The middle east, Immigration Reform and the battle over that subject that is taking place and seems to have been taking place in this country, george, for decades now, but those are subjects that the pope will be talking about tomorrow when he addresses his joint meeting of congress and yet i was interested to hear him say i will offer words of encouragement to lawmakers, not give them a lecture. Well, hes not coming here as the 436th member of the house or the 101st senate. Hes coming here as universal pastor of the catholic church, and i think he understands that this is a difficult moment in american political history. A lot of divisiveness, a lot of headbanging, not a whole lot of serious moral conversation about how we ought to be living together, and i think he want to lift that vision of possibility. It doesnt have to be this. The ceremony part of this morning is concluding, as can you hear the p. A. Announcer telling the people, the 15,000 or so people who have gathered here at
Parkway to get in or out of the city of philadelphia, take a look, youre not doing it this week. You can see how far the papal infrastructure, if you will, ranges from the stages and tents, speaker towers up there near the art museum and bond, theres really just stuff everywhere. Equipment, emergency, large tv screens where they are going to be able to see the english subtitles. Its all in advance for the popes visit and around the city, certainly inside the Convention Center, you can really feel it in the city now, the excitement is building. Pope week, weve been talking about it for a long time, pope week is finally here. Nobody seems more excited to be here in philadelphia than this group from zimbabwe, among the first to check in for the world meeting of families, they saved up their money for this trip. Pope for the people. Hes for the people. Were very excited so thats down in registration. Reporter the vendor area in the Convention Center goes on and on and on. Inside the main h
Landed and touched down at joint base andrews just outside of washington not too long ago. Then, this is his first trip over to the united states. Certainly a historic moment. After removing his cap, he walked down the steps of the plane to a boisterous and booming crowd, who had been anticipating this moment for quite some time. President obama, first lady, and his daughters were there to greet him. This is a rarity, because president s usually wait for visitors to come to them at the white house. Also met by a military honor guard, politicians and clergy, among many other religious on the runway. The vatican selected four children from different Catholic Schools in the d. C. Area to also greet the holy father. Francis left andrews in a fiat, that was the car of choice. From there he headed off to the residence, as you mentioned. Right now hes on his way headed to whats considered to be the Vatican Embassy here in washington. Its going to be a very busy day tomorrow. Thats why hes goi
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Going to see quiet conditions, High Pressure in control. Were just seeing a few little clouds right in south jersey and along the shoreline. And then the city planner shows that as we head into the next eight hours or so, by 10 00 a. M. , 68 degrees, 1 00, 75, lots of sunshine. And todays high will range between 78 and 81 degrees. Our average for this time of year is 76, today in philadelphia, 80 degrees, by tomorrow same thing at 80. Ill let you know how long these will stick around coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. Now we check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. And brittney, out in the germantown section of philadelphia, we have a nasty crash with roadways blocked off on germantown avenue. And washington lane. There is an overturned vehicle. You can see tow trucks in the area. Obvious Police Activity present in the area as well with all of those roadways blocked off. The best bet to get around is take west duval street to get around, pretty much tak