I76 to i95 and u. S. Route 1 in broth directions from u. S. 30 to avenue. First stoppeders emergency vehicles and emergency detail can move effectively through the event area, it is used as a way for effective travel for registers buss that are bringing the bill grams to the event. Penndot is working with neighboring states to keep motorists informed as a way to avoid this all together. They are using electronic Message Signs to help citizens coming into philadelphia for the event and motorists traveling north and sound. This week penndot and launched a website, papal511. Com. They advise everyone to plan ahead. I dont want to see anything happen to the pope. So its worth it, its worth it to have him here. Reporter remember the ben franklin bridge will shut downtown friday september 25th at 10 00 p. M. , reopening on monday at noon, penndot cant say exactly when on monthe local highs will be reopening and there are contingencies here, and it depends on how long it takes to move the pilgrims out and get the barricades down, live along the schuylkill expressway im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Meanwhile, city officials are hard at work preparing behind the scenes as well. These none discrypt boxes are for cell phones, they got a dry run during the made in america festival and some said they had little to no service during the weekend. Bran new Harley Davidson motorcycles will be used to escort and protect pope francis when he comes to philadelphia, eight harleys are presented to the Highway Patrol unit featuring a high tech breaking system, the Philadelphia Police fast tracked the reason to buy the motorcycles to be here in time for the pope. These motorcycles how professional they will make us look when we are escorting the pope and the other dignitaries coming to town, it makes philadelphia shine when you see Something Like that. Nearly 150,000 was raised to buy the motorcycles. You can get a look at how the ben franklin parkway is looking. A local college made the shocking decision to reduce the cost of College Tuition by 43 , officials at Rosemont College made the decision today and they say that room and board will be much less as well. Lets get the latest from reporterer eva pilgram. For studentses choosing a college it comes down to the numbers. Its hard to make your decision based on finances, you want to choose your school because its your school. 50,000 a year and 55,000 a year, this is something that scared me away from some schools, college is expensive and you have to factor in you dont want to pay off loans when you are well out of college. Rosemont is lowering its tuition from 32,000 to 18,505. Why not give them the true tuition. Most operate on a high tuition, high discount model. That all became competitive, so if institution aid would give 1,000 institution b would give 2,000, as the push to give more students money when up so did the cost of the schools. This is the decision made on principal and make all students feel like they can afford college. We hope it will spark a National Conversation about this particular model high price and high discount which we consider broken. Good news for students and parents, that was eva pilgram reporting, turning to the forecast our stretch of lovely weather continues, a lot of sunshine and comfortable temperatures making for a picture perfect week. Adam joseph is live outside with the details. We have the cool nights and the very warm afternoons, without the humidity so its pleasant to be outdoors and we are heating things up as we look out monday, 77 degrees, that say couple of degrees below normal, we when above normal yesterday at 83, we hit 87 degrees in philadelphia, other areas in the 80s, new york city, syracuse, burlington, vermont and bangor, maine, 83 degrees. And pittsburgh coming in at 82 degrees. As we look at the satellite, no clouds whatsoever in the midatlantic into southern northern new england, have you to go to the hudson bay in northern parts of canada that is where the river of air is supplying the clouds and precipitation. Its a great night to hit the local play grown before the sunsets and after dinner, and not dropping all that much by 7 00 at 81. The accuweather forecast of what is ahead, we talk about three more very warm days this time of year and it will turn a touch more humid over part of the upcoming weekend and then the pattern breaks down into next week and that means clouds move in and clouds will dominate. Well talk about that part of the story coming up in the accuweather forecast. In just a little bit. Well talk to you again soon. Scores of Philadelphia Police officers are recognizes today for their outstanding work, this was a merit commendation ceremony held at a herheros ballroom in bensalem. Family members and friends watched with pride as each member was recognized. This is held throughout the year by the fop and the department. Now a check of traffic with matt pellman, happy hump day . Traffic is hohum, we see heavy delays this afternoon and we are happy its hump day. Here on the eastbound side, city avenue from the vine street expressway. A crash on the eastbound side of the vine by broad street, luckily that accidents is cleared out of the way, normal delays on ought and a crash in southwest philadelphia at 68th and woodland that means the 11th trolley is not running, you are on buses at 58th and woodland, and a chunk of the 101 trolley in media is not running, this is the case most wednesday night in the summer because of dining under the stars that closes state street until 11 00. And delays on the media Regional Rail lines because of wire problems and delays on 42 heading into south jersey because of an overturned truck and now its upright but the lane is still blocked but the slowing continues. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you sir. More ahead on action news at 5 00, the white house says that a texas teen was failed by his teachers when they mistook a homemade clock for a bomb. Find out how president obama is making up for the wrong done to this teen that was detained by police. And cecily tynan is at an Outdoor Adventure at the philadelphia zoo. Im talking to matcho, he is a blue and goldmacaw. He never does what he is suppose to on tv. Here we go, these guys unfortunately are threatened due to loss of habitat and hunting for the pet trade and they are not very hungry. Ill be feeding the polar bears live at the philadelphia zoo. This is a great walnut. When the bird doesnt eat you eat it yourself. Thanks cecily. Rescuers are still looking for a missing hiker after heavy rains caused flooding during the rain at the border. They found the body of another hiker, a group of seven people start aid hike before the park officials closed the canyons and six were found dead, they knew about the flash flooding but still attempted a hike. The Muslim Student in texas detains by police for taking a clock to school is invited to the white house. President obama tweeted that more students should be encouraged like ahmed to like science. A Simple Science experiment in a pencil box landing this 14yearold in handcuffs. They arrested me and they told me that i committed a crime of a hoax bomb. A fake bomb. The allegations stunning to ahmed muhammad, who said the socalled bomb was a digital clock he built over the weekend and proudly brought to his school in irving, texas to show his engineering teacher. But another teacher saw it and called police, the explanation doesnt help. The student would only say that it was a clock and was not forthcoming at that time about any other details. Irving police say they took muhammad into custody after an abundance of caution, and then realized this Award Winning scientist did not mean it harm anyone but civil rights advocates question if this was discrimination. I dont think this would be a question if his name was not ahm ahm ahmed muhammad. His father is meeting with police and his principal to discuss this which led to a three day suspense of school. And now an appearance by jimmy carter, had the second of four treatments formal melanoma and is not having any effects. He had a small tumor removed from his liver last month and then tests showed small melanoma spots on his brain, part of the treatment is drinking 64 ounces of fluid every day and it keeps him in the restroom a lot. A new government report says that a third of all American Children eat pizza or fast food every day. What is the same as the numbers in the 1 990s. Experts say they are a big factor in childhood obesity. The wheel of fortune wheel may be mobile is rolling into philadelphia. You can head to the claire ige hotel at park place and the boardwalk saturday from 1 00 until 4 00, fans of americas number one syndicated series will be close chosen to play a simulate the version of the game. Once again the wheel mobile will be at the claire ige motel from 12 00 until 4 00. Toys r us says they will he hire 40,000 workers for the upcoming Holiday Season that is 5,000 less than last year and those workers will work more hours on a weekly basis, they start in october. The wayne, new jersey, based company has 300 stores in the u. S. Including babies are us. A local wholesale store is offering 50 off of maternity and childrens items, the event started in 2008 and has grown to 800 consigners, and shoppers are expected to be there to cash in on the deals. Most items left at the end of the sale will be donated to big brothers, big sisters of philadelphia. Well, revolutionary history came to live in princeton next to the site of the battle of princeton, they cut the ribbon beside the princeton battle shot. Its the place where the first british captain was killed and the turning point in the war against the british. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. We are ending with this string of weather, and fall next week and the pattern is breaking down enjoy this, we look at sky 6 live at the back bays of new jersey, this is a nice advantage point to look at. Atlantic city 82 and 87 in trenton and all inland locations well above the normal that is the upper 70s for this time of year and we are sitting in the middle 80s, also, its comfortable, we have a lower sun angle this time of year and temperatures above normal dont come with the extreme humidity, that is a good combination to have, the dew points are only in the 50s, as we look at the satellite, there are high clouds to the south and High Pressure is in firm control to the north and as the clouds try to bump into the high that is the dry air and the clouds fall apart in the overnight hours tonight and its clear and a Crescent Moon out there, 54 in allentown unvery comfortable and patchy fog developing especially in you are sheltered from the light wind tonight and temperatures meet the dew point, as we look at the day planner, for tomorrow, 86 and lots of sun and late morning and 84, and by 5 00 the temperature 86 degrees, the only fly in the ointment for tomorrow, we have full sunshine and above normal temperatures but with the lack of wind, the air will turn stagnant and well have grown level ozone to deal with, an ozone action day and unhealthy for the sensitive groups, 87 for the next three days, thursday, friday full sunshine and low humidity. Temperatures 10 degrees above average and a touch more humid on saturday with similar temperatures and a cold front on sunday with some clouds and monday mostly cloudy and cooler but average at 76 degrees, and of course on sunday, a big day at the link, the eagles home opener at 4 00 in the after nonlight winds and kickoff 80 degrees and pleasant by the Fourth Quarter at 72. Its a perfect day to be outdoors, we are jealous in the studio of cecily tynan at the philadelphia zoo. The polar beer is stealing your thunder but you have a cute chinchilla in your hands. This is jackson here, chinchillas are endangered in the wild, the population declined 90 , the reason is they have the softest fur of any animal in the world and they are hunted illegally. One square cents meter of chinchilla hair has 20,000 hairs. I will feed the polar bear, live from the philadelphia, back to you guys. He is nervous seeing its polar bear, get him out of there. More to come on our next half hour off action news at 5 00. Police hope you can recognize these suspects from the surveillance video. And hundreds of our military men and women get the chance to meet with dozens of Companies Looking for new talent. The show do you among the top 11 vying for the republican nomination we are live with the details. Water cannons and tear gas stopped migrants trying to get into hungary, and getting from new jersey to the papal events will not be as tough as first thought. The second republican president ial debate is tonight and the gloves are expected to come off, the top 11 candidates square off on all the issue but will likely take aim at frontrunner, donald trump, who has not held back while talking about his republican opponents, good evening brandy. Reporter good evening, so many are anxious to see who goes after donald trump tonight especially those trying to save their campaigns. If the bitter battle on the campaign trail donald trump you are a fake. Is any indication of what is to come. He is weak on immigration and weak on the military, he doesnt have a chance. Many are expecting fire works. You cant do it the way that donald trump wants to do it. They are taking the main debate stage, with donald trump the likely target. He was flexing his muscle, while facing another large crowd of angry protesters. The latest National Poll shows dr. Ben carson surging into second place within striking distance of trump. Ill be center stage this time so it will be more difficult to ignore me. And for the first time Carly Fiorina is on the main strange, the only female. That is particularly true of scott walker who was riding high, he could be gone. Four of the republican hopefuls that did not quality if i are duking it out in a preliminary event and as conservative super packs, unleash a wave of ads, trump admits that his aggressive nature could be a weakness. I think i could and tone it down a bit. So interesting to hear those words come from donald trump. Even Vice President , joe biden, is in southern california, lashing out against donald trump and calling the recent remarks on mexican immigrants sick. Now to the refugee crisis ov overseas. Police officers used Water Cannons and tear gas to push people back along the wire fence at the now closed border of hungary and serbia, they are enforcing new restrictions trying to stop people from going into western europe. Hundreds were arrested for going in illegally they condemned it as cruel treatments by hungarian police. And now the white house is weighing out talks with russia on the situation in syria. The white house, pentagon and state departments are considering it, kerry suggested he supports the idea but wants the u. S. To have a clear picture of what russia wants in syria after a military buildup there. And david muir will have more on russia and the republican president ial debate. You can watch it tonight at 6 30 following action news at 6 00. A 25yearold from new york is now charged in the murder of a law student in new jersey, benjamin roof is accused of killing a student last month, he was killed in the car of a nursing home, they were classmates and friends and that did help connect him to the case, it took coordination with several agencies to track down the suspect. I just know from my almost 40 years of police work that this would be a difficult investigation and to that end, i have never seen before the unprecedented cooperation we now have. Police say a substantial amount of marijuana was found in the car with the body, but not if that was significant to the case. A former middletown county teacher is spending a year in prison for having a sexual relationship with a student. William barber of concord pled no contest to the charges back in june, he had sex with a student he met in his gym class barber was a married father of four and worked for the district for more than a decade. And now two masks men that targeted to employees in Port Richmond last weekend, this is video from richmond check cashing, a woman and man walked up to open the store when they were hit by the suspects, after a brief struggle the alarm went off and the thieves took off empty handed. Neither worker was injured. We are just nine days away from the arrival of pope francis and new jersey officials want folks to know that its easier to get to the festivities from across the river than previously thought. John rawlins is live with the update. Reporter hi there, this new wrinkle has to do with prime parking space on the camden waterfront, there are literally acres of those Parking Spaces now in place and it may help entice additional people get out of their homes and across the river to see the pope. The camden river front will be open for preregistered parking, of privately operated vehicles a reversal from last months ban on private car parking for the papal visit and then it was announced the waterfront was reserved for buses with pilgrams but they failed to materialize, they quickly rolled out a website that for 43. 83 theres you can get a permit. Its a one page printable piece of paper that is carried by the driver in the car. The hope 8,000 plus drivers are sign up and come to camden, and go to the patco station and soak up the 60,000 still unsold patco passes, some dishardened garden staters will avoid the pope and the complicated parking zones, the message was relax and park and go. It should be a joyous occasion, dont not go if you want to see the pope. Reporter so will these lots fill up at 40 some buck a pop . Well see. To get a permit you need to go to the website, gatewaytothepope. Com. Well have a link on our website at 6abc. Com. John thank you. Meanwhile the centerpiece of the papal mass is taking shape on the ben franklin parkway, construction crews started to piece together the large metal structure that will encompass the stage, but when its finished it will look like this. You can see where pope francis will sit as well as the choir and dig tear yeas, the coverage continues online at 6abc. Com pope, there we have a closer look at the highway and bridge closures while the pontiff is in town and a closer look at how the ben franklin parkway will be transformed to welcome pope francis, hundreds of veterans hoping to find a new career met with companies today, the action cam was on the battleship new jersey for a job fair, representatives for 43 businesses were there to answer questions and do some interests viewing they want to fill jobs with military with men and women that they say can bring a special skill set to the table. Good luck everyone. A check of the highways now with matt pellman in the traffic center. We try to get to the phillies game, this wednesday evening there is trouble both ways on 95, coming southbound a truck broke down and is now off to the side but not before giving us a travel time three times what it should be. And on 95 northbound in delco, again a travel time three times what it should be, jam solid from the state line to the Commodore Barry bridge taking out the left lane, a house fire is closing down new road and 452 gets you around that and state street is closed for dining under the stars and that means a chunk of the 11 trolley is not running, but as you can see slowing on the northbound side headed towards 295, so still not so great rick and monica. Thank you matt. More to come on action news tonight, new information about the helmet attack on the north jersey football field yesterday. What officials decided to do. And now cecily tynan is live with our Outdoor Adventure at the philadelphia zoo. Rocky is a box turting and they are called a box turtle because the bottom has a hinge and they can close up like a box, they are threatened in areas including new jersey and a lot of people see them and want to bring them in as pets. Ill feed the polar bears live and talk about how long this weather will continue live at the philadelphia zoo. Rocky wants to swim. The polar bear is like when will we eat already . Jaime apody has sports including the eagles taking on dallas this weekend. Lets 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 its time to clear the air. Vote for the clean power plan. A north jersey Football Player that ripped off a players helmet was s ped. It took place between arch rivals, lyndon and imaclata, the injured player needed 10 stitches to close a head wound and the school board is pursuing his own disciplinary measures. Jaime apody is here now with sports. What is the best way to move on after a loss. Play the cowboys. Eat a hoagie. Its cowboys week enough said, eagles got back on the field getting ready to face the Team Everyone around here loves to hate. Couldnt possibly have a bigger game this early in the season, the last thing they would need to would be to fall behind two games to these guys already. When you play on monday whether its good or bad, you get to come back and have a short week and get back to it. Now we dont think about it, we think about the cowboys and moving forward. It helps we are playing the cowboys all the focus is on dallas, no time to sulk or mourn, it is one game. A little bit of cowboys karma, Demarco Murray almost crushed by a falling banner during his press conference. Of course murray had a banner year for the boys last season and they let him walk during free agency. This is a game its a sweet tooth, im doing the same thing im doing, not doing anything different not trying to go out and do this or that or be special, im going owe run our plays and be there. Murray called himself emotionalless when it comes to these things. He is a great player, he has been a great player in this league really since he came in, was always productive for us and a great human being and we were lucky to have him here when he was here, that is the business of the nfl, guys move on to other teams and he is acompetitor, and we are focused on ourselves. The Phillies First team to 90 losses, last night Steven Strasburg and the nats. We love a local winner, congrats to elaina delle donne, the star was named the wnba mvp. She averaged a league best many, and only missed 11 free slows, finally back to football, the eagles resigned evander built, he was waived in the final cut down in the preseason, so what is he doing with himself. He is training for the celtic high lan games and even bought a kilt, he is staying in shape by throwing giant logs and axes. Its kind of the same thing, you throw rocks, its big rocks, that or the caber toss. It looks leak a lot of fun but it will have to wait until another time im afraid. He has bigger fish to fry like the cowboys. Maybe hell play the cowboys game in a kilt. That is a whole other story. Wow. He better play rough thank you jaime. This is a special day at camdens newest school, the new 1 100,000 square Foot Charter School has new technology and a gym and was created under the urban hope act that creates quality schools in camden, trenton and newark. Oh my gosh, its the guy from last night. What . can i jump on your wifi . Yeah, you can try it. Hey i had a really good time last night. Yeah, me too. The only thing is that. The only thing is what . Whats the only thing . Oh my gosh hes married. Hes a kleptomaniac. Hes a pyromaniac. Hes a total maniac. Hey hey go back to your wife you sociopath leave slow internet behind. Get the fastest wifi available for better streaming. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Tea . Get out of the past. Get fios. A wave of gameday excitement is rolling into dunkin. Taste the new tailgater breakfast sandwich, stacked with smoked sausage, fireroasted peppers, and onions. America runs on dunkin. Back we go to meteorologist, cecily tynan at the a zoo. Laura is with us and we have coldy locks behind us and one of the two polar bears at the philadelphia zoo, an attract for a long time. Both of our girls are in their 30s and they are absolutely favorites, they love to see them frolic in the pool. I dont know if you can zoom in on the nose, i brought the fish out and her nose was twitching for a while. They can smell their fresh prey from six miles away, and something not fresh, from ten miles away. Ill wake her up and start throwing fish in. Come on come on i got dinner here, we are talking about animals that are endangered and in 20 years we may only be able to see them here at a zoo. That is very true, polar bears are one of our most vulnerable animals, its easy for taos make a difference with polar bears, they are threatened by climate change, and we can change that by conserving energy and turning off lights. She is conserving her energy now. That is what they do in the wild. 80 of the time they nap and sleep, like many of your big carnivores, they hunt and then conserve energy. We have one month before boo at the zoo. Get your costumes ready now. Come see klondike and coldy locks, and trick or treat around the zoo and have a good time. And coldy locks does not want to eat any fish because that was a good throw, thank you laura. And thank you coldy locks, we go from talking about polar bears to talking about summer weather it was certainly warm today, philadelphia currently 85 degrees and allentown 87 and philadelphia reached a high of 87 today, millville 84 and cape may 86 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have High Pressure right over us, really not a cloud in the sky from the hudson bay to central virginia, its another clear and comfortable night, another great night for sleeping, patchy fog is developing and 53 in the suburbs and the High Pressure is drifting off the midatlantic coast and the front across the great lakes means we get a southwesterly flow, and we stay in the warm flow of air and 87 degrees, feeling like summer and the humidity creeps up a little bit by the weekend and all in all tolerable. Its an ozone action day, if you have respiratory or heart problems limit your time outdoors, the ocean temperature 72 degrees and the air temperature tomorrow 81 degrees and lots of sunshine with the afternoon sea breeze, the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast it is looking good, thursday, friday and saturday, 87 degrees and on saturday it will get a touch more humid and sunday a cold front rolls through dry and this brings us more in the form of clouds and drops temperatures in the low 80s and monday, tuesday and wednesday, this is when we get a big change in our weather pattern and its unsettled and temperatures in the mid70s, yom kippur begins at sun down and autumn arrives at 4 20 wednesday morning, it actually feels like fall, so coldy locks didnt want to eat but a beautiful animal and a reminder about conservation, back to you guys. Thank you cecily. While you are all outside enjoying the weather tonight, keep up with accuweather on our website at 6abc. Com. You can fine the sevenday forecast. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team is standing by with these stories next at 6 00, preparations continue for the papal visit, we have updated information on parking and wireless service. Organize home front unveiled its brand new family campus in ewing, im Nora Muchanic well look at what is inside and how they plan to serve the homeless. Now for adam joseph, cecily tynan, Monica Malpass and the entire Action News Team have a great night. Action News Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. Wednesday night a Montgomery County college slashes tuition and work begins on a historic Philadelphia Hotel to give it new life. But the big story on action news tonight is the city of Philadelphia Moving one day closer to its appointment with the pope, and this is the way it looked today on the ben franklin parkway, crews were up in the air building the stage that will contain the papal alter for sundays giant mass, on the pash way is david henry. Bring us up to date on the papal preparation. The work you just mentioned is still underway on the parkway, the super structure and the popes alter is still underway, millions of people are expected to be out here for the two events, but what happens when people use their phones to make calls and send their pictures out on social media. This is an unheard of type of event and a once in a lifetime events and people want to share their moment with the world, that is why technicians turn its parkway into a giant hot spot, 37