Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. Next stop, philadelphia. Mass in front of thousands at Madison Square garden this evening as the popes visit to new york nears an end. Now all eyes turn to philly. Security like the city has never seen before. These are things are in place. Most of its in place. Were ready to go. In less than 12 hours history will be made. Right now on fox 29, final security measures for the popes visit to philadelphia are in place. Skyfox live over the ben franklin bridge this is now closed to vehicles until monday. Thousands of visitors will walk across it tomorrow to papal events. Looking live outside our studios in at fourth and market in old city. The fences are up, security perimeter in place around Independence Mall area and of course a huge security net crisscrosses the ben franklin parkway tonight and the setup looks amazing. It is just a massive undertaki undertaking. Philadelphias ready for the arrival of pope francis first t
And Second Chance prizes, including season tickets. [both sigh] the pennsylvania lottery. Bring your dreams to life. Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by x finity the future of awesome. Father and the son and the holy spirit. Pope francis you saw him waving goodbye from shepherd one as we take live look at the Benjamin Franklin parkway. Earlier today 860,000 people strong estimated look at it tonight iain. People are starting to file out the cleanup has begun on this historic day. We of course have Live Team Coverage for you. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. It has been quite the weekend. And this was the popes last day in philadelphia. His last day in the United States. Lets take look back. Philadelphia bids farewell to pope francis. Before boarding shepherd one at Philadelphia International airport the holy father had one final message to the city. Please know i prepare to leave. I do with a heart full of gratitude and hope. The pontiffs goodbye capping off another packed d
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. Right now rain and thunder moving in and a lot of it. Live look at wilmington bearing the brunt of these storms right now. Radar you can see the swath of green, yellow and or ranch covering a lot of our area. Look at our camera lense in reading covered in raindrops. The region getting hit with pretty heavy downpours right now. Were talking more than an inch of rain. Good evening and thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. This is only the first round. Meteorologist kathy orr is track wagon we can all expect. Kathy. Take look at ultimate doppler behind me. You can see yellow and oranges pockets of heavy rain moving through the area most of it to the west of philadelphia but you can see down through wilmington, dover, even toward the shore points seeing some heavy rain. In south jersey comer land county seeing heavy rain as well. So this is all going to be moving through courtesy an area of low pressure.
I have someone, boyfriends and friends walk me around because i walk around here all the time at night. The victim was walked with a friend after leaving the library and they parted ways at broad and cecil b. Moore and heard footsteps behind her, a man with a small silver handgun struck her arm and told her not to scream, he pushed her up against the wall and sexually assaulted her, several students we talked to asked we not identify them. Its scary you would be walking home from class or the library and you dont know if something will happen to you. It breaks my heard a young girl has to fear walking to and from class. Police believe that two separate suspects were involved in the incidents, in the other case a 23yearold was walking with two young adults when two men approached them and threw her to the ground and started grabbing her, that is when the suspect fired three strucks from a handgun and the block captain says her block is normally safe and pointed to a Security Camera near
Get your business. Good evening. And we begin tonight with those two storms. The tropical system getting stronger, as we come on the air. The new track on that, in just a moment. But first, the storm already hitting and about to barrel up the coast. 20 million americans from North Carolina all the way to maine. Washington, d. C. Getting hit late today, philadelphia, new york, boston, interior new england will be dealing with this over the next 24 hours. Already, the commute has been a mess as it travels up the east coast. These images from high point, North Carolina. That stairwell turned into a waterfall. Flooded streets in florida. A dangerous night of driving ahead. We have it all covered. Chief meteorologist ginger zee leading us off. Reporter plowing through the evening commute. This is the first time its ever got up this bad. Reporter even submerging part of this campus. A wet and wild day at James Madison university. Oh, god. Reporter flash floods from virginia through North Car