Expressway, very busy all the time, that will be entirely shut down all the way from conshohocken at the blue route, all the way south into 95. No traffic on the schuylkill, going westbound, it will be shut down from 95 all the way up to u. S. One. Lets talk about u. S. One really quick, that will be shut down in the west philly section from lancaster over to belmont, that is the area where the pope will be staying overnight, so that busy city avenue section will also be shut down. Ben franklin bridge will be entirely closed. Officials confirming that for the first time today. That will allow pedestrians to walk across from new jersey into center city and walk over to see the pope at the world meeting of families events. There is one rumor that was spreading around that i95 would shut down. Theyre telling us no, not at all. 95 will remain open entirely, there may be some exits and onramps that are completely closed. Lets take a look at penndot from a few minutes ago. These road closure
To effectively move emergency vehicles as well as a large number of buses that are expected. Lets talk about bridges, the ben franklin bridge is going to be shut down from new jersey into philadelphia. This is the first time officials have confirmed that for us. This will allow people to literally from new jersey walk across the bridge on the road into center city to see the pope, and lets hear from the drpa from a few minutes ago. The bridge will be closed to all vehicles except for emergency vehicles. And we will use it to allow pedestrians to cross into philadelphia from new jersey and back. Real quick, the walt whitman bridge will remain open. That will allow people to get from 95 into new jersey and back. As for when this all gets back to normal back to open again. It could take until monday by noontime. Live at city hall Randy Gyllenhaal nbc10. Our Team Coverage continues now with nbc10s george spencer. A lot of the popes events are in center city philadelphia. The street closure
Only to find that there are no more rooms. This hotel would just give us a room. I think they have Convention People coming in with reservations. Reporter some tried to take advantage of the situation preying on homes and abandoned businesses. We had four people that tried to loot. Reporter one shop owner asking for help posting this Security Camera of looters going unpunished. This is houstons main shelter here. There are thousands of refugees already in place. They set up 2,000 cots much those ran out earlier today. And still we continue to see and people arriving as the rains continue to fall. Reporting from houston, lana zak, abc news. Lana, thank you. President trump and first lady melania are set to travel to texas tomorrow. The administration has not yet released specific details about the trip but we are expected to hear from the president within the next half hour when he holds a joint News Conference with the president of finland. Texas Governor Greg Abbott praised the govern
That attacker got away. Another runner was able to help that woman and call police. A woman who worked at a school for atrisk children is accused of sending inappropriate pictures to two students. My yeah johnson no longer works at presbyterian childrens village. This is the second time this month Police Arrested someone from that school. Nina scott is accused of sexually assaulting a child. Scotts charged with 70 criminal counts. Now to your first alert weather. Would you look at that . Skyforce10 is live over the philadelphia zoo. You can see coldilocks, the polar bear, doing a little sunbathing on this warm afternoon. Temperatures climbed into the 70s today. Coldilocks is loving it. Im sure you are, too. Hard to believe this is how things looked this morning. Things got off to a foggy and much cooler start. Some people in pottstown had on coats and scarves. Now temperatures are going to get warmer. Get out there, enjoy it, relax. Glenn hurricane schwartz is up next. The sun came out
Police say he then confronted the family inside the suv, banging on the windows. They tried to drive away. Police say the bmw ran over farmers foot and thats when he fired three shots down the street. Police say one of the bullets struck a 15yearold girl in the back. She was sitting inside that bmw. Farmer was then charged with assault. Theyre nice people, both of them. Reporter neighbors of that former cop say this shooting might have been justified, an act of selfdefense. Somebody was shooting at my daughter or after my daughter, id shoot them. Dont think i wouldnt. Reporter the retired officer and his family declined an interview, though they did say the retired officer was acting in selfdefense, concerned his life and his daughters life might be threatened. Meantime, we tried to track down the family of the drivers inside that bmw but we were not able to reach them for comment. Live in upper gwyedd township. A jogger is attacked and police need your help. Police say he struck in wi