Crowd got as the pope approached. Feelings intensified, he talked about immigration, religious freedom and to tolerance. His main theme was protecting the poorest and the weakest among us. We remember the great struggles which led to the abolition of slavery, the extension of voting rights, the growth of the labor movement, and the gradual effort to eliminate every kind of racism and prejudice directed at the successive waves of new americans. And once again the strongest reactions he received from this deeply diverse crowd seemed to come when he discussed immigration. Among those in the crowd was philadelphia managing director richard negren who is the son of cuban compiles. He is visiting what great city welcoming him. Reporter the pontiff shared his belief that globalization is not a bad thing, but it is when it strips away culture and history. The pontiff asked the crowd to pray for him a little bit. Reporting live from independence hall, walter perez channel 6 action news. Reporte
On the roads for the special papal weekend. Lets go going at the action news big board. Reporter good morning, everybody, a big day across the region and a big weekend. Were starting out in good shape. We have cloud cover across the region, well be looking at sunny breaks, but more clouds than yesterday, the big story is the rain hitting a wall of dry air below washington. So far so good on the rain it cannot advance any farther north because of the dry air in place. We have temperatures that are similar to the last couple of mornings at this hour. 63 in philadelphia. Just 53 in allentown, 60 in wilmington. 59 in trenton. 68 in sea isle city. If youre dressing the kids for the festivities today, a jacket is good idea breezes will be building and in the 60s, this afternoon, tshirts appropriate. 71 by noon, 75 by 3 00 p. M. That will be the high around 3 00 p. M. 70 by 6 00 p. M. The breezes will be a factor about 10 to 20 miles per hour. Generally speaking this is a good start to the pa
Moment, but hell get here. And when he does, it will shall the beginning of a twoday experience that catholics in the philadelphia archdiocese and the surrounding diocese, and people of all faiths in this region will never forget. It is one of the markers of the francis papacy at this point, that he has reached across religious divides. He has reached out to other religions. Number one, the eastern church, of course, but also judaism, islam, he wanted to bring everybody into the same tent and do so with efficiency and effectiveness. In argentina we met two of his close friends, one a rabbi, and the other a leader of the islamic community. They are both in philadelphia with this pope for this journey. And they are a symbol of his efforts to reach across to other religions. And youll see it graphically when he arrivals in philadelphia. Philadelphia, a Patchwork Quilt of catholics and protestants and muslims and jews and he will reach out to all of them when he gets here. He was expected
Festival to begin, thousands will flock to center city to just catch a flips of pope francis. We have a live picture from Philadelphia International airport where they have the stairs set up for shepherd 1. The holy father will be landing in philadelphia soon, the pope is coming. Action news has all angles covered. Good morning, im Tamala Edwards along with Matt Odonnell all this waiting, its finally upon us. This is a special edition of action news saturday morning as we get going for the papal weekend. Action news has reporters fanned out across the area from the parkway to the basilica to the airport, and were riding the regional rails along with you. You have confess about weather and traffic questions about weather and traffic, david murphy and karen rogers are here to help you out this morning. Reporter rolling out the red carpet for pope francis at philadelphia airport. As we look toward east. We have high, thin clouds, this is not a bad day building. Take a look at satellite. W
Got your hourbyhour neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back. First alert traffic reporter jillian mele is standing by with a monday morning commute. Hi jillian. Good morning to you bill to you at home as well. Things are quiet out there. We start in the Lehigh Valley where the majors are clear. 22 looks good 78 is quiet, the northeast extension free of any accidents. Weve been lucky so far this morning. Lets hope it continues that way. 76, no delays to report just yet. This is right near the conshohocken curve. You can see drive times as they pop up about 11 to 12 minutes both directions between the blue route and the vine. The vine street expressway still pretty clear. This is a live look at the vine in center city and thats the westbound side as drivers head out to 76. Thats where we can see some delays later in the morning, but for now its still pretty quiet as far as any delays go. And the area bridges are also in the clear right now. Chris . All right, jillian. 6 01