From the man himself, in rome this morning, about this papal visit, and now archbishop Charles Chaput was in rome along with the philadelphia delegation of the world meeting of families for this announcement. You see some of them here in rome earlier this year when the delegation requesting formal presence. Details of the papal visit will be in least dollars in the spring and summer of next year, but announced likely the pope will par taste path in an event called the festival of families on saturday, september 26th, and a papal mass on sunday, the 27th. Both events are open to the public, and both will be held on the ben franklin parkway in the heart of philadelphia this will be a huge event, you may remember, a visit by Pope John Paul ii in 1979 drew more than 1 Million People to the parkway. He of course was very popular, sews are pope francis, people here looking forward to his visit. Take a listen. I love philadelphia. I have lived the way. I have come back. And the fact that this
Brad . Brad yeah jummy a week ago a week and a half ago the police said they would complete their investigation by tomorrow. And as you said they have now released the fact that they have completed that investigation and handed the results over to the states attorney today, a day early. They did not reveal anything about that investigation other than that there was an additional van stop for freddie gray. We can show you the video. You can recall during the riots we were doing stories about the arrest of freddie gray. He was picked up in west baltimore. Handled seemingly roughly in the video by police and put in the back of a transport van. Well, the police have said they knew that he was ok going into the back of that van. And when he came out, well he was near death. Police revealed today there was one additional van stop that they didnt know about before before freddie gray got medical attention. The bottom line from the commissioner, he says, their report is now in the hands of the
A modern fight. Sofia vergaras ex speaking out this morning saying hes fighting for the couples frozen embryos so he can start family of his own. And why he says the star wont let him. And good morning, america. What a week in baltimore. And what a strange scene yesterday. Camden yards empty. Fans locked out. The orioles played the white sox any way. Just like any other game. They played the National Anthem. The songs during the seventh inning stretch. No one was there to stretch, though. The catcher, caleb joseph pretending to sign autographs. There were demonstrators out in force around the country last night. There are those new questions about what happened to freddie gray when he was in police custody. Well talk to baltimores mayor in a moment. Jim avila starts us off. Reporter good morning, robin. Protesters returned to the streets overnight here, mostly peaceful and around the country. Trying to shift focus back to freddie grays death. The Police Announce they wont release their
Gray was handcuffed behind his back. That he was in leg shackles and the theory is that he was standing up in the van kind of like this and that he went flying for whatever reason his head contacting the wall and the injuries that he suffered to his spinal cord happening at some point in that fall. Now, the Police Report was released today to the states attorney. The states attorney has announced that her investigation is under way. The medical examiner has not completed a report. When we asked the medical examiner about these findings today, they said that they could not comment on an Ongoing Investigation and that they dont do preliminary reports. But that is a bit of news today that really narrows it down. People saw that arrest video. It looked as though freddie gray was severely injured at that point. He was screaming and yelling. It looks like the investigation is leading away from that and really focusing on what happened in that van. Additionally the driver the Police Officer d
Then it will be added to the case file. And just today, police announced that they found that the van with freddie gray inside made a stop that police hadnt been aware of before. Hear someone walking behind us and give a sense of what they believe in the city. Shes yelling they killed freddie gray. That remains to be determined. The state attorney will be going through this and deciding whether or not any charges will be filed and that could take days or even weeks. In baltimore, brad bell, abc 7 news. Alison ok. Thank you very much for that breaking news. Riot stemming from frustration over this case led to a strict curfew, of course, in the city of baltimore and now there are questions about how this citywide bedtime could hurt businesses on whats expected to be a busy weekend there. Kevin lewis live in baltimore with reaction from Business Owners today. Kevin . Kevin hi there, alison. Hull street cafe here in baltimore on locust point certainly feeling the financial pinch here. The