rick. >> rick: here comes the 19 of carl edwards. the gap, we went away, 8/10.he gap now less than 2/10. >> steve: made the two car loose. slowed his momentum down. >> rick: here comes carl edwards. trying to take the lead of the southern 500. he was the leader at the start/finish line. can he hang on to it through one and two. >> jeff: if they come off the corner side by side he might be able to make a run and make it three wide. >> rick: they were side by side. keselowski takes the top spot back. now they're trying to get below the 33 of bliss. keselowski back out front. carl edwards. kevin harvick. hc harvick caught up to the back bumper. can he make the pass for second? here comes harvick. down to the bottom of the turn of. >> steve: did the same thing to the 19 that the 19 did to the 2. front bumper to the rear. made him loose. he's going to clear him. >> rick: kevin harvick back to second now. >> jeff: the car from behind could not make the car that's leading -- could not make him loose. this is an advantage to the car in the back in some ways. >> rick: br

rick. >> rick: what an incredible weekend it has been.ally labor day here on the east coast. next week nascar is live from richmond on nbcsn. saturday sprint cup series racing presented by smithfield foods coverage at 5:00 p.m. eastern. friday night xfinity racing 7:00 p.m. eastern and carl edwards will be a part of the broadcast team. coming up next on nbc. late local news except on the west coast. for all the highlights and news from the weekend. "nascar victory lap" next on nbcsn. plenty of post race interviews with krista, kyle and dj. carl edwards, southern 500 winner. ♪ 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 in life, state farm is there. >>> farewell to summer. labor day weekend brings one last taste of the good life before it's back to reality. good e

rick. >> rick: here comes the 19 of carl edwards. the gap, we went away, 8/10. the gap now less than 2/10. >> steve: made the two car loose. slowed his momentum down. >> rick: here comes carl edwards. trying to take the lead of the southern 500. he was the leader at the start/finish line. can he hang on to it through one and two. >> jeff: if they come off the corner side by side he might be able to make a run and make it three wide. >> rick: they were side by side. keselowski takes the top spot back. now they're trying to get below the 33 of bliss. keselowski back out front. carl edwards. kevin harvick. hchg harvick caught up to the back bumper. can he make the pass for second? here comes harvick. down to the bottom of the turn of. >> steve: did the same thing to the 19 that the 19 did to the 2. front bumper to the rear. made him loose. he's going to clear him. >> rick: kevin harvick back to second now. >> jeff: the car from behind could not make the car that's leading -- could not make him loose. this is an advantage to the car in the back in some ways. >> rick

rick. >> rick: what an incredible weekend it has been.ally labor day here on the east coast. next week nascar is live from richmond on nbcsn. saturday sprint cup series racing presented by smithfield foods coverage at 5:00 p.m. eastern. friday night xfinity racing 7:00 p.m. eastern and carl edwards will be a part of the broadcast team. coming up next on nbc. late local news except on the west coast. for all the highlights and news from the weekend. "nascar victory lap" next on nbcsn. plenty of post race interviews with krista, kyle and dj. carl edwards, southern 500 winner. a mystery man caught on camera, hitting a car with a bike lock. how police say they >> right now on nbc bay area news, a mystery man hitting a car with a bike lock. how police tracked him down and the stiff punishment he faces. then -- >> i don't want to know what it feels like to get shot. >> held hostage in a game stop, but the crime spree didn't end there. live in morgan hill, how the crime spree came to an end. nearly an entire day later. >> a bay area man killed i

well, now having seen rick perry campaign four years later, having seen rick perry campaign for president in 2015 i think we can safely say his amateur back surgery in 2011 wasn't the problem. >> joining me now former texas governor rick perry. do you want to make news on the real story, is donald trump right are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day, so -- >> twice -- twice. donald trump was premature in declaring this year that rick perry was dropping out of the presidential race. rick perry went on fox news to say that he was -- still there, still working and he made a good effort in that interview to try to get back to his campaign talking points but donald trump ended up being right in substance if not on timing, and tonight after losing his first iowa campaign co-chair to the donald trump campaign and losing his second co-chair to the rick son tor rum campaign, and then shutting down his south carolina headquarters earlier this week tonight after not paying any of hills staff for weeks, rick perry made it official and he became the first major

>> rick: shoot.t "hail mary," right there, mike riley, i'm sorely, that's how you play college football. >> adam: all right. bnl sadness in happy valley. >> adam: that will do it for this week. thanks for watching the dodge post-game show. here's a look at what is coming up tonight on cbs. over on cbs sports network, unlv and northern illinois. followed by "inside college football." next saturday home depot s.e.c. on cbs continues with number 9 georgia and vanderbilt, all starts at 3:00 eastern, with you a sotrader college football today. -- autotrader "college football today." september 17, broncos and chiefs and the nfl on cbs kicks off next sunday, doubleheader action, many see the dolphins and redskins. most will see the ravens against the broncos. starts at noon eastern with the "nfl today." for all of us, have a good evening, enjoy your labor day weekend. >> ♪ >> i'm natasha brown. next on "eyewitness news," the eagles cut backup quarterback tim tebow. head coach chip kelly explains why he made

rick. >> rick: what an incredible weekend it has been. it's officially labor day here on the east coast. next week nascar is live from richmond on nbcsn. saturday sprint cup series racing presented by smithfield foods coverage at 5:00 p.m. eastern. friday night xfinity racing 7:00 p.m. eastern and carl edwards will be a part of the broadcast team. coming up next on nbc. late local news except on the west coast. for all the highlights and news from the weekend. "nascar victory lap" next on nbcsn. plenty of post race interviews with krista, kyle and dj. carl edwards, southern 500 winner. what's the most important thing your parents do for you? they buy me food. they make sure i'm never lost. well... they pay my allowance. oh! now i remember... why does it matter that cigna covers preventive care? because the next most important thing you can do for them is take care of yourself. p cigna. together, all the way. "1st look", take cover, because our you guns chefs are all guns blazing. first we fire up an octopus in nyc. that is a big octopus.

she left him to work for rick santorum. rick perry is dead in the water. he's down to one last staffer in iowa. his presidential campaign is no longer really a campaign. it's like a voluntary club where they want to use your name but you don't really have to do anything. the only suspense is whether or not there will be a t-shirt for you at the end of it. rick perry is over. he is at 1% in the polls. jim gilmore, i'm sure, is delighted. they have no idea who he is and that he's running for president. but rand paul is tied with those guys. at 1%. which does mean he's sitting pretty compared to lindsey graham and bobby jindal polling at zero. sometimes it's easier to say they scratched. and maybe we expect that now. maybe we expect bobby jindal and lindsey graham to scratch, right, to poll at zero percent. we now ought to expect donald trump and ben carson to be leading in every poll. but who expected chris christie to be tied with rick santorum and rand paul to be tied with jim gilmore? right? at 2% and 1% respectively. this is just disastrous news for them

rick pirerry is dropping out of the 2016 race.is your reaction to that. >> the field is too crowded. like a clown car. how many more people can they jam into this little vehicle? and people look at the poll numbers and at some point make a rational decision. >> sure. what what's been the response to walk ears heavy campaigning in iowa. >> he's got 39% approval in wisconsin. the other major factor is the results of his policies are taking effect. he's talked a about this trickle down economics was going to lift wisconsin. in fact we're dragging the nation in terms of economy. and he's attacked the public school and university with suj such brutal budget cuts that people are feeling the effects in communities where they are trying to send kids to school and planning for their future and they are feeling stressed and anxious about what kind of a future their kids are going to have. and after a while that has really caught one walker. >> harold, what do you think about rick perry dropping out? >> it doesn't surprise me a lot. he's str

but rick perry? it's hard to imagine a reason to spend time singling out rick perry as his campaign keeps circling the drain. he poses no threat to anyone. but donald trump went after him today. that gave rick perry a reason to go on television which he did just after donald trump's remarks to answer donald trump's contention that he, governor rick perry is about to jump out of the presidential race. it didn't go well. >> joining me now former texas governor rick perry. do you want to make news today on the real story? is donald trump right? are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day. >> how many times a day? come on, governor. come on. >> are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day. so the bottom line is i'm still here, still working. >> god bless him. governor rick perry had to let go of the staff member whose job it was to remind him about the numerical ending of common american idioms. wait until the bird in hand versus bi

it would have been hard not to support rick because rick supported me so much. i owe him a lot.>> i hope you don't have to run, i want to hear about this conversation you had with donald trump. i also want to get into issues with you. i don't know you've seen this video of nypd taking down the former tennis star. >> yeah, what a shamt. i have seen it. >> you'll watch it with me we'll discuss what's going on. >> i know commissioner bratten is upset. >> it's shocking of this new york city police officer attacking the former tennis great blake. blake now says an apology isn't enough. stay with us. at&t and directv are now one. which means you can watch movies while you're on the move. sitcoms, while you sit on those. and even fargo, in fargo! binge, while you lose weight! and enjoy a good cliffhanger while you hang from a... why am i yelling? the revolution will not only be televised. the revolution will be mobilized. introducing the all in one plan. only from directv and at&t. moderate to severe crohn's disease is tough but i've managed. except that managing my symptoms was all i

mike huckabee, rick santorum, rick perry, all are struggling to gain traction. the two candidates that share a last name with former candidate, rand paul and jeb bush, they're struggling right now to get back up into first tier status. so i think we have a republican electorate that just wasn't -- you know, if you have done this before, they're less interested in you right now. they're looking for new. they're looking for different. in some cases maybe they're looking for strident. while perry ideologically fit where the republican party is on many issues, he also was out of step on one issue that, frankly, was his undoing four years ago and made it where he was a nonstarter for a lot of voters now and that's on immigration. this is a guy who was pro dreamer. this was a guy who defended, you know, the dream -- the texas version of the dream act that he put into law. and mitt romney used it against him to begin the fall of perry. the fall of perry started well before oops four years ago. it started with immigration. and, you know, it was haunting him again a litt

rick? >> streets are beginning to open up after the pope's visit put the city on lockdown over the weekend. karen rogers joins us with an update on the traffic situation. hi, karen. >> reporter: hi, risk it was a history-making weekend with pope francis in town. today we're making history, too, we haven't had a traffic jam in the city since last thursday. people have stayed off the roads. we have crews cleaning up. the you can see the police cars and the infrastructure that chad was talking about. we're watching for restrictions on broad and spring garden. this is the vine street expressway. they opened earlier than expected, but we saw the ramps shut down, now the traffic is moving on the side streets and the ramps. they have gone through and reopened most of the roads in the area. the main issue is the benjamin franklin parkway. even that, some of the outer lanes in parts of the parkway they are allowing traffic get through, it's a process, so we've seen it move quickly. the ben franklin

rick perry is dropping out of the presidential race.e made the announcement at any event earlier today in st. louis, missouri. john, not a shock. a lot of financial problems. why do think he decided to get then, before iowa? john: there were 16. look, there was no path for him. he came to that conclusion he tried his best to reinvent himself and overcome the legacy of his loops moment and bad debates. he do not do that. polls showing movement, financial resources join up. and possible coming increasingly impossible will get him back in the race. perrya story about rick when he entered as a stronger candidate last time. his donors are up for grabs. people like ted cruz, maybe others can get that. not much of an impact on the raise. john: i do not think it will change for anybody. mark: we wish him and his family the best. we'll talk more about the big news of rick perry out of the race. we'll move to the other big story. remembering the anniversary of september 11. highlights of the sights and sounds of today. ♪ [horn playing] >> we will

rick. >> all right, clad we will see. thank you. >>> in other news tonight, two air force partners were reunited today ready to spend the rest of their lives together. the action cam at philadelphia international airport this afternoon as retired military dog hattie recognized staff sergeant terry white the moment she got off the plane. >>> this was the first time they've seen each other in more than a year. the two were deployed together in guam and now white has adopted hattie. >> she's always been part of a family. now she gets to live on my couch, have treats, run around as much as she physically can do and i'm so happy to have her. >> and the regular -- an irregular heartbeat cut hattie's military career short. mission k-9 rescue made today's reunion possible. they pay to fly retired k-9s across its country so they can have forever homes with their former handlers. >>> still to come on "action news tonight, philadelphia funeral directors speak out against recent scandals that have put their industry in a bad light. >

. >>> tuesday night, and jim's off i'm rick williams. the big story on "action news" is the arrest of the east norriton woman accused of ripping off donors to the tune of thousands. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live at montgomery county courthouse with the the sorted tail, sharrie. >> reporter: and rick, investigators say that tracie small kratzer pretended to be a friend, but she was only a crook. they say that she robbed this family blind and then used this charity money, on herself. devon henson loves her husband, and when asked, she's moved to tears. >> just a hard working, good father, and just a great, amazing man. >> reporter: two have been married for five years and they have two children. but last christmas, jay was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer and the cancer has spread to his liver. >> he is a fighter. he is fighting. he is handling the chemo. >> reporter: hearing of jay's illness a friend named crazy kratzer volunteered to set up a web site to raise money for the family. kratzer created a donation pa

joined by rick neuheisel and brian jones.eorgia has the big game against south carolina coming up next and they escape here. >> rick: every good team has to win a couple of games ugly, that's the case with georgia, nick chubb goes for a 10th time 100 yards and they find a way to salt it away. >> brian: a problem if they can't get that fixed. >> rick: i give mark richt credit for putting greyson lambert back in. >> adam: not a confidence boost for auburn today at home in what became the scare at jordan-hare against jacksonville state who takes the lead in the fourth quarter, b.j. >> brian: troy mayne, five-yard run for six. >> adam: auburn answers after a punt. here is overtime. >> rick: peyton barber, their m.v.p. thus far in the season gets the hard yards. this can't happen, b.j., i'm losing my hair just watching it and i don't have much to lose. you have to get rid of the ball. disaster. >> adam: he caught it but was out of bounds. the tigers survive. they got lucky to escape 27-20. peyton barber cracking the century mark.

joined by rick neuheisel and brian jones. leonard fournette.you vault him to the top of the heisman race? >> rick: the coach in me says, "easy, it's early" but the media man, strike the pose. i go back to 1983. we played mike rozier at nebraska. he won the heisman. that was in week three. this is week three. you saw a couple of those strike-the-pose runs today. >> brian: guys jumping over the top, sidestepping other defenders, the thing i'm worried about is the cancellation of the first ballgame -- yes, put him at the forefront of the heisman conversation now, almost 500 yards in two games but he missed that first ballgame -- it was cancelled. will that come back and hurt him later? >> adam: look at yards per game. yards per game. >> brian: if he averages over 200 going forward, yes. >> rick: did you see jonathan ford miss that tackle? >> adam: he was the big talker in the days leading up. l.s.u. undefeated and we're looking at november 7 as far as going to alabama potentially undefeated. their next game is against a syracuse team that's 3-0 fo

all quiet and calm right now. >> hi, rick.the ben franklin bridge it is quiet and calm so that's the good news. as we move more towards the shore, you will see that traffic begin to pick up. here we are at the 42 freeway. this is the northbound lanes right at creek road and you can see it beginning to slow down. as you make your way farther east to the garden state parkway expect big delays there as you make your way northbound from the different shore points up to the atlantic city expressway and that's where we're seeing most of the volume right now. taking a look outside on the vine street expressway, these are our westbound lanes heading up to the schuylkill. you can see them doing some cleanup, the remnants of the made in america event so the vine street expressway westbound off ramp to the ben franklin parkway is going to be closed until tomorrow morning as well as 20th street and eakins oval. again, they're doing that cleanup from the weekend festivities. taking a look outside at the big picture you can see nice and hig

rick and monica. ♪ >> all right, thank you, cecily.ou couldn't ask for any nicer weather so everyone can relax and enjoy all the fun that is left ahead. this is a city that is used to wonderful world class music agents on the parkway from jewel 4 made in america festival and another night of music right here, if you don't have plans sit back and relax we'll bring it all to you. >> i'm going to sit back and relax. >> you can't relax. >> rick, didn't you say the roots were going to make a surprise showing don't? [laughter]. >> we want to take you back out live to the festival of families. an all star lineup is slated, aretha franklin andre bocelli and the philadelphia orchestra. send your message to pope francis using #6abc messages be we'll be putting your comments on the screen to the pope during his live coverage of the visit to philadelphia. we'll have more coverage of the pope's day today when "action news" continues. >> just a majestic shot of the benjamin franklin parkway with the philadelphia museum in the background and you can

hi, cecily. >> hi monica and rick. the crowds will be building thi -- cloudshave been buildings afternoon and i'm keeping ply eyes on the lope town to the south much it continues to spin over the north carolina georgia border. we are getting some of those high thin clouds from that low pressure but you can see how it's not really moving and the steadiest heavy rain is over cape hatteras. that light rain shield extends across central and northern virginia so the weekend we'll see more clouds than sunshine but honestly it's looking pretty nice. tomorrow we'll see he some breaks of sunshine. it will be on the breezy side, winds east-northeast 10 to 20 miles per hour and it will be seasonable, 75 degrees, 74 is the average high for this time of the year. sunday a lot more clouds, 73 degrees with a possibility of a shower. it will be breezy. winds up to 25 miles per hour. i'll show you the percentage chance. it definitely will be increasing as we head into the weekend. we're looking at about a 60 percent chance of a light s

thanks, rick.n hollywood with this low cost horror hits like paranormal activity and the boy next door. jason blum has a new feature in the theaters. >> let's step into the fox light with fox vp of marketing michael tamara. >> low budget horror flicks have shocked audiences for years. husband latest, the visit, seems to do the same. and it does. >> thank you for taking the time for us today. your movies, since 2009 have grossed over $1.4 billion. tell me a little bit about the blum house model of movie making? >> low budgets and high profit. >> typical budget for one of your movies is under 5 million. >> yes. almost everything we do is $5 million. that's our ceiling on our budget. >> how do you do that. >> the actors, the writers, lowest amount you are allowed to pay. everyone has a piece of our movie. the audience never says the movie feels cheap. >> you feel him breathing on me. >> tell me a little bit about the visit. >> the visit is by one of my favorite film makers ever. and the movie is basic

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon i'm rick williams, along with monica malpass we are live for the first time in our special parkway studio, we'll bring you all the action during the papal visit this weekend, as we just saw pope francis is continuing his three city tour with the 9/11 memorial in manhattan right now and he just met with 9/11 victim as long with first responders, they met at the pools at the memorial. afterward the pope went below ground to the museum for an inter faith service, that is where he is right now. >> earlier today the pope addressed the united nations and sara bloomquist has more on his message, she joins us live from new york city. >> reporter: rick and monica, the pope's full day here in manhattan is a busy one with a jam packed schedule, he is at the 9/11 memorial and museum sure to be a moving visit for the pontiff. earlier today he addressed the united nations general assembly, he warned the nearly 200 members in attendance on climate change and the impact on humanity. >> he became the fourth pope to add

that would be texas governor rick perry. know whether it's because of the indictment or not. rick perry has been having a hard time of it this year. today, might have been the final nail in the coffin of this presidential campaign for him. the first really bad sign something was wrong with rick perry's campaign was the news out of iowa that he was down to one last single solitary staffer. his campaign co-chair in iowa went to go work for donald trump and his other co-chair went to work for rick santorum. he was down to one staffer left in iowa. so you think, okay, he's not really competing in iowa. one staffer for a presidential campaign? he's not really competing in iowa. maybe he's focusing on new hampshire then. no. next came news rick perry gone down to zero staffers in new hampshire. so one person does not, an iowa campaign make. no new hampshire campaign whatsoever. did that news last week mean that rick perry was getting out of the race altogether? no, team perry took pains to say, even as they shut down their new ham

rick. >> all right, cecily. and much more when "action news" at 5:00 continues in just a moment. stay with us. >> two people are in police police custody following a string of shootings in and around phoenix, arizona. officers swarmed a convenience store parking lot this morning. witnesses said a plan and a woman were both handcuffed. according to police, the man is of interest to investigators. 11 cars have been shot along the roadway in the past two weeks. no one has been seriously injured. >>> baltimore's mayor announced today that she will not seek reelection. stephanie rawlings-blake says she thinks she could have won another term but there not running is the best decision. many have scrutinized way she handled the unrest that turned into riots after freddie gray's death. gray died from spinal injuries while in police custody back in april. this news comes just days after the city settled a civil lawsuit awarding gray's family more than $6 million. >> health check tonight. if you have high blood pressure, y

his name is richard wershe, jr., goes by rick, rick, jr. now he's 46 years old. he got that mug shot. he was convicted in '88 on michigan's so-called 650 lifer law. fancy way of saying if you had 650 grams of cocaine or more in your possession automatic life in prison no parole don't ask questions. it was one of the harshest drug statutes ever in the united states. and wershe just so happened to have eight kilos on him -- kind of on him. and that was worth about $5 million. at the time of the crime he was 17. by the time he was sentenced he was 18. but five years ago in 2010 the supreme court had something to say about kids like this. that ruled that sentencing juvenile offenders to life with no chance of parole ever for anything other than a murder was just unconstitutional. can't do it. you can't put kids away forever. so wershe got parole eligible as did everyone else swept up along the way. strangely enough, a lot of those people swept up along the way, they all eventually got out. but 27 years later, wershe is still in there, last man standing. murderers hav

rick's father had been a south vietnamese air force pilot. he eventually got a job working on a ranch in washington state. rick studied hard and became a dentist. he feels that his life in america has been successful. but the old images of the camp reminded him of something he always felt was missing. he contacted andre. >> so you were there on april 30th, still? >> we left right on the day before it fell so we left on the 29th, the morning of the 29th. >> reporter: even after 40 years, for rick, in some ways vietnam is still his home. >> you not only lose a country, but, you know, you lose a part of yourself. i can't say that, you know, there's been regrets or anything like that. but sometimes when you think back, you know, you think like, you know, what could have been. >> reporter: so rick decided to go back to vietnam this summer to pick up pieces of himself that he felt he had left behind. he brought his three children with him to show them their roots. now andre is interviewing former refugees, asking where they were when saigon fell. h

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist off and in the news, a county clerk in kentucky remains behind bars as her office issues the first gay marriage license. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the busy holiday weekend, whether you are staying in the city or heading to the shore, expect big crowds, as you say so long to summer. people are flocking to the ben franklin parkway, while others close out the summer season down at the shore. the action camera is looking live now, a lot of folks are getting their weekend started off the right way, now more from meteorologist, melissa magee, it looks like a nice start to the holiday weekend, it's still warm and clouds are drifting across the delaware valleys, 89 in philadelphia and 81 in trenton and the poconos, and beach haven at 84, we have the winds currently in a northeast direction, because of a frontal boundary dipping south ward, how it currently feels, dew points 65 to 70 degrees, can you feel the humidityover head and it looks like the humidity is dropping as soon

former texas governor rick governor rick perry dropping out of the presidential race. today.

rick, georgia. they've got some backs there too. >> rick: if they're chartering flights for knock today, get a ticket for nick chubb. he's been the model of consistency. again today another 100-yard game. brilliant in tuning up for the tide next week. >> adam: greyson lambert one incompletion. is coker doing it for you? bama. two picks in the loss last week to ole miss, here he finds michael niswander. >> adam: 34-0 the final, bama going between the hedges next week on cbs. vandy on the board with a field goal. look out, 3-0 over ole miss up to number three in the country. a&m and arkansas. went to overtime last year, b.j., hogs on the board first. >> brian: brendan allen a passing team. >> adam: 7-0 the score so far. brandon allen nine are nine thus far. also from the big ten, cardale jones and company putting down 38-12 and michigan state pull away and get the win 30-10. coming up, we'll update you on number three t.c.u. and texas tech. a back-and-forth shootout in lubbock. we all feel the calling

. >> reporter: hi, rick, this time yesterday the parkway looked different it was packed with people, now it's cleanup time. they have made a lot of progress, there's work left to do. the cross street of the parkway is open, there's lots of equipment and vehicles they are breaking down, quite a bit of stuff all the fences and structures, all the infrastructure to clean up after yesterday's papal mass. cleaning up after hundreds of thousands of people is not easy feat. crews are out today trying to restore the parkway to it's prepope appearance. >> i'm honestly really impressed how fast they are cleaning things up. >> i thought it would be worse than it is. i didn't think i would be able to walk through the streets. >> reporter: streets department vehicles are clearing away the trash and the debris the crowds left behind. while many roads are reopening, much of the parkway is closed including eakens oval while crews breakdown equipment to pack it away. for some getting to work wasn't easy. pallets of water sat in piles on the parkway. wawa handed out water for free to keep people hydra

. >>> wednesday night, jim's off, i'm rick williams. the big story on "action news" tonight is if you want to see the pope up close later this month you will need a ticket. this is as concern grows that the expect large crowds may be smaller then anticipated. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live tonight along the parkway to bring us up to speed on these new developments, sharrie. >> reporter: and rick, this is first confirmation that we are being given, on what you will need and what you will not need a ticket for from event here on the parkway to independent hall, you may need a ticket. >> he is a a very popular pope. like a lot of people would like to see him. >> reporter: even those pope francis like ability is soaring, is there still plenty of opportunity to be part of visit to the delaware valley. with just three weeks away from his a arrival lindh berk of wynnewood is glad to hear there is still room for her. >> i would definitely like to see him but i don't know if i will be downtown or do something closer to my house.

rick?s resulted in extremely difficult day for anyone who was in this city on september 11th, 2001. but especially difficult for the family members, the thousands of family mers test test test test responders visited the site to pay tribute to the lives lost by reading every single name of the nearly 3,000 men, women and children who were killed in those 9/11 attacks here at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 993 crashed and also the lives lost in that first world trade center bombing in 1993. six moments of silence were observed. marking the times the planes hit the towers in that pentagon in that pennsylvania field and times that the towers fell. obviously time cannot heal all wounds but it does seem to help that the family has the support of each other and helps that the site has been transformed into a biewrm memorial and powerful museum and gleaming sky scrapers demonstrating progress and resiliency. tonight, greta, the tribute in lights is now filling the air a

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.>>> good afternoon accuweather tracking another potential heat wave. >> and a forest fire in new jersey has reached 1,000 acres. >>> but the big story is the chance to get an up close view of pope francis. tickets just became available for his speech at city hall. and david henry is live with more on that. >> reporter: hi sara, a large part of independence mall will be inaccessible to the public at large but open to the people that went online moments ago, lets go live to the world meetings of family website, you'll be able to reserve tickets for that speech. you'll need that ticket to get in here to see the pope, in the meantime, from you lucky enough to get a ticket. septa says it will be easier now to get down here. >> tickets for the mall event became available at noon today, 10,000 are available at no charge at a first come first serve basis, but limited to a maximum of four per customers, another 1,000 are available on saturday the 26th and 10,000 more for the papal mass on sun the 27th, even if you don't have a ticke

rick santorum, george pataki, bobby jindal and lindsey graham trying to stand out and get traction with gop voters. wolf blitzer is in the debate hall and we'll check in with him very shortly and very shortly we'll see all of the 11 candidates, presidential candidates from the next debate coming out on the stage so that all 15 candidates will be together on that stage for the first time posing for pictures, front-runners donald trump and dr. ben carson, of course, n newcomer carly fiorina on the stage as well. let's go ahead to john king, host of "inside politics" and gloria borger, nia-malika henderson and michael smerconish. what do we expect in the big debate just minutes away? john king, what did you think of what you heard tonight? did anyone break out of this lower tier? >> it's a fascinating question. everyone did what they wanted to do. the question is, can they change their poll numbers? lindsey graham, every question you asked about the sunrise or sunset, he said we're in a war against radical islam. we cannot afford to lose. he turned every question to that. that is his beat

i'm rick williams. added to the festival of families lineup an local serviceman is reunited with his k-9 partner for the first time in more than a year. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is a potential threat against the pope that was disrupted by the secret service less than two weeks before the pontiff comes to the u.s. 11 days and just over 15 hours out before pope francis arrives here in the delaware valley. authorities uncovered an alleged plot against the pope and are searching for any other potential threats as we get closer to his visit. >>> "action news" reporter david henry has been following the story and joins us live from eakins oval with the very latest tonight. david. >> reporter: yeah, rick, we have learned there has been an arrest but the threat is described as aspirational and not a working plan. security is tightening up here at the parkway and other areas where the pope will hold three huge outdoor events. unfortunately they present tempting targets for people who want t

if you ask the same question, what could make rick perry the nominee?circumstances could have occurred given where he is now? i find it hard to imagine even if i were being the most pro-rick perry person that would elevate him to the top of this large field. mark: he loves his grandkids and i am sure he will spend time with his family. i will be curious to see if he endorses anyone. he has been pretty tough on donald trump. it'll be interesting to see if he becomes a group trying to figure out -- i would maybe be surprised if the super pac maybe turns its attention to donald trump. john: it is always, you know, he reads the statement here. he cites the will of christ. part of the reason why he dropped off. a lot of politicians over the years, sometimes it is best to drop out. this is one of the maxims of presidential politics. it is hard to get your time back. the time for him probably was 2012 and he did not get it done. mark: it ends a long career in who fourfice and a guy years ago was in a much better position. four he was in september years ago, he

well, rick perry attacked us and he's gone now. those folks on the stage tonight, except for ted cruz, he's the pilot fish to donald trump's shark, none of those folks on the stage tonight were intimidated by donald trump. he seemed smaller. he seemed less poised. he let out with a joke that went over terribly, attacking rand paul. and then george pataki. the first rule of politics, don't punch down. he seemed very petty. >> i've got to say, for anyone who read your article about how to handle trump and watch this debate, you knew the smart candidates read your article. we've got to take a quick break here. we'll be joining chris matthews in the coverage after the debate. right? we'll hear the rest of what you're thinking about. coming up, how the party of reagan is becoming the party of trump. that's next. the 306 horsepower lexus gs. experience the next level of performance, and there's no going back. lease the 2015 gs 350 with complimentary navigation system for these terms. see your lexus dealer. see your lexus dealer. if you h

hi, melissa. >> hi, rick, hi sharrie.a monday afternoon we're tracking clouds, cooler conditions and some moisture o as well. we'll show you storm tracker6 live double scan radar. you can see some peppered activity across the region mainly for philadelphia, points to the south and west. we'll go in a little tighter on street level across southern sections of new jersey and also for kent and new castle counties there in delaware. so, if you're traveling close to dover along route one we're dealing with those light showers. same thing along highway 301 between middletown and smyrna. also take you to a pocket that's just to the south and west of philadelphia. so, some light showers in the city for philadelphia international and also on westward for downingtown, coatesville along route 30 in between honeybrook and also 322 and as you press north and westward into lincoln. we're tracking this moisture that will continue to work its way northward and with the showers and the moisture overhead, it is definitely cool outside. cur

. >> reporter: good evening, rick and monica, a lot of city council members tell me now that their regular session is canceled for next week because of all of these security measures and so much city government will be shut down any way and a lot of constituents believe that the security measures close the line and are over the top. >> city council conducts business as usual, just days before police and officials start imposing massive restrictions in anticipation of the papal visit, the council member is getting heat from her constituents. >> we have people that are not included and don't feel welcome in their own city, we are grateful for the pope. >> the whirlwind for the papal visit has major restrictions for parking and moving around town, it's being viewed address a major pain and invention on many, and council members are feeling the pressure. >> securing these areas and not allowing people to go through and other things, that i think was just too much. >> many of the pope's activities will take place in the district of the council president and he is monitoring this closely for a r