Good morning. The birds will return to the practice field in about 90 minutes from now, but before that head coach doug peeredson spoke to reports. He said the team will prepare like they have a game this weekend. Obviously were on a much bigger stage now playing for the super bowl. But the journeys the same, the rides the same, its just pederson also said next week wont be a vacation for the players. Hell keep the intensity going. And Philadelphia City council is giving the team its official congratulations. Randy gyllenhaal is live for us in city hall. Randy, what do you have . Reporter a packed political agenda here for the first meeting of the year. Theyll do resolutions trying to bring amazon to philadelphia, also one about the new philly school board. But first things first, nothing more important than the birds. The city council will officially honor the Philadelphia Eagles for their Upcoming Trip to the super bowl. Lets take a live look right now inside the city hall chambers w
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
Portions of city avenue will close near bala cynwyd, thats where the pope is staying overnight. The vine street expressway, 676 will close entirely. These road closures are necessary for Public Safety to effectively move emergency vehicles as well as a large number of buses that are expected. On the bridge, weve learned the historic ben franklin will be shut down to all traffic letting the masses of papal visitors literally walk across from new jersey. Just plan for yourself. Make a plan. Think about it . What do i usually do on friday, saturday, sunday and then kind of adjust, have a plan and then come out and have a good time. Just a quick note on the schuylkill, there will be a tiny sliver of it open from manyunk to conshohocken going westbound. When is this going to get back to normal . They cant know for sure, it could be late sunday possibly even by noontime on monday. If you are planning to get out of the city for the weekend, know you may not be able to get back in until someti
Reporter chuck, ramsey in his eighth year as Police Commissioner announced he will be stepping down in early january. He tells us this decision was entirely personal, not political, related to the upcoming election for the mayor this coming november. He was flanked by the mayor and a number of other city officials who credited him with the historic drop in the citys crime rate over the past eight years. Now, ramsey has worked in Law Enforcement for 47 years with stops in chicago and washington. During his tenure here in philadelphia. Officials say the homicide rate dropped by more than 30 . Ramsey was also a key figure in getting the department of justice to issue reforms on the citys police department. But his time here was not without heart break. Eight Police Officers were killed in the line of duty, and today the commissioner had a message for their families. Thank the families of the officers that weve lost in the line of duty since ive been here. Eight families. Eight families. T
Nbc 10 was on scene as police and their search dogs set up a perimeter in this area and combed the neighborhood looking for the suspect. This all apparently started about six blocks from here when undercover officers tried to pull over a suspect driving a cadillac escalade. The suspect had an outstanding warrant. He panicked and sped off, hitting a police car with an officer inside as he left. The chase ensued, moving around the neighborhood, even entering i95 for a while, then returning to local roads before finally the suspect ditched his car in this vacant lot on merry street. This is the suspect, this is the field where the suspect apparently ran away, leaving the escalade in the middle of the field. When we got here, we saw police tow trucks towing it away, also police with search dogs out here combing this neighborhood for that suspect. Those search dogs only made it about a block away from here before losing the scent, but the Police Commissioner here in chester just told me the