. >>> phillies wrap up their series with the nationals with another rough night in south philadelphia. last night was a beginnings of national power and phillies struggling offence. jason werth hit two home runs in the games, he hit four home runs in the series. nationals pitcher ge o gonzales struck out 12 and national won big two-two. phillies in atlanta tomorrow night. >>> philadelphia phillies fans received a holy treat at last night's game, pope francis is a trading card. fans pick up a phillies pope rookie card just like a traditional baseball card where the players, pontiff stats including first place and even his nickname, probably want to hang on to that one. >>> thursday night football is back, payton manning and broncos head to kansas city, to face andy reid, jeremy maclin and the chiefs. coverage begins at 7:30 on cbs-3. >>> a new study looks at key to work place happiness. >>> and maybe for your stomach but, what is it, right? we will explain when we come right back. here's a look at your head lines, this morning. mayor michael nutter wants philadelphia to get excited. he

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the players pranked the philadelphia phillies mascot. he stoeld the fanatic's keys. apparently it's like, come on. apparently he called security and the police, too. the team eventually gave him the keys back. >> i like it. >> yeah, i'm just glad they're still having fun. obviously they make big salaries and they're playing to win. >> yeah. >> but they do it for the love of the game as well, right? >> entertainment. >> they do love the game and the kids and the paycheck. >> yeah. you know, what's wrong with that. >> i should have played baseball. >> we all should have played baseball. another great morning outside. welcome to your wednesday, everybody. it's a quiet day outside once again. 63 now at reagan national. not much of a breeze out there. winds have bhon dry to drought. since august 1st only an inch and a half of rain. that's almost three inch behind of rainfall since august the 1st. we still have a big surplus of the year courtesy of 12 inches of rain in june. another cool start this morning, another nice day full of sunshine. each day is getting just a litt

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the pontiff is now on trading cards made exclusiv exclusivelyr philadelphia phillies fans.e'll take look at his stats on the other side. >> and coming up right after "eyewitness news" at 11:00 the late show with stephen colbert and tonight he welcomes actor kevin spacey comedy legend carol burnett and musical performance by willie nelson and john mellencamp much all the fun starts tonight at 11:35. >>> a high school project in texas ends with a student in handcuffs and it is raising questions about racial profili profiling. 14 year akmed muhammed used pieces of scrap metal and computer parts to build a homemade clock. teacher at his suburban dallas school heard it ticking and thought it was bomb. she called police and ahmed was hauled in for questioning even though the device was found to be harmless. ahmed plans to turn his scare foo a positive force. >> i will try my best not just to help me but to help every other kid in the entire world who has problem locate this. >> ahmed says he made transfer to different school and hopes one day to go to college at mit. >> as colleg

. >> the philadelphia phillies this week gave out a pope francis baseball card and he's showing up on new york city and forget about booking a hotel in washington, d.c. during his visit, most are gone. >> there's also a booming business in souvenirs and we hear more from mike carter conine. >> everyone is excited about his visit. >> reporter: with the pope's visit less than a week away stores are stocking up on papal products. >> anything with pope francis' face on it. >> reporter: the catholic information center downtown has all sorts of chock ki, book, t-shirt, rosaries, even a comic book and it's unclear if francis himself would nod with approval but the fastest selling is the bobblehe bobbleheads. people are just excited. >> seems everyone catholic or not want a piece of him. street vendors around the white house are selling these to tourists for between $5 and 8 bucks. >> we got it in a month ago and selling wonderfully. especially the t-shirts. >> the newseum has a range of souvenir, dollars and coin, paper dolls and traditional dolls. >> i will possibly buy something for our gr

he's putting the finishing touches on this piece, celebrating the philadelphia phillies baseball team. like almost every work commissioned by the city's mural arts program, its creation has involved hundreds of people from the design phase through execution. >> if i were a fine artist in a gallery situation, i might have a show that's up for the month and the audience would be relatively limited. whereas outside on a wall, it's, you know, limitless. >> the city has become known for its murals, supported by a combination of public funding and private donations. the subjects vary from black history to suicide. >> unlike public art, reserved for prominent parks or city centers, philadelphia's murals can be found all over the city, in poor neighborhoods and even in parking lots. the idea is that art is for everyone. >> the murals are painted on cloth squares before hung outside, a process the public is invited to take part in. about two thirds of this one, honoring pope francis will be completed ahead of his visit. those who come to see him in september will be invited to help with the re

the guys joined kids from the mid atlantic youth anglers in fdr park in philadelphia philly for fishingr life skills throughout door activities. nice way to turn page. >>> now it's baseball but the phillies were in the one and one tonight. pair of number one overall draft picks showing off for the nationals. to the bank we go. bryce harper first overall pick in 2010 not one, but two homeruns. now batting .33838 on the season he drove up a four runs for d.c. steven strausburg was the number one overall pick in 009. and he was flat out dealing. tied his career high with 14 punch outings. phillies had two base runners and lose their 90th game of the season four-zero the final. 90! >> you said 90? >> big number. >> big number. >> hopefully not going to hit 100 this year. >> support our fightings. 90, thank you don. >> up next, a new look for taylor swift. we'll show you when we come bac ♪ >>> taylor swift has one grammy, billboard music awards, academy of country music awards. list goes on and on g she's officially made it because her likeness is now a corn maze and that's when you know you

. >> i am err league weekends for philadelphia phillies, in boston to play the red sox at fenway parkace in that i have division action, so good or bad company, you deicide. last night's game against the jets was the lasing else pre-season game of the year. quarterback matt barkley put his job prospect in jeopardy interception on first series here, tim tebow, though, had interception, as well, but also through for two touchdowns, and had 82 yards on 14 carries. jets won this 124-18. coach kelly says he's got a lot of work to do to get ready for the regular season. >>> now, just like anything, we have a lot of film to watch. watch it on the bus road home, meet again tomorrow morning. all three fastuous look at, so we don't have any preconceived notions. always have to evaluate the last game. a lot goes into it. you can't really come out. not fair to the players either, hey, stand on the side line, we'll take this guy. we'll do a thorough film of everything, and have everything done by saturday at 4:00. >> all right, smart move, coach. patriots wrapped up their pre-season last night aga

the philadelphia phillies made their pope francis baseball cards, specifically the rookie card. fans can pick it up at citizens bank ballpark. >>> maya angelo fetched more than one million dollars. this sold for $461,000 at the swan gallery sale. angelo's estate consigned the quilt along with about 50 other pieces of artwork to the auction house following her death last year at 86. >>> there is trouble on the tracks on the long island railroad. newscopter 7 is live in mixville as workers -- hicksville as workers make repairs. live team coverage next. all the goodness of milk. all the deliciousness of hershey's syrup. squeeze. stir. share. >>> a freight train derailment more than 18 hours ago continues to cause a boat load of problems for long island railroad commuters. >> kala rama is in hicksville in nassau county with an update. what do we know. >> ken, so far one third of the train service running through the hicksville station has been canceled and will be like that for the majority of the day until these repairs are made. all the trains running are seeing major delays. take

philadelphia. i think that philly is such an underrated city and it's bringing great attention to philadelphia and everything we have to offer. >> reporter: there is plenty of attention and scrutiny on the city right now. residents like cory bradwell of northern liberties understand that because of the magnitude of this historic event and the planning involved there will be challenges. >> there will be hiccups. that's part of life. things will happen. we're handling it very well. philadelphia is a strong city. >> reporter: people we talked to were positive, upbeat, ready to take this all in stride, looking forward to the papal visit. i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. >> we are a little over three weeks away from the pope's visit. the nbc 10 news app is your one stop guide for everything happening during the world meeting of families. >>> late again. today, delaware students showed up late to school for the second day in a row but it's the bus driver's fault. we told you yesterday at 6:00 about the bus driver who got lost going to dickenson high school on the first day of class. today, there was a

. >>> philadelphia phillies honoring the pope's visit. baseball cards and his nickname.66, honoring his position in the papal line. a lot of commentary about the republican debate. who do you think helped their chances the most? one says ted cruz. one says, carly fiorina teak advantage of every chance. wade feels ben carson displayed his wisdom and faith. and thinks carson's honesty is helping. one says rand paul distinguished himself on foreign policy, the war on drugs and the tenth amendment and katrina thinks lindsey graham in the earlier debate did a stellar job and would like to see him move up in the polls. thank you for writing, and everyone has a different opinion. that's why i love hearing from you every day. thank you for being part of "the real story" for thursday. here's harris. in for shep. >> breaking news now. we're tracking the troubles with american airlines today. after the carrier reported a technical glitch that caused them to halt domestic flights across the nation. starting to see the planes on the move again as you can see right in the center of yo

you could tell from the moment he arrived here in philadelphia. philly loves francis. from the moment he arrived, the band playing the theme from "rocky" and the pope stopping his car to bless the boy in the wheelchair. to independence hall. the birthplace of the united states. he spoke to american faces, the new america and they cheered this pope who champions immigrants. "you should never be ashamed of your traditions," he told them. later, a twilight motorcade. hundreds of thousands out along the streets to greet him. pope francis having a ball. actor mark wahlberg emceed. the prayer vigil for families. and aretha franklin sang way off stage. then pope francis offered some homespun wisdom about family. >> translator: and sometimes plates can fly. and children bring headaches. i won't speak about mother-in-laws. >> reporter: that is pure francis, and it's that kind of down-to-earthness and his heartfelt agenda that's generated so much excitement. around this trip. people seem hungry for that kind of leadership as he heads back to rome. you know, his mission here was

the nationals will host the philadelphia phillies this week in the nets park. college football starts tonight with virginia hosting boise state and the fun begins for bragging rights on saturday. maryland may hit the war against west virginia and it kicks off at 3:00 and virginia tech travel to east carolina and it's howard and morgan state and the chicago football classic. that game is at 4:30 from soldier field. between the baseball, each though it doesn't matter anymore, a lot of good football, college. >> can't throw it over the guy's head. >> that was a scary move by papelbon there. he got a suspension and he'll take it like a man. >> look at wendy, as calm as ever. >> not concerned about the redskins. >> and not batting an eye. >> and i'm not each loven looki you. >> impressive. >> all right. thanks, jason. thanks for joining us toght. "nightly news" is up next and chris, we'll see you tonight at 11:00. if you want me i'll be at the bar. >>> tonight, the boehner bombshell sending shock waves across washington. the house speaker suddenly announces he'll of

so last night the philadelphia phillies gave out this pope baseball card to fans. we only got this picture of the front of the card so we're not so sure what's on the back of the card. if we had to guess, it probably does not include any rbis. >>> speaking of the pope, we're in the home stretch now. right now on news4 midday, we'll take you to the center of last-minute preparations before the pontiff arrives in washington next week. >>> plus the power struggle over a power company. the effort to gain support over a controversial deal. >>> new today, the fight continues over a possible power company merger between pepco and exelon. darcy spencer is live in northwest now with the latest on this process. darcy? >> hey, melissa, yeah. the press conference is still under way here by supporters of this merge. you may remember it was late last month that the public service commission here in washington rejected this deal, but these two companies are not giving up the fight. let's show you some video of these supporters again meeting right now. the press conference is bein

nobody cares about the philadelphia phillies anymore, you know what, i don't blame you. >> reporter: in the world of the sport talk radio talk was about how few people seem to be talking about ruben amaro, junior being shown the door. >> absolutely. >> reporter: how many calls of the phillies and ruben amaro, did you get. >> zero, zero. >> reporter: host at 94 wip sports radio pulls no punches when news broke this afternoon saying it might not be the top sports topic. >> eagles play the falcons on monday. that is the big deal. >> everybody is been wondering for two years. he was put out of his misery. >> reporter: fans seem eager to turn the page. >> i'm pretty happen that i they let him go. >> there were questionable moves that he had made over the last couple of years, to put phillies in a bad position. >> reporter: but not everyone was piling on, after all, the amaro, junior era as a assistant gm and gm included two world series appearances and one championship. >> i'm not happy about it myself personally. i don't know if they can find anybody better. >> got us back to the world s

that is pope party. >> one direction played in philadelphia -- philly. >> dave, were you there? was going in the other direction, yes. >> good one. they had their own take on the fresh prince. >> really? >> yes, well that i can relate to. >> we'll philadelphia international airport. >> good. can't wait. i'll tell you the weather forecast when we come back. heating upment cooler weather and i'll let you know when next. >> we want you to come down the shore this friday after tomorrow. wrapping up our down the shore series. i'll be there. bob is going to be there. one alex holley will be there. we are live in wildwood, new jersey, we're going to be right there on the boardwalk at shell inning err. er. >> shellinger. >> all right. >> someone tweeted me saying skellinger. >> just meet us there you. >> know what we're talking about. >> 7:00 to 10:00 alex. >> bring your friends, family, get on tv, hang out with mike. >> there will be food. >> oh, there will be food. >> and there will be food, dave war glenn food and funk. >> and there will be win and there will be rain. >> what? >> oh,

turns out the players pranked the philadelphia phillies mascot.arker stoeld the fanatic's keys. you can see he was hot about it. apparently he called security and the police. the team eventually gave him back the keys. >> i didn't think mascots could talk. >> you saw the tongue come out. >> is that an ant eater. >> what's going to happen to the president? >> bad enough. >> we've been liking this. the weather moderated from the really, really, really hot stuff we had. >> it's september hot instead of august hot. we'll be ten degrees warmer than average around here for the rest of the week and on into the weekend. luckily our averages are back into the upper 70s. 10 degrees above average. keeps us out of the 90s but just barely. we may have a shot at a 90 degree day or two. most will spend the next seven days with highs in the 80s. outside there's the jefferson memorial nestled into downtown washington. beautiful morning outside. skies once again crystal clear. not much of a wind either. that's leading to a little bit of some fog in the rural areas.

major league baseball's philadelphia phillies were handing out pope francis rookie cards for free at last night's game against the nationals. the pope will make his first trip to the united states as we know next week. the pontiff will arrive in d.c. tuesday afternoon and then head to new york and philly on thursday. >>> this is how much some people want to get their hands on take tickets to the papal mass in philly. this group is camping out outside a parish in havertown, pennsylvania. they will tick out mass tickets next thursday on a first come, first serve basis. >>> we always look for just the right balance, right? we like the nice, summary days with low humidity. today another one, and i think tomorrow will be five as we round out the workweek, but we get that also, some dry conditions and i showed you this last week and it was only western maryland and southern maryland that were getting a little dry and now we're seeing those conditions expand through the west of maryland down through virj sirj and 60% of maryland and normally dry in 60% of virginia and we can stand the rain.

. >> in honor of pope francis upcoming visit, the philadelphia phillies are rolling out a rookie card card, on twitter, and fans can pick them up at the became tonight. i bet it will go this quick. >> and in a few years it will be worth a lot. >> that is the batting average? >> ama daetz is in washington, dc, the first of three cities the pope will visit in the united states and you can watch her reports starting next tuesday as we physical pope francis on this trip. >> new protecting news in san jose where fires are bat weeing a two alarm near and our reporter is at scene. >> ma? >>> the fire is out and it started just before 4:00 this morning and it is about a quarter of a mile away from us on story road in the foot hims of east san jose. several firefighting crews have been leaving the scene if the last 20 minutes. they were successful in putting out the fire but they did not save the home. when they arrived they found the home fully engulfed in flames and they quickly called for a second alarm with hope on the sides and the back of the hope they were able to say, they reveteranned

still in the low 90s for philadelphia, northeast philly and wilmington. temperatures at the atlantic city airport, 84. we are seeing slightly cooler conditions closer to atlantic city and in cape may but it's still warm conditions throughout the entire area. our radar shot shows a few little isolated showers. the models picked these up earlier in the afternoon and now they have developed here. this is mainly confined to sussex county, so these are moderate downpours coming down to the south of seaford. if i put this in motion it shows most of the showers are moving out of the area, tracking to the south. i will keep a close eye on the showers and let you know how long the heat about stick around, coming up in the full forecast. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with the pope announcing a major shift from tradition within the catholic church. pope francis is now allowing priests to grant absolution to women who have abortions. the pontiff says women who have had an abortion can seek forgiveness in the church's upcoming holy year. the change reflects

philadelphia. northeast philly 73.hester springs, mid 70s wilmington through the lehigh valley, 75 in reading, 74 in allentown, and temperatures still in the mid 70s through south jersey and even delaware. temperatures 74 in dover, 77 at the atlantic city airport. we are dry across the area. you've seen the crystal clear skies today. that's going to stay the case through tonight. in the poconos, temperatures currently only in the mid 60s. here is a live look in the poconos where the low tonight is expected to be down to 45 degrees. so it is going to be cool through the overnight hours. if you're around the philadelphia area for the rest of your evening, sunny skies by 6:00 p.m., mid 70s 8:00 p.m., low 70s and by 10:00 into the 60s. coming up, i'll show you how cool it will get in your neighborhood and the return of the 80s in the seven-day forecast. >>> it's anything but child's play. >> a new study that shows just how dangerous a tricycle can be. >>> and no coffee, no bathroom. the controversy surrounding a local star

philly. more on the city's project. to paints a mural of the pontiff ahead of his visit. >> they had been trafficking on behalf of the united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >>> philadelphia commissioned a mural of pope francis. >> reporter: the pope visits philly in two weeks. the massive painting is part of a public arts program that's attracting visitors and changing lives for two decades. kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: it may look like a lonely job. but for david mcshane making mural is his all about community. he's putting the finishing touch on his this piece, celebrating the philadelphia phillies baseball team. but like almost every work commissioned by the city's mural arts program. it's creation has involved hundreds of people from the design face through execution. >> if i was in a gallery i might have a show up in a for a month and the audience would be relatively limited. whereas outside on a wall it's, you know, the -- it's limitless. >> reporter: the city has become known for its murals supported by a excision and a half public funding and private donations the subject vary widely from black history to suicide. up like most public art which is reserv

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thanks to the philadelphia phillies to celebrate his visit. the commemorative card features the pope's filing space on the front and stats on the back. the cards will be handed out at the phillies-nationals game tonight. >> pretty cool. >> nice. where's the bat, though, right? father makes his first visit to the u.s. his popularity has taken off. cbs 2's dick brennan has more on the francis effect. >> reporter: from a 15-story mural in midtown to a vatican city made out of legos, the pope is even showing up on pizza boxes. every trip he takes pope francis has been met by adoring masses of the faithful. his first trip to the u.s. promises the same. >> we are big fans. our parish is very fond of his social justice programs. >> pope francis presents a positive image for the catholic church. >> i like the openness that he brings to the church. >> reporter: it seems new york loves pope francis. a poll found that 75% of new yorkers whether catholic or not give the pope a thumbs-up according to the pew research center. these are numbers not seen sinc

we are at 95 or 93 degrees in philadelphia, 95 northeast philly. low 90s to mid 90s through parts of the lehigh valley. 92 allentown. 94 in reading. it is hot across the area. even closer to the shore, temperatures about the mid 80s which is above normal this time of year. so the heat, the dry weather all helping to fuel the fires in new jersey. take a look at the drought monitor here. abnormally dry, where we see yellow shading, in new jersey, where we have the fire, technically not a drought but we will see rain after not seeing any in that area after two weeks. rain is back off west toward chicago. until we see that wednesday night into thursday, we will stay dry through tonight. and as we go through most of the day tomorrow. we are talk about potentially heat wave number six in the forecast. monday we hit 90 degrees. today we hit 93. tomorrow, we could still hit 90. that would be heat wave number se six. as we go into the weekend, an even bigger cool-down is on the way. coming up we look at the timing and take a look at the weekend changes stra

philadelphia. we wanted to no. >> a philly cheesesteak. >> law enforcement is after him. >> what did he say? ♪ bill: you are chasing the story of a pastor that a small church in harlem. he is winning. >> if you are in harlem, this is the sign that you are faced with. it reads, the judge rules the cross of jesus. we one. we one. there is a back story. >> you tell me. >> that's right. >> and interpretation. are you crazy? >> preaching at this church for the past 30 years. >> the bible says being a sodomite is a practice worthy of death. >> the bible also says love one another. >> and often he puts of anti- gay messages. >> i am not sure what he is trying to do. at a church this should be more accepting. >> a city landmark. they found there were violations in the building, and the judge did find the church $1,850. >> been here for over ten years. it is the sodomites, digit fires, jesus haters who want the sign down. they are employing conservancy is a tool. >> he can preach only once in his church. the sign is offensive to me. >> people have the right to respond. jackson created a campaign. the

philadelphia. 80 in dover. 86 in allentown. tomorrow, hot, 90s back on the map for northeast philly and philadelphia. then your seven-day forecast shows the 90s could be here to stay. long enough for another heat wave. i'm tracking that and that could last from monday to thursday. then the storms will come and drop temperatures back down. >>> right now philadelphia is preparing for the pope. we're talking about city leaders, business owners, de residents. everybody is pretty busy. if you think they're stressed, try planning a wedding in the city at the same time. katy zachry has the story of how one bride is handling the challenges. >> my mom said she is not come together wedding, she will see the pope and get holy water. >> reporter: anne ha's mom is not serious, but it's a good thing her family has had a good sense of humor as ha plans a wetting to her fiance tom the same day that the pope is giving mass in the city. >> trying to get around the city on that day, i don't know. >> reporter: to complicate things more her wedding is two parts. the first in philadelphia. the second in bucks county. requ

the pope in philadelphia, cbs philly pope. police keep sending your tweets.u. >> that way we can really be everywhere. >> that's right. >> spectacular. >> it's wonderful thing. much more to show you this evening. we would love for to you stay tuned as well because we'll have special ed dig of "eyewitness news" coming in less than 15 minutes. about 13 minutes from now at 11:00 o'clock. you'll watching live coverage of the world meeting of families, he will l papa in philadelphia. we'll be back. everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. so whatever speed you need, fios has it with the fastest internet and wi-fi available, from 50 to 500 mbps. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. ultimately, that's why. get 50 meg fios internet, tv & phone starting at $79.99 a month. plus get $300 back with a two year agreement. get out of the past. get fios. >> the pope in philadelphia. welcome back family. you are looking at a l

up to 90 in philadelphia. 91 in northeast philly. t shows that gradual warming trend until we're back to the 90s. we stay there throughout next week and a chance of storms starting thursday. >>> philadelphia police tell us a man, did they were chasing tried to get away by jumping into frankford creek. according to investigators, of s officers first observed the man driving erratically on torresdale avenue. >>> temple ends its long-time losing streak with penn state. ♪ we have high hopes >> you would be singing, too, if it took 74 years to get the win. highlights coming up in sports. >>> just a few minutes before 10:00 as we look live down the shore in cape may, looking good out there. quite a few folks already out on the beach on this sunday. taking advantage of the three-day labor day weekend. chances are for a lot of people this will be their last weekend down the shore of the season. and lucky for them they got plenty of sunshine. >>> good morning to you. i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. we're talking football. the eagles

. >> back here in philadelphia, the phillies will recall david buchanan this week.he could be the sixth starter as they expand their pitching rotation to finish out the season. tonight opening series of the braves who came in losers of 12 straight. only 15,125 fans on hand tonight. that's the lowest attendance ever at citizens bank. freddie freeman comes off aaron haran. havara gets the silence treatment and they finally cut him a break and celebrate with him. we'll be right back after this. without the internet i would probably be like a c student. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost high speed internet into the homes of hundreds of thousands of low-income families. it lets students do homework and study at home. so far more than two million people across america have benefitted. internet essentials is going to transform the lives of families. i see myself as maybe an entrepreneur. internet essentials from comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. >>> it's that time of year. students holding onto the last several hours of summer with a block

so 80 degrees for philadelphia, 81 in northeast philly, 78 in pottstown, 79 in allentown. we'll see temperatures pushing into mid-70s in the poconos and 76 degrees in wildwood. your headlines show we have a fall warm-up in the 80s today and tomorrow but cool things down pushing into the weekend and then a closer look at your papal forecast, that's all coming up in a bit. back to you guys. >>> before we get to our pope coverage in america, some breaking news to pass on. baseball hall of famer yogi berra passed away. he won ten world series with the new york yankees. he will most be remembered by most for his famous sayings, yogiisms, like if it's deja vu all over again. i didn't really say everything i said. and, a nickel ain't worth a dime anymore. so many more. yogi berra was 90 years old. >>> now to the pope. we heard the cheer of the crowd yesterday as pope francis' plane touched down outside washington, d.c. his first ever trip to the united states. after removing his skull cap he walked down the steps of that plane to boisterous applause. there were dignitaries on han

along with motown philly and other songs, philadelphia flavor like trace of philadelphia and the rocky, also so some hims and songs that will be sung at services involving the pope. pope getting down to motown philly, never know in private. listen to. >> this new york couple just engaged take the plunge, you might say, little sooner than expected. had just asked his girlfriend, vicky lee, to marry him, when suddenly strong waves and wind sent the pair in 17 other members of their dragon boat team into the east river. rescuers rushed to their aid, but all could think about was that expensive engagement ring. >> the proposal went well without a hitch. it was just -- >> good thing i list toned help and didn't put the ring in the bag. that will would be at the bottom of the water right now. >> there you go. put it right on the fingerment luckily no one was injured, the couple say they've got a story that they'll never forget. >> now, saved in the nick of time. a senior at school in plymouth county massachusetts, he says his apple watch and the staff at tabor academy saved his life. paul, s

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closer to the city, it's 4 miles, and philadelphia down to .75 in northeast phillie, and mount holly is the worst spot, and same thing, just outside of mount holly down to .25 mile. closer to the stores, look at atlantic city, visibility is down to 0. you have to be careful driving in the city. temperatures in philadelphia, 66 degrees, a little cloudiness, and humidity at 90%. wind out of the south at 3 miles per hour. today, high pressure still in control, so the temperatures feel above average at 67 in wilmington, and 58 in pottstown, and 61 in atlantic city, and a mild start in wildwood, and we have a dividing line here. you can see where everything is mild, philadelphia, and down the carolinas, atlanta, 69 degrees, 67 in parts of mirz. look at the other side here, we're seeing temperatures cool 37 in casper, and so we have cooler air on the backside of the cold front sliding to us as we head into the rest of the day. there it is. rain is associated with it, but as it moves closer to us, it just brings us the cooler air. we're not going to see any of the rainfall. staying dry tomo

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philadelphia. northeast philly pushing towards 81. 79 in allentown and mid-70s for the poconos. chris?aw a lot of activity on lancaster avenue in wind wood overnight as preparation's for the pope visit continues. crews brought in large concrete barriers to install on the sidewalks around the seminary where pope francis will be staying while he is in philadelphia. for the first time, pope francis woke up in washington, d.c. this morning. the pope met with president obama at the white house this morning, just one stop on a busy schedule today. after his plane touched down at joint base andrews yesterday, the president, the first lady and their daughters there are to greet him along with many other dignitaries and catholic school children. this is pope francis's first trip to the united states. >>> tonight at 7:00 p.m. on nbc 10, watch "pope in america," a detailed look at everything that happens today in washington, d.c. as well as what's ahead for the papal visit in the u.s. and the nbc 10 app has everything you need to know to get ready. you'll find pictures and video of the pope's arr

by the time we get toward the afternoon our temperatures push to 87 for philadelphia and northeast philly. closer to 84 in wilmington, 83 in pottstown. 85 in allentown and we'll see a high closer to 80 degrees for the poconos. i am tracking an end to all of these temperatures well above average. i'll go over the details on that coming up in my full forecast in about 10 minutes. >> 20 minutes before 5:00. my south jersey commuters, i got charged that extra buck today. yeah. >> let's check the roads. jessica boyington is doing that for us. >> vai and tracy, everybody feels it. we're on the new jersey turnpike right now. right around the northbound side, that drive time still doing okay, route 55 up to the walt whitman bridge we have a five-minute drive time. the ben is okay so far, with construction that's we're used to. ta konly palmyra, $4 for cash. we're in the process of an opening now probably closing for the the burlington bristol so watch for delays there. if you are out in banengat township. watch for an accident with a downed pole. this will be here until about 5:00 this morning. 9

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the mets snapped their franchise record 11 game road winning streak with a loss to the phillies in philadelphia last night. colon they for three run home run, the phillies of 3-0. lucas hammers a solo home run, mets get on the board but still frail 3-1 and in the ninth inning, does it again, this time a two run homer, second of the game, 29th on the year, mets still lose, phillies hang on for a 4-3 win. it was an impressive season but it is over for the new york liberty, liberty facing the indiana fever in a deciding game 3 of the eastern conference finals, mike lee was on hand to watch the game, fourth quarter fever by 12, january driving and making a reverse layup, the fever win 66-51 final, they face the minnesota links in the wand be a final. final farewell to one of baseball's best, yogi berra, fuhrer holding his home town of montclair, new jersey yesterday. >> reporter: he was in the navy and fought in the d-day invasion, cardinal timothy dalton called him friend and delivered his eulogy, former yankee reggie jackson, mariano rivera, derek jeter and more filled the church of the immaculat

we have sunny skies, still near 80 in philadelphia. 79 northeast philly in trenton, allentown.ow 70 in dover. tonight another cool night with clear skies. now we are watching some rain, as we go into the weekend. here's one model. this one keeps the rain to the south, by friday, we'll see clouds increasing, so changes as we go into the weekend, saturday staying to the south. and we'll continue to see cloudy skies. by sunday, that moisture barely to our south. so this computer model would be keeping us dry but we have to watch the track of the system closely. the second one does give us a weekend shower chance by friday, clouds increase. we agree with this for the forecast. possibly rain to the south by saturday. by sunday, it keeps the moisture offshore, the heaviest of it but it could be throwing us showers and as we go into sunday this would be on the lighter side and mostly around philadelphia and points south, the best points would be for south jersey and delaware. something we'll be watching closely as we go into the one for the papal visit. saturday looks mostly cloudy an