Pope francis have it. David . Reporter jessica things are continuously picking up. That construction that s really changing day by day. You dont see much going on tonight now but that will change as the energy really continues to pick up with each new day. The dome on top of the cathedral basilica lit up monday night with literally moving artwork. To celebrate this historic week in philadelphia. People are working together, celebrating together, coming together. Its exciting here. Reporter meg is the artist behind it all. Her message is to highlight the struggle faced by the worlds poor. She also behind this grotto with the same message found on the side of the basilica. Shell project her artwork from dusk until 12 30 in the morning every night until sunday. Pope francis will celebrate mass with more than thousand in the basilica saturday morning. Its basically some fantasy just basic al prayer of the city on the dome and were super pysched to have it up tonight and its sort of symboli
Her message is to highlight the struggle faced by the worlds poor. She also behind this grotto with the same message found on the side of the basilica. Shell project her artwork from dusk until 12 30 in the morning every night until sunday. Pope francis will celebrate mass with more than thousand in the basilica saturday morning. Its basically some fantasy just basic al prayer of the city on the dome and were super pysched to have it up tonight and its sort of symbolizes to us lets start the celebrations. Just a few blocks away, we found this unusual scene. Three priests made their way down the quiet ben franklin parkway. Quiet because its closed to cars. Plenty of drivers ignored the no parking signs around the parkway and other parts of the city. Tow drivers are working around the clock. We just ran back up here and saw they were together off these cars. Tickets and towing aside city officials are expects at least a million visitors add to to the current city population, and this cou
But first on the way he will stop through central park for a parade. Huge lines there waiting for him earlier today and they are very much anticipating his arrival. The lines poured into the streets around central park. Ticket, ticket, yay go see the pope. Hi. Reporter the gates opened at 11 00 this morning but people started lining up overnight. A Police Officer telling action news there were people in line when he came in at 4 00 this morning. Might as well get there early. You want to see the pope. Reporter 80,000 Ticket Holders will go through security here, all hoping to get a glimpse of the pope. The pope is scheduled to parade through central park at 5 15. I have never seen a pope before. Everybody is excited for Different Reasons but its just great. It is beyond anything ive ever experienced. Reporter lynn goldman from doylestown is one of the many people inside the park right now. She says her daughterinlaw was one of the lucky new yorkers who won a ticket for the parade in a
Cover increases tonight but take a look at the clock. 5 00 a. M. The pocono mountains the Lehigh Valley were looking at a few flakes. Some of that will makes way into montgomery, bucks county. By 6 00 a. M. When youre watch going day not a whole lot of moisture with this but you can see by nine, 10 00 oclock some of it moving into south jerseys especially burlington and ocean counties. Not anticipating a whole lot of accumulation with this. Maybe a coating to an inch far north and west. Mainly allentown toward the pocono mountains. Maybe into upper montgomery and bucks. 17 degrees right now with the wind chill of seven. So when you wake up tomorrow morning, temperatures will actually be in the teens as opposed to the Single Digits that we saw this morning. When i come back inside well talk more about fridays system as well as another blast of cold air and several chances for snow in that seven day forecast. Back to you. Scott the bitter cold has frozen up traffic lights across philadel
Possible that the the clouds are thin enough that well get early sunshine, but thicker clouds are looming from the west and the rain is pushing in from washington, d. C. And well be on the look out for that, as well. 36 degrees in the city. 26 in allentown. 28 in reading, 38 in wilmington. The reason youre cooler is that quliewrve had more clearing overnight and that causes the temperatures to dip a little bit. 39degree reading at the boardwalk. Check out the wind profile, single digit winds almost everywhere. If youre dressing the kids its cool enough for a coat or hat. This afternoon well be milder than yesterday, still good enough for a coat, but not that bad. As we head out to the train station, the Storm Tracker 6 live app will tell you 37 degrees and dip to 35 by 8 00. 44 by noon, the high will be the 48degree high well wait until 3 00 p. M. Before we hit that. 6 00 p. M. , it will be 46 degrees and matt pellman it looks like there could be a little rain moving in late in the day