Museum it was just like you couldnt move. You just couldnt move. It was cars coming from all directions. Reporter the inner lanes of the parkway from 20th street to eakins oval were closed thursday. They anticipated delays led septa to detour bus routes that lamar bonner didnt know about. I was standing on the corner waiting for the bus and i happened to look at the sign and there was a detour sign and i was standing there for about 45 minutes. Reporter its all to make way for the construction needed for the festival and papal mass which will take place on the parkway. As the afternoon commute approached, traffic seemed lighter and delays minimal. The stage workers think the public got the message. People tried to get around the best they can. You know, the information comes out over the newscasts and over the radio and i think people adjust to whatevers going on. Its philadelphia. We adjust. Reporter and we he will see over the next week plus the outer lanes are expected to close on t
Packed. You may wonder what does this mean for local businesses . We had a chance to talk to some of them a short time ago and they honestly dont even know. With just over a week before pope francis comes to town, we wanted to know from Business Leaders you know whats going on, you know what the real plan is . Absolutely not. Reporter no . Absolutely not. Not yet. Reporter general manager at nathans crossing pub busy stocking up small 600 square foot restaurant as best he can beer kegs along walls. Were buying two more freezers for food and were going to take out that table right behind me. Reporter to use for Storage Space because last shipment of food will come thursday night to last through the weekend. Will he run out friday, saturday, sunday . Hes just not sure. Getting here will require a trip through one security zone maybe two. Frankly theyre not sure about that either. Bartender tom is sure about one thing. I wont be here. Reporter hes been through this before working the bar
Top stories on those stories i was telling you first we will take a look outside as we are starting our day, things are smooth and things are a little chilly, chris. The wind was picking up as i was driving in. We found december weather at the city of boston. 36 degrees, and 31 in worcester, this is closer to the average this time of year, its still above average temperature wise but the temperatures are not moving that much as we get throughout the day. Theres the 12mileanhour wind in boston, and these winds will be gusty throughout the day. Eventually gusting 2030 Miles Per Hour, and you add the wind to the cool weather, and we talk about the windchill factors feeling like 27 degrees in worcester and 27 in boston. Look at this, we find a couple of snow showers and flurries drying to enter new england right now. Up to the north of fitchburg, a couple of snow flurries, but any accumulating snow is back to the western slopes of southern vermont or down wind of the great lakes. We are no
33 in bedford. 34 in lawrence. 30 in worcester. And in the berkshires and pittsfield, a report of flurries instead of the 40s. Still over southeastern mass but fade fast over 7 00. Even there we are dropping it down into the 30s. By lunchtime we are hovering around 32 degrees. In boston we have got some 20s into central and western massachusetts and from there, we dont really see temperatures rise very much in the afternoon. A chance of a couple of those flurries out across western new england, central new england from concord, New Hampshire northward. Even some of the in between can deal with flurries. 28 to 38. Partly cloudy. Possible flurries. Gusts to 35. More on the wind chills coming up. Here is Julie Grauert with live drive time traffic. Julie, we will probably have to watch black ice with the cooling. We will and as soon as the volume starts to increase on the roads, we will let you know when we start to see some issues. Right now as you can see on the map, things are looking p
Blocking left side of the roadway, were a little slow headed into that here this morning and then,0 through urba. Looking at 66, no major problem there, 90 northbound. We have a crash off to the right side. It is not as slow as it was a short time ago. Branch avenue sounds like the crash is off to the right side. Still have some volume delays. Live look at that situation from chopper in ten minutes. Today we expect a judge to sentence a man for murdering his wife and motherinlaw. Malcolm thomas pled guilty earlier this fall. Thomas brutally beat both women to death in their home in oxon hill in august of 2014. The judge previously said he plans to sentence thomas to 60 years with all but 50 of them suspended. Were learning new information from neighbors about a tragic stabbing that left a 14yearold dead in oxon hill. Neighbors at the apartments there on audrey lane say it sounded like a football field of people fighting yesterday morning. Prince georges county police say Sean Crawford