Police department provided coverage to the Community College and others smaller campuses. Police commissioner Charles Ramsay says every threat must be taken seriously. You cant ignore it because we got got a lot of idiots in the world then have guns and theyll go and do things like that. Reporter campuses including south jersey and delaware sent alerts to students and heightened Police Patrols. Some students on the campus of Drexel University felt a little uneasy going into the school d day. Im nervous like im not going to my one class over in center city. I feel like they should have canceled all classes today. Every Street Corner theres at least tightened security. Every class we go to we have to show id. Reporter some students think this should become standard procedure. Stuff like this could happen all the time. You never really know. Reporter and commissioner ramsay said he had talk to the atf and those officials did not think that this threat was credible, but you can never be to
Ahead of the papal parkway mass. You have agents that will be assigned to this operation which is the largest in scale magnitude since at least Pope John Paul ii in october 1979. Reporter he says he was working security during that historic event and finds even more challenge where is agents protecting pope francis. Back in 79, we didnt have the existing terrorist threats that we have today which really ramps up the threat level from perceptual standpoint. Reporter catholics we talked with are not overly worried about the pontiffs safety. I think hes open and willing to risk whatever has to be risked to be close to gods people. Its often said before we cant let these terrorists stop us from living and certainly not going to let them stop us in this event. Reporter i did speak with the fbis field office here in philadelphia. They would would only say theyre working closely with the Us Secret Service ahead and during this event. Iain . Dave, thank you. Security planning for the popes rif
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. Right now get ready for the coldest night in months. Heres live look from south philly to night after a cooler day the temperatures continue to fall tonight. People already out with long sleeves in haddonfield, new jersey tonight. You may want to get a jacket ready for the morning. Going to be chilly out there. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. The tears fall fierce fall is here. Scott williams tracking how chilly well get for your morning. It look like that fall preview is going to continue. I mean lucy and iain, it was chilly this morning across the area. Take a look at some of the low temperatures. 48 degrees this morning in the pocono mountains. We had 51 in reading. Philadelphia 56 degrees. So some of the coolest air weve seen since early june across the area, and tonight i think well beat some of those numbers by a couple of degrees. Here why. High pressure in full control. We have clear skies, win
Joe upon paul the iis visit back to philly back in 1979. There are a lot of sleepness nights with the people that are working this operation. Reporter disrupting the threat against pope francis is one of many highly complex tasks for Law Enforcement agencies at all levels. These agents and officers are critically aware of what they have to do first of all to prevent it and then secondly if it does occur how to respond it to. Fbi would not say where the threat against pope francis was based. In relation to a papal tour that begins in washington, d. C. September 22nd and extends into new york city before wrapping up here in philadelphia along with the world meeting of families. You can see fencing already going up around the ben franklin parkway near the heart museum along with heavy gear coming in. Secret Service Released this video showing certain restrictions at key locations. These are the most dedicated, devoted and well trained people and personnel to put into an operation of this
Humidity right now low, 49 . As we take a look at those temperatures already dipping to 50 right now in the pocono mountains. We have 56 degrees in pottstown. 50 showing up in sections of south jersey. So by 6am take look at some of the numbers to expect across the area. Yeah, what about 46 degrees in allentown for your low. 48 in reading. Were looking at low 50s in places like coatesville, west chester, 52 degrees for the low temperature in bensalem. Mid 50s around center city in philadelphia and as we move into sections of south jersey, 55 degrees in dover. 53 for the low temperature in egg harbor. So coming up well continue to talk about this fall preview across the area. Also, a dry pattern but it looks like there is a warmup in that seven day forecast. Well talk about how warm it gets coming up. Back to you. All right, scott. Thank you. Brand new billboards up across the area hoping to track down killers much its been almost seven years since they gunned down a south jersey man he