special families greeting pope francis is richard bowles and his family. a retired philadelphia police officer who was shot and wounded in the line of duty september 23, 2008 in the north philadelphia shoot-out that killed his partner, 30-year-old patrick mcdonald. and mr. bowles is with his family and young children, and they are going to present the pope with a mountain laurel plant. you see that green should be in the pot. it is the commonwealth of pennsylvania official flower. they are presenting that to the pope as he comes down the steps. they are practicing, making sure that everybody gets it right. everybody a little nervous, meeting pope francis, something they have never done in their lives. and you see the shanahan high school band, 100-member band and they have been practicing the songs they will play for the pope. everything is waiting. it is like they are so anxious. it is a lifetime event for many of the people gathered here this morning. >> thank you, dann. he did take off late from j.f.k. in new york. they are telling us that he will arriv

one family was chosen to be here for the pope's arrival and that is richard bowls and his family.es a retired police officer who was shot and wounded in 2008 in a shootout that killed his partner. he and his family will be presenting the pope with the mountain laurel flower, the state flower of pennsylvania. shortly after his arrival here, in philadelphia, he would travel to the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul to celebrate mass, because seating is limited, the event is only are for the clergy religious and lay people of the archdiocese of philadelphia. it's going to be a long day, hopefully a very beautiful day and joyous day for philadelphia and his people. live atlantic aviation, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> let's go over to nydia han live at eakens oval with a unique look at the stage there, a lot of people would love to be where you are right now, what a view. >> reporter: yeah, you can't beat this vantage point, up to 1 million people are expected to descend on the parkway, everyone hoping to be transformed and inspired by francis fever. take a look at

. >> his dad richard bowles was a philadelphia police officer who was shot and wounded in 2008. >>> toplic officials are condemning the scalping of tickets to see pope francis in new york. 80,000 tickets were given out using a lottery system to watch the motorcade through central park on the 25th and right after the winners were note nighed tickets began showing up on websites like ebay and craigslist for thousands of dollars. ebay has since removed the listing saying it violates their policy. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> this morning, students at the bus stop needed their jackets and needed their coats and we're in the 40s and here's a look at the bus stop forecast for tomorrow morning, not as chilly. a cool start for students boarding busses between 7:00 and 8:00. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s which is cooler than average for this time of year and then between 8:00 and 9:00 for students boarding the later busses it will be in the 60s with bright sunshine and humidity throughout the day. dress accordingly. you might need an early jacket early on and you won

bowling alley in the basement of the west wing. it was later moved to these active office building. in 1970, president richard nixon was a big bowler so he wanted a bowling alley as part of the residential complex. a new single lane white house bowling alley was created under the north lawn. when you are standing at pennsylvania avenue and seeing into the white house, there are things located under the north lawn. the children at the white house often found ways for recreation, including gym equipment, swing .ets, pets in the late 1960's, before leaving, first lady johnson created what is called the children's garden. it is very close to the white house tennis court. -- they haden rustic furniture made in children's size. it has a fish garden -- a fish pond as well. the main feature was that she had her grandchildren create their handprints and they were cast to look like stone and used as pavers on the ground. the walkway on the grounds has such handprints from the grandchildren of each president. it was -- if it was a grandchild that was born after the president's office their hands are not there. the print

bowling alley in the basement of the west wing. it was later moved to these the old executive office building. in 1970, president richardixon was a big bowler so he wanted a bowling alley as part of the residential complex. not over in the adjacent office building. a new single lane white house bowling alley was created under the north lawn. when you are standing at pennsylvania avenue and seeing into the white house, there are things located under the north lawn. there are service areas and electrical facilities, and the white house bowling alley. the children at the white house often found ways for recreation, including gym equipment, swing sets, pets. they could go out and play on the grounds with them. in the late 1960's, before leaving, first lady johnson created what is called the children's garden. it is a small, school included -- secluded spot on the south lawn. it is very close to the white house tennis court. they had rustic furniture made in children's size. it has a fish pond as well. the main feature was that she had her grandchildren create their handprints and they were cast to look like stone and used a

bowling. it was in the basement of the west wing when it was later moved to the office building next to the white house. in 1970, president richard nixon was a big bowler. he said he would like to have a bowling alley as part of the residential complex, not in the adjacent office building. new wing of the white house, a bowling alley was made under the north lawn. when you stand on pennsylvania avenue looking into the white house and the fountain and the portico, there are things located under the north lawn. service areas. electrical facilities. the white house bowling alley. children at the white house often found ways to have recreation, including swing sets, pets, they could run out and play on the grounds. in the late 1960's, before leaving the white house, lady the johnson created children's garden, a small, secluded spot on the lawn joining the white house tennis courts. the garden honored all of the grandchildren of the president, starting with the johnsons. . it had wonderful rustic furniture made in a children's size. the main feature that she created was that she had her ,randchildren create handprints cast to look lik

despite the steady rain, the faithful here in foxborough, richard, are more than ready to see their defending super bowl champion patriots take field. they are extremely excited about seeing number 12, tom brady. it has been an offseason dominated by talks, they lost two draft picks. brady himself suspended by roger goodell. goodell for the first time since becoming commissioner, goodell won't be at the season opener saying he does not want to be a distraction. it was also revealing a few days ago, hearing him on an spnl show for the first time saying he is open to the idea of being less involved in player discipline. meanwhile, all the fans that we've talked on here in foxborough say enough with the deflategate talk. they are ready to watch some football. >> and a little tailgating, no doubt. appreciate it as always. >>> still to come, a former tennis star says he was tackled by the nypd in a case of mistaken identity. why did it happen and what is the department saying now? >>> plus the emotional new push on gun control of the father of the reporter killed live on tv. >> we can't take on the gun lobby

bowl. the pop star that might take center stage at levi stadium. >> and we have jimmy. >> richard gere is my guest tonight. we have jessica simpson. music from keith urban. it's a great show. do not change that channel. hackers targeting some 80-thousand california college students. ==vo== son >>> hackers targeted some 80,000 colorado college students. the state and maritime academy and six others were impacted. hackers broke into a violence prevention court last month, compromising the information. hackers were not able to get social security numbers or credit card numbers. >>> you may be saying bye-bye to your favorite macy's star. the retail giant said it would close up to 40 underperforming stores across the nation next year. employees may be offered jobs at nearby locations. no word on the locations that will be closed. but there's more than 20 macy's department stores across the bay area. >>> we don't know which teams will be playing in super bowl 50, but we might be close to finding out who will be performing at halftime. ♪ >> that would be fun. there are reports that the nfl has offe

now there is an individual here richard sherman, here is the super bowl, that has guaranteed money and he doesn't fear the league. and he said the nfl is a racist league and the history proves it and they are continuing it with the allowance of the redskins name. so he is the current player that has the bravy but he has guaranteed money. he doesn't fear the machine of the nfl. and that is quite a machine. i've been under it before. so when you have this history and tradition, dan snyder, with the nazi party supporting you in terms of the past owner and keeping black skins out at the time now we have african-american athletes that are prominent. and i guarantee you we have an african-american president because many of the nonindian fans had pictures of michael jordan on their walls and it was okay to idolize sports athletes of different colors because they were of sports. it is interesting how athletics has addressed the race issue particularly with a team of variety of different culture an the teams learn how to perform well together regardless of culture. so again, it is the racist hi

the super bowl winner's four-game suspension overturned, thrown out by a federal judge a week before the new england patriots' first regular season game. judge richardim at the way the nfl handled the controversy, saying commissioner roger goodell denied the star requested access to key files and witnesses and saying the quarterback didn't have notice of his potential punishment for his alleged role in deflate-gate. but the judge, not resolving one critical aspect of deflate-gate, not addressing whether brady actually knew about or encouraged football tampering. >> if you're a patriots fan, you love brady and you're cheering today. if you're around the rest of the country, you're wondering, hey, did a cheater just get away with this >> reporter: the reactions pouring in. teammate rob gronkowski tweeting, "let's go!" brady's players union claiming victory, saying goodell doesn't have the authority to be unfair, arbitrary and misleading. but the nfl appealing to protect the integrity of the game. the nfl's appeal won't stop him from playing in their first regular season game right here this time next week. ryan smith, abc news, foxborough, massachuset

tonight the super bowl winner's four game suspension overturned, thrown out by a federal judge a week before the new england patriot's first regular season game. judge richard berman took aim at the way the nfl handled the controversy, saying commissioner roger goodell denied the star requested access to key files and witnesses and saying the quarterback didn't have notice of his potential punishment for his alleged role in deflategate. but the judge, not resolving one critical aspect of deflategate, not addressing whether brady actually knew about or encouraged football tampering. >> if you're a patriots fan, you love brady and you're cheering today. if you're around the rest of the country, you're wondering, hey, did a cheater just get away with this? >> reporter: tonight the reactions pouring in. teammate rob gronkowsji tweeting, "let's go!" brady's players union claiming victory, saying goodell doesn't have the authority to be unfair, arbitrary and misleading. but the nfl appealing to protect the integrity of the game. brady's patriots playing in their final preseason game tonight and the nfl's appeal won't stop him from playing in their first regular s

bowl could finally reach a conclusion today. a federal judge will make a final determination on whether new england patriots' quarterback tom brady will serve a four-game suspension. judge richard berman said his decision will come by friday. the patriots play their first regular season game next thursday. >>> and boston is out and los angeles is in. the u.s. olympic committee officially nominated l.a. as its choice to host the 2024 summer games. boston dropped its bid two months ago. los angeles is still vying with paris, rome, paris, and budapest, meanwhile they're scrapping their low gore for the 2020 games. the decision was made after the designer was akujed of plagiarizeing the logo. >>> when we return, bringing breakfast back. mcdonald's will let you enjoy breakfast items no matter what time of the day it is. details in "moneywatch." the dice. it had to be. the only one for me is you. and you for me. so happy together! now there's a rewards program that lets you earn points at one place and use them at another. introducing plenti. discover lots of ways to earn points fast and join for free at plenti.com. >>> well, they're growing in pop lartd and now you can chalk up a ne

. >> reporter: after four super bowl wins on the field, patriots quarterback tom brady is now a winner in federal court. judge richardn dealing the nfl and commissioner roger goodell an overwhelming defeat, taking the rare step of vacating an arbitrator's decision in a labor dispute. >> it's a slam dunk win for the nfl p.a. and for tom brady. >> reporter: speaking on the "dan patrick show," mike florio, an attorney, explained the question for the court wasn't the whether the patriots let air out of the footballs but whether the league appropriately applied the collective bargaining agreement. >> you have to make players aware of the things that can be suspended for. you have to tell them this is the kind of thing you can be suspended for. >> reporter: fans across new england were quick to celebrate their three-time super bowl mvp will be on the peelfield when t patriots open the season. >> i was pumped. the nfl loses. brady wins. >> brady was never guilty. he's ready to start the season. >> reporter: the nfl has already filed its appeal. commissioner roger goodell saying in a statement he respectfully disagrees with

richard gere. >> from the show that'll blow your mind, "blindspot." >> what does your handbag say about you? hers ha z s has a bowlingo more lives in lake county. and the flames continue to spread. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we begin with that valley fire. the containment did not grow, but the fire did. here's the latest numbers. the fires have burned 73,700 acres. two people have been killed. and four people are missing. >> firefighters have that fire 35% contained thanks in part to the rain that helped douse flames yesterday. we do hope another day of temperate weather will help them gain even more ground today. >> so t

and super bowl quarterback tom brady scoring his biggest off field win of his career. a federal judge reversing his four game deflate-gate suspension. richard behrman ruled roger goodell went too far in his punishment. another twist, late today the nfl, roger goodell saying it will appeal but for now brady will take the field for the season o:gsgq% next week against the pittsburgh steelers. tom brady's attorney jfry kessler is live in new york. nice to talk to you, jeffrey. and did you get to make the phone call to tom brady? >> it was an email but i was one of those, yes. >> all right. and what was the response back? >> tom be back on the field. from the beginning, he frankly has been a victim in all of this. and all he has wanted to do is get back to focus on his team, on his fans. on what he does best. and he is delighted to have that opportunity now. >> wow, it looks like the nfl isn't too happy with the ruling. roger goodell announcing that the nfl will appeal. however, they are not seeking, which i thought was very interesting, they are not seeking a stay of the judge's order, meaning that brady can play against the steelers. they are

judge richard berman says nfl commissioner roger goodell went too far in the punishment of the super bowlrback. brady insisted he played no role in the conspiracy to deflate footballs below allowed limit last january. the judge said the league is wrong and brady can play on. more reaction when we get it here in "america's newsroom." martha: first we want to get back to this story today. outrage after the image of a drowned little boy becomes a haunting symbol of the refugee crisis in europe. we believe this little boy's name is ailan kurd did i. he was three years old. multiple reports that he and his family were in a roy boat escaping from kobani over to syria. the city of kobani has been ravaged by isis attacks. the family tried to reach greece when their boat cab sized. the body washed ashore in bagram, turkey. this is one of 11 million refugees fled from syria in the outbreak of the civil war there. the u.n. also believes that at least 200,000 syrians have been killed since those deadly up ridings began more than four years ago. lieutenant colonel oliver north, fox news military analy

richard sherman and the seahawks insist they are over the passing play call that had most of america making the same face. who will hoist the nfl's 50th super bowlrophy is anyone's guess at this point. on one thing there is general consensus. >> it would be good for the nfl to have a quiet season and a season that didn't have a number of scandals because it has seemed so consistent over the last several seasons of abuse allegations, drug problems, ongoing concussion problems on the field. they almost just want to avoid the low lights off the field. >> one more thing to watch this season, the extra point kick no longer from the 2 yard line. it's not as automatic. >> i'm going to file that away and pull it out at a party and sound like i know what i'm talking about. >> dylan has the football forecast for us. >> since it is sunday night which is football night in america it is actually looking like a nice day and a nice evening down in texas. we have, of course, the dallas cowboys hosting the new york giants. i think the dome is usually closed even though it is retractable. it will be a nice night, mild, clear, 79 degrees. not too bad for a night o

richard rogers. no relation. packers win the rematch 27-17. mccallum, as you last remember, losing the super bowlzona on final play of the game that started this season. 0-2. martha: they will never forget that play. i in the you didn't mention the patriots and the jets play tonight so we are looking forward to that. bill: bangles are 2-0. just saying. martha: they are off to a good start. coming up we have a story as a shooting happens during sunday services. three people hospitalized after a gunman opens fire in a house of warship. new details on this story. bill: what is he vladimir putin sending troops into syria. why you continue thinks he can do this without a reaction from the youth? here is senator marco rubio with his take on what's happening now. >> i'm confident if given a choice between american leadership and putin leadership they will choose american leadership. ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life"♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise, jardiance works around the clock to

bowl has createssed more social media chatter than this year's vmas, of course, you're looking at the most tweeted about subject kanye west he inspired almost 250,000 mentions on twitter. incredible. tmz says kim richards from real house wive of beverly hills won't be going to jail. arrested in april for alleged drunken rampage at the beverly hills hotel. according to tmz prosecutors offered a deal of three-year probation. 52aa classes and community labor, and condition that she never returned to the hotel. now kim's attorney reportedly accepted deal on condition she get community service over labor with a foot problem she can't be doing manual labor. deal should be finalized by mid-september but tmz say richgd could face jail time for allegedly shoplifting at tarlgt and arrested earlier this month. bill murray opened up why he decided to take a role in the new "ghostbusters" movie. he told reporter at vulture it is u try he was not key on doing a sequel and rumored to be hold up for a third "ghostbusters" but he liked to be, quote, a big hope and said he started to think if he turned down a role he was him disapproving of the new franchise, and, write a b%d review or something. he didn't want to do th

richard berman gets free coffee for life. someone caught roger goodell's reaction to the ruling. here it is. take a look. >> oh, nice. >> good. >> the courtroom sketch. >> steve, ready for friday fish bowl? >> yeah. >> bringing it back. this is where we put random questions in a bowl. answer as many as we can. you're the guest of honor. >> just reach in. >> read it, grab one. >> pass it around. >> keep it clean. >> what do you remember most about your high school prom? the date sucked. >> all right. there's nothing. >> okay. >> try another. >> okay. let's see. name three things on your bucket list. try to climb mount kilimanjaro, basically see all the seven wonders of the world. and to answer the third thing. i don't know. >> you have a hard one. >> you're not going to make it. >> no. >> i'm going to die. >> steve harvey is the best life coach. he'll tell you exactly. >> don't even try. >> two new things. >> i could have somebody carry me. >> what is one thing your significant other won't let you do. oh, my gosh. nothing i can say on the "today" show. stay home unsupervised. >> what did you do? >> what happened? >> would you rather win an oscar, nobel prize or olympic medal? and for wha

richard and jason, thanks so much. >>> the nfl regular season kicks off this thursday night. that's when the defending super bowln new england patriots takes on the pittsburgh steelers on nbc. it was after a tumultuous off-season that the pats quarterback tom brady is ready to get back on the field for the first time in months. the super bowl mvp spoke out about deflategate and the league's decision to appeal a judge's decision to overturn his four game suspension. >> that's their choice. i think that's part of -- that's just part of the process. you know, my part is to get trod play football. that's what i'm really excited. >> joining me now the "boston globe" and nfl patriots writer. how much toll do you think deflategate has really taken on brady psychologically as we ramp up to thursday? >> yeah, i think over the last month when he's been in court in new york city and had to miss three different practices, be away from the teammates, i think it was a little draining on him. just having his image dragged through the mud. his personal e-mails became public. everyone is reading about his $8500 pool covers. i th