We track down the ceo. Good evening tonight from washington, d. C. , where pope francis made history just a short time ago here. His first visit to the united states. The world watching as the holy father touched down in maryland. Our team there, every step of the way. Moments later, greeting the president , the first lady, the first daughters, right there, too. Driving off not in a limo, but in a modest compact car to cheers of we love francis, yes we do. Hope fr the pope has sparked new conversation and debate. Abcs terry moran was on that plane when the pope was asked about the new cover of newsweek, which asks, is the Pope Catholic . The pope had an answer, and terry begins our team coverage. Reporter as the papal plane touched down in the u. S. , the crowd here started up a very american cheer. Hey hey, welcome to the usa reporter they rolled out the red carpet. The obamas and the bidens took their places, and there he was. The man in white who has touched so many with his gift fo
Philadelphia shortly after 9 00 a. M. For the world meeting of families. Major highways closed last night including the schuylkill expressway. This is the way it looked as mobile 6 helded eastbound. Police have traffic down to one lane. Eventually youll reach the unmistakable road block when you hit the blue route, because pope francis will be here soon. For people intending to come out and participate in the festival trying to get close and see the pope. Were taking a live look across the ben franklin bridge which will be shut down, many on foot, many wondering how to dress, lets go over to david murphy. Its like being a kid, christmas is almost here. So far we have High Pressure in control off to the north. Watch out the wall of rain stops as we get to the southern border of delaware. Because of the High Pressure in place, the dry air is pushing south. Looks like it might behave tomorrow, but well know for sure tomorrow. 64 degrees in philadelphia. 55 degrees in allentown. 58 in read
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. It is monday night and the big story on action news tonight is the second day of the papal journey that will ultimately bring pope francis to philadelphia. Not only did the pope celebrate mass in front of 150,000 people in the cuban city, but he celebrated the 62nd anniversary of the day he decided to become a priest. Tomorrow he will travel to washington, then new york before he comes to philadelphia on saturday for his historic weekend visit here. Philadelphia schools will are closed monday because of the pope. The district made that announcement tonight. The decision also means spring break will be shortened. Classes will now be held monday, march 21 at a makeup day. Also because of the jewish holiday of yom and that means tomorrow is the last day of school in philadelphia for a week. And Annie Mccormick and dann cuellar on the francis beat. And annie live outside of the basilica of saints peter and paul. And over
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