it is unfortunate because phillies were once such a popular figure here. they wait todd licensing to let this thing gone. >> reporter: fans seemed eager to turn the page. >> since amaro became gm, it has gone downhill. >> reporter: ike reese added that since amaro junior era as assistant gm and gm phillies went to two world series, winning one of them and therefore he deserves a lot of respect. reporting live from south philadelphia, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> remember it well, going back to back. what do you think of the phillies decision to part with reuben amaro, junior. weigh in on facebook and twitter and make your voice heard. use the hashtag cbs-3. >>> new at 6:00 camden county is taking a stand begins puppy mills. >> pet stores in the county will be banned from selling animals that come from large scale breeding operations. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live outside the camden county animal shelter in blackwood with more. david, we hear the dogs. >> reporter: jessica, since it started raining we stepped inside. dogs a

leaf look at 95 northeast philly at con man avenue.ewhere in the middle there is the traffic jam, from cottman, all the way into girard. get little better work your way over the ben franklin bridge. coming into philly. but it is hit and miss, the fog this morning, as you roll out of the driveway. mike, you asked about that billboard? >> yes. >> ready? here we go. i believe it is 59 right in the stadium area. here is what it looks like, avoid 95 at all costs, of course, to honor mychal kendricks and new contract extension. >> great looking billboard. >> i think it is right there by the staging area. casino of tough to make out. roosevelt, street road, atlantic city air show, throw a lot of extra volume headed toward the shore during the late morning hours. and to that 11:30 start, hopefully that fog, which is near zero visibility, will lift by the time we get the planes up in the air. no problems for the planes coming in in or out of philly. not impacting air travel yet. but do you have flying going down, just may want to check with the

as i walked through love park, iran into philly staple our own philly jesus and he told me if thingset too bad, then he'll encourage the eagles in his own unique way. >> it's a shame. they need philly jesus on the team. they need a philly jesus bles blessing. >> reporter: as you can see i'm searching for something to go positive about. it was one of the ugliest losses in long time in philly but even without philly jesus' prayers, most philadelphians are doing what we do. we get mad, we vent, we question the players and coaches, but next week we'll be right back there with our team. hang in there, iain. >> all right, bill. thank you. >>> we've heard from the fans. what does chip kelly has to say about the loss people are struggling to wrap their heads around. what the eagles coach said a short time ago. >> five days until the pope's arrival in philadelphia. the pope's journey taking on a special meaning for a big group of people in our area. >> we love him. i have no life. i have no -- nothing. irish my live for it. >> how the pope's visit is decades old dream come true for a lot of i

was fire as the gm of the phillies.ail decided two days ago and the search for a new gm starts today. this was amaro's seventh year as the phillies general manager. he had been the assistant gm for 10 years previous to that. the phillies record declined ever season since they lost in the playoffs back in 2011. mull pell reasons and the heat of the ownership group john middleton said the fans played a part. >> all of us in this room really exist because of fans. i mean if the fans didn't buy tickets and fans didn't watch tv, nobody in this room at this moment would have a job. so they are critical to all sports organizations including the phillies, and what they think is important to us. >> reporter: so fan pressure was part of that then? >> we were certainly aware of the fans feelings. absolute. >> i intend to look at wide spectrum of candidates. it would be a mistake we pigeon hole ourselves we're going to for young analytic or experienced baseball guy. >> a day closer to the start of the eagles season playing monday n

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i was a big day at the phillies today where the change at the top continues for the phillies organization is done as the phillies general manager. the new president andy income veil said the search for a new gm will start today, but don't expect this to be a quick process. ruben amarrow was in the seventh season as the phillies gm and has been the assistant gm previous ten years, but the phillies downward spiral started after their play off appearance in 2011. the man that is now leading the phillies ownership john middleton was candid and honest today in so many areas. he did say the fans' out cry had a part in the decision because they are the customer. middleton was also clear that even though that all the poor decisions made with older player signing and other things were done by just ruben, he had a upon the. decisions are made not in isolation, not exclusively by one person, but from everybody else in the organization. so there are lots of people who are involved in those decisions, but that doesn't mean a well run, successful companies there's accountability. so even though people

phillies win 12-five. afterward papelbon says he was wrong and apologized as well. >> i cannot allow that to happen in the middle of the game. you can handle that after the game or have the manager handle that. in that light i'm wrong. >> he a apologized, i really don't care. >> papelbon, said he will not be back either. phillies will decline his option. they paid 12 and a half million to get out of that. >>> nfc east looks like it will be up for grabs this season. >> how quickly does the talk go everyone thinking eagles are zero and three and miss playoffs to hey they can win this thing with dallas without tony romo and dez bryant. eagles starting zero and two thanks to the cowboys and falcons. they are going head to head. julio jones, does it to dallas. jones two touchdowns in the second half, who exton's matt ryan. first time to start three-o despite trailing in the fourth, in all three. >>> steelers and rams, third quarter, steelers fans, gasping every where. ben roethlisberger goes down with a knee in

the phillies up 11-four. they got another on a throwing error in the same inning if you like offense this is your game. phils win this one, 14-eight. >>> the busy day for eagles. had to trim that roster down to 75. players by 4:00 o'clock this afternoon. the team released former villanova running back kevin, injured a cho and gentleman cory shepherd on ir. >> we have notes from pack digits alonso and josh huff are expected to play in thursday's preseason finale. riley cooper back after sitting out on monday. marcus smith and zach ertz have not returned to practice. cody parkey is toss up for thursday. matt bark l start the meadowlands. >> start the game but who starts and who finishes forty two preseason game i don't think that's important. trying to distribute the reps is the big thing and we haven't talk about exactly how we'll drib the reps. >> alonso toll reporters he'll play a few series on thursday. late scratch kept him out on saturday. alonso has tendinitis in the same leg that required surgery after

also send us a tweet at cbs philly. just be sure to use #cbs3. >>> when parent bring home a bundle of joy, they want the absolute best for their child. and that includes where they call home. >> unfortunately, it is bad news for the keystone state. why pennsylvania's considered one of the worse state to have a baby, a closer look at that coming up. >> museum being kept a secret for a long, long time. well, now it is in the spotlight. grabbing the attention of local women, what's kept there. we'll take you inside, tell you how you can take a tour yourself. kate? >> and still dealing with the threat for flooding tonight, as we see heavy rain moving through portions of gloucester county, but once we get this rainout of here, we have more sunshine to talk about, then a stretch of really, really nice weather on the way, even little taste of fall, in the forecast. i'll have more coming up. >> and, a local mall will soon become a movie set. we have the word on where a long awaited sequel will be filmed. stay with us, we'll be

he was a player with the phillies for six years amaro no longer gm of the phillies as of today. new president made the decision two days ago. somehow i'm not sure about that. i think it was longer than that. however, amaro did not have the support of the fans in this town and surprisingly that played a part in the decision. maybe 9,000 fans in the park the last few nights did not help either but john middleton who is clearly taken the lead in the ownership group said something you would never normally hear from a team. the fans did play a part in th this. >> all of this in this room really exist because of fans. if the fans didn't buy tickets and fans didn't watch tv nobody in this room at this moment would have a job. so they are critical to all sports organizations and including the phillies, and what they think is important to us. >> so fan pressure was part of that then? >> we were certainly aware of the fans feelings absolutely. >> reporter: yes. they were certainly aware of it. more from the decision by the new president of the phillies andy mc phail and what's next for th

. >> shout out to philly. >> wonderful. >> good morning mr.w the web site perillist. >> they will name the the top 100 best sandwiches in america, hamburgers, now mack and cheese. >> i love me mack and cheese. >> i have a list of the top zero. we will give you top ten, here we go. >> number ten, old fashion, in madison, wisconsin. number 9ku thein ma's corner in chicago, eight, good day bar, here in philly. seven, westville, new york, new york. six hattie's in dallas, texas. number five, cheesetique in virginia, lunch box in memphis, screen door restaurant, and crave kitchen in south carolina. >> and number one, the pig and the pearl, in atlanta, georgia >> well, that is really good, nice job, chef jessica. >> congratulations. >> did you invent your version of it. >> i did, this is, one of the dishes i made when i did my tasting. >> do you have a name or do you call it mack and cheese. >> it is just mack and cheese. >> how about, mack and-- no, no. >> nope. >> how many different cheeses do you put in yours. >> we use three. >> we use age chees

. >> now all eyes turn to philly.urity like the city has never seen before. >> these are -- things are in place. most of it's in place. we're ready to go. >> in less than 12 hours history will be made. ♪ >> right now on fox 29, final security measures for the pope's visit to philadelphia are in place. skyfox live over the ben franklin bridge this is now closed to vehicles until monday. thousands of visitors will walk across it tomorrow to papal events. >> looking live outside our studios in at fourth and market in old city. the fences are up, security perimeter in place around independence mall area and of course a huge security net criss-crosses the ben franklin parkway tonight and the setup looks amazing. it is just a massive undertaki undertaking. philadelphia's ready for the arrival of pope francis first thing in the morning. you can feel the excitement tonight. good evening to you, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. it's incredible time to be in philadelphia after months of preparation. it's time to welcome pope

. >> reporter: his favorite thing about the philly crowd. >> one thing about philly they have the best beer in the country in philadelphia. >> reporter: come on. he's just saying that to be nice? >> i want to do stand out. >> reporter: may be difficult in a crowd like this but as a community. it's hard not to take notice what's happening in philly. >> from the stage to the live crowd, so many people coming outlet to enjoy made in america, more than 100,000, we checked in with police, no incidents reported so far, people coming out to have a good time and they have here for the fourth year right here in philadelphia, from made in america, steve patterson cbs3 quests. >> looks like an awesome show, labor day weekend, justin drabick on the cbs3 sky deck with the first look at the forecast. >> labor day a good time to hit the pool or beach, weather looks great, bringing back the sunshine, so good get hot temperatures get up to 90, humidity levels starting to come up, starting to feel that, comfortable in the sky deck, it was a warm day today, 88 was the actual high. him was very low in phi

big day for phillies where change at the top continues for phillies. the reuben amaro, junior is donnas phillies general manager. incoming president andy macphail says search has started but don't expect this to be a quick process. ruben amaro in his seven seasons as general manager had been an assistant previous ten years. man leading phillies ownership group was candid and honest yesterday in so many areas. he did say fans played a part in the decision because they are the customer. he also said someone has to be accountable. >> if you look at any business, decisions made are made not in isolation or exclusively by one person in isolation but from everybody else in the organization. so there are lots of people who are involved in those decisions but that doesn't mean a well run successful companies there is accountability. even though people are making decisionness groups is there still a person who is primarily responsible for that decision that has to be held accountable. >> phillies and cubs lay tonight at 5:05. i'm howard eskin. >>> they will hav

michael andrew and the philly pops conductor michael created a sinatra musical journey.he 100 birthday celebration begins october 9th. and within days of performing on the papal stage, for francis in philly, the philadelphia orchestra opens its season with yanik conducting at verizon hall with four shows october 1st, through the fourth. performing a 24 year old russian pianist, danieal, who has become a master of, for i can et cetera and all you need to know about the 2015-2016 art season go to the arts in philly.org. also for the buzz on the top shows and a chance to win free tickets, follow the arts on twitter at the arts in philly. i'm pat ciarrocchi, we'll have more news after >>> phillies watch up their series with the washington nationals. things did not go that well. hammered three homeruns off philly's pitching include the 40th of the season for 22 year old bryce happen err. harper is only the seventh player to hit 40 in a season at that young age. former phillie jayson werth contributed two homeruns, the nats beat the phils 12-two. >>> well, just four days now u

the phillies win it six-two.six and five to not get to 100 wins. >> eagles do have to win on sunday. >> you're going off to metlife stadium maybe you can bring them some luck. i'm leaving before the pope gets here. >> which is -- >> i'll bring myself some luck. >> no, that's true. >> early. >> nothing against the pope. i won't be locked up in philadelphia. >> you don't want to be lock in the traffic box with the rest of us here. you're talk about weather playing into this. >> it's going to be windy. really windy. winds could gust to 30 miles an hour especially late saturday and sunday. if everything comes together i think the wind will be a bigger issue than the threat of rain over the weekend. that's better news. >> absolute. >> all right. thank you kathy. full hour of entertainment news is up next. tmz followed by dish nation and then chasing news and the simpsons. >> you know we're back here at 4:00 a.m. for fox 29 morning news and "good day philadelphi philadelphia". sue serio, bob kelly has your weather and

phillies, yeah we were talking about that double header tonight.nice evening for both games. it starts at 5:05. 78 degrees when the the games begin, the phillies and cubs at citizens bank park tonight. you see most of the heavier rain from yesterday moved to the north east and up in new england, boston getting back rain right now. for us we don't see too much left, ocean county, we have a little bit of rain, around barnegat, and beach haven this morning. some light showers and that is about it. so clouds will linger longer, through about seven or 8:00 o'clock and then we will see sun filtering in later in the morning. if it is cloud think morning, just clouds we shouldn't have any rain. the rest of the day looks nice as humidity goes down. saturday we will get few extra clouds by 1:00 in the afternoon and maybe four or 5:00 is the the arrival time for our next round of rain. could get heavy overnight, depend where these downpours set up, into sunday morning. the little break sunday morning. another round have rain moving through on sunday afternoon

. >>> today phillies won and lost. won the game thanks to the two run ryan hurt home run in the third but lost second base man caesar hernandez who dislocated his thumb in the seventh when he misplaced a ball and collided with the runner in first. he is out for the season. >>> with the phillies clinging to a one run lead in the eighth freddie galvis had some insurance, they beat the cubs, seven-four. >>> action in the the nfl in week one we will that have any a couple minutes on "action news" sports sunday. >> thanks, we will be right back. >>> "action news" sports sunday is next here on channel six. "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, tamala edward, matt o'donnell and karen rodgers, for walter perez, adam joseph, melissa magee, jeff skversky and jamie a apody and entire "action news" team, over here i'm sarah bloomquist have a great night. >>> eag also arrived in atlanta all set for a season opening monday night showdown against the falcons. >> everybody is talking about the game. i can

for the phillies.uperman has to deal with kryptonite and the phillies with the mets. losing the last nine meetings with new york. no smiles on the phillie fan faces. and serving it up and a solo homer. and he is the only starter not to surrender a home run to the mets last week. and granderson, that's gone as well of the 23rd of the season. a 2-run shot makes it 3-1 new york. meanwhile, 42-year-old colon dominates the phillies backs striking out the side in the seventh inning. nine k's for colon over eight innings. 3-1 mets. and the ninth, blanco. and he struck out three times tonight. and the phillies lose to the mets again. >>> the eagles must trim their roster down to 35 players by tomorrow. currently at 78. down to 53 by saturday. one of the cuts likely to be a quarterback. and that matt barkley and tim tebow are battling for the number three job. neither separated themselves from the other. barkley says will he start thursday's game against the jets. the two have become friendly since tebow joined

he arrives in philly on saturday, but tonight this is where he's sleeping. t that is the vatican's equivalent of an embassy. ♪ >> while the pope sleeps in washington tonight, thousands of his followers are now in our area preparing for his visit. the world meeting of families conference began today and for the thousands in attendance it's been a long time coming. george spencer was at the world meetings this evening. he's live tonight at the pennsylvania convention center in center city. >> the anticipation is over the world meeting of families is now underway. i talked tonight to one woman who had been planning her trip to philadelphia for eight full mont months. and the impact of the arrival of pope francis in the united states did not disappoint. in the halls of the convention center, the procession and grand song of world meeting of families opening mass. >> a crowd of thousands joining to worship here as their leader arrived in washington, d.c.. >> very emotional. >> we watched that american arrival with a francis can monk from ethiopia eager to hear th

why the the phillies said it had to be done. kate. >>> we continue to have our eye on the storm as a flash flood watch is in effect. we will time out heavier rain and tell you when it moves out and better weather returns coming up at 6:00. >>> new at 6:00 a local community is putting an end to the the use of puppy mills. >>> and a historical discovery right in our own back yard. see where this revolutionary war era cannon was unearthed and how it got there, "eyewitness news" at 6:00 begins right now. >>> a plane has crashed until the atlantic ocean. it happened 20 miles south east of atlantic city. >>> i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. search and rescue effort is underway, right now, we will talk to "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown in atlantic city with the very latest on this, natasha. >> reporter: we can tell you this plane departed from gaylord, michigan, heading to atlantic city international airport when it went down, this afternoon. this happened at about 2:45 p.m., the atlantic city coast guard was called

and the phillies snap the skid with the 6-2 victory. >>> the phillies say it is doubtful ryan howardrom the knee injury this season but expect themselves next. and franco is doubtful, still having pain in the wrist broken last month. >>> the eagles, the situation is critical. they are 0-2. the often looks lost and they are banged up on defense. still no official word on injuries. and the birds brought back goode just in case. >>> healthy or not the eagles need a victory. sundaying facing the 2-0 jets. >> we are all biting and scratching to get a win right now. and i think winning really solves everything. everything really calms down. a lot more smiles on the faces. >> a statement for our team shlg how we respond to adversity. it is a really good game for us. >> yes, indeed. >>> and ahead, the fliers showing punch in pre-season play. more kids are suffering from asthma and we still have no limits on carbon pollution which can lead to more asthma attacks in children but senator toomey has voted repeatedly to let polluters keep releasing unlimited carbon pollution into the air. and too

phillies have now lost 10 straight to the mets 11 of 12. surprising the difference in the phillies record against third and fourth place teams and fifth place teams as op move to the better teams in first and second place. all right. against first and second place teams the phillies are only 20 and 44. but against teams in the bottom of their division the phillies are only four games below 500. it tells you are that not on the level they need to be at. after the all star game when they had that really good record against bad teams. >> all right. >> be sure to tune in tonight to the fox 29 new at 10. mad over the service that local coffee shop. two women swipe a bock of chips and the candy off the counter at a local coffee shop. it doesn't end there. what police say one did when the employee ran after her. >> and that's going to do it for us. >> we got tickets. >> make sure you're back at 10:00. >> make sure you're back at 10:00. inside edition is up next. >>> vma backlash. did they go too far this time? >> i rolled up a little something. i

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the phillies currently have the worst record in the majors. coming up in "action news" sports we'll hear from some of the phillies execs hearing more about his departure. >>> 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 ti

take our poll on the cbs philly facebook page.et us at cbs philly or head to our website cbsphilly.com. >>> new tonight, beauty and fashion took center stage at the shops at liberty place. fashion show cased some of the delaware valley's best retaile retailers, salons and accessory boutique. i had the pleasure of being there for the welcoming remarks for the fashion show. it was great time. a lot of fun and fall fashion on display there tonight. >>> and on the cbs3 health watch tonight, bizarre beauty products made from snails, sharks and other things that sound, well, kind of gross. believe it or not some ugly ingredients are being touted for making beautiful skin. health reporter stephanie stahl explains. >> reporter: snail slime, the not that unusual on a sidewalk, but on somebody's face? >> the see correction left behind from a snail is, slimy, gooey but ultra hydrating much in the beauty city we're alwaysing for the neck best thing and sometimes the ingredients are not as pretty as we would leak. >> reporter: there are thousa

there is charlene, and once the pope arrives in philly, a full schedule, now over shirleen, philly's day. >> reporter: yeah, the excitement is building, everybody watching the same coverage you are, watching that plane, seeing it descend and they cannot wait for pope francis to get here, let me show you what's going on in the benjamin franklin parkway, this is where the festival of families will be held, you can see there's already a large crowd out here, you can see them in their blue robes, everybody awaiting pope francis and this is all before a very packed itinerary. 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 h

and freddie freeman, was not nice to the phillies.illies any more these days. a single drives in two, atlanta goes up four-one, they beat the phillies, the score there, eight to one atlanta wins two out of three against the phillies, that's sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >> so the eagles let tim tebow gone, not before long he found another job. >> hired him in 2013, he'll be back where he left off and return to espn saturday as sec college football analyst. eagles cut tebow, last week, gunning for the third string quarterback spot. >> we all felt aftermath mat barkley got cut, tebow was a shoe? >> and didn't do that badly, and last game pretty good. >> that was cents the cover of the daily news, tebow earned the spot. >> yes. >> i like this one. >> great or bus. we'll see, right? >> we will see. >> special sneak peak hine the emmy ' wards governor's ball. >> madmen john ham, jennifer split after 18 years together. what sources are saying ham really needs in a relationship. one of the cool perks of this place, is you can eat as

protesters interrupt speaking engagement for phillies top cop. the hot button issue that ended this public event in commotion. >> good day everybody, it is hump day. that means we're halfway that. september 20 -- september 2nd, 2015. >> are you going to have a graphly voice all morning long? >> i think so. >> you are looking good. your hair is all freak. and your voice, i don't know. good morning, sir. >> it is hot and humid already it seems. >> yes, pretty muggy out there. so we're more of the same. and for that reason, we will keep it as a seven today. not all that great. but not bad. just bit muggy out there. humidity drops a little bit throughout the day. but the temperature continues to climb. so these numbers on their way to the 90's again, starting off 74 in philadelphia, 60s in the surrounding suburbs, warm, and muggy start. there is patchy fog. reduced visibility, not that bad in the north and western suburbs, but dropping down to less than a half mile, pretty much all of south jersey. watch the roadways this morning respect visibility c

>> and how a philly woman, a south philly woman, saw the whole thing happen. >> that's trifleng. >> strong words from mayor michael nutter for some people who scored tickets to the pope's saturday mass watch some websites are doing about people selling these free tickets, to see the pope, and they aren't cheap. >> and hillary clinton apologizes for using her private e-mail account for professional affairs. what the presidential candidate is saying about being transparent, i guess it had something to do with the president of the united states. 6:01, good day everybody, it is wednesday, september the ninth, 2015. >> mike, mike, mike. >> it is hump day. last time i'll ever say that. >> thank goodness. well, it is back to school season. we want to see your child's picture, shake them with us on twitter, instagram, twitter, we can't just get enough. use the #fox29goodday. >> i believe i got 500 of them yesterday. i put two, three on the screen. >> can you imagine, go back it school yesterday, and the parent of connecticut, their kids are now off today because of the heat. >> the heat. >> and we

. >> new neighbor comes to south philly. how on earth did the a deer end up on the city streets. >> weirds. here's something you don't see every day. we haven't seen rain in 20 days, sue serio. >> seeing the rain now. >> oh, it came down. in fact, i walked in without an umbrella. >> i don't even know what happened to my umbrella. >> probably put it in the at snuck. >> haven't used a umbrella -- >> august 20th, the last measurable rain. >> i smell like a german shepherd. >> wait. was it dry, or -- >> that's another store. >> i you weren't here that day? >> you don't want to hear it. >> i'll tell you during the break. >> can't wait. all right, well, see, tips for you every day here on "good day" philadelphia. >> we have a five in your number, today. >> here's bus stop buddy, with the rain gear on, got brand new sneakers getting all muddy as he jumps in the puddle, most of the temperatures are in the 70s, and probably, staying there, throughout most of the day. sunrise time, 37:00. relative humidity, 93%. even if it is not rain

." >> and still to come, jeff skversky is live in south philadelphia, with the big phillies shakeup. >> jim ruben amaro out as phillies general manager, we'll hear from managements on the decision and how much was his fault, we'll hear from larry bowa as well. >> and officials say that morning storms are to blame for this house fire in new jersey. >>> the heaviest rain is moving across new england right now and i'll let you know when we dry out. details on the timing. in the accuweather forecast. let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. >>> investigators say that storm is to blame at this home in barrington, new jersey, just before 7:00 a free snapped and pulled down power l

joe's prep in north philly, most are still sleeping, you can see, it is very quiet. but many say they are having trouble sleeping. because they're just so excited to see the holy father saturday and sunday. >> welcoming 350 new student then week, boys and girls from across the country and john. embarking on a pilgrimage to see pope francis. >> i'm just so excited, just can't wait to see the pope, and like it is just minds blowing. like i never thought i would be able to do this. >> we drove 15 hours soy all geared to get going. >> brought all of the essentials, back packs, clothes, sleeping bags, no complaint here, though. they're all itching to get to know their jesuit brothers and sisters. >> really amazing just to be able to see all of these student come on over. >> thursday, student treated to barbeque with the philly twist. some games and a pep rally, but the motto here is this is a pilgrimage, not a vacation, so today they'll prepare for the walk into center city to see the holy father both saturday and sunday. >> i just think it is really great that pope franc

if you're headed to the phillies this evening, it's a nice night for baseball.bably the best of the last three. 78 degrees for the first pitch and in the ninth inning still comfortable skate degrees, maybe a jacket towards the later innings will help you out as the phillies wrap up that series with the nationals. tomorrow still nice and warm. high pressure continuing to slide to our south and we'll get more of a southwesterly flow that will keep us under the sun and also keep us very warm. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, the beat goes on today. 87 degrees, sunny and warm, a nice afternoon. another 87 tomorrow and we're going to keep it going on friday with mostly sunny skies and a high of 86. saturday's also looking beautiful. it looks like we'll get sun for the most part with some occasional clouds and another high up around 87. now, we're still looking for a frontal boundary to drop through on sunday and that's going to drop that high temperature to 81. we'll also see more clouds. but at this point that front is really looking moisture starved and w

this woman came to philly from kazakhstan, south of russia. >> it was very exciting.hing that you wait for, for quite a long time. then you see it, and you feel the excitement. >> reporter: on the parade route we saw people from dozens of countries. but nowadays everyone speaks the language of technology, capturing the moment on their cell phones. and they insist even the hours of waiting beforehand were fulfilling. >> we had beautiful family time. that's what it was all about. >> reporter: when the pope finally passed, for many pilgrims, it was the memory of a lifetime to be taken from philly back to their homes. >> it was incredible. we waited five hours. we were right there. >> reporter: right there on top of that. this was really a respectful and joyful crowd, by and large out here, across the board. and they really do seem to be making their way around our city very well. subways, on foot, however they're doing it. in center city, george spencer, nbc 10 news. >>> as for today's crowd estimates, the archdiocese of philadelphia said it has no numbers at this point.

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up to 90 in philadelphia. 91 in northeast philly.st 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 eagle

we check five philly hotels. of major chains with availability both on septembe september 19th and on the 26th. prices for the papal weekend jumped from an average $249 a night to 420. that's a 69% jack. >> we are still expected to sell out. i would say, you know, the feeling is it's not panic but there's a sense of urgency to sell these rooms. >> will you be there. >> we'll be there! >> reporter: the mayor capped his radison event by literally walking the streets of center city. passing out i'll be there for the papal weekend buttons. i asked nutter about claim that is city officials themselves had perhaps scared off would be hotel guests early talk of massive crowds and long walks. nutter answere answered diplomay by noting papal pilgrims are not like the big spending convention crowds. >> this is a very different kind of event. different kind of clientele. people making different decisions. some people are staying with other people. >> reporter: one lodging option off the table. ill fated plan to charge folks

it's great to see philly coming tomorrow as one. >> security is tight.tate and local police on couldn't at that particular time patrol and mixed in the crowd. city officials using this event as a dry run for the papal visit testing communication between safety personnel and first responders. security officials say there was a safety risk with some pushing and shoving near the main stage during a meek mills. >> scream at meek mill like a lot. >> reporter: they say it was surprise appearance from nicky minaj that caused all the chaos. meanwhile, temple student austin, is having one of the best days of his life. >> i was at the game. >> you were at the game. >> then i came right here. >> no way. you're having great night. >> i'm having a great night. >> reporter: surprises from the stage, love from the crowd and a huge upset temple beats penn state. right, ladies. >> yeah, we did. >> yeah, we did. >> yeah, we did. >> reporter: not a bad night on the parkway. so again a little bit more on that incident we talk about. we just check in with the security team a

philly just slightly above. this young man murder number 182, by september 15th last year, the number at 178. these numbers were 40% the worse most violent years in philadelphia, but you do not, and philadelphia police, certainly do not celebrate 182 people getting slaughtered on the street of philadelphia, a loft times for little or no reason. you can see, right where we are at fourth and cambria, somebody else got killed here. i don't even know what this case was just yet. nobody's awake around here, but you can see a memorial with candles glowing, and the animals, on something we're so used to seeing on a lot of corners right before the corner grocery store here where people come and go. so perhaps another memorial now on the same corner, right across the street. and this is a nice proud neighborhood, we are right a block away from the puerto rican business district, where you see all the palm trees and the nice lay of the land, how they really changed this neighborhood for the better. unfortunately, all chan

the phillies lose to the braves eight-one. a amazing mets come from behind again.st the washington nationals. hits a two-run homer. the mets beat the nationals again leave the did you -- lead the division by seven. they sweep the series five five-three. >>> for people that have trouble doing two things at once, check this out. all right. it's the rubik's cube but he's kick ago soccer ball. solves the rubik's cube while he's kicking the soccer ball. it's hard enough to do the rubik cube. >> yeah. >> but let alone kick the soccer ball and he solve the rubik's cube. >> probably chewing gum at the same time. >> he probably was chewing gum. >> powerball lottery. did you get your ticket? no. >> i got mine. >> have a good night. >> see you tomorrow. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers i

he transferred the 76ers franchise in the same way pete rose transformed the phillies.d. >> it's sad to hear that. it makes you reflect back on the memories they did leave the city of philadelphia. >> of course it's been a tough few weeks for sixers. darrell dawkins died at age vat 58 earlier this month. >> a wildfire has exploded in northern california destroying at least 100 homes. state of emergency is now in effect. thousands have had to leave their homes and firefighters are struggling to get the inferno under control. it flamed up yesterday afternoon north of san francisco. within 12 hours, in the drought stricken state, it had burned more than 60 square miles. chopper has to airlift for four firefighters to a hospital burn unit tour second degree burns. they are in stable condition tonight. homeowners had to drive through trees and telephone poles that already flamed um. >> as it came down, fire everywhere. our houses or neighbor's houses are burning up. it's horrible. we're here. we're safe. >> thank goodness for that. meanwhile another fire south of san from a

we're now just three days from the pope's visit to philly. we're going to slow you how police are pulling out all of the stops to keep the pontiff safe. how some native american groups are furious over who has been select today become a saint. how they plan to make their voices heard in washington, d.c. today. good day everyone, it is wednesday. september 23rd, 2015, i'm chris murphy, with sue serio, and bob kelly. on this wednesday. hi, sue? >> you know what, we should say and probably think of it more often, welcome to philadelphia to all of the folks who are here from out every town for the word meeting of families. glad to have you here. now you can say were you hearing during the change of season. how exciting. yes, fall is here. it happened this morning. you can see how exciting our lives are when this is our big party excuse of the day. autumnal equinox happened at 4:21, this morning. yahoo. all right, here's your satellite and rate after picture, happy to tell you, you will have a beautiful day today. for whatever activities you plan.