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 lottery. But she just had a baby so the baby is only, you know, couple three weeks old so she cant leave him for a long period of time because shes nursing so i no problem volunteered. Reporter all of these people happy to wait in line excited to enjoy this moment of peace. And just the kindness of the people, too, that are there. I mean, theres no pushing and shoving its very respectful. Its a sense of, you know, camaraderie that were in this together and almost feeling what hes preamping about being kind to one another. Its inspiring to meet if he can get down with the people and reach out, then why not all of us reach out. Reporterreach. Hopefully it stays with us longer than just one day. Thats the goal. Reporter right now a premass concert is going on inside the garden the pope will celebrate mass at 6 00 p. M. And its interesting to note that a billy joel concert was originally scheduled for here tonight. That was rescheduled to make this mass possible. Were live here at Madison Square garden, eva pilgrim channel6 action news. All right, eva, thank you. Pope francis began his morning at the united nations. The pontiff spoke to the General Assembly about the sanctity of life and the need to increase aid to developing countries. He praised the Iran Nuclear Deal and called for a world free of nuclear weapons. About 30 minutes later pope francis arrived at the National September 11th memorial and museum in Lower Manhattan and there he paid tribute to victims of the terror attacks. The pontiff also participated in an Interfaith Service and got an up close look at some artifacts recovered from the rubble at ground zero. Well, we are back here now at our parkway studio and with more than a Million People expected to be here this weekend along the parkway of course security is a top priority. We got through it. Yes, several times. Law enforcement of all kinds are here in philadelphia tonight including the National Guard. Action News ReporterWendy Saltzman is live at a security staging area in University City with more. Wendy. Reporter well, rick, you can see that the National Guard members are all here, theyre geared up and ready to go. There are about 500 soldiers that are stationed here at the armory in drexel and they have been here arriving since monday. They are all now preparing for the arrival of the pope. The armory has been set up as a staging area for troops across the state. Soldier prepared to work in shifts throughout the weekend to do what the National Guard does best. We have the role of supporting the National Defense but also of being able to support the local communities. Reporter these troops will be directing traffic and pedestrians throughout the city and assisting police with safety and security. Its all just so that we can have enough presence to make sure that emergency routes, if someone is injured on the other side of the river, they can be evacuated to hospitals in the area. Thats one of our primary things other than directing things to make sure these routes stay open. Reporter the guard was placed on active duty by the governor to help assist local Law Enforcement with traffic and security. They have been part of the coalition of Law Enforcement planning the event ever since the start. Theyre energized. We did a lot of planning to get involved in this and i think you see it when you go out there, the soldiers all excited to be here. Reporter theyre covering just about every corner of the city. We need a certain number of people to make sure that we can cover intersections with police presence. Reporter and the soldiers say theres a lot of excitement to get to be parter of this historic event. Its a major effort on the part of pennsylvania involving multiple units across the state that are supporting the effort here. Reporter and the officers are here assisting Law Enforcement. They are manning check points. They are helping with crowd controls and they are making sure that those emergency routes are cleared. Now, if that directive does change that will be an order that will come down directly from the governor. Live at drexel, im Wendy Saltzman, channel6 action news. Thank you, went defect all right lets go live to chopper 6hd over the ben franklin parkway. As you can see the entire area closed off to vehicles and just so we can tell you whats going on, the final preparations for this huge stage are being put into place so that everything is perfect. Further down there is still the barricades and fencing we have been talking about for security. Choppers are flying overhead. K9 patrols on the ground with the bomb squad in place if needed. So, plenty of security preparations and multiple jumbotron so that the crowds here tomorrow can see every detail. It will be surreal tomorrow to think that this entire area will be a sea of people. Just waiting to see the pontiff when he arrives in philadelphia. From live in the air to live on the ground, action News ReporterNora Muchanic is right there on the parkway as well. All right, nora you found some folks today who are so excited about pope francis coming to town as we all are. Reporter absolutely. Monica, rick imagine how many times in life can you stand in the middle of the ben franklin parkway and not worry about getting hit by a car but you can do that today and people are loving it. Once you get through security, you can walk the parkway. Its thousands of pilgrims have been doing. There are police everywhere and crews are still getting ready for the popes arrival. You can do anything you want. No cars walking down the street. Its really fun. Reporter the ben franklin parkway inside the secure zone became a huge walking mall today with barriers in place and cars banned people strolled right down the middle of the street. Its absolutely amazing. Its just breath taking. The city is just were used to driving these streets and now were walking them and theyre empty and its just beautiful. The city is amazing. Reporter but to get inside the secure zone everyone must go through a limited number of check points where bags are examined and you must pass through a metal detector. Its crazy with all the cops and gated areas. You have to walk through motor at a detectors. Never seen anything like it. Go through the security checks for our own security and the security of the visitors. Reporter little bit of a hassle. Kind of. Reporter officers from multiple agencies are here in force and can be seen on every street corner. Theyre here for security of course but helping newcomers, too. This family drove 14 hours from chicago to be here. We came driving all the way down here through mountains and everything. It was a fun drive. Reporter hoping to see the pope. Yeah. Cant wait. Well, were catholic so the pope is big thing for us. Just scouting out to make a plan for tomorrow what were going to do tomorrow when the pope is here. Reporter this family from nova scotia hopes to get close enough. Got a standing of the pope and im going to tell everybody at home i met the pope. Reporter sara of mount airy came today for the unique experience of running right down the middle of the parkway and everyone here is awaiting pope francis arrival. Its good just not only for the city of philadelphia but its good for america. I think we need a little bit of inspiration right now. Reporter back live on the ben franklin parkway which along with surrounding streets has been sealed off. You must come through the check points to get into the secure zone. As i said theres a Massive Police presence here. I talked to one south Jersey Police chief a few minutes ago, hes working security for the pope this weekend. He told me hes never seen anything like it in his life or his career. Live on the parkway, im Nora Muchanic, channel6 action news. Thank you nor ranc nora. In less than an hour the traffic box will take effect in center city and then tonight at 10 00 parts of the schuylkill and vine street expressway will also be shut down. Thats right. Also shutting down at 10 oclock tonight the ben franklin bridge. It will transform from one of the busiest roadways in the Delaware Valley to a giant walkway for pilgrims coming in from south jersey. Well today officials in camden said they sold 18,000 patco passes for this weekend. More are Still Available and will remain for sale through sunday. Camden waterfront parking passes are also still for sale. Each pass costs 44 per day. Back here on the parkway now we are hoping of course that the weather will stay dry during the papal visit this weekend because of the Outdoor Events and the parade all the things that would be trickier with the rain. Meteorologist cecily tynan joining us live on the parkway as well with a closer look at that accuweather forecast. Hey, cecily. Hi, rick and monica. Is it okay to say that were all praying for dry weather this weekend . I was in a security line and it was a family from venezuela who came here to see the pope. As soon as i told them i was a mears they said will the weather be dry and the good news is most of the weekend will be dry and actually its a great start to the weekend. Take a look at temperatures across the region. A lot of folks walking on the parkway enjoying the comfortable temperatures. Philadelphia is 72 degrees. Earlier today we had more sunshine. We hit 78 degrees. Washington, d. C. 71. New york city 71. Charleston and roanoke temperatures are in the 60s and thats because its raining there. Storstorm tracker6 3d showing that low pressure we have been talking about, this low pressure about a week oh, its right over the border of South Carolina and georgia and you can see really the heaviest rain along the outer banks but there is light rain that moved through the Tennessee Valley and through virginia right now. So, future tracker showing tomorrow we will be fine. Well see a little bit more in the form of clouds than today but the thicker cloud cover will be to the south and you can see that rainier richmond, virginia and areas to the south, it will be breezier than today with a pretty strong Pressure Gradient from that low pressure to the south and hi up to the north. As we head to sunday, sunday has been the big question. You can see the clouds will be thicker and could be a little bit of light rain, mainly south of philadelphia. It look like if we do get any showers, they would be in the afternoon. They would be on the light side. We do not expect any heavy steady rain. So, planning for the weekend what to dress, looks like tomorrow temperatures will be in the mid 70s. So, either a shorts or long sleeves depending on how comfortable you are with temperatures in the 70s for the speech tomorrow afternoon. For the concert tomorrow night temperatures will be dropping down into the 60s. It will be windy. So a sweatshirt or a jacket. And then for mass sunday afternoon, definitely a jacket. It will be breezy with temperatures in the low 70s and on the safe side you may want to bring a raincoat if we have a few sprinkles. One other thing i want to talk about what to wear where youre heading there, bring comfortable shoes because you are going to be walking a lot but at this point the weather is looking pretty good. Ill have more details coming up a little bit later on. Rick and monica. Sounds like good advice. Thank you so much cecily. Now she tells us. When the pope arrives in philadelphia tomorrow of course action news will have complete coverage for you from every angle. Jim gardner will lead our team of more than two dozen anchors and reporters who will be at locations all across the region of course bringing you this historic visit and its impact on the Delaware Valley. Also joining our team this weekends will be former action News Reporter kathy gandolfo. Shell return to our team to help cover the papal visit. Kathy will be live all weekend long in our studio here on the parkway and well be right back with more. Stay with us. And we head back to new york city where pope francis just got in the popemobile. If you look in the center of your screen there its a customized Jeep Wrangler built in the u. S. It has open sides so theres hope again he could reach out and touch the crowd maybe kiss another baby or so like he did in washington, d. C. But hes about to go through central park in the popemobile. Back here now lets get a check of our action news traffic report for a friday night. Lets see what the latest is with matt pelman. Hi, matt. Well have a popemobile on the streets this weekend but we wont have a lot of other mobiles. A lot of these highways will be shut down. For this afternoon at this point papal treat for those of you trying to make the trip home. Volume is nice and light. Looks like this on most of the highways. This is the schuylkill right at the blue route and this is where at 10 oclock tonight the eastbound lanes will shut down. Then throughout the weekend you can expect congestion approaching the closure point here. The westbound side will close at 10 00 tonight from 95 out to route one, the roosevelt boulevard. As will the vine street expressway already some of the ramps are closed but the entirety of the vine closes at 10 oclock tonight. Ben franklin bridge admiral wilson boulevard westbound, 676 in camden all shutting down starting at 10 00 tonight. Already this afternoon patco is running on a special schedule. Septa regional rails are on a saturday schedule with no stops at suburban station. Thats closed now for the remainder of the week. And throughout the weekend only 18 of the different rail stations on the septa regional rails will be opened but they he close tonight at 6 00 so crews can prepare. So if youre parked at one of the stations that will be opened this weekend maybe get your car out of there by 6 00 tonight. Well check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. Okay. Thank you. Thank you much. Now with up to a million expected to flock to philadelphia this weekend to see the pope making sure everyone is safe doesnt just involve security but also medical services. Hopeful there will wont be any medical emergencies but just in case there are 10 first aid stations set up at all the different points near the parkway and thats where Health Reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is live at the first aid station off of broad and Spring Garden. Hi ali. Hi guys. Im outside one of the 10 stations that is set up throughout the see for the weekend. I can show you a look inside this one. Now, they are still putting the finishing touches here but this is one of the smaller tents. So this is designed to treat things like blisters, sprains and strains, mild dehydration. There are also four larger medical tents, those are designed to treat more Serious Problems and more patients. Heres a look at one of those tents. This is a view from chopper six of the medical tents and some first aid vehicles set up at roman field across from eakins oval. This is where patients will come in. Triaged in this area. Reporter tom gave me a tour. Hes the team leader for the tent. This is one is manned by volunteers with the medical assistance response team. Set up like a crash base. Reporter he says this tent can has this everything from basic first aid to icu level care including resuscitation. This medical tent is set up to treat at least 50 patients at a time. All of the beds are equipped with heart monitors, with oxygen and with emergency medication. So if you look in here you have everything from bed pans to linen kits. Reporter plus there are plenty of supplies to last four days. Theres no xray or laboratory but otherwise, the medical tent operates like a portable hospital. Still, gray says the goal is to treat pilgrims and get them back to the festivities. But. If anybody is really critical well just stabilize and get them to a hospital. Reporter golf carts will also be out in the crowd so if people cant get to a medical tent care can come to them. If youre participating this weekend pack water and snacks. If you have emergency medication such as an inhaler or diabetes or heart medicine, take it with you. As for what medical volunteers expect this weekend. God only knows. Im not sure the pope knows. You know, i would just say that we expect everything. We anticipate the worst and prepare and hope for the best. Reporter got to be ready for everything. And you got to give credit to the medical staff and to the red cross, to all the staff thats going to be out here manning these first aid tents. A lot of them are spending all of their weekend down here volunteering their time to make sure that everyone has access to Healthcare Services in case t