They got their first test over the weekend during the made in america festival, many that attended complained of poor cell service, crown castle identified and replaced some underperforming nodes. That bad an opportunities to test the performance and then there are all kinds of tweaks and adjustments made right up until the last minute. There are not many minutes left with the popes arrival just ten days away. Mayor nutter urged people to make their final preparations now. The incredible moment in history is upon us. They urge people to put their misgivings hinz them and get excited that its time for residents to take pride in their city and let it shine on the international stage. Cranes have lifted the super structure into place and the venue will be ready on time. And mayor nutter is urging residents and visitors to do the same. Get your septa passes and tokens and make the plans with your family what you will attend and decide on your favorite selfie pose. And of course i have so m
Its starting to get heavier in some places. Good morning, im vai sikahema. Lets get to glenn hurricane schwartz with the forecast. Messy out there, glenn. Absolutely. It is a solid area of rain. We dont see this too often. Practically every square inch of our area is getting rained on right now. Theres no more snow even in the poconos. It is all rain. Some of it getting a little bit on the heavier side. You see some of those areas of yellow, so its mostly been on the lighter side, but as we go into the especially the early portion of the afternoon, some of this heavy stuff down in virginia is going to be moving up. Now, the snow on the back end, that does not look like its going to be coming here. It feels kind of cold out there, but it is not close to turning to snow. It will not turn to snow today. 39 degrees in pottstown right now, 40 in allentown. So its chilly up to the north, but it is a little bit milder to the south, and thats what were going to be seeing this afternoon as we c
International airport. And more than an inch in trenton. And wilmington closer to an inch. And Atlantic City coming up to 1. 6 inches of rainfall. The showers end at eight oclock. The wake of that and the wake of the passage of the cold front 12 to 25 milesanhour. The wake of this cold front the temperatures fall below the freezing mark. Coming up guys, well take a look at the forecast and how low the numbers will go and how long it feels with the exclusive accuweather forecast. You can stay on top of the weather on 6abc. Com. And there you can find our team and view our collection of weather related images. Mayor nutter calls today a joyous day. Pope francis is coming to the city of brotherly love. Its big and a modern event. Sarah bloomquist is live how the massive impact plays out in the city. We have david henry with the announcement today. Hi, david. Reporter hi, brian. The announcement was widely anticipated. I, brian. The pope hinted at it back in august. The pope will be celebr
Yeah, shirleen and brian, we have a big chill going on, a big arctic blast moving in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys and old man winter arriving a ahead of schedule. Checking out temperatures across the region philadelphia a coming in at 46 degrees. Thirtyfive in the poconos. Fortyseven in dover a long the coast in Sea Isle City coming in at 49. Temperatures not too bad right now but as we get into tonight or into tuesday some changes are on the way. The win is starting to pick up. Sustain from 10 miles an hour in millville to 15 miles an hour in Atlantic City. Sustain win speed in the poconos of 15 miles an hour. Looking at the win particles you can see the wind direction. They are coming from the west northwest. So the wind hell topped drain down that colder air. Check out these numbers. North and west of our region throughout the great lakes and upper midwest numbers from international falls, down to north platt, nebraska, anywhere from the single will digits to the teens, just 2 de
So i do view this as an opportunity. Reporter the community does have one supporter in the super bowl lineup. Santa cruz native and Baltimore Ravens linebacker brendan says he supports legalizing samesex marriage. While some players disagree with his politics, he believes the nfl is ready for an player. I think they may disagree with samesex marriage, but i think they treat players equally. Reporter now, in 2005, owners and executives came here to the San Francisco lgbt center for community meetings. Tonight the 49ers remain very supportive of the community. Well have to wait and see if these comments lead to more meetings here in the castro. Reporting live in San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. Okay, jean, thank you. Only on nbc bay area news, former 49ers lineman kwame harris is reacting tonight to cullivers comments. Harris made headlines you might recall earlier this week when it was revealed he is gay. Harris released a statement exclusively to us. It reads, quote, its su