Today. We bring you live to the Divine Lorraine Hotel as Developers Start to renovate the building. And we have an update on philadelphias plans for the pope and a new option for parking during his visit. But the big story on action news at noon is a robbery outside of the school, in the frankford section of philadelphia, where four student as rived for class, Katherine Scott is talking to parents and joins us live at the school. Reporter sara the school yard is now open but it was cordoned off this morning as detectives investigated this assault, this yard is positioned behind this Elementary School and a woman was robbed and hit in the head with a gun before School Started and now they are looking into whether the attacker attempted to sexually assault her. Crime tape blocked off the school yard at John MarshallElementary School this morning. Police were called out to the school after a woman says she was attacked. Parents were alarmed to see police as they showed up to drop off their children. A lot of cops out here and nobody knows why, it made me nervous when i came up here. My son starts kindergarten and i want to know if they are safe. A woman says she was attacked and the suspect stole her purse with 50 in cash. They believe the man is between 1 and 20 years old, police are investigating if he attempted to sexually assault the victim, the School System says a call went out to parents asking them to use the main entrance, a district spokesperson says that the staff was prepared to answer questions from parents this morning. You can use the main entrance to allow the children to come in and the staff, well have a full school day today. Back here live, there is a surveillance camera right near where the attack happened, so far police have not released any foota footage, we hear that part of this incidents may have been captured on camera. Thank you. In other news, detectives are searching for suspects in what appeared to be a well planned heist of prescription drugs in philadelphias fernrock section, three men arrived at the pharmacy at broad and grain streets. Two of them used crowbars and power saws to break through the back doors and cut the alarm system. Once inside they went for specific medications and an accomplice worked as a lookout outside. They attempted to saw their way into the safe and at one time they were alerted by their look yoult to stop and leave, they got into a waiting vehicle and they left on grange avenue with bottles of prescriptions. A man died early this morning after he was shot in west kensington, police are looking for suspects in the attack. It happened on 4th and cambridge streets last night. They found shell cases nearby and cars were hilt by bullets. The popes arrival in philadelphia is now nine days and just over 21 hours away, mayor Michael Nutter gave us an update on the plans early this morning and is urging philadelphians to take part in the fest visits, david murphy is live at city hall with more on that. Hey rick, no major announcements with this, just keeping odds and ends of things, this took on something of a pep rally for mayor nutter as he urged everyone to get excited. We heard a lot about the inconvenience of the staging of this major effort. But the mayor is urging everybody to roll with it and enjoy this unprecedented event. I am asking philadelphians that are not joyfully anticipating the arrival of pope francis, there are people all over the world that may never have the opportunity we will have to welcome a leader of International Performance to their home town let alone see him in person. We have the opportunity, lets make the most of it. Mayor nutter reminds everyone we are just ten days away from the popes visit and now is the time to start making final preparation, he says that philadelphia is on a world stage here and he is asking everyone to show civic pride, this is truly a chance to shine. They did get into particulars, the Police Department briefed us on Staffing Levels and all time off is canceled for Police Officers that weekend and all Police Officers will be on 12hour shifts and shifting their operations within the Festival Grounds to outside of the grounds to facilitate things easier, and they are adding a power shift from 4 00 a. M. Until 8 00 a. M. , that is extra staffing, that is the traditional high crime hours, and the mayor announced something we already had on 6 abc, that is people that live in the vehicle security zones that have to move their vehicles if you already have a parking permit for that zone, youll be able to park in that zone with your permit without getting ticketed. This is a city wide celebration, there may be restrictions and the entire city is open for business as usual, with one exception, trash collection is canceled on friday the 25th and on monday the 28th and then resumes as normal on tuesday, the bottom line here is that this city is in for an unprecedented celebration, let everyone get into the spirit and lets enjoy it. David henry, channel 6 action news. Thank you. This reminder, can you find everything you need to know about the papal visit by visiting 6abc. Com pope, we have information on expanded permit parking and the latest road closures and learn how to see the pope during his two scheduled parades. Its another Beautiful Day across the region, the latest in the streak of picture perfect weather, sky 6 hd seeing the view in center city, pretty out there, conditions are sunny and warm with low humidity, lets get the latest from david murphy outside of the studios. Outside is the place to be, plenty of sunshine really warming up after a cool september start this morning, take a look at satellite and very little going on in the way of cloud cover and a few more high, cirrus clouds, and the numbers are climbing, 81 degrees in philadelphia and 79 in all allentown and 80 in wilmington and across most of the region warmer this time today than it was this time yesterday, well be adding a few degrees to the thermometer this afternoon, a high of 87 degrees, well above the average high of 78 and tonights overnight low 63 a bit above average, we are in the middle of an above average run, starting yesterday with the high of 83 and the next four days we are on or about 87, the average high 78 to 77 as we head into friday, by the end of the week well be 10 degrees above average, when does this end, its going to, and well talk about that, a little tweak to the sunday call, the eagles are home for the home opener and the union is also home and ill have the latest update on that from accuweather. Right now hate to come inside, a really nice one out here. Maybe well come outside thank you. A college on the main line is cutting tuition by 43 , Rosemont College made the announcement today, it will drop to 18,500 for the year beginning in 2016, and make room and board cheaper by 700, she wants to help students that think its out of their price range, its an artificial number that is not doable for most students. Some students in camden are starting a new Academic Year at a new charter school, they were trying out the new technology here at the santiago steam campus, that stands for science, technology, engineering and arts and math. It has been there in camden since 1995. There is more to come on action news at noon, the woman that survive aid live shooting on television in virginia is talking about the tragedy, what she did that may have saved her life. Parents in texas are taking legal action after a school bus plunges off an overpass. A texas family is filing a lawsuit over the deadly bus crash into houston, two studentses were killed when a bus plunged over the highway overpass, one will sue the bus driver and the other vehicle that struck the bus, they may also target the manufacturer of the guardrail, alleging it did not work correctly to stop the bus. The woman that survived an on air shoot that killed two tv journalists in virginia said the gunman never said a word, Vicky Gardner talked about what happened for the First Time Since the shooting, she was being interviewed live on august 26th when the gunman former reporter, vester flannigan walked up and shot and killed Allison Parker and adam ward, she instinctively dropped to the ground. I thought he would shoot me in the head. Flannigan shot himself after the shooting, following a police chase. And now searchers are looking for survivors after flash floods in utah, three people survived and four remain missing, the same storm system led to several rescues near los angeles, at least ten people were pulled to safety after a heavy downpour there. Today could be another day of progress against raging wild fires if the weather behaves as predicted. They expect rain to move through giving them a much needed helping hand, they have the valley fire 30 contained and 600 homes are destroyed so far though, the other fire in the foothills is 40 contained and some nearby communities have lifted evacuation orderers. Gop president ial hopefuls will square off again tonight in california. They are based on poll numbers, with second tier candidates debating earlier in the evening, carly fiorina, also seen a rise in the polling will also be part of the main event. Still to come on action news at noon, the new way to have prescriptions delivered to your doorstep, well tell you which drug store chain is willing to deliver. And 16 years in the making, the makeover of the Divine Lorraine Hotel officially begins today on north broad street. Well take you there live when action news continues. One major retailer is cutting back on hiring Seasonal Workers for the holidays, toys r us say they will not offer as many temporary jobs as it did last your, they plan to hire 40,000 people during the holiday season, down 5,000 from 2014, the company will however give employees a chance to work more hours. Meanwhile ups hiring will remain flat, the shipping giant will bring on 90,000 employees during the busy season about the same as last year. Facebook is finally responding to requests for a dislike button, Ceo Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges its always not appropriate for a tragic news event, when people wants to express empathy, but they have veered away, for people to vote down other peoples posts, he says a new button will be tested soon and ruled out to all users depending how that goes. A new report suggests that onethird of American Children eat pizza or fast food every single day, that is the same as it was in the 1990s, there is no change in the portion of calories that children get from fast food daily, Childhood Obesity is stable at 17 over the last decade. Walgreens is about to offer at Home Delivery from their catalog, there in an hour for a fee of 9. 99, this is a partnership with post mates an app that delivers from restaurants and other big retaile retailers. The Action News Team is working on news stories for today at 4 00, including a shop that offers louboutins for less than 100, plus lawmakers are trying to ban saggy pants but one alabama town is taking their proposal a step further, what they are trying to keep women from wearing, and what age is a child the most fun and loveable. And what about the most difficult, well share what 40 of parents said on accuweather at 4 00. David murphy has your accuweather forecast. The battleship new jersey is playing host to a veterans job fair in new jersey, they are teaming up to offer positions for hundreds of local men and women, and they are there to condu condu conduct interviews, the job fair goes until 2 00. Meteorologist, david murphy, is back with another check of the accuweather forecast. Nothing but blue skies for miles. Stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you we are precipitation free and as we take a ride aboard chopper 6 hd you can see the walt whitman bridge down in the distance and the winds are light and can you tell that in the pictures when you look at the surface of a big body of water in the delaware, its like glass, an indication that we dont have a lot of wind out there, the barge is just sitting there enjoying everything, 73 degrees in philadelphia, winds are out of the south at 6 miles per hour, and as we look at temperatures, 80 degrees in trenton and 82 in wilmington and upper 70s in allentown unreading and not much of a difference as you drive up the lehigh valley, 76 in cape may and cooler there next to the cooler ocean water, satellite and radar shows you how every now and then there is a patch of clouds trying to form and we have high cirrus cloud more than the last couple of days, but little cloud cover overall and plenty of sunshine. A high of 86 degrees that is 4 degrees better than yesterday. Down the shore a little bit warmer, sunny and pleasant and high of 82 degrees, a pleasant day to go strolling on the boards. A high of 87 today in philadelphia, and a really pretty day, overnight we dip to 63 with mainly clear and comfortable conditions and winds remaining light and some suburbs will get down to the mid50s, for the evening commute, its sunglasses and a. C. , sunny and warm and 87 by 4 00 and then 84 by 5 30, and down to 78 by 7 00, heading to the phillies, this is the best weather night of this three game series with washington, 78 at game time and even in the ninth inning not too bad and light winds and pleasant conditions, maybe a jacket in the last innings, High Pressure is in control to the south and we have warm air circulating from the southwest and well probably maintain a high in the upper 80s and i dont think it will be bad, and the next approaching storm system is to the west, Beautiful Day and sunny and warm, and 87 is your high, why dont we do it all over tomorrow, bright and warm and well keep it going on friday with 86 and friday is looking great at 86. A front on sunday will knock the temperature down to 81 with more clouds. Its less and less likely that this thing comes through with more cloud cover, and a stray shower every now and then. I think its mainly dry on sunday and that could be good news for eagles fans and union fans, monday not as warm back in the 70s, a mix of clouds and sun and a spotty shower cannot be ruled out but it does not look like a whole lot. Well stay in the 70s on tuesday and we are heading into the big weekend when the pope arrives, if i was to look at my crystal ball, the last couple of days it has looked mainly dry, i cant promise that but so far things are lining up for perhaps good weather for the pope weekend and well continue to watch that. Thanks david. More ahead in the necht half hour off action news at noon, turning discipline into success, the message from penns basketball coach. And a papal themed handout at tonights phillies game, the card that thousands of fans will be walking away with at Citizens Bank park, those stories and much more when we come right back. Here are the stories we are following on action news at 12 30. A new era is about to begin in philadelphia, the landmark to begin renovations today after 15 years of discussion. And mayor Michael Nutter and others played out new plans for the papal visit and a stabbing visit is name aid hero, the delaware man that gave his own life to protect a mother and her baby. And its a major sign of revival on broad street in philadelphia, the Divine Lorraine Hotel, the first racially integrated hotel and has fallen into disrepair until now. Vernon odom is live now with more. Reporter rick, you can call this a divine day, a divine milestone, if you will, a Ground Breaking ceremony for the redevelopment, for the Divine Lorraine Hotel, at north and ridge heading north into philadelphia. The