir. >> we found peop

and walnut streets, the customers lined up to get through the doors at 8:00 this morning, mayor michael nutter was there to help cut the ribbon the store opened just in time for the world meeting of families and the papal visit next week, they hope to serve pope francis a hoagie of his choice and they have established a special fund to fight hunger in the philadelphia region. >> all hoagie sales in the city of philadelphia a portion will go to the francis fund. the special funds raiser runs from today until september 28th, this new location is the first wawa to offer bar seating along the windows and this brought 80 new jobs to philadelphia. >> the new video from utah showing the harrowing moment for hikers, after they realized the heavy rain put their lives in danger and the chaos that ensued after a man tried to steal an entire plane. >>> you need to go down it's going to flood! >> new video shows hikers desperately running to get to safety after flash flooding struck zion national park earlier this week. the hikers in the video made it out alive. several other hikers were found dead in the

mayor michael nutter is now speaking to the crowd at independence mall.et's listen. >> my government family is here and i want to give a shout-out to my school family, the sisters at transfiguration of our lord and the jesuits and lay people at saint of sainsaint joseph's preparatory high school. these three families shape and molded me. i'm deeply honored to welcome his holiness pope francis he and all of you to the city of philadelphia and this world meeting of families and what better place for pope francis to end his historic trip to the united states of america than at william pep's green wiln country town, the home of his experiment persecuted for his religious beliefs, william penn established the colony of pennsylvania with a democratic system complete religious freedom for all and fair trials. he built a community on the tenets of tolerance consensus and love. and those values live on in the soul of our great city, the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. today philadelphia is a diverse city, a city of immigrants, a cosmopolitan city of

. >> philadelphia leaders gave an update today on the world meeting of families, mayor michael nutter says that so far so good. 18,000 delegates are enjoying the catholic fellowship and sights ahead of the visit. >> we return to the ben franklin parkway and the great stage serving as an alter and an entertainment venue, but for either one officials are in the final stages of preparing an immense operation, and live on scene today is david henry. >> reporter: we are outside of the cathedral basilica where the pope will give mass on sunday. these are over across 18th street and this is where the security check points will be and "action news" learned that homeland security is tracking the theft of a half dozen propane tanks in ben salem. they say it's probably not a threat to the pope but one of 100 detail they have to take care of. >> it's scary too, but you no what? they are doing their job. >> heavily armed police and federal agents are everywhere in center city. they are using this parking garage across from the cathedral for a staging area, this is intimidating for someone but othe

mayor michael nutter is calling labor day weekend's made in america festival a success.news conference the the mayor says musical celebration on the the parkway was sold out both days with more attendees then in years past. more than 65,000 people attend saturday's concerts and more than 64,000 attended on sunday. >>> but while concert may have been a big success the cell phone systems are getting questionable grade. music lovers complained of spotty cell phone services all weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter rachel solomon has more on how the cell even if problem is being addressed. >> i just had a hard time getting connections. >> reporter: for natalie, of fairmount getting cell service during made in america was a challenge. >> making calls and not going through. >> reporter: but she did not attend she just happens to live nearby. >> during the concert. >>> yes, the the whole weekend, you know, i had off an on issues. >> reporter: nearly 65,000 music goers pack ben franklin parkway, saturday and sunday. >> in made in america was busy but i can't imagine what it will b

when asked if the city had overestimated the demand, mayor michael nutter said people are still makingdirector of the greater philadelphia hotel association agrees. >> people are just going to show up so we didn't really know what to expect. however, i will say that we're very excited, we're seeing -- we're seeing people book rooms, we're seeing people make their plans. the folks at septa have done a phenomenal job of make, the city very accessible so we're really looking forward to the weekend. >> reporter: officials added that folks who book hotel rooms may find they have an even better vantage point to all of the papal festivities. >> officials in delaware laid out new plans to keep folks moving through wilmington the weekend that pope francis is in town. both amtrak and septa run from wilmington to 30th street station in philadelphia. septa has sold 5,000 tickets for the wilmington-newark line that weekend. amtrak is leasing computer -- commuter trains to keep up with the demand and are calling in extra help in case anything goes wrong. >> extra staffing coming in so in the event w

the solemn event also included remarks also from mayor michael nutter as well as a number of airport touching tribute and quite a voice from that young lady. >>> from our delaware news room today police say they arrested a plan for running a large prescription drug ring out of his house in wilmington. they executed a search warrant on the 300 block of mansion road and this is what they found, nearly 100 oxycodone pills, several fentanyl patches normally used on surgery patients, 83 grams of marijuana and a stash of cash. 52-year-old charles longacre was arrested and charged with selling all those drugs. >> meteorologist adam joseph joining us now i needed my umbrella yesterday big time but today -- >> today, no. but i hope you have it nearby because you may have to break it out again by tomorrow afternoon. but for now as we take a look live at the center city sky6 from our temple university camera, the sunshine is back out. 81 degrees is the air temperature. the dewpoint lower. so, it's more comfortable at 60 with those north-northwesterly winds at 8 miles an hour. as we head to atla

pope francis, he will not leave philadelphia empty handed not at all, mayor michael nutter presenting charles chaput2 gifts for the holy father. one thinks china bowl you see on your screen that features images of independent hall and st. peters about a sill contact the other is a bicycle, this is really interesting, with a chain guard shaped like and angel wing. it the honors pope's push for environmentally friendly transportation. >> can you see him cruising around on that. >> there we go. >> for now focus of the papal visit is centering on the nation's capitol. >> pope start with the meeting with president obama with the meet ago the the white house. mike hydeck from wu.s.a. is live at president's park just south of there, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, erika, nicole, thanks for having us this morning. what an amazing event this will be, as we saw, the pope, land yesterday, greeted by president obama, vice-president biden and so many other dignitaries from the catholic church. and the preparations have been going on for months now here. one of the interesting thing

mayor michael nutter has declared the pope's visit over the weekend a tremendous success and by most measures it was but it appears that far fewer people than expected attended and businesses have been grumbling that the heavy security measures have kept people away. >> it wasn't about how many people are going to come, it was about the success of the events. the event itself was successful. >> reporter: those who did make it through security after hours waiting in line by all accounts had a tremendous experience. many never made it in. the crowd appeared to be much smaller than the one to one and a half million the city predicted. city residents fled town and many from the suburbs decided to skip it blaming the tight security restrictions. but the mayor blamed the media. >> i think the reporting on any number of aspects of this was detrimental to the mind-set of many philadelphians and others. i think that in some instances you all scared the (bleep). >> reporter: public officials set the tone warning people they would walk long distances and new jersey officials all but urging peop

there are still about 3,000 available and mayor michael nutter is encouraging people to take advantageyou can tap on the nbc 10 app for more information on the hotels plus on the detours and road closures around the area all because of the papal visit. you will also find mass transit changes, a list of what you can and cannot bring to the event during the papal weekend, and of course the pope's full itinerary while he is here. >>> happening this weekend, the south philly garden tour gets underway. it's the south philly food co-op's biggest fund raiser of the year. all the money raised goes towards opening -- this year's tour focuses on 30 gardens. in chester county, thousands of people are expected to attend the 30th annual ken et county mushroom festival. if you're looking for something to do with the family, this event runs today and tomorrow. there will be mushroom cooking contests and a fried mushroom eating contest. it is known as the mushroom capital of the world. every year they drop a mushroom like the one you see here. >>> this weekend it's all about fall. the park is holding

. >> reporter: and the mayor michael nutter offered his support for williams calling the investigation a personal vendetta by the city controller. >> we're not going to get distracted by that ego or narcissistic personality disorder. >> that's a lie about a license safety issue and how can the mayor say that that's a personal vendetta? >> reporter: the controller is now furious at the mayor. he says the report highlights real public safety issues that haven't been addressed now two years after the market street collapse. >> i thought he was sincere. i thought he had a real empathy for the victims. i am absolutely befuddled. >> reporter: but the mayor says extensive changes have been made. they've invested $4.5 million in new equipment and new computer software and say l & i is much safer than it was two years ago. randy gyllenhall, nbc 10 news. >>> a 14-year-old boy arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school is now a social media sensation. ahmed wanted to show his invention to teachers. they thought it looked like a bomb and the teachers called the police. he was put in handcuff

. >> a spokesman for michael nutter says world meeting planners have been in touch with businesses and set up a hotline, and they contend the controller's survey creates needless anxiety in the week's before the pope's visit. the pope arrives in 24 days, september 26th. for your road congestion questions, and what can you find with you, find your answers on the nbc10 news app. >>> hot and humid afternoon as the heat wave extends into another day. not too many people on the beach this afternoon down in cape may, maybe they're all working like we are. sheena parveen joins us now with her first alert forecast. >> i'm sure it will be very packed this week as we go into this labor day weekend, last unofficial week of summer. keep in mind the advertised 83 degrees, today another hot one, we are in a heat wave. today we continued that, tomorrow we continue it, and going into your labor day weekend, we should be breaking out of this heat wave. that's going to be with showers, maybe thunderstorms in the forecast, mostly for friday, it's going to shape up nicely as we go into your weekend. for t

. >> a spokesperson for mayor michael nutter says the world meeting of family planners have been in touchith businesses and set up a hotline and say the controller survey is creating needless anxiety in the week before the pope's visit. >>> back to school is on hold for some students. an sppinspection found this building not safe. parts of the building are closed for repairs. >>> a new look at camden community charter school that is now split into two state-of-the-art buildings and a gym. the school is adding seventh grade and 700 students start there next tuesday. >>> being adults are finishing degrees they didn't get a chance to complete years ago. matt delucia is live. you found out there is help for these people? >> reporter: there are, by one estimation, 70,000 people in the city of philadelphia, adults who have not finished school and busy telling the students how important it is to get a college degree. this is one extra thing that might be out there to inspire them. graduate philadelphia is a group that's been trying to get adults to finish their college degree. they are helping p

police marched through center city to honor those, they ended at the state house where mayor michael nutter gave remarks. >>> neighborhood church goers gathered to remember the victims of 9/11 at a special prayer breakfast and katherine scott takes us to the somber ceremony. >> first responders and civil n civilians came to this church to remember this day 14 years ago and to make sure that its significance does not diminish with the passing of time. >> the sound of bag pipes and pews filled and heads bow those killed and those injured and those that suffered loss. >> all so that we don't ever forget the sacrifices that they made. >> at a breakfast afterward, held by the 200 club of burlington county, contemplation and reflection. the crowds had remembrances around the country. burlington county prosecutor robert bernardi spoke about educating the next generation. >> i said in my speech that as time goes on memories fade and small children grow up not knowing anything about 9/11, i think it's important for families to talk about it and keep the spirit alive. with each prayer, each thought e

mayor michael nutter offered his support for williams, calling the investigation a person nal vendetta by the city controller. >> we're not going to get distracted be i that kind of nonsense or ego or narcissistic disorder. >> that's a lie about a life and safety issue. how can the mayor say that that's a personal vendetta? my god that's a sin. it's a sin for him to say that. >> the controller is now furious at the mayor. he says the report highlights real public safety issues that haven't been addressed now two years after the market street collapse. but the mayor says, extensive changes have been made. he says they've invested $4 million in new equipment and software and l & i is much safer than years ago. >>> 2016 is a rough start for rutgers football. the team's coach has been suspend for three games. the comes after several players were arrested and suspended for different incidents in the past few weeks. now the head coach is being fined $50,000. they say he contacted a faculty member about the academic status of a player. the school says that is exactly what he was told not to d

philadelphia restaurant owners are calling out mayor michael nutter over what they dahl lackluster business during the papal visit and the world meeting of families. they pointed at the mayor, he pointed his at the media. >> i think that in some instances you all scared the [ bleep ] out of people with some of the stories. >> many business owners say that the expected crowds did not live up to the hype. some say they actually lost money over the weekend. >> we were thinking that we were going to get a nice spillover, we were anticipating nice crowds, we geared up, we brought in extra supplies, we brought in extra grocery supplies. >> stock wise we brought in so much liquor and beer and food that we wanted to make sure we made it through the weekend and we have plenty left over. >> some of the business owners say they will donate their leftover food to the needy. >>> philadelphia police looking for a man they think is linked to a shooting that injured a child last night. gun fire in the home on boudinot injured two. the man is likely a boyfriend of one of the women and he took the gun with h

last night we asked mayor michael nutter about the inconveniences going forward. >> whatever you normally do on a saturday or sunday in philadelphia, physical out your game plan, how you will get there. what you want to do. knowing what all of the restrictions or inconvenience that might already be in place. >> you can track the nbc app. make your plans now. you will find the road closures, the mass transit changes. you will find a list of things are you not allowed to bring if you come to see the pope on the parkway. >> as we are preparing for the pope to make his way to philadelphia this weekend. we are keeping a close eye on how washington is handling those big crowds here. people were impressed by the calm of the crowd at the canonization mass last night at the national basilica and the planning on the part of the organizers, as every element of the liturgy appear to be silent. >> the group, there was this energy. it was kind of magical. >> the way they handled xhunion, holy communion, we were wondering how are they going to give it out to 25,000 people. >> the holy father left his fo

friday mayor michael nutter dropping the mic of showing his raping skills. he performed at the rappers delight by the shug far hill gang. he had a mixer at the recording academy. he performed this number in public, of course, several times. nice. happening tonight, former eagle linebacker jeremiah trotter walks the red carpet as he gets set to move his movie debut to a wider audience. >> our mama -- three weeks ago. >> trotter has a starring war in an independent feature film "north star" based on the true story of two escaped slaves to bucks county. he spent 12 innocence in the nfl. he says he was just as surprised to discover he had this hidden talent. >> i didn't know either ever. but i went and did the reading, man, and as soon as i read the skrirnths i fell in love with it. >> nice the north star was shot several years ago, it was basically shown at a theater in doylestown, the writer and director of the producer is a doyles town native. the premier is tonight at the kimmel center in center city 5:30 and 8:00 ticket information. check nbc10.com or check

philadelphia mayor michael nutter there as well. just take a moment to let this sink in. and father kesicki, as he does walk up the stairs onto shepherd one, what would you say to all of us about carrying forward husband message and as he departs? >> it's summed up in the name he chose. he chose francis. preach and if necessary say words. we might not remember every word pope francis said but we'll remember what he preached. that should fill us with great hope. >> you think that's the pilot? i would be nervous. >> i think that is the pilot. what a responsibility to carry the pope back. >> that's a big responsibility. >> to rome. as we watch pope francis board shepherd one, where we're told he will hold a press conference with journalists. our rosa flores is on board. you'll want to tune in to "new day" tomorrow morning. you will hear everything that he said aboard that plane from her. quick break. we're back on the other side. ♪ (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. who knows, one of these kids

. >> school superintendent, doctor william hite and mayor michael nutter, annual bell ringing ceremony. had chance to meet student, encourage them to get the school year off to a great start. >> the hunt is on for a bank rob remember in center city. philadelphia police were on the scene at the prudential bank on south broad street around 10:30. according to police, a white male, wearing red shorts, and red shirt, walked into the bank and handed the tell area note demanding money. he took off on foot, south on 16th street, where police say he changed his clothes. officers found the shorts i was wearing with the demand note inside the pocket. >> once again, the bank robbery took place, meanwhile charges pending against suspect wanted in a bar shooting in philadelphia's olney neighborhood overnight. >> gunfire errupted around 10:30, after fight inside the baron 5500 block of north fifth street, that spilled outside on to the street. twenty-three year old man was shot in the chest. the bullet piercing him lung. a 27 year old woman, who was shot in her leg and abdomen was treated and releas

and tonight mayor michael nutter hosted the 2015 international mayor's forum based on that saying. they gathered at la salle university discussing ways that local governments can strengthen and sustain families through public policy and advocacy. >>> and an artist unveiled her work of pope francis at the hilton garden inn in mount laurel. it will be exhibited on the national liberty museum on chestnut in philadelphia starting tomorrow. >>> we ask you to turn to 6abc and "action news" when the pope arrives in philadelphia saturday. "action news" has complete coverage throughout the weekend. our team of two dozen anchors and reporters at locations across the region to bring you this history-making visit. and its impact on the delaware valley and the archdiocese of philadelphia. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, investigators intercept $6 million worth of cocaine being smuggled in a shipment of produce. >>> and an abandoned, neglected dog found in delaware county looking for a home. >>> and like a summer afternoon with sunshine, and tracking weather south in the carolinas. a