About 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Right now lets look at what its going to be like if you are trying to see the pope in philadelphia. Right now the ben franklin parkway is closed from the Art Museum Circle to logan circle. Kelly drive from fair mount avenue to the art museum sirk. Spring garden from pennsylvania avenue to kelly drive. A major one on the vine street expressway, right in here, right now the good news is its still open. We do have exits closed that started last night. Broad street, 23rd and accessing the ben franklin parkway, eighth street, the vine street park way by 10 00 p. M. Tonight will be shut down. So plan that accordingly even local vine in the area some closures there as well. So your best bet is avoid this area for right now. Tracy. The pope continues his visit to the u. S. He arrived yesterday afternoon, attended vespers evening prayer and pope francis has a busy day ahead. He will address the general assembly, head to the 9 11 museum for a service there. This afternoon hell visit a school in ees harlem, parade through central park and the popes day will wend a mass at Madison Square garden. Wherever the pope goes excited crowds seem to follow. The crowds seem to gather before he arrived too. Nbc 10s katy zachry got to experience those in new york city. Katy back with us this morning. You also talked with a group of Catholic School students at the papal prayer service. Talk about people who were camping out for hours and excited. A lot of us noticed that as we watch the coverage but the pope seems so energized wherever he goes, people in new york were marveling at that despite his rigorous itinerary he always seems animated. The crowds fed off of that energy yesterday. Especially this group. The teenage students, these girls you see there, attend a Catholic High School in new york city and through a lottery they were lucky enough, won a spot on the steps of st. Patricks cathedral, the job, greet the pope as he walked up the steps. One girl told me more than a blessing she wanted a hug from the pope. So emotional like you dont see the pope all the time. You go to vatican city you wont see him there either. Hes coming to us. You cant help but sbhil their excitement. At the cathedral the pope was greeted by new yorks governor, mayor and congressional leaders. Coming up in addition to the poping in new york there is another reason for security. First thing tomorrow the pope is leaving new york, flying here to philadelphia. Scheduled to land at 9 30 so were about 28 hours away. Ahead of his arrival parts of the city are shutting down. You know this is coming. This morning exits on the vine street expressway closed include to 23, and if you use public transporation these are closed. Suburban station on the Regional Rail line, the fifth and 15th street stops on the market frankford line, city hall on the broad street line and the 15th street trolley stop. The secure perimeter set up in the traffic box is in effect this morning even if you have one of these temporary parking placards you still have to have your vehicle off the street and in a designated garage or you will be towed. Youll have to pass through metal detectors to get into certain parts of the city this morning. Monique braxton joins us with these extra measures that people will start seeing soon. Reporter good morning. Im on a quiet street now here in center city but this will be one of the entry points for the the ben franklin parkway. Look at the dozens of concrete barricades here lining the streets. Just down in the distance, you can see another form of barricade. Moments ago a secret Service Agent told us that thousands of people are going to be snaking through the metal barricades, entering the parkway. And in the distance where are you see what looks like a white tent, under that tent are the magnetometers, thats where people will enter the parkway after they are properly screened. In less than an hour the ben franklin parkway east of 20th street to 12th will be accessible only to those pedestrians who are screened by a metal detector. Today is the day with under five square miles of center city and West Philadelphia will be off limits to vehicular traffic. Eightfoot high fencing has been erected to close off secured areas. At 8 00 this morning, authorized vehicle access roads are closed to nonemergency traffic. Then at 6 00 tonight, the socalled Center City Traffic Box goes into effect. As you know that means people who live here but outside of the event can drive within the zone but if you leave you may not reenter until monday afternoon. By 10 00 tonight secure perimeters around Independence Mall and University City take effect, major roads, highways, and the bridges will be shut down. And as you know, the ben franklin bridge is going to be transformed to a pedestrian bridge. Throughout the morning were going to give you a look at the security measures, stepped up security measures i should say, taking place. Live from outside ben franklin parkway, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. She is a number of our reporters out on the streets this weekend. Count on us to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of pope francis historic visit starting tomorrow morning our team will be out in the city, the suburbs and south jersey to bring you all of the action live on air and through the nbc 10 news app. Exciting time in the city. Here is Something Else that has raised concern. Philadelphia police are downplaying the possibility of someone impersonating a Police Officer during the papal visit. Those concerns arose after someone stole police gear from two officers personal vehicles. Wednesday someone stole a unifo uniform, then on saturday someone took a gun, ammo and handcuffs. Police insist there is no credible threat of a possible police impersonator. Still required to have identification, their Police Issued i. D. As well as their state i. D. , thats something we have more than one way to reference in terms of who a Police Officer is. Officers should never leave their Police Equipment in personal cars. They are looking at video hoping to see the thieves. Fuch a man will be sentenced today. Richard plots pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder and attempted murder. The shooting at Mercy Hospital last summer left theresa hunt dead. The charges carry a mandatory life sentence but since he has a long history of Mental Illness that could factor in at sentencing. Chaos at another Council Meeting prevented the borough from accomplishing essential business. Wednesdays meeting is void because proper procedures were not followed. Two Council Members have been boycotting leaving the remaining members unable to do jobs because of borough code. Well, we are looking at a cool start to the morning but changes as we go into the weekend. More clouds start to move in this weekend and its going to be cool and breezy. As for this morning right now in philadelphia were in the mid60s. 60 degrees wilmington. 52 chester springs. 59 washington township. 62 in trenton. Northeast philly, through the lehigh valley, 54 quakertown, 58 degrees in allentown, 56 in the poconos, 58 in reading, 53 in coatesville. For south jersey temperatures here in about the mid to low 60s. 62 millville, 64 at the Atlantic City airport. Mid60s in dover. 59 degrees in woodbine. So for today for the bus stop forecast, youll notice more clouds around but we expect to stay on the dry side. Areas north and west 57, by 2 00 in the mid to low 70s. Suburbs you can expect temperatures in the mid60s k. Low 70s by 2 00 p. M. And new jersey and delaware mid60s by 7 00 this morning, mid 70s by 2 00 this afternoon. With more clouds around. Of course were keeping a close eye on the weekend forecast for the papal visit. Well take a close look at that as well as the rest of the areas forecast for this weekend coming up. 10 minutes after 5 00. We have schools in philadelphia closed today for the papal visit. A lot of changes, too, that will impact your morning travel. Right. Some places are letting people work from home. If you have to get in and around the city, Jessica Boyington has that. Changes at least to know for now before all of the majors are closed later on tonight. 19th and Spring Garden street is blocked around the ben franklin parkway area. And then 7 00 p. M. Last night, 19th and wood, 21st and winter and 21 and pennsylvania avenue have all closed. Further away down the city, we have thats going to start today. So friday at 7 p. M. , art street between fourth and seventh and sansom between seventh and eighth. On the schuylkill expressway right now its still open. Right around Spring Garden street what youre looking at here. There is Police Activity in the area. They keep moving the camera but youll not be able to get off the exit ramps on the schuylkill expressway at spring guarden. They are being blocked. 11 minutes past 5. We told you about the traffic changes in philadelphia and the popes full schedule in new york city. But yesterday pope francis made history in our nations capital. The pope of the holy see. Hear what the pope had to say about some of the hot button issues on capitol hill. Plus the moment that brought the speaker of the house to tears. And a park perk. Well tell you about the Deal National parks across the country are offering tomorrow. Something the family can enjoy. A lot of changes happening in center city, many roads are closed, septa stations closed, no parking on many streets. We have the full list on the nbc 10 app. Check it out. And the pope is waking up in new york city this morning. Probably already up. He will be speaking to the u. N. General assembly and visiting the anyone 11 memorial and then he leaves for philly tomorrow morning. Lets talk about yesterday. The popes visit to washington and his historic address to a joint meeting of congress. During his speech he urged lawmakers to cooperate on the issue of immigration and to embrace what he called the stranger in our midst. I say this to you as the son of immigrants. Knowing that so many of you also descendants of immigrants. Florida senator and gop president ial hopeful marco rubbio wiped away a tear. He addressed the death penalty, Climate Change and poverty. The pope reminded congress of the golden rule. We must move forward as one in renewed spirit of solidarity, cooperating, generously. The pope referenced Martin Luther king, abraham lincoln, dorothy day to a thunderous applause. Pope francis brought a few lawmakers to tears including House Speaker john boehner. Boehner is catholic and tried for 20 years to get a pope to address congress. Boehner was seen several times wiping his eyes. Later standing next to the pope as he addressed the crowds from the balcony of the capitol you could see boehner was moved, fighting back tears. Back to the immigration topic, more than 100 latino immigrants from this region plan a march tomorrow to hear the pope in philadelphia. Nbc 10 spoke with the executive director of a nonprofit that fights for the rights of immigrants. 140 people from the Latino Community will march from south philadelphia to Independence Mall tomorrow to hear pope francis speak. And they really hope that his message on immigration is heard loud and clear by american politicians. Tomorrows vigil and walk began at 5 00 a. M. The pope will be here saturday. About 28 hours from now. Give or take his schedule. Now is the time to plan your weekend. Nbc 10 has you covered with a special section dedicated to the popes visit. A complete day by day guide that covers whats closing when, you can also see images and video from the center of the action, and live coverage of the popes travels in new york today and then in philadelphia starting tomorrow. And more on pope francis himself. Find out what makes him different from his predecessors. All at nbc10. Com on your computer and mobile device. We continue to follow major traffic changes ahead of the papal visit. A look at the vine street expressway, Jessica Boyington has that. Really important to highlight the fact the vine street expressway is still open right now. I dont want to scare people from accessing it at this point. You can see here from the cameras around 24th street as they go out, westbound lanes we dont have a bad drive time yet. Were two minutes 95 to the schuylkill. You can see that moving along here. The westbound side thats headed toward the schuylkill expressway if you have to get to 30th street station. For the vine street we have several exits around broad, too 3rd, around the ben franklin parkway and eighth street. The entire vine street expressway will close later tonight. That will be about 10 00 p. M. So right here the full stretch from the schuylkill expressway to 95. So be prepared for that to happen later on. If you do have to get to work right now. Currently no problems. Thats something were going to focus on. Southbound from wood haven to the vine street expressway, 14 minutes, still no problems on the schuylkill expressway, watch for the Spring Garden street exit that is closed with Police Security check poychblt we have a 12minute trip eastbound. No problems on the blue route southbound from the schuylkill to 95. And im sure you heard about the traffic box. All the details for you on that coming up in the next 10 minutes. Well, were going to see changes for the weekend but i think they are welcome changes. It will be cool but also the clouds will be increasing so that will be the first thing i think youll notice. More clouds around, breezy today especially along shore points where we have a flood advisory for part of new jersey and delaware. Just because of that persistent onshore wind thats going to go with high tide later today. Cooler temperatures across the weekend, and of course your papal weekend forecast for the popes visit in philadelphia. I have that for you in a second. Right now were sitting at 58 degrees in allentown, 58 reading, 59 pottstown, 62 been salem also trenton, 65 now philadelphia, upper 50s to low 60s through stout jersey, 65, though, in dover. So heres how your day is going to shape up. More cloud cover, mostly cloudy for most of the area, philadelphia around 10 00 a. M. Temperatures near 70 degrees. By noon, low 70s. Poconos your temperature around 10 00 a. M. In the low 60s, mid60s by noon and along the shore, temperature around 61 degrees by 8 00 this morning, by noon temperatures in the low 70s and it will be breezy through the entire weekend. We expect the winds to stay up. Locally dry, the rain to sour south. Well see cloud cover because of that moisture to our south. This is going to be the case as we go through the whole weekend. So your future weather we see cooler and breezy, today clouds increase, tomorrow clouds are still around pretty much overcast skies. Sunday we even see the clouds around too and the rain will mostly be to our south. So as we take a wider view there you see the shower chances far to our south. The papal planner as we go into saturday. By 4 00 p. M. Topping out in mid70s, mostly cloudy by sunday looking at about the mid to low 70s, breezy conditions lasting through the weekend. More clouds today, temperatures mid to upper 70s, weekend looking mostly dry. Any rain chances should be south of philadelphia. Rain chances return as we go into monday, 80s next week too. 5 20. Not heading to see the pope tomorrow . You may want to head to a National Park in the suburbs. Tomorrow is National Public lands day. The park service is offering free entry to any of their more than 100 parks across this nation. Here is another deal for you. The experts in cnbc explain what you need know now to save on amazon prime. You have to act fast. Well introduce you to a woman about to make a trip she has been planning more than 30 years. 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Stocks could get a boost from janet yellen who says its still likely the fed will raise Interest Rates this year. Look for data on Consumer Sentiment and the report on Second Quarter gdp. Back over to you. Well see what happens to close the week. Thanks. Well, it is a cool and cloudy start to your friday. We have cool and breezy conditions as we go into this weekend. Well take a look at that forecast coming up. There you see the flags blowing on top of the aramark building. Lets look at the roadways. And sheena, were looking at live on the schuylkill expressway is the exit ramp off Spring Garden street which is being turned into a Security Check point thats closed to traffic. The schuylkill expressway remains open until about 10 00 p. M. More details on that and well talk about the traffic box coming up. Reporter im Monique Braxton just off the ben franklin parkway. After the break were going to walk you through how those with tickets will enter just in time for the papal visit. Pope francis continues his historic tour of new york today after this warm welcome. Well walk you through the pontiffs full schedule and the extra security measures in place from the big apple to the city of brotherly love. In philadelphia the strongest security measures yet are about to go into effect. Were live with the screenings and the road closures that you need to get ready for. And were also keeping a close eye on the first alert forecast for the papal weekend. We are off to a comfortable start this morning. Cooler and cloudy. 64 degrees at 5 30. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. Charles ramsey said dwlaed his biggest concern he had relief when he saw the forecast that it wasnt going to be a blistering hot day this weekend for the crowds expected here for the pope. Sheena is standing by with the forecast and the commissioner will be happy to see were off to a cool start. Thats right. Were going to keep the cooler conditions in the forecast through the entire weekend. So yeah, no heat wave, were not looking at that type of weather coming in. In philadelphia, more clouds so that is going to be one of the changes youll notice. 65 degrees in philadelphia, winds are sustained at 7 miles an hour but they are going to be breezy through the day