Ahead of the papal parkway mass. You have agents that will be assigned to this operation which is the largest in scale magnitude since at least Pope John Paul ii in october 1979. Reporter he says he was working security during that historic event and finds even more challenge where is agents protecting pope francis. Back in 79, we didnt have the existing terrorist threats that we have today which really ramps up the threat level from perceptual standpoint. Reporter catholics we talked with are not overly worried about the pontiffs safety. I think hes open and willing to risk whatever has to be risked to be close to gods people. Its often said before we cant let these terrorists stop us from living and certainly not going to let them stop us in this event. Reporter i did speak with the fbis field office here in philadelphia. They would would only say theyre working closely with the Us Secret Service ahead and during this event. Iain . Dave, thank you. Security planning for the popes rif
Grab the umbrella a before you leave today but it is only the umbrella will a that you need. We are only expecting rain because of these mild temperatures. Everything is coming up from the southwest and that is where warmer air is, so warmer temperatures are moving in, along with these showers, and were talking philadelphia, now montgomery county, little bit of the bucks county, chester county, heavier rain seems to be in lancaster and berks county this morning. A few rain drops this morning. 54 degrees right now. 6 miles an hour wind out of the south. 7 19 is your sunrise time. We have got 50degree in pottstown. Fortyseven in our cold spot in mount pocono. Fiftythree Atlantic City. Fiftyfour in dover. Crazy how warm it is and how much warmer it is then yesterday. Very cold yesterday with you now were 20 degrees warmer in some cases, then, 24 hours ago. So, our planner for today is, for showers, a at least to start, we have a mild start, showers around, through about lunchtime, and it
Driving or flying out tomorrow to beat the Christmas Eve rush, probably going see some delays. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Not to mention three days of recordbreaking warmth ahead. Kathy orr is tracking the rain and the heat and its all crazy. Kathy. It is indeed, lucy and iain. Were talking about records this week. Not one, not two, not three but maybe four in a month that could set a record but first we have to talk about the rain. Ultimate doppler you see it all streaming up from the south and with it, warm, moist somewhat humid air thats why were seeing the fog. So warming up with this rain moving in. But it is going to be a slow go to the day tomorrow. Still 58 in philadelphia. 59 at the airport in Atlantic City. 59 degrees in wildwood. 50 in the poconos. Visibility reduced to half mile right now in reading. Quarter mile in lancaster and a half mile in millville. So traveling early tomorrow morning this could definitely slow you down so be aware of that as well. Ou
Concern especially off to the west and those temperatures rise the rain continues to fall. And we continue to talk about some delays. But take look at your Christmas Eve forecast. 75 degrees unheard of. Smashing records. Much more on that christmas forecast and when more records will fall coming up. Back to you. All right, scott. Thank you. Were also following a developing story in Montgomery County tonight. Gunfire in an abington neighborhood and one man discovered dead after the shooting. Tonight the search for his killer is already well underway. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson on the scene in abington. Shawnette, what are you hearing . Well a neighbor who tells me that she is close to the family says that the victim is a 73yearold man. She says that he is also a marine veteran. Police are telling us he was shot to death in this home behind me. So at this hour, investigators remain on the scene gathering evidence from around the home. We havent heard much from police except that when it ha
Dropping back down below freezing tomorrow night and look at the freeze warnings. Actually expands. It could be a colder night tomorrow night you wake up monday morning to even colder temperatures. Below 32 thats the freeze warning. Now it kills the crops and the plants but we are looking at warmer weather. So bring them inside or cover them if you want to extent the growing season because warmer weather does return. Right now were into the 40s and 50s. A windy day today. Gusting close to 30 miles an hour. Good news that wind is dying down. Bad news is with the calm night and a clear sky, which well be seeing soon, that temperature really drop tonight as the colder air comes in from the northwest. Nothing really on ultimate doppler radar. This is lake effect showers some snow in central pennsylvania these clouds are coming to southeastern pennsylvania likely not seeing these clouds rain picked up by the radar reaching the ground. Clouds will clear up early tonight. Look its clear. If y