The peoples pope rolling down the window to wave to the crowd. Soon philadelphias turn to greet him. The excitement along with massive operation to keep the pope and you safe. Soon that Rock Star Energy that seems to follow pope francis will fill our ben franklin parkway. Here at home crews working around the clock to make sure philadelphia is ready to well cup the pontiff. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Every day things are changing more equipment going up across the city. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live along the ben franklin parkway tonight. Chris a lot of action. Reporter yeah, a bevy of activity not just here on the parkway, lucy, but citywide as papal plans really kick in to high gear. From the Police Presence downtown, from the 15 new security checkpoints that have just been installed torque the giant 40 jumbotrons along the parkway, it is clear philly is almost ready for pope francis. Visitors flocking to town cant wait for pope francis to
Sparks were flying inside the broad and grange pharmacy early monday morning as a crew of sophisticated burglars with power tools tried to force open safe and drug cases. Very good at what theyre doing. Theyre getting into bank atms along with pharmacies now. Reporter it turns Police Believe this could be the same crew that was breaking into atms earlier this summer using power tools to cut open atm cash boxes. They got away with over 160 grand in cash. They get out quickly. Make quick entries into the places as their in the places they know exactly what to go for want to get. Atm jobs obviously theyre taking money. Reporter they arrived at the pharmacy break in Wearing Masks and hoodies. They had a get away driver in a highend jeep grand cher row row the same 65,000 jeep driven by the atm bandits in southwest philadelphia back in june. Its a gray srt8. Not many out in circulation. Not many in the city. Reporter detectives say there may be six suspects in this crew with interchangeable
Heres live look right now at the popes mass in washington, d. C. Underway right now. Pope franciscan nonniesing father Junipera Serra a spanish born francis cant can friar known for starting nine Spanish Missions in california in the 1700s. Just a joyful seen moments ago as pope francis road through our Nations Capital waving to the adoring on lookers. Good evening, thank you so much for joining us, im lucy noland. Im iain page. If the crowds in washington, d. C. Today are any indication of what to expect this weekend its going to be an exciting time. Fox 29s bruce gordon is live in our nations cap to capitol tonight. Bruce youve been there since the pope touched down on unfortunately s soil yesterday. Reporter yeah, it has been an exhilarating and i must say up lifting day in washington and we can only hope this is but a prelude to the excitement that lies ahead for philadelphians. Francis showed why hes call the peoples pope mere seconds after making his first appearance of the day.
Fans are still optimistic. Time for the accuweather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers its a good one chris. Reporter we started out cold this morning, down to 22, 23 across outlying suburbs. Now look at the numbers, 50 in philadelphia. 44 in dover, 52 in atlantic city. And we are expecting temperatures to jump up another four or five degrees when all is said and done. It should be a comfortable finish to the weekend. As i can see with all the sunshine we are expecting we should not have any problems getting to 54. For the remainder of the afternoon accuweather as he is get out an enjoy it. Sun, 54 degrees that will be the forecasted high. Maybe a degree or two cooler to the northwest, but we are expecting 52 and 53 in places like allentown. Areawide it should be a comfortable afternoon. The weather continues not just for the next week, but the next ten days, two weeks. We have a nice pattern coming in that wont change anytime soon. We could be flirting with record highs by the t
Broad and grange pharmacy early monday morning as a crew of sophisticated burglars with power tools tried to force open a safe and drug cases. Very good at what theyre doing. Theyre getting into bank atms along with pharmacies now. Reporter it turns out Police Believe this could be the same crew that was breaking into atms earlier this summer using power tools to cut open atm cash boxes. They got away with over 160 grand in cash. They get out quickly. They make quicken trees into the places as theyre in the places they know exactly what to go for want to get. Atm jobs obviously theyre taking money. Reporter burglary crew arrived at the pharmacy broke in Wearing Masks and hoodies they a get away in a jeep grand cher row srt8 the same 65,000 jeep driven by the atm bandits in southwest philadelphia back in june. Its a gray srt8 which is a unique jeep model. Theres not many out in circulation. Im sure theres not many in the city. Reporter detectives say this crew may include six suspects w