Mall area both where the pope will have public appearances. Now, there will be a secure vehicle perimeter. That is the area inside the black line. This means no vehicles, no moving, no parked vehicles will be allowed in these areas. Now the mayor explaining more about what the one to one and a half million visitors should expect. The secure perimeter will have a fence with entry points where people will walk through a magnetometer. Vehicles will need to be removed from inside this secure perimeter. Reporter here more details on those secure perimeter. Thursday, september 24th at 10 00 oclock at night the ben franklin parkway secure perimeter and the citywide vehicle perimeter will go into effect. Then friday, september 25th at 10 00 p. M. , the Independence Mall secure perimeter will go into effect and inside the secure perimeters once again youll have to go through magnetometers, metal detectors. Now, the mayor announcing today City Government will also shut down from thursday to mond
[phone rings] but a little less crazy. Were doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. Because we should fit into your life. Not the other way around. Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. Two developing stories right now at 10 00. The first in manayunk where a man drowned this evening in the schuylkill river. Police say the man was seen in the water near the Venice Island Recreation Center much this was just after 6 00 oclock. And then he disappeared. His body was found about an hour later. Officials have not yet released his name and they are not saying why the man was in the river. Also developing to night, a hitandrun investigation in northeast philadelphia. Sixyearold girl was hit around 8 00 oclock tonight. It happened on the 6600 block of sylvester street. A car hit the child and at least one other vehicle. Now the little girl is in stable condition thankfully. Police say the driver got out and ran from the car ran from t
Door and shot twice. This morning we have details on the man police are calling a person of interest in this case. Lets go over to chris sowers with a look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. The first full day of fall. Im excited, chris. Reporter you step outside, its warm out there, its going to be a september sizzler this weekend were protecting high temperatures to top out in the 90s tomorrow afternoon. Hot stuff is on the way. 60s across the board. Allentown, 60 degrees. Philadelphia under 70. 69 in millville. Cape may, 69 on the boards in Atlantic City were showing 70. Satellite and radar we have a huge area of High Pressure what we call a ridge hanging over top of the mid Atlantic States its a heat pump high. If it were july we would be forecasting highs in the 90s. But since its september, were forecasting up 80s for today. The call from accuweather, mostly sunny and warm. Humidity is on the low side so its comfortable. 88 degrees is the forecasted high. Hurricane m
Theyve been trying to negotiate with the man to surrounded for two hours. Residents in the area are told to stay where they are. Police believe he opened fire in walnut creek killing a woman in broad daylight. Officers arrived within minutes of being call bud the woman died at the scene. Moments later swat team members were called in carrying rifl rifles, shields and canine unit. We will bring you developing stories during this newscast and on our news app. And well have more on abc 7 news at 11 00 on channel 7. Now to the other big story. The april prix hengs over what would happen with ann coulter coming to cal. If you are for free speech, youre going to schedule something you better follow through. Speeches went on without interruption at berkeley civic park. Speakers say they were taking the place of conservative commentator of ann coulter and standing up for free speech. We may be Trump Supporters but defending all free speech, if youre liberal, democrat, republican, i dont care,
An unnerving day for dozens of employees in this Office Building after two evacuations. The first time came around 9 00 a. M. After fireworks exploded on an elevator, sending smoke into the hallways. No one was injured. Then around 12 30, someone discovered a bomb threat. There were two notes left by the rear door that said bomb printed on them. Reporter employees evacuated again. For more than two hours this time. K9 teams from arlington and Virginia State police helped Falls Church Police check the large building. Nothing was found. Its been a little unusual. And we hope for better days. Reporter but Falls Church Police already keep a close watch on this building. Its best known tenant offers Abortion Services and has been the target of threats before. An employee read a statement, that they believe todays incidents, also aimed at t prochoice Health Care Centers have experienced an increase in harassments, threats, and the presence of protesters since the election. But the antiaborti