Buildings. And controversy over the kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, meeting with pope francis. We are closely watching Hurricane Joaquin, which could come right up the eastern seaboard and threaten the jersey coast. This is how it looks at this hour, from our Temple University camera, looking ominous and dreary out there right now. Lets head over to the big board, with karen rogers in for david this afternoon. A significant amount of rainfall overnight into the morning hours, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows its still wet in spot, mostly eat of philadelphia, near woodbury and glassboro, this is routes 206 near Medford Lakes, showers here as well as browns mills. Radar is showing that and now we can see spotty showers through the region and certainly lots of clouds. Lets show you right now how much rain we got, because just in the overnight hours, 1. 2 inches and allentown over 2 inches, lancaster 2. 41, mt. Pocono 2. 1 and millville 2. 25
Fares like Market Street shut off. Its one long cattle chute leading up to a Security Check point near city hall. Weve never seen anything like it before and may never again. This is a different version of a walkable city. You dont see Something Like this at any point in time. Reporter its the most Extraordinary Security undertaking the city has ever seen. Major intersections are now barricaded with more to come. Security check points have been in operation since 6 00 this morning. We got plenty of advance warning across all media but some were still caught by surprise. I think its a real big inconvenience. Im trying to get all around just to try to find a way to get to work. If i dont make it to work im looking at getting fired. Im going in through and out and i still cant even find my bus. Reporter septa had warned that buses would not be running normally with much of center city divided by barricades. If its any comfort, even archbishop chaput shares your pain. As you see its a very
Madison square garden, you would be right. Pope fran cyst entered the famed a arena to the cheers of 25,000 pilgrims. And this mass concluded, a triumphant day for pontiff including a speech at the u. N. And a visit to a school in east harlem and emotional visit to ground zero and a ride through central park but now spotlight moves, 100 miles to the south, next stop, philadelphia. It is friday night, and the big story on action news tonight is quaker city waiting with open arms, and empty streets, to welcome the pope. Pope francis will be here, in ten and a half hours. The final barriers and fences have gone up, and the secure zones have been, well, they have been secured, as the most massive security operation is now in place. Chopper six is live over the vine street expressway, which is now closed to traffic, until monday. And we have Team Coverage tonight, action News Reporter jeff chirico shows us the the security perimeters going up. Chad pradelli is on the ben franklin bridge clo
Joaquin we have the latest details. The wait is over, the suspense is over for one Lucky Lottery ticket. Good luck to everyone out there. Karen rogers is in for david. Reporter 67 in allentown, 61 in millville. Yesterday was warm and humid, not the case this morning, its 13 degrees cooler than it was at this point yesterday. 16 degrees in allentown, trenton, beach haven. Were off to a cooler day today. Not terribly wet. What well see is cooler conditions, lots of clouds, a bit of rain at times, 66 degrees, temperatures not going very far. We get periods of rain, windy and chilly. Tomorrow is a raw day. We have a coastal flood watch infection through saturday. Nothing to do with joaquin this is to do with the different pressures, the gusty winds well get at the shore and the push ever waters along the coastline. Were expecting moderate to major flooding. The trop ache satellite showing the size of the storm. The cat 3 hurricane, the latest details and models. The trend is changing, ill
Barack obama are going to want to see a democrat elects and not have things they care about undone. Host the legacy of course. Guest she is a terrific fundraiser. Her father climbing the stairs slowly and filing money to pay for prints and those are grandmother riding the bus and train a male colleagues promoted while she had the feeling that men had earned more money while they strayed by. Barack and michelle in chicago young, married pay more towards their Student Loans than their mortgage. She goes on to say that as president she has seen firsthand how that doesnt change how you are. It reveals who you are. And what does being first lady reveal about Michelle Obama. Guest you are a fan i can be. In this role, we have seen so many sides of Michelle Obama, in which they walk with gray confidence in so many ways to make a difference. It gets back to the conversations about purposes as a girl growing up that she had at princeton and harvard and reflects the work she did along the way du