Take a good look at the video, this tuesday night, they are captured by a home Surveillance System at 3 00 in the morning casually stealing from an unlocked truck in the owners driveway. They are not looking over their shoulder, they are comfortable with what they are doing. They are comfortable, one suspect does put a sweatshirt over the top of his head to conceal his idea. Reporter police say the men walked off with a 1,000 concrete saw, one of nearly 80 burglaries since august 1st. There are groups of suspects. They are not a ring that were aware of. Reporter in all, 51 cars, 19 sheds, and six homes have been burglarized. In one of the cases a residents handgun stolen from the night stand. Its scary, you dont think its going to happen around here. Reporter nick has been pulling his car into the driveway. His friends have already had valuables stolen. Their cars have been broken into, spare change stolen and gps technology. Reporter police made two arrests recently, they are working now to reunite the rightful owners with laptops, phones, and jewelry. There are a total of 76 burglaries. If you know of something being stolen, please call us. It may be a small piece of the puzzle. Were in a good neighborhood and to hear that, its upsetting. Reporter and police tell me they believe drug money is the motive behind these crimes. They do plan to post this video to social media. If anyone recognizes the men in that video, you are asked to call Washington Township police. Live in Washington Township, nbc 10 news. New at 5 00, from bethlehem, a tenth grader is facing drug charges after getting busted at liberty high school. Police say he had several thousand dollars worth of cocaine and heroin. A teacher escorted the 17 year old back to liberty high after spotting him at a nearby donut shop off campus yesterday. Police tell us a search of the boy turned up more than 2,800 of heroin and 43 bags of cocaine. Police in philadelphia want you to take a look at this guy riding a bike in ogontz. Investigators say hes about to rob a 15yearold boy who was walking down the street on tuesday. That happens off camera. He had some help from another man who came walking along a little while later. The two men stole the boys cell phone, sneakers, and about 250 worth of septa tokens. If you have information on this case, call philadelphia police. Preparing for the pope, were now about seven days and 16 hours away from the popes visit to our area, the pontiff arriving in our area saturday morning, and thats when a lot of security plans will be in place. Today the secretary of Homeland Security jeh johnson visited a Communications Center in philadelphia where about 50 different agencies will be represented. Theyll be able to monitor video feeds here and also share information. No specific credible threat directed at the popes visit here to this city. Secretary said authorities work to strike a balance with security and access to papal events. Other work now under way to get ready for the popes arrival. Going to show it to you on the ben franklin parkway. Teams getting ready for next saturdays festival of families. You can see the scaffolding going up. Crews continue to shut down the inner lanes, which will remained closed until tuesday, september 29th. And today drivers are starting to see these warning signs going up. Nbc 10 found these detour signs posted on city avenue indicating some of the closures on the main line. Meanwhile, City Residents got an update today on when cars must be moved out of the area ahead of the popes visit. Some cars must be moved as early as sunday at 6 00 p. M. City Officials Say its happening so soon because they have a limited number of tow trucks and a large number of parking areas to secure. The early start is based on the number of cars theyve had to move from other events like the new years day parade. There are approximately 6,500 Parking Spaces in the area shaded on the map, so you can understand the size and scope of this project. Some residents are eligible for free parking in city owned garages, others can get reduced rates of 20. In montgomery county, a new tool was unveiled today that will not only protect the pope, but also everyone who comes to get a glimpse of him when he ventures outside of the city. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante shows us the drone that will keep a watchful eye over pope francis. Reporter from his hand held screen, he can see what it sees. Theres some type of object covered up, but theres a wire coming out of the back of that vehicle. I saw an individual in the front of the car with explosives on his chest and know he has Something Else in the bed of the truck, as well. Theres more than one threat here that i would have to deal with. Reporter he has spent months training for this post, running the countys new drone. Its a great tool available if needed for the papal visit. Reporter the sheriff says the drone is a key piece of technology to keep his deputies and all Police Called to inspect devices safe. Thats an awesome responsibility to put someones life in a position where they could lose it. We now have the ability to see what that Police Officer or that deputy is going to face. Reporter during the drone demo, deputies showed us how they can examine a suspicious car. They can clearly see wires, the drone will be used in places where robots cant go or a bomb suit can be ineffective. The department was able to pay 10,000 for the tool and not a penny came from taxpayers. We used money that was seized and forfeited from criminals and put it back into this program. Reporter that cash covers the training and repairs the drone may need. Like all tools you dont hope to use them, but having them will be a major aid, especially next week during the papal visit. If theres going to be a million and a half people, whatever it is, in center city, philadelphia, or the avenue, its going to be difficult to get a robot into that area. A drone with the proper application would be a benefit. Reporter Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. We have more pope coverage for you still ahead, including a look at security preparations for the pontiffs visit to new york and washington and why pope francis visit here means an early christmas for one local business. Thats coming up. To our weather now, summer is technically still here and it feels like it out there. Taking a live look at cape may, jersey shore isnt as crowded as july and august, but its warmer than usual today with nice low humidity out there, so how long is it going to stick around . Lets get a check of our weekend Weather Forecast with nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. Sheena, changes coming in our direction. Thats right, rosemary and jim. Changes coming mostly the second half of the weekend, so to start your weekend it will still feel like summer. Right now still kind of does. 82 degrees philadelphia, wilmington, 84 northeast philly, with the low humidity. So summerlike temperatures, but the humidity much more comfortable than we usually see in the summer. 83 right now in allentown, in reading, 85 degrees. South jersey, low 70s already. 78 degrees in Atlantic City airport. 82 degrees in newark, 78 in dover. Heres what you can expect for this evening. New jersey and delaware, your temperatures should be around mid 70s by 7 00 p. M. Temperature around 70 degrees by 9 00 p. M. And 11 00 p. M. In the upper 60s, mostly clear skies. Philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs by 7 00 p. M. Upper 70s. 11 00 p. M. 70 degrees and areas north and west you can expect your temperatures dropping into the mid 60s by 11 00 p. M. Coming up, how warm tomorrow will be and also how cool the second half of your weekend will be with the eagles forecast coming up. A well known philadelphia developer is buying Atlantic Citys closed showboat casino. Announcing of the new 22 million deal today to sell to developer bart blatstein. Stockton purchased the showboat from Caesars Entertainment in december for 18 million but conflicting restrictions on how the property can be used doomed the schools plan to turn the building into a socalled island campus. The sale to blatstein does not resolve those issues. Blatstein we wanted to ensure we sold to someone deeply committed to Atlantic City, someone we knew had invested his time and energy and resources into the city. You may recall blatstein recently took over a. C. s struggling pier shops at caesars and rebranded it as the playground. He had no comment on the deal or the plans for the property. Casino authority has approved a multimillion plan to renovate a vacant restaurant into villas at the Golden Nugget casino. The plan will feature 2,400 square foot villas to host Weekend Hotel guests, as well as business meetings. Each will include a bedroom, dining room area, bedroom, and bar, as well as views of the marina. Pennsylvanias budget battle. An 11 million shortterm spending plan is on its way to the state house of representatives tonight. Senators gave it the green light earlier today, but Governor Wolf vowed to veto the package. Pennsylvanias budget stalemate is now in its 80th day with the state Spending Authority curtailed, social services and their organizations are in limbo. Action in the republican controlled house is scheduled to begin on monday. The 11 billion is for four months of funding. Republicans say the measure also releases 24 billion in federal funds. The democratic governor in the meantime is accusing republicans of pretending they are helping the schools and social Service Organizations after lawmakers cut funding in recent years. The Philadelphia Eagles getting ready for a highly anticipated matchup. The birds going to host the archrival Dallas Cowboys sunday at lincoln financial field. This is a live look inside the stadium from our eagles nest camera right now. Nbc 10 is your official television station for the Philadelphia Eagles, so be sure to join us before and after the game for exclusive coverage. You can watch game day kickoff this sunday morning at 10 00 a. M. Hear from tight end zach ertz and eagles famous fan soccer star carli lloyd. Tune in sunday night for eagles game day final. That will feature exclusive post game interviews with chip kelly and malcolm jenkins. It is a staple of the philadelphia area and living in philly. And now a big new home right in center city. Were going to take you to the grand opening of wawas new Flagship Store and why they finished the store nearly two months ahead of schedule. Plus, an unholy act. Vandals that targeted a philadelphia church. The pastors message to the suspects coming up. And Donald Trumps in hot water again tonight, but this time for what hes not saying. Why new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is among those calling him out. Take a look at these bbq best cracked pepper sauce. Most ribs eaten while calf roping. Yep, greatness deserves recognition. You got any trophies, cowboy . Whoomp there it is uh, yeah. Well, uh, well theres this one. Best insurance mobile app . Yeah, two years in a row. Well ill be. Does that thing just follow you around . Like a little puppy the awardwinning geico app. Download it today. Were following breaking news in southwest philadelphia. Theres been a stabbing inside a snack food truck. Police say one worker stabbed another several times. This video of the scene came into our newsroom within the last few minutes. This happened on brewster street about half a block away from the warehouse in southwest philly. No word on the condition of the worker who was stabbed and we are still working to find out if police have arrested and taken the other worker into custody. To decision 2016 now with donald trump taking heat over a Campaign Stop where a supporter called president obama a muslim. Listen. We have a problem in this country, its call muslims. We know our current president is one, you know hes not even an american. Trump did nothing to correct that man. President obama is a christian and was born in the u. S. , and trump, who led the Birther Movement back in 2011, is also taking flak for his response about muslims. Thats my question, when can we get rid of them . Were going to be looking at a lot of different things. A lot of people are saying that trump wouldnt answer questions from reporters. In a written response his campaign tells us, christians need support in this country. Their religious liberty is at stake. During a today show interview this morning, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he would have handled the question very differently. If somebody said that, i would correct them. No, the president is a christian and he was born in this country. Christie went on to say its the obligation of a leader to clear up the misinformation. There are plenty of eyes on cuba this weekend for the pope visiting there. And today the white house announced new policy changes aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations with cuba. Nbcs mark barger reports. On the eve of pope francis visit to cuba, more moves by the Obama Administration to further normalize diplomatic relations with the island nation. The new measures, which take effect monday, will ease sanctions on travel and expand telecommunications and internet services. In addition, American Business sectors limited in part to agriculture and construction, will be able to set up a fiscal presence in cuba. We believe the regulatory changes announced today will allow the United States to continue to advance our interests and improve the lives of ordinary cubans. Reporter a full trade embargo remains in effect, it is a time of historic change in cuba. The Obama Administration first announced the start of normalizing relations last december. Probably the most symbolic move occurred just last month as the American Flag was raised over the new u. S. Embassy in havana. Now cubans are preparing for a visit with the pope. I think pope francis will encourage people, encourage in faith. To give the new opportunities that have been opening in cuba. The new rules are limited to 53yearold economic embargo remains in place and can only be lifted by an act of congress. Mark barger, nbc 10 news. Now to a look at some of the destruction in chile, where 12 people are dead from a powerful earthquake. Authorities feared the death toll could rise as crews begin to reach the hardest hit areas. The 8. 3 magnitude quake hit wednesday night. It prompted tsunami advisories in california and hawaii. Those advisories have since been lifted. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. Beautiful weather to end out the week, feels a bit more like summer, but the humidity is still at a comfortable level. As we go into your weekend, its going to feel like summer to start it off, so kind of a summerlike saturday with temperatures still in the mid 80s and then were talking about eagles sunday in the big home opener game and the weather is going to be changing for that. A big cool down coming for the forecast, starting with sunday and continuing as we go into next week. Heres a live look out at center city, clear skies once again and were going to keep these clear skies in the forecast overnight tonight and more sun to start off your weekend for your saturday. Right now in philadelphia, 82 degrees is the temperature, feels like 82 with such low humidity and a very comfortable level. That will be the case overnight tonight. 83 for the temperature right now in allentown. In reading, 82 westchester, wilmington, glassboro and some of our suburbs are in the upper 70s, comfortable in dover coming in at 78 degrees. 78 degrees at the Atlantic City airport. Heres whats going on around the country. We have warm air over the eastern half, cool air over the western half, and that dividing line, thats the cold front well see swinging through. Right now comfortable, mid 80s into the southeast, mid 70s in jacksonville and then we get where the cool air is. Theres 50s and 60s on the map here. Highs will be in the 70s next week, but shows you the cooler air mass that will be moving in to start us off and to end out next week. In the meantime, big area of High Pressure will keep us dry tonight and as we start the weekend. Moisture off the southeastern coast were going to keep an eye on it, that could try to linger through part of the area next week, but what were watching that will be cooling our weather down this weekend, thats off to our west. All the rain you see, thats associated with the cold front that will move through, but the rain is not going to move in. Its going to be the cloud cover. Heres a look at what will happen. High pressure over us now, thats sliding offshore. Tomorrow a little more humid than today, so i think you will be noticing that for tomorrow. Then we go into sunday. Theres the cold front approaching but the rain is really starting to dry out. As we go into sunday after that passes through, cooler and breezy just in time for the eagles game. So your forecast for the eagles if you are tailgating, pretty comfortable, breezy, 73 degrees by kickoff temperatures around 77 degrees and well have more clouds around. If youre heading to the shore this weekend, saturdays going to be the warmest day by sunday, mid 70s, windy, and it will be cooler as we end out the weekend. Tonight, though, patchy fog late, temperatures mid 60s around the philadelphia area. Tomorrow temperatures again in the mid 80s. Warm day, little more humid than today. Sunday, though, cooler, upper 70s. Take a look at the highs. Next week we start in the low 70s. Friday night flashback is brought to you by philadelphias credit union. Yes, its time for our friday night flashback where pros talk about football before they were pros. Tonight we spotlight eagles first round pick nelson agholor. In high school, he played running back and averaged more than 152 yards a game and scored 28 touchdowns as a senior. Agholor became the eagles first round pick this year and scored a touchdown in his first preseason game. He knows how important high school was in helping him achieve the success hes having today. I had truly special coaches and teammates that were really good people that cared about each other. Not just on a friday, but every day. If something happened, a player was sick, youd have the whole team at the hospital. Somebody was in detention or whatever, didnt get their homework or missed practice, guys were just there for each other, held each other accountable, we were there to punish each other, but also there to praise each other. True team spirit there. Dont forget weve got comprehensive High School Highlights tonight at 11 00 during or High School Blitz coverage. Count on nbc 10 to cover pa, jersey, delaware, tonight at 11 00. Theyve been created to honor margaret thatcher, mother teresa, and now the popes visit will be added to the list. How a local business is paying tribute to francis in a very unique way. Plus the new leader at the helm of a local university. What changes you can expect at st. Joes. Your immune system doesnt work the way it did when rock was young. So we made fluzone highdose vaccine. For people 65 . With a high high higher dose of antigen. Its significantly more effective than fluzone vaccine in preventing flu. Fluzone highdose vaccine is approved for people 65 and older. Its not for anyone whos had a severe allergic reaction to any vaccine component, including eggs, egg products, or to a prior dose of any flu vaccine. Tell your doctor if youve ever had guillainbarre syndrome. Side effects include pain swelling and redness at the injection site; muscle aches, fatigue, headache and fever. Other side effects may occur. If you have other symptoms or problems following vaccination, call your doctor immediately. Vaccination may not protect everyone. So, if you hopped around the clock, ask your doctor or pharmacist about fluzone highdose. Fluzone highdose vaccine. With the name the philadelphia region has trusted for over 75 years, you have the compassion and security of blue cross. Giving you the power to keep pace. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. Its official, st. Joes new president took control of the university today. The first lay leader in the schools 164year history. Dr. Mark reid will be st. Josephs 28th president. The universitys last president retired after getting a vote of no confidence from faculty members. They blamed him for the schools financial difficulties. Reid is a philly native who attended st. Joes prep and penn, but he told us the Overall Health is strong. Undergraduate enrollment stands at its second highest level in our history. Gifts to the university for the last year totalled over 15 million. The new president vows to move the University Forward with realism and honesty. A local church targeted by vandals. Now the pastor is speaking out. Somebody has their own personal demons and saw an opportunity and decided to do something destructive. Were going to tell you how the Church Community is coping coming up. And a baby caught in the middle of a crime. Well show you the rest of this Surveillance Video in which a suspect with a kid in his arms takes off from a scooter heist. This is nbc 10 news. Right now at 5 30, an unholy act, vandals struck a church in philadelphia overnight. They destroyed crucifixes and windows, tagged the place and left blood on the doors. Police are now trying to catch whoever targeted the faith lutheran church. Nbc 10s jesse gary went to the church and spoke to the pastor. Its new at 5 30. Reporter the weekend got off to a rough start for the faith lutheran church. Broken glass and damage greets early arrivals. I think this is somebody who is ir religious or antireligious and saw an opportunity to do something. Reporter overnight someone used a cinder block to smash a front window, then move inside the 55yearold sanctuary, defaced a wall with profanity and positioned a replica in a symbol of evil. Hes not convinced its a hate crime. Upsidedown is a symbol for satan. Yes. Reporter this is a hate crime, really . I dont think its an organized hate crime. I think its i dont know, its hard to say. Its somebody has their own personal demons. Reporter the vandal left behind a blood trail on a door before breaking into the pastors office and stealing religious artifacts. Church Officials Say northeast detectives were able to recover four fingerprints. Harder to uncover is a motive. There were acts of vandalism back in the 70s but no recent problems. Praying for an arrest and an attack of confidence. I would pray shes living with apology, going to cost us money to redo the damage that was done. The pastor estimates all the damage at several thousand dollars, as well as an increase in insurance premium. He is the 200member congregation will overcome this through their faith. Jesse gary, nbc 10 news. A friend of the man accused of killing nine people at a chorlston church allegedly knew about dylann roofs plan to kill Church Members and lied to investigators. Thats according to an indictment unsealed today. Joey meek is charged with concealing information. Meek says roof stayed at his house before the shootings in june. He entered a plea of not guilty during a brief Court Appearance today. Meeks friend, dylann roof, is charged with the death of nine Church Members back in june. Earlier this week, roofs defense attorney said that his client would be willing to plead guilty to murder charges to avoid the death penalty. Two men playing a game of dice on the street early this morning ended up in the hospital. The men, one a teenager, actually, were shot several times by two other men who pulled up to the game in a jeep. Police tell us three parked cars near the 19th and grass street shooting site ended up getting hit, as well. The victims went to einstein hospital. Now to a story only on nbc 10. This Surveillance Video shows a man with a baby in his arms biking away from a scooter heist. The guy who owns the scooter has a Home Security camera who recorded the suspects stealing his ride to work. He says whats especially disturbing about the left theft is that it involves a baby. Thats, like, absolutely ridiculous, man. Like, oh my goodness. Just to hold a baby like that and hop on a bicycle. Anyone who recognizes the man is asked to call police. We have some new information about the families, some with babies, living in tents on the streets of kensington. Today they were moved from the socalled tent city. According to organizers for the homeless, the families were moved to private homes throughout philadelphia. Some are private houses and some are former drug houses that are being cleaned up. Others are empty houses owned by philadelphia housing authority. Advocates tell us that a new tent city location will soon open in a private lot with campers and beds. We will be asking the office of Emergency Services to come down and get everybody in to shelters in philadelphia. The organizer you just heard from says the new tent city will be in the frankford area of philadelphia. Just over a week now until the popes arrival in philadelphia and final security preparations are being made right now. Philadelphia, new york, and washington are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to protect the pontiff. Nbcs Edward Lawrence has the story from our nations capitol. Reporter from the white house to the World Trade Center site, federal and local authorities are securing areas to protect pope francis. The pope will be in the u. S. From tuesday to sunday, including a wednesday welcoming ceremony at the white house with president obama. Security upgrades and road closures will disrupt daily routine in washington, new york, and philadelphia. We probably wont be able to drive and looking at maybe taking the metro. Reporter former secret Service Agent says the popes openness causes challenges for protection. He wants to mix and mingle with the people, which is completely understandable and honorable but creates a security nightmare for secret Service Agents. Reporter one of the biggest problems in the city of brotherly love. Final touches made at the Benjamin Franklin parkway where pope francis will hold mass. Jeh johnson visited the command center in philadelphia today. We know of no specific credible threat directed as the popes visit here to this city. Reporter the director of the secret service says his biggest challenge will be securing all areas in each city. Making sure we have enough personnel, weve reached out to, again, our partners to ensure we have enough personnel at the screening facilities and enough people at each of the venues. Reporter after nine months of planning im very excited and anxious. Reporter the visit is now days away. Pope francis will be the fourth different pope to visit the United States. The last visit was Pope Benedict in 2008. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. One republican member of congress is planning a papal boycott. Congressman paul goesr from arizona will skip the speech because of the possibility that the pope may discuss his support for policies to fight climate change. He calls the policies flawed. To learn about the popes visit so philadelphia and how it will affect you, just go to the nbc 10 app. Youll find a list of road closures and mass transit changes, along with the popes schedule. Plus a list of all the things you are not allowed to bring to the events on the ben franklin parkway. Right now, you can see from above as you can tell the preparations are already under way for the popes visit along the parkway. Heres a live look overhead. The workers are dealing with warm weather, but low humidity. Thats really a birds eye view there. Lets check in with meteorologist sheena parveen. What about this weekend, sheena, Everyone Wants to know if this weather is going to stick around. It is, if you like the warm air youre going to have it and cool air is going to move in, too. What we see today, though, this is going to lead us into the weekend. Right now 82 degrees in philadelphia and wilmington, 83 allentown, also reading. Upper 70s in parts of new jersey and delaware. Dover coming in at 78 degrees, very comfortable if youre heading out this weekend. Low humidity. Tomorrow, humidity is going to go up a bit and warm to start your weekend, too. As far as tonights concerned, philadelphia area will be down to 73 degrees by 9 00 p. M. , 70 by 11 00 p. M. Poconos temperatures will be dropping to the mid 60s for you by 9 00 p. M. , upper 50s by 11 00 p. M. , and along the shore around 70 degrees by 9 00 p. M. , upper 60s by 11 00. Will be staying dry to start the weekend. Temperatures feeling like summer weather and we end the weekend. Thats where we get the change for the eagles game. Well talk about that coming up. Army sergeant and former taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl will not testify at a hearing to decide whether he should face a military trial for desertion. Bergdahls lawyers made that announcement today. The lawyers say their client has already given military investigators everything relevant about what happened during the situation. Second day of bergdahls hearing in san antonio, texas. Bergdahl has been stationed there after being recovered in a Prisoner Exchange with the taliban. If hes tried and convicted, he could get life in prison. Today the country honors the thousands of Service Members who have yet to come home. Prisoner of war missing in Action National recognition day is observed annually in september and secretary of Defense Ash Carter marked the day by telling the crowd those whose fates are still unknown will never be forgotten and their mysteries will be solved. Every soldier, sailor, airman, marine, and cost guardsman should know we will, we will, i will, do everything we can to bring them back to their families. From world war i to recent conflicts, there are more than 106,000 americans considered prisoners of war. 83,000 are listed as missing in action. A new wawa Flagship Store is now up and running in center city. This comes weeks ahead of schedule and were going to tell you what helped prompt the stores early grand opening. Perhaps you can guess. And technical troubles. Customers are having problems with apples new operating system. What you need to know before updating your iphone or ipad. I am never getting married. Never. Psssssh. Guaranteed. You picked a beautiful ring. Thank you. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. Breathe. I love it here. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never getting one of those minivan . We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life, state farm is there. This is nbc 10 news. More evidence that our chairs are killing us. Weve been sitting out here for a while today. This is not good news. A new study finds prolonged sitting contributes to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Dozens of studies reveal sitting for long periods of time also significantly damages your heart health and leads to an early death. Even more Research Finds women who spend six hours or more sitting per day have a 10 greater risk of getting cancer. Experts say small changes like standing up when youre on the phone, that can help. Now to some tech news. If youre having trouble with apples new operating system, youre not alone. A significant number of apple customers are reporting problems with the new ios 9. Users say their devices have been crashing when theyve attempted to download it. The problem appears to be linked to older model iphones and ipads. Apple has delayed the release of its new apple watch operating system due to a glitch. Ford has designed a smart watch app for its electric and hybrid cars. The watch app provides information on various vehicle features. Features including battery charging, mileage summery, and remote door lock. The my ford mobile app is now available for apple and android watches. A new honor for the first state. A look at how the u. S. Mint is paying tribute to a Wildlife Site in delaware. Plus, hundreds came out to celebrate a philadelphia area staple today. We have an inside look at the new wawa Flagship Store. Sheena . Its going to stay like this into the weekend, but by the end of it, falllike changes. Ill show you how cool coming up. And new at 6 00, extra credit for new jersey teachers. A new way they can advance their careers while they are still in the classroom. Open for business today, comes nearly two months ahead of schedule, just in time for the millions of people coming to philadelphia for the popes visit. The new store is located at broad and walnut. Monique braxton was there for the grand opening and has a look at what you can expect when you stop by the wawa. Reporter the store in center city opened two months ahead of schedule, just in time for the world meeting of families. This Flagship Store launched with an hourlong celebration and hundreds of wawa faithfuls packed inside. Mayor nutter helped cut the ribbon. The manager told us 70 people now have new jobs as part of his inaugural team. As you know, wawa is the signature sponsor of welcome america, but the philly stay is also contributing in a huge way to the pontiffs visit to the city of brotherly love. Id say our bigger contribution was the water, the product that were going to give, about 100,000 meals for the emergency responders, and, as well, volunteers. Thats really the element of us getting involved to make sure were there on scene. Reporter during the world meeting of families, six of the stores in center city will be donating a percentage of their sales to the francis fund. Wawa ceo also tells us the goal is to raise 15,000 to alleviate hunger. In center city, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. Some new figures show pennsylvanias Unemployment Rate remains steady in august for the Third Straight month. The jobless rate remained at 5. 4 , above the National Rate of 5. 1 . The number of people working or looking for work is known as the civilian labor force. That shrank by 12,000 last month. It still remains at above 6. 4 million in the state of pennsylvania. Delaware had a lower Unemployment Rate for august. It was 4. 9 there. In new jersey 5. 7 . The u. S. Mint is honoring a National Wildlife refuge in delaware with a new coin. The mint launched the bombay hook National Wildlife refuge quarter at a ceremony today where bombay hook is located. Its home to many birds and there are two of them featured on the coin, a Great Blue Heron and great egret, released as the america the beautiful quarters program. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. Nice warm way to end out the week, and were going to start off the weekend like that, too, so its going to feel a lot like summer into your saturday. Temperatures still in the mid 80s, more humidity, but some changes coming in time for the eagles game this sunday. Big game and it will be feeling cooler. Feeling more like football weather. Big cool down in the forecast, especially as we go into the beginning of next week. Heres a live look at cape may where it feels comfortable, low humidity, nice temperatures, sunny skies, light wind through most of the shore areas, thats why were seeing such flat water out there. 79 degrees in cape may and comfortable with the humidity making it feel more like 75 degrees. 83 right now in allentown and reading. 81 pottstown and westchester. 82 degrees, 78 in dover, 79 in millville. Some areas are really starting to cool down as we go through the overnight hours. Take a look at the shore with the onshore wind, temperatures here in the mid 70s. Atlantic city marina, louis and delaware, all coming in in the mid 70s. Were very comfortable, all thanks to the area of High Pressure keeping us comfortable tomorrow, but the humiditys going up a bit and the moisture to our south were going to be watching that to linger coming into the start of next week. What were watching for this weekend, this is the cold front off to the west, cool air behind it, the rain with it, though, we really expect the cloud cover, but we will be seeing changes by the end of the weekend. Heres future weather, its going to stay warm as we go into your weekend, so tomorrow feeling like summer, temperatures above normal for this time of year. Sunday youll notice cloud cover increasing in the morning, wouldnt be surprised if there was a sprinkle, but the real rain chances are not in the forecast for sunday, but later in the day its going to get cooler and breezy with winds starting to shift, so it is going to feel comfortable through the end of the weekend, too, as well as the start of next week. Its going to get cooler. Now for the eagles game sunday against the cowboys, big home opening game. Tailgaters expect temperatures around 73 degrees and breezy. Kickoff, mostly cloudy, 77 degrees, and Fourth Quarter temperatures should be in the low 70s. Pretty nice and comfortable. Tonight mostly clear. Some areas could see patchy fog late tonight. Mid 60s for the low in philadelphia. Mid 50s areas north and west. More humid than today, still warm, though, 84 to 87 degrees and the average high is 77 degrees now. So were going to feel more like summer for saturday, but cooling down for sunday, feeling more like fall, upper 70s, breezy, low 70s, morning temperatures in the 50s and fall officially starts into wednesday and will be feeling like fall. Lets move on from fall to christmas. Comes early this year thanks to the popes visit. The way one local business is paying tribute to the world meeting of families. To the trail opened up this afternoon, walkers, runners, and bikers now have access from welsh to five area roads. Much of the extended trail is along pennypack creek. Bicyclists and horseback riders are welcome on the gravel trail through eastern montgomery county. Too soon to start thinking about christmas . I think so. Think again. Okay, yeah. A bucks county business has created a very special christmas item. Its in honor of the world meeting of families and the popes upcoming visit. Deanna durante takes you to the story. The first ones were made 50 years ago as christmas decorations. Reporter it started as a hobby and has grown to a worldwide business. The figures represent the holidays from around the globe, even italy, and even year joyce byers designs a limited edition character. This year its st. Nicolas. St. Nicolas is, of course, the patron saint of children. We feel very attached to st. Nicolas. Reporter when we called to see the caroller, buyers tells us she was surprised we were even interested. I am, in our st. Nicolas. Reporter shes not expecting the pontiff to stop by her show room. I think that would be asking too much. Reporter it wouldnt be unheard of, byers has a signed papal blessing from john paul ii and a lot of pictures with world leaders. This is margaret thatcher, mother teresa. Reporter byers hopes those visiting may come in and do christmas shopping, but if this is what youre after, you have to hurry, because only 100 are being sold. What if the pope was to say, hey, wed like to put one in the vatican. Wed just pass out. Reporter but, of course, she would supply one. He seems like a really wonderful person. I think they probably all are, but theres just something a little bit more down to earth about him, perhaps, than some of the others. Reporter Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. Everybodys getting excited for the popes visit, including pets to some extent. They are being included in the festivities in honor of francis visit to philadelphia, the animal care and control team is offering free and discounted dog and puppy adoptions in the city. The discounts began today, run through the 24th. The animal care and control teams shelter is located on west honey park avenue. Its open tonight until 8 00. Coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6 00. Within the past hour we learned new information about crowds expected to attend the popes mass a week from sunday. An update from the secret service next at 6 00. Still feels like summer out there. Whats in store for your weekend . My first alert forecast is next. Stars and stripes and a memorial tribute seemingly washed into a jersey shore waterway, but where they came from a is mystery. We felt it was the right thing to do to get this back to the family members. Reporter how state officials hope you can return these sentimental items to their rightful owner. Uh, sorry. We were day dreaming. About that vip tailgate and game tickets . Uh yeah and that pregame sideline experience. Exactly. Or even eagle season tickets [shouting over crowd] how do you know . You both have the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. Yeah, the eagles instant game with top prizes of 50,000. And Second Chance prizes, including season tickets. [both sigh] the pennsylvania lottery. Bring your dreams to life. Nbc 10 news starts now. No credible threats. Thats the word tonight from the Homeland Security director. Now eight days before the popes arrival in philadelphia and securing all areas of the city remains a tough task. Good evening, everyone, im jim rosenfield. Take a look from sky force 10 this afternoon at the ben franklin parkway. We just got brand new estimates about the crowds expected there to see the pope. The secret service says they expect the parkway to hold only about a quarter of the organizers estimates of a Million People or more. They project between 230,000 to 280,000 people in the first three and a half blocks and the area from 20th street to near city hall. And a live look again from on top of the mellon bank building. Today we learned more about the Communications Center. Lauren mayk joining us live along the parkway. Whats top Law Enforcement tell you today . Reporter well, they tell me that they are ready. You know, these new security plans, these all kick in in one week, and it is Pretty Amazing how many agencies are involved in the planning for this huge event here in philadelphia. I even saw fema today. They were all at this big multiagency Communications Center and i got a peek inside. From inside here you can see outside. Cameras along the parkway, some just recently added for the popes visit will give Law Enforcement eyes on the street. The map on this wall Shows Security zones where youll need a ticket or have to go through