Museum it was just like you couldnt move. You just couldnt move. It was cars coming from all directions. Reporter the inner lanes of the parkway from 20th street to eakins oval were closed thursday. They anticipated delays led septa to detour bus routes that lamar bonner didnt know about. I was standing on the corner waiting for the bus and i happened to look at the sign and there was a detour sign and i was standing there for about 45 minutes. Reporter its all to make way for the construction needed for the festival and papal mass which will take place on the parkway. As the afternoon commute approached, traffic seemed lighter and delays minimal. The stage workers think the public got the message. People tried to get around the best they can. You know, the information comes out over the newscasts and over the radio and i think people adjust to whatevers going on. Its philadelphia. We adjust. Reporter and we he will see over the next week plus the outer lanes are expected to close on thursday. That really is going to snarl traffic around here. Now, as for those detoured bus routes, there are six of them. Septa recommends you check out their web site for the list of detoured routes so you can catch the bus and get to your place on time. We are live along the ben franklin parkway, jeff chirico, action news. Jeff, thank you. Meanwhile the secretary of Homeland Security was in do you know today taking a look at philadelphia security plan for the popes visit. Jeh johnson along with secret Service Director joe clancy also gave final approval to contingency plans for all of the papal events. Johnson stressed that right now there is no security issue to worry about. We know of no specific credible threat directed at the popes visit here to this city. And so we fully anticipate a successful and safe visit. Officials also showed off their Communication Center today. It will be the hub for more than 50 public safetyrelated agencies that are here during the pontiffs visit. Sunday night is when the city will begin together vehicles that arent removed from the designated papal security zones. Strict parking regulations will be in place from the art museum past city hall. Residents in the area do have options to park in city garages or on certain streets with the cityissued pass. Action News Reporter vern odom will have details on the options coming up in a live report at 5 30. And our coverage of the upcoming papal visit continues on High Pressure. There we have a closer look at the highway and bridge closures while the pontiff is in town. You can get a look at how the ben franklin parkway is slowly but surely being transformed to welcome pope francis to town. In other news the search continues for the person who set a Philadelphia Restaurant under construction on fire. It happened earlier this week in center city and federal officials are now offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest. Action News Reporter eva pilgrim live at the scene at 13th and chancellor streets with more. Eva. Reporter monica, investigators say this fire that destroyed the building was the work of an arsonist. Theyre asking for your help to find the person who started it. Meanwhile, some residents are still displaced and others today had questions. This is the man investigators are looking for after flames engulfed this corner at 13th and chancellor. I woke up at 4 a. M. Because my air conditioned room was very hot. I got up and looked out the window. The flames were reaching up to my floor. Thats the 12th floor. Reporter this is viewer video of the fire tuesday morning. I was just scared. I wasnt sure where the fire was and i wasnt i went out without my shirt. Lucky the firemen they were able to provide me he a tshirt. It was 4 a. M. It was cold. Reporter the fire started at a restaurant that was under construction. Investigators wont say where it started but do say someone set this fire on purpose. Nearby cameras caught a shot of someone walking near the building at the time investigators are calling this man a person of interest. It was approximately 1 million in damage that was done to that structure and the two adjacent structures and also displaced approximately 40 individuals from their homes. Reporter the grammercy building is still considered uninhabitable. At the chancellor the other building evacuated some residents have returned but they noticed an unsafe structure notice on the buildings door. That definitely concerns me. Reporter action news reached out to licenses and inspection and discovered the notice didnt currently apply and since the property manager wouldnt take the notice down, an inspector from l and i eventually came to remove it. Residents say all of this has left them shaken. I probably will be moving the next year. Reporter now, there is a 5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. If you have any information about who that man is in the picture, youre asked to contact atf. In center city, eva pilgrim, channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you, eva. This morning a somber ceremony remembered Service Members who are prisoners of war or are missing in action. Members of the American Legion and other veterans Groups Joined local leaders outside the Montgomery County courthouse today in norristown. They gathered around the Vietnam Memorial and laid this wreath at the site. A day of recognition of pows and mias is held every year on the third friday of september. Turning to the forecast now, weve will a pretty perfect week and the nice weather will continue into the weekends. There will be a bit of a change. Meteorologist cecily tynan is outside with the weekend details from accuweather and its only a few days of summer left, cecily, hm. Thats right. Fall officially arrives next wednesday. By then temperatures will be in the 70s but its still feeling like summer today. Take a look at the current temperatures. Philadelphia 82 degrees. The average high has now dropped down to 77. The temperatures well above average inland. You really have to go to the shore, the poconos to have temperatures in the 70s. The shore with that sea breeze, Sea Isle City 76 degrees, Atlantic City airport, 78. The poconos 75. But reading and allentown and trenton 83 degrees. And wilmington 82. So, for your friday night, the evening planner showing its going to be a gorgeous night. At 7 oclock, 79 degrees dropping to 77 by 8 oclock. 9 oclock, 73 and by 10 oclock, 70 degrees. Another night of relatively low humidity, clear skies, temperatures dropping down into the 50s and 60s. Now, a wide view on Satellite Six along with action radar showing two features that im tracking. There is one cold front, you can see he that line of some showers and clouds across the midwest. That will be moving in saturday night into sunday morning. A lot of that moisture, though, will be evaporating. Well just have clouds and cooler air and then also theres low pressure down over florida that will be watching for early next week. But the temperatures show you that we have another day of warm air before we begin to stepdown with the temperatures. So, this is whats ahead. It will be a warm somewhat more humid saturday. Clouds will be rolling in and that will bring cooler weather on sunday. Ill have details on that and an update on what to expect next week coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Monica. Thank you cecily. Well, 26 immigrants are thrilled to be the newest u. S. Citizens in mount holly, new jersey. This naturalization ceremony is part of the observance of citizenship day and juror appreciation week. Officials iny administered the oath of allegiance then congratulated the applicants. It happened at the old courthouse on high street today and a big congratulations. Uhhuh. All right. Good for them. Time now for a check of our action news traffic report on a friday night. Take it live to matt pelman in the action news traffic center. T. G. I. F. Matt. We made it guys. When were tempted to complain about the traffic on this friday night which you will be tempted to complain but keep that in mind its not nearly as bad as next friday night is probably going to be. Yeah, as we head home on the schuylkill expressway westbound side stop and go the whole way from University Avenue through this point at city avenue on out to the blue route. Mainly its just a lot of friday afternoon volume. We had a couple earlier accidents on the northbound side of the blue route near conshohocken but they cleared out pretty quickly so mostly its just a lot of people trying to get west on the schuylkill this afternoon. Lets go out and about on 95 as well with many speeds in the teens around the art museum it is still kind of a mess. Inner drives of the parkway closed through september 29th so that mess is going to continue. Also got a mess this afternoon in Chester County in the southbound lanes of 202. Its because of a crash right in the work zone approaching four or one taking out one of the two lanes. So, coming down from 29 youre looking at single digit speeds in that normally busy spot and theres an accident involving a pedestrian in paoli along 30 lancaster avenue at 252 by the 7eleven and the pnc. In douglas township, still have a crash on the southbound side of 100 at county line road by the rednors. Fire police are helping you around that. Luckily no longer a vehicle fire along 295 in camden county. Thats gone but speeds are still in the 20s because of the earlier fire activity and in Monroe Township gloucester county, still have that downed pole from the crash earlier this afternoon along 322 at piney hollow road. One of the eastbound lanes remain closed. Well check it again, probably give you more complaints rick and monica in the next half hour. Understandable. Lot going on. Thank you. We dont like it. Much more to come on action news at 5 00. A Texas High School Football Player who took a shot at a referee are apologizing. Hear what they say happened on the field. Hear how researchers are linking smoking to diabetes. Thats coming up in health check. Those stories and more. Cecily is back with your weekend forecast from accuweather when action news at noon. At 5 00. Dont go back. Just a moment. Going forward. 5 00 Dunkin Donuts dark roast coffee is deliciously roasted for a bold start and smooth finish. 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Two Texas High School Football Players are offering to apologize for tackling a referee. This is video of the incident which happened outside santonio. Victor rojas and Michael Moreno blind sided the referee from behind. In an exclusive interview with abc they admit they targeted the man but they add that an assistant coach told them to do it. He pulled me and another player and told us, you know, you need to hit the ref. He needs to pay the price. For what. He told one of my hispanic friends, he told him speak english, this is america. And then. Did you hear that or did one of your friends tell that you. No, i heard it. And to an africanamerican on our team he told them the nword. The School District plans to file a formal complaint against the referee who through his lawyer is denying the allegations about using racial slurs. No word yet if any criminal charges will be filed against the players. All right, in health check tonight, some of the goodwill ambassadors for the popes visit were brushing up on their skills today. Members of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association attended a program at Moss Rehab Center center city on disability etiquette. Disability etiquette. Many work for hotels, museums and other popular tourist spots. With many people with disabilities expected in town next weekend its important for those in the Service Industry to know whats right in prong in interago acting with them and theres at least one principle we can all learn. If you ever feel like youd like to help someone with a disability certainly ask that person if they want your help and then how you can help them. But even those who werent there can learn the dos and donts as well. Moss rehab has put videos online showing some common mistakes and they can be used free of charge. A new study shows mostly clouding isnt just tied to heart disease. It can also lead to diabetes. Researchers found active smokers have a 37 percent higher risk of developing diabetes than nonsmokers and for heavy smokers that risk is up to 57 percent higher. Also, exposure to second hand spoke can raise your chance of diabetes. However, smokers who were able to quit for more than 10 years will see their risk factor go back down. Jason and kelly finley of new york just wanted a seconds baby but guess what, they got three more babies. They had identical triplets which they say is a one in a 50 million chance according to doctors. The finleys say they feel like they won the genetic lottery now with owen, noah and miles. The three babies were born seven weeks early but they are now out of the hospital and at home doing well. Now, the family has a special system to keep the look alike boys apart so they know which one has been fed, et cetera. Owen wears blue, no what wears gray and miles wears green and by the way, their toenails are painted to match for bath time. The great pantry makeover. Thats it was. The Richardson Park Community Action food pantry on south maryland avenue was getting refurbished and restocked today. Workers with the Food Lion Grocery he store chain provided the manpower painting and repairing the pantry in the morning and restocking its brand new refrigerator in the afternoon. The month of september is Hunger Action month in delaware and this was part of a series of events and programs to hopefully raise awareness. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. Wireless giant verizon is setting its sights on cuba. It will be the first u. S. Wireless company to allow customers to make calls, text and use data on the island. Verizon has set up roaming agreements with Cuban Telecom companies and that allows verizon customers to use their cell phones while on the island. Wireless in cuba wont be cheap. Phone calls are 2. 99 a minute, data is over two dollars per mega bite and text will be charged at international rates. Cocacola says it was notified by the irs that it owes more than 3 billion more dollars in federal taxes. The atlanta based company says it believes that assessment is without merit. The Beverage Company says its a disagreement over the and in cocacola makes from licensing its products overseas and just how much of that money should be considered taxable income in the u. S. Saint joesephs university has a new leader who is also making history. The action cam was at mark reads inauguration this morning here on campus. He is the first lay president in the jesuit colleges 164 year history. Read, a philadelphia native, was unanimously elected to the position back in april. Before coming to saint joes he was a Senior Vice President at Fairfield University in connecticut. The wheel of fortune wheel mobile is in our area this weekend in search of contestants. All you have to do is try out. Head to the Claridge Hotel at park place and the boardwalk tomorrow and sunday from noon to 4 00 p. M. All ages are welcome to attend 6789 fans of americas number one syndicated series will be randomly chosen to play a simulated version of the game on state. You can win prizes and a chance to be a real contestants on the wheel of fortune. Coming up next on action news at 5 00 well check that all important accuweather forecast. Heading outside looking at sky6 hd. It is a pretty evening especially on delaware avenue. Meteorologist cecily tynan has the details from accuweather, a closer look at the weekend as well when we come right back. More kids are suffering from asthma and we still have no limits on Carbon Pollution which can lead to more asthma attacks in children but senator toomey has voted repeatedly to let polluters keep releasing unlimited Carbon Pollution into the air. And took more than one Million Dollars from the polluters. Tell senator toomey to vote for the clean power plan, because unlimited pollution shouldnt be a right. But playing outside should be. Time for accuweather. Meteorologist cecily tynan has been keeping a close eye on the forecast and the weekend. If you like it today, youll like tomorrow and perhaps sunday as well. Exactly right. Actually by sunday well be cooling off a bit. A lot of people saying this doesnt feel like september, it feels like august but we have cooler air arriving by sunday. But right now were live on sky6 on the Temple University camera looking at william penn atop city hall. Good amount of sunshine out there, some hazy sunshine, some high thin clouds and temperatures again on the warm side. Average high for this time of the year is now 77 degrees. But were better than that. Philadelphia its 82. Allentown, trenton and reading 83. Wilmington 82 and if you see those arrows, youll notice that the winds are out of the southeast. Thats an on shore flow so that means it is cooler on the beaches currently. Cape may 75 degrees and Atlantic City and beach haven 78. Now, satellite6 along with action radar showing whats going on, we have High Pressure still in control of our weather but what that High Pressure will be doing is nudging out of here over the week and this cold front will be moving through saturday night into sunday morning. Theres not a lot of moisture associated with it so it will likely just bring us some clouds, perhaps a couple sprinkles and then this low pressure, i talked about this yesterday down over florida, that will be rolling up the eastern seaboard but the latest computer models keep it pretty far off shore on monday and it keeps it rolling around. Association it looks like next week will not be quite as unsettled as initially thought. Tonight, though, great night for football if youre heading to a High School Game tonight, were looking at clear skies, comfortable conditions with a light wind at 7 oclock, 79 degrees. By 10 oclock, down to 70 degrees and overnight lows again will be dropping down into the 50s and 60s. Pretty much clear skies, a little bit of patchy fog by day break. Philadelphia 64 degrees, millville 59, allentown 55, wilmington 61 and trenton 60. So, future tracker showing as we head through the day tomorrow, well see a good amount of sunshine earlier and then by saturday night, sunday morning, this is when the clouds roll in and this will also have an impact on the temperatures. Tomorrows temperatures again rising up into the 80s. Very much like today. A little bit more humid. On sunday, though, behind that cold front, temperatures will be stuck in the 70s so its going the start a little bit feeling more like fall than summer. Association the five day at 5 00 showing tomorrow mostly sunny and warm, again slightly on the humid side, dewpoints in the 60s not that bad. 86 degrees the high. On sunday for the eagles game for the union game, well see a mixture of clouds and sun, more clouds in the morning, some peeks of sunshine by the afternoon, 78 degrees and next week as we heads towards fall, temperatures will be holding in the 70s. Well let you know if those last through the end of week in the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast in about 20 minutes, guys. Weekend all in all pretty nice. Thank you cecily. Much more to come in the next half hour of action news at 5 00 several female priests are challenging catholic law and charting a new path in delawar delaware coy well introduce you to them. The texas police cleve under fire for arresting a young inventor. Nature lovers have a new place to stretch their legs here in Montgomery County. Those stories and much more when action news at 5 00 continues in just a moment. Everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 Percent Fiber Optic Network to the home, so you can get access to the Fastest Internet and inhome wifi available. And fios gives you big capacity too. So everyone in the house can get online. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Ultimately, thats why. Get 25 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 350 back. Hurry, offer ends september 19th. Get out of the past. Get fios. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again. Heres whats happening on action news tonight. Time is ticking down for center city drivers who use Street Parking to move their cars before they are towed ahead of the papal visit. Were live with the latest from the ppa. A local fortune teller put in handcuffs after one of her clients went to police. Well explain why she was arrest heed. The house of representatives takes aim at planned parenthood. More on what happened today on capitol hill. As you know pope francis will be headed to philadelphia in just one week now. Many restrictions will go into effect this weekend particularly ones that have to do with parking within the traffic box. Thousands of folks who rely on Street Parking will now have to have a flan place. They need to pick up a Philadelphia Parking Authority placard move their cars out of the zone or risk being towed. Ppa officials addressed those options today. Action News Reporter vernon odom is live outside city hall in center city for us with more on that. Good evening, vernon. Reporter good evening, monica, rick. Thats more than a threat, its a genuine real deal guarantee. And right now its beginning to bear down on motorists and Vehicle Owners here in the heart of town. The signs say it clearly. In just over 48 hours, the together begins. Vehicles in the designated security zones mus zones will bd away. Strict parking regulations stretching from the art Museum Southeast past city hall are the first places from which cars must be moved on sunday night to be followed on monday morning by the same procedure in Southwest Center City in and fairmount then moving steadily on throughout designated areas stretching through parts of West Philadelphia by wednesday night the 23rd. There are approximately 6500 Parking Spaces in the area shaded on the map so you can understand the size and scope of this project. I know a lot of people are wondering why we have to begin so early but thats the answer to that question. Its 25 percent of vehicles that historically do not move when they are asked to move for special events such as this. Reporter residents of the affected areas do have an option. Fork over 20 for a parking placard that will allow their cars to legally stay parked on the street until thursday the 24th and also give them access to a parking lot when they do finally have to move. I guess its the price we have to pay for having a Major International event and so im its going to be a little bit of a trouble but i think we can make i think we can put up with it. Its not every day you say the pope is coming to your backyard so reporter youre not bad about the 20 bucks. 20 bucks to see the pope, you go to the vatican its going to cost you 2,000. Reporter rick, City Government expects right now tonight to have to tow up to 1600 vehicles by 10 oclock thursday night. Live at city hall, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. All right, vernon, thank you. Of course 6abc. Com will be your home for live video during the papal visit. Well and streaming our action News Coverage of every major event that takes place along with live feeds from cameras across the area. Youll also be able to watch our online only digital updates. In other news tonight a neighborhood game of dice turned into a crime scene in olney. It happened in the 4500 block of north gratz street. Witnesses told police that several people including the victims were outside about 1 00 a. M. Someone in a jeep pulled up and told them that two men wearing hoodies were headed their way. The group started walking towards them and that is when the suspects opened fire. A 19yearold and a 21yearold were hit. They are expected to be okay. The motive for the shooting is unclear. Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has been ordered to pay 4 million to the daughter of a woman who died under his care. The 74yearold gosnell is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his philadelphia clinic. They also say he gave a woman an overdose of painkillers which killed her. The settlement was awarded to her daughter but layers say its unlikely she will ever see that moneyly they say gosnell is broke and that neither he nor his clinic has insurance. A main line fortune teller is under arrest tonight charged with bilkly more than 20,000 from a customer. Semeinta siganoff was taken into custody and charged with theft by deception. Investigators say siganoff gave spiritual readings and medstation services to a clients last winter. Upon each visit she would dramatically increase her fees. After paying close to 25,000 for services that client went to the authorities. There have been major developments in the baby doe case in boston. Authorities have identified the girl and arrest heed her mother and another man for her death. This is twoyearold bella bond. About a half hour ago Michael Mccarthy will be charged with murder. Bellas mom rachel bond has been arrested for accessory after fact. A run are found her body in a trash bag. Investigators say they got their big break from an anonymous tip which led them to this house. Appears as though it was a situation of a boyfriend who was involved and that apparently i think mother and boyfriend started blaming each other in terms of who harmed the child. There are so many Details Police have not released yet but we also know the Child Welfare officials had contacted bella and her family for those cases were but those cases were investigated and closed back in 2013. The two suspects are expected to be arraigned in court on monday. In washington the house of representatives has voted to cut off planned parenthood federal funds for a year as republicans express outrage over abortion and the organizations harvesting of fetal tissue for research. The vote was nearly party line, 241 to 187. However, the bill has little chance of enactment. Senate democrats have enough votes to block it and it faces a veto threat from president obama as well. Now to the latest on that young inventor who was area evident for building a digital clock that police thought was a fake bomb. Tonight texas Law Enforcement Officials Say that the arresting officers did nothing wrong. Images of Ahmed Mohamed in handcuffs quickly went viral. He was arrest heed after bringing this clock to show his teacher at his irving high school. Well, another teacher became concerned and contacted authorities. Today the Irving Police chief responded to critics who accused him of targeting the young man because hes a muslim. The officers made the best decision they thought that they could make at that time based on the information that they had. Were you afraid ahmed . Were you scared . I was scared at the moment but now i feel mohammed told Good Morning America he told investigators it was just a clock. Eventually police decided not to press charges. World news tonight with david muir will have more on the teen inventor arrest and the response as well as the planned boston baby investigation information. You can watch all of that following action news at 6 00. Pennsylvania senator bob casey wants people to change their habits in an effort to combat Climate Change. The democrat hosted a discussion this afternoon at Eastern University in wayne, Delaware County. His position on Climate Change is similar to pope francis who recently issued a moral call to action. Casey says we cant deny that Climate Change is happening and that it will ultimately impact the worlds food supply. He wants the nation to take the threat seriously. A panel of professors religious leaders and professionals joined him on stage for todays discussion. Main line healthcare broke ground today on its Newest Health center. The action cam in couldnt coreville as the first shovels were put in the ground. Theres only a dirt field right now but here is a rendering of what the building will look like when the 47 million project is completed. The complex will have doctors officers an urgent care facility Wellness Center and multiple pools that can be used for rehabilitation. All right. Time now for an update on the commute home on a friday night. A lot of folks trying to get home and start that weekend. House it going matt. This commute might not be good for your mental and Emotional Health monica and rick as people try to head southbound on 202 through Chester County this evening theyre hitting a wall of traffic from approaching route 29, great valley on down to this point right in the work zone approaching route 401. Thats where an accident happened about 45 minutes ago. Just the right lane is squeezing by. Its extra slow. I might say stick with business 30 instead but theres a crash there at 252 in paoli by the 7eleven involving a pedestrian. So emergency crews are on the scene there. Probably not the best bet. Use the turnpike eastbound. Thats just a little bit slow. Westbound rather. Eastbound is especially slow, 14 Miles Per Hour head toward the midcounty toll plaza. Meanwhile on the northeast extension a warning for this weekend. Its closing. Sunday morning midnight to 6 00 a. M. One of those weekends between midcounty and lansdale. At that point head for 309. Have construction tomorrow on the schuylkill, only one lay lane gets by between conshohocken eastbound to gladwyne. There going to cause delays there. This afternoon it has been big westbound delays on 76. Theres a crash approaching belmont. Luck its off to the side. Have a good weekend, rick and monica. Ill see you men. See you then. Thank you matt. Thank you. A growing trend among catholic churches in europe and now in United States women orderdained as priests. Well introduce you to two Delaware County priest whose are challenging the church to answer their calling. A new trail is welcoming outdoor enthusiasts in Montgomery County. Well take you there. Adam. Monica, another very warm day with sunshine, 80s from the ohio valley to the midatlantic but you can see the dropoff in temperature and its moving in our direction. Well talk about the return to normal temperatures when accuweather returns. Plus Jeff Skversky with sports including eagles and flyers news when action news comes right back. Third annual womens ordination Worldwide International conference is going on right now in philadelphia and the goal is to spread awareness about a growing trend within the catholic church, women orderdained as priests. Action news anchor Tamala Edwards has their story tonight. Great to see you in each of us we pray. Reporter every sunday the community of saint mary mag dean meets at a Methodist Church in direction he sell hill. Prayers and readings are general neutral and a woman always leads the service. They consider themselves priests and this a Roman Catholic church. I thought that it was important to show people that there was another way of doing church. And in a models that was more egalitarian. Reporter they heard a call to do more, a call that pained them to not answer. Carol johnson recalls planning a service of thanksgiving. I could plan the service but i wasnt allowed to take part because i wasnt orderdained and i wasnt orderdained because i was a woman. Reporter in 2002, the first women were orderdained by did he have finder male bishops in europe. Soon after the movement took hold in the u. S. Over 200 women worldwide now call themselves catholic priests. In fact this weekend this video showing women doing things like leading mass, ministering to the sick and performing marriages will be shown at an International Conference of women priests going on right here in philadelphia. And on thursday, just days before the popes arrival, the group will ordain three new female bishops. At the church in drexel hill banners read nothing now. Its like early Church Mother whos some scholars say served in roles. Vatican refuses to accept women priest. Everyone at this service, women priests and anyone who attends is considered excommunicated, a fact that doesnt seem to bother them. Once youre baptized nobody can take your baptism away from you and i dont think that an excommunication can do anything to keep you away from god. Reporter still, they applaud pope francis especially his work with the poor. Though they dont expect him to even acknowledge them next weekend or ever. I feel like ive lived outside the pale when i whole life. I dont mind staying there until i die. Reporter pope francis is no stranger to going off script ton controversy. Well see if he shocks these prodigal daughters with some sort of embrace. Tamala edwards, channel6 action news. Eaglescowboys home opener, big stuff this weekend. Cant wait. After the way they looked monday night in atlanta this game cant get here soon enough. Bring on the boys. The home opener against the cowboys cant get here soon enough. The eagles, they catch a break this sunday. They wont face starry receiver dez bryant or defensive end randy gregory. Both are out with injuries. Eagles quarterback sam bradford will have all of his offensive stars sunday at 4 25 including Demarco Murray and he will face his former team for the first time. So, how does the loss of murray change the cowboys offense . The eagles say it doesnt. Its really not that much different. I mean, you prepare for the system. You obviously understand the players youre going against and we have a lot of respect for those running backs they have there. But again, they got the same offensive line, the same quarterback, theyre running, you know, similar plays and thats what were preparing for. Every time you prepare for a game you have, you know, was think theyre going to run, what theyve run in the past but nothing guaranteed. They can come out with a whole new game plan if they want to. We have a plan going in but we have to be ready to adjust to anything they do. Demarco murray claims its just another game so does chip kelly. Please, come on, its cowboys week. Even espn analyst ron jaworski says come on chip show some emotion towards the cowboys. Dallas game both times, thats what vermeil taught me. Thats the game you look forward to and i would like to see chip kelly get more excited about dallas and dallas week. I know hes kind of flat line when it comes to dealing with the opponents and you can say what you want in the meeting room, we all know every game is important, every play is important those are all great buzz words but in this town theres always been a hatred for the dallas cowboys. Its always been the big rivalry game. I would like to see chip kelly get excited about playing the cowboys because if hes excited these fans will get all lathered up. Cant wait. Flyers looking to avoid missing the playoffs in back to back seasons for the first time in more than 20 years and the work starts today on the ice in voorhees with a new coach and a much tougher camp. Dave hextall and the flyers on the ice for the first full day of training camp. Hextall pushing Claude Giroux and company to the max. Intense session followed by another one in the afternoon. Some guys were hunched over during and after practices trying to catch their breath. They need to put in the work now to turn this around. Summer is longer and youre kind of waiting for the summer to end and for camp to start. After we get that first day off in, i think its good to be back again. Been looking forward to this day to be able to get out and be on the ice with the players. Big 6foot six Roman Catholic basketball star Laura Stevens finally revealed the decision today. Stevens will play basketball next year at penn state. Stevens is one of the best players in pennsylvania. Hes rate add four starry cute. Speaking of high school dont Forget High School huddle after action news at 11 00. Thank you jeff. We have breaking news right now out of north philadelphia. Chopper six live over the scene at 24th and allegheny. Only about 20 minutes ago there was apparently a fight on a route 60 septa bus. It got out of hand enough apparently that the bus driver pulled over, somebody called police and Philadelphia Police are now investigating what went down on that bus. Somebody or several people got in a fight that disrupted the bus service of the route 60 bus as it was traveling through north philadelphia. Thats all we know except that fortunately no injuries or arrests so far but police are still investigating. You can see it has shut down part of the lanes there as they investigate. Everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 Percent Fiber Optic Network to the home, so you can get access to the Fastest Internet and inhome wifi available. And fios gives you big capacity too. So everyone in the house can get online. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Ultimately, thats why. Get 25 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 350 back. Hurry, offer ends september 19th. Get out of the past. Get fios. Meteorologist adam joseph here now for a closer look at that weekend and boy, its a winner. It is. From start to finish. Yup. Going to have temperatures sliding a little bit but the sunshine is going to stick around. Okay. Lets take a look at double scan live radar. A lack of rain around here this week but well above normal temperatures. However, those temperatures are finally, if youre sick of the stretch of heat in september will slide back to that normal near 77 degrees. But today we hit 84 degrees this afternoon. 63 was the low this morning. Your records 42 degrees and 90 degrees. That 90 was set way back in the late 1800s. Right now to the north and west we have cut the numbers back just a little bit because the sun at this point is lower on the horizon so our afternoon highs typically come around the 4 oclock hour now. Its 79 in pottstown, 79 in saint davids, 84 degrees in chester. Up in tannersville 79. To the south and east a bit of a sea breeze. Sea isle city, the boardwalk into the mid 70s. Bridgeton at 78 degrees and even the state of delaware with that wind coming in out of the southeast, although its light its still pulling off of the water of 78 degrees so that match its air temperature. As we look at satellite and radar, weve got a cold front to the north and west. This finally is breaking down, is going to buck this pattern that we have been in. Also we have low pressure off and south of the carolinas. This will slowly lift off to the north, not tropical in nature and were not expecting any heavy rain with either feature. As we he look at the forecast for tonight, a clear sky, some fog developing late, 55 to 64 degrees. And then High Pressure is wedged on the eastern seaboard. Not only today but one more day tomorrow. So, as of late, we have that jet stream way to the north with a surge of 80s and 90s for much of the country. But that high is breaking down, the jet stream buckles back to the south, low pressure drops out of canada. That will also feed into the low off of the carolinas and that brings next weeks temperatures back to the 70s, cooler and a bit more on the cloudy side. So, saturday tomorrow no matter where you are, looking pretty good. A lot of sun in the city, 86 degrees. If youre heading to the shore, beautiful, 78 with a sea breeze and in the poconos, a few high clouds, 76 degrees and then for that big game on sunday at the linc with the eagles versus the cowboys at 4 25, kickoff 77, Fourth Quarter 72 degrees. Very pleasant with a decent amount of sunshine. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, 86 tomorrow, another warm day. A little more humid as well than the last few dames well see a ribbon of clouds come with a front early on sunday. That drops the temperatures to 78 but still a good amount of sun in the afternoon. Post front with a lack of any rain and then clouds will dominate as its looking monday and tuesday with some sunshine, maybe a shower but thats about it with respect to rain. Temperatures in the middle 70s and we stay in the upper 70s as it turns a little brighter here wednesday and beyond as we officially welcome fall in the middle of next week, guys. All right. Thank you so much. Meantime folks who love the outdoors will enjoy the new pennypack trail extension here in huntingdon valley. County officials were there for the Ribbon Cutting today. This is a 2. 7mile extension. Of course it will draw walkers runners bicyclists families and many others. This is at the intersection of route 63 and went wood road off of welsh road. 130 yards now. Bills got a very tough lie here. Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, you whisper. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. This golf course is electric. Jim gardner and the Action News Team standing by with these stories and next at 6 00. The popes visit just over a week away but the traffic headaches have already begun. We have the latest from the ben franklin parkway. Police increase patrols in downtown wilmington following a deadly stabbing earlier this week. Well hear from a bus driver who tried to help the victim. That and much more coming up next. Now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody Jeff Skversky Monica Malpass the entire Action News Team, im Rick Williams. Have a nice weekend. Good night. Good night. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. Friday night, there is new information about the social media crime against middle school girls in radnor and Surveillance Video shows Armed Robbers who took 50,000 worth of jewelry from a south philadelphia store. But the big story on action news tonight is a clear sign that the pope is coming. Just a week before the big weekend, traffic is already a mess in the area of the papal altar. The inner lanes of the ben franklin parkway have been closed and eakins oval has become a choke point. Somebody once said you aint seen nothing yet. Action News Reporters john rawlins and jeff chirico are on the beat tonight. Reporter what a difference a few hours make. If you can look behind me traffic is actually moving along at a good clip here on the parkway but this morning, this was extremely hectic. It was packed. Drivers were frustrated and its all because of whats happening to your left. The inner lanes of the parkway are shut down to start the construction here for the papal visit. This was the scene within the past hour on the ben franklin parkway. Traffic jammed in some spots but cruising along in others. Its a little congested but its moving. Reporter the morning commute, however, a fiasco he
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