Hes the u. S. Governments main person for fighting antisemitism abroad and the champion for the rule of law in vulnerable and jewish communities around the world, please welcome to the stage special envoy for monitoring and combatting antisemitism, elan carr. Thank you so much. What an amazing room. I am so pleased and so honored to be with you today. Really, my most Important Message to you is a message of thank you. I owe you a debt of gratitude personally and the United States government owes you a debt of gratitude, because in my work, monitoring and fighting this ancient relentless sickness that is antisemitism, i have no more important address than the adl. There are many fine jewish organizations out there, but there is one organization that is synonymous with the fight against antisemitism and with the fight against ethnic and religious hatred and intolerance. Thats adl. [ applause ] thank you to epstein, thank you to jonathan greenblatt. What amazing leaders you have. Tim jaco
Good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and we are following breaking news at this hour. Chopper 6 hd is live over a plane crash in allentown. Officials say that the single engine plane went down in the Little Lehigh river, are you looking live at the wreckage just west of the i78 overpass, the pilot was rescued from the water and taken to the hospital, no word on what caused this crash, the ntsb will take over the investigation and this is live in allentown from chopper 6 hd, stay with the breaking news on this story on 6 abc and online at 6abc. Com. Our other big story is another potential heat wave in the forecast, we are enjoying a beautiful, sunny friday as we look live at the sky 6 hd skyline in center city. Karen rogers is here with more. Reporter its beautiful out there, we have nothing but clear skies, some clouds and showers up to the northwest, and that is not our problem. Taking a look at the temperatures, 81 in Martins Creek season 80 in kroetsville, and the dew points are n
Those garages from friday through sunday. Bill yonch is an Emergency Room Physician at jefferson. I am going to be able to get to work because i only have a block to walk but im not sure if what else is going o to happen that weekend. Reporter the city says this will be a walking event and thats true for Center City Residents even if theyre not attending the papal events. Many are getting out of town. Were actually going out of the country. We were supposed to leaf on sunday but we cant because of the pope association well be leaving going to new york on thursday. Reporter the city is not making any arrangements for people who have to move their cars out of the vehicle security zones. They say they will be posting plenty of notices, signs on the on utility poles and elsewhere advising residents of when theyve got to move their cars or be towed. Live in washington square, david henry, channel6 action news. Sharrie. Okay, david, thank you. Meantime new Jersey Transit will make its papal
Philadelphia, blank slates and for those who come through the airport, well, the airport will be the first point of contact. From areas of new led lighting to a virtual library, to improved wifi, papal visit visitors will enter an airport that has been spiffed up. Color has been added from planters and club chairs to the tile in some restrooms. Older signage like this has been largely replaced with international directionals punctuated with simple white on red arrows. Unlike septa which is gearing up to move twice its normal numbers during the visit there is so far no evidence here that extra flights are being scheduled. Airline schedules are pretty well defined so we kind of know how many airplanes are coming and we know how many seats are on those airplanes. We can plan for that but we do think it will be busy. Maybe thanksgiving style busy and we can deal with that. Unlike thanksgiving when many travelers are returning home its expected many will be newcomers. With that in mind 900
Buildings like the philadelphian along the parkway. I feel like im going to be a prisoner in my home. Reporter Francine Gilbert parks in the buildings garage. For three days she wont be able to move her car and if she lever the garage before thursday night. I cant bring the car back and then how. I going to return if theres no transportation . So, its a problem. Reporter and they wont even be able to get around on their shuttle bus. Outside the black zone major arteries like lombard street will be limited to emergency vehicles only, closed to traffic and parking. While many respect scrambling to adjust, others say bring it on. Reporter youre okay with it. Were okay with it. We prefer to be able to leave the building but in the absence of that, were happy to be able to be with friends in the building. Reporter now the city will be holding another briefing next week on exactly what Center City Residents can expect and the Mayors Office says that plenty of signs will be posted in the Park